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I-OKTI.AN I. THIRSDAT. MARI ll 7.
; THE MOVING FINGER WRITES,
i Speaking; of the earthquake which
, destroyed 250,000 human beings at
. Antioch. in the reign of Justinian, the
. historian. Gibbon, remarks that "man
i has industriously labored for his own
j destruction" when the forces of nature
are let loose upon him. The phllo
: sophical historian had in mind the
walls of the high buildings In cities
which topple over during an earth
' quake and overwhelm the fugitives
. below. He was thinking, too, of the
' unrestrained passions of the vicious
' and criminal classes which seize the
opportunity of a great catastrophe to
1 rage unchecked. No doubt the fires
which added to the horror of that
night of death In Dayton were for
. the most part set by looters. The
greed and cruelty of bestial humanity
: are as merciless now as they were
' when Antioch was destroyed, and if
the historian were to behold the works
that have been erected since his day
' he would repeat with new fervor his
comment that "man has labored for
his own destruction." The conven
iences of civilized life become menac
ing dangers when nature falls into one
. of those angry moods which now and
then demonstrate her power and sweep
, her puny creatures by thousands to
' their death.
At Dayton the electric connections
were severed almost at the beginning
of the flood and the city was left in
total darkness. The rain was falling
from the pitiless sky and the waters
of the Miami River were rising mo-
: mentty. Houses had begun to crumble
under the impact of the stream that
surged through the streets, and the
shrieks of drowning women and chil
dren rent the thick blackness of the
night and storm, but not a ray of light
shone from any window. The horror
of death was multiplied by the secrecy
of its work. Had the inhabitants de
pended on the primitive lamps of their
forefathers, this recourse, pitifully in
adequate as it is for routine use. would
not have failed them in the moment
of their extreme need. Progress car
ries with it penalties so severe that
they sometimes seem almost to coun
terbalance its benefits. With the lights
of the city the waterworks also failed,
and the people, deprived of food and
shelter, were compelled to endanger
their lives still more by drinking the
contaminated waters of the river
which had swept into its current the
refuse of hundreds of square miles of
land.
Men are never prepared for the
great catastrophes of nature. -Their
times and effects appear," says the
meditative historian, "to lie beyond
the reach of human curiosity." Partly
because the effort to predict their re
currence is vuin and partly because
security always -breeds carelessness of
the future, these dire events take their
victims unawares and their destructive
ness is multiplied because they are un
foreseen. "In the day when ye think
not" the windows of heaven are opened
and the rains descend. We who dwell
at a distance wonder at the improvi
dence of the people of Dayton who
were caught by the flood without boats
to rescue the drowning. Men were
forced to stand Idly by and listen to
the screams of perishing families. It
was impossible to save them, because
there were no boats. But in this par
ticular the people of Dayton resemble
all the rest of us. When the earth
quake and fire fell upon San Fran
cisco the Inhabitants were as unpre
pared as were the people of Antioch. In
that old misery which Gibbon de
scribes with such tragic calm. The
molten lava of Vesuvius has swept
down its verdant slopes a hundred
times, carrying death with it and leav
ing desolation behind, but as often as
the burning current cools, the peasants
return with their vinehooks and plows
and build new homes under the
shadow of death. Over the ashes
where Horculaneum lies buried, with
all its stricken souls, men till the soil
and rear their families, careless of the
frowning volcano which only waits for
the signal from destiny to repeat the
deed it did on that fatal morning long
ago.
Hope springs eternal. If it did not.
how could we endure to live in this
world, where nature plays with us
' like a half-tamed tigress ready at the
taste of blood to spring and slay? Per
haps in our secret hearts we feel in
stinctively that death Is so near, what
: ever we may do to ward it off, that
. precautions are idle. The valley of the
Miami, where the city of Dayton lies.
Is one of those narrow chasms which
the slow action of the tireless elements
have carved from the level surface of
the great Ohio plain. Stretching from
Lake Krle to the bed of the Ohio
Klver, in primeval times this plain was
' like a smooth sheet of parchment
whereon God was to write the history
of the world. The streams scarcely
knew which way to flow, so level was
the surface. Some that now reach the
Ohio flowed In those days toward Lake
Erie. In the course of ages their chan
nels were blocked by glacial drift and
thus their way was determined for
them. But their valleys, cut sheer
down through the, plain, slope so
steeply that the rain falling upon them
gathers instantly Into raging torrents.
At the headwaters of the streams there
are no lakes to receive and retain the
surplus rainfall, so that in seasons of
unusual downpour the accumulated
floods are compressed between the
sheer cliffs that conilne the river and
nothing can resist their frightful onset.
At its widest the valley of the Miami
only opens over forty miles of land.
At its mouth It hardly affords space for
the escape of the river in the August
drouths, imagine, then, the fury of
the imprisoned floods which have path,
ered there after das and days of
ceaseless downpour such as the mem
ory of man can scarcely parallel.
With his eye. which nothing escapes,
fixed upon the melancholy panorama
of history. Gibbon perceived times
when the human race has been com
paratively free from the scourges of
nature, but he saw other times when
all the woes of fire, flood, earthquake
and plague seemed to accumulate as if
to sweep man from the face of the
earth. The reign of Justinian afforded
such a spectacle. "It was disgraced,"
says Gibbon, '"by a visible decrease of
the human species." Faith in Provi
dence forbids us to believe that such
misery can ever recur, but if it could
our own times are ominous. What
with wars and rumors of wars, with
floods desolating the world from China
through Europe to America, with
earthquakes and strange climatic dis
turbances taking place everywhere and
storms sweeping across entire states
like demons of destruction, does it not
seem as if the evil powers of nature
had been let loose upon,us to blight
the works of man?
PENSIONS FOB FIREMEN".
While It means much to them, the
tax levy asked by the firemen for the
aid of their proposed pension fund is
small In fact and inflnitesmal in con
sideration of the long service to public
duty, or the injury or the life that
must be given in return for it.
Before a fireman may become a
beneficiary of the pensioning system
he must have served twenty years or
been disabled. If he meets death In
performance of his duty his widow and
children will receive relief. The pro
posed tax is but one-tenth mil),
or one one-hundredth of each cent of
assessed valuation In the city. As a
further aid to the fund, the firemen
are to tax themselves by turning a
percentage of each month's salary into
the fund and are to divert all gifts
and bequests to the same purpose.
The fireman's work is trying, exact
ing, dangerous. Moreover, It is in be
half of the public safety and welfare.
He is a soldier enlisted in a public
cause and differs from most other city
employes who come and go and in
whose work there is no element of risk.
The pensioning plan is not greatly
different in principle from the com
pensation system recently enacted by
the State Legislature to which all prop-i-ttr
in the tate will contribute a per
centage of the cost. If it Is a public
duty to aid in the reuer or worismcii
onfrncAri in nrlvate employment who
are injured as the result of the In
herent risk of their employment, u is
a public duty to aid in the pensioning
of firemen, for. aside from the in
herent risk of their employment, the
public Is the employer as well. In the
compensation system the employer is
taxed, while the employe contributes
against the day that he may be
maimed or killed. Practically the only
difference between the two plans Is
that the fireman is to be pensioned
after a lengthy term of service.
We can think of no sound argument
for defeat of the pension bill and of
many for its approval. Not the least
of these Is the encouragement it will
give to capable men to enter the serv
ice and remain there permanently.
ONLY SAFE WAY 18 TO WAIT.
The Oregonlan prints elsewhere to
day a letter written by an Indiana
physician who has made a personal in.
vestigation in Europe as to the widely
exploited Friedmann consumption
cure, and who had opportunity also
to see and know more or less about
Dr. Friedmann. If is sufficient to say
here that Dr. Walker was not at all
convinced of the curative value of the
new serum, nor of the genuineness of
the specimen cases, nor of the entire
sincerity of the discovery. It may be
true that this Indiana doctor is too
much Imbued with the indurated skep
iiM.m nf hi nrnfesslon. and that he
saw only what was dubious or inci
dental or unimportant and refused to
see what was worth while. We do not
know. We will not know for some
weeks or some months whether the
Friedmann serum is a miracle of sci
entific truth, or a great fraud, or a
mere tonic, or lymph, which relieves,
but does not restore.
The spectacle of the hundreds and
thousands of emaciated and frantic tu
berculosis victims crowding about Dr.
tviaHmann in a despairing appeal for
help has touched a whole Nation. From
every part of the united states uru
has come that some poor Bufferer had
had his hopes revived by stories of the
wonderful medicine administered by
the German doctor, and the trains are
filled with Invalids on their way to
the magic healer. They spread con
tagion everywhere; they endanger the
lives of everyone with whom they come
In contact. All this would be borne
without protest, of course, if It seemed
that their hopes were to be realized, in
whole or In part, at the end of their
wretched Journey. But they pursue an
ignis falnus. Dr. Friedmann tells them
not to come now. Common prudence
requires that they wait. If there is a
remedy it will be brought to them.
The Oregonian reprints the letter of
Dr. Walker for what It Is worth. It
hopes that Dr. Friedmann Is all he
claims to be and that his cure will
really cure. But it is to be remem
bered that half of all the cases of bone
and fistulous tuberculosis cure them
selves, and It is this class of patients
to whom Dr. Friedmann appears to
give the most attention. It is well to
be cautious and wait The Govern
ment experts are at work and will re
port after full Investigation. Then we
shall know the truth.
INITED AGAINST TAMMANY.
Champions of good government in
New York City have once more united
for a municipal campaign. Republi
cans. Democrats and Progressives have
joined in the appointment of a com
mittee, which will take steps toward
an effective programme and the nom
ination and election of candidates who
will carry It out. This is to be no mere
temporary fusion of National parties
for the occasion. It is to be the or
ganization of a new municipal party,
which will combat with Tammany for
control of the city.
Emphasis is laid by the promoters of
this movement on the necessity of a
positive programme, not merely a neg
ative one of opposition to Tammany.
The leaders would have the new party
offer the people something definite,
something better than a mere promise
to take the offices away from Tam
many. Revelations as to the wide corrup
tion In the police department should
certainly awaken the people of our
largest city to the necessity for a
change, if anything car.. The known
lack of sympathy with Tammany in
the Wilson Administration and the
open breach between Governor Sulzer
and that organization should help. But
a newly-formed party has no easy task
before it in the overthrow of a com
"pact. thoroughly-drilled body like
Tammany, which has been built up
through many years and enjoys the
prestige of success, which will deter
many from opposing it.
New York City owes it not only to
itself hut to the country to redeem the
city from the shame of Tammany rule.
As our chief city, it should be an ex
ample of clean, efficient, honest gov
ernment, of what a democratic people
can do in the way of municipal admin
istration. As it now is, that city is a
by-word for corruption, inefllciency
and waste.
LETTING PUBLIC ENFORCE LAW.
Massachusetts will undertake to en
force the findings of its minimum wage
commission by force of public opinion.
The various steps taken to ascertain
the proper compensation of women
workers in each employment are much
the same there as in Oregon, but In
stead of the commission's order being
obligatory on the employers, as in Ore
gon, its report is to be published In
the newspapers. It Is hoped that pub
lic sentiment will cause the employers
to fix wages in accordance with the
report.
The law will provide, no doubt, an
Interesting illustration of how much
the delinquent employer fears the pub
lic and how far the public will go In
discommoding itself in order to estab
lish what It believes to be right. We
fancy that the people will accept as
conclusive the findings of the commis
sion. But will they walk to the mer
cantile establishment that pays the
minimum wage when one that does not
can be reached three blocks closer? Or
will they accept from the former some
article with which they are not exactly
suited In preference to one that does
fill the need that may be obtained at
the latter? How long, too, will the
public remember which are the good
and which are the bad establishments
in the, wage controversy? And will
they take the pains to segregate them
from the long list?
These are questions that occur at
the moment but even if they may be
answered favorably to the cause of the
minimum wage there remain the great
textile mills of Massachusetts which
employ large numbers of women and
minors and whose trade extends to the
confines of the country. There, at
least, the hopes of the working woman
are resting on forlornly remote chance.
Massachusetts has gained some credit
for being first of the states to enact
a minimum wage law, but the honor,
we fear, is an empty one.
POINTS ON SERVANT PROBLEM.
In the March number of the Na
tional Review an English woman of
the working class discusses the prob
lem of domestic service. She calls her
article "A Servant's View of the Serv
ant Problem." In England, as in the
United States, the comfortable classes
r, n l i ti o- mora and more difficulty
every day In supplying their house
holds with efficient neip. much
been published as to the -causes of the
trouble, but most of it has been from
the standpoint of the mistress.
It is therefore novel as well as ln-,.,inn-
ipam what the servants
themselves think about the situation.
Their appearance In literature witn an
account of their woes and aspirations
is a strictly modern phenomenon.
Nothing of the kind was ever seen in
former centuries. Our ancestors were
disposed to look upon domestic serv
ants as a superior kind of cattle whose
opinions were of very little importance.
Only when the humbler orders of soci
ety broke out Into such disorders as
the peasant war in Germany or the re
revolt of the English boors under Jack
Cade did their betters condescend to
take any notice of their preferences.
No doubt the new faculty of expres
sion which the toiling masses are de
veloping will In the end promote the
harmony of the world, though It may
make some disturbance to begin with.
Nothing Is ever lost by Increased
knowledge and understanding.
The servant girl who writes in the
National Review takes the ground that
the relation between mistress and maid
ought to be one of pure business. The
girl has her labor to sell. The mis
tress buys It. There their relations
end. The girl's morals are no con
cern of her mistress. How she may
spend the time which she does not sell
Is her own affair. The mistress of the
household has always been Inclined to
hold her servants In tutelage. Worse
yet, she has been disposed to Insist
upon their social Inferiority. Men do
business with their inferiors and never
think of their fitness or unfitness for a
dinner part-, but this women have not
as yet been able to do. Perhaps some
of their troubles over the servant ques
tion will be mitigated when they ac
quire the gift of buying work and let
ting the worker look after her own
manners and morals.
WORK FOR CONGRESS TO DO.
Should President Wilson recommend
action on, and Congress take up, all
the subjects suggested for legislation
at the extra session, the National leg
islators might easily remain in session
until the date for the regular session
next December. Already Mr. Wilson
is said to consider asking for currency
legislation as soon as the tariff is dis
posed of. Congress has also been
urged to legislate for Alaska. Now
come the advocates of the bill pro
viding for an international conference
on the high cost of living and those
who desire an amendment of the Erd
man act, under which railroad labor
disputes are settled.
So good a case Is made for prompt
action on each one of these subjects
that one is inclined to suggest yet an
other an inquiry into the best means
of promoting economy and efficiency
in the work of Congress itself. When
we consider how much there is to do
and yet how time is frittered away
on trifles, on mere emission of a great
volume of words, on personal wrangles,
on displays of "smartness" by individ
ual members, there appears to be
great need of such an Inquiry.
The high cost of living is likely to
be so greatly affected by legislation
on the tariff and the currency, which
is promised at the extra session, and
by other laws which may be passed
before an Inquiry could be completed,
that no great harm could be done by
deferring action until the regular ses
sion. But the subject need give rise
to no serious controversy, and If Con
gressmen would but bottle up their
oratory, legislation could be secured
at the extra session while Senate or
House Is awaiting the disposition of
the main subjects of legislation by the
other body.
Just so with the Erdman act. This
has proved of inestimable benefit in
adjustment of railroad disputes, but
Its workings have betrayed serious de
fects. Managers and employes Join in
asking for a few amendments which
would render It far more effective in
preventing strikes and more satisfac
tory to both parties immediately con
cerned and would extend Its applica
tion to other railroad employes than
those engaged in train service. A com
paratively brief amendatory act would
accomplish all that is desired .and
could be passed through each house in
a few days. Should Congress delay, a
disastrous strike may enforce the
urgency of action.
If Congress will buckle down to
work it can pass such minor laws as
these without Interfering with those
of major importance. All that is re
quired is expeditious but careful work
and a minimum of oratory. Let that
be saved till the session preceding the
next Presidential election. The people
expect a flood of it then and are re
signed to the infliction.
When the story of the siege of Ad
rianople comes to be told, as it doubt
less will be when the Balkan war is
over and the Bulgarians lift the veil
of secrecy which has covered their op
erations, it will prove to have been one
of the greatest sieges of history. It
has continued for five months and has
been marked by slaughter rivaling that
at Saragossa, Vicksburg or Paris. This
victory of Bulgaria and Servia is prob
ably the closing chapter of the war.
The Young Turks dared not cede the
city until it had been actually lost, lest
they forfeit their heads. They can now
yield it with good grace and safety
since it is already lost and can rely
on the great powers to prevent the
Balkan allies from securing territory
on the Sea of Marmora.
An Eastern contemporary com
plains in a mood of discouragement
that "the average American parent is
not classical, medieval or romantic.
Neither reason nor imagination in
their higher ranges appeals to him."
Hence he urges his sons and daugh
ters to pursue the practical In their
college courses. Why should he not?
In the days of Rome and in the Middle
Ages what we now call "classical" was
strictly practical and what we call "the
higher reason" was utilitarian. Those
men lived for. the things of their own
day, why should we not live for the
things of ours?
Persons who bewail the disappear
ance of romance from modern life
simply betray their own mental blind
ness. There is as much romance in
a train of cars with its bold and agile
brakemen as there was in a feudal
tournament, hut some of us lack the
eyes to see it. And what could be more
romantic than an aviator coursing
thmiivh rh clouds in his flving ma
chine? Our forefathers would have
taken him for a sorcerer. The realities
of our world are more romantic than
the dreams of our ancestors.
There are 150 girls studying agricul
ture at Cornell University. When they
r,dnit. ihov will follow farming for
a livelihood. Some of the most suc
cessful practical farmers are women.
They have tried all its branches from
poultry to cattle ranches and usually
their determination and ready wit en
able them to forge ahead. With sys
Lmfltix trainlnc women ouerht to farm
better than men, who are often too
set in their old, superstitious ways ever
to master scientific agriculture.
Secretary Bryan's Commoner exults
over the reorganization of the Senate
as a victory over the seniority rule. It
was a partial victory, but the commit
tee list shows that the veterans still
hold their places on the principal com
mittees. The Democratic caucus adopt
ed Mr. Bryan's theory, but was cau
tious about putting it in practice. The
progressives may succeed in sweep
ing away seniority, but the battle they
have won was only the first of the
campaign. -
Referring to Colonel Roosevelt's
statement that the only place for good,
honest men and women who are pro
gressives is in the Progressive party,
the Commoner asks:
How can he keep hla face straight when
he claims a monopoly of the reform senti
ments of the country for his party?
Does nol Mr. Bryan know that Mr.
Roosevelt is an unconscious humorist?
A ray of refulgent light in the East
ern gloom is election of James Hamil
ton Lewis. As the horny-handed agri
culturist would say, transplanting pro
motes growth. A philosopher would
say all great men now come from the
Far West.
Patterson, the convicted president of
the National Cash Register Company,
has gone far to redeem himself in the
eyes of the people by his labors to res
cue the drowned-out Daytonlans.
We are thrilled by tales of daring
at Omaha on the one hand and ap
palled by accounts of rent-raising bees
on the other. Human nature is a wide
ly diverse institution.
Amundsen is making a series of
aeroplane flights to determine whether
air craft will be of use in arctic ex
ploration. Death seems to be that
man's pet plaything.
If Mr. Finley will add to his collec
tion of wild animal pictures a series
Bhowing the Democratic mule in vigor
ous action, it will be complete.
What would the Rose Festival be
without the parade of our human rose
buds? The very suggestion that we
dispense with it is absurd.
Sordid thrift never loses an oppor
tunity and Omaha landlords are no
different than others when suffering
humanity needs shelter.
' The barley crop is damaged. But
if the rye, corn and hop crops get by
in good "shape we may be able to strug
gle through.
Fortunately nobody has of late been
killed and more time is given for in
stallation of fenders.
While attention of the world is else
where the Bulgarians have done re
markable fighting.
Omaha and Nebraska can care for
their afflicted, but Dayton Is a Nation-wide
appeal. .
National Committeeman King's pos
sibilities are down to the District At
torneyship. Chic hats may be made for 45 cents.
Here's hoping they become the rage.
Just now we are glad enough not to
be "On the banks of the Wabash."
Oregonlans have much for which to
be thankful.
The "swat-the-fly" season opens
April 15.
Omaha was disaster, but Dayton Is
calamity.
How frail and uncertain, after all,
is life.
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Stars and Starmakers
! Br Leone Cans Bsrr.
Florence Hart, a Portland girl and
sister of Harry Hart, is playing second
leads with the Egam Lyceum Stock
Company in New Britain, Conn., where j
the knives and forks and spoons and
things come from. Her husband, Alfred
Cross, is leading man.
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Maude Hansford, a Los Angeles girl
who played stock with the Baker for
a fortnight last season. Is with Mrs.
Leslie Carter in Chicago at McVlckers
Theater, playing in "Camille." The
Carter company, in repertoire under
direction of John Cort is headed for
this coast.
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The many friends of Jacob Proebstel.
of 429 Halsey street, will be surprised
to learn that he is a member of "The
Prince of Pilsen" company, which will
play the Heillg Theater for three
nights beginning Thursday, April 3.
Young Proebstel left Portland last
Summer and went to New York. There
ia ro, .mravMi fnr th sinking: role
of Wilhelm in the famous Heidelberg
Octette. It is his first professional en
gagement, and his Portland friends will
be glad'to learn he has made good. It
is expected he will come to ior a great
many social affairs while playing in
this city.
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Jack Norworth and company (five
people) open!d Monday at the Orpheum,
Oakland, at 3. salary of $1000, substitut
ing for Marquard and Seeley, who
closed there so the pitcher could re
join the Giants.
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Bookings around New York are be
ing arranged by Morris & Fell for
Blossom Seeley as a "single." Miss
Seeley will play alone while her ball
rtitxhinir husband is trying to get the
Giants at the top of the first column.
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i Kkotc-h Is being sought by Maude
Fealy, the Denver actress, who wants
to play vaudeville. Miss 'eaiy ana
James Durkln were out in "The Right
Princess" which closed last week. Al
though bearing the John Cort brand as
n.i,.r nn thn -naner. the show was
Miss Fealy's and Mr. Durkin's own
property. Mr. , Cort loaned his name
for the value it mignt give io j,.
had it played the Cort circuit as ex
pected.
The Right Princess- cost. ii
cipals some money, and also a stock
engagement at Wilmington for Mr.
Durkin. He relinquished his hold upon
the New Jersey proposition to Join
Miss Feaiy in the starring tour.
In this week's Dramatic Mirror,
George Alison, one time Baker leading
man and now in his fourth year head
ing B. F. Keith's Crescent Theater in
nrnnkivi. N Y.. discusses the whys
and wherefores of his ability to stand
the strain of 12 performances anu a
change of Play each week. Here is a
bit of his system:
By reducing my working day to an abso
lute system and living with clockwork res
ularltv. I have learned to utilize every min
ute of everv day. and by doing so I find
time In addition to my theater work, to
read' a good deal, write occasional verse and
music and even drive an automobile. The
latter furnishes my wife and myself with
plenty of the outdoor air we should other
wise be deprived of. To rehearse a play
every morning, give two performances of
another the same day, at the same time
studying a new part, is certainly hard work
tout with long working seasons practically
assured, and the possibility of a long and
thorough rest during the Summer. I find
... . . .in-ai nnrlr milch more
tniS SiaB OL pmicoaiuiia. ' -
.nteresting and prof itable than the reh'arse-
so much just now. t
Gertrude Rivers Is the professional
name of Mrs. Allison-
e
Jeanie Fletcher, the Scotch nightin
gale at the Empress, is at home in
Portland, and she regards this city as a
milestone in her stage career. Fort
land was one of the first cities visited
by her after her arrival In the United
States from Glasgow, Scotland, seven
years ago. Then she appeared at the
old Grand in a repertoire of Scotch
dialect songs. Later she sang at the
Dn.tian1 Mfttil for one month, and she
was one of the first artists to appear
at the Multnoman iotet soon uwi
opening of that hostelry. Throughout
her engagement at the Empress Miss
Fletcher is a guest of Mrs. E. K- Moy
lan, an old friend, at the Moylan home
on Willamette Heights. Mrs. Moylan,
her daughter, Eunice, and Mrs. J. W.
Mathis. wife of the Dutch Consul here,
were guests of the songstress at the
Empress Monday night. Miss Fletcher
has eight brothers and sisters, all of
whom are singers. She Joined the
Sullivan & Considine circuit this sea
son, after touring the United States
under the management of a Lyceum
bureau. The Scotch songstress may re
turn to Portland to live after the ex
piration of her present vaudeville en
gagement. , e
Edna Archer Crawford, once a lead
ing woman in stock with the Baker
players, is playing leads in Yonkers,
N. Y., stock.
PriscIIla Knowles goes back to the
scene of her former triumphs, the
Academy of Music in New York, the
first of next month. Theodore Frlebus
Is her leading man..
Hugh Dillman will play stock this
Summer with Jessie Bonstelle in Buf
falo, N. Y.
e e
Among the performers at the Or
pheum this week are two Dave Lerner,
t-i or,A T orner and Kred M.
Griffith, the monologist who will soon
be home for the first time since tney
left the Pacific Coast Mr. Griffith is
a Sacramento boy. Since leaving, 15
years ago, he has been in Europe twice,
through Canada, and even as close as
Mexico, but never home until tills year.
Mr. Lerner is from San Francisco. He
Is a brother-in-law of Abe Attell, the
ex-champion featherweight. Mr. BIx
ley has been renewing school friend
ships of 25 years ago with Perry,
James and Fay Jackson in Portland
this week. Mr. Bixley was the original
tramp in "Buster Brown," which he
played here some seasons ago.
ee
William Dowlan is with the Essanay
Company In Los Angeles. Sidney Ayres
is with the Edison players at the Long
Beach studio, where two pictures are
prepared each week.
The long-expressed determination of
David Warfield to play Shylock is
finally to materialize next season at
the Belasco Theater. Some time ago
the actor went to Europe for all sorts
of books and drawings on the subject
of the various stage presentments or
"The Merchant of Venice," from which
he intends to create his own peculiar
and unique conception of the char-acter-
A DOCTOR'S VIEW OF FRIEDMANN.
Results of Cloae laveatlsjatlon Are Not
Kncourasrltts; mm to the Cure.
Journal of the American Medical As
sociation. (To the Editor.) Everything of Im
portance connected with Dr. Fried
mann's alleged "cure" for tuberculosis
has been fully set forth in the Journal.
But for the fact that the many news
paper reports are confusing to some
doctors as well as to the public, I would
not write this letter.
I have just returned 'from Europe,
where I spent two months. I was alert
. i -ii t ..mils! ahnut Dr. Fried-
mann and his remedy. I questioned
Dotn tierman anu Aniwuvan "
men as to what they had seen or heard
from others. I visited the doctor's of
fice; I crossed on the same vessel with
tollAyl uri-th him. hiR ASSiStant,
Dr. Benjamin and his press agent. Mr.
riunoi; l saw some ui ...... u
his office, and met others and their
friends at their hotels.
-nrun. 4c ther -to SUtlDOrt
Dr. Friedmann's claims? Dr. Friedmann
has publicly deeiareo mat no one
himself knows what his remedy is; he
has given it to no one, and hence all
evidence must come from him. His
nKitBhAri mnnrt miiRt be regarded
as entirely inadequate. -In fact, all his
reports are inaenmte. ne gives vmy-
i Ae lha niimher nf cases
lUg IHVUUJ.l.l ' . - .
treated. The statement as to the char.
acter of cases and tne perceniago m
cures are equally indefinite. He
showed me ten patients at his office,
the first a boy he claimed to be cured
of tuberculosis ol tne Dones i it
hand, and the second claimed to be
cured of a similar affection of the knee.
Instead of showing me a record he had
the mother detail to me the histories.
1 -V. Kvt onnltAjt tn dthprS WithOUt
relief and finally were cured by Dr.
Friedmann. jnese paueiua un
well a year and a half, and as the
same patients were exhibited to other
phvsicians at different times during
the preceding month, I am sure they
were "show cases," for there was no
necessity for frequent visits to the
clinic for cured cases. The other pa
tients gave no evidence of special Im
provement. Most of them said they
were no better nor were any whom I
visited in their hotels. Dr. Friedmann
l-n. ... V. ,,n aire thA AVllrfate Which
forms at the site of the injection be
gins to be aDsorDea, tne panciu n.ja
improves. I saw five patients in whom
this was not the case.
I was struck with the superficial ex
aminations and meager histories kept.
. ,i . mllnnp,i this had
1 WUU1U IlUk ua'C ......
it not been corroborated by a number
or physicians, patients tim inc..,
had made many visits to his office. In
t ni nnt cam nnr could I hear
of anything to indicate that Dr. Fried
mann s patients were ooine ecu
ii with fiiTnllnr cases under
ordinary treatment. He had not in
structed any of tnose witn wuum
talked how to live, and I found all In
1.-1.1- .....minflintr n TlA doiniT the
UIIBUIU1U1D Du i '
best they could with the knowledge
they had received Deiore.
t. i- koi- nr ttia to exDress In calm
language the Impressions Dr. Fried
mann, his clinic, ana ni umiuuu
on me. Dr. Friedmann has made great
-i-i ...it ho tin. rnilAd to submit them
to any efficient test. The evidence of
his own results, taken even as he gives
:. -ii- e shnt Uln nnndnot of se
ll., laus iai duui
crecy as far as the profession Is con
cerned, nis appeal to mo !". v
his spectacular gift of his discovery to
men of prominence, his trip to America
with a press agent, in short, his whole
attitude, have been such as to excite
distrust. '
EDWIN WALKER, M. D.,
Evansville, Ind.
CHAMPION PREDICTOR SPEAKS OUT
He tella What Will Become of Equator
When Earth Flopa Over.
PORTLAND, March 26. (To the Edi
tor.) -I publicly deny that Divine
Claravoyant" predicted the Spanish
American War, the Missouri flood and
the San Francisco disaster, as alleged
in The Oregonian March 25, over
Devine's signature.
I predicted all these things years
before Devine was heard of, and more
too; I predicted at the same time the
Titanic disaster, the election of Gov
ernor West, the retreat from Arma
geddon, a new president for Mexico and
another one coming, all in the pres
ence of associate members of the
Cruiskeen Club down at "The Dutch
man's." "Devine Claravoyant now predicts
the flopping of the earth and the
shifting of the North Pole to where the
equator now is. This is unscientific
for the reason Devine doesn't account
for what will become of the equator.
Long ago I predicted the same thing
but said that the equator would appear
in Portland about the time the present
Federal jobs would be filled, then move
in the direction of Bill Hanley's ranch,
thence eastward toward the District of
Columbia, where it would preside
during the tariff debate. Judging from
the disturbances in my hydrocephalus
predictum, I could predict more, but I
will wait until I hear from "Devine
Claravoyant." O'HENNESSY,
Original Predictor.
Develop the Moral Fibre.
GRESHAM, Or., March 24. (To the
Editor.) I want to congratulate you
upon your editorial on "What Makes
Girls Go Wrong." Although brief, it
is in my opinion the ablest article I
have read during all this much-needed
agitation in regard to the subject.
We Americans, in our haste and
zeal, are apt to grapple with a threat
ened danger by seizing the horn near
est us, and the result is a great com
motion and a great going round and
round attended with very little dam
age to the thing we would check.
Poverty undoubtedly Increases the
pressure in times of temptation, but
the girl with the right kind of moral
fibre developed under the right sort
of home training, will starve rather
than go wrong.
Shame on the parents of our land!
They used to neglect the training of
their boys; now even the moral welfare
of their girls will not draw their atten
tion from lodge and club and social
function. The word home is fast be
coming a meaningless term.
(Rev.) FORD M. BURTCH.
Exploration of Amnion.
PORTLAND, March 26. (To the Edi
tor.) I was interested' in the letter of
Mr. cathcart, of Roseburg, in The Ore
gonian today. Like Mr. Cathcart, I
read the "Exploration of the Amazon
Valley" by the Government, which was
issued along in the '50s. The party di
vided, and one division was under the
command of Lieutenant Herndon (father-in-law
of President Arthur) and the
other under Lieutenant Gardner Gib
bon. There were two volumes, each
ono containing the record of one of the
parties. One explored the Amazon
proper and the other the Maderla.
I have these volumes in my library.
They were procured for me by the late
Hon. Thomas H. Tongue while he was
a member of Congress, after consider
able difficulty. Mr Cathcart, I think,
might procure them through some of
the second-hand book stores in Wash
ington, D. C. They are extremely inter
esting. S. B. HUSTON.
Both Are Reaponalble.
SPOKANE, Wash., March 22. (To
the Editor.) Referring to your edi
torial "Sentimental Diplomacy," March
20. why Mr. Bryan? Is not Mr. Wil
son President and, as such, subject to
any censure for crab statesmanship in
connection with the handling of this
Chinese loan? Yours very truly.
T. A. WAKH.
Certainly Mr. Wilson is responsible.
We referred to Mr. Bryan particularly,
because he is directly in charge of the
Nation's foreign relations.
Twenty-five Years Ago
From The Oregonian of March 27. 1SRS.
Salem. Or., March 2b. iranK ivet- a
logg, a prominent attorney of Hopp
ner. Morrow County, and Miss J. E.
Dawne, of Salem, were married here
today.
San Francisco, March 26. Captain
Hall, of the Ango, which arrived from
Coos Bay Saturday, reports that the
towns on the buy are in a flourishing
condition. Two new sawmills are being
rapidly put up, one at Isthmus Slough
and the other at Porter, between North
Bend and MarshfieliL A now logglnif
railroad has. been constructed by the
Oregon Improvement Company from a
point below Sumner to Coos River, &
distance of four miles. The keel of a
steamer for the Oregon Coal & Naviga
tion Company was laid a couple of
weeks ago.
Albany, Or March 27. The remains
of W. B. Rice, w ho died Sunday morn
ing, were taken to Ashland last night
for Interment, the Oregon & California
Railroad furnishing a special car for
the purpose. Funeral services at his
late residence were conducted by Rev.
E. R. Prichard and Rev. S. G. Irvin.
In Douglas County a few days ago
Volney Oden killed a large eat;ls
measuring seven feet from tip to tip.
R. A. Gesner departed this life at his
home in Salem Saturday at the ad
vanced age of 72. He leaves a wife
and eight children, among them Alonzo
Gesner, of Macleay;-G. B. Gesner, of
Turner; Dr. Van Gesner, of Prinevlllii.
The Idaho Democrat announces
James H. Hawley as its candidate for
delegate to Congress.
Plies are being driven at the north
end of the city levee to make a founda
tion for new terminal building for the
Portland & Willamette Valley Rail
way. During his recent visit to this city
Hon. Elwood Evans, of Tacoma, held
a conference with the committee of the
Indian War veterans in regard to their
forthcoming history. Hon. L. F.
Mosher, of Roseburg. to whom that por
tion of the work relative to the coun
try south of the Calapoola Mountains
has been entrusted, also conferred with
the committee.
People who get up "when the birds
are singing their sweetest notes, at 5
o'clock In the morning" will do well to
look out for the brand new comet,
which is now coming north at the rate
of a degree a day.
The latest freak in millinery la a
torpedo-shaped hat. It Is very Jaunty
and becoming. Can be seen both
trimmed and untrimmed, at the
Bouquet, 67 Morrison street
Manager Will HoTcomb, of the O. R.
& N. Co., being asked regarding pro
posed branches, said: "We are asking
for bids for a road to be built up
Willow Creek to Heppner via Lexing
ton." The East Side The streetcar line has
been built across the bridge, track;
. , i iQi,i onrnca the draw. Yes-
terday one of the cars was taken out
and run up and down N street with
the new horses the company have
bought. There were quite a number of
people on hand to witness the first
streetcar moving in East Portland.
Half a Century A?o
From The Oregonian of March 27, Is"'
The Democrats at The Dalles have
nominated candidates for municipal
offices, placing at the head of the ticket
for Mayor Colonel James K. Kelly, who
has recently become a resident there.
Oregon Sentinel O. Jacobs, who has
been running the above machine at
Jacksonville. In the last number takes
leave of his patrons and announces
that he "exchanges editorial habili
ments for those of a lawyer H.
Denlinger will assume charge of the
Institution.
Washington. March' 17. A resular
commission issued by General Stuart
of rebel fame, has been found on the
person of Miss Ford, who Is charged
with having betrayed General Stough
ton into the hands of the enemy.
Willamette Theater. Friday evening.
March 27. "Ingomar, the Barbarian.
Ingomar G. B. Waldron. Parthenia
Mrs. G. B. Waldron.
Shed on School Grounds.
SHERWOOD, Or., March 25. (To the
Editor.) Can a person take a horse
shed away from' school grounds, if he
nut it there two seasons ago and
wants to sell it now? Can the direc
tors keep him from taking it away?
The shed is built on the ground.
A B A SUBSCRIBER.
In the absence oT agreement to the
contrary, the shed becomes a part of
the real estate and belongs to the
school district.
MAN'S PART IN THE SOCIAL EVIL
False Promises. Liquor and Joy Rlde
Main Cauaea of Glrla Downfall.
PORTLAND, March 25. (To the Edi
tor ) The Oregonlan's article headed
"What Makes Girls Go Wrong" is
timely. Men are responsible In 90 per
cent of the cases. No need of arguing
the point.
The writer was active In work some
years ago that had to do with those
confined in Jails, prisons and convict
camps. Nearly all girls and women
with whom we had to do said that
"promises" of men were the principal
cause of a girl's misstep. Most of them
said it came about through the dance
hall or places where liquors were
served. .
The only thing to be wondered at Is
Timlin llOTl-
that so many yuuu "' "- -
est. in view of the fact that it is easier
for them to succeed in some lines if
they would do as they see others do,
and who are considered "good fellows.
The case of a youni? man comes to
my mind who is a resident of Portland,
and is clever, possessed of ability, and
respected, who has by reason of sick
ness and deaths in his family never
been able to lay by enough to become
his own boss to go into business for
himself. He can "make good.' "has
the goods." and could soon be com
fortably well fixed, but there are few
if any who would loan him enough to
get started for himself, and yet they
wonder why men don't marry young.
Others see how he has suffered and
striven, patient, ploddingly, and be
cause of no fault of his -own has not
acquired a competence. Can you blame
young men for hesitating about mat
rimony? Let fathers take up sex matters with
their sons, and mothers with their
daughters. Cultivate your child's con
fidence; do not condone their faults.
Keep thein away from social affairs
where liquor is served. Keep them
away from grills, joy rides and kindred
places and doings, and you can re
duce white slavery 75 per cent.
Low wages are perhaps the cause of
the other 25 per cent.
A MARRIED MAN.
Why Girln Go Wrong.
ECHO, Or., March 24. (To the Edi
tor.) I have read the editorial in The
Oregonian on 'Why Girls Go Wrong.'
I wish to state that it was the most
broadminded and the nearest to the
actual reasons or causes to that effect
that has been written up to dute.
We all know that father and the
son must be the recipients of more
pay and that the use of the same In
the proper way will eventually elimi
nate the question so prominent in the
minds of the well-meaning citizens to
day. A. W. STRICK1E.