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rORTLAN D, THU HSDAY, OCT. t, 1915.
BALKAN TANGLE GROWS WORSE
By defying Russia and sending an
yitimatum to fcerma. igana nas
tral empires. The Czar-, decision to
compel Buleraria. to take sides was a
bold stroke of. strategy doubtless
adopted in concert "with his allies for
the purpose of clearing up the en
tire Balkan situation. Until Greece
and Roumania have made their choice
between Joining the allies and remain
ing neutral, it will be impossible to
lorm an opinion wnetner itussia acted
wisely, for the action of the two
minor states is still In doubt.
Russia's decision was doubtless
prompted by the threat of the Teutons
to aescena upon serDia witn over
whelming force, unite their army with
that of Bulgaria and rush to the aid
f Turkey. It was necessary for the
protection of Serbia that a Bulgarian
attack in the rear be warded off. The
Greek alliance with Serbia and hatred
of Bulgaria Reem tn Vi a ve hpn triisten
to enlist the Hellenic kingdom in the
allied cause and to secure Greek aid
in defending Serbia from Bulgaria
and Greek consent to the landing of
willed trooDS at Salonica for the same
purpose. Fear of Bulgarian revenge
for the war of 1913 and hope of ter
ritorial acquisitions from Austria
were expected to draw Roumania into
the war on the allies' side. If these
expectations should be realized, there
would be a large net gain to the al
lied forces, for the Greek army about
equals mat or Bulgaria, and the Rou
manian army of about 600,000 men
woum do so much to the good.
But the dynastic alliances of the
Balkan kings with Germany are be
ing used by that country to thwart
the obvious wishes of their people.
Jvtng Constantine, of Greece, is mar
ried to the Kaiser's sister Snnhie nr..
rier whose Influence he is doing his ut
most to preserve Greek neutrality
aided by German intrigue and Ger
man money. Rather than yield to
the popular will he has caused a
cabinet crisis and perhaps risked his
throne, for public sentiment is far
more Rtronelv in favnr nf war than
the vote in Parliament indicates. The
Greeks deposed King Otto, .a Ba
varian, in 1862, because he opposed
their democratic ambitions, and a like
fate may befall Constantine.
King Ferdinand, of Roumania, is
a German Prince of the Hohenzollern
family, lived in Germany for the first
twenty-eight years of his life and is
certainly in sympathy with the Teu
tons, although married to a British
Princess. Popular sympathy with
Serbia and the allies, hnn hon heirf
In restraint, not only by government
policy, but by business reasons and by
the spectacle of Russian defeats at
the door. The court and cabinet in
clude strong pro-German influences,
vet transport 'of arms through the
country from Germany to Turkey has
heen forbidden and Bulgaria's mobil
ization has caused warnings that it
will be regarded as unfriendly and has
heen met by concentration of troops
on the frontier. German influence
seems to have made less headway in
prompting the King to run counter
to public sentiment in Roumania. than
in Greece. It remains to be seen
whether the people will not drive the
government Into action when Bulgaria
attacks Serbia.
In siding with Germany and Austria,
Czar Ferdinand, of Bulgaria, not only
gratifies his people's desire for re
venge on Serbia, but uses that sen
timent to gratify his own racial sym
pathy and his dynastic ambition. 'He
Is a Prince of Saxe-Coburg, was born
in Vienna and was serving in the Hun
garian army when called to the Bul
garian throne. His affiliations with
both central empires are therefore
close. He Is said to have been tempted
not only by the prospect of gain
ing the territory which Bulgaria's
enemies seized in 1913, but by the
prospect of reigning as Czar at Con
stantinople over a restored Byzantine
empire. How that promise could be
reconciled by Germany with the em
pire's alliance with Turkey is not easy
to explain. Czar Ferdinand is also
opposed by a large proportion of his
people, who do not relish the thought
if aiding their former oppressor, Tur
key, against their deliverer, Russia,
no matter how much they hate Serbia,
Greece and Roumania.
Balkan statecraft is such a tangle
of cross-purposes between each nation
and its rulers and between different
nations, while each element is pulled
this way and that by the great
warring powers, that any guess at
its outcome is as good as any other
until each nation is definitely aligned
in the war. The' allies have been
prompted to force a decision by the
imminence of a Teuton attack on Ser
bia and by a determination that, if
Bulgaria is going against them, she
should be compelled to move at a
nine cnosen Dy tnem. One Dur
- - . - i
r -. "ecu iu
produce a moral effect on Ttitlimrl
Greece and Roumania, as well as to
" "
force a diversion of Teuton troops
from the eastern front to the. wi
It
seems to have succeeded so far that
. 1
the Germans and Austrian. hnve hue-. I
. -w..
brought to a standstill in that quar-
ter. As Winter is at hand in Russia,
the Teutons may have decided to stop
where they are and entrench for the
The apartment of a modern co-ed
is no safe place for prowling burglars.
The college gid of today is inclined
to be vigorous of body, as well as of
mind, anil frequently has nothing of
that timidity which is peculiar to her
sex. Hence she does not hesitate to
grapple with the midnight intruder
as a hapless burglar at Berkeley has
learned after a desperate struggle
which nearly cost him his freedom.
Jf not his life. The unhesitating and
active mannp-r in wnicli roH
forma co-ed tackled her unwelcome
visitor suggests that the second
story worker would be safer robbing
mere men.
DO THEY STAND BT WILSON?
President Wilson says the country
must be - prepared "very adequately
prepared" not for . war, but for
defense. That is the doctrine of a
real Americanism. -
If the President's wise words shall
find a genuine response in': prompt
and suitable Congressional action, the
country will be satisfied. The Presi
dent knows, and Congress should
know, that preparedness is the great
question of -the hour. It should not
be a partisan matter, but It will be, if
the Democratic majority in Congress
fails to do its full duty.
Where does the Democratic party
stand on preparedness? Wbrm An
the organs of Democratic nniniiin
stand ? ' Where do , the Democratic
clubs stand?
The local Jackson Club, which
busies itself with affairs of human
Concern, has a great chance to save
the day for the Dfimopmcv ft nnriit
to let President Wilson know that
regon Democrats are with him if
iev s,7-o Tt i,ij J,
tn It h give words of
Affairs Committee. It should put the
nomocracy ngnt with Its leaders and
with the world.
Or, does the Jackson Club, with the
snaaow or Bryan and a supine inver
tebracy over it, fear to choose between
duty and expediency?
THE HELPING HAND.
Nimble flnsrera anil' tender licnio
of Portland soon are to join In the
Humanitarian duty of alleviating,
wherever possible, suffering brought
on by the war In lnrnna a- , v.
Multnomah Hotel next Monday morn
ing women of various callings and sta
tions will unite in. the volunteer work
of maklne bandne-es ni -.ren-rin-.
surgical dressings for the wounded
Buiuiers in tne crimson battle zone.
It is-signiflcant that the.SA hnHaees
laid, cut and sewed with loving hands!
lor an tne soldiers all. Suf
fering on. the battlefield knows no
national or racial lines; neither does
the ministration of the American
women in this. one, nf ha-.
accomplishments. It is to be a work
of international relief.
When this work starts next week
It will be one of serious sacrifice and
one In which, everv woman esn o-h
will be soberlv intmttni c- i ,
- w.-.?i.vu. uuuidl
demands for some will be relegated;
luf otners time no doubt needed at
their homes will be employed, but the
good they will An
- ..V. . w iUIU.
lne American woman is needed in the
uaitio zone in this way. Perhaps a
bandage sewed in Pnr)inn,i
stanch the flow that is drenching
save a lire. Those who
cannot give time perhaps can give of
old linens. Dins and thren t,.
aim to ply the needle can wrap the
bandages or cut the cloths ti,
work for all women to do, and the
sigh of relief that will ,f"
some warrior, be he British or Ger
man, French or Austrian, or of Whl
ever nationality, will be the blessing
on every one who aids in this work
snini8 work,
I
President Wilson has vlelrtd ir. I
Counsel in rierlrilnr
tra session of the Senate fnr-
t, .i j i. iu - n i i u. ii eX'
poses of revising the rni v.,,
ing cloture and of ratifying the Co- coast France and Spain and in ther
lombian and Nicaraguan treaties. Medlterranean, where few American
The object of the cloture would be to snips aro found, and where the trans
enable the Administration to Jam ports carrying troops and supplies to
through the ship purchase bill and
other party measures, but it is so ob-
jectionable to many Senators, both
- u.ucb.VA0, UULU
Democratio and Rennhlimn ,
extra four or six weeks before the
regular session began would be spent
in debate. Feeling would probably
become so bitter that the ri.hat. nM
extend far beyond December oni
would put the Senate in nr
mind for calm consideration of the ur
gent business of the country.
The time is especially inopportune
to discuss cloture, because the prin
cipal legislation to be considered is not
of the kind to be jammed through
by a party vote. It is of the kind
which requires the earnest
tion of both parties in carrying the
Nation through a critical time, when
the voice of party should be stilled.
Congress must promptly provide in
creased revenue, for the definit i in
creasing at the rate of J500.000 a day
ana at that rate the treasury may be
empty by January 1. The President
will need the aid of Republicans in
providing for National defense, for
he will encounter determine nnnn.!-
tion in his own party. He should also
have realized by this time tnn noth
ing effective can be done for the mer
chant marine by the means he has
proposed and that he mav ret some
thing useful done if he will listen to
omers Desldes Secretary McAdoo.
tne suojects we have mentioned
are of a 'kind that nreclnries srtinn
by the jamming through process, but
that requires taking counsel with all
the best minds of Congress. Cloture
is out or place at such a time.
WORKING FOR PERMANENT PEACE.-
There Is a close kinsh
the movement to prepare the Nation
iJi lis own aeiensn nnf the
ment started by the League to En
force Peace. The one nlms tn me.t
conditions as they are. the other to
cnange tnose conditions very much
for the better. It is in support of the
latter movement that h)u.m c
Houston will speak at the Chamber of
commerce this evening on "Commerce
and Peace."
The cause Mr. Houston win advo
cate is a practical means of progress
towards realizing an ideal the ideal
of universal peace. It is as closelv
"ii-u cue cause or .National de-
auiea witn tnat of fire fiehtln
We need a stroner Armv ani TSTaw
""' witn. war, out we should
not relax our efforts to prevent war
fight war with war, but we should
by converting the world's armies into
, . --. ju tue-oiner
Jinnri n 1-4 ,
woria ponce force. On the -other
...,.,v nmnuif; LUUSB eiiorts. We
should not. In anticipation of their
full success, permit the Army and
Xavy to remain insufficient for their
purpose. That would be a3 outright
folly as it would be for Portland to
abolish its fire department because the
city is striving to prevent fires
ne ieasrue to Enforce Peace does
t MlPnitra re on.. . I
a - . . ... j i. 1
OeS nOt nrODOSe th., n,Hnn.
disarm before they have reduced the
il a. nar 10 a point Where they I
can safely do so. It proposes Plans
viujjuoca pians i
oc settling international quarrels by I
a world court or by conciliation, the
auw-i-ess or wnicn would naturally lead
- - - . - ..um uoiuinuy ieao I
to a reduction of armaments through I
realization that huge armies and
navies were no longer needed. The
nations would be bound together in
an agreement to combine their forces
against any nation which broke the
peace without exhausting judicial and
conciliatory means' of settling -disputes.
Far from hpfno " . ; . 1. i
- r auwvuoslcuv niui
this permanent peace rrlovement, Na
tional defense measures would great
ly ma it. j.r tnis Nation puts itself
in Position to OvornnwAT- or,r o
ing force, the close of the war will
find it able to dominate the world
in the cause of peace. It will have
resources in men, material and money
uuuimmisDen Dy war, in contrast with
nations well-nitrh hanknmt in
and monev. Tha TTnitH afn .j 1 1
- " ' -. . ... Ltfc k. ao win
then command respect, not only by
ul lutiy jueais it sets forth, but by
Its ability to combat any nation
which, reiectins- thnc, . ,
It. Without that ability our plea for
peace might be mistaken by the vic
tors for the nlea. of th
strong not to use his strength.
j.ne maxim, "In time of peace
prepare for war," has its counterpart,
equally wise, "In time of war pre
pare for rp en " Thot ta i a . i
- " . io i me
league advises the United States to
j aTd therU110
ao- and the two ca
me two can be followed at
the same time with perfect consis
tency. QIARBEI, WITH GERMANY EJTDED.
Germany's disavowal of the acts of
submarine commanders in sinking the
Arabic as well as the Lusltanla, taken
in conjunction with the a o.AA.
- " "P). Llllllll UUl
to sink unarmed and unresisting lin
ers without warning, concedes prac
tically everything the United States
has asked with regard to submarine
war. Some doubt remains whether
m immunity or liners from sudden
attack is to extenrl to freight
which are not onemte nn 1
lines. but it is not probable that Ger
many, aiter naving yielded the prin
ciple, would hold out on -such a point.
This dlDlnrantto .
dent. Wllspn really dates from the suc-
ceaoion oi'Air. Iansing to Mr. Bryan
as Secretary of State. It proves that
Mr. Bryan, on arnmtnt o 1.1. .
' . 1 mo cAueaaive
devotion to peace, actually endangered
'"U'J reiauons with Germany
by his mere nrnra at .. 1 j
- ..." ueau U 1
the State Department. It proves that
the elimination of such a man and
the substitution of a man who does
not exclude war from the means he
will use to unhoM Tsrntinnoi i 1-. .
. -..MoiiiQuut nave
been most effective m -.
peace, while at the same time preserv
ing our rights. A man i
proud to fight" or who regards war
as a greater evil than National humil
iation, will surely bring upon the
Nation the latter ..n i
--cu u.uu give a
standing Invitation to any- aggressive
uaciuu 10 attacK us.
Germany may be making a virtue of
necessity. If runnrt. r,nn J;.
ferent quarters are to be credited, Ger-
ud.Uys loss or submarines has been
OUt Of all nrnnnrtfnn n 1
' mo icsuiu
attained bv the anhm.in. ,
- .UuiiuC VlillJitlgll
ihis seems to be particularly true of
fhT w ? , narro waters around
be BrlUsh Isles, as the British have
1 -Ut fro1" experience the best
?!.aS f crabaUng the submarine.
to I L ' "X y De PreParinS practically
Uh "cw'""" extended operations in
those waters and, without announcing
that purpose, she may be playing for
advantage by representing
this action as an act or rnnr-in9in.
the TJnltorl Statoo i- , ...
the United States. Kpw .lar
submarines are evidently k
farther afield to onerato nrr. th. ,
tho rardanelles can be attacked. It
thess Pen waters the patrol which
l"0 j-'a.iua.iieiies can be attacked. In
according to British reports, lias been
so effective against submarines in
British waters, would have h,,t 11
ited chance of catching any prey. An
entire change of naval strategy, which
has been found wise on its merits, may
have been used by Germany to mollify
the United States.
3IOYTE3 FOR THE ELITE.
All New York Is to get in on the
joys of the movies. No longer will
this diversion he confined t tv. -
siderable portion of the 400,000 which
delights to barter a nickel or a dime
for five reels of fun and thrills. The
elite now have their change rn, a th
ater has been dedicated to' their spe
cial oeneiit ana the vulgar herd is
excluded by a placard which an
nounces ' that the admission nrire is
three dollars. If we mav believe the
reports, the new enterprise is being
liberally patronized by the select and
elect, who are findins- tho mnvie nen.
ple a fine surcease from ennui.
x or their three dollars these gilded
patrons get nothing special in the way
of film entertainment The opening
picture heralded a second-rate come
dian in a third-rate picture. But the
quality of the Dicture is nnite a sec
ondary matter. It is the exclusiveness
that counts. No common person will
pay three dollars for a ten-oent sh
The vulgar wretch has too much sense
for that. So those hisrhlv cultivated
individuals whose dollars came as an
Incident of birth, not as a return for
service, mav feel themselves r,,,ftA
secure in the perfumed environs of the
tnree-dollar picture show.
Of course they will not eet n. munh
for their three dollars as the common
herd does for a dime. The wealthy
Idlers haven't the same capacity for
enjoyment. They have been thrilled
and amused to death; their senses
are dulled and their senlsihmties
blunted to the sensation of whole
some enjoyment. But the movies will
help to relieve the gloom of boredom
ana tne emptiness of their existence
for a brief spell, which as. the most
they can hope for. The keen relish of
diversions and pleasures remains for
those to whom amusement is an inci
dent or a busy life rather than the sole
object of existence.
TARIFF COMMISSION THE ONLY WAY.
Failure Of the Tariff Commission nf
1882 to secure adoption of Its recom
mendations Dy congress is used by the
New Tork Times as an argument
against establishment of such a com.
mission at this time. It says:
Be the report of any commission never
bo wise, the mere announcement of it 1b a
summons to organize ag-ainst it. In Con
gress an4 out.
crtH,cism of Present plans the
ad:
Tn" 'tuatlon Is that tha present tariff
ture. and has come to te applied under con.
ditlonS Of UneXneteH .Tll.rp.nv TI.. . .
posal is to revise the tariff to fit the emer-
-1 - " j " . 1 niifiicB iiuiaer nvinon 10
mKt the Conditions When the ,marr,npv
SiVtuKing" would bto'VeVi.M'te
lne conditions ot the emergency, leav-
KhihS-!ra?,c" "J" .f,.tbA.,a-1l.ff
to & altare-1. It nece
son of more stability
But the present tariff did not. under
uvi uidi Lunuiuuas, produce enOUgn
revenue and for that reason revision
normal conditions, produce enough
would have been necessary if there
had been no war. Further, the" war
has not only caused a temporary emer
gency requiring temporary changes in
duties for the purpose of increasing
revenue. It has revolutionized world
wide industrial conditions governing
the tariff, and its effects will be felt
for so long after the war that we
must treat those effects as permanent.
In order to adapt the tariff to them,
it is necessary now to begin a study
of them, and no better agency can
be found for making that study than
a commission.
The fate of the commission tariff
of 1882 is no precedent for 1915 or
1916. Public opinion was not awake
then as it now is. The people have
become educated on the tariff and
cannot be fooled as easily as they
w-ere formerlv Thev are annremeiv
disgusted at seeing the tariff used as
puuucai looiDau ana at the log
rolling methods of Congress. Public
opinion, if . thoroughly aroused, can
drive Coneress to estahiieh s hi.h
class, non-partisan, expert and per
manent Tariff Commission, as it has
forced Congress to do many other
things which Congress was reluctant
to do. It can force Congress to adopt
witnout cnange a tariff that is recom
mended by such a commission. The
one thing necessary is to unite public
opinion on this purpose by keeping
the SUblect OUt of nnrtv TifiHH. . .
to bring such pressure upon Congress
" cannot resist ana to sustain this
pressure until the end Is attained
When the country has once enjoyed
mo ueoents or a scientinc, non-political
tariff, it will no more permit a
return to the old system than it
would suffer repeal of the civil serv
ice law or of the Interstate commerce
law.
There is that which savors of p re
arrangement in the nrnmntness
thoroughness with which Germany
10 tne Administration s latest
demands for a German disavowal of
the Arabic affair. After the incident
seemingly had been dropped, Wash
ington finds of a sudden that a dis
avowal was lacking. The matter was
pressed with an unwonted
sion. Two days elarjse n n rl X'nn xterm-
storff comes forward with an abject
apology In behalf of his government.
That diSaVOWal VnillA anneo.
convincing if signed by Von Jagow
vv cents ago.
There mav be cajes where ..--t.
produces nervous prostration that im
pels a man to commit suicide, but
there must be contributory causes,
known or unsusnecteri rnp th.
sical system will automatically relax
when the need of overwork has
reached its limit. When the .entt
strain goes beyond the ability of the
"""J iime a man gets an un
derstudy.
Announcement that merehan vac-
sels are resuming the old Magellan
route between Atlantic and Pacific
has an ominous note. We had
thought completion . of the canal
ended the long course around, but as
the matter now stands the ien
is the short way in addition to being
mj oiiiy certain way.
Kipling gave all he ha t the
cause, his only son, and the young
man is reported missing and prob
ably dead. The boy's mother was an
American girl, sister of Wnlentt
Balestier. ami the iiin e i
. " . dj iiiirnJ J
will reach across th ocean in her
Dereavement. -- -
If Oreeon hail srone rv -1 1
young Dale, of Pilot Rock, might not
be guilty of murdering the aged
couple and those people would be
alive. Dale was verv ilpnnl- v,
j v. uua nucu IIO
committed the deed.
It has talten man v vear.s -rr th
General Board of tne
an Administration to adopt its' 4 8
battleship programme, but, aided by
the logic of the war, it has succeeded
at last.
If we believe what each party says
of what happened to the other in
the battle in France, both armies must
have been well-nigh exterminated.
An English Earl has been named as
chief recruiting officer. Wonder if it
is done because he's competent or be
cause he is an Earl.
The Chinese must get off Commo
dore Wright's mud scows. So says
Labor Commissioner Hoff, with the
law behind him.
. Probe of the Minneapolis election
likely will show tho "wets" had more
votes than the "drys," shocking as it
may seem. -
By and bv license hnrtces win
as plentiful as fraternity buttons.
me cnimney-swceps have them.
The study of foreign geography may
as well be studied, for many lesser
kingdoms will be wiped off the map.
What a "pudding" the junkmen will
have In Europe after the war If these
estimates of shells fired are reliable.
Portugal has a new president, but
the republic is so far outside of the
war zone nobody notices the event.
Unhappy is the man who made the
dire mistake of donning his Winter
woolens the last time It rained.
Mrs. Pankhurst is on the - right
slde now in fighting that women be
allowed to make munitions.
Greece said to France "keep out,"
then left the gate wide open and
turned her 'back.
If the Navy continues to fight
theoretical battles, it will get ready
for a real one.
When rug dealers fall out they re
veal what easy marks they have for
customers.
The demand for high schools In
this city is a little ahead of the eed.
The administration's mind on the
tariff is unchanged. So is the public's.
The price of Tillamook cheese is
rising, but the article is worth it.
James Whitcomb Riley is 62 today
and he's "going like sixty.'' too.
With th'e canal tied up for a month
we see the need of It
Cover the plants, for there Is frost
in the air.
The Balkans are balking in earnest
now.
Stars and Starmakers
By Uoh Cass Baer.
A DOCTOR In Chicago Dr. Willard
xV. H. I Johnson to be exact rushes
Into print with the highly-original
opinion tnat when men marry they
should select wives with "hihu-n,,"
WhiCh nrOVea that Tne Is an nnmorrltwY
man. Women always look baby-eyed
i me peyccoioglcal minute when they
are egging on a proposal.
An actress in an interview says that
"what men do not know about women
would fill a husre book " Just se Rut
what we women do not know abcut
men will also fill a huge volume, sev
eral of 'em In fact. And maybe it's
an ror the best.
Mrs. Howard Russell is in Portland.
She is at the Nortonia with her parents
Judge and Mrs. Lighter. Mrs. Rus
sell Is known professionally as Minnie
Townsend. She has just finished a
happy engagement in San Francisco at
tne lgwam Theater. Howard. Rus
sell Is on tour with the Orpheum
players and this week they are In
Stockton. California, playing "Within
the Law. The reviewers gave a lot
or space to the good work of Mr. Rus
sell In the role of Richard Glider.
A guest in Portland Is N. C Wunr.
the "N." standing for Nathaniel, who
is nero aneaa or that excellent comedy
"A Pair of Sixes." which rounds out
next week at the Helllg. Mr. Wagner's
last visit to us was made in the In
terests of "Ready Money," and he says
uo nopes there's enough of it left In
mo town tor nis, "Pair nf sH-re."
draw.
Whoever said "Ininiiii,n,v
name is woman," has had his theory
provea again. Here in Oregon we had
a woman who complained because she
was deprived of husrs and kisses rr
four years, and now they've found a
woman in Boston who boasts e-leefniiv
of the fact that she's never been hugged
or Kissed.
.
as uress-Lv day approaches I am
personally qualifying to furnish Gen
eral Sherman with a synonym for war.
Musical America tells of a singer
who recently cassed an evenins- at the
house of a lady and stayed late. As he
rose to go tne hostess said:
tray, don't go yet, Mr. Basso; I
want you to sing something for m.
" "Oh, you must excuse me tonight;
It is very late and I should disturh
the neighbors.'
"Never mind the .nelehbora.' an
swered tne woman, quickly; "they
poisoned our dog yesterday.' "
Emma Trentlni. one of the various
BO-Called "little devils Of e-ran eners
may not sing again for a long time.
rv.cceni.iy sne underwent an opera
tion in Milan. Italv. and while she i.
recover'.ng from the effects of it, her
voice is not sufficiently strong to per
mit her to continue her career, and
ncr nnysiciana have fnrhtHHen ka-
undertake an ocean voyage this Au
tumn.
Madame Trentlni left Mew -vn, i-.t
June ior Italy, and has been since that
ume at ner home in Mantova, three
miles from Milan. Her hrnther i. in
the Italian Army, and she has assumed
personal charge of her estate. A
throat affection which had annoyed
her for- some time lnrinne her
un3er the knife. Should she be able
to sing this season, she will hemm.
a member of the grand opera company
which Arturo Toscaninl has organised
In r . 1 ..
Retinoid Wolf. TV" h n has o 11..
ny column In the New York Morning
leiegrapn, tells of the visitation of
Hetty Green at a theater in New Tork.
He tells it thusly:
"when Sen Teal .. . ....
- ..v. ... l. LUS
Longacre Theater last evening, that
Hetty Green, the wealthiest woman In
the world, was occunvinsr a. hut he
became as nervous as a show girl In
ner iirst one-piece bathing suit. Mr.
Teal, who is always impressed In the
presence of huge wealth, finally gained
control of himself, and bowed low three
times in the direction or the hn, rn
by one the other members of the exec
utive staff tiptoed into the foyer, gazed
reverently at the box in which sat Mrs.
Green and her son. Colonel Green, and
bent their heads In solemn obeisance.
"So far as could be ascertained, Mrs.
Green and her son enjoyed "The Girl
Who Smiles' vastly, although be it
said to her credit she did not make a
show of her affluence by throwing
money on the stage to the actors, as Is
sometimes the custom of opulent
champagne agents."
Franklyn Underwood and his wife,
Frances Slosson, are appearing in Los
Angeles at the Burbank in a Joint
starring engagement in stock. This
week they are presenting "The Big
Idea." Ida St. Leon is in the com
pany. It was she who first brought
us "Polly of the Circus."
...
And Polly was written for Mabel
Taliaferro, who was here last week
with "The New Henrietta." At the
time of its production she was the
wife of its owner and producer, Fred
eric Thompson, who built the New
York Hippodrome and established Luna
Park at Coney Island. He is seriously
111 Just now in New York, following a
nervous breakdown. It is said that,
although his condition is critical, there
is a chance for recovery.
Mr. Thompson returned two months
ago from San Francisco, where he had
an amusement concession called Toy
land at the fair. The attraction was
a failure. Recently Brooklyn business
men arranged a benefit for him at
Luna Park which netted about $2000.
It was planned to purchase a home
for him at Coney Island.
Both Miss Taliaferro and Mr. Thomp
son have re-marrled to other people
since their divorce.
An active campaign is on among the
members of the T. M. A. They had 158
members when the excitement started
and when the campaign closes on No
vember first they're expecting to have
250 names on the liat Managers,
ushers, stage hands, actors, everyone
connected with the theater excepting
actresses belong to the T. M. A. There
are 600 associations in the United
States. A recent ruling of the- Grand
Lodge reduced the' initiation fee from
ten dollars to one dollar for the cam
paign, and now It is on In earnest.
Last week 30 new members went In
and last night 28 more were made
members. The order is beneficiary and
social. Every year the midnight mat
inees of the T. M. A. at New Year's and
their big thank -you-dance following it
are held all over the country.
SHOES DOEST KIT O.VB OF THEM
Dr. Ilrstfs IanaHracnaaesit mt Parochial
Schools Called Platltade.
PORTLAND. Oct- 5. (To the Editor.)
Dr. Dyott. whose Sunday sermon is
featured in The Oregontan. is said, by
those who know him. to be a cultured
gentleman of more than average poise,
a scholarly gentleman not easily in
fluenced by the emotional literature of
our day and. withal, a gentleman that
one may depend upon to say the right
word without any attempt at mere ora
tory. But the best of us no from time
to time. If this happens while seated
in our big chair it is helpful. But
if it should occur while walking or
talking the results may be disastrous.
I am sure it was during some auch a
lapse memoriae" that Dr. Dyott de
livered himself or a profound plati
tude on the dangers of the parochial
school system.
"Whatever may be the work tf the
parochial school," he la quoted as sav
ins, "and the rights and preferences cf
any school, no church, or any sect or
creed, can oppose or attempt to under
mine our public school system here in
America without subjecting itself to
the impeachment of being un-American."
The Implication, at first thought,
would be that some church, or sect, or
creeLthrough Its parochial school sys
tem is endeavoring to undermine the
public school system. I don't beMeve
the good doctor meant any specific Im
peachment. But unless the statement
is to be considered a platitude, pure
and simple, one would instantly rise
to Inquire what church, or sect, or
creed has the doctor In mind?
mere are -many churches, sects and
creeds that maintain parochial schools.
jnciuoaiiis, .Baptists. Presbyter
lans Enlaonnsllsns T .1 1
- , UUL..v.. uo, v. iir i n-
Uans, Catholics, indeed nearly all the
better-known religious denominations
duplicate. In whnu a in . .
work done in the public schools. Many,
remaps man. or tne larger and more
popular schools of the whole country
ro sectarian, that is. narochial. at
least In their government. Of all the
v-uurcnea. sects or creeds that main
tain, for reasons of their own. a pa
rochial Or onaal.nirru.hl.1 .. i
tem I do not know one that would fall
under the impeachment of Dr. Dyott.
The public school system means the
System that Is maintained V... -..uu.
. ...... iiuviic
taxtlon. It extends from the kinder-
i lnruKO ail the grades to the
. " university course. The de
mm Tor enntin i
------ -v.-..,,. i. ou urgent in
AtifrTica, and the desire to give every-
iiuriuniiy to acquire an edu
universal, tnat in all my
Tears I have never ..... i .
Catholic or Protestant complain about
acnooi tax. Nor do I be
lieve Dr. Dyott, or anyone, ever heard
one such complaint, unless It was the
cry of some hard-pressed fellow, who
thought the so-caUed "grafters" were
getting his monev mil net . v. - uu
It is. then, an eiuel . . . . . .
- - . vFliwiuiuiy io
wr u mat the American
uesire ana are willing to pay
for. I am rnnrln ,1. j . , f
- uitj uu not wisn
to be slaves to any system the limi
tations of which may be improved by
,71 "M iiDerty of the press.
OT libertv of anee.h Mr 111.- -ii l ... '
erty of which we boast,. liberty of edu'
consciences of the people is but another
vueeo ui our oiessea freedom
Tf lniltIJ...I. .1 .
. , ., ' cnurcnes. sects or
wiii give tneir last sou to main
tain a public school system the gen
uine American la "the .
j uuj wno
will encourage the efforts of the in
dividual, church, sect, or creed, if these
. wine, itey can improve on the
system. That rn,t . "
... v i lijii cnurcnes.
htCU,J5Pd creed """k this can be done
ZJiti. .n v lnelr wn religious training,
with the hope of building up Christian
characters nnH - rx.!.,!
, - , . vunDuau cuiximon-
ft til ab"-ltly evident from the
mia cannot De conven
iently attempted in the public schools.
they, sometimes at
establish and maintain their t.'
OUasi-DUblle aeheel ..... , .
th , . ; x Deiieve
the good doctor- grants them this com
mon American nrlvlla-. .. . rrw..
Dunn- of the.. 'u"",-r: iU" :IM
and iintelllgenrand as patriot .Tay
children in the land needs no demon
stration at this late date.
WM. A. DALY.
MORAx, force: OF MILITARY DRILL
Children First Taught to Obey Are Pre-
vco io exercise Authority. -
PORTLAVD rw i .... .....
The peace of this country depends
nOt 11 TH the fl . - .
wen TJ. i L numrjer or
well-meaning persons, but upon requl-
wln?eanfvf de'B. not the least of
wnicn is the .ii. i
. 7 ' our young men
military training. The high schools and
COHPSf Af N m a.aB.a.
. .7 Luu,luy present an at
tractive field for such training at very
moderate pmpncfl ..ui.
, - v. , n.vu o-icmBUC ex-
health 27 the8tuints. Improving their
v .X . """"s ana manners.
OUt Of this military .4-4 11
utill mil VOIIlQ
young men competent to command, and
,eUJ, m ou,.y - roper authority,
a lesson some never learn at home
As one who at 17 entered the military
service of the country. In the great
. ,. i , w,tn experience In
the infantrv envoir. . .
- - -. j aim ai Liiiury, x
am prepared to say that such service
"i r " empnasis to matters
Of hOnOr H T1 rl na-aenal V. 1. 1 . . .
student enters our high schools with
,,, . careless naOlts, he
will, where military training is insti
tuted, soon acquire better carriage,
more of neatness, promptness and self
respect. In fnothsll or v,..v.n . .
- ...-i ui.li 1 1J u 111 U1T1 is
given to the 40 or 60 students on the
.e. .uua .cams, irom whom victory is
honed. nnt toe 1 ; . . 1 - . n ., ...
- " Hiwq mi 1. 1 1 umer
students; and all must admit that the
games mentioned, especially football. Is
- . cun'onuiitcn ana souses, it
Will he re ne nher . . i -
. i:V. nidi inn son or
one of Oregon's Governors was killed
In a game of football. In military drill
the young man must be clean in every
way; he must have self-control, be obe
dient, and if he ever aspires to com
mand he must first learn to obey.
uueaience to proper ana accepted au
thor i t v Is sn 1nHlsnen.al.l . :
. --i..-e-. C If" PJ1111 Jfc
stone to success in any walk of life.
Millar-. Hrlll -.. V. I .
. . . .a i... Liiiuii cise can,
will help a young man to self-mastery,
honor, courtesy. self-reliance and
-enlevement ot tne highest Ideals of
manhood. C. E. CLIXEL
KIDKRCARTE I?r PUBLIC SCHOOL
Report of 1913, In Which Actios Was
Bmamulea, Is Called l'p.
PORTLAND. Oct. 6. (To the Editor.)
I am interested In the development
ot our puoiic scnoois.
The "Report of the Survey of the
Public School System of School District
No. 1. City of Portland." submitted No
vember 1. 1913. on page 156 under the
heading, "Kindergartens Should Be
Provided Eventually; Other Provisions
Now More Important and Pressing,"
reads as follows:
To make kindergarten Instrunllnn mil.
able (or all children ot tho district ot kin
dergarten age is a practical ideal which
tho public should approve, and toward which
the school authorities may well work as
rapidly as provision for other and more
pressing Interests will permit. Kindergar
tens aro not of equal importance In all parts
of the city. Wbers home conditions are
un.avorabie, in . the more congested dis
tricts, where the opportunities for outdoor
pis nnder wholesome conditions ara re
stricted, there the kindergarten will render
its largest service, and In such sections it
should be established first. But the estab
lishment of kindergartens. vea In luob sec
tions as these. BhOUld Walt On the l-nlnn
of extensive, varied and relatively expensive
ufitM.uauiei ior tne more ernclent educa
tion of at least 4000 tonth new in tha
schools, and of an equally larfre number
who have left the schools, because of the
lack of instruction suited to their needs.
As this report was submitted nearlv
two years ago. am I not correct in as
suming that "other provisions more im
portant and pressing" have already
been made and that "kindergartens
should be provided" now?
RAY H. WATSON.
Twenty-Five Year Ago
Prom The Oregonlan. October 7. 1st.
James J. Hill, president of the Great
Northern Railroad, arrived from Puget
Sound last night. Judge Greenleaf
Clark, general attorney for the line:
Samuel Hill, his son-in-law, and Leslie
F. Richardson, his secretary, accom
pany the railroad builder, who admit
ted he would build his line Into Port
land. Terminal facilities are the chief
items in the problem, he said.
Salem. Oct. C. The Supreme Court
met today for the regular October
terra, with Chief Justice Strahan and
Associate Justices Lord and Bean on
the bench. A petition for a rehearing
in the case of the state vs. Charles
(Sandy) Olds was denied, which means
he must be tried again. The Supreme
Court substantially- bad set aside the
latest verdict against Olds on the
ground that there was not sufficient
evidence to Justify a verdict of murder
in the first degree.
The Dalles The Dalles Chronicle
will make its debut In a few days. The
business men subscribed SS000 toward
It In 10 minutes at a rousing meeting.
Olympla The Republican state cen
tral committee has named the follow
ing speakers for the S0-day campaign:
Judge W. H. Calkins, Patrick H. Win
ston. W. H. Doollttle, W. H. Pritehard,
W. J. Parkinson. W. I Jones. C W.
Fishback. lhad Huston. H. Y. Thomp
son. A. A. Knight, Allen Weir. W. C.
Jones, W. E. Houghton. S. C. Hyde. H.
L. Wilson. George Turner, C. R. Dorr
and Sol Smith.
There was widespread eonsternatto-i
yesterday among well-dressed ladles
of Portland when it was announced
that the direct effect of the McElnlev
tariff bill would be to raise the price
of all imported cloths. H. B. LItt.
who has Just returned from Paris,
gave out with reluctance his views on
the situation.
Marshall Field, Jr.. a Harvard soph
omore and son of the wealthy mer
chant, of Chicago, has become a Roman
Catholic so he may marry Miss Hauck,
daughter of a rich brewer. -
Salt Lake The Latter Day Saints in
general conference yesterday forbade
in future any violation of the mar
riage laws of the land.
Half a Century Ago'
From The Oregonlan. October 7. 1ISS.
Washington Captain James M.
Moore, assistant " quartermaster, and
his party have returned from Ander.
sonvillc. where they have been en
gaged the past month in identifying
the graves and giving honored sepul
ture to the 14.000 victims.
The official statement of the Na
tional debt shows It to have been
$2,756,253,275 on August 1. which was
nearly $300,000,000 less than generally
supposed. v
Edward Frank has opened a fine
halrdressing and shaving saloon in one
of the rooms of the Merchants' Ex
change. It mav not be generally known, but
Immediately after the attack upon and
capture of Fort Donelson by General
Grar.t he was placed under arrest. It
was done by General George B. Mc
Clellan. The rapid Influx of population to our
state admonishes us to bestir ourselves
so as to arrange matters so that this
Increase of population will be a posi
tive blessing to us.
Addison C. Glbbs, Governor of Ore
gon, has Issued a call for a special
session of the Legislature to. convene
December 5.
There Is still no assurance that the
Oregon and California overland mall
service will be resumed.
Portland's - three military organiza
tions are: The Zouave Cadets. who
have their armory at Stark and First;
the Washington Guards, on Wash
Ington street, and the Fenian Guards,
in the Carter block.
Historical Reckoning Correrted,
PORTLAND, Oct. 5. (To the Ed
itor.) Your issue of last Sunday con
tained a very deserved tribute to the
late Father Flinn by Professor J. B.
Horner, of the Oregon Agricultural
College, in which he says: "He knew
and mingled with Jason Lee. Spalding,
Father Waller, Bishop Scott. Atkinson.
Pearne, Dillon, Driver, Hincs and other
noteworthy pioneer preachers." etc
Since the Professor's contribution was
historical in its nature, historical ac
curary suggests the statement thst
Jason Lee died at his birthplace in
Canada In March. 1845. while Father
Flinn did not come to Oregon until th"
Fall of 1850. Father Flinn's work In
Oregon during the early days' in the
religious field was incalculable for
good and he was a valued associate of
the pioneer preachers, but in the good
ness of his heart Professor Horner
took in "a little too much territory."
T. T. GEEK.
Plaint Is Potbemsd.
WALLA WALLA. Oct. 1. (To the
Editor.) Would you please give Infor
mation as to what I can do to prevent
the leaves of my asparagus fern from
becoming yellow? 1 give It plenty of
water and keep It In the shade.
A SUBSCRIBER.
The roots are potbound. Repot Into
a box or pot three Inches wider and
quit using so much water on the plant.
The roots need air and will readjust
themselves If not kept soaked.
Price of Wheat and Floar.
PORTLAND. Oct. 5. (To the Ed
itor.) Why is wheat worth 75 cents a
bushel and at the same time flour Is
$1.75 a sack? Personally I do not see
the Justice of such prices. I cannot
understand why the farmer should be.
robbed on one end of the line and tho
consumer on the other.
READER FOR 20 YEARS.
Testing the Efficiency Testers.
PORTLAND. Oct. 6. (To the Editor.)
I think your suggestion, made a few
days ago, that an "efficiency test" In re
our City Commissioners would be a
very good idea. I fear some of them
would fail to come up to the require
ments. Of course it makes quite a dif
ference whose ox Is gored.
FRANK HOWARD.
On the Minute
Nothing grows old so quickly
as the "news."
The force of the newspaper
lies In the fact that It is "on
the minute."
And It is that very news value
that gives such driving empha
sis to newspaper advertising.
The advertising is there as
part of the day an important
part.
It strikes when the iron 1a
hot, Its message is received at
the time calculated to do the
most good.
It cannot help to bring results
If the message is right.