THEJIOKXEfG OREGON'IAN, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1915.
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J'OKTL.iM), FRIDAY, OCTOBER 29, 191S.
Ol'R JIBM, CONSISTENT PRESIDENT.
President Wilson Is represented to
the people by his unwavering admirers
sts so firm and consistent in adherence
to his policies, that no consideration,
personal, business or political, can
swerve him from them.
He called- upon Congress two years
ago to enact a Presidential primary
law. A protest was raised in his own
party, chiefly in the South. It was
loud and vigorous and showed that
state constitutions would have to be
changed before the new system could
be inaugurated. The President forgot
about the- Presidential, primary, and
has not since- been able to refresh his
memory.
Representative. Gardner two years
ago called attention, to our defenseless
condition aJid proposed the establish
ment of a National commission to pre
pare a system of adequate National
defense. The President pronounced
the subject one for. academic discus
sion, and his party, following his cue,
sat down on Mr. Gardner. When the
country, aroused by the object lesson
of Europe, demanded better defense,
the President reversed himself. He has
Deen consulting neatis ot uio twi iigL
ing departments, military and naval
experts and chairmen of Congress
committees, and is now pressing a
scheme to enlarge greatly both Army
and Navy at a cost of hundreds of
millions of dollars.
Against the advice of Democratic
leaders in Congress the President in
sisted upon entire removal of duties
on sugar, and he whipped his party
into line by a charge that an "insidi
ous lobby" was working against his
plans. He yielded so far as to accept
only an immediate twenty-five per
cent reduction in the duty, postponing
free sugar for two years. The Secre
tary of the Treasury, speaking for the
Administration, now proposes repeal
of the free sugar clause.
Mr. Wilson ran for President on a
platform which declared for free use
of the Panama Canal by coastwise
ships and he said: "Our platform is
not molasses to catch flies; it means
business; it means what it says." After
being in office a year he demanded
repeal of the exemption clause "with
out raising the question whether we
were right or wrong," and he de
manded until he got It.
He caused introduction of the ship
TnrrhnA hill and insisted thnt it ha
" passed. It was shown to be fatally
defective in several particulars, one
being that it put the proposed Gov
ernment corporation at the mercy of
state law. Within two weeks it was
withdrawn and revised, and again its
passage was insisted upon. Filibus
tering prevented its passage, and now
it has been revised again. It formerly
provided only for merchant ships to
be owned by the Government; it now
provides for Naval auxiliaries to be
used in merchant service when not
reeded by the Navy. The main struc
ture of the original scheme remains,
but its outward form has twice
changed.
The seamen's law, by subjecting
American ships to restrictions from
which the ships of rival commercial
Nations are exempt, has driven Amer
ican ships from the Pacific Ocean. It
ws approved by the President and is
. championed by his Administration,
; iwhlle nothing is done to revise either
this law of the navigation laws in
general in such a manner as to en
courage investment in ships. The ship
: purchase scheme by these means is
' bolstered up as the only possible salva
tion of our merchant marine. ,
The President at every opportunity
discouraged woman suffragists, then
he ostentatiously went to New Jersey
and voted for woman suffrage. He is
pledged to civil service reform, but has
approved many schemes to restore the
spoils system. He promised "pitiless
- publicity" about public affairs, but has
practiced secrecy without precedent.
As a private citizen he wrote against
excessive Government regulation, but
he has extended it into many new
fields and proposes its further exten
sion. He is pledged by his platform to
' respect the rights of the states, but by
the conservation bills he attempts to
' -'iitL 1 1 i ueeti aDout as
firm as a reed shaken by the wind.
WOMBS PATRIOTS.
Woman's part was ever the hard
ran in war. Hers has always been the
greater sacrifice. While tne flower of
the Nation's manhood marches forth in
n fever of patriotism to the hot tone of
interest and action, the country's wom
anhood remains behind In agonies of
suspense which carry a more poig
nant suffering than hardships of the
march or even battle wounds. It has
remained for her to take up the idle
plowshare, to keep the pulse beats of
industry moving, to maintain the Na
tional spirit and optimism even amid
'her gnawing gloom.
Now the women of England have
baen culled upon to make a greater
. sacrifice. What began a short time
- ago as a passing Bentiment has grown
into u National movement. Woman is
asked to sacrifice sentiment and ro
mance on the altar of greed v war.
1tkn . t . .
i ii u mure, site is responding
her life to that of some, ihiuicMil hulic
which was a man. Such marital trage
dies they can be termed nothing less
- a irpwuu in isrjre numoers.
Blind bridegrooms, legless, armless
- bridegrooms, scarred and marred
bridegrooms are marrying loyal
t omej who love not them, but their
. country. The cold, calculating regu
: la to re of National weal point to the
i need of increasing-marriages and these
are the only available husbands. The
brave women of England may wed
tnece halves of men or select those
even smaller fractions represented by
the poltroons who, having sound limbs
and vision, lack all moral semblance
of men. It is an unhappy choice.
In these sentimental hours when
patriotism is a living, driving force,
the sacrifice may not seem so great.
But it to a lasting sacrifice, one that
reaches through the years from youth
to old age, robbing life of the glamour
of romance and that love which is
everything to woman. How of the
years to come when the war is but
memory? The broken wreck remains
a solemn reality to be "loved, cher
ished" and supported until death
severs the galling bond. It is too
much to expect that true love will step
in where love of country falls away in
those long, thoughtful days of peace
to come.
GOOD TIMES AND BAD.
The Oregonian will not pretend that
it fails to understand the complaint
of the La Grande Observer that it has
made "numerous Insinuations and sar
castic utterances regarding the Bull
Moosers." Not lately; not lately.- It
admits with due humility that it urged
the Bull Moosers who felt that way to
go ahead in 1912 and organize ft party
or their own. It was the honest wav
for honest men to do. It is not so
important that this or that Dartv
should win, or lose as that Issues which
divide them should be clearly pre
sented and understood. There was a
sharp disagreement among great
groups of Republicans, and the sooner
the thing was fought out and decided
the better.
Now that it is all over and the Pro
gressive party is an obvious and ac
knowledged failure, it seems to The
Oregonian advisable for them to re
turn. We do not see why our friend
at La Grande should have his feelings
nurt aoout it all. Does the marooned
Progressive think he is better off if he
stays forever with the wreck? It ap
pears inconceivable. '
The Oregonian is most benevolently
disposed toward the Progressives, for
it feels better, and it thinks they do,
for the late family row. It seems idle
now to ask who wrecked the Repub
lican party in 1912. It was a sad year
for everybody but the Democrats. Will
it do the Progressives any good to have
it repeated in 1916? Will it do the
country any good ?
In retrospect the trouble that divid
ed Republicans and Progressives In
isij appears not very important. Rut
the welfare of the people is important.
How does the Observer like the Demo
cratic times of the past two and one-
half years?
SHALT, CONVICTS BE EDUCATED?
The Oreeonian hiu mcprtlv nm.
mended the plan of the present state
administration for instituting a school
for convicts; and it approved a sim
ilar proposal under the former (West)
administration.
The effort of the K von i n rr Tmifnal
by garbled quotation and dislocated
context, to show that The Oregonian
was a'harsh critic of Governor West's
attempt to "educate the convicts," is
not worthy of reputabln journalism.
The Oregonian most decidedly disap
proved Governor West's ininnai
and demoralizing prison policy, based
uu tne assumption mat the convict
was a victim of hurtful social condi
tions, and that the duty of a Governor
was somehow to get him out of prison.
But The Oregonian during Governor
West's regime disMtictlv com
suggested plan of a' school for con-
vicio, ia.vorea, we suppose, by him.
It Was nrODOSed h- Knnai-intAnnn4
Alderman, Superintendent James (of
the state prison). Rev. P. E. Bauer
(state parole orricer), and Father
Moore, of Salem, and -wan Rnhmt
to the State Parole Board for its adop
tion on November 16, 1911. The news
paper record does not disclose what
became of it. But The Oregonian then
uovemDer is, 1911) said:
Ktlliralinnal BnW .. .1 . . .
.-... ,iaoiiunw training; lor
Convicts At Rnlm t,AnM v. - . , .
- ' .. wu.v reiurmauon
alone; practical lines and parole as a reward
""" stimulate tne men to
study. " It punishment for living by crime
, - . - -" ' 1 in me ways
of maklns an honest living, there will be
hope that criminals win become useful
citizens.
The extracts which the Journal re
prints were all aimed at promiscuous
and hasty pardons and at the general
west scneme of making it easv for the
criminal and opening prison doors out
ward for him. There is no reason, if
results are to be considered, why The
Oregonian should withdraw or in any
way modify anything it has said. But
it protests against the application of
its remarks to subjects not contem
plated by it and not properly related
to the discussion.
AN ASSISTANT TO NATURE.
Professor JoseDh French .Tnhnann
of the University of New York, has
betaken himseir to the support of
Malthus. who saw in m-nr npstiUnn.
and famine a boon to the human fam
ily in that it ridded the world of sur
plus population. thereliv nr.rr, -
delaying the necessity for organized
anuria in mis same Held of endeavor.
Professor Johnson adds a link to the
Maitnusian theory, however, by pitting
taxation against the encroachments ni
too many people. Appearing before
the Mills legislative committee -wri,
is studying the complex topic of taxa-
nuii m an us aspects, the Professor
presented the claim that married men
are the ones who should bear the
heavier burden of taxation in order
that they might not be encouraged in
their mistaken practice of propagating
human kind.
While, pointing out thnt mianv w,nr.
place themselves at the head of much
larger families tha n thev nre nhla r
take care of, a practice unpleasant to
contemplate. Professor Johnson cov
ered the whole race of benedicts in his
charge. The proud fathers and moth
ers of earth are plunging the human
ittimiy neauiong toward disaster. If
they continue their ma.i ,,- v.
earth will eventually stand burdened
wnn more people than it can accom
modate. Even now Nutun t. in
against the increasing burden or hu
man animals, which explains the Euro
pean war ruuy to the Johnson mind.
Bllt lW :i T fllnna m .. . - .
.. w nut sutceea ana
so the Professor urges the aid of taxa
tion to meet tne problem. More taxes
for the married man and less for the
bachelor, or at least "n i
for each. Is deemed' essential to con
tinued human contentment and happi
ness, in that it will tend to discourage
marriage and the attendant increase of
uirtus.
It is hardlv neceiscartf i .
- . v aiuiQ mail
the Professor is a bachelor. Nor can
anyone take fair issue with him in his
contention that taxation should be
listed in the same category with war
pestilence and famine. It is just as
inevitable and nearly as disconcerting
to mortal beings as any one of those
other evils to which human kind Is
heir. Most of us, for that matter, have
suffered far more from taxes than
from either war, pestilence or famine
But we are impelled to suspect that
the Professor, in common witb his il
lustrious predecessor in this line of
reasoning, has lost his bearings. De
spite the well-intended efforts of
dreamers. Nature has never shown any
serious indications of requiring their
assistance. The great forces that con
trol the universe appear to have fash
ioned this tiny sphere and its environs
without the aid of professorial minds.
Nature, in fact, has gotten along swim
mingly even in the application of those
Instincts with which it has -provided
human animals for the purpose of
perpetuating and increasing their kind.
All in all, we are led to suspect that
the Professor is wasting valuable men
tal energy on Nature which should be
expended in improving his own. good
sense.
TRIUMPH OF GER2IAX DIPIOMACI.
Lord Lansdowne's speech holds out
small hope for Serbia's escape from
annihilation and is a confession of
blundering on. the part of the allies
wnicn any uriusn statesman should be
ashamed to make. His denial that it
"has been the nractice of amateur
strategists to Impose their plans upon
the professional advisers of the gov
ernment," and his statement that "it
was Impossible to suppose that Earl
Kitchener would allow himself to be
deflected from his course bv the nr As
sure of civilian colleagues," tend to
place the main responsibility for Brit
ain's strategy in Southeastern Europe
on Kitchener. But he admits that "the
Cabinet as a whole considered both
naval and military and political as
pects of the case," and that "whatever
particular views were given by the
military and naval advisers, the vil-
mate responsibility for a decision on
mem must rest on tne government.
The "oolitlcal asnci-ta nf the "
were diplomatic. They concerned the
relations of the allies to each other and
to the Balkan States. From the entire
nistory of the campaign against Tur
key the inference is to be drawn that
the naval and military advisers were
convinced of its wisdom by assurances
from the diplomats that it
sooner begin than Greece and. Rou
mania certainly, and Bulgaria prob
ably, would make common cause with
tne aiues. The Cabinet as a whole
must have acted on these
The naval attack on the Dardanelles
was promptly to be followed by a
vreeit ana .Bulgarian attack on Turkey
by land, and the notoriotiRiv ineffi
cient Turks were to be shouldered out
of Europe before their German tutors
could prepare them.
But the allies found it necessary to
compose the differences among the
Balkan States in order to get them
into action. This required concessions
by the three other states to p.nirarig
To obtain them called for time and
pressure. Serbia, being already in the
war and being exposed to the menace
ul a intra invasion by Austria, was
most susceptible to this pressure so
long as military support was withheld
from her by the Western powers, and
seems to have yielded as to Macedonia.
But the Interference of German diplo
mats caused, the negotiations with the
three other states to drair air.no- sr.
their efforts were aided powerfully by
u, ueniiau jsjngs or - Koumania and
Bulgaria and the German Queen of
Greece. Subsequent events imply that
Ferdinand of Bulgaria was never sin
cere in his pretended willingness to
join the allies if the territory snatched
from him in the second Balkan war
were restored. The glittering prize ofl
a. cizanune emmre with i mT i.-
ruler and with Constantinople as his
-ijii.a.1. was aangiea Derpre his eyes
by Germany, and marie ih nrh..
the allies seem petty by comparison.
auies men in February, March
and April considered that they had
the upper hand in other fields of op
eration and did not therefore realize
the importance of haste in h,-r,i-,
the Balkan States Into line. They were
nuiutng nrm in the West, and in Po
land, while Russia was. hammering
away through the Carpathians, and
Italy was likely to Join them any day.
The German diplomats were playing
for time in the hope that the military
situation would take a turn in favor
of the central empires. Hence pre
cious months were wasted in diplo
matic dickering, and Serbia was in
duced to be reasonable by the with
holding or military aid beyond artillery
and munitions.
Thus Germany contrived to prolong
the negotiations until the tremendous
drive through Galicia and Poland and
the resultant Internal nniitii -
slons in Russia had produced an im
pression or Teuton invincibility and
Russan impotence on the minds of the
Balkan peoples and had nullified the
moral effect of Italy's accession to the
ranks of the allies. The latter's army
on the Gallinoli Peninsula
slight gains at h
seemed to be butting its head against
tuue waai. tience when Bulgaria
sprang a surprise by joining the Teu
tons, Greece and Roumania were
afraid to move, . and Serbia was un-
f roieciea.
The military disaster which
ens to overwhelm fiorhio
. appears
as the logical sequel to the most dis
astrous Diplomatic defeat which has
befallen the allies. The German diplo
mats were aided in theii- ... .t. .
victories over Russia, and the allies
luuuiiuea tnejr pressure on Serbia by
leaving her unprotected long after it
had become evident thai t,.
w 1 V II Ll'll Hi
vasion of that kingdom was imminent.
1'" aiuea uipiomats were outwitted at
every turn, and the crowning blunder
was the ultimatum to Bulgaria from
Russia, invaded and staggering under
defeat. King Ferdinand instantly
called the bluff, and his army now at
tacks Serbia on one flank-
L - I . , - ' V-l 1 CHI .
w hile the Teutons attack in front and
n tne otner riank.
As a matter purely of military- and
naval strategy, the fftlirSA rt V. .111
has been such a standing invitation
to defeat that the veriest amateur
strategist should not have been guilty
of it. It is incon.evohi
T , T. . . , mat men or
Lord Kitchener's and General Joffre'a
nr. 1Ci,tc ana proved ability would
have been guilty of it unless t'bey had
been deceived bv theii-
as to the political situation in the Bal-
-x.. rnure or the diplomats to en
list promised military aid in that quar
ter in the cause or the oii;. t t-
only reasonable explanation. But Tor
diplomatic reasons it is not probable
that Serbia would have been left ex
posed to the present assaults without
heavy reinforcements close at hand
Last Spring the allies had the central
..i.e euciosea m a huge ring in
which Serbia was the only gap Their
strategists must have foreseen that the
Teutons might break through that gap
to aid Turkey and that, without Greek
and Roumanian help, the allied armv
at the Dardanelles would then be in
danger of extermination, with flight
to its ships as the only alternative
They seem to have relied on assur
ances that the other three Balkan
states would close that gap and would
unite in an assault on Constantinople,
both by way of the Dardanelles and
the Chatalja lines.
Had allied diplomacy won, the Turks
might now have been driven out of
Europe and might have been defend
ing themselves desperately in Asia
Minor, while Roumania might have
invaded Transylvania and put Austria
again on the defensive. That Serbia
is in danger of extinction, that Teuton
armies have joined Bulgars to rush
aid to Turkey, and that the latter em
piTe still has hope of survival, is a
triumph of German diplomacy. '
Russia announces preparation for
another great trial at the Germans.
Munitions are being secured from Ja
pan a.nd new armies are being mar
shalled. The Czar expects better re-
suits next time, and while we must
admire the Russian stubbornness,
there arises considerable doubt as to
the Slav ability to do very much. Mili
tary inefficiency appears to be deep
seated in the Czar's domain. There
are no braver soldiers. There is no
mightier array of fighting men. But
that element of National efficiency in
organizing and supplying millions of
fighting men which is so great a factor
in the war of today, seems to toe alien
to Russian tem-ne-m-ment Tha hoot-
the Czar appears able to do is send
rmge army ronwara equipped for a
temporary campaign. He lacks facili
ties for supplying needs as rapidly as
- mccuo mise unuer sustained
fighting. Inasmuch si 'Matinnai -in
efficiency may not be replaced at once
by deep-rooted efficiency, little more
need be expected of the Czar immedi
ately than a series of futile sorties.
From the thriving little tm.-n nr
Namna. Idaho. COTTle -WnTVl a hATir-
lng - gum epidemic. Ten thousand
buckb 01 me sweetened cud are used
each week, which makes a grand total
of more than half a million ne- i-e..
This naturally leads to the question of
""cmer tne conaition is local or gen
eral. The subject should be inquired
into at-once. If the whole Notion
affected by the gum habit the fact
should toe reduced to record. Scien
tific aata snouia be prepared as to
whether gum is beneficial nr Hiatsri.
ous. At present claims conflict. Some
say that it warps the mouth, others
say that it aids digestion. Who knows
but that some occult inquirer may not
be able tb foresee the fate or regen
eration of the whole country in the
incident at Nampa?
It was entirnlv m ho
Oregon WOUld scorn heavllv- -in h
stock show at the Exposition. There
is no clime more friendly to stock
raising than those sections of Oregon
which know nothing of extremes of
temperature. Stock may roam the
pastures the year around . with no
heavy drafts of energy to meet rigor
ous weather. There is no season when
green grass does not abound to add
leavening to the diet. What is true of
cattle applies to nearly everything else,
animal or vegetable, peculiar to the
temperate zones. A has Kan
served heretofore, this is Nature's fa-
vorea realm, isvery time a competitive
fair is held we are reminded of the
fact toy the heavy share of high awards
vwucn uregon producers obtain.
Apples should not hn sIIadu
to waste this Winter. Cider mills of
more or less rnmiritv bo .-
' -J " 1UC1VJCUDITC
and it will not hurt people to get back
iu ni sweet Deverage jr they consume
it while it is sweet.
Nampa, Idaho, which retired from
the fame column when the jackrabbit
cannery ceased operation a quarter
century, ago, leaps into the column on
Its record per capita consumption of
chewing gum.
Colonel Tucker is welcome home to
health and active service. He has
proved what the simple life will do to
restore an apparently broken-down
When all the other ) that .........
in the asylum at the time -nn,
they will be sorry for young Shepard
because "he can't have no fun," being
nt'n.
The welldigger near Brownsville
who found gold at twenty feet, iron
later and copper still deener. mav
strike brimstone if he goes far enough.
There mav be a rnnnocttrtti hAtn,
the Belgian victorv In Africa ani th-
. - - ... , 1 VI 111C
German overtures for
with the allies about that continent.
The Arervll is one TtWHah 11..
... . . viumci I.UB
Germans did not a-et whtm ., v.
aground off Scotland. The difference
is that all hands were saved.
Those who own no aula fall t
the slightest increase of pulse-beat
over the announcement that juice has
advanced another notch.
The aviation corns seems to hn
been used as a meann Ana-hn,n
Army officers to fly high everywhere
-v i y L 111 tne air.
Britain may send tronna to hoin
Serbia. An announcement calculated
to arouse the French sense of humor.
An "old-fashioned Hahv- QhT,. i.
planned for next wnelr hut 1
any old-fashioned babies to exhibit?
Excuse US from that am-tal -1: i
-. boiim Jitney.
The kind that runs below is deadly
cuuugu m meet an our needs.
The only thing rarer than k. fla-c- in
October is February 29, and that is
due next year.
Reports from the turkev POlinrrv un
Roseburg way say there will be plenty
of the birds.
Can policemen in Mnihimio .antnA.
mounted patrolmen at the head-of a
urvcession :
A French Cabinet that wnii -..
resign now and then imi,tj i
forgotten.
The lead-pipe - cinch in
California has discovered a hna- that
eats it.
The report on the F4 nrna that
somebody's carelessness murdered her
crew.
Lloyd George is wastina- hreath an
time again In denying peace rumors.
The i'iner who in nnt at thA t
Show tonight is not loyal.
Russia has cause for rejoicins. Win
ter is on.
The British submarine gets its in
nings.
Be snre to land at the Land Show-
Stars and Starmakers
By Iioaa Cass Baar,
i ( A CTRESS motor driver in crash is
J. new,- says a Deadline.
Should think so. Imagine wearing
crash at this season of the year.
a a
Dr. Saton Temple Pope, of the Uni
versity of California, put what might
be termed a "maximum silencer" on a
student whom he caused to hold bis
breath for 10 minutes.
Personally I wish It could be ar
ranged to have the doctor operate on
a. lot of theatrical press agents and
then during the lovely 10 minutes re
spite rd run out and have the in
junction made permanent,
a a a
I just read the account of a New
Tork vaudevlllian accent on the uit-
lain It turns out who is being sued
ror otgamy and is accused by five
wives. The story says he is a "member
of several clubs." I ll betcha the em
ployes in the "several clubs" were
kept busy answering the phone for
five women and tollinsr them "V,,-
husband isn't here, he hasn't been here
ana we don t know when he left or
when he'll be in."
For the nut fwn wVa Ttrni.
Story, husband of Bessie Abott, the
prima donna, has been seriously ill
with hardening of the artei-iea an hi.
condition does not Improve. Miss ,Ab-
oti is aiso on the verge of collapse
from anxiety and her long vigils at
Mr. Story's bedside. ,
Mr. Story is undergoing treatment
at his home in Eut Sixtieth it,..!
New York City. He is tha hrotii
JuUan Story, the painter and sculptor.
wno was rJmma Eames' husband be
fore she married Emil Rnrmi Ttr.i
Story is a sculDtor. too. Bni ih.
ott was in Portland on her most re
cent visit two seasons ago in "Robin
Hood."
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Take It from Anna Helrf h i. t
Vaudeville herself nnrl In 1
8elf for Oliver Morosco, there will not
ny dearth of French plays after
the war.
Miss Held. Who ha hnn vl.llln.
the-hospitals of France and entertain
ing the wounded vrffh ano-at iiu.
that at the present time there Is little
or real theatrical production In Paris.
Plays, however, she declares, are still
being written by native authors, and
are even being tried out.
xne method of nrodncina- than
to present them in the great room of
some villa or chateau for the benefit
of the hospital funds. While, of
course, the productions under these
Condition are tint ,thr.,.t. i.
sufficiently adequate to demonstrate
.cue, ui i ii jot mus pre
sented, SSys Miss Held, several
plays that will eventually reach the
regular stage nave heen disclosed.
The withdrawal of Irene Frankly
from the cast of "Hf.no1. Tin1" h..
parently not enhanced Its chances of
success, for it has ended Its career. It
was a Lew Fields project-
Bearing upon the rennrt that .h.
had made an offer tn hnv an in..(
in "Hands Up," Miss Franklin said to
a newspaper man:
The report la absol-utM- fa ice vv
collapse Is physical, not mental."
Mr. and Mrs. Julius Tann.n . . -
second son. born last week In Now
Rochelle. Mr. Tan nan in inn.,,!.. i
the newest version of the Potash.
Fenmutter plays. This one is called
ADe ana .Mawruss.
Frances White Is annearimr with
William Rock in a dancing specialty
with the "So Lone- Lett v" rnhinBnV In
San Francisco. This is the Rock of
the famous Rock and Fultnn
Maude Fulton has taken to play writ
ing. Her newest is a olav for l,nn
Ulrich.
Rennold Woir In the New Tork
Morning Telegraph tries to keep tab
on the peregrinations of E. D. Price,
known to this coast for his managerial
days Jn the California theaters, and
more recently as the husband of Cath
rine Countiss.
Says Mr. Wolf: "The current season
promises to be the most exciting In
E. D. Price's career, and he has been
married several times. First he was
attached to "Just Outside the Door."
wnicn slammed shut. Then for a month
or two he served as business manager
tor .nenry Miner and Ruth Chatterton.
Next Joseph Brooks found himself
without a business manager for "Tril
by." and Mr. Price was. dispatched to
that attraction. And how he has been
recalled by Klaw & Erlanger to take
charge of "Follyanna."
Mr. Price will begin his campaign
in the interests of that play next week
in St. Louis.
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Man proposes, woman disposes and
later changes her mind about it. At
least that's what Olive Wyndham, ac
tress, thinks she should do. Miss
Wyndham has done that same her
self and has decided not to marry
Walter Klrkpatrick Brlce, son of the
late United States Senator Calvin S.
Brice. The pair had been engaged
since early last Summer, the engage
ment having been announced July 3.
Neither Miss Wyndham nor Mr, Brice
will explain the cause of their break
and the affair is somewhat of a mys
tery to their friends.
"I do not care to talk about It." said
Miss Wyndham yesterday, "it is over;
that Is all."
Mr. Brice. too, refused to discuss the
matter, although admitting their en
gagement had been broken.
Miss Wyndham, a sister of Janet
Beecher, has had a wide experience on
the stage, having appeared In "What
Happened to Mary." "A Modern Girl."
"The Man From Home" and numerous
other plays.
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Dainty Marie, the Venus who Is next
to Houdint in importance in the show
at the Orpheum, ig a niece of Ezra
Meeker, the pioneer who blazed the
Oregon trail and who has exploited
Oregon from this city to Portland. Me.
In his trips across the Continent baa
hind oxen. Marie's father was Ezra
Meeker's brother. The Orpheum ac
tress never has met her patriarchal
uncle, the necessary jump from the
Seattle Orpheum to Portland making
It Impossible for her to visit Mr. Meek
er and his family during her recent
engagement north. In her vaudeville
act Marie Is assisted by her younger
sister. Margie. Dainty Marie's father
met death more than a year ago in
Galveston. Tex., at the hands of in-x-adlng
Mexicans. 6he is making her
second tour along the Orpheum circuit
and- the fact that her name on tha
poster is next that of the famous Hou
dint is taken to indicate that she is
regjrded by -the OrffheuDU powers as
a star of magnitude.
LIQUOR DISPEN'SART SUGGESTED
PIsu Out liar d tar City Sell Ltquora
and Make Profit.
PORTLAND. Oct. 28. (To the Ed
itor.) We have a new law taking ef
feet January 1 in Oregon which is to
regulate the sale and usage of liquor
and the question as to whether it is
an unjust or a just law. is not up for
discussion at this time. There is, how
ever, a question as to the manner in
which the regulations are made and the
injustice done the people of Oregon
from the standpoint of revenue.
There will undoubtedly be a good
profit derived by someone from every
drop of liquor shipped into the State
of Oregon after January 1 and this
profit by rights belongs to the people
of this state. It seems to me it would
be only fair to impose a license on the
dealer who is privileged to ship his
liquor into this state. A better plan,
however, would be to permit each mu
nicipality to handle at a profit the
liquor that may be consumed in that
locality. This could be done under
identically the same regulations the
law now provides for.
Take for example our own City of
roruana. Tne revenue derived from
the sale of liquor by the City ot Port
land to its citizens, under the strict
regulations of the law. would over
come the loss that will be sustained
by not having the benefit of. the money
formerly derived from the saloon li
cense. In other words, allow the City
of Portland and other cities In the state
who may through their city authori
ties apply to the state for a permit, to
open a municipal liquor store for the
sale of liquor to its citizens In the same
manner as prescribed by law. and In
this way allow our own towns in the
State of Oregon to derive the revenue
or profit from its sale Instead of giv
ing this profit to some saloonkeeper or
liquor dealer in another state.
The question Is a simple one and
anybody can understand It and all
there is to do is to so amend the law
or the constitution that a man could
order his stuff locally from the muni
cipal liquor store and thereby leave his
money in Portland and allow Portland
to realize the profit, instead of send
ing his money to some other state and
getting the delivery of the same goods
through the express company, though
a few days later.
Were it not for the loss of revenue
from liquor licenses I am quite sure our
worthy City Commissioners would not
find so much difficulty in arranging
the budget for 1916.
I am not in any way defending the
saloon nor do I care personally whether
r not there is a drop of liquor sold in
the State of Oregon, but what I am
trying to make clear is that the law
which will be applied and put Into ef
fect the nrst of the year takes away
from our city a certain revenue that
could just aa well be saved, as It Is
needed and needed badly.
W. H. TREECE.
BAD ENGLISH, QUEER SENTIMENTS
Writer ladlrta Wonder Child's Mother
da Two Seperate Counts,
PORTLAND. Oct. 28. (To the Ed
itor.) Permit me to indorse " the re
marks of Dr. J. Allen Gilbert In The
Sunday Oregonian on the new-fangled
ways of teaching children to be learned
and good. But in estimating the
value of the new methods wa may be
pardoned If we pass in review the lan
guage or those who ret out to startle
us by their criticisms or present-day
methods.
Some of those who attended the lec
tures of Mrs. Stoner in Portland re
cently were rather taken back by the
shortcomings of her own, language. For
example, she spoke of "lees people" in.
stead of "fewer people." She split her
infinitives horribly. She spoke of
children as "kids" and referred to a
'batch of children." Instead of speak
ing of "mothers-in-law" she said mother-in-laws."
Ehe held up to scorn
church women and cast unnecessary
aspersions on bridge and pink teas
It would seem that she dropped sad
ly when she said that she would not
blame a husband for getting an affin
ity if he has a scolding wife. Her use
of the word "like" for "as" in the
Phrase "do It like I do" and her use of
there s' for "there are" made one ask
if all the stories regarding her wonder
child are absolutely correct. Both her
f'rench and German accent were cen
sured by unquestioned authority. Her
Latin also was severely criticised by
two women of my acquaintance who
have both taught that language.
Opinions may differ as to whether it
Is better to speak eight languages
poorly or one elegantly.
R. M. TUTTLE.
HALLOWEEN OF LONG AGO.
Halloween of long ago! How the mem-
v i j licet
On its retrospective wings, how the
afireinsr evea
Almost with the old-time light seem
"i tjoitiy glow
As the pleasing picture comes of the
long ago.
Gathered in the old farm, house every
eye alight
With the twinkling sparks of fun- on
that jolly night.
Boys dressed in their Sunday best, for
the nleaallrea Iraati
Girls the bright-faced witches of that
uiu-iune ractiioween.
Never was there music like that old
fldrtlet ntflv.H
One leg, cased In homespun jeans,
Cowhide boots a-beating time, head to
"no aiae Dent,
As he'd jerk the, music from that old
Boys and girls upon the floor, lor how
Every muscle lending power to the
country dance.
Faces lit with sunny smiles, fun's re
flected sheen.
Picturing the pleasures of that old-
iiiiifs nuiiuween.
And the lunch 'twas passed around!
Twisted doughnuts lumps of gold
" w i'i wut ot tno try.
Red-cheeked apples that would grace
ft n V fr-l Anu tnVi at Van a v4
Apple cider from the bar'l' in the cel-
lo. ......... .1
Popcorn white as drifted snow, each
HnMchl. nhn
Eating from the treasure piled in his
Laughter following' the jests from
tnanv mlffir 4.,, ,.
Old folks thing of the days' when they.
When the old grandfather's clock told
the noon of night.
With a creepy feeling almost bordering
on fright.
Each girl, mirror held In hand, candle
overhead.
Braved cellar's gloom to see the face
of fellow she would wed.
Down the steps she'd backward go,
intently gazing In
The glass to see the face of him tha
- rates said she would win.
Then with scream she'd hasten back
and tremblingly declare I
The dim outline of someone's face was
surely pictured there.
I asked an ageing woman sitting near
me as x write
If ever she'd backed down the atair
on that mysterious nlEht.
And in her wifely eyes a gleam ot
pure mischievouanesa
I noted aa with nod of head she quickly
answered: "Yas.
And. sure enough, a face appeared
within the mirror, one
I would have shattered p. d. q. if I had
had a gun!
I vowed Td never wed the man whose
lace was there outlined.
But then, you, know, a woman has the
right to change her mind."
JAUfcS BARTON AfcAilS, j
Twenty-Five Years Age
From The Oreconian. of October 19, iSOO.
Chicago. Oct 28. The annual con
vention of the Unitarians of the West
began here this evening.
Cincinnati, Oct 28. Briggs Swift, a
noted pork packer and merchant, died
tonight.
A gentleman from Washington Coun
ty reports having met a gang of
Chinese yesterday going to work on
the Astoria & South Coast Railroad
near Hillsboro. He says the new survey
Tor the line.has been made out by the
Hoover place, and there is considerable
excitement on the Tualatin Plains in
regard to the road.
The gilded life-size steer has been
hoisted to its niche in the tower of the
new Perkins House. It is on the south
side of the tower and glistens in the
' " "sshko copy or tne
Golden Calf and can be seen from afar.
Owing to Judge Deady being confined
to his room with illness, there has
been no session of the United States
Court thin weelr Tt ..-(11 k.vi .
several days before court will be
Joseph Kirkley died of typhoid fever
at his residence on Front and Gibbs
streets at 9 o'clock yesterday morn
ing at the age of 61 years. The de
ceased was an old resident and highly
respected business manv
The flour trade with China is in
creasing all the time. By the next
steamer, the Portland Flouring Mills
will shin 70(1 ton it i. .
' - . - .a niwi a iMlfcn
likely that the prophecy of a flour
uini-Mi umi v it ii in ten years Asia will
consume the entire output of flour of
the Pacific Coast will prove correct.
Large numbers of Immigrants are
coming in from Kansas. From SO to
100 have been coming in daily over the
Union Pacific of late. Most of them
are stout, hardy young men, used to
roughing it. and all have money enough
to make a start. .
FINDING THE HOME-MAKING MAX
Working Girl Says She Knows They
Exist, but Where Is Her Question.
PORTLAND. Or.. Oct. 27. (To the
Editor.) I have read quite a number
of Interesting articles on "How Is the
Right Girl Going to Meet the Right
Man." I am a working girl and have
worked for 18 years, so you know I
know the value of money. They say
we live In a beautiful world. I know
it must be so, for everybody says that.
But I am real lonesome at times, es
pecially when I come home and Bit tn
my room, too tired to go anywhere.
Unless I am different from most girls
I think when a girl gets my age we
look forward to making a home; for
someone to give us a kind word when
the day is over, from someone who is
more than Just a boss for whom vou
are working. But nowadays the men
are mostly all looking for fine clothes
and "street walkers." They don't
think of getting a girl who will and
can make a good home. What does
this word "home" mean, you ask. I
will tll you in a few words.
Home Is an Inn where love Is land
lord: home Is where the heart finds
its greatest content: home is where
the wife is neat and clean and the
husband sober and industrious, chil
dren respectful.
If there is any way of digging up
such men who can help make homes
like I am speaking of. I v would be
glad to know, for 1 really do think
there are many good men if we only
knew where to dig for them.
MISS ROSE.
ONE TROUBLE WITH BIRTH RATB
Writer Thinks Common People Are A f
fected by Living Conditions.
PORTLAND, Oct. 2S. (To the Edi
tor.) -Kindly allow me to say a few
words regarding the cause of the de
crease In the birth rate of America.
The common people of our country
are the ones who have brought forth
the large families in the past, but the
conditions of the wage earner have be
come so bad that the expense of rear
ing a family, even a small one. In a
way it should be, has become a gamble.
What mother, or father for that mat
ter, wants to bring children into the
world to be hurled in later years in
the vortex of an over supplied labor
market?
Look at the unemployed sons of
mothers on the Burnslde labor ex
change awaiting their chance o get or
not to get a day's work right now, even
when the great corporations are mak
ing fortunes.
Look at the children of poor families
in the Juvenile Court of your fair city.
There will have to be a change made
in the economic conditions of our coun
try before the sturdy, hard-working
men arm women of this Nation will
even listen to the propagation or their
kind In numbers which will correspond
with the past.
The shrewd fathers are also reluc
tant to bring up a large familv for the
lowest bidder on the labor market.
M. C. ARMSTRONG.
NAME SIMILARITY IS VEXATIOUS
Seaside Doctor Annoyed Through Esca
pades of One Dr. Gottlieb.
SEASIDE. Or., Oct. 27. (To the Ed
itor.) It would please me much if
you would publish that I. Dr. Theodore
Gottlieb, of Seaside, Or., formerly ot
Portland, am not Identical with Dr.
Leon Gottlieb-, accused of passing
worthless checks and other offenses,
nor am I related to that man in any
way.
At the time of Dr. Leon Gottlieb's
elopement to Oregon City I received
congratulations from friends near and
far, some good and bad advice and oc
casionally a black cigar. My best
girl was on the verge of suing me for
breach of promise.
But since the publication of the ar
rest of Dr. Leon Gottlieb my mother
in Portland is kept busy assuring
benevolent friends and neighbors that
she didn't raise her boy to be a forger.
I trust the publication of these lines
will put a stop to the foolish questions
of the "dear friends."
DR. THEODORE GOTTLIEB.
War Nurses,
RAINIER, Or., Oct. 27. (To the Ed
itor.) Please Inform me In just what
wav a rjeraon WRntlnr tn ant,.
hospital service In the European war
wuuiu bo auuut putting in an applica
tion. A. C.
If you desire to enlist In the hospi
tal service of one of the belligerents
you would probably have to go to that
country and pass an examination. For
Information about service with the
American National Red Cross write to
the secretary, 1621 H. street N. W
Washington. D. C.
Ignorance Is a Vice.
Not to know Is criminal.
To buy by the rule of Impulse
or by guess is improvidence.
When you spend your money get
its worth in merchandise.
Form your own opinions, but form
them from well grounded facts.
A splendid source of information
for the buyer is modern advertising
the kind you see day by day la
The Oregonian.