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TIIE MORNING OKEGdNIAN, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1917.
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SURPRISE. '
A monopoly of military brains is
not held by Germany, though at times
it would seem so. For certainly the
superior achievement of the German
army lies largely in the skill, boldness,
resourcefulness, unity, initiative and
intelligence of the higher command.
It is the very A-B-C of high
strategy that the enemy should al
ways, if possible, be taken by sur
prise. It has happened many . times
since 1914, mainly to the advantage
of Germany. The great Italian "drive
was only partly anticipated by the
allies. Its enormous force and power
gavB it the element of novelty and
suddenness.
Now the tables are reversed on Ger
many by General Haig. The onslaught
toward Cambrai, over a thirty-mile
Iront, was unexpected by the Ger
mans, and, therefore, not adequately
prepared for. Largely on that ac
count it was a success.
Clearly, the Germans,, relying on
their tremendous physical defenses,
have taken the risk of depleting their
lines on parts of the western1 front.
in order to supply troops for the
Italian enterprise. Probably the
greater masses have been taken from
Russia for the primary movemerUrj
but obviously, as the onrush into Italy'
developed into an apparent rout , of
the Italians, the plan was conceived
of sending a new wedge into the
Italian flank, through Trent from the
north. For this secondary project,
many men were quickly needed, and
they were brought from France.
The British have been pounding
"away in Flanders (Belgium) on the
theory that here is the hardest nut
to crack, and the sooner it is cracked,
and the more Germans killed, the
quicker the war will be over. For,
after all, the chief military object of
war is to destroy the enemy's armies.
A few inches of territory won or re
gained may not mean much; but Ger
man man power decimated, or several
times decimated, means final collapse
and sure defeat. .
The British transferred their acute
offensive from Flanders to a sector
sixty or seventy miles from the coast.
Here the Germans were holding, be
hind their great fortifications, with
comparatively few men.' They had
the notion that the Hindenburg'line
was impregnable, though they have
been several times undeceived, as re
cently by the French near Laon. The
ordinary tactics of an advance in
force were abandoned by the British,
and the Germans near ' Cambrai were
caught napping, and their defenses
"were penetrated to the last reserves.
Now a partial new formation of the
German line on the western front may
sbo.. expected. It is a reverse, but not
a. disaster, nor likely to be unless the
British go clear through, and threaten
the whole German position and cause
a "quick and complete re-formation.
It is a consummation devoutly to 7 be
wished, but it is not likely to happen
now, because it will be necessary be
fore further progress can be made to
Wing up the artillery.
But the flrst result of the success
ful British surprise attack will be
probably to cause a hasty return of
German divisions sent to Italy, and
thus to relieve the pressure there. A
second result will be to shake the
German confidence in the integrity of
their western defenses and the in
fallibility of their strategy. A third
result will be greatly to hearten the
allies, and the millions behind them,
who have long hoped for a decided
turn in the tide of fortune.
AN UNWILLING TRIBUTE.
Award to North Pacific Coast lum
bermen of contracts for material"' to
complete ships under construction at
Eastern and Southern yards is a be
lated and unwilling admission that
this section is the only source of this
material in large sizes, such as are re
quired for vessels of the tonnage now
adopted. Not until many contracts
had been let to builders in the East
and South for ships to be composed
of the lumber grown in those sec
tions, nor until the contractors had
failed to deliver the goods, thereby
delaying for at least six months the
most necessary work of the war, did
tjie Shipping Board acknowledge the
facts and act in accordance with them.
This action is a practical acimission
that the material can be obtained no
where else, but the Pacific Coast lum
bermen did not take advantage of that
lact to get the highest price for their
product. They sell lumber at the
equivalent of $33 per thousand feet
less than the Southern men receive,
although the latter pay their work
men lower wages for longer hours.
This is a proof of patriotic self-denial
Jn the ace of discrimination which
went to the length of drawing specifi
cations to suit the smaller size of
Southern yellow pine. It is the higher
testimony to the merits of .Douglas fir
because it was given grudgingly.
The question naturally arises: Since
the Pacific Coast produces the timber,
why should it not build the ships?
Why should the timber be carried to
yards thousands of miles distant to
be framed into ships, occupying other
chips or freight cars when both are
Jn urgent demand, though it could be
made into ships at the point of pro
duction and though' these ships could
then be used to carry traffic Eastward ?
Use of Pacific Coast lumber to build
ships on the Gulf and Atlantic coasts
is the very reverse of that efficiency
and economy of which we hear so
much. This absurd situation cannot
Jast, if th shipbuilder and workmen
who are interested in permanently es
tablishing their industry on this Coast
work together to make production of
tonnage cheaper than on other coasts.
They have an advantage in cost and
quality of material which should be
decisive in their favor, if they do not
throw it away by unduly enhancing
other costs.
GRABBING THE TILLER. ,
. The Oregonian takes this public
method of expressing its poignant re
gret that it is in great danger of losing
a long-time subscriber, who dates a
letter of protest against some of its
recent expressions from the flourish
ing town of Pilot Rock, in fat and
contented Umatilla. He says:
I am a Republican, and I paid the price
of a Republican paper. But you are leading
out pretty atrong for Roosevelt, who is a
Bull Moose. It will take a pretty, good pony
to trot Roosevelt and Bull Moose down my
neck, for they defeated the greatest man
that ever sat In the White House (Mr. Taft).
- . . No; give us a Republican platform
or I quit.
The old guard still lives, and it
neither surrenders nor forgets. Well,
The Oregonian has other thoughts
than either the rancors of 1912 or the
issues of 1916. It will not test a
man's fitness to serve his country by
what he did or said in times long
past; .for the, war between Taft and
Roosevelt now seems , a puny affair.
But, whether it was or not, whatever
is, is. There is a President who has
three more years to serve, and the
fate of America rests with him.
A hundred million people are in an
open boat, with Wilson as pilot, rap
idly approaching the Niagara of ruin
and chaes. Yet some people would
leave the laboring oar, where they
belong, and grab the tiller, meanwhile
raising their voices above the roar of
the rapids in futile whinings about
the crime of 1912.
REAL WHEATLESS DATS.
The wheatless day recommended by
the heads of the food conservation
movement is as yet only dimly ap
preciated and only partly observed.
It will have been noticed by the ob
serving that some persons still persist
in regarding anything but the white
bread to which they have been accus
tomed as "wheatless." Even whole
wheat flour, by some peculiar vagary
of reasoning, seems to have found its
way into the "wheatless classifica
tion." But the purpose of the wheatless
day is to save wheat, primarily in
order that the surplus may be used
for supplying our soldiers in the field
and the armies and peoples of our
allies abroad. It was not intended to
be merely a white-breadless day.
, The chief breadstuffs available as
substitutes for wheat are corn and
rye, and in lesser degree barley and
oats. Until this is realized and acted
upon, we shall hot be doing our full
duty; It would seem trite and unnec
essary to reiterate that whole wheat
flour does not meet -the "wheatless"
requirement, for example, but restate
ment would seem to be required as a
matter of general information.
GERMANY'S STOLEN IRON FIELDS.
German tenacity in holding out for
Alsace-Lorraine is explained by that
programme of economic conquest
which is a main feature in the general
programme of military and political
conquest. Success of militarism re
quires great quantities of iron and
coal, and Lorraine contains deposits
of iron "ore second only to those of
Lake Superior in extent, as well as
considerable bodies of coal land
"When Moltke in 1870 insisted upon
and Bismarck against his better judg
ment assented to, the annexation of
Alsace-Lorraine," says Sydney Brooks
in the North American Review, "the
main thought in their minds was that
of securing a strategic frontier." Un
knowingly, they secured this iron de
posit which has been the basis of
German industrial prosperity and
without which Germany could not
have waged war for six months.
Because, the ore is phosphoric and
because the Thomas process of smelt
ing such ore had not then been dis
covered, it was regarded as worthless,
and the peace treaty of 1871 left more
than half of the field in French terri
tory. The annexed, part of Lorraine
yielded only about 500,000 tons of
iron ore in 1871, but in 1913 the yield
was over 21,000,000 tons, and during
the war "from three-fourths to four
fifths of Germany's output has come
from that province and the occupied
district of French Lorraine. The an
nexed territory has five-sevenths of
the iron ore in all Germany. More
ominous for France is the fact that
the Briey basin, now occupied by Ger
many and which that country is de
termined to hold, yielded in 1913 nine
tenths of the entire French output of
iron ore. In .that year the pig iron
output of Alsace-Lorraine equaled the
whole French output, and the steel
product was only one-third less than
that of all France. If Germany were to
annex the French half of the deposit,
she would be able to produce 46,000,
000 tons of ore a year to France's,jbare
4,000,000 tons, but if Lorraine were
restored to France, that country could
mine 43,000,000 tons to Germany's
8,000,00 tons.
It has .ever been the policy of Prus
sla to rob her neighbors of their most
valuable territory, and then to develop
its resources and use them as the
means of further aggression. . When
Frederick the Great began his career
of conquest, he took from Austria the
upper province of Silesia, which con
tains great coal fields and extensive
bodies of iron, lead and zinc ore, as
Jan J. Kowalczyk states in his pam
phfet on "Prussian Poland." That
province in 1911 produced 36,622,969
metric tons of coal, and the output of
its steel industry was $30, 000, 000, while
it -yielded 61,971 tons of zinc and
45,000 tons of lead, but the iron mines
are "slowly nearing exhaustion," says
the writer heretofore quoted, and in
1910 more than 70 per cent of the
ore treated was imported or brough
from Western Germany. Hence ac
quisition of the Briey field is doubly
important.
.If this Polish writer's figures are
correct, Poles form the majority o
the populaion of Upper Silesia, al
though the Germanizing process has
been in progress for more than six
centuries, and the principle of na
tional right to which the allies are
pledged would award the province to
a restored Poland. By depriving Ger
many of Silesia on the east and Al
sace-Lorraine on the west, they would
not only rescue conquered peoples, but
they would also render Germany pow
erless for further aggression by tak-
ing away the iron deposits, which are
her most essential material of war.
The potash industry of Nebraska is
one of the industrial romances of th
times, as a result of the stimulus o
high prices which followed cutting off
of the German supplies. One enter
prise is now paying monthly dividends
equal to the entire original invest
! nieut, and another ia yielding &70. to.
each of two men who started with a
capital of $2500. The product is being
extracted from the water of lakes, and
work is being pushed with all possible
dispatch, in full realization of the fact
that present values are abnormal and
will be diminished when peace is de-
clared. But the most interesting fact
of all is that the entire industry is
the result of the investigations of two
students of chemistry at the Univer-
sity of Nebraska. Having analyzed,
as a -part of their school work, sev-
eral specimens of soil sent in by farm- I
ers, they detected the presence of I Germanized. Almost all Turkish rail
potash, and when the war broke out I roads are absolutely controlled by Ger-
realized its value. As a result of their I
subsequent success in devising meth-1
ods of recovery of the salts they are
now receiving half a million dollars a I
year in dividends.
' LAST OF THE AMERICAN POILUS.
' Devotion ' to one's country and its
ideals.has many forms. Take the re
markable case of John Philip Sousa,
bandmaster and composer. Who re
members Sousa without his famous
whiskers? Can - he be Sousa the
same Sousa of the marches and the
baton withoutthat impeccable beard?
Yet the tale is told that Professor
Sousa, who has joined the Army and
tr..V,J " " ' " . . ' '
patriot 'while" they" fightand to fight
. . . . , . . '
too, when occasion arises has shatrt
clean. " War is all Sherman suid it
was. The modern American soldier
is as smooth as to his lips and cheeks
Times change. Let any one take
rr.r w-XT Q "'"I' r X;
the subject of facial adornment in
the '60s. Evidently a barber had no
place in the war zone, and razors were
a luxury. There was no time, appar
ently, to lather one's face and give it
the once over.
Now we have the era of the safety
razor. It will speedily make its debut
in France, where it will do the world
of beauty a rare turn if it makes a
conquest of the "Poilu" (bearded one)
It has invaded the American Army
and achieved a complete triumph.
Sousa was almost the last survivor of
the old order.
LABOR'S STAKE IN THE WAR.
The" attention of those American I
worklngmen who are deceived by the
ry of pro-Germans that this is a
rich man's war into interrupting war
work by striking when all just claims
could be adjusted by mediation or ar-
bitration is invited to the following
extract from a speech made by Harry I
Gosling, president of the British Trade
Union Congress in 1916: I
W hope for the complete defeat of I
ivaisensm lor trie sake or me uerman peo-
pie as well as for the sake of the world at
aree. The victory of Kalserism would mean
for Labor the death of liberty. Regimented,
drilled and exploited, trade unionism un-
u r r uio control 01 a inunipiiani merman i
mint.rv Trtv wo,.ii hav v,rv ntti n fm' f i
Labor would be organized not for free-
dom and for the betterment of its lot bat
for its more thorough exploitation. Kaiser-
ism and lemocracV .do not mix. The labor
movement as venow it la wholly demo-
cratlc. I am convinced that one of the
f AeJB inf'ue;c.ne 'hert KlZ .h'!!
world into war was the -fear of the rising I
democVatlc movement among their own peo- I
r, ln. t ii " ,1 , ,?
They saw great .Erenvth ot unrest which 1
might well, if allowed to go on. threaten I
the imperial throne itself. They diverted
the energies of the people from examining 1
their own conditions of life to war.
tm- i,w
Aiio A,4.jk iia-j uccit a mtuxjm. lt.ivuv &
for twentv-five years, was chairman
of the strike committee in the great
London dock strike of 1911, and is
now president of the Transport Work- I
ers' Federation.' He sees that the war I
is a conflict between the free labor
of democracy and the German capi-
talism which has joined forces with
militarism to reduce the labor of the I
world to practical- servitude, and he
save: I
t. rv,- f vr,.r.A v- ,v.
If all our sacrifice is not to be in vain, there
can only be one end, and that Is the com-
pieie overtnrow ot uennan tyranny. ror
that we are willing to go oa fighting: Just
as long: as necessary. I
This Is th snirit in which American
labor should act, for it would lose
far mnr hv defeat than would anv
other class "
PAN-GERMANY ALREADY A FACT,
The season is near when Germany
may be expected to maite a new Did
for peace backed by a more intense
propaganda. As soon as military
operations slow down for the Winter,
Germany renews these movements. At
this time the Kaiser's statesmen have
been reinforced by the Russian Bol
sheviki, a faction of the French So
ciaiists ana tne American socialist
party led by Morris Hillquit. but from
which the genuine Americans have
seceuea.
adopted
. A new slogan has been
: 'No annexations and no in-
es." In order that we may
demnities.'
judge rightly of this slogan, we must
consider wnax wouio. oe eneci as
applied to the existing military and
economic situation.
uiiiiLuiy map biiows ran-uer-
many to do an accompiisned tact, as
printed by the Atlantic Monthly in
connection with. a series of articles by
Aiiuio v.uwautuit! im ills raiuuy uu
a .i - i .1 , rv . T'.. , i a
a German Peace," it shows thatthe
.rau-vrci ximua xiavo an raujr aiucu
their immediate aim and the allies
still hold or have- won back only a
narrow strip of France and Belgium
a corner of Albania, the kingdom, of
Greece, a third ofRoumania, a strip
of Russia, Northeastern Armenia,
.
Mesopotamia, a
corner or Palestine
and Egypt, out of the area which Ger
many sought to annex or control. It
is an indisputable fact that "seventy-
three million Germans,, aided by twen
ty-one million vassals Magyars, Slavs
and Turks have reduced to slavery
eighty-two millions of Latins, Slavs and
Semites, belonging to thirteen differ
ent nationalities," and that "Pan-Ger
many consits of one vast territory
containing about 176 million inhabi
tants and" natural resources of the
greatest variety.'
If. in accordance with the principle
of "no annexations and no indemni -
tiae ' ' riarmanv wpro trt withdraw fpnm
all the territory of her enemies now
occupied, and if accounts were to be
called square with no reparation for
injuries done, Pan-Germany would
clii lio a f ! r-f Rv InjiTis. not of erild
hut. of German credit represented bv
siina of naner. Germany has reduced
to vassalage her three nominal allies
and is eirnloitinsr them for her mill-
tarv iiilvantflee. A monooolv of the
n.nnri-ps nf Austrla.Hunearv. the Bal-
kans and Asia Minor has been secured
"a territory large enough to, include
militarv and economic resources en-
tirelv sufficient to nrovide for the
needs of the population in time of
war, and to assure its rulers in times
of oeace the domination of the world."
This control is complete by the suprem
acy of the German General Staff over
the armies and by treaties signed last
January establishing "the strongest
kind of German protectorate over the
Ottoman empire." Trade treaties have
been arranged which "make a single
efipnomis unit fit .Germany, afld Au -
tria - Hungary," and which ''make "a
close economic union" between those
powers and Bulgaria and Turkey,
Racial control has been assured by
massacre of the Serbs and Armenians,
who were obstacles to the programme,
Agricultural control' has been won by
sending hundreds of experts and thou-
sands of implements, not only to the
conquered territory, but to Asia Minor,
German, Austrian and Hungarian
banks providing the capital. Thou-
sands of young Turks are being edu-
cated in Germany and are becoming
many, and a gigantic system of canals
has been projected to connect the
Danube, the Rhine, the Elbe, the Vis
tula and other rivers, by which water
transportation could be carried on
throughout Central Europe, avoiding
the long voyage through the Atlantic
Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea,
All of these things would remain
facts, if peace were made without an
nexation, except that the remnant of
the conquered peoples, reducqd to
physical wrecks, would be returned to
their . devastated countries, and "no
annexations" means that Germany
would retain all of the plunder in
money, machinery and material, and
those peoples would receive no com
pensation wih which to make a fresh
A feat belt Jf country, under
the absolute power of Germany, would
. t- i .
t - t 1 - f -V .i n -il- o TTnrina 1 n Acta f paim
theu North Sea to the Mediterranean
and the Persian Gulf, selfscontalned
and . self-sufficient as regards nearly
l11 e essentials of war and peace
Rustfia and the other nations east of
that belt would be completely cut off
from the advanced democratic nations
to the west, and, owing to their back
ward economic, military and political
development, would inevitably' fall un
der the power of Pan-Germany.
Peace under these conditions would
be a German victory. It would be
i"". V"3 J, 7 m
trained empire which would surpass
the wildest dreams of Alexander,
Caesar or Napoleon. With the Kaiser
as its ruler, America, to use his own
words, "would better look out," for he
would "stand no nonsense" from
America. For the preservation of
their lives, all the democracies of
America and Western Europe would
need to be constantly armed to the
teeth, every man a trained soldier,
and all our laws, industries, resources.
education, sciences snapea 10 comDat
the subjugation which would con
stantly threaten them. Yet it is such
- a peace that the muddled fools who
miscall themselves pacifists would
have us make.
Agriculture has made such strides
in Western Alaska that fifty-eight tons
of turnips grown at Matanuska have
, .. . . ... . . .
ucc" "l'l,cu .Jmc, ni.ot.-
tation arrangements in that territory
are so defective that Dart of the Ship
r , . . . .
ment was resold at the latter city and
shipped to Cordova, Valdez and other
Alaska ports. Those turnips traveled
,qnc miiPS between Anchoraee and
--'oi miles Detween Ancnorage ana
Valdez, though the distance between
fh two norts bv water is onl v 382
miles, but they were sold so cheap by
the grower that they paid the freight.
When Portland finally establishes an
Alaska steamer line, vegetables from
that territory may be sold in competi
tion with the products of Multnomah
county. This in spite of the fact that
, , , , .. , .
have only heard of Matanuska in
connection wnn coai
Concrete evidence of progress with
construction of the Alaska Govern-
ment railroad is the publication in the
Alaska Railroad Record of time cards
for trains which run on alternate days
from Potter to Anchorage, 13.8 miles:
from Anchorage to Houston, 60.5
miles; on the Matanuska branch to
Chlckaloon, 37.7 miles, and on the
Eska brancn to .timery, z. i miles
'mis is a totat oi ii. t mues or roaa
in actual operation. It is time to pre-
I pare for import Of Alaska coal to
Portland
I
I A Clackamas man suing for divorce
alleges that his wife declared she
ilKea a poodle aog Detter. oome aogs
lean show more affection than many
men, but the man who cannot nna a
way to get rid of an objectionable ani
mal needs his decree.
Tt o be exnected that threaten
Jnf, letters would go to the Texan who
offered his son on the western front
$500 apiece for Hun scalps, but what
cares a Texan for threats? A man of
the Lone Star state is afraid of no
body but his wife.
Anybody who suggests abandonment
of christmas festivities in the home
Bhould be eiven the maul. The years
ln which the llttle chaps live tinder
the deiuslon are altogether too few to
b in curtailinff them.
The hokey-pokey fellows in session
here ,istened yesterday to an address
.Tv, vQi r Knnwin v
mo-inlnc- ir- rroam. That
knowiedse however, should even more
concern the consumer.
Vallv o-rw.-a will pot 9fl rontg
ld the city consumer wiu pay 40
cents for Thanksgiving turkey. Father
would better study the methods o
the cafeteria carver before he essays
to cut up the bird.
Eastern people content with catfish
I and rarn will find dlicht in doc:
. , t
baiuiua itiiu snuuiu get lu i.ua.Tt yew
pie, however, want the royal Chinook
and get it, too.
Any political Job that pays from
$3000 upward has a fascination that
fails to work out. How many office
holders retire with money in the
bank?
Contemplation of some of the ani
mals at the Livestock Show leads
many a fellow to think of reincarna
tion and ' its possibilities for a lazy
1 man-
Portland is to build 2500 more
freight cars, and before long this city
wiU bo on tho maP 68 a center of all
ui "'""a"'ca
I "
The Lane County budget includes
"war emergency" fund, and that'
what most men need in their pockets
me58 . uajs.
Captain Hardy has had an oppor-
tunity to tell the Mikado allabout
ms honorable ancestors of sixty years
I aB
The motorman who charges delays
in schedules to women kissing one
another gopd-by is merely envious,
A mercenary American is worse
than an unnaturalized . German, and
should be kept in a special bullpen.
I This is Eastern Oregon day at the
I Land Show, and the best on hand is
J elder,
Stars and Starmaker.
By Leone Cass) Baet,
MR. AND.JHRS. WILLIAM CRANE
celebrated their 47th wedding, an
niversary on November 13, at the Clar
ldfre Hotel in New York.
Lilian McCarthy has obtained a di
vorce from Granville Barker on the
grounds of desertion and miscorMuct.
I've met Granville. He was here tear
ing the life out of the American drama
and American institutions of amuse
ment last season. H found fault with
everything we find humor in from
Charlie Chaplin to pie for breakfast.
Personally, I think Just being married
to him waa sufficient grounds for Miss
McCarthy's divorce. I'm for her.
'.
Frank Fay, erstwhile husband of
Frances White, is a conservationist de
luxe, and believes In making use of all
the little odds and ends of life. T'other
ay, rather than pay little Frances $140,
ue on past alimony, he obeyed the call
f the Sheriff and spent some 40 hours
in Ludlow-street Jail and seven of these
0 were In a room where even the sun
light couldn't penetrate because In a
thoughtless moment he had slipped a
aughty right on the keeper's facial
projection.
When he was sufficiently satiated
with his own company, Mr. Fay paid
his dues and no sooner had he stepped
from the friendly shelter of the Jail
than little Frances, through her attor-
ey, caused another notice for contempt
to be served upon him that he still ran
back four weeks, or $100, on the court's
order.
?
All of this gave Mr. Fay his idea
for. some pleasant publicity. On the
theory that all is grist that comes to
his mill he donned a convict's .suit
when he went on for his act at the
Winter Garden show last Sunday night
and travestied Frances White's popular
ong, "Mississippi." Instead he sung
A-l-i-m-o-n-y, Why Do They Pick
on Me?" All of the rest of the material
in the act savored of Ludlow, and now
Mr. Fay has had a sweet and subtle
revenge, with headlines In all the
theatrical news telling about it.
Speaking of "Old Kentucky." which
is the Thanksgiving attraction at the
Eleventh-street playhouse. It is inter
esting to record that Julia Arthur (now
Mrs. B. P. Chaney) was the original
Barbara Ilolton, Louis James the origi
nal Colonel Doollttle, Frank Losea and
his wife, Marion Elmore, also were In
the company and Miss Elmore was the
first Madge to swing across the chasm
and save her lover's life. George Ede-
son, father of Robert Edeson, was the
original hero.
Alfred Horton, leading man with the
Alcazar Players, had a delightful se
ries of reminiscent visits with Emily
Ann Wellman. who headlined at the
Orpheum this week. Both Miss Well-
man and Mr. Horton were members of
Louis Mann's company for three sea
sons and the three have maintained a
close personal friendship wholly out
side professional activities. Mr. Horton
gave a dinner party for Miss Wellman
at the University Club Monday night
and on Tuesday night, following the
performance. Miss Wellman was hostes
at a beautifully-appointed supper at
the Multnomah Hotel in the Arcadian
Gardens, her guest list including mem
bers of her own company and of the
Alcazar Players.
Lora Rogers, too, has been renewing
acquaintances this week. Winifred
Burke, who played the adventuress
other woman" In Emily Ann Wellman's
playlet, was for one sjrason in stock
back East with Miss Rogers.
Henrietta Crosman's company,
"Erstwhile Susan," closed last week ln
Los Angeles and MIsa Crosman has
gone East to join her husband, who is
in the Army.
Aphie James, widow of Louis James,
with whom she appeared in many plays,
became a bride again November 14,
when Bhe was married to Henry C.
Tuxbury, cashier of the Waldorf-As
torla, in New Tork.
.
Miss Dear Miss Baer: Tou have answered
inquiries from correspondents in your col
umn, and I wonder if you would be so kind
as to answer a few for me.
Please tell me when Mr. Oliver Morosco
will return to Los Angeles. If you do not
know right now, could you find out and
answer some Thursday, the earliest time
convenient for you? It Is very Important
to me. Also, could you tell me what theat
rlcal managers have offices ln California,
either San Francisco or Los Angeles? Have
K. & E. a branch ln California T -
A VISITOR IN PORTLAND.
(1) I do not know just when Oliver
Morosco will return to Los Angeles.
His home is still there, but he is mak
ing his theatrical headquarters in New
York, where his activities are centered.
You will get the exact information
you desire by addressing your inquiry
to his offices in New York or to the
Morosco Theater, Los Angeles, where
he has a representative.
(2) Other theatrical agencies in Cal
ifornia are Gottleib & Marx, of San
Francisco, who are representatives of
Klaw & Erlanger In the south, and
George Davis, who may be reached at
the Alcazar Theater in San Francisco,
There aue any number of concerns of
lesser magnitude and field of en
deavor, and if you care to write me
more definitely f your interests and
the nature of the information you are
seeking at the address, I may be able
to advise you fully.
(3) Klaw & Erlanger's New Tork
address Is the New Amsterdam Theater.
You will find them punctual in replies
as is also Mr. Morosco.
Richard Mansfield. Jr.. who Is attend
ing college in Pittsburg, appeared at
the Pitt Theater on Saturday night,
when he took the part of Captain At
kins in "The Man That Stayed at
Home," Gordon Ruffin, who had the
role, being taken suddenly ill.
Fritz Krpisler, the violinist, was re
fused a concert license to appear at
Carnegie Hall, Pittsburg. A number of
protests had been received from nu
merous patriotic organizations and
from ' many Individuals protesting
against .the Kreisler concerts. They
took the ground that since Kreisler
was an officer in the Austrian army,
it would be unpatriotic to permit him
to appear at a public entertainment.
a
Chauncey . Olcott is appearing ln a
new play needless to say of Irish fla
vor ln Atlantic City. He has doffed
the romantic hero roles with velvet and
ruffles and Is a 1917 hero. The play
Is "Once Upon a Time," and Chauncey
has some jew. Irish sonsa. , . -
BIOLOGICAL BALANCE IS SHAKEN
Writer Says Cat Protects Insects and
Thus Incarases Cost or Living;.
PORTLAND, Nov. 21. (To the Edi
tor.) Will you give me space to an
swer the lettet of A. Cowperthwait, of
the Orejron Humane Society, headed
"Cats Fight to Live"? On the 13th
inst. I wrote the society asking about
a cat ordinance matter referred to the
Orepon Humane Society for recommen
dation by the City Commissioners some
six or eight months ago. if anything
had been done or was going to be done
or if the matter was going to die for
lack of serious consideration, and ask
ing If a matter that would save the
people of this city and country thou
sands, if not millions, of dollars an
nually should not receive serious
thought and prompt action.
As a matter of courtesy I expected
an answer direct instead of through
the columns of The Oregonian: hence
this letter. The statement in his letter
that "I am anxious to see all our cats
killed oft" Is untrue and shows that
he has not taken the trouble to read
over the matter referred to him. which
was a request that an ordinance be
passed for the regulation (not extermi
nation) of the house cat, namely, to
pass an ordinance to license and bell
cats, kill the stray, homeless ones and
require that cats be kept in at night.
His statement that "selfish people who
begrudge animals food are not worth
being called humans" is uncalled for
and not borne out by the facts in this
instance. He wouldn't think of feeding
a sku'nk, owl or rattlesnake, yet these
poor creatures," per his letter, "are
all manifestations of the cne God who
created us all and they have some
right on this earth. Do they get It?
If he will "wise up on the cat s de
structiveness, compiled by reliable au
thorlties. he will be better able to see
the poor bird's right to live instead of
the cat. The Chicago Humane Society
months ago sent out a Nation-wide
plea to bell the cat. Cats will not
keep rats off a ship, as is proved by
plate XII in a book on the house cat
ent the society for their information
As to his statement "cats have a com
mercial importance in certain lines of
trade; marine insurance does not cover
damage done to the cargo by rats un
ess it can be proved that there was a
cat aboard," I will state that two .of
Portland's best-known marine lnsur
ance companies say they never heard
of such a thing and don't know any
thing about It. As to his statement
Cats have won out in China, I will
say that doesn't concern us. They may
be short of meat over there.
As to his statement that "the cat
will under favorable conditions de
velop a strength of affection not de
void of demonstration that is equal to
the dog's," I will say that no one but
a cat crank will believe this, and good
authorities won't bear out his state
ment.
In conclusion I will say that the
cat, an introduced-animal, is not need
ed here outside of buildings. It has
disturbed the biological balance and
has become a destructive force among
native birds and mammals, indirectly
costing the people of one state in our
Union $7,000,000 to $9,000,000 annually.
The cat protects the insects by killing
off the birds, thus increasing the cost
of living to every citizen.
L. S. WRIGHT.
ROOSTER HAS RIGHT TO CROW
Law Docs Not Itcsmlate Hint; Action for
"Maintaining; Nuisance Only Remedy.
PORTLAND, Nov. 20. (To the Ed
itor.) Will you please Inform me
whether there Is an existing law reg
ulating roosters in this city.
I have a prize Plymouth Rock bird.
the pride of his large family, which, in
keeping with his native instincts,
sounds his clear voice at 4 A. M. My
neighbor objects on the ground that he
gets home from work about 12:30 A. M.
and cannot sleep to the tune of Mr.
Rooster.
The bird generally quits crowing
about 7 A. M. and minds his own busi
ness the rest of the day. This neigh
bor Is the only one who finds fault
with the bird; in fact, the other neigh
bors are proud of him.
Dr. Parish was on the scene of ac
tion the other day and pronounced the
stronghold of the chicken family in
every way sanitary; ln fact, good. What
I want to know is: Do I have to kill
my prize cock to satisfy a cranky
neighbor?
Joe Singer says "No," so long as the
chicken doesn't crow.
A pacifist neighbor has suggested
that said rooster be interned on Rooster
Rock, where he can enjoy to his cock
heart's full desire the action of Gray's
memorable words:
The cock's shrill clarion on the echo
ing morn."
RICHARD FLANIGAN'.
There is no law against roosters'
crowing. If the coop Is sanitary and
the chickens are kept from running at
large, nothing can be done outside of
action for maintaining a nuisance.
THEFT OF AITO IS SO JOKE
Victim Thinks Llgrht Sentences and Pa
roles Encourage This Offense.
PORTLAND, Nov. 21. (To the Ed
itor.) I thank you for the notice of
the theft of my automobile from Taylor
street. The police found the car.
I will pay 150 reward for the arrest
and conviction of the thieves who stole
the car provided they are properly
punished.
I feel that Oregon courts and Judges
are largely to blame for auto stealing
in Oregon, for the reason that they are
too lenient with the criminals and seem
to regard the crime as a joke. The
owner of the car cannot.see it in this
way, often paying a large bill for" re
pairs to put the machine back in good
condition. It never can be made as
good as it was before the theft and
had usage.
If some poor man steals a chicken
to feed his hungry babies and is con
victed of the theft, chances are he will
get a jail sentence. If he steals a cow
or horse and is convicted of the crime,
the chances are he gets a term in the
Oregon "pen." The auto thief, when
convicted, usually gets some small sen
tence and Immediate parole.
This is the second time my machine
has been stolen from the streets of
Portland. Like many others. I'm
tired of it and want to see the thieves
cinched good and hard. It is no Joke
for those who lose their machines.
DR. L. M. DAVIS.
WHY HOSTILITY TO CIGARETTES f
Non-Smoker Thinks All Tobacco Would
Be Alike to Htm If He Smoked.
PORTLAND, Nov. 21. (To the Ed
itor.) Why so much more hostility to
the cigarette than the cigar? Are they
not both made of tobacco? I do not
smoke at all. but If I did I think I
would as soon smoke the cigarette as
the cigar.
And how foolish It Is for anyone to
attribute his stature to use of or ab
stinence from tobacco, as did a certain
man a few days ago attribute his 6
feet 7 Inches to his abstinence from
tobacco. I never used tobacco in any
form whatever and I am only S feet 6
inches talL
I know a number of men over 80
years old who have never used tobacco
and I know as many that age who
have used It from childhood. K.
Froceeds From Benefit.
PORTLAND. Nov. 21. (To the Ed
itor.) If a benefit is given for a cer
tain purpose, after the proceeds have
been received can they then be divided
among other benefits?
SUBSCRIBER.
Tt !s a matter for the judgment and
conscience fit t&a iadividu&lg iu charge,
In Other Days.
Half m Century Alto.
fnun The Oregonian November 22. 1S6T.
V ashinKton. he President n1 i
Cabinet, including General Grant, fully
unaerstanu ana appreciate the results
of the recent elections. Th:y under
stand that the elections were Kained
by conservative men, and the President
will act accordingly In readjusting his
uaoinet.
A most noticeable instance of news
paper enterprise and the advantages
derived from oceanic telesrraphy may
be instanced in the fact that the New
York Tribune obtained and published
the news of Garibaldi's arrest before it
was known to a sinele person in Lon
don or EnRland. The fact was trans
mitted ln cipher by the Tribune's cor
respondent so that the operators them
selves did not know what tho mes
sage contained.
The Republican papers throughout
the state a"re almost without exception
pronouncing for General Grant for the
Presidency.
E. M. Waite and Henry Denlinger
have announced that about January 1
they will publish a directory of the
cities of Salem, Eugene, Albany and
Corvallls.
A telegram was received in this city
yesterday saying that Rev. Mr. Eliot or
Elliott would start from New York en
route to Portland to take charge of the
First Unitarian Church of this city.
Twenty-five Years Ago.
From The Oregonian, November 22. 1S02.
Superintendent Baxter, of the Union
Pacific, who has been at the landslide
at Reed's ranch for the past week, re
turned to the city yesterday. Mr. Bax
ter says that in all his 20 years of
railroading this is the largest landslide
he has ever seen. The slide is still
continuing, with displays once or twice
a day; at times great masses, each
as bifr as boxcars and carrying trees
and great boulders, come rolling down.
Paris. By a unanimous vote of the
Chamber of Deputies it was agreed that
parliamentary inquiry be instituted
Into the affairs of the Panama Canal
Company.
Thomas A. Edison, who sleeps but a
few hours a day himself, says that the
man of the future may do without sleen
entirely.
J. R. Haseltine. II. E. Dosch and R. S.
Howard have been appointed by Presi
dent Osborn, of the Chamber of Com
merce, to be delegates to the Nic
aragua Canal convention, the expenses
to be borne by the Chamber.
C. F. Beebe, D. M. Dunne and R. B.
Knapp were appointed a special com
mittee to prepare suitable resolutions
on the death of . Captain Flanders.
LET WORTHY THEME CONTROL.
Let worthy theme control our lives
From childhood through old age.
Each marks a single path along;
He can t retrace to change, if wrong:
He causes Rrief. or cheers by song
While making history's page.
A teacher plunges Into work
To better humankind;
Counts every study course a boon.
May measure planet, sun or moon;
Solves problems difficult quite soon
Displaying master mind.
The preacher opens sacred book,
Instructing rich and poor
To give up selfishness and sin;
A fruitful Christian life begin;
Have faith and hope and love within;
Go forth to rescue more.
Inventors labor earnestly
To lessen toil and pain.
They claim the JJghtnlng. bottle steam.
Compress the air and harness stream.
That we in comfort thoughts may deem
Our lives of worth and gain.
Unnumbered parents children, too
Have Just as worthy theme.
They labor long in loving deed.
Supporting kin or sick in need;
Long days, far into nights they speed
More comely than a dream.
Right purpose moves all faithful ones
To yield their talents all
To sweet control of truth and art.
In choosing wiser, better part
Of training body, spirit, heart.
For duties great or small.
Pray, qualify to edify
Our race in need of love;
Drink deep of truth's eternal springs,
Apply the vigor that it brings.
'Till earth, redeemed, in rapture sings
With chorus from above.
L. D. WESTFALL.
Carlton, Or., Xov. 20, 1917.
SONNET FOR THANKSGIVING.
When man shall hate his brother man
no more.
And all the flames of battle have
burned low;
When It is given each of us to know
The terror and the tragedy of war;
When frras3 shall spring anew and
cover o'er
The earth's scarred bosom and the
wild flowers blow
Where lately barked the cannon at
the foe.
While mocking hills sent back the
hellish roar
Then paeans of Thanksgiving shall
arise
For love and life, with hope and
freedom blest.
And all the promise which within
them lies;
For peace, which folds her wings at
last to rest.
Like purpling grapes which hide the
broken wall,
God's mercy shall forgive and comfort
all.
MARTHA HOUGHTON JONES.
569 Hawthorne Terrace, Portland.
Red Cross Not Government Organisa
tion. ALBANY, Or.. Xov. 20. (To the Ed
itor.) Please tell me If the American
Red Cros3 Society is run by the United
States Government or if the Govern
ment only approves of the work done
by them. READER.
The Red Cross is sanctioned by the
Government and by international law,
but is administered as a private insti
tution and Its funds are obtained by
voluntary subscription.
Making of Intoxicants I'nlawfnl.
VANCOUVER, Wash.. Nov. 20. (To
the Editor.) Will you state through
the columns of The-Oregonian whether
It is lawful to make your own beer in
the State of Washington for your fam
ily only. OLD SUBSCRIBER.
It is against the law to make any
kind of alcoholic stimulant in Wash
ington for any purpose.
Unfavorable Symptoms Reported.
Leisure Hours.
Physician (to Mrs. Col. Blood, ot
Kentucky): How did your husband
pass the night, Mrs. Blood?
Mrs. Blood: He seemed quite com
fortable, sir, and asked for water sev
eral times.
Physicfan (with a grave look): Hra
say, iiisutji . ..