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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.