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TIIE - MORNING OREGONIAN, THURSDAT, AUGUST 15, 1912.
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' PORTLAND. THURSDAY. ACQ. 1.
THE DDTEBl!Ta
Thomas F. Ryan. Awut Selmont.
Charles F. Alurpny. i"'"- '
-Roger Sullivan and other representa-
- tlves of the powers m
i .v. ni Baltimore conven
! tlon. and they sat there, despite the
I sensational effort 01 air. crj
seat them or some of them.
", Guggenheim. Barnes. Penrose.
' Crane and other bosses, now odious
. kti. mp-mheni of the
to tne puuuti .
Chicago convention, and voted with
- the Taft majority in its couw
convention. ow mey
have been all there was to th
" convention. ,.,
rt ..titrnl nf the Baltl
ijryan securcu vu"-. . -
' more convenUon by an open personal
challenge to Murphy and the rtst.
"though the normal vote against him
- nrnhablv two to one. .n .-"
' had sought the nomination for him-
a 1 I AncA TfMl M have been lost.
; Beit ma o-m.- " - ,
! Seeking it for another ana making
! ...I Vita rtWn sincerity, unselftsh-
. ness and courage, he won for the other
' and for the progressive uemocrai.).
i Roosevelt lost because ftoe . refused
to give way to any other and because
! he preferred to aavance nu u
-k. . .vnonan Cit a. CaUSC. I
Dlttuu tl vww -
' Roosevelt had appeared before the
Chicago convention ana insisieu uV
..... i..n,n ir Harticv. or Borah,
lltC liwilllliaiwi.
or La Follette, or Cummins, or any
.other progressive, and the adoption of
a progressive piatiorm.
ult would never for a moment have
I t A,.h
If It be said that no one had a right
to require such a saennce or ngoe
velt. It may be answered that the
cause which he professes to represent
j ..... . ricrht Tt cannot be
IltLU JU OULII a n -
denied without the admission that
Roosevelt Is greater man me yi u
he has formed or the principles he
advocates.
c h a kgf:s of mn) axaltzeu.
The charge that Taft secured the
nomination for President at the Re
publican National Convention through
fraud in the seating of delegates has
been made the subject of cold analysis
by Gilbert E. Roe in a series of arti
cles In La Follettes Magazine. As
Senator La Follette's representative.
he occupies the position of an un
biased spectator, for he can have no
prejudice In favor of Taft, whom the
senator nas crmciseu unuut wcivj,
or of Roosevelt, whom the Senator
holds guilty of "giving him the double
cross." His Judgment is therefore as
nearly Impartial s any which could
be obtained.
Mr. Roe gives the action on all con
tests in tabular form and makes a
synopsis of the decisions. He says
that there were 248 contested seats.
The proceedings of the National com
mittee show that 164 Taft delegates
were seated, either by unanimous
vote or by a viva voce when the con
test was not regarded as sufficiently
serious to require aT rollcalh In the
cases of 14 of these 1S4 delegates the
Roosevelt men withdrew their con
tests. Contests for 19 seats were de
cided In Roosevelt's favor. This leaves
65 delegates out of 148 contests as the
number concerning which . there was
a substantial dispute. This statement.
Mr. Roe says, is verified by the action
of the Roosevelt members of the Na
tional committee. They made a mi
nority report recommending that 72
Roosevelt delegates be seated in place
of Taft delegates, but Mr. Roe says:
The aheet containing tha original lead
pencil memoranda, which In aome way be
came attached to the report, ahowa that the
original number of delegatea marked for
contest was 64. Enough wera afterwards
added to bring tha total up to 72.
It is, therefore. 72 delegates around
whom the charge of fraud revolves,
not 90, as was first said by Roosevelt,
nor 78, nor 52, nor 30, as he variously
said in subsequent fulminatlons. Of
6 of these 72 "stolen" seats the Roose
velt men were so uncertain as to add
them to the list only at the last mo
ment. Mr. Roe then gives an analysis of
the case on each contest for these 72
seats, from which it is clearly apparent
that both factions had resorted to
every political device in the effort to
elect their own delegates, that their
sworn statements were often directly
contradictory and that often, as Sena
tor Borah, one of Roosevelt's chief
supporters, said of the Oklahoma
case, "the question was almost entirely
a question of veracity." He reaches
the conclusion that "it is not possible
to determine the merit of all these
contests, nor would It be possible to
do so, even If all the evidence before
the National committee could be set
out." Under such circumstances,
there may have been ground for rea
sonable doubt between the contesting
claimants to some of the seats and the
Taft majority may have been swayed
by prejudice in voting as they did, but
thera Is no ground for charges of de
liberate fraud or "naked theft," espe
cially from a man whose own case was
vitiated by the bringing of contests
for 164 seats which his own support
ers found to be without merit.
Even had Roosevelt been given the
entire 72 delegates named in the mi
nority report, he would not have had
enough to nominate him. But Mr.
Roe discounts even this number. For
example, he states that there were 14
Roosevelt men on the National com
mittee, yet a motion of a Roosevelt
man that one Roosevelt and one Taft
delegate be seated from the fifth Ar
kansas district received only ten votes,
though only two of the fifty-four
members were absent, and that the
two Taft delegates were then seated
by viva voce vote. This proves that
the Roosevelt men had no confidence
In their own contest. For this and
like reasons Mr. Roe arrives at 49 "as
the maximum number which was
given to Taft and. which could fairly
have been given to Roosevelt," but he
Is careful to add:
I do not by any means aaj that all of
. . i . i Miiinf . a RoosC
tlon eould hava been found Jn tha avldence
for ao doing-
Mf cu than nrnceeds to knock the
pins from under the whole Roosevelt
contention br these woras.-
Now if theee 49 be added to the 488
which represented the maximum possibility
Of Koosevene . -
as It waa made up. you hava 015. These
figures can fairly ba reduced They cannot
cVeaseJ" They' show that KTo;velt"nev.r
had anything line a majun.y l '""..
ditieaates to the convention.
They show also, when the temper of t
delegates pledged to tha other candldatea
" . . w I . taa..uaWb nnmlnatlon w
the
Is
was
impossible ev5?. L J. .d'Ual'H X SJfid
odid
he naa any enaaow o f z
ba regaroea as ciouovui .- -
him.
Na-
le
tlonal committee in .woum h
lave
gates wntrj T.h,.,- "nl
lain
oeen seaiea was iuc. rnm
stealing." etc.. comes with poor grace from
those who are making it. ..
a. .rnrt the National committee
seated lees than 50 Taft delegates on Insur
"hoVln "hlrge of the Roosevelt -m
r.;f?..'rielr.?t.orev,iSlnceo0atRairel
xi- err nn to make a counter
charge of fraud against the Roosevelt
men. They knowingly put iu
false claims to more tnan iov uc.v
gates for weeks prior to tne conven
i.v, iha deliberate purpose o
deceiving Republicans into believing
. u . onAa-vaii'. nomination was as
sured and that therefore it was better
to give him support. Mr. Koa asserts
that nme delegates were certainly
.onfnnii "hv this falsehood": that this
claim that the nomination w
-.in.KAri'( naa tnA stock argument.
fact was the only argument, advanced
by Progressive RepuDiicans ior sup-nn,-inr
Pnnevnlt and that Roose
velt's managers "would never have
an.nt ih HmA anil monev necessary
nn hua fak' contests unless they
were known to have a very real value
in delegates."
Th. rronri of 1912 thus resolves it
self into this: The Roosevelt men
"faked" contests to deceive the voters
into believing their man's nomination
inevtmhiA- thev confessed the fact as
to 164 seats: had they been given the
72 seats they alleged to nave Deea
stolen, they could not have won the
nomination; their own actioils showed
that their claim to 23 of these 72 seats
Viart an merit: there was srround for
honest difference of opinion as to the
remaining 49 seats, waa rcooseveit
hoon airarflcH nil of thean fairlV de
batable seats, they would have availed
him nothing.
PERKINS AS A MARTYR.
ROT. Wash.. Aug. 10. To the Editor.)
Is It not almost self-evident to you that
Georae W. Perkins Is backing Mr. Roose-
l. In nrAmr tt nillllfv the radical VOtS,
ihorohv it.mmlnff Socialism? Isn't Mr.
Wilson's speech a bid for the conservative
power? Why are tha newspapers so snent
on Wilson? Of course, the unthinking moo
should not be apprised of theeo facta. My
vote since 18S0 has alwaya been placed on
a winner Mr. Wilson this time, piease.
L Jl. JACOBS.
It is not self-evident to The Orego-
nlan that Mr. Perkins has offered
himself up as a vicarious sacrifice
either to the wolves of radicalism or
the bloodhounds of socialism. Mr.
Perkins Is mere flesh and blood
though the one may be hard and the
other cold. But the thickest epider
mis may be penetrated and the tough--
est sensibility Dunctured. It is beyond
all likelihood that any man should
voluntarily set himself up as a target
or magnet for the overflowing force
of universal suspicion, resentment and
contempt. It is only occasionally that
anyone Is willing to play the perfidi
ous role of traitor. The penalty is
oblivion and expatriation. He expects
It and pays it. Perkins, on the con
trary. Is very much in evidence.
The motives of Mr. Perkins may be
a question of debate. The record is
not. He is a trust promoter and a
partner of 3. P. Morgan. He sought
and secured favors from Mr. Roosevelt
as President. That Is a pretty sub
stantial basis for any present or future
action by Perkins. He financed the
Roosevelt Spring campaign; he is
ready to finance the Roosevelt Fall
campaign. It Is hardly too much to say
that Perkins and Roosevelt under
stand each other perfectly. Does any.
one doubt It?
Mr. Wilson's speech of acceptance
is available for any reader's interpre-
tatlon. Any such speech, we suppose,
Is a bid for votes. The only answer to
be made as to why the newspapers are
silent on Mr. Wilson is that they are
not.
NICARAGUA AND DOLXAB DIPLOMACY.
Had the Senate acted on the treaty
giving the United States control of the
finances of Nicaragua, the present
revolution in that country might, and
probably would, have been prevented.
Prejudice against the bankers who
were to have made a loan to Nicar
agua, on condition that payment be
secured by American control of the
finances of that country, caused an
outcry against the treaty and against
dollar diplomacy, of which it was a
conspicuous ' example, and has kept
the treaty in a Senate pigeonhole.
This opposition came from the Demo
crats and Insurgents, who roar, as a
bull roars at a red rag, whenever the
Government takes a step to aid "the
Interests," even in a legitimate busi
ness transaction.
We have had an example in Santo
Domingo of the beneficent effects of
what Is sncetingly named "dollar di
plomacy." That republic was loaded
with debt and was threatened with
seizure of Its ports by foreign nations
when we made a treaty under which
we collect the customs duties and set
aside a certain proportion of the reve
nue to pay the- foreign debt. The bal
ance remaining to Santo Domingo now
far exceeds the total prior to Ameri
can control. Inability of revolution
ists to obtain the sinews of war by
seizing a custom-house has prevented
Internal disturbance, and the country
prospers as It never did. The surplus
revenue Is being applied to Improve
ment of harbors and other public
works. Foreign trade, particularly
with this 'country, has largely In
creased. These are the fruits of the
despised dollar diplomacy. Had the
Nicaraguan treaty been ratified, like
fruits would have been reaped In that
republic.
The loan of American capital to the
Latin-American republics, for the
purpose of putting them on their feet
financially, is a laudable enterprise
and harmonizes with our National
policy of promoting peace and devel
opment in those countries. The fact
that the bankers making these loans
are accused of violating the anti-trust
law should not operate to blacklist
them with the Government. When
ever their operations are in accord
ance with law and National policy.
they should be protected and encour
aged; when their acts are in violation
of law, they should be prosecuted and
punished. Aid in doing well should
not be denied them, because In other
respects they have done ill. Other
wise we tempt them to a general
course of outlawry. '
The rights we claim under the Mon
roe doctrine impose obligations also.
If we. exclude European nations from
Interference with American nations,
we are morally bound to stand sponsor
for our sister nations on this conti
nent in the performance of their obli
gations. We can do this with greater
ease and loss friction and expense by
taking measures to prevent those na
tions from getting into trouble than by
curing the trouble after it has come.
Dollar diplomacy Is a powerful pre
ventive measure and is therefore a
valuable anxiliary to the maintenance
of the Monroe dootrine.
THE IANT PRODUCTS SHOW.
The thirty leading business men of
Portland who are giving their time to
raise funds for the Pacific Northwest
Land Products Show ought not to have
much difficulty in accomplishing their
purpose. The show will attract
great many visitors who will learn
from Its exhibits what this part of the
world can produce in the way of fruit,
grain, forage crops, and so forth, and
on their return to their homes this in
formation will be spread broadcast.
The ultimate result cannot fail to be
a healthy Interest in the Northwest
and a substantial Increase of immigra
tion.
There are indications already that
the show will be a financial success as
well as a fine edueatiqnal exhibit. No
doubt the gate receipts and concession
fees will cover the expenses in the end
but they are not available for prelim
lnary advertising and other outlays
To meet these expenses subscriptions
must be obtained , which will, of
course, be returned pro rata when the
final accounts have been made up. The
entire management of the show is in
the hands of Portland men, and natur
ally the principal advantages flowing
from It will accrue to this city. It is
perfectly reasonable, therefore, to call
upon Portland business men for the
funds to meet preliminary expenses,
It night be advisable for those
who have the arrangements un
der consideration to take up the
subject of markets as well as products
A burning question for the producer
in this part of the world is quite as
much how to raise crops as how to sell
them. The Isolated farmer who at
tempts to diversify his crops is often
at a loss where and how to dispose of
them at a profit. It might be that the
Land Products Show could be ex
tremely helpful In this direction by
providing speeches and literature
which would spread information about
marketing methods. In this way its
educational usefulness might be
greatly extended. No doubt this mat-
ter will receive due consideration from
the management and there is plenty
of time for its proper disposal.
The show will be held in November,
beginning on the 18th, a time of the
year which is likely to be wonderfully
pleasant In this region. Visitors who
come expecting to see the country
drenched with Winter rains In Novem.
ber will probably be agreeably sur
prised by bright and continuous sun
shine.
A TRH.BY IN REAL LIFE.
A young woman named Marion
Graham has been exhibiting at public
seances in the United States and Eng.
land some of the hypnotic phenomena
which Du Maurier described so. inter
estlngly in his heroine Trilby. Miss
Graham has little- or no musical fac
ulty in her normal condition. Her
voice is not melodious, though hardly
as unpromising as Trilby's, and she
cannot "carry a tune." But when she
Is hypnotized she can sing dificult op
eratlc airs with accuracy and more or
less artistic effect. Trilby had one
song which she usually rendered un
der Svengall's spell. It was the some
what common Jingle of "Ben Bolt,
but she sang It so beautifully that
great audiences were entranced to hear
her. Miss Graham does nothing so
wonderful. Although her hypnotic sing-
lng Is said to be correct as far as it
goes. It does not go very far. During
several of the songs, on one occasion,
her voice broke off abruptly and she
sank back inert into the arms of those
supporting her." According to some
accounts her action resembles that of
a mechanical doll which has to be
wound up now and then or it stops
running.
Upon the whole. Miss Graham's ex
hibition seems to be more or less of a
psychopathic character. The specta
tors must feel rather as if they were
assisting at a hospital scene and a
shady one at that. Doctors who have
been consulted about her say that she
is liable to contract serious throat
trouble if she keeps on, or even to go
insane. Hypnotism is at best a tick
lish subject to deal with. Properly
applied, it is no doubt capable of re
markable good, but used for public
exhibitions with mercenary ends in
view its consequences cannot help be
lng evil. The sight of a hypnotized
patient lying day after day in a store
window as an advertisement for a dis
creditable show is shocking to every-
Dody or educated moral sense, and
Miss Graham's performances belong
in tne same class, science might pos
sibly profit from her singularities If
they were observed In a laboratory by
the learned, but what good can possi
bly come from making a show of them
to gaping crowds ?
The person who hypnotizes Miss
Graham In preparation for her musi
cal . exploits is a Professor Charles
Munter. The process he uses to bring
her under his spell Is that of staring
fixedly Into her eyes for a long time.
At first she is flippant, but gradually
the -"influence" prevails, and she be
comes obedient to his commands.
Professor Quackenbos explains in
his book on "Hypnotic Therapeutics"
that the "staring method" of hypnot
izing is necessary only for the most
difficult subjects. It takes from ten
to fifteen minutes to operate, and la
"extremely trying" to the practitioner.
Those who describe Professor Hun
ter's process with Miss Graham note
with surprise that he "does not blink"
while he is hypnotizing her. Quack
enbos informs us that unwinking eyes
are essential to the success of the ex
periment. A movement of the opera
tor's lids breaks the charm. Like all
respectable practitioners of hypnosis,
Quackenbos condemns its indiscrimi
nate use either for experiment or en
tertainment, but he is confident that
when applied with discretion U may
oe oi me greatest service not "only in
treating disease, but also In renovating
the moral character of a patient. He
cites a long list of distinguished Euro
pean physicians who regularly avail
themselves of hypnotism in proper cir
cumstances and depend upon it in
treating a long list of mental and phy
sical ailments.
The reader understands, of course.
that hypnotism of Itself is valueless
for any good purpose. Its usefulness
comes in as an aid to "suggestion."
When a person Is hypnotized he is apt
to be more susceptible to .suggestion
than when he is in the normal state,
and for that, reason alone reputable
physicians resort to 'its application.
Everybody is more or less subject to
suggestion even In everyday life.' Un
der exceptional conditions the suscep
tibility becomes acute as at camp
meetings or when men are rioting
with a mob. What is called "tne moD
spirit" Is merely suggestion acting
with unaccustomed violence on
mass of people. It Is the force of
suggestion which moves boys to ac
quire the habits which they suppose
to be manly, such as cigarette smoK
lng, swearing and leering at girls. But
it is far more potent for good tnan
evil, and, easy as It is to fix noxious
habits on the young by bad sugges
tions, it is still easier to fix beneficial
ones by useful suggestions. The mere
companionship of young men whose
ideals. and conversation are uplifting
often suffices to eradicate pernicious
practices from a boy's conduct. He
will follow the fashion whether it be
good or. evil, and fashion Is only an
other word for suggestion.
Writers on this subject make
great deal of the partially hypnotic
suggestions which we give ourselves.
They go by the name of auto-sugges
tlon. Quackenbos has a theory that
they open up a gate into the infinite
stream of the "subliminal, or suo
conscious, whence any amount of
strength and comfort may be derived
The enormously greater fraction of
our being lies dormant as a rule, but
if we apply the doctrine of auto-sug
gestion to ourselves we can rouse it
into activity and multiply our effi
ciency many fold. One way to attain
this end is by repeating a list of "po
tential words" Just as a person is fall
ing asleep. Take such words as "pow-
er.i confidence, success, generosity,
love," and so on. Everybody is more
susceptible to auto-suggestion on the
threshold between sleep and waking
than at any other time, so that theae
words repeated at that Instant exer
cise an extraordinary influence not
only over the dreams which may en
sue, but also over one's thoughts and
feelings for days to come. Many per
sons testify that by this practice per
ststently followed they have risen intb
a state of unfailing cheerfulness and
active efficiency where the ordinary
worries of life cease to disturb them
and their duties can be done without
exhausting effort. If their report Is
true, the experiment is worth trying.
Some time ago The Oregonian pub
llshed an article on the Bahals which
endeavored to give a fair and appre
dative account of that interesting de
nomination. By reading the article
fifteen persons, whose names a friend
has given us, were Induced to write to
the Bahal headquarters for more par-
Oculars. This fact is mentioned not
only because we take a kindly Inter
est in Abdul Baha and his disciples,
but also because it shows vthat The
Oregonian is read with serious atten
tion by thoughtful persons who wish
to keep In touch with the ideas of the
day.
A subscriber asks The Oregonian
where he can obtain a supply of ba
cillus Bulgaricus, the new remedy, for
diabetes announced by Metchnikoft.
No doubt his family doctor can direct
him to the proper source of supply.
In the meantime, suppose he should
try drinking buttermilk, or plain sour
milk, in rather liberal doses, three or
four times a day. The bacillus Bul
garicus occurs in both these beverages,
with other benign ingredients, and be
fore he is aware our friend may be
able to dispense with the drugs he says
he has been using.
Those officers of the cruiser Mary.
land who were left behind by the sud
den recall of that vessel from Alaska
will have an -opportunity of making a
closer study of the effects of Pinchot
conservation on the Matanuska coal
Held. They will see thousands of
acres of the best coal on earth await
ing the touch of pick and powder,
while their ship is steaming southward
with coal brought from, the Atlantic
Coast. This is an object-lesson in the
folly of locking up Alaska's store of
wealth, while the Nation needs the use
of it and men and money stand ready
to develop it.
The Washington Progressives have
decided that they cannot be members
of two parties at the same time. . In
that state a man or woman' must be
either a Republican or a Progressive,
not only on the head, but all the way
down the ticket. This example is
commended to the attention of the
Bull Moose of Oregon, who have put
one leg over the fence Into the new
party, but hesitate to pull the other leg
after it-
How dare the House attempt to de.
prlve the Senate of its perquisites by
abolishing the pension agencies? If
this revolutionary movement contin
ues, there will soon be nothing in It
for a Senator except the salary, the
title and the marble baths.
Because cats spread Infantile paraly
sis, kill the cats. Then use tame
snakes to kill mice and other rodents.
Incidentally, the presence of snakes
around the house will reform many a
man who has the reprehensible habit
of getting home late in a more or less
Joyous condition.
There is something wrong with the
spine of the Major commanding a de
tachment of the Third Cavalry fearing
attack from 1100 greasers on the bor
der. The Third has been a regiment
of fighters and killers - since Its his
tory began.
Improvement of Crater Lake Park,
which Is assured by the agreement In
Congress- to make annual appropria
tions, will soon make Oregon's won
derland rival Yellowstone Park as an
attraction to tourists.
All the world will congratulate the
widow of John Jacob Astor on the
birth of her son and extend a measure
of sympathy to the poor little chap
who will never have the comfort of a
frolic with his father.
A nartv which cannot dlstinsnilsh
herrcveen the noliflheo1 JefPeraon. nulrnn
saint of Democracy, and the rugged
Jackson, cannot expect to go far in
splitting the white vote of the South.
Oregon has school holidays a plenty.
but since the proposed day In honor of
Barbara Fritchle comes during vaca
tion. It can be added to the list without
demur.
Ungallant Californlans are accusing
woman superintendent of schools of
"nreliirllca and bias." as if that were
an offense peculiar to the sex.
"Klondike" wheat Is bobbing up
again, but the man who grows wheat
looks askance at "100 bushels to the
acre."
Dire consequences of a car short
age may lead growers to sell their
grain early and profit thereby. .
The ntv Council had oh war paint.
bonnet and carving knife yesterday.
Stars and Star-Makers
Br Leone Caaa Baer.
BY LEONE CASS BAER.
"Louisiana Lou" is enlivening the
natives at Tacoma. Wash., tonight.
'
On August 25 the Pollard Juvenile
Opera Company will open at the Seat
tle Theater, ia that city, In musical
repertoire. The opening bill will be
"The Toymaker."
' a
James K. Hackett is offering a re
vival of Samson th-j Henri Bernstein
play "In . which the actor achieved a
triumph in New York and later brought
on tour to this Coast. Hackett is play
ing his fourth week at he Columbia in
San Francisco. Will R. Walling, of
the old Columbia stock in Portland, !s
of the company. Mrs. Hackett, who is
known professionally as Beatrice
Beckley. is leading woman. The com
pany is now rehearsing Booth Tarking
ton's new play "A Man On Horseback."
which will be staged at the Columbia
next Monday night.
Laurette Taylor1 begun her season of
stock at the Alcazar In San Francisco,
last Monday night, opening what prom
ises to be a red-letter period in the
history of that playhouse. She is play
ing in "The Girl in Waiting" a comedy
by J. Hartley Manners. . Manners, by
the way, report says Miss Taylor is to
wed this Fall. On August 19, Miss
Taylor will appear in Barbaraza, a
brand-new play, also from the prolific
pen of Mr. Manners. Barbaraza is a
play of modern Greece. Mr. Manners
will personally supervise Its premiere.
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In Victoria, B. C, Pearl Allen's Sum
mer stock company Is headed by
Verna Felton, who was at the old Lyric
a half dozen years ago.
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American friends of Mr. and Mrs.
Oscar Lewlsohn "have learned that the
stork is hovering over the English home
of former Edna May. Mr. and .Mrs.
Lewlsohn visited New York last Spring.
At that time Mrs. Lewlsohn declared
she was forever done with the stage.
"The theater has no more lure for me
than a mud puddle." she declared, "ex
cept that I love to go and watch others
work. I am entirely domesticated. My
husband and my home fill my life."
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Rhea Mitchell, a Portland girl who
was last season ingenue with the
Lawrence Stock Company in Vancou
ver, is to be Sidney Ayres' leading wo
man In his 'vaudeville tour, which be
gins the first of next month in Oakland.
The cast includes also Roy Clements,
a clever character actor, who is in
Cathrine Countiss support, and Myrtle
Langford, who plays Ingenue roles with
the Counties stock. The season is to be
52 weeks in duration, and will take
the company to the European Orpheum
circuit. Mr. Ayres wrote the sketch
one of Western life.
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Mrs. George Cbrnwallis-West, English-American
society leader and
mother of Lord Winston Spencer
Churchill, has announced that she plans
to bring her exhibit of Shakespeare's
England to San Francisco for the 1915
Exposition. . This Includes a complete
reconstructed Shakespearean village,
with part of London, including the
Globe Theater, taverns, a ship of
Drake's, and narrow streets between
ancient English houses. The exhibit is
now a nonular recreation ground in
London.
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Willard Mack is presenting his own
literary production, "Sagebrush," at the
Colonial Theater in Salt Lake. The
company has moved from the Orpheum
Theater, where it was housed during
the early Summer season. "Sagebrush
has often been presented under the
title of "In Wyoming." and has ap
peared here so-named. J. Frank Burke
and Nell McKlnnon, Baker players of
last season, have gone to Join Mr.
Mack's company.
' William Raynore and Viola Keene,
now on the Orpheum circuit with "Be
tween the Races," played here 13 years
ago at the Marquam Grand with Nellie
McHenry in "A Night at the. Circus'
and one year later played at Cordray's
Theater with Bobble Gaylor"s company
in "McSOrley's Twins." Later they
Visited Portland as members of the
Taylor Stock Company,1 which played
ceveral engagements at the old Empire
Theater. Then they allied themselves
with the stock company of T. Daniel
Frawley, appearing here under that
management In . several productions.
Raynore and Keene boast the record of
playing three straight years in stock
in Seattle under the management of
Russell & Drew, R. E. French and
Charles A. Taylor, all of whom were
associated with theatrical pursuits In
Portland. The saddle used on the real
live steed in "Between the Races" at
the Orpheum ' was presented to Viola
Keene by Tod Sloane, . the famous
Jockey.
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Gilbert and Sullivan's comic opera
company comes to the Heillg, Septem
ber 1, after the close of the Countlss'
engagement, in a repertoire of four
old favorites, "The Mikado," "Pinafore,"
Patience" and "Pirates of Penzance."
Arthur Cunningham is in the cast, so is
Alice Brady. William A, Brady's young
daughter. De Wolf Hopper heads the
company.
As to Sospnsfon of Law.
PORTLAND, Aug. 14. (To the Edi
tor.) I see by The Oregonian today
that Governor West states that the
laws must be enforced. I hope the
Governor will pardon my presumption
when I most respectfully suggest that
he set the example by starting up the
gallows and keep it running until he
has complied with the law in regard to
capital punishment. Then no doubt our
nen.ee officers will fall in line and
enforce the laws, and crime will be less
frequent.
The pardoning power was never in
tended to save the guilty from Just
punishment but to save an innocent
man from execution, and when the only
resrret expressed by a coniessea mur
derer is that he has lost a good Job
it's about time we had a change in
methods both by our uovernor ana a
certain Judge who Is too prone to sus
pend sentences. Give us a little old
time sensible punishment of criminals
and no doubt murders will become less
frequent.
i A1JU ur mjixiMli.
$10 for 67 Yeara la One Bank.
Leroy (N. Y.) Gazette.
Just 67 years - ago Miss Cordelia
Elderkin deposited $10 in a bank, the
savings of her first and only year as
a school teacher. Miss Elderkin has
never touched the principal of this
amount, but yearly has drawn out the
interest on the same. The money at
the- present time is on deposit In the
Hank of Leroy. Miss Elderkin, who Is
now 82 years of age, started to teach
school when sne was oniy 10 yean
of age. Her weekly salary was L
RECORD OP A 9AFT81 PRESIDENT
ikhincmnts of tha Administration of
Roosevelt's Sncceaaor,
PORTLAND, Or., Aug. 14. (To the
Editor.) What has Taft done, any
how? You sav all the time that he
has been a good President and profess
not to understand the general outcry
aerainst him. Well, tell us wnat ne
has done,
, . SHOW ME.
We nrint a summary of the achieve
ments of the Taft Administration as
they appear in a Republican campaign
circular:
He has effected arbitration treaties
with Great Britain and France.
He vetoed the Arizona Statehood bill
because of the recall or Judges provi
sion.
He has enforced the Sherman antl
trust law without fear or favor.
He vetoed the Democratic wool, cot
ton and free list bills as unrair, un
scientific ana destructive of the Re
publican principle of protection.
He abrogated the discriminating
passport treaty with Russia.
He established postal savings banks,
He prevented railroads from putting
rate Increases Into effect without ap
proval of the Interstate Commerce
Commission.
He has 'rushed the Panama Canal to
early completion without hint of scan
dal
He has practically destroyed white
slave traffic.
He has signed the bill for admission
of Arizona and New Mexico to state
hood.
He has established the Bureau o
Mines to safeguard the lives of miners.
He has extended our foreign markets
for the benefit of American capital and
labor.
He has abolished the shameful sys
tem of neonate In this country.
He has submitted the income tax
amendment to the Constitution to the
state Legislatures for ratification.
He has effected advanced boiler in-
BDectlon laws passed by Congress.
He has established means for com
nlete Irrigation Drolects in the West.
He has maintained and extended the
open-door nollcy in China-
He has maintained peace in Cuba and
South and Central America by friendly
warning, without Intervention.
- He has modernized and reformed
government business methods by an
economy ana eiriciency comniin.-iiu.
saving millions of dollars to the Amer
ican naoDle annually.
He instituted non-political methods
for takinar the 13th census.
He has effectually destroyed bucket
shops and get-rlch-quick concerns.
He has persistently labored for a
parcels post.
He has effected a new treaty with
Japan, ending racial controversies on
the Pacific Coast.
He has further extended a safety
appliance act for the benefit of work
Ingmen. He has made the Postoffice Depart
ment self-BUStalning and wiped out a
glaring deficiency in this department
of his predecessors.
He has successfully fought for the
publication of campaign funds and ex
penditures. He has heartily indorsed the labor
commission's report and proposea dui
roncernlne- employers' liability.
TTe has reorganized the customs
service, eliminated corruption and ex-
nosed and punished customs irauas,
therehv Bavin and recovering mil
lions of dollars to the United States
Treasury.
He has established the Court of
Commerce to review findings of the
Interstate Commerca Commission and
to remedy exasperating delays in liti
gation. He h9 established a nonpartisan
tariff board to report on the differ
ence in the cost of production at home
and abroad.
He has secured a corporation tax
law yielding over J30,ouu,uuu nnuuj
n Ke TTnitef! States Government.
ira h,o transformed a deficit of
S58.000.000 of the previous Adminis
tration Into a t30.000.000 surplus. .
He has made a new American record
for nonpartisan Judicial appointments.
He has brought the railroads under
further control of the Federal uov
ernment through extension of the pow
ers of the Interstate Commerce Com
mission.
He brought the working-man s com
pensation act to a successful Issue In
the Supreme court.
He has effected a successful stock
onri tionrta commission
We has extended the civil service
rules in all departments of the Fed
eral Rovernment by executive order.
He has secured practical conserva
tion acts.
He has. established a Court of Cus
toms Appeals, by which unaer-vaiua-tions
have been stopped.
IS WORK A BLESSING OR A CRIME f
Tii. iot Intended It as a Cone la
Contention.
ONTARIO. Aug. 13. (To the Editor.)
Will. you allow me to make a little
criticism? In the last Monday's Issue,
under the caption "Is Work Hell?" you
Intimate that work was the greatest
blessing God ever gave to man not
your words but the Idea. Now, to take
that position does not seem to be very
complimentary to the Almighty. Work
was intended as a punishment, and a
severe one at that. He naa aireaay
pronounced sentence on the serpent,
in the woman, and to Adam ha said:
"Because thou hast done these things
cursed is the ground tor tny sane
Thorn, and thistles It shall bring forth,
and in the sweat of thy face shalt thou
eat hread." I have not tried to quote
exactly. Shall we say the Lord did not
Iinnnr what he TU OOlniT Uai M WHO
cursing, but in reality was blessing?
A mistake like one a scnooj tentum m
our "rteestrick" once made. He had a
mischievous boy. and to punish him
set him between two girls, wnicn was
very satisfactory to the boy, but a
joke on tne teacner.
Of course after Adam had chosen to
take Satan for a guida the next best
thincr for the Almlehty to do was to
give him plenty of work to keep him
out of meanness. For as the poet says:
Satan will find some miscniei buh iur
idle hands to do." After all, I hate
to think the all-wise made a mistake
In fitting up that nice, beautiful garden
for that perfect man and woman, where
th. mlirht have "dwelt happily ever
after." if they had behaved themselves
becomingly. Suppose they had kept
in close touch with their maker, as
they did before the fall. Who shall
say that the Almighty would not have
found EDiritual employment for them.
while In the flesh, and when they had
served out their allotted time on earth
have translated them, as he did
righteous Enoch? To be sure, we do
not know all the Almighty had in
minrf in letting things go on as they
did, but had Adam and Eve obeyed
orders Instead OI listening ig DUiaa,
they would have prevented a vast
amount of trouble for their posterity.
Just think, a world with no quarrels,
no thefts, no divorces, no murders, no
lawsuits, no wars and no deaths, for
death came because of sin, a state
seemingly far preferable to our
scramble to get the other fellow's
money, some with methods legally
honest, others with pretended honesty,
while still others get it by force or
any way they can. . W. P. LA WRY.
Great Bag; of Wild Animal a.
Edenburgh Scotsman.
'The' greatest slauhter of wild ani
mals In the history of Siberia took
place recently, being caused by the In.
creased demand for furs. Consul-Gen-eral
John H Snodgrass reports from
Moscow that 4.625.000 gray squirrels,
1,500,000 white hares, 12,250 sables,
200,000 ermine, 1500 brown bears,
180.000 kolonki (a species of skunk)
and 16,600 gray wolves were killed, be
sides about 100 Arctic fox-
Half a Century Agi
From Tha Oreconlan of Auguat IS. 1SC2.
A New York correspondent of I the
London Times says of our honest) old
Abe: "There can be no doubt that the
President Is the most truly popular
man in the United States. Without
education or marked ability, without
the personal advantages of a fine pres
ence or courteous manners, and placed
unexpectedly in a position of unparal
leled difficulty and danger, be has so
conducted himself amid the storm of
passion that rages around him as to
have won the good opinion of every
body." Flag Officer Dupont writes to the
Navy Department that the rebels,
through Information given by a negro
who had been employed by- the Union
Army, became aware of the absence of
our troops from Hutchinson's Island.
They made a descent upon Mrs. March's
plantation, surrounded the house and
murdered in cold blood a large number
of contrabands, who were awakened
from their slumbers only to fall by the
hands of the Infuriated rebels.
Savannah, Aug. 5. Five gunboats
opened on our gunboats at Genesis
Point yesterday morning. An engage
ment ensued, lasting several hours and
resulting in the repulse of the gun
boats. Washington, Aug. 6. The Union
meeting at the Capitol tonight was an
Immense success. President Lincoln
made a short speech, principally in jus
tification of the Secretary of War, tak
ing upon himself the responsibility for
acts for which the Secretary has been
blamed.
New York, Aug.6 W. H. Webb has
contracted with the Government to
build an iron steamer, to be covered
with six-Inch Iron and to have two
revolving turrets like the Monitor,
which are to be covered with 12-lnch
iron. The vessel is to have a solid Iron
ram, half the length of the ship.
Price, U.250.000.
We heard a report upon the streets
last evening that information had been
received by a gentleman of this city
that the Indians had massacred several
of the Immigrants en route for Oregon
on tha plains.
MARVELS OF MODERN SURGERY
Increasing a Man' Helltht Tranaplant
Ins Living Tisanes.
Paris Special toChicago Tribune.
Dr. John B. Murphy, of Chicago, who
is in this city, says the report that a
British surgeon recently Increased a
young man's height two Inches In two
months by administering the thyroid
secretion of a sheep, is not Incredible.
"It Is not an unusual case," he said.
"We are learning much about the four
mysterious glands which regulate the
body's growth. The thyroid gland reg
ulates the growth of the long bones.
When these are overstlmulated in
youth it causes giants; an insufficient
secretion causes dwarfs.
"We can feed dogs on the thyroid se
cretion, beginning on one dog the first
month and another the second month
and so on, and produce a series of dogs
of perfectly graduated size. It is like
a fairy story.
"Another gland Is the so-called pitui
tary body, which regulates the growth
of the wide bones. Its stimulation
causes a broadening of the face. Jaws,
and Joints. - Still another set of tiny
glands, no larger than lentils, are at
tached to the outside of the thyroid
gland. If these are removed the pa
tient dies from violent lockjaw and
convulsions.
"I may also mention the modern dis
covery that the mysterious organ, the
pancreas, is identified with the con
version of sugar. I believe it will be
possible hereafter to cure diabetes by
removing the pancreas wholly or In
part.
"The surgery of the future will tend
more and more to the prevention of
disease. Instead of being the last Te
sort in desperate cases. It must co
operate with medicine and especially
with bacteriology. Nobody dares to
predict the brilliant discoveries that
will be made in tne nexi oec&us uj
means of the latter science.
"It recently was discovered, for ex
ample, that rheumatism is due to germs
usually entering through some diseased
organ, sucn as inriamea icasus. uu
then settling In the Joints. The re
moval of the tonsils or the Inoculation
of the blood with a germ cures rheu
matism. So with many otner aiseaaea.
There Is hardly any peritonitis now.
because we have learned to operate be
fore It reaches the acute stage."
What are tne most inuresunj vt-
eratlons In modern timer ne was
asked. . .
"The transplanting of living tissues.
It ahould be said that all sensational
stories of the transplanting of living
ortrana are. unreliable. A transplanted
organ will live, but will not perform
its functions, ana nence is uwm.
Rones and tissues, however, can be suc
cessfully tranplanted from any part
of the body to another.
There have been great cnanges.
chiefly in the attitude of the surgeons
toward their patients. Americans were
r,mhahiv the first to adopt an ami
able, good natured tone toward the
patients, but 1 oeueve tne vjonu-w-surpass
us In this desirable quality.
The less we know the crustier we are
likely to be. In tnose iorraer
there was much crustiness and little
knowledge." - " .
Rooaevelt a Deapotlo Boaa.
Logansport (Ind.) Correspondence New
yorK rimes,
no von think that If Edwlij M. Lee
had been appointed United States Mar
shall he would now ba out organizing
a 'Bull Moose" party? Do you think that
if Albert J. Beveridge had been re
elected to the United States Senate he
would now be leading the third party.
Do you think that if Ted lanais nu
been returned to Congress he would
now be a candidate for ueutenani
n.rno. on the 'Bull Moose' ticket?
asked James A. Bingham, former Re-
nnhilcan State Attorney-uenerai. ad
dressing the Republican county conven
tion. ... .
Th. eniir was a chorus of "No!" that
resounded throughout the convention
hall-
"The party was gooa enuugu ii
mhii th.v were in ornce. DUt. now uiu
h an nn loneer run It, why, they go
out and organize a party that they can
run I" exclaimed Mr. Bingham.
The speaker charged that Colonel
Roosevelt is the biggest boss that the
country has ever known. He said:
"NOt Only IS IVWBBVOU a. uwao, " -
he is a despotic boss. He is power
marf and won't stop at anything. Four
years ago he Jammed a candidate down
the throat of the people, a month ago
he tried to Jam himself down the same
vot and when he found that he
could not do so he went off and made
a new throat, which he Is going to
jump down this week."
Grouse Breaks Game Law.
Tillamook Herald.
C E. DonaldBon came to town one
day this week, looking for Game War
den Leach, for the purpose of filing a
complaint against himself for assisting
in the suicide of a grouse. It seems
that while Mr. Donaldson, and helpers
were hauling hay from the field to his
barn, they disturbed a flock of grouse,
frightening the birds considerably,
and one of the birds, crazed by fright,
flew at Mr. Donaldson, who was on a
load of hay, and struck him In the neok
knocking him down and nearly off the
load. The force of the blow broke the
bird's neck.
Table of Oar Fathers.
New York Sun.
Knlcker Our fathers didn't know
beans.
Bocker They didn t have . to; they
had beef.
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