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POUT I. AND, THURSDAY, SEPT. 13, 1917.
I.
I BATE FOOD.
' Determination of Portland hotel
and restaurant, proprietors to adopt a
radical food conservation, programme
la an indication that the truth about
our National crisis is beginning to
eink in. It sets at the same time an
example to the whole people. There
is every reason why the saving of food
Hhould be extended to every home in
the land. The householder, no, less
than the downtown purveyor, is
charged with the patriotic duty of"
aiding in the movement toward econo
my. The outstanding fact that we must
send to our men across the sea and to
our allies as much as possible of our
most concentrated and most portable
products is as important in the case
of the home as of. the hotel. These
foods, as stated, are wheat, beef, pork,
dairy products and sugar. We are not
called upon to starve ourselves, but
only to eat more of the available sub
stitutes. These are numerous enough.
There is fish, for example. Our
rivers teem with fish,' and the sea
holds an inexhaustible supply. We do
not need so much to cultivate a taste
as to form a habit. Most of us find
fish palatable and eat it occasionally.
We ought to eat more and save our
meat. It is a practical suggestion that
we consume more poultry, hare and
sea food of every kind, and that we
remember that the protein content of
the bean is nearly as high as that of
meat. Serving of bacon as a garni
ture is to be discontinued because it
entails an obvious waste. Fresh pork
ought to be conserved because when
salted and smoked it makes a staple
product for export. Whole milk
should be saved for the use of chil
dren so far as possible, and fats and
sugars protected against waste. It is
well known to housewives, as well as
to hotel men, that much fat is wasted
In the process of "deep fat" cookery.
The remedy is plain.
Especially Important 13 the pro
posal to extend the use of vegetables,
particularly seasonable oncB. These
are perishable and highly unsuited for
sending abroad in - large quantities.
There is a double saving in utilizing
them. Home products do not require
long transportation, and our railroads
Just now are taxed to provide facili
ties for munitions and other necessary
articles. The consumer or the domes
tic vegetable, therefore, saves the
more Important food material he
otherwise would have eaten and also
saves car space for other things.
There are numerous other items in
the food conservation programme all
of which appear to be wise that ap
ply technically to the restaurant situ
ation, but the general principle Is
adaptable to the home. The call is to
save save- save. Every ounce will
count, for there are more than one
hundred million people in the United
States, and one hundred million
ounces are more than six million
pounds. And there are 366 days in
a year, so that if we saved only an
ounce a day for each person the year's
total would foot up to more than a
million tons. As a matter of fact our
record ought to be better than that.
The situation calls for co-operation
loyal and uncomplaining. The ex
tremely moderate self-denial asked
for will not prove a hardship, if the
mental attitude is right. It ought
even to be a pleasure. We do not yet
know few have even a misty concep
tion what suffering for want of
food is, though millions of people in
Europe could subsist on what we
have been throwing away. The way
for us to forestall real starvation
and to help win the war is to ac
quiesce cheerfully in the programme
set forth.
FRUITS OF TOO EAST PAROLE.
The statement that men suspected
of crime are paroled convicts has be
come so familiar as to pass almost
without notice, yet it should receive
the most earnest attention from every
citizen who believes that the safety
of those persons who obey the law
should be considered by officials in
preference to sympathy for those who
have been imprisoned for offenses
against the law.
It announced that Bennet Stod
dard, who is accused of the brutal
assault on little' Mamie Torkko on
September 5, was paroled from the
penitentiary at Walla Walla on August
11. Belief in his guilt is confirmed
by the girl's identification of his pho
tograph. Only 25 days elapsed be
tween his release and the new crime.
One 'may infer from that fact how
slight was the ground for belief in
his reformation which presumably
caused him to be turned loose to grat
ITy his bestial propensities. An awful
responsibility rests on Governor Lis
ter and those who influenced him to
place this human animal at liberty,
for to them must be traced the crime
which has made a wreck of a child's
life.
This and many other crimes com
mitted by paroled convicts prove the
necessity of a complete change' of
front on the part of officials who are
charged with their custody. It has
become the custom to think chiefly
of the convicts' welfare, their suf
ferings and the possibility of doing
injustice to them. Organized society
elects officials to watch over its wel
fare and to protect it from its ene
mies. The duty of judges, prosecu
tors and Governors is, when they
catch a criminal, to lock him up and
punish him, and to place the safety of
the good citizens who elected them
above the comfort of the bad citizen.
The road which the law must travel
before it lands a criminal in prison
is long enough and crooked enough
and is beset with enough pitfalls, and
many escape on the way. When one
reaches the goal he' should be kept
there unless there is very sound rea
son to believe he will not become a
public- danger. .
Which would have been the worse
to keep Stoddard In prison or to
have a child reduced to the pitiable
condition of Mamie Torkko? That is
a question for Governor .Lister to
meditate upon. r
-THE VIPER IV OUR MIDST. -
No, today's Labor day can. In times Hire
these, only be a day of protest. A protect
against our participation in this war; a pro
test agatnst the further butchery of millions
of innocent men: a protest against the tak
ing away and mutilating of our liberties: a
protest against the shameless enrichment of
the capitalists at the expense 'of the whole
population; a protest against the bold sup
pression of all strivings for -peace. Let ua
show- the ruling class that It cannot oppress
us without meeting with resistance: that we
are not willing to permit being exploited un
der the pretext of patriotism; that the 'ser
vile renegades cannot boast they are in
dorsed by the working class.
The above remarkable utterances
are from a newspaper, the Volks
Zeitung German language, of course
rand were boldly put forth on Labor
day. From the name one might as
sume that the Volks-Zeitung is print
ed in Germany, and that the protest
is directed toward the German gov
ernment for the "butchery of mil
lions of innocent men," and for other
categorical .; offenses. But, of course,
no German newspaper can be printed
in Germany, and survive a day, 'with
such a bold threat of resistance and
such a defiant challenge to the con
stituted authorities. : . -
Only in America., to. be sure, can
German propaganda traitorous,
hurtful, ugly, public- be carried on
without molestation, under the license
of free speech. The Volks-Zeitung Is
a New York paper.
The Government has a great deal
to do just now. But in time it got
around to the I. W. W, It may be
assumed that disloyal 'foreign-language
papers will have their turn.
DIPLOMATIC IGNORANCE.
The only defense offered "by Sweden
for its offending Argentine Minister
is that he did not know what those
German notes contained. So he is
obliged to plead that he forwarded
ignorantly, in the German code, from
the capital of a friendly government,
a cold-blooded proposal of the Ger
man Minister to his own government
to sink certain Argentine ships "with
out leaving a trace" or to turn them
back, or to let them through. He is
astounded now when he learns what
the messages contained. He didn't
know they were loaded. -
Of course, he did not want to know.
He did not ask. He intended to wash
his .hands of accountability, in . case
of exposure, in precisely the manner
he has since taken. He was a mere
messenger boy, and he wasn't sup
posed to know too much; only to
make it possible for the murderer to
reach his victim. For what else was
it but murder to sink a ship and
drown its crew and passengers, "with
out leaving a trace"?
It is all bad business. It does not
relieve any aspect of the matter that
Stockholm delivered faithfully to
Germany messages from its own Min
ister without knowing what they were.
There is no chance that the Foreign
Office at Stockholm was buncoed by
its Minister at Buenos Aires. , There
must have been a community of un
derstanding all around. "
The American Government appears
disposed to deal gently with Sweden,
and to be- content with an exposure
in 'the expectation that Argentina will
do whatever is necessary. Evidently
Argentina will meet the situation.
ACTION' NOT BASED OX FACTS.
The entire case of .the Government
wheat price commission in support of
its action in making the Pacific Coast
price 20 cents or more per bushel less
than the Chicago price rests on the
assertion that no ocean" tonnage is
available to carry Pacific Coast wheat
and that, if it were available, the
freight rate from Pacific ports to Liv
erpool is higher than that by rail
across the continent and by water
from the Atlantic Coast. That Is the
substance of Food Administrator
Hoover's statement, in which he says:
During- the whole of the past year and
apparently for some time to come the cost
of ocean freight from Pacific Northwest
ports on wheat to Liverpool is higher than
the- cost of shipping the same wheat from
the sea points by rail to the Atlantic sea
board and. therefore, the Pacific Coast wheat
must come directly into -competition with
the wheat In the .Mississippi Valley.
The point of Mr. Hoover's state
ments is driven home most forcibly by
this passage in Senator Poindexter's
telegram to the Colfax Commercial
Club in regard to a basic price for
wheat at North Pacific Coast termi
nals: It Is all condensed In this, namely: That
there are no ships for carrying the wheat
from the Northwest and Pacific ports and
there Is a shortage of the supply in Califor
nia, necessitating Imports of wheat into that
state. The best outlook for us is to show. Im
possible, that there la available tonnage for
carrying wheat from the Northwest and Pa
cific ports' either by ships now under con
struction there or other available means.
Mr. Hoover'-S conclusions are found
ed on misinformation as to "tonnage
available. There are building on the
Pacific Coast and will be completed
before January 1, 200,000 tons of steel
ships, and before May 1, 1918, the to
tal completed will be increased tc
400,000 tons deadweight. The Govi
ernment has seized German ships
which had been interned on Puget
Sound, on the Columbia River, in Cal
ifornia and at Hawaii to the total of
75,000 tons deadweight, and in the
Philippines to the total of 100,000 tons
deadweight. Thus there will be avail
able in the Pacific Ocean before Jan
uary 1 375,000 tons of steel ships, and
by May 1 this total will be increased
to 575,000 tons, all of which is owned
by the United States or allied gov
ernments. In addition there will be
launched on the Columbia River 23,-
000 tons of wooden ships before Jan
uary 1, or 73,000 tons before May 1,
of which at least half, perhaps three
fourths, will be finished by the latter
date.
Farmers estimate that 11,000,000
bushels of wheat will be available for
export from the Pacific Northwest.
This Is equivalent to 330,000 tons if
shipped as wheat, or under 300,000
tons if shipped as flour. As it is in
tended to grind all wheat before ex
port, 300,000 tons of ships will suf
fice to carry the entire quantity. There
will be available 375,000 tons of steel
ships before January, leaving a bw
plus of 75,000 tons of steel and 73,-
000 tons of wood to carry other com
modities. Nearly all of these vessels
will be needed on the Atlantic, but
they must take an initial cargo from
the Pacific Coast, and that cargo
should be wheat or flour.
The high cost of water transport
is no obstacle, for all thRp rtlra oro
owned by the Government or the al
lies. The Shipping Board has already
announced its intention to make a
deep cut in ocean freights, which it
declares exorbitant. It cannot do
better than begin with wheat freights
from the Pacific Coast on Its own
ships, which it would send .to the At
lantic in any case, even if they went
in ballast.
As matters now stand, farmers of
other districts are to receive $2.10 for
wheat on board cars, while those of
the Pacific Northwest are to receive
no more than $1.90 and some of them
for some grades will get as low as
$1.57. At the same time that the Gov
ernment subjects them to the injus
tice of this unequal treatment, it ap
peals to them to increase theirwheat
crop 50 per cent next year. Their pa
triotism prompts them to comply, but
they would do so the more readily if
they knew that they were getting
equal treatment with those of the
Middle West.
The plain facts of the shipping sit
uation knock the bottom out of the
defense which is offered for the wheat
board's action. The President should
take cognizance of the facts and
should order-a revision of the price
scale in accordance with them. v
ROOSEVELT'S NEW ROLE..
Mr. Roosevelt has added to the long
list of his personal and cultural ac
tivities by joining the newspaper
world' in an editorial capacity. -He
will furnish a daily article for the
Kansas City Star and it may be as
sumed that the Middle West will now
not be lacking in appropriate advice
and admonition on every subject of
human interest. There seems to be a
disposition on the part of American
newspapers to welcome Mr. Roose
velt's advent ' into the profession,
though jthey reserve the same free
dom of criticism that they have here
tofore exercised toward him in other
capacities. . What would - any Ameri
can newspaper be without a policy,
favorable or unfavorable, toward
Roosevelt? A mollycoddle, of course.
Possibly it was in anticipation of
his journalistic venture that Mr.
Roosevelt burst into view the other
night In New York as a dramatic
critic. He .attended a play written
by his friend, Julian Street a Roose
velt biographer, after a fashion and
by Booth Tarkington. It suited Mr.
Roosevelt from the first act to the
last not because it was the product
of Mr. Street's pen, of course, but be
cause, as he said in a speech from an
upper box, "it emphasized a lesson I
have been trying to teach for a long
time."
We Infer from the account of the
episode? in the New Tork Evening
Post that the play has to do with
preparedness. One of the personages
"a stupendous ass," the Post un
feelingly calls him is translated from
the idle rich to the training camp, and
it does him good. . -
The piece, while Jt suited Mr.
Roosevelt, did not please his new as
sociates, the critics. It is called "The
Country Cousin," and they jeer at its
cheap sentiment and obvious situa
tions. "It is," writes John Corbin.
one of those pieces not unknown to
the regular stage and multitudinous
in the movies, in which the windy
but virtuous West encounters the vil
lainous but effete East in its favor
ite haunts of vice, is scorned on the
right and robbed on the left, but never
fails to emerge triumphant." "It is,"
says another dissatisfied reviewer,
"unspeakably vulgar, clumsy and un
real, melodrama of the crude school
that the movies are usually credited
with having banished from the
boards." -
In a controversy between Kansas
City and New York journalists it does
not become us to take a hand. But
we have a notion that when the time
comes Mr. Roosevelt will vindicate
his opinion of the drama and his
eulogy of its authors. No man who
has written a biography of Roo.se
velt could possibly be guilty, in whole
or in part, of a bad play.
WHO GETS THE BENEFIT?
It is fairly certain that when the
war tax bill comes out of conference
it will provide for payment of about
one-fourth of our first fifteen months'
war expenses out of current revenue.
That is about the proportion which
Britain has attained in three years of
war, and it has been done by steady
increase of taxes from year to year as
expenses swelled, until war profits are
now taxed 80 per cent. American
National wealth is estimated as high
as three times that of Britain, but
American war expenses will be far
greater in proportion to the number
of men engaged, both because our
scale of pay and maintenance is
higher and because all of our men
must be transported 3000 miles by
sea, and many of them a great dis
tance by land, in; order to reach the
seaboard. All of our war material
must also be carried the same dis
tance, and a costly naval patrol must
be maintained to protect our trans
ports.
It is reasonable to expect, therefore.
that as our force at the front grows.
our monthly expenses will grow in
proportion. Further increase of tax
ation will be necessary to pay one
fourth of these larger expenditures
out of revenue and to pay interest on
bonds. . This may require the war
profit tax to be raised to 80 per cent
as in Britain, and manufacturers may
be called upon to pay even 100 per
cent without wincing. The income
tax is likely also to be increased from
year to year, if the war drags on, and
many new imposts may be devised by
Congress. Yet as the total of our an
nual war budget swells, these added
taxes may be no more than sufficient
to maintain the ratio of one-fourth
paid out of revenue. The ratio of
fifty-fifty proposed at the beginning
of the war by President Wilson may
prove impracticable.
Much has been said to the effect
that we have no moral right to hand
down the burden of our wars to future
generations by incurring debt, but
those who make this plea overlook
the fact that later generations are the
chief beneficiaries of each war. The
debt incurred for the Revolutionary
War and its sequel, the war of 1812,
was paid off by 1835 and, when we re
view the great development which oc
curred and the blessmgs of liberty
which were enjoyed between 1716 and
1835, it cannot be denied that the
generations which paid those debts
got full value for them many times
over.
The debt incurred for the Mexican
War amounted to only about $43,000,-
000 and the programme provided for
its extinction in 1867, but the Civil
War delayed that event till 1874.
The discovery of gold in California
and of silver in Nevada poured many
times that sum into the pockets of
the people, making the principal and
i.rort r-hl'-h trmy paid a mere frac-
tion of the value of the territory
which they acquired. I
The debt incurred for the Civil War
totalled nearly $4,000,000,000 and
about three-fourths of it has been
paid. But for the Improvidence of
Congress in handling the Nation's
finances, all might long ago have
been paid, but no man can fairly
question that every generation since
1865 has benefited in every way by
the firm establishment of the Union.
The progress of development was seri
ously obstructed while the slavery
controversy was rife, but after slavery
and secession were killed the Nation
leaped ahead and it has gained so
T
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uch in wealth and strength that the
ums paid in redeeming Civil War
bonds sand in interest on them have
scarcely been noticed.
The amount of bonds issued for the
expenses of the Spanish War. was
$200,000,000, a much larger part of
the cost for the war and the Philip
pine insurrection having been paid
out of taxation. When we consider
the great expansion of commerce with
Cuba, Porto Rico and the Philippines
which has followed, the gratification
which we have felt at seeing the peo
ple of the islands enjoying the bless
ings of liberty and our freedom from
the disturbance of filibustering ex
peditions and of friction with Spain,
the expenditure will seem to have
been a good investment for those who
have lived since -the war.
We have no cause to view the pres
ent war in a different light from for
mer wars. If we had not fought, we
might have seen the eclipse of de
mocracy throughout the world and it
might have been only a matter of a
few years before the United States
would have had to fight alone in or
der to escape the horrors of Prus
slanism. By fighting now we have
reasonable assurance that not only
this country but the whole world
will be saved from that curse, and
that the war's end will usher in an
era of peace and world-wide develop
ment and progress which will make
even the huge cost well worth while.
In fact, the chief beneficiaries of
wars are not the generations which
fight them, but those which come
after, and the benefits are so great,
cumulative and lasting that later gen
erations can justly be expected to
carry the debt which they inherit. Of
course, this is true only of just wars,
which advance the cause of liberty
and progress, but the United States
has fought and expects to fight no
other kind of war.
There is an embarrassing mingling
of medical and legal problems in the
care of British soldiers who are suf
fering from mental disorders caused
by the war. So many safeguards.
the need of which in peace times is
quite obvious, have been thrown about
the restraint of individuals 'in insti
tutions that the treatment of neur
asthenics has been greatly hampered.
A victim must bo publicly certified
as insane before he can be held in
an asylum, and there are many cases
of shell shock and similar ailments
which doctors hesitate to call in
sanity, and which relatives of the sol
dier desire to avoid because of the at
tendant odium. Private institutions
are springing up all over the country,
but they do not answer the purpose,
because of lack of system . and ab
sence of guarantees of competency.
Meanwhile many are suffering for
want of special care while seemingly
endless rolls of red tape are being
unwound.
While General ' Pershing's army Is
training for the arduous work of war
the American destroyers are already
doing that work. How strenuous it
is may be judged from the statement
of the Army and Navy Journal that
officers and men are on duty for four
consecutive days, which "spells for
them no rest, little sleep, hard work
and hardship," so that "the crews
come into port utterly exhausted" .to
enjoy four days' rest. Hunting sub
marines is no picnic, and the best
that the American people can do for
the men who carry on the campaign
in the danger zone is none too good.
Modern war furnishes work to men
of very trade. The War Department
calls for ironworkers, sheet metal
workers, carpenters, cabinet-makers.
stage carpenters, property men, plas-
ter-molders, photographers, scene
painters and sign painters . to enlist
in the first Camouflage Company.
They are to transfer the illusions to
the Battlefield.
The Eskimos have a way of oust
ing a man with a harpoon when he
assumes more power than they think
he ought to have. The Kaiser and
Mayor Thompson, of Chicago, are
lucky that they don't live in Eskimo
land.
The day of prayer for American
success will be especially fruitful if it
is followed by no cessation of effort
to swat the enemy wherever and
whenever he can be found.
With the rainy season coming
apace, an opinion from the Attorney
General as to overtime on road work
was hardly needed, except to empha
size the overtime pay.
There used to be wonder at colli
sions at sea, which is wide and long,
while collisions in the air. which has
an added dimension, increase the won
der. In planning next year's farm work
figure on a plan to grow something
that makes into vegetable oil.
"Owing to the war in Europe." the
Line must have wobbled and this is
the equinoctial storm.
Three umbrellas is the Portlander's
equipment. One at home, one on the
job and one to lend.
If beans are to become a substi
tute for meat they should be thor
oughly masticated.
Many a housewife wonders if Noah
had bedbugs and roaches on the ark,
and, if so, why?
When Mr. Cordray hoists an um
brella it is a sign the pleasurable sea
son is at an end.
t
All these new Russian names give
inspiration to the humorous poet.
There was no complaint of water
in the milk during the dry spell.
Argentina is a fair replica of her
big sister in the North.
Kerensky - needs
handle the rebels
a Skobeloff to
Stars and Starmakers.
By Leone Casa Baer.
REMEMBER the Gardner Cranes who
were society folk in Los Angeles
and who came to Portland via the Or
pheum a few seasons ago in a sort of
Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Castlesque of
fering? Prior to their advent in vaude
ville they had taught dancing in vari
ous cafes and hotels in California. Trior
to all this Mr. Gardner Crane had been,
and possibly Is yet. an excellent nor.
Trait painter, who numbered among his
sitters prominent folk all along this
Coast, Including Portland and celeb
rities in the East. Mrs. Crane was
from etageland and she married Mr.
Crane, and the two have for the past
season been dancing In San Francisco.
Now comes news of Mrs. Gardner
Crane's success in a character role, as
a sort of elderly woman typo in
"You're in Love." Since Mrs. Crane
is at most not more than 23, and a
beauty, it must he that she Is tremen
dously in earnest about going 'in for
dramatic art. So many of the old
women playing old women roles make
up so alarmingly youthful that one sits
aghast. Mrs. Crane, in her ambitions,
hides her light under the proverbial
bushel, in this case a gray wig and
weird frocks, and Chicago, where the
musical comedy is running, says
mighty nice things about her.
Marie Flynn is playing the prima
donna role in "You're in Love." She Is
the little prima donna who first
brought Madame Sherry to this Coast.
Carl McCullough, who- frequently
comes Portlandward via the Orpheum,
is also In this tuneful musical play.
Norman Hackett, who enjoys a wide
popularity on this Coast, is to head the
company which brings to us Eugene
Walter's newest drama. "The Knife."
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Answer to A. D. O. 1) Charlotte
Greenwood, is the wife of Cyril Ring.
tzj xney were married two seasons
ago. (3) Cyril Ring is Blanche Ring's
brother. 4) Frances Ring is their, sis
ter. 5) Blanche Ring has a son who
is in the Array. (6) Miss Ring's pres
ent husband's name is Charles Win
in ger. (7) I "don't know. Possibly
around 40.
"So. Long, Letty." which opens to
night at the Heillg, has played In only
nine cities in two years of solid book
ingv
News of Dorothy Shoemaker. She I
playing leads this new season in stock
in' Omaha, Neb., with Harry L Minturn
playing opposite. The company, called
the Brandeis stock, opened last Satur
day evening in Edward Sheldon's play,
"Romance," in which. Doris Keane
played in Chicago, and is even now
presenting In London.
James Hester, who -played character
roles witlv the Baker stock a few sea
sons ago and .later went into pictures
in support of Mrs. Fiske, is to enter
vaudeville. He has a comedy playlet,
which he manufactured. It is called
"Old Bill Rogers," and will come to us
over Pantages circuit.
Vague news, but at least news, of
Frances McGratE, who was a Baker
leading woman for part of a season.
She is in New York getting ready for
a new season after a 15-week engage
ment In Montreal in stock.
Louise Drew, daughter, of John Drew,
has been engaged for the role of Mrs.
Eden in the John Drew-Margaret
Illlngton presentation of PInero's "The
Gay Lord Quex." Miss Drew was mar
ried about a fortnight ago to Jack
Devereaux, who has since gone to
France.
Cecil Kern, a Portland girl, has been
engaged to take the place of Eleanor
Gordon In "The Lassoo."
Alice Johns has been engaged to im
personate Mrs. Deans in "Peter Ibbet
son.' Edwin Holland has been added to
the cast of "The Scrap of Paper," in
which Robert Hilllard will appear.
Frederick Hand and Vida Reed have
been added to the cast that will ap
pear with Robert Hilllard in 'The
Scrap of Paper." Vida Reed is a Port
land girl who went on the stage a few
seasons ago. She is married happily
to a New York newspaper man. but
has listened, as they of the stage al
ways do after a period of domesticity,
to the alluring call of the grease paint
and the plaudits out front.
John D. Williams has engaged Violet
Kemble Cooper to appear with John
Drew and Margaret Illington in "The
Gay Lord Quex." Miss Kemble Cooper
was last seen here in Peg O'Neill's
support in "Peg o" My Heart."
m
Dana Hayes is in Portland as the
advance publicity purveyor with the
f jnmakers. Kolb and Dill, who, with
their company, come to the Heilig for
the week of September 23. Although
young in point of years. Mr. Hayes
has been identified with the theatrical
game for many seasons. This is his
first visit, however, to the Northwest.
Albert McGovern is leading man in
Minneapolis this season with the Mod
ern Players at the Shubert Theater.
A note of irony is sounded in the
title of Nat Goodwin's new play, in
which he is to co-star with Arnold
Daly. "Why Worry" it is called. It
is now in rehearsal and is to be pre
sented in New York on November 1.
0
Tyrone Power, who is en route, to
New York to play an engagement in
the legitimate drama, spent several
days in Spokane this" week investigat
ing the proposition of opening a mov
ing picture studio there with himself
as a star. Mr. Power was given an
enthusiastic reception as he stepped
off the train, and after greetings by
the Mayor, representatives of the Cam
ber of Commerce and the Ad Club, he
was escorted by a brass Dand to the
Davenport Hotel, where an informal
levee was held. Later he was the guest
of honor at a business men's lunch
eon and spent a day or two visiting'
lakes, rivers and mountain resorts. He
was a special attraction at the regu
lar assembly luncheon of the Chamber
of Commerce, also at the Ad Club and
Rotary Club, where he gave brief
talks. Thursday night a compliment
ary dinner was tendered tne actor by.
200 Spokane citizens. -Mr. Power ex
pressed the hope that business condi
tions would co shape themselves that
he could return to Spokane and open
a studio. He said he had found cli
matic conditions unsurpassed and a
wealth of scenery such as he desired
for his productions.
P. R That lt linn f'ii '-rfi"!-'-
RADIO OPPORTUNITY IX NAVY
One Who Has Joined Point sOnt Ad
vantages of Enllatment.
UNITED STATES NAVAL RADIO STA
TION, .TATOOSH ISLAND, Wash, Sept.
9. (To the Editor.) Six months ago I
was a member of the Northwest Audion
Association, which was an organization
of young men, serious experimenters in
radio communication, more commonly
known as wireless telegraphy. Since
then, our country has been plunged
into this war of nations and amateur
wireless Installations were closed down
under Government orders. A great
many of the experimenters have en
tered some branch of the Government
service in their particular hobby of
radio work, but to those that have not
yet entered I would like to point out
tne great opportunities that they are
missing, both in serving their country
and bettering themselves.
It is acknowledged that the United
States naval radio service is the best in
the world and its operators the best
trained. Why, then, shouldn't a young
fellow wishing to better himself In the
art look into the Navy as a training
school? In peace times, it was neces
sary upon enlisting to enter as the low
est grade, landsman for electrician.
radio, and work up. Now- a man upon
enlisting is rated according to his abil
ity, either electrician radio, first, sec
ond or third class, with correspondingly
higher pay, and in addition has the ad
ditional advantage of increased pay
during war times. This also applies to
the naval reserve. For instance, a man
enlisted as electrician radio, second
class, receives a cash salary of $52 a
month, his board and lodging and a $60
outfit of clothing. Figure this up and
it equals at least $100 a month as a civ
ilian. In addition he has free medical
attendance and if confined to the hos
pital, his pr.y goes on as usual. Where
in civil life can this be found? In the
case of a married man, assigned to duty
at a shore station, he receives a cottage,
completely furnished, lights, fuel and
water included, rent free. He then re
ceives $31 monthly for food in place of
the actual meals.
The Navy needs wireless men. There
is a deplorable lack of them, consider
ing the many experimenters in the art.
I know of only a few in Portland that
have given their services and I know
at least 50 experimenters .here. I want
to reach mainly those Portland boys,
formerly members of the Northwest
Audion Association, who haven't yet
Joined. I am from Portland myself, and
I know there is no better bunch of fel
lows in the radio game than the Port
land amateurs. Why not give the bene
fit of their knowledge to Uncle Sam and
at the same time make themselves radio
experts?
If you can put me in touch with any
of the boys who want any more infor
mation, I'll be very glad to give it.
Lets have n-.ore of the old boys in the
service. How about it. fellows?
HOWARD S. PYLE.
Elect. Radio, U. S. N.
Words Cheaper Than Stones.
London Telegraph.
The home that George Meredith had
built for himself was rather small,
though It .was extremely comfortable.
"It's strange," remarked a lady visitor
"in your books you describe huge cas
tles and baronial halls, but when you
come to build you pufup a little house
like this. Why is it?" "Well," replied
the author with a twinkle In his eye,
"the reason is because words are
cheaper than Btones."
Riga's Place in History.
From the Bulletins of tbe National
Geographic Society.
ALTHOUGH colonists from the Ger
man port of Bremen began to set
tle near the mouth of the River Dvina,
on the site of the present City of Riga,
as early as the middle of the 12th cen
tury, the usual date of the founding
of this important seaport is given as
1201. with Albert I. bishop of Livonia,
as Its sponsor. The place grew rap
idly in importance and long before the
close of the 13th century it had become
a nourishing member of the Hanseatic
League, that group of commercial
cities of North Central Europe which
for so many years controlled practical
all the channels of trade In continental
Europe north of the Alps.
The older section of Riga still bears
the stamp of Us early days and closely
resembles a medieval German city. The
populous suburbs are modern.
At about the time that Riga became a
member of the Hanseatic League it ac
quired the right of electing lt3 own
magistrates and it also extended its
walls. In 1547 it fell before the
Polish King, Sigisniund II. and 11 years
later suffered greatly at the hands of
the Russians, who burned its suburbs
and destroyed many of the ships In the
harbor. Three years after this disas
ter the master of the Order of Teutonic
Knights, which had been all-powerful
In Livonia up to this time, publicly ab
dictated his mastership, and Riga, with
Southern Livonia, was made a part of
the Polish kingdom.
For many yearn Riga was coveted
both by Sweden and Russia. It was
seized by the former in 1621. when
Gustavus Adolphus led his army to Its
walls. Ninety years later it passed
into the possession of Russia after
Sweden's terrible defeat at Poltava.
Nearly half the population of the city
at the outbreak of the world war was
German. Among the distinguished
Germans who In the past made their
homes here was Herder, one of the
most influential and prolific writers of
his country, a pioneeer of the romantic
movement in German literature during
the last half of the 18th century. Her
der went to Riga as assistant master
at the Rift-a Cathedral when he was
under 25 years of age and it was here
that he did his first Important literary
work. Here also Hardenberg wrote
his memoirs of the reorganization of
the Prussian state. Richard Wagner
was the conductor of an orchestra here
from 1837 to 1839.
One of the most Interesting build
ings in old Riga is the DonUIrke. built
in the 13th century and rebuilt in the
16th century. It contains one of the
largest orgrans in the world.
A Rancher's War Sacrifice.
- By James Barton Adams.
When I had told my wife that we
had better let him go I never saw on
mortal face a look of keener woe: just
seemed as if her heart'd break an' in
her eyes there come a sort o' wild ap
pealin' stare that almost struck me
dumb: an' when at last she swallered
down her heart so she could talk, she
said she guessed she'd never had just
such a sudden shock, but she would
leave it all to me, an if I thought it
best to let him go she'd try to hear the
burden in her breast. I told her at a
time like this when war was In the
land that everybody in their way
should lend a lielpiu' hand, an' since
the guvament had need o' Jack we'd
ought, to do our little patriotic bit by
lettin' of him pro. I knowert it would
be lonesome 'round the ranch when he
was gone: we'd miss his voice in morn
in' song at rlsln' time at dawn, we'd
miss his old familiar step a-ploddin'
'round the place, an' miss, perhaps the
most of all. his earnest, kindly face.
We talked about our Jack that night,
my wife's eyes full o" tears, an' me
a-chokin' at the throat like I'd not
done fur years, fur I just want to tell
you that It's mighty tough to part,
perhaps to meet no more, with one
that's nested in your heart, but Jack
Is climbin' up in years, although yet
big an' strong, an' we decided in the
end we might not have him long, an' as
the agent offered us a price that wasn't
low an' we was short o' cash 'twas
to le h- .M iv el - -v.
In Other Days.
Twentr-flTO Yeara Ago.
From The Oregonlan September 13, 1SP2.
Salem. There was a large crowd,
here at the opening of the thirty
second annual State Fair. Rothchild'a
O'Neill carried off the honors in the
special trotting race.
Quarantine, N. Y. Today has been
a blot on American civilization. On
account of the cholera epidemic and
lack of decision in taking definite ac
tion. 500 passengers, many of them
frail women and young children, were
kept without food or sleep for a day
and a night after a trying experience
of days before. The passengers were
to be landed on Fire Island and quar
antined there, but they were refused
a landing. Lottie Collins, the Eng
lish actress, was among the passen
gers. The Prince of Wales, a Hamburg
correspondent relates, has been de
serted by the cloud of American heir
esses and professional beauties that
formerly surrounded him.
Dr. A. W. Moore, who was appointed
to take charge and improve the san
itary condition of East Portland, haa
taken up his new work.
Dr. C. C. Newcastle and wife have '
returned to this city after a two
months' wedding trip.
The Chamber of Commerce member
ship committee has recommended for
membership W. H. Beharrell. C. W
Tracy and R. Alexander.
Councilman C. W. Forbes" $1500 team
took fright when the cart wheels
dropped into the cable slot last night
at Third and Alder streets, and a Mrs.
Keeley, of East Portland, was injured
by the passing: runaway team.
Half at Century A so.
From The Orrjonlan of September 13. 186T.
Olympia. W. T. The great topic of
conversation here for the. last week
lias been spiritualism. Rev. Benja
min Todd has been giving a series of
lectures on the subject and large
crowds have been attending.
A military expedition Is now trav
ersing the country south of Goose
Lake, hunting down the hostile In
dians. Martin the Wizard, whose fame as
a magic performer has preceded him,
will give a performance at GroIinQ
Hall tomorrow nisrht.
It Is estimated that one mile of side-
walks was laid in this city during the
month of August.
John K. Ranfield, secretary of thai
Journeyman Shipwrights' Association,
has issued a statement in reply to the
.notice sent out from San Francisco
calling for men to work n the ship
yards. Mr. Ranfield says there is
enough men at the ports to handle the
work and the call for men from the
Interior is an effort to break up the
organizations and for the purpose of
destroying the eight-hour system.
EXPERIENCE IX BUYING SALMO.Y
Householder Unable to Obtain Supply
at 15 Cents a Pound, as Expected.
PORTLAND. Sept. 12. (To the Edi
tor.) I inclose a clipping from The
Oregonian in reference to 15-cent
Royal Chinook salmon, which was to
be on sale at all the markets at 15
cents a pound, or even less.
Being interested in doing our share
in the way of preparedness on the
food supply question. 1 called my
wife's attention to the suggestion that
every houeewlfe in Portland, as an
economic and patriotic duty, buy a
fresh Chinook salmon and can it for
future use, and suggested that she look
into it.
When I came home last evening I
noticed a salmon, or rather about two
thirds of a salmon, which she had pur
chased. She said she had made her
preparations to can it and purchased
it about noon, just before returning
from town. She paid 20 cents a pound
for the fish. There was 11 pounds, and
after I had boned it, in accordance
with W. B. Ayre's directions, it weighed
Just nine pounds, which means that
the cost per net pound is 24.44 cents.
At this price I think you will agree
that our endeavor to effect economy
has not been a success.
My wife said: "Well. I was surprised
when I learned that the 15-cent price
was not to be had, but as I had mads,
my plans to can the fish I went ahead
and got some anyway."
At 13 centa a pound one could prob
ably save something, but at the price
we paid today I am sure we lose out.
NATIVE OREGONIAN.
As wa explained in a news item in
The Oregonian Wednesday, there was
a hitch in the 15-cent salmon pro
gramme, due to the action of canneries
in buying up the -visible supply at
prices attractive, to the fishermen.
Wholesalers, however, have promised
that this will be corrected.
Burned-out Globes of Little Value.
PORTLAND, Sept. 12. (To the Ed
itor.) rlease tell me if there is any
place that one can sell electric light
globes that are burned out, or can one
have them refilled. It seems a shame
to throw them away when they cost so
much'.'
READER OF THE OREGONIAN.
Electric companies inform us that
burned-out bulbs are practically worth
less. The only possible value is the
brass and copper bases of the globes,
which are salable at the current mar
ket rate. Hundreds of globes would ba
necessary, however, as dealers do not
care to buy metal In Email quantities.
Drafted Man Away From Home.
MONROE. Or.. Sept. 11. (To the Edi
tor.) (1) Does a registered man, if
drafted, have to return to the state
wherein registered if meanwhile ho
ha left that state permanently? (2)
Will the Government pay his fare back
to that state? . C. O.
(1) Write to the local exemption
board of the county in which you are
registered in jour home state, explain
the circumstances, and ask to be trans
ferred to exemption board of your
county in Oregon.
(2) No.
Electrical Ensrineering School.
HOQUIAM, Wash.. Sept. 10. (To the)
Editor.) I would like to know where
Uncle Same has his electrical engineer
ing school, and what application a per
son must make in order to enter.
ALFRED ROFIAIi.
We know of no electrical engineering
school conducted by the general Gov
ernment except those incidental to the
training of men for the Navy.
Learning Machinist"' Trade.
METOLIUS. Or., Kept. 11. (To the
Editor.) I write to inquire whether
you know of a trade school In Port
land teaching the machinists' trade.
GEORGE SEETHOKF.
The machinists' trade is now taughi
at the Benson Polytechnic School and
will be added to the curriculum of the
Y. M. C. A. trade school in three weeks.
Name of Author Wanted.
The Oregonian published on Sunday,
September 2, a poem in memory of Rob
ert Barron, signed "H. H." Mr. Barron,
the father, desires to know the name of
the author, to thank him for his eym
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