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4 THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL,: PORTLAND,' SUNDAY MORNING, MAY. 3, 1914. -rt if- i"f inM A I - f I Pi EL J Vj U l I NML 1 AW IfPEPKtKVr WKWflFAPElt s . JACKSON ..PufelUber FWIUb"1 ever)- evening except Suadaj I iixl errr Bandar hioruinc at Tha Journal Bolld- 1n. Brmi1waf and Vimhlll t.. Portfa)Bd.Or. t i Entered at th poatofrtc at Portland, Or., tor : traiuutanlon throagb tna mall aa aecoud . -1am aia'tar. : . TKI.KPHOXKA Main 7173; Hone. A-WtfL. Alt depart menu reached br tbemt nmbera. Tall tl operator wliat department TOt- want. iouKioN auvkrthuxo uEPHKSKNTATi vk Benjamin KmtDor o.. Bramwick Bi'if.. 2U' Firth Ae.. New York: 12IH Paoule r lot HM., Cblragu. I oba-Tilttoti term, br naaU or to any ad dreaa la tba Lolled Stale or Mexico: m DAILY One year $3.00 One month I .50 SUNDAY On rear $1 5o I Una month t .23 DAILY AND SUNDAY One fear 17.20 One month., $ .65 Holiness is an Infinite com passion for others; greatness In to take the common things of life and walk truly anions; them; ' happiness is a ffriat love and murh nerving, i Henry Drummond. THE OKEGON COUNTIUf A T the celebration yesterday. at historic Champoeg, 6X the anniversary of the estab lishment of American .gov ernment in the Northwest there was no. survivor of that nobleAand of fifty-two who seventy-one years ago declared that Oregon should not be British territory. The last one of the fifty-two, the venerable F. X. Matthieu, had ; since , tne preceding anniversary ceatied to look with living eye upon the results of that day when Joseph Meek said "Who's for a divide." and then added: "All j for the report of the committee and an organization follow me." Unconventional words they were but they, expressed the American Instinct for self government. Yesterday's celebration had an added significance in view of the plan to celebrate in a few months the centennial of peace between the United States and Great Brit ain. While there has been no re sort to arms between the two na tions within the past one hundred years there have been occasions when warlike feeling ran high. One of these was in connection with the Oregon question. The Wohater-Ashbu.rton treaty con cluded in August. 1842, did not determine the northwestern bound ary west of the Rocky mountains. Under the treaties of 1818 and 1827 the country had been left open to Joint occupation by Great Britain and the United States al though President Monroe had of fered to end the dispute by adopt ing the forty-ninth parallel as the ' Hria r f A rtj ft la'j-vvt emmn tlmA the country remained ,.. 11 h.,t .1 the Hudson Bay Company finally iJ, f0 tegems have started toush its posts down to'? LM?iC, the Columbia river. A U time when Webster on a treaty with Ashburton the J American movement began in ear- ; nest. As soon as our settlers ar rived In the disputed territory trouble began. Finally the nues-r tlon drifted into poliUcs. The-'j failure of the Webster-Ashburton ! treaty to deal with it and the ab-' sorption of the United States na-' lonal government in the annexa-1 tlon of Texas kept the whole mat- j ter open and the Irritation in- creased. President Tyler renewed I the offer to establish the forty - -ninth parallel as. the boundary .line but the British government ' gave the plan no serious considera-1 tlon. In the meantime the Champog meeting was held and a provis ional American government was organized. I When the elections of 1844' came on, the Democrats in their ! platrorm took extreme ground, f claiming the whole region in dis- j pute and through the campaign t ran the cry "fifty-four, forty or light." The excitement was en- J hanced by the failure of Congress 1 . 10 act lnere were many senators 7k A1 wno regarded fLeh,?reSn ConRT a8vnot worth fighting over. After the election Qf President Polk the treaty of ia.t was negotiated. By its terms the forty-ninth parallel was agreed on as the dividing line. The loss of the region between the forty-ninth parallel and fifty four, forty was one of the most severe. losses ever sustained by the United States government. With It the complete control of the Pa cific coast was lost. LENDING A NAME A BULLETIN Issued by the Merchants' Association of New York City warns promi neht citizens 'against lendine thAiv nav.io0 frt i,.j(.v, . . If charitable projects, " - ( . . -.' i.iiuiiiA .j. . iiMuit', 11 a ccom- panied by no- rral service, is simply a decay to contributors. It is not fair to the persons who allows his name, to be used In this wav: it Is not fair to the best interests of the cnarity; ana it Is not fair to the1 public. Do not give j dur name un- less you give yourself. Illustrating a danger of bor rowed names, the bulletin cites :(the case of an agency which ob tained the name of a former presl- dent or the United States and those of several governors of states. But this agency did noth ing except collect money, and it nded the year with, av deficit. An- .: other enterprise charged with be : 'ing fraudulent caught a prominent woman for president. It rfwas once considered entirely proper for an Influential man to lend his name for effect in pro motlng business enterprises. .But courts : are- now saying' that men. cannot become dummy directors ' &d1 escape responsibility. , The , New1; York merchants' are applying of 80,441. It was a majority this principle to charitable organ- against the saloon Interests. In izations. ,11908 an attempt was made to give cities exclusive control of VILLA . theatres, race tracks and the- sale 1 "" of liquor, subject to the local op- HB most striking figure In j tlon law. This measure was de Mexico Is Pancho Villa, the f eated by ma jority of 12,904 in rebel general. ; a total vote of 91.788. , . - T "ta w mo v oi me uniiea uiies, aecianng that the rebels want amicable re-! lations with this republic, was u v.-i . : v.i . among tne most welcome news2542 in a total vote of 104.100. received at the White House dur- n the same year two state-wide log the late crisis. 5 It was fol lowed three days later, by a re versal of Carranza's attitude, after Villa had visited the rebel presl-. dent- Villa was the ardent supporter ; of, Madero. Fourteen years ago, i he was a farmer In the state of Chihuahua, "While on a visit to the village one day, Ms young sis ter was assaulted by one of Por firio Diaz' army officers. Twenty four hours later, the officer paid the forfeit with his life. A bul let from Villa's revolver settled the score. Thereafter, Villa was the sworn enemy of the Diaz regime. He Is the deadliest enemy Huerta has to reckon with. He has sworn to avenge Madero's death, and those who know, say unless fate inter venes It will be a pledge redeemed. ( Clnoc Hneda gnd Villn warn brother officers under Madero, For failing to obey Huerta's order, Villa wn rnHomnoH tr. l,a chnt and for a moment stood face to : face with a firing squad. But at j the last moment, the nlan u changed, and Villa was sent cap- tlve to the city of Mexico, where he was promptly pardoned by President Madero. Villa is a bandit, a general, a popular leader and a walking death at the same time! At the present moment, he has more armed followers, says Captain Ne-' vllle. former secret service officer tn Af9Horft than haa TT.,o.fQ he has a hand of iron. Of medium height, heavy dark complexion, he is fierce in aspect. He is cock-! eyed; yet his eyes burn with fervor that seem to look Into man's soul. Beneath his heavy blue cape, 7I111 olwairn wrnr 1 . . .. . large pistols., with which he is ambidextrous. There is not a ! quicker man on the trigger in I Mexico, and Captain Neville says, I . . . . , , . ' there Is, not a human bein in the world more fearless. Today. Villa is the most popular leader in Mexico. He la ad ml and followed blindly Iry thousands who formerly feared him. Though ?? ver stuaiea military tactics. .touiuic ju 11 IU CBU1U11 IS w as Tt wrk!9 ad " ha! ta?a P i by more than half the population of Mexico. His capture of Juraez is one of ; ,""uexpioIlB ,n. wex" .7" . luIceu lue evacu- lu aIter tw' da- ;?5nWlth,h1,3 "nef,extended for a n " f M m,AeS' J?' Ter the prozco revolt agalnst Madero Villa, with 300 Z' a 1 hy erenal mp W,th t00lmen' lnsteai ? , 8kmg 8afety .ln tnht' Villa 16" ms sauant into an ambus- f,6' , !v waf a ' wltherinS ?Y 5m the hlllsides and the . 0iKLampa feU back with a ! r 11 tth Ttin ..nill.l. I ji a T "i'0ttWtt"10 BU" uecame u.auiutueu, reireai Decame a rout, .u.cw ttway meir guns, ar- tiliery was abandoned and the vndllrrf..le.ft J?. Jhe enemy, a X. " i"stuve is mues, i ouu iiieu reiurnea to eather up. the spoils of his victory. WOMEN AND SALOONS I LLIN'OIS has furnished con crete illustration of the effect of woman suffrage fin nrriVil- bition of the liquor traffic. Lo- cal option elections were held April 7 in 239 Illinois townships, Worn Pn hnd tho h.,w L: j time, and it was DtinciDallv be cause of this fact that 959 saloons were voted out of existence. Because Illinois women are re quired to use separate ballot boxes, the Chicago Tribune has been able to tabulate the vote and j snow exactly how the two sexes stood on th siinnn n.i! ' wawA XJUCOllUU, X IHS following figures are official: TVT V. . a ... I iiuinuer or lownsnips voting.. 239 i Number of saloons voted out. 959 Total vote cast 41 a7 Total men's vote 248,10 , iuiai women s vote iss 79 wet mens vote i4425i"'ara ine simple teachings of Dry men s vote 98.179 1 Christ. People are learninz that wet women s vote. C7iiiiu i.- nm. . .. . vote , mens wet majority 4 7r womens dry majority .i!": tl$ j u,y "lajoniy 01 iouu vote 7.i5i j wumtn vuiing wet Tfc cent of women voting dry j Ppr cent of men voting wet. i Per cent of men voting dry-, Wet townships votlne wet.. 35.7 I 64.3 ! 59.7 40.3 81 11S 41 wet "townships voting dry Dry townships voting- dry. ury towHsnips voting wet. The tabulated returns Bhow tha H3 01 115 townships went dry, and 13 of 41 townships remained dry because of the women's vote. A majority of women voted wet in only 20 Of the 239 townships, TV 1vik.... t . ine iTlbune's figures are of especial interest in Oregon. At the election next November Ore gon will vote on state-wide prohi bition, and women- will have the ballot for the first- time on sucft a 'proposition. If women are much the same the country over, it la evident that the .saloon Is, facing extinction in this state. v In 1906, with only men voting, a. proposed amendment to the local option law was defeated by a ma- Jority of 10,173 In a total vote in iy 1U Ciues ana towns were eiven exclnaivA rmwen tn mntml the sale of liquors, subject to local option law, by a majorit r. . . " - . the majority' of prohibition measures were defeated by-majorities of 17,681 and 20,913 .in total votes of 104.761 and 106, 215. It is significant that whenever there was a clear cut issue on the saloon question in Oregon the" vote, with men only having the ballot, was heavy. There is every reason to believe that women will show at ; least equal interest. ; If they do, and if the Illinois figures mean anything in Oregon, it is ap parent that there is possibility of a reversal of former results. . THE BLIGHT XF THE BOY T HERE are to be anti-cigarette exercises in many of the Sun day schools of Portland to day. It looked at one time as If the movement begun by the woman's clubs and other organizations against cigarette smoking by boys waB 10 oecume lOriniaaDie. ApUD- llc m?S was held at which a f mpa!gn twas launched, but very miw m ne wa ot iuriner prog- ress has been observable. It Is a notable fact that there i are tobacco dealers in , Portland j who are anxious to cooperate with others for extinction of the prac i tice of smoking cigarettes by boys. W7ith a portion of the tobacco in terests actually waiting to fall , " ' ""V,"T tuaL ' i" Parents seem little concerned. Doctors have uttered warnings by explaining the injurious effects Tk LAl . ' .i Uui0 ua juiucu iii Lilt? piuicsi ttgaiugi, tfe1'- , ettes, citing low standing in school i and gradual ruin of the boy as I the consequence. i J 1 1 t l ; I ui . nicuarusun, pnysician to Tobacco cont;acta the mlnute ve8. eels of the arterial circuit, resulting in impaired nutrition, especially of rerv centen?: by causing irregularity In the supply of blood, it degrades tissues. Dr. stille, a well known publi- cist, said: heart- renders vision uncertain, de- ranges hearing, causes vertigo. ECONOMICS IN RELIGION HEN the Presbyterian gen eral assembly meets in Chi cago this month it will consider a proposal for limiting the number of churches ln towns of 1200 or less. It ha3 beeri suggested that the Presby- terians agree with other denomlna tions in a partition of territory so that there will be no duplication of churches merely to satisfy a de sire for sectarian representation There is logic behind this prop osition. It is evidence that the churches, are at last, giving heed to the economic advantages which must come through a settled pol icy of establishing churches for the advancement of Christianity alone rather than the promotion - . or particular denominations. The (economic argument is gaining strength. Even the denominations ihmiv 'of attempting to maintain two strug- 'giing organizations where there is room for but one efficient church TX . n. laises money to operate a church, just as it takes money to keep a factory running. Two busi ness concerns which manufacture the same product find that one can supply the demand. The result Is that one concern closis ItsLdoors and the other is permitted to run full time. Economy in produc tion is effected, and the market is fully supplied. There is little doubt that ?he churches could' become more efn cient there would be less trouble about financing them if duplica tion of effort were done away wifi . ! There is a substantial waste of ef fort and money in too mnnv i V " i cnurches. rsone is as efficient as it should be, and all do not ac coinpnsn wnat a fewer number could accomplish. Creed and dogma are going out of fashion. The . tendency is to- i ""J U'"C tner 1 """""v ivietuoaist. or a Presbyterian church, provided that I the place is In fact a house dedicated to the Great Teacher FROM PAUL TO JESUS D ISCUSSING the social awaken ing of the Christian" church and its drift from theology to sociology, George J. An derson; in a recent article, says: The stirring of our most conserva tive Institution followed hard upon a conspicuous reaction from Paulinism the prevailing type of Christianity durinsr nil thesn pMtnrlo, . Tn during all these centuries. Tn word -the modern church has recently been shocked into a realization that for nearly two thousand years 4t has been, blind to the deeper teachings of Its founder, so far as the social order was Involved, v Practically it had been robbing Jesus to pay Paul. Mr. Anderson draws a striking contrast between the two doml nant figures in Christianity, Jesus sprang from the common people himself a working man. Paul was from tne aristocracy, a Pnarisee and a' Roman citizen. The one was aflame with a tremendous Ideal, God's will on earth, and In his first public utterance proclaimed himself the bearer of good news to the poor,' the captive and the spir itually r blind. ; The other was wrapped In a mystic other-worldli-ness and after his sudden conver sion expounded his philosophy of the forgiveness of sins. The onfr- devOted three years among ,the multitudes to a splendid all around attack on human 1 misery. The other went off -for the same length -, 4. . , . , . , . of time into the Arabian desert and there in solitude cogitated upon a theory of salvation., The one, brought into bitter and un- , ... flinching battle with privilege,, lit- erally offered himself as a sacri - fice for his cause. The other after being shielded and defended by . .,.. .- the very powers which had cruel- ilea nis master, was executed after vainly trying to be "all things to all men." The great achievement of Paul was, th& he saved Christianity from submergence into Judaism. After turning away from the democracy of its founder to fol- low the imperialism of Paul,- the'dews- sweeping the villages with His chiirch is today returning to the I wJ"i8- Here He Is about us in the , , . . . , simpler and more fundamental . doctrines of Jesus and in all its departments a new social interest is pervasive. HUERTA AND ROCKEFELLER H UERTA has agreed to media tion looking toward an ami cable settlement of the Mex- lean difficulty. Mediation means determination of the rights of Mexicans as against power as sumed by Huerta. There is prom ise that the Mexican problem may be solved, because the chief dis turbing factor, has shown a dis position to submit his claims to an Impartial tribunal. j Practical civil war has existed In Colorado for eight months dur ing which time coal miners of the state have been arrayed against mine guards, strike breakers and the militia. John D. Rockefeller Jr., representing the principal owner of the Colorado Fuel & Iron Company, was asked to con sent to mediation. He refused. He retired behind this statement: To describe this condition as Rocke feller's war, as has been done by certain of the sensational newspa pers and speakers. Is Infamous. Our interest is solely in the Colorado Fuel & Iron Company, which Is sim ply one of a large number of coal operating companies in the state of Colorado. Serious conditions ln Colorado were made evident by Governor Amnions' request for federal troops to restore order. He declared that the situation had passed be yond the ability of the state to conrol, and based his message on the constitutional provision which guarantees each state against in vasion and domestic violence. Federal troops have been senfc! Into Colorado and into Mexico They have been sent against the Huertas and the Rockefellers. One claims divine right because of 3 against popular choice; the other claims title to power be cause of property rights as against personal rights. Huerta claims title to authority ln Mexico because he has placed property rights above personal rights. He is made the object of American disfavor Decause of the discount he has placed on the fundamental rights of Mexicans. In Colorado, as in Mexico, the plea is for law and order. But Huerta has agreed to mediation, while Rockefeller has rejected the plan. It is a serious position into which to force the American peo ple, where they are compelled" by the force of events to approve a Huerta as against a Rockefeller. The Journal has been generous with its Bpace in permitting dis cussion of both sides of the prohi- Diuon issue. it proposes to so rrvntlnno hut ia Hrivon K,r , . w- stances to a change of plan. The controversy nas aany become more and more bitter. Many writers are indulging in personalities and 'wuyb. ji pmces me paper un- der the necessity of requiring all contributors of letters on either Blda nf rhar f,,,, , b4m 71 , v" im;ir letieio. me uaine must appear with the publication. It - seems the only way correspondents h i .uu . Linn uuuuua. , Friday night two young men were cantured by Detectives Ham - niPratv nnd Mill in tho ant nt cfoal. : ' . '7 T 7. Ing an automobile. The culprits were snaaowed for some time bv the officers and duringthe period tried to unlock several machines wun a Duncn oi auto Keys carriea by one of them. When they final- lv fonnd a car thev could unlnck me, wucu un wicu ii, uui iiiejmeral, he served his day and left his officers jumped quickly to the running board and took posses sion of the thieves and the outfit. The detectivesare to be commend ed. Will the courts do as well? An Irish Hint. A jarvey was driving with an Ener lish visitor on a bitterly cold .dav in December through the wilds of Conne- 1 . l . umiit. x uey ux;tt:jie quite sociaDie OT the way, and the native. In a burst of confidence, pointed out a shebeen where th "bestpotheen in Connaught might be obtained. The Englishman, only too ielad trt get an opportunity of warming himself, onercfl rerresnment, which orrer was readily accepted. "Tis a very cold day in these parts, Pat." observed the tourlst! Tls. yer honor," replied Pat He raised his glass, and tha contents speedily vanished. - And there's truth In the old savin'." he suggestively added, smacking bis lips. . "Wan swallow ro.lv er mad a summer,' GOD'S MODESTY By Dr. Frank Crane. . Copyright, -1914. iBy Frank Crane) The reason why many persons do not believe in God and never see- God is because they are looking tor me dieval Ruler and not a modern Servant. Modernitv has tauirht us that real rroatnpiB tnniit. in mruleKtv and ser- vice, and not in pride and tyranny. So the greater a being the more he , tides. And no. one hides , himself like th Almighty "Servant of All." For does not God, In His world, J keep perst8t(mt,y ln the background? So much so that many deny there is any such being. If He were a. ruler of ,the Uval type He certainly i would make some display. But He never renda the heaVens and comes 'aown. He has never allowed Himself 1 th pardonable weakness of appearing j biy f)resfw:e,tto acknowledge the enthusiastic plaudits of His admirers. (Wher He came we did not know Him.) All we can know of Him In nature is to be gathered from what He does. Is not that like a Worker, an honest, faithful Servant, proud and eager to perform His work, but .escaping when we attempt to praise? There ln the night sky above us He works, rolling the stars, keeping up the fire of the sun. distilling the irin6 Dnnging to pass me nuracie 0t green thinsrs mwinr. ushorine- m the violet, unrolling the fern, paint ing the crocus, guiding the brook, and turning the fecund warmth of His sun against the loving earth. There Is no exhibition of self, no bid for applause; only work, work, work, and just for the beauty and Joy of it, the delight in creating. Naturally, advertising humbugs can not believe such a being exists. None is so shy as Eternal Omnipo tence. He is gentle and modest as !a sin, even as are all the truly great men and women on this earth. If we knew what manner of person God ia we might more believe in Him. And If we understood what genuine greatness of character is we should expect God to be rather the First Gen tleman of the Universe than a belated Oriental sultan. The Unite! Press. Will Irwin in Harper's Weekly. It used to be said in the beginning that the United Press, as compared with the Associated Press, was tech nically crude. I am not so sure of that. These young men might not have so much understanding of rhet oric or go much appreciation of a bal anced sentence; but they were able, by the character of their Instructions, to put something of their own feeTTftgs into their news reports. They ex pressed characteristically the popular point of view. In reporting the af fairs of Europe, for xair-le, the world-renowned correspondents of. the Associated Press had given the trodl tional old accounts of debates ln par liament and of war rumors on the continent. The United Press tried to fincL-and print news concerning the common people of Europe what they were thinking and doing, what part they, had in great events. This in stance has often been cited as illus trating the difference between the two bureaus: and it is worth citing again When King George was crowned at Westminster, the Associated Press re ported the- pomp aad parade -of the event, told of the massed regiments, the cheering crowds, the Bplendid me diaeval ceremony ln theAbbey. The United Press did that and more; it tried to find just how much of the cheering in the crowds was real en thuslasm and how much false; it pic- lurea tne hungry moo or Whitechapel iiuuiui); uui 10 see ineir King pass; it showed the outcasts struggling for the rood dropped from the picnic bas kets of more, fortunate spectators. Here was the point of view in action. if I may be allowed to mix meta phors. The "unbiased" Associated Press men did not know that they were biased when they failed to see the significance of this fight for broken victuals. The new bureau has worked on the same principles- at home. If you wanted to understand the workers1 side of the strike at Lawrence, you had to read the United Press. The Associated Press was apparently mak ing a brave struggle to give this side they were quoting the labor leaders as well as the employers. But the spirit of their labor was not there Decause me Associated ress corre spondents did not seewith the labor er's eyes, while the United Press cor respondents did The Death of ,,Gath." From the Tacoma Tribune. George Alfred Townsend was the best known newspaper writer In Amer lea about 30 years ago. The special correspondent, who dealt as much with opinions and motives as with news, was then in his glory and "Gath" wr,8 tiie dean of his class. He specialized on politics. Ho had an incisive and I direct style, picturesque enough some ;tJmeg tQ ra,se the queBtjon of accu. , racy. But generally he kept within tha facts, and often these were distress I Jn'y blunt. He was never dull and j 1l0?T&VT Arsons "or ; causes, and he was as fearless as he i w-as independent. He was probably I the . forerunner of the yellow and f n?uc.raKln o Journalists, but , this is not said in a derogatory sense, , lor he showed the wav aii nf th , slavish partisanship of his times. He ' v as Prlific almost beyond belief. He !not on)y wrote current political newa- i nanpr maTTpr rmt i wo a k n , , ,1. of many books, including verse. Dlavs novels and biographies, the latter lr.- ! ceding tne lives or Lincoln and Gari- I - 1 & pPUIar wa oath" with t:i- ( reading public that his writings had me ngni or way. He had the fir cflun f thf first Pe of the Cin POrt ardytly; although X inquirer was a vicious opponent .f Blaine. He retired from active work i about. ozen years ago. While most v...-.w!f nis newspaper work was epher : impress on the political iistorv of his times. Cause of the Fuss. Soon after Oliver P. Newman was appointed by the president last summer as one of the commissioners of the District of Columbia haj and his fellow commissioner, Mr. Siddons, went to the ' Gettysburg reunion. As the two men ' came into sight of the soldiers cannon ,' A . . , . T" V. . . . i iic iiuibq waa ear ; splitting. Every time a gun popper Newman jumped. He twas gun-shy Finally the fuss was too much for him j He glared at the artillery, frowned at ' the officers, and scowled at the ' trl i vates. The'n he turned to Siddons and asked angrily: "What in thunder Is all that dad blamed noise about? Later, somebody explained to, him that, as a commissioner of the District of Columbia held the rank of a gover nor of a state, ho was being given the governor's' salute of 1? guns. "Then," he said, with evident relief, "I was being honored instead of - an noyed.' I PONT WANT TO Hiai 7 A I lTMAT TWl HA& T r L . V W Y&Jl J TO CCMPOfFl ' s CIVIL WAR IN Fram the Tacoma Tribune. The first essential step ln Colorado is the restoration of law and order and in accomplishing that it must be remembered that the authorities of Colorado have been violating the law Just as much as have the strikers. President Wilson evidently appreciated the true conditions when, in sending federal troops to the mining districts, he requested Governor Ammons to have, the state militia withdrawn. The kind of war which has been ln progress in Colorado for nine months is more menacing than that which the government is trying to avoid in Mex ico. The trouble is of long standing. It dates back, in fact, to the days of 'Bloody Bridles" Walte and has been aggravated by the Injection of politics nto labor disputes. Creed, Leadviile, Criple Oreek, Telluride, Victor and al most every metal mining camp in the state has been the scene of pitched battles between the militia and the miners ln the last dozen years and political demagogues have made cap ital of each clash. The present trou ble is in the coal mining regions. It started with the determination on the part of labor to organize the foreign workmen imported by the mining com panies. It has been Intensified by the enrollment of the state authorities on the side of the Rockefeller coal Inter ests, which have openly declared their willingness "to sacrifice our invest ments in Colorado rather than ac knowledge the miners' union." The quoted words are from a statement made a few days ago by John V. Rock efeller, Jr. For nearly a year Colorado has been trying to establish peace ln the mining districts by suspending parts of the constitution and inciting public offi cers to acts' of lawlessness. The fund amental rights of free speech and peaceable assemblage have been de nied. Men and women have been dis ported. Others have been thrown into jail and kept Sot weeks without charges being made against them. Militia officers ln charge have ad vanced the preposterous doctrine that It is possible at one and the same time to have and not to have martial law ia the same territory; that the regular courts shall be ln session and yet at the same time a military commander may arrest, detain, deport or punish whom he pleases. The militia has de stroyed tent colonies of the strikers, killing and maiming innocent women and children and whole families have NEWS FORECAST FOR THE COMING WEEK Numerous events of interest are on the calendar for the week, providing present schedules are not Bet topsy turvy by ' development south of the Rio Grande. A wedding of much Interest will be that of Miss Eleanor Wilson, young est daughter of President and Mrs. Wilson, and Secretary of the Treasury William G. McAdoo. which is to be celebrated very nuietly ln Washington on Thursday. In accord ance with wishes of Miss Wilson and Mr. McAdoo. the wedding will be very small, only the Vice President and Mrs. Marshall, the cabinet, and the im mediate members of the two families are to be present. Tuesday will be one of the principal national holidays ln Mexico, and somo anxiety is felt over the possibility that the patriotism of the people may find vent ln attacks on Americans and Amer ican property wherever found. The day Is the- anniversary of the rees tabllshment of the Mexican republic, following the overthrow of Maximilian. Delegation's of women irom every part of the country are to engage in a mammoth demonstration in Washing ton on Saturday for the purpose of calling the. attention of congress to the demands of the American women for the right to vote. The leading fea ture of the demonstration will be a great parade from the White House to the capitol. Women of the leading countries of the World are to gather in Rome the first of the week to take part In the quinquennial sessions of the Interna tional Council of Women. America will be well represented at the gather ing. The discussions will deal with the rights and interests of women and children in all relations of life. King George- and Queen Mary are td be present at the dinner and ball to be given by Earl Curzon at Carlton House Terrace on Monday for the com ing out of his eldest daughter, Lady Irene Curzon. The mother of Lad Irene, it will be remembered, was Miss Mary Letter, daughter of the late Levi Z. Letter, of Chicago and Washington. . Other events of the week will In clude the annual May Music Festival ln Cincinnati, the annual national re union of . the United Confederate Vet erans, ln Jacksonville, Fla.; the "gen eral conference of the Methodist Epis copal church, South. In Oklahoma City; the National Conference of Charities and Correction, In Memphis, and the National Conference of Jewish Char ities, ln the same city. The state Prohibition convention for Oregon will be held In Portland Tues day and . Wednesday. The . Sixty-sixth annual session of the Willamette Baptist association will be held at the Arleta Baptist church, May . 7. 8. ' A Xike Errand. Erlggs I'm going to my broker's. I want to get rid of some bonds. Where are you" off to? Griggs To my divorce lawyer's. J want to gtX rid. of, soma bonds, too. WILL HE STAND FOR IT? COLORADO been wiped out as a result of a strike war between mine guards and militia on one side and striking miners on the other. The strikers, of course, are not free from their share of blame. They have resorted t force to compel" recogni tion of their real or fancied rights. It must be stated ln their favor, how ever, that most of them are foreign ers, unfamiliar with our language or our methods, and who recognize forc-i as the most potent weapon at their command. But the state of -Colorado made the first blunder by permitting the mlrvo owners to employ armed guards, instead of extending the pro tection of the state. In farming out the state's authority, they became lawless and encouraged lawlessness on the part of the strikers until the sit uation grew beyond control. The har vest of lives is from the seed of ne glect of duty sown by the state. It is high time ln Cdlorado, as everywhere else, to revert to the old method of order enforcement, under the law and in accordance with the law. The plan tried in ColoradoJias failed elsewhere, ln Michigan, in Pennsylvania, in Idaho. Instead of using her authority to compel peace and establish Justice, Colorado ha as sailed the weaker of the antagonists. Colorado has not sought to enforce her laws without fear 4r favor. Her own armed agents have been more in tent on serving the Interests of the Colorado Fuel tc Iron company than they have been In serving the state. Colorado's militia officers nave shown great solicitude for the protection of constitutional personal rights. It 1b high time for those concerned about the malntenence of property rights to see the wickedness of directing pub lic oiriciais to pick and choose among rights, upholding some and ignoring others. No principle of corporation owners that invokes homicide and paralyzes the dominant rights of the public in Industry can survive either in law or in public opinion. ine nrst duty in Colorado Is the establishment of order. Anarchy can brine nothing but misery and murder. With order established, the state ehould proceed promptly with the en actment of laws that will put some restraint and responsibility on em ployers and employes by making it unlawful to declare strikes or look outs until grievances have been sub mitted to a legally constituted and Im partial authority to investigate and rt-port. The Ragtime Muse Ballade of Useful Speech. Of all the fool zobs that could stand for tha prize, The softest boiled one o' the push Is the geek That drags off his kid to them shiny domed guys To soak up a soppin' o' Latin an' Greek! Yeah: turns out his kick, an' wit' hardly a squeak Blows hatfuls o' cush for a headful o curds i For the kid. when he's got all tho cream, so tn sneak Say, what beats good English for hard hittin' words? Don't get me as meanln' to say that I shies Any chunks at thm born wit' that sort of a shriek; But I'm tellin' you now that my bean ain't the size That wastes good mazuma to prove that it's wpak You take It from me, there's no cl to the freak lass That trots wit' the Reggies an' Willies an' Ferda That gargles a cross 'tween a hoot an" a creak Say, what beats good English for Irard hittin'- words? A head's more'n a showcase for dead wood an' dyes; If the joints at the rim o' your think tank don't leak An' there's something wort' gettin' out iMu u your eyes Keep petrified gabble outside o your cheek! When a bloke oozes ossified chirps ln sl s t reft Some does it a lot when they're pickled two-thirds An you're achln' to slam It back chilly and bleak. Say, what beats good English for hard hittin' words? ENVOI. When they's nothln" to say, why, then clatter your beak Wlf a noise that' d paralyze talky talk birds. But when you've got notions that ain't - so antique. Say what beats good English for nara mmn words : Lives of 'great men oft remind ua that obscurity haa its advantages. Sometimes the foundation for a di vorce suit . is laid during the honey moon. A -man may be as old as he feels, but a woman is generally older than she thinks she looks. If a young man has the audacity to propose to a girl, she should have tho impudence to accept him. A poor man may get more real pleasure out: of an air castle than a rich man does out of the other kind, t -' e. A man ehould believe everything he ays, even if it is only for the purpose of setting a good example for. others " Th auburn nose of a toper is a ort of lighthouse to warn others of the- email volume of water passing beueaUu . . - - - - r i : Poirtted Paragraphs Chicago Daily Newn. JN EARLIER DAYS Hy Fred Lock ley. "Some people are born bashful." said Dr. C. H. Rafferty In talking of his boyhood; days 50 years or more ago. When I was a young fellow I would have sooner sat down In a rock quarry and chiseled out tombstones than be lert alone with the prettiest girl In Oregon. The prottier they were tho more scared and demoralized I became. I used to have a chum named Tom. He taught a school at Sauvle's Island ror a while. When the Orofino mines were discovered he started with me for the mines, got as far as Whitman mis sion with me and then turned around, came back to Portland, married 'his fcweethoart and went to farming. 'See ing Tom and Mary get along so happllv put me in the notion of matrimony. I Kicked out the girl, all right, but that Is as far as I got. My nerve failed me right there, and. I never told her about it. Meanwhile another fellow' picked her out, told her about tt and mar ried her. 8o I went back to the mines. "The third year I was at the mines I went from Florence to Warren. I cleaned up a thousand dollars ln three months and then got the typhoid fever. Winter had set in. so they tied me ln the saddle and started for the Willamette vaHey. My mule was sure footed and. would put Its feet together and slide down the ice slopes and never come to grief. "I rested up and fattened up that winter in Oregon and by next spring I was ready to o to the mines again. I got a Soto with a Mr. Hamilton to help him run a pack train from Uma tilla Landing to Idaho City. Ho had 37 pack -horses. They were unbroken horses and our load was quicksilver Liiid mining machinery, It took up tnree weeks to make 50 miles. By th tlme we got to Idaho City Mr. Hamll-.? ton was 'broke' and unable to pay his hands. He throw up the business and in place of cash he divided up hts pack train among -us. I got eight horses and eight pack saddles for rriy share. '"One of the other packers and myself went in together. This gave us a string of 16 pack horses. We decided to gt back to Umatilla and get a load of freight for the mines. We camped - near Umatilla and while he took care of our animals I went tn to Umatilla to secure a load of freight. I couldn't get any. However, 1 ran 'across Mr. Chalmers, the father-in-law of my chum Tom: He suggested that I buy two tons of flour he had on hand and take It to the mines. I explained that I had no money. He said: 'That's all right. I don't want to winter here. I want to go back to the Willamette valley. This will close mn out. Take It to the mines and send me the money' from there.' "We accepted his proposition. We ' made good time .on the way back, av eraging 20 miles a day. Two hours after reaching Boise I sold the flour at a good price and expressed the , money to Mr. Calmers. "We made our freight money and a good profit besides, so we -did well. My partner set a give or take pric on our outfit. He chose to gij'e rather than take, so he bought ma out. I re tained only my riding pony, on which I rode 'back to Umatilla. Here t met a man named McCoy who had a ranch 12 miles from town. He told me they were trying to get a teacher, but the big boys always licked every teacher that came and no one would tackle the job. I told him I would tackle It. The directors met that night before I could change my mind and hired me at $100 a month. They warned mo I had a hard job ahead of me and would earn my salary. "Next day I started school. I found out at once that an overgrown young fellow named Milton Doane " at the bottom of all the trouble. He was tho ringleader and be came pre pared for trouble. He bad a six shooter and a savage looking dirk. I walked to his desk and told him I waa a good judge of firearms and to let me see his gun. He pulled. It out In solently. I examined it and laid It on his desk. 'Let m see your dirk, I said. He took it from his bf-lt with consid erable arrogance and handed It to me. Reaching quickly for his gun I took both gun and knife to my desk. "With an oath he started for tne, saying. 'Come on boys." I had laid a stick of heavy firewood by the stove, and catching this up I struck him across the side of the face and knocked him down. The other boys stopped when they ,w him fall. I told them to take their seat at once or I would cure them with the same remedy I had use on Milton. They took their seats. Milton left vowing he would get me. Next day ha came with bis father. I saw I waa ln for a fight, so I moved over to th wood box where I could get a good club. His father came toward me and eald. 'Milton has come back to apologise, and ask to be taken back.' Milton waa very bumble, so I took him back. "I never spent a more enjoyable fall and winter. I bad 40 pupils. Three evenings a week we had exercises;, spelling, debating and singing. We also organized rTunday services. Each Sunday we had singing and some times we had preaching. Milton's father said I had given Milton what he needed and that I bad changed the atmosphere of tho whole neigh borhood. Milton, nor any of the oth ers, ever gave me any trouble during the six months I taught there.'. . Seeing ThrnuelTes In "Movie. From the New Tork World. At tn first performance of the new est "movie" thriller on Broadway, the little theatre was packed to the doors. "New Tork doesn't seem to have had its fill of thes plays yet. doea it" said a spectator to the producer. "Shucks," said the producer, "yon can't tell anything by that crowd. We used nearly a thousand people alto gether putting on thin thing, and by actual count 264 of 'em are In there now seeing themselves va others see them." It