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THE MOirSTXG OHEGO?riAX SATCTtDAT, MAT ltf. 1914. rOSTUND. OBECOM. fluttered at Portland, Oregon. Foatofflc as second-class matur. Subscription Kates Invariably In Advance: (BT MAIL) Dally, Sunday Included, one year 8-? pally. Sunday Included, six months..-. Pally, Sunday Included, Uiree month. . Uauy, bunday Included, one moaik,,,, m'. Bally, wltnout Bunday, one year 00 Dally, without Bunday, six monttiB Dally, wltnout bunday, Uiree month.. - ialiy, wltnout Uunlay. one moutn.,.. .u WeeaJy, one year !! Bunday, one year -J-? UAiUir and Vv'eekly, one year iu (BI CAK&UBI Daily, Sunday Included, one year 9-22 Lally. tiuuday Included, one montn.,- la How to Kemit bend postomo money of- Jler, express order or personal cbx on your seal bank. Sumpg, coin or currency are at Mnder B risk. Give poatomce addrete in lull. Including county and elate. foetstce iiatr 12 to IS paces, 1 cent: 18 to 2 pages, 2 cents; to 4tt pases, S cents; SO to ou paseaj 4 cents; o to I pases, a Beats; 78 to U2 pases, d cents, iforeisn poat ass, double rates. Kastern Business Offices Verree Cok" tin. Mew York. Brunswick bulldius- Cut- eo. btoser building. an Francisco office H. J. Bldwell Oo I Market street. FORlXAXD, SATURDAY, MAY. 18, 1914. OCR DUTY TO THE RFtCB. feitter criticism by American refu gees from Mexico of the Government for abandoning them to their fate With the alternative of flight, leaving All they have behind them, has start ed discussion of the duty which this Government owes to its citizens who sojourn in foreign lands. Are these Americana to be left to take their chances or Is our Government to fol low them Up with Its protection, to avenge their wrongs and to punish their oppressors The former view is held by the Bprlngfield Republican, which says: When Americans go to Mexico to do 4usl nrss and live there year after year as alien residentw, acquiring property and In other ways staking their fortunes on the character of the government which the na tive population provides, they deliberately assume risks whibh the cannot thrust upon the Government oC the United States, which In the lust analysis is the people of the t'nited btate&. Their property ill Mexico pays no taxes for the support of the Gov. (-rnment of their own country. They go to Mexico purely for the money they can get out of Mexico, and to assume that the rest of utlOO.OOy.OOO or so must go to war to afford them a security- which Mexicans themselves could not hope to obtain, is un froasoneble in the extreme. That seems reasonable Ott Its face, but If that policy had been followed from the foundation of the republic Where would the American Nation have been today? This Nation Is founded on the Instinct of the adven turers of all nations to "move on" into new lands and to push the fron tier before them. If the first adven turers who colonized the Atlantic Coast and the western slope Of the Alleghenies had followed the Repub lican's theory, the frontlet' would not have advanced beyond the Ohio River. American settlers In Tennessee and . Kentucky and In what were called in early days the Northwest Territories would have been abandoned to the British. Oregon would have become a British colony and the British flag would have waved from the Ohio River to the Pacific Coast. Texas would not have been annexed, the Mexican War would not have been fought and California and the South meet Would still have been Mexican territory. The very nature of a growing, thriv ing, expanding Nation, which abounds in energy and enterprise, requires it to keep advancing, Its advance nec essarily brings friction with indolence and inefficiency. Shall its virtues fall back before these vices or shall it sweep them away? Shall the pioneers in the onward march be left to per ish or shall the main army sustain them? True, the pioneer must take some chances which the stay-at-home es capes. He always has taken them without complaining. It was little enough that was done for him in the West, but he asked little only that when he had carved out the rough outlines of a state the Nation would reach out and take it in. But when the policy of the United States Gov ernment provoked the violent enmity of the people among whom he lives against every American citizen, for no other reason than that he is an Amer ican, does the Government incur no greater obligation than to say, "Aban don all you have and flee for your life"? le a man to sacrifice the fruits of a life's work to the policy of hia Gov ernment? "Why should the Government pro tect or avenge these American expa triates at the expense of millions? They pay no taxes." That Is in sub stahce what the Republican says. Perhaps not directly, but they have made a market for American goods wherever they have gone. Had it not been for the Americans who began developing Mexico under Dlaa our trade with that country would not have attained its great volume. The world-wide commerce of Great Brit ain has been built up by such men and by the government which has thrown the Union Jack around them. These expatriates are the advance agents of American commerce; wher ever they go American goods follow. Should not the Stars and Stripes pro tect them as the Union Jack protects the wandering Briton? The American people are called upon to choose between two policies. One is summed up in the words: "Flee from Mexico; we can't protect you." The other Is in th words: "Perdi cari's alive or Raisuli dead." Which do they prefer? GRADCATtsa EXFKXSKg. The Oregonian is always gratified at an opportunity to commend the wisdom of its rural contemporaries, but when a sentence like the follow ing is discovered our feelings go be yond mere gratification and partake of actual bliss. "We have known graduation exercises to haunt a fam ily of medium circumstances month before the date arrived, because of the hardship it was bound to bring." Why hardship? Pause and reflect. There are the lovely and expensive cloth to be bought, the magnificent bouquets of rare flowers to be provid ed, the presents to be purchased so that Telluria Jane may not be out shone by her rivals in the class. These are only samples of the .expenses that accumulate around "graduation day. Well may they terrify the soul of the parent of moderate means. If he manages to slip through without post, tive bankruptcy after the exhaustion of Christmas and Easter, to say noth ing of the family birthdays, he is for tunate Indeed. The reflections of our sage contemporary fere made with reference to a resold' ' . lately passed by the graduating the particular public school over .nich it exercises paternal supervision. This model class has resolved in mercy to its hard-pressed fathers that no graduating dress shall cost more than 5. It Is well.. Two dollars would have been better., atilL Why put on any extraordinary finery for graduating day? In colleges some lit tle parade is perhaps allowable, since a college commencement really is or ought to be a decisive event in the student's life. But graduation from a public school does not meak'a great deal. The common talk about the transition from study to life on that occasion is pure humbug. If the school really prepared for life there would be no such transition, because the pupils would have been swimming in life all the time. If it does not prepare for life, what a ghastly im position all such pretenses are. Wise students will reserve their graduation pomp for aome occasion when it Is worthily called for. BECOS D-CHOICK. The Oregonian gives notice now that it will urge upon the next Oregon Legislature amendment of the direct primary law so as to include a second-choice provision for nominations. It has previously made the same rec ommendation, but without result. The experience of the electorate in the re cent primary campaign has again made the subject timely, and the value and importance of the amendment are more than ever apparent. The Oregonian at this writing does not know who will be the successful candidate for Governor in the Repub lican or Democratic primary. What it has to say, therefore, is without reference of any kind to the personal ity of either nominee. But it is obvi ous that both have been nominated by pluralities, and that the verdict In each case is partial and altogether unconvincing as to the real sentiment of the two parties. In the Republican primary mere eight candidates for Governor, and in the Democratic five. We make the guess that the Republican nominee will have received approximately 20 per cent of the entire Republican vote arid the Democratic nominee SO per cent. We are willing to assume that for the purposes of this campaign each would have been nominated un der the second-choice system; but he has not been, ahd it will forever be an open question with the losing can didates, or Borne of them, Whether they might not have won under a fairer plan of nominations. The second-choice project is a Vital part of the Washington direct pri mary plan and of the Idaho plan. It works Well. There Is no thought any where of procuring its repeal. It conduces to party harmony, and is a reasonable guaranty that the nomi nee Will poll the full party strength In the election. A voter's first choice Is frequently, if not usually, his per sonal preference; his second choice is likely to be his dispassionate judgment. Portland has a first-second-third-choice plan in its municipal elections. It has proved satisfactory. It demon strated in a striking manner last year that it works to eliminate unfit candidates. The Legislature or l9i5 can do nothing better than to incorporate the second-choice idea in the primary law. ttEPEAI. SENATORS SQUIRM. When Senator Poindextcr caused the reading in the Senate of a letter from Bainbridge Colby, chairman of the Committee for the Preservation of American Rights in the Panama Canal, in defense of toll exemption, he provoked loud protests from the repealers, for the letter hit them hard. The letter Was withheld from the Congressional Record while the pro tests Were heard against what were styled insults, "malignant charges" against Senators, "improper insinua tions" and statements that Senator Root was "leading the forces of mo hOpOiy." But the Washington Senator Was not to be beaten. The next day he formally withdrew the letter and then made a speech, in which he read it and commented upon it paragraph by paragraph until he got it all into the Record, fortifying it with his com ments. He read an allusion to the President's plea for repeal as "a sort of moral intimidation" and said "I think that is a very good phrase." He omitted the cutting allusion to Senator Root, but he said in conclu sion: I think that aometlmes Senators are toe sensitive about what is offensive and what le not offensive, and while I have refrained most carefully from using any offensive lan. guage, my opinion is that the benate of the United States cannot enhance its dignity before the country by being supersensitive as to what Is said about it or about any member of it. SO the touchy repealers had to See that letter in the Record after all. There is more than one way of doing as one likes in the Senate, and Mr. Polndexter resorted to it. Why do the repealers squirm so, when their pleas for the American railroad and the. British shipowner are cleared of the National honor disguise and are shown in their true colors? Are they beginning to realize that public opin ion is against them? C01-T-EK AND ITS EFFECTS. An Oregonian reader whose com munication was published the other day inclines to speak well of cof fee as a stimulant. Upon this point he takes issue with J. H. Wilson, who maintained In a letter printed some time ago that "the pot, the bowl and the cigarette go together." He meant, of course, the insidious coffee pot. Mr. Wilson's opponent holds that "there can be absolutely no comparison be tween the permanent effects of cof fee and of tobacco." In this he is probably wrong. The active principle of coffee is caffeine, which imposes Its effects upon the system powerfully and permanently. In extreme moderation this drug, like many others, is not immediately ruin ous, but most people do not use it moderately, and even if they do at the start, the habit grows upon them and the safe limit is almost sure to be passed before a great while. There are coffee topers just as there are addicts to the gin habit. In the long run the effects of caffeine upon the system are disastrous. The fact that "the majority of laboring and mid dle class women are heavy coffee drinkers," according to our corre spondent, does not affect the case at all. It simply proves that they do not know what is good for them. The effects of coffee are not whol ly evil. In arctic regions it is a use ful stimulant against the intense cold. In all parts of the world it Is found to Increase a person's Working power for a time, but there is always a reaction from its effects. The wave of energy is balanced by subsequent exhaustion. Upon many persons cof fee acts as a virulent poison. It de praves the liver, unduly excites the heart and in time ruins the digestion. Thousands of people suffer dally tor ments from the use of this drug. Often they do not suspect the real cause of their trouble, but like Shakespeare's rats, "ravin their proper bane." In spite Of all pleas to the contrary, we must set down coffee as the active ally of tobacco and alcohol in working for the de struction of mankind. It excites an appetite which presently demands stronger stimulants. The fact that there are exceptions to this rule sim ply reinforces its truth. OUR COMMERCIALIZED MAGAZINES. Not long ago The Oregonian gave some account of Henry Sydnor Harri son s strictures upon the magazine ed itors in the Atlantic Monthly. .The gist of his complaint was that he could obtain no attention from the editors as long as he was a compara tively unknown "writer, but the mo ment he had made a staring success of "Queed" they were all eager to buy his stories. One editor who had Just rejected half a dozen of them wrote at once begging for a fresh supply. Mr. Harrison perceived a certain irony in this situation which did not altogether delight him. Still there is an answer to his faultfinding. It has been pointed out that magazines, like department stores, are commercial enterprises. As such they must pro vide for their readers what the mar ket seems to demand. From this point of view a famous name is worth a great deal more than one that is unknown, and accordingly new wri ters must expect to stand a poor show in competition with their illustrious rivals. They will naturally get fewer stories printed and receive a smaller price for them, This we must all admit, at least in part, but at the same time there are one or two facts which cannot be overlooked entirely. The magazines may Be purely commercial undertak ings, but they profess to be a good deal more than that. We Could name some of them which make great pre tensions aa guardians and patrons of literature. They hold forth in their advertisements that they love to en courage new authors and sustain the fame of old ones. They say, too, that a storv from an ohjtrura asDirant stands on precisely the same Basis' with them as one from Howells or any other well-known man. We wish there Were more harmohy between their practice and their professions. American literature neves will thrive as it ought until some fairly easy method opens for young writers to get into print. They expect starva tion, they do not shy at rags and "the Jail," as Dr. Johnson put it. but if at the end of their struggles they see the avenues of publicity hopelessly closed the fires of genius are apt to die in despair. America has far too many gems Of purest ray serene lying hid den in garrets. , THE BATTLE OF THE WILDERNESS. Grant received his commission as Lieutenant-General of the Union armies oh March 9, 1864. His mind was firmly resolved to capture Rich mond at any cost and he made his dis positions with that end in view. He had at his disposal some 650,000 troops, of whom 140,000 were includ ed in the Army of the Potomac under Meade's immediate command. Sher man had about 90,000 men in the West, with whom he began his ad vance toward Atlanta on May 4. The principal purpose of this movement was to detain Johnstone in the West and make it impossible for him to reinforce Lee, who had only 70,000 men. Grant also sent out detach ments to break the communications between Richmond ahd the West. Fi nally he dispatched Butler with 33.000 men to threaten the Confederate cap ital from the south bank of the James, These arrangements have not es caped severe animadversions from the military critics. It is pointed out that had Johnstone left Sherman to his own devices and boldly marched to Lee's assistance the campaign in "Vir ginia would probably have ended very differently. The Confederates would have lost some fortresses and a great deal of territory in the Gulf region, but Johnstone did not prevent these losses as events turned out, while his army was frittered away without the slightest benefit to the Southern cause. Butler's expedition came to noth ing. He Was presently penned Up on a little peninsula not far from Rich mond and narrowly escaped losing his whole command. Grant began his main advance on May 4 at about mid night. His headquarters had been at Culpepper Courthouse between the Rappahannock and Rapidan Rivers. From this position he could at the same time observe the enemy's move ments and guard the approaches to Washington. Although Lee's cam paign in the preceding Summer had been repulsed, his army was still ad mirably effective and his relentless activities kept the superior forces ar rayed against him fully employed. His troops lay competently disposed on the south bank of the Rapidan River. Grant would naturally have attacked them in front after passing one of the numerous fords in that stream had not the hostile fortifications made such a course suicidal. He wisely re frained from Imitating the Indiscre tions of some commanders Who had preceded him in operating against the astute and gifted Lee. Farther down the Rapidan, as it began to veer toward its Junction with the Rappahannock, there was a mora promising opportunity to cross. On the south bank in that neighborhood was a wooded tract some ten miles across and fifteen miles long "which Lee had omitted to guard be cause he Supposed it to be impassable. The land was covered by a heavy for est interspersed with thick under brush. The roads were obscure near the river and finally lost themselves in the mazes of the tangled growth. But Grant preferred to traverse this Wilderness rather than to cross the Rapidan anywhere along Lee's front. On the night of May 4 ho constructed five pontoon bridges on which the cavalry crossed first with the infantry following as fast as they could. But, Lat best, their transit was extremely slow. The obvious duty of the cavalry would have been to uncover Lee's po sitions and give Grant definite infor mation about the situation of his foe. But nothing of the sort Was done. Grant remained in ignorance of Lee's whereabouts until the afternoon of the 5th Of May and such fighting as ho did in the morning was directed more by chance than by any definite purpose. Had Grant known as much as the cavalry ought to have told him he would almost certainly have hur ried his forces forward early in the forenoon while Lee was vainly Waiting for Longstreet to come up. This able General had lost his way some miles to the Westward and had to march and countermarch before he could find his commander's quarters. In the meantime Lee was deplorably weak and cOuld probably have been driven from his position if not sur rounded and captured by a prompt attack. But the opportunity passed. Grant did not venture to advance in force until 2 o'clock in the afternoon and by that time Lee had fortified his po sitions and was comparatively ready to receive him, though Longstreet had not come up even then. Grant's prob lem was to move his troops through the tangled labyrinths of the Wilder ness. It was only by terrible exer tions that the men pushed their way slowly forward. They had no Infor mation as to the situation of the enemy and one division after another was continually falling foul of con cealed and Intrenched detachments. The wonder is that Grant's entire army in the confusion of that bloody day was not thrown into disorder and utterly routed. His main advance was westward toward Lee's army and the Open country farther up the. Rap idan. But the night of May S de scended upon him before ho had emerged -from the Wilderness. The fighting of that day was Indecisive. Grant planned an early advance on the morning of May 6, but the delib erative Meade counseled delay and before the troops were on foot Lee had taken the initiative. His forces were astir by 4:15 and their enterprise was as Well rewarded as he could have expected. Lee's slender array of 70,000 -men managed to hold Grant's army of twice their number in check throughout the day. The fighting was fierce and destructive, but neither side gained a great deal. Grant could not attain to the clear ground where his superior numbers would have been effective and Lee Could not throw his advancing cohorts Into disorder. At nightfall the situations of the oppos ing armies were substantially the same as at dawn, though the Federals had lost thousands more men than the enemy. Grant, Who had set out on his cam paign with the deliberate determina tion not to spare the lives of his troops, faithfully adhered to it in the Battle of the Wilderness. He knew that he had an Inexhaustible popula tion to draw Upon for recruits, while the resources of the Confederacy in men as well . as money were almost gone. Hence he could afford to pay liberal tribute to death as long as his glacial advance upon Richmond was not checked. Ultimately he abandoned the attack on Lee's front at the Wil derness and decided to move around his flank to a hew position. Pennsylvania labor unions are ab surd in opposing the Federal League because a manufacturer of a nonunion product owns the Brooklyn team. The next one knows a man will be charged with the delinquency of his "wife's re lations. British justice on the Canadian plan continues to earn approbation. TWO burglars who killed a Vancouver po liceman a year ago were hanged yes terday. This is rather slow for Canada. " The rest of the world is not so con fident of the Carranza-Villa bunch as is the Administration. Hence the uneasiness abroad as that brace of red-handed bandits approaches the capital. Colonel Roosevelt is reported to be in ill-health. Must have been read ing of the present state of our foreign relations, which Is quite enough to make a man of his temperament ill. La Grande schoolgirls have put a $5 limit on graduation gowns. But the girl who can't make a bewitching graduation dress for 9S cants lacks ingenuity. Imported miners are belhg excluded by troops from the troubled districts in Colorado. Application of a firm hand to both sides is the correct course. Autoists are being killed daily by collision, aviators are dropping to de struction, but the casualties in Mexico are trifling for vartlme. Secretary Daniels says that war in the future will be fought up in the air. Well, isn't the present war pret ty well up in the air? However, those elected yesterday have merely taken- the outposts. The general engagement does not occur for some months yet. Local health records show that more girls than boys are being born. Dark outlook for the old maids of fu ture generations. A woman is being urged for Lieutenant-Governor of California. But why should woman be content to play second fiddle? If the alleged local butter trust will keep the product at a high standard the consumer will not grumble. What a beautiful world it is for the man who won. Now if he can only win again he will have won. The unsuccessful candidate can blame it on the weather or the wom an's vote, as he pleases. The peace conference has been postponed. Getting the manyana habit already. If you do not see what you want at the public market it does not grow around here. This is the day for the defeated man to begin his next campaign with the glad hand. Having been elected, the successful candidates are now candidates for election. Tonight's dinner will not be perfect unless it came from the new public market. Well, didn't he hit 'em a wallop yesterday? Who? Oh, anybody who won. Of course, it would have been dif ferent had everyone voted. The politician can go to church to morrow and repent. The weather man did his best to poll a large vote. The candidates who lied about each Other are sorry. Ex-Governor Ceer has a smile nailed on. The voter loves a cheerful loser. And then his pipe went out. Half a Century Ago CKrom The Oregonian of May 16, 1864.) The Yamhill County Union Conven tion was held on the llth instant at Lafayette and the following candidates were nominated: Joel Palmer, State Senator; Henry Warren, George W. Lawson. -Representatives; S. C. Adams. County Clerk; L, L. Whitcomb, Sheriff: G. W. Watts. County Treasurer; S. Brueher, H. Hewitt, County Commis sioners: Hanley, Assessor; J. Spen cer, School Superintendent; W. W. Brown, Coroner; A. B. Watt, Surveyor. Chicago, May 6. The sentence or Admiral Wilkes is that he be publicly reprimanded by the Secretary of the Navy. Governor Glbbs addressed a large crowd of the patriotic citlsens of Ma rlon County at Belpasel on Friday, lie was followed by Proreesor Henderson, Judge Grim and Dr. Kail, of Aurora. Washington. May 13. The World's special dated headquarters. Army of the Potomac, May 12, A. M says our Army Is this morning engaged In the fiercest battle. News arrived last even ing . that the troopB under General Sheridan had penetrated to th vicinity of Beaver Dam. on the Virginia Cen tral Railroad, torn up the track for about 12 miles, captured the rebel Sup ply train and recaptured about too of our men that were taken prisoners In the Old Wilderness battle. This news caused a general jubilee. During the nlcht arrangements were made for an attack. At 4:80 this morning Hancock attacked the enemy, our forces open ing a withering cannonade and mak ing resistless charges against every part of the enemy's position. The can nonade was replied to with vigor and the charges of our men were vigorous ly resisted, but the determination of the onset overwhelmed everything. The troops rushed Into the rifle-pits of the enemy, bayoneting them in their works, cutting their lines and captur ing in the first charge over 8000 men and Several guns, including the great er portion of the Stonewall b Us ad a, belonging to E. D. Johnson's division. General Johnson himself was taken prisoner. The assault continued till nearly the whole division was captured and other troops amounting to 1000 men. Later 11 o'clock. Dispatches have arrived at this moment announc ing the capture of 7000 prisoners and SO guns. The battle is still progress ing. The Sixth Corps on the left of the Second has moved Into battle and Is pushing the enemy. Warren's Fifth Corps has moved up to Its support. The battle is becoming general and nes-rly all the artillery Is engaged, filling the forest with an awful tumult. . Later- 13 o'clock. It Is Just now reported that Hancock has turned the right flank of the enemy below Epottsylva nia Courthouse and Is pushing on. The battle Is everywhere overwhelmingly in our favor. Firing has Just com menced on the left near Grant's bead quarters. The battle is going on with terrible energy. Jacksonville, May 14. The Jackson County Democratic Convention today made the following nominations: Rep resentatives, James D. Fay, William T. Sanger, Thomas Bell; Treasurer, David Linn; County Commissioners, Fred He ber and Nichols; Assessor, Thomas B. Reames; Coroner, John Mclaugh lin: Prosecuting Attorney, W. G. T'Vault. The machinery for a sawmill In Boise was lying on the wharf yester day awaiting shipment to Idaho City. The castings and finishing were done at the Oregon Iron Works. A bark mill and two cases of mer chandise have been lying at Couch's wharf for many months past, marked to J. A. Alderman, Tillamook. No con veyance has been offered till Satur day, when they were shipped by the schooner Ellen. The steamer Cowllts, Captain Olson, ascended the Cowllts River for some distance above Pumphrey's, to Drew's landing on the last trip. Persons who have passed over the route say it Is rather a "poberish" place for a steam er among so many snags. On Saturday at Belpassl a little girl 10 years old, daughter of Joseph Engle, fell from a fence, breaking her arm. Honorable Joseph C. McKibben, for merly a member of Congress from Cal ifornia, has been appointed Governor of the territory called Montana, lately created by Congress, composed of the eastern part of Idaho and the western part of Dacotah. PLAJT FOR ALL WOMAN'S BUILD I NO Method of Klnanelng Wltksst laemm branee Is Offered. PORTLAND. May IS. (To the Edi tor.) Here are the Ideas of a practical clubwoman and business woman re garding a method of finance, without incumbrance, a building which would be not only in name, but In fact, ,a wo mon's building: Organise a stock company of 5000 or 6000 women shareholders, at $100 each, the limit of one woman's stock Or share, which would entitle her to on vote. Let anyone wishing a smaller amount take a half share, $50, giving her a one-half vote; or a quarter share, $25, a one-fourth vote; a one-fifth share, fJQ, a one-tifth vote, or a one-tenth share, $10, giving her a one-tenth vote. Shares. If so desired, to be paid on the instalment plan by guaranteeing the amount one intends to subscribe at $10 a month on a full share of $100, or $5 on a fractional share. To make subscriptions reliable and subscribers absolutely safe, everyone taking a share would place same in a bank, as stock to be held in custody by the bank until the full amount has been raised. A stipulated date should be Axed, giving a reasonable time for rais ing the necessary amount. Arrangements should be made with the bank to pay interest to the de positor, while the money is in custody. . When the certified date arrives the subscriptions would be turned over to a board of control, and should the re quired amount not have been sub scribed the custodian would surrender to each subscriber her share together with accrued interest. To prevent monopoly by purchasing and retiring stock, no one holding a full share should be permitted to pur chase from another shareholder. A fractional holder should be allowed the privilege of buying from or selling to another fractional holder. Any holder or a fractional holder of a share should be fres to sell or assign to any woman who Is not a shareholder. If possible an option on a site should be secured, and a delinlte plan for the proposed building be prepared, that no misunderstandings creep in to mar the harmony, and cause suspicion to arise. The site should be one block of land centrally located. On this erect a six story building with a pergola roof garden. First floor to be music and lecture hall, main office and swimming pools. Becond floor, balls and olubrooms, with veranda on all four sides. Third floor, clubrooms and sewing schools. Fourth floor, dining-rooms, cooking schools and gymnasiums. Fifth and sixth floors, sleeping-rooms and baths. , MRS. JOSEPHINE R. SHARP. President Alberta Woman's Improve ment Club. Press-CIippldsr Darns, PORTLAND, May 15. (To the Edi tor.) Kindly inform ma If there is a press-clipping bureau In the city. If so. give me the address and oblige. INTERESTED. Allen's Press-Clipping Bureau, Port land Trust building. Stars and Starmakers BY LEONE CASS BACK. Alt the world may be a stage, but not all of us are actors, thank heaven! Here's a piece of news that will come as a genuine surprise to a lot of Port land theater fans who know both prin cipals in the happening. Thurlow Bergen and Elsie Ksrnond are married, and to each other this time. Miss Es mond is a former Baker Player and has made a big name for herself in the East as a leading woman. She was here two seasons ago with Madame Xazlmova In "Little EyOlf." Thurlow Bergen was Florence Roberts leading man for nearly a dozen years. Only two years ago they came to a parting of the ways and Miss Roberts entered vaudeville. With Miss Roberts and Theodore Roberts. Mr. Bergen played an engagement at the Baker Theater three seasons ago. The Bergen-Ksmond wedding took place at St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Hoboken. X. J on April 11. Miss Es mond's real name Is given as Sturkow. Her parents live In Iloboken. Both Richard Walton Tully, author of "The Bird of Paradise" and "Omar, the Tentmaker," and Mrs. Anita Bald win McLaughrey. daughter and heir to the ''Lucky' Baldwin millions, deny the reported engagement and prospective nuptials. "I know Mr. Tully, but our relations have been purely business, not social," she says. Tully. Whose wife, Eleanor Gates, Is about to be divorced from him on the grounds of desertion, is away on a va cation. Lillian Russell's daughter. Dorothy, has gone into vaudeville again. She does it by spells. Always she falls and then returns to mother's roof for a rest Then we hear of another plunge. This time she and Jay Clancy are offering Dorothy's Idea of modern dancing, an Idea which, to say the least, has not been overdone at all. Reviewers say that Dorothy's black and white gown was as thin as the usual musical comedy plots. Says one: As for the dances themselves the wig Was very bright. And as for the Interpreta tion the orchestra played Tory welL Lillian Russell occupied a boa at the Monday pre miere. She was excellent. Occasionally when Eva Tanguays press agent has nothing else to do he starts Eva on paper touring to this Coast. Then something happens and she doesn't come. But next season, he writes to say, Eva th Terror will Visit us. Furthermore, She ''has an In spiration for her new show." he says. She proposes to appear In a series of In tlmate one-act plays entitled "Aa Svenlns with Eva Tansaay," In the course of which she will do her various specialties and slve the audlenoe m peep into her happy demestlo Ufa. Oh, this Belf-advertlsed press agented happy domestic Ufa of au actressl In tha words of George Monroe, "It can't be done." The Winter Garden shows are keep ing Harold Atterldge supplied with jam to go on the bread and butter of life. He has written the books for Seven ol these productions, which maybe Isn't saying much, since they are all more or less alike, but is at least mora than a lot of batter-known writers have to their credit. Now young Atterldge has completed -arrangements with the man agement of the Winter Garden to write tha "1914 Passing Show" and also the book for a musical comedy for Al Jol son, lately in our midst. Mr. Jolson told me a llttlo bit about this new piece. In It ha will depart from his black-face work for a part of tha performance. He is planning some day to enter the legitimate field as a comedian, and this will be his chance to display his wares for managers to see. e - Mrs. Mazia B. D. Daly, twice married to and divorced from Arnold Daly, tha actor, was married in Stamford, Conn, last Friday afternoon to Frank Craven an actor. Tha marriage took place at tha home of Mrs. Lao Dltrlchstein. with whom Mrs.Daly has been living. e George F. Gross, who is tha pianist with tha Lyman If. Howe pictures at tha Hellig, is a wizard accompanist. He plays a bit from over 200 selections during each running of the films, and, following Hamlet's advlca to tha play ers to "suit the action to tha word." he suits the melody to tha picture shown on the film. Mr. Gross Is from Reading. Pa., and has played In nearly every theater from Portland. Or., to Portland, Me. see Tha motion-picture field has been the heaven of many an actress with a cigarette volce. Ditto the whisky-voiced actor. It doesn't show in tha picture, you know. e Evelyn Thaw will and her tour In Dulutn next week, although the busi ness of the company has been profitable enough that it could continue Indef initely.. Mrs. Thaw demands a rest and Intends going to Europe to recuperate from tha effects of a strenuous tour. m Local managers are considering an Innovation recently heralded from Don don, where the music-halls are about to Introduce serial plays as an attraction The Idea is to give one act of a play per day Until the entire drama has been presented. Than in case It Is a three act play, another will ba put on for the last halt of the week. It is thought that in this way the patrons who visit tha theater on Monday, for instance. become interested In tha play and will want to sea It all Something like read ing a continued story in a magazine. Mile. Polalra has been giving an in terviewer her Views on marriage. She Is not keen on the matrimonial idea, but admits the possibility of letting herself ba led to tha altar if the right man comes along. Of course tha aver age male man Is not nearly good enough for this shock-headed star. Her Ideal husband must combine tha quali ties of at least three nationalities. "My perfect husband." she said. "among a great many other qualities. must lova like a Frenchman, attend t business ilka an American and dress Ilka an Englishman. I have coma back from America with a great admiration for the American man's devotion to business. If one were permitted to have three husbands he should certainly ba one of them. This Is how I would divide their labor: The Frenchman should ba for tha home, tha English man for the street and tha American I for the of flea." Twenty-Five Years Ago (From The Oregonian of May 16. 1SS9.) New Tork. May 15. The fight foi control of the Oregon & Transconti nental Company was continued fierce ly today, and $150 was paid In differ ence Detween cash and delivery for proxies at tha annual election. Three directors Sidney Dillon. William L. Bull and Gardiner M. Lane resigned in letters censuring Vlllard's attempt to secure control of tha issue of 10. 000.000 preferred stock Just before th books closed for the election. Seattle. May 15. The constitutional convention will be safely Republican, it is estimated that there will be 44 Republicans to 31 Democrats. Taeoma, May 15. Tha steamer Fair haven, built by John J. Holland and destined to run between Tacoma and Fatrbaven. was launched today. Seattle, May IS. W. S. Ijidd. of Portland, and A. Rush, of Salem, have secured control of the first National Bank of this city. Albany, May 15. Archie Hammer, while working on a building today, fell from the scaffold, producing con cussion of tha brain. Dr. T. R. Perry, of the Marina Hos pital Service. In this city. Is about to be succeeded by Dr. W. D. Bratton, of San Francisco. Jonathan Bourne, Jr.. returned from Baker County, Tuesday, accompanied by a party of Southern capitalists, who have been on a visit to tha Eureka and Excelsior mines. Cracker Creek. In which they are stockholders. One of the party. E. p. Cowan, of St, Louis, was In Portland in 1862. on his Way to the Salmon River mines, but is un able to find tha hotel he stayed at or any landmark at o.U. The Portland Smelter The lumber for tha double-track tram road was de livered at Linnton qesterday. An ad ditional force will be immediately put to work on tha trestle. A dosen or mora houses are up or In course of con struction, and tho town of I.lnnton and tha smelter are assuming definite shape. J. C. f-lfried and P. T. Ixngfel!ow, who came here with their families from Columbus, O.. yesterday, pur chased eight lots In Highland. The old furniture factory on Fifth, and O streets. East Portland, has been leased by Ira Powers to Zeller & Zoncka, and put in operation. Enquiry la Flnflsw. London Punch. "The interrogation, 'Where did you get It?" causes not much less appre hension," confessed Senator Smug, "than the feeling that some day tha public may learn the answer to the question, 'Where did you put It?" " Visit From a Kelghbor. Boston Transcript. Mrs. Kawler (to hostess' child) Are you glad to sea ma again, Edith? Edith Yes'm, and mamma's glad, too. Mrs. Kawler Is she? Edith Yes; sha said she hoped you'd come today and have it over with. Some of the Xrw Hats. Washington (D. C.) Star. "Aren't some of the hats women wear absurd?" "Yes," replied Miss Chey enne, "and yet when some people put them on they do look so appropriate." In The Sunday Oregonian Roosevelt Tells WHY THE FLEET SAILED 'ROUND THE WORLD It was a dramatic voyaga and the whole world wondered why Roosevelt gave the order. In tho final chapter of his autobiography Roosevelt tells the wholo story for the first time. Harrison Fisher. Thp famous illustrator, in the second drawing of his newest series, "The Greatest Moments of a Girl's Life," presents "The Trous seau." The drawing, in wash, oc cupies a full page. Women in Prison. This is an unusual article from The Orejjonian's Paris correspond ent on the woman's jail at St. La zare, where some of Europe's great adventuresses have been impris oned. "Pancho" Villa. Somo insido facts about the most picturesque of Mexican' bandits, now a leader of tho people's cause in tho torn republic. Bird Homes. Many kinds of pretty bongsters are being coaxed into the cities. They are an added attraction and with proper treatment they repay all kindnesses and attention be stowed npon them. A full page of the widest interest. In colors. Cheaper Living. Facts and figures, presented in an interesting way, on the high living cost problem and the prac tical experiments that are bping made with the end in view of re ducing; household expenses. Wood and Funston. The story of two adventuresome figures who have been picked for stellar roles should a march ou Mexico City be made necessary by the stubborn dictator, Huerta. Moods of Genevieve. In the fifth mood of this bright series Genevieve has a touch of mannishness. Mary's Lamb. A new version, with illustrations. A full page of features for the children. Rockefeller. . Elbert Hubbard visits the rich est man in the world, plays golf with him and interviews the oil king. Illustrated with photographs. Prince of Graustark. Chapter nine in George Barr Mc Cutcheon's great novel. SCORES OF OTHER FEATURES Order early of your newsdealer.