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FOBTLANO, THURSDAY, JUNE 21, 1917.
THE RED CROSS DRIVE.
If it serves no other purpose, the
Red Cross campaign this week will
be worth while because it is demon
strating that at Mast the people of
Portland, and of Oregon, and of the
entire Northwest are awaking to the
fact that the country is actually at
war, and that it is no picnic excursion
to which we have committed ourselves.
It is being gradually, but surely,
impressed upon us that this is our
war, that in all human probability we
shall be called upon to make desperate
sacrifices before it is over, and that
not even the remotest regions of the
United States will be' immune from
the sorrows and the suffering that
attend war everywhere. It has been
charged that the West lacked imagina
tion, that it failed to visualize the
actual conflict because it was so far
removed from the scene, and that it
did not realize the magnitude of the
task before the country. This has,
indeed, seemed true in the past. But
the ready response made to the call
for aid for the Red Cross does show
that the all-essential sense of respon
sibility and of full comprehension is
being developed at last.
"Something from everyone!" Is a
practical slogan for the campaign. It
seems a little strange that even now
the question should be asked, as it is
being asked, "How much should a per
son give?" The answer is that every
Individual ought to give as much as
he can possibly afford, not in the nig
gardly desire to get a receipt that
may save him from future solicitation,
but as if he himself were going to the
front and were doing by others as he
would expect them to do by him. The
news accounts are replete with evi
dence that this idea is taking hold.
The experience of the voluntary so
licitors is inspiring, especially the in
stances In which subscribers have
given more than was asked of them.
It is worthy of note that some fairly
large contributions have been made
by men who are not rated as "rich."
It is not a time for weighing and
balancing, for holding back in the
fear that someone else may not give in
proportion, for waiting to see what the
other fellow is going to do first. The
individual conscience must bestir itself.
It Is the part of both philanthropy and
patriotism not to wait for the personal
request. "The committee did not call
on me" is not a valid excuse for be
ing omitted from the list.
The story of the first day's activities
reflects credit on Oregon. It is espe
cially good news that there is no hag
gling over "quotas." The modest
statement, for example, that Clatsop
County expects far to exceed its as
signed share before the end of the
week does scant justice to the spirit
that permeates the people of such a
"community. The great results at
tained in the Wasco-Sherman district
in a single day set a pace for the entire
state, but they do not mean that there
is to be any relaxation. If anyone
doubts that the people are awake, he
should read the roll of honor in the
dispatches from town after town. The
"pronounced determination to make
some Sacrifice," of which one corre
spondent writes, is in evidence every
where. Yes, the fact that the war ts close
to us, and that no man or woman or
child can escape some part in its con
sequences. Is being borne in. We are
sending men to the war every day, and
we are preparing to put our part of
the conscripted army in the field.
There is no doubt that we would be
opening our pocketbooks in furious
haste if word had come that our boys
and our neighbors' boys were lying,
uncared for, on the battlefield in No
Man's Land "Somewhere in Flanders,"
but it would be too late then. It is
necessary that the Red Cross shall
not only be supplied with ample funds
for its work, but also supplied in
good time. It is a work of prepared
ness, not a work of repair. Funds
given now will save lives and mitigate
suffering. A dollar today may be
worth more than $10 later on, and
will mean more than any conceivable
amount after the war is over. The
Red Cross Is engaged in saving the
living, not In planning memorials for
those who die from neglect.
We are not in danger of giving too
much, or of doing too much. It ought
to be Impressed upon everybody that
in all human probability we are In
for a long war. and that while our
soldiers and sailors are fighting the
actual battles there is real work to be
done behind the lines. The Red Cross
gives opportunity for this work, and
offers no excuse for any slacker. It
means a good deal to be able to "look
the boys In the face when they come
home." How the citizen can do this
who has neither gone to the front nor
helped to relieve the pain of those who
have grono is not at all easy to under
stand. Despite wide publicity given to the
status of the Red Cross in war, some
misunderstanding still exists as to why
the work it is doing is not undertaken
by the governments themselves, under
the direction of their military organi
zations and at the public expense. It
must be kept in mind that It is the
civilian organization that gives the
Red Cross its standing In international
law, and its private nature that con
fers the immunities that are enjoyed
on the field by the Red Cross, and the
Red Cross alone. These are respected
by civilized nations generally, and are
established by formal ratifications of
the Geneva convention. It is a func
tion of the military medical establish
ment to care for the wounded in the
hospitals removed from the front, and
due provision is made for this In the
Army and Navy organization. But
this does not in any sense obviate the
Imperative necessity for Red Cross
work, which is done in the time of
gxeaieet peed. ud at the critical .mo
ments when it is capable of savin? the
greatest number of lives. It is by far
tho most important duty in connec
tion with tho war with which every
citizen, regardless of fitness for mili
tary service, is now confronted, and
it would be highly discreditable not
to meet it in full.
Oregon is waking up. Now It must
keep awake. Only the beginning has
been made. There will be plenty to
do for all.
ons TRIAL '
The deadly prowess of the German
submarines is the greatest hope and
highest reliance of German' victory.
The latest list of British losses
of torpedoed ships is the heaviest
since the war began, with the possible
exception of a single week.
Evidently the submarine menace
has not been adequately met. Evi
dently, too, it must be met if Germany
is to be beaten.
It is not, probably, just now a mere
temporary wave of U-boat intensity.
The safest and sanest way to regard
It is that the unceasing vigilance of
the allied fleets has been matched, or
more than matched, by the steadily
enlarged scope of German undersea
operations.
It is said that all the constructive
energies and resources of Germany
are being devoted to turning out sub
marines from her shipyards. Ger
many is said by one authority to be
making new U-boats at the rate of
four a week. There are said to be
200 new submarines In commission
and BOO under construction. There
will, it is reported, be 1000 in a year.
The immense task America has un
dertaken does not diminish in gravity.
It increases. This is no mere Summer
campaign, no Cuban adventure, no
pleasant junket for our boys over
seas, no mere tryout for our fleets.
It is war. It is the great test for us.
We are not ready. We get ready but
slowly. We are in for struggle, and
sacrifice, and hardship, and losses, and
perils, and sufferings which we only
dimly see and which we are terribly
to experience.
ONCE MORE.
The Oregon State Grange, In its re
cent session at Astoria, indorsed by
standing vote, and with no small evi
dence of enthusiasm, all the acts of
its executive officers for the previous
year. This action is no doubt the
Grange's response to sundry critics of
its grand master, Mr. Spence, for his
course in opposing the road bonds in
the recent campaign. Apparently
Brother Spence knew what he was
doing; or, whether he knew or not,
the Grange did not desire to assume
the position of repudiating its chief
official, or any one of them.
It is immaterial now, of ' course,
what the Grange or Mr. Spence did
or did not do as to the bonds, but
what the Grange does as to Mr. Spence
may quite well be regarded as im
portant by that body and by its prin
cipal officer and spokesman.
The large interest of the public.
however, Is likely to be concerned In
the Grange's Indorsement of the North
Dakota Non-Partisan League. Evl
dently we are to have a new kind of
agitation for non-partisanship in our
affairs. It probably would do no good
to ask the Grange to wait a little
while and see how North Dakota
comes out with its plan of turning its
government over to the farmers. For
that is what has happened there. If
the Non-Partisan League has achieved
really beneficial results, there may be
a reason for trying it In Oregon. But
It Is' not the special merit of U'Renlsm"
that it proposes schemes which have
been tested and pronounced O. K. else
where. It is always sufficient to know
that a thing has been- tried, and often
sufficient that it has never been tried.
The Grange, too, would abolish the
State Senate. There is no novelty
about that. In 1912 Mr. U'Ren sought
to do away with the Senate, and the
state disapproved, 31,020 ayes, 71,183
nays. In 1914 there was a similar
effort, and the vote was 62,376 ayes,
123,429 nays.
Evidently there must be a great
change in the public attitude if there
is to be an end of the bicameral Leg'
islature.
GUARDIANS OF THE CONSTITUTION
War emergencies and the questions
which they have raised have caused
parties in Congress to be shot all to
pieces, but in general we find that the
men who are most ready to give the
Prtsident all the power he needs are
Republicans, while those who fear at
every step to transgress the Consti
tution and to set up a despot are Dem
ocrats and self-styled Progressives.
Thus when the bill granting the
President authority to give priority to
emergency traffic on railroads was
under discussion. Senator Brandegee
was ready to give it without question.
but that survival of the Cleveland Cab
inet, Senator Hoke Smith, trembled
with fear for the Constitution. Like
fears are expressed by Senators Gore,
Reed and other of the President's
nominal adherents when the food-con
trol bill is up.
These men are so intensely provin
cial. or are such sticklers for the letter
of the law, that they are mentally in
capable of conceiving what is at stake
in the war and of rising to the great
occasion. The primary duty of Con
gress under the Constitution is to
"provide for the common defense and
general welfare" and all lesser duties
are subject to and included within
this highest duty when the existence
of the Nation is threatened.
Exercise by the President of des
potic power in many fields is necessary
to "the common defense and the gen
eral welfare" when the Nation is at
war. especially In such a war as this.
when a powerful despot Is striving to
include this country In a world-empire,
Yet the Gores, Reeds and Hoke Smiths
would save the Constitution at the
risk of the life of the Nation.
Of what use would it be to keep the
Government rigidly within the four
corners of the Constitution, as these
timid Senators construe it. if thereby
the Nation lost its independence? In
that event nothing of the United States
as a republic would remain except the
Constitution, and if the Kaiser's vice
roy were installed In the White House
he would make short work of that.
The political ancestors of the men
who shudder at the suggestion of a
food dictator, or broadened Presiden
tial power over the railroads, and of
all the measures connected with the
war were the men who called Lincoln
a tyrant, despot and Constitution
breaker. By saving the Union, Lincoln
saved, the Constitution and. ills tra-
ducers are remembered In history only
to be loaded with ignominy.
So will it be with the Gores. Reeds
and Hoke Smiths when the history of
this war comes to be written.
THE rNTERACIOTJS JOHNSON'.
Back in Washington (D. C). right
under the nose of our Inquisitive and
sleepless Government, one Ole John
son has arisen to explain why con
scription in Oregon failed to meet the
estimates of the census experts.
Mr. Johnson qualifies as a witness
by stating that he was "formerly of
Woodriver, Ore." (misprint for Hood
River?), and the Washington Times
is thus persuaded to publish his testi
mony. It is given elsewhere in The
Oregonian, mainly to show the fear
ful results of the absence of liquor in
Oregon, nnd of its abundance else
where, upon a citizen who has left
the state for its good.
Aside from the laws which inter
fere with personal liberties," which
Include prohibition and sundry amuse
ments, Mr. Johnson's most damaging
charge is that our "young women are
working and the young men never see
them, except at a distance, and the
laws are such that it is extremely dan
gerous even to speak to a woman in
those states." More heartfelt personal
testimony, no doubt. We have an Idea
that it is dangerous for Mr. Johnson
to speak to a woman anywhere.
A new calamity awaits the outraged
Ole Johnson. Congress has made the
Nation's capital dry, too, and the new
dispensation will take effect soon. He
may soon have difficulty In finding a
place where he can visit a convenient
bar, fill himself up with forty-rod,
borrow from some hotel writing-room
few sheets of paper, and tell his
troubles to a newspaper.
Perhaps we should ignore Mr. John
son. But it is a relief to think of
something besides the war, even of
the strange psychological connection
between booze and cacoethes scribendl.
AN UNREALIZED FORECAST.
The importance of events In the
western theater of war since the be
ginning of April to the fortunes of
the allies can best be measured by
comparison with the forecasts of Ger
man plans for the campaigns of 1917
which were made before that time.
An article by Andre Cheradame in the
June Atlantic may form the basis of
such comparison, for it evidently was
written after the German retreat in
the west and after the Russian revo
lution and the American declaration
of war, but before the British, French
and Italians' won their recent vic
tories; also before the abdication of
King Constantino left the allies free
to clear Greece of their enemies and
to push forward in Macedonia. We
can compare what the Germans then
planned to do with what they seem
now able to do, and then can gauge
what the allies have done to foil the
German plans.
Mr. Cheradame cherishes no illu
sions. He says that the Pan-German
programme was to bring under Ger
man rule 4,015,000 square kilometers
In their own territory. In that of their
allies, and In neighboring hostile coun
tries. Before the British capture of
Bagdad and the German retreat in
the west, nine-tenths of this pro
gramme had been realized. Pan-Germany
then comprised 73,000,000 Ger
mans in Germany and Austria, whom
he calls masters, 21,000,000 Magyars,
Bulgars and Turks, as vassals, and
82,000,000 subject and conquered peo
ples, as slaves. Germany thus had at
its command tho military and eco
nomic resources of 176,000,000 people.
He believes that the German plan
at the time of the western retreat was
to concentrate all forces against the
weakest front, which Is the Russo-
Roumanlan line. They aimed to take
Riga in the north and Odessa In the
south and to conquer the entire Black
Sea, the Crimea and the Caucasus,
thus rendering Bagdad untenable for
the British. Submarine warfare would
meanwhile have been continued more
ruthlessly than ever, seriously weak
ening the allies. If more ground had
been yielded In" the west, the retreat
would have been only temporary.
After beating Russia, the Germans
would have concentrated all their
forces in the west and, if they had
broken through, France and Britain
would have been ruined and Germany
would have won the mastery of Eu
rope. It was necessary that this plan
be carried out in 1917 before Russia
could reorganize, before any new
power could come to the aid of the
allies and before the United States
could intervene effectively. A diplo
matic break between the United States
and Austria was to be avoided in order
to keep alive the delusion that the
latter could act Independently.
The probable consequences to the
United States, if this programme
were substantially carried out. are
sketched by Mr. Cheradame. and he
says, writing In the light of conditions
existing at the time when he wrote.
that "this is not Impossible." In six
to eight months we should find our
selves "face to face with a Germany
controlling the resources not only of
the present-day Pan-Germany but of
kali Europe." Far from being worn
out by war. the German people would
be filled with enthusiasm and "would
follow the lead of their Emperor more
blindly than ever." They would not
give the United States a chance to or
ganize, but after new advances to Ja
pan, which would then be isolated.
and. with the aid of German-Americans
and German-Mexicans in par
alyzing our military organization, they
would begin "ruthless action against
America."
It behooves Americans to study
calmly to what extent the events of
the last few months have lessened the
possibility of carrying out this pro
gramme. We dare not overestimate
any facts favorable to our cause, for
to such errors are due many disasters
to our allies. The British and French
have smashed both the northern and
southern hinges of the Hindenburg
line, have won the commanding posi
tions north of the Aisne and In Flan
ders, have taken ten miles of the Hin
denburg line itself and threaten the
Wotan line, which protects Doual, and
have recovered four times as much
territory as they conquered in an equal
period of the Somme battle. More
important, thev have cut up ninety
German divisions so badly as to com
pel withdrawal for recuperation, have
inflicted losses which can scarcely
total less than half a million men and
BOO guns, while the weight of testi
mony is that their own losses in men
have been much smaller.
So serious have been the German
losses that Von Hindenburg has been
Impelled to send west great numbers
of troops which were presumably de
signed for the attack on Russia and
to attempt by propaganda the elimi
nation of Russia, which was to have
been accomplished by force.- Itals
by her successful attack, has Inflicted
serious losses on. thfi Austria ns and.
has forced them to draw large forces
from the east in order to stop the
drive on Trieste. Both in France and
in Italy the allies have established
their superiority in artillery and air
craft, but in the latter respect not
finally.
The German offensive In the east
has been either abandoned or post
poned. The intrigues to divide the
Russian people, to disorganize their
army and for a separate peace may
have been adopted as a less costly
means of bringing Russia under Ger
man control, but it may be that the
losses in the west drove Germany so
to weaken the eastern army that an
offensive against Russia became im
possible as well as impolitic. Each
day'B news from Petrograd now con
firms the belief that Intrigue has
failed and that Russia will again fight
effectively. So long as Britain, France
and Italy can keep the Teutons so
fully occupied in the west as they
have in the last three months, the
danger of a crushing German offensive
in the east steadily diminishes, but is
not eliminated.
A "new power capable of making
Itself felt on the western battle line"
the United States has come to the
aid of the allies, but not in time to do
much in 1917, except in supplying
food, munitions, ships, money and
special forces like airman and engi
neers. The obstacle In the person of King
Constantino to an allied offensive in
the Balkans has been removed. It is
for Russia to co-operate by taking the
offensive in Roumania, to divert Ger
man reinforcements from Macedonia
and to close the giant pincers which
will cut the line joining: Austria with
Turkey.
By their successes In the west the
allies may have foiled all the grand
schemes of Von Hindenburg for a
decisive victory in 1917 and may have
removed the necessity for calling Jap
anese troops to their aid in the east.
as Mr. Cheradame suggests, but Japan
could still do good service there in
winning that victory which, he says,
"calls for "a. simultaneous concentrlo
attack on all the fronts of Pan-Germany."
American troops might give
as effective aid in the east as in the
west and could cross the sea free from
submarine danger. If they were sent
across the Pacific and Siberia to Rus
sia, or to the Persian Gulf and Pales
tine. This would mean war with Tur
key and Austria, but why blink the
fact that in fighting Germany we are
fighting them also?
Germany's stubborn hold on the
western line, and the still present pos
sibility of a crushing blow at Russia,
should impress on us the danger that
Germany may yet win by steadily
sapping the strength of the alliance
through submarine war. If for lack
of our supplies the western line should
yield, the series of disasters tq the
allies which were foretold as possible
In 1917 might yet befall. The best
we can now do to avert them is to
war ceaselessly on U-boats by every
new contrivance, to add constantly to
our shipping and to send a steady
stream of supplies to the allies. Then
they may continue to fight and win
until an American army joins them In
1918. The possibility of defeat ts still
before us, and we dare not relax our
efforts.
Admission to the drafted army will
be so carefully restricted to physically
perfect men that it will in itself be a
recommendation to a woman who is
looking for that kind of a husband,
but the rejected are likely to be em
barrassed by the ladies with such
questions as: "What was the matter
with you? Flat feet?"
Again come reports that. men and
women are being taken from Belgium
for slavery In Germany. The little
kingdom Is paying a heavy price for
independence, but not what its con
queror will pay, once the allies get
across the Rhine.
The Secretary of the Interior says
the unsold lands of the grant are not
ready for homesteading and anyone
who offers to make a preferential
entry is a swindler. This Is sufficient
answer to Inquiries about the lands.
As the $30,000 in gold and silver
coins stolen from an express car In
Chicago a few nights ago must weigh
a few hundred pounds, the men who
did the job can qualify for husky
work.
The regular Army still wants re
cruits, which offers a splendid oppor
tunity for those who want to be well
on the way toward qualif ying as offi
cers before the draft is made.
The "perfect tranquillity" reported
In Spain reminds us that tranquillity
is getting more and more to be a rela
tive term, depending on the part of
the world one lives In.
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Today Is the longest day of the year.
but the time will not hang heavy on
the hands of the man who gets out
and hustles for the Red Cross fund.
Considering the number of defects
that will disqualify the registered man
for conscription, not many need worry.
Only the best men are wanted.
-The barbers will do their turn to
morrow for the Red Cross, and the
fund Is not going to be oversubscribed
by a hair or a close shave.
If Russia learns from our men how
to build railroads speedily and eco
nomically, the war will not have been
altogether in vain.
If It is true that Charley Chaplin
Is going to the front. It is to be hoped
that he will put high explosives in
those custard pies.
Bulgaria now fears Greece will at
tack her. Bulgaria is likely to live to
be sorrier than ever that she entered
the war.
President Wilson must send for
Colonel McCusker if he would dispose
of the pickets about the White House.
Joe Knowles seems to be the only
man who knows how to kick off cloth
lng to meet the temperature.
That the auto is not displacing the
horse altogether Is shown In the de
mand for more fountains.
This is a great day for garden work.
Make it really the longest of the year,
in achievement, anyway.
Portland has one eye on the Red
Cross dial and the other on the river
gauge.
When wealthy men become rivals
In doing good, only the sky is the
limit,
Stars and Starmakers,
By Leon Causa Bser.
JAMES DUFFY, of the vaudeville
team of Duffy and Lorenz, has been
sued for divorce by Mercedes Lorenz
and aptly refers to the summons and
complaint as "liberty bonds."
A pretty little account in a London
pamper tells of a family row between
Marie Lloyd and her nice little hus
band. Bernard Dillon, to whom she was
married in Portland by request of the
United States immigration authorities.
Bernard, who used to be a jockey and
who is about as large as one of the
Ldllputlana over at Fantasies this
week, has Just been arrested for beat
ing the husky Marls and has been sen
tenced to a month's imprisonment. The
account cheerily concludes with the in
formation that "It Is not the first time
the oouple hare been at loggerheads.
It Isn't, at that. It was one of the
guests at the Impromptu wedding and
the bride and bridegroom all but killed
one another before they reached the
altar.
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One of the fascinating: Dolly Sisters
is the latest actress to Join the want-a-dlvoroe
brigade. Yansol Dolly, who
Is billed Yansol and called Jennie, Is
suing her husband, Harry Fox, for
absolute divorce. .She has mentioned
several dozen co-respondents, but none
of them is named publicly. Yansol and
Harry were here decorating the
Orpheum bill about two years ago and
when they reached San Francisco they
got married. This past season the two
Dollys (the other one Is Roslzka) have
been on the road in "Ills Bridal Night."
Upon returning to New York, Jennie,
according to her husband, received so
muoh Information from friends regard
ing him, while she was away, that the
divorce action followed.
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F. St Clair, the London song writer
who sent an enormous quantity of
cigarettes to the front, received over
10,000 postcards of thanks from the
trenches. St. Clair has devoted his
profits on the sale of his songs to
charity. The amount is over $15,000.
Harry Pllcer and Gaby Deslys have
made up again, for the three-thou
sandth time. At present they are pre
senting a play, "Burette, and a one-
act curtain-raiser at the Globe Theater
In London.
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Mike Donlln, who managed the Mem
phis team In the Southern League for
the past several weeks. Is back on
Broadway and contemplates a flyer in
vaudeville with Stan Stanley, the pair
working a double turn similar to the
present Stanley act-
Donlln will be featured In the billing
and Stanley will do his "bit" from the
audience.
-Ray Samuels Is back In New York
with her husband, Morty Forkins, and
they are going to take a home on Long
Island this Summer. "Rented, not pur
chased," writes Ray.
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- John D. Williams is to present John
Drew in a revival of "The Gay Lord
Quex" next season. The second Mr.
Drew will appear under Mr. Williams'
management. The piece Is to be pre
sented some time late in October with
a cast of big names In addition to Mr.
Drew.
The star's season In "Major Penden-
nls" closed last Saturday night In St.
Paul, terminating the longest run Mr.
Drew has had In a number of years.
He opened at the Criterion, New York,
In October and played through until
June IS with the company remaining
Intact for the entire trip.
William F. Connor, who for years
managed and directed the tours of
Mme. Bernhardt in this country, an
nounoes that the great French trace
dienne has fully recovered her health
and is ready to undertake a continua
tion of her present tour, which was In
terrupted to permit her to undergo an
operation.
"
Richard Walton Tully and his family
are spending the Summer at their ranch
in Sierra Madre. Cal. Mr. Tully will
return to New York in August to
launch his productions for next season.
which will Include his own play, "The
Flame," which will make a long tour of
the Pacific Coast; Guy Bates Post In
"The Maaquerader." which Is scheduled
for a New York hearing In September,
and another play, as yet unnanounced-.
In connection with David Belasco'
selection of Arthur Byron to play the
role of Dr. Sumner, the love specialist,
In "The Boomerang," which comes to
the Heillg next Sunday evening, there
S a coincidence that Is worth relating.
Two years ago, when Mr. Byron was
out here In Portland, he was working
on the scenario of a play about
doctor. It was the -result of his hav
ing been urged for several years by
several of his medical friends to get
someone to write a play for him about
a doctor and have the scene laid In a
doctors office, telling him that such
play, provided It was a good one,
should have quite an appeal. Byron
had always possessed a fund of "doc
tor stories and anecdotes, and on
more than one occasion had been re
mined that both In appearance and
temperament he was ideally suited for
playing such a role. With these sug
gestions taking more definite form In
his mind he had just started to work
on the outline of such a play when a
telegram came from Mr. Belasco ask
lng him If he would play the part of
Dr. Sumner In "The Boomerang."
He thought it over and concluded
"David Belasco, Winchell Smith and a
play about a doctor; It couldn't pos
sibly faiL"
Byron immediately telegraphed his
acceptance and left the company h
was playing with here In Portland,
going East to start rehearsals for "The
Boomerang at once.
William Travers, well-known actor.
was married last week to Olive Eliza
beth Stanley, formerly a member of
Charles Dillingham's productions, and
more recently in the James J. Hackett
company producing "Macbeth." This Is
Mr. Travers' second marriage, his first
wife being the late Blanche Walsh.
William A. Brady has acquired
play called "The Man Pays," from Sara
uel Shlpman, and has arranged to star
Helen Ware In It. Mr. Shlpman, It 1
understood, wrote the principal role
especially for Miss Ware several years
ago. The play will open In Wllmlng
ton, Del., June 25. The supporting cast
Includes Olive May, Ethel Valentine,
Frederick ' Burt. Shep Camp, Henry
Ellison and others.
WAR IS "STILL TOO FAR AWAY
People Most Wake T To Aetnal Oo-
dltlona That Confront Their Country.
Medford Sun.
A citizen of Medford dropped Into
this office recently with a complaint.
t was a hot night, the visitor had just
ined generously and was mopping his
collar band as he smoked a 15-cent ci
gar. The complaint went something
like this:
"This war Is getting on my nerves.
Money, money, money! First it's a tub-
crtptlon for soldier boys here, then
for the boys from up the line. The war
Y. M. C. A. has to have a subscription,
the liberty loan demands tribute, then
the Red Cross comes along and all the
time prices are getting Higher. It's
fierce. It can't go on this way long.
Of oourse it's a good cause and all that.
ut there a a limit."
We wonder how many similar com
plaints have been registered In Med
ford the last few days? And Medford
can't be unique. The people of South
ern Oregon are as loyal and patriotic
as the people elsewhere on the Coast,
and the people on the Coast are as loyal
and patriotic as the people in the East
nd Middle West. .
The people of the Coast, however.
are over 3000 miles farther from the
eat of war than the people of New
York City. The war still seems to the
majority of them a hideous and distant
dream. '
They cant see a fleet off the Golden
Gate or Crescent City. They can't vis
ualize spiked helmets in Portland or
Mukden caps on Market street. The war
to them has not yet become a reality.
This must be the explanation, for the
proteetant above ls a citizen of good
instincts and at least the average pub
lio spirit. No one would accuse him of
being a slacker. And yet that senti
ment expressed above If adopted by the
majority of the American people would
mean spiritual and probably material
Ale after for this country.
The trouble must be. we repeat, an
Inability to regard our participation In
he war seriously. Otherwise no man
with a good Income would think of
complaining over his post-prandial
Havana of the strain of the war upon
his pocketbood. No man with three
good, meals a day. a nice home and fam
ily, safe from war's menace, would so
forget his obligations and his good for
tune as to lament because he had to
give a few hundred dollars to keep
those horrors of war away.
One of the most important tasks be
fore the people of this Coast ia to
awaken to the actual conditions -confronting
them and the country in whfch
they live.
Once awake, giving liberally and un
grudgingly of money would seem a
cheap form of war service. Those called
upon to sacrifice their Incomes alone
would regard that duty as a privilege
ra-ther than a burdensome obligation.
SAD EFFECTS OF OCR BLfE LAWS
Dresdfal Experience la Northwest
of
Olo Johnson.
Washington Times.
To the Editor of the Times: I am
able to tell you the exact reason why
there are now only about half the
young men In Washington and Oregon
that the census experts estimated. It
is due to the laws of those' states
which Interfere with personal liberties.
The prohibition laws, and the exces
sive vigilance of the police in the
larger towns where draft ordinances
forbid nearly all the amusements and
diversions that please the young men.
are tne cause. Io young man with
real red blood in his veins and man
hood in his nerve can find anything
now In Washington or Oregon that ap
peals to him over and above other
states. - .
They have left those states simply
because a few particular thin- that
they wished to luxuriate in have been
legislated out of existence. It is very
dangerous there to play a game of
cards, and the possession of a little
wine or liquor of any sort is likely to
be followed by a term in jail.
.Most of the young women are work
ing now and the young men never see
them, except at a distance, and the
laws are such that It is extremely
dangerous to even speak to a woman
in those states. Excepting the picture
shows, there are now no longer even
any theatrical amusements in those
states.
The cold, quiet figures of the mili
tary registration tell the story In no
uncertain fashion. We knew before,
and this is the mathematical demon
stration, that all the best men have
left Washington and Oregon, because
what men want has been legislated
out of the country there.
OLE JOHNSON,
Formerly of Woodriver, Or.
Will Legal Without Lawyer.
PORTLAND. June 20. (To the Edi
tor.) 1) Would a will be legal with
out having been drawn by a lawyer, if
I have two witnesses? (2) What por
tion of land rn this state would wife,
what portion would children, receive
if no will were made?
(1) No lawyer is required, but two
witnesses are necessary, and they
should subscribe a statement that they
signed at the request of the testator
and In the presence of each other.
(2) The widow may choose, under the
law enacted last February, between a
life interest In one-half and complete
title to one-third. The rest goes to
the children.
Let li Also Commend Tillamook.
Tillamook Headlight.
The Oregonian commended Polk,
Washington and Yamhill for the votes
rflst In thni, ortuntlAa fnw emnil n u H a
In making a contrast of Clackamas',
Marion, Linn and Lane counties, which
voted against the bond measure. And
what about this little kingdom of Tilla
mook and the. good roads boosters west
of the coast range, which out of 2146
votes cast at the election 1569 voted
for state bonds and hard-surfaced
roads? There's no mistaking the senti
ment In Tilamook County, and If we
know anything of the push and energy
of Tillamookers, they are not going to
lay down until there Is a hard-surfaced
road through the entire length of the
county.
Old Veteran Youngsters.
By James Barton Adams.
They tell us we're nearlng the end of
the trail and soon must encounter the
rider so hale, our old legs are warp
In jr. our eyes shy of glow, and what
hair we've left Is as white as the snow;
and sadly they smile when we talk of
the war now raging like sheol In coun
tries afar, and say that we yet could
put up a good fight for God and hu
manity, freedom and right. We cannot
deny there Is many a vet who eftsoon
will settle the last earthly debt" and
hike for the campground of those
who've passed o'er the shadowy stream
to the evergreen shore, but hosts 'are
yet primed with dead oodles of pep
who pound at the trail with a vigorous
step and feel that, if given a chance at
the Huns, they yet could make good In
a play with the guns. We honor with
pride the young gallant recruits we
meet every day in their olive-drab
suits, and read In their faces the earn
est desire to show their deep love for
the flag under fire, and well do we
know the heroic young chaps will fight
as their forbears in previous scraps
and will bring back Old Glory from
cauldron of war with victory twinkling
in every star. We admit we have plenty
of years on our strings, but hope 'twill
be long "ere we're fitted with wings,
and. If given a chance, there is many
a vet should show there is flsht in bis
old system yeu
In Other Days.
Twenty-five Years A-.
CProm The Oreronlan, June 21. 1891.)
Washington. Oovernor McKlnJey, of
Ohio, chairman of the notification com
mittee, formally notified President
Harrison of his re nomination.
Mrs. L. P. Treat, a leading kinder
gartener of Chicago, is making a brief
visit in Portland.
One of the features of the mandolin
musicals to be given at Arlon Hall Fri
day evening will be a solo by Mr a,
Walter Reed. "Bright Star of Love,
with flute obligato by Samuel AdeL
stein. The mandolin orchestra is com
posed of Mrs. R. C. Templeton, Miss R
H arris. Miss L. Foreman. Misa M. L. S.
Conner. Messrs. George P. Dekum. D. J.
Zan, N. W. Lawrence, George Foss, Ler
inger, H. A Welsh. C. I. Dillon, B.
Wells. S. Prager and H. P. Flint-
x
The Citizens' ticket was generally
victorious yesterday at the election,
D. Solis Cohen, of the Citizens' ticket,
was elected Police Commissioner; Theo
dore Wygant.. Democrat, Fire Commis
sioner: James Monks, Independent; It.
J. Mclnnis. Republican; W. A. Scog
gin. Independent; David Dalgleish, Re
publican; Eugene Shelby, Citizens'; ,S.
Q. Richardson, People's: W. II. Mer
rick. Citizens', and L. M. Davis. Inde
pendent, to the Council.
Owing to the cancellation of dates
of Eastern attractions the Park will
remain closed until June 14. when It
will open with "The Fairies Well."
followed by "Fast Mail," "Police
Patrol" and several other good produc
tions. , Rait a Century Are.
From The Oresonlan, Juno 21. 186T.) .
New York. The steamer that arrived
recently brought, among other Orego
nlans, E. N. Cook, State Treasurer, and
his wife, and J. S. Bmlth and family,
who are en route to the Paris Exposi
tion. The Umpqua Academy will hold Its
13th commencement this week.
C. B. Wells has shown the editor of
the Corvallts Gazette the skin of an
enormous panther 9 feet 3 inches from
tip to tip. which was killed nine miles
from Corvallis.
The great work of erecting a mas
sive sea wall around the entire city
front of San Francisco has been com
menced. As the funeral procession of Mayo
Holmes was being ferried across the
river yesterday the staging on whioh
a large number of spectators had gath
ered was struck by the ferry In land
ing and the staging parted in the mid
dle, precipitating one young man Into
the water. All places of business were
closed during the funeral services. The
J Masons had charge of the aervices and
Rev. Mr. Stoy officiated. It Is estimated
3000 to 3500 attended the obsequies.
The Council will appoint a Mayor to
fill the vacancy.
NOT TIMES TO STOP TO ARGl'R
"Law of Selt-Preaervatlom Not Meant
as Check on Patriotism,
ST. HELENS, Or.. June 19. (To the
Editor.) "We must comprehend the
realities of this war and bring our
selves to a realization of our duty to
contribute of treasure and blood in
order that for which this country has
always stood and fought may live.
Your boys are going to France, or If
not your boys your neighbor's boys.
Then you will realize what are devas
tated firesides and unknown graves.
Then recollections of the son you gave
will give you poignant realization all
your life of what war means to you."
The above is all very true, but why
your boy or your neighbor's boy? I
believe there is a deep sense of justlo
pervading this republic and that In
this conscription act. Congress has
violated one of the fundamental prin
ciples of our Government, that is, "that
all men are free and .equal before the
law." The boy in his 20s Is already
beginning to ask: "Why did they not
register all' men from 18 to 60? Phy
slcal fitness and not age should be the
guide. The man in his 30s is conceded
to be more physically fit than the man
In his 20s.
I hate to see a big burly Sheriff of
31 running in a slacker of 21, but the
law has made it so. You and I know
that the law of self-preservation is
pretty strong in us poor mortals and
that in war times it is particularly
noticeable in all classes from the high
est to the lowest. The patriotism that
faces the gun is a different type from
the patriotism that furnishes the money
or means. The dollar is not likely to
be conscripted, we will continue to say,
please buy a liberty bond.
If our great dailies would advocate
the Immediate passage of a law, re
quiring all men from 18 to 60 to reg
ister. It would eliminate this yellow
streaked reflection on American man
hood and make the boy in his 20s be
lieve he had a friend in the men who
mould the publlo opinion of otir coun
try. It. S. HATTAN.
Nothing can be gained by stopping
for argument on the brink of a prec
ipice. The war is on, the course has
been decided on and It is the duty of
good citizens to accent the plan. De
cision to gall men between 21 and 30
is based upon experience which has in
dicated that men between these ages
are physically fittest, have fewer ties
and can best be spared. Those who are
unfit or whose responsibilities are
greater In Other directions will be
exempt from service. The "boy In his
20s" is a man, if he ever Is going to
be one.- t ne law or seir-preservatlon
is not always invoked as an excuse for
evading duty. A good many patriots
have proved the contrary to be true.
When Publication Ia Gift.
PORTLAND. June 20. (To the Edi
tor.) I have for a couple of years, or
more, received a periodical. I have
never subscribed for It and never
read It. Now the editor of the paper
sends me a bill for $4.f0, demanding,
under threats of suit, that It be paid
within 30 days. Am I a debtor to said
editor and can he lawfully collect the
sum mentioned? MRS. A FRITZ.
The publisher has no case against
you. Publications sent without order
are gifts to the recipient under the
terms of a specific Oregon law.
Where to File Lienor Complaints.
TTJMALO, Or.. June 19. (To the Edi
tor.) Please tell me how and where
to address the Federal officers when
you wish to enter a liquor complaint
and oblige.
MI?S. W. H. OEMMELL.
If It Is a Federal law violation apply
to United States Attorney Clarence L,
Reames, postofflce building, Portland.
Or. If It is a state law violation apply
to your District (county) Attorney or
to the Sheriff of your county. If the
District Attorney is not available.
Kstj Would Rejeet Bad Stammerer
MARSHFIKLD, Or- June 18. (Tt
the Editor.) (1) Please tell me if a
stammerer Is barred from the United
States Navy If he Is -physically fit in
every other way. (2) Will the Fourth
of July be, too late to enlist in the
Navy? READER.
If the man stammers badly he would
be rejected. (2) The Fourth of July;
will not be too late to enlist.