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12 TIIE MORNING OREGONIAN, TIITJRSDAYe JUNE 15. 1916. PORTLAND, ORKGOJf. Entered at Portland (Oreaon) Fostoffle as second-class mail matter. Subscription Rates Invariably In advance: , (By Mali.) Pal.y. Sunday Included, on rear $8.00 Daily, Sunday Included, six months.... 4.25 Daily, Sunday included, three montha.. 2.25 Daily, Sunday Included, one month ?5 Daily, -without Sunday, one year 6.00 Daily, without Sunday six months.... 8.25 Daily, without Sunday three montha. . 1.75 Daily, without Sunday, one month..... -BO Weekly, one year. .... 1 50 Sunday, one year. ..... 2.50 Sunday and Weekly, one year 8-50 By Carrier.) Dally, Sunday Included, one year 9.00 Daily, Sunday Included, one month. ... .73 How to Kemit Send postofflce money order, express order or personal check on your local bank, stamps, coin or currency are at sender's risk, Olve poatoff ice address la full, including county and state. Postage KatRH 12 to 18 pages, 1 cent; 18 1o 82 pases, -J cents; 84 to 48 pases, 8 cents; BO to B0 pages, 4 cents;' 62 to 76 pages, 6-cents; 78 to 82 pages, 6 cents. Foreign postage, double rates. Eastern Business Office Verree Conk Iln, Brunswick building, New York; Verree s Conklln, 6teger building, Chicago. Ban "rnclsco representative, R. J. Bidwell. 742 Market street. PORTLAND, THXRSDAY, June 15, 1916. UNDERWOOD LAW BEATS WAR, Of the many difficult tasks of ex planation which, will fall upon Demo cratic, orators In the coming campaign, perhaps one- of the most difficult will be that concerning the effects of the Underwood tariff and of Democratic extravagance. It "will tax the inge nuity of the most expert jugglers with figures. The Underwood law was heralded as a revenue tariff; it has failed to produce the revenue needed to pay the constantly swelling ex penses of Government under Demo cratic Administration. But it has also stimulated imports to such a degree that even the war checked their in crease only temporarily. Belligerent nations needed only to reorganize their industries and to evoke their surplus energy in order to send a tor rent of goods- Into American markets in war time which surpassed all rec ords of peace time. Neutral nations are also revelling In American trad beyond precedent. The war no sooner broke out than the Democrats began attributing the decrease In customs revenue to a de crease In Imports of which the war was the cause, and they imposed new taxes which they called war taxes. To all arguments attributing this decrease to the Underwood tariff they replied that the only fair comparison between that and the Payne tariff could be made by taking the ten months Imme. diately preceding the war and the corresponding ten months preceding enactment of the Underwood law. In a recent speech Representative Humphrey made this comparison and showed that our imports had in creased $124,324,271 but that our rev enue had decreased $33,056,346. But the decrease in revenue since the war began was not due to de crease In imports. Only during the first seven months of the war, ending February, 1915, and in September, 1915, were our imports less than in the corresponding month preceding the enactment of the Underwood tar iff. Beginning with November, 1915, there has been a steady and monthly growing increase until in April our total imports surpassed all records In times of war or peace. They were $217,759,397, compared with $160 576,106 In April. 1915, a war month, and with $173,762,114 In April, 1914 a peace month. The war no longer checks imports. The stimulating in fluence of the Underwood tariff is in full operation. It intensifies foreign competition with our industries and does not proportionately Increase our revenue, for two-thirds of our im ports are still duty free. Mr. Humphrey showed that, if these commodities had been subject to the average Payne tariff they would have yielded $91 656,000 more revenue in the last nine months of 1915 than they yielded un der the Underwood law. Mr. Humphrey proved lncontesta- bly that the Democratic tariff pro- duces "more imports than ever be fore, less revenue than ever before, more free trade than ever before, more taxation than ever before." His evidence is hard to beat. - STILL AFTER STANDARD on Not a decade has passed since the Civil War during which there has not been some sort of an inquiry or law suit involving the Standard Oil Com pany, but that company, cut into various fragments bearing different names. Is still With us. There must be some cause for its longevity and prosperity for the failure of every St. George who has gone forth to slay this dragon. Perhaps one reason is the superior class of men whom it employs by comparison with tTIose who serve the Nation and the state. Another is the continuity of service which it obtains from these men by giving them permanent employment as compared with the short terms of public officials. But it is inconceiv able that this great business could have survived so many assaults unless it had been directed with superior ability. - Transportation Is the crux of the problem relating to oil. The Stand ard's wealth and power were founded on railroad rebates and were fortified by ownership of pipelines and private tank cars. By controlling the pipe lines, it controlled the raw material and was able to transport Its finished product cheaper than could. the inde pendents. When its several parts were -severed by the courts, they were still owned by the same men, who had learned the advantage of working in harmony and who therefore continued so to work. Men cannot be compelled to compete with themselves, hence how can the Indiana and Ohio Stand ards be expected to compete? The same men own the pipelines and will play into the hands of their own com panies in ways, which no public com mission can circumvent. Failure of attempts to enforce the commodities clause' of the Interstate commerce laws against the anthracite coal roads shows how Impracticable is the attempt to sever transportation from production, yet that would be the besT means of insuring equal treatment to all. Possibly the men who own the pipelines could be com pelled to sell to men who had no con nection with production or refining, but how could the stock be kept in the hands of such men? A solution of the problem seems possible only if undertaken by men who keep at it till it is finished and who have un limited power, free from constitution I or legal restrictions. Otherwise it may prove insoluble. ine present revival or shipbuilding in the United States is probably th result entirely of the war. That is the conclusion to be drawn from census report on the industry in 191 compared with 1909. In that period the number of Iron and steel vessels launched at private yards decreased from, 158 to 126, or 20.3 per cent, their tonnage from 254,986 to 242,559, or 4.9" per cent, though their cost in creased from $30,088,672 to $36,295,- 58, or 20.8 per cent. The number of wooden vessels decreased from 1428 to 987, or 80.8 per cent, their tonnage from 212,233 to 182,101, or 14.2 per cent, and their cost from $7,679,346 to 6,249,687, or 18.6 per cent. In ad dition, there were launched from Gov ernmont yards 48 craft of 16,853 tons. WHO WANTS WART If a war party existed in the United States ex-Governor Glynn's keynote speech at St. Louis would be a valua ble historical compilation. Hje has cited with a good deal of heat and grandiloquence the successful efforts of Presidents other than Mr. Wilson to keep us out of war and to protect our rights by means of negotiation. But there is no war party in the United States. President "Wilson is not criticised by anybody of conse quence for not having made war upon any European power which has in vaded American neutrality. The pro tests concern the vigor and timeliness of the negotiations. Those who criticise the President's peace policy maintain that had there been closer scrutiny of American rights and of published 'threats of in vasion of American rights, lives lost might not have been lost. For the submarine . outrages we have received neither remuneration. disavowment nor apology. The diplo matic triumph of the President con sists of a promise not to do it again. So far as the puBlic knows, nothing else is now asked or demanded. LET'S CELEBRATE. ' Several years have passed since Portland had a rousing Fourth of July celebration. It perhaps does not harm city to take a vacation of that kind for awhile, for the unfortunate ten dency of Fourth of July celebrations is toward the commercial enterprise. Patriotism is one of the last things that ought to be Invoked to induce outsiders to come to a community to spend their money. But there has been a revival of In terest In uhe birth of the Nation and in the flag and all they have meant in respect to life, liberty and the pur suit of happiness for the people. It will do us good once more to get out and show our appreciation of these Inestimable benefits by making a loud noise. Portland can have an old-fashioned Fourth of July without resort to the angerous practices that once marked the day. The giant cracker, the dyna mite cap, the toy pistol and other de vices which produced noise but maimed limbs and caused deaths and fires have, we trust, been permanently renounced, so far as Portland is con cerned. By old-fashioned celebration we mean one that will provide whole some, even noisy, amusements for the yo-ung and plenty of. entertainment for the old. Let the people be given op portunity to let loose a lot of enthu siasm out of pure pride of country. If others wish to join us. well and good, but let it not be understood that Portland is offering a. celebration to attract the outside dollar. It is to be a revival of interest in the day, an outburst of patriotism In that whang-bang way which best satisfies the soul of the virile American. DRUG SLAVES AND TEDS LAW. Under the Harrison drug act dras tic action has been thought possible in dealing with slaves of forbidden narcotics. Regulation of all the sources of supply, seizure of supplies round in the possession of individuals and the liability of all concerned in its sale and use to vigorous prosecution were provisions calculated to discour age the growth of this insidious evil. But now comes the United States Su preme Court with a decision that strips the law of much of its power. The court holds that the law applies only to dealers in drugs and not to those who use narcotics. Bitter disappointment is expressed by the framers of the Harrison drug act that such an interpretation has been placed upon the measure. The interpretation and their intentions do not agree, but law is law, and who is to question the legal acumen of the Supreme Court? As the matter now stands, there, is nothing to prevent a user of opium from having a whole case of that stuff in his possession, ac cording to a statement made by Charles B. Towns, of New York, who helped draft the Harrison drug act. If the authorities, after the passage of the law last year, found a quantity of narcotics in the possession of an individual, they seized the stuff and prosecuted all concerned. But how now are they to compel the holder of forbidden drugs to disclose his source of supply, in iew of the Supreme Court decision? f The bars are thrown down to new smuggling abuses and Illicit traffic in opium and cocaine. Half of the obstacles are removed from the path of those who are slaves to the drug habit and for whose pro tection the drug act was Intended. Even where state laws provide addi tional barriers, will not these laws suf fer through the findings of the high est court? The law continues in full force, so far as regulating the licensed traffickers in drugs is concerned. Nor does it permit illicit traffic. But the loophole given to habitues renders more difficult the suppression of this most baffling and pernicious of evils. A new decision-proof law should be drafted and enacted without delay. PASSING OF THE OLD-TIME RIGGER. Realization of the completeness of the change wrought by. a few years in maritime conditions is heightened by its discovery in shipbuilding centers of the country that competent riggers are not to be had in anything like the numbers demanded by the revival of the industry of building and equipping sailing vessels and auxiliary craft that depend In part on the winds for mo tive power. The supply of ship car penters, of Ironworkers and of other craftsmen is measurably sufficient for present requirements; while rig gers, it seems, are not to be had at all in some localities and in others are so few in number that work is being seriously delayed. ... Reasons - for this condition are at least twofold. The passing of the old time sailor has been coincident with the development of steam-driven craft, requiring the services of engl neers and firemen but depending in the deck department on mere "deck hands," who, when they have learned to box the compass and stand a trick at the wheel, and scrub paint work, have mastered pretty much all they need to know of sailoring. They are seldom called on-to go aloft, and when they do so it is to overhaul hoisting .gear in port, and not to shorten sail under the perilous conditions of storm at sea. The number of those who know the difference between deadeye and marlinspike,. or between the malntopsail down haul and the Jib halyards, or who could overhaul stu'n. sail gear or cross a royal yard Is de creasing rapidly, and It seems distress, lngly smaller day by day. Complaint is made seriously by shipbuilders that they almost never encounter a sea faring man who can make an eye splice that doss not resemble a sheep's leg or who can accomplish a long splice on any terms. Such are the depths into which have fallen the working mariners of the present day. Destruction of costly ships as an incident of the European war and other economic reasons have contrib uted to a revival of the construction and rigging of craft with sails. The ranks of riggers, formerly recruited from among real seadogs, are depleted and there is apparently no source of potential supply. It would seem to be the part of wisdom, if the industry faces the permanent awakening that many predict for it, to conserve a few remaining old-style sailormen for duty as Instructors of a new set of appren tices in the rigging craft. ' THE COLLEGE CROP. .There are bo many cheerful symp toms in American civilization that one wonders where the critics find mate rial If not from internal toxic agencies which poison their system and minds and cause them to see the world through films of bile. Graduation. season, now in the midst of its semi annual recurrence, is revealing opti mistic sidelights on Increased attend ance at higher Institutions of learning just at a time when the critics had convinced themselves that the cause of education, was all awry. Columbia University, with the Issuance of some 2000 degrees the other day at the close of the school year, offers a fine opportunity for comparison, with the college output of, say, fifty years ago, when the largest university could not have mustered such a student body even by multiplying the total en. rollment by two. Interest and profit, too, will be found in studying the degrees. In- ad. dition to the time-honored M. A., B. A. and M. D. degrees and the familiar bachelor of laws and bachelor of sciences, one notes such degrees as bachelor of literature In Journalism, highway engineer, bachelor of archi tecture, bachelor of science in educa tion, electrical engineer, master and doctor of pedagogy, bachelor of science in practical arts and bachelor of com mercial science. Strange titles these to the students of a generation or two gone by. They reveal that the in creased attendance and graduation from universities and colleges repre sent a demand for specially trained men in relatively new fields of en deavor. Important lines of activity that once accepted the services of the indifferently trained now demand spe cialists. Ten years ago the bachelor of literature In journalism would have been turned over to the reportorial staff humorist for a special story had he presented himself at the editorial sanctum for employment. Now the holder of such a degree will find it worth while to make the rounds of Park Row. There are new fields and new opportunities for the highway en gineer, the expert in commercial sciences and the other holders of new fangled degrees. Posts once held , by men who had devoted their lives to picking up 'casual equipment are now open to young men who start with a substan tial theoretical foundation. Progres sive Industrial and economic condi tions demand these specially trained men and the universities are meeting the demand, in addition to the larger number of men required by the es tablished artn and sciences. NEITHER ONETITXNG NOR THE OTHER. The perplexity in which President Wilson Has involved himself in Mex ico is the Immediate outcome of his recognition of Carranza 'as the de facto ruler of that country. He took that step In excessive regard for Mex ican sovereignty. The claim of Car ranza to recognition as ruler in fact can properly rest only on his per formance in fact of the obligations of a sovereign state. He is unable to do this. As the New Republic says of his government: It la unable to afford even eeml-secnrlty to the lives and property of aliens resident in Mexico. It la unable to prevent mauraud- ng outlaws from making murderous forays nto American territory. If it were not for the Huropean war its egregious failures would have already provoked demands from Enropean governments, injurious to its na tional Integrity. As against the future threat of European intervention It must rely on the united states to protect Its supposed independence. That journal correctly pronounces Mexican sovereignty under these cir cumstances "not only a fiction 'but a baleful fiction, which should no long er be allowed to determine the policy of the United States." It Insists on the privileges, while Ignoring the re sponsibilities, of sovereignty. It needs assistance which cannot be given without outside interference. By dis carding the fiction of sovereignty Mr. Wilson would place himself in a posl tion to give this assistance. By his present course, Mr. Wilson maintains the pretense of treating Mexico as a sovereign state, yet vio lates its sovereignty by maintaining an army in Mexico against the pro test of the ruler whom he has recog nized. On Mr. Wilson's own theory, Carranza would be Justified in at tempting by force to expel Pershing's army. Mr. Wilson can only Justify our army's presence in Mexico by affirming Carranza's proved inability to prevent or punish border raids, to protect foreign residents or to estab lish order in Mexico, and by announ cing that the American army would remain .in that country until order was-restored and a strong government established. There can be little doubt that such a declaration would lead to an open clash between American and Mexican forces, to open war and finally - to American pacification and occupation of Mexico until that end was gained. From these consequences Mr. Wilson shrinks. He also shrinks from the alternative course of, with drawing our forces across the bord-e and of holding Carranza responsible for any wrongs, done by Americans to Mexicans hereafter, for he knows that Carranza's power is shaky and would be weakened, probably destroyed, by any drastic action In behalf of Amer icans. The President expresses a desire to help Mexico, but the only effective means of giving help is force, for that is the only means used by Mex icans themselves In. settling their own quarrels and It is the only argument by which they can be convinced. Mr. Wilson hangs back from effective use of force, and the New Republic thus forcibly states the consequences: Hitherto the Interference has ' not been beneficial precisely because it has not been effective. The President could not avoid in terfering, and yet when it came to the point, he shrank from supporting his policy with the kind of arguments which the Mexicans in their present elate of mind are ready to understand. He was so anxious to avoid the killing of Mexicans by Americans that he would take no sufficient steps to prevent the killing of Americana by Mexicans. Hi has been so much opposed to the use of torca . in Mexico for the benefit of American in terests that he was afraid to use it for the benefit of Mexican Interests. Be has been obUged to use force in Mexico, but he has always done so with a bad conscience. The President is obsessed with the South American idea that "all states are equally independent' and deserve to be kept equally inviolate, no matter how well or ill they use their inde pendence." That idea is put forward to secure weak, states against ag gression, but if they may escape compulsion to fulfill their obli gations, large states may claim an equal right to use their discretion in overthrowing weak states. The truth is that national sovereignty involves a mutual obligation. In consideration of recognition of and respect for the sovereignty of each state by the oth ers, each state is morally bound to maintain orderly government and to practice and enforce respect for the rights of other states and their citi zens. Its .failure to fulfill this obli gation releases other states from their obligation, to respect its sovereignty, for their highest duty is to protect their own rights and the persons and property of their own citizens. It is precisely this supreme duty and the mutuality of the obligation between states which Mr. Wilson has ignored. He has been more careful to prevent the killing of Mexicans by Americans than to prevent the killing of Americans by Mexicans. He has been more scrupulous to respect Mex ican sovereignty than to exact respect from Mexico for the sovereignty of the United States. When he has vio lated Mexican independence, he has-l stopped short of those measures which would have made bis inter ference effective and would therefore have Justified it- He has thereby given Mexico good cause of complaint; for Interference in another state can be defended only by effectiveness as well as by Just provocation. ' The strongest. Indictment against Mr. Wll son's Mexican policy is that It has been neither intervention nor non intervention, but has been each in turn, pursued half-heartedly. Hence it has yielded the largest measure of evil results to 'be expected from, both. accompanied by the smallest meas ure of good to be accomplished by either. , Since the 'beginning of the war 8108 British officers have been killed. Fig ures on the men killed are not given, but a fair estimate will place the num. ber.at 250,000. French losses must be heavier, for the- Frenchman par- ticipated in the fiercest battles the first year. As to Russian losses, an estimate is impossible this side of Resurrection morn. Before the war is over many add! tions will have been made to the great soldiers and sailors who are buried in the crypt of St. Paul's Cathedral in London, chief - among whom are Wellington and Nelson, but Kitchener, greatest soldier of his generation, will not be there, though he may have his monument. 1 Apparently the Russian drive against ifustria is the first step' in the grand, co-ordinated offensive of the allies. Whose move is next? What will the Germans do to head.it off? They have always shown a determina tion to keep the initiative In their own hands. Coalition Cabinets are the order of the day among the allies. Italy fol lows the precedent set by France and Britain. There is so much to criticise that the only protection against criti cism is to take the critics into part. nershlp and thus gag them. The Canadians keep alive the tra ditions of those British troops who fought at Fontenoy and of whom the French General said: "They don't know when they're beaten." When they lose a position, they always come back. If the Fourth of July committee on amusements desires to furnish real joy for the people, let it arrange a race of gasoline woodsaws, owners up, for a moderate purse, but make the course short and uphill. At "the meeting of the Oregon dele gation at St. Louis, A. S. Bennett with, drew from a contest "in the interest of harmony." Seems as though Judge Bennett is ' always sidestepping that way. - The Democratic platform, It Is said will not include a one-term plank. But a good many Republicans .expect to see to it that the single-term pledge of 1912 Is lived up to, just the same. Edible frogs have been planted In Grant County streams and In a few years the sheepherder and buckaroo will be discussing a new edible but net at the same table. Robert Krohn's work may be in the line of "fancy education," but there is not a person who saw his flag of children who will say It is not worth while. s When the conventions are over Congress would do well . to provide some sure means of heading off railroad strike. It is not remarkable that the sub marine L-9 sank 200 feet. Th F-4 sank deeper and stayed there for sev eral weeks. The city might lend the animals In the Zoo to a circus and divide the In crease if the cost of their keep Is a burden. Wilson names Marshall as his run ning mate and Wilson has a way of getting what he wants from the party, Only dead men will be exempt from voting in Indiana this Fall and soma of them may have proxies. There may be organized traffic in rancid butter, but the bad egg has a cinch of its own. In Seattle they suspend a policeman for filching a drink from the evidence-room. Let us not forget, while honoring the fl&e, that Huerta died without saluting it- Wise counsel prevails In Butte and the big strike Is off, pending arbitra tion. , First thing Honorable Milt Miller read was that Bryan was in line. "Mexico First" would read better on the Democratic button. " Tou don't call this warm! Stars and Starmakers By Leene Casa Bser, When Nils. Devi danced at the Or- pheum last season aba told me for an Interview that aha was Hungarian and Spanish and rang In all the for eign blood she could. "If I dared tell you my real name," said Nils, clutch ing at the air and looking mysterious "if only I dared people would have the biggest surprise of a season. By which, Kila meant to Impress me Into a belief that she was, George Gould's wife or a daughter of the . King of Italy traveling incog, or something Ilka that. Naturaaly I asked even preaaed for the family name. 'No," alghed 'Vila, who dance In a bead bracelet and bare feet. "No no my parents would n-a-v-e-r forgive me -my name is too well known." - e e e - And so it is. There's sausages named for it, and It takes up more apace In the telephone book or Polk's directory than any other. Nil Devl'a name her real one, mind you Is Reglna Jones. She lives in Boston. And her Or- . pheum tour' at an end. Miss Jones or Nil Devi has created a brand new profession fn the organized entertain ing of week-end house parties at sea side villas and country houses. She announces in a unique circular that in consideration of money and a price, so to speak, she is always at the service of the idle rich in the pursuit of- pleas ure: that she will arrive at your villa or country house at IS o'clock sharp Saturday, remaining until 12 o'clock noon Monday, and that In the interim she will "ride, drive, motor, bathe, or teach a Jolly class in modern, esthetic. charaotar, rhythmic, classics or toe dan cing, and myself dance any series you wish in your garden, in the woods, on the beach, la your ballroom In fact. I am qualified to furnish you and your guests with any sort of amusement, on land or sea, any hour of day or night." Reglna got her name in an odd way. When she went from Boston to Paris soma four years ago to make her for tune, a Parisian philologist, seeing her dance In an all-blue costume at the Moulin Rouge, straightaway christened her with the two Sanskrit names she now bears, and which translated means blue goddess. From that time on. both In her professional and private life. Nils Devi, whose eyes are of the deepest Indigo, has worn nothing but blue blue hat. blue shoes, blue gown blue gloves and blue Jewelry. . Gene Tarborough has married again. This time 4t's an Army officer, and the announcement carefully hides his name and place of office. However, the an nouncement .does say that the pretty former Seattle and Portland actress is now on her way to that vacua place, the East." on a honeymoon trip. At last the busy playwrights have reached James Whltcomb Riley and will dramatize his . best-known poem. An Old Sweetheart of Mine." The la diana bard's verse will be perpetuated for the stage by Robert McLaughlin, the author of "The Eternal Magda lene," with characters and scenes taken from the poet's birthplace, Greenfield, Ind. If plans are carried out. all Hoosier- dom will hava an opportunity to wit ness the premiere of the work In Indianapolis next October, and later Chicago and New York will pay tribute to the homely genius of Indiana. e a At a meeting of the finance com mittee of the Actors' Fund of Amer ica, consisting of Marc Claw, Josph Brooks, William Harris, Charles Burn ham and Daniel Frohman, held Thurs day, a resolution of thanks ws voted to E. H. Sothern for his generous do nation of $16,261.39 as a result of his two weeks' performances In behalf of the fund recently given at the Shubert Theater. The gross receipts of Mr. Sothern's four weeks' performances were $69, 173.42, divided up as follows: To the English Actors' Fund, $4861.03; British Red Cross, $5167.93 Actors' Fund of Amerioa (Including premium), $15,192.80. Out of the gross, the company's salary for the four weeks paid were $11,156.56; the gros advertising (Sothern's share), $1617.27 stage expanses, $480.22. Entire produc tlon expenses, $4037.23. In addition to this, an extra matinee was given by Miss Marlowe and Mr. Sothern in behalf of the French Crip pled Soldiers, making an additional contribution of nearly $3000. Mr. Sothern, therefore contributed during the month $28,000 to the various charities named, as his personal share of the result of the engagement. What's a mere matter of torn ten dons and water on the knee to a stal wart chap with fine red American blood In his veins like James IC. Hackett? Nothing .at all; and so Mr. Hackett Is once more strolling down Broad way, in spite of the dark sentence pro nounced by the whole surgical faculty. Mr. Hackett is at present able to walk without crutches, although to avoid lurtner injury to tna lacerated tendons, his leg Is encased in heavy steel braces. In a fortnight or so with Mrs. Hackett he will leave for thel Summer home en the St. Lawrence, where they live the simple life with a few luxurious frills during the heated term. a The present Mrs,, Hackett was Bea trice Beokley, an English girl of great beauty, whom he married after Mary Mannerlng divorced him. Miss Beckley appeared in her husband's companies for several seasons before their mar rlage. Answer to Ola M. K. Tes, Marie Tempest has a grown son. He Is Lieu tenant Norman Lorlng, and is at pres ent assigned " to the recruiting camp, Valcartler, Ontario, Canada. His wife Is Lillian Cavanagh, an actress, who Is at present appearing in the same company with her young oomedlenn mother-in-law. The play la a comedy. "A Lady's Name," current at th Maxlne Elliott Theater In New York. e Nat C Goodwin has entered suit for $13,750 against th Mirror Films, Ino. for salary alleged to be due. Mr. Good win In his complaint says ha Bad been engaged for six months beginning 1 January. Salary was, he says, unpaid for several weeks. When there were still eight weeks of the six montha to run, Clifford B. Harmon is alleged to have said the concern was in a bad way financially, and could not afford to finish th contract. As he was not able to secure another engagement, Goodwin asks $10,000 for the eight weeks and $8760 for the three week he acted without payment. AMPAIGN STORIES ARE REFUTED. Line f Religion Not Drswa by Mr. Cofle-y la Ilia Appointments. PORTLAND. June 14. (To the Ed itor.) During the Tecent primary campaign, when I was a candidate for enomlnation for County Clerk, a num ber of stories were circulated against ma by persons anxious to secure my defeat through religious bigotry. The first story was that I ha re fused to keep a woman in my employ who wore an Eastern Star pin and that I took hold of her pin and said: No one who wears that kind of a pin can ever work for me." The second story was that I had spoken to a deputy who wore a Ma sonic pin and told him to take off that in, as it was displeasing to me and l did not desire him to wear it in my presence. The third was that I had discharged 11 the Protestants in the office and filled their places with Catholics and now have but three Protestants, the ther employes being all Catholics. . i feel in Justice to myself as an American citizen and official that the xact truth should be known. In the County Clerk's office there are 57 employes. 47 of whom are regular and 10 extra In the registration de partment. Of this number 17 are Cath olics and 40 are non-Catholics. Mr chief doputy, assistant chief deputy. cashier and assistant cashier are Ma sons and the following are the names of the members of the Masons and the Eastern Star, with their respective lodge affiliations, employed by me: J. tu Bush, chief deputy, Portland Lodge, No. 65. and Portland Chapter. No. 3. Royal Arch Masons. E. P. Mahaffey. assistant chief dep uty. Mount Moriah Lodge. No. 95. Con don, Or.; Oregon Consistory, No. 1; Al hader Temple of the 6hrlne. W. II. Tnueblood. cashier. Hawthorne Lodgo; No. 111. W. J. Richmond, assistant cashier. Washington Lodge. No. 46. George C. Graham, deputy, past mas. ter Laurel Lodge, No. 13. Roseburg. Or.; Portland Chapter. No. 3. Royal Arch Masons: past patron Roseburg Chapter. No. 8, Order of the Eastern Star. D. G. Tomasini. deputy registration department. Scottish Rite and Knights Templar, member of grand lodge and past patron or Myrtle Chapter. No. 15. Order of the Eastern Star. J. H. Tregillas, deputy, member Gar net Lodge of Masons. White Bear Lake. Minn. Eva L. Ferguson, deputy, associate matron of Myrtle Chapter. No. 15. Or der of the Easter Star. - t Hattie Grimm, deputy, member of Myrtle Chapter, No. 1. Order of the .eastern tar. Lillian Carpenter, deputy, member of Rose City Chapter, Order of the East ern Star. E.. Kinsport Hurd. denutv. widow of Aiason, who worRed Tor my predecessor ana whom I retained at the request of the relief committee of the Masons. Every one of, the above named per sons, except Mr. Bush and Mrs. Hurd. who were employed by my predecessor and whom I kept, are my personal ap pointees. Anyone doubting the truth of this statement is welcome to call at the Office and veriry It. JOHN B. COFFET. PARADE INCIDENT CRITICISED Why Not Make Last Section aa Good as First t Inquires Citizen. PORTLAND, June 14. (To tha Ed itor.) The writer wants to praise first and then criticise. . The floral parade of the Rose Festi val was doubtless the best ever held and the civic and fraternal parade Is entitled to warm praise. In regard to the latter there Is some room for crltl cism. Nearly one-half of the last sec tion of this parade was cut off and thrown into confusion by Rosarlans and soldiers, sailors and citizens, who broke through the line. Evidently the Rosarlans and soldiers thought the pa rade was over when they passed down the line. It was a'thoughtless act by the very ones who. more than anyone else, should have directed their ener gies to keeping the line intact. Why should the last section be spoiled by the presence of the scantily attired laundry and bread wagons? Why not make the last section as good if not better than the first, so that the last view of the parade will leave a good rather than a bad impression on the public mind? Those In the last section had to wait a long time before their part of the parade was under way and then, after going a few blocks, had te undergo the humiliation of being thrust aside In order that the first sec tibn might again be on parade. The writer and others were eye wit nesses to the breaking up of this sec tion and. being interested, were great ly disappointed. We have no desire to be unfair and no desire to take the role of critic, but we trust that the fine body of business men. who act In the capacity of hosts, will never again be guilty or so thoughtless an act. CITIZEN. OREGON PIONEERS. Tou ccrme again, dear frleuds of all the years. Far from your homes. Tou bade your loved good-bye. In greeting fond, my Joy is merged with tears. While strangers glances seem to ask me why. I cannot tell them all that's in my heart On tliis glad day when we In Joy commune. But theie is ever when we drift apart. A mem ry dear, that s not forgotten soon. We go our way, each to his waiting task. Content to know that whatsoer be tide Old friends are true, that's .ll the world could ask. Of those who have pure motives for their guide. JUNE M SIILLAN ORDWAT. Marketing; of Foxglove,, MARSHFIELD, Or.. June 12. (To the Editor.) Some time ago I saw In your paper an article telling the value of the foxglove and also when its petals could be sold. -Could you give me the ad dresses of firms that engage In that business? D. S. Write to S. B. Penick. Marlon, N. C. Mcllvaln Bros., Philadelphia, or Charles L. Huisklng. 5 Piatt street. New Tork These firms deal In botanical drugs on a large scale and should be able to furnish the desired Information. Lull Open to Entry In Montana. M'MINNVILLE, Or., June 13. (To tha Editor.) Please Inform me If I man can homestead 320 acres in Mon tana; also whether the Blackfoot Res ervation is open to settlement and what part of the state it Is in. READER. The United States Land Office at Portland is without detailed Informa tion on the- subject. Write to the Com mlssioner of the General Land Office Washington. D. C. Statma of Intra-State Railroads. FOREST GROVE. Or.. June 13. (To the Editor.) (1) Do lntra-state rail roads, which are controlled by inter state railroads belong In the class o the Interstate lines, I. e., the Oregon Electric as an example? (2) How many miles of Interstate railroads are there in the United States? R. J. P. . (1) Tea (2) About 250.000. In Other Days,' Twenty-five Tmri Ago. From The Oregonlsn June 15, 1S01. Washington Comptroller Lacy has made public a statement exposing con ditions in the Keystone Bank scandal of Philadelphia. He tells of the alleged $500,000 defalcation of Lucas and shows by Examiner Drew's statement tha adroit manipulations of the accounts to cover up the scandal. Today is election day In Portland. The campaign has been warm and bit ter. The Consolidated ticket includes: W. S. Mason for Mayor: W. T. Muir for City Attorney; C II. Carey for Police Judge; W. T. Branch for Auditor and Clerk; James Flower for Assessor; D. W. Taylor for Superintendent of Streets: Chris Bomberger for Overseer Street-cleaning Department: T. M. Hurlburt for City Surveyor: Frank Logan for Police ..Commissioner: J. 1L Steffen. Fire Commissioner, and tha following Councilmen. D. W. Crowley, J. Frank Watson. H. B. Nicholas. Peter Hobkirk. Eugene Shelby, William Dent. John Myers. H. Hansen. W. H. Merrick. John Parker and Jacob Plttenger. Queenstown The steamer City of Richmond made port, after being sev- rai days afire at sea. Chicago Nina Van Zandt is to marry r- young Italian. S. S. Malatto. Miss ran Zandt waa nrominent rinrlnr anarchists' riots. She is said to hava been attached to a young anarchist bo was hanged for nartlclrjatinn in tha'Haymarket riots. Lydell Baker will address the annual reunion of the Oregon Pioneers next Tuesday. Half a Century Ago. From The Oregonlan June 15. 1SC6. In consequence of high water, tha office of Harbaugn & btitael's saw mill has been moved to 42 Front street, opposite G. A. Bradford's. The Fenian "invasion" of Canada la denounced as a foolish farce 'and tha i enians are much dispirited and are blaming the United States for interfer ence and alleging bad faith. Miss Margaret Schyff and E. H. Scott, of iuis city, were married June 14 at tha e residence of tha hT-ldo'a f,rhr Rev. G. H. Atkinson nerforrned tha ceremony. Dr. Watkins and Mr. Stewart, of tha union central committee, have an nounced the next meetlnz will be held at the Courthouse. Thomas Hartness is advertising for good brick molder. who will nbev orders. , ., J . t .1 U AUkdUAl I.O.- enue' Commission adds to the burdens of the taxpayers. W. W. Parker, of the Astoria Ga zette, was in town yesterday. Caleb Cushlng. at a recent dinner at the Marquis de Montholon's, addressed the diplomats of the various countries. Including France. Spain, Denmark. Holland and Italy In their native tongues, with elegant fluency in each case. LESSONS IN ECONOMICS WANTED Too Many Buaineaa Men. Not Kdoukh frodsnrs, Conelnaion of Contributor. GREENBURG, Or., June 13. (To the Editor.) "What is wrong with Port land? So much has been said about our city of "beautiful homes and pure fresh als and water, I wish to add a line. My first statement was my impres sion of the city when I landed here 13 years ago, two years before the Lewis and Clarke Fair, which advertised the city and must have Impressed many as it did -me, judging from the rapfd ln-i crease In population. Selfish, greedy real estate men saw an opportunty to "get rich quick" and. they did It by overadvertising and boosting without foundation. It is so much easier to make fancy plats of the wonders you can do on one or more acres or land worth from $500 to $2000 an acre than it is to shoulder a part of the municipal' re sponsibility and do some of the dig ging one's self. Finally some of our - level-headed people conceived the idea of establish ing a public market, whereby those people living near the city on some of this high-priced land could dispose of their product direct to the consumer without the aid of coveral middle men who prefer to buy these products for small sum and then allow them to stand around until they are stale. and, who feel that the public mar ket should bd closed, these farmers forced to sell their hard-earned product to them and the Innocent consumer who enjoys a bottle of really pure cream and a dish of fresh berries be com pelled to buy stale ones. We have many more business men In the city of Portland than the place can support and altogether too lew producers. Besides, some of these people who think the farmer is so well paid for his work and Is getting rich so fast should have an opportunity to invent several thousand dollars and work Is hours a day, as does the writer, to help pay for some of the- many miles of street paving surrounding cheap suburban property, much of which is in advance of present conditions. We are much In need of a good les son In economics ana people wno nave at heart the good of humanity. King John said: "There is no sure founda tion set on blood." Neither is there on blood money and unless we organize ourselves into committees of one and each one aims at the right, our city will remain In Its present condition long after we have passed on. 1SU111I J. BOWIES. Wife's Status Under "Separation." -r-T5'PT.A-Nrr Tun IS fTn thpi V fi lter.) Could a wife, living apart from her husband, but not divorcee. De neia responsible for any debt contracted by him ftlir fnr srtlnlji for his ner- sonal use, for supplies consumed in their lormer nome, or ior any Dins no might contract? In case of her death, wmilrl hn have any claim on her sep arate estate, provided she left a will? She would be Jointly liable for sup plies consumed in their former home. As for any bills he might contract, it is a question for a court to decide. In the event of the wife's death, he would be able to claim his "courtesy" in case he did not care to accept the provi sions of the will, there having been no legal separation of the marriage ties. Teacher's Control Over Pupils. PORTLAND. June 14. (To the Ed itor.) Does a school teacher have con trol over pupils until they reach their homes or only on the school grounds? - INQUIRER. The teacher's disciplinary control extends until the pupil has reached home. Wages nnd Honrs of Worktnsr Glrla. CLATSKANIE, Or.. June 13. (To tha Editor.) Please Inform me whom to write to about the wages and hours for working girls in Oregon. SUBSCRIBER Write to Stat Labor Commissioner, Salem, Or., for full details. t