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inaol or
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- TKra I" g'arB""'" la
Tira r. aaral military 4 ba.nt
!if.. .( ef h;aa mora or
.a aa-itr er4 oar cartala lm
I rt n. a--' whora inaa'a pto4
1 rH 0'T
a' hara.
T!r ba txa a. da fara r""
toni ina IB ortr.rir of llaarta
v-vamIwh). rfti:' I l1
Iriaa.nr lntrnt!oo cf b tail
f.ral. TAn h no aoarsmnl rik-a
aa kU ra. ro11" b! f afVl
( Amarv-" la M ;.
Ukaa ! fa. tk.aa ti. a ka4 roaa
k.a4 la dria out lloarta ea a
im war amoo iimIi rraai4nl
Vklli.na, oaora.l l aatabO
anon tm I6ra l frtaodly
ma.iitloa ( atmaaU aa4 bi "
A fiaru-aa aaa.cla. Ilta aartar'a
aa a-crpt. ootr ht at al l
I ma a Ifta partr 1,1 '
k VUt- aa4 3Upr. Tliar '
(..nt an.t rJrta. r Carraeia. who
.in hJ tha .)int.
Wf W t!i Tar"EUal aa la t
f .. t futar af Msw: Carranaa. a twaa
t.,mmt ,lJi b!t aa tar aa fcia
a rma.l t"f' "
a.fiMh.a M f nfm I at tha a p
rr. afi K4 b.mfca.iu all r""""-!
(lrt no (aw Rlra H I altarf
to h.4 ava.la aa.1 wa araJ
t'..uriha a:a.ja of pf(.iu
t . jin.ruiia, ir a H " .
Vf P'JI oa.lar ma at Villa,
a ant i all a enmaa. a Itio ol
a KM( wivo t4 fcaala4 Amarl
iii unMM n. ha I Am'V-aa
--.-tia prrt!-a la lb larntorr
a fx h ontroti-
l.l-a IR I n(4 Utata. tkkl
(irM'lio aMpmafil l a-o t
an4 amta4 t'arraaaa)
Iran pa la rrnai Amidol trrfrT.
irrtnl h. aa.-ura. t4rTW"J'f f b
M n fcrl ef Vi'!. Iroupa. ut
arivwa la rani'Afn.Jaf l' mra f'araet
a m of rta.lao. r-araiaa a
k na o l!a f f .1 d'ltioa
rf a B-xarnttlanl Cha pfwt-vtloa of
f f.i.n.r an t prw" tbn Vila
fn.t. .at.i.a kaa abaotT-t him
fn ar ali ia to sraal aiawa pm-ta.-tixa,
Mr VUia va la a'f-t
t.ran.la-1 Vi(l aa a bao.Jit. an I Villa
kn4 Ma tlutnan'a ablr Bf Iha prt.
ti upp.)t of IPa prenaa IHal tba
Vl-a (oirfnmafit WhU'bj It ! fa"-
ran -jo.1 ba a t't rirnaaal,
t nita. Htt Uormal hAM mif
imiiiua.l IB "Tatura ! r!ar opta
?! of la ri'ra.t of ali" H r
r a-i l-r a tnia opraBi'n la 4rarriba4
a lo'r b Mr s. ttii, tarra.
ff..n.Val of t iM. a Trlf"i"
.n. a par of AaM ana. aahlih lo
rln'la.t JHn II riurraaa. Amart-aa
r'prmtuixa mt'H rarr-anaa. Ift ria-
rm ,Nr'ja br Iran t a o data aftaf
lla -flrat (rirr ppa. Ul rft.
T f.'un.f ISa rai r to k, th
T :lra l w a f. IHa tIria ara
ara.a4 r"tr tra nlo ar4 part
-f ina trlf ara tvll. Tha partr
nnl 4 boura a rtiojr of I
Milaa. T!a b Mr. W ataarna.
t.oa of taa ratlroad-a whk-fl Ida Adcnlo.
I irarioa aaja ara In "Ta-j!ar cpara
tion"; r'aa la an -aa
aaa - l'ia laa Itaalac
-..! anwft Kj rHa4 I anaa aaaa.
Mi1 nlok
II w ... - ! aa -4 K
a att.a Ira-'
mt n li. a oNb lv IN. l.lfiMaH
f..u.a
na r.ori. a'faa.
iMimi.u'.' 'i w .Ha aa
Tr k.'.'-l a a awa r.aai. af
M vara aaaa
l.rlltalr.
aM.ka
Hal aa r -a ifa .aa aa
In .! ka aa-l !'
:an.'a . ""-a rl aa a-
. -.,... a .! H a" lai aa
tai.'i. l--a aaa . -a
- 4 I .aaaaU at'a T-a 1- --ap
a.a.'aa f .(, luwil W. I aaar
r-ia H aa 'I aa a a allaaal
kt -- k-a a a r..iia
TH murJr f itaa Amartcaea
f.aaa from a train oa ooa af thaaa
r.iiroa.la la IHa rr Uat mmpli
of "rai'iUr tar!lou" ao4 ef Iba pro
t-. ll.)0 whl. h l"a da f.-fo jointmn
t'twm in- ISo ba-i.!:ta a bora Mr
V l'ara :t. baa rvUaaadl from all
Ir.iraiat.
f T Iftl-a da fa.t r'r-naet. ahuh
r.'aina on a r!"mf rar Ha Arab
vV!i la m dart. am dra not
r.5.ijN !':; n a rapilal and
ad. a i:har ra.i-l or aattl l rro
tat aar aaraoi. Mr. ita.a prcpuaaa
Mid a Ama-aaaJor.
Ta l.-na ha f :Tt r' ra f -r Mr. TV1J
u 1 U b' ra II -cata Ih cot
p ata ttxrT of Iha rUM.'a b'w
tfa l"i:a. ; an4 aM.-
ha k m rara' i r t:bhal l from fcia
j-r .fa '! 'pii.'aaa p u bi !; i! J ." II k
Ima l.at f.jraraaa b- 1 a aoia la da
. Lima" ahabar It cip-rta it lha
r'.'a f Aatr-a tt:aana aad it
tsa h-o-r ail of Iha Amaru-aa
attua tJ acvrajit aa Atabajaa.laf ta
a ira, :at ba lit cMl ahoaa anfr
r -a) l- ro ia aa I'la fart tl
f. tna liana ba ! larar ataaa.
arr o rK-'-aa II bt rttala. Ilia da
r ta i iar'ir cocaiar la bta potaa.-r
f -r I I n l hi l-w potrn.-a fe
If a rUiia . yoa!.!ri!oa ranatata la
taa rp:l a'tro,;a M b ha
ul apn hi aiaaa aaa.fa tor. Mr.
a.m. b tridra ranaplaaaaeS
a pt..f ri : ar. aaw m-Ta Inaiaat.
What Vr Wloa a la ta antn
la Maa-a la a da fa'ta ra'aa al
da fKi a"r-hT. hrc'r tba fro t of
Oftia rait .-c -. anar .farwa.
aSJtuaa. traal. nr. aalatUU. farm.
rasa . u
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r e.ae t-ae ....... '
.a. . ftMi .eat III I I 1 ' - '
M ae Ba MM s I i s..aen m "9
aa- nn aa aa- ee a -""a. .ee.. a '
lasei MM. lWK a " !
jlMMI IT ' -"
fin( woo 14 auk aa egraaab
tvoa la avovtnr-pactsr araecy. Xo
etat Im a aaooopo: that Ha. aad
esanrt fatnM like aareey.
tam a. BUT MOWIIUiflO.
TKa v.iuii.i Piiaimiua Commit-
s.a. rapraaimar Iba traradTa party,
or a kal I. loft of II. caJia far "a Na
tional apirtt aiJ ! wbu o tawa lb
doctna of ra at aar prtra aa fa
ilia, roaardlr a4 arrKbtaoaa. aad
hi-k a HI aaaaiia:i!r aaaAa aar
ad) aarnfae ta aboi4 Iba Aari
atadar4a of aaavaaitr aad Jaa-
O- It dortaraa. loa. tbat aar pa
p! ara bacomtaa lnpaUat o aaadara
aba a"'.d tbat comfort, roapartty a4
matarwal ara abarra kaaor, aalf-
aa.nri aad patraothtaa."
Tbao ara tna arx aipraaaloaa
of a icornvia rTocraaafva n af
our domaatie Mtaatioai. aa far aa It
raiaSa ta pracaraoaaaa, aad af tba
daptorabla caatruaa at aaar Intanva
tionai diplaaaufr. Taa commrttaa alao
ralaatataa ta in bx-rooa atbr
m to tft ataioa aacft laauaa aa tba
hort ba:)'. aol tba nitialfa bad
rafaraavduna. It ta aa pliant aa a tomb
oa Iba atuaattoa of racail of Judicial
daa-aatoaa.
II la ebrtnaw that tba rroa,raaaiTa
ara raavlr ta rcUlnd- To ba
air. oraoa anaaaa it riaor that Ibar
ara avma bra aoula aUIl ataadiac
Armaaddoa, for 4ao aot NaUaaal
CoaaouttaamaJl Coo ajoclara tbat a
aoant to aotnt&al Tbaodoro Ruuaa
and Hiraa Johaaoa aad rat It aTO al
lhafT I'ot Iha Frorraaaieo aro In
o lumor lo rPa 1IJ. Thr oarit
K. raalKal. aa tha RoDUbll-
can, aad an arplab'o pUtTofTB. and
l. Mm. lima.
Tha ataa la t far Iba .rant
rocoarlliatioa. Tbro can bo bo doubt
ibat tba parfofmajico l!l octur lo
J ana. accordlr la arhaOul.
. I
who t rorrmf
L riura compiled bf tba I "aura nra
rroaa on Iha flro l"aa in in mum
load aa io aoma InlamtlBf Pv ula
uoa) aa lo arblaaamaata In flro pro
r.ation but for ona annojrlaa fact.
Tnaaa r'jra plara tho fir loaaaa In
Ih t'fltrd fttalaa In tha J aar Juat
cloaaM al IlII :.. Urh. accord
trc l Iha aama authority. arra -4
lean I ban for th pracadln
ar aa4 about t ra than
Iha ara for arl years. The
diaroacartlac fart la that liwuranr
ralra la Buroeroua Important tUd.
ratioc baaa J'4t boon fajaod In Port
land. II to true that, la Justification of
Ihta ncroa. f xuraa bar baan fur
aiabed ahlcb IndKata local loaaeat dta.
proportlonai to th ralaa heretofore
charcad. Tba cooaollCaT atalement la
aiao made that Lo Aaaalee la In tba
aama boat, both aa to aoeaaO and In
creased ratra. But If tna larcer tra
panla ara doles a a act JualRe and If
tha f farra pubUahtd br tba Inanranre
fraaa aro accural, aueaewbara mmi
rommanltiea nwt bo aajoitnar a deep
cut In ra. becauoa of 4rtni
loaaaa. T't a bate not beard of
tbeoa.
It ba per ha pa pertinent lo lo4lre
heCh'r Iha eompanira decraaae ratra
oolr on tho baaia of laaorabla ear r
laoca cteririT a imbr of era bul
Inrraua tha rate an Iba baaia of on
or too learV aaaaual Iwnaa
t a Ton t roa roxx Birrio-.
:r.a,doa af tha opoaHlon to Ih
Prtfi.n conarripeion bul letiflea lo tha
revolutionary chana bKh baa com
aaer llrtttali opinion on enforced mlll
larr aaraK alnca'tha aar baf an. The
taiborttea aad lrta NalionalKU aaould
ad fca.e ralai-d I hair oppoailion bad
It lued aer atrorg ocho aim on th
paopta al Una. Tber hale daublleaa
baaa tuaT br heartr Iheir f)alrloiim.
nag their loyalty. a,uelne. by men
ar.l omn aha bar freotjr alren
leir d'areat lo tba urnra of Iha toaa.
try aad a ho da Bt conceal th repul
alon nith which ehlrker Inaptr thrm.
Thejr muat hare bn Impraaaed by
Iha practical onaoimliy aalth which
Uberale and ionera!Taa eland by
Ih inrram'rl and Ihejr mar trem
ble for Iha laureata thay repreaant.
.Vrither of tha old part lea alii bo In
clined to do anaihirj for labor or for
treUad aflrr their champion baaa
hur.c ba. k in tba hour of danrr.
When at conetder tha ctrrura-atan.-ea
under aahicb cor.acripllon l
. axrlad la tha IWltai b rarliamenl. Ihere
la bo rtund for aurprtea at th break,
do a of lb oppneiuon. Tha orn
ment baa been methodically but an
arowedty Wadtnc up to that meaaura.
Ilrery rail for mora Toluotr ha
been a etp In that direction, for It ba
baaa a plain bint to tha Nation that
l ntirn manhood muat bo throw n
Into lb ar. Eaary racruil for army
or taii.kai ban a recruit for lb coo-a.-nrlion
raua and baa carried hu
rlatir it!i him. for a!l thraa hacc
fr!t that olhera ahould make a Ilk
aacifc a Hh thrm. Lord Derby'a r.
rruteinc rampaita earned oaer to tha
rvnevrtptlon raaueo th nearly e.O0.tO
mea whom II Induced to eolunleer.
and auraly left Ih anU-conarnpllon-l.ta
In a im.:l. Ihou.h hitherto Tort,
faroua. mlnortty. I'y conflnlna" com
puLalon al Ih outset lo unmarried
men. oho h leaat ex cue for ahlrfc
l"ar. the fo.arnm.nl played a good
card, f r it turned tha married men
and women upon tha bachelors nd
thus won mora supporters for Its
plana
Tha loclc of events has a!so driven
homo to th Hrit h mind Iha neces
sity of compulsion. Lark of men no
teaa than lack of muMtlor.a has been
reaponetble for their rerarse. Kor
lack of men tha . for whom Mr.
-hurchlll asked coold Bot b snt to
tra Irdanera when pros peel a of
e-4cvea were brnht. Kor lack of men
a army was not sent lo rVrMa when
It rmthl haa blo.ke.1 th Oermans"
ro4 lo Turkey and a!!Bed tha lul
kaa stales with th atll. 'or lack of
mea the Itmt.h retreated from the
(ales of Deeded and ara Bow hard
praaocd by swarms of Turks. Kor lark
of mad aa offeraur could Bot ba
pushed In Iha weet when II would bar
(!aa sorely Beaded relief to flueata.
Illusions harbored oaf-jr In th war
tlat liarmia offer! power was -hauated
by th adTnc lo th Marca
baas been dwpe'.led. II a I Hat Ion thai
only Iha mm oat strensth and skill of
Hrrtaia aa well as bar allies can win
earty and declare Ktory. It It as to bo
won. he broutht coBrlctJoo that rrus
a.aa" mititartam caa bo beaten only
atih Its own weapons rocnpulaory
arv tea aad economic aff.clancy.
There t m ach of th M.saourtan In
th prttl.h mind. W'ors. th Itrltoa
d lot eae. lo bo shown: ha protests
stalest bie shown. Put r"a while
th dmor.a;rtioa Is hems mad and
while ho aa proleat!n(. hi deep s-jb-etretina
of cmmon aa r aa gmtnm eon
tr4 of bta actions and ha yields. One
ho has y kkiel. ho contlcoso anfMncn.
ir'y an rear rowree. History tells
thai Jh.a liu'l Baser Trhta with sach
u".' rh'irT a when oad. he
raeorwro. lis ts Uunk.r. Uaa soar ef
the acesoSiM pr assure which bo as
pjt:ic on Germany aad mora of th
Ilk presaur which hi own onreadl
asssa as puttlnf upon blrnself. H f
bestnnlaa ta racocnls that. thouh ha
may la with Isaa than bis full
streBanh. such a victory will b lea
com pleta and looser delayed and may
find him In a slate of acooomic ex.
aajtstioa oaly least complete than that
la which ho eats be to raduca bis a
earaary. Tboa raflectlnf. ba U likely
to eitead coaarrtpUoa aaUl erery
arailabao amaa la under arms, unleas
eictory should aooner bo bis.
Aa to Tan nnJkTutn.
rorilanal Is dsusMbc tbrouch quit a
-spell of weather." But as far as th
storm has (on no rexaord of lone
standm ha baaa brokr.cn cither aa
to th f:i of snoar or Ih Intensity of
lb cold. -Intensity" msjr seem to
those accustomed to sea ins; th ther
mometer o well be I oar aero e.ery
inter a stranse word to ar. for th
lowest reclster of the thermometer In
th present storm la this city Is about
11 decree a boy aero.
While we hare here beea shlrerlng
wllh a rn In tamperatura or a
couple a weeks running- usually from
J lo 4 J a bore, our friends even as
nr as Baker hare had to etl In a
temperaluro aa saver aa 12 below.
Yet we renture the assertion that 13
below al Maker Is Dot severe as 1
above here that Is, It docs not cause
so much discomfort.
Compared with storms on the Kan
ens, Nebraska and Dakota prairie. In
lb more mountainous rations of Mon.
tana aad Minnesota and cold w-avna ef
Alaska, oar weather of the last days of
Dorembrr and the early days of Janu
ary baa ben almost a serine of Summer
sephrre. If th temperature in Portlaad
should sink say to below tero we
would suffer more than th people of
Northwestern Alaska do with a tem
perature below; more than the peo
ple of Baker would At I below: even
more than the people of Tha Dalle
would with It : below. Yet The
Dailca Is only IS miles distant.
To meaaura cold a to lis Intensity
one mast do more than simply take
tha story the thermometer tells. One
must read the barometer aad, a bore
ail. calculate tho humidity In the at
mosphere. In the humid atmosphere
of rortland. aero weather la about the
limit we could stsnd without serious
complaint, many Inroncenlence and
frostbitten ears and rineea without
number.
There Is also further reason to
consider "preparedness.- Tho word Is
quoted for the reason that It la now
belnc eter.alre!y used as to our con
dition to fsce an enemy. In this case
the enemy Is th tat of the ther
mometer, and w hare neither bolldod
our home nor our wardrobe for ny
thinc Ilka aero weather, nor do we
ever eipect to.
rotAJB.M AMD arOXGM-aeiMfctt.
halevar may bo said concemlns
the defects of the Americas Con t tea,
II may not be said that th personnel
IS anlcttered or lacking In hlfher edu
cation. Whatever may ba charred
asalrtst our roileae. it may not be said
that these Institutions do not contrib
ute heavKy to tha ranks of our states
men, corn-fed and embryonic.
tiraene with a propensity for fl
area, upon whose bands time must
haaar heavily, has rone to the pains of
polime Iha itth t'onsrsaaa upon his
mental attainments aa represented in
collearn d'srees with s-mewhat sur
prising results, Two-lhird of fonereew
nave proud mementoes of rallrce days
la Iha form of diplomas. To be exsrt,
Ihe coireseo snd universities bee con
tributed 41 per cent of 11 entire per
sonnel to Ihe Hecate and (2 per rent
to that of the lions.
fWrcaratlnc tha record rf achiere
ment as to individual rollecrs some
of th couotry's mora notable schools
make a sorry showlnr. Not Harvard,
not Tale, not Columbia heads tba list.
That honor. If It be an honor, roes
la Ihe t'nlversity of Mkhlian. which
put the flnlshlne; touches upon twenty,
etc of f hose shlnlnc IKhta who frame
our laws and spend our money. liar
rard Is a bad second with twenty,
while tho rnlrerslty of Vireinla step
Into third place with seventeen nnd
Yale brlnta up the procoasioa with
tlrtren. Wisconsin scores ten end the
remainder of the Nation s specialists In
leculatlna and pork represented In
tho erudite two-thirds aro scattered
amonc the state universal Ihe coun
try over. Imrtmouth la tha one emi
nent collete which has no fonrrea
aional scalps dantllnt at Its learned
belt.
One conclusion, which may be drawn
from this record la that the hither
school Is filling its mission of prepar
ing men for success, aaauialnt thtt
service In Conrrcss may be so cUssl
Rrd. This assumption Is fair, since
Ihe arerat man Is not sent to Wash
ington until he hat proved Ms worth
at other endeavor, ordinarily In the
practice of law. Another conclusion
la Ihst men who lack the proper men
tal equipment are not' being charted
with the shaping of our destinies. Then
the derelictions snd shortcomings of
Congressmen must lie deeper must
lie In th fact that w encourage them
lo strive for sectional considerations
even at the expense of National Is
sues. AT THB TCIXrttOXK.
Th simple announcement that tele
phone service and patronage continue
to grow throughout the country pro
Tide food for pleasant reflection. There
were those who one contended that
th annoyance attendant upon use
of th telephon would aerv to re
strict Its use. la due time nervous and
Irritable persons would find themselves
confronted by tha alternative of re
moving the phone or removing their
placea of residence to some conven
ient mdhou. But experience has
proved that Instead of adding to the
Irritability of tha race the telephone
baa contributed to human patience.
Th man who rave at central or who
burls big telephone aside because of
some annoying delay has com to be
Iha exception raihar than Ihe rule.
The majority have learned to reckon
with the Ireitlmata and ungovernable
reuse of delay or confusion In num
bers aad wait patiently until the
Unite haa been straightened out.
W htle telephone service baa been
greatly Improved these annoyance are
certain to bo met by all those who
have frequent aa for the line. Wrong
Bomber, the line I busy, psrty does
not answer, line Is out of order.
K miliar terms those. Tet tha sane
section of Iha public has learned pa
tience: and the wild raving over minor
delays which was resorted to gener
ally a doaen years ago has greatly di
minished. We bo longer hear of sui
cide club among telephone operators
whoso nerve have beea shattered by
abusive and unreasoning patrons.
One reeo must be thsl the tele
phone operator has learned lo Judge
human nature far better than In the
ax:y daj of Ibe txtbag. Tni rea
son la addition to the greater tract-
ability of Ihe telephoning puouc. iu.
average operator knowa that the man
or woman who It Irritated by some
irin la nnworthv of sartous conslder.
siion; that audi outbursts coma from
no sane or responsible source ana are
not to be regarded seriously. Besides,
the operator Is bow forbidden to talk
back. There Is not much satisfaction
In Jawing long Into unresponsive ears.
VA'a r-mm Ihlnk of BO batter tOSt Of
an Individual s poise and aanity than
to b found In bta telepnono man
ners. Tha inhibitions ordinarily pro
vided by personal contact ara lacking.
The oaer7 of th phone I likely to
exhibit bis true nature. If ha is ir
ritable, nervous. 111 balanced and in
bred tha facts may ba concealed from
Immediate associates but they are cer.
lata lo manifest themselves at the
i.l.nhfin. Tha cur. cad or coward la
certain to betray himself If central la
delayed in answering his caiu it ne
rails In strident tones Into his phone
he is fully deserving of those terras.
But the normal person will be found
patient and gentla In these associa
tions bow that the public haa become
adjusted to this great medium of voice
transmission which aavet hours to all
of us a very day.
The young woman who Is curious to
know the real nature concealed under
the tender manner of her fiance
could do no better than observe him
at th telephone. There the may
learn what It In store for her after
the ceremony has been performed. By
iha aama rula tha vounc man may
Jearn the true temperament of his
fiancee. As a person acts at tne tele
phone so Is he.
inxtren Americans have paid the
.iuliv of watchful waiting and spine
less diplomacy with their lives. The
last subterfuge of tha Administration
In ratairn Izlnr one revolutionist chief
over another wag calculated to bring
about Just such a massacre aa that re
ported from Chihuahua.
"Seeing- things- hat become a con
u.in.i. dhraia In neutral countries.
t. avmnrrtme ara chlrraf Of Con-
spirscy against belligerents whenever
a strike, an explosion or a. nr v
n-ha-a. ara too manv real con
spiracies, but there are far mora im
aginary ones.
Nearly everybody who had to get
to work early yesterday appreciated
ha aarvlcn he tha luCaJ StreetCaX '-
tern. Ksst fide tolk remember It was
Dot an In the ojd days when tney
walked In and paid the nickel to cross
tho bridges.
T h Procbttel decision relieves the
pToperty-owner In a Urge section of
Portland of a cloud on thslr titles and
relieves the courts of much litigation.
Albina. should now go ahead, for we
know who owns It.
Tha Tounirstown disturbance took
the usual course: Strike, riot, troops
on guard, peace, strike ends by medla
tsnn. Had the mediator been In time
Iha risk of tha troops might have
been avoided.
People who read the morning paper
at the breakfast table must give credit
lo a steadfast band of young men who
deliver It regardless of weather con
ditions. Kighlren degrees above aero In Port
land It the coldest -weather In years.
och a record would ba tha warmest
January throughout most of the coun
try. George lllnies. James McCown and
other honorary members of the "I Re
member nub- saw much worse
weather in the days of their youth.
When aa Independent Democrat like
a.--ia Vasrlanri criticises his psrty't
tariff policy, ht thomt tha trend of
public opinion.
I.... km iha movies ceonle could
get some pretty good color for "Frozen
Ins" and "Alone in mo Arcuc vasts
right here.
lat the womenfolk run the furnace
and the houso will not catch fire. It
is th nature of man to develop a big
Maxe.
Its of people besides war crlpplea
need the electro-magnetic hand to
reach between the "wlngs.-
The lasy man lets the water run,
while his honest brother goes to a lit
tle trouble to nhiit It off.
Bull Moosers will have a reunion.
A hall bedroom will accommodate the
crowd, we simpect.
Rock Island high finance bears proof
lo the low finance which closes the
Portland stencv.
Fnel.md and France are now going
to tell ut where to head In. Every
body'! doing It.
Don't forget the blrde this weather.
Clear a place for them and put out
breadcrumb.
Germany does not welcome Paul
Pry to her household when all it not
well within.
The offlclil forecasters must re
member that Portland knows when It
haa enough.
Youngwtown la sane again and the
men go to work at the 19 per cent
advance.
On the level, there la not much
snow, but atill "on the level." Its bad
enough.
Deeda similar to the latest Mexican
ootrage broutht Intervention In Cuba.
Thlt mutt be an Atlantic Coast bill
iard which came this war by mistake.
Testerday was one time when the
Jitney refused to bite the' streetcar.
This snow business Is getting to be
too much of a habit to suit as.
Of a verity Barnes will stay away
If the Colonel Is present.
8now has Its use. 8omebody can
tell of his rosea In bloom.
The law governing clearing tide
walka la pot a Joke.
Freeze, froxe, "frlx" la the way to
describe It.
The short aklrt fesred not the
drifta.
It's never too cold for a plumber.
AU rcadr for a ticlsh rise.
Stan and Starmakert
By Leans Cass Bear.
Read where an actor who pounded
his wife till sbe bad to be put away for
a while In a hospital was found to have
bis room literally plastered with pic
tures of William Sunday. This is not
in Itself enough entirely to excuse
him. but It conttitutet what might be
termed extenuating circumstances.
Probably went mad from teeing Billy
Sunday every morning.
eae
Fpaaklng of Billy. Walter Gilbert
says ba sees where that strenuous one
It going to attack the devil and la
grippe In Trenton. N. J. "He haa taken
on tome Job." aaya Walter G. Tva
had la grippe and I know."
eae
Fond mother hat tent me a picture
and a It-page letter about her little
Arthur, who le only T and can recite
-Oungha Dbtn" with gestures and can
play Narcissus from memory. At the
age of JT Arthur, I predict, will be
a life-site pest.
ess
Edward Woodruff says he reads
where Henry Ford saya he learned a
lot In Europe. "But was It worth a
million dollars T" Ed rltet to ask.
sea
fielwyn a Company, theatrical man
ager! In New York, should have a
nice little vote of thanks from our
Commercial Club and other advertis
ing bureaus for services rendered. In
the weekly publication sent out by the
Selwyn firm to every dramatic editor
and every newspaper in the United
States and England they publish thlt
little paragraph, among a lot of other
nice thlnga the said about us:
Martaret Illlnfton. who appeared recently
In Portland. Or. in ber tour la "Tha Lie,"
arranged while ihe was there to have a
shipment of reaa tuahes aent to ber country
place. "Dream Lake," near Osainlng. for
her half-acre rose tardsn. There Is In
particular a brilliant climber which alias
llllntton ears can ba tot from nowhere
east of Portland, which aha wants for her
big froat porch. ...
Did you ever hear of a star named
Isidore Louis Bernard Edmund Van
Dammeler? No? Well, no one else
did. either, and that's why Mr. Isidore
etcetera Van Dammeler has asked the
Supreme Court to change his name to
Lou-Tellegen.
In hit petition the actor, the star of
"The Ware Case," confided to Judge
Tlatxek that he waa really christened
all of the above when he first saw the
light of day In Holland, but that ever'
since he reached hit seventeenth blrth
dsy, he realised t'jo handicap of such a
monicker and called himself by the
name of Tellegen.
Tallegen, who came to thlacountry
with Sarah Bernhardt, has attained
considerable success as tn actor, be
admits. Under the name of Tellegen
be haa been aued in the Supreme Court,
he admits, too, and haa filed two suits
on his own account.
He Is now tl years of age. The actor
also states that he filed an application
for hia first papers, with the Intention
of becoming a citisen of the United
States, on June 10 last, and under the
name of Lou-Tellegen, so he thought
It best to bava the court aanction the
change and make It a matter of rec
ord. Justice Plalsek granted permission,
and so Tellegen now It Is.
s s s
Charles B. Hanford. one of the best
known actors of ShnkJspesrean roles,
baa been engaged for tha supporting
company of James K. Hackett and
Viola Allen. The Hackett-Allen rep
ertoire company begin Its season at
the CrlVrlon Theater In New York. Mr.
Hanford It to appear in "Macbeth." He
haa toured as a stsr on his own ac
count at various times. His wife, Marie
Drofnah. whose last name is Hanford.
turned backwards. Is now in slock.
s s a
Peggy O'Neil will set sail for Lon
don on January 2J to look over a new
plsy In which she hopes to appear
later on In this country. The title
of the play Is not given publicity aa
yeL Peggy O'Neil Is Mrs. T. Daniel
Frawley In prlvale life.
ass
Margaret Anglln has accepted a new
play by Rupert Husrhee. The contract
waa made six months a to. but Mr.
nughet delivered the completed manu
script only last week. The plot it based
on Gertrudo Atherton't novel, "The
Perch of tho Devil." which was among
the doxen best sellers last year. Miss
Anglin has long had a desire for a ve
hicle from this novelist's pen.
The combination r.f Mrs. Atherton.
Rupert Hughes snd Miss Anglin should
result In a theatrical offering of much
Interest.
s s s
In a very short time Tod Sloan, the
former Jockey, will in all probability be
a vaudeville headliner. He has signed
a contract with A. R. DeBeer, the
author, lo act the principal role in a
playlet of the racetrack, entitled "At
Sheepshead Bay." snd the United Book
ing Offices regard the combination
with favor.
The tketch Is a pretentiout one re
quiring a special aetting and five play
ers, c'loan'a role is that of a trainer
and manager of a racing stable.
Tod Sloan la the ex-husband of Julia
Sanderson.
s a s
Word baa arrived from Lot Angelet
of the marriaare there on December
of Fanny Ward, the actress, and
John W. Dean, who played leading
roles In her company. The wedding
took place at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Thomas Melghan. of Hollywood.
Miss Ward's first husband was Jo
seph Lewis, a South African diamond
merchant, from whom she obtained a
divorce in London on January 13. 1913.
Mrs. Dean received a final decree of
divorce a few months sgo. Mist Ward
and Mr. Dean are now playing a mo
tion picture engagement. Their, last
appearance on the legitimate stage was
la -Madam President" two teasont ago
at the Garrick Theater.
Miss Ward appeared at the Orpheum
here four years ago. She is a St. Louis
girl, who haa lived abroad most of her
life,
Folder far Letter Writers.
PORTLAND. Jan, 12. (To the Ed
itor.) May I suggest to the committee
having In charge the letter-WTitlng
campaign the matter of getting out an
Illustrated folder of the Columbia High
way to accompany all letters sent out.
The painting of the Columbia High
way, at present displsyed In the win
dows of Sherman. Clay ac Company,
mlsht be used in tba production of
this folder. It could be brought down
to a scale about C by 72 inches and
folded In site to accompany each letter
In an ordinary envelope,
I am sure that were this project car
ried out the picture of the Columbia
Hiarhway would make a deeper im
pression on Ha recipient than pnares of
letter writing, 6LUON HAIUUS,
EGGS AD DEMOCRATIC JOKERS
Poultry ssan Is Flae Fellow Except
0 When Tariff la Dlscaaaed.
PORTLAND. Jan. 11,-MTo the Ed
itor.) In The Oregonlan Sunday there
appears a two-column synopsis of a re
cent bulletin from the Department of
Commerce and Industrial Service of the
University of Oregon protesting vigor
ously against the Democratic tariff re
duction on eggs, as a menace that por
tends the total destruction of the egg
and poultry business in Oregon. Fig
ures given, credited to a statistician
employed by the Portland (Oregon)
Journal, show that over 150.000.000 is
invested tn this Industry in Oregon.
The United States Statistics) Atlas, is
sued by the Government, shows that
the annual egg production of Oregon
amounts to (3.000,000, and the annual
poultry production is nearly as much.
One might question figures coming
from tha Oregon Journal, but the Gov
ernment reports are generally reliable.
H. B. Miller, for years in the
diplomatic service In China and Japan,
is given aa authority for the statement
that eggs axe sold in China at aa low as
I cents per doxen. Over 12.000,000 dozen
were exported from China in 1814. and
the supply is practically Inexhaustible
and capable of enormous increase. The
statement it further made that It costs
two and one-half times as much to ship
a case of eggs from Rosebnrg. Or., to
Portland, as It does to ship a case from
Shanghai to Portland. A lot of Inter
esting information in regard to the vol
ume of this Chinese industry, the in
sanitsry conditions under which it Is
prosecuted, methods of shipment. etc
is furnished from Chinese consular re
ports. The declaration it made that if
the present conditiona are continued
the competition will become to severe
as to atlfle the local industry.
The egg and poultry busineta of Ore
gon, that brings In a yearly revenue
of five or six millions, is a atanding
Joke among the Democratic politicians
of Oregon. Senator Chamberlain in
the last campaign made a punching
bag of three egg and poultry raisers in
bit audience at La Grande, and tn that
campaign tho funny man of the Port
land Journal couldn't be funny enough
over the thought that a common egg
and chicken raiser was important
enough to be made a political issue.
The department of commercial and
Industrial service of the university
ought to turn thU matter over to that
group of captains of industry and em
pire builders known as the Jackson
Club. They know what the country
needs. Tliey have contributed largely
to the prosperity we are now enjoying.
The club has devoted Itself in the past
almost wholly to hot air disquisitions
on Democratic abstractions that are of
no Interest to anybody, and their maud
lin and melancholy slobber over "the
lonely occupant of the White House"
who haa been doing all torts of things
that would have "crushed" Lincoln, has
"got onto" tho nerveg of the whole
community.
It would be a relief to the community
and a positive benefit to the club it
they would end their InternsJ cat
fights, give us a rest on Woodrow and
Pocahontas, snd devote such talents as
they have to something worth while.
REPUBLICAN.
HOW WOOD MAY BB FI REPROOFED
Correspondent Reealla Successful Ez
perlmeata Made In "son.
HILLSBOr.O, Or.. Jan. II. (To the
Editor.) Your editorial, entitled "Lum
ber's Resistance to Fire," recalls to my
mind a process invented by the late
W. If, Dolman, of St, Helens, in the
early 'SOs.
He built a test house out at the old
townsite of Milton, about 8x10 feet,
with 8-foot walls and, filled it full of
dry lumber scraps and set It afire. It
stood the fierce heat remarkably well
and waa still standing when the fire
burned out.
He afterward gave a demonstration in
Portland in the old "Villard Ruins" by
building a section of floor and ceiling
and burning several cords of dry fir
wood under it without making it fall.
An account was published in The Ore
gonian at the time and If my memory
serves me. Chief Dave Campbell was
quoted as saying that no brick arch in
Ihe city would have stood the fire so
well.
Mr. Holman's patent expired years
aro without bringing him anything.
He told me that he met hia strongest
opposition from the Board of Under
writers, where one would logically ex
pect the warmest support.
The process is so simple treat people
will not believe that it is accomplished
without some expensive chemical treat
ment, but the fact is that the mate
rial used Is one of the most common
articles and now considered of no value
whatever. The cost of a building fire
proofed by his process is not a great
deal more than ara Ordinary frame
building, and if the West Coast Lum
ber Manufacturers' Association wants
to prove tbat lumber can be made ac.
tually fireproof, it will be well worth
their while to investigate this.
THOMAS S. WILKES.
Owa Iaslnaatlon Disproved.
PORTLAND. Jan. 12. (To the Ed
itor.) Mr. Heiner admits he Is in sym
pathy with the Kentucky Klick in its
effort to eliminate the pernicious activ
ity of the Federal office holders in the
politics of Oregon. Of his comparison
of their singing "My Old Kentucky
Home," a state of the United States,
with the plottings of hyphenated
Americans, It so far fetched that it
wouM be unnecessary to contradict it,
were it not for the prevalence of the
erronious saying, ''Silence gives consent-All
over the world we have heard
these "home sons." which, far from
impairing the singer's loyalty to the
different nations of which they had
become a part, strengthened their re
solve to stand for all that was best in
their adopted countries. VERITAS.
Market for CbareoaL
HOLLY, Or.. Jan. 11. (To the Editor.)
I write you in regard to the char
coal market, la there any such mar
ket in Portland? If so. kindly inform
me as to whom to write. E. R, G.
The Overton Fuel Company. 471
Overton street, and- the Crystal Ice &
Storage Company, 432 Salmon street. In
this city, both handle charcoal In
wholesale lots. If you would take the
matter up with them you could get
quotations and other information which
you desire.
Thev say that they have difficulty
in getting good charcoal, and. conse-
quently, if you put out a first-class
article you should have no difficulty in
eelling it.
Lovers of Birds.
BUXTON, Or, Jan. 11. (To the Ed
itor.) I am writing to you for the
address of the man or woman most in
terested In the welfare of our birds, as
I would like to communicate with them.
A READER.
Write to Dr. Emma J. Welty, Sixth
and Montgomery streets. Portland. Dr.
Welty represents the Audubon Society
in Portland, Or write to W. L. Finley.
State Biologist, Pittock block. Port
land. t
Distance St. I on is.
PORTLAND. Jan. 12. (To the Edi
tor ) Please state shortest mileage
and over what rail lines Portland to St.
Louis. Mo- time not being considered
lust the shortest mileage.
' " SUBSCRIBER.
Union Pacific. Portland to Omaha,
17 miles; Wabash. Omaha to St. Louis.
(11 miles. TuuU. 2212 miles.
In Other Day
Twenty-Five Years Age.
From The Oretonian of January 13,
The Hotel Perkins has been leased
for ten years, and the furniture sold
to Nathan Blum, of La Grande. The
formal opening will take place Feb
ruary 4. which is U. S. Perkins' birth
day. He will then be 62 years old.
At the meeting of the board of di
rectors of the American District Tele
phone Company, held yesterday,' tho
following officers were elected for tho (
ensuing year: President, A. A. Honey;
vice-president. J. P. Marshall; secretary-treasurer,
N. P. Collett.
The committee appointed by tlio
state board of commerce in the inter
est of the Columbian Exposition, to be
held at Chicago, will meet at the Wil
lamette Hotel, Salem, at 2 P. M. to
morrow. An effort will be made to
induce the Legislature to make an ap
propriation of 3250.000 for an Oregon
exhibit.
Adjutant-General Shofncr, Oregon
National Guard, went to Salem last
night to attend a meetinsr of the state
military board. General Siglin is there,
and it is reported that Colonel Bow
ditch. Colonel Saylor and Colonel Free
man will be in attendance. It is prob
able that General Siglin will be here
Friday evening and will review the
First Regiment of the Oregon National
Guard.
As will be seen in another column of
today's Issue, the boot and shoe firm
of Eggert, Young and Company have
associated with themselves as a part
ner Joe F. Kelly, who has for several
years been head talesman with that
firm.
Half a Century Age.
From Tha Oretonian of January 13. lEt6.
It is said that there are unclaimed
deposits to the amount of 340.000.OOU
in the savings banks in New York.
These millions have been accumulating
for upwards of a century and aro now
regarded as part of the capital stock
of the banks.
A branch mint is to be established
in Nevada, and Abraham Curry. Henry
Rice and John II. Mills, of Carson, have
been appointed commissioners to super
intend Its construction.
San Francisco, Jan. 11. A prelimi
nary meeting to inaugurate the Freed
mans Aid Association on the Pacific
Coast will bo held shortly.
A splendid bill is offered this even
ing at the Willamette Theater upon tho
occasion of the benefit for tho worthy
manager, Mr. Ward.
One. of those cases so rarely detect
ed, that of selling liquor to Indians,
was yesterday brought to light in the
Recorder's Court, The guilty men,
John Collins and Charles Chinger,
were each held to bail tn the sum of
$100 and 1-uO for the next term of the
Circuit Court.
The complete census of New York
City shows a population of ' 1.723.5S3.
There is an excess of females of 44.587.
CONVICTS MAKE GOOD SOLDIERS
Ex-Soldier Tells of Reclment Recruited
In Slam Districts.
PORTLAND. Jan. 12. (To the Edi
tor.) One C. F. Hoiran. in The Orego
nian, Jan. 11. uses eight inches of space
in a brave and militant effort to demol
ish with projectiles of would-be sar
casm the suggestion of Mr. Cotter thai,
convicts be trained for military ser
vice. To Mr. Hogan, whose letter mirrors
the thought of one unused to mature
deliberation, it may be suggested tlmt
sarcasm without reason and logic is
not very convincing. His labored en
deavor to convey the idea that convicts
do not have courage is not supported
by any better authority than that "Mili
tary experts say." which in its turn Is
no better than the backyard-fence gos
sip of "they say."
Not long ago the writer saw a news
item from an allied source to the ef
fect that German officers were required
to drive their soldiers into battle.
Doubtless this report was intended to
give the impression that the Germans
are cowards. Yet no man believes that.
True, there are cowards in all classes
of society, in all races, but there is
no evidence that the proportion is any
greater among convicts than in other
classes.
In-1898 I was a member of a regiment
recruited from the slum districts of an
Eastern city. On the rolls were many
ex-convicts. These were among the
first to enlist. They were more amen
able to discipline than the average;
and later, when we were in action at
Santiago, fought and bled just like the
rest of us.
If Mr. Hosan were more mature in
years and thought than his letter in
dicates, he would realize that there are
not many of us who have not at some
time or another committed acts as a
penaltv for which the law provides a
jail sentence. Because a few have been
unfortunate enough to be caught, there
are some people, among whom Mr. Ho
gan is evidently one. who believo that
the sin lies in being caught.
Lastly, Mr. Hocan dmibs a picture
showing the convicts with mephisto
phelian glee Koine into action behind
a Colonel, who mayhap had formerly
been tho judge that sentenced them,
for the purpose of shooting their com
manding officer in the back. If Mr.
Hogan had the least knowledge of
tilings military he would know that, as
a matter of fact, in real action the
Colonel follows rather than leads his
regiment, just as the position of a lieu
tenant is in the rear of the firing line
of his platoon. Military regulations re
quire it.
A sentence, whether spoken or writ
ten, should be preceded by a thought.
AN EX-SOLDIliR.
Whence Cornea Soulf
PORTLAND, Jan. 12. (To the Edi
tor.) I have read with great interest
the letters addressed to you on the
subject of evolution. One and all. they
give evidence to an amount of reading
and thinking on so recondite a question
that we would hardly expect to find
in the general public Not long since
I also had the pleasure of hearing a
prominent Presbyterian divine preach
strongly in favor of it as a truth be
yond question. '
I do not care 1o enter into the gen-
, J; i i.., ;!! onlv touch upon
erai iacuaion " r , . ,u-
what to the Christian thinker is the
central point to the whole matter, but
w hich to some may be lost sight of in
consideration of changes in the out
ward form. i. e.. "Whence comes the
immortal eoul?" Does it come through
primeval ancestors, or now that the hu
man race has become what it to. does
the soul of each new born child come
from its father and mother, or docs.it
come fresh and direct from the i hand
Of God? W. K. POWELL.
Ready for Spring
When it begins to snow prepare,
for Spring.
Judging by the tenor of the adver
tising in The Oregonian, that is the
sentiment of most of the' merchants.
- "White Sales." "Spring Goods on
Show," "Advance Styles" such is
the message of the advertising.
Rushing the season, perhaps, but
mighty interesting reading just the
same.
It Is'thls advance note that gives
to the advertising a peculiar news
value to the average woman.