' THE .OREGQN DAILY JOURNAL,' PORTLAND, TUESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 3, 1912.
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fT TlffeetattoB tfghts "a "candle to"
our defects, d though It may
gratify ourselves,; It disgusts all
others. Lavater.
A LEGIS LATTVE DUTY
r f S the dutyof the Oregon legis
lature to pass a law regulating
the bale . and ' carrying of revol
ver'':;;'f v: ''v '' , ' :";-.
lt la action that haB been taken
by several states. In time, It will be
v taken by all states. It U action in
i which there will ultimately be co
operation by the federal government.
The arguments for . the law are
, the daily killings recounted in the
; luibllc press. There are about 10,
000 of these arguments every year.
t Approximately 800 people are killed
' with a revolver in this country every
moath. v The' report of a pistol, the
shriek of a victim, .or the fall of an
' expiring human atom, la heard prac-
tlcally avery hour of the day, and
. night,
The passage of regulative meas
ures by a city Is not enough, s The
adoption of regulative measures" by
a-single state Is not enough.
. ,,But every measure 60 passed is
a "step In the reform. ' The dealer
' who sella a weapon ' should be re-
' qujred to report the sale and keep a
record. , The buyer should be re-
' quired to- have a license for the pur-
chase, to be obtained from proper
j authorities. No sale should be au-
thorlzed except on satisfactory ex
planation of what' the weapon 1b
wanted for;S;,, . .
; Public' sentiment for this reform Is
crystalizing . all' over the country.
, Many of the best newspapers in the
1 United States are : advocating the
plan' ; The notoriety the United
States' is getting throughout the
world aa a great man-killing nation
Is! arousing" men in a determined pur
pose to- take- measures for lessening
the annual murder harvest, and com
mon sense, reason and ordinary in
telligence make It apparent that the
way to help do it is- to limit the sale
and carrying of revolvers to safe and
tane peoplfi:ll;:;:4. i;!
, ".Every state in the union-haa leg
islated against the iadisciimnate sale
of poisons. For every reason for re
Ejtxlcting the sale of poisons, there
are & hundred reasons for restrict
ing the sale o revolvers. L V
;If the coming legislature refuses
to act, it must accept its share of re-
, uponsiblllty for the wanton and hor
rlble record of shed blood, it will
have to shoulder Its part of the re-
:.. jBponsIbility for the bloody graves in
nearly every cemetery.
MAKING A CABIXET
OR the past sixteen years, mem
bers of the cabinet have been
. I.,. : aa follows: .
I , Secretaries of State John
Sherman, William R. Day, John Hay,
Elihu Root, Robert Bacon, Philander
, C. Knox,
' Secretaries of the Treasury Ly
: tnatt J. Gage, Leslie M. Shaw, George
B. Cortelyou, Franklin MacVeagh.
Secretaries of War Russell A.
Alger, Kllhu Root. William H. Taft,
i Luke E. Wright, Jacob M. Dickinson,
, Henry L. Stlason.
Secretaries of the Interior Cor
nelius N. Bliss, Ethan Allen Hitch
cock, James R. Garfield, Richard A.
Eallinger Walter L. Fisher.
. Secretaries of the Navy John D.
Long, William H. Moody, Paul Mor-
' ton, Charles J, Bonaparte. Victor H.
1 Metcalf, Truman II. Newberry,
. George von L.v Meyer,
- Secretary of Agriculture James
.Wilson.
Postmasters General Jams A.
,b Gary. Charles Emory Smith, Henry
C. Payne, Robert, J. Wynne, George
"B. Cortelyou, George von L. Meyer,
- Fmnk H. Hitch rock.
,' I , .'Attorneys General Joseph Mc
, Kenna, John W. Griggs, Philander C.
Knox, William H. Moody, Charles J.
JJtonaparte, George W. Wickeraham.
Secretaries of Commerce and La
bor George B. Cortelyou, Victor H.
Metcalf , Oscar - S. Straus, Charles
NageL-
Examining the names in the lfst,
, the New York World Insists that
, , Woodrow Wilson should not find it
difficult to select a; cabinet, because
ainong' presidential advisers for the
pfest sixteen years, there have been
. bnt a limited few who rose to the
1 eminence and dignity of really great
i The World is right.. There is not
i tie slightest doubt that President
Taft'a paramount blunder was the se
lection of his cabinet. He got th
vrong type of men. He surrounded
Hmself with men who refused to see
the great light of progress, men who
demanded of Mr. Taft .that he stand
etni vhllfli the people'of the country
Wfra clamoring for a movement for-
-T'CfST "" "" n.'-. ' ' ' ," 1
Tor guidance, Woodrow' Wilson
las the notable blunder of Mr, Taft.
11 3 knows the mighty cost Mr. Bal
J' "'-r was to the Taft administra
t" i. lie knows the deadly 1or3 of
prestige that came through the Inter'
ference with Dr. Wiley In the de
partment of asrlcultftre. lie knows
the blight that ' fell upon Mr. Taft's
political fortunes through Secretary
Knox's nsq,. of tbe "state department
chiefly for floater J. P. Morgan
loans and coliecTES- interest for J
P, Morgan in thf Ttatia American
states. , ;:.Y , ':.''),. r ir-
The members of, Mr. taft's cab!
net were chiefly remarkable for their
lack of eminence. No man can rise
to eminence and be unreservedly
standpat Standpatlsm la. refusal to
consider the broad Interests of the
whole country. Standpatlsm is the
narrowed view that sees only the
selfish Interests of privilege and plu
tocracy and that closes Its eyes to
the great expanding country with Its
millions and its poverty.
Woodrow Wilson's .c a m p a i g n
speeches foreshadow what his cab
inet will bo. Tho members will be
statesmen of the new order. They
will be captains from the great army
of progress. They will be in har
mony with ihe time. ; .
OVERALLS ITNUX)RMS -
" 1 1 I. in
I
N ROUND numbers, the amount
asked for the department of ag
riculture from the congress that
convened yesterday, is Jl 8,000,-
000.
In round numbers, the amount
asked for the navy is $145,000,000.
What a mistaken 'statesmanship!
To say nothing of 'the $96,000,000
asked for the army, we are collect
ing $1.50 from every man, woman
and child in the .United States for
war preparations. For the benefit
of that great agricultural Industry
which Is the basis of all our great
ness and the foundation of all our
prosperity, we are collecting, . 18
cents per capita.
It is a monstrona policy. Nation
al prosperity Is not founded on the
clanking of sabers. The glory of the
republic does not rest on the tramp
of armed men. It is the $10,000,-
000 worth Of agricultural products
yielded to the American . people by
American farmers last year that
makes this country great.
It is not the rattle of machine guns
but the rattle of the binders and
threshing machines that is the na
tion's safety. It is not the man In
martial uniform but the man in over
alls that la the country's great re
liance. It Is not thd fourteen-lnch
gun but; the gang plow that is the
instrument of national triumph Jt
is not on gunpowder, but on wheat,
corn and potatoes that the millions
that are the Republic must be fed.
The national anchorage is not that
of drcadnaughts in distant ports, but
In the homes amid the waving grain
fields of the states.
The great contrast of $145,000.-
000 for the navy and $18,000,000 for
agriculture -la a statesmanship not
yet redeemed from the old order of
barbaric epochs.
The Taft peice treaties still stand
as a sublime example of illustrious
statesmanship.'1. . , r ,
THE ALSEA HARBOR
f
HE outlet from Alsea Bav
breaks the long stretch of the
Oregon coast line between Ya
quina and the Sluslaw. The
Bay is one of the most beautiful on
our west coast and one of the least
known. It has Buffered from the
lack of roads acro.RS the Coast Range
to connect It . with-a large and fer
tile hinterland,' and to lead to it aa
the. natural outlet for a splendid
body of first growth and untouched
timber. But also from the shifting
nature of the sand bar that ob
structs Its entrance.
Industries it . already has. In the
shape of a sawmill, a salmon can
nery, and a creamery and cheese fac
tory. But these are" practically de
pendent on ocean transportation by
the steam schooners of light draft
which make the Alsea a port of calh
The harbor is sheltered from
southwest storms by the bluffs that
overlook the entrance from the
60uth. A jetty of 5000 feet on the
north side 'of the harbor mouth
would prevent the shifting of the
sands which is now the serious draw
back. -
Improvement of this nature would
be followed .at once by the develop
ment in population and in traffic, at
tracted by the unusual advantages of
a moat genial climate, fertile lands,
as good as Tillamook for dairying,
and tn untouched timber tract of
great area and value. V. !
VOCATIONAL T1UINIXG
T
HE education committee of the
technical school in Leeds, Eng
land, is giving special attention
to technical training for' print
ers.
Last year over 150 apprentices
and journeymen employed in ' print
ing and process work in Leeds and
the surrounding district attended the
evening classes. The linotype oper
ating classes for this coming season
are already full.
Tho work of this department in-;
eludes evening lectures, and prac
tical courses in typography both
composition and machine work-
process work, principles and prac
tice of photography, of lithography,
of linotype -operating, drawing and
design, mechanics for printers, and
printing machine mechanism.
For the practical work a apecial
building is set aside, with a ground
floor occupied, by litho,' letter press,
and process machine rooms. The
i cas room on the upper floor, accom-
moaates eighteen typographers at a
time, and a large assortment of type,
rules, and so on, with accesories of
the most modern labor-saving de
signs. A model 4 linotype machine,
with triplex magatine and double let-
ter matrices, is attached to the case
room. 1 , ' - , ,
The courses of , , instruction in
all the branches of the "typog
rapher's art are fall, and fitted not
only to the ciftsses but to Individual
students. Saturday afternoons and
evenings are devoted to . visits to
various works. The machine men's
section Is very complete. Practical
printing in all. branches is executed.
and students bave full opportunity
to perfect themselvea on . the vari
ous machines. ' " " c
In the Yorkshire paper which gives
these, and -"many , other details It 4s
mado clear that this Instruction both
in the, scientific principles' and the
technical details, la not intended to
replace workshop training, " but is
both preparatory and supplementary
to that ' v . d r
Many other trades practised In the
Yorkshire district are taugUV In the
same thorough ' and comprehensive
way.- .v '...'
It is added that both the employ
ers and the Trades Unions offer
every facility and courtesy to. these
tra.de students. , Y ,
A- few years . ago, . attention was
called by the newspapers, and espe
cially by German papers, to the su
periority of German tralning' in in
dustries over that of other countries,
and of England In particular. :That
challenge was promptly taken up in
English industrial centers such as
London, Birmingham, Leeds, Shef
field, Liverpool, Manchester, New
castle and this story of the Leeds
school Is an Illustration of tha re
sults In the British islands.
VOTING WOMEN
M'
ANY Oregon women were en
thusiastic voters In several
city elections yesterday. They
cast 406 of tho 1182 rotes
polled at Oregon City. Of the 600
women eligible to vote, 406, or more
than four fifths, went to the polls.
At Grants Pass, the women cast
over TOO of the 1621 re tea -polled.
They elected Robert G. Smith mayor
over two opposing candidates,' throw
ing most of' their Influence to him
on moral Issues, ' .
At Newport, the women voted
freely, and carried the town dry.
Newport was formerly dry. territory,
but at a subsequent election went
wet by the close margin of three ma-
orlty. .
At; Tillamook, the liquor Issue
made the election exciting, and the
women cast more than half of the
647 votes polled. It is estimated
that two thirds of them voted for
the candidate of the drys, who was
beaten by eight votes.
In an uninteresting aldermanic
election at Albany, 28 per cent of
the vote cast was by women. At
Oregon City a woman candidate for
mayor was overwhelmingly beaten
by Linn Jones, who received 1009 to
17 J cast for his opponent.
.The women marke4vthelr ballots
quickly and accurately, and were ac
corded great consideration at the
polling places. In several Instances
they served as election officers, and
In other cases, women were elected
to minor offices.
With the municipal elections In
evidence, it is apparent that the wo
men are going to use the ballot ex
tensively. Experience is yet too lim
ited to form settled cdnclufilons, but
it is evident that they will take a
large hand In the public affairs of
the cities, and that they are likely
to be In the malaaetlv advocates of
moral betterment. Whether tbej
will go to the polls as freely In the
country precincts, la a. question that
is yet to be determined. ;
YESTERDAY'S DECISION
T
HE authority of the Sherman
law was again upheld by the
United States supreme court
yesterday.
That tribunal ordered dissolution!
of the Harriman merger of the Union
and Southern Pacific Mnes, It e'e-:
elated that the combination is doing
business in unreasonable restraint of
trade. It holds that the Harriman
ownership of stock in parallel roads
is Illegal.
The court took cognizance of and
made a part of its decision, the ac
tion of the Harriman lines in refus
ing to build extensions In territory
affected by the merger. The 77 per
cent profit earned by the Oregon,
Railway & Navigation in 1908 was
pleaded at the hearing.
The decision lays down again the
great principle that congress baa the
right to legislate against restraint of
trade, and against great combina
tions. It validates the Woodrow
Wilson taeory that monopoly can be
constitutionally and legally de
stroyed. It is equivalent to repudia
tion by the highest court of the Per
kins doctrine that monopoly must be
legalized by the subterfuge of pur
ported regulation.
The decision is a step gained in
the tedious but gradual process of
arresting progress toward monopoly,
and checking the rule of monopo
lists. With the principle established
that restraint of trade is illegal, a
way can be found by further per
fecting of details in preventing re-,
straint of trade. Standard Oil, after
its dissolution was ordered, reorgan
ized and raised prices. The now de
cision is assurance that a way will
be found to make the Standard Qil
process of reorganization illegal.
A-Btatesmanshlp will appear, that
will be able to make the robbery of
millions, as much of a crime as.the
robbery of a peanut stand. It will
JL?8tatesmanshij2iM
trust magnate who robs a multitude
as Quickly as It Jails a father who
steals a sack of flour for a starving
family.
' The Journal believes, there Is no,
problem the American people cannot
solve. : We are swiftly ; eliminating
corrupt politics. ;,' Wr(' are going to
effectively ',. dissolve illegal combina
tions. i We are going to toH the
over-capitaliiation, which extorts In
terest" and dividends i 6n Inflated se
curities, an Inflation that IS the un
earned increment in corporate busi
ness and high finance;
Cotnmnnlrattont tent :to Tb Journal ' fnr
publlcnUou lu thl department vbottld b writ.
tu no. paly on ilda at tba paper, (boutd not
eicard im word lu length uid muit b o
compnuled by th ubid and ddriM of the
fudcr. If th writer doe not dealr to BtT
tin la co pubuibad, b tbould M ilt.) :
Dr. Hampton Replies."
Portland, Nov. 30. To th Editor of
The Journal Today my attention has
bean called to 'an editorial la your issue
of November 13, under the title, "When
ChemlBta Disagree," which states that
"The Roseburg Brewing & lea company
has pleaded guilty to selling real, beer
In a dry territory.' and paid a tine of
$2000. The company waa selling what
purported to be near-beer, but ' which
the elate charged contained sufficient
alcohol content to constitute a viola
tion of the local option law:' For the
etate at the trial, a chemist from the
state agricultural -college, arid another
from the Stale university, testified that
the beverage sold by the company was
eirong enougn in aiconoi to oe intoxi
cating, A chemist for the defense ridi
culed the testimony of the etate a chem-
lata, and Insisted that the product was
so-low in alcohol content as not to come
within the prohibition of the law. eta
How is tue testimony by the chemist for
the defense now to be squared with the
voluntary plea of guilty entered by the
Koseburg Brewing & Ice company? B
its plea, the company In effect admits
that Its near-t?eer product was a viola
tion of tho law.",
t was the chomlat for, the Roseburg
Brewing & Ice company.' The samples
or near-oeer were delivered to me by
Warren Beatty, a deputy sheriff, who
had assisted the sheriff In the Roseburg
raia last July, when the near-beer in
Question waa ttJcenr To determine the
per cent of alcohol contained . In the
samples, I subjected each one of them
to three different methods of analysis,
for the purpose of checking the results,
and thus proved that 1.95 per cent of
alcohol was the exact amount of alcohol
contained In the sample. Professor Shlnn,
of tha University of Oregon, testifying
for the state, said that he obtained 4.1
per cent of alcohol from his Sample of
the' near-beer In question, that he mad
no tect of the sample to determine
whether It con tatned acetic acid," sim
ply added ah .alkali because it might
be acid, then subjected It to distilla
tion and took the tpeclflo gravity of the
distillate, he neither made a second dis
tillation or used any , other method to
check his results; It was not necessary,
In his opinion, to do so. Professor Ful
ton of the Oregon Agricultural college,
did not analyze the sample of near
boer that was the basis of this trial.
but haa analyzed ir other samples that
had been submitted to him. He testified
to having used the same method of
analysis as Professor Shlnn, but instead
of guessing about the probable presence
of acetic acid In the samples, as Pro
fessor Shlnn had done, he made that
leterminatlon by using his nose. Neither
did he make a second distillation, or
use another method of analysis to check
his results, emphatically stating that
It was not necessary for one of his ex
perience to do so; and that he had
analysed the 11 samples in less than
half a day. But in answer to a question,
as to whether one might not make a
slight errrr In reading the flee line on
the instrument used In taking the spe
cific gravity of the distillate, said yes;
one expects to make a slight error, but
it would not exceed one-tenth, would
not alter the figures on the left of the
decimal point, so would not affect the
results. Now it is a matter of com
mon knowledge, that if there were any
fiffures on the left of the decimal point
tho fluid would be free from any trace
of alcohol and a difference of one-tenth
In the specific gravity would make a
difference of 60 per cent In the alcohol
content of the sample. In view of the
above facts I was Justified in stating
that such work would be a disgrace to
a mere student, lot alone to men who
professed to be teaters ef chemistry.
They made no attempt during the trial
to dispute the troth of my testimony,
or the accuracy Of the methods used to
check: the results. ,
How will I square my testimony with
the plea of gu11tyentered by the Rose
burg Brewing & Ice Co.? . Theirjlea has
nothing whatever to do with my analysis,
tha sample which they, sent to ma con
tained 1.95 per cent of alcohol, the four
chemists employed by the state made
no attempt In court to .dispute it Ac
cording to The Journal of November
12, "the plea of guilty was actuated by
a desire to avoid the heavy expense of
further litigation." In fact, a compro
mise; the state in return dismissed all
the remaining charges against the indi
vidual defendants.
L. VICTORIA HAMPTON.
A Suggestion.
Portland, Nov. 30. To the Editor f
The Oregon Journal In reference to
the questions of Oregon's participation
in the Panama Pacific International ex
position at San Francisco, and the Ore
gon building and exhibit, would Ilka to
make the suggestion "Let It be second
to none."
In this connection, possfbly another
suggestion may be In order: Let us
learn a lesson from the Native Sons of
tha Golden West, a California organ!
Ballon. - They are -continually crying that
the outsider cornea, there and -usurps
their position, and takes the bread out
of vhelr mouths, and say "Let California
work1 be dona by Calif ornians." Why
not make this rule work both ways, and
let Oregon's work at the Panama Pa
cific International exposition be done
by citizens of the state of Oregon.
.where the people are broad-minded
enough to take a man for what he IS,
regardless of his nationality, place of
birth or what societies wilj accept him
as a member.
The ab 3 ve suggestions are made' by
two men who have learned their lesson
In California and merely offer them for
education.
; TWO OREGON VOTERS.
The Heath Sentence.
Oregon City, Or., Nov. 29. To the
Editor of he Journal. In The Journal
of November 25 Delmer D, White re
plies' to my article In The Journal ot
November 22,' under the heading, "Is
Capital Punishment Right?" Although
I like .his way of arguing on this very
important subject pretty well, I. cannot
agree with him entirely. Mr. White
says, speaking of Christ's teaching and
preaching,"! am sure if ha were here,
and the question were put to him,
'What shall we. do with those murder
ers that are In the penitentiary-i-shall
we hang ' them?" be would say, ""Kill
rebuked Ananias and Sapphire, his wife
for keeping, back, a portion of the. prion
for which they sold their land, and they
fell down .dead before him. Peter did
not kill them, but it was unquestionably
the hand of God, or the power of God,
that slew t them, and as the mini of
Letters .From trie People
COMMENT AND
t SMALL CHAKGB
A medal does a poor hero very little
Now the great American congress
takes the stare. - -
1
Why not simple common sens In
court procedure? . ,
.'
December only one more month of
lilt In whloh to be end do good. -
v ' j
The one who oftenest says, "There's
no Use talking," usually talks much..
.'V.V C-:-: V.---'V v
If Oregon weather Isn't always '"aw
fully nice," it is seldom "awfully hor-
rld. r y - -
' ', iV ' "
Senator Polndoxter perhaps thinks tie
is as big and Important aa a whole
Py. . V v ,
Recounts ef ballots on flimsy or mere
(ruesawork rrdninria in nnl tn x
couraged. r , -
A ennsldaruhl nrnnnptlna f
actions should never get beyond the
men, but very few Progressives with a
big party P. ,, , ... ., .
ft im tn K. frnmrmA 4t,t nitd.. .
administration Orrasbyi MpHarg) "won't
git VV1UIU . . ,
much down In Bermuda. - And having
pleasant dreams, no doubt.
mony that eertaln documents , are for
geries, unjr uiay possioiy ds rorgeries.
Too much la win r. too much nnn'aanan
In Judicial procedure.- and too many ap
peals, are the-trouble, rather than not
enough Judges.
Oregon has men fit to "fill ail the
cabinet positions; several times " over,
but It only want an Oregonian for sec
retary of the interior.
... i'V;, a s " '; -
Mrs. Lesh said the killed two women.
??hey died at the times she mentioned,
n a manner to corroborate her story:
but the Jury brines in an inatruatad
yerdlct of acquittal. . . 1
MAKING A GOOD START
In the December American Magazine
Interesting account of Ralph
Whitfield Chandless. a boy of IS. or II
years old. who get Tup at half past three
in the morning, sella , 350 newspapers,
reads books every, spare moment and
goes to school every day." Following Is
an extract irom the article: .. . .
"When a dignitary dies the papers
nsrr, irHK n ftiAm-fl to say that he sollt
rails, or sold papers, or whacked mules
along & tow-path in tils boyhood. It is
right to praise the fine old people for
thoB thtnes. but why save un all the
praise for old age when feelings weaken
or for a tombstone that aoesn t interest
the subject of our memoirs.
"Wftlnh Wliltflel Chandless lives in
Hasbrouck Heights, New Jersey, a com
muters' town, where tne wnoie man
population mobilises daily at the Eric
itatlnn like a. reirlment of soldier ants.
My avocations frequently leading me
that way, I used to notice this boy at
certain hours, sitting in a board shack
west of the station, selling newspapers.
His looks and manner interested me. and
I observed further that lie was always
reading. He held a book in one hand
whliA shovlntr out newsnaoers and
making change with the other, Wonder
ing what sort of literature held nis
fancy, I took- a glimpse one day and dis
covered it was a school geometry. He
DEBTS OF THE BALKAN STATES
From the New Tork World.
Financiers are figuring out how bond
holders will stand after the map of the
Balkans Is rearranged.
All the little states have been run
ning into debt rapidly, getting ready
for war. Three-fourths of their bonds
are held in Franca.
Turkey bad la-st year a debt of .8570.-
000,000 not badly depreciated. With
only Constantinople left In Europe she
will still have nearly 20.000,000 people,
but it Is not easy to tax the Arabians.
Her debt is 328.50 a head. For compari
son, that of France Is 3 US a head, nil
held at home; that of the United States
(interest-bearing), 311; that of New
Zealand, 3350, mainly for productive!
purposes.
-In borrowing money Turkey has sub
mitted to conditions which really In
dependent nations would refuse. Por
tions of her revenue are "ear marked"
for certain debts; and the powers claim
the right to restrict even her tariff
God and the mind of Christ were the
same, how can it be claimed that the
death, penalty was done away with by
the coming of Christ? Because God
In Moses' time eald, "He that doeth
any work on the Sabbath day shall
surely be put to death. we oon t
want to think the orfense is any less
a crime against God's commands today
than it was in Moser time, or berore
the coming of Christ, and although tha
laws of our nation do not make It pun
ishable by death, It will require the
same repentance and tho same change
of heart and trust and faith in our
Lord and Saviour to Justify us in this
act, that it would to relieve us from
the curse of killing our fellow man.
We cannot enter into the presence of
a holy God With any, of, these stains
upon Vs. ttcd the only ,ray to get rid
Of them Is through repentance and faith
in the Lord Jesus Christ. Th changes
in our customs and laws here will make
no change with God. Nothing will en
ter into His kingdom bearing the.fijjcp.lns
0t ti,n . GEORGE HIOINBATHAM.
Capital Punishment Unjust.
Portland, Nov. 3"0, 1112. To the Edi
tor of The Journal From the stand.
point of the humanitarian it is unjust
ta enforce capital" punishment in order
to right the wrongs committed by so
ciety. Considering tne iaea oi pumsn-
ment . psychologically, we una mat
hanging as a means of punishment re
solve Itself into nothing but " hate.
Nothing can be accomplished by It, for
love, as the lowly Nazarene said, t is
the only liberator of the race. This was
his sole mission on earth.. To this end
I SUggesi mm-me nunc oi, vrvguu muii
a colony, with the most practical avail
able means, for the betterment and. hu
mane care of our unfortunate brothers.
- DR. WOOD.
Jfew Jersey and Oil Trosecutlons.
Portland, Nov. 29. To the Editor "trf
The Journal Did the State of New Jer
sey, idurlng Woodrow Wilson's .term as
governor, institute any prosecutions
against any oil companies? If so, will
you please - give a synopsis of cases?
; : . - H. E. C
Had airy been - undertaken they would.
In the ordinary course of such cases,
have beeffTHSUiuted: hy ths federal yovi
ernmeot)
It Is pleaaanter . to admit that you
bav been sold than bought f
..'i.i.'i.l,,il.iW'..i. i JF.'..-r s."
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NEWS IN BRIEF
. OIUJGON SIDELIGHTS f-
Pendleton East Oregonian: Nws that
the work toward a gravity water sys
tem Is proceeding Is welcome. - It is a
long while since the people voted that
tuu.vvu owna issue, .- ......
v Seaside Hlgnal: .The ptpe for the fire
main, is now on tne ground, and witn
in the next - week work will, commence
on the installation. The first pipe will
connect With the larva flra nume ru.
ceutly installed at the foot of JDuane
a tree i.
Gold Beach Globe: The' old court
lioune has been placed on Its new foun
dation opposite the bank and a sixteen
foot, two-story addition Is now being
built ' In th rear. Instead of an eye
sore It will stand In future -as an up-to-date
hardware and furniture store. .
Baker Democrat: With the arrival of
the last of the equipment tor the hew
electric power plant at the Humboldt
mine, in the Mormon basin, It will be
only a few weeks before the machin
ery of the mill and mine will be oper
ated by the; new power for tha first
tlmeV H ' . imir
Eugene Register:- .Architect ' D. I
Harden Is preparing plans for a con
crete warehouse for. J. M. Quackenbush
A Hons at the rear of their store. It
will be 40 by &0 and two stories hlgb.
It will be of oonerete blocks, plastered
on the exterior.-' ,::.':';v'lL-...11.L:
- . ': -.1, ' j. --
Klamath Herald: F. T. Godfrey and
wife have arrived from Moldenvllle,
Okla., with the Intention,, of . making
Klamath Falls their home,- They were
accompanied by i another family from
Oklahoma, Who will also locate here.
Mr, Godfrey la a prominent and Wealthy
banket Of Oklahoma. . ; .
Engen Guard: -. A good time to so
out after the- payroll Industries is while
Hie railroads are making : Eugene the
center of their activities In the north
west. Manufacturers are best- attracted
by transportation facilities, and these
will be unsurnasaed here before two
more years shall have passed. ; ,
Alhanr Herald: A. H. Bandstrom has
the contract for thebrick and masonry
work on the (New First National bank
building and his materials have begun
to arrive. The coat of the building will
consist of fne brick and stone and terra
cotta. Mr. Sandstrom expects to have
It all In place inside of 10 weeks.
was getting up his lessons. Thereupon
I sought his acquaintance and made a
few inquiries.
""Here is a daily" schedule: He gets
up at 8:30 a, m. and. walks four miles
and a half to meet the paper-train at
Rutherford. He comes back to Has
brouck Heights on the first trolfcy at 5
a. "m. with newspapers. He delivers
about half of these at residences be
tween 6:30 and 7 a, m. Then he takes the
remainder down to his shack at the Erie
Station and sells to the commuters un
til the last early train goes in at 8:60
meanwhile putting the finishing touches
on his lessons. Ten minutes later he
Is at school; and the rest of the day he
lives the regular life of a suhoolboy,
"Now, thla young merchant student has
stood at tho head of bis class every
year that he has been in abhool. He did
so well In school last year that he was
exempted from his examinations not
withstanding his fingers and toes suf
fered all the year from frost bite In the
early winter. He has paid for his own
clothes ever since he was six years old.
He has a checking account and a sav
ings account at, the bank. He pays his
widowed mother four dollars and a half
a week board.
"He is the stuff of a great man, and
he will be a great man. Maybe not a
celebrity. It takes the moment as well
as the man to make a celebrity."
rates. This will mak financial read
justments complicated.
Bulgaria has old loans of 324 a head,
has recently borrowed 38,000,000 more,
and presumably owes Czar Ferdinand
his great personal fortune, which tie his
risked on the war. Servla's debt Is 350
a head. Greece's 385 and rather badly
depreciated. With more territory her
credit will be better. Her governmnt
h now efficient."
Montenegro has not had to wheedle
money lenders to buy powder and can
non. Big brother Russia has long al
lowed her 8200.000 a year for guns and
schoolti chiefly guns; and King Nicho
las can get any money he needs from
rich relatives in fft. Petersburg without
uuirienng me oourses. Montenegrin
bonds are practically not listed On
changes but sold by private agreement.
Considering their fertility aitd re
sources, none of the Balkan states Is
alarmingly handicapped by debt, as
Portugal seemed to be with her 3180 a
head of bonds when th rniiMi ,.
I declared. r " "
The exile may be glad there la no
place like home.
Lives of great man may remind us
that It Is sometimes better to remain
obscure.
-
Some, of the blame Ur the lies we
tell ought to be charged up to people
who ask our candid oninlon,
About the only time the average mar
ried man Tia any peace In his home
Is when his wife has her mouth full
of hairpins.
The man who stands at the bottom
of-the ladder and steadies it Is often
of more benefit to the country than
the one who climbs to the top.
Pointed Paragrapk
A HABIT That Becomes a Duty
for Every Individual - Saving a
Portion of Each Days Earnings"
The greatest .saving ,can often be made ort the very things
we buy. Therefore, it becomes tha duty of every thrifty house-'-keeper
to scan the important offerings of advertisers that appear
daily in THE JOURNAL. : " r f , ; ; . . ; , , ,
Acquire the habit of reading every advertisement closely
then you will save time and money ori everything you buy and 1
live better for less money. Make THE JOURNAL your shop
ping directory. Look to it and depend on it f of everything you
need. It will show you where and how to buy to best advan- '
tage, when you can lookpick, and choose at your leisure.
Thousands of THE JOURNAL'S readers already know that '
treairtiiirewnraiHi
most economically, through T tha advertisements ' that aoDear '
very.dsy in THE JOURNAL. , w.
(Copyrighted, by J. P, Fallon.)
Brain Surgery Restores
Mind to Accident Victim
- Fromthe New' York World.
" Ah unconscious man, with , a deep
wound in his, skulj, was ' found on the
tracks; of the New York Central ; at
Glenwood, near lookers, early, on the
morning of July 23 last. He waV taken
to St, Joseph's hospital, Yonkers, whore
the physicians, after' consulting; -con-
cjuueq, : to , tan . the one-jn-a-tpini
chance to save his life and 'operate, "
. Dr. Lopes says 60 grams of the man's
brain were taken from, the frontal lobe. .
It would not haya been a great surprise,' '
to the surgeons if the patient bad died ,
on the, operating table .or--Immediately '
afterward. ".'.. . '2 T: ;
But, Instead, the man's respiration
had become more regular, By morn- ,
ing he was breathing even more freely .,
and the heart' action was battpr, The
physicians " gathered at his cot and
gaie4 at him blankly, as If he had becn
brought back from the1 dead. .There
was a marked, Improvement -24 hour
later and one of the physicians, more '
sanguine than the rest, said, half Jok-
Ingly..-' , .,.,,, ' :. : , , "
t "He may live, but if he does he'll be
an incurable Idiot."' , . f
Every day brought a change for theS
better in the patient, who was looked '"
upon as a surgical curiosity. Reports of
the "case" i oon reached other hospi'
t&la and physicians "Journeyed -miles to
see the patient and hear the atory
Tha. object of their professional interest '
Was oblivious to this, as he had not '
awakened from the coma in which he '
was when, found on the railroad tracks. '
Thia mental veil was not lifted for a v
month, and then bnly slightly and for a
short period. Boon, however, he had '
hours of semiconsciousness. Then, in . '
answer to questions, he would murmur
that his name was "Martin" and some
times "Stanislaw."
As be improved physically his mo
ments of lucidity became more ' fre
quent, but after every examination the
doctors said he never would recover
his mental faculties. About ten day
ago the nurses put the regular dally
questions to the man, expecting H ; j
customary vacant stare or the mumV
bled "Stanislaw." Instead the man ,;
partly raised himself in bed and said:
"My name is Martin Strabowslcl an4 '
I am a shoemaker. I come from Boxin,
Russia, where myl people live, jThe
only relative I have in this country Is
an uncle who lives in Salem, Mass."
The feverish light" had faded from!
the man's eyes as he snoke. The
nurses summoned the surgeons. Stra- ,
bowskl told them be had worked In ,
Philadelphia and on Staten Island. He
gave a complete account of his doings
since bis arrival In America. The".
only incident on which he seemed hazy,
wus the circumstance under which he '
had been Injured, but( it appeared lie.
had been thrown from a train at Clleh- :
wood. Why or by whom he didn't1':'
know.-- . ; i-;', '''rc:,:
Learning that StrabpwsUi bad ifpt
been naturalized and -wanted to return"
to Russia the hospital authorities ar-'
ranged with the Bureau of State and
Allen Poor, this city, and Strhowskt.
fully recovered mentaTly and physical-r
ly. took ship for his home last week.
Odd Tales Vouched For
By Oregon Newspaper!
Two Bullet Quell Steer's Charge :
Myrtle Point Knterp'rlsc; J. U Klijght
purchased a bunch of cattle front Mr.
Samuelson of theprldge seotjon, among :
which there waa one ptcerf that wi
probably as large a bee! aniinal' as wm
ever raised In Coos county; the-, "crlt- ;
ter," it Is estimated, would dress 1000' ,
pounds. So much, for nlze, and for J
ferocity this bovine would make some ''
of the Ions-horned bunch-grasaers Of e
the Texas plains look like lambs. " 'i-'
When the boys were, driving the
bunch In ever the Middle Fork road,
the big fellow turned on his hoels, put '
Joe Knight s horse on the run, got sep- V
arated from the bunch and had a cou
pie of pedestrians on a fence, when --.
Chat Hullng, who was on the way to :;
his home on Myrtle creek, rode up and -the
brute charged his horse. Chat kept.,
his, steed out of the . steer's way till -he
could get his hands to a pistol whleluT.
was among the effects on his "addle, i;
When h pumped a couple of bullets-:
Into tbe; enraged boast. Thereupon Mr. ..
Steer decided he would let Hullng by -and
return to his home range, end at '
last accounts still had his freedom.
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Mother's Tomahawk. ' '""7". v
From Prairie City Journal. -Jim
Green and Charles Mulcare got
an over load of firewater Saturday ;
even'ng and as a result of violating a
city ordinance were landed in the baa-
tile. " Soon after Mrs. Green, mother of
Jim Green, appeared on the seene with
an ax or tomahawk and all hands to
srethcr made a hole through the "cala
hnnan." throuffh Which the "bov crawled
to freedom, and were soon on the street? J .
declaring that the Jail was in need of i
repairs. They were then piacea m tne l i
county JalL They came nearly digging t
out of that when the marshall put on a
guard. Jim Green was fined 3S2-60.
He sold his horse Monday and paid
his fine. . . - --T ""f-rpr
Firemen Lured by Moon.
Joseph Herald: , The firs department -deserves
credit for the promptness with
which the two hose carts were rushed ;
to the schoolhouse Friday night in re--spons
to the fire alarm. It was an -agreeable
surprl8 however, to find
that the "fire" was only a feflectlon of
moon's ray on the Windows, which
from town looked exactly like the entire
inside of the great concrete bunding '
was a roaring mass of flames. '
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