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THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, SUNDAY MORNING, JANUARY' 24, 1909. WORK TO PULL TEETH OF LOCAL OPTION LAV Brewers and Liquor - Present Measure Flow Freely and Whiskey Can Be Had Without Much trouble. -. ' Punitive legislation Is to be mingled .with that remedial. Willta 8. Dunlway, 'state printer. Is to be put 'upon the rack. Not because he is not now, or , hu not boen. a good Ktate printer, but because he arose in bis place at tbc - Taft banquet in Portland some time ago and framed the machinists there present that if they tampered with Statement . ; No. 1, or attempted to damage the pri mary law, they would do so at their Dprll. Thut was the starter. Then . Representatives Abbott and Clemen I went to the support of McArthur for speaker, after having secured a promise . that the speakership would not be used 'n the senatorial fight. The Fulton people were depending on McArthur. and - finding him bound up with Abbott, went ?i to Duniway, Abbott's business partner, . and asked that he put the screws on Abbott and secure the release of Mc ' Arthur. Duniway refused. Because of his refusal he is to be punished, if the rabid foes of the primary law and State ment No. 1 can get anything-through the' legislature that will be effective. Duniway was told, before the good things of the Taft banquet had digested, tnat the Fulton warriors would orna- ment their political wigwams with his ; Iron gray scalp,. They, have renewed their attentions since the session be ' ; gan. : Senator Coffey and A. J. Johnson and 8. C. Beach and others are now waiting . for some chance to get that scalp. There - are also some in the -lower house who weuld like to have a hand in the scaip . ., They are passing the word around , , tliat the state printer is working under the fee system, that he is paid under the oil statute of . 1878, based on a band ' competition basis, that his office is a graft yielding $30,000 a year and that It ought to be investigated. . They have panned through the senate a concurrent resolution providing for an investiga tion. Out of that Investigation they hope to secure something upon which to - base a repeal of the present law and, aa they express It, "cut Duniway off at the pockets." , . i How they are going to do It, no one seems to know. The constitution pro hibits them changing the system In vogue during the term of the man hold- . lug office at the time of the change. It may be that they expect Duniway to try for reelection as he probably will, and they hope to sentence him to an other four year In office at reduced rates. If they did that though, they : would have to elect him. and they want to throw him out entirely, only they can't do It now. ' Mr. -Duniway, however, judging from - his printed remarks to the legislature, . does not seem to be worried much. . He has made a statement to the solons la . which he shows what ha has done since - taking charge of the state printer's of fice. He calls attention to the fact that : be promised to try to reduce the state's LETTERS FROM THE PEOPLE ' The Journal Was ia Error. Salem, Or.; Jan 11 To the Editor of . The Journal I desire to call your at tention to an article which appeared in your columns of the Issue of January 21, in whlchyou state that "Certain taxpayers of Yamhill county sought to overturn the present law by which state taxes are apportioned among the coun ties In proportion to county expendi tures during a five years' preceding period, and to restore the old law un der which state taxes were apportioned according to the county assessments." Commenting further, you say that, "The oretically the former law Is right, but In practice it worked very badly and had become fairly intolerable." I de airs to call your attention to the fact that your statement of the case in tiutstlpn Is entirely wrong and mislead ing. In the first place the state taxes are not apportioned on the basis of ex- . pendltures, as you state, but upon the basis of assessed valuation for five years prior to 1901, assessments made at a time when a majority of the as sessors were striving to keep down as sessed valuations, .In order to make their county's share of the state tax as small as possible, while some pf the the assessors did not cut their valua tions, and when the valuations for the five years prior to 1901 were taken as a basis for the apportionment of the state -tax, those counties in which assessors failed to keep pace with the downward ycale were the ones to reel the effect In payment of state tax. Yamhill coun ty is one of those counties, and there- . fore an effort was made to have the law tested. The late decision of the uprerne court does not decide as to the constitutionality of the act the court not passing on that question. The law providing for apportionment on ex pense basis does not go Into effect until - J 914, although It was orlgmally passed by the legislature to take effect lu 1905 and In 1905 an act was passed by? ths legislature, .providing for th law to take effect In 1910, and again at ths 1907 session of the legislature the taking effect of this law was postponed until 191$. ' t ' . . Yamhill county - has not raised any question ,as to th constitutionality of the law providing for the apportion ment of state taxes on expense basts, but I am reliably informed that the frequent postponement of the. time for the taking effect of the act providing for the expense basis was due to the fact that the law. ia not regarded as constitutional and Attorney General Crawford so Informed tha tax com mis -eioa at tha time they were revising our assessment lawa Inasmuch as your article places our county in a false po- i is name 10 prejudice leria- taiiun -ai reeling assessment ana taxa tion, I ask that you give this commun Icatlon space in your columns. M. S. CORRIOAN. Xo Invasion of Any Man's Right Albany. Or., Jan. 10. To tha Editor of The ' Journal Please allow, me to reply to a communication of Frank Ooner In today's issue of The Journal wherein he endeavors to criticise the governor's message upon the subject of thevala of dangerous weapons. Tre governor very properly recommended that permits should be required before a saie could oe made and that tha ap plicant should be examined as to his fitness and the right to purchase be denied to the drunkard, tha minor and the irresponsible person. Mr. CToner thlr.ks thls wouid b In violation of tho constitution. Mr. Crosw is not I fear, a careful student of the constitution. It provide aa follows: "The people shall have the right to bear arms for the defense of them selves and the state but the military shall be kept In strict subordination to tne civil power. ... wT.h'r I" nothing In tha constitution that prohibit, the legislature from in. ny reasonable regulation in .irard t the o ef irmi. for nv il J ih le"il1ure ha. enacted a law that no one shall be allowed to TSrE?n"eC?,,.;alwS- t prohibits the Inmate, of tails and the peniten tly from bearing ami It Hows the arms or persons Under surest to be token from him. In fact there is no prohibition In the constitution against any reasonable regulation of the mailt""- l..w1nll " they shall .have iMe rt(tht to bear arms. Vould Mr Cron-T may that this I provision would Men Plan to Amend so That Beer May printing bill to $60,000, as against $87, 000 under the preceding administration but' that at the time he would not an swer for the added cost of new work put Into his office. He points out that he has done the usual amount of printing within his appropriation, but that the new work has been heavy. This new work was caused by the creation of the railroad, forestry and banking commissions, the factory in spection department, Increase in the li brary . commission's work. Increase In the number of session laws printed, doubling of the biennial reports pub lished. A law was passed providing that Initiative and referendum meas ures should be mailed to all Voters, and authorising the secretary of state to hire clerks and buy postage out of the state printer's fund to mall these measures. The work was Increased In various other ways. These new changes Mr. Duniway reports, run tip to more than $86,000. . . Mr. Duniway points out that the cal endars for the 1907 session of the leg islature cost more than $8000 less than for the session of 1906, when Mr. Whit ney held to office. The bills and other documents for the 1907 session cost ap proximately $3700 . less than for the 1905 session. -Money was. also saved on printing the) house and senate Jour nals for 1907, though they were larger volumes than those preceding. Atten tion. is also called to many other sav ings practiced by the printer. Mr. Duniway calls attention to the great growth of the work demanded of the printer. Now any department may order aa much printing as it chooses. "It follows that the printing fund is a sort of grab bag, says Mr. Duniway. "No one lias any special interest in protecting it. No 'conservation com mission' turns an eye of compassion upon it. Because there are few limi tations on its use, the door of generous expenditure is open. Hence, annual and biennial reports are steadily growing in number, slse and expense to the state. This, of course, la not displeasing to the state printer, but It is a matter that should be remedied. Two methods suggest themselves: 1) Limit the number of words which each or any board, . department, or commission may use in its report, except statements of the expenditure of public money; or, (2) require each board, commission or. Institution which has an appropriation to meet its printing bills from Its own fund. It Is noticeable that, of f icials who have money to be accounted for are not so ready to spend their own ap propriation as to make a draft on the general printing fund. Also it would prove economical If the governor were authorised to name a censor to exam ine reports and omit from the printer's copy such portions as are of doubtful public utility." Mr. Duniway himself suggests re vision of the printing laws. give a 6-yoar-old child tha right to roam about the street armed with a loaded revolver The constitution on f. .,,ther liand expressly says that the military shall be kept in strict sub ordination to the civil power." That means that the civil power shall have the right to control in the matter. In other states restrictions are often placed upon the carrying of dangerous weapons. It is no new thing. Ir this matter our state is behind the times. Here tha thug, the hold vp man, the thief, the murderer. Is allowed to roam about at will armod to the teeth and upon the slightest occasion they seldom hesitate to use them If, they think they can escape de tection. The governor did not recommend that the people should be deprived of the right to bear arms or to own them, but that there should be a reasonable regulation thereof, such a regulation as would deprive dangerous persons of the r'srht to carry or own them and I do not think that any reasonable person would claim that the recommendation is a bad one. Hlnce Mr. Fisher was killed )n Portland there have been from 16 to IS murders and murderous assaults com mitted on this coast. In view of thtl I cannot understand how any reason able person can urge such flimsy'tech niealltles in order to defeat a measure that has for its object the protection of every man, woman and child in the state. If a man Is a decent, honorable man he would have no trouble in get ting a license or permit to buy and own a weapon and If he Is a danger ous thug, thief, drunkard or insane man he ought not to have the right. Mr. Croner admits that "distressing accidents and many crimes result from the careless or criminal use of fire arms.' But he claims that we are not without a remedy. What In it? "We can send the careless fool to the house of correction. The drunkard should be sent to the asylum. '.The crlmlnsl we can send to the . penitentiary or hang by the neck until dead." Yea, you can lock the barn door after the horse is stolen. Where would you send the man that Is killed? What gool would the house of correction, the ay lum and the penitentiary do him? Go over the list of these persons who have been stricken down and killed by Irre sponsible persons in Portland during the last yesr. It is a horrible list. It doubtless causea many persons who are strangers to the city to hesitate to visit the place for fear of being shot down or held up by some thug with a dan gerous weapon. Men have been ahot down at their own doorsteps. Pedes trians have been held up In the shadows along tha .principal streets, and why should not people who are unacqualnt i J with the city hesitate to visit tha plaje alnnfl! What wa tha county riee4!apw is a law giving courtiof the state the power to. canvass every district In it and ascertain the name of every peroot owning or possessing a dangerous weapon and require a license to be ob tained. This should aanly to ait- alike the merchant in bis . the preacher In his study, the lawyer In his office and all classes without discrimination. Then no one could complain. T. P.fHACKLEMiW. , WILL BUILD FOE :'...; LINN NEWCOMERS Albany. Or.. Jan. 21. A treat scarcity of houses suitable for dwelling purposes exists la Albany and the Albany Com mercial club has taken aetion that will undoubtedly result in an organisation to build house to accommodate tha flood of homeseekera who have set their faces this way. ' Thursday nine families arrived in tha city, and in a search of the cltv do suitable place could ba found in Which to house them. Tha lint. la mil boarding houses are filled to overflowing end some of these newcomers are put-tlna- up with all sorta of inconveniences. "There Is no use boosting the commu nity If we have to -turn away families when they come," was the expression of the governing board of tha local boost ing organisation. iriVaaa officially denied thaFtbe 157.900 models in the patent office at Washington, are to be destroyed, aa has been published ia soma quarters.1 . j L Y D I OF CITY Douglas ' Robertson, Who Shot Deputy Sheriff and .Wounded Policeman, Pays Penalty for; Crime in Mo bile, Ala. - (United Press bused Wirt.) Mobile, Ala., Jan. -28. At . 1 -.15 ' this morning a handful f of. determined men took a negro from the jail and lynched him In the heart or the city's resi dence district- The victim, Douglas Roberson. a mulatto, who on Thursday shot and killed Deputy Sheriff Philip Fetch and wounded another , policeman, was led from his cell in the county Jail W HIV yiKLW VL JTliUUIIIg. . Two men walked into 'the Jail and covered Deputy Sheriffs Mlllis - and Krausse with revolvers and commanded them to throw up their hands, accom panying meir oroer wun a aemana tnat tney open tne door leading to the cells. Ths deputies obeyed without resistance. Probably 20 more, in the meantime, had gone upstairs, leaving the two men to guard the deputies. Hater two of these came pack and demanded tne keya to the noneraon ceti, wnicn were given tnem. The negro was not heard to utter a word when his cantors started awav with him. However, before they had gone more than three blocks, he in some way extricated the gag from his mouth. Like a flash three revolver shots disturbed the quiet of the night and in a moment a large three quar ter inch rope was thrown across a limb and Roberson was hanged. PORTLAND 111 GET 2 CMS 7,000,000 Feet of Timber on One; 3,500,000 on the Other. (8peial Dispatch to The Joraal. Roseburg, Or., Jan. 23. The opening to entry of nearly 11,000 acres of land at -the United States land office In Roseburg Thursday was not attended by a heavy rush of applicants. Thirteen entries were filed and these in the ag gregate Involve less than 1600 acres, or a little over one seventh of the total acreage available. In reality 91,840 acres in ail were excluded from the re serve, but of this 80,000 acres were covered either by entries or railroad scrip prior to Its Inclusion In the TJmp qua national forest by President Roose velt's blanket order of March i. 1907. Little of the land thrown open Thurs day Is valuable for either agricultural or timber purposes, This accounts for the small number of entries. The ban ner claim, situated In Benton county, and containing: 7.000.000 feet of timber. was covered by a homestead filing by Roscoe A. Wall, 748 Lovejoy street, Portland. The nedct best timber claim was also captured by a Portland man, Homer G. Holland, a telegraph operator, stationed irr the Fen ton building. He filed a timber entrv on a quarter sec tion in Benton county containing $, 600.000 feet. A Coos county man, W. Weekley, homesteaded 80 acres of bot tom land, which he will convert Into a dairy ranch.. All of the other claims filed on are of inferior character. THREE CAUGHT AT TELEURIDE i ii I Man, Woman and 4 Year Old Child Killed at the Mamm6th Mine. (United Press Leased Wire.) Tellurlde. Colo.. Jan. 13. Mrs. Carl Hoadlev. Cable Collins and Collins' 4- year-old daughter Irene were killed out right in tha Mammoth boarding house at the Mammoth mine, which was struck by a snowellde, this morning at o'clock.. . Joe Collins, Sam Collins. Mrs. Cable Collins and Carl Hoadlev barely escaped With their lives. Joe Collins and Mrs. Cable Collins were se riously injured,, but will recover. MRS. ATHERTON'S- CASE . IS MOST DISGUSTING (Hearst Cable. Edinburgh, Jan. S3. Mr. Atherton was comDelted to testlfv in' the fitlrllna divorce case this- afternoon,. She sub mitted to a humiliating-examination. In which she was compelled to admit that ner real' age is 18, and confessed to misconduct with Captain Yarde-Bullr, Lord Churstonson. while her husband was suing ner ror divorce. Mrs. Ather- (on aeniea an tn rharroa nr mi. conduct With Stlrllnar thut. wera maria oy ner rrencn mam and Htirttnsrs nurae. Bhe, would not admit of any evil con duct anywhere, plausibly explaining every accusing Incident. , It was her giayiui son, sne explained, who placed tirllng's pajamas and handkerchief In her bed. She said she did not know how old she was when she married Colonel Atherton in 18t. : "You were In love with Yarde-Buller inrougvioui your married llfei" was asked. . .. When Mrs. Atherton apnea led to the juo against answering, tae judge com pelled ner to aamu mat wnil ah was living with Colonel Atherton aha In. duced Yarde-Buller to promise to mar ry' ner lr Ainerion divorced, her, and laiawiiuucitu iicrmi who lis capiam. Frequently the lawyer asked . the oeauiy ir sne inougnt it was proper durln-- the period otT her misconduct tq oiwi niii M-tyic. jars. Ainenon pre tended to .misunderstand the question. COMMERCIAL CLUB V AT WHITE SALMON - " V. ' v (Special riUmttcti to Th Joornsl.) - WTnita Silmnn Wah t. ' business men of White Salmon have or ganised a commercial club, with 20 charter members. A. H. Jewett I pres ident and J. Morgan Lewis secretary. The club will take np tha work of forwarding Improvements in the town and its Immediate viclnitv. oanar-lallv along tha linea of opening, grajjlns and aravmwis new sirens,- me projected building of an electrie railway from White Salmon us - tha vallav . will . lu. pushed. It is a strong -organisation and wm accomplish much fwsi. HEAR CHILD BUREAU OF GOMM Conference at Chicago to ; Send Bill to Washington A. IV L. js Roasted. ., (United Press Leased Wire.) ' Chicago, Jan. 28. A -bill to establish a children's bureau 'aa a branch of tho department of the Interior,, for the In vestlgation of child labor-affairs and all others rotating to tha. health and gen eral .welfare of . the future ; citizens of the republic will be submitted to PresW dent Koosevelt for his SDDroval on Mon day, by a committee, representing the child labor conference, which closed here lonigni.- The iramers or tne Dili lert for. Washington tonleht - to meet the president. , The committee is headed by Judge '. Ben Lindsay of Denver and judge, Julian Mack of . Chicago, and, among others, includes the following: Professor Charles R. Henderson,, TJnl versitv: of Oreeron; nr. A. J. McKelwav of Atlanta; Miss Gene Gordon of New Orleans, and Miss . June Adams. Ttabhl Kmll Hirseh and Sherman Kmelev of The main - features of . the measure are as follows: ; - There shall be established a depart ment or tne interior to. be known , as the t children's bureau, which shall be under the direction of a chinf. to he ty tne president, with the concurrence of the senate, and who shall receive a eonpensation of $5000 a year. The bureau shall . Investigate and re port upon all matters pertaining to the weirare or cnuaren ana. child ureand shall especially investigate the ques tions Of Infant mortality. the birth rate, physical degeneracy, orphanage, Juvenile delinquency, desertion and il legitimacy, dangerous occupations, acci dents and diseases of children of the working classes, employment, legisla tion affecting children and such other facts as have a bearintr unon health. efficiency, character and training of children. The reports shall be pub lished. Secretaries, clerks, copyists and special agents shall be employed at a total cost of $f0,000 per annum. Tho act shall be effective immediately. oasts American federation. That the American Federation nt t-a- bor is not in accord with the work of the agitators against child labor and that it thwarted legislation la their be-, half in Louisiana was the charge made this afternoon by Miss Jean M. Gordon, Louisiana delegate to the child labor conference. The charge was made dur ing an address at the conference. "I am a unionist." declared Miss Gor don, "but I have lost faith in the assist ance which might come from the Ameri can Federation of Labor. It thwarted our plans in Louisiana and seems, to have drafted the bill .governing the limit of the work day, at the instigation or for -the ' Interest of the manufac turers. ' "Think of the shock when we Dresent- ed our bill for a nine hour day for women and children . and found that he federation was. before us with n bill asking for a 10 hour day. This much vaunted and great body of men, i working for the Interests of the wage earners, demanded a 10 hour day for women whose faces were worn with ufferina. want and nearlect and for children who were half developed, half tarvra, ana suriering irom disease. "At the same time, the federation asked and received an eight hour dav for railway clerks who sit down all day and simply push a pencil." "Educated for Idleness." Dr. Hutchinson of New York In a public statement cliaracterlsed public scnoois unaer tne present system as "developing the bulb at the top pf the child and letting the rest of him go to rot." "We are too slow," he said, " In getting away-from the old time Idea of schooling, which was calculated to turn children out as gentlemen. It de velops Idlers. We can't all be gentle men, mow t or us nave to wont. Tne average child requires less of the book training and culture and moray things to in mm I or ins uie worn. IS A TOTAL WRECK Four Master Soquel Pound ing to Pieces on Sea Bird Rocks. (Special Dispatch to Tha Journal. I Victoria. B. C. Jan. 83. The Amerl can four masted schooner Soquel. Cap tain jamiaaon, was totally wrecked on Hea Bird rocks, at the mouth of Pa chena bay, Friday night, close to the spot where the steamer Valencia was lost witn io lives exactly two years before. Tha Boquel was endeavoring to enter tna straits Dound rrora Callao, in ballast for Port Townsend. She struck just before midnight. In a high sea, and pounded until this morn ing, when she was seen from shore and Bam field - waa notified. Soon after striking two or ner maats went over board, the RDars Instantly kllllna- the wife and child of the captain and break ing the leg of one or the seamen.. The steamers Tees and- Lebro, bound north, arrived near Bamfield this morning and with difficulty rescued five, of - the crew, (the Lebro' s boat being swamped and the crew almost drowned before be ing rescued by, those In., tha boat, of tho Tees. Six of ths Soquel'a crew, Including the Injured seamen, were left on board over night to await daylight and tha return oi tne rescuers. The rive men rescued were taken from one ot the Sea Bird island rocks, which . they-.had" reached soon after the ship had struck.. The rock waa almost awash when tha ''men were taken oft,-Utterly exhausted , from exposure and cold.. They had succeeded in building a nre of drift wood - and wreckage, but It was-out " when they were rescued. . " The U. S. S. Manning left Tatoosh at 4:80 p. m. today, to- assist :ln- rescuing those still - on . board , the, i wrecked scnooner. She is standing by the wrecked ves sel, which is going ta pieces rabidly, with Captain Jaoiieson, four of the crew and the bodies of Mrs. Jamteson and child still aboard, .The- night Is. very dark and It will be Impossible to at tempt rescue before -daylight. The Man ning has the life saving crew . from Waddah island aboard: - "- MANY KNIGHTS TO : M BE INITIATED ." -v ' ' J . ' . ... l . Columbus will initiate a class of 75 can- aiaaies xnis ariernoon at the Masonic Temple. West Park and Yamhill streets.! Initiation ceremonies will begin at 1 o Clock promptly, and three degrees wlllj' be conferred. Members of the order ami's Drosaectlve initiates will man ifi,i Names hall, over 8t. Mary's cathedral-Si si 911 mis morning,. wnen they will form in line and attend mass In a 'body at the cathedral. Archbishop Christie will celebrate the mass. Leading officers of the order from ail over the northwest will attend the ini tiation exercises and banquet to follow these In the Mason io banquet hall. Following ia the program for the banquet: - v Toastmaster. J. N. Casey,' O. K., of Portland council; Invocation, Rev. E. V. O'Hara. chaplain Portland council; "The Holy Father," Most Rev. Christie, r. D : -Tha Rose Clty,LD. J. Malarkev; "Our Sister State," Dr. Henry B. Luhn, past state deputy. Spokane: FDlrlt of Knieht. hood." .William A. Munly; City by the-j o.a. junn v..MaB or Astoria; rhe Ladies," Charles B. Merrick, - - - COR 300 CITIZENS AT PROJECT Malheur . Government Irri gation Scheme Discussed by; Residents in .Vicinity of OntarioSuccess Seems : Assured. . : v ; I . .(Special Dispatch to Ths Journal) -6ntarlt, Or., Jan. 23. -More than $00 property, owners In and around' Ontario attended a mass meeting here this aft ernoon and evening to-discuss the Mai heur jfovernment irrigation project This project nas bcis agitated for the past three months and the government has signified Its Willingness to build, if the people show a desire, and guarantee to repay the cost of the project The roject inciuaes s lou.uuo acres in tne naka. Malheur and Owvhea river val. leys, and at the D resent time, owners of about 80,000 acres have expressed a Wish for the project 'Sneakers at the meet Ins- tndav were District Attorney J. W. MoCulIough. wno acted as chairman; M. Alexander of Boise, candidate this fall for gov ernor of Idaho; J. H. Lowell of Cald well, president of the Boise-Payette Wa ter Users' association: Walter Griffith of Caldwell, director of the committee working to secure this project. The project was considered and sur veyed four years ago, but abandoned because the many conflicting interests coma not do narmonixeo. - -' M. (Alexander said that the people her were the only people on the face of the earth at whose doors fate had knocked twice, and he feels sure the government will deal justly and fairly with every one. J. H. Lowell said the people should not bother about all of the details now, but settle the question and attend to the details as they come up.' -Walter Griffiths said the one Imnor- tant thing to do Is to sign the petitions. General enthusiasm for the project was expressea on an siaea. in earn everv land owner present, not already signed. went rorwara ana signed tne petition. The people feel assured tha project will De Bucceesiui. -, . BAR ALIENS IF All ARE BMED Solution of Jap Trouble Sat lsiies All Save Radi cal Antis. ' Sacramento; cai., Jan. Introduced in the assembly to prohibit an aliens irora owning land in Califor nia received a strong push towards pas sage today when former Mavor Phelan of San Francisco telegraphed from Washington to State Senator Sanford, stating that President Roosevelt would not offer objections to such a law if It were so framed as not to apply to any special nationality. The result of this message is that an amended measure will probably be passed by both houses. Sanford, who is he Democratic leader of the upper house, will propose that the blll.be amended to follow closely the Oklahoma law on the same subject, and to provide that there be no discrimina tion against any one nationality. San ford believes President Roosevelt's sug gestion will improve the bill. Assemblyman Drew, who Introduced a similar measure in the house, agreed to amend his bill when his attention waa drawn by Sanford to Roosevelt's tele gram. QUlett Controls Situation. V Governor Glllett. who haa steered , a middle course throughout the whole con troversy of the Japanese legislation, Is regarded by all as an extreme conserva tive, and now holds the whip hand. Pos sessing the power to veto, he could read ily put a quietus on any measure which he regarded as too radical. For that reason. It is not considered likely that the assembly will pass any bill that has not the governor's Indorsement. Glllett agrees with tha moderates of tne assembly tnat the anti-Japanese leg islation had better be dropped entirely. unless the federal government Is sat isfied. Jrle points out to assemblymen that, when all is said, it Is the federal government that -will have to bear the brunt of any anti-Japanese legislation nd the burden of radical measures will therefore fall on the shoulders of men who are not benefited in the least by mem. Bat Ho Soabt About aet. But while holdlnr decidedly conserva tive views on tne subject or direct anti Japanese : legislation Governor Glllett expresses' himself unreservedly on the necessity -of maintaining an adequate fleet in Pacific waters aa an Insurance of peace. 'You mar quote ma aa aavlna- that I am . satisfied we have got to look forward with eager expectancy to tha time when wa can maintain In ' tha waters of the Pacific, a good -strong iieei, saia, me governor toaay, "Existing- conditions demand It n'q will be a protection to our coast an to the commerce we hope and expect to build up in the Pacific ocean. We are making improvements everywhere, notably in the establishment of a naval station at Pearl harbor. In the Ha waiian Islands, arsj there are others In contemplation. - We-have got to be in a position to defend them. v We have ait Immense coast, running almost from the polar region to tha Mexican line. It is twice as long as our coast on the other side: so. while I recognise the edvlsabilltyvof maintaining the Atlan tic fleet, I can see no earthly reason wny we snouia not nave a x-acine fleet as weiL. , ! j-. u. ;'iVf' Build Cheaper oa raclfle. "And not a small! Insiarniflcant fleet either, but one or suincient strength to enable us to serve notice upon the world that we stand ready to maintain our standing among nations, commercial and otherwise. . . , 'We certainly must have additions to our navyyard. We ought to construct at "Mare island op elsewhere In San Francisco -bar a plant large enouih to construct and repair battleships, Aa m matter of business. If nothing else, we ought to nave one or tne oest, it not the beet, , equipped navyyards in the aountry, try.- We have demonstrated that ws can build cheaper here than at New York. The collier Prometheus, which was launched from Mare Island the oth er day, cost $35,000 less than her sis ter ship turned out from New York. ' "There Is another thing. When the Panama canal Is aa accomplished fact, the United States government will be In a position to load up tramp steamers to bring around all the steel and other material necessary for battleship .con struction. - Let's start ia right awa,y and be ready." ' A professor of tha University of Ber lin who is lecturing in this country be lieves that the Alps have been moved t9 miles south from their original lo cation and nerved Into their present form by glacial action. " - f - wsmw STATE PRINTER 'S TRAI Baffled Anti-Statement No. 1 Crowd ; Would Like to Hang Willis SDunk -way's, Scalp at Their Belts -in Revenge for. His, Opposition to Their Schemes. t'.i .!- -. ' : ' . . ' - ' . . - ' ,-'.' To exempt beer from the 'application . To exempt towns of 8000 or mare In habitants, from the-, Jurisdiction of the To do awav with iointura hf nreclncts or districts In local option, elections. To (restrict local option elections "In wet territories to .once in two years. To increase the percentage of voters required to raise the locaA option issue from- 10 to ,26 per cent., , This is the program of the brewers and the llquor interests of Oregon. Within av week or two weeks at the longest, it Is planned to- introduce a bill in the state senate, providing for ma mutsuuiiierit in. tne local option law in these particulars, which changes if allowed by the legislature,, will pull most of tha .teeth of tha law, and dull those which 'remain, -j .. - .?...;.:, .. . s Sop Mas Interested. the brewers of the state are' Inter ested In the changes. With them is Conrad Krebs, who grows more , hops than ' any other man in the state, and back of tba leaders are - the rank and file of the brewing Interests of Oregon and the bulk of the hopgrowers of the Willamette valley.. - , Since the legislature - convened, the salaried secret agent of the Portland brewers has been at Salem, indefatig able In shaping things for the prospec tive launching of the anti-local option bill. With him -have been assistants now and than, but for the most part he has been, apparently, working alone. Conrad Kreba haa been in evidence, too. And other hop men, all working to pave the way for the successful extraction of tha teeth of the local option dragon, which, ridden by the Anti-Saloon league. Is blowing its dry breath over ever widening stretches of Oregon territory. Br Wilson Balks. ' The brewer's agent Is tho field gen eral who Is directing the fight. Ho. it waa who arranged a meeting between Rev. Clarence True Wilson, as a spokes man for the local optlonlsta, and several of the big brewers, at which amend ment of the local option law was dis cussed. Dr. Wilson was willing to see the dragon 'lose one, or - possibly two small teeth, but when tha brewers went after the eye teeth, the incisors and moat of the molars, he balked. When he went back into tho breeching the brewers lost their first skirmish, fori 150 HUNGRY PORTLAND'S Institution, Founded by W. G. MacLareri Feeds,' Clothes, ' Houses -and Finds Employment for the Unfortunates 1 Out of Luck Also Without Money or Friends; ; Settlna table for 160 hungry men three times a dav Is one of the duties of tha "head -waiter" at the Front street home for unfortunates called the Port land Commons. . Every evening between 5:30 and t o'clock 150 free bowls of soup with bread are served out to men who can t afford to purchase a meal. Every morn ing from. 5:30 to 7:30 breakfast, con sisting of mush and coffee. Is given away, and every noon an tne way rroni 100 to 800 "unfortunates" are fed. Tha institution where this takes place waa founded nine months ago for the sola purpose of benefiting the lower and poorer class of mankind. It was be cause Portland had no place but a dirty, grimy, sometimes filthy city Jail where a man our or iucx ana aowncast might go to spend ms evoaings instead oi at soma north end ' resort, which usually lands him in the city jail anyway that W. (1. MacLaren founded the "broad line" In Portland and called It the Port land commons. A Horn for ths Homeless. . Thara It Is that the afflicted, down trodden, drunkard, vagrant and even the ex-convlct may go and find comfort wnea ail the world seems against him. Not only does he find comfort, but he finds a good warm meal waitlnsr him and if ha haa no place to go, a bed In a Dig room wun many otners. . ' ---Tha Portland Commons is located on the northeast corner of Front and Burnslde streets. It occupies the whole threa floors of tha building with the ex ception of a few store rooms down stairs. In tha basement which' Is- neatly kept, well lighted and -warm, are about 36 bunks where the outcast Is allowed tot sleep the first night be puts in an appearance. If he is out of work, has no money and no chance of getting any, ha la allowed to remain In the nouse just like a regular boarder in a first class hotel with Plenty of funds, until work is- secured for htm or ha finds it himself. Vntu . then it costs him noth ing and afterward It costs him Just What ha can afford. If ha cares to stay. If a man comes to the Portland Com mons without money, no matter who ba la, he ia, taken in. No one has ever fieen turned away. The fellow Is taken n, gtvan his supper and then shown to me room in the basement, if he carea to stay all night.' There ha meets1 a number of others and tha next morn ing all are questioned.,. -:.:- C-l B Unsatpioyed, . f It Is ascertained who is out of a job, what ha ean do or has done. -and fust a little general history about him. Then air. atacijaren sets out to try to lino work for his sruests. This Is the hard est task of the borne- finding work for tne unemployed. . how to io- it? Soma of tha men are ex -convicts and It seme that no matter how badly in need of a man the employer may be. he resents a convict Then, there are others who are Just out of luck. "No money, no Job, ' as tne poilca say when they arrest a Vagrant, and it's hard to find It for them. . - If no work Is found tha first day tha man is allowed to remain in tne nome. He Is given a bath, clean elothlnsr and a little better bed. He has passed the first grade, tie is better known and he is made to know that he Is a per manent fixture until something Is found for him to do. In the meantime he helps around the home, waits on the table, keeps up - the firs , and makes himself - generally useful. : - , Finally work Is' found and tha man whose turn it ia or who Is best fitted for the openinar is selected for- th job and In most cases he makes good. This Mr.-MacLaren attributes to the fact that the lnatitution makes friends with tha men It comes in contact with and when the men leave they stay friendly. They attend-tha meetings, become interested, go to tha mission ar.a nearly, always are Influenced by sur roundings to Industry. - f .AiirM lhM aia fhnM m'Vi a am to the old ways. Mr. McLaren has aJJfKAJrX BJXBT V. &D. CCOnm. nXln Inrltallnn with Ka n- n 1 . thTSufa penitentiary fV TherVnyicT; when then terms expire. ' Not Jong trn I two men were released. They cam, to I Portland but were arrested oa a charge 1 Dr. Wilson told the anti-saloon people what was -up and now there Is much burnishing of .buckles, and sharpening of awords for the impending fray witb the demon rum. ' . V - , . :Wfcat the Brewers Want ' iThe brewers ' Wanttq amend the law in several ways from the. middle, Thev want to fix it .so 'that a -.local option election with a local option victory dry up . the' whiskey .-and wine, 'and ?ln and rum, but still allow the beer o froth and flow.-" That ia one of the chief - changes they desire. k ' ' ' They want to exempt all towns of 8000 or more from the exercise of the local option law, , letting these" places decide the wet or dry question as their councils or their voters decide. At-tha same time they want no city to east a vote in a county election and they do not want two or more precincts, counties or districts to be joined on a local option issue. They want the ratio of 10 per cent of the legal voters now required to bring up the local option question raised to 85 per. cent. , - - ..!-.; . ; . v-. Declare for Biennial Elections. , They want, and they are Insistent and somewhat fair about ithia, to have tha local option people restricted to one elec tion In two years for any particular dis trict, As 'the law now Is, the antj-ea-loon forces can call up the local option question every time there Is an elec tion, -if Iheyare not .successful, whlls tha pro-saloon forces must shrivel and dry for two years If they are beaten. In this contention the brewers are ask ing for an even break with their oppo- nents. .V - Over these desires thara will be' a bitter fight In the senate, and maybe Jn the house. The Din embodying alt these amendments will appear in the senate and will have to take its chance there first. The anti-saloon league Is planning to . assassinate the measure, while it Is yet in its infancy. If It eludes them and aoes th'rousrh tha sen ate safely, they will pursue it through me nouse. were u to again escape, they will besleare It In the coventor's office, and should -his veto ax not end its existence tney will appeal to the referendum. ' - They already have their plana mapped out. While the question is being set tled there-will be things doing under tha dome at Salem. MEN FED IN BREAD LINE -.: of highway robbery, convicted and are now back in the state prison. Whea they were put in Jail they sentfor M. McLaren and they told him their story "We thought we'd Just have one; night of it before reforming." they saJd, faml we got to drinking and held up a man. Now we're going back to the peniten tiary." . f, - . On the other hand, there are many who have come to tha home - by wny of the bread line and are nair holdinar positions of trust and rsponstbillty. fwo ex-convicts were secured positions last week. Where tha Money Comes rrora. 7 Tha finances of tha institution come from the men themselves for the most part although now and then interested oitlzens donate sums to help tha cause along. - Tha foreign consulates purchase tickets' from the institution and pass them out to hard-up subjects. The sec ond and third floors of the building are furnished after the fashion of a rooming house and when a man receives work through tha Institution and cares to remain In the house, as many of them do. ha pays from 10 cents to i$ cents a day. or mora If he can afford It for accommodations. , . : During tha last nine months J287 beds were furnished free of charge, H03 meals ware given away, 110 ; positions were, secured and hundreds of garments and shoes were given to tha need v. On Christmas , day ' 400 men ' wera served with' meals tfkd 25-baskets of food were aent out lo hungry families j During the time that the lnatitution has been In existence the expenditures-" have been but 156i for all expenses and th receipts have been I KOI. Most of that sum roes for building rent al though that is comparatively small through ' tha kindness of th owner. Allen Lewis." Food comes next At present ' an average f 150 loaves of bread and SO gallons of soup are given away every night ' , ' ' "'.- - At I7S Cabl street ther la a branch of th Portland Commons for women, where tha same work-is being conduct ed. Tha Institutions work in conjunc tion with th Olive Branoh mission, a nonsectarlan , religious, organisation., i " One Of tha most Int.restihsr feature. of tha work with both men and women Is tha fact that they seem to appre ciate what Is being done for them. In very jew instances do they violate a trust In this Mr. MacLaren says .that they are different from the same classes In the eastern states, where the tramp is more accustomed to living off ; the earnings f others. Ths western man la bigger hearted, says Mr. MacLaren. A logger was taken ia at the home re cently. He appreciated what was, be ing don for him. He secured work for an hour or so on day for which he was paid . 0 cents.; He Immediately came and gave 25 cents ef it t the cause which had helped him, tat be used in helping others.., ,s . Only two - instances : of theft have taken place. - One one fellow stole an other's shoes, leaving his own, " and once a guest traded hats with a bed mat during the night Precautions are taken, against this new.- . In . tha work the institution ' solicits the Indorsement of th people of ths City and -ask. that the publio assist It as far as possible In securing work for the men and by so doing help "to create a higher standard among them. : Steps are now being taken to bring the matter before the city council to ask for an appropriation. u , ' ' ' . . ' . . Th latest thlnr In th electric light line is a mercury vapor, lamp 'with a Suart ub ln ls globe, rated at 200 candle power. , . ?""0,, . " Admission t, reserved seats. $1.60. ' Ticket at CadweTI's and siiu,'. t Skating Suspended for One "Night Only! Wrestling