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THE SUNDAY OREGOXIA.X, PORTLAND. JANUARY 23, 1910.
PINGHQT FAILS TO
IE AS
Dismissal of Forester Aids in
Strengthening Adminstra
tion in Public Mind.
CONSERVATION LAWS SURE
Now That Estrangement Between
Departments Is Ended, Solons
Feel Free to Act Upon Ideas
of Taft In Matter.
OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, "Wash
ington, Jan. 18. The unanimity with
which public men and the public pres?.
irrespective of party, have commended
President Taft for dismissing Gifford
Pinchot is adequate indication that the
Pinchot incident will not react politically
upon the present Administration. On the
contrary whatever political advantage
may accrue will be on the side of the
President. Rven Pinehot's staunches
friends and admirers have almost without
exception, confessed that the President
was amply Justified in taking drastic
action; something that Pinchot himpelf
now realizes, it he did not realize it
when h- wrote his famoiw letter to
Senator 13olllver.
As a matter of fact, the Administra
tion probably will reap a number of bene
flt from the dismissal of Pinchot. con
sidering the circumstances under which
it occurred. One of the first and greatest
benefits will e the certain enactment by
Oonsrres of a conservation law such as
ha been indorsed by the President. Be
' fore Pinchot was ousted there was serious
doubt whether Congress would do any
thing along this line; now it is conceded
that the Administration programme must
he carried through. The leaders in Con
gress will see to it that conservation
laws, in accord with the President's
views, are enacted before the. close of the
present session.
So Split With Roosevelt.
But there are other political benefits
which will result from the dismissal of
the Forester. The breach which threa-
tened to open between President Taft
and Theodore Roosevelt will not develop.
The ex-President, while Ptnehofs best
friend cannot and will not support Pinchot
in the course he chose to pursue. On the
other hand he cannot do otherwise than
approve the action of President Taft.
"While Roosevelt was in the chair he de
manded loyalty from his subordinates,
and not for a moment would lie counten
ance insubordination. Had Roosevelt
been In Taft's place, Pinchot would have
been dealt with as drastically as he was
at the hands of Taft, with the difference
that the decapitation would haw followed
immediately upon the heels of the read
ing of the Pinchot letter to Dolliver, in
stead of 24 hours later.
One other advantage the Administration
will reap will be that it will now have
an opportunity to demonstrate to the
country that it favors the conservation of
natural resources, and can bring about
this conservation without the help of
Gifford Pinchot.
Taft Always Sincere.
The President's attitude toward con
servation was known; It was announced,
in fact, long before Pinchot was let out,
but while Pinchot remained and his press
gents were at. work through magazines
and partisan newspapers. doubt was
created in the public mind 33 to the sin
cerity of the President. Now. however,
the press agent has been silenced, and
' tha Administration Is left alone to make
its own announcements, and to work out
, its own programme, without the advice or
the assistance of Pinchot. It Is no longer
in a position to be charged with sub
mission to the Forester.
Then, too, there is a popular advantage
which President Taft will derive from
the Incident. By dealing with Pinchot as
the circumstances clearly justified, and
i by dismissing him notwithstanding his
real or supposed tremendous popularity,
I the President has shown who Is running
the present administration; who Is dic-
! tatlng Its policies, and who is assuming
1 responsibility for its accomplishments.
j It required no little "nerve" for the
Administration to dump Pinchot out Into
; the cold; a weak President might have
hesitated to do as President; Taft has
: done. The very boldness of the Presi
dent's action, and the dignity with which
it was taken, have done much to raise
the Chief Executive In public esteem
IMnoliot Fulls as Martyr.
But as President Taft will benefit from
the Pinchot incident, so will Mr. Pinchot
suffer. By inviting decapitation. Pin
chot rendered it lmpossiblefor his parti
sans to make a martyr of him. Had he
been dismissed under other circumstances
he might have played the martyr role
with good effect. A man who invites
dismissal, as he did. has no Just ground
for complaint If he receives the punish
ment which his offense justifies.
Having been dismissed for good and
sufficient cause; having confessed to the
worst type of Insubordination; having ad
mitted his part in the infamous .scheme
to defame Secretary Ballinger. Pinchot
today stands discredited before the coun
' try. His part in the present Administra
tion is not such as meets with popular
approval. He has confessed to actions
that will do much to weaken him, even
among his strongest friends. And yet
it-Is said that Pinchot will continue his
campaign against the whole Taft admin
1st rat Ion. '
If he follows thi course, he can hope
to accomplish little. Had he remained in
the service, even to the close of the Con
gressional Investigation, he might have
done much that would Injure President
Taft and the entire Administration. But
that opportunity Is now lost. And witn
, it all. Pinchot is now an "ex"; and an
"ex," no matter what his previous rec
ord, is handicapped.
TENOR POISONED BY PILLS
You UK Woman Arrested for Crime
Relieved to Have Been Insane.
- PARIS. Jan. 22. (Special.) Some time
ago a young tenor of the Parts Opera
died suddenly in the country, where, in
company with his wife, he had gone to
pend a few days with .friends. He com
plained in the evening of a headache,
and the wife of his friend offered him
pome pills which had been sent to her
a few days before by an unknown person.
M. Goddard took two of the pills and died
In horrible agony on the following day.
There was no suspicion of poisoning at
the time, but a few weeks later the good
people were surprised to receive parcels 1
of chocolate, and also some mussels from ',
the same unknown sender. They had the
articles examined, and Were told that
1 they contained poison. Then they re
1 membered the pills, and their suspicions
; were aroused. The police were Informed.
' but could make nothing out of it until
I ono day the late, tenor's friend came to
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MARTYR
the city and happaned to meet a young
woman with whom he had a slight ac
quaintance. He wished to speak to her.
but she avoided him, and looked so em
barrassed that he connected her at once
with the mysterious sender.
The writing on the parcels turned out
to resemble her hand, and the police
thereupon searched her room, where they
found a quantity of arsenic, for which she
could not account. She was arrested
pending further inquiry. One of the wo
man's friends says that , her actions
sometimes seemed strange, and that if
she did send the poisoned packages her
mind must have bean completely un
hinged brooding over a supposed wrong.
The tenor, who Was only 33 years of age,
had a life and career full of promise be
fore him. "He was married to a' young
wife and had a child aged 2 years.
LONDON HAS "CHINATOWN"
Celestials Appropriate District in
British Metropolis for Own. '
LONDON. Jan. 22. (Special.) London,
almost the last place in the empire to be
so ill-favored, is now getting a. CJiinese
quarter. John Chinaman has a steady
affection for the British .flag, and
wherever it floats he seeks to establish
himself. Why London has been so long
spared a Chinese invasion may be ex
plained by its remoteness . from "Far
Cathay." The supplanting of British sea
men by Chinese on some shipping lines
has lately discovered this city to the Ce
lestial Empire, and London may look for
ward with certainty to a. steadily growing
immigration from Canton.
Wages for workers are not extrava-
gantly high in England: but, even so, the
ChifMunan can undercut them. He can
live on one-quarter the cubical space of
a whrte man; his food costs him less
than a quarter of the sum necessary to
keep a white man as an efficient worker,
and family life Is not a necessity to him.
In laundry work in small culture, in
tailoring, shopkeeplng and cabinet-making,
the Chinese will displace the Brit
ish worker if allowed to do so.
The Chinese quarter in London is in
the Limehouse district. It is as yet a
small one, but is growing. At present
two streets satisfy its needs. In a few
years, if Its growth is not checked by.
legislation, it will swarm, without a
doubt, over a whole district, as in New
York, in Vancouver, and, to a lesser
extent, the Australian cities.
RUNAWAY SON BACK RICH
Hagerman Left Home 3 3 Years Ago
When Father Scolded Him.
WASHINGTON. N. J., Jan. 20. When
his father scolded him for allowing a
stranger to take charge of his valise and
"see that It got to Somerville In good
shape," 15-year-old John R- Hagerman
ran away. That was 33 years ago. John
has Just returned to the scenes of his
childhood. His wish to see his father
was not gratified, as the older man has
long since passed away. His mother is
still living, however, and Hagerman, who
Is now prosperous, will take care of her.
Hagerman as a lad lived with and
worked for his uncle, now Justice of the
Peace John R. Lindaberry. One day he
gave him new clothes and a $5 gold piece,
and then sent him to visit his parents In
Somerville. He had hardly got out of
town before the stranger offered to look
after his effects for him. Mr. Hagerman
never saw them again.
He was low In spirits when he got
home, and when his father reproved him
he says he walked as far as Allentown,
where he Jumped on a freight train and
made his way to Pittsburg. He finally
reached Illinois. There he settled down
to learn the trade of carpenter. " Later
he became a contractor, and is now
wealthy. He has a wife and three chil
dren. WOMAN CATCHES BURGLAR
IJeetor's Daughter, With Great Pres
ence of Mind, Traps Man.
LONDON. Jan. 22. (Special.) The
story of how a minister's daughter had
a burglar caught was related in the
Glasgow High Court yesterday. Will
iam Townsley, a young bearded Eng
lishman, was charged with having
broken Into the mansion of the Rev.
David Dickie, at Broomhouse, near
Glasgow, and stolen a quantity of jew
elry. . It was stated that he had seen Mr.
Dickie standing listening to an evan
gelical preacher In Glasgow, and fol
lowed him in a car to Broomhouse.
There he surveyed the manse and
gained an entrance by climbing through
a small coal hole. He ransacked sev
eral rooms, and was in the act of leav
ing with his booty when Miss Dickie
entered her bedroom, where he con
cealed himself behind the window cur
tains. The gas was low, and her foot
struck against something at the dress
ing table. Although stajtled, she went
quietly from the room. Glancing back
at the door and seeing the man's brown
boots protruding from the curtains,
she raised the alarm, and her father
and brother captured the accused.
Townsley was sentenced to five
years' penal servitude.
PARIS SCHOOL IS ROBBED
Largest Nugget of Platinum inthe
World Stolen by Clever Thief. .
PARIS. Jan. 22. ( Special"".) An aud
acious robbery has been committed at
the National School of Mines, situated
on the Boulevard Saint-Michel. As one
of the officials was going his rounds,
he noticed that a large pane in one of
the windows had been removed, and
closer Inspection revealed that a nugget
of platinum, believed vto be the largest
in existence, and four others of the same
metal, as well as 10 diamonds, had dis
appeared from the cases exposed to view.
The police were at once informed, and
a careful examination of the premises
has led to the inference that trie thief
cut the pane with a diamond, and, pass
ing a hand through, opened the window
and so got Into the Museum, which is
on the first floor. How he contrived to
reach that particular window, however,
is still a mystery. The School of Mines
is insured against theft with a Dutch
company. About eight years ago a nug
get of platinum was stolen from the
same school, and was found afterwards
In London.
SLEEPING CARS.
Portland to Seattle and Tacoma.
The Pullman sleeping car for Seat
tle and Tacoma on the Oregon & Wash
ington owl train leaving Portland at
11:45 P. M. is at the disposal of pas
sengers after 9:30 P. M. This car may
be occupied until 8 o'clock the fol
lowing morning, thus enabling travel
ers to obtain a full night's sleep with
out the loss of an hour.
Reservations and tickets. City Ticket
Office, Third and Washington streets,
or Union Depot.
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POLITICS IN ACT?
Clemenceau Suspected of Be
ing After Presidency.
FRENCH PARTIES STIRRED
Change of Front on Part of ex-Pre-.
mier Vpsets Balance of Power,
and Places Leader In Good
Fighting Position.
PARIS, Jan. 22. (Special.) M. Clemen
ceau's resignation from the Radical party
has caused considerable sensation in po
litical circles. The unique position and
remarkable prestige retained by M. Clem
enceau after his fall from power gives
considerable importance to his resolution,
especially ln'vlew of the approaching elec
tions, for the ex-Premier has the reputa
tion of toeing a master of electoral tactics.
It is not surprising that the executive
committee of the Radical and Radical
Socialist party is pendin-g to him- the pa
pers connected w-lth the municipal elec
tions of Toulon, in order to show that
if it supported the Unified Socialist "list"
in that town, it was simply because there
was no choice, as the opposing list con
tained a number of reactionary candi
dates, as well as Progressives and Rad
icals. Political Iead Scorned.
M. Berenger treats M. Clemenceau ac
tion as a counterblast to the manifesto
of M. Combes at the banquet held re
cently in defense of the present electoral
system. M. Combes, on that occasion,
called on the Unified Socialists to desert
the cause of Electoral Reform and to
reconstitute the old "bloc." offering them
a number of concessions which it seems
highly improbable that the mass of the
Radical party would be disposed to grant.
On this, view M. ClemencfRU has retorted
by a declaration of. hostility to the Uni
fied Socialists, which his supporters can
hardly fall to understand.
The letter in which M. Clemenceau ten
dered his resignation to M. Valle. presi
dent of the Radical and Radical-Socialist
party, has not been published, but it is
generally reported to contain a sentence
In which the Unified Socialists are de
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terlses" of the Radical-Socialist party.
These word are the object of comment,
since they appear to be directed at tho
policy of M. Combes, and explicitly re.
place the dogma of "No enemies on the
left" by that of "neither reaction nor
revolution." Whether M. Clemenceau
maintains his resignation or not, it is
clear that his action is an important move
in the political game which will find its
issue in the next elections.
The Journal des Debats remarks:
"Henceforth one may say that the Rad
ical party has been cut asunder, as the
nature of things and the exigencies of
political life required. The Radlcal-So-ctallsis
are reduced to seeking for some
one to save them, but by the irony of
fate their chief of yesterday, M. Clem
enceau, is a Radical who refuses to be a
Socialist, and their master of today, M.
Briand, is in another sense a Socialist
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All that has been realized in Irving
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other residence section's with much
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Ornamental street lamps are to be
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The very beat of city improvements are
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Building restrictions at . Alameda
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TRAINING IS SAD . SUCCESS
Man Wanted Savage Bulldog, anil
Got It Ten People Bitten.
PARIS. Jan. 21. (Special.) A busi
ness man residing in the Rue de Rome
recently conceived the Idea of train
ing a large bulldog and selling him to
the prefecture of police as a police dog.
His experiments in dog-training had -i
unpleasant results. So that Jthe dog.
who is called Uataud. should become
savage, he was locked tip all day in a
stable. At night time he was released ;
and trained by his owner to attack a
manakin in the yard.
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rushed to the rescue, but was bitten in
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DESCHUTES VALLEY OF CENTRAL OREGON
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