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THE MORNTNG OREGOXIAX, WEDNESDAY, 31 AT 1, 1912.
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DHKRE THE BLIMK LIES.
President Tuft Is no friend of Mor
gan's or Perkins'. He has begun the-
long-threatened suit against the Inter.
national Harvester Company.
The reason the suit for dissolution
ws not Instituted by President Koose
velt was that Secretary ofWar Taft
would rot let him. At least we so
interpret th somewhat diaphanous
explanation of the ex-President. Mr.
Taft saa he knew nothing about the
harvester matter, being absent In the
Philippines when the Justly celebrated
Smith-Roosevelt-Perkins correspond
ent tmk place. Air. Roosevelt re
fuses to accept that Ingenious excuse,
and declares his memory Is, that Taft
was there to advise him and failed tr.
advise him to begin that suit. So it
was never begun. Mr. Roosevelt has
never known his memory to go back
on him; and he certainly will not in
uch a matter go back on his memory.
Thus we see that Taft is wholly to
Mam not only for the mistakes' of
the Taft Administration, but of the
Itoosevelt Administration. He
much to answer for.
has
A l'KOt l ANNIVKKSARY.
On Thursday of this week. May 2,
will occur the sixty-ninth annlvcrsay
of American civil government on the
Pacific Coast. The story of this beau
tiful May day of a. far away year haa
been often told, but loyal citizens of
Oregon feel that It cannot be told too
jffen at least that once a Jear'ls
n.it too often to recite tt. Hence on
:lie day designated it will be told again,
and again.
The coming together from different
tectlons of the WlllHmette Valley of
one hundred and two sturdy pioneers
f.r the purpose of organizing a civil
government nnder the Stars and
-stripes will be lived over again.
Champoeg. a straggling little set
tlement not even a post town since
there were no post routes In the wil
derness at that time was chosen as
the place of meeting, and thither, on
foot and on horseback, went the men
whose namea have been given to
granite on a modest monument erected
some years ago to their memory, and
then and there subscribed to the
declaration that extended the civil
jurisdiction of the United States over
the Oregon country. The men who
signed this declnratlon represented
fully one-third of the entire number
of Americans In all of the vast do
main included in this general title.
Of these F. X. .Matthieu alone sur
vives to witness the changes that three
m ore and nine years have wrought.
These changes, dominated by the mug.
leal power that we tall growth, have
w-ftnessed the transformation of a
beautiful, remote and sparsely popu
lated wilderness Into a great common
wealth, invested It with the habili
ments of civilization and brought the
world to Its doors. The cabin of the
settler, encompassed round about by
solitude, has given place to the con
tiguous and commodious farm houses
and thrifty villages. Keeping pace
with growth and development in this
quarter, cities have sprung up. ral
roads have been built, and local rail
ways, the trains of which are moved
by electricity, harnrsseJ for that pur
posean clement or essence then
known only to be dreaded and
shunned move up and down and in
and out. carrvlng people where and
when they will.
This anniversary day is one to be
celebrated, not more in exultation over
what the succeeding years have
brought to the Infant commonwealth,
for which these one hundred and two
pioneers stood sponsors, than for the
fond dream of American occupation,
which then became reallt.v. The
dream Is one sacred to memory, the
reality Is an ever-present, constantly
expanding Joy. Kaeh name as it ap
pears upon the monument stands for
a proud conception of American lib
erty and right of a type that has
made and preserved us a Nation. Many
r-f these names are repeated in the
posterity of those who bore them and
stand today for good citizenship In
the commonwealth of which here was
the beginning. A few have passed
en and out of sight, leaving this rec
ord to the credit of Uvea otherwise
unknown.
All honor to each and every one of
the men whoa namea thus stand for
the establishment of American Civil
Government In the beautiful region
"where flows the Oregon."
This Is Indeed a proud anniversary,
and It Is well that It should he cele
brated nnder the . isplces of F. X.
Matthieu Cabin of Native Son's of Ore
gon, as it Is from year to year.
thk CMtiMUBUt unr.
The uosinkable ship has come and
gone after an Inglorious life of five
days. It has entered the same cate
gory as the unexplodable mine, the
fireproof building, the unbreakable
rail and the many other devices by
which man has sought to defeat one
law of nature with another. Man's
Inflated pride In his own powers,
which began with the tower of Babel,
has again given place to humility In
the face of those forcea of nature,
which sweep onward resistless, crush
ing his mightiest works like eggshells.
The proud conviction that the Ti
tanic was unslnkable tempted her
owners to equip her with every lux
ury, using space which should have
been devoted to lifeboats and llferafts.
It tempted them to provide her with
enough Ilfe-eaving apparatus for only
one-third of those she carried. It
tempted them to send her driving
ahead at night at a speed of 31 knots
in an Iceberg-Infested sea, heedless of
warnings that Icebergs were near.
After she struck. It tempted her cap
tain to waste precious minutes before
manning and loading the boats, and it
tempted many of her passengers to
remain on the lower decks, fondly
Imagining that the ship could not
sink and that the boats were being
launched only In an excess of caution.
That same delusion accounts largely
for the fact that some of the boats
were loaded only to half or two-thirds
of their capacity, leaving many to pay
with their lives for their overconfl
dence. Hereafter the 'laws of nations will
pay no heed to the boast of shipbuild
ers that their craft are unslnkable.
They will dictate that space which on
the Titanic was devoted to sport,
pleasure and luxury shall be devoted
to the means of saving life, which
shall be ample to carry 'l on board.
They will dictate that ships shall slow
down to about one-fourth of their nor
mal speed when In the vicinity of Ice
bergs: that every passenger ship shall
be equipped wtth wireless and that
enough operators shall beemployed
to ensure them ample rest, that their
minds may be alert when on duty:
that .the lookout In the crowsnest be
provided with binoculars capable of
descrying objects at a considerable
distance.
If these precautions be enforced on
all passenger vessels, slnkable and
unslnkable alike, the lesson of the
Titanic will have been taken to heart
and the 1600 who died with her will
not have died In vain.
MIS.S MARTIVS LOGIC.
We dare say Miss I. T. Martin is
about as bright a champion as the
anti-suffrage people can expect to en
list upon their side. The grade of in
telligence which she displays In her
speeches and Interviews for the press
no doubt touches the high-water mark
among the "antls." The knowledge of
ethics and economics which she ex
hibits Is probably more adequate
than that of the usual opponent of
votes for women. If she did not excel
the average "antl" In these particulars
of course she would not be brought to
Oregon as height and shining Ugh
for others to see the truth and guide
their erring tna by.
We have meditated long and ardu
ously upon Miss Martin's published
reasons for opposing equal suffrage
and we have sought with great dili
gence to discern some gllmm-r of rea
son In them. We cannot say hat our
efforts have been very richly rewarded.
There is a .certain lisping elegance 1-
her utterances which Is as charming
as the flutter of a humming bird hov
ering over a columbine. There Is a
baby-like sweetness In her manner of
restating ancient exploded humbupi
which once passed for arguments. We
can picture her rapturouslv turning
her beautiful eyes to keaven as she
says "the ballot would be to rvonvn
like a new toy to a child." To minds
like .Miss Martin's all things are toys
to be glanced at and tossed away. Hut
some women are not -like Miss Martin.
Very likely it was with a charming
smile that Mfss Martin said "women
will not vote if they are given the
ballot except in crises." but if facts
could affect her mind at all she would
not have been guilty of any such in
tellectual solecism. Before her eves
women are voting In the Washington
primaries, serving as delegates at the
county conventions, standing as candi
dates for the state convention. In
California they are registering for the
Presidential primaries about .as nu
merously as the men.- '
But what Is the use of citing facts
to a woman like Miss Martin? There
are minds which are as happily Imper
vious to facts as they are to reason.
We would suggest to her, however.
that the force of her remarks would
be somewhnt Increased If she could
bring herself to pay a little attention
to what Is going on In the world
around her. It Is not wise to deny the
obvious too flatly. Still, a sweet smile
and an elegant lisp can atone for much
In the way of nonsense.
"You have but to recall the French
revolution to realize -what women are
capable of In politics." sayssMlss Mar
in with her queer logic. You have
only to recall the fires of Smlthfleld to
realize what a woman was capable of
in religion. Because the poor starving
French women committed outrages,
therefore American women ought
never to rote. Because Bloody Mary
burned Protestants, therefore women
never ought to have any religion. Be
cause Catherine of Russia was guilty
of unnatural crimes, therefore Vic
toria ought not to have been Queen of
England. Because Semlramis had a
hundred husbands. therefore no
woman ought to bo married. Because
Jezebel painted her face and tired her
head and looked out at the window,
therefore all women ought to be
thrown to the dogs. We admire Miss
Martin's method of proving her propo
sitions. but we do not helleve it will
have much effect upon the equal suf
frage cause In Oregon.
THE MOVFTY POWTR IX CHINA.
The source of Yuan Shi Kal'a
strength in China is hU ability to
borrow foreign capital. During the
critical days preceding the abdication
of the Emperor, foreign capitalists
kept him supplied with funds, for
they regarded him as the only man
who could evolve a stable government
out of the chaotic conditions then
existing. By this means the bankers
enabled him to hold his ground In
Pekln against the Manchus and to
bring the republicans to his side.
The first necessity of China is" now
money, and Yuan is the only man to
whom the capitalists will entrust mon
ey. China needs money for the con
duct of the government until a new
revenue system can be organized in
place of the antiquated system of pro
vincial taxes, called llkln: money with
which to pay off the revolutionary
army, which is a constant menace to
the stability of the new republic and
t public order In general; money
with which to create a modern army
and navy equal to the vast country's'
needs: money with which to make
public Improvements, whereby flood
and famine may be abated. '
The money is to come from those
countries which desire to maintain the
Integrity of China and to aid the re
public In developing such military
strength that It can withstand the ag
gression of Its powerful neighbors on
the north. The United States, Great
Britain, Germany and France defclre
a -strong China. Russia and Japan
at first wished to participate in the
loan, but withdrew In protest against
the expenditure of a large proportion
on the army and navy. They did not
relish the prospect of furnishing mon
ey for the creation of a military force
which would enable China to thwart
their plans of aggrandisement, possi
bly to recover Manchuria and Mon
golia.
To ay that the election, of Yuan
as President of China was dictated by
the foreign bankers Is not an over-
statement of the facts. In the last
analysis money rules the rulers of
nations. When Togo crushed the Rus
slan fleet at Tsushima, Japan was
about at the end of her financial
string, while Russia still had great
resources to draw upon. Therefore Ja.
pan was forced to negotiate for peace
when flushed with victory. When
Germany threatened war with France
in the Moroccan dispute, French bank
era put on the screws and drew forth
cries of distress from German borrow
ers. A financial crisis forced the
Kaiser to compromise. The bankers of
the world have the power to veto a
war between first-class powers. They
allow minor wars like that between
Turkey and Italy, as such wars are
conducted under difficulties because
of their disapproval, but they can
ward off wars between such powers
as Britain and Germany. They can
also, by withholding aid from a de
crepit, inefficient monarchy like that
of China, by granting aid to an able,
efficient statesman like Yuan, topple
over a tottering throne and set up a
republic. The money power works
for peace and efficiently.
MrNORITY CA VDTDATKSI.
Nine candidates struggled strenu
ously for the nomination for Sheriff
of Multnomah County at the recent
prlmaryelectlon. All of them put
forth vast exertion and some of them
expended much money. The total vote
cast 'for Sheriff 'was 27.946. of which
the successful candidate received only
fills:, a small plurality of the aggre
gate. The actual showing of all the
candidates was:
Flrd
fox
I. WW)
l.t.
1.423
a.tws
4.H7T
s,ii3
8.74 s
..)
Klaher
Fllxaerald -
Holllns'worth
McAllister
McKtrntn
North ....
Wliaon ...
Total , 2T.B4S
; The same extraordinary spectacle
of the success of a minority candidate
Is shown In the vote for Representa
tive In Congress as follows:
Clyde. .......
;antnbaln .......
I.arrrty .
8hpherd
Total 21.63
Thus 88 S votes were cast for Laf
ferty and 17.800 against him, yet he
la the party nominee.
Take the vote for Circuit Judge.
There were seven candidates. The
winner got 6691, and the losers 20,207,
yet the candidate who nosed out by
a close margin, though with a great
minority of the total. Is the choice of
the entire' party. The figures on Circuit
Judge'are worth scrutiny:
Pltchburn 2.111
(I'lilar l.:t9
Maatara 3.H39
OlKon A.:nl
R-ld 2.o
."-ton B.S
Tazwell tt.ttiU
Total 2.fW8
What more conclusive argument for
a second-choice provision in the prl
mary law?
Ol.It AGE AND t.KRIATKS.
Dr. I. I Nascher is the only physi
clan In the United States who delivers
college lectures upon the subject of
Geriatics. This is the science which
treats of the medical care of the aged
Dr. Nascher expatiates upon it In New
York, Boston and Chicago at the med
ical colleges In those places and has
condescended to ; enlarge upon his
ideas In the press. Hence we know In
a general way what his doctrines are,
though, of course, the more esoteric
portions are reserved for his students,
who aro charitably supposed to apply
them in their practice.
Dr. Nascher seems to have adopted
the theory that old age 1m a sort of
disease, though he does not pretend
to say exactly what sort. Science has
not yet answered that question, ho
admits, but ha hopes that some time
or other It will and then, of course.
the cure can be devised. It stands to
reason that as long aa we do not un
derstand tho nature of the disease of
old age It la useless to think of any
thing better than mere preventive and
palliative measures. We may prolong
life, but we cannot reasonably expect
to become Immortal in the present
state of science. The moderate hope
held out by Dr. Nascher Is that every
normal human being may live to be
ninety years old and keep possession
of his bodily and mental faculties up
to the time of his dissolution. This
would be a decided Improvement upon
the usual experience of mankind.
It Is the common lot to grow old
and die. but.no sage has 'ever yet told
us reliably why we must. Metchnlkoff
said It was because of poisons gener
ated in the intestines, and recommend.
ed sour milk as a preventive, but his
singular notions are not very widely
Hccepted by physicians. To be sure,
the debris of food produces poisons
which are absorbed Into the svstem
and work more or less harm, but it Is
pretty certain that we should grow old
and die without their aid. Others say
that old age appears because the ar
terles harden and the bones grow brlt.
tie, while the muscles solidify and the
brain calcifies. This is also true
enough, but It is merely a description
of what happens. It tells us nothing
about causes. Why do the arteries
become brittle? Why do the muscles
solidify? Dr. Nascher does not leave
us entirely In the dark. In Ms opin
ion the untimely approach of these
signs of age must be attributed. In
part at least, to forced precocity In
children. We hurry the poor little
things through their studies, allow
them not enough sleep, urge them to
take violent, exerctse when what they
need for their future health and long
life Is repose and quiet. Childhood
ought to be a period of leisurely calm,
and we make of it a season of passion,
ate hurry. In old age the penalty
must be paid.
Professor John D. Quackenbos reit
erates and amplifies this truth. He
says In so many words that American
men of affairs are hurrying them
selves Into the grave by overspeedlng.
Just as we stimulate children far be
yond the speed which is fitting for
their years, so In the prime of life
we are not satisfied with anything
short of high velocity In everything.
Our ocean steamers must run at their
utmost rate through every peril. Ev
ery movement of the day and half the
night must be devoted to business. An
hour spent In relaxation Is an hour
wasted. An automobile running twen
ty miles an hour. Professor Quacken
bos declares, refreshes a man and
soothes his faculties. A higher rate of
speed drives the blood back upon the
Internal organs, racks the nerves and
sets up Bright s disease, but In spite
of all this wc make our automobiles
go as fast as we possibly can and take
the consequences. As a nation, we
are speed mad. and perhaps the whole
world is c-a'tchlng the disease from us.
Hours of meditative calm, leisurely
communion with nature, wholesome
' pottering about a gardeu while the
world wags as It may, all these de
lights belong to the past. This gen
eration knows how to do nothing but
tear along life's pathway to the grave
as fast as it can go.
Dr. Nascher not only accuses us of
growing qld prematurely, but he adds
another count to the Indictment. He
says we do not take proper care of the
old. which amounts to saying that we
hurry them Into the tomb. An old per
son has little or no earning power,
hence the sooner he is out of the world
the better. The earth is for the young.
We have not quite reached the condi
tion of those Hindus who stuff the
nose and mouth of a decrepit parent
with mud to give him a peaceful exit
from life, but we are headed in that
direction, and heaven only knows how
soon we shall reach the goal.
The science of Geriatics seeks to
teach the proper care of the aged.
Although a man past seventy-five may
not be able to make much money,
there is no good reason why he should
not be healthy and reasonably happy.
There is no way of making him young
again. Dr. Nascher confesses, but his
situation admits of many ameliora
tions. . For one thing, we can .provide
him with some gentle occupation
which shall make him feel that he Is
not an utter burden upon his friends.
One of the principal miseries of age,
according to Dr. Nascher, is the con
viction that there is nothing left to
live for and that the remainder of ex
Istence Is no better than a race to the
grave, which ought to be made as fast
as It can. He gives other precepts
for the care of the old. Like the young.
they need a great deal of sleep, which
is apt to come to them in short naps
rather than in the deep and prolonged
slumber of middle life. They need
comparatively little food, which
should be of the sort readily digest
ible. It is an error to be always stuf
fing the stomach of an aged person
to "keep up his strength." Much more
commonly It breaks down his strength.
Old people must not take violent ex
ercise, if they desire to keep on liv
ing. Their movements must be placid.
and rest should be frequent. One of
the worst blunders they can make is
to continue exercise after ' weariness
sets In. By observing precautions of
this kind. Dr. Nascher sees no reason
why human beings should not In or
dinary cases reach ninety years be
fore they die. During the first thirty
years they wax. From thirty to sixty
they enjoy maturity. From sixty to
ninety they wane, declining Into the
sear and yellow leaf. But there Is no
good reason why t! . decline should
be miserable or loathsome. A life
properly led will be beautiful to Its
close, and death will come at the end
as sleep comes to a child.
It is too bad that Russia declines to
take part in the Panama Exposition
A series of photographs of some of her
endemic cholera haunts -would be edi
fying. A moving picture of the fam
lne regions followed by one of a po
grom would be entertaining. One of
the "suicide clubs" formed by the Rus
sian school children to escape from
their miseries would be amusing. Rus
sla has much to show for the delight
and instruction of the world. She
ought to exhibit some of It.
No better example of the evil in
fluence of tobacco can be cited than
the awful rioting at Zion City, the
abode of the Dowleltes. While the
faithful were praying for the souls of
the tobacco slaves, the latter, inspired
by the Demon of the Weed, rushed
upon their kneeling forms intending
"to clean out the town." We advise
them to begin by "cleaning out" of
their systems the nicotine poison
which colored their morals and weak
ened their muscles.
The elimination of the Gould fam
ily from positions of power In the rail
road world proceeds apace. The inca
pacity of Jay Gould's children is as
marked as was his unscrupulous and
voracious genius for affairs. They have
not yet lost the money he left them,
but their power is gone and they have
sunk into the position of useless para
sites upon the busy world.
Police Captain Conboy, of San Fran
cisco, has been convicted of killing a
man after five trials, having secured
rehearlngs on technicalities. By thus
becoming an obstruction Instead of an
aid to Justice, the courts have pro
voked the present storm of criticism.
John Hays Hammond Is, big enough
to show the Czar his error in snub
bing the big show. His ways are
mighty convincing, as old Paul KrjJe
ger learned when Mr. Hammond let
civilization into South Africa.
Why this mystery about the mar
riage of the creator of Wallingford?
Is he afflicted with that modesty in
which the chief character of his sto
ries was so strikingly lacking?
Of course. If Russia prefers to be
regarded as a "rank outsider" among
nations, she Is at liberty to keep out
of the Panama-Pacific Fair. The fair
can get along without her.
Smoke from shops may be a nuis
ance in this city, but it keeps many a
tender plant from being nipped by
frost In early Spring and late Fall.
James J. Hill may be as much em
barrassed by the gift of a live Oregon
wildcat as was tho lady in the story
with the gift of an elephant.
If a fraction of the millions of
chickens hatched in Oregon this
Spring survive, the egg market will
rule weak toward January.
A Portland man will be "bull)?
commissioner of the Panama-Pacific
Exposition. Daniel O'Connell Lively
knows cattle from tip to tip.
There is grim comfort In the news
that no Titanic corpse shows a bullet
hole. The men and they were men
Jted fighting to the last.
Every monthly change in the calen
dar repeats the tale of Portland's In
creasing prosperity in figures that can
not He.
A 3-cent fare, lacking a coin of that
denomination, would bring a world of
trouble. ,
The great Inventor of literary salad
is a Portland guest today.
Canadian law has put a blight on
the I. W. W. agitators.
The "lid"
is on today and each is a
beauty.
PEOPLE ARE BEING ENLIGHTENED
One Good Result of Coatroymy Be
twees Taft and Roosevelt.
PORTLAND. April 30. (To the Edi
tor.) In these stressful times, when
no doubt you are balancing In the poise
that wavers over the fate of youi
choice for the Presidency, when thai
solemn knell, "the King is dead, long
live the King!" may suddenly ring in
your ears, as King Theodore comes
ambling to the limelight, may I bu
given the opportunity to suggest that
In the interval a vast amount of good
is being accomplished In the way of
enlightenments of the people as to tho
methods that prevailed when David
and Jonathan, were in sweet accord in
control of the Government.
The present launching of the thun
derbolts at each other in their Massa
chusetts campaign brings to the front,
among many other things, how tender
and solicitous Theodore was to the in
quiry of the harvester and steel trusts.
"For all we have done in the way of
money aid for your election, are we
now to be rewarded by prosecution?"
This question was so pertinent and
proper that to answer it favorably, the
poor excuse was invented for delay.
"That as two committees were probing
for Information, they so harassed each
other that neither could make head
way." So the harvester trust remains
Immune until this day; three years of
It condoned by Taft In his own Admin
istration, and the steel trust Was en
abled to arrange a bunco readjustment,
so Its stock advanced In value several
million dollars. The reason given to
hold up court process years ago Is
about as logical as that two horses
could not run in a race, as both wanted
to use the track at the same time.
This Is one element of statasmanshlp
that has been evoked and shown to our
wondering gaze by the Massachusetts
mlxup.
Then, on the other hand, Roosevelt's
hammering at the courts, many of them
"the last resort of scoundrels." as has
been forcibly said, has brought mat
ters to such a focus that Taft is now
probably sorry he recently said: "I
love the Judges, I love the courts; they
are my Ideal on earth and typify what
we shall meet afterward in heaven un
der a Just God."
That was certainly a silly and foolish
declaration, as the President is well
aware, In the last tribunal referred to,
he would suffer a writ of eviction, with
the aid of a lot of prostituted courts
now In evidence, granted on the ground
that he Is a Unitarian and had no
standing In court.
If the ordinary Judge Is not like the
other ordinary man, I should like to
see some of the ichor blue or new blood
he Is infused with, as I would like to
buy a gallon or two myself.
I remember your willingness to give
Democrats advice, and now will you
suffer me to say why not, under the
prevailing circumstances, your own
Republican rank and file here in Mult
nnmah County, afterhearing him, sig
nally Indicating the right thing, why
not swing The Oregonlan influence to
La Follette? He Is a saint In robes of
living light as compared with the other
two caterwauling contestants, each
fully aware of the shortcomings of the
other and both freely ventilating that
Information.
It might be that for a brief period
you would feel like a recent convert
of GiDsr Smith's, who after a "zealous
whooping her up" for the new light
finally lapsed back to the ways of the
world again. He was asked:
'I thought you were satisfied ana
nanny In your new-born resolution.
Why have you returned to your old
ways?
'Well." he said. "I got to feeling too
d d happy." In such strange, new
relationship you might feel extraordi
narily exalted for a time, but I have
no doubt If genuinely "born again" you
will have no wish to lapse back to the
becgarly elements of the world, the
gall of bondage and the blackness ol
Iniquity. Try it on.
CHARLES I. CHUltt,H.
OCEAN PROBLEMS ARE ANSWERED
Questions Brought Out by Titanic Uls
ater Puaale Subscriber.
PORTLAND, Or.. April 29. (To th.
Editor.) Will you kindly answer In
your columns the following questions
which are in dispute? These questions
were brought out by the Titanic dis
aster, some claiming the boat would
not go to the bottom but would stop
t a certain level and drift there, oth
ers claiming it would go to tho bottom
regardless of depth. I believe these
questions will be of general Interest to
your subscribers. suBSUKiBhK.
1 Do all sinkable objects tend to
sink slower and slower until. If the
ocean were deep enough, they would
not sink any deeper?
No.
2. If the ocean is two miles deep,
how deep will a human body sink? (Av
erage.) ,
To the bottom.
3 Explain the law of a sinking or
floating body.
It was explained In The Oregonlan
a few days ago.
4 Does the enormous pressure at a
great depth under the water have any
tendency to make objects on the bot
tom float up to a certain level?
Na
fi If the ocean were deep enough.
would the loose stones on the bottom
rise to a certain level and float there?
No.
6 Explain why waterlogged logs
float about under water about six feet.
They do not.
7 If these logs were brought to the
surface would they stay there as well
as at six feet below?
No. '
8 How deep is tho deepest part of
the ocean? -
31,614 feet.
9 Have all parts of the ocean been
fathomed.
No.
10 If not, why not?
Some parts are Inaccessible.
11 Is the water denser at the bot
tom.
Yes. ,
12 Why, if so?
Because of pressure from above,
13 Is there any life at the deepest
part of the ocean?
Yes.
14 Is there less air in the water at
the bottom?
Yes.
15 What effect and how much would
its absence have upon a sinking body?
None at all.
16 Does . pressure have a direct ef
fect upon a sinking body, tending to
make It float?
No. Flotation depends entirely upon
the relative weights of water and the
floating bject.
A Solo in Church.
Philadelphia Record.
irs. Bugglns I think it is disgrace
ful the way Mr. Muggins snores in
church.
Mr. Bugglns Yes, he snored so I
couldn't sleep a wink during the whole
service.
Cause of "Black" Rain.
London Telegraph.
Black rain has fallen at least twice
in England during the last century,
but on these occasions the color has
been due not to soot, but to the pres
ence of millions of little black Insects.
Length of Life Increases.
Baltimore American.
The control of infectious diseases has
reached a point where it is possible to
say that the average length of life has
been increased by about 12 years. J
POLICE ASK FOR DAYS OF REST.
Member of Feree Voices Petition and
Answers Objections.
PORTLAND, Or., April 30. (To the
Editor.) The Police Department are
petitioning the City Council and the
Mayor to grant them the privilege of
two days off a month. They will pre
sent a petition to that effect to the
ways and means committee today,
signed by over 10,000 taxpayers of the
city. Among these signers are such
men as Judge McGinn, Judge Gatens,
Ben Selling. Judge Cleeton, Mr. Llght
ner, Mr. Hart, the Home Telephone &
Telegraph Company. Morgan-Atchley
and Gevurtz Furniture Companies, two
thirds of the banks of the city, most of
the stores and nearly all of the large
taxpayers.
I would like to ask through your
paper if this request is not a reasonable
one? Horses and mules get four days
off a month; the police are only ask
ing for two.
We find in circulating our petition
that a certain Influential member of
the city government has t?en before
us with what are, to say the least, very
gross misstatements. We learn first of
all, from his statements, that we are
entitled to six days a month sick leave,
and that we all take it. whether sick or
not. To any one who Is In the least
familiar with our police .routine, it is
not necessary to contradict this asser
tion, but for those to whom the unsup
ported statement of any city official Is
taken as pure gold. I will state that
there is very little sick leave on the
force. The first day that an officer Is
sick, the sergeant In the locality In
which he lives visits him and reports
his condition to the captain, and In ad
dition to that the officer must furnish
to the department a doctor's certificate!
stating how many days he was unfit
for duty and the reason thereof. Now
If so many of our officers lie off
fake sick leave, why Is It that the cap
tains, who I am sure are conscientiou
in their duty, do not detect and punis
the perpetrators?
Again, he says that the city would
have to employ about 60 more men
the Council granted us this privilege
This Is another statement so gross 1
its departure from the truth that
shows that the aforementioned gentle
man is very careless In his remarks
has been decided by the men who lenow
the -police business from the inside.
not from the out. that In order to mak
this practical with our present force, i
would require the absence of only ahou
three men per day from each relie
There are frdm 70 to 80 men on each
relief, and what organization employ
lng 80 men on a shift would be crip
pled by giving leave of absence to thre
men a day?
We wish tho readers of your paper to
bear in mind that, while we get our 1
days' vacation a year, it is only what
every other city employe gets, and w
are the only ones who work Sundays,
holidays and extra time every week
without extra pay. The overtime w
get. such as drills, parades. Rose Fes
tivals. Elks' convention, and above all
the long, tedious hours we wait in court
for our cases to come up, put us well
into the ten-hour-a-day class.
We policemen are not machines tha
can run all the time. The writer
this last Rose Festival, worked 31 hours
out of 36, while the Councilman who l
opposing our petition was riding In an
automobile. We are not "brutes In
blue." we are not loafers, as som
claim, and fully 95 per cent of us are
honest.
We have families and homes of ou
own, and we like such pleasures as
fall to the lot of men of our salaries
But when It Is go to bed of a night
sret uo in the morning, go to work
every day In the year well, time drags.
Thanking you for giving space in
your paper for a member of tho fore
to air his views as to the churlish, self
ish and ignorant opposition that we,
who are doing the best we can, are
meeting with. I am.
MEMBKR OF THE POLICE DEPART
MENT.
NEW WIRELESS AT WASHINGTON
Apparatus Powerful Enough to Send
Messages to Pacific Toast.
Chicago Record-Herald.
On the heights at Fort Meyer, across
the Potomac, a gigantic tower of steel
framework is slowly projecting Itself
skyward, a new wireless station that Is
to be powerful enough to "reach the
Pacific Coast with its messages. It
is the latest pet of the Navy Depart
ment, and when It is completed next
Fall the seat of Government will be
able to get Into instan,t touch with both
sides of the continent at once. The
new station. If It comes up to expecta
tions, will connect the Atlantic Coast
with the Pacific and will bring the
Panama Canal Zone within a moment's
distance of Washington so far as flash
lng messages Is concerned. From Port
Meyer the Navy Department will be
able to command battleships on the At
lantic and the Pacific, the Gulf of Mex
ico and the Carrlbean Sea.
The new tower is to excel the Wash
ington monument in height. The monu
ment is a trifle more than 565 feet high.
The tower Is to be 600 feet, and as it
stands on a bluff more than 200 feet
above the level of the Potomac, Its top
will be more than 225 feet higher than
the tip of the obelisk. The new wire
less station in fact will consist of three
towers each of great height. The two
side towers will rise 450 feet and be
tween them will be the great 600-foot
tower, wires being strung from the
tops of the smaller structures to the
crest of the large one. By the time the
station is finished it is estimated that
the cost will be about $250,000.
A Thrill of Circus-Time.
Indianapolis News.
Nlles. who Is 10 years old. has
weakness for attending the circus, and
he willingly goes to church with his
mother when the circus season ap
proaches and doesn't hesitate to point
to his Sabbath rectitude as one of tha
reasons why he should- be permitted
to ko to the circus.
When the circus came this week he
filed his regular petition for permis
slon to attend.
You have seen the circus three
times. Nlles, said his mother, "and 1
don't believe you need to see it again.'
"Well, mother,' he answered. "I
think a circus is a lot like the Bible;
you cant' get too much of it."
The afternoon performance louna
Nlles and his mother looking on.
How About Your Neighbor?
Pittsburg Post.
"Let's see, you live in Sewickly, don't
you 7"
"Yen."
"Got a little piece of ground attached
to your house?"
"Quite a lot."
. "Going to make a garden this
Spring?"
"No: I'm busy superintending that of
my next door neighbor."
Six Cents Per Kilowatt Hour.
London Standard.
A great many power stations in Great
Britain are now in a position to offer
power, with a high and constant load
factor, at a rate so low as 41. (six
cents) per kilowatt hour, and it seems
probable that electric smelting may be
co..ie quite feasible with power at such
a figure.
The Schoolmaster in Chill.
Baltimore American.
The Chilean government is erecting
from 60 to 70 new school buidmgs a
year.
The Day of Moving Pictures.
Indianapolis News,
ihe world's demand for moving pic
tures now calls for the use of nearlv
55,000 miles of films a year.
Half a Century Ago
From The Orejronlan. May 1, 1S62.
A gentleman down from Powder
River by the name of Liszt reports the
mines quite as good as those on Salmon
River. He has with hin a specimen of
Powder River gold, free from quartz
and weighing $12. He states that at
the time he left there were 500 persons
in the mines, all doing well and satis
fied with, their prcspects. Provisions
were very short.
Fortress Monroe, April 17 Berden's
sharpshooters are spreading terror
among the guns of the enemy. They
have, made several sorties with infantry
to dislodge and capture our riflemen,
but were driven back with heavy loss.
Arrangements for the final siege of
Yorktown are said to be going on sat
isfactorily. Philadelphia. April 18. Ex-Secretary
of War Cameron was arrested here to
day on complaint of Pierce M. Butler
for his alleged illegal detention at Fort
Lafayette.
Washington. April 19. General Mc
Dowell's division marched yesterday
upon Fredericksburg. The march was
disputed by one regiment of infantry, !
one of cavalry and a battery of artil
lery, which were driven across the Rap
pahannock. Our loss was five killed
and 16 wounded. The rebels burned the
bridges over the river at Fredericks
burg. Our forces occupy the heights of
Falmouth, overlooking and commanding
Fredericksburg.
Sparta, April 20. Fort Macon is com
pletely invested. It has been ascertained
that the rebel supply of provisions is
short. No attack will be made on the'
fort, but it is intended to starve them
out.
Washington. April 19. Postoffice ap
propriation provides $1,000,000 for serv
ice on California Central route. The
Postmaster-Genferal Is authorized to es
tablish a Coast mail, not less than semi
monthly between San Francisco and
Crescent City, including In the service
Intermediate points, provided the sum
to be paid (overland. Isthmus and Cres
cent City routes) does not exceed $20,
000 per annum.
Cairo. April 10. A dispatch from the
Mississippi River fleet near Fort
Wright, nine miles above Memphis
April 11, says the mortar bombardment
was renewed this afternoon. They re
filled with round shot from the differ
ent batteries, which fell close to the
mortar and gunboats.
Cairo, April 17. Commodore Foote
telegraphs under date of April 14 from
the fleet that mortars opened fire that
day and soon cleared the river of all
vessels.
Washington. April 21. The debate in
the Senate today was on McDougal's
resolution to inquire into Stone's-case.
A personal collision was threatened be
tween McDougal and Chandler.
Washington. April 23. The select
committee to whom was referred the
question of the loyalty of Senator Stark
of Oregon, reported today that he is
disloyal to the Government of the
United States, having found that for
many months' prior to November he
was an ardent advocate of the rebel
cause and after the formation of the
rebel constitution openly declared his
admiration for it and his sympathy
with the rebel cause.
At the meeting of the board of the
Common Council last night the follow
ing gentlemen were elected to fill the
various offices for the ensuing year:
Collector, F. McCoy; street commis
sioner, A. B. Stuart: city attorney,
David Logan; city surveyor, A. B.
Hallock.
As "Ed" Howe Sees Life
Only a few men are ruined by great
offenses: but most of us are sufferers
from petty follies.
Men are always talking of the Tiard
fight they put up Tor the right. The
hardest fights are usually put up for
wrong.
Our most useful and respectable
business men are these days looked
upon with the suspicion which char
acterized Jewish bankers in the days of
'Ivanhoe."
There is one compliment that a man
always pays himself; that he is well
posted.
Occasionally there is a man who
should watch himself with more care
than he watches others.
On the faces of a good many women
you see a look indicating tnat wnne
they do not know the truih. they hall
way suspect it.
There are men who can be bought.
but heir prices are low; they are not
picked men who have worked their way
to positions or honor and protit Dy
honest methods.
Men have been able to put a declara
tion into the. Constitution that one man
is as good as another, but they have
never been able to put it into practice.
When a political convention meets.
the delegates always look for a real
artist to paint the scenery; they call it
writing the platform.
They say there is nothing new under
the sun. How is this: A lumber man
failed the other day. They nearly al
ways get rich.
The Peacemaker Gets Attention.
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
'Good gracious. Beasley, how did you
get so banged up?"
'Why. I saw two men lighting ana
stepped In between them."
And they pummeied you like that?
Well. I guess they meant to give m
what's coming to the middle man!"
STRAW HAT DAY.
Oh. wake me early, mother,
Call me early, mother, dear.
For tomorrow I'm to make a noise
That all the town can hear.
That all the town can hear, mother.
As I a-o down the way.
For I have got a fancy lid
To wear on Straw Hat Day.
While others dug up last year's lid.
To rub with bleaching dope,
And hunted for the sulphur can.
And eke a bar of soap.
Or thronged the haberdasheries
Where straws were on display,
copped the king pin lid of all
To wear on Straw Hat Day.
The latest shape, the latest weave.
A band upon It that
Will throw a mile back in the shade
My sister's Easter hat.
When I bloom out upon the street
In all the bright display,
Believe me, I shall be some class
On gladsome Straw Hat Day.
So wake me early, mother.
And rouse met from my bed;
Oh, wind the little iarm clock up
And put It by my head.
And If the skies pour nothing down
That calls lor a delay
Listen and hear, oh, mother dear.
My hat, oa Straw Hat Day.
Dean Collins.
Portland, April SO.
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