THE ; OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, SATURDAY EVENING, APRIL 17, 1915.
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THE
COURTHOUSE SCANDAL
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HAT is the "stand In" which
Mose Bloch had at the
county court bouse?
What influence did he
exert on certain public employes
that gave him the power to ex
, tort a part of their wage from
other public employes?
VVas there a compact of secrecy,
-silence, and division,: or did ..the
officials who favored the wage
shaver do so ' for mere affection
for Bloch? '
- J The petty extortions practiced
upon wage workers in the cOunty
employ, as detailed in yesterday's
Journal, constitute a public scan
dal. The wage of h& breadwinners
is low . enough ' without being
trimmed by a thrifty go-between.
The fact that a loan shark busi
ness could be conducted with free
desk room under the very shadows
of. courts of justice and within the
portals of the public building dedi-
cated to Just administration, is a
' scathing indictment of things as
they have been and it calls for a
searching . Investigation.
-J Multnomah county should be a
Just paymaster. Her every obliga
tion to those who render her serv
ice should be promptly met at 100
cents on the dollar.
What is the status, what the
infamy, when so rich a local gov
eminent permits her little debts to
tber humble servitors to be laid
' Under toll for usury and usurers.
How, why, and by whom was
Bloch given his. privileges? Iet
the public know the truth, and let
the shameful practice be termin
ated for all time.
How could Bloch operate with
out confederates?
'IT NEVER PAYS
STRANGE patient was dying
the other day In the tuber
culosis ward of the County
hospital at Chicago. He had
known as "Joseph Wagner.
been
But, with death near, he said he
was Ignatius J. Chileski, lawyer
and private banker, who In 1911
fled from Chicago with clients and
depositors clamoring for more than
1100,000 of their money he had
lost in gambling.
Impending death revealed a sad
story, Chileski, until he dropped
out ,of sight, was the kind of man
other men trusted. He was known
to have worked and saved and sac
rificed to become a lawyer. He
prospered, gained friends among
working men and handled, their
money for - them. But he 4 made
other friends politicians who in
. duced " him to gamble with other
people's : money. He lost and be
came a fugitive. ' x-.
On his 'dying bed Chileski said
that when the crash came he fled
to soutn America, went from there
to Africa and later visited Asia to
-escape detectives. ; He tried to earn
money to repay : his creditors, and
Tailor Than 'anmathtnir mll him
' back to Chicago.
He went In disguise. . Only when
death was Imminent did he call
for his wife and children, who had
long since given him up for dead.
"Tell my old friends that I paid
; for ray folly with my life," . he
whispered. "Gambling did it all -
Mtr-did not pay."
It never pays.
LOOKING TOWARD 1916-
SENATOR PENROSE of Penn
sylvania predicts that Repub
licans and Progressives will
unite for "an old-fashioned
Republican year In '1916." In a
statement jssued last week he said:
It IS very evident that the Pro
gressives, so-called, are coming back
to the Republican party. The last
election In - Pennsylvania and else-
' where demonstrated that - they would
continue to come back In Increasing
numbers. The mistakes and misun
derstandings of the past will be for
gotten sad the party will again be
harmonious and reunited.
But; ; the Philadelphia Ledger,
leading Republican newspaper of
Pennsylvania, does not see an as
sured Republican triumph in 1916.
It declares that men like Penrose
and BarneB of New York stand in
the way. The Ledger says:
:When the history of the 1912 split
comes to be written dispassionately,
it will be seen that the Progressive
movement was not distinctively the
formation . of a new: party.vbut a re
vulsion from the leadership of such
tnea as Penrose, Barnes, Aldrich, l.or-
lmer and. Cannon, v . . . .
The Ledger adds that as Pen
rose and men of his type are - the
'real obstacles to fusion, they should
" Unhappily tor Lincoln . Repub
licanism, the reactionary leaders
project themselves upon an tin
willing rank and file, and by; hook
I and crook maintain control. These
leaders In all their acta are false
to : the great achievements and
ple&did traditions of Lincoln Re
publicanism, and, as the Ledger
says,; the Progressives, know it and
, that knowledge -makes them un
willing to return to an organisation
led by the Penroses.
A GAMBLER'S PRICE
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FORMER millionaire banker
of Vancouver,. B. C, was
yesterday found wandering
the streets of Los Angeles
A
In a condition of bewilderment.
. His bank at one time 'owned
more thanf $3,000,000 worth of
waterfront property. It was- also
a heavy speculator in British Co
lumbia ; timber.- ; Economic condi
tions and war led to enormous
financial losses and the former
millionaire ; has been reduced to
want For a time recently, he held
a job as night watchman.
Such Is speculation. When you
embark in i speculation, your suc
cess depends upon how many peo-
f le there are for you to prey Upon,
f there are enough people willing
to be your prey, if they have suf
ficient means to pay you tribute,
and if general economic condi
tions remain favorable, you win.
But if there are too many
speculators; for the jijumber of
those to be preyedp6n, you are
almost certain SoIose. That is the
law of speculation. "'"
The British Columbia banker
millionaire so found it. He gam
bled heavily.' He played the limit.
-Luck was bad and the intended
victims were too few. ,v He lost.
notpnly his millions, but his mind.
And so, every day human wrecks
pile up on the ocean beach of life
MODERN DICK TURPINS
T
HEFT also has its evolution.
Twenty modern Dick Turpins
holding up a fast freight train
in the heart of New York
state and r carrying off $5 0,000
worth of costly silks is an exploit
to make the original Professor Tur-
pin sigh for another career on
earth in which to have a turn at
the old game w!th modern appli
ances in hand.
The audacious program of the
New York bandits is amasing when
one reflects on how there t was to
be disposal of so much bulky
booty, and where the spot in which
it was to be hidden from the au
thorit'es. The o-.?rage and dash
of the; train engineer alone seems
likely to have spelled an exploit
that, if successfully accomplished.
would have been in many respects,
the most remarkable robbery in
Criminal annals.
The bee , has its sting and the
flower its hidden poisons. The
automobile on a smooth highway
of a summer evening, or through
the lanes between the meadows
when the bloom is on the clover,
is a new force for human happi
ness.
But it -is likewise a joy . forever
to the honorable Turpins who
shoot up baaks of seize young
girls on the street and speed away
to a rendesvous.
It is one Of the penalties of
civilization, one of the stings of,
advancement, one of the poisons
of progress.
"STIRRING UP TROUBLE
T
HE Japanese embassy at Wash
ington denies tnat a naval
base, has been established' at
Turtle Bay, Lower California.
It Is declared that the Japanese
government never had any inten
tion of locating a naval base ! or
occupying any territory on the west
coast of Mexico.
There never should have been
any occasion for such a denial.
Dispatches ; from Los Angeles tell
ing of the gathering, of foreign
warships, of a large camp ashore
and of mines laid In the harbor
are the occasion for the Japanese
disclaimer. But these dispatches
caused no uneasiness In Washing
ton, for it was conceded that un
usual activities were necessary to
save the stranded cruiser Asama.
A few Japanese flshormen fre
quenting the waters of Turtle Bay
are the only evidence of the pur
ported "seisure" of American ter
ritory. The facts make the man
ufactured scare ridiculous. But
thero Is a serious side to it.
If constant misrepresentation of
Japan continues in this country
the time may come whek relations
between the two governments will
become strained. - Circulation of
false ' reports and rumors without
foundation in fact is almost as
dangerous as handling dynamite.
There should be a stop put to the
activities of such propaganda, j It
Is no time to stir up trouble, I for
the stirring might bo easy. i
THE FIRST WEDGE
HE steamship Noordam, "with
the white flag of peace flying,
sailed from New York Tues
day. Among the passengers
were nearly 50 American women
on their way toThe Hague to at
tend jthe International congress of
women, April 28 to 30. Their
mission is peace, but they do not
expect to do the impossible. Here
is Miss Jane Addam's final mes
sage of the eve of sailing:
We do not expect to stop the war.
but we will be the. first international
body to talk about stopping It. We
hope to drive the first wedge. ; I
know many men think we women are
trying to do something that belongs
to the province of international law.
Such is not our mission. W do not
presume to represent governments, We
do 'not even officially call this
peace conference. It Is a congress
of women, summoned In response to
the fervent appeals of our sisters of
many nations... ?
' There has been criticism of this
woman's undertaking.- Butt was it
Just? It la the task of women to
make good the humanity that has
been destroyed : and is : being de
stroyed.' It is up to the women to
furnish new nations, v Why ; should
they not have the right to protest
against slaughter? soldiering Is a
risky business, but so .IS' mother
hood. .' ; ji.
Miss Ad dams says women do not
expert to stop this war; but they
should be able to do something
toward making another war-impossible.
If women of all nations, at
The Hague are able to impress
upon the world some great truths
their congress will be a great suc
cess. The first great truth neces
sary for statesmen,, militarists and
people generally to recognize Is the
wickedness of permitting interna
tional conditions to develop so
that war. may come by a sort of
spontaneous combustion. If that
wedge Is started; the rest ' should
be . comparatively easy. :
WHAT ; GUARANTEE
PROMINENT American sur
geon predicts that when the
war Is over, the need for
virile men will be so great
that the decimated nations will
offer great Inducements to. male
American immigrants. He suggests
that these governments may even
send ships to convey them abroad,
all expenses paid.
Maybe it is only a wild guess.
Yet, practically all the able bodied
men in the warring countries are
under arms, and the toll of the
trenches is heavy. In that toll,
there Is more than, the mere killed.
There are wounds that leave the
heart beating but destroy all fu
ture . efficiency In the man. There
are exposures In the trenches that
doom the body of youth to a
career of near invalidism.
The trenches and the long night
of terrorism mean a living death
for millions born and unborn, a
living death of gnarled limbs,
knotted muscles, wasting frames
and stunted minds. They mean
a continent of cripples, an age of
weaklings, v
If the young men of America
are to be offered inducements to
help repOpulate decimated Europe,
will the rulers who make war give
them guarantee that they are not
wanted, to become, like bullocks
for the butcher's block, human
atoms in the bloody regiments and
trenches of future wars?
THE LIBERTY BELL
P
H1LADELPHIA will Bend the
famous Liberty Bell to the
San Francisco ' exposition.
There was opposition to the
plan, the contention being that the
bell should not be put to the haz
ard of; a long railroad, journey. It
was urged that the crack in the
metal had been growing and that
jars incident to travel might prove
disastrous.
The ! bell is the property of
Philadelphia, but in a larger sense
it belongs to the American people.
They do not wish harm to come to
it. but : such a relic of revolution
ary times will serve a larger pur
pose by taking chances on a first
trip to the Pacific coast than by
remaining forever east Of the Mis
sissippi. - V'
An attempt will be made to bring
the bell to Portland on .he way
to or from lan Francisco. It is
to be hoped the effort will be suc
cessful, for Portland's school chil
dren should have the opportunity
to see this prized relic of the
days when the colonists declared,
and set out to maintain, the rights
of man.
The notes that the old bell rang"
out changed the whole course of
human history. Its voice was the
voice of the Immortal Declaration,
thundered forth at a time that
tried men's souls.
Times change and men die. Na
tions drift away from their ancient
moorings, and; institutions are
sometimes scarred and. marred by
time and human weaknesses.-
It Is a wise judgment that per
mits the Liberty Bell to go forth
on its -journey, for the sight of it
rebaptizes the beholder in the old
faith and stirs the mind into a re
newed devotion to the old but
everlasting principles ; announced
when freedom was flung forth to
a waiting mankind.
STILL UNPAVED
N'
EXT Thursday will fee the
second f anniversary 'i of the
opening of the Broadway
bridge to traffic.
The structure cost $1,586,921.90,
and for more than two years the
Interest f on the bonds has been
running- For nearly : two 'years,
the great Viaduct has stood In
beautiful outline across the river,
and ; has, - throughout that long
period; been of but minor use to
other ,than "; street car: traffic, be
cause of the 10 blocks of unpaved
street at its eastern approach. .
The unpaved thoroughfare is at
all times in worse condition than
many of the roads in Multhomah
county. It is so rough, and In
winter so muddy and In summer so
dusty that most vehicles that can
avoid It, use: other -bridges.
The Broadway bridge Is dally
.deteriorating. ; The " process goes
rapidly on. Is the structure -. to
pass Into final decay withput ever
having risen to its full usefulness
because of the nnpaved stretch of
street?
..In what other city has-there
been a like example of shear waste?
In his testimony yesterday be
fore the federal commission on
Industrial Relations; J. Ogden Ar
mour waa asked, "Do you believe
a.-proper standard of living can
be maintained . by a weekly wage
of $12.50 ?" He replied that It
"is a broad and difficult question."
It Is not a difficult question for
the head of a family .who must
maintain a household on. $2.08 per
day. He knows that it cannot be
done in a city under the present
cost of living and maintain a
proper standard of living. If Mr.
Armour has real doubts, he could
soon settle it by trying the plan
himself.
- THE JOURNAL
NATIONAL EDITORIAL
CONSIDER THE CAT
Ur AGNES HEPPLIKK
A.uthor and Eaaaylat.
THE Audubon Societies have pub
lished in their official organ,
"Bird-Lore,- a plea for the "un
prejudiced consideration" of cats.
They ask for what they call a
"broad-minded view" of the cat ques
tion; and, as might be imagined, their
conception of broad-mindedness con
sists In suppressing the cat 'for the
good of the bird. "Public welfare"
is associated In their eyes exclusively
with the protection of birds. ' The
ancient and honorable order of cats
has no place In the Audubon scheme
of creation. We are asked to sur
render the friend of our fireside and
the companion of bur solitude," be
cause, forsooth, he has remained
through the centuries what "broad-
minded" nature made him.
Not that "Bird-Lore" admits for a
moment' nature's ruthless impartiality,
According to this authority, the cat's
place "in nature" -tis to act as
check upon small t-odents. although
"by habit" it preys upon birds. Why
such incomparable dexterity in climb
ing, in leaping to a great height, and
in balancing itself in precarious po
sitlons, should have been lavished
upon an animal designed to check
rodents, does not clearly appear. Do
the Audubon Societies believe that
nature shares their preoccupation
with, birds? Do they think she oares
more for a tanager than for a tad
pole, or for a chaffinch than for a
centipede? It is n6t nature's bust
ness to rid us Of rats. She has pro
vided munificently for the propaga
tion of the species, and there her
interest ends. Our annoyance, our
distaste, even our possible peril, do
not concern her.
"These vylanOus false cattes .
Were made fOr myse and rattes.
And not for byrdes smalle,"
is a poetic and sentimental view of
the situation. Nature has never
yielded it her assent.
It is true, as "Bird Lore" reproach
fully points Out to Us. that we have
"disturbed the balance of nature" by
domesticating the cat, and that It is
under the aegis Of our protection that"
he pursues his predatory career. We
have also disturbed the balance of
nature by domesticating the dog, and
his uncritical attitude, together- with
our Amazing: eucoess in alienating him
from his kind, gives us a pleasant
sense of proprietorship. He is an un
cleanly and often a dangerous beast;
but we value him because he is our
very . own, because he Is what we
have inade him. rather than what
nature intended him to be. If a dog
bites a child in the city street, a
dozen kind hearted ladies write at
once to the papers, assuring us that
hydrophobia is an imaginery disease.
It never occurs to them that parents
may not want their child to be bitten
by. even a sane dog. If a cat eats
a robin on the lawn, a dosen equally
kind hearted ladies call heaven to wit
ness that the deed is one of violence,
and that any householder who har
bors the criminal must be held ac
cessory to the crime.
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""For the benefit of these offenders,
"Bird Lore" prints a searching exam
ination of conscience, a list of ques
tions which, if truthfully answered,
will carry conviction to the soul.
Some of these questions are of an
intimate and personal character, as,
"Am. I perfectly sure that my cat Is
a good mouser?" Others appeal to
the Intelligence, as. "Am I sure that
rats- and mice about barns and
houses cannot be more effectively
destroyed by some other means than
by cats?" "And many take a high
moral stand, as, "Does my cat tres
pass On the grounds of other people,
and interfere With their plans for
saving and attracting birds?" ""Does
my cat wander free at night, disturb
ing my neighbors ,by fighting with
other cats, or, by making harassing
noises?" "Do I know how many stray
cats are about . my neighborhood?"
"Am I taking a broad -minded view Of
the cat question r
The last query but one would
puzzle an accountant. "In the dark
all cats are gray;' and my, Tiiend's
Tom taking his evening constitutional
on my back fence Is not distinguished
from a freebooter enjoying th same
unconceded privilege. "
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The truth Is that this kindly solici
tude for our welfare on the part of
the Audubon societies Is but a cloak
to veil their only real concern the
safety of birds. It is . natural and
right that they should be so Con
cerned. ' c .
. It is natural, ." though : not right,
that they should seek the destruction
Of the cat as one step toward the as
sured protection of th bird. But
when they talk about broad minded
ne and the fright kind of cltisen
shlp," when they clalm nature as
their ally and conscientiousness as
their dower, then cat lovers, who are
every whit as ardent as bird lovers,
rouse themselves for combat., ' "Am I
perfectly sure that my cat is a good
mouser?" X am iot, and I should
deem it an impertinence to ask him.
I am not sure that my other friends
are 1 good lawyers or doctors or coal
dealers. It is enough ,for me that
they are friends. . If my eat grants
me his suave companionship on terms
of honorable equality, If he drowses
and blinks by my side, and purrs
responsively when I speak to him,
our bond is sealed. A cat by the
firs is worth more thaa two birds
in the bush. : -copyright WIS.
A FEW SMILES
' "No," said th roan who was shot In
head by his friend
While they were out
shooting, lost greater
part of an ear and
was scratched con
siderably, "I don't
mind the wounds so
much, but it breaks
my heart to have my
head mistaken by my
most intimate friend for a rabbit."
I "xes," said the amateur tenor, "I
once received a high compliment from
a. great musician. X was singing on
board of an ocean
liner, but without
accompaniment, : for
accompanists . can
never keep time With
me, you know."-
"What did the mu
sician say?"
"He said and
these were the very
words "When X saw you begin to sing
witnout accompaniment I was aur
prised; when I heard you I was amazed;
but when you sat down I was de
lighted!' " , -
i Prospective Employer (perusing ref
erencesj Have you
any knowledge of 3
the siuc and satin de
partment? I Applicant Spent
my life among 'em,
sir.
j Prospective Em
ployerAnd sheets
and blankets?
Applicant forcibly) Born
'.em, sir.
among
- Ar organ being some time ago in
troduced into a parish church in the
north of Scotland, some of the mem
bers took offense and
left. One of those
soon afterward met
another member and
inquired: &oo's the
organ get tin' onr
Oh. fine," was th
answer, "Jlst Wawin
away the chaff an
keepln' th corn."
Letters From the People
: CotemODiett1ona aeot to Th Journal for
pobllratlon ia tola Oapartmeat aboold be writ
ten on only ona aide of tbe paper, ahould not
exceed 3O0 woraa in leogto ud muat d ac
ooipaaniad br tha name and addreaa of the
lender. If the writer does not desire to have
the same published- Be ahould a state.)
"Diacuaaton It the greatest of alt reformers,
tt rat!onallxea eTefytnlef it touches. It robs
principles or au raise sanctity ana rorowa toem
back on their reasonableness. It they hare
no reaaonableneaa. It ruthleselr emahea them
out of eslatence and ceta up lta own conclusions
in Uiair stead. " WOodroW Wilson.
Mr. PhUlen's Statements Criticised,
Portland, April 16. To the Editor
of The Journal In an article on Lux
emburg in yesterday's Journal, Philip
Phillen writes that lh his hone ooun
try "any man has a right to protest
If anything does not suit him.", In
justice to your readers, some protest
ought to be made against 'statements
made by Mr. Pbillen.
He states "that he was born and
reared in Luxemburg," and then goes
on to add that "it Is the smallest coun
try In Europe, is about 60 miles In
area, has a population of 650,000 and
Is a great farming country, and yet
puts out 40 per. cent of the world's
production of steeL"
Any sixth grade schoolboy In Port
land In five minutes could disprove
these statements.
This country is less prepared than
Belgium was to withstand an attack
by Germany, and If we were placed in
Belgium a position, would we follow
th example of Belgium, or that of
Luxemburg? He would be a rash Lux
emburger who suggested that we
would He down and let any other coun-
try-jtaltt over us.
Belgium did, and is doing, what any
nation of men would do. Her good
name cannot be bought With money,
and by her conduct she has won the
admiration of all moral people. We
all know that Luxemburg was power
less to prevent the use of her terri
tory by either France or Germany, but
if she had had the moral fiber of her
neighbor on the west she would not
have held out" her hand for the price
thftt was Offered for the une Of her
roads.
A SUBSCRIBER.
Questions Mr. Murphy.
Portland, April 15. To the Editor
Of The Journal X should like to ask'
J. Hennessey Murphy a question with
reference to his letter in The Journal
yesterday in regard to the Chicago
election. X should like-for Mr. Murphy
to explain just who or what Professor
Cahill means when he speaks of big
otry? The Oregonian gets off the
same word in. I think, last Monday's
issue, and the News a few days earlier,
and wo are beginning to wonder just
who or What is meant by th constant
recurrence of that word of late, with
due respect to Mr. Murphy.
R. K. BRATTON.
The Chicago Election. .
Orenco, Or., April 14. To the Edi
tor of Th Journal Th city of Chi
cago recently - held an election and a
Republican waa elected mayor by a big
majority. Th Oregonian claims It was
a rebuke to the-Wilson administration,
and attempts to prove its case by
wasting columns of editorial space. If
the Chicago election is a rebuke to Wil
son, what shall we say of tbe senator
ial election In Oregon last fall? - Mr.
Booth repeatedly stated in his public
addresses that the only way to secure
a full dinner pail and restore prosper
ity was to elect him to the united
States senate. . The Oregon : voter
voiced their ; confidence- in President
Wilson ny defeating Mr. Booth by 25.-
000. Mr. Wilson will be reelected, for
ail the pettifogging Of the Oregonian
and th rest of the standpatters.
DEMOCRAT.
:: Children's Bights as Heirs. :
Ashland. Or., April 1Z. To the Edi
tor of The Journal Pleas answer the
following: Do th children get half of
the property la teas of the mother's
death, and. if so. how should the chil-
PERTINENT COMMENT AND NEWS IN BRIEF
SMALL CHANGE '
A flow of words Is no proof of wis
dom. .... - a '..
Why shorten our days by lengthen
ing our nights?
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If you want to know anything about
club life; hit the policeman. ,
. .. v .
A good many spirit manifestations
come after visits to th bar.
.
If a lazy man has nowhere elae to
go, he ought to go to work. -
Pat men ar good natured . because
good natured men are usually fat.
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The lantern-jawed man isn't neces-
sarily a brilliant conversationalist.
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A full dress Suit enables a 1800 clerk
to pass himself of f for a $1200 waiter.
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Talk less and think more. This Is
easy advice to give, but uneasy to
take. . .......
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A cpntented, willing laborer is worth
60 per cent more than a dissatisfied
compulsory worker.
After it became apparent that cloth
ing was the proper thing. It vgas Eva
who said: "I told you so."
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Sometimes the humor of a man Is
so dry that he has to buy the drinks
in order to get other .. men to llatan
to it.
-
'.'How sliail X dress ' tomorrow?" is
th all Important question that fills
the mind of a woman the first time
she goes to bed in a sleeping car. And
no wonder!
When corfipany' Is present and the
children modestly state that they pre
fer wings and backs, the company
knows that mother ha had a little side
talk with her rising generation.
WILLIAM
Fj-om th Salt Lake Telegram.
The newspaper profession of America
lost one of ita most abl members In
the death of William Rockhill Nelson
yesterday In Kansas City.
Mr. Nelson was editor and owner of
the Kansas City Star. He and a part
ner started that paper as a little, four
page afternoon edition In 1880, but
soon his partner retired, owing to ill
health. Mr. Nelson, through his abil
ity, tireless energy and conscientious
attention to detail, gradually and stead
ily built-up the Star until it Is ranked
today as one of the nation's greatest
newspapers." ;
While Mr. Nelson was vigorous In
his attacks on what to him seemed
evils, he was primarily ' a construc
tionist and Kansas City owes to him a
great deal of credit for Its develop
ment, - -J
He was a great believer In the beau
tifying of a lty and any on who ever
knew the old Kansas City realizes how
much beautifying it needed. Mr. Nel
son was one of the prime movers in
the campaign to build boulevards
there, and today no city can boast of
greater progress in this line than can
the city on the Kaw. He, himself,
had trees planted along the first boule
vard. He mads of his home and his
neighborhood a district rivaling the
countrysides Of England In homelike
comfort and beauty.' . v
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Not only Kansas City but the entire
middle west will miss and mourn tua
tor Nelson. His services were valuable
for that great empire that fledges the
Mississippi and the Missouri. He
fought for big ideas and high princi
ples, not only for cities, but for states
and sections. And a mighty influence
he wielded. -
Always independent, but never -neu
tral In politics, Editor weison was Tear
less in his attacks and powerful in
his support Of what he considered right
and just. ' .
The- best proof that the people had
confidence in him is the great record
and success of his newspaper. There
was a day when corporation-owned and
big-business-controlled organs could
prosper when journals following the
narrow groove of a political machine
could hold the faith of the people,
but that day long ago passed. Editor
Nelson's paper prospered because. the
masses believed in its sincerity even
when they disagreed with it.
There were times when the candi
date for office who was most bitterly
opposed by the Star received th larg
est majority at the polls, while at the
earn time the Star's circulation ma
jority continu6d-to grow, which, shows
that you need not agree with th peo
ple all the time so long as you are
honest with them and retain their con
fidence. While political Organs and news
papers that carried the curse of cor
poration stamps on them were losing
thousands and thousands of dollars
YOUR INCOME AND EXPENDITURES
By John M Osklson.
Says the originator of a new sys
tem of personal accounting whicit is
simple and intended to appeal to ev
erybody: "Success depends more on system in
conducting your affairs than on any
thing else." . ' ' . '
Kin evstem is Interesting; it-Is lawa
pn the segregation of income and Out
go into units. It Is ft monthly record,
kept on ruled strips, one side for the
details of your personal accounuin
and the other for keeping your bank
account. - .
"Saving" and "Miscellaneous' are
two standard headings: and there are
eight other headings to b filled in as
vou wish. At the extreme end ii. a
."Petty Account blank.
in starting mis, you. m.iw
among th headings the total of your
hnnfc accounts If you hav $100 in th
bank, assign, for example, 10 as your
balance for savings, 38 . to miscellan
eous, $16 for rent. S8 for clothing, $15
for food, $5 for fuel, $5 for the dona
tion or charity fund, and so on. j
On either side Of the "balance col-,
dhen go about making claim to their
portion? SUBSCRIBER.
tThe Inquirer should consult th
county judge in his county. This offi
cial has Jurisdiction over matter of
inheritance and will giv all necessary
Information, with instructions as to
proper procedure. '-
The Champtonship.
From th Portland Advocate.
We are not glad, neither ar we sad
about Jack Johnson losing his title of
heavyweight champion prize fighter
of th world, trut w do feel that a
hug Impedlfent to our racial ad
vancement has been removed try his
defeat. We don't deny th fact that
w felt a sense of race prid When
Jack won th championship in the fis
tic arena but the notorious pace that
he set and th race friction, and bitter
criticism that hi many acts of out
lawry brought to his race, made many
of them wish that he had nev-r been
born, therefore, if any tears are to
be shed over Mr. Johnson's defeat, let
Mr. Johnson and his associates, both
white and black, shed them, ror the
well thinking, respectable element of
the race will not. Should th whit
race see superior greatness and glory
In th fact that Jess Wlllard has re-
OREGON SIDELIGHTS
"Salem." the Journal alleges, 'is the
only city of importance in- Oregon not
actively engaged ! in campaigning for
a bigger commercial club membership."
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The ferry on the Willamette near
Canby haa received its final appropria
tion and will soon be in operation. It
Is almost entirely! a product of private
effort and capital; . ,
All's right with' Hermiston's part of.
th world, according to the Herald,'
which bays: "New people avr securing
land here and doing Improvement work.
The outlook for good crops waa never
better, Ther is work fori svery man
and team. Altogether the prospect Is
for an excellent year." J
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Springfield correspondence Eugene
Register: Mel Bartlett had on display
this week th black wolf hid h had
mounted for Stacey Russell, county
clerk. This was) the wolf that had
been playing havoc with young stock
year Marcola and was finally trapped.
It was Indeed a monster and was made
into a beautiful rug by Mr, Bartlett.
r v.fv -
Complaining that not a slngl non
resident property i owner contributed a
cent to iSstaoada's clean-up day ex
penses, although the majority of them
were solicited, th Jrroress urges that
an ordinance be (.passed Immediately
which will make lit possible to charge
non-residents for labor expended on
upkeep of tbeir- property,
Pendleton East Oregonian; Ad Nye
and Colonel John Bentley are bound
for San Francisco to attend the Panama-Pacific,,
carrying with them all the
zeal of two youngsters. Both are Mis
sourlans of th cam locality, both are
Democrats, both pioneers of this coun
ty, both 73 years old, both ex-sheriff
of Umatilla and; have several othwr
characteristics in common which make
them congenial traveling companion..
R. NELSON
very year, the Kansas City Star, un
der Editor Nelson's guidance, was an
nually piling up fortune upon fortune.
It is on of the nation's biggest money
makers among newspapers,
No political organ will ever make the
money the Star has made;! no corpora
tion or gang ' controlled journal will
ever succeed as it -has succeeded.
It is the day of Independent news
papers and Editor Nelson was present
at tne dawning of the day.
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His career Is another
proof, also,
that a man who jfeels discouraged be
cause has failed in his chosen line,
may hope for ultimate success In an
other line of endeavor., j
Mr. Nelson was nearly 40 years old
berore he entered the newspaper pro
fession. And yet he won recognition
as a leader In it4 j
Many men give-up and -consider
themselves failures, if they cannot
make a big showing by the time they
reach, the age ofj 40. , ( .
Mr. Nelson was first a contractor.
He became interested I In politics
through an ideal of reform. And he
discovered that the most affective way
to bring about reforms and justice
for the people is through the agency
of an honest and! fearless newsrmoer.
He met with business reverses and
then decided definitely to give up con
tractlng and enter the newspaper pub
lishing business.
When his Utile paper ' at Kansas
City began to make profits, Mr. Nel
son put the profits into improvements
and kept the Star growing in power
ana userumess.
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There was ahother' newspaper. In
Kansas City that had already achieved
fame and success before the Star was
thought of It was called the Times.
It had a nation wide reputation.
But politician . got hold of it and
made It the organ of a rang, and then
It took on its death pallor.
It was like any other newspaper
that degenerates into political orpan.
Its strength waned. It grew-weaker
and weaker. - .1
There was but one hope- transfusion.
And so It was transfused with the
Kansas City Star. And from that day
on th Times Was delivered as the
morning edition of th Star. Nelson
was the surgeon! who delivered it from
its death agony. j
The people inj the middle west are
not unlike the people elsewhere in this
nation.- They 4re Quick to "see the
motives back of newspapers. . They are
quick to Judge jbetween the true and
th untrue. And bnce they have 'Jsed.
there ia no hope for the one that car
ries the corporation or political ma
chine brand. Itjis doomed forever.
- None but the jstneere and Independ
ent newspapers can succeed in then
times when thei people jliav learned
to think and Judge for themselves.
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umn in each division are spaces to
enter, the checks drawn j and charged
against each account ana aepoHits
credited to each account;
' on the side of the sheet ruled to
show " your account with the bank,
spaces are provided for: the date of
each check and of - each deposit; the
number and amount or in cnecK, to
whom it was made, for what, and
whether or not jit has been recorded
on the other side- The balance in the
bank is shown each entry. There
Is space below iff which to write fur
ther details concerning the use made
or the money drawn out oy ciiecK.
"The financial gam of living,
played, artgbt, says this system's
sponsor, "is a niost fascinating prob
lem." i ,
He is sure that (f you Will keep this
record with' conscience! useless ex
travagance will (disappear out of your
life; you will better realize the earn
ing power of savings and the buying
oower of your income. '
I'm' for thlsr System? On thing
against - it Is that it seems rather
complicated just at first, i Who Will be
next to offer a simple pian?
The Ragtime Muse
Style's tbe Thing.
Tell me. don't they make! you son!!,
Stately girls with lots of style.
Oirls with figures slim and straight.
Throwing glances out for bait.
Shedding graces! by the mil.
Making conquest while you wait?
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Giggling girls won't do for ms.
Roly-poly though they be;
Rosy girls with pouting lips,
Oirls with shoulders, girls with hip.
Biyie s me tning, you may n':
Style abhors girl who skips!
Take away the girl with curves.
She should have a cas of nerves;
So ahe'U wriggl through her belt.
Make her bony, make her svelte.
Make her solemn, well that serves;
Take her flesh, hut leave her pelt!
When she's slim enough, desist;
Her lost flesh will not be missed
If she wears a stately air, .
Bob her skirts and bob her hair.
Shows her ankle like her wrlst; .
. Then th girl-has style so ther!
turned: the championship to it, with all
it brutality and debauchery that us
ually characterizes th life of a prize
fighter, accept it with our best wishes.
"tH gABXY UATM"
By ml tackley. gpaolal Staf Writs, a
Tbe Journal.
For 38 years Miss Kat C. McBeth
haa worked among th Nes Perce In
dians in Idaho. Recently X vial ted her
at Spalding. Idaho, to learn something
Of her work.
; "My sister, Susan I McBeth, came
her six years before I did." said Mis
Kat McBeth. "My sister Was several
years older than I am. Sh waa born
on th banks of the Doon, In Scotland.
When sh was yet a baby my parents
cam to America,
"I was born in Wellsvllle, Ohio, not
long after they cam from Scotland.
My sister taught In Fairfield univer
sity, in Iowa, prior to th Civil war.
In 185$ sh went to Ooodwater station,
in th Indian territory, as a missionary
to th Choctaw Indians. At the break.
Ing out of the war the schools were
suspended and sister went, to-' Jeffer
son barracks to work among the
wounded.. soldiers. I bellev she waa
th first woman to be commissioned
for this work by the Christian com- '
mission.
"When the war was over ah be
cam city missionary in th church at
St. Louis of. which Dr. James Brooks
was paator,
"During Grant's administration th
educational work of th Indian reser
vations was assigned to different re
ligious denominations. Th Method--iats
were given charge of th Yakima
reservation, the Presbyterians were as
signed the Nes Perce reservation, and
so on. Although she received her par
from th government, she was em
ployed by the board of foreign mis
sion of th Preabytereian church.
"Rev, Oeorge Ainaley had worked
with her among the Choctaws, ami
when h was assigned to th work
among the Nes Perces he suggested to
Dr. Lowrle, the secretary of the Pres
byterian board of foreign missions,
that my sister would be peculiarly fit
ted for work among th Indians. She
cam to Iapwal agency In the falloof
1878.
"Mr. Spalding at this. time was sta
tioned at Kamiah. He died next year
and Is buried here at Spalding, where
he started his work tn 1838. His' wife
died In the Willamette valley, but rc-n
cently she was brought her' and re
burled by the side of, her husband.
"After teaching for a year at Lap
wal, my sister went to Kamiah to do
the work that nad ben started by Mr.
Spalding the training of .Nes Per a
young men to be ministers. In 1877,
when the Chief Joseph war started, 45
of the Kamiah Indians came with her
as a body guard to Lapwal. After thV
Joseph war Was over she returned to
Kamiah and there sh died and wa
buried. She died May 26, 1893.
"During the 20 years my -slater
worked among the Nez Perces she
fnade a dictionary of 10,000 words of
he Nes Perce tongue. Sh had asked
that the manuscript of this Nes Perce
dictionary should be sent to the Smith
sonian Institution. I sent the box con
taining the manuscript, upon which my
sister had spent years of work, by ex
press. It mad the first part of its
jonrney by boat, going on the Annie
Faxon, Fifty miles below Lewlston
the boat was blown up and, many of
the passengers were killed. The boat
was blown up at Wade"s bur at about
7:30 O'clock On the morning of AugUHt
14, 1893. Captain Harry Haughman
was badly hurt and. eight people were
killed.
"Mr. King, the clerk In the store at
Fort Lapwai, 'had bought a ranch' on
the Snake river some distance below
Wade's bar. lie satv a red box float
ing down th river and juat an It en
tered the rapids he threw the nooue of
his saddle rope over it and drew it
auhore. He opened it, recognized my
sister's handwriting and took the wi-t
manuscript home, and ha and hla wilt;
dried the wet sheets and so it fitmlly
reached the Smithsonian Institution.
"I came here in 1879 to help Sinter
Sue. with tlx work. You will find
much ' rnlhinforniAtlon about the Ni-
Perces. Their very name is a ml
notner, for they never pierced thele
noses. They are a branch of the fclm
haptlan family and their name fr
themselves Is 'Nim-s-poo,' meaning
i umI, Th, f .ii r ItiHana who
went to St. fjouls to get the 'Book of
Life' were N Perce Indians. Their
names were 'Tlp-yu-lah-iia-Jr.h-nln,' r
8peklng Eaglo'; 'Ka-ou-pu,1 or 'Man-of-the-Mornlng';
'Ill-youts-tohan, or
'Rabbit-Skin-Lngglns,' a nephew of
Speaking Eagle, and 'Ta-wis-sis-sim-nlm,
or 'Llttie-Ilorns-Llke-an-Old-iluf-falo.'
"I have talked with Indians who re
membered their leaving for the lontf
trip In 1831. When tliey reached HI.
Louis they were taken to the America it
Fur company's offl' and one of-the
trappers waa brought In totalk with
them. When axked who they were, lie
xald: 'They are the Nes Perces of tlifl
lower Columbia.' In history you rea l
they were the Flathead branch of the
Ne Perces. There is no. such a thlnn.
as the Flatheads and the Nm Perce
ar distinct tribes. The mlatake Of the
French trapper in mistaking them for
the Indians of the lower Columbia who
occasionally pierce their noses . IVja
been perpetuated, and ever since they
have been improperly called 'Nez
Perces. -
"The I Nez Perces are very religious.
Their religion is to them a matter of
deeds, not words alone. .We are hold
ing religious meetings her now . ami
the Indians will be her froth all over
th reservation. There are six churches
on the reservation, all the pastors be
ing full blooded Nes Perces. They are
all here, and if you wish to attend the
services tonight you may hear sev
eral of them speak. -They not only
preach here, but go out on missionary
tours to. other tribe,"
That night I attended church. Never
In a church whose worshipers were
white people hav I seen such perfect
order and decorum and such unflag
ging Interest and attention as I did
there.' On the platform were" Jarm-n
Hayes. Peter Lindney, Moses Monteltn,
Robert Parsons, 101 las Pond. William
Wheeler and Mark Arthur, the Indian
ministers.
Rv. James Hayes presided and Rev.
Peter Llndsey preached the sermon,
which was in the Indian tongue. After
a short service a prayer meeting was
held, at which a score or more spoke
briefly. More Impressive almost than
th evident devotion and . consecration
of th spoken service wa the singing.
All took part and they put their soula
Into the singing.
, One cannot study the Nez Perce In
dians without respecting them. Broken
faith and violated treaties on the prt
of the government caused the Nez
Perce w a. r and It is a chapter in oar
national history of which w have lit
tle cause to be proud.
L'nbleachabl.
From the Washington Star.
"If some of thes financiers keep i
telling on on another they'll all end
with the character that Cal Clay gave
the deacon."
Th speaker was GIfford Plnchot. I la
resumed:
"Cal Clay was a witness in behalf of
th deacon, who was up for chicken
Stealing.
""-Calhoun, my man, the lawyer said.
what do you know of the deacon's
character? : j
"'lilt am unreachable, sah Cal re- i
plied." . , j