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TUE MOKX1SG OKEGOXIAX, .-THURSDAY. ,rEBB.lAKl is, !.'.. .rOBTI.AD. ORKGON.. Hntr4 t Torilanrl. Urcson. Tostomce ronl-cI?3 matter. fubecnptioo Kaica invariably In advance. By Mall.) rHy, un1y Included, one "r J .-5 1 Jnv, uiiuav inciuuvi, .... . . i 1 1 rr nionLDS J. "Mil.", ruiiuaj . Juitv, Sunday included, one monin rMv, without Sunday, one year .... fan, without Sunday, ix inontba . Pa., without SunLa. three montna I'aily. without Sunday, one month W- kly, on year .... iMindu v, one year fcunday and Weekly, one year By Carrier.) Pally. Sunday lnldd. one year r. .. .ri - it.it.riawi on a month I aToo li; so no ,TS How I Remit Send Postofflce money or- fr. express order or personal check on our irbrABnrj7f.?;aOTlSr'. incjuaiMK cunj . .. . n. 1 . la. 1 rCflt T- S2 rr. 2 centa; 4 to 3 , centa; 78 to IC rS. cent. Jore.o poat b a it double raiaa. ft Cnnt - lie, New Tork. Brunswick building; Chicago, stencer buunina. . Mb Pranrnieo Office R. J. Bluwell Com- rii 71- .Market street. IHOH THE MISTX TAST. Any enterprising literary archaeol ogist, delving among the hopeless ruins or the Baltimore platform, can not fail to run across this shining monument of rhetorical buncombe i.-!.-. . in th reservation and maint-niinre in their tull atrength and in tile rVdnral Government, the uaecuiivc. the l.Hlsl&tivo and the Judicial, each keep in lhin iu own bounds and not cncroachlu within iu own bounds and not encroaenms i upon the juat power, ot el.her ot tha otbera. . . I It sounds like a chapter from the "New Freedom." But the author of that Immortal document, now in the AVhite House, hau never taken any Democratic platform seriously. A long time ago another President had something to say about abuses of the executive power through its at tempt to coerce Congress. It was: By the Constitution the Executive may recommend measurea which he may .think proper and he may veto those he thinks improper, ajid it Is supponed that he may add to' Hieso pertain indirect influenres to afTwt Ihe atlou of Contrrcas. My political education elrongly ini-llncs m against a very free ue of any of these means by the Kxeeuitve to control the legislation of the country. As a rjiie I think It better that Congreen ahould originate aa well as perfect Its measures without external bias. Thus spake Abraham Lincoln in an addrefs February 15, 1861, at Pitts burg. It has been a long time since Lincoln lived and ruled. orrt riTtitE FOREJr.x policy. Effects of the war on the ITnited States' conception of its position as a world-power and of its relations to the other American states are discussed by W. Moreton Fullerton in an article on Diplomacy Our First Line of De fense," published in World's "Work. Ho elucidates by the case of Belgium the truth that nations are guided in their International policy by their in terests, Hot by any altruistic senti ment. He holds that Europe's tacit absent to the Monroe Doctrine was due to a sense of relief that the United States was "altruistically inclined to do all their American work for the Europeans." He finds that the Mon roe Doctrine has "really come to be taken as binding, but the Americans themselves were not to be allowed to be its sole interpreters." The Panama Canal opened a new destiny for the American people, but they were. In Mr. Fullerton's words, "nobly whillng away the hours in hu manitarian dreams, conceived with, oh. so little knowledge of human na ture and none of national forces throughout the world." This Nation made "no effort to transform its lack adaisical, capricious and irresponsible ways in foreign business into a meth odical, self-conscious foreign policy." National isolation." he says, "is Tor the United States an impossible ideal." The participation of the "A B C" powers in the attempted settlement of our difficulty with Mexico by means of the Niagara conference is -held by Mr. Fullerton to have prodigiously al tered the Monroe Doctrine and to have revealed "a far finer political sense" on the part of the South Amer icans than has been displayed by our own statesmen. The events of the Eu ropean war near the American hemi sphere are cited as proof that our iso lation cannot continue, but again 1 - v ' f South America iirst perceiveu wie fact, for "the chief nations of South America thrust upon Washington the -. rAunnnslhllftv nf DPCPTitlnD' or ' . v. . j w- o rr cluuk men vv-vj " j t: .kt- .....llnn In noo-n.1 1 nego lation with the belligerent powers for the exclusion or tne lauers warsnips r-Am fhA u-arr nf thA two Americas." At the instigation of Peru the Pan- American Union consiaerea questions : . . .... a 4. o n . 1 oflnnlf.ii I . resolutions asserting the rights of neu- trals as airainst belligerents. These Vlprfts are held, to have proved that "it is interest, not senti ment, that ties nations together." This principle "is now about to operate as .itotttrHInf- anH pnmwiv element on that "purer American idealism which theopTe Ind m of the political leaders on both or the American con- tinents had blindly supposed would Rlwavs distinguish tnis nappier wona from the old one of the wicked kings." Mr. Fullerton quotes Senor Tr.ana of Colombia, as expressing a hope that the approaching Pan-American Con- gress'at Santiago will seal President Wilsons promise that tne united States will not "acquire territory on tho American conUnent by war or conquest" and thus "carry the Monroe Doctrine to tne extreme limit 01 us logical development." Mr. Fullerton a- 1 goes on to say: Tnt?d States of North America, the first it lit mwious inn ino cryinr neea ui me 1 line Ol I1C I U' l i . -, ... uvb mv u - i. hin submarines or larae standing ar 1 1 n a nf Yimr tiffniw In not ma much battle- I mles. but a public opinion keenly alert to the problems confronting the people of 1 the United States of North America as a I world power; a machinery of government permitting tnem to oemana oi me .xecu itlve authority explanations as to the con-1 . duot of foreign business, and to pass Judg- ; mint on the policy of the Executive, and I mini OH IJ'C V'V . 1 V J V. (NO V ..... t , . ! V. finally, an Executive willing humbly to do international business in accordance with jpm has shown to be the sole condition of ren national development. ii. ..mi. -.1 KiTifMiiM thit 'tv, . - . i i good sense or tne people win eventu-( j ! ally insist on lifting National interests ,i,r rf i renrh of nartv nolitirp. Undoubtedly growing mutual inter ests and Intercourse are destroying the isolation of the United States and are forcing us. whether we will or not, to take our place aa a world-power. That place-will require us to adopt a con tinuous foreign policy. Like institu tions and common interests will cause hs to unite with other American states ' in promoting a common policy a con cert of America. Thus united and speaking with one voice, the American nations can enforce respect for their rights as neutrals by belligerents and can ward off aggression. Certain things are essential to this end. One is that we cast aside that spurious altruism which would be well adapted for an earthly heaven, ill adapted for the world wo ac tive in. The Nation must be cdueated and keenly Interested iniutorr rnational politics and mu.si ac quire a clear conception 01 ia rnran iniorceta This it promises to acquire from watching the progress or v. 11 ci r ST.w-h n conccDtiou once lormea, nu it onuum c foreign policy in this country as there is in other countries r.U.i onv ottomnt to make a party iysue of foreign affairs should bring such general condemnation on in am-nor that it will not be repeated. chm.M build nn h. trained diplomatic service, divorced from politics as com- pletely as arc tne Army aim v. Wlth rixea tenure or. promotion oy merit. Party politics have no more place in foreign affairs or in inv uiif trie Army or )'. l cm" fn with thpsft reauisites are an irrnv unrt Xavv adeauato to back up Wlin lorce our pruiKrto .w..o-- encroachment, inen we niaii ''" 9 wm-i,i.r.nni-r workins: for peace with suoocsk. because it will be known that we are armed. iO AME.VD. The Oregonian is quite unable to say how much of merit mere raaj have been to the complaints agaiirai Major BoWlby; but it is clear that in the gentle art of making enemies he was singularly gifted, it can hardly iw t.rvihln that all the criticisms - against him come from aggrieved con- other individuals or jnfjuencCs that sought to control his w.uuu ...,.. .-..j . , . tain that Mr. Bowlby has not ehown .i : ; ; nmnrnmisf! with .riinn uk hic-hwav enc-ineer. ji is cei- anv rfisiuu lion to compromise vwiu them or in any way to yield to them. Perhaps If he had been a trifle more diplomatic, too, in his remarks about methods of road and bridge consirui; tinn in firnrnn he would not so greatly have enlarged the circle of exasperat ed citizens determined to get nis scaip. n-ohai tvin ljite Hisrhway Commis sioner 'appeared to be perfectly sure at all times that ne ana nis inewiuua were all right. But now that Bowlby has been ten dered as a sacrifice to the demands of the sentiment against him, justifiable or unjustifiable, it is to be hoped that the Legislature will not fail to strengthen the work of the State uuhirav fnmmisalen by suitable leg islation and an appropriate road tax. It will be deplorable, ior example, n. the excellent start made shall come to nothing more, and it will be unfortu- ir ttio intellicrent sentiment an over the state for better roads shall not be encouraged. Ono fomenditure now wnony justi fied bv conditions is for roads. Road work by state, county, city and road district ought to be pushed with greater vigor than ever. It means work for men who need work and a permanent and valuable investment for the public. TIIE irlJITING MOVIES, nr Rfhnrman. of Cornell, has' a good word to say for the movies. In his opinion they help mae iu"ij fellows of the students" who now pass their spare hours gazing at thrilling films instead of loafing in poolrooms, m,!- i c-ircpllent news. By and by some great social authority 'will speak out and tell us wnat a unu m th movies are doing for the young people in country villages. They solve better than anything ever na the problem of a wholesome and happy evening resort It is perfectly understood by all readers that the poolroom and the .mn.,r nr." rlive of a country village are about the most facile gateways to perdition that Satan has yet mventeu. Those abominable resorts are attrac tive to half-grown boys not because of their intrinsic charms, but for lack of anvthing better. After nightfall the ordinary country town is a oismai place. The streets are sioppj au dark, the churches locked securely, the s'choolhouse closed, the stores not particularly hospitable to loafers and the dwellings but illy adapted to en tertain young men. With such surroundings the village bovs almost inevitably fall into bad habits. Since little or nothing good is offered them, they cannot in reason be expected to reject the bad. Thus mey uvt.wi v i Kn,vo pasv victims ot tne tempter in his most loathsome rorms. The movles are cnangmg 't ."- Tnejr establishment, in country places hag Desun a moral revolution. Whole ' m I frrtm thp farms tO ianuiieo iamiliea unc " - see the pictures. The village youths find them as inriums Schurman says they are to the Cornell students. The movie show is one tntprislnmcnt. and perhaps tn r,u- r,np which is exactly as good in the country as in the city. Its pos sibilities for education ana spiritual uplift have not yet begun to oe aypie ciated. . THE MONOPOLY VS. THE TRUST. The professional champions of the iplift ought to get together. Here, for examp are those two valiant b --- - -;- - ' . tn VjTrZoJ - mat- respective 7resnn0"anl5nP'ueblfc j. ter as a Mature. ux'jXrd paper says that the -the jieaioru . , . mJTlvM, """ .'7 ",:,. th(, rieht to power rights "fJ , Zai or Federal ng to people, state or Jeter "".7. , connection with reserved for use in cnJfc"on thf development ui " : ".inaiitips. The object is to sepure for a song property worth m nillions." BUI we nt e uK" ; ------ authority of the Pendleton paper, mat tha "utilities bill had passed the But we have it upon the lmpeccaoie the "utilities bill naa pas&eu uM Kt it was killed in tne senate because the interests, neaaea dj i ,trr trust did not want the bill to electric uui, " because the interests, headed by the Wicked monopoly, according to Medford, engineered the bill through .11 1. U1U1 LI, .-o i . . n 1 orw- trust. BC lute Mouse, "" . , . I r,i,r,tr tn Tndleton. killed it in the I aii, hiimA th Leeislature senate, isom ui"' o ----- for heeding the siren voice of tne CUI ruiouii. When in doubt cry monopoly and roast the Legislature. t.(,. o rrpnt while we shall have forecasts of earthquakes at least as reliable as those or tne weatner. Professor Frank A. Perret who has K.r. stiidvino: . the great Italian earthquake, thinks they- will be more reliable. Since such forecasts would be deduced from statistics, they might be made, without any knowledge of the causes of earthquakes just as as tronomers predicted the motions of the star eclipses and other celestial phenomena ages before Newton dis covered the law of gravitation. Seis mologists arc rapidly accumulating statistics of earthquakes. All the per. tinent facts are tabulated, such, as time and place of occurrence. Inten sity, duration and so on. To these ta bles the laws of probability will be applied and thus science will reach a Tair estimate of the likelihood of an earthquake in any given place within the next few months. What has hap pened in the past is almost certain to happen again, though the law of its periodicity may be a little perplexing.. .MORE ABOUT KXl'GE HANS. Howard N. Smith's brief reference to "Klugo Hans," the celebrated Ger man horse, appears in another column today. . It suggests a line of thought so interesting that we shall devote a few words to It. . Mr. Smith supposes that the horse mav have been an "exceptional case' and that without any help from man he mav have exhibited a degree of in telligence altogether unusual in ani mals. It would be rash to say that this is out of the question. Evolution by mutation is now acknowledged to be one method by which the world progresses and there Is no apparent reason why it should not occur in the equine race. Hans may have possessed a brain such as no other horse ever had and under favorable conditions he might have founded a line lar superior i i,r.tnfnrp seen in intelligence. There can be little doubt that the human mind itseir evoivca in sonw i. n-oi- one, rlav tliero was no such thing on earth. The next day it was here. It probably appeared through some such mutation aB that by which Hans 'was produced. WAS BBI.Gll.-M INVASION JUSTIFIED? t .1.. ntonct nf historical accu- tr i rWossarv to correct ono statement of fact in Mr. Kroner s let ter on "Belgium's Rights as a Neu tral." which was published in The Oregonian of February la. ivir. ivrouei .v,r iho trentles of 1872 between Great Britain and France and between Great Britain and Russia, guara.ui.ee f Releium until one rear after the close of the Franco- .,. ovtfrtfnfifth "any former vjeiiiit" " ' -----n - - convention upon the same subject and particularly such features 01 ii' -.,lt- Inrminiltoa inereu.v. J'"- Kroner maintains that therefore no guaranty of Belgian neutrality oas ex isted since I81-:. i.-rr,or eppms to have over- iJ l . 1X1 - looked an editorial published in The Oregonian of December 7, 1914, deal ing with this very subject. For his benefit we reprint the following ex tract from that -article relating to the treaties of ISiO: . . .,- BTiPm the The. prcamnio 01 eatu ; dlre of the contracting parties of record- lion to maintain the Independence and neu .... - 1 ;,,t-i" a u nrovided in tno atv of 3S:S. and say. that the- new treaty. fthot I."?"'""? or lnv.lia.t ny tj. con. ditions oi me m h'' i.r, be subsidiary and accessory to it. ' Article 3 of the treat.es or V"'- " 1. shall Piw twrivo ""-"- ,tcr the elusion oi irjo w. . r, K.i,im independence and neutrality ' Be'lu would continue to ii the treaty ot 1830. mi... Rmmi rhnncellor frankly ad mitted that in invading Belgium Ger many violated international law. He pleaded in extenuation that self-pres ervation drove liermauj iu thing in order to prevent a far greater wrong to herself. He took the posl .i r o man who. threatened with violence, .invades his neighbor's prem ises in order that he may nave me ad vantage over his assailant and may deprive his assailant of an advantage. No reasonable man will question that . i.. ,vi floTirpr Is excusable for a. mu-u iu ...... o - - trespass committed in order to save his life. If a nation is threatened with being crushed and believes it can avert the catastrophe Dy a rapiu tuwc livered through intervening neutral territory, its justification is at least arguable. The neutral state then has the alternative between resistance and confession of its impotence to prevent the invasion. It may permit the in vading army to pass through, may plead its weakness as its- excuse and may notify the other belligerent pow er that it too may enter the neutral territory and drive out the invader if it can- . , i Our 'German friends only weaken their own case by denying that Bel gian neutrality was guaranteed by treaty and bv pleading that, therefore, Germany did no wrong in invading Belgium. The evidence proves that there was a guaranty, to which Ger many was a party, but even had there been no guaranty, Germany's conduct violated Belgian rights. A wrong is a wrong, whether or not the party com mitting it has agreed In writing not to commit it. If Germans generally would stand on their Chancellors original ground, that the law of self preservation compelled Germany to commit the wrong, their position would be relieved of much weakness The moral Judgment of the world would then pass upon the question whether Germany was in such danger that dire necessity compelled her to trespass in her neighbor's territory, whether this action was a lesser wrong justified by the need of pre venting a greater wrong. That would reduce the argument to the question whether Germany and Austria or France and Risia sought and pro voked the war. , IRISH RIVALRY IN LOYALTY. T P O'Connor's article ori the Irish Nationalist attitude toward the war brings to the front the existence of three parties in Ireland the Nation alists, who," having secured enactment of the home rule law, are loyal to and ready to fight for the British Empire; the Separatists who, inspired by race hatred and desire to avenge past wrongs, will be content only with in dependence and "Who plot with Eng land's enemies; and the Orangemen, who maintain that they alone are truly loyal to the Empire and who avow their readiness to rebel rather than be ruled, by an Irish Parliament The Nationalists evidently compose the great majority of the Irish people. The Orangemen or Ulster Covenanters are a minority of perhaps one-fifth, but are determined and united and in clude many wealthy people. The Separatists are a remnant of the Fenians and Clanna-Gael who have come together in the Sinn Fein So ciety. Few in numbers, they are noisy, aggressive and ready to adopt anv means to stab at England. The ratio of enlistment in the army to total numbers is cited by the Ulster Covenanters aa an evidence that in the present war they are the real loyalists and that the Nationalist loyaltv is mere lip service, not coming from the heart. In reply, the Nation alists point to the volunteering of 50 000 among the 2,000,000 Irish peo ple living in England, Scotland and Wales, but they pass over the ratio of volunteers to population in the south and west of Ireland. Figures published in London newspapers show this to have been much smaller than in TTistor. These, figures may ybe partially explained by the fact that Ulster is the manuiaciunng sccnuu vi TrpionH whprn the linen industry must have been adversely affected by thp war and where therefore me num ber of unemployed afforded ample material for soldiers. Th nihnr three nrovinces. on the other hand, are chiefly agricultural and grazing country, where emigra tion has taken away the surplus popu lation and left few more tnan enous" to cultivate the soil and to tend the herds. At the outset too, the British nr., OrTir-B willlnelv accepted as soldiers whole Dodies of Ulster vol unteers and organized them in ais tinct brigades, while it refused at first to form Irish brigades in the rest of Trpl.'inrl flnd in the other kingdoms, yielding only after repeated urging. Renewal or the nome ruie cumiu- rnroi- oftpl- trip TV i V P Tl d .-i STEmfl U Tl- avoidable, and the rival parties are likely to point to tho numDer oi men contributed by each to the army as a measure of their comparative loyalty. Unity of spirit may be increased by the sentiment arising from their fight-i- tin -hv kMp fisrainst a common enemy, and the English, Scotch and' welsh people may De less lncimeu iu heed the Ulster Covenanters after seeing the demonstration of loyalty given -by tho Nationalist soldiers. If the controversy should again- becomo anniA nn it wa before tho war. the danger of civil conflict would be in creased by the presence on eacn siac of a large body of veteran soldiers. THANKS JOB ONK SMALL FAVOR. It is welcome news to Pacific Coast lumbermen that the Government has rescinded its order that Panama Canal tolls bo collected on deckloads of ships. This requirement was not only illegal, but it was essentially unjust. The canal law requires tolls to be inirtnri on tho net registered tonnage of a ship. The regulations added tolls on deckloads, as though the Dasis were to be the tomnago carried instead of the tonnage displaced. The regulations bore particularly hard on lumbor vessels, and hence on ,h. tumVipr industry, which was al- . . V. i 1 1 1 rr a 1-iPOW PnOllCll 1) 11 l'(i P I u . . . . r, --.' ' n free trade and business depression. A large part of the lumDer cargo carried on deck, and payment of tolls upon it added an expense which might represent the difference between nrofit. and loss. It might indeed prove prohibitive on Pacific Coast competi tion in the Atlantic Coast mantel wnn Southern yellow pine, which is nearer by either rail or water. The Pacific Coast has received so many back-handed blows from the Wilson Administration that it is thankful for this one small favor. The Portland Journal is vastly ex cited over the proposal to withdraw from the Board of Control and place with the Governor the power to name the heads of the various state institu tions, and denounces it as a "scheme to build up the most dangerous ma chine that the state has seen in many a day." Govepnor Withycombe may or may not desire the measure to pass. The Oregonian does not know. But it seems pertinent to remark that a far greater power will be reposed with the Governor if he shall nave autnor ity summarily to remove sheriffs and prosecuting attorneys, as the Journal proposes, or even if he shall be priv ileged to wield that precious single z . . .... ...v. I ..Vi i an ripi-ir to the neiii v LU, 1 i-1- " heart of our neighbor. If it is a de sideratum in Oregon to build up a political machine around the Gover nor, we can think of nothing better than the Journal'3 plan. Major-General Wood's suggestion is sound in advising college students to Join Summer military camps. This Nation can at any moment raise a mighty volunteer army, but without officers, though every member of the National Guard were given a com mission. ' Major-General Wood wants the col lege boys to train for war. If it were only convenient to manipulate war fare so the gridiron warriors of the various nations could fight in sports manlike regimental classes, there would be little doubt of the outcome. Great Britain "gravely suspects" somebody is selling copper to Ger many. The suspicion is well founded, for Germany is getting tjie metal. There may be a few Britons more or less thrifty With the British lion, the Russian bear, the German hound, the sea wolves of the naval powers, and John Bull, it isn't so difficult after all to understand the animal nature of war fare. What the traffic officer must do is catch Jay Walker nearly across the street and make him go back and use the crossing. That will please the officer, whose official hours see little Joy. . . The Government will confer a favor on a large number by keeping its hands off Johnson until after the Juarez "go." Then, win or lose, it is welcome to him. ' Under the new traffic ordinance the peMesiriair cheerfully will use the crossing if the moter vehicle allows him just a little right of way. A "fairy tale" from Bagdad says a Turkish advance guard whipped a British detachment, which would be probable if it were possible. The California orange-grower gets 26 cents out of the dollar. The Ore gon apple-grower does better, but not enough to Justify boasting. yTi, mnnicinalitv is wise in not tinkering with the size of the loaf The master baker wno sens tne iarS est will get the trade. Three less school holidays will not work a hardship on the student. The teacher will miss them most. Three inches of snow at Hood River means thousands of dollars for. the fruitgrowers. The high price of wheat has not in creased the size of the hole in the doughnut. One industrial commissioner can do better work than three of diverse mind. . The worst feature is the Emperor of Germany is not a bluffer. Let us hope the soda lakes project doesn't fizzle out. It will not be a paper blockade. Stars and Starmakers BY LEONE CASS BAER. AN actress has just leftilG.000 to h-r onc husband with expres sions of doubt as to tho validity In heaven of the divorce lie naa -fr,n ner in Reno. This Is the first time on record in which these two localities have been drawn even ii.i the associations of disagreement. Mary Edgett Baker observes for this i, i,or (hp better an actress ob serves her calling the more she objects to being called. "The American Prize Tlay." as "Chil dren of Earth" is designated in the ad vertisements, ended its career at the Booth Theater Inst " Saturday night. Despite the Interest in the play aroused by the method of its selection, the nccc did not prosper and Winturop Ames will not send it on tour. The fate of "Children of Earth,' which is said by experts to contain its good moments and strong passages, is but further evidence of the difficulty which the producer must face when he attempts to find a worthy play. In good faith Mr. Ames offered a prize of $10. 000 for tho best play written by an American, and he stipulated further to produce it In a first-class manner and at tho usual royalties. Of tho lot submitted expert judges chose "Children of Earth," by Alice Brown, as the best, and Mr. Ames kept faith in the matter of payment of the prize money and tho other conditions. Commercial sense, however, now com pels him reluctantly to abandon the play. Ono of the things you can, always bank on after the production of any "prize play" is that some other play must have been better. And that no two people will agree that it was the best of the lot. That each and every one of the three thousand and eight hundred palpitating embryo playwrights who did not win the prize will knock tho accepted play. And that a prlzo play of any sort invites and receives such mussy criti cism. ' ' Wild and weird are some of the stor ies told of domestics, but this ono seems worthy of repetition once, any way: Portland man (to his wife's maid) Well, Mary, here are a couple of tickets for the Baker Theater to see "Sherlock Holmes" if you would like to 'go. I think you will enjoy the play. The maid Thank you, sir. It is very kind, I'm sure. The night "out" arrived and Mary departed for the theater. Shortly after 9 she returned. The wife Why.. Mary, I thought you went to the theater? The maid I did, ma'am. The wife Why did you come home before the play was over? Didn't you like it? The maid Oh, yes, ma'am, very much, but, as I read on the programme after the first act, "two hours elapse before the second act," I thought it was no use to wait ma'am. It's much easier for an actress to live down a reputation than to live up to one. Marie Baker, who is no relation whatever to the Baker- Players, al though she was one of them for a part of a season a year or so ago, is at Pantages this week. She has an im portant role in one of Walter Mon tague's rabid socialistic plays. Miss Baker is renewing acquaintances dur ing her brief visit in Portland. See where the one-act curtain raiser, "The Cat and the Cherub," has been made over into an Italian grand opera entitled "L'Oracolo." Next we'll have old Annie Rooney going on the Parisian stage and getting herself billed as La Roonette. 1 e Mason Griffin, a prominent business man of Washington. D. C, "who was kissed by a chorus girl in the presence of his wife," has brought suit for 11500 against the Southern States Producing Company of Philadelphia and Allen J. Eachrach, proprietor of the Casino The ater here. Griffin states in his bill that the act caused him "great mental pain and anguish and made him the subject of ridicule." Lately Griffin and his wife attended the performance of the "Southern Rose buds" at the Casino Theater. He says "certain ladies" came down the aisles frdm the stage and one of them did "as sault the plaintiff with intent to kiss" and "in spite of the attempts of the plaintiff to push her away did kiss the plaintiff." . That line "kissed in the presence of his wife" is self-explanatory of the suit. Marie Z. Taylor, of New York, has filed a bill of equity in the Superior Court against William Favershain, of London, now playing the title role in "The Hawk" at the Majestic Theater, seeking an injunction to restrain him from continuing the production of the play, from disposing of any rights to it from disposing of any of its prop erties and demanding an accounting. The plaintiff alleges the play has been unprofitable for a long time; that Favershain has been instructed by her agent to discontinue the performance; that he has disregarded them: that he has been extravagant and has made improper charges and expenditures in connection with its production. She says that if the production is continued she fears she will be subjected to a multiplicity of lawsuits. She says she has exclusive right to adapt the play from the manuscript. ' Mary Pickford has been accorded a most signal distinction by the Board of Education of Kansas City, Mo. In com piling a list of the world's celebrities, comprising the greatest names of his tory, science and philosophy since the dawn of civilization, for the pupils of the public schools of that city, the Board of Education has included the name of the screen star, "Little Mary." Among the immortal names with which Miss Pickford is listed appeared the following: Dante, Isaac Newton, Bal zac, General Bernhardt, Ulysses, Lord Roberts and Villa. No. ABERDEEN. Wash.. Feb. 16. CTo the Editor.) If a party divorced in Ore gon, is it lawful to marry in Vashing fo inside of six months? Please answer through ,or columns. Twenty-five Years Ago From The oregonian of Fehriary I". i-"- McMinnvillP, Pr.-lm. N. I- Scott wife of a well-to-do fnrnicr living i miles from here on the road to s"l'"rn. was murdered wliilo she slept early Sunday morning. Mr. S ott wa. out in Iho barn feeding tho Mock when ne heard tho shots. Frank A. Cook of Portland is a son. New Orleans James .1. Corbet t had an easy time defeating Jako Kllratn here last night. Corhott lookea iiko boy beside the cx-chnnipion. Corhett who was in fine condition, said Kilrain was tho easiest vi.-tim ho ever met. Hugh Wallne.o of Taooma. who ha been in Washington. P. on business for some time, is en route home. John Killingsworth. who died recent ly at Dayton. Wash., wan oriRiimllv nn Oregonian. having settled at Eupene City in lSTiS. On Sunday morning a HVi pound boy was born to Mr. and Mrs. W. H. 11. (Jrant. Thinther is. doing well nnd the father's heart is filled with Joy. Amos C. T'arker was thrown from his btigKry at Ninth and Morrison street yesterday morning, hut ho sustained only a few superf i,-ial bruises. The wheols passed over Mr. Torker nnd the horsp, Blurted to run nway but Mr. Parker recovered hiinwlf in time, to oate.h the horse beforo it had gone two blocks. Honry Bhu kburn, Mayor of Heppner, Or., and a prominent Democratic poli tician of Eastern Oregon is in the city. i -Ten carloads of furniture for the Portland Hotel have arrived. James K. Polk is the only man thus far who ever hold tho speakership in tho popular branch of Congress, who ever rcuched the Presidency. George Hayes, the prominent busi ness man of Eugene is at the Holton House. L. . Clarke of Woodard, Clarko & Co., accompanied by his sister. Mm. H. ;. Actos, loft for the East last night. R. E. Dwyer. well-known baseball malinger, who has been connected with several noted clubs in tho country, is in Portland with a view to organizing a North Pacific Coast League. "The Peiirl of rekin" drew an im mense audience to the Mnrqutm Grand theater last nicht. Louis Harrison. John C. I'anh, Edward Webb. ;ilbert Clayton. Miss Ada Jenoure and Miss Bertha Fisch were notables in the cast The chorus was bewitching. The new Arion hall. In the. Weinhard block. Second and Oak. was dedicated last night with a brilliant function. J. Reiaohacher. president of the society, spoke and Trofessor L C. Heed. Mrs. K. J. Fink, P. Wessinccr, Professor J. Stebinger and II. Wagner contributed to tho programme. Simon Harris led the orchestral union. ROBERT EMMETS WORDS QUOTED J. Ilennessy Mnrpliy nepllea to Mr. Ilynn nn Irish duration. rOUTLAND. Feb. 18. (To the Edi tor.) As a gentleman, a scholar and a good judge ot Irish (tufT, may I have space to reply to Edward Ryan's let ter? Mr. Shannhan. whom Mr. Ryan calls an "Irish Tory." is in San Fran cisco, so Mr. Ryan is as safe In this ease ns he is in preaching sedition ngainst tho British government several thousand miles awuy from the toBO of danger. January 15 last in a national conven tion in Dublin, with delegates from every part of Ireland and John Red mond in the chair, the present home 1. .....a l.ailufl " "t!lP flTHllt rum ii:i. f nan' i charter of liberty, the most important event In Irlsii nistory nines mu ni- i ip ihia Iu tint un ex ilian mvapivii. i' ...... ... emplificatlon of the "consent of the governed, what Is it: t i.id intiaH t.t ThA Oreu-onian Mr Shanahan assumed to spouk for no- bodv, he merely asked ir. it,vun aim i.:.. e ,.o ami InU unil lllatforill III." UUIIl.ll V- f 1 - revolutionists a very pertinent ques tion, yet unanswereu. jn. t-iuiuonai. has plaved the game squarely. For manv years past he has identified himself in this city as a supporter ot Mr. Redmond's policy, contributing generously: he bears no ill will toward the common people of any ot the warring nations, he Is simply true to his own ideals or an lrisnman ,, 1.. f.-.- weifrirp of his mother- land, consistent with the welfare of his own adopted country. Mr. Ryan and his few followers acted differently. They always oppuseu ivru mond's policy, but when the victory for home rule was won they took ad vantage of public enthusiasm and col ,,.ri hi,n,treil ilollara a few leuiru . i- v 11 " - months ago from the citizens of Port land, sometimes eulogizing Mr. Red mond and his work in soliciting money for what many or tne coninuuium sup posed was to be used ror the support ., ..nn-pmp,it of Mr. Redmond's auu eiiuuuiab""-"- ----- "volunteers," a body of men organised after the manner of our state militia a -. . i. ... . mirrtose. It turns out auu i"i i" , i now Mr. Ryan's "volunteers" are using this money in an aciive punmni v i' 3 .. A,iHirrn: the American Gov Kd-HtlO. ...u.-.. ernment in a trying and dangerous hour, when all me goou peupio ui parties are hoping and praying that this country of ours will not be drawn into this terrible war. Mr. Ryan's "volunteers" and Mr. Redmond's "vol unteers" are different In substance and purpose. But is this all that Mr. Ryan and his j , hp oonaure.l for? TheV cruwu i 1 w - - - claim to honor the memory of Robert Emmet: are they sure they are not dis honoring the memory of Robert Emmet? What were Kmmei s political ii ma ples? I quote Emmet's own words: 1 1 it - . .. .i neon . niivancina: rapidly VV 1 1 I K - in knov. ledge and power perceive at last how far tneir government lo gins behind them, what then, I ask. is to be done in sujh a case? What but to pull the government up to the people. This Is all that Grattan. OConnell. Butt and Parnell tiled to do, and what Red mond, Dillon, Devlin and O'Connor have done. Emmet declared he would repel an invesion of the French in his native land, as he would repel an in vasion of any other foreign power: he lost his life with his face to the foe; he never fought an enemy 5000 miles away through .he newspapers. His lineal descendant. Dr. Addis Emmet, of New York, his declared In writing many times that if Robert Emmet were alive he would stand shoulder to shoulder with John Redmond and his party. J. HENNESST MI RPHT. Theory aa o Iiluge liana. EUGENE. Or.. Feb. 17. (To the Edi tor ) The remarks on "Kluge Hans." or the intelligent horse, were interest ing and afford food for thought. 1 he fart that there have been apparently other examples or cases of tho kind, though possibly not-to the samn degree of perfection or attainment, leads to the idea that it may be a natural phe nomenon and not an artificial produc tion through man'a Instrumentality. Is It not possible or probable, that the gift attribute or sense often referred to us instinct which the animal men tioned possesses is capable of higher degrees of refinement or development in exceptional cases, corresponding to what would be called freak rases In certain lines of human development, as. for instance, musical or mathematical prodigies, though, of course, beyond the common or ordinary run or ue or tiio faculty peculiar to t ncm? HOWARD N. SUIT II. Half a Century Ago From The Orcgcnian Teh. Fortv millions of pamphlets, tract.. and electioneering liandhilla of varlou klnds. live been put tlirouKh I In; Una last year free of postjeo limit r the franks of members of t'ongrr:. President Juarez, of Mol'o. write a friend in one of the Eastern Male..- In i ho fnllowinc hoptful tone. situation is tr from being hopclcM". ns our enemies are tolim to make everxhoriv believe. Our resources are rrpui the love of in .McM'an ir Iheir country and their dlspooltmn tn fluht for its independence uro imi e.i J'.clore long vie will begin to fho" this moro efricieiillv. The em hir la -t ie rn..eriion I lian met in this rlaie h- strengthe.ned my faith in tho ultimata success of our holy Ur.'' new tnilltarv nrpaiin"ii reated. General l'npo Is to .omnmn.l r ...i ... 1 ( .n r li 1 I'otltirr Nl nt M. l,OlllS anu v, - lrnrr. The postoffice, at Highland. W. T-. lias been discontinued. Henry Higsins, n centleinan from Boston, has established n r"ln svIuhjI Tor private Instruction in a branches ot a sood education. He will also Rive mush: lessons. Jin has rooms at IU Front street, upstairs, and li arranged to go Into Hie homes of his students when requested. The rtcamrr Oregon, leaving for the South this week, carries Ano ton- of cargo, valued at ;ii',0t)U. and ltl,i-,' In treasure. Teterdav Mrs. Doty gave birth to a fine boy on board the rtcamrr sen ator bet ween this city and Oregon Cll. while en route from Umatilla, to her homo in Polk County. The boy was named Senator Doty in honor of the boat. Captain McNully. of tha ate.imei' Idnlio yealorduy captured large buck swimming In the river above tho i ar cades. H was run down by , small boat and hauled on deck with ropes. The- buck was sent as a present t- Col onel J. S. Ruckle, president of tlio O. S. N. Co, ot tills city... arriving lat-l night In care ot Thomas 11. Cann, mes senger of Wells, Forgo &. Co.'b Eprcs. Stark tcet was dismal last right on account of no play at tlio old 'Willam ette Theater, but for tho benefit or those who feel "null" on such ot sions "Drcd. or the Plsmul bwamp and "Colleen l'.awn'' will bo produced tonight. Mrs. S. M. Irniu has been re engaged for a few nights and rho w.1'1 be supported bv Mr. Irwin and li. H. Waldron in "Colleen Tlawn." Mr. Wl dron and Mil. C. GeUler ill pl' "Drcd." KNOWLEPtiK OR MEMORY KM " N. E. Imhaua ReaaarWa nn Ren ins; of Yale elentlL PORTLAND. "" li. (To tlia F.di tor.) Referring to your Inlertstlnif editorial of Sunday, February 14. enti tled "The Switches In Our Bodies." 1 wish to submit the following remarks: Tho apparent "missing link'' you refer to In the argument of 1 'r. Eliot Park Frost, of Vale I'nlversltv. Is summar ized as follow In yoir artiela: It rnther tend- l nil e.mscimi-nees out of hunlnen-. If w nisy . enlH- In l" Vm.i. Ami vrl mil wholly i". l-..r upon lil !'" l .'loenig of old. well swll.-l.ea de pend? II d. M n.:. lr. I r.-l upon H' conviction tlist the liiil.H In nucstl.'ll Is In advisable, that f. -leu. la Iim..r..i - el It. mat ll will enli'l ruin If II Is I. ""-.I n. a'" ine like. Sil. H eotiv I' ll-ii" are if I n aierlal phenomena. Tin y i ", ".. m.' ...nlr.r' . .late- of consclousm-aa. Urn..-. Willi" l" condition of th SM.H1- " '""'7'"' expre-.lon which precedes and ..-leri,nne-thn physical, so perceive II. at wo haie not got rid uf the will after all . . . In answer will ray that the material phenomena can ho tra- rd to our pre vious acquired knowlcilao or memory "cells" which belong to lie sensory system, and from these memory or knowledge sensory cells, are transmit ted the Impulses to tho motor oatcin bv the "synapse." If we had not learned previously by education, observation, experience, etc.. that the habit In .Us tion was inadvisable, clc., which knowl edge we had stored in our cells, we could not get rid of Huso habits. There fore such convictions become material Phenomena, in accord with lr. FroM'a theory. Thcso remarka might ba ac cepted a a complement to Dr. V rosl a tem In explanation of consciousness or will, taken hero as apirll or mind. N. E. 1MII.US. Mr. Imlmus' - explanation explain nothing. The moral Judgment upon phrases beg tho question JOT 0UttlVE TO CONCILIATION ttueatioulns Genuineness of Irian. l.o nll) to llrltala Only tauaca Discord. PORTLAND, Feb. 17. (To the Edi tor.) If Mr. J. B. Courtney, whose let ter appeared In The oregonian of Feb ruary 17 is sincere In desiring tho co operation of Irishmen or Americana of Irish birth. In the efforts being made for a perfect reconciliation with other nationality of the Empire It would have been more conducive to that end to have mot any efforts In that direc tion with appreciation instead of mi- trlSusplclon provokes eusplclon. and tha tone, if not tho purpose, of hla '"tter will onlv aggravate matters, and will In no wav hasten tho consummation h professes to desire. He mentions the letter "purporting to come from the pen or Mr. T. P. O'Connor, the famous English (?) Journalist" published by the request of "prominent IrlHh-Ameri-can citizens." He seems to throw doubt on the authenticity of the letter, and the source ot tho desire for its puh it will reuuire something nuaiiuii. -v ..... . stronger than Mr. Courtney a Innuendo to Induce any reasonable person to question the good faith ot tho author or of his local supporters. It has not been noticed that Mr. Court ney' exortlona in support of the object he professes to advocate has been m i . ..r . n irt-esHiva thai ho Is Justified In appearing publicly as the mouthpiece of any larae Americans of British birth, and as i. than worda even acts Sl'rna ,....v. . - now we would welcome him If he would loin us In helping me cause ' ... moVher country." J. 1. KOBINSON. IIow a Manufacturer Made a Market certain manufacturer wanted to introduce his goods in a city but the dealers wero cold. Thereupon he began a vigorous advertising campaign in the news papers. People brsan to ask about the goods in tlio stores and retailers grew Interested. It was not long before every .denier was carrying the line be.ca.uaa th public demanded It. Todny the retailer is ever nn the alert to co-oporate with tho manu facturer when tho latter Is a news paper advertiser. , The storekeeper knows his rue. ces lies In giving people w hat they waul and there la little question about their wanting good goods when they aro advertised In their home ne.w.-papcr-'. which a change of hablta depends ais not material phenomena. Nor dors It account for memory and consciousness lo speak of "memory colls." It re quires but slight practice In phlloso ..i,i.,i,r lo understand that all audi