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THE 3IORXIXG OREGOXIAX, THURSDAY. OCTOBER 11, 1917.
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I-OKTI.AXI). THIRSPAV, OCT. 11. 1917.
SECRETARY McADOO'S SUMMONS.
If any man or woman who claims
to be an American had a doubt that
he or she is morally bound to lend
money to the Government for the pur
pose of crushing Kaiserism, that doubt
should have been removed by the
speech of Secretary McAdoo at the
Auditorium. He asked the people,
first, to buy liberty bonds because the
money is needed for a purpose which
every true American should have at
heart to enable our men to win vic
tory at the smallest cost of life, limb
and health, and by that victory to
make the American democracy safe,
to establish democracy the world over,
and to restore permanent peace on
that foundation.
Most convincing to any mind ex
cept that of a 1a Eollette was Mr.
McAdoo's statement of the American
cause for war. The German govern-,
ment has broken every promise made
to this country, and, in the face of
patience without precedent, has
slaughtered our people at sea in vio
lation of a right which has never
hitherto been denied. He could
scarcely have used a more telling
illustration than that of comparing
the slaughter of a ship's passengers
and crew to the indiscriminate massa
cre of the civil population of a town
by an army immediately upon occu
pying the place. In the latter case
there is some chance of escape; in the
former there is none. But Germany
went on to order us off the seas within
600 miles of the allied countries on
pain of death. Compliance would
have meant not only surrender of our
independence but ruin to our com
merce "and industries. To end the
government which commits such
crimes is the work to which the lib
erty loan is to be devoted.
Hut Mr. McAdoo showed that, aside
from this purpose, which should win
the aid of every patriot, liberty, bonds
are a good investment. The bonds
bear 4 per cent interest, and both
principal and interest are free from
all taxes except estate or inheritance
taxes, income surtax, excess profits
and war profits taxes. All of any per
son's holdings of these bonds up to
$5000 is exempt from even these taxes
except the estate or inheritance tax,
hence the large majority of subscrib
ers will net 4 per cent. When the
deductions for taxes to which other
securities are subject are taken into
consideration, the- yield of liberty
bonds will equal that of other bonds
bearing as much as 8 per cent.
Further, a Government bond is the
best security in the world, having
behind it the credit of the L'nlted
States. The holder of liberty bonds
need never worry as to whether he
will get his interest; he need only
cut off a coupon every six months,
take it to a bank and get the money.
Being as good as gold, they can al
ways be turri'cd into money, or used to
pay debts in place of money. Other
securities, not as sound, have not been
within reach of the $50 subscriber; but
not only can a man with that sum
invest, he can buy on monthly in
stallments of a few dollars.
One of the uses to which the liberty
loan is to be applied is the indemnity
to soldiers and their dependents, which
Mr. McAdoo showed to be without
precedent in any army or navy. The
Government takes half of a man's pay
and adds to it sufficient for his wife
and for each child and for each other
dependent to insure them absolutely
against want. It makes similar and
more liberal provision for them in
case of partial or total disability by
wounds. It also sells to the soldier
or sailor life insurance up to a maxi
mum of $10,000 at the rate of $6.60
per $1000, or $65 for a $10,000 policy,
though no private company would sell
it for less than $594 for $10,000, and
the Government makes good the dif
ference out of the treasury.
This is part of the bargain under
which men enter the fighting forces.
They can fight with minds free from
worry as to whether their families are
provided for or as to whether they
and theirs will suffer from want if
they should be crippled in the service.
The war can have no aftermath of
pension agitation and legislation, such
as followed the Civil War with all its
sci.nda.ls, for provision of this kind is
made in advance. These payments
have no stigma of charity: they will
be made as of right, as part of the
compensation for the man's service to
the country. Every person will recog
nize the justice of this indemnity and
insurance, and will more readily do
his part in providing the funds by
buying liberty bonds. psTo nation has
done as much, but no nation should
do less, for the men who offer up
their lives and limbs for their country.
After all this has been done for the
American fighting man. he does in
finitely more than the person who
stays snugly at home and draws in
terest on liberty bonds.
Police Commissioner Woods, of New
Tork, has set a good example by mak
ing preparations to keep in touch with
all former members of his department
who have entered the National service.
He proposes, by facilitating corre
spondence between the men and their
friends at home, and by finding corre
spondents for those who are lonely
in the trenches, to "show the boys at
the front, that they carry with them
our good wishes, our full confidence
in thplr rnnrarp. tpnarltv of mirnna..
and loyalty, and our high hopes that
they may be spared to join the force
again." What is being done by the
head of the police department of "New
York can well be done by every group
of men from among whom numbers of
associates have entered the war. It is
a work for the stay-at-homes that is
unlikely to be overdone. It includes
thoughtful consideration of their little
comforts, but, most Important of all,
will be the demonstration, that the
men in the field have the folks at
home behind them.
WISE . WORDS.
It has always been my belief since I have
been old enough to think about such matters,
that arbitration is the best method of set
tling a difference between capital and labor.
It 1h better to ettle points in controversy
by arbitration than to see a strike result.
When there is a strike it Is not terminated
until the questions are settled, usually by
arbitration, so I believe It Is better to arbi
trate in the first place, and this gives the
men n. chance to earn a living while the
matter Is belnff decided. Arbitration Is bet
ter than a strike any time. From a state
ment by President Walker of the Street
Carmen's Vnion.
These wise and patriotic words,
from an influential representative of
labor, are commended to the seven
thousand men who have been led into
a hurtful strike in the shipyards.
No greater disaster can befall in
dustry, and particularly labor, to
strike first and think afterwards. . No
greater disaster can happen to the
Nation short of defeat on the land or
the sea than a strike for any cause
in an industry identified with the war
programme.
LET ALL SERVE ALIKE.
The Oregonian hears again today
from its friend the Forest Grove
clergyman. It has re-read Mr. rat
ten's original letter, and is quite un
able to see that it either misunderstood
or misinterpreted him. It was clearly
a complaint that the employers were
mainly responsible for the shipbuild
ing strike, an argument for recog
nition of the unions, and a plea for
mutual concessions, which, it was
plainly implied, the employers had not
been willing on their part to make.
Perhaps our correspondent would
differentiate between the "closed" shop
and recognition of the unions. It is
sometimes done, yet the expressions
are used interchangeably, and in or
dinary parlance mean the same thing.
We should like to see a clear and
authoritative explanation of the dif
ference, if there is a difference.
Brother Patten thinks there is a
mutual responsibility on employers
and workmen. True, quite true. There
is the same duty to Government from
men. as there is from operators. This
country belongs to no single class or
group, but to all classes alike. If it
fails in the war, it will be a tremen
dous disaster to the workmen as it
will be to the capitalist. Everything
that' has been gained in freedom and
in opportunity in a hundred years will
be lost. Can any laborer or builder,
or any other, look without trepidation
upon a situation which Prussianizes
industry, by conscripting capital and
pauperizing or enslaving labor? Yet
these things will surely happen if the
war is not won.
The great duty of all alike, then, is
to work in the common cause for the
common aid. Let the men who are
at work in vital pursuits for the Na
tion's welfare be persuaded to stay
at work and let the operators make
every reasonable or possible conces
sion to them to keep them at work:
but let good men like this Forest
Grove clergyman understand that
their chief duty lies not in partisan
ship in any such controversy, but in
helping to get done at any cost or
sacrifice of individual or class interest
or sentiment the things that must be
done.
EFFECT OF CHINESE INTERVENTION.
Great events have crowded so closely
one on another that little attention
has been given to the effect of China's
declaration of war on Germany and
Austria. . Yet the consequences cannot
fail to be great for the benefit of the
United States as well as China, regard
less of any active aid which China
may give in the war.
China severed relations with the
central empires, and, after an inter
lude of civil war, declared war upon
them at the instigation of the United
States. Although the Oriental repub
lic has suffered grievous wrongs from
Germany, which might well prompt
it to seize so favorable an opportunity
to obtain redress, its prompt action on
American initiative is eloquent testi
mony to the strong influence of this
Nation as its disinterested mentor and
guide.
This is the fruit of the enlightened
policy of the open door proclaimed
by John Hay, of the refusal of the
United States to join in European
concession-grabbing, of the labors of
American missionaries, of our devo
tion of the Boxer indemnity to edu
cation of young Chinese in America,
of our remission of the balance due
on this Indemnity and of our aid in
winning the co-operation of other na
tions in suppressing the opium traffic.
By seeking no material advantage for
ourselves we have won the voluntary
offer of the greatest advantage to be
gained from Chinese aid in war. An
example has been set for the nations
which they may follow tn-their deal
ings with backward countries. We
have shown them that more can be
gained by good will than by force.
The advantages gained by China are
so greSt that her entry into the war
may fairly be hailed as a feat of the
highest statesmanship. It justifies
her in canceling entirely Germany's
claim for a share of the Boxer in
demnity, amounting to $110,000,000.
It gives her a right to ask from her
allies relief from the whole' of that
indemnity, which now amounts with
deferred interest to $550,000,000. It
puts lier in a position to ask. in re
turn for military aid, relief from re
strictions on Import duties which have
kept the Chinese government poor and
which are an invasion of Chinese in
dependence. The allies have already
agreed to suspend payments on ac
count of the. indemnity and to permit
an increase of import duties. With
drawal of the foreign legation guards
at Fekin, surrender by the powers of
jurisdiction - over their Concessions at
treaty ports and -of extra-territorial
rights may be asked, and as a result
of the war- China may- become as com
pletely independent as any other na
tion. More important is the effect which
Chinese intervention in the war will
have on relations with Japan. ' The
Russian revolution has already re
moved the pressure of imperialist
aggression in concert with Japan.
China then established a. claim on
Japan, as an ally, to the same respect
for her rights as is shown to the other
allies. Already the Terauchl Cabinet
had realized the. blunder of coercion
which had been committed by Count
Okuma in forcing the twenty-one de
mands on China, and had begun to
show more scrupulous respect for Chi
nese sovereignty.
Okuma felt safe In his course so
long as China was neutral and the
United States was weak as a. military
power. The situation changed radi
cally when . this country became in
effect Japan's ally and began military
and naval expansion. When China
declared war. further Japanese intru
sion in China became impossible, and
troops were withdrawn from Shantung
province, and Tsingtau was put under
civil administration. By this single
move China established a claim to the
aid of the allies In causing withdrawal
of Japanese pressure, and to the vol
untary withdrawal of that pressure,
which could not be ignored.
These changes in the Oriental sit
uation are of great moment to the
Pacific Coast. The door to China,
though nominally open, has been ac
tually closed. The United States now
has a claim upon the assistance of the
European powers to open it and to
keep it open, and to hold Japan to
the fulfillment in spirit as well as let
ter of Viscount Ishit's assurances that
it shall be open. The Russo-Japanese
entente having been ended. Japan can
not play the lone hand she expected
to play, and the rights of other nations
can no longer be Ignored. All of this
will facilitate the general readjustment
of the world's affairs and the general
growth of trans-Pacific trade which
are expected to follow the war.
OREGON" WEATHER.
What a blessing it would be if the
scientists could discover a method of
transporting weather! While Oregon
is enjoying the delights of its typical
Indian Summer, the soldiers of the
entente are wallowing in the ooze of
Flanders and France. During the re
cent advance, the news accounts say,
the atmosphere resembled a shower
bath. No garment could resist the
penetrating qualities of the rain. Yet,
despite these handicaps, the enemy
was defeated.
It would be idle to speculate upon
what a season of Oregon weather
might do for the cause of world
democracy at this juncture. Such
weather as now prevails along the
western front is ideal from the view
point of the defenders; clear skies and
moderate temperature, such as we are
now experiencing at home, would be
a godsend to the troops on the offen
sive. It would not only make it
physically possible for them to gain
more ground, but it would inspire
them to the highest endeavor.
The man who is always thinking
that distant fields are greenest should
go out one of these fine mornings and
fill his lungs to their capacity with
crisp Oregon air. take a long look at
the sk3 reflect on the time the sol
diers are -having in Europe, and be
glad he is alive and in Oregon.
rt'Et ECONOMY AM) FRESH AIR.
There is danger that in obeying the
injunction to save fuel wherever pos
sible a duty that is fortified by the
rising prices of coal and wood that
we shall make the mistake of closing
too many doors and windows in the
notion that we are thereby effecting
an economy of heat. Unless we stop
to think, we are likely to ignore the
fact that health is still a National
asset, and that it, as well as fuel,
must be conserved. One does not need
to be a fresh-air crank to know that
the close and overheated atmosphere
of a hermetically scaled room is not
good for us.
But it is questionable whether, even
from the point of view of comfort,
there is any real saving in the tightly
closed room. It is a fact that fresh
air does not require as much hot air
to make it comfortable as does stale
air. There is something more to the
feeling of bodily warmth than degrees
of temperature. Air that contains the
right proportion of oxygen, and that
is slightly in motion, imparts a feel
ing of sufficiency without any other
aid. That this is generally realized is
shown by growth of the custom of
using sleeping porches and piazzas, and
by the managers of theaters, who find
that they cut down their fuel bills by
furnishing the best possible means of
ventilation.
It is probable that as a people
Americans overheat their dwelling
places, anyway. This is partly due
to the increased number who live in
apartments and boarding - houses,
where the connection bctwen the ther
mometer and the fuel bill is not al
ways appreciated. But it is not nec
essary, nor even desirable, that we
should try to maintain a temperature
of 85 degrees. It would be better for
all concerned, except, perhaps, in
valids and the most delicate children,
if the 'standard were placed at 65.
Wise use of fresh air will make us all
stronger and save money besides.
RUSSIAN" FREEDMEN.
No doubt the Russian people will
work out their own salvation if time
is given them, and if they are not con
quered by their enemies and placed
under a yoke as oppressive as that of
the Czar while they are quarreling
among themselves about their rights
as individuals, but only maudlin dis
regard of the facts can explain the
tendency in some quarters to com
pare the Russian favorably with our
own forefathers who fought for their
liberty in the War of the Revolution.
We have testimony of Russians them
selves that the moujik must undergo
a long process of evolution before he
will even approach the status of the
early American patriot. For example,
there is Anton Tchekoff. famous for
his short stories of Russian life, who
says:
Wlia does a Russian peasant's life consist
of? He spends his time in Isverns. crying
for revense on those who are better off thun
be. He lives In filth: his children live in
filth: he takes his potatoes out of his soup
with his fingers: drinks a black beetle with
his kvass because he won't trouble to take
It out.
Nor is. his situation due to poverty,
primarily. There are rich peasants
in Russia, "too. and Tchekoff finds
them no more pleasant to dwell among.
"Look at Larion of Dubechnia," he
says, mentioning one of a type. "Ke
is rich, but all the same he barks the
trees in-your woods just like the poor;
and he is a foul-mouthed brute, and
his children are foul-mouf hed, and
when he is drunk he falls -flat in the
mud and goes to sleep."
Incidents illustrating the dimness
of the Russian peasant's conception of
the duties of a freedman could be
multiplied innumerably. In one case
the workmen at a mining plant waited
on the engineers and informed them
that henceforth all hands must take
turns at their work, and that the en
gineers must begin by going down in
the mines. "How will you manage
with the engines?" they were asked.
"We will do the same as you do sit
around and sharpen lead pencils,"
they replied. The employes of an
other plant demanded the dismissal
of -the superintendents and directing
heads in all departments. "The peo
ple," they said, , "are the real-bosses
now." A band of soldiers in an ex
treme case pulled up a net set to
catch fish, "because fish are creatures
like men and have the same right to
liberty." So it goes, all over Russia.
It is such problems as these that
make the task of the enlightened pa
triots and real leaders of the new
Russia indescribably difficult. Mil
lions of Russians have a long road to
travel before they will have even an
inkling of the spirit of '76. Mean
while, their extravagances, their fan
tastic notions of liberty, and their fail
ure to comprehend that in any state
of society worth living in there must
be mutual concessions and recognition
of the rights of others add to the
burden of the people of the United
States and of all the allies. A united,
wholly intelligent Russia could do
much to shorten the war; but if we
are disappointed as to the help we re
ceive from this source, we shall only
be called upon to redouble our efforts
to win without it.
The United States Department of Agri
culture and the various agricultural colleges
are finding great difficulty In securing a
sufficient number of men trained in agricul
tural work. From the correspondence we
have had It is evident that both old and
new students appreciate this situation and
that probably a very satisfactory number
will be enrolled in the School of Agricul
ture. Statement by Dean Cordlcy, of Oregon
Agricultural College.
There is, moreover, no sound reason
to believe that the demand for men
trained in agricultural work will be
abated in the years immediately " be
fore us, so that it will be well if the
boys in the lower grades could be im
pressed with the value of such an edu
cation and begin now to plan for and
look forward to it. Addition of mili
tary studies to the curricula of va
rious agricultural schools is a guar
antee that the student who wants to
be prepared to serve his country i:i
the field will be able to lay the foun
dation of a military education, while
at the same time performing an even
greater service by equipping himself
to help feed the world.
The great American habit of chew
ing gum is being further cultivated
by New England factory owners as a
means of stamping out the practice
of chewing tobacco .and snuff, which
among a certain class of foreign work
ers had attained a magnitude which
threatened to embarrass factory or
ganization, especially where extreme
cleanliness was essential to the pro
duction of high-grade goods. Warn
ings having failed, even when followed
by the discharge of offenders, diplo
matic managers worked by indirec
tion and by installing gum-vending
machines in convenient places led
their employes nto paths where they
could not drive' them. The demand
for candy, especially chocolates, also
indicates that the craving for tobacco
might have been induced by hunger
which had not been satisfied by a
hasty breakfast.
It is pretty hard at times to draw
the line between overzeal and mis
carriage of justice. If a Sheriff could
at all times tell what a jury would do,
ho could sit in his office and adminis
ter the law without resort to legal
machinery, thereby saving much ex
pense. For example: A doctor left
Polk County for Chicago a few weeks
ago. The next day the wires burned
until he was taken off a train in
Idaho and brought back to answer the
charge of illegal operation. The fact
that he returned willingly might have
indicated; his degree of guilt, or,
rather, the lack of it. A jury last
week said he was not guilty. The ex
pense bill has been fattened, however,
and that is something.
Mutiny in the German navy sug
gests that German propaganda in the
Russian army has proved a boom
erang. It instigated Russian soldiers
to kill officers who tried to enforce
discipline, and it led to formation of
soldiers' committees. The attempt to
form sailors' committees on German
warships may lead to like attempts in
the army. Then some of the soldiers
may turn on their brutal officers. A
disposition like that is contagious, and,
if it should spread, discipline would be
at an end and the long-looked-for
revolution would be on. We only hear
faint and highly censored hints of
what is going on in Germany.
A light sentence of eight months
has been given a woman for a grave
offense, that of sending poisoned candy
to a suspected rival in her husband's
affections. If death bad resulted, her
situation would be shocking. Yet there
may be others who believe their
grievance is great and the fate of the
wife who now goes to jail should be
warning. No man is worth it, and
revenge is not worth the cost.
Jabez B. .Nelson was a newspaper
man who entered the "game" through
the composing-room, which assured
him the loyalty of the floor, and he
never offended it. His idea of life
was work, and he revelled in it to the
superlative degree. Genial disposition
and kindly spirit made him friends of
subordinates, helpers and associates,
and he died young as ages go, which,
alas, seems to be, the way.
If Argentina should finally declare
war and should then commandeer the
leather which has been bought by
German speculators, the latter would
lose their anticipated profits. Then
there would be curses for Count Lux
burg. But the Germans seem to have
the ear of President Irigoyen.
Translated into plain American, the
speech of Chancellor Michaelis means
that Germans are free to think as they
please, provided their thoughts do not
leak from their tongues. In that case
the jailer would get 'em.
The streetcar men and the company
agree to leave decision of the conten
tion to arbitration. That is the common-sense
way, and, just now, the pa
triotic. It is a pity the idea does not
prevail elsewhere.
Switzerland's fears of being drawn
into the war are not groundless. She
may become the asylum of stam
peding higher ups. whom the allies
will be obliged to take.
It must be that some of the fellows
who have on hand small stocks for
"medicinal" or "family" use talk too
much and are raided.
The Kaiser will need do more than
fight to save his crown. Saving his
face will be the harder job.
How about the makin's for the sol
dier boys? Are you doing anything?
Count your money this morning and
see how big a bond you can take.
Mr. Yeon's barrage was too much
for Mr. Holman's camouflage.
The war bread looked good yester
day and tasted that way.
Stars and Starmakers.
Br Ireon Case Baer.
A nice "pitcher" card, with a big old
stork carrying a wee H'l' bundle. all
done up in a satchel, with only a pink
toe and a smiling eye peeping out. came
to -my desk this week. The postmark
said Zancsville. O., and the lines all
filled out Informed me that Miss Joy
Bliss had arrived at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. James A. Bliss; that she
weighed nine pound?, and penciled note
at one edge of the card says further
that she la without doubt the most
wonderful baby the world has ever
seen. Naturally, some of us will take
this last assertion with several grains
of salt. Ea.eh of us knows to our own
satisfaction and happiness where the
most wonderful baby in the world
lives. But of course we're all broad
and generous enough to allow the other
fellow the privilege of thinking his
baby the greatest ever. Anyway, little
Miss Joy Bliss and that's a gladsome
name, isn't It? arrived on September
30. and in case any of the Portlanders
who remember her daddy and mother
of two seasons ago with the Baker
Players want to write to her, the ad
dress is S23 Market street. Zanesvllle,
O. Baby Joy's daddy is director of a
stock company in St. Louis this sea
son. Her mother Is known profes
sionally as Marie Palmer.
- F. W. Jordon is in Portland ahead
of Eugene Walter's newest drama. "The
Knife." which comes soon to the Heilig.
Mr. Jordon wag here last season ahead
of "The Blue Paradise." In "The Knife"
are two folk well known on the Pacific
Coast. One is May Buckley, who cre
ated the role of little Tui Sing in
Belasco's famous production, "The
First Born," which had such a vogue
In San Francisco a dozen, years ago.
Norman Hackett is another player In
"The Knife" whose work in Shake
spearean roles and in "Classmates" and
"The City" is well remembered.
Another Portland visitor for a day or
two is Leroy Drug, an ex-newspaper
man, who is here as one of the advance
guard for the La Scala Grand Opera.
Reply to B. P. E. (1) You are cor
rect. Henrietta Crosman spells her
name with one s. (2) It is her own
name. (3) When quite a young girl her
voice gave evidence of being a particu
larly fine singing one and she went to
Paris to study for grand opera, but
illness cut short this career. (4) She
made her debut as Betty Lee in "The
White Slave" at the old Windsor Thea
ter in New York City on August 13 in
1883. (5) The play in which Miss Cros
man opens tonight at the Heilig is
"Erstwhile Susan," in which Mrs. Fiske
starred last season throughout the
East. It has a Pennsylvania locale, and
the local Pennsylvania Society has sig
nified its intention of attending on the
opening night.
Dorothy Jardon is convalescing in a
sanitarium at Colorado Springs fol
lowing an operation to relieve a nasal
and throat trouble which threatened a
complete loss of voice. Dorothy has
a big glory voice, too.
William Hodges has started on tour
in his new play, "A Cure for Incura
bles." It is a comedy, dramatized by
Earl Derr Blggers and Lawrence Whit
man from a story written by Corra
Harris. The whole world doesn't know
it, but Lawrence Whitman is Mr.
Hodges himself, who modestly hides
under another name when he works.
Valeska Suratt is preparing to re
turn to vaudeville in a dramatic play
let, marking her debut on the speak
ing stage. Heretofore Valeska has al
ways decorated the musical comedy
stage or been a film.
A Cincinnati paper says that while
David Warfield was In that city re
cently he turned down an offer of
$1,000,000 for one year's work with a
picture company, during which time he
was to produce his great successes,
"The Muslo Master" and "The Auction
eer." "I am not playing 'The Music Mas
ter' to make money," he declared. "The
public wants me in my plays the same
as it wanted Joe Jefferson in 'Rip Van
Winkle.' " A moment before Warfield
made the statement, standing in the
lobby of the Grand Opera-house, he saw
an old woman painfully climbing the
stairs to the gallery to see him. War
field assisted her. "That's one of the
main reasons why I continue to play
'The Music Master,' " he announced.
"I almost weep when I think of that
old lady climbing the steps to see my
play."
In a theatrical exchange Henrietta
Harrison, whoever she may be, but
who signs herself "yours for clean
shows and good English," says she'd
like to offer a reward for the discovery-
of a singer, male or female, and
of any age or color, who pronounces
Tennessee as it is spelled. So far as
all the warblers I've heard are con
cerned, Henrietta observes, "there ain't
no such state." Many seem sure there
Is a "Ten-neh-see," a great many have
heard of "Ten-nay-see," but the great,
very great, majority stand forth and
deliver their sentiment regardinj dear
old "Ten-nuh-see."
e
Wonder why Henrietta overlooked
Indiana, invariably warbled as Indy
onna or Inda-awna. Or Oklahoma, and
Colorado snd Missouri given as many
pronunciations as they have vowels.
Seems to me If I had to slng'a state
ballad in my act I'd pick North Da
kota. m m m
Reply to J. M. (1) Ethel Barrymore
Is not English. She is of American stock
and was born in Philadelphia In 1SS0.
(J) Valerie Bergere was born in
Metz, Alsace Lorraine, In 1872. By the
way. Miss Begere has just married her
leading man. I've forgotten his name,
but it's of no Importance, for he'll be
known as Valerie Bergere's husband.
anyway.
(3) Hazel Dawn is an Ogden, Utah,
girl. She was born in 1891.
(4) Vernon Castle halls from Nor
wich, England, and his birth year was
1S87. Elsie Ferguson . is of Scotch
descent and was born in New York in
1S85. Alma Gluck is a Roumanian and
was born in 1S84. Eva Tanguay hails
from Marbleton, Canada, and made her
arrival In 1878.
P. S. What on earth do you want
their birth year for? Curiosity? Or are
you embroidering m a quilt?
War Tax Sreauldes.
PORTLAND, Oct. 10. (To the Ed
itor.) Please inform me where I can
get a list of everything to which a war
tax has been applied, stating the
amount of tax on each article
REGULAR SUBSCRIBER.
The Collector of Internal Revenue.
Customa-House. will have copies of the
law for distribution in a few days.
PASSI.VG OF AX UISTOIUC CUVBCU
Cornerstone of Structure N'ovr ' Betsg
Razes. Contains Relies.
PORTLAND, Oct. 9. (To the Edi
tor.) Taylor-Street Methodist Church,
which is giving place to a new struc
ture, was dedicated September 4. 1S70.
The cornerstone was laid August 1,
1867.
This church building was a most Im
posing one 40 years ago. Its spire
pierced the sky to a dizzy height. Its
finish, inside and out, though plain
now. seemed then very beautiful and
elaborate. The ring of the steeple bell
sounded the call for many miles
around.
When the cornerstone shall be opened
a collection of interesting relics will
he found as follows (The Oregonian,
August 2, 1867);
Paper containing the names of the trustees,
the building committee, the architect of the
building, the principal subscribers to the
building fund, the presiding elder. the
preacher and the official list af the charge.
Discipline of the M. K. Church for lSi',4.
Methodist almanac for 18ft7. minutes of the
Oregon conference. IRC.ft. catalogue of Port
land Academy and Female seminary, 1M17.
Dally Oregonian. August 1, ISti".
Pacific Christian Advocate. July 27. 1SC7.
Dally Herald. July 31, 17.
California Christian Advocate. July "o.
1SK7.
The Christian Advocate X. T.), June 6.
IS'17.
Western Christian Advocate (Cincinnati).
June 5. 1SS.7.
Zion's Herald (Wesleyan Jsurnal), Janu
ary 2. Itl7.
A sealed envelope from Mertorem Craw
ford. United States Collector, containing frac
tional currency, 5 cents, 10 cents. cents
and 50 cents.
A sealed envelope from Thomas Frssar.
United States Assessor, containing schedule
of articles taxable under the excise law of
1817.
Ordinances of the city of Tortland, Hfi5.
The Methodists seem to have made
the beginnings of their society at Port
land in 184S. Soon afterward they or
ganized a Stindav school under the
j Rev. J. S. Smith, In a cooper shop, west
side of r ront street, north of Morrison
(Mrs. M. . Gihbs. widow of Oregon s
Governor, in The Oregonian. October
13. 1S9S, p. 11). This building was made
of poles. In the Sunday exercises
preaching preceded the juvenile serv
ices (The Rev. Harvey K. Hines. in The
Oregonian, October 11, 1898. p. S). The
first record of Portland as a distinct
charge appears in the affairs of the
Oregon and California mission confer
ence in 1849. according to Mr. Hines.
"It was the smallest and weakest
charge at that time." It had seven
members, one Sunday school, three of
ficers and teachers and 31 pupils.
Salem then had 105 members. Yamhill
147, Oregon City 61. Tualatin Plains
(Forest Grove) 16. Mary's River (Cor
vallis) 81, Calapooia (north of Rose
burg) 3fi.
The Methodists erected their first
church building in 1850. at the site of
the present structure, and dedicated it
in October of that year. The dedication
preceded, by some two months, the is
sue of the first weekly number of The
Oregonian. December 4, 1S50, Thomas J.
Dryer, publisher.
These facts are cited in the belief
that they may be of interest to many
of our people. They are much ex
panded in frequent issues of The Ore
gonian in October, 1S9S.
LESLIE SCOTT.
OPEX SHOP ISSUES SHOULD PASS
Foiest Grove Clergyman Assert Ills
First Letter Wan Misjudged.
FOREST GROVE, Or., Oct. 10. To
the Editor.) Your editorial of yester-da$-
rather misjudges the import of my
letter to you which you published. I
did not and would not advise at this
time that the men strike for the open
shop. I certainly should ad.v?se them
now rot to continue the strike on that
g round.
Your editorial states that I wrot-? my
letter to say that the solution of
the rhlpbuilding strike Is in the em
ployers' hands." I tried to make it clear
that 1 thought it a mutual responsi
bility. Again you use these words:
"The issue of the closed shop, for which
principle the brother thinks every other
question should give way." But 1 did
not say all that. In fact. I said that
both sides should be ready to concede
much in this crisis. I would make the
question of our National duty para
mount. Both sides must come together
on a platform of patriotism.
But there is the "preferential" shop.
Might this not have furnished a solu
tion, by mutual concession? In fact,
such & solution was effected in the
Autumn of 1910 between the Manu
facturers' Association of New York
City and the Garment Workers' Union.
Let me quote from the agreement:
"Each member of the Manufacturers'
Association is to maintain a union
shop, a shop where union standards as
to working conditions, hours of lithor
and rates of wages prevail, and where,
when hiring help, union men are ) re
ferred. Employers shall have freedom
of selection as between union men and
shall not be confined to any list, not
bound to follow any prescribed agree
ment whatever. The manufacturers
declare their belief in the union and
that all who desire its benefits should
share its burdens."
ARTHUR B. PATTEN.
I
Civil Service Examinations.
HEPPNER. Or.. Oct. 9. (To the Edi
tor.) (1) Please inform me when the
civil service examinations are to be
given and where in Portland are they
held?
(2)- Also, please tell me when one
answers, by letter, an advertisement
for a position in The Oregonian, how
do you receive an answer? Is it in
The Oregonian or by letter, or not at
all? A SUBSCRIBER.
(1) Some sort of civil service, exam
ination is held every few days. Write
to civil service clerk. Postoffh-e build
ing. Portland, stating kind of work
In which you are interested.
(2) Answers to any advertisement
can cither be by blind number or by
glviag the address. If a blind number
and the advertiser lives out of town,
answers will be mailed and the ad
vertiser's name not made public. If
living in town, the advertiser calls for
answers at The Oregonian business
office.
A BABY'S BIT AXD YOURS.
My daddy left his little girl
And mama dear to go
And fight for one America,
Because he loved us so.
He went to save our native land
From ruin and despair:
To keep our flag upon the mount
Of honor, bright and fair.
My daddy gave you all he had
He could not give you more;
He went to conquer ruthlessness
And keep It from your door.
Now won't you buy a liberty bond
And help him while he's gone.
To win the fight for what Is right,
And help the work along?
And show that you are grateful for
The sacriili-e he gave:
'Twill give him courage, strength and
might
To help our country save.
ELIZA R. BARCHUS.
I'ne for Old False Teeth.
PORTLAND. Oct. 10. (To the Edi
tor.) There have been agents going
from house to house buying old false
teeth. What is there in these teeth
that they use? SUBSCRIBER.
The teeth in some cases contain an
imitation pearl substance which is used
for making beads and settings for
rings.
In Other Days.
Half a Century Ago.
From The Oregonian of October 11. 1SG7.
New Orleans. A tremendous gale oc
curred at Galveston recently. Tho
damage is estimated at ?1, 000,000.
John R. McBride has issued a state
ment in reply to the unkind criticism
in relation to the United States branch
mint established it The Dalles by act of
Congress in July, 1864, In which he says
that Western Oregon should not con
sider the measure as an Oregon
measure alone. Mr. McBride e:plains
his efforts which conserved for tho
state the appropriation for the mint
to be erected.
A. J. Dufur has been elected presi
dent of the State Agricultural Society.
J. W. Nesmith has been elected presi
dent of the Oregon Pioneers' Society.
A buggy made by W. E. Ccoper &
Co., of this city, is on exhibition at
the State Fair.
John T. Scott, the Assessor of Wash
ington, has compiled figures showing
the real value of the county at f640,
000. Twenty-five Vcars) Ago.
From The Oresonian of October 11. 1S02.
Washington. Solomon Hirsch. of
Pnrll'jnil ( I,- f . - -. ,
States Minister to Turkey, has tcnd. reL
itaisunLiwii. ins worK nas I'Ccil
hiffhll Mticfooln.i. . k- T 1,1 .
but Sir. Hirsch has business interests
i. oLiTrnti ii, and ne says no ieeis n
wonts to fcive up the diplomatic serv
ice. Baltimore. The house of bishons of
the triennial general conference of tho
Kpiscop.il Church is considering a iiru
marriage canon which will prohibit
marriages in the church whore tha
contracting parties are under IS. unless
the parents consent. No minister shall
solemnize a marriace of a divorced
person where the wile or husband is
living, except where one shall have,
been an innocent party. The canon
shall not apply to divorced rersons
seeking to remarry.
In "The Junior Partner." scon to ar
rear at the Marquam Crand, will hi
round in the cast May Irwin. Mis. M -Kee
Rankin, Henry Miller, Emilv
Bancker and Phyllis Rankin.
Inice, Ina May and Lester Coutreo.
of Cornelius. Or., won the prixe as tho
best triplets at the exposition vester
day. Mr. and Mrs. J. M. .Stark's sou
anil daughter won the prize as the best
twins. The prize trirl was Liirilo
Varum, of Kuf-enc, and the prixe hoy
the son of Mr. and. Mrs. George Siior.er.
The year-old daughter of Mrs. E. X.
Soule won the prize as tho best baby
of either sex.
JUST WAIT TILL HllllK-( (1111 (i
Soldiers Mother Tells Striker What la
in Store When War Ik Over.
PORTLAND, Oct. 10. (To the Edi
tor.) Four weeks ago I stood on a hill
leading to the great shipbuilding plant
in St. Johns and watched tiOd happy
looking men wend their way past n:e.
joshing-, jostling, hurrying. They w , ri
fine-looking men. human-looking
men. and 1 had no idea as 1 looked aC
them that such a thing as lying idli
when our country needed their work:
so urgently could have been aoeorde-l
to them.
Rut we see that sierht no more. The
loud noise of their hammers has been
silenced. By whom and why?
The President urged them to remain
at work. The strike leaders, encour
aged by the stand of the Portland
News, said: "Quit." Whom have they
obeyed the President of the United
States or the editor of the News? Oct
the. News of Monday, October 1, and.
see where in great letters it tella
these men to "stand pat."
When, our boys marched away, leav
ing every comfort and. everything that
makes life most dear, they expected :i
certain co-operation, by the ones left
at home. And this is the reply tu
hit them in the spot most vulnerable.
The situation reminds one of a hon.
afire and the firemen fighting over
who should carry the hose. The wholi
world is afire and the men railed upon
to do as urgent fa. business as tho.-ft
that go to the front are haggling over
a silly thing, the closed shop.
Men, let me ask you, how would you
like it if your house wern afire and
someone came along and cut the hos
just because something did not please,
him? What would you think if yoit
read in the dispatches from the front
that the nurses and the doctors re
fused to go ahead with their work .iu-'t
because something did not go as they
wanted it to. .lust as astonishing
this would seem to you are your ac
tions in holding up one of tho main
arteries to keep our boys alive.
These boys are coming back semi
day. Can you look them in the face
anil say: "1 did my best for you while
you were away?" This war will be
over some day and there are going t'
be years in which you can be pointed
out to them and to their children as
the ones who failed when the test wa.l
given, who failed to do their duty ii
this great crisis.
Stay off the streets when the great
throngs gather to welcome them home,
for von will not be wanted. On. gather
in one great division and label your
selves: "We are the ones who held tin
the one great industry of the war."
You should be proud of it. so why not
get out badges now and wear them.
And now. while we are about it. why
not have the pl.-tures of these strike
leaders put in the papers and thrown
on the screens at. the theaters? E
know some of us mothers would like
to get acquainted with the faces oC
those that are endangering the lives
of our hovs. We do not even know
their names. Start a. gallery of worthy
traitors. Who will be the first to m
uert his picture?
MOTHKH F TWO SOLDIERS. '
Sale of Firnt Liberty Bonds.
PORTLAND, Oct. 10. (To the Ed
itor) i notice in this morning'u Ore
gonian that you say there is a bank in
town that will take the old liberty
bonds at par. Will you kindly print
in your columns the name of the bank.
A SUBSCRIBER.
The Lumbermen."! Trust Company will
sell liberty bonds of the Hrst Issue,
bearing 3 is per cent, at the market,
without charge to customers who want
the money to reinvest In the second
loan. The company will await the
most favorable opportunity to sell the
bonds and will secure a premium If
possible. Other bond dealers will do
the same for customers or for the gen
eral public. In case the money Is de
sired for purposes other than reinvest
ment in liberty bonds, holders should
see their bankers and make such ar
rangements as are most favorable. A
rortland bank that was buying bonds
at par last week is not now doing so.
Butter and I ream W ith Corn.
PORTLAND. Or.. Oct. 9. (To the Edi
tor.) Have you ever seen an Ameri
can eating cornbread or corn on cob
without butter or cornmeal without
cream? Where are the poor of Europe
to get the butter and the cream?
O. U. SEE.
Corn is eaten extensively without
butter or cream by the Italians. But
if we will eat our corn at home, thus
saving wheat to be shipped to Europe,
that imaginary difficulty will be
wholly removed.