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' THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL, PORTLAND,' SUNDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 21, 1913.
THE JOURNAL
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' What men usually say of
misfortunes, tlmt they never
coma alone; may with equal
truth fce said of good fortune;
nay, of the circumstances which
gather round us In a liarmoni-
. oua way, whether it arise from
a kind of fatality, or that man
haa the power of attracting to
himself things that are mutual
ly related. Goethe.
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THE NEW SYSTEM
T
HOUGH be opposed the bill be
cause It did not provide (or a
central bank, President Frank
Vanderlip of the National City
, or
oped by the Port of Portland; the
Cellio canal will soon be an actual
ity. There will be water transpor
tation for the wealth of a great in
land empire, Portland has been the
center of activities which lire still
preparing for a greater material
development.
But Oregon's year-end story would
not be complete should it deal only
with big buildings, big ships and
Mgr crops. - All of the- big world
movements, social and civic, have
been reflected in this state. Ore-1
gon s development nas not been
one-sided. People have made money
and they are in tho way of making
more. But Oregon people have also
developed along cultural and hu
manitarian lines.
inree important laws were en
acted during the year. They are
the ' workmen's compensation act
the law creating the Industrial wel
fare commission, and the blue sky
law. All these enactments are for
the purpose of looking after people
who cannot look after themselves
Oregon women have been active In
public affairs as never before; the
use they have made of the ballot Is
shown throughout the state. Their
exact relation to Oregon's social and
civic progress cannot be demon
strated, but their influence has been
considerable,
The Journal wishes to Impress
worker students that distance does. affairs of disturbed ot backward
not keep them at home, nor rain states. . x'" .. -
and snow deter. . At a class at Calve, . So fa as' Great Britain is con
in Lancashire, during a snow storm, cerned Sir Edward Grey, the foreign
so violent that no train could run,
a tutor appeared to find twenty-
three out of thirty members present,
secretary, is the . official exponent.
In a recent speech he declared that
the using . of the humanitarian in-
CHRISTMAS
By Dr. Frank Crane.
My Dear Friend Christmas is com
ing, the great human festival. It Is mak-
and among them all six of the wo-ffIuence of this country to promote the t YVSTn llll
i.ien oiuueum. a wBrnuriugB pru- humanitarian objects In the world lo "et "om life are my friendships, f
lessor of economics, who was to. ja the 'fourth great branch' of Brit-L . want iv something to ms
meet a class, in a Midland county
missed his train, and wired that he
Rockefeller bank of Newi' nn - n.An,a tw no-nnc
York, strongly commended the main Portland's development the past year
rftAtlirAfl aF ftia ftw ii itwonntf Kill I .
nas been symmetrical. Neither state
features' of the new currency bill.
Testifying before 'the senate com
mittee on banking and currency, he
6a id under It "a repetition of the
u pnnic of 1907 would be impossible."
Testifying before the same com
mittee, Jacob H. Schif f, another
l.rominent .New York banker who
opposed the bill because it provided
no central bank, declared that the
recent delay in the passage of the
pending bill was the chief obstacle
to the restoration of financial con
fidence and stability. Here is valu
' able testimony from two great finan
cial captains who are opponents of
the bill, and. It Is direct assurance
of great good that will come to the
: country as a result of the enactment
of the measure Into law.
No testimony could be of more
value. It is even better than the
favorable testimony of Republican
Senator WeekB, the only banker in
, the United States senate, who went
out of : his party and Joined the
Democrats in the final vote on the
bill.
The new law is certain to mark
- the beginning of a new epoch In the
financial history of America. It is
designed to liberate credit, to free
the', financial life of the country
from Wall street" control and put It
under public control, to make the
currency system more elastic .and
prevent the recurrence of disastrous
panics,
Under the present laws there have
, been three great panics,. all from the
same causes. "They were the direct
result of the practice allowed by the
existing bank system of centering
reserves in Wall Street for use on
call In great speculative campaigns,
and their withdrawal in fright when
the ; bubble Is about to burst and
they are most needed to prevent a
disastrous collapse,
,' The consequence was suspension
of cash payments, bank failures and
business failures. It spread ruin.
and devastation far and wide. It
brought upon millions the wide
spread misery of bankruptcy and
sent idleness, despair and misery
stalking through the land
These financial upheavals -were
peculiar to this nation. They were
- scsaadal to this nation in the? fact
faac the causes have not been be
fore , removed. The change to an
orde free from such condition is
what the new measure means. It
is an emancipation of finance, busi
ness and credit from private control
to public control for the public in
terest. It is a new freedom that
will beneficially affect the business
life and Integrity of every com
munity by renewal of the open op
portunity in vogue before a few
seized dominion over American
nor city has traveled ground whjch
must be retraced.
AT BETHLEHEM
D
ARKNESS and confusion had
come upon the world. The
columns of the temple were
cast down and shattered. The
working tools were broken and scat
tered. A willingness to work no
longer entitled men to bread. The
stars of hope and faith were shroud
ed In the universal gloom. The
constellation of love was darkened
and the mourners went about the
streets saying: "How can there be a
just God when his creatures re
morselessly prey one upon the
other? When millions make count
less millions suffer? When ill-clad
want and shivering hunger gaze
through the brightly lighted palace
window of dance and feast? When
the last moan of the dying is min
gled with the first cry of the new-
Horn? When on the scales of jus
tice the evil of men outweighs the
good?" -
Ever blacker grew the night.
Ever crept the numbness of want
and misery. Is the messfah, prom
ised, never to come? Has Jehovah
forgotten his children?
"We have no hope, save in the
mercy and goodness of him of whom
the universe of worlds Is "but one
thought."
In the supreme moment of lone
liness and desolation drear the
shepherd guarding his flock on the
Judean hills saw a gleam of light in
the oriental sky. The constellations
of faith, hope and charity sprang
Above the horizon. A burning star
shone over Bethlehem and a voice
called out of the silence "Fear not,
for, behold I bring you tidings of
great Joy which shall be to all peo
ple. For unto you Is born this day
in the highest and on Earth peace
to Christ the Lord, and this shall
be a sign unto you. You shall'find
the babe wrapped in swaddling
clothes, lying in the manger."
The heavens were filled with the
chorus of the angels, "Glory to God
in the highest and on Earth peace
and good will to men."
A new day dawned. The working
tools of love were restored. The
temple was rebuilt.
would be an hour late, and asked
for instructions. The. answer came,
"Come on, we will wait." On ar
rival he found all the students pres
ent. His Cambridge class of under
graduates would have departed if
the professor had been twenty-five
minutes late.
These are all evening classes.
Neither students nor teachers could
afford to give up their labor in fac
tory, shop, or home. Students are
working for results, not for show,
and their self chosen courses last
for three years. ,
For several years prior to 1907
the good work was in progress. In
that year it was first brought into
public notice, at a small conference
of well known men, where a trades
union manager, and a dockyard
worker from tho Plymouth yard,
and the president of the Cooper
ative Educational committee, met
the Bishop of Oxford, and a well
known scientific writer.
The whole story has been written
by Mr. Albert Mansbrldge, tlie sec
retary and chief moving spirit of
the "Workers Educational Associa
tion." His new book, "University
Tutorial Classes," Just published In
England by Longman, is described
by a most competent critic as en
couraging and even exhilarating
reading.
These students are most effect
ively helping themselves. The term
'movement" is well bestowed, for
both in inception and in its rapid
development, It is a sign of the
times that may counterbalance
many pessimistic utterances on the
attitude towards life of these men
and women who glory in belonging
to the "working classes."
fourth great branch' of Brit- ,..Jla i f,Ve "omething to my
tot. ...., .. ..,cuo. ) -
vv' " Th other nlht- ' thinking It U
l,PTtden.tIaDBT.,"4wtUlg!l fBCUg" r'Iwsrprlse4 by the old truth,
nltlon of 'General Huerta, even as wh,cHcamr strongly to me, 'that what
de facto President of Mexico, be- "
cause he had usurped power, and Therefore I am going Juat to tell
had, at least, connived at the mur- you I think of you, that Christmas to
der of President Madero. An al- !? men y". that u are a part of
most exact precedent is found tni"::"ntJ'mi
h-i , I to tel you that tho thought
ciu.ai ui uini, uiiiwu iv gi you IS sunsnine to me. When mem.
recognize King Peter of Servia, I ory brings back our days and words
when he had secured the throne tof?threr- 1 m la1-
thromrh lh mnrdftr of hi nrndiw L " ? wer Fat should make you
, 1 . . ' ry nappy, i mould write auceess up-
cessor. In that refusal Great Brit- on your hands and brain every day, and
ain was followed by other European bring restful sleep to r every night,
powers, and a general principle of ?acn mpula front my heart goes out
far reaching authority was estab- tI.,yorA? angry "with the
Iiened. apace that separates us and the circum-
Presldent Wilson was faced with "tances that render our meetings few.
the necessity of action. His subse- V,tnmil.k.ind0LoIk," and 1 have
, . . constant desire to be near you.
quent policy has been based on and i do not believe any of us realize
has logically followed on his refusal how much friends mean to us, )iow their
to support an usurper and a mur- BP,r,t subtly touch and stimulate ours
derer by the recognition of the wh" "L5flJlrt.'.-a"La
United States. If this is intervon- us wh,'n "heTr 7 aroWd us
iion in me anairs or Mexico me in ranoy in our moments of loneliness.
word must receive-a new meaning, r001" 'ace my friend, is often with me,
But there will be little dispute u .it.V. bri Wn" cneer
inai wnne jrresiueni wuson nas so here's to you! I raise the glass
resolutely declined to be "maneu-of memory brimful of happy recollec-
vered into war" with Mexico to UT" "a arln.k to 'ou-
out of light just iri one's prime I was
Si years old -to' toll unceasingly and
unprofitably from day to day for 2Q
loner years, and hMnar .ahov all. t con
stantly confronted by the thought. iNo
nope, no nope lor life, for life. ,1 can
ay and beg no -more. ? Only", pray the
supreme Judge, who always tempers his
Judgment with mercy, may so lead the
hearts of the honorable board to show
me mercy." j-v
Wa ever more eloquent indorsement
or the straight and narrow path? Could
any man preach a greater sermon in the
same number of- words in favor of the
brigh t highway that "smoothly' stretches
toward peace, contentment and years
full of happiness as against the rocky,
bopgy road that leads in rough Journey
to crime, the gloomy prison walls and
trie unmarked grave? In the penciled
outpourings from the heart of this gray
striped man there is a lesson for all
for those who contemplate acts that
can only have their closing scenes in
courtroom and Jail, for those who never
sin against the law and thus never know
thn awful travail of men who do.
Murphy, tho Jlfer, Is out of prison. His
prayer was answered, and speedily. Ha
can best pay the debt he owes for that.
wherever there aro ears to hear,
Letters From the People
RAILROAD WRECKS
T
EDUCATED DEMOCRACY
r
HIS article has to do with "the
education of working people
on lines devised by them
selves." The soil In which this
movement is at work includes the
factory districts in Lancashire,
Yorkshire and North Staffordshire
finance, and by restoration of faith I in England. The "Working people'
in the financial establishment of
our common country.
ANOTHER YEAR
g BEGON is rounding out an
I I other year of progress. Port-
. 1 land is near another milestone
, ; which marks the forward
movement. There has been sub
tantial growth by both city and
tate; this section of the Pacific
1 Northwest is richer, better, further
ahead than it was a year ago.
The Journal is proud of what
Oregon and Portland have accom
pllahed in a year's time. The storv
is worth telling to the world, and
The Journal will tell it in a series
of special editions beginning next
Friday. These issues will not be
so much an individual enterprise as
they will be a mirror of the city
and state, telling how far we have
gone and the direction in which
we are traveling.
Tbera is no question about the
.material development of city and
ttate. ' Oregon has Just harvested
the largest aggregate crop in the
tate'a hUtory. There has been a
gratifying advance. In scientific
methods on the farms, and the
larger returns are now to the credit
pi farmers. Oregon has joined the
procession ofjrlch agricultural states.
The tame progressive spirit has
been shown In Portland, . The city
has Quit talking about doing things
and is doing them. Railroad devel
opment throughout the state has
been met by development of -Portland'
shipping fatillUes. ' fcublic
docks are no longer a mere dream:
Uoctlsnd Is actually building them,
The Columbia river J being cevel-
to use their own designation of
themselves are the workers in, the
great textile industries of Britain
and strange to say the clay and
pottery workers of North Stafford
shire. Readers of Arnold Bennett's
"The Five Towns," and Clayhangers
will best appreciate the wonders the
last twenty years have wrought
there.
Twenty one of these personally
operated and home taught classes
are now at work In this last district.
Each of them testifies to rare devo
tlon and self sacrifice. The teachers
are working men and women whose
daily work ,1s exhausting. They
travel long distances to meet their
classes. They neither expect nor
receive remuneration. Their aim is
to give to their brethren and sisters
the benefit that they have gained
In similar classes. The project was
originally suggested by a woman
student.
The attention of the authorities
ot uxiora university naving Deen
drawn to it, inspectors from the unl
versity. have examined these self
taught and voluntary classes. The
favorite subjects of study are his
tory economic and , industrial Po
litical Economy English Literature,
and Natural Science. Mr. Headlam
and Professor,, Hobhouse , inspected
the classes for the Board of Educa
tion, and Mr. A. L. Smith for the
University. AH s reported most fa
vorably of the work done and of the
teaching given, while Mr. A. L.
Smith declared that twenty-five per
cent of the essay$ submitted to him
were equal to the work done by stu-
Wents who. gained first classes In
jtijscory ac uxrora.
i9v eager ana inwrtptea are these I
HAT human life Is still held
cheaply In comparison with
property is strikingly brought
out in the annual report of
the Interstate Commerce Commis
sion in its discussion of conditions
revealed by investigation of train
accidents.
During the year graded June 30,
1913, the Commission inquired into
6 accidents which had caused the
death of 283 persons and the injury
of 1880. It was found that G6 of
these accidents were directly due
to dereliction on the part of em
ployes, but primarily they were due
to a lack of supervision on the part
of officials.
In its arraignment of officials the
Commission uses words that bite
deeply, saying:
The lack of supervision and inspec
tion with matters affecting the safety
of trains Is unexplalnable when the
areful supervision of all matters dl
ectly affecting the revenues of the
roads is considered.
The auditing and checking systems
ued for detecting the dishonesty of
employes are marvels of ingenuity and
careful attention to detail, but moans
of determining whether trains are op
erated In accordance with the require
ments of safety and in conformity
Ith rules are almost entirely lacking.
When it comes to economy in the
use of coal and oil there is a- rigid
supervision and Instruction, but
when it comes to a question of safe
guarding the lives of passengers,
operating officials seem to proceed
on the theory that when they have
issued certain rules their responsi
bility ends.
When It comes to the saving of
draw heads there la careful instruc
tion In the use of the air brake,
but when It comes to a question of
breaking the bones of passengers
operating officials overtook the fact
that "no rule, however good it may
be, is effective unless it is obeyed."
Either a great majority of rail
road accidents are unavoidable or
else there Is a widespread lack of
effort to minimize the mistakes of
employes. With due allowance for
human proneness to make mistakes
it Is up to the railroad officials to
show that all reasonable measures
have been taken to prevent accident.
It seems Inconceivable that in their
desire to make money railroad oper
ators should pursue a penny wise
and pound foolish policy by saving
oil and shock, of equipment and dis
regarding the larger economy of
life. That this is their policy the
record proves.
Checks are provided to detect the
dishonest employe Who handles the
funds of the road but them Is no
check on the careless employe who
controls the movements of trains.
Tho dollar js greater than the
man.
This condition will probably re
main until public sentiment crystal-
ires in a law requiring supervision,
Instruction and examination of train
service employes at stated intervals
as la recommended by the Commission.
All . . A.
borrow an expression from the Lon- UoT. T are wnaV yV ha"
aon paper yet tne errective use or i meant to me. I value your personality,
the financial bovcott that he has I Just as It Is. I clasp your hand throuah
succeeded in establishing, with the ' e n J st f-'r0 th9 bo V
, . , ...... i " . . torn of my heart I say "God bless vou!"
aid of Great Britain and other Eu- r thlnk of you when l recal, -te
ropean powers, is surely If slowly words of Goethe:
tending to the downfall of the "This world Is so waste and empty,
usurper whose reliance is only on Hv!r.7nf',rwUt,to V anhln" ana
. I, . , j. rivers in It; but to know that some
outside financial support. one is living on with us. even in silence.
If this be Intervention it Is hl makes our earthly ball a peopled
nolthpr thn "fnllv nnr thn rrlnio f garaen.
attempting to shoot the Mexicans
Into respect for constitutional gov
ernment." To quote, once more,
"the world would suffer incompar
ably graver intellectual and moral
NEWS FORECAST FOR THE
COMING WEEK
The national ranltal la at tK. i,.i.kt
damage from the spectacle Of BUCh of its preparations for the Christmas
a war than from the momentary season. So far as official Washington
success of a ruffian like General 18 concernea. there win be little busi
Unorta " nes" of lmPrtnce transacted during
nuena. tne coronB. week. xhe number of con
Is it ignorance or Insincerity that gressmen who are going home for the
claims the calm and patient adher- holidays is very small, in comparison
ence to a definite and proclaimed "h '?r Le!":.utAh '!th.at l
plan of action to be mere drifting capital Is not taken to mean that they
Into war?" The. nation and the win overwork themselves during the
world may well thank President ho''day season.
Wi!.n j ,, 0f0,- Many department heads and clerks
Wilson and his Secretary of State as hav) obulned leave of .bgence t0 enJOV
well, that bo far no act has been the holiday season at their homes in
committed " by the United States other parts of the country. It will be a
that would serve as pretext for mrry h-istmas at, the White House,
.,.,. ,,. , where President and Mrs. Wilson will
uniting all sections of the Mexican be 8urrounded by nearly all the mem
people In resisting a powerful in- bers of their Immediate family, and a
vader who hid his DurDo'ses of es- number of other relatives. There will
tabllshing constitutional government b,e ,nerestmg Christmas celebrations
, . . . , . . , also at the various embassies and lega-
behind screens of Infantry, cavalry, tions. especially those where there are
and machine guns.- A campaign is children.
a noor teacher of the Ideals of All signs point to a "Merry Chrlst-
democrarv and national social nrnir- mas" throughout the length and breadth
nomocracy ana national social prog- of th6 and The threatened idUBtrlal
reS8. drnrMiiInn has not vet materialized. a'nJ
The critics of President Wilson though some of the railroads and other
and his policy personified at this reat corporations are reported to be
time in Professor Woolsey of Yale S""e"',n Vh.. y" E
In the New York Independent, and ports of the mercantile agencies, issued
In the no less dogmatic columns of today, show that the Christmas business
the Oregonlan are apt In setting has been satisfactory in practically all
up a scarecrow in order to knock ""wd'events of importance are
it down. They omit to notice that scheduled for the week, as is to be ex
General Huerta was not, and has pected at the one season of the year giv
never been either the de facto or en ovnby practically every one to fam-
(Coiaaianltattona teat to Tbe Journal for tab.
Ilea tian la tlila denarttueut ahonld be wrlttaa es
oni? una (iae ot ina paper, auauia w ncra
800 word in length and aiuot ba aceomuaalad
Ur tba name and addreaa ot lb tndr. If the
writer dot not delre to haw tba unoia guu
llibad, be iboula to atata.f . -
"blacaHioa la the sreateat ot all reformer.
It raUouallcea everything It tourbe. It robs
principle of ill false aouctlt mid tbraws tbtm
bark on tavlr reaaonableoea. If tbty have n
raaaOBablanena, it rutMetRiy cruabaa tbein oal
ot axutence and aeta up Ha oua uuaeliuioua la
tbelr ataud."- Wuodrow Wllaou.
IN EARLIER DAYS
Mf Fred JtclUey.
4.
"Early n the spring, of- 1149, 1 quit
"j juy iiuuuiig ios lor ivuuuni bhw.
mill," said Cy. Mulkey, Oregon pioneer
of 1847. "In company with two broth
ers,' Ben and Houston Crisp, who hailed
from Texas, and the two Davis bovs.
John and Tom, and Elisha Biddle and
Mat McCul ough, all five of whom had
come from Mrsourl. the same year 1
Strictly speaking, you couldn't call It
prospecting, for you could strike, gold
most anywhere.
we went to Yubaville. and laid- in
enough supplies to last us all summer.
and then struck out for the hills. We
went up the north fork of the American
river. On the third day out. in the aft
ernoon, wa oame to beaverdani country,
where we had a good deal of trouble in
getting across with our outfit. A few
miles on the othar side of the beaver
dam we struck a smatl .creek -corAing
through a -beautiful littla vallevf It
was nearly noon, -and as we probably
would not find a better camping place,
we decided to stop there. I am going
to tell you this Story to show vnu what
weighty consequences sometimes come
from trivial Incidents, and to show you
how someof the rich strikes
n '49yrriCJlforiila. John Davis and
myself, aR soda Ra the packs were off,
begajf getting Awrier, Oftentimes, in a
Party,, you wffil have ona . fellow hn
doesn't want t6 hold his end un. Mat
McCulloucrh was not much nf a haiui ,
do bis share of the work. Aa a matter
of fact, he was the laziest white man
I ever saw. He not onlv illn't wan r,
do his share-of the work, but he wanted
the others to wait on him constantly.
As soon as we came into camp he would
unsaddle his riding horse, spread out
ins saddle blanket for a bed and, with
his saddle for a Billow.' he wnnM 11
down and at once go to sleep. As soon
as the coffee hud come to a boll and the
bacon fried, John said to me, Cy, better
go wake Mat up tell him dinner's
ready- The boys began talking about
it, and said, 'It'll do Mat good to miss
his dinner. He's too laav to llv. u
lets us do the work, and all ha want a tn
do Is to be waked up for his meals.' We
decided to eat without him to teach him
a lesson. Aa we were sitting around
eating dinner, John Davis said, "What's
the matter with playing a trick on Mat?'
I was 17 years old, and I loved to Joke
eat.
Primaries and Candidacies.
Yoncalla, Or., Dec. IS. To the Editor
of The Journal A gentleman, probably
of the old school in politics, writing In
the Oregonlan and seeking to boom R.
A. Booth for United States senator, evl.
dently doea not believe In the primary
law, allowing any one to come before
the people for an office, but prefers
to have friends of the candidate work
up meetings and call at the houses of
rich men and hold paid meetings in
different portions of the state by a few
boosters and writing up resolutions ex
tolling their good qualities and saying and play tricks better than tr.
they want men who will not stand for When it came to fun. I was willing trl
selfish Interests. Viewing It from this do more than a man's work. In fact, I
point, none but rich men can have the was a regular old man for fun. We d'is-
rignt to run ror otnee. Ben selling cussea what kind of a trick w would
spent many thousands or dollars in try- piay on him, and finally decided to pull
Ing to get the views of the people, but off an Indian scare. Each of us had a
he did not actually find out their views tie rope for our saddle horses. The
until after the election. Kicii men like Mexicans can these McCartvs.
Mr. Booth and Mr. Bourne can spend "John said, 'We will tie five or six of
larKa sums of moneV in setting soma Mr Mccartys together, tie onn end
people to demand that they run for of- around Mat's leg and the other end to
flee. There are some .pretty big men that bush near him. We'll fire three or
In Orearon who are also ooor men and 'our shots, yell like Indians, and Mat
who can't afford to advertise themselves wul K "P. minit the Indians are aft-
and get up a demand that they offer er "nd run like a tow-head.' I was
themselves for .the good of. the dear afraid Mat would wake up that I
people, and from my viewpoint they V dn stop to "n'Rh my dinner. I went
will stand as good a chance to, be elect. tho different saddles, got the tie
ed as some of the rich men who have '""" wea mem logeiuer, rastened one
accumulated great wealth In a very few -fcureiy arouna Mats leg and tied
:i.LER. wiuer iu . uuau. men we got our
yea rs.
A. U MILLER.
ily celebrations.
Educators, scientists, sociologists and
the de Jure ruler of Mexico. He
was not nor has he ever been more economic experts from all parts of the
than a blood stained usurper, country win gather in Minneapolis at
Climbing into a tottering chair, the end of the week for the annual meet
.neo vj ings of the American Economic assocla-
" ""w " moijuicu uj I Hon and the American sociological socl
much more than half of the terrl- ty.
tory Of that republic. They forget Tn appeal of former Governor Mor-
the 1lHftnnpnrnnofi nt- hia hanrla hoJ an O,. Bulkeley. of Connecticut, and
ine disappearance at his hands, be-other Btockholders of the New York.
hind dungeon wails, of the only New Haven A Hartford railroad from
duly elected representatives that the decree of the public service commis
Mexico has ever had. They hide Blon of Massachusetts authorizing the
Atu, ki railroad to Issue 167.552,000 convertible
"""J "v"i uiuvu, auu debenture bonds, will be arguea in the
age war that have disfigured Mex- Massachusetts supreme court on Satur-
ican history ever since this admitted day.
despot claimed to bo the head of 11 18 expected that the choice of an
(h. ., engineer for the Interstate bridge will
" be made this week.
On the other hand the "derision The motion picture exhibitors of Ore
of an uncharitable world" will be gon are to meet In convention in Port-
the portion of these self appointed land Monday ana Tuesday.
Objectors tO a policy Which is daily . n Parirranh.
more and more justified by events. From the TimM.
But, even if it were true that penned away from his fellow man for
"nothing succeeds like success," In a score of years, herded and caged like
diplomacy. In war, or in the Btrug- wiM and dangerous beast, one Murphy,
, . ,, ' .. . . a life termer In the penitentiary al
gles of ordinary life, it is yet more S,,iw.,r Minr.. wrote to the state
true that a higher standard is being prison board seeking a pardon:
applied today. than ever before In! "Twenty years! Can any man really
tha world's historv. Men atnn in realise what that means? to be shut
tiotr tliAmflAlva. "I. If . t n-1. ! Mn .U A.
uon. biivuiDci . v3ct ir v I 6"l, IttLUCI I I . Irnr A HI IT IO A i irr
than to put the question to them- UHKIo MANNY lO A LIFE
selves, "will It pay?" Observers of
guns, went up on the hillside, where we
PIpm. for rhriHtmaja Knlrit ivu,u ,,,ue "u I,reo rur or rive shots.
,e ,or - nrisimiwi wpim. I Mat ro led over. nt m ,hh hi. .....
. ... ..u.iu, .jv . . i'" i...v.i iiiinu started to vnwn. w rirri tm,r
The Journal I have seen many tetters five more shots, and when several of
wniien oy renaers or j ne journal, ana tne hoys gave the Indian warwhoop I
thought this letter to the public, which yelled to Mat to run for his life that
I first wrote on my birthday while I the brush was full of Indiana t tn
was behind the bars, might be valuable you, Mat stopped his yawn in the mid
enough to occupy space in your paper: die. I thought I had seen things move
To the Men and Women on Our Side: fast, but no Jackrabblt or covote ever
Tes, this is the "pen," my home for lit out much faster than Mat did. He
the past two years. Oh, how that day Jumped straight up and lit running. He
looms up the black day of my life when never noticed the rope around his foot,
the whole world looked at me and said: sna wnen ne came to the end of his
xes. ne is guuty. Away, away with t inrew mm so nara that he
him." I said, "Not guilty," and say oouncea uo line a rubber ball
It now. Who sees me now with eves Mat had an ugly temper. Ha saw
of love, as I sit by this cold wall, or how we had played a trick on him, and
will put a hand on this swollen headV.and na wae furious. As he sat there he be-
drlve away the pain. You have stolen an cussing us, and swore he would kill
my youth, my love, my health, my ln" Ilr"1 man lnal aw. and that he
honor, my all. and you have given me Tf . , T!ry one or u" for Pla'lnK
bed of disgrace. l"" lr'c'1 on
"r.r.ve!" Whi a wrri i Tr mm.. tn n sneaKeo. oft ok aways and held a
m. ........ v,n,, n,,f knn, .h.n t council of war. - The boys all decided
The guard? My fellow "con"r NoLchy nad 9"r out of camP 'or
Wt'r. dvlnr for a frlendUo tak hv tha "'". 1 " l"c "i"iiuui, io iet Mai
hand,
St.... 1 J
VWUJU HID WVI 111 UUl IS I. UllO KIllllUDO Ol I ,, . , . . . , ...
this play of human brute force, the !lnanl " ,'y toIme to, "neak ,nt0
light of love, the dove of Christian fcP', "MT0.-0! .f." ?'c.k and a
.a M fin i h i... ... - I V i" "iiu iiicr iibiib. ana we
I ' . y. i , "'"' " would spend the rest of the day pros
chance to help ourselves. Give us the pfccting.
nesri oi a inena, a iooh, a word or -f -,f-h.j mv
e. I tnnl orif) Innlt tham Alii U-.--.
I ----- "viu wuv .u iii 3 tuc
we have longed for a friend many a I boys were. We started down the creek,
a oaIi. ,., . a"a traveled for about a mile and a half.
w r i o nai iiu nun jlui tru i urn An Bra en m a n ..-.ii ..t i .
Please send n letter, a flower, a card. th f "lch and faveled up beside It for
Bound up with a bunch of good will. PiHlbIy a couple of hundred yards to
It will keep you from feeling quite so whore a dry gulch came into It. We
nsra uiruc up tne dry guicn and went up
AgaliiKt the fellow at the foot of the that for maybe a hundred and fifty
.A-ui-H. i yarns, to wnere it made a ihnri turn
Arnunn a nnlnr nf ,iu.k.
One of the Very Tiniest. "I had spent most of the summer and
Portland, Dec. 20. To the Editor of fall of the paevlous year. 1848. ln rjros-
The Journal In the list of wee pectlng and mining, and somehow or
babies. I would like to enroll my other. I had a hunch that this would be
own daughter. She weigher hrlv 21 a good place. We could see that water
ounces, was perfect In every way, and had run In the dry gulch during the
was only prevented from taking nour- winter, and right where the point of
ishment in the natural way because her roch" ut across the gulch I stopped on
mouth was too small at first. I could "PP" flldo of it and said to Ben
slip my wedding ring clear to her Cr,aP- 'at's sink a hole here.' We had
shoulder. She now wears it as her own been out " ouI. trlp ,for tnr Ja's' ani
wedding ring, as she is married and the . w", lV 5 . "oten
mother of three children. She Is 23 .k i , lva'K""Ki nu
years old. She slept her first two .JLI . 1 1 L"VtB.r" "?u e"
months ln a large cigar box. 8he wa I "7"'u, "L-.Lr "u menuonea stop-
born in Iowa. MRS. M. HANSEN. ' " ..i .v. ,.,; . .
President Wilson's official acts rec- From a Sermon by Edward Everett Hale.
ognize his purpose to measure pub- Now, when we say that Christianity
lie affairs of the nation ln relation I a life and not a creed, we mean that,
to the wide world by the plain rules whether a person can read a creed or
of right and wrong binding the not. whether he had been taught it
community no less than the Indl- !n. woIa" OT 1 7 . , .1
vidual. When we come to gauge UI"i!r
and measure his dealings with the when h, ,n8,stea upon actlon ln8lead of
Mexican usurper suppose we try 10 expression. And It is very Interesting
adopt his measuring rod and line, to see, in his own personal history, how
I closely ho held himself to his own
a banner carriea tnrough the statement.
streets .by a crowd Of fifteen or I Take that most pathetic conversation
"HUMANITARIAN" TOLICY
Y THE title "humanitarian
policy the (London) Nation
labels the course pursued by
the United States, under the
guidance of President Wilson, in
handling the burning problem of
Mexican government.
Two questions are discussed bv
that . influential paper-the first.
how far diplomacy may rightly in
clude "humanitarian ends" among
Its purposes, and, second, how rar
it may go In "intervening" bv one
method- or another, Jn the Internal
twenty so-called unemployed yes- with the young nobleman of Edom. So
terday was inscribed, "You give us 'r a verbal expression went, he and
work, or we Will give you hell." j th Savior were at one. The young man
No real worklngman makes such "ve nepi Ten
threats. No worthy person utters Commandments "bat is, I have obeyed,
..,.h- ..nfirv.oT.4a rfv, i the written law "from my youth up."
such sentiments. The carrying of T ..... hlm v.t ,..
uvu mivue." uio on colo 1 wnicn ne nceds.
ougnt not to ,ue toieratea. This is The ona thing he needs, it seems, is
a government by law and not a gov- action. "Follow me; do as I do; lift up
ernment ly bluff tht which has fallen down, bring com-
m.M ... .n Irnnw that Ih. tpln.J.M
v of God is at nana
From the Washington Star.
w ny aon t you run ror ornce7" 1 Ml the established churches, when
"I've thought about it," replied Mr. I young men come to them who wish to
Dustin Stax, "but I'm satisfied to sub. ba ministers of the eosoel. sav. "fen.
scribe to campaign funds. The factjif you will go Into uch and such a
inai h 111 tin is wuiinit lu give prizes lorianhnnl anrl atiHlv such anrt anrh l.n-
U;?h'?. tuhim ."l".?'' put hfm unaer guages and read such and auch books.
and pass an examination ln those books,
obligation to aviate." .
Competing Consumers.
From the Washington Star.
"You used to say 'competition is the
life of trade,' " '
"So H is." replied Mr.'Cumrox, "only
Instead of competing to sell things th
Idea now Is to corner 'em ud a.nn a-t
people competing Xocjr. chance to buy."
at .the end of such and such a time,
if you believe what we wish, we will
give you a license which shall enable
you to go out and say to all the world
that the kingdom of Ood is at hand."
But Jesus Christ took no such pre
caution for good grammar or for con
servative utterance. He . found some
fishermen .trashing, jthelr. jiets( Ha did
not say to them "learn anything,
ne saio, "Follow me.
He found a
the tax broker'
say to him "learn anything," but
low me."
but!
Degan digging. Tne other boys all
stopped and said. .'All right: we'll sink
a hole here to bedrock, and see what we
get.' We struck bedrock at about 2H
feet. I got a pan of dirt, walked over
to the little gulch with water ln it and
man changing money at r'a"ne?-K , ; rou11 a good "f80 n"-
toil n a-. j u j 1 mm a. lut ui coarse KTOJa. Wn
tw hid uuHArt ii ici waruii. una n
weighed $83. Well, that was all we
unaitul Tf .ta. J . . .
There is not the slightest Indication " a"aJwoea
that one of the 12 apostles had made ia h. A.- rPh... - '!. ?
t Z J i . wnere we strucK Dedrock that wasn't
of the Jewish church, or of the Christ- rich. We stayed here between three and
lan church that was to be. Thev were four mnnthi nri th. a.
, . . , . 1 , w.v "'non, T C IIIAUU
Biiupjjr men wno. bs jesus inougnt, naa was about 76 a day, and from that un.
piucic ana energy enough for the posl- We named this camp Crass Valley, and
tion to which he was to appoint them: It proved to be one of the best and rich.
wno naa lonowea so rar mat ne Knew est smites in tnat district. '
something about them, and whom he
therefore appointed, because they were
Inen of action for the emergency.
And the Master is willing that his
church shall stand the test to which
he leaves fisherman, apostle, vouna
nobleman and repentant sinner. It is
the same test for kings and emoerors
and fishermen, for preachers and black.
smiths, for artists and dressmaker
that simple test of thistles and vines
and :fig-treea.
All of them, the emperor like the
blacksmith, shall be Judged by their
fruits. Tne fishing net and the church
will be Judged by what they do. The
doctrine will be Judged by the-life. The
lire win not be judged by the doctrln.
At fnls plan of his the doctrine-mak
ers .Will always be dissatisfied. Tha
men of words Will skillfully twist Words
to say "It . were better the other way.
How gladly would you and I get over
tne need or traveling io miles on foot
this morning if It would answer to say
w have done It! But It will not answer,
To Jive as one lives who knows that
Ood Is here haa not proved to ba easy.
But to say, 'I bejieve In God, the1 Fathv'
er, Almighty, tne Maker of heaven and
earth," proves very easy,
Religion in not . a creed, but a Ufa.
By, ,thelr.-XruJt. shall jre know them,
Pointed Paragraphs
1
It's easier to boast than make good,
a
Encourage kindness even if you have
to practice on yourself.
' a
When poverty comes In at the window
It Is gotaway day for love.
a a
Don't expect the world to laugh with
you If you -are laughing at the world.
The Woman's Page
The Journal each evening pre
seats m number of striking
features. Many of them are
V of exclusive Interest to wo
men; others are of general
appeal. ,
. They all sire1 worth while.
Cultivate this dally feature)
page; yon will find It prof
itable reading. v
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