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THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, ' TIIUESDAY EVEIJING, DECEMBEH 8. 1310. JOURNAL AN IV! F.rOoENT NEWSPAPER. Jackson. ....Fobll-shw wntnis r"pt Sondar) a4 momtnit at lit ionnial BoiM- i .. ii ami VaiBhiU fU-eeia. I'orUmsd. Or. r1 at tlii potof flee t Portland: Or., ft .i-Moo ttrougb tba aila rcool -clisi f,. i-:rn0XKS. . Main, T173; Horn, A-WW1. A ) r.pnannirnta rfebi by tlxwe Bomtw. i 11 the operator what departroeat ytrnwant. 1 ' V ADVERTISING BKt KKSKNTATIVB, ,i.in A Kmtoor BrnnrwKi miming, : "f iun wnue, New .Xoril KWZ-08 Bvo building, Chicago. :- ';. la tnyed Slate, tanad. r Melioo; . .. n rear ...fS.OO ) One month.. ...- M ST7XDAX. .;..-; -!'v- On .12.50 I On Bxxitb $ -S DAILY AND SUN DAT. On yr........$T.S0 4 On moot .86 Every man carried with him the world la whien ne most live, the stage and the scenery for his own play. F. ; Marion Crawford. ' THE SflLWAUKEE , , -T IS MANIFEST desthrr for the 1 Milwaukee road to seek entrance I to- Portland and Oregon. Wheth . er that entrance is Bought &s BOg pfsted by published accounts, re mains to, he seen.-Vr:,:H'f' t::''i-t-But, like all railroads,' the . MJt waukee seeks traffic, and Oregon has traffic. Oregon not only has a vast traffic now. but Is going to' have much more. It has huge timber re sources that are almost untouched, and they are ' resource ' that' the world ) wants. They are resources capable of, producing a traffic . to keen several railroads busy for 100 rears. They comprise 400,00(1,000,- 000 feet, and constitute the largest area of standing timber In any state of the union. - This is but one item In the huge traffic Oregon offers transportation lines. To seek a part of it Is a proper and profitable quest for the Milwaukee road: ',' , The Milwaukee Is already, on the coast, but not in Portland, the great est future clearing house of traffic on the coast It Is one of the richest railroads In the country, and one of the best managed. - After spending millions lit coming to within 60 miles of Portland it would be unfitness for the Milwaukee to stay out of this city. Its present traffic arrangement with the Ilarriman lines the Har- rirnan. lines being its own obvious competitor cannot be permanent It is not an arrangement that a rail road of the type Of the Milwaukee will long adhere to, especially when bo rich a prize as the traffic of Ore gon lies a mere 60 'miles away from one of its own Pacific termini. It is the logic of railroad strategy for the Milwaukee to enter Portland, With its own .trunk line penetrating the north. Pacific coast, it would be tactical stupidity for it to remain outside of so splendid a territory as Oregon. Its advent may be Imml ' nent, or may bo postponed. If it does not come tomorrow, it will Borne other day - - j SUGGESTIVE ITIFPTC -Is ft vanlne tr cfmot Icar companies In an ordinance .'that i has , appeared before the San Francisco board of super visors. ; It prohibits the collection of more than a three cent fare from strap hangers. It makes collection of a greater, fare a misdemeanor, and provides penalties. No. prof i sion is tnade for the collection of the additional, two cents in case the strap' hanger secures . a seat before reaching the end of his journey. . Street car people should be" made wise by ,the"appearance of tbis plan"; h is not so much the bill as the spir it It ref lects that they should ob serve. The great public is patient and long euffering. It hangs year and year out to street car straps and permits itself to be crowded, jostled and elbowed..' It remains good humored nd uncomplaining for a long period until some day, somewhere and somehow, it angers. It was such an' anger after such a period of good temper that yielded the French ! revolution," and r the French revolution vr-- a tremendous ly greater enterprise tuan a revolt against a street car company's indis cretions, f t Wise street car managers have an eye on the comfort of the public as well aa on i the size of dividends. W'henerer ; a - public r;makes up i its mind that it has been plucked, it "will be too late for the carrier to be pen itent. It s, easier to, dam a brook than a , flood an'dl 7; the prudential traction manager Is wise who gives enough service and seats to keep the patrons In a kindly mood. The three cent strap-hanger fare is sign, that the traction magnates in San Fran cisco have been over' zealous In pil ing up dividends and too little 'In tent on the public's convenience' - .a noox to Tirn rmLippiJfES riHE benefit of 'freer trad tor 1 the Filipinos half , the lloaf they were entitled to is now apparent. And the ' United Ftatos has reaped . benefit also Pre. i'-'nt Taft did excellent work In In- tiisHng on a reduction of duties on I hihppino Imports Into the United f fates, and on Imports Into the is Lndx. ' , - ' The total collections accruing to the insular government increased mora than $100,000 during the last fiscal year; while our custom' 're ef ipis on account of ' Philippine jm j ortatlons incrvawid r by about ; the tame amount. The value of philip I in o r-f g -ttftd n mrttmteti to" $ 7 C, NS;777, an increase of $18,109,837, tports xceedlng , imports by .more n $3,000,000.; : Trade with the United States Amounted to $2&,52t,-i that he received $1500 for his vote 549. as ajralnst 114,947,903 the pre- for United States- senator. -ceding year;. it almost doubled. The - .City-councils in large cities, state United States took nearly one-halt legislatures and congress itself have the islands' products, three times as much as France, the next largest buyer , principally of copra.1;. The hemp exports from .the Philippines were $17,404,922, - of which the United States r took; $10,399,307 worth, England buying most of the balance. We took sugar to the val ue of $5,495,797, the rest of the world to , the, value of , $7,040,690, Not only .the United States but a dozen or more countries bought more Philippine products than ever before. '.-,;. Collector McCoy at Manila says: "Imports from the United States increased in a wonderful way,1 both as to .the kinds of articles Imported and as to the total valne of the im portations; in 1909 'American goods formed 17 per cent of the total im ports, and, in ' 1910, 29 per cent, covering a greater range of articles than ever before. .The increase in American flour was 80 per cent, the total value 1 being $1,098,823. . In books, the increase was 100 per cent Cars and carriages . rose from $45,- 652 in 1909 to $197,004 in. 1910; cement, from' $276, to $103,078; fish, from $86,987. to $33.8,631; manufactured tobacco from- $2211 to $120,491; perfumery, from $12, 537 to $46,lll.f;i Coffee imports in creased 750 per cent; linens, 1000 per cent; fruits, over 100 per cent; leather manufactures, 95 per cent; mineral oils, 90 per cent,, and canned .meats, 100 per cent; and there were increases in many other articles. S " ' , . - , . - Here is a convincing object les son showing the benefits to all par ties concerned of freer trade. .Pro hibitive duties - are , death ', to torn- merce. ..... .. AFTER ' FOKTT YEAKS ,"" I T WILL BE almost criminal if the coming legislature' neglects or refuses to give us a practical and effective system for build ing roads. There is no use to at tempt a patchwork plan. ; We have patched, repaired,' substituted, and subtracted for 40 years, -and the. net result is failure. We have repealed, amended and changed road laws, ses eipn 'after : session, but never with that business-like foresight: that spells efficiency. We have made the criminal blunder of looking upon the roads as a sort of unimportant side issue entitled to little or no consid eration 'and have legislated accord ingly. In road building and road legisla tion, we have done little or nothing that we should have done, and 'have done most of the things that should have been left undone. The net result la that, after 40 years of . desultory ef fort, we are not far from where we began, dragging ' the same old loads over the same old "roads that are deep with dust. 'in the Bummer and' heavy with mud In the winter. ' The time has come for a change. It is a day of Intelligence, and non intelligence is failure. , As we have learned the "meaning '.of - sanita tion, of applied electricity and other v modern ' forces, so - we have come to know .tbe -value . of tbe roads of l civilization, s We ' know that lffwe had applied it intelligent ly, the same money we have Repent on them would1 have given us Toads over which we could haul double the load in shorter time. We could move our products to market in any season and at a half or a third "of the present tost. .. We could save $2,- 000,000 every year in Oregon alone. Railroads will be- built into every section of Oregon. C We have more railroad construction . promised in the next five years, than any. other state in the union , except Montana. We all point to the railroad activity with great glee. But are' not the country roads just as important? Do not the products have, to be hauled to the railroad station over a country road? BOSS LEGISLATION SLUSH' FUND Of $300000 was spent in the effort to beat the Hughes anti-gambling bill in the New York legislature. ' The A fact was brought to light last week by the legislative inyesUgatlng com mittee The money was spent by the Metropolitan , T,urf . association. The proof appears ' in the books of the association, produced In' court at the instance ; of the committee. The names of the- men i to whom the money was paid and the amount each received are revealed.' The money spent" was contributed by, the Met ropolltan v Tnrf association and the bookmakers, more than $250,000 by tbe .former and $50,000 Jy the lat ter. . Fortunately for; the ..name of legislation, Governor Hughes was strong enough in this instance to de feat the purpose of this extraordi nary slush fund it la notorious that . a law making gambling a felony was beaten at one session, of the Oregon legislature by use of money." .The open, statements in he jiress were that the gamblers went to Salem with $20,000 and the subsequent, developments Wore that tbe bill was killed. In like manner, the trail of the slush fund runs through many a legislative chamber,' Forty-five thou sand " dollars was paid1 to Senator Foraker for his influence in defeat ing in congress legislation opposed by Standard Oil. An Illinois legis lator recently confessed that he was paid $750 for. Jackpot legislation, and 1500 for. his vote In the. "fur niture contract" deaL . r Other members of the same legis- Jatnre testified th sfiaflifumiT for' sliEilar , votesr the ceremony .taking ' place in a . bath room in St, Louis. In Mississippi the other day a state senator .confessed furnished abundant instances of leg lslation - by purchase. There, has been so much of it that the surmise Is general than many men seek such positions, not for the honor 'or the salary; but for ' the subterranean profit ... Is there any wonder that states and ; cities everywhere are struggling " for the ' power : under which the electorate can legislate? What an. argument for such a sys tem is the black record of the $300, 000 spent with the New York legis lature in the- effort to .beat the Hughes racing bill? 1 , . TnETR PATRIOTISM HE REPUBLICAN : insurgents . have-- notified President Taft that they will oppose cpnfirma ' tion of objectionable nomina tions for the supreme court vacan cies. Heavy, issues hang on these appointments, and all oyer the coun try there' is subdued Interest, in, the question of who may be named. . .Oregon with its initiative and ref erendum ' pending before the court has . deep .. concern in the outcome, tor, npon the views of the new. Jus tices ; might depend 'the decision as to whether or not direct legislation is constitutional. If' ' the. -principle should be held to be tn conflict with the federal constitution, the popular laws enacted under it in this state would become .void and confusion and chaos would result. ' The direct primary, the corrupt ; pTactlcea act and many other Important measures would, go glimmering, and the state be thrown back into the old political conditions. ' ' In numerous other etates where the system has been adopted, the wheels of progress would be turned back. and the mo'vement for popular government be checked if not de- stroyed. Few things could happen that would be fraught, with greater peril to the country. - ; Popularized government is a safe ty valve for the gathering conditions in the nation. It is a means with which to eheck the rising: power of money and i ; combination. There must be something to counterbalance the colossal and constantly . develop ing aggregations of capital, aggrega tions ao strong that only govern ment Itself is' able to dispute with them. Greater political power in . the hands of the people is both a defense and a safety valve, and It would b most , unfortunate If the initiative and referendum principle, should be overturned ; ; by a . court decision. This renders the issue of who are to be the new Justices a matter of deep concern. - ? It the Republican Insur gents are active in asking the ap pointment of "Justices' who will be Just, they, are giving mv another ex ample of that patriotism that is a precious national asset. ' - . IF THEY FILIBUSTER I TIS SCARCELY believable that tne Democrats , m congress ; win flMbnster for the purpose of fore- lng an extra session. It is. not a course that , intelligent . Democrats will pursue. , . ' , The countryhas, turned for the moment to Democracy because it could not get what it wanted from the stand pat Republican congress. It made the change in deep serious ness, and expects results. , It does not want a filibustering session, now or hereafter, but is m quest of leg islation ihat will bo. aa fair with the public as It is with privilege. It is not for the Democrats to de termine' whether. or. not, 'there shall be a special session. That is a mat ter that la entirely in the hands of the president;: He has read the elec tion returns. He knows that the country had ; repudiated the Payne Aldrich tariff. , He has felt in the White House the jar of the political nnheaval before which the standpat majority In the present congress crumbled. , j ' ' ' j Having thns heard from the coun try, it is for Mr. Taft to determine whether or not there should be an extra session. It is Mr. Taft who is president, and it is the presiden tial prerogative to call or not call extra sessions. - Democratic filibustering at this time would . be Democratic futility, It would be a first step in throwing away, the splendid opportunity the country has placed in Democratic hands, f It would ' at once discredit Democratic leadership and throw barriers in the way of future Demo cratic, possibilities. v4 v: i At best the new congress win have a rocky road to traveL The task set before it is to modify the tariff with out disturbing business ; and, it, is i superlatively' difficult undertaking. It will be a hopeless task if the. be ginning of it is' to be a season of filibustering opera bouffe. EVOLUTION OP. .WOMEN T HE STATEMENT of Dr. Dudley A. Sargent of, Harvard univer sity that women are growing In strength, physically as well as mentally, has caused many , oth er statements, some sensible, .more of them nonsensical, about women becoming more like men in physique as well as in their activities and 'as pirations. . What Dr. Sargent states is only what , was . to be expected in conse quence of the fuller, "; freer mental and physical life that woman enjoys in rocont years. 1 !Ie' expressed the hope, however, that woman's progress it some women , could control , the destiny of their sex, but the mass of women, It may ' be confidently - be lieved, will remain feminine la all essentials to the end of the chapter. Most of them are wise enough to discern that a man-woman is an un desirable, unlovable creature. That women should invade spheres of activity formerly monopolized by men was natural and Inevitable, un der changed conditions, and there 6ught to be no objection to this, but It remains;: true that wifehood, motherhood, homekeeping, ., domes tic, concerns, are and must ever be woman's most natural, and im portant sphere. . And not many among them will make any effort to become "mannish." , Under a bill being prepared and that will be Introduced and urged in the next legislature, ? it Is provided that convicts shall be put to work at making and repairing roads, This is yery important matter, and It Is none too early for: members to be taking it under consideration and informing themselves regarding the merits . of the plan. How; convicts shall be employed-r for all. agree that they must be employed Bome how has long been a troublesome question. Perhaps, thla la the. best solution of It There appears to be a growing sentiment In many states in favor of road -building by eon- victs, and the arguments in Its favor seem ' to outweigh the objections to it ' :. " " . , Indications that the Chicago, Mil waukee & St Paul railroad is deter mined to get into Portland, and that at as early ' & day as possible, In crease. It has long been clearly per ceived that ; Portland ; must be the ohJective . terminal point of thls great system, which ; will be another large factor In . the . continually in creasing growth of this city. . Declines to Debate, Bai Portland, Deo, . 3.--TQ the Editor of The Journal will you allow me space for a few words In reply to C W. Bar sea, state secretary of the Socialist party, who has challenged m In your columns to debate Socialism?" I beg to decline, for the following rea sons: First, debate is a quesuonaoie method of advancing the' truth of any proposition, since In such a spirit of rivalry the motto is, anything to beat your opponent,' quite regardless of fact and fairness, . Then, too, X make It a "practice never to draw others on to vio late their own principles, and competi tion is the thing which Socialists most denounce, and I' should be doing wrong to participate in a competitive effort with them. Again, I am wholly un skilled in debate, while the Socialists make debate their business. This would give them-unfair advantage ;; ; Being, however, lust a woman In the crowd, X wish to give her a few. of the many .reasons why I am not a, Socialist, and why I bellevo- that sociaust princi ples can not triumph.' : ' f I have had extensive experience as a worker for .wages, and that experience has caused me to prefer the minimum of bosses And because the term wages is one of the. red 'rag before the So- tlallst bull, I "Will defln my mm of the term by saying ' that feverybody ; now works, and always will work for wages. In the sense of working for som mate rial reward . to . himself ; BTrery right minded person: also, works for tbe sake of the usefulness, of. the. thing he is do ing; but there is legitimately a double motive in all work, apd personal reward ts one of the objects." ?, r..;-i--:r, -.?v. In my time I have worked: for,. whole school districts, for large corporations, and fof private concerns with a single bead,' and I have-found that It is prefer able to work for the latter. In state or government employ, s and under large corporations and : business . concerns, there are bosses, sub-bosses, sub-sub- bosa, and so on, and the farther the employe gets from the responsible (head ox tne concern ine zaruier ne gets irora appreciation and even are Justice. . It Is this which tends to make government employes lary and unwilling to do more than they must. ? -They know they will be likely to recerv little if any recogni tion for their best service, and that even justice will fall them because they are too remote from the man responsible for .the whole and so If Ji not strange that they do. .not hurt, themselves work ing. (That a head and intelligent direc tion every business must have no one will dispute.) .- v .:,:,. t ".. J- ' That the Introduction of Socialism Is going to turn people Into angels of the highest heaven who utterly lose them selves in their love of serving humanity, is a thing I am skeptical about, because I find It in my own heart, to need the two motives mentioned in order to do my best work and thoroughly enjoy It To be sure, government work must be done, and as things now are big business must also have its servants. It is a good thing there are those who feel com pensated for the injustices suffered in such, service by the honors tbey receive. I On the other hand, It Is the best thing left In the industrial world that there are still private concern,.; with few em ployes, engaged in supplying the needs Of mankind. And though I knw that the appearance is just now tne other way, yet I have the faith to believe thla kind of , business is going to - increase until It again predominates, because It affords' largest scope for. individual Initiative .and rot the diversity which enriches life; for after an, business is for the sake of man, and man is indi vidual character or he ts nothing As man develops he comes to see i more truly his real needs -and that they are deeper than mere food, clothing and shelter. $ VTMn the work of . the wtorM becomes properly . individualised again, tbe old terms of master and servant will again become honorable, for the Social ist bull will have gone his way to the slaughterhouse; i in the meantime, he is a useful animal, ' provided nobody ex pects anything except destruction from him. ..'-.',"'.';- '- :y:;;.v,'.,1.f.L.-'. ; Give the land back to man, as tbe ingle tax. will do. and all that govern ment can -do witl have been done to equalise opportunity and our economic reformers will have lost their occupa tloiuV": XCOENBILA WTLUAMS. - , f . , .,. ,) ........ n ' ' , iiXiH Personal liberty. ' .' ' Portland. Deo.' S. To the Editor of The Journal-i-I read in tonight's Issue pf Th;Journal a communieatloh from a certain; Neal Innaan. who makes an awful noise about the smoking habit, and asks, "where her personal liberty Is," : when she cannot enter street cars or walk on the sidewalks, without com ing in contact with "creatures of the semblance of men. puffing away- at cigars, cigarettes or pipes. The poor girl (T) meets them in the elevators, &lsd,"afid In" the churches," where they are fortunately not allowed to smoke, but nevertheless, tormented her. with their "foul breath, laden with the recently smoked" something, The same poor girl "loves to breathe the pure air of hcavea Letters From tke People J tncontamlnated by any foul .lr," but she remain In the city tn epite of It all, although she mnt know that the city air cannot possibly be uncontarninated. I would like to give thla over-sensitive, tender person a grood advlre. Stay at home, dear girl. In the purified heavenly atmosphere, that no 'doubt reigns su premo there. ; The everyday people, at least the men, are too course-grained, too worldly, too human for you. "When you mingle with the crowd on the streets, you do It at your own rlsH. No one compels you to sacrifice your per sonal liberty in euch a reckless way. Yotf ar always In danger of meeting persons smelling- 1 from tobacco or whisky or cabbajre r onions -some peo ple might object to yourself on the sasM grounds, . bo far aa eatables are concerned. Perhaps you are chewing, gum. Lots of people cannot bear the eight Of girls everlastingly chewing,: like ruminating heifers, but If they are sensible, they do not complain of their personal liberty beig In any danger on that account Nobody is cruel enough to rob you of your liberty to go where you pleas, or remain at borne, when, the habits of th world are offensive to you. The best place for you Is evi dently borne or heavn. . : KKNST SKAXiSTEDT. OF Coats Doesn'V Mind Wounds Received From Birds of Blue Blood. . Scars are often : honorable blemishes and the scars of, W. M. Coats, of Van couver, B. C, one of the judges- at the Oregon rpultry and Pet Stock associa tion exhibit now on at Front and Bal, mon streets, are such. In fact, they are named for the towns In which they were received, : Mr. Coats'- is aa expert pn game and pit birds, being an enthusiast on the breeding of this special' class of the barnyard fowl. .;;;. -va . -'.a;; ;.. "See those scarsr Well 1 got that one Sere this morning,'' said Mr. Coats, "and the finest bird I ' have ever seen in flicted it ! It's no. Joke that when yon get a half dozen or dozen of those iron muscled birds In this pen at one time they almost tear the coops to pieces to get at each other and they .are .not par ticular where they scratch, spur or pick, ettbor. ... When a judge reaches into a pen the chances are ten to one he will run up against something sharp." : And to prove his assertion, Mr. Coats unwrapped the handkerchief from his hand displaying a bleeding . wound. . t "See that scar T: Well I got that one at Belllnghara, and that one, the double-cross I call It, I got at Tacoma, but the prize, winner is the. one I got here today. That win make a peach, of , a Scar.".'.'-.-V''V''';. ty;-:::--!? All the ribbons will be posted tonight The workof judging tbe exhibits, has been very slow, as there has been un ending confusion via the cards. . At 1 o'clock today several of the most im portant scores were very much la doubt The finest Barred Rocks ever shown here are on exhibition at this show. B. F. Keeney of Eugene, has obtained the best prises in cockerels and has been given the Butter-field trophy permanent ly. - E. C, BernUen of thiKene, tied for first place bo pullets, showing one of the finest birds In the display. J. C Murray, won the first cock . award and second for his pullet display. George Bpelght. of Hubbard Was a winner in tnis class. . , . ,"; , In the White Leghorn class the Cal kins poultry farm of Lents, secured-the trophy, for the host pen and best collec tlon, as well as several other prises, and the Industrial Poultry plant of RldjrfieW, ; Washv . sefrared first fer COCkS,-- . ..vv. .v ' -'f. W. M. Shands of Portland Is showing some elegant hens and pullets' in this class that have just been received front the east and which are due to win a lion's share of the awards for them. ' J. F. Richards of Milwaukee Is show Ing 60 pigeons and has won all the prlies for the birds he is showing. ; C A Matt of Portland, has won v all the prizes on the birds in the class in which his exhibit has been placed. The doors' of the show will be open until aie gaiuraay night , . . , OLD ARLINGTON CLUB IS SOLD FOR il 70,000 ' Pursuant to a "resolution adopted at a recent meeting of the Arlington Build. Ing comvanv. - tha old Arlins-tnn iinh property at West Park and Alder streets was sold at public auction yesterday afternoon and was bid in by Walter F. Burrell, representing the D, p. Thomp son company, for 1170.000. Th Tiro A. erty embraces a full quarter block eov- erea or a .rour . story,. brick building, which Was erected about :o years ago by the Arlington Building company as a home for the Arlington club. The effect of the sale of the property means the dissolution of the Arlington Building company, as every share of its stock was owned or held, by the D.' P. Thompson' comnanv. Th now become a part of the holdings of the DP. Thompson company. - -. . The only other bidder beside lit. Bur rell was Charles K. Henry, who dropped vui auier oiaaing 66,000. UNIVERSITY: GLEE CLUB PERFORMANCE PRAISED The following ia taken from the En gene Register on the UnlVApf nt gon Glee and Mandolin club concert and eouege "stunr- nignr which is to be given at th,e Heflig theatre, next Satur day nisrht Decern bar io . . " the Eugene theatre ias nigni, arter- witnessing the Initial concert of tlie Oreeon nin m-nA vr.n. dolln club were unanimous In their verdict that the nerf ormanc wm th best ever presented by a . similar or- gamzauon or the institution. , y.. "SclntHliting with humor, abotxndlng in new and clever songs, and full of fun, the club held . a large audience wmcn pacaea tne theatre, from the time the curtain JOit until It fell for the last , tune." poindexter Wants . . . M00RE MADE. JUDGE i ' ' ' (Daltee Free teasel Wire.! Washington, Dec 3. -Congressman MUes Poindexter of Washington today asked' President Taft to appoint Judge O. C Moore of Spokane to be Judge of the eastern district of. washlnffton.. ffirl JUhuaS'i:.B.ni-'iris'::::; Gladys Barricklow, 18 years old, who euddenly left the home of Mr. and Mrs. B. A. Mo Nicholas,-.! 600 .TamMll street,, last. SaU urday evening, returned home last night She had been with some girl friends at Arieta The girl explained that she met the girls down town, and had no way of sending word to the Mcrficholas fam. V . -TS SCHOOLS CQhiPETE III SELLIiJG SEALS Keen Rivalry Develops in Race for Honor. of Disposing , cf.MosL TTppn - rnmriptltinn . has develored among the schools of Portland for the sale of Red Cross seals. Each school is trying to make the record (of having sold the most seals and thus having contributed most largely toward the camoaten being led by the Visiting Nurse association and the women ot Portland against tuberculosis. , i ' "The committee in charge of the sales tn the public schools has met with uni form kindness from all : the directors and superintendents," said Mrs. I H. Tarpley, chairman of the ? publicity committee of the campaign, today "St Mary's school in , Alblna took double their allotment Of seals because of Interest In the work of the Visiting Nurse association, which was brought about through, a number of friendly visits that were made to that parish by one of the nurses of the Visiting Nurse association. At the Portland academy last year 10,000 seals were sold and this was the highest record made by any schoot .,1 believe they will try to excel this record this, year. " ; .: .; The booths tomorrow will be in charge of the following: Meier & Frank Forenoon, Miss Elizabeth Sears, Mrs. Frank Owen; afternoon. Miss. Lesa Word, Mrs. Joseph Bradley. I.lpman & ..-Wolfe Forenoon, Mrs. E. ' Sherlim afternoon, Mies Muckle. Olds, Wort- man & King- Forenoon, Mrs. Morris Whitehouse; afternoon, Mrs. L.M. Dip- man. ' Tull & GIbbs - Forenoon, Mrs. Edmund Gilfner,- Mrs. George Gray; af ternoon, Miss Dorothy Newball. Woodw ard Clarke J A Co.Forenoon, Miss Gladys Howard; afternoon. Miss Edna Russell. Postoffice Miss McDonald, Miss Mathoson. . ' " m r hULLOMIl CARGO OF LUMBER Portland lumber nmhnfacrnTerir will have a good opportunity to seU a steam er: cargo of lumber If they bid on a quantity of S.IS3.000 feet wanted by the Isthmian Canal oommission. - Douglas fir of No, 1 grade is wanted. ; In ad dition to this the commission is In the market for 2,220.000 points of steel rods to be used in reenforced concrete construction. , ., ' i Specifications were received by the Chamber of Commerce this morning for tne twe oz intending bidders, and they may.be obtained on application. While the greater ; quantity of the amount wanted consists of timber, the specifi cations also call for considerable amount of flooring, and ceiling. .The largest umbers are lzxlZ-SS. ' The specifications call for deltvlry at either " Colon on the Atlantic coast or Balboa on the pacific coast and bids; must be ; in 'hot later " than 1 0:30 o'clock a. ' nu December- ,27. Portland mannfacturers will be in ex cellent position to compete for the busi ness, .because the order calls for enough to make up foil' cargo for a large steamer' In biddrng on small quantities mills'Jn this- district are at somewhat of a disadvantage because of not having a regular line of vessels, from this port to the cansx ' LAY. PLANS. EARLY FOR : . - COMING - OF , ALASKANS Preparations are being made by the Alaska club of Portland for. the an nual" convention of the Arctic Brother hood, which mu be held here in, No vember of 1911 Letters are being-sent i to- a number or business i houses by i Frank W. Swanton, president of the club, and A. G. Shoup, secretary, ask ing that they become members and, co operate in the entertainment of the con vontlon delegates and In the effort to bring more of the Alaska trade to Port lsnd. i. : . - - "It is proposed" to make the Portland club headquarters' for all Alaskans or ex-Alaskans permanently or temporarily In Portland," says a letter sent out "By a great effort on the part of the Alaska club Portland secured the next annual convention of ; the : Arctic. Brotherhood. This Is a very powerful lodge with a membership In Alaska, and Yukon ter ritory. We expect av least 500 of the leading citizens of Alaska and the Yukon territory to attend the nei convention, which win be held here In November, Mil.- MOOSE PICK OFFICERS; ' FULMER CHOSEN AGAIN - Portland members of the Loyal Order of Moose elected officers last night In their -'hall at Fifth and Washington streets, nearly 600 attending the meet ing. . The Australian ballot system was used and the final results were not ob tained until S:30thls morning. - . -The real fights were on the offices of vies dictator and secretary, tha issue being over the trouble begun by W. W. Hopkins, organiser, when he began suit In court in which charges -were made against Secretary W. L. Fulmer. Judge R. G. Morrow was elected vice dictator over John B.. Goddard by a vote of 469 to 70 and Fulmer was reelected as sec retary over Edward M. Lance by 393 to 147. Other officers chosen were: -, j Past dictator, John - Jost; dictator, Judge "Wi : N. Gatens; prelate, Ralph Clyde assistant secretary, Andy Wein berger; treasurer, K. K. Kubll; sergeant-at-arms Frank N. Danej inside guard. Francis Alkus; - outside 'guard, W, E. Reed; board of trustees, Dr. T. L. Per kins, Dr. H. M, Patten, Sam B. Martin, 0 C. Bortxmeyer and R. H. Guthrie; examining physician, Dr. E. U. Anthony. W. S. U'REN WILL OPEN , - SINGLE TAX CAMPAIGN . V, . , V. ... 1 W. a U'Ren of Oregon Clt has re turned from a trip to New York where he attended the annual meeting of the Joseph Fols Fund commission, an or ganization devoted, to the promotion of the. land or single tax idea.: ; Mr. U'Ren .announces that it is his Intention to start a campaign of edu cation throughout the state in further ance of the single tax plan. f: Du ring tbe coming year he says he will prepare and submit through the initiative: a meas ure proposed to put the single, tax in effect throughout the state. At the same thne similar measures to apply to eoontles wllr-be" started In the differ ent counties. All of these measures will come before the people at the gen eral, election in llt'-".. Farmer near Banks sold a droned hog WeiffhlniT over 400 nouuils for iiiU.iZ. OAMUfAMTO I WMMI0 Mi iiSiiU,!JiiiL!,l PUT Ei EFFEC" Judge f.lcrrow Sends Evid:r.:3 to Supreme Court Along . With Appeal. Oregon's now Jury amendment found quick application In Judge Morrow's de partment of the circuit court this morn ing when the court granted a motion . Hn .,t4 U k . S iU. T" 11 J ,1"! HUltDUli li HJ IS tHoO Ul i)3 sTUrLletnU a. sioenr, ;;dui airecrea inai evidence , the supreme court on appeal. ; "If the supreme court decides that i am right in refusing admission of the contract. In this case in evidence," said the court, It, will affirm my decision : ana mm win enu ju n me euprrmft court thinks I am wrong on the law, it will have the contract and the "whnla matter before it Under the new rule it Can then examine- this contract snd make such order as It thinks should be made." . The appeal of the ease will be fol lowed with interest by attorneys, as perhaps the first application of the new jury amendment ..In respect to a case on appeal. . . - Another- portion of . the amendment was applied yesterday by Judge Hamil ton, 'when he Instructed a Jury in a could return a verdict K In. Jury oases now on trial before Judges Kavanaugh and Hamilton the same Instruction will be given. " . i i:. . EDITOR TO COMPILE - Ernest Bross, editor . of - the In dianapolis Star and former managing editor, of the Oregonlaa, is in the city for a week. Mr. Bross has come to ' Portland to direct the ..compilation and editing of the memoirs of the late Har vey W, Scott now in course of prepara-. tion. He will remain here for a week, starting the work, before returning to his home and business in Indianapolis, v .. ;,Mtv; , Bross bad, been associated with " the Oregonian for 17 years at the time he resigned the managing editorship in 1904 and went to take the editorship of the Star. From a small beginning he has built up his paper, until it now oo cupies a - leading position among the journals of the middle west Mr. Bross is a fluent and forceful writer of wide scope and versatility. . He, has a style peculiarly his own and at the same time while in Portland, had the distinction among newspaper men of being the only editorial writer ever on the Oregonian who could so closely imitate the style and diction of Mr. Scott that no owe- but Mr Scott himself could tell that the article .was not from -bis own pen. "When 'I was in Portland I honestly believed that Seattle would always be a larger city than Portland," said Mr, Bross this, morning.; .n spent everal days in Seattle before coming to Port land and taey are pretty badly worried up there. Portland has grown wonder fully since 1 left the city. I think one of the most significant things to' be noted is in the flne office, buildings here. Therl are more fine" buildings here than lit Cleveland. Cincinnati, and ' other of those cies of the middle west And what 1 more significant , the old buildings arel ail full , and the new enes are being- filled as . fast as they are erected," i ' '?.-.' After, Mr., Bross flniBhes his r week's work here he Will return to Indianapolis, though it Is expected that he will have the general editorship of the Scott me moirs during their, preparation. . IS .;...-,- ' Portland engineers, to the number of 126, assembled in the oonvention hall at the Commercial clnb last night- and steps ' were taken to organise the En gineers Club of Oregon, to' embrace all branches of ' '; the engineering profes sion. The TTMIfittTia- nia Mllul tn ov.. by George I : Bliven, who was elected chairman. A. D Montelth was elected secretary.: :. - w.-1 After a discussion bymembers of the different branches of englneera, as to the advisabUlty of ,the club, it was the sense of the meeting that "one be formed. A committee was elected to take up the matter of ' the club with the societies already formed. One member from each society will constitute an organization coromlttee. to suggest at the next meet ing a plan and constitution, which will be acted upon by the following .meeting The membuni of tha ed and the branches they represent are W. R. King, Corbett buildlngAunorgan bted dvll engineers: D, C, Henny, 60S Spalding building. American Society of HL.E8lnecrs: W- e- Turner, Electric building, American Society of Electrical ' Engineers; C. I Merrian, Portland Rall-Ty- Light & Power company, nnorgan-. lxed electrtcal engineers; Thomas mu yeiv-Sl S , Lewis - building, - Unorganized ' m Aft nun ltflj nr. irlntmm t i r . . .,.p -f .morion, BIT Board of Trade, American Society of Mechanical Engineers Fred ; Powell Chamber of. Commerce, mining enll neers; Robert Edwards, 426 Railway ExchanE-e buildino- k., Lr"r7 Fred Ballin, 43SecondTtreet engineers: Ellifl T-nm-o,.- t f.tY:1 . . . . ' - jucwio UUllll- !ZZi Naramore. mu1,,s, unorganized archi tects and architectural engineers; G. U Bliven. 4D7 Buchanan building, secret tary to the committee; . Mr? KenXu 161 Front street heating engmS, ' All enE-lneers. rlflntjtf ...... . fled, are requested to get lnuch with man icpicttBiiitttive at once. ; HIBERNIANS ELECT r t V OFFICERS FOR YEAR The annual election of officers of the Ancient Order of Hibernians; which was held last night'at the annua! meeting of the order at Woodmen of the World hall, resulted In the reelection for a third term of Dan J. McLoughlin as president T. J, Murphy was selected for ' the office of vice president;. E.Money. fi nancial secretary; J. b. , Biedy. record ingeoretary; w. Lane, treasurer; ?rrett lnsil5 entlnel. and Phl lip Sullivan sergeant at arms, p v 7. . " ZLr J-vTMora, C. G Murphy and W. P. Dills were tanved as the standing committee. t , This association, which tn the last year has increased its membership to BOO, is now the leading Irish eocJe OREGON PIANTED