THE MORNING OREGONIAN. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 1918.
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REGISTRATION DAT.
' It Is a serious duty that 13,000,000
nen of the United States are called
nrjon to oerform this day. Undoubt
edly, except in a very small fraction,
that duty -will be cheerfully per
formed. There -were a few slackers In
the registration of men from 21 to 30
and it may be expected there will be
a few, compared with the large num
ber liable, in the forthcoming registra
tion. Men's opinions become more in
grained in later life and quite con-
roivablv there are among 13,000,000
persons some who cling to the false
notion that this was none of our
trouble, or that war is always wicked
or that this is a rich man's war. Yet
along with hidebound opinions usual
ly come more circumspection than is
to be found in youth. Men have wit
nessed the futility of attempts to evade
the draft law and they have witnessed
the ignominy that has been heaped
noon discovered slackers and tne pun.
ishment that has been imposed upon
them. Registration will be almost
100 per cent.
Registration notice has gone abroad
In countless ways. It appears In press,
on bill boards, on hand bills, on win
dow olacards. and there Is for the
careless the word of mouth comnruni-
cation. Yet there is to be found here
and there some confusion of registra
tion with the questionnaire system and
the work or fight order.
Let it be now understood that any
ground for exemption from military
service, be it dependency of relatives,
employment in war industries, alien
age or physical disability, is not ground
for exemption from" registration. Regis
tration is the preliminary to and the
basis for classification under the ques
tionnaire system. Questionnaires are
sent to the registrants after they have
.appeared today and answered the
short list of questions propounded to
them. Exemption claims are to be
made on the questionnaire.
The "work or fight order was is
sued as a supplement to the classifi
cation of men 21 to 30 inclusive. It
will be extended to those affected by
the new draft law. A man may have
been put in a deferred class because
le has wife and children, or aged and
Infirm parents mainly dependent up
on his labor for support. But under
the work or fight order he cannot
liope to retain his deferred classifi
cation if he remains in a non-productive
employment, or if he is habit
ually absent from -useful work, or if
lie is an idler. A list of non-productive
occupations has been given as a
basis upon which draft boards may
apply the order.
The registrant should bear in mind
that there is a distinction between
essential" and "productive" work.
Many employments are productive
which are not essential. The order is
that a deferred class man must be
engaged in productive work. But in
administration of this order and of
ether regulations of the selective ser
vice draft boards are cautioned to ex
ercise common sense, sympathy and
understanding. A salesman in a mer
cantile establishment for example is
In a non-productive employment. Yet
If there are circumstances that pre
vent his obtaining other employment
he will not be hastened off to war and
' his family left to starve. The order
. applies to those who can but do not
engage in productive employment,
. So it-is with the entire classifica-
tion system. The welfare of depend
ents is given sympathetic considera
tion. He who has a wife and children
i dependent upon his labor is put in
i class 4 and men in class 4 will be
i called to service only as a last resort.
! They will be, according to present
, outlook, exempt from military duty
. eo long as usefully employed. Con
. Bideration is also given to those who
'. have aged orlnfirm parents to sup
'. port: to those who are necessary em
ployes or necessary managers of
necessary Industrial or agricultural
enterprises, and to others whom it
would not be wise to remove from
Civil life.
Apparently deferred classification Is
offered as a right, or as a matter of
. national welfare, rather than as a
privilege. It was at one time pro
posed that in the new classification
deferred classification be given sole
ly on the basis of the Information
riven in the questionnaire. In the
earlier classification those entitled to
deferred status were required to make
affirmative claim for it- But the
earlier system has been continued.
One must make his claim. That
phase has been continued, it seems,
only because it was found imprac
ticable to ask draft boards to sift out
the answers in every instance and de
termine the status of every registrant
Clearly, many thousands would be en
titled to no exemption or deferred
classification. To go carefully through
their questionnaires would unneces
sarily delay the work of classification,
and expedition is essential.
Therefore let it be understood that
there Is no disgrace in claiming de
ferred classification if not to do so
would imperil the home or the sup
port of dependents, or interfere with
war activities or the national interest.
There can be a false chivalry In such
matters and there is likely to be. Em
ployers are therefore urged to see that
they do not lose key men In necessary
Industries through failure of such em
ployes to make proper claims. De
pendents are advised that they have
av right to apply for the deferred clas
sification of those who support them.
Important, too. Is it that It be im
pressed upon registrants that the gov
ernment does not desire the services
of men whose families, because of
, tucb jservlcev would, leconxe public
charges, nor does it desire the 6er-
vices of others if thereby necessary
industries or essential war work would
be made to falter.
But there is a difference between
duty to job or family and a coward's
anxiety to escape military duty. The
questions must be answered truthful
ly and conscientiously. To make
false claims is dangerous business.
Today the mind of those affected
by the law need go no further than
registration. One should be equip
ped to answer promptly and accurate
ly a few simple questions. He should
have at his tongue's end his full name,
his permanent home address, his age
in years, the date of his birth, his
race, whether he Is a citizen or de
clarant, of what country he is a subject
if not a citizen of this, his present
occupation, his employer's name, the
address of his place of employment,
and the address of his nearest living
relative.
As already said all within the pre
scribed age limits must register, un
less they have registered under pre
ceding draft laws, or are in the mili
tary or raval service. Nonliability for
military service is not an excuse for
failure to register, and imprisonment
and loss of valuable rights may fol
low such failure.
ALIEN IMMIGRATION.
There is a wise provision in the nat
uralization law, that an alien who has
declared his intention of becoming a
citizen of the United States but after
ward renounces this, may never re
new his application. The way is for
ever barred to the fair-weather deni
zen. This is precisely as it ought to
be. Recent repudiation by a few such
declarants of the desire for citizen-1
ship which possessed them only when
the Nation was not at war reminds us
that our forefathers were canmly
foresighted. They must have had in
mind just such a situation as has now
arisen.
There is another provision of the
law which requires the declarant to
complete his citizenship within seven
years, or to begin at the beginning. It
is not intended that the alien shall
make a mere convenience of this Gov
ernment. There is a question, how
ever, whether the law now goes far
enough. Our alien immigration and
naturalization laws are quite likely
to undergo revision at the first op
portunity. Records of the office of the Federal
custodian of enemy property show
that a surprisingly large number of
foreigners have used us merely as a
means of making money, without ac
cepting the responsibilities which cit
izenship implies. Our Government is
liberal and enlightened, order Is main
tained and property is secure. Oppor
tunities for advancement are numer
ous and individual enterprise is en
couraged notwithstanding what the
soap-box orators may say about it.
The alien enemy property lists tell
their own story. And there are huge
amounts of property listed there
which were held by foreigners who
had lived in America for many years
and had not taken even the first steps
toward citizenship. They owed their
material prosperity to America, but
they gave their allegiance to another
Government.
It is not unreasonable to set a time
limit upon the residence of non-citizens
at least a limit upon the time
in which they can enjoy full protec
tion of our laws and .give nothing in
return. This and further restriction
of immigration of those who are least
likely to make good citizens may be
one of the lessons wnicn we snau
learn from this war.
THE ACCOUNTING.
The Republicans of the Fourth Con
gressional District, Washington, have
taken the case of William LaFollette
in hand and at the primary have set in
motion the machinery to retire him
to private life. The issue of loyalty
wrecked the political ship of La Fol
lette, after four terms in Congress.
The Democrats of the Fifth Wash
ington district have chosen to stand
bv C. C. Dill. Representative, with a
record of obstruction to preparedness,
opposition to the selective service and
neeration on the war declaration, an
due to chronic and mistaken pacifism,
of which he now pretends to have re
pented. The Republicans of Wisconsin nave
probably renominated Governor
Philipp for a third term by a slender
vote, though he was active in oppos
ing the draft and vehemently pro
tested against sending American sol
diers to Europe "in a war that does
not concern us."
The Republicans of the First Wis
consin district, (Racine), have de
feated for renomination H. A. Cooper,
for more than 20 years a member of
the House, and long the popular lead
er of his district. He opposed the
war and favored an embargo on the
shipment of arms to the allies.
John M. Nelson, Republican, of the
Third Wisconsin district, (Madison)
an ally of La Follette, and an oppo
nent of nearly all the test measures
on the war, once accused and indicted
with his son for conspiracy to evade
the draft (though acquitted) was de
feated in the Republican primary by
the same candidate that he easily
beat two years ago. Nelson was a
member of the past six Congresses.
W. J. Cory, of the Fourth district,
(Milwaukee), an anti-prohibitionist
in a wet district, was defeated by the
Republicans on his anti-war record
by a candidate who made a "pro-war"
campaign.
W. H. Stafford, of the Fifth District
(Milwaukee) a member of seven Con
gresses, with a half-and-half record in
war measures, contrived to get a re
nomination from the Republicans,
though the aggregate vote of his two
opponents, running each on "loyalty,"
exceeded the Stafford total.
The Republicans of Michigan have
nominated Truman H. Newberry, a
distinguished citizen, a naval officer
in the war, once Secretary of the
Navy, and a millionaire, and have de
feated Henry Ford, philanthropist,
pacifist and multi-millionaire.
The Democrats of Michigan, at their
primary, have nominated for the Sen
ate Henry Ford, who is registered as
a Republican. The National admin
istration was supposed to be behind
him.
The Republicans of Nebraska have
nominated for re-election George W.
Norris, one of the "little group of
wilful men."
The Democrats of Mississippi have
defeated for renomination the sensa
tional and troublesome James K. Var
daman. also "one of the little group
of wilful men."
The Democrats of Alabama have
renominated at their primary George
Huddleston. who was denounced by
President Wilson as an "opponent of
the administration.' He voted against
practically all war measures, except
the declaration of war with Germany.
Here and there, in either great par
ty, a candidate not 100 per cent
American In America's greatest cause.
is able to escape the consequences of
hisacls in Congress.-But-oa-the-whoie
it is obvious that no candidate can
escape the loyalty test in either party,
or survive, if he is not esteemed all
right all the time. Yet the Democrats
of the Fifth district, Washington, have
made the strange blunder of renom
inating C. C. Dill, while the Republi
cans have wholeheartedly and en
thusiastically rejected Wm. La Fol
lette. Let us draw no invidious com
parisons between the respective
actions of the two parties. The error
of the Dill electorate will undoubted
ly be corrected in November, when his
opponent, an upstanding American,
will be elected.
If the Democrats throughout the
Nation repeat the Dill blunder by the
nomination of obnoxious candidates,
they will take the surest possible was
to guarantee a Republican House in
the Sixty-sixth Congress.
fro fan nr. .
The workers in a shipyard who
have created a "profanity fund," to
which every man contributes a cer
tain small sum every time that he is
"called down" by a fellow workman
for letting a cuss word slip, and out
of which are purchased tobacco and
candy for the boys in France, have
found a way to turn to account an
undesirable habit and at the same
time to set a reform on foot.
Profanity is seldom excusable and
always futile. - The popularity of the
anti-profanity movement among these
workers shows that even those who
indulge In . swearing realize that it
doesn't "sound well" in. others. They
pay cheerfully for the privilege of
catching the other fellow at it, but it
is observable that they try to cure
themselves. These funds make sur
prising progress the first few days,
but then they begin to dwindle. Af
ter a time it becomes necessary to de
vise a new scheme for replenishing
the overseas luxuries fund.
It is a pleasing notion, which need
not be confined to shipyards. Exces
sive use of profane expletives is in
elegant, to say the least, and soon
loses emphasis from its very promis
cuity. There is lack of conclusive
proof that it does any good, even in
driving a team of mules. It is possi
ble that we are about to see the dawn
of a swearless as well as a drinkless
era.
THE HOME-BUILDING PROGRAMME,
The fact that stands out, in consid
eration of plans for building homes
for the workingmen now being drawn
to Portland by the necessities of war
work is that the thing must be done
somehow. It is not a simple mat
ter; it is not a problem to be solved
by merely waving the hand; it will
present some difficulties at the out
set, but all these must be regarded,
not as insurmountable obstacles, but
as stimuli to mighty endeavor. We
believe the matter to be in good hands,
and that it will be directed wisely,
but there must be no misunderstand
ings as to the gravity of the situation,
and there must be co-operation all
up and down the line.
It will help to clarify the atmos
phere to have it understood in the be
ginning that we probably shall have
to rely on the public spirit and private
enterprise of our own citizens to car
ry the programme through. The gen
eral policy of the United States Gov
ernment has been to expect this, ex
cept where the homes are required for
the housing of workmen on tempor
ary or strictly Government work, or
in the vicinity of plants which are
not likely to be continued in opera
tion after the war. Aid is also being
given, it is' understood, where it has
been necessary to create practically
new cities and where no community
previously existed to make local ini
tiative possible. As to established
cities, the Government, as has been
said, is inclined to expect them to go
ahead'with the work. The most that
such cities can count upon will be co
operation by the Government.in allot
ment of transportation facilities for
materials, and as to similar details.
We are standing, then, on our own
bottom, and those who bear-in mind
that neither Portland nor Oregon has
ever failed to respond to a patriotic
demand made upon it win welcome
the new challenge. It will give us
another opportunity to show our met
tle, and also to take stock of our own
resources and to renew our confi
dence in ourselves. Sound business
considerations will require us to
build permanently, with an eye to the
future, and patriotism may demand
that we forego some profits, inasmuch
as building in wartime is rather more
expensive than in normal days. But
it will help some if we Keep betore
us the patent fact that Portland is
forging ahead, that it is establishing
industries that will endure, that snip-
building will not stop with the return
of peace, that we are only now being
awakened to the basic economy of
promoting home industry, that we are
not only facing today but can look
with confidence on the prospect of a
bright tomorrow. .There will be not
only shipyards, but many other big
enterprises. Portland is oniy Degin-
nine to grow.
There has been some complaint in
the recent past of "profiteering" in
rents. Perhaps there has been a lit
tle of this, but we think there has not
been much of it, regarded as a whole.
The fact is. as any owner of a dwell
ing house can testify, that rents nave
been abnormally low for a good while
low that the landlord who was
able to count on his taxes and other
expenses and realize even fair return
on his investment was a curiosity.
This is undeniable, and it had the ef
fect of curtailing building and is
largely responsible for the present
situation. It would be a mistake lor
the tenant of the future to expect
rents always to continue on the old
basis; there must be a moderate re
turn to encourage investment or even
give incentive for individual home-
building. But when rents are re-ad
justed, in fairness to both sides, there
is no reason to believe that the build
ing movement will be temporary.
The plans of the directors of our
contemplated building, whoever they
may be, will be greatly hampered if
not nullified by any attempt to make
boom" capital out of the revival of
interest in real property. The pro
fessional interest of the real estate
man must yield the track to patriot
ism. It is not a time for speculation.
and there ought to be none. There
must be no selfish blocking of the
way. Probably there will be no call
for "donations" of building lots, but
on the other hand there must be no
dog-in-the-manger policy of holding
them for fictitious prices. The owner
who for years has held his property
at a certain figure, wnicn he would
have ben glad to realize, and who
now in the presence of a great pub
lic necessity jumps that figure to a
fabulous height, will deserve the
odium which attaches itself to the
profiteer.
The permanency or me Duuaing
programme upon which we are enter
ing will justify the architects in giv
ing due place to the esthetic as well
asihe- ntilitarian in their plans ffhe
two thousand or more homes which
we have pledged ourselves to con
struct may well be ornate, and, of
course, they ought to be modern in
their appointments. The man who
insists upon a bathroom is likely to
be a better citizen than the one who
is content to rear his family in a
shanty. It is no shackjown which is
now proposed. But the experience of
the English, who have worked out
the proposition of building homes for
their workers, has demonstrated that
it is possible to bestow an artistic ap
pearance, and even individuality, upon
a simple home without greatly adding
to its cost. Economy is made possible
by standardization of principal fea
tures, but due attention is paid to the
appearance of the group. It has been
proved that pride in his home makes
a better workman, tends to perma
nency and increases industrial output.
This is a detail, though an important
one, and can be with safety entrusted
to the managers.
Faith in Portland's future will be
helpful to us all in the present emer
gency. We are not building for the
moment. The two thousand homes
which we have set as our mark prob
ably will be only the beginning. But
much depends upon the spirit in
which the initial work is done, and
especially upon the co-operation and
public spirit and self-denial which
are brought to the task.
ARMY SALVAGE.
It win hearten the folks at home
who are seriously adopting measures
of waste prevention to learn that the
Army is co-operating with them. The
principal business of the soldier is
essentially destructive; it is not so
easy to teach him the value of econ
omy, and he is usually pre-occupied
with other and more important mat
ters. Yet the difficulties of overseas
transportation and the high value of
the material which he employs have
co-operated in bringing the lesson
home.
The War Department has author
ized a statement in which it is shown
that the Conservation and Reclamation
Division of the Quartermaster Corps
has been expanding its work on a big
scale. It appears, for example, that
in the month of June alone a total of
1.184.033 articles were repaired in
Army cantonment shops. This inclU'
ded 284,111 pairs of shoes, 71,498
overcoats, 106,655 pairs of breeches
and numerous other equally import
ant items.
Waste weighing 4,837,637 pounds
was collected in that month. Part of
it was sold; the remainder turned
over to various Army organizations
for further use. The figures on gar
bage collection make a surprising
showing. This resulted in the re
covery of 30,435 pounds of fats, essen
tial to the making of explosives, and
of 486,827 pounds of bones, useful as
farm fertilizer. The Army has reached
the point of saving other edible gar
bage for the use of hog raisers. It is
beginning to set an example to muni
cipalities which they ought not to dis
regard.
No one need wait for the other fel
low to set the example of thrift, but
there is no doubt that it helps the
movement to have everybody fall in
line. With the Army doing its test.
the last excuse for the civilian popu
lation lame as it was to waste has
been removed.
The labor problem is so acute even
in India that there is a demand for
machinery with which to cultivate the
tea plantations. Formerly there was
a great plenitude of coolies, who
worked for small wages; now there is
fear that large areas of tea land will
be abandoned for want of cultivation.
In the old days armies of native la
borers kept the ground in a high state
of tilth with hoes; now unless a ma
chine can be devised that will do the
work there will be a shortage of the
cup that cheers but does not inebriate,
which will be a sad blow to old maids.
The American consul at Calcutta men
tions the demand for a machine of
this kind as only a straw showing the
market which will exist for all kinds
of farm machinery in the tropics, and
which will afford an almost unlimited
outlet for American manufactures
after the war. The world moves, and
the American farmer may need to be
stir himself In the purchase of labor
saving appliances if he is to keep up
with the procession.
A feature of the county fairs this
year was the number of farmers who
attended In automobiles. And there
are men now living who will see
hangars provided for those who go in
their own airplanes. -
There is opportunity in ground work
of the air service for men of 46 to 55,
skilled in electrical and allied lines.
Much of that efficiency has developed
since those "boys" got along in years.
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There may be some places in the
shipyards that can be filled by women
and where men can be released for
service. The women can be depended
upon to do their part, if called upon.
Americans in Hun prisons will be
looked after by the Red Cross. The
number is increasing. Bear this in
mind until the time of the "drive'
comes.
In the opinion of many good people
a film show on Sunday is wrong. With
others, it Is not wrong. Who shall
decide? War conditions change cus
toms.
Whoever It is that has the finesse
to bring about a clash of Turkey and
Bulgaria, he is a benefactor of that
part of the race that is numan.
Bull Run water taken to California
in oil tanks will have a medicinal
value not apparent here; but Bull Run
water is good anywhere.
The glory does not go to the man
who gets the first Liberty bond, but
to the man who puts his last dollar
into one.
Government has commandeered all
the Northwest prunes smaller than
60s, which leaves only the big ones for
the people.
The torpedoed troopers Just slid
down ropes to safety! That was due
to Yank training.
Now the "soldier" will indeed be
come a soldier. Just watch his boss.
This Is one of the great days of this
Republic perhaps the greatest.
Is your flag flying this morning?
If not, hurry.
These are all mere youths to the
fellow of 55.
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America's second line gets in today.
Solid-men, to -the, front todaye
Stars and Starmakers,
By Leone Case Baer.
There is complaint that the dyes
used in the uniforms of the Army and
Well, by heck, that's all that does run
Well, by heck, that's al lthat does run
in our Army and Navy. Berlin papers
please- copy.
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Didjaever notice that the price asked
for alienating the affections of prima
donnas and men opera singers is scaled
to harmonize with the size of the sal
ary? Lillian Russell in an, interview says:
"I believe in letting a man marry
whom he really wants." Well, there's
a lot in what she says, and It's usually
the easiest way out of it. He finds out
his mistake sooner or later, anyway.
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Seems to me, if I were a man, every
time I read one of these headlines pre
dieting that soon we'll have only
women barbers, I'd get cold feet. Be
member what happened to Samson?
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Speaking of shaving, beards may be
come common, but it's certain they'll
never be popular.
The worst hardship I can see in
flicted on women in that motorless
Sunday mandate is that so many hus
bands will have to stay at home all
day.
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Still, ifs going .to give many a nice
married pair a close-up demonstration
of what war really is.
Albert McGovern, of the Baker Play
ers, suggests a way to apprehend tax
dodgers. "Put revenue officers in all
the restaurants and question everyone
who buys an egg or steak," says AL
No physical culture device ever in
vented equals standing up riding on
the Sunnyside car out to Hall street
as a developer of arm and shoulder
muscles.
Woman, writes to ask who waa the
"King's son In history who caught up
the broken sword a coward had
dropped and won a victory?" I dunno
who it waa but I do know who it
wasn't. It was none of the six boys in
the Hohenzollern family.
"New $1 and J2 bills just issued by
Government much admired and Bought,"
says a headline. I'll bet. Personally 1
admire the two dollar one's more, but
the others are quite pretty.
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Anna Held's will has just been pro
bated. It disposes of an estate valued
at more than $300,000, the bulk of
which goes to her daughter, Liane
Carrera, who is given J200.000 in cash
and who is also named as a residuary
legatee. To her maid, Beatrice Briochi,
who had lived with Madame Held for
over 30 years, was bequeathed iuu.
Another maid, the daughter of the
concierge in Madame Held's Paris
home, receives 100 francs. To her ad
vance agent, Connie Miles, she be
queathed S500, and to Lillian Russell,
her life long friend, she left J2500. To
host of nfirsonal women friends
Madame Held left numerous jewels aid
personal belongings of value.
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Molly Mclntyre, who came here in
"Bunty Pulls the Strings," is now
Oliver Morosco's leading woman in
Los Angeles, succeeding Bertha Mann.
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Word came beck from the Margaret
Mayo unit, now entertaining in France,
that Thomas Gray and Ray Walker,
who are with that unit, have formed a
song-writing partnership and will try
out their musical efforts on the fight
ing boys. If the soldiers approve the
songs will be sent back to the States
for publication. 7
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Sophie Tucker is going to be starred
in a comedy, if reports are to be cred
Ited. It's to be called "A Fat Chance,'
written by Jack Lait and Sophie plays
the title role.
Dorothy Shoemaker's husband, Louis
Leon Hall, who probably wouldn't ap
preciate my putting it like that, since
he was Louis Leon Hall of some im
portance before he became Dorothy
Shoemaker's husband, is coming to the
Heilig next week in "The Unmarried
Mother."
Dorothy Shoemaker, by the way, is
playing leads with the Hudson Stock
Company in Union Hill, New Jersey.
Nan Bernard is the second woman.
Nan Bernard was the second wife of
Billy Bernard, (Dot's stepmother, al
though she's younger than Dorothy
Dot). After William Bernard's death
two years ago. Miss Bernard returned
to the stage and has been attracting
excellent notices for her beauty and
good work. A year ago she married
Eugene Shakespeare, who last season
was juvenile actor with the Alcazar
Players.
Two other former Baker Players,
John Lawrence and Elizabeth Ross, are
in the company with Miss Shoemaker
and Miss Bernard. '
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House hunters and apartment and
flat seekers in Portland will waste no
sympathy on the Huns, with whom
every day is moving day now.
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Jack Osterman. who plays the juve
nile lead "in "Parlor, Bedroom and
Bath," opening tonight at the Heilig,
is the son of Kathryn Osterman, well-
known actress and motion picture star!
and J- J, Rosenthal, manager of the
Cohan & Harris Bronx Opera House
in New York, He is a clever young
actor and has to his credit several
vaudeville sketches, a book of poetry
and a flock of scenarios.
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E. D. Price has left Klaw & Erlan
ger"s staff, and has gone to San Fran
cisco to become general representa
tive for Fred Belasco. He will have
charge of the Alcazar in San Francisco
Mr. Price is one of the best known
theatrical managers and publicity men
in the country. He has directed the
tours of many noted stars, among them
Fanny Davenport and Richard Mans
field. Also he was, for several seasons,
the husband of Catherine Countiss, and
managed her Summer stock season at
the Heilig a few years ago. Now he
and Miss Countiss are .divorced and
each has married again.
Horace Judge is now general press
representative of the United Picture
Theaters of America, having resigned
his position as business manager of
George Arliss to take up the new work.
He was for years on George C. Tyler's
staff.
He is a cousin ot a Judge, of i
Portland, and has frequently been a
guest,of the. judge Jiere.
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SOLDIERS PLEASED BY "SEND-OFF"
Selective Writes Back That He Caa
Never Foraet Portland's Good-Bye.
CAMP LEWIS, Wash, Sept 10. (To
the Editor.) As my home is in the
East, I was very lonesome on the morn
ing of August 28, when I started from
the local board No. 5 to the Auditorium
in Portland. I here wish to thank the
wonderful people of Portland who sent
us away upon our mission to protect
our country, our loved ones and our
selves. The luncheon gladdened our stomachs
and the flags, music and speeches made
our faces beam and with our forms
erect in response to your godspeed we
proudly marched to the train with
brave mothers and loved ones at ou
sides.
At the station many people cam
and shook hands with me, although
know few people in Portland, and agai
I felt that some one really cared for
me. Magazines, flowers, candy and
numerous things came our way.
As all partings must end, eo did ours,
but never shall I forget this one. Slow
ly our train moved out. Many small
crowds on street intersections 6till
cheered us. Again we were cheered by
East Side factory hands, wholesale
house employes and waving people in
their home yards.
We all were a bit lumpy in th
throat until we were through the tun
nels, but you ought to have seen the
bovs brace ud. Fruit, candy and cigar
ettes were generously passed around
again and again. Somebody toid
funnv story and we were all soon
lauehinir at ourselves.
We cheered people we saw in all th
towns we passed through and they
waved to us in return. At one place
a man gave us a wheel barrow load of
pears. There was a hasty scramble
when the engineer whistled and again
we were on our way. At some otne
stop we hurriedly bought lunches and
we were pulled into Camp Lewis Just
before sundown.
The usual Army examinations fol
lowed and here we are in ths uniform
of our country. We are quite awkward.
but very determined to learn quickly
and show the Hun that Oregon soldiers
arA had ones to meet in battle.
People of Portland. I wish to thank
you all for the respect you paid us
when we left you. All of us who left
on August 28 Join in thanks to you. We
shall do our best to put me aireauy
hio-v, rami tat Ion that Oregon now com
mands higher still in the new book of
world history that is at present, uem
made. -
PRIVATE PAUL K. HOWELL.
166th Depot Brigade, 18th Company,
Camp Lewis, Wash.
BEGIX REFORM AT FOUNTAIN" HEAD
Unity f Theologrleal Schools Maat Pre
cede Unity of Churches.
SOMEWHERE IN SOUTHERN ORE
GON, Sept. 11. (To the Editor.) As a
miniatpp in an overchurched town
want to indorse the movement for
church union. Think of it a town with
a population of 700 with six cnurnes
Shades of St. Paul! What stands in th
nath of church union? Very often some
Dinheaded preacher who spenas two
hours every Sunday emphasizing non
essentials, sneering at other churcne
and dwelling upon the things that sep
arate.
T hlieve the trouble Is witn tne
Mnrsrv and not with the laity. Denomi
nationalism is taugnt in tne meoio&icai
seminaries and the preachers too otten
carry a narrow, sectarian spirit iiilu
their parishes. Before we can unite
churches we will have to unite theolog
ical schools that's where the brand
rt-termined: it's the factory that deter
ines the quality of the product, ana
not the retail store. When Methodists
and Presbvterians and Baptists ana
nthfru Kit down together in the class
room and deal with their theological
problems I believe there will be greater
unity in their pastoral worn arter-
wards. .
I realize that this war is bringing
us back to fundamentals and essentials.
A chaplain of the immersionist belief
writing home recently from France
said: "I have almost forgotten how to
baptize men; there is not enough water
here and too much blood, but I enter
tain no doubts as to their reception in
heaven.'
A soldier boy writing to his mother
says: "The longer I stay in the trenches
the less I think of the church and the
more I think of Christianity." This
strengthens the argument made by
John D. Rockefeller, Jr., to which you
referred in a recent editorial. "Church-
ianitv" is played out and we must ad
mit it. Let's have a reformation or
restoration and get back to Christian
ity.
If he deserves to be considered i
benefactor who makes two ears of corn
grow where only one grew before, then
surely in a greater degree is he a bene
factor to the race who solves out
church problem and makes one live
church "grow slow and go where three
dwarfs existed before.
Now. Brother Ministers, let's tackle
this problem from our pulpits. We tell
politicians how to run the Nation and
Army leaders how to win the war, so
why can't we make the church func
tion? If we can, we ought; if we can't
the shpyards and the trenches need
men. KUALHU.
NO HALF HOLIDAYS OVER THERE.
Shipyard Workers Advised to Consider
Soldiers in the Trenches.
PORTLAND, Sept. 11. (To the Edi
tor.) I would like to say a few .words
in regard to the action or the men in
the shiDyards who walked out fcatur-
dav afternoon in demand of a half
holiday, such as they were having in
June. July and August.
I wonder if they thinK tne Doys over
there in the trenches have many half
holidays on Saturday or any other day.
Do they think we would be receiving
the word that the enemy is rorced bacK
by the Yanks if the boys over there
were demanding a half holiday when
they were in the thickest of a battlt?
I wonder how the boys over there will
feel when they receive the news that
the boys over here are stopping work
on Saturday afternoon when they are
depending on us to build the ships to
send food, clothing and munitions to
them and also more men to help them
defeat the Hun.
I wonder if these here think of the
boys there under shell fire, being
gassed, but still pushing on across No
Man's Land and into the trenches of
the enemy to put them to rout.
I, for one say, stay on the Job and
let them know we are back of them
one and all li tne workers would
think more about what they would like
the other fellow to do if they were over
there in the trenches they would hesi
tate to do some of the things they do.
A SHIPYARD WORKER.
Fay of Y. M . C A. War Werkers.
MONMOUTH, Or.. Sept, 10. (To the
Editor.) Please state compensation of
Y. M. C A 'men, both over sea and in
the United States Army. . CITIZEN.
Compensation, is not fixed. It is
based on a private agreement with the
workers. Some volunteer; some con
tribute part of their expenses; some
receive full expense allowance;' some
get a family allowance in addition to
expenses, etc
Location ef Marine.
PORTLAND. Sept. 11. (To the Ed
itor.) My son is corporal in the Ma
rines. Could you tell me where to
write to find where he is?
A STEADi iiiAlJi;K,
Write to Adjutant and Inspector J
tt-u.j e. n -UTarfna (7orna NlvT I
uuiicu .- . 1 - I ,
building Washington-JX. C
In Other Days.
Twenty-five Years Arc
From The Oregon! an. September 12, 1801.
All applicants for admission to the
high school, who are not graduates of
the grammar grades, or who did not
pass the " entrance examination lt
June, will be examined at the high
school building on next Friday.
S. W. Aldrich, who is the lowest bid
der on the city reservoir, will make a
proposition tomorrow to the water com
mittee to undertake the work and
carrv it on for 30 days without do-
manding any pay from them, thus giv-
ing them ample time to sell bonds.
At 8:15 o'clock last night a still
alarm was sent in for a fire in a row
of frame buildings on the west side of
Seventh street, between Morrison and
Yamhill. The fire started in the store
occupied by Mrs. Egan and spread to
that of A. Pink, but was soon extin
guished by chemical engine No. 2. The
loss was about $200.
The roll of delinquent county taxes
was yesterday placed in the hands of
Sheriff Kelley for collection. For the
convenience of those who may desire
to pay before the list is published the
roll will be kept open at the Sheriff's
office until Thursday evening and all
who pay before that time will have
only a Bmall amount of costs added. On
Thursday evening the roll will be
closed and will not bo opened until the
following Wednesday, when the full
list will be published in The Oregonian.
Fifty Yearn As.
From The Oreroolan, September II. IMS.
"General" Lee certifies in his late
manifesto that slavery is dead. This
news is about as fresh and exhilarating
as the contents of an ancient almanac
Slavery was abolished on the first day
of January, 1863, nearly six years ago.
It would be more to the point if Lee
would certify to the surrendered rebels,
by way of a reminder, that their pa
roles require them to submit to the
National authority and obey the law.
and that it would look better in them
to do this than to be struggling to get
control of the government and threat
ening another rebellion.
General Dix. the telegraph an
nounces, supports Grant. The Gen
eral remembers Seymour's conduct in
the war times, when he found it neces
sary to send him the following word:
"1 have troops enough to take care ot
the mob, and you. too."
A party was given by "Mine Host"
Quimby, of the American Exchange,
last evening to some invited guests and
as usual with everything which Quim
by controls, was very pleasant- His
dining hall was cleared and the Pio
neer Blind Troupe discoursed sweet mu
sic while the guests floated in the
"mazy dance," until all were satisfied,
and at a late hour they went home,
voting Mr. Quimby a fine gentleman
and an excellent landlord.
Castles In Spain.
By Amy Lowell in the Atlantic
I build my poems with little strokes of
ink
Drawn shining down white paper, line
and line.
And there is nothing here which men
rail fine.
Nothing but hieroglyphs to make them
think.
I have no broad and blowing plain to
link
And loop with aqueducts, no golden
mine
To crest my pillars, no bright twisted
vine
Which I can train about a fountain's
brink.
Those others laced their poems from
sea to eea
And floated navies over fields of grain.
They fretted their full fancies in etrong
stone
And struck them on the sky. And yet
I gain.
For bombs and bullets cannot menace
me.
Who. have no eubstance , to be over
thrown.
Cathedrals crash to rubbish, but my
towers.
Carved in the whirling and enduring
brain.
Fade, and persist, and rise again, like
flowers.
Naturalisation Without First Papers.
PORTLAND. SeDt. 11. (To the Ed
itor.) I came to this country when I
was 5 years old. My iatner ma nut
take out his final papers before I was
23 and I didn't know that I wasn't a
citizen until I was 25. Kindly inform
me through your paper if 1 have to
take out my first papers or ao i just
apply for my naturalization papers?
When registering ao I nave to men
tion declarant or non-declarant? I
would like to know, as I want to be
accepted in the draft.
In certain circumstances aliens may
petition for final papers without mak
ing declaration, but you ao not give
enough information to make possible a
definite answer in your case. Consult
United States Naturalization Service,
Custom-House, Portland. You are a
non-declarant, but you can waive
alienage and be accepted In the draft
unless you are a subject of an enemy
country.
One Final Classification.
STEVENSON. Wash- Sept. 10. (To
the Editor.) Does the draft board put
a man in two classes? For instance, is
a man put in class 4 because of one
child, in class 2 on account of being a
farmer? A CONSTANT READER.
If eligible to more than one deferred
classification, his final classification la
the most deferred.
Germany Estimates Us.
L P. Jacks, In the Atlantic
-von ncnnlB think we admire you
with your principles of humanity and
all the rest of it. We don't. We think
you a lot or a a ioois-
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