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Foreign post as;e, double rates. Eastern Business Offices Varree A Conk Hn, New york. Brunswick building. C1U- cssa. 8toar building. Francisco Office R. J. Bldwell Co, 112 Market street. European Of floe .No. S Regent atreet B. W., London. l-OKTLAND, THURSDAY. TUI.Y 10, 1913. WAXI, STREET'S PBOMI08. Mr. Lamar and Mr. Lauterbach, . the choicest flowers of Wall street, ; could hardly have done that market place a worse turn at a time when, alas! Wall street eadly needs friends. We suppose the shocked and breath less brokers of the street will repudi ate the confessions of the two gentle Informers so far as they are supposed to Illustrate the methods of the great ; financial and stock jobbing center; ' yet it is grievous to note that the pub. . Ita is in no humor to . accept any : apologies or explanations from Wall ' stroet. While the street may not be as black it is painted, the country is obstinate and insists on associating : dark deeds with Wall street. What Mr. Lamar deftly describes ' as the Wall street frame of mind may be variously interpreted. What the world understands Wall street to , stand for is a definite and inflexible purpose to get the money, and to get it from anywhere or everywhere. If Wall street Is a, state of mind, its chronic condition is receptive on the theory that it is more blessed, and also more profitable to get than to give. It was ungrateful for the sleek and prosperous Lamar to bite the hand that fed him for so many years; but gratitude is a word not to be found In the lexicon of any unctuous parasite. He could not even be faith ful to Lauterbach, with whom he operated on a basis of mutual inter, est friendship they called it for many years. But what a fearful dis closure of the methods of that legal highwayman Lamar gave! It was all due to his overpowering sense of humor, doubtless, for Lamar happily described orfe or more of his most picturesque adventures as a roaring farce. The joke appears In. the end to have been on Lauterbach. Probably that was what Lamar Intended. OHIO AND COMPENSATION. Oregon is not the, only state con fronted by referendum on a work men's compensation law. In Ohio, al though a constitutional amendment " was enacted by . a large majority In 1913 authorizing the Legislature to ; pass such a law, referendum petitions are now in circulation, demanding & vote on the Legislature comprehen sive measure. There, as In Oregon, the casualty companies are charged ' with the effort to defeat the measure. There is one important distinction between the two cases, however. The Ohio referendum cannot be termed a hold-up, for the act in any event will not go into effect until January 1, 191, and the referendum vote will be i registered in the preceding November. In Oregon, unless the Day special election law be upheld, or the refer endum petitions prove invalid, the vote cannot 'be had until November, ; 1914. In the absence of a referen ." dura the Oregon law would now, be in operation. But there Is greater reason for sus pecting the casualty companies In Ohio than in Oregon in respect to fos tering the referendum. There they are put out of business completely by the new law. Whereas the Oregon act la elective and applies only to certain occupations, the Ohio law is compul sory and general in its scope. As told in the Review of Reviews by George , Burba, every employer of five or more ; persons must contribute to the state industrial insurance fund. The only exemption Is of two or more employ ers who may desire to carry their own insurance. But such employers must adopt the state rate of compensation and follow all the rules and regula tions adopted by the State Board of - Awards, and give bond to insure their ' compliance therewith. Limitations in the Ohio constitution on the authority of the Legislature to deny employes certain rights of ap peal to the courts for damages for personal injuries are in effect avoided by preserving the fellow-servant and contributory negligence defenses in the event the employe goes to court. Naturally the employe is expected to , prefer the certainty of compensation , under the state schedule to encoun tering these obstacles to relief at law. Ohio's schedule of compensation, too, Is more liberal than that of any other state which has enacted a compensa- tion law. Employers, even including the state, the county, the city and the school districts, must accept the terms of the law and the employes virtually are compelled to. The employers can. not escape by engaging casualty com panies to compensate employes in event of injury, and. as there will be no personal injury suits to defend, the business of casualty insurance is wholly eliminated. In Oregon those who do not elect to come under the law, and those who are not Included in a list of specified employments, may still become cus tomers of the insurance companies. The Ohio law is something on the or der of the bill some of the workmen are proposing to present in Oregon in 1914 in retaliation on the casualty companies for their suspected inter ference with the existing act. More, over, it is probably nearer the form of law that will ultimately be adopted by all states, at least in its compul sory features and generality of appli cation. State insurance, however, is virtually untried. If, as some fear, its administration proves unduly expen sive or develops mismanagement and fraud, the recourse may be to straight compulsory compensation: or. in other words, a system which requires each employer or industry to compensate direct its own injured employes with out the state acting as the collector and disburser of a contributed fund. But the chief concern in Oregon is that the referendum on the present law and an initiated bill enlarging on the compensation principle be not sub mitted at the same election. There is more than a likelihood that each would kill the other and the state would find itself without any form of workmen's compensation. It will be fortunate if tha charge of invalidity attaching to the referendum petitions prove true, much ua fraud in direct legislation la to be condemned. The law adopted by . the Legislature will then have a fair trial and later propo sitlons for changing or enlarging it can Be studied in the light of actual experience. COMMERCE COIBT MAY X.1VS. Thtoutrh their faetiou onnositinn to the Commerce Court under the Taft Administration, the Democrats have got themselves into an embarrassing position. A few of the earlier de cisions of the court were adverse to the shippers and caused a cry for its abolition, but the Supreme Court re. versed several of these decisions and Set the Commerca fViiirr t-Ib-Vi n- n the extent of its Jurisdiction. Later decisions were more favorable to ship pers, and the movement for abolition is now pushed by the railroads, while shippers are aekinar for it rKpntinn. Walter D. Hines, chairman of the santa t Railroad board, has in spired a bill introduced by Represent ative Sims, chairman of the commerce committee, abolishing the court, while the judiciary committee has prepared a bill continuing it, but is not permit ted to report. The Attorney-General favors the latter bill and President Wilson has overcome his prejudice against tne court to the extent that he has asked for another year's ap. propriation for it and has cautioned Democrats ' against playing politics with it. Railroad opposition to the court and shippers' defense of it are awak ening Democrats to the fact that, as a means of expediting railroad litigation and developing a body of expert Judges of railroad Jaw it has great merit. Another of the- Taft policies may be vindicated throuarh adontion by his opponents. TUB BEAT, THISC. The Orag-onlsn indulxres in soma g-ood. natured criticism of the stand the Messen ger has taken in the Woodburn postofflce matter and also the McNab resignation. Frankly, we are sorry Tne Oregonian cannot see lta way clear to agree with ua upon these and other matters of even greater Importance. But considering that we were reared In a different school of journalism and politics thorough accord is hardly to be expected. And we do not expect K. For, like The Oreeonlan, the Messenger is In a class by itself. Oreiron Messenger rTiomn- cratic. i The Oregonian begs to tender to Its confers porary the assurances of its eminent consideration. Certainly the messenger is in a class by . itself. The Oregonian has repeatedly recognized and acclaimed the unique distinction or the Messenger as the only Demo cratic newspaper in Oregon. There is a species of pseudo-Democratia paper that disguises the secret hank erings of its soul and its most adroit schemings with the pleasing pretense of non-partisanship; but the Messen ger is far above any such miserable subterfuges. It avows its partisan spirit, partisan belief and partisan purposes. It flies at the masthead the proud device "Democrat" and invites the world to behold. Among others The Oregonian has seen and mar veled; and it does not hesitate to ap prove. The Messenger is no" molly coddle, no trimmer, no flopper, no evangel , of political flapdoodle and non-partisan mush. We hope the Messenger will in due time receive whatever award it de serves to have from a Democratic ad ministration for its "Democracy. But somehow we have our misgivings. THE SOCIAL irV'GrEN'K EXHIBIT. There is plenty of instructive ma terial for young and old in the Social Hygiene Eoicety's exhibit at 284 Broadway. The literature freely dis tributed discusses the sex question in all its phases and affords light which might have saved many an individual from destruction had it been found in time. It i encouraging to learn from the statistics gathered by the society how rapidly this fundamental knowl edge is spreading in spite of prejudice, bigoted ignorance and interested op position. The minister who said at the Christian Conference that he feared the teaching of social hygiene was not much better than "a venereal clinic" missed the mark pathetically. It Is to prevent the necessity of ve nereal clinics that this great work has been undertaken. Only the mentally blind do not know that young people will obtain Instruction in these subjects from some source. The wise way is to see that they obtain it from good sources. One of the placards at the exhibit tella of an 8-year-old boy who poisoned a whole school with a lewd picture. Another mentions an indecent poem which a youth circulated among his schoolmates. With such facts before us, how can we have any patience with the apostle of obscurantism? Here, as elsewhere, the only safe guard Is light. The society reports an encouraging Increase of sexual instruction in the schools. It is said that both high and grammar schools are falling into line. No doubt the movement will acquire celerity as it proceeds. There is much to overcome, false shame, prud, ery, the vicious habit of silence, but it seems now as If nothing could stop the good work. It is agreeable to no tice how rapidly the literature of this subject is developing. Many can re member a time when the only accessi ble books were prepared and sent out by quacks for their own purposes. Now there Is a long list of carefully edited volumes for boys, girls and par ents, go that there is hardly any ex cuse for ignorance. Particularly commendable is the warning of the society against quacks. A list is posted of a dozen or so iwho have been driven out of business, and one may hope that before long they will all be forced to seek honest work. MORE WESE MAJESTE. The Federal grand jury at San Francisco has been guilty of contempt of the President and Attorney-General, lese majeste, heresy and all the other crimes involving disrespect for established authority. After having learned at first hand all the facts about the Diggs-Caminetti case, It dares to express an opinion at vari ance with that of Mr. McReynolds, who was never within 3000 miles of the facts, except as the mail and tele graph could bridge that distance. Of course the proceedings of the grand Jury In criticising the conduct of the President and Attorney-General were utterly Irregular, just as was the action of District Attorney McNab in publishing the fact that he had re signed and his reasons for so doing. Mr. McNab should have left it to Mr. Wilson or Mr. McReynolds to publish his Indignant message. They so i richly enjoy being "roasted" that they would gladly have gratified pub lic curiosity. So also the grand jury should have known better than to in terpose with its inconvenient- re minder of the facta which caused -Mr. McNab's action. It 1b most exasperating that some people will not let persons of superior Intelligence settle little matters like this Diggs-Caminetti affair. That case had been nicely disposed of, strictly according to Hoyle. Mr. Caminetti, Sr., had arranged matters with his friend. Secretary Wilson, and Mr. Wil son had arranged them with his friend, Mr. McReynolds. when Mr McNab spoiled things by "butting in" with his resignation and his protest. It w-as most unprofessional conduct on his part, for, as a lawyer, he should have known that delay is one of the lawyer's chief weapons for de feating the law and befuddling lay men into the belief that a matter which, the direct- lay mind would settle-in five minutes takes months and yearsvto decide. Now this grand Jury, a mere bunch of laymen, who know no law, nothing but mere facts, Interposes and protests against the Attorney-General's action and against the acceptance of Mr. Mc Nab's resignation. AVith their puny lay minds the grand jurors have the audacity to pronounce Mr. McRey nolds' defense unfortunately weak and to express astonishment at President Wilson's action. . They say this is an example of the practice whereof the people have been demanding correc tion for years. Poof! What do they know about it? Anyhow, what is Justice as between friends? SELECT VOIR SETTLERS. Success of irrigation enterprises depends, after all, on bringing the land under cultivation. The soil may be never so rich, the supply of water never so abundant, the construction of the plant never so excellent, but unless the land Is made to produce, no Interest can be paid on bonds, no dividends can be paid on stock, not enough money will be available for maintenance. In conseauenee pri vate Irrigation companies will ge bankrupt and. further Government reclamation work must be checked by the failure of the money already ex pended to return to the fund. The curse of irrigation has been the speculator. Relying upon the industry of his neighbors to increase the value of his land, he buys a tract in a private project or locates a farm In a Government project, does little or no cultivation., but sits down, wait ing to sell out at a profit. If, when weary of waiting, he is called upon to pay for water-right on a private tract, or maintenance charge on a Government project, he "roasts" the company or the Government for op pressing the poor settler, he "knocks" the whole enterprise and discourages real farmers from settling. Ha fur- nienes an excuse for red-tape-bound bureaucrats to be unnecessarily harsh with men who are really try ing to make a farm but lack the capital to pull them through the first year or two, when there is much outgo and little or no income. In settling the Canadian Northwest, the Canadian Pacific Railroad does things better. Knowing that personal character is the chief element in suc cess it sends agents through - the eastern provinces of Canada and through the Eastern States, who pick young farmers noted for hon esty, energy and success Jn farming, and, after thoroughly investigating them, oners to start them on one of the tracts it has- Irrigated. The com pany furnishes the entire capital neo essary, erects farm buildings, breaks up land and puts in the first crop. The selected settler thus moves to a going farm and pays for it year by year out of the profits. By this means each farm is made an assured success and the company is assured of a return on its investment and of the traffic the farm produces. Selection of settlers is the first re quisite to the success of an irriga tion scheme. Get the right kind of men, then give them a start. Shut out the speculators and weed out the failures and incomp'etents. An irri gated tract is not complete until It has been occupied by men who will make it a success. Construction of the plant and putting water on the land are only the beginnings of the work. ARODSD THE WORLD TN S3 PAKS. A sure means of demonstrating the march of mechanical progress is to cut down the record time of a trip around the world. This proves that railroads are being built better, over shorter routes, with lower grades and lighter curves; that locomotives travel faster and with less liability to break down; that steamships rush over shorter routes and with greater speed; that closer connections are made be tween train and steamship, train and train; that the automobile is a swifter means of transfer than the fastest horse-drawn vehicle; that the delays which custom-houses interpose in the way of travelers are being-eliminated; that the wireless telegraph and tele phone have enabled man's mind to leap ahead of the fastest train and steamer to arrange for close connec tions. .Inventive genius has scored its greatest triumphs in expediting travel and communication. The record of its progress is made by those who try its achievements by actual experience. The reoord -is to be brought up to date by John Henry Mears, who started around the world on July 2 as the representative of the New York Evening. Sun. Leaving the Sun office in an automobile a little before 1 o'clock that "morning, . he climbed aboard the Mauretanla on the last gangplank to be pulled aboard. On July 7 that great ship arrived at Fishguard and, . armed with letters from Secretary of State Bryan to United States Ambassadors and Con suls In all countries through which he Is to pass, Mr. Mears boarded the train for London. After spending the day in that city and greeting Ambas sador Page, he left at 9 P.. M. by train for Dover, crossed the Channel to Calais and at 6:50 A. M., July 8, arrived in Paris. Leaving that city at 1:45 F. M. the same day, he reached Berlin early next morning, spent 12 hours there and then began a two days' Journey to Moscow. Ke guarded against delay at the Russian frontier to comply with the . tedious custom house requirements by arranging be forehand to have all papers awaiting him at the border. He expects to reach St. Petersburg next Saturday, July 12, or on the tenth day after he started from New York. That afternoon he will begin the wearisome nine-days' Journey by train over the 5000 hot and dusty miles of Russia, and Siberia to Vladivostok. On Monday. July 21, he expects to em bark on a small vessel at that port for Tsugaru, Japan, whence a fast train -will take him In three hours to Yokohama. Arriving there at 8:23 A. M., he will sail at 4 P. " M. on the Empress of Russia' for Vancouver, where he expects to touch soil on the American continent at 8 A, M. on August 2, just a month after he sailed from New York. He will cross the continent on the fastest trains by way of Seattle, St. Paul, Chicago, Cleveland and Buffalo. N. Y. Success hinges on making the intended connections at every point. This forbids being en cumbered with much baggage. There, fore Mr. Meara will carry only a suit case, an overcoat and a camera. Soiled clothes will be thrown away and new ones bought whenever a change is needed. The fastest previous trip around the world was made by Andre Jaeger Schmidt, the French newspaper man, in 1911, his time being 39 days 13 hours 43 minutes- He beat the pre ceding record, that of Henry Fred erick, made in 1903, by over 14 days, Frederick's time having been 54 days 7 hours HQ minutes. The first race around the world against time was made by Nellie Ely in 1889. when she made the journey in 72 days 6 hours 11 minutes, to beat the time of Jules Verne's fictitious character Phileas Fogg in "Round the World in 80 Days." A great means of shortening the globe-girdling trip is. the Siberian Railroad, for not only does it render steam transportation continuous, but it carries the route northward to the shorter parallels of latitude. The Grand Trunk Pacific, now building, will further shorten the distance by crossing Northern Canada and by connecting with steamers which will make a shorter cut across the Pa cific. Mr, Mears' attempt tj girdle the globe in 35 days may soon be fol lowed by one to make the time 30 days. Thus we quicken the pace from year to year. Some of the millionaires are grow ing weary of having no occupation except spending their income. A young New Yorker, ifresh from Co lumbia College, had, a million and a quarter dollars, but went to Arkan sas and got work on a railroad. He wrote home saying: Out here life is real. I found it was the man that counted, and I got into touch with life and work for the flrBt time. The work was hard, but 1 eVinvfl ir f r - mk. ins sood. After all, work Is the essence of life and without work play loses Its zest. The old saying would have been just as true had it read: "All play and no work makes Jack a dull boy. We are supposed to take vacations in order to get Into the healthy coun try air, but the vacation season no sooner opens than the Government warns us to "Insist on boiled water. How can the air be healthy if the water be so foul as to need, boiling? Our principal reason for going away from home is to break the deadly, grinding routine of our dally lives. It la principally the change of occupa tion and scene that we need, that we may let our fagged energies lie fallow for a while or indulge ourselves in what corresponds to crop rotation in farming. The great desideratum in agricul tural education is trained teachers, The demand la great and growing, the supply discouraglngly short. Some effort has been made to train teach ers of agriculture by short cuts, but probably not with brilliant success. The process seems to have been little more than text-book cramming with out interest or much understanding. Teaching agriculture must be some thing more vital than a ceremonial routine or it will prove a sad disap pointment to everybody. We hope Dr. Crichton will live to see his prophecy about tuberculosis come true. He says that terrible dis ease can be extirpated from the land and adds confidently that "it will be." His reliance is upon education and so cial hygiene. By the way, what a huge mass of meaning is getting crowded into the phrase "social hyi glene." Scarcely a relation of life es capes its purview and It is bringing health and happiness Into all of them. Franklin Eastabrooks-was a printer of the old school, dating from estab lishment of The Morning Oregonian. Of a kindly, genial nature, he felt It to be his duty always to. advise the young members of the craft, and memory of his goodness will linger. He was a good citizen, a good workman and a good parent, and he rounded out more than the allotted three-score and ten years, conscious of the knowledge that his life had not been spent in vain. Civilization does not seem to have gained much by the prowess of the Bulgars. They may be a fine people physically, but at heart they are cruel savages. - The unhappy wretches who fall into their power may well pray for the return of the Turks. Theoret. Ically the Bulgars are Christians, but a religion which permits them to burn their prisoners to rfeath by the hun dred deserves some different name. We suggest devil worship. The appointment of James M. Lynch to bo State Labor Commis sioner of New York may clear the situation there. Mr. Lynch has been at the head of the Typographical Union for a number of years and la one of the most clear-headed and con servative labor men in the country. Acceptance of the office would be a loss to that organization, b'ut the gain to the Empire State would be incal culable. Governor Blease, of South Caro lina, has pardoned nearly 700 con victs since he took office, about two years ago. An interesting statement would be ' the number of these that are colored. On good way to avoid scandal in a civil service commission is to do away with civil service entirely. From the point of view of the spoilsman, that would be just about right. Just as haymaking begins in the fields of oats and vetch, the stray showers come. Jeremiah of old must have been making hay when he began his lamentations. The weeds pull up mighty easy when the ground is damp. Why not have a W eed day in the interest of civic beauty? The percentage of Progressives in Oregon is rather small when com pared with' the noise made. Japanese warships cannot reach Denver, so Denver can bar the Jap from the bathing beaches. With appendicitis near, it was little wonder Bud Anderson, did not win. XEW SCHOOL OFFICER 19 DESIRED Appointment of Woman to Position of Many Duties la Desired. PORTLAND. July 9. (To the Edi tor.) The executive and administrative system of the publlo schools of Port land la rapidly becoming a potential factor, vital in its immediate influence on the prestige and welfare of the city. The old-fashioned home with its protective policies and absolute au thority has vanished. These homes produced rugged, clean-cut character, for better or worse, according to the policies of the monarch of that home, but well-defined character that stood for something. Conditions have changed home and policies. While the home is in the transition stage it behooves those who are Interested in humanity to take a hand in the evolu tion that the vital elements of the old home may be woven into the new con etructlon, A long stride in the right direction would be a strong representative of the home on the Board of Education, a salaried woman of experience in home making, in successful training of the young. Her equipment should be a sympathetic- wisdom born of long and successful experience in loving mother hood. She should have an office with Its door always open to mothers who feel that .she truly represents them. These mothers may have real griev ances or they may be imaginary ones, but they indicate a personal Interest in the school and this official wlU be a personal and sympathetic bond that represents each individual as a patron of the school. Then, again, this wom an should equally represent and coun sel the thousands of girls and women who form the major part of the public schools.- She is not to increase organ izations and so help to segregate into classes and factions, but to do indi vidual work and so promote individ uality in character, which is deplorably lost sight of in crowded schools. She should be able to promote social v-emer worK in Helpful linas, talk wisely on eugenics and sanitation. In truth her lines of work would soon bo infinite. Her personal work would supply a vital quality necessarily lacking in the vast impersonal policies of the Board of Education of a large city, mere must be personal. Individ ual influence to prevent the wholesale crowning of square children through rund holes and cutting off all of the rugged corners of child srrowth. Many cities are recognising the great neea or this fosterlnsr of tha homo spirit in school life and some of our western cities have acted upon it. Salt Lake has such an official. Kuner- Intendent Francis, of Los Angeles, has recommended such a woman under the title of supervisor of social activities. superintendent Cooper, of Seattle, ap proves and hopes to have such an of ficial, but there the work is partially covered by an organisation of the older teacners. Ontario, Cal is to have such a woman to give talks on eugen ics to tne Children of the different schools. Chicago, New York and other Eastern cities are covering the need in various ways, It is Portland's opportunity to take in initiative among the Coast cities in this important movement. The School Board has already discussed tne matter ana lias even given the orrioe tha title of assistant superin tendent of home and school. Now it should be filled by a woman who is first of all a mother and homemaker, who has kept in close harmony with the school life, whoaa knowledge and experience have crystalized into wis dom and who views life with a wide horiaon. The Oregon Congress of Mothers has been trying for two years to nave such an official sunnlied in this city, feeling that it would bring home and school in closer relationship ana put more responsibility back in the home. JULIA C. LA BARKB. rsE home: means opbettermext. Lessons Drawn From Conference and Open Season. PORTLAND. Or., July 9. (To the Editor.) Criticism of the management of the World's Citizenship Conference would be misdirected if it should Im pugn the motives of the committee of 100 citizens who fostered the confer ence. This committee of hisrh-minded publio-splrlted but busy men of affairs was simply manipulated by a few ex perts who have promoted a worthy cause ror private gain. Undoubtedly some good was accom plished by the conference, but It did not bring zeal, enthusiasm, visitors nor cash from beyond the limits of the state. The most alluring loadstone with which to attract Oregon gold is the argument that strangers with great knowledge or great wealth may, by a mysterious process, be induced to come ana snower tneir Blessings among ua. A large amount of money was taken out of the city last season to promote iuur mgnis or grana opera. The pur pose of this expenditure was the best as was the purpose of the committee oi iuu in promoting the recent Cltl zens' Conference. Would it not, however, be wiser first to exnaust tne means at hand for in creasing the culture of our citv nr Im proving its morality before sending our money elsewhere. Our own Portland Symphony Orches tra is doing more to stimulate and im prove the musical life and culture of our city than a week of grand opera uccompusn. Ana the money taken from the citv for arrnnd opera would have established the or chestra for several seasons. Why should not some public-spirited organize to nnance the orches traT MUSIC. Why No Entrance to Mt. Tabor Tarkt rOKTLAND, July 9. To the Ed- Itor How manv nftnnla trntw K . i city purchased a strip of land 150 feet lue uu jseimont street ror an entrance to Mount Tabor Park? Thio l purchased several years ago, and is oixty-iinn on iielroont street, making the only entrance to Mount Tabor Park, that comes down to the earlina. But what Is the good of a strip of u i3 reet wiae and a six-foot bank in front of it, and the dirt covering most of the sidewalk? Now it seems to me that the entrance tO this beautiful lEH.a-ra n-l . j , - . cu lUCdl- ly situated, should be improved, even if uavon i tne money to. improve the entire park as It should be. Why one half the people of Portland don't know Mount Tabor Park, where it begins or ends, or anything else about it. The people of the East Side should demand this ImnrnvnmoTit ... - .. av - e win at least have the proper access to and "vm tins playground. CHARLES W. ERTZ, 1511 Northwest Building. Kcho of a Familiar Problem. Westminster Gazette. The domestic servant problem Is not one of recent years, though recently it may have become more nressintr irvorr. certain letters written by Mrs. Carlyle in 1849 and Just made public, it would seem mat she, too, had her troubles In this respect, for we find, her wrltlne tn a friend: Another presented tiarseif tnAnt, woman with a faca to split a pitcher, and who came seemingly to hlre'me and not to ba hired by me. After surveyinr me rather contemptuously I most own she pro. ceeded to ask me a string of questions which I answered to see how it would en '-i-iiri I keep no more servants than one?" "Was I in the habit of often changing my serv ants.?" To this last question 1 answered. jm iu require cnang- ingr. and on the whole I should not suit her. 1 was afraid." So for more than 60 vears. ami nn doubt much longer. It has been the Stars and Starmaken By Walter May. Alice Patek, well remembered in Portland, made her debut as leading woman recently with no less a stage luminary than Leo Ditrichsteln. The plaoe was the. Alcazar Theater In San Francisco, and the play was "Such Is Life." Mr. Dltrichstein was In Port land several months ago in "The Con cert," and Miss Patek graduated from the Baker players only several weeks ago. "The Vanguard" is the name of a new play dealing with an international war of, the future, in which United States plays an Important part. Henry Miller is to produce it first in Chi cago. Mr. Miller then promises to bring his strong company to the Coast In "The Rainbow." Mr. Miller also is rehearsing a new play, featuring Chauncey Oleott. Sarah Truax, who retired tempor arily from the stage when she became the wife of Charles Albert, a member of the, legal staff of the Oreat Northern Railway In the Northwest, will return to the stage in "The Garden of Allah," which the Llebler company will send out for its third season in September, She "is "getting hor band in" Just at present In a Pittsburg stock theater. George Beban, who was seen at the Orpheum several years ago. in the con centrated sketch. "Tha Sign, of the Rose," has scored a mighty big hit In London. On tha first night he received 20 curtain calls, and one critia became so bold as to predict that Beban's old Italian laborer will rank In London with Jefferson's Rip Van Winkle. The death of Delia Fox in New York last month at the age of 42 re calls that in 20 years on the stage she was a favored star In "H. M. S. Pinafore." "The Celebrated , Case," as Yvonne in "The King's Fool." "Castles In the Air," "Wang," her greatest hit; "Tha Little Trooper," "Panjandrum," "Fleur da Lya," "The Wedding Day" with Lillian Russell and Jefferson Da Angelis, "The Little Host," "The West Point Cadet," "Delightful Dolly" and "Rosedale." She came to tha Coast frequently and was. a favored player under Do Wolf Hopper when he was such a success in "Wang." Oliver Morosco, U is said, has ar ranged for a permanent stock company in Chicago. He has heretofore confined his operations to productions in Los Angeles. e DonaSd Brian will open the season in New York at the Knickerbocker in "The Marriage Mart." Few vaudevlllista have a longer rec ord In minstrelsy on the Pacific Coast than Raymond Teal, blackfacer, at the Empress, Teal appeared for the first time In Portland 17 years ago as a comedian In "The Turkish Bath" at the old Marquam Grand. Later he was seen in this city with Hy Henry's min strels and more recently he was fea tured here with the celebrated Billy Van in H. W. West's blackface troupe. Teal is an author and produoer as well as a comedian, and for several seasons he operated three theaters in Fresno, Cat., two Bummer playhouses and a Winter shop being conducted by hlm. The Teal Theater in Fresno Is named after the minstrel. Teal prob ably is the only minstrel who has ap peared on every vaudeville circuit in the United States, bookings 10 years ago placing all the larger houses on every chain of theaters on his Itinerary, and his present tour of the Empress chain making him an all-clrcult per former. William ("Billy") Dills, veteran actor and director, is back In Portland and vicinity for a few days' rest. He has Juat "dropped down" from Tacoma, where he has been directing the Prin cess players. Mrs. Dills and Wallace are accompanying Mr. Dills. They are on a vacation, chiefly consisting of a flshin" trip. They will go to New York later in the year. Wallace, by the way, is Mr. and Mrs. Dills' trick Sootch terrier, formerly of Glasgow, Scotland. The coming of Mrs. Fiske In "The High Road" early this Fall is a gen tle reminder that it was Mrs. Flake who Induced the really big stars of a few years ago to "blaze the trail" through the great Northwest, includ ing Canada. Of the West Western is the Orpheum combination known as Val Harris, Rita Boland and Lou Holts, billed "Three In One." Owing to Illness and a neces sary operation, Miss Boland was com pelled to drop out of the act in Spo kane, her home. Her real name is Margaret Bolander and. her father is master mechanic of the Washington Water Power Company in Spokane. Mr. Harris and Mr. Holtz are both San Francisco boys, and while the trio was doing cafe work on the beach In the Bay City Elsie Janls came to the Coast and "discovered" them. She Im mediately made a place for them in her company and began a personal campaign in the development of their several talents. She was so pleased with their progress that she decided to turn author and producer, with "Three in One" the result. Miss Bo land, who is very much like Miss Janls. probably will reach Portland Saturday and go on with the act to San Fran cisco. Clara Beyers, wife of Carl Stockdale, recently In Portland in a sketch at Pantages, last week triumphed in Lil lian Russeil's old role in "Wildfire," at the Avenue Theater In Vancouver, B. C Rhea Mitchell, whose home is in Portland, is playing the title role in Sunday" at the Avenue Theater in Vancouver, B. C, this week. "Sunday" was Ethel Barrymore's big success not many years ago. Miss Mitchell has made a distinct hit in the Canadian city, and her name la being featured by the managers of the company. Hon Bergere, who as Mascha made the most of ber role In "The Chocolate oldier on several of its visits to Port land, is handling an Important place in the cast at the Tlvoll In San Francisco. This week she is playing and singing In "Princess Chic" and last week de lighted in "lolanthe," one of the Gil bert & Sullivan operas. John R. Phil lips, the unaffected. smiling, be mustached tenor in "The Chocolate Soldier" also has a big role in the Tlvoll productions. And It must not bn fonrottnTi tn George Cohan was 35 years old on the Nation's birthday,- July 4. He" was Half a Century Ago From The Oregonian of July 10, 1863, Baltimore, July 3. The American has the following: We learn from Major Bumg'ttrden, of Gen. Revnolds' staff, particulars of the battle near Gettys burg, ra., July 1. The First and Fifth corps entered the town from the East and out at the West end. The rebels advanced rapidly on the Cham bersburg turnpike, apparently endea voring to obtain advantage of the posi tion commanding the town. The First corps under Reynold's pushed forward to secure the position. The enemy, under Longstreet and Hill, advanced steadily, and in a few moments heavy firing of artillery opened. The Elev enth corps, under Howard, was also soon in position. At 3 P. M. the enemy tried to turn our right flank. After a volley of musketry fire being poured into their columns with deadlv effect, the enemy fell back. We hold the prominent and commanding posi tions for which the struggle was made, at the close cf the fight, which ceased about 4 o'clock. Alexandria. La.. June 23. General Taylor stormed and carried at the point of the bayonet the enemy's Vorks. The trt-weekly mail from Dalles to Walla Walla commenced on the 1st. It reaches Walla Walla on the fifth day. Portland & Milwaukie Macadamized Road Company. The "board of county commissioners of Clackamas County yesterday authorized the above corpora tion to establish and maintain a ferry at lta crossing opposite Mil waukie. The steamship Sierra Nevada, which sailed from San Francisco on the 7th, will be due at this port early this evening. She will bring two days' later intelligence thou that published this morning via YreHa. It the steamer be not unavoidably detained, we shall be enabled to publish in Saturday's issue full details of the late severe battles in Pennsylvania. Twenty-five Years Ago (lrrom The Oregonian of July 10, 1SSS.) Walla Walla, July 9. Passenger" from Baker City today bring news ef the murder of Deputy Sheriff Robert Lockwood, of Grant County, at Can yon City. Or., on the night of the eth by two prisoners .confined in tha City Jail. Oregon City. July S. Benjamin Cox was fatally shot by a young man named Phillips, who missed a deer near Cherryvtlle. There is no hope of Cox' recovery. The finishing touch was put on the draw of the railroad bridge yesterday. Professor T. H. Crawford, ex. City Superintendent of Schools, yesterday shipped to San Francisco a number of drawings of the work of the public sehools, which will be exhibited at the meeting of the National Teachers' Association. Al Raleigh and John M. Gearln re turned from Tillamook by way of Astoria. The new sidewheel steamer T. J. Potter left the O. R. & N. Company's boneyard Iaat evening for a short trial trip. Hon, L. T. Barin, chairman Of the Republican state central committee re turned yesterday from Chicago. Mrs. Edward L.Flneh returned yes terday frora Paris, where she-took a finishing course in singing. Mr. Edgar Coursen, accompanied by Mrs. Coursen, Mrs. Walter Reed. Mr. A. A. Franklin and Mr. M. O. Lownsdale, will take a trip to. Salem on Friday for the purpose of giving a concert. Motorcya-Ie Travels. PORTLAND, July 9, (To the Ed itor.) I am about to travel over the country on my motorcycle, expecting to oe gone lor a year. Would I be violating the laws of the states through which I pass if I carry a revolver for protection? If so, is there any one who nas a rigril to give a permltT Will it be necessary to get a license for my motor in each state through which I pass? L. C. WILSON. Laws of the several states vary in regard to. carrying firearms, but as a rule the inhibition is only against conoealment of dangerous weapons about the person. In other words, it is not unlawful to carry one exposed to view. Texas has one of the most dras tic laws in this particular, and it would be well to make Inquiry of peace officers in each state visited be fore one displays a revolver. It is a uniform custom not to re quire additional fees on a motor bear ing the license tag of another state and merely passing through the coun try. Adding; to the Woes of Women. Washington (D. C.) Herald. "My wife is so mad." "How now?" "Puffs went out of style and left her with about $50 worth of lovejy hair on hand." " ' Defining His Intellect. Judge. "Is Blithers a smart chap?" "Well, he's the kind of a fellow that would plant a piece of dogwood and expect to raise a litter of puppies." Descendant of a Great Family. Cincinnati Enquirer. Gabe He claims he Is a descendant from a great family. Steve Yes. and ho is still descend ing. Think of the Youngsters These Hot Days See that their wants are care fully looked after. The very little ones cannot express their needs in speech, and they must be constantly cared for. Articles for the bath, toilet preparations, suitable food and seasonable clothing must ba purchased, and the mother who makes it a practice to read the advertisements in The Oregon ian will soon learn where she can buy to best advantage for the children when July days are hottest. The advertisements in The Oregonian will tell you' where to buy dainty dresses for the in fants, cool and washable frocks for the girls of 2, 3 and 4 years, and pretty dresses for the bigger girls. Also cool clothing for the boys from rompers up to the nattily embroidered sailor suits. J uly days permit you to dress your children comfortably, be comingly and inexpensively. same -oio. story. born at providence, R. L