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THE 3IORXIXG OREGO1AX. TnURSDAT, AUGUST 10, 191G.
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Die. Tnere is strong probability, now- 1 obstructive elements, as He bad witn 1 ant Adair ana their troopers were
ever, that they would lose instead of I Barnes in New York, but this backing I killed with soma of the bullets which
make money if they went blindly into I will give him the driving power to re- I Mr. Wilson had permitted to bo sold
these new crops. Hence the timeliness I move obstruction. I to Mexico
of a word of caution at this time. I The great body of Republicans de- I When called upon by the Senate for
It is true in nearly every branch of sire just such government as he pro- I the reasons which prompted the rec
business that promised abnormal prof- poses to give not for any district or I ognition of Carranza, Secretary Lan
its will prove elusive. Profits have a I state, not to please this leader or that I sing, on February 12, wrote:
way or adjusting memseives auto-1 interest, out ror tne American peo- i w-b Department's Information indicates
matlcally. Too great a profit is al- I pie solely. They have tolerated spoils that th da facto soverament is now in con
most sura to attract too manv Deonla I and rork simnlv heransB these thin ITS I tro1 ot a" bu ' sections of Mexico and
to a Dusiness, xnen tnere is aisaster were customary ana, so long as omers just ,mergin- from years of domestic strife,
an arouna. i got sucu piunaer, eacn aistrict ae-
There is another phase to consider, manded its share. But once they he-
Many of those who have been over- come convinced that Mr. Hughes is in
desirous of taking up "something new" a sincere fight to do away with the I citizen.
nave been tnose who nave laiiea in i wnoie airty business ana to run tne I How "reasnnn hlv HnntA" w, th
.75 some degree in their present work. I Government on the square for the nrotertinn rfprH m luirali
money There is no reason to believe that a whole Nation, they will back him to from the facts that within a month
before this letter was written the mas
sacre of Santa Ysabel was perpetrated
TIME AS A irF.AI.KR w ifcuin a montn aiterwara tne uo
The American Civil War is over and ",mu"" raJU occurrea. air. L&nnng i
the "bloody shirt" waves no more. Yet oul1 contraaiciea -y uu.
Montana Muttering
By Le-omo Can Baer.
iORICIX OF PARTY SPOSTAXEOt'S
4.25
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8.50
It may be said that within the territory
which It controls it 1 affording. In all the
circumstances, reasonably adeauate protec
Hon to the Uvea and property of American
Mr. Mrers Says Republican MeTemeat
Began Like Vegetation in Spring.
PORTLAXP, Aug. 9. (To the Ed
A LOCAL agitator Is endeavoring to I itor.) George C Howard has called
il get a law passed requiring girl mT attention to an article in The Amer
to show age certificates before they're lc"-n Magaaln which may be of some
admitted to dance emporiums. interest, historically. Jut now, a we
It can't be done. I r" entering the Presidential campaign.
Billings girls and the world of The article referred to claims that the
women kind are slstara under their KepuDllcan party was organized at
kins. If they're II they can't get In
and if they're over 24 they woH
admit it.
Eign on & local
Stews served here."
restaurant ay I
order, express order or personal check o man who cannot succeed-in growing the last man.
. .r JOCai Dan -tamp3. COin or nnhitA- . .n ..ini,'a Mtlaf.o.
ar at aender-a risk. Give postofflce address . . .
Stamps, coin or currency
la full, including- county and state. tory yield of wheat will do better in a
-Poetae-a 12 tn. ia Mni l cent: 18 I hlerhlv soecialized industrv. The orob-
12 "P a cen; to " Pe 5e""' abilities are ouite the opposite: in ad
Ripon. Wis., in the Spring of 1S54. that
Amos Loper. now S3 years of see. and
a cltlsen of Ripon, Is the only survivor
of the birth of the party, and that
Major A E. . Bovey. a Free. Soil agitator
at that time, and the presiding officer
or the Ripon meeting, after that event.
Went to New York f r convert HnrafA
Accoraing to an affidavit filed by Greeley to the new movement. Mr. How
Catherine Calvert Armstrong her late I ard asks me how about these slate
husband, Paul Armstrong, author and I ments as matters of history.
playwright left only 1247 in eh. an . do not think that any of these
6 cents, foreign dition to which all estimates of profit
6 cents; 78 to 82 paces,
4oBiage. couDie rate.
Eastern Business of fice Verree & Con- temporarily disturbed conditions, are
. - . ,, - I tlioro nfa roc nrin omi.M Iron n 1 i i-J V-o-fe H 111 u
oaseo. on present prices, arising irom ------ -" ' "T X, t"a ' , I to Carranza on June 20:
Conkllo, Kteirer building, Chicago. San
Francisco representative. It. J. Bldwell, 742
PORTLAND, THXB8DAT, Atfi. 10, 1918.
BATXBOAJD 6TBJKJS ATEBTED.
Acceptance by the railroad brother-
certain to be misleading.
STSUAY.
Billy Sunday is an extraordinary
man, with an extraordinary method.
delivering a real message. It does not
the great conflict, though strangely I During the past nine months In particular
, , . I the frontier of the United States along- the
enough they are not ordinarily the lower Rio Orande hi. Thrown into a
veterans who shouldered their guns I state of constant apprehension and turmoil
and went to the front. The soldier
who fought was the earliest to forgive.
for he- had tested the quality of his
foe and knew that he, too, had dedi-
b cause of frequent and sudden lncursiona
Into American territory and depredatlona
and murders on American aoll' by Mexican
bandits.
In the face of this condition, the
President has permitted mercenary
explain Billy Sunday to say that he is cated himself to a cause.
hoods of the offer by tho Federal a specialist in vulgarity and that there The other day in the Senate. Senator Americans to ship to Mexico munitions
Board of Mediation and conciliation to 3 a streak of the vulgar in most hu- Tillman had something to say about with which the Mexicans have slain
mediate their differences with the rail- man beings. You can hear vulgarity the war. He gave utterance to these scores of American non-combatants
road companies is what might have In any orotnei, ana you avoia it. jm or remarkable words: and have three times attacked Amer
been expected. The class of men con- aoes it snea any ngnt on tne man s x never -believed it posslblo that I could lean troops. Many supporters of the
cerned is generally above the average strange drawing powers to say that do it. but slowly and by degrees i have presiaent have been horrified by the
in intelligence, rockbottom sense and he has introduced vaudeville into the SSS, . soutZ"w"d.ft.d! of munitions to belligerents in
conservatism. They Know mat public I "-
automobile valued at $200 and wearing
apparel worth $50 and died in debt.
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Maud Hanaford is appearing In Ed
ward Clark's new farce "Coat Tale,"
produced last week bv Arthur Hammer.
stein at Atlantln Cltv. Trritl Rrhnfn "1 slavery, and there ii a apontane
husband. George Anderson, ha. an im- "?"th"pr' rlor. "t ""SU.0"5
portant role; so have Louise Dresser, .wallowed up 'every other Issue. 'Tho
etna uariant urccik i cause was common, all over the North.
Reviews say that the comedy is clean I I remember, and movements were
and wholesome; it has no nighties, not nla' everywhere to organise tj meet
abed, no midnight aunn.ra and no I ""w """Bency.
There are other preachers, I and for
opinion would condemn them if they about whom the odor of the sawdust myself.
j , v.i i:., and the animal line-am and thou I Slavery was a curse which had to Be e- , , , , .
t.tsti u. uiite ueu ti.xiln.o.u1c - - 7' I stroyed ere th South and the world could "-cti ny cniarea ioreign service unu
ma to say that is a marvel to Europe, where the only Americans
concerned are those who have volun-
worst possible way and its ajnlng gave birth
to an apparently unsolvable problem, still 1,
taken the chances of war. They have
not had a word to say against the
sale of munitions to Mexico for use
in killing our citizens, attacking our
own soldiers and possibly in making
general war upon the United States.
who was born in and of the old South, am Disregarding this direct aid to a nation
glad it Is eone. never to return.
I am glad. also, that the Idea of Nation
which Bhows "unconcealed hostility"
toward us, the President's supporters
have the audacity to boast that he has
kept us out of war.
Big engineering feats are being ac
complished almost in our presence ev-
step with the great ery aay- and nttI Is heard of them.
Pitchfork Tillman rebel,
secession-lover, sedition-
stirrer, "nigger"-driver. Truly the
"inaudible and noiseless foot of time'
I has fallen in
symphony of a Union completely re
stored.
ment was possible and that their iittie more man passing notice, advance. It was a curse for which tha
xhsus nf iclntilno d rc clio-Vit with Nor can it be BHIO. that the mail has I South was no more responsible than th
public opinion against them. They a great natural eloquence, and that, Thai'fouriongr ISSaPVlTt
also know that, even if thev were to crude and rough as it is, it makes an I anca for their ioint sin.
ertnrt tho full limit, of thf-ir demands irresistible apeal. There are men I It had to go, and -while went in the
by a strike, their net gain would be who have greater gifts of speech that
no more after deduction of its cost face every Sunday nearly empty
" in loss of wages and in funds expended, pews. Xet Sunday is a great preacher.
than if they had gained somewhat less It cannot be his spirituality, for he allty ha. u'ppianted that ot confederation"
through mediation. does not pretend to have any, in tne I deapita the danger Involved.
The strike vote may, therefore, be sense of a refined and pervading grace. I Tnis lg
taKen as a piece or gran a strategy. " e- ntuji, iuuusu evuu fireeater
inat tne bromernooa s joint commit-1 uwr a. giwb mwsiicici ui xo-
tee might be in a strong position to ligious life and experience: nor even
drive the beet bargain possible, it was a great teacher and exemplar of
necessary that it have the strike card morals. -
in its hands. The fact that it had. and Sunday is more or less of an enigma.
that the railroad managers knew it Perhaps it -is his caree that appeals
had, that card gave the best assurance somehow to the people. Sunday is in
that the necessity of playing it would the striker's box, and the crowd is in
be avoided. In order to preserve a the grandstand and in the bleachers,
strong front, with no sign of yielding. He is expected to make a home run.
the brotherhoods doubtless desired and, unlike Casey, he never strikes of arms from the United States to
that the first formal move for media- out. Sunday goes into the ring and Mexico
scored that point, but the offer of It is a great fight, and the crowd loves claimed by President Taft. March 14
mediation was no sooner znaae oy tne i it. ouiiuay asceiius tu iiie irapext;, Mgj9
Doara at me request oc me managers near me uigiiesL pmiiacie 01 me circus i Reaffirmed by President Wilson
man it was acceptea Dy me prouier- i iiil, auu Liiriim aiiu. a-mn y.t;a uiu aiiu i August 27, 1913
hoods. young aime oy me skiu, rapidity ana Revoked by President Wilson, Feb- engineers were, and it is a good augury
vvnen we consider me aisasiruus uumucoo ui ma vctuai auu vnjsai ruary 8, 1914 of what Americans will be able to ac-
fects of a general railroad strike on acrobatics. Sunday puts a round. Renewed. April 23. 1914. complish when they set themselves
me entire isation ana me storm oi smoom stone in nis sung ana goes Applied to land frontier only. May to it.
criLltjlHlU X U WUU1U v o ui uugui. uu w u i iui lxx o cuts clsdcuiuicu luuiutuucs I 1914
; v, T.r " r" .;:t;, . a. .riT . Cir Revoked, September 10, 1914. The British Empire is the best
Ut WlllU L 1 J uiuiujoa wvuin v. I.: i Lt.L nil J i wAyo ouiiuajr limn J ti. ua.o3 111 1, vj i a.
so modest are the men who accom
plish things really worth while. The
construction of the bridge over Resur
rection River, on tho line of the Gov
ernment's Alaskan railway, is one of
these. Tho stream was treacherous
BCIXETS TO SHOOT OTTIl CITIZENS.
The following is the "off again, on
again record of embargo on exports and difficulties were otherwise enor
mous. The spans of. the bridges, five
in number, were first built and then
hoisted into place, without the build
ing of a single piece of falsework.
I The fact that each truss was set in
place in an average of thirty-five min
lutes shows how well organized the
T, V,ou- V,i, U cV,.t- II lonnW lif nr WV. nut 1.1. hw. . : . " Z.Z.- ' I '""ol"""-' ,J"UCU
. . . v uuu fc ' - - ., .. ... . . . j i irtonpr l i M ! "s
is inconceivable that me brotherhoods weight antagonist, or hits the bull's
would have gone to such an extreme eye. Regularly the performance Is I
until all other means of obtaining a repeated, and there are no disappoint-
fair settlement were exhausted. Thev ments, no delayed game, no rain-
engineers, firemen, conductors and checks.
Renewed against Carranza, June 20,
1916.
The changes in Mr. Wilson s em
bargo policy have a close relation to
the changes in his general policy. In
trainmen as a class are not mere wan- There are those who say Sunday February, 1914, when he lifted" the
dering, hand-to-mouth, irresponsible does more harm than good. Some
workmen; they are substantial citizens preachers think so, and all saloon-
of a high type, many of them having keepers. But to the crowd ho appears
& solidstake in the community where I to head the batting list in the great
they live. They know that a railroad I human game.
strike would injure them not only as
embargo and became more active in
bought almost half of our exports in
the last three years, while this coun
try Is at least one of the best custom
ers ofi the British possessions,) more
than one-third of our imports in 1916
having come thence. This is the most
striking fact In a Commerce Depart
ment bulletin, showing our foreign
employes but as citizens and would
imperil homes and property. While
their loyalty is given first to their or
ganizations, they have in many cases
a sense of loyalty to the roads, which
WHAT HE WOC1D HAVE DOME.
The " what-would-you-have-done 1
his efforts to oust Huerta, there were trade in millions of dollars in the last
4,000,000 cartridges and zo.ooo rifles three years by National domains, both
on tne, Doraer awaiting snipment to i mother countries and colonies
the revolutionists, sfnd in April of that
year Z700 rmes went to ilia. When An 18-vear-old bov who has the
the occupation of Vera Cruz caused habit of stealing automobiles needs
threats by Carranza to make common I whlnnincr until the welts rise on bis
demand unon Mr. Huerhes will not de- cause with Huerta against the in- back, savs Judere Lancruth. The man
ter him from showiner the American vaders, the embargo was renewed, but who loses a car bv theft will aerree
' ' J i iv. ii , i i i I wh(n it hwa man nna ppni fhn t ttn .m. I -. . r-, , . . i
. . . i . riurillin IlflVV I I I V I 1 1 ' V 1 1 . 1 f. I II I 11 fll! I V I'll 1 ' " " - I WlE.fl 1 1 I 1 1 1 . I f 1 1 1 1 1 11 II I I 111 I HII U II II 111(1
for mnv vearl and a feelin; y the Wilson Administration. The bargo by sea could not be enforced muCh of the humane feeling will arise
i tuJ nffirinio with concern of the public is not what Mr. wimoui a oiocKaae ana mat a diock- m wrath at the suggestion of this rad
whom thpv are associated Thev have Hughes would have done, but what aae woma De an act or war. me era- Mcai cure and the young man will go
rird for their neitrhbors and shrink President Wilson has done. His pol- cargo war appnea on me iana ironner oa untu he lands in the penitentiary.
from causing needless loss and suf
fering.
For all these reasons The Oregonian
refuses to believe that the railroad
men ever had a purpose to strike so
claims are valid. Xo one place can claim
the honor of being the birthplace of the
rtepuDllcan party. The Introduction, by
Senator Douglas, of his bill to report
tne Missouri compromise, in January
16S4, mada a square lasue between the
North and the South, between liberty
In Other Days.
Of course these first attempts at or
ganization were more or lea partial
and Incomplete, but. a I have said, the
movement was general. It was like the
springing up of vegetation under the
suppers
ladies of difficult classification.
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Gertrude Quinlan. of the musical
comedy world Is to be married in Octo
ber to John ONeiU. vice-president of I genial rays of Spring sunshine. The
the United Cigar Stores Company. I Party was organized at many places
e e e I toai ppnng. i remeraDer mat in Mircn
At last .Emma Dunn is to star. Lee ' that Vs" thre of us walked through
Kugel announce, that .he win make w Vu? 11 mUeV to" M.Yler.-
i. akovr tu wita ijaujr aj.
Dy itacnel crothers. edtehearsal are
now on and the Kew York presenta
tion is planned for September 14.
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i no ,in ne ajouiara't Buy- is a new
melodrama that Arthur C. Alston is
going to send out with Mabelle Eatelle
as the unpurchasable heroine. On the
burg, the county seat, to take action on
the new Issue, and we had a rplrited
gathering. We went on foot because
the freshet of the season had swept
the bridges away, and bei-aune the
emergency would admit of no delay.
Tne issue had been thrust on the
country by the Democratic party. In
power by tne grace of slavery, and it
had to be promptly met. So I am un
strength of the title I hope I don't see I willing to admit that Amos Lopar i the
it. Mr. Alston is known for weird melo- I only survivor of those who helped
drama. Three years ago he breuaht
us "Just as the Sun Went Down" an
unhappy meas with Eatha Williams as
the persecuted heroine.
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A new play is being written for
May Robson by Eleanor Gates, who
has undertaken a contract for the
work and promises a vehicle that will
stand a copyright by Mis Robson's
personality. The play is to be cut and
born' toe Republican party. I am
here yet. too, and I am of the Impres
slon that I was there even befora he
waa. I know no one was In the move
ment before I waa. for I not only helped
to lay the foundation of the party, but
I helped to clear away the brush to
make a place on which the great edi
fice could bo built. I was the only man
from Mercer County In the convention
at Bloomington in 1SS6. where the party
was organized In Illinois.
We had carried the election In that
fitted to Miss Robson's histrionic county In 1855. on the new Issues. The
measurements and to fit Miss Robson claim, too, that a Wisconsin man went
onlv to New York to convert Horace Greeley
tu lite nvw ziiu veiueii l, IS iuuiciuui)
v. . . i . r i j.j
.Kay toi. at the Palace. N. T- has a I ,T vn-r th. nenriin. i.m.
riot." so reviews say. in her newest well as anv man in the Nation, and by
vaudeville offering. 8he employs a I his sledgehammer blows In the Tribune
horse and two assistants and they give was converting thousands every day.
hr leaaona In hnraohaU rlHino- Kh.ldO not Want tO take from Ripon. or
Half a Ternary Age.
FYom The Oregonian Aurn.it irt. 3So.
Powell ec Coe, of Umatilla, have disJ
posed of their forwarding and com
mission business to John R. Poster.
Boston. Aug. 8. The Johnson con
vention in Kaneull Hall today was nu
merously attended. Everett Sralton
stall preaided and among the vice
presidents were H. R. Curtis. Ceortra
Ashman. Frank Haven. General Couch,
C. Li. Woodbury and George Hillard.
J. C. Gardiner' patented boot for
securing prisoners, in place of the old
fashioned ball and chain is being in
troduced to policeman and officers of
the law up and down the coast.
The rates of fare overland by the
OreBon Stage Company are announced
as follows: To alem. J5: to Albany.
to Corvallis. tio: to EuKcne City.
$11. Thene rates are IS per cent les
than when the bustcss was conducted
y me vaniornla Company.
Mrs. Trengove advertises a nlant
front room suitable for one or two
gentlemen in her home on seventh
street Just north of the iron foundry.
Tweaty-fJve Years Ago.
Frora The Oresonlan Auc-49t 10. lst.
Washington It is Generally con
ceded here among influential Repub-
ntuji. mat i-restdent Harrison cannot
ds tne candidate of the rartv next
year. In case Hlaine I not the mam
MeKlnley Is looked to as the choice.
U. S. Grant Marouam acramnaiji
by Mr. Marqoim, left last night for
Banff Springs.
Next year will ba tVi r.nt.nni.i
nlverscary of tha discovery .of the
alate of Washington.
Eugene T. White was elect.
tary and L. U Hawkins, treasurer of
in aoie iTiiil Comranv Saturday
night to succeed Ira IS. Sturtris. who
removed because of hi suit
asalnst the company to Impede the ei
tunalon of the road.
The weather bureau ays the rainy
weather wo have been having la un
usual for this season of tho year.
Iev. A. L Llndsley. for manv veara
pastor of the First Presbyterian
Church and at present a mernber of
tho Theological University at Oakland.
Cal., was seriously Injured yesterday
In a runaway. II was taken to tho
residence of his daughter. Mr. R. K.
Hall, on West Main Street.
mounts and dismounts and keeps her
audiences howling with her seeming
lack of comprehension. When she waa
in Portland four seasons ago In vaudo-
any other community, the praise Justly
due it, for faithfulness in the crucial
time that preceded the Civil War. Tory-
sm. in the North, was rampant and de
fiant in tho great moral battle from
vllle she had an aeroplane act that was 1845 to 1S60' nd 11 tooV tbrT w"
in hid dfbi mnnuuua 1 1 111c inuc, ig
stand against it. Let us keep history
as straight as we can. .
LEVI W. MYERS.
TIIEK RENT IS CALLED STVMPAGH
Land
lcies are to be anoroved or disan- only, unat action ionowea tne com.
proved by the electorate. It is proper Plications, arising irom me attempt to The question to be decided at Jersey
that they be discussed and that they land a cargo of German arms at Vera city lg whether an American city has
be criticised and defended. " i,",vc"1 which wa mo tha right to protect itself from risk
Yet Mr. Hue-hes is no dodcrer. He is purpose of Mr. Wilson's seizure of that rlfst ruction at the cost of a muni-
long Z any other meas" remained of a"i will be quite specific. As to Hex- Port. The cargo was .Itimately landed tlon company,s profit and of foreign
fairly adjusting their claims. They
must surely have been impressed by
the demand of the press and of many
representative bodies that their dis
pute with the railroads be amicably
ico, he said in his Chicago speech:
Now the correct way is this: If the Ad
ministration had at the outset eaid
Huerta.: "We will recognize vou If you can
perform your international obligations; if
you nave gol a real government mat can
discharea its duties we won't rtcoaniza N"pw York, nn Juna 11 '1914. landed
you unless we are satisfied that you have. I o r r. r nnn . . n- : . v .
. ,v. Rut th.r. I. nna thina- that von ttnrt everv- vu, v uu iu6ra ui. a m fiiu. auuuv
T,T tI , v ne eii. must underaind. and that is this, the same time the schooner Sunshine,
at Puerto Cabello, the purpose of the nation.s ability to get material for de-
vera t,ruz invasion being mus ac- t...tio of it. nomi. Th taw of
reatea. ine ports being men open ..ifrps-rviitinn smith to Imrtifv Jsr.
auu lauiyicu uemg 111 mo iiauus oi ritv
r-.. . ... ... a : 1 1 .. I r J
aiiaua, liiu diciluici .f 1 111.111 ix, 11 1.1 11 1 1
a acream.
For sheer modesty and versatility
commend to me this young would-be
thesplan, who advertises In a theatri
cal exchange thusly
TOUNO MAN Amateur experience; can
Impersonate any charaoter; also handle
snakes: send ticket. F. WLL6, Asnburn,
Georgia.
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Willard Mack, actor and author of
plays, has been elected as head of the
new National Vaudeville Artists, Inc.
Mack is recognized as one of vaude
ville's biggest and strongest asset.
May Irwin, who is reckoned as the
wealthiest woman in th theatrical
profession, has been elected treasurer
of the organization and Harry Chester
field, one of the original incorporators.
Is its first permanent secretary. Four
vice-presidents are Hugh Herbert. Cob
Albrle-ht- Oscar Lorraine and Genres been attacked at night, American sol
McKay. The board of directors num- iers kil.le,d an? th1lr OuJrment and
ers in Its personnel many names fa- been raiden 'proerty stolen and de-
muiar to roruano aevotees or vauae- ,troved. and American trains wrecked
ville. Charles Ahearn, Harry Carroll, and plundered." and that "in these
Grace De Mar. Gus Edwards. Fred Hal- I attacks on American territory Car-
en. George McKay. Mrs. Gene Hughes, ranza's adherents and even Carranza
DEEDS NEVER! THEY "ME AX WAR"
Fine Plank Kali by Wayside Because
It I Unenforceable.
PORTLAND. Aug. 9. (To the Edi
tor.) When the Democratic National
convention of 1912 upon which wood
row Wilson ran as a candidate for the
Presidency resolved that
The Constitutional rlphts of American cit
izens should protect them on our borders
and go with tnem tnrougnoui ma wona
and every American cltlsen residing or bav
in g property In any foreign country la en
titled, to ana must e given tne run pro
tection of the United States Government.
both for himself and his property.
md when Secretary of State Lansing
reminded the Mexican chief Carranza
a few weeks ago that during the past
three year "American garrisons have
Ray Samuels, April Young, James B.
Board of Mediation. Complaints have
been made that boards of arbitration
often "split the difference" between
contending parties without regard to
the merits of the case. That method
leaves both parties dissatisfied and
injures the. cause of peaceful adjust
ment. The task of the Board of Me
diation is somewhat different. It
stands between the parties and by dis
cussion and suggestion brings them to
gether on disputed points. Should it
American life and the property of American
citizens in Mexico must be protected and
we wiu see to 1L '
That was the sound and true course;
yet President Wilson told Huerta to
get out. He didn't like his morals or
his looks, or something like that. That
was the initial and colossal blunder of
the whole miserable Mexican mess.
Yet the President "kept us out of
war. In the Mexican lexicon there
are no rights worth fisrhtiner for. no
succeed in this case, it will not only duties worth asserting in deeds, no
avert a disaster to the Nation but will obligations worth preserving by ac
help along the cause of abolition of tlon. America did not secure its in-
strikes, which are only less barbarous dependence, nor safeguard its f ree-
than war In their destructive effects.
from Galveston, and the steamer Ar
cadia, from Baltimore, each took 1,
What Admiral Jellicoe says of the
bravery of Germans applies to all sea
men of all nations, even to the savage
in his war canoe. The Admiral migfct
have added that they hate to fight in-
000,000 cartridges to Tampico, and in dividuals, whom they respect, but the
an, me scnooners eunsmne, grampus demands of nations are insistent.
ana susan eacn maae six trips irom
tiaiveston to mat port. pii,.. pmv -Koa Kn in nn
During the war between Villa and automobile, and that leads to the hope
soldiers took part in tho burning,
Innt n a n H Irlllino-" dti.I tli.t "nAl
parson, i-mnien uevoy. n-ate jiinore, onIV wera the,a murder character
Loney Haskell, Eddie Leonard. WUla ized by ruthless brutality but unclv
Holt Wakefield, Ben Welch, Lon Auger, Ilized acts of mutilation were perpe
Bert Fitzgibbon, Jack Wyatt and the trated." and when we are reminded
aay alter aay mat in is is a aeeaiess
Administration, that any proposals to
abandon words as the sole medium of
'protecting American citizen in per
son and property In any foreign coun
try" is "a bugle call to war," in view
Carranza and while the Adrainistra-
that sometime-it will be possible to
four vice-presidents and Mr. Mack con
stitute the directorate.
e e
An advisory board of 25 members is
.provided for and the It already named
Include aome of th best-known name of that high-sounding declaration and
in tho profession of vaudeville. Among promise to tho American people at the
tion was flirting with Villa, both par- ,eave Portland in the early morn, run
ties continued to Import munitions to Mount Hood, climb It, revel In a
from this country. On July 10 1915, of snowbaU and be homo ln Um
tr;iin . t conn . fi.. 1 n n n
T uick x uoiitru. in v u u x Hies uiiu j.,vwi', i Jqj. QlQQer
uuu carinages huu on wmuer id.
1915, when an impartial embargo
against both leaders was imposed lo
WARNING AGAINST OVERDOING,
The Department of Agriculture is
doing a service in calling attention of
dom. nor achieve its greatness, in that 2ally at Douglas, Ariz., but a week
before the general embargo was ap-
IU Al 1 111. tUUUC, V 11 lcX. uuaotca titab
The people will rejoice at the agree-
tnnt on the Senate's naval construc
tion programme, but they will not feel
confident that the job will be well
done so long as Secretary Daniels is
in charge.
more in the massacre of American sol
diers and civilians at Columbus, K.
M., on March 9, 1916.
After that event relations with Car-
Marshfleld will have a civic shave
before the celebration, and the man
who fails to cut his weeds will pay
$50 for the offense. Bigger cities
than Marshfield might follow the lead.
The 10-cent loaf will be welcome
if it contains 10 cents' worth, and the
day-old stale loaf may- find ready de
mand at a smaller price.
Who can blame Massachusetts
he had enough munitions for two
FOB the AMERICAN TEOPLE BOlKLT. years' fighting. Some of the guns and
Mr. Hughes at Chicago gave a ammunition imported during this pe
farmers to the danger of putting too pledge -which has been maae in varied nod were doubtless used In the killing
much stress on the possibilivies, grow- form by former candidates for Presi- l or wounding of between fifty, and sixty
in nut of tha war. of e-nttine rir-h hv dent. He said he desired "to dedicate 1 Americans at Naco. More was used
the cultivation of plants from which I myself to the cause of American Gov- I in killing nineteen Americans at Santa
our vegetable drugs are derived. It ernment, not tor partisan, expeaiency, Ysabel on January 12, 1916, and still
is quite true that there has been a nt for friends, not for political sup
marked shortage of some of the so- porters, but for the American people
called calenicals. because of interfer- 1 solely."
nee with trade with Kurone. and Such pledges havie been most diffi
nrlces have taken even a sensationally 1 cult to Keep, as me experience or many l ranza became more and more strained,
upward turn in some instances. But Presidents has proved. Presidents have but it was not until Jurie 20, 1916,
nnamAntDl unniHiinn. si-a heen h.lniDPrfid bv oblicalions to men latter tho -National Guard bad been&or-
studied carefully, the grower who at- who have assisted in bringing about dered to the border, that the export of Guardsmen for firing at cactus? It's
tempts to supply this demand with their nomination. They have found munitions to Carranza was stopped, mean to make the mildest man ohoot-
home-crrowa products is likely to go compromise witn men ana tactions on March 15, 600, uuu rounds con. ""s
....... i necessarv on aoDOintments. .lunronria 1 wlinpn To c ;nvpmnr canes, or Konora.
riii ii tn nTOmnla tlivmni o traT-1 tlons ana lGTi3latlon in oraer to ac-lwere seized, but next rlav orders were I viin-ttgu uu ..uii,iuv.cu uui mi.
uable antiseptic It was manufactured complish anything. In order to do given not to hold up Carranza's ship- Hughes is a real unman Demg. not a
in Germany from seed grown in India, anything for the people they have ments and on March 18 this shipment thinking machine nor a talking ma-
Aimoct nvmlrtt thB ni-icn inmnoii been compelled to sacrifice something was released. On March 15 also the I
from $2 to $17 a pounds Experiments I which belonged to the people to 1 steamer Esperanza arrived at Vera
proved that it could be made in the throw a Done to tne wolves or pontics, i Cruz with 1.350,000 aumaum cart-
United States from horsemlnt. Visions Those facts go far to explain the ridges; on March 29 the Bteamer Sara
of fortunes from growing horsemint failure of President Wilson. Owing toga touched at Havana with 1243
were seen. But the consumption of I his nomination to Mr. Bryan and need-I cases of ammunition for Carranza: on
thvmol in the United States in a year I ing the latter"s aid ln Congress, he I April 1 the steamer Monterey landed
would require only the crop from a loaded himself with the Nebraskan in 11,350,000 dumdums at Vera Cruz; on I terror than a two-foot alligator, even
thousand acres or so. Obviously, only the position for which that pretended I April 11 332,000 rounds left Laredo, I though it fights
a few growers could cause a glut in I statesman was -least qualified. Presl- I Texas, for Carranza, and on April 14
dent W llson was under the necessity 1 a permit was given the Carranza gov
of humoring the Solid South, the I ernment to pass 1,000,000 rounds
spoilsmen and the pork-grabbers. They I across the line at Agua Prieta.
career nothing for the great measure I While these shipments were being
on which he staked' his' fame: he must I made, there was, in the language of
the market.
Belladonna, in theory, could be
grown by any intelligent potato grow
er. From it are derived atropine and
other alkaloids of high value in medi
cine. But all the belladonna the coun
try needs could be grown on a few
hundred acres.
If Henry Ford hopes to secure Bryan
for his peace board, let him offer
Chautauqua rates.
Marshfleld must put forth a bigger
By making New London her port.
the Bremen will have two ways to
dodge.
Nice little weather joke on peo pi
needs win their support by giving I Secretary Lansing's note to Carranza I who carried umbrellas yesterday.
them what they most valued. Ion June 20, 'unconeealea hostility of
Mr. Hughes is in a peculiar position the subordinate military commanders Farmers who sold wheat at 90 cents
Digitalis is an Important heart stim- to keep free from such embarrass-1 of the de facto government toward the are now calculating their losses.
ulant- It is obtained from the fox- ments. His nomination having come American troops engagea in pursuing
glove, which is Indigenous to many , spontaneously from the people, he has I the Villa bands" and the de facto gov- I Now ft is Italy's turn to celebrate.
parts of the United States and grows
in Oregon and Washington. Special
ists have been developing its culture
in order that there should not be an
absolute famine in case of pressing
need. But the profit in growing fox
glove is problematical and the devel
opment of a plant containing a highly
potent active principle is an extremely
technical undertaking.
It is desirable, of course, that Amer
icans should produce everything need
ful 2oc thyj; own, jise, wbea practica-
no debts to pay any man or group of 1 ernment made "efforts to compel their I DUt it Is a long way to Trieste.
men for obtaining it. tus recora as 1 witnarawai irom aiexican territory, Dy
Governor snows mat ce tears not to 1 tnreata ana mow or military iorce.
defy the men who oppose legislation iThis hostility culminated in the treach
demanded by the public interest. It I erous attack on Major Dodd's force
shows that he frankly appeals to the I at Parral on April 11, but on May 13
people against such men and that he I the Esperanza landed 800,000 cart
wins with their aid. As the body of ridges at Vera Crus and another cargo
the party nominated him without the arrived there between that date and
mediation of bosses or machinists, the June 1. On June 21 the cavalry force
bodv of the rartv is his backer and 1 of Captain Boyd was attacked by Mex.
will readily respond to his appeals. He I leans at Carrlzal and It is resonable to
will no doubt have encpuntei&. with I presume that Captain. iSoya, Ueuten
Italy has been slow, but she ha
got her gait at last.
Harvesting dollar wheat is on east
of the mountains.
The best days at
yet to come.
the beaches are
All ysajaX Hughes, along the rOuta,
beginning of a campaign and the hu
miliating confession of Mr. Lansing a
lew weeks ago of the disgraceful fail
ure of words,, one wonder if. after
all, a Democratic National platform
Is not put forth as molasses to catch
flies with."
But "deeds mean war, and war
means bloodshed, and while we are
...I 1 I i n . Rat 1. V.lrt.n.
approval of every member (and there hall 8h;a American blood on American
are already over 2600 members. I the I, oil and destroy American property ln
pension Tuna. Arrangements have been their country and ours through
them are: Eddie Foy, Lillian Russell
Joe Weber, Lew Fields, Lew Dockstad
er, Irene Franklin, Burton Green,
James Mclntyre, Julia Nash, Bessie
Clayton and Cecil Lean.
see
One big feature of the new organi
zation which will meet wllh hearty
Mr. TL Ren Would Tax Timber
Just aa It la Taxed Xiit.
PORTLAND, Aug. 9 (To the Edl-
tor.)Ir a recent editorial you ask
"Whd would rent a tree?" Loggers
and sawmill men rent trees and pay
for the privilege from a fourth to a
half of all they can make. They call
tho rent "stumpRge" and tho rat
varies from 2S emu to (5 iter thousand
feoc, board meaiure.
jou ask "How will timber land be
axed under thd people's land and loan
aw? On tho same principles that
private owners tax it now, of course.
If tho timber is of natural crowth and
is ripe and ready to harvest, the annual
ax will be about the same as the
etumpase on all that can be profitably
cut and marketed each year. If the
miDer is near a railroad, or near a
water course or tidewater, the rato
for stumpago is much higher than If
no timber is not so well located for
market. The farther from market,
quality and other conditions being
equal, the less tbe stumpage value and
therefore the less the rental value tax.
There 1 still much timber in Oregon
so far from, market, or so difficult to
log, that it has no more stumpage or
rental value than the 16.000.0UU acres
of land that Henry Reed says the state
and National Government owns in Ore
gon and that no one cares to buy.
Why? Because the present tax laws
leave no possible chance for profit.
your theory that the railroads will
be practically free from taxation is a
mistake. Their rights of way will bo
taxed on their rental value as right of
way and not at the same rate as ad
joining farm or waste lands. These
rights of way are among the most valu
able lands in Oregon because of the
special privilege attaching to them.
The exclusive use of these rights of
way is worth much more than all the
tax the railroads now pay on the prop
erty they own.
I suppose you are really joking when
you speak of this law freeing timber
lands and railroads from taxes. The men
who own that kind of property never
make the mistake of supporting a
measure that will - not Increase their
Individual wealth. If the proposed law
would reduce tho tax of theso specu
lators, they would all be working for
it. Not one of them thus far has
offered anything, either in money or
service, to help organized labor in it)
campaign for tho full rental value
land tax and homemakei-s loan rund
amendment. WILLIAM S. U'REN.
made with two Insurance companies
whereby members automatically bi
come eligible to insurance benefits
after they have been several years ln
period of three years, losing more
American lives than were sacrificed
during the entire Spanish War, we are
bent on keeping the Wilson Administa-
tlon's record for an unbroken lino of
the order through an endowment fund conversation inviolate.
noweing created. I That was a mighty fine plank in the
1 uemuurHiic iiiaiiuiiu, d 11 l. ciiiuo it uuu
In connection with tho alectlon of not be enforced except by soma sort
Mack to the Presidency It 1 aald that of deed, it ha fallen by the way-
1 , . . . , I aitlU WILU inusi no i tr 1 1 u n, as
M , u 11 n 1 vg.i 1; .1 V. UI.1.U IflUUllUCUll
mentioned for the head of" the order,
but that he had insisted on certain
things which the incorporators and
temporary officers did not hold aa teas
tble and the choice finally fell upon
Mack.
out
of place in an Administration which
is strong on words, but a for a deed,
nover! "Mean war."
T. T. GEER.
Mali to Gnardmnen Goes Astray.
PORTLAND, Aug. 9. (To tho Ed!
tor.) There must bo something radi-
Richard Walton Tully ha engaged a Tron"" V". VFlnZTJZi
remarkable group of stars for his new 0u.rd re.ched It destination. Inmim-
play, "The Flame." which opens at the erable letters and packages have been
Lyrlo Theater. New Tork, on Labor addressed to certain member of Corn-
day. Thus, far he ha secured John
Cope, who recently closed with Mra
Flske in "Erstwhile Susan." and who
earlier last season scored & distinctive
hit a Judga Priest In the dramatisa
tion of the Irvin Cobb stories called
"Back Home"; William Courtlelgh, the
Broadway favorite, who last season
won a big success In the Belasco pro
duction of "The Heart of Wetona";
Violet Heming, who won honors in
Henry Arthur Jones' play, "Th Lie,"
two season ago, and who since then
has greatly enhanced ber reputation by
creating tha leading rolea in "Under
Cover" and "Under Fir": Peggy O'Nell.
who, although not mo well known in
New York, was tho most popular "Peg."
of "Peg o' My Heart." throughout the
country, and 'who last season was
starred in Chicago In "Mavourneen";
Robert Paton Gibbs, whose perform
ances ln tho revivals of "The Merry
Wives of Windsor" and the all-star
"Trilby" last year brought him much
applause, and Richard Gordon, who for
two seasons has played with great suc
cess the leading part ln Tully "The
Bird of Paradise." Other prominent
players who have been engaged for
parts ln Tuny new piay include Al
bert Tavemler, Ann Warrington.
George Le Solr, Byron ' Russell, Bill
O'Day, Pean Ratymond, Maud Cooling,
Augustus, Post and Helen Bell.
pany H and yet little has reached its
proper destination. It would seem that
ordinary care would be all that- is
necessary to see that the mall matter
addressed to Guardsmen would reach
them.
There should be ome way by whlcb
this service could bo Improved so there
would be assurance that letters and
package mailed to member of th
Guard would reach their destination
I have repeatedly sent packages to a
member of company 11, wnicn never
were heard of.
Easter Sudsy, 1017.
OCEAN PARK. Wash.. Aug. 9. (To
th Editor.) On what data does En
ter Sunday of 1917 fall? Are there
any school holidays ln connection with
It? irsyuirustt.
Easter Sunday falls on April 8. 1917.
No Easter vacation is listed on the
1917 Portland school calendar. It h
been eliminated so that there will be
no conflict with Rose Festival.
ExprMisw Are Common Carrier.
PORTLAND, Aug. . (To th Edi
tor.) Are local transfer or express
men common carriers? E. O.HILER,
Th District Attorney's office says
that expressmen who serve tbe general
publj 4fif ire axe common, rarjiory
PARENTAGE MATTER OF CHOICE)
I'lesi Made for Tolerani-e on Part of
TkoM Wb Have Children.
NEHALEM. Or., Aug. S. (To the
Editor.) Tbe discussion of birth con
trol would be more impressive if it
were free from Insinuatlona and per
sonal reflection. I cannot help feeling
that a man has a weak case when ha
must support it by trying to mak out
hi opponent to be an imbecile or a
criminal.
It does not appear that chlldlss
people are making public or secret as
saults upon those who are able or
inclined to be parents: but tho num
ber and the quality of assault made
by parents upon those who are not
parents are sufficient to Invalidate the
argument these parents are endeavor
ing to establish.
At tho outset. It is absolutely none
of my businesa whether or not my
neighbor becomes a parent. Many
plausible arguments might be evolved
why he should or why he should not;
but It is his businesa to solve his
own problems. There ia this impor
tant consideration, however, at his
point: If my neighbors become parents
it is certain that their leiiowman win
bo compelled by law to pay a tax for
tho education of their children, or fo
their support ln case tho parents fall.
o for their trial in ease of their be
coming criminals. Have we any rigns
to question how many children we
shall bo taxed to educate or how much,
we shall be taxed for this and other
purpose?
Again. It Is far more Important that
I should help the children who are
already born than that I should help
to swell their numbers. Millions of
babies and children need care, food,
shelter, lov. Why uch an agitation,
about population ln a world that ha
always been great overpopuiated? If
I had means to help more children
than I am now helping it would bo
my flrt duty to help those who are
needing help hero and now.
It la assumed that parent are con
ferring a great favor upon children
by bringing thm into tho world, and
conferring a great favor upon the
world also. This assumption consoles
the parent for his own sacrifice. Of
course, parents bring children into tho
world purely because they themselves
want them, just as they may want
houses or automobiles or pianos, be
cause children gratify them. Let us
be honest and then we can proceed
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