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PORTLAND. THURSDAY. SEPT. 9, ,1915.
SEND THE PLOTTERS HOME.
By his own admission and by the
evidence of a letter which he had
written to the Austro-Hungarian for
eign minister, Dr. Dumba, the Aus
trian Ambassador to this country, has
endeavored to stir up discord in the
Industries of the United States. He
has endeavored to arrange for strikes,
iind to intimidate workmen of Aus
trian birth into leaving their em
ployment. When an Ambassador from a pre
tendedly friendly nation acts in this
manner, there is only one course to
pursue; that is to give him his pass
ports and get him out of the country
with all reasonable dispatch. Presi
dent Wilson and Secretary Lansing
seem to be deliberating, but this is no
case for hesitation; It Is a. case for
prompt, decisive action. This man
Dumba has shamefully abused our
hospitality. Though received as i
friend, he has made use of his posi
tton to stir up strife in the house of
liis host. His ejection should be as
summary as it can be made.
But the shameful wrong to the
United States was not done by Dr.
Dumba alone, for he acted by order
of the Austrian Foreign Minister,
Count Burian. Our resentment should
extend right to Vienna. Were Presi
dent Wilson to receive another Am
bassador to succeed Dr. Dumba be-
fore the policy he has been executing
is disavowed and definitely aban
. tloned, he would be merely another
man who would almost certainly pur
ue the same course, but with greater
.care to escape detection. Nothing
'short of an apology for and a pledge
to abandon the scheme to disorganize
. American industry or any other
echome to 'interfere in our domestic
affairs will meet the occasion. Until
these are forthcoming representatives
of Austro-Hungary should be ex
cluded from this country as enemies.
end Tfc should not continue the pre
tense of friendly relations by retain'
jng our Ambassador at Vienna.
The dignity and safety of the
'American Nation will not be cstab
lished unless Captain von Fapen, the
German military attache, is also dis
missed. Dr. Dumba's letter shows
him to have been an active party to
the plots against our industries. lie
Jihs been scheming to stop the manu
facture of munitions at Bethlehem
and at points in the West. He has
been inciting German workmen to
leave these factories and has been ob
taining- other employment for them
The action of the Administration
nhould be the more energetic because
the plots of the Austrian Ambassa
dor and of the German military at
tache are simply the latest develop
ments of a systematic propaganda
which began with efforts to influence
American public opinion, but has
frvown into .a conspiracy to in.1ure
American industry. We first had i
togus Neutrality League, German
American alliances and other societies
which worked for Germany and against
neutrality, defended the slaughter of
Americans at sea and did every con
celvable unneutral act short of the
atralght.fcirward course taking up
arms for Germany. German news
papers were then subsidized by the
German government to champion the
cause of the two empires and to de
nounce the sale of munitions to their
enemies. This propaganda has borne
its natural fruit in the blowing up of
factories where war material was
made for the allies. Circulars from
Germany which have been distributed
In St. Louis indicate that the perpe
trators of these outrages were liber
ally paid to commit them.
It is no mere coincidence that
within three days the following fires
end explosions occurred:
Kxplosion at National Conduit A
able Company's ammunition factory
lit Hastlngs-on-Hudson; six persons
injured, orre fatally.
, Attempt to blow up house in- Buf
falo v here employes of aeroplane fac
tory were asleep.
Attempt to blow up Aetna powder
works near Gary. Ind.; three persons
Injured.
Fire on Wild Rose stock farm,
which supplies horses to the allies;
loss J150.000.
Malleable Iron Works, near Wild
Rose, manufacturing ammunition, de
stroyed; loss $300,000.
The Government has tolerated this
propaganda and its criminal and trea
;onable developments so long that its
authors appear to think there is no
limit to American patience and have
been emboldened to use a passport is
sued by the State Department as a
cover for designs against our domes
Tic peace. The dismissal of the guilty
diplomat would serve as notice to the
nations which have imposed on our
good nature that our patience is ex
hausted and that no more foreign
plotting will be permitted within our
oorders.
At the same time the Government
chould take the opportunity of settling
once for all the-long-disputed question
of transferred allegiance. Dr. Dumba
lias endeavored to induce former Aus
trian subjects to leave their employ,
ment in munition factories by threat
ening them with punishment when
they return to Austria. The theory
on which he does so is that no man
can cease to owe allegiance to Aus
tria without Austria's consent. The
same theory Js held by other Euro
pean governments. On that principle
all naturalized citizens are still sub
jects of their native countries. It is
in direct conflict with, the American
theory that, once a man has re
nounced allegiance to his native coun
try", and has sworn, allegiance to the
United States, he ceases to owe fealty
to any country except this. The State
Department should firmly maintain
this principle la its dealings with Aus.
tria and Germany, for we now have
a good example of the evils arising
from dual allegiance.
WHY HE STAYS OCT.
When Judge McGinn was asked
about a midsummer tale that he was
to be Secretary of State in. event Colo
nel Roosevelt should become Presi
dent, the judge's picturesque reply
was that it was "bunk, pure' bunk."
It would seem that the poetic McGinn
characterization might well be applied
to the strange Roosevelt explanation
that the "invisible government" of the
Republican party keeps him out of
the organization. No government of
any party, visible or invisible, could
prevent Colonel Roosevelt from tak
ing his stand there, if he desired.
The Colonel's playful reference to
the extraordinary success of the in
visible government in heading off his
grand re-entry is a mere euphemism.
He can go back whenever he wants
to, and he will if he wants to.
But the Colonel sees no sigrn of a
purpose by the New York Republi
cans to kill any fatted calf over his,
coming back, or to invite him to his
old seat at the head of the table. The
unaccustomed job of high private in
the ranks does not suit him.
Thee is no invisible government
about the Progressive party. Every
body knows who is boss at Armaged
don. There are not a few men who
would rather be king among frogs
than a frog among kings.
STOP. LOOK AND LISTEN.
Charles Ray and Louise Williams,
his young niece, were run down and
killed by an O.-W. R. & N. train last
Mondav near Portland. That is
about the only fact upon which fne
various witnesses are agreed. The
Coroner's jury says the railroad is
culpable, but greater confidence in
the wisdom and justice of the ver
dict might be felt if there was some
thing approaching clear knowledge
as to just what happened.
The surviving occupants of the dis
abled automobile say that - the ap
proaching train gave iio signals by
whistle or by ringing of the bell.
All the train crew aver that the usual
signals, and more, were given and
they are explicitly supported by the
only two disinterested witnesses a
man and. woman working in a field
who saw the accident.
A likely enough explanation is that
the signals were given, but that the
unfortunate people in the automo
bile did not hear them. It seems in
credible that they were not aware
either of the coming train or the rail
road track. Doubtless they thought
they had ample time to get across.
It is strange that any driver of an
automobile, or other vehicle, will
take any kind of chance at a railroad
crossing. Yet it is done daily, many
times. The tragedy of Monday was
followed- by another Tuesday, In
Northern California, where three
Oregon people were killed while try
ing to get over a track in front of a
train.
There should bo at every railroad
crossing the most conspicuous warn
ing signs. But that is not all. It
is indeed only the first step toward
safety. The next fte, the old plan .
stop, look and listen. Every person
about to cross a track ought to as
sume that a train is coming and he
ought not to go ahead until he knows
otherwise. The present rule of the
average traveler is to assume that
there is no train, and will be none
until after he is gone. It is too often
found .to be a terrible mistake. -
WHAT 1'INCnOT DID TO LUMBER
A new, but decidedly true, light Is
thrown on the present condition of
the lumber industry by an article
which Robert Fullerton, of Des
Moines, la., has contributed to the
American Lumberman. He ' holds
Gifford Pinchot to have been primarl
ly responsible for the lumberman's
troubles, and he makes a strong case
against the arch-conservationist.
Danger of exhaustion of our forest
resources . w as held out as a reason
for forest reserves, to be kept as a
reserve supply for the future. A sta
pede by speculators to buy stumpage
resulted and prices doubled, trebled
and quadrupled, sawmill owners an
ticipated a like advance in finished
product and they bought stumpage at
nflated prices as a future supply
Lacking ready money for this pur
pose, they mortgaged tiniDer at Doom
prices. So did the speculators. Taxes
have been increased on the basis of
high prices.
While the lumber industry has thus
gone ahead on the theory that the
people must have lumber, that the
supply is very limited and that de
mand will continue unabated despite
high prices, the consumers have set
about finding substitutes and other
sources of supply. Timber near the
great Middle West markets, which
was bought cheap and which was for
merly shipped to Chicago for $1.25
per 1000 feet, is nearly exhausted and
the" central states now use Oregon fir,
cut from high-priced stumpage
paying $1- to $16 freight a thousand
feet, or Southern yellow pine, paying
$.-).50 to $10 fneight to Chicago. Al
though, after allowing for dearer
stumpage, lumber is now manufac
tured cheaper than ever, the high
stumpage and long haul to market
make the price so high that Eastern
consumers think the lumberman is
growing rich.
While these artificial and economic
courses are destroying the home mar
ket, tariff changes are opening, what
remains to Canadian competition and
axe excluding Americans from the Ca
nadian market. The United States
has put lumber on the free list, caus-
ng immense increase of Canadian lm
ports, but Canada has imposed a tar
iff of 71, per cent on rough and 32
per cent on finished lumber. Spurred
on by Congress to make the National
forests pay, the Forest Service is
pushing the reserved timber on the
market.
Thus the lumber industry is be
tween two fires. On the one side is
the reduced market, caused by the
Pinchot cry of famine which induced
use of steel and concrete in buildin
and by the greater cost at the point
of delivery. On the other side is th
necessity of realizing something
stumpage in order to pay interest o
mortgages and of selling in competi
tion with Canada and with sawmills
in the National forests.
If ever an Industry was perslstently
buffeted by unfriendly legislation, fa
natical doctrinaires and the whims of
fate, it is the lumber industry.
It
surely deserves something better tha
it has received. General resort
to
other materials for building bridges,
railroad cars and fences has gone far
to put it out of business. Lumber
men face the necessity of beginnin
all over again to find a market for
their product. They can find way
of meeting the objection now made to
lumber as building material. Entirely
new uses can be found for forest prod-j mental capacity to read it intelli
ucts. A market can be made for the ! gently.
many by-products of the sawmill. But
in order' that these things may be
done, it is necessary that the industry
be given a chance to build itself up
anew. It cannot do so with Canada
invading its home market, with high
ocean freight cutting off its foreign
market and with the Government
ready to block the least move to co
operate for the general good of the
industry.
WHAT IS TUB DIFFERENCE?
Senator Root's remarkable attack
on "invisible government" in New
York was made in course of an argu
ment in the state constitutional con
vention for the short ballot. The
original Root proposal was for the
appointment of all state officers, save
the 'Governor and' the Lieutenant
Governor, who were to be elected by
the people. It was necessary to com
promise with the supporters of prac
tical politics to the extent of adding
the Attorney-General and the State
Controller.
Yet, under the revised plan, the
Governor has enormous power. He
is to be permitted to appoint most of
the public officials of New York, even
without confirmation by the State
Senate. The exclusive power to ap
point carries with it, of course, the
right to dismiss or remove.
The new theory of government In
New York is to destroy invisible gov
ernment by making the executive
alone responsible to the people. . The
restraints and checks placed upon
him through division of authority are
to be removed. He is the Governor
n fact as well as in name.
It is interesting to find that the
ew York plan has excited appfoVal
n Oregon among those citizens and
partisan newspapers which have been
loudest and bitterest in denouncing
the last Legislature for taking sub
stantially the same action in giving
the appointive power in state offices
the right to dismiss. The Root plan
concentrated power is a blow at
invisible government in New York,
but in Oregon it is a diabolical de-
ice of criminal politicians.
Here, too, there is a plan for a
city manager of Portland, and it is
roundly denounced as an autocratic
scheme for one-man power. Yet it
is merely the Root idea for a state
manager in a governor with real au-
lority adapted to a large city. But
what is good very good for New
York is for some strange reason held
to be bad very bad for Oregon.
A CUBIST PROFESSOR.
Michael Carmichael Carr is a cubist
in a double sense. In the first place
e is a professor at the University of
Missouri. In the second place he is
disposed to unveil the secrets of his
art to the wondering public. Pro
fessor Carr is not a mere admirer of
ubism from afar, like most of the
rest of mankind. He is a practitioner
of it and has with his own erudite
hand painted cubist pictures which
re at this auspicious, moment on ex
hibition at the Chicago Academy of
the Fine Arts for the multitude to
gaze upon. Better still, Professor
arr himself is in attendance to ex
plain the marvels he has wrought
It Is said that his explanations are
Intelligible to ordinary men, some
thing quite unprecedented in rtie lore
of cubism, post-impressionism and all
the rest of the futurist ecstasies. The
nitlated talk incessantly, but they are
never understood and never expect to
be. Perhaps the moment they became
ntelligible they -would lose their
charm. Among Mr. Carr's immortal
works is a symbolical picture of War.
We hasten to warn the eager reader
hat it contains no prancing steeds.
no cannon smoke, no soldiers rushing
nto the imminent, deadly breach. It
is a purely geometrical picture, con
sisting of cones colored an inflam
mable red. The red needs no explan
ation. The shape of the cone sug
gests war because it is the same as
hat of modern missiles. Its sharp
point symbolizes the concentration of
energy which warfare requires. The
cones are arranged in the picture so
as to look rather higglety pigglety,
much, as if hey were about to run
their sharp points through one an
other and all fall into a shattered
heap. This naturally symbolizes the
nternal condition of a country en
gaged in war. Upon the whole we
are disposed to believe that Profes
sor Carr's cubist picture is a moral
triumph . whatever its artistic merits
ay be or may not be. The lessons
it teaches more than compensate for
any conceivable pictorial defects.
THE BEST BOYS' BOOKS. '
The search for "the best" in many
departments of human effort has be
come something of a craze. No doubt
it indicates a wonderful growth in
moral ideals. People who are for.-
ever in quest of the hundred, best
books, the six best novels, the twenty
five best pictures, the one best Presi
dent and the three or four hundred
best Congressmen, - can hardly fail to
think and feel in the loftiest terms.
It is too bad that their quests should
end so often in disappointment. The
country has been informed lately that
there are no "six best novels" and no
hundred best books," because the
standard by which selection must be
made is wholly relative. It is different
for ever- person and for every new
set of cirumstances in which the same
person may chance to find himself.
The quest of the twenty-five best
books for boys which a public
librarian in New Jersey has just set
going is not likely to be any more
profitable than the others. Dozens of
librarians will give him their diver
gent opinions on the subject and then
it will be dropped. Nobody will be
any better or worse for the transient
flare of interest which the matter
seems to have excited.
We do not know what the authori
ties of the Portland Library would
select for the twenty-five best boys'
books. Their judgment on such mat
ters is usually pretty sound. We sus
pect that it is sound enough to keep
them silent on a subject where cer
tainty is impossible. But the Chicago
public librarian has spoken out in no
feeble tones. His voice resounds
throughout th land and, were he in
fallible, we" should Vnow from this
time forth forevermore exactly what
books to let the boys read. In his
list of twenty-five are included some
which everybody would hit upon with
out debate. Aladdin, the Jungle
book and Robinson Crusoe are of this
sort and so Is Stevenson's Treasure
Island. These are books which boys
would read on their own accord if
they had the chance. But the list
contains others which are totally un
fit. Don Quixote, for instance. Is not
a "boys book." It is written for ma
ture men and even of them a good
many have not the experience and
The list of. the Chicago librarian
contains books which normal boys
would scorn, such as Mother Goose
and "Little Women." The latter is
distinctly-a book for girls. , excellent
of its kind, but vacant of pretty near
ly . all that enthralls the interest of
healthy boys. Qne of the best books
mentioned is Franklin's Autobiogra
phy, which is admirably suited to
youths at the critical time of life when
they are choosing their vocations and
fixing their ambitions. There -was
more of the genuine spirit of the
United States in Franklin than in
any other Revolutionary hero. His
life is a perpetual inspiration and his
own account of it is a classic which
every boy "will greedily devour if his
taste has not been spoiled by too much
coddling. A quiet hint from a grown
man, whom a boy "likes," often
causes him. to read a book that gives
point to his whole life. Every boy
should have such a friend among his
elders.
THE MATERNAL INSTINCT.
An Eastern newspaper announces
an article on "The Fading of the Ma
ternal Instinct." The authors are Mr.
and Mrs. John Martin. One does not
need to read the article to know pretty
accurately what it will say. There
will be the usual hash of misleading
statistics about the reluctance of col
lege girls to marry. It will be pointed
out how disgracefully the New York
cannery women employes have for
saken the home for filthy lucre and
there will be a full recital of the
desertion of the kitchen and its duties
by the New York sweat-shop girls.
The burden of the Martin song wilt
be that the country" is producing too ;
few children and that we are conse
quently drifting down the deadly cur
rent of race suicide; We do not pre- I
diet a. very warm reception to the Mar
tin wail, for the country has already
wept so much over the decay of ma-
ternallsm that it has few tears left
to shed. Very few indeed to shed
over the empty chimera. The man
who talks about the decay of ma
ternalism, or any other fundamental
human instinct, by the very nature of
th case talks nonsense.
Emerson, who said so many wise
things, hit the nail on the head re
garding this particular matter when
he wrote that ''nature had so over
loaded the parental passions that they
outweighed everything else in the
world." This is just as true now as
It ever was. The growth of edu
cated intelligence has imposed some
wholesome checks upon indiscrim
inate fecundity. The habit of bring
ing children into the world who must
necessarily starve, die of filth diseases
and live lives of crime has been merci
fully checked and will be checked
still more as we become more sensible.
But who has any right to call this a
"decay of the maternal instinct"?
There is all the difference in the world
between intelligent guidance and de
cay. The race is now turning its at
tention to the proper nurture and up
bringing of children. It has resolved
that they shall no longer die prema
turo deaths from easily preventable
causes. The conservation of children
will do far more for the welfare of
the race than the slaughter of the
innocents which has been the rule
since time began.
This country wastes vast areas of
arable land in roadways. The used
part of a road Is seldom more than
eighteen or- twenty feet wide. The
rest of the four rods commonly in
cluded is waste. It is a nursery of
weeds, a harbor for vermin. It were
much better to make the road of a
reasonable width and devote the rest
of the space to crops.
On a. morning a few days ago a
jitney five-passenger car on the Divi
sion line run brought over the Haw
thorne bridge a load of twelve people,
beside the chauffeur. There was no
more standing room. Nothing hap
pened, which was fortunte. Is there
necessity for regulation of such
things? '
It is a. novel situation when Amer-
icarl banks say to Europe: "We don't
want your gold." We have all the
essentials of prosperity except the
readiness of people to use surplus
capital in development.
The only means of keeping ships
under the American flag is to enable
them legally to dodge the seamen's
law. AVhat a recommendation for a
new law! What a testimony to the
wisdom of its framers!
The Commissioner of Pensions is
candid in., saying the best interests
demand two Democrats and one Re
publican on the examing boards. That
is not the ratio of pensioners, how
ever.
Queer ways there are of rendering
verdicts by Coroner's juries. If a
train hits an auto, the crew is to
blame: if an auto hits a man, he is
blamed for getting in the way.
When Germany begins to conciliate
the United states, Britain soon fol
lows suit, as evidenced by the release
of German and Austrian exports held
up at Rotterdam.
Up in British Columbia a hunter
killed his friend by mistake, of course,
using a kind of rifle prohibited by
the game laws. Now watch him get
punishment.
Governor Whitman says more than
40 per cent of deaths in New York
are preventable, which will prove
true If they send enough gunmen to
the chair.
While Europe is busy destroying
human life. New York is conserving
it, yet New York is considered among
the less progressive American cities
Konantz, the undertaker of Fort
Scott, anJ his four cabdrivers will
enter the Paul Revere class of those
who saved nations and cities.
Funny how a man a long time away
from home forgets he has a wife and
takes another. Funny, too, what they
do to him.
The woman burglar is in our midst.
but a wise Providence has sent home
the folks who were at the beaches.
Healthy, as usual, is the report of
Portland banks to the Controller.
The Hercules mine is well named.
It lifts record weights of metal.
The British fleet had target prac
tice yesterday morning.
Von Tirpitz will not resign while
the hunting is good.' , '
European War Primer
By National Geographical Society.
THI
R
E famed Winter Palace of the
I
Russian Czar 'probably has seen
more romantic history in the making
than any other building in Europe. The
dramas that have unfolded within its
walls would overshadow, if told, the
most highly colored Imaginings of po
litical fictionists. and the huge build
ing appears worthy of all the fascinating-
memories whicn cling to it. For
generations Russia lias reached out
from this home of the empire toward
ever more distant frontiers, toward
every compass point, building the
greatest of states. 1
Among the many palaces of Petro
grad. a elty wherein Dukes. Grand
Dukes, diplomats and millionaires dwell
in abundance, the Czar's Winter Palace,
a structure of truly imperial immen
sity, stands out unapproachable. It Is
one of the world's largest and most
imposing buildings and the air of its
rooms and corridors is surcharged with
the romance of history. During the
capital seasons in peace times the most
brilliant court in Europe could be seen
here, when the great rooms were
ablaze with light and jewels and filled
with a splendid display of gowns and
uniforms.
The Winter Palace stands on the left
bank of the Neva, on a site bequeathed
to Peter the Great by his High Admi
ral. Count Apraxlu. The Empress Anne
first made her residence in the Admi
ral a house, which was pulled down in
1754, and the foundations of the Winter
Palace laid. The building was first
completed in the reign of Catherine the
Great. The whole interior of the pal
ace was destroyed by fire in December.
1837, when valuable's estimated at 820.
000.000 were consumed. It was re
stored on an even more elaborate scale
in 1S39. The structure is four stories
high, or about 80 feet, with a frontage
of 455 feet and a width of 350 feet. The
principal entrance, -the . "Perron des
Ambassadeurs." is from the Neva River.
Connected with tho Winter Palace is
the Hermitage of Catherine the Great,
where the renowned Queen played first
bohemian in a bohemian throng.
There is a table hung on the walls
of the palace, draped with a. green cur
tain, which contains Queen Catherine's
by-laws fcr the Hermitage societies.
They were:
"First, leave your rank outside, as
well as your hat, and especially your
sword. Second, leave your right of
precedence, your pride and any similar
feeling outside tho door. Third, be
gay, but do not spoil anything; do not
break or gnaw anything. Fourth, sit.
stand, walk as you will, without refer
ence to anybody. Fifth, talk moderate
ly and not very loud, so as not to make
the ears and heads of others ache.
Sixth, argue without anger and with
out excitement Seventh, neither sigh
nor yawn no' make anybody disil or
heavy. Eighth, in all innocent games,
whatever one proposes, let all join.
Ninth, eat whatever is sweet and sa
voury, but drink in moderation, so that
each may find his legs on leaving the
room. Tenth, tell no tales out of
school; whatever goes In at one car
must go out at the other before leav
ing the room."
Good tules all, but rufes difficult for
any but a Queen to Hold before her
friends. The penalty for breaking the
rules was the drinking of a glass of
cold water for every offense. The
Queen was most severe with those who
broke the 10th commandment; they
were never again admitted to tho Her
mitage after beln ; o-ice found guilty of
tittle-taitle.
An Immense square before the pal
nee give? it the proper dignity of set
ting. AVithin. it is said. "000 people
can dance under the hlazlng light crys
tals at one time while 2000 people can
no seated at tho great dinner gather
ings, 'ine of the finest collections of
pictures fn Tliissla is hung on the pal
ace walls, among them numerous ex
cellent war pictures. Among the jew
els stored here there is a scepter with
one of the largest diamonds in Europe.
194fj cat-ats, the great Orloff diamond.
which was originally the eye of a lion
that crouched before the throne of the
Great Mogul. When the Czar is in the
vicinity of his capital the imperial
Ftanriar.1 floats from the Winter Talace
flagstaff.
"SHTS" KNOftiH FOR HAWAH J.WK
CorreMpnndent Intimates) ri-tiovernor
(leer la Needleaely Worried.
I'OP.TUXD, Sept. 8. (To the lid
itor.) -In a recent issue ex-Governor
Geer was considerably alarmed over
the fate of Hannah Jane and her social
status. It seems she couldn't get Into
the "exclusive set" because Emmy Eon
got there first. There are. according
to the society editor, enough sets to ac
commodate most everyone. For in
stance, we have the "first families
"the oldest families," -"the popular
set. "the smart e and in San Fran
Cisco the "ultra exclusive smart set."
At least I suppose they have, for an
Orceonlan reporter said one of our
young ladies was entertained by it.
If none of these will take In Door
Hannah Jane, perhaps the ex-Governor
will arrange for her entrance into the
"pioneer set." Again, Hannah Jane may
bump into an exclusiveness 'even more
dominant than all the rest. Her parents
may not have foreseen the necessity
of coming to Oregon so early In life as
to insure her safe entrance In the so
ciety of the Patricians of Oregon. But
we should worry! There are others who
can't get in either and must content
themselves as being mere "plebes." At
any rate, some have improved both
their mental and physical condition
over that of their ancestors, which is
far better than belonging to an aris
tocracy which claims Its privileges
from what an honest or dishonest an
cestor possessed. E. D. M.
OT HER PASTORS AID IX HARVEST
Plalnview Ouldoea Oregon City, Having
Two Preaehera In Field.
PLAINVIEW. Or.. Sept. 6. (To the
Editor.) I saw an article in The Ore
gonian September 4 about a minister
at Oregon City working "one" day in
the harvest field. Now we have two
ministers here at Plainview who have
worked every day since the beginning
of hay harvest up to the present time,
and one of them Is the presiding elder
at that of the United Brethren Church.
They thresh some evenings until 8
o'clock and on Sunday morning come
into the pulpit clean shaven and
dresssed spick and span and give a
splendid sermon, hold Endeavor with
the young people Sunday evening and
are up bright and early Monday morn
ing to the harvest field. Now. come
again, Oregon City. READER.
Put Youraelf Laat.
PORTLAND. Sept- T. (To the Ed
itor.) To settle a dispute, will you
kindly state if it is ever proper to put
yourself first in speaking of another
person and yourself. For instance: I
and John robbed the bank, or should
it be John and I robbed the bank?
OLD SUBSCRIBER.
Even In -robbing a bank it is not
good form to put- yourself first where
another is concerned. "John and 1
robbed the bank" is the correct form,
whether you rob a bank or do any
thing else together. .
Firea Endangering Property.
LENTS, Or.. Sept. 8. (To the Ed
itor.) A person in this neighborhood
is building fires on vacant lots and en
dangering property. To whom should
complaint be made? MRS. H. A. D.
If it is within the city limits, com
plain to the Fire Bureau. City Hall, in
person or by telephone.--'
Stars and Starmakers
By Leone Caa
N a mad search lor news to fill up
this column my perlsrlnattous led
me onto the Baker 8 tape -during re-
hearsal, where th thespians and thes-
, . . . I
ing to go on and speak their little
pieces for Walter Gilbert, teacher. In I
Whispers we compared notes and lm-
pressions gleaned from vacation days. I
And we- all agreed that -what we like
best in the Una of vacations Is a sort
of social jitney.
All Frances McHenry asks Is a good
bed, good food, but not too much of it.
tor leading women must take care of
. v. . . . . .
their lines off as we as on the stage,.
and she wants little dressing for
dinner." I saw the dark and pic-
tureaque Miss McHenry at a dinner
k n1 T tVint sl-n Kb.. 1 1 v
-i iuu" Liiaw oiirj unco 1 1 . coo- i
j , w v i
uiinici a cu ucu cue a uui
vacationing,. in BKirt oi ner ainner
gown was plentiful, however. Also she I
doesn't like mottoes on the walls and
we all echoed her sentiment!!
waiter wuoeri says ne nates vaca-
tioning places where folk attempt to
improve your mind and morals. And
we all agreed that we like best to go
to places where people don't eat and
talk with tha same face.
Where we are asked nothing and can
ask all we please.
Where we do not have to listen to
moonlighted serenades or some gay
person bursting into melody along the
corridors at early morn.
Vhere we don"t have to sit in at
bridge because our hostess thinks it I
s such a, nice way to pass the time.
Where men don't wear giriish shirts
cut away at the throat.
Where there is not a merry spinster
r an anemic ' youth who says: "Now,
lets all tell our real names."
Mary Fdgett-Baker says she likes to I
get clear away from people who want
to know if actresses really are good
women.
Elizabeth Koss says she shuns the
ones who want to know if girls and
their mothers should tell all to each
other.
And Nancy Duncan avoids the ones
who ask If stripes in skirts ever will
be worn horizontally.
Best of all to get away from are the I
folk who ask if Maude Adams really
as retiring as they say.
If Maxine Elliott really was as cold
to her folks as has been reported.
V
If Billie Burke ever will wear tights
and appear in one of Flo Ziegfcld's
shows.
If George Moore should b
e read by
young ladles.
If dietin
really reduced Texas
Guinan.
If an actress
mash notes.
really gets a lot of I
If an actress can vote and retain her
charm.
If chorus
pagne.
rirls really live on cham-
And if Al J olson is really a darky.
Bartlett Bertleaon, who has an initial
in front of the Bartlett, but who is
otherwise perfectly allright, is the gen
tlemanly publicity manager for "The
Birth of a Nation" the doctor in at
tendance as - it were. He tells
amusing story of a box office man in
one of our Western towns, who, like I
the tniioi- h.i i . u ' ,1
. filing mu proceeaea to
put. nis meaa into elect through the
ticket window. One day when there
was a long line of people in front of
the box office, about 30 minutes' before
It was time for tho curtain to go up.
he determined to give the right scat to
the right person.
J ne nrst one in line was a good-
looking youth accompanied by a young I
lady, so the ticket seller gave them I
seats in Bl.
The next was a young girl with a
dog In her arms. "Are dogs allowed in
this theater?" "Certainly," the treas
urer replied, "we have a special seat
for dogs. Put him in K9."
new!" said the next, a perspiring.
fat old man. but its hot!' The ticket
seller gave him a seat In Z row.
A Jolly young fellow followed. "Give
me a good seat," he said. "I've had a
bang up dinner and want to enjoy the
show.' He was handed a seat In 18.
Have you seen any one. waiting for
me?" asked the young lady who camel
next. no. said the ticket seller, "but
take this seat and perhaps you may
nnd her." She looked at the coupon
aim saw it was marked CI.
"Hurry," said the man whose turn it
was next. "I want to see the curtain
go up."
And the usher seated him
in B4.
The couturynian who next presented
nimseii ac me winaow got seated in 1J.
The man next in line was a noted
bad pay, and the ticket agent gave
him a seat in OI.
Just heard this. When Edward Wood
ruff first returned he paid a call at
the studio of an artist friend and. to
his amazement, found there a model.
coiupieieiy urapea in iurs ana carrying
a fur muff.
"What's the idea?" asked Woodruff.
"What do you mean?" asked the
artist
"Why all the furs?" continued E. W.
"I expected to see some Latin Quarter
stuff."
"Oh It's this way," explained the I
artist, I am now doing my covers for
Winter magazines. I have to sketch
these covers six months in advance."
"All right," said Mr. woodruff, as
he walked out. "I'll come back and
call in December
"Made a Loan" Correct.
DAYTON. Wash., Sept. 6. (To the
Editor.) r noticed the newspaper dis
patches a few days ago started that
England had made a loan to
strengthen its credit in this country.
Was the expression "made a loan" cor
rect in the sense of borrowing money?
v JOHN BRINING.
The expression is unquestionably
correct. There are several justitlca
tions of the use of "made" in this sense
in the lengthy definitions and explana
tions of- the use of the very "make"
and its various forma, in any good die
tionary. The use in the sense men
tloned is good regardless of its refer
ence .to action by the borrower or the
lender. .
Twenty-Five Years Ago
Frora The Orearonian, September , 1S0.
The re-enumeration of the census in
Multnomah County, as was expected,
showed, an increase of 14.257 over the
Ias5 botched census, which the county
accept. The recount shows 75.257 In
, county. 68,917 being in the city. The
ngures were given out at the meeting
of the Chamber of Commerce last
night.
Olympia. Wash. Judge W. H. Calk
ins, of Taeoma. has formally entered
the Senatorial race against Senator
loquirc.
Berlin The maneuvers at Karlucks-
b,urS presented a brilliant spectacle.
braperor William and Count von Moltke
were hlgrMy pl(?asei The use of amoUe.
iess powder proved of more advantage
to the defending than to the attacking
irs. Auigan cott jjuniway nas Deen
t r..; j . . . , , ,
tin V1TM 1 f M wl TCkKB f It v zfm- rl urtniio I
congress of the Oregon State Secular
Union at isew Arion Hall.. Second and
Oak streets, October 11. 12 and 13. She
aKd her tex' from the Declaration
OI iaucuciiueiiuQ.
fi a. Webb, the well-known r,reh, ra
ist of Silverton, Marion County, has
sent to the rooms of the Board of Im
migration for exhibition and sampling
purposes a tine lot or iSartlett pears
that were raised on his place.
Fannie Ward, even in her rags, was
fetching as Nan Canty in "The Prince
and the Pauper" at the Marquam Grand
Theater last night.
Tennyson wants Owen Meredith to
be his successor in the literary spot- .
light, it is announced on gQOd author
ity from England.
Jonathan Bourne, the Portland min
ing king, leaves tomorrrow for . the
Okanogan mining district.
John Wanamakcr. Postmaster Gen
eral, has advertised for proposals for
carrying of mails from Port Townsend,
Wash., by Lorlng. Fort Wrangle, Doug
las, Juneau and Ivillisnoo. Alaska.
The threatened asssault by John L.
Sullivan nrmn the drama, war mnrie
September 1 at Niblo's Garden. New
York. The famous pugilist played a
part in a new melodrama called "Hon
est Hearts and Willing Hands." and
"did it as well and as badly as could be
expected.." says a special dispatch.
Half a Century Ago
From The Orcgonian. September H, 1S65.
It i becoming more evident that con
siderable numbers of rebels a.re pur
posing to come from their own stales
In the Paciflr Men who were denied
pardon on account of their treason will
drift to these states and territories
and it may be that some will seek
prominent positions here. The New Or
leans Picayune says there are many
en route West through Mexico.
The first cotton mill on the Pacific
Coast is now nearly completed at Clin
ton, Alameda County. Cal. It will be
In operation by November 15. There
will be 2 looms operated.
On Thursday last the following per
sons, having pass.scd the requisite ex
amination before the Supreme Court at
Salem, were admitted to practice as at
torneys in the courts of Oregon: K A.
Moreland and H. W. Scott, of Portland;
M. H. Adams, of Canyon City, and Mr.
Flynn. late of New York.
Mention was made some time ago of
I "i effort to raise the frigate Congress.
ivhich was sunk In Hampton Roads by
the rebel rain Merimac in IStil. just
before the arrival of the little iron-clad
Monitor at th scene of action. The
effort has Been entirely successful and
the Congress, which went down with
I colors flying and her guns speaking de
fiance to her almost invulnerable an
tagonist, now floats proudly again ou
the surface of the deep.
New York Genernl Lee has accepted
the presidency of Washington College,
irglnla, and he has expressed the fol
lowing sentiments: That It is the dnty
of every citizen In the present condi-
tio" r the country to do all in his
power to aid in restoring peace ami
policy of the state or general Govern-
ment directed to that object, and that
It is particularly incumbent on those
charged with the young to set an ex
ample oi submission to authority.
Albany. N. Y. The Democratic state
convention assembled here September
S. Charles H. u infield was chosen
president pro tern and proceeded to ad
dress the convention. Tho following
resolution was adopted: "Resolved.
That the Tammany Hall organization
embers have been regularly elected as
delegates to this convention."
The County Commissioners have ap
pointed A. B. Stuart Coroner, vice Dr.
Griswold, resigned.
Jeff Davis' plantation in Mississippi
is now used for the support of the poor
and infirm among the freedmen.
Pomcroy and Wendllng.
FORTE AND. Sept. 7. (To the Edi
tor.) Will you kindly inform mo
through your valuable paper when and
where M. M. (Brick) I'onieroy died.
ind what was the last public labor of
his life? Also 1 would like to know
if the noted lecturer George R.
Wendling is living, and If so where.
A. HUNTER.
M. M. (Brick) Pomeroy. the Ameri-
can journalist, political essayist and
humorist, died May 30, 1896, at Brook-
lyn. N. Y. His foremost public labor
toward the end or his me was in
1 stirring up interest in tunneling
through the Rocky Mountains from
Denver. This was known as the Atlan
tic-Pacific railway tunnel and was
promoted through the paper he started
in Denver known as -the Great West.
His last days were spent in New York
M a lawyer, mining man and publisher.
His "Pomeroy's Advance Thought" was
widely known toward the end of his
career.
George Reuben Wendllng'o address
is Charles Town, W. Va.
Capital Punishment.
NADER. Wash.. Sept. 8. (To the Ed
itor.) Please tell me through The Ore
gonian if capital punishment is abol
ished in the State of Washington.
A CONSTANT READER.
Life imprisonment Is the legal pen
alty for capital crime in Washington.
To the Small
Storekeeper
Perhaps yours is a neighborhood
store that can afford little or no
newspaper advertising.
All -the more reason why you
should try to get the advantage
when the manufacturer advertises
his goods in the newspapers.
Fut the advertised goods on dis
play while the advertising a run
ning. '
Let the people who patronize your
store see the goons at the same
time they are reading the adver
tising. It will Increase your business and
add to the prestige of your store.