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cepted by the Jury which tried Ox-nan.
for ha was promptly acquitted.
A effort to recall District Attorney
Fit ket In San Francisco for his activi
ties In the prosecution of Mooney and
Hillings ts an Incident of the proceed
ings which -need not bo dwelt upon
at length. Suffice It to say that San
Francisco cave Fickerta vote of confi
dence of two to one or thereabouts.
It ought to be added that Oxman Is
a man of character and substance,
widely known throughout Kastern
Oregon and as widely respected. That
he would loin In any sinister plot to
auxiliary service of various mora deeply arrounded my boatlllty az-auiatf
rrusstan cute wno trampiea inDte
44 In
kinds. Including: home or state guards,
the Ked Cross and Y. M. C A. work.
Hve have died In the service. There
are 7S1 In the American Army and
164 In the American Navy. Ten are
with the British forces, four with the
French and two with the Canadians.
Figures as to ail other colleges have
not been compiled, but the aggregate
is known to be very large. The spirit
of service has been reflected in dimin
ished higher classes, as well as in a
reduction, in many instance.0, in the
total enrollment. Instructors of va-
convirt anybody of crime Is lncon-) rlous grades have also gone to the
or THE AWOCIJlTrD FKEJ-.
Ta aMV!tl ra cttialr-! antltlao)
. taa ua for r p'tbtlcatlaa cf all nrw dla-
r4t-.a rrdt-d l it ar a o(hrwiat crra
.- -a to tni. papar. aad alas tba local
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:l rishta at rapubMratloa af apaclal dU-
f 'l-aa hfan. ara alao rraarT-i
rtlaYTXAM). THlftMMT. MARCH IS. 11
THR WKIT f.t-r.
ne Oregonlan has received from
rder letter of Inquiry '
e ill -ode of recent treat notoriety
throughout the Nation, although Its
locale was in California.
' I saw la lha San Frar.rla.-a Arena-it ra
ratl7 a lector dlacuaainc th Mmny dva
m ta raat. Thrf r Vr''l5 unntrnvi
aatirr r-f-r-n' a ta tha labor unina an.
t;ta t'aitfnraia Fiawapapara and apalai rm
m a4,iin far Tha 'ir-sonlan. aJtiirn. I:
a d. wauld a fail la aurh aa amarcnr
dana vlthatit f-ar ar fator. I rannat ra-
'3 that I hava a-a anv rnmmiat oi
lia' trial by Tha urafnnlaa. la tha
aa ? If aat, why not ?
The Orrgnnian has had at various
times reports of the Mooney an
Hillings trials in' San Francisco, an
it is had occasional editorial nr
tnjes thereon. It Is not averse now,
:we the Supreme Court hns parsed
n the cases, and has finally deter
mined the law. and the facts, too, to
'offer a word or two more.
- Two years nearly after the great
ar had begun the demand from the
country St large for military pre
paredness became ln.i.Ment and wide
.itrcad. and there were demonstra
Irons In many cities In favor of ap
lropriate action by the Government.
'B July 22. 11. a great prepared
ness parade was held in San Fran
iiko. About the hour of 2 o'clock.
near the corner of Steuart and Mar
ft streets, u tremendous explosion
occurred, spreading death. Injury and
lanlc among participants in the pa
rade and among spectators. Invest!
ntion duolo.Mid that the source of
the explosion was dynamite and other
death-dealing materials contained in
a suitcase which had been placed
against a building near the street
corner. In the vicinity were found
cartridges, bullets, shells of three
calibers, pieces of wrought-lron pipe
'.ind parts of a malleablo-lron cap.
There was a large indentation In the
sidewalk where It was shown the
valise had been set before the tragic
event.
It developed from the testimony of
various witnesses that during the for
mation of the parade and the gather
ing of the spectators an automobile
Jiad tlilven up to this particular spot
and Mooney and tillllmes had got out
end one of them had hastily gone
down the street ami approached the
corner with a large valise In his hand.
The automobile was driven by a man
named Weinlerg. editor of a radical
Socialist paper. Mooney and Billings
were men of bad reputation and
Mooney. at least, had long been sus
pected of bring a "bomber" and had
c-nre been arrested on a. similar
charge, although he was not convict
V1. Sundry articles identical with
the materials found near the scene
-sf the explosion were discovered by
jhe police In the rooms of Moonry
and Hilling- The evidence as to the
appearance of the two men and of
ecrl others in the automobile at
the partn-ular spot In question and
rear the hour of 2 o'clock, was con
clusive and was not vigorously dis
puted, or disputed at all.
Billings was quickly convicted after
. trial, but there was more dlffi-
- Iaa,av 111 n f fn n a. a a
an allM and nothing cLkc. lie suc
cessfully showed that he was on the
roof of a building 000 feet away
from Market and Steuart streets at
the exact time of the explosion. I'ho
tographs of a crowd on the top of a
bnilding. with a clock In the distance
pointing to four minutes after 2 P.
M. were produced at the trial and
Mooney was clearly Identified as be
ing one of the persons In the pictured
group. The alibi failed because It
was not asserted that either Mooney
or Iillllngs was at Second and Steuart
streets when the dynamite plot cul
minated. The Jury was evidently
convinced that Mooney hud had time
to asw.ot In the deposit of the sntt
rase, escape, and appear at a place
more than a mile away, where the
photograph was conveniently taken
before the time apparatus in the valise
had done Its tragic work. Clearly,
both Mooney and Billings, if there
were chiefs In such conspiracy, would
take rare to provide an altbl.
The labor unions of San Francisco,
or some of them, through their lead
ers. Interested themselves In the
Mooney trial, and reseutcd the fact of
his arrest and conviction. The testt
, mony of an Oregon cattleman. F. C.
oxman. was peculiarly offensive to
Mooney and his friends, and after the
; Mooney conviction the indictment of
oxman for perjury was procured by
special process. It was known that
iimin had been In communication
with a friend In the Middle West prior
to the Mooney trial, and had sought
to procure his presence In San Fran
cisco as a witness ajralnxt Mooney.
The Inspiration for his action was the
Ihstrtct Attorney of San Francisco, to
whom Oxman had doubtless repre-
. Incidents of the fateful day. .The
jMlddle Wert man was brought back
"to testify, but It developed then that
Ostnaa bad been mistaken as to his
M.nftrv Tha . . r. r- r f tha ht.aai
Against Oxman u that he had at
tempted to suborn as a witness a per
sonal friend to Join him in his testi
mony against Mooney. The explana
tion of Ox ma a was substantially that
after the suppositious witness had ap
peared at Kan Francisco and made his
assertion that he knew nothing of the
events of July 22. he. Oxman, was
merel mistaken about the matter and
had the wrong man. The latter ex-Tlanatto-n
evldent'y correct. In
aas cfit it wa uobeslUUCE'7 ac-
celvable.
The Supreme Court In California
March 1, 111, rendered its final de
cision In tha appeal for Mooney. The
court made an elaborate review of the
rase, both as to tlif law and the facts.
The court says plainly that "we can
not escape the conclusion that It (the
verdict) Is amply supported," and con
cludes Its opinion with the following
statement:
Thara waa testimony sufficient. If credited
by tha Jurr. ta ealabl.an a conspiracy ha-ia-eaa
Billing's and alooney to conmit tha
crinia. Kram tha record bfora vs It appaars
that tha dafradant aras confrontad by tea
timony from many sources which ful'y sup
ports th verdict found he tha Jury. He was
defended with sreat abintv in tha Fapenor
Court aad ha waa almllarly represented in
th-a court. Wa rannot find that ha waa do
prived. of any ncht. statutory or constitu
tional, or that aay material error of law
waa commuted railing for a reversal of
tha Judcinent or aa abrocatioo of tha order
dniog bis motion for a saw trial.
The labor leaders at San Francisco
and elsewhere who ha,ve been so deeply
concerned in the fate of Mooney nnd
who have made, through an unofficial
or volunteer Jury a fluding that he was
not giillty, are left no recourse, in face
of the verdict of the lower court and
tho Judgment of the Supreme Court,
but to accept them or to say that the
processes of law have been perverted,
the Jury packed nnd the Judges cor
rupt. We do not know that they have
said these things, but there Is no
other explanation If their contention
that Mooney Is Innocent is not aban
doned. If Mooney is being railroaded
to the gallows, then, of course, the
processes of law and order have been
perverted to the commission of a mon
strous crime. If Mooney is a mur
derer, as twelve of his peers say ho Is,
and as every Judicial officer who has
had to do with the trial suy he Is it in
the clear duty of tho public, includ
Ing the labor leaders of San Francisco
and elsewhere who have been his par
tisans, to insist upon his punishment.
A colossal crime was committed
publicly in San Francisco on July 22
19H. A mighty demonstration, con
ceived In patriotism and carried for
ward through a laudable sen so of duty
by thousands of citizens, was under
v. A hideous plot was devised, for
obvious purposes of terrorism, to kill
and destroy. Its genius was both
disloyalty and assassination, nothing
rise. No one questions the facts of
the crime or the motives of the con
spirators behind It. No one dares bay
that the perpetrators should not be
brought to justice, nor that tho offi
cers of the law who investigated the
murder and the other officers whose
duty it waa to prosecute should not
pursue tho most vigorous and thor
ough efforts to bring the malefactors
to the bar of Justice. But when
Mooney and Billings were apprehended
and put on trial there was an Instant
clamor from sources unquestionably
Inspired that they were being- perse
cuted. We should have been willing
o give such representations credit if
the men and women who are respon
sible for them had shown a greater
activity In aiding the law to uncover
the facts of the crime and to arrest
and punish the criminals, whoever
hey were. There is no record, so far
as we have seen, that the friends of
Mooney concerned themselves about
any phase of the case except his pro
tection and escape. They misrepresent
labor, organized and unorganized, for
labor has shown, through Its activity
and service in the war, that it is law
abiding and loval.
front in about the same strength.
proportion to numbers.
in
STO TrUE OR PLACE FOR SELF-PITT.
tho Prussian caate who
ideals, traditions aad concsptloos in tha dust.
This man is one in spirit with the
men of 1848 and with their loyal
American descendants. He still loves
the true Germany of his youth and
he does not war against it. He wars
only against the brutal caste which
has befouled its g-ood name a caste
which despises and grinds down the
very classes from which its sympa
thizers In America have sprung.
Americans of German origin are not
asked to fight against Germany; they
are asked to fight for the Germany
for which Schurz and Sigel fought
and for which Kahn speaks, and
against the Germany which has made
the land of their lathers a byword
and reproach, a synonym for perfidy,
brutality and barbarism. They alone
A soldier of Canada, made blind in
the service of mankind, and invalided will be true to the land of their
home, was Invited the other day to Mathers who prove loyal to the land
come to Oregon and take part in theimey live in.
forthcoming Liberty Loan campaign.
He sends this reply:
I am sorry to wrl'e a necativa answer to
your Invitation, fir 1 have had mm, troubia
with my eoa, and I am advised not to
travel. Tat 1 feel like a e'acker In Dot
ffoinc to you. I fear, however, that at thla
A stimulus to the systematic build
ing of good roads even greater than
that furnished by the development of
the passenger automobile Is being
found in tho increasing use of the
time I would tnaka a torrv spectacle on thai onti f i-i i f-L- fn. fmifrhl sorvifa n aim-
p.atform. for mv mind ts far away In Franca. I . . . . ' . ,
I hava some Idea of what It means for tha l'"--nn.-ui. tuo .iiviijr ui .uo uci.o.cu
men In tha front line, when a real offensive I railroads. The advantages of the auto
ai - - i.r i. lit IIMlllMiH L l..i.b ert .I ffi. - -,.,.. an,
to think of nothlnc at all
fellow a 'In tho advanced
but th
trenches.
Nothing of self-pity here about his
own plight. Nothing about the sacri
fice this one true soldier made for Ills
country, nor the life-long otitlook of
darkness and suffering.- Only rympathy
for the men who are still able to serve:
only regret that he is not to help fur
ther In the only way loft him to help.
Tho thoughts of America, too, are
with the brave fellows in the trenches.
When tho heart of America is there,
and all there, let the Kaiser tremble.
WITH THE 1IKI.P OF THE HOI.
It Is estimated that there are 5.000.-
000 boys in the United States between
the ages of IS and 21. While the
census does not shed light on the
occupations of all of them. Govern
ment officials calculate that 2.000.000
re accustomed to loaf or play during
heir vacations, or to do work not In
ny way connected with the winning
of the war. These figures are pro-
uced in support of the plan to create
Boys Working Reserve of America.
Expectation that 600.000 will be en
rolled in the reserve is probably not
overdrawn.
For youth Is an age of enthusiasm.
These youngster have been '""pared
from the draft, against the Inclina
tions of a good many of them, who
would welcome the opportunity for
dventure of the more stirring kind.
it their usefulness is not ignored.
There Is. to the city boy, a kind of
adventure in farm work, and it ts
hlefly upon the farms that the boys
f the reserve are to be employed.
They are magnificent material for
usbandry. As surely as if they were
houldetinr rifles, they will be help
ing to win the vlctory-
The central organization of the re
serve Is in the Bureau of Ijibose at
Washington. It will operate through
state committees and advisory boards.
t is commendable that the plan has
been framed with suitable regard for
lastirity. Hard-and-fast rules have
been proved unsuitable by the experi
ence of the past- In some states farm
training camps will be established be
fore the boys are put to work. In
other sections appropriate instruction
ill be given in connection with the
sual school work. In some places
hey will live in central camps and
others will be assigned to indi
idual farmers and live in farmhouses.
art of the. purpose of the organiza-
lon will be to effect the proper ad
Justment of tasks to the capability, of
the workers. Another part of It will
be to preserve the social spirit, to keep
the boys together and to turn to ac
count the gregarious instinct of youth,
iioys were not made to be hermits.
Even where they are scattered at their
work, effort will be made to form
them into groups, to provide for recre
ation for their leisure hours.
It is a comprehensive plan of or
ganization, not so simple as it may
seem to the Inexperienced. But we
are Just beginning to appreciate-the
value of organization. This will be
one of the most valuable phases of the
entire movement-. In addition to the
Joy they will -have of giving direct
help in doing the Nation's vital work,
they will be learning lessons of co
ordination which will serve them well
In future years. While we are pro
ducing more food, we shall also be
making our boys into highly efficient
men.
chief among them is the fact that
they Insure reasonably prompt deliv
ery at the door of the receiver. Under
present conditions there is little cer
tainty as to the time when a local
freight shipment will reach its desti
nation by rail. There are many prob
lems to be solved, however, which re
quire a high degree of co-operation.
To insure profitable and economical
operation, it is necessary that trucks
shall have freight both ways, and this
in being met in some districts by or
ganization of "return loads bureaus,"
whero truckmen can obtain informa-
PFBrssr. tion as to whero they can qMain
Claudc-Achllle Debussy, who died in loads on their way home. This les-
Farls recently, has been called ' the in organization will prove valu-
mu.xical fad of the twentieth centurv." able after our industries have been
He was an ultra-modern of the mod- restored to a normal basis.
erns. Those who are versed in Uie
physical science of music would sayl Secretary Lano has added his voice
that he, had found a method of creat- to the chorus or requests that Ameri
ing for the piano certain tonal effects cans make an especial effort to keep
which correspond to polyphony upon the schools up to the maximum stand
sustained instruments. Undoubtedly ard of efficiency during the war. He
he waa the creator, or the inventor, says that, despite the progress of edu
of new methods of causing delightful cation, the annual school term In most
sensations to tho ear. American cities is still not more than
But Debussy, who, in 1902, at the I 180 days after holidays are deducted,
age of 40, avoke to find himself fa-I and in many cities it is even less. This
moils as tho composer of "Peleas et means that children who are neve
Mellisande," and who at once became I absent atterrd school less than hal
the musical vogue in France, had a the days of the year, or only a little
cold reception In 1916. when his "Her- more than one hour in ten. It is ex
cense Heroique" was produced. Not-1 pected, of course, that the rule will
withstanding that it was composed in bo sanely applied, and older children
honor of the King of Belgium, it was will weicrh their opportunities for edu
declared a failure. Even a patriotic cation with the benefits of war work
purpose could not save it- The Debussy In tho country, but there are large
art, said the critics, was still in flower, numbers who it is felt would be better
but tho public taste had ehanircd. off at school than out of it with the
For a time It seemed ns if Debussy I exception of a reasonably short vaca
had remarkably caught the spirit of tion period. The demand for trained
his hearers. It was not that he wrote I men and women In the reconstruction
down to them, hut that his natural years of the world is certain to be so
qualities fitted their temper to a nicety, great that It Is felt that no time should
In biological terms," said one of his be lost.
commentators, "tho organism was for
tunate enough to be exactly suited to I The Bolshevik! insisted on being
its environment, peculiarly 'fitted to shown before they would believe what
survive.' " But if his compositions the Germans would do to them, an
were remarkable for the degrco in now they turn on the army which
which they created a sensation physi- continues invasion in contempt for
cally delightful, but meaning nothing the peace treaty. Perhaps it is as
intellectually; if they appealed only to well -that they made the experiment.
the senses and not at all to the mind, I for in no other way could the Ens
then it would seem that tho France I stans have been induced to fight again
which at lirst acclaimed Debussy had Also the lesson is salutary for the
been changed by the ordeal of war, Bolshevikl of other countries, who
or, perhaps, that the. emotional quality I sigh for peace at any price.
with which the composer was so com
patlble was only upon the surface. I Under the civil rights bill no soldier
Stars and Starmakers.
By Leoae Cass Baer.
QEB where some busy sister with
KJ nothing to do is agitating a move
ment to have telephone girls slug the
numbers to avoid blunders. If it goes
into effect I predict an epidemic of
phonelcss days.
a a a
Milton Seaman went home from lodge
fother night and held uu his um
brella. "See? I didn't forget to bring it
home!" he said. "Tes," said Mrs.
Seaman. "I see. But you didn't take
your umbrella with you. It's in the
hall."
France, casting off the outer covering, or sailor of the United States is to lose
Is revealed as a nation demanding his rights in property " through law
something spiritually more satisfying, suits during his absence. He is in no
The music of Debussy, which caught ) danger of foreclosure on a mortgage
the Gallic, arare-free fancy of a. pro- I or judgment on a note while servin
verblally light-hearted people, had no I his country. The law also protects
message for the hungry soul. I him against forfeiture of a homestead
The charge that Debussy's compo- I or mining claim. This protection, with
sltions were sensuous, physical in the provision made for his family, will
their appeal does not Imply that they I relieve him of anxiety about the folks
were gross. He was too much a at home.
Frenchman to he anything but grace
ful. The quality which distinguishes There should be a stampede to
the "French novel" from the merely charter neutral ships to the United
vulgar tale of another country existed I States, for the owners are sure win
In him in the musical sense. It was ners under the terms offered. Before
said of him that he was a "musician long Uncle Sam and John Bull will be
beloved of the unmusical. But the doing about all the shipping business
decline of his popularity would indi- there Is, while neutral ship owners
rato that even those who are not of will sit in comfort at home, drawing
the elect are guided by a mysterious dividends.
power which soon or Inte ppproaches
the goal which it is fittest that they
should attain.
A glimpse of what college men are
doing In the war Is obtainable from
a recent summary of the recorel of
the Harvard Club. This rlub. with a
total membership of 442, has SIS
members lq c.uva military serv ice and
The allotment of $18,000,000 of the
third liberty loan to Oregen is only
the minimum, for all oversubscrip-
AGAINST WHICH CKRMAXTT I "ns will Do accepted, it is up to the
Americana of r..rmn riin esno- people to go over the top and keep
dally those in Wisconsin who are to Oregon first by exceeding the limit by
tiko n.-irt tn thn ele. lion of n Senator. lo-rfce.
n r a nit nittA tn turn a ch i n -t tho
country of their birth or origin by A German correspondent at or near
helping their adopted country in war front American bravery was
upon it. " They are asked to choose no match for the Teutonic spirit. Let
between the Germany represented bv Jt E at that untl1 the Yanks get Into
Carl srhun in tho . mid-nineteenth " ngnung as xne American. Army.
century and by Otto H. Kahn in the Meanwhile the correspondent is not
twentieth century, wvhich is one in leinns me irum.
purpose with the United States and
other democratic nations, and the Tfe man who is now standing in
Germany which is reoresented bv the fne at the income tax collector's win
Kaiser. Von Hintlenburg. Von Tlrpitz. 3ow is beginning to realize the mean-
the iunkers and the Fatherland Darty. Ing of "come early and avoid the
Which type of men and ideas repre- rush." but it is always that way when
sents the true Germany, the best that taxes are being paid, and doubtless
is In Germany? Let them choose, always win be.
and then battle on the side which
most nearly expresses the ideals I Those gloating Germans now in in
which they should have formed after ternment camps are finding that he
enjoyment of American liberty and I laughs best who laughs last. And
association with Americans whose there won't be anything for them to
British forefathers fought against gloat over when the war ends, either.
that which represented the evil of
Britain. I That Bellingham editor seems to
After fighting unsuccessfully against have been actuated by Jealousy of
Prussian despotism in the revolution Colonel Disque's success as a labor
of 1848, Carl Schurz came to the organizer. He has been beaten at his
United States, settled in Wisconsin own game by an amateur.
and became a champion of the Union
and human liberty in the decade pre- Duty devolves upon the head of the
ceding the Civil War and in the war family to advance the clock Saturday
Itself. Throughout the rest of his night to avoid confusion. In the case
life he was a leader in the fight of a Mormon there might but there
against corruption and privilege, twin are no Mormons now.
evils which thrive under the rule of
a military aristocracy such as that of If you know of a man missing take
Prussia. Franz Sigel also fought fori notice that internments for the past
German liberty in 1S4S and for the 1 six months have averaged four a day
American union in the Civil war, 1 in Oregon.
and his daughter now sends her son
to. fight against I'an-Germanism vln
Europe.
The same type of men and ideas
is represented at the present time
by Otto 11. Kahn, the banker born in
Germany who has given up the en
tire surplus of his great income to
the cause of America and her allies
and who goes about the country
speaking, writing and working for de
mocracy and against the Kaiser. He
is "bitterly and grievously ashamed of
the Germany which stands convicted
before the high tribunal of the
world's public opinion of having
planned and willed war; of crime
heaped upon crime in hideous de
fiance of the laws of God and men.'
He said in a speech at Milwaukee:
I revere the blah !dra:e and fine traditions
of that old Srm:iny and the time-honored
eonccptlona of riitht conduct which my
parents and the teachers of my eariy youth
American airmen are doing such
execution among the boches that we
wish there were more of them at the
front.
"Uncle Joe" Cannon's wit loses none
of its keenness with age, as the
"slickers" of Washington have learned.
The German drive has served one
good purpose in this country. It has
smoked out the pro-Germans.
Rather a bad record! One airplane
has been sent to France, but the 999
are going some time.
One sign of Spring: United States
Steel promises a 15. per cent increase
in wages April 15.
Pnncftvat Will ha hlmlf amin In.
tai!e ma traaura throutfhou: life, but ail I . , , .
iha mora aurnio is my rescntmca", all tae I Bight in the other Portland,
Charles Grapewin, 'the axtor, made up
his mind recently to take a little spin
out Into the country in his automobile.
Anna Chance, his wife, thought she'd
like to go along, so he decided to take
A Chance. While spinning along near
Tarrytown the machine ran over a dog
and killed it. A farmer was leading a
horse near the scene of the accident
Grapewin stopped the auto.
1 guess I've killed your dog," he said
to the man.
"Looks that way," replied the other.
"What was he worth?"
"Oh. about J10."
Grapewin gladly paid over the amount
As he was about to start away the
man said:
"Say, you going through Tarrytown?"
"Tes," replied the actor.
"Well, would you mind stopping at
the house of the constable? It's on
your way."
"Why, no," eald Grapewin. "What
shall I tell him for you?"
Just tell him," said the man, "that
the dog's dead. He was coming, ou
here to kill it for us tomorrow. It
save him a trip."
a a a
Katherlne Graham, who appears with
the Alcazar players whenever there'
a role suited to her youthful, bubblln
personality, is. responsible for thi
story: "In New York," said Miss
Graham, ' "with all the demands,
patriotic and personal, on fashionable
women's time, calling lists are no
checked up to tho minute. A Mrs
Fluffaway eet out in a swift motor car
and a memorandum of overdue visits,
resolved to make a clearance of he
duty calls. On the third afternoon eh
honk-honked to the house of an old
time friend and handed her card to
butler. He looked blank.
"Can't your mistress be seen today?'
"I hardly think so."
"Is she out?"
"Yes, ma'am."
"Did she say where she was going?"
"No, ma'am. I don't believe ehe knew
exactly."
"Aeuddcn summons?"
"Rather."
"And she didn't wish to go perhaps?"
"I'm quite sure she did not."
"When do you expect her to return?1
"Never, ma'am. She died six month
ago."
Melville B. Raymond, who was here
few months ago in "Watch Your Step,
is in Portland again in the interests of
Max Figman and Lolita Robertson, who
are to play a return engagement I
Nothing but the Truth" on April
26 and 27.
a a
Making hay while the eun ehines
doesn't bring; as quick returns as mak
ing nay irom tne grass that grows
under the feet of other folk.
a a a
There was a young actress esthetic,
who said her ambition eublime was to
wed a man who could send his name
ringing loud down the halls of time.
She did. His name was Bell, and that's
the end of this rhyme.
a a
"In Earnest" writes to ask: "Should
a man ask a woman to marry him when
he will not be in a postion to marry
for ten years?" Well, Earnest, don't
ask her unless you thipk she will re
fuse, and even then it's dangerous.
a a a
"Two years ago I met a girl in the
country whom I can't forget. She liked
me then, but only as a friend. I am
in the elty now, but can't find anybody
else to compare with this other girl.
What shall I dor' asks a correspond
ent. .
Hm why not go to the country and
get her? After you get her It will be
easy to forget her.
Get your kids cleaned here" is
sign that a dyeing establishment near
Washington street is displaying, and
it acts as a constant spur to home
made comedy. One man told me that
a poor woman who has no bathtub in
her home took her five small children
to the dye shop yesterday to have them
renovated.
a a a
Personally I like spring beds better
than Spring pomes.
a a a
That proposed farm for tramps will
be much appreciated by the knights of
the ties so long as they are not asked
to work on it.
a a a
A new musical comedy, called, "Yours
Truly," of which Tommy Grey wrote
the book and lyrics and Herbert Stot-
art the music, Is in rehearsal, with
T. Roy Barnes, of vaudeville fame, in
the leading role. Gertrude Vanderbilt,
also recruited from vaudeville, is in the
cast; so are Letty Yorke, Alfred Ger
ard, Carlton King and a half dozen
others, including Alice Fleming, who
is departing from dramatic art to ap
pear In a musical role.
a a a
The efforts of Maude Adams on be
half of the Red Cross have already re
sulted In the accumulation of '300. Miss
Adams' plans for raising money for the
Red Cross is unique and original and
i excellent one, which will result in
succession of handsome remittances.
Every member of her company contrib
utes 10 per cent of his or her salary
for one day each month. To this Miss
Adams adds a substantial contribution
f her own. The $300 now to be turned
in represents the total of three months'
contributions.
In sending in the money Miss Adams
modestly expresses the request that the
donation be credited to "the fellowship
fund." rather than to the "Kiss for Cin
derella" Company.
MATHEMATICS OF SEW BIG Cl"S
Soead Would Not lleach Parla Until
Lone After Shell Struck.
VANCOUVER, Wash., March 26. (To
the Editor.) Several erroneous calcula
tions have appeared in different papers
concerning the long-range shelling of
Paris by the Hun guns reported to be
located in tbe vicinity of St. Gobaln,
about TO miles distant. The diagram
in today's Oregonian is in error.
The trajectory op any projectile, no
matter how fired, is a parabola, slight
ly modified by air resistance and the
change in the force of gravity at
higher elevations and also bv the slight
change in the direction of the force of
gravity along the path of flight. Prac
tically, the curve Is a parabola, with
axis perpendicular to the earth's surface.
To secure the greatest possible range,
the gun must be elevated 45 datrrecs.
The range is a function of the cosine of
twice the angle of elevation, which
becomes maximum at 45 degrees:
greater or lesser angles would cause
the shell to fall short. Assuming the
range to be 70 miles and the angle of
projection 45 degrees, the focus of the
parabola would lie on the surface of
the earth 35 miles out, midway. This
distance is called the focal radius, and
it is the property of the parabola that
the greatest height attained bv the
shell is just one-half the focal radius,
or 17?4 miles, and not 35 miles.
The initial or muzzle velocity of such
a shell is very nearly 10,910 feet per
second. The sportsman who boasted of
his high-powered .25 with 3000 feet
per second muzzle velocity will open
his eyes at these figures, especially
when he remembers that the Hun shell
is huge and massive compared with
tho small bit of metal fired from
his .25.
The time of flight is something over
52,4 seconds, the computed time. I do
not think the air friction would in
crease this to 60 seconds.
If the sound of the gun could be
heard in Paris, it would reach there
five minutes and 36 seconds after the
gun was fired. Thus, if it were pos
sible for a man to travel with the
projectile from St. Gobain. he would
not hear the report of the gun he
started from until about four minute
and 45 seconds after he arrived with
the shell in Paris.
The size of the gun and tho recoil
must be enormous, and for this reason
the gun is probably mounted on an im
movable base and incapable of being
manipulated to change azimuth and
elevation. However, it will not be long
before our allies send us first-hand
details and photographs of tho gun, if
it cannot be moved back with the
Boches. THOMAS C. RATHBONE.
Engineer, with Standifer Construe
tion Corporation.
In Other Days.
Twenty-Five Years Ago.
From Tha Oregonlan, March -S. J SOS.
Salem A clash between Governor
Pennoyer and United States Marshal
Barln seems near. The Alarshal placed
a deputy at Drain to protect railroad
property and the Governor demanded
to know by what authority he did it.
The Marshal replied he had authority
to maintain order anywhere.
Plumbing Inspector Chambers Is busy
these days putting In connections with
the Corbett-street sewer in the vicinity
e v. - v. : , ., . ir
me viiuuicu a flume.
Councilman H. J. Mclnnis has re
turned home after a visit to British Co
lumbia, more than ever 'satisfied with ,
Portland.
Rev. T. I Eliot. D. P.. will make his
annual report to the Humane Society,
as president, tonight at 7:30.
Half a Century Ago. )
From The Oreg-onlan, March 2s, ISOS. j
San Francisco Rates of passage to '
New York on the Golden Citv nevt Mon
day will be as follows: First cabin,
outside, $126; inside, ?76; second cabin,
J45; steerage, "35.50.
Several families from upriver cout.
ties are in the city on their way East
by wagon. They have decided after a
brief try that they like the East bet
ter. They will drive to the Union Pa
cific terminus and from there continue
their journey by rail.
I-. M. Parrish, clerk of school dis
trict No. 1, has called a meeting far
April 6. at which two directors and a
clerk are to be elected. It should be
well attended.
RILEY LECTURES ARE EFFECTIVE
Interest in Northwest Is Being Created
Throughout Eastern States.
WASHINGTON". March 23. (To the
Editor.) I have just had a most vivid
trip through your country in connec
tion with Jlr. Frank Branch Riley and
his partner, Air. Jones.
His lecture in connection with the
Pacific Northwest Tourist Association
was delivered at the Cosmos Club and
it created a sensation among that
crowd of hardened, scientific travelers
The lecture was excellent and in con
nection with the pictures was the best
we have had here in Washington.
think it will do a lot of good to your
country and I have told Mr. Riley that
he ought to give it before the Chau-
tauquas of the East. The story is cer
tainly worth listening to and it ought
to bring a great deal of travel to your
part of the world.
Mr. Riley has been making a tremen
dous hit In Washington, where he has
had opportunity of addressing excep
tionally notable audiences made up
of scientists and writers, who stand
at the head of their respective pro
fessions.
These Riley lectures are not only a
great advertisement for the North
west, but they are affording Mr. Riley
an opportunity to speak indefinitely
throughout the East. Each, time he
delivers his ' talk he is beset by en
thusiastic hearers who want to engage
him for various clubs and organizations,
but his itinerary will not permit him
to accept one-tenth the invitations that
have come to him.
The Northwest is getting greater
value for the money it has spent on
the Riley lectures than out or any
similar enterprise in which it has en
gaged in many years past; in fact I
know of nothing of the sort that has
made as strong an appeal and will do
so much to divert tourist travel
throughout the Northwest
This is particularly fortunate In the
midst of a war, when the East is look-
ng around for something to do during
the hot Summer months.
There is a possibility that he may
give his talk before Congress.
F. G. C.
RESOLUTION.
Forth to his task, while yet the day is
young.
Goes Resolution, girt with dauntless
will.
To break the glebe or delve the stub
born hill;
Toil's Implements about his shoulders
flung
And 'round his loins his glinting fal
chion hung;
Equipped for peace, if peace the
quest, and still
Eager his blade if strife the welkin
thriH.
From dawn's first blush till twinkling
lamps are strung
O'er night's expanse, his purpose he
pursues.
Each barrier leaps, each obstacle assails.
And as his level eye the prospect views.
Or depth or height, alike, his courage
scales.
Till, conquered each opposing circum
stance.
The prize he grasps, despite of Fate or
Chance. G. A. THOMAS.
that
Huns
ages.
ages;
"HI.- IS I.ILT TO ORIGI-VALS
Old-Time Barbarians Veer Claimed
They Were Spreadins Ivultur.
PORTLAND. March 26. (To the Ed
itor.) I see in your paper how tho
word "Boche" has worked its way Into
the languago of this country. ; Let me
tell your readers what this word means.
"Boche," pronouhced "bosh," is a new
word born of the want of it to brand
the bloodthirsty German people. You
name them "Huns." Don't you see
you insult tho Hune? The
were ' barbarous, f iarce sav
but they were honest sav-
they never tried to camouflage
thcmseleves as Christian, cultivated or
civilized people. They never tried to
put the responsibility of their crimes
on the shoulders of their victltofc They
were just plain murderers, that's all.
With the Boches we have Hun plus
hypocrite, barbarity camouflaged In
kultur, savages camouflaged as civil
ized men, assassins camouflaged as
Christians.
For so new a thing; the world needs
a new word. "Boche" is all right, for ,
it never was used for anyone else. The ,
Huns, the Vandals come down in his-
tory for their special deeds. Let the
Boches go down in the future with a
special name fit to bear all the con
tempt, all the malediction of humanity
forever.
Can I tell, too, how much I was as
tonished to read the letter of a priest
who needs to print a German paper in
the German language to tell his Amer
ican patriotic feelings. With our grow-
tnc lnmiallv lifc U'ill .nannl, Itnnr.
stand that everything that smells of
the Boche must be wiped out in the al
lies' countries? It would be hot to
print an English paper in Bocheland.
And what about a "German-American
League"? America is not honorable
enough for these. If they.-axe-Germans
first- enc7 them tn RnchplnnH In. pnt
rnft Kaiser R war hrearl- ir ThftV w
American, they must understand that
the word German is now too blood
thirsty to be put along sido the title
American. Nobody can any more be ,
German and American. Bo Boche or
American; you cannot be both tosether.
ASTONISHED CITIZEN.
OSTRACISM OF HIS ADHERENTS
Drama received an awful wallop when
eorge Anderson shook its dust off his
feet- From now on Anderson will de
vote himself to the making of men's
clothes, since he will be a Fifth-avenue
tailor. He will measure, cut, trim or
ven serve as mannequin if needs be.
For about ten years Anderson has
been leading man in drama and musical
comedy. He first distinguished himself
s leading man In "The Girl From Rec
tor's." Subsequently he appeared In
any musical plays. More recently he
as leading man in "De Luxe Annie."
One of Anderson s notable achieve-
ents was his marriage to Fritzi
Scheff. - ,
EnliatmeBta In Yeoman Branch.
TACOMA, Wash., March 25. (To the
Editor.") (1) Are enlistments still be
ing made in the yeoman branch of the
avy? - - - -
(2) What is the rank and pay of men
enlisting in the yeoman branch?
(3) What promotion in grades and
pay are allowed in the yeoman branch?
j. u. -M.
(1) Yes, for men between the ages of
18 and 25 years, qualified as expert ste
nographers and typists. ,
(2 and 3) Recruits rank as lands
men for yeomen and advance to third,
second and first-class yeomen after
qualifying at the training school. The
pay is, respectively, J17.60, J33, 138.50
and $44. Clothing allowance of $60 is
granted. You can obtain much other
information about the service by writ
ing for the "U. S. Navy" book, to be
obtained for 2-cent stamp of the Port
land Oregonian Information Bureau,
Frederic J. Haskins, director, Washing
ton, D. C. .
Sawmill Wage.
ILWACO, Wash., March 26. (To the
Editor.) (1) What is the minimum
wage per hour paid workmen in saw
mills that do not cut spruce for the
Government according to Colonel
Disque wage scale?
(2) And is an employer forced to
pay same? a icc.uJJbK.
1. The "standard maximum" wage
established by Colonel Disque for mills
of this section is 45 cents an hour.
2. No, - ,
Repressive Measures Against Pro-Ger
man Are Needed.
PASCO, Wash., March 26.To the
Editor.) W"e are told that this is a
war to the death or conquest ' of all
who do not believe In tho .divinity of
the Kaiser and in German kultur' and
autocracy.
If this is so and have we not abund
ant proof of its truth? why should
we fraternize with pro-Germans?- .
In a life and death struggle, every
one is a friend or an enemy and no
half-hearted apologies should be ac
cepted.
We are a trustful, optimistic Na
tion, proud of our independence and
freedom of thoughts, words and actions
which are the foundation stones of our
Government, and that freedom is being
utilized by myriads of German propa
gandists plentifully supplied with
money to create discord and dissension
among the ignorant, coveteous or un
informed. Every imagined grievance
or dissatisfaction is taken advantage
of to create trouble.
Germany is expending more money
in propaganda than in amunition. Why
then should we calmly submit to this
canker of deceit and disloyalty that
prevails in every corner of the Na
tion? Every loyal citizen of the United
States should appoint himself a com
mittee of one to rebuke and report to
the officials every disloyal thought,
word or action coming to notice and
every man or woman guilty of disloyal
act or word should be ostracized or im
prisoned and if proven guilty of
espionage should be destroyed.
Germany's most effective weapon is
her perfect system of creating dissen
sion among the people of the nations
she hopes to conquer. Troubles . in
Mexico, South America, India, Ireland,
Russia, the Balkans and other coun
tries have been caused by the activi
ties of German propagandists. Now
America is being stirred by the virus
of revolution. . P. GUAX.
Flag Etiquette.
STEVENSON. Wash., March 26. (To
the Editor.) Is it permissible to fly a
service flag from the same staff under
the Stars and Stripes?
SUBSCRIBER.
It is permissible to fly another flag
from the same staff, but separate hal
yards should be used and the Stars and
Stripes should fly above the other.
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