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rOBTLAXD. FRIDAY, APRIL 24, 1914.
ANWKCJIY IX COIORIDO.
There seems to be even more need
of the intervention of the United
States in Colorado than in Mexico.
The forces of ( the state, backing the
coal mine owners, and the armies of
the striking- miners are engaged in
warfare which has caused more loss
of life than our forces have so far suf
fered In Mexico. A state of civil war
exists, for the state has been impotent
to restore order in the mining dis
tricts. The present strife began with a de
mand from the union miners for rec
ognition of the union, for 10 per cent
advance in wages and for extra pay
for certain work, for an eight-hour
day, check weighmen and the right
to trade where they pleased and for
abolition of the guard system. The
demand . as to wages was later
changed to a demand for a living
wage. The mineowners concede all
of these demands except those for
recognition of the union, higher
wages, and abolition of guards. A
conference of editors from all parts
of Colorado, after hearing the case of
both parties, held that the question
of recognizing the union could not be
arbitrated, but must be settled by
mutual agreement; that a living-wage
was already paid; and that the guards
were necessary to maintain order.
When John D. Rockefeller, Jr., tes
tified before the Congressional com
mittee, he maintained that the mine
owners were simply contending for
the freedom of the individual miner
to make his own terms and to join
a union or not, as he pleased. He still
maintains the obsolete theory that
freedom of contract is possible be
tween the great corporation, 40 per
cent of the stock of which is held by
his father, and an individual miner
whose sole capital is his physical
strength and his skill. Merely to
state the proposition is to prove its
absurdity. Freedom of contract can
only exist between parties equally
able to negotiate terms. As against
massed capital, labor can only exer
cise this freedom by combination that
It may act as a unit.
The simple fact that a demand is
made for enforcement of the laws as
to hours of labor, checkrweifrhmen,
company stores and mining in gener
al points the way to the source of the
bitterness which marks the strike.
Had the laws been enforced, no such
demand would have been necessary.
The fact that they were not enforced
is evidence that the state authorities
wink at lawlessness on the part of
the mineowners. This begets lawless
ness among the miners and furnishes
them with a plausible excuse. Viola
tion of law. by mineowners causes
miners to question their good faith in
promising to obey the law when con
fronted with a strike.
Permission given by the state to
mineowners to employ armed guards
adds to the conviction of the miners
that the state takes sides against
them in the quarrel. The guards are
employed on the pretext that they are
necessary to preserve order and to
protect property, but the state was
organized for this express purpose
and should not delegate its powers to
Individuals or corporations. When
the miners find their employers hir
ing armed men, they take up arms
themselves and civil war inevitably
results. The only excuse for carrying
of arms by a citizen is that it is nec
essary for his own protection because
the state does not protect him. It is
not necessary in a city which has an
adequate and efficient police force.
It should not be necessary in a. state.
Civil war having resulted from the
state's neglect of its duty, resort to
the militia of Colorado is had in order
to restore order. By non-enforcement
of the laws against employers
and by permitting employers to hire
private armies, the state has given
the miners cause to believe that it
does not purpose to act impartially in
restoring order, but that it is using
the militia against them in their quar
rel. Hence follow such horrible
scenes as those at Ludlow, where an
army of miners fought a battle with
the state's army, where women and
children were suffocated in the smoke
from a burning camp and where
other women and children took ref
uge in the mines. The strikers con
sider with some justification that ,the
militia are fighting the battles of
their employers. Thus lawlessness on
one side begets lawnessness on the
other.
The condition of affairs injolorado
Is a -disgrace not only to that state,
but to the whole Nation. We are in
no position to taunt Mexico with an
archy when anarchy prevails in one
of our own states. There seems to be
necessity that the Federal power
should step into Colorado, disarm
both parties to the conflict, restore
order and remain in charge until the
state has provided for impartial en
forcement of the law against employ
er and employe alike and until the
state has taken its police power out
of the hands of those to whom it has
been farmed out and into its own
hands. Not until then can Colorado
be said truly to have a republican
form of government.
Our own A. W. Lafferty would not
be satisfied with Government tele
graphs and telephones. He wishes the
railroads to be Nationalized. He made
a speech in the House on that sub
ject and is industriously circulating it
among his constituents.' He is a wiz
ard with figures and handles millions
and billions with the fluency of a
Wallingford. He figures that the
Government could earn a profit of $7
per capita of the population. That is.
If the railroads were as well managed
as they are under private ownership.
But Mr. Lafferty is already holding
out to employes the prospect of high
er wages under public ownerip.
How long- would the $7 per capita last
when that la proposed at this early
stage of the movement?
CONSERVE HUMAN 1.1 FE.
The House of Representatives re
fuses to be as economical as the ap
propriations committee would have it
be when the conservation of child life
is concerned. The committee reported
an appropriation of only $25,640 for
the Children's Bureau, but the House
voted to increase the amount to
1 139.000. This amendment was adopt
ed in committee of the whole and
may yet be defeated when the bill is
reported, but the disposition was
strong to deal more generously by the
babies.
It is estimated that the mortality
among children of less than 1 year
is 300,000 a year among a total of
2,200,000 births and that half these
deaths could be prevented by dissemi
nation of accurate Information. Bul
letins on care of children would not
be wasted, as are many other Govern
ment publications, for there is such
an eager demand for them that those
already published by the Children's
Bureau have been quickly exhausted.
Knowledge thus given is applied to
good purpose. ' A society for the
health of women and childreq in New
Zealand reduced the death rate
among children under 1 year in Dun
edin from 9 to 3.8 per cent .
We spend millions to conserve trees
and to tell farmers haw to conserve
plants and increase crops. Surely we
can spare a few hundred thousand
dollars a year to inform the. people
of the dangers to child life and to
inform mothers how to preserve that
life at its most critical stage. Of
what use is it to increase the prod
ucts of the soil when we take so little
pains to conserve the human beings
for whose use those products are
designed?
SHAKESPEARE'S 360TTI AJTNIVEKSARY,
The learned lady- who "just loved"
Shakespeare because he "jput so many
of those dear old familiar quotations
into his plays" would have been in
her element this week, for all the
world is busy reciting its favorite
lines. This is the 350th year since
the great poet was born, and the oc
casion is being celebrated with a
shower of quotations from the plays.
A number of more or less eminent
personages have furnished the New
York Times with their chosen
Shakespearean 'passages. Each per
son was limited to a single text, and
of course some were perplexed which
to fix upon, they knew so many.
Vice-President Marshall, seems to
have had just the. opposite difficulty.
He could not remember any,' and to
hide his blushing confusion he re
sorted to an evasion of which he
ought to have been ashamed. He re
plied to the Times that he thought it
better "to assimilate the- idea" of a
passage than "to grasp the exact lan
guage." Such is the subterfuge of
the idle schoolboy who cannot say his
lesson. He is always ready "to give
general idea of it." We hope Mr.
Marshall will prepare himself to make
a better showing when Shakespeare's
next anniversary cotrfes round.
Mr. Bryan made a much better ap
pearance. His chosen quotation is
from the advice of Polonlus to his
son, "To thine own self be true And
it must follow as the night the day.
Thou canst, not then be false' to any
man." The beauty . of this passage
lies In the understanding of it. ' "To
thine own self be true" may mean
various things. If a person is true to
his highest self all is well. It then
really does follow that he cannot be
false to any man. But suppose a per
son is true to his lowest self, as Iago
was and as many others have been.'
In that case he can be false to every
body, around him without the least
difficulty. : .
It does not seem as if Mr. Bryan
had made the happiest possible choice
of a quotation. . Old Polonius was a
cold-blooded schemer and the gist of
his advice to his son was to use his
friends for his selfish advantage. If
Mr. Bryan were more of the polished
"man of the world" himself we should
not be so astonished ' at his taking
Laertes for his model. Ada Rehan
chose her quotation far more, judi
ciously, we think, than the Secretary
of State did. . Hers was "Ignorance
is the curs of God." What is yours?
GOING TO WAS FOB THE FLAG.
, The Louisville Courier-Journal is
another of those newspapers which
make light of the provocation for the
Impending chastisement of Huerta.
It asks if we are to invade Mexico
"merely to enforce a salute to our
flag"; if the flag is "in need of a
salute from a government which
we refuse to recognize"; whether the
entire Navy can enforce such a sa
lute; whether Huerta "would not
rather be whipped by the United
States than retire at the dictation of
Woodrow Wilson."
Yes, we are to invade Mexico to
enforce a salute to our flag. Failing
the salute, we shall at least inspire
wholesome respect for that flag, not
only in the Mexican, but in all other
nations. Respect for the flag means
respect for the nation of which it is
a symbol. Having whipped Mexico
for this cause, we shall have taught
the whole . world that disrespect for
that flag, wrong done to any person
whom it shelters, will bring sure pun
ishment on the offender. Having
taught that lesson, we- shall insure
the safety of American citizens every
where from insult and wrong. An
American citizen will then occupy the
proud position of the man In the old
world whose best iefense was the
proud declaration: "I am a Roman
citizen." Is not that position worth
fighting for?
The United States has too long tol-.
erated wrong done to its citizens in
half-civilized, hot-tamale republics to
the south of us. Our citizens have
been thrown into prison, and, when
our representatives protested, it has
been considered adequate redress if
they were released and an apology
was made. Great Britain and Ger
many are not thus easily satisfied,
and we, being a Nation of equal rank
with them,, should not be. While
Americans abroad should be held ac
countable for their acts, their citizen
ship in this republic should insure
them exact justice and Immunity
from ill-treatment. An apojogy is
not sufficient amends for incarcera
tion in a filthy Mexican or Central
American dungeon, to which some of
them have been subjected.
It matters not whether we have
recognized Huerta as President of
Mexico, so far as the affront he has
offered this Nation is concerned. We
recognize (him as the commander of
the armed forces which have offered
the affront, and we called upon him
to make full amends in a manner
which should be notice to all nations
that they must respect that flag and
all it stands for. It matters not
whether he welcomes his chastise
ment. He will be a useful object les
son to others.
The fact that we are going to war
for such a cause will be a valuable
lesson , to our own people also. It will
Impress upon them what the flag
means and that respect for the flag
implies respect for the Nation and all
its members until they prove them
selves unworthy of respect. It will
Inspire them to be themselves more
worthy of respect, -that the flag may
be honored not only for the force
behind it, but for the character of
the people whose emblem it is.
CtERCrMES'S WOKS.
It is a common belief that clergy
men pass their lives. on beds of roses.
Serene and bland they float along in
an enchanted boat, to borrow Shel
ley's phrase, without a wave of trou
ble to roll across their peaceful
breasts. Would that this were really
so, but it seems that it Is not. A Bos
ton minister who has just unveiled his
sorrows to the world has anything
but a bed of roses to repose upon and
the seas through which he sails are
sadly storm-tossed.
Some of his worst difficulties arise
from the matrimonial problem. Nat
urally this problem has several sides.
To the couple who 'are about to see
the bonds fixed upon themselves it is
one thing. To the clergyman who is
asked to do the fixing it is another.
He is perplexed by many a question
when the pair appear before him. He
may Know too little about them or
too much. If they are members of his
congregation he usually knows too
much. If they come in hot haste
from a distance to have the. fatal knot
tied in a great hurry he often feels
that he knows too little. Thus ques
tion after question harries him..
Suppose he is" asked to perform the
wedding ceremony for a man whom
he knows to have led a. dark and de
vious life. The chances are that this
person has contracted some malady
whioh unfits him for matrimony. It
may be some loathsome disorder
which can be communicated to oth
ers. Shall the clergyman shut his
eyes and recite the sacred formula or
shall he require the man to show a
medical certificate of sound health?
If the minister chooses the latter
bourse he will bring down bitter re
proaches upon his head. If he lets
the ceremony proceed he Inflicts an
irreparable wrong upon an innocent
woman.
Suppose again that a couple whom
the minister has never seen before ar
rive late at night and ask him to
marry them instantly. The Boston
minister - mentioned above was con
fronted with a case of this kind. The
man and woman told him that if he
did not marry them at once he would
ruin their lives. On the other hand,
he suspected that he would ruin their
lives if he did marry them. Walt
they could not. At least they said
they could not, but he hardened his
heart and sent them away. Did he
do right or wrong?
ANSWERED OCT OF" HIS OWN MOUTH
One of, the strong cards in the
hands of those who are moving for
self-government in India is an arti
cle written by William J. Bryan for
the magazine "India" in 1906. Mr.
Bryan' says in substance that British
rule in India is far worse than he
supposed; that India is administered
for England's advantage, not India's
that British rule Is condemned by
many Englishmen; that in violation
of promises Indians are excluded
from services .for which they are fit
tea; that the Government is worse
than that of Russia; that the people
have.no voice in the collection and
expenditure of taxes; that nearly
$100,000,000 a year is expended on
an army' in which Indians cannot be
officers and $15, 000,000 a year is
paid to European civil servants; that
demonetization of silver has depre
ciated, the people's savings; that the
death rate is rising, the people being
impoverished, the land worn out, ir
rigation neglected; that land and salt
taxes are oppressive.
Mr. Bryan says representative gov
ernment is denied India because a
native government would protest
against so large an army, would re
duce taxes and put Indians at lower
salaries in places now held by Euro
peans. He admits that the percent
age of literacy Is deplorably small,
but he insists that the number of
educated people is enough to run the
government. He denies that religious
differences would cause dissension
He denounces the Indian government
for its neglect of education, though
quoting Gladstone's statement that
"it is liberty alone which fits men for
liberty."
Since Mr. Bryan wrote the- article
quoted, several of the wrongs which
he cites have been largely redressed.
Of the sixty-eight members of the
Legislative Council twenty-five are
now elected, directly or indirectly,
and have the right to question and
criticise ministers. It is true that the
higher offices are still held mainly by
Europeans; of the 1370 appointments
at $4000 a year and more, only fif
teen being held by Eurasians and
ninety-two Dy natives in the year
1904, but of the 26,908 appointments
below that figure 5420 were held by
Eurasians and 16,283 by, natives. Na
tives manage the greater part of the
revenue, land affairs and magisterial
work; the subordinate courts are
manned almost entirely by native
Judges; graduates of the four engi
neering colleges can reach the high
est grades in the public works de
partment and the education depart
ment is filled almost entirely by na
tives.: The largest cities have elective
councils'. The land tax is constantly
being readjusted to meet criticism
and the salt tax has been equalized
in such a way that the price has been
reduced. Since 1901 the system of
primary education has been widely
extended. In considering Mr. Bryan's
strictures, it must " be remembered
that only in 1870 was popular, educa
tion provided in the mother country.
After all allowance has been made
for errors and exaggerations in Mr.
Bryan's article and for improvements
which have been made since it was
written, the Indian government is
far behind that of the Philippines in
Its regard for the interest of the 'na
tives and in the measure of self-government,
as it existed prior to the
Wilson Administration. The natives
then had a minority of members of
the Supreme Court and of the Com
mission. They had a purely elective,
purely native, . lower . house of the
Legislature. All the provincial Gov
ernors and municipal governments
were native. -. Two-thirds of the civil
appointments were held by natives
and the proportion was being rapidly
increased. Qualifications for the
franchise were most liberal. Educa
tion was being rapidly extended, to
fit the people for complete self-government,
and the worst obstacle to
education of every Filipino child was
opposition of the cultured class,
backed by Mr. Bryan's party, to de
velopment of the country by foreign
capital, which would have increased
the revenue sufficiently o make the
school system universal In the islands
The land, health, school and tariff
systems were all administered in the
interest of the Filipinos, and the peo
pie were being trained in self-govern
ment with the most absolute good
faith. The' only purpose of delay in
turning over the government to the
people was to prevent its being seized
by the .small cultured class, which
would exploit the mass of the people
rendered helpless by ignorance.
Every, count in Mr. Bryan's indict
ment of the government of India Is a
vindication of the government of'the
Philippines as it was conducted un
der Republican rule and is a coun
in the indictment against Governor
Harrison, President Wilson and Mr
Bryan. Governor Forbes was dping
in the Philippines the very things
which Mr. Bryan says England
should have done in India, and he
was prolonging the process, not in
the interest of the United States, as
Mr. Bryan has erroneously assumed,
but in the interest of the Filipinos
themselves.
jusuce is perhaps a little more
celeritous now than it was in Dickens'
days. His famous "Jarndyce and
Jarndyce" wore out two epnerntinnn
fBut we can make a very fair showine
in the matter of the law's delay.
".uonnelly vs. McArdle" has just been
brought to a happy close In New York
after twenty-three years of litigation
Very likely a jury could have ended it
in half an hour, but such expedition
is not to be thought of. It would be
ruinous to the lawyers.
war is not all glitter. The Ohio
firm which advertises '"gravemarkers
for soldiers is not far out of touch
with reality. The 800 coffins which
one Government transport took on
board for Mexico sound a little less
grim when we call them - "caskets.
but by either name they echo sepul-
cnrany. . when war is well on, cof
fins, like other luxuries, will be dis
pensed with and the corpses will be
dumped Into trenches with little
ceremony.
The "City Beautiful" slogan is not
quite so resounding now as it was a
year or two ago. We now hear more
of the "City Home" idea. The new
and better thought is that a beautiful
city will grow naturally from the lives
of a happy and healthy . population.
external Deauty, to be of genuine
value, must be the expression of an
inner life. Live nobly and before
great while your city will
noble by a law of nature.
become
One of the darker phases of the
war tragedy is the fact that the actors
on the stage are mostly young men
Hoys would be a better name for
them. They carry the hone of the
nation with them to the battlefield
and too often it dies there with them,
Rome perished when interminable
wars had destroyed the manhood of
the city. The most backward nations
of the modern world are those that
fight most.
The flighty Japanese papers that
urge their government to take advan
tage of our Mexican entanglement
and declare war are sowing dragon's
teeth. The Mexican war will not
really engage the resources of the
United States, but it will put the
country in a mood which makes ag
gression dangerous to the aggressor.
Japan were well advised not to put
on her war paint Just now.
Prison barbarisms slough off slow
ly, but there can be no doubt that
they are disappearing-. The Gover
nors of twenty-five states have now
spoken out for. employing convicts in
open-air labor. This means health
and reformation for the prisoners and
good roads for the public. The next
step is to allow decent wages for the
work they do and turn the money
over to tneir families.
Now that President Wilson has
formed the habit of intervention, it
might be well for him to think of
Intervening" in Colorado, where civil
war rages as furiously as in Mexico
A naval demonstration against the
belligerents at Trinidad is out of the
question, but we can imagine no bet
ter use for a few regiments than to
restore peace in that ravaged section.
Labor as a body is a trifle excited
when it declares, it will not support
the war measures.' Labor Is always
patriotic always excepting the I. W.
W. element,' which really is not con
cerned nor connected' with real Labor.
Heavy expense for preliminary en
gineer work on the Columbia High
way is probably necessary. There
must not be mistakes at the begin
ning.
Mr. Farrell, by encouraging service
in the National Guard among his
many employes, shows himself to be
truly patriotic and public-spirited.
Waldport having launched a recall
election, may find it necessary to re
elect a recalled official If it would
follow the fashion in politics.
Governor West would go as a rank
ing officer in the Oregon Cavalry.
Considering the private gets all the
glory, the Governor is modest.
Perhaps it would be just as well to
ship the Colorado militiamen to the
front and replace them with the un
hysterlcal regular.
The patriotism of the older fellows
who want commissions is shadowed
by that of the boys who clamor to
get into the ranks.
Jackson County is considering fill
ing the place of Professor O'Gara,
late county pathologist. It is a diffi
cult proposition.
' The equanimity with which foreign
nations view the Mexican racket is
accountable. "Britannia rules the
wave."
The dispatch of 800 American cof
fins to Vera Cruz is a grim reminder
that war is all Sherman said it was.
McAdoo is being goaded by the
cities that didn't get reserve banks.
Let the man get married in peace.
Huerta and--Carranza are requested
to refrain from saything anything
about Colorado.
Tough on the artillery boys who
must stay at home to repel Invasion.
Even baseball has been lost in the
reshuffle. ...... ' T
f.
Stars and Starm alters
BY LEO.N'E CASS BAKU.
Two years ago Fay Batnter, a slen
der little girl with saucer eyes and
nice ankles. & sprouting voice and the
nerve of Huerta, went from Portland,
her home town, to New York to get
into anything on earth that would pro
mote her musical comedy ambitions.
She landed a place in one of John
Cort's companies and in one night had
all New York talking about her airy,
fairy dance in "the Rose of Panama."
Then, by one of those queer turns
at fortune's wheel, the little girl was
offered a place as Ingenue with a stock
company in Dayton, O. She played
one week, the leading woman took ill,
and Fay was rushed Into her role be
cause she fit the leading woman's
wardrobe, and the management hoped
she might fit her' roles. She did fit so
well that she kept the place, and was
a regular leading: woman in stock until
about three months ago. Then the
biggest woman artist on the American
stage, indisputably. Mrs. FIske. saw
little Miss Balnter playing one night
and Immediately decided that she
wanted Fay to play the role of the
younger sister in her revival of the
comedy, "Mrs. Bumpstead-Leigh." Fay
is in Boston this week, and all the
papers are splashing into big print
about 'the cleverness of our one-time
little Baker stock ingenue.
...
Rumors keep on floating around as
rumors have a habit of doing about
the engagement of Maxine Elliott to
Anthony F. Wilding, the world's ten
nis champion. "All Europe," say dis
patches, "is looking on with interest
and believes the wedding will not be
long postponed." Several columns of
gush boiled down tell that Mr. Wild
ing is "young and handsome and ath
letic" We all know that Maxine El
liott Is the "most beautiful brunette
in the stage world. He is younger
than Miss Elliott.
...
Which suggests that there must be
a great fascination about young hus
bands for actresses, for a- majority of
women 'of the stage as a last resort
wed young men. Mrs. Pat Campbell
Is one of the late ones. Cornwallls
West, whom she married two hours
after his decree of divorce was signed,
is many years younger than his new
est bride. Ellen Terry's husband is
a mere youth. So is May Irwin's.
The list is ad infinitum.
...
John Johnson, manager of Pantages,
was approached last week by a Port
land girl who wants to go into vaude
ville. " i
I have a letter of recommendation
from my minister." she said.
That so?" queried Johnson. "Well,
we don't need anyone for Just Sunday
shows. Have you any references from
anybody who knows you the other six
days In the week?"
A Portland woman wants to start
a home for disabled actors: Well, Just
as soon as she gets it started I'm go
ing to begin a "disable-some-actors'
campaign.
Over at the Baker Theater the com
pany was arguing over dates In his
tory ana someone asked If anyone
knew Washington's farewell address.
Its heaven," volunteered Mary
Edgett Baker.
.
Answer to T. P. McKee Rankin is
survived by a daughter, Phyllis Ran
kin. Another daughter, Mrs. Sidney
Drew, died recently.
.
The Theatrical Managers' Assocla
tion says that putting on a comedy is
the most serious work on earth.
It is with considerable interest that
the player folk will watch for the de
cision in the suit of Herbert Standing
against Oliver Morosco for $3500 for
breach of contract. Mr. Morosco says
that Standing's English accent is so-
marked that bis lines do not "get
across," and Standing replies that
whatever his speech may be, it is Eng
lish, and that he was hired to SDeak
that language, and not any Western
nemispnero corruption thereof, or
words to that effect.
This in the Dramatic Mirror strikes
one's funny bone:
The Breastwork of the Drama.
"So It Has Coma to Thl." Aristotle's
Copyright Run Out.
'I Understand, Little Girl. Say No More
About It." H. V. Esmond.
ll'ra a Man and You're a Woman." Ed
ward Sheldon. , '
You You Always Tou.'' Plnero.
The Light, the Light. Give Me the
Light." Mr. Ibsen' of Norway.
The Woman Pays, and Pays, and Pays.,
Rachel Crothers.
"I Usually Get What I Go After." George
Broadhnrst.
'If Anything Should Ever Happen to Part
Cs." Aristotle's Copyright Run Out.
'I've Killed a Man for Less Than That."
Paul Armstrong.
Let Us Bver Uphold Our Respectability.
Bernard tshaw.
I Have a Right to Know, You're My
Wife." Eugene Walter.
'My God." Used by all save Charles Rann
Kennedy.
"Gracious!" Charles Rann Kennedy.
"Girls, Here Comes the King." Harry B.
Smith.
Robert Hilllard is
coming in "Th
Hilliard's latest
attention is his
Argyle Case." Mr.
claim to newspaper
wedding to a Mrs. Olga Williams, who
has so much money he won't ever have
to work any mtre. Maybe, however,
they will spend It trying to make her
into an actress.
,
Sometimes things happen just right.
One of them is that right in our midst
the Stratford - Upon - Avon Players
should happen to take up their stay
for the week of Shakespeare's 350th
birthday. Authorities so differ upon
the exact date that the bard has been
given a birthday for every day in the
month of April. Simmered down to
fixing a day, April 23 has been gener
ally agreed upon and all over the act
ing and reading world the day is made
memorable. In New York, Boston, Chi
cago and Brooklyn special programmes
were observed yesterday. Robert Man-
tell delivered the famous oration of
Marc Antony and Grace George read
the beautifully pathetiu speech of
Queen Constance in "King John" upon
the loss of Prince Arthur at the me
morial meeting held at the statue of
Shakespeare in Central Park, New
York. This is one of the rare oom-
ions that the Stratford Players are
absent from their native theatrical
home. Stratford-Upon-Avon. Last night
they held a memorial meeting at which
K. Benson, art director of the or
ganization, delivered a beautiful ad
dress. Tonight these players will be
seen In "Much Ado About Nothing."
Tomorrow's matinee sees "As You
Like It" and the engagement ends with
Hamlet' tomorrow night. ,
Topical Verse
The I'assionate Shepherd.
HAVE loved . you, my lady, some
years in a way
I
That Is chronic, persistent, exces
sively deep;
Your various images thrill me by day.
And they tango about me all night
as I sleep.
I have loved you in peach-basket bon
nets and such.
In costumes directoire and sheath,
yes. and chic;
In hobbles and harems I've loved you,
though much
mat I took you to be would be
cnangred the next week.
I have loved you in pompadour, psyche
ana pun,
With curls on your neck and with
swirls o'er your ears.
Aa a prooi or devotion "twould seem
quite enoueh
Still to now you by name through
the changeable years.
Yes, I even have recognized, you from
afar.
In all the disguises Dame Fashion
could borrow.
Come love me, my dear, whilst I see
wno you are.
For I may not be able to know you
tomorrow.
E. L. McK.. in Judge.
A Tyrant.
She bosses him unceasingly.
And he must fain submit.
Although he measures six feet four.
And she's a little chit-
She bends and molds him to her will
as potters mold their clay.
And he must stop, whate'er he does.
To think what she will say.
She rules him with an iron hand
Not in a velvet glove.
She makes him yield his will to hers.
To show the world his love.
She likes to think he would not dare
Her quick reproof to brave,
That he. so manly and so strong.
Is her big, willing slave.
He never fails to let her see
His deference and awe,
And listens most submissively
While she lays down the law.
He nods assent to all she says
However she may buzz.
And so she rules his every act
At least, she thinks she does.
Somerville (Masa) Journal.
Printer's Krror.
The printer faded, and the boss was
left to hold the bag;
They wrote "his life was full of Joy"
he set It "full of jag."
Dallas (Texas) News.
The Djlnna-er DJar.
One time, a djinn lived in a djar.
The place where all good cookies are.
Thccookies, they were crisp and sweet
The very nicest kind to eat; , '
And as I wanted one myself.
I reached up to the pantry shelf.
But, goodness me! for gracious' sakest
Those brown and crispy cooky-cakes
Had all turned Into djinnger-snaps!
The very funniest little chaps!
And from the djar they all djumped out
And scampered all around about.
And one fell right down from the shelf.
And so, of course, he broke himself!
And two of them were making love,
(The others spying from above!)
And one turned on his lantern's glare
(But the fond lovers didn't care).
And one djinn, 'round behind the djar.
Found where thedjams and djellles are
And he exclaimed, "O djimminnee! I
I'll djust go on a djamboree!"
Carolyn Wells, in St. Nicholas.
Question of Citizenship.
HOQUIAM. Wash., April 22. (To the
Editor.) Mr. C. is denied the privilege
of registering by the City. Clerk un
less he procures some evidence that his
father was an American citizen.
Mr. C. was born in Sweden, coming
to this country at the age of 16 years.
His father came here six years prior
to his coming and was an American
citizen when Mr. C. arrived.
Mr. C. has voted for 30 years with
out any one questioning his standing as
a full-fledged citizen until this time. Is
the City Clerk correct In his position?
J. F. JONES.
C is not a citizen unless his father
became naturalized before C attained
his majority. The Clerk has a ri&ht
to demand some evidence of the fact,
though It would seem that recognition
by other officials for 30 years of C's
right to vote ought to be corroboration
of his statement that his father became
a citizen during C's minority.
Wrong Crew Given Credit.
ILWACO. Wash.. April 21. (To the
Editor.) I want you please to correct
a piece In The Oregonian of April 14.
concerning the saving of the little gas
oline scnooner l.venamosha) and the
two men aboard her. Everything hap
pened Just as it reads in The Orego
nlan with the exception of it being
the Cape Disappointment lifesavlng
crew," who did the saving instead of
the Point Adams crew.
I think it only justice to tell you this.
otherwise another crew would be lnno
cently taking the honors whicli belong
soieiy to me cape disappointment life
saving crew. The boys had a tough
time getting to the little schooner, and
at times the lifeboat was completely
submerged, while we "onlookers" stood
on the hill watching them hardly dar
ing to draw our breath. But they won
the battle and deserve much credit and
we are all Justly proud of their efforts.
AN INTERESTED SPECTATOR.
Ice Trust Formed.
PORTLAND, April 23. (To the
Editor.) Recently I noticed an article
which stated that all the ice com
panies had formed an agreement to
raise the price of ice 15 cents per 100
pounds. When the wagon came with
the ice, sure enough it was charged 15
tents extra on the 100 pounds, and 10
cents extra on the next 50 pounds, as I
always take 150 pounds 'of ice which
now costs me II, where formerly I
paid, 75 cents for the same amount.
In. the Summer I take ice three
times a week, which makes an addi
tional expense of 75 cents per week.
Now, Is not this combination a viola
tion of the anti-trust law, and. If so,
who is the proper person to communi
cate with in regard to taking this mat
ter up?
AN ANXIOUS HOUSEWIFE.
Consult the District Attorney.
Quartermaster.
PORTLAND. April 23. (To the Edl)
tor.) A says that Quartermasters in
the army do the same work as Quarter
masters in the Navy. B says that
Quartermaster in the Army has charge
of the commissary department and
Quartermaster In the Navy has charge
of the navigating of the ship. Which is
right? A SUBSCRIBER.
The Chief Quartermaster in the
United States Navy is a petty officer
who has charge of all the apparatus of
navigation.
In the Army a regimental or battal
ion Quartermaster is a commissioned
officer whose duties are to superin
tend the assignment of quarters and
to keep charge of and supervise the
distribution of supplies,
Half a Century Ago
From The Oregonian of Aril 24, 1S61.
Guthrie! Okla.. April 23. The rush
into Oklahoma brought here a crowd
estimated to number from 6000 to 15 -000.
Many sleep on the ground with
out shelter.
Seattle. April 23. A crowd of 200
claimants waited all night to file on
two townships of timber land Just
opened by the. Government and grew
so disorderly that the police dispersed
them.
Ellensbursr, April 23. Walter J.
Thompson, of Tacoma, is candidate for
Senator against Watson C. Squire of
Seattle.
Salem, April 24. W. J." Herren. a
prominent warehouseman, returned
this evening from New York.
Vancouver, W. T., April 23. This
morning the Columbia Land & Improve
ment Company broke ground for a
streetcar line near the ferry landing.
Salem, April 23. Work was com
menced today on an extension of the
streetcar line north. The Oregon Land
Company is grading- on the line to the
State Fair grounds.
Albany, Or.. April 23. The contract
for constructing the first mile of the
Albany street railway was let today
to W. E, Kelley.
The motor of the Willamette Bridge
Company was unloaded yesterday from
the car on which it came from the
East.
P. A. Marquam says he Intends to
build a theater on his block.
Sheriff Kelley and Frank Botefuhr,
who own 640 acres of land some miles
east of town, yesterday sent County
Surveyor Hurlburt to survey and di
vide it into 40-acre tracts.
A company of Chinese actors has
been organized here to play through
the East.
The residence of Mr. Prettyman on
the Section Line road a mile east of
Mt. Tabor was struck by lightning
Monday and Mr. Prettyman was
stunned by the concussion.
Work Is progressing favorably on
the roof of the big hotel.
Miss Mabel Jenness, a sister of Mrs.
Annie Jenness Miller and a youthful
apostle of physical culture for the fair
sex. arrived in Portland yesterday.
Tonight Miss Belle Inman will open
a four night's engagement at the new
Park Theater.
"Interferln" to Brat the Hand."
Lippincotfs.
The old horse, which interfered bad
ly, and his driver, Sam Winters, had
undeniably seen better days.
Sam had Just finished his day's work
of peddling and was driving wearily
nome through a thickly populated
thoroughfare.
"Say, mister." called out a would-be
wit from his post on the corner, "that
there horse of your'n is interferin' to
beat the band!"
Sam glanced around slowly, and in a
mild, unconcerned manner queried:
He aln t Interferin with you. is
he?"
Abont Time to Chaniir.
Boston Transcript.
An Iowa surgreon removed from a
4-year-old boy 14 carpet tacks, three
cartridges, three rivets, . one nail, a
ball of paper, a piece of chalk, IS
inches of twine and a small iron bar,
from which one would Judge that it is
about time that this youngster had
pockets la his trousers.
Carried by Two Policemen.
Pearson's Weekly.
Mr. Tippler (who is being carried to
the station house by two policemen)
Ish awfully good of you fellows. I
hope I'm not taking you out of your
way.
IN THE SUNDAY
OREGONIAN
WAR PICTURES
WARNEWS
Striking pictures on the latest der
velopments in Mexico will be a
leading feature of THE SUNDAY
OREGONIAN. The very latest
news of every phase of the situa
tion will be another feature.
Photos, maps and comprehensive
articles will be included in the
service.
On the Border
A striking1 page fresh from lil
Paso. It deals with the refuge
camp, where 0000 Mexican pris
oners are being held by a small
detachment of American troops.
It also shows conditions along
the border line and at Juarez.
The article is written by a trained
observer. Illustrated by photos.
A Japanese View of Us
Viscountess Chinda, wife of the
Japanese ambassador, gives her
impressions of Americans and
American life.
Peace
Theodore Roosevelt has something
to say on this gentle topic. He
deals with the "peace of right
eousness," and admits that peace
cannot always be had.
Breezy Suzanne
Ellis Parker Butler's delightful
new character hits 4he high
places in society.
War on Pests.
Experts tell how to get rid of the
housewife's foes.
The Boy Financier
Young Ilarriman has just grad
uated from crew coach to a jug
gler of millions in the financial
world. The story of how he has
taken hold of his vast power is
an absorbing one. Illustrated.
Motor Goose Rhymes
A full page of illustrated fea
tures for the children.
Perpetuating Game
A full page in colors on the
work ' of protecting wild animals
in. Oregon.
Moods of Genevieve
This is the second in the series
showing the changing moods of
woman. It defines the "sensitive
mood."
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OF MANY FEATURES
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