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THE MORNING - OREGOXIAN, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1919. ..7. 8 TIIIJ.XHr.I BY HESRT U. nTTOCK. It.bii.-n.-4 b Te Orofi!n fubllhin Cat. 1.U 8llb StrMt. Port and. Or. C. A. MORI; IN. . H. B. PU'KP.. lltuitr. r-ditor. Th Or-anlan l a mralor of the e;tt Pru The A.ociat-I ei.'iUAivelv entitle! t the ue for publica tion of all nrws dunlrlin -rdlt-l la It r not atlirrwlsa rr-titrd In this paper and the ,'-al ne published fcereln- All rictits of republication of special dispatches herein are ain rerved . taatsrrtptioa Kaleo laiartabtr la Adiaae. . H Mali ! fe'Iv. Sunday ln-tud-d. ana er a on l-ai!. Suartar Includ-M. SIS month.. t'Si:.. Kjndae tnrhited. three nwnlbi raiiv. Sun-lay lnelude.1. onje moota.. I-atir. anthowt Sunilajf. on rear r-aily. wltlioat Sundiy. six m-nll-. .. T'ai'v. trirhoul Sunday, one month.. W.rk'jr. on year s-injar. ore year ............. Sunday and weekly - - i K Carrier. TsITt. Similar Ine'ud'd. one year " 0 faily. Surrtay Included, three months. S-j'-J Iei.y. Sun. tar lne,'dd. one month... I-m: v. ltbuut umlay. yar. ... pail, without S'in-iav tfre montha Lal. without Sunday, ane month. IIimt to Remit "! pastnfflra money or-l-r. eaprepe or pereonal eo'fk on jour Uxal hank. Stamps, eoiri or ru-renrv are a: owner-, rt.lt. i.ive poetofflre addresa la run. iB.ludlna county and atato. faotaso Rainy I! to Id pa.e. I cent: 1 to iJ pax'- 5 rente: i to plr.3 ent. M to pae. a rente: ; to . T-ax-s. i rente. 7 to 1 paceo. cults. 1 ire an poataxa. doubla ratea. n i ortlee Verree AY Conk lln. Hrun.wi. ttui.dlna. New Tork : Verree 4k Cook in. Strr bui.dma. Chir.ao: er ... a i-ukin rreo Freaa bul.din. l- tr.it. Mi. n San Francisco rrprcscaia.lYa. R J. Bldwell. a ; 2 - .TS 6 n " . l.ne 5 !W 1 M made toward economic equilibrium. ! oriental blackness is . always there. The chief incentive to emigration is Tong wars as a dramatic element are desire to better one's material con- altogether too much so. The private dition. That incentive would be re- quarrel on the public street, adjusted moved or at least weakened. Mon- i by automatics, ought to be severely golla and eastern Siberia have vast frowned upon? to say the least. There areas needing development, where the surplus Japanese population could be employed. Progress In Japan has been accompanied by a rising scale of wages and standard of living. If the surplus population overflowed to the mainland, that i tendency would he strengthened, and the desire to emigrate to a wiite man's country would die down. The solution of the problem of Astatic Immigration is to be worked out in Asia rather than In America. It requires recognition by both Americans and Japanese of Inherent racial differences and co-operation In development of both races In such a manner that friction shall . be j avoided by the minimum of contact. Professor Ritter fears that present friction may grow from a cloud to a tornado. We can best avert the- storm by helping to lift the Asiatics in Asia toward the American standard and by helping the Japanese to find scope for their abundant surplus energy in Asia was a promise once upon a time that the tongs would never battle again in Portland. The police should see to it that not even a hint of hostil ities is tolerated. tKK.ILK BltllM.K.a: Piscubsing the relative life of tun nel and bridges, the Scientific American recently said: "There Is no reason, except that of human neg ligence, to prevent the inhabitants of this city (New York) from traveling over, let us say. the .Mannatian . i.. .-,-.. the Fast river not a Manhattan bridge renewed but Manhattan bridge containing prac tically every identical ton of mate rial, at least so far as tne mam n- rtientj. of the bridse are conccrneu, that exists in the structure today. All that is necessary CKiil weath r ruilni a conscientious in- arwetion. and the freeing of engi reering works in this city, once and forever, from the destructive Diignv tit oolitical Interference and graft.' Neither the Burnside bridge nor the Morrison bridge approaches In engineering difficulties or quantity of material the Manhattan bridge over Kast river. But they are steei tiririves. If they were properly con uructcd and if they have been j-roperly cared for they ought today to be as good as the day iney wen; ireaMed. barring solely wear and de terioration due to overloading. Jiurnside bridge has been in use but -5 years: Morrison bridge but 15 5. ears. TeU after these two bridges )iave been In use this short period we are told by the county commls- . . . ...... ..... h MnlareH tsioners tnai nicy mtio . Bt a cost of upwards of H.OOO.OOO. ; If it is necessary to replace these two bridges there should be inquiry not only into what Is the matter with them but why It Is so. And what of the other bridges that span the Wil lamette in the 'city of Portland? Are they good for only fifteen or twenty-rive years? With rnre'ul in flection and painting, the' properly ronotruoted steel bridge. In the words of the Scientific American, ought to "stand as a supreme monument to the present ae of steel construction. not merely tor tne lime or our cnti- dren and grandchildren, but for un gue-e1 centuries to come." Multnomah county and Portland rant bridges that will last longer than fifteen years. The highway commission of Oregon is author Ired to plan bridges for counties. Other counties have taken advan tajte of this law. Marion and Polk I ave completed a bridge designed by the highway engineer that cost lrSO.000. Clackamas county is se curing plans trom the highway com mission for a suspension bridge to replace the present structure at Oregon City. The bridge across the leschutes on the Columbia high way, now under construction, was designed In the office of the high vav commission. The state highway engineers office is now designing the Toting's Bay bridge on the lower Co lumbia highway. It Is or the bascule type, fully as complicated aa any "Willamette bridge and will be less costly because It is shorter. Let us have- an unprejudiced re port from the competent engineering department of the highway cotTamls sion as to whether we need to replace either Willamette bridge, and it we do why a structure that ought to.last 'indefinitely has worn out In fifteen .to twenty-five years. This, Investiga tion is to be had for the asking. It kt one of the functions of the high "way commission. VHJt-PREsnliT OJf H. C. L. In the course of an article In the Washington Sunday Star. Vice-President Marshal! philosophises on strikes and the high cost of living in this wise: "If I should strike for more money upon the theory that my services are worth more than I am .receiving, how I have spent my salary Is. no body's business: but should I strike on .the ground of the high cost of living, then Justice would demand that I show how I have spent my salary in order that the arbiters may determine whether It is the high coot of living or the cost of high liv Ing that alls me." It Is good philosophy If accepted in the spirit Intended. Of course Mr. Marsh;:!! and everybody else will admit that the American worker' standard of living is something bet ter than a daily menu of cabbage soup and black bread. There is distinction between comfort or even modest luxury and extravagance. The lesson In thrift that was to at tend popular subscription to govern ment bonds and ,purchase of wa savings stamps seems somehow to have gone astray. But we shall never go beyond moral suasion to- encour age individual economy. The guar antee of personal liberty insures to one who earns the right to spend that which he earns as best suits him. But it is another matter when those who. by their own intelligence or capacity, could never attain th extravagance of their desires, exact that extravagance by sheer force of numbers. OVT TO MEET TUB YELLOW I ERII. Pleas for more rigid laws against Janane.se Immigration give force to the definition o.f the broad problem In which the Japanese question is in cluded, as given by Irofeisor W. E. T?ii r tt,A T'nlvorvllv nf rati. -fornia, in an address in England. by the London Times: Mr. Ritter maintain tnat tne North Pacific ocean. Ita Kanoa and tvoronnic continent up to their watersheds, and tl.elr inhabitants form a unit-area both of physical ttrocraphy aru of the distribution ttt popta ation. In thla area some five hun dred Bililion Asiatic are betne; brought into ever rloeer contact with aome aix. mil lion Americana. The Aamltra are mo placed geographically tnat scores ot millions 01 them have about the lowest per capita allotment of anv people on the earth of aome ot the primary material neeesaittei of human life." The Americana are o placed aa to give them about the highest of such allotment. Economic equilibrium, he contends, will establish Itself between three two people aa certainly a physical eiui:ibriura tenda to establish Itself when two bodies of salt water of different den allie arc brought in contact. That statement of the case makes tt more than a mere question of im migration. I'nless we do something far more effective. Immigration laws, to prevent half a billion Asiatics from overwhelming six million Cau casians will be no better than the broom with which the old woman tried to sweep back the sea. We might try to eQualixe the forces by in every way stimulating growth of white population in the Pacific state, but the movement on the part of Asiatics to establish equilibrium W IW lifts. .V .uull U& SUl.LCBi by that means alone. Physical equi librium would be accompanied by economic equilibrium. That means that the American standard of living would be lowered toward the Asiatic standard. An alternative is, while excluding Asiatics from this country, so to di rect our policy as to raise the stan dard of living in Asia. If American engineers, mining men. manufac turers, backed by American capital, were to go to China, develop the t ountry and improve transportation, conditions would be Improved, wages would rise, the standard of living would rue and progrea would be RED SOX FIFTY YEARS AGO. Now pales the league of nation before a matter of superior momen The din of the steel strike dies away Lenine is but a misfortunate du wno never saw tnree runners on bases, with a big league paladin striding tip to bat. and the score a tie in the ninth. In democratic concord Americans are watching the all-ab sorbing diama of two premier ball teams contesting for the champion ship of the world. lesser affairs must wait for renewed popular at tentlon until the last game of th series has been slugged to Its sprightly finish. The Cincinnati Reds have clashed with the Chicago White Sox on the home diamond of the former team, and by a score of 9 to 1 have wrested away the first game of the series. Such a score is far from remarkable in a time when matched finesse and athletic artistry frequently achieve the thrilling situation of a tie in the ultimate inning, and when the bril Dance of pitchers and support re tires the batters with the regularity 01 a Lninese cannery-hand at bis daily stint. And. apropos of this, it may De confidently said that baseball as a finished art has ambled some distance since grandfather's genera tion. Just 50 years ago to a dav. count Ing from the opening of the present world's series, the Cincinnati Reds scnicved the trimming of the San rranclsco Atlantics. on the home grounds of the latter team, according to the files of The Orvgnnlan of that fiate. TJicy Rlayed a different brand of ball those days, and he who kept the tally had no sinecure". For- the aeieat or tne Atlantics nothlne less man utter rout was by a score of 7 to 5. with 40 scores and 14 home runs chalked down by the visitors in a single inning. What epic riot and confusion must have prevailed, what fogs of hopeless gloom must have encompassed San I-Yancisco. as the oauiing Atlantics were smote both hip and thigh in those brave days of INOK.H OF TONG WARM Because the bickerings of fan tan gamesters have been amicably ad-Justed.- Portland is to be spared the, terrorism xf another Chinese tong r. certain nine young sprigs in uOTuentai doming, slant-eyed, in scrutable and fearless, will not r ceive the wage of-murder nH wuiu forth from Chinatown's dens to pour . .uiiey into tne person of some Chinese merchant, whose only crime Is his tong brotherhood. Peaceful settlements of tong quarrels are de- siraDio, 01 course, but why the fan. tan games that may give rise to sit uations rite with sudden death? And should the public temporize and .ot as arbitrator in lawless matters that need the Iron hand of an unques tioned authority? Some summary lesson, it would, seem, should meet the first hint or rumor ft another ouioreaa. To the stroller Chinatown presents the blankness of a colorful content Its shops are bright with ruddy gold the sheen of imported silks and the gleam of Jade. Its people shuffle placidly, about their affairs. Behind the gratings of its dusty windows the faces of women peer momentarily. In the tong houses old men smoke their queer pipes and drink tea. with the grinning little golden chow-dog wriggling his spiraled tail from the altar of the Joss. A bland, inevitable folkj yielding with silent deference to the white visitor. - But it wan there, amid blandness Just so precise, that Oi Sen. the slave girt, with Lew Soon and Wong Si Sam. of the Hop Sing tong. plotted the pre-eminently successful assas sination of Seid Bing. prominent fel low of the Bow Leong tong. bfcck in 1912. and set free a series of retalia tions and counter attacks that kept the police busied for several years to follow. The casual citisen. who twists a forkful of noodles now and OLD CLOTHE FOB ARMENIAN'S. Armenia is asking Portland and Oregon for a carload of clothing- new of old. but clean and fit for wear. The drive is set for Monday, October 6. and will be of but one day's duration. The fire stations will be central depots for the city collec tion. The retail grocers' association will collect garments through the delivery service of its individual firms. When the relief ship sails from New York, laden with the gifts of all America, Portland's carload quota must not be lacking. Armenia at the word there rises a picture of want in a land made desolate. Recollection summons the stories of wanton outrages perpe trated on a hapless people the terse and terrible narratives of murder, and rapine, and exile. There are tear-stained letters in ' Portland which tell of death, and worse than depth, at the mercy of the Turk While civilisation fought to subdue the barbarian. Armenia was lighted by burning villages and vocal witli Uie death agony of her people. There should be no need for argu ment or appeal when Armenia's wants are known.. The heart of humanity is with a land that has suffered' over long and that glimpses for the first time the promise of dawn. it THE ALLIES NOT BANKKriT. Senator Johnson's reckless charac terization of the league of nations as a bond by which the United States as the richest and only "solvent na tion in the world would be bound to the bankrupt nations of Europe finds its deserved t-ebuke In a pamphlet on "The Solvency of the Allies," published by the Guaranty Trust company of New York. The senator's fling was in execrable taste, even If it had been true, in view of the fact that the United States, after two and a half years of neutrality, acknowledged by Joining the aJliefc that they had been fighting our battle. But the publication proves by a great array of well authenti cated facts that it is not true. Britain. France and Italy have enormous debts, but even during war they have increased their means of payment and their people have be come inured to heavy taxes. The amount of money which Britain has lent for war purposes exceeds by 12,000,000.000 the amount borrowed only one-fourth of its foreign invest ments have been sacrificed, and will receive a considerable share the German Indemnity. It Is able to meet the interest and sinking fund on its debt, of which only IS per cent is external, the other 82 per cent in volving no diminution of national wealth or drain on national Income The efficiency of Its Industries and the skill and efficiency -of its work men have been vastly enhanced by the stimulus of war. Its financial system has been strengthened - by consolidation of banks, industry grows stronger by the same means, lost ships are being replaced, the colonies are being more closely knit to the mother country, and from them an increasing flow of raw ma terlals ls secured. The -reports of strikes and radical demands give a rather distorted picture of industrial conditions, for the Whitley plan of industrial councils is being rapidly adopted and Is establishing industrial peace, France is more heavily in debt in proportion to national wealth, but it has made decided net gains. New Industries in the south and west have replaced those which the Germans wrecked in the northeast, its food production has actually Increased during the war, and its output bf iron and steel and their products has grown materially, as was proved by the number of guns and shell made for tne United States. It gains vastly n coal. Iron, potash and textile in dustries by recovery of Alsace-Lor raine and by occupation of the Saar asln. Already great progress has been made in rebuilding houses and econstructing raileoads, highways and bridges in the war zone, and electrification of. railroads and de- elopment of water power are going head. Efficiency methods of man. ufacture forced on France by war have added much to productive ca pacity. The docks, port, railroad and warehouse improvements made by the American army are a permanent gain. The colonies will supply much raw material and markets for manu factures. Having paid in 1873, two ears after defeat and loss of two rich provinces, France can pay out after victory, recovery of those provinces and settlement of repara tion claims. Italy's debt is about two-thirds of the national wealth, a higher pro portion than that of either of Its principal allies, but its budget est! mates show ability to meet it and it gains rich territory by the -war. Since the -suar of liberation in 1860 has vastly expanded agriculture and manufactures. Though it has no coal and little Iron, it has devel oped a steel industry which pro duced all the rolling stock for Italian railroads, and it is increasing the use of waterpower to dispense with coal. It goes far toward feeding it self, wheat being' the chief agricul tural product. War necessity gave a strong impetus to production of mu Itions, airplanes and ships. Italy Is on- the main route of commerce from western to eastern Europe and estern Asia, and will prosper thereby. As Belgium's war debt to the al- ies will be assumed by Germany, it emerges from the war owing about one-third of its national wealth. Ter ribly as it suffered by German dev astation, its wonderfully intensive agriculture still lives, its coal and iron industries are unimpaired, and has more than half a billion dol lars of foreign investments more than double its foreign debt and It has more miles of railroad in pro portion, to area than any other coun try, practically all state-owned and financial success. While Germany 111 compensate for all property de stroyed, restoration will be gradual as payments are made, but deliber ate wrecking of plants was narrowly confined, for the Germans needed the output of many plants and carefully preserved them. Much progress has Iready been made in repairing rail roads and highways, obstructions river and the port of Antwerp has been opened, while work is being pushed ahead at Ostend. Many ter tile factories await replacement of stolen machinery, but much is bein restored, and nearly all the 800,000 persons who were unemployed last November have ceased to draw re lief pay. Belgium also has a source of great wealth in the Congo. When we consider that these na tions. will be relieved of the expense of great armies and navies, that they will have free access to the wealth of rich countries which have Iain fallo. and that they have entered upon an area of automobiles, motor ships, airplanes and waterpower cor responding to the era of steam and electricity which followed the Na poleonic war. it is apparent that they are far from "broke," but on the contrary can pay their debts and achieve a higher degree of prosper ity than they enjoyed before the war. In fact it is impossible to "break nation so long as it remains united in possession of its national terri tory and retains its national spirit. A nation is not "broke" until its spirit is broken. The rapid resur rection of Bohemia and Poland prove that. The moral factor is most im portant in considering the solvency of nations, as of men. Out of the wastage of war it i agreeable to know that the Red Cross will be salvaged in Its entirety. The statement of Dr. Livingstone Far rand, head , of the American or ganization, that the tremendous unit of mercy will devote itself to the crusade against preventable dis eases and to the distribution of hap piness through health, is one that the world has waited for. The gos pel of the future will be a revised one. It will nnid tnat religion must Include solicitude for physical per fectron. and It will strive toward that goat in the knowledge that- much of mortal misery has been caused by lack of physical stamina, due to the .unrelenting brigandage of dis ease. In such a cause as this the American Red Cross will continue to prove its worth. again, cannot know Chinatown. TKe uprtsitunt but effective, fall of. have been cleared from the Scheldt The extreme reliance placed by Germany on the submarine has lea many persons to credit it with a de gree of superiority which did pot ex ist. .The navy department recentlj made comparative tests of the cap tured German U 111 and the Ameri can S 8, built In 1918. The American boat made a surface speed of 14.? knots , to the German's 13.8 knots, submerged speed of 12.4 knots to the German's 7.8. The American has a cruising radius of 10,000 miles at 11 knots to the German's 8500 at 8 knots, and the internal arrangements cf the former are far superior. The Germans excel In a few particulars of construction, but mainly in the barbarous use to which they put the submarine. Leaving Flume and Shantung "to their own devices for a .moment. President Wilson might snatch time to corner the Cuban sugar crop and bring about a surcease from higher prices and prevalent shortage. The suggestion is made by Henry H. Rolapp, president of the beet Bugar manufacturers' association, who should be a competent authority and doubtless is. International affairs have cost the home kitchen dearly for some years past. The sentiment. putting It mildly, seems to call for Immediate relief. The senate Is steadily losing friends among the wets. The longer it delays ratification of the treaty, tiTe shorter becomes the Interval be tween war prohibition and constitu tional prohibition. The interval may become, so small that the wets may not be able to squeeze In a single drink, and it may vanish altogether. The, agOny of parched suspense is excruciating. It seems that Foster became a con vert from the I. W. W. to regular unionism Just to satisfy the scruples of the federation leaders, and that the latter very rapidly forgot his red record and accepted the conversion as genuine. In the matter of apology for ar rest by "Siberians of an American of ficer and flogging of a soldier, that is not enftugh. The United States is big enough to demand a' thousand dollars for each stroke and to see that the soldier gets it. BY-PRODUCTS OF THE PRESS Picture Factories Distribute Spurious Art Frota California Cities. G. Frank Muller writesHo the Amer ican Art News from Los Angeles that he has been making a special inquiry into the reports that Los Angeles is a distribution center lor spurious paint ings, and he finds that not only that city, but San Francisco and other towns are . infested with "fake" pic ture factories. Counterfeit works at tributed to Inness and Keith, the painters of the Barblzon school, and the modem 1 Dutch artists, are ex ploited by a" band of dealers, he says. Forged signatures appear on these canvases. The California . Art cluo Is- making an effort to .protect the public against the nefarious activities of this gang of counterfeiters. Those Who" Come and Go. At the special request of the Prince of Wales, the moving pictures made at the various receptions and ceremonies in -connection with the royal visit in Canada, were projected in the din ing car of the royal train en route. A machine was installed by the chfcf electrical engineer of the Canadian Pacific railway. The entertainment was a great success, the prince ex pressing his gratification enthusias tically. ' This is said to be the first time that movies of a trip have been shown on the same trip and on the same train. - Mrs. Vincent Astor, driving her gray pet mule, and Mrs. J. Griswold Webb, driving a black mule, one of the fa vorites on her large farm near Pough- keepsie, sent their animals to a dead heat in the mule race, which was the principal attraction at the Dutchess county fair at Rhinebeck, N. Y., Sep tember 16. The race brought an as semblage of society folk, and all the residents of this district. It had been announced that it should be Judged entirely on its merits. Supreme Court Justice W Popan Piatt, assisted by Supreme Court Justice Joseph Mor- schauser, were the Judges.' After a long consultation they decided that was a dead heat, as Mrs. Astor's gray muje forged up Just as it passed under the wire, and as to whether there was a fraction of a nose dif ference they could not decide. . Miss Hester Leavenworth Trumbull, descendant of Priscilla Vullens and John Alden. was married at Litchfield, Connecticut, recently to Miles. Stand- lsh Jr. of Boston, who traces his de scent directly from Captain Miles Standish of the Plymouth colony. The bride's line is through Faith Robin son, wife of the famous Jonathac Trumbull of Connecticut. a a a Those persons who have been in a state of suspense after reading that Henry Francis Koser, who plays her mit, prophet, bolshevist, wild goat and other hairy parts In the movies, had been temporarily restrained by court order from visiting the barber hop, will be relieved to learn that the order has been made permanent dur ing the life of his contract with a prominent producer: After the full import of the courtts order was ex plained to him, he agreed to abide by it, says the New York Sun, with out turning a hair. a a a Quentin Roosevelt's memorial stone at Chamery, France, erected by the 502d engineers, has been mutilated by vandal and the name of his father has been chipped off. When the fact as first published by the Paris Her ald, attempts to explain the deface ment were made by statements that it had been done either' by the ex plosion of a shell, or by an army tractor going over the field. Both these explanations have been proved false.. Chamery was entirely ut of the shelling area when the stone was placed and there has been no Shellfire In that section at any time Ince. A careful examination of the stone ' shows plainly that the name f Theodore Roosevelt has been care fully chiseled out. . The fact that the late John Mitchell, former leader of the mine workers, was able to accumulate . a fair-sized fortune explains, the head for business he possessed When keep ing the men under him from trouble. Must be joyous times In England with the railway strike on. The English striker, freed from all cares. would rather use his fists than suck eggs, which operation is one of the heights of luxury. The city of Nltro, W. Va., built by the government for a powder plant and fully equipped at a cost of $70,- 000,000, will be Junked at about 8 per cent of cost, which is typical, if not consoling. Omaha is reaping results already. Her big show, annually pulled off by her "Knights of Ak-Sar-Ben," has been closed, as a precautionary measure. King Albert will the better appre ciato the president at the end of a tour of the big country of which he is ruler. If sugar'goes to 25 cents even to 5 cents somebody ought to go to jail. That's the long and short of it. Hood River hordes have what ap pears to be Influenza, probably the "epizoor' of half a century ago. The beginning of the winter sea son is a bad time for a strike, but it will be the quicker over. You can see real ball at Twenty- fourth and Vaughn easier than by going to Cincinnati. wives knoW exactly how many "'of them are on strike. Everybody appears to be wearing clean linen, despite the - picketer ladles. Nine to one sounds like Coast league stuff rather than big league. Oregon grapes are- in the market. at a high price but worth it. Tet the race Is not always to the fiwlft, ' About 60 per cent of the members of the new French chamber of deputies will be veterans of the great war. Blnet-Valmer, a writer who rendered eminent services with the tanks in the.; last two years of the war, ex pects to be returned. He has written that one of the first measures that he will try to have passed will be the warding by titles of the victorious French generals. Commenting upon the title granted by the King olUEng land to General Byng, making him Lord Byng of Vimy, Binet-Valmer writes: "I shall ask the new house that, the names of great battles be added to the names of our great mar shals and generals. From a tenta tive list I propose the following: Marshal Jeff re, Duke of the Marne; Marshal FodvJ'rln.ce Of -the Yser (the tltleef prince has to he a fnr.ir, one),. Duke of Salnt-Gond and of the Aisne; Marshal Petain, Duke of Ver dun; General Castelnau, Duke of Nan- cy; General Mangln, Duke of Villers Cotterets, Gouraud, Duke of Chalons: ueoeney, Duke of Montdldler." a a a several thousand persons who passed the summer in bungalows and cottages on the Rockaway peninsula from Rockaway Park to Neponsit. Long Island, are planning to turn their dwellings Into winter houses and beat the profiteering landlord at his own game. It is planned to put in gas and oil stoves for heating and cook ing, and tar paper and asbestos board are to be used to make the sides and roofs of the houses better fitted to withstand the blasts of winter. It Is believed that between 60,000 and 100,000 residents of the district will remain here this winter. In for mer years the exodus to the city be gan shortly after Labor day, and only a very few hardy souls lived In the cottages during the winter. This year, however, most of the families have been unable to find apartments In Manhattan and Brooklyn, and those who did find them found also that exorbitant rents were demanded, a a "I do not believe that dress is based on a sex appeal," says Dr. Edith Hale Swift of. Boston. "I think it is the reflection, rather, 0 a class appeal. It is only since the growth of democ racy that men have ceased to wear lace cuffs, frills, wigs and all such nonsense. The skirt is not sex in its origin. Kings, priests, mayors and other personages still wear draperies. The cut-away army coat is about the last remnant of the- skirt age. With the growth of democracy it became bad form for a man to show his class by his clothes, so he began to dress up his wife. The modern American wife is nothing short of a shop win dow for her husband. She shows off his success. I speak of the average human critter, of course, not of the Intellectual man." 1 "Harry G. Hunter, who worked on the Interstate bridge, and made many friends while in Portland, had some thrilline experiences in Russia, re lated E. B. Howard of Kansas City who is in Portland to see about the contracts for bridges across the villi amette river. "Hunter learned that he wasto be run out of the country by the bolshevlki. A committee of workmen and soldier delegates wait ed on him and told him that he was not wanted: that he would better re turn to America. They said that he was Interfering with the workmen Hunter .replied that he was willing to return, but that there were five ships In the lower river loaded with wheat, and these vessels could not proceed to the mill while the river was blocked by a lift span which he was employed to place. Food was short and the flour was needed. Hunter announced that he was the only man In Russia who knew how to get that span in position and open navigation. but that he was perfectly willing to return to America if his passports were given him. The soviet commit tee decided to let him finish the Job.' "When they could waeh a dough boy's shirt for a couple of francs, women did not wish to work all day making artificial flowers, so, for in stance, there were no artificial forget n e-nots manufactured for the milli- nerv trade for a year and a half. explained P. M. Maxwell, who isat the Benson. ' "It takes an infinite amount of patience to make the flow ers, for it is all done by hand, and done perfectly, and an entire family will be engaged in the manufacture of a single flower.". Mr. "Maxwell is also dealing in ostrich plumes, spe cializing in selling to the wholesale trade, and on his June trip to -oruana he sold $15,000 worth of plumes in this city. Plumes, he says, are the current rage In Paris, and there is a demand for them which Is being "re flected in America. xne ostricn plumes come from South Africa and the distributing center Is London. Judging of rom ths wholesale prices on artificial flowers, it looks as thoueh France intends paying its war debt by raising funds through this source. Hotels in San Francisco are thronged and the same condition ex ists throughout the state," says W. B. James, manager of the Manx, who is paying a fraternal visit to the Im perial. "One hotel In San Francisco is doing $9000 worm or Dusiness a uf In its dininar room alone. That gives some idea of hotel business In the city. At some hotels as soon as a bus drives up people are told that the house is full and that unless the Intended patrons have reservations there is no use in getting out of the conveyance." With $2,000,000 of bonds In a hand grip, Joe Richardcon arrived at the Hotel Oregon yesterday from Salem and he wasn't afraid of being held up, for the bonds would be useless to anyone not legally entitled to pos sess them. These bonds are part of the $10,000,000 Issue authorised by the recent legislature for highway construction work. They were sold to a syndicate oft brokers scattered across the continent, - recently, and Mr. Richardson brought them from Salem for delivery. -- , Patrons of hotels would relieve the mind of the desk clerk and of the traveling public if they would notify the office as early as possible whe they Intend leaving. As a rule pa trons do not intimate that theyare t leave until 6 P. M., and then they start to check out. Meanwhile the clerks are trying to keep a wrathful line of people patient and assuring them that "something will turn up. Herbert Nunn, state highway ngl neer, was In Portland yesterday and registered at the Imperial. Mr. Nunn says that work will be pushed on the main? lines now under contract and that preparations are. being made to keep these open throughout the win ter. With the coming of the rains the paving work will soon terminate for tne season. - Touring the states, Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Seitz, of Shanghai, China, are at the Hotel Portland. They will leave for China next month, by which time the cholera will have largely abated The Settles carry a Chinese maid with them and the Seitz boy carries on conversation with her fluently. If the rain had not spilt the prunes, Robert Krims would be several thous ands dollars richer. At that, . how ever, Mr. Krims says the crop was pretty good. Mr. Krims, who Is at the Multnomah, has what is consid ered the largest prune drier in Amer ica. It is located out of Vancouver, Wash. 'The landlord sold the house I was renting over my head. The people bought the house without ever look Ing at the Inside, and the house was 16 years old. So, dispossessed, as it were, I've left Seattle and Intend buy Ing a home In Portland," announced W. S. Cassell at the Multnomah. Captain D. O. Killman, skipper of a made-in-Oregon boat, which he wil soon take to sea, had a visit from his wife yesterday. Mrs. Killman. who lives In Tacoma, came to the Mult nomah to see how the captain is getting along with his new command. With a wonderful production of prunes, the biggest crpp for many years, everyone who has' this fruit in the Milton section is happy. C. A. Nor man. one 01 tne fortunate prune growers, brought this information to the city when he registered at the Hotel Washington. Greeters will hold a meeting at the Hotel Oregon when Charles Schreiber, who recently attended A meeting of the board of directors at Chicago, will make ' an extended report. The Greeters plan to make an active cam paign for membership. A. J. Binber has returned behind the desk at the Multnomah. Ray Clark has been assigned the duty of Issuing the Multnomah Review, a publication for the house employes and to direct the welfare work in the establishment. Reputed to be the biggest cattle shipper at Caldwell, Idaho, Fred Har rington is at the Perkins. Mr. Har rington, however. Instead of bringing hts cattle to Portland, as do a large number of Idaho shippers, sends his cattle to Seattle. Lumber traffic manager for the Hlcks-Shevlin Co., which has a mill at Bend and mills at many other places throughout the country, Don ald D. Conn of Minneapolis, arrived at the Benson yesterday on a business trip. E. L. Rhoten, who probably knows more farmers in Oregon than almost any other man. Is at the Hotel Wash ington. Mr. Rhoten is the editor of the Northwest Poultry Journal. C. H. Watzek-of Wauna and D. B. Stewart of Knappa, prominent lum bermen, motored up to town yesterday and are registered at the Hotel Portland. - Fresh from the navy, Prentiss Hicks, a Canyon City lad, Is at the Perkins on his way home. He Is a son of Judge Hicks. M. Hood, chief engineer for the Southern Pacific, Is at the Benson with his wife. OPERA COMPANY NEEDS SIPPORT Alcazar Organisation Is Worthy to Be Portland's Own. PORTLAND. SeDt. 30. (To the Edl tor.) A few years as:o San Fran cisco took to its heart the Tivoli opera company and everybody felt that it was one of the big assets of the community. Strangers in the city made it a part of their pro gramme to go at least once, if not several times, to the performances. Line parties of society people were the order of the day. High school students and a lot of other young peo ple went up in the gallery, listened, applauded, even If sometimes boister ously, and for some time afterward could be heard whistling the catchy melodies on the street. Why can't wa make the Alcazar Portland's Tivolt? The repertoire used by this company is the great bridge between the popular or so-called rag time music and the class of music used at concerts. There has been a very fair attendance during the sum mer, but not enough to make the promoters and backers of the effort feel very plutocratic. Portland has been noted In times past for its comparative indifference to anything that could be termed a permanent local enterprise, although I believe the Bnker stock company is a cheerful exception, and shows of t,he Alcazar standard cost money. I have made considerable inquiry among acquaintances and friends and I find a unanimous "Verdict for the high class and worthiness of the Alcazar company, and now those who have been to one or more performances should get busy and talk it up to their friends who have not gone. If a thorough campaign of mouth ad vertising will not make the manage ment feel prosperous and content with their Investment perhaps we can resort to a ticket-selling campaign, but let us try the former first. Let us see some of the material reasons why we should keep the Alcazar players. There are about 50 people employed, nine principals In' addition to the chorus, stage and house torces, a number of these being local people I have been privileged to see light opera and musical comedy in Uer many, England, France and Italy, in addition to the V. S. A., and on very fjw occasions have I seen any better balanced performances. The princi pals are artists, the chorus are young. intelligent people, the scenery is ex ceptionaily appropriate, the costumes are bright and have the appearance of freshness that many of our : roaa shows fail to bring. They keep a goodly number of musicians employed in the orchestra. They are willing to sive vounK and ambitious Portland sintrers who are well prepared chance to make a beginning, which Is nf inestimable value in the musical life of any city. They are giving usit-al plays that have been proven successes, everyone EoinK is mhuicu of hearing something that has been the frank choice ot a mummae ui people from one end of the country to the other. Let us make every effort to estao lish the Alcazar as our English -light onera company in Portland and en courage it to give us some Gilbert & Sullivan, as well as such plays as "Sari," "The Wizard of tne iMie, etc. Let us patronize the organiza tion sufficiently to make it ours, so that were a season asked for In other coast cities it would be given Dy tne Alrazar comnanv of Portland. there are people enough here to do this easily because we like bright musi cal entertainment. The main thing Is to wake up and give it a wave of verbal advertising which, added to the newspaper and Diuooara methods, will put it on a firm founda- UGEORCE HOTCHKISS STREET. More Truth Than Poetry. By James J. Montague. THE HKI'OHM OF PETER PLIWKITT Peter Plunkitt was the Bolshevik Of Hickville Public School: He sid that lessons made him sik; He wouldn't mind a rule. He wouldn't study r.r recite, He'd sit ail day and slack: He dearly loved to row and fight And st.es the teacher back. Whenever trouble raised Its had Tlie teacher always knew Pete Plunkitt was the lad that led The mischief-making crew. When little boys with blackened eyes . To her complaining came She heard, without the least surprise, That Peter was to blame. But when to him she pointed out The error of his course. Ke enly wore an ugly pout Nor showed the least remorse. Kind counsel did not help because Misconduct save him Joy, You've guessed perhaps that Peter was A very naughty boy. And so one day she took a stick And with indignant might She beat the little Bolsheaik - Until he saw the 'light. He whimpered to his seat with his - Well say his feelings sore And little Peter Plunkitt Is A Bolshevik no more. a . m a Only a Raul Affair. The League of Nations business will now be postponed till the dispute In tho Big League is settled. a a a If Yon Know What We Mean. Everybody wants to do sOmpthlncr else. Elihu Root. And everybody's coing it. - .- -Distinctly On the Map. Probably by this time tha Prince of Wales knows where Boston is. (Copyright. 191D. by Bell Syndicate, Tne.) Boomerangs By Grace K. Hall. DCMPINC PL.ACK FOR BAD FRUIT Infected Product Continually Appears Only to Be. Condemned. PORTLAND. Sept. 30. (To the Edi tor.) Why should fritlt growers offer infected fruit for sale and continue to stand the loss by having the same condemned when they understand It is against the law to sell such fruit? The individual grower does not rea lize that there is an average of from, 60 to 60 boxes condemned each day on the Portland markets. Of this a very small amount comes from Mult nomah county. This report does not Indicate that Multnomah county has a hotter mialitv of fruit. It is a no ticeable fact that a large percentage of the Infected apples found in gro cery stores in the suburban districts comes from homes where few trees are kept and little or no care taken of them, and grocery stores accept this fruit against their wishes in or der to hold the trade of such people. Commercial growers 01 irun. 111 m county have come to realize tnat 11 pays to sort their irun ueioie iji....s ir r. the market. In many cases Portland is being used as a dumping ground in order to realize some value for fruit which Is unfit for eastern shipment. This practice iiu stopped, otherwise losses will con tinue, as all fruit infected will be oiled wherever found. c- N- w- Ycu may go far along ' the' crooked trail, Perhsps escape the censure of the throng, .'.'' Your acts maybe shall bring a joy. or fail At least to bring1 a grief; but long, aye long Days after others cease' to feel the smart . . ' That you In selflshries may oft be stow, Reaction shall occur, and on your heart ' Shall fall at last the Impact of the " blow. none may There is "unwritten law" defy. Its consequences follow every deed: Ecch calm deliberate wrong at last shall fl; Like homing pigeon back with un checked sped; Shall force its entrance at the mid night hour, R-est in the brain that gave it first abode. And with persistant sting exert a power That shall be added weight upon life's load. Wrong shall not live It is against the plan. Though often It may seem to have great strength: But thoro are thoughts asleep in every man, That waken suddenly; and these at length Are roused and start to tease his weary brain With tiny spears that deal a deadly pain: Remorse, regret, both speak In mock ing tone, And , torture, when he Is the most alone. - r . . , Wrong comes back home bofvie II really dies. And man nvist pay the price for what he buys. In Other Days. M. M. Glavey,. a stockman of Du- Xur, is registered at the Perkins, Twenty-five Years Ago. From The Oreponian of October 2. 1894. St. Louis While Senator vest was opening the democratic campaign in Missouri at Kansas City last night Governor McKlnley faced a vocif erous crowd here in opening tne re publican campaign. Several United States army en gineers will assemble here October 15 to consider modifications proposed for the Cascades locks and canal. v , .Tohn W. Minto. on Saturday named chief of police, was yesterday for- hmirv Introduced to memDers 01 tne police force by Charles K.Iunt. the retiring chief, and ook over the po sition. - ' Colonel James Hamilton Lewis of Seattle. DODularlv known as Dude Lewis, was in Portland yesterday on his way to attend the circuit court ot appeals in San Francisco. Fifty Years Ago. From The Oreeonlan of October 2. 1S6. San Francisco A five-inning game between the Red Stockings of Cincin nati and the Atlantics resulted in a score of 76 to 6 In favor of the visit ors, who made 40 scores and 14 home runs in the fourth Inning. The scow loading at the foot of Washington street is bound for Ce mentville and will carry approxi mately 300 tons, including 36,000 bricks and 15 tons of provisions. The building of the East Portland plank road will be started today, the first plank being laid near the Brook lyn mill. The yacht Erin will be raffled for this evening at the Grotto saloon on Front street. Suppose Each Nation Amended. COLUMBIA CITY. Or.; Sept. 30. To the Editor.) The editorial In the unday Oregonian, September zu, uTg- lntr ratification of the peace treaty. drives the nail right home, and I am satisfied tharf you are speaking the sentiment of at least 80 per cent of the people In this community. If every legislative body of every nation that is to ratify the peace treaty would insist on amending the peace treaty and the league of nations cove nant to satisfy its own whims, would they reach an agreement In 20 years? P. HENRY OLEEN. SUBSTANCE IS I'l.A.NKTAHV OlST Saturday's Dry 'hotter Unusual Only as to Quantity, Says Writer. PORTLAND. Sept. 30. (To the Edi tor.) The shower of dust which fell upon the earth In Portland anil it various places is not unusual, though the quantity is usually so small as to attract little attention. The earth Is continually passing dead planets or stars, or fragments of dead planets or stars in the process of forming new heaven-, ly bodies, and when these fragments or dead planets come within the pull of the earth's attraction dislntctf ra tion of the bodies occurs as they pass through the earth's atmosphere and they reach the earth as dust. If these heavenly bodies are composed largely 01 Iron, larger pieces reach the earth in the form of meteoric masses, the speed of their passage through the earth's atmosphere producing heat, but not disintegration into dust. Many masses and pieces of planetary Iron have reached, the earth and been found; thousands of smaller pieces have undoubtedly fallen upon the sur face, been buried and mixed with earth, rocks and minerals and never been discovered and identified as of extra-mundane origin. The dust storm or shower of Satur day was undoubtedly of dead plane tary origin. There Is a more or less constant "falling of this planetary dust in Impalpable form upon the earth and. in my opinion, the sudden outbreak of strange and unusual forms of disease at widely separated points on the aarth is due to the poisonous material showered upon the earth. The spectrum of the various planrts, as well as the solar spectrum, show that the various planets are formed of similar metals and minerals as the earth and in addition may hold in their composition other more deatlly and poisonous substances than those known on the earth. In addition to this probable condition the intense heat generated in the disintegrating material of the dead stars or ptanets In its passage to the earth may pro duce chemical changes and create poi sonous gases and new chemical com pounds highly poisonous. F. F. CASSEDAY, M. D. Tracing Soldier. PORTLAND. Oct. 1. (To the Edi tor.) Could you tell me how I may locate a friend who was In Franre with -the A. E. F.? He was with the M. T. C." 301, A. P.-O. 77J. Has this division returned to the Unlied States? A SUBSCRIBER. The friend has undoubtedly been returned and discharged, If eligible for discharge. In any event It wuM be best to address him at his old home address. If he is still In the army you might get trace of him through the office of the adjutant genertal, at Washington. Material Lien After Purchase. PORTLAND, Or., Oct. 1. (To the Editor.) If I buy a house, pay all cash, and receive deed for property, am I liable for any liens for lumber UBed for building this house before I owned It? If so, then for what length of time? I H. Tes; If the lien Is claimed by an original contractor it muBt be filed within Ct days after completion of contract; If not. 11 must be filed with in 30 days after the completion of the work or after- the labor or maUrials have been furnished. t