T1TE SUNDAY OKEOOyiAy. PORTLAND.' APttIL 7, 1912.
! REUF BEGINS TALE
CRISIS CALLS FOR
SNAPSHOT OF SAN FRANCISCO'S CONVICTED BOSS, TAKEN
ON HIS RECENT VACATION" FROM PENITENTIARY.
OF GRAFT DEALINGS
TUFT, SAYS FISHER;
Ex-Po!itical Boss Writes Story
Which He Says Will In
volve Many.
Courage, Patience and Con
structive Ability Mark True
Statesman.
:-&Jt' Men's
REAL PROGRESS IS NOTED
President More Intereoted la Curing
Kt1I Tban In Denonnclnff Tbem.
Art. Not Profession Are
Ills Standard.
WASHINGTON. April .Secretary of
the Interior Flatter. In an Interview
todajr. urged the renominatlon of Frenl
drnt Taft. Hla statement, which waa
Issued from toe Taft National head
quarters, said:
" "It would be falae modesty for me
to Ignore, or to expect others to ignore,
the fact that the Judgment thua ex
pree.i la the opinion of a member of
the. Cabinet, aubject to such conscious
or unconscious Influences as arise from
that association: but I hope the per
sonal Bute will be excused when I aay i
that the appointment was not sought. I
but was offered under circumstances j
that compelled acceptance and that
MAiu.l nhKff.llnni of inV 1
kind; that no such oblla-atlone were
then or hare ever been sua-ejested. and
that the personal and official associa
tion has at least afforded the oppor
tunity to form an accurate opinion of
the- character and the capacity of the
President and of his Ideals and
methods."
Old Abases) Deaaaaefi.
Secretary Fisher said the people of
Chicago "do not need to be told that
he la. and has been, an earnest advo
cate of progressive policies." In fact,
"enough of a progressive to have been
denounced as a radical."
"No department head. said Secre
tary Fisher, "could ask from the Chief
Kxecutlve a more intelligent appre
ciation, a more helpful co-operation
or a more uniform and unswerving sup
port." than ho had received from the
iTesldent-
Taklng up tha argument In favor of
President Taft, Mr. Fisher said that
the Nation faced problems of the great
eat difficulties and "that the people lis
determined that old abuses shall no
lonjrrr be endured."
"Whether the remedies will be vjrlsa
or unwise, constructive or destructive.
depends largely on the choice of the
next vniez cieroiiT. ui m.
said Secretary Fisher. "Most of all. I
think It depends on the choice of tha
Itepubltcan nominee.
roaatraettv Ability Proved.
"I believe that the nomine should
be President Taft:
"First Becouse he believes In popu
lar government, to be achieved through
the prlnclplea of repreaentatlve de
mocracy, only by means of which
genuine and enduring popular govern
ment can be secured for the people.
"Second Because he has demon
strated constructive ability at a time
when constructive statesmanship la
needed as never before since the re
public was founded.
-Third Because on tne principles
which he has advocated, and on the
progress he has achieved the Republi
can party must stsod at the election.
His wnole amoition naa neon ana is
to render disinterested and effective
public service. ills Ideal of publle
service Is the promotion or the wel
fare of the whole people. Under the
most adverse conditions. In spite or
misunderstanding. misrepresentation
and abuse, he has demonstrated cour
age, patience and ability and has made
real and definite progress, both In leg
islation and administration.
A els, Xet Prefeaalema, Ceamt.
"He has shown that h la more In
terested In curing evils than In de
nouncing them. In moving steadily and
surely forward than In talking about
the desirability of moving forward.
These. It aeems to me, are tha quali
ties peculiarly needed now In the Presi
dential office."
Secretary Fisher said Mr. Taft "had
not contented himself with reserving
coal Oelda and timber lands and water
power sites.' but had followed such
withdrawals with efforts to secure ef
fective conservation laws.
"He Is a conservationist who appre
ciates that conservation will be a use-"
ful and enduring policy only to tha ex
tent that we make It a practical and
constructive policy." said the Secre
tary.
Secretary Fisher reviewed tha atti
tude- of President Taft on the tariff,
to show that he "had dona mora than
any other man to establish a aclentiOo
revision of schedules; and he cited
his advocacy of the amendment of the
railroad laws and his enforcement or
the anti-trust laws as Indicative of his
thorough administration of corpora
tion laws.
3IONTANA DEMOCRATS AGREE
Delegates to Be Selected at State
Convention, May 3.
HELENA. Mont.. April t The Demo
cratic state central committee, whlca
met here today, decided to hold the
state convention at Butte. May S. Aft
er a spirited debate over the appoint
ment of delegates. It was determined
that two delegates at large would b
selected from each county, with an ad
ditional delegate for every "S votes cast
for Charles P. Hartman, Democratic
candidate for Congress In 110.
No effort was made to secure in
dorsement for any Presidential candi
date, and the question of preferential
primaries was not mentioned.
Oreat Falls was selected as the place
f.-r holdir. a the state convention, which
ill nominate candidates for state of
fices. T.-.e date will be fixed by tha
Butte convention.
ITAII COMMITTEE IX) R TAFT
President Indorsed for Renomina
tlon at Salt Lake City-
SALT LAKE! CITT. April f. Presl
drnt Taft was Indorsed for renomlna
lion for President at a meeting of the
Krpuhltcan state central committee
here today.
The state Republican convention will
be held at Pro to May II to select dele
gates to the National convention.
Taking to Tall Timber.
"Slsteren and bretheren," exported
Vncle Abraham, a recent promotion
from the plow to the pulpit, "on de one
side er dis here meetln'-bouse la a road
Lading to destruction, on de udder Is
a roud gwlne to bell and damnation.
Which you gwina pursoo? Dar Is de
Internal question: Which Is you gwlna
pursoo?"
'liw, Brer Aberham." spoke Hister
Ellia from the back pew, "I speck I'm
er wlae home thi9 da woods r
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t i . i imm,
V:;: :iC:T f-
ABRAHAM IIIEK CRKKTINO A FRIEND.
WILSON IN ILLINOIS
Governor Attacks Government
Controlled by Interests.
4 MEETINGS ADDRESSED
Average Man Must Be Drawn Into
Game of Politics Before Tariff
Question Can Be Settled,
He Declares).
CHICAGO. April . Governor Wll
son. of New Jersey, addressed four i
largo Democratlo meetings hero to
night aa the wlndup of hla campaign
tor tha primary vote for the Presi
dential delegatea In Illinois. Governor
Wilson discussed the trusts and the
"money power." chastised tha "Inter
ests." praised foreign-born cltisens. and
denied that he had evrr voted anything
but tha Democratlo ticket.
Aaeerlea Stands for Principle.
"When we speak of America." aald
Governor Wilson, "we speak not of a
race, but of a principle. After we have
enumerated the Irish-Americana, the
German-Americans, the Jewish-Americans,
and tha Polish-Americana, who
will be leftT Settlers and the descend
ants of the settlers constitute the mi
nority In America: and tha people of
all the races of Europe a majority.
"The term America" la bigger than
tha continent. America Uvea In tha
heart of every man. everywhere, who
wishes to find a region where he will
be free to work out hla destiny aa he
chooses."
Speaking at Galesburg. earlier in the
day. Governor Wilson made an attack
upon government for the interests, the
present system of choice of candidates,
the Republican tariff measures, and
made a strong; appeal for the support
of the voters at the Presidential pref
erence primary next Thursday.
People Tired ef "latere ts" Rale.
"The people are tired of being gov
erned for the especial benefit of tha
Interests.' and they are clamoring for
a President who will take the lead and
aee that thlnga are done for tha ben
efit of the general public," he said.
"All government needs to be taken
back to tha general public In frank
confidence.
"The question of the present tlma
la not ao much which party Is going
to win at the coming election, but
which party la going to draw to Itself
the forces of the Naflon and work for
the renewal of tha power of the United
States."
Peeale Meat Settle Tariff.
At Molina Governor Wilson said:
"There never will be a permanent
and aettled tariff policy In this coun
try until the average man Is brought
Into the game and public opinion has
been fully consulted. Tha trouble Is
that tha tariff schedules have been
made up after consultation with a small
group of Interested persons.
"Tha greatest difficulty In politics Is
to bring ail men together In great com
mon undertakings, so that no elasa
will be excluded from recognition by
those who make the laws."
GEOGRAPHY OF THE PIE
New England Delicacy That Trav
eled With the Son.
Boston Transcript.
Scholars who have to account for an
error In authoritative texta of the
claaslcs always begin: "Some Ignor
ant scribe . . ." Let this formula
be borrowed to stigmatise a piece
of outrageous treason. The Norwich
Record has had the Impudence to pro
pose: "The great pie belt where pastry Is
erred three times a day and takes the
place of breakfast food Ilea north of
the line between Bellows Falls. Vt,
and Portland. Maine."
Ha! Has this geographer ever heard
that Massachusetts lies north of Bel
lows Fails? Is Connecticut south of
the Mason and Dixon line? Who con
stituted Norwich the topographer of
pie? la H all an historic myth, then,
thst Lexington was won on pie swal
lowing at breakfast or chewed as tha
famllv flintlock waa reached down
frem. eve tfaa flxsnlaoe, aad Ut tide J
r
X, ,- $. vs
I Mi
of tyranny turned back from Concord
bridge by the valor bred of New Eng
land pastry T We are a pie-fed nation.
Our sinews of war were made' strong
to crush rebellion In '61 by the ac
cumulated might of other things and
pie. Our merchant navy In Its roaring
fifties was distinguished from the
British chiefly hy Yankee pie. and the
poor little British 'prentice boys the
minute they made port set a course
for the Yankee ships, to be asked:
"HI. sonny, want a square meal, ye
poor little UmeJulcerT" Pie rich,
flaky, meaty pie abides as one of the
glories of our New England fishing
fleet, and the august tradition Is car
ried to Georges and even to the Grand
Banks. Even In a godless city like this
we are still faithful to pie-worship, and
though the Alley was named for the
printers' variety. It has transmitted the
ceremonial by what Is technically
known as a "pie-dive," which keeps
alive the sacred spark In the youth of
the community.
But avaunt. provincialism! Let us
view this aubject nationally. Pie went
West and grew up with the country.
Pie crossed the Alleghenles from Con
necticut, and that corner of Ohio
known as the Western Reserve pre
serves the holy and serene art In a
practice as pure as any known to New
Eng' .nd, with pie thrice a day, 'in
cluding holidays and Sundays," as the
boat companies isy. Pie crossed the
great plains In the prairie schooner,
pie stesdled the aim of the Injun fight
ers, and pie haa pushed, with the great
republic, steadily across the continent.
Aa the years lengthen more and more
New England's contributions to our
National greatness fall Into dispute.
Her men of letters may. Indeed, have
been a "mutual admiration society of
mediocrities." and she the "abandoned
farm of literature:" her orators and
statesmen may revel many a common
streak under the busy scratches of
the historian's muckrake: her artists
and sculptors may fall under reproach
for filling the public squares and gal
leries with boiler-plate bronzes and
portraits as by glorified sign painters.
But the pie endures. That priceless
heritage has been transmitted for all
ages. "North of Bellows Falla." quotha!
It reigns from New Orleans to the
Queen City of the Unsalted Seas; from
harridan Manhattan to blow-hard
West. We are a Nation of pie eaters.
Differ aa we may on tariff reform, on
trust-busting, on the silence of Mr.
Roosevelt, on railroad regulation, on
one Issue wa can all agree, Ona thing
we all hold sacred a pie.
A Sermon on Wisdom.
Woman'a World.
Little sins are eggs of great sorrows.
A black hen laya a white egg, from
dark clouda comes refreshing rain. In
dusky mines men will find bright Jew
els, and ao from our worst troubles
comes our best blessings.
Whatever else we barter, let us never
try to turn a penny by, religion.
God has- often a great share in a
small house, and many a little man
baa a large heart.
It Is easier to keep out of a quarrel
than to fight your way through It.
He la the greatest fool who says ha
will not believe what he cannot under
stand: there are bones in meat, but am
I to go hungry till I can eat them?
Misers never rest till they are put to
bed with a shovel.
If a wife wastes, too, there are two
holes In the barrel.
It Is no more use giving advice to the
idle than to pour water into a cleve.
If a man haa no backbone how la ha
to hold his head upT
Spend not all you have: believe not
all you bear; tell not ail you know; and
do not all you can.
He who rides In a carriage may yet
have to clean It.
The w Nationalism.
Life.
I believe in free trade, but
I believe In publicity of campaign ex.
pendlturea. but
I -believe In regulation and not de.
tructlon of great corporatlona, but
I believe that courts should have tha
power of declaring- laws unconstitu
tional, hut- .....
I believe that Judicial decisions
should be reviewed by the people,
bUI do not believe in the recall of
Judges, but .
I believe that boas rule should end.
but . '
I believe In the Initiative and refer
endum, but
I believe In arbitration, but
I believe In Federal powers, but
I believe In state's rights, but
I believe In the people's rule, but
I ajn not a candidate, but
lazy Little Prne.
LiDDlncotfe.
Sue Wouldn't you Just H to te as
happy as a lark
yTut No, indeed. Think of tie Urns
tasy ba t V
FIRST OF SERIES PRINTED
Early IUse From Young Lawyer
and Futile Attempts to Remain
in Fold of Reformers Out
lined by Prisoner.
SAX FRANCISCO, April 6. The first
of a series or articles by Abraham
Ruef. ex-polltlcal boss of San Francis
co, now servlna- a 14-year sentence In
San Quentln Penitentiary, waa printed
' today by the San Francisco Bulletin.
In this series Ruef declares he will
make a complete expose of the men
connected with him In graft In San
Francisco and accused with him, but
not convicted.
Ruef tells of his rise from an obscure
young lawyer, of his work for reform
while first connected with San Fran
cisco affairs, but he says that even
after be had been with the railroad In-
I terests In their affairs and had tried to
turn back to the reform crowd he
found this well nigh Impossible, as,
; he says, "I would only learn that they
were controlled by the same big in
I terests to the same end and purpose."
! Ruef, in his opening narrative, says
that he will give his account "without
' reservation," either as regards himself
1 or others who played a part in the
i graft of the city.
Aaaoeiatlom With Tools" Early.
The first period Is abridged by a sin.
gle sentence:
"A few years later found me asso
ciated with the tools and messengers
of the railroads." The beginning of
his association with a prominent rail
road official Is told succinctly:
"He began to court me. I could get
passes and favors from him. For the
first time I dined at his bouse."
The publication of the articles was
precipitated by an editorial In a San
Francslco newspaper of April 4, which
characterised Ruef as a "human hyena"
and condemned the agitation for his
release. A number of Indictments still
pending against Ruef will be passed
upon by Judge Dunne next week.
Directors of public utility corpora
tions and railroads, publlo officials and
politicians are named by Ruef in hla
prologue, and he declarea he will show
how money was promised and paid.
All Fads to Be Given-
"Since the heavy doors of the state
prison closed behind me." he says, "I
have given .much consideration to the
events and Influences which ended so
Ignomlnously a life full of hope. I
believe much good can come from a
straightforward statement of my ex
periences. I have decided to make such
a statement. It will embrace all the
leading events In my political life. I
shall give, circumstantially, all import
ant facta and events. Including those
leading up to and embracing the San
Francisco graft prosecution. Whatever
civic corruption existed In San Fran-
; Cisco or waa within my knowledge I
shall frankly avow and declare. With
out reservation. I shall relate my
actions and the part played by others.
I shall show how the public service
corporations, large and small, through
their political and financial control,
dominated the government and cor
rupted politics."
Here Ruef mentions the granting of
a franchise to a street railway com
pany, and declares he will show how
money was paid for the privilege.
Political Deal to Be Teld Of.
"I shall give a full account of the
famous Santa Cms convention which
nominated Governor Gillette," he con
tinues," and of all my conferences ia
relation thereto. In doing which, I
hope not only to give the public an In
sight behind the scenes which will be
of benefit to them, but also In some
measure to compensate for my partici
pation In the events which I shall re
late." Ruef begins his narrative with a con
fession of repentance. He says in part:
"With others, 1 co-operated In selling
out the City of San Francisco; and so I
am In a prison cell. It has taken these
stone walls, this area, by 10, where
the only light or air la that which
comes from a narrow wicket, to bring
me to the full realisation of this be
tray aL
"I started life buoyantly. When I
left the university I had the ideals of
the average young man of that period.
How and why my life flew so wide of
Its goal, I am now determined to trace
and to write In detail. In the hope that
it may prove of public benefit and
may make amends for what society has
lost by my work. I shall write with
out extenuation of myself or those who
co-operated with me. However harsh
ly I may write, it will be without mal
ice or 111 will, and with no desire to
have others suffer as I have suffered.
Ruef Starts sub Tasac Lawyer.
"When I first entered politlca. 1 was
a sanguine young man of 21. I had been
graduated from the California State
University and from Its law depart
ment. With Franklin K. Lane, Ferdi
nand Vassault and John H. Wlarmore, I
helped to organize a club for civic re
form. I had established myself In a
modest law office up two flights of
stairs. Here our- little club met two
or three times a week to read and dis
cuss leading works of political economy
and political reform. We were tha first
nucleus on the Pacific Coast which took
up, scientifically and systematically,
this line of work."
Ruef then tells of having become dis
gusted with politics and with having
decided to devote himself exclusively
to law. He refers to two railroad fixers.
"For 10 years, I was associated with
these two men, he continues. "I fell
Into the routine of their camp. I
learned their methods. I absorbed their
Ideas. I wrote their platforms. I made
their nominating speeches. From time
to time, dissatisfied. I would quit and
Join the Independent reform movements,
only to learn that they were controlled
by the same big Interests to the same
end and purpose. The people were apa
thetic and ao I drifted with the ma
chine." The account of the first period ends
with Ruefs mention of having dined
at the house of a prominent railway
official.
ABERDEEN MILLS GRANT RISE
Operators 6y They'll Have Plenty
of Men Strikers Doubt It.
ABERDEEN'. Wash.. April 8. (Spe
cial.) All mills of Aberdeen announce
a resumption or wora on a new wage
scaie oi . u., .......
mon labor enner aionuay or xuesuay
i of next week, and mill men say they
wliA save vcewa nivvsu m suw w
- rkWMmmh
W '-, e I I si r y - J'i , .' raj e .
M V, I - i
BENS
operate all departments of the mills.
The strikers question this.
A clash may take place tomorrow
should the strikers insist on holding a
parade, which Is contrary to an order
issued by Mayor Parks prohibiting
demonstrations of all sorts.
A law and order league was formed
here today, public opinion swinging
now to the side of the mill men, follow.
lnr. the announcement of wage ad
vance. Monday being the Greek national
holiday, further demonstrations are ex
pected. Dr. Titus Is in the city tonight
and Is making a last determined ef
fort to encourage a furtherance of the
strike. Chief of Police Templeman
continues to employ special policemen
and all mills will be closely guarded
next week.
TALES OF MANLY EXERCISE
Athletes Have Been In Demand in
Every Nation.
. New York Press.
It would seem that the Romans, who
conquered 88 nations, recognized the
secret of success In things military
when they called their armies exerci
tus. bodies of drilled or exercised men.
During, the Middle Ages It was the
custom of princes, and even of wealthy
burghers, to keep runners who fol
lowed their carriages afoot, while the
horses were going at full gallop. Fast
runners were In great demand, and If
parents wanted to qualify their chil
dren for a position of that sort they
began to train them from the earliest
childhood, making them undergo a sin
gular operation, namely, the removal
of the spleen, which was supposed to
have an influence upon the vigor of
the lungs. .
From the town of Puebla, In Mexico,
a sandy road leads across the hills to
the Valley of Amozoc Early In the
morning- that road Is crowded with
Indian peddlers and hucksters, who
carry heavy baskets on their backs.
They frequently come from a distance
of 10 or 12 miles, but make the whole
trip at a sharp trot and without a
single stop. Their children trot at
their sides, carrying small bundles or
bags, and thus learn their trade so
gradually that they hardly feel the
hardships of It.
It seems curious that a small, short
legged dog can as a general thing
outrun the tallest man. This has not
always been the case. An ostrich
proves that two legs can go as fast
as four. Want of exercise In man
probably accounts for the whole differ
ence. .
Lifting weights has always been a
favorite exercise for the lungs. There
Is the story of a Grecian Samson, the
athlete Milo of Crotona, who day after
day carried a calf around the arena
and gained In strength as the calf
gained In weight, until finally he could
carry a steer. We may well doubt
whether the steer were quite full
grown. There Is, however, a case on
record, apparently well authenticated,
to the effect that one Winshlp of Bos
ton practiced with dumbbells and bags
ful of pig Iron until he was able to
a a
Humphreys' Seventy-Seven
Breaks up Grip and
Never fails
If " Seven ty-6even" is taken at the
first feeling of a Cold, lassitude and
weakness; before you begin to sneeze
and shiver, before your bones begin
to ache; mark you, if "Seventy
seven" is taken at the first stage of
a Cold, it never fails.
It pays to keep "Seventy-seven"
handy. All dealers sell, 25c, or mailed.
CBook sent free.
Humphreys" Homeo. Medicine Co, Cor.
STUUam aad Aaa streets, Xacaw
COLDS
We will
I you the
a pleasing variety of service
able and fashionable cloths;
suits that will give you the
utmost satisfaction during
the long Spring and Summer
months.
ELLING
' ' ' 'MORRISON STREET AT FOURTH j
lift (though only for a moment) the
weight of the heaviest steer In Texas.
. In countries where they still rely on
the strength of their limbs, as in Tur
key, Hungary and Afghanistan, there
are plenty of men earning their bread
by common labor who could astonish
the so-called athletes of the rest of the
world. A Turkish porter will shoulder
a box which the driver of an American
express wagon would hesitate to tackle
without assistance. In one or tne ai- i
ghan wars, the native warriors car- j
ried cannon to a battery on top of :
a hill from where the English soldiers
were unable to carry them down aprain.
The foot soldiers of the Turkish Jan
izaries had to drill in full armor, run,
wrestle and even swim without remov
ing their Iron equipments. Such a
value did their drill masters set upon
the Influence of early training that
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Come over the river and you will be delighted with this home-like
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WE NOW HAVE SOME OF
THE BEST LAND IN OREGON
TO OFFER HOMESEEKER3
Location and soil ideal for BEERY, POULTRY, FRUIT
ud DAIRY farms.
Several openings for small industries, such as PLANING
MILLS, SASH AND DOOR FACTORIES, FRUIT CAN.
NERIES, CREAMERIES, VINEGAR WORKS.
Our land reached ty fast electric trains. Frequent service.
for iirroRMATion address
RUTH TRUST COMPANY
235 Stark Street PORTLAND. OREGON Main 6076 A 3774
be ad to show
newest models,
faultlessly tailored from
! II
they would never accept a recruit of
more than 12 years of ase. These ca
dets were exercised for years, like the
sons of the old Spartans, before thejr
were assigned to actual duty, and the
result was that the Janizaries repeat
edly defeated the armies of Western
Europe.
The ancient Greeks managed to train
not only their troops but the whole
nation by offering liberal prizes for
proficiency In all kinds of bodily exer
cise, such as running, leaping, lifting,
spear-throwinfr and wrestling. At a
distance of 60 yards their spearmen
could hit a target with unfailing cer
tainty. Last week of our Removal Sale.
Pianos J100 less; open every evening.
Soule Bros., 127 Eleventh st.
99