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JIOKMXG OltEGOMAX. SAT UK DAY, APRIL. Hi, 1930 ittormnjgiCDrmtmn ESTABLISHED BY HENRY L. P1TTOCK.. Published by The Oregonlan Publishing- Co.. la." sixth Street, Portland, Oregon. C. A. MORDEN, B. B. PI".12' Manager. fcdltor. The Oregonlan la a member of the Asso ciated Press. The Associated rresa ' xclualvelv entitled to the use lor P"0'"" tion o( ail newa dispatches credited to ic or not otherwise credited In this Ba.per ana also the local news published herein. All nxhta of republication of special dispalcnes herein are also reserved. Subscription Kates Invariably In Advenes. (By Mall.) r.Uy, Sunday Intituled, one year .. I'nlly, tuntiay Included, six months .. 7)Hlly. Sunday included, three months, i'rtily. Sunday Included, one month l)aily, without Sunday, one year I ally, without Sunday, six months . . lally, without Sunday, one month Weekly, one year ........ Sunday, one year (By Carrier.) Pally. 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The Oregonlan is asked if It would not prefer to see Senator Johnson nominated by the republicans to the "internationalist" Herbert Hoover? There will be no difficulty for The Oregonian about a decision. It would by all means wish to accept the al ternative of Hoover, and It would manage, in that contingency, to go along through the campaign with measurable equanimity. It is in gen eral accord with the views of Mr. Hoover on major public questions, and it is hot at all disturbed by the charge that he is an internationalist. The basis of that appalling accusa tion is that he has lived abroad for some years. In the sense that he has sympathy with and understanding of world problems he is an internation alist; in the sense that any assump tion is conveyed that he has no flag, he is not an internationalist but a thorough-going American. The Oregonian has found "fault with Hoover chiefly because he was, apparently, a miscellaneous candi date for the presidency. He did not know whether he was a republican or democrat; yet he appeared to be willing to determine that interesting and, 4n the circumstances, important question by the action of either party toward his candidacy. Because lie realized that his position was anomalous and impossible and was a reason for proper reproach, Mr. Hoover discovered and defined him self. He has not only identified him self with the republican party, but he has made it clear that he will neither lead nor support any third party movement. Can as much be said for Senator ohnson? Is it not true that his can didacy carries with it the threat that It ffcSiii.b.all not be nominated at Chi cago, he-vKAy -ot be in any way bound by the aotion of the conven tion? We may -fee., mistaken, oft course, about what Senator Johnson, defeated at Chicago, will do. We hope we are. We shall be glad to be reassured on that point by him or by any one speaking for him. There are thousands of republicans, op posed to Johnson for what he is now saying, and dissatisfied with him for what lie has in the past both said and done, who will be relieved to hear that the tuke-me-or-I'll-wreck-the-party attitude of the senator has been abandoned, and that he will In good faith accept the result of a fair contest within the party to which he says he belongs. The Oregonian finds itself in op position to Senator Johnson, how ever, principally for his position of direct opposition to the league of na tions with or without reservations, and for his alliance with forces of radicalism and hyphenism which constitute his main at least his most enthusiastic support. His can didacy means a repudiation of the course of the senate majority in the recent long controversy over the league, and an endorsement of the twelve or thirteen bitter-enders who stood and stand for national isolation and exclusion and who would refuse tc accept with other nations any mu tual obligation for the peace of the world or our fair share of responsi bility in the settlements growing out or the war. He has a narrow con ception of the duty and destiny of America. Is it imagined that Senator Johnson, nominated under such con ditions, can unite the republican parly? On the ground of political expedience alone It will be a hazard ous venture. The Oregonian has called atten tion to the fact that the victories of Senator Johnson, in Michigan and Nebraska, have been achieved through mere pluralities of republi can voters. There is something more than a hair-line distinction to be made between a plurality and a ma jority. If a candidate for the presi dency is to be chosen by a plurality, at Chicago, it will all be determined on the first ballot, and Leonard Wood, probably, will win. Such a result would be satisfactory to us; yet it is a rule which we cannot com mend. If it had been in vogue In the past, the course of American his tory would have been greatly altered. Not Abraham Lincoln but William H. Seward would have been nomi nated, in 1860; not Rutherford B. Hayes, but James G. Blaine In 1876; not James A. Garfield, but Ulysses S. Grant in 1S80; not Benjamin Har rison, but James G. Blaine (if mem ory serves) In 1888. To go no fur ther back in the democratic record than 1912. Champ Clark, and not Woodrow Wilson, would have been nominated at Baltimore. Would President Clark have "kept us out of war"? The majority, not the plurality. rules Jn America; or it should rule 'The primary, presidential and the rest, has done much to modify the cardinal principle of American in stitutions. There is safety In the majority, for it means deliberation. sanity, compromise, balance, agree ment: there is danger in the plural ity, for its opportunity is division of the majority. It Is substitution of the minority for the majority. Who will dare propose so revolutionary a principle?. A left-handed boost Is given bv the Astoria Budget to Edward M Cousin as candidate for public serv ice commissioner against Fred ,G. Buchtel, the incumbent, because the commission has taken up the cause of the peeple of the Columbia river basin "in the railroad rate case. It calls that suit "a final effort to se cure for Portland lower rates than Astoria" and Its grievance against the present commission is that it "in- tercedes for one city of the state and against another." The real cause of complaint is that the commission in tercedes for all the ; rest of the Co lumbia basin against discrimination in favor of one city Astoria. Neither the people of Portland nor the pub lic service commission planted As toria a hundred miles farther than Portland from the center of produc tion. The people of Astoria did that, and they have nourished a grudge against all the rest of the Oregon country ever since for their own action. , f . BACK TO THE DARK AGES, Pomona Grange, in Marion county, is reported to have heard, with gen uine enthusiasm, the other day1, a self-taught orator who propounded the following astonishing doctrine, in opposing the millage tax meas ures: The whole educational system is wrong. We do not need to educate the boys and girls: they tan educate themselves If they are made ef the right kind of stuff. The speaker was able to cite an illustrious example, in propria per sona, for he had begun as a printer's devil, worked his way through col lege, and owned the very building where the meeting was held. i It does not at all follow that only those who are given small educa tional help, and make their own way upward through many hardships, will ultimately achieve a building. Nor does it follow that the state has no duty to provide the-facilities for education of the many who have no special ambition to acquire brick blocks. What the state seeks to do, through education, is to increase in telligence, and thus to make life more tolerable for all. It has been found that ignorance is the foe of progress, and that knowledge is its main support. Yet it is in effect de nied by some citizens a"t Salem. Two organizations in Oregon have gone on record against the millage tax. Hundreds of others have de clared their approval. The two are at Salem. Some citizens there need a larger vision, even to an acceptance of the fact that some state institu tions may wisely be located else where. ECONOMY THAT IS PKNUKIOIS. One of the many causes of com plaint against the administration of Postmaster-General Burleson is that, in the effort to show a surplus, he has sacrificed efficiency to economy. That has been the case with regard to salaries. Though congress must share the responsibility. It rests mainly on him, for he opposed all claims of employes for a general ad vance until their case became indis putable, then checked the liberality of congress and has tried to have wide discretion vested In himself. The effect came out in discussion of the post office bill by the senate. Senator Smoot said that salaries are not only Inadequate, but that "there is the grossest discrimination be tween employes." Some who do the most responsible work and are of the greatest value are paid relatively less than some who carry 'very little responsibility. The result is that not only the employes but the service suffers. ... ' Senator Pomerene gave as an ex ample the inadequacy of salaries at Youngstown, O. The scale for tem porary employes is 60 cents an hour, and that for regular employes is doubtless in proportion, while com mon laborers are paid 75 cents an hour. In consequence there have been 108 resignations in the last year, and "the patrons of the post office are not receiving the services they ought to. receive." The one class of civil servants to which the people would not grudge a liberal increase of salary is the postal employes. As Mr. Hmoot said, "they have no time to lotrf; they work all the time that Is required, and in many cases overtime without any compensation whatever." He struck home when he said: . If some of these new bureaus that have been created since the war received the amount of work from their employes that the employes of the postofflce department give, one-half the employes In these new bureaus could be discharged and the work wuuld be done a great deal better. The people expect good service from the postal employes because cnore of them come in direct contact wiin me post oirice than with any other government department, and they quickly become aware of poor service. They realize that they can not get good service unless men are paid salaries equal to the standard of the time, and they do not approve of the penurious policy of J. Burle son, which causes constanr change and discontent. MATRIMONY OX THE HIGH. Cupid keeps pace with the times. From the columns of a New York contemporary we cull the interesting information that on a recent Satur day, while one deputy clerk was is suing 224 marriage licenses mostly, by the way, to "white-collar men" another deputy in the same office empowered by law to tie the nuptial knot was busy making eighty of these couples as happy as possible under the circumstances. Saturday being a half holiday, it seems that a scant three hours were devoted to eighty separate ceremonial acts. This is an average of two minutes and a quarter each, almost outdoing the "Join hands hitched two dollars, please!" Btandard set by a wild west ern justice of bygone days. We do not suppose that a two-minute-and-a-quarter wedding is less likely than a more elaborate affair, with bridesmaids, orange blossoms, rehearsals and so forth, to terminate in some court of unhappy domestic relations that is, it is no more likely so to eventuate because of the mere fact of its celerity. Yet the disquiet ing question remains whether couples so determined to take the matri monial hill on high may not have conducted the preliminaries in he same helter-skelter fashion. We see no fundamental objection to omis sion of a good many of the highly distressing and expensive pre-appur-tenances to the modern fashionable wedding by those who are inclined that way, but we fear that as to many of the eighty couples In question two minutes and a quarter may have been only the symbol of a high geared super-efficiency which spells destruction. We would like to know how many of these high-speed weddings were preceded by high-speed courtships, before venturing even a timid fore- cast as to the otftcome of them, "Marry in haste,' repent at leisure," was not meant as a warning against the simple ceremony that bride-1 grooms always hope for but in which I they nearly always used to be over-j ruled by their blushing brides. It I was a solemn protest against the union of couples who begrudge to a momentous event the serious con templation they would give to a com monplace business transaction. We think that we are safe In saying, though, statistics on the subject are lacking, that a good deal of connu bial infelicity is due to failure to ac cept the adage at its full value. N'OT IISHIXG FOR MARS. William Marconi, just before set ting out from Kngland on his yacht Electra on a voyage of research, took pains to announce that there was "nothing especially sensational In the purposes of the voyage." He Is not "fishing for Mars," and he has no ex pectation of receiving a message from another planet. The same probably Is true as to Professor Todd of Amherst, now awaiting weather favorable for his ascent in Leo Stev ens' balloon, although by choosing a time when Mars is closer to earth than at any other time this year he makes convenient the possibility of obtaining data bearing on interplane tary communication. The primary object of Professor Todd'e venture is meteorological research; that of Mr. Marconi's is to make a large number of tests of wireless appara tus, with particular reference to direction-finding devices, perfection of which would have an important bearing on navigation. The tendency to attribute to extra mundane causes every phenomenon that cannot be explained in the light of present knowledge Is a harking back to the days of myths, oracles and necromancers. Mr. Marconi goes to the extreme permitted an open-minded Investigator when he says that he "does not exclude Mars" as one of the possible causes of mys terious disturbances recently noted by wireless operators in charge of highly sensitive instruments, but it is plain that he expects to find the so lution of the problem elsewhere. Be cause the disturbances mentioned have been noted simultaneously at wireless stations on three continents. It Is reasonable to suppose that they are answerable to universal laws not yet understood, but the scientist in Marconi leads him to say: The subject of interplanetary com munication is purely speculative. It will ne tar more Immediately useful to try to develop means of safety for ships at sea than to try to get to Mars. Iurlng the trip l shall be In touch with Marconi House, and should anything of surprising importance occur. I could Inform them Immediately; but I assure you that I do not look for anything sensational. " Certain restless souls will be sadly disappointed by denial of their hopes for early solution of the mysteries of infinity, but these will be re minded by the matter-of-fact phil osophy of the practical inventor that there Ja a vast work yet to be done here on earth. Greater safety of navigation, as Mr. Marconi suggests, and a more nearly perfect system of tornado forecasting, toward which1 the researches of the Amherst expe dition are leading, may transcend in practical importance anything that' we have accomplished since the dawn of the age of steam. CREDIT POLICY IS FOREIGN TRADE. Reluctance of the American people to intervene in all political affairs of other nations by becoming an unre served member of the league of na tions should not blind them to their deep interest in the restoration .of other nations to prosperity as a con dition of American prosperity. Yet Carter Glass, when secretary of the treasury, said that maintenance of an exchange barrier against American exports to Europe would be "to force the United States to do business with those countries with which It Is able to do business on a cash basis." Much the same idea is expressed by tne British committee on currency and foreign exchanges, for British exporters are giving long credit to the distressed countries, and the com mittee says that large payments for necessary imports from America make it essential that Britain "should secure payment in cash for as large a proportion as possible of our ex ports." As the United States and Britain are the two principal industrial and exporting nations of the world, the effect of this policy, if strictly fol lowed, would be to supply only the cash-paying nations. The industries and consequently the export trade of the latter nations would be corres pondingly stimulated, while the na tions whih can buy only on credit would stagnate, or would progress only so far as they create new finan cial resources within themselves. But the buying capacity of the cash nations is comparatively limited, while the credit nations have hither to been the best customers and ttieir needs are now so great that they may ror several years buy more ex tensively than ever. If sales were restricted to the cash nations, the supply would so far exceed the de mand as to provoke Intense competi tion not only between the United States and Great Britain but be tween those nations and the credit nations which would exert them selves to the utmost to sell for cash In order to secure means wherewith to buy indispensable commodities from the nations which refused credit. A rapid fall In prices would follow and might have disastrous ef fects on industry and commerce. With a market so restricted, both American and British industry would be unable to sell their full output. ana closing or ractorles and unem ployment would result. vv nne this was going on, there would be an abundant market In the credit nations for all the great manu facturing nations could produce. That ii"n wuum oe in me very coun tries, which we have the strongest reason to help, both from motives of moral obligation and national policy. France, Belgium, Italy, Poland and the states of south-eastern Europe suffered more in the cause of the al lies than either the United States or Britain, and their recovery is essen tial to the revival of stable conditions throughout the world. Germany, Aus tria and Hungary, need means to put them to work In order to relieve their distress, to turn their m.nds from revolution and to put them in a po sition to meet their treaty obliga tions. The plan to sell only to cash nations would leave these countries to their own depleted resources, and they would become more susceptible to infection with the revolutionary germ. There are 'the soundest reasons of both business 'and national policy for extending: ' credit to those . nations which are not yet able to pay cash. In practice they would prove o strong that, though the cash rulo were made, it would not be closely followed. Credit would be extended in cases where good security was of- fered and motives of policy outside of strict business would often have influence. But there are cases where business would deny credit but where Rational policy would demand that it re given. for example, restoration of the French coal mines is essential to revival of French industry in gen eral, but they cannot regain their full productive capacity for about five years. They must, have machin ery and much material in order to resume production, but need time for payment. Their restoration Is. a moral obligation of. all the nations which foitKht against Germany, for they suffered wreckage In the gen eral cause. . One good effect of the hesitation shown by financially strong nations to extend much credit to those which are Impoverished is to stimulate the self-reliance of the latter, leading them to do all In their power to help themselves. France already shows this disposition by levying new taxes and reducing government expenses, and by the great progress already made in restoring the devastated re gion. Belgium has acted in the same manner. They have seen the folly of relying for their rehabilitation on in demnity from Germany, 'payment of which will surely be slow In view of the demoralized and disturbed con dition of that country. In the end the United States, Great Britain and the rich neutral nations will doubt less extend aid most liberally to those nations which struggle to rise to their feet unaided, and the example of the latter, with Its beneficial ef fects, will prompt others to follow It. PROGRESS IN CHILD WELFARE. The fruits of observance of Chil dren' year throughout the United States are reported on the anniver sary of its institution by the federal department of labor to be observ able in humane, intelligent and well-1 organized child-welfare work in thirty-eight states, the District of Columbia and Hawaii, but It Is noted with even greater satisfaction that the movement has spread to other countries. Thus, there is now being made In France a strong effort to establish infant consultation cen ters after the American pattern, and even in Moscow a number of houses have been placed at the disposal of needy mothers, not only as shelters, but also for furnishing practical ed ucation in scientific methods of care and feeding. Prussia, moved by the enormity of its problem. Is declared by the federal bureau to have been Impressed by the need of greater co ordination of all child-welfare agen cies. Minimum standards of protection of mothers and children were- formu lated by the bureau toward the close of 1919, general acceptance of which would Involve indefinite prolonga tion Of'- the Children's year pro gramme. An outstanding feature of the work outlined for the future will be an. effort to make concrete the adage that "there are no illegitimate children;- only parents can be Ille gitimate." This is reflected in pend ing statutes in several states and in France and Italy, and In widespread awakening of Interest in the status of children born out of wedlock. The bureau's optimistic review of work already done Justifies high hope for the future, but there Is ground also for 1Ts warning against relaxation of Interest. Only by con tinuity of effort can ground be held after it has been won. But much has already been achieved through calling to public attention the, ex tent to which the welfare of chil dren has been neglected in the past. In forsaking his profession for something more profitable (for that Is the sole reason a man can offer In these days). Hugh Herdman creates a void in Portland's school body. One naturally had come to associate him with his high school boys for manj years to come. Isaac R. Froman of Linn county Is a prime, man for the Oregon hall of fame. He has lived continually for sixty-eight years on his original claim and has eleven living children. He has seen a great Oregon In the making and has helped in the work. A high judicial official of Mexico is held In Arizona under the Mann law and in reply to a question an swered: "Yes, why not?" That reply about represents Mexican opinion of the United States. Two thrifty fellows who operated two cars on one license paid the mu nicipal court twice what the other license would cost and demonstrated the longest way round is the short est cut to jail. Two Japs at the opening baseball game stood uncovered during the playing of "How Dry I Am," think ing it was the American national an them. They weren't so far wrong, at that. Bryan is going to the convention, if he did just about save his entrance money in the race, and what Bryan will do to, for and by a lot of things will make his party gasp. That Baker hen, reported to have laid three eggs. In one day. Is more remarkable than a mere freak, or there is a hole in the fence and an attractive nest. Twenty-five cent sugar is about here, and the fellow who long ago had to "lug" home "25 pounds for a dollar" bargains recalls the days with sadness. It is a wonder more newsboys are not run over, though one hears of an accident of that kind with regret. They are the frisky fleas of the mu nicipal body. Dan J. Malarkey, back from a tour of the orient, confirms the opinion held by people of sense, that Japan is not seeking trouble with this country. . The Greeks can hardly say "that they don't care a fig about Smyrna. A man doesn't feet at home nowa days unless his rent is raised. Somebody ought to get a straw vote from Colonel House. How fine these candidates look In their pictures! BXT ONE .STEP TO MILLENNIUM Adoption of Single Tax Will Fulfill Man's Fondest Dealrea. PORTLAND, April 23. (To the Edi tor.) Mr. A. P. Adams' reply to my letter In The Oregonian, April 10, lacks the essential of intelligent d4s cussion, logic. He quotes me correct ly "Land value, rental value. Is made by" the people jointly and should, be used for and by the people jointly. It attaches not to land but to the peo ple." The term "jointly" on which rests justification of joint use and com munity property he totally ignores. He says: "All wealth is produced by labor." Thanks for the admission. I had almost expected to -read, "all wealth is produced by speculation." If the people produce everything, everything belong to them doesn't it? The product of an individual's labor belongs to him, doesn't It? The pro duct of a partnership belongs sto the partnership, jointly, doesn't it? If one or several members of a partner ship appropriated the funds regard less ot Joint right and you were in the partnership you would probablv put the thieves In jail, wouldn't you? Rental value is produced Jointly by the Industrial and social partner ship called, society. Mr. Adams did not deny this nor, that it therefore belongs to society. This Is all I con tended. He ia mixed up on values. There Is Intrinsic value, as sunlight and land and exchange values as product of labor. Lack of space will not permit I education on this point. 1 The ingle tax will benefit labor and make all men free: thus, all life depends on use of natural opportun ity. Tne single tax will not confiscate the natural opportunity from users but from speculators. It will there-" fore open up all natural opportunity to free use, without Initial cost; then, the more opportunity the more Jobs and the leas competition the higher tne wages and the greater the pro duction and the cheaper the cost of commodities, all secured at the ex pense of speculation which now robs labor and consumer directly and in directly. Speculative landlordism is absolutely non-productive. Moreover, every man who wants it may easily own his own land and home. This wilr'make men free. Does Mr. Adams really believe single tax will confiscate land? From use? The object of the single tax is to free land to use. Land is the basis of all Industry, and we wish to free it to use. He argues for non-use and speculation. The farmer will benefit Ay reduc tion of (approximately) 60 per cent of taxation, increased market and pur chasing power, lower coat of Imple ments and other benefits I may not here enumerate. Sure, "it Is impossible now to keep that farmer boy on. the farm under the present system of land owner ship." We want to change the sys tem. Under the single tax there will be "farmers enough tp produce the necessities of life for society" and the high cost of living, due to the present Eystem will disappear. LOUIS BOWERMAX. IF VOU REALLY MEAX BUSINESS Wear Old Clothes Rather Than !ten Overalls, Is Advice. PORTLAND. April 23. (To the Edi tor.) ine theory advanced by some that the use of overalls or denim will reduce the cost of clothing is Imprac ticable, If not absurd. A widespread use of denim would only tend to en nance the cost of such goods, and would entail a hardship upon the workingmen who, through necessity are obliged to use them. For business and office men it is only a passing fad. indulged in under the misguided impression that they are doing some thing loyal and constructive. ine original suggestion to use denim was as a substitute for high priced clothing, provided you had to purchase new suit. What saving is there and who is impressed by . the use of something you do not need? If the public really want to do something to assist in reducing the cost of clothing, do not purchase new suit but have your old ones cleaned and pressed and," if need be, patched, and wear them. This applies also to ehirts, hats, shoes, etc. By so doing, you will also rece-lve a lesson in thrift and saving, which is of much more value than Indulging in denim because It is supposed to be th smart thing to do. Neither is it nece.-sary to look like a tramp In order to wear your old clothing. One wquld scarcely refuse to wash his face in order to reduce the price of soap, because water is cheap. ' Old clothing can be brushed and pressed, and shoe polish is not yet too expensive to use. If we will just forget this denim stuff and go in for old clothing, it will be real construe live, and what is more to the point, it will compel the cloth'ng dealers to ait up and take notice. The wearing of denim will not feaze them, because they know that it is but a temporary fad and will soon fade away. The old clothing habit should apply to women as well as to men, because it's all in the family. Let's go If you ean business. THOMAS McClSKEK. LIFE HARD IN' SPRl'CK IHVISION Men Who Served There in mm Much Need of Bobm mm Others. PORTLAND. April 23. (To the Ed itor.) Seeing that the bonus question Is about to be settled without in cluding the soldiers of the spruce pro duction division, and I being one of them, I wish to know if the Hawley subcommlttee classes us as soldiers or civilians. Does this subcommittee consider S3. 60 a day Including army pay, with SI. 05 deducted for board (also pay for sergeants deducted In' some com panies) and furnishing your own clothing, civilian pay? What abouC working in mud knee deep with pick and shovel, or crawling up a steep mountain side on hands and knees, with the rain trickling down your neck, returning to camp of an even ing wet, stiff and sore in -every mus cle, then drilling? Does the subcommittee know that most of the soldiers were put into the spruce division against their wish? I joined the colors to defend my country, expecting to be sent to France. When our company was told to pack, we did not know we were going to be put into the spruce di vision. I would have preferred France, where one would have received a little glory and honor, also would have enjoyed' the trip across the pond. Thousands of others in the epruce division wpuld have taken the battle- front In preference to the spruce work. If any of the fellows came out of the spruce division with any money It was more than used up before they were able to get employment. They are back in civilian life trying to get a start. After serving in the spruce division IS months, and need ing the help of the bonus, we are told we are not entitled to it. 1 think we are. EPRUCER. Fourteenth Wed Ulna; Anniversary. PORTLAND. April 23. (To the Ed itor.) Would you kindly publish what a fourteenth wedding anniver sary designates and what kind of presents are appropriate? It Is accredited with no special custom as to the kind of presents given, so far as commonly accepted anniversary lists go. Those Who Ccme and Go. Joe H. Beeman of Gold Hill. Or, attached to the federal prohibition squad, had a rather unique experience in the course of, duty tne other day, according to the story that is trav eling about the custom-house. Search ing a ranch cellar, near Seappoose, for a hidden still. Mr. Beeman per ceived the family cat perched on an empty cider keg. He spoke to it kindly and gathered it into his arms, teing a lover of well-behaved tabbies and toms. and carried it tip the stairs. "Thfrei.no still down there, fellows." he began, but his fellow deputies fled wildly. Deputy Beeman looked around for irate moonshiners with their shooting-irons leveled. No one was In sight. He glanced down st pussy and his counteiance whitened with horror. Gingerly he placed the supposed pet on teira firnia and made his respectful retreat. The "kitty" had two white stripes down its shiny black bask. Exhibit A from among permanent guests at local hotels who desire to do -their part in making the forth coming shrine convention a success came out from under cover at the Multnomah yesierosy when he In formed Ray'clark of the front office force that his large corner room on an upper floor of the hotel would be vailable for Shrine visitors. this guest yesterday plt-ced an order for a special bed which he will install In bis automobile. nd wnile some Shrlner is comiortably quartered in the big. soft hotel bed. this patriotic Portlauder will be endeavoring to snatch a few winks In some noisy ga rage. "I don't expect to sleep much during the week, but I'm willing to put up with a few hardships In order to help out the Shriners," he said. One of the most popular women officeholders In vne state is Miss Celia L Gavin, who is the1 city attor ney of The Dalles. Miss Gavin has none of the ear-marks of the radical suffragette. Just because the women have equal voting rights with men and are therefore entitled to consid eration. Miss Gavin is a candidate for presidential elector In the democratic primaries. havingTiled as a candidate at the solicitation of party leaders. As there are only enough candidates tiled to fill the ticket. Miss. Gavin's nomination is i foregone conclusion. City Attorney Gavin is In Portland on business and js icglstered at tne Seward. "Don't overlook the fact that Newberg is rapidly developing," as serts R. J. Moore, who was in Port land yesterday on business. "We have a fruit cannery there that does a million1 dollars' worth of business a year, and the company is putting in a plant at McMlnnvllle and will have another at Roseburg. We have a sawmill that is employing 150 men. which means a good payroll, for the mill is running at capacity and there is a demand for all the lumber that can be produced, and prices are good. Also the town con templates about $250,000 worth of paving." Mr. Moore Is with the power company and admits that the demand for electric energy is also growing. Round prairie doesn't get on the registers In Portland as a usual thing, but D. H. Mlddellary embalmed It at the Hotel Portland yesterday. Roumd Prairie Is between Dlllard and Myrtle Creek. In Douglas county and on the other side of the hill is the notorious Roberts mountain, which has been a death-trap for automo billsts. Adjacent to Round Prairie I. the new grade which . the highway commission is building, which will eliminate the Roberts mountain en tirely. Paving crews have been on the new grade since Jhe first of the month, awaiting weather dry enough to permit laying "hot stuff." "Although I'm a long, long way from home, my vote will be among those present when the election of ficials at Glendlve. Mont., begin to count the ballots tonight." ventured A. J. McConnell, a Glendlve Insur ance man, who was at the Mult nomah 'yesterday, en - route to San Francisco. "Under the law of our state, a vote,r can cast his ballot be fore election day if he is going, to be outside the state, and naturally I took advantage of It. And I don't mind adding that my little vote goes for General Wood." R. C. Hammond, of Tampa. Fla., Is at the Benson. As might be sus pected. Mr. Hammond is In the cigar business, for manufacturing smokes is the main-stay of the population of Tampa. ftir. Hammond is not alarmed over the agitation now be ing spread for the abolition of to bacco, notwithstanding the determin ation of prohibitionists to banish the weed along with strong water. The visitor is well fortified with fig ures showing that the increased price in cigars is due to the increased cost of production. From Lartigloia comes J. R. Foster to the Hotel Oregon. Very few peo ple leave Langlois for the reason that there are not many persons In the little settlement in Curry county. Langloix is the center of a dairy in dustry and a number of cheesemaking plants are in the vicinity. It is less than three miles from the ocean, h; the nearest shipping point Is as Ban don, about 17 miles' north, in Coos county. Albany is becoming one of the most progressive cities in the Willamette valley and is not only, anxious to up build itself, but to assiBt in the de velopment of the entire valley. L. M. Curl, who la an attorney of Albany and who Is4 also the mayor of the town, la at the Perkins. When the census returns are announced. (It is expected that Albany will disclose a big percentage of increase. During the war, George W. Cod rington installed motors In several boats that were built in the Portland district. He arrived at the Multnomah yesterday from Cleveland, O., and be gan renewing acquaintances. Mr. Codrington Is one of the heads of the engineering department of the Win ton Motor company. He will inspect the ruins of the local shipyards be fore proceeding on his way. Two enthusiastic boomers for War renton. the town which has set out to rival Astoria at the mouth of the Columbia, are Mrs. R. E. Barrett of Great Falls, Mont., and John McBride of the same place. Mrs. Barrett and Mr. McBride. who are registered at the Hotel Portland, are on their way from Montana to look over Warrenton. In which they are heavily interested. Once upon a time C. J. Wellman was a resident of Portland and in the commercial rating business. Now In stead of rating other people, he is himself rated, for Mr. Wellman Is manufacturing vegetable oils at his factory In San Francisco. He is an ar rival at the Hotel Portland. The call of baseball was too strong for J. S. Delaney of Warrenton to re sist, so he came to town, registered at -the Multnomah and went out to Vaughn street. Time was when Mr. Delaney was a star pitcher In the major league. Although the hotel business has been rushing in Astoria for more than ; a year, F. N. Whitman found time yes terday to leave the troubles of man agement and come to the Hotel Portr land for a little rest. . ' OLD GRAB POLIC1' IS FOLLOWED EnKland and France I'nfit to Tie to. Says Johnson Supporter. PORTLAND, April ?3. (To the Ed itor.) J. E. Dunne, in a letter to The Oregonian April 15, seriously criti cises Senator Hiram Johnson and also the people who -stand for Johnson's principles. He calls all the citixens of Michigan who favored Johnson in the primaries Hermans or pro-Jermans: he says Canada and Australia should have a separate vote for Kngland in the assembly regarding the peace treaty: he says our boys' blood was shed in vain unless we accept the peace treaty, and that the noble caucc for democracy would be lost; and he sarcastically' criticises the United States as being selfish for not going with open arms into European en tanglements. Let me say to him that the best way to broaden his mind would be to read the Literary Digest of April 3 the article entitled Hiram W. Johnson's American-Made Radicalism pages 51 to 5. Johnson's demonstration in Michi gan only proves that he is the people's candidate. Our boys' blood was not shed in vain; it has opened our eyes' to the fact that this war was not one for democracy. Take France and Eng land for example. They bribed Italy into the war by promising territory along the Adriatic They bribed Japan into the war by promising the pro vince of Shantung and German islands in the Pacific These promises were bound each by a separate secret treaty. Of the territory to be given, not one foot was under the jurisdic tion of either England or France. In other words, they gave territory away which they never owned. It was simply a case of "might Is rigiit. By the way. these promises nve oeen made good a very nice example oi the kind of democracy we receive un der the peace treaty. England takes for herseir Herman Isianas, colonies In ATrica and Persia, and control over many other provinces. She- (Eng land) wants the United States to take ttie responsibility of Armenia, a coun try which Is one of the poorest in wealth. Maybe our friend can tell us why Kngland does not want Armenia, At the present time it is just a case of vengeance with Franae. and com mercial and territorial gain with England. Both nations are acting just as badly as Germany ever , did. Only recently hundreds of Egyptians wqre shot down by the uruisn tor giving a public demonstration that thev wished freedom irom .ngiana. If these words are not true perhaps our friend can tell us of some of the democratic measures England and France are taking to lessen the bur dens of those who come under their yoke. Why should Canada and Australia have a separate vote from England in the league of nations? Did not both of them fight under the English flag? Can they declare war or enter Into alliance or treaties with other nations without England being also entered in the compacts? Decidedly, no. It is the same old story: blood is thicker than water, and their votes would go in favor of England, no matter wheth. er her cause were just or unjust. I say that the people of America do not wish to and will not tie them selves with two nations, England and France, who themselves have shown no honor or produced one democratic principle. ARTHLK TAYLOR. Cai ibrlan Apartments RENT PROBE AND OVERALLS FAD Investors Discouraged by One, Indus try by Other, Snya Writer. PORTLAND, Or.. April 25. (To the Editor.) The mayor and city council have appointed a commission to in vestigate rents and audit the books of property owners. Will the mayor and council answer these questions? How many years In Portland did a lot of Improved property owners re ceive less than 1 to 3 per cent upon their investments? How many years in Portland was It that a large amount of Improved property did not have enough income to pay taxes and upkeep, let alone In terest upon the Investment? Do you want capital to invest in real estate and build homes in Port land or drive it out of Oregon? I notice a lot of employes' pictures In the papers wearing and advocating the wearing of cotton overalls. Do tlrey and others want to help cripple one of our best industries? Portland has one of the largest woolen mills in the country, employing about 6i0 men and women at good wages. Why try to cripple one of our industries and 600 employes just as a fad and help advance the cotton business over a thousand miles away from us? A SUBSCRIBER FOR 15 YEARS. Rrrrnl Memorable? Date. POFtTLAND. April 13. (To the Ed itor.! 1 riease publish the date of ex-President Roosevelt's death. (2) On what date did Germany declare war in 1914? . F. H. G. 1. January 6. ISIS 2. On Russia, August 1; on France, August 3. Some Ghosts I Have Really Seen "There are more things in earth and heaven, Horatio . . ." Violet Tweedale, authoress of fame in her homeland, Scotland, says there are. Some of them she calls ghosts, and defies the skeptics to inform her that she is the victim of delusion or obsession. Miss Tweedale says that she has been meeting visitors from the other side of Jordan ever since she was 6 years old, until a casual chat with a spirit is nothing at all in her life. Read this story in the Sunday issue, with photographs. It is a genuine record of the phe nomena that are commonplace to Violet Tweedale. How Portland "Beavers" Learn to Swim. Where many waters hurry down to ocean, one need not be surprised to find that many folks know how to swim, justifying the sobriquet their residence gives them, that of "beavers." In the Sunday issue, with illustra tions, De Witt Harry talks entertainingly and instructively of the swimming pools of Portland of the many, many placed where lithe bodies curve to the graceful dive, and strong arms strike out in the strokes that mean speed. This is" a' yarn that will be of in terest to those who follow the art of swimming as a favorite sport, as well as those who paddle a few score yards. Couldn't You Be Happy on Million a Year? You think that you could perhaps. Ah, you are certain of it. Well, others have been certain, have found fortune, and have named it Dead sea fruitage. In the Sunday issue, magazine section, there's a narrative of six well-known men and women who had the million, but who did not find the goal called happiness. And the story concerns Douglas Fairbanks, Mary Pickford and Charlie Chaplin all of whom testi fied that money wasn't contentment. Wives Who Shine by Own Light. To have a noted husband doesn't necessarily imply that the wife must be a wee little gray mouse at home. If she possesses personality let her make it mani fest, in a sensible sort of way, and success will come to her on her own account. Read the Sunday story, magazine section, about Mrs. Frank A. Vanderlip and Mrs. Leonard Wood. Picking Uncle Sam's Pocket. Even a United States mint is not proof against robbery there's so much material in sight. In the Sunday magazine section you'll find a special story of the pictur esque temptations that beset those who work for Uncle Sam in the shops where he makes his money. All the News of All the World THE SUNDAY OREGONIAN More Truth Than Poetry. Br James J. Montagoe. SOT SO SOFT AS IT SEEMS! I rrever eat my heart out when the market goes .to pot. One doesn't worry over stocks and bonds he hasn't got. No broker ever calls me up to make me come across And margin my securities against a total loss. This business care quite wears the. hair ott persons in the street. And though it drives them to despair, niy ret is bland and sweeu I haven't any real estate In any part of town And so I shan't be troubled If they cut the rentals down. No janitors demand more pay; no an- gry tenants write That they have mailed me. postage paid, ten pounds of dynamite. No woe I'll know if rents go low in I haven't any houses, so it will not worry me. 1 haven't any limousine, and therefore no chauffeur To get locked up when accidents to other folks occur. The soaring price ot gasoline does not give me the chills. The folks that own the costly cars have got to pay the bills. Garage men can affright no man with nothing to repair. And as I haven't got a car. I never turn a hair. I do not drink, and so. because the booze supply is short, I do not need to purchase it at twenty bones a quart. The rich are troubled half to death with worries I know not. And I have not the slightest cause to envy them their lot. I have no cares that millionaires have sot to make them sad; I have no prominent affairs but how I wish I bad! Ain't It a Shame f Ehert's wail about the German "martyred cities" ought to appeal strongly to the president of a country which knows what martyred cities really are! . still n Chance. No candidate with whiskers ha turned up so far, but the socialists have yet to make their nomination. Drllrllios. A highbrow is a man who cays "group" when he means "bunch." tl'opyrlght. lIiO. by the Bell Syndicate. Inc.) In Other Days. Tittstr-Fhe Yenra Ago. (From The Orrsonian of April '.M. IRtiS.l The manufacturers of Portland, to the number of nearly 100. effected a permanent organization last night under the name of the Manufacturers' Association of the Northwest There is great activity among horse men at the AY Itch Hazel stock farm in preparation for the race meeting to be held at Irvington In June. Jacksonville. Or. Mrs. Sadie Perry, a bride of less than a week, was burned to death yesterday when her clothing caught fire from an ash pan she was taking from a stove. Judge Charles H. Carey arrived at home yesterday from a month's Jour ney through the east, from New' York to Florida. Is HALL IT RE JOHNSON" OR IIIMIt ER f Which, Anks Correspondent, I Lesser of Evils f W'AL'NA, Or., April 23. (To the Ed itor.) The Oregonlan seems to ex hibit a slight worry over recent nom inal successes of Senator Johnson. A least it drew the hair-line in its re cent editorial on the difference be tween a plurality and a majority. But would not The Oregonlan much -prefer to see Senator Johnson nom inated in preference to the interna tionalist Hoover? In that case which would it consider the lesser of two evils? One can hardly associate the recent stand us taker) by our big republican supporters as consistent with its sound American policy of the past two years. E. H. BABCOCK- Market' (or t;ulnrn Pigs. PORTLAND, April 23. (To the Ed itor.) Would like to know ft there is sale for guinea pigs, to be nsed for medical purposes, here In Portland. If so. kindly refer me to proper insti tutions. A SUBSCRIBER. There is a small, and variable, de mand for guinea pigs for research work. Communicate with the Uni versity of Oregon medical school, Portland.