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PORTLAXD. THURSDAY, APRIL t.
UfCKEASnfO DIVORCE.
It Is easier to view with alarm the
Increasing predominance of divorces
in our social statistics than it is to
prescribe a remedy applicable to all
cases, yet thoughtful observers will
agree that something: is wrong: some
where and that the subject is worthy
of respectful attention. The news
headline. "Portland Reno's Rival."
somehow conveys a shock. So do the
figures which show that in the first
three months of 191 there were filed
in the courts of Multnomah county 401
suits for divorce, by comparison with
241 for the corresponding penoa ot
191J. In the first quarter of 191
applicants for marriage licenses ex
ceeded petitioners for divorce by zoi
in the corresponding period this yea
the excess was only 125. Divorce- would
seem to be overtaking" marriage
VuDid" is running a losing race.
It will be conceded that the statistics
are misleading as to some details. The
true ratio of divorce to marriage for
example, is partly shrouded by the
reprehensible practice, persisted in by
many couples, of traveling to a ure-tn
Green in an adjacent state to be mar
ned. while they take their domestic
troubles to the courts of the state in
which they hold their legal residence.
But this Is no more than a detail, after
all. although It does reflect a certain
contempt for a law enacted for the
protection of the marriage relation
which is disturbing enough. The fact
stands out that divorces are increas
ing. There are not many who will
subscribe to the doctrine that divorce
is so good a thing that we cannot have
too much of It. We wonld like to find
the cause of the disease and eradicate
It. For every shattered romance is a
moral and a spiritual tragedy, and
nothing less: doubly tragic when dl
vorce Involves the breaking up of
home in which there are children,
who deserve the opportunity for de
velopment which is possible only in
the atmosphere ox a placid and well
ordered home.
Because the life of the family Is so
vital a part of the life of a people,
statistics of marriage and divorce, and
the essential details ot them, are and
always will be "news." Perusal of al
most any single issue of a newspaper
will reveal the extent to which these
subjects are being considered. On one
page the other day The Oregornan
printed an account of the proceeding
f a society which is deeply concerned
with Improvement of the morals of the
people, and also a brief summary of
the issuance of some eighteen divorce
decrees and the filing of a disturb
lagly large number of new divorce
suits, while on another pare a corre
spondent attempts to explain away the
unrest therein depicted with the state
ment that it la due to economic causes,
that employment of women in industry
is responsible for It, and so on. One
of the speakers before the rescue so
ciety in question holds that mothers
should Instruct their daughters how
to avoid pitfalls. No doubt there are
some economic causes for unhappy
domestic life and also no .doubt
mothers can do a good deal toward
tiie moral education of their daugh
ters: but these are not all. or even a
large part, of the main issue. How
tenuous must be the thread that binds
the young couple If the first storm
that blows sends them straight to a
divorce court! And how long will
mothers be qualified to teach their
daughters how to avoid pitfalls if they
do not themselves learn how to avoid
them?
It may be that laws permitting easy
divorce are no more to blame for con
ditions which we all deplore than are
the custom and law which make mar
riage so easy that it loses much of
Its sanctity. The two ends of tha
string are hopelessly tangled. Be
cause we know that we can sever the
bond almost at will, we accept it un
thinklngly. and because we marry
without due reflection we presently
fly to the divorce court for relief. A
husband pleads in his bill of complaint
that shortly after his wedding he was
railed upon to get his wife out of
)4iU where she had been sent 'on a
charge of bootlegging. A wife says
that her husband wore his boots to
bed a roost reprehensible practice, as
all will agree. Another woman's hus
.bund is a slacker, still another husband
"made her work to help support the
children," there are too many cases of
plain "desertion" to enumerate: and
so the sad story runs. But we cannot
help wondering whether the kind of
woman who would get herself Into
jail, and the kind of man who would
wear his boots to bed. might not have
betrayed themselves in the course of
a reasonably extended courtship. Not
all. but some of the most obvious dis
qualifications and Incompatibilities
would be revealed If aspirants for mat
rimony were "acquainted" in even a
superficial sense prior to the wedding
tfay.
"Marry In haste aid repent at leis
ure" has proved itself a sund proverb.
The old-fashioned requirement for
publication of the "banns" was a
wholesome recognition of the principle
that marriage is serious enough to
warrant thinking over, and that the
time to change one's mind is before
and not after the ceremony. It would
be at least worth trying again. If the
candidate were required to give reason
able (and perhaps confidential) notice
of Intention to apply for marriage
license, one prime cause of mlsmat
ine. which ia too hasty marriage, might
be removed. But this would hardly
suffice) unless It were supported by
uniformity of law In the several
into the marriage relation at all. It is
a superficial, view that holds that
"economic conditions" will frighten
young men and women who truly love
each other; it was not so in an earlier .
day when they married In full knowl
edge that life was a struggle but both
were willing and determined to help.
we shall know positively where the
responsibility lies.
IX WHICH WE EXPLAIN.
The Oregonlan is obliged to explain
in self-defense against a multitude of
inquiries that its recent discovery of
Marriages are too light-heartedly en- I two grammatical errors In the follow.
tered into. Just as divorces, perhaps, ing paragraph from an article by
are too easy to obtain, and much will Hnrv Wturn was entire! v valid:
stvuuiuuaiieu 1 way van ua I lt , ,. ,,, o-i,. ... ..hi
found to educate young folks Of both I a sentieman y the name of Tyndall and
sexes In the gravity Of the marriage I another by the name of Mill of neither
compact. It is trite to say that mar
deprive the league of means to bring
the criminal to justice.
It has become plainly apparent
through the Lodge-Lowell debate,
through Mr. Taffs expressions of
opinion as to defects in the league
constitution and through Mr. Root's
criticism and suggestions that Mr.
Wilson and the senate can get to
gether on a league of nations which
would accomplish all that all well-
meaning nations desire. All that was
needed at the outset was recognition
Stars and Starmakers.
By Leone C aaa Baer.
About the only thing to regret in
connection with the arrival of spring
is the simultaneous arrival of poems
about it.
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I see In the paper that a certain
married man Joined the army to get
away from his wife and that, unknown
riage is not a summer excursion but
a long voyage In every sort of weather,
but there Is plenty of evidence that lt
will bear reiteration. Propaganda
against growing divorce should be ad
dressed to those who are about to wed.
A LEAGUE BY tXTIMATTel?
All Americans who are for A league
of nations are willing to accept THE
league covenant with amendments.
AH thoughtful Americans who are
for THE league of nations concede
that there should be certain amend
ments.
All patriotic Americans who are
either for THE league or A league
earnestly hope that the differences
between the proposals may be recon
ciled and that President Wilson may
had ever heard but there was atlll another.
of the nama Spencer, whom I fancied must
be a literary man, for I recalled bavins
reviewed a clevar book on Education som
four years az-on by a writer of that nama
a certain Herbert Spencer, whom I rightly
ladrod might be he.
In a community where all are highly
educated, and everybody has, and is
entitled to have, his opinion about
grammar, lt should not be necessary
to say that "whom I fancied must be
a literary man" should be "who
fancied must be a literary man"; the
same with "whom I rightly judged
might be he.'
We fear, alas! that some puzzled
critics wondered if the final "he'
should not have been converted into
"him." The writer of the paragraph
scrupulously preserved the grammati
cal niceties in'that respect, but suf
fered a lapse by making an objective
of "who" when It should have been
in each case a nominative, since
return with a league covenant which
they may join in asking the senate to I wag the subject of a verb.
,lry- The Walla Walla Bulletin, ever on
une aurerences center ror tne most the alert for grammatical and rhetori
part about I cal imperfections, all for the miblic
(1) The Monroe doctrine. good, hints that there is even another
izt .National control or an domes
tic questions, including; the tariff and
immigration.
(3) Foreign domination of the
league council.
blunder against the rules of correct
English. We suspect that the Bulle
tin refers to the sentence "of neither
I had ever heard." Being no purist.
The Oregonlan leaves it to the Bulletin
(4) The right of withdrawal after I to exnlainow a. sentence erammatl.
due notice. I callv correct fanrjarentlv mav vet
(S) Compulsory arbitration and en-1 achieve a nhraseoloeieal imnasse of
lorcement or decisions. (anatomical imncssibllltv If that is
(S) Limitation of time during! what the Bulletin -means and thinks
which present territorial status of the needs to be explained.
suDscriDing nations snail be guaran-
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THE ELEVATOR WILL STAND.
Alarm caused by the settling of the
grain elevator and adjoining' buildings
at the St, Johns terminal will be
quieted by the preliminary report of
the board of engineers appointed by
the dock commission to examine the
teed.
The present covenant either Ignores,
or does not make sufficiently explicit,
any of these great questions. The de
mands for their consideration come
from the United States senate, which
Is furiously denounced by the advo
cates, of THE league as reactionary.
or from statesmen like Root and Taft, kiM1 ,,7,7Z1 XToT. VJ
or political leader, like Bryan, or from The settling has not been such as to
Vk" 7h0.ar" ?cerel3r con: destroy the buildings or their useful-
'" """l- "i 1-S SJIU Tli oon Ho snoto
v . 'O " I-.7 I RCItnrl hv ilnnrth.nitiff .Vioi- n .1
. ZJI" v .v . "C . p""p'" tions In one o the manners proposed
w udiuci "icy prcier inc kii...... ov.i m ...n
. .7 , V V": additional expense, but the work can
" ',' " "" "r i be done in time for the elevator to re
woTL. V. I c"n ceive wheat of this year's crop.
tion and
selves.
deliberation among them-
Decision of these points will clear
the air of doubt as to the wisdom of
building on the St. Johns site and will
furnish a solution of questions as to
CHICAGO'S WAT. I the style of construction to be adopted
Win I am H. Thompson has been re- with buildings of great weight on the
elected mayor of Chicago by a plu- I river front. A rock foundation would
rallty of 17.000 over Robert Schweitzer, I no doubt have been ideal, but lt could
whom he defeated four years ago by I not be found at any point fronting on
a vote of nearly 150.000. Thompson tie river within the limits which com
says Chicago has declared against merce fixes for the elevator. The char-
national democratic misrule and has acter of the ground at St. Johns Is as
given a vote of confidence in repub- I good as that of any other site, and the
lican management." I Bite chosen has merits which others
It must be true that the voters of cannot match. The error was that of
Chicago Intended by their verdict to I tne designers of the elevator, who
say and do something other than ln-were reputed to be among the best in
dorse Thompson. He represents spoils, I the country. As the dock commission
half-and-half Americanism (or worse), I now knows the nature of the ground
demagogy, class hatred and political I ana 01 rne foundation necessary to
partnerships with the vicious and I sustain the weight of such heavy struc
criminal elements. On his record and tures as the elevator, lt will be able
reputation. Thompson could not have I to avoid risk of another similar ex-
for himself rot the vote of anv self- perience.
respecting American citizen. Evidently Portland Is how well started on pro
Chicago held Its nose and voted the vision of all the harbor facilities
republican ticket. In the vague thought! needed for its commerce, and the work
that it must sacrifice itself somehow ls in the hands of as able and public-
on the altar of national and Interna- I spirited a body of men as can be found
tional Issues. It will not be daunted by such a slight
Another explanation Is. however, setback as it has had. It will finish
possible. It is that the candidacy of the elevator, will add to the St, Johns
Thompson was Intimately related to I terminal ana win construct other ter
the prohibition question. Chicago went I1"1"1119 as the growth or business re
wet with great enthusiasm on the quires.
specific question as to whether the
saloons should be abolished. Chicago
without saloons ls not Chicago, and
never will be. Voting to keep the
saloons, naturally it also voted to keep
rnompson.
Another theory may be that Chi
cago, flattered by Thompson's defini
tlon of it as the "sixth German city.'
and remembering his offensive refusal
to Invite Marshal Joffre to make al
ROOT BCH.DS THE BRIDGE.
The reception given to Mr. Root's
proposed amendments of the Paris
covenant by Senators Hitchcock and
Borah is a measure of the great ser
vice which the ex-senator has ren
dered. Mr. Hitchcock and Mr. Borah
may be said to represent the two ex.
t rf m (i . gf nninlAn rn thai laocniB tnn.
visit there, and similar outbursts of a .mntir. ntH t p.,.. o. ,
luompsonesque pro-uermanism, ten the other against it. While neither
... uuiy uouna , uve up 10 in. recora. lB reaay to accept Mr. Roofs pro
No American city, of course." would ia.i.i. antiroiv Kth . nimn.i.
"'""' "lost P"- tlon to accept the amendments relat-
tent argument against this pleasant lnff to the Monroe doctrine and im
idea of the German iza tion of Chicago I mifniinn Tha otMtH e fv, Am
is that his leading opponent was some loan riellrates at Paris (s sr. rivnnhl.
one named Schweitzer. However, the to th Rnnt amanrimanta tha th. i
rumor was wiaeiy circulated through norm that In th main trmv m ho
Chicago, doubtless upon the inspira- adopted. Thus Mr. Root mav have
tion of the astute Thompson manage- built the bridge spanning the gap
"' i ot-uweii- which divides President Wilson from
'-"-"c. "i B'civ asseiitne senate.
possessea Dy ine democratic candidate Mr. Hitchcock makes one criticism
vi m vrcrman uauiej in a utrmia City nf th Rnnf nrnnnsal whir-Vi not
I w -. ..v
was neauy onset. I warranted bv the text. He savs that
Having settled the saloon problem I tha nmiwmi tn- i.mnni.nra arv,itr.
10 its own moist satisfaction, ana hav- Uon of an disputes, including those of
I n aaa - (nail ssss. aaasl . - I
... inuiupaou ior luur more national honor and vital interests,
years, Chicago is now free to perform would raiss, "a storm nt nMor.tir." in
a great service for Itself by further the senate, but he has misread what
vinmeautm 01 lca anu-Amencanism. Mr. Root proposes. Mr. Roofs sub
Let It snbmit to the referendum the stitute for article IS of the const!
lonowing quesnon: I tution reaulres arbitration of "all rlls-
u America rignt. or wrong, m
by both parties of the other's rights to him, she filed affidavits' and had
and good intentions. Mr. Wilson need- him discharged a couple of days ago
ed onlv to cease delivering eloauent 1 when ha returned from overseas. If
generalities about the yearning of the that lad brought back a helmet with
nations for some league to prevent I him he'd better play safety first and
war, and about the duty of this nation I wear lt when ha greets her.
to join such a league; he needed only
Those Who Come and Go.
George N. Gray, who hasn't been on
this coast In many seasons, is In Port
land this week ahead of "The Bird of
Paradise," which follows him a week
later. There's a new Luana this sea-
to recognize that he alone could not
commit the United States to such a
league and that he must enlist the co
operation of the senate and get down
to particulars with it.
The senators who have shuddered son in the person of Rita Romilly
at the prospect that the United States
might become party to European quar
rels or become mandatory for some
country in Asia needed to realize
that aid, ' through a league, in pre
venting war in Europe had become
a condition of peace for America.
Portland friends of Dorothy Bernard,
known as Dot Bernard when she used
to play child roles with the Baker
stock company, will rejoice to learn
that she will be here the last week
In April as leading woman with "The
They needed to study means of recon- Man Who Dune Back." Another In
cillng this condition with American terest attaches to this play in that it
control of American affairs, in order is the work of another Portlander,
that the Lnited States might do its I Jules Eckert Goodman.
duty by the world and at the same
time do its duty by itself. The emer- Advice to would-be movie queens
gency, which is no less than that Put on all your beads and gew-gaws
which caused men to forget party for and lavallleres and slinky -snaky at
the sake of country two years ago, mosphere and wiggle over to Newark,
demanded the broadest Americanism I n. J, Judge Boettler of that village
untainted by party feeling, but Mr. is Koine to take pictures and publish
Wilsons conduct of affairs threw the au the vamps he catches in his town
wnoie discussion into an atmosphere
of party controversy. It was neces-l Last week I published a line aoout
sary for Mr. Root to come out of re- a woman who hasn't spoken to her
tirement and bring his broad vision husband in ten years and already I
and deep knowledge to bear in order have IS letters from men asking to
to lift the question out of that atmos- know if she has a marriageable sister
phere.
All of this goes to show what deep
Injury Is done to national interests
when international affairs become the
subject of party action and when
small men attempt big things.
and if the gift of silence runs in her
family.
Geraldlne Dare vouches for this re-turning-soldier
story:
An Inquisitive old lady asked a hero
yesterday the meaning of all the
The peace conference will not have stripes on his arms. He had three
done its work if it fails to demand stripes on the right arm and one on
production of all secret agreements his left. Not anxious to jump at a
which Japan has made with China and chance to obtain glory, the hero stated
which Japan coerces China to keep
secret. The secrecy of these agree
ments is presumptive evidence that
they should be annulled. China should
be set free from all restraints on
freedom of action. Unless this ia done
there- is grave danger that it will be
come the source of another war.
that the stripes on his right arm meant
that he had three children and the one
on his left meant that he had a wife.
A half hour later the old lady fainted
when another passing hero marches
before her bearing on his left arm
three stripes, while his right arm bore
no etripes.
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Speaking of "The Better 'Ole." which
Is coming here soon, the returning sol-
The words and acts of the Germans
tend to create an impression that they.
not the allies. Won the war. They talk aIer boyg 8ay the better 'ole ia the 'ole
"" me win atton an """6" surrouMed ty a Salvation Army aoug-n
Liiey were malting terms, 'xney turn
loose a bolshevist outbreak with sign!- I
ficant regularity, and it is suspiciously I Breaking, then, ot the Salvation
well timed to influence decisions at I Army, lt begin to look fr'jm reports
Paris. They Inspire doubt whether the . ir J benefit oerformance .promoted
allies were wise to cease hostilities be- and sponSored by Bessie McCoy Davis I
iore me wnoie country was unaer mill- wiU ba ona of te m0st pretentious
tary occupation.
and- altogether brilliant In the , long
series of entertainments in behalf of
war charities.
Miss McCoy will stage her perform
ance at no less Important an institu
tion than the Metropolitan opera-
It is not cany to follow the reason
ing of the court which ordered release
on bail of Haywood and other I. W. W.
leaders. They conspired against the
iciiumii. aiiu Ala iwa, ctiiu ins. la uu i - , ,i ,-. t n i ni
less a crime after than it was before ".V 1 , .
the armistice. They are still enemies
of the government, and they may be
expected to renew their efforts to de
stroy lt. They are not political pris
oners; they are public enemies.
27. In making this arrangement she
obtained not only the acquiescence but
the co-operation of F. Ziegfeld Jr., to
whom she Js under contract.
Of course, no more popular organiza
tion than the Salvation Army could be
selected as the beneficiary of an event
ot this kind. There has beenno band
of workers holding the esteem and
It's a safe bet that woman in Aurora,
111., who keeps her family of four
growing boys on S47 a month and
saves a little money, besides owning gratitude of the soldiers more than
a liberty bond, is a little body of may I this noble contingent of workers for
be a hundred pounds, all energy and I the comfort of the men in camp ana
go, whom the boys hug and swing off at the front It is but just, therefore.
the floor now and then, and who that members of the theatrical ana
wouldn't take a No. 2 if he came I musical professions should do their ut
rolling In gold. I most to help the Salvation Army to
raise further funds for its noble en
deavor.
Eugene Shakespeare is playing ju
venile roles and is proving exceedingly
popular "in the Poll stock company at
Hartford, Conn.
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Ruth Chatterton's newest play Is
called "Moonlight and Honeysuckle.
It was originally announced under the
title of "In the Merrie Month of May.'
Henry Miller is its producer.
The following is clipped from the
the victory loan, but why not also New York Evening Telegram of March
arouse patriotism in the citizens of the 21: "Here Is a gem from the story of a
future? I recent motion picture thriller: 'One day
Lea becomes a mother the mother 01
The sultan talks the way Turks al- Jack's child. Vandeveer, who does not
wavs talk when thev have been beaten, suspect his wire, is so joyim w pinB
Then he ls always the most humane,
tolerant, beneficlent ruler in the uni
verse, and he cannot understand how
anybody can think he could be other
wise.
Do not forget that there are thou.
sands of French people whose homes
used to be In what ls no man's land
and will remain so until that region
can be made productive. It is Amer
ica's part to help these people in mak
Ing new homes, for they were sacri
ficed to stop the Hun horde.
Arrangement should be made in a
hurry this morning that all school
children from 10 or 12 up be taken
to see the trophy train. The object
of the exhibit is to stimulate Interest
in
entering the war and defeating Ger
many:
putes (including those affecting honor
and vital Interests) which are of a
Justiciable character," and it then
gives this definition:
Dinvutaa of a instlclabla ehararter are da.
fined as disputes as to tha interpretation of
a treaty, as to any question of International
law. as to tne existence 01 any fact which.
If established, would constitute a breach of
any International obligation, or aa to tha
Dttnrt and extent of the reparation to b
mad for any such breach.
No nation can honorably object to
judicial determination of its obliga-
nx TOE EESPONSIBrLITT.
One of the benefits derived by the
Pacific coast from the visit of the
naval committee of the house is that
the committee has seen the great ship.
yards which made a better record for
war production than those of any
other section of the United States.
The committee has seen that many Uons under treaty of International
ways are empty, that many men are! law, though they do affect its honor
Idle and that many contracts have or what lt conceives to be Its vital
been offered, but that an order of the I interest. Refusal to submit such
shipping board forbids acceptance of (questions to a court raises a presump-
the contracts and thereby keeps the I tion that a nation has a bad case.
ways and the men Idle. I Germany claimed that vital Interest
Congress may be excused for not I demanded invasion of Belgium, and
fully realizing the absurdity of this! boldly admitted that national honor
situation while it waa S000 miles away. I was sacrificed by that act. In such
Some of its members no sooner see the! cases the phrases "vital interest" and
great industry sinking into paralysis I "national honor" might be used by a
as contracts are finished while no I treaty-breaking nation to escape be-
others take their place than the enor-1 ing brought before an international
mity of the blunder strikes them. I court. They-are so elastic that they
They know that the whole world cries I might be stretched to cover the most
for ships, and they condemn as waste dastardly crimes. No nation should
the enforced idleness of so much labor I be permitted to evade being held by
nd capital which might produce ships. I a court to strict performance of a
Their summons to the shipping board I treaty obligation which may have
to release the shipbuilders from the! ceased to work to Its advantage, or
veto on contracts is an indorsement I to observance of some principle of in
of all the appeals to the same effect ternational law which stands in its
to which the board has been deaf. I way. Exclusion of such questions
We should be over-sanguine to ex-1 from arbitration would leave the way
pect that the board will comply with I open to repetition of Just such crimes
the naval commlee s request. It has I as Germany committed, and would
a father that he takes the drink cure.' "
a a a
Oliver Morosco has definitely decided
to open the next season at the Morose"
theater with "Mme. Sappho," the new
play he has acquired from Frederic and
The man who complains he spent a 'nny natton ior ur. "
horrible" night with roaches in his P'y win oe triea out m is Angeies
apartment ls deserving of sympathy.
The roach has no business away from
the editorial floor, where he is the
harbinger of luck.
the first week in July and will be
brought to Broadway early in Sep
tember.
Little by little Mrs. Vernon Castle ls
attaining the record for "reported en
gagements." Now there comes a dls-
Colonel Theodore Roosevelt's entry
!ntr nnlitirs ff-ivps tha rpniihlir.fl.ns and
democrats a Roosevelt each and evens Pth from Ithacas N. Y., according to
things up. Between them the two
Roosevelts should keep politics inter
esting.
The reason why Bulgarians fear
Greek rule in Macedonia and Thrace
is that they have given the Greeks a
severe dose of Bulgarian rule during I three years. She has-been there work-
definite report in that city, she will
soon announce her engagement to Cap
tain Robert E. Tremap, son ot Robert
H. Treman of Ithaca and director of
the federal reserve bank in New York.
At various intervals Mrs. Castle has
been residing In Ithaca during the last
the last few years.
Re-election of William Hale Thomp
son as mayor of Chicago goes to prove
that one of the greatest works of re
construction before the country is to
Americanize Chicago.
A, wo man was given her decree the
other day because her husband went
to bed with his boots on. He was con
siderate to an extent. Suppose he had
worn spurs!
ing at a motion picture studio original
ly operated by the Whartons, and her
first big serial was produced there
Young Treman ls a member of the
leading family of the town. The Tre
man family has always been identified
with every big civic movement in that
part of the country and has played an
important part in Its political affairs.
Mrs. Castle is at present reported to
be in Cuba. During her absence her
secretary In Ithaca laughingly made
light of the reported engagement. Rob
ert H. Treman, the father of the re
puted prospective bridegroom, was noncommittal.
"I do not think It proper to announce
an engagement of Mrs. Castle," he ls
eported to have said, "if Such an en
gagement there be. On the other hand.
I do not think it right to deny it."
'Considerable color has been lent to
the rumor," continued the report from
Ithaca, "by the fact that Captain Rob
ert E. Treman is reported to have
bought a home on Cornell Heights for
Mrs. Castle. Mrs. Castle's secretary
admitted that Mrs. Castle had inspected
the Cornell Heights home and that
The tie that helps, bind prosperity I captain Treman was in. some way in
to the Pacific northwest is the Douglas 1 terested she would not specify in just
If the German and Magyar armies
concentrate on the plains of Hungary,
that will simplify matters for the allied
army.
As Easter is near, we should all like
to know whether that Hood River hen
laid any eggs during her eighteen-day
fast.
The police force has taken the auto
mobile banaits, as ail Dut a lew ex
pected they would.
Day and night large caterpillar trac
tors are plowing the wheat fields of
A. B. and Charles Davis. These tractors
plow between 75 and 100 acres every
24 hours, the powerful lamps on the
machines enabling the work to pro
ceed without interruption at night,
When the machinery needs looking
after the son of A. B. Davis,, who is at
the Imperial, attends to the details, for
he has Just returned from service
abroad as mechanic for the aerial
forces. The Davis ranch consists of
1000 acres on North Powder, 12 miles
from Haines. With wheat guaranteed
by the government at $2.26 a bushel,
A. B. and Charles Davis will make a
fortune this year. There ls no labor
shortage on the ranch and the help is
paid $60 a month and board.
"It was a wonderful trip," said Arthur
C. Spencer, discussing his Journey with
the trophy train through southern Ore
gon. Mr. Spencer came in ahead ot tne
train to attend to private business and
will probably travel with the train
through eastern Oregon. "We had
great drawing cards in the Oregon boys
on the train, these having been in the
heavy fighting and each one of them
severely wounded. Immense crowds
turned out at every stop. As an adver
tisement for the victory loan the train
is a decided success."
Sergeant Dave Finkelstein has
ceived his honorable discharge from the
United States army and has returned
to Portland. Sergeant Finkelstein was
a member of the 91st division, but was
on detached service when the division
left and since then he has been super
visor of the camp retail exchange at
Camp Lewis. He saw almoBt 12 months'
service at Camp Lewis and before Join
ing the colors was with the Meier &
Frank company.
Mrs. Louis Lachmund of Salem ls at
the Hotel Portland. Mrs. Lachmund is
the wife of State Senator Lachmund,
who served the first half of his term
in the 1919 session. Senator Lachmund
was formerly mayor of Salem and is
Interested in the fruit industry In Ma
rion county.
To attend a lawsuit now being tried
in the federal court, Roy O. Yates,
former president of the Multnomah ho
tel association, is in the city and ls
registered at the Multnomah. The suit
is with the Thompson estate, which
constructed the Multnomah.
He looks after the wandering tour-
ists to see that they see all the sights
of interest in Portland and Seattle, does
C. R. Brimacombe, who registered yes
terday from Seattle at the Seward. Mr
Brimacombe represents a large agency
operating in the west.
One of the strongest prohibitionists in
Oregon was registered at the Perkins
yesterday. He is W. P. Elmore, who
recently represented Linn county in the
legislature. Mr. Elmore is a democrat
and his home is at Brownsville.
W. W. Kolfeldt, formerly manacer of
the Majestic theater and also former
manager of the Pathe office in Port
land, arrived in the city yesterday from
Seattle. He is now with a feature film
concern.
Madame Frances Alda, the celebrated
singer who is making a concert tour of
the west coast, arrived at the Multno
mah yesterday morning. She is on her
way to Puget sound from here.
Joseph E. Roman, a banker of As
toria and recently a member of the
legislature from Clatsop county, was in
the city yesterday and registered at
the Imperial.
Judge Alfred Bud pre. Justice of the
supreme court of Idahw. will be a visi
tor in Portland for a few days. He is
expected to arrive at the Hotel Port
land today.
Norman Lang, Interested In various
paper-making plants In British Colum
bia, is among the arrivals at the Ben
son. He is in Portland -on a business
trip.
On a tour of Inspection, C. H Whit
more of the state highway engineering
force, was in the city yesterday and
registered at the Imperial.
J. W. Flanagan, accompanied by Mrs.
flanagan, is at the Benson. Mr. Flana
gan is a banker at Marshfield.
Mrs. Robert Eakln and Miss Gertrude
Eakin of Salem and Robert S. Eakln of
La Grande are at the Seward.
Timbermen from Clatskanie who were
at the Perkins yesterday were George
H. Graham and J. O. Holman.
J. C. Palrchild of Tacoma, in the tax
department of the Northern Pacifio, is
at the Imperial.
Sheriff J. W. Llllie of Condon was on
hie way to Salem yesterday and stopped
at the Imperial.
Leading lumberman of Gardiner, Or.,
M. H. Jewett, was at the Hotel Port
land yesterday.
Daniel H. Welch, a cannery man of
Astoria, is among the Seward arrivals.
George Domeyer, a business man of
St. Helens, is at the Hotel Oregon.
A M. Standish, a sheepman from The
Dalles, is at the Perkins.
In Other Days.
Fifty Years Ago.
From Morning Oreionian. April J. 1S89.
Washington. The house committee
on foreign affairs has agreed to report
a joint resolution declaring the sympa
thy of Americans with the Cubans
in their struggle for independence and
pledging support to ths president
whenever he deems lt expedient to rec
ognize their independence.
Letters from the east often reach
Montana by way of Portland.
The cavalry company at Fort Kla
math has been ordered to march to San
Francisco and a company of Infantry
Is to replace the cavalry company at
that post.
Contracts have Been awarded for the
material to be used in building the
United States branch mint at The
Dalles, Including the contracts for
hauling stone from the quarries. The
first section of the foundation has been
built.
Twenty-five Years Ara,
From Mornlnr Oreronlan. AnHI St. isfu.
Yesterday municipal elections were
held in several of the states, with re
sults generally favorable to the repub
licans. In Ohio and Connecticut, where
national issues were prominent, the re
publicans made enormous gains.
Washington. Three bills are now
before congress looking to the collec
tion of $100,000,000 due from the Union
Pacific and Central Paslfto railroad
companies.
Washington Senator Carey is en
couraged over the prospects for the
passage of the bill to cede 1,000,000
acres to eac hof the arid land states,
to be reclaimed By irrigation.
Paris. A report is current here to
day that Germany ls to issue a loan of
107,000,000 marks, the money to bo da
voted to the extra expenses of the army
and navy.
Freedom.
By Grace E. Hall.
I read a tale which all my soul en
thused, How one wild horse upon the western
plains
So bitterly all man-control refused.
So scornfully disdained the touch of
reins,
That he at last, pursued by greedy men,
Stood on a mountain peak and, look
ing o'er.
Saw far below the rocky canyon, then
Looked back and saw what he but
dreaded more
Sensed degradation of those splendid
powers
Which mad him king within his vast
domain
Seemed to recall the joy of vanished
hours.
Comparing lt to what must ere re
main If man should win today; and with one
look
He chose the course of freedom In the
wild
And leaped to death! I sobbed and
closed the book.
(I've loved that tale of freedom since
a child).
Within my heart that self-same love
doth hide;
(If blame there be for such, I guilty
plead).
I'd rather take the lonely path astride
The rugged heights than find my
daily mead
With rabble, who would blindly harness
me
With hated reins, and ask me to give
o'er
My mental freedom, and in thought to
oe
A mawkish manikin forevermore.
No!
J
I would live, and I must be com
plete
Within myself; and though my earth
ly trail
May lead to sweet success or to defeat.
May lead o'er mountain top or
through the vale
I'd rather live in wild, free bliss one
day
Than years on years and tyrants' rule
obey.
This call within Is nature's truest voice,
And I, responding, wondrously rejoice!
HOSPITALITY TO NEW INDUSTRY
Stranser Complains That Inducements
Are Not Held Out.
PORTLAND, April 2. (To the Ed
itor.) I have been observing the city
of Portland from the viewpoint of a
stranger and I have wondered why
there are not more incoming industries,
more building up of small concerns,
more real advancement toward a great
er Portland. The city has an Ideal sit
uation and the attractions of the Pacific
coast are great. There ls so much
room here in contrast with the crowded
conditions of the east that lt ought to
and I believe lt does appeal both to
large organizations and small business
man.
But the only answer I get to my
questions ls that the proper induce
ments are not held out to concerns who
really desire to come here.
Why is it? Is Portland so exclusive
that she is not vitally concerned in in
creasing, her payrolls and her popula
tion?
In the east Portland has the reputa
tion of being a rich and Influential city.
Isn't there any redblooded organisation
that will take car of finances, loca
tions, etc in such a satisfactory man
ner that new concerns win aeciae on
this location and the small business
man be given the encouragement to
make him a large business man?
I notice there is a drive on to In
crease the membership of the Chamber
of Commerce. Does that mean that
this body purposes to become such a
red-blooded organization as mentioned?
BTtiAiNliJEK.
IF WAR WERE PAID FOR IN GOLD
Metal Would Pave Boulevard From
Portland to Silverton.
SILVERTON, Or., April 2. (To the
Editor.) The Oregonian recently con
tained a statement that the cost of the
war was $197,000,000,000 and that this
sum represented a cube of gold S feet
8 inches in all dimensions, plus bi)J
pounds. I have been doing a little fig
uring and find this cube weighs 766,392
pounds. At $20 an ounce this amounts
to $246,245,440. It would take about
800 of these cubes to pay off the war
cost and these cubes, strung up the
road, would make a block of gold 8
feet 8 Inches square and nearly one
and one-fourth miles long. This chunk
of gold would pave the road from 811
verton to Portland (46 miles an Inch
thick and 16 feet wide and there would
be enough left to make a nice start on
the Mount Hood loop. This gold would
make a cube of about 80 foet if I can
figure correctly.
While toying with big figures I wish
to cite another Instance. Solomon's
temple was 80 feet wide, 90 feet long
and 46 feet high and 150.000 laborers
and S300 overseers worked seven years
In building lt. Counting S12 working
days to the year, each laborer worked
2184 days. This would make S34.152,
000 days' work for the whole crew.
According to figures generally quoted
$3,600,000,000 in gold and $2,200,000,000
in silver were used for ornamenting the
Inside of the temple, besides many
precious stones and much olfve wood.
The gold would make about 14 cubes
similar to those representing the war
debt and the silver would do sufficient
for 325 more cubes the same size; 225
of these cubes would pack the temple
solid to the roof. We would still have
114 cubes left to stow away In the
basement. OSCAR REDFIELD.
THE CARTOON.
Dear Woodro's long chin
Has caused many a grin
That relieved from serious tension;
Abe Lincoln's kind face.
Sadly lacking In grace.
Ye pedagogue quotes in dissension
'Gainst cartoonist bold
Who the' power does hold
To sway and cheer up all classes;
Pray is not a smile
More than all else worth while.
When tragedy stalks the masses?
Were there no poet.
No tin can or go-et
Or no humorous slant In features
Of loyed face, to convey
In an Innocent way.
We'd be sad and sorrowful creatures.
JANETTE MARTIN.
fir article.
If Japan is big enough to back up
a Monroe doctrine for Asia she will
have it.
The trillionth smelt passed Trout
dale yesterday. - ,
what way in the same piece of prop
erty.
"Also, after considerable hesitation,
she told of frequent visits made to the
Treman home by Mrs. Castle. Captain
Treman has often called on Mrs. Castle,
but as far as an engagement is con
cerned lt is simply rumor at work
again." , .
American Peace Delegates.
PORTLAND, April 2. (To the Ed
itor) Will you kindly inform me
through your columns whether Presi
dent Wilson has a seat at the peace ta
ble? If not, who represents the United
States? R. L. A.
President Wilson does not "have a
seat" at the peace table in the restrict
ed sense that he is a formal member of
the cpnference. The American dele
gates to the conference are Colonel E.
M. House, Secretary of State Lansing,
Henry White and General Tasker Bliss.
Wnen Old-Tlme Store Was Established..
PORTLAND, April 2. (To the Edi
tor.) Recently an Item appeared in The
Oregonlan regarding snanahan's store.
In which it was stated mat Lawrence
Shanahan, now deceased, established
the business 25 years ago. I desire to
state that I established the Shanahan
store In Portland in 1887 at 133 Third
street, under the name of David Shana
han. Subsequently, about three years
later, my brother, Lawrence Shanahan.
came from San Francisco, and for a
time worked for me, after which we
formed a partnership, which continued
until 1899. My brother, Lawrence Shana
han, now deceased, was married in
June, 1918, and died in August of tha
same year, at the age of 73 years.
D. SHANAHAN.