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PORTLAND, THCKSDAY, OCT. 17. I"1-
j THE REAL PARTY OF PROGRESS.'
Progressiveness consists in deeds,
not "words. That, tried by this test,
t ' President Taft's Administration is pro.
J gresslve was amply demonstrated in
Secretary Knox' able review of Jts
i work at the Armory- One of Taffs
chief merits is what Knox well de
i scribes as his "scientific statesman
; , ship, his thorough, effective and noise-
less work." Because his work Is noise
' less, it is none the less, but rather the
; more, scientific, thorough and effec
' tive. Tet its noiselessness. Its freedom
from loud exploitation and from
' t grandstand plays have deprived him of
much of the credit which is his Just
' due. Taft has appealed to reason, not
to sentiment or passion. Therefore his
', r course has won. the silent approval of
; the man who reads of his acts by the
fireside, rather than the cheers of the
man who hears of them from the
stump.
. Knox disposed of a vast volume of
;lamorous invective against the Re
publican party In a single paragraph
(t hen he said:
' No honest man differ from another as to
such moral Issues as honesty in public life,
' rebuke of bosalsm. equality of opportunity,
, repression of corporate aggression, control of
. Irresponsible and conscienceless wealth ana
corrupt alliances between buslneaa and pol-
Itlca. We are all one there.
t To assume that all who measure -up
to this standard of honesty are gath
', ered Into the new Progressive party
Is to assume that all Republicans and
ill Democrats are dishonest Were
I that the case, we must despair of the
t republic. But the mere plain, state
I ment of the logical conclusion from
J the charges of "yellowness" which are
being hurled at the Republican party
! j Bhows them to be preposterous and
i carries with it their refutation.
! AT'i ..A aambIIsii that anmA flpcTPA
of corruption and indifference to the
public good is Inevitable in a party
, ' which enjoys a long lease of power,
' much of the time, without effective
, .1 opposition, the iwonder Is that no
- stronger ground exists for the charge
' that the Republican party Is boss-
ridden and privilege-controlled. For
24 years from 1861 to 1885 that party
controlled the Administration. Again
from 1S97 to the present time it has
ruled the Nation, and until 1910 con
trolled both branches of Congress.
To deny that the Republican party
has been progressive is to deny that
during forty-three of the last fifty-one
years any progressive legislation was
passed or the executive power was
exercised in a progressive Bplrit. Tet
even the severest critics of the Re
publican party cannot deny that in
the period from 1897 to 1910, dur
ing which the Republicans controlled
both the executive and legislative
branches of the Government, the most
important and the largest number of
. progressive laws of the last half cen
Jfi tury have been enacted and. that their
r execution has been vigorous and im
partial. Again, a mere statement of
'' facts which are known to every man
conveys plain proof that the Republi
can party is progressive and is more
n so now than at any preceding time in
its history.
The only pretext on which the Re--r...v.
publican party can be held lacking in
"r progressiveness is that it has not taken
ju.M Up National issues new methods of
government which have never been
" ? proposed by their most devoted cham
'L pions except for the individual states.
V A test of these methods In those states
which, like Oregon, have adopted
them, will demonstrate how best they
can be applied and what safeguards
are necessary in order to prevent their
H- becoming instruments of reaction, not
of progress, and how they can be ap
plied in National as well as state af-
fairs. When this demonstration has
been made, there need be no fear that
the Republican party will hesitate to
embody them In the Federal Consti
tution. The party which was first to
adopt the Australian ballot, the direct
? i primary and corrupt practices acts in
" individual states and the initiative,
T referendum and recall in Oregon and
other states will not hesitate- to apply
-a the latter devices in the Nation if it
can find the means of doing so with
. out sacrifice of individual rights. But
it must be convinced that they are
- actual aids to progress, not steps
backward.
COMMERCE WITH JAPAN.
Events almost, if not entirely, with
out precedent in the relations of the
United States with foreign nations are
the tour of Japan by representatives
of commercial bodies of the United
States, and the tour of the United
States by thirty-nine honorary com
mercial commissioners of Japan.
Each nation opened its doors to the
representatives of the-other, showered
hospitality upon them and gave them
abundant information about the coun
try they were visiting.
There was a variety of reasons for
the extreme cordiality shown to each
of these delegations by the country of
the other. So splendid was the wel
come given the Americans In Japan
that our appreciation and our pride
prompted a desire not to be outdone.
Japan has always remembered with
deep gratitude that to the American
Commodore Perry she owes her Intro,
duction into the family of modern na
tions. The United States is Japan's
best customer, having bought over
$65,000,000 worth of goods from her
in 1907, this constituting 30 per cent
of her foreign 'trade. In the same
year our exports to Japan were worth
nearly $40,000,000, having almost
trebled in the preceding ten years.
Portland had no small share of this
commerce, for jn 1907 exports from
this port to Japan totaled $2,250,000
and our Imports reached $1,000,000.
We have therefore every reason of
National sentiment, friendship and
mutual interest to cultivate good rela
tions with Japan. Commerce, being
the best guaranty of peace, close trade
relations will strengtnen me oona oi
amity between the two nations. The
completion of the Panama Canal will
open the way to Japan for Increased
trade with the Southern states, and
ho will hnv eter increasing Quanti
ties of timber and foodstuffs from the
Pacific Northwest. To the increase oi
this commerce a mutual understand
lne. which arrows from personal inter
course on such visits as have been ex
changed, will powerfully contribute.
NAVAL FORCE AND PEACE.
tiiab. whr ipfl in th erpat Ameri
can fleet now assembled In New York
harbor the epitomized expression of
warlike propensities are sadly In need
of a readjustment of their point of
.tiom While if Kiierest-s tremendous
armed force and hints at all the hor
rors of warfare, that same fleet neces
sarily Is a tremendous agent for peace.
It is prepareaness ior war mat pio
vents war. We have riot constructed
the fleet for purposes of conquest, but
tfi imiinlH the National honor, to-pre-
serve the National identity, if need be.
Construction of such a neet nas oeen
fnn-sii unnn no riv the necessity of ad
justment to conditions of civilization
throughout the world.
If, instead of a great, effective Navy,
mannot hv fl cVl 1 1 n AT tllfn of UnOUCS-
tloned mettle, we had a few obsolete
tubs, how long would we enjoy tne
bounties of peace? How long would
rotsin our National self-respect?
What weight would our word have on
any topic of International importance,
and vital our in
terest? How long before we should
fall prey to one of the roDDer powers
that rfosinitA our boasted world clvill-
7iinn fnrevAr maintain vigilance for
the rich but weak 'countries of the
earth? "
So the great, shining metal hulks
, V, tVit.iT- Lriotlimr FHT1H SftVOT of COll.
tinued peace rather than of early war.
Tn th fact that we have assembled the
second largest fleet ever brought to
gether In the history of the world, we
should feel only added security ana
National pride.
DANGEROUS TENDENCTES.
Late statistics on the subject of
homicides in the, United States are
particularly timely and important at
this time, for since we have grown so
nice and kind towards murderers; the
effect of this tenderness on the gentle
art of wantonly abstracting human life
should arouse more than passing
interest.
Has our solicitation for the welfare
of the murderer served to decrease the
volume of his gory traffic? Has our
broadened humanitarianism made, life
more secure, except for perpetrators of
bloody deeds? In countries where the
harsh hand of the law falls relentless
ly upon the murderer is crime flour
ishing more vigorously than ever be
cause of retribution unsoftened by
maudlin sentiment?
Alas for all our tenderness. The
cold, unimaginative, unsympathetic
figures show that it is as fragrance on
the desert's air. Tes, even worse, for
murder is on the increase.. Not -in
Englandnot in Wales, not in Canada,
where retributive Justice is still meas
ured out in certain potions, but in the
United States, where we are learning
to pet and pamper our murderers.
Authoritative figures are now avail
able for last year and they reveal the
unpleasant fact that Russia alone leads
us in homicidal tendencies. England
and Wales manage to get along' with
a homicide rate of 0.9 per 100,000
yearly. Last year we piled up a homi
cide total of 6.5 per 100,000. Of the
American cities, Newark, N. J., has
the smallest rate, 1.7, while Memphis
has the promising total of 63.4.
Brooklyn shows 8.6, while over In
Manhattan and the Bronx the record
more than doubles Itself, reaching to
the considerable total of 6.9. Chicago
murderers keep their city well up
towards the front with a rate of 9.1,
while San Francisco Is accredited with
10.4. It is in the South that murder
finds its richest field. New Orleans
shows a rate of 24.1, Nashville 35.3
and other cities about the same.
Grouping thirty cities of North and
South together, the rate Is found to be
8.3 for 1911. Which affords us a
shock when we take the same thirty
cities during the ten preceding years
and find that the rate averaged only
6.9. Plainly we are getting ahead in
the matter of murder. As tenderness
continues to replace reason and Justice
we shall expect to see this gruesome
Industry develop. Perhaps when next
we check up on the figures our one
worthy competitor, Russia, will have
been left behind.
AMERICAN . GIKLS AS COOKS.
. The Inconsiderate charge that
.American girls are the poorest cooks
In the world has been challenged by
high authority. The Christian Science
Monitor denounces it as nothing less
than an inaccuracy. . "The American
girl Is not the poorest cook in the
world," this newspaper asserts. Far
from being the worst, she Is one of
the best, as the excellent tables spread
In thousands of happy homes attest.
But even if she were the worst, what
of It? The ill-judged attack on her
powers as a cook is usually followed
by another on her education. Since
the college course has made our girls
such wretched housekeepers, cries the
mourner, let us keep them at home
and teach them to sweep the floor and
make bread. No more classics for our
young women, but a thorough course
in roasting beef and frying onions.
Our Eastern contemporary does not
accept this solution of the difficulty.
It not only refuses to believe that ed
ucation has injured our women's na
tive capacity to cook, as we have said,
but It takes the bold stand that it
wouldn't matter much of it had.
"Education is not everything. Cul
ture Is not everything," our esteemed
contemporary admits, "but neither is
cooking everything." As a matter of
fact, : the - domestic importance of
breadmaking and kindred arts is
greatly exaggerated by wiseacres
whose knowledge falls short of their
zeal. The Immensely larger part of
the bread consumed in this country is
baked In shops with which women
have nothing whatever to do. They
might study bakery from now to the
end of eternity without profiting them
selves or their families in the least de
gree. It Is much the same with the other
domestic arts which are harped on so
continuously and wearisomely by 'Ig
norant opponents of women's liberty.
Once carried on in "the home,'.' these
various branches of manufacture are
now performed better and at less ex
pense in large establishments. For
women to learn many of them would
be a foolish waste of time. It is far
better for them to turn their energies
to subjects which really concern the
welfare of their families and upon
which they can make their Influence
count. They need not study bread-
TIIE MORNING OREGONIAN, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1913.
making, but It is very well indeed for
them to study how to compel the bak
ers to make their loaves pure and
honest.
' '
GOLD AND RACE SUICIDE.
According to mining experts like
John Hays Hammond, the rate of the
world's gold production is not likely
to diminish for the next ten 'years, if
It ever does. Vague hints are thrown
m-it that it tnav even Increase. Geolo
gists have laid down rules for the dis
covery of gold deposits, but recent
events have shown that they are not
vai-v reliable. In the words of one
great authority, "Gold exists wher
ever you find it," and tnat may, ap
parently, be almost anywhere. It is
tn hn remembered also that chemistry
is constantly Improving the processes
for extracting gold from other sub
stances with which it is mingled.
Many millions which were lost d- tne
primitive processes are now extracted
profitably, so that old taijlngs are be
ing mined as if they were fresh de
posits. It is interesting to speculate
upon the financial effect of an in
crease in the effective gold supply of
iha ornrM- There can be no Question
that the new mines opened In the last
twenty-five years have caused ine
prices of commodities to rise. Other
fantnra have jitaa nlaved a cart in
making the cost of living high, but the
expanding gold supply cannot ob
overlooked.
with a nerfect financial system It
would not make any difference to the
consumer whether prices rose or ren.
Wages and salaries would keep exact
pace with the market and family life
would not be Imperiled. But as mat
ters are arranged prices fluctuate
without reference to incomes, so that
living grows more and more difficult.
The increasing gold supply has there
fore contributed more or less to oe
nresa familv life in the United States
and may even be held partially re
sponsible for what Is often called
"race suicide. 4 Should the increase
nernme still more rapid in the future
the consequences, from a social point
of view, might be serious unless some
method could be devised to make fam
ily incomes rise step for step with the
cost of commodities. In any case it
seems as if persons living on invest
ments must suffer, since the effective
value of- their annual revenue cannot
help diminishing as gold becomes
more plentiful.
HOW VIOLENCE IS BRED.
The statement made by The Ore
gonian, to which Mr. Butts objects in
his letter today, was founded on the
observations of a well-known man who
Is prejudiced in favor of true Social
ism, who was present at the Warren
meeting and who left the auditorium
in disgust over the levity with
which the news of the attempt on
Roosevelt's life was received by those
around him. The Oregonian does not
assert or suppose that all Socialists
In the audience snickered. There are
two types of Socialists perhaps three,
to speak correctly. One is composed
of the class that owe their convic
tions to study of the writings and
teachings of the Intelligent leaders of
the movement. It is they who con
demn violence, not only In speech, but
in honest thought. Another is made
up of those who are attracted to So
cialism by the appeals to prejudice,
envy, hatred and malice, voiced by
ordinary street orators. It is they who
snicker at murder. The third, we sus
pect, consists of those who are So
cialists for the money there is in it.
It is they whose first thought turns
to money big money for defense
when some follower oversteps legal
bounds.
- Colonel Roosevelt's assailant chose
a state in which capital punishment
has been abolished and a city that has
elected a Socialist administration' for
the setting of his crime. That he
disclaims adherence to Socialism does
not alter the significance of the co
incidence. He has spent a .-life -In the
saloon business. He has lived and
worked where the lower followers of
Socialism foregather and denounce
wealth, government, religion and all
that good citizenship holds most sa
cred.' . It would be only natural for
the coward who shoots from the cover
of darkness to seek to preserve his
neck from, the halter or for the man
of sordid or disordered brain to im
bibe the theory that a Socialist com
munity is a haven of refuge for the
assassinators of public men.
We do not have to go away from
Portland to learn the insidious way
that Socialist orators stir the passions
of those who mistake for misgovern
ment their own mental incapacity to
gain personal welfare, or to ascertain
how such doctrine is preached and the
preachers preserve their liberty. Not
long ago one street orator was pro
claiming that there, would be done
to a Portland newspaper what had
been done to the Los Angeles Times.
Scores heard him and passed the word
that threat of arson and murder had
been sounded In public. They did not
wait to hear the later leering ex
planation that the attack was to be a
boycott such as, it was asserted, had,
been directed 'with effect against the
Times. Doubtless some who listened
Interpreted the explanation as a nec
essary means of diverting police sup
pression, nothing more. Doubtless it
was the speaker's desire to hint at
the use of dynamite, and doubtless as
such a hint it was widely received.
So long as Socialists permit this
kind of proselyting proselyting that
Is founded on the baser passions so
long will men who think they are So
cialists receive with joy the news of
death, or disaster to the good citizens
they have been falsely taught are their
relentless enemies. So long as ob
scene and incendiary literature, such
as that which offended morality and
common decency when Roosevelt last
visited Portland, Is praised or con
doned by proclaimed leaders, so long
will some Socialists snicker when
physical takes the place of written li
cense. It may be admitted that Socialism
does not In itself teach armed revolu
tion or assassination. But the method
of propagating Socialism has been
prostituted to so low a ,level that the
deranged or sodden intellect distorts
Jts purpose. Small wonder, indeed, if
a Socialist- community were looked
upon as a safe place in which to do
the violence a disordered being may
readily infer Socialism teaches.
When the place of the attempted
murder of Roosevelt became known,
the question on the Hps of those not
Socialists was: . "Is the assassin a So
cialist?" Why was that the query?
The impression is abroad in the coun
try that Socialism condones, If it does
not advocate, violence. This impres
sion Is created and fostered, not by
what its opponents say of Socialism,
but by the inflammatory speech of the
gutter orators, the scurrilous litera
ture directed against those whom It
would deprive of authority or prop
erty ' and the - acclaim as heroes of
those Socialists whose vituperations
shock Intelligence and decent thought.
If the Warren audience had arisen
as one man and hurrahed over the
news of the attack on Roosevelt, that
a .t whuiii havA been no worse, from
a moral standpoint, than the lauda
tion which Mr. Butts admits was given
the writers of the infamous screed
that assailed the Progressive candi
date. ' If Mr. Butts' observations
were sustained by the facts it would
avail him little to cleanse one hand of
his fellows whilo the other still dab
bled in mire,. -
Federal control of railroads Is now
to be extended to the sanitation of
nn saati cfir cars. The public health
service has been directed "to exam
ine Into and report upon the conai-
tinna of railway coaches, cnair cars,
parlor cars, dining cars, express and
baggage cars and the various sections
of steamships to which passengers are
clmlttert The Rervice believes that
public health is menaced by the move
ment on cars of persons arructea wiin
tuberculosis and other contagious dis
eases and will ask the co-operation of
the Interstate Commerce Commission
and State Boards of Health in regu-lntlTiB-
this traffic. The outcome of
this investigation may be to subject
railroad passengers to neaitn inspec
tion before they board trains and the
carrying of the afflicted on hospital
or ambulance cars, where they will be
(snlated from healthy passengers.
That would be another step in the
movement to counteract the decreas
ing birth rate by keeping alive ana
healthy as long as possible tnose per
sons who are born.
Th Mimnaratlvit srieed with which a
inrTT was obtained to try Becker in
New York and the firmness with which
Judge Goff brushed aside the time-
hnnnrM oblectionB of lawyers to good
talesmen, mark a change for the bet
ter in court procedure. The remedy
for existing abuses or tne cnaracter
mentioned rests largely in the hands of
ty,a inrliroa Tf thev would eive law
yers 'clearly to understand that they,
not the lawyers, are running tne
rta rtilatorv tactics, absurd tech
nicalities and abusive wrangles would
soon be abandoned by attorneys ana
business would be greatly expedited.
The Trltoolltan war has done a great
deal to heal factional wounds in Italy
and make Its people solidly united for
national advancement. It is said that
old relielous auarrels have been for
gotten, while the social radicals have
almost -ceased to disturb the govern
ment. Italy now stands in the front
rank of the European powers. Aus
tria, her ancient foe, still menaces her
welfare on the eastern shore of the
Adriatic, but it is reasonable to believe
that Italy, with the effective fleet and
army now developed, will not submit
to much Injustice. -
President Taft regards with favor a
suggestion that the forts of the Pan
ama Canal be named after the heroes
of American Independence, but Ham
ilton Foley' proposes that, In courtesy
to the Latin-American republics, we
name the forts after the men who won
their Independence, reserving only the
locks and beacon lights to perpetuate
the names of our own great neru The
compliment Is of the kind to reach
the hearts of the people with whom
the canal Is designed to increase our
Intercourse.
The "continuation schools" of Bos
ton and Cincinnati have proved to be
a powerful agency for practical good.
In these schools young people of a
certain maturity continue their aca
demic studies in connection with ac
tual practice in machine shops and
business houses. So many hours a day
are- spent in study, and so many in
shop work. The effect is praiseworthy
in every way and the plan Is likely to
be followed in cities where new edu
cational Ideas are welcome.
Jacob Hoesly was one of the 'old
time policemen, dignified, courteous
and proud of his position. He was an
ideal traffic officer, with remarkable
knowledge of the city, and was never
happier than when directing the
stranger or the weak and ' helpless.
Memory of him will linger in the
minds of thousands who knew not his
name. '
.- By holding Cameron for ransom, the
Mexican rebel leader Salazar shows
that In his country rebels differ from
hriminda onlv in name. They have the
audacity to claim belligerent rights,
though they are no more entitled to
such rights than, the Wyoming c6n
vlcts who are being hunted down.
With 123 war vessels in line, we can
be proud of our Navy, but, lest we be
too proud, we must remember that
other nations are building battleships
faster than we and that some of our
ships which make a brave show on
review are fast going out of date.
Taft has deprived the steam roller
of many valuable engineers by adding
35,000 fourth-class postmasters to the
classified service. He is doing his best
to consign to the scrap heap the ma
chine to which his detractors say he
owes his nomination.
With the campaign suspended and
the world's baseball championship
decided, we can now turn our atten
tion to such Important matters as
the Portland charter election and the
Balkan war. .
Desultory games in the southern end
of the league will attract a few fans,
but the great agony Is over, except
collecting the bets. Youth, from 12
to 60, will now go to luncheon on time.
It will be noted- that the would-be
assassin restrained his "Insane , Im
pulse" until his victim was in a lo
cality where capital punishment
doesn't flourish. .'
Turkey can now devote her undi
vided attention to spanking the Bal
kan states, provided she can get them
Into the right position to be spanked.
Cases of criminals being traced by
letters to their sweethearts suggest
that a vow of celibacy Is necessary to
succesa in crime.
Fifteen thousand miles of films sent
from this country during the year help
harvest the foreign, "chicken feed"
crop.
Woodruff was willing to call it off
and has done so, but Tom Marshall,
with an eye on Hiram, says "Nay."
Oregon should congratulate herself
that It didn't happen here.
Fullerton is a prophet, after all.
Now for the pigskin.
Stars and Star-Makers
By Leone Caa Bner.
What promises to be an event of im
portance in Alcazar Theater annals,
down in San Francisco, Is the engage
ment of two stock stars, Maude Fealy
and her husband, James Durkln. They
began their stay last Monday evening
in "The Easiest Way," which has
played in every city of size In the
United States save Portland. Last year
Frances Starr came to the Pacific Coast
but played only in California.
Ethel Barrymore is headlining the
Orpheum in San Francisco in Barrle's
one-act play, "The Twelve-Pound
Look." She plays there the rest of this
week and then goes back to New York
to create a role In a new play by Had-
don Chambers. The author is to come
over from London to put the finishing
touches on the play. Miss Barrymore's
role will be altogether different from
any she has heretofore created that of
a woman artist who has suffered and
who has made others suffer in her
climb to sucoess.
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Dorothy Davis-Allen, a Portland act
ress who is remembered as second wo
man with the Robert Athon Btock and
with earlier Lyric stocK companies, is
second woman at the National Theater,
"The Home of Melodrama," as It is
advertised In San Francisco.
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Grace Reals', a former Baker lead
ing woman, has the big feminine role
In "The Master of the House" with
Maloolm Williams playing opposite.
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Frances Ring, sister to Blanch, Is
the. new leading woman at the Belasco
Theater in Los Angeles. I
see
Paul Armstronfl, the playwright,
has arrived In Los Angeles to com
mence rehearsals for a new play which
is to be produced at the Majestic
Theater.
Thurston Hall Is leading man at the
Winnipeg Stock Theater In the Can
adian city of that name.
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Apparently it Is a play of fate or
good fortune, "The Heir to the Hoorah,"
at the Baker this week. The leading
woman, Alice Fleming, has a role that
makes little demand of her at a time
when she Is suffering from a serious
throat trouble and must undergo a
delicate operation. It will not, however,
interfere with her work.
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Frank- Morrell, singing minstrel at
the Orpheum, has a Portland history
that extends back as far as 1893. In
that year he appeared at the Marquam
Grand with the Haverly Minstrels, with
whom he was featured. Three years
later he played a Portland engagement
with the Burke Bros., whose production
was called "Irish Aristocracy. Still
later he visited Portland with the
Primrose and West Minstrels. At the
time of the Lewis and Clark Fair,
Morrell played at the old Baker Thea
ter for two months, the Morrell and
Deely Company presenting a general
minstrel show for that period. Mor
rell's last appearance In Portland as
a minstrel was with the "Honey Boy
Minstrels," a Cohan & Harris produc
tion. When but a lad Morrell was
featured along the Coast as "the Origi
nal Boy Soprano" with Billy Emerson.
He Is about the sixteenth "original"
I've taken note of.
see
Robert Hlldreth, protean actor pre
sentlng "A Four-Leaf Clover" at the
Empress, thanks Portland for his rise
in theaterdom. He held a minor part
with the Keating & Flood Company at
the old Lyric here three years ago ana
was called upon to replace Oral
Humphries, the leading man, and was
given only an hour's notice. Hildreth
studied the principal's role for "A Bro
ken Heart," and two overtures were
played to give him all the time pos
sible. He went through the part let
ter perfect and so capably Keating &
Flood kept him as their leading man
for six months. He appeared in "A
Broken Heart" for one week and later
played leads in "Wormwood" and "The
Night Before Christmas." Then he
went East and won a vaudeville con
tract. e ' e e
Having changed its mind and can
celled all the dollar shows originally
booked for the remainder of this sea
son, the Seattle Theater has opened In
stock. Bailey & Mitchell are the les
sees of the theater and the proprietors
and managers of the new organization.
The bill this week is "Salvation Nell."
Claire Sinclair, second woman with
Cathrine Countiss this Summer at the
Heillg, is of the Seattle company. So
Is John C- Livingstone,- Miss Sinclair's
husband. So also Is Marie Baker, last
season character woman with the Ba
ker stock here.
Sidney Ayres, with his leading wom
an, Rhea Mitchell, plays here at the
Orpheum In Mr. Ayers' own sketch, "A
Call for the Wild."
e e
Mary Edgett, at the Baker, had to
be a French maid this week. But she
didn't let it go with the customary
and prescribed handkerchief size white
apron and cap with streamers. She
hunted up a French teacher and
learned her entire role In that lan
guage. Now she Jabbers in English with
French interpolations and has the sat
isfaction of knowing what she's saying
even If the audience does not.
.
A Portland personal friend and ad
mirer of Julian Eltinge, who comes to
the Heilig next week, gives a thumb
nail sketch of the fascinating man in
this wise: "he is a young man, scarce
ly over 25 years of age; tall, broad
shouldered and athletio In appearance.
His features are clear cut and hand
some, his expression fresh, youthful
and sympathetic. Eltlnge's hair is dark
brown, his eyes a deep blue and his
natural speaking voice, through long
stage training, is deep and musical.
Those persons fortunate enough to
know the actor Intimately speak of his
friendship as a thing to be highly val
ued. His even temper, warm person
ality and manly characteristics win the
respect and admiration of everyone
with whom he comes In contact. He
might be epitomized as a 'prince of
good fellows." "
e -
"Officer 666," Cohan & Harris' lat
est success, announced for the Heilig
Theater next week, recalls the sensa
tional theft of the Duchess of Devon
shire painting from the art galleries of
the Agnews of London In 1876. by
Worth, the most notorious of sneak
thleves. The stealing of the picture
has furnished Mr. MacHugh, the au
thor of the comedy, his main theme,
and right adroitly has he made the most
of It. The stealing of the rare can
vases from the Gladwin mansion by
Wilson, the aristocratic thief In "Offi
cer 668," furnished the surprising sit
uation of the play.
Oliver D. Bailey,- who opened a
of stock at the Seattle Theater,
Seattle, October 13, has selected the
following! actors, most or whom are
known to Portland theater patrons.
Dwight Meade, leads; "Viola Leach for
leadsj Marie Baker, characters: Claire
Sinclair, second business; NIsble
Howard, soubrette; Mable Darragh,
general business; John C. Livingston,
general business; James Guy Usher,
general business; Clifford Thompson,
Juvenile; Will Cross, comedian; Ray
Collins, J. McNulty and Frederick Hr
rlngton, general business. The open
ing bill will be "Salvation Nell."
SXICKERS AT SOCIALIST MEETING
Writer Did Not Hear Them Wen
Neir Vaa First Announce-d.
PORTLAND. Oct. 16. (To the Edi
tor.) I cannot believe that The Ore
gonian would deliberately mlstate the
facts editorially regarding an ' Im
portant matter, independent of the fact
that there are nearly 7000 witnesses as
to the facts. I can only conclude that
it has been imposed on by some one
not accustomed to reportorlal work and
whose bias swayed his Judgment.
The editorial says: ."Last Monday
night a telegram saying that Roosevelt
had been shot was read to a big Port
land audience by a Socialist who was
making a speech. The news was re
ceived, with snickers."
I am a newspaper man. I was seated
at the press table. I have my notes
of the meeting. This is what actually
happened:
Warren, who is the editor of a Social
ist paper that boasts of 1,700,000 paid
subscribers, was just concluding a
speech that had teemed throughout
with good humor and brought many a
laugh from his auilence when an usher
handed him a copy of the Evening
Telegram, special edition, together with
a note. Mr. Warren reading from the
newspaper said: "Colonel Roosevelt
was shot this evening in -Milwaukee
while on his way to make a speech."
A murmur of surprise and horror
swept through the crowd, for no one
condemns violence more than the So
cialists. It Is a frequent saying among
them that "every attempted assassina
tion of a captain of Industry or public
citizen delays the triumph of the co
operative commonwealth at least a
decade."
Warren continued: "The paper states
he was shot by a maniac named
Schrank of New York." He paused a
moment and then said: "If this Is
really true I wish to say, speaking as
one citizen to another, that I am ex
tremely sorry and wish to tender Mr.
Roosevelt my sincere sympathy."
A burst of applause greeted this
statement. Warren was about to lay
aside the newspaper when the usher
called out: "Read the note I handed
you." Warren did so. It read: "The
Evening Telegram says Roosevelt was
shot by a maniac, but the bulletin in
their window Bays be was shot by a
Socialist."
Then it was that the snicker was
heard. Warren boiled over, however.
There was to him nothing amulng In
the attempt to besmirch the Socialists
with the attempted assassination.
It was bis first display of passion
during the entire evening.
"These people," he exclaimed, "have
been guilty of an outrageous lie. They
have made a statement in their bulletin
that they contradict In their dispatch.
Thev are taking advantage of the
public's well-known disinclination to
read beyond the headings."
After the meeting adjourned the
rumor came floating back from the
exits throueh the crowd that Roose
velt had been shot In the manuscript
with a .82-callber bullet, by a man who
came all the way from New York, to
do the Job in a Socialist city, and that
he was so little hurt that he made a
sneech of one hour and 40 minutes
without waiting to have the wound
dressed."
On hearing this there was much
contempt expressed for the kind of
campaigning that would stoop to such
methods to win votes, but I heard the
same kind of comment on the cars as
I was returning home and It was ex
pressed by people who, I am sure, were
not at the Warren meeting and who
were presumably not Socialists.
It is true that Mr. Warren Intro
duced the men who" are alleged to have
signed the attack on Mr. Roosevelt that
was printed and circulated here during
the Colonel's visit and pledged his
paper to roll up $100,000 for their
defense. He said that in their arrest
the right of free speech was at staKe.
He added that he would not say that
the circular was not scurrilous. "Jn
fact," he said, laughingly, "one cannot
tell the truth about the -capitalistic
candidates without becoming scur
rilous.'
Whatever of obloquy there may be
connected with the Roosevelt circular
must In a measure attach to Warren,
since he chamDioned the circulators'
rieht to nublish it independent of its
truth or falsity, but in the Interest of
candor. Justice, fair play and common
decency The Oregonian should correct
the impression that Warren and his
meeting were in sympathy with as
sassination and bloodshed. If it does
not do so does it not bring Itself to
the level of that circular which It
has characterized, as "roul and malig
nant?" WILLIAM BUTTS.
The foregoing letter is replied to in
another column. In respect to the
posted bulletin It is a fact that the first
brief "flash," on which it was based,
that came over the wires stated that
Roosevelt was reported to have been
shot by a Socialist. The more lengthy
bulletin that followed stated the as
sailant was "said by some to be a So
cialist." These telegrams were omit
ted from the published reports because
later dispatches indicated their inac
curacy. GOOD COMPANY FOR THE UNHAPPY
Many Literary Lights) Had Sad Matri
monial Experience.
PORTLAND, Oct. 15. (To the Ed
itor.) The Oregonian's symposium,
wherein the women tell of their atti
tude toward and experience In matri
mony, suggests the idea that occasion
ally men have' their troubles, too and
man at thnt Mfl.rltn.1 troubles
seem widespread. Lately I have been
reading in tne dictionary t iitnuno.
DiAff..nhv 'YTnrmlllnnl- a verv in
teresting work. In our public library.
If those women wno nave avu
unhappy experience In their matri
monial ventures will look over the fol
lowing list of eminent literary names,
they will discover that they really
belong to very distinguished company.
Briefly here is a summary of the mar
riage experience of some of the great
.t inon In English literature:
Shakespeare: Unhappily married to
... . 1-1 .nnln . In nV. la. A wfth
woman mucn m , --
a "Dark lady" of the Sonnets, who encour
aged but did not yield to his love; sup
posed to be Mary Fitton, of Queen kliia
beth's ladles-ln-waltlng. .....
Milton: Three times married; first wife
left him; was staunch advocate of easy dl-
VDryden: Unhappily married; wife said to
have Deen oui ui on --
work and inclined toward slovenliness.
Pepys: Frequently quarreled with his
wife; 'not a faithful husband.
Steele: id an irregular life, but his wife
overlooked his faulta; his genial nature at
tracted the affection and esteem of several
women. , , . ,
Sterne: Unhappily married; hie wife ob
jected to the peculiar flavor of humor
found In his writings.
li oh we 1 1 . i-tui -.. .... . -j j j
means: aa a retired merchant he took great
. . 1 11. .... affairs hlnh IntAT-aHt
interest n , . . . .-- -
nis who uiu uv,.
Burns: Too much of a philander to get
Scott: Not sympathetically married.
Coleridge: Husband and wife lived apart;
reason not aeunneiy nuuwu.
ehelley: Imprudent marriage; left m
wire, -wno kihcu . .
Keats: Never married; had an unhapp)
love affair.
Hailltt: First wife divorced him; second
refused to live with Kim. ....
Leigh Hunt: Expressed dissatisfaction
with his married life.
Byron: Divorced with great scandal.
Buskin: Marriage annulled, and Mrs.
Ruskln became wife of Sir John Mlllals, the
painter: good feeling between all parties,
even after this episode.
Landor: Quarreled with wife; lived man
years apart from her.
Dickens: Separated from his wifo because
of lack of sympathy.
Rossette: Unhappily married; wife tool
overdose, of laudanum two years after mar-
''Edward Fltz Gerald: Separated from his
wife.
- This does not include all the great
names of our literature but enough
tn. Inrllr-atA that Tn u rl l-i 1
lBri tiicicoo - " ' ' - -
infelicity haunts the households of
Others DOSlueB uiuoo uiiuicshcti By
fame. ARTHUR CUNNINGHAM.
167 Sixteenth street North.
Revolution a la Carte
By Dean Collins,
Soldier of fortune, forth he went,
Tn uaIt adventure far away.
And met a moving-picture man
While down in Mexico ono u?.
Onav .all mo VhrfP'S thfi Beat Of Wftf
his belt a hitch,
For that's the place I'm looking for."
Gazed at Jilm long, anu mionou.
"Which?"
"Soldier of fortune Is my game,"
The traveler began again;
1 seek adventure fierce and wild.
He told that moving-picture man.
"Where is the seat of war today?
For I would thither wend my way.
The stranger gazed up at the sun.
And merely queried: "Well, which
one?"
"Over behind yon stack of wood
rru-- a a nf 7.n nn.t f 3ts."
The moving-picture man went on.
"You might add your name to iuu
If-. a
Or, if that is not to your taste.
If round yon chicken coop you chased,
r . ... . . ' .5 ftn nnfnn'n band
X 11 V w yvu u i - .. . .
Has some suppprters near at hand.
'Or 'seek yon box car o'er the way
t oimnst sirpar an hour ago.
Madero's army entered there.
You'll hear it snoring, son anu iuw.
trrioTi th sieata'a o'er, you may
If you desire. Join them and play
The game of war, and be a hero
Under the banner or maaero.
"Step down the road a furlong on
AnA malt-, a atmnsr rebellious cry aS
Those eight dark fellows ramble by.
And you may join me nana oi iio..
For I am told his cause anew
will hv his nenhew be fought through.
If other armies do not please.
You might any yoursen wiiu iuw
And "ere the moving-picture man
Shouldered his camera to go,
"Go help yourself, good friend," he
said;
"There may be others I don t know.
The seat of warT Where'er you're at
In Mexico, air It Is that.
Most anywhere is good to start
We've revolutions a la carte.
Half a Century Ago
From The Oregonian of October IT. 188-.
Legislative proceedingsHouse: Bin
to tax dogs and kill wildcats: read
third time and lost. Bill to organize
militia; read third time. Mr. Mallory
reported back to the House the resolu
tion to memorallze Congress to exclude
Chinamen from the country by treaty
with China and recommended its adop
tion; report adopted.
Chicago, Oct. 0. In the rebel House
of Representatives resolutions for the
appointment of a Joint committee to
address the people of California, Ore
gon and the various territories west of
the Rocky Mountains on the expediency
of establishing a league, offensive ar.d
defensive, between such states and ter
ritories and the Confederate States wen
referred to the committee on foreign
affairs.
Fortress Monroe, Oot. 7. The Rich
mond Examiner says: Congress has ser
ious business on hand at present, the
subject being the finance and revenue
bill The bill provides that every cit
izen shall give the government one
fifth of his gross Income and receive in
aeknowledgement 8 per cent bonds.
Hon. B. F. Harding, United States
Senator-elect, arrived in this city last
evening from Salem.
NO CAUSB TO DESERT THE PARTY
Primary Supporter of Bourne Stand
With Tnft and Selling.
CORVALLIS, Or, Oct. li. (To the
Editor.) Why should a Republican fall
to support his tioket In this Presi
dential electionT
The Republican party has not
changed. Its principles are the same
today, modified slightly by changing
conditions, as they were in the begin
ning. Then why change to some other
party, to other principles, some untried,
others proven erroneous?
What Is it the voters want? Do they
want prosperous conditions to prevail
throughout the Nation, or do they want
another period of depression? We
hardly emerge from one depression, or
the effects thereof, until some are
urging us to accept the same condi
tions which brought on the former de
pression. This cannot be too strongly urged,
since the problem is now before us,
and upon our decision rests this ques
tion. I cannot see wherein the Repub
lican party has been' derelict in its
duty In any way. Perhaps some would
like a lower tariff on commodities they
do not produce, but this is a large
country and those commodities are pro
duced in some other part of the com
mon country. Others in far-distant
sections of the states doubtless desire
the tariff taken from wool, but would
that suit an Oregonian? In short, the
President was right when he acted on
these tariff measures presented to him.
What else could he do, overlooking the
entire country? n:
The propositions advocated by Mr.
Roosevelt are almost. If not quite, rev
olutionary. Do we desire a revolu
tion? I do not. It Is but a short step
from his camp Into the Socialist move
ment But he will never take that step.
The propositions of half-Socialist na
ture, I firmly believe, are put forth to
catch Republicans and Democrats who
are not satisfied with existing condi
tions and yet who do not like to leave
the -party they have upheld for years,
perhaps.
The Republican standard appeals to
me. It Is conservative. It means pros,
perity. It stands for Integrity In busi
ness, the honoring of contract obliga
tions, good faith between man and
man. This Roosevelt movement seems
radical. Indeed a sort of a deflectlou
from the honest policy of the Repub
lican party, and without a balance
wheel; the whims of a disappointed
politician; little more.
Before the primaries I was strongly
for Mr. Bourne, for the reason he was
at the head of the Postoffice commit
tee, and I thought he could get Cor
vallis a Postoffice building. That is
why I was for Mr. Bourne. But the
direct primaries showed that Repub
licans generally wanted Mr. Selling.
Not particularly the individual, but
what he stands for. Any good, whole
some Republican standing for the same
principles Mr. Selling stands for would
be the same. So JVlr. Selling Is the
Republican candidate. I thought the
Roosevelt movement might create
enough disturbance to enable Mr. Lane
to capture this prize, but I have re
ceded from that belief on the ground
that there is no good reason why a
Republican should desert his party can
didate, other things being equal, and I
do not believe they will do so.
Possibly in other elections there have
been some bitternesses among Repub
licans, some knifing of Republican can
didates, else how could a heavy Re
publican majority place a Democrat in
the Senate and in the Governor's chair?
But In this election the way Is clear
for Republicans of all sorts to support
their party candidate and I believe they
will do so. J. IL WILSON.
"The Place Where Birds Are Ran."
London Standard.
There was a Frenchman who hated
the country as much as did Charles
Lamb, but compressed his feelings into
few words. This was Charles Monselet,
who lived on the Quai Voltaire, Paris.
"It Is," he said, "the place where birds
are raw,"