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rORILAXD, FRIDAY, Jl'J-Y 27, 1917;
THE CRISIS.
Let there b bo misunderstanding
of the bearing- -which the rout of Rus
sian armies in Galicia has on the duty
before the American people. Austro
Gcrman armies pour through the gap
in the Russian front," capture vast
quantities of artillery and supplies and
may turn the flank 'of the armies
which are . still battling north . and
south of them. More strongly armed
than ever -with their booty, the Teu
tons may be able to transfer many
troops to the west for a new- effort to
destroy the British, French and Ital
ian armies and the small American
force -which has recently joined them.
After conducting a victorious of
fensive during the three months be
ginning -with April, our western allies
are now at a standstill, being unable
to resume the offensive, . though still
able to repel all assaults. If more
men and guns from the eastern front
should be thrown against them, they
can hold their ground only by such
deeds of heroism as they performed
at Ypres and Verdun. They are fight
ing on their knees against a foe who
is both powerful and desperate. There
is a limit to their endurance. If they
fail, it will be because we are lag
gards, and we shall be compelled to
choose between Prussian domination
nnd carrying on the fight alone with
the aid of such other . American re
publics as stand by us.
We must not let them fail. Should
they fail through our neglect to come
to their help with every man, gun
and dollar we can muster, upon us
would lie the everlasting shame of
having failed freedom and civilization
In a struggle for existence. Let there
be no mistake about the consequences
of failure. As Rome bought off the
Goths, the United States would be
compelled to buy off the Prussians
with a huge indemnity, and such a
German peace would be but a truce.
As the Goths returned to Rome until
the Erreat emriire was destroyed, the
Germans would return to the attack
on America until this greatest of re
publics would become a memory. In
fuch a war the fate which has be
fallen the people of Belgium, Poland,
Serbia, Roumania and Northern
Krance would be visited upon us.
The torch of liberty which was lighted
in- 1776. and which has cheered on
many other nations to win the rights
which our forefathers won, would be
extinguished. Darkness would de
scend on the world as in the middle
ages, and many generations might
live, die and suffer before mankind
again climbed the painful road to lib
erty and light.
When such a possibility confronts
us, we dare not risk the failure of the
nations which are leagued in the cause
of liberty, that cause which we now
know to be one with the cause of de
mocracy and civilization. This Na
tion with all its manhood and all its
material resources must throw itself
Into the breach which Russia has
made, not directly but by adding such
strength to the western allies that
they may not merely hold the line but
drive the Germans back within their
own borders. The Teuton forces must
be so fully occupied in the west, on
the Italian and the Macedonian fronts
that they will perforce give the in
trepid Kerensky a respite for the re
organization of Russia. Our allies are
so war-worn that we, coming fresh
to the fray, must take the chief bur-
delr-on, our shoulders and must not
flinch or falter until the goal is won
There must be no mistake as to
wnar. tnis means. urcat as is our
population, the task may take every
man of fighting age; great as our re
sources, it may take every dollar and
every bushel of wheat and every ton
of steel. It demands that every man
and woman forget self and think first
of country; that their work, thought,
daily lives, expenditures and invest
ments be regulated with a view to
the one purpose of victory over the
enemy of the central principle in our
republic. - AH industry, all business,
all professions should be enlisted in
the National service. Parties should,
be forgotten, for their should be but
one party in a time of National dan
ger, and the President should set the
example by drawing on all sources, of
every political faith, for the men who
are to be his lieutenants and helpers.
Discussion of every question which
may cause division should be stilled,
and every question which arises should
be decided with a view solely to its
bearing on the war, not as it would
bo decided in peace. Unity is essen
tial in war, and it can be secured only
if people are called upon to make sac
rifices for the -purposes if war. The
person or party who provokes a dis
cussion for-the ulterior purpose of ad
vancing some pet theory, not for the
purpose of helping toward victory nor
with that effect, breaks the National
unity and thereby hinders success.
Tammany is again to fight a fusion
of Democrats and Republicans in New
3:oik City,, and win alo be, opposed
by the influence of the Wilson Admin
istration. Political expediency has
caused both parties to advocate mu
nicipal ownership of public utilities,
but the fusionists propose to move
cautiously by first putting the city on
a strictly .cash basis, with money on
hand to assume all obligations of the
utility companies. If this plan should
be carried out and Tammany should
regain control, it might organize the
tens of thousands of employes into a
machine which would be well nigh, in
vincible. "
SrEN1 WHO CO AND MKN WHO STAT.
Men in khaki abound in the streets
of Portland, and at any hour the
casual spectator' may see companies
of marching Guardsmen . and rookies
going somewhere or other under the
commani of an officer in uniform.
Some of the men have their equip
ment; others are dressed in the clothes
in which they came from the shop, or
the store, or the farm. The sight is
most common, and but little attention
is paid to any of them.
The other day, near the Armory,
a company of boys new recruits
many of them were were drilling in
the street. A woman driving an auto
mobile came swiftly along, honking
for the right of way; and the officer
politely maneuvered the soldiers out
of the way. A few minutes later, an
other motorcar, with a woman for a.
driver, hove in sight, and she, too.
demanded that the soldiers get out of
her way; and they did.
Somehow we wonder if the women
who insist on their sex privileges, in
such cases, have a son or brother on
the way to war; or if the men who
watch with languid interest the sons
cf America faithfully training for the
great test appreciate fully the tre
mendous fact of the sacrifice being
made before their very eyes?
These young heroes awkward, un
equipped, unsure, and countryfied as
some of them are are the hope of
the Nation, the light of its life, the
anchor of its destinies. They are go
ing to make democracy safe for them
selves and their fathers, mothers, sis
ters and wives, and also for the
fathers and mothers who have sons
that stay behind.
TV1IEX WOMAN WANTS.
The suffragettes who are silently
picketing the White He-use might with
some profit consult the registration
figures in Oregon, that is if they are
capable of reasoning by analogy.
One-third of the women voters in
Oregon do not care enough about the
franchise privilege to exercise it. The
sexes are about numerically the same.
but 181,191 men are on the perma
nent registration books and only 121,
578 women.
It is far from our intention to imply
that two-thirds of the women should
be denied the right to vote because
the other third prefers not to vote.
The point to be made, rather, is that
when even two-thirds of the women
want the voting privilege, the men, as
Oregon has demonstrated, are quite
likely to grant it.
In those states where equal suffrage
has not been conferred it is a pretty
safe guess that a majority of the
women are indifferent about it. This
is known to be true in the South, par
ticularly. The suffragettes are prosel
yting in the wrong place. Their best
chance is in the benighted states, in
structing their sisters in the blessings
of participation in government. Once
woman really wants a thing she will
get it.
4 THE SUBMARINE WAR.
Losses of British ships during the
last week show so large an increase
over the preceding week as to be seri
ous, but not dangerous. They serve
to keep the energies of all the allies
keyed up to the greatest effort at de
struction of submarines, but they do
not justify a despairing belief that the
submarine is winning and invincible.
They do not bear out the alarming re
port of the New York Times from
London that the U boats are destroy
ing 600.000 tons of shipping a month,
but they show the menace still to ex
ist.
The week's losses of the British
were twenty-one large and three small
ships against fourteen and four for
the preceding week. On the face of
these figures, the Germans seem to be
gaining, but a safer basis of judgment
is the total for a month. Taking the
two classes together, this was seventy
nine for July, 110 for June. 115 for
May, 184 for five weeks of April and
eighty-four for March.
It is also noticeable that losses take
a spurt in one or two weeks of each
month, but that each spurt falls short
of the one preceding. The greatest
and longest spurt was In the third and
fourth weeks of April and the first
week of May, when the losses ran up
to fifty-five, fifty-one and twenty-four
ships respectively. Another spurt came
in the second and third weeks of June,
but the totals only reached thirty-two
in each week. The July spurt seems
to come in the third week, but the
total falls back to twenty-four. Par
from showing that the U boat is gain
ing, this record shows that it is losing
in effectiveness.
Contrary to its usual policy of
frankness about losses, the British
government does not report the ton
nage of ships lost, but only tells the
number over and under 1600 tons.
The average tonnage of British ships
over 1G00 tons Tn June, 1914, indi
cates that .4500 would be a fair aver
age for those lost, while 1000 would
be a liberal estimate for those under
that tonnage. On this basis the total
tonnage of the 434 large and 162 small
ships sunk in the twenty-two weeks
ending July 22 would be 2,115,000, an
average of 96,136 a week. The max!
mum was 646.000 for the five weeks
of April and the minimum 303,000 for
the four weeks of July. If the aver
age for this period were maintained
for a -full, year, the total would be
4,999.072. but if the allies should sue
ceed in holding down the year's total
to the July average, it would be 3,939
000. The continuous monthly de
crease beginning with May warrants
the hope that the allies would be able
to reduce the loss below the latter
total.
France and Italy publish reports In
the same form as has been adopted by
Britain, but no reports are made by
other belligerents or by neutrals. As
British ships are employed chiefly in
the danger zones, while many neutral
ships travel outside those zones and
others are tied up in port, it is not
probable that non-British losses are
more than half as great in proportion
to total tonnage as are British losses.
The British tonnage is probably about
half the total that keeps the seas.
Hence if we add fifty per cent to the
total British losses, we shall make a
fair approach to the aggregate de
struction of the world's ships during
each period under discussion. This
would ive, a total iosa of. 45.4..50Q tons
for July; a total loss for the twenty
two weeks ending July 22 of 3.172,500
tons; a possible loss of about 7.500.000
tons for a year if the average for that
period should be sustained; or a pos
sible loss of about 6,000,000 tons for
a year if the July average should be
sustained.
These estimates would bear out the
Times' estimate" of 600,000 tons a
month if the twenty-two weeks', aver
age should be continued, but they
would not do so if the July average
should be maintained. At th best,
the facts are ominous. ' They show
that German confidence in ultimate
victory by means of the submarine is
not without foundation. They should
drive home to us the absolute neces
sity of bending every energy of brain
and muscle and manual skill to the
destruction of this menace to all that
makes life worth living.
That aggressive policy may take the
shape not only of destroying each
submarine when found at sea, but of
co-operation by our Navy in an at
tempt to bottle them up in their bases
until enough aircraft have been built
to destroy them in mass; also mine
blockades across the N&rth Sea in
front of the German coast, across the
English Channel and across the Ska-ger-Rak.
Defeat of the submarine is
essential, if not to winning the war,
to the ending of it without such pro
longation as would reduce the whole
world to exhaustion. The emergency
brooks no delay.
AN APPEAL RENEWED.
The Oregonian responds herewith
to an appeal from the Puget Sound
Traction, Light & Power Company to
have another article on the Seattle
strike situation in light of certain
facts presented by President Leonard.
It is quite unable to modify anything
It may previously have said on the
duty of the company to meet the men
in a. spirit of conciliation and to ac
cept their offer of arbitration. It
may be. and doubtless it is, quite true
that the company had previously
agreed to submit the issues to an 'm
partial tribunal. It may be, and
doubtless it is, quite true that the
men had rejected these peace-making
tenders, or, having accepted them,
had later refused to abide by them.
But it is also true that the company,
after days of turmoil, riot and blood
shed, and after complete paralysis of
the streetcar service in Seattle and
Tacoma, had rejected outright a pro
posal by the carmen to arbitrate an
offer that to The Oregonian appeared
appropriate and reasonable. The con
cern of The Oregonian and the public
is "with the present situation, not the
causes or provocations leading up to it.
The carmen had stipulated that cer
tain men be reinstated, including
"seven men who were discharged by
your company in the city of Tacoma."
It is to be observed that Mr. Leonard
insists that these seven men, who ap
pear to constitute the final stumbling
block to all effort to get together,
belong to another company. We wish
Mr. Leonard might have been a little
more candid about the status of these
seven men. It is our understanding
that the traction companies of the two
cities are both under the same gen
eral management Stone & Webster
and their reinstatement would seem
to present no insuperable difficulties
to President Leonard or his employers.
The two outstanding features of a
grave situation which now present
themselves are that the company and
the men are at last in conference,
through the mediation of the Council
of Patriotic Defense, and that the
company is importing trainloads of
strikebreakers. The project of intro
ducing foreign mercenaries, recruited
in Eastern cities, to break down by
force a Seattle strike, is in the circum
stances bad business. It can only fur
ther inflame an already demoralized
situation and increase the probability
of the general labor upheaval threat
ened in Seattle and elsewhere. The
public may well hope that the present
conference between the company and
the men may terminate in a settlement
of all issues, and that the strikebreak
ers may at once be withdrawn.
These are not ordinary times; they
are extraordinary times. Methods
which might be excusable, or even
istifiable, in a labor crisis in a period
of National peace now become the
serviceable and potent weapons of the
ommon enemy. It is the duty of
both capital and labor in America, to
compose their differences, that the
united resources of the country may
be turned against Germany. The Na
tional emergency. demands concessions
from capital which in other days it
could not in fairness be asked to
make; and it calls for sacrifices from
labor which must be offered if the
republic is to survive. Before the
great peril, the ordinary disputes be
tween employer and employe seem
inconsequential. They may well be
postponed until after the war. Or,
if not deferable, they should be, they
must be, arranged on some basis
which shall permit the great National
business of war to go forward without
loss of time or impairment of en
deavor.
A streetcar corporation Is a public
service institution. It has a charter
from the state, or municipality, and it
undertakes to serve all the people.
Its primary duty is clearly to the pub
lic. A row between company and
men is no mere private quarrel, but
it is a matter of common concern; in
this emergency it is a calamity. The
Oregonian, does not hesitate to say
that it is the duty of the municipality
or the Government, to take over the
operation of this streetcar company
or any such company, if all contro
versies between managers and men
are not promptly settled. It is sur
prising, indeed, that the authority to
protect itself which is inherent in the
state has not already been exercised
in the Seattle and Tacoma strike.
The primary purpose of the edi
torial article about which Presiden
Leonard complains was to appeal to
him and his company to meet the
carmen in conference and settle the
strike, for reasons of patriotism. That
was The Oregonian's whole motive.
It renews that appeal, both to the
company and to the carmen.
A new mission of the motion picture
is to break down the barriers that
separate th3 people of the world. Our
own exports of film rose from 32.000,
000 feet in 1913 to 158,000.000 feet in
1916, according to the consular re
ports, and their effect must have been
tremendous in acquainting the people
of other lands with the manners and
customs and the scenery of Amer
lea, since their appeal is universal and
it is admitted that they reach mil
lions who do not read books. The fac
that our imports of films are decreasing
is due probably to temporary causes,
and we may look for a revival when
the world becomes normal. It is not
only the interest that it creates in th
scene depicted, but the fact that men
are made to realize tint existence, of
one another, that makes the film value
as an influence in spreading tolerance
and good will. We may read about the
Eskimo, or the Persian, a long while
before we feel as much attached to
him as we do when we have seen
him in action just once in a motion
picture house.
WHEN NATURE BAYS "NO."
"We have been taking too gloomy
view of the waste of war, so far. at
least, as agricultural districts are con
cerned. This is shown by the fact
that abundant crops are growing in
the regions in France recently won
by the French. The Germans had
planted them, not counting on losing
the ground, but the practical impos
sibility, of "destroying" a great area
of land is realized now that the other
side is preparing to reap the harvest.
A retreat in the Autumn would have
made it possible to set fire to the
grain, but even then beets and pota
toes would have survived. And no
army would be great enough so to
scarify a great area that it would not
be productive in the succeeding sea
son, rs at vi re, left alone, is a wonder
ful restorer.
It is pointed out by a writer in the
Scientific American that even the cut
ting down of fruit trees by the Ger
mans did not result in their complete
destruction. An army in retreat nec
essarily does some things clumsily;
was so with the Germans who
hacked and scarred the fine old trees
f France. But the tree surgeons
ave been at work; budding and graft
ing were resorted to, new tops were
grown on old trunks, and last Spring
the whole countryside was in bloom
again. By this time the fruit is be
ing gathered in some places, and with-
n a few years of the end of the war
production will be nearly normal.' It
is exceedingly difficult for man to
make a desert if naturo says "No."
The old trenches remain, and the
shell-torn areas, and the No Man's
Lands, but by comparison with prov
inces their area is small. Retreats,
strategic and otherwise, are mainly
conducted along roads, for obvious
reasons. A field is trampled here and
there, but it blooms again next year
as if nothing had happened. And
with a nation of people with the tal
ent for agriculture and horticulture
possessed by the French, many things
are possible. Restoration of the farms
will be among the least of their prob
lems. The industrial districts, made
by man, will be a different matter.
Adoption of the laughter cure for
various neuroses which are perplexing
the army surgeons of Europe opens a
ast opportunity for the comedians of
the film, and a new chance for the
really funny men in all lines to show
their patriotism. The terrific bom
bardments at the front have produced
psychic conditions that do not yield
to any standard method of treatment,
and reason of the patient is perma
nently threatened unless something
can be discovered to take him com
pletely "out of himself." Unadulter-
atted fun seems to be about the only
thing that will do the work, and it Is
not too common in our sad world just
now. The London Morning Post con
firms the story of a deaf mute who
was cured by seeing the antics of a
clown actor at a motion picture show,
the sound of his own laughter being
the only one he had heard in months.
Other cases hardly less remarkable
are reported. .
Klre started by a section hand burn
ing weeds in Sherman County spread
to a wheat fivrm and destroyed the
crop of 400 acres. This was insured
at an average yield of twenty-five
bushels and the owner received J12,
000. but he believes it would have
gone to thirty-eight and feels a corre
sponding loss.
A foolish New Yorker Is offering a
Liberty bond of $1000 to the airman
who first drops something in Berlin.
That is not-the American way of wag-
ng war. If the prize was offered for
bombing the Kaiser, it would be well
given, but not for the Prussian way of
killing women and children.
After the war. when airships shall
bo plenty and handy, it will not be
necessary to route a small freight con
signment 1200 miles to reach a point
175 miles distant, as was done at Eu
gene the other day with a shipment
for Brookings, in Curry County.
T. M. C. A. and Knights of Colum
bus are not to be allowed to monopo
lize the doing of good for the boys at
the front. The Elks are sitting in
with an ante of a million and no limit.
Under Commissioner Mann's cour
tesy rule, the cashier who takes the
money for water can ask, "How will
you have your change?" but do not
tell him "short.
Dismissed city employes should riot
waste time in appealing against dis
charge, but "accept a position" else
where in the good old way of grabbing
the job.
It would seem that the troubles of
the Matlacks might be settled by a
grand jury and frisky husband and
spiritual bride be classified and in
dexed.
A new Russian commission is need
ed, composed of. say, John L. Sullivan,
Jess Willard. Benny Leonard and
other distinguished Americans.
It's an offense now to put a chorus
girl into a Federal, uniform. It is also
an offense to put her into much of
anything in hot weather.
When a lawyer in court calls an
other a "liar," he does it in the pro
fessional sense, not casting reflections
on the brother's veracity.
The man who saw frost the other
night can confer a favor on a lot of
people by telling strictly on the Q. t.
where he got it.
The announcement that "R. E. Stra
horn is in town" anywhere outside of
Portland would put all boosters on
the hotfoot.
No man need fear a woman who
can shoot without shutting her eyes.
She'll just wing him,- purposely.
Mrs. Mooney kissed the jury, and
the District Attorney might as well
nolle pros, the other indictments.
' Putting a plain-clothes man back
into uniform is cruel and inhuman
punishment-
How to be healthy, though poor. In
hot weather? Eat less and drink
more.
St. Johns is not the industrial center
Of Portland but siie A husky yfhxg.
How to Keep Well.
By Dr. W. A. Etibs,
Question pertinent to hygiene, sanitation
and prevention of disease. If matters of in
eral Interest, will be answered In this col
umn. Where space will not permit or tha
subject Is not suitable, letters will be per
sonally answered, subject to proper limita
tions and where stamped addressed envelope
Is Inclosed. Dr. Kvans will not make dlarno
sl or prescribe for Individual diseases. Re
quests for such services cannot be answered.
(Copyright, ISIs. by Dr. W. A. Evans.
Published by arrangement with the Chlcaso
Tribune..)
SOJIE HUDSON MAKXEJJ PHILOS
OPHY". The Jesuits have a. saying;. "Give me
the first seven years of a child's life
and I care not who has the rest." Med
ico-educational methods become real
measures of prevention only when em
ployed during Infancy. The so-called
fixed habits are th early ones formed
during the child's physical and mental
development In the first year of his ex
istence. Teachers believe that the fail
ures of their pupils are due chiefly !
to faulty habits formed before their
entrance into the schools and colleges.
The most important neglected period
in the life of any one is that which
comes prior to the so-called school age.
A mother once asked at what age
should a child learn to be obedient, and
the significant reply was. "If your
child has not learned obedience now
he will never learn it."
Nervousness is the most character
istic malady bf children, and its treat
ment should be first preventive, and.
second, remedial or curative. Preventive
treatment is applicable in the earliest
infancy and consists largely in an at
tempt to control the child's physical
activities through careful direction of
his mental and emotional activities.
Punishment should never be Inflicted
except at the very beginning and before
the child is mentally susceptible to
medico-educational measures.
It Is said that there are 300,000 stam
merers In the United States alone, and
I am of the opinion that if this vast
army of defectives had had the right
kind of early training there would now
be few if any stammerers to contend
with, and what is true of stammering
is true of similar and allied nervous
diseases.
The play Instinct Is an Important
factor in child development, but at
the present time is the most over
worked of all, both in the home and in
th primary school. What might be
called the work Instinct is equally im
portant and is now greatly neglected
In the early training of children.
The difference between play and
work should be clearly understood by
the child and the greater dignity of
the latter should be Impressed upon his
mind at an early age. The child should
be taught to do things, not because
they are easy, but because they are
right, and the greater the difficulty
in doing them the greater the educa
tional value. Moreover, work and play
should not be commingled, but should
form two distinct factors in education.
Mr. Roosevelt gave good advice when
he said: "When you play, play hard
and when you work don't play at all."
The remedial and curative treatment
of atypical children is physical and
mental. It is an effort to improve their
condition through their physical activ
ities.
The two Important things to keep in
mind in the physical-mental education
of children are: The correction of pos
tural attitudes and. second, the develop
ment of normal respiration, phonation
and articulation.
The most difficult thing In the treat
ment of atypical children is to control
and direct the parental influence and
enlist its services In behalf of the
child's welfare. In some Instances the
parents are hopeless. A physician re
cites two cases. In one the child was
nervous and stammered because of
fright from ghost stories told by a
servant. The Intelligent parents, when
started right, corrected the trouble. I
one the child stammered because he
was coddled by an illy balanced, anx
ious, bossy mother. This child's case
was hopeless because he was tied to the
apron strings of a well meaning but
hopelessly overemotlonal mother.
Goiter and the Draft.
V. L. writes: "Will a man that has a
goiter pass the medical examination If
called in the draft bill?"
REPLY.
Depends on the desree of enlargement.
and. above all. upon the amount of disturb
ance of the pulse and nervous system.
Anemic Chorea.
A. M. E. writes: "A 12-year-old girl
has lived In malarial climate for six
years, auring wmcn sne developed a
case of chorea. The symptoms are rest
lessness during slumber, peevishness,
and easily provoked crying, twitching
of the muscles, spasmodic jerking of the
limbs and an increasing Indistinctness
or speech, bo lar medicine has given
no relief. Also a change from ma
larial conditions has not bettered the
malady. But her blood is anemic and
she seems to be getting thinner In body.
"Would Blaud's iron tablets be ben
eficial for her blood?"
REPLY.
I Judge the condition to be chorea.
sociated with anemia, due to malaria. She
needs rest and quiet, good food, a tonic, and
malarial treatment periodically. The best
tonic for her la caccodylate of soda hypo-
dermlcally. Some form of iron, and Blaud's
pills Is a good form, can be taken simul
taneously. She can take the caccodylate In
ternally. Once a month she should take
grain of quinine a day for three days
Sfao should be under a physician's direction.
Room for Baby.
Mrs. G. O. writes: "Would you kindly
give your opinion on following ques
tion: Is a room located toward the
south and window on each side as
healthy as outdoor air? If I bring my
baby In at night after being out all
day the crib Is covered with dust, so I
thought of keeping her in the room
with windows open. The sun is there
all .day long.
REPLY.
Such a room Is next best te out of doors.
When the weather is fit the baby should
set out for a while -each day. When not
out of doors keep her in this room.
Snake Bite Care.
F. J. M. writes: i have read lately
two articles on the rattlesnake bite. As
we live where the stinging snakes are
quite numerous, I ask through the col
umns of your r-aper: Is there any cure
for the stinging of these snakes for
man or beast? Is there any first-hand
aid?"
REPLY.
Slash the wound and make It bleed freely.
Wash it with ammonia water.
Tea.
RAYMOND. Wash.. July 24. (To th
Editor.) Is a Chinaman born in the
L. S. a citizen; can ha vote? JU, p.
Cowgirl Captures a Poet.
Br James Barton Adams.
Tve roped the bossest feller now
that ever hit the range an' from the
cowboy cavalier it is a dandy change;
a real live poet, thorrerbred. from
fancy stock, you bet. who writes the
nifty verses for the Pendleton Gazette.
Come on vacation to the ranch to rest
his gentle muse an' bathe his inspira
tion in the sparklin' country dews, an'
'fore he'd scarcely got a start a-doin"
of the same he said he blest the mystic
fates that prompted him to came. He
chins about the axure dep'a of my great
liquid eyes, an' thinks the angels goes
by them In tinting up the skies, an'
says my laugh reminds him of the rip
plln' mountain streams, wherein which
crystal element the troutlet lies an'
dreams. My smile like sun-tipped ar
rows from my classy features darts Jes'
like a Cupid searchlight out a-huntin'
after hearts, an" when I talk he shets
his eyes an' 'magines he can hear the
cadence of a angel song a-ringln' in
his ear. The blaze o' ragin' Jealousy
Is burnln" in the breast of every cow
boy on the range that hoped to build a
nest rur this exquisite rustic bird, as
allows I am, but for their bellv-
achin' I don't care a tinker's dam.
They'll stab him with their envious
eyes an' snarl like durn kiotes. an' hint
t dude a-dancin' 'round a fool clrl's
petticoats, an' Texas Harry says that
e s a-worryln- to git a chance to brand
is creamy face with Jes' one shoulder
it. But spite of all their Jealousy
m guigtn' right ahead a-revelln' in
poetic bliss an' daily bein' fed on
rhymey tributes to my grace an' watch-
of the muse a-dancin In Lonafel-
er's eyes in shiny golden shoes. He
eems to lift me from my feet to soar
n eagles -wings among the stars an'
asteroids an' sich celestial things until
nonest often think we re soraedav
goin' to light inside them pearly gates
above In our poetic flight.
C03IPA.XY HEAD STATES POSITION
Agreement to Arbitrate Seattle Street.
car Differences, Made In June.
SEATTLE. Wash.. Julv 23 (Ti the,
Editor.) In The Oregonian July 25.
under the heading "A Patriotic Duty."
you print an editorial which has been
called to our attention. This editorial
does this company a grave injustice,
and must have been written under a
misapprehension as to the facts of the
Seattle railway strike situation. A
summary of these facts is as follows:
Demands were made upon us by a
committee of our trainmen on June
21 for increased - wares and shorter
hours.
On June 23 we entered Into an agree
ment to - arbitrate -with a committee
representing the men. They named
their member of the arbitration board
and we named ours.
On July 3, without waiting for ar
bitration, demands were presented from
employes other than trainmen, and we
ssued a public statement that we de
pended upon arbitration.
On July 14 still further demands
were made, with the suggestion that
we agree to conciliation, but that if
this were not satisfactory to us that
the men were willing that the whole
matter be submitted to arbitration.
On July 16, while we were still de
pending upon arbitrate n in accordance
with the agreement made, the men in
Seattle issued an ultimatum demanding
that President Leonard personally en
ter the Tacoma strike situation on be
half of the strikers there, and that
this company recognize the union here.
with a sympathetic walkout as the im
mediate alternative. In order to secure
industrial peace we had previously re
instated suspended employes in Seattle.
and having agreed to arbitration there
was no dispute between the Seattle em
ployes and this company, and the dis
charge of men in Tacoma by another
company was simply given as the best
excuse that could be found- for a strike.
On July 23 a committee purporting to
represent the men made a proposition
which has the appearance of an honest
offer of arbitration. However, as a
condition precedent to this arbitration.
they made the requirement that this
company operating in the city of Seat
tle should procure the reinstatement of
seven employes of another company
operating in the city of Tacoma.
To this proposition we maae tne 101-
lowlng reply:
We are In receipt of yours of July 23 and
In reply propose the following:
If our trainmen will withdraw their de
mands for the reinstatement of seven men
disc harged from the employ of the Tacoma
Hallway Power Company, we will Imme
diately Instruct our arbitrator to confer with
their arbitrator in an enaeavor to eei-ci a
third member of the board, and to proceed
at once with arbitration. In the lesal manner
provided by the city in our rrancnise. inis
resumes negotiations where they were ab
ruptly terminated when a sympathetic atrike
wan called asatnst un on July 16.
We have been ready since the start to ar
bitrate under the franchise provisions Im
posed by the city, and on June 23 we entered
Into an aa.'eement with our trainmen to ar
bitrate, which was subeequently repudiated.
In the Interests of industrial peace, and
ll that It means at this time, the company
Is now willing to forset the great loss and
Inconvenience to which It has been put by
the action of Its employes and to proceed
Immediately to put into effect the proposal
outlined above.
In view of these facte, an editorial
appropriate to the situation would be
greatly appreciated.
PUGET SOUND TRACTION, LIGHT 4
POWER COMPANY.
By A. W. Leonard. President.
Lurid Slogan Devised.
VANCOUVER. Wash.. July 23. (To
the Kditor.) I note with pleasure and
satisfaction the many war slogans
which you present. These are all wor
thy, excellent, many of them even in
spiring and soul stirring. Being of a
religio-patrlotlc temperament and feel
ing that It Is the duty of all such to
do their bit I respectfully offer the fol
lowing, which is a result of weeks of
serious thought and prayerful medita
tion: Up a long ladder and down a short
rope.
To hell goes the Kaiser! Boys, here's
the pure dope!"
A. BOMBARDIER.
Return Address on Postcard.
PENDLETON. Or., July 24. (To the
Editor.) 1) ts Governor James
Withycombe a Freemason? (2 Of what
religious denomination is he a member.
if any? (3) Can the name and post-
office address of the writer be writ
ten on the upper left-hand corner of a
United States postal card without in
fringing on postal regulations?
J. W. ELLSWORTH.
T No.
(2) Christian Church. ..
(3) One-third of the card, at the left
side, can be used for message or ad
dress of writer. The regulations re
quire only that two-thirds of the postal
card shall be ,left for the address.
Surrender Value of Policies.
GRANTS PASS. Or., July 24. (To the
Editor.) If a person takes out an in
surance policy on the 20-year endow
ment plan, pays' down the first year's
payment and thereafter is unable to
make his payments, is there any way
of getting the first payment racK7
SUBSCRIBER.
In general, endowment policies do
not have any surrender value until
they have been in force two or three
years. Examine your policy for its
terms.
History of Indian I'prialng.
PORTLAND. July 26. (To the Edl
tor.) Please tell me where I could
find an account of the Sioux outbreak
in South Dakota In 1S!0 and 1891.
ROBERT HICKS.
Apply at reference department. Pub
Uo Library.
In Other Days.
Half m Centnry Ago.
From The Oregonian of July 27, 1S6T. -
Victoria. The latest news from
Grouse Creek is that the Canadian
Company continues to hold the dis-
puted ftround and is taking out large
quantities of gold. Governor Seymour,
left here yesterday morning for thai
place to enforce the law.
The closing? exercises of Portland
Academy and Female Seminary toolc
place last evening at the M. E. Church,
on account of its greater capacity and.
beliig more convenient of access Jto
visitors. The church was well filled
and the exercises were of an inter
esting character.
The Willamette Iron Works is exe-i
cntlng a contract for six large buoys .
for marking the channel of the Co
lumbia River through Cathlamet Bay.
The whole six will be finished and
anchorcd in the channel within a fey...
days.
Members of the Pioneers who went
to Vancouver yesterday speak in high
terms of the social amenities of the'
game and the subsequent intercourse,
of the two clubs. A dinner was served,
by the Occidentals, with the members"
of the Clackamas Club, Pioneers and
Wide Awakes as guests. r -
Portland got into a paroxysm yew-,
terday over the report that Sam Smith,'
had sold the Western Hotel. Upon."
being asked whether it were true. Sain
said he guessed not; he hadn't heard,
anything about it and he rather
thought if it had happened he woiUir
have heard as soon as anybody. ' -
Twenty-five Years Ago. ' ''J.
From The Oresonlan of July 27, 1S92,
Washington. The openinfr debate",
in the Presidential campaicn was heard
in the Senate today. Aldrieh opening
the debate with a declaration that the,
tariff question was to become, by com.;
mon consent, the leading issue of the.
campaign. ;
Boston. General Benjamin F, But-
ler expressed himself forcibly today,
against the punishment of Private
L.ams at Homestead. He said to hang
Lams up by the thumbs was a bar
berous proceeding. English papers say
Americans get their ideas of discipline
from red Indians.
Bay City, Mich. The terrible flre
which started yesterday afternoon con
tinued to rage all night and the sun.
rose this mornlntr on a field of ashes
extending over 40 blocks.
The City Hall Commission has let
the contract for building the new City
Hall to Gould & Gladden, of Omaha,
for $430,000.
Chief of Police Spencer, while hav
ing been subjected to considerable)
criticism from some of the saloon ele- '
ment in consequence of the raids he has .
made on the slums of the city, is gen
erally commended for his action by the
law-abiding people of the community.
A party of about 20 persons, include ,
ing officials and stockholders, took part
In the formal opening of the Fairview.'
Electric motor line yesterday. The
road runs through a most beautiful ,'
section of country and cuts a slice off -W.
S. Ladd's cabbage garden, ruining .
his eauer kraut prospects for this sea- -
son. . .....
PREDICAMENT IS MAN'S REWARD .
Unknown Traveler Leaves Wrist .
Watch on Ills Waahstand. , ,
TILLAMOOK. Or.. July 24. (To the
Editor.) I am going to ask your ad-
vice on a way out of a peculiar pre
dicament. On July 4 two autos came Into Til-
lamook over the Wilson River road. ,
I happened to be standing outside my
business house (everything being
closed). I noticed the people and they
had had a hard trip, so I suggested '
that they were at liberty to go in my
place and wash.
They were only too glad to avail
themselves of the opportunity. On the
morning of the 6th I found that one oc -the
ladies had left a wrist watch on
the stand. I know neither name nor ;
residence of those people and I thought -that
surely they would write or call
for the watch, but nothing came of it '
Yesterday. July 23. a small boy who ;
lives south of town called at the shop.
and asked me if I got a note which,
he had slipped under my door on July
As he is only a small boy ana as,
this lady would be sure to have confi-
dence in the lad, I presume that sli
thinks that I am trying to get away
with her watch.
Now, how am I going to locate tha
owner of this watch: X wouia iik
awfully well if she had her watch and
I would hate to think that she would
think for a moment that I should try to
keep it. S. A. MOLLTOX
When Deed la Joint.
PORTLAND. July 26. (To the Edi
tor.) (1) A husband and wife own an.
undivided half Interest, each, in real
estate in Oregon. The husband dies.
Ieavinsr one child of legal age. What
disposition is made of the property? "
12) Is it a fact that a person may
remarrv at the expiration of 60 days
after a divorce has been granted? It
so. when did that law take effect?
JANE AY Kits.'
(1) The property goes to the widow
if deed was issued Jointly to husband
and wife. (2) Remarriage is not
legal within a shorter period than six
months.
Names of Railroad Presidents.
PORTLAND. July 26. (To the Edi
tor.) I would like to learn the names
of the presidents of all the railroads.,
in the United States and also the names
of the Governors of all the states and
possessions. FRANK HESS.
The list is much too long to print..
Consult a Rand-McNally railroad guide,
or Poor's Manual of Railroads for tho
names of railroad presidents and .the
World Almanac for the names of (jOV
eruors. " f-'-7
Her Aim la at Fault.
London Opinion. . .
The lawyer had been consulted by" AT
discouraged-looking man who professed
to be In need of a divorce. "I don t see
much chance for you." the lawyer said.
"I hardly think you can Ret a separa
tion from yourwife on the erround ot
her throwing things at the dog." "But.-,
said the haKgard-looking man. "everjr
time she throws at the dog she hils
me." Alaska in Congress.
BAKER, Or.. July 24. (To the Edl
tor.) Is Alaska represented in the
Senate and House of Representative
at Washington as a state? A says yes,
B says no. Which is correct?
SUBSCUIBEn.
Alaska is represented In Congress by
a delegate who has no vote, but may
participate in debates.
Hay Army Bill.
VANCOUVER. Wash.. July 23. (To
the Editor.) Will you please publish
the Hav Army bill, or the main par,4
of the bill? R. B. WOOL!'.
It is too lqng for reproduction. The
text may bo found in tho JL3J.7 World.
Almanac