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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