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Newspaper Page Textfe TITE MORNING OREGONIAX, THURSDAY, JUNE 13, 1918. muBw$ amnxi rORTLA'D, OREGON. Entered at Portland (Oregon) Poatofflce aa second-class mail matter, fcubscrlptlou. raiea Invariably In advance: (By Mall.) Bally, Sunday Incluaed. one year $8.00 Haily. Sunday Included, alx mouths .... J'aliy, Sunday included, three months ... Xaiiy, tiunday included, one month Jjaily, without Sunday, one year . . 6.00 Iailyt without Sunday, six months ..... 3.:io Xally, without Sunday, one month -00 Weekly, one year .- l.oo Funday. one year ................ 2-0 Suaddy and weakly 8-50 (By Carrier.) Jatly, Sunday Included, one year Xiaily. Sunday included, one month ..... .76 Daily, Sunday included, three months .. 2.25 Xaily, without Sunday, one year ....... T.hO Xialiy, without Sunday, three months JJaliy, without Sunday, one month ...... .05 How to Remit Send postolflce money or. der, express or personal check on yoar local bank. Stamps, coin or currency are at own er's risk. 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THE PACIFIC COAST LEADS. y When the history of America's par: 5rv .the , war comes to be written, it will, show that one of the great, if not the; greatest, contributions of the Pa tiffc Coast to the victory of freedom lias been ih shipbuilding. How great a. part this Coast has had in the out put of tonnage announced by Chair man Hurley, of the Shipping Board, Is told in an article, by Colin V. Dy inent, a . well-known Pacific Coast newspaper man, in the June Review of Reviews. Of steel ships alone this Coast launched 202 with an aggregate of 1,332,396 deadweight tons between April 1, 1917, and May 1, 1918, and 100 of these ships, of 646,316 tons, ."were launched in the first four months of 1918. An exact compari son with the total for the whole coun try is not possible, but some idea Is Conveyed by Mr. Hurley's statement that 805,000 tons of steel ships were fcompleted and delivered in the first five months of this year. According to the article quoted, 9,2, 000 men are now employed in the Pteel and wooden shipyards , of the Pacific Coast and, when new-yards are built and manned, . the total will exceed 100,000; They have made pteady progress In efficiency and zeal, as they have come to realize, under the influence of public opinion and finder the spur of emulation, the im portance of their work to the winning pf the war. The competition in speed x-ecords between the Skinner & Eddy yard at Seattle and the Columbia liiver yard at Portland , is recited as one of the great results of this spirit. I'-lrst one, then the other, took the lead, and it is now held by the Seattle yard with 55 days from keel-laying to launching of the 8800-ton steel freighter West Lianga. This was beaten by the Camden, N. J., yard of the Jlew York Shipbuilding Company V'ith the launching in twenty-seven 3ays of the 5548-tn steel collier Tuckahoe, but the smaller tonnage. and simpler construction of the col Her gave its builders an advantage. The achievement in building wood cn -ships is no less , notable, but Mr. JJynient does not - give as many de tails of tonnage constructed. The Pa- fcific Coast has 40 per cent of the yrood yards, and Oregon, by the fine perfornufnce of the Grant Smith-Porter yard at Portland, has set speed records which the East " and South "have not met. This state has cause SoP pride in this paragraph of the article: ' OreRon leads the United States in the num t. fner of wood hulls launched under the Fleet . Corporation programme, with eighteen out of thirty-three. The splendid record of the ship building industry on the Pacific Coast is a-sunueu to tour causes, f irst come increases in wages, under which many (killed workmen receive "the salary of the average high school principal on the Pacific Coast r of the man agers of mode'rate-sized stores, ', of hundreds -of bank cashiers." Also . there are "steady employment, -comfortable working conditions, and a be lief that he (the . shipworker) is not enriching his employer at public ex- . pense." Second is acquisition of skill by practice among house carpenters who have been- adapted to ship car pentry and among farmer boya- of . a mechanical turn who have suddenly become artisans. Third comes the In fluence of public opinion against "silent sabotage,!' in the shape of re- . etriction of output, which "was being practiced by thousands of men in Pa cific Coast yards," but which "has pteartlly decreased since last Decern ber. Fourth is realization, on the part of labor of "what German rule would mean," of the effects of I. W. ,w.-ism in Kussia, tnat.prouteering nas bcen cut out of shipbuilding, and that ruilis Hie uuiit lor me taugioie pur pose of winning the war." It is to be regretted that Mr. Dy- jnent . has, perhaps unintentionally. robbed Oregon and Portland of credit j-ui )tv i l x,i i in ii ouaic til nils 1 M. I. common ' achievement of the Pacific Coast. -He transfers the' steel ship yard of the Columbia River Corpora tion from . Portland to Vancouver, Wash., and refers to the Grant Smith Porter wooden shipyard as being- lo cated at St. Johns or on thft Wil lamette River," though St. Johns 'was long ago annexed to Portland, and nil the shipyards on the Willamette River are in the citv of Portland. The fact is that Portland holds the rec ord for . speed in building 'wooden hulls and is a close -contender with Fenttle for the speed record with steel hulls. Portland does not wish to rob any city of honors won In sportsman like rivalry, but it claims all the hon ors it has fairly won. One of the infallible evidences of the arrival of mid-June will be the friendly competition, which we may expect to begin any day, for the dis tinction of eating on one's own table the" first new potatoes and peas from one's own ' war garden. Notwith standing the' fact that, "old" potatoes . are plentiful., and ' that ""new" ones have leen coming in from the South for some weeks, there: isl a special ., flavor to those which we raise our selves that cannot be surpassed by any substitute. They are obtained without much waste of . the crop by the simple process of "scrabbling' the hills. To "scrabble" in the case of the new potato means to plunge one's hand into, the loam and rob the plant of a few of its tubers, after which the careful gardener replaces the soil gently and figures that th remaining potatoes will grow all the bigeer for having more room. The new peas that go with the scrab bled potato are particularly delicious, but they are mere trifles in size, and call for a lot of shelling to produce a "mess." As a stimulus to pride in the war garden the June competition is quite worth while. . IX A 1'EW'WORDS. "Most of the Germans in America today left Germany because they could better their conditions, and have obtained rich returns; There isn't a thing In Germany which this country wants, and there isn't a", thing" In America that Germany , Is, going to get.' The words are those of a Prussian-born American, ; addressing ' . a group of business men in Chicago. They are worth repeating because they compress so much truth into so small space. It will not be gainsaid that a very large proportion of the Germans in this country, as the speaker pointed out, came here to better their condi tions, nor will it be disputed that they succeeded in doing so. They have proved that they were pleased with the change by their failure to return to Germany even when they had accu mulated a competence. Few, even of those who have been openly disloyal to their adopted country, displayed any desire to return to the land of their birth. The "rich returns" to which the speaker alluded have been more than material rewards. They have includ ed opportunities for intellectual prog ress, for individual expression such as could not exist under a government of blood and iron, - of deceit and duplicity. At least one Prussian-born American has come to realize this fully. There are many others, of course. , . . . But the time has come for them to declare -themselves in - no uncertain terms. It would be rank ingratitude for them to do otherwise. -- If they value their own welfare, tney will further prove their loyalty by helping to stamp out sedition. There, is no room In the country for others than 100 per cent Americans. THE OTHER WAY ROUND. It appears from a statement issued by Insurance Commissioner Wells that an unfounded report has gained credence that elevator insurance rates will be raised because of employment of women as operators. The idea that the hazard is increased Is preposter ous to any one who has been at all observant since the change came upon us. The elevator youth who carried on flirtations with young female- ac quaintances while he slammed doors and shot up or down is all but ex tinct in "an employment sense. His place has been taken either by middle aged men who are all business and attention, or by women. The latter are of maturer years than the male operators who preceded them. . They are also more careful and more cour teous. . '.' . An incident in one of the large de partment stores in Portland the other day illustrates the courteous trait- and also indicates that the change is likely to be of financial benefit to the. mer chant. ' A young woman accompa nied by an aged woman entered the elevator on one of the top floors. The young woman got out at an interme diate floor and instructed her compan ion to wait for her on the main- floor. But the aged woman became con fused or had not understood. She started to leave the elevator at an other floor, when in the. kindest and gentlest manner possible, the woman operator detained her and told her she would look after her. The operator did. She took the woman's arm and guided the uncer tain steps of age out of the car and put the passenger in charge of the starter also a woman on the main floor with the word that a companion would soon Join her. It was not much of an incident, so far as spainstaking goes, but it was so far beyond the conception of duties held by the elevator operator of other days and was done in such a nice way that it attracted attention. With out a doubt that store was made more popular with the twenty or more other occupants 'of the elevator who wit nessed the incident. Attention to the wants of the pas senger is one of the prime requisites of safe elevator , operation. A. large percentage of accidents are caused by attempts to get in or out when the car is in motion. The more attentive the operator the less likely are such accidents to occur. It is therefore not surprising to learn from Mr. -Wells that employment of women' as oper ators has a tendency to reduce, the number of painful disasters, v CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTORS. "' The plan to release conscientious objectors from duty. on the firing line, requiring them instead to pledge themselves to work on farms'- at no arger wages than would be the equiv alent of Army pay, plus subsistence, does not promise much help to "our farmers, for the reason that upon close scrutiny the number of true conscientious objectors" in the coun try seems to be very smalt. Out of 1,300,000 men called to the colors under the draft, it now appears that only 600 have been, Classified tenta tively as conscientious objectors, or 168 than one to each 2000 soldiers. These do not include the objectors who have only taken refuge behind an alleged conscience. As to the class who are attempting, to make con science a mask for cowardice, their lines, it Is certain, will not fall in pleasant places. ' : It now apnears that a considerable proportion of those who would have been entitled under the draft law to plead conscience as a reason for their release have not done so. . That law grants exemption. to members Of -cer tain established - organizations wich include opposition to all. war in uieir creeds. The Friends are a consplcu ous example. iJut the . friends, or Quakers, are - by no means, a unit in their Interpretation of the creed, as inhibiting their .participation in thei fighting. One of these, who is a Cap tain in the American infantry, in which he enlisted before the United States formally entered the war, is quoted in a letter to the Literary Di gest as defending his course as not in consistent with his Quaker , training; Rather, he contends, he is showing his regard for the best traditions' of the Friends by showing that he '"cannot and will not allow war to stalk upon the earth unchecked." Only by meet ing .the devil face to face, he adds, can one hope to crush him. Between this Quaker Captain and the objector who refuses to take even the smallest part in the world move ment to stamp out Prussian, mili tarism there yawns a; tremendous chasm. It is. worthy, of especial note that of the latter -class there are only about 600 among all who. have been thus far summoned under the draft. These are now to have opportunity to justify themselves In some measure by working behind the lines, in em ployments which, however remote from actual' war operations, are nev ertheless highly necessary to the country. . ' L Of "all the objectors developed . by the war, however, those whose lives will be happiest after peace has been declared will be ' the considerable Dumbc who have accepted duty not much less perilous than that of the soldier, and thus have- kept from themselves the odium of being sus pected of cowardice, iline sweepers and stretcher bearers are among these, and so are many of the English and American Quakers who have labored to aid the civilian populations under fire in villages behind the lines. It has beefi demonstrated that a man may be wholly brave and still be op posed to war, but the burden of proof- is put upon him. He may refuse to kill, but he must not refuse to accept the risk of being killed. The compara tive 'handful which the Government proposes to distribute among the farmers are only partly cleared by their failure to make a money profit out of the transaction. When, a few years hence, men are being classified according to whether they did their full duty or not, it would seem that they will be' placed in a class by themselves. C'OMPl'LSIOX'. MAY BE N'EEDF.D. -As in New Tork, it has been found irf Chicago that tne mere opening of schools to adult aliens has not been sufficient for material progress in their education in Americanism, the first step In which is instruction in the English language. Difficulties in the way of their assimilation are ob vious when they do -not even speak our language. The experiment of teaching United States history .and civics in- a foreign language? wherever made, has failed. Max Loeb. whose pamphlet on Adult Education and the War" Is quoted with approval by the Chicago Post,' estimates that there are in Chi cago alone 160,000 adults who cannot speak, read or write our language. According to the United States cen sus of 1910 there were 2,665,612 In the United States. The number prob ably has increased since then. The movement - to establish night schools for aliens, which has assumed im portant proportions within five years, ha only partly corrected the evil. It appears that attendance at the ele mentary classes In the school year 1916-17 in. the Chicago night schools for adults represented only 5 per cent of the non-English-speaking popula tion. It never has exceeded 10 per cent. As a result of the demand for workers since the war began, attend ance has further diminished. It is possible that the country will yet adopt- a system of compulsory edu cation for adults. Many of the rea sons for ; compulsory education of children apply also to grown-ups. There is littleroom. in the United States for those who fake so little in terest in its Institutions that they will not take the trouble to learn English The scheme is not more revolutionary than compulsory education in general seemed to be only a few years ago, Nor are the obstacles Insurmountable. Some adjustment of school opportu nities to the economic condition of adults, and especially to their hours of employment, will be required, but this can be made. We shall need teachers with special training and a high sense of consecration, but thej can be provided. And then the alien adult "will be required to give account of himself. - WHEN WILL FOCH STRIKE The . present German onslaught seems to be aimed at straightening out the kinks in the battleline left in former thrusts; at reaching within striking distance of Paris; at cutting the lines of communication to the French and American positions east of Rhelms, and at compelling the French to use up the reserves which General Foch has been husbanding for a counter-offensive. Von Hinden- burg may believe that he has forced the - British to use up the reserves which had been held back for . an allied army of maneuver and that he can now do . likewise with the' French before enough Americans cati .arrive and get battle training to constitute a new army maneuver. - - --.'.' Through failure to win' their full objectives,' the Germans have put sev eral bulges in their line which make favorable points for counter-attack by the allies. They came within nirte miles of Amiens, but were penned jn a big bulge -when the British held their ground from Arras southward and the French held from Montdidier along the' Olse. They were shut in a smaller and more dangerous corner on the Tser when the British held the Ia Bassee Canal on the south and the French and British held the hills west of Kemmel on the south. They made a huge thrust from the Aillette to the Marne. a distance of twenty-six miles, but the French and Americans on the west and the British on the east pre vented them from Adenine" . the wedge. This left the allied line bulging Into theirs between Noyon and Montdidier and they tried' to cut out the curve by a- new. drive in that Section, but they were "stopped after making a max! mum gain of six miles in the center, smaller gain along the Oise on the east and a small gain followed by a repulse on the west. They are now making a. new thrust from the secto southwest 'of Soissons toward -Villers Cotterets in an effort to force th French out of the triangle, of which the Oise and Alsne rivers form two sides. The check and repulse which they experienced on their two former thrusts warrant confidence that they will have no greater success on this occasion. - Stiffening of allied resistance, .more frequent and successful counter-at tacks, . and German thrusts on shorter front each time they advance arouse speculation as to whether , the time Is near when the German reserve will be so nearly used up and when the allied reserve will be well built up that the initiative may pass to. the allies. - General Foch's remarks that victory can be won only bs a success ful offensive and. that troops snouia be used sparingly, even to the point of parsimony, when on the defensive in order that a force may be available for an attack when the enemy's tensive power has - been exhausted, have raised expectation. ' -The belief grows that Foch still has a large re serve, which is steadily augmented by arrival of American troops at the rate of -200,000 to 300,000 a month, that the Germans are near the end of thei reserves and' ..that Foch is preparing the minds of the allies' for a counter stroke. - ' ' '. ' Regarding the German reserves, they were- estimated to total about fifty divisions before the drive on th Oise began," and men hove "been lav ishly -sacrificed in the last few day If they should persist with no greate result and at as great cost as on the Tser, tbey-may soon use up their men bo fast that they will have no strik ing force for a new drive east of Rheims, which some military critics expect. But the French and British losses so far this year are estimated by some to equal those of the Ger mans, and the lengthening of the line by German thrusts has caused so many men to be drawn from reserve that some writers venture the opinion that Foch s reserve army has become a myth, and cannot again come into existence until it has been composed of seasoned American troops. That belief cannot be entertained without holding Foch guilty of deliberate de ception in the plain implication that he has husbanded men and without crediting, in preference, the boasts of General von Stein. Despite the terrible losses suffered by the British on the Somme and the Yser, all allied statements agree that the German mass attacks have been met everywhere by far smaller forces, though the allied and German armies n the west were approximately equal when the campaign opened. That eaves to the allies a wide margin. which can only be in reserve. Aa quiet sectors have been taken over by Americans and by a great Italian force, lengthening of the line should o have depleted the reserve.' When we' have authoritative information to this effect and that 700,000 Americans are already in France and that our overseas army is growing at the rate of at least 200,000 a month, we know that General von Stein is deceiving the German people. In so doing he is only consistent with the German habit of mendacity. Then why we should credit his boasts of heavy allied losses and that "the so-called Foch reserve army no longer exists"? But some conservative American writers say that Foch's plan is only to prevent Germany from winning a de cisive 1ctory in 1918, that the Amer ican army cannot be ready to take the offensive in force until next year and that the British and French are de liberately .continuing the defensive with the Intention of letting the Americans bear the brunt of the of fensive when they are ready In suf ficient numbers. That opinion Is not borne out by the putting of Americans In the heat of the fighting at Can tigny and Chateau Thierry so early in the year and in growing numbers. Americans are not of the waiting kind. once they are at war. Germany may gather a striking force for one more push, and a likely place for it is in Champagne between Rheims and the Argonne forest on the chance that the allies have weak ened their line there in or.der to repel assaults farther west. If successful, such a push would force the allies to abandon Rheims and the high ground on the south and it might win the great plain of Chalons with the rail road to Bar-le-Duc, and might force the French to abandon Verdun and the Americans to withdraw from the Toul line. But if Germany failed there, the force for another offensive would probably be lacking, while suc cess might prove barren for want of ability to follow it up. Then would be the time for Foch's counter-stroke, and it would come this year. . To begin a winning campaign be fore Winter would nerve the allied peoples for a great effort next year. To remain on the defensive until snow falls would create a favorable situ ation for a German peace offensive in the Winter. All these considerations must have entered into the calcula tions of the - Supreme War Council, and it- would not be disposed to give the Kaiser more of that element time than it could help, for. he has made most .effective and industrious use of- that' which has already been given him, as the allies know to their cost. Their disposition will be, when they .'get the Uermans going, to keep them going. Americans are advancing to the point where there will be only one Berlin, to which the first American visitors will be a large number of act ive young men in khaki, carrying the American flag. If the Kaiser had consideration he would pull off that fleet offensive July 4. If we cannot burn powder at home, we can have a- great celebra tion with his help. ' An escape from the State Hospital get as far as Kelso and gave himself away by looking ' for work. A sane man. does not look these days, he grabs the job. Five crack Hun divisions were hurled at the marines and retired dis organized for repairs. They can't "tell it to tne marines anymore. iney don't dare. , If the German fleet should come out,, lt'wquld- be up to the American as well as the British Navy, not to' lcU It'escape. We do not want a second Jutland. '''. .-'-' Watermelons are in, but they can not taste as good as that "snupped" through the rail fence, and devoured at the edge of the swimmin hole. The outcome of. a battle between the Umatilla mammoth "and a: war tank would make an interesting sub ject for speculation this weather. " The U-boat raids rank 26.000 tons and the output in the" time was 130,642 tons. That's a Ifun balance. so to speak, on the right side. Perhaps the world needs new dances, but the best step ever Invented Is to step right up to the. Captain's of fice and enlLst. Are you letting all this elorlous bloom go tb waste with not a thought of the sick ones who cannot enjoy It? One likes to place. faith In the prom ise of the weatherman-of showers. To be certain, do not carry an umbrella. Anything that Is free is bound to be wasted: Too much-water is being put on the war gardens' anyway. The bones1 unearthed ' near ' "Uma tilla indicate a round-up was old. stuff in prehistoric days. ' -. ';. -y. , President Wilson will: please take notice that Colonel-Roosevelt has ad journed politics. '-'..' '. v " -. g-, They call -it "German Offensive at sea," aa if the Hun was not offensive everywhere; ..'-"' Hot'weather kills the aphis and it's easier .to sweat than spray. Do not grumble. '..' Rolling . thunder has a refreshing sound;, though little rain is with it. Whe W83 it 'Veiling for more-steam only: five "months ago? Stars and Starmaken By Cu mm Baer. iVX praise agant in captivity snd'ep eratino for Comstock and Ges pro ducers.- In New York, is decorating Portland Rlalto and incidentally pre paring", the path for the advent next week of the delightful musical comedy. "Oh Boy," in which Joseph Soutley is featured. She says It's a warm weather show and takes your mind off youp troubles and doesn't tax your gray matter in the least. , So a lot of us will look forward to "Oh Boy." Miss Dowllng Is smart and. a sweetie and has forgotten more, about the theatrical game than any of the. men agents I've met. I-ast Summer she was publicity manager and company manager, too, for "Oh Boy" when it played ' all Summer in Chicago, and landed more legitimate, sensible, read able stuff than all the other agents put together. I know, fon I read a lot of the stories. Two seasons ago .Miss Dowllng brought "Hobson'a Choice" to the Coast, and befere that "The But terfly on the Wheel." . ' Geraldine Dare tells of a man who said - he thought it was mighty fine of the Government to arrange a liberty loan io the people to tide them over la war times and that he has already written to the President to please send him about 15000 of the loan until next Christmas. Geraldine, by the way. Is considering a vaudeville offer, doing a songalogue set to dance steps. Eddie Janlo, recently here on the Orpheum with hrs partner Bernard, is now assistant to Musical Director Dan CaslaV at Camp Upton. Caslar. was formerly director) of the orchestra at Reisenwebers in New York. ' William Laurence, character actor, who wa'a featured in "Honor Thy Children" at the Orpheum this last season. Is seriously illth a sanitarium In San Antonio. Tex. lie is suffering from high-blood pressure. Varied and Interesting are the rea sons attributed for the lilnessvof Anna Held. Her musical director, 'Whitney Bennington, says it was Induced by her hard work on behalf of the soldiers. "Miss Held has worked early and late, giving concerts in camps through out the country," said Mr. Bennington. On her last four with 'Follow Me' she used much of her spare time in doing outside work In behalf of the soldiers. Her trip o France, where she worked for two years, left Mis'Held a changed woman. She Is devoted to France and to America. Those who work with Anna HvJd love her. To us she is not simply a famous stage character; she Is a charming human being, who treas ures a flewer given her; a woman who always has a kindly greeting for hex co-workers.-'- We who know her best know there are others who could be spared more easily." There .seems to be no end to tne tilchta-ot Sergeant Guy Empey.. He Is in actor., too. He Is co-starring with Rose Stahl in "Pack Up Your Trou bles," a comedy. Florence Martin 1: in the company, so Is Mlnnette Bar rett, a Portland girl. The piece opened in Washington, I. C, last week, and after playing Baltimore and Atlantic City for a week's engagement each, if successful, win. o direct to New Yonk, opening before August. Lillian Rothenberg. a cabaret singer, was awarded the $500 diamond ring she said was given her by A. S. Will lams, manager of the Portola-Louvrr, in San Francisco, who died last year. Mrs. Emlle Williams, divorced wife -of Williams, and Mrs. Louisa Williams, mother of Williams, were sued by Miss Rothenberg for the recovery of the ring, which was found In Williams' safe deposit vault after his death. Miss Rothenberg sang in our local grills in the ancient cabaret days. ' Howard Russell has jus't closed, a 20-week engagement with the Kmpress Stock-. Company In ' Vancouver, B. C where he is a big 'favorite and has Joined tbe.Del Lawrence Company the Majestic Theater In San Francisco. c-' Cordelia Hiager Is going to appear all alone on the Orpheum this fiext season. Just now she's sick with rheumatism. Her husband. George Austin Moore, has offered his services to his country, but hopes to get the little wife started In her new act be fore he leaves. Eddie Foy, comedian, had a difficult time of It for a few moments the ether day In the Coney Island Court obtain lng ball, and It was all due to the fact Che-family domicile appears to be listed ir. the name of Mrs. Foy. The vaudevlUian was haled before Magistrate McOuIre on a charge nearly a year old.' lodged "by Sylvester Nash of the Children's Society on the usual Juvenile" charge with, which various ccurts throughout the country hftve harassed Foy for the last several, years The charges .are the outgrowth of the Foy's appearance at Henderson's Music Hall, Coney Island, cm a Sunday of last July. . " - FoyandlOs children played their act, which was called "The Old Woman Who Lived ' In the Shae." and In it Madeline. IB: Eddie. 14, and Irving. 10, had parts. The. comedian had obtained permit ' f rem the Children's Society which gave him the right to have his children work on-the stage six days a wet-k. . but, the complatuant told , the court.' the permit did not cover Sun- usv. ... ' - x . . The . arrest of Foy and the house manager. Lemuel Blakeman. followed Magistrate McGulre held Foy and Blakeman for' Special Sessions and first fixed the bail of both men at (100 1 do -not wish to Inconvenience you, the Court told Foy. ' "You own a house, I believe. What Is it valued at? "Thirty . thousand dollars." was' the reply "Oh. well." quoth the Magistrate, "In that cms your ball will have to be tsoo: Foy .told the Court there was a catch in it fcomewhere, as he did not own the house at all. .."It is owned by my he said, was hla wife's property. - "In", that case,'' Magistrate McGulr declared.. "I cant take your bond. . And so It came to pass that Blake man. was forced to step into the breach and post hla own . bail and that , of the actor's. , Foy aald the condition of Mrs Foy, who had been reported seriously 111 earlier In the week, was somewha improved. ; - - . The Dolly" Sisters have Introduced a novelty which bears the promising title of "Kioking the Kaiser." - The lnovatlon is a dance, in th course of which the nimble Dollys kick their shapf-ly toes at the "property Kaifer, which' is dragged near them while they are pirouetting. . HIGH BATKS CHAROEO TO LAST. laauranre Art Stifles) Com pet It torn and People Pmr Smyu Writer. ." BROWNSVILLR. .' Or'., June 11.' Special (To the" Kditor. rermit nu- to correct your notion - as to the purpose of fire Insurance. An editorial in The Oregonian reads as follows: "The Board of Fire Under writers might fairly be invited to take note of. Portland's small fire loss and reminded that it does not warrant the present high rate of premiums. The chief aim of property owners in re ducing the loss Is to save money for themselves, not -for the Insurance com panies, but by maintaining rates un changed, the companies appropriate the savings to themselves." - You are mistaken, 'for fire insurance is certainly for the benefit of the in surance companies and the Equitable , Board of Fire Underwriters. Did not he peoples' last Legislature make it o? - They passed a law stifling all onipetltion in fire insurance y mak ing it obligatory on all companies to patronize the said Kquitable Board of ire Underwriters. It doesn't say. just that in print, but that is exactly what it amounts to. for the non-board com- anies, the companies that were will ing to write the business at a fair and easonable rate, were compelled to come into the board companies, for hey could not afford to make and file with the Insurance Commissioner a rating of their own. . Some of these companies- had been in business for nearly 100 -years, had conducted their own business success fully all that time, and vera also mighty successful in getting J Oregon business by writing it at a reasonable rate, a rate which was considerably under the rating of the Kquitable Board of Fire Underwriters. Stlflin competition would have been unlawful had it not been legalized by the Legis lature. Hence, the board companies ook their troubles to the Legislature. for they were, losing too much busl- ess to these vnon-board companies. and obtained a law whereby they could compel all companies In Oregon to charge alike. That allowed them to mulct the dear people to their heart's content for their temerity in patroniz ing mutual companies a few years ago. nd the dear people could not help themselves. , - v The business "of one firm here was formerly written at $1.90 per J100; now t costs fZ.tb. Another wrote at $1.50; now it costs $2; another at $3 per $100 Insurance, but now it costs them $4.25. Farm insurance was 60 cents per an num on dwellings or two rates for three years and double that, on barns: now it is $1 per $100 Insmance per arnum. or two rates for three years, on dwellings and double that, on barfis ; and so on, ad infinitum. - -r. ' . : .. ' A VICTIM. ' TROl'BI.E. NOT RF.I.IKK, I-ROMISKU BUI to K.nd Advertising of Delinquent Tain la Reactionary. PORTLAND. Juno 12. (To the K(il- tor.) 1 am being pestered, unsuccess fully, every day, to sign a petition calling for the non-advertfsing of de linquent taxes. It seem:; to me that this Is one of the most wrong-headed movements that was ever started" for the alleged relief of the oppressed ptoperty owner. In the case' of . prop erty on whk-h taxes are not paid when due. it Is very rarely that the. author ities will be able to find the address of the actual owner. Three-fourths of the letters notifying the owners of the delinquency will be returned by the poioffice officials. How Is the tax collecting official to know where to address John Smith. who may stand as the title holder of vacant lot somewhere in the city? The result will be. if the measure p.-ifses, that the owner will get no no tice of his delinquency whatevertYcars ago. before we had present means of public notice through the advertising columns of widely-read newspapers. printed notices were posted on '. the doors of courthouses, or school houses or churches. But such a method has been very properly abandoned.' and it is a step backwards to try., the mail process. . . , I have no interest whatever in any newFpaper that will do the advertis ing, nor in any lots that are liable to be sold for delinquent taxes. But I am Interested, as a citizen, iu property owners learning in the best manner that they have neglectc! to pay their taxes. R. M. TUTTLE. RQAD CONDITION MIl'N'DERSTOOI California Ante Tourlnts Iseefrnilj Informed aa to Columbia Hlahway. . PORTLAND. June 12. (To the Edi tor.) The tourist agencies, autoinohile dealers and owners and managers of garages In California are apparently unaware that the Columbia Highway is open to travel. Sunday you prlnten a story of the arrival in -Portland by uto of Mr. and Mrs. James 11. Mills and daughter. Mr. and Mrs. C. P. .Cot ter and Mrs. W. E. Turney. of Helena, who were en route to their homes in Montana. These travelers were advisert prior to leaving an Francisco that the Co lumbia Highway was closed to auto mobiles tor a distance of 0 miles east of Portland. Relying on this informa tion the.y sent their car by rail from this city. They had Intended traveling in the machine to Helena, and were surprised to, learn that it was only necessary to have the car taken by rail or boat from' Cascade Locks to The Dalles. Our Northwest Tourist -Association Fhouid supply the California people called upon to furnish information. with reliable data as to the highways. In doing this, it would not he amiss to direct attention to the route traveled by Mr. F. H. Nash, a description of which, appeared in The' Oregonian June 9. JOHN SCOTT MILLS. pkajcnum "Moan Pad. Glenwood, Or, June 10. To the Editor: . ' ' , - (1)1 wish to ask how a beef In bar becued. Wish you would gtva the ex act details, explaining plainly all about Jt. . - (2) Is sphagnum ms the kind that grows on old, dead, down trees in cool, shady places or the kind that grows On the body of the Oregon maple, while standing? (3) What size are the moss absorb ent pads? RED CROSS WORKER, (1) Beef is barbecued by roasting it whdle on an improvised gridiron over an open. fire. It is not practicable to give details. : (2)..(?phagnum moss grows in swamps or water, not on the bodies of trees. (S) Collectors should not attempt to make the moss pads without detailed Instruction. communicate with your Red Cross chapter or with Mr. I. Low engart. Red Cross Headquarters, Lip man-Wolfe building, Portland. . ' Wheat la Town and Country. -. MIKKALO. Or. June 11. (To, the Editor.) Are bakers allowed to use one-third wheat flour In -making DreadT If so. is it possible that the people that produce the wheat will have to do: without wheat flour en tirely and the people cf the city ' be aucwea it tnrougn tne bakery? H. C. The baker's loaf sold to individual consumers may contain 75 per cent wheat lour: that sold to cafes, hotels, etc., must" contain not more than 60 per cent wheat Hour. There Is no compulsion, upon producers to do wit'h ont wheat flour. It is urged upon them Just as city dwellers' are urged to use no wheat and to buy. baker's war loaves containing little 'or no wheat. In Other . Days. I'Mmlj-flvf Year Ago. "i-nm The OreRtiln or June 13. 189.1 Washington. The inquest over the bodies of the victims of the Ford Thea ter accident began yeeterday. The spectators were greatly excited and threatened violence to the parties re sponsible. The Northern Pacific has adopted the Southern Pacific's cut rates on the com modity tariff. Visalia. Cal. Evans and Son tan hava been captured at last. The encounter between the officers and the outlaws took place six miles west of Wilcox canyon. . J. G. Powell, of Cottaae Grove, in jured his knee the other day when his ax slipped. C. H. Clute left yesterday for De troit to attend the Elks' grand lodge. Seattle. The validity of the cigarette law will be tested tomorrow before Judge Jianford. The Harvard crew of the Willamette Rowing Club won the triangle race last night. The Harvard, the favorite shell, was pulled by Allen. Mendon hall. Kendall and McLaughlin. The time was 9 minutes -and 13 seconds. Half a Century Ago. From The Orezoninn of June 13. 1StS. The list of premiums for the Oregon State Fair is announced today and covers three columns In The Oregonian. Washington. In the House the bill to incorporate the National Art Union Association was tabled. A delegation from the several fire companies of the Vancouver fire de partment came over last night to es cort "their chief engineer, George C. Hodges, home on the occasion of his return to Vancouver. The fine horse driven bv CharIey Fuller, of the Wells-Fargo i Co.'a ex press wagon has been ordered to Sin Francisco. Mrs. C. M. Stowe, the trance speaker, will lecture at Oro Fino Hall Sundav night- . There is a speculative movement of legal tenders at San Francisco, brokers buying at 72 and selling at 73. USE OF SI OAR IN MAKING BF.ER Member of Conaresa. Quoted as Sue. ..porting Mr. Booaer'a Statement. NEWPORT. Or., .June 10. (To the Editor.) With great interest I have rfad th9 Boozer-"Churchill correspon dence on the-qnestion of war prohlbl-t'.un- and the mantifactre of beer. Yet in criticising Mr. Boozer'3 "publli; con tributions In this hour of grave dan ger." Mr. Churchill asks this question: "Would it not be better to address such communications to the President or Congress, who alone have the power to act, rather than to throw them sen sationally into the wheat -saving ma chinery?" , . In view of the fact that such commun ications in great numbers- have been n.dre.ssed to both the President and . Congress, and to the further fact that S.0OO,O0i p ople among America's best citizens have petitioned our Congress to enact war prohibition, only to be ignored, does not Mr. Churchill's ques tion xall flat? -He informs us under date of June 6, that he Is advised from Washington that no sugar whatever is used in beer making. 1 would not dispute his statement or the correctness of -his advice, for I am not in the least posted as to the total- Ingredients used in the manufac ture of beer. I am hetter posted as to itrlawful, consequences. Neither does he tell us whether or not his advice I official. I am also, advised from Washington and from one of our greatest Congressmen. In a great great speech advocating food conser vation he saM: Tile-moat astounding tlilnE ennnected with the food ritiiatlon Iti thts t-nuiitry is thi failure oT the Food Administration lo aet tu the mauer of sralnfl and stiKar used in the manufacture of beer. Vith an intensive campaign of spying Into the-flour barrel and suft-Jtr bowl of every family in America, the wholesale loss of food through the oper ations of the breweries, nine-tenths of whose products is German owjied and made, be comes a positive scandal. t The above quotation Is from the Hon. Charles H. Randall, and through him here is another, an admission from Mr. Hoover himself. Mr. Hoover admits that the brewers are ustnc todav -4'J.ooti.oiNl bushels of barley, over 2 OOO.OOO huahels of rice, and ov. r 10.000.000 bushel of corn annually and mil lions of pounds of sua-ar In the manufacture of beer. Now mark you, Mr. Randall made these statements not long since in a speech on the floor of Conaress. and perhaps under the e-yes and ears of Mr. Hoover. If they were untrue, would not Mr. Hoover have repudiated them and shown up Mr. Randall as a falsifier?. Most surely he would have been only too glad to lc. it.- ' E. W. IH RKKK. RAD TIM 15 TO REVIVE Qt'ARHF.t. Name Aaaanlt on "Mount Ralntor BrisKS Protest From California. SANTA BARBARA. C:i! . June !. (To the Editor", i It appears a com mittee Journeyed frorn Puset Sound to addresj) the Mazamas Club iu Portland on June a In making further efforts to-cliange the name of Mount Rainier. Its right and 'mast correct name, to that of Tacoina. a The United Stages CieoRrsphic Board In l!no and 1917 forever to a day set tled the controversy regarding the name of the mountain In ' Washington. It is Mount' Rainier and to sensible and logical minrta would so be taken. For a hundred years the name of Mount Rainier lias been tiaeil wherever tho mountain has been mentioned in histories, geographies, hcoks on "travel or exploration, scientific puhllcsit ions, encyclopedias, dictionaries and atlases of all the nations the Cnited Stales. Canada. England. France, Italy, Japan. Holland and even Arabia. Tho mountain is within a National park and Congress has decided th" name of the park to b the Mount Rai nier National Park. The mountain is also located in a forest reserve and this Is known as the Rainier National forest. It would appear, therefore, thai the name Rainier ia well and firmly established both by an executive order and by an act of Congress. No geographic feature in any part of the world can claim a name more firmly established or more permanent ly fixed by right of discovery, by pri o'rlty and by universal usage for more than a century. So far as known no attempt has ever been made by any people in any part of the world to change a -name so firmly and cor rectly established. The Mountaineers' Club of Califor nia, the Society of Geographical Re search and the 190 and 192S members of the Geographic Society are- unani mous for Mount Rainier. No -effort should be made to make such a chaaze and especially at the present time. -It Ls a direct slap at our friend and ally. Great Britain. LIEUTENANT EDWIN R. SCOTT. " 226 W. Arrellaga Street. PORTLAND. June 12. (To the Edi tor.) Where . fan I .get information aboyt- the coining Government land opening in this state? W. J. From the United- States Land Office, Worcester building,' Portland.