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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.
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