THE -3IORNIXG OREGOXIAX, SATURDAY. APRIL 3, 1913.
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neglect proper business precautions,
even with a. man in whom they have
the utmost faith.
' WHO LO&ESf
"It is not our purpose, says Mr.
Smith, of the Labor Council, "to force
a minimum a age by threats, but we
will vote and work against the $1,250.-
000 road bond issue because of the
action of the County Commissioners
just as we would if we knew an in
ferior pavement was to be laid."
The parallel is not perfect. It would
Tily. Sonday tociuded.an.ryear ..oo be. however, if Mr. Smith had notified
rHaiiy. Sunday included, ona month... .. .'the public that organized labor would
How ta Remit send Feeteftlce money or-1 , against the bond issue unless the
dor, exarefia order or personal check on your
local bank, stampa, com o currency are ai
sender s risk. Give poatofflco a-ldresa in lull.
inciuaiBftr county and alate.
1 to 1 najrw. 1 cent: i
pea. canta: itl to 4a pases. cants
paxca. ceacs; - to to ptw
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MOr,BACKI.1C I" THK SATV.
t Reccjit events in the German sub
t murine campaign against British com-
xnerce add weight to The Navy's eriti-
1 (inns on Secretary Daniels' policy
regarding that type of vessels. The
earlier attacks on British ships appear
I to have been made by small, slow sub
J marines of the older type. There are
i records of several such vessels having
been outdistanced in chasing their in
tended prey and of their having been
J run down and sunk not only by de
i stroyers. but by merchant ships. They
lacked the speed necessary to overtake
swift liners or to escape destroyers.
; Their operations were generally con
fined to the North Sea, the English
Channel and the Irish Sea, this fact
i indicating that their radius of action
i was limited to these waters.
J Recently, however, submarines have
shown ability to overtake fleeing lin-
I ers, the Falaba having been run down
County Commissioners would agree to
pay, say, t per square yard for pav
ing when the current price for stand
ard pavement is $1.20 per yard.
Or suppose the paving companies,
popularly known as the "combine,"
had through their representatives
boldly informed the County Board that
unless they could get $2 per yard for
$1.20 pavement, they would throw the
whole weight of their influence against
the bond issue. Undoubtedly the public,-including
Mr. Smith and his col
leagues, would have risen in its wrath
to say it was a threat savoring of a
deliberate hold-up.
Now Labor Leader Smith sounds the
doom of the bond issue, because the
proposal for a $3 minimum wage was
rejected. Possibly, but we hope not.
It is quite certain that If It had been
agreed to, however, the people would
have voted down the bonds.
The plan for $1,250,000 bonds
means good roads for Multnomah
County, and the distribution of at
least $1,000,000 in labor. The opposi
tion of Mr. Smith and his sympathiz
ers, if successful, means poor roads,
and no money for labor. It is a losing
scheme for the public and particularly
for the class he professes to represent.
use of that which is going; to waste.
We believe that there is a lively
realisation throughout the West that
any leasing plan which embraces the
policy of exacting Government rev-
enues from natural resources is but
a charge against the consumer and a
tax upon the West.
The so-called water-power confer
ence is not likely -to -be a stickler on
credentials. It will doubtless welcome
to its counsels all elements that have
Western welfare at heart. Its chief
purpose is to formulate a policy as
to the public land issue on which all
Western States may get together.
MODERATE rRIC'RS AT THK EXPOSI
TION. Effective arrangements have been
made by the Exposition authorities at
San Francisco to keep visitors of small
means from befng imposed upon. Of
fices have been established for the
registry of hotels and accommodations
and information on these subjects is
imparted without charge. A person
who trusts to luck and his own
astuteness may possibly be made to
pay exorbitant charges for board and
lodging, but the official information
bureau is able to suit all pockets and
assure patrons that they will not be
swindled.
It is quite, possible for a married
couple to stay at the Exposition a
month, entering the grounds four
times a week and remaining until late
at night, for a little more than $100.
This includes good meals and comfort
able lodgings, with a number of trips
to places of interest in the vicinity of
San Francisco. With some thought
for economy a man and wife may do
better still. They can rent a furnished
room in a decent house, buy their pro
visions at the market and do their own
cooking and housework and bring the
month's expenses well within $100. At
the same time they need miss no sight
really worth seeing.
There is no reason to believe that
the Greek war party to acquire terri
tory on the mainland of Asia Minor
in addition to the adjacent Islands.
It also shows that Greece expects Rus
sia to acquire Northern Asia Minor,
with which would go Constantinople,
and also expects Italy to seize territory
south of Smyrna, unless the allusion
Twenty-Five Years Ago
Front The Oregonian, April a, 1S90.
Washington. The anti-trust bill was
reported, yesterday from the judiciary
committee and. is aimed at all manner
to Italy as a neighbor refers to the P1 monopolistic combinations, etc,
Aegean Islands, which that country I . Runsta seems to be In a ferment. The
already hoids. Thus we see plans for common people have joined the stu
partition of Turkey taking shape.
About the time when the ministerial
crisis occurred in Greece, General Sir
Arthur Paget, representing Great
Britain, made a tour of the Balkan
States and had a long interview with
King Ferdinand at Sofia. Recently
General von der Goltz, the German
military adviser of Turkey, made a
hurried journey to Sofia and Bucharest
on bis way to Berlin. The reasons
given by the. Greek Council for re
jecting the advice of Mr. Venezelos
and these movements of the British
and German representatives all point
to Bulgaria as the key to tho Balkan
situation. Apparently the .grudge
which that country nourishes against
Greece and Serbia and its Insistence
on being given that part of Macedonia I given Stanley for "rescuing" him. The
dents in the general revolution-like
uprisings and demonstrations. The stu
dents have asked for a reduction of
admission fees, general admission of
Jews and an equality basis for male
and female students. The police ar
rested 1?5 students in St. Petersburg,
who were attempting to march on the
Minister of Public Instruction with a
petition bearing their .demands. Tho
Csar is reported to have been poisoned;
sonieone having obtained access to his
food. . The Cossacks have been, sent
to crush the students and other par
ticipants.
London. The London press is gen
erally bitter against Emin .Pasha. for
entering the German service and or
ganizing an expedition to return to the
equatorial province he formerly gov
erned. Emin seems never to have for-
MARIUAGE IN OREGON.
The recondite marriage statistics Prices at the Exposition have been
which Mr. Wembridge has industrious
ly collected and which he publishes in
and sunk after a long chaae, a ship The Oregonian today possess more
having been sunk off the coast of Gal
s' way, far north on the west coast of
Ireland, and another off Cape Finis-
t terre, 800 miles from the nearest Ger-
X man base. Reports have come of a
; submarine having been built with a
I surface speed of twenty knots an hour.
Kiw-V, si vu:aAi rnnlrl nvprtaltA almost
than a merely curious Interest. The
fact, for example, that the average
age of marriage for men in this state
is about 30 vears encourages us to
kho that nr nnnuiatinn tronta this gerous inflation of business,
important matter with great good great deal or speculation
seriously inflated. Visitors will not be
robbed either in the city or on- the
grounds unless they "wilfully expose
themselves to imposture. The influx
of visitors will necessarily bring a
flood of prosperity to San Francisco,
but there is not likely to be any dan-
nor a
Hence,
sense. The best authorities unon ell- " " u.o. ..w .eu
genics assure us that the age of 30 is "on is Jikery to ensue witn a period or
any freight steamer and ail the slower I the best time In life for a man to make nard times. Those who have influ-
in excess of I
f passenger steamers. The very swift
t est of ocean liners have not attained
a speed much, if at all,
twenty-five knots.
I In the face of these plain lessons of
I the war, Mr. Daniels is unwilling even
J to consider the building of a seagoing
his first matrimonial venture. His
body has then attained its full growth
and vigor, his mind is as- active as it
ever will . be and the chances are
that he has won some success in his
vocation.
We learn again from Mr. Wem-
submarine with a surface speed of I bridge's statistics that Oregon women
: twenty-five knots. The objection is I marry, upon the average, at about the
ence in the matter are trying to derive
permanent good to the community
I from the Exposition rather than a
temporary riot of speculative profits
and every sensible person will hope
that they may succeed.
which was snatched from it in the
second Balkan war prevent the forma
tion of a new Balkan alliance to aid
the allies. Bulgaria also is likely to
hold out for a larger slice of Thrace
than the allies are willing to concede.
Bulgaria's determination to remain
neutral may have been stiffened by re
ports from General von der Goltz
that Germany was winning victories
In both east and west and that the
Dardanelles could not be forced.
There may be another reason for
the reluctance of not only Bulgaria
but Roumania to help Russia in cap
turing Constantinople. They may not
see that their situation would be im
proved by substitution of Russia for
Turkey in control of the Black Sea elegant and valuable locket, suitably
Times, in reproaching Emin, points out
that after British money had. extri
cated him from an untenable position
he turned to assisting Germany in an
un-British movement.
New York. Jim Corbett, the "Cali
fornia Wonder," as he has been styled
since ho defeated. Kilrain, when asked
about his willingness to meet John L
Sullivan, confirmed the report, saying
it would have to be within two weeks,
however, as bis duties called him back
to the California Athletic Club.
Walter R. Vivian, the popular en
gineer of Engine No. 4, Portland paid
fire department, a few evenings ago
was most agreeably surprised by re
ceiving, as a token of the esteem in
which he was held by his comrades, an
engraved. Mr. Vivian is being trans
f erred to Engine No. 5. He has been in
the service for seven years.
that the Diesel engine cannot drive
; submarine at that speed without sac-
rifiting too much weight and space to
motive power. In reply The Navy
t aptly says:
I .Neither could Fulton s engine drive an
I ocean liner across the Atlantic in six days
but the latent potential power lay in ateam
t and awaited only Us development by the
r hands of man to produce present-day results.
The englnea used at present in submarines
cannot develop a high speed, but naval con-
SLru-.-lors are fully expecting an Improvement
in tile internal combustion type of engine
a on. the principle of the turbine, which in all
I probability will give the power necessary to
dcveiop the required speed wltnin practlca.
T limits of apace and weight.
"J1r. Daniels displays the same kind
"of. mossbackism which, again to quote
-3Lhc Navy, "delayed the introduction
i of steam power for the propulsion of
J warships; that nearly prevented the
building Of the Monitor by Ericson
age of 25, which again is exactly what
eugenists would advise them to do.
Extremely early marriage is not rec
ommended by scientific men either on
the score of economics or eugenics.
The first child of such a union is sel
dom equal to the later ones in mind
or body.
The fact that farmers find their
wives somewhat earlier in life than
men of other callings throws an inter
esting ray upon the economic situation
here. It shows that farmers are, as a
class, able to support a family several
years before the lawyers, doctors or
merchants can hope to do so. Or it
may show that farmers are satisfied
with a standard of living for them
selves and families somewhat inferior
to that which men in other vocations
demand. Perhaps some student of Mr.
that delayed the development of the I Wembrldge's attainments will look
'submarine for fifteen years; that has
f prevented the development of aero-
I nautics in the Army and Navy; and it
was responsible for England, instead
of the United States, building the first
dreadnought
J , There is good reason to expect that
as a result of the experience gained in
J the present war submarines will sup-
plant cruisers as commerce-destroyers
land win De a terror to Dattiesnips. in
into
suits of his inquiry.
What Mr. Wembridge tells us about
the matrimonial preferences of widows
and widowers has at least a poetical
value. It indicates the vagaries of
romance in the mind of the bereft
adult. The reason why a large ma
jority of the widows choose young men
for their second mates may be discov
ered by the discerning reader in Tom
Jones' London Adventures. The pro-
FOOO AND MONEY.
When the households of the poor
are pinched by hard times they econ
omize first on loon, xne quantity is
diminished and the quality debased.
This affects the children more injur
iously than their elders, because, it is
in the years of growth that sound
nourishment is most essential to the
human being. But it is also impor
tant from many points of view that
workingmen and their wives should be
maintained in prime physical condi
tion, and without adequate food this
is out of the question.
It is idle to devise schemes of effi
ciency for the human engine unless it
can be fed with sufficient fuel to keep
it in working order. Nor should we
expect the children of the poor to be
of the best human quality unless their
parents are well nourished. In this
particular at least the rules of human
heredity do not, differ from those of
outlet. It might easily be worse. An
immense, growing power such as Rus
sia enthroned at Constantinople and
ruling both sides of the straits and
the north coast of Asia Minor would
completely dominate them and have
their commerce at its mercy. Bulgaria
has lately acquired an outlet on the
Aegean Sea, but Russia could soon pretty compliment.
tuKe mat wnen circumstances were
favorable. Roumania's only water
outlet is on the Black Sea and her
egress to the Mediterranean Sea
would depend on Russia's good will.
Greece is safely planted on the open
sea and can gratify an appetite for
more territory without getting se
riously in Russia's way. Thus con
flicting interests may prevent any more
of the Balkan States from joining the
allies.
L. P. R. Le Compte. of the firm of
Charles Itesrele & Co.. has returned
from a nine weeks' trip. '
Cy Gunst, the popular cigar dealer,
has paid the new Portland Hotel a
The compliment
consists of naming a new brand of
first-class cigars "The Portland."
Lydia Knott and George L. Hillyer,
both members of the Caroline Gage
theatrical company, were united in
marriage yesterday in Portland.
J. W. Paddock, formerly partner of
the law firm of Bisbee, Ahreus & Deck
er, of Chicago, has formed a law part
nership with O. F. Paxton, of this city.
Mr. Paddock is the brother-in-law of
D. F. Sherman, cashier of the Oregon
National Bank.
Except for those whose names ap
pear on the "get-rich-quick" man's
"sucker list," far more persons are
defrauded by their friends and by
those whom they believe honest than
by strangers. The only safe course
is to be as careful in dealing with
a friend as with a stranger. If the
friend is honest, he will not object; if
he objects, that is the more reason
for caution.
this subject and give us the re- other animala. lt is being gradually
brought to light, however, that even
when the cost of living is high, the
proper nutrition of a human being
need not be a matter of great expense.
New York has learned much upon
this subject from the committee which
furnishes breakfasts to some of the
schoolchildren.
It was found years ago that a great
many New York children went to
school daily without breakfast. Even
now, after all that has been done to
remedy the evil, at least 40,000 school
children suffer from malnutrition in
Jthe next naval war we may see vessels
perfected having such speed and such I portion of widowers who marry wid
,a wide radius of action that they may 1 ows is much smaller. Prolonged ex
be able to cross the Atlantic. Should I perlence has impressed upon the ma-
that possibility be realized, it might ture male certain maxims of prudence that city Dut the work of relief has
!not be safe for cruisers to hover off in this regard which the elder Weller .. at nronortions. Break-
summed up in the historic precept, faJlts served in twenty schools for
uevare oi wiaaers. ammy. ineir th. inB of . and the children
previous juiiiaiiuii mm uie uaiA se
crets of wedded life is. not always
esteemed an added charm.
J tli e coast as British cruisers now lie
lOff Newport News,' awaiting the Eitel
jFriedrich. They might be too busy
looking after their own safety to en
danger that of an enemy's ship. The
illation which first perfects a superior
Itype of vessel or gun has a great ad
vantage over its rivals. Germany
jproved that with her forty-two-centl-mcter
howitzer.
The best means of combating the
;submarine appear to be destroyers and
aeroplanes, ine former can spy out
are not skimped for food. The mate
rials are of honest composition and
weight, the kitchens where they are
prepared are sanitary and the utensils
we ARE getting together. perfectly clean. This, of course, counts
It is the belief of the official publica- for a good deal in the value or tne
tion of the American Mining Congress food served.
that House and Senate at Washington Science has been invoked to secure
want to do the rleht thine- bv the West. I nutritive value at small expense, n or
The support given the leasing and example S cents' worth of bread fur-
water-Dower bills was with the nishes "tne same nutrition as la cents
When it comes to voting on the
proposition to bond Multnomah Coun
ty for hard-surfacing the principal
roads, many members of organized
labor who are taxpayers will not op
pose the measure because it does not
provide a minimum wage of $3.
If Turkey had had marksmen like
the United States Coast Artillery, she
misrht have sunk all of the allied fleet the men was 29.7
in thn Dardanelles. Good sruns and women 24.75 years
ammunition are necessary, but they
can't do much without a good man
behind the gun.
The British hobo is unwilling to
fight the Germans on the battlefield,
so he vents his spleen on the unof
fending dachshund. The dog's friend
finds his best defense in proving that the age was 29.5 years, showing a dif
the dog is English and only his name ference of .36 of a year, or about four
Cl'RIOl'S FACTS ABOUT .MARRIAGE
Majoritr of Widowers Wed Widows,
but Widows Prefer Inexperienced.
PORTLAND, April 2. (To the Edi
tor.) What is the average age of mar
riage in Oregon? The best statistics
that can be gotten to answer this ques
tion are the reports sent to the State
Health Bureau by the preachers and
legal authorities who do, the marrying.
The marriage license clerk would not
know the ages because a large per cent
of those procuring marriage licenses
merely state that they are of legal age.
But when it comes to the marriaee
ceremony the parties are required to
give their ages. It is from these re.
turns that accurate information can be
collected. Taking the returns for th
year 1914 we find that for all person
married in that year throughout th
state the average age of marriage for
years and for the
Thus the men are,
on the whole, four years older than th
women when they marry
Taking the returns from Multnomah
County as representing the city and the
returns of all those counties in the
state which contained no city over 4000
population as representative of the
country it was found that the average
age at which men married in the city
was 29.86 years, while in the country
OREGON GREAT OX PRECEDENT
Latest One la 50-tent Democratic Baa-
uet on ;aoa Krlday.
PORTLAND. April S. -(To the Ed
itor.) By custom long observed April
1 is the day get apart tor the un
mitigated asst. The next Legislature
should enact a law restricting the ac
tivities of the asininug ad lyram to
April 1, not April 2 or any other day
one day In a year ought to suffice.
Today is Good Friday. Figuratively
speaKing cnriatian nations at peace
are in sackcloth and affiles, lt is no
time for Portland Republicans to yell
in high glee and point with scorn to
the bclly-patrlots and fleshpots of
the Democratic party. "Cannibals"
they shout at the Democrats; "look at
them holding a banquet on Good Fri
day?"
Well, there are some Democrats as
well as some Republicans who don't
know Good Friday from a bad Friday
or a wet Friday or a dry Friday. More
over Republicans brought tho- Bull
Moose into the world and they might
at least let us take care of our goat
pup democracy. "Miow us a precedent
m all civilized history, where any po.
litical party shocked the sensibilities
of the Christian world by pulling off
banquet on Good Friday," says one
Republican, w ell. we have no civilized
history, nor civillxed politics, for our
history and politics are made by bar
barous party leaders, some of whom
would sell you rotten eggs on Easter
Sunday.
If the Democrats did eat. drink and
make merry at a banquet on Good Fri
day, they did also make some chow of
mortifying the flesh, for the grub only
cost 50 cents a plate and they at least
showed the Lenten apirit in the menu,
which consisted, so I am told, of fried
liver and onions and postum cereal.
Everybody who smoked bought his own
cigars, lt is also rumored that some
lond-headed Republican bought a lot of
tickets and passed them around to
hungry Democrats. As for political
precedent for holding a banquet on
Good Friday, lt should not bo for
gotten that here in Oregon precedents
are exported, never imported. Next
to loganberry juice and prune legisla
tion, Oregon is the greatest precedent
producing country in the world.
I am very sorry the bumbledom
Democrats shocked the canonist lie
publicans by holding a banquet, and
a 50-cent banquet, on Good Friday, but
if these same canonist Republicans
could listen to the language of the
orthodox Democrats hurled on Good
Friday at the goat-pup Democracy
they might conclude that the most
hopeful sign in the Democracy is the
pervicacity of harmony and the most
hopeful sign among Republicans is the
harmony of pervicacity. plus brilliant
acumen and religious propriety.
J. 1IENNESSY MURPHY.
Half Century Ago
Year of Taxes.
PORTLAND, April 2. (To the Edi
tor.) For what year are the eity taxes
that become delinquent today? Last
year's tax statement says that city
taxes were for year 1914, this years
statement says the total amount
of taxes are presumably for year 1914
If there was a change made regarding
the city taxes please advise what year
change effective. TAXPAYER.
The taxes collected In 1915 are based
on the assessment and tax roll for the
year 1914. The money collected as
taxes goes to pay 1915 cost or gov
ernment.
Fish Slow ta Bltr.
Maud Don't you think there are just
as good fish in 'the sea as ever were
caught?
Marie I don't know. But they are
smarter, anyway.
From The Oregonian of April 3. 1 -V
The cause and condition of the
Christian Commission was presented to
a full house at tho union meeting; at
the Presbyterian Church last evening
by Mr. Atkinson and at the close ot
the services a collection was taken
up to aid the fund, which amounted
to $1178 in currency.
Mr. Mtannard baa brought an elegant
shell-decorated "what-not" from the
bark Almatla and will sell it before he
sails away.
Yesterday Mr. Atkinson delivcre-d b'S
last wrmon previous lo hi departure;
for the East, at the Congregational
Church.
An unsuccessful attempt to rob th"
hardware store of K. J. Northrup was
made Sunday morning. The' burglars
attemnted entrance through the sidg
door on Yamhill street, but were turned
back by an iron door.
The new and exlenalve hook-blndinc
entabliahment of our friend William
Siebert in the Oregonian block In really
one of the best institutions of the city.
Mr. Moulthrop. of this cily. has shown
us a monstrosity rte pnapa ot
chicken with three legs, Iwo bodies
and one head.
The following Idler thrown
over to our trnionl men on the Una
of battle:
Gentlemen: There is one tiling mac
you have got ami I want; tnat is a
Masonio breastpin. You will know iu
by having a red ribbon tied to my pun.
I " have not got any tobacco w-ith inc.
but 1 will be on picket tomorrow night
and will have some. 1 ou muat not
think hard of iih not anawering wnen
you apeak. Our officers uio vi-ry
strict I wish tho privates on bolli
sides would come (o some conclusion,
and stop this war. I think we rouUl
make peace right off. Don't gather
round those front holes In squads. The
officers order us to fire, but wo don't
All the shooting done lj the daytime
is done by them. If oii throw any
thing over, he gure you throw It as tt
as you can."
THK RHYME OF THK GARUKNK.H.
What makes you rlae so early?
Mv nelghborg loudly cry;
Your chickens! Oh, your chlckeng!
Tg all I can reply.
For they're scratching out the onions,
the cabbages and beans.
And they're aimply raining havoJ
With the kale I Bowed for reen.
What makes you look so sad nd blual
My neighbors all outcry;
Your chickens! Oh. your thickena!
In sadness I reply.
For they're ruining my garden(
they're a'geratching of It out.
They have nipped and pulled and
nibbled.
Till they've scarcely left a sprout.
What is that savory odor from?
Again my neighbors cry;
Your chickens! Oh. your chickens!
I smack my lips and cry.
For I've eaten all those chickens up
despite their owner's groans,
And now that I feel satlaficd,
I'll let them gnaw the bones.
W ENVOI. i
So if your neighbors' chickens,
Ere chance to work you wen,
Just fry them well in butter
And they 11 make a tasty meal.
L. H- Sllverton. Or.
is German.
Because the chimney sweep is a
rather disreputable-looking person is
not reason for thinking him such, and
the effort to place him in good stand
ing by city ordinance and license fee
is commendable, especially the fee
part. ,
Possibly the Kaiser's best sailors
are in the submersibles, as that class
of boat is about all he has in action;
but those mho sailed above water a few
months back left very good records.
!.nd ram a submarine, if Cose at hand. the people of Restate EEST orW' worth
f, ""toT K concerned desired ?hePlegislation. But of pork and beans or 61 cents' worth
ei.ccu uu lapiu evolution e.uuo juj ..,,. , T , , ,, I nf fluh sanHu-inhps."
1 I I II O iUilllllK IwUllKi COO UVUI liai UUtO IlUk I wa.
This will hp new
.AuacRs. me airman can see into me M rt mnititiM. f nPonl who imaeine
vater and descry the dark mnat ' 'ive foods con.
I 1UU( Clll vlIL HJ vr uuua AV a
tains, as a matter or course, th most
2t hf". snrf;4r in most wnthr v Hp-
t i ji wr -i . I marks
J-cenu.ng ; xo a to auiiuue ne ma oe another ODportunlty , utriment. But nothing of the sort is
nine iu uomu a submarine or ne maj revent the DaSaee- ot these bills. Isolated trllP Most of us Dav more for Dalata-
usignal to a surface Ship to ram Or protests will be of no avail. Even the pro- I ..... ftl. tvt.. vnrlr Sun remark":
!-...,- t..,,. , . . 1 tet of all Western members of Conaress billtj, as the JNeW X OTK Un remarKS,
yvaaeiu line wie suomunne nas nor. the Senlite wlll nt Bufflc,en,: it than for health and strength. The
et proved the battleship Obsolete, it will ba necessary to convince the American . mar-hine is not verv exDensive
Sias proved the necessity of nrotecting P."P ."" the policy of Abraham Lincoln, human machine is not verj expensive
to keep running when intelligence and
knowledge interpret its demands for
fuel
J'tvhe Department will develop this I
jiioclern branch of the naval service I
teadily and rapidly" and that "their I
steady increase on a large scale Is a I
lixed policy of the Department," jet
7 ' , . , . I that the public tunds are a National pos-
purface ships from under-sea attack. I session held in trust for the maturing states.
(The batUe fleet of the future is likely ' best for the West and best for the country
,. . I as a whole. Will the West awaken to its op-
iu lai r) nvciv ui octtiaues, men t portunlty T
vill scan the water within a circle of I As hetweon the two. hills flreenn'a
several hundred miles, and to be sur- chief concern is in the water-power! WHY GREECE stays OUT.
3-ounded by a flotilla of destroyers. I measure. This state, through Its Light is thrown on the territorial
jjvhich-wil! be prepared to ram any Legislature, has shown its wakefulness ambitions of the Greek war party
Jio.tile submersible that approaches. I by inviting the Western public land I and on that country s motive lor neu
i Mr. Daniels in his annual report ad-I states to send delegates to a confer- trality , by an Interview -with ex-
Jufts the importance of aircraft, says I ertte to be held in Portland next! Premier Venezelos, published in the
Fall. Success of the conference, in Corriere della Serra of Rome. He is
point of attendance, is now assured. I quoted as saying that Greece was
While the proposed "convention is asked twice by the triple entente pow-
primarlly to be known as a water- I ers to help Serbia, but that the attitude
power ' conference, the text of the of Bulgaria prevented compliance,
tie asked for no specific appropriation. Oregon resolution indicates that it is When the attack on the Dardanelles
V he General Board of the .avy says the desire in this state to take ud began. Greece was again asked
the Navy has only twelve aeroplanes, the whole public land question. . whether she was ready to intervene.
' not more than two of which are of I it is said that of that great ex- M. Venezelos proposed to the Crown
the same type" and all too slow and I panse ot territory west of a north-1 Council that 50,000 men be sent to
?f too small carrying capacity. It land-south line drawn through the aid the allies and that Greece ask
. alls our situation in this respect eastern border of Colorado one-half for the Vilayet of Smyrna in exchange.
Tnothlng less than deplorable" and I of the land in the several states in- The staff objected, and the Premier
iecommends an appropriation of at eluded therein is in Federal control, suggested that 15,000 men be sent,
east 15.000,000. "and to be made ta Oregon the proportion of privately- that the Greek navy co-operate with
available immediately," but Congress owned lands is smaller than for the the allies and that the latter be
Ippropriated J500.000 and -thought entire area, for here it is but 40 per granted the use of a naval base,
Itself generous. I cent Idaho is far worse off, with but I The Premier was asked if he would
a Either we must have a Navy super- 17 per cent of its land taxable. guarantee the safety of the territory
J r in every arm to that of any pos- Within this western territory lie to be secured in Asia Minor, and he
Jible enemy or we must have an army I National forests equivalent in area to replied that he had twice engaged
0 much stronger in proportion that I a tract 1000 miles long and more the entire forces of the kingdom and
than 300 miles wide and as large as had obtained more than he expected,
the ten states of Illinois, Indiana, I The objection being made that defense
Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West of Smyrna against the Turks would be
Virginia, Kentucky, New ' Jersey, I impossible, he said that if the allies
Maryland and Delaware combined. In I were victorious Greece would be the
addition, are vast areas of public lands I neighbor of Russia and Italy in Asia
but much of it withheld in fact by the Minor and that these powers would
isolation caused by a general re
strictive policy.
Water powers -in states that have
adopted thorough methods of regula-
Je may say to our enemies: "We
m't prevent your landing, but if you
ffo'land, we will make it hot for you."
Ar have neither.
iMr. Sheridan's downfall conveys a
warning to men, both in his position
sod in his victims". The very full
njss of .the confidence reposed in him
t-Nould have made him ' the more
sorupulously faithful to his trust. If
rq was bent on speculation,- he should
have speculated with his own money,
ikt with his. .depositors', nor even
"3th borrowed money. In fact, specu
lation should not even be considered
b5 a banker. .To the victims their
1A carries the warning never to
assist each other against the Turks.
He also predicted that Germany would
not take mastery of the sea from
Britain. The Council rejected his
tion for the benefit of the consuming I reasoning on the ground of the pos-
public are in effect bottled. The sibiiity that Greece would be invaded.
western country is heavily burdened I though the , staff gave assurances to
with taxes made higher by the scat- the contrary last May. Mr. Venezelos
(crr-d nature of its settlements and j announced his purpose to lay his views
development. Tho gaps cannot be before the people at public meetings.
closed until the Government permits! This interview reveals the desire of
Robert Holman had seen every type
of fire engine from the old hand
pump to the latest motor-drawn
machine, but he witnessed far less
progress in preventing fires.
J. P. Morgan's collection of art is
to be taxed and announcement is
made that the treasures will be sold.
There are a few things Mr. Morgan
did not inherit.
The phrase "fighting whisky" is be
coming obsolete. Mars Is so disgusted
with the inefficiency of its votaries
that he is dragging them on the
water wagon.
In the process of cleaning the Ger
man language of foreign words the
Teuton must remember that the clas
sic slang is American, not English, and I groom was past 17.
months.
In the city the average age of women
was 2.4 years, in the country 24.3
years, a difference of 1.1 years, showing
that the girl in the country does not
wait as long as her sister in the city.
That age at which the greatest num
ber of men marry in the city was 22
years, and in the country the same, but
with the women it was found that more
women prefer to get married while i
their 22d year in the city. In the coun
try 18 years is the most popular.
It was found that in the city women
tend to marry over a wider stretch o
years than their sisters in the country.
This tends to show that as the countr
girl gets past the customary age c
marriage, which is 24.3 years, she has
slightly less chance of getting married
than a woman in the city. The co
efficient of variation for the country
women was 25 years, while that for th
women in the city was 29.6 years. Th
coefficient of variation for the age of
marriage of men in the city was 29.2
and for the country 31.9; showing that
the age of men in the country varies
more.
Taking first marriage only (the sta
tistics above cover all marriages), th
average age of marriage in Portland
was for the women 23.3, -for the men
27.3. while in the country it was, fo
the women and men, respectively, 21.6
and 26.2 years. Of those who gave their
occupation as that of farmer tne aver.
age marriage age of men was 25.3
years and of their wives, 20.4 years.
In 1914 the .oldest groom was 90
years of age and he led to the altar
a bride of 66. The oldest woman to
marry was 74. The youngest bride was
14 years 11 months, while the youngest
go ahead.
Some Berliners are taking the hint
given by that French princess when
the Paris mob rioted for bread. She
said: "Why don't they eat cake?
The batteries of coast artillery at
Fort Winfield Scott have an excellent
batting average, one of them making enced in the bonds of matrimony.
Twelve girls who were 15 years and
under 16 were married in 1914.
Of those persons who married a sec
ond time, 61 per cent of the women
preferred single men, while 53 per cent
of the men who had been married be
fore chose widows. It would seem
that women who had been married once
tended to select single men, while mar
ried men have a slight preference for
women who have already been experi-
100 per cent of hits.
HARRY WEMBRIDGE, Reed College,
Payments Under Compensation Law,
PRESCOTT. Or.,' April 1. (To the
Editor.) Wil you please let me know
through The Oregonian what Oregon's
compensation act can do for a gvidow
with eicht small children, whose hus
We shall have no more "honor men" band was killed bv a live wire, while
in Oregon, but we are not quite ready I employed with section crew on the Tail
Announcement that Sir Edward
Grey is taking a holiday of three
weeks means that something is doing
in diplomacy. -
to restore. the whipping post..
road?
READER.
Superintendent Alderman has been
re-elected, and Mr. Anders got nobody
fired" except himself.
The sensible young1 women at Mon
mouth wlll graduate In gowns to cost
less than $5.
The Oregon law is elective. If neither
employer nor employe had declined to
to accept the provisions of the law, and
the husband was killed in the course of
his employment, the widow would re
ceive J30 per month, and each child
under 16 would receive it per month,
provided . that the total payment to
widow and children would not exceed
J50 per month. Upon remarriage the
widow would Teceive a final payment of
$300. but the monthly payments for
children under 16 would continue as
before
It is possible the compensation law
does not apply to this case, as the rail
road company may have rejected it or
may be engaged in Interstate commerce,
in which event a lawyer should be con
sulted. Write to Industrial Accident
Oregon loganberry juice Is all right. Commissioner, Salem, for further infor-
dince Bryan likes it, . I mation.
The Russian -troops should hurry to
Urumiah lest there be no Christians
left to save. .
With potatoes carried by parcel post,
the mailearrier Is being converted into
a truckman. .
Governor Withycombe believes in
the horse as a vehicle of locomotion.
TERRORS OF THE FROZEN NORTH
in the
Sunday Oregonian
Fear now is expressed among the students of the Arctic regions
that two more lives have been sacrificed in the quest for information
of the frozen territory of the North. Vilhjalmur Stefansson and
Donald B. McMillan, each at the head of a separate expedition, have
not been heard from for many months and the possibility that they
have been lost now is being entertained by their friends. The situa
tion is accentuated by the recent death of Amos Bonsall, the last sur
vivor of the expedition taken into the far North in 1850 to rescue
the Franklin expedition. The circumstances are adequately described
in a full-page, illustrated story. "
MANY OTHER BRIGHT FEATURES
Unique Easter Ceremonies.
Members of the Franciscan order of priests observe annually in
their monastery near Washington, D. C, religious rites precisely the
same as those performed each Easter by their brethren in charge of
the holy places in Palestine. A full page of the Sunday paper is de
voted to a description of this interesting service and to an explanation
of some of the sacred functions in connection with Holy Week and
Easter morn.
Three Women Hymn Writers.
At this season of the year a story telling something of the lives
and the works of three of the best-known women hymn writers is of
peculiar interest. The three subjects selected for this theme are:
Fanny Crosby, Annie Sherwood Hawkes and Alice Holmes. The best
known hymn of each writer is printed in full.
A Dreadnought Submarine.
In less than a year the United States will have the first dread
nought submarine ever constructed. A brief sketch gives some of
the details concerning it and tells of its possibilities as a fighting unit.
Another Real-Life Detective Tale.
Frank D. Casassa, lieutenant of detectives of the New York City
police department, tells The Oregonian readers some of his experi
ences in using the third degree, which has been so much criticised and
concerning which there is so little general knowledge. This is another
of the series of detective stories, told by real detectives, now running
in the Sunday magazine section.
Penrod In the Limelight Again.
Here is one of the most trying escapades in which Booth Tarking
ton's youthful hero has yet engaged. "Zoologist" is the title acquired
by Penrod in this story and well he deserves it.
Whole Page of School News.
Activities in the Portland public schools will be reviewed in a full
page series of reports from all parts of the city. The stories are
written largely by teachers and students and give not only a clear
idea of what work is being done in the schools but also reflect the
capabilities of a new crop of amateur journalists.
Sketches From Real Life.
A series of Templets popular drawings reflects human nature in
every angle.
Elaine's Exploits Continue.
Another instalment of the thrilling tale of adventure being told
in The Sunday Oregonian and amplified each week at the motion
picture houses.
Donahey's Modern Fairy Tales.
The amusing stories of the Teenie Weenie folks as told by William
Donahey are intended to please the children, and they do. Each story
is supplemented with a half-page colored picture which presents all
the characters of Teenie Weenie land true to life.
Donahey also furnishes another instalment of his fairy tale about
Abou Mahomed. .
How Portland Schools Are Financed.
Addison Bennett has prepared an interesting article telling how
the money paid by the taxpayers into the school fund is used to supply
the educational needs of the community.
Regular Sunday Attractions.
' The big Sunday paper also will contain its usual comic supplement,
telling all about Polly, Mamma's Angel Child, Bobby Make-Believe,
Doc Yak and the rest. The front page of the supplement contains
a colored drawing indicative of the Easter season. The customary
attention is devoted to society news, dramatic, automobiles and roads,
real estate, marine and other departments.