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PORTLAND, THURSDAY, NOV. 4, 1915.
. WHAT THE ELECTIONS MEAN.
The meaning of the elections - in
Massachusetts, Kew York, New Jer
sey, Maryland and Kentucky is unmis
takable. The Republican party has
come back, the Progressive party is a.
matter of history, and the trend of
public opinion is indubitably away
from the Democrats.
Massachusetts shows this tendency
most clearly. Mr. Walsh was renomi
nated for Governor by the Democrats
on a platform which ignored the tariff,
and he betrayed a sense of his party's
weakness by avoiding National issues
in his canvass. The Republicans nom
inated S. W. McCall, whose fine record
in Congress had marked him as a man
of .solid ability and of reasonably pro
gressive opinions, and they made their
light on the tariff and other National
issues. Mr. Bird, who Tan for Gov
ernor on the Progressive ticket two
years ago, declared- for McCall and
canvassed the state for him. The Re
publican victory .therefore proves that
the people of the. Bay State disapprove
of the Administration's domestic pol
icy, have had enough of Bull Moose
ism and look to the Republican party
to restore the Nation's prosperity and
to re-establish its dimmed prestige in
the eyes of other nations.
The Democratic majorities in Mary
land and Kentucky were so small that
their moral effect is that of defeat.
Those states have been Democratic
territory under normal political con
ditions, but in the last few elections
they have shown a disposition to
change. Maryland went Republican in
189S and 1900, divided its vote in 1904
and 1908, and gave a combined Re
publican and Progressive vote in 1912
which slightly exceeded the Demo
cratic vote. Kentucky gave its elec
toral vote to the Republicans in 1896
and gave the Democrats pluralities of
only about 8000 in the two succeeding
Presidential elections. A plurality of
less than 4000 in each of these states
makes both of them good fighting
ground for 1916, when the Democrats
will be on the defensive, while the
Republicans will be gaining strength.
These election results show a deep
seated dissatisfaction with the domes
tic policies of President Wilson and a
return of confidence in the Republican
party as the only organization that is
capable of governing the. country as
it desires to be governed. ' The voters
were not deceived by the prosperity
which has grown out of the war, for
they know that it rests on a merely
temporary foundation. They look to
the Republican party for legislation
and administration which will place
prosperity on a stable foundation,
which will stand in peace as in, war.
The plea that the President's success
in adjusting our dispute with Ger
many and in preserving our neutrality
entitles him to public support in all
things had no weight. The voters
Judged rightly that in the German af
fair, he did no more than any Presi
dent would or should have done. In
fact, another man might have brought
Germany to respect our rights with
much less delay. Nor would any other
man as President have tolerated for
nearly three years the wrongs that
have been done to Americans in Mex
ico, or have temporized with anarchy
that was largely of his own creation,
as Mr. Wilson has done.
Another lesson of the election is
that the East has shown an aversion
to fundamental change in its institu
tions. That is the meaning of New
York's decisive rejection of the new
constitution; of the rejection of
woman suffrage by New York, Penn
sylvania and Massachusetts, and of
the rejection of prohibition by Ohio.
By refusing to accept the new con
stitution of which ex-Senator Root
was the chief architect and champion,
New York rejected him as a leader
and put an extinguisher on the Pres
idential ambitions which his friends
entertained for him. The new consti
tution had strong newspaper support
in both parties, but was distasteful to
both party organizations. The vote
Ovould not have gone so decidedly
a&clnst it had not a spirit of conserva
tism been abroad.
Taken as a whole, the elections
clearly show that Republican- victorv
is assured in 1916, if the Republican
party acts with ordinary wisdom.
President Wilson and his party have
been found wanting by the people.
Before the war they had "brought on
the-'country business depression unex
ampled since the preceding Demo
cratic Administration, and from which
only the adventitious intervention of a
foreign war brought relief. The peo
ple shrink from the thought of intrust
ing to the same men the delicate work
of economic readjustment which will
follow the war. They wish that work
to be done by men of proved capacitv,
not of proved incapacity. Thev see
our- foreign relations entering upon a
critical stage, and do not wish to put
them in the hands of a party which
lias failed to uphold American honor
in Mexico. Finally, they desire an
administration which makes an hon
est endeavor, to fulfill its platform
pledges, in place of one which has re
duced its platform to a wreck.
The Republican party has ,a splen
did' opportunity to win, and it will win
if it. reads public opinion aright. The
change which has come since 1912 ia
not a reversal from progress to reac
tion: it is a slowing up of the process
of change. The people have learned
that all is not progressive to which
that label Is attached. They examine
what is offered them under that de
scription, to determine whether it is
truly progressive, and they expect
their executive and legislative servants
to do likewise, The men who left the
Republican party in 1912 have re
turned with a purpose to work for
progressive policies within instead of
without the party, and many who re
mained in the ranks are of like mind
with them. A candidate who is satis
factory to these elements will be satis
factory also to thn to
party. If such a candidate be nomi
nated on a platform which is in har
mony with his record and with the
party's best traditions and aims, '. he
will win. A man of reactionary ante
cedents would belie the most advanced
platform by his record and would
bring defeat on the party. The Na
tion is ready to repose confidence in
the Republican party if the party will
justify its confidence by the character
of its standard-bearers.
CONCEDED.
The little storm of criticism direct
ed against the United States from pro
German sources for our wholesale
shipment of munitions to the al
lies has never been supported by the
German government. . The . obvious
reason is that the United States has
been acting in Btrict ' accord with - in
ternational law. The treaty of 1828
with Prussia, furthermore, expressly
"sanctioned the practice.
Now it is interesting to note that
the "White Book," just issued from
Washington, contains a memorandum
from Germany, with the following
significant admission, coupled, how
ever, with a protest against our ac
tion in preventing the dispatch of
supplies to German warships: -
Our enemies draw from the United States
contraband of war, . especially arms, worth
several billions of marks. This In Itself they
are authorized to do, but if the United States
would prevent our -warships . occasionally
drawing supplies from Its ports a great In
justice grows out of the authorization, for
it would amount to an unneutral treatment
or the belligerents and constitute a breach
of the generally accepted rules of neu
trality to Germany's detriment.
Now that Germany and the United
States understand each other, the
clamor against the manufacture and
sale of munitions ought to stop. But
of course it will not. Nor can the em
ployment of the territory of the United
States as a base for operation of
the warships of a belligerent be per
mitted. That is clear enough. It is
singular that Germany raises the
point.
If German war vessels which are
not now within reach of the soil of
the United States should be given the
technical right to buy supplies here,
there would be no way to withhold
the same privilege from Great Britain,
to which it would toe a genuine advan
tage. LET US HAVE ANOTHER CONTEST.
The attitude of the average college
town toward all the proud activities
of its favorite educational institution
is well expressed toy the Corvallis Gazette-Times,
thus: . .
Th.'hMt . . , .
- -- uiuB,- umwve aavertising
from a commercial standpoint Oregon Agrl-
. - . ever naa outside of Ore
gon, will be the advertising It will get as
a result of Saturday's victory over Michigan
Hundreds of thousands of young men in the
i.ast and Middle West will hear of Oregon
Agricultural College for the first time, and
the impression will be highly favorable We
. - ,, ' tw ujiuciBtoua oy tnac mat
football is the principal industry in a college
........ iUiUlu, iioerLneieHs its value to a school
as an advertising medium should not be under-estimated.
Here -we have a frank assertion that
it is desirable to recruit students for
the Oregon Agricultural College from
other states through their interest in
athletics. The arenimonf that v,
Agricultural College has a fine foot
ball team: thprerrtro it mii.t
class educational institution. The in
timate relation between sport and ag
riculture is thus made ncrfoftK- lao.
The young man who is able to plow
ms way over a sodden field through
a struggling and frantic mass of op
posing humanity ia nrnnai-lu trnfna
for the strenuous life of a farm.
v e . naven t- heard of any contest
between Michis-an or- rtr-oimn
other agricultural college, with se
lected teams, to determine the best
and quickest way to. plow a ten-acre
field, but we have hopes. The higher
education sometimes gets down to
earth.
THE NEW COLONEL SELLERS,
There is an increasing number of
people in this country who no sooner
discover a screw loose in the machin
ery of .business or of society than they
ask: "What is the Government going
to do about it?" In nine cases out of
ten it is none of the Government's
business. If the Government does un
dertake to do anything, it is so un
conscionably slow that by the time
it has acted the disease has cured it
self. These people resemble the -woman
with her first baby. The child no
sooner sticks a pin in himself or eats
the head oft a match nan she runs
to the doctor, who laughs and enters
another fee in his books.
But Dr. McAdoo takes these people
seriously. He is the general practi
tioner who is Teady to cure any ill the
body politic falls heir to. So he no
sooner hears a cry for more ships
than he proposes to use the Govern
ment as an agency for supplying them.
Encountering objection, he attributes
It to professional jealousy of the Tival
doctor the mythical shipping trust.
Hearing a legitimate call for better
naval defense, he tries to divert it to
his purpose by proposing to build
ships as naval auxiliaries and trans
ports and to operate or charter them
in merchant service in peace time.
It is of no consequence to Mr. Mc
Adoo that every shipyard in the coun
try is already fully occupied in sup
plying the need he wishes to fill, there
having been under construction last
July a total of sixty-five merchant ves
sels of a total of nearly 300,000 tons.
He takes no account of the fact that
every ship already afloat is lucratively
employed. By some legerdemain he
expects to - take money out of the
Treasury and by a wave of his wand
to add to the number of ships. He
talks in an airy way of building ships
on the Great Lakes, transporting them
to the Atlantic Ocean and assembling
them a suggestion which causes the
New York Evening Post to rename him
"Colonel Sellers reincarnated." There
is such urgent need of more ships that
in his estimation they will surely
make a profit, but what mater if they
make a loss? Has he not the entire
taxpaying power of the American
people to draw from? When the Pa
cific Mail by selling its ships confirms
doubt whether ships can be operated
at a profit under the seamen's law he
scolds and suggests that it should be
prevented from withdrawing its Ori
ental liners.
The free and easy way in which Mr.
McAdoo proposes to use Governmental
power to engage in private business
and to use the people's money in a
way he would never use his own is
the best argument against giving him
the authority he asks. Shipping men
of long experience do close figuring in
order to make a profit when using
their own money. If Mr. McAdoo
were free to usa the people's money
with no experience and with loose
figuring, the loss he would incur would
make his present deficit stem insig
nificant. Britain is dolne now what' sli
should have done fifteen months ago
THE MORNING
putting the management of the war
in tne nanas or a lew men. Delay in
adopting this measure of efficiency
must have cost the country many
thousand lives and many million dol
lars. WHY THE WOMEK LOST.
It will be a long time, obviously, be
fore equal suffrage for women will be
common to all the states. The effete
and prejudiced East will have none of
it. It is hardened in its ways and deaf
to sentiment, reason and justice. It is
more. It is fearful of what may hap
pen if women shall have a real say in
government.
The politicians, including the party
men, do not want suffrage because
jthey have learned that -women are not
to be controlled or influenced gener
ally through party.
The liquor interests are opposed to
suffrage because they are alarmed
about prohibition, or strict regulation.
They are supported by the grand army
of bums who want no women to be
on a political equality with them.
They deserve no other equality,
thank heaven.
The reactionaries, and the conserva
tives as a rule, are opposed to suffrage
because the women are suspected of
radicalism.
Many men who do not belong to any
defined political or social group are
down on suffrage because they are
selfish and secretly, regard women as
their inferiors.
The East is benighted and appar
ently incurable. But let the women
cheer up. They deserve political suc
cess. SOLDIERS OF FORTUNE.
Word from Northern France that
John Prentiss Poe, Jr., famous Prince
ton football star and' soldier of for
tune, fell in a recent charge on the
Germans, has been received with more
or less sentiment in this country. There
is an inclination to hail him editorially
as a hero, to comrar him -with Viinn
campaigners, to class him- with those
mircpia men wnose Diood runs ex
ceeding Ted and who are found in
the front ranks whenever- there is a
man's task to be performed.
In fact, young Poe's life does rival
the heroic pranks of a popular novel
hero. After his spectacular career as
a .gridiron gladiator, he sought fresh
adventure and gained world-wide no
toriety as a caDtain 1rt tho
Honduran army. Thereafter he fol-
iuweu iviars to tne four corners of the
globe, fighting in one war and an
other as officer or enlisted man. Mex
ican revolutions .offered a particularly
fruitful field for his adventurous na
ture, and before the war in Europe
he was on one side or the other in
Mexico.
This adventurous fighter is not an
uncommon type. Nor can he be set
down as a true hero. The man vhn
system demands the strong excitement
of the battle line is as much the iri;.
of weak craving as he who follows nar-
uncs id ruin. .e naa no business in
the British army, none in the Hon-
uuran or Mexican army. In college
days the lust settled I
it appears to have controlled his life
and to have precipitated his end. The
man who goes to the front when his
country is menaced, when the stand
ards of civilization he represents are at
stake, is of different mold from him
vwiu luuows war for war's sake.
GERMANY'S TERMS OF PEACE.
German comments nn nmenato
peace have the exultant tone of a con
pueror dictating to tha iran,,i i
Seeing their armies planted firmly iii'
xseisitirn ana ranee, pushed far into
Russia.- and drivine- thrmnrh fio,v,:o
join Bulgaria and relieve Turkey, the
Germans regard themselves as victors
and already begin to count the spoils.
uruing to a dispatch to the New
York Sun, a number of the leading
German newspapers agree "that vic-
ls "ear ana mat there should be
no peace talk before Ge-rmnn-c
mies are willing to concede German
supremacy and the right of Germany
lu "ia me conquered territory in Bel
gium and France in Pnianj j-
the Baltic provinces." These papers all
insist that the French must be "de
prived or tnelr African r-nlnnioa t.
key rehabilitated at England's expense
Austria piacea in supreme control
of the eastern littoral of the Adriatic."
The attention of those peace advo
cates who oppose any preparation for
defense of the Nation is called to the
following ideal nf nu.. . ... -j
by the Stuttgarter Tageblatt:
He who wishes peace let him make him
self feared. True peace 1b only the highest
form of war. TruA Mom w -
- - - ' ' ju me puwer
t "ro"S. the mere sight of whom is
; " enemy. Ho is not ready
for Peace who fears war, but only he who
has nothing to fear from war.
These are the only conditions of
peace which the Rheinisch Westfael
ische Zeitung thinks should be en
tertained: Austria to annex the greater part of
Serbia; Belgium to become definitely Ger
man, with the exception of a small corner,
which Holland will be allowed to occupy
France to be deprived of ber fortified
places.
Russia to lose Finland, the Baltic pro
vinces, Bessarabia. Poland, the Crimea and
portions of the Caucasus.
England must abandon her Mediterranean
possessions as well as Egypt and practically
all of her colonies. India to become a semi
imieiiendent state under German protection.
While these plans for dismember
ment of her enemies are discussed by
Germany as though they were already
crippled and powerless,, each Teuton
success only revives the allies to
greater exertions nnri mn-vA rk
say that it does not decide, but only
prolongs, the wary The recent gains
or ine auies in tne wear are cited as
proof that the most caref ullyjprepared
entrenchments and redoubts are not
proof against their artillery and the
valor of their infantry. Failure of
new units to appear on the German
lines is taken to mean that Germany's
last reserves are at the front.
Russia's determined resistance at
Riga and Dvinsk and the trains xvi-.if.vi
the Czar's trooDS have mails nn tvi
southern end of the eastern front are
accepted as confirmation of Kitch
ener's statement that Germany has
shot her bolt. The attack on Serbia is
held to have contributed to allied suc
cess in both east and west hv with
drawing German troops which were
necessary to retain the upper hand.
Lloyd George replies "Certainly not"
to a question whether unofficial dis
cussions of peace have taken place be
tween London and Berlin, and recruit
ing in Britain taken a snnrt omiai tn
that of the war's first months.
The allies regard their reverses as
purely temporary, and are still hope
ful of final vljtnrv Thuv nro . . ; .
dent that Germany, Austria and Tur-
Key nave every available man in the
field and that those Nations have be
arun to exhaust their malorial
sources. With Britain capable of put
ting 3.uuu,ouu more men in the fight,
with Russia training another 3.000.000
In the remote provinces, and with
Italy only just beginning to draw on
her supply of men, the allies are con
OREGOXIAX, TUTJIISPAT,
fident of outlasting the Teutons in
human war material, though France
has all her men under arms. As to
guns and munitions, Britain is only
now approaching her- maximum out
put, Russia is increasing production,
the supply from the United States is
just about to reacn full volume and
Japan is furnishing much material to
Russia. With the neutral world to
draw on for material and with their
great reserves of men, and imbued
with the conviction that the Teuton
reserve of both is used up and cannot
be replaced from abroad, the allies
calculate on outlasting the enemy in
a struggle of endurance.
In order that Portland may have an
accurate record of the volume of its
business, it is to be hoped that the
clearing-house will adopt the plan of
recording total bank transactions
which is pursued by other cities. Ob
viously the value of checks cashed by
or deposited at banks other than those
on which they are drawn is no true
measure of business done. As banks
consolidate and thus become fewer in
number and larger in size, it becomes
a still more Inaccurate standard of
judgment- Figures as to Pacific Coast
cities show that less than half of the
total transactions appear in the clearing-house
totals and that there is a
great variation in the proportion of
transactions which appear in the clear
ings of different cities. The total of
bank transactions is the only true
measure.
Robbing country postoffices appears
to have grown into a regular industry.
Hardly a night passes but that some
rural office is broken into and the
stamp box despoiled of its wealth. The
Government seems to have lost heart
in the work of running the many
yeggmen of this class to earth. The
stamp thieves refuse to be stamped
out. So a regulation is being consid
ered wnereby postmasters below the
first class must present their requisi
tions for periods of not to exceed two
months rather than for a whole year
as is now done in many cases. Being
unable to cope with the stamp "yeggs"
the Government is determined at leaBt
to cut down their revenue.
But while we are hearing so much
of the Kaiser's army, what has become
of the Kaiser's navy? Even his sub
marines appear to be peculiarly dor
mant. A sea battle or even a sea raid
hasn't been reported for so long that
the world has all but forgotten the
several navies. The British say their
fleets are in the open seas ready for
battle, but that the Germans decline
to leave the shelter of German shore
batteries. Possibly the Kaiser's navy
is too proud to fight.
The man serving a term in the
penitentiary for theft of a sack of
grain and some shotgun shells is
proper object of .iemnv v. x-..
role Board. Prosecuting attorneys are
iisc.ii, mm a.i times so very diligent
that what should put a man in the
County Jail sends him to Salem.
Infanticide is becoming too frequent
in this Northwest, Punishment, how
ever, is matter for consideration by
judges. Fear of publicity and disgrace
is often the cause, and therein the
guilty parties err, for publicity, always
follows.
The facts ahonr. th raii
---v vuitu
seem to be that the British govern
ment graoDea at Minister Whitlock's
report as good campaign literature to
use against the Germans t -,,i..
boomed recruiting.
A former clerErvmAn n
'ears in the asylum, simply took the
"J" "t an auenaant, opened a door
and left. This induces the suggestion
that he would better go back and get
his certificate.
The municipal ownership craze got
a setback when Detroit voted not to
buy the carlines. Why buy them when
the public can tell th owno-o vnnr
run them? Detroit may have rea-
uueu.
It may be good tactics" and it may
be fate that hands to the Germans
what they need. They have iron and
coal in Belgium and France and now
possess a copper mine in Serbia.
The hobo "who shot and killed two
trainmen near Kennewick will be
caught. -Some night around' the fire
he will boast of his deed and a com
panion will tell the authorities.
The high price of drugs need not
deprive hypochondriacs of the luxury
of taking medicine. They can fall
back on the old "grandmother" rem
edies. If Nero, the old lion in-the Park
zoo, could give a preference, he prob
ably would rather finish his career as
a movie thriller than die in a cage.
It might be as well to let J. Austin
Hooper, college graduate and very bad
man, go abroad. He does nothing but
make trouble wherever he stops.
It is recorded that Bryan inflicted
forty-six. speech upon Ohio in a sin
gle week. What fienda for punish
ment those Ohioans must be.
The Woman's Political Science Club
certainly needs reminding that the
proper place for hostilities is Europe,
not this peaceful country.
Friends of equal suffrage in Eastern
States will remember that Mrs. Duni
way battled for forty years and won.
Best show of all today at the Land
Show. If you do not believe it, ask
any mother who has an exhibit.
Elimination of twenty-five minor
leagues next year will take the bawl
out of the National game.
Trial of a Chinaman on the charge
of perjury must excite the humorous
element in the Celestial.
If 'there is anything to arbitrate in
the Hocking case, it is as evident as
the handle cf a jug. 4
If you do not know him today at
the Land Show, it's a safe guess he's
from Old Yamhill.
The only nations that talk much
about peace are those -whlclw are not
at war.
The aviation corps of the Army is a
good subject for a clean-up.
Three weeks to Thanksgiving. Get
your turkey early.
The nuts have it at a. leading hotel.
One more month of the big fair.
NOVEMBER 4. 1915.
Stars and Starmakers
By Leone Cmas Baer.
IT IS predicted, that the poets of
war will have hard sledding in
making rhymes about TJskub.
Eva Le Gallienne, the young daughter
of Richard Le Gallienne, poet, made
her American stage debut in the part
of Rose in "Mrs.. Boltay's Daughters"
at -the Cemedy Theater last Saturday
niKbt- She has already appeared in
England, having played with Con
stance Collier in London in "Peter
Ibbetson." Marion Fairfax wrote "Mrs.
Boltay's Daughters." -
Donald Bowles has sailed for Aus
tralia, to represent the J. C. William
son theatrical enterprises there. He
will look after the producing end of
the game. Since Donald Bowles left
the Baker Players four seasons ago he
hoa been general producer for the
Oliver Morosco plays at the Burbank
Theater in Los Angeles and took a
short fling at the movies.
' .
Wnea Nellie Revell, that renowned
woman press agent, started on her
tour of the Orpheum Theaters, a tour
which, by the by. brought her to Port
land a week ago, her thoughtful boss,
Martin Beck, general manager of the
circuit, presented her with a handsomely
mounted fountain pen. Upon entering
Miss Revell's office a little later Mr.
Beck caught her in the act of "trying
out' the new quill.
"How are you setting along with
your new fountain pen, Nellie?" asked
Mr. Beck.
"Swimmingly," replied Nellie, as she
wiped the ink from her fingers and
forearm with her handkerchief.
Billy Dills says he predicts a gen
eral uprising of grief-stricken parents
of John Doe 104 (the new Finley J.
Shepard. Jr.).
England's Jersey Lily, Lady de Bathe,
once Mrs. Langtry, has arrived in New
York to play the leading part in
"Mrs. Thompson," a arama by Sidney
Grundy, adapted from the English
novel by that name.
When Mrs. Langtry paid her sixth
visit to America England was in the
midst of the Boer war and the Jersey
Lily, at a bazaar and tea at Sherry's,
collected many hundreds of pounds for
the relief of the wounded soldiers in
South African camps,
"No," she said, in response to the first
question by a reporter, "I have no idea
of asking American aid for our splen
did heroes in this war.- How can I
when already you .have so swiftly, so
generously, so magnif lciently, sprung
to the fore in equipping hospitals, am
bulances and field service generally for
our wounded? They are your wounded,
too, in many instances, for America
has given splendid men to fight the
battle of civilization against the bar
barous Hun. Believe me, England feels
knitted as never before to the splen
did young republic whose foundations
were laid at Plymouth Rock, and
builded upon at Bunker Hill and Con
cord so many years ago."
Of course, the horrors of war have
had no visible effect on the appear
ance of Mrs. Langtry, and newspaper
reporters found her acutely short
skirted and pert, despite the 63d birth
day, anniversary she celebrated on Oc
tober 13. -
In addition to her London company
of 12. Mrs. Langtry brings to America
two maids, a secretary, a carload of
stage furniture and 40 trunks of new
frocks.
With Laay je Bathe came Lionel At
will, her leading man, and Phyllis Relph,
his wife, and Martin Bands, members
of the company She said she would
recruit other players here.
c
Minnie Townsend is a shining ex
ample well, not exactly shining but
at least highly polished example of that
old proverb about doing the little
things with all the vim and energy
you'd expect to expend on big achieve
ments. She has lately joined the Baker
Players and this week in "Under Cover"
she flashes into the first act in only
a wee part. But she does it beauti
fully and memorably. That's the
point. She Is a Portland girl, the only
daughter of Judge and Mrs. J. T
Lighter.
Bessie Abott, the American prima
donna, who has Just suffered the loss
of her husband, Thomas Waldo Story,
is prostrated in New York and says
she will retire permanently. Her hus
band, whose death was caused by a
blood clot on the brain, was a man of
distinction, whose career had been a
variegated one. Sculptor and artist, he
was the son of the famous sculptor
and poet, William Wetmore Story, the
friend of Nathaniel Hawthorne and of
all the celebrities who have visited
Rome in the past half century and
were entertained by him at his home,
the Barberini Palace, and grandson
of the late Judge Story, of the United
States SuprenfS Court. When hisVfather
died he left the lease of the Barberini
Palace to his elder son, Julian, the
painter, formerly the husband of
-Smrna. Eajnps. In 1908 Mr. and Mrs.
Waldo Story separated. Mrs. Story
was a daughter of Broadwood, the Lon
don piano manufacturer. Her grand
father was Alfred Hennen, of that city.
At about that time Waldo entered
into partnership with the late Freder
ick Gebhard and established the Ritz
Importation Company, making his tome
in New York City. After the divorce
Waldo married Bessie Abott, the grand
daughter of Francis W. Pickens, who
was Minister to Russia in Buchanan's
Administration. The first Mrs. Story
and her daughters remained abroad
and the elder girl married Captain
Courtenay Stewart, a cousin of the
Earl of Galloway, and then naval at
tache of the British Embassy in Rome.
Waldo Story designed the bronze doors
of the Morgan library and a gold mo
saic in Trinity Church, Newport, R, I
a memorial to Mr. and Mrs. August
Belmont, the parents of August and
Perry Belmont, Some of "his work
abroad included a bust of the late Lord
Randolph Churchill, the Churchill
statue in the chapel of Blenheim and
the first statue unveiled in the British
House of Commons. The Marchess
Peruzzi, who has recently published
a book of interesting reminiscences,
is his sister.
Genevieve Cliff, star of the playlet
"A Breath of Old Virginia," which
headlines the Orpheum show, regards
her first Orpheum engagement as a
frolic not only because vaudeville is
easier than stock, but because this
tour will permit her to visit Detroit,
her birthplace, and Denver, where she
was reared. Miss Cliff has not been
on the Pacific Coast since the A. Y. P.
Exposition at Seattle, when she was
leading woman of "Goin Some," a
Shubert production.
SWISS MILITARY PLASf DEBATED
Mountain Repablle Defends Itself fcy
. I'nlvrsal Service.
VALE, Or.. Nov. 1 (To the Editor.)
Would you please publish in the col
umns of your paper an explanation of
the SwIps. system of military trarning?
It would be of great use to many at
thro time, because of many debates,
and the-etate question for debate this
year is: "Resolved, That the United
States Should Adopt the Swiss Military
System." A. SUBSCRIBER.
The best description of the Swiss mil
itary training is contained in the En
cyclopedia Britannica and ' we give a
synopsis. The Swiss army is a purely
militia force, receiving only periodical
training, based upon the principle of
universal compulsory military service.
The principle is applied according to
the proportion of the population ca
pable of bearing arms. The training
and arming of the men and the est of
uniform and equipment are imposed on
the Confederation, which compensates
the families of those killed or perma
nently injured, as well as the invalids
themselves. The cantons raise all the
infantry units, as well as most of the
cavalry and artillery, and nominate all
officers, but under federal supervision
and according to federal law.
Every Swiss male citizen is bound to
render personal military service be
tween the ages of 20 and 48. certain
classes being exempt. Those1 who are
disqualified must pay extra taxes. The
cantonal authorities muster their
young men of 20 years for medical and
literary examination and gymnastic
test by the federal authorities. Those
falling below a certain standard in any
or all three respects, are exempt or
may be postponed in hope that they
will reach the required standard within
four years. If not totally disqualified
they may be incorporated in the auxil
iary forces. The cantons, under federal
supervision, see that boys receive
gymnastic training, and the Confedera
tion grants money to societies which
prepare boys for military service after
leaving school by stimulating bodily
training or rifle-shooting, for which
rifles, ammunition and equipment are
supplied free. This training is volun
tary, but in some cantons boys of 18
to 20 are required to attend night
school in Winter.
The army is divided Into three
classes the elite, composed of men of
20 to 32; landwehr. composed of men 33
to 40, and the landsturm. composed of
men 41 to 48. During the first year
recruits serve 65 days in the Infantry
and engineers, 75 days in the artillery
and garrison troops, 90 days in the cav
alry and 60 days in the auxiliaries.
Soldiers in the elite are called out
seven times for a period of 11 days a
year. 14 days for artillery and garri
son troops, while landwehr are called
out only once for 11 days. Cavalry
men serve 10 years in the elite, not at
all in the landwehr, and are called out
five times for 11 days a year. Be
tween the ages of 20 and 40 each sol
dier must attain a proficiency of at
least 30 points out of 90 in ten shots.
Money grants are made to rifle so
cieties, of which all soldiers between
20 and 40 must be members. Rifle and
uniform become a soldier's property on
completion of his term of service. Of
ficers serve in the elite till 38 years
old, in the landwehr till 44 and in the
landsturm till 62.
ROOM FOR ALL OF US AND MORE
Not Fewer Children but Better Bone
Training; Held to Be Need.
CHEHALIS. Wash., Nov. 1. (To the
Editor.) I fear friend Armstrong
takes a very narrow, pessimistic view
of the future of the coming American
race of people from his article, "One
Trouble With the Birth Rate," on edi
torial page October 29.
We do not need le3s children In these
broad United States. . We do need bet
ter home training, with better, higher
aspirations for the coming generation.
If all the children of the United States
were brought up healthy, moral, hon
est, truthful, industrious and economi
cal, juvenile courts and reform schools
would be idle and dozens of homes
would be opened to every child bereft
of parents. Why talk of hurling such
children into the vortex of seeking
jobs at Burnslde street? Children of
that stamp would go into the world of
conquest to till the soil, manage ships
and factories and rule the trade of the
world.
When this cruel war is over Ameri
cans raised of such stuff are going to
rule the world and be the employers
of other less fortunately situated na
tions. , Would that we had 200,000 000
true Americans and as many more
comiag. The world has ample room
and opportunity for us all if we can
prove we are of the right stuff
CONSTANT READER.
I'roblhltloa States.
PORTLAND. Nov. L (To the Edi-tor-)
Kvndly answer in The Oregonian
the following:
What states are to "vote on the pro
hibition question in November?
What states are prohibition states but
allow the manufacture of beer (after
January 1, 1916)7
What' states are prohibition states
that do not allow the manufacture of
beer (after January 1, 1916)? HOPS.
Ohio voted November 2. It was the
only state in which the question was
up in November. Vermont will con
lsleT questlon ln the sPring of
Prohibition headquarters refuse ti
say that any states are considered pro
hibition states that allow the manu
facture of beer.
Oregon. Washington, Colorado and
Arizona voted "dry" ln 1914. They will
all be dry after the first of January.
1916. Other states voting "dry" dur
ing the past year were: Alabama, Ar
kansas. Iowa, Idaho and South Caro
lina. Other states considered "dry"
are: Georgia, Kansas, Maine, Missis
sippi, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ok
lahoma, Tennessee, Virginia and West
Virginia.
In Georgia the law is not regarded as
strictly a prohibition law under present
method of enforcement. Prohibition in
Oklahoma is qualified, that part which
was formerly Indian Territory being
strictly prohibition. In Tennessee the
law qualifies, and is not rigidly en
forced in the largest cities. Virgina
will have a state-wide prohibition law
in effect November. 1916.
An Irish Poem.
PORTLAND, Nov. 1. (To the Editor.)
Please inform me where the poem en
titled "Shamus O'Brien" can be found
CONSTANT READER
"Shamus O'Brien, the Bold Boy of
Glingall." is by J. a LeFaun and is
also accredited to Samuel Lover. The
poem can be found at the Multnomah
Public Library in any of these books:
"The Speaker's Garland." vol. 1. page
174; Cumnock's "Choicex, Readings";
Dick's "Comic and Dialect Recitations";
Howard's "Recitations"; Monroe's "Mis
cellaneous Readings"; "Science and Art
of Elocution." and Super's "Dialet
Readings." .
Twenty-five Years Ago.
From The Oregonian of November 4. 1SS3.
Washington Secretary Noble has ad
dressed a sharp letter- to Governor
David B. Hill, of New York, on the
request for a recount. The tenor of it
is that Tammany methods are not in
vogue at the National Capitol.
Elections are to be held in a num
ber of states today. The two larger
parties are each claiming victory. The
Democrats are counting on the solid
South.
San Francisco Fire destroyed the
Burlington House and the Grand Hotel
yesterday.
A. P. Fletcher, of Lafayette. Or,
turned up a Spanish dollar dated 1784,
while plowing last week.
Professor W. F. Werschkul, Jeanne
M. Long and W. J. Richards contrib
uted to a good programme at the open
ing exercises of the Y.M. C. A. educa
tional department last night.
Colonel Thomas C. Smith, in com
mand Second Regiment O. N. G., at Sa
lem, tendered his resignation.
G. W. Hunt, the railroad man who
has been in the East trying to ne
gotiate the bonds for his railroad, has
returned and he says he will build the
road.
Rev. Calvin R. Shields was installed
as pastor of Mizpah. Presbyterian
Church Sunday.
Thomas W. Keene gave a fine per
formance of "Richelieu" at the Marquam
Grand last night. Others in the cast
were Miss Lavlnla Shannon, George
Lea rock. Eugene Moore, Jennie M. Elli
son, E. F. Lawrence and Carl Ahrendt.
Paris Bernhardt played the title role
in "Cleopatra" recently and the critics
say the performance was a success and
a surprise.
Half Century Ago.
From The Oresonian November 4, 1S65.
New York, Seven hundred young
women, 30 or 40 families and 20 young
men will sail from this port before the
year is over,- on the ship Continental.
for Washington Territory, where they
will form a colony. A. S. Mercer, a
resident of the territory and a member
of the Territorial Council, will super
intend the emigration.
The discovery of gold and silver
bearing quartz on the headwaters of
the Nachess River in Washington Ter
ritory, is attracting wide attention. "
Richmond B. Fabian, charged with
fraud in the New York Custom-house,
has been arrested here.
Late news from the South Is not very
encouraging in regard to the Presiden
tial plan of reconstruction.
General Sherman, the "Democratic"
nominee for Secretary of State of New
York, was one of the original Repub
licans and never voted the "Demo
cratic" ticket ln his life.
The mountaineer says smoke was is
suing again from "Mount Hood. Won
der if San Francisco is in danger of
another shaking.
United States Marshal Alvord. of
Idaho: T. J. Favorit, of the Lewiston
Radiator, and M. Storms, clerk of the
late Idaho Council, visited The Orego
nian office yesterday.
Rev. E. Walker, of Forest Grove, ad
dressed a meeting last night at the
Methodist Church in the -interest of
the move to aid American freedmen.
HUMAN CULTURE AND LIMITATIONS
Most Hlerhly Cultured Loae "Breeding
Urse," Thinks Writer. .
NEW YORK, Oct. 28. (To the Ed
itor.) In The Oregonian October 14.
under the head of "Women, Children
and Culture," I find comments relating
to the book "Microbes and Men." I am
interested in the points of view which
you bring to bear, as they represent
no doubt investigation of the question
with material for data which is differ
ent from mine.
In the older centers of culture the
sexes approach each other in type;
breeding comes to a pause, and the
most highly cultivated people having
lost breeding urge, allow the state to
fall. This is parallel to the fact that
breeders of horses, of cattle and of
fowls cannot get their stock beyond
certain limitations of culture. The
breeding urge is diminished, perverted
or lost. The laws of continuity take
the entire matter in charge and . man
appears to be no different from other
animals in response to the effects of
cultural limitations. I make the par
ticular point in this book that we are
not to limit culture, but we are to un
derstand its terms. Understanding its
terms, we may guide culture to higher
planes before decline appears.
R. T. MORRIS. 616 Madison ave.
Rural School Clerk's Pay.
PORTLAND, Nov. 3. (To the Ed
itor.) A contends that the school clerk
of any rural district does not receive
any pay for time or services rendered
the district. B says he does and that
he draws pay for time and labor, at
wages usually paid In the country dis
tricts. Is there anv difference between
the laws of Oregon and Washington
in this respect? PliRPLEXiiD.
The Oregon state school law requires
that no clerk in any rural district shall
receive more than $25 per month for
his services. He may receive anything
from ?25 to nothing, s leal conditions
provide. Apply to the State Board of
Washington for any variation in the
Washington law.
Teachers for Philippines.
PORTLAND. Or Nw t t . .i
Editor.) Would you state through The
Oregonian the requirements for a
teacher of the elementary schools of
the Philippine Islands. R. G.
Apply to the Civil Service Commis
sioner at the Federal building in this
city and detailed information will be
forwarded you.
Class In Public SpenklnK.
PORTLAND, Nov. 2. (To the Ed
itor.) Could you advise nie through
your columns where I could find classes
in public speaking or elocution?
A SUBSCRIBER.
Reed College, ln Portland, has a
course in public speakina:.
Coupon Bonds
Mr. Storekeeper, if you were pre
sented with a complete coupon
bond you would have the energy
to collect the coupons when they
were due, would you not?
Then why not cash your coupons
when the manufacturer advertises
his goods in this newspaper?
You have those brands on your
shelves, but do people know it?
The newspaper advertising will
arouse interest and create pros
pective customers.
Clip "the coupons by showing
newspaper-advertised goods in
your windows.