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lO THE MORNING, OKEGONIAN. SATURDAY. JUNE 12, 1915. FOBTXAND, OREGON. Entered at Portland. Oregon. Postoffice as - second-:las matter. . Subscription Kates Invariably In advance: (fi; Mall.) Pally. Sunday Included, one year $8.00 Daily, Sunday included, six months "X. " I)ai:y, Sunday Included, three months ... 2.-5 lally, Sunday included, one month ..... .75 . Dally, without Sunday, one year 6.00 ; Daily, without Sunday, Bix montha o.-j Daily, without Sunday, three months ... -JJ Daily, without Sunday, one month ...... -t Weekly, one year Sunday, one year ............- 'T3 ; Sunday and Weekly, one year (By Carrier.) Dally, Sunday Included, one year B.OO Dally, Sunday included, one month ..... .75 - How to Remit Send Postoffice money or der, expreiM order or personal check on your local bank. Stamps, coin or currency are at sender's risk. Give postoffice address in full, including county and state. Postage Katra 1 to ltt pages. 1 cent: 18 (o 32 pages, i cents; 34 to 48 pages, 3 cents; uU to tiO pages, 4 cents; :i to 76 pages, 3 cents; 78 to UZ pages, B cents. Foreign post age, double rates. Kastprn Business Office Veree & Conklln, New York. Brunswick building; Chicago, Ktenger building. , PORTLAND. SATI RDAI, JCKE IS. 1913. i , STANDING FIRM. '. President Wilson's second message '. to Germany conveys no note of defi- ance or bellicosity. It is restrained, ;. conciliatory and even friendly. In its calmness, simplicity and sincerity it is -a memorable rebuke to Herr von Ja gow"s dense cloud of palliations and excuses for submarine warfare on non , combatants. It is argumentative, without being- dogmatic, and it is a straightforward assertion of Ameri can rights and an illuminative exposi tion of the rights of humanity, with- ;out being either offensive or provoca tive. If it fails to sound all the -' depths of American feeling over the ;-Lusitania tragedy, it is doubtless be v 'cause the case for America, had been . stated, and the temper of the whole . people fully indicated, in the first mes sage. - The immovable conviction of the American people that they had been grossly wronged and their unshaken purpose to stand upon their rights are reiterated with the necessary emphasis.- There is no backing out from the firm demand that Germany acknowl- edge her obligation to respect the lives of neutrals at sea and give as surance that the recognized rules of international law will not again be Violated. The President does not act alone for the American people; he speaks for humanity in his warning to an offend ing nation to desist from its lawless practices and to accept the duties im posed upon it by a decent regard for the opinions and rights of mankind. It is difficult to see how Germany can evade the issue; though it is easy i to see how Germany can meet the just 1 American demands. The dilemma is ' Germany's, not ours. If Germany wants peace, as we want peace, it is willingly and gratefully offered. "U. is inconceivable that Germany can seek , or want aught but peace. PRESIDENT WILSON'S NOTE. President Wilson in his note to Ger many pronounces unfounded the charge made by the Germaa Foreign Minister that the Lusitania was an armed ship and an auxiliary of the British navy, and challenges Germany ..to produce proof that American offi cials, in their duty to permit no such a ship to leave an American port, have been derelict. It then reaffirms our original position by declaring that, even if all the German statements as to the character of the Lusitania had been true, they would not have justified the slaughter of that ship's passengers. ; Mr. Wilson's condemnation of the sinking of the Falaba proves that he is not prepared to retreat one inch from the strong position he has taken. But one American life was lost on the Falaba, as compared with more than 100 on the Lusitania, yet the Presi dent applies the principles of human ity and neutral rights with equal firm ness to both cases. Germany defends the sinking of the Falaba by alleging that she had attempted to escape and to secure assistance, but the President rejects that defense because the ship had "ceased her attempt to escape iwJien torpedoed." The circumstances are not new and have never "been held to alter the principles of ' humanity upon which the United States has in sisted." The President says: "Noth ing but actual forcible resistance or continued efforts to escape by flight has ever been held to forfeit the lives of passengers or crew." -This affirmation serves to strengthen the American position in regard to the Lusitania. The defense made by Germany for sinking the, Falaba can not be applied to the Lusitania. There is no evidence that the latter ship called for help before she was at tacked, or that she attempted to es cape; she was taken by surprise. It was after she was torpedoed that she sent wireless signals for help. By con demning: the slaughter of the Falaba'? passengers as contrary to the dictates of humanity, the President proves the Lusitania murders to have been even more indefensible." By reciting the precautions which the United States was bound to take in order to prevent violation of American neutrality by the Lusitania, by assert ing that this duty was performed with scrupulous vigilance, and by inviting Germany to produce any evidence to the contrary, Mr. Wilson practically challenges Germany to prove the state ments' by which she attempts to Jus- tify the destruction of that ship. But he proceeds to say that, even if all the German allegations as to the character of the ship and her cargo were true, the action of Germany in sinking her would still be illegal and inhuman. She was sunk without a challenge or a warning, an act "unparalleled in mod ern warfare," says Mr. Wilson. - While the President does not con sider it necessary o repeat the warn ing that the United States will not "omit any word or any act" necessary to uphold American rights and the principles of humanity, he directly points that way by referring to "the grave responsibility" our Government has incurred and to the "indisputable principle the rights of humanity which no government is justified in resigning on behalf of those under its care or authority." The German suggestion that we may have for our citizens security from murder at sea by obtaining from Brit ain a relaxation of her blockade of German commerce is skillfully waved aside with a renewal of our offer to become- the intermediary for communica tions designed to mitigate the terrors of the conflict. The President thus leaves the way open- for the two bellig erents to end the state of affairs which has brought the United States and Ger many into acute controversy, but he does so without giving Germany any encouragement to believe that he is willing to bargain for recognition of pur Indisputable rights. .Tfc.6 principles set forth In the. Pres ident's note of May 15 are reaffirmed and the declarations of the American purpose made in that note are re newed. The right of American ship masters and American citizens to goon lawful errands cannot be abbreviated by any warning, and their lives "can not lawfully or rightfully be put in jeopardy by the capture or destruction of an unresisting merchantman." The President in fact brushes aside all of Germany's demurrers and pleas in extenuation and recalls the imperial government to' discussion of the broad, main issues which he raised a month ago. Germany must not only make amends for the wrongs already done, whether she admits them to have been mistakes or attempts to justify them, but must abandon the methods of war fare which make such mistakes possi ble and which cannot be conducted in conformity with the principles of hu manity for which the United States stands. Here is to be found a willing ness to reason, but no disposition to yield.. Every true American will hope that Germany will recognize the reason ableness and justice of the American position and will watch for signs of a change in the German frame of mind. A favorable sign is the admission that the Gulflight was torpedoed by mis take. An unfavorable sign is the un yielding attitude of Germany on the Frye case. Yet another is the boast of Admiral Kirchoff at the work of dev astation accomplished by submarines around Britain and his announcement that this species of warfare is to be extended into the Mediterranean Sea. The most ominous sign is the evident fact that German statesmen take their cue from Generals and Admirals, with out regard to the number of nations they add to the list of Germany's ene mies. The best hope for a change in this particular lies in the mission of Dr. Gerhard, who may be expected to give his country's statesmen the first correct view of American public opin ion and of the power which the United States could exert in case of need. If he can convince the German rulers that the United States is in earnest and stands behind the President, and if Germany sincerely desires peace with this country, he may induce Germany to send a reply which, will avert a crisis. FOILED BY COMMON SENSE. Some of the up-state newspapers are still happy in the throes . of a manufactured sensation over the pro hibition law. From an irresponsible source came the original speculation as to the effect of the form prescribed by the new law for the affidavit that must be signed by those who ship liquor into the state. This form seems to require that the consignee make oath that the liquor is to be used for sacramental purposes. Therefore, it is reasoned, the householder cannot ob tain his two quarts of whisky or his twenty-four quarts of beer unless he perjures himself, although the body of the act permits him to receive that quantity at slated intervals. The Coquille Sentinel is one of the latest newspapers to be led astray by this fantastic theory, and it wonders whether new churches will not be formed by ex-saloonkeepers and their former patrons. s Recounting of a spectacular error which overthrows the -intent of a law of course makes interesting reading, but, unfortunately for those who have a fondness for yellow news, the courts have already passed upon the point in volved. ' They have held that the mat ters set out in prescribing the form of a legal document are not in them selves legislation. It is painful to have the courts express so much common sense when otherwise we could have enjoyed the hilarity of enforcing an enactment never intended by the Leg islature. . ART AND MODERN LIKE. The death of John W. Alexander, the distinguished painter, has awak ened much regret among his fellow artists. But how many people outside the circle of his professional brethren know who he was or what he did? The fame a painter or sculptor can hope to win in the modern world is necessarily circumscribed very narrowly. In olden times the case was differ ent. The world of Da Vinci had com paratively few interests. Fighting was the main one. We have a thousand mental occupations where his contem poraries had one. A great painting in those days made a stir over the whole world, but we doubt if even one as great as "The Last Supper", would pro duce any such effect upon the human mind now because we have so many other things which, in their own di verse ways, are just as notable. The world in which we live is inconceiv ably rich in mental as well as material treasures and none of the "fine arts" quite holds its old rank among them. Literature seems to show the greatest survival power. Greek tragedy has more life than Greek sculpture as" far as we have observed. The ancient dramatists live again for us mainly be cause they have found in Gilbert Mur ray a translator who is not-afraid to reveal them in a modern garb. Perhaps painting and sculpture would be more appealing if they could be made to doff their traditional garb. That may be the reason why work like Rodin's takes such a strong grip on living men. WONDER II-ON WONDER." The fight between an aeroplane and a big Zeppelin the other day stirs the imagination powerfully. It is like some oriental tale of a fight between. a mammoth bird and serpent in the air with sure destruction awaiting the vanquished. But in this case, worse luck, it was not fiction. It was fact, though not by any means sober fact. Its strangeness outruns almost any weird tale that fancy ever conjured up in its wildest flights. The war now raging is unlike any thing ever seen before in earth or heaven. When Milton desired to por tray a battle in heaven between the opposing armies of angels the best his imagination could do was to arm them with cannon and swords. And Milton's imagination was one of the most active man ever possessed. But far greater resources would be at his command today. He could make his "rebel an gels" assault the walls of heaven with flying machines and Invade the Sea of Glass with a fleet of submarines. He could make Satan employ an air ship for his celebrated voyage to assail the virtue of Eve and perhaps employ the vapors generated by the lake of burning sulphur in a new assault on his victorious foe. The-resources of modern warfare far exceed anything that men dreamed of in former centuries. Our human intel ligence has been actively at work for the last ten years contriving new ma chines to harness the forces of nature and almost every important use of them thus far has been destructive. There is no reason to hope that the end of this miserable march has been reached. No doubt the warlike en ginery of the next generation will go as far beyond ours in ingenious slaugh ter as ours goes beyond that of the Crusaders. Science advances as far in a year now as it did in a century a thousand years ago. But we can hardly feel unmingled joy in its progress as long as each step forward means a new and greater har vest for death. If the same ingenious diligence had been employed to make the airship useful as to make it de structive it might today be an impor tant factor In solving the real problems of human life. BRYAN AND THE WHITE I LAG. The pleasant veneer of formal cor diality between President Wilson and Secretary Bryan does -not conceal the deep breach suddenly created between them. Mr. Bryan follows his retire ment from office, and the exchange. of polite letters with the President, by a declaration of war upon the Admin istration. He is irreconcilably opposed to the Wilsqn policy of firm insistence upon our rights in the controversy with Germany. He will oppose any Wilson programme that is based upon force, or the threat or implication of force. In our relations with any nation. He is for peace at aay price and in any crisis. The President is for peace, but not for peace at any price, nor in any crisis. Mr. Bryan is already starting his backfires against the President.- He Is aware that he is in a dubious position before the country, yet he goes ahead with his peace-at-any-price propa ganda, and at the same time asks the country to suspend judgment on him. Why should it withhold judgment? He calls for judgment by the country now, in this great emergency, upon the course of the President, when a false step may be fatal, and when he needs and the country needs the loyal support of every American citizen. Yet President Wilson cannot have it from Mr. Bryan, who definitely refuses to give it. He goes farther. He appeals to the people as a whole to deny their sympathy and approval. Such an ap peal at such a. time from such a source is an Incitement to disloyalty. It is a burning .brand piled on the slumber ing faggots of discontent with all gov ernment and all authority. It is new seed sown in the tangled and dishev eled garden of revolution and anarchy. Mr. Bryan flies the white flag. It ought to be a red flag. ROOSEVELT WILL. STAY OUT IE Speculation naturally turns to the part which Colonel Roosevelt will play In the campaign of 1916. His own declarations combine with many circumstances to justify the belief that he is content to remain tn the back ground. He is as accurate a judge of political tendencies as this country has had in many a year. He knows that the Progressive party's cause is lost and that an attempt to keep it alive would endanger, if it would noi actually defeat, the purpose which he has most at heart the expulsion of the Democratic party from power. The Colonel has done much quiet thinking about his own political posi tion during the; past year. Against his judgment he was persuaded by his "fool friends" to go on the stump last year. The result must have confirmed his premonitions. Had there been no third party in the field, the next House might have had a Republican ma jority. When the Democrats are pur suing a policy repugnant to him on every important question, he cannot view with any satisfaction the possi ble continuance of their control for two years. His strongest desire is now to unite the opposition to the Demo crats in order to insure the defeat o President Wilson. In considering how best he can con tribute to this end. Colonel Roosevelt is necessarily called upon to assess his own'value as an asset or a liability to the re-united Republican party. That his recent experiences have dis pelled many illusions is apparent from his statement that he is "the privatesl of private citizens," and from his later confession in a private letter, which found its way into print, that the peo. pie are tired of him. He realizes that the accumulated enmities of the period since he left the White House have not only put his further candidacy for office out of the question, but have brought him to the point where he can render better service by remain ing in retirement than by becoming an active factor in the work of re organization. . The completeness of the reconcilia tion between Republicans . and Pro gressives depends on the terms which are made between the two wings of the old party. Neither will surrender to the other. The Progressive party is still an organized force in Califor nia and Washington, and it dominates the former state. In other states the Progressive organization has prac tically broken up, but there remain thousands of voters, particularly in the West, who would accept any al ternative, even to voting for a Demo crat, rather than return to a Repub lican party controlled by the stand patters. Anxious as he is to bring about Democratic defeat, there are some things to which Colonel Roose velt will not submit. The courage with which he has antagonized large bodies of voters is- evidence of his readiness, if any attempt is made to force repugnant leaders and principles upon his recent followers, to come out of retirement and fight again tho battle of 1912, though with sadly di minished forces. The main strength of the standpat element is in the East, and its lead ers are prone to regard the East as "the whole thing." They are Colonel Roosevelt's bitterest enemies, and nothing will satisfy them except . his permanent political extinction. For that they split the Republican party in 1912 and helped to bring defeat upon it. They are not all so reckless today, but some of them are deceived into the belief that President Wilson is so unpopular that they need not conciliate the Progressives in order to defeat him. His prestige is certainly now at a low ebb, but events in these turbulent times may restore it. He shows signs of abandoning watchful waiting in Mexico and. his stand against Germany has won unanimous approval. Should he take vigorous and successful action to pacifify Mexico and should he call upon the Nation to stand behind him in' bringing Ger many to terms, he would not be so easy to beat. Colonel Roosevelt shows every dis position to remain in the background, but he will do so only on condition that the men whom he denounced as enemies of true Republicanism do likewise. Hosts of his Progressive fol lowers are of the same mind, and rather than vote for 'the men or the measures which they have repudiated they would vote for Mr. Wilson. The latter Is skilfully axigling for them, and Mr. Bryan never ceases to pro claim the Democratic party to be the only progressive party.' It remains, then, for the standpat ters to- extinguish themselves if they wish to make any approach to the extinguishment of Colonel Roosevelt. The moment those men push them selves forward they will issue a chal lenge to Colonel Roosevelt to come forward and fight them, and thus to renew the old feud. The real danger to Republican reunion lies not in Colonel Roosevelt, but in the insatia ble greed for power of those whej rought mm and in the rancor witn which they seek to exterminate him. The best hope of complete reunion lies in men like Senators Borah, Norris, Bristow and Clapp, who are in sym pathy and in touch with the new Re publicanism of both East and West and who would bridge the gulf which divides it from the more staid Repub licanism of the East. The leaderless Progressives would follow these men almost to a man, but if men attain leadership who represent the cause of their revolt thousands of, them, left as sheep without a shepherd, will stray Into the Democratic fold. A contemporary remarks with envy that the good European roads greatly facilitate military movements. It ob serves that our primitive highways would impede the troops everywhere and often stop them altogether. This is true, but it has a bright side. The enemy would be hindered as badly as our own men. The best argument for good roads is peaceful industry, not warlike destruction. If the only effect of bad roads were to keep armies im mobile nobody would complain. We congratulate Mrs. H. P. O. An derson of California on the new liberty of wearing kid gloves that she has won. Her vow to leave them off until the Pasadena W. C. T. U. building was clear of debt was courageously made and nobly fulfilled for twenty-five long years. We hope her hands are not ir retrievably tanned. Suppose a thou sand women should vow not to wear feathers in their hats until Portland had a great outdoor theater.- How long would it take to get it? The "federation of the world" that we hear so much about Is not such a dream as many seem to think. Al ready a good beginning has been made. At least eight nations are federated for purposes of war and peace. Were one more to join them they could command the policies of the world. Perhaps the vision has only to walk round the corner to become reality. It is so difficult for some people to use the English language and call things by their right names. The Rose Festival is not a festival to these er ratics. It is a fiesta or a carnival or a passion play or a bedlam. They give it any name but the right name. Those who call the Rose Festival a "fiesta" ought to be set on a dunce block and be crowned with Spanish onions. Poor Mr. Bryan goes unregretted even in Argentina. The Buenos Ayres papers decry his "excessive pacifism and, look for more vigor in our For eign Office now that he is out of it. There is a perceptible growth of favor for the United States in South America of late. Our sisters down that way like to see us wield a strong arm as long as it does not threaten them. The only way for German subma rines to enter the Mediterranean is through Gibraltar Strait. If they can make that narrow and closely guarded passage why cannot British subma rines enter the Baltic by way of the Cattegat? If the Germans keep on with the submarine warfare -they may teach their slow-going enemies some dangerous lessons. The Butte Socialist paper may have been blown up by dynamite, but it seems hardly wise to introduce that hypothesis as long as we have another far more p"robable. The ordinary So cialist paper generates enough inflam mable gas in its daily course of busi ness to account for any explosion like the one at Butte. The foolish interference of Congress men with the discipline of students has always been a pest at West Point and Annapolis. It is a comfort to see the faculty at Annapolis sturdily resisting the politicians in the present trouble. The less a Congressman knows about education the more prone he is to med dle with it. Just to show the difference in Gov ernors, it may be stated the number of inmates of the penitentiary ex ceeds 500 for the first time. This is not due to sudden increase in crime. Governor Withycombe is a man not afflicted with spasms. Sausage-making has been declared a hazardous occupation by the compen sation commission in awarding aid to a workman who injured a finger in a grinder. Popular idea has been that all the hazard lay in the eating. The Scandinavian countries are not at war, but 65 of their ships have been sunk. .They may save something by not being at war, but they lose the satisfaction of hitting back. If a man's wife sits in his lap in a jitney, that is not overcrowding; but in the case of another man's wife it is a difference with a distinction. It would be just like the weather's usual fickleness if it were to get over its grouch when the Rose Festival is over. Illinois has refused to abolish the death penalty, knowing it is needed at Chicago. The rain god took one look and de cided to let the deficiency stand. It was a wise committee to confine it to three days and crowd them. German submarines made note of the day and did a lot of sinking. More good Oregon wheat to feed the fishes off Isle of Wight. Enough "Harrlmans" for a regi ment were in line. It's over for this year and it was worth the effort. What's your hurry? Come back next year. Now it is Russia's turn to gain ground. Tired this morning?. x Half a Century Ago Prom The Oregonian, June 12. 1865). The Cincinnati Commercial publishes a. lengthy account of the history of the Booth family, containing the following interesting facts: "Junius Brutus, Edwin Forrest, John Wilkes, Joseph Booth and the sisters were all illegitimate children. This fact probably would have died with few aware of it but for the great crime of John Wilkes Booth. "The sad history of this family is not without its moral. Immorality, dissi pation, debauchery, evil-doing contin ually. Who can say what influence the secret history of his parentage ex ercised upon the mind, of John Wilkes Booth? "His parentage, antecedents, associa tions, added to his political antipathies and prejudices, made him the fit tool for conspirators. The soundness of the judgment that selected him is con firmed by the manner in which he pro ceeded to execute that which he con sented to perform." The widow of Senator Baker arrived yesterday from San Francisco and left for Vancouver. The people of Oregon will always remember with interest the widow of him who did honor to this state in the councils of the Nation. His memory is cherished by the state whose Senator he was. New York. President Johnson has instructed the American Minister at London to require of the English gov ernment a prompt decision as to the indemnities due the United- States for the losses caused to Federal citizens by cruisers such as the Alabama and other vessels constructed and equipped in English ports since the beginning of the war. New York (May 31) Mexican advices are from Vera Cruz to the 8th. On that day six Americans were arrested. No reason was assigned. All the troops that could be spared were sent out after the guerrillas. WHAT HAS SIR. BRYAN EVER DOSE t Correspondent Disputes His Title to Be Great American, BAKER, Or., June 11. (To the Edi tor.) Our local paper, in an editorial on the resignation of Mr. Bryan, makes use of the following language: A firm policy bacKed hy right and Justice will be the controlling spirit and which will be approved by all loyal American citizens, even by Mr. Bryan himself, than whom there is no greater American. I refer especially to the statement, "than whom there is no greater Ameri can." I have watched Mr. Bryan's career ever since he came into the limelight with the "Cross of gold and crown of thorns," and until I heard him make a speech in 1896 was a strong admirer of the man. The speech I heard appealed to me as being a rehash of Utopian suggestions or ideas so-called, not an original or practical one among them simply so much wind. Since then I have watched his career, hoping that he would do something that would cause me to change my opinion of iim, and so convince me that he was not the dreaming, unpractical man he ap peared to me to be. I have seen noth ing so far to cause me to change my opinion. Now, my idea of a great American is one who does things. I do not neces sarily include in that category men who accumultae great riches. The great American to me is that one who does such things solely for the love of it, things that benefit the 'masses, and does it with no thought of financial gain, such as Washington, Lincoln and others of like type. Knowing of the great following that Mr. Bryari has, I wonder why it is so. I aim to be fair in my judgment, and thinking that I may have overlooked some great thing or things that Mr. Bryan has done, I appeal to you for in formation. What has Mr. Bryan done except talk? What original, practical idea has heudvanued that has benefited the peo ple? In what respect have the Ameri can people been benefited by reason of Mr. Bryan's doings in a public ca pacity? It is admitted that he is a great talker, has a fine flow of lan guage and his flowers of rhetoric can and do hold an audience spellbound, but, outside of this, will you kindly tell me what .Mr. Bryan has done that justi fies any one to say there is "no greater American than Air. Bryan"? I am not from Missouri, but I want to be shown. JOHN JAMES, A One-Time Democrat. The Oregonian feels quite unequal to the task of enlightening this anxious correspondent. VON JAGOW HAD BRYAN TRAPPED Secretary Tailzied in His Chimerical Diplomacy Could Only Resign. DALLAS. Or.. June 10. (To the Edi tor.) A Washington dispatch in The Oregonian hints that ex-Secretary Bry an may be the Administration's Teddy Roosevelt. Well, possibly, but I hardly think so, for he has no such a hold upon the affections of the rank and file of the Democratic party as Roose velt had on the Republican party. The Bryan glamor has long ago faded away. But that he has been the Administra tion's Jonah is probably true, for his fine Italian hand is to be seen in many of its foreign complications. The people are with President Wil son in the present crisis, and any op position Mr. Bryan may make at this time will fall as flat on the public ear as did his fight against the acquisition of the Philippines. The public is in no humor to indorse a hesitating or nebu lous policy in the handling of the sub marine question at issue between this country and Germany. Mr. Von Jagow had him trapped either coining or go ing, and his only way out of the dif ficulty was through the back door of a dignified resignation of the Secretary's portfolio. Of course, every Democrat regrets that Mr. Bryan had to get out of the Cabinet in the face of an international crisis, but really it was the only thing for him to do under the circumstances. President Wilson looms up large in public estimation, not so much be cause he is I'resiaent or tne unitea States, but because as the Nation's Chief Executive he has manifested the ideal American spirit in the face of a grave crisis. The President Is emphat ically a man of peace, but he is not for peace at any cost. No. this will not kill Mr. Bryan po litically he has been an electrified political corpse for some time past. J. T. FORD. Show Bell at Oregon City. PORTLAND. June 11. (To the Ed itor.) As a Canadian and a former officer of the Oregon Canadian As sociation, I differ with Hon'. P. H. D'Arcy in his belief that the Liberty Bell should be shown to the people of Astoria as a. matter of right and jus tice. The bell in justice should be shown to the good people of the grand old ancient city by the falls Oregon City for many reasons, chief of which are as follows: 1. It was for many years the resi dence of that great and good man. Dr. John McLoughiin, the father of Ore gon, and one of Oregon's grandest citizens, who did more for' this state than any two persons, however worthy, that ever stepped foot on Oregon soil. 2. It was the early residence of that saintly and anointed of God, Most Rev. Francis Norman Blanchet, the first Archbishop of Oregon City, and a prelate whose toleration, was as broad as nature itself, and whose char ity was as boundless as the ocean. Let the bell be shown to the noble people of the city below the falls. WILLIAM FOLEY. CHAIR OK POLITICAL, FALLACIES Writer Pines for Wealth to Endow One With Bryan In Chance. LA GRANDE. Or., June 10. (To the Editor.) Even Mr. Bryan's friends will commend his action in retiring from the Cabinet. His reputation as a statesman is al ready in a badly demolished condition and & few more demonstrations of his distinguished incompetence would have relegated it forever to the limbo of "busted" political shades. We concede, of course, that Mr. Bryan, in many respects, is a brilliant man. He is a brilliant politician, a brilliant expounder of political and economic fallacies, a, brilliant declaim er. And now he has added to his list of attainments the distinction of being a brilliant disappointment. When Mr. Bryan entered the Cabinet he had the Democratic donkey hog tied. He was the Warwick of the great un washed the President maker a more powerful personage than the President himself. Today he is a shattered idol. The 12 baskets of Scripture would scarcely be sufficient to contain the mutilated fragments' of his once imposing figure. "The sun of Austerlitz" which rose so brilliantly for the Napoleon of Democracy on the morning of "The First Battle" is now setting in the penumbra of eclipse above .the mourn ful evening of his Waterloo. Standing unique and lonely amid the wreckage of his hopes, the Old Guard scattered like "Winter's withered leaves," there is nothings for Mr. Bryan to do but abdicate and retire to politi cal seclusion and .there dictate his memoirs. We would deal gently with genius In the hour of its decline. We wouW not crucify the Peerless One upon a cross of contumely nor press the crown of thorns upon the brow of discredited greatness. If I were a millionaire, trying to re store to the people publicly a small amount of the money I had stolen from them privately, I would endow a chair of political fallacy in one of our great universities, on condition that Mr. Bryan would consent to fill it for the rest of his life. I think this would be a fitting tribute to the greatest living expounder of po litical and economic fallacies, and would at the same time provide a digni fied pension for another one of our dis tinguished political bankrupts. One doesn't have to rise any higher in the scale of animal intelligence than a college freshman to realize that we are sorely beset with fallacies. If we had a department of political fallacy duly authorized and organized and in charge of a man like Mr. Bryan, who is acknowledged to be the greatest in ventor of fallacies, it would easily be come one of the most popular courses in the college curriculum, and our young men would be graduated with a finished education in political and economic irrationalities. They would then be in & position to enter public life with the wisdom to know a fallacy when they saw one, and thus guide the ship of state clear of the icebergs and floating mines which now beset her course. ANDREW P. MARKER. MR. BRYAN NEXT DRY CANDIDATE f Prediction Made He Will Be Nominee of Prohibition-Peace Party. PORTLAND, June 11 (To the Edi tor.) Those who cling to the belief that Bryan will not be a candidate for the Presidency in 1916 are, in my opin ion, hugging a delusion. His divorce from the Wilson Administration merely means that he has abandoned hope of attaining his cherished aims through the Democratic party. When Bryan wrote the now famous Rye letter, in which he demanded the elimination of the liquor element from the Democratic party, it was quite ob vious he was maneuvering for position with the Prohibitionists. I don't think there is a shadow of doubt that Bryan will be the nominee of the prohibition and peace parties in 1916, and with three candidates in the field, and possibly four, his chances of slipping into the Presidency are not half bad. Wilson is a minority President by and with the consent of Teddy. It is just possible and very probable that Bryan may be a minority President by and with the consent of a three or four-cornered fight on part of Demo crats, Republicans and Progressives. Strange things have happened. Watch Billy Bryan and his Prohibition nomi nation. DAN MURPHY. Portland's Greatest Rose Festival Will be Mirrored in The Sunday Oregonian. Not only every visitor within Portland's gates for the week of roses, but home folks as well, will want The Sunday Oregonian, as it will contain the biggest and best record of the ninth annual fete. Pages of illustrations, snapped close-up by experts and made into pictures by the most modern processes until they stand out true to life, will be a permanent record that should be kept to show Eastern friends when they come this way. Others should be mailed to those unable to come and view the fiesta themselves. Descrip tions of the festival by staff writers will tell of the week's events in an adequate- way, so that a tour through the pages of The Sun day Oregonian will be the next best thing to attending the festival in person. GREAT PICTURE OF LUSITANIA DISASTER Every one who sees the illustration in color on the front page of the magazine section will have a new and clearer conception of the horror of the sinking of this Atlantic greyhound. The artist shows with remark able fidelity to life the great liner, listing heavily preliminary to her plunge downward to the ocean floor. FLAG FACTS FOR FLAG DAY Flag day comes June 14 and this is the theme of a two-page -symposium on the origin of the flag and of the day that holds it especially honored. An historic pic ture, "The Birth of the Flag," is shown, together with photographs of many historic flags that show the evolution of the National em blem from its beginning to the present. GERMANY IN TURKEY How did the Teuton get there and why did the Turk enter the war? are the two problems discussed in this article by J. J. Bosdan, a member of the executive committee of the Young Turk Society of Asia Minor. Well-informed per sons who are keeping pace with the war developments will want to get the well-grounded opinions of war diplomacy from such au thentic sources. The article is accompanied by a splendid por trait of Mehmed Rechad Khan, Emperor of the Ottomans. PANAMA CANAL SERIES "Solving Human Problems in Adminis tration," is the subject of the final instalment of Major-General George W. Goethals' great serial on the building of the world's greatest artificial waterway. LURE OF EASY MONEY The mythical fortune of $20,000,000 x which was exploited by Madame Frederic Humbert in the last quar ter of the last century, a gigantic treasure trove for that day, is the theme of a fact article that out-fictions fiction. GARGOYLES OF NOTRE DAME The stone images that surmount the cornices of the great, historic cathedral of Notre Dame, Paris, .have been turned in these war times into caricatures of the enemies of France. Who has not read Hugo's tale of the hunchback of this cathedral? All such and the others as well will be struck by the fanciful French way of thus exhibiting their hate against the enemy. STORIES FOR LITTLE FOLK These are always an attractive fea ture of The Sunday Oregonian for the children and this department is strong this week. There is Dock Yak and the other comics, puzzles and tales that delight the young, Donahey's Arabian Nights' tale of Codadad and His Brothers, and the "Teenie Weenies" drawings. SPORTING SECTION IS STRONG We are swinging well into the baseball season now and all true fans will strive to keep up with every development as it affects the various leagues. This "info" will be found in plenty in the Sunday sports' section. Besides, there are big automobile and real estate sections, dramatic and motion picture reviews, fashion and society news, the latest war moves recorded fully and the rest of the world's news, all splendidly illustrated. Twenty-Five Years Ago From The Oregonian. June 12, lSiXJ. A double shooting which occurred near Milwaukie at an early hour yes terday has created a. great sensation in the usually quiet and uneventful life of that community. Daniel Harvey, who has lived for many years with his mother, Mrs. Mary Bunnell, and and step-father. Charles Bunnell, shot his mother through the temple and then placing the pistol to his own head pulled the trigger and completed the tragedy. The crime was the deliber ate act of a madman, crazed by a fear of starvation and suffering. He had, however, more than $12,000 on hand. Harvey had sold his home to K. H. Page, but he was haunted by a fancy ' that he would come to a suffering end. and had a vision that starvation would follow a long period of aimless wan dering. The Coroner's jury found ha did the shooting in a fit of temporary insanity. Olympia Some interesting facts are developing in the expose of the alleged attempted book fraud scandal. O. A. Tiffany, a member of the Washington Board of Education, swears he was not approached by any representative of the American Book Company. It de velops the agents of the "trust" were Captain R. L. Edwards, J. W. Womack and L. E. Loveridge. Sullivan, the Portland detective, and his assistant Fames are said to have started the deal. Lieutenant-Governor Laughton, who had known Sullivan in Nevada, was badly duped in the deal, indors ing the check in good faith, for Sulli van without knowing it was to figure in any kind of a "deal." C. O. Eames telegraphed from Portland yesterday on reading the alleged "expose," that the whole thing was a frameup to test L H. Leach, secretary of the Board. Eames says he and Sullivan were mere ly detectives employed to shadow him and that the check was worthless. Leach, however, was the man who laid the details of the attempt before the Board and handed them the check. Eames is assistant manager of the Thiele Detective Agency in Portland. Eugene The University soon will close one o'f the most prosperous and successful years in the history of the institution, which now has 314 scholars and 29 professors. The commence ment exercises will be held beginning June 15. The Failing-Beekman ora torical and essay prizes will be award ed for tire first time. Rev. John Gor don, of 'Portland, will deliver the bac calaureate sermon Sunday. On Tues day Archbishop Gross will give an address before the literary societies and the class tree will be planted Wednesday. Hon. (leorare 11. Williams, of Portland, will address the alumni on Wednesday evening. Helena The Sheriff of Dawson Coun ty has telegraphed to Governor Toole for rifles and ammunition for the set tlers and cowboys, who are in danger from the Cheyenne Indian outbreak. The Governor lias sent 1000 rounds of ammunition and 1000 rifles. Frank Dekum, president of the so ciety which imported the German song birds last year, would be pleased to have anyone who knows the where abouts of any of these birds write him or C. F. Pfluger, secretary of the society. William M. Ladd. H. J. Corbett and W. B. Ayer made a trip to Cloud Capp Inn, on Mount Hood, yesterday. Kindergarten Training Schools. PORTLAND. June 11. (To the Edi tor.) In reply to the article about kindergarten training schools I would like to say that there is a kindergarten training class conducted by a graduate of the National Kindergarten College, of Chicago, here in Portland. If the "Inquirer" will call at 680 Schuyler street or call East 2.'.r9, any informa tion on the subject will he gladly given. A KINDEKGARTSER PORTLAND, June 11. (To the Edi tor.) In regard to kindergarten train ing schools in Portland, I notice that Mr. Thomas, clerk of Portland School Board, says there is none. I beg to give the correct informa tion to the inquirer. Miss Elizabeth K. Matthews has conducted a kindergarten training school in Portland since 1902. Miss Matthews will mail a catalogue if the inquirer will address her at her residence. Oak Orove, Or. ONE WHO KNOWS.