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MOHXIXG OREGOyiAy. THURSDAY. MARCH 11, 1015. the rOBTASU. OREGON. Entered at Portland. Or.fon, FostolIIco a i-ocond - ; matter. . Subscription Rate Invariably in edYanee- (By Mail.) lllv. bundsr Included, si monthi. . .. Kelly. Sunday Included, three, months, ljwily, Sunday Included, one raontn.... Dally, without Sunday, one year. Lially. without Sunday, aim month. . .. ballv, without fcunday. three muntua. Daily, without XunUajr, one mouth....' weekly, one year hunday. one year. auoday and Weekly, one year 4.-i 2.-0 .74 S.0U ... 3- ... l-'S ... .o ... 1.U ... 2-40 ... ...19.00 By Carrier.) Kailv, Tunday Included, one year. . i i....i.,.44 nn. m until tJmuy, ouiHiaf 11.. Hew l. MVrmlt t-nl err. exaresa order or personal checkj on your local bank. Stamps, coin or currency are at snder-a risk. tiie poeioBlce addraaa tn Xu". including- county and elate. Footase Kae 12 to I pagee. 1 '? to 3J pa.ea. -i cents; to 4S paes. iO to ! uaaea. 4 centa: i! to rents: 7 tavi pages. centa. roreign post a.e. double rales. u EMera Baum Office Veree Con lln. New Vork. Brunswick, building; Cnlcao, Stcnser building. Francisco Office R. J- Bidwell Com pany. 74- .Market street. rORTUM). THl-BSDAV, 3IAKCH 111915 TEACE HOT VET POSSIBLE. Speculation is already busy with the possibility of bringing about peace negotiations in Europe and with the possible terms. In view of the avowed aims of the several chief belligerents, this discussion seems premature. Un til a decisive result is reached or is proved impossible, neither Germany v.. --in consider terms on which at the present stage tne otner "vi ll v'- " . . , I insist Tnrkev and A'" have been so badly mauled that no doubt they would gladly make great concessions for the sake of peace, but German military power is unbroken and German confidence survives, al though not overweening, as it was last August. The allies have determined to de stroy aggressive German militarism once for all and have resolved that now Is the time to do it. Britain and France desire to be relieved of the burden imposed on them by vast mili tary expenses on defense against the now dissolved triple alliance. In or der to accomplish this, they wish not only to destroy militarism in Germany, but to gratify the racial ambitions of Austria's polyglot population and to dispose of Turkey once for all. They hope thus to settle the Eastern ques tion, which has been a most fruitful cause of war for over a century. Rus sia desire Constantinople, a free out let to the sea, probably a large share of Asia Minor and the liberation of every Slav from Turkish rule. The allies would probably, in case of vic torv, partition Turkey among them, giving Italy and the Balkan states a share, if the latter come to their aid. These designs could be carried out onlv if Germany and her allies were hopelessly beaten, for they involve destruction of Austria and Turkey and the expulsion from power of the Ger man military aristocracy and perhaps of the Hohenzollem dynasty. Turkey is in the worst plight of Germany's allies, for her capital is in imminent danger, but she still has armies in the field in Asia Minor, on the Caucasian front, in Syria and in the Euphrates Valley. Although there seems small chance for Turkey's survival, consid erable fighting remains to ..be done before she will cease to exist as a mili tary factor. Austria has lost nearly all of Galicia and much of Bukowina, but by her desperate resistance in the Carpathians she has successfully blocked the Russian advance into Hungary. Germany is fighting on the enemy's territory on both eastern and western fronts. Her navy has been driven from the sea, and her com merce is paralyzed, but she is carry ing on an irritating guerilla war on her enemies' shipping. She has awak ened in time to the necessity of hus banding her food supply, has a good prospect of making it last until the next harvest and is doing her utmost to produce enough on her own soil to feed her own people. The situation of Germany and her allies is therefore not such as to war rant acceptance of the terms on which the allies' minds are set. Germany at the present juncture might be willing to evacuate Belgium with out paying indemnity, on condition that France evacuate Alsace and that some of her captured colonies be re turned. Germany might also be niiiins- to leave her eastern fron tier unchanged. Austria might cede some territory to Serbia and Montenegro and might consent to Serbia's acquiring a part of Albania, but she would demand return of Ga-ii-ia Tnritdv mizht be forced to dis mantle permanently the forts of the Dardanelles and the uospnorua ana to make thwU traits an open highway for nil nations. She might renounce all claim on Egypt and cede to Russia some territory in Armenia ana to Britain the lower Euphrates Valley. If the anti-Teuton allies were to accept these terms, they would have failed in their purpose. Germany and Austria would remain great military monarchies, awaitinz only a conven ient time to renew the struggle for supremacy. Provocation to war would still exist in Austrian domination over Slavs and in Turkish rule over Con stantinople and Thrace. The rich field for exploitation offered by Asiatic Turkey would continue a breeding place for quarrels. Such a pea'ce would render the present war merely ihr nrelude to one or more future wars. The allies cannot pay the cost nf more than one such a war. ine ormlnf their last man and spend ' ing their last dollar in the hope that victory will be so decisive as to pre- miiH " dancer of another and as to enable them to reduce military ex penditures to a point where they can pay off the debts incurred for this u-nr The prospect of peace is therefore . dim until one group of belligerents is hopelessly beaten or until both groups have become pnysicauy ana miaiit,iai " fv exhausted in an indecisive conflict in the former event supremacy would rest with the victors; in the latter case k a teme would have to be decided in another war, unless changes of policy should come. fc,acn party mignt re- nminrp some of its aims as unattain able. A change in tne uermau anu Austrian form of government might t whr.h are. no- able. A change in the German and remove some features which are ab hn-ont to the nresent enemies of thKP countries, and which are chiefly ro.enonsible for militarism. A federal . .rf.m mie-ht eive the Slav provinces of Austria self-government and might remove their objections to Austrian -..I- a iparue of Deace might be formed, binding all its members to make war on any nation which pro voked war. TV,.,, -xre sevpral possibilities of shortening the war. Turkey may lose Constantinople and make a separate peace in order to save her Asiatic ter Ankirla may. if hard pressed. do the saint. Should the break-up of onnnf imminent. Italy ana all the Balkan states may join the al lies. Were any one or these events w happen, the allies could close In on Germany and bring the war to an earlier conclusion. SAVING MONEY. The Legislature of Oregon, by dili gent and conscientious effort, man aged to cut appropriations for the bU ennial period about half a million dol lars. It was a considerable saving In dollars and cents: but it is even a more important achievement from the assurance it gives that the recent up ward trend in the cost of government has been definitely checked. It is the rii- Ti-iatnre in vears which has appropriated less money than its im mediate predecessor. But there are sneers and Jibes from the bogus ' -non-partisan" press be cause a Legislature pledged to econ omy did not save more. Yet, strange ly enough, there is cavernous silence because the Legislature failed for the most part to effect its economies ihrmmh the consolidation of state commissions and boards, and the con sequent loss of their Jobs by the ap pointees of a late unlamentea aamin- istration. Tt mav tr mnv not beStrange. tOO, har thn caritinir critics Who rail at the State Legislature for doing so lit tle to save money for the taxpayers hm-B nnthimr tn Hjtv about a Demo cratic Congress which has utterly ig nored Its duty to cut down expenses, but has wasted money with a prodigal hand. Here are some figures: The total aDDrOpnuuuua av i The total aDDroDriations for the e the sivtv-third Con- ...... un I ti -toe nnn n n A The total for the preceding long T i session was i,n,uvr, Th Increase over the Sixty-second Congress is about 1125.000,000. . The increase over the previous re publican Congress (Sixty-second) is about J200.000.000. "Th Hntv of economy." said the President, in his first message to the Sixty-third Congress, "is not debat able; It is manifest and imperative. Then he forgot it. So did Congress. wnf the neonle remember it every time they think of the hurtful tariff and the needless war tax. WITHOUT REGULATION? The jitney, it may be assumed, has come to stay. So far as it responds to a real public need and perrorms a. eenuine public service, it ought to be encouraged to stay. But the terms and conditions on which the Jitney or auto 'bus shall use the public streets ought to be determined solely' in the public interest, and not by tne jitney drivers and auto bus owners in tneir own interest. Commissioner Dalv. who appearea disposed a few days ago to hold the balances fairly even between the Port iorH nniiu-nv T.lerht.& Power Com pany and its great throng of over-night competitors, has suffered a suaaen and surprising change of view, and he seems inclined now to make it as on..-.- aa nossihle for anybody to get into the jitney scramble and as hard as possible for the corporation to live. No explanation of the commissioner s extraordinary change of front is vouchsafed. Whether It De a son heart, peculiarly responsive to th pleas of the jitney men, or merely a recovery of his usual anti-corporation pose, or both, it Is not easy to say; but the influence of the Commissioner's new attitude on the whole Commission Ttnom-c to V.o marked, as usual, so that there is less prospect now of ef fective regulation tnan nereioiore. THa iitni' we are sarjientlv told. represent an economic evolution. The old order will soon pass, ana some aay there will be no car tracks, but jitneys and auto 'buses everywhere. Perhaps so. and to a great extent even prob ably so. But what will have been n. tn-r th nuhlic if resDonsiblllty shall be superseded by irresponsibility and regular service lor occasional ana in i- service? Or if the great taxpaying abilities of the present con cern shall be destroyed, ana tne provi sion for the unkeeD of certain paved streets shall be non-enforcible? THE WAGES OF SIS. nn afternoon about a fortnight ago a girl named Lillian Cook suddenly dis appeared from the office of Virgiuius Mavo in New Haven, where she Was employed. Naturally there was much public excitement over the rate oi the girl, who seemed to have van ished utterly from the face of the earth. tn somo wav it filtered into the minds of New ilaven people that she hmi committed suicide and diligent search was made in the surrounding woods. A great many persons par ticinntoH in the search, a party of Boy Scouts among the rest, but nothing came of it for more than a week. Finally, however, a young man came upon Miss cooks Doay lying iace ownward with a revolver wound in th breast. The revolver itself was dusnpn' in her hand beneath her body so that there could be no doubt of her suicide. But the reason for it wn not a.t first apparent. Still it transpired, as inquiry was pushed. that Miss Cook's employer, Mrginius Mm-n nat -o families, one oi tnem legitimate and known to everybody ..-.j ,n atvvw Haven. x ne oiner. n legitimate and secret, was maintained in Brooklyn under the name ot iiua The woman in the Brooklyn house- hoiH was a Miss Waterford. of New Haven, who had been enticed from her fa mil v and installed as his mistress by- Mayo. In the Dudley establishment Miss Cook had lived for some time as nurse to the children. Mayo haa h.n takpn her to New Haven and given her work in his office in that city. Suspicion naturally arose that Mavn who was known to be caDable of wronging women, had had improper relations Wlin aiiss '.Don, out an ex amination of the suicide's body gave no support to this belief. According to the nhvsicians there was no rea to VipIIpva that she had been wronged" in the common meaning of that word. It aia come out, tnougn, nrwin inaulrv among her acquaint ances, that Miss Cook was of a mel- ncholy disposition, naturally disposed i to orooa uv "i ou. Uhe had often talked of committing citn'o Indeed, it was learned that i js V aim e7ntl-0 a n 4 tViot suicide. Indeed, it was learned that che nurripil tablets of mercury bichlor ide in her handbag, with which she might have ended her life at any time. D.rhans if Miss Cook had associated ..hi. neonle of decent lives and ritrht 1 I ' 11 I"' J I' - - w . " . - .l. mlntit ItnllA teeting ner ouniuai "lei" ""b'i ...i. been corrected. There is nothing like the cheerfulness of a good conscience and a guiltless life to fortify the mind aealnst depression wun an us tern pta- tnVns. But it was her miserable lot . . to taut e in i& i"i' - . ..... upon her was wholly oaa. "Mrs Duaiey was a woman . . , it Mrs Dudley was a woman of horn tne Desi to ob hu iu uim nom . ... . she had defied the conventions of so ciety. Mayo lived a. double life ana , ,,t v.ou heen haunted bv the fear, shame and guilt which attend such conduct. The influences around Miss Cook were therefore depressing in the extreme. They must have intensified the distemper of her mind and deep ened her suicidal mania. By his be havior. Mayo denied the reality of virtue and defied the moral law. For him there can be no belief in future rewards and punishments. He has nothing but the present life to ex pect. No doubt Miss Cook learned these sad lessons from her employer and the consequence must have been a darkening of her mental gloom and a fresh suicidal impulse. To the most happily situated of mankind life wears a somber aspect if there is no hereafter to make up for the ills of earth. To a girl like Lillian Cook, bom with a melancholy temperament and with little . to brighten the outlook on earth, such an influence as Mayo must have exerted would make life unbearable. No won der she committed suicide. , The wages of sin is death, if not to the sinner himself, then to those whom he blights by his association GOILD DYNASTY PASSES. The Gould railroad dynasty passes away with the removal of the last Gould from the board of directors of the Missouri Pacific and allied lines. The genius which built up this great property did not descend to the sec ond generation. The younger Goulds succeeded better at making matri monial alliances with the European - aristocracy and at gaining social pres- ... t, . lrio- T-nlli-nnriK One lle Li 1 11 k HIIM1BQ1..B - - - -. .- their father's properties nave supped from their hands until they v.3. am to he a factor in busi ness. They doubtless retain large holdings of stock in what were for moriv tha family roads, but they will hereafter be silent partners. . . . i i" i ,i . . What has happenea to uie uumus is only what has happened to other families, the founder of which kiif n fnrtnnM in railroads. The Vanderbifts held on till the third gen eration, but they no longer control the New York Central. The Garretts, who formerlv controlled the Baltimore & Ohio, have dropped out of sight. There are no Huntingtons or Stanfords ruling the Union Pacific or t-enirai Pacific. Probably no great railroaa is now in the hands of its founders descendants. Successful management of a great railroad requires a combination of h.isinosa nhllitv and concentrated en ergy invariably found in a man striv ing to make a rortune, out raieu found in those who inherit what he has accumulated. A correct estimate of the value of money and a deter mination to get one s money s worm are necessary to continuea Dusiness success. These requisites cannot usually be found in men to whom' money comes without effort. The mem bers of the second generation of a rich - family are unwilling to worv harrl because they are not trained to work and because they do not feel the necessity of worK, tnougn tho ni-osprvation and development .of a great property require as unremit ting effort as does its-acquisition, xne u-nnii Generation are spenders, and though various devices prevent the old 'shirt-sleeves-to-snirt-sieeves pruvci u from working out, fortunes like that of Jay Gould tend to scatter and diminish. COMPETITION IS BARBARISM. By trying for murder the crew of a captured German submarine which had sunk a British ship and crew, the British -government would be adopt ing barbarous methods of warfare. The ground on which these German prisoners of war are charged with murder is that they drowned non- combatant sailors in violation of the rules adopted at The Hague. These rules forbid the sinking of a captured merchant ship unless the captor can not take it to port without danger to itself, and in that case requires that the crew be saved. Orders to German submarines set this rule at naught. r i-i tain therefore. . puts them in the same category" as pirates who are sub ject to the death penalty. The British policy of reprisals ig nores an essential difference between pirates and the submarine s crew, a nlrala acts On his OWn VOlitlOIl. and is an outlaw owning no allegiance to any government, ills nana is Bsaium nrare man and every man s nana is against him. In committing murder he is a free agent. buDmarines are manned by members of the German naval service, who must obey the or ders of their superiors. If they re fuse, they are guilty of mutiny, for which thp nenaltv is death. In drown ing British sailors tney simpiy oueyeu the orders of their superiors ana cmrld have refused only at the sacri fice of their own lives. They were not free agents, but were simply instru munts in other men's hands. If any n.nnn shonlH ha handed for murder, it is the Kaiser or the high naval orri r who erive orders to the subma rines, not the men who have no choice but to obey or die. if Great Britain should punish as murderers men wno nave vioiaiea one of The Hague rules of war, she wduld h..oif violatn another of those rules. It is forbidden by those rules "to kill - J novinv lait or wounu an iriiciiij ..v down arms or having no longer means of oVfpnse. has surrendered at discre tion." This phraseology exactly de- nprih th condition of the capturea German sailors. Prisoners also must be humanely treated. If violation of one rule by Germany is to De maae the pretext for violation or anotner Dy Britain, the entire Hague code may become a nullity and war may reiapse into primitive barbarism. Quarter mo he refused, agreements of sur render broken ana prisoners may De massacred or tortured by both sides. Perhaps Great Britain hopes, Dy treating captured crews of submarines munisrura. to compel Germany to desist from sinking merchant ships with their crews. If so, that hope is not based on experience, for one. bar barous act is avenged by another, and nations enraged by war tax their in genuity for new rorms oi crueny rather than abandon practices which have provoked reprisals. Germany would be .-more liKeiy to execute one British prisoner of war fo'r every Ger man sailor hanged in Britain. This would provoke like retaliation on Ger man prisoners in Britain until the war j..0,ati.j into a competition in i murder of unarmed men. Cfti-uvt c o- n this war Great Britain has paid scrupulous regard to the dictates ut '""- , - - garded the rules in her treatment of I . i -hlnc che ha been accused of humanity. While sne nas aisre- . - of no inhuman act towards men. bhe ...m K.in her ca.nsri far more in the oii"' - - . 1 1 i,n hv continuing her present i - - . - , I and hv leavinsr the sacrifice of j - onomhatants' lives to Germany, than by competing with that country in acts of barbarity. i . If the industrial depression has struck Pendleton, it is not possible to discover it from a survey of the col umns of its well-edited, well-printed and prosperous-looking newspaper, the Evening Tribune. For it is full every day of bright news and representative advertisements, and its very appear ance spells success. John P. McManus is editor publisher and owner, and he la on the Job all the time, evidently, in all his capacities. It is something less than a year since he took hold of the Evening Tribune, and its growth under his guidance has been great. The people of Pendleton appreciate a good thing, for they give the Tribune their patronage. The experience or Mr. McManus proves that it pays to give the public an independent, clean cut newspaper, free from little ani mosities, and wholly devoted to the public interest. Chicago's long-cherished scheme for a lakes-to-gulf waterway has collided with an immovable obstacle. The scheme includes a supply of water from Lake Michigan. Cities built on the Great Lakes fear that this would lower the water level and leave them high and dry. An international com mission has looked into the matter and decided that the cities are right. Chicago must therefore look elsewhere for water to fill the new canal. According to the Bookman, the first humorist to have a "collyum or his own in a newspaper was ,ugeuo Field. Now the practice is common. Frank L Stanton, of the Atlanta Con stitution, is a worthy successor of Eugene Field He has , writUm some pathos. The humorist, like tne car toonist, has become indispensable in the newspaper world. ,i- .i.i n on rt railroad men especially, have gained a point in Cal- ifornia by passage of a bill to compel the spotter to face the man against whom he. reports when charges are investigated. "Spotting" is sneaking work at best, and tne very n -"' ,x , k. cnnitr in the dark, afraid It neeyo mo 1 ' - . . to appear before the man he would have discharged. i .te.riiiv diminished in Great Brit U.111, -J- uo - - less dependence on charity than there i rri, -Rr.'.wi tf Trfttie report s.iuw was last OctoDer. inm vi..w ii.u,i('iMa in armv enlistment, which has caused many vacancies in shops and stores and, partially, pernaus. . a genuine revival in some industries. The submarine appears to be about as safe from attack as a vessel can be made. It moves ana ugnu. m of sight below the surface or tne sea. And vet the human eye aeroplane can spy out. the lurking submarine and guide a oeiu ram and sink it. Whatever man can build, man can destroy. a Ttoiiun .winner reports having passed a great flotilla of French troop ships "-headed ror me - Roosevelt could get a fine lot of re cruits for his Ananias club among those European skippers. .1.1 .;n otte.mnt the almost im possible job of abolishing the strap hanger except during the rush hours, ...v.ii. nrinii it will be remembered, Willi II v. , .- are about the only times the strap hanger exists. ni.. t,.;t;,,h scoff at Germany's apologv for attacking a hospital ship. 1 1 ' c. eeven months of warfare wen, Kiici . ' we're glad to see something that one side or the other can scon. it- There are two events for the boy i j the -Pacific coast to BCD relACU l ii " " , . I.. i ih enonB-h to travel the wneii in? 'v " , world's series and 15,000 men shovel ing snow in New York. . tfeats the equal suffrage -.hviniia reason 3. Th8 microscopic commonwealth lacks the room need by woman in which to express herself. Tj-, lTommond says the Re- junu publican party will win on the tariff issue next time. If that doesn't suf fice, there are a few hundred other issues. However, cheer up! Watchful walt nir will not last longer than two years at most, after which we will ha,ve constructive help for Mexico. Most drinking men will agree that inl.r four rlrinKS UL le J"' rider under jail sentence were four too many for a man cnving. A local picture-house is exploiting "The Phantom of the-vionn, wm must be done wih a hairless fiddle stick. a tministration bie enough to handle the affair of the destruction of the American snip wiiiiam jr. tui The Gould family is losing Its grasp on the big railway systems, it nc quently is thus witlr- fathers' sons. James O'Donnell Bennett appears ho been engaged as official press agent for Von Hindenpurg. Bryan again warns Americans to eet out of Mexico. The easiest way Is the Bryan way. - When we pay our' taxes next year we'll all appreciate the past Legisla ture more fully. The Ariel did sharp work in ram- i nd sinklnz tne u-ia, relative mute sizes considered. nil., t-u hnir is a detestable insect that should easily be caught by his slimy trail n oinnr that Huerta did not salute the flag, Carranza can afford to be tranquil. If the United States must feed the vrevicans it might as well govern them.. . ,,..,.,ntis nlnw costume" in a bur lesque covereth a multitude of action. mhe Hnxen nitchers among the Beavers are too many growlers. Two warships ordered to Vera 'Cruz. Has a most familiar souna. The parcel post seems to have an express purpose. Safrrion day tomorrow, March 12! Star and Starmakers BY LEONE CASS BAEK. IUST heard an actor's definition of "Tt's someone who a tightwad. refuses to stake you to a loan which you never expect to return." See where a man in Seattle has just been arrested for hugging an actress out at .a park. Wop! There goes another blow at the "freedom of the press." According to the testmony of the husband of a chorus girl who is being sued, for divorce in Chicago "chorus girls are good only to All up space." Well if that's true, some of the ones I saw with Texas Guinan., not for getting that over plump damsel 'her self, are of considerable intrinsic worth if their value is based on their atmo spheric dsplacement. Sam Rork did not escape from the fiasco of "The Arcadians," which he produced for G. M. Anderson at the Morosco Theater. Los Angeles, without a newspaper attack. Theatrical per sons with Eastern standards who were on the Pacific Coast during the en gagement insist that Rork produced a really good entertainment. But the pub lic could not be induced to rally at the boxofTice, and when the engagement abruptly terminated. Rork was frankly peeved. "It's a Jay town, a Jitney town, a cafeteria town, a Victrola town," he said in an outburst to a newspaper interviewer. "They don't want any interviewer. -iney hot i j- thing in Los Angeles but a bungalow nn o chariest lirrht RTA 3. stOVS tO PUt anH a aharled lisht and a stove to pU their feet on at night, and a vegetable garden where they can raise truck to live on." In reply v to the foregoing comment another Los Angeles newspaper printed . . i i.: -o ...... . - I the following bit of verse: It you want to live in the kind of .town LIke the kind of a town you like. You needn't slip your clothes in a grip And start on a long, long hike. Tou-ji onIy find what you left behind, You'll only find what you left behind, For there's nothing tnat s reauy new. It's a knock at yourself when you knock your town. It isn't the town it's you." ml. i r . ,- nr Innnnilv if I' l ii e gieaLcBi. . " ' j confidence in human nature. Howard Russell is in town. He came down from Vancouver, B. C, where he has been playing with the Lawrence stock for over three years, stopping only occasionally for brief vacations. These breathing spells he always takes in Portland where live Mrs. Rus sell's parents, Judge and Mrs. T. J. Lighter, at the Nortonia. Mrs. Rus sell (Minna Townshend) has been here for a. week or so, and, by the way, that interesting young actress is going to appear at the Baker next week ln support of Dorothy Shoemaker in "Tess of the Storm Country. Mr. -Rnaaeil ia husv on another vaude ville sketch to follow the three others he has on the road. This one, now ever, is for Howard Russell. e e Ttrnrleriek O'Farrell has joined the Empress Stock at Tacoma as leading man. Nancy Duncan is in tnis com pany, so is Neil McKlnnon. Neil rniiiateit from the box office end of the Baker Stock into a reg'lar actor in Tacoma. Willard Mack has been removed to a sanitarium from Sommerset Hotel in vew York and the doctors have ordered a months rest lor repairs. Mauunc Rambeau (Mrs. Mack) has gone to Lpa Angeles to wont for Oliver Morosco. Maribrie Rambeau has been, loaned to Morosco by Henry W. Savage, who, following the sensation she created on Broadway, secured her signature to a three-year contract. By a coincidence Maude Leone is also in a hospital convalescent alter a nervous attack. She was Mrs. Wil lard Mack prior to Marjorle Rambeau's advent on the scene. e Marion Craic: Wentworth, authoress 'D,;mnv'ii sketch "War Brides," is in New York to consult with ner rep resentative, Bartley Cushing, regard ing the elaboration of the sketcn into . hree-act nlav. It is likely Nazimova will appear in the produtcion when the longer piece is completed. ne is now at the Colonial, in New xork. a e e a n TJelamater. producer of clean plays has asked the Dramatic Mirror to find him a good clean piay ana the Mirror prints the letter. It may he lust what some wouia-De play wright in Portland can reply to. wnT TlrnaHwav. New York. Feb. 24. 1015. Dear Mr. Schrader: I frequently read tne aii rtf the vniinir dramatist that it la im wraihi. tn ret a hearlna for a new play. Dunne my career J nave paia out many thouaanda of dollara to authors and more .v.- etnn nno tn aalariea to actora. How ever, a play ia never submitted to me for production until it haa been turned down v... f, Rplniira Mr. Frohman and nearly every other producing manager In America. I would like to mane a pnns prouuciion New York of a good, wholesome Amer- i.. w, nlav bv an American author, and thought, perhaps, you may know or one. It so. will be very glad to consider it. lou may also give thia letter publicity If you destro to do so. sincerely, A. G. DELAMAIER. e PM Keiton delves deep into the Port land past when he announces that Isa heiie Patricola. "Little Isabelle." now famous in New York productions got ,er start in this city zu years ago hen an a Wee. bit of a STirl. She tOOK part in a knockabout act with Keiton in the Anheuser and tne tivoiu Mr. and Mrs. Keiton, who are making their fifth vaudeville visit to Portiana at tne Empress, were clog dancers and "Lit tle Isabelle" and her father nnea in .ih the Tfeltons in an "Irish act. what hecame of 'Little Isabelle'T' was the first question Fire Chief Dowell .veH Keiton after reviewing the show from behind the scenes Monday night. "Little Isabelle," replied tt-eiton, now i- . hie- one ln New York. Her name is in the electrlo ugnts ana sne is getting more money a week than we used to see In a month at the old Anheuser." The Keltons are old favorites in Portland and are the champion repeaters, no vaudeville act on any circuit having visited this city as frequently. e e a . Charles Halton, with the Baker Play ers the nrst nan ot mo , playing character roles with the Davis Players in Pittsburgh. Florence Malone heads the company. rrostreas In New Daaieea. Cleveland Plain Dealer. Dance the latest dances?" "Nope. I've gone back to the old ones." "How far back?" "Last week." . i Twenty-five Years Ago From The Oresonlan, March 11. 100. Washington Senator Stanford in troduced a resolution ln the Sonata yesterday designed to establish a pro cedure bv which farmers could ob tain loans from the Government in time of .financial need by mortgaging their land to the Government, the rate to be compatible as ample compensa tion for the use of the credit. Port Townsend A large nietting of eitiaens was held here last night in conference with H. W. McNeill, man ager of the Oregon Improvement Com pany, relative to building a railroad line from this city to Portland. It seems as if the citizens and directors can reach an agreement which will in sure the building of the road this year. The third meeting of the Water Commission was held last night with Mayor Stewart In Kast Portland. The water supply project is thought to be large and the stock is proposed to be put at $100,000. It was decided to name one man from each ward to pro ceed with the organization of a joint stock water company. Louis Nicolai was named for the First Ward. Cyrus Buckman for the Second, Dr. C. H. RafTety for the Third and H. C. Myer for the Fourth. The wrangle over the Merchants' Pa villion has assumed a new phase, as Sheriff Kelly last night placed Gerah and Morgan, former manacers. In charge "of the place again. The build-ino- in the hunria of W. B. Faulk ner, who held possession by right of a bill or sale. The wedding of Mr. Richard Braak .... Miss Malvinle urtn iook piace Saturday evening at S3 Maritet street, Tne ceremony was performed by Rev. Sweitzenberff . Of Albiha. The fniiowinsr note from Nina T . ...... .1 ., . nvnlnitlllnil! "There L.tl 1 V, W IT IIOCUI, 1 1 I were some errors in my little note in Mondav.s Oregonlun. They were either tho fait 0f the printer or my chlrog- Th. Vinir, were I It l h raphy. The Kings were slightly mixed. T - a t'onrauantu mm HQ villB" thilt ld- ward VI -a fighting gainst Henry J,v. first name- However, as he robbed Shakespeare of some of his glorious text ln Richard III, we will not con- sider the 'e' much of a loss. The many friends of Colonel Louis Fleisehner will be gratified to learn he is rapidly regaining his neann since his return several months ago from Europe, where for a time he was seriously ill. At the school election yesterday D. P. Thompson was elected director over J. N. Teal by 285 majority and H. S. Allen was chosen cierk over A. Gibbs by 214 majority. At Albina W. P. iWaUon was chosen director over C. H. Hill and T. W. BlelcK, clerk over Dr. W. A. Wise. When Danish Fleet Surrendered. ORESI1AM. Or.. March . (To the Kditor.) X. claims that from 310 to 120 years ago the ariusn were airaiu of the Danes and would not give them battle on either land or sea, but the British Anally got mastery over tne Danes by sailing into the narDor oi Copenhagen in time of peace and steal ing their fleet. Y. claims the British got the ad vantage over the Danes In fair battle. A. IIAHU Denmark's fleet was surrendered in tact to Great Britain in 1807 after 30,- 000 British troops had invested the cap ital and Copenhagen had been uom- barded for four days by the British fleet. r.reut Ttritain feared that Denmark would become an ally of Napoleon and hoit cent- luinl and sea forces and haa demanded that the Danish fleet unite with the British fleet with promise ot certain rewards. The chief desire oi the Danish government was neutrality, although it preferred alliance with Great Britain to a league with Na poleon. The British terms, while lib eral, were dictatorial Jind caused tne Danish government to prepare to de fend Copenhagen. The British consid ered this tatainount to a declaration of war and opened hostilities with tne result as stated. Denmark and Kngland were previ ously at war in 1801, when a British fleet defeated the Danish fleet in the Rnltie. bombarded their capital and forced a disadvantageous peace. BSBJIV AMKNS' HIGHTS l. WAR. Vot Allowed to Send Money Home, but Property Sot C'onHacntetl. HOOD RIVER, Or.. March 8. (To the t.;i- i in the oHKrt of two nations at war with each other, what Is the status ot government or corporation securities of one nation in tne nauua ui of the enemy? Where citizens or an enemy nanou were arrested at the beginning of the nresent war, what disposition was made of their real and personal property which they may have been In posses sion of? W. H. M'CLAIN. rieiinrra in securities of enemy countries are forbidden during war and no money may be paid to a subject or an enemy in piviaenas, unci cot bonds or in settlement of debts. Money is contraband of war. It is not usual to confiscate the property of an enemy who is held pris oner of war or is imprisoned as an enemy alien. He Is slmpiy prevemeu from using it so as to aid the enemy. That is the practice, ln Great Britaiu and is probably true also of Germany, Austria and other countries, thoush we have no definite information. Opening of Itoad. MEDFORD, Or.. Mar. 8. (To the Editor.) Do the laws of Oregon give a County Court authority to open a road of any kind without a warranty deed or a petition? Can a County Court open a road less than 40 feet wide without closing It with a nate?. B(X)SEy. 1. Yes, by contract with the own ers of property. 2. A gateway to land not reached by a road is established only by pe tition. The procedure is Het out in Section 6307 et seq., L. O. L. Residence of City Kmployes. r,rr.T vn Vnrch 8. 1 To) the Kdl- tor.)lIs it legal for a civil service employe to live outside mo - -o . se the voters to have a chaDce to amend the charter so as to give preference, to men with families and taxpayers over bachelor aliens and non-residents? 1 An official (meaning a Commis sioner or head of a bureau) must live within the city. Kmployes need not except at time of taking civil service examinations. ... j o j0 8uch amendment Is proposed. Answer o Problem. PORTLAND, March 8 (To the Kdl- tor ) The answer to the problem giv en ' by .1. W. Willis, which appeared in The Oregonian March 5. is 55.1877-1-snuare feet. Expressed in common fractions, it is 65 432" square feet. The problem can be bolved different wavs K is not difficult to solve. SUBSCRIBER. Half a Century Ago From The C'regonlan yarrh 11. 13. We stated the etber day tiiat Sena tor Harding had consiati nlly aupportfl the ISoveriimcnt by his vote. tlurliiK I' I lonsrreKslonul career. We felt ai.xim. to do him full Juatica. but our remark i have culled form nineh-t eminent from various sources and his jin.shu.n oi many prominent questions of til" d;i has bcei referred to as not Justifying the statement made by ". H now de velops Hardin sustained his frb-nd Bush. This will bo no recomir.ciidst i.m to the i:nion men of Oreaon. wlm know Bush to be an enemy of the Gin ermnent and would not betuxc tlm contrary were the plcdsiea of In mar 1 1 and friends offered to support the as sertion. Some time ago the Albany .lonrmil invented the title of ".Marquis do l.t Put .Malone" for the editor of the lie porter. At the time it struck u.i aa humorous, but as the grentor part ot the last Reporter la devoted to Sonors. Uwin and emigration from these part., the matter begins to look serious. .Malone has been corresponding wlln Gwln's agent, Barclay llcnly, and tells him that "many despairing of preserv ing the priceless boon of liberty" un der "the autocrat at Washington" think of going somewhere elso and de sire to know if they can vote and own a bit of soil In Sonora under Uwin. Salem. The Statesman ay 1h raw riouring mill of the Willamette Wool en .Manufacturing Company is now ready to operate. It Is the largest mill on the Coast, being five stories and basemont. Hon A. It. Shipley, of Clackamas, was superintendent ot tha work. The cost was 40.000. The following letter Is self-expla n:t tory: Hrureport, Feb. 24. IT. I. riitork Sir: Inclosed please find In currency fir one vears iudmi ipimn ht , " There are some of your mbne.rlbers In Una part of the country talking of not suhnenh Inir this vear on account of our malls. I tell you it is very trying to one's pauenr l. i-oine seven miles and alt two dae after the malls aro due and then hava I" so homo without any news. February 4 is the l.-itest Orrsnnian that wa hsvo had In this pisce, and 1 do not know when wo wl I get any inure. The mall carrier saa he will carry It to suit himself, as he has schedule time. We do not know how ti hein ourseles. You should got qulta a number more subscribers If wo could gel your pnper as soon as wa should have it; "t send it to me another year. When I do get It it It good for sore eyes. W. ' William free Is to erect a new brick establishment for the use of Wells. Kargo & Co., as an assay office, on Stark street, between Front and first streets. Miss Kllenda McGill and Kdward Asku n were married March 9 by Rev. H. llutlcdge. rrogreaalves on Trade ommlaalon. ,..-.,TT IVT Mart h iTfl 111 Kll- ttor.)l' one' issue you aay the 1'ro- trresslves sun iiepuuin-" eic " v-.v i ..n . von romnlaln tne sam-. .I .i-.-.. . . because two regressive are appointed on the Federal Trade Commission. 1 don't understand. W.l'AKKi. ive h.v-e mi l it that Progressives me rapidly becoming reunited with the Ile- publlcan party, but we havo not sai" that they arc one. The Trosresslve party still maintains a distinct parly oiRanlzntlon and wo have criticise! President Wilson s selocllnn tr to mi- i... .nemhecs of the Federal Trailo Commission because they ate chosen from that party, which Is a wean mini, while tho strongest minority party l entirely Ignored. raying: far Hooks. PORTLAND. M:tr. 10. (To the F..M .or will von kindly nnswer the fol lowing question throe .h your public forum coiumn7 If a wife signs con tract agreeing to take sn rxpensn. set of hooks without the knowlcdae or sanction of the husband can th inner be bold legally responsible. It Is mv understanding that tho husband , responsible for all the necessities of life Do you know whether books would cme "n-Jh-;L-CRTBICli. This woul 1 lie a matter for s court to determine, and probably would de pond on the financial condition of tlw husband. - Revenue Tax on Heeds. MVITIN". Or.. Mar. 8. (To the Kdi tor ) If a person has deeds to lo" lots and homestead patents that made out before December I. I'M. and has them recorded now. does lu have to pay tho Internal revenue Ux nCanC"'m-le Sam do anything to him if he holds thcin over until the tax is not required? A. J. UKKKDINU. Tho levenue tnx must be paid when the deeds or ((stents are lilcd. no mat ter when the transfer wns made. There is no law to compel recording of Instruments of any soil. Delay on Road Work Chafes. FVLLS CITY. Or.. Mar. 0. (To th' ICditor ) We hear of and notice an many appeals for some one or some corporation to start some work. 1 would suggest that those counties f our state start their road work an l improvements that are to be dono this coming Summer at once. Whv do they wait when Ihn money has been appropriated lor this work. There are plenty of idle men avail able at nresent waiting for a chant e tb'makoPn honest dollar in all the gn, Uptowns of the atate. y bo nelorm School for !!. PORTLAND, Mar. 10 (To tho F.di tor 1 Is there a reform school in Ore. gon or Washington that will Uk charSo ot boys over 1. 1 eara mo . After Mal tha OrcRon Industrial School for ! bovs up to 18 years ot age under the act passed by the recent LcKlslaturc. Washington has reformatories for hnvs under 1. .ill 4 L e i-tieri'e ..f The Fluff of Crepe De Chine Nothing not the soft silks of China JaP"' "nd India; nor tha hne linens of Ireland; nor the heavy lustrous satins of France; nothing more alluring in the way of silk has ever beet manufactured than clingy, yielding, sheer and lovely erope de chine. Crop" do chine is now belnit used almost exclusively for underwear. probably because of Its durability, for It care Is taken In the wash ing, its attraction I.- aa gnat after It is laundered as before. nd because of its chdrtn. It has come to take the place, with many, of the tine. French lingerie, which was at one time thought to be superior to anything else of its kind. In the columns of The Oregonian are to bo found the daily adver tisements of merchants who carry a complete stock of rrepe do china underclothing In all sorts of desluns. and in all the soft shades of color. Read these advertisement for In formation Interesting to ovary woman.