THE 3IORMXG OREGOyiAN. THTTRSPAT, ,U.NK 12, 1913
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GREAT BOON' TO CANADA.
The title of the Underwood tariff
might fitly be changed to "A bill for
the promotion of emigration of Amer
ican farmers to Canada." That is the
view taken of the bill by Eastern Ore
gon farmers. They see that oats are
to be on the free list and they wonder
what 'benefit would accrue to them If
a large crop in Umatilla County came
In the same year as a short crop in
other sections of this country and a
heavy crop in Canada. Four years
ago, "When there was such a combina
tion of events, Umatilla farmers got
$30 a ton for their crop, being shield
ed from Canadian competition by pro
tection. With barley on the free list,
they would have to share their good
fortune with Canada, perhaps give
that country the bulk of it.
If the Democrats should do as they
now propose, put both wheat and
flour on the free list, Canadian wheat
could be shipped 'by way of Vancou
ver to California and would cut down
materially, if not entirely abolish, the
premium that state now pays on Uma
tilla bluestem, which ranges from 2
cents at the beginning of the season
to as much as 10 cents.
Did the Democrats propose to cut
duties on what is consumed as well as
on what Is produced without discrim
ination between sections, the farmers
would not object so seriously. But
when they must pay duty on sacks
In which to put free wheat, while the
Southern farmer gets cotton bagging
duty free, and when like discrimina
tion is practiced in favor of the South
and against the West in many other
Tespocts, they think they are not get
ting a square deal. They feel that
their land at J100 to $200 an acre will
be compelled to compete with Cana
dian land at $40 to $50 an acre. If
this is to be the case, they reason, they
might as well go to Canada.
That reasoning in the minds of
many may change the stream of emi
gration to the Dominion into a flood
and may cause the loss to this coun
try of the stanchest and most compe
tent food producers in the world sci
entific farmers who have raised their
business to the highest point of effi
ciency. HJTTLNG ON THE U).
President Wilson on May 26 startled
the country by fathering the broad
charge that a systematic effort to de
feat the new tariff bill was being
made by a powerful lobby and by cer
tain affected interests through paid
newspaper advertisements. "Wash
ington," said the President, "has sel
dom seen so numerous, so Industrious
or so insidious a lobby."
On the following day in the Senate
Senator Cummins presented a resolu
tion proposing a thorough investiga
tion of the charges made by the Pres
ident. A counter resolution was of
fered by Senator Kern, which "great
ly restricted the scope and limited the
thoroughness of the Investigation."
The words In quotation marks are
Senator La Follette's. The Wisconsin
Senator vigorously supported the
Cummins resolution in the Senate. If
there was a lobby. Senators Cummins
and La Follette wanted to know all
about It, and they wanted the coun
try to know. But notwithstanding the
sensational accusations of the Presi
dent, the Democratic Senate majority
decided to put on the soft pedal.
Senator La Follette tells the whole
story in the current issue of his week
ly, adding this remark:
But the Kern substitute was passed. A
limited Investigation was ordered. Instead
of seising this occasion for making a most
searching Inquiry Into the practices cf the
lobby that President Wilson declares to be
"Insidious" and "industrious." the Demo
cratic majority confined the Investigation
which could not bo avoided to a proceeding
which by the terms of the resolution adopt
ed can scarcely accomplish more than a
mere scratching of the surface.
In the list of Senators who protest
ed against an open inquiry by voting
against the Cummins and for the
Kern resolution, Mr. La Follette In
cludes our own Senators, Lane and
Chamberlain.
SALOON MODELS.
A model liquor license law is an
admirable thing, no doubt. We have
heard a great deal about it in Oregon
during the past five or six years, and
In one or two places. Dallas, for ex
ample a model license has been
adopted. The latest news from Dallas
Is that certain restless citizens, impa
tient under the Inspiration of a grow
ing popular thirst, are moving to get
another saloon where only two sa
loons bloomed before. We are bound
to assume that the model license plan
of limiting the number of saloons in
that thriving city to two has not been
able to satisfy everybody.
We are moved to these remarks by
a letter, printed today, from President.
Ullmore, of the National Model Li
cense League. Mr. Gllmore appears
to be considerably disturbed over the
prospect of another prohibition cam
paign In Oregon. He may well be.
We recall that during the latest pro
hibition campaign particularly in the
Issue over the home rule amendment
there were profuse promises of
model licenses and model conduct on
the part of the saloonkeepers. We
have no doubt the pledges will be
solemnly renewed In another prohibi
tion campaign.
We would not, of course, discour
age the adoption of model licenses In
communities where liquor Is to be
old. We believe In a model license,
fcut we believe more In the effleacv of
model public officers. We should also
like to see the National Model License
League promote a movement to put
the saloons, under a model license, in
the hands of model saloonkeepers.
Th American Machinist prints a
suggestion that It may be possible to
bottle up the sun's energy, of which
vast quantities now go to waste in
deserts and on the ocean. Mature
does the trick by -the activity of chlo
rophyl in green leaves, but man has
not yet learned to imitate her. If he
ever does he will have a source of
power which Is literally "inexhaust
ible." Perhaps some arrangement of
reflectors will accomplish the end in
the course of time. There is really no
hurry about it, since the world's coal
supply is good for three or four hun
dred years more.
THE POOR MAN'S CLOTHES.
One of the loudest cries against the
present wool tariff is that it taxes the
poor man's clothes; but what does the
Underwood tariff propose to do 7
Though the investigation by the Taft
Tariff Board showed 10 to 15 per cent
.o be ample protection on coarse
cloth, the Underwood bill puts a uni
form rate of 35 per cent on coarse,
medium and fine cloth.
This rate affords ample protection
to medium cloth, but Is Inadequate for
fine grades, of which very little is
made in this country, even under the
present tariff. Had the Democrats
availed themselves of the services of
a tariff board to get at bottom facts,
they would not have cut duties too
low In one place, not low enough in
another.
But the Democrats prefer revision
with an ax and in consequence the
poor man will continue to pay more
than his fair share of the taxes.
THE LAST OP ITS KIND.
The automobile parade yesterday
was a disappointment. It must be con
fessed with chagrin to the thousands
of visitors that one conspicuous fea
ture of the Rose Festival was far be
low the mark. Fof illustration, the
firemen of Portland, who have lately
had such abundant evidence of the
public concern in them and their wel
fare, but lily requited it by their per
functory display of their fire appratus.
There were many automobiles with
very little adornment, and there were
others that had no business In line.
There were, of course, a number of
beautifully decorated cars; but they
were too few and far between. Some
how there was a woeful lack of initia
tive management and proper discrim
ination. Other features of the Rose Festival
are wonderful in their completeness
and variety. The electric parade was
satisfactory, the "night in Rosaria"
was first-class and the rose show at
the Armory was up to Portland's best
traditions. The crowds are large and
the Interest of visitors from remote
points is very great. Portland has
well advertised itself by its magnifi
cent Rose Festival.
Yet It has become obvious that if
the Rose Festival Is to be a permanent
annual event and if It Is to reflect
credit upon Portland's taste, generos
ity, spirit and enterprise it must be
reorganized.
ONE MORE.
The average citizen will receive
with calmness the news from Illinois
that the Legislature has granted suf
frage to women. It was to be expect
ed, for it is a part of the Inevitable
trend of the times. Ten states of
the forty-eight have yielded to the
righteous demands of women for the
ballot.
The movement which began in the
enlightened states of the West has
thus at last crossed the Mississippi
and enveloped Illinois. After a lit
tle while it will spread over the be
nighted Fast, and it may also seize
'.he darkest South, where they now
disfranchise women by law and the
cclored man and brother by force.
If there is any one in Oregon who
still would withhold the ballot from
women, he has had nothing to say
since the last city election in Port
land. There and then the women de
monstrated not only their power but
their careful and discriminating judg
ment. The satisfactory outcome of
the election Is by common consent at
tributed in great measure to them.
The forces and elements that profit
by politics and by commercialized gov
ernment may not be pleased with
woman suffrage. But practically all
others are, where it is in effect.
We look to see other states In the
column soon. The indurated and
skeptical East might as well recog
nize what is coming. The apprehen
sive South after a while will give
woman equal legal rights with the ne
gro and will help her maintain them.
It will help, not hinder, the solution of
the race problem.
THE BEAUTY OF BREVITY.
Most books are too long. So are
most speeches. It is a rare author
who knows when to stop and the ora
tor who has the great secret of brev
ity is still rare. He wanders on and
on until all his hearers are praying
that he may be stricken dumb. If he
would cut his lucubrations short
everybody would love him. As It is
every orator Is an object of hatred to
his miserable victims.
There is a story of a wordy brother
who went to an Oregon mountain
town to make a speech to the public
school graduates. He began promptly
at 8 o'clock. At half past ten he de
luded his suffering audience by say
ing casually. "But I must be brief."
At half past eleven he promised pa
renthetically to bring his "few scatter
ing remarks to a close." At twenty
minutes past twelve he actually
stopped. The dying were carried home
on stretchers.
This orator was rather more piti
less than most of his kind but they
are all thirsty for human gore. Dy
ing groans are music to their souls and
swooning women delight them. The
best speech ever delivered In this
country was Lincoln's at Gettysburg
and It lasted only a minute or two.
Some say he got through It in half a
minute. At any rate. It was short.
All the really great books are brief.
The New Testament would hardly fill
a Sunday newspaper. The "Vicar of
Wakefield" can be read through in an
hour. "Hamlet" Is only a pamphlet.
"The Pilgrim's Progress" is not much
longer. The true rule Is to leave an
audience wanting to hear more and
the reader sorry when the book comes
to an end. Nobody ever grows tired
of Robinson Crusoe. Everybody
wishes "The Treasure Island" might
go on for hundreds of pages more. But
Stevenson was wise in his generation
and stopped at the psychological point.
No wonder Dr. Slosson makes a plea
for brevity in the pages of the In
dependent. If he had his way the
magazines would publish their valu
able articles in booklets which could
be bought for a nickel. No doubt he
would also like to see novels cut
down to about a quarter of their usual
length. We are sure we should.
There Is too much going on in the
world to spend days over a single
book unless it is very great and then
it Is sure to be short In any case.
The next literary form will no
doubt be the short ndVel. Perhaps we
may even live to see the dawn of the
short autobiography.
HAIR SPIITTINO.
Interested persons in Salem have
supplied the Capital Journal of that
city with argument in support of the
theory that the special referendum
election law Is unconstitutional and
in opposition to The Oregonian's criti
cism of Judge Galloway's decision.
It is argued that because the first
paragraph of the law sets a day for
a special election without relating
cause or reason therefor, the act does
not meet the requirements of the
constitution that special elections shall
be called for a specific purpose. Yet
the succeeding paragraph of the law
provides that all measures passed by
the Twenty-seventh Legislature upon
which the referendum shall be in
voked shall be submitted at such spe
cial election.
While the submission of such meas
ures is admitted by our ingenious
friends to be the purpose of the elec
tion it is held not to be the purpose
because the Legislature couldn't have
that kind of purpose and keep within
the constitution. The argument turns
on a provision of the constitution,
which provides that no law shall be
passed which "shall be made to de
pend upon any authority, except as
provided in this constitution." This
leads to the following:
The taking effect of this law. If it waa
possible for It to take effect at all, la
made to depend upon a contingency. That
contingency was and is the Invoking of
the referendum on any measures passed by
the Twenty-seventh Legislative Assembly. It
would depend upon whether or not Parkin
son or some one else worked up a referen
dum on the U. of O. appropriation or on
some other bills.
A very similar attack was made sev
eral years ago on the local option law
of 1905. That act provides for the
calling of special elections contingent
upon somebody working up a petition
and acquiring the signatures of 10 per
cent of the voters. The local option
law even goes so far as to declare
that prohibition within the political
subdivision designated in the petition
shajl be contingent upon the vote of
the people in the special election.
There is not only one but two contin
gencies. Tet the Supreme Court has
held that the local option law does
not contravene the inhibition In the
constitution cited by our Salem critics.
The only distinction that we can
discover between the two laws In the
particular of creating a dependency
on some other authority is that the
local option law provides for holding
an election "on the first Tuesday
after the first Monday in November
of any year"; while the referendum
election law provides for an election
"on the first Tuesday after the first
Monday in November, 1913." If It be
contended that It is lawful to call an
election in any year but unlawful to
call one In a specific year, each elec
tion to be contingent upon the filing
of a legally authorized petition, the
hair-splitting is so fine that The Ore
gonlan cannot see it at all.
GIOVANETTT8 "CAGE."
One day in the course of the dis
order at the notorious Lawrence
strike a person happened to be killed.
This Incident was followed by the ar
rest of three of the mob orators.
They were accused of Inciting the riot
which caused the murder and upon
that charge were kept tn jail for seven
months without bail. They might have
had a speedier trial but for the fore
thought of their lawyers, who sup
posed, It is said, that some delay might
secure them a more considerate hear
ing. One of the three men arrested
was Arturo Giovanettl, an Italian, who
had begun life as a student of the
ology and passed on to the estate of
a Syndicalist orator. At the time of
the Lawrence strike Giovanettl was
about thirty years old and far richer
in weird experience than in cash. He
had written poetry for Italian papers
but none in English. Nobody sus
pected that he had the gift of song
but all recognized his power to stir
the mob.
While Giovanettl was in Salem Jail
the enterprising "Bill Haywood" vis
ited him and asked him why he did
not write something on the topic of
"Sixteenth Century Courts Trying to
Solve Twentieth Century Problems."
The theme attracted the young Italian.
Perhaps the ghosts of the witches who
were hanged at Salem a couple of cen
turies before Inspired his muse. They
had been sent to their accounts by the
courts. What else had he and his com
rades to expect? As Giovanetti pond
ered he had a vision and describing
the vision he produced a poem, "The
Cage," which is published in the June
Atlantic. Evidently the magazine
published it with misgivings, for the
editor makes an apology for It in his
closing pages, but the piece is so full
of the divine fire that he had not the
heart to reject it. In his poem Gi
ovanetti depicts a philosophy of life
which Is freed from all the familiar
concepts of God, immortality and law.
The human race, as he sees Its future,
will depend upon its own intelligence
for happiness and expect no help from
the outside. It will discard traditions,
break with moral formulas and go to
its ends by the shortest way, using any
means that may offer themselves.
Such symbols as "fidelity, honor, relig
ion" will have no meaning In Syndi
calist civilization and no reverence will
be taught for tradition.
Giovanetti, speaking for Syndical
ism, throws overboard everything that
comes to us from the past. He
loathes its whole Inheritance, but most
of all he loathes the courts. His "Cage"
is a vision of a courtroom. The judge
Is an "old and hoary man upon the
flreless and godless altar" and "old
and hoary were the tomes that mold
ered behind him on the dusty shelves."
It is from these books of the dead
that the law for the living is sucked
by the death's head Judge and the
skinny lawyers. "Old were the words
they spoke the dead echoes of dead
centuries. In the great greenish room
there was nothing but the silence of
dead centuries and of ears that listen
no more." Giovanetti goes on to de
scribe with all the magic of genius the
living things to which they might lis
ten if they would, the strivings of
men in work and love and politics,
but no sound from the Joom of time
penetrates that hideous siience. The
ghouls continue their feast in an un
broken calm, devouring the hearts of
their prey. The tragedy of It all is
that these specters gain their power
over men by virtue of what is best
in us. It Is our enthusiasms, our de
votions, our invincible loyalties, our
love of liberty that bring us Into the
Cage. "Brothers, it is the things we
love that enslave us, it Is the things
we yearn for that subdue us." If we
could only grin in contented sties
there would be no strife between the
living and the dead and no use for the
Cage.
Then Giovanetti describes the trial
where "senility, dullness and dissolu
tion were all around the green iron
cage and nothing was new and young
and alive In the great room except the
three men who were In the cage." The
bony hand of the past was thrust into
the present to seize three more vic
tims and devour them, using the law
to bind Its prey. The obvious com
ment upon this picture is that Giova
netti and his two companions were
acquitted. The' had a fair trial. The
evidence against them was sifted
down to the last atom and the Jury
east it away. Dead as the Judge was.
"sitting on his faldstool on the fire
less and godless altar." he yet had life
enough to see that the scales of jus
tice hung even throughout the trial.
From the moldy lawbooks on the dus
ty shelves the spectral lawyers ex
tracted principles which saved Gi
ovanetti's neck and sent him out of
the cage to preach his new gospel In
safety. The law is provoklngly be
hind the times in many particulars
and the courts are often slow to hear
the reverberations of modern life but
still we must finally admit that all
the world has gained by its battles for
liberty is securely preserved for us
in the sheep-bound volumes which Gi
ovanettl contemns and expounded as
a sacred trust by the Judges whom he
derides. The principles of law stand
for the courage and sacrifice of thou
sands of men like Giovanettl. Every
letter has been wet with the tears of
hopeless exiles, every word has been
stamped with the blood of martyrs.
The malice of petty Interest and the
ingenuity of time-serving judges some
times pervert the law and make It
kill where It ought to cure, but they
are transient and their purpose fails.
The mighty stream resumes its course
and the pebbles that would have
dammed it are swept away. One by
one the gains that the world makes by
its wars and labors and thoughts are
embodied in the law and there they
exist forever, shielding flaming souls
like Giovanettl from the malice that
would cut short their lives and silence
their tongues.
Bishop Brent, head of the Episcopal
Church In the Philippine Islands, has
called down rebuke upon his head by
speaking of steerage Immigrants as
"the common people." The New
Haven Journal-Courier asks who are
the uncommon people and continues:
Is the possession of riches the dividing
line? If it is. then, that all those who sub
slat In the sweat of their brows belong to
the common class, are there enough left
of the other kind to engage the services of
an actively Inclined clergyman 7 As a mem
ber of the common people, we beg to sug
gest to those massaging us every' now and
then with their patronizing notice that their
task among us would be considerably re
duced by treating us as if we had just a
modicum of common sense.
It is most difficult for one with in
stincts of a born aristocrat the be
lief Instilled from Infancy that he is
one of a superior breed of humanity
to conceal the fact, even when making
an honest effort to be democratic.
Bishop Brent was probably making
such an effort, but early training and
association were too much for him.
St. Paul, Minn., is rejoicing in the
success of an unprecedented experi
ment. The city issued some bonds
which did not sell well through the us
ual syndicates. A department store
bought them up and resold them at
cost to its customers, mostly In lots of
about $250. They went off like hot
cakes. The incident contains a lesson
for other cities and other department
stores. Why should not municipal
debts be owned largely at home?
No patronage under control of Rep
resentative Lloyd, chairman of the
House committee on accounts, is to get
away from the Lloyd family. He has
appointed his brother clerk at $2500
and his son assistant clerk at $1800.
When he has appointed a cousin or
nephew messenger at $1000, the committee-room
will closely resemble a
gathering of the Lloyds in family re
union. Governor West, as ex-officio divine
dispenser of justice and favors, was
bound to remit the penalty Imposed
on a prison guard for beating brutally
a convict on the streets of Salem.
What standing has a parole-breaker?
The guard should be reprimanded,
however, by the executive for his im
patience and advised to wait the next
time until he had the unfortunate in
side. Local bank statements in response
to the late call of the Controller
showed the customary Increase in de
posits. This is a feature of finance
peculiar to Portland.
Possibly the Rose Festival was the
drawing power that led a Multnomah
convict in state prison to escape
Tuesday. Can you blame him?
Now that President Wilson says the
lobby must go the lobbyists would do
well to rush a lobby to lobby for the
lobbyists.
Come on, let's start war with Japan.
The Jap baseball team is trimming
ours at every clash in Tokio.
It Is not every city that can throw
in a spectacular fire as added attrac
tion to its annual festival.
Seattle plain-clothes men are enti
tled to credit for knowing how to
handle a streetcar bandit.
No, that spectacular $95,000 fire
was not a part of the regular pro
gramme. The man who tries to board a mov
ing car Is In a gamble with the under
taker. When the Young Turks kill off all
the old gobblers there w.ill be no Sick
Man.
Really, now, wouldn't you rather be
alive in Portland than dead anywhere
else?
Having beaten the English at polo,
there's nothing else left to beat them
at,
The suit against the oatmeal trust
is something to make a stir-about.
But perhaps you can pick up a lit
tle much-needed rest next week.
Chile announces plans -for ten new
warships. For whom ?
But, did the English ever beat us
at anything?
Illinois is in line on equal suffrage
at last.
Weather's certainly doing its shan
MODEL LICENSE LAW IS OUTLINED
National Organisation Offers Substitute
for Prohibition In Oregon.
PORTLAND. June 7. (To the Ed
itor.) In The Oregonlan you print a
special dispatch from Eugene, Or., In
which It is stated that the Oregon cam
paign for the repeal of the home rule
amendment to the local option law, at
the 1914 election, and for state-wide
prohibition In 1916, was lanched at a
mass convention of prohibition advo
cates held there, and that a citizens'
league, with the special purpose of aid
ing in the enforcement of the prohibi
tion laws and in advancing the Inter
ests of prohibition, was formed.
According to the latest report of the
United States Commissioner of Inter
nal Revenue there are 2431 retail
liquor dealers In Oregon, and the total
number of dealers in alcoholic bever
ages In the state was 2808. A three
years' campaign to put these persons
out of business will undoubtedly create
much contention and strife and cause
bitter feeling.
Even should home rule be taken
away from the people of Oregon and
prohibition prevail, nothing will be ac
complished for the cause of true tem
perance. The sale of alcoholic bever
ages will go on as it now goes on in
the several prohibition states.
No "dry" law Is permanent.
Prohibition must fail whether It
prohibits or not
If It does not prohibit It Is a failure.
If It does prohibit it will be repealed
because of the demand of the people
for alcoholic beverages.
Regulation is the solution of the
liquor problem.
The National Model License League,
made up of leading distillers, brewers,
wholesale and retail liquor dealers and
others who have given the subject
much thought, is urging constructive
legislation along this line, and favor
legislation embodying the following
principles;
First That a retail liquor license
once issued should carry with It the
right of renewal so long as the holder
obeys the law, and so long as the com
munity is not voted "dry." This would
prevent politicians from Influencing
the granting or the refusing of licenses.
Second The license fee should be
reasonable; excessive high license must
inevitably compel the handling of in
ferior goods and possibly the violation
of law.
Third No new license should be is
sued until the proportion becomes one
for each 500 of population.
Fourth The license should be sus
pended for 30 days upon the holder's
first conviction of violation of law
and cancelled permanently upon second
conviction. T. M. GILMORE,
President Nat'l Model License League.
NO MARRIAGE CLUB AT WELLESLEY
Student Orgs nlzatlon Denies Story
Originating In Boston Nenspaper.
PORTLAND, June 11. (To the Edi
tor.) May I be permitted to state the
Tacts with regard to a Wellesley story
published some time ago? The ac
count of the formation of a "Marriage
Club" at Wellesley, members of which
are pledged not to marry for three
years after graduation and not to marry
any man on a salary of less than $5000
a year, was made up by a reporter on
a Boston newspaper. When news of
the article reached Wellesley, Indigna
tion Tan high. The students were called
together by order of the student gov
ernment president for the purpose of
finding out if there were any founda
tion for the story. When a thorough in
vestigation had been made, and proof
of the non-existence of such a club
was fully established, the president of
the Student Government Association
wrote to the editor of the paper calling
his attention to the error and asking
him to make the proper correction,
which he was unwilling to do.
Following is a statement made by
Mary Wheeler Humphrey, president of
the Wellesley Student Government As
sociation. The evidence for the non-existence of the
so-called "Marriage Club" at Wellesley is
conclusive. Because of the apparent falsity
of the newspaper story, the whole studem
body was called together. Every girl was
put on her honor to give any information she
might have as to such a club. No girl knew
of Its existence. The student body la In
dignant that auch a misrepresentation ot
Wellc3ley should be spread over the coun-
As the Wellesley press board is
making a special effort this year to
furnish reliable news for the Boston
and New York papers represented by
its members, it is to be especially re
gretted that this breach In the agree
ment of one of the papers thus repre
sented should have occurred. Any
thing which you can do to correct the
unfortunate report, which has already
spread all over the country, will be
greatly appreciated by the publicity
committee of the Oregon Wellesley
Club.
MYRTLE HUNT TRAVIS. Chairman.
THOSE WHO FLEE FROM NEW LAW
Bridegrooms Mny Be Judged by Ac
ceptance of Examination Requirement.
M'CLEARY. Wash., June 10. (To the
Editor.) I notice a comment In The
Oregonlan upon the result of the new
marriage law In Oregon. It seems that
there Is likely to be a rush of couples
to Vancouver or Into Washington,
where an examination as to the physi
cal competency of the candidates is
not required.
It occurs to me that there will be a
rather strong flavor of reason behind
any running away from that excellent
law. The man who knows that he can
not pass an examination will find It
much to his convenience to affect an
air of insulted personal privacy. He
will set up the claim that no one has
any right to meddle. That Is the most
natural thing to expect from the fel
low who is polluted.
On the other hand It will be a fine
testimonial to a woman of . the con
fidence she may have In a man when he
comes up for the examination. She
will at least know the facts.
I trust the time is not far distant
when In every land not only men but
women wll be compelled to submit to
a test as to both mental and physical
fitness. And then little will be done to
stop the corrupted stream until each
sex alike is rendered helpless to propa
gate an Incompetent progeny, where
there Is found unfitness to assume the
marriage vows. The added pressure to
illegitimacy and immorality arising
from the prohibition to marry will but
complicate the matter without sterilisa
tion. Returning to the Oregon law. It will
be well known now that the people
who are married there aTe at least
clean. People will draw their own in
ference with reference to those who run
away. r. h. reed.
We Give It Up,
PORTLAND, Or., June 1L (To the
Editor.) What has gone wrong with
Portland's Fire Department? Not a
rose nor a flag on the Rose City's Fire
Department automobiles in yesterday's
parade. From the days of the Volun
teers to June 11. 1913, Portland has
been proud of the showing made by this
department on occasions of this kind.
David Campbell never "passed up" a
Rose Carnival parade, as this one was
"passed up." Did the pride in the de
partment go with the passing of the
late Chief? If the "boys" have no
pride in the department they should
show some appreciation for the vote
given them on June 2, 1913. X.
A Good Hand at Crlbbaaje.
WOODLAND, Wash., June 10. To the
Editor.) Please tell me through The
Oregonlan the number of points In a
cribbage hand of four fives and a jack
turned for trumps.
SUBSCRIBER.
The Jack and each five count four
fifteens, wblch score eight points; the
four fives make four combinations of
15, scoring eight more points; the four
fives score 12 points; total. 28.
Stars and Star-makers
By Leone Cass Baer.
From 94 Sherman avenue. Tompkins,
villa. New York City, comes a breezy
little note written by that always busy
woman Helen Strickland, who Is In
private life Mrs. Robert Conness. She
says, among other things: "I thought
we were coming home to rest after our
long season with the Baker Players,
but I am fulfilling- that contract alone.
Mr. Conness received three offers be
fore we had been home three days. One
of the offers was for Denver, one for
Newark, N. J., and one for Bridgeport.
Conn., where we were season before
last. He accepted this last, as It was
broken ground, and they wanted him
badly. I was down for the opening. It
was fine. Loads of applause, ditto
flowers, ditto general rejoicing. I was
'earnestly requested' to play my beloved
'dope fiend' in 'The Deserters' next
week, and though 1 love her dearly I re
fused. I'm tired and my little home nest
looks most Inviting and I'm going to
'stay put' for a while anyway. . . We
shall always be deeply interested In the
doings of the Baker Players. . . ."
. m
How have the mighty fallen! Florence
Roberts Is playing; characters with the
Orpheum stock company In Philadel
phia, Pa., at the Chestnut-street The
ater. Frances Starr says that maybe David
Belasco pulled Mrs. Leslie Carter about
by her hair to incite temperament, but
that she very much doubts .the story.
"Not that Mr. Belasco would hesitate
to pull one's hair, or tweak one's nose
If he thought It would produce some
development In character he was aiming
at," says his only feminine star. She
says the only fad she has Is the fad of
living. And it keeps her busy.
This from the New York Morning
Telegraph of June 5 speaks volumes:
Little Miss Mayo Methot, said to be the
champion child actress of the world, is soon
to make her debut in the East In rather a
spectacular manner.
Miss Methot. who Is aged 8, was discov
ered by Cathrlne Counties in Portland. Or.,
last Summer. In several plays produced by
Miss Countlss she gave a remarkable ex
hibition of acting.
Now the child wonder la coming Bast as
the official mascot of the Portland Adver
tising Club when It attends the National
Advertising Convention in Baltimore next
month. It will be her proud privilege to
present huge bouquets of Oregon roses to
President Wilson and to the Mayors of New
York and Boston.
The child la the granddaughter of Minnie
Methot. who wsa prima donna In "Princess
Chic" and other comic operas of 20 years
ago.
An offer of $90,000 for 30 consecutive
weeks In vaudeville has been made Ger
trude Hoffmann. She has given no re
ply to the proposal, it Is said. As a
box office card Miss Hoffmann Is de
sirable. Her managers see a world of
money ahead with Miss Hoffmann as
a vaudeville magnet.
s s
May Yohe is at last back In Eng
land, where she is looking for engage
ments. George Alison and his wife, Gertrude
Rivers, will play their fifth consecu
tive season with the Crescent Theater
stock In Brooklyn.
Theodore Roberts has christened the
Ludlow-street bastlle In New York
where he Is still rest curing, "The
Castle of the High Cost of Living."
S ' s
Warda Howard, who played in Port
land stock about six years ago, is com
ing back to the Coast. Now she Is to
open In Ta.com a. as stock star for a
Summer engagement Julia Lorenz,
who has been leading man at the Amer
ican Theater in Philadelphia, is to open
as leading man with Miss Howard. In
private life she Is Mrs. Lorenz.
Thais Magrane. a San Francisco
product. Is leading woman in the
Olentangy stock at Columbus. O.
s
From Dayton, O., comes praise of
Volberg Ahlgren's work in the stock
company in which John Sainpolis Is
playing leads. The company opened In
"The Concert," the comedy Leo Dltrlch
steln brought to the Coast this season.
Miss Ahlgren's role was that of the
conscientious secretary, a character
part that she made full of comedy and
played delightfully, according to the
Dayton critics.
e
From vaudeville to grand opera and
back to vaudeville Is the unusual ex
perience of Frank Coombs, the Seattle
tenor of the Coombs and Aldwell team
at the Orpheum. Before his profes
sional career Mr. Coombs was an em
ploye of the Seattle postoffice and
prominent in all amateur theatricals.
From that he went on the stage and
later became a member of the Man
hattan Grand Opera Company under
the management of Oscar Hammer
stein. He sang in the New York pro
duction of "Hans, the Flute Player,"
with Felice Lyne, whose uncle and
aunt are Dr. and Mrs. F. E. Moore,
who is responsible for the revival of
"Silver Threads Among the Gold." He
brought It to life about seven years
ago with the Primrose minstrels, and
his phonograph record of the song has
a sale of 76,000 to Its credit. Charm
ing little Winnie Baldwin, of Bronson
and Baldwin, is another Pacific Coast
product. Her home Is Los Angeles,
where she made her first stage appear
ance the last season of Murray and
Mack. Walter Young, of "The Ward
robe Woman," Is also a Californlan
with his home In Glendale, Just out
of Los Angeles.
Her visit to Portland has been like
a sight of home and the old folks to
Jane Elton, soubrette of "Fun in a
Boardinghouse" at the Empress. She
met dear old-time friends here Mr.
and Mrs. D. Mattson and the actress
has been their guest at their home
on Portland Heights. The Matsons are
from Minneapolis, where Miss Elton
played In stock for several years.
Miss Elton had the good fortune of
being schooled In dramatic art in a
stock company, nearly every member
of which has become a star. When she
was Ingenue with the Woodward Stock
Company, which played engagements
at Minneapolis and St, Paul, her fellow
players were Marie Doro, now a cele
brated actress; Cathrlne Countlss, who
also won renown and became a Port
land favorite; Robert Druet, who has
achieved dramatic fame In the East;
George Burkhardt, known as the star
of "Circumstantial Evidence." and
Charles Balsar, who was leading man
for Mrs. FIske for several years.
Miss Elton has been the guest of
honor In a round of entertainment In
her week's engagement In Portland.
The Mattsons have had her on sight
seeing tours. Their daughter, Mrs.
Bess Reneke, also has been host for
the little actress, and Dr. LUlibel Pat
terson, also an old-time friend from
Minneapolis, has entertained the vis
iting vaudevllllst-
Twenty-five Years Ago
From The Oregonlan of June 12. 1S88.
Albany. June 11. J. H. Foster an
old resident of this city, died this
morning. He came to Albany in 1850.
Seattle. June 11. A lodge ot the
Benevolent Protective Order of Elks, a
theatrical order, has been Instituted
here with a good membership. This
Is the second lodge on the Coast.
Practically, the Oregon & Collfomla
Railroad Company retired from busi
ness yesterday. It will retain its cor
porate existence, but It will never
again operate a railroad. Its two
lines, the one reaching from Portland
to Ashland and one from Portland to
Corvallts. are now in realltv a part of
the great Southern Pacific svstem un
der lease.
James T. Hembree. more familiarly
called "Uncle Jimmy," a great hunter,
an ardent angler, is likewise a Demo
crat of the most uncompromising tvpe.
The election hugely disgusted Uncle
Jimmy and yesterday he was heard to
declare that he was going to Tilla
mook to get out of the United States
and where he hoped to find at least
one Democrat.
Last night Republican primaries to
select delegates to the city conven
tion were held. In the First Ward
there were two tickets. The regular
ticket contained the names of Paul
Labbe and W. T. Everson In place of
A. J. Coffee and Ralph Lee. Follow
ing are the delegates elected: C F.
Beebe, W. T. Hume. S. B. Schwab. Sam
Woodward. A. H. Tanner. S. Coffin.
P. B. Slnnott. Paul Labbe. G. Casten
dleck. J. c. Carson. W. T. Everson. In
the Second Ward there was a very
lively contest between S. Farrell ana
Ted Holman. The Farrell men were
victorious.
Half a Century Ago
From The Oregonlan of June 12 1S63
Chicago, June 3. The military took
possession of the Times newspaper
office this morning. The officer in
command ordered that no further issue
of the paper be made.
Washington. June 4. A commission
from New York indorsed by Horace
Greeley. George Opdyke. William Cullen
Bryant and D. S. Dickenson requested
the President to give a command to
General Fremont at some point where
he can rally around him the colored
men. The President declared he would
gladly receive into the service any
number of colored men. believed the
command of them offered scope for the
highest ambition and would with all
his heart offer it to General Fremont.
Rear of Vlcksburg, May 31. The
bombardment continues. All the guns
are in position. We opened fire at mid
night and continued until daylight.
Goldsmith Bros. & Co. have on exhibi
tion at their store, corner Front and
Alder streets, the largest bar of gold
ever seen in this city, assayed by them
principally from John Day dust. The
bar weighs 354 33-100 ounces and Is
valued at $6028.18.
ROSES OP OREGON.
Oregon, the land of roses.
Flowers rare and fragrant posies
Fairer than the "Land of Promise"
Lovely Oregon.
Beautiful among her flowers
There Is one above all others.
Queen of all her fairy bowers
Rose of Oregon!
Roses in their glory.
Blooming late and early
By the wayside, on the hillside
Every glen and valley,
Roses, roses in profusion,
Flora's choicest contribution,
art and Nature's combination
Rose of Oregon.
Summer days are now appearing,
Junebugs dancing, orioles singing,
Children's songs the echoes waking
Songs of Oregon!
Florists in their gardens trimming.
Housewives their choice roses feeding.
Everybody now is hustling
In fair Oregon!
Floral decoration,
Roses by the million.
Garlands fair of roses rare
In every gay pavilion.
Roses, roses, fragrant posies.
In ten thousand costly vases
Portland's Carnival of Roses
Portland, Oregon!
SAGE OP STAG HOLLOW.
Yamhill, Or., June 8. 1913.
Senator Works' 'Description" Speech.
Washington (D. C.) Star.
Vice-President Marshall Is chuckling
over an experience he had on a street
car, and he related It to all of his
callers at the Capitol. The Vice-President
was on his way to his office when
a ministerial appearing negro took a
seat in the streetcar beside him. With
out any preliminaries the negro turned
to Mr. Marshall and urged him to ad
dress a negro congregation.
"Senator Works has done addressed
us," said the negro. Mr. Marshall said
he would be glad to follow the Senator's
example, but that Just at the present
time the Senate was busy with the
tariff and his time was pretty well oc
cupied. "Well, we sure would like to have
you talk to us." said the negro. "Why,
when Senator Works addressed us he
decapitated the audience."
Every time the Vice-President told
the story today Senator Works looked
aggrieved.
Mark Twain's
Advertising
Story
One of our contemporaries
tells a Mark Twain story about
advertising that is old enough
to be new again and which is
worth repeating.
Once upon a time Twain was
the editor of a paper in Vir
ginia City, and a subscriber
who found a spider in his copy
of the paper wrote asking
whether this was good or bad
luck.
Twain answered through his
paper as follows :
"Old Subscriber The find
ing of a spider in your copy of
the Enterprise was neither good
luck nor bad. The spider was
merely looking over our pages
to find out what merchant was
not advertising, so that it could
spin its web across his door and
lead ' a free and undisturbed
existence ever after."
Twain 's answer possesses
both humor and exaggeration,
but a large element of truth
and common sense, too.
Let there be a little hint in
this story for you, Mr. Mer
cliant, if you are a non-advertiser,
or if you advertise only
at rare intervals.
No spider ever spins his web
across the door of a busy advertiser.