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THE MORNING OREGOXTAJT, FRIDAY, JANTTARY 22, 1915. a M 2 3 i PORTLAND, OEECOS. rntr red a; Portland, Onion, Postqfflce as second-claas matter. Subscription Btui Invariable la advance: (By Mall.) i"aily. Sunday Included, on year .... ..8.00 Xally, Sunday Included, si montha Iially. bunday Included, three months ... it.:.? xjally, bunuay inciuuea. one muaia llv vfrhout Sunday, one year . ... lailv. without Sunday, six montha . . .. S.Zo I'ally. without Sunday, tnree montha I-ai;y, without Buada. one month Weekly, one year Sunday, one year ......... fiundajr and Weekly one year ... .. 1.40 .. S.ftu By carrier.) ralljr. Bandar Included, one year 9'S5 XJally. Sunday Included, one month ..... -73 How to Remit Send Postoffice money or der, expresa order or personal check on your local ban. Stamps, coin or currency are at ended rule Give postofflce address In lull, including- county and state. Postage Bates 12 to Id pages, 1 cent: 18 to 82 pages, 2 cents; 34 to 4 pages. S cents; 0 to 60 pages, 4 cents; U to 7 pages, cents; 78 to 92 pages, t cents, foreign post age, double rates. Eastern Business Office Verree ft Conk Jln. New Tork. Drunswlck building; Chicago, felenger building. Pan Francisco 0fice R. J. Bid well Com pany. 74i Market street. rORTIAND. FRIDAY, JAXl'ABX 22. 1813. BRVAN THE SPOILS-MAS. One need not look only at Republi cs . can newspapers for condemnation of 5 Secretary of State Bryan's spoils letter to Walter W. Vick, receiver of customs j; for Santo Domingo. Democratic and Independent newspapers are as severe .3 as the bitterest foe of the Administra- tlon could wish. They place in con ' trast Mr. Bryan's desire to put politi ' cal workers in offices, the salaries cf which are paid by Santo Domingo, .' . and Secretary Boot's injunction to the j first receiver that he consider himself r. i an administrator of trust funds. They .? . regard Mr. Bryan's hearty laughter at - the storm raised by his letter and his ' ' defense of it as evidence that he is : unconscious of having done a discred ltable act. The sternest reprobation of Mr. Brian's course in Santo Domingo af- fairs comes from the Springfield Re- publican, a consistent supporter of the . Administration which has hitherto defended the Secretary of State when other Democratic newspapers found cause for criticism. In an article headed, "Mr. Bryan, the Arch Spoils man," It says "the very grave damage" done the Administration by his "stag tiering letter" is irreparable and that nothing he has ever said or done so " crystallizes his repulsively Jackson ian spoils principles." It says that. o when he first ran for President, his platform "gave precious little encour- v agement to civil service reformers, -, but in 1908 he "seemed to have be- come more civilized" and ran on platform indorsing the merit system, In office, says the Republican, "Mr, Bryan has used all his influence to reward 'deserving Democrats.' " The i Vick letter has proved him to have t. been "an unblushing Jobhunter for party friends" and his attitude after ' its publication is pronounced "pachy- " efrmou8 and benighted." T Styling Mr. Bryan "the Prince of 'i Jobhunters." the New York Evening ; Post, usually a staunch upholder of 1 the Administration, cans me vick let- J ter "the most disgraceful thing ever . - -n ritten by any American Secretary of ; Btate." The Post says that until the ; advent of Mr. Bryan in the State De- partraent "there was no hint that poll T tics had been allowed to sway the Do- minican service discharged by us. uer- I tainly there were no such scandals as - have ever since been crawling to the 5 surface." It knows of "no defense of " Mr. Bryan which will not heighten his i offense." : This "spoils-grabbing letter" the I Post considers worse than his "Chau ? tauaua-clrcuitlng for money," since it reveals "the kind of appalling uncon sciousness with which Mr. Bryan does discreditable things." This it declares "the unforgivable political sin." The Post says Mr. Bryan "has exhausted his usefulness to the Administration and is now a burden upon it" and ends with these words: President Wilson must be wishing that the Secretary would write another leiiei one containing his resignation. "The most abandoned spoilsman never wrote a more shameless letter, says the New York Times, but it finds I nothing surprising in the letter, for "we know already that the thought uppermost In his (Bryan's) mind was to get places for men his men." Say ing that the Vick letter "will take its place in the chronicle of evil politics , with the "blocks of five letter," the Times sums up: It Is a humiliation for the country and for every decent man In it to see such a let ter published over tne signature oi tne retarv of Btate. It Is something more than humiliating to know that Mr. Bryan treats the matter as a subject for hearty laugh ter. The evidence is accumulating that the Secretary of State, holding an office he is utterlv incompetent to fill, an office oi which the high duties are performed by others while he devotes himself to politics una spollsmongering. has lost nis seu-re-apect. The New York World, which has played the leading part in exposing the Santo Domingo scandal and in bring ing about the present investigation, de scribes Mr. Bryan's action with irony: In truth, while much fault has been found with the Secretary's conduct of the tate Department, no one can say that he has ever permitted diplomacy or Chautau quas to Interfere with the pleasant task of Kitting orncea tor such meritorious demo crats as have adhered loyally to his political fortunes. Let us al! admit at once that no other dis tinguished American has ever shown more Industry and gratitude in his humane de fire to reduce unemployment among free silver Democrats; but why did he have to write' a letter on the subject? In the estimation of the Brooklyn Eagle the letter "is Just such a letter as might have been written by Roger Sullivan of Illinois, or Charles F. Murphy, of New York." but that paper expresses surprise that "its appear ance in print does not mortify Mr. Bryan"; that, "on the contrary, he appears gratified by the disclosure," though "It has created consternation in Democratic ranks." The Eagle re marks: The letter and what he has to say nbout it comoels the conclusion that he is impervi ous. Such are his sensibilities, so called, that he cannot he touched to the quick ba tause he cannot be touched at all. The Independent New York Globe says the evidence brought out at the inquiry answers Colonel Harvey's question "as to the cause of the dis integration of the country's diplomatic service" and that "the cause is a bald headed gentleman whose chief busi ness has been to travel up and down the country uttering pious hopes and breathing lofty aspirations." The Globe directs attention to the fact that the letter was addressed not to an em ploy of the United States, but to "a man employed by the Dominican gov ernment on our nomination to a trustee whose duties were prescribed under a treaty." It then comments: And our Secretary of Btate is so blunted In political morals as to suggest, without much regard to fitness, that political friends of his stiould be foisted on Santo Domingo's payroll. A man capable of making such a sugges tion to the chief administrator of an inter national agreement is unfit to be Secretar of State. Even that unswervingly Democratic paper, the Baltimore Sun, cannot hide Its disgust. It says the letter "makes unpleasant reading" and that the ex- cum "that party organizations must be kept together by a free distribution of patronage does not lessen the dis- grace of the situation." It continues: If the Individual Bryan la responsible for the errort to dump aeservtng nemacrau vu the inoffending people of Santo Domingo, i he fart la discreditable to him: if the ays. tern is responsible, the fact is discreditable to the country. Certainly we can never hope to gain the commence or tne people ot uaun America as long as we deal with them thrnnth rhetn nolltical workers. And. al though the case is not unprecedented. It Is certainly unpleasant to una tne secretary ui State of the great American people writing a letter such as one might expect "Sonny" Malum or "Charlie" Murphy to indite. "Mr. Bryan reveals himself as a spoilsman of the same stripe aa Mr. Charles F. Murphy and Mr. Roger C. Sullivan" in the opinion of the New York Herald, Independent, which con tinues: The only persons who will be at all sur prised by the revelation are those who have been taking him at his own estimate of him self shlniur through smug professions of political righteousness while Chautau- quacking. The Herald says the revelation will not injure Mr. Bryan "in the eyes of office-hunting Democrats," but it re calls Mr. Wilson's statement that the independent voter now holds the balance of power and it says that j '"the independent voter expects serv ice not job-hunting or "mere office holding from officials of his Tov ernment" A PLAIN" GUIDANCE. Presuming that the Legislature de sires to accept the majority will it is opportune In connection with the bill to relieve fruit canneries from the re strictions of the ten-hour law and the regulations of the Public Welfare Com mission, to call attention to the vote cast last November on the eight-hour day and room-ventilation bill for fe male workers. The fault found with the measure mentioned was that it superseded the minimum wage law in its application to certain employments. It was argued that the Public Welfare Commissio already had full authority to investi gate conditions in any employment and make such regulations concern ing hours and wages and surroundings as seemed necessary to the 'welfare of the employes. The vote on the bill was one of pub lic confidence in the Welfare Commis sion. The vote against its adoption was 120,296 and that for its approval was 88,480, a vote of nearly 32,000 majority in favor of leaving such matters within the jurisdiction of the commission. While the bill to exclude women cannery employes from the provisions of the minimum wage law and ten hour law contemplates longer hours for them and the defeated initiative bill contemplated shorter hours for certain women workers, the principle so far as conflicting with regulation by the Public Welfare Commission is the same. It is' not a particularly strong argument in favor of the can nery bill that certain employes desire its enactment. Many persons are will ing to sacrifice health for money. It is a demand for a specious type of per, sonal liberty that may be likened to that denied more than 100,000 voters in the last election by the majority. In Oregon, 100,362 persons voted last November to retain the liquor traffic, A majority numbering 136,842 decided that it was not good for the public wellbeing to do so. We think the Legislature can sound public sentiment in a number of par ticulars by analyzing the vote ' on measures in the recent election. The majority plainly declared its desire that the regulation of the hours of women workers be left with the exist ing commission. THE SORROWS OF RICH TRAVELERS. The miseries of the rich always deeply engage the sympathies of their fellow men. The poor may wallow in woe to any extent without worrying anybody but themselves. The rich seldom weep alone. Just now many of our contemporaries are bewailing the sad fate which denies to our opu lent classes the accustomed privilege of going to Europe next Summer. The war will oblige most of them to stay on this side of the Atlantic whether they want to or not. To be sure there are spots here and there in Europe which are not at war but they are comparatively small and few and they may be fewer before Spring sheds her vernal blooms over the earth. We may confidently count upon most of our idle rich staying in America nes&Jjtjemmer and seeking as best they can to divert their leisure with the sights and sounds of their native land. Among the sights will be the exposition at San Francisco which offers a surfeit of entertaining spec tacles of every sort. Around the ex position in every direction there Is scenery. One of our contemporaries makes the shrewd observation that the idle classes do not care much for scenery but they like a little of it sometimes. The Yellowstone Park and the Yo- semito could hardly bore them Imme diately and the Grand Canyon should provide diversion for an hour or two. What travelers really wander over the earth to see are the spots where men have greatly dared and suffered and the noble works which human hands have produced. The proper study of mankind is still man and our deepest interest very properly inheres in our own work. The sights of nature will never attract us as strongly as Greek vases and Florentine paintings, but still they do attract. For one Sum mer they may very well provide a tepid pastime for our millionaires. In the absence of Monte Carlo the Yel lowstone Park may serve as a stop gap. BRITAIN MUST PROVE HER CASE. In anxiety to prevent contraband of war from reaching her enemies. Great Britain views with suspicion the great increase in exports of Europe and is Inclined to regard it as prima facie evidence that these exports are des tined for Germany and Austria, This assumption is unwarranted. Such countries as Italy, Holland, Norway, Sweden and Denmark ordi narily draw their supply of many com modities from the countries now at ar. The industries and transporta- on lines ot the Belligerent countries ave been so demoralized by the war that they are no longer able to supply their customers and the latter .must look elsewhere. They naturally turn o the United States, the greatest in dustrial Nation which remains neutral. Hence the great increase In their im ports from this country. Undoubted ly Germany and Austria have en deavored to import war material from America, through neutral coun tries in Europe, but something more than suspicion is necessary to justify the seizure of goods in transit from one neutral to another. Proof of ultimate hostile destination is neces sary to Justify seizure. Italy and the Scandinavian countries In 1912 Imported about $1,200,000,000 worth of goods from all the belliger- i ent countries, or about $100,000,000 a I month. Last November their imports j from the United States showed an in- crease of .$30,000,000 over November, 1913. When the exports from Great Britain also showed a decrease of $85,000,000 last December, her for eign customers must have been left short of many commodities from that source of supply. The shortage in what they have drawn from France, Germany, Belgium, Austria and Rus sia would -add much to the total. A new supply of $30,000,000 a month from the United States would not go far to fill the gap and would leave no margin for contraband trade with belligerents. Great Britain must prove her case against each ship and cargo to justify capture or she will have a pretty bill to settle with the United States when the war is over. - BISHOP StTMNEK. Bishop Sumner comes to Oregon the worthy successor of a noble line of workers In the Lord's vineyard. His motto of "work before words" has al ways guided the Episcopal Church in this part of the world. Bishop Morris was a great worker. His oratory was far less conspicuous than his deeds. Bishop Scaddlng fair ly wore himself out in the brief years of his episcopacy by incessant toil. A jiissionary in the best sense of the word, he traveled constantly over the state bringing life and new energy to all the churches in his field. Bishop Sumner has the vigor of jope and the courage of perfect faith. He comes at a happy time for himself and his church. Oregon's spiritual re sources are as little developed as her land and manufactories. There has been a beginning in these things, but hardly more. It will be his great and beneficial task to nourish the initial work of his predecessors into the fruits of the Kingdom. We know of no work more inviting to a man of brains and energy and none more likely to confer lasting happiness upon his fellow beings. SPEECH AND THOUGHT. Katrina Koch's article in the Edu cational Review on "Development of Vocabulary in the Adolescent" makes effective pedagogical application of a very old speculation about the rela tion of thought and speech. It has long been held by psychologists that the evolution of the human mind has run parallel with the evolution oi speech. "No language, no connected thinking" is a well-worn saw. Miss Koch also utilizes another fact of common knowledge. It is the ex perience of public .speakers that no matter how empty their brains may feel when they get on their feet the mere exercise -of their tongues grad ually fills the void and presently thought begins to trickle under the stimulus of language. Miss Koch reverts to the physio logical explanation of this happy phe nomenon. Behind the temple on each side of the head lies Broca's convolu tion of the brain, which investigation has shown to be the word center. Here our vocabularies take root and grow. Here the twenty thousand words that most of us sharply or dim ly remember have their lurking places, ready when sufficiently evoked to come out in the form of articulate speech. The teacher's difficulty is to evoke them. Most young pupils in spite of the hidden wealth of their vocabu laries seldom use more than a thou sand words. The rest they might as well not know.at all for practical pur poses. And yet for every unused wordj in his vocabulary tne pupil nas latent and fallow Dower of thoueht. The teacher's business, if he would make his pupils thinkers, is to begin by making them rich and abundant talkers. Lying all around Broca's convolu Hons are centers of thought which the use of words stirs into activity. This is the reason why an orator's mind, if he happens to have one, begins to work very soon after he has set his tongue in motion. The effect on pupil would be the same could the teacher only lure him by some magic process into the habit of talk. But Miss Koch says what everybody knows to be true,' that a teacher's ordinary efforts to make a pupil articulate only strike him dumb. He either stares speechlessly at her or expresses himself in some inhumanly awkward manner. The problem is to make the pupil bring his will power to bear upon the Broca convolutions so that they will function richly and effectively. It is thus and thus only that the power to think will be fertilized. Miss Koch's paper in the Educa tional Review is extremely interesting. It should be studied by everybody who wishes to understand the allied prob lems of language and thought teach ing. At bottom, as she suggests, it is an issue for the will, like everything else in human conduct. Speak the di vine "I will" and the Broca convolu tions go to work shelling out words by the thousand. But how shall we set the will at work? What magic can release its infinite stores of energy? The key may possibly be found in that Herbartian "interest' which some of our venerable peda gogues slight so scornfully. USE THE COLUMBIA RIVER. - Establishment of a nightly steam boat line from Portland to the upper Columbia and Snake rivers gives promise that the great extension of the continuous navigable channel which has been made by the Govern ment will be used. If it is used, and used continuously, we may expect Con gress to make further improvements. If it is not used, that fact will become powerful argument in the mouth of those men in Congress who oppose river and harbor appropriations. Completion of the Celilo Canal which is promised in May, will give the Oregon country uninterrupted water transportation from the sea to the eavt of the agricultural and stock country. The expense and delay inci dent to transfer to and from the port age railroad will be eliminated. The team boat line is to be operated by Captain Jones, who is a veteran in the business. If it is given liberal pat ronage he may be expected to add barges to his craft, his first ventures having been in operating barges and towboats. Those persons in Portland and In the upper country who have been clamoring for an open river and for a water line now have both. In their own interest they should give it prac tical encouragement in the shape of traffic. This will insure them .cheap transportation; it will insure improve ment of the line as traffic grows; and it will constitute the best possible ar gument for further improvement of the channel toward the headwaters of the Columbia. Those Senators and Representatives ho have opposed river and harbor bills have laid the most stress on the limited use made of improved water ways, not only the small streams, but great rivers like the Ohio, Missouri, Mississippi and Tennessee. They have compared cost of Improvement with volume of traffic and have shown in some cases that the expenditure is out of all proportion to the traffic car ried. Unless heavy trafflo grows up on the improved Columbia, that great river may be held up as another ex- ample of waste, and our hopes of con tinuing the improvement upward past Priest Rapids, around the Big Ben and to the boundary will be blighted. A man was shot dead a few nights ago on his premises east of the city. He surprised robbers who were looting his house. To be sure,- he was only Japanese, but he leaves a widow and children and the calamity is theirs Just as great as If he was white. There are no clews and It is safe to say none will uncover. The police department cannot do impossibilities, but It can do a measure of prevention. It time for a round-up of undesirables and administration of enough degrees to reveal the sources and authors of late crimes. If Dr. Bulgin's religious ideas -are as antediluvian as his notions of farm ing they would be Improved by re vision. It may interest him to learn that modern boys do not m farm by "yanking a line over a mule's back nor is education Incompatible with present day agriculture. By the way, why does Dr. Bulgin say the Reed professors have a mere "smatterin of biology and history? Does he know more than they about those subjects If he does, where did he learn it? Fritz Kreisle'r says that when he was in the trenches he forgot the musician in the soldier. But now he is an artist again from the top of his head to the soles of his feet. His welcome to this country is all the more ardent on account of the story that he killed his man at the front. Even if it is not true it is omantic and that is enough. An Icelandic vessel has Just landed a cargo of fish and wool at New York It is almost the first ship from that island to vls.it us since Lelf Ericson discovered New England a thousand years ago. We have always been friends with the Icelanders but not acquaintances. Now perhaps we shall know one another better. . The Richmond Times-Dispatch, ever loyal to tradition, laments the inroads of the safety razor which has blighted the heroic beauty of negro fights. In days of yore the warrior who got his razor out first came off victor, but who could do any execution with safety? Times change and, alas! not always for the better. Tho true Briton is a dead game sport. He gambles with death and bets on the war as on a horse race. This disposition puzzleB the French, who, if gayer than the British, are also more serious about some things, National differences are more than skin deep. They often form impass able gulfs. In an ideal state of society there would be no idlers, rich or poor. So far are we from the ideal that we can not even keep the poor busy enough to earn their bread when they are eager to do it. What statesman will dlscbver the remedy for this grave de fect? Instead of putting the horse out of business, the automobile is helping the industry of raising him. Else how could England come into this market for 400,000 animals? Sell the horse and buy a machine. It is charged by the Swiss that Eng- lismen pooh-poohed the German peril, The Anglo-Saxon has much the same mental peculiarity of the ostrich in such matfers. Berlin declares that Britain does not control the air. It must be admitted, however, that London has a consider able control over the air of heated variety. The contending factions in Mexico are now split into fighting clans and the end cannot be far removed for poor old Mexico. The new President of Mexico has named his Cabinet. Hope they can get along with the Cabinets of the other three Presidents. President Wilson notes the Improve ment in business conditions. 'Which is a steady improvement, in spite of the Democrats. The various European combatants are reporting their losses and gains. The final balance sheet will show a debit for all. British troops Jn the trenches have found a way to harass the artistic soul of the enemy. They want mouth organs. A contingent of Portuguese soldiers having been hurled against the Ger mans, of course the war is practically over. Watch the fireworks! There is a bill at Salem to create a board to ex amine and license osteopaths. Oregon will have her own canal celebration in May when the water way at Celilo is opened. A Dutch patrol-boat seeking mines found one and Is now under Davy Jones' registry. At least one candidate doesn't seem to realize that he was beaten at the last election. The bill to pay female teachers men's pay met an undeserved fate in the House. Mrs. Fitzsimmons will no more be Bob's punching bag. She has the doc ument. Kentucky chivalry shines in the deed of the nightriders whd flogged a girl of 19. It is hard sledding these days for those who want legislative appropria tions. The Illinois boxing bill got nailed into a pine box. Austria is drafting anything up to the Osier limit. Hence the Immigration Commission may migrate. Stars and Starmakers BY LEONE CASS BAEB. It is suggested that possibly Gov ernor Blease is contemplating a vaude ville tour. : e Whenever -an actress rushes into print expatiating on the beauty of simple life far, far away from the city's maddening Whirl, you'll discover if you read further along that her con ception of the simple life Includes a roadster, a limousine, a champagne cellar, and a, nice comfy country club adjacent, where there's a cabaret working overtime. Walter Gilbert at the Baker rises to observe that in this day of persecuting, almost-prohibition there is literally no rest for the beer-y. e e Sob sister writing In a current per fect ladies' magazine wails the ques tion, "What can be deader than an old love letter taken from an actor's pocket by his wife before he'd even had a chance to post it?" Well, on reflection, it occurs that some yet older love letter he actually posted to his own wife might be deader. e e Motion pictures of Forbes Robertson in "Hamlet" are being shown in Eng land and after the completion of his present American tour in May, the pictures will be released for presenta tion here. The pictures Tvere made at Lulworth Cove, on the Dorsetshire Coast, where a medieval castle was especially built for the purpose. The out-of-door scenes were enacted on the rocky coast beside the sea. Lady Robertson (Gertrude Elliott) was Ophelia, and the rest of the cast is practically as Portland saw it In the production at the Hellig last Monday night. The film, which was three miles in length. Is the largest ever made in England. ' e Mrs. George L. Baker gathered to gether some of her husband's old clothes and sent them to a charitable organization of which Mrs. Frank Mc Taggart is committee head. Mrs. Mac held up the coat of 62-inch ches measurement, and the three-laps-to-a mile trousers, and said "We will send this suit to five or six Belgians." e Next Saturday night Otis Skinner will have to his credit his ilrst full month of fine, big. enthusiastic attend ance for his performance in "The Silent Voice," and the assurance therefrom that this play, which is a deeply moving, powerfully expressed amplifl cation of the golden rule, has lodged itself safely in the affections of thou sands of playgoers to whom the thea ter Is only the threater when one can find in it not mere crude life, but the stimulating illusion of life. The Silent Voice" Is the work of Jules Eckert Goodman a Portlander. The next new play for Lou Tellegen, faarah Bernhardt a once leading man, nas been named "The Irresistible Man." It is to be produced in New York in a month or six weeks. . Charles Coghlan, son of the actress Rose Coghlan (who was last in Port land in the all-star cast of "Fine Feathers"), is to have a role In Alfred Sutro's new comedy "The Clever Ones, which will be presented at the Punch and Judy Theater in a week or so. a Nat Goodwin has secured a personal bond required under New York state laws, to be filed in connection with a $50,000 libel suit, he says he will in stitute against James Metcalfe, of Life. He declares that the Life article on his book is a personal and libelous at tack on himself, and proposes, he says. stop the attacks and alleged hu rnorous references to his episodes with his various wives. This he declares is the beginning and he will no longer submit to the con stant slurs upon his marriage record. He has retained a New York firm to act for him. a a Molly Mclntyre, the original Kitty Mackay, will make her vaudeville debut at the Palace Theater on February 1 In the Fiddle Told, a sketch of the Tennessee mountains, by Evelyn Blanchard. Henry Miller in "Daddy Long-Less" is coming soon to the Heillg. Renee Kelly appears with Mr. Miller in this play which was written for him and has delighted Eastern audiences. The company is now in California. Camille Clifford is one of the many widows made by this calamitous war. Among the killed recently announced was Captain the Hon. H. L. Bruce, tbe eldest son of Lord Aberdare, who mar ried Camille Clifford in 1906 when she was the rage of London. She made her first appearance on the London stage in 1904 in "The Prince of Pilsen," but it was as the Gibson Girl in "The Catch of the Season" that her curvilinear charms attracted the attention of tbe town. The wedding took place secretly and the news did not become public ntil ten days later. When Mr. and Mrs. Bruce knew that their secret was coming out they sped in an automobile td Lord Aberdare's seat in Hampshire,' arriving there at 3:30 o'clock in the morning, to an nounce their marriage to his lord ship before he could read about it in the papers. Their only child, a daugh ter, died five days after birth in 1909. Raffles" was revived at Windham's Theater in London last week with Gerald du Maurier a3 the "amateur racksman." An interesting feature of the production was the appearance the leading feminine role of Miss Kyrlo Bellew, a cousin of the late Kyrle Bellew. She made quite a suc cess. Answer to "Subscriber": Marshall P. Wilder was married in 1903 to Sophie Cornell Hanks and the two made a trip round the world, returning in 1905 Mrs. Wilder died a year ago last De cember. There are two children, Marshall P. Junior, and Grace Isabel, ho live with their grandfather. Dr. Hanks, in Englewood. New Jersey. ' A Question in Cribbage. PORTLAND, Jan. 21. (To the Edi- or.) Seeing an answer to an argu ment on cribbage, I am asking you to solve the following hand for me. Simi lar hands have puzzled us for some time. The cards are dealt, cut and played. The dealer finds in his crib two queens, a jack and a ten. The card turned on the cut was a queen. What is the value of the crib? A SUBSCRIBER , The crib has a triple run of three ten, jack, queen wnlcn counts 9, and three queens, which count 6; total, 15. SEW SLOGAX FLAX IS PROPOSED Let Each Busineaa Kirns Use Oat Beat em Stationery. PORTLAND, Jan. 16 (To the Edi tor.) I hope I may be pardoned for the following suggestion to the Rose Festi val committee tn "slogan If I exceed bounds. I wish to ausrgest that, as the committee proceeds with Its selection let each slogan of striking sentiment. beauty of expression or other appro priate characteristic of fitness, regard less of the number of words It may contain, be laid aside as the task of choosing progresses. From this list se lect, say a score or so, at least enough to cover all the essentials of expres sion and sentiment, and publish them. in order that business men, and others, for that matter, may use. each a choice of his own, for a letterhead for the year, thus aiding considerably in the work ot advertising our annual Fes tival, and possibly some of the leading featurea of the state and Its resources and industries. Otherwise, I suggest that the printers around town get batch of them for the same purpose. While the work of the committee la a task meriting the sympathy of every one who appreciates both Its magnitude and responsibility, "may the Lord have mercy on Its soul" if It does not select a slogan that cultured Portlanders may fairly consider among the best, for tastes will differ a little, even among the best people. It Is our duty, aa the best of people, to abide gracefully by the . decision, since some one must choose. But, "for the love of Mike, ladles and gentlemen of the honorable committee, give us one among the best and moet appropriate for the occa sion," or it will be very hard on a lot of us "my wife" and "my girls" If we have to "play second fiddle" to a Door selection from 4000, with 3999 supposed to be worse than the one selected. On the other hand, a good selection (and. sincerely, 1 have no fear as to its quai ity) will be a great honor to the fortu nate author worth more than the prize itself. W. J. PEDDICOHD. Gnu Clnb Uplift. DUNDEE, Or, Jan. 20. (To the Edl tor.) The suggestions by a citizen of Salem to Mr. Jones, of the House com mittee on game, printed In The Ore Ionian Sunday were timely. Under the present game law the gen tlemen of knee breeches and silk stock ings who compose' the Multnomah Rod and Gun Club, and incidentally framed the law, only allowed themselves six weeKs start in the open season for ducks over the "cow counties." The season opens September 15 In Mult nomah and November 1 in Yamhill. This was hardly enough time, as club mem bers might not get quite all the ducks, But, as the law was vigorously en forced in the "cow counties" by our genial and accomplished game warden, who. is a member of the club, they did fairly well. Then, as to salary. The taxpayers are certainly very niggardly when they oniy allow tne game warden $3100 and traveling expenses, expecting him to face the rigors of an Oregon marsh In June to photograph the ducks. More deputy wardens should be pro vided by the state, as there might be some woodcutter up in the Cascades with dried venison in his shack, which Is a serious offense under the law. Yours for an uplift of the gun club. ANOTHER CITIZEN. Economy That Is Costly. PORTLAND. Jan. 21. (To the Edi tor.) I notice in The Oregonian an Item stating that for one week's sur vey of water the city saves $13.85. Would some one kindly inform us how much it cost the city to save that enormous sum? I also observe where the city pays $15 per year for the privilege of cross ing a lot to dump rubbish, and because the owner charges such an exorbi tant price our officials propose to even up with him by leaving nis lot In a hole, notwithstanding the haul may be farther. Oh, how generous, how kind and un selfish! Portland ought to be congrat ulated en Its broad-gauge city officials, who are so mindful of its interests that it appears they lie awake nights hatch ing schemes of all kinds to save the city's money schemes which some are unkind enough to say save the city 30 cents and cost thousands of dollars. R. M'LENNAN, 434 Larrabee Street. "Readings of a Hill." PORTLAND, Jan. 18. (To the Edi tor.) Kindly explain "reading" with reference to bills before the Legisla ture, and what is meant by "first," "second" and "third" reading. INQUIRER. The constitution requires that every bill shall be read by sections on three several days in each house, unless, in case of emergency, two-thirds of the house where such bill may be pending shall by a vote of yeas and nays deem It expedient to dispense with this rule; but the reading of a bill by sections on Its final passage may In no case be dispensed with. By adoption of rules at the beginning of the session the first two readings of bills are by title only. It would now be Impossible to read all bills by sections on three several days. Holographic Wills. FALK. Cal., Jan. 18. (To the Edi tor.) Is a will, drawn entirely In the handwriting of the testator in the Fin nlah language, valid under the laws of California without being witnessed? If a witness is required, should he be able to read and write Finnish legally to act as witness to will? jsuu:. jitiuuK. A will drawn, dated and signed by the band of the testator himself is known as a holographic will, and re quires no witnesses and need not be in English. As an Instance, the follow ing note was considered a holographic will in a Supreme Court decision: Dear Old Nance: "I wish to give you my watch, two shawls and also $5000. "Your old friend. "E. A. GOHDEN." (Clark vs. Ransom. 50 Cal. 595.) Mechanical Gold Locator. WILLAMINA. Or.. Jan. 20. (To tho Editor.) Please advise if there is such an instrument as tne aip neeaie, or switch. Same Is used for locating bodies of gold. If incorrect as to name, please state what they call It and if you know where same ran be procured. SU lS.-Miilltt.lt. There is no reliable mechanical con trivance for locating gold deposits from the surface of the ground. Demand for Spellers. MONMOUTH, Or., Jan. 20. (To the Editor.) Kindly inform me whether there is a position in Portland for one who rarely makes a mistake In spell ing. T3. A. T. Ability to spell is an asset in seeking a clerical position, but other accom plishments must go with It. We know of no places now vacant solely for lack of good spellers. A Is Right. PORTLAND, June 21. (To tho Edi tor.) A sold a horse and carriage for $624, received three-nftha as much for the horse as for the carriage. What did each bring? A says $234 for horse. $390 for car riage. B says $374.40 for horse, $549.60 for carriage. Which is right? H. C RAY. Twenty-Fiva Years Ago. From The Oregonian, January 22, 1890. Tacoma,. Wash. Franklin Hajiander Bowen, a prominent banker, formerly ot the firm of Bowen A Fox, Philadel phia, died here yesterday morning, aged 65. He came to Tacoma live years ago. Fresno. Cal. Miss Nellie Bly. the newspaper woman who Is racing around the world against time, and also against a rival newspaper woman, arrived at Fresno today and will start ovarian 1 for New York at once. Mlas Bly said she was 15 days behind time, caused largely by delays on the Continent and by storms at sea. Last Friday while a herd of cows be longing to S. H. Hughes of Forest Grove were huddled together beneath a large shed, the structure foil In be neath the weight of the snow, kllllir six cows and disabling three others. Among those klllud were two thorough bred Shorthorns, valued at $150 each. During the cold weather N. Verateeif has been turning out shout 20,0.10 brick a day. lie uses about four cords of wood a day In the process of putting the brick through the kilns. A dispatch from Fhcrlff W. W. Coughlin ut Eugene says Oftli-era GrltR- macher and Day have arrested t-. a. Reed who Is wanted on a charxe .of having obtained some money In an Ir regular way. H. C. Smlthsnn and wife, whoso niar rlaite at Tacoma wna the aulvlect for several highly seasoned dispatches. hae reached tholr homo in Portland. II waa an error when It was stated Mr. Smlthson obtained a divorce from a former wife to marry this one, aa It was the former wife ihat got the df vorce from him, and it is hoped he will have better luck with this ouc. The grand lodse of Indoiendent Or der of B'nal H'rlth meets nt tan Fran cisco next Sunday. The deloxatea from the two Portland lodges lire: Oregon No. 6 ft- H. Wolff, C. II. Friendly. Louis Laehman. li. Molls Cohen and Al Hayman; North Pacific No. 114 M. Kybke. H. Pender, Pol H. Abrahams. Charles Abrabams, and Sol Frledenthal. Professor Tucker, of Andover. limits the original thlnkera of America to three, Jonathan Kd wards, ll.-njamln Franklin and Nathaniel Hawthorne. Gounod Is now composing a mass for the opening of a mammoth organ at St. Peter's. Romo, when 4U00 singers will participate. Judge Benaca Smith has arranged to leave for San Franctnco on the State of California. Charles H. Keshln, representing Warde. arrived in the city Northern Pacific yesterday Frederick over the morning. J. J. Chambrcau. for eight years con nected with the O. R. & N. Company has accepted a position as auditor ot the Metropolitan Traction Company. Miss Gwendolen Caldwell, the rich American heiress, and Prince Burst will not be wed right away as had been supposed. The Prince prefers to wait until Miss Caldwell has a little more property in her own name so she can deal more liberally with him. She only haa a few millions In her own name now. Among the passengers on the snow bound Union Pacific trains which were held up for several days In the eastern part of the state by tne snows ana which arrived yesterday In Portland was Lieutenant Johnson of the United States fourteenth Infantry, ana i" men. They had been on the road 15 days but were a chipper crowd. They have been transferred to Vancouver barracks. Whnt the French Navy la Doing. rOKTLAND, Jan. 21. (To the Edi tor.) if France haa a navy and I presume she must have some sort of a navy can you tell me where she keeps It? And why there Is never the faint est allusion to It In the newapapera, nor in the voluminous war corespond- ence published by ninny of tho maga zines? Surely It aoes not ranK so iow. eomnaratlvely. that It Is not worth mentioning. . M. The French navy Is co-operating with the British Mediterranean rieei In operations against the Austrlnn ports In the Adriatic Sea and against Turkey at the Dardanelles. There have been dispatches from time to tlmo, tell ing of attacks on Pola and Cattaro on the Adriatic and of bombardment of the Dardanelles forts. The pau city of Information Is probably due to the censorship. France munt have con tributed the bulk of the strength to tho allied fleet In that quarter, for her Admiral commands. The French navy ranks fourth among those of the great powers. Maffler Knitting I'aeleaa. PORTLAND, Jan. 21. (To the Edi tor.) I wonder If the society maids and matrons who are going to knit mufflers for the soldiers during Int can realize how porfectly useless those mufflers will be. If the soldiers sro at all like the young men of the community where 1 live. In Eastern Oregon, where the mercury frequently drops to 20 and 25 below zero, "they wouldn't be found dead" In a muffler. True, there Is an octogenarian ner who sometimes in the severest weather wears a red knitted muffler! riirls. don't waste time and money for fancy work for the soldiers. They i rather have the money for 'baccy and gum. I am sure. COUN I K 1 KHiU.' 'v. Railroad In Alaska. PORTLAND. Jan. 21 i To tho Edi tor.) Would like to iret some Infor mation in regard to the new railroad they are going- to construct In Alaska. Have thev offices In Portland where I could get information dlreei? A SLBKCKIBKR. Presumably the railway to be built In Alaska by the uovernment is inn one referred to by the correspondent. This lino is to be built by a commis sion yet to be appointed and It la prob able the only way to secure Informa tion In regard to It Is to write to tho state's Senators or Representatives In Congress asking whatever details are desired. There Is no office of this rail way in Portland. Consult Lawyer. rf 1RT1.AND. Jan. Si. (To the Edi tor.) A widow dies, leaving some real estato and personal property. There ia one minor child. Would like advice as to the settling up of the estate. A Ki-,AU.ll. Tho estato should bo probated through the County Court. Hotter seek the advice of an attorney with re gard to the guardianship of I ho child. . o. BOItINO, or., .lun. 21. (To the Edi tor.) A womiin marrieil a soinier some time ago. Arter living touether a number of veitrs. she got it divorce. Can this woman get a pension, neither oiio marrying again?