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AFTEB TUB BATTUE.
wnen the victorious Mexican rebels
inarched upon Teplo and routed the
opposing- federals, they captured
thirty-five officers. These loyal sol
diers of the Huertan army were at
onoe condemned to summary death.
Kear-Admlral Howard sought to In
tercede, and he was re-enforced by
the German Consul at Teplo.
Rebel General Obregon was obdu
rate. The execution of the prisoners,
he replied, was necessary to prevent
them making trouble In the future.
"The prisoners were taken to the
cemetery. May St, and shot In
quads," says the news dispatch, sen
tentlously. Such Is Mexican warfare as prac
ticed by our allies, Obregon, VUla and
Carranza, The world knows that
VUla loots and murders; and the Im
mediate signal of every victory by
Villa or Obregon Is a repetition of
the horrible Teplo episode. Yet we
find President Wilson, In his recent
statement to the country through the
Saturday Evening Post, warmly com
mending General Villa for his treat
ment of prisoners and for his observ
ance of the rules of war. Bald the
President:
Well, If yon read that dispatch you learned
chat Consul-Oeneral Hannah was most agree
ably surprised and greatly gratified by the
treatment Villa's men gave their prisoners;
how they endeavored to live up to the rules
af civilised warfare; how tbey were con
stantly on the lookout for new Information
that would relieve them of the stigma of
being barbarians. This merely shows that
these people. If they get the chance, are
capabls of learning and are anxious to learn,
Mexico Is nine-tenths Ignorant and
six-tenths barbarous; yet the Presi
dent thinks he has a duty "to serve
an&nklnd" by giving Mexicans a "con
stitutional" government and letting
them run it,
DEMOCRATS HOSTILE! TO THE WEST.
The adverse report of Democratic
committeemen In the House on the
Reclamation Service is a sample of
what the West may expect from the
Democrats. It Is such a mass of mis
statements and misrepresentations
that It can only have been Inspired by
deliberate enmity to the entire work
of Government reclamation.
ine minority report iuny aisposes
of the mendacious statements of the
majority. It shows that the increased
expenditure on each project beyond
the estimate was due to enlargement
of the area reclaimed and to increased
cost of construction which could not
have been foreseen. It shows "that
the only serious violation of the pur
pose of the reclamation act was com
mitted by Congress Itself in ordering
the expenditure of $10,000,000 In
Texas, which has not contributed a
cent to the fund. So far from the re
volving fund having been abandoned,
several millions have ' been paid by
settlers and payments are being made
regularly. The reclaimed land has
not been taken up by speculators, but
by farmers, and Is being brought un
der cultivation as fast as it can be
plowed, and only 2.1 per cent remains
untaken.
The West can exnect nothing from
this Administration. The Secretary
of the Interior is our ardent friend,
and the President Is favorable to his
policy, but Is so busy uplifting the
submerged 85 per cent in Mexico,
giving away our canal and making
apologies to Colombia that he cannot
attend to the wants of his own coun
trymen In the West. Congress is not
nly distinctly hostile, but is densely
Ignorant of Western affairs, as the
speeches of Southerners on the Alas
ka railroad bill revealed. These
speakers knew as little of Alaska as
the orators of seventy years ago
they called It a desert not worth
fighting for.
f glixF,
Dr. Frederick Peterson, a nerve
specialist, says In the Atlantic Month
ly that most people probably take
more sleep than they need. The aver
age man spends about twenty-three
years of his three score and ten prone
on his back In bed. For all useful
purposes he might as well be dead
during those periods of unconscious
ness. The time spent In slumber
earns nothing and the sleeper himself
enjoys nothing.
Dr. Peterson's theory that we
should be Just as healthy and happy
if we slept a great deal less Is sup
ported by many facts. Mr. Edison,
the Inventor, for Instance, is habitual
ly awake and at work twenty hours
out of the twenty-four. The celebrat
ed traveler and scientist, Humboldt,
allowed himself only three hours'
sleep a day. A learned professor re
cently kept two healthy young men
awake for ninety hours upon a
stretch without Injuring- them at all.
A very few hours of extra sleep made
up for all they had lost. While loss
of sleep affects some people Injur
iously, perhaps, It Is also true that
too much of it makes one stupid. No
doubt slumber Is a habit and If we
give way to It unduly It may become
a very bad habit. ,
The average healthy person in
comfortable circumstances sleeps too
much just as he usually eats too
much. If he would curtail his indul
gence in both these luxuries he would
be a great deal better off. Even in
somnia is not so dreadful as most of
us have believed. Dr. Peterson says
he knows of no direct 111 effects from
It upon either mind or body. If those
who Buffer from it could only stop
worrying their sleeplessness would
probably make very little difference
to them. The trouble is that they fret
and stew over it until evil conse
quences actually ensue, which they
then mistakenly attribute to the
Insomnia.
There are such things as good sleep
and bad sleep. The former rests one.
The) latter sometimes Is more ex
hausting than wakefulness. It is also
possible to sleep Intensively. A per
son who can do this gets as much
benefit from two hours of sleep as a
shallow sleeper does from six or eight.
As the world grows more interest
ing and varied we shall no doubt
modify our habits of slumber. The
new devices by which we turn dark
ness into light will in course of time
break up the ancient sleep rhythm
which was formed in our. savage state
and make us far more wakeful than
we are now. The more highly hu
man beings are civilized the less they
eat and drink and the less they will
sleep ultimately. Our Teutonic an
cestors did little else but gorge them
selves and doze in the long Winters
when they could not fight convenient
ly. Their children utilize - the cold
season In a thousand ways which
are more Interesting and quite as
healthful.
Dr. Peterson predicts that our chil
dren will sleep much less than we do
and also eat less. The consequence
of their abstinence, he thinks, "will be
an enormous affluence of psychic
power. It is certainly a fact that the
great psychic geniuses of the world
have been ascetics.
GOOD TIMES VS. BAD TMES.
If The Oregonian is expected to
reply to the question as to what par
ticular policies- of the Wilson Admin
istration It would reverse, it will be
gin by saying that It would promptly
reverse the Wilson self-reversal on
tolls repeal.
Tour Democratic standpatter Is si
lent when It comes to the tolls mat
ter. If he supports the President, he
repudiates the Democratic platform;
if he explains the tolls plank In that
wordy mosaic by showing that some
body put it there when the conven
tion was not looking, he Is confront
ed with President Wilson's former
public Indorsement of free tolls; If he
openly favors free tolls he criticises
the present position of the Adminis
tration and his party. The free-and-
easy critic of ail previous National
Administrations Is Intolerant of any
kind of criticism of the President and
Congress, solely because they are
Democratic.
The Oregon! an criticises the Wil
son-Underwood tariff as It criticised
the Payne-Aldrlch tariff. The one
gave over-protection to the manufac
turer; , the other gives no protection
to the producer of raw materials.
The Oregonian has many times ap
proved the currency act of the Wil
son Administration; but It heartily
disapproves of the Indefensible politi
cal gerrymander by which the bal
ance of financial power In the United
States was sought to be placed In
mindr Southern and Southwestern
cities.
The Oregonian Is utterly unable to
approve the President's Mexican pol
icy, partly because it is not under
standable, and partly because it has
brought us to the verge of war, and
partly because It has been foreseen
that uncertainty, evasion and palter
ing with a great situation would lead
inevitably to a lowering of our own
National standards and to a worse sit
uation in Mexico.
It Is foolish and unfair to compare
the best of the Wilson regime with
the worst of the Taft regime. .Yet if
we were to be asked to choose be
tween Wilson and hard times and
Taft and good times, we should have
no difficulty in deciding what to do.
WE BEAT THE COIXXNEL, TO IT.
It Is generally supposed that Colo
nel Roosevelt Invented the device
known as the recall of judicial deci
sions. But It appears from the de
cision of the Supreme Court of Ore
gon In the motor vehicle case that
Oregon has had the recall of judicial
decisions in a limited form since 1906,
when the first home rule amendment
to the constitution was adopted con
ferring autonomy on cities in all
matters pertaining to municipal poli
cies and activities.
The recall of judicial decisions as
the principle is declared In the Pro
gressive National platform is as
follows:
That when an act massed under the police
power of the state fs held unconstitutional
under 'the state constitution Dy tne courts,
the people, after an ample Interval for de
liberation, shall have an opportunity to vote
on the Question whether they desire the
act to become law notwithstanding such de
cision.
The motor vehicle law was passed
under the police power of the state
and has been held unconstitutional
in so far as It applies to Portland.
The Supreme Court holds that, while
the Legislature is powerless to pass
an act of such scope, the people
through the initiative have that au
thority. Therefore all that is neces
sary is to submit the act by initiative
and if the people desire it to become
law it will become law, notwithstand
ing the Supreme Court's decision.
It may be presumed that it is Colo
nel Roosevelt's idea that a law so
held unconstitutional would be sub
mitted to the people automatically.
Here a petition by 8 per cent of the
voters is required. Otherwise there
Is no praotlcal difference.
It would be a simple matter to put
the motor vehicle law on the ballot
next November. The expenditure of
less than $1000 for employment of
petition shovers would do it. Yet we
have no Idea that the law will be
Initiated. It is not a matter of grave
consequence whether the city ordi
nance regulating vehicle traffic or
the state motor vehicle law prevails
in Portland. But were Colonel Roose
velt's idea in full flower In Oregon
we should have to vote throughout
the state on this Immaterial issue
next November at considerable ex
pense and annoyance to the -electors.
While Oregon has secured recall of
judicial decisions In modified form
through Inadvertence, it has adopted
a better plan on the whole than the
Colonel's carefully devised proposal.
TITE PSYCHOLOGY OF PROSPERITY.
"Cheer up" is the substance of
President Wilson's reply to the West
ern business men; "business depres
sion is tonly psychological. Stop
thinking that business is depressed
and business will be good."
This Is most encouraging. The
merchant whose customers can't pay
and whose goods don't sell Is nourish
ing a delusion. Let him only think
that bills are paid and goods sold
and, hey presto! it will be so. Let
the manufacturer whose factory Is
running only half time think he has
orders to employ its full capacity and
the sun of prosperity will beam upon
him. Let the workman who finds
only half a week's pay vin his envel
ope believe that the full amount is
there and he can promptly buy meat,
groceries and clothes galore. Let the
railroad manager visualize endless
loaded trains rolling over ,his tracks
and the earnings win promptly swell
to old-time totals. All we need is by
common consent to demonstrate the
mastery of mind over matter.
Unfortunately we are poor, weak
mortals and are not so completely
under the dominance of our minds as
is the President. When a man is out
of a Job,' hungry and penniless, he
cannot, think himself Into a Job or
think food Into his stomach or money
into his pocket. The Yakima Repub
lic tells of one man who attempted
this feat and this Is Its sad story of
his fate:
We don't believe It. We had a man here
not long ago who tried this soheme, and It
failed. He didn't have a nickel on earth,
but be went around town believing he was
John D. Rockefeller and had a billion. He
was hardly started on the President's road
to prosperity when an unfeeling Sheriff's
deputy arrested him and the next day he
was sent to the Medical Iake asylum. He Is
there yet, getting richer every day, and the
richer he gets the longer they are going to
keep him.
Many of us are Idealists, but the
vast majority are so practical that we
cannot by mere thinking make our
ideas take substance.
ETJGEJOOS Aim MARRIAGE.
Some time ago the Medico-Psychological
Association appointed a com
mittee to study the subject of eu
genics in connection with marriage.
The particular question which they
undertook to answer was this, "Is it
wise to require health certificates as
a prerequisite to marriage?" The
committee's answer was no. In their
opinion, while such health certifi
cates would be an excellent thing
theoretically, yet In the present con
dition of society they would probably
do more harm than good. They would
not accomplish the desired results and
would cause a great deal of suffering
and lawlessness.
The men who concurred in this
opinion were all physicians, and since
it Is well known that unhygienic mar
riages cause heavy doctors' bills, an
unkind person might suspect that
professional considerations swayed
their Judgment somewhat. There are
certain diseases common among men
which are almost certain to bo com
municated to the wife after marriage.
She has no way to defend herself
against this peril, which is real and
frightful, except through the require
ment of a medical examination for
the prospective husband. Why any
sane person should object to such an
examination unless he Is conscious of
suffering from some of the diseases
In question It Is difficult to Imagine.
The law goes to great trouble and
expense to protect Innocent women
from many dangers far less serious
than this one. It must be admitted
that a medical examination would
probably ' be irksome to many men,
but the consequences of omitting it
are worse than irksome to the un
happy victims whom they marry and
contaminate. It seems reasonable to
Ignore the prejudices or shame of
such men In comparison with the
great benefits which the proposed ex
amination would bring about for
women.
To be sure, the law can be evaded
by fleeing to a state where medical
examinations are not required, but as
women grow wiser we may feel con
fident that they will not be partners
In folly of that kind. They will per
ceive that the law is for their protec
tion and assure themselves of its ben
efit. The real objection to a medical
examination law Is that It would
make vice and Its consequences less
agreeable to men.
' HEMOBKS OF JOHNSTOWN.
Twenty-five years ago on May 31
happened one of the greatest disas
ters In this country the Johnstown
flood. A season of unprecedented
rainfall "caused destructive high wa
ter, accompanied by considerable loss
of life, throughout the Eastern states.
The extent of the damage was such
that, even without the calamity at
Johnstown, the floods would have be
come memorable, but the awful ruin
wrought in the Conemaugh Valley
rendered them historic.
The disaster - was directly due to
the recklessness of man. A disused
reservoir of the old Pennsylvania
canal at the headwaters of the south
fork of the Conemaugh River had
been bought by a party of rich Pitts
burgers composing the South , Fork
Hunting and Fishing Club, and had
been made the scene of Summer out
ings. No effort was made to secure
the old dam against abnormal floods.
About 4 o'clock on the afternoon of
Friday, May 31, when Johnstown was
already under several feet of water
from the overflow of the Conemaugh
River and Stony Creek, at the con
fluence of which It stands, the dam
burst and the whole lake, seven miles
long, was precipitated down the nar
row valley.
As described by an eye-witness, the
water carried before it great masses
of earth and the trees growing there
in, many still upright, and rushed
along between the steep, confining
hills. It swept away towns and vil
lages in its course, using the debris
of one to batter down the next. When
it reached Johnstown it was a. wall of
water forty feet high, reaching from
hilt to hill, and hidden behind its
battery of trees, logs and wreckage
of all kinds. It hurled these, missiles
before It at the homes of the thriving
city of 80,000 people, knocking some
to pieces, smashing a corner off an
other and maiming or killing many
of their occupants before it -drowned
them. Its progress was stayed by the
stone railroad bridge which crossed
both the Conemaugh and Stony
Creek. The arches quickly became
choked with debris and the torrent
backed up in the town. The water
swept across the flat between the two
streams, divesting It of every vestige
of human habitation and converting
it into a waste of sand.
Overturned stoves soon set fire to
the pile of drift, in which many
human beings and animals were en
tangled, and burned them alive, roast
ing also the many dead bodies which
had been caught in the mass. When
the. writer entered the town two days
later he was nauseated by the smell
of burning flesh and, though exhaust
ed by two days of continuous work,
ran for dear life to get through the
stifling smoke. A body of regular
soldiers was sent to the scene to clear
away the drift and build bridges.
They found hundreds of coils of wire
from a mill wound around the other
wreckage, and dynamite alone was
effective. The . main street of the
town escaped the force of the flood
and received only the badk water,
which deposited rubbish, extending
from wall to wall and up to the second-story
windows.
All the food in the town was de
stroyed and the supplies of the neigh
boring farmers were soon exhausted
by the fugitives. The great Cambria
Iron Works and the other industries
were either wrecked or submerged.
Immediate relief was needed and was
forthcoming. The first relief train
from Pittsburg arrived about mid
night June 1 and, by the next night
the tracks were blocked with trains
loaded with food, clothing and work
ers. The whole Nation sent aid and
more than $3,000,000 was collected.
Governor Beaver sent Adjutant-General
Hastings (afterwards Governor)
at the head of two regiments of mili
tia to guard the town and supervise
relief work. At the head of the vol
unteer workers were the late Clara
Barton and Tom L. Johnson.
During the height of the excite
ment immediately following the flood
estimates of the dead ran as high as
15,000, but a careful canvass finally
fixed the number at 2142, of whom
only about half were identified.
Many were stripped of clothing and
some were disfigured beyond, recogni
tion, tub property loss was estimat
ed at nearly $10,000,000.
Many deeds of heroism are record
ed. A young man, seeing that the
dam was breaking, rode at breakneck
speed down the valley, warning the
people to take. to the hills, and thus
saved many Uvea. Another warning
was telephoned to the town, where
the operator stayed at her post, send
ing it far and wide. She paid for her
devotion with her life.
Old Davy Truax was so glad to
leave Leavenworth prison after stay
ing there twenty-five years that he
died of Joy. Very likely that was the
happiest -way his story could end.
Had he lived to go out Into the world
his joy would have faded In a day or
two and the squalor of the world
would have driven him back In sor
row to his prison. There la a story
of another old man, discharged after
long Imprisonment, who begged his
warders to take him back, since he
could not bear to go out among stran
gers. It Is a piteous world.
The plan to gain $2,000,000 to add
to the endowment of Williams Col
lege seems to involve somewhat of a
departure from Its policy as an
nounced some years ago. Williams
then took a stand as a strictly clas
sical college aiming at a select body
of students, high standards and a lim
ited curriculum. Should Influential
chairs be founded In philosophy, Eng
lish and political science, as It now
looks probable, Latin and Greek
might be thrown into the shade.
The necessities of an opera queen
are fabulous luxuries for common
people. Schumann-Heink, when she
went to see her son graduate, re
quired a private oar which carried
not only the divine creature herself,
but her daughter, chauffeur, waiters.
cooks and "a gentleman" too. Cooks,
mind you, not merely a cook. The
diet of the gods requires many hands
to bake and stew It. The "gentle
man" now looms up unpleasantly In
her divorce case.
In "regard to the New Haven road
and Its tribulations, the country will
believe Mr. Mellen rather than any
of the witnesses who contradict him.
He told a straightforward tale which
was inherently probable because it
was so villainous. The baseness of
the conduct he described chimed ex
actly with the wreck it caused. All
other stories of the affair look wanly
mendacious.
Woman suffrage has .brought one
ray of real comfort to the men of
Utah. Now that women are voters In
that state, they must pay a poll tax
equally with the men. Such a tax
Imposed only on males Is "discrimi
natory and unjust," according to the
State Supreme Court. Thus does ex
act justice slowly but surely permeate
the world.
; We now are willing that a list of
acceptable candidates shall be sub
mitted to the Mexican congress for
selection of a provisional president.
And this is the same congress that
Messrs. Wilson and Bryan decreed
must not convene following a shady
election deal of a year ago.
Jerusalem Is to have lnterurban
trolley cars and electric lights. To
some It will seem sacrilege thus to
modernize the holy city and to make
a "great white way" through its
midst. The devout would prefer to
find Jerusalem, a relic unchanged by
nineteen centuries.
The auto driver, on the wrong side
of the street, who collides with a pe
destrian and then gives him a tongue
lashing for being in the way, needs an
Improvement In his disposition such
as can be most effectively provided at
the rockplle.
A movement has started in New
Jersey to consolidate about a dozen
seashore resorts into one city. It
would be about twelve miles long and
one and one-half to two miles wide
and have 40.000 people.
A Bend newspaper reports William
Hanley as saying: "Woodrow Wilson
Is the greatest President since Lin
coln." Evidently" a misquotation.
Mr. - Hanley, of course, meant since
Taft.
American sailors near Tamplco are
facing an epidemic of malaria, large
numbers being on the sick list al
ready. Also the approaches to Mex
ico City are being heavily fortified.
If Bryan can only keep his media
tion talkfest going until Congress ad
journs, watchful waiting will be se
cure for the Summer and chautalking
can go on uninterrupted.
Sylvia Pankhurst Is going on an
other hunger strike. Anyway this
serves to keep down the price -of
maintenance of John Bull's penal In
stitutions. A life-term prisoner at Leaven
worth, fell dead on receiving a parole,
thus serving out the unexpired por
tion of his sentence.
Huerta is an old man and perhaps
the Administration hopes that even
tually General Debility will overthrow
him. .
The Spanish papers speak dispar
agingly ' of Teddy. So long as they
don't ignore him Teddy cares little.
Captain Griffith failed to prove
that he was unbalanced. Or that his
accounts were balanced.
Anyway, we're glad the weather
got that bombardment out of its sys
tem in plenty of time.
Our "retaliatory measures short of
war" are also short of retaliation.
Never mind. The graduate will soon
be In our midst to regulate things.
The Resolute took the vanity out
of the Vanltle.
AXOTHSR ROUTM IS iTin.tm.il I
Hood River's Attitude aa t ColnimbLa
II lh nay Explained.
PORTLAND. June 4. (To the Edltsx.)
Kindly allow me space to reply to the
published statements of Mr. S. Benson
in tae matter of the Columbia River
Highway, wherein Hood River's atti
tude Is criticised. In the first place.
Hood River la not fighting said high
way, but believes it ought to be built
by the entire state of Oregon. Hood
River County Is willing to pay Its pro
portionate share of the expense at any
time, but is not able and will not take
on the building of the hardest and
most expensive part of the highway
which is located within Its border, and
no amount of bluffing or ridicule will
change Hood River's attitude in this
matter. Hood River County is out
many thousands of dollars already for
surveys and other trimmings,
"We should worry" to see a new line
of steamships hauling -the automobiles
past our very doors. What's the matter
with taking the regular steamers, any
way, mat sail dally from Portland to
all places on the upper river save tire
and gasoline expense and enjoy the
scenery of both sides of the river and
cut out the entire expense of the said
highway if the promoters are really
going into the ferry business? Or, to
be strictly up-to-date In the matter,
why not use flying machines to bridge
the stubborn, rock-ribbed Hood River
gap? Would it not be a delightful fea
ture of the trip?
Now, listen. Had it not been for the
Water Board of the City of Portland
there would now exist a splendid wagon
road on a 5 per cent grade aoross the
Cascade Mountains through Hood River
Valley to all points in Eastern Oregon.
This matter has been taken up with
Chief Forester Graves, of Washington,
D. C. He is willing to open the road
to the public, as the United States Gov
ernment needs it, and only awaits the
withdrawal of the unwarranted objec
tions of the said Water Board.
Believing, as we do. that the said
Board does not represent the best in
terests of the City of Portland, numer
ous copies of a remonstrance are being
circulated demanding that the Water
Board, dominated by Commissioner Will
Daly, immediately withdraw Its objec
tion and let the good work proceed.
We want this road opened up by the
United States Government in time to
connect Eastern Oregon with the Pa
cific Highway travel of 1915. If we
miss this, such an opportunity may not
oome our way in the next 60 years for
exploiting our enchanting scenery and
rural and city development. The pro
posed road passes through beautiful
agricultural and fruitful valleys and
crosses the enchanting Cascade Moun
tains close to the snow line on the
north side of Mount Hood, In full view
of anow-capped mountain and lakes like
glittering gems. Part of the way it is
above the clouds, with many rugged
mountain peaks Jutting through like
islands in a billowy sea. The experi
ence of such a trip will be most un
usual and travelers will hardly know
whether they are In auto or aeroplane.
These remonstrance petitions can be
found at all the prominent hotels and
business places, and all who are inter
ested in good roads and the develop
ment of all Oregon are earnestly re
quested to sign with us. Remember,
this road will not cost the State of
Oregon anything, as the United States
Government has already built it on a
S per cent grade. W. R. WINANS.
Liability of Stockholders.
CHEHALIS, Wash.. June 3. (To the
Editor.) It a company incorporates,
say, for $3000 and pays in only $2000
and becomes Insolvent, owing more
than incorporated for. In case of a
suit brought against the firm, can they
hold the stockholders liable for the
difference between amount incorpo
rated for and the actual amount put
in the business, and would the dis
posal of the stock release the original
stockholders of all liabilities or would
the buyer be responsible for ltT
BEN KENDRICK.
In Oregon stockholders in an insolv
ent corporation, unless it be a bank,
are liable only for the unpaid amount
on their stock subscriptions. The lia
bility is not altered by the fact that
only part of the capital stock has been
subscribed or by an excess of liabil
ities over capital.
Under the Washington law, no cor
poration has corporate existence until
all stock has been actually subscribed
for. The person subscribing for stock
is liable for the amount of subscrip
tion. Persons buying stock cannot be
held responsible because no stock is
supposed to be isauel until It Is fully
paid for. The disposal of the stock
would not release the original stock
holders, and the buyer would not be
responsible. In the case mentioned the
stockholders would be held liable, if the
stock had been subscribed.
m
Objection te Parade Roste.
, PORTLAND, June 4. (To the Edi
tor.) I have Just read in The Oregon
ian the route of the electrical parade
for Friday evening, and It seems to me
that a great Injustice Is being done
to the thousands of people who live
along Eleventh and Thirteenth streets,
the route of parade of former years.
We, like hundreds of others along
these streets, have invited our rela
tives and friends to our homes where
they may sit in comfort on our porches
and lawns and enjoy this beautiful
spectacle.
Last year at our own home we had
nearly 50 people and the sidewalks all
along the way were lined with people,
but there was no crowding, such as
there would be on Washington and
Morrislon streets, and everyone saw
and enjoyed the pretty sight.
The route as" outlined in The Orego
nlan Is Washington to Twenty-third to
MorrlBon to Third to Glisan to Fifth to
Washington to Twenty-third.
E. A. W.
The Flag on Publlo Buildings.
PORTLAND, June 4. (To the Edi
tor.) Some time ago I noticed In the
statement in The Oregonian that Mayor
Albee was In the future going to have
the American flag floating from the
flagstaff on the City Hall every day In
the week. The practice Is right and
proper and is done in every well-regulated
city In the Union, also on all Fed.
era! buildings. However, about the
only time you see It on either the City
Hall or the Courthouse is on Decora
tion day. at half mast, or when out of
respect for a deceased relative of some
official.
Is thtre no way to have It hoisted to
the top without waiting for the Fourth
of July? AMERICA.
Others Possess Rare Rose.
PORTLAND, June 4. (To the Edi
tor.) We saw In The Oregonian May
31 a picture of a Tausendshon rose.
which the owner, Mr. C. C. Stanley, of
606 Sixth street, claims to be the only
one in the city. We have one, wnicn
we have had about six years. It also
came from Pennsylvania. Its branches
would reach. If trained upright, to the
top ridge or our 14 -story nouse.
Three years ago we took a Jardinlere-
ful over to the Armory to the rose
exhibit, and found someone else also
had some there, so guess there are
several bushes In the city.
Any one wishing to see ours can do
so by calling at the address below.
E. L. PROBST.
1924 East Davis street.
Information om Alaska.
ALBANY, Or., June 3. (To the Edi
tor.) Please advise through your de
partment where I can get Information
in general about Alaska.
SUBSCRIBER.
Apply, to your public library.
AJtxriUnOS BE1TH DlkUTl.
Osnr Miats llfstifc
Sscr Bin,
FQgri.sXD. Juxss 4 T tb EfB-
tnrO ) thcsrs) Is m moremsit In
Congress to submit the question of
Panama Canal tolls and regulations to
arbitration with European, powers. I
will be obliged If you will allow me.
as an American citizen, to say In your
columns, that I am utterly opposed to
such an arrangement.
It would be beneath the dignity of
this Government to enter upon any
such palaver, or to tolerate any such
Interference with its private affairs, as
arbitration of canal management would
imply. There is absolutely nothing to
arbitrate about. There is no more to
arbitrate about in this case than there
would be if an outsider should walk
Into a store or workshop of Portland
and tell the proprietdr how he should
run his business, and If he dissented,
suggest arbitration of divergent views.
In that case the proprietor, if a man,'
would probably kick the Intruder out.
and that is what the .United States
Government ought to do in this case.
The management of the canal is an
affair of our own, exclusively, and it
is a bit of impertinence. If not some
thing more, for any outside govern
ment to tell us what we must do, and
what regulations we must make. The
canal Is the property of the United
States. It was paid for by American
money, is a business venture, and we
have the right to do as we please with
it, so long as we do not Injure others
directly thereby. We have offered the
use of this property to other govern
ments, at a rental, such as we believe
to be Just and fair, but if they dp not
choose to accept our terms that is the
end of the matter. They can go their
way and we will go ours. The high
seas are open to them, as before the
canal was constructed, and they can go
from ocean to ocean, around the Horn,
as often as they choose. But to ask us
to "arbitrate" an affair In which they
have no rights at all, and in which this
Government has all lights, is to rub it
in on us, and to ask us to submit to a
humiliation that is preposterous.
I do not like arbitration, by third
parties, at all. Let us settle with each
nation all questions as they come up,
one at a time, and settle them Justly,
honorably and fairly, by peaceful means
if we can, but settle them ourselves, at
all events.
I would not go to The Hague with
any question that arose between us and
another government, and I can see no
good reason for an international court
of nine, or any other number, as has
been suggested. The United States can
not go to any such court, packed as it
must be with the representatives of the
warring. Jealous European govern
ments, and expect to get justice or fair
treatment. Besides, we do not need to
go to such a court. We are big enough,
and strong enough, and Just enough to
settle all our difficulties In our own
way with the governments of the world,
and without tying ourselves up In en
tangling arrangements. We can help
ourselves, and all the world besides,
best by standing on our own feet.
LEVI W. MYERS.
CXritBIN'O PARIS SPEED FIENDS
Fit Motor Cars With Siren to Sound
When Excess Limit Is Reached.
Paris Correspondent New York Sun.
Eugene Billard, Municipal Counselor
of Paris, has undertaken to curb the
excessive speed in which the chauf
feurs of Paris delight. The City Coun
cil is to consider the question at on
early meeting.
The prohibition of manufacturing
cars capable of exceeding 18 miles an
hour has been discussed and rejected
as bound to injure the motor industry.
The Council then thought of making
the use of speed registers compulsory,
with the idea of having each record
examined every day at police head
quarters. The number of motor cars,
however, would make the work of ex
amination every day an Impossibility
and examination thrice a week would
Interfere with the owner's liberty, as
it would occupy his chauffeur a con
siderable time. So this . scheme was
abandoned.
Mr. Billard has his own suggestion
to make. "Many motor car builders,"
he says, "have told me that customers
have abandoned the use of motor cars
from fear of being telescoped by care
less drivers and have taken to using
motor buses Instead, as their mass pro
tects their occupants in case of a col
lision. "Every motor car should be fitted
with a special sounding apparatus
worked by the motor, which should
sound automatically whenever the reg
ulation speed is exceeded. This alarm
would warn foot passengers, drivers
of other vehicles and the police. If
there were no police about and if the
chauffeur persisted in his rapid speed,
although the alarm bell was sounding,
an automatic action after a certain
time should drop a number of brightly
colored pieces of paper from the car
giving its number and its owner's name
and address, so that the first police
man passing by could pick up these
papers.
"The papers could then be used as
proof that the chauffeur had firstly
exceeded the speed limit and secondly
broken the law by throwing paper on
the public highway."
SCHOOL BUILDINGS AVAILABLE! '
Consent to Use as Election Places Given
In 1912.
PORTLAND, June 4 (To the Edi
tor.) There have been, from time to
time, notices In the various papers ro
gardlng the advisability of holding
general elections in the school build
ings. In order that there may be no
mistake about the attitude of the
board, I am enclosing herewith a copy
of a letter directed to F. S. Fields,
County Clerk, on November 23, 1912.
The same letter was sent to A. L. Bar
bur, City Auditor, under the same data
Additional letters covering the same
point have been sent to the County
Clerk and the City Auditor under date
of April 8, 1914.
The letter to F. & Fields reads as fol
lows: At a meeting- of the board of this district,
held on the 23d Inst., I was authorized to
notify you that the school buildings of this
district are available upon application for
election and counting of ballots. Insofar as
is consistent with the original purpose for
which schools are built, with the expressed
understanding that the use of tobacco and
all forms of smoking or chewing shall not
be permitted.
There are several polling places in
school buildings at this time.
R. H. THOMAS, Clerk.
The Bright Surgeon's Diagnosis.
Lipplncott's Magazine.
A surgeon at Johns Hopkins Hospital
is fond of stories in which the Joke
is on the doctor. He tells this one:
One patient fancied there was some
thing the matter with his heart. His
physician made a cursory examination,
which disclosed a large swelling in the
patient's cardiac region.
"There certainly appears to be an
extraordinary swelling right here."
said the doctor, tapping with his
fingers on the patient's side. "We
must reduce this at once."
Whereupon a faint smile appeared
on the patient's worried countenance.
"Oh, doctor," he exclaimed, "that
welling is my pocVetbook. Please
don't reduce it too muchl"
Copy ef Will.
CHEHALIS, Wash.. June 3. (To the
Editor.) Please tell me where I can
get a copy of the will of a person
who died recently In Malheur County,
Oregon. SUBSCRIBER
If the will has been filed for pro
bate a copy can be obtained by ad
dressing the clerk of the county. A
reasonable charge will be made by the
clerk.
Twenty-Five Year Ago
From The Oregonian of Juno S. 1889.
Seattle. June 4. The County Com
missioners today arranged for the ne
gotiation of $300,000 In bonds to be
used In the construction of navy coun
ty, buildings.
. Corvallia. 'June 4. The State Sunday
school eonvention met at 8 P. M. today
In the Congregational Church. B. W.
Allen, of Portland, presiding. George
F. Billing, of Ashland, was chosen sec
retary. The muslo was led by Rev. Mr.
Wetaell. of Portland. Mrs. F. M. John
son presided at the organ. This even
ing Rev. C. C. Bateman, of Ut Tabor,
delivered. an address.
Walla Walla. June 4. The Walla
Walla Trust & Savings Bank has In
corporated; J. K Ed mis ton. F. W.
Paine and II. K. Keyler, trustees. The
wealthiest citizens are backing it.
Walla Walla. June 4. Mrs. Frank
Rlgler, of Oregon City, is visiting rel
atives at Walts burg.
Salem. June 4. Judge George H.
Williams will lecture tomorrow even
ing on "The Divinity of Christ.'' A
collection will be taken up and sent to
the Pennsylvania flood sufferers.
Vanoouver, Wash, June 4. The mar
riage of Miss Kate Goodwin, daughter
of Lieutenant Goodwin, of Vancouver
Barracks, and George B. Markle, of
Portland, was solemnized at St. Luke's
Church tonight. Rev. Marsden D. Wil
son officiating.
Seattle, June 4. A 7 B -yard, footrace
was run today between Harry Bethune
and Frank Lewis, formerly a well
known Oregon runner. Bethune ' quit
before the goal was reached.
New York, June 4. Presidents Ad
ams and Oakes, of the Union and
Northern Pacific Railroads, are said to
have reached an agreement regarding
the election of the O. R tt N. Co. They
are pledged to an early trackage
agreement, under which the O. R. & N.
line east of the Cascades Is to be used
Jointly and the Northern Pacific Is to
give the O. R. & N. connection with
Puget Sound over its PaclDo division.
The Oregon Immigration Board met
yesterday and decided to furnish Pro
fessor Looney. commissioner to the
Paris Exposition, with a neat display
of products and some printed matter.
J. Alex Mayer, who will shortly leave
for Europe, was granted a letter of au
thority to act as the board's represen
tative. The executive committee of the Port
land Hospital yesterday decided to
erect a building on the 5 H -acre tract
at Sunnyslde. There were present: G.
W. Staver, president; John Kenworthy,
vice-president; George II. Chance, sec
retary; Dr. E. P. Fraser. Architect
Stokes, Dr. Rhlnehart and Rev. Mr. Mc
Dermott. The Oregonian fund for the Johns
town flood sufferers yesterday reached
a total of $290.50.
The general Fourth of July commit
tee yesterday decided to give a double
river parade from the Steel bridge to
Ross Island and back.
The High School Alumni Association
yesterday elected the following offi
cers: President, Ed Northrup; vice
president. Miss Mamie Gantenbeln;
treasurer, Mrs. Nellie Seeley; orator.
Samuel Connell; poet. Frank Wells;
historian. Miss Wallace; prophet. Wal
ter Dodd.
Palmer & Rey have added a com
plete type foundry to their business.
Dick Emmons, a young man well
known In this city, has received an
appointment as inspector afloat for the
district of Alaska.
A minstrel entertainment was given
by Johnson & Slavln's company at the
New Park Theater last evening.
Hon. W. B. Gilbert has gone East.
London, June 8. Parcels containing
parts of a woman's body were found
today. It Is feared that "Jack the
Ripper" has again been at work.
The water committee yesterday de
elded to purchase a 10,000, 000-gallon
pump and to construct a 24-inch pipe
line.
Features for
The Sunday
OREG OKflAJSf
Portland's Rose Harvest.
A full page in colors on the city's
wonderful rose harvest. Why Port
land has become the greatest of
rose-growing communities.
Marital Happiness.
Two views of it are presented by
Rita Reese the man's view and
the woman's. A delightful illus
trated feature by a popular writer.
European Brigands.
They are discovered by American
travelers in the polite places of
Europe. They don't wear masks
and carry guns. Rather they oper
ate as servants and their weap
ons are more effective than guns.
Unique illustrations.
Tango Madness.
Coningsby Dawson, the noted
English writer, lays it all to the
evils of early education. A mas
terly analysis of' the present dan
cing craze among the middle-aged
and elderly.
Fisher's Picture.
In the fifth full-page drawing of
his new series Harrison Fisher
Ehows another of the greatest mo
ments in a girl's life. "The first
evening in their new home."
r Breaking tho Limit.
The new engineer on a farmer's
railroad and his ride for life and
lives. A 6hort story of adventure
and peril.
Gentlemen at Tea.
The feminist movement is breed
ing a sissified lot of slender-wristed
male mollycoddles, according to the
observations of a New York writer,
who finds that the afternoon tea
habit among men has a wide vogue
and is growing.
Seafaring Birds.
A story of local interest about a
dock of seagulls that follow steam
ers from port to port.
Moods of Genevieve.
In the eighth of .this series Gene
vieve writes of "The Child Mood."
The Fold-Up Family.
Another clever cut-out for the
children, together with a page of
other children's features.
Scores of Other Features.
Order early of your newsdealer.