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THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, WEDNESDAY; EVENING, DECEMBER 6, 1911. 'JH in El:-" J 3 rriTTr TTin XT A T i " I rl Vj JLvLJfx.lNXXl- V . NKWRPArER. Jl j.rTm.s ""TTlmhiuh" 11 " : ; - n.. ?. K,,r7nin at' rhi Journ.i huiui TU:.int. rinh md Y.mbin twtrortini. .Jr,'tt.t."V.tL:n. iui run natter. , Tt.'I.B-tllli Vlffl Ualn 7IT3 Home. A-flOM- AH dpr!roit mcbed br ID' ""TIJ Tall th oirtor what department yoo wanr. ttrtivtni .nnvDviuivn w l.'t'll KKEN'T ATI V K, ft. Benjamin Kentnor Co., Rrenawlrk TlnlldliU., e 226 Mfth areoue. New York; 1218 Pt-ple . i'. Uaa Bulldlnr. Chlmro. " enoacrtptlon Term.-bj mall or to any sad, la tb ynited si a tea or Mexico. " DAILY. ' TOi ..... M An I ih. month S .Ml St'NDAY. :'j On. nap I? Si) ! flno month I .25 5 if DAILY AND SHNIIAY. I 'Od rar 17.50 One month $ -65 till there whispers the small voire within. Heard through Rain's silence, and o'er glory's ell n : Whatever creed be taught or land be trod Man's conscience is the oracle of God! Byron.. LIFE AMES B. M'NAMARA goes to San Quentln for life, and bis brother for fifteen years. There Is little interest In what has happened to them. The larger concern Is, what has happened to the republic? !Uii The McNamaras are only episodes. They are mere pawns, moved here and there in a big game. They are 'only parties In a propoganda. a prop .aganda that regards the 21 deaths ?i"'from the blowing up of the Times 'L'bulldlng, not as murder, but as war- .s fare. iw .noi oniy tne last word In crlmlnal """Ity, but they stand for more. They manifestation of the grim doc trine of force as contrasted with rea son. They are the black spectre of Itnarchy, let loose on American soil TJiey are the propaganda of the i t f Tet H p.. . 1 -strong arm, of bludgeon, of fire, of I vexplo8lon, of sword, of the man on ' ""horseback, and of dynamite. They i'pare the human expression of a long I fJOlrain of 53 dynamite outrages chron- ( Icled in this country since 1906. The work of the McNamaras Is the Black Hand applied to economic re lation. It Is the end of law, and Chatham said, "where law ends, tyranny begins." It is the ahandon- """"inent of reason, and the Russianizing ruot the United States. 3 a vrifot rt all tvfonnlna la tlla jjtyranny of force. The Herr Most U system would be the beginning of fihe end. As a measure of national ".vsafety, we must refuse to com pro mlse with or give quarter to, ex - t ponents of dynamite or exemplars of the strong arm. . Those with whom ,the McNamaras were co-workers and counsellors, should be sought out "and driven Into the exile that has V 1.1 1L. i W- . tMity c "aeu me two men woo are or- aered to San Quentln These coun- seIlor are necessarily a trusted few. Wvnknown to union labor, unapproved by union labor and despised by all J Ipthe honest masses of union labor O1"! by H respectable mankind. J The Declaration of Independence i rfBtI11 BayS that al men nave the r,Sbt j t"to life, liberty and the pursuit of 3 ""happiness." It has not been changed jniAo' read that "if soma men seek the j "" Jight to life, liberty and the pursuit i of happiness, they may be dyna- j'h'snited." i WHY THE CHINESE ROSE HE Literary Digest reprints from iT I the Jigi of Toklo the story of that paper of the Inner history of the Chinese revolution. 'Vf- ...n l t" of Dr S"n Sen and Tils associates were to infuse revo-iof atutionary Ideas In the new Chinese ;, .army, ana 10 carry tne inspiration on vuntll In two years from now the time would be ripe for the over - throw of the Manchu dynasty by a bold stroke. But an untoward Incident preclpi- taiea me outbreak two years ahead : ; .ol tne prescribed time. In the after- .noon of October 9 a Chinese revolu - 'tlonist, while making infernal ma chines in a building in the Russian . Bciueiueni in tianKow, let one of the bombs explode by accident. The ; Miouse was Instantly searched by the police, and found to be the head Quarters or tne revniut wintctc The flag of the r,vo,ution;sts of ' yifi?:,. " ' of their nlans werp i' Rr.vornri beeing tnat all was disHnsod and In the hands of their enemies the' revolutionists lost no time in Indue-j lng the Imperial troops at Wuchang to join in an Immediate revolt. These soldiers were ripe to move shaving just then a special grievance of their own from fraud practiced on them by one of their officers. So ' "lhe train was lighted. ' rl he general-in-chief of the revo lutionary forces is Li Yuen Huen. He was a major general and com manded the Mixed Brigade at Wti hang. The Osaka Mainichl says of him: "Li Is ahout'48 years of age. Formerly he was a naval officer but after the China-Japanese war was sent to Japan as a cavalry officer to ; study the Japanese methods of mlll , tary training and strategy. LI Is aald to be noted for his honesty and uprightness, and to be deeply rc apected by his men." OCS NATIONAL RECKLESSNESS .A' T. Fresno, two boys of ten and twelve, Are held by the author ities, pending the issue of : whether a farmer shot by one of them, will die or recover. ; The ftuootloff was Ai W $h j oungaj boy, One was armed with a shotgun and the other with a .22 rifle. A Fresno paper says. "One ithe boys said: 'I had shot at a little red bull twice, at a steer once, and .nd' several times at birds.' When near - ithe road, the Treece lad said: or. , missed evprvthinc T have shot at today, and I am going to shoot I at that man going along there.! 'No you better not,' replied Stevens, 'Then Treece took careful aim with the gun pointed toward the road, and fired.' The rancher tonnled for - ward in his buggy, and the boys see ing what had Occurred, dropped Into a ditch and skulked away from the i- .. P'e. in iwo nomes ai r rrauu, mcic m time for reflection over the folly of boys of ten and twelve at large with guns. In another home, there is suspense over the life that hangs by a thread. For the moment, the Fresno community has a sobering view of our national recknessness. THE MESSAGE T HE president's message went to congress yesterday. It deals entirely with the trust Issue, and Is an exhaustive discussion of that subject from Mr. Taft's view - point. It Is In effect, a brief on the supreme court's decision In the oil and tobacco cases, and from his long experience as a Jurist the president Is perfectly at home in the discus sion, and makes an effective presen tation of the case. The discussion follows the lines pursued in his speeches during the late presidential tour. In general, the points are so familiar from fre quent repetition that a measure of the Interest is lost. It is the inevit able consequence that must follow from a country-wide Journey of 57 days, 13,000 miles of travel and more than 300 speeches delivered. The president makes a powerful defense of the supreme court In the decisions In the oil and tobacco cases. He declares that the court has not proclaimed a Judicial discretion of ; determining the criminality or non- criminality of defendants, regard less of whether or not there has been stifling of competition, control of prices or the monopolization of a product In restraint of trade. He af firms that under the new decisions, the court Is without alternative, If stifled competition or monopoly of a product appears, and that under the rule of reason convictions must In evitably follow. The president says that as a result of the decisions the Sherman law Is at last fully understood, and that It was the uncertainty respecting the meaning of the statute that has hitherto stood more or less In the way of Its application. He says that "Juries have felt averse to couvlct Ing for Jail sentences, and Judges have been most reluctant to Impose such sentences on men of respectable standing In society whose offense has been reearded as merely statutory. Still as the offense becomes better ' understood and committlne of it nar- I takes more of studied and dellber- i ate defiance of the law, we can be confident that Juries will convict In dividuals and that jail sentences will be Imposed." As supplemental legislation In con trol of trusts, the president recom mends the granting of national char ters, but advises that until their op eration can be better understood, they be on the voluntary request of corporations rather than compulsory by the government. THE THAMES EMBANKMENT F IFTY years ago the Thames embankment was carried through the heart of London. The northern bank was set In I granite walls and the reclaimed strip land was parked and planted and i laid out in grass and flowers. By day 'it is a play ground for the children of the city. By night the embank- 1 ment is one of the saddest slght3 In the whole world. j There ls nothing In Christendom more painfully pathetic than the throngs of starving, homeless hu- manity seeking a fitful sleep on the big park benches. The Salvation Army, the various societies for the relief of the friendless poor, the spe- cially deputed police, individual charitable ef forts, have vainly strlv- en to cope with this flood of misery. At last a committee representing -n u n i . formed Z reZ msre on j wealthiest city in the wor.d. The coming winter win. u is nopea, see i ju i i . i hi .npinmiu ruiuauftuiuui ciearea I every night from its Bad burden. THE ENEMIES OF HOME RULE T UK friends of home rule for Ire land include these classes. First, the Liberal government; sorond, tho Irish Nationalists, wlli('h means all Ireland except about half of Ulster; third, practically all the Welsh people, who, under the leadership of Lloyd-George, the Welshman, are united to dls-establish the English National church in Wales; fourth, but voting with the foregoing, will be the great majority of the Industrial voters of firnf Britain, an,d, fifth, the free traders by interest or by conviction. By the declaration of A. Bonar Law, the new conservative leader in the house of commons the other day, the world knows whom the con servatives expect to rally In opposi tion. , In the house of commons 'will be the Conservative opposition, pure and simple, who are "agin the gov ernment" on general -principles. Then every member who owes al legiance to the house of lords.- Also every Anglican churchman ,who sets the supremacy of his church over the deslreB pf tire huge majority of the welch people. Representatives of of Ulster they expect to be a unit. In this they will probably be disappoint ed when the vote Is taken. And last- ly the advocates-of a protective 'I I tariff for Great Britain, who hang out the banner, "make the foreigner j pay." A royal fight it will be with no quarter shown the policy of Great Britain, in Industry, religion, the ' house of lords, the Llod-George i budgets and land reform, and to - ' some extent In foreign affairs as well, will be the prizes of this war. To a large extent the old war be tween the masses and the classes will be revived. The Tory Is al ways called the stupid party. In the certainty that their opponents will all be bound in a strict alliance by the policy they have announced they seem to deserve the old title THE MS ANGELES ELECTION T HE Los Angeles election Is over. Elections there have come to be of national Interest. They are usually a crisis, and Involve passion, bitterness, hatred and feudlsm. The situation Is re- i fleeted In the fact that 1000 special deputies were on duty yesterday while the voting was In progress. The distant onlooker expected any thing to happen. Disorders, and pos sible bloodshed would not have been surprising. The radicalism on both sides of the perennial and embittered labor and employer feud there keeps sowing Beeds that may at any time burst Into violence. It Is a most un happy and unnatural condition. The election Is a landslide for Mayor Alexander, who is re-elected by 35,000 plurality. He carries with him Into office every candidate on the business man's ticket. It places the business interests In complete control of every branch of the mu nicipal government. It all trans pired without serious disorder, and by that token Is a vindication of the American system and the ballot box. There Is no doubt that the McNa- mara confessions contributed heavily to the result. It is another object lesson proving to union labor that it should never stake too much on the questionable guilt or Innocence of two mere men, and those men under' arrest. DR. COE OPPOSES D IJf HENRY WALDO COE openly opposes the west extension of the' Umatilla project. But, even though Dr. Coe was a member of the Oregon delegation in the convention that named Mr. Taft, and even though Dr. Coe was for merly much In evidence at the na tional capital, his objections to the Umatilla project should not be con sidered. Private Interests should not over- shadow public interests. The Uma- ! t,lla Project Is the immediate con- I cern of a11 Oregon. It Is of state i Importance. It means 50.000 to j 60,000 acres of barren lands made homes and productivity where now there are only rabbits. It means the creation of products and dollars over a broad expanse on which now there Is only sage brush. The Umatilla project Is the one government project on the lower Co lumbia. It is a strip of land with 35 miles of frontage on deep water. Its products can go by water to Portland and all ports of the world. It is an area with a low altitude. Freedom from frost with earlier sun rise and later sunset Insure larger, surer, earlier and more varied crops than can be grown on higher alti tudes. Land and water rights valued at $2,200,000 have already been with- . by the government for the PYtM1Rlnn. Th whnl rnnRntt extenslon. The whole constitutes a $2,000,000 argument for completing the project. It is a recognized plan, and its completion is in harmony with the government decision to com plete old projects before beginning new ones. In completing the extension, the government will not work injury to private parties. The federal govern ment never deprives private individ uals of property except by due pro cess of law and with full and ade quate compensation. Instead of In jury, the extension will bring gen eral benefit to all settlers and to fho wnol Btate ,n the new land(J ,t TZZlT 1100,63 " RhoM be author. . d b M - ft ,zeu -lr- It ls one way to give a measure of postponed Justice to this state. A strong vote of confidence was given W. F. Matlock, a pioneer citi zen, In his election Monday as mayor of Pendleton. It ls the more em- phatic because he had for an op ponent a strong and progresslyedortaat event, bringing thousands of young uusiness man or nign sxanaing In the city. A Conservative Concert. George W. Cable, the author of so many delightful stories of the south, recalls an Incident of his boyhood days, which were spent in New Orleans. A fierce old colonel one day called his negro coachman to him. "You were drunk yesterday!" he roared. "What do you mean by such a performance?" " "fwas an accident, sah, 'pon mah word." 1 "An accident?" "Yes, suh. In dc mornln', I gets a Jlm myjohn of rum fer t' keep de rheuma tism from mah ole woman, an', Marse John, I slips on de Ice an' bust de Jtmmyjohn, an' de rum mak little pud dles In de road. Den, sah, I Jes gets down an' laps some up. Dat'a how It cum, Marse John." "You black rascall How much did you drink?" "Well, , Marse John, sah," answered old Ned," with a twinkle in his eye, "I s' pose I mus'. er save"tnore en a quart," Anybody who gets crushed to death buying the leaving on December S3 nped expect UlUe sympathy. ( Letters From the People (Oommnnlcaflona aent to The Journal for pab. Meat Ion in thla department ahould not aireed 800 words In length and mnat b aeompanl4 by the name and addreaa of the lender.) Up to the Ad CInb and Others. Portland, Or., Dec. 5. To the. Editor of The Journal. Your accounts of the proceedings of the Ad club and other business organizations quicken public Interest In their good work. Such en deavors have within a few years res cued the business world from the clutches of greed and cunning and planted It upon the high grounds of Bcicntlflc service. No longer is the best boozer the best business getter. nor the smutty story the prime essen tial to salesmanship, and to misrepre sent Is recognized as a sure step to dis solution. But organized business has Just com menced Its good work. Its next activ ity must be to examine the underlying structure to see If there Is Interfer ence with Its well-springs of diversion of Its flow. Business can be Immeas urably Increased, Just as farmers In crease crops by adding to soil fertility and cutting choking weeds, so mer chants and manufacturers by proper at tention to business soil, may vastly swell their output. This soil Is popu larly termed labor. Whila business Is preeminently service. It Is preceded by and dependent upon labor. For good or 111, whatever affects labor affects business and whatever affects that la bor with Ids feet on the ground is re flected in the higher skilled branches. Business must learn from labor that an Injustice to one is the concern of all. Not only should It annlaud ail Increases labor Is able to wring from monopoly, but should be alert in devis ing methods for labor to obtain a Irrger portion of Its product. That Is as es sential to business welfare as the In vention of Improved methods of ln- reaslng wealth. In casting about for means to Im prove labor conditions, the claims of single tax era. It seems to me, should be carefully considered by business or ganizations. They make two positive specific assertions: That the business of producing original wealth -s ham pered, and that a great part that Is pro duced goes to nonearners. It is claimed that big and little land speculators, working to a common end, have boosted land prices way beyond normal; that these Inflated prices act as a fence, man-tight and big money high, which separates the source of all supplies on one side and labor on the other; that to bring land and labor to gether to create wealth an absurd fimmmt tniint i i. rlvon n hA fenn.!. ' owner, who Is a nonproducer simply a holder of privilege. Justifying their second claim, single taxers point out that the owners of vacant lots and idle lands reap large profits without performing service; that Portland's continued growth piles money into private pockets that should go into the public till. Business men need not be told that for one to re ceive wealth without earning necessi tates others to earn without receiving, which of course Is Injustice. As the people of Portland create these values, it seems natural that they should be used to defray expenses of government caused by the people's presence. Will exemption of personal property and Im provements tend to that end? B. T. SAMPLE. The Rose Festival. Portland, Dec. 6. To the Editor of The Journal Your editorial In yester day's Journal on the lack of Interest in next year's Rose Festival should rouse every live citizen of Portland to action. The title, "If," very probably represents the sentiment of a certain proportion of people, but the sentiment of the majority should compel a change of title to "We Shnll." I am one of a large number whose business ls not benefited directly by the festival. In fact I might personally take a vacation throughout the entire week and never know the difference In business receipts. Yet so certain am I that the Rose Festival ls worth to the city every dollar it costs that I am will- lng to do my share, and furthermore ' would like to see the editorial r and spread across the front page of The Journal, so that the need of Immediate action might be brought home to every other citUen of Portland. Have the doubters stopped to consid- I er that the years of Portland's greatest j material expansion have been those j years in which the Rose Festival was ' the one big civic event of the year? Do thoy realize that the advertising of the festival done by tho railroads alone has ! been worth thousands of dollars to this i city and state? Would it have been possible for as much Oregon land to : have been sold In the east to people who ' have never visited this territory If it j had not been for the widespread pub- licity this state has received through j the Rose Festival? And even more di- rectly to the point, do they realize how many thousands of actual cash are spent In Portland by visitors during the fes tival? It has been a frequent cause of com nlalnt amon? merchants that thev were asked to support every enterprise for I which a subscription was necessary, ! while tho owners of the buildings es- J caped the subscription taker entirely, This complaint seems Justified by the attitude of a large percentage of the j i. on mrr,nt i ,,, i cases is doubtless doing more than his share. Per foot rentals on some comers on Washington street compare, I am told, with present rentals on Broadway, New York. The building owners should real ize that such rentals are possible only because the storekeepers who take the Ipbsps calculate ttwit the city is growing so fust thnt the lease will be valuable before it expires. First and foremost. it is the Rose Festival that is bringing new people hero, and Indirectly making such rentals possible. The landlords should do their share, and not expect the retailers to do it all. The Elks' convention will be an Im live wires" to Portland. But the fact that the Elks aie coming to this city has nothing to do with holding a bigger and better Rose Festival this year, for ppealing to almost totally different classes of people, they will not conflict in any way, but both will do much to further the cause cf Greater Portland. JAMES V. SAYRE. Approves West's Policy. Portland, Dec. 6. To the Editor of The Journal I have noticed several letters condemnies Governor West for his action in regard to capital punish ment. If some of those church mem bers (and I am one of them) would take their Bibles and point out where God or anyone else said "Kill him who kills," If that passage of holy writ means what they take it to mean, then they are right. But who , so , sheddeth man's blood, so shall his blood be shed. If that were true, why did he-forglve Cain, or why was Moses let go, and David, too, and several others who were downright murderers. Cold or hot, it don't make any difference-they took; life, and they were not hung. yyt many will tell you they suffered enough. Life Imprison ment la worse. If some who condemn i . COMMENT AND SMALL CHANGE. Tet most people will tuy 'em when mey aarn please. a Men who wouldn't work are troubled with the eat problem. It Is a very difficult Job adequately to punisn a Dank wrecker. a An extra and a big Jail is needed, In spite of prosperity and Gipsy Smith. The ultimate consumer certainly pays an enormous aggregate profit on almost anytning no Duys. It does seem that hanging Is too good ror some criminals. But lsn t life lm prisonment worse? a It begins to look as If most of the people connected with tne McNamara case were going Crazy. Business Deestmtsts can Drovs nothing by pointing to Portland. She's all right, In a business sense. a Women of Oregon mav get the ballot, but not by the English suffragette meth od; they are too wise to try that. "Is Saul also among the prophets?" Committeeman Ralph Williams has come out for a presidential primary. Dr. Blue, a prominent government health officer, may be promoted. But FreBumably not for causing people to eel blue; a Big real estate owners ret the bene fit of everything everybody else does, but some of them are very poor In pub lic spirit. . a' Mrs. Patterson deserved conviction and punishment But there's no use In trying to convict a pretty young wom an murderess. Stranger things have happened than the sending of a Democrat to congress by the "eopie or this congressional dis trict, Multnomah county, next year. a Boclal conditions need reforming, but any healthy young man can get a good valuable home or his own In a few years Just by working and saving. a Probably there is an occasional news paper reader who sometimes suspects that some advertisements are not al ways confined to the exact, Mtcral truth. SEVEN GREAT PHILANTHROPISTS Baroness Burdett-Coutts. Women hold an Important place jsamong the great philanthropists of the world. They have accomplished as much in the line of direct charity as have the men. One of the best exam ples of the- woman philanthropist is represented In the Baroness Burdett Coutts, who died as recently as De cember 80, 1906. No one among the rich women of the world more generously opened her purse strings for the poor and needy, nor was more lavish In their gifts to educational and charitable In stitutions. At the time of her death which oc curred when she was 92 years of age the baroness was the wealthiest woman In England. The charities of the bar oness were so many that It would be hard to enumerate them alL She built the great church of St. Stephen in memory of her father, and there are, In connection with It, schools where more than 20.000 boys and girls have been educated. The church and schools cost her $500,000, and as the baroness paid the expense of the schools up to the time of her death, and liberally en dowed them In her will, they no doubt cost her In all several millions of rinllnm d urine her lifetime. The baroness built model cottages for the poor on her estates. She built model tenements In London, and she gave $1,000,000 for the building of a market for the poor of Bethnal Green that they might have better food at cheaper prices than could be had without the market She built the ivonia nnilee-e for women, ana wnen . -r J AV.rtlnia fitrllfpn e cn? OI ,,u,V -i fortune in J. Sreds of meals for the poor "yed sanitary Inspectors at her T ' Her charities were so extensive and large tnat the jate Queen Victoria rnlged ner to the peerage and London conferred upon her the freedom of the ,tv The sultan of Turkey conferred upon her the Order of Medjidleh and the grand cross and cordon of the Order of Mercy. The oaroness w mc -west bad a son 'or daughter Webb.B piace sure they would praise Wc8t But they see just one uoverm" " OSWEGO, slllei Right Man in Right Place. Portland. Or.. Dec. To the Editor of The Journal. A subscriber Ms telling the people of Oregon something new about capital punshment. He says that all over the world it is life for life, and i. Mr West is trving to spring some- thing new. He knows very little about the world. There has not Decn capuai punishment executed in Norway In the last 35 years. The late is.ing ym.' who was a very nigmy eum-uieu . was against it. He would not sign a doath sentence, r uieeii aS "' law was changea to lmprisuiiincni liftlma In first degree and the crimes are not Increasing Just the opposite. You very seldom hear about a murder. My opinion about Governor West In this case is that he ls the right man In the right place. It la better to help him and get the law changed. Give the people tho best possible education and the criminals will decrease. READER. Commendation From Dr. Foulkes. New York, Nov. 27. To the Editor of The Journal. As a far away easterner, yet as the one responsible for Gipsy Smith's campaign in America, I want to express to you my sincere thanks and appreciation for the admirable way In which you have given publicity to his campaign In Portland. The atti tude which you have taken, not alone does you credit, but I am sure, will act as a genuine' Influence for good throughout the entire coast. Wishing; you and Portland the most abundant prosperity, very faithfully yours, WILLIAM HIRAM FOULKES. About 88. Portland, Or., Dec. 4. To the Editor of The Journal. Will you kindly an swer the following question through the columns of The Journal? How old la Governor WeBt? SUBSCRIBER. Equal Treatment for Roth Sexes. From the Detroit ' Free Press. Why 1st It that the names of women and girls arrested in so-called "cheap hotel" raids are given out by the police while the names of the men in whose company they-are found are kept se cret? There should be no double stand, ard of morals In those affairs. A custom has been In vogue at the police stations to bold the woman in these rases and to enter her on the po lice records as under avorest, while the man has been permitted to go free and NEWS IN BRIEF. OREGON SimCLlGHTS. The First National bank of Klamath Falls has absorbed the Klamath County bank the oldest or luamatn f-aus nanus, a a T The mill of the Pelican Bay Lumber company will begin operations aooui Marcn i. it win cut ev.uyu xeei per iv hour day. Mayor Mlcelll of Roseburg says the purchase of an auto fire truck for the J . . . l l, ... t. ..... 1 u.,1 Qiii.il In "tin to the underwriters. a , Redmond Spokesman: Redmond has mnra mimical, llterarv and theatrical talent than It would be possible to find in many towns 10 times tne size oi mis. r At Medford the precipitation for the month of November was the least for thnf month In 10 vears. It was 1.67 Inches; the average for 23 years Is 4.21. Eph i MillerTl former postmaster of Lakeview, has resigned the orrice or deputy sheriff and accepted a position with the i newaucan jaereanius uum- pany at Paisley. The young people of the Epworth league at Echo gave, a chicken dinner Sunday to all persons in me community of the age of 60 years or- over. About 25 guests partook.' Contractor Oeoree B. Graves made one of the largest donations to the new CatTrollo church at L.akeview. He plas tered the entire building insiae ana men donated the work, more than 1000 square yards. Aihn Democrat: Wasn't that awfttlt The Democrat referred to the Browns ville High school football team a coun try boys. And the Portland papers refer to the Democrat man as a country ed itor. What are we coming to? Kne-ene Register: T. J. Hendricks informs us that In driving through the narlc that bpars his name. Thanksgiving day. he saw near the tower on the high point several oak trees tnat were leavea out with leaves about tne size or a squirrel's ear. Eugene Guard: The telephone com pany is to be commended for starting the movement for putting the wires un derground. The company took this step in the business part of town two years ago. and is now extending the work. Also they are using the alleys instead of the streets for their poles all over the city. flrst peeress created in her own right, and the first woman to whom honorary citizenship in London was presented. Among other of the great works of the baroness was the founding of the training school for women teachers at Chelsea. A reformatory for fallen girls and young women at Shepherd's Bush was another of her good works. Drink ing fountains in large numbers works of art as well as utility were erected by her in London, Manchester and other cities. She also gave great attention to the prevention of cruelty to animals and with her help lecturers were sent to thy provincial towns to advocate the cause of the animals. The Church of England found In Lady Burdett-Coutts a warm and ac tive supporter. In British Columbia, Australia and South Africa she en dowed bishoprics at an aggregate cost of nearly 1260,000. When the British soldiers in the Cri mea were dying by the hundreds from exposure of the cold and dampness. Lady Burdett-Coutts waB one of the first to forward them large supplies of warm clothing, provisions of every kind and a plentiful supply of tobacco. Lady Burdett-Coutts was married In 1881 to William Ashmead Bartlett, whose father lived In Philadelphia, where he died in 1855. His widow took their two sons to England and placed them in school. The baroness assisted in educating them and after their leav ing college the younger son became her private secretary. In this post he be came the dispenser of her immense charities. During the Russo-Turklsh war he went to the east to look after the distribution of her bequests, and while there he became seriously 111 with fever. He was sent home In a man-of- war kindly placed at the disposal of the baroness by the British govern ment as a mark of respect for her be nevolent work. Although very much her Junior the secretary was later mar ried to the. baroness and also entered the British parliament. Tomorrow Edward Alleyn. no record Is made of his relation to the affair. It has always been difficult to understand the reason for this dls crimination. Presumably, there has been a belief in the minds of the offi cials responsible for the regulation that notoriety for the female might act as a deterring Influence upon others of the Fame sex, and that young girls In clined to waywardness might take timely thought of the risks they would run if they had occasional reminders in the exposure of others who ventured and were found out. But this same ar gument would apply equally to the male offender. If there ls to be discrimination, in most cases It should be in favor of the female rather than the male. A great many of the girls found by the police in these "cheap hotels" are young and comparatively Ignorant of the world, who have been taken to the resert by men much more sophisticated than they. It would seem to be better policy to protect the girl from notoriety under such circumstances and to let the bur den of sham fall upon the man. At all. events, the offense of the man ls rare ly less than that of his companion and there is no Jufrt reason why he should be shielded at her expense. The Free Press will not use the names of the unfortunate women in these raids unless the women have po lice records. The latter have no repu tation to lose, while the former deserve a chance to keep their good name and to retrieve what ls often a misstep that ls not necessarily irrevocable. The Scapegoat, From the Cleveland Plain Dealer. "You say the boy's maternal grand father was a highwayman?" "Yes." "And his paternal grandfather was charged with arson?" "Yes." "And his aunt is a shoplifter and his uncle a counterfeiter?" "Yes." "Then to what do you ascribe his way wardness?" "Why, to moving pictures, of course.' Helping Her Out. From the Kansas City .Journal. Why didn't you get a younger tur key?" demanded the husband., 'H told the dealer I was rather green," faltered the young wife, "so he advised me to take an old, experienced bird." Their Awful Tales. : From the Kansas City Times. To hear the trUBt attorneys tell It, Sherman's rtiarch through : Georgia was a shunshine-scafterlng expedition con), pared with the Sherman law's march through Wall street. .Tolls at ana ma From the Seattle Times At the recent meeting of the Seattle Ad Ciub." D. H. Skinner, president of the Port Blakeley I111 company, spoke on the topic, "The Panama Canal and the Lumber. Industry." He gave his auditors substantial food for thought, particularly when he put squarely before them the question; "Ilow are you going to send cargoes through the canal unless you have the ships?" His analysis of conditions, as bearing upon coastwise trade and "free toils," was Instructive and .illuminating. A discussion involving to an extent the same points has been carried on be tween W. A. Mears, manager of the transportation bureau of the New Seat tle Chamber of Commerce and Honorable IJalvor Steenerson, congressman from tb,e Ninth Minnesota district. The subject arose through the pas sage of resolutions bv the new chamber of commerce favoring the exemption of coastwise vessels from canal tolls. While I have always been friendly to Seattle and the west generally." writes Congressman Steenerson, "I ahould like to be 'shown' why this bonus should be given for water in preference to land transportation." " In "showing" the man from Minnesota. Mr. Mears takes the ground that the granting of free tolls to American com merce through an American oanal should not be looked upon as a bonus. It ls his belief that the people of the Mississippi valley, contrary to the opin ion of the Minnesota congressman, would be Immensely benefited by free tolls. The present rail rates from St. Paul to Seattle average from $20 to $25 per ton. With those rates the transcontinental lines having terminals at Seattle and St. Paul have each laid by In their surplus funds a total of about $76,000,000. There Is no gainsaying the force of the contention that It Is to the Interest of the people of Minnesota to receive Pa cific coast products and to ship their products to the Pacific const at the low est possible rates; and the converse of the proposition is equally true. Also, there is no question that the transportation lines of the Mississippi valley, Including steamboat service, will be benefited by free tolls so that the commerce of the valley may flow via New Orleans and the canal to the Pa cific coast, and vice versa. Mr. Mears continues': "When you speak of a bonus, if you choose to term it so, to whom would this bonus be given? Would It not be to the citizens of the United States generally, and not to the citizens along the coasts and in Its great valleys? "Suppose the government would Im prove the Mississippi river from St. Paul to New Orleans would you think It fair that the citizens of the states bordering on the Mississippi river should pay the cost and operation of the Improvement, or that It should be charged to the citizens of the country generally? "This subject should be treated In the same manner. . "The people of the west coast wish to be relieved of the burden of the mo nopoly that now exists In all transcon tinental railroad rates, and we believe that the only way to overcome this mo nopoly and have a free interchange of products between the respective parts of the country, is in no way to hamper their movement by any charge through the Panama canal." Hence, Congressman Btoenerson's ar gument falls to the ground. His con tention ls shown to be untenable that shipping points situated midway be tween the two oceans, as, for instance, St. Paul and Minneapolis, would be at a disadvantage when the water rates be established between the two coasts. Inland waterways will settle the ques tion favorably to inland points and demonstrate anew that water trafflo Is, after all, the greatest regulator of rates. Tanglefoot By Miles Overholt PARABLE OF THE RESTAURANT MAN. Now it came to pass that there was a restaurant over against a dingy street that' was exceedingly shy on custom. And the chef was only a cook. And the nroDrietor of the restaurant did wax exceedingly wroth that the shekels remained In the other people's ' pockets. And he wist not why It was And lie began to ponder. And behold he was som ponder n believe us. Now It came to pass that the res taurant proprietor had knocked about the world until the edges had been worn off and had made of him a rolling stone. And behold he had gathered no oas. So wheru his patrons began to grow few ho must needs hump himself that he might dodge the poor house. And he conceived an Idea. Lo and behold the following day the restaurant was closed. ' And In the place of the word "Res taurant" there appeared In gilded let ters the word "Cafe." ... And heavy curtains appeared at the windows. And that was all. But the peoplo did peer In and some entered. And behold the doors were quickly closed. And thereupon more people did en ter, and still more. And behold the restaurant man did prosper exceedingly and he bullded him a house with six bay windows with a southern exposure. And behold it is even so. Not So I lard. From the Pittsburgh Post. "Must be hard to get suitable material for tho Thanksgiving magazines year after year." "Oh, I don't know. All they have to have is a football story and a cover, de sign depicting a turkey. " They're After Him. From the Atlanta Constitution. "Tho man who never saw a railroad ls getting beautifully less In Dixie. Th tailroaus are hunting him up and ru nlng over him now. Rag Time Hymns (Contributed to Tb Journal b Wult Uaaun, tb fvmou K annua poet, till prote-pnemt r regular feutura of tliia column lu Tba Dull Journal.) Sundry highbrows are denouncing rag time hymns tho people sing; after get ting such a trouncing tlioy will fade like everything! Ail our anthems should bo stately, so the angry high brows shriek; but it seems to me they're greatly orr their trolley, so to speak. Underneath the roof and stueple, where the hymnhook music rolls, there are divers kinds of people, all varieties of -souls. Some prefer a solemn measure, grajid, majestic, noble, 'strong; others get a greater pleasure fromi the slap;. , bang kind of song. Let the hymn be; swift and swinging If soma Wftins thought It starts; what's the, odds what hymn we're singing if.lt moves, the peo- , pie's hearts? Let who will go worship Milton and his harp that flashes fi re let who will prefer tho liitin' of a joy. ous rag tituff lyre! Coprrleht. 1011. b -lk Jtto " " Oaorga UutUiaw A dame, MLJkf UtsftM .'