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THE MORNING OREGONIAN, SATURDAY, MAY J. 1915. rORTLAXD. OREGON. '-Entered at Portland, Oregon, Postofflce i . ' icond-i!ui matter. ' Suostrmtion Kate Invariably In advance: (By Mall.) '.T'al'r, ?uudiy Included, one year. ...... .$S. 00 .tlaily, Sunday included, six months..... 4.1:3 . MDaily, Sunday Included, tiiree months... 2.25 .!.:)-, Sunday Included, one month 75 . rv -dully, without Sunday, one year 6.00 "Daily, without Sunday, sis montha .-5 " Daily, without Sunday, tliree months... 1.75 ' THi".y, without Sunday, one month J0 "WeekIy, one yeir. 1.5o ! B fundk.v, one year . Sunday and Weekly, one year. .......... 3.00 IBy Carrier.) -Xaily, Sunday Included, one year $9. e-Drily, Sunday Included, one month..... -5 - - liovr to Remit bend Postoffice money or ' 0-r, expre&i order or personal check: on your local hank Stamps, coin or currency -are at vender's risk. Give postofflce address in full. including county and state. Postage Kates 12 to i pages. 1 cent; 18 to pages, 2 cents; 84 to 48 pages, 8 cents; a- to uo pags, 4 cents; to 7d pages, 5 cents: T8 to 2 pages, S cents. Foreign post age, double rates. -, Eastern Business Office Veree & Conklin, York, Brunswick buiidlng; Chicago, fitcn?er building. San Franrisco Office R. J. Bidwell Com - Vvy, Market street. FORTL.AND, SATl'RDA Y. MAX 1. 1913. A BLOW AT CAUSES OF WAR, id The International Congress of Women has gone more wisely to work than we had hoped. It has -struck first at two of the evils which ..render wars possible secret treaties "and the transfer of territory from one Hate to another without consent of the population. Had It been impos sible for diplomats to commit their country to any policy - without the knowledge of the people and the con tent of their representatives this war mijht have been prevented. Had the people of certain provinces been per mitted to choose the state to which they should be attached, the chief provocation to war would not have existed. By laying' down these two principles the women have done bet ter than if they had clamored for an immediate peace. They may turn public opinion in a direction which, if pursued, will make peace lasting when it comes and will prevent war in the future. Secret diplomacy has been the curse of nations, for it is the means by which one group has combined ' against another and by which diplo mats have committed nations to poli cies and obligations which could be "carried out only by war. The honor of a nation has again and again been .staked secretly by a diplomat, who Jcft the people no alternative to dis honor except war, for which their blood and money must pay. Jo rea sonable man contemplates that every 'step in negotiations should be taken .in public, but no agreement should be "binding until ratified by the representatives- of the people and none should be ratified until it has been published and openly discussed. -Had that rule prevailed last Sum mer, Austria could not have bound her people to make war by sending the ultimatum to Serbia, nor could Germany have sent the ultimatum to Russia, nor could Russia have re sponded by war, until the people knew 11 about the controversy and had ap proved their ministers action and had, through their representatives, voted to 'tight. Democracy is thus shown to be the foo of secrecy, which is the foe of peace. Had democracy prevailed in the three empires and had it been more nearly complete in Britain and France, this war might haVe been pre. vented and the quarrels which caused it. might have been settled peacefully and permanently.- More democracy is the best antidote for war. , The other principle laid down by the women is at the foundation of democracy, for it is the old American doctrine that governments derive their just powers from the consent, of the governed. Had it been observed .JnlSTO and had Alsace and Lorraine freely voted to unite themselves to Germany, France would have had no excuse to yearn for recovery of her lost provinces. Those nations which "ruled over savages or people un trained in self-government would by this principle be placed in the same position as the United States occupies yn the Philippines trustees who are training up a child nation into the national manhood of democracy. By keeping these two principles be fore the nations, both belligerent and 'neutral, the women of the nations can do valuable service to the cause of peace. They will in this manner serve the cause much better than by clam oring for a premature peace before the nations have fought out the issues, for such a peace would be a mere truce during which the nations would plot, combine and arm for another war. The consequences of this war are so awful that all peace-loving men and women should look far enough ahead to desire that it be decisive and to devise means, not of ending it pre maturely, but of insuring its finality. AX ERtDITE ASH. A Harvard professor, Krnest Bern baum, delivered himself in opposition to woman suffrage at Springfield, .' Mass., the other night. His remarks je.ern worthy of a little comment, not because he said anything new or en- . .lightening, but because he probably speaks for the academic clique. The campaign for suffrage has become a little warm in Massachusetts and all the anti forces have been enlisted. They can do nothing, of Course, but thrash over and over the same old heap of dialectical straw. Their minds are so constituted that they are un .able to heed the lessons of experience. One would imagine that a person really wishing to argue the suffrage question convincingly would take pains -to inquire how votes for women are working out in practice, but that the antis never do. They keep on weari somely rehearsing the stale platitudes about women's indifference to the vot- i ing privilege, pleading that they would not use the suffrage if they possessed - it, and so on. They could ascertain ' ..how misleading such statements are if they would look into the facts a little, but facts are the last thing the jantls wish to face. They prefer to tick to the safe ground of their pre . conceived -notions and antiquated prejudices. . :. Professor Bernbaum referred dl- vertlngly to the argument that women should vote because they are human beings of sane mind and mature judg merit. His answer to this is that "boys under are also human beings." His '.conclusion was that if women should - . vote te should young boys and even babies in arms, all of them being human beings. Thus doth the aca " demie mind work. Its gyrations are - occasionally amusing, but oftentimes convey a hideous warning. "This Is what happens to a man's mind when he shuts himself up within four walls and pays no attention to the actual affairs of life." Such is the lesson one gets from Professor Bcrnbaum's display of himself at Springfield. Boys under 21 ought not to vote be cause they are rightfully held in tute lage. Their judgment is immature and their passions wayward. Adult women have also been held in tute lage up to the present time in most parts of the world, but the contention of the suffragists is that they ought now to be emancipated. They have shown that their judgment is sound. They inform themselves upon political questions at least as conscientiously as men do and experience has shown that when they have the right to vote they use it. Professor Bernbaum, with many other antis, talks like a blind man who has spent his life in the depths of an airless cavern. If he would emerge from his dank retreat and gaze on the actualities of the world a little while his opinions might change for the better. CREATING A PRKCKDEXT. The present Administration has shown great readiness to' intervene for the punishment of persons guilty of election frauds at Terre Haute, Ind., and in Alameda County, California, and the entire North approves its ac tion. But has it occurred to the Ad ministration that it is setting an im portant precedent, which may rise up to plague the Democratic party. What is sauce for the Northern goose is sauce for the Southern gan der. If the Federal power may inter vene to punish crooked politicians in the North, it may do the same in the South, wherever election of Federal officers is involved. A future Repub lican Administration may recognize no distinction between the crimes of Terre Haute and the driving of Republican voters away from the polls in South Carolina, Georgia or Alabama. The Administration has demonstrat ed that power to insure fair elections is still possessed by the Government. Its zeal for political purity is com mendable, but why should it be con fined to the North? Simply because Democratic supremacy in the South is maintained by methods no better than those pursued in Indiana. rENSUoxrsG ministers. An agitation of considerable pro portions has arisen in the Methodist Episcopal Church in favor of pensions for retired ministers.- The denomina tion has long maintained a superan nuated fund, but it seems that some more adequate provision is now de sired for those who have labored Jong in the Lord's vineyard without receiv ing much present reward for it. If there are any men on earth who look for their wage to the . place where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt it is the great body of Methodist preach ers. Their terrestrial pilgrimage is rarely lightened by the help of money. Their path is seldom softened by lux ury. They do their duty for the most part competently and uncomplaining ly and look to another world for their pay. May they get it in overflowing abundance. But in our modest opinion it would be just as well if some of it accrued to them before they pass over the river. A little comfort on earth would surely neither diminish their faithful ness nor cool their zeal. Nor would it quench their devotion to the church If they had some assurance of a live lihood after their working days are over. It is idle to talk of a Methodist minister's "laying up a provision for old age" out of his meager salary. He cannot do it without pinching and paring in a way to spoil his useful ness. He is seldom paid more than half as much as he earns, never over paid even by the wealthiest city con gregations. With a family on his hands to bring up and educate it is a wonder that he manages to keep the wolf from the door and have a decent black coat to wear in the pulpit. We have Scriptural warrant for believing that "the servant is worthy of his hire," and there is no ground for the opinion that he ought to wait for it until he gets to heaven. The poor pay of ministers Is one staring reason why young men of ability choose other professions, pre ferring almost anything else to the pulpit with its hardships and certain prospect of poverty. We never hear of a neglected and starving priest -of the Church of Rome unless he has be trayed his trust. Why should not Methodists do equally well by their ministers? FRENZIED FTNAXCE. This eagerness on the part of the insur ance companies to take over compe-nsatlon policy-holders with no advance and. In some instances, at reduced rates, gives ample evi dence of the cause for the recent fight on the compensation law and proves that even now, with reduced rates, there Is .still great protlt In tins line or business. nicn is me better for Oregon, state compensation with the proceeds going to the schools of the state, or private corporation policies with the proceeds goinp to out of the stato cap italists? es, Indeed, the state compensa tion law is a good thing, an excellent thing. Astorian. But there are no proceeds from state compensation if by "proceeds" is meant profits. Nor do the schools get benefit from it.- It is true that the Industrial Accident Commission has invested a little money, not much, in school' district bonds, which the schools must redeem in time. But school districts have no trouble in borrowing money elsewhere. Moreover, in order to obtain this money to lend to school districts the state is in effect borrowing it at a higher rate of interest than it later receives through lending it. The rates which the insurance companies have cut under are the insurance premiums charged the employers only. The state is offering compensation insur ance in such instances at a higher rate than the e"mployer can get the same protection from a profit-seeking con cern, and in addition is contributing one-seventh of the rate, and, also, in addition, is charging each employe 1 cent a day. . " - For every dollar the state receives into its compensation fund it puts up a fraction more than 14 cents. ' To prevent the money going out of the state it is thus paying more than 14 per cent interest and is taxing the employe to boot. If it is good policy for the state to horrow money to lend to the school districts it can certainly beat the system in question 9 per cent or more by negotiating a sale of Its own bonds. Here are a few facts about the Ore gon law that ought to sink in: It requires the taxpayers to help bear a burden which belongs legiti mately in whole upon the shoulders of the industries benefited. It provides that the greater the number of employers who insure with the state the greater the cost to the taxpayers. It offers no greater benefits to em ployes than the laws of other states which do not impose a general tax to help maintain their Insurance funds In spite of the aid it extends to the employers it provides many of them with an insurance more costly than that offered them by private com panies. . It provides some employers with insurance at a loss to the fund, which loss is made up by high charges against other employers and by taxing the employe and the general public. The compensation principle has come to stay, but the inconsistencies of the Oregon law cannot be brushed aside by contemptuous references to casualty companies or by impugning the motives of those who seek its improvement. CO-OPERATIVE FAMILY LIFE. Miss Henrietta Rodman, of New York, has formulated one of those co-operative housekeeping projects which look so alluring on paper but so Seldom work out satisfactorily in practice. Still it is by perseverance that victories in the social domain are won and every new project brings us nearer, perhaps, to the success which would alleviate the burdens of house keepers and make life more enjoy able on all accounts. Miss Rodman's idea is to build a large apartment house in which chil dren should be welcome. Indeed one of her main purposes is "to enable people of moderate means to have children and rear them properly." To this- end she plans for nursing and care of the Mttle ones by co-operative effort. Trained nurses are to have the oversight of them and the actual duty of washing, teaching and so on is to be done by competent paid hands. Of course this would greatly lighten the expense of caring for each family. One trained nurse could look after a dozen babies, while a few servants who gave all their time to the care of the little things could take the place of a score of worried mothers distracted by a flood of conflicting duties. Sooner or later we shall doubtless apply the advantages of specialization to housekeeping and child-rearing. Miss Rodman's scheme may prove to be a long step in the right direction. One of Its attractions is the safeguard ing of family life under a co-operative system.. She does not aim to break up the household as some theorists do, but rather strengthens its bonds. Of course there are objectors' to her ideas. One woman fears that it will degrade her sex to- be emancipated "from women's work." She questions what "would be the attitude of the av erage man's mind toward a wife who would leave his children to hirelings for nineteen-twentieths of the time." Such critics as this one could easily answer their own question if they would look around a little. Most of our women of wealth and fashion leave their children to hirelings for twenty-twentieths . of the time and "the average man" does not object,. He rather likes it since it leaves his wife free to make herself attractive to him. OLI urARD CAVT COME BACK. A statement by Senator-elect Hard ing, of Ohio, that the Republicans will welcome back all Progressives, includ ing Colonel Roosevelt, but are not looking for new issues and will not sweep aside the old guard, is taken by the Indianapolis Star to mean "that Penrose, Barnes, Cannon, Smoot, For aker, Harding, Watson and their kind are to take up the reins and conduct affairs in the same old reactionary way." In contrast with this, the Star sets this warning from Senator . La Follette: There is as much PrOR-ressivism as there ever was, and they'll find it out if they carry t,i rough their programme of nom inating the worst hardshell Republican they crii find. The result will be as wide a division as there was last time either be fore or after the nomination has been made. The Star holds that Senator Borah is wiser than the reactionaries. Of him it says: He is now occupied with the task of convincing them that the redemption of the -party does not lie wholly in their hands; that, although a majority of the former Republican party may be anti-Democratic and anti-Administration at this time, the Progressive wing is unwilling to surrender all It has foupht for to the men who have been the chief targets of the Roosevelt criticisms In the last three years. The Star, which adhered to Colonel Roosevelt in 1912, has rightly read the present temper of the Republican party. That party will not again en trust itself to the leadership of the men who are primarily responsible for the division which brought defeat. It cannot and does not expect the men who left it in 1912 to accept in 1916 the leaders they then repudiated. Nor will it accept as leaders the men who then deserted and fought against it. It will bring to the front men of Air. Borah's stamp, of whose progressivism there can be no doubt and whom the men at each extreme reactionary and radical--can trust not to go too far in the other direction. The old guard must be convinced that the Republican party has out grown its leadership. This is an es sential condition of Republican suc cess, for the voters must be convinced that the old guard is not again in con trol. It is necessary also in order that the party may be true to its principles and may faithfully fulfill its mission. In 1916 the character, political tend encies and affiliations of the Repub lican candidates will toe scrutinized more keenly than ever by the voters. The next Administration will have a great constructive work to do, grow ing out of the blunders of the present Administration and out of the changes wrought by the war in our commercial and international relations, in order that this work may be permanent, it must be done in a progressive spirit The people will wish to entrust.it to a new generation of statesmen. COOK MORE APPLES. Teachers of domestic econoyiy in our public institutions are continually and almost prayerfully beseeching their pupils to cook more applet in their homes. The railroads, particu larly the Oregon-Washington Railroad & Navigation Company, Issue pam phlets and booklets on the subject and also have demonstrators to show a score or two of ways .to prepare apples for the table. In fact a cam paign has been made that ovjght to have been effective, and has been to a degree in private families. But suppose one goes into the bet ter eating places in Portland and asks, for Instance, for fried apples, In how many places will one find them prop erly prepared? In how many places will one find them at all? Perhaps in two or three. Surely not more. They will be served after a fashion, but more than likely a mighty bad fashion. Good apples the New-towns this time of year properly fried make one of the most savory di.shes, either for breakfast, lunch or dinner, that can be set before any person with- only half an appetite. Why our hotel and restaurant proprietors do not see this and serve them in place of potatoes when desired only their chefs know. Tet see what it would mean if the people generally would insist on such a dish. It would work a revolution in the apple industry of the Northwest and be the means of restoring health in many cases and of maintaining a sound stomach in many others. What honest legislator ever suspected that a resolution, hurried in at 3 A. M. the forty second day of the session, proposed & free pift of :!.3tH.l00 . acres of forfeited grant landH to a railroad corporation T Portland Journal. In other words, what ' legislator could know In advance just which bills and resolutions would be misrepre sented, distorted, garbled, by the po litically disgruntled session-baiter? No such resolution as described by the Journal was offered at 3 A. M. on the forty -second day or at any other time. The land-grant resolution proposes no favors to the railroad company. The Attorney-General, who has appeared at Washington in accordance with the resolution's instructions, asks nothing in behalf of the railroad. The reso lution was introduced on the thirty eighth day and its adoption by the Senate was reported in the Journal's own columns on the thirty-ninth day. Governor Whitman's appointments to the New Tork Civil Service Com mission win unstinted praise from the New York Kvening Post, one of the strongest champions of the merit sys tem. It credits the new commission with "unflinching purpose to uphold the merit system against every form of trickery, or evasion." If Mr. Whit man continues to win the approval of such independent Democratic news papers, he will become more than a favorite son candfdate for the Repub lican nomination for President. Loss to sheepmen by the late storm will be heavy but fruitgrowers are more inclined to be pessimistic than the occasion warrants. Individual losses Will, of course, be many; but the general crop Is bound . to ' be as good as the average year. Washington denies that recognition of any faction in Mexico is intended. Washington need make no such de nial. All concerned know full well that Washington will take no positive action of any sort in Mexico. An army of crickets four miles long and twelve feet wide has invaded Grant County, Washington. Which is about the worst thing in the way of an invasion we have met with so far, de spite the prediction of terrorists. The wonders of Klamath's lava beds may attract as many visitors as Yel lowstone Park, Mount Rainier or Yo- semite if the projected road is built. They are one of Oregon's neglected resources. The peace conferees at The Hague should maintain outguards to make certain that they do not find them selves engulfed by the tidal wave of the offensive movement in France and Belgium. By and by it may become the rule to frisk people for hardware at public gatherings. The young woman who fired two shots in the Municipal. Court room might have killed somebody. There are a whole lot of men who have not cut their eyeteeth who would be glad to get pointers from the elderly woman at Table Rock who is cutting a full set. North Powder Is a small place and the loss of $90,000 by fire in Its busi ness section is deplorable, and all the more so because the losers carried lit tle insurajice. The British prohibition movement has settled down to a proposition that the harder the drink the higher the tax should be, with near beer taxed least of all. - The crops having been watered, the weather will now proceed to smile for a few weeks until more water Is need ed. Such is the climate of Western Oregon. Now' that indictments have been re turned and arrests made, the true in wardness of alleged crooked work in Precinct 37 last Fall will be brought to light. A late-blooming prune tree must be perfected for this region.. Every Spring there are too many reports of pollenization defeated by cold rains. Just as The Oregonian said the other day, as soon as the crops begin to need moisture the elements proceed to provide a bounteous supply. "Good as wheat" seems to be the opinion of apples held by Spolcane banks which offer a loan of 1500. 000 on the crop. A volley is due'from the Champoeg Voyagers as they pass the locks. Ex Governor Geer should lead in "three rousing cheers." Canada has German spies on the brain and attributes to them every un toward incident like the Vancouver bridge fire. Great Britain can prohibit gin and favor beer to her advantage, and that is more than likely what she will do. The women delegates at The Hague would spread the referendum blanket over the whole of Europe. Hero medals for Roy Keene and Daryl Proctor, who, unaided, ' saved the Salem High School. There are jitney drivers who are careful and there are others. It Is up to the police force. Of course the whole war will end as soon as the peace conference com pletes its findings. With the Celilo and Rose Festival programmes ahead, there are big things In the air. Every now and then a big "boss fly is buzzing around to get acquaint ed. Swat him. Teddy is certainly in his element with front-page space daily for more than a week. The political placard becomes wast paper in most places in this campaign. In cleaning up next week, let the women boss the job. Have yon bought your pail of paint and bruph? May day is slaughter time for Ore gon trout. The Birth of Portland BY W. T. PERKINS. Through countless years the king of rivers flowed In splendor gracious to the bordering West; Along his upper reaches, playful, glad. Exultant in his strength and constant youth; But in his lower lengths, majestic, deep. And proudly conscious of his royal power, A monarch he; lord of the crag and peak That lay reflected deep within -his breast. Then from the South, fed by the vir gin snows That fell in gentle silence on the hills. Another river hastened to the Xorth. The sun her full, deep bosom gently warmed. And all the verdure growing by her side Could scarVe conceal her lovely, quiv ering form. Queen of the valley she; sweetbrler and rose Bent to her swelling tide and drank new life. They met. these streams, where point ed fir and pine Their odors mingled in the passing breeze. The kindly stars shone down with gentle ray And blessed their union in a flood Of light. The winds their tender lyric love-notes sang To the whispering reeds along the lis tening shore; Her warming heart within his bosom lay And thrilled they wandered on to meet the sea. When years had drifted by, and time was full. She murmured of a child, a daughter fair. Who at her side should rise, and whom the world Should homage ' pay. Beauteous she should be; Her limbs be perfumed with the fra grant rose; The wealth of kings should glisten at her feet; Cities should rise and fall, but she should live Eternal as the skies, and fair as ther. k. One night two travelers in their slen der craft. Made camp among the firs. The fire's bright glow Illumed the darkening woods that stretched away Tn dusky silence to the mountain tops. Long gazed they In the fire, till in its light A 'vision wondrous rose. The forest faded 'Fore their eyes and they, all wonder ing, saw A city fair, with lofty, shining spires And towering walls that housed a mul titud e. The fleets of nations anchored at her feet; Upon her busy streets a hurrying throng Passed ever to and fro. The clang and roar Of mighty traffic seemed to greet their ears Above the night-bird's call or river's song. When morning dawned they felled a giant tree And drw their rough-hewn boat upon the shore: And, day by day, the ancient forests grim. Retreated to the hills, 'like scattered foes. Today the city stands, a woman fair. With outstretched arms, and beckons to the world. Brave Portland! Empress of the lands That gladly yield her loyal reverence. Her clinging robes are regal; at her feet . The bright Willamette flows; while hovering near. The proud Columbia ever guards her fame And well-won rank. Unto her busy ports Come fleet-winged argosies from every clime. Her hopes are ours; upon her prescient brow The fragrant garlands cling, and her fair limbs Are bathed In perfume from the dew filled rose. Upon her heights the eager watchers stand And gase in rapture on the eternal peaks That rise snow-crowned. While-to their listening ears Is ever upward borne the swelling sound Of commerce 'ast. Cargoes come and go And blazing forges gleam; against the sky Spring wondrous frames of steel; the pregnant earth Yields to the kindly sun, and from the snows The rivers flow forever to the sea. STRICT PROHIBITION IS FORESEEN E. T. Jobaaoa, Contractor, Says Present Law Salts Sentiment, However. TEEKA, Cal., April 29. (To the Ed itor.) In The Oregonian, April 25, is a letter from Mr. Gllmore, who, I un derstand, is the head and front of the publicity department of the liquor traf fic, in which he criticises the Anti Saloon League and Mr. Hutton for their position on the Oregon prohibition law. I am not related to the Anti-Saloon League except that I am heartily In favor of prohibition particularly with a party behind it and favor the pres ent law. That the public which does not go so deep Into the matter may better understand. I wish to explain why many . prohibitionists favor the present law, which does not reach all the way. To start with, let me state that just a few days after the passage, of tho prohibition amendment I was on a train going into the south part of the state and on the same train was a man who represented himself as a member of the firm of Fleckenstein. Mayer & Co., li quor dealers, and he was "sore." He made the statement that they owned the Legislature and would put out a law so drastic that the state would turn against it and repeal prohibition:! that they would not let a man nave it in his possession even. That is evidently Mr. Gilmore's idea; to get a law so drastic as to turn against It the portion of the public which does not take a deep interest in the question, the lukewarm and indif ferent, and it was to avoid Just that thing that the present law was passed. After this has been in operation for a lime and the public sees what a won derful benefit even this partial prohi bition 13, and how much less dangerous is a blind tiger than one with two good eyes, then it will be possible to pass a law satisfactory to Mr. Gilmore and stop the importation, if the public really thinks it advantageous and needed. One of tho Portland liquor houses is bui'.dinst a depot for liquors at Hornbrook. just over the line from Oregon, in California, to cwnduct an Oregon business, and there will un doubtedly be a strenuous effort to make the law abortive, both by lawful shipment and by blind fleers; but the law as it stands will work such won derful benefit that the real danger is the. public will be satisfied. Mr. Gilmore is right. The law should forbid any shipment of liquor Into the state, hut the public is not yet ready for it. and to try and advance ahead of - the general sentiment invites de feat. If Mr. Gilmore will but be pa tient he may yet get such a law as he aoocatcs. E. T. JOHNSON. Half a Century Ago From The Oregonian of May 1. Walla Walla The week lias brrn fllled with excitement owinn to the I activity of the Yipilance Committee which to date It is known has handed four men. The victims of the lianl incrs were either cattle thit-ves or some other species of outlaws and despera does who had been tormenting the vi cinity for months, until the patience of the citizens was exhausted. We learn that the celebrated blockade-runner Fox, one of the fleetest of the Anglo-rebel steamers, has linally come to grief and now lies in Charles ton harbor, the scene of her most nota ble exploits, a prize, with the t-'tars and stripes flying at her truck, where hitherto the English and Confederal colors, as the case might be, have been. The surrender of Johnston to Grant on the same tortus granted Lee and the defeat by Wilson of the rebel army in Alabama, under such well-known Generals aa Taylor, Forrest, Aiaiiis, Roddy and Crossland, closes the career of the Rebellion and finishes every pre tension of the Confederacy by its an nihilation. Only a few weeks since peace commissioners were received anfl entertained, with some show of respect accorded to them as Individuals. Then the Government was endeavoring to persuade them to lay down unnd by offer of amnesty and efforts were made, to conciliate not by compromise, but by kindness. Man's wisdom is fre quently at fault and the result shows that peace of the most substantial kind in at our door, won by valor and rendered by victory. The Minnesota Legislature has agreed to submit the question of per mitting negroes to vote to the people at the nejtt November election. James Mason, late of San Francisco, and Miss Mary Love, of Portland, were married in this city April 2 by Rev. P. S. Caffery. Compliments of the hap py couple received. Ancrelo JIardison. of Polk Countv, and -Miss Frances MoGhee. of Yamhill County, were married at the reslari-nee of E. Bedwell. In Yamhill County, April 26, by S. C. Adams. It is suggested whether It would not bo a satisfaction as well as pay;g proper respect to the memory of our late chief macintrate. l'resldent Lin coln, to erect a suitable monument at or near the city, to be built by one-dollar aubscf iptions. .1. If. Stinson today takes charge of the select school lately Inauif in at- In this city by Mr. Buynton. Tile latter gentleman goea to San Francisco, we understand. Mr. Stlnson was former ly a teacher in this city and a very ef ficient one, and we welcome him back. Our advertising columns show ie dissolution of an old and well-known city firm, made, we are told. In conse quence of the intended departure from our midst for a time of the s.-nlor member, Jf. M asserman. Kso., who, ou account of the ill health of his family, intends traveling for a year or so pre vious to his return. Twelve year has made Mf. Wassrrman one of the landmarks and we have iraaon to be lieve that he has steadily thriven the prosperity of Portland. Twice he has held the elty purse strings as Treasurer. Always he has heen a friend of its best interests, ever fur nishing his customers with the primest Havanas to puff away their cares with or me Dest natural leaf to chew in stead of the bitter cud of disappoint ment. Now we give him a "puff" to change the case and let him see how good it is. CUII Service Examination. . - - f . 1 x u tne r.- itor.) Will you kindly print a list of ,..ui,,v iin, rim service examina tions to he hoi, l in v. where to get the proper blanks and niicio eau ininauons are to he held? A SUBSCRIBER. "or municipal civil service dates write Civil Service Board, City Hall: for' Federal examinations, inquire of civil service clerk. Postoffice, Portland nrrinltloat of Kinert. Judge. Johnny What is an expert, pa? Pa jy. iciiow Who tells others how to do tne things he can't do himself. "Forcing the Dardanelles' ' Described in The Sunday Oregonian No phase of the great European war is more thrilling than the spectacular attack of the combined land and naval forces of the allies upon the Dardanelles, for centuries the supposedly impregnable forti fications of the Turk against attack by sea. Richard C. Conover has written an article, fully illustrated, that tells in detail of the defenses of this famous strait and its history that stretches back to the days of Greek mythology. The front cover of the Sunday magazine section is a map, in colors, showing the forts that line this famous waterway, the mine fields that lie in wait for the attacking; fleets and the seem ingly hopeless difficulties to be surmounted. Opening the Celilo Canal Two pages of pictures and articles will describe the Celilo Canal and the dedicating ceremonies to be held next week. Fred C. Schubert, resident engineer in charge of construction, has contributed a timely history of the canal work. The latest news from the Portland party on the steamer Undine also will be published. Paris, a Waiting City The cloud that has been cast over the spirits of the gay Parisians by the war and the enforced lull in the festivities that have made that gay center famous throughout the world are described by a special correspondent in Paris. A changed Paris is shown in this article. The Birthplace of Lafayette Purely for patriotic reasons a syndicate of Americans in Paris and New York is planning the purchase of the famous old chateau in the Ilaute-Loire, near St. Georges d'Aurac, France, which was the birth place of Lafayette, the patriot, who gave his sword to the service of the American Army during the Revolutionary War. There is a full page, with pictures. The Building of the Panama Canal Major-General George W. Gonthals continues his interesting story of the building of the Panama Canal, and this will appeal to every American. Switzerland, a Nation of Sharpshooters Military prowess of the Swiss, little heralded, is recognized by those who know this nation of hardy mountaineers, and their fighting qualities are described adequately by Marie Widmcr in a vpecial illustrated article. Howard's Bogus CaH for Troops A little-known incident of the Civil War period, as recalled by William J. G. Meighan, will prove of intereft to many rea.lerR. A false proclamation and its results are portrayed in a very rcadaMo story of war times. Many Big Sunday Features War pictures are among the interesting things that av ait the readers of The Sunday Oregonian. There are also many derart nicnts, with profuse illustrations that interest anti inform. The fpoci- I snorts section is of general interest. One full page of school no v.- viil be given, and the concluding installment of the "Exploits of Kin ' will appear for those who have followed this adventure tale. Hcsi -re are departments for the little folks, the regular automobile, rr. :r, dramatic, society and other sections. Donahey's Prince Ahnie Vs from the "Arabian Nights," Dr. Yak and the other comic, am all the world's news. Twenty-Five Year Ago Frcm The M "scmlao "f April .".. San Fraucihcu Tiiouias V. U Urien sel.t the follow inn letter to t lie LmiI Keport this evetiitm: "You may put n.e down for a suhsei i .t ion of J100i for the compeliim railroHU lma. i siipiueno.-w of tins frHl alio opuieni eily in failing to emancipate lls-lt and overcome its i.-olation as ..ompared with the tJiu-eest-ful efforts of in-tt little towns as Seattle. Portland. San Iileeo and Los Angeles Is something fearfully and woncic rf ully l iera-eful. If you can wake up the town and ex pedite the buillin of one or moro competing roatU ou will deserve a monument as hiBli as the LlfTel tower." Walter Miller, president of the Mr- arair'ia Canal Company, says that the anal w ill 'e completed in seven years if the funds are proviacd. .ludzrt Williams, in his speech of welcome lo VJ'-nri i " things said: 'It I could frame a civil service policy, otner tilings nuns e'lual. the all-prevailing recommenda tion for office from President to Con stable should he that the cundTdatu had thrown his body hii1 soul into the seal's when the bloody balance were trembling between the life and death Of the Nation." The builrllnE committee of St. Mark's Episcopal I'liiin-h met at Hishop Scot t Academy yesterday and decided to proceed Immediately with the erection of a new chun h, the present chapel on Eighteenth street being entirely Inade quate to their constantly increasing membership James C. Hardy, chief clerk In the oft ice of Chief I'.irjineor Kennedy, of the Union Pacific-, leaven this morning for Denver and Cbicaico. to be absent about two weeks. un his return he will leave the service of the company, his place being filled by George K. KushpII. Ho will take up his resi dence at Woodstock anil act as resi dent manager of the property. The concert by the Marine band takes place n"M Friday evening at Arlon Hall. Turn out and help the boys yet new uniforms. Ex-Governor Moody was a caller at the Republican headquarters yester day. He said that he is actively sup porting the Republican ticket from top to bottom, which, corning from A de feated c-andi'iatc, means considerable. Miss B. Ratio left for Seattle last night to visit numerous friends. Chi. a aro. April 2.". T. Wright, r.f roitland. Is registered at tie Com mercial. 1. Pierce Is nt the Windsor. .1. P. Howe and Mrs. Howe left for Portland yesterday. Mrs. Mitt hell, wife or Senator Mitch, ell. and her daualiter. Mattie, are vis iting friends In New York. HHII'KR tH- (II1TT" 1 Kill Ml Poem, Publication of W bleaj ttaa Re quested, Here Hla Krprod'irrd. SALEM. "'r.. April 2!. (To the. 1I Itor.) A friend informs me that a re quest was marie for a published copy of "outcast'' some weeka huto. in your newspaper. I am unable to state upon what date the call was made, but am pleased, beinir the author, to hand you herewith a coy of the same. ERNEST EVKIUIAHT HAKER. Outcast. By Ernest Everhart llaker. Mine Is no song of love and birth. But of one who sins for our saka The woman we bate regardless of worth. And say is unworthy to take. She sins because her soul is weak And she isn't afraid to trust, Though, nftor she sins, see doesn't spea k. For men arc not half Just. She waits a call in seven seas. She trafficks and traies In the ports, And they who scorn her Jest In ease As she cringes In the courts. But that Is the price the woman pays For a crust and a flask of brew; There Is misery In her faded face And vice provides the clcv . Behold the woman, unloved, tinblcst. Who lies w ith her ship on the -shoal! Behold the woman, with naked breast. The curse of time on her soull V?