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THE MORNING OREGONIAN, WEDNESDAY, JULY 3, 1912. 10 PORTLAND. OREGON. Entered at Portland. Oregon. Postotflca knkii invariably Is Advance. CBT MAIL.) DallT. Sunday Included, ona year...... 18.00 uaiiy, bunaay wciunm, " Dally. Sunday Included, three montM... Dally. Sunday Included, ona montn Dally, without Sunday, ona year. Dally, without 6unday. lx mnt?,i:- Dally, without Sunday, thraa months... Dally, without Sunday, ona montn... Weekly, ona year Sunday, ona year Sunday and Weekly, ona year . CBT CARRIER-) Dally. Sunday Included, ona year....... rwit. e? a infiudAd. one montn..... 2.25 .15 8.00 S.25 1.75 .00 150 2 50 1.50 a. 00 eMM" J " ' - . " m Bu.jifflii money cer. oxpreaa order or personal check on your local bank. stamps, coin .in,... at the aendei-a risk. Give poatoff loa address in I ull. iDciuain s count.? - to xo pagea, c, v . r - . 40 to 6J pagea. 4 cent. Torelsn postage. aouoia rm . ,- . . Extern BMlne.iruv ua tew zora, i i" . 8an Francisco Office R. J. BldwoU Co. Tea Maraei sirees. European Office No. S Ragent street. W".. London. PORTLAND, WEDNESDAY, JUXY . TUB CHOICK AT BALTIMORE. The nomination of Woodrow Wilson for President by the Democrats Is hnv. il else a triumph for the pro gresslves" of his party. As such it is a personal triumph for Bryan, who is accepted as the leader or me proBic dvM and through whose stanch cham pionship and skillful maneuvers the nomination of Wilson was brought about. Wilson's success is emphasized as a progressive victory by the fact that It was won not only without the aid but In the face of the open opposition of New York; not only in face of that op position, but with the frank avowal that New York opposition was pre ferred to its support. Wilson, through Bryan, has given notice tJ New York that he expects to win the Presidency w'tb. other electoral votes than those of the Empire State; that, so far as he Is concerned. New York's influence as a doubtful state, as the state having the largest electoral vote. Is dead. He looks to the new radicalism of the West to give him enough electoral votes in addition to those of the safe Democratic states to equal those of New York, if not to exceed them. If New York chooses to fall in line, well and good, but it will not receive any special consideration for so doing. No tice is served on Tammany that it Is eyed askance by the progressive De mocracy. By nominating a man whom both parties recognize as a progressive, the Democratic convention has deprived Roosevelt's third party of any excuse for coming into existence. Progres slveness, in the common acceptation of the word, is largely a question of public opinion as to a man's point of view. In that sense, Wilson Is con sidered fully as progressive on the live ' Issues of the day as Koosevelt. For that reason he can hold in line that larg& element of the Democracy which makes Bryan its idol and without win ning which Roosevelt could not hope for success. He has no such affilia tions with trusts as cast doubt on the genuineness of Roosevelt's devotion to the people. He Is as frankly out spoken in support of popular rule, di rect nominations and direct elections as Is Roosevelt. If no mention of the Initiative, referendum and recall is made in the Democratic platform, It is because Wilson, like Roosevelt, re garC; these measures as subjects for state action alone and because, the Democratic party draws a distinct di viding line between state and National Issues. We now have a clear issue between radical progressivlsm as personified in Wilson, though he. has conservative tendencies which would prevent his radicalism from verging on the revolu tlopary, and middle-of-the-road pro gressivlsm as personified in Taft. The platforms define the issues as the tariff, the degree of severity to be used in prosecuting trusts, direct nomina tions and the extent to which conser vation should guide our land policy. The speeches of the candidates add to these issues direct legislation. The platforms of the two candidates read in the light of Taft's record In office and Wilson's utterances on the stump, leave no room for a reaction ary party. If the interests do not like Taft, who has pursued and Is pur suing them as no President ever did, they must turn to Roosevelt, whom they hate and distrust and who would have some of them coddled and others sent to limbo, or to Wilson, who is frankly committed to their unrelent ing prosecution, not only civilly, but criminally. If the reactionary Demo crats should bolt Wilson, or the reac tionary Republicans should bolt Taft, where would they seek refuge to bet ter their prospects? There are but two great parties bid ding for popular support. Outside of the isms represented by Socialists and Prohibitionists, they fairly represent the two prevalent views of the polit ical questions now before the country. They so fully cover the ground that a third party would consist merely of the personal following of one man. We doubt that we have reached the point where parties are organized to follow certain leaders rather than to advance certain principles. PORTLAND'S GOOD HEALTH. Data Just compiled by the health authorities make known the signifi cant fact that Portland is the most healthful city in the world for in fants. We had suspected as much. It must likewise be true that this Is the most favorable place on earth to the health of adults. Conditions under which the tender young life of the in fant flourishes assuredly must be equally advantageous to the physical welfare of grown-ups. This newly revealed advantage must be marked up as another boon that prodigal nature has lavished upon a favored city. While something is due to Portland's perfect sanitary sys tem, it is Nature's gifts of ideal cli mate and the best of water that most contribute. Equable climate leaves no extremes of heat or cold to he fought against by 'frail lives that are strug gling for adjustment in a stern world to which they are arrived. Water that passes through vast natural filters un der huge mountains comes stripped of germ life or harmful mineral and vegetable properties. Gentle showers at not too Infrequent Intervals keep the air clear and crisp and surcharged with the maximum of life-sustaining properties even in the heart of the city. A gentle slope of the whole ter rain toward the Willamette -makes possible a perfect system of drainage. As to man's part, we have grown particular as to milk and food supply. Systems of inspection are vigorously kept up. So in the small death, rata w n TAditd with, avoidable dis eases such as typhus, pneumonia and iiu onntT-lhuta vprv little. Health is truly one of our chief assets along with prosperity. COXMEBCfr COURT TO BE PRESERVED. A backfire has been started against the agitation for abolition of the Commerce Court. Many shippers' or ganizations have asked President Taft not only to veto the bill abolishing the court, but to recommend that con. gress amend the present law by ex tendine- the court's Jurisdiction. Ai the law now stands, only a railroad ran anneal from decisions Of the in terstate Commerce Commission to the Commerce Court. The shippers ask that the court db given authority review decisions adverse to them well jlr thnsA favorable to them. The railroads ask that the court be pre served as the only tribunal to which they can appeal. Attorney-General Wickersham is drawing an amend nan omhnrivtnr th dealreS Of the shippers, who Intend to' enlist the aid of the Democrats in securing us pas sage, that its fate may not be Imper iled hv Dolltical considerations. Thus the argument, that the court Is a means by which the raiiroaas se cure the annulment of decisions by the Commission granting relief to shippers Is disproved by the act of the shippers themselves. The shippers air that the court should be menaea not ended. They see in it a means of securing instead of denying Justice to themselves. They are in accord with the Commission, which has asked the House committee to give the shipper the same right of appeal as is now possessed by the railroad. Whatever fight may ensue in Congress promises in ha over the auestlon wnetner tne Jurisdiction of the Court shall be thus extended. not over the . question whether the court shall be abolished. The attack on the Commerce court t tin stand exnoaed as the work of a few defeated II tie-ants, taken uo by some irreconcilable factionists In Con gress, who could see no good In any measure fathered by the Taft admin istration. The only excuse for an at tack on the court was Its decisions re viewing the Commission's findings of fact, wherein it exceeded its Jurisdic tion. "The defeated lltitrants lacked the patience to wait until he Supreme Court had annulled these decisions and had sharply reminded the Commerce Court of the limits of Its power. The Supreme Court has now deprived them of this excuse. The action of the ship- nera In asking that the Court not only be continued in existence, but be given enlareed sower Droves that the dis gruntled few speak only for them selves, not for shippers In general. There Is, therefore, good ground to hope that the controversy will end In victory for common sense. TRYING OCT lOO'Q WINGS. Aerial experimentation, is claiming a fearful toll in human life. The grim record of disaster Is added to weekly, if not daily. Yet stanch mankind goes unhesitatingly ahead with the perilous task of conquering the air. It Is the same spirit of brave determination that has blasted the way of ail human progress through stony barriers. The progress of the race is written in the red blood of the valiant and undaunt ed standard-bearers. Man will conquer the air fully and effectually. Few doubt this, now that tie master creature of earth has branched young wings th -t' carry him aloft. The evolution of aeronautics to Its present plane has ' been painfully slow. It is possible that the advance will continue with proportionate slow ness. But man will have his way in time. While it is the most prodigious and perilous task to which, man has set himself, his determination and growing successes forecast but one ul timate end. - Flying, when that science is perfect ed, may give to civilization Its most powerful stimulus. The value of fly ing is not as a diversion. Rather it is Intended to bring about ungaugeable readjustments of our whole social fab ric. The compactness of the world will be Intensified. The remote cor ners will come into ready contact with the centers. Transportation and there fore industry and commerce , will be revolutionized. Perhaps realization of the dream is far ahead. Yet man's Ingenuity is a strangely expansive quality. The rec ord of achievement within the past century gives basis for great expecta tions from the not too distant future. It may be that even present genera tions will live to see man's conquest of the air consummated. . In the meant time tie experimental stages will push ahead, mottled by a steadily growing array of headstones. ' f VANCOUVER'S HOPE FROM PANAMA. Vancouver, the principal seaport of British Columbia, is counting on sucking the orange of Pan ama Canal commerce and leav ing the pulp to American : ports. Those shipping laws on which the United States has relied to keep our merchant marine alive are the source of Vancouver's confidence. The law giving American ships a monopoly of coastwise trade is expected to drive American railroads into a combination with foreign ships hailing from' Van couver to divert trade from American ports to Canada. The privilege of pro-rating with Canadian railroads. which was granted American roads for the purpose of giving American shippers and consumers near the boundary the use of routes which cross that artificial line, la to be used for the purpose of carrying to or from interior points In the United States freight carried through the canal in foreign ships to or from Vancouver. The scheme of the Canadians is out lined In an article in the Vancouver Province. Through railroad rates from American points to Vancouver not being subject to the Jurisdiction of the Interstate Commerce Commission, low rates are to be made regardless of the rates charged between local points In the United States A foreign ship can then load at New York and unload at Vancouver and its cargo can be carried by rail Into Seattle, Ta coma or Portland through the back door at a lower through rate than It could be carried directly -to any of those American ; ports on American ships. In like manner Pacific Coast freight destined to Atlantic ports of the United States Is to be hauled at Joint rates by American and Canadian roads, acting together, to Vancouver and there loaded on foreign ships. Read with what calm self-gratulation the Province tells of the scheme to use our own laws for our own un doing: There la nractlcally no American merchant marine and there nerer can be ona auffl- clent to cope with the Panama trade, which will stow (aster than snips can ta duiii to carry It- The great bulk of the trade must be carried In foreign bottoms and on the Pacific Coast It can only be carried through the Port of Vancouver. The United States will be unable to alter the coast wis laws without glvlns up forever the hope of establishing: a mercantile marine. Nor will the American railways wish to alter the conditions that now exist. It is more than easy for them to handle their export and Import trade through the Port of Vancouver, and they "have the added ad vnta.. nt aanln. the Interstate Com- merce Commission and they will all be -m ha,, if thev wish to parti Hnnrn In that new trade to be built UP with the Atlantic Coast of America for at no other Pacific port can they lino snips gaily capable of carrying the trade. But the Province is in error, in as suming that we cannot help our selves. We can admit ships of foreign build owned by Americans to American register and otherwise change our ob solete navigation laws, with the effect that these ships can compete wltn ships of other nations in carrying the vastvolume of traffic, the prospect of which' makes Vancouver gloat. We can amend our interstate commerce law by providing that any through rate -made to a Canadian port shall be the basis of the through rate to American ports on the same coast. Under the long and short haul clause the commission has authority to ai low railroads to meet water competi tion without regard to the rates charged to interior points. This au thority enables It to meet the Vancou ver case. ' Finally, it Is possible that the seem ingly endless tariff agitation may ena in a settlement -which will permit of the building of ships in the United States as cheaply as In foreign coun- trie8. Our coastwise laws will not then serve to boom Vancouver's com merce. Should this hope not be real ized. It would still be possible, as a last resort, to admit foreign-built ships to the coastwise trade, provided they are owned by Americans. The Cana dian scheme would then surely be defeated. ' , Should the opening of the canal re sult in the aggrandizement of Vancou ver at the expense of American ports, the argument for free ships would be clinched. We may need Just such a lesson to convince us of the folly of our present shipping policy. THE SPREAD OF ALFALFA. Just when lucern was introduced into the United States from the sec tion of its origin, the countries border ing the Mediterranean, it is difficult to determine, but It was more than likely first brought to Southern Call fornla by the early missionaries. - It is also a question of doubt as to how and why and when the name was changed from lucern to alfalfa; but the two plants are the same. ' The ln crease in acreage of alfalfa in this country went on very slowly until about the middle of the last century. when the area spread eastward from California, perhaps Its first successful growth being during the regime of Brigham Young in Utah and South eastern Idaho. All early efforts, to raise this crop were confined to Irrigated lands, al though it is rooted the same as several other plants which grow exclusively on arid lands. The soapweed and cac tus of the Western prairies where the rainfall is very limited, often not more than two or three Inches a year, have a tap root like that of alfalfa. This root of the soapweed has been traced down to a depth of very nearly 150 feet, the alfalfa root to more than half that distance. Two-year-old alfalfa plants have had their tap roots - un covered to a depth of more than sixty feet. These tap roots go down as straight as a gunbarrel. In spite of this peculiar rooting of the plant, which by the way Is one of the legume family, a species of clover and closely allied to the pea family, it has always, or until quite recently, been supposed that its successful cul ture and growth could only be under taken by irrigation. Latterly, how ever. It has' been found that with an ordinary precipitation, say around twenty-five to th:-.ly Inches per an num, alfalfa can be grown with suc cess. With plenty of water for irri gation, however, alfalfa is cut from three to five times in the course of a season; without artificial rainiaii never mor- than two crops can be cut in a season. But aside from this it will afford splendid pasture for sev eral months of 'the year. To show how the alfalfa area is spreading it is only necessary to call attention to the last census reports. The total area In the country is given as 4,707,146 acres; clover alone (un mixed with timothy) covers only 2,443,263 acres. Alfalfa occupies four times the area of tobacco In the United States, -ra of the great crops of the South. To show that a great deal of it is now being grown without irrigation, one need only to note its spread In the South . where It was introduced only a few years ago. In the entire South there are now 340,651 acres seeded. Of this area 183,633 acres are east of t: e Mississippi River, or In what we call the Gulf states, excluding Texas. A number of communications have from time to time appeared in The Cregonian recounting the successful growing of upland or dry land alfalfa in Oregon, which means its seeding and growth withou. rrtlfjclal water ing. Noticeable successes have been made in Klickitat County, in Washing ton, as -well as in Oregon. . Wherever Intelligently tried, with nearly a nor mal precipitation, it has been found a very profitable crop, and It Is to be hoped the area seeded to it In this section will be rapidly Increased. , EXPERT TESTIMONY IN CRIMINAL , TRIALS. ,., . In The Oregonlan, last Tuesday, Dr. W. T. Williamson published some re marks upon Insanity as a defense in criminal trials which merit attentive consideration. He believes that "the present system is scandalous and really criminal." What that system is every body understands perfectly well. The prosecution hire? one set of expert alienists. The defense hires others. Science Is made the hireling of con tending interests and is belittled by the argumentative wit of keen and practiced lawyers. The integrity of renowned alienists is questioned in open court and the jury is given the impression by some insidious means that the testimony is Just what the de fense or prosecution agreed to pay for. On too many occasions the charge has had the markings of truth. There is good reason to suspect that some so called alienists see only what they are employed to see and see nothing where their employer wishes them to be blind. Naturally the public has not much confidence in the justice of con victions or acquittals obtained by such a process. It Is a mere accident if the guilty are convicted, and At is a happy piece of luck if the Innocent are acquitted. ' " ' . Only very simple-minded people have any confidence in the results of trials where the defense of insanity is introduced. The public smiles cynic ally when the verdict is announced and wonders what fees were paid to the opposing alienists. The system is not only scandalous, as Dr. Williamson says, but It is dangerous. It is one among many factors which, are operaU ing to undermine popular respect for the courts and perhaps it is the least defensible of them all. The proposed remedy 'is easy to apply and it prom ises to be effective. Dr. Williamson has advocated, it on various occasions and his statement of its essentials may be accepted as authoritative. His plan is to permit neither the prosecution nor the defense to plague the court with mercenary expert testimony. It would be wrong, of course, when the plea of insanity has been made, not to investigate It fairly. But a fair in vestigation is exactly what is seldom obtained under the current method. In order to secure It he suggests two plans without pronouncing decidedly for either of them. Both have been widely dlscussedf and many modifica tions proposed.. No doubt either one would be a great improvement upon the present unjustifiable procedure. The first suggestion is that the court call In experts whenever their services are needed. . Testimony thus secured would no doubt be Impartial and ver dicts depending on it would be fair. But the question comes up whether It Is right to Impose upon judges the duty of selecting alienists for such a purpose. There are factions among physicians, as there are among politi cians and clergymen. Each faction has its favorites. The judge would be importuned by eager partisans. To act with perfect impartiality would re quire much time and investigation, and whatever he did would displease somebody. The appointments would, of course, be more or less lucrative, and for that reason would be of im portance to physicians of a certain grade ' who might lack patients but who would be sure to have friends. Thus the judge would be harassed and nagged. He would be accused of fa voritism, no matter how well dis posed he might be, and In the end his serenity would suffer if he did not lose his dignity and reputation for judi cial impartiality. No thoughtful per son pan- desire to make a criminal court the focus for intrigues of this nature by which nuch would be lost and nothing gained v Mch could not be more cheaply secured by the other plan. s Under this plan a standing commis sion of experts would be appointed by the Governor, wLo would serve in all cases where the testimony of alienists was desired. It has been urged that such a commission ought to be large enough to include all the eminent sci entists in the state. They might serve in rotation or some other way might be fixed upon to determine who should testify in. any particular trial. It has been Intimated that It would be well to decide the point by casting lot:. This is a detail which could be ar ranged without much difficulty after the main issue had been disposed of. We should not suppose, however, that it would be best to give the Gov ernor unrestricted authority to name the members of the commission. He Is not likely to be a man of scientific knowledge and would necessarily have to depend upon recommendations in making his choice. This would give interested partisans an opportunity to mislead him, and of his own accord he would be only too likely to select his friends for the service and exclude his enemies, regardless of their qualifica tions. How, then, ought the appoint ments to be made? . We can think of no better plan than to leave the business largely to the doctors themselves. They hold meet ings of their state association fre quently enough to attend to it prop erly, and they are the only men in the community whose attainments are ade quate . for the purpose. They know who among them are really expert alienists, and everybody else has to take their word for it. Their profes sional pride would' be engaged to make the best selections, and while factional strife could not be avoided entirely, still it would probably not keep out the best men. Upon the whole the most highly qualified would be chosen. The Governor might be required, we should think, to make his appointments from a list of candidates submitted by the State Medical Association. If Assistant Secretary Curtis expects that his decision that hatters' plush used in women's Tiats must pay 10 Instead of 45 per cent duty as here tofore will cause any reduction in the price of women's hats, he is a most unsophisticated man. The cost of the material in a woman's hat is a mere fraction of the price. What women pay the milliner for Is the artistic skill of building the hat yes, "build ing" Is the right word nowadays and the exclusive design. His decision may put a little more money in the pockets of the milliners, vbut it will not benefit their customers. The lonjr-eared. lackadaisical, howl- 1r aTtA uttAflv ucu?laa "hmin' doe" was a ndt Inappropriate emblem for Mr. Clark, who has no nxea opinions on public questions and no political rhararter. His DODUlaritV does not speak very well for the Intelligence of the Democratic managers, who prooa- hlv nraferrnrt him to Wilson. The convention, under Mr. Bryan's whip, saved the party from the conse- -ences of its own bad judgment. One day the sister of Augustus, rid ing through the streets of Rome in her carriage, saw some young men ex ercising naked in a public square. Her servants, greatly scandalized, urged her to have them put to death, but the Princess replied: "To me they are nothing more than statues." This Princess never became president of Mills College. If she had, what a shocking abyss its morals would have fallen into. Wilson never would have made It running under his first name. Drop ping the Thomas was as lucky for him as when Cleveland dropped the Stephen. Yet the next President glor ies In the use of his full patronymic William Howard Taft The Grand Ronde Valley Is harvest ing its finest crop of cherries on rec ord and Is suffering from iacK or picK- ers. It would seem mat. migratory harvest hands could pick up some easy side money by planning their itin erary. Wilson had no cause to say the votes came slow as molasses when the forty sixth ballot begun. They came like a snow storm. tjt.o n aa vAt mirA and chaneron. retains his place In the affections of the family. - - TsiHv has nothin? to say. A solar plexus makes any man dumb. The forty-sixth ballot was a double twenty-three. The Fourth may be warm after all the rams. Oregon was on the wagon, all right. IMPROVEMENT OF PLAZA BLOCKS. BeamtlflcatloB sad Better - Care Are Urared by Observer. PORTLAND, June 30. (To the Ed itor.) South on Third street, . three blocks from Morrison' street, is situ ated a fine piece of public park prop erty, known as the Plaza Blocks. Ef forts have been made to change the name, calling the north division Lowns dale Square, and the south division Chapman Square, signposts indicating these names having been placed in suitable positions. The south division has notices nailed on trees to the effect that it is reserved exclusively for women and children and their escorts. Having occasion frequently to pass trough this park, I could not but ob serve the city's failure to use it for th. erven test Anlovment of all the Peo- nt. rin ft fltiA aftprnoon. recently, nntfln.4 o man fllnnp. fiittinST G U if? e'tly yooHintr in thA south division. A police man snm-nichfii. and. interrupting the man's reading, drew his attention to the sign on the tree, and majestically waved his arm in the direction of the north division, doubtless telling the man h. if ho wished to read In the pinxa Rlnrbn it would have to be in the other section. A glance at that section was enough. The man quietly left the park altogether. Perhaps he was a visitor to our Rose Festival, and had been induced to stay a day or two longer. 1 T r..n.fiillv eiihmit for Tour con sideration this question is the north division or the .fiaza tJiocits a. yruyoi, dignified afternoon resting-place for or.v olf.resmor.tln.r man? What Is its condition of a Sunday afternoon? PairoH nrith a noiav. artruiner crowd of mAn wmiiH Tint a aensitive. refined V- afrViomari tn t)A RPPn ther6? What is its condition any fine weekday afternoon? worse man on duuuj, "" seats being nilea witn iaters mu yw.a- hnKAB Urfcilf .RPRttP.red OVOr th6 grass portions, men lie about in every concelvaDie atutuae. Is not the general policy of the city - hl. neb- m miRtnlfA? It is lO- liswELiua una ic. ...... cated immediately facing the handsome new. Courthouse, ana occupies two wiiu blocks from Salmon to Madison, and from Third to Fourth. xnis is : , i-rtiin rortninlv hilt it 'COUld made a delightful garden spot for everyone, nevertheless. The new names should be done away with, as I doubt if bIx people could be found who would be able to find Chapman or Lownsdale Sauare. if asked. Call It the Plaza the whole plan Kai a lnrii historical monument in the south nortion in harmony with tht in th north. Put the public retiring l r, nro-rni! ti fl T .P t thftTfl be mom flowers and small trees. Paint .i.nn n n Pnt an air of wel nii-tnnoa a n H hrfarhtnAfiS about UUU1C, wo J i TT.. mAthnri and thought )n the seat arrangement, so that in WIO UlCVViC tint. onH irtiAr win avuia mem. ,u stead of monopolizing them (this can i i T3,,ii H n w n those sisns about exclusive rights, and let all who wish to rest there a wniie, in uui ;.i.jr throbbing heart, be satisnea ana rei ed. ir..n nthov a 1 1 1 An T hive visited owl ji .-..n niAAAsi .f nark nroDertv centrally located, and in almost every c.ni. nf wAll-riirected effort case iuo . " . - , has been to give all the citizens a little garden In the Business lanyriiiiu. JOHN CHARLES WRIGHT PUBLIC ENTERS FAMOUS CASTLE. Hltrtorle Chateau, Uaed by Kapoleon to Store Soppuea, ?nun i Paris Correspondence New Times, mi ...i. .ffnrto rf Pontaln d liiruugu u3 fc r -- T7 ,.. f o in nu ilnn Inn. or keep, oi i.. -... tan.. Aa viTiAsnnes. which since Hid VU.K.U w ' . , Napoleon's time had been used for the storing of military supplies, has been thrown open to the public. The donjon is more than low ieei iciBv, from its summit an excellent view of the surrounding country can oe lamcu. .... i i i The walls are 10 feet tnica ana tneic Is a winding staircase or an steps. There are five stories, and on clearing but the place 60,000 muskets of the First Empire were xouna uu mo mi ,v,iia ahnn r. 100.000 sabers. together with quantity of saddles and bridles or tne samo poiwu. - v,ob- n 1184. writes Captain - AH ill A i(i. - . de Fossa, in a pamphlet he has pre pared on the suDject, uoua ceived the project of building a royal i j vinAntipji. in the wood of reoiutsiiuty t ' . - which the earlier monarchs aften hunt ed. Philippe Auguste ana nis sors improved and enlarged the cha- ... i. whinh mn nv of them dwelt, it was later utilized as a state prison, and in 1740 the porcelain iaciury wuu-u removed to bevres iv 7 . , , . l.j .v. Than thA A 11 1 flP ft 1)6- estaoiisiieu melt. , , came the quarters of a military Bchool for a brier penoa, anu t i7sa t the time of the French Revolution,, vincennes w.i ias" among the royal chateaux which were ... A J n m. una Ha! lO UO BU1U, . . . , Then came. Napoleon, who turned the historic castle into 'iiuuuiij house. Among the monarchs who have died there were Louis VII. Philippe V and Charles IV, and also Henry V of England, who became ill there after the siege or aiieu. m AN OLD BRIDGES OF THE SEAS. Iathmoa Between Gulf of Corinth With Agean Sea Hlatorle urounu. J Phrl.ttnn Wftrftld. ' "The Bridge of the Seas" is the striking name which Pindar gives to the narrow isthmus which connected the Gulf of Corlntn witn Aegean r. .- thA mnnt Interesting Btrips XX. IS Vlirj w . .' i- . - .nil nn the five continents. It is the isthmus, par excellence, of all the world for from Its Greek name, Isth mla, every other isthmus has been named. The ancients were not good sailors. They never went to sea where they i j ro bv land, and to COU1U u'1' 1 " J " . cross this narrow neck of land, onlj four miles wide, saved mem many a. weary league of sailing around a . 00 in rnlnc from the Polop- Attica.. ni. indeed. Irom pnnvous . Europe to Asia. The southeastern point of Attica was i-ii.. Attw, n.rnn . and an oiu especial nroverb used to run. jii jvu ' H- II. nwn-a all VAII rounding jape have at home." Indeed, navigation in i. atinnst wholly aban- neis bubs , - doned in the Winter months, and we remember that m tne grapnn; o. d.,,i'. nhlnu-reck. he advised the captain to Winter in the Cretan har bor of Fair riavens. m.uuS.. si this novice, disaster came to ship and. crew and prisoners alike. No wonder, men, mat mo inmuiuo, which the ancient city of Corinth dom . i j k.nB.ia nt nnd time the busiest and perhaps the most notable strip of land which the world knew. More bat tles have been fought, more dynasties . . vii.i j Athi-nnoai lust here, in esiauiiaucu all probability, than in any other spot on the earm s "' Immigrant's Eleven-Foot Beard. Philadelphia Record. . Ha HtAftra.c:e nassemrers who arrived recently was Hans N. Lang beth. with a beard 11 feet 6 Inches long. He said mat it naa umen a years to grow and that it has been in creasing at the rate of four inches a year. Langbetn was oorn in oiDena. He tucks the beard under his vest in w- c.mmAr time. In Winter It is not UIO . a hindrance, he said, even when walk ing against tne wina. ix. was bub gested that his speed would be re- a i -.Vi A.. thA wind war comlnfi laruou from an adverse point of the compass, but this, ne Bays, m ni m ww, u mo chilly blasts In Northern Russia blew . , . v. hi. whlaltAri without unMntfft- LI11 Uf'l . . .. -. factory results. The immigration offi cials permitted the alien to land, as 1.4-ir a mn far a.B thev knew, ara no bar to admission to this country. : POLICEMEN DOING PRIVATE WORK Men at Depot Under Orders of Com. pur, la Charge. PORTLAND, July 1. (To the Edi. tor.) I was interested in reading about D. Soils Cohen having some mis understanding with a policeman at the Union Depot, knowing Mr. Cohen to be a gentleman in every respect, both by nature and education. But I do not condemn the policemen, either, as a policeman has a lot or trouDie to contend with, and for good reasons does not like the crowd. The trouble is (I speak from knowl edge) that the policeman at the depot seems to be In the employ of that com pany and not as a servant of the city. What right have any of the railway's officials to tell the officer on duty there what to do? Has he any business at the ticket gate or at the big gate? Certainly not. If the terminal com nan v wants men at those gates, let them emDloy special policemen and pay them, but It is not the duty of city policemen to attena to me Busi ness of the company, as now is the AflnA. The policemen should be outside In front of the depot ana protect me puo 11c against solicitors of all kinds, go through the waiting rooms ana an over the station to protect people against bunco men of different grades. The company should not have a right to take the officer from his duty to attend to the company's business at thA irates. Mr. Cohen is right. There Is no city ordinance to prevent people from going throne-h that bie eate. ana, conse quently, no city policeman has a right to enforce any such rule by the com- naiit I know, also, that Mr. Cohen's criti cism of the force is true. A few years ago a few policemen did better service than the big crowd of policemen we have now. The civil service puts un fits on the police force and keeps good men out. uBiv.ynn. HELEN KELLER MAY HOLD OFFICE Famona Woman Offered Memberahlp on Board of Public Welfare. Boston Post. Helen Keller, the blind, deaf and Hnmh woman whose mastery of an education in the face of these handl nana has made her world lamous. Is considering the proposition of becom ing a city orriclal or me iiiy RnhAtiATifldT. N. Y. The position for which Miss Keller has been mentioned is a memDersiuiJ on the Board of Public Welfare, a body much favored by Rev. George re Lunn, the Socialist Mayor of Schenectady, Miss Keller Is a firm believer in votes f nr women. Mayor Lunn Intends that his new Board shall have Jurisdiction over tene ment conditions, children's playgrounds and numerous other matters that do not properly come under any regular de partment or tscneneciaay b cny suvom TO ATI t . I have heard nothing from Mayor Lunn reeardtnsr the matter," said Miss TfAiiAr. "thouarh I knew such a board was t5 be established. I think It will An a mat crnod. It is a new scheme, fraught with many difficulties. The problems would have to be met as they might arise. "One thing I would try to do would be to wipe out the slums, for It is there that sickness, disease and im morality are born. "Thn only way to brine; about any permanent improvement is to prevent rather than to alleviate, wnen me cmi dren are born blind, we have institu tions for them. ' But how much better it would be to be able to prevent blind- nASS. "I would go so far as to say that noyertv is the fundamental cause or ai most every evil. Poverty Is a horrible thing. It is the cause of crime, disease and suffering of all kinds. Poverty drives people to vice. I am convinced that that is true, rather man me oia- fashioned theory that vice drives peo ple to poverty. "Why do the slums exist? They exist because they pay dividends to those who own them, better dividends than improvements would pay. 'Yet I am convinced that the world is e-rowinK better. There are more healthy, happy children today than ever before. thousrh there are still rar too tew. "There are more schools and colleges, more hospitals and institutions for the blind, the crippled and the deformed. There are more intelligent women than ever before, but there are still far too few, UP-TO-THE-MINUTE JOURNALISM New York Herald Takea a Fling at ' Some Slimed Storlea. New York Herald. City Editor Is Senator Briscutt out covering the mother's meeting? Assistant Yes. City Editor And is the boy orator looking after the deaf-and-dumb asy lum reunion? Assistant Yep. City Editor Who is attending to the theft of Tottie Coughdrop's diamonds? Assistant That is the regular as signment of the Shah of Persia, retired. And. by the way, the president sent in his usual signed statement, but he was careless in its preparation, so I have sent it back for revision. City Editor That's all right. Now, here's a good story. See if you can't find a regular reporter to cover it. Study In Realism. Baltimore American. "Don't you often tire of the realism in life?" "Not ,if It's real money." Country Style. Houston Post. Some folks they want the city, the big city - - suits 'em tine. But as long as I've the ehoosin' it's the country ways for mine; It's the milk all warm an' foamy, an all creamy at the morn. An" the table In the kitchen of the house U'tiarA T was bom. With the rag rug underneath It an' the dog curled By tne stove. An' the singin' of fhe wild birds In the trees out In the grove. An' the antics of the baby In its chair to maltA me smile. An' a platter full o' chicken, tender chicken. country siyie. s Gimme lettuce crisp ,an' tender like they never git In town. An', say, raebbe about lunch time, half , an hour to go sit down Underneath the spreadin' branches of a big old llveoak tree. -With a thick old homemade sandwich and some salt, an' two or three Young onions for a relish, that's the es- Ance of deliRht! With the baby down beside you gurgle-goo- ln' for a bite. An' th dog alert before you tryin" of his -hent to smile. That's the way I like my lunch served, free an easy, country styie. When I go up to the city an' eat at a res tauraw. The names they tack on their eatln's are the worst I ever saw, Frenchified er Dago lingo that a man can't understand What d'ye s'pose I ordered last time? Or dered music by the band! Xes, sir! Swear I felt plum foolish, waiter standln' by my side While I squinted at the menoo, an' I, tried an' tried an' tried For to .understand the ceadin', I Just tried the longest while To pick out the line that looked most like: spring cnicKDU, uuuiifcjy Biyic. Bring a plate of this," I told him, polntln' where my thumb was at. An' he said he couldn't do It, 'cause the t band was playln' that! That's the time you bet I wanted the old table by the door In the kitchen, an' I wanted the rag carpet on tne tioor. An' the high chair, an' the baby gurgle arooin' to a smile. An' a helter-skelter dinner cooked an' served ud in country style. An' to then nil my old pipe up as the cows come trailin' In. An' start out to do the mil kin' with pork gravy qn my chlg - The Premature Fad By Dean Collins. When Wilson's nomination came, I read the bulletin, and went Back to my home as suits a man Who's a non-Democratic gent; But when I entered at the door, Lo, Arabella, on the floor Sat, and wild wailings she turned s loose: I gasped, dismayed, "Now, what th deuce?" Her tears flowed fast, she sobbed, her nose N Needed a powder dab on It: When I stooped down to pat her cheek. She roared, "Go 'way now!" and I quit. "Wherefore this storm of tears?" I cried, "What evil fate may thee betide?" Her voice rose to a siren squall. She sobbed out, "Wilson!" that was all. "Yes, yes! The nomination's his," Said I, "but wherefore howl and cry?" She threw her curls upon the floor, "That is the very reason why!" "How so?" I asked, still In the dark: "Boo-hoo!" she walled, "I wanted Clark!" I bent on her a gaze intense. And said, "Wherefore this preference?" Then Arabella sobbed anew, ' And made sad noises in her throat: "Cheer up, sweetheart, and tell me all," I urged; "Thy tears have got my goat" Her words were tense with tragedy, "I bought a 'houn' dawg vase," said she, "And 'houn' dawg' statues for myself. To decorate the mantel shelf. "Now Clark has lost: his fad is past" (My coat was moist with falling tears) "Cheer up," I answered tenderly, "I'll get thee other souvenirs. Downstairs, within the cellarette, I know a souvenir to get; Wilson" Her tears the more did fall, "Alas!" she cried, "that Is not all." "Say on! Oh, Arabella! Tell The entire truth of it to me. Wilson 'is It and Clark is not; But, pray thee, what is that to thee?" Her voice rose to a tragic height, "I saw my milliner tonight Boo-hoo! 'Twas almost done, at that A brand new 'houn dawg model" hat! Portland, July 2. Half a Century Ago From The Oregonlan of July 3, 1862. A dispatch to the San Francisco Call, dated St. Louis, June 9, reads: "The Federal fleet sent against Mobile has attacked Fort Morgan. It passed the lower battery without engaging It. The - following is the Dixie ticket nominated recently by the "unterrlfied peace Democracy" of Clarke County, W. T.: For Councilman, Thomas D. Smith; Representatives, Jay D. Potter. T. J. Fletcher, William Bratton; Prose cuting Attorney. Second Judioial Dis trict, H G. Struve; Probate Judge. A. J. Lawrence; Auditor, P. Ahem; County Commissioner. William Dillon; Sheriff, John Alrd; Treasurer, Joseph Petraln; Asessor. J. Brazee. It is said to be well known in Vancouver that several persons on the Democratic ticket are known to be Jeff Davis men and have loudly rejoiced at secession victories, and it is equally well known that some men holding office under Government are their supporters. The Grenada Appeal of June 19. saysi "The Federals In considerable force took possession of Holly Springs, Miss., night before last." wnathins-ton. June 24. A letter from New Orleans, dated the 14th. says Gen eral Butler, in reply to a letter from General Williams at Baton Rouge, ask ing the course to be pursuea in regnu to guerrillas, says they should be tried by drumhead court-martial. their property destroyed, their houses burned and every means taken to show them that they are enemies to the human race not soldiers, but murderers ana pirates. Louisville, June 22. Friday evening, as several Unionists were returning from a meeting to choose delegates, five of them were killed by secession marauders in ambush near Berry's Sta tion. In the House of Commons on the 13th Lord Palmerston said. In answer to a question, that a communication had been received from the French govern ment on the subject of mediation in America, and the British government had no intention at present to offer mediation. A telegraphic dispatch from Chico. nnttA County. Cal.. to the Sacramento Union says that Thomas Allen, a team ster for J. L. Keerer, or mua killed and scalped by Indians on the afternoon of June 25th on his way from Morrill's sawmill. A little bit of a fight occurred on . n.ai.rdav between two prominent individuals in consequence of A-tiniA in vesterdav -morning s Ore gonlan relative to meeting of firemen of the city to agree on a public cele bration of the Fourth of July, i . Roosevelt and Recall. PORTLAND. July 2. (To the Ed ltor.) There is quite an argument oyer the language used and the position taken by Theodore Roosevelt In refer ence to me recaii u of Judicial decisions. Does he ask for the recall of Judge when their decisions are adverse to the ..,,. interest and annarently not in conformity with the laws, or does he ask for an opportunity for the people to vote on such decisions to determine by their vote whether such decisions when affecting public interests shall stand or not? From his talk do you understand that he wants to use the referendum HAAinlnna when thev affect private as well as public interests? EAST SIDE. Colonel Roosevelt advocates a refer endum of decisions entered by state courts which overthrow as unconstitu tional laws enacted as an exercise of the states' police power. Recall or a decision would not remove from the bench the Judge who rendered It. As he has defined the principle, recall of decisions would be applied In matters affecting only the public Interest. Colonel Roosevelt believes it Is well to adopt the Judicial recall In localities where courts are corrupt or Inefficient to extreme, but would let local condi tions and sentiment govern Its enact ment or rejectment. No Holdup Planned. PORTLAND, July 1. (To the Edi tor.) At the last meeting of the Re tail Liquor Dealers' Association atten tion was called to an article lately ap pearing In a Portland newspaper. It was therein stated that the saloons proposed to "raise prices" during the Elks' convention. This statement is untrue as far as the members of our association are concerned, and we would ask that It be contradicted in our behalf. We feel that It Is a great honor to have the Elks here as- guests of the City of Portland, and would con sider it an outrage to attempt any such graft as suggested. You will confer a favor by giving puoucity to this refutation. C D. ELDER, President Local No. 1.