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Newspaper Page Text,w lliu UKtttrUM SUMDAY4 JOUKNAL, .yQKTLAND, SUNDAY, r MORNING. JANUARY 21, 1912. ....... rPTTt? VtT TTa "rVT A T I way to reduce Immensely the number JUlXp - J J KJ XIN I of men who are annually Idle through ' Cii independent kiw8Papee. ; the dull season, Idle through no fault c. sTjackson "" '. pobiubr I of their own, but' by reason of . an mm a,.'., -rL niWgen.t system of doing all pub Try Pnodtr wwninji t Tbi Joami PnU'.Ilc work in one half year and nothing n. nrm ana iamom mxrmmim, -in. .,, tw.wn.tl, Public authorities recently ren dered splendid service in largely solving the unemployed situation. They gate work and survival to hun dreds of deserving stranded, but got a full measure of material results In return., Why not make the plan a permanent public policy? . Entare4 at tb poatoffir at Portland. Or.. ' fnr traaamUaion through tbe Dll M none 1 -' " " T' ' "V: '','''' ' TELEPHONES Main TITS; Horn. A-OOM. j- AII aartantl kkM br thaaa number. TtU the opwatorn-hat department fo" wat. ' gOBEIGJf ADVERTISING BEPBK8KNTATIVK, ' H.r,l.m4 A r.i. (V . nrnmwirk Building. t 2S f-lfta aianue, Nw Torki ISIS People's ' swiaing, Chicago. . Subai-rlptloa Tern br mil! or to any addreaa la tta Vnlta4 States or Mexico. " '.-'. ... ; DAILY. ' ' . On rw.,......K.OO I On nwath... I .60 . , , ... y .,, v RHNDAT. -On Mar. ....... IS.80 ) On month., t .28 DAILY AND 8CNDAT. im mr..'. $T.SO Oh month t .M a piece of bread. After each of these I nation with the expense of crew, re-non statement was IncorrectVas was iuncnes me cnuaren go Hack to their pair andrup-keep m addition to first the statement In an editorial . com- lessons full of vim and interest.' The JcoBt. , , ..Jment on ; the nurehase. , which was agea k of the children range between j Meanwhile pld-age penslone, unem- J based 'on the Wagnoa figures. ' The 10 and 13. ' , 'i'K1'-":!' ' iDlovment and sickness insurance are I property la assessed at 19250. for The treatment sounds heroic ten Dlllna- no the millions called 4 tar. 1911. which bears a ' reasonable re- below tero and in the open air fori And strikes are Imnendlna- or in ae-1 lation.; as nronertr" la' now . assessed Sick Children. Yet results Justify it. Hon the nation nrar: Vorllv the in Portland" to tha aala nrtca. :?:,' fiv 1912 prospect is appalling. s . .-y;' the-l$lQ assessment, the property, Is it any wonder :- thit ' ererj Wcl m then Bcra, was 'tb1u4 thoughtful observer, the world oyer.! approximately $800 and acre, but watches with eager apprehension the I a year later after the -property had senate of the United States,-,.' it Deen subdivided and 'improved, the weighs and balahceg - the ; privileges j "gurea were raised by the. assessor, M HORsryiEP schools ORE than 2000 persons visited the Lents school Friday. Why not; '.Why don't J 000 eept .of God and man's relationship , to him, which is Indicative of a degree of freedom from the bondage of tear asso ciated with matter, baa resulted from the understanding of the above state ments of Mrs. iiddy-s and the master laid stress upon a tree being known by IIS traitS. -.-.fr..-r-r-r-:-.-r-!r!-;m i ', , dom. on Publication for Oregon. THE LAST STRAW -53 ' This association ' of poverty with progress Is the treat enlB ma of our times . . . It Is 1 tha riddle which the Sphinx of - fats puts to our civilisation, snd ' which not to answer Is to be destroyed. Progress and Poverty, page 10. THE .REAL FLAX the Ladd school, and all the other schools of Portland? Why are not B have rejoiced at the reports all the schools objects of attractive showing that little babies I Interest and frequent visitation, by j are not disappearing as fast patrons and parents? as might have been expected. I The pubic Is shlrklnsr its dutv to We are exceeding glad at the wave the schools. It is shirkin its dntvl or interest in cniia weirare sweep- to the children.. It thinks it enough persons occasionally visits the w- A ft 71 1111 Trrtnrtnn fiht it. cfc.t-i. -Aj,i ' woiej againai, xne Banger oi w spoiling: the' best prospect of a pre ventive remedy for war?. ' socialists' GERMAN HERE are about twelve million voters in'' the German " empire. Of ; tbem about ; one third ap- . pear to have voted for Social- t - A consular report announces the arrival in Bristol of the first ateamer in the newly inaugurated Maple Leaf service, bringing 16,000 cases of canped . goods . from faciflo coast ports, f Tb direct service is hereaf ter to be regular, and is to be routed later through the . Panama , canal, Shipping men, better than all others, TP ins over me country, uut tnese to pay the Dries for the schools as it nnmnnrsta in h ii,af. "- n realise wht h .ni t. thrills of exultations are as nothing pay, the price for a horse, and lets this result may be revised to the see as Is evidenced by ths activity; of the W"'M" v."" w bo "at.. , s iond ballot in 189 constituencies on Maple Leaf Jlne, auu upiut i sou inat enguns us s The . public thinks its money is January 22, and there are only 897 wa Bran tn fnUnvvlntr tMlnira- I . . . , . . . . .. I. .. r. - . . .aiJ ine 8cnooiB neea. . it imnKS us I in an. In a twelve room bungalow in one m0nev is the end and all them 1b Ro far -.-"in hia l.nn ti istnMai. of the fashionable suburbs of Chi- o its responsibility for the educa- Democrats have added 29 seats to cago nves a :jo one tIonal weifare of the children. It the 52 they had In the last relchstagi lives there except Mrs. Rush anda thinks when it has parted with a few It is estimated that after the second Jwetccrs i rom tae jreople i ' Ommnnlrttl0M iftit to Tbe Jon rati for Bob- IIAavlAll I mm K I A. -A. . r - SOO words In laturth and muat b aivompanitd vi u uj man aoareei 01 ut eenaar.j c ; A 'Graiid Order of LcrversV?i f Portland. Jan. .16. To th Editor of The Journal The letters on the matrl monial question which recently appeared in ine journal presented a subject that concerns nearly , all young people,1' and winch a great number of old folks will HI9 citv should beerin to lav definite plans for a large "mny ot aogs, ana occaBionauy wr. dollars for teachers and buildings ballbtlnga they will have secured he- corporation of $500,000 oHnuBn ,s. vravonus msiun. tbat ItB duty toward the school life I tween 9Q and 100 seats. ' 1 .si.aon.nan tnr th niirnoBA In this unique home, there are brass 0 the rhfidrpn i . AnrhariraA an K rn h u.f i,h,iair u of -.buying ; and . building modern bel8 tof thn1.dogs with eMric warm- airg weI " , lor center party. Md 109 eeaU and steamers to ply , betweeB Portland ln ?adB- Tnere are f rff d chicken, and We emp0y laborers to dig sewers the Conservatives 48. The National and Alaska ports, Portland and Brit- canay ana oranges i or tne nog s. mere a boflg to Buperlntena tnem We Liberals had 64, and the Radicals Ish i Columbia, ports and Portland- afe Individual tooth brushesand open h,re other men to clean tha streets, 50, The Free Conservatives 20. American coastwise ports and South ir ' " ,p , V . , 7 and place a boss over them. We Five smaller nondescript parties ac- be Interested in. They should be able to America; ini8 company also to take ' " 7 r, , place the scnool activities on much counted for 65, leaving the 62 of give some remedy. One custom whloh over and operate the Open River for wfeP'ns and eating, and a Christ- the Bame, baglg a8 gtreet cieaning, the Social-Democrats to complete the hM d " breach of good order to line of steamers on the Columbia and mas -tree every Chrjstmas. At one 8ewep dlgglng and the other usual list.. The Clericals and Conservatives, VfTf. ltJl?.ut Mn.!Z!Zon: auo loregomg was saia wirorvj'" iT t, I rne J"6018 arrair was a scnooi 1 ais, gave tne xaiserwun nis "semi-1 a narosnip on both sexes when it comes landers by, W. H. Small wood -tgrough --""' y v, holiday. It was an emphasis upon absolutist" policy a -working major- 10 seemng, a; life partner. In small "The ' Journal yesterday. It is the f,ve- ' , ' and an exaltation of school life. ity. If the Socialist expectations of there i no difficulty experienced policy to which Portland should be Theogs pursue regular routine There wa8 a new bundlng to see 95 votes are now accomplished, and "i .5!: 1 ppn n h v rvifSHiH urn Nurvnii 1 1 f 1111 1 . - - 1.. ... ... . 1 m.vaja. wtitivuui, kj f,iiAi commiuea, ana towara wmcn ,"t can attract the Liberals . to a problem is one of the big city, and the sums buouia oe airectea. it is toe . --- . or many pieces ana designs, maae py coalition, on me main issues ai any i-dib-city should invent a wav to aoiv it. I would suggest that thera.be an or ganlsatlon of youns; oeoole. call It a for,th.ccomp The strength of the voie given for ft H final and ' ultimate ,k purpose that ""u- ""DU ""khe manual training pupils. , There rate, the power of the dangerous mil- , ahould be ..kept steadily JnViewx and I cvl v m wafl program, with 1000 persons itary party will be curbed. , fnr the arnmnllRfimont nf ' Tilih 1 bep!J)etS. She has given her life tol . h. , .h .. . ,h Vh utran-th nf ),. w. 1 ::,I ""-Jw. JZ, dumb animals. Whenever she sees I . . '."rr."-- T lovers, ir yon icauu swwmDiiug energies suuuia - "7 ". . ,- - . were exnioits or sewing ana otner sociai-uemocrai canaiaaies lies in ducted along the same lines as any fr be directed,:.'Si-:.,'i. a aog tnat iooks cow ana nungry, work In domestic economy. There the quiet revolt of educated Germans tal order, The characters of appli- ' . For temporary purposes, the of- 8116 n,in ,n. can una Wftg roucn that the victors found to against the militarism of the kaiser S"fs for ntioo should be voted on, fers of steamship owners to put thelrl" -u"uml"rvu,m' "u " "uw """ interest and enlighten them. There vessels in the Alaska trade should be uul ""u "ucu , "uu,' CC'D UIU1 mof I Tf la 1 muni nm ctaWllsTi(na I nOrSeil. trade relations that can be expanded into large,' proportions and increas ing profits. It is a means of mak ing the beginning that is fundamen tal to all activities;-;. 4jfe '-J'i ' ' But the aim' that Portland should steadily have in view is a Portland owned steamship and steamboat bus-; iness, reaching all ports, and every- "My pets are more than children," said Mrs. Rush. "I have to brush their teeth three times a day, get their breakfast, make their beds, and., then get lunch, ready for them. After lunch we all go for a ride, and after returning home, I must get their dinner. Then I have to heat their beds with the electric where and always giving first place jpaa-" ; to the Interests of Portland. A Portland-owned steamship, carrying Ore gon products and Oregon manufac tures to distant ports, would b of in estimable value. ; A Portland-owned steamship line; maintaining offices, rommlssary " and headquarters t in Portland, and with steamships fly ing otherwhere the flag of the Bose Surely, this is the last straw! : THE RED CROSS were almost universal comments to the effect that it was a day of pro found pleasure and extreme profit to the guests. Yet, it was not for the visitors, but for the visited, that there was the greatest profit It was notice to the pupils that school is worth while For them, it was &j day ot triumph, a day pf revelation, a day in which school life was baptized with a new importance. It . was school pursuits accentuated, and a day never to be forgotten by the participating pupils It was new stimulus, new impetus and pew faith in their work. Nothing touches so vitally the fu ture welfare of the nation as do the schools. Nothing so much deserves If HE one feature that saved mod ern war from General Sher man'! definition was the Red Cross. Since Constantino's sol diers chose the cross for their em-the personal Interest and personal Mam j elvtAor. hnnAvaA ttaan in I I COnCCm Of the STrOWn-UDS. AsidS City, would be almost as momentous I h never Bh0ne out ;or more from parenthood, there is nothing on in its favorable influence as t Aew t... f k.. . HrMnh hlnirps la nnch for weal nr W VI fcJUl OUUO VilHil ilvU DDICVVCU V I - the general conference In 1862 for It is an activity, too sacred, the safeguard in war of the nurses and doctors and food, givers of the wounded. '"The bitterest accusation in modern times has been that advantage wa.s trunk railroad. - A group of such lines operating in and out of Portland in connection with a system of river steamers, is an ldeatt in commerce, business-and i industry that, once . established. ' would bet s source of local pride, and ' one that visitors to this city would contemplate; with boundless admira tion. i"Wfthi tbe vast and rich back - country tributary to Portland on the . one hand, snd with the distant trade (- that such) a transportation system - would bring on the other, nothing could stop or check the steady ad- -vance: ot: Portland to a position of ; supremacy. . , tI j. Nor is such a prospect beyond easy ' TPHllntlnn PnrHniirl la nna nf tha 'H richest cities per capita in the world. ,'Ahy one of many portlanders could alone finance such a system and t bring it to vast effectiveness and a I heavy, dividend-paying status. To ( anv averase rrourt of a dozen ffnnn- too exalted, too momentouc to he put on a dollar-mark basis with no further interest by parents than the mere financial :enL we cannot 'arrord to treat our taken of the Red Cross to shelter j "chool pupils as we treat our horses. a combatant, to mask an attack, to01,r cattle and our street cleaners suDDly as beleaeuered Post. wo should follow nhem in their Every American remembers how work, go to see them at school on it mitigated the horrors of the Civil their special days, Just as it was war. In the Franco-Prussian warlne at t,enus. It would be better for the chil dren, better for the school workers. better for us, and better for the republic. . , . , clers in Portland, It would.be a mere side Investment. Yet, in the pres tige, in the power, in the business. In the renown, and In tbe profits it r would bring to this city, it would be Hhe enterprise paramount. The Journal has faith In such an -.enterprise, and is ready to help finance it. September 5 it offered to be one of 100 Portland subscribers " Of $5000 each to build and operate a line of steamships to Alaska, and ; WORKLESS MEN IN the manner in which the unem ployed problem was recently handled' in Portland, there is suggestion for the future. Why not regularly, hereafter, do tome of the public work. In winter instead of doing It all In summer? Labor has to live the year through. Its summer wages are not sufficient ftO tide it over the winter. A part- '.year system of public work is itself a powerful agency for swelling the ranks of the winter's unemployed. It is not an Intelligent plan. The superintendent of the free em ployment bureau recommends the -saving of certain public work for ( dull months. No authority Is so com pletely in touch with the labor sltua- tlon and conditions. From the Bame ..nnwa wm -1 ... .... ouuiwr.-u.iHniui more loan ,'25 . per: cent of the unemployed is bogus labor, and that 75 per cent is :t . . . ' nim.ua un ui men and wnmon w - - nu, ni c earnest and deserving people. . During 1911, the bureau lacked but 24 of supplying positions to ?0,000 persona. Here is an experience from which to get facts relative to how much labor does not want work and bow much Is unemployed by stress of Uncontrollable conditions. ; : : All the" weight of information is on the side Of dividing, as far as pos sible, the public work between win ter and summer half yean. . It is a of 1870 the, women of both nations vied with each other as to the ser vices they could render, with the Red Cross protecting the field hos pitals, and their corps of life savers. It has been left for this miserable SHALL WE LEARN WAR MORE? war in Trlnnll to revflrt tn rHA hnr- barlties. The Red Cross does not fF aU the COBt,y schools on the count there, for neither cross noi 18 1 face Of the earth the school of its Mohammedan substitute the Red XJ war ,s the m08t expensive, Crescent has" served to Drotect the An other. schools profess to Italian wounded from the Arab Prepare their scholars for the prac bands, drunk with the fury of the t,c of tnelr lessons. The proof "of fight. ' I success In the school of war, the Japan adopted the Red Cross be- demonstration of the worth of the fore the Russian war. The mikado 'eons, mat tne areadnaughta Is the national nresldent. The ad- Bha11 ru8t at their moorings, the sol ministration is completely effective, d,ers never be called on to take the and no country has more entirely en- f Ie,d' the hue cannon never be fired, tered Into the spirit of the -society. tne Red Cross nurses never be called From Japan, China has learned about on to wear the,r badges, the fortress it. The aljvantageB of safety for remain virgin, the regiments pass life and property under the shadow tne soldiers from recruits to'vete of the Red Cross flair have aDDealed rans. neither killed nor killing, the to the practical Chinese in their officers reach their honorable super- present troubles.. Whether Imperial- anuatlon without having seen a shot 1st or republican makes no differ- rirea ln anger. Tnat, in one word. ence. If the other- side, whichever I the lesson learned shall never be put It may be, Is advancing, its soldiers, practice. - .;. , with sword and torch pressing ; Yet the lessons go on, and . the through the streets, then Is the time equipment and apparatus of the to set the Red Cross flying. Some school grow more costly all the time, of the mlHsionaries' letters tell us ; 18 there not something "desperately the world will never know the illogical about the process? Every strange variety of possessions and of nation, and most men in them, cry to people for whom the Red Cross has n, heaven against the cost : and beeri sought as a magical protection, waste of war. Yet, Instead ot get- They say that the danger Is that Its t,n rld of tno need fr medicine by legitimate use may be forgotten, and preventing the disease,-they fancy, that it may Herve as an attraction anl they argue, that It can be cured instead of a scare crow to some of DT adding enormously to the cost and to the efficiency of the remedy, No wonder that the waste appals. In the lists just appearing of the 1911 additions to the British tiav. HERE was an illustration in the and the press comments on them, v.iiicago uecora-iieraid a week It Is easy to trace pride in the new ago of a group of children, well ships, side by side, with the convic- rappea up, m a roof garden, tion that if the money they cost is open to ihrfour wtndSr-The-1egend not-wasted," so much the wprse Jor said these children defied a temper- the nation; , . ' ;A ' V ' ature of ten below sero the day be- How long, Lord, oh how long? Hs the silent comment, as the broad, back ot the British taxpayer, is bent , to carry the new burden. - .r ., Five .enormous v super-dread- naught .' "Three battle-cruisers these marauding bands. BELOW ZERO PITILS T fore, and said they liked it, There were thirty of them tuber culous children In ode of four open air schools established in Chicago by the Elizabeth McCormlck fund, in connection with the Chicago launched. In addition to the "Lion," board of education,:; now on her trial trips Four more ; tvery fifteen minutes h,e teacher cruisers laid down, each of 127,000 gives the stgnal for' brisk gymnastic tons. Four protected ; cruisers exercises, which are thoroughly en- launched. :',., Also' due proportion of joyed. .At 10:30 and at 3 school smaller vessels complementary to the ! 'i.'V few m,nute while great ones.; All these as the 1911 eaca hUd has a bowl ot hot soup and contributions, : nd aU loading the and the army, and the burdens on the country Involved in the Welt Politlk, or the extension of German power and German commerce beyond Officers may be installed whose- duty win d to make members acquainted. juontniy dues need not be large, but suf- ncient to orrset expenses, such as ball rent and maintenance. . Wa have or. the home country. And. not less, on ciups. ana sucn, ror all - ioiner tne spreaa among tne uerman worK Ing class of the brotherhood spirit purposes, and why not f&cJufiisT it is not less Important I think most young men and women would sanction of organized labor, covering all na- something- of this sort, and would give tlons, but especially England, In its " their supports And if properly con lnflnenre ' would tend to eliminate vice innuence. . .. . and set up a higher standard of morals In, 1874 Social-Democrat voters One party offers socialism for a. numbered 362,000, in 1899, 2,107,-Jbut t think we can fix this matter up wnnoot socialism, we can get any thing we need or want under the pres ent system If we have a willingness to go after It T. F. WARD. 000, and now about 4,000,000. IMMIGRANTS" T HE Y. M, C. A. does well to call a conference at Tacoma on im-i Defends Christian Science. Portland. Jan. 18. To the Editor ot migration on February 21 and 1 The Journal In a contributed article 22. at which th eommArMal "'Sned "Chaplain," published under the Oodles ot the coast shall meet ISSSSl i'?!"le" cl,m That Matter Is tneir onicers. Idav. th whi., .tiAmn. .. reality of matter from an ecclesiastical and a Eatterv. at each of these norta standpoint, comparfns- the teaching of will be a necessary sequence on the ri."fimn BCIB4 the some- fl.oni f .oi e- authority designated as "r"-"o 1 "tne church." "If." . w..in4U Who can forget, If he has ever then fearing that It Is an admission of seen, the .debarkation at the Battery possible doubt he hurriedly adopts the in New York harbor of a shipload of m oreP8 Ulv language, "or rather, south Europeans who have been 5. , " ce . . rgu; ...... at Taion ment that matter is an-extension of passed at Ellis Island? God's beina- u tnm it mi... The cargo now in mind has been slvely that matter is a real entity " loaded at eastern Mediterranean I' Jt ! possible to accept the utterly ports. Men, women and children, vvlt relationship between cause and all dark eved and hlarlrhalrAd enrnn " woum oe necessary ir one an aarg eyea ana DiacKnaireov some wer, t0 beHev, Qoi M ,m couM in peasant clothes, from their hills create the opposite of spirit or matter, and vineyards, the shawls draping then and only then could the gentle- the women's heads; the legacy, seem- man conclusions be aocepted. To do ingly, from past generations. The " e. losj? ths Nazarene would . The Work of Pismh nnn. Portland. Or.. Jan.. nr tviitM of The Journal Will you kindly accept my personal tnanics for the notices you have given regarding the Plsgah. work in this cltyt I am happy to say the work la , now " well established on - a healthy,, growing basis. The people are rallying to It, so that fund are coming in xur us run support, and the work Is growing. It Is now systematlsed in such competent hands that It can be eniargea very muoh as tha contributions are Increased, and I hope to hear of-It becomlnr as renowned as a. blessing to the needy ones as is our work at Los Angeles. - After - conducting meetings Sunday afternoon and Monday afternoon at .&aat Aniceny and Seventh streets I expect to return to Los Angeles, leaving the work here under the general over. signt or Charles v. Foulk. In the office of Dr, Archer, Phoenix building Dr.- F. B. Toakum, founder of the Plsgah work, expects to be here again In the latter part of February for a few daysy The noma ta located at the corner of Ninth avenue and Mount Scott carllne, where publie religious services are held each Sunday at 11 o'clock. J., B. MOHLER. Tramp" and Hobo." KelsCi Wash.. Jan. 18. To the Editor ot xam journal. wnenever i nappen to pick up some newspapers I. always see two vicious words, "tramo" ana "Hobo." used In referring to the workingman. I would like you to define the true mean ing of those two Insulting words. -! ) : " : fA FRANK Q. M'CONNVIi.JLEX (The two words have about the same meaning, being used ordinarily to desig nate a wandering- vagabond.) - , News Forecast of tte : Coming vWeek great majority dressed In the ready reply ma,e to , queryt T)0 me; maae rougn garments toi xne ea- grapes or thorns or figs of thistleer' ports. Swarms of Children,' clinging since no one would have the hardihood terrified to their mothers skirts. c'ft1lmJ.,natt,,,? u "P,rlt- Js" - ,.. ... to Nicodemus "that which Is born of Each, old and young, loaded with th, flesh fIe9h. ,and that wh,rch , their household goods, with bedding born of the spirit Is spirit." plied high on the Shoulders of the The teaching- of Christian Science is men. Kvery one was too scared to cw"""lBnt ra in premise "spirit, talk, too new to go beyond the very oa ?Vn ..a 01 ,n,me"' imn....iA. klr.1 TT ' Spirit Mvrt created matter ("Science first impressions of America. Here ftnd Health,? pase S38; to the conclu and there was one who had a few slon. "In the divine science, the'un.! words or phrases of the new lan- verse, Including man. is spiritual, har guage, to most it was a sealed book. 20l,i,fv" and ie?7lal," "8c,enc na To nearly all of them the first hT. ;.Th" ."Z.Z necessity Was to get work, to earn page m of the same book, "The visible bread for . the children's mouths, universe and materia man are the poor The nearer the better, lest the few counterfelte of the Invisible universe dollars left from the Jouraey.shouldr"?.." ,, t. u j ' ,-k . ., v l . All that has been done through Chrls- u.,uu. "VJ1"'" - tian science to bring health and happl gan to flow. Of course they went Iness to humanity and a satisfying' con- A . aA 1 l At. . L X I " to, ana stayea mt. tne nearest cities. Each man was a peasant, a coun tryman many of them trained workers on the farm or in the vine- j yard or orange orchard. But that lore was useless to them. They would gravitate to the coal' mines and iron works of Pennsylvania. These scenes will be repeated , on I this coast. Washington, v Jan, ; J0.T-The week promises; to bs a busy one for the en trants in the free-for-all t presidential race. President Tart is to address the Ohio society in New ' York Saturday ivenlnr and will nroceeil thonna ' tn Ohio to fill engagements in Cleveland, Columbus " and Cincinnati. Governor Harmon will be heard at several nninta In the west , Governor Wilson Is to In vade New England and Senator La Fol lette will make his debut before a New xorK auaience. ',: .":.. y 1 The first convention to elect detente to the Republloan national convention at Chicago will be that of the Fourth Oklahoma district V which has been causa to meet at coaigate on Tuesday. A general Democratic nrimarv will be held in Louisiana Tuesday for. the selection of , candidates for governor and other state officers and members of a legislature that will elect' a suoJ eessor to United States Senator Murphy J. Foster, Interest oenters chiefly in tne guDernatonai race between John T. Michel, candidate of the "regular or ganization" Democrat, and Judjre r,uth er E. Hall, the choice of the eocalled Good Government league. " Governor Banders and Congressman Broussard are campaigning for the seat' of Sena tor Foster, who Is a candidate for re election, ' Key West will be tha seen, of a thread day celebration to mark the completion ef the over-sea line of the Florida East Coast railway connecting the Island city WITH ,n. V-IAM. . Clerical and lay representatives of the Roman Catholla church from many parts of the country will nil St Pat rick's cathedral in New York Thursday for the brilliant religious ceremony to mark the elevation of Cardinal Farley. A new federal grand Jury will be em paneled in Los Angeles Tuesday to re sume the dynamite conspiracy Investi gation. It Is expected that numerous Indictments will be returiwl- v. At a special election In Detroit Tues day tha voters of that city will be given an opportunity to express their preference for the municipal ownership of the attreet railways or an extension of the present franchises until 1924 with eight tickets for a quarter In the day time, six at night and universal trans fere. , , .A. , , The question of raisins the assessment rate of the Modern, Woodmen of America j ,M i. . . . . . . . , ' Uoft-of -Mut' lerat-of-ths-ori' der in Chicago Tuesday. The society is one of the oldest fraternal ' organlza-' tlons In the country and enrolls a otal of about 1,600,000 members. " - j The eighth annual conference of the National Child Labor committee will The Awakening of tiie . ? j be held In Louisvlll during the three days beginning Thursday, From the Philadelphia North! American. ; It has long been our befjef that the ,": undeniable loss of influence fty tbe mod- ero church upon the thought and con- . duct of the people-is a deplorable hurt to our civilization., : We have contended r frequently that; In ' a democracy more than In any other form of government, . , conservative Influence of pure religion, , exercised, as It tn ' nnlw h. thronrh i church organisation, Is a saving force, of Inestimable value for the furtherance Of the Idealism, and altruism .without l . which any democracy Is foredoomed. Tet . we have been forced , to recognise tbe " loss of the old loyal devotion-ot high and low, rich and poor alike, w , v . 1 Over and over again we have argued that organised faith In the divine power. -no matter how expressed in creed, or sect. Is bound to be linked Inseparably with social service, humanitarian works and unselfish striving for purity in gov- ernment and all daily dealings of man i with man.. ';.. " And as the seasons pass, more and 1 mors confirmation, comes of the quick- ; " recognition Dy tne cnurcnes ot the truth spoken last year bv the Rav. . enry &. , Fosdick and annrovMl hv tha Northern Baptist conference. -' -V1, ;- f ' ir tpe churches cannot agree on doo trjnea, they can agree when the volets, -of children cry to them from h fan- . - torlesj when families clamor to be rid ' of the drink curse, and when the poor laborer asks for a llvlm ware. Thev can b welded into unity of effort by sue nwaraer or common needs." - ' David Lloyd-George, chancellor of th 5 exchequer of Great Britain, at Cardiff " addressing a non-sectarian and non-nol- v .- itlcal audience of 1500, representing all the churches of Wales, said: ! "I assure you that I am not here to day to adVance the causa of anv nartv. I 'am not here to put in a plea, direct or indirect, for any political program. I am here rather to toelp-ote rouse a spirit that, will compel every party In ' its turn to deal with these social evils, and that seems to me to be the great -sphere pf influence of the churches , not to support particular parties, not to '. advocate particular measures of reform, k but to create an atmosphere In -which It will be impossible for anybody to re main a ruler of the realm I unless be deals with these social problems. "Ovr foreign policy Is outside party i influence because it Involves our na tional honor, So do slums. So do pub lic bouses, After all. It Is as deep a vcu, ulmiii t iu iiabLjiiiai x lav uiai lis folds should wave ever slum-bred and ' half-starved children, over 111-oaid. ill- fed, Ill-housed working men and women, as if It were to wave over defeat In A" stricken fleW. ; v "The first thing we have got to do Is to create a temper, a spirit, an atmos- " phere, that will compel men of all par ties to deal with these problems, which ever party Is In power for the time be ing. - : .' ' "You cannot ileal with problem of this magnitude by mere spasmodic ap peals to the charity of the benevolent. You might as well try to run the army and -navy by voluntary subscriptions. It Is the community that alone can com. mand the resources to drain this morass of wretchedness so as to convert it Into a verdant and fertile plain. a. "You cannot touch any evil In this country without finding that there are Interests that have struck, their roots deep into It, and are flourishing even upon its very putrescence. Attack It, and you bring upon yourself not unpop ularitythat is not what you have to face. 1 You have to face a very hailstorm Of abuse, insult, calumny. Help , the men who are fighting. . , "The church cannot stand by with folded hands while millions ars In de. spalr. The church certainly cannot say, 'Am I my brother's keeperf - f- That great truth telling by. Lloyd- George Is but an unconscious echo of words spoken last spring by Bishop Wil liams, of the Protestant Episcopal dio cese of -Michigan: "The religion of today haa grown and expanded until it finds the walls Of the home In which It was born too narrow and f confining for its spirit. And it bursts out of doors into the open fields of intellectual research, moral welfare and social service, while the church stays indoors, absorbed in the reek of her incense, the bustle of her rites and ' the preaching of her orthodoxies. 'There are multitudes of men and wo- ?ien today, longing and seeking after -a , irst-hand experience of the 'gospel as the power of God unto salvation.' They, want- a-religion-aMve- withHh s sense of a living and present God, and therefore efficient la dealing with physical and moral evil,' disease and sin." v to The program Child; Labor and. Tanglefoot By Miles Overholt will be , devoted Education." During the week Berlin' will be the scene ; of - brilliant court functions to celebrate simultaneously Emperor Wil liam's fifty-third birthday and' the bi centenary of Frederick the Great, king vi x-ruait. jDther events of the week will include the opening of the legislative-sessions in Alberta and Saskatahwan, the 'con secretion of the Gordon memorial t ea.. thedral at Khartoum, - the Joint confer. ence or miners and operators at Indian apoiis,. ana tne automobile shows in uetroit ana Providence, SEVEN FAMOUS DWARFS Joseph Borulwaskl. : Dwarfs played a .conspicuous part in history, three anJ'four centuries ago. They were used as 'court favorites for thlr illmlnutlva slaa durlnar tha nnrtnil The fact that these peo-lwhen eocentrio things ruled among roy- ple Will come in families doublet the elty, and for a considerable time they dlfflniltv ftlnftla men can h r.t . the place In the favor of the kings off to the farms, orchards and for ests of these Pacific states.: But the family of the peasant farmer, the vine dresser, and the shepherd, must be arranged for in advance if great suffering among - them is to be avoided ---iV '-i- , . ','." ': Another, point ; is that heretofore of their court jesters. It Is aald that when, Lady Mary Wortley Montagn was In Germany, In the eighteenth century, she found that a dwarf was a necessary appendage to every noble family. . At that time Eng lish ladles kept monkeys,. The Imperial dwarfs at the Viennese court were de scribed by Lady Mary as being"as ugly as devils" and "bedaubed . with dia monds," They had succeeded the court the emigration to this coast haa been fools, and were exercising some part of the individuals who have filtered of the most anolent office. ; in.' But fhe; immigration now in . "n" ?"a,ul!,," " question Will ome hv shiploads. V mankind of less degree. Therefore did The "officials of -the department they hold dwarfs to be outside of hu may. be trusted to exclude, both at mn't7 n4 J"'?,9 ln,tlmat " associates , , of them, and allowed them an unre-the- ports rof. departure,, and of sr. ,trft,ned freedom of speech, by the ex rival, the sIqk, maimed, dependant, erclse of whlclr- the dwarfs Imported -to and the pitifully poor. . A strong ef- their masters wholesome truths which fort, is being -made-to exclude all ?n th! Up" f rd?nary men ': wouM h8Ve criminals and undesirables alBO. ; i.v ,0ne of the kings of Denmark is said But1 the Question Of jaofitness IS to have made a prime minister of bis hard to solve in any other way, but dwarf in order to get rough truths that nt exneriment - - - , wmcn a xnimswr o oroinary stature mat oi experiment.,..' , , - i ,-,. v,.. f.M tn It ! la none ; too soon td begin pre. the Danish king seems to have been the paring.- v ','.'; -'; f .v;';'..'v4 1 only ruler Who went thus far In show. .: . 11 1 " -7 - I mg favoritism to tne owart and in using in a'ictter 'tp The Journal, rl.' t. JJtJ Wagnon stated that J900 was the as- mirth they provided, and the novelty sessea valuation or a ocnooi block 1 01 naving suen unique figures about purchased in Eastmoreland at $t .1 them, it could not have been for the OQO b,the school board. The Wag-1 jong of Denmark to elevaU hie dwarf. that prompted Stanislaus, ex-king of Poland and Duke of Lorraine, to be come so attached to his dwarf, Nicholas Ferry, otherwise known as "Bebe." for thatr dwarf . was not Only one . of the smallest - that history , records, but he wm vijuaiiy weaK in mind, . a.j.::- One of the most notable of the dwarfs who for more than half a century made his home and held sway at tha Eng. Hsh 'court . was - Joseph Borulwaskl. Borulwaskl was presented to the- Em press Maria Theresa, who i.-vwas so charmed by his good v looks and his grace that she seated him on her lan and gave, him a hearty kiss. To the 7" . Hussuon as to what he , con- omoiru , m man interesting sight In mi awarr replied: "What I uouuiu, uamue a man on, the lan of ao: great, a .woman'.Mv This speech ouueieu ma uiuq teuow a great fa, .VOrltO. , : v',,, V , - ... ! lioruiwaski became a tii ,anu, wiw wo mm xo mngiand and in troduced him ' to George III. George took a great fancy to the Polish dwarf and prevailed upon Stanislaus to give him lip,' a request that was not, easily accorded .for Borulwaskl was a' great favorite " at the court of , Poland and there was considerable murmuring when It, was found that he would ,not return to his native country. , . , Borulwaskl at his tallest was a yard and, three inches long, and had a sister whose head Just reached the shoulder of her big brother, Borulwaskl was not only a handsome and -courtly man,' but a scholar of repute. He lived in 'five reigns and was laid to rest in Dunham In 1837. side by side with Falstaffian Stephen Kembla. 1 1. J . HOW IT HAPPENED. Wr antecedents' herded goats, so says - my family tree, ' Around the town of Jericho, where ' .lobe were hard to get; Their thoughts were ever on their flocks, f , . but what they did to me May bs told In ten Installments,' but ' , , , the finish Is not yet. By tracing back relationship, I find that Joseph's coat. .-. ' The coat of . many colors that young . Joseph wore to school Tbe one his brothers painted with the life blood of a coat Was worn by one ancestor when the ' s, nights were damp and-cooU Then ' harking back Mayflower-ward, a ' father of my kin Ones formed a trust all by himself ' and cornered all the sheen. They banged him some years afterward., i to pay mm xor nis sin. But It failed to take away the sting ; .- - that robs me of my sleep. . - ' A great-great something built a loom y to weave some woolen clothes, ? Another great-great something else1' .-: owned manv dozen herdn. Each one of them produced his share toward my stock of woes. And handed It on down the line e. crime too great for wOrda. vr For always I'm the victim, In the whiter, . -Byiiiiar ur iw, I am sitting, on the tiller when the : . geeser rocks the boat; - : From the lowly to tho king row, Tta the - , rail aruy ior tnem ait; My. ancestors have decreed it--rm the'T William W. Goat!.' . , Tomorrow Jeffery Hudson, . v:- Pointed PararapKs ; The earth was a revolver before fire- ; arras were Invented, '. v V- . : 'M:,-Zv rLM-Cy.A It always makes a boy hungry when he sees another boy eating.., , . . V V:v ':,.' ::;:" --) .'-v .' ,':.,:.. X'-:-v.Yp 5- i The man who makee the least noise w is. oftenthe most dangerous. -t , ;v.;.:; Ignorance' may be bliss If you dont - ' know; when you get the worst of it f , : ';:.--" : ' i ii'i-'-' ''.,t. ',' (vi ' The man who Is his own worst enemy always attempts to shift the blame, v ?' ,,',!;;, .p, --': - :y ; -.. e.,. iX-,---iXx'X f. '-X'Z' ' NO man is an optician ' lust because he makes a spectacle of himself. , , : ,-;:: '.': 'a': ? W- -':.X'i v It'e a case of love's labor lost if a. man admires a woman and doesn't, tell her so. -, :.'rJ'l..y,- :: ;.,,? !. - ,fv 'Love ai first sight is a good deal Ilka looking through the wrong end of a tel.