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Newspaper Page TextTHE OKECQN DAILY JOURNAL. PORTLAND. TUtSDAY UVLN1H0. HAY tl. 151! THE TOURNALISrJ?,:-T'"t7VhS ItttWI. tr Jtyj'jLrr'SJy---' oifc4 tiadi ta It qui-" y":f ' lr ih t.r Uir b""j tru la tea - ou jfd fr- li or " taa fa tb laqoiry - - - a A i , illrn,.u . . , aad Ihea th b"Bli-rw' aa4 Iuel4a . . a a. la-awasB , fa 7. - 'T-TZ. "ai. a. awae a " artiiri feitou rrr..ir i if it it tha iildv ipupi" hid tt- round rata TM M mh aw a im iHs4 . PA It . aa mm ... .! iim aar M'" kin" !1 A thla Bautr r ,or rrac. It b.alinli Urraaa. H pais lata nfhlat: ,'J ill kp A fcer tul I for end !'P jrij Af waat dreame aa b'ellh. and quiet fcrlhirt - KMlt ' nffli b. after I he iooh.i liOTtrd thetu In f.ro'-altu "(th town, and to the torn hall where I ; their uin.n rr rutTd I lh r' I urdi of luhlno r"I liaim la even ntmarra ran. u Itj oul fle llllirl. ll'" Ullch el!d for to in lb rift--ntn ren ;tur, tlrro in th riUiulb. and , coue in Neil Aufuil lh old careBiOU) ll l rthr.t it ih . ,n( 10 flen !ihrr Hill th (Mtalh tmtury 'fiad lru lotra lo o In fad and Itmari Ihrouih anrrn ritual, or tiirK ninn uu lt paid lo lh Chri R. WeCorBile aUl. at ' ika f Mr. T4I, U lipaU4 at. JUIooa. It l ta aava capafltJla tU, nhat U ft Kapatllcaan af caa uillloa fl ef Umter. . It u! " i-itibj nr-rt ta b fato4 ay tba cattruiloa T raoteatlaf 4alca'4aas la I ar-ti alttar vrl, for blti taa t Chleato faaatloa trovk taa iaiaiiavia ajra. i, I ! " - " MiiiIM. -'TW . V;: - alara f4r t9 Ua tut Cil)r 01 tklct Uf. MCKTI Pa dui Pit ll iaa aia i wr, ( t . ...1. .... w.. i. .rl 1 m.rV,. I. ..hi.. iA a kint I ' "l , anf aVnnVHVivt a Hal will I ' '"--t - aj -" - 'iia wa, COMMENT AND. NEWS IN BRIEF IUAIX CI LAX UK cat go .t BWtUQum Tk. iitato aaiaiaa ai WorlJ'i Ttllti't Di.k Trvm NfW.Ywl tvaaia Pail Uir build olaar vMaela loth for U!0ttfit tba vta. It U lb coarao- aoif and for tba buttle. . ' taat parml ef iioldoifarr. So Isduiirr U mora fit. 'ofl auld ibli oaa baa a mora tljnaljrj If tba jaotlamaa la Wall atraat i-aUBJu. Sor could It bava battrbO coalrol tba daatlalaa ef ABan- afoat vtihaa ara fajirwfrUb f a I'll 'h partal uikmi: mo.m.v? taiod that S.o0.e00 wij IIK r-MPTV JLlUKtT Il.ihKKT IT to ataiod that ii.ooa.ooo wai peat ta iha Rarubllcan raldrn Uil prlmarlaa la Pnailanla. Tm , million dollar . U nv.a onar tba a aarta Lariea mill opru oold raraia ror 4000 yttra. . .In onafouatr. f C7.2SS w ta tba Intaraat of Taft. and 111. It! tor tba baaafll of Rooaavelt. - Tba on trarafad 11.10 for avery ota 'la tba toontr. Tb tba Wirylmd prlmarlM tba, Tatt forcaa ebara that tba Rooa-1 a. M - - - I- t. t Vm mImmjI VAl. r t I Tail lOrtV UUU Ui KUW WIVI.I .w.w v. Baltimera, and tba Rooaerrlt forrei raolr with afmllar accoMtlana l o der tba campaign publicity law of New Tor tba pbllah4 atatamenta W arannnta iDnt abow tbat tha Itooaarelt forwi ipant mora tbn It for aach rota raft for their randl 'data. - I la Oblo laat wk Walter L. Hoa a'r, eampalfn tnanager. nada public jtba aoareea of tba La Folltt tam rlfA fnnda. (Irlnt tba araotmta of tba eontrtbuUona and tba namaa or tba rontribotori. Tha sum wai 55, 000, or laaa tban waa spent for Mr. ;Taft and Mr. Rooaerelt In a alntla county. 1 How much money la being spent In Dblo? ',' WUoaa money la financing the Taft Campaign? v Wboaa money Is financing tha Rooaerelt campaign? ' Who tan ftfford to spend all this money on a presidential, candidate, and what are they trying to buy? A' ABOUSHIXQ COAL MINES t'iY)RDISa to Hraditreft'a. the coat of living lncrai-d len jt rent laat r. In a New York neajapr the other day appeared an aderifie ment In whlrh a boipltal offered (o pay U for a quart of blood from tba body of a healthy person, fo be uaed for purpoaea of tranafuilon. The following morning 110 atrong men rlamored at tha doors of the Insti tution for a chance to bartaln away life blood at :5 per. Does the Damocratle party or the Republican party nal!te that many a market oaiiat la rmfi) either party comprehend the value of the hlgh-ccat-of-ilving lame In the coming campaign? U.NDKn THK tX)XKTITtTIX T A" T tba - International Smoke Abatement Exhibition: JTetdtn London March It to April -4. larga : audlencea and many speaker, testified to general Inter- st. - ' - - Sir William Ramsey, tha well known chemist, explained, in an ad dress, how he considered It possible to set the coal strata on fira below ground, convert tha lighted coal Into gas, and, conducting, the gas through pipes to tha surface, there to pro- "duce' electrical energy. An English colliery owner baring agreed that Sir William Ramsey should make ; the experiment on on of his mines a practical demonstration 'may, be ' given before the end of this coming . summer. ! ' ' "The method Is this: A bore hole bout one and a half i feet In diame ter la put down into a practically worthless seam of coal. Now a coal earn must be two and one half or three "feet thick to be successfully , worked. Under the Ramsey plan the - aeam need not be more than a foot thick and may be largely shale. , -There would be throe concentric tubes In the shaft lpslde, middle, ' and outside. Air is to be forced down the outside tube so that the coal may . burn and be kept burning. 'The y inside tube would be used to keep the ehaft clear of water. Up the V ' middle tube the gas would rise, and as the fire spread distilling and pro ducer gases would bo brought up. The high , tension electric current f produced at the surface by the com- - bustlon of the gases would be thence ' distributed to consumers. . - The cost, of electricity bo produced m-; ! estimated at one fifth or even less than present cost by mined coal. - ,The reputation of the originator ' of this weird plan Justifies suspen sion of Judgment untij the experi ment Is tried out. It Is understood that adequate funds will be pro-Tided. HE national Borlallat convention at Indianapolla rejected the rev olutlonary program of tho In- duatrlal Workers of the World. There Is no other way to treat snch a program. The methode or the strong arm are lmpontble. A plan of direct and violent action cannot succeed. Those who advo cate it are misguided, and will dis mally fail In their propaganda. The Industrial Workers of the World would organize the workers Into one great Industrial union which would strive for Immediate revolu tion by strikes, violence or other means of destroying employers' prof its. It makes the monumental blun der of supposing tbat It can engage In violence without provoking vio' lence In return. Rejection of Its program at Indi anapolla waa a defeat where the or ganization doubtless expected aid. It has still other ' defeata in store. Its methods are madness and Its hopes a myth. ,- The government of this country still is, and will continue to be, by ballot and under the constitution. environments for a rwtar develop-jaa railroads eoald look la aa ar- a.ent. Nor should it fall to twelve 'age Portland banquet to tbeir or- tb unreatrlcted encouragement f flclala out la Oregon, would they Portland. ot feel an Impulse to rate salar Moit aurreaafnl thlnca have a lea? mall tjeiiAbiuf. The company tbat a Uunrhlna tba naw enterprise all Oovernmant atatlatlca tbat at- St Jtelmi has Itself bad a wonderfal tempt to give l&e number or swiae i acuuua jui ta mum, or While MUlla ttaKklB fcma laa It, tim faiittful at ta .ttira. I faiuf aa r taa Uklri Trwai ram. lor nil .3.r taf t eaeat r-at I "e baklna utile U Iba iirli l4 Tha nimaa.la .a.i aM . ....i.lA , . . IT" i for ii a HtHvaa ali. I " ... invoea am aaera, eeaiata arr ll)lc "r"'"vm wil. I mi a n..utt- ta CI, a I rarlui af I k i . ....... : ".irT.i el Ta thlrtr-Zlrat flaer. watek I. Iha nil h'altoaal batk butUiag. I ealwr iha rrmt4al rf Uslat, hi va raarrl tha mmuni- Wr aaan. 44 iat4 sual il ht iiciaU4. iT a a lu.. anil vulior aar ef rortlaas, ftaial loo i ad tiir ta iaa werta. . Tfci ae44ai d.alb. are tkaa ef fd, J.i wT.u-l and va.dillia ll I u,.f b i . ijL-.i - Mful ao,ia I in.ir prima. " ninl'f iha Mm ef tail e.ta. -I:lJr i, lh. i.t ILtJ.., . hi.2 lb taraabirmia ociviniiw iuiu la h truit ewmrx Th. lr.(, i. ,6H uad.r ere. ' r Condoa Qlobal Tfc waaal caairar wbai euixtaa Ibl bacaoaa la rkmi cn mii ininiwi ' priiM aui la a now, ft haa ta ad hie 1. May would toraaa uut4 A r.,rk Jifi.-M fArmarlv Iha eras- I It for private etrtra aad library art. oc Iha Cumlar!and fraebvlartan dev. lit eounnaada a marvatoua la. af . V .i . 7 . .1 Tti wwe about aralLa la. tbir aoaliak at Woedburn, aui leiunv i num. with wlndawa loollng o.l on i uwj lati iv iniw iwuuui i ara ao man riha (laf t Ipaa It. I uaad aa a lira auuaa, waa are ax rl. Krom th prnt undertaking I In tb country are apparently defect there ihould iirlng a larn and con-live . . . i . . , i i A . . - . 1 1 h a. nA w 1 1 all a, vaiip fail If! aiauiii raiiauuina luuuairi. I Hw i aw . . . . . . . i I k . 1 1 k , n th. K . . ,.1 miaami . - . : " ll irgiQ in DUliding ot veeis l 'l v '"" l trraiar nac OUIUualuaniafli. u on tba Columbia, presently w shall I acts. bring more and mora maritime feat ure Into the Columbia. W shall Ern " theT a ' hallot. It ts mora remantl alrl la Iha uaJly. Thar la a nuch haaulv Ut iha iwU thai oobodjf wua haalia ahuuld b aad. for lit dwwn. aa an auldlall four alJaav llnm Ha a. a .-a. aad lUa Ixiyar la laaricg M .... Bu( UM lha raA ... walk arwuad Iha aailra buildlag la iha Cervellla Oaiilli Tlmea' The Mwiepaw air. on ma waai la a ua parlor. tfatmM al ilw la In eoarallaa with I aaewaea la alaaa. a fconihir aavrj.il eJ: A sraat reem Miiadi acroaa tha aa. La rollilla a Tha rxraoa whs can' I avald arArrvlfia aboui many Hula i&laaa will aavac remote ine Aiioria nanairait, inn 1 "i - "w I bul ho area Ultimately give tha Columbia .ship- rrageues coma bih more irouoie tie if. flue the downhill rat from tb In-1 thin without It. terlor to ahkh It la entitled l lttmatelv. Portland must bar Kaneaa baa a record of eight tor-1 have rauca happiaiaa. ...n.. ...i . .. . 1 - ...I Inadoe la 11 dara. But two tnrna- I .uruu.rQi ui Tr""cla TT" ii-n,hHi nh .11 U.i Euaawa Dafce will at laait b.at tha steamboats plying the ocesn md dow b,w throughout Oblo all laatlra,r5 tn ih aumbac of time ha win nar run ror prcaioani. a A atrania oocurranra In Iha Harrow trial la Iha uulrkna.i with which a jury naa mn Hcurtv. a Tha Wlllamalla vail. haa been ait- Had marly Ihraa quarl.ra of a evntury, bui lua juat bagun 10 (row. auld Ilka mora dalaala. !int A,M I ecoueio lha c.ol.r ef Iha Icald wall. I b havr wlla bia tli-l ' I ladUiiac thai tha room la to ba uiad. liver Lake Ludirt Tha traaa ind I perbapa, tor library or lounimt room. scouring th Interior for traffic. It la Portland's way to a future, posi tion of vsit preitlge and power. week. early aowa grain ara growths rapllly. lha maaeowa ara iraan ana roni a haavy crorx Nowh.ro on aarta doaa viialalloo frow faaiir thaa bar In ttii rvwiog aeoa. Kntarpriii Itaord Olifliln: Klor Letters From trie People . NATIONAL HTAXDAL A room about half lb all of this oe cuplaa tha northaait comer. A parao la auihontr aald that If Vloriia decidad 10 mo vi hi eme. thla would probably ai ow privati room. Other l.ar rooms looked aa Ihouah Lb.jt csihl ao AdaplaMe too kluhini i 5 If. ri! liiil'.i0.1.? aiiabllahed. Ke room on lha Ihlrtyflrit noor naa 71 oaon runuinea. and tJaird Band. J I and II vaar old, laorortlvalr. bavs walked 10 rfilUa a'-h accoMtna to tha oomputatlona of principal W. af. Bullnn or Ilia a4lr- year. T Arllcl.i and ouaitloni for thla pas hould ha written on only on alda of lha paper aad be accompanied ty th writ. r noma. Tha ame will -not h lia. it ... .i. ... punn.iiaa. dui ia orairao aa an mat- HE majority report of th enate committee exonerates Or , convinced that no-vote waa se cured for him by bribery." and that "neither lltnes nor anyon els raised funds or contributed to a Single Taa Misunderstood. Portland. Or. afar 11 To tha Editor of Tha Journal One of tha moat ab surd declaration! aver wrapped up In a nrlaa ai-hoota. Th.V live oa bo me lt lad four miles from town. a Malam Slalaaman: A lartl Chtttlm hark Ira. whlrh haa aracad tha Blala bouaa lawn and hn bidden from vlw a sood part of tha capital bulldinf. haa been removed by order of Secretary of Sine OlcoiL Aa one walka up the Oa th floor immediately below la suite of office which are to b occupied jointly by E. C. Cooveree, preildent of Ih Irual company! William K. Corey. es-pieeldent of tha foiled atate 6teel corporation, and Ambroae Moncll. preau dent ef th International Nickel com pany and other corporation. Convert! fund to secure Lorlmer's election." resolution paeeed by an honorable and J- una Swore that nines solicited Impacted organisation is that put Many peopl ara not deaervlnc of aa- vera cen.ura fur their faulla: there ara varloua Inherited waakaeuea. e kmil walk Ia the raollol. aa u nob-1 ha another office In tha backlne- ouir. Arrarantlr no number ef automobile I urucied view of lb big puiiaiog i oo 1 tars downetalr. Tha on on Ih fltilltlea and raiualtlei will ever hav I lalned. I thirtieth floor will ba for hla Mruiul a 11 ariTvviauiv mifiifiii niKi vu m." 1 1 uaea. ia uiiTara. 1 iaiiaa uowrrn. uui.mni . ."il N. nfKar kulliIlM I,.. K.a .!..... ehlpmenla ira tncreailn rapidly. By liera coma tba roiee aaaln. mora of railway officiate It la a tiled that r- shafu 110.000 of him to aid In lorlmer's ,hroun ! h hour of tb last ,ilU. . . . ... ... , . ....Ion of tha But Orange at Roie- ,, clocilon, aad later Hlne boasted burg ,,,. ,h ngi, u,.r i. da- enJ t bam. and n evrr. Itoout doora. Jn Jhls skyacrsp. ta Doaalbl. more beautiful eel ota from thla clan of ehlpraeote In- ar i wui oa pnyaicauy impoaainia ror They halo to mike thla aa I erri.od mora than itioo in imfioiine peraoo wno naa inaavarianuy taken that "we put Lo-lmer over" at a cost no need In paragraph an aa adrocatlna of 1100.000. Ry a vote of eleven to cne. a Chl ago club, after Investigating hla connection with the dal, expelled Hlnes from Us mem bership. Representative White confessed I itock represented a fr.nchlee value and that he received $1000 fc'r his vote ,h't ,uh f'aBchlaa value, belns In and for I-orlrner. tha atemptlon from taxation of watered stork Uiued by th publle i.rvlca ror- poritlons. Thar I not word or line In ei- Lorlmer scan- lletence or ever uttered to give color to urn declaration. In all tlmea and placea tha alngl taxera have pointed out that watered enjoyable world. e a Every year lately aaema to be trylas to out do Its predaeeaaor In apalla of freaklah and ratber unaeaionable waatn. or. Thla May la probably a raoord breaker ao far far warmth and dry ness. of It. elf a a per la 1 privilege over land. hould ba taxed to Ita full annual valu e. Representstlve Link confessed that I in tha state roeaaur propoied by he received 11000 for hla vot. for the Graduated Blnglb Tax league not Lorlmer I only would much of tha water be Representative Beckemeyer con- but out of th big land holding stock ressed that he received 11000 for his is well. vol. fnr tjirlm.r The vaat grants and holdlnga ee Senator Holtslaw confessed that questered from tha people ind the vai ipeclal privileges of oorporatlons now THIRTV-SEVEX CK.NT HATS HAT more effective advertls- ng has been, heard of than when the ladies seeking equal suffrage paraded the streets of New York the other day, mistaken 16,000 strong, wearing 3.7 cent hats? I posited with them. ,The legislature ior were mey umiorm nais, nor j or Illinois is mistaken. It has done ugly ana common looKing nats. i Mr. Lorlmer a great injustice There were about six varying shapes. Mr,. Taft, who urged that Lorlmer Dut we material ana -cost were me be unseated, has done him a great he received $2500 for his rote for escaping in whole, or in large part, their Lorlmer. Attaches of bsnks testified that deposits placed to the credit of Sen ator Holtslaw. Representative White and others showed records of de posits tallying with tho dates and amounts of bribes to which the leg islators confessed. Barred from fur ther Investigation by the unheard-of decision of an Illinois Jqdge, the leg islature of Illinois passed a resolu tion demanding that the United States senate do Its duty by Illinois and the country by the unseating of Lorlmer But the senate' committee major ity Is "convinced that no vote was secured for him by bribery." White, Link, Beckemeyer and Holtslaw are mistaken. They got no bribes. HInea ia niistaken. He did' not "put Lor imer over." The bank attachea are No bribe money was de- same. Tnirty cents. ror tne nat and seven cents for the trimming was the price that everybody paid. It was not only masculine testi mony that approved tb.ls selfdenying ordinance and its results. May be that the faces set off the hats, and Insured favorable Judgment on the tout ensemble. Who can tell at this distance? But we can be certain that the prepossession of husbands, fathers, brothers and sweetheart was entirely and strongly In f?.'or of the novelty the 37 cent hat. THE END T T THE DUNMOW FLITCH 0 know what this old savinz means look back two hundred rears. The scene Is a churchyard ' belonging to the little town of Dun mow, ; in , Essex, thirty odd miles north of London. Nearly all the pop illation la gathered round the church door.' There sit six maidens and eix - bachelors of the town, in a jury box built for the "occasion. The time is . Attgust, and the English sunshine is ; cool and the air is sweet. The har ' vest ia on. but all have: left their ".. wagons to be present at, the trial. In the stone-flagged path to the church 4oor are two very . rough atonee. On them a young' maq and his young: , wife- are kneeling. . To them the mayor of Dunmow is ad ministering an oath, that was f ramed even hundred years back-from this year of grace. - ; And thla is the oath: Do -you weare by custom r-confesslon, that HERE Is relief in the. knowledge that there Is at last an end of - the details of the crime,. Incar ceration aad electrocution of RIche8on. If there must be a death penalty, it could hot be more fitly applied. No crime in recent " years so reeked with the finesse of Inhumanity. t seems almost incredible that a man of his profession, of Ms attainments and his- intellectuality, could have dipped h!8 hands so. deeply in in iquity. Like all murderers, Richeson planned to "escape detection, and to the task he brought a keen intellect,. But discovery came, a confession fol lowed, and; in mercy to the rest of mankind, the electric chair hasj dropped the curtain over the wretch and his crime. If a clergyman has turned murder er, what false pretensions xa.ky' there not be in, other walks of life? injustice. Mr. Roosevelt, who urged that Lorlmer be unseated, has done him a great Injustice. The money spent with the Illinois legislators when Lorlmer was elect ed was not bribe money at all. It was kind little remembrances dis tributed by sweet gentlemen whoBe hearts were overflowing with the milk of human kindness. Meanwhile, it is not Loriiner, but the .majority report of the senate committee, that is a national scandal. TAXICABS N' I WHEN WE BUILD SHIPS ' -.. S the keel recently laid for a new steam schooner, building at St." Helens, the beginning of a ship building Industry on the Colum bia?. - . All past activities of the kind on the Columbia have been desultory, and unresultful. Oregon" forests have, supplied materials for ship building the world dvT,, but V the building and the builders 'were far. away from Oregon, , '-'. ; '- -t " -'The acho'operjpr which "the Iteei was recently laid is being construct ed In what is termed the shipyard of EW YORK Is kicking against tne taxicab nuisance. The pa pers complain that the ratea are not uniform that, they do not even start at the same price per miie ana per nour. So a charge may be 9A cents or $1.25 fox the same distance. When one chauffeur was exnostn lated with he claimed as to hlB ma chine "this Is a coach." Another abuse in the metropolis is mat restaurants and hotels are al lowed to rent the front of the street for taxicab privileges at exorbitant prices. So the street is blocked, and. that taxicab company that pays for the privilege gets the repayment out of extra-" charges on its patrons. The reforms asked for are two fold. The first is that the city snail prescribe "by ordinance the rates of taxlcabs by., time and distance, and .shall"' define the rehicles. The sec ond is that ' stands'shall be set out by the city for taxlcabs waiting to be hired, so that streets shill not be. obstructed. . . . , . " London, Paris and Berlin all pro vide for the comfort of their citizens by well considered regulation deal--ing with this "newly introduced ser vice. It is quite time thatuNeW: York and lesser American cities ehould follow on these lines.' ' Juit share of public burdena, would be added to the aeaeaament rolls of the tale by literally hundreds of millions. The watered stock of tha public aerv loa corporation! pay no taxea now Tha graduated elngle tax meaauri would tax that very form of wealth by a levy that would Inoreaae from 25 centa on tha J 100 to ft on that amount on all over 1100,000 of assailed valuei. Thla meaaur alio Puta on tha aaaeaa mint rolla wretfcr power alues now ee- raping alwrthr,' tnd,orth hundreds III. ItlUMU. h. This measure would reduce taxea on every small . land owner, whether hi holding Is Improved or ' unimproved, from one-tblrd to four-fifths. The more ha haa In Improvement and labor values the greater would be hla reduction. The opponents of th'a measure need not think to hide behind glittering Ken, erallties and denunol&tlona of the single tax It will not avail the btr tax dodgers Ind land grabber to "aup something over" on tha Orange la tha "wee small hours" of tha morning. - There ! no proposition before th peopto of Oregon to adopt the theories of Henry George. There Is a meaaur to take In taxation a email portion of tha land values created br th people. That small portion will be Increased In proportion as tha value of the holding gops up It will reach the watered stock of corporations as no other measure ever did Wherever a man is found ' opposing this particular measure he is almost In variably discovered to be a big specula tor, an employe and advocate of aome big tax dodger; or a man who ha not read it. Get a copy and read ft. The Graduated Single Tax league.. 225 Worcester building, will- mall you as many copies' as you desire. Send- In your name. ALFRED JJ. CKIDUE. ;Contemplallng the 'platform adopt ed by the Roosevelt Republicans at Aberdeen and that, adopted by tne Taff Republicans at. Aberdeen,, and listening" In" rapt' silence' to 1 the speeches .of Mr. "Roosevelt and the Taft and the Friar Lands. Portland, Or., May 19. To the Editor of The Journal.-. A correspondent, R. R Brat ton, haa a letter tn your issue of Friday, the 17th Inst., referring to-the 120,000,000 this country, . er those who control its purs strings at th time, gave Spain at tha close of th lata war as a sop to her wounded pride and pres tige, and also $8,000,000, the same part ies gave the pope of Rome, for permis sion apparently to Introduce a more lib eral form' of government and worship In the Philippine Islands, when we took control thereof. A well known preacher. Pastor Russell, with some friends, has recently returned horn from tour ef Investigation of missionary work In the east. He speaks In high term of what we are dolnsr for education in the Is lands, but atate In hla report: "When our government took over the control of the Islands from Spain, there were thousands of hermit and friars In the Islands In control of vast estates, -but the people were Ignorant. " These friars still own SB per cent of ,th property In tha walled city of Manila, we ar told. The government rents from them con siderable property paylngk 14000 gold rent uer year for on buUdtng alone. I think the country is still under the Impression that tha 18,000,000 we paw the pope was in the way of a quit claim ta all tha nrooerty owned by the friars in the islands. It comes witn a tremen dous surprise to know that they still have a strangle bold on Manila, the cap ital city.' and possibly this Is not tha only center of population and commerce that la atlll under tnir control, isn't it worth while that sftm more Investi gating were belna; don on, these lines? Mi. Taft'B friendship for the church baa been ratbr.7xpalv-te- the -common people, I consider ROBERTiSfeBRAr Sterilization of Criminals, v Portland. May JO. Te th Editor of The Journal, Tour editorial ia Sunday's Issue dealing with th subject ef - tbe sterilisation of criminals make an ar ticle .in th March number of Current Literature worthy of pcal mention, Th article' is an titled "Tha Vindication of Burglar From tha Standpoint' of Eugenics," and gives m brief th view-' point1 of tba famad English student of eugenic. Sir James Barr. upon - th Subject vf sterilisation of criminal. I It may be doubted If a public man who becomes fairly Infuriated at tha leaat crllicl.m or a query Indicating doubt of tha wlidom or propriety o month recently, ana me ruin ia itiu un li an expreis iievaior, wain ha wanted a Tha moil of the ihlpmenl conelet of I on ,0 g off 4 ,ny f,,. blow lumoer ror laiuurni a I tha atateenth- fnr thara ara Hmm . . ion lay of thoe floor. Woodburn Independent: The county! i? "'l' 0'P-rtur lo evator court haa granted lo A. tugene ah- i v..um. v' '"i; franco. A. Aufranoi and R. 8. Qulnn a aaka what la going to be don if car right to lay down and comtruriwaier I itlcXa. Th anawer la that each car has pipea ana mama in me town i t grin wort door la th aid; and. whan tkmeld la trowing rapidly hav ng the . eeconl car la run up,th shaft along- I"r'"A.?yr.."h.'. r,nr"a Me th sUllad car. nc - the lateral doubt or ina witaom or propriaiy oiianywnar. , -a- I doora ara ODanad tha naaaanr.ra ran aome of hla publie acta, la the fittest tu factory, nureery and other large 0r V 1V"a;tt ?,lT"a'? man for preafdenl I manufactorlea. itip from on to lb other and go down SEVEN FAMOUS HORSES Roland'a VeUlantlff. From, the ninth century th horea be gan figuring prominently In history and th many signs of Intelligence h dla- piaySd have been chronicled tn ro mances, in ode, and In many otber his torical writings. It waa rn this century that the first allualon to horse racing aa we under atand It, and to "running" horaea, aa race horses oontinued to b called for many centuries afterwarda, is to be found In history, when Hugh, the founder of the royal house of Caput. In Franca, made , a present of running horaea to King Athalatan In tha hope that In return th king might alio, him to wed hla sister. Etbelswltha. - At this period Henglst and Horsa are said by some hiatorlans to nave diaplayed lntereat tn horse racing, but the statement la not based upon Indis putable evidence and more than tha as sertion that becauae Henglst and Horsa are alleged by on historian at leant to have given the order that forms of horses ehould be cut upon the chalk hills of Berkshire therefore tho Saxon banners must, have borne as a device a white horse. The white horse at Wantage other historians declare to hav been cut In commemoration of Alfred's great vic tory over the Danes at .the battle of eon of Mllo, duke of Algland; that be waa Count of Mam and Knlgbt of Blalvea; and that hla mother 'was Ber tha, tha sister of Charlemagne. Orlando la tha name by which he la known In Italian romance and "Velllantlff ' Is changed to "Vegtlantlno" by the Ital ian romancer. Roland and bla hora. figured prominently In Thiroulde'i "Chanson d Roland," In the romance "Clironlq da Turpln" and of course In Atioato's epic of Mad Roland and Bol- aruo's "Orlando In lxve." Roland la said to have been eight feet tall and all descriptions of 'Velllantlff show him to bave been of powerful pro portion., which would be required tq carry suctr a -t.eavy burden:' Roland's horse must have been an Incomparable charger and more Intelligent than even hla master, for It Is related that when ever Roland was hard pressed, Velllan tlff obtained knowledge of the fact In soino mysterioua way,and at once cu rled Roland out of danger aa far aa lie was able, Velllantlff. aside from his maaalve build, waa also renowned for hla fine proportions and his great speed. Roland attributed, In a great pleasure the suc cess of his many romantic adventurea to the courage and almoat human Intel ligence of Velllantlff, and it ta noted that he "bitterly bemoaned his death." Aeecendun or Ashtraehlll, during thsf hritormr war of chestnut hue, with a the rein of his brother. Ethelred I. Its length Is 874, feet, and even at a dis tance of nearly 15 mile It la distinctly visible In. clear weather. It was about this period that the Im mortal Roland and hla equally famous horse, Velllantlff, are mentioned In his tory. Though owing to the pair having figured so largely In romance the actual truth about them can. be traced only with difficulty. We may take It for granted however, that Roland was the tall which reached entirely to the ground. Roland was singularly attached to thla horse, and although he provided several grooms for his care he Invar iably fed Velllantlff himself, not will ing to trust the attendants. He Is said to have refuaed large sums of money for tha horae. In fact declined to con sider any offer. Tomorrc-w Richard II's Roan Bar-bary. This well known tu"dent and author be lieves that fow misconceptions ara more general than the- notion that criminals should. Just because they are crimniais, be prevented front becoming parents. Tho article continues: Nevertheless legislation has- in cer tain parts of the world done the human race the injury of sterilising all habit ual criminals. This is to overlook the fact that there are certain criminals, such as the burglar, who ar very clever gifted with personal qualities of a hisrh order. If we are to breed men and women for intelligence it would be a bad thing to exclude the burglar from parenthood. , The same may ' ba said for other . classes of criminals hla-hwavmen. for instance, and forgers. Many burglars are misdirected geniuses. They are frequently more honest than financiers, especially financiers con nected with the promotion of companies. It would bo better from the standpoint of eugenics to sterilize the financiers than to sterilize the burglars some of whom would make-, magnificent admin litrators. "The fallacy underlying the notion that habitual criminals, Just because the-, are habitual criminals, should be debarred from parentnooa,, rests upon an lncannoltv to distinguish between Qualities of advantage to the individual and dualities of advantage to the race. Many burglars have qualities of immense advantage to the human race qualities that ehould not De lost, aunougn mey should, of course, be better directed."' Th question surely is one to o ap proached with much caution and open mmdednesa. By legislation to put into the hands of a small grotrp or men ar bitrarv control over the bodily func tions of thousand of their" fellows Is certainly legislation j of a pronounced paternalistic-., type. oumh r-vui be enacted, if at all, only sfter th practice under them . has been safe guarded in every way possible o" s to protect thoe' coming. Within th scope of th act from tne aouse oi tne power conferred upon the board of examiner. " The adoption i of such legislation seem to Indicate th acceptance by the state of th somewhat uncertain theory of heredity as being, of sufficient sta bility" ta warrant th stertlisatloa of . part of its subject. T perhaps if cre-fuiiY- a-uardad such lerlslatlon may be Justified at this time, though the -meth,- od seems too mechanical to result in 1KB permanent Betterment or ., society as will sufficiently compensate for the dangers bo apparent ' and th abuse evhlch Is likely torfMIoil' In .th axercla oT tb. power conferred. - ..- Tanglefoot By Miles Overholt In th car that ttll runs. Omitting Ih shaft doora has saved a gr.it deal of apace which would have to ba given up to hallways, and tha rintal of this span amounts to 111,000 year. Tha building ooit 11.000,000. axclualv of th alt Bluebeard would have been delighted with tba pyramidal part of tha building for Ita sevan floors ara given up to wlndowleas storage rooms. To sea thin dark faatnaana which are to bi ranted to thi tenanta for any uie they may want to make of them conjures un In th Imagination thousand and one thoughts of mystery. A list of th buildings features In cludes th following brevities: Foot ings of tna gigantic steel columns ar entirely waterproof, preventing rorroa lon. Floors below atnet level ar free from foundation plera, due' to remark able eofferdam aystem of conatruction: It has tha strongeat and heaviest vault ever constructed.-. Consulting apeolallata have cooperated with the general archi tect! to make every detail of equipment. Most complete pneumatic tuba service ever Installed in a banking Institution connects every department and connect! with the offices of the company's at torney!. Every floor Is electrically con nected with city departments. Height of bulldlnir above street level Is 610 feet. It is on a lot about too reet square. Trowbridge I.lvtngiton wire th architects; Marc EldliU St Son the con tractors. Forty ipeclal fireproof sifea of var ious ilses, have been Installed In the varloua departmenta of the trust com pany. The pedeatals, omnibuiei, vault equipment, shelves, filing cabinets, and special cases are built of heavy ateel plates, finished In grain to match the mahogany furniture. Inside measure ments of th gr:at vault are 22 H feet high, nearly 2$ feet wide, and nearly 30 feet deop. The vault sldi walls, celling, and botton are four inches thick, consisting of four separate layers of drlllproof steel plates. Automatic sprinklers are Installed in all floors frqm the thirty-second to th thlrty nventh story, incluaivi. LITTLE RATS OF SUNNSHINK. There is something wrong with the meter," said the editor to the poet, who formerly worked for the goa company, "It lent the fault or the meter, said the poet, absently. "That's the way with you fellows always wanting to blame the- metier whenever you stay up late at night or take on a feed that requires extra time er-Hill right," h finished, lamely, catching himself. 1 11 see th Inspector of measures." "Hubby," said his other half, "I want a pair of clock stockings. All right," . replied hub. And he brought her home a pair ot plain three- patrs-for-a-quarter hose. 'Those, aren't clock' stockings," said the wife, tearfully, as she gently hurled them Into the garbage barrel. "That s odd, ' mused the husband,- as h went over" and bit a hole In - the baby's high chair. "They ought to be; I got em on tick. . The moon was- full. Venus looked on ashamed. A pilgrim, struggling home ward Just -ahead of the milkman, leaned against a tree and called for help.. On the opposite- side of the tree sat a pair of folks. The woman JiicI her race in the folds of her cloak. The pilgrim staggered onward, and as he entered the front door of his home, his wife stealthily came In at the rear. She hastily removed her cloak. "Where have you bean?" she de manded, tiarahly. - .,'. vi-.. ..,.....: The pilgrim grunted and staggered to his room. , Tep,' the moon was full. i- Tha teacher Who didn't' know a great deal about a centipede, anyway, was trying to tlt Uh children some thing about Arizona. "Ana wnat 4 mat deadly thina-tTiat 1 long,, etraigru, vicious reptile that walks-ton ao many feet, and kills as it walks r , i ' - - '; . "Did you say long and straight and deadly?" inquired one of the klda.- "Tea,", replied the teacher, Wondering wnat was going to Happen next. Oh,' I know," said th kid. "If; deadly Parallel." x -. BTILtr AT IT. ' -' '. FTom the Detroit , Free Press. '"Has aha entirely recovered from tha effects of her operation?" ."No. Bhe's stiu talking about it." Pointed Paragraphs Right headed men are always hearted. Always meet people with a smile If It's' your treat. a . Love recognises the ffrigld mitt when It gets the shake. Pessimists may be men who are dis appointed in themselves. Nothing surprises some people mor than tha antics of an alarm clock. . a A woman 1 willing-to let a man hav the last word if it comes in tho form ot an apology. a a Every time a minister announces that the Lord has called him to a new field some inquisitive person Is sure to auk how much the salary Increase Is. Tne Fountain Pen I iContrlbut.d to IH Joui-o.l br W.lt &Lon. tb. Union. K.bmi poet. HI. prose-poeni ar i. rcrul.r feiture ot this column la Tb O.llr Journal.) """ The tountaln pen is useful to all our human tribes; It s better than th goosefut quill used by ancient scribes. It's bought by Christmas shopper to give to Uncle Heck, so he can push a stopper down lh a bottle's neck. I've . bought abgut adasenaUJmpson's iiom tlon store, and uncle, aunt and cousin gave me as many more; and if I do not lose them, they ar a boon, you'd think; but when I want to . use them, they're ; always out of ink.. And if some ink still lingers inside the-blamed machine. It. gets upon . my fingers and atalns ' ma red and green. If I am in a hurry, It rends my bosom, then; there no thin else can 'worry man. ilk a fountain pen! - I twist It and I shake It, and turn the thing around, and then get mad and break it and stamp It In tha grounJ. fountain pen would plena me, and.' fill me with delight; of trouble it would, ease me it It would only write, Th , fountain pen Is handy for pushinir corks. I think; it surely I a dandy at splashing you With Anki tt haa a dozen f eat u res commending it - to ..men, but ' no well-balanced creatures would us it'i a a pent -. . ,. ! : CoorrlcM. 1911. Mr' f Ik Jft ' . . aorc UitUw aoana, -VSJUI UMU ' 1 3':