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THE PEACE TREATY
P'
RESIDENT TAFT warned his
audience at the Baltimore
peace conference to express
their hopes with moderation
, and realize the difficulties to be over
come in framing the Anglo-American
' treaty. He declined to "proclaim
that we hare opened the gate to
eternal peace with one key and with
4 la one year."
The actual drafting of the treaty
;hi work of immense difficulty. It
is very hard to reduce national sen
timent to tne rormai ana exact terms
of a state paper.
To Secretary Knox it falla to pre
pare and . submit definite proposl-
tfnna in imhaaaaiAr nrr whn will
"" fn turn, offer counter propositions
or modifications. Behind the nego-
tiatlcms standi the senate. This aug-
nst body claims the right to take
part in the preparation of the terms
of Bubmlsslon of any national matter
to arbitration. It It stated from
Washington that, before the com
pleted drart or the treaty Is laid be
fore the senate it will be offered to
. tha members of the foreign rela
tions 1 committed for rritlclsms and
suggestions.
Diplomacy has on the shelves of
Its libraries Innumerable examples of
arbitration agreements in past his
tory. Not one of them can be taken
as a precedent for this new departure
in relations between governments
and nations. Precedents are being
created, not used.
One thing, and- one only, cap be
reasonably foretold. This treaty will
have for Its chief feature a formal
declaration by each country that
whatever questions may hereafter
- a .tribunal of arbitration before any
other mode of settlement Is sought.
But to what tribunal? There's
the rub. " s
Three possibilities are before the
negotiators. The Hague tribunal al
ready exists. If necessary that
might be strengthened by the add I
tlon of other Jurists trained in inter
national law.
Or, a new court might be estab
lished, constituted from the supreme
court Judges of the two countries.
Or, a third suggestion has been
offered That the negotiators in
each difficulty should settle between
themselves what arbitrators should
be selected.
To the ordinary observer it occurs
that either the first or second propo
sition is preferable to the third. This
last seems specially adapted to add
a possible fresh cause of difference
at the moment of adjustment of that
on which arbitration is sought.
The Becond Idea is that an ar
bitration court of Judges Bhotild , be
selected in advance from the highest
courts of America and Britain. Such
a tribunal would surely command
the confidence and respect of both
nations.
It will probably be many weeks
before the completed draft of the
new treaty is before the world.
ly alleged against this great part of
the submerged tenth. It may stand
agalnBf individuals, he disputes it as
against the class.
Admitting that labor exchanges
and municipal employment offices
serve to help many of the un
employed, he charges that the skilled
worker is aided, but rarely the un
skilled. Yet he believes there Is
amole work for all if the work and
the man can be brought together.
And for the organization, wide and
lleves the government Is the only
adequate resource. So far he is a
Socialist but he does not claim the
title.
The real and essential antidote to
these crying ills Eads Howe believes
can bo secured In the "Brotherhood"
Idea. The means he Is convinced is
In the organization of these waifs
and strays through agencies at first
of groups of men like minded with
himself. But he would Lave the
churches awake to these necessities,
and assume the duties of love to
their neighbors and active efforts for
their betterment on a scale for tran
scending anything In view today.
Thle man belongs to the John the
Baptist type. He has gone Into the
wilderness, where clothes and food
mean very little to him, and he Is
a voice or one crying. Far from
contented with the surface of society
he has gone down and sounded the
depths below, and now tells the story
of his discoveries.
and a lot of them are now screaming lighted matches or cigarette, and
their heads off because Rushlight presently has another fire. , Over In-
was nominated for mayor.
In Chicago a woman told a Judge
that she intendettto kill her mother-in-law
bo Bhe could marry her fath
er-in-law. (
' In Washington the president vis
ited a wild west show and evinced
but little enthusiasm over it, hav
ing so many times seen congress in
session. In splta of its tragedies.
has not life,' after all. Its full share
of comedy?
OUIt WALTER
"M'
A BROAD
VIEW OF
TION
RECIiAMA.
r
EABw HOWE FRJEXT) OF
UNEMPLOYED
THE
f ENERAL BOOTH first used the
term "the submerged tenth."
J By it ho set the well-to-do and
prosperous people thinking.
and.after the thinking came big sup
pope for the Salvation Army in ef-
rorte to raise the "submerged tenth"
out of the slough of despond in
-which they floundered.
James Eads Howe of St. Louis is
one whom the bitter cry of the pov
erty stricken unemployed in the big
cities reached to such purpose that
he has given himself, body, soul, and
spirit, to their relief, in the inter
flew with him, which will be read in
tomorrow's Journal, he tells the
story; A wealthy man, young and
prosperous in the world's eye, with
not one thought of self, he set hlm-
seir to tne great task.
First, he had to learn not only
present conditions, but the effective
causes of the misery of the unem
ployed four millions of them in
this land, according to the best fig
ores he could get. And for this fun
damental knowledge he went, not to
the census , office, and registers of
bureaus and boards, but to the Bow
ery Mission, in New York, where in
formation is first hand. Then be
lived with tramps and, hobos on the
road, and In. their haunts in big cit
ies, and, by making friends, got at
their historieB. lives and prospects
or want of prospects.
' He found the eources whence the
army of the unskilled is recruited,
and seta his finger on the "crowds of
growing lads, with no trade to fol
low," no bond of union, with their
fellow men. .
He denies the common charge of
unwillingness to work, of preferred
Mia. and Tsgabondage, constant-1
HE MAN OR men who take up
a reclamation project see In It
a money-making engine. Their
motives are essentially per
sonal. The general government en
ters the field from the opposite side.
The waste water and the wild land
being brought Into contact with each
other their very names are forth
with changed. Waste water becomes
a beneficent flood, and the land, the
smiling fields of plenty encompassing
prosperous homes.
TheBe ideas are the text of a paper
recently read by Fred H. Newell, di
rector of the reclamation service be
fore the congress of technology In
Boston. He sees essential Justifica
tion for reclamation work by the
general government In the definition
he gives. He describes the work of
the service as "an attempt to utilize
the waste resources still remaining
t our command, and to employ these
to strengthen local communities."
But the special point Is that the rec
lamation farmers and their fami
lies are not merely producers. They
not only raise enough to support
themselves, with a surplus for sale,
but indirectly they aid others en
gaged In transportation or manufac
turing In the east or middle weet.
Thus all parts of our country are
linked together. So the success of
the Irrigator, in the west, means
larger cotton production In the
south, more boots made in Massachu
setts, more freight and passengers
hauled across the continent.
Therefore, argues Mr. Newell, re
clamation comes within the special
province of the general government,
whose funds are here used to set in
motion an endless chain of benefit
to the entire community. ,
Y NAME IS Walter Laffer-
ty, and I want all my
friends to call me by
that'Bame henceforth. It
is the only name' that sounds good
to me, and is the only one that makes
tne feel at home. I have always
signed my name as 'A. W. Lafferty,'
and In order that new acquaintances
may know the first name that I ,go
by. I now carry it on my letterheads
as a. vv. waiter) Larrerty.' I may
later drop the 'A. W. and simply
sign it 'Walter.' I reserve the right
to keep on working on my name till
I get It down to suit my own taste."
All right, Walter; Just so you, A.
W. (Walter) LaTferty, keep us post
ed. It Is awkward to be addressing
our congressman by his former name
of "Arthur," or his other one of
"Amldon," or his still other one of
"Abraham" when he Is going now by
the name of "Walter." Inasmuch
as he tells us above that he may
make further changes, would It not
be a good plan to Issue a monthly or
a weekly bulletin from Washington
giving official notice of what name
our "Arthur," our "A. W.," our
"Amldon," our "Abraham," our "A.
W. (Walter)" or our "Walter," may
be going by at that time?
By the way, the next time our con
gressman makes a lightning change,
why not try the name of Wellington
for a week or two, he would like It
immensely. There Is something so
sonorous and warlike about the
name of Wellington, and, coupling
it with Lafferty we should have Wel
lington Lafferty, M. C. the "A. W.V
being dropped altogether. It would
be one of the most fetching names
on the congressional rollcall, and a
surance is permitted, there Is laxity
in official circumspection, , building I
requirements are but half baked, and
me worn oi Durmng sua ueoirucuoa ,. .,. -i.
gu luciwi uu, no Morocco at regular space raws,
If wa handled the fire habit as - .....
if -,m Dmna . continue to Borrow money or
"""T . " . " . " I America, but hor trouble oomea from
hundreds or lives ana wnoie piaioons i rumi as a aift
" J ' I Evidently the vaudavlllo managers
would every few years have a saf- aro tin just a little bit afraid to put a
ficient balance of savings on hand ppomuob up to umb.
And so it seems that Mr.V Alfred Aus
tin, poet laureate, la to read hla coron
ation ode. A motion for leave to Rrtnt
im in oroer.
o o
If It were anvbodv but Woodrow
Wilson one would find oneeelf compli
menting him on the expertneaa of hla
preaa agent.
o o
Poor old minola!" ia a nhraaa that
la approaching universal use, and if Il
linois aoeen t HKe it she knows good
, f " .r o T t i i ." m' . -r i r . I....! n w i ft- . , ,
SSIALL CHANGE . fc S I y'; OREOOX BlDJXjbtto'S' , :
to pay oft the national debt
Letters From tke People-
The Recent Election.
Portland. Or.,' .May It. lll--To the
Editor of The , Journal. For the last few
day I have read with avidity the news
paper discussion of the results of the
recent primary election, and of the f-and well how to help It
forts to Induce some cltlsen to seek the
office of mayor as an Independent can
dldate. It appears that Mr. Ruahllght
is the Republican nominee for mayor,
though he received but a minority of the
Republican vote cast, and was opposed
by all three of the. leading newspapers
of the city. He was accused freely of
Victor Murdock called New Jersey
tne Kansas or the east, but Drobablv
what he Intended waa that Wood row
Wilson ia the Kansan of the east
Whoever It was that aald there la
nothing a woman oan do but a man
can do It better, had never seen a worn-
supporting and being supported bythetan tfy t0 throw" stones at a mark.
interests" and styled an "undesirable.'
He received more votes than any other
candidate and Is declared the nominee.
Thin itawna nn .,i.r.l,ln . k. t
tne story or tne rinaing or those an
This government la supposed to be and Iclent Hebrew rellca waa sprung to hang
should be a government by the majority. P'" iaw on w urviue uwen.
In no other way can the will of the peo-
pie be aacertalned. and the will of the . '1nJDi"Vi00f-Butf, ?u 1 num"
-i ,K, ,ni . ml(.rl,, n th erous farewell tours: If anything were
peop e is the will of a majority of the t0 h,ppn to W111am, any one of them
people. But under our present 't?m might-be his farewell tour, mightn't
a applied to municipalities, It is seldom tT
that a nominee Is a majority choice. In
that respect then the system Is faulty.
I advocate the oommlsslon form of gov
conditions In a municipality will be vast- td?Tfl,'2r v"rybody wlU knw w,th'
Here's guessing that Taft has never
yet told anybody what that mobiliza
tion was for. and that anon after Pias
ly Improved under a commission form
of government Is the belief of all men
who have given this matter careful
thought and atudy, so I will discuss only
the one feature of majority rule,
"Dlas bows to Madero." according to
a newspaper headline. But what the
world la waiting for is a Jolly good
slap on the shoulder blades and, "Hello,
In the first place I have often won- Frank, old sport!"
re what place a political party naa Wh , u tht , nooun c,n
or could have in a municipal election. Utter axioms snd make them sound
:o purely political issues or pnncipiea nKe Kate spieling through a mega-
are involved, ror the aueatlon.or tanrr. I phone: Note hla pronouncement con.
Imperialism or reciprocity haa no place earning alleged dynamiters.
In municipal affairs. The municipality
is concerned only In bettering existing
conditions, establishing an efficient po
lice force for the protection of persons
and property; maintaining the streets in
best condition at the leaat expense; giv
ing to the people beautiful parks and
playgrounds, and preserving the health
H. & inlow has been elected principal
of the Cottage Urove uign scnooi.
' Forty carpenters are reported to be
working on the big wool warehouse at
Madras. ' 1 ,
Hood River Congregatlohalistg haye
decided tu build their new enures on tne
site of toe old. v.
The' Congregational Ladies' Aid so
ciety or tbo uauea naa given ai umi
ru piay, a oomea y.
M a .Wondnook nt rorvalHs hss re
sisted the Importunities of his friends
to oecome a canaiqaie lor mayor.
TlllamooV la ' toatlna- the "barrmlri
day" plan and there is some 'talk of
Including the "auction day- Idea.
a ha nlnnlA of the Modern Woodmen
and Royal Neighbors at Woodburn, June
1. a program of extraordinary merit will
be presented. ; -,; ,
Touriats out Madras way are pleased
to note that newcomeraare met at the
railway station and shown about the
town in auioa tree.
e e
A curfew ordinance has been discov
mrmA amnnar Tlllamnok'l decrees. Elgh
tun la tha in and d. m. the time.
The ordlnsnce is to do eororcea.
O O ' ,' . 1
The next edition of the Crimson and
Gray, the high school paper at 'i ne
Dalles, will be published by the seniors
with Miss Gladys iawson as eauor.
tA,. raii. Ontimlat; "The Merchant
of Venice Up to Date." the local pro
duction to be given by the Win school
In the near future, ia progressing very
rapidly. - -
v.nthm Rvurdi The new steel
bridge acroaa the Yamhill river at La
fayette Is completed. rThe bridge proper
is 270 feet In length and cost $17,090.
he approaches wui aaa spproximaivir
I3C00. .
The O. A. C. cadets band en route to
Rosehurg gave the O. A. C. glee ana
mandolin cluba great send off at
Albany, where the clubs were Ijye
.n .nf.riiinmant. The Darade and the
concert on the streets were appreciated.
SEVEN CLASSIQ MYTHS
The Golden Fleece.
The. white races can never acclimatise
themselves permanently in the troplos,
and the' indigenous colored raoes will al
ways remain in possession of their part
Of the globe. White cannot dislodge
Diaca; the former perishes in tu at
tempt This is the conclusion arrived at
by Professor Hans Fehllnger, who deals '
with thta aubieot In the current Ger
man PolUtsch-Anthropologlsche Revue.
The writer goes back to tne earner
times when a branch of Aryans pene
trated Into India. Their elimination, he
says, through a long process Is almost
complete. Fair-haired Europeans have
time after time Invaded north Africa
and Palestine only to dwindle and die
out. In the West Indies. Mexico. Central
snd South "America, the descendants of
European Immigrants are continually
falling off in numbers.
The mixed races, which might other-,
wise, act as pioneers . for the develop.'
ment of tropical countries by whites.
also show a deficiency In vitality. They
are biologically inferior and. die out after
a few generations. As an example, tne
writer gives the Orlquas. half-breeas oi
Boer and Hottentot, who were still nu-.
meroua at the end of the eighteenth cen
tury, but bad disappeared by l(2t.
Eurasians In British India and f?u-ropean-Malay
half-breeds In the Dutch
East Indies are weaklings and die out
after the third generation. The longest
vitality Is found Jn mulattoe of Trench
or Spanish father and negro women, but
they also are doomed eventually to ex
tinction. The same fate awaits the
Spanish half-breeds In the Philippine Is
lands. Even the offspring of unions be
tween Japanese aad Chinese are defl-'
dent In vitality. ,
Professor Fehllnger says that for col- -mlsatlon
purposes by white races only
North America, north Asia. Australia,
the temperate sones of South America
and small upland regions are available,
although he notes In the caae of Aus
tralia, that white settlers degenerate
even there unless they tnlx with new
white arrivals from America or Europe.
Professor Fehllnger concludes that col
onies In the tropics can only have eco
nomic Interests for the motherland; the
attempt to populate them wholly with
white Stock will always be a failure.
Ona of the moot Interesting of the
of the community, and the primary and ancient Greek traditions Is that of the
possibly the only issue is the selection Golden Fleece. As related, Athamas. a
of men to office whose object will be to kng 0f Thessaly. put aside his wife
promote those conditions to the best ad- NoDheIe and took another. Fearing that
vantage of all. Then It must be con- thi .tan-mother mlrht do lnlury to her
n-uca mat mere are guw capaDio men children, Nephele, assisted by Mercury
n an panics, ana unaer our present i ... . i,h . ani.i.n fira nn
perfectly killing adornment of our , system, at the general elections, party wnich he set the children, trusting thst
Walter's letterheads. .lines are not very closely drawn. Why thty woui,i oe conveyed to a place of
Incidentally, at the present rate of ! "no"ld w Xfn i'" . a'V r? H safety. The ram vaulted into the air
" ' J r ' I wun tne cnuuren un ma vilk, taiwua
meir paiiois ror tne man irrespective or rollr.B to the east, till when crossing
whether he be Republican, Democrat or tne .trait that divides Europe and Asia,
socialist. inis win De accomplished
under the commission form of government.
Why should a person who desires to be
a candidate ror a municipal orrlce be
compelled to certify that he is a mem
ber of some political party? Why oom-
pM him at the primaries to seek votes
change, our congressman will soon
run out of satisfactory names. As
an emergency measure, and as a
means of providing the very best
names to be had, It would be well to
offer at once a prize for a list of say,
100 of the very thrilllngest and kill
Ingest names that can be suggested.
With a reserve supply of 100 such
names to go on. our Arthur, Amldon,
Abraham, Walter could change his
name every time he changed his
shirt, and keep the wires hot with
the arlrl. whose name waa Hene, leu
from his back Into the sea, which from
her was called the Hellespont now the
Dardanelles. The ram continued his ca
reer till he reached the kingdom of
Colchla. on the eastern shore of the
Black Sea, where he safely landed tne
hov Plirviui. The boy sacrificed the
only among the voters of that same rarn t0 Jupiter, and gave the Golden
party? A majority of the voters may be
of another party and their choh?e for
the office may be still of another party,
thus they are precluded from voting for
their choice, who in Ills own party may
bulletins Informing the boys of what ; no' 1r,ectlve the om,nf,t,,on- So can
to call him now.
IT SHOULD PASS
riaeee to Aeetes. who placed it In a
consecrated grave, under the care of a
sleepless dragon. '
When Jason, a relative of Athamus,
who was the heir to an adjoining king
dom, had grown up. he decided on the
readily be seen that political parties can I glorious adventure of going in quest of
CAPTURING GOVERNOR WILSON
T
HE STORY THAT Woodrow
Wilson has been ambushed and
will be a captive of "the inter
ests" while In San Francisco Is
scarcely credible. The notable trait
In Mr. Wilson's character Is his abil
ity to Handle himself in a Jungle.
It Is his mastery of situations and
men that make him today one of
the most conspicuous figures in
American public life.
It Is doubtful if any other living
man could, within a few months
have regenerated New Jersey Into a
progressive commonwealth. He was
a college president and stepping into
politics, he elected himself governor.
For 30 years, his state had been an
annex of Wall street, but with per
feet ease, he refused to be captured
by the old ruling crowd
With equal ease he brought the
legislature to his way of thinking in
large matters of legislation. The
strong personality and dominant
brain of this single man were looked
to for leadership, and he led. . In
stead of being captured, he captured.
It is wholly unlikely that such a
man will long remain politically im
prisoned by "the Interests" in San
Francisco. San Francisco "inter
ests" may be sagacious, but they
will have to go some to beat the
New Jersey variety. Having proven
his ability to escape the one, Gover
nor WJlson will be very certain to
hold his own with the waerK.
COMEDY, TOO
N OREGON ITS opponents claim
the initiative and referendum is
too much used and in Oklahoma
they claim it is too little used.
In New Jersey a boy tickled a
bulldog's ear to see what would hap
pen, and had to go to a hospital to
have his wounds cauterized.
In Mexico Diaz demands peace so
he can resign and the revolutionists
demand that he resign so there can
be peace.
in Providence a Judge ruled that
a husband, is Justified in slapping his
wife if she goes through his pockets.
In Washington our-Arthur. Aml
don, Abraham is going by the name
of Walter, now and gives official no
tice that he may make further
changes later.
In Boston a clergyman denounces
the luxurlousness of funerals, insist
ing 'That a part of the high cost of
living is the cost of dying.
In Portland 17,000 citizens Stayed
away; from the polls on -rlmary day
T
not have a place in municipal affairs.
i Under a commission form of govern'
ment a mayor and commissioners are
the only officers elected by the people.
Any one can be a candidate by filing a
petition signed by 25 or 60 voters declar
HERE IS NO publicity for Port
land so good as those who have ing that he is on trial and not his party,
come and seen. The cold type The two candidates receiving the highest
I
and the mere picture never do
Justice to the original.
No visitor was ever disappointed
with Portland. Every visitor has
been surprised and delighted with
its beauty, its opportunities and Its
prospects. The history of modern
Portland Is a narrative of men and
women who came, were delighted
and remained.
A splendid way to bring visitors
to Portland Is to make It a conven
tion city. All that Is needed to make
It a great convention city is to have
an adequate place lri which to hold
conventions.
A big convention of eastern peo
ple held in Portland Is worth huge
sums In actual money paid out. It
Is worth equal sums In the cash ex
pended by visitors for side trips, sou
venirs and other incidentals. It lsj
worth multiplied times as much In
the effect a view of Portland and
Oregon has on the visitors.
Its public buildings reflect a city's
character. An auditorium of ante
deluvi&il architecture, ramshackle
appointments and rude accommoda
tions belles Portland people. It
stands in Portlapd's way. It is a
handicap to Portland's progress.
Portland ought to have an audi
torium to match her wealth, to har
monize with her beautiful site and
to mirror her people to the visiting
world not as aHurians, but as mod
erns. The ballot measure for audi
torium bonds should pass with a
whoop.
THE FIRE HABIT
r
HE TIME TO stop a fire is be
fore it starts. A cigarette care
lessly thrown away caused the
recent fire at Bangor with its
loss of millions
Berlin is a city of more than 2,-
000,000 inhabitants, and its annual
fire loss Is $175,000 a year. Chi
cago is about the same size, but it
burns up through carelessness about
$5,000,000 worth of property, per
year.
In one day New York has lost
more by fire than Berlin has lost in
the past ten years. The difference
is the difference between American
and European ways of handling the
fire habir.
In Berlin, the criminally negligent
who causes a fire is sent to Jail. His
fire Is accounted, not a misfortune,'
but a crime. If financially respon
sible, he is required to pay tlie
amount of the loss if it resulted from
his lack of precaution, even to the
costNof bringing out the fire depart
nient. . i
In the United States, the man who
has a fire gets his insurance, 'puts
number of votes at the first election are
placed on the ballot at the second or
final election held 10 days or two weeks
later, end one of them must receive a
majority of the votes cast The muni
cipality then has a mayor who is the
choice of a majority of the people and
his politics are not questioned.
It is very true that under our present
system any one upon securing a suf
ficient number of signers to his petl-"
tlon may become a candidate as an in
dependent, but judging the future by the
results In the past, such a candidate
would have but small chance of election.
A great many voters have been taught
partisanship from childhood and will al
low the party Judgment to guide them
in their choice, and that Is the stumbling
block of the independent candidate. The
partisan man holds the "balance of
power" and In moat cases it is strong
enough to swing the party candidate
into office. I can not se where an in
dependent candidate In the coming elec
tion will have any chance of being
elected. It would be another three-cor
nered fight, and there is no reson to
suppose that Mr. Rushlight will not get
the same proportion of the votes of the
15.000 citizens who did not vote at the
primaries as he received of those who
did, so that if 30,000 votes are cast Mr.
Rushlight may be credited with approxl
mately 14,000. The Independent candi
date must then receive all the Lombard
vote with his proportion of the "stay-at-homes"
and must further draw from
the Democratlo voters, but Mr. Thomas
claim the Democratlo vote and will re
ceive- a big proportion of it, so Mr.
Independent is far short of having
enough to elect, and Mr. Rushlight,
while not having a 'majority, will have
more than the others, and will be de
clared the choice. Thus .will the error
of the system be again demonstrated.
As before stated the commission form
of government would remedy this and
many other evils, and should be adopted
by the city of Portland, and by every
other city, at the very earliest oppor
tunity. I believe a special election
should be called to vote on this matter
so that the change may go Into -effect
not later than January 1, 1912.
CHA8. H. ABERCROMBIE.
Mr. Taft Unamerican.
Portland, May 10. To the Editor of
The Journal Liberty is the keystone
of the American spirit, that which binds
us together and makes us prosperous.
The Mexican people are fighting for
that same liberty which we are so for
tunate as to enjoy, and we should
render them at least our moral support I
The opoprtunityis now at hand to give
them the greatest aid the International
law allows under r the circumstances,
namely, to recognise the combating
forces as belligerents and place them
on an equal footing.
But President Taft says, "No,- "No,
says he. speaking for this, free and en
lightened people, these exponents ef
liberty. "If we recognise ' these com
bating forces as belligerents, the pe
cuniary Interests of our capitalists In
Mexico suffer and we lose money."
, A noble sentiment for the president
Of the United States to express, It Is.
indeed. What would Washington, or
Jefferson, or Adams, have said to such
an expression of opinion? Webster, in
his late- day. speaking of "our glorious
ensign of the repuWIc," hoped that he
might never see the day when it would
bear for Its motto, "What s this ell
worth
the Golden Fleece. At the time the only
kind of navigation known to the Greeks
consisted of small boats or canoes, so
Jason employed Argus to build him a
vessel capable of containing 60 men,
which was called the Argo from the
name of the builder.
Among his companions on this trip to
recover the Golden Fleece were Hercu
les, Theseus, Orpheus and Nestor. They
were called the Argonauts, from the
name of their vessel. The Argo reached
Thrace, where the sage Phlneus gave
them instruction as to their future
course. When they reached Colchis,
the king consented to give up the
Golden Fleece If Jason would yoke to
the plough two fire-breathing bulls with
brazer: feet, and sow the teeth of the
dragon which Cadmus had slain, and
from which it was well known a crop
of armed men would spring up. who
would turn their weapons against their
producer. Jason accepted the conditions.
Previously, however, he found means to
plead his cause to Medea, daughter of
the king. He promised her marriage,
and as they stood before "the altar of
Hecate, called the goddess to wltneaa his
oath. Medea yielded, and by her aid,
for she was a potent sorceress, he was
furnished with a charm, by which he
could encounter safely the breath of the
fire-breathing bulls and the wespons of
the armed men.
The apectscle, which was to take plaoe
in the grove of Mara, was attended by
a great multitude. When Jason ad
vanced to meet the brasen-footed bulls
his friends trembled for him. but he
soothed their rage with his voice, patted
their necks with fearless hand, and
adroitly slipped over them the yoke, and
compelled them to drag the plough.
The Colchians were amased and the
Greeks shouted with joy. Jason next
proceeded to sow the dragon's teeth and
plough them In, and soon the crop of
armed men sprang up, and, wonderful to
relate, no sooner had they reached the
surface than they began to brandish
their weapons and rush upon Jason. For
a time he was able to keep his assailants
at bay, but was finally compelled to re
sort to the charm which Medea had
taught them, seised a stone and threw It
In the midst of his foes. They Immedi
ately turned their arm against ona an
other, and soon there was not one of
the dragon's brood left alive.. The
Greeks embraced their hero. '
It remained to lull to slceD the dragon
that guarded the fleece, and this was
done scattering over him a few drops
of a preparation which Medea had sup
plied. At the smell he relaxed his rage.
stood for a moment motionless, then
shut the great round eyes, that had
never been known to shut before, and
turned over on his side fast asleep Jason
seised the fleece and with his friends
and Medea accompanying, hastened to
their vessel . before Aeetes, the king,
could arrest their departure, and made
the best of their way back to Thessaiy,
where they arrived safe, and Jason de
livered the fleece to Pellas, and dedicat
ed the "Argo" to Neptune. What be
came1 of the fleece afterwards the story
does not say, but perhaps It was found
after all, like many other golden prizes,
not worth the trouble It had cost to
procure It
Tanglefoot
By Miles
Over holt
WOMEN'S DEPARTMENT.
Just female mosquitoes thirst only for
blood.
The scientists tell us. with dignified
mien.
And ever since thirty days arter tne
flood .'
They've henpecked their hugbands;
each lived like a queen.
The poor' husband skeeter lives only on
weeds.
The blood of the lamb Is too classy
for him. . . .
The female continues her death-dealing
deeds, . . ,,
But the male must stay home wnlU
she stays In the swim.
The female tarantula, too, we are told,
Is a regular vixen when angry and
cross,
While the male is a gentleman, gallant
and bold.
But he cuts out the rough-stuff; his
wife Is the boss.
She always Is angry and due ror a
crime, . . .
flhe la morbid and cranky and vicious
and sad. .... .
Her husband would arbitrate any old
time, .
But she's past redemption and gone
to the bad.
Bo- wives of the realm, please step up to
the front, ,
Don't Je a mosquito; come stick
around borne,
Tou've done quite enough If you mas
ter your stunt.
Though 'tis true that your partners a
grouch and a gnome.
Don't be a tarantula; can that oom
plalnt, , , . .
Tour man will protect you, hes taken
Ink'
Why, nature s a liar when you're what
you ain i, ,
Your business, my dear. Is to worry
and sob.
Next Week-icans.
-Seven Romantic Amer-
be fostered and promoted or shall we
give every assistance possible to take
our neighbor In Mexico from under the
yoke of the despot?
And further, don't you think Mr.
Taft s aentiments are un-American?
TIERRA y LIBERTAD.
Shall we lay aside the -American
morepolicles on hls other prdWr.f?
lggenbelms In Mexico might
awayfrom the polls on jprlmary day j remains criminally careless with, his I and the Gugg
At the Village Inn.
Did vou ever drop Into a country hotel
Where they break the news with a big
dinner bell;
Where you just alt down and dig right in
And eat and eat uu you inim u a
sin?
a.
Where silver's not silver and China Is
stone; . . - t .
Where napkins axe tissue and beefsteak
is bone; . ...
Where the house cat is running at large
'round tne room
And the new hired girl right behind
with & broom?
Thun'a Rmlttv and . Smutt and the
nnitv aihnnl teacher:
The doctor, the banker, the tall timber
preacher
And the telephone girl Gee, but she s
There's'the candy kid that the boys call
"Squirt.
Across from you sits a fresh traveling
man; , ,
T.itin. iia anrh as traveling men can,
And Just as he closes.the local wind
jammer , ,
Puts over a hot one that changes the
glamor.
Perhaps they are shy on the frizzles and
But It beats city restaurants, cafes and
And there's one satisfaction mat i v
always found: '
Tou are sure of enough to more than
go rounq. rfaia Qn,on
Why He Kissed Her.
Daniel J. Bhern, who practices law
when he Isn't guiding the house of rep
resentatives, was reminaea oi a story
when he read the verdict in the breach
of promise case against young Walling
In New York,
"I was counsel for the girl vln the
case once, saia in lawyer, ana I
thoughtWe had a good, case. One of
the strongest points was the ardent
w:.olng of the defendant W stipu
lated at least UU kisses be had planted
uoon the fair one's ruby lips. Imagine
our surprise when the defendant ad
mitted It
. " That's true,: said he, testifying. 'I
had to do It.' .he explained.
, "Had to do It?" I roared, hoping to
embarrass him. ' . ; . -
VTes," he answered, 'I either -had to
keep kissing her constantly 'or; permit
her to sing, end well, I -preferred the
lussfng.'" .. ; t u ,;
Making a Hnman Voice Carry 2000
Miles.
Spokesman-Review, Spokane.
There was a giant, according t Mr.
Grimm, whose voice carried a hundred
leagues, and that was considered quite
a feat even for a giant.
But if the strong' lunged Cyclops
were with us today he would Took like
a whisper in a boiler factory com
pared with an ordinary human voice
over the modern long distance tel-,
phone, ,
For 2000 miles was the record es
tablished on Monday night when sev
eral, persons In New Yflrk conversed
directly filth sundry other persons in
Denver, Colorado. Incidentally 22 per
sons were communicating over the four
wires employed, at the same time, by
telephone and telegraph. Nor does the
wonder cease here. According to the
chief engineer of the telephone com
pany, from New York to San Fran
clsco will be the next step.
The medern world has become so
accustomed to sclentlflo marvels that'
this accomplishment, wonderful as t it
Is, will be calmly accepted by the ma
jority of people as an Incident In th
day's work, and all eyes will be turned
toward the next announcement
But the day Is coming when the
marvels of the present age will be
properly revealed. When the era ends
and a perspective Is possible probably
there will be. another Carlyle to em
balm the revolution of Inventive sci
ence In immortal prose.
Until then the best the average hu
man can do Is to -gasp a little, won
der vaguely where It Is going to stop,
and tnen torget about It In the en
grossing task of earning his dally
bread.
Belongs to the Public.
From the Pendleton East Oregon Ian.'
The story of the coal party at Cor
dova brings to the front some Inter
esting questions. Who are .these-people
who wail so loud? Are they In
the employ of the Guggenheim syn
dicate? If. so their grand stand play
loses Its effectiveness, .Are they neo-
ple who rushed north expecting- to
find Uncle Sam an easy mark with
respect to his coal resources and are
now gnashing their teeth because the
government will not allow, the. Alaska
coal to be filed upon for the benefit of
tha y syndicate? If they are of that
class their complaints are worthy of
slight attention. The natural resources
of the United States .belong to. the peor
pie of the nation and they should be
utilized with a v'ew to giving the public
the benefit of such, resources. It ia not
up to the government to give Its riches
away to coal syndicates nor to adven
turers after easy money. ;- . '
As to Telephone Manners.
From New York World.
Telenhone companies have neglected
to tell subscribers how to protect them
selves from telephone bores, telephone
imnnaiiinn and telephone rudeness.
There is for Instance, Jones, the well
known artist. He has an Inspiration
and a telephone call at the earn In
stant. His eye Is directed toward the
waiting canvas, his ear Is caught by
the telephone bell. He hesitates. It
may be a dealer. It may be Mrs. De
Forest, who talked of having a portrait
done. It may bo an invitation to din
ner. At the third ring ha dsshes aeross
the studio.
It is an ambitious pupil from the srt
school who has Just finished a 'Hove of
a drawing" and wants him to criticise
It May she come right down to his
studio? 1
No she may not!
She wouldn't have dared to make the
request had they met at a studio tea,
or in the olassroorrt. She wouldn't hsve
presented herself and her picture st
his studio door, but she finds It takes
less courage to make the request over
the wire. She has succeeded In tem
porarily paralyzing th artist's inspira
tion. Then there is the "friend" who calls
you from the dinner table bacause he
is sure of "catching you In at that
hour." He wouldn't call at your home
at your dinner hour and he does not
see your dinner getting cold nor the
frown on your face. Whert we get tel
ephone Instruments that reflect fades
as well as carry voices, what a trans
formation In telephone manners there
will be: ,
The other friend who calls you at an
unearthly hour in the morning, so as
to be sure to get you before you start
downtown, is another thoughtless per
son who ought to knew that you some
times remain out late and make it up
in the sleep next morning, or, at least,
that there are morning hours devoted
to bathing and shaving.
The Sphere of Genius
(Contributed to The Journal by Walt Maaon,
the fimoiu Kanaa poet. Hla proae-poema are
regular featuxa of tola column In Tha Dally
Journal). "
The sun was sinking in tha west it
seemed to do that stunt, at least: I
sometimes think It would be best if it
would set once in the east. I'm weary
of the changeless scheme on which the v
solar .system runs;- the same, old .moon
looks down and beams, the same old
stars, the same old suns. I'm in n
plaintive mood-today; a sheriff's writ is
In my hand; I could not make my busi
ness pay I coiId not run a peanut
etand. Mv hart with dean raaantmenr
throbs agalFfet this weary world of lien.
wasn't mailt for trifling lobsthe
solar system is my size. , Or I could run
the government, which now Is run bV
statesmen daft; I'd make Champ Clark
look like one cent, and Show some
things to old .; Bill Taft To manage .
armies In the field, to deal in crowns
and build up thrones, the scepter of a.
king to wield for that my lofty spirit
hones. I'm hampered by this world's
fool laws, which, make me serve, who
would command; and people jeer at rni I
because I couldn't run a peanut stand. .
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