THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND. ..TUESDAY EVENING, JULY J22, 1813.
THE JOURNAL
AM lftDEPR!lKNT NEWSPAPER
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..Pabllaher
tuMK'iifd eerr mcuId irireur Bandar I and
ri.fjr Sunday mraruinc at lb -Journal Build
In, Broadway and Yaablllata.. Portland. Of.
Lairred at tlia puMorric at Portjaud. Or, for
tramuiloaioa ttinitil tar walla aa accoad cum
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All dpaxt mania ranched lir ttaeaa mnuwra.
lell tbe operator what dapartmant roa waul.
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Hftijaroln kentaor Co., lirauawkk Bulldlnf
2S Utib avauua. Nn Vii 1318 Feopla
baa BulMlnaV Cbicaco. '
eahecrlptloB VvriM by mail of l a ddni
a im Laura states or wraico.
DAILY
Dm rear L.;. ..15.00 i One month f 00
SUNDAY
Ooa rear .......$260 I " month ' I
' DAILY AND SUNDAY
On yur :" 7M I On mouth .S3
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The first duty of a wise ad
vocate .- Is to , convince hie op-,
pooenta that' be underspends
" their 7 arguments and eyrpa
. thlsp with their Just feeling.
-Coleridge.
A WICKED ABUSE
-a
A
seeks to set aside the refer
endum of the workmen's com
pensation act.
. One half ,' the signers of the -'petitions
ive addresses between Front
end FlftR Street; land between," Jef-iei-son
andyCouch to . Portland, This
means in at tne compeiutauon r act
Is held tip. by persons within a Very
emau precinct oroniy t a. diocks
area In the city of Portland, and It
Includes the North End.
Most of the signers are persons
. of whom little or nothing- is known
Aside Iroin - perhaps fewer than a
dozen,' there are no names of . well
known business, professional, or
worklngmen on the petitions.
- -More than .300 names appear
twice. -
Approximately 300 give addresses
that are not addresses. '
, Nearly 100 give addresses at a
First- street hotel which keeps - no
register; - and most if not ; all the
. signers "are believed to be tran-
- slents. ' A similar number locate
themselves at a North End lodging
house, and not one was living there
when the place was recently inves
tigated, .- V, 4j'
These petitions as they stand axe
a . most wicked abuse of the refer-
. enduni. , They confirm the need,
long ago urged by The Journal, of
legislation to thro w safeguards
around the petitions.' .They show
as this newspaper has often pointed
out that the friends of the initiative
and referendum should place re-
. fctrictlons. on them so as to .save the
system from becoming the plaything
of crooks- and the toy of evil pur
pose. ', .
", The friends of . the system must
do something of the Kind or its ene
mies will do worse. Just such ex
amples aa the . compensation peti
tions I give opponents a ; club with
which to beat the system to death.
The abuses are no argument against
the referendum. , They are an in-
. dlctment'of ns for our neglect, to
.throw , adequate safeguards around
the signing .of petitions for the ref-
: erendunV
we ought to provide a way to
. punish , crooks who employ the ref
erendum for crooked purposes.
of 'a 'alii t while"" giving" better value. J be no 'guess work, t'foj; ' it baV been
the manufacturer and dealer' will the history of public service corpora-
take advantage of the psychological tlons in America that they. have
law of buying. Through the prac-1 often defeated . regulation because
tic of years it has become a fixed I legislative . bodies tall to regulate
habit .among men to "purchase at j intelligently. , , v i V i -
figures that are multiple of five. I , If the streetcar company can, sell
For instance a man; paysv$2 ISO six ' tickets for twenty-five : cents,
or:3S for a suit, but he does not land at the same time 'pay; upkeep
usually pay.; 3.38 or, other, odd land return a compensating amaena j
nrtna . ' Inn a fAlr vnliiation -JsT Itft rrnnrt.N
One ,6f, the; jreatesC benefits to after interest and:; o t'c. twed
be derived from rthe" proposed cat charges are met, tha i company
ln"the tariff, 6n' wool will he a bet- should be required W sell tha six
ter quality of woolens as, the rin- tickets. But here comes the ques-
will force . the American manufaC'
lurer to Produce woolens that will
stand comparison with them.
NOT TERRORISTS
1
service companies, : "and, especially
etrestcar companies, have ; followed
a policy of increasing their capital
ization as fast as earnings increased,
a practice of doubtfur fairness.-' " -
Mr. Daly's proposal Indicates that
Portland's new rovernmcnt is tak-
them- jng hold of issues vital t6 the peo
ple. There Is ground for hope that
T IS unfortunate that the I. W.
W. propagandists style
selves Socialists.
It Is an Injustice to true so- decidina these issues action will
ciaiism. it leads some good-inten- be ju8t t0 ajj concerned
uonea eociansts to do sympainisers
with the I. W. W. scheme of things,
a blunder that they never ought to
make.
There is not the slightest, rela
tion between syndicalism and so
ciallam. '."here Is no common bond
a jtrall , that amella ' like Satan's
breath, it mar be a motorcycle and
it may J be a "meteor;- bat In either
event you'd ' better do some fancy
footwork and resolve forthwith to
make your will.
Pretty aoon there will be no Mex
ican question. The question itself
may survive, but Is being compre
hensively relieved of its , aiillcose
adjective. ,
REGULATED UAD1ES
iHERETcould - be- no more con
vincing proof of the value of
; regulation In eradicating rab-
ies"han is the" case of Great
between the program of direct ac- Britain. In 1895, e72 persons died
tloa and sabotage, on the ono -hand (from rabies as a result of hltes from
and real socialism on the other" mad doga. The -wldesDread fatal
The head in the I. W. Wk Is Wil-1 itles caused restrictive measurea to
llam D. Haywood. He was dismissed be' inaugurated, and all dogs were
from his relation with the true body ordered muisled for a period of six
o Socialists. He has no standing, in months. In -addition, six months
the organized trades. Hejs not a quarantine was required -befooe any
union man.' He has no record as a dog was allowed to be imported into
leader who gains higher wages .or jthe country. ;., , f
Better conditions cf labor. I .A remarkable decline In thiwdeath
Genuine c-ciallsm could not stand rate followed.' In 1896, the deaths
for Haywood's preachments of class! fell to 438, and in 187, to 151. In
natrea, violence, disorder and rev- 1898. the number was 17. n1899,
olutlon. True Socialists could not nine, in WOO. six, and in 1901, only
stand to be a party to duping ignor- one. In 1902, there was an out
ant men, women and 'children into break in the north of Wales, with
false hopes of elyslan fields of ease 13 deaths. In 1903, there' was but
to be reached through, direct action one death
in intimidation, terrorism, blOOd- PW in vnnra nnt thorn has hAn
shed and anarchy. Your real So- no death in England from rabies
ciaust nas no rroiisn notion and caused by a mad dog. The effec
spreaas no ioousn gospel mat in tlveness with which; rabies was
some mysterious way human happi- stamped out is a suCficient answer
ness and an ideal condition are to to those who oppose application of
attain mrougn overtnrow or ail restrictive measures,
government and proceeding to live Regulation la not- only desirable
in a Btate without government or . a protection to people, but it is
means of government due as a protection to dogs. If the
Whenever a Socialist who really dogs knew the awful character of
believes in true socialism argues Inkhe maladv and could but speak,
defense of. the I. W. W. program, there Is no doubt that these loyal
he is not acquainted with the awful and faithful animils would vote for
chapter of syndicalism, terrorism proper and seasonable regulations.
and anarcny ror wnich I. w. w
Weston, the veteran pedestrian, is
75 'years .old and Is walkiug yet.
Which leads to the reflection thit
many young aviators are not flying
yet at least with mundane wings
Socialists assert that Secretary
Daniels Is responsible for the Se
attle riots'. He ia to about the
same extent the Angel Gabriel would
be for an insurrection In Hades.
No's the time that the fry hich
wasn't swatted employs hiiuseit
most busily in recalling an unpar
donable oversight.
Time la money; but after you've
had your "'time," some other fel
low always banks the ensuing usu
fr"uct., - -
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Letters From the People ,
l .1 .. , i'i"'!.ii.iini,i i .' Ai'i'i i i ii inn hi : ' I, I
VICIOUS NOISES
MANY noises in Portland . are
vicious because they are use
less and avoidable. Noise,
like smoke, was once consid
ered a necessary evil. If not an ad
ertleement of an active people, in
a growing city; but progressive opin
ion is fast banishing that fallacy.
An Indianapolis committee has
reported that eighty-five per cent
of the noises in the vicinity of
school buildings are capable of be
ing abated. The committee urges'
action to this end on the ground
that, while schools with closed win
dows .are unhealthful, continual
noise is almost fatal to successful
teaching or study. v
What is true of schools is cor
respondingly true. In a measure, of
other institutions. Unnecessary
noises are a handicap on living.
They make-ill tempers, sour dispo
sitions and Irritated people. They
are a t y p e of viciousness that
should be suppressed.
Take the motorcycle rider as an
illustration. Mounted on his ma
chine, he goes tearing through the
streets, his muffler wide open for
no other reason than that he may
become a one hundred per cent vio
lator of the speed laws. It would
be almost as merciful if he would
assault people with his fists rather
than with the noises that announce
bis coming and. going. Nobody
would think of allowing a boiler fac
tory to fill all streets with Its nerve
wrecking noises, and yet the motor
C) diet has a boiler factory faded
Into insignificance.
A
BETTER CLOTHES
RESULT of the reduction of
the tariff on wool will be an
Increase of value in a suit of
clothes. This is the general
opinion of clothings manufacturers.
,ioe jiDmiaar pnee oi tne suit may
sot be changed but " the suit will
cootalu materials of better quality.
- Say there is a reduction of twenty
1 per cent ik the. tariff. This would
paean that the wpol and other ma
terial in a suit now costing $12
would cost $9.60. " Instead of cut
ting the prjco of the suit f?.4p the
lasnufaetnrer, wUl add that ajnounf
to "th "value if il material; giving
the customer! a 'aultr for? 2:Vthat
would cost $27,40 f at the present
fricf ,.of.vinAtar'als..l:iMv'ifs;ifS''
In maintaining the" nominal price
leaders actually stand.
The instrumentalities of true so
cialism are not the mob, the club'
und the torch. Your true Socialist
is not an admirer or side partner
of the propagandist who Is an ene-
-rHE COLUMBIA HIGHWAY
w
ORK Is- about to begin on
the Portland - Hood River
stretch of the Columbia
highway. It is expected
my of intelligent workers, an enemy that the program will be finished by
of order,- an enemy of the law, an 1915."
enemy of government, an enemy of It seems strange that after more
reason, an enemy of peace and an than sixty years of occupation by
enemy of the republic itself.
T
DROWNED
HE drowning of two sisters
; when ,a canoe overturned in
the Willamette river last night,
Is a mournful occurrence.
the white man, there is no means
of going by' team or automobile
from Portland to Hood River.
Throughout most of the way there
is a fair county road, but at Shell
mountain there Is a link that a goat
can hardly pass. There Is also a
very good county road from Hood
About a week ago in the same mver t0-The Dalles,
vicinity, two young gins wno were
thrown into the water by the -overi
turning of their canOe,- saved them
selves by swimming ashore. The
widely different ending to these
two pleasure parties is mostly at
tributable to the fact that in the
accident of a week ago both occu
pants of the canoe were swimmers,
The determination to build the
new highway opens , up large pos
sibilities for tourist travel through
Eastern Oregon.
No scenic route In the world
would present attractions more
splendid than a boulevard along the
Columbia. If once the stretch to
Hood River were completed and the
whlln In laar nlcht'a vo wAv .iv..
of the two sTers nor thrS Ri t0 The Dalles
escorts could swim. The two lives
sacrificed last night are death's toll
on boating by persons with no
knowledge of how to save them
selves from drowning.
Few sports are perilous as canoe
ing. A frail canoe capsizes with' a
suddenness that gives no warning.
Before venturing on such a pas
time, there should be some knowl
edge of bow to swim,, a knowledge
rff' 'L!16 Pacific Highway. so-called,
c
REGULATING CAR FARES
OMMISSIONER DALY has pro
posed an ordinance requiring
the streetcar company to sell
six tickets for 25 cents. En
forcement of such an ordinance
would mean a fare of four and a
sixth cents to people buying tickets.
People not buying tickets would pay
the regular, fare, five cents. The
company now "sells fifty tickets for
$2.25, a fare of four and a half
cents. The-Daly ordinance would
therefore mean an actual reduction
of one third of a cent to people now
taking advantage of the ticket sales.
But the proposed ordinance has
a larger significance than one third
of a cent a ride. Comparatively
few people buy fifty-tickets to se
cure the fare reduction of one half
of a cent. The great bulk of street
car patrons pay full fare. The Daly
ordinance would . make the lower
fare an actuality. Many people
might still pay full fare, but the
greater number would' take advan
tage of the tickets. '
The streetcar company; Is expect
ed to oppose the regulation on the
ground that Its enforcement would
be confiscatory. The. only Question
involved Is the Issue of reasonable
ness, and on this issue there Is op
portunity for much investigation
and close figuring. " , If '. the Daly,, or
dinance Is to be pushed it will be
well for the city commissioners to
ortlfy themselves with, figures that
cannot be. ont1rov.erte4i-m: i m-sJ
The way to regulate efficiently,
to avoid lawsuits, defeats, and de
lays, is to regulate after the foun
dation has been laid thro ugh inves
tigation and analysis. There should
made modern, an enormous tourist
business would be attracted. No
road of similar length in the world
would vie with it in beauty of scene
and variety of wonders.
It would be a route that would
attract travelers from hundreds If
not' thousands of miles away. .
Completion of both stretches
would quickly raise the Issue it
Eastern rather' than Western Ore
gon would not be the route for' the
The
dirt roads - of most of the Eastern
Oregon counties are already sought
by many travelers in preference to
Western Oregon routes. Many tour
ists even from Willamette valley,
are shipping their machines to The
Dalles, and proceeding thence south
ward to Bend, Klamath and Crater
Lake. .
If to the Eastern, Oregon route
there Is added the scenic boulevard
along the Columbia, ' changes -will
have to be made in Western Oregon
highways north of Jackson county
or the' main north and south route
for tourists will be east of the Cas
A Shanghai paper says that a
beautiful hot weather custom ' ob
tains In Japan, whereby the wife
sits up all night fanning her hus
band. , Here In America she's mora
likely to sit up all night for an op
portunity to fan him -with- a flat
Iron.' ''v,-;j-';fjEi-;!;!j;, :';:
An optimistic strap-hanger sug
gests that perhaps the local trans
portation trust' may have harvested
enough nlckles from Sunday's neat-fleeing-
crqwds to -patrons more
streetcar in commission.;
A Delaware grandame 'of ninety
years has just passed away from
eating huckleberry pie-whlch to
our mind was a far happier ending
than -to '"See Naples and ; die," as
some rhapsodical poet advises. ..,
. Vacationist voyagers are Just now
learning that ttha timaworn motor
boat' joke Is less a Joke than a ma
lignant reality. , t$x''-f'
Kwhen an vndeflnabla o b J a c t
whizzes by you in Portland, leaving-
IConnonleaUaM aent to The ' Jctarnal ' far
pnblleaUoo la tola depart mast afconM b- writ.
1b a pnlf eaa elde ef the paper, aheuld oot
aiocad ,100 word la laofth aad neat be ae.
compaaied tr the aasM) and addreae of tb
aander. If the writer doce not daalra to feert
the nao publlahtd. be aaould ao aUta.J
The Purpose of the I. XT'. W.
Portland, July 10. To the Editor of
The Journal There 1 much excite
ment and hysteria in Portland oyer
the socalled v"I. W. W. trouble!" Knn
ning through tt all la the groiaeat ig
norance and prejudice and the excite
ment of the people i taken advantage
of to muxale those who preach doc
trines unpopular with big business, in
terests. , -
What la supposed to have started It
all T
Why some immoderate street speak
ers are charsed alth incendiary ut
terances and of calling Governor Wert
unpleasant , names, . One of tha lxrt
land papers moet enraged aeatnst Iho
I. W. W.' on account of this hat done
far worse by, Governor west. It rrac-
tically Charged ; him with mUapropri
ating public funds, .and ha is reported
to have brought1 a libel suit ata'net
this defamer of his character. How
Insignificant by iComparleon seems the
mere calling of abusive names from a
But this Immoderate street oratory
served a a hamly excuse for ordering
street speaking ; stopped, and thla Is
the end that big business has long
wished to accomplish: Such doctrines
as those of single- tax and especially
of socialism are very distasteful to
capitalist Interests. -and they Attempted
to restrict -free speech legally by pro
posing a .measure giving the majror
power to issue or refuse permits for
etreet speaking. The people voted the
measure down and ?t became necessary
to go outside the law to restrict the
J.reachings of unpopular doctrines.
I nave no connection in any way
with the I. W. W but believe In fair
play and Intelligent treatment of a
problem. . .
Employers hate and fear the I. W. 'W.
not because aa is ao foolishly charged
that they are 'burns -that, won't- work
nor let any one else work," but be
cause-tfcey are members bribe most
effective form' of labor organisation.
They attack the system of unions that
divide the workers of a great indus
try Into innumerable - weak craft or
ganizations and advocate instead, fa),
dustrlal unionism "one big union.
Some I,. W. W. may-be violent espec
ially in their talk, but the record of
the organization's bis; strikes has not
been violent. On the other band much
violence ha been committed against
the I. W. W.'s by the employers and
tne of rlcers or tne law.
In Lawrence, .Mass., the mill owners
planted the dynamite in the homes of
the workers, imprisoned Ettor and Glo-
vanhittt for months on a false murder
charge and the police shamefully
abused" men, women and children. In
Patereon. N. J., the police have been
guilty of the greatest brunllty against
the I. w. W. and- strikers. Tha
United States senate committee was
told among other acts of lawlessness
committed by tha . mine owners of
West Virginia of the armored train
with nine guards and machine guns
that in the night shot up a camp of
sleeping miners and their wives and
children. Last year mobs of respecta
ble citizens beat and deported I. W.
W.'s from Hoqulam, -Raymond and Sun
Diego. These brutal mobs were com
posed, of the very law and order peo
ple wno denounce tne ."w. w. for vio
lent talk. When it comes to real "di
rect action" and mob violence the re
spectables so far hold the record. The
latest example of - the respect for tho
law is shown by the action of a mfib
of business men; who drove Dr. Leach
from Coos Bay; and the destruction o
tne property or tne i. w. w. and so
cialist locals in Seattle. Imagine,, if
you can, such acts committed ly I.
W. W.'s and Socialists against any
business man's club. What a howl of
rage would go up from the Atlantic
to the Pacific In tha same capitalist
tress that looks with calmness upon
these late acts of violence committed
against the workers. .
Are the vlaw mad by the capitalist
class to be obeyed by the workers but
violated with Impunity by themselves?
Suppose our newspapers show lea
excitement about ', the . mote in , the
workers' eye and take a look at the
beam- in the eye of their , capitalist
masters. - '..;',. -;.;.'. ,,.VY. M.
PERTINENT COMMENT AND NEWS IN BRIEF
ciMALL CMA.NUM '
Now then,' Is It -t ,'
i, , , e
"Tommy" . Word .isn't saslly scared,
even by. women. - -.
T.:,,.t-;V'":vif .iv.-
The tight of free speech, like most
Others, has limitations. ' . . . .
a - 1
' Ambassador Wilson has come ..back,
but may not go back. ,
Why don't the jailed agitators resort
to a ' hunger atrtkeT"
a
With two new Judaea. Derhn.De the
supieme court .an cau-h up.
Mulhalt aeern wllllna- ta tall all ha
knows, and It ia a "wholf lot."
There is now llkelv to be a laraa In.
ere be t business in the dog pound.
. Whether or not these are' dog-days in
ine oia Mense, iney are muzzled dog
y. . j
The tariff debata wbn't -incraaaa- the
circulation or the vcongreaional Ree-
ord mutih. . . . .
O. yes. it'a auita warm hir, lama.
times in midsummer, but never deadly;
In the doa world It la tha aam all
must suffer for tha faults or mlnlor.
tunes of the few. ,
..'.
dency again. Colonel Roosevelt is
bound to nave a bully time, anyway.
A "constittitlonal" eeneral exDecta to
capture Juarez soon, unless it was cap
tured every week or two, Juarez wouldn't
know. what to do with itself. . v ( .
OREGON 1 ttlDELIUUTs)
An effort will be made to keep jn
operation the bualnesa college recently
established at Marshfleld.
. ,..-!,. '.r, '' i" r "S i f vs' '' if- :-!A '''
i ' Eugene Regtstert ' The Shasta Limited
has now become a first elasa train. It
takes passengers on tickets from Eu
gene. ' . . .,
The Canyon City Essie says condi
tions are shaping themselves favorably
for ''the beat county fair that has yet
been witnessed by. the people of Urant
county." , ,
Hlllsboro Argus: " Flood and heat In
the east and middle -went will send
many a man to Oregon next year that
la, many a man who wishes to live
where tneue extremes are unknown.
Brownsville Times: It Is a noticeable
faot that nearly every new sidewalk
constructed ' In Brownsville this season
la being made of cement. Apparently
tne wooden 'walk Is a thing of the past
The first cake of ice ever made In
Newport was sold' at auction for 17.60.
Thu Newport voirespohdent of the To
ledo Leader aaya it '.-should have brought
lieoauae tuls is Juat' tha beglnnina
of a grtat industry"; - .,0 .
' The Scio News aaks. ' "What kills a
town T V and then answers: "It is when
some poor, miserable, dwarfed soul tries
to put It in his pocket. While it looks
foolish, many good towns are" run Went
Into the ground by Just euch people." v
The editor of the Condon Times offers
areward of $28 for information, that
will lead to tha conviction of the mis
creant that shot hie dog, and, In addi
tion, ay editorially that ''the man
who would shoot an inoffensive dog da-j
serves a term In the state's prison," ,
BUCCANEER, MEILEN
WORLD WITHOUT END
Rebukes Both Side ; .
Portland July 21. To the Editor of
The Journal The recent display of
force against the people was as un
just, , as foolish,, as -.unnecessary, as
have been for several years the ribald,
vicious, treasonable tirades of the I.
W, W, Publto sentiment doea not care
so much as to, the method of suppress
ing the I. W. W. as the accomplish
ment of their suppression :. The latter
organization has sown s the wind and
is reaping the whirlwinds The trouble
is that other people and natural rights
must also share in. the harvest. ' ? ; "
Persecution nnly feeds the I.,W. W.
for the organisation to grow the faster,
It is sheer folly to club and best them
until they have aroused sympathy; and
evolved martyrs.'-- .i-j.V-; ::.,-
On the other . hand, the ' abuse ef
the right of .free .speech has aroused
a .strong resentment in tha. Hearts of
many who havs rieardfthe -American
flag derided and honorable men vilely
assailed In t language . unfit for the
lowest dive, all in the public streets,
where youth" Zlatened eagerly. v
This wave of violence oit tha part ef
the police ' Is '4- returning one created,
by the long continued, viola tion of lib
erty patiently ,, extended to the orators
of the violent stripe.
It will pass, and afterward the good
sense . of the' people- of- yortmnd will
straighten out both, forma of anarch)
that hav' been perpetrated upon, us.,
' From tha Literary Digest.
If it Is a comfort to anybody to feel
that life will exist forever on our
planet Instead of lasting only a few
million year after ha is gone, he should
by . all means read the address of a
German scientist who holds out this
hope to the race. The eternity, of
matter has always been proclaimed by
science, but she has denied the in
definite existence of the particular
groups and systems of matter that we
find in our own universe. Klammarlon,
In his "End of the World," enumerates
many causes, any one of which, noting
by Itself, would bring the present world
to Its termination. It would seem to
be only a question of Which should
achieve Its end soonest. Now, however,
comes Professor Qustav Jaumann of the
Brunn Polytechnic school, Germany, and
announces in an inaugural address on
"Modern Views Of the End of the
World," quite a different doctrine. The
modern view, be asserts, 1s that the
universe is stable. ' Disturbing forcs
act only to call into being other op
posing forces which will restore the
balance of things. Loss of heat is
balanced by the inflow of gravitational
energy. These views, be tells us. are
the consequences of new theories of
gravitation whieh take Into account the
faot that the gravitational Impulse re
quires time - to travel through space.
NeWton's law on thla v)ew holds exactly
only for bodies ' at rest whereas our
system is In motion. We read in a
translation of Professor Jaumann's ad
dress into French published In the Re
vue Sclentlflque:
"The anomalies of the field of gravi
tation are compensated in cosmio space
according to a law analogous to that
which aoverna the irrezuiarmes or dis
tribution of temperatures 'in - the mass
of a conductor of heat. It is only for
bodies at rest that Newton's law of
effects at a distance follows exactly
from tho differential lan of gravitation.
The motions of the planets Involve dis
turbances a kind of' accumulation, -so
tmpeak.-of hc flel of gravUatloarTn.
front of these bodies giving rise to
new gravitational forces which - are
added to the Newtonian forces,
"Although very , small Indeed, these
forces may be calculated with- great
precision; the most important of them
is in the direction of tha planet's mo
tion and thus aids that motion. It In
creases with the planet's, velocity and
varies In inverse ratio to the distance
from the sun. i. These new 1 gravita
tional forces Introduce Into the move
ments of the planets disturbances that
may be .calculated without ' difficulty,
and that determine the departures from
Newton's law that have been noted
above, such as abnormal accelerations,
abnormal oscillations of the vertical,
etc. Thus are explained all the peculiar
ities of gravitation, which Newton's Jaw
of action at a distance could not do.
These new forces of gravitation, more
over, give to the planetary system a
physical stability of practically unlim
ited extent. They preserve the. present
forms of planetary orbits, not only in
spite of the considerable resistances due
to friction with the cosmio ether, but
despite hug accidental disturbances. If
a perturbation of this nature, due, for
Instance, to the passage, near the solar
system, or a fixed star at hish sneed.
should completely change the form of
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tlonal forces would Introduce Into the
elements pt the orbits such variations
that the orbits would return exactly
td their present stable forms. Far from
being fatal - to - us, the fractional re
sistance of the cosmic ether would ap
pear only as a factor destined to give
stability to the planetary orbits. The
greater this resistance Is, tha more con
siderable art the new gravitational
forces and the more obstinately will the
orbit preserve their shapes, . despite
all disturbances. There can be no fur
ther question of the planets' falling into
the sun. Instead of being unstable, In
stead of tending toward a mora or lass
distant destruction, the planetary sys
tem tnu rmas itseir estaonsnea ror a
period which, estimated by notions of
time that we are able to conceive, may
be regarded as eternal.1' .
Our mayor will discover easier ways of
hanrtllnar crowds than riding them
down like sheep, and our sheriff will
discover he has plenty of work cut
out for him In apprehending real crim
inals and ridding the town of real
crooks. There Is an enorradus field
here for his valiant army.
The streets are primarily for traf
fic, but they do riot need to be closed
entirely to meetings, else we shall
have a dictatorship that will grow by
what It feeds upon until liberty is
strangled. Meanwhile there is : reo
enough In the American nag or m,
ami atara enough in it without hunt
ing a vision of more beneath a pollcw
man's club. This red flag waving lr-
ritates the American ciusen. wny
wava It? . We have power in our own
hands- In ' Oregon,, ana yioieni urn
breeds violence, why talk roily and
seek trouble for trouble's sake? We
have the recall and can use It If need.
Streetcar Service in Portland.
Portland. July 0 To the Editor of
The Journal There is no reason why
the residents of Portland snouia not
have cheaper, streetcar rates. Whan , I
first cams to Portland I was told -the
car companies charged five cents for
each ride, unless we bought books of 60
tickets for 2.tt. Those books are sold
at' the office-which makes a person los
lots of time and spend one or two tick
ets to go to the office for . the book.
There are many who would rather pay
five cents, fare than bother With the
1 i. Thn amin there are many whd
can't "afford to expend ti6 at one time
for street, car tickets. . ' : : - '
In many of tne cities 1 uave Deen in,
the car companies sell six tickets, and
in some, sight ucaeia iot a quarter.
The Portland Railway. Llgttt t Power
company should be compelled to give
the people of Portland -cheaper rates.
If they would there would be more
people using the cam and the company
would loss nothing. : ....
The working man must struggle too
hard as-H is to keep out of debt f We
should get together and try to make his
burden as Ught for him as we can. I
hope Commissioner Daly will put this
ordinance through, and that this con.-
mission council wm see tnn mis or
dinance Is put into effect. ' J
Common 8eVse ' in- School Book.'
Portland, July 31. To tha Editor of
The Journal It has become apparent
from the actions of the members of the
ttv aohool 1 board that they Intend to
continue, for another year at least, the (
list of textbooks in use for the past six
years. Evidently this is to be done in
deference to the new superintendent I
who Is just now gathering up the reins
of his administration s and, considered
as a whole, is a very wise and sane so
lution of the problems - that confront
him. -C'. -h v -v-::;, V,';;
,, But the members ef tha board and the
superintendent seem to navs overlooked
one point that needs particular atten
tion at once. Teachers and parents all
over the city realise that the lnstruc
ion In arithmetic - In - the Portland
schools has been seriously handicapped
for several years .through the lack of
a suitable, text in tne. nanae os ; the
pupils, it.-:'! '-,,'ii'-;, t "'-"i'i''.:':'l.
(Under the forihsf state law Portland
was compelled to use a. series of text
feooks adopted by a state board of text
book commissioners, v The text adopted
for arithmetic six years ago proved alt
most at once that it was .not suited to
it would seriously cripple instruction In
this branch to continue its use.' 80 the
superintendent, with the aid and co
operation of his corps of teachers, de
veloped a system which has been . in
use evW since. This system has demon
strated that It Is much superior to the
present text. . . - ' i '.'-'-'
The legislature of ISIS passed a-law
permitting, Portland to adopt textbooks
for its schools independent of the action
of tha . state board and , everyone felt
that the city board would do something
at once to relieve the teachers and pu
pils from this embarrassment. Two
courses are open to the. board. .Either
they may adopt the present system,,
which has appeared in textbook form,
has been adopted by the .state for six
years, and Is endorsed by prominent ed.
ncators everywhere. Or they may throw
tha subject open and select at least a
better and more modern text than the
one the pupils are now compelled to
waste money buying. ' '
If efficiency Is to be the watchword
ef the new administration, no better
starting point than this can be found.
It means- much to the' pupils of this
city whether they are compelled to labor
along under "this ridiculous misfit for
another year or are given an opportuni
ty to secure the benefit of a course
where Instruction and text shall go
hand in hand., p. b, P.
Horseplay." ,"''''
In Kansas City the other night some
of the youthful and exuberant members:
of a church captured a bridegroom, who!
was IncldenUlly a deacon,. led him Into!
a convenient wood tied him to a tree
and left him there until daylight. Then
they playfully ' devastated tits young
couple's apartments creating consider
able havoc and driving the bride into
acute hysteria from which she will be
long In recovering. -
a'his Is net repeated to prove that
Kansas City Is a bad place in which to
live. .. For, . aside from its pillory of a
union depot. Its miserable winters and
unbearable summers, Kansas City Is all
right. The incident is recited as evi
dence that the village outup lias thus
far escaped the fool killer. -
This sample of half-baked humorist Is
Indigenous to. weddings, r Formerly he
contented himself with "charlvaring"
the newly married pain In the e-oori old
days he was treated to wedding- cke, J
Ice cream or bird shot whichever was
handy. Now he "whitecaps" the bridge
room, deooratea the baggage with ribbon 1
and placards, wrecks the new dovecota. t
labels the wreckage with hideous sign
and unprintable sentiments, frlchtens
the bride into premature wrinkles and
gray hair, perpetrates-an assortment of
atrocities and goes free. - - 1
Neighborhoods and- small communi
ties are Infested with this merry wag
and .large cities are not immune. He
is first cousin to the man who racks
the boat and next of kin to the wit who
yslJs VFlre!" in a theatre.
iMust Go Through the Motions,
. From Tit-Bita '
Customer I .say, Mr. Barber, I don't
hear your aclssors at work on my hal.r
Barber (apologetically) . There is
very little hair on your head, Sir. , '
5 Customer That, makes no difference,
t pay my money, and I want you to
rams ine scissors on tne bald place,
just the same as If I had hair on it.
From the' San Francisco Bulletin.
1 Thu report of ' the Interstate . com- J
meres commission, covering its inveati-v
gatlon t Into the financial transactions',
of the so-called Mellen system,.: reads!
more like a choice- work of fiction otl
the Dick Turpin order than a narrative,
of modern business. The document is
very voluminous, but .on account of its I
great local interest 1a published inf ulll
In the New England papers. t
The ambition of Charles Ss Mellen y
was to establish an absolute ando auto-a
cratio monopoly . s of the - tremendous
transportation business 1 of the' - New
England v states. i $0 far as the steam
roads wore concerned he4 was success-
fvU Hs gained opntrol of the two Till-
roads, ', the New york,'?'New;Baven -v & "?
Nartford and the Ejstoni Maine,-which a
control the traffic of tft reiflon, and
with their otudit proceeded to wreck
or abr-oro every competitor, The trol-r
leys came along with immense mlleaga
He bought thm," regardless of prlca
Competition by sea' was treated In the "
same way. Profitable lines ware bought
up a'iu the service 'reduced - or aban-
doned altogether, - Two fine ateanieira ,
bought for 4900,000 were sent' to the,
scrap pile and realfzed . MO.VOO. The'
Harvard and Yale were sent to the Pa-
clfto coaat :,.'';
All this time Mellen1 was' playing,
ducks and drakes with the money right- '
fully belonging to. the stockholders of '
tha two . principal railroads. - On this
point the luncuaae of the commisslou .
is delightfully precise.. In spite of a
system of bookkeeping' characterised, as
"inherently vlclous.whloh beclouds all
transactions."; rthe .commission has
difficulty in arriving at startling facts. ,
in a aeai ior Knoae. istana iroueya.-nv
declares, the sum of $13,(00,000 was
given away for nothing." This is fur-.
' ther alluded to, as an impressive ; "ob-
I 4am, l.unn in hllt fining !' . Tn anntliap' .
deal 112,000.000 vanished Into thin air."
The sum of $3,000,000 was apparently i
"given away" to J. L. Billhead and asso-
elates.. Only once in Its report does the
commission, resort to, the soft pedal.
That is when it refers to-the expendl-V-ture
.ot $100,000 to "mold opinion" dur
ing a certain session of the Connecticut
legislature. This kind of "molding" Is "'
sometimes called by a harsher ' name."
Altogether, the commission figures .out
that the stockholders of the two big.
roads are poorer by something like
$100,000,000 through Mellen's. vicious ac
tivities. Yet so vast is tha legitimate,
business of the New York, New Haven
A Hartford and the Boston & Maine,-,
railroads that, the commission says; "in
spite of continued mismanagement and
utter fiscal recklessness, their solvency
Is not impaired." - -
This, of course, is good news.' It is .
better news that Mr. Mellen has retired)
from the management of tne lines ne
has controlled and will probably spend .
the balance of his days in the dignified -and
graceful enjoyment of the extreme-
ly large fortune he has acquired. -
Will Mr. Mellen suffer any legal in
convenience because of his misconduct? ;
Why, of course not, Mr. Mellen wasn't)
tempted to steal a bam or hold out $10 ,
of his employer's money to tide over
sickness In bis family. In that case
ha would be uut behind the bars. But-. .
even In these dsys a loot of $200,000,000
Is unusual and Impressive. It commands
at once tha respectful regard of society
and the law.
Pointed Paragraphs
if a man has too much money it's
no task at all for him to acquire more. ,
Ona way to avoid a quarrel la to
be absent at the psychological moment.
iBetween'",twe evils it ' 1st bettor te
marry for inoney lhan for a dianse w.
v'v. , . ; , :
iThe enterprlaltag summer girl hss no;
use for the young man who wastes his-
time kissing her hand.
- A -aiieeessf u'l financier is one! whoin-
everybody, claims to have known when
he didn't have a dollar to his name.
m m. - r . 1
According to statistics, one woman 1n
a thousand can open a telegram' with '
as little emotion as
opening .a can of corn. V
Ta a man who is getting small 'sal-
ary and has a large family to support,
home is the dearest place on earth. t.f j .
-.' Electrification of Railroads.
From ihe Philadelphia Telegraph, '
The public may perhaps wonder why
the electrification of railroads does not
proceed more rapidly and why It is
confined to what may be called sub
urban zones. . The answer is purely, an
economic one: Electric engines and cleo
trie power are- more expensive than
steam engines and steam power. And
electric power t must be always suffi
cient to meet the "peak of the load'1 at
any given moment or else every tractive
unit In Its none becomes dead ;V whereas,
under a steam transportation: system
each engine is Its own power house and
can' more or 'less conserve Its energy
until needed, a-, . , , '
, Thus, electrlo traction Is profitably
oosaible chiefly when and where traf
fic Is both large and uniform. This
la generally true of suburban localities,
which,, term is. however, elastic enough
to cover a multitude-of; miles from' tha
terminal. With increasing communal
growth in our most populous urban cen
ters.' electrification . ef "' transportation
facilities wHl be the ultimate and In-
yltatle iresuic rnew xora ias enjoyea
Oils form of suburban' haulage, and
Philadelphia Is soon to see It Installed
on the main line division, On the score
of freedom from smoke -and -gas' alone,
electric traction; la much to be desired
within city limits. )
From the New Orleans Picayune.
Man, a a v, .t,,l.. kl n . MM w .
the needs of the teachers Tiers and, that threshold Of - success. . - -
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1 THIS CONGENIAL RASCAL '
. . IR WITH ITS. AOA1N.
In a series of five storl(fs, K, ...
W. jHornung resenu Kaxrics,;
the moat celebrated- criminal 4
veharacter In modern fiction, in
some new and startling. Advenk:
' The first story In the series,
. "Out of Paradise," -will appear:,-;
in THE SUNDAY JOURNAL ;
1 1 magazine for next Sunday. Tht'
. rest of tlve stories will be puu
? lished as follows: .j ,v
' 1 THE CHEST OFSILVER "
i August' 3' v ,;, : X,;
l 1 THE REST CORK '
. August 10 . ff? l " V'
' THE1 CfttM rNOL0 O I8T8'
. CLUB August 17:
A THIEF IN THE NIOHT : "'
t August i-'i CZ' . '
I These stories ' of . , fictitious O l
criminal, adventure make de-v'
lightful . midsummer- reading..
Read the flft. story and .you 1 c
' will want to read them all, , :'
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