THE : OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, SUNDAY MORNING FEBRUARY 11, 1912.
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Premier Poincare of France Is Most 'Remarkable Leader
HisiClwiceHas
The'new Trench cabinet In eeseldn. "Premier M. Raymond Polncare Is at the far end of the table the one with the
beard. At hie right hand. In order, are M.J Steeg, . minister of the" Interior; M. Oulethau. minister of education,
- and M- Berard. , At his left hand. In order, are M. Kloti, minister of finance; M. Dupuy -minister of i publio
- - ( workaj M. LeBrun, minister for the colonies; M. Chaumet, M. Bourgeois, vice president of the cabinet and mln-.
later of -Justice: M. MlUerand, minister pf war; M. Pelcaaee, minister of marine; M. Pants, minister of agrlcul-
, ture, and M1. Bernard. . " " ' ' "
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Parts, Feb. 10. M. Raymond Poln
care, the. new premier of France, is un
doubtedly the man of the hour, 'and the
most talkedof citizen of hln country
today. In. him is centered all that one
understands by French culture, dignity
and charm of manner. He is essentially
the Chevalier Bayard of1 modern Repub
lican " France. "nans peur et sans re
proche." In his Intense and never fall
ing study of all things that make for
perfection, M. Polruwe would surely
have stisfled the 'exacting heart of
Matthew Arnold himself.
.That-auguat and learned body; the
French. JVpndemyfor the third time has
supplied the third republic with -4' pre
mier. The "first1 wm the Duo de Broglle,
In 1873. then there was M. de Freyslnet,
la ISM, Ut it ,1s truthatj U was
premier firsts " becominir academician
whlU" still In office. Jow there is M.
Polncare, whom contemporary writers
regard a a the most versatile Frenchman
of hla day.
; If M- Polncare had not practiced law
he might have ecoro a scientist as
eminent as Bertholet,; or an academician
as profound as his cousin Henri Poln
care.'. "
Nernvr perhaps, ince the birth of
the third; republic, has public opinion
expressad'ltself so clearly and so warm
ly in Its welcome of a new premier as
It haa dona with Raymond Polncare.
He personality,-that counts for
much and: .comma" nda respect In France
he stand for -Wg liwils of a govern
ment,v "honesty and inflexibility of.
ptirposa.' " One of tha "foremost advo
cates In France, and one whose Income
from hla legal practice la correctly de
scribed a enormous, M. . Polncare has
still . found time to defvote himself to
the service f his country.
'His present grefctness haa been none
of hfa own.' seekmg. ; lt has 4ieer thrust
uporfmr'WWh''P'tltlcM'tag he
has'yer avoided the limelight, and he
has 9Ver been-known to' talk for mere
effect. In the nails of Justice or in his
place In the senate, no voice commands
mora attention than his. He is elo
quent and learned In- speech, hla periods
are well , rounded and his phrases im
peccable. VAs an academician he long
ago woi fame. ToMisten.to Polncare Is
to listen; jo one ot, the greatest of v
lng masters tof the n French 1 language. ,
Morally, he is strong and great. If
he Had bo wlheJ it ha might have been
long ago premier' but lia happens to be
one of the few public- tneti In . France
who do not look to politics as the most;
lucrative, ' and, therefore,--the highest
goal . of earthly ambition. Ha has al
wftyav cafafujly stood aloof ' from pfot
ting ,for: personal aggrandizement .and
frord tba unworthy. Intrigues Which In
recent years have so blackened the es
cutcheon of the Republican party Jn
France. The breatH of scandal has
never touched him. If he-previously re
. fused power it' was chiefly because he
despised the narrow parochial spirit of
politicians and the, bitter strife of j
quarreling political entitles.
His Ideal was always a high one. Noj
one better than he understands the cry
ing need of France, weary of strife and
dissension, for a government that will
be at once strong and national; . that
will represent the people and not the
party, and one that will make for union
and not weakness and vacillation. When
Ms country - unmistakably called him, !
M. Polncare felt he could no longer
hesitate. Her need was a crying one,
there wa a -ministerial deadlock, the
ship of state was without a pilot and j
unmanageable, was drifting rapidly to
wards-destruction.
Those whe have lived In France with
in the last -few day and have , been
privileged to peep behind the. scenes
know how imminent and deadly was the
peril, how very near the republic was
to shipwreck. The pharses "coup d'etat"
and "dictatorship" were whispered as
possible solutions. But If the present
regime has weathered 'the storm It 1s
due to M. Polncare responding to the
imperative call of' national duty. He
set to work' and within 1 hours had
brought under his leadership a minis
terial team which may be counted upon
In the conduct of puhlic affairs to place
national, above private', and Individual
Interests.
1 Career tt Fremier Polncare:
Now lh hls fifty-second year, M.
Polncare is a broad shouldered, well
eet-up man with a moustache and short
beafd streaked with , tray. He has a
frank, open face and a chin which, if it
means, anything at all, means determin
ation' And-firmness. He was born at
Bar-le-Dnc, near- the eastern frontier,
and his earliest recollections were the
.bitter ones of Prussian tJhlans invading
his country.
Like so many other; French states
men, M. Polncare was' in early life a
Journalist He studied for the Aar,
passed his examination and soon after
wards became a chef du cabinet to the
then minister of , agriculture. This
probably 'caused the 'future premier to
turn ills attention- to politics, for In
1-887 he was elected deputy for his na-;
tlve department of the Meuse. He sat
for his constituency many - years and
until his election to the senate. -
Coming to Pars, M. Polncare pro-1
ceeded to fight hi way to a place in
the front rank- Of avocats. ; Success
came to him. after 10 years of arduous j
work,, and! his name was coupled withj
that of - Waideck-Rousseaus, .then the.
greatest lawyer In France... Since then
he has, In his professional career, never
looked back. At the age of 32 he re
ceived his ftrst portfolio, that of public
Instructor in . the Charles Dupuy cabi
net. This Benjamin of French cabinet
ministers in the following year found
himself called upon to take charge of
the finances of France. While In of
fice he was noticed for his suavity of
manner, his love of work, his attention
to details and tils positive genius for
administration, ?
' When' the whirlwind of the Dreyfus
affair and the subsequent storm raised
by a war on religious associations .broke
over France, M. Polncare stood aside
and refused -ministerial office. While
France politically was being torn by a
bitter struggle he practically abandoned
active politics and devoted himself to
his work at the bar. .
;la 'politics he has always been a
moderate Republican, with a rooted , ob
jection to the fanatical and fantastical
nostrums of the. . extreme ...left, which
has 'had the -effect,, 'Unfortunately, of
setttna- Frenchman at the r throat of
Frenchman. He was a minister of finance
in the Earrien cabinet, but a conflict
of opinion with his chief concerning
Polncare's proposed scheme of,. Income
tax. led to his resignation. On the fall
of the Briand cabinet, M. Polncare was
asked by M. Fallieres to undertake the
formation of a ministry, but he re
fused, r
In private and- domestic life the pre
mier is anything but a recluse. In his
fine house near the Bols de Boulogne he
entertains largely, but all his books and
his family and his work of art find a
prominent place in his affection. He is
essentially a man of the world, who
goes, everywhere and sees everything:.
BANK
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Presidents New York Bank
; Tells How; He Builded J ?
! ; His Own Career!, '
' By Ralph Johnston, -,
2 lrx'WMm Pres Laattd Wire., '
New Tork, Feb. 10, -Has a young man
wrlthmft tt. mill at amv vifh .
than hla own pluck and anility a chance
to gain the top rungs' of the ladder Of
success In New York' In these days?
I; shook hands the other day-jwith a
young man who can ans war that ques
tion from his own experience And his
answer would be an emphaiio- yes. : ;
Kawarci juari, president of Ahe Nassau
National . bank, one of the big financial
Institutions of the city, entered the ser
vice of the bank Just 25 years ago.
He eecured. his first position wltu
the bank on his own application with
out the help of any friend or sponsor.
It was not what might be called a high
pace. . He was assistant bookkeeper
and hla salary was $25 a mont?. 'With
in a' yeaf he was check cierk at ' v600
a 'year.'' -'
In 1898 he was, assistant, cashier and
In-1907 fas appointed cashier, a year
later he was elected president of the
bank and no .bank in the city has made
more rapid progress than has tha Nas
sau under his management Within less
than five years' since " he ;wa., made
cashier and practically placed In charge
of : Ahev Institution- the . deposits have
grown from 4,ooo,ooo to $13,000,009
and afe steadily growing.-" ; , ,.; , ;.
In a quarter of . century a young
man ha risen from a $6 a week' clerk
ship to the. head f a great institution
to be secretary of the New. York clear
ing house, a director or officer of a
score of institutions, and has done it
by sheer force of ability and attention
to work.
' Xarl's Boles of Zilfe.
sCan a young man, get to the top in
New York by his own efforts? He
can. Hew does Mr. Earl do It. Here
are some of the things he suggests:
"Do the work that you are paid , to
do and do it well and then be willing
to do a little more. Ifs the only way
to get . the eye of the boss.
"Plug andjUien plug some more. Most
success even the success of gifted men
comes from plugging,
"Don't try to fc:t rich overnight.
Build up a. career as a good mason
builds a house get a broad, feure foun
dation, and then put one -brick carefully
upon another, It's not sensational; but
it's the, v.ay to get there.' '
"As for the methods of successfully
conducting a business, I 'should say that
the best advice Is simply this: Treat
every man so well that he'll, not only
come back himself, but bring his friends,
too." : i, , ' ' . . i ,,.' :.
Every successful man has some car
dinal rules by which to work. ''Mr. Sari
Is no exception. Here are. some of his
which are worth study:
"Never get up by putting another fel
low down."
"There is more profit In a friend than
In an enemy." . ".. ,
"Never shake hands with a man's
money. Shake hands with the man."
"Never let a man go ' away with a
grouch." ' " '
"When dealing with an office boy, re
member that he Is a business man as
Well as yourself." ..
"There is always time for courtesy."
"It takes just as long to frown as It
does to smile."
Pretty good rules, these, for all of us.
-A cash register to record the num.
ber of words In various classes of tele
grams has been Installed In a New Zea
land .telegraph ef floe as an experiment
with a view to their general use. ...
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Premature baldness Is due to some
irouoie wnn me ,?eein according to
rans pnysician. i ' , . .
He does not miss many first night per
formances at the theatre, he Is fond of
racing, and occasionally is to be seen
at Longchamp and Auteul. He is pas
sionately fond of animals, and his com
panions when at work and study are
Scott, a handsome oollle dog, and a
pure bred Persian cat
France, weary of incompetence, has
called for a strong man to put the na
tional house in order. His countrymen
are confident that M. Polncare 'will con
scientiously accomplish the task.
He has surrounded himself with the
right kind of men, and his cabinet,
taken in th8 altogether, is an unusual
one more, it is an unparalleled one for
modern France.
MT. HOOD ROAD READY
FOR TOURIST TRAVEL
Preparations are being made by the
Mount Hood Railway eV Power company
to handle a very heavy traffic the com
ing summer. E. R.Exnberger, mana
ger of the-railway department says he
looks for a great number of tourists
visiting the v paciflo -northwest next
summer. . -,' .. '.( , -
f "We have ome very beautiful scen
ery to show the visitors," said Mr.
Ernsberger yesterday. "We have ar
ranged to Increase our motive power
and equipment and will be in position
to handle comfortably at least 2000 peo
ple a day. .Our line runs through a
very Interesting section of country,
some of it li the highest state of culti
vation, while the farther end of the
line extends into the rugged wilderness
of the west." '
The company recently received six
cars of the most modern construction
from the east These are now in serv
ice, two trains of three cars each being
in constant operation.
Last week the company experienced
some difficulty In keeping its line open
where it parallels, the Sandy river be
cause of slides on the high bank, but
the damage has been repaired and trains
are again running .through to Bull Run,
the present terminal of the line. 1
BUTTER MARKET. WILL
RISE TWO AND A, HALF
' There will be an advance of 2 He a
pound in the creamery butter market
Monday morning and all Interests are
expected to quote the higher figure. Th
rise la the result of a greater demand
than supplies since the recent decline.
Selling the Earth by Aid of Autos
Written for The Journal by Joe P. Thomison, News JJdltor ,of Hood
River (Or.) Glacier; No. 5 in the Series by Oregon Editors.
Vft10 3tLt3 THE OOIL FROM THE PILOT HOUSE OP A CHUG -WAGON
Slugger Found Guilty.
(Publishers' Pren Lenwid Wlrt.t
Chicago, Feb. 10. William A. Dunne,
a slugger, was found guilty of man
slaughter by a Jury here today. Ho
was charged with the murder of Wil
liam Lynch. The jury agreed after de
liberating 25 hours.
Dunne, a brother-in-law of Maurice
Enright, shot Lynch In Harry Berllng's
saloon on West Thirty-ninth street, on
the morning of July 23. Dunne's pun
ishment Is imprisonment In the peni
tentiary from one year to life.
' Hood River, Or, Feb. . No doubt
you have seen the driver of a pink and
orange bordered taxlcab, begauntletted,
becapped and with buttons many and
shiny on his costume, steer his machine
with some dexterity, amidst the surg
ing center street Intersection of some
city that you stood on your tiptoes In
admiration, likening him to a trout
that you had seen once upon a time
shooting with lightening like rapidity
among the boulders of a brook. Indi
viduals of every class of mankind, with
but a single exception, have done this
tiptoe specialty, blocking the street and
Swallowing their hearts, the while mur
muring, "Such, a chauffeur, such a
chauffeur!"
And the exception mind you, notes
the hazardous threading among hurry
ing pedestrians, but the sc ie' begets
reminiscences, and it stops dead still
to ruminate. In a word the exception
is the species of men and women who
have taken rural Jaunts with real es
tate agents who drive their own auto
mobiles, of all chauffeurs the most ex
pert College professors, with beards of
wisdom, kings of finance with heavy
Jowls and hefty stomachs, and even the
erstwhile hayseed who has now become
tho thriving agriculturist or horti
culturist, if he has a few fruit trees,
have solemnly decreed that the twentieth
century is a time of specialising. The
man who today sells the soil from the
pilot house of a c lug wagon has "gpt by
heart" hla lesson. And yet he has car
ried It a bit farther than the advice of
sages would recommend. He has elabo
rated upon the scheme and the secret of
his success is evolved from the complete
execution of at least three distinct
things.
Be our sectlon-of-the-earth salesman
chauffeur, or chauffeuse, for In the
day of suffragetlsm. the gentler sex
handles the wheel and the English lan
guage with as much ginger as the men
obese or puny, sorrel-topped or raven
locked, lantern-Jawed or chlnless, he
SSS
"AWAITING THE INFLUX OF THE HOA'PCEe''
ean place a finger upon the )vrs that
disseminate the mixture and.' with a
suavfty that would ' put tu -shame a
French diplomat or titled Continental
seeking an , American wife,' talk, talk,
talk: and with both hands lifted heaven
ward, guiding the car'-frith knees and
feet his gestures become more eloquent
than; thone of. a stump, -speaker' in a
spilt of the Democratic party, la Lynch-,
burg, Tennessee;, the while never for
getting the subtle manipulations of the
Intricacies of the 11500 upholstered ve
hicle, deftly missing pigs, men, chickens,
dogs and bumps. , - . 11 ,
Some disciple of Solomon said on
time that the secret of success lay In
the ability of the man to adapt himself
to the conditions In which he found
himself. And thus our genius With more
ease than Burns, himself. Is able to
sixe up his man on sight He can weep
over religious argument, or he can be
come illuminated on a half-a-Jirger of
whiskey, yet never forgetting to slip
in at the right moment with arguments
and to clinch a sale. ,, l'
The honk-honk of , northward bound
geese will soon be answered by that of
the automobile of the man with land to
sell. He is already busy scraping away
the winter's rust, awaiting the Influx
of the hordes that have their eyes on
the west While occasionally you 'find,
among this genii one who belles hla
looks and actions and ready to fleece
the unwary, the . class aa a whole de
serve the best wishes of the oitlxen of
the communities which they help to
develop. Indeed, it is a rare thing that
tbey themselves get stung. At , Inter
vals, a chap with looks of prosperity
and a knrtnk- will Itio-crlA t h a M&t ml-
hears of the boast of free transporta
tion at his expense, then it Is that the
expert chauffeur swears with malice. . -
BANKER C. W. MORSE . :
IN SERIOUS CONDITION
(United Press Leased Wire. t ' ' "
New York, Feb. 10. Charles W
Morse, freed convict banker,' was guard
ed closely benight in his apartments
by his wif aL.sojr-.Theijnan who
would die, surgeons said, l?"he remained
in prison, was said to have suffered- a
. , . , u,. v,, .... v .wiiibu, ,, j, im
ported more serious than at any time
since he left Atlanta. . '
When Mrs. Morse left the house for a
short walk this afternoon she declined
to talk further than to say that her
husband had had a setback, that ha
would see no one and that ha would not
issue any public statements. .
The Verdict of 38
WESTOVER TERRACES, as a high-class residential
district, had many strong claims, when I started
out five weeks ago, to sell 25 of the building sites.
Two weeks later, as an effect of these claims, I saw
nearly 400 visitors, and I think 17 private automobiles, on
the property at one time.
Today, as a result of these claims, not 25, but 38 of
the sites have been purchased by the leading and most
active men of affairs in the city by Presidents, Physi
cians, Attorneys, Capitalists and Manufacturers.
Now, Westover Terrace sites are most likely to be
at a primium within a brief period. The reason? it is not a
secret a subtle something, set in motion by desires freely
expressed, by opinions and by the financial interests of the
purchasers of these 38 sites, has created a force that in
itself is irresistible !
, Westoyer Terrace sites are irresistible !
Satisfy that insistent desire come up and see the property and.
judge of this exclusive location for Portland's "Four Hundred."
Take either Twenty-thirrJ street or "W" cars.
It Is a Fact
That the Westover Terrace
sites have been laid out indi
vidually with some artistic
regard as to their location.
That they are level so that the
cost of the residence is the only
cost.
That there is a double system
, of terracing that seta every resi
dence on a plateau of its own
distinct, separate, complete.
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That the streets have been built .
so that walking is easy and the
autos can use "high
And that the Portland pano
rama never seems so beautiful ias
when viewed from the particular
point of view of Westover Ter
races. '
Selling Agent Westover Terraces and Eastmoreland
, ; v Both Phones. v . .: 818-823 .Soaldinsr Buildincr.