TH E TIM ES
THE TIMES
Coining down to recent years, she cruelly and outrageously tres- I
passed upon the rights o f Finland, and swallowed that liberty-loving
people at a gulp. Already she has seized anti occupied a part o f J
Published every Saturday by TH E T IM E S COM PANY, Incorporated
at 212 fir s t Street, Portland, Oregon. Phone*: Main 5637; A-2686.
Manchuria, and is seeking to gobble up a goodly portion o f Persia. I
Young China needs friends among the Western nations, and
TH E TIM E S is not responsible for any opinions expressed by correspondents
we trust that England may become one o f them. The United States
appearing in its columns.
is certainly one of them.
have a pass to get through the lines.
I ’ll ride up ou a tour o f inspection and
ask v. hut's the matter. Don't let on
you’ ve ever seen me before. I'll do
\ tbe rest."
"H ow kind you arc!" exclaimed Mol
ly in a burst o f gratitude, uud she pro
Entered in Poatoflire at Portland, Oregon, as second-class matter.
ceeded ou her way, while the aid turn
ed lift in another direction to make a
A FEABLESS E X PO N E N T OF IN D U S T R IA L PEACE
A B A T E TH E SMOKE N U ISA N C E
She Sold Butter and
i circuit. Wbeu Molly reached the pick
et post and, having beeu refused an
Eggs, but Carried
SUHHCRIPTION HATES— (2.50 per year, in advance.
! exit, was beginning to force tears into
<i\V IS TH E TIME for the city to take decisive action in the
A D V E R T I S I N G HATES made known upon application.
a Revolver
her blue eyes the young officer rode
matter o f the smoke nuisance. As Portland increases in size, she
up, inspected the post, then asked what
Saturday, January 19, 1912.
1 must greatly increase the number o f her business blocks and office
was the matter with the girl. Having
By GEORGE ARNOLD WELSH
I buildings. Along with these there must ever come an increasing
been informed, he said to the officer In
Each man should have the right to earn his way,
number o f factories. Factories cannot be conducted without the
command o f the post:
And each should have for fair d a y’s work a fair d a y ’s pay,
.*i<I o f power, and this power comes mostly from steam produced by
“ I ’ll take her home and see that she
Each man should governed be by Justice's right
lu the summer of 18*13. when the is what site represents herself to be.
oil, coal or wood fires. The smokestacks discharge soot and smoke,
And gain his ends by peaceful means— not dynamite.
whie!>. on a damp and murky day. are bound to settle down upon Army o f the Cumberland was at Mur If so I'll leave her there and no barm
our handsome buildings to their disfigurement. TH E TIM E S would freesboro. Tenu., preparatory to the done. I'm Captain Bobbins of the
not discourage, or attempt to throw in tile way o f manufactories any move ou Tulluhomu. tbe general com general stalT.”
That settled the matter, and Molly
impediment to their progress, ijuite the contrary. It would earn- muudiug called for volunteers for se
istly urge that all factories adopt smoke consumers that w ill relieve cret service. Oue young man who re- went on, Robbins walking his horse
the atmosphere o f the black discharges from the tall smokestacks, ported was entirely devoid of a beard beside her. Picket posts ure usunlly
placed at points where tile road is visi
To be sure, these w ill involve some additional expense, but in the and bad ruddy cheeks and blue eyes,
ble for some distance abend, and so
interest o f public cleanliness, there should be no hesitancy along
"You could go anywhere us a girl.” ! long as they were in sight Captain
TH E TIM ES is earnest and outspoken.
It advocates
laid the general, "aud as long ns your
this line.
what it believes to be right, and that without fear or favor,
Robbins was not so gallant us to give
and unencumbered by the shackles of circumstance.
TH E
TH E TIM E S does not believe that Portland manufacturers al Bex is not suspected you would be the girl his horse, hut when they had
safer in skirts than In trousers.”
TIM E S w ill not swerve from the path of duty, and it cannot
ready here would refuse, or even hesitate, if they were approached i “ My hair is too short,” said the passed over u crest he dismounted and
assisted her to his place, which she
be purchased or compromised. TH E T IM E S unqualifiedly sub
in the proper manner, to do all they could to abate the smoke nuis youngster.
accepted with alacrity. For a time he
scribes to the great principles of human liberty under the law;
ance, which must, the greater the city becomes, greatly increase
" I t is long enough to cut square
c f equal rights in all fields o f legitimate endeavor, industrial
public discomfort. It is probable that they would w illingly assent ! around your neck, aud that’s the way : yiade no mention o f the distance they
must (ib to reach her farm, for he had
freedom and to the advancement of the great Pacific Coast.
to so reasonable a restriction. The encouragement o f an ordinance girls up to eighteen about here wear j taken a desperate fancy to the blue
their
hair.
Would
you
like
to
try
It?”
embodying the desired change would establish a precedent that all
eyed beauty and was pleased at being
TO TH E E M P L O Y E R - TH E TIM E S w ill ever be open to
” 1 wouldn't miud, general.”
future nianufaetiireres coming to Portland would be compelled to
iu her company. But after the vedettes
the employer of labor, that he may have, through its columns,
I “ Well. I want you to go down to
follow.
were passed and lie was in debatable
an opportunity to place the truth before the public regarding
Tullahoma and learu what you can.
territory he began to think that he
The time to make this change is NOW . Portland should bene
the business conditions which govern him and his environ
Bring me back a statement o f tbe de
fit by the example o f Chicago, which allowed ttye matter to run so fenses, the guns on them, their caliber might come upon some bluejackets
ments. The co-operation of the employer and the employe are
and lie was not safe
He asked Molly
long
that
it
became,
a
matter
of
extreme
difficu
lty
to
correct
the
and the number and condition of
the substantial proofs of what has made the Pacific Coast
evil, but it was finally corrected, and the result is that Chicago is Bragg's army encamped in aud about if her home was not near, and she re
what it is today. Their interests are identical, are inseparable.
plied that It was Just beyond the next
a much cleaner city than it used to be.
the town."
The mutual experience, foresight and confidence between the
turn In the road. When they reached
The
next
morning
u
Tennessee
coun
It
is
always
the
custom,
whenever
a
change
like
the
one
sug
business man and the wage-earner have made and are making
the turn she told him it was just over
gested is made, to find a few bitter opponents. W e trust that this try girl left the Union picket line at the next crest. When they were de-
for success. The investments of the one coupled with the efforts
Murfreesboro
with
a
basket
on
her
may not be the case in this instance, in case our City T.-thers shall
i scendlng from the crest she pointed
of both are solid bulwarks of present prosperity and the assur
arm, taking the direct turnpike to Tu l ahead, telling him that he might see
think well enough o f it to pass such an ordinance.
ances o f the future. Minus these, advancement along the lines
lahoma.
Stopping at a farm, she I an cave o f her home just above a clump
of industrial and commercial progress o f the Pacific Coast is
bought a supply o f eggs and butter, ; o f trees. While he was peering to dls
impossible. Without this hearty co-operation, a continuance of
which she put into her basket, and on ! rover It Molly reined In her horse so
COLLEGE A T H L E T E S D E IF IE D
the highest possible development of our agricultural, horticult
X T IIE OLD D A Y S o f nnr forefathers the standard o f excel reaching the vedettes o f the Confed | as to drop a little behind him. Sud
ural, timberal, mineral and other resources is out of the ques
lence fo r students in great collegiate institutions was their erate army told them that she came denly he heard a click. To a soldier
tion, and we must retrograde and decay.
proficiency in the course o f studies prescribed by the curriculum. from a farm up the road and was go in wartime a click means a good deal.
ing into Tullahoma to make a little
TO TH E E M P L O Y E — The columns o f TH E TIM E S will
In these degenerate days, alas! the most brilliant achievements o f money by supplying the soldiers with Tlie officer turned and saw Molly point
ing a revolver at him.
always be open to the employe, whether he may be an inde
mind are forced to take a hack seat. Xow the question is not how her farm produce.
“ Wh-a-a-t do you mean?" be stam
pendent toiler or claim affiliation with a trade organization.
great a student’s attainments may he in the realm of science, of
Molly Atkins—this was the name the mered. puzzled.
T H E TIM E S hopes that by thus affording a medium for the
mathematics, o f Greek or Latin, hut their proficiency in football farm girl gave herself—had no diffi
“ Face about and move on!”
interchange of opinions and by untrammeled discussion of la
or their ability at the oar. Athletics have their proper field, and culty passing into Tullahoma. What
The voice, which had been skillfully
bor questions in its columns, that a better understanding w ill
troubled
her
was
that
so
eager
were
are w orthy o f cultivation, hut they should not be made to occupy
modulated, had now the hoarseness of
be brought about between the employer of labor and the man
so much o f flic student’s time and attention as they do nowadays. the soldiers on the picket line to buy a man's. It Hashed across Robbins
who earns his bread by the sweat of his brow. TH E TIM E S
The popular theory o f our great institutions o f learning is that her goods that the supply was ex that he had been sold. He started to
believes that by this method the rights of both w ill be con
put a hand to hts hip. but was deter
there, under expert professors, the student may prepare himself hausted before she entered the town.
However, she had plenty o f money
served and advanced.
and arm himself with a better equipment mentally, through the aud went about among the shops buy- red by an order:
“ Stop that! nnnds up!”
In the field o f labor TH E T IM E S w ill champion the prin
accumulated knowledge o f the ages, for tin* battle ; life.
I o iln jng suc|, supplies as farmers needed
It was plain from the tone In which
ciple of "eq u ality of opportunity,” with all that it means to
this ho must have a strong mind an I a sturdy body
Mens sano in Which they could not raise themselves. the words were spoken that any fur
independent labor and to the average good citizen. This paper
sano corpore— a sound mind in a sound body. Athletics were in Having refilled her basket, she cast
ther movement tn the direction o f the
will be the staunch and undeviating friend of all honest toilers,
about for a place to lodge, for she had revolver would be met with a bill lei.'
tended as a means toward an end. not the supreme end itself.
no
idea
o
f
leaving
Tullahoma
for
sev
of all unshackled, law-abiding, sincere workers; and while
Jut is this true? A glanee at the news columns o f any daily
before the weapon could be reached
never denying the right of workmen to organize lawfully, this
paper any day in the week w ill prove that it is not so. It is unrea eral days. Passing a house occupied Robbins desisted, raising his hands
for
General
Bragg's
headquarters,
it
paper w ill be the unyielding foe of lawless, proscriptive,
above his shoulders.
sonable. unjust and absurd that athletics should he given more im
occurred no her that i f she could find
monopolistic and exclusive labor organizations, because they
“ Now you face about and march
portance in universities than class standing. There is something
a lodging near It she might elicit in
are the selfish enemies of their own class, and the common dan
leeieedly wrong when a professor, who needs must be a man of formation by keeping an eye on what mighty quick!” came a second order.
There wns nothing for it but to
ger o f the industrial world. Our position in this matter is un
superior mind and of exceptional learning, works for a beggarly was going on there. So she knocked
oliey.
Molly had drawn him to a
mistakable, and will be maintained.
salary, while at the same time, in tin* same college, a football coach, at the doors of several houses on the
point well beyond the Confederate
TH E TIM ES w ill at all times stand for the conservation of
or a limited service, receives as much or more pay than the hard- opposite side o f the street till she found picket line, and there wns no assist
human life and energy and character, with all their tremendous
worked professor can earn in a year. The realm of mind is vastly a fam ily who was willing to take in a ance to lie expected They were on a
potentialities; for the preservation o f the community and the
superior to the realm o f physical attainment. Some day. we hope, country girl for a few days who had strip o f territory free from either ar
come to town to make some purchases. my. Inhabited by Confederate sympa
nation; for the protection of property; for the flag and its
the teacher will he paid what he or she is worth.
She was giveu a room in ,th e third
glorious traditions; for the national life and honor with their
An illustration o f our thought is found in a recent occurrence story, on rather, the peak o f the roof, thizers and roving hands of guerrillas,
pregnant possibilities; for the continuance of a brave, virtuous
at the University o f Washington. Coach Gilmonr Dobie was en from which she could look right down who usunlly sympathized with the
southern side. Therefore the danger
and patriotic citizenship, v ithout which no nation can be either
gaged to coach the University football team fo r three months at j on General Bragg's headquarters.
wns far greater to the Federal than
truly great or really good.
,+ tOOO a month, three hours daily, while professors are expected to Officers
and messengers were
corn-
the Confederate soldier, and the pen
lie grateful if they receive .j*].r>00 for nine months’ work at from ing and going, citizens wore applying
alty i f captured was infinitely more
twelve to fifteen hours per day. College athletics have been placed for passes, while a sentinel paced back terrible to the former than to the lat
Upon a pedestal and deified. Let us hope for some record» o f an<* forth before the house, every few ter. Ills landing within the Union
C H IN A , N E W A N D OLD.
minutes stopping and facing to salute lines would be humiliating, but noth
•holarship and better pay for the professors.
an officer passing in or out. Molly ing more than serving a term as pris
couldn't sec anything to be derived
Tin* rapidity o f change made manifest in China is unique. There
A better proof o f the titter degeneracy to which the eoeaine from this, so she sallied forth to visit oner of war. Rut If Molly were cap
tured—a Federal soldier in disguise
Inis never been anything like it known in all the era o f recorded his habit will lead one need not he found than that furnished in the
the camps and the defenses o f the
tory. Yesterday, at it were. China, old in a civilization that had the case o f Harry Johnson, alias Frank Redfem , veggtnan, arrested town. Having picked up all the infor with information of the Confederate
weight o f centuries behind tier, today, new-born and already rapidly hv the local authorities. Tuesday morning when taken from the (nation available in this way. she re forces on her person—the inevitable
advancing along tin* highway o f modern idea. \Ve arc presented the city ja il for arraignment before .Judge Tazwell. he attempted to turned to her lodging and. gathering result would lie a hanging.
Only the keenest watchfulness and
other day with tin* spectacle o f the Dowager Empress weeping tin* make his escape. Detective Captain Maty. Detectives Royle and j ul> her purchnses, went over to head a cool head enabled her to drive her
hitter tears of sorrow because Fate had decreed that the Manchii dyn Pat Moloney and Frank Parker, a prisoner, who prevented his | quarters to ask for a pass to leave captive over the considerable distunce
asty must end forever, aftcrasty must end forever, after having been i scape, each received jabs with a venshee needle (used in eookitig Tull«bomn. An ald-de-camp, a young that lay between her and the Federal
in power for three centuries. To step down from high position into a " p i l l ” fo r the opium pipe). The yeggman is wanted at Salem |
ma“ ab" ,,t twenty-two years old. was lines. Once she saw half a dozen
horsemen ahead, and since they looked
which they had been horn, is a hitter pill for tin* princes o f the reign for the thefts o f valuable silks. He will now be charged with and! s" X g ° a pretty'Tdr, come in“ ™
ing house to swallow. In retiring from tin* throne a parallel is pre assault with attempt to kill.
There are severe restrictions against qnlte l)es(de hlmself with lldmlratlon. brown rather than blue she knew they
sented to tin* end of the Saracenic dynasty in Spain, when bv the tin* sale o f pernicious drugs, spasmodically enforced on occasion. ( xtolly showed him the articles she had were not Union troops. She drove the
marriage o f Ferdinand and Isabella and the union of Castile and A ra The war against unscrupulous dealers should hi* constant and tin- purchased, telling him that they had man tn front o f her Into a wood and
waited till the routing men had pass
gon. tin* power of Spanish arms drove out the Moors to Africa. Who relenting. As fo r Johnson, he deserves the fullest limit o f the law. ¡been bought with money derived from ed
Again she saw a house ahead,
■
the sale o f butter and eggs
He was around which several persons were
has not read the beautiful description of Washington Irving, ‘ 'T h e ,
convinced that she was what she rep loitering. She made a detour, but In
Last Sigh o f tin* M o or?" The sun was setting. Itefore the royal tent i
Other witnesses were C. J
resented herself to he. but he had ex- doing so was ohllgi*d to leave her
o f tile conquerors sat Ferdinand and Isabella. Itoahdil. the last king;
I
trucker.
<>! Jordan Station. • hi- I pllcit orders from his general that lie horse.
o f the Spanish Moors, was compelled to pass them, and to hen*I his
tario. .'ind J. C. Childer*-. of Pitts should grant no passes to persons going
Being now on foot, she disarmed
knee ill token ol subjection, ere he took his departure to Africa to I
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northward, and he dare not disobey. Robbins and had two revolvers instead
him a foreign shore. Ascending a hill to perform this last act o f
,,
1
‘
Molly a|»|»eared disappointed, and when of one. Rut It was not weapons she
humility, he east his eyes down into the valley below, where stood the I
shop
< oust met in g
• unpany, the aid looked at her sympathetically
needed: it was to escape wayfarers.
Alhambra palace of his forefathers, which even now. in its ruins
w hich ••bruts to have su ffer» d j cast her blue eyes down at the floor.
Now and again she would stop to lis-
is an imposing pile
As In* saw tin* setting sun gilding tin* minarets
j “ How far beyond the picket line do teu. The distant creaking o f a w ag
IN D IA N A P O L IS . Imi.. Three j over the country,
| you live?" asked the aid.
and (lollies and ll<* realized that lie and Ins people Were leaving the explosions in Wisconsin, alleged j
on. the thud o f horses' hoofs, would
"N ot very far." Molly replied.
beautilul Andalusian laud forever, a sigh o f rygret escaped him. I
drive her. she still driving her captive,
to
he
a
part
of
a
widespread
dvii-
"
I
tell
you
what
you
do.
Meet
me
stoic though lie was. The Spaniard, mindful of the poetical signifi-
into cover. A t last she heard a dis
j
Just
within
the
picket
post
on
the
Mur
tant shot. A soldier in that country
caiice of limi sigh, at once christened the spot El sttspiro del Moro__ amile conspiracy, were nivesti-
| freesboro road tomorrow morning at at that time knew a picket shot by In
tlu* Last Sigh *d' the Moor. So with the end of the Manchu dynasty gated by the Federal Grand Jury,
! 10 o’clock, and I'll see what I can do stinct. This one must be from a Fed
««tiles the tears of the reigning house.
i Two men of Portage. Wis.. said to
for you. .1 can't write you a pass, for eral musket. The northern picket line
I that's contrary to orders, but I may was not far distant.
If given the proper opportunity, voting China, awakening from I lie relatives of Ortie E. MeMan-
be able to get you horn»*. You see. I
the sleep o f the centuries. keenly appreciative o f the benefits of
The last scare Molly had was when,
: ignl were examined in connection
| might go with you and satisfy myself crossing a road, she saw on her flank
Western civilization, will graft the new upon the old. rejecting all
with
the
transportation
of
explo
SAN FRANCISCO. — Black j that you are what you pur|«»rt to be. a cloud o f dust. Not stopping to satis
that is inharmonious aud stride forward to her destiny. Hut there
is a possibility that this plan may not work out at once, without sives from Chicago to ponits in t\v»*s inni hrokcn head* ami tlirct* that you wouldn't carry Information fv herself who enused It. she pushed
j and all that
in this case it wouldn't
travail and sorrow. Let her beware tin* stealthy creep o f the Russian , Wisconsin. The explosions were men under arrost ami out on bail [ be any harm for me to lt*ave you at her prisoner on. A ridge was iu fm n t
• f tier, which she recnenized as one
hear
For China to develop into a modern nation as lias Japan, at Green Bay, November 21 1!M)9;
becanst* o f ti tight between thè home, and I wouldn't be acting con favorable for a picket line. Then from
would not suit Adam Zad at all. Russia never sleeps. Sin*, too. has
trary
to
my
orders."
Superior. August 2. 1910, and M i poli»*»* and a strei*t meeting in-
a Held iiefore it came:
her dreams o f empire, and will never relinquish them without a
Molly tintnked the youug man, look
“ Halt there!”
lwaukee. March 1t>. 1011.
| Industriai NVorkers o f tlu* World. ing very demure and modest, and w ith
struggle. Sin* desires to grab all the Chinese territory sin* can for |
Molly cheerfully obeyed the order,
Du
his
way
to
do
the
Milwau
drew.
Tile
following
morning
on
dress
her own aggrandizement. Only a certain distance can sin* go. be
H. W. Wright. thè speaker at
for she knew that the man who halted
lag
she
examined
a
revolver
she
had
fore sin* will encounter tin* British lion, ever watchful, ever vigilant, j kee job which resulted in lam- the meeting, face* a rbarge o f re
her was no southerner, since be spoke
rnTried strapped to her waist under her with a German accent
If Young China is not caught between the two and literally torn age to an unloading bridge and
She told her
sisi
ing
an
offieer.
H
i»
head
is
skirts,
and.
since
she
would
very
likely
«tory. the man called for the officer
limb from limb, it will be a miracle.
a steamer near the dock VeMan-
have need for it. she tried to think of
Tin* I iiitcd States ol America trusts that the Russian Bear max U'.aI says In* carried four quarts cnt from a policeman’s club, he a place on her person where it would » f the picket, and the gonl was won.
“ Cnptaln." she said as soon as the
he for* oil hack into Ids lair.
It trusts that high-minded British of nitroglycerine in a suitcase says. and bis elothing is in had be concealed and yet be easily grasped
statesmanship may he strong enough to maintain the integrity of from Chicago and fontii six shape. Ilis companions. Frank Fortunately in these days there was ne'e was finished, “ it has been a ques
tion o f capture for you or a rope for
the new Chinese Republic. This country can present tin armed inter quarts awaitmg Ititi) iti Milwatt- | Swiski and Conrad Waage. wcri* usually a pocket in a woman's dress, me.”
fercnct* in China against Russia or Great Britain, hut it can offer I kec As only four quarts v. c, re- arrcsted for refusine to move on. ami Molly, having made a search, dis
The captain made no reply.
its friendly office* to prevent dismemberment, should such become .«rr . d to destroy the prop. i-M lie All wero baile«! out by mcmlw-rs covered one. She slipped her revolver
Molly went, dressed as she waa. to
Into It.
the general's headquarters, reported
imminent.
left the remainder in Milwaukee o f the organization to which thry
Shortly before 10 o'clock she started the success o f her mission and furnish
But Russia is cruel and unjust. She is cruel to her own subjects, j for future u-.<
In whose •>ti*tedv belone.
up toward the picket post. Hearing fd the Information she had been sent
a m i there is no country in the world where there is so little patriotism
he left it and how some of the
W right was talking on a down the sound of horse's hoofs behind her
Internecine troubles may some day disrupt the oligarchy and the I < xphisive happened t« he there town Street corner when the po- she did not look around, but presently to get The next morning commenced
that movement which, though com
house o f Rom anoff g o down into oblivion
Russia is cruel to tli awaiti: g him. are supposed f> he liee ordered him to get off a box heard the aid hid her good morning
paratively bloodless, was one of the
Jews, to her own peasantry
Regardless o f treaty obligations, play, some >f the points inquired into on which he stood. Wright re
"Go to the picket post." he said “ and
most trying o f the war the Tullahoma
pretend you didn't know you must campaign.
mg the bully, she took part in the .wicked partition o f Poland by the grand jury.
sisted and the fight began.
OUR P L A TF ORM
WISCONSIN JOBS
OF DYNAMITERS
PROBED BY JURY
"WON TWORKS AT
SAN FRANCISCO
MIX WITH COPS
Molly