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KEMARKASSLE YAJUANTS.
Between men like Wlllett,- of Now
Tork', -who on Tuesday last ' In the
House denounced .tMe President for
having caused -the panic by the course
he has pursued towards the trusts and
the operators In fr.antlc finance, and
Tillman,: of. South Carolina, ' who re
cently denounced him for not having
gone further and turned on the hand
tuffs when ho turned 'on the light,
there is a. chasm deep and wide. Wll
lett represents tire plungers' of New
York, who revel In. high finance; vhlle
Tillman represents the Socialist's and
Populists o the country, who would
have all the rpeculators. and gamblers
and brigands of finance thrown Into
bastlles, without lail or benefit of
clergy. But both these remarkable
men, Wlllett and Tillman, are Demo
crats. W may fear from their ut
terances that Roosevelt could not'
please their party whatever he might
do.
"We want cher,," said Mr.. Wlllett.
"We do not want our Chief Executive
going ttzp and down the country
knocking with his big stick the men
who hold the reins' of our great in
dustrial and financial institutions."
"Why does'1 the President content him
self with denouncing the 'infamies of
predatory -wealth?" asks Tillman.
"After all his taik about these male
factors and their villainies, I do' not
happen to find a single one of them
in prison-' ' . . : '.
Perhaps Mrt Wlllett will now take
notice that- Mtr. F. Augustus Heinze,
one of these eminent men wt?h whom
the panic started, end exposure of
whose operatioins In copper was Us
Immediate cauae', has' bsen indicted
for bank frauds, by ovec-certiflcation
of checks In vast- amounts in connec
tion with promotion of certain of
these great Industrial interests which
it is complained have been hit with
fhe big stick. Perhaps It has. by this
time been noticed by Mr. Tillman that
juries are slaw to "convict, and do not
take orders from the Chief Executive;
and, moreover, X'-.a., ven after con
viction these malefactors are usually
in position to appeal and gtfe bail.
Would Mr. Tillman have the Chief
Executive orCer the handcuffs put on,
notwithstanding?
It may be remembered that' the
President In his latest message said
that "both the condlgon-of the law
and the present temptfr of Juries ren
der It a task of extreme difficulty to
got at the real wrongdoer in any such
case, especially by lrujprisonment."
This fact men like Mr. Wlllett rejoice
In, while men like Mr. Tillman ex
plore it. '
Every feature of this business was
covered by the President In his recent
message. "The -overnment, he said,
"must submit to irksome and repeated
delay before obtaining a final decision
.of the courts upon proceedings Insti
tuted, and even a favorable decree
may mean an empty victory. More
over, to attempt to control these cor
porations by lawsuits means to Impose
upon both the Department of Justice
and the courts an Impossible burden;
it Is hot feasible to carry on more
than a limited number of such suits."
This ought to be a sufficient answer to
Hose who express dissatisfaction with
the President because he hasn't
promptly ordered the handcufis on.
The other sort, who think It mere per
secution to call any of the "operators"
to account, and believe they all ought
to have a free 'hand In opportunities'
for plunder and . oppression, never
again, will find this so -satisfactory a
world as they .have h re. -fore en
joyed. ...
. Land. Commissioner .Ealllnger . will
retire from offlce March 1, after re
organizing and placing on a business
basis the affairs of the General Land
Offlce at Washington. His worth as a
public official was shown by the Presl-
dent's remark that In Balllnger ' he
had a $20,000 -man for a $5000 salary-
Some difficulty will be experienced In
replacing -him with another $20,000
man, although there are plenty of
$1000 men Who are willing to take the
place at a J500TJ salary.. If the Gov
ernment would pay more-$20,000 sal
aries to men who were worth that
figure, quite a saving would be effected
In lopping off the dead timber which
now absorbs bo many salaries ranging
from ' $2000 up to even more than
$5000 per year.
BCT STTPPOSK HE SHOULD KB ELECTED
Dr. Albert Shaw, of the American
Review of Reviews, offers some re
marks. . Here are some of them:
If the Chicago convention should declare that
m Its Judgment, the Presidential electors In the
several states ought to cast their ballots for
Mr. Roosevelt, and should decline to nominate
anybody else, the men nominated as Republi
can electoral In . their several states would. If
elected, doubtless cast their votes for air.
Roosevelt. And It the Republicans should
have a majority In tbe electoral- college Mr.
Roosevelt would tie declared elected when'the
votes were counted In due form..
Under those circumstances It Is not to ha
supposed that any man could ' decline to take
the oath of offlce Jf In possession of hi phys
ical ami mental! powers. Mr. Roosevelt .has
not said that ' he would refuse to serve as
President It elected. He has merely said
that he would not accept a nomination. .' His
platform la contained In his last message to
Congress. Tf the American people chooss to
make him President no acceptance of a nom-
inauon would be absolutely necessary.
Among the closest personal friends
of Mr. Roosevelt is Dr. Albert Shaw.
HTDMBRJuFrS PAROUS.
The parole, of Hembree Illustrates'
the tact that our authorities are disin
clined to treat crime as a serlo'us mat
ter. Nobody seems to be--responsible
for his escape from Justice. The cir
cumstantial evidence against him was
little short of demonstrative, yet It did
not convince the Prosecuting Attorney
that he was g-ulUy, The Jury ought
to have hanged him unless he was in
nocent, yet they convicted him of
manslaughter. According to the ver
dict the Jury did not know whether to
pronounce Hembree guilty or Inno
cent; so they split the difference. The
Judge who sentenced him did ridt hear
the trial, and therefore knew nothing'
about him. Everybody worked in the
dark-.
Now comes his parole, which makes
him substantially a free man after a
year in the penitentiary.: The Gover-.
nor says the statute virtually compels
him to grant a parole if the prisoner's
conduct in prison has been good, and
that he has no right to take anything
else into 'consideration. Tet the very
law- which the Governor quotes to jus
tify himself says in the plainest lan
guage that prisoners, "may.be paroled
for good conduct by the Governor"; it
nowhere says that they must be pa
roled. The 'matter is wholly discre
tional, with Mr. Chamberlain. No law
obliged him to parole Hembree. Nor
was .it necessary for him to grant the
parole at the end oC Hembree's first
year in prison. It could, have- been
granted "at any time after" Hembree
had served the minimum period of his
indeterminate sentence.
Again, although the. only lawful
ground for -granting the parole was
Hembree's conduct while In prison,
yet the statute' declaref that the rec
ord of the prisoner's conduct' "sball
not preclude the Governor from ob
taining other Information in regard to
said prisoner." It- follows that .Mr.
Chamberlain ercs when he says the
statute allows him "no discretion if
the prisoner's conduct 1n the peniten
tiary has been ,god." The "fact Is
that it, allows him every discretion.
Indeed, It is the main, intent of the
law. .that the Go verndr "shall exercise
a sound discretion in paroling prison
ers.' Nothing Is to be done by ma
chine methods, or by routine or in the
dark. The parole law is an excellent
statute,- or a most pernicious one, ac
cording to the way It Is administered:
If it is administered blindly and care
lessly. It may Injure society .beyond, es
timate. If it is administered wisely
and -cautiously it may become a
stanch pillar of Justice and prove a
great reformatory measure. Here, as
everywhere else, we are driven to the
conclusion that excellence and vicious
ness are not so much Inherent in' the
laws as in those wh .adml-ister them.
RELXKF FOR. TTLXAMOOK.. ,
The periodical complaint over lack
of transportation' facilities between
this city and Tillamook is again heard,
this time somewhat louder than usual
because the population of the thriving
coast port has increased end a greater
amount of freight is Required. , Ac
cording to complaint made before the
Manufacturers' Association, as well as
through communications received by
The Oregonlan, the trouble Is largely
due to the fact that Mr. Elmore, who
controls the steamers plying there, re
gards the Tillamook business as of
secondary importance to his cannery
trade along the coast. For weeks the
docks - in Astoria have . held ' large
amounts xf freight shipped from this
city for Tillamook merchants. Some
of this freight was ordered for the
Christmas trade, and may .not reach
Its destination before next. Spring.
The congestion has become so seri
ous that an embargo has been de
clared by the O. R: 4, N. Co., which
handles the- freight .between Portland
and Astoria, and no more will be re
ceived until the Astoria docks are
cleaned up. The trade of Coos Bay
was not regarded as worth cultivat
ing until F. P. Baum3jtner, of this
city, after a personal canvass of both
buyers and sellers at Portland and
Coos Bay, . 'convinced '4he owners of
the. Alliance tttat a profitable trade
could'be worked up. As a result, two
regular steamers - are now engaged
and Portland is doing more businses
in many lines on Coos Bay than is
handled from San Francisco. The Til
lamook trade is not as large as that
of Coos -Bay. but It is worth attention,
and with proper transportation facili
ties would, show a large Increase. Mr.
Elmore's boats have at intervals in
the past had opposition on the route,
and at such times they gave a fre
quent and satisfactory service at low
rates until the opposition ceased.
" What is needed is a larger and
speedier craft than the Elmore. It
should be one that can get over the
Tillamook bar in ordinary weather
and also come up the river to Port
land and avoid the 'unsatisfactory
trans-shipment of freight at Astoria.
A news item in the papers a few days
ago stated that a fleet of fifteen steam
schooners "was lying idle at Oakland
Creek, San Francisco. Some of these
may be or too deep draft for TiftR
mook except at high tide, but among
the number there are . some which
could be used to advantage in tha't
trade. It would be impossible, how-
ever, to induce the owner of a vessel
to place her on the route unless ship
pers were willing to enter into an
agreement to remain loyal to the new
line, regardless of what rates or serv- ,
ice might be given "by the old line, i
which .has so signal failed In .giving I
a satisraciory service.
The) present service, is In most re
spects worse than nei service, " as It
fails to give the slightest satisfaction
and prevents Inauguration of a line
which could offer the facilities needed.
WUEH A STRAP 19 NOT -A WRUr.
Circuit Judges and District . Attor
neys, as well as attorneys generally,
should give heed to the decision of the
State Supreme Court, handed down
Tuesday, reversing the Judgment qf
Judge William- Smith, of Baker Coun
ty, in the case of two men who. were
found guilty of beating a woman with
a leather 'strap. Since the two men
were found gutlty by a Jury of their
peers, twelve men Joining in the ver
dict. It may be assumed that the facts
are unquestionable, and that the men
did beat the woman with a leather
strap, as alleged. The two men were
Indicted under a statute which .makes
it'a felony to beat another with a
"cowhide,, whip, stick or. like thing,"
while In this case the . indictment
charged a beating with a "leather
strap." .The Indictment was found
faulty because it did not allege that a
leather strap is like 'a cowhide, whip
or stick. . .. '
At first glance it would appear" that
District Attorney Lomax was neglect
ful. In failing to place In' the indict
ment an allegation that a leather
strap is like, a cowhide, and that Cir- .
cult Judge Smith was careless in per
mitting the. case to go to trial upon
such a defective complaint, but upon
further consideration it' will appear
that the fault may have been largely
that of the woman, who was probably
the principal witness in the case. Al
most -certainly it was the fault of the
woman, for. have not all faults, from,
the tlrrie of Eve, been' properly. attrib
utable to woman? Now In this par
ticular case It may be 'that, in the ex
citement of being beaten, the' woman
did not notice whether the leather
strap was piade of cowhide or not,
and, being unwilling to run the risk of
perjury, she did not. swear in the pre
liminary examination to any more
she knew. 'If the woman could-not
swear that the leather strap- was a
cowhide, and not a piece of horsehlde.
bubkskln, pigskin or sheepskin, of
course the District Attorney could not
put In' the Indictment the charge that
it was a cowhide. There being, too, a
very marked difference-' between a
leather strap and a cowhide, he could
not be- .expected to insert an allega
tion that It was like a cowhide. Some
of the censure that is due should fall
upon the circuit Judge, for not dis
missing the Indictment in the ' first
place and saving -the time and trouble
and cost of an appeal to the Supreme
Court. The extent of the censure
that is due is a matter upon which
opinions will differ. " '
The lesson jot this case Is an impor
tant one. In . the future when a
woman is beaten by ' two men. who
have in .their possession a gun with
intent to prevent h?r from-defending
herself, the victim- should take partic
ular notice of ..the material of which
the whip or3trap Is made, and if, in
the course1 of the beating, any pt the
frayed ends of the instrument of pun
ishment should fall to the ground, she
should get possession of ' them and
carefully preserve them for the use of
the District Attorney in preparing the
allegations .'of r -the indictment. Dis
trict Attorneys should refuse td Indict.
men under this statute unless . the
women who are beaten can swear
positively as to the kind of wip' used
upon themf. --. ' .,,'.- ' -
. . A HISTORIC PARAIXJSt.
The trust organs In 'New Tork are
In raptures over a "historical parailel"
between .this country and the Spain of
Philip II,' which, a correspondent of
the Evening Post has constructed with
great labor. . Spain at that time was
under "political despotism, religious
despotism, -commercial despotism; the
hands of the ' government were on
every branch of Industry," with the
result that the country swarmed with
beggars. The inference drawn-by the .
Jubilant Wall-street press is. that Mr.
Roosevelt's policy of enforcing the law
will produce similar results here.
The above historical parallel is one
Of those disingenuous tricks to which
shallow brains resort in the hope that
ignorant people will be misled by
them. What semblance of religious
despotism has Mr. Roosevelt trie'd to
impose on the country? .Not even his
most virulent enemies accuse him of
anything of the sort. Y.et religious
despotism lies at the root of Spain's
perennial troubles. As for political
despotism, to talk about such a thing
in this country proves that a man is
either crazy or crafty. Probably the'
Evening Post's correspondent Is both.
Commercial despotism, again, . is the
one' thing above all. others from which
Mr. Roosevelt is endeavoring to liber
ate us. The. trusts and syndicates see
the' chains breaking which they have
riveted upon the trade of the Nation;
hence their tears. ' v.
..We could cite them to a much more
accurate historical parallel,, were, it
worth while. We could point to me
dieval Germany harried and plundered
by the-robber barons." There Industry
was paralyzed,- the people dying In'
misery, the fields wasted by fire,- and
the cities harried with -the sword,
while bands of peasants frenzied by
hunger ranged the country, seeking
vainly Tor food.-' This state of things
was the result of haying no strong
central government to enforce the
laws. Every baron was a law unto
himself, just as every trust was in the
United States until Mr. Roosevelt In
tervened and stayed their ravening
hands. The' condition of 'Gerrrfany
under the robber barons bears a genu
ine likeness to that of the United
-States under the rule of the pirate
trusts. Just as governmental weak
ness produced anarchy there, so it will
here. So It has already here, to a de
gree; and If we escape the full horrors
of such a condition It will be only
because Mr. Roosevelt has, 'foreseen
the future and taken measures to
avert the impending evils.
. A new chapter is about to be added
to the spectacular story .of the life of
F. Augustus Heinze! The Federal
grand jury In New Tork seems to
have succeeded where the Standard
Oil crowd failed, and a very serious
Indictment hangs over the head of the
Montana plunger who will live ' In
financial history as the only man who
ever made Rogers, Rockefeller et aL
dance while : ho 1 racked the -whip.
Heinze has a very plausible explana
tion to make for his .certification -of
checks which were worthless, but he
cannot make It In a Montana court
room before a Heinze judge. The en
vironment In which the ex-Napoleon
of the copper world Is now living Is,
for him, about as healthy as that of
the wounded wolf ' that falls in the
chase, only to be -torn to pieces by the
ravenous pack with which It had been
running. -
With old Massachusetts proposing'
t-o establish a forest reserve system by
purchasing waste lands now in the
control of private -owners, the resi
dents of this state should realize the
Importance of conservation of" timber
resources. Here in Oregon, one of the
chief ends, accomplished by forest re
serves is retention -of ownership In
the Government, thereby preventing
a monopoly ol timber which would
have resulted inevitably If the remain
ing timber lands were placed orr sale.
In Massachusetts the purpose "is to
buy up waste lands and plant them to
forest tfes as a practical demonstra
tion to lumbermen of the benefits -of
that system of maintaining a supply.
If It Is profitable to grow forest trees
in a state as thickly settled as Massa
chusetts, surely It will . be . profitable
to preserve the waste mountain lands
of Oregon so that Nature may again
clothe them with giant pines, spruce
and firs. ' In Qson jt' jB unnecessary
to plant forest trees. Wherever fire
or the ax has denuded the hills, the
trees are reproduced by natural prp
cesses. The question in Oregon Is
whether the . Umber, when grown,
shall belong to' Weyerliauser or the
people.
Of- course. James Hamilton Lewis,
whose- reputation for gallantry is not
even secondary to his solicitude for
his whiskers, did not really mean that
all women were liars when they were
on the witness stand. The remark
with which he is credited, and which
Is said to have raised a storm 'In -Illinois,
was undoubtedly meant In a
Pickwickian sense only. Besides, the
ladies should remember that so close
a student of human nature as Robert
Emmet Burke, the big chief of the
Illinois Democrats, has ' expressed
fears that the gallant Colonel James
Hamilton Lewis would not make a
good candidate for- Governor because
he "would be regarded as a jest."
Certainly no one, not even a lady,
could take offense at a jest, especially
when it- was as harmless and daintily
perfumed and groomed as the Inimita
ble Lewis.
A Seattle real estate man, testifying
at Olympia, before the Railroa'd com
mission, stated that real estate values
in tldelapde had decreased 25 per cent
since. June, 1906. If Mr. Harrlman
would -test the market by offering for
sale some of the choice tideland gold
bricks that were handeM him w.hen he
was seeking terminal facilities at the
Queen' City," he would regard the- ex
pert's estimate of the decrease a3 ex
ceedingly mild. In Portland real es
tate values are higher than they were
in June, 1906, and no choice property
can ba purchased at a lower figure
than - prevailed before tl.e recent
financial slump. Portland property
Xalues were not forced to the unrea
sonable heights attained . In Seattle,
and there was tccordlngly less liabil
ity of a decline. '
Stuyvesant Fish is still expressing
confidence' that he will .win In the fight
for control of the Illinois Central
Meanwhile Mr. Harrlman, the party
of the second part, is following the
example of Br'er Rabbit, who "Jes kep
on sayin' nuffin'." Mr". Fish bases his
victory on scouring a majority of the
stock, exclusive of about .one-third of
the Issue, which is tied up by lnjunc
tion, because it is owned by the Union
Pacific. If Mr. Fish should win in the
present - controversy, Mr. Harrlman
would probably sell the stock which is
tied up by Injunction, to John Doe or
Richard Roe, and they - would then
vote It as they saw fit. ... Mr. Fish has
much work cut out for him before he
regains .control of the road from
which he was ejected by Mr; Harrl
man. ' ' '
George Dixon, colored pugilist.
who, during his sporting career,
"fought 212 battles arid won most of
them," .died Monday in the alcoholic
ward of Belleyue Hospital without
money and without' friends. It is
briefly recorded of him that he went
the. way, through dissipation and final
disappointment of all pugilists - and
died at- the- early age of 37 years.
Text Is given and sermon preached in
this brief record. It is the summing
up In a few words of all that there Is
to say of a life lived upon the lower
levels of humanity the stereotyped
record of- men of his class and pro
fession.
Poultry is to he, and is,. fast becdm
lng, one of the greatest matters of in
terest and sources of wealth to the
people of Oregon. It is sure to beat
many interests and industries that
have . been more pretentious. This
week the finest exhibit of poultry ever
seen In -Oregon is at- East Alder, and
Grand avenue, in Portland. It is the
exhibit . of the Oregon ' State Poultry
Association., It is worth your while.
city man, country man, fo see it. Re
malnder of the .week.
If there Is to b- n open trial of the
Waymire case, the court ought to sit
In the Armory. Even then the- crowd
would lack room. One of the old
buildings at the .fair' grounds might
be better still. The people want to.
know about that dastardly- attatk
upon the Mayor and want to. be pres
ent at his-vindication.
Everybody who goes among the
people, out in the country arid round
about, returns with -.the report that
the people are for Roosevelt, and if
they ean't get- him,, are for Bryan.
Question now Is ' whether -Mr.
Bourne, who supported Bryan afore
time, wiy support Bryan again, if
Roosevelt should not be "in It" for the
"second elective term."
To sa.ve valuable time, let the City
Council make a merger of streetcar
fender and crematory legislation and
do something before next New Tear's.
All things considered, Mr. Heinze
ought to have been satisfied with his
victories in Montana.
The colony of ex-officers of National
banks at Leavenworth is soon to be
increased.
fexPAXSION CRT FOR DEMOCRACY
"Party Must Affirm Wisdom of Historic
Pellclea; Retain Philippine.".
Brooklyn Easle, Dem.
There was a matter In the Bryan plat
form and In the Parker candidacy of
1904 which the Eagle would now renew
to attention: It relates to the. Philippine
situation. The Eagle having accomplished
or originated tha nomination of Judge
"Parker, said what it could fo? his- elec
tion, but out of a sense of courtesy and
fidelity, kept silence 'on a subject about
which it would" not keep silence again.
The subject, as ' said, Is the relation of
the -United States to Its Philippine de
pendencies. The Eagle believes in retain
ing and ruling them. . It will support no
candidate in the future who believes
otherwise. The people of the United
States have never given up any poses-
sforus they have obtained by war or pur
chase, and probably never will" give up
any such possessions. .If the" Eagle is a
Democrat, democracy signifies 'expansion.
If democracy signifies anti-expansion, the
Eagle la not a Democrat. We might not
be so Insistent upon more debatable pro
positions, but we regard the maintenance
by the United States of Its dependencies
to be vital, and the .future debatabillty of
that proposition we will- never concede.
There are thousands and .hundreds of
thousands of men who regard themselves
to be Democrats, and who agree with the
Eagle on this head. The Democratic
party, under Thomas Jefferson, acquired
the vast territory known as the Louisiana
purchase. That acquisition was opposed
by the Federalist of that day, and the
Federalists were overthrown. The Demo
cratic party afterward acquired large
pieces, of territory on the line of the
Pacific, and they have been retained.
These enlargements came by expansions.
One of. the expansions came by war. As
aald, both have been retained. They mtide
our Republic continental. By other ex
pansions extra continental dependencies
have come to us and them we hold In
the interest of civilization, as we' did
the ojhers. .
If an anti-Bryan Democrat be selected
at Denver for candidate; if he be placed
on a truly Democratic platform; If part
of that truly Democratic platform shall
affirm the expansion 'of the. last 20 years
to. be admUable . and ' unchangeable, oer-
manent and: benign, the result' to be as"!
hallowed as .the 'expansions 'Jefferson,
Madison. Jackson and Polk effected, then
the reunion of the . party can be' accom
plished. Those Who were and still are
wrong must give way and. Sway to those
who are right on this head. If the errbr-
Ists will not do this, the custodians of
historic Democratic principles will find
room and welcome and vindication in
other fields' and oiher forces, and will
dq so without . doubt or misgiving.
A PHASE OP PROHIBITIO'V.
Men Whe Vete Prohibition, I'ae Liquors
Themselves,
Springfield -(Mass.) Republican.
President E. J. Curley, of the Distillers'
Security Company, says that prohibitory
laws do not diminish consumption of
whisky; their only effect is to change the
channels and methods of distribution.
Mr. Curler's company should certainly
be In possession of facts throwing light
upon the question which "he raises. It Is
an extended owner of whisky distilling
plants, and when the liquor traffic Is
forced by prohibition to operate below
the surface. If it operates at all. It quite
naturally deals In distilled . spirits more
than in the bulkier malted intoxicants..
Thus -the distilling companies might gain
through prohibition at the expense of the
brewing .companies, but in any case they
are especially In a position to know
certainly of what Mr. Curley speaks. If
what he' says is. true, the public should
have the facts in. substantiation.
There is of coarse no sort of question
that prohibition has never yet succeeded
In . achieving its . professed end of com
plete, or anything like, a complete, .sup
pression of the sale and .use of alcoholic
intoxicants. Many of those who sup
port that . policy are more or less
moderate drinkers' and have rro intention
of cutting themselves off from the usual
supplies. They advocate prohibition
either in hypocrisy or an honest desire,
to abolish the temptation offered by the
open saloon and perhaps to force upon
others habits which they will not. -follow
themselves. If prohibition .were to be
made really and completely effective, the
vote of this 'class of its supporters might
be Interesting' to watch. We -do not
anticipate that much will' come from the
-proposed 'amendment to the National
law making-it possible for the authori
ties of. a prohibition state to halt and
confiscate shipments of liquor at the
borders, no matter to whom consigned;
for it would be made difficult to pick out
easily from the mass of express and
freight packages entering the state those
which contained intoxicating liquor. But
so far as that Is possible it is desira
ble to the end that .those Who: In hypoc
risy vote for prohibition may also have
what .they voted for.
American Girls Buy Titles: I) Wore. .
. Chicago Record-Herald. .
Eva Bryant Mackay. Sait- Francisco,
to Don Ferdinando Oolonna, Prince
Castigliano. divorced.
Edith L. Collins, New Tork, - to Count
Czaykowskl, divorced. ' " .
Bessie Curtis, New Tork, to Marquis
de Talleyrand-Perlgord, Duo da Dlno,
divorced.
May Caroline Cuyler. Morrlstown, N. J.,
to Sir Philip Grey-Egerton, divorced.
Anna Gould, New, Tork, to Count de
Castellane, divorced. ' . '
Alice - Heinse. New Orleans," to reigning
prince of Monaco, separated.
Helen Morton, New Tork,. to Count Boson
de Talleyrand-Perlgord, divorced.
Anne Held, New Tork, to Sir Arthur
Aylmer, divorced.
Adele Sampson, New Tork, to Due de
Dlno, divorced.
Clara Ward, Detroit, to Prince de
Chlmay, divorced.
Cbnsuelo Vanderbilt, New Tqrk, to Duke
of Marlborough, separated.'
Wllhelmlna Wlnans. "Baltimore, to Sir
Merrik Burrell, divorcedi
Miss Wheeler, Philadelphia, ,to Count
Poppenheim, divorced. ' .
a raw SQUIBS.
The Dentist Now, Johnny, - brace ap.
It'll be all over In a minute
Boy Yes, but aee. taina- of that min
ute! Puck.
"Tommle, how do yon make' a triangle ?"
" "Pull one side , out of a sauare and .slue
the loose ends."-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Phil. O. So&her Don't . worry, old man.
Chickens always come home to roost, you
know.. .
Dlscourae-ea jrriene res arter tney
have laid their evgs In some ether fellow's
barn. Judg. t .
"Now, then, children." '.said the teacher,
"what Is it we want most in this world
to make us perfectly happy?"
De things we ain't cot!" shouted the
bright boy In the back seat."? Philadel
phia Press. .
"I met Dunkey today for the first time
In years. He hasn't changed much.
"Oh. he hasn't changed at all.- but he
doesn't seem to realise It." '
"How do you' mean?"
"Oh, he's forever talking about 'what a
fool he used to be.' ' Philadelphia Press.
The IjSdy So you are an old soldier?
How thrilling! Tell me what is the nar
rowest escape you ever had.
The- Swatty Well, mum. oncet ' I was
transferred from a regiment Jest two days
before it. wux ordered to the "Fillerpeens!
Cleveland Leader.
The -Assyrian was scratching some hiero
glyphics on a brick. "What you writing?"
asked his chum. "Hanged. If I know." re
sponded the engraver, "but I guess some
of those Aseyriotogtsts of the twentieth
century can ' translate It all rlaht" Phila
delphia Public Ledger.
POOR PAT IX UNITED STATES ARMY
Private Soldiera Receive Less Money
Today Tha 40 Years Ago.'
Brooklyn Standard-Union.
Interesting facts and figures upon
which the of fleers of the Army and the
War Department base their claims are
given -In a circular Just compiled by
Captain Johnson Hagood. of the Coast
-Artillery Corps, at the direction df the
department. Among other tilings. Cap
tain Ha-good showa'that the private.
Corporals and Sergeants receive less
money tod-ay than they did 40 years
ago. For the line 6f tho Army It la
shown that the base pay for a prtvate
Is $13 a'month. Frotn-lS64 to 1171-the
pay of a private was $16.
In the Engineer Corps, however, the
private now receives $17 a month,
while a first-class private In the Hos
pital Corps receives 118 a month. At
the end of the third year the private
in the Infantry, Cavalry and Field Ar
tillery receives $14 a month, and the
compensation increases to $22. which la
given at the end of the 25th year of
service. After the 30th, and until tha
35th year of service, $23 Is given.
Small additional monthly- pay Is given
to the men in the various grades for
high' qualification In target practice,
foreign service, for certificates of mer
it, for distinguished service and for
extra duty not pt a military character.
What the Government allows the sol
dier in addition to his pay and what
the enlisted man must pay for Is also
shown. Th'e allowance consists of
clothing, rations, lodging, medieal ' at
tention and medical supplies. The al
lowance for clothing, it is stated,
amounts to an average of $54.43 a man,
sufficient for the average man, and in
cludes all the" uniform the soldier
wears. He la not provided with hand
kerchiefs, towels or toilet articles, such
as soap, brushes and razors. All alter
ations to. uniforms, must be made at.
the soldier's expense, to be deducted
from his monthly pay. It la stated that
nearly all uniforms must be altered
before used, and no provision Is made
for repairing, pressing or cleaning
clothing or repairing shoes. Rations,,
furnished to the soidien are valued at
about 20 cents a day, and the purchase
of additional food is another source of
expense to the land fighters.
From tills statement It would ap
pear that the average private has little
or nothing left of his monthly pay
w4ien thse expenses are deducted, a
situation which can have no other ef
fect than to niake Army service unat
tractive to the vast majority of the
young men. The Regular Army, whose
authorized strength is 63112. should
be plaeed upjon a better basis. It should
be the best in the world. While the
bulk of the .fighting done in "the event
of a war would be done by volunteer
forces, yet the nucleus of the Nation's
fighters- should be a ' picked body of
trained men. Such a force cannot be
secured and retained by small pay, such
as the law rfbw provides. In view Qf.
the existing situation. It Is not sur
prising that the actual strength of the
Army Is now 20.000 less than iti au
thorized, figures. Unless the service
be made more attractive by an increase
in the rate of pay. It . will "continue to
lack recruits and remain in its present
disorganized condition. Congress should
not postpone the -consideration of the
matter. It demands prompt attention.
- Bank Depositors Not Losers.
St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
With the exception of one bank in
California whose funds were dishonestly
managed, depositors throughout the
united states have lost nothing in prm
cipal or interest. A few banks have sus
pended, some of which have resumed. In
those that wind up their affairs' deposi
tors will probably be paid In full.. As far
as depositors are concerned, the financial
flurry of 1007 has not been disastrous, as
was the panic of 1857, in which' many lost
all the money they had In bank and
large share of the bank notes in their
safes, and pockets. As soon as .currency
payments are "fully resumed depositors
can check out money as freely as
usual, though to draw more than they
need would ba inadvisable. The banks
have protected their depositors ' success
fully, and are entitled to confidence ac
cordingly.-
This record of essential solvency will
be valuable to the banks and ought to
be instructive to depositors. Excited runs
hereafter ' will be unlikely, and the ir
responsible talk abous the credit of banks
will be dismissed with other mischievous
gossip. Recent lessons make clear the
distinction between financial stringency
and blind panic. Money Is in varying de
mand in the business world. Sometimes
it is tight, but that is no reason why de
positors 'Should get scared and make a
rush for funds for which they have no
immediate use. They will lose nothing
In 1WJ. Their considerate appreciation
ot the fact Is in order.
Habitual Standard OH Duplicity.
New Tork Journal, of Commerce and
Commercial Bulletin (Ind.).
It Is by Illegal advantages In trans
portation of crude petroleum and re
fined. all that the Standard Oil monop
oly has been built up and so estab
lished and intrenched that It can now
get along without the discrimination
and keep competition down, with- Its
pipe lines. Its effective organization
and Its accumulated capital. It has
got beyond the need of some of Its
crafty, and unscrupulous methods, but
It has not overcome the habit of dupli
city wlren It comes to facing penalties'
for past misdoing. The Landls fine,
if It should ever be collected, would not
be a mere penalty for certain ship
ments between a polnt'close to Chicago
and a point close to St. -Louis over, one
railroad, but retribution for a consist
ent course of iniquity in securing spe
cial rates for transportation which en
abled it to slap competition wherever
It raised its head.
Grip Cases at tha National Capital.
Washington (D. C.) Dispatch to the
Philadelphia North American. '
Twenty thousand people at Washing
ton, D. C., are down with the grip, ac
cording to statistics compiled by offi
cials who have been looking Into the
unprecedented epidemic of this disease
that now preavlls. The doctors are
worked almost to death. Long lines of
persons ' wait -for their prescriptions
and druggists are reaping .a harvest.
Everybody is liable' to fall victim to
the -serins, which, supposed to have
been Imported from Russia, bite the
plutocrat and the pauper with demo-'
cratlc impartiality.
Washington, D. Ci, is a good town
for grip, but it never knew anything
like the present epidemic. Nobody is
immune. The estimate of 20,000 cases,'
well developed. Is probably moderate.
Offices, stores and shops, are semi
deserted. The new year came in to
greet a bigger proportion of hopeless
Incompetents than Washington, D. C,
has known in two decades.
Preference of Science Over Cash.
Hartford (Conn.) Courant.
. . It will be remembered that the great
Agassis discovered the Calumet &
Hecla deposit on the shores of Lake
Superior, but said he was too busy
to develop, it. He has. received much
credit for this superb illustration ef
his preference for science over cash-.
But, as be passed the word along to
his son-, who became immensely rich
from the hint, it seems as if the direction-
which his Indifference took was
also deserving of attention and com
mendation, far levidently, wto'tle he pre
ferred science to riches, he. also pre
ferred, his son to other folks and P"t
htm wise at the psychological moment.
Thus the family has both money and
fame, and nobody begrudges it elthwr.
mi.?
aNDREW LANG, the poet and
eminent literary critic, is not al
ways so well dressed as his intimate-friends
would like, and It is even
said that he Is indifferent as to what he
ought to wear. He usually stuffs his
coat pockets with magazines, newspapers,
etc., until he resembles a walking news
stand. The other day he qrdered a fash
ionable London tailor to make him a suit
of clothes and an overcoat, and the
knight of the needle exerted himaelf to
please so celebrated a customer. A week
passed. Then Lang visited the tailor,
and it was noticed that the poet's face
had -a querulous expression.
'.'My clothes still seem to be unsuit
able," complained Lang, "and my friends .
won't believe that this xult Is new. What
Is the matter with it?"
The aristocratic tailor compassionately
surveyed his customer. All of Lang's
pockets were filled nearly to tbe bursting
point with choice assortments of litera
ture. 'What can you expect, sir," asked the
tailor, "when you make an express
wagon of yourself? That suit-was only
meant to wear.
Since the nublicatinn of "Coniston."
nearly two years ago, Winston Churchill
has been at work on a new novel the
title or subject of which has not yet. by
his request, been divulged. His publish
ers, the Macrhlllans. slate that the new
book will possibly appear about April or
May.
Marie Corelll holds the English book
market as the "best seller.'' Her "Tem
poral Power" old 150,000 copies, and
"The Sorrows of Satai" are somewhat
'mitigated by a' sale of 52,000.
Here is a chance for undistinguished
writers. Outing offers a prize of $1,000 for
the best novel by one who has never done
such a deed before. Address:. Outinc;
Publishing Co., Book Dept., Deposit, N.
T., before May 8. 19W.
An American novelist of the younger
set (it wouldn't be fair to. give hla name) '
not very long ago succumbed to the en
treaties he received to prepare selections
from his shorter stories, to be read at a
select gathering of suburbanites In an In
diana town. But, alas! he had not cal
culated on the fact that. Indiana has
authors of her own to whom the natives
are somewhat ' partial, and the young
author In question had dared to make
In one pf his stories what he was pleased
to designate as a- "funny illusion" to
Booth Tarklngton, whq. by the way, Is
an Indianapolis-' man. This was more
than the audience could stand, and the
remaining readings were received with
t. hilling, silence.
The unhappy young author sat In the
second front seat, looking pale and sad,
when he was aroused frorn his lethargy
by a tall, determined woman, who had a
decided air about her.
"Ebtcuse me. sir," she snapped, "at the
opening of the readings, 'knowing you to
be. the author of them, I took the liberty
of picking up your handkerchief .which
you dropped, intending to keep it as a
souvenir. Allow me now, sir, to return
your handkerchief to you. Good night."
H. G. Wells has at last' come to the
slowly arrived conclusfon that literature
as such is doomed and that what he calls
"Journalism" or newspaper work Is tak
ing Its place. "Journalism does not pre
tend to Immortality, and literature does."
complains Mr.vWell. "Journalism deals
with current reality in terms of current
thought, and it appeals Immediately to
living and acting readers. In my opinion
this Is exactly what the novelist does.
What- is the typist, the city clerk, or the,
self-educated workingman to make of.
Ben Jonson or 'The Faerie Queene'? He
has not the capacity to deal with these
subjeets. He asks for Intellectual bread,
and you give him a fosslll Presently
when the working classes come to us to
know what they shall read we shall teH
them to read journalism, the. book of
the hour, .the day, and the week, then
they may get rid of the terrible irony of
the present day. Literature or classics
are things of. the past. We no longer
produce them. The industry has died
out."
see
Upton -Sinclair's new novel, "The
Metropolis." commences In the current
number ef the American magazine.
. The Century Company has finished its
deservedly admired edition of Ibsen's
works, prepared by William Archer.
The engagement of Miss Sara Lindsey
Coleman of Ashevllle to William Sidney
Porter of New York, known to literary
fame as O. Henry, is announced. Miss
Coleman is a young literary woman and
comes from one of the oldest families in
the South. . She is the daughter of the
late Colonel ThaddeuB Coleman, who
served-with distinction In the Confederate
army and won renown In laying out the
route of -the old Western North Carolina
Railway, now the Southern, through the
Blue Ridge Mountains, which- is said to
have been one of the greatest engineer
ing feats ever achieved.
An Interesting example ef the manner
In which modern research is contributing
to Biblical Investigation a mass of ma
terial hitherto scarcely regarded as
sources for . knowledge of the Bible Is
found in . the new work of Dr. Oskar
Dahnhardt, of which the first has Just
been Issued by the house of B. G. Teub
ner .of "Leipzig and Berlin, under the
title, "Natursagen: Eine Bammlung
naturdeutender Sagen, Marchen, Fabeln
uhd Legenden." The present volume Is
specially devoted to "Sagen sum Alten
Testament." The author, who, as is seen
by such books as his. "Naturgeschicht
liche Volksmarcben" and "Deutsches
Marchenbuch," is a veteran student of
folklore; and in his new publication,-he
has, with the assistance of a score or
more of helpers, of whom 15 are men
tioned on the title page, ransacked the
saying's and stories of a'l peoples for ma
terials illustrative or explanatory of the
Old Testament.
' s
The Prix Goncourt, of 5009 francs, has
fallen this year to Emlle Moselly (Emtio
Chenin .In real life), a professor at Or
leans, and author of "L'Aube fratemelle"
and "Jean des brebls ou le livre de la
misere."
e e s
Miss Mateet Howe, now visiting In this
city. Is the daughter of Editor Howe, of
the Atchison Globe newspaper. Father
and daughter recently enjoyed a trip
'round the world and Mr. Howe has since
recorded his Impressions In two volumes.
In the current number of the, Indepen
dent, Miss Mateel Howe has a brightly
written article entitled "How an Amer
ican Girl Made up With tha JBngltsh "
Japan is coming into the limelight Just
.now in literatureno less than . four
books being announced simultaneously on
the subject: "Shinto, the Ancient Re
ligion of Japan," by W. O. Aston; "Old
and New Japan," by Clive Holland;
"Human Bullets." by .T. Sakurai. and
"Life in Japan," by Masujl Mlyakawa.
A medical book that Is-certain to cause
wrangling is "The Conquest of Cancer,"
by p. W. Salceby, M. D. It is-described
as giving "a plan of campaign being an
account of the principles and practice
hitherto of the treatment of malignant
growths by specific or cancrotoxla ferments."