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TIIE SIOIIXTXG OREGOXIAN, TPUKSDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1915. 10 .(Drciwumt ri)rtixD. wax.), .i f .t'..a. u.-. rvrt aM.e. .,444 . ..-4V M.rVUM K4. 4a.tat l 444 ... '!. iM bt. ...... !... ..... '" in 1 . I " S ... ,j J . . "' .'aw 1: . Wl e4.44. I. .. nul -U-4W. 4a ,t.... -I . . ..4.f tar.e I. ,. .:4-.4 4.4-4S. ea - 44M4.y. 44M4 J .4i. ki4 !. .4 .4-44 J H4 .. I B Csi-rta 4444.i4 1144 4444Bt tA4 et44e. . i . ... p. 4- - IVZSu 44t T ... 4TJ S 4f. 4i'4.4r.4 rt, 4-.-V. ,,1.104... ,-..atu.. I. J .ti -r . t . t .- 4. roar LA!D. TMlfcAttAl. ntc. i. c hk-ai-o ao ft. Lot'i. Ti BublU: ill aot b deeply pressed with the r.ieee wkr th Ke- ...Kt... fnmmiHM decided to bold th National Convent.on tf III . - . f.'f,,Bi. n4 not y.44-J44V tW.4444W. In- t?Lr 6pponci or en: (4444.. . 4 ihrt 4r an4 ...1.11 4X4 do. 41444J4.4V4S . I - - ley rnomlnt rrtJn WUjob. j..Rt wtta prU to hi Teord. nJ I TftC !. Joli trptrmt4 cn . uo- .... v.Mn isv tho DlAtrorm o( U4" V4W4J -' . " ' ' r tw. .4..1.-. . 1 Iriio for th Re- f ub:i-B CooT'Otloo . Indi. ou!sl ! prnai.t o45ctJo cnt.f. for It 1 th ooty la th Cr.:t4 StAt. -pt Trk. whu-h eao boI4 rrt coBn tioo iltaout ofCTO4jini. ruttnuou. which h Bm4 lh tnnr od four lor. U L4BUU h fisl lhr Dmcrtle ConttntloM. n4 :t h Bml ttttre4tful cb .! jxtf Tit Ja la aUad la 1IH b4 I'rt.r la !.- Th Demo cratic Commltttt which ho4 vch timU rvaptxt for tho hcKloo br mli lr.tr th cobvcbuob da( Juno 14. la t4tJ of tho cuatorr.jiry TuwJjr. which wa Juco 1J. oatlroly tfnorod or for got tJo rocorJ- tuuit-v ikjo T roxniwio. -Althooxh fw a4ocat4o of a tariff commlasloa prop-joo that auch a fcody bo tta authority to V.s duti, Saa tor Pola4tr contona that CoBfT fcJ,4 tM nach enUtuU0Bl pr to (jtlorato lht authority aa It h4 to dol ocato tho powr of tnaklnf raltroiul ratoa to tho Iotrtto Comin.rct Com. mtaolaa. Ho ha troc- precJata oa ht alfo. Erory proposal to del'Cto tho ad minUtrmUvo dtil of Cocaronoloaal pr to aa tiecutlro or -ml-JuIlcUl holy fcaa ba mot with tho aaaao ar rnmcaca aa ar aJac4 axalcat tho Wivntunctoa Hntor"a coenotloo. an4 T4ry dccUloa of tho Saprofno Ccart tuta rofut4 thoo artument. Thoy wtro ujm4 acalnat tho rHro44 com viMaion of tho rarr ativlrii. but tho D4prroo Court wpt them aMJo. Thy ir n.. a!a In crp"-tl' ,B r:-mjk:nc powr of tho Iotrtalo C3amrv-4 Commuwlon c4 acala thoy f!i.i. Tho ruM ?la for p h44llB4T tho constitutional authority of Cua.rro to daio powtr to fU rail-r-44 rat opp!y with .a! fore to a d.:tlon of powr to fl tariff rat. Tho mjut ccr.t f tho oh kmkc J.upractlcabllity of havtnc ory detail of fr.M aa4 pv.otr rta, cUoniflcatlon aa4 4rlco MuUIJ by a bo2r of cr U m!r.br which t a nJL.4 other wthty dutlo an4 mhteh la la aeaxioa only about half tho tlrn. ITopor pcrtormanco of thl word ro.j .ire takte of much ondce. InTMtlfitioB of property and at couata br 5rt of artoi ktad. tone dlib4raci4a by a niall Bomber c( raaa who conreotrato th!r atteo tloa ett thu on aubj4ct an.l who bo com apocUUata la tis U and la raKroad bunlneoo. No ConrTtw could p4rfcrm thcoo fuactlooa to tho attofoctioa of itjeif. th rallrortJa cr th aaifjera. Corcre. at Uit ral til th f-ttt and deletac4 tta author ity to a commMoB, and tho court d' Ure l that It had rightly donoao. Jubautut th wort "roatoma dit 1 1 44" for rai;r4J rat.ni.- and oery tn.sr hi aul4 about th Irnpo .lU:ty of fflctnt artioa br Conerew ppll with iuat fire. Th Buvklnc f a tariff lavolve Intimate kaowUdf of t coat of producing- each raw ma terial In each country, of (hippie It to oat h, other country, of maoufactuMnf and of markettec It. Tartrf-maktna reiulrva kitowi.( of t' and cf all titmitu la th cost of production, traaaportatloa and flnacc la vry IndiMtry bow' 'xt.otloc ct which may tut In th! country. That a tariff way not unduly faror on or Injur another Industry. It l ntcrry that ta framera dtat thetr mlntl of ail conalderation of political or peraoaal adan(ax. That th tariff may b ad. Juted o chaeclec conUitlona which affect Induatry and dutlca. It t Bca ary that a commlMloa b coRalantty at work, watchirc and recordiov co Bomlo chansva aa a KJ.uco record th re aad fail of th tid. No Corjcrea nor comiultteo of Con (rea can do theoo thlnca. Uembera of Cobitom hao too many other thtnr to do. they cannot b on th all th ttm and their own In Kmti aro ao Intertwined with) their duties that they BO aooner crt dowa .. .f.i'. t!t4vB thtr ar Influenced br a deatr to favor or punt!, thl manJ or that Ir.tereot. Th reuu i a tanir ttt t-e an economic mortrolty. whether It bo frame., by on party or th other, and which produce an tn 4duitrUI chao aa bad a th railroad chao which existed In pro-rerulatloa day. A dle-rusted public put th op posite party la ofHco and U preoented with aaother montroaitr of euaj de formity thoutth different In cotrtplex ott. No serlooe propneal t row mad tat th a.tual enactment of a tariff ty dIetel by Cocrrras to a com mlaaioa. Ihouch th precedent of rail Tnxi reculation Jiiatlfl.re th orlnt0 that It would bo bh win and ron- tltutlonaL Tho propoaaj la that Con. free delicate lo a coram Union all power connected with tartff-raakln. icert th actual enartment of th -Se.laloa of duUe. Th coramta ioa ehould collect all facta aa to coet of productloa and wasa. aa to aourc of material, present and pros pectle. -what ratea of duty wunM put an Amer.-aa Industry on a euStartliil parfy with f ira'cn cmpetit. r and what rereeno any dale wntl I yield. Xt aioold ea recommend certain rata of Jn5- ta cotvfortnlty wf.a a Xil. ttnJt la. rear...... 1.. .1 ...... 4.4t4 ," "'.'".: 4- neral policy which Conrreaa had prarlouely laid down. It ahoutd report on each Industry, it report should o published and Its members should b of such bla-h character that puouc opinion would mall adoption of Its recommendations by Confre. Impera tive. Th system one entabllshed. It mlaht not be ery lone; befor actual mahlnc of tarlffa was entrunted to the commission. If Cor.fres so decided with th clear approval of public opin Ion, th courts would probably decld as th public willed, as they bav don oa Other clo questions. TWO DBT ST.lTr-S. In their general aspects, tho pro- hlblUon laws of Oreicon and Yashin ton ara alike. . I'erhape that U th raoa why th despairing wu wero cheered ap as if by an electric hock wbn th false news was pur vevod to them br a sensational news paper that the Supreme Court of Washlnrtoo bad com to their reecu. Their hop of a like reeult In Orecon was revived. Terhap also th slh of relief that oe up from all "dry and some -wets." row that Washlar ton stains I definitely known, baa a imllar psychological iplar.atlon. Washington la tn lb earn boat as Orecon. but It may wll be asked whether Washington accepts- th new dlspen satloa with th calm resignation that pervade Oregon. llr ther la no ntstefe about th will or th peopi. Ther I a general eipectatlon that an earnest effort will b mad by public offlctals to nforc th law. Xa Oreeroa only two counties went -wet" Multnomah, by th narro margin of J. aad Clatsop, by It. In Washington thero were sU oases la th stat-wl desert King (Seat t:). Plere Tcoma). Carfleld. Jf feraoa. Mason. Thurston. Th ad vert maJorltr In King was nearly !.- . It may well be asked how dry geatt! will be In 11 and, thereafter. Th Tot In Oregon for prohibition was: For prohibition. 1J.:: against. 109. Ji:; a majority of J.UO. Th vot la W'ashlngton was: For prohibi tion. llf.llO: against. 171.:0I; a ma jority of II. ITS. Obviously the preponderant- of sen timent la Washington for prohibition is aot so great as in Oregon. A QCAITJ or A riTVTt BT AiO AND V .4.41 stieele Stsrr. while ech4w. 4r Jeaetie.. or. ea iae aieK-niie. tmm M4 ea so 4reTe4 a slew ( ian sue m.mm 4ve ea1a.4v4.4t a nw ieca e usiw hn. steese wear Sara a.oee la her casta ki:e saaaias the s.4tfr reeieenr te ee ln a re-et4e lllte rroea The Ore eeataa .vf LWratw 11. Il: resnau ia iae Te4Ur-d'e Teus Aae ol444ie, Ther wer days when th great Cnlted Mates Government, hating vast areas of vacant land, established and maintained a wis policy of encour aging tta citizens to build homes, found communities. cities, counties aad state, aad reclaim th wlldernes to th B aad arts of civilization. Th case of th enterprising Mis Starr waa not uncommon. 8b taught school for a livelihood, and In th Interim accepted th Invitation of tho Govern ment to take up aom of Its land. otherwise given over to th wastes. Sh paid soma money, too, under the old pre-emption law. W do aot know what becam or Mis Starr and bet claim. Cut If she bad th career opened to most actlr and Intelligent young women of a quarter of a century ago. It Is safe to bastard th guess that sh married, and that th "ptec of land- which he acquired la a comfortable home- site and a valuable asset In th tax able propertle of Lane County, and la tenanted by a happy family. But how U It now? Th other day ther was a case before, th Lsotd Offlc authorities at Fca'.tle. A. poor widow bad th temerity to go on a forest reserve, oa th Snohomish l.tver. and to take up a homestead. With her two children ah worked early aad lat making a clearing and bullUng a little cabin, far from ar.y neighbors; and when Winter set In h took her young daughters and re lumed to rivUUatlon. When sh ram to pror up. after years of arduous labor aad faithful effort to comply with th law, sh found a hord of forest officials who objected. Sh had left her claim for a period, and som eagte-eyed official had come upon her cabin when It wraa deserted. Fortu nately ther was a witness In her be half Frank Terrace, of food roads fame and the Land OffVc official ac cepted her filing. But It was a cloae calL Tet w bear that th Federal Gov ernment, under th Inspiration of Its aew scheme of conservation, encour ages bona-flJ aettlemer.t on agricul tural lands la forest reserve. Hum bug! Ia th practical lesleon of th average forest reserve official there is so tillable land In a forest reserve. Txraxw raiLXtrs. Readers of current literature who were free la predicting that Stephen Phillips, poet and dramatist, would take his plar with th Immortals hav loet th last hop that their prophecies will meet fulfillment. Mr. rhlllipsl dead at Deal. England, at the prema ture ag of 47. Nor may th prophets of his greatness look to posterity for Justification; for th cool, calm per spective of a dosen and more years ha been afforded sine his meteoric flash across th literary heavens won for him aa enthusiastic following that foresaw for him transcendental great, nesa. Mr. Phillip, while deserving of hon orable mention In th records of achievement, must be set down as a rich '-pocket- which thinned out quickly. In bis lata twenties h sprang from obscurity with a poem "Christ In Hades.- followed by a narratlv In vers. Th Woman With a Dead Soul.- H turned at one to th drama and. following methods and theories which suggested th classic Greek rather than th Elizabethan or later writers, produred a aerie of plays which met with a measure of popular approval. Of these his Taolo arid Frances., a. moulded on a heroic them, waa th moat successful. For a lime he gav promise of rehabilitat ing th bUak-vers play. But Imper fect technique and lack of depth, hu man Interest and vitality, kept him Just abort of succeea In this under taking. rhiltlpa had many of th attribute t genius. J'rrhap it should be sai l that he was almost a genius. A greater succeea might hav attended him bad his talents been directed Into different channela II failed to reaili bla limi tations and In undertaking to be poet, dramatist aad producer, he fell short of complete success In any field. It has been charged that he was too much a business man to be a poet and too much a poet to b a business man. Certalnlr th record Is c!4r as to his lack of business acumen, for he made a fearful mess of his life. so far aa finance wer concerned. Without the eT 4: Meet MeA of la va!u and llnvl ta ilor. f money, h piled up dbU which carried him Into bankruptcy and left him without money enough to pay his far to th bankruptcy proceed ings. His borrowing habits closed many homes to him. including that of air. Kipling. If w may credit Kipling's own words. After his sudden rl to attention. Mr. Phillips continued to rroduce. During hi thirties h wrot -Uerod," -Nero.- "fosses.- Th Last Helr." Tlsiro of Siena." "Th King." and "lola,- which was completed Uttl mora than a year ago. But the suc cessive work, whll received with serious critical appreciation, fnlled to measure up to th promise of his first works. An eminent man of letters, almost of th mould of immortals, such Is the world's estlmat of Stephen Phillip. auoiuTT is aoUDirriNO. Th extent to which Progressive In tha l .t hit returned to the Repub lican party la Indicated by tables of th total vol on AemDlmrn in New Tork at the election of H 1 4 and lilt. Th Republican vote increased from i! SIS to 707.417. a gain of over 45.000. while the Democratic vol Increased from $.700 to a gala of JS.OOO. The plurality of 111. 000 for th Republican Is greater than that of anr Republican candidate for Governor ezcept Whitman and has oaly twlc been exceeded by candi date for President. Th Democratic gain Indlcwte that a certain trotortlon of th Progres sive hav gon over to th Democ racy, but th vast majority hav evi dsntlr reloined th Republicans. Re cent elecUoa have all shown th same trend and have also shown on result Republican success. More than ever th fact 1 emphasized that president Wilson Is a minority President ana that a eolld opposition would make hi reflection ImDossibla. On th most Important Issue between h Repub lican and Democratic partiew. ne iw advantag of temporary division In the majority to enact th policy of tha minority. Th majority "will vot to gether for It own policy next year. Qt lTTINO TUI ItARXTA, Chauncey M. Denew Is fully quali fied br ace and experience to speak on tho curse of retirement. Mr. Depcw has boen retired from most forms of useful activity for a long period; and. whll h ha appeared to find Joy In life through th mptoyment of golf clubs and after-dinner oratory, yet he comes forward now to complain that retirement la a sad estate. If warn those who would cast aside th yok of service that-tt Is unwlo to take th step. Better to drop In the harnesa. Onca th mind alowa down and ac tivity of A lifetime Is replaced by Idle ness and retropectlon. with the at tendant dangers of morbid Introspec tion, life loses Its sweet flavor. Or If It has had no special flavor. It takes on a dour taste which withers the soul and convert life Into real unhappt nesa. W suspect that Mr. Depew has been unduly Introapectlv. or possibly he lack Ingenuity and poise. Dryden tells us that a foundation of good sense and a cultivation of learning are re quired to gtv a seasoning to retire ment and make u last lis blessings. Th man who has driven himself through life In a relentless race for gain la certain to find th world a dull place when retirement coran to him. He ha never tasted, of the Joys of living. Ills life hns been tolerable mainly because he has been too buy for conaclouiness of self. He has been happy because he waa not un happy, as the bard discovered. On the other hand, the man who has paused to partake of the true Joys of existence may find a ripe harplnc in a well-earned retirement. Hit tasks are done and h revels In that relaxa tion which has given htm his brightest hours of surcease from the struggle of effecting his economic adjustments. There Is much In the world to amuse him. and he Is content to stroll la leisurely contemplation of those de lights which he has cultivated and which have wholly escaped the man who goea always on th run. Retirement In old ag must not be condemned. Th danger Is to those who have been too busy for conscious ness of life and of self. So the warn ings should be confined to them. Left to their own resources they wither and perish. They must partake of that dally oblivion which attends the stives of eternal hustle and bustle. "How use doth breed a habit In a man!" TtMixo or the mttM. ecretary of the Interior Lane use the Colorado River as a vivid Illus tration of the manner In which the floods of our rivers may be converted from a curse Into a blessing. He tells how the Colorado yearly threatens to destroy the Imperial Valley nesr Its mbuth. whll millions of acre of land on Its upper cours thirst for these very destroying waters. What he says of th Colorado 1 true of every other river ot the West and of many In other parts of the country. He states the rase eplgrammallcalty by saying that In their upper reaches the land need the wratera, while In their lower reaches the lands must be saved from th waters." He applies th Sam re mark to tho Mississippi River and re lates thst. after seeing th problem It preoent. Sir William Wlllcocks. builder of th Assuan dam. "who hn spnt his llf In India. Mesopotamia and Egypt as a river-tamer, sighed with regret thst It might not be hi fortun to see the day that, he snld. would urely come, when the valley of the Mississippi would be another val ley of the Nile, only greater In area and more perfectly adapted to the whit man's llfe. Mr. Lane believe the chief prob lem Is how "the lands reclaimed shall be made to bear In some degree the burden of the expense." for the fund reeded mount Into staggering figures. They cannot bo provlJed out of cur rent revenue, and should not be. for permanent Improvements ar "a ItI- tlmate charge against capital." He propose a commission to devise plana by which states aad Individuals can co operate with the Government In pay ing for the work. The Secretary, appears to have In mind the Issue of bonds, payment of Interest and principal of which should be made a charge on the land that Is Improved. River Improvement on a grand scale would add to the value of land along the entire course of the stream, and should be paid for by each beneficiary In proportion to the benefits received, whether In Irriga tion of arid land. In drainage of swamp or In relief from floods. It comes under the bead of those things for hl.-h President Wilson In his address to Congress said borrowing can be Justified "permanent things which many generations will certain ly benefit by an.l hli h it semis hard ly fair that a alngle generation should pay for." Tke President la unwllUof to apply this sound principle to the Panama Canal, though It certainly falls within the same category, but we may hope that he will see Its ap plication to river improvement. The present time is peculiarly favor able for borrowing money for rrver Improvement. Wealth is accumulating In the banks faster than ordinary busi ness can absorb It. Foreign borrow ers will doubtless draw extensively upon It, but surely the needs of our own public works should first ie sup Recruiting Is reported brisk In Lon don. Thousands of men are flocking to the colors. A year will b required to convert them from killers of mice to killers of men. In the meantime hundreds of thousands of the recruits of a year ago are belnjr assembled In France and Flanders ready for eventu alities. If the war continues another couple of years Great Britain may suc ceed In establishing an army. The Iron grip of the censor la being broken. London has renounced the censors In one governmental depart ment. Anything goea except war se crets. Censorship Is not proving the boon that was expected. Fooling the public is not so profitable aa the mili tary strategists had expected. It la being found that a well-informed pub lio Is necessarjr to th conduct of th war. ' Th question whether outrage were committed tn Mexico seems to hinge. In Mr. Tumulty's opinion, on whether th facts ar on record In the State Department. If not on the files there, of course, they cannot be facts. The voters Win form an opinion "Whether they are facts and will not be re stricted to the evidence which Mr. Bryan admitted to his flics. Kdltor Short, of the Bend Press, has been asked to provide 3000 Jackrab blts for th Muls to dispense In this city the day before Christmas and has accepted the contract. This la rather outside the line of journalism, but a country editor finds he can do any thing because he must. Casualties among British officers have been less of late, solely because there has been less activity on the front. Blood and breeding put the Britlaher Into the thickest of it. for there are hundreds of years of family tradition behind him and he cannot flunk. Eh. whatl Distressing news comes from the Wsllnwa Mountains that Chief No Shirt, of the Umatilla., and his wife. whose name is not given out may ne found in the lingerie department, are snowed In and in a bad way. A re lief expedition has been started. As was to be expected, the Supreme Court sustains Judge McGinn in up holding the Food Commissioner ruling that alcohol has no place In candy. A person is exposed to the "booze" habit soon enough without starting him when a child. Inenectlon Of all pork coming Into this city will not keep ail diseased meat from entering: but Inspection or all p.ork in the frying-pan or baking sheet, to see that It property Is cooked. will keep people irom atincuon who trichinosis. Pretty near time for somebody to spring the Inane Joke of the wlfe who spends her husbaad's earnings to buy him a Christmas present. It does not go in Oregon, where the w-lfe la full partner, politically, financially and otherwise. Austria may deny "official" know ledge of President Wilson's corre spondence with Germany, Just as a Judge denies Judicial knowledge of facts which be knows as a man. uut that excuse will not avail Austria very long. Rnma neonla are noor through fault of their own and some are poor who are blameless. When famine stalks Is not the time to discriminate. Let the help be bountiful. Van Kaalbergen seems proud of having bunkoed the German conspi rators. The famous definition of a man who would not stay bought ap plies to him. Similar action to. that of the French cruiser Descartes In taking Germans from American shlDS caused the war of 1111. That should be hint enough for France. Heirships in prehistoric estate spread very thin In final division. If ever they are divided. A lot In towa la worth a township of centuries ago. Rh'niiM a Wlf Forirlve7" la the question at a local movie house. She should not. but being or tne material of which saints are made, she does. it ia eminently nroDer that there should come from South Carolina a nronosal to form a vigilance committee among the nations of the earth. Th primeval holiday gift for the woman child was a doll, and th sex has not changed. For the man child it la anything from a dollar up. Fire, entailing loss of half a mil lion was necessary to put the town of Necedab. Wis., on the map of the day newa. nnoiinnniiv tha aun ahlnes and now and then the moon Is visible, just to snow they are doing business at the old stands. Wa. shall helleva we are actually to have that now Dostofflce when the Government begins building It. The place for the Pacific Mall flag float la on this ocean, and there it will continue to float. Bulgaria wants a. fighting credit of iia ooo.ooo. Having shown she can fight, she will get it. Forty per cent of the half-billion loan Is still on- the market, with the price going lower. Time for Henry Ford to send out the stuffed dove in, search of a land ing apoL Local sleuths can start with a clean slate again on the trunk-murder mys tery. The men arrested by the new auto cops will consider themselves canned. Good for Clackamas. It baa joined the pave'S-roads procession. L Stars and Starmaker By Leea Cast Bacr. JUST read a page ad of advice from a Jeweler to purchase Christmas dia monds early. He isn't talking to me. e e e Vernon Castle is going to be an aviator in the English army service. A Castle In the air. as It were, .see ' Going on about Vernon, he . la in California studying; at the aviation school. He hopes to. win an aviator's license for himself in six weeks. "I will enlist until the war is over," he declared. "That Is the right placs for a born Briton like me, and now la tha right time. I am impatient to do my part in the .fighting. Except tor that I hav no plana. When the war Is over, if I am still alive, I hope to return to America and go on dancing. I know nothing; as to the plans of my wlfa.- Mr. Castle sold his country home at Manhaaset a few days ago and an nounced he intended to quit the stage. He has disposed of his kennels, stable and automobiles. For a long time ther hav been hints that the dancer Intended to Join the aviation forces of the BrlUsh army, but this Is his first confirmation of the report. Rumors of a disagreement between himself and Mrs. Castle he denies. Mrs. Castle is still with th "Watch Tour Step" com. pany, now in Boston. see Rennold Wolf; In the Morning Tele graph, handed me a laugh and I pass it on in a little story of an actor who bad a fur overcoat and he Is doing a rushing business on th Forty-second-street corner by renting his overcoat. for an hour at a time, to actors who are applying for positions. see From Paris comes news that Sarah Bernhardt Is suffering from bronchitis and. while no uneasiness Is felt re garding her condition, she will be compelled to remain at home for sev. eral days. Despite her illness she Is going on with plana for a production of "Les Catbedrales," written for her by Eugene Morand, with musical ac companlment by Gabriel Pierre. The premier Is planned for December ZS in London. e e e Edward C Woodruff, over at the Baker stock, sends In a neat and nifty Idea. Edward suggests that, if Henry Ford succeeds In stopping the war, every Ford car in tha United States and way points be stopped five minutes In honor of the event. e e e Irvin Cobb's book. "Speaking; of Operations," leads me to observe that Mr. Cobb has taken another way to -cash in" following an operation, see Elsie Janls bas a great ambition to become a writer. "My ambition is to take up writing seriously, as perhaps a life work," she says. "I have written a great number of articles, several multiple-reel mo. tion-picture sensations, and one book, you know. I really believe I have some ability tn that line, and I hope to develop it. I am almost certain I hav a sense of humor that, in Itself, may prove my saving grace." Miss Janls has Just purchased, for a home, the Phillpseburgh Manor House, built in 1493. at Tarrytown. N. Y. In an Interview in the January Green Book Magazine she tells of the pleas ures of "fixing It up." I read some of Elsie's poetry and her book, and as a writer she is an excellent actress. e e e Robert Gleckler, who was leading man with the Baker Players last sea son, has been appearing In Robert Mc Laughlin's play, "The Bandmaster's Daughter." The company closes on Saturday night In Cleveland, O. a Maude Hanaford. who was Ingenue for about ten mlnutea one with the Baker Players, Is now with Lou Tellegen In 'The Ware Case." appear ing at th Maxlne Elliott Theater in v.e Tork. Robert Vivian, another Baker Player, Is In Mr. TcUegens com pany. e e e m he an readinK up on Lillian Rus sell as an Institution, since she Is going to be a prominent visitor in our midst next week. Among a lot of unique thine-e Tva found that her beauty Is said to be due to th fact that she .i4W4f,e .Terr morning till I or 10 o'clock. Well. I dunno. I know any number of newspapermen and women, and other who work at night and slumber past I in th morning and never by any chance could they be headlined on the Orpheum for their dazzling beauty, e e In memory of the late Charles Klein, the dramatic author who lost his life In the sinking of the Lusltani. his former friends, among playwrights, ac tors and producing managers, with whom he did business, will meet at the Hudson Theater at 4 P. M. next Sun day. December 19. to hear addresses by those who knew him best. Th arrangementa are under the aus pices of the Society of American Dram atist and Composer, the Lambs and Di.v.n riuhs tha United Managors' As sociation and the Associated Managers of Greater New YorK. Augustus Thomas will preside, and addresses will be made by Joseph I. O. Clarke. John Drew, William Courtlelgh, Daniel Frohman. Percy Mackaye and others. e e Th completed manuscript of th new play which George V, Hobart has been writing for Rose Stahl has been de livered. The piece Is a yet unnamed. In it Miss Stahl departs somewhat from the slangy types with which she hss been identified, and acts the role of a playwright heaven help her! Rehearsals of the new piece under the direction of the Henry B. Harris estate have begun. e e e The great success which Margaret nilngton has achieved in Henry Ar thur Jones' play. "The Lie," which opens at the Hellljr tonight only serves to carry out one of Mr. Jones' pet theories, and that Is, his plays should be presented -in America first rather than In England. This conclusion was reached by Mr. Jones many years ago, for the simple reason that he appre ciated the fact that American audiences took a heartier Interest in the drama than they did ia England; that they are lesa bound by convention and are open to new convictions, and, to the Ameri can, ther exist an attraction tn the theater more vivid and varied than there is to the Englishman. It is not generally known that Mr. Jones held the manuscript of "The Lie." for one year waiting for Miss Illlngton to im personate the part of "Elinor Shale," as he wanted his heroine played by her alone and when the play I produced in London ah will play, tbe part. . IIE WOULD MAKE IT COMPULSORY j Writer Wants Military Training: in Schools and Suppression of Pacifists. PORTLAND, Dec 14. (To the Edi tor.) In The Oregonlan, under a con spicuous heading, "High School Boys Don Soldier Garb," we are informed that 20 high school students and two instructors had joined the National Guard. We also learn that other students are "interested" and may Join later unless peace propagandists and some of the women teachers per suade them otherwise. ' Now, honestly; wouldn't that give you a pain? At a rough guess we must have at least 1000 to 2500 male students In our local high schools, and, although we have been regaled with talk of military training In them for several months, the result, so far has been 20 students and two instructors. At this rate we can look forward to as much protection from the hifrh schools as from the proposed Conti nental Army. I am not a military expert and do not presume to offer advice to the Government, "but as I have seen serv ice in the Guard and hope that I am endowed with ordinary intelligence I have at least the privilege of ex pressing an opinion. If we are to have an effective citizen army it should be trained In the National Guard and hlnrh school. Encourage young men to Join the Guard by pay ing them for their services and abol ishing the obligation to do police duty. In that way we would get Into the organization hundreds of thou sands of young men at present pre vented from joining through labor union affiliations. Make military training obligatory in the hlprh schools. The male students are quite old enouprh to be taught not only how to defend their country, but also that they are under an obligation for get ting their education for nothing. If any of their parents or any of themselves object to military training let them go to private schools or col leges, where they can pay for what they want. If any peace propagan dists object to this system send them out of the country to search for their Utopia elsewhere; and if any of the teachers, male or female, object to the system, fire them and replace them with real men and women. This may seem undemocratic to some, but in answer to this objection look at England's plight today. She Is just as democratic as we are, and though we are told that "vox populi, vox del." I'm inclined to think when we quote that we are sometimes pay Ins a poor compliment to the Al mighty. J. T. D. Wool and Knittlnsr Machines. PORTLAND, Dec 14. (To the Ed itor.) Where can I buy a wool knit ting and spinning machine? Please give me a recipe for removing wool Irom sheepskins. GREGORIO URQTJ1AGA. By E. L Thompson, manager of the Portland Woolen Mills, we are Informed the following firms could no doubt furnish the desired knitting machines: Wlldman Manufacturing Company, Norristown, Pa.; Scott & Williams Com pany, 88 Pearl street, Boston, Mass., and Hemphill Manufacturing Company, Pawtucket, R. 1. In regard to formula for removing wool from sheepskins, there are many ways of handling this. The process is a rather complicated and expensive one, requiring special equipment in or der tp make a success of the operation. Provided you do not wish to preserve tha bides after pulling the wool, you could paint the flesh inside of the skins with a solution of depilatory, after soaking the skins for 48 hours in water. You would find that the wool could then be removed very readily In six to eight hours after painting. Spotted Pear Leaves. VANCOUVER, Wash., Dec. It. (To the Editor.) Will you kindly tell me through The Oregonian a remedy for brown spots on the leaves of an alli gator pear tree? These spots eventual ly cover the entire leaf. MRS. FRANK E. HODGK1N. Several nurserymen were unable to tell definitely, owing to the fact that you failed to say anything about the twins' conditions surrounding the tree or the soil In which it is planted. They said, however, mat it was proo ably the growing conditions that caused a kind of blight upon tne leaves The alligator pear Is a native of semi 1...14.1 riim4i44 and either the cli mate in this section or the soli might cause the brown spots, t-ruuauiy ... you would write to the State Horticul turist you would receive attention from your district representative. Snrveyors Claim. PORTLAND, Dec. 14. (To the Edi tor.) Kindly give me information on . . ' ... i . A.,..Hnn. Three months IDS I U 1 1 U 1 1. S 1 " ago I was hired by a party to survey some land, paying my own expenses. C14..44 th. inh has been finished I find the party that hired me does not own the land and I can't collect any thing from him. Is it too late, after two months have elapsed to file lien against land? Is the party that owns the land responsible for the debt of work If he paid the other party? W. H. FOLEY, 284 Hooker street. You cannot recover from the owner of the land. When Women Lost In Washington. rtnoTT.ivn rw- 14. (Tn the Edi tor.) Would like to gain information through your paper when, how and why were the women oi wasnington, some years ago. disfranchised after once having been granted the fran chise? INFORMATION- SEEKER, The vote was granted to women of Washington by an act of the Terri torial Legislature. This statute was declared Invalid by the Territorial Su preme Court. Who Shall Ssyf PORTLAND, Dec. 14. (To the Edi torsReferring to certain writers' ideas on the subject, I would ask why men should support women if married or not? In the animal kingdom each support themselves, except for a cer tain time when the female nurses her young ones. Women should be a help to men. not a parasite, as now so often is the case. OBSERVER. Violin Values. PORTLAND. Dee. 13. (To the Edi- mr.) Please give me the address of an expert violin examiner who can tell the value of a Stradlvarius violin. A SUBSCRIBER. You will find a violin authority at any of the established music stores. If he is unable to advise you he will rec ommend an expert. Praise for the Censors. - Washington (D. C.) Star. "Have you been reading the war news?" "Yes," replied Miss Cayenne. "And I must say one thing for the cen sors.. They have done everything in hu- ..op in snnrA our fpelincn hv 1 1 1 n 1 1 J.vn4. i - . a- . making the terrors of war as uniir- sUn.'aa possible." In Other Days Trventy-rlv Years Ago. Prom The Oregonian, December 18.890. Fort Yates, N. D., Dec. 15. itting Bull, the Indian chief, his soiCrow Foot and six other Indians werkllled by the Indian Police today, 4'rnile3 northwest of the apency. Sittir Bull was born In 1837. and was chieof the Dakota Sioux who were drive-from their reservation in the Black lis by miners in 1876 and took up arms against the whites and friend- In dians. In June that year th- de feated and massacred General Cster's advance party. Terry pursued In dians and Sitting Bull escapl to British soil, returning on a prorse of pardon in 1S80. When the Issiah craze recently developed it wasound Sitting Bull was at the bottomjf R, and when he. refused to hold tupcil with ttie agents his arrest Wi or dered. New York The 'presidents anhlgh officials of practically every Witern railroad met with Morgan yesrday and Jay Gould's scheme for a ne as sociation to manage rates and afflc was agreed upon. A. Thurston, R. Everding and Lines F. Clarke have been appoints ap praisers of the estate of Josdi L, Foy. . Detective Joe Day yesterdj re covered for Thomas Davis the coat stolen from the latter at the Arlgton Club Saturday. The thief had pvned it. Frank Daniels and his farce coedy company who will produce 'little Puck" during Christmas week aived from San Francisco yesterday. Dr. Emma J. Welty returned jter day from Boston, where she hacgone in attendance of Miss Helen Tea Half a Century Ago. From The Oreeonlan,' December 16, ;85. J. A.' Waymlre has "phonogphic ally" reported for The Oregonia the debate on the constitutional aend ment abolishing slavery as it ocured in the House at Salem December!. There seems to be a moveme: on in several of the states, includinjOre gon, to levy a tax on Government inds which have been issued to enabl the Government to execute its bus ess. These states seem to forget that iese bonds are exempted- by express it of Congress and also by virtue of the right with which the Government in vested by the Constitution of proTiing revenue free from all restriction: Rev. G. H. Atkinson, of Multnnah County, has been elected, by the Igis lature, a Commisloner of the Per.en tiary to succeed Colonel Corneliu: Washington Henry Ward Bedier addressed an assemblage that eroded the Hall of Representatives last ight night. y. Estelle Potter McDonald will gis a parlor entertainment at the Willantte Theater tonight. EUROPE LEADS IV TRASHY NOVLS American Sex Fiction Almost Inoen slve In Comparison. MOUNT ANGEL, Or., Dec. 13. To the Editor.) All Americans witlut hyphens will thank you for the eto rial "Sex Novels," censuring the ii lishers, their mercenaries and clltts who manufacture or buy sex noveltin America. Let me add that their books are.I most inoffensive in comparison w.h the nasty onees that are sold in Fraoe and In Switzerland by such pi:blislirs as Payot, Dentu. Frenzine, Ollertrf and Kistermackers, In order to satify the tastes of female readers more afrid of the word than of the thing. The editor can compare Robert Hr rick's storiees with the title pamphl-s: "Palmyre Voulard," "Cote a Cote," "J topsie du Docteur Z.," "Chute de Isa Topsy." "Course a la Mort," "Fenue d'Henri Venneaiv" "Roches Blancht," and son on. , A catholic critic classifies the co piler of those writings as llter.-y malefactor. The free-thinker, Sarcy, affirms that the author of such trth spreads in tha schools "the scorn of la action and the aversion of the work." le did worse, since he teaches in "Rocts' Blanches" that every conjugal fldely Is ruining the psychio and moral i dlviduality of the married people. While the honest press denounces n the United States the crimes of ser engers. the European press erects a memorial to the corrupter. Morbid aspirations, literary medlc rity, sulky perverseness, all is forgc ten when tho mercenary has enriclid himself in giving to the politicians ad the clericals hopes of rallying or ap- Still, yesterday a more godly thn lettered editor introduced to his pias subscribers one of the unclean "ei ders de lettres" as "one of the brigt est representatives of the French 1 erateur." Americans who live on sex novel have at least the courage of thtr weakness, while their contemporay Europeans, hyphenated or not, concul and work out the vice under the. clok of religion or the pavilion of phllos--phy, art and literature. Other homes, other morals. READER. Rose Festival Slogan. OREGON CITY. Or.. Dec. 14. (To te Editor.) Please give me some lntcr matlon In regard to the Portland Koe Festival slogan. Until headquarters for the Rose Fe tival are selected, which will be pe haps a week, contributions to the si -gan contest should be mailed to J. L Dundore. president of the Rose Fest val Board, at Sherman-Clay Compan', Sixth and Morrison. Any person miy submit as many slogans as he desire. No slogan may exceed eight worts. The contest will close January 15. Tie prize for the winning slogan will te ,25. Value of Cards. PIONEER, Or., Dec. 12. (To the Edi. . r.i wor in Thn Oreeociai lor iciwc d . . .j . . ... - - which is tha best hand in poker flush or a full nouser aiso whi """ a royal flush. pL.AYt.it. f cards at poker, as set forth by Hoyle, are in the following order: . x -. t- uii ncf arA wins: one pair. two pair, three of a kind, straight. flush, lull nouse, iour ui -straight flush and then the royal flush. The royal flush is the ace. king, queen, Jack and ten, all of one suit. Tear Out Ihe Reading Matter One time a friend sent Kipling some publications and, to save postage, tore out the advertising. Kipling wrote back: "Next time you keep the rest and send me the advertisements." What a sorry thing the daily newspaper would be without its advertising. Half of Its interest would be gone. It would be all egg and no salt. There Is as much news' Interest In the advertising in a live news paper as there is in the so-called "news" parts of the publication.