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8 THE MORXlXG OREGONIAX, SATURDAY, MARCTJ 20, 1920 . 1 i - . iv. i 5 ' ' "1 - i t , if - n . .. , i . i V 1 -ri y-"i ;s-i 1 ESTABLISHED BY HENRY I- PITTOCK. Published by The Oreconian Publishing- Co.. 13i Sixth Street. Forllanrt. Oregon. C. A. MORDEN. B. B. Manager. Editor. The Orrgonlan la a member of the Asso ciated Press. The Associated P"" exclusively entitled to the use for publica tion of all news dispatches credited to It or oot otherwise credited In ttts paper and also the local news published herein. All rlichu of republication of special dispatches herein are also reserved. Subscription Kate -Invariably In Advance. $8.00 banner. He Is supported by Premier Ntttl of .Italy, who relies on him to sustain Italy's claims on the Adri atic. France yielded reluctantly, though it was inclined to leniency toward Turkey by aYriendship which dates back four centuries and by the fact that it has millions of Moslem subjects in North Africa. The- decision of the allies has aroused a protest in Britain which compares with that -of Gladstone in 1876, when he demanded that the Turks be driven "bag and baggage" out of Europe. The bishops of the church of England and many clergy of that and all other denominations (By Mall.) 1 1 1- C. t ( I . . I . .1 An VAP KTii:.- r"r,T' , rr -. ,. 4.2s oaiiy. Sunday included, three months. . S.25 1 have joined in a memorial for expul milv. Aunrtav IncluiiHil. OD mouLO - - .-, Xally, without Sunday, one year .. latly, without Sunday, six months iaily. without Sunday, one month . Weekly, on year Sunday, ona year (By Carrier.) rather sleep out of doors through either dissolved or taken under con a British winter than dwell in suchltrol of the soviet, and their state a house as ninetv-nine Americans I ment was confirmed" by that of a out 01 a nundred would deem it a high privilege to own. THE LAW AND THE EVIDENCE. high soviet official that the co-operatives, had become a part of the government. '' The British premier has strong There will be no serious dispute of ,mposed on the aUIefc He refralned from armed interventidn and stopped sending supplies to the white armies in order to conciliate the labor par ty. He now proposes to open trade relations under pressure from the !oo on of the Turks which has been a.ifft I signed by liberal statesmen and oth- iofi ere who abhor the Turk. They make. .. 8.00 light of the Indian danger, say that I Constantinople is not one of the hojy Pally. Sunday Included, one year J2? cities -of Mahomet and that the Daily. Sunday included, three months.. 1 ... JCaily. Sunday Included, one month .... ."sultan could rule as well in me ca tany. without sundry, one year parity of spiritual caliph irom -Lany, vritnout Sunday, tniee monuu - - . Daily, without Sunday, one month Broussa or Konia, and they demand How t Remit Send postofflce money I that the mosque of St. Sophia be re order, express or personal cneca on 1 tn tha rhrif inn rhiirch. Rome .local bank. Stamps, coin or currency are " 7" " " . .. ... . -at owner s rlslc. Give poetoriice luu"" t ui lucui tutiigt) 1,110.1. uio amco is full, including county and state. been, influenced by holders of Turk- Postace Rates 1 to ! pages, 1 cent: 1 k.n. v, fcoe that lna nf thoir in to 3J paes. i cents: 84 to 48 pages. 3 1 eents: .10 to H4 on.-- 4 cents: to I money will ioiiow iiiuiui.liuu m ; pages. 4 cents, nz to 6 pages, cents. I Turkish territory to Anatolia. aoreign postage, douoie rates. 1 ... n. , . . . . 1 . 7in. iirunswi.u tauiidina. New York: Verree r the treaty deadlock in me senate v conkiin. steger building. Chicago: ver- whjcj! jjgj ended the allies, hope ree ec v.onaiin, rr raw uunu,,,e, w- ...... . , . . . . . Trait. Mich. San Francisco representative. I that this Country would undertake r. j. uidweii. the Turkish mandate. While that hope still lived. President Wilson tvhkre responsibility kests. sent Major-General Harbord, at the The Versailles treaty was rejected head of a military mission, to Tur hv th snatB thromrh oDDosition by key to investigate the extent of the " 0 I ILIIU i 1 1 J mi.A aAVafA the irreconcilables to the league rsP"B'"'". .TZ.rZa has been trying to induce the presi covenant and opposition by the r-ommunieate the eeneral's standpat Wilson democrats to the report to it, but in vain. Senator Lodge reservations to tnat covenant. Poindexter said he had information The onlv reservations which relate that the report was adverse to ac to the peace terms proper are those ceptance of the mandate, wnicn referring to Shantung, to the ap-1 would require an army or at least pointment of American members of 250,000 men, and the reservationists commissions to execute the terms I are indignant at the president s non urirl to iiirisdic-tion of the reDaration compliance with the request for in commission over American foreign formation. Thus the effects of the trade. Taken alone, it is not prob- deadlock extend right to the Bos- able that these latter reservations phorus and to the highlands of Asia would have proved serious obstacles Minor, to ratification. The presence of the league covenant as a part ot tnei GIVE UIM TIME. treaty was the insurmountable ob- r sav arain ." said Mr. Ashurst, in Siacie. I i, iViot Mr Honvsr The covenant is there in con6e-I ' - ... I noira. -Drill Vo nrociinpTtt. npcause H6 IS quence of President Wilsons deter- " r ruination to negotiate the treaty not a aemocrai; out 11 u without the advice and consent of the words, 'I am a democrat, fie the senate, to interweave the cove-1 would be elected president because nant with the peace terms and to he can do things." force the two together down the throat of the senate. When the" draft covenant was laid before the senate in February, 1919, Mr. Hoover has not only, not said that he is a democrat; but he has said that he was not a democrat prior to the war, that his connection more than enough senators to defeat I with a democratic administration ratification informed the president was non-political, and that he is now in writing of their opposition to the I an independent progressive, coupling of the two instruments, but I A book agent who had persistently he returned to Paris defiantly de- i broken in on a sales prospect, in the daring that they would be inextri- person of a more or less patient citi- cably interwoven, and he relied on zen, was finally taken by the collar his personal influence to arouse such and thrown out. The discomfited popular feeling as would force the salesman gathered himself . slowly senate to submit to his will. I and ruminated: "I know what's the On his arrival in Paris, he discov- I matter with that fellow. He doesn't ered that in his absence the big four I want to buy any books." had decided that covenant and peace I Will the democracy press Mr. terms should be separated. He pub- Hoover on the question of his party lished a statement that the covenant status, until he shows the whole out would form part of the treaty, thus fit the door? issuing an ultimatum to the allied How can Mr. Hoover say what he delegates. They let him have his - way, accepting as true his assump. tion that he was the "unembarrassed spokesman" of the American people. As a result of Mr. Wilson's deter- - ruination that he alone should con- duct the foreign affairs of the coun try, that the senate's co-ordinate treaty-making power should be re duced to a mere form and that he should figure in history as the chief architect of a league which should inaugurate an era of world peace, the United States has no peace and is outside the league in such congenial company as Germany, soviet Russia, Turkey and a few other, barbaric -states. The United States is es-'-tranged from the allies, the allies are in a state of discord, there is revolu tion in Germany, bolshevism is tri- umphant in Russia, and famine and disease reign in Kurope. Such are the fruits of misguided idealism and of yielding to the lures of fame and arbitrary power. is until he finds out? All he knows now is what he isn't. But what he will be time alone will tell. the statement of "Juror," who writes to The Oregonian today on the Mon tesano verdict, that juries are often called upon to extract the truth from wholly conflicting testimony. It Is a fact, however, which the writer does British eIementt even at the risk of not mention, that it is one of the c , the teg tQ DoIshevist duties of a jury to weigh the creai- rri,of i.rr,ont i. Binr. bility of witnesses. The jury that I . in tyia .,, ,,, i t.-..i f , it r . .-... -- m..mjwu nope Dy his policy to reunite It in win generally reacn a veruici hia support. British commerce and will satisry one side in tne case, u government finance demand strenu not me otner siae ana me, puoiic. 0us effort8 to restore foreign trade, ine jyiomesano jury lauea io satut, and Russia offers an operli lnviting anyDoay. f;eM- Britain may hope to use eco- It did not reject this testimony and nomic control a.means to gain accept that testimony accordingly as poliUcal control of Russia, as Ger- ic reuea upon me aemeanor ut wit- many did before the war, and to nesses. in erieci k reiusea io De- occupy the Iield before Germany neve tne witnesses on eitner siae ana i clLn recover. entered a verdict loreign io an me Americans take a very different testimony. I view. Manufacturers are so well This was conspicuously the result suppied with foreign orders that the as regards the defendant Eugene Evening Post says exporters find dif-Barnett- It was the testimony of the fi(,uitv ln nlacine- orders from Ar- state's witnesses that Barnett fired gentina vitb firms which win fin me snoi mai Killed warren urimm, them within the desired time. When that he shot from an upper window American manufacturers can sell of the Avalon hotel, approximately elsewhere all the goods they can a block from the I. W. W; hall and make, why should they go to Rus- on the opposite side of the str,eet, and wnere they must do business by that Grimm was slain a distance barter and encounter many diffi- from the hall that precluded possi- 0Ulties? The government cannot be bility of his participation in a raid. eXDected to facilitate trade with red Barnett's defense was an absolute Russjai when this means that they ailDl. ihe testimony of himseir and nlust deal with a government headed that of others in his behalf was that by a band of assassins and must open he knew nothing of any plan to de- We way for travel of bolshevist fend the hall against an expected agents who aim to overthrow this raid and that he was not in the Ava- republic. Manufacturers will give ion hotel at the time of the murder weight to these considerations, since but was sitting in the lobby of an- the first weapon t which the reds other hotel, the Roderick, reading a would resort in this country would newspaper. I be the revolutionary strike, designed In the first instance, this remark' I to deliver their industries over to able jury attempted to convict Bar-T the proletariat. Trade with Russia nett or manslaughter, in other would be dear at such a price. words, it found that he was in some yet there are manufacturers and undefined way responsible for an un- merchants who are prepared to take justifiable homicide but that the un- these risks. Martens, the pretended fortunate affair was an inexcusable soviet ambassador, admits .having accident- The court rejected this placed contracts for large amounts, verdict and Barnett was thereupon to be filled soon after the blockade found guilty of murder in the second i8 raised, and a secret meeting of degree. . I men eager to engage in Russian Clearly in this instance the jury trade was held recently in Washing- did not attempt to compose a con- ton and was much chagrined when flict in testimony. It could not be reporters discovered it and pub- composed. Barnett was either wholly lished the names of those present. Innocent or he was guilty of murder Offers of peace and pleas for rec- in the first degree. I ognition will surely be supported by The law of Washington includes such men, who gaze hungrily at the among the definitions of taurder in trade bait. the first degree the following: Those Who Come and Go. I GE.. WOOD AS . ADMINISTRATOR The department of agriculture's estimates as of January 1, 1920, of the number of head of livestock in the United States do not bear out the forecasts of the pessimists. There is a falling off, as compared with the preceding year, in the number of horses, but probably thisl no more free or he shot and killed Grimm than keePs Pace with declining need. with intent and premeditation or, out mere is increase Dom in numueis .... . rtnA vqIiia r f tha Tniiloe In tha rriiin- or depravity and lacK or regard tor - --- human lif. rri at ranrtnm fmm n try, and the mule is a highly useful window when a parade was passing, animal ln times like these. But there and should have been convicted of has been a steady increase in milch m i i i i . j e n r a n ii t The killing of a human being (unless It is excusable or justifiable). 1. With a premeditated design to effect tne aeatn or the person killed, or of an other, or 2. By an act Immediately dangerous to others and evincing a depraved mind, re gardless of human life, without a pre meditated design to effect the death of any Individual. Either Barnett should have gone WOODEN HOCSES. Americans, accustomed to living in houses built from wood, will hardly enter into the spirit of the opposition to me of this material to meet the housing emergency in Great Britain. Yet the conservatism of some Britons is so ingrained that it has proved practically impossible in numerous instances to induce local authorities so to amend the building regulations to permit the suggested innovation. But there are signs that the light is breaking. The London Times has recently given space to a long letter written by an architect of eminence. who among other achievements built the famous parliament buildings in Victoria, and who comes out flat- footed for the wooden house, as against the kind of structure in which Britons have been living for centuries'. Among other things, he murder in the first degree. Only a little less conspicuously unsupported by the testimony of either side was the degree of guilt found against the other defendants. One can hardly conceive of a more glaring avoidance of effort to weigh testimony and judge of the credibil ity of witnesses or of a grosser neg lect by jurors of the responsibilities fixed upon them by law and their oath. It is a temerarious individual who admits that he would probably have done likewise under the same circumstances. cows, of which we had 20,625,000 in 1910, 20,727,000 in 1914 (the year in which the war began), 23,475,000 in 1919 and 23,747,000 at the beginning of the present year. The gain, both for the year and for the decade, at least kept pace with the gain in pop ulation. There were losses, how ever, in meat cattle, sheep and swine in the year and a loss for the decade as a whole in sheep. Total values, nevertheless, have increased enor mously in ten years. Tt ice Seaside has voted a bond Is sue of $263,000 for improvements and now the city is ready to sell the bonds to any dealer except one Portland concern. "A Portland bond house gave us a good price on a bond issue.' ex plains M. F. Hardesty, "and every thing was O. K., the election was held and the bonds voted. By that time. however, the bond market was a little off, ao the bond house discovered an illegality ln the election and declined te take the bonds. Well, we had Clyde Pulton looks after matters and held another election the other day. The bond house sent a wire that our election was illegal again, so we wired to Mr. Fulton, who was in Portland, and he answered back that we could tell the bond house to go to hades. Well, we'll sell our bonds, but not to that Portland bond house. We're go ing to use some of the money to build a bulkhead along he ocean shore and when it Is completed we'll have the finest waterfront in America. The present council will make the town or bust the burg Three egrs and the Peters family arrived from Banks yesterday. The three eggB were traveling serenely in L. H. Peters' coat pocket -and Mrs Peters and her small daughter were alone to keep an eye on them. It appears that the farmer owns five dozen White Leghorn chickens and one of the hens has taken it upon her self to maintain a reputation for the entire flock. About once a week she lays an egg that is either twins or triplets and often weighs as much as four and a half ounces. It happeng that in the last three weeks she has kept up her usual record and her owner brought a trio of mammoth specimens to town with him. One measures 6H by 7 inches in cir cumference and the three at present weigh almost 12 ounces. Mr. Peters thinks he has spotted the champion hen and says the remarkable part of it is that Bhe is not a remarkably large chicken. Grants Pass Is at the head of hard- surface paving at present. From that place there is aei almost uninterrupted stretch Of hard surface on the Pacific highway to Ashland and the few ln terruptions will be connected within a few months. North of Grants Pass is Sexton mountain, where the stat highway commission is constructing new and less dangerous grade. Work began on this grade last year and all of this year will be consumed In rin ishing it. The Sexton mountain sec tion probably will be the very last segment of the highway to be nara surfaced. Mr. and Mrs. Willard ol Grants Pass are among the Imperial arrivals. Eugene L. Coburn, county clerk o Josephine- county, and one or thos entered ir the "free-for-all" derby for secretary of state at the republican primaries in May, is in Portland for the purpose of sizing up the situation from this end of the political horizon. He expressed himself as being en tirely satisfied with the progress of his candidacy thus far. He is at tn Imperial. Henry Fhulderman, corpo ration commissioner, another of those In the grand scramble for secretary of state, is also in town looking over the situation, and he, too, is also en tirely satisfied with the progress of his candidacy. He is at the Benson. Not as Soldier. Hot for Work In Civil Life Should He Be Jadceo. Lawrence Abbott in The Outlook. General Wood's record as an organ izer ln this country during the war is too recent ad too familiar to need description here. He created the Plattsburg Idea, and the training camps for the A. E. F. under his guid ance were models ot efficiency. We Americans are sometimes a for getful people. I wonder if w are not in danger, under the glamour, on the one hand.oand the fear, on the other, of militarism I wonder if we are not in danger of forgetting that General Wood's great services to his country are really In the domain of civil gov ernment. Three of the best judges or modern government have not forgot ten it. And they are all three civil ians. , Elihu Root said of him: T'IK CLIMAX REACHED IN TtKKET. says: vuuuuoa oi allied, cnieny My own personal oninlon is that British, land and sea forces at Con-1 woodon house is far healthier than any . .. . . - Bione or uric npuM3 tnat couiu possiuiy - sianunopie has the double purpose be erected. Whilst to compare them with of compelling the Turkish govern- the chcaPjr form of brick buildings in to tnent n ,-.-. ... . me absurd. My reason for thinking this . u lu e ....c "".-iuo tit Af u, that BnJr brick or atone building ab- menlans and Of overawing it into sorbs a considerable amount of moisture acceptance of the terms nf noano the "alls and then expedients of va- iT V. V. ,,. lerms 01 Peace rlous k)n(1(1 hiive to be adopled to keep - wnicn tne allies are almost ready that molKture from evaporating into the to dictate. This show of forco was house. These expedients are rarely quite - marlA npppnrv hv i.; successful, because It must be common maae necessary by the dictatorship knowiedg8 that most .brick houses that of Mustapha Xemal Pasha, the na- are shut up for a period of time become tlonalist leader and confprlpmto r,l damp, and have to be aired and warmed Knver and Talaat, who was sent into Anatolia last summer to suppress brigands but assumed supreme pow er, organized an army, held a con vention of irreconcilables and or dered the government to cede no territory under threat of rebellion. Through his intrigues, the notorious committee of union and progress re before they can be re-used. In a wooden house the walls are really a continuous system of centilatinfr ducts, and it Is lmost Impos&lMe for any moisture to pen etrate Inside the house or for any gases to accumulate; and in a climate very much wetter than the English, climate houses are found to be as dry after being chut up for a time as they were before. The other advantages of wooden houses are that they can be built very much more quickly and can be altered or added to with very much less expense. We, who have been accustomed to seeing frame houses on every hand all our lives, believe this to be true gained power last October and forced - the appointment of a nationalist ' cabinet composed of Mustapha ; Kemal's supporters. Thus protected. t the nationalists stole arms and am- 19 BospeL But Great Britain is just munition from the Gallipoli penin- beginning to learn the housing pos sula. right under the nose of the sibilities of wood. A British Columbia allied troops, perpetrated the Marash official, who also has a letter in the massacre, formed an alliance with Times, reminds Britons that fir is a 1 the Tartar republic of Azerbaijan really superior timber for building and carried on agitation among the purposes, while tne value or spruce Mohammedans of India against ex- was fully demonstrated by its use in - pulsion of the Turks from Constan- the construction of airplanes. West " tinople. - I era hemlock, he says, is little less This defiance of the allies is the strong than fir and- is very suitable consequence of long delay in pre-1 fr house construction and Interior senting peace terms to Turkey, of finish. "Western red cedar," he adds, their internal dissensions and of loss of prestige through unsuccessful in- tervention in Russia. They delayed preparation of the treaty in the hope that the United States would accept a mandate under the league of na tions for Turkey, or at least for Ar menia and Constantinople. While they waited, the Turks intrigued to divide them and to unite the whole Moslem world in protest against ex pulsion of the Caliph from Constan tinople. Hope that the United States would accept a mandate has been 'abandoned, and the allies, in fear of rebellion among their Moslem sub jects, have resolved to leave the sultan in Constantinople but to take charge of the straits themselves. Although Premier Lloyd George unsparingly denounced the Turks during the war and at times plainly intimated a determination to expel them from Europe, at other times he said they should retain their capi tal. His present policy is dictated by alarm at the Moslem agitation ln India when that country is in a state of smoldering rebellion and when the bolsheviats are working to unite the whole Moslem world under their . "because of its great durability, is used enormously in North America for roofing shingles." He goes on to explain that all the woods named are available in great sizes for panel ing, and that they lend themselves to use in practically every department of the builder's trade. Great Britain not long ago, by the passage of a national housing act. undertook to furnish the driving force and to accept the financial re sponsibility for a large amount of the work in expanding British housing facilities. The act required that every local authority should report to the minister of health a scheme to meet its own needs. These reports show serious attempt to make pro vision for about a third of a million houses, fit for occupancy by about a million and a half of people, but they also show that because of shortage of material and of relatively great labor Involved ln brick and stone construction it is going to be hard to transform schemes on paper into ac tualities. It is here that the forests of the new world have their chance to help. It Is hardly conceivable that AMERICAN TRADE WITH BCSSL4. Soviet Russia is making a studied effort to enlist the support of the business interests of the United States for recognition of the bolshe vist government. As with the allies, it seeks first to have the blockade lifted, both in order to supply Rus sia's pressing needs and to pave the way to full recognition. Evidently for this purpose, Evans Clark, of the Russian soviet government bu reau in New York, has contributed to the New York Evening Post cleverly framed article. He begins by stating that the blockade cannot legally continue after peace with Germany is re stored, as the espionage act by which it is authorized will then expire. He then tabulates a number of impor tant raw materials of which Russia produces a larger percentage than any other country, others in which Russia stands well but does not lead, and Russia's percentage of the world's undeveloped resources. Un der the last head he claims the lead in iron ore with 60 per cent against the United States' 15 per cent; pe troleum 45 per cent against ihe United States 37; timber 37 against the British empires 27; furs, 35 against the British empire's 35; fish 30 against the British empire's 27 per cent. He says that Russia ranks second only to the United States ln coal and that it is exceeded only by Australia and Argentina in sheep Then we are treated to figures on Russia s peace imports and ex ports, showing that Germany has steadily gained and Britain as steadily lost, and that the United States made a "phemonenal gain" in export trade since 1913. He then says that f'the United States is heir to the bulk of Russian trade by the logic of historical development," points out the inability of Britain, Germany or any other country to compete and remarks that "the United States has an almost unlim ited opportunity to take the place of both Germany and England in Russia." He proceeds to detail the "stren uous efforts" which Britain is mak ing to capture this trade, and says that no corresponding activity" has beei, shown on the part of America, though this country could secure from one-half to two-thirds of Russian .trade. He estimates this share at $1,000,000,000 for exports and imports combined. This is a tempting bait to Offer as a preliminary to recognition. It is the same bait at which Premier Lloyd George grasped when he per suaded the allied supreme council to authorize trade with the Russian co-operative societies. The allies then protested that this did not in volve any relations with the soviet government, yet they could not ex plain how goods could pass across the Russian frontier without direct dealing with bolshevist Officials. Britons who had recently returned from Russia exposed the weakness of Lloyd George's pretense by say- When an old maid of 46 can be declared insane for saying that a clergyman "made eyes" at her, what maiden lady of mature years is safe? If the making of eyes was a halluci nation, it was but the result of hope deferred." One year after another the prairie states are afflicted with storms at this time of the year. The damage seems great but they survive the dis aster, and when spring, opens forget all about It. It is within the memory of young men when all the business of this city centered at First street. Now the new location of the Elks temple at Eleventh is far from out of bounds. Hitchcock on a plank for beer and light wines against Bryan "dry" will make the Nebraska democrats pause between machine and principle. But is Bryan any more a Nebraskan? Evidently Charlie Chaplin is not a good fellow at home, which times, Mrs. Chaplin alleges, are seldom Greatness and conjugal felicity oc casionally do not mix. As a social comet Lester L. Hy- mans was resplendent, but his pas sage through Ontario accorded with the view of the superstitious, for it left a trail of woe. After the ex-soldiers have become expert at driving tractors and have returned to the army to drive tanks. they should be known as the heavy brigade. Judging by Admiral Sims' revela tions, any average high school boy could have directed the navy's part in the war better than Secretary Daniels. Major Dalrymple, the prohibition chief who raided Coos county, is in danger of the fate of the goat who took himself too seriously and butted into much trouble. Grand Duchess Olga, the last ol the Romanoffs, may be the saving grace of unhappy Russia on the turn of the wheel. It is up to the house of lords to declare for the independence of the Philippines by way of returning the compliment. What a great collection of light ning rods there will be in the junk when the San Francisco convention adjourns! Roaming from Rome, N. Y., are Mrs. A. R. Kessinger and Miss Lois Ander son, who are at the Benson. Mrs Kessinger inquired where they could eat without having to wait all day, She explained her experiences in vari ous grills and restaurants, and said that the only establishment she could discover where there was quick serv lefe was a piaee where she sat on a peg. E. M. Larrabee has been appointed assistant manager of the Multnomah Recently he has been in tho service of the government ln charge or commis sary and canteens. Formerly he was connected with the St. Francis and was manager of the Union League club In San Francisco, assistant man ager of the Belmont, New York city, and manager of the Statler, Buffalo, N. Y. , After experiencing five feet of snow and several blizzards at home, Mr. and Mrs. William Huber of New York are tickled pink with the climatic conditions of Portland. T"iey are reg lstered at the Multnomah. Mr. Huber represents one of the largest pottery companies in the united btates. S Benson, chairman of the state highway commission, was due to ar rive at the Benson last nignt rrom Long Beach, Cal. Mr. Benson is coming -to attend the meeting of the hiarhwav commission next week and will probably remain ln Oregon for the rest of the season. W. F. Isaacs, one of the active citizens of Medford, is at the.. Im perial, reporting that Medford is one of the most progressive communities ln the state and that already the tide of tourist travel from California is trickling over the Paclfio highway The friend of a candidate for county commissioner was offering to bet $10,000 ln the Benson lobby last night that his man would win the nomina tion. This sum is more than a county commissioner draws In pay for sev eral terms. T. A. McKay, one of the Seaside councilmen, made the trip to Portland by machine in less than five hours, it is said. Anyway, the rate was about 25 miles an hour on the average. Strong advocates of "safety first are Dr. and Mrs. A. Tilzer, after a visit to Los Angeles. The automobile traffic there Is such that walking across the street becomes an adven ture. Until he felt the yearning to be a farmer, J. R. Horning was a resident of Portland. Now he is at Hermiston and is at the Imperial while looking around his old haunts. From December, 1809, until General Wood came out of Cuba In May, ll02, I kept track of what was done and studied the subject as carefully as any business man ever studied his own business or any lawyer ever studied a case which he was to try. I went to Cuba three times and went all around the island and visited the camps and the army posts and tha prisons and hospitals and asylums and the schools and public works: I talked with every, body I could set hold of and got all the information I could get by conversation with soldiers and civilians and Americans and Cubans. I read the reports and I directed the course of government In Cuba and I knew what was going on: and I feel under a debt of the greatest gratitude to General Wood far what I think Is one of the most conspicuous and jneritorlous pieces of work ever done by an American. Lord Cromer, the greatest colonial administrator that Great Britain has produced, who put modern h.gypt on its feet, and whose two Volumes on the Egyptian problem- are the master work on colonial government in in English or, for that matter, ln an: other language. Is reported by EN Fisher Wood to have eaid: "mat Leonard Wood's work In Cuba w the best colonial work of the century, that he was the only man in the world who was completely fitted to carry on the wbrk which Cromer him self had Initiated in Egypt, and that he only regretted that Wood was an American and not a British subject." And finally. Theodore Roosevelt, who if he were alive and well would linrlnnhtedlr hn elected president next November, confirmed ln 1917 what he said as follows in 1903: Leonard Wood four years ago went down to Cuba, has served there ever since, has rendered services to that country of th kind which if nerformed 3000 years ag would have made him a hero mixed up with the sun god in various ways: a man who devoted his whole life through those four years, who thought of nothing else rtlrl nnthlnir else, save to try to bring ut the standard of political and social life In that island, to teach the people after four centuries of misrule that there were such things as governmental ngnieous ness and honesty and fair play for all men on their merits as men. The testimony of these three wit nesses is hieh praise Indeed. Bu might It not at least lead us to read the records and ask ourselves: If what we really want Is to have our governmept reorganized on a plane of efficiency, with competent men ap pointed who will work ably and har moniously to give us a fair return for our taxes, do we need to look much farther for a president than Leonard Wood? : HOOVER BELITTLED HARDLY Hortt Seaae of Former Food Ad ministrator Landed. , BAT CENTER, Wash.. March 1 (To the Editor.) Quite typical Is Mr. Odell's frame of mind about Mr. West and Mr. Hoover. What shall happen as between Plr Knight West and the dukes of the old guard Is not the concern of some of us. . The state of mind about Hoover la distressful, and gives rise to some questions. Can a man refrain from political candidacy,- refrain In good faith? If he does it, can be be of sane mind or a good citizen? 6ince when have honor and patriot ism required us to sign a blank check or be disfranchised? - , Is the Indian lost, or Is the wig- warn lost? What, anyway, shall a good Indian do when he cornea back More Truth Than Poetry. Br Jasses J. MeatasBO, THIS LAWYER. A lawyer draws up wills and sich. And loosens legal snarls; But what has made him really rich In other people's quarrels. The business man. too wise to scrap,. (For fltchting wilts his collars). Goes out and hire a lawyer chap To fight about his dollar. The lawyer never gets net Up; It doesn't help his rase To call some other man a pup. Or anash him In the face. And anyway his client's cause. While sear his heart, no doubt. Is notnin that a man of laws Need get chastised about. from the hunt and finds the late . And therefore, while the business man nvr Inns ha ft a erl m a Krrl sa nil ' 1.' i TRIAL JURY HAS DIFFICULTIES It Is Expected to Reach verdict irom Testimony Wholly Conflicting. PORTLAND. March 18. (To the cHitnr ) While the verdict of the Montesano jury is being lamuastea Dy tho nressj. and The Oregonian also goes on record with an editorial critl rism. perhaps you will auow mo little space In defense oi tne orainary trial 1urv. Dur ne the last 1Z years l nave s on 10 trial Juries and served one term on a Multnomah county grana jury. in mv vounerer days I looked witn re spect on the Juridical learning of our courts and thought very little of the composite intelligence of the average American jury. While my respect for the honesty of our Judges has not de creased, I have since learned rrom ex perience that a trial Jury exercises the most important function of our whole leeal machinery. since tne Montesano verdict was returned have listened to many painful Indict ments ot tne men wno cumpuaeu mm Jury and after carefully reviewing the details of that trial as far as this is nossible at this distance, I am of the opinion that it 'ine uregonian eoiior or I or both of us had been on that ury. the verdict would have Deen no different. Unfortunately ln all criminal trials which assume a auael-politlcal char acter the prosecution Is) determined to convict, and the defense equally determined to clear. Neither side pares any cost or labor to obtain the desired result, one group ot wit nesses testifies to one thing, another group testifies to exactly the oppo- ite; a number or experts mane cer tain specific assertions which an equal number of other experts refute; material evidence goes in with Imma terial and it is clear that if some of the witnesses are telling the truth, others are lying. At last the court instructs the jury, lays down the law and the 12 men retire. From all this mass of opposing views, opinions, lies, legal Interpreta tions, verbal clashes, orations, sobs, tears and public excitement, the Jury s expected to return a verdict which hall please everybody, it can t oe one, it shouldn t be done. a. j urturc O MYSTERY ITT OtIJ.l BOARD even a hidebound conservative would I tag that the co-operatives had been What need have the Chaplins of a divorce? They already had all the advertising it is possible to tret. Wilhelm, late kaiser, burns the lights all night to scare away the ghosts. Mr. Charlton belongs to Portland and Portland appreciates him. Hemlock, if it has nothing else, possesses a postoffiee and prospects. Hemlock is in Tillamook county, on the road "out." W. P. Waldron of that place, is at the Imperial. Mr. and Mrs. William Jones of Ta- coma are at tne Aiuitnoman. Air, Jones Is the president of the Jones Scott company, grain dealers. . Charles G. Spencef Of St. Louis, who holds the scatter-gun record of the world, is at the imperial. One of the visiting lumbermen now in the city Is R. J. Low, who registers at the Multnomah from Omaha, Neb. One of the stockmen of Moro, S. A. Wilson, Is ln town and is at the Perkins for a day or two. a. F. Chriertensen, who is cashier at the bahk In Stevenson, Wash., is at the Multnomah. A. W. Hanson of Sllverton Is at the Perkins. Mr. Hanson Is a tlmberman. They Didn't Keep Servants. Houston (Texas) Post. "Do you keep any servants?" "No, of course not." "But I thought I saw one ln your kitchen." "Oh. we have servants on the prem ises a day or two at a time; but we don't, keep them." " Mere Toy of Quarter Century Age Galnn Unworthy Reputation. PORTLAND, March 19. (To the Ed itor.) Perhaps a few words from one of experience may help to dispel the foolish faith that some nave ac quired) in the oulja board. To begin with the board is not a new Inven tion. Twenty-five years ago we owned one, purchased for 75 cents from among the toys of our biggest department store. We used it aa a funmeker at young folks' parties until we were tired of It and then the board came -In handy as a basting table for the family sewing. We had. friends who also had oulja boards and who believed in them as surely as do some silly folk of today. For the benefit of these later-day be lievers let me add that these friends assure me that not once In the past 25 years has one single, solitary predic tion of the' oulja board become a fact There is nothing mystical about the oulja board any more than there is about dominoes or checkers; a boy with a jackknlfe can make the outfit. It Is In the same class as the Idols manufactured in Birmingham, Eng land, and shipped to the worshiping pagans of the far east. In its manipulations at least one of the workers must think the answer beforehand, therefore it Is a case of the effect of mind upon matter. What a great pity that a toy can become the cause of such tragedies as we have read about In the past few weeks. MRS. b. cyclone has effaced his abode and that of the whole tribe? Shall he hunt for the site of his late domicile and dutifully He down 'on the cold, cold ground? Or should he hunt up the place where the buffalo hides composing the walls of his late wig wam are hanging ln the top of some tall tree, and roost underneath on some lower branch? And If the lat ter, then as the morning sun comes up, must a good Indian climb down and all day keep himself seated with in the moving shadow on the ground? I quote: "Mr. Hoover's stand claiming not to be a candidate be littles himself by not frankly declar ing his party affiliation." Well, suppose Hoover Is really not a candidate; what then would friend Odell have the poor devil do, ln order not to "belittle himself?" Again, suppose Mr. Hoover does not have party affiliation which he fol lows through good and bad, what then shall he do to entitle him to citi zenship In these days of Americaniza tion? To quote again: "Pleadina unset tled conditions dependent upon lines or progressive development, Is flimsy and beneath the dignity of states manship." Since when, then, has It been be neath dignity to recognize plain tacts : Beside the question of the league or nations treaty, which may possibly be settled before convention times, there are several other major Issues to be outlined. Can Mr. Odell today tell what will be the attitude of the national conventions of either party on those Issues? Americanism, to be sure; economy, to be sure; pointing witn pride and viewing with alarm, to be sure. But what will be the lines or divergence of policies? There Is every evidence that Mr, Hoover knows Just what he thinks; that he Is not waiting for any party piatrorm to tell him what he thinks; that he does not want the popularity that has come to him from his recent work to be used by himself or by his friends to determine tho platform of euner party; that when the millions composing the existing parties have presumably expressed themselves through their conventions, he will know which comes nearest elvinK a summary or his beliefs, Since when did such a frame of mind become a sin? Has the world come to this; that a man can not go his own way. re- tuse partnership in all deals, mind his own business, without the entire public assuming that each little thing he does or says, or does not do or does not say. Is part of some subtle scheme ror office? This Is not to boost Hoover. He Is not my first choice, nor vet mv sec ond. As nearly as comlmr issues can be now foreseen. I expect to be vot ing other than for the nartv that is jum now claiming him the loudest. iuki tne same, i wisn we had more Hoovers. And If fate should make Hoover president, before the first year of his term will have passed, there will ho some sore Americans, about 90.u00.000 or them. It will be the same 90.000.- 000 now afflicted with tho notion that the delay of the millennium is the fault of the government; who are sure we ought to heave a brick at something; are equally sure that a good shot with the brick would bring down H. C. L. and other sins and sinners with a dull thud. Hoover has the horse sense to know hat the government Is Just the Or ganized expression of us the most of us, and as nearly as we have got together. He knows that what ails us Is us. and he has the nerve to say It. I think about 10,080,000 Americans would be delighted to hear the plain truth told, as Hoover sometimes tells It. The other 90,000.000 of us well. perhaps Herbert could get away with xne old colonel used to, gener lly. Success to anyone' else who can. L. L. BUSH. Enjoys serene repose. The lawyer cheerfully will paa His client's business foes. He fights for his employer's polf, Unstirred by rage or fury. And. as he is unmoved himself. He better moves the jury. I have but little laid away, But surely if I had I always cheerfully would pay A lawyer to get mad. And while he fought my enemies. And licked 'em fair and square, I'd loll amid the blossoming trees And never know a care, l et the Law Take Ita Course. A New York Judge has sentenced two thieves to terms of S2 years each, and it will now be necessary to graft interstitial glands on them to enable them to serve out their terma . The Ileal Loser. . Mary Plckford wept when she get her divorce, but considering every thing we should think her ex-husband should have done the weeping. Even If He Didn't Have It Lena. Anyway, ltnslng was a good fellow whrn he had It. (Copyright, liii'o, hr the Bell Syndicate, Inc. A Little Way With Me. By Grare E. Hall. Come, walk a little way with ma; The sunlight lingers on the MIL The winds are murmuring cheerily. The pool Is dark and sUlL My hand In yours oh. let us stroll With hearts at rest a little while; The daisies bloom on yonder knoll. The skies are fair, and smile. Oh. walk a little way with me; The path has drear and somber grown; The winds are walling plaintively; I fear to go aloue. Come, walk a little way with me; The lonely night draws on apace; But. oh. the sunshine I shall see Forever in your face! In Other Deys. Twenty-five Tear Age, From The (Jregonian of March 2. i9K. Brigadier-General Beebe la expected anon to name his staff members and there is much rurloxity In national guard circles regarding possible ap pointments. The Ministerial association, at Its session yesterday, promulgated a rule that no newspaper reporter will be admitted to Its aeNHlona. Slnce November 1, 1S9I. there has fallen In this city but 19 Inches nf precipitation, which is 14 Inches below normal and Is without precedent. Vale. A reward of 1100 has been offered by the mayor for the arrest of the person or persons who set fire to the Vale hotel. Boston. Jake Kllraln of Baltimore and Steve O'Donnelt of Australia. Cor- bett's sparring partner, fouitht eight rounds to a draw here last night. Getting; Even With II Ira. Buffalo (N. Y.) Courier. Girl Shopper Why did you make that poor salesman pull down all that stuff and then not buy anything? Second DittoWhy, the mean fol low was In a car yesterday and never ffered me hid seat, though I looked right at him; so I Just decided I would net even. rinys-rnunds for Wrat Side. PORTLAND. Xlurch 19. (To the Editor.) I notice in Tho Oregonian that the city is buying land for play grounds around the suburban schools on the -east side. How about tha children on the west side? Take the Couch school, where all tha heavy traffic from the Indus trial section and the LI nut on road passes; alo tho Alns nrth school, facing on the car track and the main artery for all Council Crest cars and automobiles. Why not buy a Mock adjoining theN puhlli! schools for playgrounds while the land Is cheap? LOUIS ROSENBLATT. Idea for a .ovrL Washington n. C.) Hmr. "I have an Ul-a for a novel," said Mr. l'enwigule. "What Is It?" "A large volume, thickly upholstered, When you got sleepy after reading a few panes you can use It for a sofa pillow. " Depends Upon Muscle. Washington (D. C.) Star. "Is your place within walking dis tance of the cars?" "I dunno," an swered Farmer corntossei. "How far kin you walk?" Views aa to Office. Puck. ' The Optimfst That boy will be president some dry. The Fesnimisi inai ooy win pe vice-president some day. IN THE SUNDAY OREGONIAN Can the Ouija Board Pierce the Veil That Separates the Living and Dead? , "There is a door to which we have no key; there is a veil through which we cannot see." Old friend Omar said something like this a thousand years ago. But along comeg the ouija board, prepared to solve the unsolvable. Through this little instrument, declare its followers, most of the spirits in the great beyond can be success fully paged. . Some who declare it too loudly are occupying rooms in the insane asylums. Read The Oregonian tomorrow for a little inside picture of how Portland people, in the quiet of their rooms, are playing the ouija. HAVE YOU PLANTED YOUR GARDEN? If not, do not do bo just yet. Read tomorrow's big Sunday paper first. Four big pages devoted exclusively to garden topics, with valuable pointers as to planning and preparing the garden, varieties host suited to your needs, succession of crops and kindred subjects. Fully illustrated. AN EYE THAT FIGHTS TO VICTORY When George Curpenticr, brilliant French boxer, steps into the ring he does not enter the fight alone. M. Francois Descamps, his manager, is at the ring side and his hypnotic eye, declare those who have studied the Frenchman's victories, has a punch equal to the fighter's right arm. Will Dempsey wilt under the baleful gaze from the other side of the ropes, as did Joe Beckett and other British fighter? Here is a sport feature that every fan will enjoy. Well illustrated. DOES PORTLAND NEED SUBWAY? While this ciy struggles with its traffic problems, talks of waterfront development and the like, eastern cities are keeping their officials awake nights trying to solve traffic problems growing each day more severe. The streetcar subway, wonderful as it has been, has failed to meet the situation, and now the automobile subway is proposed. London and New York must both come to this shortly, declares Lord Ashficld, eminent financier and engineer. His proposals art eutlined in an interesting article in tomorrow's magsiine section. HOW TO KEEP FIT Cartoonist Hill will tell you. He has a whole page on the subject tomorrow, some of the cleverest drawings that have ever come from his pen. Briggs and Darling are in their accustomed places, and for the kiddies there is the comic supplement, as good as ever. A hundred pares, thereabouts, crowd chock-full of news and features, in tomorrow's edition. All the News of All the World THE SUNDAY OREGONIAN f r" -.4 -V- - v r 1