Friday Even!
Pae Four
THE EUGENE GUARD1
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THE EUGENE GUARD
An Independent afternoon newspaper published dally except 8unday.
PAUL n. KELTY, Editor EUGENE 8. KELTY, Business Manager
Offices 1037-1041 Willamette Street
Telephone 1200
The Eugene Guard Is a member of tha Associated Press. The
Associated J'ress Is exclusively entitled to the use for publica
tion of all news dlspa'.cbua credited to It or not otherwise cred
ited In this paper and alno the local news published herein. AJ1
rights of publication of special dispatches herein are also reserved.
The Eugene Guard is a member of the Audit Bureau of Circulations.
1 I1IKAV, J1AY 8.
Crime News and Other.
ASURVKY him been nmde by the school of finance
and commerce in the University of Pennsylvania
of newsnaner news. It covers editions of eight repre-
rcnntniivn uovvsnnnnrs from 1911 to 1915 ami from
October. 19:14. to Felirnarv, 192'j. It shows an average
front-page upacc allotment as follows:
News of politics and government
Foreign news
business news .......
News of the arts and sciences - -
Society news - -
Peliffions news " -------
Sports news - -
Accident news in which (hero is no
element of crime .......
Crime and criminal court news - -Obituaries
- - - ------
Per Cent
- ::8.r
- 32.5
- 14.5
300
This. nhowiiiK seems to dispose of the oft-repeated
charrro that newspapers uivc a larger proportion of front
page prominence to crime news limn to news of all other
classes. Tho charco does not island up.
There continues much discussion in tho press of the
country on tho subject of crime news and tho .pistihability
of its publication. JOxperiments have recently been made
by soino newspapers in lira complete withholding of crime
news and by others in its departmentization on an in
side page, much as market or sporting news is generally
handled. One newspaper has taken a vole of its read
ers as to whether they want erimo news printed or
withheld and has found they want it printed. This
test, in tho view of the Christian Science Monitor, which
is at the forefront of the agitation for complete sup
pression of crime news, proves nothing. Says the
Monitor:
The appetite for sensationalism, like tho appetite for drugs,
arrows with what It feeds upon. A fortnight of enforced
abstlncnco d'oes not heal tho addict In either case. Hut the
moral responsibility rests upon the editor, whatever may be
the expressed opinion of such of his readers as may join in a
verdict of this character. If he can not determine for himself
whother It la the purl of dignified, helpful, clean journalism to
spread before tho world day by dny tho disgusting or depraving
details of crime and scandal, he cannot nhsolvo himself from
responsibility by taking a plebiscite among his readers on a
question of pure morals.
t has often been said that anything can be proved by
the Bible. Tho Nashvillo Tennessoean endeavors to
justify the publication of crime news by that authority
when it remarks: '
Had aln and crime been left out of tho nihle, had' the de
fects of those who In the Hebrew mind served Ood'a hlKhcr
purposes been eliminated, It would not havo bocoino and It
would not bo the universal standard of moral teaching and
-religious conviction that It Is. It is Impossible to set up
human standard of righteousness except upon the conviction of
sin. None could be nioro Inconsistent than ho who, preaching
from tho Illlile, nevertheless pleads for a newspaper mirror of
the evory-day life of today that reflects nothing but the good;
reflects none of the stark and ghastly cnnseriuences of crime,
the serious, offenses against tho fuurt'aniontal moral laws of
humanity.
Many newspapers parly lo (.ho discussion contend
that publication of erimo news is necessary as a deter
rent (o crime. There is some fuvce to (hat contention,
but The Guard will not pretend that it believes the
principal actuating motive of newspapers generally in
the publication of crime news is to tleter crime. Their
principal motive is to supply an undoubted -demand for
a complete- setting out of the high lights of what is
going on in tho world each day, good and bail. The
newspaper which ignored erimo news would not be ful
filling its duty to its readers, which, is to give them
tho information that they seek. To say that is by no
means a defense of sensational newspapers which over
exploit erimo news. They are in a class apart.
Following his annual custom at nbout this season
of tho year, tho editor of tho Cottage Grove Sentinel
prints a front-page story about the biggest -hen's-egg
on record. Of course it was laid in tho Cottage Grove
(ector. Its circumference (he long way round was 101
inches. A black Minorca hen owned' 1 Airs, Uoboi-i
prancraco to Honolulu." The report
which followed began as fallows:
Tbt Japanese government it in
excellent punitiou to obtain first
baud infunuati'-n relative to the
cruise of the American fleet to
Hoaolulu and certain aspects of
tiie liuwaiian war-game. A Japa
nese naval tanker hovered on the
flank of tbe blue fleet all the way
across tbe l'acific from Han
Francisco to Honolulu, mantled
by officers of the Jupuurne navy
and carrying reservists for train
ing purpose.
Japanese observers in civilian
garb also have becu in Ualtu
gathering all !-:itu possible rela
tive to the canipjign just conclud
ed between tliu blues and blacks,
for tbo information of Tokio.
'J bis is rather foaitiu! stuff for the
first page of a New York daily which
is as honorary pracefui toward Japau
as is the Tjmeii. Me are left with two
conclusions: (1) Japanese tankers .it
Mi proceeding in the aamo direction
Willi an Ainericau fleet should pro
ceed promptly in the opposite direc
tion. '2) "Japaueie obiervers in civi
lian garb," of whom there happen to
be soup! J Jiualu in the Hawaiian is
lamia, should ceate to exist on the eve
of war-games.
Winning Both Ways.
tSpriuafielri Union)
An rnterpnioiig bootl-ggcr, runuing
a padlock factory as a side line, ought
to find himself on the road to wear.ii
in less thun no time,
a
Remember Them?
Sprniglii-ld ltrptiblican)
Tiie oii case is not tiie first occas
ion on waich the names of Hjyea and
beeler have been associated
American history.
The Difference
(Ohio ritate Journal)
Another tiling tnat stands in tbe
way ot tiie perfect equality of tbe
srxes is that when a man buys a new
bat be always tries lo get one just
exactly like tiie o.d one.
Old Stulf.
(Cleveland I'luiu Healer)
There is a complaint from tile
treasury department that the dollar
bill does not lost as loug as it for
merly did. The rest of us beat tue
dfp.iH incut to thut observation.
Prosperity Suggestion.
(Kvansville, Ind. Lour.er and Journal)
l'rtducers waiting for prices to go
up and consumers waitiug for prices
to go down ought to get together ami
compromise.
Ought to Be Over Here.
'The Uregonian)
A Caokuian not an American,
mind you is appealing from paying
inceme tax on his bootlegging profit..
Being under Drltisb law. h cauuot
get sway with it.
Jolly Well Out of It
Oregon Briefs f
The It prortjer, weekly newspniier
puUlifhed tor many yeiiri At Kigin by
Mrs. J. II. Cummiiii, lias bceti no Id to
J, y. Write lit of J.ivingstuo, Muut.
The Mount Iloml nntionul forest hag
been opened fur k rusting and permit,
have hi en inhiiod for 7U1! heiid of rut-
tie. At HiIh time lust yenr U" head
bud entered t lie forum.
V. Ij. Dutton, as intent supervisor
of the Whitman imtioniil forest, with
hetwhimirtPi'H at linker, Iwh been p To
rn oti'd to the office of miperviaor of
the Malheur forest at .lohu Iuj
About $000,000 in stork bus been
uburribed or pledged for the proposed
fCiO.OOO linen mill to be erected in
or hear Hulfm. When completed the
mill wilt employ approximately l!o0
men.
Union county during H-3 will
spend 100.000 on new construction
nir'i mnintenttnee of the county ronds.
Tbe greater portion will be for new
conhtriK-tiou. ,
At nn election in T'lgiti Inst week
the vote on bonding (lie v'ty for a bet
ter wnter nystm reunited in, a ma
jority for the boudt of nlmoRt three
to one. Only 17li voters turned out.
Tho Pelican liny Lumber oimpimy
has piirelusi'tl two miles of stepl from
the Sntpern I'adfir company, which
will be uad in railway roiiMiurliun
at the r.uup nl'ove Kirkwyod.
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BAH Jove
T i TfaTVWSiA L0HQ
MILITARISTS SEE YELLOW AGAIN
Japanese Maneuvers to Follow Our Own Regarded as Manifestation
Of Peril by Jinaoes
Ky fTIAItLKH P. STKWART
(XEA Service Writer)
yASIIlNUTOX, May 8. Militar
ists, who abound here, are all ex
cited over reports that Japan's reply
to the lotted Mates Hawaiian naval
maneuvers is to be a set of maneuv
ers of her own, to show how easily
she could beat such a fleet as this
country's of course in Far Eastern
waters.
It isn't likely the Japanese think
they could defeat America anywhere
In tho vicinity of the .utters home
shores. Possibly they don't think
they can defeat her at all. That idea
may be merely a complex some people
havo got. 1
Tbo expected Japanese maneuvers
are said to bv scheduled for Mav 27.
This make.H the W'astiinutou niilitnr
iMH' complex worHR, May '27 in the
amuvcrrmry of the flattie of Tsushi
ma, in which Japan's fleet destroyed
KuM-ia's, just "0 years ngo.-
An apt reminder, say the mili
tarists, "of the great sea fitchters tbe
Japanese are and how necessary it is
to be ready for them.
With all due respect for Japan's
courage and not disputing nhe can
ui k any fleet in Ihetatp of disro
pnir Russia's was in, the truth is that
the Japane.se are known among sen
faring men ns poor shipbuilders, bad
saitora and perfectly impossible bands
in an engine room.
builders they wanted another boat but
would like to examine the plnns first,
with a view to possible modifications.
Tbe builders, suspecting tbe Japan
ese of intending to do their own build
ing from the Kngl.sk plans, made cer
tain subtle changes before handing
them over.
Sure enough, the new vessel was a
Japanese product. Launrhing day ar
rived. The ship slid down the ways,
hit tbe wnter and instantly turned
bottom side up.
Later hhe was induced (o assume a
more dignified attitude, but it took
Knglish experts to persuade her to do
it.
Almost alt foreign airplane instruct
ors who have tried to traiu Japanese
aviators testify to the impossibility
of developing them into frst-class fly
ng men.
They have courage and ample in
telligence to learn all moves to be
made, but practically without excep
tion they lack the instinct of gentle-
ncss with machinery
cl, it misbehaves.
"I'l-ucily" treat-
Japan beat China in ISO.". It looked
wonderful but now we know there
were few civilized countries even
little ones that couldn't have done it.
She beat Itttfcnia on paper but Imd
to accept the best terms the could
jtet, because in n few more months
sbc herself would have been beaten.
She took Kiao t.'hau from the tier
mans but the latter were outnumbered
ltHK.1 to 1.
25 Years Afjo
(I'rom The (iuiir.1 May S. V.tOO)
Tim N.iKinnw sawmill owned by the
H,l ., , . i . ' I I ,oo 1 1 iy i.iimnrr rvMiilNiny r-,
fllosby wns tho nuthor ot its ln-oilm-titm. o iloosn'l !t.. stun m. in eiaiu or t.u .1.0. ti
any so, but tlio fulsonicm'ss of his doscription lrmls usi W""1"'" "miii i now cnuing nai.
to BUBpcct that tlm bentmol editor had, just before lie
wroto his Btory, enten Hint identienl Vuperep.i; for
brenkfnst.
Alma Culles, dauRliter of tiie president of Mexico,
is fourteen. Her fntlier sent lier to this fount rv to be
cduented, iripnrntory to n Inter eourse in medicine.
Now Senoritii ('iiIIch deduces in nn interview Hint she
luia about decided to become a movie netrcMH instead of
a doctor. What will papa wiyt
mm feel of ties daily. Tliey expeel to
at I.VI.lltKI feet In a few days. Ma-j-.r
t'orest is now rolling into the
M,Keimie riw-r several iiiillon feet
of s.wliiKS for (lis H iotll-K'-lly lo.ll
st (!oburC.
t'onlraelor Aretii. Mason of the
.Mohawk brunch of the S. 1'. It. H.
s he will lie the s'Sde all coin
pb ted bv June In.
A railroad
road conmnnv misled this mil ice m n ,r l..
crossing: "We'll concede that you won the race if voti'll
let the train by first," One can hanllv imagine au'auto
niobilist, nl'ter having rend this, participating in n tie
sprint with the locomotive to (he crossing.
Lot the Portland baseball fans whose home' team
can't play ball eoiuo on up to Kugene if thev want to
Beo soino snappy work on the diamond. Tho Twilight
league ia about to get into action.
Th t'orvslhs tiujetlo
eekiy liow.
M'nil-
, The now thoator is opou nml RoinK, Xoxt comes
tho new hotel, Attur Hint mayho it will ho n hie: imv
ro itidiiKtrv or two. 1
The unring nhowrm are plentifully
ftprinklrd in between the bright bit
( miiuhiue.
A. .1. tittlette ta atain on duty an
dsy operator at (be S. V. depot after
a vacation of several weekt.
"tifortutiately lb quettlon of
county fair doe not frem to b igi
tated by the people, Thin is not ns it
hou'd be. Tim (piention would b
talked more and tnor until a county
fair orKHtttsatioti in effected.
J. W. Hhunmtt the WaltervilU
merchant and poitmatter, latin town
today.
The dasMc example of J a 11,111 s shin-
huilding is I but of oue of lu-r nn k
ULtHUJ-ton passenger linerf, well
known 011 tho Taeifie and atitl in
sei vire with the Lord unly knows j vincible.
what Wright uf concrete and pig iron) Hut usk them, 1
in her hold, to keep her keel umloi--; showinK they belie-
neat 11 lier.
This era ft 'a rtistrr ship, which pre
erdetl her, wan buLU. in Kngland. Mer
.litpmh-te owin-H tried her uiu satis
factorily. Then they told tho fc.ug.isb
To henr the Waiiinston militarist!
preachinp "preparedness," you'd think
they considered Japau well-nizh in-
cxpertit, what
."bed make
ngaintst a firM-rlass fichtitiic power,
and their answer is that nobody knows
jhe mipht iierform pretty e.uMlitatly
or Ut might crumple at the first iin
pact.
J-V, I
Genuine
Orange Slossominq
from, an OldJashionifadingWy
Tha people of the world may need
dieting, but scarcely its "statesmen."
They already have a varied diet,
composed of the usual thing, and this
ia exactly what the dieticians say we
should all have.
If they are dyspeptic it is from
oth:r causes than food, but in the
larger principle, of course, he is cor
rect. The cauftc not merelv of war
but of most of the ills of life is fraz
zled nerves.
If you could keep the world good
nat tired you could keep it peaceful
and prosperous, but more things than
food frazzle nerves sleep for in
stance. !
Who that has seen the final decis-1
ions made in a political national con-!
vent ion can doubt that they ore made !
by ineu who arc literally non compos j
mentiH from lack of sleep?
If Ford could make the world's rul-j
ers sleep more, drink less, eat right j
and think with tbeir brains, instead
of their livers, he could reform the
world.
f Tom Sims Says-
MAX shot himself in Logansport,
Intl., because nobody loved him.
but th at didn't help any.
Former senator says he never ha-s
been in jail. Police forces don't claim
to be 100 per cent efficient.
m 1
I.ryau says he has made only about'
$."ilr0.UU0 in Florida, which sounds like j
California propaganda. :
Fieucb will try a non-stop flight ;
across the Atlantic. Is this a result j
of ll:ndenburg's election? 1
!
There being no law against it, !
Ford made 7uiM cars in one day. j
fc !
One of our big cities is getting I
rtuj.-h. A public official there was rep- i
riinaiided for taking bribe. !
Kxperts say a third sex will result ;
from women's entry into business. !
Then, men using eigaret holders will
make a fourth.
Ill Lighter Vein
i
j Hrentnno set himself up with n bo,-"
stand in lfi.'t on the site of hi prix.
j fight '"scoop."
!H belicteil tliere was a Inrge
American nud we fur Ktiropean
newspapers and fur a Ions time lie
funn nuy recall that ome time . featured chiefly the foreign hnsunce
luck in the e:irly fifties there whu I papers, Liter adding bo Wk and magi-
In New York
Ily JAMKS V.
VKW HIIK, Mny S.
' 1.
COMMENT OF THE PRESS
State Convention
Of Woodmen Held
Keep 1 11 A i0 w-ui btftiuc.
(Toprka Capital)
What doth it profit the model.; cit?
Unit medical ntue him iui reaio d thr
avenue, durutiou of Ife from alto-it
lo 4 1 year, when ( 'Iim-mo it
March suffered -IH uuirdetw, itj eusf
f msnflanghtrr. 'JH examples of "jut
tlfiable and eicuablc homlrlde'' and
Io5 deaths from motor accidt-nu?
Down to Brats Tacks.
(lloiiMton l'ost-lispatctt)
J'rof. JUynea mjs the newspapern
.11,. 1 ttln.n nig , itiut'M ciune new,
Worse thin that, however, is loc
eireutiistfinc? thit'the peupSe are con,
milling tn in-iny crimes.
AM ANY. Ore, May H. The state
(Nnvention of the Modern WwMlmeo
of America in ipimlrenmal session
hern elected the followiiiK officers:
l lotd l. Moore. Pallas, state con
jul; J. A. Wrinlit, Stlem. state c)erk;!
I Waller WorcH. of Altny. William j
i tireenheimee of Ashland. .1. W. Sim
limes e.leMiy mommg appeaml m,f of Th( ,,f...lfl . M.
mis heartline: 'Japanet on Hand actional ramp ot Mdwauke. Wis,, June
our M.inoeuveri; Yok.buw Toke?il. North Hen4 was sflectcU for the
Keeps l p Wuk III ne Kket (roW Sanj taic cinp.
ataged in London the lleeiun-Siyres
fiaht, which attracted international
attention.
There were no cables to the pa pern,
no airplanes, tn rush pictures, as in (h
I temps.-y -tithbt'lis ffibts. no enterpri--iiit
new spjpri to i-ue etrns and t
obtiin the details there v.is nothing
to d but w sit until the next boat
from London brought (he Kuglish pa
pers. Hut It so happened that there was
one enterprising youth with plenty of
forethought, lie wrin a nevfb y. sell-j
ing papers in frout of the Hotel N-.V:
York. Ht name was August Kreu-j
tnno.
It occurred to him (luit there wou'di
be n hrgi demind for complete re
sults and he made advance requests
for a large order of London papers.
Vbn the host arrived Brent am
was at the dock and "cornered the
market," lUfore the day wis over V
was selling papers fr ll each and
clesntng up.
With this money was laid the foun
dation for the firm of Hrentano. prob
ably the- largest bookselling concern
in America and the Incident was te
i called a few days go when lUentsn -s
took over a new building in New Yutk
' with a floor space of siitmre
', feet t b ue.1 entirely for tHvt,
mittup anl other pnbHcstiorts.
From the street stand. August
sines.
And he w.ia tight !
The most popular pastim ef '.h
day in the various boroughs of this
city rs the i 'harlestow n content, t'oii-l
tests are arrangei) at nciglilmrliAoiJ !
the.-itera and cash prises of consider
able proportions are p.iid to the win
ning dancers. In mine of the iheHteni
negroes and u bites ie v. iih en-li 1
other on the same nights. In other a
special night for negro dnncers is s?
aside, (he winner t inert the h st
of the white ('harlestoninr. ni-i. :
inst4tiees the negro dancer win- firt
award.
Judith Anderson, prominent te
actrrss. has a large n. It n t
unusually large h it offers rsrieatur
ists a fertile field. The other night
she met Michael t'oi srrtihtHs, u.Snn
caricaturist, and sifced him to
as moderate as p;iM wiih. h r
nse. She eiptained that beauty -st'-.
cUliits. seeing the caricatures, have
been besieging her to hae her probns
ria.oueiatru on.
Life After Death
(Ohiiuary in Hocky Mountain News) j
In l'.H.K he begun an association
that hinted prarticiilly uninterrupted
until his death when he became head
clerk of the Windsor hotel.
Little Causa for Alarm
tl-ondon Humorist)
Polite Person "I'm afraid you're
in the wrong feat, sir."
Impolite 1 Mr to -"You needn't be
afraid, so long as yo don't insist on
ha ing it."
Retort
t.Xmeric.in Legion Weekly)
Mr. "The prettiest women always
marry th biggest fools."
Mrs. "Try your flattery on some
body elfC.'
Binocular In tho Pacific.
(New York World!
tin the fitftl pa(r of the Nw Yurk 1
A THOUGHT
Speik not cut one of an
other, brethren - Ja. -TU.
We rarely repent of speakiuj
little, but often tf speaking !i
much.-- Mruj ere.
Howell's Comment
jty cJiKsrnt 11. nitwn.T,
l jKMiY I'Oltlt propoie in applr
tinantitr prtm-tioo t the oM
maxim, 'fre.1 the brute.' So he hs
hirel dieticians wholesale, to stu.it
fKHits, wi:h I he hope of teiehtng p.,
pie, h"W to eat, ami so, it keeping
them go- d natured, protn(H:ti peace
of the world.
Kord, like Urn. is likely to make
wrong formulation of a r.ght prin
ciple. Sctefttifu-slijf. he prKshly i mis
taken in this b.tsty g-nersli-stton.
Sheepmen
Airiiin it i.s timo to liar
vest tin1 wool crop.
The supplies on will
hi'ch! lire to lo fnniul at
this Miro.
Wool Sacks
Paper Fleece Twine
Shearin? Machines
Extra Shear Heads
Extra Combs and
Cutters
Hand Shears
Shepherd's Hooks
Sheep Dip
Dipping Hook3 '
Sherwin - Williams
Sheep Branding
Paint ,
QUACKENSUSH'S
160 Ninth Ave. East
1 harm-
metal next to the finger. AvarirtJ
A- . made without cuttine the tin,
inn v, i. - iiiq.
of gold, platinum overlay or jewelvJ
tyles available. Unconditional
guaranteed. Ask for particuiri
Luckey's Jewelry Store
W. W. JiKlSTOW
The 15c Skyscraper
nuiuwB uier oc saio me sign ai woolworth's. Tet Otl
pone uciunn mis sign Drougnc me money that built n,
largest building in the world. Each sale was small. T
cumulated with others, what a tremendous power they becaot!
Why not apply this principle to yourself? If yon ears W
a 1111A ..nil ...!.! 1a naln I.... It- .....
tho vision of a nickle and a dime enlarged into the Woolwimi I
Building you can see why it la profitable to sate that I
Let us helD vou maintain such a. nroemm a mi. 1
roll you as a saver; persistency will make that dollir gnt I
10 many.
'US. NATIONAL
BANK.
"She Bank of Service
EUGENEIOAN SAVINGS BANK
"Che Ban A Jor Savings
Attention Taxpayers
For Hire Trucks and Busses are rapidly de
stroying Oregon's paved highways and they don't
want to pay lor the damage they are doing.
Don't sign the petitions that are being circulated
for the purpose of defeating the law requiring them
to pay more toward repairing the damage they are
doing.
If you sign these petitions you are sin
helping the Truck and Bus Companies to get out
of paying their just proportion of the upkeep of
our roads.
OREGON STATE: ASSOCIATION OF
COUNTY JUDGES AND
COMMISSIONERS
II. L. IIASBEOUCK, Hood River,
President.
Troy Laundry
1551 Oak Street
OPEN FOR BUSINESS MONDAY,
MAY 11
4 Kinds of Service
For Better Sen-ice nnd Trices, Fhone
1068
Will Call for Laundry Saturday, May 9
ANNOUNCEMENT
Rt.ftrt.inor TVTav fMVi nnA riHfr ihn slimmer nWDtfc
the mill will close at. nnnn Saturday. The
quick service will be rendered other days of
week from 7:30 A. M. until 5.15 P. M-
TERRiLL-VQIGI PLANING MILL CO.
Dr. Geo. A. Simon
CHIROPRACTOR
Will move into hh iu-w Watitm over l'eni
store on or about Miw 11th.