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Tim MOI.NINO ORrfiOMAX, TUESDAY, IVOVEMRKR "0, 1015. 10 Ut (Dmwtiau roart taov. vui.01. i e, . 4.1 4 i - : f . -IM t .... t t - J" ' Mftil lt'l M-. .... 4 .oq, ... ... r u A. . ... ....". to I e- li 4e. - " 4 mt 94 wm m 4 1 e- .. : , 4 ; 4,a4t 4 tA r aj - -a fcnimi 1 1 nrWifw . ..-4 ...... e. ....!. e. ej . ei..' t- e4 -! r roarl.tt. Tt . ot. I. lUv rsr r ' tour to tout. lr l ! r-l ta a:rt. t eerr ht-ttmttT tror AlUtl!'! to r'-tfi-'- H la tn tavoi.rj arpll'-9;a t tfse lmar Ifa la oa ! I". t.'W Coaat. fr !:: mi::. are p'it la "P"- Ran aaJ pft.-a fca fca r- l from va.r.ra ! tnr aa4 ra.r.-i ffiar. tut a B4 H;44:a Waat ceme tha aui rprj ef r.aa a:tittT ll.iatut t ota ono of I s moat coo MntU b.nf a.a aa ua'Ufte4 fc.4:t, t-At4.4 t.moa ara ril a4 are t 6a baf.af. ao4 btaaa eoeft anca hjja r-arl." Tfta Nt Tof Kaic I'oat b--lt. tha oflntcH wit." IX s ; truta ISat ovif New I'.vr Itn t In-! ' l ""J' fVouTWS-tna- cool.'.ioa thaa f-f a toB t!en pa.t." an-. ::! ta afalamant of "a ruaa jrvt fr ef Mih reputa tial 1 it ,es.a tha tnt;:.e l tbt (.-a-ity f Ut t wir tha they k4 ar . bn .'ne.- te ai J t-t l:oa ' to bnfia aaia.a fle lt:r ! fren Weat.ra a4 5oi:her t tta hl-a re ef U'r ba !er!-!, l4.r nrrHB!Ue matK 4 a rt-I of luUl.ef C0 ' ra:U.lerjhL eT tha "j'i.-ena4 p a af bu.tna I "at Uat arowa-4 ' tha tRfirrr t"r (!'! t a6eta!.-a." en. I taat "taia bto baa. r tira. ' le.t t aUr(mil ef pfoj i. tlira oat- put at ta ni:;i aa4 f vl-le. aa4 to y wK-ta of e n- .i'cm'A tt a4J ( IS it "t."!"ie r. . feL.T t- j a.-ut; la rtail tr4e. aal that "t4f. i t.itf lai 9 fe emo t Uer ea aee ta I ba lenfol b the flimt of rirt rfari-a ta tha Be Jeaf " K inane (T trea that Ieme9 ef j lriie n-af wt-fio aa4 hot:e im p. ie ere "a tin ta erjr far la .lan..e of LmI jraf ffoca tba ii i'. I Wear. Vt "uifv-hr M ' 1st E.f:'(." t tht "a t.xj- of ! s'M.ia fc..-.ht la b-t:f tS In ; m tar t t-'t jnf. TVtt ctty aait I that eo jB'.rt W'rvhae'j r ao Tt 1 nyi'rg m.jR.r.- B-l ther "TiAe ; bMht t. -i -M y M fa r-i'l dots a-J an.4 ar milt'r( their at'TH ample." ' 1 cut.'! !ra thtt "a tr4 Tatteat ' t:t cn-ia J ;t a aa I -he pava- tie !! e- ta p.-ea I.e ei:her rea:ii4 ' er tha ft : !r ef tr - t-e ca.3. e4 ; th,t 'nr.fi t!!.a t:i ba apwflt- ! aftie." ?c r :t t: ef bi f:r,'"4 tr'. ; t Jc.e .Northern tuaetfttf earwe.J It. t I. il l ! r!.ra roa la tKtuber tas l-i lvt.Tl). Li -t jrear. en-j fie.rir fnu-h, O. toh. I t K lt:ia r t- , r ef-..-i.:.a "pf.jph.er a V pf .4 a pr.iar'i",J-e a.-tiity "t oi".r f"f the r b'jt f' the the cmmcrr tia rrv-b.et. ant the ; a.j'uiii:a art oa of thern Ml, thtt the N"-h'eet never fi.'eJ fcf ; r pfjep"-. ai.t "Ve eaai"y the r4hret pt la tha Vcjte.l "Eatea." Wr-hanfe "are moro ffely thaa I- a i-of t:to peat. atv4 tha . tnaeemer ta ertaia t toftloi" fr tite Ito'.a tae preeeot tatr.eea ' it it:rta preeenta a iramatto e"o:rtas f th tt of a yf a. Gioora thea I ra.l im'itnl. niafttnu ef boTltf ae l.tr.: aa poeelMe. "ml ael flour era aooqt the oory acacko reraar!y . knht. aa t aea mat-ha enl nta tba rtl'fitr of KM'lleei tnjrlrt for j a wane.- a4 "vrJ;t aiper'- wera i t-jV.f prepr.l for kear A J m aa ni4iije.a Isr. proe.t anj cot ' t ia-p;.tKtre ri."u. oa tfceir rrop. ; t-iey bea t pay thtr bt:t tcl mer. I ebeta p i t thr deb'a ta h;a4:ar ! A te.!mc mB3wtarey atp-tel beaey t-we. but etara- Tir owetorn- erw baea mt the f ob!!ritlor..e bar 1- .imrr. aa4 foiW-tluea baa rat ' l-nprave.. tf tha cottoa mthmi, hoi !. bnafrteea wlta tha 5oitt la vl3aT to be better than aey oea b at Btire-l to beaaeo.- rtetera ara Bow la no a h 'trry t. e:t rottna at eta e. -:e. tboa-a ISy wera (U.f t ae: at aeo ' iaa!a a fear aa4 banba encourao t.!.e poluy. Tha ri. ta cutton bx ' enm "ia lp of a aylta or praJt.J fro.!iu-.i jtx of chr cropa. on4 wfta the Jtonta la rhape. Ihrouch) It prerloae refrBeb!-.'.a. ta ffrt the Tj. beneTit j af tha aew rrn of io4 fortane.- A:l lata artttry la rRanue.rtnrtr. ' marrjtej jlaf aat rracaportattia at b.rtr.a ta a.-crapiai.i. but by no naa.K wbo.':y etptalne.t. by enprora deta. ctemaa4 for oof r-x-1e abroati , tasoc"-a la October etb;ihe4 a aew ' h'ft rex-orf ef IJ3I J JTt. aa mm para.t wi?a StVt.Ttl.tT In fxt.ber. ttt. l::t.l.t4t l O-tr-b-r. ttJ. tiJf' wre on:y HI t.5I .:. t irtlr IIJ : la 0 l.:t--T. Itl. at HTT.Jtr.Jt4 In fxtcb.r. ' l or tha ten tnwr.tha an l:- t-tobr. IJtt. the eporte r t :. 1 1 1.: I J.4T J. ! a4 tha ItijoM II. ti. til. III. Iatr. an arport tataaf ef 1 1. I J. t I.t J. X tha memet of f v.i.tf uf ,'e anj Wf tr. -Jf.it!. C. b- been nv-rejJr.f ' moath-y a 1 la retrVte. ocly by the eapa.-1'.y of tha ri:ro!. trntEala n4 ahira t baa4:a freight, tra la : a proapeKv-t the! the Irtal for tha rel ' .n'tr jetr wt:: yet reach) J. ) ).- 4 ) I ThU ret atport biUt!- ipU .itne t rr'!4ta eattor.e of nearly t.4-i.')4 )' wiihta a yr. re U r-npor'a ef U:4:t.TTt ta tha Jear en.;inaT O tobar. ' of AmerVaa eew cir".-:a bell abn4 of aa Injeflnrta amo-jat a I prapafatlooa f 'f fuftber m m o4 f irtar lta. TBera h J reu'te.i a'u-a aa iue la tha money mtrlal that tba etecnea-l for crop tm '-K wht.-h farmerfy co4 t. jh!Bea eerr I"'!. pyo Juce-t -rtrery any t-npreeeioa thie er. a.h-1 thAt ine t.-hn an4 reila.-ot)et fc-t:n of rsa 'a.lnl reer-ee tenia haa barly been t.J'i'he.1 r.e.JLa-ounte hue reat-he.) ee'r the -"r p.f 'le.'y nr r"l t to'al of III J.'l 141. aa4 of tha t 1 4 l.fil.4 Of r;arl ftaerte Botoa onrr aat lllHtm b be a i. 'i-l ait ae-ur.!y of tommafcUl per. Alt of the retia!fur la aa cure.t by ttepoe" of aa ev'tl amoaol In r ' Tha mean Iff of l-hia BoaaUI caa- i.ium k mat. although ih t - rte.ei5 ef seie. d-ir-eg lh past Tr ha tn : t ftjportl jr. at asmende tmr ib fv-ini. latter luia j j iuf;:. tn it'.',:i rrl t the e fact::.. ffUr4 a ).r -o U er r..j l "i lh ct" f ! war it l M H bf rl "! J r moc frcrn lt fir' of iu drl.-i w mi l b f jo4 of ;! rf.j;t hu h rr lw I ) J Tln n fid alofn ': rw I m fro i.'i rf lMi- tM ant rQ c!flrt car tA T telt4 r.t m vur4 of roe t.sj.4 el frwpn?r InfjT h r I: "4 t.'.roufiol t rwoilriKiIsn r which vUl foCo. Tft m'Jf la ht'V pro- tr!r ts:i con:ina f.rr thai period apasla oa tb attarl ta wbfcrn me a a uea of tno cpportaeltr t pro- 4 jce at bma tboe tomraodlliaa o w b iv a tho foretfa rjpptr " ba " err. ant ta captor tha foreiaTn trad ht-a o!hT ta temporari:; aban!oe4. crrrotto o5t M n t. Ta Or c-jcUo hope that It r.aa not eei r4 tha obera:ua of the Tartou puSUt- benefutora who ar devUine; an 4 ofNMtc p".rji for t!t tfUpoa'.tlon of tba Orror-C:!rorTla UnJ rrac bl th Cneertaliia Aclation, a:i. tnrrorj rir-cbot at ! . oipu to take a bar.4. Ilrrt la a treat bn-?y of land, la tha heart of OreaT-JO. Uxrrly eoverr 1 with Umber. iA lu rtatua ta la doubt. N- torairv in aaf.it ar.4 thrtrty mini o the linchot tb!nb at co of a now foret reavrnr. Of coure. nnchct. la wlIURC h UnC aailab: for acrt.-u!'.ura. aa4 ether tn4. now ror4 with timber, wh!rh my Later be) a1apte4 to acrl curt-4r. rcy b fcomet-4vl. Th la lb aocntaal rule ew In tha forret reeerrea. Tut ta fort reery r- mla ta u n li-e u rbe4 an j untai4 lo- Utljt; ani boM U lb ur.uptlr.j Mtttar hi t.ht.-.k to break throuih tha eufrocatln tleei of bureaucratic r4-tara ao4 ctt a boma there. It rouM be tba am on a nncho!Uc4 Un4 rT"t. Now all OreeToo t Rttr4 la proteat aa-alnt any euca I'lnrhot r'-an. Not eira th ml arjent n-al "coneerra- t:Rlel- bat dar'4 -4'et It. Tat ther ara cl:.'ien who r Im menry airrr.e4 about th proepecl ef more ml.'llona of Oreca acre In tho ps?er!!!-aT waete of a f-reet ye- ary who tbiaa t.iat l.'ie correct potky tot our ter power la to tura in em oyer to tfc abrte Un4!or4 at WaebiaaTton. C'tltarry anj aabrnarlno rJare ba not teen rrffd-i m ejoor.ymuuj term, but ther la a maa ta command of aa uajcfeea ae p;r1n th MeUU tcrraeeaa who d-rtr th u:Ia of nobUruan. ta tha (u'.l'et ar.4 flneet masiR of th wor4. It la uncertain bather b te a Turk, or aa Auetrtaa. f.T b appear to ry whaleirer f'-al ef ta Teutontc-Tarh-eh, aKUnr txet a-4ita fcla m!Ut rurpaa. Th atory t14 by Wr. I.an. aa ayo- wt'.pee to a rerr.araSte revert occur renco oa th pUtctl waters of the U'4:terraa''n. te one of th mxl crphl an4 lhrt::t-c that h coma ;t of the dre4ful e:-.r of war Tha lyonlaa b4 th narrall Je. tr). Tha evibmarlr. ba4 -JRk ore lir'.tiaa et. ae4 b4 pert br rtae; an 4 fc4 -44Jen;y appeart-4 of h bow of tba .on4. hHe ah rearulraT th fuf'.tlTre from lh firyt. A .'rtht.'4l pack- oceurr4. an4 a turn- pe.j te m4 for th hip a bia. ei Jentty la th Jattf.ibl holloa that (.-. ttMl waa about to b ahell4 ar4 a-4nv. lut ta cmman4-r of th tin- ksowa arubatartnew prbab.'y dle.-ot.-r-r that the eeae waa an Ir.o.'ferjit'e mrrchtctrato. aa4 tal br rwr!T er tare!y trait art 4 rhi:4ren. not onry refu4 to deetroy br. but a!4c4 In alc5 the frthtenel rfe and artera, an I ratorlr,i thrn lo their arrbarme t h!p. "W nr nt mur (jrr. h l4. That bumj.no warrior !M n"t kill women and chl!4ren. II rrea per ml:te4 th teaoel to r on bey court, pu.niy bejeaua aha dt4 not carry con traband. It would aeveen that th conlct!B b ad firmly lj4 on indon-.it aIHo corn minder of r.Mlh- men t!il war 00 omca and cnl!dr-n la mrvlr out mat maHar It l. Indeed. IJXt TAI.K4 AT UUTT. John Lin4. of Mmneeota. baa bn liUlat loo much. It rpr to b aatJent thit whenever Mr. Li ad talba at aX be talk a too much. L4k many another mti fbo hea nothtnc to aay. malnty becau.ee b doe OJt know what t aay. b ba trrvat reputation for dUcrelioa and ncacltj a rcpuuttlon that prmeat! th rrmot J r;incU ef th Vb:t Houee. and cao-l I'rral. 3eet Wl'jos to awni th i!ct IJnd lo Mett-o aa b prtrat ambaaieador. I-oultlee th rraatdenl lho-J:M that h waa abie lo do all th talalnc for th Admlrlatratloo. and that another mlrht do th teelcf ant boating. Mr. Llnd l back from Meilco. Ha baa bee a b-afk quit a rpclt. What ha learned ther. except thai there u I llealy reyolution. or aerie of revolution, ta not known to th world at tare. If mad bta rrport to th I'rretJer.l and went home. Itut th other niht ei-Ptiyat Em l try Had rated bla mouth at Kt. I'aul and announced hie bctlcf thai Itcnry L Wtln. lt American Ambtweador to Mexlco. with creden tial from th American poop!, and not from th kltcbeo cabinet, "knew of and co&eer.ted to th a4ajdnatlon of iTee'leflt Madero." tt la a ehockioc eharra- It make of Mr. Wlleen aa a.-comp!lc bejfor tha act l- a atroriou murder. Mr. Wlleoa aaa th Uod etatement la falae. and that ba wr.l rulr th Mln. aeextaa ta prov ll la court. nnUaa he repudiate It. Of coure. ro eta who baa known Itcnry Lane Wi:eon wi'l entertain any thoucM that ther l lb !!fhtrt faun4a:loa to th a.-cuaatlon. Hut ll ta not tntrpnelrar. perhap. that th man bo w aa aerul'i front th Mexican reuet in bex-aua b bad a high con certina f th A'.t.''T cf aa America Ambaaaadoeehlp. ar.d a couraceoua p-j rp-a to do bio tatl doty la trrtrc ant dtnjerooa clrrun-.atanreav. ahoulJ t mad (h au&Vxt of malevolent rrt'btatn by men who think that tha true way to get Out of troubl la to ran away from It, aa4 malln tho who tay. reanvrtvarla with a population of 7.(41.111 ba only .::!. TI7 who Bra aalive wbf'e peraoee born of native parent. Thi may b a bigger rati tnao that cf ttie courtry over. Jet it -pha:se tha heavy contr!Iu t4a fro ox foraia tycarc to our ft a!a. ll U br:)r haalthr pfo portno anj haa h4 mm du Uuit IsMor.a on !.: rnnta :! f hyphanat t Amf1-r. In lha blow irg up ft frunl!on f artor.rji. Tha r. "! ta not h"l!r a rtrt-ion of lm mirratlon. but a!o a mf dfflnita ar.d btfar OtJopcJ irrn of dlractlr.tt tha prnri"- hart Mr tha new Arnn,an annx th!r mpmthl and lo)aiif in true Arrci-u um- Tba old nitho4 of perrrit'.tnf; tlma to e.'foct tha triri:i!oo U too i!o an4 uncertain. artrruK or hbmt. Th commandeerirg of Canadian wheat by th Canadian government eeerr.a ta b a blow at th Amerlraa farmer. Th latter, ernche-l by th lxxm price of laet year, la abl to hol4 Me wheal and la hotjirr It In Urea quanlltlea In th cipectatlon of realting nearly th earn pne Ihli year. Canada, acting la ympalh.y with Itrttala. Krai lo aim at letting th American farmer bold on tlU th al lies h abenrbed th Immena Ca nadian aurplua. If. when that la gone, th American farmer air.l bold on. th aurplu from tndl will b uod. Iheo that froai other countrlea. or.: ao much) American wheat being take aa la marketed at rrlre which Joh tt til cor.atder yeajwrabl. Th wheat altnatlon ha change much lo th Uet yr. Europe crop wer then ahort, war condition wer now and had not been full ladled out and ther i much panic buying In fear that narnl defeat mlrht rut off tha aupply from th alUea. Thl year haa given good crop not or.ty lo th Untied FUte and Canada, but la India and In cveral counrrtri of Europ. Th aabmatin menace ha been rrrcomo and I'rltleh; control of th ae 1 undlepuled. Th alllc buy at their lcleore through choaen agenclr and do not outbid cch other, Th American farmer eem un. likely to get laal year price untlt th alMea have abeorbed tha upp!: from their own dominions and find t.'iat they muet hav American wheat In tare nuantitlc or go without bread. ttr.rott.rRit or ititcitTT. rerhap Mr. IUne. th Soclallat. doe not mean exactly what h ay la th opening panrraph of tha lotto which la publlahed today over hi Icnature. but ll la much to bla ad tai.taco If m rtatrmer.t bo taken Utoralty. la la making "anewcr to hla con "i'Cca." when he aaaeria that th liberty rerrt-nted by th American flag la not worth preaervlng. Con ctrcce. w lake It. lo.; Mm that no ehouid rejoice in lh rel!gou free dom. tha political equality, th right to worehlp ld la th manner of hla choice, th privllee to apeak hi own thouihta. and the other b!rlrg and bound th liberty repreeenled by tha flg accor'I th American peo ple. Hut b arrruee an I rat hla con a. Icnc and wheo be doca that pub licly be baa a rieht to expect, a Mr I.nr-e mi he doea. that hla fellow l' condemn him and hla country d'.eoa n blm. Mr. l;aree" anewer to hU con- alenc la of the order which con ilrraw th rain for falling on tho un ua aa well aa tha J'.irl and reprovea r e nil Iv-caua perforce when It drlra th laundered cotton of th wurklrg n ll mut d l:k erMc for the i:k of hie more funate neighbor. U!-erty aa rerrerntd by th Hag l of the tyre wl-.I- h prmt Mr. Parsr and hi Kx-l:t feilowa to transform the cr.!er of thine tho moment lh-y can brlr.c lh majority around to heir way of Ihlnkln;. Tel Mr. It.ir e rfea to evalt lh type of liberty which la tho or.ly hop of hl own phtt-wophy. Th rtsht ar.d th means extended by otir form of government to the proaecutloa of reforma. economic, eo- cial and political, ousht to excite In the breaat of lh wlilrnt thcorUt, Ihe moat ehallow thinker or th posjwnaor cf th tnoet tlleordrrrd liver, aome glirr.menng trace of pride of country acl patriotic exuM.ulon. So It la paH-utlarty h.ird to tl.-u-e'.fy tha man ho. unable to convert a majority to Me ay of thinking tinder th wjjeat latitude of opportunity-. prrache retain In rreenlmcr.l. ll'.a Is the !ueal order, tho mock of humanity Th editorial to which Mr. Hante refer dlecuaaed a sin which fortu nately la on of omlon rather than of co-rimle.nn In Ihe public achoola. What liberty really nn-snn as exempli flrd by American IneUtutlona and as yrnbolixed by th Amerlraa flair Is too often acar.tlly taucht and mora often poorly abaorbel. Ilia letter la pub lished eolrly for the striking IlluerVa- ion It provide as to how this d flrlenry l seized upon, distorted and misapplied by unappreclative, un pa ri otic, ytclotia mind. romc tRivr.u Much has been heard of tho inabll ity of budding literary genlu to gnta recognition. Th several million lit rwry sciolists of th country dis cus It among themselves with much bittern. Their manuscript are not ven opened at th editorial office. Of this they ara certain and to prove their contention they resort to such practices as gummlnr say th ninth and tenth page. If lh two page are adhered upon their Inevitable return, then the worst fears of the embryonic hakespearea are confirmed. The thought that a skilful reader Is able ta eetlmate th offering by dipping la I too remote for their consideration. Th explanation that a reading of the introduction, climax and a few Interior arts of a raw manuscript suffices to etermln Its worth Is rejected by the r.tnltlatcd as subterfuge. It might not provo a safe practice for readers of manuscript to Judge all tha offerlnE In such fxnhlon. Many a story or poem launched and flnlehed In unpromlnlrg form may. when con- icred a a whole, prove to be an ex ceptional work. Tet rank amateur UhncM I easy to delect and may ba lacerncd In th cpenlng paragraph. confirmed In tha climax and estab lished beyond th slightest doubt by a ureory xvjnlnUoa of a section r wo of th text. falling of recognition with th ee- tabilshed periodicals, th amateur rlter turn to the arlatar.s. It has been only a few days sine the ac count were published of whole! frauds practiced upon aspiring poets of th country. Th trial Is now in progress In New Tork of a craven lit erary shark who preyed upon thes unfortunate until be reaped a harvest of 1 1 S. 000 through a bogus prize poem contest. Tha entrance fe to the contest was tie. In psylr.r, any such sum as that th poet must hav had abldl-.g confidence la th product of Ms pen; must hav frit keenly the In justice . of editorial discrimination which kept Mm from popular appro vat. la the coots of th Ulal sum of th prU poems hav been read to th court. Their utter hopelessness muil appear at one to anyon except ing th misguided authors. They or prim facie evidence of the fraudulent Intent of thos who accepted them seriously and wrot enrouraclng let ters to th authors. Her Is a fair specimen: ntr bra. aal the tr. yea and It lie be trie,., e-r Ihe ..a. aeatlag from the boreeej etaa. AKt ! ear virtue. a -crewta! "K..1 aim owed: strike hte ba4r doctor Ml. If ta eti blm a see:-!. W be thea aur beaiia preteetf ritlabl drivel. Ihls. Tet It show evidence of car and patience In prep aration. The fact that th author paid 110 to have It entered lo a prize cor.teat suggests a faith and confidence beyond measure In the merits of the stuff. With the ny-swsttln; campaign sweeping the country why should not thl hit a popular chordT Why should It not b set to music and b mad the battle song of th fly militants? Thus lh writer possibly reasoned. That poem 1 on par with th pro duction of th average aspirant for literary honors who flood the mall wttlw flight of poetic fancy. Every editor know this from ad experience. It might be urged that editors face the doty of writing frankly that ine author may know hi hopelesanes. Thu th victims would b saved from the literary sharks. Ilut such a course would be without result except harsh feeling directed Bgalnat the editor. They must learn from continued re buffs and even then some of them, Irt suspending their literary efforts, go through life with bltterijoss toward the world for having failed to recognize and encourage genlua. A device for gauging tho distance of a fog signal ha been perfected Dy a Krooklyn engineer. It consists of displaying a flash at the moment the signal Is sounded. In round figures, approximately five seconds, difference In time per mile exist between the peed of light and sound. Thus If a flash Is ecn at a given moment and a siren blast arrive fifteen seconds later the process of fixing tho dis tance U simple. There I nothing new In tha principle. It ha been In use for many year In fixing the range of hostile artillery, gunner adjusting thflr firing data In the Interval be tween the rinsh and the report of a distant gun. If It be true, aa alleged, that the breaking of a bottle of whisky was the caus of murder and suicide rear Amity It Is on mor Jolt to hasten John Barleycorn departure. The bottle waa probably smashed and It content spilled with good Intention and an ungovernable temper did the reet. Th orergrown boy in the rural dis tricts thinks It a Joke to disturb a re ligious meeting, but there are half a doxen In tho liuena vista region or Polk who will have a different idea when they finish their thirty day In lh County Jail fr that offense. The belligerent appear to take what ther want If It la under the American flag. Th day new tells of a ship laden with Illuminating oil from Philadelphia to Stockholm cap tured by Germans and taken to Stettin for unloading When th official Canadian get cared he imagine th roof Is falling from the world and stands ready to grab anything which may explain lh selxuro of .fll the wheat that was lying handy. If President Wilson can find a eans of regulating the freight charg- of foreign ship, he will per form a feat which Is beyond th power of any other man, however great his genlua. The best economy measure the City Commission could adopt would bo the provision of a largo supply of big rocks and sledgehammer for those who make unemployment their business. Hy surveying It logged-off land and selling It to farmers, tho St, Helens Lumber Company ha acted on the theory that the way to begin i to De gtn. They cannot hang the thug who killed the mallcarrler In Chicago, but he can be put out of tho way to con slJer hla crlm until h ilea. Sad and disconcerting If Miss Pe Graffs pupils should Imbibe tho mili tary Influence of the march whllo sne 1 carrying peace to Europe. The Ford rrowd will receive assur ance of profound regard from tho peo. pie opposed to conscription in Eng land, with a hint to hurry. With a hitherto little known river that Is navigable for 550 mile. AJaska give u om Impression of Its Im mense area. The submariner will avoid tho But tlnskl and the Molly-coddle of the Ford line, but tha floating mine knows no distinction. Henry Ford yerlooka th Amerl canlxed Chinaman In hla list. Ha Is of th "biggest piece peace" nation oa earth. The Kentucky Kllck declines to pick Milt Miller and Joe Teal before they ar ripe. in genuemen are jti oung. A usual at thl period before elec tion th Democratic party 1 trying to harmonize th irreconcilable elements. All reeded for a never ending of th land-grant problem Is for Plnchot to butt In with hi Iridescent dreams. I It possible for this litigious Nation to make a mov In any direction with out being halted by a lawsuit? If all right now. P. Monroe Smock, of New Plymouth, Idaho, ha accepted the Ford Invitation. Th 400 no-conscriptlonlst of Eng land may be trusted lo conceal their Identity after th war. Flv dav after Thanksgiving ha the last of th turkey bone dlap peared? In a popularity contet from now oa Santa Claus win Bet all th votes. Austria Is reported to be seeking a separate peace. Atta boy. Henry. How many timea ha GorUIa been taken by the Italians? Ttl 1 a shocking week. Twenty-five Years Ago r-ram Tha OiMonlam of November 30. IStO. New York. Nov. 29. The funeral of Ihe late August Belmont waa conducted In the Church of the Ascension today. Th edifice was crowded. The pall bearera Included fresld'-nt Grover Cleveland and Governor Hill. Victoria, n. C, Nov. I. At noon to day the eteamcr Costa Klca. owned by the Punemuirs, went ashore In a dense fog near Race Hocks. Tho extent of damage Is unknown. The steamer I'llot has gone to her assistance. New Tork. Nov. i. Alexunder PchusseU representative In this city of Klelschner. Mayer & Co.. of Portland. Or., died suddenly this evening at the Marlborough Hotel of heart d'.eease, New Haven. 'Conn.. Nov. 23. Fire in the south middle dormitory of the Tale campus tonlpht created quite a punlcl for a while, but It was subdued, wnn the loss of 110,000. J. E. Haxeltln, Herbert Bradley, C. II. Woodard and T. V. Osborn. who have been chosen delegates by the I'ortland Chamber of Comemrce, will leave here this evening by the South ern Pacific to attend the annual meet ing of the National Board of Trade, to be held at New Orleana on the Sth of December and following days. All mat ters brought forward at the meetlnjr In any manner affecting Oregon's Inter ests, will be sharply looked after. One of the delegates remarked yesterday to a reporter, "We have blood In our eye." Thls afternoon at the M.irquam Grand Opera-House at S o'clock James A. Heme will deliver his address on. "Henry George and the Single Tax." Mr. Heme will also give a dramatic reading of Hamlin Garland's "Under j tho Llon., Paw.. BACHELOR TAX IS CLASS LAW Writer Insists It Should Apply to Old Malde and Merry Widow. PORTLAND, Nov. 29. (To the Ed itor.) Permit me to take issue with you on your editorial on bleeding Bachelors." Since the Idea of govern ment without representation, or con sent of the governed, according to modern conceptio , Is generally repug nant and unpopular, why should not a special taxation, such as you men tlon a intended by our Government receive the same general condemna tlon? To be consistent, why should not the "old maids" be equally penal ised with the "bachelors." young or old? Or are tbey less shirking what you call their "vital social duties ? Th fact seems to be obvious that mor and more money Is needed to run our "ship of state and although more Just distribution of the burdens might relieve the situation, necessity knows no law, and I presume the "bachelors" will have to pay an addi tional price for monopolizing the "Isle of sintrle blessedness. I say "additional price," for I doubt whether tho general unpopularity of the bachelors U based on a proper un derstandlng of that much-abused genus. Is there not an undeniable In clination to Increase the number of both "old maids" aa well as '"bachelors' by uch legislation as New Jersey Is about to introduce? And are "enforced eugenics" not an excuse, if not a "Jus tiilcation. for men to remain single. considering the natural as well as un natural shortcomings of the human race? Is there not a additional Incentive to bachelorhood la the fact that our divorce courts are grinding overtime to sever the cords which lightly bind the un properly mated? Is the man or woman who. pledging eternal love and fidelity to his or her sweetheart, to be penalized by special taxation simply because ho or she finds It Incompatible with a "true spirit tc transfer that devotion to another, after a cruel fate has Irremediably sepa rated them forever" Those who have suffered In silence may arce with me in tho premises, but I hardly expect you to appreciate the feelings of thof-e who cannot find consolation in conndlng their woes to another nor to sympathize with one to whom a duo rep-trd for the purity of his or t er affinity celibacy becomes compulsory even without the letter of the law. Indeed, some "sclf-sacriiirlnir fe male" might enter Into a conspiracy to cheat t'nele Sam out of the special "bachelor tax," but what an awful sac rifice on the part of the poor bachelor would It not Involve If, after Indulging the mereccnarv spirit, he should find himself wedded to an "undesirable," to put It mildly. In truth and justice you must admit that the proposed law is "class legisla tion" pure and simple, as long as it excludes the "old maid" or the "merry widow." JULIUS ADLER. WESTEIlJf WOULD SAVED IS 113 Awful Thlaaa Might nave Happened Had T. It. Beea Elected. PORTLAND, Nov. 28. To the. Edi tor.) I notice Mr. Avison has placed for nomination Theodore Roosevelt. It Is to be regretted that Brother Avison has taken this hasty action. Perhaps It is not too lato to induce him to withdraw bis nominee. Had the Bull Moosers elected Teddy to the Presidential chair our history since then might have been something Ilk this: 1'nltcd States declares war on Huerta. All Mexico unites against us. All avail able troops and ships sent. We have diplomatic troubles with South Ameri can states snd Japan. Work on the Panama Canal Is held up. European war breaks out. We have not yet con quered Mexico. Lusltanla and other vessels sunk by German submarines. Teddy very Indlgmant. Realizing our weakness. Germany refuses to meet our demands. Teddy declares war on Germany. Mexico becomes an ally of Germany. Later, several of our largest ammunition factories are mysteriously blown up. United States sends a few ships and trocpa to the Dardanelles. Japan, realizing our weakness, con tinues her demands on China. China refuses. Japan declares war. We ob ject, but Japan, as our ally, declares that she must have the iron, coal and other mines In China for war supplies. Uprising against Americans In the Philippines. Revolution in the South American states. The whole world is at war with tha exception of Spain. I. W. W. riots In several of our large cities. Altogether we are In a bad fix. Brother Avison has his Thanksgiving dinner In a trench in Mexico. This Is not impossible, is it? Mo thinks Oyster Bay is a good place for Teddy. H. w. p. Pedeatrlana Lea roe Needed. PORTLAND. Nov. 27. (To the Edi tor.) Referring to your editorial Fri day, November 26, "The Man at the WheeL" It cannot be expected that everybody in a town, man, woman and chilli, will have nothing else In the mind but to think of autos. and danger from autos, whenever they step from the sidewalk into the street. In order to avoid death. Still this Is the condi tion today, inasmuch as autos are run ning silently and smoothly with a speed of from 15 to 25 miles per hour In town, rounding corners as fast as they please, and are not confined to track like railroads. The conclusion is that such ordi nances authorizing sneed of 15 mllea an hour in congested districts and 25 mllea an bour In other districts of the city are nothing but manslaughter, it Is surprising that the pedestrians nave not yet organized a pedestrian league to protect themselves and their fami lies by proper legislation and other wise. - K. E. 0 FLAO OR fOCSTRY FOR ni.M Mr. Barxee Will Appreciate o Bless ings I Btil He Gets All He Fanelea. PORTLAND. Nov. 29. (To the Edi tor.) In making public this answer to my conscience I am fully aware that I am inviting much criticism that will show me up a very bad man, whom no one should tolerate and no country should own; but I speak for the com mon people and the children of the publio schools. To your editorial and the letter ac companying it, "Is It (the liberty rep resented by the flag) Worth Preserv ing?" we aay that altogether depends. If you address' the capitalists, owners of the land and wealth of this country, the answer would be strong in the af firmative. If you ask the question of the disinherited working class their intelligent answer would be, in the face of prevailing conditions the world over, economically, and in Europe with regard to the war. emphatically no. When we determine who owns this country and who dictates wars and makes the struggle for existence harder we have the question answered by all who are capable of inteligent thinking. Passing to this flagpole public school Incident, let us analyze. Who do we find represented in our public schools almost exclusively? The poor class, as the wealthy class of children are usual ly found in private schools under spe cial teachers. Inasmuch, then, as ownership means servitude, how can the "light of lib erty" burn brightly to those in bond age? hy snould boys stop ineir in nocent Play to raise a flagpole tnat represents the liberty of another class that has the power to force tnem into trenches to kill each other and levies a tribute on their every effort at ob taining a living? With the real life picture before us of unoffending, non-belligerent work- ng people forced Into battle line to slay each other, all for the benefit of another than themselves, it Is a pity that the boys did not better understand this question. Surely they acted more wisely than they knew. Better by far would it be to teach the boys and girls of all countries that they have a common purpose In life; that there is but one enemy and that enemy is anything that destroys life and human happiness. Take away from them this hate engendering national ism and you cannot make them fight their brothers as in war. You will thereby relieve the world of all wa and the struggle. for existence will cease to be as it is now known. Is not humanity one of common need Have we not here in these United States a practical demonstrated proof of internationalism represented on a par in our public schools? What an opportunity for teaching a common welfare. Why, then, should a flag that teache them to hate their brothers in other lands be forced upon the rising gener ation, and why ehouid we not have a common flag, representative of peace and plenty to all? Inventions and scientific discoveries have brought us into a new relation to each other, economically; and thi gnastiy, neatnenish war is preparing me minas or all intelligent human be Ings for an international life. when enough of all nations shall have learned this fact and classes are systematically abolished, none but traitor to human Justice would think of raising a national flag of discordant injustice. Let him who would criticise this let ter answer why should theso working people of the several countries at war be forced, againtst their wish, to de stroy each other as they are now doing? C. W BARZEE, I'oem Vorth Remembering:. .Mt-utUKU, Or, Nov. 26. (To the tremor.) borne years ago I clipped irom jne oregonian a little poem en titled "The Cabin on the River of the Firs." bearing the authorship of "Jack t-mith. The author ought not to have obscured himself under a nom de plume, for this is one of the most beau inui puems in me English language at least in my opinion. 1 am sending herewith a verbatim copy of it, and would HKe to see it published again. W. E. rmpps. The Cabin On the Hirer of the Firs. One springtime many years aco in life's Bffeei. tunny Bprir.irume I drilled on my flatboat down tha "River or Ihe est" And landed- In a sheltered cove half hidden oy uie wild wood A quiet little haven that auggested peace ana rett. aiy ax-atrnkc woke their echoes aa my young wire nia ihe baby And pang a eimplu song of home a fav orite sons of hers And notes of birds and brooks were blended in tha bllthesume music As we built our rude log cabin on that luver of the Firs. Ood blessed our little cabin home with com fort and contentment And love aa constant aa tha day we couldn t am for more. And when neighbors came to meet ua there and lingered bv the r reaide They always found the latch-strlng on the outsiuo ol tne aoor: And all our cares dropped from us as from torest trees around ua In the mild October weather softly dropped tne irosiea burrs. And homo winds seemed to blow them like the roldcn drift of Autumn From around our humble cabin on the Kivtr of the Firs. And as love msrte Joy of labor, laughing corn and smlllnir meadows And the glow of orchard bloesoma blent their beauty -round tho place. And the babe grow up to boyhood on the mllK ot human itlnaneKS With the sunshine of his mother's dispo sltiun In his race. Ha was like her. bright arfl ruddy as the blushlne aawn or morning And as gentle As the twilight when no stravine zephyr stirs The calm surface of tho shadow-pictured. echo-haunted waters That flow by the old log cabin on tha Klver or tne irs. Within a quiet, peaceful dell where alders nod and wmsper And sunbeams play with shadowa on the snot wo loved tho best. The mother and her only child ara aleejJng- sortly Bleeping And wild birds sing around them still and never break tuetr rest. To me life's but a broken dream a sad. but sweet rememDrance A lapse of time between ma and tha hop that it defers. As through sorrow's lonely Winter I await another jipnuKiime Beyond the graves and cabin on tba River of the Firs. JACK SMITH. Where He Got It. Judge. Coach Jones, you look like the "find" of the season. The way you hammer the line, dodge, slug your man and worm hrough your opponents is marvelous. You must have played considerable, haven't you? Candidate for football team No: It's my early training. You see, my mother used to take me shopping with her on bargain days. Scratch ! You're It. Judge Tommy and Freddie were arguing ing hotly. "I tell you," vociferated Tommy, "he Is my pa, he is!" Freddie laughed scornfully. "He ain't either your paw." -He Is he is! My ma says he Is, too!" " . "And my maw say he's a catspaw! Fooled All Around. Judge. "Well, well." said Mrs. Jingle, "Susan Spriggs fooled us all and got married at last?" "I guess she has," admitted Mr. J, "and reckon she'll do well if she ain't fooled herself, too." Cris of a Natural Result. Judge. Mrs. Crabshaw I learned to drive an auto while on my vacation. Crabshaw What next? Mrs. Crabshaw You're going to buy me a car, dear. Half Century Ago From The Oregonian of November 80, 1S63. The proceeds of the cotton captured in Charleston and Savannah amounts to nearly $6,000,000. The Government has realized $7,000,000 from the cotton captured and sold during the past year. New York. Nov. 17. The Times spe cial dispatch says application was made to the Navy Department today by Ethan Allen in behalf of the Rus sian & American Telegraph Company for a naval vessel to aid in laying a cable across Behring Straits. The ap plication was refused by the Assistant Secretary of the Navy on the ground that it was exclusively a private en terprise. New Orleans. Nov. 17. Judge Swan at Jackson, Miss, has decided that tho action of the Legislature in abolishinir the Cotton Court is unconstitutional. Governor Mumphrey vetoed the bill but the Legislature passed it over his head. The streets of the city yesterday presented a very animated appearance, consequent upon a beautiful day and the partial resumption of business. Front street resembled, from Its clean pavement and busy swarm of men and teams, the streets of a live commercial city. There is now In this city a large amount of bullion and bricks available for shipment, in consequence of the late interruption to repular steamship communication with California. Mes senger Holland last night arrived by the steamer New World, bringing 160. 000 In treasure and there was a large number of passengers with heafty can tenas. The express was from points as far up the Columbia as Walla Walla. In a wet time the wells west of Park street are dry, and in dry times they are wet On block 217 no water Is to be obtained from the wells, the resi dents being now mainly, dependent upon cisterns and the rains. In February water will return to the wells and con tinue through the Summer. PRACTICE LEADS TO ESDIGESTIOV Ext-lnslve Use of Whole Wheat Bread Not Advisable, Saya Doctor. PORTLAND, Nov. 29. (To the Edi tor.) Since Mr. Flynn, the somewhat eccentric health lecturer, departed for new fields to disseminate his teach ings, several of my patients who ex perimented with his whole-wheat-bread theory with rather negative re sults, asked my opinion on the subject, and it is for the benefit of them and also others who may be interested, that I wish to divide the results of my observations. Tha trouble with lecturers ot the Flynn category Is that their recom mendations are generally purely em pirical and will not stand clinical and scientific experiments. Whole wheat bread, I will admit, contains more nu trition than white bread; it is also more porous and somewhat laxative, but the energy required to digest it la far in excess to the nutrition it fur nishes, and as an article of diet, is particularly unfit for people with Im paired digestion. Laboratory, experiments personally conducted by me have demonstrated that whole wheat bread required double the time and twice the amount of digestive Juice for its complete di gestion than white bread: hence white, bread beinir so much more easily di gested, is more acceptable while tho partial nutrition it lacks may be easily and conveniently substituted by numer ous easily digestible foods. As for those who insist tnat wnoie wheat bread has benefited them I will say that their improved condition is not due so much to the use of whole wheat bread as to the fact that they were induced to exclude from their diet a number of other foods tnat were even more overburdening to the di gestive organs than whole wheat bread, and thus they got the physiolog ical rest they needed. A wholesome food is such food tnat supplies nerve force and repair ma terial, and calls upon tna least we-.ir and tear of the digestive organs; tnis harmony must exist for perfect, nat ural assimilation. An exclusive and continuous use oc whole wheat bread is bound to Im pair digestion. Generally speaking it is not so much the material that is used in the making of bread, aa tho very method of preparing it on what DroDer digestion depends. H. SUil W AK14, J1. D. BUILDERS AIDED BY NEW RULE City Contributes H,000 to Contractor In Water chargres. PORTLAND. Nov. 29. (To the Edi tor.) We note on the first page of The Oregonian November 26 under tha head "1916 Water Rates Set" the state ment that "except in two minor re spects" the rates for 191B are tne same, as these at present. While this is true as to tne rates, we feel that it would be only fair to state in the same connection that there has been made in the rules and regula tions for 1916 one very important change, one that the Builders' ex change has contended ror ior over a year, a change that will affect every buildins; contract in the city, a change that will cost the Water Bureau close to 14.000, or. putting it another way, the city contributes for building con tractors' use for the year 1916, the sum of about $14,000 if the contractors wish to take advantage of these provisions for meters. The chance Is In section ZS, last year's rules reading "water for building purposes will not be furnished at meter rates, nor will it be furnished through service pipes that are metered," while this rule for 1916-1917 reads "water for building purposes may be furnished at meter rates." This is all the Builders' Exchange contended for in the late controversy n regard to meters. We will be very gratified if you will give this point due notice so all building contractors may Know or ua change and take advantage of same. BUILD1SKS' t;xuriA-iiat.. Ter A. G. Hughson. secretary. Good-Bye at a Hotel. Birmingham Age-Herald. I wish to thank you for your great forbearance," said the departing guest. Oh er don t mention It,' answered the proprietor, with a slightly puzzled look. "I'm glad you're pleased." "Yes." continued the d. g, "considering the rapacity of the attendants in tnis notei, I deem myself fortunate In not being locked In my room and held for ran som. August 6, 1914. PORTLAND. Nov. 29. (To the Edi tor.) Please give me the date of Mrs. Woodrow Wilson's death. A SUBSCRIBER. Ringing the Cash Register When the bell on the merchant's cash register rings the echo Is heard way out in the factory. As the goods move over the counter of the dealer, progress is recorded all along the line. That is why the manufacturers get such good results from news paper advertising. When the newspaper advertising appears the dealer gets busy. The manufacturer feels the pull almost immediately, and both dealer and manufacturer are stimulated to a littlo extra push. , A.