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Newspaper Page TextOEIXOTl DAILY IQURIIAi;. rORTLAHD, MOMDAY EVENING. APRIL'. 13, 1003. Tim STANFORD STUDENT EXPOSES SLANDEROUS EDITORIAL ATTACK AGAINST UNIVERSITY ' Itelatlve tA the recent trouble at Stan ford university, the following Belt-explanatory letter from one the eiu- , iir .nlt nf Kalcm. allows S the peculiar form of fanaticism h c 1 N a... 4,. fon.itv there ana whlcn haa given rlaa to tha trouble. Tlia fol lowing Jotter was written to R. M. Ito Xer of 8lm: ' t1' BUnford University. March It, "" I am in riclpt of your letter of tha 26tti ami hava reud Ilia OrsonIan ed -o al b dd "Anarchy at r-tantor,- Your letter eomiiieiiUna; upon tha ab , eurd and erronuoua arnilinenta enter tained by our peopla at tT,.!uTc th. -ttV.Htton at Wianford and I tl a rlUic- dbt.re-Pun.!blafor p.uch of this ... . tlment, pun, in- n th . vl n mpar.onal light, and from thla via ,olnt I can and have a r bt t dlacu 1 iaa point i can ..u - -- - t0 tha aupjeci '"'".TJ..h. Tinm ' n mi ofVanfo'S: 2 .how who"., reapon.lMa for th. unmerited tha a Lo aeemlnKly failan upon It a nd the almost unbellevubla metboda by wnica 11 oa. ' Uin.nfry Ktl with the Ore,on.a editor lal In a dUrnlflad manner tliougn thither I ahall auoceed or not I lo not Tim Informed' that this trend of edl ' toriiTl abuse la prevalent throuah tha anUr. northwe.t. TU1. la no aurprla inr alnca In a case Of thla kind tne preluSlca la naturally 1 i favor of tha iuthoritlee and tha burden of proof ' re.ta with tha atudmits. However.- I cannot believe that, tha obviously rldlc. uloue attitude taken by thla Oreifonlan writer la typical of tha aentlment In my bom. 'community. N.verthele.a. aucb charaes. abaurd aa they are, are apt to ' be billeved. and for thla reaaon they are a direct Blander on tha food nama or Stanford and call J for an th ahall thurefore todch upon some of tha moat flagrant falsehoods contained In tha editorial and for tha reat conflna 'rnyaeir to a atatament of fact concern ' iag tha altuatlon at Stanford. : , ; Editorial Talseliooaa. ' I aar tbat thara la not ona alnale ele ment of truth In the ftoHal aa a ..whola or In any particular part of it. and I whathar Intentionally mallcloua or Tntlraly to thaVwrliei;a Ignoranca very atatement In tba adltorlai la aa v unqualified falaehood. ' in tha flrat plaea. Btudent neaa aa auch doea not ailat and naver - exlated at Stanford. I wonder what - the Oregonian writer coneldera tudent drunkennaaar' Hla artlcla would aaem to Indicate that tha atudenta t th la ln atltution ara continually taUwlcata and divide their tlma between emaahlag unl , viralty furniture and IT ! camput In a drunken Btupor. Let tne Inform him that "atudent trunlcnijaiat aa conaldered by faculty and Btudenta alike at SUnfofd admlla of no Buch broad Interpretation. Stanford men ara not and never have been Bilowad to gat drunk at all., whether thay do any dam- ' "rnnftwo"?: $& X ha;. bnt Stanford orwo.tud.nt. Btudents, according to the report of tha Btudent anaira """"""Vi "Si: t "not badly, but only noticaably under V tha influence of llauor.- Doea tnla look aa thouah Stanford wara hell-hola of drunkonneaar r : ', Ualveralfcy ICoroJly Clean. , ' If tha Oregonlan writer would flalt Stanford, he would, find out from pro feaaors of national and even Interna tional exparlenoe and reputation that ' Stanford la tha cleaneat morally of any largo unlvaralty In the m world. One thousand young man and 600 yjun , women aaaoclata hero together. ' Mojt of them llva on tha campua alda by aide In tha halls and fratemltv houaea. and In the II yeara of Stanford existence : there la yat to appear the flrat lnatanca ' of any form of acandal whatsoever. Can any ona point to another Urge uul veralty In this country) with auch a reeordT - 'v ki 11 lie in" .......... . on college acholarahlp, ha certainly knows that tha standard of scholarahlp at Stanford 1b higher than at an other university In tha United BUtea. The same condltlona ; In the tnattr of achoiaranip, annaing, aio.. max - at preaant have alwaya existed bare. To use the words of Dr. Jordan, no gradual of Stanford ' haa aver flls- ? raced tba nama of hi. alma mater. An or acholarahlp, tha record of Stanford - la without a parallel la the history of American uniTerBiiivH.- aiiu tou ui - Oregoniart" mentlona football and wine suppers aa thinga which Stanford etu denla regard mora than their atudls. I reply that when American football reached auch a stago that It was own shadowing everything else- In npariy ' every large college In tha country, Stan ford and California-were tha only two universities that- did away with the game, and substituted for It a sport Tn whlchv the students had almost no Interest. As for wins auppers, I am on. able to learn of auch a thing aver hav- lng been given at Stanford. ; ,, Stiff Btaadara of Study. ' ' It ought to bo obvious to any one that It would bo a physical lmpoaalbll Ity for atudenta to behave aa tha Or . gonlan sayB they do and yet remain In a college with scholarship restrictions , like thoae of Stanford. ' . . No ona will attempt to deny thar modf erata drinking of beer la and always has been Indulged In at Stafford, although In a smaller degree than1 at other repre sentative unlveraltlea. ,It Is lmposalbla .to obtain tha exact figures, but from t what I have been able to gather I . should say that considerably mora than fifty per cent of tho students do not drink tt all, and aa for Immoderate .-.. drinking. I personally do not know of a -, single man in thla unlvaralty who Is an immoderate' drinker. ' ' Now drinking at Stanford, unlike that - at other universities, confines Itself al most exclusively to tho socaUed "bear , bUStS." 1 ' Tho ealebratlons ara Innocent, aven more than the name Implies, and tradt . tionall" unobjectionable, and many fao- ulty members have repeatedly declared such' form of celebration beneficial to the students and college a it prevented the men from going to tha dfy to cel ' ebrate lntOVcollegiate vlctorlea, as they would do if they had no chanca to !t out their' enthusiasm at home. '. Only two cases of disturbance have resulted. '" and In obedience to tho request of the faculty committee no beer, has alnco been drunk In tha houses in question., -H;?:-.-';. Btud.nts Alwaya ralr. ;i';' These examples should be sufficient ( to show that the students have always been willing to meet tha Student Af fairs committee mora than half way, and that every time any crowd of stu dents has been told to stop drinking they have stopped. These things hap pened under the old committee, men ' who were knowa, loved and respected by tvery man In the university. . Thla : old committee never conaldered ' this form of student drinking aa . objection ' ablo as Menlo. :-. . ;. ' President Jordan began his campaign 'four months ago when tho altuatlon on THERE JS'iNO-. EXCUSE FOR ANY CITIZEN OF OREGON TAKING LIFE INSURANCE FROM AN OUTSIDE COMPANY mm 1 v i . TKB 15 CE5T rO Hotzz Office: Ccrfctll llij., Ccr. A. I. MILLS - President I SAMUEL, r General Manager) . r Jamea' W. Mott," Stanford Student : , L From Salem.- tha campus" was tha same as now and always haa been. Ho gava , uttor anca to tha moat abaurd and groundleaa awmants; -tatemanta that contained no element of truth, and "j,?" on! lnatanca .which occurred . recently, na was forced by decency to apolog l for. Dr. Jordan never addreaeed the atu denta on tho situation. Had ha dona w It la aafa to aay that, no matter how ab aurd hla contentlona were, tha atudent body would hava compiled with any re quest ha might hava made.. .They had done ao In the two caaea above men tioned and tbey would hava done, ao again. Ha refused to deal with them ai gentlemen, aa th. committer kad done. Instead ho made Bpeechea all over the country calling Stanford a hi iiv i -. nln. .n HrnnkAtineM. HI neiAiiuio w. ,v- 4 gava lntarviewa to newspaper reportera containing irojmin """ Bembllng tha truth. These thinga were aald away from tho unlvaralty where tha Brealda&t spends a ,; graat deal of tola me. f ' ' ' ' 1 ' ' ' '" Jordan taa Tfafal Oaa. Ha naver went about talking with tha atudenta aa tha committee was in the habit of doing. I do not remember aver to hava beard him dlaousa tha altuatlon In tha atudent body meetings, but ha still peraUted In making hla rldlculoua ramarka to thooutalda wor d.. The newspapera took It upnd Bent it broad cast over the country, giving tha mor ally . cleaneat university In tha world drunkenness, tho moat unsavory and tha moat undeserved reputation. - . - ' Tho atudenta realgned themeelvea to tha only posiblo view to ba Uken under tha circumstance.; namely, that Presi dent Jordan eeemed actually .trying to ruin tha university. Personally I can not bring myaelf to bellev that Dr. Jor- tmn WOUla imenuoniwiy uu Mjuum hurt the good name of Stanford, but the cold-blooded fact remains that he haa hurt Stanford, and that he, personally, mora than anyone or anything else la responslbla for tha whole dlagraceful position in which Stanford Is placed at present. What his intentions wera he has not explained. 1 ahall certainly not try to Interpret them. I wish to make thla atatement calmly and deliberately, and "I have no hesita tion In saying that It will bo backed up oy overy atuaeni, .mm uiu numm. in this university, that tho parade of March 12. In ltaelf and In the impor tance attached. to it by tha participants, was absolutely Insignificant, that it did no damage and no harm tetany peraon or to anything, and that It called for no draatlo action or even serious -consideration by the atudent affalra committee. t 1 . VIUAU( ranting on student drunkenness devel oped in his aemana ior arasuo scrion, and tha faculty committee refusing to act draatioally, believing tha altuatlon rtM not warrant It. Were asked to. and did resign. - . . Baa Judgment la appointment. - Dr. Jordan atralghtway appointed an other committee. The contrast was startling. In place Of tha venerable and beloved chairman of the old committee tha president appointed one, a. is. viarn, head of tha drawing department, prohi bition mayor of Mayfleld, and tha most thnrnnirhlv hated member of tha entire Stanford faculty. Probably the worat mistake or ur. joroan a next to -appointing Profesaor Clark, waa In tho appoint ment of Profeespr Whltaker, a hot-head-ri vonnr man ehtlrelv out of svmoathv with tha atudenta. This Is the same professor who atrucK tna etaniora frraduate In tha face at a political meet ng In Palo Alto aeveral montha ago, and .a. aaAAAviv itaar(n at f Vt a TTnirti. Ifttjuolub characterized the suepenslon of joke. - . - ' .'tij: l.V v lniS new comixiii.i.e uarer iieiu niLy MA.fMa a nAnaiiltatlnn with tha nf II dents aa la the custom of committees to do. insteaa, on tne evening d( msren 14 I , l.miAil . r tiltimatum rt a va .ha and hdstlle character which no one un derstood. It spoke of "student drunken ness" and other thinga equally absurd, and ended with an edict which ; some construed aa prohibiting drinking of any kind at' any time or place, and Which othera conaldered aa having do meaning at alL y; --: ''"- It was considered entirely superfluous and unwarranted. ; - '-L ": - .. There waa no semblance of organized protest. : Just after dinner we heard a cry of "Paradel"'. "Parade I" from one of tne nouses on tna nex eireei, every body soured out' into the street A chance -' for a parade was - not to be missed. 1 Those who lad band , lnstru menta brought them along, and the-' pa rade started spontaneously and without organization, headed for no . place in particular. Some one suggested that Professor Clark address the multitude. POLICY-HOLDERS COM? AST. CEGON3AN& 5JIi & llcrriscn Ss.,Porll2cd, Ore CLARENCE S. SAttC&I ' Asa't Manager 2 r - in. Ciark was nut at m. 0 the j r da i I'd wont l.ii. If art 111 "IJIHUI. ".v- throuiih the library J,,0"t111,"t" . memorial court, wWe the Ultlinat . ...a . niiMttrki ttivt;ii the ii m for the old commute. The J' " disbanded and a the runt fly wS . . ....a uiiirnail ll ( 1 III n len rl. nd "V.mt to work: Tl. parttile cou.Ulu.a I na BlllllllilllrV ga;nti Iittl more than an.noura mi.-. Parade M.rely for I"ua. , This waa all there was to It It waa anterJ Into with a spirit o Uvlty, It win spontaneous It Wis not l-d demonstration, and ""''V w"! bullied. There were no r'.'""'; evfrybody waa equally guilty. If there ltr nv lullt to ba attached to It A Jrfat number of .tudent. war. In the president and aecr.tary of the Btu- Kagardlng the Buapenalon.of tne pa a. .a a . . 1 aliias i 1 1 B SS 1 II rauera, tne uoon mn had been aevcrely and unjust tlv treated by tha commtttoa, that tn.yn had be Bun iiuininB u ....... ' i . . V. . unlvtri tv. Mor . i . .i.s t.arili'lTiant. felt that It waa not fair to punish li nit 1-f tha nthera o. . A atudent body meeting waa railed at once, ana me n mva m , the uarada alaned a paper ataiing . .t...n ...i,aii Viinmewortur wnn . v , r..u .i.i a,i in trentl mi I ' u . .... - - I'HllI w . 111.- . thmt tliMVf tlioua lit IX1I11T-I1 iimiiuri - ... that the action of the committee waa too severe and asked for a reconsidera tion of the cases of the 1J men, and further, that if thlswere Impossible, th. whole J42 should be treated alike. Six hundred other 'Btud.nts who at tended the meeting algnad another pet I. tlon asking that the men be reinstated. Instead of meeting these statements In the manly way In which, they were of fered, the committee poated a notice aaylng that they had prima facie evi dence that 147 mora men had P cl: pate In the parade and that they would be eiamlned and dealvwlUi accordingly. how Disrespect t of ApologieB. :- Another Btud.nt body meetln w called and. although student waa at the boiling point. 1.000 men voted unanlmoualy to and In nojn1?' apology to the committee, regretting each feature of the parade namely, the trespaaslng on -?r".r Clark i premiaea, the n'nl?'-t-0 tK the library, and the MTJi'LJiJ ih2 Memorial court In tlda apology th. action of the.oommltteey waa not even mentioned, and no demand was made In regard to the relnatatement I lne.1. mBut chairman and hla ' 'ommtee ignored thla epology. autlng that al though they were glad to rece ve it It would have no 'oct -upon their tlon and lnUmatlng that a d'Lt.nS without any demands or reservations woulj be more to the point. . -.1. The J47 thereupon handed in a airect aooloav. wlthoutv demand, or reserva K'oVeT; their own dividual slgna turea: prevloua to this the 11 nien haa alreaay apologlaed. but they. alao. added their namea to the npology of the 147. Now I want to ask you peo ple who nave been, the vlct ms of Ore gonlan edltorlala. "Doea thla $JfZ inarchyr' And X ask you agaJn. ''What anould you expect from the committee after you had done all thlaT After you had apologlaed three different tlmea for somethUia which you felt caHed for no apology, lit the flrat placet Would you hot elpect the committee to meet you half way at least!" So did we. But Chairman Clark Ignored all thoae apologias absolutely and the extreme Density ot euspenalon Inflicted upon a ESfSr number from, which there la no app6 jpreelaeat to BUme. I ahall draw no conclusions to mrar gumenla. Everything I have f'8.'8 absolutely correct, and If the reader can not see that the action -of Chairman Clark la not only unjust but criminally SSrioS'i t haveothtag further to ,ay it Is not alone the auspenalon tof thi 41 upper clasMn in ltaelf nor yet tSrfUttr-BttlwWlth whlch Dr. .Jor dan and hi fanatical committee have blackened tfie fair naina of Stanford, r The etudents can stand it and the university can stand It But It la not so with the parents of many of tne men on whom thk committee's mallcloua ax has fallen. TheThaAe read what Dr. Jordan has said in the.-papers. They do not Vnow hla Ideas nor the methods he has used to bring aftout this crisis and they cannot believe that he would say things which he surely knowa are not true" They read from colored press dis patchee and from abusive, malignant edltorlala like thoae of the ot?K0n,,1ft,n that a "monstrous demonstration up holding drunkenness" has occurred at Stanford. They learn, that their aon has participated In this monstrous an archfctio parade, and they J" Je that he haa been suspended from col lege. jfiJum gorrow Results. A They do not know the facts, and are not in a poaltlon to know them.1 They do not know that thla parade waa not seriously connected with any Phase of any drinking problem: they do not know that It waa entered Into in a Bplrtt of harmless levity, and that It did no harm to anyone: they, do not know that a large number of the participants were total abstalnera, and that none of the participants were "boose-flghters"; they do not know that the majority of tje facuUy members are on the aide of the students, nor that a silent edict baa gone forth from the "throne" forbid ding any faculty member . to uphold the cause of the students on pain of losing in.. irk.. Wna n An A at thARS things, and It wlU take a Ion time to explain mem. - i n "" men who were In thla parade from pa rent8 who have saved and stinted and denied themselves that their sona might have the benefits of a college educa- . . . . v. - inA.ll.il.fAii mnn linnA- served picture of their blasted ?opea and broken nearis hm n ' I' . v nnndawt what tustica It IB BHU l uaw . - - .- that allowa such things to happen.' This 11 IS tnai is mo mu.ov vu. that Dr. Jordan and hla underlings have perpetrated. I do not doubt that time wlirsoon remedy their whole disgrace ful blunder, that the places of rejponal bility will soon be filled with professors n n . fatiall... Bnil I htl I wno are men, mm iw. """.'; - - - tho good name of Stanford will be a"lck- ly purged irom - tne niuii.uii'iw unnecessarily and unjustly fallen upon ,t.v your. alncerely;AMEg w MQTT. - MONTANA MINING INDUSTRY EEYIVES ; (Special Dtaoatek to The Jeemat) : Helena. Mont- April IS. Aa an evi dence of the great activity in the .min ing Industry in ' Montana, considered seamtetr:rm'';ith4) ' resumption at Butte, riferende may be maae . to tne fact thar the American Smelting St Re- i.i. An,r,onv hps tannA it nnceaaarv to blow In another furnace at Its feast Helena plant thue giving employment to 60 of the old men who were laid off ,S a ..mnnmrtf shutdown. " TWO of the large blast furnaces are now In Operation unu maiiaKci faiiiin. - 9vw.v.a that he thinks it will be neceasary to fire two more within the next month.! n.i, f.ni that- fh Montana Mlnlna asso ciation haa conoluded a deal for the Panhandle ' omeiter . near dchiu wuh ; Idaho, la also eviaence or unwuuwiu b- i tlvity! 4a addition, the Washoe emelter Anapnndo. will treat commercial ores In a limited quantity. Manv large op erators have enterea inw twuirntiJ iw . . . . n . nil a whtnh n nven tnjit .1 more ore is now mint V vT any- tu&t wiuua ui uuwij, y,- v..- Btato. - . - r 1 GOVERNOR' JOHNSON f AT LOUISTOLE, KY i , :r , , (tnlted Prens 1Md TTira) - " Louisville,- AprU. IS.-rOovejnor J ohn son of Minnesota haa arrived here and tonight will deliver a speech before . the Louisville Commercial club, hla first Important epcech. : Politicians from surrounding cltlea are swarmlnr ; to LoulsviUo to attend tho meeting. .ir(..,l for his hou Pains , . Aro' the - result of an . alinonrial condition 1 of the more prominent ncrvo branches, caused by con gestion, irritation, or dis ease. If you want to re . lieyo the pain try Dr. Miles AnU-PaiA Pills. They often relieve when every thing : else ' fails. They leave mo disagreeable after-effects. Just a pleasurable sense of re-' lief. Try them. have neuralgia headache right enrer mv eves, ai nd I am riuiy afraia nil a ttAt mv eyes will burnt. urat aue have '. neuralula pmin around m? .In. ri n uroii ntl mv Iim heart I have Ven takinar Dr. Miles' Antl- 1'aln I'llla recently and find they re t)tfmM tronl.lfMi nnlnklT. I uldonl ' find It neonanary to take more tbaa -'two talHta for con-.nlM. rallef. MRS .'KATHEBIKB UAKTOW HIT Vulley ft. Cirthnge, Mo. "I have awful spalls t nouralcla and kava doctored a great deal with out fitting much btiiwfit. l'or the last two years I have been taking , Dr. Miles AnU-Paln nil. and they always relieve me. I have len so ' . bad with neural! that I sometime.) thought I would r erasy. Soraetfaaaa) - it la necMsary to take two of them. -but never more and tbey are sart to relieve me." Mils. FERIUJER. , , ' Uii 'Lynn 8t, Lincoln. Nab. Your druyjlat sella Dr. Mll.a Ant Psln Pills, and we authorize him ta . return the price of first package (only) If It fa Ma to benefit you. Miles Medical Co, Elkhart; Ind HOI HIKE FROM Tacoma's Mayor-Elect Goes Bubbling Away, None Knowcth Whither. (Special Dispatch- te Th. JoaraaL) Tacoma, Wash, April li. If any one can locato Judge John W. Llnck. Ta coma'a newly elected mayor, a liberal reward could bo realUed for tho Infor mation by applying to the 1.600 or more office seekers of Tacoma. Since the election laet Tueadsy the life of the mayor-elect haa boen . made unbearable by hundreds of office aeekera. To es onn them, with several Intimate friends he left 'the city Friday and" apent the day In the country. On re turning to town Saturday ho found both his homo and his office In a atate of alege, surrounded by the hungry hun dredB of the jobless. The altuatlon was now thnt ha merely turned hla automo bile and the last seen of him he waa fltnappearlng In a cloud of dust In the direction of Olympla. ' t ... - , "I am not Juat 'certain- whnhe will come back to the city," said Mrs. Llnck. "For the past few days the pressure upon him has been ao great that he la almost in a state of physical prostra tion. 60 he Just left me to answer the telephone bombardment we are getting here at the house, until he gets back I don't know where tie is. ana wnen ne wt he did not know whera he waa go ing. The only thing he was certain of was that he wouia aep away irom xa coma for a time. TQ out-wind theae office aeekera,' he said as be waa leav ing. 'If there is any speed and etaylng power la thla automobile." WILL PUT PARTIES OUT OF BUSINESS aaaaaaasBaaBMHBSBaaaaMBB - Effect of G. 0. P. Machine Tactics Viewed Gloom-. ily by Col. Hofer. (Spactat Dispatch- te The Journal.) Salem. Or Aorll 13. At a large meeting of Republicans of Liberty pre cinct Saturday night uoionei to. woier 01 iui. .U. aM "ail aa eaafvaA T ai nillril nl politics in general and to lomt of the 111 U1BVU. AW BSJ w " T a. U Ispoeition of the political machine to ment No. 1 was driving Democrats. So cialists -and Prohibitionists to enter tlie Republican organisation by reglaterlng as Republlcana and helping to purify IT tlie macnina aepi. up mat iiw". DRUNKENNESS A Curable Disease .''.-.' V ajBaaaasaBaBBBMaBaBaaaafc Eminent Physicians and Scientif ic Men Agree That It Should . - Be Treated as Such. Drunkenness la a progressive disease; the moderate drinker 1b not Battened with two or threodrlnka a day, the craving for more and mora becomes Ir resistible aa the aiseaae aavances, mo result Is Chronld Alcoholism. , j i The treatment uaed successfully by thousands right lo their own homes is rtrrina. It is Bdenttflo euro for Drunkenness and has given' auch, uni versal satisfaction that It U sold under a positive guarantee ta effect a cure or your money. wlU bo refunded, w Thla guarantee la given In good faith and is 1 - . a . - . 1. t.i... ,vfWlii la not cama om w in. , v...- ---- a new remedy? It haa been sold by the leading druggists in every . t. v iifinj tuna nf thousands from ' the - doptha to : worthy manhood and' has tne neariy uimui"i grateful men and women In every state la the Union. ' - " " ' - Orrlne No. 1 la tne secrei rameuy, uit- rlne Na 1 Is for those willing to taice the treatment. Either form costs ll.uo. Tho guarantee la toe aamo in ease. - Write to. The yrnnt .w, nmn lngton. th Ci tot free treatise on Drunk enness., maued in piain aeaioa ..nvwuj. Orrlne will bo maUed, sealed, on, re ceipt of price., t Sold, by the leading drug gist In every town and city, and In thla citvby ClarkeVVoodward Drug Co and uuurly Wl flruieisia m roruauu. ;,. HUNGRY HORDE -."'..:'. "!"'' V " !' ' ' ' ' ' ' : - ' - ' 1 - . f . .1 ' . " . i, . ' " i . , v " .-,,. ," . .,-.'., i mm We have determined to CLOSE OUT at once .'all the women's goods in stockir this reason have made the following laics' Ladies' Ladies' This is . About ONE-HALF . What You Would Pay at the Department Stores and You Know WHEN YGU SEE IT IN OUR AD ITS SO against reforms there would be but one party In Oregon, composed of two fac tlona, machine and anti-machine and all Issues that could not be fought ou. at the prlmariee would afterward be fought out at the general election. This would evolve a new poimctu ywin. which the people would nave two c nances 10 rnsiou jiuyivwc. He warned the Republican managers not to further antagonlae popular meas ures, aa they were driving tho people to dialntegrate all political parties, which he did not believe waa a good re- auit. - ; . v CANADIAN BOY TRIES TO COMMIT SUICIDE (Heant Hews by Longeit Leased Wlra) San Francisco, April 18. Tho call ot tho road ended In attempted suicide early this morning for frank Willie, a . 1 . 1. hn twuit his wit on the brakebeame to thla city from Vancouver British coiumoia. JJiu weary, hungry and wlthout friends. Wil lis, aHer tramping the Btreeta for houra. Invested hla last quarter In a room at the Hotel Filmore, a cheap lodging house, where he turned on the gaa and tossed himself on the bed to die. mv. u .. in the haJlwav at tracted the attenUon of Charles Wilson, UAk4tal Wiaira h IA tOflas in "oUrium night.-caUlng (or a momer wnom. ; ii .-- vr. ments, he said was dead. JVhen .he had a father living In Vancouver. -I wan tea to sea in 7"i"T '.",, "But now 1 am afraid of It. I want to SOr?. ti. "'k I- uttendlnr Wil- lis at the hospital, believea he has aa even chance lor recovery. N0EMAL BOARD TO TOUR THE STATE (Special BUpateh to The JoaraaU . Salem, Or, April IS. J. M. . Powers, city Buperlntendent or uio oaiem schools and member of . tho viBlUng board of the Btate normal schools, lett yeateroay on the annual Inspec tion of the normals. Ha wm be Joined todav at Weaton by tho other mem be1tyof the board. J.'a. Churchill, city superintendent at Baker (City, and S. R. Turner, city superintendent at Grants PaThe board will visit the normal schools at Weaton, Ashland and Mon- bi,huv. .,. Java will Vim anent S each place.:Atthe.nd of the in- apection a repor wm , Z . condition Of the achoola and the work v i...Thi renort will be UUUI19 .1". m . - ready about June ; ' ' ; - NEW LIBEL SUIT, . AGAINST GOODJNG ISoadM DUpatcb te The JoornaD -JrrVJ. iU.11 ntoi. Auditor Bragaw haa Just filed a new libel suit agalnat Governor Gooding and the pub- uauers ior me wu.ur ounw....... ... - -. view with Gooding published - In .i the A . . . .niA tha . rirniift nf ...an AetM am 4.m norr trt Rr IT. aw, In the flrat mitt started by Bra- or me aeiwnuaiii vii uaw, ..iii.i dM . Jl J v , w. nl alia tTMtt 1m tHI tl n T . T. a. n VeA irKminil thet paper the article appeared. Bragaw was permiiiea 10 wiukw ui miw.w plaint and file a new ault. ; .. rf Berlin. Clear for , Alaska, j Stnelal CJaoatrh M The looraal.l : ' . Astoria, Or., April 13.-arThe American ship Berlin cleared at the custom-house Saturday for Nushagak river, Alas-ttt. with auppllea for the Portland-Alaska Packers' asaoclation cannery. She will ship her crew and sail about A ednes day. K - ' ' Metager. Jeweler. 543 Washington, Jl: IjjvDilriJj ij)Ai iilj $3 Snifis 25 Snifs - 20 Suifsf m 11 1 Great Saving for IE (LIU The American Clothiers AVHILESTOREIMPROyEulENTS And thi$ general order of fix-up and enlarge this store is in progress -Norris, Baker Co., successors to Welch, will sell Welch elegant Spring, stock Suits, Pants, Hats, Shoes, etc, at terrific price reduc tions. The reliability of this store and its good name for dependable goods makes this sale the Easter the very newest goods. - a ': '':'!7:;-, 1 i rrv You Easter buyers, get in line. 'It's time now, bcs.urs you t Welch's Spring Stock to select from at terrific reductions. 91.25 -Welch's Pants, all kinds, were $. -. fl.CS Welch's 'rants,' big variety, were $3.UU. 2.G5A11 Welch's Spring and medium weight InM. 93.85 Those very finest imported mati-na.;. Lan-I X,x- , styles; sold by Welch at 15, $5.50, $6 and $o.s0. ' "; ; v During' this forced sacrifice sale, on account cf 1 alterations, prices will be rat to the point t-.at w;.. r its own salesman. Just come along and you tt : . ; more, too. .. : . 11 " ;19.85 S16-85 12.85 1st and Yamhill , . -. '-. Easter Buyers 223 & 225 Ilorrlsca Near Ccrccr 1st St event ior saving money ana gciuug Men's Suits Will be divided into 3 lots about 1,000 suits all told In dark dress materials also business suits and a - big variety of spring colors, light and medium light. ; $6.75 Will take choice of a big lot; dark and medium col ors; m o 8 1 1 y ..:. medium weights; worth up to $1Z S9.45 You .can' get $18 Suits in this lot; double and single breasted styles, ; in dressy dark ' colors; also medium and light colors. : This ,lot . is bargains sure. , . $13.85 Best Suits in the house, including- choice of all our spring styles; bought by Welch to sell up to $25 and $27.50; ' hobby tailor-made brown effects, black. Thib- , ets, 'worsteds and DJue serges. This Sacrifice of WelrVs , Elegant Sprins Stock Will Bring Out the Crowds. 4 " SMS