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THF. SIORXIXG OREGONIAIT, FRIDAY, BEPTE3IBER 21, 1917. PHONE STRIKE NEXT K1HHEY CASE IS UP Today and 1 1 ! ; i . 1 1 -. i i . t . : , ' 1 1 . ! 1 1 i . . i : ! t : i i : : . . l : ; i i ; i i ; . ' , ; : . ifcVfM'ii-! t ill! U : M ' ! 1 1 1 1 I Vil ' H M ; I ! i I J.; M I ) ' ! ! i i i r . ' ' ! 7 ! t ; I mill!: r i ;; ! i ; ( ! i i i ; Saturday Linemen snd Switchboard Men Deranged Girl Paroled to Phy sician for Treatment. . to Meet Tonight. DEMAND WILL BE FOR $5 PARENTAL PLEDGE BROKEN 8 Officials of Local f nlon Fear Xo Settlement Will Be Reached j Without StrikeManasrer Spoerl Is Reticent. Portland now faces the possibility of ' a strike of telephone linemen, switchboard men and general electrical workers of the Pacific Telephone & Telegraph Company. Tliey will meet tonisrht to vote on their demands which, if they are not granted will result in a strike Im mediately, the men say. Officials of the local union last night expressed the hope that matters might be adjusted without such a thing as a walkout, but declared that they feared no settle ment would be reached without a strike. . The average lineman today gets $4 a day, which was the wage scale adopted by the company in January, 1913. 'Since then there has been no increase, they say. Company's Plaa Refused. In answer to the first requests from the union, the company offered an in crease in pay conditioned on individual examinations. Each individual who passed certain tests of efficiency in a manner satisfactory to the company was to receive a wage Increase of 50 cents. This plan the men say will be declined on the ground, that unionism operates on the principle of dealing by organizations, and not as Individuals. Other objections also were voiced by the workers. There seems to be little doubt among some of the members and officials of the local union that ?S per day will be demanded of the company at the meet ing tonight, and also that the plan of the company to examine men and pass on their qualifications for a 60-cent in crease will be refused. Seattle Mem Have Voted. Seattle linemen and inside workers were operating on the same wage scale that prevails in Portland, and a few days ago met. and, while the vote has not been made public, it is understood among the local workers that the de cision for the demands as outlined here was unanimous. The telephone operators" union met last nirrht in the Selling-Hirsch build ing. There was no indication that the ffirls would join in the threatened strike. Operators present at the meet ing said that their dealings with the company have been satisfactory. The women just now are much interested in their big dance which takes place at Cotillion Hall Thursday evening, Octo ber 4. Company Officers Reticent. Officials of the Pacific States Tele phone & Telegraph Company said last night they expected this action to be taken, but it would probably not mean any trouble here for some time. Fred Spoerl. manager, refused to make a statement. After the strike vote the result Is to "be carried to the Pacific Coast head quarters of the union, and then finally the central committee of that body will take it up with the head offices of the Pacific Telephone in San Francisco. Manager Ppoerl said he does not con aider the matter one of local difference. FAIRFIELD COUPLE KILLED Train Hits Car Occupied by Mr. and Sirs. Fred Osteller. SPOKANE. Sept. 20. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Osteller, residents of Fairfield, "Wash., were killed when their automo bile was ftruck by a work train on the Spokane & Inland Empire Railroad, east of here this afternoon. Industrial Notes. UMATILLA COUNTY'S assessed valua tion thin year will be about $50,000. O'x). exceeding that of last year by about -,0u.000, providing- the assessment of the "public utilities In the county, made by the state, is not changed, naya Assessor Strain, sir. Strains work Is done and the rounty board of equalisation la checking the figures. The members of the board are 1t. Strain. County Clerk Brown and County Judge Marsh. They will be In session for 15 days. Mr. Strain explains that the In crease In valuation is generally In the wheat lands ot the county. Jt was mads partly on account of general conditions, partly be ue he ue.-iied It was deserved and part ly brmUHO the State Tax CorainiHKion made a request that all property Iti the counties this year bo assess.! at its full valuation. Mr. strain says that the Tax Commission gave assurance that no county would suffer thereby and he has found tne commission ready to stand by its word. V. O. Baron, of the Deseret Sheep Com pany, was dnwn from Boise this week, says the Nya. Or.. Journal, to give the com pany large holdings near Xyssa a per sonal Inspection. When he returned he took with him several stalks of corn with which to amaze his Boise friends and substantiate the Xyssa. country's reputation of being the bent corn-ralstng section of the Northwest. The corn was grown by A. M. Johnston nnd the stalks measure 14 feet and one Inch In height. Mr. Johnson has 70 acres of corn of the same kind and estimates that it will average L'5 tons of ensilage to the acre. He also has three large silos to put It in and views the approaching "Winter with equanimity. R. J. Carsner. Dillard French and John Brosnsn shipped 10 cars of cattle from the Heppner yards last Friday and these ' joineu. r rencn s snipment or cars irom. I-not kolK at Keith. K. .;. Xoble. t Blslee. John Vaughn and Henry Cohn. all prominent business men of Heppner, ac--onipanted the shipment from Hennner. Henry Neel. Lone hock cattleman, returned last week from Omaha, where he sold 13 loads or cattle, and expects to make an other shipment in the near future. Hepp ner Herald. The Cunningham Sheep A Land Company bought three Rambouitlet rams, for two of v-hich they paid $3oO each, at the Salt Lake ram sale, and for the other they paid $r,0. They also bought - Lincoln lambs. Alfred amiui, of ths J. fc.. mlth Livestock Com pany. bought . Cotswolds at a fancy price. I' not itoca ttecora. The question of rebuilding Sumpter Is now an absorbing topic. The Sumpter Amer ican realizes It will be a hard task, but feels confidence that the town "will be rebuilt In a substantial manner. All ths business usual in small towns will be rep resented, and Sumpter will again be a pros perous communltty." Bums will have a creamery. The Har ney County Tribune tells of a meeting of citizens who have agreed to subscribe stock enough for the undertaking. e The tVeiser. Idaho. Signal says: "There 1a more than nsust activity in the building line, the improvements on industrisl prop erties, business hltteks and Individual Im provements totaling many thousands ot dol lars." Several thousand tons ot hay In Harney Cftimf y have Iteen sold this Summer to Cirsnt County stockmen at an average price of el.V The Blue a'ountaln Kagle says sev eral from the south end of the county were In Harney this week to contract for hay, but were unable to secure any. Many of the Kto kmen from the south end have twuaU nay in .atarncy tnis auminer. f-w Wt L J . I - f - i- TODAY'S FILM FEATURES. Columbia William Desmond, "Master of His Home." Majestic Mae Marsh, "Polly of the Circus." Sunset George Beban, "His Sweetheart." Liberty Bessie Love, "Polly Ann." Peoples Mary Pickford, "Rebec ca of Sunnybrook Farm." Star Pauline Frederick, "Sa pho." Circle Marguerite Clayton, "Star Dust." Liberty. ffT-vOLLT -ANN," the latest Bessie" K- Love photoplay, pictures a charming- little human interest story with a deal of comedy and much patnos. Miss Love's work In this offering win cement her friendship with the host of admirers the little Los Angeles schoolgirl has made during the past year. The role of Polly Ann Is one of the best she has ever had. As the lit tle monitor in the orphanage, then as the slavey in the tt. v.rn, the more ridiculous character of the little duke in the Shakespearean repertoire com pany and finally as the little ray of sunshine in the home of Jacob Straightlane, Miss Love adds a tone of auaintness. laughable at times and sympathetic at others, ln4forceful and Pleasing style. Polly Ann. the joy of an orphan asylum, becomes a slavey at the Simp- kins tavern. while there she meets a company of fly-by-night players and decides to become an actress, but the sudden arrival of Howard Straight lane, wh? was driven from his uncle's home because of his drinking, dispels this Idea. Polly becomes attached to Straightlane. the new teacher, and on one occasion gives him a bottle of Simpkins' famous "bitters."' which is really only whisky. rnis starts tne craving for alcohol again, but the girl. seeing what she has done, neips tne man to overcome tne oesire. Old Mr. Straightlane sends for folly. who is in reality a distant cousin or the rich man. He is drawn to the girl and she is happy until she iearns that she Is standing in the way of the young nephew. Then she leaves hur riedly. She is followed by the old gen tleman: they meet tne nepnew, reconciliation is effected, and the school teacher and the ex-slavey are married. Beverly doom new picture ot tne Columbia River Gorge Is one ot tne best of all camera reproductions w h scenic, wonder and makes a splen did added attraction to the photoplay programme. Sunset. . . -. . e la onA of ths beet j 1 IS aiieeuicaik i " - of George Beban pictures. Beban takes . . . .v. . II n. , , 1 o his nis place amoiiB m o,.. materfui aeiineanon j i ters. and his work in this photoplay is fully up to the high standard he has set for his appearances. But aside from tne xeoan aruBiij -"--lv' i . . TK. .u'Bot - one or exceptional ,mi,v. . - -- ness of the theme, the Idolizing of an old Italian momer as ms occ... ... i 1 . U Dtirrfnir TY1 P 1 11 T" Jl ITI R comoineu wim . combine to assure for this picture a lonsr in'- The long momem -i' c i -" 1 artistic but not particularly popular.. as , n i , .- v. or thn nver- age Beban production, are lacking in . . , . , T f.tnt fa an An. "riis fcweemeui i. -i" .... - 1- ta a r, 1 , 1 W - tlreiy aittereiit pi-j. . movlnc powerfully melodramatic story . ' -, .. na.Hoa Itt fllllV the theme, and far from the dominant ele ment. Shooting the driver of a fast auto mobile, which is wrecked before ones eyes, and removing a boh with nitroglycerine w miu club swings for a drive, are two of the thrills wni'in win pieusv mc ci.i.d.. rieoan piuys mo ' - - - roan, in this picture, while Sarah Ken- v on an Mamma jiia aim Trl na Capino are superlatively good in their parts. The arrival of Joe's ... . . : I .. nllon.'. 1 1 " sweetneart in oinei n.a the raiding of a bunch of crooks. After she has aided one oi iu escape, tne oia woman . - -being a thief, convicted and sentenced to jan. - --- volved with the crooks, who are plot ting the death of his restrict Attorney. t ...;- ..4 hii life. His reward comes when Mamma Mia is released and proof of her innocence found. Corned v and travel scenic complete an excellent pros: ram Sunday Visits Mary. Billy Sunday, the famous evangelist preaching In Los Angeles, last. week visited Mary Pickford at the Lasky studio In Hollywood, accompanied by nis entire xamiiy. uiciuuuis ..is Sunday. Ueora-e and Mrs. George, Btlly, Jr.. and PauL "Little Mary" and Director-General Cecil B. Do Mille showed the party of interested visitors through the entire stuaio rrom tne laboratories and carpenter shops to the caves of Aladdin, where part of Miss "The Little Princess, is being staged. The visit of the Sundays to the Lasky studios followed "Little Mary's" attendance at the tabernacle the day before, when, accompanied by her mother and Frances Marion, she met Mr. Sunday. Billy's greeting to Miss Pickford on this occasion was: "Bless your pretty little heart! I'm glad you came to hear me. Why, in New York I went down to the Hippodrome twice to carry the word ot God to your pro fessional people and they liked me, I guess, and I know I liked them. "D'ye know, we call you Mary at our house? Mary i3 synonomous with something good; you know Christ's mother was named Mary and you have done your bit by bringing sunshine into people's hearts." Miss Pickford is concluding a record breaking engagement at the Peoples Theater in "Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm." Columbia. "Master of His Home," the current Triangle offering at the Columbia The ater, presents William Desmond, Alma Reubens, and other well-known players in a photoplay dealing with the deli cate subject of birth. The director has managed the theme with an avoidance of of fensiveness, the acting is good. and the contrasting backgrounds of outdoor West and society Kast add to the effectiveness of the picture. Desmond is seen in the role of Car son Stewart, who is successful as a mine operator. Milllcent Drake, daugh ter of aristocratic parents, has been singled out by her mother as the proper wife for young Van Tyle (Rob ert McKim), a social fop. On a visit to Van Tyle s mountain lodge Milll cent meets Stewart. While sightsee- ng in his mine an explosion occurs. He rescues Millicent. The two fall in love and Stewart is nvited to visit the Drakes in the East. He does so and while there marries the girl. He expresses a desire for children to brighten the home. His wife's mother persuades her daughter to avoid motherhood. Stewart learns of the mother-in-law's influence and denounces both her and his wife. He eaves, returning to the West. Later the wife arrives with a "tiny partner" and there Is a happy reunion. Author Helps llrcctor. Any notion one might have that the task of an author ends with the turn- ng over of a finished scenario to a motion picture producer would be quickly dispelled if he could but know of Margaret Mayo's experience during the filming of her famous play, "Polly of the Circus." which is being shown at the Majestic Theater. Of the several thousand persons who contributed to the production of "Polly of the Circus," there was none who, worked harder and accomplished more than this world-famed author, and her efforts were important factors in the successful filming of this noteworthy stage success. Day and night sne aiaea tne airec tor and the technical staff whose en tire energies were consumed by this great story. Some idea of the magni tude of her labors will be conveyed by the information that two months of preliminary work were required to get "Polly of the Circus" ready for filming and then more than 11 weeks of photographic work followed. Screen Gossip. Trvine Cummings. who has long been a popular screen actor, has succumbed to the blandishments of vaudeville and will appear on the B. a. moss circuit in Breaking Out ot tne .Movies. -Rosemnrv Theby is to appear in Bluebird pictures with Franklyn Far num. Bill Hurt's horse, Fritz, is a promi nent figure in his first Artcraft pic ture. "The Narrow Trail." Bill an nounces that Fritz is to be Been no more in pictures, the equine retiring to live the life of an aristocrat with the filming of "The Narrow -Iran. ass There are more rumors that Mary Pickford no longer will make pictures for Artcraft when her contract termi nates in June. 1918. Adantson Named for Appraiser. WASHINGTON. Sept. 20. Represen tative William C. Adamson, of Georgia. chairman of the House interstate and foreiirn commerce committee. and father of the railway eight-hour law was nominated by the President today to be general appraiser of merchandise for the Port of New York. For 20 vears. Representative Adamson has served as Representative of the Fourth Georgia District. He will resign from Congress. Septuagenarians Are Wed. BAKER, Or.. Sept. 20. (Special.) Mrs. Ellen Frost, nged 70 years, and Jacob March, aaed 74, were married at Huntington today. Each had been married twice before. Phone your want ads to The Orego nian. Main TOTo. A Cv'jo. Pickford's new Artcraft picture. SI. jr. Kinney Demands Daughter's Release and Has to Be Ejected From County Jail; so Is Re lieved From Guardianship. Instead of being taken to the State Hospital at Salem as had been ordered by Judge Tarwell, Harriet Kinney, who was adjudged Insane last month and was again taken into custody by the authorities Wednesday, was paroled yesterday to Dr. W. T. Williamson, of the Mountain View Sanitarium, where she will be detained for treatment. This disposition of the case was made yesterday, following a conference be tween M. J. Kinney, the woman's father; her attorney, John McCourt, and Judge TaxwelL Early yesterday Mr. Kinney went to the county jail and demanded the release of his daughter. His actions became such that it was necessary for the matron to call an officer and have him ejected from the Jail corridors. Mr. Kinney then appealed to Judge Tazwell, who finally consented to the arrangement by which the woman was paroled to Dr. Williamson when posi tively assured that she would be re strained of her liberty until she had recovered from her mania for sending abusive postcards through the mails. Before this final action was agreed to by Judge Taswell, he revoked the original parole by which the care of the woman was vested in her father, with the understanding that ehe should be taken out of the state. This agree ment was not kept by the parent. Clarke Man Reports Late. VANCOUVER, Wash., Sept. 20. (Spe cial.) When the list for Clarke County's 69 men, drafted for the Army, to leave September 19, was received Monday noon, all haste was made in finding those men, but Chris Bauman, of Battle Ground, could not be located. He reported today, however, and went to Camp Lewis, though an alternate had been sent in his place. Body Recovered From River. ' ASTORIA, Or.. , Sept. 20. (Special.) The body of Turie Johnson, deckhand who was drowned a few days ago by falling overboard from a launch in Prairie Channel, was found this morn ing floating in the river. Johnson was 19 years of age and had worked on the launch only three days before the accident occurred. DAILY METEOROLOGICAL REPORT. PORTLAND, Sept. 20. Maximum temper ature. 75 degrees: minimum. 03 degrees. River reading, 8 A. M., 8.0 reet: change in last '-'4 hours. 0.7 foot fall. Total rainfall (5 P. M. to 3 P. M.. none: total rainfall since September 1-, 1917. 1.70 inches: normal rainfall since September 1, 0.99 inch: excess of rainfall since September 1, 0.71 inch. Sunrise, 5:37 A. M. : sunset, 6:11 P. M. Total sunshine, 9 hours 6 minutes; possible sun shine, 12 hours 16 minutes. Mooarise. 11:33 A. M. ; moonset. 8:27 P. M. Barometer (re duced to sea level). 5 P. M.. 29.79 Inches. Relative humidity at noon. 71 per cent. ' THE WEATHER. H4 STATIONS. Etata ef weather. Baker ........ Boise Boston t'algary ...... Chicago ...... 84; ii U 0 7SO 7--'(0 114 111 7iO r.sio 00110 Clear Clear Clear Pt. cloudy, Cloudy Clear Cloudy Clear Clear Clear Clear Clear Rain Cloudy Clear Pt. cloudy Pt. cloudy Clear Cloudy Pt. cloudy 00 .20 S NVV 04. .SW 111 14 X uenver Ies Moines.... IJuluth 00. . X 10 N r.tt'o . ,!SW ..In Eureka ....... 5S0 Galveston .... 8M'0 Helena Jacksonville S2j0 SUIO SE XE S J uneaut ...... ,11:0 Kansas city... 12i i.os Angeles. . . Marshfleld 78 0 B-'IO ss:o isfo 80 82 ill 54 i0 7.-n 84 (I 84jO 6Xo sw X xw w SE Med ford 10 Minneapolis . .. New Orleans. .. New York IMI 12INW North Head .. OIllOiSE Kt. cloudy Pt. cloudy Pt. cloudy Portland Ttoseburg 4INWI . . L W . .S RW 10 N . Aw Sacramento ... Cloudy Cloudy Louis - alt Lake .... Clear San Iiego 70 10 0 II 72,0 Clear Clear Clear San Francisco- OOI24ISW Seattle ....... Sitka Spokana Tacoma' : Tatoosh Island .001. .IS 88 10 .oo..w Clear Pt. cloudy Rain 72 O r.8 in DO . . SW Oil 10ISW Valdezt 541(1. 24.. I ! Rain Walla Walla.. Washington .. X Clear Clear fnnipeg . . . . Clear Clear ei wst ne K. t A. 11. today. 1 P. M. report of preceding day. WEATHER CONDITIONS. The pressure has fallen slightly over Northern California and Southern Oregon ana also over the Missouri Valley: it has risen decidedly over tne central portion ot the Mississippi Valley, where the central high-pressure area Is moving slowly east ward. A few scattered showers were re ported from the Missluslppl Valley and the Lower I -ii k e km on. i ne temperatures nave risen somewhat over the Dakotas. but it Is decidedly cooler over Iowa. Missouri and Illinois. Along tne racmc uoast tn weather Is coller, while over the Plateau Region the changes have been unimportant. FORECASTS. Portland ana vicinity Friday fair: a-en- lie winas. mostly souiuerijr. Cregun Friday fair, cooler east portion: e-entlG eoutherlv winds. vaning;on rnoay rain west, propaoiy fair east portion: moderate southerly winds. A. rt . TijitsMiirt, meteorologist. ONLY TODAY AND TOMORROW PAULINE FREDERICK n SAPID fin in "ifii in n imhi.m nut ! TTi ;,.; linn - rtJti id .,, i 'rr BESSIE LOVE - JO AS SEE The Wonderful Columbia River Gorge ' Pictures by Beverly Dobbs imS -r-iriw -afc. 1 Admission 15c Army Orders. SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 20. Army or ders issured here today by the West ern DcnHrtmpnt fnllnw! Colonel Francis J. Koeater. cavalry, is re eved from further duty at the mobillza- ioa camo at Fort William Henry Harrmon. Montana, and will return to station at Fort! . A. Russell, Wyoming-. Captain Jesse P. Truax, Medical Reserve Corps, Fort Lawton, Wash., will accompany detachment of recruits for the aviation section from that post to Fort j3am Houston, Texas, returning to station at Fort Law- ton. Captain C. Emery Hathaway, Quarter master Corps, assistant to the department Quartermaster, will proceed to Camp Lewis, American Lake, Wash., for temporary duty connection with the operation ox the school for bakers und cooks. Second Lieutenant Lee Johnson. 2oth Cav- Iry, Fort T3. A. Russell, Wyo., will proceed to Fort Bayard, N. M., for treatment at the hospital at that post. The nost hospital. Fort Kosecrans. Cai.. is designated for the treatment of cases from viation school. San Diego, camps Walter R. Taliaferro. Balboa iark, Lawrence J. Hearn and at Tecate. NEW CHARTER IS NEEDED Change Is Required in Order to Hold Elections Together. OREGON CITY, Or., Sept. 20. (Spe- lal.) City Attorney Story at the re- uest of Mayor Hackett is preparing a raft for a new city charter, to be sub mitted to the Council, to comply with the constitutional amendment requir- ng elections to be held with county and state elections. It is manifestly impracticable to com ply with the new amendment and work under the present charter, which pro- ides for the election of nine Council- men, three from each ward, as the city 4 lT."f - ' r i Tn i in sin mill i. C A N AOl AN PA C rFHC Travel to the East through the majestic grandeur of the Canadian Pacific Rockies. Twenty-four hours of the most inspiring mountain scenery an ever-changing pano rama cf Alpine wonderland from your train window on the Canadian Pacific Railway "The World's Greatest Highway" No side trips necessary. Splendid Canadian Pacific Hotels on the main line of the railway, at Banff, Lake Louise, Field and Glacier, invite you to stop, enjoy their comfort3 and know mountain life at its best. For fall information, phone, call or write tat Tour No. -jy.jg J. V. Murplix, Gen. Ajcl., Pass'r Dept. 55 Third Street, Portland, Oregon. Open Cbsenrttion Car Hmira.f?rr hooruwxi ntain -wis-ts in bcwUdcrinsr bxraaty un fold Sefore yoa nature hu met wtmdwfol 9ttge alon "The World' Grmtet H iph wy." View it f ratn a ehmir tn the oren ebtwrvrntiot. car Buffalo Park Banff Wher baffalo, elk and bmmm naf be seen living juit as thejr did bo fore tbe whita zxuvn cimt, Bnlphnr spring bathimr. mown tain eifflMBf. pony Ushrnv and botei tt IMS .fV) - .-jar LILY a whole hamper of humor that appeals alike to fat and slim, male and female, short and tall the most whimsical play that Bessie Love has starred in since "The Saw dust Ring." XJ Children 5c is divided into 11 precincts for county and state elections. Mayor Uackett does not take kindly to the suggestion that the charter be amended to provide for the election of Councilmen-at-Large. He is firm be liever in the ward representation system- HBIIBH1IIIIIIIIBI111 IPPODROME VAUDEVILLE "-Vlivjijs Goods Moat Times Great RUTH ROLAND IN "THE STOLEX PLAT." ' a BLANCHE ALFRED 5 With Her SYMPHONY GIRLS. Millie Dubois & Pets WEEKDAY MAXI3NEES, 10t KVEMNGS, 15 CONTINUOUS SATURDAYS AND SUNDAYS. Jfj - V! - . Trail, Voho Valley Too nnst stop et Field, irata ay to Yobo ValJt. Beauti ful drlTo to cReier-fel Kmerald Lake. Two or tfam day pony trips, delifrhtful ectingt, comfortable Carta dian Pacific summer eamp. Hoel at field and Emerald LUka. rm.113. froii, tennis. boatine, fptincs, S. r'm s m What GEORGE BRONSON HOWARD LEARNED IN BERLIN George Bronson-Howard, th noted author. was asked recently how ha came to write "The Spy,' the sensational William Kox production exposing the German aecret police. This la .Mr. Howard's re ply: I was standing by the - Brandenburg Gate to the Royal Palace, Berlin. In full sight of the Kaiser Frans Josef Platis and the Plata am. Zeughas aud 1'n ter den Linden. Open rolled the rates. Out came a. huge Daimler motor on the panels of which was a crest that to the initiated only stood for the inner chamber ot the Foreign Office. In the tonneau aat the owner of the car, a, dis tinguished Baron whom I had seen - often. I save 1 him, therefore, only cur sory attention until I no ttced who It was that sat with him. I knew this man well also, but I must not mention names. He shall ' be called the Honorable Mr. Blank. These were days before the war, but the low roll ing" of muffled drums could be heard alone Russian and Prussian borders, and Switzerland was shaking lest her neutrality be vio lated as was Belgium's. Mr. Blank was a multi mil Monai re maker of war munitions who had once financed a South American revolution and had bought up the Ub Lease pa scrip of the old Panama Canal scrip all in an attempt to prevent a new canal beina built. This man loved Germany so well that he was willing' to forget the Monroe Ijoc trine and help the Black Eagle's claws fasten firmly on a fat little South American pullet. That I should see him in company with one who went daily to the Wllhelm st rasue to consult spies of his own, the traitors to other countrles this was a matter of grave import to every good American. I hailed a passing motor car and followed the Daimler. In due time it stopped before the Belle vue Stratford, that massive - affair of gilt and gold. The Baron remained in the ma chine while Mr. Blank en tered the hotel, and re turned in a moment with a certain leading citizen of great Atlantic seaboard cities. I rubbed my eyes, then wrote In a small memoratit dum book the names of the newcomers. 1 observed a strange thing when 1 had finished writing them. All but one had names before which a "von" could be written to their Infinite Improvement; and even the one exception might not be an exception in lust an alysis. It is needless to tell how of len I followed the big ' Daimler in the days that followed and of how many American names I jotted down In the book. This book has been invaluable, ft is true I tore it to pieces before I dared cross the border. But there was not a single name in it I for got. Nor have I neglected to give those names to those to whom they will do the roost good. One day while in a taxi cab behind the Daimler when the wind was high and voices carried we were held up in a traffic .lain in the Forest between Chariot ten burg and Pots dam. My front axles would have jammed aguinst their hind wheels had I been, nearer. '.- . . T don't want my name in the book." the Baron's companion was saving. 'Suppose it were stolen and got to America some day?" The Baron laughed. "Why, my dear he replied, "I only carry it home occasionally to con vert a stubborn fellow like you. It will remain there only tonight. Tomorrow it goes back to the Strasse Into a time-lock safe, pro tected by a guard. Even when at my place. It's In my sa fe, and a very good ' The jam opened and the car moved off. But suppose one night the book holding names of the ten thousand German sympathizers was left at the house. And suppose an American agent found it out? Wouldn't he be willing to throw away his own life if he could expose 10,00i traitors to the United States? If you were such an agent, wouldn't you? To answer this Question that was how I came to write "THE SPT." Phone Your Want Ads to THE OREGONIAN I
