10 THE MOIIMXG OKEGO.VIAX, T'lL'KSDAY, JULY 17. 1910. Jftormujs (Drmttnn ESTABLISHED BY HESRI W FITTOCK. Published bv The Oreirontan Publishing Co.. 1.(5 Sixth Street. Portland, Oregon. C A. MORDKS. E. B. PIPER. Manager. , fcUitor. Thft Orponian is a member of the Asso ciated Profs. The Associated Press is ex clusively entitled to the line for publica tion of all newH dispatches credited to it or not oti.erwis rrediled in this paper and also Ih'' fMal news published -herein. All rights . of republication of .special Uisp.vCica herein .r nlfo -erved. subscription Kate Invariably In Advance (Br Mail.) ratly. Sunday included, one yer Daily, Sunday included, slz months... Daily. Sunday included, "three months. Dutly. Sunday included. one month... ; Daily, without Sunday, one year...... Daily, without Sundwy, 6 month...... Daily, without Hunday, one znontb.... tVeekly, one yeiir Hunday, one year , Sunday and weekly... (By Carrier.) 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BidwelU .00 . -'.-'S '. fi rm . 3.2.'. . .SO . 1.0" . i.r.o . 3.00 .to. oo . .75 '. 7!5b . 1.95 . .65 afterward bringing the entire question of China before the league of nations for settlement. - China needs to be freed from theshackles of concessions on all hands, it needs help in building up a central government strong enough to : maintain Internal order and ex ternal defense, and it needs help In building transportation lines and in developing Its vast untouched wealth. If China' should gain all these things, such questions as that of Shantung would settle themselves, for 'any na tion would' value the friendship of a strong, prosperous China far-above the most precious patch of land in China. America is best qualified to take the lead In the work of regeneration, for its .hands are- clean, it is trusted, -it has the money and the technical skill for the vast work at hand, and it asks nothing for itself except equal oppor tunity with other nations to trade with China and to lift its millions from poverty to well-being. 6HASICKG AND CHINA'S -FUTURE. The senate is to- be commended for giving expression to dissatisfaction at finding the Shantung deal incorporated in the treaty wltbGermany which it is called upon ta ratify. The territory in question belongs to China by all accepted principles of the rights of nations. Germany took it by force from a defenseless people, and Japan took it by force from Germany. In the early months of 1917 Japan in formed the allies of a desire-to keep it, and asked 'them, to pledge their support in such terms that they could easily visualize the consequences of refusal, ' France, Britain and Italy had made some progress in driving back the enemy, but it was comparatively slight and had been made at terrible cost. Russia had won some brilliant victories in 1916, then had been paralyzed by a pro-German cabinet and was on the verge of revolution and military collapse. No prqgress had been made in redeeming Serbia, for the treason of King Constantino had tied the allied army by the leg, and Roumania had been overwhelmed. Germany had just given notice of un restricted Submarine war and, though - the United States had severed rela tions, it was not yet certain that this country would declare war. If we did declare war, we were so 111 pre pared that some time must elapse '- before we could make our weight felt in a military sense. Under these circumstances the allies might well dread the result of refusal i to accede to the demands of Japan. At the least it would abandon the allies, and desertion to the, side of Germany was probable. Germany at that time would gladly have ceded Shantung and much more of China to Japan, for it had no scruples about giving away other' nations' territory. - - : After the Russian revolution the kaiser might easily have thrown a quit claim deed to Siberia into the bargain, and , Russia's disorganized condition would ; , have made military occupation easy. ; " The Japanese navy 'could also have 1 done awful destruction among allied . ships and ports in the Pacific ocean the China sea and the Indian ocean. The war -Was won by no such wide 1 margin but that with Japan against them the allies might have lost, even " after America intervened. Xo doubt with these thoughts in f t mind the allies acceded to Japan's de- ii niand, and we cannot fairly judge of their action unless we mentally put :. ourselves in their place. Add the fact ; that China is helpless for self-defense aid that, if Germany, allied with Japan, should win, it would-take all of China . - which it did not hand over to Japan, ! ; and we can understand that it seemed ;', ' to the allies a very, slight wrong to lot Japan keep the small piece which t it already held and would yield only '. '. to superior force.- --Japan in effect .'! only asked for a quit claim deed. "I The natural and laudable resent- inent with which Americans in generai ' view the confirmation of this deal in '.' the treaty to which they are a party ;l lorcibly illustrates the change in the ;! character of the war which was ef- lected by American intervention. It '' became a different kind of war with tj changed aims, but we cannot close out .t . eyes to the fact that it was the same ! war and that, in a military sense, we profited by the bargains which the : allies had made in order to gain and . - hold support. They accepted the help which Japan gave in payment for ;' Shantung, and we shared in the profits. .. " We could not unmake that bargain,' but we did the best we could, which - was to take care that no more such bargains were made. But we cannot J' ignore and require the allies to repu-i ;! iiato agreements which they made prior to our intervention. Japan de- manded that Germany cede its rights ! in Shantung, and Italy, France and i'.ritain supported the demand, as they ! had agreed, for they could not honor ably do otherwise. The transaction could only have been prevented by - inducing Japan to withdraw the claim, ' which was impossible. The best that the American delegates could do was . to assent to liquidation by the allies , of old claims arising from the first ; " half of the war, with an inward feel- iug of satisfaction that we were not - jia:-ties to them. A pledge has been obtained from Japan that Shantung will soon be returned to China, and ;ill the allies, in fact the entire league of nations, will see that the promise is kept. . But the United States will not stop there. The Shantung affair is but a part of the general .question of China. -which can only be considered as a . whole if permanent good is to be accomplished. China is a great coun , try, but in a sense it is not a country it all, for its people lack that sense - -' of devotion to it which unites the people of other countries. It has two rival governments, at Pekin and Can ton, and neither is able to overpower the other. Kach province has its tariff, marking a commercial division, and its armies are licensed bands of dis t. Ciplined brigands. Its recognized gov. eminent is so weak and corrupt that foreign governments and speculators have been able to extort numerous concessions of such wide scope that ij.. China is not master of its own house. " Germany and Japan are not the only J- offenders, for all important European - . -powers have taken a hand. Among X- ;ill these Japan seeks to dominate by 7 virtue of proximity, the need of com meroial -txpansion and the need of an -' outlet for its overflowing, population. America can seme China Winore fffectually by letting the Shantung ie.il stand for tho present and by HIS PEJflTEXTIAI, TEARS. Red Rupert feels sorry for himself, very sorry. 'He paints a pathetic figure of the parting between himself and his faithful wife, and he weeps salty tears over his love for his small son. He would tear his fingernails off for that boy, he says. It cannot be recalled that Red Rupert has done much for his devoted wife or his little boy but disgrace them. He had the trust of a large banking concern .and he grossly be trayed it by the calculated theft of liberty bonds, and then he basely tried to shift the responsibility for his grave crime by involving the name of a dead deputy sheriff, who had beeii shot in the line of his duty, and who left a good name which the scoundrel Rupert unfeelingly tried to smirch. The straight and narrow path Red Rupert will take now, he says. No doubt, so long as he is in the custody of the state, or directly under its eye His tears are designed to get active aid for him from a too sympathetic public, so that he may be free to earn a living for his wife and child. After he has served his full term, and done honest work as a free man, the ques tion of restoring him to public confi dence may be considered; but not now. statesmen, soldiers and naval com manders in the world. After thus making himself the laughing stock of all mankind lie did not realize the depth of his own ignorance, for he presumed to seek election to the United - States - senate. A mental re view of the many grave questions which senators have to consider, of the information which they have to accumulate and of the study which they have to devote to their work in order to perform it with reasonable efficiency would enable one to form some conception of the utter incom petency of Mr. Ford for such an of fice. He is not versed In the first principles of public affairs: worse still, he does not realize that his own ignorance disqualifies him. Thus he lacks tho first requisite to become fit-. recognition of his own deficiencies. The case of Mr. Ford should teach tis that success in business does not Imply ability to handle the work of govern ment well. A man may make a for tune in business, but may be abys mally ignorant of the things which are essential to success in govern ment Xo doubt the majority, of big business men are generally well In formed, yet the fact remains that their brains are developed along the chan nels leading to success in business and may be totally undeveloped, or only slightly developed, along the channels which lead to successful public ad ministration or legislation. Hence it follows that business success does not argue for fitness to legislate or gov ern, though it will help in combina tion with other qualities which may. but as often may not, be found in business men. But men of the Henry Ford type are impossible, for they could scarcely do less harm through their Ignorance, inexperience and cocksureness than such a malevolent genius as Lenine now does In Russia. ion . PRIVATE CARS AND PUBLIC SIONEY. The interesting fact develops out of the controversy at the courthouse over tires, gasoline and oil, purchased with public money for private cars, that each of the three county commission ers has an automobile for his own use but two of the commissioners own their own cars and the third commis. sioner uses a car belonging to Mult nomah county. The practice has been for the county to pay for supplies for the automobiles, so far as they are used for public business. One of the commissioners. Mr. Holman, has bought five new tires, and various quantities of gasoline and oil, totaling $289.35, since January 1, 1919, and charged it to the county, and another commissioner, Mr. Hoyt, has incurred expenses to the extent of one new tire and oil and gasoline. In $128.15, and charged it to the county. It is to be regretted that no statement has been made of the amount of money spent on their automobiles by the two commissioners, and charged to their own pockets. We venture to suggest that it be made. t will tend to reassure the public, undoubtedly. In any event, it is clear that Mr. Holman and Mr. Hoyt have done a lot of running around on public busi ness at public expense in their private cars since January 1. Now Commissioner Holman, in his defense of the plan and in his defiance of Auditor Martin, who refused to pass some of the bills, suggests that the only alternative is for the county to buy motor cars of its own, and operate and finance them and that the cost will be much greater than under the present arrangement. Nevertheless, if automobiles must be used for the public business by public officials, the only proper way is for the public to own them and operate them; or to pay a stipulated sum, per day or per mile, for their use. The present practice is not easily defensible. It is a vicious partnership that may easily lead to gross abuses. If it may be done by the county com missioners. why not by other officials who may be able to buy private cars and who may be inclined to devote them to public use, under their per sonal direction, of course? One automobile, used exclusively by Commissioner Muck, is now owned by the county. The thought will occur to some persons that one automobile should be quite enough for three com missioners, who are giving only a part of their time to the county's business. All of it does not have to be transacted in an automobile. be grouped together In a common school this much Is compulsory b nowlng artists as we think we do. e may wonder whether they will perform any definite service for the state under surroundings which are certain to be uncomfortable, if not in tolerable. And In every school there is to be at least one teacher for every twenty-five pupils. Having begun by lmost exterminating the ."intelligent sia." it will bo wondered where they re going to find their supply of teachers. The United States after more than a century of edncatlonal do- elopment has only one teacher to about thirty-five pupils and is find ing difficulty in maintaining the ratio. It will appear that the only part of the scheme which the bolshevist8 are likely to accomplish is the abolish ment of all existing schools. Being in the line of destruction, this is a bolshevist specialty. Tho writer points out at tho same time that the system which it is proposed to destroy ever was a tool of the reactionaries. The old schools yielded all the ad- ancement that Russia ever made. The mistake of the bolshevists is that when they use the word 'education' they are thinking only of bolshevlsm." Fortunately, a few districts are free from thoir control, and in these edu cation is thriving upon a more reason able basis. In which lies the only present hope of the schools of Russia, when order shall finally be restored. THE YELP OF THE PARIAH. Opportunity to examine George Syl vester Viereck's book entitled "Roose velt" brings one into close accord with the New York Herald which wished that Vlereck might have the punish ment he deserves for libelling the dead. The reference here to the vol ume as a book "entitled Roosevelt.' has been made with care and specific intent, for it is not a book primarily on Roosevelt, but an obvious attempt by vile portraiture of a great man to gam attention to a long whining protest by lereck against the con tempt with which Viereck is held by all who have a spark of patriotism. It is not a long book, and as ready Indicated, there is not a great deal in It about Roosevelt. Vlereck had been a supporter of .Roosevelt in the days of the progressive bolt and bad written a poem about Armaged don. Roosevelt repaid this service by giving the prestige of his countenance to a Germanic publication venture by Viereck. This was before the war. Incident to the publishing enterprise Roosevelt attended a dinner at which were a number of men of German descent. He is quoted by Viereck as expressing admiration for Germany and dislike for England. The studied effort of the book Is to depict Roosevelt as two-faced, because of his later attitude toward the war. Just one sentence, a naive admission of the author's oblique moral con sciouf ness, need be quoted: "Remem bering Roosevelt's d'slike for Cng land, I expected him to champion the German cause." This from a man who was an inti mate witness of the severance by Roosevelt of ties of warmest persona! friendship over a political difference is rather a psycho-analysis of the author than, of his subject as it pur ports to be. If there was ever a man on earth who consistently disregarded his personal likes and dislikes choosing between that which h deemed to be a right course and that which he deemed to be a wron course, it was Theodore Roosevel That which the honest mind exalts. Viereck here and elsewhere in his book produces as evidence of insin cerity and inconstancy. What could be more hunlike except the attitude of the hun himself, who raised his eyes from his work of bestiality in Belgium and exclaimed to the world: Why, thought you liked me." Perhaps this brief reference to shameful effort is not worth whil Viereck, himself, in his foreword, pre diets that his book will not be gen erally reviewed. It is indeed abhor rent to discuss the filthy hand that attempts to smear the virtue of th dead. Stars and Starmakert. By Lena Caaa Birr, SUMMER TRAGEDIES. The summer is prolific of bathing tragedies,' as is usual at this time of ear. Children are often the victims. but strong swimmers do not always escape. The shelving beach, the sud den and uncharted depression in the bottom, the treacherous eddy, are traps for the unwary. They are never twice alike. Death lurks in unexpected forms. In a recent tragedy near New Era a child was wading In supposedly- safe water. When she disappeared no competent help was near and before it could be obtained she had passed beyond recall. Swimmers who know their power will not deny themselves the benefits of aquatic exercise because accidents continue to happen to the incautious, but even the strongest will do well to observe certain simple precautions. They ought above everything to know something about the locality in which they disport themselves. There are bathing places that experience has shown to be . reasonably safe. And every bathing party ought to Include one or more members familiar with rescue methods and with the treat ment of the seemingly drowned. Great promptness in beginning the work of resuscitation Is the very essence of its success. Children ought not to be permitted in the water unless acconi panied by adults, in any circumstances. It would be a fine thing for all con ccrned if every child might be taught to swim at the earliest possible age, There is hopeful growth of this knowl edge in many quarters. It finds ex pression in the physical education of the Boy Scouts and the Camp Fire Girls and in other ways. Perhaps the time will come when swimming will be one of the compulsory courses in the public schools, as it is now requi site for an academic degree In some of the colleges. It may not seem to be closely related to the parsing of Latin sentences and the working of mathematical problems, but it Is part of the necessary education of the all around man or woman. Meanwhile these pitifully tragic in cidents continue to recur, as if people could not learn from the costly ex perience of others. A great many pre cautionary measures would be justified if they resulted only In saving a single life. ECAUSE Walter Kelly, the Vir ginian Judge, heard some chatter in his audience at a music hall In Lon don he threw his bookings Into the fire and quit the stage there and In cidentally the country, saying for print that "antagonism toward American actors exists in England." Now It la said that the theater manager, having proved to Kelly's satisfaction that the disturbing chatter he heard was only a bunch of soldiers remarking on Kelly's cleverness, the Virginian Judge has reconsidered and la going to re turn to England and play a wnoie yearful for 'em. after he has a fling at American vaudeville again thla year. Gertrude Elliott (Lady Forbes Rob ertson), who has given almost 400 per formances of "Eyes of Youth" at the St.Jame. in London, will tour the provinces in "Come Out of the Kltch en." when she brings her London sea son to a close. Forbes Robertson Is not acting, save for an occasional benefit for some patriotic cause. Charles W. Goettler Is in Portland abead of Charles Dillingham's big pro duction. "Chin Chin." which comes to the Helllg on July 24. 23, .. Mr. Goettler Is a coast defender In the theatrical game. He was last here five seasons ago as company manager for Trlxle Frlganza in "The Sweetest dlrl in Paris." Those Who Come and Go. In Other Days. ' When the New York World de mands the dismissal of Burleson, it becomes no longer a question whether Wilson shall drop Burleson, but how he shall drop the burden without too great a shock to the democratic party, for It Is in poor condition to stand shocks. Men take a chance with death right along and get away mostly, but oc casionally death wins. It may be hopping a car or jumping an elevator that leads to disaster. It does not pay any man to risk his life for the trifle of a gain of a few moments. A MILLIONAIRE TINKER. - Henry Ford's appearance as a wit ness in . his libel suit against the Chi cago Tribune has torn the glamor of romance from him and exposed his extremely narrow limitations to the public view. He has read "quite a little" history and regards it as "bunk," yet he presumes to have "opinions on peace, war and prepared ness, though well-digested opinions on those subjects cannot be formed with out knowledge of history and without reasoning-from its teaching. He is too busy making automobiles to for mulate the expression of his so-called opinions, so hires a man to ao it tor him, and he blindly signs whatever this man writes and as blindly ac cepts responsibility for it. He re gards music and art as "bunk," but is beginning to have a little apprecia tion of them, and in music has pro gressed so far as to like the banjo He- confesses ignorance of many- things, though he has made a great success at making automobiles. Cold analysis shows Mr. Ford to be simply a tinker who made a good in vention at a fortunate juncture when the world was ready to adopt it. and who was shrewd and fortunate enough to become associated with men who were able to finance and manage the production of his inven tion and to secure for himself a lion's share of the profits. He has no doubt progressed in knowledge of business as his enterprise developed, but he has been too absorbed in it to give more than passing attention "to ac quisition of general knowledge, to for mation of sound opinions on public affairs, to cultivation of a taste for the arts, and in musical taste he has progressed as far as a plantation negro. He seems to have folt the need of having some opinions on peace. war and preparedness. he hastily formed them without consid eration of tho premises on which they should be based, and he hired a man to express and propagate them. This man lightheartedly hired a ship and took a caryo of cranks to Europe for the purpose of ending a war w hlcb, was taxing all the energies of all the greatest, most experienced BOLSHEVIST SCHOOLS. In their pursuit of an ideal the bol shevist leaders of education In Rus sia have' constructed an anomalous code to govern the schools. Compul sion and free will are strangely min gled. For illustration, all existing schools, of whatever type, elementary. middle or higher, classical or modern. are abolished by compulsion. But in the schools which are to be estab lished there are to be no home les sons, no obligatory tasks, examina tions arc altogether forbidden and punishments are abolished. On the other hand hot lunches are not only to be free but also compulsory. This description of the new educa tional paradise by a writer whose article is reproduced in School and Society, regards the scheme as funda mentally impossible "as impossible as only logic could make it" but it will not appear to the champions of free education as we have It in Amer ica as being logical at all. Neverthe less it is an interesting revelation of the minds of the bolshevist commis sars. First of all, the change to the new system is to be compulsory. Then there is to be "compulsory education." for all of school age. But after get ting the child within the walls of the school room, there are to be no "ob ligatory tasks." No training of the mind in the value of time well em ployed, in discipline by doing work which may not appeal to undeveloped individuality, is provided for. The child is to be placed under the ob servation of doctors skilled in psy chology for it seems that some inkling of the value of psychology has penetrated Russia but it is not ex plained how the same child is to profit by psychological placement. He la compelled to undergo psychological observation, but not obliged to do as he is told afterward. There will be observed in the new scheme the effort to approach the spirit of reform by changing th names of things which characterized such movements as the French revolu tion. Thus, there is to be one "school workman" to each twenty-five pupils. The "school workman." it is surmised, is the teacher. There are to be opened in Moscow schools for "art workers," which is the bolshevist name for artists. Obviously the na ture of the teacher or the artist will not bo altered by calling him one thing or another. All artists are to Just to dispose of any doubts which Seattle may raise as to whether ships can come up the Columbia river, some photographs of the Pacific fleet in the river might be laid before the Inter state commerce commission as exhibits in the rate case. In "Lombardl Ltd.." which comes to the HelUg on July 27. Is Winifred Bryson, who played leads with the Baker stock a few seasons ago. for a brief engagement. Leo Carlllo, a former newspaper cartoonist, is the star of the play. . The Marjorle Rambeau engagement at the Curran, In Oakland, haa brought disappointing returns. Originally set for five weeks, the Rambeau run has been cut to three, ending next week, when Miss Rambeau will appear In The Fortune Teller." Last week and this they are offering "Eyes of Youth." A new production for "The Auc tioneer" will be built for David War- field, who will again tour in the comedy next season. Maud Fealy, who toured last sea son under the management of Cohan & Harris in The Little Teacher." will return to John Cort a direction In the autumn. Miss Fealy will appear first In a new play by Grace Wilbur, which is termed a melodramatic-farce. The title la The Fool's Game." It waa tried out in San Francisco last spring. George W. Lederer haa aet his plans for "Angel Face." now one of the aum mer hits In New York. The show will remain at the Colonial until about Sep tember 1, when It will move to Broadway. Marjorle Haussman. a Portland girl. Is singing the prima donna role in this production. The London Daily Express haa pub lished a little story which, if true, must be about five years old. It waa sup posed to have occured when "Pygma lion" waa being rehearsed at His Ma Jcsty'a theater. Bernard Shaw, author of the piece, found fault w'th Mrs. Patrick Campbell's Interpretation of the leading role. He is alleged to have said to her: "You're too flamboyant. I want a nice, ordinary human creature, such as I always create." To which the actresa replied: "You're a terrible man. One day you'll cat a beefsteak: and then God help all women." (It should be explained that Shaw is a vegetarian.) It was not known until late last week that Victor Nlblo. his wife and four children were ordered deported from thla country and sailed for Eng land under the order June 2S. The cause of the deportation Is said to have been that Xiblo virtually made bia family a public charge. Nlblo has appeared In vaudeville over here with a bird act. known aa Xiblo'a Birds. They have appeared in Portland. A complaint to the authorities by some relative of the family is reported to have been made, alleging that Xiblo'a wife waa In a public institutions at Central Isllp, L. I., and that liia children had been taken to charge by the Gerry society. All the Xiblos are English. After an Investigation, the order send ing them back to England waa Issued. There are 404 batha In the Multno- rrah Lotel. nut they mere all In- use Tuesday night. Evidently the transient population at the hostelry were fight ing the heat with unadulterated Hull Run. So It happened that a man who had come 2000 miles and wanted a dip as quickly as it could be had nearly loj"t out. Had It rot been tor the generosity of Eric Mauser he might have had to resort to a swimming hole In the Willamette. But Mr. Houser heard of his plight and gave over his own auite. Aa a consequence the proprietor of the hotel spent the nlabt sitting up with a aim leaf fan while his gutat apls.-hed in a chilly uool and occupied hia own downy couch. Jo lal. plump Herman Bambereer. who sevc.al year i:o waa the first Jewish mayor of Slt Lake City, was having troubles of his own Tuesday nlrbt at the Portland. lie came out west with lila slater. Mrs. Letta P.oth-enl-rg of Cincinnati, and forgot to make reservation in advance. If he waa to have a bed at the hotel the only place that waa left was a cot In the blue panquet room. And there Mr. Bamberger con-lcnliously lav down down and tried to sleep, but the heat uaa too much for him. Far Into the morr.lr.g a much alarmed iitcnt cierK met him solemnly promenading the hall trying to stir upa bit of a breeie. ny time. Al Kader temple of Port land wanta to hold a prade In Fatgo. N. D-, the Shrinera are welcome, ac cording to George T. Butler, who Is here to attend the Mutual Life conven tion and is staving nt the Multnomah. Pargo received nearly all of the east bound delegations that attended the Indianapo'.ia gathering this year, but the aayly colored uniforms from the Itose City made the oisjuest nit. accru ing to Mr. Butler, and the town has been eonte-r.platlnx sending Portland a vote of thanks for the demonstra tion. Not wrapped In blankets and beads and mounted on ponies, as Indiana used to travel In the clays wnen n customary to go out with bow and ar ruwa and ehoot a few white men whenever ot -. :r modes ot entjtain mei t foil ahort. but In ultra-modern Pullman coa -l.es and properly char.er or.td. Mias Dora Strike Axe and Miss Grace Roan of TawnuaKa, tKia., n touring the west. They are accom panied by Mlsa Ragsdale. their In structtr and guardian, and are at the Portland. Trweaitrav Tears If a. Frm The Oregonlan of Ju:y 17, lt4. Boston. After two rounds of hot fighting Feter Maher tood waving hi" anna over the prostrate boclj.- of r tank Craig, colored aspiraat fo- (he cham pionship. The Santa Clara arrived July in Antwerp after a twurage of i davs from thla port, with 43.602 centals of wheat. The Pullman rtriko and boycott ta over In this city and through paucti ger and freiKht trafTlo haa tseen -suraed except on the Southern PaciOic. Colonel James Jackson, military in spector of Mate troops in OrtN&oii, a- rived at home liom San franct.-co tfuii day evening- Kitty Vran .. From The Oregonlan of July 17. lstii. New Tor. The city tltrectoty. jum Issued, contains 1S'..4I1 namej. tnu; an Increase of 5t?2 over Chicago. Several parties hero have begun work on an airship, something like the Californian. for the purpose of crossing the Atlantic In 11 hours. A large quantity of hay is already be ing drawn and Mored In the hams at the state fair grounds, to be used dur ing fair week. We are Informed that the West Sidn railroad haa men at work fixing Uit the camps and discing wells aa thoug't work is to be resumed soon. More Truth Than Poetry. My Jasaea J. Msatsase- Cun a person foal comfortable in anything but evening dress when sur ,rit liv such an atmosphere of elegance aa fairly soaks the peacock rcom at the Multnomah hotel? This is the question that is disturbing the stenographers and clerka of the Orant-Smlth-Forter Ship company, whose of ftcta have temporarily been moved Into the elaborate parlcr on tb mez zanine floor ot the hotel. The wilds of Wauna aound good to Me ,nd Mrs- C A- Ficke of Davenport. la., who are due at the Portland this nn,nlnr to met their daughter. Mrs. C H. Watzek. and her husband. Mr. V" at zek la manager of the Orossett Lumber company at Wauna. and expecta to have v.- .-, terriers as his auesta for the remainder ot the summer. Among thoae who have made reser vations at the Portland for today are J i: Wood wort h. vice-president of the Northern Pacific railroad; M. Donnelly, assistant superintendent of the Great Northern, and It. Blake, superintend ent of the Great Northern, who will be here on the late hearing. Mlsa R Ioula Fitch 's passing several days at the Portland while here In con nection with Chautauqua v.-or':. She will be remembered l-y former I'niver aity of Oregon students as house moth er at the Delta Delta Delta sorority at Eugene several years ago. Miss Fitch la a atster of the late George Fitch of Siwash fame. Two men who helped put Salem on the map in the good old days when acres oT hops looked like gold brlcka are H. A. Cornoyer and F. W. Durbln. They are at the Imperial while in the city on business. Dust acrea of U covered Dr. and Mrs. 1L Clark of M.idras. new arrivals at the Imperial, when they reacnea Portland yesterday. They drove tneir automobile In over the dustry central Oregon roads- Judging by the stories of American soldier-prisoners, there were some Huns in the American army in France. They should be smoked out and with their commanding general deported to the land of the Huns. Professor Garner may be able to train apes and chimpanzees to do housework, but It will need a new generation of women to tolerate the hairy things around the house. If those Prussian officers want Great Britain to walk right through Germany and grab the e-kaiser and his brood, all they need do is bluster about "protecting" the gang. If the I. W. W. persist in forming their "one big union," loyal Ameri cans -will form another big union, much bigger, which will extinguish theirs. Auditor Martin and the commis sioner might, settle that hot weather dispute by allowing a certain amount of "gas" and charge the rest to leak age. No poor fruit should be offered In this market. Prices are high enough to pay for the best. There's work for the Inspector. When four people ride on one motor cycle they take a chance on disaster. Two. even, are plenty on one of those machines. Next time Dr. Porter lights his pipe, he will be careful where he throws the match and not make his smoke so costly. Those O. A. C. girls who can make a dinner at a cost of 2- cents need not worry about the future. If the rules were juggled to keep Edscl Ford out of the draft, tho coun try wants to know the facts. A gold strike Is not needed In the Bond country. Bend hus better than gold. Following Captain Gray, Admiral Rodman will rediscover the Columbia. Fortlunil weather is back to normal. - Y One of the theatrical contingent to witness the Willard-Dempsey fight was Actor Will Deming. He brought back a atory of a woman nearby In the crowd who enjoyed a part of the exhibition. She watched the preliminary battlea, which were tame affairs. Intently, and remarked aeveral tlraea to her com panions that she enjoyed thein hugely; that they seemed quite Innocent and not offenalveiy cruel, and that ahe had feared ahe might witness brutality and blood. Then came the main championship contest, and, aa everybody knowa now. Willard'a face, streaming with blood, bore a general reaemblance to minced meat. When blood began to gush from the cut in Willard'a cheek, the woman raised her hands, screamed "whoops, and fell from her chair in a faint. The male onlookera were not in sym pathy with her. She happened to fall on the feet of her nearest neighbor, a tough-looking westerner, and the latter simply pushed her out of the way on the ground among the debris ot empty bottles, cigar butts and other fauna and flora of a prizefight. remarking, "these damea ain't ought to be here anywaya." Pietro Maecagni. famoua Italian composer, who became a world figure overnight when the Intermezzo of hia one-act opera. "Cavallerla, Ruatican waa firat played In IS90. la negotiating with Gilbert Miller, aon of Henry Mil lcr. the American actor, and himself now one of the most powerful mana gers in London, to compose a light opera for the latter to produce at one of bia London theaters. If thla deal la conaummated it will mark aa epoch in the music world. "Miller himself recently made a great aucccsa of a musical comedy version of Booth Tarklngton'a play and novel "Monsieur Beaucalre." It la at 111 run ning at Prince's theater to crowded houses, with Maggie Teyte In tho lead Ing role. Maacagnl Is In the country attend ing performance! of hia opera. "Iris. produced recently at Covent Garden for the first time in England. He was born in Leghorn In 1863. the aon of a baker. As a young man he studied law. but soon gave t.... up for music lie la the composer of several opera scores, none of which.' however, met with the unprecedented success "Cavallcria Rustic-ana." Portland sounded good to- A F. Hem lngway of New Haven. Conn., ao he put It in hia Itinerary when he started out o tour the west. Mr. Hemingway is at the Benson. w A. Tiroon. who Is connected with a bond house in Seattle, is at the Ben son. Another from the same city la Norman Tucker, an attorney. A party of tourists from New York t the. Benson last Right was made up of Mrs. X. B. Moe Kehie and family and F. Parker. They are northbound. Judge and Mra. W. O. Chapman, who are at the Multnoman. moiorea in irom Tacoma yesterday with Mr. and Mra. C. H. Lind of the same city. Mr. and Mrs. II. S Bonn of Dallas, are at the Perkins. Mr. Bonn Is a mer chant In the county seat of Polk county. J. F. Wesely. Sclo merchant. Is at the Perkins. Mrs. Wesely accompanied him on hia trip to Portland. Dr. and Mrs. J. W. Parker of Kansas City passed the night al the Imperial. They are taking a vacation trip in the west- F. C. Stewart of Kelso. Wash., waa among yesterday's arrivals at the Ore gon. Mr. Stewart runs a bank in his tome town. Daniel Boyd, whose chief Interest In life la a big ranch at Enterprise, la at the Imperial. Judrte Olat Anderson of Astoria Is at the Seward. He is accompanied Dy Q. T. McClean of the same city. Mr. and Mrs. D. Kiger. who are reg istered at the Imperial, motored in yes terday from Corvallls. Leslle Butler of Butler Brothers bank at Hood River, was at the Benson yes terday. Thomas Clerf of Lewiston. Idaho, is at the Perkins. He la owner of a large cattlo ranch. XE.XT! The job Is done; the treaty haa been signed. And soon the various world-disturb-ing rulers The kaisers, tultuns and their foohs'.i kind Will be en route to sundry jaila and coolers. And Bill and Abdul, from their crowns and thrones. And all their worldly goods forever parted. Are sitting round emitting bitter moans And tearfully repenting what t re started. They look at things tonicht These rulers doin quito a clITerctit lisht. They fancied once that royal blood and birth Backed up by armies carefully di rected. Gave them the right to conquer all th earth. Removing all the people who ob jected. They thought that war, and killing ai-tl the like Would prove a nice, amusing recrea tion. And later when they cantered down the pike. We all would bow In humble adora tion. It didn t take them long. However, to find that they were wrong- There's still Lenine he still is dreaming- dreams. He stili is hoping hard for world do minion. To be the boss of all creation seems An easy thing to be. In his opinion. And though he knows how other rulers' hopes Within the last few bloody yeara have faded. He fondly fancies that he knowa the ropes And will not make the same mistakes that they did. But he'll soon have hia turn To learn the lesson that they all must learn ! N o Wonder. Xew York Hotels Bar Vampires Headline. 'Naturally, the proprietors want no competition in the grabbing for the guests' bank rolls, KapeWally the Karsgerliss4. "Sing and he glad O nations. In these hours." Edwin Markham. lint Walt! Curiously enough the water rates re main the same as they were before the Tlrst of the month. Confidence. By (-race t- Kail. He planted his favorite marble with his bnby face aglow. And ho watched the spot when the days grew hot and March winds ceased to blow; His futth was a tender tribute to the power that rules the springs. But he did not know that seeds which grow are GoM, never man-made things. o man. with a faith unceasing, depend" on that unseen power. Though he may not own that trust alone controls him hour ny noin . He laya. with a faith unshaken, the seeds In the moist sod. Then goe: away to await the day and the handiwork of God. Case of the 8. A. T. C. PORTLAND, July 1. To the Edi tor.) Just a few words to take the spruce hound off his perch. 1 ne nouna statee that he had to remain In the woods a long length ot time, from which he would emerge on Sunday to get a paper which would relate actual conditions elsewhere. To thla isola tion perhaps we can attribute his ig norance concerning the S. A. T. C. Little does he know that these men were subject to discipline, were on guard. K. P. and all other subjections which the men In cantonments were under. Again, there were men In the canton ments who had only been there a month. Tiiev knew less about the drill, far less, than any S. A. T. C. men. They receive their medals. Wherein lies the logic? Spruce hound also states that many men being rejected In the draft for physical disabilities volunteered In the spruce division- My hat off to tliem: they are deserving of prai.c. tut. re member oh! spruce hound, this: Moral: A healthy man is worth three physical defectives. F. 1'. TR V KAISKK AT WASHIGTO. D. '. Correapoadrnt So areata Oar Capital a 1 oalcal Seal ot Jadgsaeat. ST. JOHNj. Or.. July 16. (To the Editor.) Your article on the "Trial of the ex-Kaiser" Is both timely and ex cellent. Maximilian Harden ia surely working overtime to create a sympa thetic atmosphere for the exiled Caetjtt He does not seem to know that those ni-n who fought to make the world safe for democracy are not concerned about what the German people thinU will be the aftermath of the trial. The safeguarding of democracy is the vital concern and aa democracy Is an In stitution whoso life hangs upon law and Jus:ice the allied council, being committed to democracy, must make some attempt to establish such an in stitution. It the tragedy f the late war is not tj be repeated, an international court must b in existence which makes war ahsolutely a criminal offense. It must also be powerful enough to summon criminals to Justice. Being founded on law. It will give especial attention to those who think they are above the law. Your editorial fil.-s contain a statement by Harden' that r.o power on earth would Judge Germany for her deeds. The cx-l:atser hi-s been declared the world's gr-alestt criminal and h represents the world s greatest obstacle to peace. So nothing would be more fitting to the times llsan summoning the ex-kaiser to Judgment. The law Is the schoolmaster that will bring Caesar to reason and democracy. To try the ex-kalser in London would be as great a blunder as selecting Vet ssilU: for the pesce conference. The atmosphere there ts so charged with the smoke of battle that clear think ing Is almost Impossible. Washington. I. C Is the logical place. Had the pea conference been held there. It in prohaMo that President Wilson would have made greater success with his It point ami the league of nations. The I niled states is destined to be one of the main pillars of democracy anil ihe trial of tlx? ri-knifer at Wat-hinc-ton. It. C.. would be fair and Impartial etiiiucli to est a M iMi a precedent, de fining the etalut of Caesars for all time. JAM liS G. CLAUKSON.