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V ,THE -MORNING OREGOXIAy, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1915. 8 Lnter-d at rortland. Orejon, Fostolflc as fubacription Kates Invariably In advanca. 6r Mall ) Dailr, Sunday Included, one year.... Dsilv, Sunday included, six months. ... Dsi.y, shinaay included, three nionlha. . l-ail'v, Sunday included, one month. ... Daily, without Sunday, ona year. Pailv. m-ithout Hunday, xrx months .... Laiiv, without Sunday, three months... Pally, without fiunday, one month Weekly, one year. ..........- Sunday, ona year Sunday and 'W eekly, one year (By Carrier.) Pally, Sunday Included, one year..... .$8.00 . 2.25 . .7i . 6.0V . 1.2; . l. 3 , .80 , 1.50 . ii.K . 3.30 19.00 jjauy, aunuav muuu, " -- How t Kemlt Send Po''0"1;" "eyv der. exoreaa order or peraonal check on j or- our local bank. Stamps, cm or curem. - 'J TV pander s rtk. Uive postofflca address in lull at llK-iUailiK coumjr nu Postage. Kates 13 to 10 ps-. i ",,. to 82 pTs. 2 cents; 34 to 48 pages. 3 cents n ;a ; . s to pities, v wui-. - zp, double rates. KaMf-rn Business Office Veree Conk li.i. New York, Krunswlcs. building: Chicago, ftengir building. San Francisco Office R- J. Bidweli Com j.an.v. 7PJ Market street. rORTLAXD, THURSDAY. FEB. 55, 1915, Ul SMIVs T.ATKST DEFEAT. The Mazurian Lake region of East t....!, i ih. exavevard of Russian armies and of the reputations of their Generals. For the secona -Russian army has invaded that region, onlv to be trapped by the Germans. According to German accounts and to the narrative of the Associated Press correspondent who seems to accom pany the German army, two forces, each greatly superior to the Russian army which was attacking the east ern approach to the lake region, were secretlv assembled, rapidly pushed to the front bv means of the network of strategic railroads and assailed the Ruians from the northwest and southwest. The Russians hastily re treated to their fortified line beyond the frontier. . The German version of the affair makes it appear as a rout, in which large bodies of Russians abandoned cannon and supply trains and were finallv surrounded and surrendered to the number of over 100,000. The Russian version represents the retreat as one in which every step was fiercely contested day after day, In which one body of the army made a splendid stand against an envelop ing force of four times its strength and in which the Germans lost oO.OOO men Combining the two stories, it is probablv true that the Russians aban doned large quantities of artillery and booty in their effort to avoid being completely surrounded, but that they fought an obstinate rearguard action and forced the Germans to pay a stiff price for victory. One would have thought that the disaster at Tannenbcrg would have taught the Russians to proceed with great caution in again attempting to penetrate the maze of lakes, swamps and small rivers which constitutes the southeastern corner of East Prussia. Their caution seems to have been lim-it-d to an invasion of that province farther to the northeast than on the former occasion, for the main advance was made across the lower Xiemen Kiver. leaving the lakes to the south, but evidently a movement was made nlso from points farther south. The nature of the country perhaps forbade cavalrv reconnoissance. but surely it should have been possible to send aeroplanes some distance to the west in order to spy out the enemy's move ments. The Russians are well sup plied with aircraft, and their defeat seems to be due to their neglect or possiblv inability to use them, as well as to their lack of sufficient railroads for movement of troops with the same celeritv as the Germans practice. The second abortive invasion of East Trussia appears to have been part of a general plan of attack on the two nines of the Austro-German army, with the purpose of carrying the war into the enemy's country and of re- j lievins the pressure on the Russian t enter thirty miles west of Warsaw. While one armv invaded East Prussia, another assaulted the Carpathian passes in an effort to penetrate Hun gary. The Russians have taken some j of the passes in the main range boun- ) ding Hungary on the north, but in others the enemy holds out and the Russian extreme left has been driven from Bukcwina by a superior Austro Ofrman force. The Russians seem now to be hold ing a line extending just east of the East Prussian frontier through Su walki. Augustowo. Ossewctz, Lomza and Prasznysz and to be making a successful stand, the German advance being hampered by swamps and dense forests, particularly in the vicinity of Augustowo. The Russian line through Poland facing westward seems to hold firm, though the bulge near Plock has been putstved back, according to Ger man reports. The battle in the Carpathians con tinues with unabated fury and the retreat from Bukowina has been staved, the Russians having sent for ward reinforcements to hold the line of the Fruth River, which flows east ward past Czernowitz, capital of Bu kowina. Russia now holds all of Galicia except the part west of the Dunajee River, which flows into the Vistula about fifty miles east of Cra cow, and Przemysl. The Muscovites have now brought up heavy siege ar tillery to reduce that city, which has been ineffectively beleaguered for sev eral months. The German offensive may now be pushed from the north as well as the west, with "Warsaw as its objective, while the Germans and Austrians strive to prevent a Russian advance through the Carpathians and across the Fruth. If German reports of the number of artillery captured in East Prussia be even approximately cor rect, the power of resistance possessed by the Russian right wing must have been seriously reduced, and Warsaw may prove to be in more danger than at any previous time since tho war began! The Russian, however, is a most dogged fighter, and the Czar's military resources are limited only by his ability to arm and equip his prac tically exhau.stli-ss supply of men. Russia must need a respite to re organize her forces. With that end probably the Serbians have begun a new offensive against Austria-Hun-garv. Pctrograd must surely be pray. Tug that the Anglo-French army will -ivc the Germans such hot work in the west that tho latter will be unable to detach any more troops to the east. 'Kitchener's army could render most valuable service to the allied cause if it were now in France and Belgium, hut the Gentians may be emboldened hy their success against merchant ships to turn their submarine attacks to transports, I" the hope that they can prevent many of the new British soldiers from reaching the mainland. Success In thl jenture. combined w ith Uicir victory in tha cast, would, have a great moral effect in deterring any of the hesitating states from joining the anti-Teuton- alliance. WHY THEY ARB COMPUIMNG. The obvious motive behind the out cry against the Moser tenure-of-office act is that it is in the Interest of the West appointees. It is a demand that the Statehouse machine be let alone. It had managed to block in part the legislative plan to consolidate various departments and to abolish useless commissions, and it looked forward to two more years' of serenity and com fort. Now the outlook is changed. The state voted for a new deal when it elected Mr. Wlthycombe Governor. He is to have a free hand to give it, so far as he is affected by the Moser act. Governor "Withycombe is no spoils man Ha irnve the lie to that charge when he appointed Bernard Daly, a Democrat, to be Circuit judge ior T.aifa rvimtv. Tt was not the act of a partisan, but of a broad-minded ex ecutive who will not be Influenced .by political considerations wnere pontics has no place. Nor do we think the btate Boara 01 Control will abuse its power. It is a fact, indeed, that the new law does not greatly enlarge its discretion, which was already broad. If it is to be a maxim of state administration that an appointee once in place can net h removed, the responsible offi cer at the head of government will have no control of affairs. The only- relief to be had will be wnere some body dies or resigns. But it is the emergency clause irhii-h to r-nipflv worrvintr the unhappy critics of the Moser act, or they say it is. The stones thrown at the Gov ernor on that account are all from glass houses. Governor West did not hesitate to apply the emergency act when any little Job he favored was to ho Hone Durlna- Governor Chamber lain's administration five bills creat ing judgeships carried emergency clauses. THREE DOLLARS OR NOTHING. "I appeal to the public," said Com missioner Brewster in a statement published yesterday, "for work for the heads of families, men- who are residents of Portland, and some of them owners of heavily encumbered homes. They have managed to get thus far through the Winter, but can not hold out unless immediate Jobs are found." "Had you been with me yesterday afternoon," said Commissioner uaiy to the business men of Portland, at the hearing on the minimum wage ordinance, "when 400 men with fami lies called on me begging for jobs to purchase food for their families, while the work of the city is being given to aliens, you would have a different view of this matter." The remedy for this deplorable sit uation, as applied by the City Com mission (Commissioner Dieck votes no, and Commissioner Brewster ab sent, but also opposed), is to arrange that no one shall work on streets or sewers, or other city work, unless he shall have $3 per day of eight hours. It is hard to believe that the worthy- heads of families who aroused the quick sympathies of Mr. Brewster and the 400 needy men who saw commis sioner Daly, insisted on $3 and eight hours, or nothing. . A CANCER SERUM. In some of the Eastern papers has appeared an account of a new cancer serum just discovered at the General Memorial Hospital in New York., lr the stories are true the remedy is of prime importance to the world. It is administered, like other "serums,". bv injection and is said to give relief when all other methods of treatment have failed. Inoperable cases are amenable to the new serum. It oper ates beneficially upon deep-seated tumors which are beyond the reach of the knife and those as well which lie too near the vital centers to admit of removal. Radium, we are told, is likely to be entirely superseded by this novel remedy. The knife will be sup plemented by it and perhaps now and then rendered superfluous. The Oregonian reports these .won derful claims without putting much faith in them as yet. This is not the first remedy which has been an nounced as a cureall for cancer. All preceding ones have ended in disap pointment. AV'e hope that there will be a different story to tell of this, but we prefer to be certain of It before going into raptures. The name of the discoverer has not yet been published, nor are any of the essential facts concerning the serum available thus far. No doubt they will come out in good time with other cir cumstances upon which a reasonable Judgment may bo based. Meantime marvelous tales are published or tne cures wrought by the serum. Mention is made of an epithelioma on a pa tient's temple which was almost ob literated by a few treatments. A can cer of the tongue which had spread to the surrounding tissues Was "disinte grated" and apparently cured. These stories are most encouraging. When the world Is assured of their accuracy they will impart comfort to thousands of sufferers. But we warn patients not to expect too much. Now, as heretofore, we feel obliged to insist that the only safe treatment for cancer Is the early and radical use of the surgeon's knife. Taken in time, almost every cancer is not only cur able, but easily curable. Most of the danger lies in delay. NEWSPAPERS AND CHIME. Some important light has been cast upon the causes of juvenile crime by Dr. William Healy, of Chicago. As director .of the juvenile court's psy chopathic institute this gentleman has enjoyed exceptional opportunities to look into the misdeeds of young mis creants and his opinions are cor respondingly valuable. Dr. Healy says, among other things, that the newspapers are only slightly accountable for tho criminal pro pensities of the young. This is quite contrary to the common supposition. We hear so much about a taste for crime originating in reading news paper reports, of murders, burglaries and suicides that one would suppose there must bo some foundation for the story. But Dr. Healy says there is none, or very little at any rate. His ob servation is that young fellows at the age when the habits are forming do not read the newspapers very much. They pay some attention to the comic supplements and the sporting pages, but scarcely more. The news columns they are apt to neglect altogether. What these young fellows do read is "bad" books. This means books In which criminals are herolzed. It also means books which cater to the animal instincts. This species of reading actually Urta boya pa a criminal career. Newspapers are mainly- read by persons whose habits are pretty well established and who are unlikely to be injured by read ing the news, however bloody or re pulsive it may be. Unquestionably mature people are sometimes per verted by ' accounts of crime. The imitative faculty is so strong in them that they are led to commit suicide or perhaps even-murder by vivid de scriptions. , There is a suggestiveness in such accounts which may prove hypnotic to sensitive temperaments. But young persons are notoriously bad subjects for hvnnotism while they are ardent hero worshippers. Hence the chances are that Dr. Healy's remarks are well grounded. It would be sad to be forced to believe that the news of the world could not be adequately- re ported without encouraging crime. THE BEST SHIFFTXO POLICY. President Wilson proposes that the Government go .into the shipping business at precisely the time when the inducements' are strongest for pri vate investment therein. Mr. Schlech ter, agent , of the Lloyd Brazileirs in New York City, wrote a letter to Chairman Alexander, of the House committee on merchant marine, which was read in the Senate by Senator Burton, setting forth the reasons for this opinion. American-owned and American-built ships are now earning a fourth to a half of their value in one voyage across the Atlantic and could not be bought at a reasonable price. There is a great rush for shipbuilding in Britain, thirty large freighters hav ing been ordered on the Clyde in one week. Holland and Norway are also building more ships. By the time peace is made there may be abundant tonnage and freight rates may be nor mal. Release of ships now used for war purposes may send freights below normal. If the Government were to buy ships at the present unnatural prices, it could not continue operating them and could not sell -them except at enormous loss. Private capitalists are willing to take these risks for the sake of tem porarily high profits, provided they can buy or build ships where they please. They do not build in this country because the cost Is too high, but Mr. Schlechter offers this recom mendation for the upbuilding of an American merchant marine: Abolish all existing laws on navigation. Lat owners buy their vessels In the open markets of the world. There are vessels for sale on the stocks of United Kingdom ship builders at this moment. The prices are high now, but still lower than that for which American builders can or will build them. Let owners hire their officers and men in the open labor markets of the world. Then, and then only, will we have a merchant ma rine which can be operated without placing an additional and foolish tax burden on the American people. Add to this programme the aboli tion of imprisonment for desertion and the wages of seamen "in the open labor markets of the world" would be forced up toward the Amer ican standard. Then American ship owners could compete with those of all nations, and American shipbuild ers, with the last hope of subsidy gone, might learn to build ships as cheaply as those of other nations. BACK TO THE LAND. Massachusetts thinks of encourag ing the "back to the land" movement in a rather more sensible way than most enthusiasts have adopted. Its plan provides some education in agri culture before city families are sent out into the country. Upon petition of 100 persons a school will be opened in town, where the elements of farm ing may be learned and while at school adult students will be provided with houses to live in and plots of ground to work upon. Of courso this, ex pensive as it may at first sight ap pear, would be far cheaper than, sup porting the unemployed in idleness, as is so often done. Its advantage in the long run would be their conversion into capable producers. City men going into the country to try their luck on farms fail for lack of knowledge and capital. In spite of a common belief to the contrary, farming requires a good deal of ex pert knowledge. It also requires more ready money than some people imag ine. The Massachusetts plan provides at least part of the essential instruc tion. The capital must come from other sources. Perhaps it will.' The United States sadly needs some such system of draining off superflu ous urban population upon the land as most European countries have adopt ed. Switzerland, for instance, has sep arate colonies for the wilfully idle and those who, are out of employment through misfortune or the lapse of "seasonal industries." Germany has paid much attention to this subject, and so lias Italy. It is not a credit to our civilization that men honestly out of work with families to support should be left to haphazard charity or starvation. OUTLAWS A BY-rnODCCT OF WAR. Tho James gang of outlaws, the last but one of whom, Frank James, died recently on his Missouri farm, was a by-product of the Civil War. Sons of a Baptist minister who was strongly pro-slavery, Frank and Jesse James were made more violent by their liv ing in a border state among anti-slavery neighbors and directly across the state line from "bleeding Kansas." The border war in that state was fought under their eyes, when Frank was approaching manhood. ''That the brothers joined Quantrell's band of guerillas was a natural result of hos tile environment and of the senti ments they had imbibed from their father. There is little to distinguish tho guerilla in war from tho outlaw In peace. The customs of - war give a color of regularity- to acts of murder and robbery committed by the former. The same acts committed by the latter would lead to the gallows. There was no essential difference between Quan trell's raid on Lawrence, Kan., and the later exploits of the James gang. The James brothers, finding themselves outlawed at tho close of the war, sim ply continued their former mode of life. For sixteen years later their robberies of banks and trains made them the terror of the Southwest and caused them to be held responsible for many crimes which were doubtless committed, by others. Jesse was treacherously killed In 18S2 for the sake of a reward by Bob Ford, a member of his gang, and Frank sur rendered to the state. A revulsion of sentiment against the treachery which took his brother's life probably ex plains his acquittal. He then settled down peaceably on his farm, where he spent the rest of his life. When we consider the license which is sanctioned by war, there Is cause for surprise that the close of civil strife in this country did not turn loose more bands of outlaws like the James gang. Idleness, violence and r ovine become habit, and men prone to such vices are unable to settle down to peaceful pursuits.' After medieval wars discharged soldiers often became bandits and proved a terror to Euro pean countries. Europe will be for tunate if the present war docs not leave such an aftermath. SHAKESPEARE'S TRUE GREATNESS. What Shakespeare loses In dramatic prestige is more than made up to him in fame as a money-maker. Audi ences may be bored by "Hamlet," but the whole world hears with" avid ears the story of the millions that the printed editions of the plays bring into the coffers of the booksellers. Next to the Bible itself, Shake speare seems to be the most popular of English books. The annual saie of "complete sets" runs up to about 3,000,000, a figure to make the most riotous best seller pale with shame The royalties on these sales collected at modern rates would amount to $37,000,000 a year, a decently re spectable income even for an Amer ican trust magnate. In the face of these facts It takes some boldness to say that literature "does not pay." Certainly some lit erature pays, though the returns may be a little slow to appear. W e aare say Shakespeare would have appre ciated a share of these millions while he was here on earth. He had a pro nounced fondness for cash and the good things which it commands. One highly desirable measure which hu heeome law at the present session of Congress is the law consolidating the revenue cutter and lire-saving services. It puts the life-saving crew's in a nosition where the many vacan cies In their ranks can be filled and where their efficiency will be in creased. It elves the men retirement pay after thirty years' service, extra allowances for longevity and re-ennst-ment and allowances for clothing and hospital service. It also enrolls over 4000 trained men in the naval reserve, to be transferred to the Navy on call nf the President. It gives fair treat ment to a body of men which yearly saves thousands of lives and minions of dollars In property. This law Is one brieht spot in the record of a session barren of good results. It seems to be a pity that nothing can be done in the matter of Stella Williams, the young Umatilla who must go to the penitentiary for lar ceny, having broken parple by getting drunk. There is a statute against, s-ivlnir liauor to the aboriginal, but nobody in interest appears to obey it. Indulgence in intoxicants is Stella's besetting sin and her record shows more than one hundred arrests for drunkenness. Tradition reauires men teachers in the hie- Ensiish public schools, but war says nay. So many of the schoolmasters have joined the ranks tnat ther is sl call for stopgaps or understudies to serve until they come hsK-k The Association of University Women Teachers has sprung into the halii and for the first time in nis- tory, tho venerable academic halls re-echo feminine voices. rnnrress bus declined to charter th "National Academy of Arts and Letters" because it dislikes the notion of an "aristocracy of artists." Every artist is an aristocrat in the sense that Vi la snnerior to the simpletons around him, but an aristocracy- of artists in any evil sense is scarcely possible. History teaches that art is the most democratic thing in tne world. The patriots who worry over our newspapers printed in German, Po lish, Swedish and so on may perhaps be consoled when they learn that other countries are similarly blessed. There are many English papers in Argentina, Brazil abounds with German perioai- cals. A newspaper in tnat tongue published at Santiago. Chile, circu lates from Peru to Cape Horn. Allegation that more than 3,000,000 rifle artridres are shipped weekly to Great Britain by one American con cern will not shocH tne wasningion idea of neutrality. If they- were sent t Russia, to be captured quickly by Von Hindenburg, there might go up a cry' of horror. The loss of 130.000 men only fires the' Russian heart. Peter the Great learned to defeat Charles XII by los- ne- half a dozen armies, it is possi- hi, that Nicholas may profit in the same way by his reverses. The en durance of the Bear is proverniai. silins- the high seas has become as perilous again as it was in the exciting days of Captain Kidd. To sinK a mer chant ship with all on board was piracy then. Now it is civilized war fare. Thus the world progresses like a crab. r,,wia nvermnn. whose business is to lie awake of night dreaming public ity for the Oregon niiectnc, eaye mo --,-. m is a marl of manifold courtesy. and women travelers agree with him. On limited rations, the German store of potatoes will last but four months. However, this coast will have new potatoes ere then ana all the Kaiser need do is come after them. Sea fiction hereafter will contain the phrase: "The periscope or a sun- marine was seen just Deiore ins ex plosion." Ttather shocking to learn the divine Sarah la "broke." Where has gone all the money made in American tours? Doc White's '"health don'ts" omitted the most important: Don't wear an open-front waist, on a jitney nu. rorfninlv Rrvan looks better with a dove of peace on his lapel than with battered old rooster in nia nat. n-.u- Ttvnrla.m is sailing from Rotter dam for New York and doesn't give a hoop. Chicaeo will seem unreal without a Carter Harrison in the Mayor's office. Davy Jones soon will hoist the "S. R. O." sign above his locker. How will the Hun make the goulash if this thing continues? Everybody Is eating the best Ore gon apples now. Increased train service is a bright sign. Now Austria has a bread line. Et tu, Idahol . . . . . Stars and Starmakera BY LEONE CASS BAER. , TO a Thespian there Is always some thing better In prospect than in retrospect until the prospect has be come the retrospect. What d'ye reckon leading women of today will do 25 years hence when there will be no Edwin Booth to put Into their memoirs of a wonderful past? a - Madame Emma Calve has at last con sented to enter vaudeville and will ap pear at the Palace In New York next week. Now who will say that glory ever stops re-echoing? Fifteen or 20 years after her Carmen zenith Madame Calve is to receive more money for singing groups of songs than she tiiicd to get for both singing and acting whole operas. e George M. Cohan's mystery farce, "Seven Keys to Baldpate," headed by Cyril Scott, is on its way here by way of San Francisco. So Is "Fotash and Perlmutter." e So is "Under Cover." So Is "Grumpy." Lillian Lorraine, who could have been made Mrs. Flo Zlegfield if she'd wanted to, has gone back to vaude vllle. "I Hear the Voice of Belgium" Is Irving Berlin's latest war song. Pauline (Polly) Moran has been add ed to the Keystone funmaklng staff. Mabel Riegelman, operatic star and an Oakland girl, has gone into vaude ville. She was Gretel In "Hansel and Gretel" with the Chicago Grand Opera Company when it aprjeared In Portland two years ago, and last year appeared In "Parsifal." From the Hotel Algonquin In New York has come a wee white missive, the joint calling card of Mr. and Mrs. William DeWolf Hopper, and tied to It is a wee little card bearing a few Interesting lines "Master William DeWolf Hopper, Junior. Tuesday, the 26th of January." The year1 date fol lows. The mother of the new Hopper baby was Edna Furry, a young actress whose only appearance on this Coast was in "The Country ..oy." She ac cornpanled Mr. Hopper on hia comic opera tour this season. Mrs. D. M. Norwood, aged 67 years, mother of Adelaide Norwood, the prima donna, and Rev. A. C. Barr, aged 30, were married last week at Fort Smith, Ark. Barr gave up the ministry tem porarily to sell kitchenware and earn money to study singing. He will study with his wife. - Dorothy Shoemaker has Just closed her engagement with the Lyceum s"tock in Duluth, Minn. Two grandsons of the late Count Tolstoi are fighting in the Russian army. One has been wounded in the fighting in East Prussia. His name has been mentioned for the Cross of St. George. The other, who is a prisoner in Hungary, has also been" proposed for the cross. , Clair Sinclair Is to appear in a new vaudeville sketch called "Relics of '61." She will play the title role. Sophie Tucker, who crowned her se ries of troubles and misunderstandings on the Loew circuit by cancellation in San Francisco, may take a tour over Hugh B. Mcintosh's time in Australia. He has offered the Mary Garden of ragtime 18 weeks. Miss Tucker had a personal inter view with Marcus Loew while the lat ter was on his tour of Inspection and the last straw is said to have been refusal of that magnate to allow her full pay for the week she laid off In San Francisco suffering from a cold contracted in Stockton. True Boardman, once a stock actor, is now of the movies, with the Liberty Film Company at San Mateo. Cal. Mona Darkfeather is in this company. That the Alcazar Theater manage ment in San Francisco is assembling a company with early reopening of the stock playhouse In view Is Indicated by an appointment made by Fred Be lasco and George Davis with MarJorie Burt and Ernest Anderson, former Bos ton stock favorites who are visiting Portland in a vaudeville engagement. Miss Burt and Mr. Anderson are to meet Mr. Belasco at San Francisco next week and, while arrangements have not been completed, they expect to be assigned to prominent places in the new Alcazar company. Miss Burt and Mr. Anderson are appearing at the Empress In "Home, Sweet Home." a comedy playlet. Before this tour, they played for 6.1 weeks In stack at the Castle Square In Boston, Mass., and previous to that engagement they played for two years in New York, appearing at. the Fifth-avenue and the Harlem Opera-House. In the Shubert Theater in Kansas City Mr. Anderson played alternato loads with Henry Kol ker. Anderson and Burt rIso were with "The College Widow" for two years and played in W. A. Brady's "Overnight" for a season. Mr. Ander son has figured prominently in fllm- dom, having been the producer of "Lost In tho Jungle," "Zululand" and other animal pictures In Florida, where he filled a year's contract with Sellg. Marie Dressier is going to be a Cal ifornlan In every sense of the word and from now on she is going to pay her taxes in that state, says an ex change. It has always been Marie's life dream at some time to be the pos sessor of a home in California, or so she says, and now her dreams are ma teriallzing, for she has Just purchased a home at Long Beach "rather than de. posit all her golden returns In a bank safe." Miss Dressier has also purchased a five-passenger limousine, and In this connection she told an entirely new giggle.". Miss Dressier recently advertised for a Japanese chauffeur to take charge of tho car, and the first applicant for the position was a diminutive Japanese from San Francisco, who stated that he had been chauffeuring for several ycarsv "Itave vou been cnaurreuring ior many prominent people in NewTork?" asked Miss Dressier. "Oh. yes, honorable lady," replies, the Jap, bowlns low, "their 0bltuar7 notices speak for themselves." j 1913 LIH. ISLATl KE APrHECIATED Governor Praised and Results. Lauded aa Rebuke to Obstructionists. PORTLAND, Feb. 24. (To the Edi tor.) I would like to have space in your paper to express my appreciation of the work of our recent Legislature and of our worthy Governor In what I believe to have been the best legisla tive session ever held In Oregon within my knowledge. It is evident that nn honest endeavor was made to carry out the wishes of the people aa ex pressed in late elections. The watch word appears to have been efficiency and economy in fact aa well as theory, and within the short time the Legisla ture had for it work, proarrusa wii made which promises better govern ment in future. When it is taken Into account that the forces of obstruction In the lobby, headed by the late chief executive and allied with the battalions of C'Renism. used their utmost endeavors to thwart needed legislation and hinder tho suc cess of the new administration, it la not too much to say that the achieve ments of this Legislature have been beyond the reasonable expectations of the taxpayers of the state. H will be noticed that the surviving active mem bers of the late royal family of Oregon was not content with dictating legis lation during the term when he mis guided the affairs of the state, but must still stay on the Job to "point with pride" and "view with alarm." In contrast to this attempt at boas ism the attitude of our present Gov ernor towards the Legislature is all the more marked. He did not attempt to dominate legislation. He did not bargain, bribe or bulldoze In Ma deal ings with the lawmaking body. It has come to be the fashion In these days for the executive to combine the legis lative and executive bodies under one head and be himself the captain of the team. This course of conduct Is In dl tect violation of the Constitution of the United States and of the. constitutions of the different states of the t'nion. The founders of our government woro emphatic in their declaration that the legislative, executive and judiciary departments be separate and indt-pend-ent of each other. Governor Withy combe recognized the validity and po tency of this provision and strictly ob served the limitations Imposed by It. He sent to the Legislature a dignified and comprehensive message setting forth his ideas of the needs of the state and recommending such legislation as in hia judgment seemed advisable, but forebore to attempt any coercion or undue influence to force the exploita tion of his views. In following this course Governor Withycombe exhibited a wiae and pa triotic determination to preserve In violate his oath of office and to per forin his official duties In the manner prescribed by that fundamental law upon which our libertiei rest and are secure. Another declaration of Governor Withycombe's Is worthy of notice, and that is that he intends scrupulously to observe and adhere to the Judgment of the courts in criminal cases, so that during his term of office, at lea-st. the pardoning power will not be made the creature of a whim or the football of Politics. WILL W. COX. 331 East Tenth street. THE BASIS FOR A PROSPKROl S KHA Roseburg Man Says Definite Aid Should Be Given Farmer First. HOSHBURG, Or. Feb. 22. (To the Editor.) Your edltoriHl on setting the bail of commerce rolling for a pros perous year is tho kind of optimism that encourages everyone to put tlicir shoulder to the- wheel or lo push the ball and set tbo wheels of com merce spinning, bul, like any piece of heavy machinery, it must be started with the right nucleus and from the right point In order that it may gather impetus and substance, and not run against a barrier that would burst the ballor throw the bolt off the main drive pulley. To start the rolling mills, spinning mills and sawmills before there was a legitimate demand for their products would be placing the cart before the horse. First place the farmer in position where he can fertilise his worn and washed-out soils, till his fields, fence his land and then stock tliem with animals and machinery to operate at full capacity and you will have laid a foundation upon which to build your era of prosperity that will last forever, but without which no amount of boosting clubs, festivals and world fairs will avail, for they will all fade and vanish like hot air bal loons. A commission of farmers, with the advice of the Attorney-General of the sta.te, could draw up a bill by which the capital now in the Btale's hands could be utilized without drawing on any other fund, and why should we pro crastinate and become partners In thieves of time when the feast Is spread before us? Are we so blind we cannot see. or of those now so blind who will not sec? .1. M. MOOUE. Police and Fire Satltlc. CHICAGO. III., Feb. 20.'(To the Kdi tor.) I am a daily reader of Tho Ore gonian and am taking the lihcrtv to ask of you the following information: What is the name and business ad dress of Ihe chief of polh e and chief of fire department of your city, and the number of men employed in each department? FRANK I". NKAU Bureau of fire Chief. B. F. Dowel!. City Hall, Portland. Or.; number of em ployes, month f January. 1315. 40S. Bureau of police Chief, John Clark. Second and OaJc atreela; number em ployes. December 1. ISM. 3M. A Schemer Foiled II j- Jamea Harton Adams. lie wrote her many letters that were bulging out with love. Compared her with the choicest of Ihe aiicis up above, And in her shrewdly penned replies she drew him on and on Until she had him In the state so oft described aa "gone." Shu played her cards exceedingly fine, for thia old Western bach Possessnd a bank account that made of him a golden catch. And all tho girls she knew would be ns envious as the deuce If tbo should get his neck Into the mat rimonial noose. At last the longed-for lotter came for which he long had prayed. In which Ins heart nnd fortune at her little feet wee laid, And In impassioned eloquence begged her to be hia wife And Cakewalk hand In hand with him ndown tho oath of life. She answered In enraptured vein and said she really thought That heaven had spread the silken net In which she had been caught. And she would do her level best to strew his path with flowers And make him think his wedded days weio but as fleeting hours. But soon ho met another girl he thought was Just tho thine And on her taper finger placed the gold en option ring. But she he'd shaken had preservrd his letters, every one. And vowed that she might lose the man but she would share hia mon.. And with "exhibits" in her hand, sweet letter from the brute. She sought a lawyer to begin a breach of promise suit. But O! alas! alack-a-day! and other things like that. She found the mouse had cunningly es caped the scneming eat, t-'or when she opened up the bunch of eplstollo sweets. She found the envelopes contained but bla.nk white, staring sheets. The fellow was the aucker she had thought him w. don't intnK Hia loving missives had been writ with disappearing inn. Twenty-five Year Ago From Ths Oresonlim February '.''. 1:'0. Washington The world's fair ha beet awarded to Chicago, on the tiirhth ballot, deciding the contest bctwen Chi cago and New York. Mt. IhmiIs anil Washington. The riithth ballot atomi: Chicago l.r7. New York 107, M. Louis 25 and WH.-liiniitoti 18. San Francisco The Joint meeting of the commercial bodies, municipal offi cial and other, held here yrierlii, took steps toward providing work to relieve the Idle men. It was proposed to appropruit a certain portions of public funds Including those for stroet and park improvements so lhat the M' could be employed al once. A com mittee has been named lo work with the offlcluls In the matter. E. Hayes, one of Ihe most resjierte-l and Influent ml residents of John I v and of Grant County, is belivg nr-aed to enter the rare for Ceunty Jii'lae on the Uepubllcan ticket. Ja.me W. Moriincy. who has charge of the tour of the eminent miiMctans Sarasate and D'Alhurt for M s-srs Abbey nnd Gran, arrived here yesterday en routo for Sail Kraiuiscn. Mr. Mot risey learned he couldn't sal! for evil Fraucihco before Welneday and at once announced be would chance hi plans and go back to Omaha, where they were waiting for a return date. In 3 K 7 1 five gentlemen. Willi a honu from the state of 20u.,niij, liK-orpoi nted to build the locUs at nrunii 'ity. Their name were Harney Goldsmith. Joseph Teal. D. 1". Thompson, John I'. Miller and J. K. Kellcy. A painting m made of the locks nnd falls al (list lim' and vvas coildered ijulle a worU of art. From that time the picture, with the property parsed throush various hands until It became the propcily f Mr. Freeman, of the . 11.4 N i d. M.. Freeman now hm presented tt to Mi. Thompson as n relic. rrofeseor M V. Hork. of 5aiem. si.ii organir.er, nnd Major K. A. W rni, of California, will sneak at the old Viion Mall, near laid A TIMnn's Mini.. Wednesday nnd Friday eveitlnas on t'-e issues of the new party. This M null seem to Indicate that the nans- ; knlght-prohl combination (ntrini to have a alate ticket In the field foi the June election. ,T. R. Klrklsnd. the new llrket stent for the Southern I'si itlc al Portland, I. expected to arrie on the next "teamer from Jan Fraiw-lscn. R. Alexander, and .lareh Frater, lead. Inst merchants of Pendleton, aie in Portland for a few days. Dr. A. Ir. Mcsr. city phvrlcian. h recovered from a six weeks' Ulcers Half a Century Ago t-'rnni Thr Oiesoninti !'t'rurv ll'l.Y The Mansion lloor-e. formerly ihe What Cheer llon.-e, has been ropenrd to the public after uiiderarolna" a Ihoi -otish renovation and being newly fur nished, il. I'arnev is proprietor, and the place Is conducted on strii lly tem perance principle. William Ferrell. in a, public police. a that the reason he paid l.et Love in areonback InMrad of In coin was because the horec ho bought from l.ovo, agreeing- to pay in coin, was not as ..otind as It wa. represented at the time of the sale. and. therefore. Ii ir served the rlnlit to alter his pait of the agreement and pay part of the prb o in greenbacks. Coyrrnor Glbhs re-clved last nih( a telei;"rani from Ihe iccrrtai'.v of War. dated February 21. advising that National, salute had been ordered to be fired on February 2'-' at West Point and at every fort. nlM-nii and Army beadqua rters of the 1 nited States in honor of the rctol ation f tho flag of tho Union over Fort finnter. Th' Governor has ordered the National ' lute to be fired nt noon today by thi. Washington Artillery in this city and the Salem Light Battery. " Lieutenant J. W. (iawnon. Fust Washington Territory Infantry, arrived at Fort Vancouver with soldiers from Fort Walla Walla who are to be mustered out of the service, si their time of enlistment baa expired. If. Morsan and Miss Melinda F. Moon, daughter of Mrs. .1. P. Hoon. of ralrm, were married I'ebruaty 2." at the, tesl dence of Mrs. Hoon In Salem, lUv. . Plckinson officiating. M. M. Knapp. of Clarke County, Washington Terri tory, and Miss Anna. Arville. Huffman were married February 1 . Justlen Krwln Hush officiating. More than 2001 teams are raid lo be waiting at Omaha, to slait westward on the opening of good weather. City Marshal Mov t hn recent h placed .Mr. Ktann.m s- an officer on the "beat'' In llio Third W ard, and th place lately piitrolcd by Thomas l'oie man is now occupied by officer Hall. There nre now six police officers on the force of the Marshal as assistant. Hev. George M. Atkinson, the worthy Miperiiitendent of tho school. id Mult nomah County, has rcu'irsted Ihe clerks to send in their teporla as soon as possible, as on March t the money must be apportioned Mr Potter has closed M thratrl. al season at Victoria and arrived hern last rveiiiiiK. brincinc with him James Tavlor. Fstclle Porter Macdoii aid. Miss Belle I'lvlne. Miss Florence. Mr. and Mrs. Ixlle and Mesiv Graham, Shields and otheif. Personal Tat. rO FIT LAND. Feb. 21.--do the i:d tor.l Last year a Rod many lticns Of this citv and Mate did i.ol psv an personal tv. claiim; that mi'Ii t could not legally ho . ..lie, t-d. V III you kindly state whether or not the sm situation prevails tins year'.' C. P. M The sltiistion does not prevail this year. Last year It was a question whether tho revocation of the personal tax applied for Hist rr. 'n which, the assessments already bad boen mads, or whether It took ' rf ' 1 beginning thia year. There Is no personal tat now. Civil Service i:tamlnlln. PORTLAND. Or.. Feb. 2.1. I To the Kdltor.) How can t become eligible to take the Government examinations? S. L. PltKSCOTT. Communicate with the civil servb a examination clerk at the Portland n- offico building. Production and Selling Production brains nt Ihe raw ma terial and wnrUa d". . Demand begins w ith the consum er and worke up. The merlin? place Is the retail er's counter. Advertising has only lo do with the selling end. It must start with the t onsunicr bul when it Is the kind of advertis ing that tan not only start with Ihe consumer, hut brine lhat consumer to the dealer's counter and mak the dealer hang out a welcome sign It la 100 per rent efficient. Newspaper advertising cornea nearer to doing Ihls than any other kind of advertising.