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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.
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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.