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About The times. (Portland, Or.) 191?-19?? | View Entire Issue (Feb. 2, 1912)
THE TIMES THE TIMES hobo,” and said that the only reason Christ did not beat his way on a | OEALING IN STOCKS. box ear was because there weren’t any box cars in those days, so he Know W h it You Aro Buying Beforo beat his way by stealing a donkey. He intimated that if the city ! Published every Saturday by T IIE TIM E S COMPANY, Incorporated Investing Your Monty. at 212 First Street, Portland, Oregon. Phones: Main 5637; A-26S6. officials did not look out they (the Socialists) would take what they I We hear o f fortunes quickly made TH E TIM E S is not responsible for any opinions expressed by correspondents want. The trouble with short-eared asses like this is that they merely I Jfive evidence o f an unbalanced mind. I f they would take out their | They Were Tots of Schoolboys, in Wall street, of miners who have appearing in its columns. accumulated enormous wealth by a frothings on themselves it wouldn’t hurt any. but they are liable to Entered in Postoftice at Portland. Oregon, as aerond-claaa matter. lucky strike, o f Inventions that have Some Not In Their Teens. incite others to make trouble. Persons o f the Lewis class are to be made Inventors rich But how many A FEARLESS E X PO N E N T OF IN D U S T R IA L PEACE pitied, rather than condemned. They require treatment in a sanita o f these Instances are there? Just a rium where others who are criminally insane are incarcerated. They few. while countless thousands and TOO YOUNG TO WEAR SWORDS hundreds 8URSCRIPTION RATES— $:!.5i) per year, in advance. gloat in newspaper notoriety and they are not worth it. Space is too o f thousands have lost every AD VE R TIS IN G RATES made known upon application. thing In unsuccessful ventures. valuable to he used up in this way. The prosperous, successful man or 6o the Midgets Were Armed With Dirk Saturday, February 2, ’ 12 Knives Inetead— They Were Fighters, woman Is the one who buys with Whoever would think that checker-playing was a dangerous Each man should have the right to earn his way, Though, Farragut and Porter Being knowledge o f what he or she Is buy habit? But it seems that Myron Gould, o f Kansas, has become a ing. whether It be a piece o f beef, a And each should have for fa ir d a y ’s work a fair d a y’s pay, devotee to the game to such an extent that it landed him in a mess In Battles at the Age of Twelve. dozen o f eggs, a horse, a house or Each man should governed be by Justice’s right o f trouble. He was recently committed for w ife desertion, hut at the Something more than a hundred years stocks and bonds. And gain his ends by peaceful means— not dynamite. plaint of the w ife he was released on his promise to comply with the ago the midshipman was, indeed, the Money has been made In W all street orders o f the court to contribute +6 a week for the support of his w ife "mldshtpmite” that he was popularly and will continue to be made. Those and two children. But the lure o f checkers was too much for him called, for he was but a mite o f a lad, who buy stocks when they sell low and and he got to he such a terror when he sat in a game, that he defeated usually receiving his appointment be- sell them when they advance must all comers and went about looking for new victims to dangle at his fore he reached his teens. Admirals make money. The operation Is no d if Farragut and I’orter were midshipmen, ferent from buying a house or n farm belt. He became so infatuated that he forgot all about his little +6 afloat and In pitched battles, at twelve at n bargain and selling It at n profit. promise, and he had to get “ pinched” again and go back to prison. years of age. and Goldsborough was Rut one should exercise Just ns much It would seem that a checkerboard can become as dangerous as | ¡p ^ m te d when only seven years old. qnre In one transaction ns In the other. THE TIMES is earnest and outspoken. It advocates roulette wheel. Nowadays, however, the midshipman what it believes to be right, and that without fear or favor, Have nothing to do with those who OLD TIME MIDDIES OUR P LATFORM and unencumbered by the shackles of circumstance. THE TIMES will not swerve from the path of duty, and it cannot be purchased or compromised. THE TIMES unqualifiedly sub scribes to the great principles of human liberty under the law; of equal rights in all fields of legitimate endeavor, industrial freedom and to the advancement of the great Pacific Coast. TO THE EMPLOYER— THE TIMES will ever be open to the employer of labor, that he may have, through its columns, an opportunity to place the truth before the public regarding the business conditions which govern him and his environ ments. The co-operation of the employer and the employe are the substantial proofs of what has made the Pacific Coast what it is today. Their interests are identical, are inseparable. The mutual experience, foresight and confidence between the business man and the wage-earner have made and are making for success. The investments of the one coupled with the efforts of both are solid bulwarks of present prosperity and the assur ances of the future. Minus these, advancement along the lines of industrial and commercial progress of the Pacific Coast is impossible. Without this hearty co-operation, a continuance of the highest possible development of our agricultural, horticult ural, timberal, mineral and other resources is out of the ques tion, and we must retrograde and decay. TO THE EMPLOYE.— The columns of THE TIMES will always be open to the employe, whether he may be an inde pendent toiler or claim affiliation with a trade organization. THE TIMES hopes that by thus affording a medium for the interchange of opinions and by untrammeled discussion of la bor questions in its columns, that a better understanding will be brought about between the employer of labor and the man who earns his bread by the sweat of his brow. THE TIMES believes that by this method the rights of both will be con served and advanced. In the field of labor THE TIMES will champion the prin ciple of ‘ ‘ equality of opportunity,” with all that it means to independent labor and to the average good citizen. This paper will be the staunch and undeviating friend of all honest toilers, of all unshackled, law-abiding, sincere workers; and while never denying the right of workmen to organize lawfully, this paper will be the unyielding foe of lawless, proscriptive, monopolistic and exclusive labor organizations, because they are the selfish enemies of their own class, and the common dan ger of the industrial world. Our position in this matter is un mistakable, and will be maintained. THE TIMES will at all times stand for the conservation of human life and energy and character, with all their tremendous potentialities; for the preservation of the community and the nation; for the protection of property; for the flag and its glorious traditions; for the national life and honor with their pregnant possibilities; for the continuance of a brave, virtuous and patriotic citizenship, without which no nation can be either truly great or really good. They do queer things down San Francisco way. We are advised that a woman there pawned her fat husband's teeth so that she could procure food fo r her own nourishment. When reminded that perhaps her husband would suffer, in that he was thus left minus the means o f mastication, that unkind female retorted that it didn’t mat ter, ‘ ‘ he’s too fat, anyw ay.” Compelling him to consume his own surplus, as it. were. It appears that the position one occupies in the social scale in London governs the amount o f the fine assessable against them foi profane swearing. The Metropolitan Police Guide gives the sliding scale o f fines fo r “ cuss” words, thus: ‘ ‘ Day laborer, common soldier or common sailor, 25 cents. ‘ ‘ Every other person under the degree o f gentleman. 50 cents. “ Every person o f or above the degree o f gentleman, $1.25.” Should a person swear several times on one occasion it constitutes one offense, with a cumulative penalty. j Is quite a different person. Mayor Rolph, of San Francisco, is a man o f common sense and one who does not propose to allow any political party to dictate his appointments. He recently sent a letter to the Socialist county com- mitce informing them o f this fact. lie told them that lie was the „j. , • i e c. rs , . „ scr ant of the entire people o f San Francisco and not of any party or taction, and that every other political party had the sense to realize this, it seems, but the Socialists. But one must not expect too much of persons -of this class, for their brains are unhinged, anyway. POWER OF SILENCE. ¿ohn Randolph Used It to Confi a* a Powerful Opponent. In painting the sacrifice of Iphigenla the artist, it is said, exhausted the emotions of grief and horror in the faces o f the bystanders. "H e has left nothing unsaid. How can he depict her father’s sorrow?” was the anxious query o f those friends who were watching the development of the picture. The artist threw a mantle over Agamemnon's face. The blank silence was more effective than any picture woe. One o f the most extraordinary effects produced by an absolute silence Is re corded In tbe reports o f a convention in which the foremost men of Virginia took part. John Rnudolph had a meas ure to carry In which he looked for the opposition o f Alexander Campbell, a man then noted for his scholarship and power In debate. Randolph had never seen the Scotch logician, hut he had heard enough of him to make him and his partisans uneasy. When, therefore, the gaunt stranger first rose to speak In the con vention Randolph looked at him with such an air o f alarm as to attract the whole attention o f the convention and as he glanced around seemed to be asking for sympathy in his coming de feat He then composed himself to listen in rapt attention. Campbell, aware of this byplay, hes itated and lost the thread of his argu ment. Randolph's face by turns as be listened expressed weariness. Indiffer ence and finally contempt He leaned back and yawned. Campbell sat down hastily. He had lost the whole force o f his speech. Not a word had been spoken, but he was defeated.—St. Louis Republic. Here's something new in the matter o f doling out fines to minor lawbreakers, invented by Judge Carlisle, o f Kansas City Here are some o f the fines he imposes: For winking at a lady without provo cation. + 100; second offense. +125; fourth offense. +200 For carry ing a revolver, +100; for writing with chalk upon a building or side walk. +25; for using impolite language to ladies in stores or other public places. +25; for throwing chewing gum on the sidewalks or floors o f streetcars. +5; for stealing a gate. +10; porters who talk rudely to people who have not been generous enough in their tips. +10 fo r each offense. »(Tor glittering opportunities to get rich quickly. This will save your money. It mny sound very nice to say that one owns a thousand shares o f a gold, silver or copper mine with a pnr value o f $10.000 and that cost the holder only $50 or $100. But what use is such a certificate unless It has real value? Better put the $50 or $100 In one share o f a dividend pay ing stock and be satisfied with mod erate returns and a moderate profit on any advance the stock may enjoy.— Leslie's. the lieutenants and many of the cap tains of even seventy years ago. The old time middies were mere schoolboys. All tbe warships o f any size carried in their regular comple Kept Him Modest. Lord Herschel, having delivered an ments a schoolmaster, whose duty It address before a large audience, was was to give the lads as liberal an edu afterward waited on by the local re cation as possible in the odd periods EAGLES IN COMBAT. porter, who requested a digest of the between strictly professional duties. Tills rating of schoolmaster wns abol deliverance. “ How Is It you were not Fury of the Belligerent Birds In Their present to hear it for yourself?" in- ished. in fact, only about twenty years Duel In the Air. qulred the noble peer “ Oh," said the | nS°- but after the establishment o f the An old time observer in Maryland reporter. "I had something more Im- Naval academy, in 1841, these officials says that the Eastern Shore eagles can portant to attend to—a big boxing | Jevotcd their energies to the sailor np- fly faster, remain in their lofty flight match!” Lord Herschel admitted that I Prentic<'s only, the enlisted boys o f the longer and descend from it to the earth this kept him modest - London Opin- i forecastle. Even these now obtain with more velocity than any other cre lon I their education on shore. There is a tradition that the three ated thing with wings. He also says brass buttons the midshipman wears that the fierceness o f the eagles and Everlasting. on the sleeve o f his full dress coat dur- the tenacity and power of clutch they Vicar's Daughter— Ira sorrv you j can put into their immense talons are don't like the vicar’s sermons. William. I lnS hls four rears at Annapolis orlgi- beyond belief, and he cites as an in What is the matter with them? Are | nated a ceutury or m°re ago, when stance o f It n fight between two of the their presence was needed to discour they too long? William—Yes. miss. big birds that be once saw. Von t' curate 'e says. "In conclusion,” age the youngsters from brushing their Just what Incited the two eagles to noses with their sleeves. This is prob and 'e jlo conclude. But t’ vicar ’e the combat this spectator o f the fight says "Lastly,” and 'e do last.—London ably a base slander, modern research did not know, hut they came together Indicating that the buttons are relics Mail of the days when there was a cuff flap high ln the air. A long time tbe twe fierce birds fought with beak and About Nothing. on tbe sleeve. talon and wing, rushing upon one an Mamma—What in the world are you At a11 events the extreme youth of two quarreling about? the midshipmite used to be his most other, delivering their blows and re treating for advantage in a new at Little Dick—Nothing. conspicuous characteristic. Instead of “ Nothing, eh?" * j the full sized regulation officer’s sword tack. Then at last they clinched and fought at close quarters. “ Yes'm. Dot left her box o f candy j ,llat lle now carries, he wore a little In that position they came plunging here, an' when she came back there I straight bladed dirk about a foot long, was nothin' In It." He was to n large extent a messenger to the earth, but neither made any e f fort to stay the fall, so desperately In ._________________ for carrying orders about tbe ship, but tent was each on the savage battle. The Distant Uncle he a*8° *ook charge o f boats and com- They struck together ln the freshly Shortleigh—My Uncle Frank Is a manded U10n desPite his youth. He turned furrow o f a plowed field, and veritable Klondike. Longleigh-W ’ hy was frequently placed in charge o f a the Impact failed to separate them or how's that? Shortleigh—Has plenty o f I prlze ca[,tured ln war- taklnK her lnto to cause an Instant’s delay in the fight, wealth, but Is cold and distant.-Smart 11,ort’ and DOt ‘ «frequently suppressing mutinies among the prisoners on board. and the coming on the scene o f a man Set Magazine. Farragut was a prize master at twelve with a club, with which he at once took part ln the battle, did not distract and got his prize safely In. Misleading. The title "midshipman" is an ancient their attention from one another, and Mugg (applying for a Job)—Sir. I am one. He Is above the seamen and the the man killed them both. Their tal honesty Itself. petty officers forward nnd below the ons were buried so deeply in each oth Prospective Employer—Indeed! I Im com missioned officers ln the wardroom er’s flesh that to separate the two agined It looked different.—Boston aft; hence "midshipman.” There was belligerent eagles It wns necessary tc Transcript. formerly a higher grade called passed cut off their legs.—New York Sun. midshipman, but this was abolished be Married Young to Beat Smallpox. fore the war between the states. Then When 1 was a lad the number of the grade was restored, but called mid shipman. the former midshipman be people whose faces were pitted with “ Blind from ing designated ns a cadet midshipman. smallpox was legion. In 1882 the title o f the latter was smallpox” was on the card worn by changed to naval cadet, which it still most o f the unfortunate street beg remains, nnd the midshipmen were gars who had lost their sight merged with the ensigns. Accordingly The anxiety o f parents to have their the time honored title of midshipman daughters married at an age which no longer exists officially In the United would now be considered almost scan States navy. dalously immature was one by-result While officially a naval cadet, that of the frequency and severity o f small young officer is still regarded and often pox. I f a girl's face were marred her referred to verbally as a midshipman, prospects of matrimony were, o f for beds the same creature as o f old as course, Impaired, and the ambition o f far as his duties go. But by the side mothers—so common was smallpox— of hls earlier prototype the twentieth wns to see their daughters safely mar century "m iddy" Is a savant. Trigo ried before they caught the disease.— nometry was about as high up ln math From Walter Gilbey’s "Recollections ematics as the old timer ever went. o f Seventy Y'ears" In Nineteenth Cen The twentieth century lad goes far be tury. yond He goes through nualytlcat ge ometry o f three dimensions, differential What Life Is. and Integral calculus, applied mechan Nothing Is o f real value ln the world ics. except people. Never hurt a person by Gunnery n hundred years ago was a wrong thought or by word or by act little more than loading, aiming and Never hurt each other. Then go on firing at short ranges. It now involves a big discovering expedition and find metallurgy, theory o f the combustion each other. Never say, "That person o f powder gases, stress and strain, me has nothing In him.” for that only chanical engineering, manufacture and means that you haven’t found It yet. preservation o f complex explosive* nnd Then, last o f all, never think you are other abstruse subjects. In nil of which the only person. You are Just i pnrt the midshipman o f the present day of "ench other.” You are not some must be proficient. body and the rest o f us everybody Midshipmen were conspicuous In all else. W e are each other. Life Is each- ¡our early wars, notably those with the otherness. not everybody-elseness.—St. jBarhary States, with the West Indian Nicholas. j pirates and with the British ln 1812. They were equally conspicuous during Th* Hornbill. | our conflicts with the Spanish and F ili The hornbill, a bird which Is widely pinos. Midshipmen, naval cadets, had distributed ln India, the Malay archi > charge o f the extremely hazardous pelago nnd Africa, has a very loud picket duty In the Santiago blockade, note. Its call has been described ns close under the Spanish batteries nnd between the shriek of a locomotive : often under musketry fire from shore. nnd the bray o f a donkey and can he Cadet Dowell ran hls open launch right heard a distance of about a couple of Into the harbor o f Santiago after the miles. Merrimae. remained all night under the menacing guns o f the Inner batteries Twisted. snd steamed out again under their fire Hicks—I hear that Brown’s speech in the m orning—New York Press. at the club dinner last night was quite Cleveland’s Birthplace M a y Become a M em orial M u seu m J N. M Phillips, a graduate of the Pniversity o f California and traveling salesman for a San Francisco firm attempted to “ make mash” on three Portland girls with ‘ ‘ Oh. look w ho’s here. Good evening, ladies.” The girls were self-respecting and resented such familiarity, riieir escorts gave the tnasher and his companion, win escaped the police dragnet, a severe drubbing. Then Patrolman • thick carted Phillips to the City Jail. When Phillips was brought before Judge Tazwell, lie received a tongue lashing at the hands o f Judge Hennessy. Deputy Distrht Attorney, who was in a bellicosi mood, lie considered that such barnacles on the body politic would look well cracking rocks at Liunton, which would he better than “ cracking” remarks such as he made to women. And Phi lips was fined +25. Guv Allen is totally lacking in the instincts o f a gentleman. Mrs !'• Carter is an evangelist at a mission at 2 S I1 H a w th o rn e avenue AHvn says that he went to the mission to “ get" religion ." Instead o f doing that, he awaited the time when Mrs. Carter was at praver. Her handling was within reach, and he became curious as to its con tents. lie took a peep. There was a Bible and a dime in the hag. lie forgot all about his search for religion. He would rather have that dime In his anxiety to set lire it. it eluded his grasp and fell with a tell tale jingle to the floor It all ended by Guy's falling into the grip of Patrolman Fuller to whom lie admitted the theft, and sai.l that he had thrown Mrs Carter's Bible and handbag into a mud puddle. Later on Judge Tazwell committed him to the rockpile where he « i l l remain for four months By the end of that time Guy will conclude it would have been better hail he experienced religion and had not tried to “ sw ip e" Mrs Carter’s ten-eent piece. He cannot enter the Naval academy under fifteen and is therefore when on a regular cruising ship after completing his four years' academic course usually a well i developed man, physically mature and BthIetlc and wltu B tralned mind. lie ts far better equipped mentally than Copyright t>> i mterwood A Underwood Parson«** photo copyright by Progress Publishing company. T UK movement looking to the preservation of the "Old Manse" at CaM- well. \ J , the birthplace of Grover Cleveland, as a memorial museum and repository of relics of the ex president Is making progress. The plan Involves the raising of $50.000. one tenth to lie subscribed by ths citizen* o f Caldwell, the remainder by the people of the country at large Tltla to the parsonage property has been taken by the Caldwell memorial commutes, the members o f which are hopeful of securing the necessary subscriptions tn the near future The plaa coatsaiplstes the acquisition o f an adjoining plot of ground sud the erectleo * f a memorial library The house ts the oae ta whb-h the future president lived with hls parent* uatll he was four rears old, bis father. ■ Presbyterian min is tar. than removing his family to FayattnvUla, N. T.. a village near Syramaa Blood and Fira. A French editor, anxious for sensa tions. came Into hls office and asked hls deputy what had happened. “ Noth ing," he was told, "except that a man's nose had been bleeding ln the l Place de la Concorde and a chimney Is on fire In Montmartre." “ Enough," said tbe ether nnd wrote the placard "Blood and Fire ln Paris!” Hurry and cunning are tbe two ap prentices c f dispatch and »kill, but neither of them ever learns his maa- lari' trad a-C olto*. I funny. Wicks—The opening sentence was—very! He rose and said. "W hilo I was sitting on my thought a chalt struck me." Everybody roared.—Bos ton Transcript Co m pa n y. A crowd la not company Faces are but a gallery of pictures where there Is do lore, and talk but a tinkling cym bal.—Francis Bacon. When men are pura, law* are use- leas: when men ara corrupt, lawa ara broken. — Disraeli