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The opportunity of a new start la
dawning.
Then, not a passing wave but a
flowing river of jefcrm will result,
, .Pessimism ia out of data. '
JTEWSPAPEIi CIIAKITIES :
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DAILY AND SrVPAY.
On rr .7.?10 I Oi month.
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There are many persons, who
look on Sunday a a sponge to
wipe out the sins of the week.
Beechor.
THIS HARROW TRIAL
A'
FTER a throe months' battle In
the Los Angeles court Clar
ence Darrow has gained a ver
.diet of acquittal from a wear
led Jury. How much of this result
ha owed to the merits of his de-
. fense, how much to defects In the
atrncture bf the prosecutor's case
and tow much to the emotional ap
peal Of a brilliant speaker pleading
, for his whole future, aye for life It
, " self, will nerer be determined. Proh
ably the last item of the three car
-jrled most weight In that result.
To discuss afresh the full merits
of the case Is not now worth while.
, It la impossible to disentangle it
from the McNamara prosecutions la
. wblch the asserted' attempts at bri
bery formed an episode. The eventu-
:. al pleas of guilty, to which the Mc-
" Jfamaras, in all probability, owed
' their Urea, showed the temptation to
resort to every kind of stratagem to
Told a rerdlct of guilty on the mer-
lta. On Mr. Darrow fell the heaviest
burden of carrying to a successful
end their defense, which rested on a
denial of all guilt for the destruction
of the twenty-one Innocent men. For
.... this they were on trial, and thla de-
'nial their eventual pleas of guilty
proved was false from the beginning
"With thia knowledge in his pos-
lession is there any Justification in
the ethics of ihe profession for Mr
Darow'a persisting in his passionate
allegations of Innocence in the press,
'and before the nlons still engaged
In collecting a ,-reat defense' fund,
ieeb of-whicb, was destined to fill
the advocate's pockets?
For this a larger Jury the people
Of the United States will sit in
Judgment.
.NEW YORK CLEANING HOUSE
HAT are the decent, respect
able, moral, and capable cit
-l-U-OJiewJprlto jlojw
faced with the disclosures of
protected and 'highly taxed vice on
which a system of corruption reach-
igtigli..ajuL.wMa.Jn.ita-j)ollcaer-
parttnent haa been reared?
' The tone of the great meeting at
the -Cooper Institute was of repul
alon, disgust, revolt, and resolve.
The names "and records of the com
mittee there named are sufficient
evidence. It may be taken for
granted that abundant evidence
against individuals higher ups and
lower downs alike will be brought
to the full light of day before the
district attorney and his aides have
done their work. The lid of the
Treat cesspool will be lifted wide
; newspapers of the great cities
of the United States haa taken
their reporters ' behind the
scenea Into the daily life of -the poor,
the sick, the, afflicted, the aged, who
are carrying . the burdens -.of life.
The tenemonts, the lodging bouses,
the rooms of the congested districts
or each city nave been opened to
them. Secrets pf life have been un
veiled, and heae investigators have
carried back to their employers the
details that prove the urgent de
mands for aid.
Not contented with publishing
such demands In their columns and
appealing to their readers the papers
themselves have responded to the
calls for help. Once having special
Ized in tho aid called for,. one paper
arter another has not let it drop,
but has spent largasums in relief.
No boast of these charities haa
been published hore. - It was left
for a religious paper in London to
have published a collection of the
histories of relief.
Those that' follow are but sam
ples of a larger number. Some news
papers have devoted themselves to
summer, some to winter charities.
The Herald of New York was one
ot the pioneers. It has for years
distributed ice among the poor.
Doctors, nurses, district visitors and
all kinds of clergymen agree that!
numbers of lives, and lives of babies
In particular, have been so saved,
Other papers have bought ice in
great quantities and sold it out at
cost to the poor, or at far less than
coBt, in five or ten pound blocks
Generally the ice is given out by
tickets, but often a thankful, ticket
less woman carries away a cube of
ice In her arms. Next day her story
is investigated. The sick child, or
the fretting baby is found, help is
given.' Sometimes, a thousand peo
ple are assembled and none leave
empty handed.
The Tribune of Chicago supplies
the need of fresh air as well aa milk.
With the help of its readera it sup
ports a convalescent home in the
country.
Tho Indianapolis Morning Star
furnishes twelve cottages to which
hundred of children are sent every
year.
ThavJDaily News of Chicago main
tains a sanatorium for sick mothers
and their babies, for day visits only.
Doctors and nurses attend and food
is supplied.
The Indianapolis News spends
52500 a year in taking children
camping in the woods. It conducts
a permanent relief fund with the aid
of its readers.
The Press of Philadelphia started
crusade against impure milk. A
clal care. At the Gordon college at
Khartoum hundreds of the sons of
the higher native class are being
thoroughly and icientiflcally taUght,
that from them native official may
be chosen for every branch of the
civil service. - Common schoola are
being pushed into every dlatrlct and
the-influenced tbe-consul general is
everywhere felt, Egypt prosper but
orderjjspreserved,:, -, .
THE "GOOD OLD TIMES" IX
A'
SPORTS
MONO old time athletea there
is yet a feeling that no form of
athletics has advanced" over
what It waa 20, and even 0,
years ago. This was made apparent
the other day when Evangelist Billy
Sunday made a day's visit in Port
land from his Hood River apple
farm. Sunday maintains that base
ball has improved not one whit from
the time when lie was a member of
the Chicago National league cham
pions of 1886-6. On the other hand
Fielder Jones, probably the most fa
mous baseball manager in recent
years, and who was -offered the ex
traordinary salary of 125.000 a year
to manage the Chicago White 8ox,
insists that baseball has Improved ,
that the Individual players and the
style of play excel the .standards 'of
the SO 's when the Ansons and Kellys
and Radbournes flourished.
There has been a general improve
ment in the matter of records in all
forms of sport and baseball is un
doubtedly one of these. Twenty
years ago a horse that trotted or
paced a mile under three minutes
was regarded aa a wonder. Of
course the regular track racers were
under that time but the records were
slow as compared with those ot the
present day. Now a pleasure har
nosa horse that doesn't step a mils
in less than 2:30 Is regarded as a
mediocre performer. It would hard
ly be amiss to say that in Oregon
there are three or four hundred mat
inee horses that can do a mile in
less than 2:30.
In 180 Yankey trotted a mile in
2:59. In 1859 Flora Temple trotted
a mile in 2:21. Nancy Hanks,
named after the mother of Abraham
Lincoln, was a, world wonder when
she turned a mile In 2:04 at Terre
Haute, Indiana, in 1892, reducing
the record AM seconds. Lou Dillon
reached the lowest record in 1903
when she trotted a mile at Memphis
in 1:58 Vi, It Is the same with the
pacers, gradually improving from
the 2:28 record of Drover in 1839
and the 2:06 of Direct in 1891, to
the phenomenal mark of Dan Patch
who made the mile in 1:55 at St
Paul in 190G.
The record of achievement on the
trotting and paoing turf shows that
the careful breeding and intelligent
handling of horses has improved
their standard. The same is true of
running horses, although not in the
Trobably the only form of sport Then h win begin to work for hit own
that has generally retrograded Is ' ,n'nrMt
boxing, Commercialism has crept
Into boxing to such an extent that
the pugilists do not haveHhe time
to acquire experience and skill until
they ,are out of it. , : ... ' ..
VoU for Ingle tax this fall snd re
member that th capitalist does not
wnt It. . MRS. L. C T. .
Debs and Union Labor.
Portland, Or., Aug. H. -To ths Editor
f Tho Journal Tho unions of the
American Federation of Labor In Port
principal question Involved, but , It l
his severe (and Jnet) arraignment of
the cureleia, cowardly men in their ef
fort to shuffle off their own responal
bliltlei on the women. Ilia only real
contention la this, for he does not in
any reasonable" way jintforrata woman's
Protective Tariffs and
tHe Victims
eta to members for a Labor dav rfrmnn. 1 0I. the women or on woman suffrage.
nnnmTm. - a , . I ... . . . . . I TV.- , . . . ,l. , .
; : jvoivm 1 uevciupment pi ine airauon jn vrymai iaae park, jt was I vv mm ma jiamuroi
British . parcels post Is to or- ?nncea ?w Mr v to be one " " " pruinin war in ; morai
-.--L iv ...i. r . . lot th. orators, , I element, became the first will organise
"D w" "Bu-ua-u(uv- I would ilka to iair 'an hnn. ror evil and the second will not orcan
- ( i iuii xiua ucen ex who ia a oonsisient member of tha a. ir i i .-. ' , uuuu.
tended to. Egypt, and la referred to J whrthr Jt possible for a man ; Y- :V" ""
n i t ..j trii.i "trt: isvum- oa,iiDer to aavance ine I acvwru vv ui ivi, , ,
pr, tho Egjptlan agent general. It Federation of Labor? K Ths JournalWlU The Journal U kind
Is there Bald that the "casb-bn-deliv- Is it hot a fact that ha followers of snough to print the list, of tha states
6ry parcels post with grat .Britain." Mr' rJb" Bt tn)" moment are trying to I la the- Uaion, together with-the num-
continues to develon saHafaetnrilv l.Zn . l. An,rlca, wr unions, with aer oi the electoral .votes that eaon
w !m Vi- .?J a n 7fc Tb' ulterior; purpose of wiping them Pnt is entitled to. under tha new con
out would DO aided ll Hrltlsn firms OUt nrerjaratorv to InonulnftlnB tha rank 1 a-reaalonul innnHlni.m.ntt..Th. ...
wouia advertise more rreeiy in the 01 wage camera witn aciutio imany interested peopu who haven't
local Egyptian press. vlLT7 ' 1 .' ' ftheae.' figures handy, and no doubt they
nathli an .vfAnalva rnrnl Aalt-v . . TOT"n tm " """" wou,a D ODiJgM Py 'fUCh ft publication
Itaiaer an extensive rural flellv- n defense of principles that constitute well, as your SUBSCRIBER.
ery route that atretchea from Lon- the ver,y foundation of the American There will b J32 votea in the elec-
don to the Soudan!' But tho inci- oration of Labor. . toral college this year, 267, necessary to
dent is a sidelight on a noasible and " i"T J"" w ." oowjnf is tns vote by
practicable extension of the parcels aswlnat an organized movement which. Alabama lt irimnt s ui...... o
post. Similarly in Germany the C. wnl,e osHettSToly championing the cause California 13, Colorado , Connecticut
O. D. system s n full operation. .'w i"inio h . mwwi s.Kionaa , Georgia 14,
Th n(?rt atal. L Mn. T 1. wiU not bow t0 thMr deepotlo behest Idaho 4, Illinois J8, Indiana 16. Iowa
The United States haa almost a mo- prow Mr. Debs- speech at Chicago in U, Kansas 10, Kentucky U Louisiana
wyij vi uvu-uoci, uufc uuvu uiu yuuiw tuo tuiiuwiugi Ano ii we i jlu, Maine Maryland Maasachu
there Is no known Instance Of its Ve. against your unions, it 1 because setts 18, Michigan 16, Minnesota 13,
abandonment. " " yoT' . V" "ow you navs issjssippi 10, Missouri 18, Montana
.Kim mom ui vhii, auu i , i-MeuiuBHa, , xNevoaa s, New Hamp
that you are animated by a aplrlt of shire 4, New Jersey 14, New Mexico 4
'mladlrectenl' loyalty to thoae unions." I New York 4S.
I any member In tha Central Labor Dakota 6. Ohlc- 24, Oklahoma 10 Oro
Councll so foollah as to believe that the gon 6. Pennsylvania 38. Rhode Island
union of Pnrllnnrt rnn ha knninlnlri ( a...u m n- n . .
t' ": r,i li 1 .Vr 1 . . " uouci. mni irnn wno ueciarea i renneaaee IX xexaa zn tlth a vn
XlXWAn'Sn onfe hMt unl0n"' "Jf l
the paper, ehould not exceed 300 wardt nmy of our caue, can be fit and West Virginia 8, Wiflconain 13, Wyom-
int name ana aaareee or tne Ren aer. lriiorra, wnere ine promotion or umomam
mo wuicr uuvi hoi uBHiri iu iihvb ini n our nnie nniAOir fir ia inma mamha i a . . .
name Dublished. he ehould ao atate.i I . k.-ki. " Tri A ITCCOCIOUS lnuleC
' I W V I IJWIIWI DUil inuur LUUIIL11 SKtS.Llal.aBU I
by treacherous doelcna ajralnat the .ro",an(1'Aur- ".-r-To the Editor of
Protests Militiamen's Treatment, A. P. of I T , Journal I see In your paper a
Balem, Or., Aug. 12. To the Editor of And if not. why should they, on the l. '. r, V. ,"",r ,.D0" V and
The Journal I have been following part of union men. Invite the head of ::JL '." .rw" "l0""? "
n.i..i i-iin - neoruary ana ane laid har f rat
ciosoiy tne story or tne auegea mutiny " vi, wn-- irui.nci
ability, nor does he question .their hon- r?v i-ut. f poh v.utnV' tv, ti,u
eety, No one who la careful and unpre- IT7.; L"ul Ps5' fd,toV ' Th publl
ludlced can reaaonablv infer fmm nr. f In tariff debata sevoral years ago,
.lYJJ.pnIAUIcJcsJlliitJft makcahlB lightif 'i' e-uvereary Drougnt our aurtianoa al
Letters From tLe People
at Qat. 'Wash., during the recent ma
neuvers there. Though the Oregonlan
haa passed snap Judgment upon the
towards unions can
by Its envy of what
cOTnpllahlng?
only be aurDa-sed " on the llth of th, "th. Ho
thJuU srs js;?hatIt'" ?xir v ch,ck' raji
lingi it is a white Leghorn.
Tn mint. tU- n - .... - a
;.r k.7V..: . Vh"; brother. John Mitchell, whom every true
ralaw
MK8. E. A. MONTGOMERY.
concerned and has pacsed upon the case
union man reapects: "We are pledged
"'tU.' iU tI,0"ri1, I Poverty, Ignorance and aelfl.hn.a.; to
ZZ : i I .:.' v be respectful in word and action to v-
the question, and has printed the news
ftry woman; to be considerate to the
News Forecast o tlie
Week
Washington, Aug. 17. Tho formal no-
Just aa It occurred without regard to Uidow and orphan, tha weak and, da-
ITLYS rn,aLrirn.kt! liVr. and Repub-
Uflod that The Journal dealres to treat, c?,', CO,0V"07 nItlOnalItT; to defend J "Tt 2' WlU
the question fairly and impartially. 1 freedom of thought, whether expressed b jnon ldlnf event of the week
" cre.uiiy reno ecn rncie r.gara- Dy tongue or pen; likewise to educate reiauon to tne national campaign,
ing thla affair aa it has appeared. I ourselves and our fellow workers in the The notification of Governor Thomas R
first read of the threatened court mar- historic of the labor movement We Marshall, the running mate of Woodrow
tlal of the accused officers, and of the will endeavor to subordinate every sel- Wilson on the Democratic ticket will
I .f tt1ba,n1 ? tTk Batta,Ilon, rsh Imputation to the task of elevating take place In Indianapolis Tuesday The
of the Third Infantry. I then read of the material. Intellectual and moral con. ceremonv will he held at th. ,.i
tne demand or tne accused officers for dltlon of the entire laboring class." rrounila and t. tn ,
a court of Inquiry, and the demand being "I do not conceal from myself that . v.. .. ! h
taken notice of by the appointment of trade unions have made mistakes," Mr. :,:, ' , ' .
such a court, and the withholding of the Mitchell concluded, "but I submit that k. !?, " , p;r"
order of dlsbandment pending the find- they should be Judged not by their L V , 7
same remarkable degree. Running
society was seton foot where a three i horses have been of about equal
oFsIx ounceottlefpulreilik was r, Peed fronr-18tfron in indi.ldnal
- open.
If It be just sluiced out and left
-, to be filled again from the same
cources the last state will be worse
than the first.
' Whether reaulta wljiof ylll not,
Whether they can or cannot, be
"made permanent Is the great prob
lem. Radical Improvement Is possible
only "If the connection between the
- civilian fosterers of money produc
ing vice and their partners in the po
lice department can be not only
" troken but killed out.
To wholly extirpate vice from a
great metropolis is impracticable in
this stage of the world's history.
Probably there 13 as high a percent
age of vice In London, Paris, Berlin
or Vienna as in New York-possibly
higher. But the general and ouc
; cessful warfare against the white
lave traffic illustrates the fact that
commercialized vice can be warred
against, and the campaign not be
relaxed until it is won. The nubile
sold for a cent. The death rate of
young children has already been re
duced one half
The Indianapolis Star Is promi
nent In relief funds for catastrophes.
The space is tilled, but not the
list. The hand of charity is always
extending. It is not to be doubted
that this charity will cover a multi
tude of sins of the papers of Amer
ica of omission as well as of commission.
ENGLAND IN EGYPT
I
HE government of Egypt is an
anomaly. The khedlve is the
J1lLLJ but
is supposed to be advised, and
if necessary controlled by the Eng
llsh consul general. This official is I Burke ran the 100 metres in 1896
Instances.
Swimming has increased in speed
since the professional J. Nuttall set
his recorTof 1 minute, lT seconds
in 1893 at Staiybridge, England
Charles M. Daniel of New York set
an amateur record of 55 3-5 seconds
at Manchester, England, in 1907
Now comes Duke Kahanomoku, the
Hawaiian, with his remarkable rec.
ord of 1 minute 2 3-5 seconds for
100 metres at Stockholm, Sweden, in
the recent Olympic games
Probably the most striking exam
ple of the Improvement in athletics
Is noted In the Olympic games,
which covers a wide scope of compe
ution. jerom Athens in . 189 a to
Stockholm In 1912 affords a period
that will admit of comDariaon
exists? Are not our own bov. a iroo unions, or some gentleman who has al
o . Ktt.iin r V. ,:rready espoused our cause, than Mr.
month nr inir ,nh, .k Oebs, who is an apostata from our
ihattalion. CauJd.M4ii.JtteUoail e
mustered out, disbanded, or dishonored I Xr.",, ,Z . " 1 ,,,r"
a month from now as well as now? Ev
ery accused person has a right of de-
ln reality the man in possession for
the ' bondholders, 'English - and
French, .wbo .. luppljed the. funds of
government.
A first rate man waa sent to take
In 12 seconds and Craig ran it last
July" lit 10 .-CSV ' Clark In the run
ning, broad iu'mp at ..Athena . leaped
20 feet 9 3-4 inches. Gutterson at
Stockholm made the phenomenal
charge In the person of Sir Evelyn I Jump of 24 feet II inches. In 1896
Baring, afterwards created Lord j Garrett put the shot 36 feet 2 inches,
flXJL. x. . Itar- i-ii"---'- -a. - .... l ....... . '
rumer. UBUer aim me riSCai SVB- enrT tMo v.ai. MpnnnoTrl vri iry
- i buwru iiivvfwuuiiu uuiit,u 1 L. uu
tern was reformed, and native
usurers ceased to oppress the peas
antry. Cotton planting was bejrun.
and the annual Nile floods were con
served and applied to the irrigation
of an enormous area. A system of
national education was begun. Egypt
feet 3.1 Inches.
Probably the only form of athlet
ics that has not shown a decrease In
time for a given distance Is rowing.
Difference in currents probably
makes it impossible accurately to
Judge rowing. Since 1878 Harvard
prospered up to a point when a and Yale have been rowing their an
younger generation of native Egypt- nual race at New London, Connec
ians, not brought up under the hands ;tlcut, and the time, 20:44 3-4, is a
of Turkish pashas and Levantine j rood average
the demand of the accused officer, for dltlon of the entire laboring class." rTr .-'.. " in" ,alr
a court of Inquiry, and the demand being "I do no conceal from myself that . ;::"::rV":. . . r
jt g . . . t , i--. ''vvi u uciuuiiflLi a. i mi it i lie
m will be
Judre Alton
Ings of this court. Now I read of the mistakes, but by what good they hve t " ana-twvernor
dlsbandment order going into effect, and done. And you will find our doctrine , '" "uureBS or acceptance.
of the officers and men being denied as contained In our pledge in only two I A lc rrtBlitnt Sherman wIU be notl-
thelr right to a court of Inquiry. places in America in the church and rlou or 1B renommanon at his home in
During my residence In this state, I in the labor union." i mca, ne entertainment will start
Havs never witnessed so raw a piece ofl A an humble member of one of thefTue8JaV evening with a band concert.
injustice. Why all this haste about dls- test unions in Portland, I believe In I iireworas ana parade. The formal cro
bandlng the battalion? Whv are the this doctrine, and Judging from the monies will be held the foUowinir da'v
men at the head of this great military sentiments of my fellow workers, I In Roscoe Conkling park. Senator Suth-
organisation of ours afraid to get both could not get one voice raised against erland of Utah has been selected to
sides of the story? Why do they want !t- 1 think u a reat mistake that an make the notification address,
to wipe out the terrible stain on the orator could not be selected from some Georgia Democrats will enpage In a
reputation of the Guard before they oU,ur Political party, who would have general primary election Wedneadav.
know for certain whether such a -tain moro honorable intentions towards our , preference vote will be taken
for United States senator .and candi-.
absenting themselves from a demon'
stratlon which should tend to promote
the fundamental principles of union
labor a UN 10 N M AN,.
Dr. C. T. Wilson and Suffrage.
Salem, Or., August 16. 1912. To the
Editor of The Journal As the temper
ance people have recognised Dr. Wilson
aB an ardent advocate of absolute abo
fense. What opportunity has been ac
corded "the- accused officers ami -merr of
the Second battalion to make a de
fenae? It is true Governor West will
give the. officers a hearing after the
dlsbandment order has gone into ef
fect. Much consolation In thia. Who
ever unru ui nunKiiir il man. nnn Tnn . .. ,, . ...
giving him a heartng afterwards? Can ' . ..f. ... . J..iA"
it be possible that there may be some 0n .uf'f-- Many o them
truth in the statements printed in The ,hinU rm i, r.in t i,. ..,' i.
Journal regarding the accused's side of that his main argument Is asralnst wo-
w..a . ..j, "u tt.i ii yuK0JU1 win man suffrage. If the doctor meant Just
there, la a shadow of truth in the alle- what some of our temperance people
ganons or baiuroay s issue or IQe Port- think he does, sural v thar. is m,n4 fn-
na uy jew: n ny aiun i me gen- objection; for they think he would urge
.mi moil ul in- uttjun n-imi jrunra all men in Oregon to vota against wn-
permit the order of dlsbandment to stand man auffraga for the. reason, aa they
until after the court of Inquiry had filed think he says, that if women are allowed
its report? to vote they will cast a majority for
rr' v. . . l v . . . . il.x.. f . . I . . . . . .. .
xuuuKn uui very nine naa peen aaia ine suDDon or tne evi ana not th mnA
In defense of the accused, except that These temperance people fail to see that
they have denied disobeying any orders, the doctor does not mean that women
publlo sentiment In this section Is with are not to blame for the temperance
the accused. Though thosa In power can work being set back 25 years In some
apparently rule or ruin at present,-the (states, "nly ft" they fail to all vota,
chances are that the people will bring land vote together, but that he do-is
them- to-- account 4b one way or another 1 blame ... tha xttcu ar..therxowarilce
for their actions. The "gag" is applied In shuffllns their own r.sponslblllty
to tha Second battalion. If there haa "Pon the women. I infer from Dr. Wil
been any fair play In this matter, X, son's articles that he Is not opposed to
Opinion, the public conscience of the
.nations is the potent and driving
force. Engaging in the white slave
r- business is abhorrent, and utterly
' ""disgraceful. One sharing In it he
- comes a pariah, an outcast, when his
connection with it becomes known.
" Judges will boldly administer the
law, Juries will convict, and prison
doors are wide open to receive such
' criminals.
. , Is it any less disgraceful and ab
horrent to be either a silent or an ac-
tive partner in levying toll on the
gambling house or the brothel?
,Th . police army of New York
numbers ten thousand men mostly
good inen and honest citizens if they
tavo a fair chance. Cannot the re
sult of this uprising of good against
vll be that the solid conscience, the
' sprlt de corps, of this army should
, fee organized against a guilty or
,,ta!nted minority? Cannot It be made
plain to' Its members that this sin
and crime is worse, is blacker, in
an enlisted officer than In the out
" aide civilian? The function of offi-
traHt7oiasj?irr and-iitsptrtt-the
.T tk jallUc T ujgaUott Am o iu te :
officers of the army ia aura now.
financiers, but educated In modern
and western Ideas, began to make
themselves felt.
Then Lord Cromer resigned, to
have a few years of easy life In Eng
land. Sir Eldon Gorst, an aide of
Lord Cromer's, took his place and
soon died In harness.
Lord Kitchener, the conqueror at
Omdurman, the avenger of the mur
dered Gordon, the pacifier and an
nexer of the Soudan, having com
pleted his term as commander in
chief in India, was sent out to fill
the agent general's place, with even
a freer hand than his predecessors.
Ho has recently reported on his
administration, and his account Is
before the world, as well as com
ments of eye witnesses. The soldier
has turned cotton planter on an enor
mous scale. The cotton crop was
threatened by the cotton worm.
Kitchener had close investigation
made, and over-irrigation was de
clared to be the source of evil. This
was corrected, and the greater part
of last year's cotton crop was saved.
By the new barrages of the Nile
an Immensely Increased area, prob
ably a million acres, has been added
to the cotton fields. Abuses of tax
atipn have been redressed, and the
pooretnf the- Egyptian culttvatort
ari9orili8.ioa(lib z. progress.
Education la Lord Kitchener's spe-
In baseball there never was auch
a player as Ty Cobb. This is ad
mitted by men who have spent a life
time In the game. What Cobb
would have done to the pitching of
the time of Sunday is a matter of
conjecture. Instead of batting .420
lie would probably have batted .600.
In the day of Sunday the batter was
permitted to call for a high or low
ball, whichever he could hit safely
with greater frequency. When Sun
day was playing with Chicago the
pitchers were just beginning to use
overhand pitching. Previously they
were compelled, to throw an under
hand ball, which cut down the
speed of the pitch.
It is generally conceded that
Charles Comlskey of Sunday's time
revolutionized the style of play
around first base by going deeper
into right field, but in thoso daya
batters were prone to hit the ball out
instead of bunting. The bunting
game, which demands the greatest
possible speed -both on the part of
the batter and the fielder, wag first
used generally by the Baltimore Ori
oles of 1894, '95 and '96. The cum
bersome lnfielders of Sunday's time
would be unable to prevent bunting
as it is done now. In Sunday's day
thers waa no lucn thlnf aT" a
"waated",iall .or .'Mt and run, im
provements qf ttfo last few years,
' - ' " -"" ----- r
for one, have failed to note It.
I LLOYD ELLIOTT.
To Relieve Traffic Congestion.
Portland. Or., Aug. 16. To the Editor
of The Journal Keferrlng to your ed
itorial last evening on the congested
condition of our down town streets, I
beg- to suggest that the only practical
way to overcome this will be for the
lty to build two tubes under tho river,
one north along Sixth or Seventh street,
the other east and west along Stark or
Washington street, coming to the sur-j
face about Seventh and Washington i
and compelling the Street car companies
and possible h.avy traffice to use them.
It la comparatively only a short time
before this will have to be done, and
considering the saving of time that
could be aocomplishcd. tho cost (which
I do not think would be excessive)
should not b considered. I believe
your paper oould do a great public good
by comin out strongly In ,advocacy of
such a plan. I believe the publlo could
soon be brought to see it, as a case of
saving in time. Not long ago, while In
New York, I took the subway at Fourth
avenue for the ball grounds at 168th
street; time, 10 minutes. I returned by
the surface ele-ctric; time, ono hour, I
trust you may see the Importance- of
building these tubes as It appears to
me. MAKTIN WINCIL
women voting, only so' they vote right.
but that he docs question the motive of
the men who favor woman suffrage.
Now if these temperance peopla un
derstand the doctor's doctrine on this
suffrage question as appears to them
from the doctor's articles aa published,
the logical conclusion is that If woman
suffrage should win in Oregon, it Is
liable to set the temperance cause back
25 years. But others of us temperance
folks do not so understand him. We do
not believe the suffrage question is the
Gates named for governor and other
state officers to be voted for In the com
ing alection. It is expected that United
mtet-8efiAtor Bacon -Wflfce named jrdr
moat to Us feet with a declamatory cf
max to tha affect that 'Benjamin Frank
lin was a protectionist, I didn't believe
it, but I couldn't-make an honest donlal
at ths moment. At the first opportunity,
however, I looked , tha matter up. To
my great surprise, upon glancing over
the Index tO' collection of , Franklin's
writings, I found proof, that my adver
sary was right. "Franklin was a pro
tectionist: for there In 'that Index these
words stared ma 4n th fa:o: 'Protec
tion, a!good thing for the commerce of
nations," But I turned to tha text
as my adversary probably hud not to
loarn why this acute philosopher, dla-tingul-hed
in a ' great period of' tht
world's history, thought so well of tar
Iff protection; and this Is what I found
that Franklin Jjb4 really said; "It Is
a good thing for the commerce of na
tions to stabllah protection against pi
rates on tha high seas."
Of course protection ' against piracy
Is a good thing. But protection against
piracy la the very reverse of protection
against trade.
With piracy, or protective tariffs,
trade Is obstructed; but without piracy
and without protective tariffs, trade is
free.
Now, every plausible argument for
tariff protection Is like my adversary's
Interpretation of Franklin. It is up- '
side down. For instance, there 1s tsA
balance-of-trade argumont. We are told
that or exports exceed our Imports. So
they do. .But how can a people prosper
with outgo larger than Income? Oh.
they tell us, these protectionists, that tha
excessive outgo will all come, back to us
In pure gold. But It hasn't They toll
us that It Isn't excessive outgo all the
time. But It Is. Sine It. 4. according
to the treasury reports, the total excel
of outgo over Income, of exports over
Imports merchandise, gold and sliver,
all together aggregate a great deal
mora than $3,000,0.0,000 two-thirds of
It since 1906. Evidently we are a trib
utary nation. In Great Britain Imports
exceed exports; they gut tribute Instead
of paying tribute.
Then there are tha statistical com
parisons of foreign wages with Anior-
can wages. That argument also la up
side down. Thoso statistics are mis
leading in two ways. In the first pla.e
money wages may be lower abroad, but
real wages higher, because the cost of
living Is less abroad. In the second
place, time wages may be less abroad
than time wagi a here, when the same
wages measured by the effectiveness of
the work for which they arc paid are less
here than there. When these statistics
are lnvoMguted it will usually be found,
either that they are fulpe, or that Amer
ican wages are lower substantially than
foreign wages.
Could there be anything more absurd
than most arKumorit for tariff protec
tion for workers? The protective tariff
either Increases prices, or It does not.
If the protective tariff does not In
crease prices, how can It Increase wages,
except as he-at brings frobt- by its ab
sence? But If the protective tariff
does Incrmse prices, it cannot increas.
wages. The only way to increase wage.
Is to increase domand for labor prod
ucts. How can highnr prices of products
do that? If the protective tariff did In
crease both prlceB and fvnfres, it would
taku more from the worker In higher
cost of HvlriK us n consumer, than it
could give him In wages ng a worker.
I'rotectlvo tariff are taxes on pro
duction, and taxes on production neces
sarily make high prices mid low wager.
Thorold Roger shows that high prices
and low watfefi, nnd low prices and hlli
wages, have gone together through six
centuries of industrial history la Eng
succeed himself. Chief Interest centers
In the contest for th governorship be
tween John M. Slaton of Atlanta and
joe tun tiail or Macon. products of their work, alwavs has, docs
Republicans of Delaware will hold j now nnd alwa; s will make for poverty
their state convention In Dover on Tuee- ! among the working class. It stands ti
I'on't rh-pj l'O tuLPtiu'r -in tha
United Stateji (t the present moment?
Tariff protection, like every other ta
upon workers and the -!r:cesjLe!!L...and..
ay ror the nomination of a complete
state ticket, and three candidates for
presidential electors.
' The president and Mrs. Taft and
many other notable men and women
have accepted Invitations to attend the
garden party to be held Friday on the
magnificent John Hays Hammond es
tate at Gloucester, Mass., for the pur
pose of raising funds with which to
erect a memorial arch In Washington to
the memory of the men who went down
with the Titanic.
Of Interest In church circles will be
the consecration of Mgr. Georges Gau
tliler as bishop of Phillppopoljs and aux
iliary bishop of Montreal. The cere
mony Is to take place In Montreal on
Saturday.
Saturday Is the day set for the offi
cial welcome to b given In New York
In honor of the victorious American
athlt wo- .toobr part- In the- recent
Olympic games at Stockholm. The pro
gram will Include a great parade down
Broadway, to be followed by the cere
monies of welcome at the city hull and
a grand banquet in. the evening at Ti
raee Garden.
Among the conventions of the week
Will be the American Apple Growers'
congress at St. Louis, the annual meet-
ng of the American Federation of Cath
olic Societies at Louisville, the national
reunion of the LoyarOrder of Moose at
Kansas City, and the annual meeting of
the National Negro Business league at
Chicago.
Single Tax Aids Poor,
Portland, Or., Aug. 13, To the Editor
of The Journal I have bees reading
with. Interest the pros and cons of the
"single graduated land tax," and while
there Is lots of room to argue In favor
of the single tax, I do not care to do so.
All I wish to say is this: Does not
the working people and small land
owner know by this Urns that tha capi
talists and their papers have never
aa nsver will fight for anything: to
the interest of the poor man, and tha
fact that the capitalists are fighting
with all their strength the proposed sin
gle land tax should tell the working
man to vote ror ana not against it. I
If the single tax harmed the noor
and benefited the rich, as the rich
manV papers claim, rest assured "the
rich man would not work againat It,
but for It.
1f " thr poor"Tnanw1tt incs waits up
to the fact that what the rich man
wants-and fightr for i-the thing- that
bs (tbs poor man) wants to voteagainst.
SEVEN ODD SECTS
Shamanism.
reason that It would be ao; It Is a fact
that It has been so.
Protection Ih one of the advance
agents of poverty. Tinier the protec
tive tariff, monopolists filch food from
the poor mati'a table; under the pro
tective tariff, monopolists aubstlttite
shoddy for wool In the poor man's cloth
ing; under the protective tariff, monop
ollsta grind down the wagea of the poor
who svibnilt and -hoot down or starve
out the poor who don't submit Could
piracy on the hltfh seas he 'any worse?
The Ball Moose,
The big bull mooe. with his area to
the sun
Could never keep pace with the "iStran
uoua On. '
Oh! obstreperous Teddy of Oyster Bay,
nun, you me dear people are all to
tha Jay?"
A fricTTd or the laborer. Ah! t. it
Is true,
- Th "'J'rut'- a4 the "Big- Boys" wn -
labor for you.
MeCormtck Is one of the laboring
friends,
Frank Munscy poor soul, on the Bull
Moose depends.
Coorge IVrklni. .a.QstJjor. poor hard.
worklnp; man.
Is plugging for Teddy as hard aa he
can.
The needs of the people, the Bull Moose
can see,
But. dear, trusting people, that need
Is Juat 'MK."
To the Republican party he aoon said
good bye,
When at last they "got wise" td'.'MUi"
Majesty "l.'f '
But the grand old party was quite
SOd enough
When It gave him the "plums" and
" stood for lils bluff.
They know what he needs, and you
bet they're on,
For the big Bull Moose Is a big "bull
con." ANIM M. SNETAG.
Shamanism is a doctrine that has an
uncertain number of followers, and may
not be classed strictly as a religion,
but It is looked upon as such by the
great majority of those who worship
under this 'belief. The minister and
the priest of the Christian church be
seeches the favor of tho gods; the sha
man, as the leader In each section Is
called, is believed to be able to compel
and command them to do his will.
It is really the name for a complex
of practices and beliefs connected in
some parts of the world with an ani
mistic stage of culture. Tha word "Sha
man" Is of Hindo-Porslan origin, and
denotes "idolater." It is-the religion
of certain tribes in northern Asia, but
the area must also bo extended to Amer
ica, where the medicine man of the In
dian has in great part the same func
tions and beliefs and follows the same
practices as the shaman of Asia.'
The functions of the shaman, In' the
belief of the worshipers, are summed
up in the securing of good for those
Who retain his services and tha avert
ing of evil from them. This Includes
the direction of ceremonial, arrange
ment of dances and feasts, healing of
the sick, guarding from sorcery, secur
ing rainfall, and divining. In these va
rious performances ecstacy Is often em
ployed by the shaman, and la induced
either by narcotics or by self-hypnotism.
Themeans by which these various func
tions are performed are held to be mys
terious, and: known only to tha user, or
if known to another they would be dan-
werous for him ta- employ.
In the healing of the slek thera are
often combined an' empirical herbarium
and the supposed control of spirits. De.
ception of the patient and identity of
means employed characterize the opera
tions of shamans In the old world and
the new, where they frequently diag-
iiiuesa aa caused Dy foreign aub-
Eugena Guard: Tharo is mtio room
for more railroads into ugene" from
the north or west. Southern and east.
ern routes aro naturally beginning to
receive attention, and it will not be
long before the road up the McKcnsle.
aa well as the proposed Crcswell and
shape.
Pointed Paragraphs
stances Introduced Into the body bv ' p,easant Hill carllnea, take definite
vii or aoroerers, na these sub
stances they pretend to remove by ma
nipulation and suction, having prevl
ously "palmed" or otherwise concealed
them about their own persons.
Knowledge they pretend to gain by
sending forth the "dream spirits," one
of the four spirits possessed by them on
a search for the cause of ijl or means
of good. The cumpulslon of sDlrita in
accomplished by tha, "word of power"
mcaniauons consisting of unintelligible
formulas and often of mere gibberish In
which, however, the shaman has full
confidence, a belief in symathfiti
magUs is a normal accompaniment of
shamanism.
The abaman may.oome to hla iuw.m
either by parental endowment derived
from an ancestor, by gift from fn vot
ing aplrlt, or. from training by an ex
pert practitioner. Most commonly the
shaman Is a man. Among the Yakuts,
the Ca'rlb tribe, and - In northern Cali
fornia there are female as weil aa male
Shamans; and In some ceases, notably the
Yakuts', male shamans have to assume
women's dress. Sacrifices, rift,
beads and tobacco, and a few drpps oi
. , " Y Ur l mm. a. m - 1
tht novloes blood form ---B-nri--w4-rocfti
. .. ... . - . " - i r . . . . .
Assume cheerfulness, though you have
it not.
What a plrl likes about being secretly,
engaged is that everybody will soon get
next.
A man never realises the value of a
closet until he acquires a family skele
ton. ,
About one time out -of a billion a
man can lose all Ijls money without
losing most of his friends. . .
It is sometimes dlffloult to convince a
man' that two heads are better than
one the father o.f twin,, for oxamplo.
It haa been discovered that aawduat
has been sold for alfalfa meal. That is
worse than selling it for breakfast food .
livestock can't organise muckrake or
vote.
cantatloni with tha American Indiana.
TsmorTOw-rTptemlsm,
wrongdoing of a youh manr but th
1- -.'-.---,'ir-.l. r Jt V't.JI.IlV-
uuiiiK iiure is neuoer xorgiveneas nor
onarwyr ' so, young man. oult.