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THE MORNING OREGONIAN, THURSDAY, MARCH 23, 1915. 8 PORTLAND, OKEGOJT. Entered at Portland. Oregon. Fostoffioe as second-class matter. Subscription Rates Invariably In advance II Mail.) rally, Sunday Included, one year . .... . Dally, ennday included, six months Tt.iw KunHav iniudd. three montna -i,J mily. without Buaday, one montlx ...... .w "Weekly, one year Sunday, one year f-rx Huaoav and Weekly, one year (By Carrier.) Tally, Sunday Included, one year .. Zaiiy. Sunday included, one montn ..$9.00 .. .75 How to Remit Send Postoffice money or der, express order or personal check on your local bank. Stamps, coin or currency are at iKnderi rift, uive posioince wiw " iiw-liwlin. rnnntv &nd state. .. R-.t 13 to. 16 Dacca 1 cont : 18 - .. , t. - A. tn 4ft mures. 3 cents i.n .1 lr r,.... a nti: 62 to 76 pases. 6 cents; 7s to US pases, 8 cents. Foreign P" Ktora ItHMinMa Office Veree ft Conk- lln. .New York. Brunswick buildinc; Chicago, Ktencrer huilriinc. r-s Francisco Office K. J. BldweU Com pany. 7-i Market street. .PORTLAND, THCKSUAY, MAKCII 45. 191S. I.KT US EC'S PART LINES. : The Oregonian Is taken to task by the Polk County Itemizer for its "con tinued slurs" against President Wilson and Secretary Bryan. We are ac cused of being inspired by partisan bias "Just at a. time when all party lines should be deeply sunk in an en deavor to uphold our Government in doing what is right for the Nation." . We heartily indorse the sentiment that "all party lines should be sunk at a time like the present. If Pres ident Wilson will yet the example, we will follow. He has set an example of the opposite kind so far, and The Oregonian has not followed. Could there be a more glaring ex ample of partisan bias than the Pres ident's statement at Indianapolis that the Republican party has not had a new idea in thirty years; or than his ignoring the Republican party com pletely in the appointment of the Fed eral Trade Commission? There was no sinking of party lines in his attempt to drive the'ship-purchase bill through Congress- as a party measure. All these things have been said and done since the war began, and at times, therefore, when the same necessity for National unity existed. The Oregonian expressed unqualified approval of the President's neutrality proclamation, of all steps he has taken to maintain our neutrality and of every act designed to uphold our rights against violation by first one belliger ent, then the other. Had Mr. Wilson and Mr. Bryan been as consistent as The Oregonian has been in ignoring party lines where foreign policy is concerned, they 'would have avoided some of the most grievous causes of crifleism. ROBBING THE RAJXKOADS. In one respect some of the leaders of the late Congress tried to economize namely, in the amount paid to rail roads for carrying the mails. Before the parcel post was established the railroads were already complaining that their compensation was inade quate, but Representative Moon pro posed that they be compelled to carry the parcel post without additional compensation and thus save the Gov ernment $8,000,000 a year. Railroads are now paid by weight, determined by a quadrennial weighing of mails. Mr. Moon proposed to pay by car snace used. Estimating that a car would carry twenty tons of parcels, he proposed a maximum rate of 21 cents j ...n.ii. a tormina! allow-I anee of about another cent. He of i i r i a i iii.iv i fered a fraction over a cent per ton mile for fast passenger service, while fast freight pays 4 or 5 cents and even slow freight pays over three-fourths of a cent. This proposed rate was only a max lniiain above which the Postmaster General could not so. for it was pro vided in Mr. Moon's bill that the Postmaster-General might fix lower rates. The railroads have no option but to tarry the mails, and Mr. Moon pro posed that they have no voice in fix ing the payment they were to receive for their services. Tho service was to be estimated in advance and no extra payment was to bo made for any excess over the estimate. If any busi ness man attempted to force such a bargain on any other business man, he would be called a robber. For driv ing such, bargains with the railroads thirty or forty years ago tho Standard Oil Company has been held up to un limited obloquy. By order of the Interstate Commerce Commission the express companies were compelled to adopt a similar sys tem of rates. Partly in consequence of these rates and partly in conse quence of competition fronfthe parcel post, for carrying which the railroads are inadequately compensated, the express companies have shown a loss of J5.O00.O00 each to themselves and the railroads. By getting his hauling done below cost. Mr. Burleson is able to boast of a surplus exceeding J3.S0O.00O. Kvcn a Democratic Congress rovolted asninst so obviously unjust a scheme as Mr. Moon proposed, and was ac cused by him of deferting the Admin istration. The Senate committee re fused to consider his proposal. The railroads" claim to additional payment under the prcsout system has bren taken Into court. :4 of the Eastern roads having joined in a suit for $35, 000.000 for transportation of the malls. We may now have a judicial decision that the Postofflce Department, like any other governmental agency, can not lawfully take or use private prop erty without compensation. The rates to be paid by the Govern ment for carrying tho mails, like the rates paid by any other shipper, should be adjusted by the Interstate Com merce Commission. Any deposition of that body to repeat the blunder by which It has compelled the expre'ss companies to suffer loss should bo nullified by declaration of the prin ciple that railroads must be permitted to earn fair interest on their capital by means of just rates for all the traffic they carry, malls included. The present suit should end in a basic, de cision of this kind, as a guide to the Commission. Adjustment of mail rates should then bo transferred bodily by Congress to the Commission, in all cases where agreement between the Postmaster-General and the railroads is impossible. Congress la no more competent to fix railway mail pay than .to x the price of groceries. The change mentioned should bo made not merely in the interest of the r;iilroad, but most of all in the inter est of the people, for they are the ulti mate sufferers by injustice to railroads or anybody else. The railroads are public servants for the carriage of the - rcople's traffic. Proper handling of that traffic and extension of their lacillties to meet its growing needs require that the oads be maintained at the highest efficiency and that they obtain more capital from time to time. They cannot be maintained nor ob tain needed capital unless their earn ings are sufficient to pay expenses and to attract capital. Mismanagement of'some roads is no reason for rejecting this policy; it is a reason only for punishing the guilty persons. Justice to all roads should not be denied because some roads are mismanaged. All should have . fair earnings as a rrfctter of Justice, and the guilty managers should be prosecuted, also as a matter of justice. If fair rates are denied to all because some are remiss, not only the innocent rail roads, but the innocent public suffer with the guilty. MEAN WORK. The anonymous letter writer has wormed his crawling way into- the campaign over the superintendency of the schools, with the definite design of creating dissension over Superintend ent Alderman, who is a candidate for re-election and with the incidental object of injecting the religious issue, The letters have been various, though some of them are covered with the feeble disguise of favoring Mr. Alder man, while others have been bitterly hostile to him. The net result sought to be accomplished is so great a com motion that Mr. Alderman will fail of re-election. It is difficult to explain the spirit or character of the anonymous letter writer on any theory creditable to his honor or honesty. He has neither. He adopts the coward's way because his sole weapon is the poison of false- hood, hatred and envy. It is the price of success that it should often incur the enmity of little souls. That has happened in Superintendent Alder man's case. The latest anonymous daub, for which a teacher in the Washington High School has been dismissed, is a long series of malicious misstatements about the methods by which Mr. Al derman has achieved his high position as an educator, and a very mean effort to withhold from him credit for vari ous achievements commonly credited to him. It might easily be true that all teachers are not in harmony with Su perintendent Alderman's educational methods. The pioneer in instruction. as In other fields, meets always with opposition, often sincere and intelli gent. No greater service could be done to the schools by any critic of Mr. Alderman's ways if he should state frankly to the School Board and to the public what they are. But what credit can be given to the fault-rina-ing of the man who stealthily commits his thoughts to paper and sneakingly sends them through the mails where he fancies they will do the most harm? Mr. Alderman is fortunate in the enemies he has made. They are doing him more good than harm. They are contributing greatly to the general opinion that common fairness to him calls for his re-election. IX OTHER DATS. The Oregonian' has occasionally from a reader a letter, or personal caller, saying that the "Twenty-fivo Years Ago" column or the "Half a century Ago" column is the most interesting feature of the paper. All depends on the age of the commentator. If he is, say, approaching tho grand climax of three-score and ten, he is likely to say that he finds old memories awak ened and refreshed by the events 01 fifty years ago, and if he is at the ripe age of fifty, or-even.at middle f tv he ls aptto know a good deal ? . . . ... ... about what happened a quarter of a century since. If he lived in Oregon at the time, so much the better. The other day a well-known Port land citizen,' who acknowledged that his age was fifty-four and who was born in Oregon, came in to say that a certain item about a runaway acci dent down Front street stirred up the recollection of great excitement in pioneer Portland, for he saw It, and remembered it as the first mighty sen sation of his life. Ho recalled, too, another vivid item about a certain young woman, aged three, falling out of a cherry tree and breaking her arm, a tragedy duly chronicled in The Oregonian a half century ago and re peated with cruel fidelity just the other day. "You ought not to have done it." he said. "I am no longer the only man in Portland who knows tho age of that woman. She is fifty three, but looks thirty." Yesterday the historic incident where Sam Brannan fired the salute over the fall of Charleston and broke $2300 worth of window-glass was duly repeated. In a few days, perhaps, w-e shall have another chronicle of Sam's patriotic exhibition over the fall of the Confederacy. So it goes. Life was just as vivid and interesting in the long ago here in Oregon as it is now. Great events and small events came and passed into retrospect, just as they do today. It is well to be reminded daily that while there is no time like the present, there were other days and other experiences Just as full of the Joy of life and the tragedy of disappointment. G.VRDF.NS AND HEALTH. Gardening on vacant lots promises to become a profitable and fashion able exercise this Summer. It opens a way to partial self-support for the unotnployed and it affords other ad vantages as well. There are in every city of Portland's size busy men who would be .a great deal better off for some wholesome outdoor exercise. Gymnasiums help them somewhat to get rid of superfluous fat and regu late their livers, but the open air is more desirable. There are few such men who could not get the opportunity to cultivate a garden if they wished to do it. Vacant lots abound. Indeed, many of their dwellings stand on lots virtually va cant. Once interested in the charming art of growing vegetables and salads thev would find new values in life. Health would flow into their bodies from the spade and hoe and there would be a comfortable trickle of money Into their pockets. For gar dening on city lots is a profitable avo cation. A writer in the Country Gen tleman explains at some length how he raised food for a family of seven on a vacant quarter acre, to tho infi- Jiite benefit of his health and spirits. That was last Summer. This Sum mer he plans to do greater wonders. He expects to raise his Winter vege tables as well as Summer relishes and salads and no doubt he can do so. It does not require a very large patch of ground to grow potatoes enough to last a family through the Winter. Men engaged in busiuess would ex perience a psychological as well as physical uplift if they would conquer their reluctance and take to the health-giving hoe. Their great sin is the exclusive "worship of routine. which is bad for both mind and body. An hour or two daily at work out doors freshens the spirits and invigor ates the muscles and actually increases a man's efficiency in his office. A city dwelling without a kitchen gar den always savors of tragedy. It may, of course, mean nothing worse than indolence, but even that is to be de plored. He who makes two cabbages grow where before there was none Is a benefactor to himself and his kind. HOW Dm HE GET OUT? M. F. Shtlby. a Louisville, Ky., pub lisher, who happened to be in De Moines, la., a few days ago, sends us a clipping from the Des Moines Regis, ter and Leader, in which one C. W. Johnston attempts to tell Iowans about Oregon and Portland. What Mr. Shel by thought of Mr. Johnston's letter may be judged from the single word of comment offered by the Kentucky publisher. That word is "dirty." But after a careful perusal of Mr. Johnston's letter we fire convinced that he is not wilfully vicious or un truthful. He is just a provincial ass. In Mr. Johnston's city one can climb into the dome of the State Capitol and to all intents and purposes see the whole of Iowa. Mr. Johnston, there fore, bases his opinions on Oregon's diversified climate, crops and resources on what he saw in Portland. His intellectual destiny may be learned from the opening statement of his letter:' "This is the hardest city I have visited on the Coast to get honest confessions from its citizens as to local conditions. By commingling with all classes of people and being a good fel low I have broken the ice at many places." As an example he tells of various contradictory off-hand opinions elicit ed as to the number-of Japanese and Chinese In,. Portland. Why anyone should spend a lot of time "com mingling" and being a "good fellow" to get this information when he can go to the public library and in ten minutes get the exact figures from the census reports is beyond the ordinary comprehension. But probably Mr. Johnston thinks the census enumera tion ends at the Missouri River. Mr. Johnston informs the anxious Iowa public that the people of Oregon depend on "lumber, wheat, apples. hops and vegetables." The Wilson tar iff, he says, "put the lumber mills on the toboggan"; Britain and Germany, now at war, took our apples and hops to the extent of $6,000,000 per year. and there is no market for vegetables because of stagnation. As to wheat, he forms a pessimistic conclusion from a story told him by an "old Scotchman" of wheat land "near Portland," held at "$200 to J 300 per acre that was never known to produce over twelve to fifteen bushels per acre. It was worn out. Rains have washed the good soli away." - . Of course there can' be no denial that the Wilson tariff has prostrated the lumber industry, but the other information deducted by Mr. John ston's "commingling" ls peculiar. Not having seen any cattle in places where one goes to be a "good fellow" and there being no building so high .that one can get a view of the stock ranges, Mr., Johnston 'did not discover that the annual livestock production of Oregon exceeds in value that of "wheat, ap ples, hops and vegetables." Likewise he did not discover that the salmon fisheries produce more revenue at present than the apple orchards and the hop yards combined; or that the wool and mohair production exceeds the hope crop; or that dairy products in Oregon exceed the value of the hop crop six-fold. As to our rain-washed wheat Hews, if he had consulted the reports of the United States Department of Agricul ture, he would have learned that in 1914 Oregon produced 2,000,000 more bushels of wheat than did Iowa and that the average yield of Oregon wheat lands for ten years has exceeded the average wheat yield of Iowa lands for the same period. There is other purported informa tion in tho letter which clearly Indi cates that it Is not wise for Mr. John ston to bo at large. He ought to be made to do his "commingling at Glcnwood, where special provision is made by his home state for the care of a certain type of unfortunates. THE CASE OF THE DACIA. Capture of the steamer Dacia by a French cruiser seems to have been engineered for the purpose of remov- ng all doubt as to its condemnation as a prize. The London Times says that, "had she been brought before an English prize court, there might have been a difficult question of mixed law and fact to be determined." Un der article 66 of the Declaration of London the new owner of the ship would be required to prove that "the transfer was not made in order to evade the consequences to which an ati.mv vessel as such is exposed." This would have led to a prolonged inquiry with a view to settlement of a difficult question. The French rule contains no qualification, for it reads: The clianae of nationality of merchant veoels effected after a declaration of -war is null and without effect. "French prize law," says the Times, "views with suspicion. any measures e. g.. naturalization wnicn may ue used to hide attempts to evade the rule ns to the invalidity of transfers after the outbreak of war. The tradi tions of French prize, courts are not so favorable to neutrals as .those of English prize courts." The statements of the isew xorK Sun leave little room for doubt that the Dacia would have been condemned by a British prize court. The ship was bought from the Hamburg-Amer ican Line by Edward N. Breitung and associates, and the Sun says that "in all the tangle of whipsawing for prof its out of the deal, this non-financial clause in the contract of sale stands out: t . Axnreafilv stipulated by the steam ship company that the Dacia should be used clllCIiy to carry rouon w vreuN ports and that It was not to carry contra band of war for tho allies at any time. Commenting on this clause, the Sun says: it, ninln Enalish. the Pacta was trans ferred to the American fla under false pretences. She remained to all lntenta and purposes a Gorman ship, chartered for the sole purpose of aiding- German com merce and industry under the mere sem blance that she was carrylns on American commerce and was an accession to the American merchant marine. The so-called sale to Americans was merely a subterfuge, a way of paying them for obtaining more or fraudulently the protection of the American fiaff lor tna snip on ner voys to Germany. This case shows in what grave com plications the ship-purchase bill might have involved the United States, had it become law. Any interned German ship which was bought and operated by the Government would certainly have been a lawful prize if captured by French cruisers, and probably so if captured by British cruisers. Irrita tion would have arisen on the part of Britain and France because we should have been accused of a breach of neu- trality and on the part of the United States because our Government's ships had been seized. The only condition under which the allies would have been likely to grant these ships im munity from capture would have been an agreement that they should trade only to allied ports. In that case the spectacle of former German ships earning food and munitions to the enemy would have exasperated the Germans. We could not have used those ships in any. way without getting into a quarrel with one party or the other. As time passes, the conviction will become more widespread that the fili buster conducted by the Republican Senators and a few independent Dem ocratic Senators to defeat the ship purchase bill saved the country from a grave danger. MIV m:UX)M AM) OLD IDEAS. The New Freedom has been revealed by experience to be freedom from the burden of money. When its apostles took charge of the Government there was in the Treasury a net balance .of 1166,000,000 and revenue was enough to pay expenses. The New Freedom has reduced the tariff, passed the in come tax and the emergency tax laws and is thus taking mors money out of the pockets of the people. It had reduced the Treasury balance to $42, 769,689 on March 2 and has made ap propriations in the last two years $177,000,000 greater than in the last two years of control by the party which is .accused of lacking ideas. There are in Immediate prospect an empty treasury and a bond issue to meet expenses. The people are thus freed from a larger amount of money, of which the Treasury promptly frees itself. They are rich only in ideas, like the Demo cratic party which rules the land. The Republican party which is so wofully lacking in new ideas holds obstinately to an old idea that the expenses of the Government should be held within Its income. The New Freedom party seems to scorn that idea as too old to be entertained. It Is still considered good enough for use in our private affairs. The town of Monroe, La., runs a municipal steamboat on the Ouachita River to ship its cotton to New Or leans. By this device about one-half the freight formerly paid is saved to the producers. . Co-operation takes many forms and all are profitable, but some communities do not yet see its value. If the power of flight had been a weighty factor in evolution birds of prey would dominate the world. The airship has not made -man much more destructive than he was without it. War seems likely to make him a bur rowing rather than a flying biped. Italy is fortifying the island of Pat mos, where John wrote the Book of Revelation. In his vision John saw "the third part of men killed -by fire, smoke and brimstone."' Evidently by brimstone he meant gunpowder. Hia prophecy is now coming to pass. The Canadian governments are spending $20,000,000 upon seed for free distribution this season. More land will be planted than ever before with the expectation of a heavy crop. The purpose Is to make the soil com pensate for the losses of war. Complaints of-' ruined fruit crops come in early this year. Texas opens the chorus with "a loss of $1,000,000." The fruit crop Is annually ruined al nost everywhere, but in some miracu lous way there is usually enough to go round. The government at Tokio probably never will note that two men were given penitentiary sentences yester dey for assaulting a Japanese, but it is a fact that in Portland color cuts little figure in the matter of justice. Chief Shaw, of Oregon City, has a good punch. The man aiding escape of three girls from the Industrial Home has a broken jaw as evidence, which seems to be enough punishment, as the girls were recaptured. The jitney infection promises to sweep over the whole North American continent. It reached Vancouver, B. C, early last January. That city now has 350 jitney vehicles, which earn $80,000 monthly. The American griddle-cake is invad ing Russia and all depends on the skill of the cook. The Russ is a man of capacity, for the usual order means to heap the plate until it reaches the chin. The Federal Industrial Commission is about to begin investigating the porter, which is a work of supereroga tion. A trip in a sleeping-car will give all the evidence they want. Two married women are under ar rest in an Oklahoma town for tarring a third, when in all likelihood the stuff should have been applied to the husbands of the two. Penniless pilgrims are warned to keep away from the Yukon by the red-coated police, although how a "stony" man can get so far north is not understood. Vnf air, vi a njclll Otv Hall neoDle have a half-holiday when the local games open. Twenty-four thousand, more or less, will be there, the rain god willing. In these days of boosting for the new Chamber of Commerce, the pes simist is so lonesome that his chronic mournfulness is aggravated. Governor Snrv thinks Utah does not need the initiative and referendum, and if Utah will look around a bit she may agree with him. Mercury at twenty-two degrees is damaging many Texas fruitgrowers. Just as seventy here in Oregon is a danger point. Wireless again scored Tuesday in the rescue of the crew of the liner Denver, 1300 miles out from New York. Troubles of the iceman will become an acute joke when he must weigh the chunk on delivery. . Mini will be surnrlsed to learn the mouth of the Columbia is mined against an enemy. The campaign for better milk should be encouraged. Some of it is rather blue. Is Bryan waiting until Americans are killed in. Persia to begin action? Stars and Starmakers BV LEOXB CAES BAER. OF COURSE Bob Fitzslmmons and bis current bride observed the "ring ceremony." The papers hailed the event as Bob marrying "again." Again ls hardly the world to apply to a function that might with most appropriate accuracy be described as a continuous per formance. e And I thought he had bade farewell to the fighting game. e Still, she may be a good sparring partner. . . Nazimova has been booked for the London Hall in her vaudeville success, "War Brides." A No. 2 company is breaking in this week at Jersey City, see Answer to Hillsboro subscriber: Sarah Bernhardt's salary on her vaude ville tour was $500 for each perform ance, or $7000 weekly in each seven day engagement, with all traveling ex penses for herself and company, her gross salary to the management reach ing nearly $8000 weekly ass Clara Morris, the actress, whose artistic work in bygone days is still a delightful memory to many thousands in this country and abroad, ls celebrat ing at her quaint old home on the Sound, at Whltestone. Queens, the 60th anniversary of her birth, which took place on Wednesday. Miss Morris, who is Mrs. Frederick C. Harriot in private life, has been confined to her bed for three years. She has the most faithful of companions in her mother, an active woman of 93, and Ethel Ellebrecht, her nurse. , ' Congratulatory letters and telegrams came by the score from friends and ad mirers all over the country, and Miss Morris greatly enjoyed the messages. Miss Ellebrecht said that the actress is able, with the aid of red glasses, to read newspapers and magazines. She spends much of her time in preparing articles fdr publication. Billy Gould laid off last week at Hammerstein's because Mrs. Gould (Belle Ashlyn) objected strenuously to the Hammerstein billing of her hua band's act. It read, "Reunited for one week," referring to Billy Gould and his once flame Valeska Suratt. MUs Ashlyn is playing at the Winter Gar den, and Variety says she called at Hammeratein's Theater Monday morn ing and told everyone within hearing what she thought of that reading matter. "Actress in $30,000 Suit," shrieks a headline. It meant breach o' promise, however, not her Easter outfit. Walker Whiteside has decided to ap pear in a dramatization of "The Ragged Messenger," by W B. Maxwell, next season. Emily Nltray, who dramatized "The Typhoon," will make the White side stage version of the new piece. Dainty Marie has a picture house called the Jitney at Leavenworth. One week cleaned up $35 for her. Vera Fuller Mellish, who whs the girl In "The Blindness of Virtue," when it came to the Ilcilig. is to have a role In a new musical revue called "Nobody Home." Vera is the only daughter of Fuller Mclllsh, who was here last with Margaret Anglin In Shakespearean repertoire. Also In "Nobody Home" will be Adole Rowland and Molly King. Willard, the Man Who Grows, has discovered that his English and French ancestors had a crest. He has trans ferred it to his note paper. There are heads of an eagle and lion on it, also a chevron and a motto, which reads. "Patience rejoicos in hardships." e e A prominent Western man, who has just passed on, left his entire estate of nearly a million nice, large dollars to an actress sweetheart, who broke her engagement to him more than 40 years ago. Truly this is a touching example of enduring gratitude. Maurice "Krierre, of Brierre and King, at the Empress, is playing under bis old boss this week. H. W. (Nick") Pierong, manager of the Empress, hav ing been theater manager In St. Paul, Minn., several years ago when Brierre was the juvenile in the celebrated Bush Temple Stock Company, which shifted from Chicago for a season under Mr. Pierons's management. Sarah Truax was the leading woman of the company and Thurlow Bergen was leading man. When Brierre appeared at the Empress last year he and Mr. Pierong met for the first time since the St. Taul en gagement. Between shows actor nd manager swap reminiscences, end Brierre's vaudeville engagement here under Mr. Pierong is more like a visit than "work" he says. He Is preparing a new act in which a sketch with plot will entwine tho song and dance part. Grace King, Brierre's partner in vaude ville, is Mrs. Brierre in real life. - e Portlanders, you must know, have a prodigious sense of local pride, and apropos of it, Walter Gilbert tells this story of a citizen here who passed out while on a visit to San Francisco. Ow ing to the contagious character of the fatal malady the municipal health offi cer refused to issue a transit permit for the remains, so local interment was necessitated. Accepting the. sepultural situation with reluctance, the widow called upon a cenotaph dealer to order a gravestone, but was unable to decide on a suitable Inscription therefor. - "How would you like 'Gone to a Bet ter Place'"? suggested the monument man, with a desire to be helpful. "Oh, no," protested the bereaved one. "That never would do. He lived In Portland, you know." s Says a headline, "Girl Tells Legis lators How to Live on $6 a Week." I reckon they'll not try to do it, how ever. a a a Joseph Brooks, in association with the Shuberts and by arrangement with W. A. Brady, will make an elaborate revival of Du Maurler's "Trilby" early next month at the Shubert Theater. Wilton Lackaye, Leo Ditrlchsteln and Burr Mcintosh will be the stars of the original cast in the revival, and Phyllis Neilson-Terry will be sen as Trilby. She has appeared in' the role in London with great success. Mr. Lackaye will again be Svcngali, Mr. Ditrichstoin will play Zou-Zou, end Mr. Mcintosh will appear in his old part of Taffy. Among others in the east will be Brandon Tynan, who will play Little Eillis, and Leslie Austen. , Interview With Kaiser and Impressions Therefrom. Ex-Senator Beveridre, In Colliers. i(JV IT will be convenient for you to X delay your departure, the Emperor will receive you this afternoon," polite ly said a young officer attached to the Imperial Foreign Office. I had suggested to the Chancellor of the Empire, Von Bethmann-IIoU weg, at the end of our conversation the evening before that it would be pleasant circumstance for me if I might meet the Emperor before leaving tier many. It was by the merest chance that the favorable result came so quickly or at all; for the Emperor had not then, nor has he yet, received any for eigner since the' war began; he is at the front practically all of the time and, while all connected with the war are Incessantly busy with ayatetnatio and methodical purpose, yet the tier man Emperor himself is the hardest worked man in all Germany. Endless conferences and consults tions, all of them of .Ilia most serious -moment, on a great variety or suDjects, call upon him for immense and never- ceasing labor. Even the unsympa thetic must admit that William II ia at his task all the time. From one of these journeys, it ap peared, the Emperor had just returned, and thus came the lucky opportunity of meeting this extraordinary person age, the most discussed, the worst abused and most highly praised of liv ing men throughout the world. At exactly 15 minutes before ? o'clock I was presented to hia majesty. Nothing could have been more in formal than this meeting, and no one is or could be more democratic in man ner than this so-called "war lord" a title, by the way, which runs back into the legendary Teutonic history of the Germanic tribes in their ancient forests, and a title, therefore, which is thoroughly misunderstood and gro tesquely misrepresented by the non German world of the present day. There is nothing pompous, nothing even pretentious, in the bearing of William II. One's first Impression is that of a great man who 1b also a pleasant, simple-minded gentleman, with an agreeable personality, charged with that engaging- quality called mag netism. One's second impression, fol lowing so quickly upon the first that the two are almost one. Is that of im mense vigor, abounding physical vital ity and searchlight mental alertness. There is In the Emperor's bearing hone of that stiff reserve with which so many publio men cloak thefr own fear of themselves, not a vestige of that stilted manner so frequently used as a substitute for dignity. s a The Emperor wore the simple uni form of the field, and about his, shoul ders hung the long, gray, fur-lined cloak pictured so often in his photo graphs. His cap was the familiar head gear of the German officer. The Im perial Chancellor was clad In khaki colored uniform, with boots and cap. There was a notable absence of deco rations so much so that, although one or two may have been worn, they did not impress themselves upon the mind. I had Just come from the trenches and was still dressed in riding clothes. From 15 minutes before 3 until exactly. 15 minutes before 5 o'efock the conversation continued. We walked during the whole of this time in the inclosed garden, which Is a part of the villa occupied by the Emperor in the French town where the grand headquarters were then located, a town, by the way, with in an hour's automobile ride from Sedan. It was a gray day, the Kky blan keted with leaden clouds and the at mosphere was chill and damp. 1 men tion tho length of time only because of the perfect opportunity to observe the German Emperor and because so long a walk and conversation after a hard forenoon's work was a test of his physical endurance. His majesty was within a little more than two weeks of his 67th birthday, lie does not look older than Ills age suggests. Tho mustache ts gray and the hair almost white, the array-blue eye is clear. Its expression intense and full of nervous force. I had been credibly informed that it Is a manner ism of the Emperor te look at you piercingly before speaking, but nothing of tho kind occurred on this occasion. The eye does have a penetrating qual ity: but if this experience was a fair test, the staring stories are untrue. The complexion is pale with a faint tinge of color; the Hps healthfully red. Under the eyes are wrinkles, but not mora nor different than one sees on the faces of most active men of the Em peror's age. The features are not full, as shown by portraits of a year ago; still less are they haRgard. as they appear In photographs taken soon after the war began. The voice is vibrant and strong, with out the faintest trace or suggestion of weakness or nervous exhaustion. The stop ls firm, decided, but not over rapid, and at no time was there the slightest Indication of weariness. The carriage is erect, clastic, vigorous. While physically as well as mentally the Emperor shows extraordinary an imation, there is a calmness and stead iness that surprises you, becauso of the descriptions to the contrary bo universally published. Such 'was William II on the after noon of January 11, 1915. Tet only a short time before I had read that he was broken down physically, that he was fatally ill, that he was a nerv ous wreck, and even that hia mind was affected by tho world catastrophe of which he is the central figure. I am. of course, not a medical observer: but from my youth I have seen hard worked men in every state, from a con dition of physical exhaustion and nerv ous collapso to perfect fitness of body, nerve and mind. And from this expe rience in practical lite, if I had to do with a man. as friend or foe, who looked, acted, and talked as the Ger man Emperor did on the occasion I have described I should count such a man a powerful force, with physical resources unimpaired, with mental strength at Its height. The Emperor's personality Is a com posite of the engaging and Iraprossive, the attractive and compelling. One In stantly forgets the rtation he holds In one's interest in the man. Themind Is brilliant and stored with the most amazing fund of Information on appar ently everv subject. It ts Impossible to think of William II as ever being dull for an instant. Also, one cannot hon estly doubt the Emperor's sincerity. And the accounts of his deeply reli gious nature are so plainly true that the impartial observer does not even question them. The impression of cleanliness in mind, character and eon duct is Irresistible and increasing. One cannot Imagine this descendant and successor of the great Frederick as thinking basely himself or tolerating a foul word. One can conceive of his being impulsive, stern, dominant, ag gressive, masterful, but never as being colorless, vapid, weak-kneed, hypo critical. . . This sketch Is to bring the German Emperor to the understanding of the American mind, and Is put In terms of Americanism, just as If describing an American public man. I'lsagtee with him If you will, hut remember that if you were to meet the Emperor casually without knowing who he is, you would like him Immensely, and this liking would h a sure sten to respecting his character and admiring his ability. J1 Twenty-Five Years Ao Krom The Orecnntsn. March r".. 11. Judge A. H. Tanner yeslerdsy was chosen to fill the vacancy on the Re publican county central committee oc casioned by the death of the Hon. Marion F. Mulkry. Both Lotan and Simon claim support from Tannar. an 11. DcLeshmutt, U. A Steel and It. 1 . Earhart agree that the aelcvtlon of Tanner Is an excellent one. It devel oped there would be no opposition to John H. Mitchell and the fight for the Governorship is yet in statu quo. Sen Francisco. Miss Grace Wade, a member of the Frederick Warde com pany, who has been 111 in ths city and , county hospital, died last nlht from the effects of Jumping from a hotel second-story window in New Orleans re cently during a fire. Returns havie been received here by Judx Mlooinfleld and Mayor Hohns showing that Senator W. K. 8qulre has been active In pushing the matter of getting an appropriation for the re moval of the sand bar below Vancou ver. Tho following postmasters for Ore ton were appointed yesterday: For Lostlne. Wallowa County, .1. Suttrell: for Ocean View. Benton. County, . Tulley. W. T. Wright, Surveyor of Tolk County, has started erecting mllcposta between Salem and DallRs, ' Joseph rogitl. chef de cuisine for the Portland, and his six assistants arrived yesterday. Hon. 11. W. Corbett and Manager Leland. who haa-e devoted a good deal of time to retting thinas shaped for the opening of the hotel, feel that their preliminary duties are about at sn end. Mr. Poaal made the trip from New York to Portland in five days. Dave Earl, the popular traveling man, of San Francisco, has located in Portland and will engago in the real estate business, having opened offices with Cohen, Davis & Co., on North Front street, corner of A street. F C. Barnes will start construction at once on a market building t Third and Washington streets, on tho old Presbyterian Church property. Harry Osborn will build a $5000 resi dence at Sixteenth and N ltroets. East Portland, at once. Articles of incorporation of the He form Club of Oregon have been filed by H. B. Nicholas. Lewis Russell. John Gill. Thomas' O'Day. 1 , J. utonnor. William C. Avery, A. P. Nolsun, J. Car rol McCaffrey. Thomas Guinean. Martin Qulnn and W. 8. Charleston. King Leopold, of Belgium, never let a Sunday pass without writing a lettsr In English to his friend and ally, guecn Victoria. Bill Nye. the humorist, has arrived In Portland and Is at the Gllman. Half a Century Ago From Ths Oreionlan of March 13. lfti. The Walla Walla Statesman rays that the Swift Vfrmnwn Hotel at Upper Umatilla was destroyed by fire March 7. Brigadier-General Benjamin Alvord. who has been ordered to report at Washington City, will be succeeded In command of the District of Oreaon by Colonel 11. V. Maury, Eir.t Oregon Cav alry In tho orders calling General Alvord East the Adjutant-General's of fice took occasion to commend highly Ciener.il Alvord's efficient discharge of his duties while In command of the District of urc&on. G. B. Lamar, one of lha original fire eating rebols who want south at tha beginning of the war and was eriraged as a blockade runner, recently figured in the citizens' mcoting in Savannah, which resolved on peace and submis sion to the Union. At the meeting of the Council la.-t night a petition from Jlessrs. Ankenv, C. M. and T. J. Carter. O. V. Vaughn, lloyt. Ladd. Tllton. Stark and others by their atlornos In (act. was re ceived. The petition was In relation to the Improvement of Front street and favored the maca'lsmlr.eil system or "Indeed anything but plankine." The Citv Surveyor submitted a recom mendation fnvorlng the .Nicholson pav ing.. The telegraph line between Portland and Oregon City was down yesterday and nr. j'lummcr dispatched nn assist ant. Frank Conway, to put It In order. The railroad line from the head of Sucker Lake to tho Tuslatln River 1s completed and a Talr test proves its usefulness and tho adaptability to the purpose for which it was constructed. The cars, one of which Is on the ground, are constructed by A. C. tllhhn Co. The plan of this road must eventually open a route to and through tho Tualitan Valley. . 41, . fi-.v, nttnMierl tcj til new mixed commission for settling the aftairs or tne i-ugei oumia anu of tho old Oregon disputes of 1S4. Is George Gibhs, ell known to Ore- gonlans tor his service in me oounoary . 1 . . 11....... C ...... .. A c.ltlu. Survey un inw uv numm o.,,.. t'niwii Columbia line, and for his literary la- . ...J .11. . 1. t.Hi.h I.IK.. Dors connccLca tiu mi iiiuian ii'u i . .. .. . . 1. .. 1 . . - t Mr ana iannuu3 .- .vnk. GibbB acts as one of the secretaries of the commission ana is etationea 11 Washington. A. B. nichardson will sell the fur niture and household effects of G. Col lier llobbins at auction today. John R. Foster and E. J. De Hart announce that the partnership hereto fore existing under tne name or jona R. Foster & Co. expires today by lim itation. "Whether or Xet.? MONMOUTH, Or., March 23. (To the Editor.) Will you kindly Inform me through your paper whether the ex pression, "whether or no" Is correct or not? A SCHOOLGIUL. "Whether or .not" ls the correct form. The use of "no" In this way is held to be gross barbarism. However, some authorities maintain- the nse of "or not" Is superfluous on the theory that whether" covers the ground fully. 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