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THE MOIHOXO OltEGOXIAN, THURSDAY", SEPTEMBER 21. 1!)1C
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TOETLAXD, THURSDAY, SEPT. 21. 191S
MR. HUGHES' COURAGEOUS STAND.
If there aro two qualities which, the
American' people admire above all
others, they are courage and honesty.
These qualities were displayed by Mr.
Hughes in a pre-eminent degree by his
speech at Springfield, 111., on the
Adamson railroad law. His condem
nation of that law cannot be ascribed
to enmity to the cause of labor, for
he has proved by his actions that he
la a staunch friend of labor. Nor can
It be truthfully ascribed to tenderness
for the interests of capital, for Mr.
Hughes has never flinched from an
tagonizing capital when he thought it
wrong. It was not inspired by sub
servience to political bosses, for he
served them, he was nominated for I
President in spite of their endeavors to
effect the nomination of any other
man and he has since emphasized his
Independence of them by his speeches
and his acts.
., Mr. Hughes speech, was inspired by
conviction that In their course with
regard to the threatened railroad
strike President Wilson and Congress
were false to the whole people and
were false to the true interests of la
bor in particular. Keeling that duty
called upon him to, express this con
viction, he spoke out, . proving that
he has courage to do his duty. Fear
of antagonizing this or that interest
did not deter him, for he would rather
be right than be President.
The people may feel assured that,
were Mr. Hughes President and were
representatives of any group, no mat
ter how powerful in either wealth or
numbers, to demand that he force cer
tain legislation on Congress, without
inquiry or material change, on pain
of paralysis to the business of the
country, he would refuse. He would
not swerve from his sworn duty under
the Constitution, he would not use
the constitutional authority and moral
power of his office nor do violence to
his conscience by doing under a threat
that which he either knew to be un
just or that of which he could not
form a sound conclusion until after
Inquiry into the facts.
With a few words Mr. Hughes swept
aside the pitiful plea that the emer
gency arose so suddenly as to leave no
time for inquiry and that the only
possible course was to yield first and
inquire afterwards. He said:
It was stated by the executive in his
ad-3ress to Congress that "the matter" had
been agitated for more than a. year. Why,
thn, was it not investigated? Could the
Administration command all necessary ma
chinery for flr and thorough inquiry? Not
only did the Administration fail to take
proper action on its own initiative, but the
business men of the country appealed in
vain to the Administration for Investigation.
Thfl- request won no favorable action.
Time was allowed to run, and then came
the surrender that shocked the people
throughout the land. Was the crisis" un
foreseen? Why was it permitted to arise
when the Administration was forewarned?
The emergency did not arise sud
denly. Its approach had been plainly
shown by months of public discussion.
But the President drifted along as
usual, not even watchfully waiting,
until the crisis wns imon him Than
jl under compulsion he threw up his
Vn. . . : i j .
The people will rally to Mr. Hughes
because they know that he would
never have done that. They know
that he would never let expediency
swerve him from the path of duty.
They know that neither railroad man
agers nor railroad employes could ex
tort from him support of legislation
by fear of consequences. They know
that he would have done the wise and
just thing and would thereby have
prevented execution of the threat.
v ; What the people want in the White
House above all else is a man of cour
age to do right because it is right
without giving heed to consequences.
They will prove to the whole crowd of
) opportunist, side-stepping politicians
that the man who is thua indifferent
to his political fate has followed the
highest political expediency.
WHY I'ORTL-VyD IS HEALTHY.
' Portland need not rely upon the
estimates of population made by the
United States Census Bureau, and dis-
l credited by the same bureau, for evi-
Jl dence that it is one of the healthiest
: cities in the United States. Estimates
j of population based on percentages of
I increase over the last census total are
necessarily unreliable, for they take no
i account of fluctuation from year to
year, but every report based on fig
f. ures known to be accurate has shown
' the death rate of Portland to be
among the lowest in the country. The
general fact, which is notorious, is
1 sufficient.
' The causes of Portland's good health
j are inherent in the" city's location and
? are preserved and added to by the peo-
pie's sound sense. We have abundance
. of pure mountain water drawn from
Bull Run and we have a climate free
from extremes or sudden changes and
of equable warmth. We have health
laws which are strictly enforced and
which are in general cheerfully ob
served. These laws have kept us pe
culiarly free from fatal epidemics and
have assured us pure food, while the
soil provides fruit, vegetables, cereals
and meat in abundance and variety.
s j Ours is an outdoor man's climate, for
j , It constantly tempts us into the open
i , air, where physical vigor is preserved
and the seeds of disease are killed.'
I : We have ample means to combat suc
i . cessfully such diseases as do attack
: i us, for Portland is the medical center
j of the Pacific Northwest, having phy-
sicians and surgeons famed through-
out the country for knowledge, skill
and devotion to their science. A rapid
1 transit system which tempts the popu
f lation to spread out has prevented
', growth of slums which breed disease,
j (Nature has given us the means of
I preserving health and prolonging life,
I and we make good use of them.
I What is true of Portland is true
X In a greater or less degree of other
flrcon cities find of ThA fztn tA in ct
eral. Few cities in Oregon are so lo
cated that they do not draw their
water supply from mountain streams.
The elementary laws of health are
willingly observed, and Oregon reaps
thd reward in a state of general health
which is unsurpassed. This is a mat
ter of common knowledge; statistics
are merely corroborative.
MERELY A COMMON NUISANCE.
The perambulating saloon, or bottle
house, or .booze ship, or whatever it is,
that has set itself up in business off
the Columbia River is an offense to
public decency. There is no easy way,
apparently, to reach it by law, though
the Federal officials are said to be
keeping close watch. Close watch
without action will not clear the ocean
of a nuisance; and action is seeming
ly out of the question unless there is
infraction of law. But in what way
has the law been transgressed?
The liquor is bought lawfully in
California. It is transported lawfully
In a steamship to a point off the Ore
gon coast outside the three-mile limit.
It is lawfully sold to the eager buyers
who venture out upon the waters.
They are permitted to carry into the
state by their own conveyances for
their own use unlimited amounts. They
may get as drunk as they please law
fully, though it may be unlawful to
disturb the public peace by drunken
conduct. But, even so, the harm has
been done. It is obvious that the
captain of the liquor vessel is not a
pirate. Nor has he violated the cus
toms laws. Nor is he technically in'
a conspiracy to break the prohibition
laws of Oregon, though in fact that is
Just what he is doing.
Possibly the Federal officials who
are "keeping close watch" may find
a way to revoke the captain's license
as a navigator. He is a common
nuisance.
HUGHES AND LABOR.
Y The boasted "independence" of a
local Democratic contemporary, which
is a leader of the "nonpartisan" news
paper claque in Oregon, does not re
strain it from daily displays of Inex
cusable partisanship. For example,
Mr. Hughes is now described as a
"long-time corporation attorney," who
views issues and events from that
standpoint; and he is charged with
killing the Coney Island 5-cent fare
bill -"for the benefit of the streetcar
owners.'
The charge is. of course, false. It
is contravened by every fact of Mr.
Hughes' record in his attitude toward
public utilities.
Governor Hughes vetoed the 5-cent
fare bill because it was legislation
without knowledge and ' without in
vestigation. It is more than a coin
cidence that he takes now precisely
the same position toward the so-called
eight-hour enactment by Congress.
Even a railroad is entitled to fair
treatment from a President, or a Gover
nor, or a Legislature, or a Congress.
The Legislative Labor News, organ
of the New York State Federation of
Labor, upon Governor Hughes' resig
nation in 1910, had the following:
Now that Governor Hughes has retired
from politics and ascended to a place on
the highesL Judicial tribunal in the world,
the fact can be acknowledged, without hurt
ing anybody's political corns, that he was
the greatest friend of labor laws that ever
occupied the Governor's chair at Albany.
During his two terms he has signed 06
labor laws, including among them the best
labor laws ever enacted in this or any other
state. He also urged the enactment of la
bor lawa in his messages to the Legislature,
even going so far as to place the demand for
a labor law in one of his messages to an
extra session of the Legislature.
Only 162 labor laws have been enacted in
this state since its creation in 1777 In 133
years. One-third of these, exceeding in
quality ail of the others, have been enacted
and signed during Governor Hughes'- term
of three years and nine months.
At that time Mr. Hughes' opponent
for the Presidency was an advocate
of the "open shop." The years have
brought no change in Hughes, who
cannot be turned from the strict path
of conscience and duty by consider
ations of party or personal expediency,
or by pressure of class interests.
GERMANY ON THE OFFENSIVE AGAIN.
Field Marshal von Hindenburg has
adhered to the first principle of Ger
man strategy in assuming the offen
sive on the Galician and Roumanian
fronts. By centering his efforts on
those quarters, he recognizes that the
greatest danger to the central' alliance
lies in the eastern front. Were Rus
sian and Roumanian forces to cross
the Carpathians and to' recapture
Lemberg, Hungary the breadbasket
of the Teutons might soon be over
run and lost and the dual monarchy
would be tempted to throw up the
sponge. Were Russia and Roumania
to force their way through Dobrudja
into Bulgaria, communication between
Germany and Turkey would be in
peril and allied victory over the lat
ter would be facilitated by stoppage
of munition supplies. Continued suc
cess of the allies might drive Turkey
and Bulgaria into a separate peace
and impose on the central empires the
burden of maintaining their position
in Serbia and Albania unaided, with
the risk that, if . these countries were
lost, the allied Balkan army might
invade Hungary from the southeast,
while Russia drove in- from the east
and Italy from the southwest. Bul
garia, so long as it occupies Serbia,
is a valuable buffer between the al
lies' Salpnlki army and the dual
monarchy in one direction and Tur
key in another direction.
Germans show confidence in their
ability to withstand Anglo-French on
slaughts on the Somme by belittling
the gains of territory and magnifying
the losses of men for the latter. . Meas
uring the area of ground which the
allies have gained by the time occu
pied, the Germans appear confident
that they will lose little more before
Winter seriously obstructs, if not stops,
hostilities. They may calculate that,
at the worst, the allies cannot advance
farther eastward than a line running
from Cambrai, which is eighteen miles
east of Bapaume, through St. Quentin
and Chauny. In that event the Ger
mans would have to straighten their
line by abandoning the elbow from
Arras around Noyon to Soissons. They
have probably prepared for that con
tingency by constructing defenses
along that new line. Their apparent
confidence and their Snown forehand
edness suggest that they have pre
pared other strong lines of defense
through Northeastern France and Bel
gium. Von Hindenburg may hope to
hold bflck the Anglo-French at these
lines long enough to enable him to
reduce Roumania to the plight of Bel
gium and Serbia, to wear out Russia
and to put Austria on its feet onoe
more. The armies along the northern
front in Russia appear likely to re
main frozen in where they have stood
for the last year, unless a sudden
move should be started by Germans
or Russians.
The allies appear confident that by
hammering away they can break
through each successive German line
of defenses in France more easily than
they broke through the last until they
compel a general retirement to escape
outflanking. Russia is seemingly de
termined to retake Lemberg and to
break through, the Carpathians into
Hungary. Withdrawal of the Russo
Roumanian forces from the 100-mile
line along the Bulgar-Roumanian
frontier east of the Danube to the
thirty-mile line between the Danube
and the Black Sea south of the Con
stanza railroad gives them a strong
position, with both flanks protected.
There may be another deadlock there,
unless Von Mackerveen. can smash a
way through before Russian reinforce
ments arrive. That would at least
protect Germany's corridor to Turkey
for the present.
Events on the Macedonian front in
dicate a purpose of the allies to at
tempt to turn the Bulgarian right in
the vicinity eft Monastir and to swing
their army around for a drive east-
I ward, while Italian troops push the
.nuaii Lo-iiss uunnwara tnrougn AiDania,
if they can. This scheme seems more
practicable than a frontal attack in
the .Vardar canyon, which is a natural
fortress. If successful, this movement
would crowd the Bulgarians out of
Serbia, while the right wing strove
to double up the Bulgar left at Lake
Doiran and along the Struma River.
Ultimately the entire allied army
might wnite in an effort to sweep
through Bulgaria and Tvffkey to the
Black Sea and Constantinople.
The actions of both Von Hindenburg
and the allies imply that the most
immediately decisive movements of
the war will occur in Eastern Europe,
but the most important ultimately may
yet be made in France. Unless they
are made within two months, there is
likely to be another pause in present
positions until early Spring.
EUROPE'S REFUGE OF PEACE.
Switzerland . occupies a position
unique among neutral nations. Others
in Europe have belligerents on one or
more sides, and the United States has
among its citizens people of every bel-
igerent nationality, but Switzerland is
entirely surrounded by belligerent na
tions and is the free, open, neutral
meeting place for all. It is the place
of exchange for disabled prisoners of
war between Germany and Britain,
and its people turn out at alj hours
of night to welcome the human wrecks
and to load them with food and flow
ers. Deserters are safe on crossing
the border, for there Swiss soldiers
stop pursuit. Refugees from all coun
tries are free to dwell there, on condi
tion that they do not continue their
countries' quarrels by force.
Switzerland, too, remains the freest
country in Europe. People of each
nation are free to publish newspapers,
magazines and pamphlets, advocating
their cause, provided they do not in
temperately assail other nations. Mon
archists and republicans, capitalists
and socialists, anarchists and pacifists
write and speak freely, but are forbid
den to do violence or to offer insult.
Crownless Kings and proscribed rebels
carry on intrigues and cook plots there.
spied upon by the police of their re
spective countries, while the Swiss po
lice watch all to guard against breach
of neutrality. Being by race and lan
guage akin to one or another of the
belligerent nations, the Swiss cham
pion the cause of their favorites, but
in writing and speech only. Here is
the one great forum where all nations
lay aside their arms and meet in open
discussion of their cause.
The oldest and almost the smallest
republic is an island of peace amid a
war-riven continent. It is made so by
the guns and bayonets of its citizen
soldiers guarding its borders. It is an
object-lesson in universal service with
out militarism, in peace preserved by
the strength of the nation in resisting
aggression from others and in resist
ing temptation to aggression on its
own part. It is a standing rebuke to
militarist and pacifist alike.
TOO MANY DIVERSIONS.
Emphasis is placed by recent writ
ers on education topics upon the ad
visability of cultivating the habit of
concentration in the student, especial
ly when he is young. History is re
plete with stories of men who with
relatively limited facilities ' accom
plished wonders because of their abil
ity to utilize all their intellectual pow
ers in solving problems put before
them. It is for the development of
this faculty that many so-called men
tal exercises are given, and it is upon
this ground that mathematics and tljfr
classics often are defended as part of
the curriculum, even when the student
does not expect to employ them direct
ly in the profession of his choice. It
id admitted generally that the time
for the formation of habits, good as
well as bad. is in youth, and that a
good beginning is highly important
in every sense.
That the schools are handicapped in
their efforts to inculcate the studious
habit is strongly asserted by George
H. Brown, a famous headmaster of
an Eastern school for boys, in ari ar
ticle in the Independent. -He points
out that distractions are mary, at a
time when the boy should .lave his
education uppermost in miiid, and he
enumerates seven classes of handicaps
that the School is not able fully to
overcome. First among these he
places cheap reading matter cheap
in the sense that it is "written down"
to an uncultivated teste and exacts
no mental exertion. Following this in
the order of importance rome cheap
amusements, similarly devised to save
mental exertion: then cheap music,
and after that dancing and the exag
geration of the athletic craze. How
ever excellent, the writer points out,
it may be to give the boy plenty of
outdoor exercise, this is being run into
the ground. Then follow "premature
assumption of the manners of club
life," the automobile and the moving
picture show. Not all of these are
denounced for themselves alone, but
their rivalry with serious study is
pointed out. The automobile he re
gards not as a bad Institution on the
whole but, in the case of the boy going
to school, as "the devil's own as a
time consumer." As for outdoor play,
little Johnny too frequently stays out
of doors so long in the pursuit of
pleasure that he is too tired to get his
lessons in the evening. But, never
mind, he cannot be blamed for rea
soning, it will come out all right, for
teacher has been instructed not to
make study too hard for him. Every
thing possible must be taken away
that would work "hardship" on the
boy, even if teacher himself or her
self does the work that Johnny, for
his own good, ought to do on his own
account.
Quite obviously it is not Johnny's
fault. He is too young to reason those
problems out for himself. It is the
exceptional boy who develops serious
purpose early In life. One does not
expect himself to show the concern
for the future that would be mani
fested by an elder who can look back
at his own mistakes and profit by
them. Youth is endowed with energy
in abundance; play is only a mani
festation of that desire to be doing
something all the time. Where guid
ance s lacking in the critical period.
It is natural that much time should
be wasted and habits formed that
may bring regret in the years when it
is everlastingly too late.
Authority of the teacher does not
extend to the home, but it is pointed
out that parents also have their short
comings, and that one of the higher
duties of the teacher is to impress
these facts upon the minds of parents
as well as the pupil himself. '"The
matter with secondary education to
day," says Mr. Brown, "is less in the
subjects taught in school than in the
lack of home co-operation in meeting
the multiplicity of distractions out of
school." He puts concentration in the
forefront of the essentials of educa
tion. More, he says, depends upon
this than upon anything else. The
distractions of the last ten years have
been disastrous.
It is another of the penalties we
pay for the "comforts of civilization."
Boys are not much different from
the boys of former times. In a log
cabin on the frontier, with few books
to read, many a one of them would
know the joy of mastering such studies
as he had opportunity for. instead
of contenting himself with skimming
the surface of many subjects and rush
ing away to the counter-diversion of
the day; and while he would not. per
haps, accumulate so great a store of
miscellaneous, and mostly unimpor
tant, information, he would form a
habit of thinking such as would be
worth an encyclopedia to him. It is
seriously to be questioned whether the
trend of modern times is to develop
thinkers, and it is not the schools,
but the diversions of the time, that are
chiefly to blame.
"Net immigration" Into the United
States in the past fiscal year was 125.
941, but the actual number of arriving
aliens was 366,748. In the previous
year our "net immigration" was only
50,070, although there were some 70,
000 more alien arrivals, the difference
being due to the fact that not so many
are returning home. Two facts that
stand out are the record-breaking im
migration of Portuguese and the fact
that 22,000 Mexicans were among the
alien arrivals, the former doubtless
being due to the uncertainties of war
at home and the latter to the disturbed
condition of domestic affairs, for there
are some Mexicans who look upon
the United States as a land of oppor
tunity and others who have found
their own country uncomfortable for
them. Prediction is made by immi
gration officials that immigration aft
er the war will be large from Central
Europe and that a million or more
from Poland. Austria. Lithuania and
other countries may be expected. This
estimate is based on data collected by
steamship agents and' is believed to
bo' conservative.
There is a prospect that alcohol as
a motor fuel will have a serious trial
in the Philippines, owing to economic
conditions there. High prices of gaso
line and scarcity of transportation fa
cilities have threatened a famine in
this fuel, and at the same time the
tropical islands are rich in plants pro
ducing large amounts of sugar and
starch, such as the yam, cassava and
various palms. Cocoa sap and the
residue of sugar mills are also im
portant factors, and a distillery in the
islands has produced alcohol from
nipa juice at a cost of 5 cents a liter.
It comes to pass, as a consequence,
that alcohol has a chance to compete
industrially with gasoline at this point,
which will give opportunity for the
development of the manufacture on
a large scale, and it is hoped that fur
ther economies will result from the
practical operation of the business.
Manila dealers are now selling a mix
ture of alcohol and gasoline, in which
about 10 per cent of the latter is used,
and it is regarded as superior to pure
alcohol.
The leader of the National Liberal
party of Germany is a "kill, kill, kill!"
man and advocates ruthless war; but
he is sane when he says the present
series of American notes to Great Brit
ain will have as little result as their
predecessors. He can be assured that
if the trouble abroad lasts until after
March 5 next there will be other
notes of another kind.
When those sons cannot help their
poor old mother, 65, and no longer
able to support herself, it is well for
humanity's sake the county can step
in and care for the aged woman.
It is all very well to try giving wom
en's gowns a masculine touch with a
baggy trousers effect, but they will
not resemble the real things unless
they have cuffs at the ankles.
Now if Jupiter Pluvius will only
hold off until the state and county
fair season is over, we will forgive
him the.moiat attentions he heaped
on us last Summer.
The efficiency of our Government
was displayed by the fact that it took
five years to prepare for a building
which is to be erected in twenty-two
months.
"Art" dances are classical when
man dances before men and woman
before women; otherwise, they draw
the crowd and art becomes business.
The shirking Guardsmen whom
General Funston has ordered to do the
hike they hate will swear off walking
when they get out of the Army.
Just about the time it becomes
known a man has hard cider to sell
the police swoop down on him. This
is a sample of "dry" humor.
It is possible to entertain an angel
unawares, but you cannot bump into a
policeman in overalls and get away.
Circus day, the date when the sun
"crosses the line" and fair weather!
Happy combination!
Skirts will be longer this Winter,
but not long enough to suggest the
age of the wearer.
When a man of three-score dies
suddenly, all the men of that class
take notice.
Generally it's the man who lets his
insurance lapse who suffers by fire.
Candid Democracy puts Oregon In
the Hughes column. Eh, what?
The flood in China seems to be
bigger than that of Noah's time.
Holland is peaceful but prepared
and defiant to all invaders.
The Serbs are coming back after a
Winter of recuperation.
Who wouldn't rather be an elephant
than a donkey?
Watch the elephants go around.
Stars and Starmakers
By Leone Caaa Baer.
PORTLAND people who remember the
lovely Izetta Jewell, once leading
woman of the Baker Company, will be
interested to know that she and. her
baby daughter. Izetta Jewell Brown,
are in Belllngham.' Wash., and may
later visit Portland friends. Mrs. Brown
if on this Coast ir connection with set
tling the big estate of her late hus
band. Representative William Gay
Brown, Jr., of Virginia. From the
Dramatic Mirror is gleaned news of a
motion that lias been made in the Cir
cuit Court of Kingwood, W. Vs., by
counsel for Mr. Brown's daughter by
a former marriage to remove. Mrs.
Brown as administratrix of the estate.
Mrs. Izetta Brown, the widow, was for
merly a well-known actress and was a
member of a stock company in Wash
ington, D. C, when she was met, wooed
and won by Mr. Brown. They had been
married about a year when Mr. Brown
died. The motion sets forth among
other things that the administratrix was
hostile to the daughter. Miss Jessie
Brown, and, therefore, that her interest
in the estate might be fully protected,
a removal was asked. A decision favor
able to the defendant was given. An
appeal will be taken."
When news in theatricals is dull, the
engagement of Phyllfs-Neilson Terry is
announced. The last one is just out.
It is to Cecil King. Miss Terry and
Mr. King, who is the stage manager of
her act. are headlining at the Orpheum
in New Orleans this week.
From London comes news that Marie
Lloyd is seriously ill and prabably
will be unable to appear on the stage
for a long time.
Doris Keane is going to produce "No
body's Widow" In London shortly. This
Is the play Blanche Bates brought to
this Coast several seasons ago and
which has been presented in stock
since.
If one is to believe his eyes, the
Winter Garden show coming to the
Heilig next Sunday night for a brief
stop is made up of damsels who let no
thought of clothes bother them. This is
going to be an opportunity to see some
more of Margaret Edwardes, the girl
who Eved her way through the picture
Truth. Several persons I know went a
lot of times to see Margaret in that
picture. Now she is going to visit us in
person. Sho i one of the principals in
the big "World of Pleasure" show.
Notwithstanding there is said to ba
a standing offer for Evelyn Nesbit to
return to vaudeville, that young woman
is reported looking for a picture en
gagement at $2000 a week.
Gertrude Hoffmann has turned aside
her intention to place an Hawaiian act
in vaudeville for this season, it is said,
and is now undecided as to her plans,
though favoring pictures. Her price
for a single feature picture is reported
at $40,000. The best offer so far made
her was $30,000 for six weeks. Miss
Hoffman has never appeared upon the
screen.
Her husband. Max Hoffmann, is re
ported engaged as the orchestral leader
at the Century Theater in New York
City. For several seasons Mr. Hoff
mann lias been the -musical director of
his wife's large vaudeville productions.
Stella Mayhew and her husband
vaudeville partner, Billie Taylor, are
surely landed proprietors. They own a
big home in New Rochelle and others
scattered around, which they rent. Now
they've taken last season's theatrical
receipts, or a part of them, and bought
the Waldo estate at Mamaroneck. N. Y..
where they will reside and rent the
new Rochelle place. .
Laura Nelson Hall, who was nt first
announced as the star of th first show
of the season for Orpheum vaudeville
opening October 1, will not be In Port
land until two weeks later, the book
ing sheets having been changed owing
to the opening of the Seattle and Port
land houses sooner than expected. Miss
Hall, by the way, was a childhood
playmate of J. A. Currey. Portland's
rose expert.
A lot of state women and others with
leanings in its direction are going to
suffer cruelly from a new crimp in the
higher cost of living. Cold creams,
cosmetics and routes and "liners,"
pencils and what nots of face making
among stage and other ladies, have
simply soared sky high In price. It
truly Is going to be difficult for some
of us to stay beautiful. The cause for
the tilt Is laid to the war by the manu
facturers, one of whom states that the
price of tin cans has gone up to such
an extent that he has been forced to
raise his retail prices.
The imported rouges and cosmetics
are especially high at present, as the
supply on hand In this country has been
almost exhausted.
Several "of the American manufac
turers, who make cold creams, etc.,
catering exclusively' to theatrical
patronage, will not raise their prices.
s
An exchange tells this story, which
is a good one. whether or not It's true:
A few years ago. when Bernhardt
was making a tour of the United States
with an unusually diversified reper
tory, the public demand for extra mati
nees was so Insistent that she often
acted on Tuesday and Thursday after
noons as well as on those of Wednes
day and Saturday. It so happened that
the company playing "Madame X" in
English was in Philadelphia at the
time that Bernhardt was playing it
there in French, and the manager of 'it
wished his company to see the French
company. He went to Mr. Connor, who
was Mme. Bernhardt's manager, and
.asked him a little shame-faoedly
whether Bernhardt could not be in
duced to give an extra performance of
the French play on Friday. Mr. Connor,
willing to please his fellow-manager,
finally agreed to ask "Madame." He
went to her and with every known
form of deprecation and timidity, ex
plained to "Madame" what it was that
the manager asked.
To Mr. Connor's great surprise.
"Madame" replied cordially, that she
would gladly give the extra perform
anee. Mr. Connor came back to the
lobby, almost In a daze. "There is a
woman more than mortal," he said,
"and capable of more work than ten
men. She is going to give an extra
matinee on Friday." Suddenly the ticket
seller poked his head out of the win
dow, and called out loudly: "Extra
matinee on Friday? Hell. ,what does
that woman think I'm made of r
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CAREFUL INQUIRY IS ESSENTIAL
Railroad Question Not to Be Settled
Except by Deliberation mnd Justice.
PORTLAND. Sept. 20 (To the Edi
tor.) I read Mr. Hughes' speech at
Springfield with great interest, as it
passed over ground with which I am
familiar and in which I have had much
experience. The questions discussed
relate to railroads, their cost, who
furnished the money to build them, the
cost of operating them and the right
the public has in and over their man
agement. I know of no other public
business that has been so befogged and
mismanaged as this of the relation of
the railroads to the public welfare. If
It had been properly and fairly treated
from the start, the emergency of the
threatened strike that confronted the
country recently could not have hap
pened. Everybody agrees that railroads
should be allowed "reasonable" com
pensation for the services they render
to the public. Their charges should be
"reasonable." But what are "reason
able" charges? To answer that ques
tion fairly and fully requires wide in
formation and the utmost deliberation.
Deliberation above all else. To put a
law through Congress without con
sideration and by force, is to destroy
the foundations of civil government by
one fell blow.
If you will allow me to be a bit
reminiscent. I would like to state that I
have been Interested in these questions
almost all the whole of my life. As
early as 1850 they began to arise and it
seemed to me that as the public put
so much money in construction of rail
roads, and was so directly and deep
ly interested in the services they were
to perform, that they rightfully should
have a voice in their management and
in. the tariffs they should levy. It has
been said, at times, that the public was
Inclined to fight the railroads. This
was and is a mistake. The rublic
needs and appreciates the railroad
service. The fault was not with the
railroad, as a public benefit, but with
the manner of managing railroad busi
ness. "All the traffic will bear." "the
people be d d," bred discontent, as
might have been expected: for if the
republic Is to continue the people must
rule, by deliberation and Justice to all
Interests alike. So, as a newspaper man
In Iowa, after the Civil War. I helped
the people of that state to take up
this question of "reasonable" tariffs
and the right to regulate them, on the
basis suggested, above and that right
was affirmed by the State Supreme
Court and afterward by the Supreme
Court of the United States.
But above all, the questions arising
out of railroad management and serv
ice can be settled only by careful in
quiry, by extensive knowledge and by
the utmost deliberation. I hope every
thoifghtful citizen will read and care
fully consider Mr. Hughes" speech at
Springfield. He is fair, broad and
reasonable. LEVI W. MYERS.
PEOPLE TIRED OF ADVENTURE
Maine Indicates Wllxon Han Not Woo
Over Many Opponents of 1912.
Despite Democratic apologetics the
honors of the Maine election clearly
belong to the Republicans If the way
In which the voters have realigned
themselves in Maine is any indication
of their realignment throughout the
country. Mr. Hughes will be the next
President of the United States. It can.
of course, be argued with a great deal
of force that the realignment in Maine
is not representative. Mr. Wilson may
prove to be on election day surprising
ly strong in many of the former Repub
lican strongholds In the Ohio and Mis
sissippi Valleys.
The victory of the Republicans In
Maine is not decisive enough to do
more than establish a slight presump
tion in their favor. But it does make
an overwhelming victory for Wilson
improbable and it ensures an extreme
ly close and doubtful contest. In Maine,
at least, the Progressives have returned
to the Republican ranks. A large
fraction of the voters are tired of ad
ventures and are allowing their choice
to be decided by habit, association and
prejudice.
In order to be elected Mr. Wilson
needs to arouse a positive conviction in
his favor among many voters who did
not support him in 1912. Presumably
from the Maine election he has not
succeeded with the people of New Eng
land and- perhaps of the Middle States
and his failure is at least partly due
to the predominantly partisan com
plexion of his Administration. As a
consequence of consolidating the Demo
cratic party he did what he could do
to restore and consolidate Republican
ism. He may still pull out owing to
the greater measure of popularity
which he probably tnjoys in the Mid
dle West, but it will be an up-hill fight
with a dubious issue.
SOURCE OF PROSPERITY KNOWN
Voters Not Deceived by Great Activity
In Munitions Trades.
PORTLAND. Sept. 20. (To the Ed
itor.) "I have noticed." said a man to
day, who, I regret to may. uses some
little sporting lingo when talking about
even serious things, "that when the
Democrats are in power, the fellows
who have the dough put it away where
It win be sale. They seem scared. They
tako it off the table, instead of lend
ing it to the railroads to build cars and
make other necessary Improvements.
When the Republicans get in. these
chaps spread the coin on the table, and
give all the little fellows a chance at
it. I am a natural born Democrat, but
I vote for Republican President after
this and members of the Houses of
Congress."
A friend who has just returned from
an Eastern trip was asked how the
good times, resulting from the war mu
nition trade, are affecting the voters?
Whether they would ascribe their pres
ent prosperity to v ilsonlan policies.
"Not on your life." was the reply
"They have too much sense for that
Tf some deadly epidemic were to visit
Portland, and in consequence the doc
tors, druggists, nurses, undertakers and
gravedlggers were worked to their full
capacity, do you think thev would say
that Wilson was to be thanked for
their financial prosperity? Certainly
not. Neither will the men In the East
who are prospering through the sorrows
and death of their brothers and sisters
In Europe. They are not thanking any
body for their fat pay envelopes, and
especially not Wilson."
R. M. TOTTLE.
The Impeeesbie Huarnes,
PORTLAND. Sept. 19. (To the Ed
itor.) The following extract from an
article In the World's Work for May.
1907, is of considerable Interest in con
nection with the Presidential cam-
Dalsrn:
"When a noted ' politician recently
tried to get Governor Hughes to sup
port him in a certain personal scheme
he came away utterly crestfallen, say
ing, 'That is the strangest man I ever
met. You can't make any sort of a
trade with him; you cannot approach
him on the side of personal advantage;
you cannot seem to touch his political
ambition. He Is beyond me; the fool
simply does right the whole time.'"
JOHN BAIN.
Mr. Carnegie's Address.
BORING. Or.. Sept. 18. (To the Ed
itor.) What is Andrew Carnegie's ad
dress? JOHN CURRY.
Mr. Carnegie lives at 2 East Ninety
first street. New York.
Tart's Running Mate In 191::.
VANCOUVER. Wash.. Sept. 19. (To
the Editor.) Who was Mr. Taft's run
ning mate for Vice-President, after the
death of Mr. Sherman, in 1912?
A. J. MILLS.
Nicholas Murray Butler.
In Other Days.
Twenty-Five Years Aaro.
From Tho Ort-gonlan of September St. IS91.
Berlin. Sept. 20. Prince Albrecht. of
Prussia. Is said to be responsible for
the efforts made to effect a reconcilia
tion between Bismark and the Kaiser.
Prince Albrecht. who Is a cousin of the
Kaiser, has always been a friend and
admirer of Bismarck and deeply re
gretted the estrangement between the
young Kaiser and the veteran states
man. All the necessary preparations have
been made for starting up the smeltintr
works at Linnton today, but It is not
quite decided whether operations will
be resumed or not.
H. D. Winters, an East Side capital
ist, has begun suit in the State Circuit
Court against the free bridge comxnis-,
slon created by the Meussdorf fer act
to have the proposed issue of bonds for
Tree bridges declared illegal.
The seatlntr canacitv of then First
Presbyterian Church was taxed to the
limit last evening, the occasion being
a special service devoted to the First
Keglment. Oregon National Guard. The,
men were commanded. bv Colonel"
Charles F. Beebe. The pastor. Dr.
tsrown. orriciated In his chaplain s uni
form. Graders are pushing the wori on the
Falrview electric line and IUL soon
have the grading finished -to Osdd s
farm, about 15 blocks having beSn com
pleted. It is expected that the "vYUam
ette Bridge Railway Company -nAli soon
commence work on Its G-stre'eti exten
sion, which will connect wit the Ualr
view line. I
Half a Century Abo.V
From The Oresonlan of September 21. 1SSB.
Paris. Sept. 17. It is said the Emper
or has refused to allow the officers of
the French army to hold office In Mex
ico, owing to the protest of the United
States Government.
The Chicago directory for this year
haa Just been issued. It contains over
74.000 names, being an Increase over
last year of over 20.000.
Salem. Sept, 20. After a long debate,
the amendment to the Constitution of
the United States was ratified by tho
House last evening at 9 o'clock. The
vote stood, ayes 25, noes 21. all the
Union members, except Lockhart of
Coos and Curry, votin-g In the affirma
tive. The purchase of a steam fire engine
by the members of Multnomah Com
pany. No. 2, was a most opportune
event, as was shown on the night of
the Sth. That fire did much to prove
the value of steam fire engines.
Ducks and chickens were in active
demand yesterday, being purchased by
the Chinese residents for a general
feast today. We were unable to learn
what remarkable event had transpired
in ancient days to be still observed at
this particular time.
CHILDHOOD'S DREAMS DISPELLED.
In the days half forgotten she and I
Barefooted innocents played together;
We lolled in the dust when the earth
was dry
And made mud pies in the soggy
weather.
We climbed the trees In the deep old
wood.
Chased butterflies through the leafy
bowers.
Sang childish songs In a merry mood
And plucked from their stems the
woodland flowers.
The lovelight glowed In our youthful
eyes.
And never a cloud obscured love's
skies.
We talked of the days when we'd
"growed up":
We'd be man and wife in our cosy
cottage.
Would sip of bliss from its sweetest
cup
And eat from the same love dish of
pottage.
She'd cook me food that a god would
eat.
While I would hustle for golden
shekels.
And I would gaze In her face so sweet.
Though terribly spangled with nut
brown freckles.
And our eyes would meet and our souls
would seem
To mingle in love's first childish
dream.
As the years passed on and we older
grew.
And were chums in the same great
co-ed college.
I would try to kindle love's flame anew
In the resting spells in our search for
knowledge.
But she grew less chummy, less full of
play.
Into staid "Paulyne" grew the simple
"Polly."
And she read on her graduation day
A thoughtful essay upon the folly
Of girls assuming the role of wife
Instead of a nobler sphere in life.
I meet her oft on a busy street
Of this great Oregoni:in city.
A cold, proud dame, with the face once
sweet
Now hardened by politics. O. the
pity!
The llitht of affection never plays
In the eyes that 1 used to think so
cunning.
But with hatred they seem to fairly
blaze
When they meet with mine, for we
now are running
For the same fat office, she and I,
And we never speak as we pass bv.
JAMES BARTON ADAMS.
Grand Jury and Candidates.
PORTLAND. Sept. 19. (To the Ed
itor.) (1) What are the names and
addresses of the grand jury members
for this term?
(2) Who la the rjemocratlc nominee
for District Attorney of Multnomah
County?
(3) Who Is the Democratic chairman?
A READER.
(1) A. E. Peters, 514 Jefferson street,
foreman: Fred Vail. 1568 East Yamhill
street; John S. Gibbons, Lents: W. C
Roe. 211 North Jersey street; Bert
Presba, 631 East Linn; Julius Pflug
macner, Holbrook. and O. L Neal,
Gresham.
(2) Walter H. Evans. He Is also
the Republican candidate.
(3) County. George Alexander: state.
Judge Samuel White.
Single Crop Paya for Land.
ENDICOTT. Wash.. Sept. 18. (To the
Editor.) Here Is an Instance In which
a single crop paid for the land on which
it grew. Edgar Chenault bought half
a section in Whitman County, seven
miles south of Endicott. a year ago.
paying $51.50 an acre. It was all plow
land. Last Fall he planted It to Tur
key red. which he sold at $1.27 this
year. This has brought him better than
$56 an acre. Mr. Chenault Is a young
married man. and this is his first year
at farming for himself.
SUBSCRIBER.
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Hawaiian Volcano.
Exchange.
Mauna Loa. the greatest active vol
cano in the world, is again in eruption.
Nine years ago this Hawaiian volcano
produced what Is described as the most
remarkable display of molten "fire
works" of modern times. Then, as on
the present occasion, there was little
or no loss of life, Mauna Loa s erup
tions in this respect differing notably
from the outbreaks of lesser volcanoes
tuch as Vesuvius and Mount Pelee.