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DCTT AND TRAITORS."
The Presidential preference pri
mary law of Oregon requires every
delegate to a National political con
vention elected under Its terms to
take ail oath "to the best of his abil
ity faithfully to carry out the wishes
of his political party at the time of
his election." The Republican pri
mary at the April election expressed a
preference for Theodore Roosevelt as
its nominee for the Presidency. Let
us endeavor to discover the exact
measure of the legal and moral obli
gation thus Imposed upon the dele
gates, and to learn whether Mr.
Roosevelt's violent charge that five
of the OTegon delegates at Chicago
betrayed him Is justifiable.
Mr. Roosevelt carried the State of
Oregon by a plurality, having 28,000
votes, against 22,000 for La Follette
and 20,000 for Taft, in round num
bers. He was therefore a minority
nominee; but he was of course fairly
entitled to the votes of the Oregon
delegation. The personal preferences
of the delegates were, however, as
follows: Roosevelt (4); Taft 4); La
Follette (2). It Is to be remembered
that the candidates for the most part
Indicated on the ballot their respec
tive preferences, or alliances, and it is
unquestionable that they were elected
with full knowledge of their attitude
and In most cases because) of it. With
deliberate Judgment the people of
Oregon sent to Chicago a mixed dele
gation instructed to vote for Roosevelt.
All voted for Roosevelt, except two
delegates who accepted the verbal
Roosevelt Instruction to refrain from
voting as superior to the formal Ore
gon instruction so to vote. But all
did not follow the peremptory and
unprecedented Roosevelt demand that
all parliamentary practice be set
aside 10 as to glva him immediate
control of the convention. They held
that they were delegates to the Na
tional Republican Convention, bound
in good faith to abide by Its rules and
customs and to proceed In an orderly
and regular manner. Colonel Roose
velt insisted upon immediate delivery
of the temporary organization to him,
without the customary inquiry as to
credentials or anything else.
The tactics pursued by Colonel
Roosevelt were) desperate and absurd.
If it had been the duty of the Oregon
delegation to accept all his sugges
tions, however rash, and abide by all
his purposes, however erratic or ex
treme, it must be admitted that the
Oregon delegation should also have
followed him In a walkout, which he
threatened, and thus have violated
their instructions to vote in the Re
publican (not the Bull Moose) con
vention for Mr. Roosevelt.
Undoubtedly the delegation was
under direct pledge to vote for Colo
nel Roosevelt, and to. use every rea
sonable means for his nomination. In
view of the extraordinary situation at
'Chicago and the strange demands of
Colonel Roosevelt. It may not be easy
to say where duty to Colonel Roose
velt ended and treason to the Repub
lican party began. It is absurd and
unjust for Colonel Roosevelt to say
that five of the Oregon delegates were
"traitors to their party, their state
and the Oregon system." The only
members who disobeyed the letter of
their Instructions were the men who
refused to vote for Roosevelt, though
Indeed , we think that the withdrawal
of Colonel Roosevelt as a candidate
entirely absolved them. But the
others did as men of conscience will
do and ought to do decided on the
ground what seemed to them wisest
and best, and did it. Are men to be
flayed and branded as traitors and
scoundrels always because they
choose to interpret for themselves
their duty and not let Colonel Roose
velt Interpret for them?
DERIDING THK PEOPLE.
It Is argued by Mr. C P. Strain In
the state direct legislation pamphlet
that the amendment proposed by the
State Tax Commission permitting the
divorce of state and local taxation
may result in the public service cor
porations paying a larger share of
taxes but that the corporations would
collect these taxes from the producers
and consumers who pay the rates. Mr.
Strain advises the voters to vote "no"
on the measure.
Strange as it may seem, the Fels
Fund Commission has paid for a
negative argument on the same meas
ure, and. for one reason, opposes the
amendment because It would "open
the door for the Legislature and the
State Tax Commission still further to
lower the taxes on railroads and other
franchise corporations." .
In other words, Mr. Strain fears the
amendment will bring about increased
taxes on the corporations, while the
single taxers are alarmed lest the
amendment cause a reduction In cor
poration taxes.
Both arguments are based on the
supposition that. If given th power,
the Legislature will commit some
crime against the people. It seems to
be Mr. Strain's idea that the adoption
of the amendment would be followed
by the passagei of a law setting aside
the property of public service corpor
ations for taxation solely for state
purposes; that this would be so choice
a subject for taxation, that the Legis
lature would be tempted to extrava
gance and would increase the corpor
ation taxes until the service rates
charged the public would be made
burdensome in order that the corpor
ation might meet their tax bills.
The Fels Commission's idea seems
to be that the Legislature and the
State Tax Commission would reduce
the. taxes of public service corpora
tions out of pure cussedness. Mr.
Strain does not offer any alternative.
The Fels Commission recommends
the adoption of the single tax with, a
graduated tax jughandle. The single
tax measure, however, gives the
wicked State Tax Commission power
to assess corporation franchises and
rights of way, so it is not clear how
that amendment would protect us
from the natural meanness pf the
commission that the Fels commission
fears. -We
fancv that it will occur to the
Intelligent voter that the measure
cannot do two things diametrically
opposite. Either Mr.- Strain or the
Fels Commission is mistaken. At all
events, if the amendment were adopt
ed we ohnnM still have the referen
dum "to protect us against legislative
extravagance ana against me im
proper segregation of tax subjects.
That bulwark of the people's rule, the
recall, would still remain intact. We
could recall the state officers or
legislators who sought to oppress or
favor the corporations as the case
mlo-ht r.n Tf the Legislature failed to
give us the kind of tax laws we want
ed we could provide tnem Dy means
of the initiative.
We are told by alarmists that the
restoration , to the Legislature of
power to regulate and arrange taxa
tion Imnllm that the neoDle are not
intellectually competent to pass upon
such things at the polls. This is de
clared in the face of the fact that the
Initiative and referendum as to state
legislation are in no way impaired by
the proposed amenaments. in a. state
whtrh has the direct primary to in
sure the choice of the officials the
people want; the recall to oust, omciais
if iher Drove "incompetent or corrupt;
th roffmndnm to a-uard against
their mistakes or unjust impositions;
the initiative to provide tne neeaeu
hfer tkw nee-lnrt to srive us in a
state with all these safeguards, the
argument tnat tne iiegisiaturo or iu
state officials will use the taxing
.vntira.. tn anhvnrt the, best interests ol
the people is to Imply that the people
are not intellectually capable of
choosing honest and competent offi
cials or wisely exercising the powers
given them.
ONE TRIUMPH OF JUSTICE-
- . . kt.i. .a V. certain
rear oi nangiug, - . -
penalty tor conviction of the crime alleged.
Influenced James 5. ana jonn jmv.
In entering their plea of guilty to the charge
ot dynamiting the Los Angeles Times bulld
, , i . ...ittft.ri that James
B. was not only guilty ot the dynamiting
charge, hut mat. it m, ","""'.
. . ii. it.i t mn, hetieved him
louno guilty. ' ; ---
guilty I would not hava advised the plea
of guilty that was SUDsequenuy ,
the two brothers. Interview with Clarence
Darrow, counsel for the McNamaraa, In
The Oregonlan September 11. 1912-
ITonr nf death Is the most powerful
motive controlling the actions of men.
KnnnAr nr later all must enter the
valley of nlght but since "all men
think all men mortal but themselves,
few arrange their affairs with their
fellows or make their peace with God
until the shadow Impends. Then they
make all haste.
Vet thorn are sentimentalists wno
would tie the hands of society and
withdraw from ' service a powerful
and Indispensable agent for the pro
motion of lustlce. Dread of imprison
ment did not impress the McNamaras;
they are in prison now. xney were
utterly unable to withstand the ter
ror of the gallows.
If California had been so loonsn as
t shnlUh canltal punishment, the
.wfui taMt ahnut the McNamaras
might, and probably would, never have
been subject of dispute, mere wuu.u
have been no confession, dui an m-tei-TTiinahiA
trial, an endless contro
versy, and a large portion of the pop
ulation would have remainea urm m
the, oninion that the McNamaras were
being "martyrized." Suppose Cali
fornia had hearkenea to misutaeu
Dleas that capital punishment, be
abolished ?
TUB CORRESPONDENCE COURSES AT
EUGENE.
TKmnirh onrresriondence courses
the university at Eugene ought to be
able to perform a useful service to the
people of the state. Of course much
of its value will depend upon the
branches selected and the way they
are taught. But we may take it for
granted that these particulars will be
wisely attended to. With so many ex
cellent models to follow, it would be
npardonable to make a serious mis
take. The extension courses oi rteeu
College form an important part of the
work of that rising institution. A spe
cialist has been engaged to arrange
them, while President Foster himself
has promised to conduct one or more
hi. winter an he did last year. The
extension work of the Oregon Agricul
tural College consists mainiy oi prac
tical demonstrations. The department
heads carry the college instruction
directly to the people and illustrate it
by an actual showing of processes and
-,,i, rt i onlv fair also to Include
the short Winter courses of the Agri
cultural College in its extension work.
These lectures attract large numbers
- -. fAftodra exactly the in.
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struction they need and return home
prepared to obtain better results irom
their land with less toil.
The State University of Wisconsin
has probably carried the extension
Idea farther than any other institution
in the country. Its professors make a
business of traveling through the state
and holding classes in almost every
village. The work is not limited to
lectures, but It includes personal in
struction and examinations. The sys
tem has been so well organized that a
person living anywhere in the state
can take a thorough college course
without leaving home and obtain a
degree from the university. Naturally
this privilege is guarded by proper
precautions to maintain the honesty of
the work. The Wisconsin university,
which leads the state institutions in
the extent and the value of its work,
has the great advantage of uniting the
theoretical and the practical under a
single management. In Oregon our
resources are unhappily divided and
the results correspondingly restricted,
but that is no reason for not doing the
best we can.
ITYT5 THOUSAND SAVED.
The few who, on the Fourth of July,
unwillingly, and likewise those who
willingly, suffered the restraint placed
upon the use of explosives in Port
land are now permitted to gain com
pensatory information as to the real
meaning of their sacrifice of noisy
demonstrations of patriotism. Just
at the moment we can think of no
recent legislative enactment for the
public welfare that Is so susceptible
of statistical ' proof of its soundness
The spread of sane Fourth. legislation
has been followed by indisputable
data that such measures conserve the
life of the young and innocent.
The Journal of the American Medi
cal Association has every year for ten
years published statistics giving the
number of persons killed or Injured
by explosives on Independence day.
The current number (September 7)
provides this years figures and a
summary of the preceding nine years.
The awful toll of the Fourth of July
firecracker and its kindred noise-producers
for the ten years has been
40,117 killed or maimed. -
It is a source of relief, however, to
learn that, due to repressive legisla
tion against fireworks, the number of
casualties in the United States has
been rapidly diminishing for four
years. In the decade the highest
number of accidents recorded was In
1908, when 6623 were killed or in
jured. Contrast this number, with 988
in 1912, and one will find ample proof
o. the life and limb-saving value of
a sane celebration. Bearing in mind
the yearly increase in population, we
may safely assume that but for the
enforcement of the Inhibition against
dangerous explosives .on July 4,- ap
proximately 5000 persons, mostly chil
dren, who are now sound in health
and limb, would be maimed or in
their graves. In Oregon alone the
total number of deaths and accidents
has fallen from 21 in 1909 to five in
1912.
In the face of these figures, who
would go back to the old days of din
and disaster?
COMBATING II UMAX ILLS.
Announcement of a new anesthetic
which is in no way unpleasant to take
and the administration of which is
not followed by nausea, does not nec
essarily tax the credulity nor need it
occasion much surprise. Progresii in
the science of alleviating human ills
has been making strides that are phe
nomenal during the past half century
and particularly during the past
decade. Announcement of some new
means of sustaining and prolonging
life is of frequent occurrence, these
days of swiftly moving progress.
The new anesthetic, if further ex
perimentation proves its general
adaptability, will remove from the
surgical operation one of its most un
pleasant phases from ' the patient'?
point of view. While the dulling of
the senses attendant upon administra
tion of chloroform and ether has
proved one of the greatest of boons
to modern surgery, yet it has not ab
stracted the horror of the operating
table. Intensely unpleasant sensa
tions attend the anesthetic as now
used, while the recently developed
local anesthetic, commonly referred
to as stovalne, has not been very
widely adopted because of an appre
hension of its after effects.
The new anesthetic is described as
being a combination of fumes from
the essence of oranges with those of
ether, the administering of the coma
producing agency being such as to
relieve the patient of any and all un
pleasant sensation, either at the time
or afterward. Use of the method in
the Brooklyn Naval Hospital is re
corded as having been attended by
the most successful results.
This, to be sure, is rather a minor
step in the development, of medical
science when put in comparison with
some of the wonderful achievements
that have been noted since anesthesia
was first applied. Modern operations
that were inconceivable in the days of
a decade or two ago now attract only
passing notice. Removal of the
stomach Is no longer a surgical mira
cle, and is done successfully In com
bating cancer or chronic gastric ulcer.
Removal of two, three or four feet of
colon, suspension of the stomach to
alleviate the ravages of gastroptosis,
removal of brain tumors, suturing of
Incised wounds In the heart, entire
removal of a diseased kidney, and
transfusion of blood In cases of severe
anemia or hemorrhage are a few of
the feats of the surgeons of today. The
list of these major operations might
be continued indefinitely and applied
to nearly every organ, and part of the
human body.
Development of autogenous vaccines
has been one of the Important forward
steps in medical science, giving the
physician an effective medium for
combating diseases due to streptococci,
staphylococci, typhoid bacilli and
other Insidious germs. Antitoxins, in
fighting diphtheria . alone, have re
duced the mortality rate of that dis
ease from 40 to about 6 per cent and
have pulled the teeth effectually of
what was once a most dreaded human
ailment. Development of antiseptics
has given another setback to the death
rate, having reduced the mortality in
surgical operations by something like
75 per cent, when considered in con
Junction with sterilization of surgical
instruments. It has practically made
possible the advancement of abdomi
nal surgery.
All in all, modern science is most
successfully storming the citadel of
disease. Discovery of a new and less
unpleasant anesthetic is little more
than a minor outpost . brush in the
general battle against human ailments,
but it indicates that the fight is still
progressing with aggression and
success.
WOMEN'S CLOTHES.
' Mr. Edward Bok, whose exertions
to purify and sweeten American wom
anhood have met with deserved rec
ognition in many quarters, has devot
ed a section of his powerful intellect
to the creation of a set of American
fashions. Why should our women,
he pertinently inquires, go to Paris
for models of their garments? Why
not invent our own models? To this
task he has addressed himself with
that indefatigable vigor and manly
perseverance which signalize all he
undertakes. We rejoice to say that
he has achieved a brilliant victory
over the Paris milliners. His fashions
sell by the hundreds of thousands, he
triumphantly informs the public,
while the circulation of the periodical
over whose destinies Mr. Bok ele
gantly presides has run up many a
thousand on this account.
In the course of a letter to the New
York Times in which Mr. Bok re
counts these stirring events he men
tions a highly significant fact Tears
ago, he reminds his readers, women's
fashions were stable. A given style
of gown or bonnet once adopted last
ed for six or seven seasons. This we
may confirm from the history of
fashion which has - been written by
several gifted authors. In olden days
In this country It was not the habit
of women to throw away their .clothes
after a few wearings. A company
gown was supposed to last a year or
two at least, while a new bonnet did
not lose its luster for perhaps half a
lifetime. Those were halcyon days
for husbands. Now a terrible change
has come upon us. The Parisian mil
liners. Mr. Bok declares, have com
mercialized fashion. They keep their
nimble wits at work devising change
after change for the money there Is in
It and the world of womankind
meekly submits to being exploited by
them. Every new device in dress, no
matter how ungainly or Immodest, is
worn without protest and the price
forms one among the many explana
tions of the high cost of living.
By founding a system of American
fashions the virile Mr. Bok hopes to
stir up revolt among our women
against this giddy Parisian leadership.
It Is his noble ambition to attach them,
as a sex. to the benign standard of his
publication and Induce them to wear
their hats and dresses a year or two
before throwing them Into the
ragbag. He emphasized the fact that
fashions were seldom altered in the
times of our forefathers. W'hy.not?
For the simple reason that women
then had something else to think
about besides their clothes? For one
thing the United States was a more
democratic country then than it Is
now and the external symbols of so
cial standing were not deemed so im
portant. Few people were wealthy
and there were no millionaires. Wash
ington, who was worth only a few
hundred thousand dollars, was one
of the richest men in America In the
days we are speaking of. More than
that, the women had employment.
Even the wealthiest had their house
hold duties which it was thought a
shame to neglect. : Spinning and
weaving were done at home. Provi
sions for the Wintsr were prepared
in the kitchen. Garments for the
boys and' girls to wear were cut out
and sewed up at home. x
More Important yet, families were
usually large and the children had to
be looked after. . The supervision of
all these tasks. If not the actual per
formance of them, fell upon the
woman of the house and kept her so
well occupied that clothes formed a
minor object of her attention. The
craze for a swjft succession of out-'
landish novelties In fashions has come
upon us step for step with the decay
of the household industries. Left with
nothing useful to do, many women
have naturally fallen Into the mania
of putting on and off the most strik
ing or novel garments invention can
devise.
Inasmuch as taking away women's
natural occupations Is accredited with
having made them fashion mad; the
only way to remedy, the disorder is
to give them all something to ' do
which will occupy their energies use
fully. The only general occupation
of that kind which is at present avail
able would seem to be politics. Hence
those who really want to bring back
womankind to sanity in matters of
fashion should be eager to bestow the
ballot upon them.
Now science comes forward with
the discovery of a new alloy that ren
ders steel Impervious to the assaults
of explosives, drills and corrosive
chemicals. The discovery is that of a
German laboratory worker who an
nounces that safe-robbers must here
after look for a new vocation, as it
will no longer be possible to force the
doors of a safe built of this man-proof
metal. But wouldn't such a safe be
vastly more dangerous than one of
the ordinary safes? Combinations go
wrong and it is sometimes necessary
tnr the officials of a bank to use drills
and chemicals. What sort of dilemma
would they be in when the combina
tion went wrong on a safe made of In
destructible steel? Before steel of
that sort may safely be used In money
vaults science must proceed to devise
some medium for v breaking through
the metal. To bev sure, that secret
would then eventually pass into the
hands of the yeggman. So this new
discovery seems to leave the subject
of protecting money from safeblowers
exactly where It was.
Since they are the rage in London,
side-whiskers will soon be observed
thriving on the cheeks of our gilded
youth in America. Man interferes with
nature's hirsute arrangements in the
most unaccountable way. Now he
chooses to have a moustache and
shaves all the rest of his beard. Now
he cultivates early Victorian weepers
and again he mows the whole field re
lentlessly. The moustache Is a par
ticularly obnoxious facial attachment.
It is only rarely beautiful and in Its
glossiest and curliest estate it usually
denotes deplorable moral qualities, if
our novelists and dramatists depict
villains correctly. Thus fate works out
the law of compensation.
Perhaps the new "woman's ticket"
in Idaho Is nothing more than a Joke,
but It may be the beginning of a se
rious movement. No men are accept
ed as candidates. The ostensible pur
pose is to rebuke the men for inter
minable wrangling over politics a
worthy ambition. Still it may be as
well to remember that women's or
ganizations are not always free from
wrangling. Something remarkably
like political contention has been
heard of even in women's clubs.
If Ismay was blameless In the Tl-
(onU -rw-rcnlr It RAflmR B. Tjitv tO T)Ut him
out of office. If he was not blame
less, it is but a feeble kind of Justice
which sends him out unpunished.
From one point oi view ne is a si.-a.yc-goat,
condemned to bear the sins of
an entire system on his shoulders.
anrtner ho f fL monstrous Crim
inal, whom wealthy and powerful con
nections have savea irom reuiuuu.
Perhaps neither Judgment is quite
accurate.
Bad music, such as that usually
produced on the streets by itinerant
miniMans. has a tendency to cause in
sanity among those who are compelled
to listen, according to tne tneory oi a
New York psychologist. Who hasn't
foit within himsfiif .qtranee stirrings of
brash Impulses as an impromptu pro
gramme rrom a six-piece oracs u
was being perpetrated close at hand?
Colonel Johnny Clem has enjoyed
distinction since he sounded the long
roll In '63 and will continue for a few
years as the last active officer during
the Rebellion now In the regular serv
ice.
The verdict in the case of Hazel Er
win, shows that only a woman of good
looks can risk a charge of murder in
the first degree and escape lightly.
Oregon was not given a bountiful
potato crop this year to be wasted.
The misfortunes of other states will
create a demand.
,
Idaho Women purpose giving their
Republican brethren a lesson in har
mony by having a ticket all their own.
There is one thing about the Colonel
that even his rankest opponents must
admire, and that Is his appetite.
As was anticipated, a few days of
sunshine have changed the gloomy
view of crop loss In Oregon.
The three big powers believe they
can bottle the Kaiser's fleet.
The next big thing In Oregon will be
the Round-Up.
Real excitement was noticeable for
the lack of it.
Now, perhaps, Tonj McCusker will
be good-
Stars and Starmakers
By Leone Cass Baer.
Announcements are out concerning
the arrival of Robert Bruce Mantell,
Jr., who was one week old last Mon
day. The Mantells have a Summer
home In the Atlantic Highlands. The
present Mrs. Mantell was Genevieve
Hamper, a member of the Shakespear
ean actor's company, and appeared
with him In Portland last Winter. Her
marriage to Mr. Mantell was the oc
casion of much comment, occurring as
it did less than a month after the
death of his preceding wife, Marie
Booth Russell. ,
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Roselle Knott says she thinks plays
taken from books are Invariably inter
esting, not only to the people who
have read them, but to others who
have only heard of them or read their
titles at the bookseller's. Miss Knott
opens tomorrow night at the Helllg
in "The Awakening of Helena Richie."
Henry Hall, late of the Cathrine Coun
tlss company, is Miss Knott's leading
man. Earl Dwlre will be old Doctor
Lavender, while Mayo Methot is to be
David-7-all of which presages excellent
entertainment.
A sort of Roselle Knott epidemic has
broken out among mothers throughout
the country and the beautiful star has
been honored recently by having half
a hundred or more babies named for
her. Many send photographs of their
offspring to Miss Knott and all of
them notify her In writing of the
christening of her namesakes. Miss
Knott has been In the habit of sending
a little present to each of these babies,
but the number has increased to such
proportions that she must desist for
the sake of the treasury.
Miss Knott now has a namesake In
practically every state In the Union
and in some of the large cities, where
she has scored her greatest successes,
the Roselle Knotts are numerous.
Miss Knott says, as she looks over
her collection of photographs, that she
naturally feels highly honored that her
name and fame should thus be perpet
uated. "I suppose there are many other
actresses after whom children have
been named," she declares, "but good
ness me, I had no idea that my name
was so popular. Many of the mothers
write that they have named their ba
bies for me, because they admire me
on the stage, which, of course, Is high
ly gratifying to me. Others Just like
the name of Roselle, and, since the
name is not copyrighted, they can apr
propriate it without asking permis
sion. Not that I-would object. In
deed, I like the name myself, and do
not wonder that mothers give it to
their girl babies. I like to keep all
these photographs and letters. I re
gard the children as members of the
Knott family."
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The Bob Hughes Musical Comedy
Company will close a Summer season
at the Garrick Theater in Stockton,
Cal., on next Saturday, and will pre
pare for the Oriental tour, which be
gins' with the departure of the Hono
lulu steamer September 21, A compact
platoon of singing funmakers will', be
Dave Nowlin, Gertrude St. Claire, Paul
Stanhope, Fritzee Guy, Bert Le Blanc,
Carleton Chase, Mr. Mclvor, Eugenie
Le Blano and a picked chorus. Most of
these names are known in Portland,
Dave Nowlin having appeared here in
stock. Carleton Chase and Eugenie
Le Blanc were members of the Keating
& Flood companies. .
Ernest Shlpman, who sends out trav
eling companies from Los .Angeles,
will this season not launch any attrac
tions until after the election. In this
he is copied by John Cort, William A.
Brady, Henry W. Savage, and other
metropolitan producers. Mr. Shipman's
first play to be sent out is Rex Beach's
latest dramatization of "The Silver
Horde."
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Frank Newman, treasurer' of the
Moore Theater, and his brother Charles,
who is treasurer of the Cort Theater In
San Francisco, are going to exchange
offices for a month, thereby giving
them each a vacation without laying
off.
Children are once more allowed to
attend theaters In Los 'Angeles after
several weeks of prohibition on ac
count of the epidemic of Infantile par
alysis which has swept Los Angeles.
The ban was lifted upon the request
of the motion picture men, and with
the understanding that managers of
amusement places will thoroughly
clean their theaters at least once a day
and that should the disease show signs
of again spreading the theaters would
be subject to a strict and rigid quaran
tine, to be enforced by the city health
department.
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George L, Baker, with the efficient
lit'ry aid of a corps of assistants, not
to mention "Betty," a new matinee
girl, has resumed publication of the
nifty little sheet, "The Baker Players,"
which Is devoted exclusively to news
of theaters and particularly records the
downsettings and uprisings of his own
new stock company. Milton Seaman is
the reg'lar editor.
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Bob Harty, masculine half of the
team Mclntyre and Harty at the Or
pheum. was picked from a printing
shop by John Dunn, husband of Mary
Marble, as good stage material and
soon thereafter made, his appearance
10 years ago in this city In Hoyt's
"Milk White Flag" and "A Trip to
Chinatown." Later he visited Portland
with Sam Chip and Mary Marble In
"The Dream City," In which he had
the role of the real estate agent. Harty
declares he aspired to play or sing
dramatic parts and that on account
of his heavy build he created laughs
no matter how serious was his stage
theme. "If you can make 'em laugh
your'e a success," said the first im
presario. His entrance into vaude
ville followed.
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Eva Earle French, who Is well known
to early stock patrons for her char
acter work, and who is the widow of
Colonel "Dick French," has been
booked with McKee Rankin for his
tour, which began last week in Seattle
at the Metropolitan Theater.
Not an Admirer of Corclll.
RICKREALL, Or., Sept. 8. (To the
Editor.) A few days ago there was an
editorial which ' said certain things
about the writings of Marie Corelli. I
very heartily agree with the sentiments
expressed. Judging by her books of
"slushy passion" she is a woman who
despises her own sex. I despise that
kind of a woman. Why, in "Barabbas"
she even makes out that the betrayal
of Christ was the fault of a woman.
ARGYL M, HARRIS.
PUTTESG OUR APPLES TO TEST.
COKvlnclng: Experiment la Recorded to
Show Western Superiority.
PORTLAXD. Sept. 10. (To the Edi
tor.) On the editorial page of The
Oregonlan today there appeared an ar
ticle signed by A. K. Todd, containing
the assertion that he would "venture
to say that we could ' not find one
farmer in ten in Oregon who does not
depend on apple raising as a livelihood
and who has an Intimate acquaintance
with apples raised in Michigan and
New York, or any other Atlantic Sea
board state, but will maintain that,
whenlt comes to flavor and meat, the
Eastern product has the Western out
classed." This assertion as to flavor and meat
being superior to our Western products
is an old one. and Is, as you state,
"founded on an unconscious mental at
titude." The writer would cite an in
stance that happened in the City of
Chicago in the Fall of 1910, at which
time he was there with the Spokane
Apple Show exhibit At a complimen
tary luncheon given the same assertion
was made and fortunately I had taken
down with me to the luncheon speci
mens of about 12 of our leading va
rieties. To convince the gentlemen
present that the assertion was not a
fact, a visit was made to one of the
leading fruit stores and apples were
purchased that were grown in Illinois,
Michigan and also in New York state.
They were taken to where the party
was lunching, peeled and quartered and
placed on plates, the plates being
marked for identification. Eight va
rieties of Western apples were selected
and four of the others; the gentlemen
were invited to taste them and give
their opinion as to flavor, with the
result that seven of the Western ap
ples were selected and one New York
apple. Then the plan was repeated
with three Oregon apples and three
New York apples and at that time no
one would pronounce in favor of
either.
I think that the parties making these
claims would do well to consider the
difference In prices received for West
ern standard grades and those pro
duced east of the mountains; certainly
color, size and pack are not the main
factor . in bringing about the prices
that our Western products secure.
I would like to say in closing that at
the coming exhibition to be given by
the Pacific Northwest Land Products
Show, competition is wide open and we
would be pleased to have some of the
Eastern apples entered in the contests
with our own.
G. E. A. BOND,
Secretary Pacific Northwest Land Pro
ducts Show.
BOURNE "GOLD BRICKED" PUBLIC
Surprise Occasioned by Senator's Ac
tivities for Big Interests.
ABERDEEN, Wash., Sept. 9. (To the
Editor.)As printed in The Oregonlan
of September 8, the letters from ex
President Roosevelt to Senator Bourne
certainly should be a revelation to the
people of Oregon. The Nation - wide
advertising which Bourne has given
himself as a progressive will be re
placed by contempt on the part of a
"gold bricked" public
The Roosevelt letters clearly show
that not only in the mind of the then
President was Bourne trying to do a
great favor for Standard Oil, but that
he waS possibly trying to compromise
the administration on behalf of
Standard Oil. Roosevelt's suspicions
of Bourne's good motives must have
been thoroughly aroused to have called
forth such a letter as the one dated
July 8, 1908.
Here in Washington we have been
misled too. Our "progressive Senator,"
Wesley L. Jones, stood by Lorlmer to
the last, and voted with Bourne, Al
drich, Smoot, Lodge and Guggenheim
and against La Follette on the com
promise tariff bills. Bourne supported
La Follette at the Oregon Presiden
tial primaries, after voting against
him 74 times on the Aldrich tariff bill.
Bourne then flops back and votes with
Aldrich to sustain the Taft vetoes. Now
as a last straw he comes out for the
Bull Moose. "Yea verily! the unright
eous Bhall be cut down as the grass of
the fields, and wither as the green
herbs."
O. C. MULHOLLAND.
ROOSEVELT OS LIQ.OUR QUESTION
His Attitude Shown as One of Adroit
Evasion.
PORTLAND. Or., Sept 10. (To the
Editor.) I hear many men say that
they 'are going to support Mr. Roose
velt because of his courage. He has
courage in many ways and many
things. He is ready to tell us all, like
he did his convention, what we should
do. He Is ready to discuss most any
subject and if you could get him to
discuss it two days in succession he
would probably give you am appeal
from both sides. But there is one sub
ject that scares the Colonel speechless,
yes, speechless. Think of It
Mr. Taft says that he is opposed to
prohibition and favors license, Mr. Wil
son exhibits ignorance by saying the
liquor question is purely a social and
moral question and should be kept out
of politics, regardless of the fact that,
there is no subject which takes so
much of the time of deliberative leg
islative bodies. But Teddy, when
some one at his convention in Chicago
cried, "What about the liquor ques
tion?" he was only able to gasp, "Take
that to a primary class."
Courage? Why the liquor' barons
have him scared speechless.
E. T. J.
Reversing Process of Evolution.
PORTLAND, Sept 11. (To the Edi
tor.) In . The Oregonlan today ap
peared the caption of an editorial as
follows: "Making a Man of the Mon
key." It is to be hoped that the lab
oratory experiment at Johns Hopkins
University will prove worthy of the
effort I think Oregon can go the Bal
timore sociologists one better, however,
Here we already have had the spec
tacle of a Governor's making a mon
key of himself. C. M.
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SUMPTER, Or, -.Sept. 9. (To the
Editor.) If I give notice to prove up
on my homestead under the provisions
of the Borah three-year residence law,
would that prevent me from com
muting in 14 months it I should so
decide?
READER.
View of Personal Politics.
Washington (D. C.) Star.
"Are you In favor of the recall of the
Judges?"
"No," answered the man who Is in
politics for himself. "There'd be no
chance of my getting a judge's Job,
even if it were declared vacant"
New -Induatrr la Boomed.
Yonkers (N. Y.) Statesman.
Bill If kept continuously running, a
watch will tick 160,144,000 times in a
year.
Jill How do you know?.
Bill Oh, I've tried it many a time.
March of Progress In Politics.
Detroit Free Press.
"Ma, what Is meant by the Progres
sive party?"
"The Progressive party, my dear?
Why, that's where all the partners
change after every game."
Drink With a Bite in It.
Judge.
Wife John, which will you have?
Iced tea. bouillon, cold coffee, grape-
juice or lemonade? .
Husband Neither. Haven't you got
something to drink?
DEMOCRATS AND THEIR BOSSES
Governor Wilson by No Means Free of
Boaalsm, Is Charged.
VANCOUVER. Wash.. Sept. 10. (To
the Editor.) The Democrats assert
that the nomination of Woodrow Wil
son was absolutely free from the taint
of fiosslsm, but the facts in the case
do no bear out their contention. In
the first place Champ Clark polled at
one time 665 votes or 25 more than a
majority, so in all Justice he should
have had the nomination. But owing
to the Democratic two-thirds rule it
was denied him and the nomination
given to Mr. Wilson by W. J. Bryan,
the man who has bossed the Democrat
ic party since 1896.
While it may be contended that there
are good bosses and bad bosses and
that Mr. Bryan is a good boss, he cer
tainly Is a boss and he nominated
Woodrow Wilson.
While Messrs. -Murphy. Taggart,
Ryan and Belmont were not allowed
to take part in the nomination of Mr.
Wilson, they are all working for his
election, and they have not been or
dered to desist by either Mr. Wilson
or Mr. Bryan. Does any one suppose
they will be absent from the pie
counter In the event of Mr. Wilson's
election? Then, too, they certainly
think Mr. Wilson a better man for
their purpose than Mr. Taft or they
would not work for him. It is only a
short time since Mr. Wilson said that
Bryan must be eliminated from the
councils of the Democratic party, but
he gladly accepted the nomination,
from Mr, Bryan. He Is on record as
saying that unionism Is fast making
American workingmen unprofitable
servants. Now he is busy trying to
placate the workingmen.
He also said that a large proportion
of the Immigrants, especially those
from the south of Europe, were the
scum of creation, and now he is busy
telling fareign delegations how greatly
America has been enriched by new as-
piratlon brought to this country from
Europe. v These facts prove that Mr.
Wilson elsher is weak and vacillating'
or he is concealing his real views for
the sake of gaining votes. In etther
case he is not a safe man for President!
of the United States.
After all, the United States Govern
ment Is but a great business concern
and as President Taft has proved his
efficiency by transferring a deficit of
$58,000,000 Into a surplus of 836,000,000,
it seems to me that It would be the
part of wisdom to retain him for an
other four years rather tban turn the
office over to Mr. Wilson Just because
he wants the Job.
FRANK W. STONE.
Pergolas Exist for Vines.
Baltimore Sun.
A writer In the Atlantic Monthly says
some sharp things about the American
imitations ot tne pergoia. ine iruuuiu
is that Americans refuse to cover their
pergolas with vines, forgetting that the
pergola's only reason for existence is
the vine. lr we cauea a pergoia
trellis, and were done with it" he says,
Ml.hl Via Iabi In riane-er of dis
figuring our gardens by a species of
snowshea.
Worth of Egyptian Paintings.
London Chronicle.
Prnohlu thA earliest wall oalntinffS
are the ancient Egyptian. They em
ployed a distemper containing uiobuio
gum, and their principal pigments were
white chalk, a vegetable yellow, ochres,
irthinnian finnahar. blue nowdered
glass stained with copper and charcoal
black. Their drawing was tecnnicauy
skillful, and, as is the case with the
mHan riefnratnr. their COlOrlnBT WaS
purely decorative and their designs fan
ciful and extravagant.
' Instructing Her Proxy.
Judge.
"Well Auntie." asked her young mas
ter, "do you really believe In the Bible?"
"Yes, sah, ebery word."
"Do you believe that the whale swal
lowed Jonah?"
"Yes, sah: I believes it cause ths
Bible says sol I'm gwine tuh ask Jonah
'bout dat Jes as Boon as I gets to heb
ben." "But suppose Jonah Isn't there?
"Den, honey, you ken ask him."
Fired for Political Reasons.
Puck.
Uncle Ezra So you fired your new
hired man for political reasons? Pretty
small. I call it Didn't happen to be
long to the same party as you, I s'pose?
Uncle Eben You're wrong. He be
longed to the same one. That's the
trouble. Just think of having a fellow
working alongside of you all Summer
long with no chance for an argument
Fear of Diseases In False Hair.
National Food Magazine.
Cleveland's health officer is said to
claim that the false hair worn by
women Is more insanitary and danger
ous than most things which the mod-
janlnr.. a h Incanlturv Tn
some states they are gathering data to
snow tne iiumuei ui ur
eases which can be traced directly to
false hair.
How to Secure Silence in Women.
Philadelphia Press.
"What interested me most in my
travels," said Henpeck, "was the
mummy of a Queen I saw in Egypt"
"Wonderful, eh?" asked his friend.
"Yes, It's wonderful how they could
make a woman dry up and stay that
way."
Beating the Cold Storage.
ugsmi 9s2i to68iPiJi8;aii'Zi'
Puck.
Mrs. Reider (with paper) I see that
the big anaconda up at the zoo won't
eat chickens unless they are alive.
Mr. Reider Wise old snake! That's
the only way to beat the cold-storage
game!
Oratory to a Good Use.
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
"Was your son one of the popular
boys at college?"
"Yes, indeed. He was elected cheer
leader three times."
"And what is he going to do now?"
"He is considering a fine offer to call
carriages for a leading catering firm."
Called to a New Church.
Judge.
"My papa's Just been called by the
Lord to a new churcb," said the little
girl. "Ith he goin' to go?" liBped the
other little girl. "We don't know yet"
said the little girl. "The Lord didn't
mention the salary."
The Bachelor's Paradise.
Upplncott's.
Free as the birds, and a lurjsy old boyt
Handsome, and -rich, and a fountain ot Joy,
fiugar, and lots ot spice! .
Who could resist If the gods should decres
Something as Jolly for you and tor me,
A bacbelor'a paradise! '
Nothing to fret or to worry about;'
Cash coming In and not much going out;
Always enough and to spare!
No one at home to know jiow It Is spent
No little rowdy to beg for a cent.
And nobody bothers to care!
Nothing to do at the close of the day.
Nobody asks him to hurry away
Home to the same old shack!
No little sleepy-heads watching the gate.
Nobody wonders what keeps him so late.
Or cares If he never comes back!
Matrons and maids are awaiting his smile.
Dpa-rnic, ana uiiwit.. hu..-,
Everything natty and trim!
IN little lOU8ie-nu uuum uvnu went.
No little woman to whisper "good-night"
vnki. iiUa that for him'
Nothing to trouble him all the night long.
Monarch of all! And his life like a song.
Easy, and comfy, and nice!
No little bear-hug, and no morning kiss
No little nuisance, aid no little bliss,
Hot la his paradise 1