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FORTXA N D. THURSDAY, APRIL 1, 1915.
BISMARCK'S CENTENARY.
Prince) Bismarck, the greatest of
modern statesmen, was -born April 1
. 1815, 100 years, ago. In that yea
was held the Congress of Vienna
which, under the domination of Aus
tria and the presidency of Metternlch,
parceled out the territories of Europ
after Napoleon's downfall ' to satisfy
the hungry cravings of legitimacy and
reaction. The next International con
gress of equal importance was held
at Berlin in 1878. , Bismarck was
President and Germany's power was
all-prevailing. Austria had been ut
terly defeated in the Seven Weeks War
and expelled from the Germanic Con
federation. France had been over
thrown in the war of 1870 and Will
lam crowned Emperor in the palace at
. Versailles with a united Germany un
der his sway. ,The Congress of Berlin
was called to moderate the demands
of Russia upon Turkey, whom she had
defeated in a great war. The Czar felt
Constantinople almost within his grasp
after the vain 'efforts of a hundred
years and more. . Bismarck, watchful
for the aggrandizement of Prussia and
fearful of an overgrown neighbor on
the east, so managed the deliberations
of the conference as to thwart Russia
and save the Turk from deserved ruin
He thus reversed the ancient policy
of Germany, which had been at all
odds to maintain good relations with
the Czar. But Bismarck saw that the
time had now come when Austria's
friendship was worth more to his
country than that of Russia and he
had resolved to complete his work of
uniting the dissevered Germans by ce
menting an alliance with his old en
emy of the House of Hapsburg. The
Czar was embittered by the decisions
of the Congress of Berlin, but Austria
was pleased, and the next year, when
Bismarck made his famous trip to
Vienna, he was able, without much dif
ficulty, to lay the foundations of the
dual alliance which not long after
ward, by the adhesion of Italy, became
the triple alliance. Thus the wounds
of the Seven Weeks War were healed
and the enmity between Prussia and
Austria was allayed. That- enmity in
its ultimate venom was Bismarck's
own work. From the beginning of his
public career he had resolved to an
nihilate the influence of Austria in
Central Europe and exalt his own
country into her place, forming
united Germany under Prussian he
gemony. To this end he first appeared
as the advocate of the King's absolute
power against popular representation.
The- democratic ideas which ran
through' Germany and Europe In 1848
received from Bismarck nothing but
derision. He fought them with relent
less determination and rejoiced when
they finally seemed to die out in a
ridiculous fiasco. Recurring to the
subject in a speech which he made in
1862, he said that "the mighty prob
lems of the age were to be solved not
toy speeches and majority votes, but
by blood and iron," a celebrated sen
tence which has been quoted a thou
sand times and not always to the
credit of its author. Andrew D. White,
who knew Bismarck well and admired
him greatly, says that at this early
period of his career he posed as "the
youthful apostle of reaction, despotism
and disunion," but he favored present
disunion only in order to bring about,
a, more stable federation of the Ger
man states than any other man
dreamed of in those troublous times.
In order to work his will upon Aus
tria and France, Bismarck needed an
army better than his country had yet
possessed. The Prussian Parliament,
unsympathetic with his dreams of na
tional greatness, refused the necessary
supplies. Supported by the King, Bis
marck governed for four years with
out a parliamentary majority and by
that time had accomplished his pur
pose. His associates warned him that
he was bringing upon the King's head
the fate of Charles I and upon his own
the merited punishment of Strafford,
but he replied that he was willing to
be a Strafford if only Prussia might
be made supreme. With his troops in
readiness and plentiful munitions In
Btore, Bismarck began the tremendous
drama of his achievements by seduc
ing Austria into the war of 1864, in
which the Schleswig-Holstein prov
inces were wrested from Denmark
For this war, as for all that he
fought, Bismarck began by isolating
his foe and perfecting his alliances.
He easily found pretexts to quiet
France. He. enticed Austria by prom
ises which he did not intend to keep.
In the congress called to divide the
spoils he openly defied his ally and
with steady purpose provoked her to
begin the war of 1 S66. the Seven Weeks
War. Before the Austrians could make
a move Bismarck's commanders over
ran the states friendly to her in South
Germany and ended the war-by .ruin
ing her armies at Sadowa. To obtain
peace Austria-was compelled to with
draw from Germany and Bismarck
folidifted his results by founding the
Is'orth German Confederation 'with
Prussia' at its head. In these two
wars he had gone far to accomplish
his life's purpose. With the ' Danish
provinces he had gained the Port of
Kiel, with an outlet for the canal
which he contemplated long before
the present Emperor came . to the
throne. With the expulsion of Aus
tria he had placed Prussia' at the
head of a great and firmly united con
federation. But much more remained
to be done.
Many German states had declined to
enter the confederation and France
was busylntrigulng among them for
destructive purposes. .
It was essential to Bismarck's de
signs to obliterate the influence of
Napoleon III in Europ and extend
the. boundaries of Germany to the
Rhine. For these ends he deltberately
provoked his third war, that of 1870,
but he safeguarded his rear by .mod
erating Austria's ill will through, aston
ishing proffer of friendship. It was
his .unswerving policy to fight one
foe at a time and no more. When
France, had heen - crushed it was a
comparatively easy task to finish the
construction of the German Empire
and. obtain its. submission to William
as the first Emperor. This done,
Bismarck became the consistent ad
vocate of European peace. He de
clared that Germany had nothing
more to' gain by war and that her
future efforts should look to internal
developments and the welfare of the'
people. Everything that Bismarck
dreamed of in his youth he accom
plished in his prime. His designs
exceeded in splendor those of any
modern statesman and he saw them
all embodied, not in the evanescent
structure of an Alexander or a
Napoleon, but in the solid buttresses
and walls of the German Empire. If
we measure his deserts by his deeds
we must account him the greatest
statesman of the modern world.
OVERLOOKED. ALMOST.
The people'of Oregon novrJiave the
consoling assurance that a part of the
naval fleet, brought to the Pacific
Coast in July under the leadership of
the gallant Oregon, is .to enter the Co
lumbia River and come to Portland.
The amazing news had come from
Washington on Tuesday that the pro
posed itinerary of the fleet up the
Pacific Coast did not include Oregon!
But now Secretary Daniels says there
was no intention of overlooking Ore
gon. We suppose so. Mere oversight.
But the attitude of the Wilson Admin
istration toward Oregon has at no time
been marked by noticeable friendli
ness.
The original tentative itinerary of
the battleship fleet included California
and Washington, of course, for when
the President and his Cabinet think or
speak of the Pacific Coast it is always
in terms of Washington and Califor
nia. Let us see how the three Coast
states have, fared, at the hands of
Democratic President in the matter of
appointments to distinguished office,
not including the local Federal jobs:
CALIFORNIA,
fint-minrv of Interior. Franklin K. Lane.
Interstate Commerce Commissioner, John
H. Marble.
Ambassador to Russia, George r. Marye.
Assistant Secretary of Interior, Adolph C.
Miller. - -
Federal Reserve Board. Adolph C. Miller.
Commissioner-General of Immigration,
P ramlnettl.
Commissioner Industrial Relations, Harris
Weinstock.
Commercial Attache, Lincoln Hutchin
son.
General ' Superintendent Railway Mail
Service Alex H. Stevens.
Governor of Hawaii. L. B. ptnkham.
(This appointment may not be credited to
California, but Pinkhara was a resident ol
California prior to going to Hawaii.)
Burgeon-General, jtupert ciue. tinis may
be regarded as a promotion, but tne ap-
oointmenr was credited to California, i
Board of Indian commissioners, jsiuore
B. Dockweller.
Special Santo Domingo Commissioner,
James D. Fbelan.
WASHINGTON.
Assistant Secretary of Interior, Bo
Sweeney. .
Solicitor of Internal Revenue, uuis
Johnson.
Federal Trade Commissioner, Will ru
Parry.
civil -service - commissioner, iiermou
C raven.
OREGON.
Minister to Slam. William H. Hornibrook.
Solicitor Reclamation Service, Will -R.
King.
The Siamese diplomatic post is the
least consequential in the entire list.
It was good enough for Oregon. It
was a crumb given to the Oregon Sen
ators for an unquestioning henchman
who has no experience in or knowl
edge of diplomatic affairs. Mr. King
openly boasts that he was given his
job upon his own political merits and
without the special influence of either
Oregon Senator.
Yet Oregon gave its electoral vote
to Woodrow Wilson, while California
and Washington went for Roosevelt.
Both Oregon's Senators are Democrats.
Washington has a Republican and a
Progressive in the Senate, and until
March 4, 1915, California had a Pro
gressive ahd a Republican.
The measure of Oregon s Senatorial
influence at Washington is well illus
trated by the record.
THE RAILROADS' PLEA . AND THE
ANSWER.
The application of the railroads to
the Interstate Commerce Commission
for authority to reduce freight rates
on certain commodities from Eastern
Interior points to -points in the inter
mountain'country. is a practical aban
donment of the attempt to compete
with the Panama Canal 'on coast-to-coast
business. It is an attempt to
gain compensation for the loss of that
traffic by building up interior produc
ing centers in the East and interior
distributing centers in the West at the
expense" of "Atlantic Coast producing
centers, and of Pacific Coast distribut
ing " centers. It is also an attempt
to drive the Interstate Commerce
Commission to accept the logical con
lusion from the illogical position
taken by the Commission in tne
Spokane rate decision. This move
warrants a greater degree of appre
hension in the cities north and south
f us than in Portland itself, for a
month hence we shall open the
Columbia River waterway for a dis
tance of 500 miles inland. Relief
from the consequences of a possibly
favorable decision on the railroads
application will then be within our
own power. We shall need to ask no
aid from the railroads or the Com
mission.
The Commission established the
basis for this latest move of the rail
roads when, in deciding the inter
mountain case, it deprived the Pacific
Coast cities of the advantage given
them bv nature and relieved the inte
rior cities of the handicap under
which nature had put them. atural
law dictated that the overland rate
from the Atlantic to the intermoun-
tain country should be the same as
the water rate to the Pacific Coast,
plus the rail rate from this coast to
the interior. In the effort to nulla
up distributing centers in the inte
rior, where natural conditions were
adverse to their establishment, the
Commission set aside this natural
rate basis and established an arbitrary
one of its own. It created zones, one
of which, following the Missouri
River, paid the same rate to Spokane
as to the Pacific Coast; another, con
sisting of Chicago and common points,
pays rates 7 per cent higher to Spo
kane than to the Coast, and another.
consisting of Pittsburg, Buffalo and
common points, pays rates 15 per cent
higher to Spokane than to the Coast.
When the railroads began to feel
the pressure of competition with the
Panama Canal, they asked further re
lief in the shape of permission to
make rates from Chicago to the Coast
15 cents less instead of 7 per cent
less than to Spokane, on certain com
modities which move largely by water.
They also asked leave to reduce rates
on other commodities, so that they
could almost meet the water rates to
the Pacific Coast. The Commission
granted ' this application, but ruled
that the roads must make rates to
intermediate points bearing a certain
relation to Coast rates, though the
railroads wished to be left free to
adopt such rates to the business as
it develops.
The railroads now realize that they
cannot -carry transcontinental traffic
in competition with water lines at
paying rates. They also realize that
the canal has increased the volume of
traffic from Pacific terminals to the
interior and has increased the already
large proportion of empty cars they
were hauling westward. They there
fore give up the attempt to compete
with water lines and aim to cultivate
the interior points which are de
pendent solely on railroads and which
may compete with Coast towns. Thus
they will build up traffic which cannot
be taken away from them and will
secure loads, at least part of the way,
for cars which are now hauled empty.
Any revenue they derive from this
source, even though not sufficient to
pay operating expenses, will be so
much to the good, compared with
present conditions.
The Commission has already proved
to the Pacific Coast cities that logic
is wasted upon it in discussion of the
relation between water and rail rates;
If the latest application of the rail
roads should be granted, the interior
cities will become more serious com
petitors in wholesale business with
Pacific Coast cities, though there is
no reason to fear that the latter
would be driven entirely out of the
interior field. This competition will
be more acute with those Coast cities
which can reach the interior only by
rail than with those which can reach
it by water. ,
Portland has an undisputed advan
tage in this respect. In fact, her
salvation is in her own hands. This
city has in the Columbia River
waterway extending 600 miles inland.
By means of tugs and fleets of barges
freight can be carried up this stream
at rates which railroads cannot touch,
Modern wharves, equipped with mod
ern machinery, can transfer freight at
a great reduction on present cost
True, the interior cities are generally
at some distance from the river, and
the railroads by which they are
reached cannot be induced to act as
feeders to the competing waterway,
But every day we have clearer dem
onstration that the rails have become
superfluous to the hauling of heavy
traffic by mechanical means over
road. We only need solid, hard
surface highways from the river ports
to the interior, and lines of auto
trucks to traverse them, in order that
we may become independent of the
railroads and of the Interstate Com
merce Commission. The answer to
the latest move of the railroads in
their effort to deprive the Pacific
Coast cities of the advantages derived
from their location on the water will
be given at the opening of the Celilo
Canal and the .Willamette locks a
month hence. That answer is river
transportation, good roads and motor
driven vehicles. In these days of mod
ern industry as in the days of the
free-traders, nearly a century ago, the
Columbia River is the great highway
of the Oregon country.
THE END.
The shocking death in an automo
bile accident of several notable Wash
ington pioneers leads to curious re
flections on the strange mutations of
life. Thomas W. Prosch and Mrs.
Prosch and Miss Lenora Denny, who
lost their lives, were among the best
known of Puget Sound's early-comers,
for they had settled in Washington
when it was part of Oregon territory.
Arthur A. Denny, father of one of the
unfortunate women, was one of the
founders of Seattle, and his name, and
the name of his family, has for more
than sixty years been identified inti
mately with the development of that
active city. Mr. Prosch, a son of
Charles W. Prosch, well known
through long years to the newspaper
fraternity, of which he was a worthy
member, was himself a pioneer of
1855. a newspaper man by inheritance
and by early profession, and a histor
ian of territory and state. He was
president of the Washington Pioneer
Society
These three people were used to the
old ways of transportation the ox
team and the schooner yet It was re
served for them that they should die
as victims of the most modern of all
land vehicles.
It would appear that Puget Sound,
and particularly Seattle, has more
than its share of automobile accidents.
Numerous tragedies have occurred on
the trestles south of the city, and a
well-known physician, Dr. Reniger,
was a few years ago run down by an
interurban train, while crossing the
track in his motor car, near the scene
of the Prosch-Denny happening. The
State of Washington has done much
for good roads, but it has done little
In safeguarding its bridges.
ORGANIZING FOR PROSPERITY.
Oregon is organizing for prosperity,
and Portland, as usual, has taken the
lead. To this end Portland Is organ
izing the new Chamber of Commerce;
Multnomah County has joined with
Clark County in constructing the in
terstate bridge; Multnomah, Hood
River, Columbia and Clatsop Counties
are building the Columbia Highway;
Multnomah County proposes to pave
its highways; the Port of Portland has
deepened the Columbia River channel;
and the Government is deepening the
bar channel, has built the Celilo Canal
and has bought the Oregon City locks.
To these works are to be added the
building of the Willamette Southern
Railroad In the Willamette Valley and
of the Willamette Pacific Railroad to
the Coast; construction of harbor im
provements at several Oregon ports.
erection of the docks at Flavel and
Inauguration of the Great Northern
Pacific steamship line to San Fran
cisco.
These improvements are significant
not only of a desire to provide facili
ties for business, but of confidence
that business is coming. There
is evidence of prosperity in the
willingness of people to invest
money individually as wen as in
their capacity as members of com
munities and corporations. The report
of the state banking department shows
an Increase of loans and a decrease of
deposits in the last year. This fact
implies readiness to borrow for Invest
ment and improvement. Money be-
ond a safe reserve lying idle in a
bank Is buried money. It earns noth
ing, and Is a sign of distrust. Money
borrowed for productive use is a sign
of confidence.
There is good reason for confidence
that prosperity is returning. Farmers
receive high prices for wheat and live
stock and remunerative prices for
wool, dairy products and other yield
from the land. Fish command good
prices. The fruit industry is organ
ized as never before to utilize all its
product and to reach every market.
JJJfe is returning to the lumber lndus-
try. We have every assurance possi- f
will again be good and prices high.
The facilities for cheaper transporta
tion which have been provided will
enhance profits, broaden markets and
prompt increased production. Oregon
has good cause to believe that the in
dustrial revival which has come to the
East and Middle. West has already
reached to the Pacific Coast.
STILL DRIFTING.
The present status of the Mexican
question, from the standpoint of our
invertebrate diplomacy, is thus clearly
set forth by the well-informed Wash
ington correspondent of the Chicago
Herald, Mr. O'Laughlin:
1. The European powers, Japan and the
Latin-American states are urging President
Wilson to bring about a settlement in Mex
ico, somehow.
2. The European powers and Japan leave
the means to Mr. Wilson. They don't care
how it is done, so it is done.
3. The Latin-American states oppose and
decline to join in a military intervention.
They suggest, however, another plan. This
is to pick out some strong Mexican leader,
recognize him as "the government," make
it clearly understood that he has the full
support of the United States end let him do
the . rest.
The world's war occupies .chiefly the
world's attention, else the great pow
ers would scarcely content themselves
with merely "urging" any Mexican
policy upon the President. Except for
the war, Mexico could be the liveliest
Issue of the times.
The inane and hopeless policy of
drifting, euphemistically known as
watchful waiting, leads certainly to
the rocks and whirlpools.
R. B. Haggard, or Harry E. Lovell,
as he Is of record in a few penal insti
tutions, is an- incorrigible criminal
whose abiding place is by choice with
in the barred gates at Salem or Walla
Walla, as circumstances direct. A
quarter-century ago he was "a kind of
a printer," as the more fortunate in
the trade-elect classify that manner
of workmen. This he forsook for
greater opportunities waiting on the
restaurant table, with occasional re
sponses to the call of the smell of ink,
always in the country shop. Once,
east of the .mountains, he cleaned up
all the cash in the office and depleted
the bank balance of the boss by for
gery. Later he repeated the trick
down the Columbia. Arrest is so com
mon as to be a joke. He is not a bad
man in the vicious sense of the word.
During confinement he. is "a good
dog" and is rewarded with a parole,
which he breaks as soon as possible,
and this may be accounted for by
longing for the only "home, sweet
home" with which he is familiar.
When he told the arresting officers
the other day he had eighteen or
twenty years to his discredit, he
showed a sense of humor. He will be
"out" after awhile, to start another
cycle.
If women generally should exercise
the right of retaining their maiden
names after marriage, conceded to
them by the gallant Attorney-General
Brown, it would not make much dif
ference, provided they use the' prefix
Mrs." Even now it is impossible
to infer from a woman's name and
title whether she is a wife, a widow
or a grass-widow.
For the last quarter century the
public schools have been teaching the
evils of drink to millions of pupils.
many of whom are now voters. The
results are patent. Those who dis
trust the efficacy of education are
invited to investigate the causes of
our "prohibition wave."
It is a good thing to shout over
baseball. It is better to go out in
the fields and actually play that or
some other game. Americans are a
little too much inclined to take their
outdoor sport and exercise vicariously.
The great revolt which was to
break the British power in India is
discouraglngly delayed. A spasmodic
outbreak here and there only em
phasizes the general' loyalty of King
George's Oriental dominions.
Perhaps the Australian cruiser
Sydney, which smashed the Emden, is
in search of the Kronprinz Wilhelm,
the only German cruiser remaining in
the open sea, and hopes to complete
the clean-up.
The people of LInnton believed they
were right and held to that belief. So
did the owners of the United Rail
ways. The result this morning is an
April fool joke for somebody.
This being the dull season at Wash
ington, the correspondents occupy
themselves in disrupting the Cabinet
and in publishing official denials of
the disruption.
Secretary Bryan to the Kaiser: One
of your submarines has drowned an
American citizen. Any kind of an ex'
planation you choose to make will be
satisfactory.
Secretary Daniels did not discover
the Columbia River until 123 years
after its discovery by Captain Gray.
That is about how much he is behind
the times.
If Lincoln Beachey had stayed on
earth literally, he might also have
done so figuratively and derived some
pleasure from that So0,000.
Those redskins who shot up the
town in Northern California boozed
on Jamaica ginger. That beats the
near-beer idea for next year.
It is to be hoped that the war col
lege and the baseball fans will not
come into collision in front of the
bulletin boards.
Annihilation of 4000 Austrians In
one hour Sunday shows they can fight.
Russians could not get them that way
on the run.
The stork is taking care that there
shall still be a supply of Hohenzollerns
in spite of the casualties of war.
Those without violent prejudice
rather hope the Prinz Eitel makes the
dash and getaway.
The allies are again wasting ammu
nition on the villages at the Darda
nelles. When the F-4 shall have been re
covered her log will show how heroes
died.
The Sunny South crawled under a
blanket of snow yesterday.
Perhaps the Jitney men did It at
Seattle.
This is the month of showers.
Will it rain Easter Sunday?
Stars and Starmakers
BY LEONE CASS BAER.
ANEW TORK Judge has Just decided
that a wife's earnings belong to her
husband. Now Nat Goodwin can begin
to collect from Maxino Elliott, Edna
Goodrich and a few others.
Mary Edgett Baker opines that her
idea of the high cost of living is Billy
Sunday.
"
A New York exchange says: "Leonora
Pols, who as a chorus girl for ten years
had charmed the chappies, and who was
a familiar figure in the Seaside Girls
and the Broadway Beauties, when ar
rested in Bridgeport, Conn., was found
to be a man. ,
Gee Leonora makes Julian Elttnge
look like a bearded lady.
Also think of those stage-door John
nies who splashed around 'in bubble
parties for the fair Leonora's delecta
tion during her decade of deception.
How d'ye reckon they feel?
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A mistrial was declared in a breach
of contract suit brought by an actress,
because a juror is alleged to have told
the plaintiff in court that she "looked
like a cockroach." Perhaps the de
scriptive gentleman said "cocktail" in
stead, and -the lady merely misunder
stood. Still, it seems improbable that
an actress would make a mistake of
that kind.
e
'Formal announcement has been made
of the engagement of R. C. Ferdinand
Schumann-Helnk and Margaret M. Me
Cann. Ferdinand is the fifth son of
Madame Schumann-Helnk and the two
met several years ago, when Miss Mc
Cann was a pupil at-the Convent of
Mount St. Vincent One of her class
mates and chums was Marie Schumann
Heink, Mr. Schumann's sister, and it
was through her that the two then be
came acquainted.
Last Autumn Miss McCann was the
guest -of Madame Schumann-Heink at
her country place at Grosmont, Cal. Mr.
Schumann, who is in business at El
Cajon, a neighboring town, near San
Diego, again met Miss. McCann and the
friendship thus renewed rapidly de
veloped. The marriage will take place
in June. Miss McCann is a society girl
in New York, and made her debut last
year.
E. D. Price, further known to atten
tion as Catherine Countiss' husband.
and who has been acting as business
manager of "The Poor Little Rich Girl"
all season, has Joined the staff of Joseph
Brooks and will be one of the execu
tives in charge of the "Trilby" revival.
.
Frank J. McGettigan, assistant man
ager of the Empress, received a tele
gram from Bert Leslie, "The King of
Slang," yesterday announcing that Les
lie would appear at the Orpheum here
in "Hogan in London" toward the end
of April or early in May. "Hogan in
London" is the sketch in the writing of
which Mr. McGettigan collaborated with
Leslie. Leslie already has traversed
the Keith circuit twice with the act and
a fortnight ago "Hogan . in London"
filled a week's engagement at Ham
merstein's for the second time since
last September. ,
One of the pretty Peggy O'Neil's
most cherished possessions is a rattan
chair, every bit of it made by hand. It
is the work of prisoners in the peni
tentiary at Joliet. 111. Into the intri
cate pattern of the chair's back is
woven the name of the little Irish
star, and "Peg o' My Heart," the name
of the play. Last Christmas day Peggy
and her company went to Joliet from
Chicago and gave a matinee for the
convicts. Since then she has received
hundreds of letters from the men,
They tell her of the joy and sunshine
the presentation brought to them.
'
Still speaking of Peg. Last Novem
ber, in the Green Book, she had I
great big story all about her early
life, her longings to go on the stage
when her mother was wanting to make
a nun out of her, and her struggle to
make a livelihood later as a seam
Btress in New York. Peg wrote the
account and when the editors sent her
the proofs for correction she almost
passed out, she says. "Great big
words I couldn't even spell they'd put
into my story. It was all changed. I
sounded like a dictionary, so I Just
wrote and told 'em either to print it
like I wrote it, even If it was in words
of one syllable, or else not to print
it at all. I'm no Henry James."
see
Portland is home to Ethel White
side, who is with her pickaninnies at
the Empress, as her mother and father,
Mr. and Mrs. E. Pickrell. of Seattle,
have come here to be with their daugh
ter during her vaudeville engagement.
Another home-like feature of Miss
Whiteside's visit to Portland is the
fact that she and her parents are the
guests of an aunt of the actress, Mrs.
A. Foss, at the Foss home, at East
Nineteenth and East Morrison streets.
As Miss Whiteside's Empress engage
ment marks her seventh vaudeville
visit to Portland, she has many friends
in this city. Mrs. x S. C. Morton, of
Portland, attended school with Miss
Whiteside in Pittsburg. Pa., in their
childhood days.
With his customary secrecy, David
Belasco, for the past two weeks, has
been rehearsing a new play, which at
the present time is intended for only
a preliminary out-of-town canter, but
which might receive a metropolitan
hearing if circumstances justify a late
Spring premiere.
The piece Is a comedy by WInchell
Smith, author of "The Fortune Hunter,"
and is called "The Boomerang." Little
Is known of it, because it is Mr.
Belasco's way, so far as possible, to
take his public by surprise. Neverthe
less, the play has been booked to be
gin its career in Wilmington on Easter
Monday, whence it goes to Atlantic
City for three days and then to Balti
more. At the present writing the plan
is to withdraw it at the end of the
Baltimore engagement and reserve It for
Fall consumption on Broadway,
Among those in the cast are Arthur
Byron, Martha Hedman. Wallace Ed
dinger and Louise Rutter. In order to
obtain Mr. Byron's services, Mr. Belasco
was obliged to negotiate with Harry
von Tilzer, one of the owners of "To
day," in which Mr. Byron has been ap
pearing on tour. The arrangement was
concluded by Mr. Belasco paying the
transportation of Mr. and Mrs. Byron
from Portland to New York and the
transportation of Alexander Thompson.
Mr. Byron's successor, from Grand Rap-
Ids, Mich. ... i
Twenty-Five Year Ago
Prom The Oregonian. April 1. 1S0.
Washington Representative Carter
and Captain Boutelle, of Montana:
General Benjamin H. Brlstow and
Archibald Rogers, of New York, and
Theodore Roosevelt and Arnold Hague,
of the United States Geological So
ciety, appeared before the House yes
terday In favor of the bill for the bet
ter maintenance and protection of Yel
lowstone National Park. The result of
the bill will be to give the railroads
a strip along the edge but to exclude
them from the park proper.
About 75,000 copies of Senator
Dolph's speech on the tariff have been
ordered by his colleagues in Congress.
London Michael Davitt has compiled
terms for the settlement of the Liver
pool dock strike. Both sides agree to
resume work immediately.
Olympia Henry E. Peed, of Port
land, correspondent for The Oregonian
at the session of the Legislature juBt
closed, was presented with a handsome
gold watch, the gift of his friends and
co-workers. Just before he finished his
strenuous assignment.
A. L. McCully, of Portland, has been
appointed railway postal agent on the
route between Portland and Airlie, Or.
Paris It is reported that Saint-Saens
is living quietly in Venice and that the
body found on the banks of the Meuse
is that of Eyraud.
Kine years ago M. Mcuifford, now
living in the Palouse country, left his
family in New Zealand and settled on
a Quarter section in Pleasant Valley,
Washington Territory. Recently, after
having secured title from the Govern
ment, he sent for his people, and last
Tuesday they arrived, after a Journey
of one month.
Jack Dempsey's sudden return from
San Francisco on the steamer last night
is explained in the fact that a bouncing
10-pound baby a girl has arrived at
the Dempsey household.
As F. V. Andrews was driving up
Washington street yesterday his horse
shied at an electric car, and Mr.
Andrews was thrown out over the back
of the buggy, alighting on his head.
He suffered a scalp wound and severe
bruises, but he was up lnstanter and
made a chase of three blocks, finally-
catching the runaway animal. Mr.
Andrews will not be laid up by the
accident, but he expects to be a little
stiff and sore as much from the run
ning as from the fall.
Dr. Ross Houghton's residence was
visited while he was at church Sunday
night and a number of valuable, things
taken.
Lawrence L. Idleman, brother, and M.
J. Myers, brother-in-law of C. M. Idle
man, have arrived from Marion, O., and
expect to become permanent residents
of Portland.
San Francisco F. A. Carle, managing
editor of The Oregonian, arrived here
last night and will be a visitor of sev
eral days.
James O'Neill will play "Monte
Cristo" at the Marquam Grand, begin
ning next week.
LABOR AND THE PROPOSED BONDS
Disturbing Element Not Representa
tive, Thinks Advocate of Work.
PORTLAND, March 30. (To the Edi
tor.) Some time ago a man prominent
in the ranks of labor in this commun
ity said to the writer: "Many of the
most serious dissensions in the ranks
of union labor and much of the unfair
prejudice against union labor among
people at large arises from the offl-
ciousness of labor politicians and walk
ing delegates who spend most or their
time attending meetings and adopting
resolutions while the real laboring men
are at home with their families."
This remark is recalled in reading.
during the past few days, the reported
declarations of certain persons who
claim to carry the labor vote in their
pockets and who insolently declare that
as the price of their support of the
road bonds they have got to Know
that common labor on the highway
shall not be less than $3 per day. One
committee Is said to have boasted that
it controlled 2000 votes.
There are thousands of voters in this
city who will demand fair wages for
labor in this matter who bitterly resent
tactics of this kind. It is a matter of
universal knowledge that there are
thousands of worthy and industrious
unemployed laboring men in this city
with families dependent upon them.
They need employment. Because of
nonemployment their families are de
nied the comforts and even the neces
sities of life. A great public enterprise
is proposed that will disburse among
these people in the next few months
nearly a million dollars in wages. The
completion of that enterprise will bring
other great developments that will
mean many hundreds of thousands of
dollars more.
Yet here is presented the spectacle of
a few self-constituted guardians of la
bor, who claim to control the labor
vote, declaring that unless they can
dictate terms they will herd the union
labor vote of this city in a solid pha
lanx against the road bonds and do
what they can to prevent the disburse
ment of a million dollars in wages in
this city among our unemployed labor
ing men and their needy families. Who
has delegated this authority to them?
Since when have they carried the la
bor vote in their pockets? When was
there a referendum among the labor
men delegating to them this authority?
Past experience Indicates that no set
of men owns this vote. Self-respecting
laboring men resent the suggestion.
They need employment and they want
the best wages possible, but they know
that business in many lines la now
stagnant They know that business
men generally are having a struggle.
They are ready to welcome any step
that means development and promises
employment. Suppose the bonds are
voted down and this million dollars is
withheld from the pockets of dependent
labor? Who suffers as a result more
than the needy families of workers de
nied employment? What course can be
more suicidal for labor than to oppose
the road bonds and Insolently to invito
antagonisms by making vicious threats
of opposition? The Insolent labor poli
tician and the grasping and heartless
and exacting employer are the upper
and nether millstones. Between which
labor Is always being squeezed and the
great majority of the people who con
stitute the middle class are compelled
to suffer with them.
There should be some way to get rid
of both of these disturbing elements
and to bring together the real laboring
men and the great mass of the people
outside of the ranks of common labor
in a spirit of amity that will insure' fair
treatment and the best wages for labor
that existing conditions will permit
Action upon the road bonds should be
based solely upon the question as to
whether or not the best Interests of
the whole community demand the pro
posed improvements.
Among the intelligent and progres
sive people of Portland the sentiment
seems to be practically unanimous that
real economy and sane business Judff
men call for an affirmative vote on the
bonds. FAIR PLAY.
Tattoo Marks Not Removable.
PORTLAND, March 30. (To the Edi
tor.) Will you please publish if it is
possible to remove tattoo marks and,
If sd. who can do it in this city?
TATTOO.
It is Impossible to remove tattoo
marks, according to local authorities.
Half a Century Ago
From The Oregonian April 1. 15.
We are indebted to W. B. Millard for
copies of the Boise papers from which
we learn that the tunnels run In the
Banner Quarts district were striking
the ledges very successfully and devel
oping rich ore.
Walla Walla. Among those aspiring
to the position of delegate In Congress
on the Democratic side are Colonel Til
ton, of Olympia, and A. L. Brown. E. F.
Dugan and J. H. Lasster, of Walla
Walla. Mr. Brown Is what is called in
modern parlance a self-made man. He
is quite a young man and said to enjoy
quite a considerable mental culture. Of
Mr. Dugan it may be said he is a lawyer
by profeesaion. He crossed the plains
two years ago. and since that time has
repaired watches, etc., and practiced
law. He was Speaker of the House at
the last session. Mr. Lasster located
here three years ago from Oregon. Ha
la a law partner of Mr. I.angford. Be
sides these, Hon. George E. Cole writes
the editors of the Walla Walla States
man that be, too, will be '.n the field.
The Idaho Statesman rays the prompt
action of Captain Seidetigtriker, in send
ing a detachment of men to cbeck the
raiding Indians on Catherine Creek, has
enabled the citlznn to keep tbeir stock
there without difficulty.
A new card appearing In The Ore
gonian today Is that of )I. C. Victor,
consulting and designing engineer,
draftsman and solicitor for patents. Hie
oftice is located at No. 3 Vaughn's build
ing. One of the most prominent members
of the bar in this city and a worthy
deputy of the Sheriff's office, feeling the
spirit of Increasing nerve with the
cheerful surroundings of a beautiful
day, yesterday indulged In a few
"passes" for sport at the Courthouse,
and it proved a serious affair for the
attorney. His rlsht arm was broken
above the elbow. Drs. Glisan and Chap
man were called to dross the wound -and
as he lay on a table In the Clerk's
office the news spread over the city In
a short time and a rush was mado to
know how bad he was hurt. We pre
sume he will be "Stout" again in m few
days.
Lansing Stout and C. H. Larrabee, at
torneys, of the firm of Stout & Larrabee.
have offices in Stark's building on Front
street, opposite Arrlgonl's Hotel.
Rev. Mr. Atkinson, who has beep con
nected with the ministry of Oregon for
about 16 years, with his family will
leave for the East on the next steamer.
On last Thursday evening bis many
frlenda and admirers gathered at hla
home, and one of the surprises was a
purse or tbjo presented to him as a
token of the high esteem In which he
is held and as an appreciation of hla
services. During his absence President
Marsh, of Pacific University, will fill
the pulpit of the Congregational Church.
Total Tank Pressure.
PORTLAND. 'March 30. (To the Edi
tor.) Referring to the question In hy
drostatics of two circular tanks filled
with water, the writer begs to differ
with Mr. Brown, who states that "the
pressure depends entirely on the depth
of water, regardless of the area of the
tanks." This is true for tho pressure
per square Inch or per square foot,
but the question asked by your corre
spondent was which tank would have
the greater pressure on sides and bot
toi.i, meaning apparently the total
pressure.
The total pressure on the side of a
vessel is equal to the area of the sido
multiplied by the mean pressure and,
for a tank ten feet wide and four feet
deep this is 31.41x4x62.4x2, equaling
15.6S0 pounds. The total pressure on
bottom Is equal to the total weight of
water, or 19,600 pounds. In the tank
four feet wide and one foot deep the
total side pressure is 392 pounds, and
the bottom pressure Is 7sR pounds. In
all vessels holding liquids the total
pressures and the tension In the sides
depends both on the depth and the area.
In the case of a dam the total pressure,
of course, depends on the length of
the dam, as well as the depth of water,
but the distance the water Is backed
up has nothing to do with It. Next.
J. II. CUNNINGHAM.
Tubercular Cattle.
MILWAUK1K; Or.. March 30. (To
the Editor.) If a man sells a cow which
has tuberculosis and dues not know it
at the time is there a penalty and
if so what is It?
CONSTANT HEADER.
Cattle found to have tuberculosis will
be slaughtered by the county authori
ties, but not without the consent of
the owner, unless the animals are in
particularly bad condition. The county
and state pay Indemnities for animals
thus slaughtered. If kept alive, the
animals must be cared for under the
supervision of veterinary officers.
"Guilty knowledge" la a fundamental
factor In any crime. Not knowing his
cow has tuberculosis, he could not be
held liable.
Count In Pinochle.
CARLTON. Or.. March 29. (To the
Editor.) Would you please answer the
following inquiry In tho count In
pinochle?
A -man bids 310 In thrce-lisnded
pinochle, melds 180 and has 130 to
make, we are counting give and take
on the 10's and In the final count of
the hand he makes only 129. Does he
count 130 or does ho get set?
R. A. BEKGEVIK.
If there Is no previous agreement,
the bidder must make tho full amount
of his bid. With the understanding to ,
give or take on the tens, with 130
to make in the count, the bidder win
when he makes 126 or over.
No National Rosg,
BROOKLYN. Wash., March 29. (To
the Editor.) Can you tell me which
has been made officially the National
sonar of the United States? The "13ook
of Knowledge'' gives "America" as tho
National hymn and "Tho Star-Spangled
Banner" as the National anthem.
O. W. BURKE.
The United States has no official Na
tional song. "America" has become
known as the National hymn and the
"Star-Spangled Banner" has become re
spected as the National anthem, but
there Is no official Nntlonul song.
"We Won't Have
Anything to Sell
A large store had advertised a
shirt sale.
There was a great rush for the
goods. During the morning the
manager noticed one of the clerks
hiding shirts under the counter.
"What are you doing?" he de
manded. "Putting 'cm away. If we don't
hide some we won't have any shirts
to sell tomorrow."
This Is a true story.
If It were a fable we would say
that afterwards the clerk inherited
a fortune, opened a store, bought a
large stock of goods and then re
fused to advertise because It would
compel him to buy more goods.