THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, TUESDAY EVENING, APRIL 28. 1914.
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WITHOUT WAR
H
CEItTA accepts the proposed
mediation.
It may mean little to him.
He agreed once to make re-
. paratlon for the late series of out
'rages. But he broke his pledge.
- Nothing counts with Victoriano
' jliuerta.
J. But there are many signs of eet
, "lleraent without war. Villa" de
ranged HtiertS's' plans when he re
. ;fused to be drawn into the dicta
r 'tor's trap. When Villa gave out
'.his address to the American peo
ple Baying he would not be drawn
' into hostilities against the United
, States, he became a powerful fac
' jtor for American peace and an ex
traordinary Influence in forcing
lllnerta into , acceptance of mediation.
Villa's example has , doubtless j
held the rebels in peaceful attitude
"toward Americana. The rebel su-j
thorlties in the state of Sonora
nave given notice that Mexicans)
who make hostile demonstrations
against Americans will be hanged.
Similar attitude at other points in
.rebel territory shows that Villa's
example has counted heavily in
' holding the rebels in kindly nood
toward the United States.
', The effect, meanwhile, of the
prompt acceptance of mediation by
President Wilson has been magical
ly favorable on all Latin countries.
It glva the people of Central and
South America confidence In the
Washington government scarcely
attainable otherwise. Bristling
wifirirmaments, conscious of its
power, and smarting under Hu
erta's outrages on American clti-
zens, .the great Republic promptly
placed ' its interests and its policy
in the' bands of. the Brazilian,
Chilean and Argentina diplomats,
diplomats akin in blood, language,
customs and character to the Mex
icans themselves. The- effect is
voiced by a Brazilian newspaper
wnlch .says. "the example set by
the United States Is a stimulant to
the mgniricent dream of universal
peace."
Looking backward, impartial and
just people must realize the big
ness of President Wilson's policy
throughout this year of Huertaism.
He has patiently resisted those who
wanted hapless Mexico reduced by
the sword. He has endured In si
lence the sneerSj, and contumely of
those who howled for artillery and
Wood.
The luckless Mexicans have never
had a chance. They have had no
opportunity for education. Por-
. flrto Diaz gave them no public
schools. The Mexican minister of
' education recently reported the
people as 75 -per cent illiterate. ,
The things we ought tp send the
Mexicans are not bullets, but. books.
Our duty to them is not shot and
shell, hut schools; not the thunder
of cannon, but the teachers of, chil
dren; not colonels and captains,
but Christian civilization; not gen
erals and guns, but grammars and
. geographies.
CRUKLTV AND VIVISECTION
AriiiL,ALu.L,rniA, jury disa
greed in -the case of Dr.
Joshua E. Sweet of the Uni
versity of Pennsylvania med
ical faculty, charged with cruelty
by practicing vivisection on dumb
animals. . The trial assumed great
Importance because of a ruling by
Judge Bregy.
1 In charging the jury he said that
the law takea.no cognizance of the
fact that a surgical operation
which causes pain to the animal is
excusable, if the operation is per
formed in the Interest of science,
and that vivisection is, therefore, a
crime in Pennsylvania.
The indictment brought against
Dr. Sweet did not allege that vivi
section was illegal; there was a
simple charge of cruelty. It is now
announced, that Dr. Sweet will be
reindicted and a conviction Bought
under the law , as .interpreted by
Judge Bregy. i; '
There is no questioning the need
of law enforcement which will pre
vent unnecessary cruelty by scien
tists in their operations upon dumb
animals, but there is question
whether the prohibition should be
as inclusive as Is contended for by
Judge Bregy. The anti-vivisection-ists
are Tight In insisting that
there shall be a minimum of suf
fering, but a proper regard for hu
manity will not permit prohibition
of experiments upon animals. -
' V Experiments on animals led to
,-the discovery of methods by which
the stomach does its'. work. : The
-manner of the growth of bone was
.demonstrated in, a similar; way.
, The ; processes of Inflammation
were discovered by experiments on
the wlnga of bats, and out of what
was thus learned has developed the
whole system of modern surgery.
Before the antitoxin of diphtheria
was discovered 1y animal expert
Hftn frnm 40 tn A nr int
t : - - , vv
disease died. . Now, the death rate
Is only 10 per cent. Tetanus,
rabies cholera. bubonic plaguety
phoid fever, meningitis and yellow
fever are understood because of ex
periments upon'- animals.
w
E HOWL about high taxes.
We lament about . crime.
We figuratively weep over
the wastefulness of govern
ment. But we don't go to the polls.
We yell about the, weakness of
our governmental system. We de
nounce the graft,, and the grafters.
We insist- that, everything is rotten
in Denmark.- But. we don't even
register. ' ;- , ' ' t
We kkkUbout, city, government.
We ululate about -county govern
ment. We condemn, state govern
ment. We animadvert against na
tional government., But we don't
register. . ' '
In faltering voice and amid a
tempest of sighs, we tell the neigh
bors about how our taxes have in
creased. ? We then proceed to blame
it- all on the officials. We pro
pose a recall and Btart out with pe
titions. But we don't register.
We howl about the nominations.
We repine over the candidates. We
remonstrate against the Initiative.
We censure the ' direct primary.
We agree that everything is wrong
and nothing right.,
But we don't register. We stay
away from the polls. -We let some
body else do the voting, and we do
the scolding. 1 .
Anrf ei a i-ocrleti-attsin tntala nrnvo.
there are thousands of us.
AFTER 371 DAYS
T
HE Broadway bridge was
opened to the public April
22, 1913. It cost $1,586,-
921.90.
In spite of its great, cost to the
people, in spite of the fact that it
vas opened 371 days ago, it is. but
little used by vehicle traffic. Ever
since the rainy season set In last
Autumn, it has been a practically
deserted thoroughfare, except for
street cars and pedestrians. It is
not -probable that there is another
instance of the kind in the world
in which so great a sum of public
money was expended, only to be
handicapped in Ub use by a street
approach unfit for vehicle traffic
and worse, ' by far, than many of
the country roads of Multnomah
county. --
From the bridge to Wheeler
street the paving In held up by a
remonstrance signed by the prop
erty owners. Bids had already been,
opened and the contract was, ready
to sign when a remonstrance of
6 1 per cent of the property owners
was filed and proceedings stopped
January 15 last.
From Vancouver street to Union
avenue full arrangement's for pav
ing were completed and were
brought to a standstill October 22,
by a program for widening the
street. The plan for renewing the
improvement is now under way in
the highway department.
All proceedings for paving "the
stretch between the bridge and
Wheeler street are dead while
waiting for lapse of the six months
to meet the charter requirement.
Nothing is likely to be done unless
some of the remonstrators with
draw from the petition they filed
at the city hall.
The people of Portland are pay
ing interest on the bonds and pro
viding a sinking fund for retire
ment of the bonds from which the
Broadway bridge was built. A
part of the present high taxes in
clude provisions meeting the cost
Of buiming the bridge.
The bridge enormously Increased
the value of the property of those
who are now holding up the im
provement of the unpaved street
leading to the structure.
Is it not unjust for property
owners at this point to hold up the
improvement?
Is It not wrong for them to hold
the bridge out of use to thousands
for -hom that route is the short
est and best way into the business
district!
CITIZENSHIP OF WOMEN
I
F AN American woman marries
an alien, she forfeits her citi
zenship. If an American ' man
.marries an alien, he retains his
citizenship. It does not affect her
legal status If the woman married
to an alien continues to live in the
Unite'd States. . She may be an
American patriot, but she cannot
become an American citizen until
her husband is naturalized.
- A bill has been introduced in
the United States senate to meet
thin situation. Tt nrnvidta that nn
distinction shall be made by any
court in matters of naturalization
on account of sex.' It declares that
failure, inability or refusal - of
male alien to become a citizen of
the United States shall not impede
his wife in becoming a citizen.. It
says that no woman who Is by
birth or naturalization a citizen
shall forfeit her rights by reason
of marriage to an alien, unless she
formally renounces allegiance.
There is no reason, why our laws
defining citizenship should dlscrim
mate against women. " These laws
were an outgrowth of the'old the
ory that the wife is : subordinate
in ail things to h.er husband. But
it is doubtful whether .there can
be substantial progress" so long as
women, even In the matter of cltl
zenship. are denied, substantial 1
rights accorded to men. j
The senate bill fa being urged
by suffragists. But it should have
the support of ail people who wish
to see American citizenship backed
by something more than medieval
absurdities. ,
COLORADO MASSACRES
P
RESIDENT WILSON was just
and courageous yesterday
when he notified the Rocke
fellers to settle the. Colorado
mining' strike at. once or United
States troops will be sent to end
the violence. .
The act places squarely before
the country the important fact of
who It is that is engaged in this
war "With the miners. It prevents
the Rockefellers from skulking
piously . In the rear " while hired
gunmen . and a subservient state
militia shoot up the miners' and
Slaughter women; and children
Mr. Rockefeller's son recently
testified that he would sink all his
investments in : Colorado rather
than yield to the demands of his
employes that they be permitted
to organize. He has not sunk and
he does not propose to sink his
investments in Colorado or any
where else. . There Is, on the other
hand, evidence before the presi
dent that he has debauched a
commonwealth , by gaining control
of the Colorado, militia and filling'
their regiments with professional
gunmen.
The desperate and murderous bat
tle of Ludlow has been followed
with other - and ; more barbarous
scenes of violence. If such atroci
ties had been reported from Mexi
co, the whole United States would
have been set aflame with the' hor
ror of it.
In some cases, whole families
have been wiped out. No state in
this Union has a right to .permit
such massacres. Whatever may be
the controversy between the Rocke-
fellers and their employes, they
have no right, after Importing pau
per labor from Europe, to maintain
a private army and prosecute a war
of. subjugation and extermination
over small questions of wages and
conditions of service.
President Wilson is right In
calling unon Mr. Rockefeller to ;
settle with his workers. What is i
the- status of ouj civilization when
a sovereign state -permits a rnan so
rich that he cannot count his
money to carry' on a private civil
war to escape payment pf a few
added cents per day to his
workers?
Some issues in the Colorado con
flict are bigger even than those
in our Mexican relations.
BABIES, PIGS AND CAIiVES,
T
HE house of representatives
has authorized the expendi
ture, of $165,000 by the fed
eral children's bureau during
the coming fiscal year. The appro-;
priauon .was made arter an un
successful fight to limit it to $25,-
000, and 'the bill is now before
the senate.
It would seem that $165,000 a
year is not too great a sum for
the government to spend in saving
the lives of babies. Miss Julia
Lathrop, chief of the bureau, esti
mates that 300,000 Infants less
than one year old die annually in
the United States because of Indi
vidual and civic neglect.
The scope of this bureau is
large. It deals with the funda
mentals of life, one of Its principal
functions being to assist in correct
ing conditions which result In in
fant mortality. If, as has been
stated, the Infant death rate is the
most sensitive index we have of
social welfare, there should be
united support of a movement the
object of which Is to save the
babies.
New Zealand has set the pace
with the. lowest Infant mortality
rate in the world. This was
brought about mainly through the
efforts of the New Zealand Society
for the Health of Women and Chil
dren. In one city alone the work
of the society reduced the number
of deaths of Infants fifty per cent
in five years. " . ; " '
The people of the United States
are seeing their larger problems in
better prospective. Vast sums have
been spent ; tp promote the health
of- animals which have a commer
cial value. Now there is a demand
for as" much concern for babies as
for pigs and calves.
GOOD ROADS IN' TEXAS
G
OOD roads cost money, but
they return the initial In
vestment many times over ,in
lessened cost of transporta
tion and Increased value of prop
erty. The people of Texas appre
ciate this feet, and the good roads
record of that state last year shows
that Texans are ready to Invest in
something that will pay big divi
dends. Last year the people of Texas
voted -more than $7,000,000 in
bonds for the extension and im
provement of " highways. Eighty
six elections were held, and in 51
of them the vote was overwhelm-1
inglylln faVor of bond issues. In
the remaining 35 failure of the
bonds to carry was due solely to a
state law requiring a majority of
two thirds in favor of bonds.
Southern Good Roads says that
during: the last four years Texas
has appropriated $24,565,400 for
highway-development. : The begin
ning. 5 was made in ; 1909, when
$781,000 : was voted. - The next
year, the total was $4,015,000; in
1911 it was $8,915,000; in 1912,
$M96.000, and in 1913, $7,267,
700. These amounts were in ad-
ditlon to funds ; raisea : oy general
taxes, thus - representing maeDiea-
ness voluntarily assumea oy ine
people after having opportunity to
vote directly on the question.
iThe experience of Texas "is note
worthy because : of the support
which good roads ' bonds received
in the, country districts. "It has
een the rule," says Southern
Good Roads, 1 "that the rural vote
has been cast for better highways."
When, all farmers learn, as they
have learned- in Texas, that poor
roads are vastly more expensive
than improved highways the neces
sity for extended campaigns in be
half of funds will cease.
Letters From the People
(CommaDieatlona aant ' to Tha Journal for
publication in tbla department abould ba writ
ten on only one aide of tha paper.! ahould not
exceed 300 words in length and must be ae
companied by the name end addresa of the
aender. If the writer does not dealr to
Bar the same published, he ahould ao aute.)
"DiBcoaaton ie the greatest of A reform
era. It ratlooaiisee everything It touch pa. It
robe principle of all false sanctity and
thro we them back on their reaaonablenesa. It
they have no reaaonablenesa. It rothleasly
crashes them out of existence and seta op Its
own conclusion la their stead. Woodrow
Wilson. .
Denunciatory.
Portland, April 28. To the Editor of
The Journal' I -went to church Sunday
and by mere accident happened- to
stroll into the one where I had the
pleasure of hearing- Mrs. Booth Prib
bln, of Salvation Army fame a most
remarkable woman, the mother of ten
children, and a mother to a, great many
motherless. Bu when I kick Is when
she g-tves lectures to women only, tell
ing them of "the glories of mother
hood." Almost all the glories of parentage
are nullified when the parents cannot
support their children. It is-estimated
that one sixth of the people of Oregon
are on the farm, and that is too many,
for potatoes are worth only 40 cents a
sack, and last fall apples rotted under
the trees.
When a man leaves the farm the ma
jority do not own their jobs, hence may
be discharged and blackballed, and tha
majority of those who are allowed to
work receive only enough pay to Keep
themselves In good working trim. Now,
("therefore, I protest agaiinst these peo-
pie lecturing about the glories of par
entage. They should lecture, aS some
do, that a baby is a shameless and of
fensive thing, and that the-prdper life
is to ignore the opposite sex and have
plenty of troubles in this life, and that;
after death they will pe in giory wtm
such reprobates as Abraham, Isaac and
Solomon.
When we want more people here, let
the -great steamship companies bring
them from Europe, Ghi" Inf ' "y
old place, and let us put our gold In the j
banks to help out big business
P. W.
What the Schools Teach.
Port.and, April 27. tTo the Edito of
The Journal. I have read a letter by
a mother complaining because she sent
her children to church and school and
paid taxes to keep up these Institu
tions, and her children were taught
temperance there.
Churches are not kept up by tax
payers, but by voluntary contributions,
and schools teach' what is helpful to
children, not something to agree with
the views of their parents. At any
rate, if parents do not like the kind
of teaching children receive at schools,
there are plenty of private schools,
and these might even teach them that
it is good for the young as well as
the old to drink.
Too bad! Either one must change
his views on drinking and teaching,
or send children elsewhere, for they
will undoubtedly keep on teaching the
things that will be helpful to children,
and In advance of the teachings we
had when we were young.
Probably if we. had been taught the
truth about alcohol in school, many
people would never have "formed the
habit, and it Is to be regretted that
the people do not inform themselves
about the truth on these questions in
stead of finding fault because their
children learn what science has dis
covered about alcohol telng a poison,
only fit for rrfedicine under some con
ditions, usually applied externally.
READER.
Question as to Street Fencing.
Portland, April 28. To the Editor of
The Journal When X first came to
Portland you could walk on Madison
street from Tenth to Eleventh. ; About
1905 the Burrell estate threw a fence
across the walk, and now I see they
have fenced up the whole end of the
street parallel with Tenth street. Last
week I saw where the city had to pay
$3600 for a strip on Mill street, be
tween Sixteenth and Chapman. I
would like to know If the property
owners have any right to fence this
street In and how much the city will
have to pay when - Madison street is
put through. TAXPAYER.
Tbe Condition of Epirus.
From the Christian Science Monitor.
The great powers are steadily play
ing in Epirus the same game that they
have played with such disastrous ef
fect in Armenia and in Thrace. In
plain English, the interests of the
country and its inhabitants are being
sacrificed i to their selfishness. Be
cause Austria-Hungary and Italy both
covet the land, and yet are too afraid
of one another to take possession . of
it, they are determined, with the con
sent of their neighbors, to permit It
to remain in a condition of. practical
anacchy. ; Austria-Hungary, as has
been pointed out, time and time again,
desires to push her frontier along the
eastern Adriatic coast and so dominate
that sea. Unfortunately for her, the
occupant of the westerp; shore does
not regard such an-aim at all favor
ably. At the point where. the; heel of
Italy forms -with Cape JLinguetta the
neck of the bottle known as the straits
of Otranto the passage is so narrow
that it might, In the opinion of the
government in Rome,- become a strate
gical danger If the opposite shore
were held by an enemy. On, the other
hand, if Italy held both scores, the
Adriatic would, become Its I private
lake. For ' this reason, neither country
will allow the other to annex any part
of Albania, They have Indeed gone
further than this and, . with the help
of Germany and the acquiescence of
the triple entente created a fictitious
geographical state, composed , in the
extreme north ; largely of a f Roman
Catholic, in the; extreme south' mainly
of a' Greek, and In the-body, ias weil
as in either ; extremity, of an . over
whelming : Muhammadan population.
Epirus. or southern Albania, with a
preponderating Greek population, de
mands .annexation' to Greece, but as
this would give Greece a hold on the
neck of the bottle, the refusal Is firm
ly made by both Rome and Vienna. But
though Rome and Vienna, may refuse
to pertnit. Greece J to ''rule in t Epirus,
they;' have not the power to establish
the Albanian rule there. The only way
in which they could do this would be
by a joint occupation, and a joint or
a separate occupation ' neither ; . the'r
fears nor their jealousies will permit.
As a result, a Greek lead"'. Zographia-
:.,' I
A FEVV SMILES
We have been . told the story of a
professional magician who had re
cently been makinar one night Btanris
in little Ohio towns.
The other night he
waa in Mount Gllead
and he certainly
made a rreat hit
there. He hadj been
performing for more
than an hour and his
audience was in great
humor. The audience. In fact, was for
him to a man -when he pulled a bad
boy of the town to the stage. A big
lugh followed, j
The magician1 brought the lad to the
footlights.
J"Now, my boy," he said, "I want you
to tell this audience that you are sure
your pockets are empty."
"My pockets is empty," answered the
lad, obediently.; Ue rabbit you told
me to put in me coat got away!"
President Howard Elliott, pleading
at a dinner in New York for fairer pub
lic opinion toward
the New Haven lines,
said: v
"Public Opinion, as
It lias shown itself In
the past It's grow
ing a little kinder
now makes me think
of the farm girl.
"A young farm girl asked to have
Saturday off in order to go and see
a man hanged. Permlssipn was given
her and she set out before daybreak,
having twenty -miles to walk.
"When she returned that evening
she was In tears. ,
"Why, Milly. what's
the matter?
said her mistress.
"Oh, dear!" sobbed the girl
dear! The man's been reprieved
'Oh,
A man was on trial, before a west
ern judge for horse stealing, and when
it came time for the lawyers on both
sides to tell the
judge what in
structions t h e y
wanted him to give
to --the Jury in ad
dition to the points
covered in his own
charge the : attor
ney for the defense
said :
"I respectfully ak your honor to in
struct the Jury ' that it is a funda
mental principle of law In this country-
that it is i better for ninety-nine
guilty men to escape than for one In
nocent man to be found guilty."
"Yes, that is true," said the judge,
"and I so. instruct the jury; but I will
add that it is the opinion of the court
that the ninety-nine guilty men have
aread7 escaped
has taken to the mountains with the
Greek comitajis. To. dislodge him is
impossible, to cajole him Is hopeless.
and so the country is given up to ab
solute anarchy, without the slightest
prospect that tnls will be exchanged
for anything better than a condition of
persistent guerrilla warfare.
Voting In Chicago.
Katharine BUell in Harper's Weekly.
Down iri one of the poorest, dingiest
streets in the city, on the fourth floor
of a rickety tenement, lives Mrs. Blazi.
Mrs. Blazi is a thing almost new In
the world of politics a woman boss.
Mrs. Blazi is a midwife, and she knows
every Italian woman in that Section
of the city. She came to this country
when she was young, and poor, and
friendless, and she was taught her
trade by Doctor Blodgett, a woman
doctor of high standing.. She has
brought two generations of Italian
children into the world, and she is
deeply beloved and entirely trusted by
all the women of her race. They say
she can deliver 600 votes in her ward.
It is certain that she brought out 300
on registration day, and- nearly as
many to the election. Some one lends
her an automobile, she stops in front
of a tenement, she speaks to some one
in the doorway, or in one of the win
dows, and in a few minutes one after
another of the Italian women with
shawls over their heads and babies in
their arms come down to follow Mrs.
Blazi, and do anything she tells them
to. Some of them do not speak any
English. Many of them do not know
what they are doing when they voti.
They do what Mrs. Blazi tells them
to.
Mrs. Blazi is large and beautrSul
her eyes are black, her cheeks are red.
and although she sits with her little
grandson in her arms, she does not
look over 30. She is strong and hon
est, and she loves the children, but
she has a little greasy, fat husband
who is a low-down machine politician,
and she is a .good woman and lives up
to her Italian principles. She takes
the 600 women to the polls and votes
them for Bathhouse John because her
husband tells her to. It is hoped by
the next election that Doctor Blodgett
and Miss Addams and other women
whom Mrs. Blazi can trust will teach
her better, though her husband pat
the grandsons head and says, "We
won't have any of these wicked re
formers getting after you. They are
ruining the city, these reformers. They
won't even let a man spit in the street
cars.'' Is that what you call a free
country? Give me the old times."
And then, the wicked old rascal picks
up the baby and rocks placidly back
and forth singing, "Heaven Is Not Far
Away, When Jesus Is Near."
Experiment in Handling Convicts,
From the-Detroit News.
Since Cole E. Blease assumed the '
office or governor of South Carolina, j
in January, 1911, he has released 1900
convicts from the prisons of the state.
There were 1300 in the prisons when
he came to the office and today there
remain but 186.
The experience of the state under
such apparently reckless liberation in
vites the closest scrutiny not only of
penologists, but of all classes of clti
sens, for, according to long established
theories; suchaction is sure to result
in a remarkable increase of . lawless
ness in the state." The' taxpayers of
the state will j- be relieved of a heavy
bill of costs Incurred through the main,
tenance of. prisons, but according to
theory this saying would be offset by
a far greater! loss incurred through
losses of property, peril to the lives of
citizens, and a forced increase of police
and 'sherif f s Officers to keep all bad
men at large in some sort of control.
History has furnished a. few prece
dents of a purely accidental or inci
dental character. The mutineers of the
British ship Bounty put their captain
and 19 men, who refused to Join them,
adrift in an open boat in mid-Pacific
and took the ship to the Friendly' is
lands, wnere tney carriea ort someJ
Kanaka women and afterward set up a
cblony. When, discovered, many years
afterward, on Pitcairn island, these
men who.i in addition to being men of
inferior education, mentality and mor
ality, had committed a capital crime, it
was found had set up a remarkably
pious colony in which crime was an
unknown quantity and was without a
criminar code. Soon after this historic
event the British government,-finding
the control of : Its transported convicts
a very expensive and difficult - under
taking, began to liberate them upon
pledging then to good behavior. ' The
experiment proved a remarkable ' suc
ams. Jn both these cases every man
Hi
lit S-:
PERTINENT COMMENT
SMALL CHASGB
The unnoihinated will be in a large
majority.
;. . . a j-, - - ".-
Huerta appears to be drunk In sev
eral respects.
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What have become of tie anti
cigarette and anti-fly cruaades?
' -.. r . -- ----
''We don't) want to go to war, but,
by Jingo, if i we do, we have the men.
we have the
ships, we have the money.
too.
Should it be a crime publicly to
urge the nomination and' election of
one candidate and the defeat of an
other? But if Carranza and Villa ahould
win the government, it wouldn't be
half an hour until another revolution
broke out. .-.
e
Evidently some ' Republican candi
dates, will have a walk over no oppo
sition. Some others will have a rough
and rocky rjoad to travel.
Intelligen
and really patriotic Mex.
leans should be thankful for American
intervention
in that hopelessly dis-
traded country.
A' school 'board having left the se
lection of,-fne high school teachers to
the students, the teachers all resigned.
an excellent example for the directors
to follow.
I
.The government's finances are in a
fine condition, says the Washington
correspondent of the Oregorrian. And
the terrible,! ruinous Democrats in full
power, too.
A negro appointee having been oon-
firmed b;
the senate as municipal
judge Of
shington, won't Vardaman
and some
other senators resign or
start a revolution?
MAYO, THE ADMIRAL WHO STARTED IT
By Herbert Corey.
An adver
islng man would write of
Rear Admiral Henry Thomas Mayo
that he is
'somewhat different."
t care for armchairs, for
He doesn
one thing,
The cool shadow of a great
porch in a
him pain:
weary land merely gives
He doesn't like an office
where he can be within
assignment.
reach of a well cushioned club and the
smoking room boards of strategy. He
prefers actually prefers to be well
out at sea.
And he is a naval officer.
mind you.
jAt Washington they hardly
believe that such things can be.
And if a steel man, or a maker of
Iron wedges, or some other deaUr in
hard and unemotional bric-a-brac were
to write ot Mayo he would say the
admiral is j100 per cent efficient."
' He doesn't talk a great deal. He
doesn't talk; about himself at all. He
is sandy h Ired with all the sudden
ness that goes with this capillary
brand and has -a heavy jaw that locks
tight at times when other people would
thoroughly enjoy putting on a new uni
form and talking a while. His eyes
are deep blue. They are also very cold
blue upon Occasion. People who have
looked into j those eyes have suddenly
changed a previous decision to give
the admiral! an argument. '
i
. And if a seaman were to talk of
Mayo he would say that the admiral
la "a littiej bit of all right. Bp," or
whatever seagoing phrase this com
mendation should be converted? into.
Mayo la a strict disciplinarian d$u his
discipline gbes both ways. He sees to
tt that the enlisted men do well' He
also sees that the officers do as they
would be done by. If the admiral
were to smile affectionately at a sailor,
that liardjH ruffian would promptly
ilrop dead. J He would be a trifle more
surprised IE the admiral did not at all
times see that the very best possible
care is" taken of his - tummy and his
quarters and all the other little things
that interest sailors.
Mayo is the man whose refusal to
watch and jwait when a detachment of
his marines were arrested at Tampico
set a match to the Mexican bonfire.
He is in command of the fourth divi
sion of the North- Atlantic fleet, and
has lately been stationed off Tampico.
Once before he gave the Mexicans a
taste of hla quality. The federals and
constitutionalists were snapshooting
and yelling and stealing chickens from
each other, I and In various ways hav
ine a loveSv war. There ar larcrn
j oil tanks around Tampico owned by
Americans and other nationals. Mayo
drew a line! around the property.
"This." said he, "Is neutral zone.
Keep off the grass."
"But," said the Feds and Cons.
"But "
"Nevertheless," said Mayo, "do not
try to get under the ropes."
They didn't Then that Hlnojosa
Zaragosa incident happened. . The ma
rines were arrested by Hlnojosa. Zara
gpsa was the commanding officer. Oth
er worse affronts have been offered
the American flag a few thousand
worse insults during the Mexican
"BLUE SKY" LAWS THE BOND MEN WANT
By John M. Oskison.
I have said, in this series of arti
cles, that the big bond dealers of the
country are against the laws passed
in a number of states to regulate the
sale of i securities and protect the in
vestor against bad offerings. These
men fought the law in Michigan, and
had it declared unconstitutional; and
they - fought the Iowa enactment
through the courts. "
In a recent bulletin of the Invest
ment Bankers' Association of America,
the big dealers suggested some fea
tures whicb they think should be con
sidered by state lawmakers when
"blue sky" I legislation is undertaken.
And s a practical-matter, every one
Interested n reforming abuses in tne
marketing Of stocks and bonds ought
to help in bringing the lawmakers and
the representatives of the Investment
bankers together.
The investment bankers think that
a "blue skyj" law ought to provide for
the licensing of dealers, but It ought
not to require the sort of detailed re
had a fair start. They found liberty In
countries where all the. wealth and all
the, land had not been gathered into
the hands Ot a few, making them nat
ural lords Over the poor and landless
The incorrigible criminals were grad
ually eliminated and the convict set
tlers became normal citizens of Indus
trious habits and with a proper respecti
of the rights of their fellow men. It
is only by such accidents of history
that we have come to a very different
attitude toward those who incur the
penalties pf the law. Governor Blease's
apparently reckless experiment may
snea new ngni upon a matter tnat has
remained in darkness from time imme
morial.
Justice Hard to Secure.
From the Chicago- Record-Herald.
The president told callers' a few days
ago it . doesn't matter apropos of
what, since texts are plentiful that
"Justice seems to be the heardest thing
in the world to secure. .
A very ld complaint this. Chinese,
Greek, Hebrew and - Roman philoso
phers voiced it thousands of years ago.
We have progressed since, but human
nature remains what tt waa. and -.
AND NEWS IN BRIEF
OREGON alPKJUGHTS :
'. mmmm .-''- - .
Cmh liinlnoM mon are working? on
plana looking to the Establishing- of
ferry across tne WHiamene i
point nearest Canby. .!-
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The Burns News asserts that every
thing is promising for early and ; ac
tive extension of the Oregon Eastern
railroad into Harney-county. -
Florida cucumbers at JS cents each
made
ade a new price record In the Wes-1
ton market
last
week, and Colonol I
Wood of the Leader declares they were
well worth the money. -
Cooa county commercial clubs have
dclded to erect lointly at the San
VYanclsco fair a building to be named
"Coos County, Oregon, Building." The
Cooa county court will put $1000 into
tae xuna. -
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Beat spelling record ever made In
Umatilla county Is claimed for the
sixth grade in the Central school at
Milton. Miss Andes, teacher, with 37
pupils taking the written test of loo
words, an average grade Of 97 24-37
waa made for the room.
a a
Gold Hill-News: "Three miles of
boulevard" is what motorists and the
traveling public generally are calling
tne improvea willow springs road,
which extends almost from this city
to Willow Springs and is said by many
who have driven or motored over it
to be the finest piece of roadwork in
me county.
Editor Young of the Sentinel testi
fies that Coqullle is the first sec
tion of which he has been a resident
in the past forty years where more
people want to buy farm lands than
are offering to sell them, and he goes
on to say that what is needed is "to
get our logged off. lands on- the mar
ket at prices that will attract colon
ists.-
war. But none of them was offered
in the vicinity of Admiral Mayo. It
would have been quite feasible ' for
him to have cabled Washington that
he had been seriously annoyed, and
please what should he do about it.
Mayo Isn't that sort Of an officer. He
wasn't trained in that sort of school.
No one had to tell him what to do
about it.
"ADoloeize.!" aald Mavo. "Salntf
Everyone knows what happened after
that t in mihi. thit m.v
provide for the restoration of the long
dropped rank ef vie admiral to the
navy before this session ends. In that
case it is pretty certain that Mayo
will be one of the few officers honored
by it. He is the youngest of his
present rank in the navy, being but 67
years old, and has four more years
to serve on the active list. He Js
Vermonter by birth, a scientist by In
clination and a fighting man upon
occasion.
Mayo was "discovered" bjrSecretary
Daniels. Of course, the navy knows
all about Mayo. But the civilian sec
retaries of the navy rarely know any
thing about officers of the navy who
prefer to stay on their stations. Mayo
has always liked to serve on the Pa.
clflc coast. He never yearned for the
flesh pots of Washington. When Dan-
tela took charge of the navy depart
ment he determined to break up that
hard and fast combination ot bureau
crats .which had long ruled it. They
hold their positions as heads of the
naval bureaus by statutory authority,
and they have been hard to dislodge,
I will have a cabinet," said Daniels
to nimseir. I will appoint four men
aa aids."
He wanted officers . who had not
served In Washington and who were,
tnererore, free from the social, red -
tapical. clubbish, scratch-my-back en
tanglements that all who serve in
Washington for an extended period
sooner or later fail into. Mayo was
at that time a captain. In command
of the Mare Island navy yard. Daniels
sent for him. He said he wanted to
consult Mavo about the Mare Island
future. The more ha looked at Mavo th
better be liked him. So he took the
captain on the target cruise of the
Atlantlo fleet off the Virginia capes.
It was on this trip that Daniels de
cided be couldn't keep house without !
the silent man. He made him an aid I
to personnel. But pretty soon Mayo
became. rear admiral, in the routine ef
service, and as he always has don
he wanted to go to sea. Daniels made
him commander of the squadron in I
Mexican waters. ,
Mayo was but 16 years old when he
won appointment to the Naval academy
In 1872. A great deal of his service!
has been in the scientific branches. He
spent years in making coast surveys
and served oc almost every naval post.
upporiunuy nas Deen denied nim be -
fore the Tampico affair to do anything
mat wouia put ms name oeiore tne
Puduc But ail the time he has been
doing what came bis way in the way
it ought to be done. And he doesn't
lose any time in the doing..
porting on specific offerings which
most law nave asked for.
They think that the states ought to
get together and work out uniform
laws so that a dealer who has con-
formed to the law's requirements In
one state may do business in all.
They believe that the tendency of
the lawmakers Is too great to permit
the investor to inquire closely into the
business of the dealer. It Is, they
say, as IX the state gave every depos
itor in a bank the right to examine
its affairs something that should be
left to properly appointed officials.
They think that the states might
well copy the practice of the federal
government, whose postof f ice inspec
tors have done such good work i in
auppresslng the get-rlch-qulck promot-
Naturally, two parties are Interested
in legislation of this kind buyers of
securities and sellers of securities. A,
state legislature ought to coniider both
classes, when It proposes to make re
strictive laws.
tice Is still the hardest thing in the
I world to secure.
Why? Because Justice is not sen
sationaL
3It does not flatter anybody
and gets little recognition. The Just
man is no hero in anybody's eyes. Jus
tice is like common sense mighty un
common. Generosity, charity, altruism
are applauded, while Justice, is too
often Its own reward. In social re
form it is much easier to enlist sup
port for something novel, startling,
dramatic, than for a program of sim
ple justice. There are rnen who have
millions for all forma of charity, but
not a dollar for the promotion of plain
Justice, which Would do away with a
good deal of e.iaruy.
Tet the thoughtful wiir continue to
peg away for Justice. There may be
no glory in it, especially in the yellow
papers, but there is satisfaction, in
tellectual and moral. When you have
established Justice In any sphere you
have done something permanent and
substantial.
Just a little philosophy may enable
one to take thfngs as they come, but
to part with' them as they, go- that U
IN EARLIER DAYS
By Fred Lockley. .
; Within a short time after the dis
covery "of the- rich diggings at Oro-
fiuo in Idaho, Portland waa crowded
With miners from California and with
rough characters from all over the
coast waiting for a chance to go into
the newly discovered district. The sa
loons, and dance halls had more busi
ness than they could handle. Port.
Lanu- from being a quiet and peacu-
u " rew .nKiand village, suci-
denly look on the aspei-ts of a, typical
irontier mining camp. The busket
places in town were the wharfs, wlierg
ireigui was constantly being unload
ed for shipment to the mines; nor wrre
the ticket offices of the boat llus
leas busy men were lined up Tor half
a block waltina their turn to huv m.
ticket to The Halles. Among the ar
gonauts who were in the rush to the
Orofino mines was Dr. Ci H. Rafferty
a pioneer resident of tli$ East Side
and one-time mayor ot ast Portland.
e f nought Portlands lock present
ed a scene of confusion Just before
our boat pulled out," said Dr. Rafferty.
out tne scene at The Dalles was ona-
of confusion worse confounded. The
miners wanted their outfits off the
boat first so they could get away to
the mines, while the gamblers thought
their faro layouts and roulette wheels
should have precedence. Tom, my
partner, and myself, decided It was .
no place for tenderfeet to mix in, as
we might get them stamped on, .ao
we awaited with as much patience aa
possible the landing of our freight.
We took our horses out a mile or so
outh of town and staked them Out
on a. bunch grass hill. We were held
up- for three days until our freight
could be unloaded, located and deliv
ered .to us.
'Bu'.l-puncbers, mule-skinners, pack
ers, miners and tenderfeet kept the
saloon doors swinging, while the lan
guage one heard on all sides was more
remarkable for its expressiveness than
for Its elegance.
"Tom and I finally assembled ou
outfit and horsea and got startad. We
made our first camp on the Deschutes
river about fifteen miles from The
Dalles. Neither Tom nor I knew much
about cooking, bill we felt aura it
wasn t much of a Job. It looked easy.
We camped in a and storm. Until you
try it you wouldn't believe how hard
i; is to cook supper over a sage brusn
ampfire. with the air full of flying
Ki. We finally compromised on a
supper of bread and sand, bacon and
sand and sand and coffee. We sure
had sand with every c6ursc. It wasn't
long, though, before we both becama
fair cooks. '
'As neither of us liked to wash
dishes, we managed to do without
themf As soon as we camped, while
Tom was attending to the horses I
would Btart a fire. Then I would take -
the partly-filled flour sack from the
tanky bag,' put in a spoonful or more
of baking powder on top of the flour,
pour in a little water and mix the
dough till it was stiff. Then I would
twist it in spiral form on a stick
which I would stick In the ground
near the fire. Then i would put a
spoonful of coffee In each of our
cups and filling them with water -I
would put them at the edge of the
fire. 1 would put several good slzeJ
potatoes on the fire to bake and whit-
ling a couple of sharpened sticks I -J
would slice the bacon and hold It over
the fire to dry. Meanwhile I woul 1
turti the dough as it became brown
on the side next to the fire. By the
I time Tom hud finished his work I had
leaked potatoes, camp-bread, coffee and
I bacon, and with a raw onion apiece, (
I we would sit down and . eat a supper
I fit for a king and when we were
I through all we had to do was to rlnne
I our tin coffee cups in the stream .and
1 the" -dishes were washed,
"With our blankets spread on the
sand by .the fire land leaning back
I against our saddles, we would watch
the smoke from our corn-enkwtpipes
drift upward and finally be lulled to
leep by the mingled voice of the
tream and the plaintive walling ot
he coyotes. Next day we arrived at
SThe ferryman charged $1 for each
person and the came for eaVh animal.
We compromised by Toth going ovur
with our packs and outfits at the coft
of $1, while 1 undressed and swam the
horses over. I tied my clothes In a
tight bundle and with my stespenders
1 tied the bundle on my head. I drove
the horses Into the river and as they
started across I made grab -for, my
horse's tail, intending to let htm pill '
me over, i missea ms tan una took
a header, going clear under, and had
to swim across.
In those days, whether you had
corns or consumption, dandruff or dys
pepsia, you . took Cook's pills. They
were good for whatever ailed you. My
mother had Insisted on my taking
box of Cook's pills along for emergen-
1 , wtin t went unrfor th ir(M-nM
waters of the John Day my box of
Cook's, pills became soaked, and when
i came to look at them they had run
I together Into an unappetizing dough
like mass. I decided I would rather
have the fish take them for what ailed
them than to take them myself, ao I
threw them into the river.
"We camped that night in a dry
gulch a few miles east of ' the John
Day. Next morning when Tom was
folding our blankets he nearly put, hla
hand on a rattlesnake that had been
our bedfellow and shared the warmth
of our blankets during the night. I
I never could abide a rattlesnake, an1
as we bad no Cook's pills to- cure us
in case we were bitten, we dropped a
ten-pound rock on his head. f
Next night vi camped at the site
of 'what is now Echo. That used to be
favorite camping place 60 years ago.
We camped under the spreading bows
of some cottonwood - trees. Before .
cooking supper we both spent half
an hour fishing In the Umatilla river. '
The fish bit well, so we bad all the
trout we could eat for supper. , WV
met Ferd Patterson, who jwaa also
I camped Uiere. Ferd waa a type that
has almost disappeared. I remember
once when going 4oard the boat at
Lewiston Tor Portland, Ferd had just
gone on the beat. . Frank Dodge was
the purser. Four "bad men came up
the gangplank and when Frank asked
them for- their fare, one of I them
puled his gun and pointing it in
Frank's face, said; This is our fare,
I What are you going to do about ltr
- 1 Before you could bat your eye,... Ferd
j Patterson knocked the "bad man's gun
up, covered him with his pistol and
said: 'You fellows dig up for your
tickets and be quick about ' It. . They
dug up in a hurry, fo they knew '
Ferd wouldn't hesitate to cut another
notch on, his gun." .
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