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TOKTUkXD, THl'ttDlY, APRIL IS. 1S15,
THE LESftOX OF A BATTLE.
"The full story of the British victory
at Ncuve Chapelle contains a valuable
lesson which the United States" should
apply by strengthening Us Army and
putting; Itself in a safe defensive posi
tion. Any nation which neglects to
learn from the experience of the very
latest war will be as hopelessly beaten
before it begins a war as were the Chi
nese when they sent their medieval
army to fight the Japanese in 1S93.
- General French prepared for.the at
tack on Neuve Chapelle by secretly
concentrating an overwhelming force
of artillery with abundant supplies of
ammunition and with SO, 000 troops
behind bis lines. Secrecy was obtained
by the activity and superiority of the
airmen, who prevented any German
aircraft from coming near enough to
the points of concentration to discover
the extensive movements of troops and
guns, and by excluding from the area
of concentration any person of whose
loyalty to the allies there was the least
doubt. Guns w ere moved at night and
were concealed behind earthworks
and beneath quilts of shrubbery. By
thus excluding hostile aircraft and
spies, and concealing movements. Gen
eral French assembled 350 guns of all
sizes, ranging from machine guns to
twelve-inch howitzers, along a front
of 2000 yards a greater concentration
of artillery in a like space than had
ever been known.
The troops designated for the attack
were moved silently to the front the
night of March 9. No singing or con
versation was permitted, and smoking
iwas forbidden lest the light of a match
or the glow from a pipe should warn
the enemy. At dawn a final recon
naissance of the German position was
made by two aeroplanes, which flew
daringly low because of the, mist, and
which drew a hail of machine-gun and
rifle fire. Both were hit, but both
regained the British lines.
At 7:30 on the morning of March 10
every one of the 350 guns began a ter
rific cannonade, which continued for
thirty-five minutes. In the words of
the London Dispatch writer, it "swept
away the trenches and their intricate
wire entanglements like driftwood"
and "the force of the explosions was
so great that men were lifted bodily
out of the trenches minus legs and
arms." Even such a bombardment
failed to disturb some parts of the
wire entanglements. We can Judge
hew completely the artillery cleared
the way for an easy victory from the
following extract from the Dispatch:
The "Berks and LJncclns clambered over
tbalr breastworks and raced for the Ger
man trenches, bayoneting all who atill had
resistance left In them and taking prison
era thos. whom th bombardment had left
limp and apparently lifeless. With them
went olhe regiment's, and in an incredibly
short tim. three lines of enemy trenches
a-ere In our hands. Well before 9 o'clock
m-a had taken these positions, finding: most
iv the men who had been manning them
Ither dead or dying and In many cases
buried under blown-in sections of the dug
outs. Those of lh. enemy left alive, moat
of them great brawny Bavarian gianta
&emeri too stuDefled to sav or do anything.
and could not even hold up their bands In
token of surrender, and it was a long time
before this sense of dazedness wore off.
The plain inference is that the battle
was won by the artillery, which left
little for the infantry to do beyond oc
cupying the ground gained and cap
turing the demoralized survivors,
though the infantry did splendid work
on the two succeeding days in resist
ing counter-attacks, in taking the vil
lage and gaining more ground.
. Most significant is the fact that
shortly after this battle Lord Kitch
ener made his demand for more rapid
manufacture of ammunition. A cal
culation of the quantity of ammunition
consumed in this brief but concentrat
ed bombardment must have shown
film what a vast supply would be need
ed to drive back the entire German
line and to continue driving it back.
It must have shown him that ultimate
and early success depended on abun
dant artillery, ammunition and air
craft. The question for Americans to con
sider in this connection is: How well
arc we prepared to wtn battles, these
being the chief essential requirements?
Some European armies have figured
on an average of five guns for every
thousand infantry and cavalry, but
Wheeler in "Are We Ready?" says
"The present war in Europe indicates
that the percentage in the future will
be much higher." The General Staff
of the United States Army has fixed
the proportion at 3.16 guns per thou
sand infantry and cavalry. On this
basis we should have 1292 guns in
order to put an army of 500,000 men
in the field. Of these only 634 are
ready and 226 are under contract, a
total of S60. As the guns under con
tract will probably not be completed
for at least a Jear and a half, manu
facture of the remaining 432 to reach
the General Staffs estimate would
occupy three more years. At the pres
ent rate Of appropriation we could not
supply our deficiencies in this respect
alone for eight or nine years.
In addition to our present coast ar
tillery we should need in war an army
of. 380,000 men to defend our coasts,
but we have not a single gun to equip
them. In order to bring our artillery
up to the standard proved necessary
y the present war, we should have
twice as many guns for the field army
aa the General Staff has estimated and
should have an. additional supply for
coast defense, aside from those in our
harbor defense works.
We are even more poorly supplied
with artillery ammunition, than with
guns. We have actually completed
nly 15 per cent of the quantity re
quired for the General Staffs estimate
of aruns. which the war teaches us
should be doubled. We have under
manufacture or contract another T6
per cent. Wheeler says that, ''if all
the field guns which our estimates call
for were built and put into action at
once, we should have not more than
sufficient ammunition for a single
day's engagement" and the Scientific !
-America ieUs us tfi&H "la tne case? ptj
one great power at least, the consurnp
tion of ammunition has exceeded twice
their maximum estimates and that the
proportion of artillery will in future
be increased." That paper also say-
that "at the rate of last year's . appro
priations, it will take between eight
and nine years to complete our present
estimate for guns, ammunition an
equipment.". If our Army had to face
an enemy possessing such a superior
ity in artillery as the present disparity
would give it, an enemy which could
also afford to waste ammunition,
Wheeler says "our infantry would be
wholly unable to advance in the face
of a fire so much more deadly tha
anything we could exert."
The story of Neuve Chapelle proves
"the truth of what Wheeler says. Th
suddenness with which this war began
demonstrates that we should then
have no time to make good our defi
ciencles after war was declared. It
establishes the fact that no nation is
safe which does not prepare for war
In time of peace.
VERY BLOODTHIRSTY.
One would never suspect that the
mild manner of Mr. ITRen conceals
the spirit of a gory revolutionist, chaf
ing under the restraint of the law's
conventions. But is there not a note
of envy in the following excerpt from
an article by him in "The Annals of
the American Academy of Political
and Social Science?".
Villa has accomplished this in Moxlco
with his war-cry of "The land for the
Peons," and It Is fine. They flock to Ills
banner and fight and die for the cause. But
Villa does not have to reckon witn American
constitutions and courts.
The "this" which has been "accom
plished" by the ruffian Villa is the
appropriation by the landless of the
property of the landed without cloak-
ing the raid in the garments of "single
tax" or in any other fiscal disguise.
The men in arms in Mexico number
about 1 per cent of the population
They are divided into three factions.
with Villa in control of about one
third. In the same proportion about
3000 men of the 800.000 people in Ore
gon would. nocK to tienerai u rs.cn a
banner sd fight and dio for single
tax, if we had no courts or constitu
tion and settled economic questions by
the pleasant method in vogue
Mexico.
Tush. tush. Could 3000 U'Renites
quickly conquer Oregon even by resort
to murder, rapine and confiscation or
churc'h property in the most approved
method of the noble Villa? They would
be slower than the initiative.
Mr. XTRen's repining for the right
of sword in Oregon does' not check In
with the remainder of his article. He
looks forward to single tax success by
peaceful means "some time from the
third to the fifth campaign, that is,
between six and ten years." He speaks
of the future in his prophecy, for three
campaigns are already behind us.
Therefore somewhere about the eighth
popular vote on single tax it "will go
through with a rush just as the pro
hibition and equal suffrage measures
were adopted."
Naturallv a further wait of six to
ten years for single tax makes an en
thusiast fighting mad, but still we
think that the victory in the end, of
which he is so confident, will seem
muph sweeter to Mr. TJ'Ren when
he recalls that no Bentons have been
murdered, no nuns outraged, no for
eigners forcibly ejected from the coun
try in want, and that the farms will
descend to the present landless with
the buildings not burned nor the stock
stolen. The law. even if it were more
tedious in this instance than revolu
tion, has its recompense after all.
KEW BOOMS FOR PRESIDENT.
Mention of ex-Senator and ex-Secretary
of State Knox as a man whom
Colonel Roosevelt seems to favor for
the Republican Presidential nomina
tion makes his political career a sub
ject of live interest. He was regarded
as nothing but a corporation lawyer
when he entered President McKin-
ley's'Cabinet as Attorney-General, but
under President Roosevelt ne oegan
the campaign of anti-trust prosecu
tions with the suit against the North
ern Securities Company, and he won
that suit. That fact gives hfm a claim
on the progressives. He was Secretary
of State for President Taft. That fact
gives him a claim on the conserva
tives, but may prove an, objection in
the eyes of the progressives. The fact
that he comes from that stronghold of
ultra-protection, Pennsylvania, may
prove another objection. He is prob
ably best described as a sanely pro
gressive Republican who has seen that
certain things which were done in the
old standpat days "are not done" in
these days, to use the language of
Ruggles.
Reference to the main points in Mr.
Knox' career impresses upon one the
care which will need to be taken in
selecting men who are not open to seri
ous objection from one direction or tne
other, and the difficulty of selecting
such men among those who have been
active in National politics. Interest is
thus added to, the suggestion thrown
out by the Long Beach, Cal., Telegram
that Henry Ford, of Detroit, be nomi
nated on the ground that ha would
unite Republicans and draw votes from
other parties. If Mr. Ford were
chosen it would be as a successful pro
gressive business man who has set up
a new standard for employers in deal
ing with workpeople. Against such a
hoice it may be said mat he is en
tirely inexperienced in- political affairs
and that by endeavoring to apply in
them the direct methods of business
he would be apt to step on so many
corns as to provoke turmoil while ac
complishing nothing.
Review of the objections to .Mr.
Knox and Mr. Ford brings us back to
Justice Hughes, for none of them ap
ply to him. He has had experience in
public as Governor of our greatest
state, but he has not been involved in
factional quarrels by participation in
National affairs. He is the kind of
progressive who has the confidence of
conservatives and Is the kind of con
servative who has the confidence of
progressives. He would endeavor to
get the Government down to a busi
ness basis, but he would not oe niseiy
to wreck his chances of success by at
tempting all at one time.
A TYPHOID CARRIER.
It is probably superfluous to explain
what a "typhoid carrier' is. .uosi
readers know of those unfortunates
who bear the germs of typhoid fever
in their bodies without themselves
suffering from the disease. Unless
their haibits are as cleanly as possible
they distribute the deadly germs upon
food or diffuse them in drinking water
and thus spread death around them.
For the most part they play, their
frightful part in ignorance and are
therefore innocent of any crime that
the law- can punish. But occasionally
one of these "carriers" continues to
imnart disease to others after he has
eea ar.aed- or Jols condition. In
case he ought to be subject to some
penalty.
Such a person is Mary Malone, of
New York, a typhoid carrier who has
caused the deaths of dozens of people.
Mary was a cook by vocation and thus
had the finest possible opportunity to
da her deadly work. Suspicion first
fell upon her when seven persons in
the family where she worked fell ill
of typhoid. Relentless investigation
finally eliminated all outside sources
of the disease and the physicians were
forced to conclude that the household
had been infected by Mary the cook.
How she did it may be left to th
imagination. It is sufficient to re-'
member that hands which are rarely
washed accumulate many kinds of
filth in the course of the day.
Seven such typhoid outbreaks have
been brought home to the pestiferous
Mary, who until lately remained se
renely unconscious of her death
dealing powers. In every family but
one where she had cooked there had
been an outbreak of typhoid. The
authorities naturally wished to shu
her up after this revelation, but she
resisted vigorously and when she was
at last restrained she believed herself
the victim of malicious persecution,
All might have been remedied if she
could have been persuaded to wash
her hands and take an occasional bath
but, like many another cook, Mary
felt great repugnance to clean water.
She sued' the city for $50,000 damages
on tho ground that she had been ille
gaily imprisoned, but by some queer
streak of luck for the' public she did
not win her suit, although the politi
cians were moved by her pathetic
pleadings to release her.
Many then changed her too famous
name and hired out to cook in another
family, where an outbreak of typhoid
promptly followed. This led to her
identification and she was again put
In prison, where she remains and
where she will probably stay un
til she can be taught cleanly habits,
a process which seems likely to take
a good deal of time. Mary is not the
only carrier of typhoid in the land. It
is estimated that there are about
200,000 like her. Some of them have
been detected, some not. All are
walking menaces to the health of
those around them. Whenever there
is. a mysterious outbreak of this ter
rible disease it is advisable to search
for the carrier, who may be found
where least expected.
UNCOLyg 1AST DAYS.
There was great rejoicing in the
loyal North over the news of Lee's stir
render, for it was believed that the
end of the war was at last in sight and
everybody was longin for peace. The
President visited Richmond April 4
the day after its evacuation, and fear
lessly walked the streets almost unat
tended. He had no t,hought of danger
and apparently no inhabitant of the
city dreamed of harming him. It was
only in the hysterical brain of a fan
atic that the poisonous thought of his
murder could take root and develop
into action. Lincoln returned to
Washington April 9 exultant that vic
tory had justified his policy. The
melancholy which had clung to him
for many months fell away for the
moment and his mind was busy with
plans for the restoration of the South
to peaco and prosperity. His brain was
ever constructive. Malice had no place
in his heart and he preferred to re
build the homes of the Southern peo
ple rather than punish the traitors
who had brought destruction upon
them. Grant came to the capital on
April 13 to, prepare for dismissing a
part of the great army which he had
led to. victory.
He as well as other thoughtful men
of that day were disquieted by the
thought that hundreds of thousands
of soldiers who had become disciplined
veterans must soon- be restored to civil
life. Would not the course of industry
be seriously disturbed by so manjr
hands seeking employment? Would it
be possible for those men, inured to
the life of the camp and field, to re
sume peaceful vocations without tu
mults? Lincoln himself was worried
by these questions and when he
learned that Schuyler Colfax was
about to start on a trip through the
Far West the President requested him
to pay particular attention to the un
developed mines in that region, for he
believed that their exploitation might
employ great numbers of the dis
charged soldiers. The thought was
also in his mind that the gold and sil
ver they would throw into circulation
might help to pay off the National
debt. We mention these matters to in
dicate the -wealth of projects which
were forming in his brain, under the
joyful stimulus of Grant's decisive vic
tories, for the welfare of the whole
country. To Lincoln there was neither
North nor South, but only the Union.
In the forenoon of April 14 the
President attended a Cabinet meeting
where it was informally agreed to re
store the seceded states to their old
place in the Union as speedily as cir
cumstances permitted. Lincoln .never
conceded that they had really been
severed from the rest of the country,
and therefore if he had lived their res.
toration would have been a very sim
ple and expeditious transaction. The
troubles and disasters afterward in
volved in the miserable process of "re
construction" would all have been
avoided. The Cabinet meeting of
April 14 was the last he ever attended.
n the afternoon of the same day ne
rote a famous letter to James H. Van
Allen, of New York, in which he ex
pressed his hopes of a . Union com
pletely restored and a new Nation
strong in the united loyalty of all its
citizens. He hoped, so he wrote to
Van Allen in buoyant confidence, "to
bring about a union of hearts and
hands." This to his mind was the es
sential prelude to any lasting union of
the states.
With malice toward none, with
charity for all, with firmness in the
right as God gives us to see the right,"
he was "striving on to finish the work
we are in, to bind up the Nation's
wounds," to care for them "who had
borne the battle" and to do all "which
might achieve a just and lasting peace
between ourselves and with all na
tions." Such was the aspiration of
the sweetest and sanest man who ever
alked the earth as he went about his
duties on the 14th day of April, unsus
pecting that the assassin was laying
plans for his murder.
He had invited General Grant and
Jiis wife to go with his party to Ford's
Theater that night to see Laura Keene
play in "Our American Cousin." The
play had been running for a thousand
nights, amusing two continents, and
Lincoln, whom nothing human failed
to interest, was going with his wife to
see it, but at the last moment the
Grants sent their regrets and went to
isit some relatives. Mrs. Lincoln
filled their places in the theater box
ith Major Rathbono and Miss Clara
Harris, who were therefore present on
the scene of the tragedy. Ford, the
theater owner, decorated the Presi
dent's box jvith. tununfi ia lionor of
the occasion, and the multitude flocked
in to gaze at the great President ana
his sreat General sitting side By siae,
for the newspapers had spread the
news that Grant was to be there and
it had not been corrected.
It is highly probable that the scheme
of murder flashed into John Wilkes
Booth's mind instantaneously when he
heard that Lincoln- and Grant were to
sit side by side at the theater. He
had formed many a wild project of
abducting the President which had all
aborted, but now. with this opportun
ity to commit a double assassination
in sight, his mind worked actively and
acutely. With -the assistance of some
wretched creatures about the theater
whom he had seduced. Booth placed a
horse near the stage door to secure his
escape, removed the fastenings from
the doors of the theater box so that
nothing impeded his entrance, and
barricaded the passage to prevent any
interruption of his deed. When the
moment seemed propitious he entered
the box behind the President and shot
him. The wound was mortal. Lincoln
lived till the next morning unconscious
and then expired. With him perished
the hope that gentleness and good will
might bind up the Nation's wounds.
Angry passions arose to mar the prom
ise of the dawn and the faouth atonad
with bitter sorrow for a deed which
she deplored. As ever in the work
ing out of God's inscrutable designs,
the iiinocont suffered for the guilty.
Tho people of Linnton might as well
make the best of a bad situation. The
original promoters of .the trolley serv
ice that has been discontinued made
tho error in stipulating the low fare
charged, and got frem under. Their
assigns could not in reason be expected
to continue a losing business on a par
allel line. By and by, when the dis
trict that intervenes is well settled and
Linnton - follows the example of St.
Johns, there will be city trolley serv
ice. But just now it's a long, long way
to Linnton.
Tho secretary of the Municipal Civil
Service Commission is a man of grand
ideas. Some of the policemen are not
big enough, so he would raise the min
imum height to 5 feet S inches and lift
the maximum, now 6 feet 4 inches, to
tho roof. The giant in uniform is an
imposing figure, but many a "sawed
off" is handier in getting his man.
Let the Commission raise the maxi
mum, but retarn tne minimum.
The three-cornered fight to control
the butter market offers a transient
benefit to consumers, who, like Job,
may for the moment wash their feet
with cheap butter. But such fights
dishearten dairymen, who go out of
business and thus bring on, scarcity
and high prices. A stablo market
without tights of this kind is better in
the long run for all of us.
A new submarine has been devised
which can stay under water 100 days.
But, with our clumsy preparation for
emergencies, could we raise one of the
things even in that length of time?
The F-4 is still down, it will be noted.
The heroism displayed by H. E.
Joyce in saving a baby's life is of as
high quality as that displayed by any
hero on a European battlefield, but
-with vastly better results.
Reports from Rome that Italy has
agreed with the allies on an outlet for
Serbia to the Adriatic coast indicate
that the allies are dividing tho spoils
before taking them.
The moral of two recent falls from
high buildings, one fatal, the other
comparatively harmless, is that it
makes a great difference how and
where one drops.
British experts predict that an allied
advance will begin shortly in the west.
They might safely predict also that
shortly after beginning, the advance
will close.
Prohibition is not working as
smoothly in Russia as the world imag
ines. A "blind pig" in a suburb of
Petrograd exploded, killing fifteen
people.
If America can arrange for shipment
of two cargoes of German dyestuffs,
why cannot she arrange for dispatch
of a few cargoes of foodstuffs the other
way?
The wreck of the Asama must have
been a plant, since report comes that
Japanese are fortifying Turtle Bay.
Nobody is worrying.
If John Bull should climb on the
water wagon, the drouth in i,urope
would be awful with a long distance
between blind pigs.
Any person who was not cheerful
enough on such a day as yesterday to
vote for the road bonds must be an in
curable grouch.
Prominent refugees say murder is
one of the milder crimes of the Mexi
can revolution. Again, Viva watchful
waiting!
Army officers say we are certain to
have war with Mexico. If we live as
long as the Roman Empire, perhaps.
Brvan was in the crowd yesterday
telling how the Salt Creek nine wal
loped the Wahoos in the long ago.
Germany has decided not to make
any loans to Bulgaria. Savors too
much, of hiring a fresh assailant.
There are more than 100 collection
rencies in this city to add to the wor
ries of the slow man.
Canadian air, being of superfine
quality, must not be-invaded by Amer
ican aeroplanes.
President Wilson, as the First Man
of the Country, set a good example
yesterday.
, Are they ever going to let that poor,
old, cracked Liberty Bell rest in peace?
Anywajs the war has kept fool
French fashions out this Spring.
No doubt Huerta will make a call of
courtesy on his friend Wilson.
This is the season when the hook
worm begins its deadly work.
Newport News is growing to be
regular German naval base.
Rogue River will have fruit and the
oil smudge is the token.
Yesterday's weather was meant for
opening day.
Ileal baseball weather.
What, asain,,Eeavers ;
Stars and Starmaker
BT LEONE CASS, BAER.
CYRIL SCOTT, of the "Beven Keys to
Ealdpate" Company, says ha won
ders how men can go on doubting that
women are lacking in business ability
when never a day coes by that some
woman doesn't file a petition In bank
ruptcy, showing big indebtedness.
Many men of large commercial capacity
find it difficult to owe so much.
Natalia Alt has been engaged for the
leading soprano role In "The Yeoman
of th Guard."
Edna Archer Crawford is appearing
in a. new play, which has just been
tried out at the littlest theater in New
York, the Bramhall Playhouse, belong
ing to Butler Davenport Ha wrote the
play, which Is called "The Importance
of Coming and Going."
Wilson MIzner has been engaged by
tha Shuberts to adapt a comedy from
the French entitled "The Call of the
Child." The play will be produced next
season.
Wouldn't T. Roosevelt make a fin
subject for Painless Parker's platform
demonstrations?
OS
Mary Edgett Baker says that "fig
ures prove that woman will have uni
versal suffrage." I can't for the life
of me see what th'eir figures have to
do with their exercising of voting priv
ileges. Howard Russell and Mrs. Russell
(Minnie Townsend) leave this week
for San Francisco to join tha Del S.
Lawrence Stock Company at the Wig
wam Theater, Mr, Lawrence has lately
taken over that nous and will be his
own leading man. Florence Oakley is
leading woman and Mr. Russell will
play juvenile leads and comedy char
acter roles. Another old Baker player.
Richard Vivian, is in the Lawrence
company. So is his wife. Function
Everhart. Margaret Marriott, who was
ingenue with the Lawrence company in
Vancouver, is now with the Wiawam
stock. The Russells open week after
eext with tho company in "Madame X."
m
The Gaiety Theater, in San Francisco,
will enter upon another phase of its
career on April 25, when it will open
as a vaudeville house. G. M. Anderson
and Thomas O'Day, owners of the the
ater, have leased it for 10 years to the
Western States Vaudeville Association.
fhe association, which is represented
by Irving S. Ackei-man and. Sam Harri j.
aireaoy nas two theaters in San Fran
Cisco, the Republic and Majestic. It
will change the name of the Gaiety
to the , Hippodrome.
Jane Cowl has created a role in
new play, "The Songbird." which
leaves Los Angeles for Chicago soon.
Oliver Morosco brought Miss Cowl out
from, New York to try out several
plays. The one he has chosen 1b tha
joint work of Frederick Hatton and
Mrs. Hatton, the former of whom is
dramatic editor on a Chicago paper.
The piece is rated as the biggest suc
cess since Pes o' My Heart."
Walter S. Duggan is in Portland
ahead of "The Candy Shop." coming
next week to the Heilig. Last season
Mr. Duggan visited us ahead of Kitty
Gordan in "The Enchantress." and
when that show went on the rocks in
California Mr. Duggan promptly hied
himself to Chicago, where he affiliated
with the publicity end of the Jack Lait
producing company. He is one of the
best known of the younger newspaper
men In the country and contributes a
column weekly to the Billboard and is
correspondent for dozen various'
theatrical papers.
W. H. Wright, who is touting the
temptation and wiles of "Everywom
an" on its way to the Heilig, is the
possess of a walking stick that has
a really interesting history. Mr. and
Mrs. Wright were abroad when war
was declared and in Paris when the
French made their first spurt into Al
sace-Lorraine. With the love of dra
matics displayed in all the Frenchman
does, these soldiers tore up a huge tree
and had it dragged into Paris, where
it was cut up into walking sticks, pen
holders, umbrella handles and a thou
sand various forms of souvenirs. These
were sold for the benefit of a hospital
fund and Mr. Wright paid $20 for his
cane. It is of whitish wood, remark
ably light, beautifully made and its
history makes it particularly of value.
The sight of that 64-year-old actor
suing his 62-year-old wife for divorce
and naming as corespondent a gent
considerably past either age would
seem to prove there's naught in the old
saw "wisdom comes with yearB."
a
Worst of all, how annoying it must
be for the younger generation to have
an affinity for a grandpaw.
: A cranial injury, sustained when he
was 3 years old, is cited as the funda
mental cause for the dementia of Jack
Golden, comedian and leader of Coast
musical comedy troupes, ordered sent
to tho Napa Asylum for the Insane by
Superior- Judge Donahue the other day.
Golden is now 52 years of .age. His
recovery is problematical.
"Actress tries to commit suicide by
cutting her throat with a saw," says an
account. She shows the same fine dis
crimination of all femininity in uses of
cutlery. Saws for throat cutting and
razors for corns.
IX THE GARDEN.
Today, at dawn, 1 asked
If my love would come to mel
I asked the sunrise,
And. the singing birds,
And so softly breathed the prayer
To Allah, for my love.
At noon my love had not come.
In tne garden, 1 whispered to tne
flowers
And to the mourning trees.
They drooped and answered not:
A -musician was playing plaintively.
It was the chords of my heart
He played upon as I turned to the
desert.
The sun was gone to a still darkness,
But my love came not to me.
I walked under the pale stars
Listening; to the desert s voice;
sSomewhere in the desert my love was.
Oh. the mystery, the loneliness.
The sorrowful desert, it is crushing me!
At dawn my love was brought to me.
Was laid at my feet, so still.
The desert had claimed him I was
alone.
Mv heart has become the silent.
Lonely desert there is no answer.
While in the noons golden splendor
The desert people pray to Allah.
Margaret Dyke ilallory.
Forest Grove,. .Or. - j
"SEW KIROPE" PI.A.N" IS PROPOSED
Division of Countries After Wir
" Nationality Basis unseated.
EUGENE. Or., April 1J. (To the Ed
Itor.) Your Tecent editorial on "Real
Neutrality" has. prompted me to writ
the following lines on the subject
"Impartial Sympathy." The average
American citfxen's idea of an ideal so
lution of the present European trou
bles, as you describe his idea. Is
rather negative one; mainly that th
map of Europe be not cnanged much
and that nothing very serious happe
to any of the nations at war, with th
exception of Turkey. I do not deny
that you may have described his idea
accurately. But. as lovers of man
kind, it seems to me. we ought rather
to have the positive wish that mat
may happen to every nation involved
in tha war wnich would oe lor m
beat interest of that nation, ve
though it Involve great changes in the
map of Europe. Hera la an attempt o
one well-wisher of mankind to outliiw
what, in his humble opinion, might be
regarded as an Ideal solution oi m
troubles of Europe:
1. That the man of Europe be re
made on tha basis of th principle of
nationality and that the cause of par
manent peace be promoted by the for
mation of federations between closely
related nations.
2. That no nation be obliged to pay
a war indemnity, so that every na
tion may be able to begin a new ca
reer after the war without being ar
tihciaily crippled..
3. That a Greater Serbia, or a state
of Ulyria. be established in the form
of a federation of tha eight berb
states of Croatia. Mavonia. Dalmatia,
Camiola. Bosnia, Herzegovina, Serbia
proper and Montenegro as self-gover
nin states.
4. That Austria cede to Italy th
Trentino, Trieste snd Western Istria
and to' Russia Eastern Ualicia and
Northern Bukowlna; that German Aus
tria itself Join Germany as a federa
state and that Austria-Hungary be
transformed into a new federation un
der the leadership of Hungary, this
federation to consist of Hungary
proper, Greater Roumania (incliiUing
Transylvania Southern Bukowlna and
Bessarabia), Greater Serbia (in the
above sense) and Greater Bulgaria (in
cludina: Western Macedonia, Dobrud
sha, Silistria, Adrianople and Salonica)
and, possibly, also to embrace Bohemia
and Poland.
5. That Russia cede to Russian Po
land to the new independent state of
Poland and Bessarabia to Roumania
but that Russia receive, on (he other
hand, from Austria the Ruthcnian dis
tricts of Eastern Gallcia and Northern
Bukowina and from Turkey Armenia
and Kurdistan and, possibly, Constan
tinople and Anatolia, as well as Ter
sia and a port on the Persian Gulf.
6. With regard to the Turkislt Kin
pire. that Constantinople and Anatolia
remain united and that they either
fall to Russia or that Anatol'.a become
one of the states of the new federa
tion consisting of Greater Bulgaria,
Greater Serbia, Greater Roumania and
Hungary, Constantinople, in that case,
becominpr the federal capital; that Ar
menia and Kurdistan fall to Russia
and that Syria. Arabia and Mesopo
tamia remain united and form.an Arab
empire, together with Eirypt, under
the tutelage of a Latin country, either
Italy or France, or both together.
1. That the independent state of
Poland be re-established by the re
uniting of Russian Poland, Western
Galicia and Prussian Toland, and that
the new state of Poland either become
a member of the new federation that
is to take the place of Austria-Hungary
or that it join a reconstructed
Germany as a federal state.
8. That France receive, under the
principle of nationality. Mcts and the
French part of German Ixirraino from
Germany, as well as the southern
Walloon, French-speaking part of
Belgium, and, furthermore, French
Switzerland, and, possibly Luxemburg
and also, the Channel Ishtnds from
Urcat Britain; and that it, also, get
tho protectorate over the Arab world
of Syria, Mesopotamia, Arabia and
Egypt, either alone or together with
Italy.
. That Germany, under the fa mo
principle of nationality, become
Greater Germany, Including German
Austria. German Switzerland, Holland
and Flanders; that it bo chanced into
a federation of equal states, after the
fashion of the United States, without
the supremacy of Prussia; and that It
become either a republic, or, at least, a
limited monarchy.
10.- As to Belgium, that, in accord
ance with the principle of nationality,
the southern, Walloon, French-speak
ing part of Belgium be given to
France and the northern, Flemish part
of Belgium be given to Holland. Hol
land, in Its turn, to join Germany as
a federal state: or that. Belgium join
reconstructed Germany as a fed
era! state. ,
11. That Great Britain be chanared
into a federation consisting of Eng
land, Scotland. Wales and Ireland as
sell-governing states: and that the
British Empire be changed into a
larger federation consisting of Great
Kntain, Canada (with Newfoundland)
Australia (with New Zealand), and
south Africa as Its four members.
JEAN DU BUY.
Routes to Curry Couuty.
ELM A, Wash.. April 12. (To tha
Editor.) You are interested in secur
ing new settlers for Oregon and to that
end will you kindly . answer this in
your columns?
What is the easiest and Quickest wav
for one to get Into Curry County, say
Gold Beach? What is the population
of Gold Beach and what opportunities
does it offer for the investment of a
small amount of capital?
A. R. MAYNER.
There is no "easy" or "quick" way
to go to Gold Beach. The quickest way
s to go by the Southern Pacific Rail
road to West Fork, thence by pack
horse over a" very rough but pic
turesque trail to Agness, at junction of
Illinois and Rogue rivers, thence down
the Rogue by launch to Gold Beach,
You can thus reach there in 48 hours
from, Portland, at an expense of about
$20. Another route is from Marshfleld
to Coquille by rail, thence down the
Coqullle River to Bandon by boat,
thence by stage down the coast, via
Port Orford. There are various ways
of reaching Marehfield (Coos Bay) by
boat and stage, and a portion of the
distance can be made by rail. The trip
this way costs about 135 and takes
from three to four days. Another way,
and the most satisfactory. Is to tak
the Southern Pacific Railroad, to Grants
Pass, thence auto stage to Crescent
City, Cal., thence up the coast to Gold
Beach. There is a regular auto stag
from Crescent City up to Brinkings,
at the mouth of the Chetco River, and
usually conveyances can be found from
there to Gold Beach. The distance by
this route is about 450 miles, takes
three to four days and costs about $50.
Opportunities in all parts of Curry
County good. Write to Gold Beach
Commercial Club for particulars.
Two Simple Definitions.
Buffalo (X. Y.) Express.
Teacher Tommy, you may define the
difference between "a while" and "a
time." Tommy Why, when pa says
he's going down town for a while ma
says she'll bet he's going for a time.
Criticism of a Friend.
Birmingham, Ala.. Ajre-Herald.
Bobbie Don't ycu feel tired. Mr. Bib-
ble? GuestNo. Bobble. Why do you
ask? Bobbie Cause pa said he met
you last night and you were carrying
an awful load,
, I TwentyFivo Year Ago
From The Oresonlan. April 1. 1SP0.
Ellensburr The Northern Pacirin
machine shops wer dcstroed by fit
yesterday morning.
Washington All thinkers of Con
gress are united In the belief that
mor. money Is n.edod. Th .'
appears, la for free silver, while tha
Senate committee favors coinaS Of m
limited sum monthly.
St. Paul The Omaha road put on Its
new train to the raclfic t oast yester
day. Jt runs via Sioux City and the
Tnion Pacific, making: the run from !U
Paul to Portland, Or., in 0 hours.
New York Mrs. W. K. Vanderbilt a
sister, tho Baroness de l-onicnllllat. la
to go on the stage this Kail. The rea
son tho Baroness gives is that since her
marriage ah has been srmly impov
erished and that she is taking up th
theater as a means of making a living.
When asked if she has the approval of
her husband the Baroness said:
"l have not seen my luixnand inc
last April. I consider It would be use
less to consult him either as to my sup
port or my profession."
Frank Jolly, the well-known attor
ney who has figured prominently as
lawter for a number of alleged crim
inals and who Is given the credit for
having saved them from tne penuen
tiary, was attacked by footpads laet
nie-ht at Ninth and Columbia, but so
(.uccessfully wielded his can that he
drove the two highwaymen away, and
saved JiOO tliat ho hail on his person.
Mr. Jollv bears the mark on nis ncau
where thev felled him. but he wss so
dexterous after he was knocked down
that the blow didn t cut much figure.
The peculiar tiling is that Jolly was
greeted with "Hello" by the men and
countered they were friends whom he
could not make out In tho dark. But
when he had gono on J" or u i"t J'
was called to halt, and as ho did so
their blow truck. Jolly suys ho will
think a whll now before defending
any more alleged highwaymen.
Dr. Kenneth MacKenzle, who is t-
Icndinir Hon. George II. Durham, says
his patient is resting easy asain.
E. S. McComas. one of the projeclnra
of the town of New Walla Walla, was
snrn In this city yesterday, lie comes
from union.
The St. Charles Hotel Is quite a ren
dezvous for politicians. Among those
in prominence Just now who are regis
tered there are: IT. K Marston. Pen
dleton; John 11. Kisher, Baker City:
W. ,t. Hnottgraws. m. Grande, and Dr.
D. It. N. Blackburn and Charles E.
Wolverton, of Albany.
Half a Century Ago
Krom The Orcgonian of April 1, lHi5.
Ten davs ago Colonel Raymond or
dered a six-etamn battery at tho Dra
gon Oily Iron Works. The machinery
has been made and delivered, proving
that It is no longer necessary to go td
fan Francisco for such merchandise.
The Clootchinrn and Fiwashes sr
gathering wapatos now to be traded
in business transactions with th
celestials, who likewlo have a fond
ness lor this native vegetable
A preliminary agreement was fchown
un yesterday in which it is planned to
organize a militia company In Port
land composed entirely of Irish citi
zens. Robinson & Iikr, of tliia city, start
ed out a tinivai peddling wauon this
week, which will carry such tilings as
will tempt tho thrifty housewife who
is too busy to c-oiuo to the city fur her
culinary purchases.
On Thurj-day a boy called at Mourn.
O'Connor & Co.'s store. !0 First strct.
and said that he had been scut there to
purchase- some provlniuns for a well-
known gentleman. Mr. Malarkey, th
erk, suspected that tho devil had sent
the boy and later his siwplcions wer
onfirmed. Oregon needs a reform
school like .Michigan and California
have provided for their young rascals
who cannot be controlled at home.
We learn by telegraph from the East
that the Secretary of War haa ordered
all recruiting of soldiers to bo slopped.
A petition from G. W. Vaughn asking
for permission to use a part of Front
treet while erecting a building at
Madison etreet was allowed by the
City Council yesterday.
Wheat Is not to be had. A Utile was'
sold at $-.'.! 5 a bushel, but It is thought
that the price will be reduced to I
when another shipment Is received.
The schooner Leah sails this after
noon for Tillamook with 45 tons of
merchandise valued at
Answers la Clvlea.
IMBLER, Or., April 12. (To the
Editor.) Will you please answer th
following question through the col
umns of The Orcgonian:
1. How many territories belong to
the United States?
2. Do territorial representatives
meet with the Senate at any time or
must they confine their attendance to
the lower house?
8. W'hat is the present salary and
mileage of Senators and Congressmen
and salaries of Cabinet members?
These questions came tir. in my
ivies class. W. V. CONNOR.
1. The United States has only two or.
ganized territories In addition to the
District of Columbia. Hawaii and
Alaska are represented by delegates to
Congress. Porto Rico and the Dhllip-
incs are represented at Washington
commissioners, who are In a ser.s
diplomatic agents as well as delegates
to Congress.
2. Territorial delegates and com
missioners may participato In debates
the lower house only. They hav
no vote.
3. Cabinet officers receive $12,uno
each per year. Members of Congress
7500 and 20 cents per mile traveled
each way.
David Warflela" Nationality.
TIMBER. Or.. April 15 (To th Ed
itor.) Is David Warlield, the actor, a
Jew, or of Jewish descent?
E. McCLURE.
David Warfleld is a German J ew.
His family name is Wohlfelfl.
Spending or Investing?
The wise man does not spend
money for advertising he Invests it.
In other words, he uses that
money not only to bring Immediate
returns but to add to his good will
He does not over-Invest, lie
guides his outlay by a resaonsble
expectation of return.
And he is careful In the choice of
mediums. He does not fritter, lie
concentrates.
In most Instances the investing
advertiser uses daily newspaper.
because he finds that these glvo the
greatest percentage of returns on
his Investment.