TITE - MOTCTIXO OREGOXTAN, TTTTTT? ST) A T. OCTOH15TI 30, 1913. '
after having get his mark 00 high, he the canal has been formally opened.
should prove to be another spoils poll.
tlclan.
and he may aek Congress to amend
the law by providing a commission,
The work - of three Commissioners
could be divided, as In a city, among
an engineer in charge of canal ep-
FORTLAXD. O REG OX,
Entered at Portland. Orecon. Postofflee u MAKING TROUBLE FOB THEMSELVES.
1 I
Subscription Katea--Invariably In Advance: I T18 militant free-speechlflers are I eratlon, a man In charge of sanKa
...... I not accomnHahin? much for .theltn ,. ..i.. 1 Ajmini.,M
pally, Sunday Included, one year SS.00 1 cause' by Inviting and getting fre-
pai y, Sanaa? includes, aix mentns. .... quent Jail incarcerations. The Schwab
Dallv. EnndaT included, three montne... ... I aa m rmnrrvrrATiAve
i.n,. e,,..; . ,, . . 7 I woman s stunt in cllmbins- a telepnone I "
Daily', without sunday.'one year....!... e.oo pole was Interesting to the Dubllc The Oregonian is. In receipt of
SS:IitdK:thr2onthi:::: lit ltly in its demonstration tt the ac- great many more letter, for publlca.
Paiiy. without Sunday, one month o robatic ability of a female agitator. I tlon than it can give space to. Au
Weeaiy. ana year 1-fo I The Schwab man trhn hurt hn mnt I thors of communications should un
cunoay.one year. .v. , ' " - " . .A .... ki. m, l
Eunaayand weekly, one year a.ov i iu wits ruutpue Dy aue process 01 me "" .. m
(Bt carrier) law which he defies, has been released I condition, ine supply almost invar
r!itr. tnAii rneinited. one Tear. ...snoolon im i-ini rf Q tuhnii nrnuii. I ably exceeds the 8tiace allotment. But
Dally. Sunday Included, one month 73 ,ng. and ,g aln at lar&e Just now an exceptionally large num-
I i i ftn!M r t,Tinni onarK on Tour I iiiaiiviuum Ui outiwttu lit Luua I -" - - ....... .
umj nan , mubdr. coin or curranvr sum Tm a i fat, AnrAa . . ,,i ... a i iojik fin iu h.'ij ni fi m uav. i r-i.t i u ii
S faSc5dr! eoSn't, anS1 a tender hearted Judge. It might have Issues, minimum wage orders, early
reeteare Rmree la to is pages. 1 eeit: is I oeen supposea tnat BcWwaD wouia """', ea.Um8 m wis m-n-uuio.
ialia- m Fo e taS i hve Persisted in suffering for the tne city budget, marnea women
a etiu. trorefzn noat- I Cause. AS I
stones, so thera urs sxit .essonn to mino, ana every aay Dnngs voluntary
Office Verree A- Conk-1 y,a y,omm--. a ... i.n, rtrv. I offarlnra to the editor's desk.-
Iln. New Tork. Brunswick building. Chi- J ""v i t " i.
caira. steser auutiinc
8aa franelitea Office R.
742 Market street.
to S3 paces. 2 cants
60 ts eo nacee. 4 cents
cents; 78 to t safes.
age, aetJDte rates.
Jn
J. BldweU Co.,
XORTLAM. THURSDAY, OCT. SO, 1818.
a benefit he would have derived from
his forty days sentence!
The authorities have handled this
troublesome and headstrong group
with discretion. It Is not pleasant to
send women to Jail even when they
Crnx SEBTICB AXD EXPEDIENCY. openly and insolently provoke the pen.
like manv other statesmen. Pres- but there is nothing else to do,
Sdent Wilson has discovered that, unless it is desired to turn the City
. , over to them. When foolish women
nea w.o wi"H, deliberately choose to subject them
i..u selves to arrest and refuse to go
vocated when not in omce. ne must home, where they belongthe authorl
sacrifice some In order to succeed with ties have no alternative.
others. Until he attained the Presi- vvnat is tne row au aoout7 wnat
dencv. he had always been an out- these people trying to do? Do they
i fnrm .r. jjoes auyooay Know i
"v , " ' . .v ivr... , ,hi Mayor Albee has done well in this
a vice-president of the National Civil buBlness an(J ne aeserves ana ha8 the
The Oregonian regrets that more of
these letters cannot be published. The
only recourse is to select those
deemed the most interesting, - and
from these select the shortest. The
advice of The Oregonian to letter
writers therefore is, be- brief and to
the point.
Service Reform League. Now that he
has the ODDOrtunity to act as he
preached, he Is not standing as firmly
by his principles as had been hoped
by those who place civil service reform
above all other measures in lmpor
tance. The New York Evening Post,
general support.
THE BJItDLB OF AMERICA.
The historian Gugllelmo Ferrero dis.
cusses "The Riddle of America" in the
November Atlantic. This country, he
says, presents an Interesting and per
haps a terrifying spectacle to Europe.
The unconquerable energy which
Americans display in so many direc
tions seems to threaten the old world
with the overthrow of its most cher
lshed Institutions. Art, religion, lit
erary perfection, traditional morality
are dissolving in 'dire confusion under
the tidal wash of the social forces
originating in the United States. Some
TTSS AND RUMPUS.
Now that the Portland Ad Club has
adonted a rpsolnftnn onnoslnir thA so
called sterilization bill. It Is to be Europeans rejoice in the coming catas-
which has staunchly supported him hoped that the members of that great trophe. Others bewail It. One party
wf h hefora and since his election, is deliberative ors-anteation will take the e-11 th Americans "barbarians laden
amone the outspoken critics of his trouble to read the measure. They I with gold." The other party looks
course. will discover that the bill pertains only uPn them as heralds of progress, the
Tn order to ludsre of the President's to habitual criminals, moral deeen- I lrue emancipators or manKlna trom
attitude In this particular we must take Urates and sexual perverts, which are age-long shackles. In Ferrero's view
Into consideration all the circum- declared to be "menaces to the public Ame"DS neitner Daroanans ia-
stances. He was elected on a plat- peace, health and safety." We as- "" uvr wuautiinnura. wo
form which out tariff revision first in sume that the Ad Club will find no aro merely a people engaged with un
orrior nf iirennOT. Then came currency fault with that statement. EsDeeiallv I paralleled energy in exploiting a new
reform, anti-trust legislation, con- in view of the fact that habitual crim- ftBd richly gifted country, while at the
servation and other measures. His inals are defined as persons who have am time we are doing our best to
Administration will be adjudged a sue- been "three or more times convicted soive some perplexing social promems.
cess or a failure by his record In car- of a felony in the courts of any state America is not auogeiner given over
rriiur these measures through Con- and have been sentenced to serve in I to the worship of money. It is seeking
gress and In executing them. He prob- the penitentiary therefor." The law at the same time for Justice and even
ablv ludxes. and Judges rightly, that, takes the trouble also to describe sex- I nas aspirations for beauty In life and
If he succeeds in these great things, ual perverts and moral degenerates in Brt-
departure from his principles in re- language that is not open to mistake. I The- different opinions about Amer-
rrl tn the civil service will be over- The respective superintendents of lca which are heard so often in Eu
nnVfA hv th neoote. He mav. prob- the state institutions wherein such "Pe arise, Ferrero thinks, in two fun-
ably does, intend to take up the sub- persons are Incarcerated are Instructed damentally different types it mind.
Ject of civil service reform in connec- to report them to the State Board of The tlret type stakes its all on Quanti-
tion with the broader subject of ef- Health, which shall investigate each ty. the second on Quality. Men of the
flciency and economy after he has dis- case on Its merits, spread its findings first way of thinking believe In what
posed of these other questions. I on the records and direct the super- I lney Bre pieasea to can progress, in
When he became President, Mr. interment to perform euch "surgical .nuuiuuu me uvn iu wo
Wilson found himself at the head of operation upon the said Inmate as. In I accumulate, tne more railroads we
a party which had sixteen years' ac- the opinion of the State Board ofjbul,d the more flying machines we
cumulated hunger for office. Every Health, may be necessary for the pro- cuuau-uui mu mamyutaio Uie ixjucr.
Democratic Senator and Representa- tection of the peace, health and safety That is what the world was made for.
tiv w-i taasleered tav office-seekers and of the state." This elves lara-e latitude I It is the aim and purpose of human
desired to still their clamor. The co- I over this class of criminals and de-1 llfo- Accumulation, the conquest of
oneratlon of his party in Congress was generates, undoubtedly; but it is soe- nature, compose their. Ideal. The sec
essential to the completion of his leg- clfically provided that any euch in- end type of men care more for Quality.
islatlve programme. If he Irritated mate or his guardian shall have the lney are not so mucn lnteresrea in
them by refusing to gratify the appe- right of appeal to the courts. The pow- heaping up money as In the way it is
tite for spoils, that programme would era of the courts over life and property acquired. They think less of bulldtag
be In danger. If he threw a few sops are now large. What dangerous au- ranroaas man ei me rurai oeaury
to Cerberus, that voracious animal I thority Is it proposed to give that which engineering often blights. Art,
would more readily bend to his will. they have not now? . morality, justice, are their taeal. were
If he objected to displacing men and Withal The Oretronian cares little or ,n America, ferrero tears, we nave
urmointlne others for purely partisan I nothing about the so-called sterlliza- fallen victims to the cult of Quantity
reasons on the exound that by so do- tlon measure for its own sake. But it Quality fares but hardly among us.
Ing he would be acting contrary to his cares much about the referendum and ur structures' are vast, our Industries
principles, plausible argument could the question of its use and abuse. The Intense, our institutions grandiose, but
be advanced to remove his scruples. Legislature has passed the sterilization WB h'8 Uttle beauty, scant Justice
It could be said with some show of I bill. The orderly way to secure its I and only a rudimentary morality De
reason that his Republican nredeces- repeal is to go to the next Legislature: I cause our rage for Quantity allows
sors had for sixteen years filled the but the extreme course of making anl"tue time to tninot ox sucn matters,
dpnartment with their adherents and appeal to the people through the ref- I Artistic and mora! perfection requires
then nerverted the civil service law. erendum is adopted. To pass the bill time. It cannot be reached In a day
tn nartisan hkp hv 'Voverine" these Is to encourasre the continued misuse I nor a century. We Americans in our
appointees into the classified service, of the referendum. On that account I impatience to make our money count
It could be argued that by subjecting mainly The Oregonian advises the to the utmost want to reproduce the
fourth-class postmasters to examlna- public to vote TES. Otherwise it U slow rruitage oi a inousana years in
tlon and hv eivine Democrats the not Important what becomes of the an afternocu
Dreference when they passed creditab- bill and all the fuss and rumpus made I But not all of us Join In the worship
over it is unwarranted.
ly, he would better carry out the pur.
pose of the law than by leaving In of
fice men who had been given the pro
tection of the law without having been
subjected to its tests. The same might
be said of the deputy collectors of in-
WTIKRX: IS COLUMBUS'
of Quantity. There la a section which
seeks for Quality and It is the work of
this idealistic faction In America
which causes some foreigners to speak
DCSTT
i . . . . -i i .
Among the varied attractions at the I of us as mystics and- dreamers. Hot
Panama-Pacific Exposition in San I as our rage may be for big buildings
ternal revenue and deputy marshals Francisco will be the sacred bones of I and billionaire fortunes, we at the
from whom the shield has just been Christopher Columbus, If all goes well. I same time invent new religions and
withdrawn and of the income tax col- The authorities, so It Is said, have ob- pass laws aiming at abstract social jus
lectors and clerks. He can see to it tained permission to transport this tice. The strife between Quantity and
that examinations are held to deter- reverend collection of phosphate and Quality grows warm among us now
mine competence and that Democrats carbonate of lime to the exposition and then. It even penetrates the se
are then given a big share of the ap- city and there expose It to the wor- rene regions of college life. There,
pointments. Then he can close the sniprui admiration or tne crowd. Tne among the proiessors or economics, we
gate again by "covering" all these of- I permission has been obtained from the I behold' two factions. One of them
ficialq into the classified service. government of Santo Domingo. This maintains that the trusts with all their
Approached with such arguments may surprise some people, since it is I iniquities make for progress, Because
and knowing that the men who ad- commonly believed that Columbus' 1 they make for efficiency. Tne evils
vanced them could make or mar the I bones were removed from the Santo which attend them are mere trifles In
record of his Administration, the Pres- Domingo Cathedral to Havana in 1795 the glorious procession which marches
ldent mav easily have sacrificed his and from there to Seville In 1899, after I toward golden mountains and trium
rigid principles to expediency. If tne close or our war witn bpain. I phant alrsmps. 'rnis is tne onnoooj.
twitted with inconsistency and re- Tne great discoverer died at valla- l school of political economy, it teacnes
minded of his utterances and writings dolid in 1606. In accordance with his 1 that man is' first and foremost a
In condemnation of the spoils system, expressed wish his remains were I money-making machine and that his
he might exclaim, as did another transported to santo jjomuigo and prime duty is fulfilled wnen ne .nas
ETeat statesmen under like circum- burled within the walls of the monas- made a million or a billion dollars,
stances, that he would not be bound, tery at that place. Of course, the San The other and unorthodox faction
when in office, by what he had said Francisco officials could not expect among the political economists Insist
when in a position of irreater freedom to obtain permission from Spain to that man Is first of all a moral crea-
and less responsibility. He knows that I disinter Columbus' skeleton and make ture sent into the world not so much
the major part of the legislative work a show of it. So they have raised a to make money as to cultivate his ln-
of an Administration is done during question whether his remains were telligence and enjoy the beauties of
the first half of a President's term, ever removed from Santo Domingo. literature and art. This division among
Then party zeal and enthusiasm are The question Is not an Idle one by the professors, Ferrero insists, cor
at their highest and factional feeling any means. There Is evidence on both I responds to the strife between the cult
Is at its lowest point. Reaction is sides of it. In the year 1877 some of Quantity and the cult of Quality
veryapt to give the opposition party workmen who were repairing the ca- The orthodox professors pay homage
majority in the House at the mid- thedral at Ban to uomlngo "discovered to Quantity, As long as one "gits a
term election. This is particularly a leaden casket containing some crum- I plenty," how he gets it is a matter or
true of the election which follows pas- bling bones, a bullet and a small silver Indifference. The unorthodox party
sage of a tariff bill. Hence the Presl- plate." We quote from an account in I are devotees of Quality. They con
dent must keep the cresent Congress tne ew xork sun. xnere was an in- tlnue the good old school wracn carea
In a good humor, that It may do the scription on the casket Ud which Is for leisure, thoroughness, morality and
work he has laid out. That done, a translated., "illustrious ana nooie gen- beauty.
hostile House elected next Fall could I tleman, Don Christopher Columbus." Ferrero finds simself . in' the .end
do little to injure him. for he would The silver plate "bore the faded name obliged to confess that America pre-
have two clear years in which to prove and titles of Columbus and the bullet I fers Quantity to Quality and since this
the .merits of his measures by actual seemed corroborative," since It is country Is a tremendous force in the
operation. known that he carried one In his body world he is uneasy lest Europe should
It may be. too, that in yielding to from a wound made Dy a pirate in a I learn the same lesson from us. Tne
the spoilsmen at this time, the Presi- skirmish on the African oast before people of the United States have been
dent is only temporizing. He has he first crossed the Atlantic. I converted to the religion of speed and
Naturally tne Spanish autnonties bigness by their environment with
cannot he persuaded that their orri-1 great natural wealth they are un
clals made a mistake when they sup- I hampered by the traditions of the old
posed that they disinterred Columbus' world, which restrain ambition and
bones, but very likely they did and I fetter energy. Nothing hinders them
the chances are that his dust still rests from moving forward and the farther
where he wished it placed. In our they go the faster they want to go,
opinion It had better stay there. If Europe gazes upon our wild career
Columbus Is to be made a show of, I and feels symptoms of envy. She has
wiiy xiui auu uiiiuuui aim ,v tusuiuc, iuii i i niacninery utte curs, i ti 1 1 udua, leum
Naturally she Is
la possible that his thoughts are too
gloomy. No doubt the old IdealB of
beauty are doomed, which . Is regret
table, and with them will probably go
the old Ideals of social justice, which
are not so regrettable. Our ehildoren
will call things beautiful of whieh we
have never dreamed. They will live
under Institutions of which we have
no conception. But why "should we
feel obliged to pity them? If they
are happy ought we not to be satis
fied? Certainly the strife between
Quantity and Quality will end In a
great reconciliation. The world will
some i&y have enough of everything
and tt will be of the best. Art will
dwell In harmony with plenty and we
have no tears to shed over the change,
a -
The man who, by looking the doors
of the Triangle shirtwaist factory la
New Tork, was mainly responsible for
the loss of 146 lives, offended again
and was ffned a paltry $20.. Reed B.
Freeman, In whose factory In Blng
hampton, N thirty employes were
burned, has settled all his obligations
and divided the remainder of bis for
tune of 13,000,000 among the families
ef the dead. At the age ex 66 he is
going to work as a traveling salesman,
saying: "My 66 years will be no handi
cap. I feel like 86." What does the
Triangle man feel like?
All the earning facilities of the only
United States steamship line between
New York and the Argentine Repub
lic are said to be under contract to the
Armours, who think the law cannot
touch the contract. The Brooklyn
Eagle says the Department of Justice
may think otherwise, but that depart
ment has so far found the beef trust
proof against its assaults. For the
present, at least, the chief beneficiary
of the free-meat provision of the Un
derwood tariff seem to be the beef
trust.
Stars and Starmakers
Bt L&ONS CAM BAKR.
Hell
eorns.
hath no fury like a woman's
The Brooklyn women have devised
an ingenious Bymbol of their unen
franchised condition. It is a duplicate
of the famous liberty bell in Phila
delphia with the tongue muffled so
that It cannot ring. Twelve young la
dies will carry it In mournful proces
sion and no doubt they will Impress
many a voter by the exhibition. It
will appeal at once to patriotic memo
ries and' to the sense of justice. How
much better is such, a protest than
breaking windows!
Steel structures have climbed rap
Idly skyward In the last twentyflve
years. When the Tower building was
erected in New York in 1889 it was a
marvel. Its eleven stories seemed
mountain-high and visitors stopped
on Broadway to stare and wonder at
It. Now its glory has departed. Over
topped on every side It has long ceased
to attract attention and now it Is to
be torn down. Slo transit gloria
mundL
Charles S. Mellen Is at last com
pletely out of the New Haven Road,
having been Induced to decline the
130,000 a year for five years which
the directors offered for his services
In an advisory capacity. Since he ex
celled chiefly In building up an over
capitalized monopoly and permitting
trains to be wrecked, practices whlcn
are now to be abandoned, the road
eoarcely needs his advice.
The civil war raging in Colorado is
not a pleasant feature of our civiliza
tion. It seems as If the Intelligence of
mankind ought to be ahle to think out
a plan that would bring labor troubles
to peaceable settlement. The present
method is medieval. When two feudal
barons could not agree they fought It
out Just as labor fights" with capital.
In some ways the world does not move
very rapidly, after all.
Mr. Hearst says there' is no longer
room In the Democratic party for a
Democrat Then we are to infer that
all the Democrats have seceded to the
ndependence League. How few Dem
ocrats there must have been after all!
An employe of the Treasury Department
at Washington has undergone a voluntary
examination by a medical board of the Pub
lic Health Service to secure a certificate of
fitness for marrlase. 'New York World.
Could no lower authority convince
the bride of his fitness?
Hereafter nobody gets out of the
asylum without a certificate showing
cure. Officials fear relapse or a
paroled patient will bring on a damage
suit. The only way to be certain is
of the man you think is crazy.
shown a purpose to take up one thing
at a time and to push everything else
aside until it Is disposed of. First
came the tariff; now has come the
currency. We have plain Intimations
that anti-trust legislation Is to be the
chief work of the regular session. Con
servation, opening of Alaska and our
relations to the Philippines will prob
ably follow on -at the same session.
After them, reform of the civil service
can be taken up by the new Congress
with a clear desk. It may be put for
ward as a non-party measure, . with
economy and efficiency as Its main
purpose.
The people have shown great confi
dence in the good Intentions of Mr.
Wilson. They are willing to make
allowances for the necessity of yield
ing minor points to those whose aid
Js essential to carrying greater points.
When those greater are carried, they
will look to him for stricter adherence
to his principles on civil service. They
Jrould be grievously disappointed If,
and natural wealth.
Discussion is turning from the con- I tempted to forget the old ways of lei-
struction of the-Panama Canal to the I sure, art and contemplation and take
future government of the Canal Zone. I up the march of tnaeerial progress. If
The last Congress voted for a one- that should ever happen Ferrero
man government, but Mr. Metcalfe, dreads lest "we must renounce almost
the new Civil Governor, favors a com- all the artistic and moral perfections
mission. Colonel Goethals Is reported which used to be at once the torment
to favor early abolition of the present and Joy and pride of our forefathers.
Commission and to desire appoint- It Is a painful necessity, indeed,
ment as Governor that he may be the against which our age revolts and
chief figure at the formal opening and I from which it seeks in vain every
may then pass - the office on to an- I possible channel of escape." The del-
other. But President Wilson la said I Uga is bound to come and submerge
to have no present Intention of abol- I everything that Is worth keeping.
Ubinc the present Commission until J go t hi oka tne exeat historian, but It
The Idaho man who averaged 600
bushels on his fifteen acres of pota
toes certainly knows how to grow
them, and also knows how to stimu
late the seed market next Spring.
A National law to reduce the num
ber of suicides is suggested. With the
Federal authorities to answer to, no
despondent man, of course, would dare
take the chance.
' When the Oregon cow and the Ore
gon hen contemplate butter from Si
beria and eggs from China, they will
wonder what alls their owners.
Reports of Eastern snow storms
come at the same instant with an
nouncement that oar second crop of
strawberries is ripe.
New York's first Bkyscraper Is to
be torn down. Space there Is too valu
able to be occupied by a mere shed.
The man with a good appetite and
the means to supply Its needs is weal
thier than the dying millionaire.
Although young Gates' money didn't
run short after years of prodigal
spending, yet his life did.
Butter from far away Siberia has
Just arrived on the market. But did
It come unattended?
Postmaster-General Burleson's new
stamp book Is assured of entering the
list of "best sellers."
Kind hearts may be more than coro
nets, but they never get half the space
In print
see
Here's a story- that really happened
A prominent young society matron (all
society matrons are young and prom!
nent) asked two friends a local physt
clan and his wife to dinner and to see
Margaret Anglln later. In "Twelfth
Night" The wife accepted for, her
husband, but put a string on the ac
ceptance by saying, "I know he has a
lot of work to get done, for he said he'd
be late for dinner." Bo she called her
husband and over the phone told him
they were going to the HelHg and
asked him if he eould hurry and meet
her and their hostess at the theater
entrance.
"Delighted," said the physician, "and
If I'm late leave the ticket for me at
the boxoffloe."
Well, Judge then of the surprise of
the two women to find him waiting
for them. Instead of late he was very
early and Impatient
"Gee, I rushed," he said. 1 want
to see this play; I've read and heard
so much about It and it must be tre
mendously Interesting. I hurried my
work and grabbed a bite so I'd be in
time and not miss any of it"
They took their seats.
"What a distinguished audience,'
said the doctor.
"Opening night audiences -usually
are," said his wife.
"Yes, but It's a dressy crowd," said
the doctor, "and I hurried so I didn't
have time to shave, but I don't care, 1
wouldn't miss this for a dozen dol
lars."
Then the house darkened and every
body settled into expectancy.
"You know they stopped the show
In New York and Sacramento," the
physician whispered just as the curtain
started up.
His wife and their hostess doubled
up In silent mirth.
"What the " sputtered the doctor as
Margaret Anglln in the role of Viola
Was disclosed in a sea fog.
"Why, It's Shakespeare's 'Twelfth
Night,' " said the hostess amiably.
"Great Bcott" whined the man of
medicine, "and I went dlnnerless and
rushed Important work to see some
thing I've seen a do'zen times. You
couldn't have got me here with grap
pllng hooks to see Shakespeare. I
thought 'The Lure opened tonight
e
That actor who is going to sail for
Italy in a 25-foot yawl is fonder of
spaghetti than I am.
e
These grand prize champeen babies
are getting to be so frequent that I
fear they shortly will become uncom
mon common.
Anyway, each of us has our own par
tlcular special baby who could beat any
old records anywhere if We only wanted
to enter the dear thing In contests.
m
I wish they made paper money In
5 -cent pieces and quarters and dimes.
because every time you rattle the other
kind someone wants to borrow.
as
See where a local Judge in decid
ing a suit was forced to listen to the
piano playing of a girl taught by a
correspondence method. The c-r-u-e-1
and unusual punishment ban evidently
does not extend to the Judiciary.
Fay Wheeler, star of "In 1999" at the
Empress, ts the daughter of Will O.
Wheeler, one of the Best-known the
atrical press agents In the United
States. Miss Wheeler visited Portland
for the first time when she was three
months old and her trips here have
been many, her father taking her with
him In all his tours until she became
of school age. Miss Wheeler appeared
here for the first time as a roally-
truly actress five years ago, when she
was the Ingenue In "The Substitute,"
In support of Max Flgman. She is the
grand-daughter of Imogens Hanlys, the
75-year-old acress, who retired from
the stage only a few months ago after
playing one of the leading roles in
Way Down East" Miss Wheeler was
selected for the leading feminine role
of "In 1999' by Jesse L. Lasky from
more than 100 applicants for the part
Will O. Wheeler, the young actress'
father, is an old-rime friend of Mr. and
Mrs. W. T. Pangle with whom Miss
Wheeler has visited In her Portland
engagement
We are now denounced by the Mexl
... , , ... . i .
cans as meaaiers. mui wujuj ui
spineless diplomacy
Whv doesn't the adventure-loving
Colonel tackle the wilds of Fourth
street?
But how long will Europe trifle with
the Bryan type of diplomacy?
Brains are npt needed In golf, says
a British expert. Sour grapes.
Evidently Diaz prefers being a live
mouse to a dead Hon.
But just at present Mexico has little
on Colorado,
Girl born last September has been
called September Morn Jones. Wasn't
she lucky not to have been born on the
first of the dog days.
Mary Edgett Baker says It is all very
well to talk about clouds having silver
linings, but any dressmaker, modiste
or seamstress will tell you that linings
cost extra.
When you saw S. Miller Kent at the
Orpheum this week in. "The Real Q.
did you by any chance say it was like
a half dozen, more or less, that you
had seen lately? If you did you were
wrong for the half dozen, more or less
are like "The Real Q." and Its only
misfortune Is that the copies have been
here first and stolen some of its thun
der. A little over two years ago "Tho
Real Q" appeared in the Smart Bet and
Immediately, so Mr. Kent says, every
actor around the Lambs' Club made an
effort to get It but Mr. Kent was just
far enough In the lead to make It his
and to produce tt with great success at
au early date. Shortly after appeared
the copies and crook playlets were
flooding the stage East and ' West
The Real Q" Is the work of two Se
attle newspapermen. Maverick Terrell
and H. O. Steckban, and If all goes well
Mr. Kent may appear at a future date,
not too distant in another of their acta.
as up-to-the-minute and even more
clever than "The Real Q." Mr. Ken!
has long been known to Portland for
his splendid work on the dramatlt
stage and the plays that have brought
him here.
see,
James Bliss, stage director of "the
Baker Players, was telling the com
pany something about clothes. "The
'gown should always go with the face,"
he said. "Oh, yes," says Louis Leon
Hall, "for a beautiful woman that's
all right. But think of soma of the
gowns. If the rule were to be made
mandatory!"
Yeswjust think!
as
I could be prefectly happly and live
the rest of my life unharassed if I
beard that the .last woman mountain
climber had dumb.
WHY DIPHTHERIA IS DECHEASI.VG.
Abolition of Drinking Cup neid to Be
of ftlinor Importance.
PORTLAND, Oct -27. (To the Edi
tor.) In an article entitled "Diph
theria Cases Fewer," In The Oregonian
recently. Dr. Calvin 8. White shows
that diphtheria cases have decreased
from 67 In 1910, SOS In 1911, to 236 In
1912, and an even greater decrease so
far In 1913, although figures for 1913
are not given.
-This Is a very encouraging report
and I trust that future reports will be
equally satisfactory. However, In
crediting this decrease to the Abolition
of the drinking cup Dr. White ts sadly
mistaken. Herewith I present some
evidence on the decrease of diphtheria,
from an authority that Dr. White may
not oare to contradict: Tennlson Dean,
M. D., Assistant Army Burgeon, Assist
ant Police Surgeon, San Franoisoo; as
sistant surgeon. San Francisco Emerg
ency Hospital; adjunct to chair of sur.
gory, post-graduate sohool of medicine.
University of California; assistant skin
and venereal cllnlo, San Francisco
Polyclinic; professor of surgery. Pa
cific Coast Regular College of Medi
cine, etc, etc. Dr. Dean Is the- author
of a little booklet entitled "The Crime
of Vaccination," recently, published,
which Is creating considerable com
ment In this book Dr. Dean asks
some very pertinent questions, only
one of which I will quota: "Why, it
one-half of the children of a family
be vaccinated, will only those who
were vaccinated develop diphtheria.
when an epidemlo of tonsllltls attack
the family?" He then proceeds to
prove with copious notes of cases
from his own experience that dlph
therla follows vaccination as surely as
day follows night Only those whose
reasoning faculties are atrophied trom
disuse, or those who profit by per
petuating the vaccination humbug, can
escape the loglo of bis conclusions,
Now In regard to Dr. White's sta
tlstlcs: Two years ago there was
letup In the vaccination of our school
children, due to the determined stand
taken by several organizations In th
city, especially the Health. Defense
League. Last year there was even
less than before, while this year the
School Board has left the vaccination
requirement off the census blank alto
gether.
According to Dr. Dean, of San Fran
cisco, this Is the logical reason our
diphtheria cases are growing fewer,
the abolition of the drinking cup prcb
ably being the least possible reason.
CHARLES E. JUTUHIMU.
7111 East Foster Road. .
Twenty-five Years Ago
NO BOTTLES NO BULK. GQOD RILE
Consumer Offers Plan to Aid Dairy.
men In Keeping Dons Expenses.
PORTLAND, Oct 28. (To the Edl
tor.) In The Oregonian recently was
a short article on the subject of the
loss to the dairyman of milk bottles,
and the statement that since the dairy.
man was obliged to deliver milk In
bottles, his expense was so greatly
Increased tnat there was a possibility
that the price of milk must be raised
In order to cover the expense of bottles
not returned.
This added expense Is not as it should
be and the dairy man has good reason
to complain. There is no reason why
each Derson who receives milk In a
bottle cannot DUt another bottle, or
Its equivalent In money, in its stead
Could we not have a "no bottle, no
milk" rullns?
It seems to me that Is the only
way to be fair to our dairyman. While
we have one of his bottles, we are in
debted to him for that bottle, and he
is under no obligation to furnish us
more milk until we have paid our
debt If the bottle Is broken, we
should at once see to it that 5 cents
is his in place of it
In former years, before milk in bot
ties had been dreamed of. If the pan
was not out no milk wast left and
housewives then contrived a way to be
sure to have a receptacle roady for the
milk. Is there any reason wny tney
cannot contrive to have the bottle
ready?
I believe It all sucn minor anairs
ere run in a more business-like man
ner, there wouiu De tairness iu i
r-.nn earned.
I would be glad to hear or tne ruling,
No bottle no milk."
A CONSUMER.
Fresh Air and School Inspection.
PORTLAND. Oct 29. (To the Ed
itor.) To the query of the moaner
from Ockley Green School, who says
sho has children Buffering from the
vile air In the school-room, and who
suggests tnat lr plenty oi irean air
allowed in the class-room that there
would be less sickness and less need
of the school doctor, may 1 say that
too. was foolish enough to oeiieve
Uiat school Inspection by health offl-
ers sent out by the city ror tne puo-
lic's srood and our children's welfare
dealt with these problems. But Oc
tober 8. 1913, I had it explained offi
cially by one of the health Inspectors
c,f the Dubllc schools.
He Informed me that tne question oi
fresh or pure air in tne scnoois aia not
come under their Jurisdiction and, In
fact they had been told not to say any
thing about the ventilation; he further
stated that' all such came under the
head of sanitation and that the health
nsnei-tors. or school doctors, as you
choose to call them, had nothing to do
with sanitation; that tbey were em
ployed but for one specific purpose,
namely, to see that contagious diseases
were kept out of the schools.
ANOTHER SUBSCRIBER.
The Married Woman In Office.
PORTLAND. Or, Oct 29 (To the
3Mitor.) In answer to the lady that
signed her name "Stenographer," I
would like to say a few words about
married women working for the city
or private corporations. Ninety dol
lars a month is not a top-notch salary,
but there are thousands of families
that do not have that income and the
wives of such families do not have to
secure work outside in order to keep
ud the appearance.
If the wife of a husband wqo receives
$90 a month would stay home and keep
the house which Is her place and let
the unfortunate widow or girl who has
others to support have the position as
clerk or stenographer, renditions would
be much better all arou-ld.
Furthermore, If mo.-e wome'n would
see or look ahead and find out before
getting married what their husbands
earn, I am sure it would not oniy cut
down the divorces but also tne ex
penses of the poor farm.
A HUSBAND.
From The Oregonian of October SO, 1888.
Washington, Oot 29. That the Unit
ed States Government has taken such
steps as will result In the removal of
Lord Sackvllle from the office of
British MlnlBter is beyond doubt
Lowell, Mass., Oct SO. General B.
F. Butler left yesterday for Michigan
to stump the state for Harrison and
Morton.
Vancouver, W. T Oot 29. Another
packed house greeted the speakers at
the Republican rally this evening, Hon.
R. O. Dunbar, John L. Wilson and Judge
George H. Turner.
Salem, Oct 29. At the election of
B Company, Second Regiment tonight
Frank S. Dearborn was elected Second
Lieutenant vice Lieutenant Bowersox,
resigned.
Salem, Or., Oct 29 Miss Baker, who
has been down with smallpox at the
place of F. X. Matthleu, Butteville, Is
reported out of danger. Two well-developed
cases have been reported near
Champoeg.
Walla Walla, Oct 29. Dick Kelllng.
mine boss of ,the Stlne House, was
brought home from Portland Sunday
morning seriously 111.
Olympla, Oct 29. The first telephone
dispatch from Mason County was re
ceived here tonight
Captain Belles tied up teh Columbia
yesterday to the steamship dock. Her
slow time from Ran Francisco Is ac
counted for by the extreme foulness of
her bottom.
The New Park Theater has not before
held such a large audience as gathered
last night to welcome the Emma Abbott
Opera Company.
Henry Hill and Miss Belle C. Simp
son have compromised the contest for
the Staver & Walker buegy given
away at the Mechanics' Fair, by mak
ing a matrimonial match.
R. L. Durham has Just returned from
a bankers' convention at Cincinnati,
James K. Kelly leaves for Washing
ton about November 10.
A pension, the first payment of which
amounts to 112,000. has been granted
to Solomon M. Hardest', of Needy,
Clackamas Onnntv.
Half a Century Ago
From Tb Oregonian of October SO, 18fi.1.
P. 8. Knight and Payne are about
entering upon a canvass of Marlon,
Linn and Clackamas counties for sub
scriptions to the survey of the Cali
fornia & Oregon Railm-wi
Washington, Oct 22. The Chronicle
says of tho removal of Rosecrans:
"Three charges have been made against
this popular officer. Tha first Is pre
ferred by Crittenden and McCook to
the effect that he left the battlefield
during the crisis, fled to Chattanooga
and reported to the officers there that
the day was lost. It Is reported that
subsequently, through opium, he be
came insensible. The second charge, it
Is rumored. Is that his orders were to
remain at Chattanooga until reinforce
ments arrived. The third charge Is
that he declined to move from Mur
freesboro In June, when ordered to do
so, as an opportunity was offered to
crush Bragg.
St John. N. F., Oct 20 The Hiber
nian, from Glasgow, Oct 18, has ar
rived. The arrival of the rebel ranis
at Liverpool is confirmed.
Memphis, Oct 21. General Sherman's
advance was attacked by General For
rest's cavalry at Boon Station on the
20th and got whipped.
Articles of Incorporation of tne Ban
nock Gold & Silver Mining Company
were filed October 27 by Ed. A. Temple,
D. F. Bradford, R. R. Thompson, Lloyd
Brooke and J. C. Alnsworth.
The Pacific, having been thoroughly
repaired, was advertised to leave for
Portland on Tuesday last under the
tho command of Captain A. M. Burns.
The San Francisco Bulletin says that
the apples from Oregon by tho Brother
Jonathan have beei disposed of. About
500 boxes choice sold at Sl.j to si.bu
per box. The remalnlnir 800 boxes
were closed out at 75o to ;1 per box.
In the World's Great Field ef Battle.
PORTLAND. Oct. 29 (To the Ed
itor.) Within the boundaries of Ore
gon, In tne various tieias oi inaustry.
10 lives were lost last month. ine
average death rate, by accidents, in
this state is one. every other day. In
Washington the rate is one every day.
Washinirton has a compensation act.
similar In many points to that to which
the voters of Oregon are asked to give
their assent on Tuesday next
To the widows of the men with, in
the maiorlty of cases, a number of
orphan children for whom to care the
workmen's compensation act would
represent, indeed, the shadow of a great
rock In a weary land ana a sneiter in
the time of storm. To women espe
cially the- appeal is made: Vote 308
X "Yes." A WOMAN.
Persistency of a Peddler.
Lipplncott's.
Lady of the House (to persistent ped
dler) If you don't gd away Immedi
ately, I shall whistle for the dog. Ped
dler (calmly) Then let m sell you
a whistle, mum,
EDUCATORS LOOKIKG TO ORHGOX.
Good Word for University Comes From
Massachusetts F.diionCor.
WORCESTER, Mass., Oct. 22. (To
the Editor.) Those Interested In higher
academic education are looking with
considerable Interest to the attitude
which Oregon Is soon to take with
regard to Its university. Only Ore
gonlans can Judge as to the question
of removal, but all who are familiar
with the splendid work that the uni
versity has accomplished with Its small
fund of less than 1200,000 will most
sincerely hope that nothing will bo
done that will Impair the cause of
academic education which It has so
well stood for from the beginning.
Of course, the arguments of economy
in administration. competition and
duplication are very strong, and there
are very many recent precedents, botli
In this country and In others, ror con
solidating agencies In higher educa
tion, but It should not De rorgotien
that many leading educators in all
countries today believe that centraliza
tion has now gone too far and that
the pendulum has begun to swing back
toward more or less segregation of
educational agencies. I am no prophet.
but I believe the next 10 years will
see great progress toward decentrali
zation. The Ideals of science applied t-
practical utilities and those devoted t"
tha higher culture of man as Buch
will always be separate. Very truly
yours. G. STANLEY HALL.
A Suggestion
For Progressive
Merchants
The brisk. Fall selling season la
now on and you are asking the pub
lic, through the advertising columns
of this and other newspapers, to
come to your store and reap the
benefit of your weeks of designing,
planning and careful purchasing.
Among the merchandise you offer,
none creates greater Interest In the
puhllc mind, and none is offered
perhaps with greater assurance of
all 'round satisfaction than those
articles of National reputation which
have been made popular by the
makers themselves through careful
newspaper advertising In this com
munity. We suggest that you advise with
other makers from whom you buy
your merchandise In order that they,
too, may know and appreciate the
value to you and to them of hav
ing the public demand their product
in preference to any other.
Good newspapers like The Orego
nian will do more to create this de
mand than any other agency you
know of, as your experience has
doubtless proved to you. -Adv.