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TIIE MORNING OREGONIAN, TUUUSDAY, MAY 0, 1918.
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XZMBt or THE aMOCllTTO rKKSS.
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Had la tba Baa (or republication af all Ml
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rraditad ta thla papar. sad a.aa tba local
saam pubtiabad karats.
A:i rlahta af republication af apaclal dls
patabaa barala ara alaa raaartrad.
through which the country la now
passing It la worth a good deal thus
to have our confidence In ourselves
restored. The prophets of gloom are
confounded by the facts. The Nation
In not disorganized. It has not been
disunited. It needed only the emer-
rORTLAXD, TaiX.HD.iT. MAT t. Itlt.
committee of the Senate as the
which should seek out the truth,
body has fearlessly and Impar
tially unearthed the deficiencies of the
War Department, and Its chairman,
Senator Chamberlain, has displayed
courageous patriotism In conducting
former Inquiries. In Indicating canses gency to fan the smouldering fires.
of failure and la proposing- remedies.
For that reason his declaration that
"the committee proposes to put its
finger on the men responsible, with
out fear or favor" and "doesn't pur
pose to engage In any whitewashing
process" should be taken at Its face
value, especially as the majority of
the committee, without regard to
party, has shown equal Independence
by backing hi an up. The committee's
former strictures on the conduct of
the war have been Justified by events
and by the action of the President
and Secretary of War. after Mr. Wil
son had denounced them as unjust.
Congressional Inquiry should come
first, for the further reason that the
men under suspicion are accused of
having squandered much money out
of about a billion dollars which Con
gress had appropriated for aircraft.
and It Is the business of Congress to
ascertain whether the money has been
properly expended, and if not to dis
cover the culprits. Tet another rea
son la that Congress Is now asked to
appropriate another billion dollars,
and should be guided In Its decision
by the use which has been made of
the first billion. If. as the facts Indi
cate, former appropriations have been
wasted. Congress would not be war
ranted In voting more money until
TOO 'tfTAGGXRING A LOAD.
The greatest financial achievements
of any nation In any time are the three
Liberty Loans, aggregating about $12.
000.000,000, floated within the past
year by the United States.
The most 'responsible and stupen
dous industrial task in the world is
the management and operation of the
consolidated railroads of the United
States.
Tet these great burdens are loaded
on one man Secretary McAdoo. Un
questionably his capabilities are great;
but there is a limit both to human
endurance and human capacity; and
It Is neither fair to him nor to the
country that so much should be de
manded of a single person.
The news reports are that the Sec
retary Is back at Washington. Ill, after
his strenuous labors In the recent loan
campaign. It Is not surprising. Yet
he finds there . problems calling for
Immediate action, which have neces
sarily awaited his return.
For example, he must render the
final decision In the. wage dispute, be
tween the railroads and their em
ployes. The wage commission Tias
made an exhaustive Investigation, and
heavy stocks, which could be greatly
reduced under the Improved system.
No one would suffer Inconvenience If
a few hundred bolts were made to do
the work for which several thousand
are now required. .
We have passed the stage where It
Is thought desirable to multiply com
plications In order" to make more
work for more men." There will be
plenty of work when the physical
restoration of the world Is begun. The
pressing need will be a System under
which every man's work will be made
to count. . a
GET TUB TBCTH A BO IT AIRCKArT.
The American people's blighted hope
of an air fleet this year, which would
make life a constant torment for the
Germans, has brought about an out
burst which threatens to surpass the
embalmed beef scandal of the Spanish
war. We were assured that the Lib
erty motor had stood every test, com
bined all the good points of all ex
Utlng motors, was the result of pa
triotic service on the part of Inventors
and manufacturers, and was being
produced In quantity. We now are In
formed that It is an Improvement on
the patents owned by one manufac
turer. we are In doubt whether It has
yet stood final tests and are told that
It Is merely one of the four or five
best motors extant. We were led to
believe that airplanes were being pro
duced In quantity, but we learn from
manufacturers that they no sooner
got ready to produce than designs
were changed, new tools and other
devices had to be made and old ones
scrapped, and that production has
been continuously blocked by new
changes. . The one bright spot In the
entire sordid picture Is spruce produc
tion, which has steadily Increased
since the Loyal Legion put the L W.
V. to rout and set to work.
A multiplicity- of Investigators has
made a multiplicity of charges. Gutxon
Borglum. whom some describe as the
l"rsldent's representative, while others
regard him as representative of an
aeronautical society to whom the
ITeatdent gave facilities for investiga
tion, said In his letter to the New
York Times:
its report is ready; yet the Secretary
the men who have wasted them have muvrev?ew finding, and decide
been removed and brought to Justice.
Prompt action Is urgently needed, and
though It should not be taken until
the farts upon which it should be
founded are known. It should not
await the result of either a grand
lurw Inniiltv and a irlmlnil trial nr
of a military Inquiry. Evidence dls- J"e"d
whether thousands, and even millions,
of men. in many branches of railroad
service, shall or shall not have higher
pay. "Strong pressure, reports the
Associated Press, "Is said to have been
brought to bear on the Director-Gen
eral to modify some of the commls
Thara fcara baas aaraa aaparata in r jura
tion s of tha aaronaatle ronditlona, baaidea
lit pattr ravlawa of farlorla ralatad to tba
maanfactara. not eoaattns tha apaclal ilro
tnatloa of tha alrpiaaa production apanmod
tally carriaU ca by 1'adarai latallisaace
braua
Thara baa baan tia proper Judicial In
esirr. with poa-ar la aubprna. alaa and ar
raat. by tba Fadaral lantramtnl. and thara
will fea In eooiaqwnrt no Jut apprahanainn
f. tha raal culpriia aor raai atljuatmant of
lxapropar obligations votll acA Inquiry la
Imatllatad.
These seven Investigations Include
one by Snowden Marshall's commit
tee, one by the Senate military com
mittee and one by the Aeronautical
Society. It Is now proposed to have
another Inquiry by the Senate com
mittee, yet another by the Department
of Justice which may lead up to a
grand Jury, and a military court of
Inquiry has been demanded by General
aMjuier. who has been removed as chief
signal officer. If Mr. llorglum's
charges be true, there Is occasion for
criminal prosecution, for he says:
Tha chtf slirnal efflrar waa tba official
rnbbar atamp for s group of American
Jankara. sacaaaary to tham lo ralaaaa naarly
billion, which, tbay placad prat-lap I y aa
thay. In thatr nnlnformad advlaory capacity,
cboaa sad dlatrtbutad ta thalr awa or af-
flitalad Intaraata. all to aarva a common
plan and purpoaa and sll sndar a contrart
aatam ao Ingvnloua that It conld in tlma
staorb tha antlra appropriation and not da
liwar a aarrtcaabla plana and this, la fact,
it baa largely accompliabad.
Mr. Borglum's charge that "his work
was systematically blocked, to the ex
tent even of threatening witnesses."
as stated by the Associated Press,
sustains the conclusion of the Times
that there waa "an organized con
spiracy, bold, powerful, numerous,
made up ot men able to formulate a
great plan and embracing within their
number men sufficiently high placed
and influential to have the ear and
confidence of the Secretary of War."
Their motive in deceiving Mr. Baker
xoay have been to cover up their fail
ure, at least nntil they had secured
their gains, or simply to gather In
many millions without regard to the
consequences to the country, but there
may have been among the conspira
tors some agents of the enemy who
worked deliberately to cripple the
American Army by preventing produc
tion of aircraft.
Jn view of the volume of evidence
combining to. prove that he has been
shamefully deceived by men who stood
In his confidence. It is astonishing that
Secretary Baker should persist in his
optimistic statements and should have
been able to persuade the House com
mittee that there had been "no crimi
nal liability for delays and deficien
cies In the past, and that the present
status of War .Department plans was
satisfactory." In view of the great ad
vantage to be derived by Germany
from such a conspiracy as Is charged
to exist. It Is still more astonisbixur
that Mr. Baker should endeavor to
hash inquiry by ascribing criticism to
pro-German propaganda. If all Is well,
proof Is the best means to defeat
propaganda: if all Is not well, the
truth is necessary to 'defeat the con
eptratora, and. with them, tha Ger
mans. - .
There Is already danger that among
a multitude of investigators the men
who have betrayed their country may
find safety. At least some of them
hold high office and others may be
influential in the business and finan
cial and. perhaps, the political world.
The revelations to be made may reflect
oa the official superiors of the men
c2trectly implicated not on their In
tegrity, probably, but on their vigi
lance and executive wisdom. Tbat
possibility suggests that there might
be a disposition to shield some of the
culprits. It militates decidedly against
an initial Inquiry by either the Depart
ment of Justice or a military court,
for a fellow fee' In g may be presumed
to exist between Attorney-General
Gregory and Secretary Baker, or be
tween the military officers who would
compose a court and the officers sub
ject to Investigation.
The circumstances point to tha mill-
covered by the committee " would be
available for judicial and military pro
ceedings.
The President again displays aver
sion to Congressional inquiry into Ex-
can be placed upon the haste WiUi "e decision, when rendered, w
which he has ordered an investiga
Iton by the Department of Justice oa
the very day on which the Senate
committee announces Its purpose to
dig to the bottom and on which Mr.
fectlng the four great brotherhoods.'
When, where and how has Secretary
McAdoo made a study of the complex
issues constantly arising between
operators and men, so that there may
be the necessary public confidence
ill
be correct
The muddle in which the plans for
Liberty Loan campaigns have been
constantly involved through want of
sound and thorough preparation, and
Baker assures the House committee " ,ZZ. .
uiq .0.1 iuub omio auu iuuu uuiuitiii-
that everything Is all right. Mr. Wil
son's action on this occasion is con
sistent with his denunciation of past
tees, is traceable directly to snapshot
rulings at-Washington calling for con-
Congressional inquiries, with his re-l8111 regalement, revision and even
Jectlon of any scheme of Governmental
reorganization emanating from Con-
reversal.
Clearly, Secretary McAdoo should
...... . I ba rlivarl of a rjnrtinn nf hln itiirrpr.
gress and with his insistence on aaop- .
t Inn Via own ayham m-ithnilt tha I
change or a material line. He ignores
Congress as a co-ordinate branch of
the Government, pushes it on one side
and insists on doing everything him.
self. In his own way, paying no heed
THE LEPERS' COXTRIBCTIOJf.
News that the lepers of the colony
on ' Molokai, Hawaii, have bought
$6000 worth of thrift stamps gives a
to the advice of anybody. A man deeply sentimental interest to the war
whose fallibility has been often proved I financing campaign. It also recalls
by the frequency with which he has one of the heroic figures of history.
been compelled to revise his own Judg-1 Father Damlen de Veuster. without
ment, but who. nevertheless, assumes whose devotion this colony of sorely
so dictatorial an attitude, is riding for I afflicted people long ago would have
DOW! to BrsrxE(s OX SHIPS.
The shipbuilding programme has
Just emerged from the stage In the
midst of which the aircraft pro
gramme still is. It passed from a state
of bombastic optimism into a state
of apparently hopeless muddle, but in
the last six months It has been dragged
out of the mud and it has now been
set on firm ground. It began in an
atmosphere of dreams and theory, but
it Is now In an atmosphere of reality
and practice. We now know that we
are not only getting ships, but that we
shall continually get more ships, and
we have cause for confidence that they
will be built better and faster as we
go on.
It is eloquent of the practical busi
ness sense of Mr. Schwab that he no
sooner got in harness than delay In
shipment of plates for steel ships
began to be cured, and contracts for
a definite number of wooden-ships
were given out. Although he Is a steel
man, he saw that the situation re
quired ships of wood and concrete as
well, and he set about getting them
built. He saw that the Pacific Coast
was delivering the goods and
allotted half of the 200 . new wooden
ships to this Coast, the political pull
of the South being at a discount. He
sees that supply of ships to the allies
Is only second in Importance to Amer
ican needs, and he permits fifty ships
to be built for France. His action be
speaks a man of broad vision and
quick perception, who promptly grasps
the essential facts and acts upon them.
Present progress In turning out ton
nage and the masterly way in which
the shipbuilding business Is being ban
died justify confidence, that the pre
diction of 10,000,000 new tons next
yeaa will be fulfilled. The perform
ance of the Columbia River district In
the last six months shows that it can
easily produce one-tenth of that total,
and If concrete ships also should be
built, a larger share could be turned
out. With plants for all three types
of ships, this district would be equipped
to establish the industry firmly and to
build for private owners when the
demand for war purposes slackens.
Stars and Starmakers.
Pr Leone Cans Baer. .
See where - Margaret Illington Is
fathering, or mothering, a movement
to promote and foster. a love, for dish
washing among women In their homes.
Well, if Margaret or any other woman
succeeds in making dishwashing popu
lar among women as a collective sis
terhood she will have done more than
any other woman since dishes were
made.
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The managers of the overseas ex
pedition of American actors who want
to cheer up our soldiers over there
have decided to weed out and discard
all rotton stunts.
In which case, being "over there"
will have its advantages. Wish they'd
weed 'em out oven here. too.
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The billing "of Gertrude Hoffman on
the walls of the Orpheum Theater, St.
Louis, announcing her return engage
ment, reads as follows:
"Miss Hoffman has appeared before
the royal court of "London and the
Municipal Court of St. Louis."
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A bulletin from the Paris headquar
ters of the Y. M. C. A. tells of a fur
ther Cxplolt of Elsie Janis In making
hen appearance before 3300 soldiers on
the cowcatcher of a French locomotive,
Miss Janis Is now on her second trip
TOO MICH FOR ONE JUS TO DO
Great Tasks Imposed on Secretary of
the Treasury.
Springfield (Mass.) Republican (Dem.)
While the Secretary of the Treasury
is spending several weeks of bis
precious time touring the country in
the heroic effort to sell liberty bonds,
important matters of business are be
ing held up in the office of the director
general of railroads. The war finance
corporation, of which the Secretary of
the Treasury will be the chairman, is
still to be organized, although there
ought to be no delay.
As Secretary of the Treasury Mr.
McAdoo is properly making liberty loan
speeches throughout the United States.
But, as director-general of the rail- j
roads of the United States, he ought to I
be in Washington, where urgent ques
tions wait on his decision. The com
mission appointed to revise the wage
scales of railroad employes filed its
recommendations at least a week ago,
but they cannot be acted upon by the
director-general of railroads while the
Secretary of the Treasury is campaign
ing for the loan. The contraois be
tween the Government and the rail
roads providing for compensation for
the roads during Government operation
are still in the air, it is reported, be
cause certain difficult points bearing
on the precise definition of net Income
must be settled by the director-gen
oral. Negotiations for the merger ot
the four big express companies so that
they may act ac the Government's agent
In express business of the country are
also held up until the liberty loan cam
In Other Days.
palgn is ended.
T 1 .. nA. V. -J .Ua. nlonlnir nf
for the T. M. C A., covering areas In the contracta for new cars and locomo-
tno cemr&i pan ot r ranee ana one 01 tlve- been delayed on account of
the port cities. One of the central the action ot the director-general of
camps Is an Important railroad center, I railroads devoting all of his time dur
which has a large railroad shop with a ing the loan drive to the duties or the
a bad fall.
abandoned Itself to despair.
It is interesting to recall that Father
Damlen was a Belgian, born at Lou
vain, which only recently has borne
a conspicuous part in the world
tragedy. He was appointed a mis-
Ex-Speaker Cannon had anothe
birthday yesterday, and, like the real
old man of the day. Is proud of his
age. Mr. Cannon s public life covers
a period of fifty-seven years, he hav.
ing been elected a State's Attorney in
1861. three years after admission to
the bar. If there is another man with
like period of clean political life ex
istent, his name is not recalled.
ARTT and THE OIOX.
The Sclo Tribune, a thoughtful con
temporary.' has deliberated for sev
eral weeks over an Inquiry from The .ionary to the Hawaiian Islands in
Oregonlan as to whether or not in its igg3 and ten years later was sent at
opinion the great questions of slavery I hi- own reauest to the leoer settle-
ana states ngnts mignt nave Deen ment which had been established 1
settled by negotiation, or compromise, ttvr rears oreviously bv tha island eov
and without an appeal to arms; and eminent. He found the lepers lnde
has evidently decided not to answer, scrtbably wretched, lacking in the fun
It is to be regretted. We should like I dasaental necessities of life. Forthwith
to have our own harassing doubts on he organized them, obtained good food
a perplexing academic question imany 1 suitable dwellings and medical assist
resolved, one way or the otner. ance.' established schools and restored
nut tne TTinune evolves anotner in- religious worship. Above all, he re
terestlng article on "partlsanlsm." and vived hone. After ten years he dls-
insists again that it waa the direct covered signs that he had contracted
cause or tne civil var. me evidence 1 the disease and could begin his ser
appears to be chiefly that the Demo- J m0ns with the words, "We lepers.'
cratic party was in power, ana it was He finally succumbed, but not until
committed to slavery and states rights, h. worked a complete transfor
and resorted to rebellion rather than mation In the physical condition and
submit. So, asks the Tribune, "is It the spirit of the colonists. It Is these
not true that the selfish and uncom- people of whom an inspired newspaper
promising parusanism or tne rouin poet has written
a in. m . slavery iru8B. vu .x.ncI.M - .a .huoB,a by man. wa'd share.
tne tivji nir:
The slave power, with the Demo
cratic party as the vehicle of Its ex
pression, sought to break up the
Union. Incidentally, It wrecked the
party, for many of its members aban
Brothars-at-war. with you.
And from our moaner plttanca sir a
As happlar comrades dot
Not ours to shoulder armathouffh wa.
God knows, are soldiers, too.
Thus, after nearly half a century.
the lepers of Molokai ar,e repaying a
doned it and the NaUon repudiated it. am thav owe to a Belrinn hero, who
The defenders of nationality, the apos- we tjimk, lf he were living, would
lies 01 equal rignu lor an men. ana orier jt Jn no other way.
tne iocs or state rig n is, ail togetner
saved the T'nlon. Tha Renuhllran
nartv was tha instrument, so far as STANDARDIZED TOOLS.
the cause needed and had political Th commercial economy board of
support and action. ! the Council of National Defense has
Let us say. then, that the loglo of undertaken a study of the agrlcul
onr Sclo friend will drive him to ad- tural Implement Industry as a war
mlt that lf "partlsanlsm" of one sec-1 measure, with a view to determining
tionol group all but destroyed thePhat varieties may be dropped by
Union.- the "partlsanlsm" of another manufacturers without hampering
group saved it.
rorrxARrTY or the third i.oax.
The great number of subscribers to
the third liberty loan is fully as sig
nificant as the fact that the loan waa other tillage implements,
farm work. It will not surprise most
farmers to learn that the number is
exceedingly large. Four divisional com
mittees representing various branches
of the Industry have made recom
mendations concerning steel plows and
grain drills
largely oversubscribed. It Indicates and seeders and farm elevators. Each
that there not only is wide diffusion recommended various styles for eliml
of wealth throughout the Nation, but nation, representing altogether nearly
also that there is an even more gen- S00O.
eral diffusion of patriotism. It shows It would seem. Indeed, that the
that city and country, nd field, work- country is approaching nearer to the
shop and store, are awakening not system of standardization in all forms
alone to the fact of war. but to the of machinery which Is so well fitted
need of sacrifice to win It. to our National temperament and to
It . seems that when the complete our economic needs. If there Is one
returns have been tabulated, Oregon thing In which Americans ought to
will be shown to have made 149.800 excel, that one thing is the economical
Individual subscriptions to the loan, production of vast quantities of stand
The whole number of subscribers in ardized goods. The French delight in
the United States will be upwards of the fabrication of Individual products,
17.000.000. From any angle it is 1m- nicely tooled by hand, the parts of
possible to take a gloomy view of the which are not Interchangeable with
situation.- The forthcoming amount those of other machines. But we have
of money is wholly satisfactory, and neither the time nor the patience for
the participation of more than one such work. When our implements
person in every six of the population, break down, we want -to repair them
It .will bear repeating. Is an earnest quickly and get on with the work in
that the people are united in demand- band.
ing prosecution of tha war to final There is little doubt that the suc-
vlctory. cess of a standard make of automobile
If a detailed story of the third lib- was due largely to the facility with
erty loan drive could be written, it which "parts" could be obtained, and
would make a mighty Interesting bu- lit is highly significant of the drift of
man document. The major part of I events that this same manufacturer Is
the credit should by no means be I now engaged In turning out war craft
given to those who bought the largest I built on the same principle. The
amounts of bonds. A good measure I standard implement and the standard
ot patriotic Intensity of purpose is the ship are necessary where quantity
sacrifice of the individual. The local I production and speedy replacement are
canvassers could tell a good deal about first considerations,
that. We have heard. for,example. It will not be necessary, however,
of a claim holder In a remote region to stifle competition, or to put a check
in Oregon who borrowed enough upon Initiative and private enterprise,
money from a storekeeper to buy a to accomplish a great deal in the
bond, and then, shouldering his pack, direction of standardization. The mul
left his claim to go out and work for ttpllclty of sizes of bolts and screws,
the money with which to discbarge and the further variety of their
the debt. The merchant in question, threads, are said by competent me
operating upon limited capital, de- chanlca to be unnecessary. Some day
serves mention also for his part in the there will be a great National house
transaction. Indeed, the spirit of co- cleaning tn this regard,, and it will
operation throughout has been gen- save the labor of hundreds of thou
eral and generous. The incident In sands of men which Is needed In other
question la only a type of perhaps I productive fields. The ramifications
hundreds of thousands in the United of possible savings, it is pointed out
States. 1 I by experts, are almost bewildering.
On an average each family In the I The amount of capital released, for
country now owns at least one liberty I Illustration, would be large. Jobbers
bond. It la a remarkable experience and retailers are now required to carry 1
Senator Kenyon's plan to wipe off
the slate with France has one bit of
merit having all the money in the
world, we may not miss a billion or
two; but Great Britain and Italy might
wonder why they do not get in. We
may lose the debt of Russia, and with
that for a start a financial potlatch
ought to make Uncle Sam the best
fellow on earth.
Elimination of special names of
trains necessitates study of timecards
to learn the numbers. With the, un
derstandlng that even numbers apply
to north and east bound and odd num
bers to the others, the study is simple
matter of mnemonics, as easy as the
multiplication table.
Germany may not consider the dec
laration of war by Nicaragua of any
consequence, but when the United
States has transports to spare the little
republic may supply the last ten or
twenty thousand men needed to win
the final victory.
It would not be amiss if the men
ho draw the jury list paid more
attention to; quality. If they should,
there might be less danger of disagree
ments when pro-Germans, slackers
and other disloyal people are on trial.
Omaha's "cowboy" Mayor, "Jim"
Dahlman, was defeated Tuesday for
re-election, after twelve years In .the
office. He was a good official, but the
voters thought it was time for a
change. ,
In questioning the veracity of Pre
mier Lloyd George, General Maurice
risks a charge of plagiarism from a
certain distinguished American who
started the Ananias Club.
When great stores of wheat and
meat burn at St, Louis, it is evident
there are Hun incendiaries at large
nd that a strong Home Guard is
needed.
Secretary of the Treasury; that matter
appears to have been disposed of. But
the National Coal Association has is
sued a statement concerning the pro
ductlon of bituminous coal for next
Winter that is alarming.
The coal situation, as the country
learned last Winter, is essentially a
coal car and railroad situation. The
Federal Fuel Administration has late-
lv hpan hArr frnm tn much the same
o ', song- writer ana ittrraer effect as this Rational Coal Association
track running through the center of
the building for Its entire length.
It was aboard the cowcatcher of
locomotive on this track that Miss
Janis made her entrance before the
large throng of soldiers assembled
tbene. Then she sang, danced, told
stories and gave imitations.
husband of Cecil Cunningham,- lias
been married again. His wife was
Ebba Ah 1, a vaudeville singer. The
ceremony took place last Wednesday
in Jersey City. Miss Ahl, who is a
New York girl, went Into vaudeville
three years ago after she was gradu
ated from high school.
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A cable message to Hilda Spong, of
although it may not have spoken out so
plainly. Here is a big Job for tne director-general
of railroads and there
la no time to be lost in tackling it. An
other coal scarcity next Winter would
be inexcusable if measures can now be
taken to Drevent it.
Mr. McAdoo is one of the ablest aa
ministrators the Government has had
In many years; his record proves it,
It Is astonishing that he has done as
r.11 aB v.,. V. , a with hnth thA TrflaslirV
Henry Miller's company, has brought Department and the railroads since last
her the sad news that her brother has I December. But the indications are that
been killed In action at the front. The one man is being given altogether too
young man. who had been an actor, much to do. It is an unsafe risk to
was an officer In tha British nrmv. continue the present arrangement per-
" I . 1 .. n , ir.lAA a,. ,rh , nlplr
mailtSULljr. .'11. HI -li 1-" " vub". -v """
either finance or railroads and devote
A bulletin to a New Tork exchange himself exclusively to one or the other,
from Frank C. Payne, who Is Mrs.
Leslie Carter's husband and who Is in CANXOT OREGOJT Fl'KXISH OILt
London, bears upon the calmness of
players in the theaters during an aerial Inquirer Wants to Know Why State la
attack.
'Last night, with every theater pack
ed." he writes, "there was an attack.
But the players were all brave, as well
as Jolly. When the bombs suddenly not!-
Not Petroleum Producer.
PORTLAND, May 8. (To the
Edi
tor.) In The Sunday Oregonlan, under
the heading, "Oil Will Be Scarce." you
quote from a letter written by Secre
tary Lane in which the Government's
fied us what was coming, the actors deep concern over the oil situation is
turned it Into a Joke. apparent. Other articles appearing re
At the Strand the 'Cheating Cheat- cently In your paper have pressed tne
era' star, Shirley Kellogg, snapped her
fingers at the crackling overhead and
ill kept to their seats and applauded
when she said: T should worry. Soon
you'll hear our lion roaring
At tne savoy A. J. Matthews, ap-
same subject upon the attention of the
people. Director of Petroleum Mark
L. Requa in his speeches before oil
men has said production must be in
creased and every encouragement giv
en to the opening up of new fields.
The impending oil famine, the rapidly
I , KMany .1.a rtnnatiin.lV
peering in 'Nothing but the Truth, "..'"Iw.r AV .na on. onHiderea
smilingly remarked: 'Don't go. Help us aionicslde of tne Prosperity that oil
carry on or I'll lose my bet. Hlght-o.' production brings to a state, make
shouted a voice in the gallery and the pertinent the inquiry: "Why Is not
play went on. Oregon in the oil-producing class? Who
. . . 1 is competent to niibweii xcw us uco..
aiiu ou it waa at tn a otner do tne- I him
aters and music halls in town. The In connection with a reply to the
spirit displayed in the theaters Is one Question a short review of the oil in
of the best backbone stlffeners the na- dustry of California, showing what it
tlon has to command. Ita ii,fin.n. has meant to the state commercially.
can hardly be measured Whenever the Z?3
air raids start everybody shouts 'Carry teresting to know what Oregon's con
on, carry on.' And they do. It's a tribution to California's oil prosperity
wonder some English George Cohan or has been in the last 15 years,
Twenty-five Years Ago.
(From Tba Orc.onl&n ot May . 1S9S.)
The electrocution of Carlyle W. Har
ris, which took place at Sing Sing,
New York, yesterday, was pronounced
to have been highly successful.
City of Mexico, via Galveston, Tex.,
May 8. General Gonzales, ex-President
of the republic of Mexico and
Governor of the stats of Guanajuato,
died here this afternoon.
A meeting of the Oregon State Base
ball League will be held at the Hotel
Willamette at Salem Thursday aad a
schedule and constitution will be
adopted.
Washington, May 8. The - serious
aspect of the revolution In Nicaragua
will probably result in the United
States sending a war vessel to the west
coast of the perturbed country.
The Republican city .convention has
been called for May 19 at 2 P. M. at
Turner HalL
The work of electrifying the Portland
& Vancouver Railway is being pushed
forward as rapidly as possible, In spite
of the unfavorable weather.
Irving Berlin
about it."
doesn't write a song
A. C. BURROUGHS.
Information Abont Naval Enlistments.
A "Thrift Stamp Tipping Club" is WALTON. Or., May . uo tne Jioi-
nAnrt--j . v. - ik..t.i..i , . 1 1 nr. J jvmuty ton 1110 tne umicoi au-
I -I--.- n,hA-- nna mflv nand fftv liters.
with its members pledged to tip only ture concerning the different branches
witn war savings stamps. .v.- Navy a young; man ma v enlist in.
Marcus Loew Is heading the move- SUBSCRIBER.
ment, and when the club is formed in
ew York City branches are to be es
tablished tn the theatrical profession
throughout the country. Jack Lait has
agreed to promote a similar club for
his native village, Chicago.
The United States Navy Recruiting
Station, Dekum building. Portland, Or.
Whose Carrier Plgreont
FORT CANBY. Wash., May 8. (To
tha Editor.) A carrier pigeon lit in
Mr. Loew, besides devoting himself our Daclc :ard n exhausted crid-
to many other side Issues which ' go "on j ' if . i.t
caught and a copper band on its lert
toward promoting any step taken by ieg wa9 engraved with the following:
the Government as a war measure, (a 1917. O 1656). The poor thing has
thought out that show people In their lost its right foot, evidently some time
n...w nr. ni.Ki .,t innv nnn .v. ie-o. tha stump Da neaiea over
Fifty Years Aaa.
(From The Oregonlan of May 8. 1S68.)
Advices respecting the Arkansas elec
tion say that the district commander
extended the time for holding the elec
tion several days in consequence' of se
vere storms and high water, which
prevented voters from reaching the
polls.
The directors of the Sues Canal ara
pushing the enterprise with great
vigor, and declare that It will be fin
ished next year.
The Appletons offer Charles Dinlcana.
the noted author, $25,000 for the ad
vance sheets of his next novel.
The New York Tribune has over 200
editors, correspondents and reporters.
Mr. Bartholomew's Great Western
Circus will perform this evening for
tne last time in Portland.
The tide of emigration now eettinc-
toward this Coast la unnracednntol
since 1852.
Governor M. F. Moore, of Waahina-tn
Territory, arrived here by the steam
ship George S. Wright this morntng.
He is on his way to the eastern por
tions of the territory on business con
nected with his office as Governor.
SALVAGE FROM CITY'S GARBAGE
Materia Recovered Does Not Pay for
Incineration of Remainder.
PORTLAND. Mar 8 fTo th -Tai
lor.) A communication unnHpln. In
The Oregonlan of May 7 relative to the
free collection of garbage, signed by
Mrs. Alice Madorls, states: "After the
first year the fund from the salvage
should be sufficient to take care of
the collection and practically elimi
nate all tax for carrying on the system."
'Tis a consummation (nf rhni
devoutly to be wished, but such a ben
eficial condition would not result. The
city of Portland Is now salvaging prac
tically all the garbage collected and it
does not pay the expense of Incinerat
ing the portion that has to be de
stroyed, to say nothing of the cost of
collection.
The free collection and disnnsal of
garbage cost tha city of Seattle for the
year 1915. four years after the adop
tion of the system. 1239.792 25 and"
verything was salvaered that it was
possible to salvage, practically nothing
being incinerated. If we should ex
periment with the same nlan our ra.
suns would be the same as theirs.
It has' been but a few years since a
law was passed placing a limit on the
tax levy and now one-half of the
measures submitted for the next elec
tion provide for a tax levy over such
limit. It is surely not as essential that
we vote a tax levy for free collection
of garbage as that we vote to raise
sufficient revenue to conduct the af
fairs of the various branches of city
government that we now have.
It is not a time to experiment with
new affairs or to create other depart
ments of city government that reauire
additional tax levies.
BRUCE C. CURRY.
Portland is reaping the reward for
having delivered the goods In the
shape of ships. In war achievement
has stronger pull than politics.
The nervousness of the novice air
man is nothing by comparison with
that of the men who know they are
guilty of the aircraft scandal.
Nobody should welcome revival of
the Ku Klux Klan, but the best pre
ventive is prompt, severe penalties lor
spies and traitors.
With the Ad Club on the watch for
deceptive pictures, circus "paper" that
comes this way cannot contain ma
usual thrillers.
The rise and fall of funds In the
L W. W. treasury followed closely the
growth and decline of enemy activity.
The President and Mrs. Wilson went
to the circus the other night, and
what further precedent is needed?
A revolution in Austria with Its
seventeen languages must recall the
sounds at the tower of Babel.
There are fine openings in the ranks
for defeated candidates who will want
to take it out on somebody.
Mr. Purcell found it cheaper to
bribe one bandit than to pay a ran
som to the whole gang.
One of the greatest potatriots in the
United States is the railroad of the
great big baked potato
The Boy Scouts will find the black
walnut trees, but they could do it
easier in the Fall.
A rise in water rates may come, hut
air must continue to be free.
tamp as a savings Investment. With
the stamps retailing at 25 cents each
and so many professionals often tipping
that amount, the Idea struck the vaude
ville - manager that the show people
could comply with the Government's
request to purchase war savings
tamps and make practical use of them
through the tipping distribution,
a a . a
Henrietta Crossman is rehearsing in
a vaudeville act called "For Our Boys,
In which Frank Evans is her leading
man.
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Picture four houses, two facing on
Fifty-sixth street, two on Fifty-seventh
street (New York, not Portland), with
backyards adjoining. Lilac bushes
nicely, and it manages to hop around
very well on Its peg leg. The boys
here at the station have already put
ud Kood-slsed birdhouse for Its ac
commodation and it appears to be quite
at home. I would like to hear from
anyone who knows anything about this
pigeon, should this come to their notice.
Alr tt&u 1 V 1 -VL r. iv,
U. S. Coast Guard Station,
Fort Canby, Wash.
Women in h'avy.
PORTLAND. May 8. (To the Ed
itor.) Please publish the branches of
service women can enter In the United
States Navy and also the requirements.
a ELIZABETH O'L'ON.NOii.
Women may serve in the ravy as
nurses, telephone switcnDoara opera
tors or yeomen,
The latter must be
errew In each yard, the same washday stenographers. At present all service
was observed In each home, but the performed by women Is ashore. Write
families were not neighborly, having
decided that the safest way to keep
ing neighbors' friendship was to leave
them, alone.
Each family la these four houses had
a son. Each set of parents believed
to commandant of Thirteenth Naval
District, Navy-yard, Puget Sound,
Wash.
urses In Army.
PORTLAND. May 8. (To the Ed
itnr 1 To whom do I aDDlv for infor
their particular son was the greatest mation concerning Army nursing for
mbryo President ever brought into the rvices In France not Red Cross?
world, but. to the dismay of all the Would like to enlist from State of New
parents, who would have liked their
sons to follow classical careers, these
boys developed strange tastes in music.
making weird syncopated noises, such as
the parents had never heard before.
and, for the first time, doubts came to
them as to Presidential possibilities.
York. - J- P- M.
Apply to Miss Dora Thompson, Army
Nurse Corps, War Department, Wash
ington, D. C.
Women as Yeomen.
WALLA WALLA, Wash., May 8. (To
h TCriitnr l Tn what address should a
These youngsters were not Just what woman writ6 for Information regard-
they should be, so they gave up In
despair, and left' them to their own
devices.
Now, these pareifta, whose backyards
overlooked each other, are quite as
proud as though the White House had
received their sons, for each of the
four boys is as well known In his way
lne examination for yeoman?
it. j. nw i.n.
Write to commandant of the Thir
teenth Naval District, Navy-yard, Puget
Sound, Wash.
Whereabouts of Sailor,
n.TT nlT.T.lTQ Or Mnv a Tn tV, .
as the President in his. for the names Edltor.) Tell me how to ascertain the
or uie lour are j aroma .ern, onvio I whereabouts of a certain person who
Heln, Bert Grant and Lew Hlrih.
Answer to Doll, Salem (1) Cyril
Maude and Arthur Maude are no rela
tion whatever. (2) Arthur Maude and
Constance Crawley appeared in Salem
about five years ago In rn English
play called "The Broken Law," but they
did not play it In Portland.
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May Irwin Is vacationing at her farm
on one of the Thousand Islands.
I enlisted In the Navy In April or May
at Portland, Or. A SUBSCRIBER.
Write to Navy Department, Wash
ington, D. C
. When Soldier Harries.
SHERWOOD, Or., May 6 (To the
Editor.) Does a soldier have to have a
permit from bis company commander to
get a license to be married In Vancou
ver, Wash.? G. NEWMAN.
He does
EARLY HUSBANDRY IX OREGON
First Twelve Potatoes Planted at As
toria In 1811 Yielded 100.
PORTLAND. May 8. (To the Edi
tor.) At this time, when products of
the soli occupy a large place In publio
consideration. It may be worth while
to note the starting point of the same
in Oregon. The sea expedition of the
Astor party left New York on the
Tonquin September 6, 1810. Among
tne stores of food were a lot of pota
toes. Upon arriving in the Columbia
River March 24, 1811, a few days were
spent in selecting a place for a per
manent establishment. The present
site of Astoria was chosen and landing
there was effected on April 12. As
soon as the land could be cleared gar
den seeds were planted, including po
tatoes. Only 12 of the potatoes grew,
yielding 190. Of the garden seeds, only
radishes and turnips grew. Of the lat
ter there was one which weighed 15
pounds. The crop of potatoes for 1812
was five bushels and In 1813, from two
bushels at planting, the yield was 60
bushels.
Goats, sheep, fowl and hogs were
brought to Astoria from Honolulu on
the Tonquin and landed near what Is
now Fort Stevens on March 27, 1811.
In March, 1825, Dr. John McLoughlln.
the chief factor of the Hudson's Bay
Company, began his operations at Fort
Vancouver. In the Fall of that year
he caused to be brought overland from
Canada one bushel each of wheat, oats,
barley, corn and a quart of timothy
grass seed. These cereals and tha
grass seed were planted In the proper
season, and all yielded well except the
corn.
The foregoing fixes the dates whan,
husbandry began in Oregon.
GEORGE H. HIMES.
I'njuat Law Affects West.
CANBY, Or.. May 6 (To the Ed
tor.) On the first page of the Wom
an's Home Companion for May is an
article by Rex Beach, a noted author
and writer, entitled "Will You Sanc
tion This?" It Is a timely word
against the new postal law fop all
magazines and periodicals which goes
into effect July 1. 1918. As this is
an unjust and discriminating law,
especially to Western peopie. It ought
to be repealed and will be lf the people
of the West and South get busy at
once and send in as many protests
against this law to their Congressmen
as possible. Every organization,
great or small, should send in a peti
tion for repeal of such a law. AH
who read this letter and are unfamiliar
with the new law" on magazine postage
to go into effect soon should make an
effort to read the above-mentioned ar
ticle. MRS. JOHN M. EVANS. .
Solution of Farm Labor Problem,
YAMHILL. Or., May 7. (To the Edi
tor.) In solution of the farm labor
problem I would suggest that after
May 17 the defeated candidates be giv
en a chance on the farms. They now
appear anxious to get close to the
farmer. The fact that they are seek
ing office is a self admission that thei
can be spared from their regular llnl
of work(?).
I can .use a dozen here in a 50-acre
prune orchard.
It would be only fair to the Demo
crats to state that the family pork"
barrel is empty. O. W. HAl'NKS,