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Kastera Buxlacaa OffV-ee Verree Conk Iln. New York. Brunswick bulldlnf. l-hl-up. Merer building. Saa rrandseo OOlco R. J. Bldwell CO.. T42 Market street. . . Enropeva Office Mo. t Resent atreet a, W.. Londuo. . POKTLAXD, FRIDAY, MARCH . 1M. WILL THE THIRD PARTY LITI? Decision of all except three of the progressive Republicans and party Progressives in the lower house of Congress to form a separate organiza tion In that body will test the possi bilities of permanence In the new party. Should they hold together, the Progressives would take away from the Republicans about twenty mem bora, according- to the admissions of the latter, about thirty according to their own claims, and might swell their strength to forty before the extra ses sion ends. This would leave in the Re. publican party little over 100 members out of a total of 435. Success In maintaining a separate party depends, however, on ability to devise a programme distinct from that of the Republican or Democratic par ty. A party has never been founded on opposition, on negation: It must have a positive, constructive plan of government to offer the people. Many close and keen observers doubt the Progressives ability to formulate and adhere to such a programme. One such person thus defines a Progres sive: ' A social hermaphrodite, he tamtlnes him self a belns ot a superior order, lifted above the narrowness and selfishness of the con tending extremes, and combining- In nlm aelf the vlrtuee of both. In reality he la only the ephemeral and Impotent product of a period of transition and eonfuaion. In which the old order haa loat ita hold on the minds of men, while the new order haa not emerged with sufficient distinctness to be easily recognised. . At the outset the new party Is ex posed to the disintegrating effects of the two old parties. The Republican party is now under progressive leader ship and will remain and become so more decidedly. So Is the Democratic party under the leadership of Presi dent Wilson. When either of these parties puts forward a measure which the people approve as obviously pro gressive, the Progressive party will find itself greatly embarrassed. If, in .order to emphasize Its position as a 'distinct party, the Progressive organ ization should oppose such a measure, it would Invite popular condemnation and its title to its name would be questioned. Should it or any large proportion of its members support the measure the line dividing It from the party fathering the bill would become blurred and disintegration would set in. Several repetitions of this experi ence would break up the party. But the temper of the people is such that men In Congress will hardly dare op pose a measure which meets popular approval, for the people are coming to value political ties so lightly that they care not whence a good thing originates. That the forces of disintegration are already at work among the Progress ives is apparent from the refusal of Messrs. Kent, Lenroot and Anderson to join the new organization In the House and from their purpose to aid the Democrats, and from Senator La Fol lette's giving signs of a disposition to co-operate with the President. When this happens ere the Democratic pro gramme Is more than roughly blocked out. what may we expect If the Ad ministration should offer measures which win public support and which progressives cannot consistently op pose on principle? Notwithstanding all the protesta tions of the Progressives that they are organising in every county of every state and will have a candidate for every seat In the House In 1914, their party already Is proving to have been a merely temporary secession from the) Republican body. Where are all the brave battalions which marched to the polls to vote for Colo nel Roosevelt last November TT When called upon to register and be counted, they waste away to a mere fraction of their former strength. The Progressives may maintain an organization for a few years, but It is very dubious whether they will poll many votes or elect more than a small proportion of the strength they now claim In Congress. The first requisite to the maintenance of a party Is votes. Without them an , organization, no matter how perfect, will starve to death. It cannot live on a name. In order to secure votes It must have a distinctive programme; this the Pro gressives have not. Colonel Roosevelt in ilmthr nfiMMM a rtertaln Im nor. tance as a political guerilla, a sort of magnified w. k. tiearst, dui as a party leader his day is done. The peo ple who think he was wronged at Chicago filed their protest last No vember and few of them will file It again. WHmlAJI AND) OKEOOS. The Oregonian prints today a letter from a man who still believes. In spite of all that has been said on the sub ject, that "Whitman saved Oregon.- Some of his arguments are interesting for their naivete if not for their weight. Here Is on of them: Whit man saved Oregon because he drove across the plains In 1836. "clearing the way for a wagon road to Fort Boise." He drove his cart to Fort Hall, but he did not "clear the way." The way was already cleared and he left it Just as he found it. If his drive saved Ore gon, what of Joe Meek's, who took the cart on from Fort Hall to Walllatpu a few years later? Surely this saved Oregon, too. Jason Lee went over the trail with Wyeth two years before Whitman made his first trip. To be sure, he had no cart, but we cannot see that this Is the decisive point in the case. If we may include among the saviors of Oregon ' only people who drove across the plains In carts, history must be rewritten. We should prefer for our part a savior whose legs were sturdy enough to get along without a Vehicle. It Is not disputed that Whitman went through great suffering on his trip to the East and that he deserves much credit for his perseverance. It was a scandal mat an nis neruic edi tion should have been In vain. The fkclnnnrv SnHetv rjuarht bv all means to have heeded his petition and grant ed him aid- Hut It aia not ana mere the matter ended. Whitman contrib uted very little to the assembling of the emigrant party of 1843. Many in fluences combined to turn the tide of migration toward Oregon. His lec tures may have done sometning, out they were not an Important factor. Wo, InlnoH n rtartv more for his own rnnvcnipncA than for any other rea son. He was miserably poor at the time and had no other way to return tn hie mieainn On the march he was obliged to beg provisions from the Ap plegates and others. No doubt he paid his way by the good aavice ire aja . but that Is a very different thing from saving Oregon. Whitman was a good man and a de voted missionary. It is regrettable tha his mission should nave xaiieu, but it did and Oregon was saved by other men. IX THE Hon OF MED. The cataclysm in Ohio is without a parallel In the National annals; and the widespread disaster In Indiana, through flood and storm, is less ter rible only In the extent of the mortal ity. The loss in lives numbers thou sands; the destruction of property is Incalculable: the measure of human suffering Is pressed to the extreme limit of agony, terror and death. The whole country views the dreadful spec tacle with dismay, but stands ready to do what can be done to relieve" the urgent needs of the stricken states. It la several thousand miles from fn-earon to Ohio and Indiana, but nev ertheless there Is a kinship In human sorrow that calls for both sympathy and action. Besides, there are here thousands of citizens who came from these states or who have friends and relative there. In such a crisis, dis tance Is annihilated and all are mem bers of the great American family. Their griefs are our griefs: but our duties are our own. We shall perform them. The Governor of Ohio has said that the great need there is money. Later It mav be practicable and desirable to send clothing and provisions. But Just now the call Is for funds. The Portland Chamber of Commerce has been designated by Governor West and by Mayor Rushlight as the official repository for subscriptions. A gen eral committee has been appointed to take charge of the work, and it is to meet today. All other organizations have been invited to co-operate with the Chamber of Commerce and un doubtedly they will accept. Meanwhile, several thousand dollars have been collected and forwarded. Money will be procured and sent. Let all who can give something. He gives twice who gives quickly. MAKE IT TJ'KKN'S ELECTION. We venture to express the hope that Mr. URen will, win his suit against the state to enforce the sud misslon of Initiative measures at aspe- i aiootinn in September. We also wish that everybody might stand back and give him the whole rope. Let us have URen measures and nothing but ITRen measures, Tne advantage iu be gained is important. it m.HU he remembered that Mr. tt tj an i An avowed candidate for Governor in the election of 1914. It will also be recalled that tne Legisia fn maiiA nrnvision for holding a spe. clal election for the sole purpose of forestalling the lapsing or neeaea ap propriations through hold-up for two t-ou,-. hv mratii of the referendum. But Mr. TTRen, It seems. Is not con tent to accept the wise purpose of the Legislature. He want a long ballot. T trnul.1 ha InatrilftiVA tO ascertain whether Mr. ITRen is so enamored of single tax, proxy voting, abolishing ot thA .QAtifLtA and the like, that he will plunge the state into an expense of more than iuu,uuu to get an extra vote on these already rejected meas ures. Let's give him all the rope he wants. The sooner he strangles him self with it the better for the welfare of the state. mrr is treason excepted "Governor Lister, of Washington," says a current news Item, "has signed the bill abolishing capital punishment In that state. The penalty of hanging WAmafma tmnA for tr'ASOIl." If it is immoral and wicked for the state to "kill" any man ror mur der. It Is no less Immoral and wicked to hang him for treason. re 4a mov hf. neceasarv to make an awful example of a traitor by summary execution. It is, or may be, necessary for the state, for Its own preservation, to punish swiftly, severe, ly and completely the dreadful crime It was foolish for the state of Washington to discriminate thus be tween capital offenses, for the poor reason that Juries do not convict of murder, and the state might as well recognize and validate tne weaa- Ian. e n.l hnmnr tha iunti- H(W9 "". - " mentality of the courts. But it is not sound to say that because some mur derers escape the gallows all should The argument made before the Washington Legislature mat Junes will not covict because they are averse n th, tnkinsr of human life does not meet the point. All candidates for a Jury iu murder cases are required to affirm that they are not opposed to capital punishment. So they are not. but they fall through sympatny, or indifference, or a too ready feeling that what's done cannot be undone, to visit a harsh judgment against the particular murderer tney are trying:. n.Han tvA crime is surrounded by special circumstances of horror and atrocity as in the case of the Hum phrys brothers, for example a Juror nerves himself to do his duty so as to vindicate the law and to make an ex ample for others, and thus to protect Some people appear to think that the true effigy of Justice snows ner not only with eyes blinded but witn hana t i o v m t a sad mistake tu prevent her from ascertaining with open eyes the truth, and executing Jus tice with a firm nana. "Man never is but always to be blest." He grows miserably weary of the comfortable dwelling where he has spent the Winter and longs for the country. Getting ready to go agree ably diverts husband, wife and chil dren week after week. The distant hills look blue. The far-off scene is enchanting. When they arrive the blue turns to gray and the enchant ment fades. All Summer they wish they were back home, and when Au tumn comes the wish has deepened to wild eagerness. Safely submerged In . i A, mrtHnA thv Vifpl n to nlan for next year's trip to the country, and so the wheel goes round. STRAIGHT OR GRADUATED TAX. Th a riemftpniti are elrding them selves for a battle with the Republi cans on the tariff, but tney may oavo as hotly contested a battle among themselves on the income tax, which may be provided by the same bill as the tariff. The point at issue Is whether the tax shall be graduated or straight Chairman Underwood, of the ways and means committee. Inclines to a straight tax. while Representative Gardner, of Texas, stands for a gradu ated tax as follows: One-half of 1 par cent on Incomes re- . . n i mi. . . , - ...I nn in comes between I10.0OO and JL'S.000: l.P?r cent on incomes between S-ZMQ "".fS!-; (Kju: per cent dwwwb .v,wv " - noo and a ner cent on all incomes above S100.000. TTnrior tha Underwood plan, a 1 per cent tax would require a man to pay 31600 on an income or ia, year, while the Gardner plan wouiu n eennn if thA tAy were thus graduated a lower minimum rate would sumce to raise a given u revenue than a straight tax of say 1 per cent would yield. The graduated tax is obviously aimed at the swollen fortunes against .Kint. nninnni RfwivpTAlt lnvelirhed so vehemently while he was President. It might be expected to commana tne support of the Progressives, had not rninnAi turner! hia vocal energies in other directions since the owners of some of the swollen fortunes De came his "angels." To quote an un- erammatical philosopner, circum stances alters cases." ADRIANOFLB. Tha loss of Adrianople is a blow of singular severity to the Turks. The Mro- la th strongest fortress In their empire except the capital Itself, and it Is the original seat of their military power In Europe. No doubt the latter fact la more important to them than the former, for In spite of their bar barism and frequent brutality the Turk, are a sentimental people. Their desperate defense of Adrianople proves that they look upon Its fall as the sig nal for their final retreat from Eu- .nna. ho. last ASt in tha COllaDSO Of a AWfV, . . " .w - . career which has extended through seven centuries of almost continuous victory. It Is only within the last fifty years that their military prestige has decisively declined, xne luras aiu uui begin their Irruptions into Europe by rvntAntlnonl and the narrow Bosphorus, as one might have expect ed. They chose ratner to mane uim way across the Aegean Sea and break th, riafVriBPlnns borders of Mace donia. Here, beginning in 1381, they planted a succession oi warnao tuw nles, which subsisted on the plunder of the peaceful and timid inhabitants. As these colonies grew more numer ous the Sultans, who were then estab iiv,j cniH in Aula. Minor, subject ed them to a feudal system. The land was bestowed upon military cnieiunim. who were required to provide the sov- T.-i t v. a rwsii rtnmhpr of men and horses in return for their holdings. Feudal tenures were in ail parts ot tne rnry tha natural outETOWth of the ,imAne a limit!? number of con- eckhoui-. querors among an unfriendly popula tion. Within tnirxy years was so enveloped by Turkish settle that ita full hecame a matter' of course and the capital of the empire was moved there rrom urusa. xne in vaders did not capture Constantino ple until 1453, a century later. Adri anople derives Its name from the Em peror Hadrian, who virtually founded .h- .itv A vlllneo had existed on the site from very ancient times, but Had rian rebuilt It, adding Imposing fortifi cations and made it one of the strong holds of the Roman empire. Although the valley where It is situated has been reduced almost to a desert Dy uuraisn misrule, the land is extremely fertile, and in Roman times the city and the province surrounding It enjoyed great prosperity. Adrianople lay directly in the line of v. v. n rcntha. who. in the fourth century, tried to capture Constantino ple. In August of tne year mey were encamped twelve miles from its walls with a great army. Opposed to them was the Emperor Valens. who l. .. ,1 rr.aA O h ft t V mftWh f FOITl COIl- stantinople. His troops arrived on the field weary with their exertions, ex hausted by the burning August sun raTniohAri for food. The Goths were fresh and confident. The Ro mans began the attack In a desultory way, advancing without concert anu retreating at the first show of reslst Tho snlrlt of tha imperial le gions had sadly degenerated since Caesar met and defeated the Gauls. The Gothic cavalry hemmed the Ho mone in on everv side and slew them almost without effort. Their victory was complete. The slaughter is saio. by historians to have been more bloody h.n -Hannibal inflicted after Cannae and the consequences of the defeat in comparably worse. All xnrace except Adrianople itself was lost to the en amnirA and the victorious Goths were prevented from taking Constantinople only Dy tne sonany oi its walls. The frightened population would have offered but slight resist ance to the vigorous Invaders, but they did not understand the art of besieg ing walled cities and had therefore to retreat without completing their con quest. Adrianople declined in commercial Importance with the collapse of the Greek empire. The Turks were more concerned to extort tribute from the Inhabitants than to encourage their trade. Massacre followed massacre of the unfortunate people who refused to accept the Koran and the vilayet of which Adrianople Is the capital grad ually became desolate. When the Bul garians laid siege to the city It con tained some 80,000 Inhabitants, of whom more than half were Turks. The remainder were Greeks and Bulgars, with a sprinkling of Armenians and other wanderers from the levantine countries. It was not a beautiful place, even before It had been blasted by the siege guns. Most of the build ings were mean wooden structures, and the narrow streets, like those of all Turkish towns, were filthy to the last degree. Still It was not wholly disreputable. The Greeks had built a college whose walls of solid stone and noble architecture contrasted agree ably with the miserable surroundings. One of the suburbs was laid out on the civilized European plan, with lawns about the houses and well-kept streets, but upon the whole Adrianople was a city built In the expectation that any display of wealth and prosperity would tempt the military plunderer. The inhabitants had not much prop erty, and what they had they con cealed the best they could. The Turk has blighted every land that he has conquered. In the Balkan provinces his rule has been especially baneful, because in those regions the natural fertility of the soil constantly tempted the inhabitants to Increase their families and accumulate wealth, while every such attempt led to new massacres. The Turks were the only armed men in the villages. Domineer ing without restraint over their help less neighbors, the first sign of pros perity provoked them to indiscriminate slaughter. Thus the history of Adri anople and Its surrounding vilayet since the Turks conquered it has been a tale of bloodshed and unremitting cruelty. The victory of the Bulgarian armies ushers In a new day with fairer prospects and brighter hopes. Pennsylvania's11 Senate has passed a bill to require a state examination of Journalists. Whether this dignified term applies to reporters as well as editors and miscellaneous contributors Is not quite certain, but if anybody has been omitted the law can be amended and probably it will be. The tendency Is to subject every human being to a state examination. Babies are already caught. Before long tne law will lay its hands on farmers, poets and blacksmiths. The comfort ing thought is that ev.ery examination pays a fee to some worthy official. An Eastern educationalist. Dr. Sned. den, has come out boldly against alge bra as a required high school study. He would let those take It who wish and permit others to study something else. The notion that algebra is nec essary "for mental discipline" he pro nounces unsound. It Is "nothing more than a belief or tradition," he says. It is usually conceded that the Greeks of Pericles' time had minds fairly well disciplined. How did they manage it? They had no algebra and they did not study Latin. Gold production in the Transvaal last February increased 8 per cent over February, 1912, and 29 per cent over February, 1910. For the year 1913 it may reach 3200,000,000. Other sections of Africa are also increasing their production. West Africa's output so far this year being double that of the same period of 1910. Africa is the world's great gold and diamond mine. Should bursting dams aggravate the horrors of the Ohio floods, we may hesitate to adopt the Pinchot plan of storing flood waters near the sources of streams. A flood which comes gradually and runs off more slowly may be preferred to one which comes suddenly ,and with resistless destruc tive force. With the advent of Senator Lewis, of Illinois, whiskers may again come into fashion in the Senate, but they will not be of the wildly flowing va riety which was seen in Populist days. No, they will be highly esthetic, care fully brushed, combed and perfumed. Other times, other whiskers. The German attitude toward dis armament at the last Hague confer ence gives little ground to expect that the Kaiser will entertain Winston Churchill's proposal to suspend naval construction. When President Roosevelt needed a man to meet an emergency, his custom was to "send Taft." Has not President Wilson a lieutenant of equal caliber that he should talk of going to Ohio himself? Where is that great army Huerta was going to send against Carranza? Is it busy holding down Mexico City or is it chasing Zapatistas in the Southern Mexican states? No, Leopold. Barbara Hare Is a character In "The Follies," and not a tonsorial operation on the person of a rabbit, as you infer. Policemen hereafter will attend public dances. There also should be provided a referee to enforce breaking In the clinches. Oregon potatoes and apples are be ing rushed to the stricken districts. Which is considerable in the way of compensation; And once again: Have your wife, your daughter, your sister, your aunt, your grandmother and the hired girl registered ? Adrianople and Cananea fell on the same day. Thus Mars gave us a touch of both ridiculous and sublime in war fare. No Democratic candidates for Mayor have materialized. They're all too busy watching the National plum crop fall. These disasters emphasize the need of a National emergency fund that can be used during vacation of Congress. soulless, but in time of affliction their managers snow uiey nave neiiria. The Lower Mississippi Is to be heard from next, but the valley is broad and the planting season has not begun. Olympic Club visitors are heartily wished pleasant dreams by Multnomah Club hosts this evening. A centenarian is coming to Port land from Kansas. He must plan to live another hundred. Oregonians' experience with high water gives little conception of floods in the Middle West. Councilmen resent the implication that they are not gentlemen when it oomes to smoking. Local state societies can get Ore gon potatoes and onions at low rates in carlots. Wilkie Duniway Is showing those Eastern billiardists a little of M. A, A. C. finesse. The price of a few smokes will nour ish the afflicted in their time of need. Just enough flood hereabouts to make the farmers smile. Many- will die while systematic re lief Is getting started. The best sort of relief lies In the "big iron dollar." Send a car of Oregon onions, and then another. Many will believe in the fatality of 1913. FIGURING BOARD FEBT Cf STICK. Several Correspondents Try Hani at Problem With Tarylns Results. ALPHA, Wash., March 14. (To the Editor.) To ascertain the board meas ure in a stick of timber of pyramid shape. First get the area of each end. then multiply tbem together, then take the square root of their product, which will give the area at the middle of the stick, then add the three areas together ana divide the sum by three, which will give the mean area of the stick, then multiply this by the length and divide the result by 13. A stick 12 by 2 Inches at the base and 6 by 6 inches at the small end, 40 feet long, by this rule contains 280 feet board measure. Tour Chehalls correspondent gives it 300 feet, 10 feet more. Now let us try the two rules on a larger stick, say 12 by 14 Inches at the base and 7 by 8 Inches at the small end, 40 feet long, and we find that the Chehalls rule only gains about 17 feet. Now let us try it on another. A telegraph pole 8 by 8 inches at the base and 4 by 4 inches at the small end and 27 feet long contains 74 feet board measure by the rule I apply, and by the Chehalls correspondents rule it contains 90 feet. It seems that his per cent increases on smaller timbers. I will bet one of our hard, frozen East er eggs I am right The rule The Oregonian gave is somewhat complex, but it gets there Just the same. Any way, if we oan place a big order for telephone poles we will apply the Chehalls rule of measure ment, then we can keep even on the Democratic tariff reduction on lumber and square timbers. FRANK SCOTT. GOBLE, Or., March 24. (To the Edi tor.) In The Oregonian I notice an answer to the question "how many feet in a stick or sawn telephone pole 6 by by 12, by 12 by 40." The way we tallymen on the Colum bia River measure such a stick is as follows: Square of 6 Is 86 Souare of VI Is 144 Square of 12 plus 6 (18) la Z- Total J-.-004 Multiply this sum by one-sixth of the length and divide by 12. The proper answer is 280. All tapering timbers like the above are bought and sold, figured by the above rule. J. bryajnt, Talleyman. WASCO, Or., March 24. (To the Edi tor.) Your answer of 280 feet in the timber problem is not right. A good rule is to add both ends together and divide by 2. The stick is the equivalent of nine 1-inch boards piled one on top of the other, and nine inches wide the whole length of stick of 40 feet long. The problem stands thus: Nine times nine equals 81; multiply 81 by 40 and divide by 12. The stick has 270 feet In it S. N. WILLARD. CORVALL1S, Or., March 24. (To the Editor.) I note a question asked in The Oregonian by R. F. Martindale as to the number of board feet In a timber 12x12 inches on one end, 6x8 inches on the other and 40 feet long. You state "And the number of entire feet in the stick and divide by 12 to obtain num ber of board feet." Did you not intend to say multiply by 12 to obtain number of board feet? If you said what you meant I confess that I do not understand you. Otherwise, I coincide with your solution. Relative to I. H. Crumley's solution, I -agree with you also. A simple way to ascertain the mean base Is to multi ply one side of each end together, that is 12 times 6 Is 72 or the mean base. This rule holds good in all cases, and is much shorter, and so far as I know It originated with myself. W. A WELLS. WHITMAX AND SAVING OF OREGON Writer Thinks Emigration Led by Mis sionary Saved State to Union. PORTLAND, March 26. (To the Edi tor.) I notice in The Oregonian edi torial columns an article "The Whit man Myth." Is It a myth that Dr. Whitman crossed the plains in 1836 with a few companions clearing the way for a wagon road to Fort Boise? It may be a myth that he said on leav ing here in 1842 to go back over the plains "the board may dismiss me, but I will do what I can to save Oregon for my country." The story of his suffering on his Winter ride over thousands of miles of mountains and plains, freezing his fingers and ears in dead of Winter, may all be a myth. It may be a myth that he went to Washington and ex plained to Daniel Webster and others the valuable acquisition that Oregon would be to the United States. It may be a myth that the London Examiner had said the whole territory in dispute was not worth 20,000 pounds to either power, and the Senator from South Carolina said he would not give a pinch of snuff for the whole territory. It may be a myth that Dr. Whitman met the President of the United States and his Cabinet and with all the elo quence he was master of portrayed Oregon as the paradise by the sea and that he already had organized a body of emigrants to go to Oregon. But it is not a myth that Congress sent J. C. Fremont with a body ol men to accompany the proposed emi gration though not coming up with them until far on their way, the largest single body that has theretofore crossed the plains, and it is not a myth that Whitman led the way and was the ruling spirit of the enterprise. Now what Was It that kept Oregon under American jurisdiction? The only logical answer is emigration from the Eastern ajtates. The division or votes of the 102 people had small significance except to show they were about .equally divided in sentiment as to what coun try should govern Oregon. It may be true Dr. Whitman went East to ask for money, but in doing so he met large assemblies of people and naturally ex plained to them the advantages of Ore gon. Thus was he Instrumental in prompting the largest Immigration nrolect Then Is he not the most Important factor in settling the mooted question of Jurisdiction? Why at this late aay try unjustly to deprive him of the honor he so hardly earned and so richly deserves? J. M. OVELMAIM. Quake In Southwest W'anblngrton. v a T AA.TA Wach Mjirrh 25. (To the Editor.) There was printed on paee 8 of The Oregonian today an account of what was thought to have been an earthquake at La Center, Wash- March 19. in reply suDmii. me iuuwtn. from the Kalama Bulletin of March 21: "Kalama Has Shock: A slight earth- . 1. - waa fait hnrfl fthoilt 10 O'clock Wednesday night. No harm was done save that a few were slightly startled." Some people thought that blasting k.fn Hnna hilt Tl CI rDOrtS haVC come in to that effect and the Kelso Kelsonian claims tnai an enoiiua ; 1. aa fait thrA thA same niht So I think that Clark and Cowlitz Counties had a quake on Wednesday night though not a serious one. D. A BOURNE. Name for New Railroad. HALSEY. Or March 26. (To the Ed i . i haira hen vprv much Inter ested In the many nicknames sent in to The Oregonian ror tnat i-oruano, r.u- A. t-a.tam 7?nilrrA1- hilt I do not think any of them are quite suitable for it They could be applied to either Of the Other WO liuea uial Alia i. the Webfoot valley dotted with pros perous farms, surrounded with roses, orchards and green fields. x.-. -..a an manv nlr-lcnameS haVO been suggested, I propose to call it the jiany-.ame nouie. a mo ua,ma .a musical and unique. It could not ,be applied to any other route, and is dis tinctly individual nothing borrowed about it. A WEBFOOT PIONEER WOMAN. STATES SOCIALISM NOT SOCIALISM Correspondent Disowns Form of Theory Practiced ia France. CENTRALIA, March 25. (To the Editor.) In The Oregonian, March 22, there appeared a leading editorial on "Socialism Costly In France." showing that France Is suffering badly from "state socialism." Not only is France suffering from this virulent disease, but nearly every nation on earth is affected In a similar way. All armies and navies are "state socialism" insti tutions. Theodore Roosevelt says their condition In this country Is deplorable. Having been seven years commander-in-chief, he certainly knows. These abominations of desolation" have cursed and despoiled the earth in every age. Our courts and Legislatures are "state socialism," and, from some of their recent acts, it looks like corrup tion gone mad the Idaho Legislature, for Instance. "State socialism" in France, as de scribed by M. Beaulleu, as in every other country, is operated and conduct ed by the eminent few In the interest of themselves and their political frlnnds. But with all .the faults found by M. Beaulieu with French railways under "state socialism," they are a virtue compared with the railroads in this country, where they are con trolled" bv our "state socialist" Inter state Commerce Commission the kind of control advocated by our two oia rjarties as a remedy for state owner ship. France, under a corrupt state ownership, maintains faster trains than we do. and more nearly on tne dot Her roadbeds are a paraaise com- TtAtxat with our neelected roadbeds, rot ten ties and unsDlked. faulty rails. In the same number of travelers, she only kills one to where we kill 10; only one of her crew to where we kill 80. Then, when it comes to service, fares and freight rates, we can discount her two to onn for rotten service and double charges. Our railway system, under "state socialism" supervision, is Ineffi cient and unsafe, and rapidly growing worse every day. Railroad men know it According to newspaper re ports, one of the most prominent rail way men of this country recently stat ed that It would require 39.000,000,000 to put our railroads In efficient' shape and safe condition. Our trains are operated over bad rails, rotten ties and ancient roadbeds. That is why we have tha most fatal and deadly railway system in the world. M Beaulleu recently gave out statis tics showing that the "state socialism" governments for the world were about the worst In its history. He says: "The world at the present moment Is exces sively badly governed. It has rarely been so badly governed, it is in tne hands (not of the people) of Incurable prodigals." And he proceeds to prove n ampiy. France Is not a socialist, nor a social istic government It Is governed by a very few autocrats in the most profli gate manner. It is something similar to our Government a misrepresents tive government State socialism In France is no more socialism than pagan religion is Christian religion. But in spite of this awful corruption In high places, for which neither old party has any remedy, co-operative public ownership Is steadily making headway, and wherever the polluting hands of greed have given it any chance whatever, it has abundantly demonstrated its worth and value. W. RUBLE. Th state socialism which prevails In France Is certainly one form of social ism. ' Socialism has many forms ana degrees. We are not concened with th riiffarAnnoa of onlnlon anions: So cialists as to which form Is the best We quoted M. Leroy-Beaulieu to show tt,at av frtrm of sonlnllRm 'tinder which industry Is conducted directly by the state does not bring good results. WHY DOESNT THK PL17H FALLI Failure of Kins; Appointment to Ma terialise Worries Democrat. PORTLAND, March 26. (To the Edi tor.) Isn't It awful this nerve-racking suspense? Has President Wilson no consideration for the unsettled busi ness condition in Oregon? Must the whole state be tortured with anxiety by an unsympathetic President? Is Woodrow Wilson lacking In discern ment? Can't he be made to see that the welfare and prosperity of this great state must necessarily hang in the balance until Will R. King gets a good Federal lob? It is fortunate for the President that no one doubts bis honesty. Just think what a fortune might be acquired were he to get a percentage rake-on xrom the tolls on telegraphic messages re garding the various Jobs our Will nearly gets! From these dispatches we learn that one job after another is declined be cause it pays only $5000. What Is the matter with President Wilson? Is he ungrateful for Oregon's vote? Is it not treason to our King to rate him no higher than J5000? Just think of classifying him with an ex-President! The people are through with Mr. Taft. He should be grateful for a $5000 job. But for a rising young statesman, ye gods! And In the mean time, where is your poet? Why doesn't Dean Collins get to work? Isn't it pathetic enough to enthuse his muse? Great guns! Why, even a Spring poet could so elend it from state boundaries to see y.iat "a whole nation's heart throbs, waiting, yes patiently waiting until King gets one of the best Federal Jobs." Why not make him Minister to Dahomey? ti. I . A. Nothing ever published by a news paper has made so universal an appeal, has attracted so widespread attention as will the forthcoming CHAPTERS OF A POSSIBLE AUTOBIOGRAPHY By COL. THEODORE ROOSEVELT whi-h will be published every week in THE OREGONIAN Beginning Sunday These chapters will be published by special arrangement with The Outlook, of which Theodore Roosevelt is the con tributing editor. The first article deals with incidents of Roosevelt's boyhood days and is illustrated by new and striking photographs. Love and Lying An attractive page on domestic felicity, by Laura Jean Libbey. Tong Wars They are mainly fakes, says expert, although Port land's is a real one. Save Your Turn There is a scarcity of them and the price is soar ing upward, reports The Oregonian 's Paris correspondent. Aeroplanes to Guard Forests Heliographs and air craft will be used during 1913 to prevent destructive forest fires in our great Na tional reserves. Wanted, a Bismarck Europe is short of big men to handle a deli cate problem. The Drama in 1913 Charles Frohman takes a glance into the distant future. An Array of Other Features. Order today of your newsdealer. Sunrise in the Senate By Dean Collins. The halls of the Senate were lambent With marvelous, mystical light. When thither his footsteps J. Ham bent The Senators cried at the sight: "Oh. what Is this nearing? What Is it appearing? What is it that's coming unto us? Is the light through the awning Millennium dawning?" And Echo replied from the lobby out side: " "Tis the dawn of J. Hamilton Lewis!" (Chorlc ode by the Senators) "Long years the dim halls of the Senate Saw minor stars modestly blink; But never before, nor again, It Hath basked in such sunburst of pink. The dawn was long rising. But that's not surprising. Since Fate but infrequently endues us With glories like this one Which certainly is one Oh, though we wait long, when it comes it comes strong The dawn of J. Hamilton Lewis! "Oh strike the loud drum with the drumstick; Let trumpets in welcoming blow. Lean back In your chair and your thumb stick In your vest and Just bask In the glow. Methlnks It Is certain This aurora-like curtain The glories of old shall renew us; Oh, who such a ray has As this, our great J., has. More luminous far than the broad beard of Thor Hall the dawn of J. Hamilton Lewis!" Portland, March 27. Twenty-five Years Ago From The Oregonian of March 98. 1888. X' -Val. Ucnh 9.7f3reHl dis patch from the editor of The Orego- nian. i i lie cummiiivo aiuiu rv,, found on arrival a somewhat different situation In regard to the Joint lease (of the O. R & N. road) than they had anticipated. They found that the Joint lease was the conception and i -.1 . v, .f VIHnnri Tt w An ha who obtained the assent of the sev eral parties In interest, i-resroens Adams, of the Union Pacific at first I a Inlnt I... .. a nA PrAaMan Harris, of the Northern Pacific, still professes lndltterence. wr York March 27. Ex-Lleutenant- Governor William Dorshelmer died last night at Savannah, Ga. New York, March 27. Josef Hofmann, the boy pianist, Is going back to Ger many with his parents. Haverlys original mastodon minstrels open at the New Park tomorrow night W. O. Thayer came In from Tillamook yesterday. He reports the road all clean and says he made the 80 miles from Thornton's to North (Yaklma on foot in one day. The captains and pilots on the Co lumbia and Willamette rlveTS have or ganized an association and elected the following officers: R. Hoyt captain; E. W. Spencer, first pilot; A C. Betts, second pilot; J. W. Troup, purser. Apples are apples now, a box of good ones being worth as much as a box of oranges. Yesterday four boxes of Jonathans sold for $2.75 a box. Messrs. Everding & Farrell are fitting up a cannery at Five-Mile Creek, first above The Dalles. The Oddfellows of Portland and East Portland have Joined for the purpose of having a grand celebration on t;heir 69th anniversary, to consist of a grand parade, oration and literary entertain ment on April 26 and 27. F. E. Habersham, of the firm of Hawgood & Habersham, civil engineers, has gone to Ilwaco. W. T., to start work on the North Beach Railroad. At 12:20 this morning an alarm of fire was caused by fire in the dwelling of Hon. J. C. Moreland, 265 Eleventh street. The department made short work of the fire. The loss and damage will be between $1000 and $1200. Half a Century Ajo From The Oregonian of March 28. 1893. Several pack trains have left The Dalles within the last few days for Auburn, the trail being open. Auburn. March 17. The Boise travel still pours forward and the ferry of Olds & Co., on Snake River, is said to receive some $100 per day in pay ment of tolls. A very fair house witnessed the ren dition of the beautiful play of "Ingo rnar" last night at the Willamette Theater. H Windsor, contractor on daily mail route from Monticello to Olympla, has announced his determination to suspend the carrying of the dally mails and change the same to a trl-weekly mail from April 1. This is In consequence of Inability to keep up with his ex penses while greenbacks are at their present low stage. Mayor Goldsborough, United States revenue collector, has appointed T. F. McElroy, of Olympia, deputy collector for the county of N'ez Perces, which In. cludeo T,ew1ston ano vicinity.