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THE - OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1916. -i 1 1 i i r- K I A l i Mr . 1 1 J I J rX ML AN INDEPENDENT KEWKPAPER . H. JACKSON...... .Febll , .... .... . Aal. A f ' Ud BH (except UUU7 UWfWWI, - ' l-uuujuc. icwlwj as ismisui at- rw iauO. ii. - - - v r "" '' '' tt-ierwl at tbe poalvllies at VattlmuO. to lSiwmiaslva IMVUfl U4 r natter. ueiuuruuanui rescued to these uuaitwr tu ierau wttxt cwpHftiutrot m was. .u AA.ttIiAU iUtlJUifial.Ali u sua-., Cbicafe - - butwertpttes UtM by mU or Jo 6ite lilt UoHM Utse ef Mezleei - iltOKMKU OB AS a.hOOH - ' jae rear.........00 Oee, aaeatS...... SUHDAX " " V',. ' r'o .. ......2. J One swots.... l tAlLX (MORKIMO OR AfTBB&OOIO AND SCSDAT On r.;.;.. ..t7.CO I Oae aMittiv.....t America asks nothing forbdf telf but what she has fright to abk for humanity itself. , " - WOOWiOW WILSON. If a man empties Mj puriw into his head, no man can take it way from him. At investment la knowledge al ways pays the best interest-? 'Benjamin Franklin. ;, 63 AS TO Mil. ALDERMAN y T Ja 'difficult tot find an excuse i for a nawsrianer which nub- I lishea , a rumor such - as the anybody that the Republican -lead- Telegram published-the other era are in even the slightest de .day. about the school board and gree favorable to progressive prin- i.it! Aiuotuwu, iug nui; iuai : utiles tuiu progressive puiiuus. the ; board was to hold a meeting i tn all New England, there Is in the absence of an. impo.-tant I not a man but knows that Bran raember who , was sick and by a I dels' career ; has' been- a long fight eap vote reelect Mr. Alderman for 'for better laws and 'cleaner gov a: term of years. There was not ' eminent. It was a' fight for the a word of truth in it. It made ou of whole clotu, was and badly made. . ? Hostll'.ty to Superintendent Ai derman seems to be deeply rooted j t l. . 1 . A- a . m i in ceriara quarters in spue ox avt j snoe macmnery trusr. n was a good service . to the schools. Just? fight for 80-cent gas for Boston. Tvhr this subterannean faction oj- It was a fight against free fran poses him is not made clear to the chises. It was a fight against the public. - There Is much idle talk . New Haven monopolization , with about '"fads and frills" in the its pauperizing of hundreds of schools.-. The only fads - that Mr. ! small .stockholders. It waa a Alderman has . ' Introduced are; fight against Balllnger and Bal cookl&g, sewing and some txten-f lingerism and a tetrffic struggle Eion of the foreign language work, j to save the water, powers, the coal The' same people who berate him j lands and other of the people's re- lor. having classes in cooking and j sewing may beheard 'scolding witli their next breath because .the mod ern housewife can neither cook nor eew. iney ieu U3 OOe minute mat ignorance of these domestic arts is roads demanded higher rates, he &ure to break up the home.. The! told them that they could save a next minute they howl at Mr. million dollars a day by introdup Alderman because; he has theta ing ' efficient riethods in their taught in school. Such is the j operating departments. He showed spirit of fanatical faction. them how and today the Brandeis A Mr. Myers has gone into the i suggestion is in effect, and the Echools - aad "examined" the chll- arett. , He reporU dreadful things aooui meir spelling, antnmetlc ! ana so on, is is pertinent to in- quire who . ; has examined Mr. Myers and certified to his fitness as an educational authority? Are we obliged to take the word of every -passing -stranger - as to- the condition ' of the public schools? Mr. Myers, like some other of Mr. Alderman's critics, may have an axe fo grind.' ' The cold truth is that Mr. Ald rman ; has made great, improve ments In the Portland schools and ik has -made them in the face of ' crribla opposition. The opposi tion would have been less of. an obstacle If it had been open and lublic; 5 instead of secret and treacherous. - But - Mr. Alderman has. overcome it so far that he has abolished the old political game in choosing teachers. He has en couraged the teachers to do their best work. They are no longer the slaves of an iron-bound sya tem but may use their own initia tive." . , The' Portland schools today hold aore r upils to the end of the : ear and to the end of the grades than any 'other schools in the f ountry, tn proportion to the to t al enrollment. This can prove ut one thing. - It proves that the hoois "give the pupil3 adequate rparation. for Hfe.and that par ts know it.- '.Mr. Alderman has ' ored to. make the schools useful all the people by "preparing ril3 for modern life; , . The complaint, that the pupils : not learn what their fathers 1" is nonsensical. ' They live in different world from theit f ath . One might as well whine be . se the people of '. today do not .vel'as their fathers did or wage !r wars with the same weapons, happily .for- the moasbacks tbU a world of change. A. Journal correspondent makes i pertinent . suggestion - that the rtland Ad club come Out again 'x fans and stir ; the air to a ree, of heat that will - consume - ice and snow in -the streets. A SUGGESTION WE ever have snow-blockade.1 Greets again, might " there - not 9 team work? Thus, it ia due the street rail company to say that. In clear- Ing Ita tracks It, in many district. opened the only way In which pedestrians and vehicles ' could ytnake progress. In those districts, it bore the harden of clearing the streets alone. - . ; - - A? plan could he ' worked out In Idle hours ' by , .which there could be some -; cooperation" between, the city and ; the company. v. Team work would facilitate progress, and save Tmsiness and the other usual activities from total prostration. It is a suggestion" worth con sideration.' - ' r . . ' Tha difficulty' seems ' to be to find a word which means disavow inEnglish but has 'another inter pretation- in German. : Here is -a chance for the philologists to coin tome new ; words which, .can' be used In. international negotiation to the satisfaction of bqta. aides to a controversy. - WE SHALL SEE X HERB is, no. way to becloud 1. tho issue In the fight to pre ' vent the ; confirmation of Mr.. Brandeis. The sole question involved Is whether or ! not a progressive is wanted on the supreme bench at Washington. Men. of -progressive convictions will ; support Mr. Bran dels. ' Men 'of reactionary convic tions will oppose Mr. Brandeis. The xesnate roll call on con firmation will precisely s-and defi nitely locate every senator. It may give an almost equally ac curate knowledge of the political parties on the great Issue of pro- gressivelsmvy . Act ons. are more convincing ana morffjto be ended upon than said that the great body of Republican" senators will rvote, against the, confirmation of Mr, Brandeis. , If they do, it will be a solid vote. against true pro gress! veism. - If they do, it will be difficult thereafter to ponvlnr protection of working men and working women. It was a strug gle for the public good' against pri vate graft and special privilege. It was a fight in jthe exposure of tiiei . .. a. : . - ', tsourcea. fr6m spoliation. . . Mr. Brandeis' has been pre-emi nently constructive. : His -genius for constructive economics is prob- ahlT nneanaled. When th rail Brandeis prophecy has come true. These are some of Mr. Brandeis offenses. It ia bv such arhlevA. mentrthit he has won his way to national renown as one . of the country's ..most , conspicuous ; pro- gressives. : Out of 100,000,J001 people in the United States, only 357.515 UB.YB incomes exceeamg $3U00 a year. The remainder, 9i.642.48S, exist on incomes of less than ssuuu, wniie sixty, receive mote than a million a year. Mr. Brandeis has had a care for the 99,642,485 as well as for the sixty With incomes so out of Joint, it was time for somebody to have a care for the common folks. Lln coln said, "God loves the poor be cause he made so many of them"," and Brandeis thinks as Lincoln thought , Opposition to the Bran deis confirmation is as sure a test of reaction and leanings for spe cial privilege as a rainbow is proof of sunshine.; ' Next to a; progressive president, it la Important to have a progres sive supreme judge. In Gome re spects, the supreme court exercises a higher power than does the pres ident. The . senate action on '. the Brandeis' nomination is of tre mendous significance. . , We shall see ; whatwe shall see. One disadvantage about observ ing the tercentenary of Shake speare this year Is that it must be attended by the reopening of the old Baconian controversy. FOR THE CHILDREN 0' KLAHOMA exhibits nmdtnf regard , for - her school "chil dren's ; welfare. The state vuBBetses conxiaeraoie areas of land" granted by congress for educational purposes. This land has not been sold as It has In some states we could name. It has been held as any far sighted owner would have held it, for the natural Increase in value. J t ' Th Value is now very great, particularly that of "some Ige tracts where oil and gas have been located. But still the state does not orfer the land for sale, it la too wise . to make any such blun der. . The coal and gaa land- be longing to the Oklahoma schools to be leased. Sixty sections were, offered the other day. We mg its tracks it, i learn from the "News" of Okla homa City that fair , bids ' are . ex pected on account qf the rise ' in the price of petroleum products.;' But the interesting point Is that Oklahoma,' .' like Minnesota. Washington,- Nebraska ; and many: other states is -judiciously husbanding the: children's heritage. It Is not being thriftlessly squandered to en rich conscienceless speculators. .Oregon once had valuable tracts of school land which might have been held and leased' or sold for high prices. - Where is that -land now? Ask the thimble riggers and others, who had 'control for so many : years of i our public . landa. The heritage is gone and gone for ever. Oregon's chance to provide a noble school fund seemed until a short (time ago to have been Irretrievably lost. ; - ' V'. But now " the sky is a little brighter. Fate has been kinder to us than we deserved. There is another opportunity ; to replen- oLish th,. school fund and bring It m to a decent figure and it 13 the last opportunity we 'shall ever have. - -1?' " y '''"A, The: proceeds of the railroad land , grant properly saved and In vested would restore to the chil dren of the state something like a fortune which was squandered by dishonest officials. No ' .effort should . be Spared 4 to bring this about. The sharks and grabbers are busy on their own behalf. The rest of us may Well get busy on behalf of the children. - In all charity, "the governor 13 advised to recall that water power letter before it Is too late. It is tn be feared that it will recoil like tha boomerang of tne Australian dubu. A SOUND PLAN HE president Is on absolutely sound ground in his declara tion for a non-partisan tariff commission. , It is true that past tariff com missions : were not satisfactory. That of 1882 failed because there was hocus pocus in naming it. The secretary of the National Woolen Manufacturers' Association was made its president. Ha was later chairman of the sub-committee to draft the woolen schedules. The machinery of the commission waa thereby turned over to the mill- owners to write such a tariff as they desired, and they wrote it. Nor was the late tariff board more effective. It was broadly charged that the body deliberately suppressed information inimical , tn the , woolen and, cotton schedules of the Payne-Aldrich law. But the principle of; the commis sion ia sound. -In America, nearly IB billions of capital is invested in manufacturing Industry. It is a staggering sum. No human mind can grasp it. , The plants and employes are a vast structure of endeavor. The output is a stupendous .volume of products. ; Vitally affecting all,-Is the tariff. Closely, related to all. is the consumer. Between con sumers knd the employes and the owners of the -industry there Is a problem of infinite delicacy in de termining a nicety of tariff adjust ment that will be just to all and unjust to none. How can a congressman ignorant of even the rudiments, comprehend a tariff touching every phase , of nanufacture? .-How could a con gressman in half a dosen terms of service master even one branch cf a technical Industry? Yet, for more than a century; an aggregation of congressmen and senators , has been making the schedules that governed an indus try that now has an invested capi tal of nearly1 9 billions. What wonder that in asindustry so reg ulated a few mUlownera have be come fabulously rich through in justices Inflicted upon employes and consumers I ' A more unscientific system could scarcely be presented. A non-partisan body of expert, economists such as President Wilson would appoint. could do much to rescue a colossal Industry from the fitful winds of politics i and place it on a basis where production would stand on Its merits and be forced to be hon est with the consuming public ; The country, will . take . on ln- ci easea iaun in tne president as a result of his announced Inten tion to do what he' can to take the tariff out of partisan politics. Our faith In the astronomers Is so great that we are willing to be lleve that. there waa an eclipse of the sun Thursday, although we did not see it. MARS W AR ' probtbly occupies - the background of every In telligent brain on; earth. It has . given - us kv new psychology, i ; But ' there are some sections of some . minds f which I has not Invaded. Here and there a .man exists who has hot lost- his capacity to think . of other : things than, machine v guns t and shells Professor Perclval - Lowell, for sample, , is much occupied with tha affairs of the planet Mara. r . Perhaps ' his interest- has ; been Increased by; the . fact that , Mara Is the Eod of war, as every student of cartoons must know . by : this time. Certainly he has been dished up to them - often: enough, cooked and garnished C i In', a i thousand stylos- But ' I'TOfesBori: perclval Lowell has been observing ; Mars for a long time . and taking ad vantage of each approach he maks to the earth to learta. more of : hia secrets. This winter he ils quite a near companion of our planet '.V-'' - ' .-j. - through the "abysses of Sylves trian space",, and his. surface ; ad mits of comparatively intimate in spection. ' What : interests Professor Low ell most is the canals cn Mars. He finds a wonderful system of them running from the pole down to the equator. And in his opin ion 5 they ; are artificial,' built for irrigation. .Mars Is an older planet than the earth anf has lost most of its running water as. well-as a good - part vs of "p its s atmosphere. Hence the inhabitants are obliged to exercise their ingenuity to keep alive. In , the i course of ages, as the rivers failed and the; springs ran dry,' they constructed ""their marvelous system of canals. -. u' So Professor Iiowell , thinks. Other astronomers ' say his theory is all humbug. . But we must ex pect the doctors to differ and when' they do it is our privilege to agree with the side we like best. Those of us who have imaginations and rejoice in the poetrjpycience win side with ; iToressorfLoweu. Even if Mars has no . artificial canals it is pleasant to believe ho has. And pray who is harmed by our 'doing so?. As President Wilson - remarks. words of protest do not -amount to much unless you can make them good.. NOTHING THE MATTER WITH PORTLAND tThrca doeea raara a aeUar of a commodity and is yeara a maker of it this Is a record tbat certainly abould out authority behind tbe aookef man for any enternrise. The. commodity Aa tee case oeau witn in ho. B8 or tne aertea la - Daint. TUa manacer telta aoma ttaina-a about thm boaineaa tbat are mlgbtjr iaterMtlntr In tbemnelrea, besidea dcliyeriBg; a due amount of exbortation toward tbe building- ap ot la- auatriai roriiana. j , - iuu atTB uwn aera ion;- cnouKn Ito understand that neither the city Bf PnrtlanA Ttnr thai mtt et rr. eon is responsible for the Climatic distresses which have been lnfllctel upon this community, during the life of the late Mr. January, you know, or have at least heard of David M. Dunne, active citisen, former collector Oi customs and no-v president of ' the Da.vid M. Dunne company, manufac turers of paints and varnishes, who ie establlshmeKt Is at Sherlock avehue and Nineteenth street. It fu 36 years ago that the Dunne family engaged in selling paint In Portland, and 1 years ago that the company began manufacturing. De veloping into Jobbers, after a conetd ercble experience as retailers, the management boomed along to the manufacturing end of the business, and is today enjoying,, a fine trade throughout the Pacific northwest. The co.ap.iny owns its plant, employing 10 or IS men to whom It pays from J3, to $9 per day, and is specialising on paints for railroad -coaches, car riage ax i structural Ironwork. CAREFUL IN PREPARATION. T. Morris Dunne, son of David M. Dunne, president of the corporation. la secretary and manager. The sen ior Mr. Dunne Is taking things easy these times. He Just doesn't have to hustle. His mighty bright son at tends to that -to perfection. He keeps his hustle on a 'dog trot' all the tlm. In consequence of which there isn't enough of blue n his frame to give a tinge of color to a mosquito's bib. We are) aa careful and consclen tlous'ln mixing our paints as a phar macist' is careful and conscientious In compounding prescriptions. the sec retary declares. "It Is our ambition to excel in our preparations. We be-. 11 -t we do, too. We know well enough we need not fear comparison with the products of the biggest con cern in America so far as Quality goes. We will absolutely not permit a careless act In anything we- do. . We have great pride in our work, and are conscious Of the keen competition we must meet, hence we could not at ford, if Inclined, to place upon the market the smallest quantity of tn ferlor paints. We must always be on the t-lert ' We are building for the future. Our business is not being con structed for the moment. There will be followers of the present heads ot our corporation into whose hands these interests will fall. They must be handed a 'clean bill of health. It must not be tarnished." MATERIALS PURCHASED ON COAST. Mr. Dunne explained that the Pa cific coast supplies much of the raw materia: from which paints are made. '"Our chetnical colors are a coast production.", be says., "The leads of Idaho, after proper treatment, eater largely. Into paint making. Coast oils also . enter ; Into its manufacture. ' In fact, th time will come when this western country will be able, if it de sires, to declare Itself Independent of the east in the -making of paints and varnishes." ,' Aa.la many other industries lagredi euta entering Into the manufacture of .paints have taken a lively upward leap.- Linseed oil is 39 cents a gallon higher than a year ago, and alno, vhlch "old before , the '; war in this market at $4.76 for 190 pounds, la now I8-E9 in the 'eastern market, and it costs an additional ?S cents to It to get it here. Paint manufacturers ar f oro'ed - to buy some things In a foreign market because r of lack . of concerns her to take the native prod uct and give it the treatment it must have ie be ready for usa ' hia the ease with lead. - It has to undergo a process impossible. In 'i the - west' at present, but which will be established .here Jn, . time. -v-.X-SS PAINTS ARB OV MANT HUES. one! not conversant with paint mak ing imagines all ' green -:palnt - colore are alike, and ' there is no difference between the reds, the browns, the yel lows, "etc.; whereas every" maaufae turr adopts his own . proportion of dyes. The zln houa paints, there fore, made by the Dunne company are unlike ia variety of 'hues and colors those A of - any ;i other manufacturer. Thle company ha ita own fermulae. to ' which it etrictlr evdherea, there fore all paints coming vrom Its' mix ers are alike; and call be duplicated at will, hut a baildlng must . not be par- tlaly covered i . with -.'-'..'this brand ; and Completed ' With Mothef . unless - there be', indifference on. th'. part'of the owner aa to exact -i similarity v of The David M. Dunne plant , turns out 20 to 10: sbaaes-4 ox couse aaa other paints.' ." : It makes a . superior article of strcturai Iron paint and paints for bridges, Weight cars, barns, etc. 'The company j traveling sales men covers Oregon, r Washtogton , and Alaska. n -.which iiyprltory the Port- id product enjojfs ts weu-earne) popularity and hast ready ' sale. I T. Morris Dunne Ipok i to the future wito an optimlsticfeye He has more rd s booked for spring delivery tlii ,fear than tor several seasons. Ha is aliva to the ) at that others have awakened to n -Realisation that Portland-mad goe'def.;. have genutie merit that. manuXacjurers ot this city are on the juar their produc tions may be relftbpOn- and they are worjthr of patti?JSte because thay are not of that "sffi'l caliber whlci is -alway alert Wf t 1t f the bargain" In every ISO. There Is nothin Ce matter, with Her factories an ' better conul- tlon than for seven eara ' Their owners and ' erators say so However, their forCj V re full, and no increase of the pa 4s are at pres ent in sight, i r . , Letters From fjie People (Commaaicationa aen a ' Tbe Journal for tat soovld be writ ' 4 papas, should not f aod mast be ae . a,d address ot tbe . not desira t have aftttd ao state.) publication Iq tbla depi ten on only one aide o mI A(Ml warda 4ti let comsanied by tbe nni aeBdtir. If tb writer d tbe name published, be I "Discussion is the rrf t of aD reformera. It ratloualises erj'thtn toucbes. It robs principles ot aU taUte tJtAj and throws tb back on tbetr reasonable na, it tbey have reasonableness. It ratals Jy crushes taem a nd throws tbem DO out of existence and sets r Jwa conclusions la tbeir stead. woodrow trnaoo. Chain Irfltters. Portland. Feb. a.To the Editor of The Journal Permsee most people know a little of the 1 -called chain let- ter. I received onecanu my lnaigna- tion was so great ift i must worn It off In some wayvfand have chosen this as the llkelies.' send most eiiec tlve manner. The chain letter" Contains the fol lowing nraver: "Oi : Lord. I implore thee to bless all trj Uikind. Bring us to thee. Keen us tc .dwell with thee,". Each recibient is l -opposed to send It to nine Persons In . 'Mne days. It he does so. some great Joy will come to him on the tenth tjfy; if he does not some calamity will befall. Is thta an are of reason? Are pro fessed- Christians combining to send such superstitious .temfoolery through out tbe world? What is the purpose? The nraver In itself cannot be crit icized, nor would ao so. but witn us context there Is much to be criticized. That it is superstitious cannot be de nied. The repetition bf the word "nine is sufficient to tfve that, for the number nine has ' guwaya been con nected with superstitious things, and the Idea that one r will be blessed or cursed through the mere sending or negleoting tbe sending of a few words is foolish. I for bhe, intend to neg lect sending, intend to brave the dire disaster. Could people hut realise that they are helping to combine wnat should be sacred, with heathen fear, they might not send such foolish things. But no: either so foolish as to ac cept it on its face: value or too fear ful not to send It. they hem spread it. The closing sentence Is, "Don't break the chain." My advice 'is "Break the nh,1n.H Tl r. tt aart vnu rate) e tn, a heathen follower. And the sender Is afraid to sign his name, but passes it on anony mously. MINNIE JOHNSON. Casb Registlfr Patriots. Reedville Or., Jail.- 81. To the Edl-. tor of The Journal-Tour recent edi torial entitled: "Cash Register Pa triots" was timely and 'true. We are asked to go to waf with Mexico, hot because of American lives being loot but because Amertdan propertxvthere does not at present roll out enough wealth to suit the already fattened American millionaires interested in Mexican mines. What do these "cash register patriots' oare for the lives war would demand of American homes and American mothers? - Their patrlv otlsrm is a matter of dollars and cents, and the time has com when the American people will not allow themselves to be bullied into a war for the special interests that such war would benefit. Ten or twenty years ago perhaps we might have car ried the mailed fiat across the Rio Grande, but today we have a new light, a new inspiration, directing our policy with Mexico. We see in Mexican af fairs the harvest of years of misrule and wrong. The submerged Mexican Is seeking to break tbe fetters years of misrule have fastened upon him. The despotio rule of over fifty years has left nothing much' 'to commend In the character of the average Mexi can. Lack of schooils and lack of opportunity to secure land for a home have handicapped him. till now we al most begin to look upon him as a bandit who ought to be subjugated. Bet let It -be "Mexico for the Mexi cans." X am sure that In time Justice must triumph and. peace reign once again In the southern republic. ? :';. : o. FRANK. The Senate, and BIr. Branfiels. Portland,Fb.' I. To tha Editor of The Journal Suppose the president's appointment - of Mr. Brandeis Is re jected by the senate. Is he required to submit another name? Should Mr. Brandeis be rejected by the senate and a new nomination not be submitted, could President Wilson make a recess appointment to fill the vacancy?--"-- - . - A -v If so, would Mr. Brandeis be eligible to this appointment, or would the sen ate's rejection debar him from such ap pointment by the president, provide! the. vacancy continued until after the adjournment? MICHAEL OATES. - tin case the senate refuses to con firm the appointment, the president is not "required" by the constitution or aay equivalent compulsion to "submit another name. However, tbe htstorio sense of the nation, and-all presidents bave shared th)s sense, Is that there is tbe 1 highest moral compulsion upon him to keep the supreme bench fnll. Rhould- the senate reject the nominal ton of Mr. Brandeis,' the president could refrain from, action until the I recess aooointment. This Is something. end of the session, and then make a PERTINENT COMMENT SMALL CHAGK Those collapsed Seattle : churches may have been of. the ; fair-weather sort . I : t . . -e x : ; , .i Grande, because of the storm, has. cnanged its home-coxnlns week: into a bome-ataying affair. . j When lumbermen boost prices $1 and JS at the mill, it is evident that they are confident of anarinx in the country's prosperity, . . . . ; . - . . If the report that Germany faces a sauerkraot famine is veritied, epicures everywhere wlU begin to realike the horrors of war. - i It can be said' In defense of the enow blockade that It furnishes em ployment to a lot of people sorely in need of it.'- . r " . -t-- -' e . -, If you are getting discouraged, dust off your Whittier and refresh your memory about, real snowstorms) and frigid winters.. ...... -. . , m 4- '. ... - ' PollUca jmay make strange - bedfel- uui v.nicag-o is taaing no cnances and Is promisinT every visitor to the uua cuavenuons jk room to nunseiX. When Grants Pui nr tinAtnrA rm Jthat beetasugar iactory tha other city will need a let of sweetaning. thus In- urine a bia; Initial factory's output. aemand for the . - WW. An English coroner's Jury has re turned a verdict of wilful murder against the kaiser and crown prince of Germany, but like a lot of verdicts of ooroner's . Juries, nothing : Is likely to come of it. " PROTECTING AMERICAN CITIZENS From the Medford Mall Tribune. Some seventeen Americans were slain by bandit bands of Mexicans a few days ago. and loud and ' Insistent are the demsitras of predatory privilege for armed invasion of that bleeding country -and the expenditure of American-lives and American Nbilllons to avenge the death of American citizens warned away by their government, but lured thither by lust of gold. The- de facto Mexican government los no -time in punishing the perpetra tors of the massacre. The leaders' in cluding General Jose Rodriguez, were captured and executed. Troops are en deavoring to exterminate the gueriKa bands, yet the demands of the Jingoes continue. a - A few days later some six native Americans jailed' on suspicion of be ing implicated in a murder, were forci bly taken at, night from1 Jail by a gang of Georgians and hanged upon one tree, their bodies riddled with bullets. T&e victims were citizens -of the Unit ed States and under the protection of Its laws, which guarantee protection. They were nevergiven a hearing, no evidence of guilt was prouucea, out they were wastonly and cruelly mur dered by a. cowardly mob. Tet we bear no Jingo shrieks in the senate or newspapers demanding the armed invasion of Georgia and the ex pendlture of the nation's money to in sure protection of life and property for American citizens In their native land, and this despite the fact, that no ef fort is made to avenge the murder or punish the murderers. Were the Mexican bandits any worse than the Georgia lynchers? . - ' a; ' . - Some years ago a New Orleans mob broke into the Jail and murdered a dozen or more Italian citizens. Prompt reparation and punishment . of the lynchers was demanded by Italy, but rio effort was ever made to apprehend or punish the murderers. The United States said the national ' government was powerless ' to furnish foreigners protection guaranteed under the treaty because state laws had sole Jurisdic tion. Italy severed diplomatic relations for vears with, the United States in retaliation. . ; If. the de factor government of Mex ico had followed tne precedent sei oy the United States, it would have made however, which has never been done by any president in the case of a su preme court appointment, and probably never will be. All presidents have seemed to feet that the supreme eourt was something much too high to be made a bone of political Or factional contention, and when a president has not been able to get the man he wanted he has sent names In. sometimes again and again, until he has found s nominee who could be confirmed. A notable in stance 1 that resulting in the appoint ment of Justice Walts by President Grant, la the course of . which the name of Judge Williams of Oregon was among those proffered to the sen ate. In case a president cared to make an extreme eore, he would have ex actly the same constitutional power to make a recess appointment ot a su preme court ludge as if the appointee were a postmaster dr any Inconsider able ort lclal, and the senate's rejection Is no bar . to the appointment, tn recess, of any person so rejected. The Mother and the Nation. Sherwood, Or, Jan. 89. To the Edi tor of The Journal I, see in The Jour nal that several ministers as preach ing preparedness for war instead of peace on earth and good will to men. I think they need s vision like St. Paul had when he was so fulF of fight and he said bo verily thought be in hi Seal was aomg tne win ui vrou, ui after he was struck blind for three days and the Lord spoke to bim, all the fight and madness were taken out ot him. He felt then like his Lord. "I have come not to destroy but to save life." i r Dr. Morrison says mothers ought to be ashamed not to give their sons to the government, and I say a govern ment ought to be ashamed . to ask a mother to give up her sons after she has raised them to fear God and keep the commandment "Tho a" shalt not kill," and to love their enemies. Then the nation-comes and forces her to give up her sons and trains them to murder their enemies. Where is our religion? There Isn't any in the churches -or In the nation any more, and they are fast going to-destruction by disobeying . God's laws. - This is going to be the testing time for our nation.. ' Shall ws accept God and his saving power, or the devil with his Implements of destruction t Ws aM love and honor a nation that takes care of the people, but to ask a mother to give up her sons to be , slaughtered like wild beasts or sent home torn and mangled that the rich .may grow richer and the poor poorer for it, is the poor and the helpless that bare to suffer we will have none of this. p - MRS... REISER. : :'-.'- . Housebuilding. r '' .v Portland. Feb. . j To ths? EdHor" of The journal. This present winter sea son, almost- unparalleled in Oregon, ought to be a lesson for future house bullders. The ihouees of past years bsve been and are nothing but shells, because our climate Is a mild one so considered.", But even : so, they should nave been -built more substantial; so as to ' exclude dampness as well : as cold weather. - A trifle more expense ts the cheapest In the end. because It I does not take so much fuel to keep AND NEWS IN BRIEF ORKGON SIDELIGHTS -vTh whist tournament that has torn Z0 Grants Pass people from their rire sides once a week for the past winter will come to a close next Tuesday eve ning when tbe final gam of the ser ies will be played. A banquet will fol low the close of the series. - . The Sumpter American Is published where it really snows. Judging by this observation in ita editorial columns. W begin to realise tbe enormous weight of four feet of solid packed snow when, we see the roofs of build ings falling In." m-"-''''. ' The Salem Statesman's perplexity ts thus expressed: "The weather man ex plains tnat It Is the low or the high .r the Jack or the game or something up In Alaska that will not let our south wind get warm, as has been its Im memorial custom. , Drat that Alaska impediment!" - - , - - . - These are busy days at Laprne, The Intermountaln says: "The creamery is still Plunging forward toward an early completion, every member is working In harmony with the other members, and all are enthuslastle. A crew of men are rushing the work along so tbat ice for the creamery can be cut and stored."- . . .. i, '-."i:.:' e ' . . v v ."v One result of clvlo pride.-' reported ln- Medford Mail-Tribune: "Th dtv council chamber has been cleaneL re painted and otherwise Innovated. It presents a decidedly improved appear ance.' - This week the offices of the city recorder and city treasurer will be touched no with brush and kalso- mine and made cleaner and more sani tary." -. ' ., . .-. . . . no effort to punish the murderous ban dits, but passed tbe buck to the state of Chihuahua. ; Is not bleeding Mexico doing more than the United States to protect tbe uvea of foreigners? In the (Colorado mine strike, : com. pany-employed guards wantonly shot Into and burned the strikers camp at Ludlow, slaying women and .children. Similar scenes nave been enacted in all of our great industrial disturbances. Less than a month ago private guards shot into a mob. of strikers, killing tbree and wounding 25 at Toungstown. Ohio. The lives of American citizens are the- cheapest thing about a labor dispute, yet no punishment' Is visited upon tbe privately-employed murder ers though the victims are ruthlessly prosecuted. - In Colorado an entire union was in dicted, ostensibly for the .murder of a guard, really for the crime of organiz ing.. A union official, who was not near the scene of the murder, was ac tually convicted of murder because be was a strike leader. But there is no effort to avenge the loss of American lives when they are taken by the tm ployers. . 1 1 W UV(BU UHJWI IMU1UU1. massacring the foreign exploiters of their country, committing any greater crime than the wealthy exploiters ot the United States in shooting down their workmen? Are not the lives and rights of Arner lean citizens as sacred on this side of the Mexican border as on tbe other and an equally- good cause for armed intervention? -.e e Statistics prove that there are more American citizens lynched every year In the United States than have been killed In Mexico in the three years since the' revolution began. Would it not be wise to Insure safety to Amer ican citizens In the United States, be fore we go to war to secure their safe ty In foreign lands? The jingoes say that it makes their "blood boll" to hear of an American citizen killed by bandits in a revolu tlon-torn foreign land, but there is not even a flutter of their hearts when American citizens are ruthlessly mas sacred In the United States. Such are the sentiments of our pluto cratic patriots seeking war for self Is n profit. them warm and dry. A solid wall is cooler In the summer and warmer 'in the winter, Every house ' should be sheathed and heavy paper used before applying the outside finish, and around tbe casings should be made so as to exclude the cold and damp air. A well built house means about half the fuel used. About two-thirds of the dwellings ' la Oregon are nothing but shells and barns and other out buildings are on the same plan. warm barn means better and fatter stock with less feed. OSBORNE TATES. Criticising . Dr, Boyd. Portland. Jan, al. To the Editor ef The Journal "The writer, a stranger in your -city, r took occasion recently to hear Dr. Boyd, whom he had beard re ferred to as "Portland's most learned man. In his discourse, which was relative to The Effect of War on the Character of Nations and Men" X was "surprised as well as amused at the loose and indiscriminate use made by the learned gentlemen of the pro noun wi" "W" were in the con tempt of the world, and Justly so, be cause - we". manufactured and sold munitions of war to the fighting na tions. "We" sent over a peace ship to stop the war, and to cap the cli max, "we" were sending notes of pro test against atrocities committed against a few of our citizens. ' Verily it would seem the ' very learned doctor has yet to learn tbe rudiments of loglq and argumentation. - VISITOR. An Old Book's Vsiae. Portland. Feb.. 1. To the Editor Ot The Journal X have a book of la Junctions by Henry VIII, King ef England.- ' written by Southwell In mi. Has It any value? ; Please answer la The Journal. A SUBSCRIBER. Only those who specialise in tha very narrowN field of literary antiques can answer 'such questions. vThe In quirer might do. well to writs to "Bren tano, New- Tork City," and should also copy the title page of his old volume in full for the information ef the person addressed. 1 ry v.-'-v Joss by Way.of Snggestlon, Portland, Fab. -To the Editor of The Journal. I notice by the press that the Ad club members criticise Commissioner Daly for not drying up our streets, i ' . '. Would it not be well for the Ad club to ns the tans they carried -in their parade to dry the streets as the bar bers do our faces after a shave? - - -,- -. , '. ' - .. . E. WD- PAUL. ConseqnencjM of Jones r- Removal. From tbe Woodburn Independent. Tbs removal of W. Al Jones as sec retary ot the state fair board was so raw that even the Morning Oregonlan, hitherto a great admirer of Governor Withy combe, was shocked and adverse ly critiesed the executive. A good poll tiolan would not play such-politics. . It simply means one - term for Withy, combe, who is liable to drag State Treasurer Kay down with him. . - v PfOncQOvsr JUNE 1T1ULLAN ORDWAT write poetry and brings sprays of nouy -at Christmas time to news paper reporters. "' - T And once in summer she brought a certain reporter a bouquet f dear old-fashioned flowers from her garden. ff And she i sends presents to re porters' babies. and nice things to their wives when the babies come. t f And I know about it. because I .was one of those re porters. ; and " Dean Collins . was s another, and he tells me everything. ejAnd Mra. Ordway feeds the bird. and does a lot of things like that. JAnd she -moved not long ago to the Hammersley Court apartments - from 109 Crosby street where tbe flower garden is. --and where she lived 59 years. er Before that from the time' she was a baby until she was married she -lived with her parents Just across the street. ai So you see she was pretty- well known in thatr neighborhood. aj And that's over on the east side. J And Hammersley Court Is at Twelfth and Main on the Vest side. And for quite a while after she moved her friends didn't find her. 7 But they all know where she lives now, - V And the Salvation Army. ' and the Volunteers f America, and the Missionary Girls. -and all the others come to see her Just as they did on Crosby street. - JAnd the birds have found her tOO. :N . ' . J She was afraid the v wouldn't but they have. st And over on Crosby street there used to be a robin -who came every winter to get his crumbs and suet. JAnd ' Mrs. Ordway knew- It was the same roblu. ; because : he had a white feather. .to his; right wing. . ajAnd day before - yesterday when she was - feeding the birds up at Hammersley Court there were sev eral robins. " JAnd one of them was bolder thin the rest. ... - ; . ... VAnd he came right up close sal put his head one side and looked at Mrs. Ordway.- - nrt half lifted tile vln'r ai If In greeting. ' : J And Mrs. Ordway saw a white feather In his right wing. JAnd she. thinks ' he's her old friend from the old : home. - v And she was very glad to . see him. . y JAnd of course X don't know. .- nd I know it's Wrong to bet. and Mrs. . Ordway won't approve Of it. . - - ; - an I hate to take chances. and - can't afford to but . - jl bisri; i m willing to bet our dog Pup good dog that h Isn't against Carl Belter's studebaker no matter what alia it that it's -tha same Wise, old robin from" Crosby street. - ' Kfflcieucy. ; Tha-sndw, tha.snow.7" , The beautiful snow; It lay on the roofs , And the street below. Borne men climbed up, And shoveled .off it; Down on the sidewalk That snow lit, Some men came along And shoveled it out Out on the pavement, . J With shovels stout. Then more men shoveled j: It out on tbe track; And other men came : And sho-eled it back. And other men came Dot I bate to shirk; This tale is too long I must do some work. Virgil Sorrow. Virgil Vumm is sad these days. - "I certainly regret te closing of the. Multnomah hotel, said ne. "X did the best 1 could to. help out; X got nearly, all my matches there." t Seasonable Stuff. : - ' Taemeve alcohol, Xdqald freesest Vote Oregon dry, ; aae eeaghs and sasese. "Tbe Rosen aty. 9&m the Clty.IHrectory. . . - T 1 Rosenrart." Rosen arreen. Rosen han. Rosen holm. -Rosenkilde. Roaenkrans. -Rosenqult . RoaenstelL Roaenatrom. RosenstahL Rosentreter. Bosensa. - Rosenberg. Rosen berry, .Rosenblatt. Hose n bloom. Rosenblum. Rpeencrans. ROsencrants. Rosendale. . Rosendorf f. Rosener. Rosenfeld. Please Page Captain Macjran. Sir; Does a stern voice necessarily mean a voice from the rear? . - -. Angsbus. Uncle Jeff Snow Says: I told a woman she waa pretty ye, terday and ahe blushed so nice that b'goah she really was. I always bate to own that fa wrong about anything. Stbri2cr o7 V.-; Ijeare -It to Jim, Tile train on the North Bank road had stopped on account of the snow -day- before yesterday and mjx Irlen hustler with wooden shovel in hand stepped in to warm himself. "la there as much snow on the track on this side as the O-W. R. St. N. sid?" Inquired' a traveler, impatient at the delay. "There is not, sur." said the bustler,-; "Ye see, it Is this way. Ouli Jim HfH is a foxy gent, lie built this road wld so many tunnels Int'lit that there is mighty little snow on the tracks, and tunnels beat snow sheds for keeping enow aff of the tracx. they do, and the maintenance cost is less, d'ye seer "Ah. yes." said the traveler. "Jim.. IUU for railroading." e . e ..... . V - Justice Still " Reini. A WAG -perpetrated this, apropos ot the present cold weather! it rains and freeare. sjyurs ni hwt. And lf come to u t&st'tije bole wr' i - ' kaows. , for ya a rose ia ttsrtlstid fro?. He was executed at lasris. - . :.. . r