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.TIIE MORNING OREGOXIAN. FRIDAY; FEBRUARY 13. 1915. 10 PORTLAND, OREGON. Entered at Portland. Onion. Postotflco as kicond'CAn matter. Subscription Hate Invariably lu advaac (Br MU. Daily. Sunday Included, one., year ... Pally. Sunday Included, six month Daily, Sunday included, three montlii laty, Sunday Included, one month . Ltaily, without Sui.day, one year .... Dally, without Sunday, alx months . Dally, without Sunday, three months Dtiy. without Sunday, one month .SS.O0 .4.20 . S.2J . .15 . (.00 . i.na . 1.75 . .6 . 1.S0 vv eekly, one year Sunday, one year 2.40 Sunday and Weekly, one year (By carrier.) Daily, Sunday Included, one year . Daily, Sunday included, one month a. so .19.00 How t Remit Send postofHe money or der, eapresa order or personal check on your local bank. Stamp, coin or currency are at senders risk. Give poatolflce address In full, including county and state. Postac Base 12 to 1 pases, t cent: 18 to pages. 2 cents; 34 to pages, a oents. SO to 6" paes. 4 cents: 2 to . pages, o cents: TS to 2 paea. 8 cents. Foreign post age, double rates. EaMern Business Office Versa Conk Jin. New yora. Brunswick buliding; Chicago, stcnger building. tea Fnwclara Off lew R. J. Bldwall Com pany. T43 Market street. I-OB.TLAJSD, FRIDAY, FKHJICARY 11. 1M LINCOLN THE TYPICAL AMERICAN. An Eastern periodical tries to prove, editorially, in us current number that Lincoln was not a typical American. Its reasons are interesting. He was more ambitious than most ot his countrymen. less easily satisfied with conventional activities and aims, had a broader outlook upon life, was moved by profounder considerations, felt more deeply the spiritual truths of the. world, and. upon the whole, was of a finer nature than the "com mon man" whom he so often talked about. All this, it is argued, proves thtt lie was exceptional rather than typical. Certainly Lincoln was excep tional. It would be daring, indeed, to 'say that he was an ordinary person. But might ho not have been excep tional and typical at the same time? Axe not all typical Individuals ex ceptional? In a type we naturally expect the highest expression of all that it represents. We feel Justified, ior Instance, in calling Plato and Immanuel Kant typical philosophers because they not only possessed re rtective powers in unusual degree, but also because philosophizing was the main, perhaps the only, business of their lives. For similar reasons Archimedes and Newton are said to have been typical men of science, and John Wesley a typical evangelist. They are types, not in spite of being ex ceptional men, but because of the very fact that they were exceptional. On similar ground the figures in Greek sculpture are said to be typical rather than individual because they express the highest concepts of beauty the Greeks ever formed. Such con cepts found full expression in no liv ing person, but in the type they rose to perfection. Lincoln was, therefore, all the more a typical American from the supreme excellence of his gilts and habits of mind. No doubt he was more consistently ambitious than most of his countrymen, but for all that the habits which laid the founda tions of greatness in him are common enough among American bos. Many of them reel tho same hunger for knowledge that made Lincoln stAidy his geometry by the light of a pine knot on the hearth. It is by no means unusual in country neighborhoods for studious boys to borrow every book they cau And und many a distinguished man has laid the fuumlution of his success in that way. Lincoln's rise from tho narrows md obscure circum stances of his impoverished family was the most typical piirt of his his tory. The heiiiht 'f his ascent was exceptional, but the conquest by a youth of a nobler station than he was born to is one of the most common traits of our Xatio.ial life. He went farther than must young men ran hope to o. but he traveled the same road with them. In a way, too, his aims and activities were con ventional. .Most of his neighbors, of course, had no hope of anything but farm life with its modest re wards and meager comforts, but oung Lincoln was not tho only farmer boy of that region who looked higher. Others did tho same and he diirercd from thorn only by achieving a more brilliant success. His choice of the law for a ca-iling was conventional. The legal career was the onlj one which in that time and place promised to satisfy the am bitions of aspiring youth Such voca tion as engineering, medicine, the ministry were either unknown to them or else they promised little worth striving for. The lawyer, on the other hand." was accepted as the great man t f his community. He might enter politic, go to the Legislature, pass on into the National House of Representa tives or the Senate. All the opportu nities of public life were open to him. md, as a rule, to nobody else. Lin coln was therefore accurately typical of American life when he made the law his profession. Most ambitious boys of much promise did the same in his day. He was exceptional in the fame he won at the bar, but not in choosing the law for his career. When he did so he followed a common custom. His broad outlook upon life was not so miraculous as it might at first ap pear. The ordinary American is not usually a bigot and our farmers have always been in a modest way reading men. The fact that so many new religious sects originate in American rural communities proves that the people are hospitable to new ways of thought. Unless he is narrowed by economic considerations, the American of the farm, or the city, either. Is extremely likely to share Lincoln's broad tolerance and liberal spirit, both In politics and religion. Such fanati cism as our public men exhibit is rarely taken seriously by their coun trymen, who are apt to take for granted that it is assumed for effect. We do not believe that Lincoln was so typical, or representative, in any other respeaeV as in his humorous hos pitality to all shades of opinion. It is this National quality that enables our hundreds of sects to live together without quarreling. This does not mean that he had no rooted opinions. His philosophy of life grew out of deep reflection, though, of course, it was also partly temperamental, and he clung to It from boyhood to old age with Invincible tenacity- Toler antly as his faith was held, it was not held lightly, and we know that he was ready to make Immense sacrifices .rather than prove false to it. Its fundamental tenet was the soundness and Justice of God's government of the universe. Not denying the preva lence of wrong, he still believed that right was destined to triumph, and he willingly gave his life to prove his faith. Because bis nature was finer than that f common men he felt this spiritual truth more deeply than they, but he was by no means singular in his belief. Most Americans think the same. Our National Institutions are built upon our confidence in the ulti mate Justice of God which Issues in justice to the common man. This was Lincoln's fixed ideal and invincible hope. . WHO' RVNS THE SCHOOLS? School Director Sommer assumes a heavy responsibility when he under takes to oust Mr. Alderman from the superintendency or the public schools. If any other Director Joins him in that purely individual enterprise. The Oregonian will be greatly surprised. In any issue as to whether Director Sommer, who is a very good physi cian, shall run the schools, or the duly elected and .well-qualified Superin tendent, the School Board has a clear course to follow. There ought to be no doubt at all where the Board stands; there can be no doubt about that large part of tho public which is represented by the patrons of the schools. Air. Alderman has been Superintend ent for two yeara He came from the State School Superintendency with a fine record f or achievement in a broad and fruitful field. He in herited a school organization and school methods built up through many years under another Superintendent; and the problem of adjusting old con ditions to new ideas has not been easy. But he has. done well. The schools are Just now the object of lea general criticism than in many years. The morale oi me teaciieia excellent and the progress of the school body as whole satisfactory. If the Superintendent shall be re moved or shall fail of re-election after a brief two years, for reasons not at all obvious, the general sense of fair play will be rudely shocked. . Probably Director Sommer will give up his plan of getting a more pliant Superintendent. We rather think the people will have a chance ere long to give public expression to their will as to the retention or dis missal of Mr. Alderman. tKOM THK WASTE-BASK ET. The Honorable William Jennings Bryan, erstwhile Commoner, and now Secretary of State at Washington, was a member of the committee on plat form in the National .Democratic con vention at Baltimore, in 1912. Ac cording to common report, Mr. Bryan had a potential voice in framing the platform, and it is known that some of the planks are in his exact phrase ology. The Oregonian respectfully so licits from the surviving Oregon sup porters and admirers of Mr. Bryan, including the hard-and-fast Demo cratic newspapers, an opinion as to whether or not the following emphftio declaration, bodly enunciated in the 1912 platform, is from the eloquent pen o the present Secretary of State: The constitutional rights of American cit isens should protect them on our borders and bo with lhm throughout the world, aud every American citizen residing or having- property in aay foieliril country is en titled to and must be given the full pro tection of the United states Government, both for himself and his property. Nothing there about "watchful wait ing." Nothing there of warning to Americans to get out of Mexico, if they could, for the American Govern- nient would not aid them. Nothing there of affirmation that Americans who had made large Investments in Mexico had taken their own risk aud must abide the consequences. No crocodile tears there about tare sub merged 80 per cent of Mexicans, who, however, were to be left to solve their own destiny. Nothing there of timor ous assertion that one American life saved by refusal to go to war is worth all Mexico and Its unhappy millions. Nothing there of Little Americanism or of Spineless Diplomacy. But what now? .Merely another plunk from the waste-basket platform on which Woodrow Wilson ran for President. (i()Ul CAI Jill FOR l'KOTK-T. President Wilson's protest against violation of the rights of neutrals by both Germany and Britain is a plain fulfillment of his duty and is an evi dence of impartiality, which neither nation can gainsay. The sea is the world's highway and two travelers on that highway: have no right to con duct their quarrel, in such manner as to injure a thini,.traveler who is going peacefully on his way. Shuiild Ger man warships wantonly attack or in jure an American ship for no other reason than that it happens to be within the arena of hostilities, this Nation would have good cause to de mand prompt reparation. Should liritish ships, in order to escape at tack, masquerade as American ships, they would provoke interference with all American ships and would destroy the value of the American flag as a badge of neutrality. The emergency created by the naval war is an occa sion for firm maintenance of Amer ican rights against any belligerent which infringes on them. It is an occasion for all neutral nations to make common cause in upholding their common interests against a common danger. Germany has exceeded belligerent rights by threatening to sink, with all on board, neutral merchant ships car rying contraband, if it be found im practicable to save passengers and crew. As a cause for molesting neutral ships in the seas bordering on Eng land and France, she accuses the Brit ish government of instructing British ships to hoist neutral flags in those waters. The British government is al leged to have furnished proof of this charge by instructing the Lusitania to hoist the American flag. This was done, and under the American flag the Lusitania avoided capture or de struction, though the British govern ment denies having issued the order alleged. InternationaL.law permits a bellig erent warship to destroy an enemy's merchant ship when regard for her own safety prevents taking the prize to port, but the most elementary laws of humanity forbid drowning even the armed forces of the enemy after they have surrendered or been captured. It permits search of neutral ships and, when more than half the cargo is found to be contraband, it permits confiscation of ship and cargo. But it forbids attack on a neutral ship which does not resist: much more does it forbid sinking such a ship and drowning of her crew and passengers. Britain has provided Germany with a convenient excuse for carrying out her threats by abuse of neutral flags. Tho raid into the Irish Sea suggests that Germany intends to attack mer chant ships with submarines. Secrecy is essential to the success of these ves sels. They have not the capacity for carrying rescued sailors anil passen gers, and their enterprise would fail of its purpose if they took each prize to a German port. They would be L-ompelied to steam above water, for they could not supply air," when sub merged, for more than their crew. An attempt to return to a home port on the surface with a prize, or w-ith the rescued crew and passengers of a prize, through hostile waters would involve almost sure de struction. A submarine raid can thus succeed only by sinking all prizes and it can succeed best by leaving no man to tell the tale. Germany wishes to cut off Britain's supply of all commodities, much of which Is carried in neutral ships and is non-contraband. She needed an ex cuse for sinking these ships, and Britain by the Lusitania affair has furnished it. That abuse of the Ameri can flag has exposed all neutral ships to risk of destruction. Mr. Wilson has cause to protest against Germany's maritime war proclamation as against international law and humanity. He has cause to protest agttinst British misuse of the American Hag as an unfriendly act, which injures American interests, all other neutral interests, and, in the long run, British interests also. TO MARRY OB NOT TO MARRY. Miss Marsh had a right to get mar ried if she wanted to. We feel im pelled to go farther and observe that Miss Marsh had a duty to get mar ried whether she wanted to or not, provided, of course, a suitable hus band could be found. Suitable hus bands are more scarce than suitable wives, to be sure, but that is not the question. But had Miss Marsh, a teacher in the Portland public schools, a right to marry while a teacher? She was married on January 4 to Oren Rich ards, a lawyer, and is now Mrs' Rich ards. No time was taken off for a honeymoon and the bride undertook to go on with her service as teacher, but she was peremptorily dismissed. There was a clause in her contract by which she agreed not to marry while employed as a teacher. The Oregonian is not informed as to whether a similar contract is re quired to be made with male teachers. The New York City Board of Edu cation tried to dismiss a teacher, a married woman, because she sought leave of absence until after the birth of an expected child. But the courts have sustained the teacher in her contention that motherhood is not in compatible with one's duty as an em ployed puhlic teacher of children. The case of Mrs. Richards rests on a somewhat different ground. She vol untarily made a contract to remain a spinster and she has deliberately violated it. Will the courts sustain such a con tract, or will they declare it contrary to puhlic policy and hold it void? Undoubtedly the prohlem is a per plexing one for the school authori ties, and much weight is to be given to their view that the. work of a school teacher, ought not to be dis turbed by a honeymoon or domestic eventualities and duties. But we rather suspect that the far-seeing eye of jus tice will discover in the Marsh con tract ground for criticism. MEMORY AND BRAIN CELLS. Alvin Heckethorn, whose letter ap pears in The Oregonian today, fails in some particulars to grasp our ideas about brain cell3. We have never thought of them as "unchangeable cup-like recesses." Nor does our theory of consciousness imply any such notion. Our statement was in effect that whatever has once been in scribed on the cells remains there. Even this is figurative and we took some pains to make it appear so. There is really no "inscription," though there certainly is some sort of a change in the cell corresponding to each act or consciousness. This change persists during the future life of the cell, no matter how often its physical structure may be renewed. We know perfectly well that the brain cells un dergo constant gains and losses of ma terial. But that is of no consequence to our theory. The new molecules are built into the same mosaic designs as the old ones which they replace and therefore the basis of memory remains constant. Mr. Heckethorn's remarks on the consciousness of flowers and stones are diverting, but we know of no way to verify them. STORMY TIMES FOR WILSON. President Wilson's persistence in forcing any kind of a ship-purchase bill through Congress gives stronger evidence of obstinacy than of good sense. Seeing no hope for the Fletcher bill, he now falls back upon the Gore bill as a substitute for the Weeks bill, which has passed the Senate. Failing Jo" have his way wun the Senate, he tries the House, though the battle would have to be fought out in the Senate, even If the House passed the Gore bill, for the filibuster would be renewed in discussion of the conference report. There being no hope for any ship purchase bill at this session and the President now seems disposed to ac cept any kind of a ship-purchase bill, Just to save his face Mr. Wilson threatens to call an extra session for the purpose of passing it. If he should, he will lay up a store of trouble for himself which will go far to wreck his Administration and his party. Outside of his thick-and-thin support ers, the measure has no friends. Every influential newspaper, except the rig idly partisan, has either declared against it or is half-hearted In its sup port. Commercial bodies in the South, as well as in the North, have declared against it. Such a weight of public opinion will nerve the Repub licans and the Democratic insurgents to superhuman efforts for the bill's defeat. Thosrgh the President may be sup ported by a larger number of Sen ators in the new than in the present Congress, owing to the increase of Democratic membership, his majority in the House will be so small that a slight defection may put him in a minority. Congress has been in ses sion every Summer beginning with 1909 and its old members are weary or continuous work through the hot Summers or Washington. Some of these old members are not well dis posed towards Mr. Wilson to begin with, and exasperation at being driven to work year arter year by an exact ing dictatorial taskmaster is likely to goad them into revolt. Finding how unpopular is the bill, especially since it provides for squandering of public money when the Treasury shows a deficit and when war taxes are levied In time of peace, these members will be the more disposed to jujnp the traces of party discipline. The second half of the Wilson term bids fair to be as stormy as the first half was calm. Never did a President enter office under conditions more favorable to his success, for all par ties showed adisposition to give him fair play. Never did a President more foolishly fling away his opportunity by endeavoring to impose nis personal will upon Congress. The insurrecti in Vila spcon d Congress promises be the more serious because his first Ooneress was outwardly so meeKij submissive. Oral examinations by the Civil Serv ice Board are sensible and practicable. An applicant can often tell more about his qualifications in ten minutes than he can write in a week. Voice, lan guage and gesture are sure indexes to character. The fear that oral tests will open the way to favoritism is probably groundless. With an honest board nothing of the sort will happen. With a dishonest board favoritism will creep in no matter how the examina tions are conducted. Business is business with the Krupps. They are willing to loan the Kaiser money in almost any quantity as long as he gives them plenty of army contracts in return. Thus, they receive the profits on the contracts plus their interest, which, together, must amount to quite a pleasant figure. No wonder war is popular in the Krupp family. Dear wheat necessarily means dear bread. The bakers have chosen to cut doWn the weight of the Joaf rather than raise the price, but it comes to the same thing in the end. A pound of bread costs more money than it did juggle the fact as we may. The war has diminished the productive capacity of the world and everybody must suffer for it. Bad as war Is, it has compensations. Political liberty in Russia is unmis takably profiting by the autocracy's need of popular good will. The Duma shows distinct traces of independence Even the Jews arc not so badly treat ed as formerly. The worst govern ment in the world makes slight im provemonts look large by contrast. Gentle woman's part in the Euro pean war becomes daily more pro nnnnceri Sim seems to fight very wel in the trenches at Bzura and no doubt will soon make her debut in Belgium. In countries where women are yoked with cattle to plow there is every rea son, why they should make as good cannon louder as tne men. The Saturday Evening Post is "look ing for peace this year(in spite of the expert?." Frail man does not always find what he is looking for, but the Post is a3 likely to guess correctly as anybody we know. Tiritons denrecate the use of the Stars and Stripes on the Lusitania as humiliating -to British pride, and so it is. If Britannia is to rule the waves she must do it under the Union Jack. An Italian Socialist leader and King Emmanuel had a pleasant meeting and found themselves in harmony. Each must have adopted a sane mid die course in his views. However, the suit of the teacher wife iwho was discharged leads us to remark that this is not exactly the season for two jobs in one family of two. Three European rulers, according to a dispatch, will meet to discuss float ing mines. They usually meet to dis cuss floating loans, it might be added. Chicago tailors who went on th streets to display Spring styles nearly perished or cold. In Portland they would have been quite comfortable. One of the "serious" results Wilson mentions in connection with misuse of the American flag will be to drive Bryan to drinking grapejuice. According to an Eastern railroad manager, , some of the workmen re ceive more than some of the officials. And earn more, doubtless. Russia's announcement that victory over the Germans is certain suggests that Russia is placing new hope in the efficacy or; prayer. The Japanese Ambassador says Japan looks to the United States to settle the world's differences. Kid ding Bryan again. There can be no dispute on the evi dence in the case of the man who bumped into the automobile of the chief of police. Petrograd reports that Russia is cer tain of victory. Evidently the Petro grad press bureau is hard put for bulletins. The Dacia has sailed and Great Britain will take her and keep her for all that will be done by Wash ington. Consolidation plans are calculated to put a scare into the 'hearts of the hybrid Republicans and mugwumps at Salem. The Senate adjourned exhausted after fifty-two hours of filibustering. No great record for vitality in that. A Seattle thief was run down and captured by a pretty miss. What chance has mere man these days? The official who asks the present Legislature to increase his pay shows more avarice than wisdom. Boston is entertaining an enactment to prevent smoking in public. Bears the odor of feminism. The Chinese government offers Sun Tat Sen a pardon in the hope that he will go after it. Germany discounts "blank check" with a $1, 250, 000, 000. the British new loan of Wheat is coming down, and perhaps the poultryman would better not sell his fowls. ' The diligent housewife will today wash vthe porch and scrub the side walk. The New York teacher who laid off for a twilight nap is back on the job. ' A Texan has been sent to Mexico And what John Lind missed. Senator Earrett dropped .a few shells. Kung si fan toy! Clean upl Twenty-five Years Ago Prom The Oregonian February 12. 1S0O. Vancouver. Wash. A crew of men is busy installing the incandescent elec tric light plant for the city. It is ex pected the plant will be in operation now in a very short time. Linkville, Or Jesse D. Carr has suf fered a loss estimated at $80,000 due to the bad weather, snows and storms cf the last month. He lost 3500 head of stock cattle and 200 head of short horns. The bank clearings In Portland yes terday were $296,216.39: balances, $100, 919.17. Deputy Sheriff YVrightman. of Mar ion County, in a tour of four days col lected $5000 in taxes. A. Goodenough, the real estate dealer, while attending the opera at the open-, ing of the New Marquam-Grand Mon day night, suffered quite a loss, one of his pockets being picked. He says .70 was taken from the left hand side pocket. He suspects a person who Jostled him as the crowd was leaving the theater. An interesting and promising series of revival services is in progress at Taylor-Street M. E. Church, conducted by the pastor. Rev. Alfred hummer, assisted by Rev. C. R. Kellerman. A note to The Oregonian says Rev. B. P. Rattray, of Immanuel Baptist Church, was unable to preach last bun day evening, which was a great disap Dolntment to the unusually large con gregation that assembled to welcome him back to his pulpit after a long in ness. He went to the church at the service hour, but had to return to his rooms immediately. Alex D. Carlton, the assistant general passenger agent of the Northern Pa cific, has issued a very neat souvenir of the Emma Juoh Opera company, comprising a timecard of the tour in which, the Northern Pacific is promi nent as a route of travel. The front page contains a lithograph of Miss Juch. ' Susan B. Anthony will in a few days reach her 70th birthday and the anni versary will be celebrated by an elabo rate dinner at Riggs House, Washing ton. F. Vivian, the popular president of the Sons of st. George, who has been dangerously ill at his home in Glencoe Park, is better and attending to his office. Aaron F. Parker, of the Grangeville, Idaho. Free Press, is passing a part of his honeymoon in Portland. His beau tiful and accomplished bride was Miss Mary Newman, of Weiser, Idaho. P. F. Morey, president of the Wil lamette Falls Electric Company, was the recipient of a neat token of es teem from Company I Monday night Mr. Morey was instrumental in secur ing for the boys their new dress suits. The token was the company's gold badge. FATE OK WOMEN'S BILL CHAFES Lonlae Marotte Says C.ame of Hlde-and- SMk Should Stop. PORTLAND, Or., Feb. 11. (To the Editor.) The attention is called of all earnest, sincere, thinking women in terested in the three greatest questions of interest to women and children now before the 2Sth Legislature; that but 10 days remain. a.nd our. worthy Repre sentatives have yet to cease their game of hide-and-seek that characterizes the attitude of those whom the women as well as the men sent to the two houses, pledged by ail that was holy to fight for the women and children of Oregon. What is tho cause of their delay? Is it due to the want of interest Oregon women take in their new enfranchise ment that makes their legislators fear ful of too much activity? Or is it mis placed faith in the women representa tives of the Federated Clubs to stand by their indorsement of legislation im proving and protecting interests of such vital importance as the property rights of Oregon women, the protection of illegitimate children and the jury bills? It is conceded the jury bill has gone to the wastebasket and is a dead one, but what of the Huston property rights bill, which has been up for repairs in committee so long? Is it to be used as a blockade in case of danger of a better bill? It seems to me that when new bills are required, these old and poorly prepared bills should be killed at once and new ones substituted, rather than try to make a pretense of sincerity and think "they can fool all the women, all the time." LOUISE MAROTTE. Sacramental Prohibition Clause. GLEN A DA, Or., Feb.' 8. (To the Edi tor.) "A" says the sacramental pro hibition clause allowing ministers to get as much wine as they like can be abused, by clubs being organized all over the state calling themselves churches, ordaining the drink dispenser minister, who regulates the sacra ment so members can partake freely. copiously and continually. "B" says ministers have to get a divine call before they are recognized by the state. Who is correct? A READER, Neither. The state cannot recog nize a "divine call, but there are other credentials that obviously would gov ern in such a situation, even as impos sible as that suggested. Reprinting a Boole PORTLAND, Feb. 10. (To the Edi tor.) Is there any law in the United States which makes a person criminally liable for publishing and selling a book in a foreign language without the au thor's permission? The book was origi nally published abroad and the author at present resides abroad. SUiSSCKlBEK. It all depends on the extent to which the book has been copyrighted. If you are about to undertake such an enter prise it would be advisable to confer with a lawyer or with the copyright law clerk who can be found at the Portland postoffice. Neutrality and International Law. PORTLAND, Feb. 10. (To the Edi tor.) In reply to your editorial of February 9 1 would iiae to Know u our Government can In honor violate strict neutrality and international law? If international law can De vioiatea with impunity why not National and local? Is it patriotic to stifle and ruin our commerce ana inaustries, ana so leave our laborers idle and in want for fear of oifending some outsider of whom we need not have the least bit of fear? REV. MR. MERGES. 'Address of O. XI. Clark. MILLICAN, Or.. Feb. 10. (To the Editor.) Will you please give' me the address of O. M. Clark, chairman or the Oregon Commission to the Panama Pacific Exposition? it. L. PErtulVAlvli. Address Mr. Clark at the Chamber of & Commerce, Portland, or at the Clark Wilson Lumber Company, Linnton, Or. No. BINGEN. Wash., Feb. 10. (To the Editor.) Does the prohibition bill now under consideration at Salem prohibit the manufacture and sale of denatured or wood alcohol in the State of Oregon? , FARMER. DRY BILL "TIXKERI.VO" SCORED Hn. Unniway Saya Liquor "Claws Leg islation" In rung. PORTLAND, Feb. 10. (To the Edi tor.) Kindly permit an interested stu dent of the befuddled attempts at legis lation now in process of incubation at the Capitol to say through your col umns to many scores of women voters who would not listen to Mny warning when tho man-made prohibition cam paign was on that it is now too late for me to say, "I told you so." I hardly more than finished reading J. E. Wheeler's message in The Ore gonian February S before the telephone began to ring, followed by personal calls from women, all seeking advice as to my opinion about the proper method for them to pursue to check mate the tinkering with the constitu tion now going on at the Capitol, with the, (to them) evident desire to annul the prohibition amendment, for which they voted in the belief that they were opposing the evils of intemperance by driving temptation away from hus bands, children and homes. Women thought they wore voting for prohibition straight." said one woman over the phone, after 1 began this letter, "but we now see our mis take and I am sorry women can vote at all." I beg leave to assure all such women that they need not worry. No child could learn to walk if it didn't first learn to avoid stumbling by getting hurt. The law women were driven to adopt through their inexperience as voters was not set up fur tnetn d women, but was the work of cunning politicians who were hatching jobs of litigation, in anticipation or rtuure tat fees. Well-meaning men and women will learn, in time, that there is no surer way of manufacturing drunkards by wholesale than by adopting the schemes of a political machine, for doling out intoxicants to privileged classes, in cluding unlimited quantities to clergy men, und denying them altogether to the homeless and the poor. In con clusion let me say. in the words of Abraham Lincoln ."You can fool all the people part of the time, and part of the people all of tho time, but you cannot fool all the people all the time." I have not spoken to impugn the mo tives of any honest man or woman. We all have a right to our opinions, sub ject to change through experience, just as babies have a right to stumble when trying to learn to walk. ABIGAIL SCOTT Dl'NIWAY. "TEAM WORK" XOW IX OTIDER Democrats Are Congratulated on Po litical and Judicial Acumen. PORTLAND, Feb. 10. (To the Edi tor.) I note with delight that our dis tinguished Democrat and respected fel low townsman, the lion. John 11. Stevenson, Judge of the Municipal Court, fTersonally congratulates Col. George Harvey upon "the editorial acu men of the North American. Review" In the February number of that high organ of Democracy. We had supposed, nay. verily we had been angrily in formed, that Colonel Harvey's caustic opinion of Secretary Bryan's steward ship and the-Administration's Mexican policy were shared only by a small bunch of Intrepid and papistical Demo crats here in Oregon, so we hasten to congratulate Judge Stevenson upon his political and Judicial acumen and pa tiently await with open arms for said acumen to seep through the roof of all "deserving Democrats." For the brethren must now know that "team work" is the essential dope before the clarion call, which surely must come, to "start something." There fore, let's forgive one another's venial sins; let's make ourselves worthly of the philosophical euloglum of the for giving father over his departed son's remains: "Tommy, my Tommy, was a good boy, God bless him; whether drunk or sober he always said his prayers." and we should not forget what smells bad in San Domingo is fully compensated by the flowery scents from Siam, like unto tho music of a coyote to the Jackson Club, or a Chautauqua platform platitude to a garbage can. Let us, therefore, "team together." Now is the time for Bob Caples and Os. West to swap a kiss; Milt Miller and Colonel Wood to waltz the "goose step," Frank Myers and Alec Sweek to eat a banana together; John Manning to offer Judge Bennett a bite off rt the plug; Bert Haney. George Thomas. Red Phelan and Frank Berry to organize an "Old Hickory Evangelical Club," and Brother Wagnon and Judge Munly to sing the doxology: Praise God, from whom all hlesslnns flow; Everybody drinks in the cellar below. J. HENNESSY MURPHY., Portland's Pedestal. (With apology to W. W. Cooley.) The world should know That Portland stands Upon a rock Gibraltar; And o'er the earth Its business worth Naught can ever alter. The world should know That Portland has What everyone attracts; By open river full Or down hill pull . A trade that won't relax. The world should know That Portland is Of all the Coast supreme; Her women charm Don't feel alarm. For this is not a dream. The world should know That Portland is The best in all the land; For business, health. For home or wealth. And roses at command. SM. VENARD. THE SPELL OP THE NEW WEST. Oh golden, glorious, tragic West Land where a man feels free, Oh wicked, winsome, mystic West, Land of the past and yet-to-be. Your rivers wild and canyons vast. Your mountains majesty. Your peerless forests' magic spell. Your mighty desert's mystery. Old ocean's boom upon your shore, Your cryptic cavern's 4witchery, Your sunsets flung in flaunting gold, Your cataracts falling endlessly, Your pioneer, your Indians bold, Your past's weird history; Thou home of big, broad-minded men. Of women stanch and true; The Old World's art and charm are lost Beside the spell of you. Floribel Brubacher. Compulsory Vaccination. TIMBER, Or.. Feb. 9. (To the Edi tor.) Please let ma know through The Oregonian if vaccination is compulsory in the State of Oregon. A SUBSCRIBER. In -Portland vaccination is compul ory when, in the opinion of the Health Officer of the district, it is necessary. In the state it is the duty of school boards not to admit children without proper vaccination, according to the State Health Board. More Oa Sabbath Observance. PORTLAND, Feb. . (To the Editor.) Referring to Inquiry from "Old Sub scriber" (of Salem), whose letter ap peared in your columns, permit me to cite in addition to the staudaro works mentioned which treat briefly on Sabbath observance, the book, "His tory of the Sabbath," by Andrews, which treats very fully on this sub ject. If this work is not in local library I am willing to lend copy to "Old Subscriber" who may address me at 92 East Sixty-third street North. C. E. OLCOTT. MEMOHY MV8TKHIKS IHSi t Kll Alt In llerkrlborn Drives Into Phenomena vf Mind. PORTLAND, Ft. . (To Hie Edi tor.) The editorial 111 The Oregonian Sttndny entitled "The Physical Element in Memory" whs a beautiful ennico, as It were, of the generally accepted psy chology of the phenomena of the mind. But, ns the ttctence of psychcloty is only in its hypothetical auige of devel opment, kindly permit me to rail a I -teiilion to the one fatal defect In tin line of reasoning. ljy inference, this theory hypothecates that the brain cells are uncliangenbln cup-like recesses, which miKhl be com pared to lioney-cocnb. und that thcf cells are constantly being filled with tho honey cf human experience, burns in by the wlnsltn. boiiyless bees of the live senses; that consciousness js the queen bee of tills bnnn-hl c. while memory, eltiu-like, sits In a special pre pared cell-chamber w lulling hi horn at odd Intervals, whereat thcro conns trooplna up from the corridors of the brain hosts of events which have occu pied the center of the stage of thoughts and actions in days agone; nnd the other cells are variously occupied, usu slly In merely administering to the wants of the organism, but occasionally they hatch out 'young bees" of sub conscious thoughts from which a Plato, a Newton or an Edison comes forth to elucidate natural phenomena, while mere mortals lika you and me must bo content to stand in awe of such things and whisper, "Mystery." In whichever way this thoory la stated, the attributes of the brain aro always given a creative personality, just as if tliey were fhiries with mngie potions, or with chisels and mallets carving out the destiny of tho Indi vidual whose brain cells they may chance to be occupying. Such a premise is exactly opposite to the workings of all natural phenomena. The atomic chemists with crucible, spectroscope, till ra-microscope. spin thariscope and test-tube ask only to be given time and they will run the gamut from the four elements earth, air. flrn and water of the ancient philosophers, to the ultimate register of the low and high wave vibrations, and all the ele ments recorded upon the spectrum. Even now, one by one. they are dissolv ing the mysteries which eushroud the minds of common mortals, and have baffled scientists for centuries. That which to them was an unknown quan tity yesterday Is today ss clear to Ihem as a simple problem in long division. There is but una mystery of mys teries to these atomic chemists, and that Is the sublime irrepressible ean tisui of the animal, man. Man, being a tool-ma'ting animal, has a cquired the unhappy faculty of not only sscriblno; all phenomena to some tool-making per sonality, but of conde inning as Interior every other animal that does not hap pen to posess such accomplishments, and will Hcoff at the suggestion that ani mals and plants and Inorganic matter possess consciousness. You speak of Cha monition and the Rosetta stone. I venture to say were he among us today he would freely ad mit t h n t it was not until be bad strut k the key of the iiillnlto t nought - wa vo vibration of the Hosetta stono that Its mysteries were revealed to his crut sciousness, and then ho knew that the scribu who lias wrought upon that stone, 4hn Hosetta ston Itself, and bo were brothers, thought of one thoiiphL, consciousness of ono consciousness. Evclution, however, is working its potent spell, and slowly but surely It is dawning upon the consciousness of this animal, man, that every attribute w hich he possesses Is also common to all other animals, and to all plants; yea, even unto every ultimate particle of matter, that ceaselessly vibrates through the infinite thought-waves of the cusmos; and that the phenomena of nature nrm not of a tool-making origin, but w her ever found, and of whatsomevcr nature, they prove to be the results of the cur relating and disintegrating forces f electro-chemical energy, life and Intelli gence consciousness. If you please; each Innately endowed with tho same cosmical value, whether sclntHlatlng the crystalline germs of inorganic mat ter, or vivifying the cell life of plants, animals or tho genus homo. ALVIN HECKETHORN. Irish Protest Discredited. PORTLAND. Feb. 10. (To the Edi tor.) According to the latest Irish newspapers. Including the Dublin Free man and Belfast Examiner, leading journals of Irish thought, there ara 200,000 Irishmen now with the colors on the Continent and In England and Ireland. This does not include tho home guard or volunteers ready for the call. The recent publication In Ireland of Cardinal Mercier's letter treatlng of his experience in Belgium, had tho ttXCcct of adding 50,000 more men to the recruiting roster. The Ancient Order of Hibernians of Ireland. 300,001 strong, are solidly behind John Red mond; there is not a county in Ireland but what is strongly nationalistic, that is to say, for Redmond. Now what Is this handful of so called "volunteers" going to protest about here In Portland. Aro they going to protest Against their own na tive land? Who are these "volunteers" anyway, and what are they volunteer ing for? It la to laugh! L. SIIANAHAlf. 144 Third Street Highest Building In Portland. HILLSBORO. Or., Feb. 10. (To the Editor.) Which are tho two highest buildings in Portland? Also, the most costly hotel? The Yoon and Northwestern Bank bulidings are each 15-story structure. A special permit was required, a th limit prescribed by ordinance for or dinary application is 12 stories. The Multnomah and Benson hotels art said to have cost about the same amount ot money. Trip In an Aeroplane. Boston Transcript. Lady Passenger (up in aeroplane and nervous) Hadn't we better descend now, something might go wronR with the engine? Aviator Poti't worry. Miss. No engine can prevent us mak ing good time on the return trip. Yc. PORTLAND, Feb. 10. (To the Edi tor.) Is Deputy Sheriff Christofferson the same man who was formerly a pa trolman? W. J. UHKUUH. SOS Cnlirmbla ulreet. Yea. CLATSKANIE, Or., Feb. 10. (To the Editor.) if a couple having a marriage license Issued in Clackamas County I married In Multnomah County, are they legally married' f. Do You Keep It? When people begin coming Into i retailer's store nnd asking for a certain "article." it does mt take iong to convince him that It Is something worth selling. When manufacturer advertise their goods In the new-spaper the inquiries begin at tho ilealer's .oitnicr. For this r-ason the modern retailer is alert to co-operate with the manufacturer's newspaper ad vertising. It means definite business for the storekeeper and be knows It. He shos the goods In the window md on th counter and Ji is people know that his is an up-to-date store. It Is the kind of co-operation that makes for satisfaction all around.