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TIIE RFTORATIOX OT rVDCSTKT.
Immobilization of our military forces
and of the greater army of workers
in industries directly connected with
the war, if it is accomplished without
distress, will require both intensive
organization and business optimism. It
is necessary that there shall be no
Midden and extensive changes if it is
possible to avoid them, and at the
nunc time it is desirable from the
viewpoint of National economy that
we shall ccare the manufacture of
exclusively war materials at an early
date.. For this reason it is especially
good news that the Government has
recognized its obligation in the prem
ises and that the War and Navy De
partments, together with the .'War
I.abor Folicies Board and the United
States Employment Service, will co
operate in making plans to translate
all of these men and women from the
ranks of war service back to peace
time industry. The maximum of Na
tional efficiency will be exhibited if
this is accomplished in such manner
that resumption and expansion of the
industries which before the war were
classified as non-essential shall keep
pace with the demobilization of the
war essentials.
The magnitude of the problem will
be seen from the estimate that while
some 4,000.000 men are included in
the military and naval forces, the
number taken into the various supply
Industries probably is close to 10.000,
000. Of the military forces, it is
likely that more than a million will
be retained in the Army and Navy for
a considerable period. It is certain
that this number will be required until
after the peace treaties are signed. The
war industries will be relieved to a
certain extent by the voluntary retire
ment of numbers who worked in them
mission, and former president of the
United Mine Workers of America, said
the other day that 100,000 men could
be used in his state alone as the re
suit of the building boom which had
already begun, and that 35,000 men
were urgently required for permanent
employment on farms. These repre
sent only two industries in & single
state. Removal of the ban on raw
materials will automatically release
the brakes on other industries, and
in other localities. The number of
persons for whom employment must
be fonnd, while large, is less appalling
whe,n considered in connection with
the vastness of the industries of the
United States. In the reckoning, va
rious public improvements which- may
be undertaken by cities, towns and
states as post-war measures have not
been considered. Road-building on a
large scale, for example, and land
reclamation are likely to be ready to
be undertaken during the coming
Spring.
The value of a sanely optimistic out-
look is emphasized by the well-known
fact that business depressions are
often psychological. If it is borne in
mind that sound fundamental condi
tions obtain tn the United States, that
there will soon be demand for more
goods than we can produce, and that
immigration, which has been greatly
restricted during the past few years
is likely to continuo to be curtailed
it would seem that the purely psycho
logical influences should tend toward
optimism. We can afford to be pa
tient, and we have reason to believe
that, except for a comparatively few
instances of individual inconvenience
the transition from war to peace will
bo accomplished with minimum dis
tress. Indeed, there are sound think
ers who believe that a shortage rather
than a surplus of labor is extremclj
likely to be noted in the near future.
aiter tae manner in which we too
often treat lawbreakers at home. This
war may teach us something about
tne inappropriateness of maudlin and
mistaken sympathy.
SHOCK ABSORBERS.
The Government has made available
a certain amount of Treasury certifi
cates of indebtedness, issued in antic!
pation oC receipts from income and
other war revenue taxes. These cer
tificates are available at all Oregon
banks but their sale Tags.
The certificates have a special value
as shock absorbers. They enable the
payer of large war taxes to spread the
call upon his resources. The certifi
cates also bear interest at the rate of
4 la per cent. The purchaser not only
makes a fairly profitable investment
but prepares for the day upon which
his Federal taxes fall due.
The certificates mature on March
15. They are payable in cash or they
are acceptable in lieu of cash for war
taxes. The Government meanwhile
obtains uso of the money invested in
them.
There is both, profit and patriotism
in the purchase of Treasury certifi
cates of Indebtedness. They should
have a readier sale.
THE COMING TOrRIKT CROP.
One industry that gives promise of
revival to unheard-of proportions is
that of catering to tourists. Press dis
patches have already told of the flood
of inquiries directed to steamship
companies concerning the reopeningof
travel to Europe. The foreign coun
tries themselves have not forgotten
the tourist crop during the war period.
An arl vortiKine- firm In Ww "V nrlr
through patriotic feeling and who will announces that for two years it has
not seek re-employment immediately
or at all. There will be other vacan
cies in industry as the result of the
similar withdrawal of workers, par
ticularly women, who were attracted
toy high wages, but had no thought of
remaining for a great length of, time.
These further simplify the problem,
but do not solve it. In most favorable
circumstances there will remain 10
000.000 or more individuals to be re
adjusted. Many readjustments must
be made at once, and the greater part
of the total within a year.
The practical working of the Gov
ernment system was illustrated re
cently in Long Island City, N. Y.,
where demobilization of the employes
of the Government's gas defense plant
was begun as the first step in the great
movement. In co-operation with the
War Industries Board and the local
draft boards, which furnished the
names of employers who had pre
viously sacrificed their employes in
order that munitions plants might be
manned, the Federal employment serv
ice found 1050 jes in. a choice of
twelve factories for the 400 workers
who were being dismissed on the first
day. This will be continued in this
community until all of the 12,000 em
ploycs of this especial industry have
been cared for. Those who do not
readily find employment for which
they are fitted, or do not want the
jobs open to them will be listed ac
cording to thoir capability with the
Federal agency, which will be operated
without cost either to employer or
employed.
The plan of the War Department is
to divide the country into zones, for
the purpose of ascertaining the labor
needs from time to time as recon
struction progresses, and in this it
would seem that the machinery of
v local draft boards might be employed
to especial advantage. These boards
know, as does no other agency, the
needs of their localities and the quali
fications of the men they have sent
into the service. When sufficient data
have been collected, the Army over
seas and at home will be combed for
men who can' perform the kind of
labor for which there is need. The
Questionnaire of the future will take
new significance. It will be directed
to employers rather than to men, and
will be made the basis of such a
gradual demobilization as seems best
to serve the interests of industry as
a whole and of the men as indi-
, viduals.
Much dependence will be placed
upon the farmer in the coming year.
There is no doubt that, despite labor
shortage and other incidents, farmers
as a whole have prospered during the
past year, that they have money which
they have not been able to spend, and
that they will soon begin to spend it
for agricultural implements which
have not been manufactured recently
for want of steel. Demand for food
stuffs is certain to continue, which
indicates continuance of fair, if not of
liigh. prices for some time. The- farms
ought to reabsorb as many men as
" left them during the war, and indi
rectly to furnish much employment
for workers in Implement factories to
which reference has been made. The
railroads are notoriously in need of
new equipment, manufacture of which
must be begun as soon as material
can be obtained. Mines will need
more men unless there is to be a fuel
famine, which already has been
threatened. The quartermaster's de
partment of the Army will continue
to make large purchases until de
mobilization is completed, and the
Shipping Board has Indicated its pur
pose substantially to complete the
work it originally set out to do.
John H. Mitchell, head of the New
York State Industrial and Food Corn-
had on deposit $30,000 to be spent
immediately upon the close of the
war for soliciting travel to one of the
European countries.
The Swedish government and the
Travel Club of Sweden have had a
representative in the United States for
more than eighteen months. He has
lectured on the attractions of Sweden
in many cities and has illustrated the
same subject with 25,000 feet of film.
More than one year ago France sent
a delegation to this country to study
arrangements for establishing a French
information bureau in every principal
city.
It is said that building materials.
purchased in this country, have gone
to Europe and will be used to con
struct hotels up to the former firing
lines. Monumental war ruins have
been fenced in and trenches have been
preserved for inspection of the curious.
These activities inspire the thought
that it would be a poor time to aban
don the "See America" campaign. Our
own attractions in the Northwest have
been enhanced of late by construction
of good roads and the building of nu
merous tourist hotels. If there is si
lence concerning them and the coun
try's scenic, beauties we cannot hope
to compete with the tragic attractions
of France and Belgium.
The historic grounds of those coun
tries will draw the irrepressible sight
seers in countless numbers, but there
are countless others to whom calm
nature appeals as nothing else. But
the glories and the conveniences of
the Northwest must be made known
or we shall lose them, too.
HUMANE TREATMENT.
It was not necessary for Dr. Solf,
the German Foreign Minister, to ap
peal to the President of the United
States for abatement of the terms of
the armistice in order that his people
might be saved from starvation. His
cablegram was clearly a part of the
propaganda upon which the unre
formed militarists still found their
hope of saving something out of the
wreck of empire. The point is fully
covered in Section 26 of the armistice
protocol, which says:
The allies and the United States should
rive consideration to the provisioning of
Germany to the degree recognized as necessary.
President Wilson also had covered
the point in his address to Congress,
in which he said that the humane
temper and intention of the victorious
governments had already been mani
fested in a practical way, and added:
Their representatives In the Supreme Wat
Council at Versailles have by unanimous
resolution assured tha peoples of the central
empires that everything- that is possfble In
the circumstances will be done to supply
them with .food and to relieve the dis
tressing want that Is In so many places
threatening their very lives, and ateps are
to be taken Immediately to organize these
efforts at relief In the same systematic man
ner that they were organized In ths caae of
Belgium.
Both of these statements had been
made at the time that the German
Foreign Minister sent his cable mes
sage. There is abundant reason for
knowing that Germany will not be
permitted to starve, notwithstanding
temptation to remind its people that
they thereby would only be suffering
the consequences of their own mis
deeds'. There will be, on the other
hand, no reason to suppose that the
same cool heads which formulated a
policy of humanitarianism will be
turned by the cajolery of any member
of the old regime. The phrase, to
the degree recognized as necessary,"
protects us against imposition, and
provision for systematic organization
is a guaranty against waste. The
offender at the bar is not suddenly to
become an object of adulation, and
showered with cookies and flowers,1
PREMATURE.
Organization of a new National
Guard in Oregon at this time bears
certain evidence of prematurity. It is
not altogether certain that the Na
tional Guard system will survive the
military reconstruction process. ; If
there shall be a failure in the pro
posed formation of a League of Na.
tions to enforce peace, it is not con
ceivable that the Nation will ever be
permitted to return to the old semi
preparedness basis. Our entry into the
general affairs of the world will call
for something broader in scope than
a voluntary National Guard system
and a tiny Army.
If there shall be a League of Na
tions to enforce peace it is possible
that military preparation will con
template, so far as state organizations
are concerned, only sufficient forces
to quell local disorders. It may be a
National Guard structure and it may
not. But, assuming that it will be,
there will shortly be available for the
ranks of such an organization thou
sands of young men who have "had not
only military training but war ex
perience. National Guard history following
the close of the Spanish-American war
discloses that actual service arouses
an interest in youths in military or
ganizations during peace times. The
young men now in France will return
home with a wish and willingness to
be of further service, but they will
also be possessed of a natural pride
of achievement. It is not a belittle
ment of the purpose or sincerity of
those now entering the National Guard
to say that the returned soldiers will
not readily submit to becoming the
equals, in a military rank of those
who have never heard the sound of
battle. Yet it is true. It is human
nature.
The new organization may be need
less. If needed its formation now
will tend to deprive the state of the
services of thousands of young men
already trained for military duty.
Whatever the future may bring forth
a National Guard is not immediately
essential to National defense; it is not
immediately needed by the state, for
the home guard organizations are
capable of preserving order until the
military policy of state and Nation is
shaped. It imposes an expense upon
the state that can well await develop
ments.
COXTIXVE THE WAR CARD EX.
The Food Administration is timely
in issuing an appeal for the continu
ance of the war garden, and in its
statement that "we in America have
no more than touched our capacity
for making gardens." The accom
plishments of the Summer of 1918, it
goes on to say, showed the possibilities
of the work and placed it beyond th
experimental stage. , The making of
gardens must go on long after the
close of the war, in order to supply
both ourselves and the - peoples of
Europe.
From whatever angle it is viewed
garden-making is still a useful and a
fascinating occupation. There were
fewer failures in 1918 than there. were
n 1917, and it is reasonable to sup
pose that improvement will continue
In direct ratio to the persistence of
the gardener. That there is profit in
it at present prices of food is already
apparent to those who made their
gardens intelligently during the season
now ended. These have materially re
duced grocery bills and at the same
time they furnished vegetables whose
freshness was beyond doubt. We think
the item of labor in most cases can
fairly be charged off, as having been
offset by the spiritual and physical
benefits which work in these gardens
has bestowed upon the laborer.
The war garden, now become
peace garden, is necessary if we are
to keep our pledge to help feed the
world during the period of reconstruc
tion, and also if we are to continue
the practice of thrift made advisable
by every consideration of pruden
foresight. The lesson of thrift cannot
be taught too persistently, and the
home garden is one of its most obvious
manifestations.
the .Austrian-Germans than in Ger.
many, and are more anti-militarist
and anti-monarchist. They and the
Slavs -would block any policy of ag
gression. In case of war, the new re
public would still lack the essential
materials lost to France and Poland
and would have gained slight com
pensation in Austria. The new state
of Austria would project like a wed.
between the Czech and Jugo-Slav
states, but the Czech republic would
in like manner be a wedge between
Austria and Saxony. If Germans
should make war after taking twenty
five years to recuperate, her enemies
on he south, east and west would
also have grown strong and might be
combined in a defensive federation
no League of Peace should be estab
Iished.
Future danger from Germany is
less military than economic. If the
new government should prove to be
only an expedient to . meet the de
mauds of the allies for a government
responsible to the people, and should
bring with it no change in the spirit
and purpose of the German people.
there would be the same danger as
ever of German economic and politi
cal penetration of other countries,
the more insidious because cloaked
with an outward show of democracy
and of adherence to the new law of
nations. Such a Germany rriight gain
even more complete control over the
resources of other nations than im
perial Germany had at the outbreak
of war, and it might dictate their pol
icies to the point whero they would
be paralyzed for self-defense. Close
watch needs to be kept over the course
of events in Germany itself to guard
against this danger. . If the junkers
and great syndicates should succeed in
retaining their privileges and in con
tinuing their aggressive commercial
policy with the government s backing,
the allies would need, in self-defense,
to restrict foreign investments and
alien activity. We have learned that
economic independence and suppres
sion of alien political activity are
necessary to national independence.
One time the Prince of Wales "lied
like a gentleman" and received the
plaudits of the world. - On the other
hand, a fellow in a local court in
criminated himself at the expense of
the woman in a divorce case.- Judge
Gatens never naps and caught the
confession of guilt. Is there punish
ment too severe for a deed so base?
The President has a boss, which is
Congress, . and Congressmen have
bosses they know; in fact, everybody
has one but the members of the Su
preme Court, who lock up shop and
call it. a day or work as they reel dis
posed. Court adjourns over Thanks
giving. -
will cermaxt fight again;
The Kaiser has no doubt gone to
Holland in hope of a reaction, to plot
for it and to be at hand in case it
should come. That has been the prac
tice of all deposed monarchs, and the
Stuarts and the Bourbons were re
stored for brief periods. The factors
In favor of the restoration of the Kai
ser are the presence of National Lib
erals and a few militarists in the new
government, the support which Von
Hindenburg gives to it, the apparent
readiness which a large part of the
army gives to him, and the quick sup
pression of Bolshevism.
But the facts of- the present situa
tion are all against return to Kaiser.
ism, renewal of the war or prepara
tion for another war,, or against suc
cess if any of these things should be
attempted. It is obvious that Ger
many is carrying out in good faith
the terms of the armistice. The sol
dlers are so sick of war and in such
hurry to go home that they throw
away arms and equipment and aban
don large quantities of supplies which
they are not required to surrender.
The bonds of discipline are broken or
loosened, and the officers can nevef
again resume their iron rule. When
the armistice terms have been com
plied with Germany will have lost half
her navy and the other half will have
been disarmed: probably half her re
maining artillery, machine guns and
aircraft and much of her railroad
equipment. With fhe evacuation of
France and Belgium and the loss of
Alsace-Lorraine she will have lost
three-fourths of her iron and prob
ably half her coal. The supply of
metals, coal and food hitherto ob
tained from Russia, Russian Poland
and the Balkans will be cut off, and
Germany will be without allies or
hope of finding any. The neutral
strip east of the Rhine will cut off
the Krupp works at Essen and all the
great mineral and manufacturing dis
tricts of the Rhine Valley. The Ger
man army, if it renewed the war,
would be like a man armed with a
club fighting one armed with a ma
chine gun.
Apprehension' is expressed lest the
proposed federation of German-Austria
with the new German republic
should make Germany stronger than
ever, but Is without cause. Loss of
Alsace-Lorraine, Polish Prussia and
Schlcswig would take at least five
millions from Germany's sixty-seven
millions, while gain of German-Austria
would add at most twelve mil
lions, making the population of the
new republic seventy-four millions.
But at least one-third of the popula
tion of German-Austria is Slav, and
the Socialists are far stronger among
Now is the-opportunity for the pro-
Huns who have kept sulkily quiet to
migrate to the Fatherland and put in
practice the ideals of .free government
imbibed here;, but tney win not leave
the country wherein they have prospered.
The intentions of the Belgians who
displayed home-made American flags
were so good that they may be for
given the shortage of stars,, and they
might be supplied with a million or so
having the full complement.
The woman with the bandit who
killed Frank Twombley can be counted
on to give him away.' Wife or other
wise, the enormity of the crime will
work upon her with that result unless
she, too, is killed by him.
With the demands on food produc
tion necessary to feed starving Eu
rope, there will be no reduction in
prices in America. That is another
way to "give until it pinches" the
American way.
Keep yonr eye on the Jap. A steam
ship with ' a cargo of Brazil coffee is
at New Orleans and she will land
machinery for the home trip through
the canal. Japan is. not neglecting
business. i
Stars and Starmakers.
By Leone Casa Bacr. .
Prominent among the blessings of
peace is the news that "military styles
and chic uniforms for women are go
ing out of style."
Peace is going to be tough on some
of the sisters who never had a Bpeck
of attention 'in all their lives until the
war forced 'em into well-fitting khaki
trousers. It's an ill wind, etc.
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Among the atrocities of peace I fig
ure the thousands of war correspond
ents who will write books about their
experiences.
But the worst peace atrocity wDl be
the seven thousand individuals, each
of whom claims to be the man who
fired the last shot in the war.
Also I predict an epidemic of "firsts"
to remove the wreaths on the Strass
burg monument.
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Read where an actress alleges that
her husband deserted both herself and
the Army. Probably she'll let the Army
edo as it pleases in the matter, but she
wants a divorce for her part of it.
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See where Mr. and Mrs..Ignatz Dyke
have christened their newest offspring
Wilson Pershing. With such enterpris
ing parents no child need bother about
making a name for himself.
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"Think before you telephone," Is
good but most or us have plenty or
time to get brain fever from thinking
while we are waiting for central to
answer us.
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The only wrinkle an actress ever gets
is from struggling to look intelligent.
! Those Who Come aad Go. , I
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In Other Days.
A Swedish actress married a Hebrew,
divorced him to wed an Italian and is
now the wife of an Irish policeman in
China rn. "Bride of all nations," as it
were.
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Social note: Mr. and Mrs. W. Hohen
znllern and children have arrived in
Holland for an indefinite sojourn. Mr.
Hohenzollern would not be interviewed
but has expressed himself as charmed
with his surroundings and especially
the climate which is proving a delight
ful relief from the warmer atmosphere
of his home town. It is not known
when the Hohenzollerns will return to
Berlin, but on their arrival several big
affairs will be given for them.
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'Women who have taken men's jobs
will marry returning soldiers," says a
headline. Well, it's going to be difficult
to support a husband nowadays in the
manner to which Uncle Sam has accus
tomed him.
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The more I read of the condition of
Europe's commissary department, it
looks to "me as if Hoover had a life
time Job.
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Mim! Augulia, the Sicilian star, may
appear on the English stage this sea
son, although arrangements have not
been completed with George H. Bren
nan, who announced .he had secured
The Supper of Practical Jokers."
The play in which Duse appeared In
Italy is by Sen Benneli, the original
title being "La Cena Delia Beffa" (lit-
rally, "The Fools' Supper").
The leading role calls for the im
personation of a young man through
out. This made the piece adaptable to
sage by Sarah Bernhardt, who pro
duced it In several Continental capitals.
The titled Hun is too mean to give
credit to France and England and says
America did it. That is part of the
propaganda to create strained rela
tions.
,
Missouri cares not to be shown and
stays "wet by 75,000 majority. Mis
souri is a great Summer and Winter
resort, equally salubrious in Spring
and Autumn.
By and by this Government will de
mand permission of .Mexico to go
after Villa and other bandits who hold
Americans for ransom, and will get
them.
If any man still believes that old
calumny that the British fought it out
to the last Frenchman, let him look
at the casualty list of over three mil
lions.
Captain Persius explains why the
German navy did not come out and
fieht. It could not, for it was gutted
to build submarines, and itTs now just
scrap.
It's a laudable desire of women to
want a delegate at the peace confer
ence, but a mere man must name her.
The women never would agree on one.
There ought to be some way to put
the camouflage on an old hen and
make her resemble a turkey next
Thursday. It's a job for an artist.
About the only wars remaining are
those of Villa in Mexico and the Bol-
sheviki In Russia, and they are of
much the same kind.
There is no armistice in breaking
the hold of Germans on American
business, and A. Mitchell Palmer keeps
right at it.
A Nation-wide strike in this coun
try and one in Great Britain and
Canada cannot make an innocent man
of Mooney.
An American ship trust would not
be so bad if we are to become the
carrying Nation of the world, as once
we were.
The Huns and Bolsheviki will de
vour each other in the end, and Jn that
way lies solution of the German problem.
A Governor can free a convicted
murderer, but he cannot restore the
lives of his victims.
No matter how high the increase in
food prices, there is little decrease in
appetite.
The murderer of Frank Twombley
knew he could not be hanged.
It seems to be up to Hoover to feed
the last of the Hapsburgs, .
Tryin-Out-an-Old-Sweetheart-Note.
William A Brady has in rehearsal
the play by Robert McLoughlin, of
Cleveland, called "An Old Sweetheart
of Mine," which will have its tryout at
Wilmington tonight (Friday). In the
cast are Maclyn Arbuckle, Tim Murphy,
Madeline Delmar. Fred Irwin, Helen
Weir, Saxon Kling.
This is the piece which Mr. McLaugh
lin dramatized from James Whitcomb
Reilly's poem of same title and which
he tried out in St Louis last season.
M. -T. Snyder, of the M. T.' Snyder
Steamship Company, of New Orleans,
Is a guest at the Hotel Oregon. Mr.
Snyder has had a number of ships built
in Portland and one of the latest, the
Ethel, was sunk recently while in
cargo from a Central American port
to Norfolk, Va. The Ethel was built
at Linnton by the Columbia Engineer
ing Works, the concern which con
structed other vessels for the Snyder
Company. Captain Alley, of the Ethel,
is now on his way to Portland and is
expected sometime during the coming
week.
Two Multnomah guests made use of
the hotel Cupid yesterday morning to
locate the marriage altar. They were:
George H. Buck, a prominent photog
rapher of Vancouver, B. C, and Miss
Ruth E. Andrews, daughter of a well
known building contractor of that city.
Manager A. B. Campbell was asked to
aid in producing the license, but some
how he could not remember having
met his guests when he lived in Van
couver. But it was no trouble for Mark
Woodruff to remember all about them
and the publicity man for the hotel
took them along the trail, with stops
at a jewelry shop for a rinsr, the
doctor's for an examination, the County
Clerk' for a license and into the office
ot Judge C. U. Gantenbein for the ccre-
mpny -Mr. Buck was a resident of
Portland during the Lewis and Clark
Exposition in 1905.
A few minutes after registering at
the Imperial Tuesday night, Frank
Hahn and his wife were injured by an
automobile. The couple, formerly
residents of Salem, had arrived in town,
registered and stepped out to the
street for a trolley car when two boys
in an automobile sped down on thoni,
knocked the couple to the pavement
and hurried away. Mrs. Hahn sustained
injuries to her back and hip and was
removed to a hospital. Mr. Hahn, with
a gash on top of his head, was taken
to the emergency hospital.
T. B. Van Doren, of Astoria, is in the
city on business and is registered at
the Benson.
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Fred J. Holmes, Fuel Administrator,
is in the city , and registered at the
Imperial. His home is in La Grande.
W. H. Wilson, a prominent attorney
of The Dalles, was among yesterday's
arrivals at the New, Perkins Hotel.
Mrs. Emma Bush, one of the oldest
employes of the Multnomah, received
word from France yesterday that her
son, George D. Lang, died of pneu
monia. Mrs. Bush has two other sons
serving in the United States Navy.
F. H. Stickley, of Arlington, Or., has
registered at the Hotel Oregon.
H. E, Stewart, a prominent business
man of Everett, Wash., is at the Ben
son.
Airs, carl N. Miller, of Enterprise, is
down from Eastern Oregon and is stay
ng at the Multnomah. She is accom
panied by Miss Irene Bassctt, of Bloom
ington. 111.
Gale S. Hill, former District Attorney
at Albany, is a visitor at the Imperial.
John Doumit, a Cathlamet merchant.
arrived at the Hotel Oregon Wednes
day.
Twenty-Five Years) Ago.
From The Oregonlan, November 21, 1SBS.
Work has been resumed on the Bull
Run pipe line and Mr. Hoffman, the
contractor, expects to get a mile and a
half or two miles more laid this year.
The trench is dug down the bluff of
the Sandy, and a tramway is beinir
built to move the heavy 34-lnch pipes
up the hill to their position in the
trench. It is necessary that more pipo
should be laid this season, if possible,
in order that the whole line shall be
finished next year.
At the recent meeting of the stock
holders of the Willamette Rowing Club,
it was decided to keep the boathouse
open all Winter. Hereafter athletics
will be made a feature of tlio club, as
committees on athletics and entertain
ment, and classes In wrcstlintr. club
swinging, fencing and dumb-bells were
organized.
Postmaster Steele has been notified
that In view of the public exiKCncy
which requires the immediate perform
ance of the work, he is authorized to
accept the proposition of Mr. J. W.
Stenslc for furnishing the data and in
formation required to the site of the
proposed custom-house in this city.
Mr. Stengle will at once commence t'
tuirvey the block and forward the in
formation desired.
The water committee yesterday paid
all regular contractors the amounts due
them for work and material furniwhed
during the month of October, and also
paid Messrs. OW'eil and Aldrirh the
amounts earned by them in discing ex
cavations for the reservoirs during Oc
tober, amounting to some JiOOOi
The Marine Corps football team and
band came to the Imperial yesterday
Larternoon. i
The am.ual dinner for newsboys
given by Eric. V. Houser tvill be held in
the Arcadian Garden of the Multno
mah, the event re-openinir the crarden
ror tne first time in months.
Pete Schmidt registered at the Im
perial from Olympia, Wash., and Salem.
Ot In the former place he manufac
tures a drink from apples and in the
latter place he makes a loganberry
drink. Mr. Schmidt says $1, 000,000
worth of loganberry juice has been
sold to the public.
PLANTING TIME FOR PERENNIALS
Hope I don't have to review it.
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Johnny Dooley has been g"iven a role
In Sonhie Tucker s new play "A J?at
Chance." Jack Lait, who wrote the play,
Is writing in the part for Dooley.
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Mark Twain's homestead, "Storm
field." at Reading, Conn., has been do
nated by Clara Clemens, his daughter,
for the housincr and care or convaies
cent soldiers from artistic fields, the
homestead being given over for the
duration of the war.
"Stormfield" during that period will
be under control of the 'newly formed
"Artist' War Service League," headed
by a committee of four leading repre
sentatives of the arts.
The committee consists of John
Drew, drama: Enrico Caruso, music
Rudyard Kipling, literature, and Daniel
C. French. sclDture and painting.
Membership to the league is to be
sought, revenue- from dues being em
ployed to pay the wartime expenses
of operating "Stormfield.
,
In croiectinc his new play in which
May Robson is to star and which was
dramatized by Edward Rose from the
famous "Tish" stories of Mary Roberts
Rinehart. Augustus Pitou began to de
vise wave and means for eretting a suit
able title for the piece. He offered Lib
erty bonds and cash prizes and awarded
many matinee boxes to the perform
ances of "A Little Bit Old Kasnionea
in which Miss Robson is now appear
ing. but when all of the 417 names sub
rnitted by various contestants were
sized up and compared, and when 11
of the valuable prizes had been paid orr,
t suddenly dawned upon everybody
concerned that nobody had hit upon a
title half as good as the original "Tish
And that will be the name of the new
Pitou vehicle for Miss Robson when she
sets out to make it famous soon after
the Christmas holidays.
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Speaking of "us girls," here's Jessie
Bonsteele, one of our foremost ac
tresses in stock, turned director. Miss
Bonstelle, who for years conducted her
own company, herseir playing a wide
range of parts, has succeeded John
Cromwell as general stage director at
the Playhouse. New Tork, for William
A. Brady. Mr. Cromwell has joined the
Army.
Miss Bonstelle. largely responsible
for the authenticity and correct detail
of "Little Women," is at present cast
ing and directing a new Brady production.
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At the Lambs' Club, a theatrical or
ganization In New York, the names of
two members who are in the service in
France are posted as among soldiers
who have recently been gassed. Cor
poral Frank Jefferson, son of the late
Joseph Jefferson," was slightly gassed
and is confined to a base hospitali
Lieutenant Frank Currier, son of Frank
Currier, the actor, was gassed in a re
cent engagement and is now in a Paris
hospital. He received the Croix de
Guerre end the Distinguished Service
medal. . j
Joseph Craven, former employe of the
club, also is mentioned as being gassed.
and, while being carried to the rear on a
stretcher, was killed by a German
sniper.
November Is Favorable Month. In Vi hlch
to Prepare Flower Bedi.
PORTLAND, Nov. 20. (To the Ed
itor.) For the benefit of the American
Red Cross a sale of perennial plants
ha3 been arranged for at Fifth and
Stark streets on Friday and Saturday
November 22 and 23 and it is to be
hoped that it will attract all lovers of
flowers and amateurs generally, also
those who have occasional thoughts of
embarking in flowers as a recreation.
Planting during the month of No
vember is an Ideal time, provided the
soil is workable and the weather open.
Before planting, however, the ground
should be well trenched to a depth of
not less than two feet, and assuming
that the soil to this depth is fairly rich
and free from heavy clay, the plants
become well established during the
Winter months. In the Spring, say
about the middle of April, a light
trenching among the plants, to a depth
ot about six inches around the larger
plants and rather less for the smaller
plants, is desirable, and a month later
a surface mulching of two inches of
leaf mold or well-decayed cow manure
will nourish and protect the plants
during the hot dry weather. In addi
tion to these benefits such mulching
prevents excess evaporation and when
watering actually becomes necessary
the mulch prevents surface caking of
the soil and largely does away with
continuous cultivation, which other
wise is the method of producing satis
factory results.
The question of plants Is a matter, of
taste and also the color combinations.
With the amateur the great point is to
get well-grown plants and if this can
be accomplished the road to other ven
tures is wide open. What can be more
beautiful than well-grown plants of
delphinium beladonna. and, as a con
trast. the madonna lily or lilium testa
ceum? Such contrasts and colors
should be interesting to the ladies, who
show such wonderful taste in their own
adornment, and if the same enthusiasm
could be Imparted to beautifying home
urroundiners the lord and master
would-willingly take up the spade and
Join with his helpmate to make the
home what it ought to be.
THOMAS KERR.
Fifty Tears Ajro.
From The Oregonlan, November 21,
The fare from Portland to Boise Pity
is now reduced to $45 in coin: from
Boise City to Salt Lake to $100 in cur
rency, and from Salt Lake City to New
York City to $130 In currency, making
tho entire fare from Portland to New
York now $294 in currency.
We learn that largo forces are nt
work irn the railroad bridges on tlio
West Side; that one of tho fipavic.t
structures is completed, ready for tlio
ties, that others aro well under way.
and that the timbers are on the ground
for nearly all of them. It was exported
that the "deep cut" would be finished
yesterday.
San Francisco Arrived Ship Twi
light, .145 days from New York; 6hip
Monatum, 151 from New York with
railroad iron; ship Wanderer. 202 days
from Hamburg.
At 10 o'clock today, Mr. A. B. Rich
ardson will sell at auction at his sales
room, six acres of laud adjoining tho
"Canyon Gardens." The tract will be
divided into lots fronting on the ex
tensions of Jefferson and Madison
streets. The sale will furnish an ex
cellent opportunity for the purchase ot
homestead locations within ea-sy dis
tance of the business district of the
city.
Sugar Regulations.
NKVERSTILI,, Or., Nov. 19. (To the
Editor.) Being a cook I would -like
to have you Inform mo through your
columns (1) how much sugar tho Gov
ernment allowed to tho man before the
new regulations went into effei-t and
at tho present time. (2) Please let me.
know if it is permissible to put susar
bowls on the breakfast table when cer
eals are served, and (3) if two lumps
of sugar are allowed at each meal.
COOK.
(1) The Government permits one-half
ounce of sugar to be served each per
son at each meal at public eating
places. This regulation has not
been changed, but the regulation
governing the amount of sugar each
family may purchase has been In
creased from two to three pounds for
each member of the family. (2) Sugar
bowls on the table are not allowed.
Most eating-houses have small envel
opes partly filled with sugar which
they distribute with each service or
cereal or other dish ordered. (3) With
coffee or tea orders two lumps of
sugar or the equivalent of two lumps
in granulated sugar in an envelope or
special small dish may bo served.
EHKOK.
While Nature maims, we wait and pray
and gropo for explanation thai
shall clear our mind
Of bitter censure and restoro our hope
and confidence in that trusted
"Power Divine".
That power which does such cruel
things, sometimes, that human
souls recoil in quick affright.
Yet turn their lamentations and their
whines to supplication for the
truth and light.
"While Nature maims?" Oh. there no
blame may lest nor condemnation
fall, If 'we are fair;
Alone we keep, or mar oft times with
zest, those gifts which Nature
fashioned with such care.
How confident, bold and proud are we,
alas, within our fancied strength,
secure and sure.
Until our mortal errors bring to paps
such plights as even God can
scarcely cure.
GRACE E. HALL.
Firemen Are Appreciative.
PORTLAND. Nov. 20. (To the Edi
tor.) In behalf of the members of the
Bureau of Fire, the two-platoon cam
paign committee acknowledges your
fairness and generous spirit in support
of our measure during the recent cam
paign.
We also express our gratitude ana
thanks to the voters and members of
the City Council who made it possible
for the firemen to continue under a
more. Americanized system. of duty. It
will be the pride of the firemen to give
the best that is in them in an endeavor
continually to improve the fire protec
tion of this city and show the pub
lic their confidence has not been misplaced.
B. F. FRANCIS, Chairman;
GUY STABLER, Secretary;
Two-Platoon Campaign Committee.
Employment and Draft.
PORTLAND, Nov. 20. (To the Edi
tor.) Does a man under the registra
tion of September 12 have to notify his
local board in the event that; he
change's his occupation or address or
both? Of if he is working at essen
tial work and changes it for non
essential work?
t A DAILY SUBSCRIBER.
Yes, if ho has filled out his ques
tionnaire, but if he is one of those not
required lo fill out questionnaire, Na
Flirnres on Measures.
PORTLAND, Nov. 20. (To the Ed
itor.) Will you give the state returns
of tho recent election for the measure
to establish two more normal schools
and a home for defective, delinquent
and dependent children? If they have
been published I have not seen them.
AN INTERESTED TAXPAYER.
Normal schools; Y'es, 43,965; no. 6fl,
021. Children's Home: Yes, 43,237; no, 65,
2D1. Complete figures on these and other
measures were published on page 5 of
The Oregonian November 13.
-With holding of Pay.
PORTLAND, Nov. 20. (To tho Edi
tor.) Could you give any information
as to whether part of a soldier's
monthly salary i withheld each month,
aside from his insurance fee so that
he would have something in reserve on
his. being discharged from the Armv?
SUBSCRIBER.
In case a soldier or sailor docs not
allot one-half his pay the Government
may withhold a portion of such one
half pay. It is paid to the soldier or
sailor at a prescribed time, with interest.
Location of Town.
LA GRANDE. Or., Nov. IS. (To the
Editor.) (1) Where is Crane, Oregon?
(2) What county la it in? (3) Do you
consider an-investment in real estate
safe, there? J. O. F.
(1) Crane is a new town in Harney
County on the recently built branch of
the Oregon Short Line.
2) The Oregonian, in no cir
cumstances, will make recommenda
tions concerning private Investments.
"' Term of Uraft Service.
FALLS CITY, Or., Nov. 19. (To the
tr.ditor. If a man is dratted does li
have to stay three years or Is It Just
for the duration or war?
Duration of the war. :