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THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, SATURDAY, MAY 1, IZZO. AS IXPKPEJfDKXT KEWSPAPIK I'. S. JACK80N. . ';.. ... . . .Publfcaer onto oUun aa yos would have Ui da nu yon. ) Published every week end Sun mornms. et Th Journal Bntldinf. Broadway sod fa ill street. Portland, tireson. , ; n t iw Prxrafftca at rui. ! fo' tnmwrisidoB through ths .wauls, a second r ctaai anttn. '" "' - ' " " ' TELEPHONES Main 7179. Aatomatie All depart ranu reaenea py KOREH.N ADVlCUHBiay TT. Frniamtn Ki-ntnor l o.. w """:'"'"" , 225 Fifth Tnue. . ISrw iiiutdinc Cnk-eo. ' , . i BCBSCR ITTION BATKS ' 1 .,' earrltr.xlty and country. DAILT AND StJNDAt ' Oh w,....! I . DAXLX I tJUl . a km week...:,.. '.10 On. ni raw month..;. . . I - BT MAIL, ALL RATM P AT ABLE 1 ADVANCE One vear......S8.eu I Tnree moMOk. f J.2 .7 Mix months.. . '.. ; 4.28 I On sncmtn - DAILY f I 81'WUAI Without Sunday) I ' tOel ,. .... art on i Or year. 83 00 1.78 ,; 1.0l . .v.. - 2 I Mix months. Three months. . . 1.78 1 Three months., una month. .... 60 WEFKT.Y (En Wednesday One year.. , .tl.OO HU montlia. . ,'. . .80 WKEKLT AND BLNDAI B One yaar. . , . . ,S-0 - 'I- ' 'I- Then raUa appry only In th tVeaC ' .J. Rate to Eastern point furnished on appltea. ion. Make remitttnee.by Money Order. "Pf" Order, or Draft. If your postof fiee is not Uon-y Order IMIW, 1 t J-cent sumps will b arrepted. Make all rem -tances payable to The Journal, Portend, Ontoa, " 1 In atateamanshlp To atrikar too aooo ia 6ft to miaa the blow. Tennyson. UNGRATEFUL WHAT a real man means . to a na tion is dfscloSed in the evidence at the Caillaux trial. ' ? - And "with what ingratitude nations sometimes dismiss real men is re vealed In the treatment by Frande of r.lcmenceav. , ;j , ' fCaillauxwas deep in intrigue'aalnst France, when he was hardest pressed. If he did not actually enter Into con spiracy with the enemies of France and with defeatists in his own coun try who were ready to sacrifice France. h' helped further, their ends by spreading the belief that the cause of France was' hopeless and that peace must be accepted on a basis of defeat 'by -Germany. " What if the control of! the govern ment iq the dark days 'of Picardy,had been in the hands of a man of such principles and character? What if Cailiaux. former premier of France, had still been at the head of French f fairs Instead of ; the 1 iron-willed Clemencoau? What Would have Been the probabln result but the moral and physical collapse of France, with Ger many not vanquished but victor T Though the dire truth never passed the French censorship, there was a time when the defeatist spirit surged through France and threatening mobs stormed at the government and de manded a premature and indecisive peace. ; ;! . '. . - ,' The morale of the people was gone and the French soldier ;at the front wajjfaslng the enemy, not , with a united but a divided country behind him. It was "then that the great spirit - ajid iron will f Clemenceau towered in its leadership and held the coun ty to its responsibility and to des-tin.- ' - . ';-:iv:i,-;-Vi!' And, victory came.; And after the victory, "Clemenceau was abandoned and rejected. .. And Cailiaux, j who' escaped'a firing siuad, is free. - : The great - leaders in that gigantic struggle, mey wno nrougnt it i to a successful conclusion, are they all to be forgotten? t i f Is America- also to be ungrateful? - Will her people permit American Calllauxes to pull tiown the . service and fair repute of their great war chief? - ' '.' ! Frequent smelt runs in the Sandy would make the going for old H. C. L. rather rough THE WARNING nPHQSE who go down to the river I; in boat as well as those who go down to the sea in ships must learn that disaster. swims never deep be neath the calmest surface. The clutch ing tentacles of death snatch hungrily it the victims of recklessness.' The ex periment of inexperience,' the careless tep of the unwary, and sometlmet, the sngulfing power1 of elements over which; the 'most practiced can exert no iontrolling ; influence ' cause all too many accidents and bring all too much . sorrow. -- . -' - ' ' . . Thus, tat Oregon City, S and beneath the falls of the Willamette, two friends, trusted employes, one of the city and one of a local business house, - presumably met their death . last Thursday, primarily because - they tempted fate. Thectest:mony of the boatman is that they as-ed for two aairs of oars," the better to reach he swirling waters beneath the. falls. Fearing their lack of ability; to handle the boat. he gave them but one pair 'in order that the current might keep lhe from getting too close to danger. i Bcj-rSour later' their boat bearing ' f the marks of collision with rocks was found empty. The occupants were gone. Hiere was no word, no trace, to tell what had bofallen them, j It is the habit or the Willamette beloW the falls to' hold i the dead that have drowned there; , i i But the 1 i warning they have i left thunders louder than words. : i . Among the musical directors who submitted bids for the lummw'i band concert! Jn Portland. Commls- L.S - .: Vt,v W.j! .lu, ,.niHtlri , - record of service In giving; municipal band concerts in thia city. He ac cepted the tender of another mnsical director whose price waa higher. Aside t from the question as , to whether the , commissioner; .violated the spirit of fair dealing1 in yielding to ; the pressure exerted in favor of the! director selected, it would be uv teresttng' to know .if his action was legal, i Anywy why ask for bids at all,! if the; lowest responsible bid ia not o be accepted? . ' n:'"' ? f ? ? I i ' " ' . " - J 'J '! -THE MIlANO CONFESSION' TTllE Milano confession in NewYor l'ils. a remarkable happening. v Fdur men were under the shadow of the i electric chair. It. was but ! four hours away, vrhe rnaehine of death had already been put in readiness for the execution The four men were al ready, robed in the black garb of j the condemned. Farewells had been Bald to relatives.. The last appeal for a new trial had been argued and -denied. tThe final ' petition ; jib ri the governor jl for clemency had been rejected. ; j j Then rilano Confessed. He declared thai; he had fired the shots that killed the j subway agent, that he planned the robbery, and that, he alone was responsible for ! the murder. j He said L'sefof was Innocent, that he was left at ;the. foot of the stairs in the subway -that he . did';! not know what the gang was about to do, and that following the affair, when they tan, jie also fled and was Cap tured with them. Yet Usefof was among the four convicted, sentenced and brought within four hours of electrocution, i I M Milano In his confession said Cassidy was; drunk and that McLoughlin was a dope fiend and was led along,; be ing ! mentally too weak to resist; - The govf rnorj of New York granted a reprieve of two weeks to give time for furthef investigation of the case. Under the death penalty, the state has to be very careful. It cannot give back a life thaCit has taken away. . There are", doubtless many ' good reasons for supporting the : blind school bill which 'appears on . tre special election ballot. But one Is enough.' ' CloseT your eyes. Imagine you! will never see again. Think of what you would do for future sup port sightless and without special training.- 1 . .! :' - :. I r ALL ADONISES EVERYBODY In Chicago wants to be ,an Adonis. jMany windy city resi dents who feel that nature was a little shabby with them are, trying to re vise their physical measurements.' The corpulent j personages are dangling dumbells about in gymnasiums; they arejcavortlng on the parallel bars, and all pastries, sweets and other fatten ing jroodsare. taboo. They have in a bod!y' resolved that' fat people are 'all wrcjng, and have declared that the eyes of Chics go; following some weeks of ymnastics,.shall not again rest on portly persons.) . ; Oh the 'other hand, the leans are tired of being lean. .They, also, feel that nature fell down a bit in their construction. 3o ' they have set out to jobtaln ; some avoirdupois by addi tional exercise;, and consumption of nourishing food, v The pickle lunches are' off, declare the leans. ' . i i Reports .indicate that Chicag.o parks have become the mecca of marathon- ersi It is nothing. any more, it is said, to see, masses of leans and fats traversing the parks at unheard I .of gaits, head erect, shoulders back, and arms , swinging. New gymnasiums have sprung up, instructors have been employed,' and the daily classes have" assumed unprecedented , proportions. The papers, it Is announced, have es tablished gymnasium classes and em ployed instructors as a civic move. Tuesday, Nellie Leonard, the cham pion fatjgirl, "weighing 323 pounds, was the pride of Chicagoshe lost two pounds There are '400 other women anJ GO men attempting to emulate the performance of Nellie. v' Health authorities predict Chicago wijl soon, tie noted as the cijy of Lil lian Russells. rather than as. a stock yard center. This thing of making two blades of j grass grow: , where there was but one nerore, may De or interest to the dairyman, hut it is much more important Just now to grow a bas ket full ,of spuds where there are none, and io boycott sugar until it gets within reach of the proletarian pocketbook. ; " ' : , f A1 MUNICIPAL TONIC HEi4j girls employed in . stores and offices were given an op portunity to come w-ith their: escorts and chaperones for a "dance at Tbie A u ditorium a few evenings i ago the ! big building was crowded. The structure housed Diore whole some happiness than it ever had be fore. : i Every person who attended realized the value of the community service organization whlch with the cooperation of the city administra tion, arranged for the event. Community service is doing maoy other things of equally great valae. Not long ago It was shown that 5C75 girls and a large number of - young men had participated in various com munity service club activities. Classes In singing, dramatic art and in drill ing have attracted j large enrollmp-nt. Organized hikes have led many into the always inspiring and rejuvenatins out-of-door country ; neap Portland. Even business men have been taught bow to t'pg and to: smile. All of this, and other work in which' community serVice has so unostentatiously . but practically engaged, helps make a city more and more worth w-hile. ' And why shouldn't people cultivate' the eftmmynity spirit? Why shouldn't next deor neighbors know each other as they do in smaller communities? Why shouldn't people have a thought of how it fares with other people? Every center of large population hai Its hundreds, "Its thousands of drab lives. It has its hundreds, its; thou sands who have jio means of pleasure, whose outlook is dark and hope at low ebb. w . ,! i ' It is just as easy to throw ; a little sunshine, across the lives of such as It is to ( neglect them.'! fAncf what a compensation comes to those who do the little deeds of kindness by which sunshine Is thrown into the lives of others I : n":.V-v ; 1 j I . We protest mucnl&bout discontent. What have some i of those who; de nounce discontent idone to put jmusio Into the hearts of those who never have music,l throw; amusement and di version long the; pathway of those who never have amusement and di version,! to 6ehd social and, club life into lives long devoid of siifch things? We can kill discontent If weft try, and a first step is community service just like that which Is reaching out and inviting to Its gatherings and ac tivities ' those " to whom, such things have long been strange. ; Paper Imported into South China from the United States, according to federal commerce " reports, sells" fcJr less than .the paper produced by South "China j mills. The high ex change value of silver Is ascribed as the cause more 'than an ; ffort on jthe cart of paDer milling i Inter ests! ! in T this country ' to . destroy foreign competition, it would seem that But . at that the national paper shortage should forbla ex ports. - ; ! .' . - f NO MORE MARQUAM GULCH T'HE citv council has refused tot pur . .' chase a few! lots In any particu lar tract of land for usej as parks un less the entire site Is available I at a fair price. ; ! ' ( ' ' ' It is a correct policy in land-purchase. By refiising1 to buy a few lots at a time the city Is not placed in the position of owning! part of a park and being compelled to pay an exorbitant price for the rest. Either !! ar fair amount is paid for- the entire proper ty, or the city bjuys none.' otherwise, the municipality may secure - part at a reasonable figure and be forced to purchase the remainder at golden prices, or ' abandon the park project after expenditure of several thousand on a portion of the land. ;. Such a contingency .was faced at Marquam Gulch. After; Ipurchase. ; by the city of several lots In one site, condemnation juries placed the value of the remainder- at sky' prices. The municipality had the thoice of pay ment of unheard of prices or aban donment of the park after part was bought. ' : " ; j-,- f: Let's have nb more Marquam Gulch futility. . ! . i ., . -' UIt will take some of the public's onjey to extend the St. Johns street car line to tertninal No 4 of , the dock, com m IssiOn, but the ' public service rerjdered thereby wllli be much greater than' the cost1 In its present detached1 relation to the city from the land side the terminal is isolated. .'The traffic to and from the utility isho ild at least pay I the interest' on the lost of the extension. DOUBL1 (REPUDIATED Vh- i-v THE defeat bfT Senator Reed ini the Missouri Democratic state con vention was emphasized by the adop tion of a platform indorsing the cove nant of the League of Nations with-: but reservations which tend to Iweaken or nullify it. . : - '.V This was an even stronger repudia tion of Reed than was the refusal of the convention to send him as a dele gate to San Fririciseo. .It is probably an accurate index as td what will be the attitude of tihe party , in the elec tion. The record of Wilson ann the policies of Wild oh will be the Issue on which, the na ipnal Democracy: will take its stand, position. I ihd It trie ea will be a sound Foremost in thecampaign iwill be the construictiv e and progressive leg islation accomplished when the war turned attentir from domestic to for eign proLlems. , It was the; best leg islation the eoiintry had seen enafied ins two generations. It" was the best value the country had obtained froni a 1 congress and the White House in two. generations, i It was; the best record In two generations on which to make an appeal to the country. It was a record on which, for; the first time in history,' a president was elected by the Wtest without the sup port of the great financial states of New York and j adjoining common wealths. It was a record that caused a revolution ip American political life, and that Is' tklay ais full of point for campaign purposes as It was in 1916, because it is the purpose now of a great group in the opposing, party to reverse these great domestic poli- Jcles with resurgent reaction and re- newal of the former great partnership between big business and the White House. ' j' ; ;J ' i .' ;' ' r ' .;; ? ; :(f The Reed brand of Dem'ocrats re volted against these things when they revolted against the peace treaty, re volted a'gainst the conduct of the war and revolted against a world! so or ganized for peace that America would never, again be brought into! a war in Europe. If the Democrats! of the' country were to follow the Reed leadership their party would die and ought to die. ' If they shaven't! intelli gence enough to stand on the i Wilson record "and the Wilson ach ievements they will be, and "ought to be beaten in the election. ' i . The city government announces that three parking spaces are to be established near the city for auto mobile tourists who stop iii Port land during the summerl : It is? a worthy project. But what about parking spaces for automobile own ers of .Portland They -will not al ways be permitted to park' cars' two deep on Portland's narrow ; streets. CANDIDATES AND PLATFORMS IN ; OREGON t A Fourth CJulntette Who ; FFlre to Assist in Naming a. Presidential i ,- ! Candidate. - li; Richard W.) Montague of Portland, candidate for jdelegate at large 'to the Democratic national convention, was born at Charles City, Iowa, Febru ary 11. lo62. He was graduated from the state j university of Iowa, j and from the law department. I of the same ; institution and' was admitted to the bar in Iowa Jn 18S4. . He resided for a time in, New York city . and I c:a me to Oregon iii 1890. He . . ... "niemrx4 was a raember; or the first charter com mission' of the; city of Portland in 1901 to i 1903, and lof the subsequent com mlssion of 1909, 1911 and 1913, from which came . the present . commission charter. : He served as president of the Oregon Bar association in 1908 and : as vice i president I of the Portland Library association. ' He is the author of the Oregon Digest,; volumes 1 to 71 ; assisted in the compilation of . Lord'e Oregon Laws and is a! member of the editorial council of the) National ! Municipal Re view. : He served as' examiner' of the shipbuilding, labor adjustment board for the . Portland district during jthe war. He was i secretary of the Democratic state centralj comraittee In 1902, chair man of the city campaign committee in 1905 and 1907 and chairman of the com mittee which : conducted the primary campaign for the nomination of Wil son at the Oregon primaries of 1912. ; . Mr. Montague has no slogan " and ; no platform,' saying . that he prefers "to rest on his past record of fidelity to Democratic principles and work in their behalf rather than any future profes sion or promises. Such as-they are, the former are at least pets : the. latter are, at most, i hopes." . j ; -.. (; . . f;,. . . ; ; ;;;: ,; ;;,v A. F. -Flegel of Portland. Candidate for delegate at large to the Democratic national convention, was born St SOia Brst.-nio. reDraary , 25. 1864. He received his j common.' school education In the pub- uc . schools of Ohio f i TOP rfw, r.e i ' t h Z n,ver tv Xr , loan I u. , Zr Jf " t l i I I"; . V" I '-! V ODerator from 188t Uie telie'- The actual test, and the an i . 1 foT4 ewer, will come in May. on elecUon day. 5 .-v.' ,.1 1 to 1892 since whici, Jdate1 he halac ! taw in Portland, lie was a raemtier or the city i council 1902-5, andj "was the Democratic candidate for congress' from the Multnomah county district in 1914. Mr Flegel has heither slogan j nor platform, but- he says : "I . favor j the nomination of William G. i McAdoo for Ipresident, George Ii Chamberlain for United States senator; the . treaty of peace and League of Nations and un qualified indorsement of the administra- Thomas VVhitehorn of Corvallis. a candidate for delegate to the Demo- vmuk uauuimi i.uii veiiuoii irom me First 1 djstrict, was born in London, Eng land, February 7. 1 1859, He came to the United : States aa a young man and : to Oregon jn August, 1878. After lie-arrival here j he was employed as a fish erman along the low er Columbia lor sev eral years, as a farm hand, worked on jthe river boats and i lo je l cated permanently at Corvallis in lif83. He is . now j president of the Corvallis State bank, at Corvallis. ' I I SMrl Wbitehorn is well knpwil through4 oat the Valley and is making!, his cam paign - for election on the slogan and platform that ht has been "an 'Oregon Democrat for 4 0J year a" .. ! v j ' i 1 : t ' ' ' ' :)r i Tolan : Skiff of La Grande, candidate for delegate to the Democratic national convention from 'the Second district, was born at La Grande. December 11, 18714 He . attended - public school, and followed with technical train ing in mining, which business he followed from 1896 to 191ll" He has also beenfenf gaged irr the plumb ing a n d hardware business. He was appointed receiver of f " 1 the La Grande land - StsMsf office, June 1. 1913. ana reappointed in 1917, He still holds the position, his present term expiring JWfrl. 1S21. :, .... i .. . : - . - ;.i : , Mr Skiff has .adopted the slogan, ZLeague of Nations; board of .arbitra tion tosettle labor disputes," and in his platform he says: "I believe in i thv treaty of peace and the League of Na tions: covenant, and the nomination of those persons for r president ! and , vice president of the United Slates who have demonstrated, their ability to success fully handle the many industrial prob lemg confronting our natioa.' Oliver M.! Hickey of Portland, candi date 'for delegate to the Republican! na tional convention, was born In Paei-4 iana, June 23. JS81. He was graduated at A Ibany f collets and the Uni versi ty of Oregon law school, and was admitted to the bar in June, 1907. , He has prac ticed in Portland since that date, He was a candidate for the legislature In 1910: and for district judge in 1914. land supported Roosevelt and aided in plac ing his name oit the Oree-nn hsiini - mi y . 1 . : 'Air HI I Ifl ill tilllaaa In his platform Mr. Hickey says J "If elected I will use my, best efforts to bring about the nomination for presi dent of the United State of that per son s receiving ; the preferential rote of the Oregon Republicans." , . m . :t I L Letters From the People ; f ComnranJeaUffn. mnt , to TTm Journal for publication ia this department aboaM be written on only on aids of the (laorr, ahouM lKt exceed 800 word in length ml mmt be. aicnad by the writer, whoae mail addreaa u full must ace oca vany uw eoatnoatton. j , LIQUOR IN POSSESSION . Silverton. April 23. To. the Editor of The Journal -In an article in, i today's Journal featuring the destruction of thousands of ' quarts , of contraband liquor it Is stated that on an order from Judge Ross man two barrels of wine were not smashed, as the owner had- proved ! to the court's satisfaction that he had been in legal possession of same. . .. .. j . , ,i ji Kindly . explain through the '-columns of your paper just how it happens that a man can be in legal possession ef two barrels 'of wine and be allowed to haul lit home, when every day j we, read of the arresjt of some common! working a pint or - beer; to show his own man ? for having in- his house or 'maybe a quart of wine without any i evidence whatever that. hL had t for other than: or his family's 'consumption. I It, seems to some of us that! iustice has miscarried when . one man) is al lowed two barrels of wine in his home ana anomer .is arrested and thrown in jail for having a pint or a quart of possibly 2 per cent home-made beer in his house. : . L : R- P. ;Scott- trh prohibttfcm taw ban-aereral anfelea. pendinir npon whether the dtjr. eta to . or na tional law w considered. . A penon may hare liqnor leffmlly to his pemewicru provided be ae enred it before i(he prohibition law took , effect. Proriiion ia abo! made for- draestft) aBd- cIrrjry men to keep a i limited : rtork on hand, to be med only aa pre-eribed by law solely for me dicinal and sacramental porpotee, respectively. A man' eharsed j with riolntion or the city or tte law moat : dtoto liauor to be legally ' in hia pomewkm. t'nder the federal lawj it is up to the . government to prove the liqnor Illegally in poaemeion of the accuwd. ' If federal: offi cials find liqtior lis a man's residence jit ia p re tamed that.it ia: for family nee, and It fa not reized nnlesa it ii moonshine whiskey or unleu the officem have evidence that, it ia being given to friend or, being sold. Unnor found ' out side man's "residence, rcgardlesa of the date of ita mann facto re, ia Dleially ia his posses aion. A man's residence dote not have to be a honoa It t mvut be a permanent j place of abode, however, j The two barrele of wine re. turited by Ju4re : Boman were returned nnder the federal law. The police failed to prove-the. wine had been mad after, the law took effect. Conrt record do not show any workflis man being arrasted for having a litUo. liqnor in his home. The. records -do. show' workjng men ar rested at their homes and only a small amount of liqnor found., but this liquor was moonshine whiskey or grape wine made illegally. I None 'of this liqnor was made with the knowledge of the internal - revenue department. Neither; was the government tax per gallon paid. If liquor made in 1915 was seized, it was where, the polio had evidence that: the owner j was selling prt of his stock. The perron who bonght the .liquor was also arreted and, held, as a witness against the Dootiegger. In ;tne closing sentence yon men tion home-made ; beer. It ia unlawful "to manu facture alcoholic, beverages in this nation except for sacramental or medicinal purposes. Thisie- done under government regulations J REPROBATES DEATH PENALTY Portland. April 24. To the Editor of The Journal Genevieve Rarkhurst once snid : "No money which bears the gov ernment stamp is irredeemable;. There are no greenbacks, no bills o polluted, so soiled, so tattered that they are not redeemable. So no matter how soiled, how polluted,! how tattered he may be. no human being who bears the stamp or Bin Maker s image is j irredeemable. No man can I stoop so low, can be so vile,' can be such a criminal, that the divine Image in him Is effaced. That is inviolable, indestructible), immortal. (Unrt'n imira Mllruit h, t,mnul Aiif itT- Vi, creul Inn. snd It will ho rHMmel 1 . '.' u .i , ''. It was. fortunate that ! I ran across that paragraph just at this time. How, J71Y. 'rlcl say 95 per cent of , them agree with her, if hat Paragraph is left by itselfi The question is. how many actually do agree, undep circumstances calculated to test because no one can nossibly vote for the -rP8ed constitutional amendment to Punishment in Oregon and believe in that paragraph above. Ttie Danans m Mexico hang a man. woman or child now and then, Athrough savage instinct. Our newspapers tell aboul. it in flaring headlines, we are all worked Up about it. Yet (we are asked to vote for the same thing in our state. -What'Saj the, difference who does it that state,: or the bandits? Results are the same. Soviet .Russia has abol ished the death j penalty j yet civilized democratic Oregon would reestablish it. Are the Russians : so far ahead of! us? Are' we no farther advanced than ! the Mexican bandits. Those questions' will receive answer ' when the vote is cast on the capital punishment amendment in May. Nobody . can prove a single benefit society ever derived from the death . penalty. ' and statistics do show there are more convictions,, justice is more positive,: where capital punishment is unknown, y : : . i : Mary Bowman Morgan, Oregon State Executive American Lfeaguo for the Prevention of Le galised Crime. ' ' j ; . THE RAPACIOUS SUGAR TRUST Portland. April 24. To the Editor ot The Journal--Will someone please an swer why 'the government officials don't dig in the sugar refiners and stop this profiteering on sugar? They must have the .sleeping : sickness and tcan't be awakened. . It doesn't look right that the sugar , refiners should be allowed to rob the public in any such way. As long as this : is -carried on, , the people can't- expect anything but strikes and unrest.and higher wages asked jfor. And It will be a damper on the I fruit in dustry. f ' i p i -' -': ' Reader. . Olden Oregon ' t Story 'of the First Wagon Train of Oregon Gold Seekers. Oregon's Argonauts in 1 1849 at first made use of pack trains, but in Septem ber a wagon!. train was organized. In it were 50 wagons and IfrS men: Oxen drew the wagons, and horses ..carried the men. They went by way of Klam ath lake. The exodus thus begun was kept up as long as weather permitted and until several thousand settlers had left Oregon by land or sea.-. The second wagon train was rrom i'uget sound and but a few days behind the train from the Willamette valley. The Oregonians were just in the rear of a small party led byi ; Peter Lassen, which they over took and absorbed. This had started from Northern California, through coun try utterly unknown, to break a trail to the gold diggings. Curious Bits of Information . For the Curious ' , Gleaned iFrom, Curious Places Thomas Cooke, known as ."the Isling ton miner." who lived a life pf penury, saving and petty trickery In Islington, borough of London. Eng.. left a fortune of more than $300,000 for his heirs ito squabble over, ' Cooke roanaged to get his meals free by the old, and yet ever new trick of , falling in a pretended fit to front of a house at dinner time. - He would be carried into a house and then on making his usual quick recovery, he -I -COMMENT AND . NEWS IN i BRIEF ! - I' -i ; ' I ' - f - , i 5 - I " " -" ' - j j ; SMALL CHANGS t . - ... : Hw you seen any straw! hats today? Teat la, except: in, the shop windows T i -'i -i ' - - - ! i r . ; ' An. occasional domestic storm Is 'nec essary to clarify the matrimonial atmos- - Iii (' - I S Never judge i a man's worth by what a . woman values him at! ;in a . breach oi j promise suit. r j Kernel Pasha has set up his capital ati Angora. Now who will be the first to .get his goat?,' .i--t .' N" 1 " Portland Ia noted for its swimming beauties, and 1 no on dara call them "poor fish." either. , t No woman would ever ' a man if, it were not for! of j making it up again. ! "i ! There are lota of things quarrel with the pleasure that a man uuiu not want - nail so much if he thought there was any chance of get- ung in em. . RUSHVTOOf ' Jnrinann I. Britain, but no one here seems to be much concerned about it. because there's nothing left for him to de in America unless he takes up a stilfehunt for stills. MORB i - OR LESS, PERSOIS AL Randbm Observations About! Town ITheda Bara," who is a! guest at th Multnomah hotel, narrowly! escaped with her life Thursday when, at the request of her traveling companion; L. J. Martin, a salesman, ths notable actress probed tneK mysteries of a dark passageway on one of the upper floors of the hotel. Miss "Theda" was the center of interest of a small group in the lobby wben-Martin, knowing her venturesome spirit, defied her to enter the passageway. She had only safely entered when a sliding door of steel 4 like those of the taction picture serial, clattered down behind her to hold her prisoner. Following her rescue the passageway was explored by inter ested persons i who found at its end the only exit to be a long upright tube of heavy wire mesh. - Miss j 'Theda" had climbed the tube in the hope of escaping irom ner dungewn and found herself precipitated into a deep, black pit, which is ordinarily filled with water. Only the absence of the water saved Miss "Theda" from drowning. . ! However, she curled up her tail and landed pamleesly at the bottom. Martin released her as soon as possible. -Theda Bara" Is a mouse trained-by Martin tjo demonstrate the possibilities of a mouse trap he for merly sold and which contained the mys terious passageway, the tube and : the deep, black pit.: The trap 1 sure death to a mouse and will open again automat ically after each mouse has been sent to; its doom. Martin uses the instrument now merely to amuse nis mends and to prove that amouse may be trained. "Theda" knows jevery move to make and when she is placed ' near the trap jwlll rush .- toward heir job of demonstrating. " ' ' i-J : -v, r j ,: "From Florida to . Portland , and' all points between,l": Mr and Mrs. Li T. Snow of New Haven, Coiin.. have seen the sights. They arrived at the Imperial hotel Friday afternoon fof- a brief" visit in, me city louowing a soijourn in Cali fornia. From their home the Snows went to Florida and -have enjoyed a long trip since, visiting all the chief cities of the southern half of the nation. : ',:." !1 4 : ! ' : . ( ' ! James D. Burns, president ot Dunn Bros., a general merchandise store at Condop, arid D. M. MackyJ a Condon at torney, are registered at the Multnomah hotel while in Portland toj make further plans for the annual race meet at Con don, May 24.- r Burns is president and Macky secretary of the race association. we expect to navs jou or the priest horses in the Northwest at Condon for the race ' meet... this year," Burns clared. .-: h i -v ..;"- n - " . de The Far :Western Travelers assocta tlon will send five Boy Scouts on a jtour of the national parks of America this summer, JJ B. : Patfon, president, f an nounced. ' " Patton, a commercial . trav IMPRESSIONS AND i OBSERVATIONS I OF THE JOURNAL M$N ; - i ..; By Fred Lock ley , ""j ,i . I . i ra .rndent of world affairs.', who is! also adept In the solution of problems of ruraU life is ; f w :u r nk Tliift anthneitv turned from ia, successful career m ! ionrnalisra U' In lxindon to studies in eooutry living, and irf U I k. .nthn. nt nrirmi . bonks and innumerable newspaper and maaziae article on this subject. Th. mnrlminn of Mr. Lockley's report of the interview wiU: appear ia this apace tomorrow.! J. W. Robertson Scottv world traveler, author and distinguished Journalist and formerly editor of the New East, Toklo. Japan, is In Portland for a brier visit. Mr. Scott i has traveled extensively on the byways as Well as the highways oi the far corners of the world, particularly ii the Far East.' .He comes of Scottish ancestry, having been born on the Scot tish border in 1868. He began journalism as editor of hia school paper. W. T. Stead, seeing one of his articles, sug gested that he make journalism his life work and I offered ' him i a place on the Pall Mall I Gazette. -f. i i ".: j'.:ii':: '. '' ' ;:";:i',- -'It is a curious thing," said Mr. Scott, that the first article I ever had ,printed Was an appeal ror ; nigner laeats . in journalism. When Astor bought the Pall Mall Gasette he decided to turn it Into a Tory paper. The result was that all he got for -hi moneys was the empty shell. He couldn't buy the soul of the paper. Every writer on the paper walked out-, xne stall maae a new atari on the Westminster Gasette. It's a rather curious ! thing that Z never served an apprenticeship as a reporter. I started my newspaper career as an interviewer. graduaUng from that position to writer of ' editorial notes and subleaders. , The Westminster-: Gazette started a dally column entiUed Round the World.. It was a daily 'chronique of foreign and colonial politics. I tried to make; this column a vivid picture of -what f was happening abroad. It brought me In close touch with important men I who were doing worth while .things through out the world and gave me my taste for foreign politics, , ; yust before the Boer war, I trans ferred my activities . to the Chronicle. I sided with the Boers in one or two pamphlet and resigned my position. fDuring the Boxer rebellion in Cldna I wrote a book, which, " by the by, wa my first book,V This volume was a plea for a better understanding of China. I have now; no copy myself, but I was in terested to catch sight of its yellow cover in Dr. Morrison's library in Pdlting. You may be interes.jd to know this library was recently sold to Barbn Iwasaki, a prominent Japanese of Tokio, lor 8.150, 000. . ; ; t :- '-- v naturally.! would be . asked to share the meal. Among other beggars who left fortunes after their death was Jeremiah Monihan, upon whom, , when ; he was about to. be burled .in . St. Louis.; was found a key to a safety deposit box con taining 360,000 in perfectly good inter est bearing bonds. Another, Marshall McMurran. a ragged recluse, was found In a gtarfclng condition in his tumble down shack on the outskirts of Kvans ville, Ind. WTjen he was searched 822.000 was found in the lining of his coat and in his pockets . SlDEGHTS The Courier forecasts action by the council at Reedsport i"to pass an ordi nance forcing peIHlrs and solicitors from the outside tjo take out a license before attemepting; tq do business. : ( i i ... i,- 5 . ' ' 1 VWeartng overalls' !o reduce the h. c. of 1. would make ifcwtter times If some of the overall kidswould peel off 'heir 813- silk shirts," is what the Med ford Mail Tribune's Smudge Pot man thinks about it, .. ; T :-4.'-' '" '-I ' . i '! ;!.. - i : ' I Thrift plea in the' Aurora Observer : "If one of the Pilsvim Fathers had in vested . 8100 In government .savings stamps at the Bank of Plymouth or the postoffice, his heli today would have more than ila.OUO.lr 0. Buy one i" ; ; , 1 ) -. j ;!" . Shake stiry In ti Kugene Reglter: "There wa on exhibition in tne show window of th--Babk hardware store yes terday a rattlesnake caupht Jhe day be fore near Coburg by R- W. Veatch. Mr. Veatch caught the; reptile with his bare hands and says it. is no : trick at all. He killed 10 of the rattlers before he caught this one. It is 80 inches long and has. five rattles. Mr. Veatch says he.killed one nearly four feet long that d$." : eler, is at the Benson hotel. "The asso ciation,' he says, 'comprises 1200 trav eling men who hav an ideal. We will finance a naUon-wie tour for five boys ana a scoutmasters all selected on merit, that the boys maji be educated in the things of their ow ftountry. They will live an .put-of-doof! Ufe throughout the trip, pitching thelrj tints wherever they stop for the nlghtf and preparing their own meals." ' ' "L ? f James Donaldson of Arlington,' a sheep rancher, is stopping at the New Perkins hotel while transacting business in Port land, Donaldson 0m one who believes that If all who hVe to do with wool from the "time it; is produced on the sheep's back until, it appears as a suit of sackcloth to cover the ashes of a vie tin of the high cost of living, took no more profit than i'ihe sheepman, there w child be no such awful thing as clothes foe men at 81 00 fr,a $20 suit, i ! Fred II. Kiddle ! bf Island City) is at the Imperial. Kiddle, by the iway, is mayor of that haRpy little farming cen ter. Island City. which is a "replica of the artist's interpretation of a scene of pastoral beauty. True, . the automobile has displaced 6ome of the water troughs at which Union: county's prise horses used to drink, and; gasoline has caused to vanish some of j the huge haystacks, but Island City is Still all! there. j l - ." ' - - j.- '".. ') Miss Nellie Cornish, founder and ac tive head of the Cornish School of Music at ' Seattle, is a gvpsi at the Multnomah hotel. Miss CprniHji, Whose school bears ani enviable reputation in the musical world, started the Institution in a small way some 10. years ago, but its rapid growth now necessitates a! ne.w buildVng. A structure to house the , school is un der construction atj a cost Of $250,000; It is said, It; will accommodate 5000 pupils. Seattle capital is also building a "little theatre" for the u of Miss Cornish and hep pupils. ' -. ; j ..;- . - !; . I .-' --' 'fiH ;' " -:: -' - The Rev. "-WilllaVjb S. Gilbert Is at the Seward hotel from)ABtorla. When Gil bert gets out of 4 is pulpit on Sunday his title prompt is changes and he be comes either "mwr", or "chaplain." He was chaplain, with the rank of major, of the 162d infantry '(Third Oregon) over seas, ? ij ;.'( -''' '' J i-.:"' "'!-"' '' '' John ll. Rand.' prominent Baker at torney, is stopping 'at the Portland hotel wfcile in Portland; on nsgai business. Miss Grace Balnea, Miss Ruth Kerr. Miss Dorothea Htipper, Miss Lucy Mil ler and Richard j)lin are University' of Washington stud splits regfstere(5 at" the Multnomah hotel ' rvhlle in Portland to participate , in , an; Little theatre. i lenieriiunmeni ai , tne My Interest in thj Far East has al ways been keeni The ! first leading nicie j. ever wrote, wa an article on Korean situation. . i i I 'Si : f I f'After my retirement fnom the.news- paper field, I west to live in a ytiage ini the country to Study at first hand the problems of rural ;llfe. I believed that Great Britain wa"! paying too little at tention to what t'artvle csllml th rwn. Pie of fcn gland queaticm, particularly in tne rural district. St. Ixe Ktrachey, the able editor, of . the Spectator, had recently bought the bounty Gentleman. I wrote for him The Diary of a Journal ist Turned Countryman. For seven years I wrote a weekly article for the County Gentleman,! For 12 years, with out a break, I contributed eight pages each month to the World's i Work of London. As my exUdes discussed rural sociology, and .were not rhapsodies on beautiful sunsets and dickey birds, their acceptance for a long period was an encouraging indication of, the! degree- to which the general public i cari be inter ested in rural problems if they are made interesting. s . i - : y 3 : " f'Being interested In livestock you understand how feieen my lnterestrs in the attempt beintf made here in Oregon to introduce muctj, goats, j As ycfu know, the goat is : praiHlcaily lmmiAie from tuberculosis, and--tfiernilk, haing more butterf at than .cow's milk, nakes an ideal food for children. But beware of putting your faitlj In any teiherlng ap paratus for goats There aUvays comes a; day when a goat breaker loose and then, .woe to your fruit trefesi The best way to keen thri eoata i In a email paddock -In whh' you caVi j feed' them waste. Then yot get a VaViable lot of manure and have safety. forVyour trees. My goat book had one preface by II Rider Haggard, the novelist, and another by the Duchess ofi Hamilton, : who wrote tfcat she had brought up ; her children on goat s milk. J "The rest of mj rural books deal with all sorts of subjects, from suear beet cultivation to poultry. ' i"A Free Farmer in. A Free State" rieals with the agrlcul- tnre or Mouaneu. i My -Land Problem was a pre-war attempt to consider rural questions in England from a non party standpoint, Ihave taken a great isterest in rural housing, and on of my books on country cottage la in a fourth edition, I wrote most of the articles which are to be found in a publication issued' under the, auspices of the Spec tator, which led -to the holding of the first cheap cottage exhibition at Garden City, .near London.; Uncle JeU'Unc bnow Says: Two-bit sugar!! tnake more Non-Par. tisans'n all the i&eformed North DaHoty farmers you could 'pack in a freight car and send out ovscr the state te wave tax receipts and warn us agin the awful doin s in that benighted t state. I have heerd gooa chur-Tt member women flap their hands when a man cussed the poll ticians and the Sugar trust in ungodly and blasphemius language. If seemed to be their sentiments, even .if not jist eggzackly their words. The- Oregon Country Northwest Happenings In Rrief Form for the fi Busy Reader. , ! OREGON "' Several emnlovea or ths it,. nirrT at Salem have been granted nuUry increases.-;.., i- The name of Wlliam G. Foafer. to he, postmaster at TUIamook, has been svnt to the senate. i John W. Toddl mir7lrlnt.r.,lnr r.t n. lem public sohool.s, ha been eiectet president of the alem Rotary club. Attorney General Brown hns rlvn an opinion that there is no law In Oreeon to prevent a mart or Woman from wo ik ing on Sunday. Superintendent J. A n,nrvi!i k., , turned from a tour In Eastern Oregon . in the interest of the educatianal lns-tl- lution measures. A mass meetitlD- at Tnledn Viaa In. dorsad the 4 per cent road bonillnir measure, and unanimously, approved tht education taxi bills. District Attornev Leedv of Ornnt County has conferred with Altornwv General Brown on a system of nuirket roaas tor tnit county. Wilson R Blaln. 72 vears ld. and a member Of one of Oreiron' enrliest nii- neer families, is: dead at Dayton. Ohio, accorning to news just received by a brother at Albany. Lieutenant Fred .Cool, who was Ra tioned In Siberia; ha arrived- In Sulein. It was his duty to - move the lt evac uation train oiit of Siberia. His home is at Council, Idaho. Registration In Douela county totals 8888. of which' 56S8 registered ati Repub licans and 257S as Democrats. The total registration for !the November election is expected to exceed 12.DU0. A sturireon So1 larae that it reoulred the united efforts of three men to Ket It out of the water has been caught noar ureaoft f uy. A rnovle camera man was fortunately hear iat hand to register the event, r i Asred persons 'who were unable to visit Marion county-prune districts lait Sunday to see the great hloMuom hIiow wiii lie ihsqii out lonnirrow SR suewrw ul the Salem Coinrhe-rcial club; in automo biles loaned for the occasion. ' In tli suit st Astoria cf Mrs. Julia A. Morrison of Portland ngaihut K. A. t'oe, t-j recover $1191 damase to her automo bile in a Columbia highway colXiKlun, a verdict ha been given for the de fendant. ; Lee Hollenbeck. sired 20. and Frank Lewis, aged 22, were drowned In C.'o qullle river while load)g milk on a uoai, 1 rtouenDOCK stuintuea aiia ion. Lewis plunged to the i rescue, and both, were lost. Among the good fishinr stories of the early season It the exploit of Mrs. Tatil Praeger of Park Place, below Orepon City, who has angled out of the Willam ette salmon , weighing respectively 20, ana Z9 pounds. The demurrage case, lnvolvlnir 32S.f00. brought by the Standard Lumber Ac Hox company of Scofleld, W'ahliirton coun--ty, has been heard by the public eervicn commission, both part'es having utrrceil1 to refer it to mat body ror arbitration. The Seufcrt cannery, near The Dalles, states 'that, owinir to tlws extreme low- water in the Columbia, fih wheels will bs practically useieMS at the. opening or the season. Scow finning, however, will not be Interfered with. Sufficient water for wheel fishing by late June is pre dicted. . H. J. Bernard. San Francisco' whole saler, ahd C, F. Waytnlre of Sacramento, deportation aarent for the state of Cali fornia, both temporarily at Salem, are 800,000 apart In their forecasts of the pnmuries in California, nrrnnra nuyn it will be Hoover, ami Wayinlre says it will be Johnson, by loO.OOO. WASHINGTON John W. Heron, former mayor of Cathlamet, I dead at his homo in that city. - Registration In Clarke county 1m re- fiorted slow. The books were closer! late n August- Primaries are held In Sep tember. Deputy Game, Warden W, Van Anndle has filed a suit to prevent the city of Walla Walla from emptyinsr sewnpe into Mill creek, o the detriment or the riMii therein. "Russell Anderson of Spokane, 12 yearn old, ambitious to ship for 'Australia In quest of fortune, haw bn detained at Hoquiam pending-, the arrival' of rela tives who have been notified. Value to the community of the amniiil music festival stated efc-h year t 'lie halis will be the topic diMctiHwed MoikIhv af. tile luncheon of the 'ltizeiia chiii of that .city. Thin year festival will be held June 3 and 4. The city of Toppeniuh -has on on Itn petition for a second uie croxHlng ou r the Northern Pacific Iratloi.- The caae was twice lost before the 'public service commission, but was carried to tlie su perior court and won. The state 'laud 'Commissioner, has an nounced reversal of a decision concern ing sale of cascara bark on,-atate t.-mdM, which will lierearier ie aoia in tne aiinie mnriner h timber on state lands. The bark la ijofcy very: .valuable Glenn W. Lister-,, a Khell shwked vet eran or the war wiin '.ermatiy, appeal en at a Hoquiam hotel desk to re.niritcr but had forgotten his name, which, however. he was able to recall a tfw Hours later. He stated rthat on a former fx-cjialon be had wandered about for two days unabie to identify himself. , ( IDAHO At a bond election at .Boine, Jion.r.no was voted for a mechanic arts bilil'iinfj for th high school and for completion of the central portion of the high school buiKtuig. . - Boisa vallev. Holatein men are fn the market for ft-lll(0 bull with which to improve their herds. They, with -the' .leriwy owners, alao are in inn marnri for three icarloarlB of ptire-bred cattle, which, It I i aaid. they will probably buy In Oregon and Washington. Fprinff'.s Fairies By June Macmillan Ordway Tis jairlof. and each emoUoit tliriils Tlie heart so full of el". . And Utii'i! me oror msnr hills Beside brmbt lakes and era. And now taw Joymn scenes of youth. IHm weeters f the P. . Are danrirm round soy path, forsooth, In fleecy shadows cast. ' i! " Thev- lead " me on when day i new, ThronRli fleW " so brmht atxi trees; gwwl lft- iuy itliay strew. With buttercup brtn- i Spring's triglilent fslries hare beguiled. i mrt rr fair, '-aim stream. And phsriiutns lead me like a child. . And le, tne klly dream. Automobile Section of The Sun lav Journal Yields ir Clas t6 Korue. The J Jurnal's pr-okresalveriea'i In developing its- Sufflay AuUjniobJl. Section Baa reaulted in tliat iHjrtion of the Sunday paper being practical ly a "paper within a paper." devoted lo the Interests of the automotive In dustries In .the class of "ncwa" printed An this part of the paper, Th Journal! yields place to none. So called Tpublicity" Is subordinated to the idea of giving -the man Interested in autojmotive affairs the beat news' of the field in the most attractive form Editorials, spjcial feattires and columns, photographs with anap and ginger, litems gathered from liere and there, road Information utiefjualed by any other, publication in tltc Ktate, together with maps caat on a new plan showing the . condition, of the roads, and front pages carefully planned and executed by "staff art ists. . ' - r ' The Journal has brought the Auto mobile Section to Its present ierf-e-tion i through a close mudy of the needs of tth the readers and the men identified with "the industry. Tho iwpularity accorded ' thi part of the Sunday paper is a result nobly of the care taken in Ha preparation. ii 0
