THE MORXIXG OREGOXIATS. SATURDAY, APRIL 10, 1915.
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rOETLAXD, SATURDAY. APRU 10, 1815.
GOOD SENSE A"D BO AOS. I
Aside from ine special nosuiuy iur i senjs to a Portland paper a new m
lntgrested reasons of certain labor 1 terpretation of the Chicago election.
i .. .-. , V. main o-rrtlin rla I . . x-AlAMnl ,litAfiiiiui or all
of Apposition to the proposed Jl,250, -
ui Dona issue ior miuiumiiu un- zeitungr, tne day 'Deior election, mtue
ty. They are that O) taxes will be the following declaration, about Swett
lncieased; and 2) that the paving zer:
companies will be cruelly Denemea.
mhtk nvrrs p-p. rnfl H tax for Multnomah
County for the past fifteen years has
been about. 1H mills, or J1.50 per
91000 assessed valuation. . ine roaa
tar' for 1913 was 1.8 mills and for 1914
Was 1.6 mills. With the increasing
com of maintenance, and repairs, and
wirTi tho constant' necesfritv and duty
of building new roads, or of rebuilding
clef, roads, it is not to De expected mat
the- levy will tenc to grow less on ine
flv(ira unless the svstem is changed.
It Is probable, indeed, as the present
macadam roads Decome less ana less
suitable for heavy traffic, that the ex
nnA vtll hA Brreter.
Tho plan under the bonding project
Is to replace seventy mires 01 roaas
with permanent or hard-surface pave
ment, guaranteed by the contractor for
ten-years; but with an assured life of
many years longer, with reasonable
car and prompt repair. The bonds
will be for fourteen, years, and the first
of Jhtm will be retired after four
years, and thereafter a proportionate
thara nih yam for ten vears. The
cost to the taxpayers, principal and
Interest, on each Jiouu or assessaoie
property for four years will be . 1 8
cents per year, and for the fifth year
6S cents, with diminishing sums to 39
cents In the fourteenth year. The
Average for fourteen years will be 39
cents on each J1000.
The cost per annum of maintaining
and oiling the 70 miles of macadam
road, proposed to be paved, is about
$80,000 per year. This expense will
disappear for ten years, and it ought
to be nominal for some years there
after. It would seem to be clear that, un
der any reasonable scheme of road
finance the road taxes for the next
four or five years will be less than for
the "past two years, and certainly not
greater than the average for many
years; while for the succeeding ten
years there need be no increase, and,
o far as any human agency can now
foresee, there will not be.
The estimated cost of paving is $1.20
per .yard and appropriations) on that
bails are made for various roads of
Mijttnomah County. It may be less,
though no responsible concern has
given any satisfactory assurance that
It trill be. There is much loose talk
about "graft" in paving and idle state
ments that the cost ought not to be
more than 60 cents per yard. If any
responsible contractor bids 60 cents for
standard pavement, he will get the
contract, unless some other bids less.
Of - that the County Commissioners
haVe given formal assurance. They
av-fhat there will be open competi
tion, among the bidders, and that they
are, pledged to, or prejudiced ior, no
The
particular brand of pavement.
AcnAnltiltllv ffir n wfl rrl i Tip- the Con
-am- the. ViKsio of the lowest and
best bid is theirs. The assumption I
ifr mav HAt nA HnnA COmAR f mm I
suspicious and m-iniormea minus, n i
th. Commissioners Tall to ao ineir
w,.f" ihcr 1 the recall. Rut The Ore-
gontan is sure they will not fail.
Tk fnrcroinrr is an attempt to make I
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It reasuiiuuic anu iiwm
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the- merits or ine oona issue ior mo i
hnAfit nt th mihlic. It aDnears to I
Thi riramninn that it lii to the taxDav-
rs interest to vote tne Donas, just as
it la for the public benefit that there
be (rood roads.
CONSERVATTVE NEW YORK.
As the Oregon elector understands
the meaning of the term, the consti
tutional convention now sitting in New
Tork is conservative. This is gathered
from a symposium of opinions of dele-
gates published in tne ise ,x "
Times, the letters being forecasts of
t-omposed of 188 delegates, but letters
from more than forty members are
printed, so the more pronounced lean
ingji therein indicated may be taken
as fairly representative.
Here the natural question is: What
bout the initiative, referendum, re
call, direct primary, prohibition and
equal suffrage? The Times, in a sum
mary of delegates" forecasts, does not
Include direct legislation or the recall,-
but a careful perusal of the let
ters reveals that four delegates men
tion those subjects. Three merely re
fer to them as matters that will proba
bly be presented. The fourth an
nounces his opposition to the referen
dum and particularly to the recall of
judicial decisions.
Only four members say they favor
woman's suffrage: prohibition is prac
tically ignored; several mention the
direct primary incidentally and one
delegate voices opposition to it. One
delegate suggests a single legislative
chamber, preferably the Senate, as a
means to attain efficiency in the mech
anism of legislation, but is not sure
but- efficiency would be counteracted
by the greater pliancy of a small leg
islative body to insidious influences.
Xhe "issues that seem most absorb
ing" to the delegates are reform of
court and Judiciary procedure; the
budget system, the short ballot, re
organization or state departments and
a change from the elective to the ap
pointive Judiciary system. A few of
the.' delegates also express Interest in
reduction of the Legislature's size, bi
ennial legislative sessions instead of
annual sessions, reduction of the num
bert of counties, tax reform but noth
ing' radical, longer legislative terms,
more definite impeachment laws, re
striction of perpetual franchises, aboli
tion of indictments by grand juries and
verdicts in civil cases by three-fourths
of the Jury.
Tork's constitution has been in
force for twenty years. Ia that period
radical departures from the formula
of fundamental law generally adopted
in this country have been made by
numerous states. New York appar
ently is not ready to embrace those
ideas that have found favor in the
West, but are still looked upon as rad
ical in much of the East. More than
one-third of the letter-writers express
the conviction, that not much change
is needed in the state's twenty-year-old
document. We fancy that if any
thing that approaches novelty is
adopted it will be the short ballot, and
that as a sort of substitute for direct
legislation and the recall. Yet we
doubt that New York is read- even
f tfl Bhort ballot, unless it be Of an
cedinlv mild order.
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I PROFESSIONAL OPTIMISM.
Th a .rorB Federal office-holder is
I , . .
lan optimist. He ought to be. He gets his
gaiariy regularly and he nas nia tnree
times or bad; and he is grateful, rfoth-
I in -nrltl Viannon tft fl.m UTllPSS the Ad
. ... . a.- 1-1 1 A A
16 Wta-ff
minfAt-ratinTi whirh he serves ia turned
out; and that cannot happen for two
I VBU r"i Nil ltl 2Uv L. 1 1 UJ.C7U1 naaaaw v
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I r I UII1 AalUI M L. acuiuam ...-...-
ne says, for did not the Illinois Staats
7nt tho nnrtv the man is the is
qua That man is Robert M. Sweitzer.'
Ah. yes! A German-American paper
supporting a German-American citizen
irivra t an ft An the, fact of his Demo
cratic identity by making an appeal
for the man, forgetting me party, bui
trie voters couia not ana aia nui. iur
trat tt Thn niirh' issue was Dressed
by the Republican candidate, with
overwhelming success.
The other day . the .New lorK Ji.ve
Tnxt iTnrf -Dcm.l had a lonsr
review of the National political situa
finn Tt riWPlf fll lenETtri On U16
eral Republican confidence, and made
prominent this statement:
A thlnn are now." said a well
known Western Republican, "we could
elect uncle Joe cannon or.xeison w
Aldrich."
It looks that, way. But they won-
try
BETTER APOLOGIZK,
& ftr- Af 1- Tinwlhv declined to re
main 1n tha fSrviCA Of the State and
stand between the contractors and the
counties in the overcharges he alleged
thev were demanding and after all
nfraninn nf Pnu'lhi' YinA been
abandoned by the Highway Commis
sion, -the Portland journal louaiy
protested against an alleged intent
saiH in hA then field Dv ine Loramis
inn a "MmihlA-hea.ri'ed" hieh
way engineers office and repeatectij,
warned the Commission that sucn pro
cedure would be uniawiui.
nVaoenrnr VaV nf triA CTommiSSlOn
denied snecificahy that such was the
intAntlnn nf thA Rnard. The Journal's
reply is to go back of its own misrep
resentations and publish extracts irom
the record about ine .tsowioy mauci
noi-Hmilsirs not vet in issue Detween
the Journal and Mr. Kay, things not
vet denied or explained or qualiiied by
Mr. Kay. AS State treasurer, as a
m Am hot ff t ho Hlehwav Commission.
as a man of unusually good repute.
Mr. Kay is entitled to tairer treatment
than that. Such quibbling is not an
answer or an explanation, but simply
piles misrepresentation on the heavy
hurdmi of untruths the Journal has
already shouldered.
Nor does the Journal's apologetic
rfitunnt that Senator Day asked the
rsnvAmor to attDOint Mr. Lucius, if
-..a iiijsfifv ft nrevlous barefaced as
sertion that Mr. Kay had promised to
appoint Mr. Lucius or that Senator
Day had urged Mr. .Kay 10 ao so, or
that Mr. Kay and the Governor were
not agreed on a Highway Commls-
If that is the best that Mr. Kay's
traducer can offer as proof or explan
ation it would be better to try its nana
at apologizing
GROUNDS FOB OPTMISM
a conservative but on the whole op-
tlmiatU frti-APflut of thO effect tO be
produced Dy ine mouuiij ""b
ance of trade in xavor oi me umieu
LtaA (a marln bv the National City
Bank of New York. The bank reminds
.,c that "the nresent abnormal balance
' - - - - l inwA not tn art IinAVAn and
quc in
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disturbed traae , mat mo ice...
h.uw evnort movement "Is due in
r,.r tn thi fact that the movement
was dammed up last ran ; u mm
the total value of exports for the
eignt monins enums rcmu.)
still nearly 172,000.000 less than for
th. suna months in me last iiscai
cur hut it. nredicts that "from the
month of March on this year will
doubtless show good gains. it is re
marked that the largest decline in
hr.th exnorts and imports Is in mate
rials for manufacture, "the two to-
letrer reflecting the depressed state
th " Snl at f home and
abroad.
The trade balance must be taken
largely in securities, which "is not as
promising for new business, or for the
general employment of all the people
as if we were building new properties."
Against the possibility that "we shall
be building new properties at theeame
time that this balance is accumulated,
the bank cites the disorganization of
the world's industry and trade, the in
ability of some of our best customers
to buy and our inability to plan for the
future on the strength of the present
demand for war material. Foreign
money markets, are closed to the
financing of our enterprises and are
selling choice old bonds, thus creating
conditions unfavorable to raising capi
tal for new undertakings, for investors
will buy "old and seasoned securities
and Government obligations rather
than go into new enterprises in unset
tled times." Railroads are the leading
factor in expansion, but they "are not
in a position to make heavy expendi
tures, the cost of raising capital is too
high and the status of private capital
in this line is too unsettled for new
development." As a result "there are
practically no offerings at This time
of securities that represent new work,
and few new enterprises are being in
augurated. More encouraging features as to
effect of the favorable trade balance
are relief from the menace of further
demands for gold, which "enables us to
go on with business at home with a
sense of security," while the Federal
reserve system is another factor of
safety. New capital is being created
every year for local investment and
this country is more nearly independ
ent economically than any other. The
bank then holds out this cheering
prospect:
If there ia any rmintry in the world that
at thla time may adopt for Ita motto "Busi
ness aa t'aual." that country Is the Vnlted
States. The roods that we export, for the
most rart. are such as other peoples must
have When the war broke out. our orln-
-: , .1 ... .n mrlfAt lhA OOttOll
crop, and now It has been demonstrated
that war or no war the world will take a
great deal of cotton. The demand for other
agricultural products Is increased by the
war. and when the farming community la
prosperous there is usually pood business in
this country. The time will soon be here
when the crops will be the largest single
factor In the situation. Without Indulging In
extravagant expectationa of what a record
breaking trade balance will do. If crop con
ditions are satisfactory? business should soon
be much better than it Is now.
This forecast is backed up by a re
view of conditions in leading indus
tries, in which, the bank says, "a hope
ful tone predominates.
While there is nothing here to war
rant expectation of extensive new de
vAlnnm ent until peace radically
changes the situation,- there is every
thing to Justify a steady increase 11
the present volume of ordinary bus!
ness. There is solid ground for con
fldpncfi that our supply of surpln
capital will be largely increased month
hv mnnt' r inna as the war continues.
Sir George Paish says in the London
Statist that "the United States is swim
ming in gold" and, though, as he says
it will be a waste of resources to im
port much more, we - continue t
n-r-riimnlntA the eauivalent Of gold ii
the shape of credit. The longer this
process of accumulation continues, the
.rr ao tor will hA the ouantitv filling our
reservoirs and the larger will be the
volume of capital let loose ior invest
ment in- new developments when peace
opens the sluices. .
SACRIFICED TO INEFFICIENCY.
Tn tha lte-ht of the statement of Lieu
tenant Ede, of the submarine F-4, that
he expected "the whole thing to go
up in smoke any time," the disaster
which befell that vessel near Honolulu
la on Ainniinnt commentary on the de
gree of efficiency at which Secretary
Daniels maintains the Navy. Mr.' Ede's
statement is corroborated by those of
other members or tne crew, xne snm
was in no condition to goto sea; the
fact was known to the crow and should
have been known to those who sent
her out.
This is no isolated case. One of the
Vavai officers who testified before the
TTnxcA Naval committee last Winter
said that when the Atlantic fleet went
recently to the Caribbean Sea for
manA.iAra there were nominally
twelve vessels in the submarine flotilla,
but one after another was dropped
until only one remained to join the
fiAAt Ttf tARtimonv read much like
the old nursery story of the ten little
ni carers, who were exterminated ny a
series of mishaps. There could be no
more conclusive proof or tne cnarge
made in Congress that our Navy is
only one-half efficient than the story
of "these twelve submarines with the
melancholy sequel of the F-4, whose
brave crew were sacrificed in a boat
thev knew to be defective and sus
pected to be unsafe.
Th a lAast the Government can ao ior
the men who protect the Nation's in
toiottt at spa is to assure itself that
every craft is staunch and sound be
fore it sails. Particular care snouia
be taken with submarines, for, once
v.av i Riihmera-ed. the lives of the
crew are staked upon the freedom of
the frail vessel from detects.
IDEAL EDUCATION.
TAiAiAar-r.id Winifred . Stoner
with her wonderful mother made a
sensational appearance in a New Tork
theater two weeks ago. The house was
packed and 2000 people were turneu
away. Mrs. Stoner lectured on tne
ri,,.-jtir,n(ii mpthodji which have yield
ed results so marvelous in the case of
her daughter. Ainilred, as an tne
n-nriri Vnnwa has mastered eight lan
guages, though she is still but a child.
She is adept in the higher mamemai
lcs, history and literature and with all
that can ride, laugh and play better
thai most girls of her age. The splen
dor of Johnny Poole's glory pales in
the superior brilliance of Winifred
Stoner's. When Johnny first went to
school he was but scarcely 7, but he
knew as well how to read ana speu a
most boys of 11. Winifred, though
scarcely 12. knows more man uj
Anir, i-niiAs-A graduates of our ac
quaintance, and she has learned it all
without tears, reproacnes or me mi"
fice of a moment's joy from her active
young life. It must have been fasci
nating to the New York mothers who
flocked to Mrs. Stoner's lecture to hear
hnnr mi.fh TTI OrP tL Well-taUght Child
might learn in a month than most of
them had learned in a lifetime and
how easily and pleasantly it couia De
accomplished.
Mrs Stoner rules by love, ii sne can
be said to rule at all. Her discipline
is Affected bv making the good more
attractive than the bad. She never
says "don't" to Winifred, never speaKs
harshly to her, never compels her to
study. The interest of the subject
when it is properly presented supplies
i. niaA nf n dlspiDlinarv measures.
Most children are pursued by a dismal
train of "don'ts" from the cradle to
the grave. Mrs. Gilman mentioned ine
famous mother who bade her little
j..m., Simip eto into the next room
and see what Johnny was doing "and
ton him to stOD." So much was "ver-
boten" in the family that the poor
mother could assume witn periect uer
i.i.t thit .Tnhnnv was breaking some
rule, whatever h! might be doing. Life
for most of us is a scries ui viii
tlons and negations. It ought to be
i nf affirmations and liberties
and Mrs. Stoner has attained her ex
traordinary results with v lnitrea Dy
leaving the child free.
At any rate she nas lert ner wnai
the Froebelians call "tne lorm oi iree-
dom," which is the best tnat any oi
us can hope for. The substance of
freedom is another matter and earthly
beings know little or nothing about it.
Whether we are metapnysicany iree
k, n-r not. 1t is orettv certain in
the light of modern biology that prac
tically we are for tne most pan. tre-
ires of tropism like ines ana aier
bugs.- Our deeds and thoughts reduce
in the last analysis to chemical reac
tions. The intensity and acuteness oi
thought depend upon the cnemicai
constituents' supplied to the brain.
5-AArl the hrain upon certain materials
and it will act vigorously. Change the
food and it becomes stupid. A poet
who eats too much meat for his dinner
writes the dullest prose, but let him
dine on porridge and cold water and
he will soar with Shelley in the pure
ether of the imagination. Adulterate
the blood currents that nourish the
brain with chloroform or ether and
its activities cease altogether. Every
outside influence that affects us
changes the chemical composition of
the brain. The effect of a sermon
upon a man's soul might bo deter
mined by analyzing his brain in a lab
oratory if it could be removed for that
purpose and put back in its place after
the operation was over.
AH these modern lessons of biology
demonstrate the power of our sur
roundings over us. If they are good
we are likely to be good. If they are
evil, may the good Lord help us. Oth
erwise we are. lost. Subject a whole
people for forty years to the continual
dinning of the military maniacs who
glorify war and exalt slaughter and
their chemical, composition will be
made irretrievably bellicose. They will
see in war the first duty of man and
seek death on the battlefield with the
same blind enthusiasm as the moth
flies into the candle. In both cases
the phenomenon is a tropism depend
ing upon chemical reactions and quite
involuntary. The lesson of all tnis ior
the teacher is sufficiently evident. The
great Herbart embodied it in his pre
cept "stimulate the learner's interest."
The biological pedagogue of our own
day states it in other words but with
the same meaning. "When you wish
to teach a child a given subject such
as Latin or mathematics," he says.
"place him in a suitable environment
and the task will be mastered without
effort. The brain will unite with the
knowledge to be acquired just as oxy
gen unites with hydrogen." No chem
ist would think of -trying to unite
oxygen and hydrogen without an elec
trie spark to incite them. Neither
would any soundly instructed teacher
seek to unite a child s brain with any
branch of knowledge until he had
provided the essential stimulant for the
designed reaction.
Winifred Stqner's mother seems to
have divined this truth by a sort of
Instinct. . She has hit upon the only
sane method of education without
deep study of the philosophers and
scientists and has proved her mastery
of it in practice. Let those find fault
with her system who can show better
results from their own. It is all very
well to say that Winifred is an excep.
tional child. Every child is exception
al in some way. If the town fool could
be studied with the loving intelligence
that has been spent upon Winifred
Stoner he would rival Bacon in the
wonder of his achievements. It is
well to remember how Helen Keller
began and how she has ended when
we are tempted to disparage the pos
sibilities of the common child. A tree
that thrives on a given spot of ground
will peak and pine a quarter of a mile
away because the external reactions to
which it is subjected are different ana
inharmonious. In precisely the same
way a boy who acts like a moral mon
ster in the conventional schoolroom
may show brilliant genius in a ma
chine shop.
The lesson of all this is that we
shall never begin to get the true val
ues out of education until we first
Kturlv children from the point of view
of their needs and then proceed to
apply what we learn just as the chem
ist studies the elements in his labora
tory and acts upon his discoveries. Our
aim has always been to make the child
over. Science tells us to feed his fac
ulties, not distort them.
If Germany has treaties with Hol
land Wnraav and Sweden similar to
that' with the United States, under
which she must pay for contraband
riAtro-Arl hv her navv. the operations
of her submarines will be costly. But
probably she has not, and tne Amer
ican merchant marine is so insignifl
anr that thA n pstruction . of the whole
would be a mere incidental expense oi
the war.
Give us a year and we shall be able
to dispense with German dyes. Thus
one folly of war is that it compels a
belligerent's customers to learn how
tn rln thinca for themselves. When
the war is over, they are no longer cus
tomers, but become competitors.
Them are no dull days in Tpres. If
the old town shows signs of somno
lence, a German shell wakes it -up.
When the war is over alarm clocks
will be useless to the ex-soldier. Noth
ing short of a bombardment will
awaken him.
it n.aM,nt wilsinn and his Cabinet
,1-ArA hir.wrApkprl. could all of them
cnHm gahni-P as did the athletic Presi
dent and Cabinet of Costa Rica? Even
the inexhaustible Bryan wouia Decome
winded by a long swim.
Maps of local option states, showing
where a man can get a drink ana
where he cannot, should find a ready
sale among the bibulous and might
imide the drvs in avoiding towns where
King Alcohol reigns.
ThA invitation to "come in. the fight
ing's fine," almost reached . even to
mmntA Ahviwinia. Nations are like
some men. When they get into trouble.
they try to drag everybody else in wun
them.
Johnson should go to one of the
offee-colored republics and run for
President, ills smue wuuiu no a. yim:
ner and, besides, a white wife is not
a handicap.
Tv,orA is nnnortunitv for real origi
nality in devising a plan to choose the
next Carnival queen. Contests are
earying and trying to tne peace ui
mind.
The size of the liner Great Northern
ii hp annreciated when it is learned
that a "little" accident in her engine-
room will cost 1200,000 for repairs.
Having recruited an army to fight
the Germans, Kitchener may now re
cruit a second army to make ammu
nition for the first. -
A humane neutral, most likely, it
was who cut ore me tans ui mo
In Spokane awaiting shipment to -ni-
cago. ' .
The girl who alleged she was held up
near Oregon city a lew uj su uub'"
to be writing stories for tne movies.
Tf tha mnvinsr-Dicture censors are to
pass on posters, their work will be
strenuous about circus time.
wnrir is sn sfond and plentiful in
Chicago that. 16,000 carpenters are
considering a strike
All modern improvements, including
rcraft, are being Introduced into the
Mexican civil war.
r-allArl tn account bv the boozy Brit
ish workman, Lloyd-George explains,
but stands pat.
Why not unload all that municipal
cordwood on city employes with the
usual discount?
The men who stole a church piano
are a match for the man who stole
a red-hot stove.
Germany is reported to be ready to
annex that part of Holland the Dutch
cannot flood.
Sheriff Anderson, of Baker County,
has made good on his first big case.
This is good ball weather goiDg to
waste.
Stars and Starmaker
BY LEONE CASS BAER.
Bank clerk who disapeared turns out
to be six feet tall and $10,000 short,
see
Woman suffragists have had a dupli
cate of the Liberty Bell cast for tbem.
It is complete In every detail, includ
ing, of course, the tongue.
Life of a New Tork woman who fell
from a window was saved by her
skirts unfurling and acting as a para
chute. Two seasons ago it couldn't have
been done.
Headline says, "King George offers
to give up drink for Britain's sake."
How that man must love his native
land.
Eileen Wilson has Joined the Ira
Hards Stock Company in Mt. Vernon,
New Tork. She was with the Baker
players for awhile this season. Norman
Hackett is the leading man. Miss Wil
son is the ingenue.
Actress reported dead, rushes into
print and denies It. Maybe she did it
just as a ruse to find out what the
neighbors thought about her.
Mrs. Jacob Wilk has presented her
scenario-writing publicity-agent hus
band with a son.
a
Charlotte Greenwood is to appear in
Ned Wayburn's musical revue "Town
Topics." which is to be presented in
New Tork the last part of May.
Marjorie Rambeau has been engaged
by Oliver Morosco to play the leading
role In hie production of Edgar Allen
Woolf's comedy, "Master Willie
Hewes,"- a play dealing with the
Shnkasnearean neriod. It is to be tried
out at .the Burbank Theater in Los
Angeles, the latter part of May.
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All the horrors of the war are not in
the trenches or on the battlefield, or
even with those left behind. Among
thA nrt are the toneue-twisting
lyrics that are warbled from the vaude
ville stage. "Sister Susie" and
'tOnittlne- Nettle" have taken rear
seats now. while Jack Norworth bab
bles thusly in J. M. Barrle's revue,
"Rosy Rapture":
Mother's sitting knitting little mittens for
the navy.
Bertha's busy bathing; baby Belgian refu
Kees. Sarah's shaming shirkers making guernseys
for the Churkas.
Oh, what busy bees, all sewing, oh. so busy.
Maggie, Moll, and Maud are making muf
flers for marines.
While Winnie winds the wool when they
begin.
Sister Cissle's knitting socks, and Susie's
sewing shirts for . soldiers.
Still poor papa props his pants up with a
pin. '
A man who has been a press agent
for more than 30 years advertises that
he is "looking for a job." I should think
he'd be looking for a rest.
Clara Beyers Stockdale, moving pic
ture actress, living at the Hotel Berg.
in San Francisco, has begun suit for
divorce in the Superior Court against
Carl Stoekdale. connected with a con
cession at the Exposition.
Her complaint alleges that Stoekdale
has contributed nothing to her sup
port for the last two years, although
he has an income in excess of $300 per
month.
They were married in Sacramento in
January, 1908.
James Bliss is directing the Princess
Stock Company in Des Moines, Edward
Woodruff is leading man and Fay
Bainter, a Pacific Coast girl, is leading
woman. This weeic tncy re putting in
Fine Feathers."
"Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Wright are in
our midst. .Mr. vvrignt ia uiuuns mc
attractions of "Everywoman," wnicn
s coming to the Heilig the week of
April 25.
Answer to Will E , The Dalles.
Lou-Tcllegen is the correct way to
write it, with a hyphen between the
two names. His hyphen, the academi
cians say, is accounted for by the fact
that his father was Greek and his
mother was Dutch. So he made one
name of both. Just now this romantic-
looking actor is appearing In New
Tork in "Taking Chances." this being
both the title and the theme of the
play.
It is said that the hard winds and
the snow storms that Maxine Elliott
has had to endure on her barge on the
canals in Belgium, as she takes food
to the starving, have temporarily
played dreadful havoc with her com
plexion and hands. The latter she had
some months ago treated by a process
which is reputed to make the skin re
sist hard weather and hard water aa
well as the disinfectants used in
cleansing wounds.
It works all right in some cases, but
it appears Maxine Elliott has Deen
dreadfully careless and heroically in
different, with the result that she has
had to pay the price, though, of course.
in time and with care the skin on her
face and hands will be as beautiful as
ever.
Indeed, altogether her interest in her
work is so tremendous that she does
not care two straws what kind .of un
becoming wraps or hats she wears. It
Is rumored that Lord Kitchener has
gone out of his way to congratulate
her on her good work an amazing
concession on the part of the great War
Office sphinx. ,
An enterprising publisher has asked
her to write her experiences, and she
has agreed to do so later when she
has time.
Henry B. Warner is coming in
'Under Cover."
The City Council of San Francisco
has refused to Issue a license to the
Sells-Floto and Buffalo Bill circus to
show in -that city at any time during
the Exposition. " '
President af France.
PORTLAND, April 9. (To the Ed
itor.) Please state through the col
umns of The Oregonian who is tha
present President of France.
B. J. u nuunat.
545 Grand avenue.
Raymond Poincare, who acceded Jan-
uary 17, 191S.
Criticism of a Cook.
Boston Transcript.
"Oh, dear," groaned the young wife,
I don't know what to use to raise my
bread; I'va tried everything."
A derrick and a couple oi jaeic-
screws ought to do It," thought her
husband, but he didn't say it aloud.
GOOD LAND IX FACT IS RESERVED
Agricultural Tracts In Forest K erves
Actually Withheld. Says Aaaeaaor.
TOLEDO, Or.. April 7. (To the Edi
tor.) I notice an editorial printed
April 2 in The Oregonian dealing with
our untaxed 0 per cent. This is a
matter I have long had in mind and
am verv much til eased that Tha Ore-
Konian has taken the matter up. 1 am
comoelled to aav that between the law-
governing the National forest and the
application of the law, so iar as set
tlement and use are concerned, there
Is a verv wide margin. The forest of
ficers claim to want this land put to
its highest use, but our experience has
been different; in actual practice I am
of the opinion this land is withheld
from settlement and use.
If the conservation Idea is good and
It is best for the whole people to con
serve these landa and the prosperity f
the whole people will be benefited I
do not claim this Is true or not true in
this article, but if, as Is claimed, this
Is true, then why should a very smaii
proportion of the people bear the bur
den? Why don't they say: "This land Is
not for settlement or for improvement,
but is to be conserved for the future,
fully realizing that by so doing we are
working a hardship on local govern
ment and local communities. They are
losing in revenue and in improvement,
and we can realize all of what this
means. This is done for the benefit of
the whole people: therefore, tho whole
people Bhould support and maintain It.
It the National Government should
object to paying taxes as privately
owned property does, then by an ap
propiation for maintenance, not to pay
officers' salaries, it could justly sup
port the state and county governments
In the proportion of the land value
plus the loss to the community of a
reasonable advancement In unimproved
conditions. This could be an definitely
determined as any other properties are
now listed and taxed, even the increase
that should be added, by comparison.
W. E. BALL,
Assessor.
A Square Pee With fio Hole.
PORTLAND, April 9. (To tha Ed
itor.) The writer is a thoroughly edu
cated man, competent to do any kind
of office work, and has been trylns
for several months to find it, without
avail.
Some 18 months ago. at the urgent
solicitation of his wife, the writer gave
up a comfortable living in another
state to come here, where he had sent
his wife and family for the sake of
their health, soma time previously. He
thougtht that his assets would last until
he had built up a business connection,
and realized that the process might be
slow. He has had to sell all those
assets in order to live, and had to sell
at war prices. After trying for nearly
a year to make money in his chosen
work he has ascertained conclusively
that it could not be done at this time.
The writer can go back to his old
state, and ha been urged to do o, but
he sincerely wishes to enjoy life In this
city, where every prospect pleases, and
he particularly wishes his family to
continue to enjoy the ihealth which is
theirs in this lovely climate. He is an
expert stenographer, a good book
keeper, can handle business correspond
ence in three languages, and has a
seneral all-around business training,
if it is a disadvantage to admit that he
has worked for himself the last eight
years tie has to admit it, but that does
not preclude his being willing to ac
cept Instructions or to take orders and
carry them out faithfully.
Is there any work in Portland for a
man with a previous continuous record
of work, and excellent business and
professional references.'
HOPEFUL.
A Xecosaary Precaution.
Princeton (S. J.) Tiger.
Tho Flirt I wonder how many men
will be made unhappy when I marry?
The Homely One How many do you
expect to marry? .
Semi-Centennial of Lincoln's Death
in the
Sunday Oregonian
On April 15, 1865, Abraham Lincoln died, the victim of ail assas
sin's bullet. Next Thursday will be the semi-centennial of Lincoln's
death The Sunday Orejronian tomorrow will rive due recognition to
this historic event. The front cover page wilt present a BtrikinK por
trait of the martyred President, taken from one of his last photo
graphs. Another full page is devoted to a review of the tragedy
and to presentation of some anecdotes of Lincoln touching on hu
plans for a quiet and happy life with his family following the close
of his second term. On another page is reproduced the full phRo of
The Daily Oregonian of April 17, 1865, describing the aKSBSKination
and death of Lincoln in full, together with editorial comment on "Tho
Great Atrocity."
Double-Page) Sketch of Celilo Canal
In recognition of the approaching inauguration of service through
the newly-completed Celilo Canal, The Sunday Oregonian wilt present
tomorrow a double-page parorama drawing of the new wa-ierway, the
locks, the rapids in the Columbia River that made construction of the
canal a necessity, and precise details of the physical condition of the
country through which the canal has been built. In addition to the
drawing will be presented a group of photographs of the work and a
story that adequately- sets forth the purposes of the waterway and
its probable effect upon the development of Portland and those part
of Oregon and Washington east of the Cascades.
Another Page of School New.
Everyone in Portland is interested, either directly or indirectly,
in its public schools. The space devoted by The Oregonian each Sun
day to the activities of the schools is .of vital interest to all its read
ers. Tomorrow's paper will present a new phase of school life and
will review some of the work of the teachers and students.
Old Fashion Revived
A page that will be of particular interest to women shows a group
of handsome gowns worn more than a half-century ago. This feature
is especially timely because of the present revival of old styles. Is
there a plan to counteract the feminist movement by the introduction
at this time of gowns that are so distinctly feminine? is a question
asked by the author.
Another Elaine Exploit
No story of more thrilling interest ever has been offered the read
ers of a Sunday paper than "The Exploits of Elaine" now running
serially in The Sunday Oregonian. This realistic tale of Elahie s ad
ventures is presented concurrently in the moving picture theaters.
Fghting the Drug Habit
This is the title of another real-life detective story furnished by
real-life detectives. In this number Henry Scherb, chief of the narcotic
squad of the New York City police department, tells of some experi
ences in dealing with drug fiends and with those who deal ia for.
bidden drugs.
Marriage by Proxy
Students of history will recall that King Charles I of England and
several other royal personages were married by proxy that is, they
took their marriage vows in the presence of a woman other than the
one to whom they were being married. The woman in each case
gave her vows to a substitute man. This lends interest to a ro
mantic story of the marriage recently of a Denver girl to a young
man in far away Java, each being represented at the ceremony of
the other by proxy. -
Penrod
That's enough. Every boy and many of the older folks, too
know what it means to announce the appearance of another Penrod
story. Needless to say, Booth Tarkinfcton, the author, surrounds his
juvenile hero with the usual excitement and glamor.
Plenty of Other Feature
Of particular interest to the children will be William Donahey's
full-page drawings and text describing the adventures of Prince Ah
med and the Fairy. The same artist also has a new story about tho
Teenie Weenie folkB. Then there will be the regular comic supple
ment with Polly's adventures, Doc Yak and all the others.
ORDER TODAY
Twenty-Five Years Ago
From Tlie Oregonian April 10, 1SS0.
"Pum" Kelly's popularity has proved
too much for the ring.. He broku the
I.olan slate. Likewise V. A. Wetzel!,
for School Superintendent. routci
Warren from the alute. Otherwise tho
plrked slate went through. Tho re
sults of tho Republican convention fol
low: Sheriff. Penumbra Kelly.
founty Judge, .1. C. MorelanU.
Circuit Clerk. John It. Puff.
County Clerk, T. C. Powell.
Recorder. W. L. Dudley.
Treasurer. S. B. Wlll.v.
School Superintendent. W. A. Wctiell.
Surveyor. T. M. llurlburt.
Commissioner, II. S. Stone.
State Senator. P. U Willi".
Representatives. John II. Hall. J. T.
Stewart. Charles J. Reed, P. F. Morry.
O. F. Botkln, George I. Storey. J. H.
Montgomery, C. 11. Mucssdorf fcr and
W. E. Thomas.
James I.otan nominated O. Summers
for Sheriff, while A. W. Lambert nomi
nated Kelly, who won. The commit
tee on credentials waa T. A. Stephens,
P. F. Moray, P. M. Punno, T. A. Jordan
and Thomas Hislop.
Akron. The cyclone which struck
Ohio day before yesterday did consid
erable damage, as reports show.
Jamestown waa vlalted hy a downpour
again. .Patches of country hutwoen
Georgia and the Great Lakea wero
scourged and people wero killed out
doors and in.
London. Tha action of the brewers
In urging Goeschen, chancellor of thn
exchequer, to remit a portion of tho
duty on beer Is regarded generally an
a hint, which, if it is not heeded, will
be followed by tho oxerriso of pres
sure too great even for tho great
Uoeschen to bear. Already tho ex
chequer Is reminded that Gladstone's
second ministry, very much mora
strongly Intrenched than tho present
government, waa overthrown becauao
of ita attempt to Impose additional tax
ation upon beer, and thn same fate. It
is feared, will befall Lord Salisbury's.
Cabinet, if it shall be Its purpose to
maintain the present duty on tho poor
man's beverage.
Chinese, it Is reported, will bo
dumped into Mexico by the steamer
load.
The now black walnut office fix
turea of the Wells, Kargo & Co. Ex
press have arrived. The architect will
reach hero from San Francisco Friday.
A black bear camo down near tha
city yesterday and paraded along Burn
side place on Cornell road, close to the
citv limits. A young man started in
to "chase bruin, but the bear turned and
gave pursuit for about 100 yards.
R. M. Stuart has received his appoint
ment as Deputy United Stales Marshal
under Mr. Sarin.
Mrs. John Lawrence, wife of the
manager of tho Sunset Telephone Com
pany, loft yesterday over tho Union
Pacific for the East and Europe.
j. Theodore Uumey, who inventcl
the Gurney rah, which niado quite a
fortune for him. Is at tlio Portland.
Sandy Olds is again within the shH'l
ows of thn gallows. Judge Stearns has
aet May 16 for tho dato of his execu
tion, i'he prisoner hopes for a new
trial.
Appeal or the I'rlnourr,
Cleveland Tlnin Pealcr.
"Prisoner, have you anything ti
say?" "Only this, your honor: I'd he .
mighty sorry if th' young lawyer von
assigned to mo waa ever called upon
lo rlefend an Innocent man