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THE 3IORNING OREGOXIAX, MONDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1919.
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IN THE OLD BAY STATE.
The political parties of- Massa
chusetts still adhere to that vener
able vehicle of party expression and
action, ftie state convention. Their
failure to launch their respective
party boats in the popular current
of progressive reform, exemplified by
' the direct primary, may mean that
; the average voter there is not toler
ant of advanced ideas; or it may
' mean that he has an old-fashioned
,' notion that, if parties are to be
maintained at all, there must be
machinery of some kind to keep
them together. Here in Oregon, for
example, it is difficult to say what
any party as a party thinks about
anything. Perhaps it is of no im
portance that it should think or act
'.. as a party. But in Massachusetts,
there are party leadership, party or
' ganization, party action, party dis
. cussion and party decision as to
.' principles. It is their way; and they
do it as they always have done it.
The other day two state conven
tions were held in Massachusetts and
the results were interesting, signifi
cant and even momentous. It hap
pens that Massachusetts is the state
oT Senator Lodge, republican leader
of the senate, and of Senator Walsh,
democrat, who has repudiated the
democratic president in the issues
ever the league of nations. Twelve
hundred delegates attended the re
publican assembly, and a similar
r.umber the democratic. The repub
lican convention, in fact though not
in form, repudiated the attitude of
Senator Lodge in seeking to amend
- the peace treaty and covenant; and
the democratic convention, in fact
and in substance, though not in
words, repudiated the action of
President Wilson in demanding rati
fication of the peace treaty as it
stands, for the convention definitely
proposed amendments which should
provide that the covenant be so
"amended as to give no other nation
more votes than the United States,
to protect the . sovereignty of the
American people, to protect the'right
of self-determination, and to refrain
from adding to the burdens of peo
ples who want to be free and inde
pendent." Quite obviously the hostility of the
democratic party in Massachusetts
to the covenant has its inspiration
in a desire to serve the friends of
Irish freedom. The Irish element is
very strong in Boston and in other
places in the state, and its voice in
the party counsels is potent.
It is curious to note, however, that
the unorthodox utterances of the
democratic party as to the leag-ue
' have not created so great a storm
as its ill-disguised effort to make
. capital out of the recent Boston po
lice strike by laying the responsibility
for its deplorable consequences on
a republican governor and a republi
can police commissioner, exonerat
ing a democratic mayor. The police
plank reads:
While we .do not condone the police
men who left their post of duty, we con
demn Governor Coolidge for"his inaction
and culpability in failing to protect the
lives and property of the people ot Bos
ton. We further condemn his breach of
lailh and deceit of tiie people of Boston
lor the false assurance of security given
them in the declaration that there was
- ready for immediate service an emergency
force of ample protection which, when he
iiad no such force at hand, and it was
not provided until it was demanded by
V the mayor of Boston.
The platform, while not daring to
. approve the indefensible and un
' I patriotic action of the striking po
' r Icemen, thus sought to throw a sop
to' them and their sympathizers by
holding he governor and commis
sioner responsible for the results of
their misdeeds. This craven refusal
to stand up for law and order, and
this cowardly effort to discredit the
forces which upheld government and
made war on anarchy in a serious
crisis, have caused the New York
World (dem.) to demand that the
republican governor be re-elected
and have led the Springfield Repub
lican (ind. dem.) to declare that the
"best service a Massachusetts demo
crat can this year render to his party
is to vote against it. More than
one democrat of importance, such as
"the. district attorney at Springfield
-has denotinced the platform and
bolted the ticket. Senator Walsh,
.who ran for election a year ago on
. a platform pledging support to
President Wilson, has made no small
contribution to the general demorali
zation by his senate speech, and by
his subsequent votes; and the out
look on the whole for the party in
the state is sorry indeed. The re
publican majority, it is thought, will
be from. 50.000 to 100.000. Thus
a party which planned to enhance
its prospects of success by outlaw
ing itself from the national admin
istration has but made certain its
. own overwhelming defeat in a ver
dict which will also spell a rebuke
to the president.
While the democratic platform
called for amendment of the cove
rant, it is noteworthy that the re
publican parly demanded prompt
ratification of the treaty "without
amendment." bt with "unequivocal
and cfrtrCtive reservations" to safe
guard the interests of the United
States. There can be no question
that the convention echoed the sen
timents and wishes of the republi
cans of Massachusetts; nor can there
be a serious doubt that the1 great
body of republicans elsewhere are
of the same mind. They want rati
fication with reservations which in
terpret the feelings and purposes of
America and declare its traditional
policies. They have a great concep-
on of their duty to join with other
nations in keeping the peace of the j
world, but they want it understood ,
and proclaimed that America in the I
league will still be America and all
it was and is and hopes to be.
Senator Lodge accepted the plat
form, .abut said that he had voted
for amendments and would vote for
others. The respect of the people
of Massachusetts for Senator Lodge
is profound, and their belief in his
courage and honesty is widespread,
so that he may continue his course
in the senate without ' danger of
reprisal; but the republicans of
Massachusetts, nevertheless, owed to
him, to themselves, and to the na-
tion a duty to show where they
sLaiiu; ana iney aia l l.
The difficulties of Senator Lodge's
position as leader of a senate ma-
jority, made up of men of irrecon
cilable views, are apparent. But out
of a perplexing situation is to come,
probably, a solution to the covenant
problem, which will satisfy the peo
ple of the United States including
both major parties. Except for
pressure from the White House,
many democratic senators would
long ago have consented to reserva
tions, agreeing that they are, wise,
and in the end the president him
self may be compelled to yield. ,A11
wisdom does not rest there or any
where on this mundane globe.
THE ROOSEVELT MEMORIAL.
Today begins a country-wide un
dertaking to raise $5,000,000 to erect
a memorial to Theodore Roosevelt.
The founders of the project have
chosen wisely in making their appeal
to the masses. Theodore Roosevelt
represented no class. He had friends
in all walks of life. He was a typi
cal American. He loved the open;
he was filled with bounding energy;
he spoke straight from the shoulder;
he sought to do right toward all men
and he feared none; and he loved all
the people. It would be a poor at
testation to his worth and to the es
teem in which he is held if the will
ing purses of the wealthy and of his
intimates were to be solely relied
upon.
The Roosevelt memorial will not
be a shrine alone, although primary
infportanee is given to erection of a
fitting monument in Washington city
and to establishment of a Roosevelt
park at Oyster Bay which will ul
timately include Sagamore Hill. Part
of the fund will be devoted to the
teaching of Americanism.
"We Americans are children of the
crucible," said Roosevelt in "The
Foes of Our Own Household." "The
crucible does not do its work unless
it turns out those cast into it in one
national mold; and that must be the
mold established by Washington and
his fellows when they made us into
a nation. We must be Americans:
and nothing else."
Elsewhere he spoke of the need
that immigrants to America leave
behind them old-world religious,
race and national antipathies. We
cannot have too many immigrants O-
the right type, he said,- and we
should have none at all of the wrong
type. The right type he described as
the type that is right morally, physi
cally and economically. His defini
tion of a good American is one who
is an American first an American
before he is a member of any section
of the American people such as a
party or a class.
"Patriotism," he said, "so far from
being incompatible with perform
ance of any duty to other nations, is
an indispensable prerequisite of do
ing one's duty toward other nations
Pear God and take your own part.
Love of country is an elemental vir
tue, like love of home, or like hon
esty or courage."
"Patriotism is as much a duty in
time of war as in time of peace, and
it is most of all a duty in any and
every great crisis."
These are words of wisdom that
need to be heeded today, tomorrow
and ever after. They are fit to be in
scribed in the enduring stone of the
monument to be erected to his mem
ory. They constitute a doctrine that
needs insistent and persistent teach
ing as it never did before. 1
Those who this week subscribe to
the Roosevelt memorial fund and
may they be countless subscribe
also in deed to a principle the prin
ciple of lofty patriotism. For from
;hat principle the name of Roosevelt
8 Inseparable.-
ELECTION TRIFLING.
To the list of extravagant meas
ures already promised for the ballot
in the next state election an Oregon
City man has added one which would
limit legal rate of interest to 4, per
cent and the contract rate to 5 per
cent, including all brokerage and
commissions.
The public has been more or less
assured that it will'liave the pleasure
of passing on single tax, or a meas
ure for practical confiscation of in
heritances, and on abolition of the
cigarette. All that stands in the way
of complete assurance that these
three measures and the new one will
be on the ballot is the filling of the
petitions with the names of 8 per
cent of the legal voters.
The happiness of some of the
people will be complete if all these
measures shall be adopted and en
forced. The home ownership in
fctinrt will have been squelched, the
instinct of the head of the family to
provide for his flock against his de
mise will have been smitten, borrow
ing of money will have been reduced
to an inexpensive matter of form
and no longer will those who just
cant bear the odor of cigarettes be
offended.
The latest contribution to the list
is on the order of a state law limiting
the rrrtce of sugar to 6 cents a pound.
The fact that a man who owns capi
tal can go elsewhere to invest it just
as the owner of sugar is not de
pendent for the movement of his
stock upon the Oregon market, is
overlooked. There is the difference,
however, that a limitation on in
terest rates is more easily evaded. It
is the more desirable investors, those
who wish to make only straightfor
ward loans and comply with the let
ter of the law, that it would dis
courage. Probably it is useless to advise the
people not to sign petitions for the
submission of visionary or impracti
cal measures. It has been demon
strated that 8 per cent of the voters
are willing to sign any sort of pe
tition. The percentage who actually
believe they can make water run up
hill is doubtless considerably less,,
but we are a good-natured people
and it is -a small job to sign one's
name. But the thoughtful person
should, bear in mind that election
trifling is expensive business. Each
measure adds to election costs, and
even though there is no chance that
a. measure which baits or harrasses
business and development will carry,
the mere fact of submission cre-
ates the impression elsewhere that
Oregon is wildly experimental,
MILITARISM OK THE PACIFISTS.
Colonel Moss's letter to Senator
Chamberlain shows up still more of
the militarist tendencies of a pacifist
administration. Treatment of men
as mere numbers, as "wops" are
treated in some factories, is a dis
tinctly Prussian characteristic. Ac
cording to the confessions of the
Prussians themselves, their one idea
was to crush all individuality in sol
diers, to stamp out the habit of orig
inal thinking and to make them
mere automata which mechanically
obey the orders of officers.
This method seems to have been
extended to oficers in the American
army. An officer at the age of 47
who has served twenty-nine years
and in three wars is ordered back
to school when his sight Is failing
and is driven to resign in order to
escape this ordeal. One would think
that his service in France would be a
sufficient school to bring him up to
date.
The greatest need of the army is
that it be humanized, for until it is.
it will not be truly American. This
requires that each soldier be re
garded as a man, not as a number.
German officers who saw our sol
diers on the Rhine spoke of them
with contempt as a mob because of
their free and easy manner, but
those soldiers had beaten the Ger
mans in every battle and would have
gone on to the eastern frontier if
given the chance. The American
army 13 organized to win battles, not
as a machine for a kaiser or a chiet
of staff to play with. If General
March learned the latter idea at
West Point, the method of instruc
tion at that institution needs reform.
AT THE INDUSTRIAL CONFERENCE.
Capital . and labor have locked
horns on the question of collective
bargaining, and the public strives tp
unlock their horns and to change
them from antagonists into a team.
That is the situation at the industrial
conference. It is as well that it
should be so, for the questions at
issue are fundamental and must be
threshed out to settlement.
The presence of representatives of
the public is most significant. It
signifies ' the active participation
in labor disputes of a third party
which has hitherto been ignored by
the other two parties, and a dispo
sition of this third party to assume
the part of umpire and to enforce ita
decisions. The right of the public
to play the part is based on the fact
that, whichever of the other two par
tics wins a strike, the public always
loses.
Labor unions have steadily gained
power and public respect through
progress of the system of collective
bargaining. That was originally in
the skilled trades, in which the
workmen were almost entirely Amer
ican or English-speaking immi
grants. It has extended of late
years to the less skilled and the un
skilled trades, and these trades have
been manned to an increasing degree
by men who are alien in both race
and language and who show no in
tention to become citizens. Few, If
any, among them are competent to
drive a bargain for them, therefore
they are often organized into unions
by men outside of their ranks, out
side of their own industry, and these
men are delegated to make bargains
for them with their employers.
Hence the condition on which em
ployers insist that bargains be made
with representatives of their em
ployes who are themselves employes,
not with outsiders who may know
nothing of the trade under discus
sion. Much progress in adopting the
rlan was made, notwithstanding
these objections of many employers.
for labor certainly has as good right
to act as a unit in any factory as has
the employer, and uninterrupted op
eration was assured.
But recent and present strikes
have Injected new elements into the
controversy. A bargain with a union
assumes that its officers will enforce
observance on the members.. In all
parts of the country and in many in
dustries men have been striking in i
violation of the contracts of their I
unions and of the orders of the union
officers to remain at work. That was
the case with the Tacoma printers.
who remained on strike for five
days before they obeyed the orders
of the Typographical union to re
sume work. It is the case with the
rfcew York pressmen, who have de
fied their union by striking and forc
ing a number of the leading maga
zines to suspend publication. It is
true of the New York longshoremen.
0,000 of whom struck, tying up all
ships in New York harbor, without
regard to the orders of their officers.
When the. latter appealed to them to
resume work, only 5000 obeyed. The
most serious example is that of the
United Mineworkers, for that union
formally and as a body has repudi
ated a contract which does not ex
pire till March 20, 1920, by ordering
a strike of the 500,000 coal miners
on November 1. This is no case of
mutiny by the rank and file it is a
breach of contract by the union It
self. There have also been strikes for
all kinds of reasons having no con
nection whatever with the strikers'
occupation. The least harmful of
these were some local sympathetic
strikes and Mooney strikes. But
labor went on a general strike at Se
attle for the declared purpose of in
augurating a revolution and setting
up a soviet. It or its re-organized
branches permitted management of
that strike to fall into the hands of a
knot of alien bolshevists; presented
the Plumb railroad scheme to con
gress with a threat of revolution un
less that bolshevist plan was adopted;
caused the Boston police to strike,
leaving a great city at the mercy of
criminals but for the prompt send
ing of troops by Governor Coolidge
placed a number of revolutionists at
the head of a newly formed union
among the alien steelworkers and
caused more than half of them to
strike in the expectation that the
other half could be driven into the
union, and with the ulterior purpose
of taking management of the mills
out of the hands of their owners.
The demands put forward by these
strikers are generally beyond all
reason, and directly contrary to the
interests not only of industry but of
the nation and the whole world. At
a crisis when the interests of hu
manity and civilization require in
crease of production in all industry
the demand is made for a six-hour
day. Formerly all the cry was for
the eight-hour day. That was gained
during the war and Is now forgotten
except by a moderate few. Demands
for wage increases are made of
which the 60 per cent advance asked
by the coal miners is typical. The
vicious circle of higher wages and
higher prices is revolving with grow
ing rapidity. Nor does concession
give any assurance that a bargain
will hold for any defined period.
When the workmen in a trade think
they can get more, they demand it
and, if their 'union officers cannot
get it for them, they strike spon
taneously. This condition of affairs justifies
employers in asking, when called
upon to agree to collective bargain
ing with labor unions: "What kind
of a union? A union which strikes
for sympathy or for Mooney or for
a soviet, or for a revolution, or for a
six-hour day, or In violation of Its
contracts or in defiance of its of
ficers?" A collective bargain with a labor
union is in effect a contract with the
union that it shall supply a desired
number of workmen having certain
skill for a fixed period at agreed
terms. The employer can be held
responsible for performance of h's
part of the bargain: he asks that the
union also be held responsible. Hav
ing seen the havoc which irrespon
sible, revolutionary unions and mu
tinous members have wrought with
ndustry, the public is ready to ap
prove the demand. In so doing it
will not support the position of the
reactionary employer who is ready
to seize the present opportunity to
war on any labor union It will In
sist that labor unions assume full re
sponsibility for fulfilment of their
contracts by all their members, that
reasonable plans for making bar
gains be arranged and that then em
ployers recognize and deal with them
on pain of public condemnation. It
will insist that the terms Include ar
bitration and mediation and exclude
any strikes not authorized by the
union officers. It will not permit
unions in occupations like the police
force, which require implicit obe
dience.
It is high time that the public,
took the controlling hand in labor
disputes. Capital dictated while
labor unions were weak, and as
serted what it considered its rights.
Labor has grown strong until it has
established its rights. It has now
become heady with success and as
sumes to dictate. Neither has paid
any attention to the rights of the
third party in the case, and labor is
in a fair way to tear down the house
in the effort to establish its right to
be master. But the house belongs
to the third party, which is the
American people In general, and
their anger is being wrought up to
the point where they will declare
how it shall be run and on what
terms labor and capital shall live to
gether in It.
That the number of applicants
for college scholarships who ranked
exceedingly high in examinations
was so great that the Knights of
Columbus were recently obliged to
increase largely the original number
of such scholarships offered to re
turned soldiers, is significant of the
continued desire for education, and
also that ex-service men are taking
the future seriously. One hundred
scholarships constituted the original
plan; the number rated as highly de
serving Is many times that. Even
more illuminating is the summary of
vocations for which aspirants desire
to qualify. More than 2300 applica
tions were received. Half were from
would-be engineers. 10 per cent from
prospective students of mining, 5
per cent specified agriculture, and
10 per cent foreign service. Only 15
per cent elected purely academic, or
so-called cultural courses, and only
10 per cent wanted to become doc
tors or lawyers. Predominance ol
engineering shows as plainly as pos
sible the opinion of these men as to
the future of constructive work.
With the country on a currency
basis, everybody naturally prefers
clean money and the treasury de
partment should provide it, no mat
ter how large the demand. Bills
that crackle conduce to thrift. A
fellow hates to "break" one.
Lucid that's the admiral all over
( Thus one gathers from yesterday's
bulletins from the White House that
the president's condition was un
changed, and that except for the fact
that he was quite a bit worse, he Vas
a good deal better. -
Prospects of the Pacific Interna
tional Livestock show here next
month are coming along in leaps and
bounds. It is going to be the biggest
and best of anything pulled off in
this section of the land.
The high price of milk in San
Francisco may have some connec
tion with increased demand since
California went dry. Milk is com
forting to stomachs which feel an
unsatisfiable craving.
If any department of this govern
ment sold recently abroad millions
of pounds of sugar, as is asserted by
excellent authority, whoever was in
authority came very close to aiding
possioie profiteers.
Spokane cobblers want more
money and the closed shop. Just as
long as they retain the comfortable
leather scat for loafers, they should
have their desires.
Spain, which kept out of the war,
is having all the troubles of the in
nocent spectator. It is a question
whether she does not deserve them.
Contract has been let for another
tour-mile "creep" of the Strahorn
road in Klamath. By and by that
line will inch along into something.
If the glandular theory develops
into practicability, other lines may
open and man yet may get brains via
the packing house route.
Since offenses cannot decrease in
number, why not an increase in rates
of fines, to help out the 'municipal
budget?
Multnomah's quota for the Roose
velt memorial is only $21,000 and
-that should be in by sundown to
night. Atlantic coast longshoremen will
stay on strike until everything spoil
able is gone. Comforting isn't it?
The frost is not yet on the pump
kin, but the tomato has an eye on
the weather bureau.
A medicine chest is a handy af
fair upstairs, and so is one behind
the furnace.
With more than half a year to the
nomination, why not a sort of mora
torium until after the holidays?
Iiy-PRODl'CTS OK THK PRESS
ErnMt Vlsetelly, Fumni I.lternteur,
Found Sick In London Workhouse.
Ernest Vlsetelly. who made the
name of Emll Zola known in England
through his comprehensive transla
tion of that French author's works,
and who for many years occupied a
high position in the London literary
world, was found recently an lnmt
of .the sick ward in a North London
workhouse. Discovery of his Impov-
I erished condition immediately set on
foot a movement to have his troubles
taken before the prime minister In
the hope that his name will he placed
on the pension list. For seven years
Mr. Vlzetelly, who is now 66 years
old, has been lodging in Canonbury.
where he was engaged last winter in
writing his latent book, "Paris nnd
Her People." He became ill, and fell
behind. Eventually he wu faced
with the necessity of walking out into
the street with nowhere to lay his
head.
One of the more interesting side-is-sres
of the lemlr.'nist movement has
been the claim by certain women and
men for the admission of women to
the ministry. So far as recalled, no
such claim has yet been made by any
Roman Catholic, yet it is in the his
tory of that church that is found the
most indubitable instance of woman
exercising ecclesiastical jurisdiction.
The evidence has been collected in an
important volume just Issued by the
Christian Knowledge society. It is In
the form of a report by the committee
nominated by the Archdeacon of Can
terbury, and It contains essays by
Dean Armitage Robinson, Miss Alice
Gardner, Dr. C. H. Turner, Bishop
Macleans and Deaconess Caroline H.
feitnford of the American Episcopal
church. The volume has an appeal far
wider than its character might sug
gest. There are few more faecinating
subjects than the difference made in
the position of woman by the reforma
tion; and on this subject "The Min
istry of Women" throws not a little
light.
Georges Sourls, the Greek poet and
editor of the journal Romios, died
September 18 at Athens. lie was
accorded a state funeral. Souris'
death is regarded ad a loss not only
to the literary world, but to Greece
as a whole. In his writings, which
were always In verse of a popular
character, he dealt With political sub
jects in a vein of bitter sarcasm. He
rendered immense service to the Ven
Irelist cause and to allied interests.
Souris refused all honors during his
lifetime, but since his death has been
awarded the cross of commander of
the order of the Savior.
Rev. Jesse Guy Smith, pastor of the
Church of Christ, Oxford. Ind., builds
his church In both men and money on
the budget system and by advertising.
A half-page advertisement In his
home paper every week has stirred up
the town of 1200 until virtually every
member Is engaged in some branch of
the activity. The contents of the
half-page ad deals editorially on in
teresting subjects, treated from a
very human standpoint and with ap
peal to the man outside the church.
The New York Evening Post, dis
cussing senatorial debates, quotes the
following literary model given by
Hosea Biglow:
"Subjick staited; expanded, delayt
ed; extended. Pump lively. Subjick
staited ag'in so's to avide all mistaik.
Ginnle remarks; continooed; kerrled
on; pushed furder; kind o' gin out.
Subjick re-stalted: dlelooted; stlrrea
up permlscoous. Pump ag'in. Gits
back to where he sot out. Can't seem
to stay thalr. Ketches Into Mr. Sea
ward's hair. Breaks loose ag'in an'
staits his subjick; stretches it; turns
it; folds it; onfolds it; folds it ag'in
so's 't no one can't find It- Argoos
with an imedginary bean , that ain".
s loud to say nothin' in repleye. Gives
him a real good dressln' an' is settys
fide hes' rite. Gits Into Johnson's
hair. No use try in' to git into his
head. Gives it up. Hes to stait his
subjick ag'in; does it back'ards, side
ways, eendways, criss-cross, bevellln',
noways. Gits finally red on it. Con
cloods. Concloods more. Reads some
xtrax. Sees his subjick a-nosin'
around arter him ag'in. Tries to avide
it- Wun't du. Misstates it- Can't
conjectur' no other plawsable way of
statin' on it. Tries pump. No fx.
Finely concloods to conclood. Yeels
the flore.
(A shoot from the youns idea of a second
year high school pupil.)
1. The name of the poem which I
read Is the "Deacon's Masterpiece."
2. The author is owen WIster.
3. Tie story takes place in Eng
land during the early part of the 19th
century.
4. The character that is introduced
in this poem is the Deacon.
5. This poem tells about a mar,
after hard years of struggle in try
ing to make a two-wheeled carriage.
succeeds in making it the way he
willed. In those days, and even now.
carriages wore out at certain places
and his Idea was to make one so that
every part was equally strong and
would break at the same time alto
gether. , To do this he had to gainer
the best and finest materials In the
country and he finally constructed a
carriage that, after a century's travel,
broke at every part at the same time.
The poem showed that if the things
that one makes up his. mind to do
must be done, it can be done.
6. I like this poem because it is
given in poetry and can be understood
as clearly as if It were in prose. New
York Tribune.
Four hitherto unknown pieces of
music by Beethoven have been dis
covered in the British museum by
French students and are shortly to
be published. The manuscripts, to
gether with a number of others, were
given by the emperor of Austria to
Abdul Aziz, sultan of Turkey, who
gave them to his bandmaster. They
represent Beethoven's early work be
tween the years 1785 and 1795.
With his luggage bulging, w'th
boxes said to contain his favorlt) tea.
Viscount Grey departed from London
to embark on the Mauretanis, for the
United States. News Item. "Ywli,"
ren.aika the casual readtr. 'it's mtb
b so tut I'll bet there'd bo a nouml
of rreaklrg bottles if the rev.nus
agents struck the bulges with a ham
mer." New York Globe.
Strangei Beg pardon, sir, how far
is it to the North station? Golf Bug
I should say about a 'till drive, three
brassies and a putt. 3 ?ton Transcript.
Those Who Come and Go.
"Tarpon are Just like folks. Some
of the big ones haven't got the pep.
while a far smaller fish will keep
your reel singing for an hour." So
says J. M. Keely, salesman of marine
hardware, who registered at the Port
land yesterday from his home city of
Tampa, Flo., where the tarpon is king
ot piscatorial sport, even as the tuna
is monarch down , California way.
"Tarpon range from three feet to
seven feet In length," continued Mr.
Keely, "and from 90 to 200 pounds in
weight. The largest unofficial rec
ord fish was taken by P. P. Schutt.
proprietor of a Ft. Myers hotel, the
Bradford, and weighed 206 pounds.
But tarpon fishing Isn't the only
anglers' delight in Florida. We have
the finest bass fishing on the con
tinent, in the streams and bayous, and
for sea fish we have the tarpon, king
fish, jewfish. Barracuda, sailfish, and
a dozen other lively scrappers. And
in the Everglades there is excellent
deer and turkey shooting, with a prood
many bear. The Seminole Indians
practically live on venison, and the
Inaccessiblity of the game districts is
such that game laws are but little
observed. A great state. Florida, but
a certain type of non-resident real es
tate dealer has given it a black eye.
Why. I've seen colonists from the !
north, successful business men in 1
their own cities, buying land that Is,
under four feet of water the year
round."
Salem is shaking off the inertia of
slumber, according to R. O. Snelllng.
of Associated oil. who spent yester
day in Portland, while at the Seward.
"I never have seen a town come out
of the woods like Salem has in the
past eight months." exclaimed Mr.
SnellinK. "Real estate Is lively, with
a number of big deals consummated
and pending. And loganberry acreage
is leaping forward at a tremendous
pace. I know of two tracts, one of
400 acres and one of 500, which will
be set to berries before next season.
The capital is taking a keen interest
in aviation, and will be to the fore in
the development of aeronautics in
Oregon. One of the forest patrol of
ficers. Lieutenant Ned Schramm, had
a close call the other day. Flying
from Seattle to Red Bluff, he was
forced to land at the Salem field, with
five of the 12 engine cylinders work
ing. . He was a lucky chap to get
down without serious accident. A sec
tion of the cam-shaft housing broke
during the flight and went whlszing
off Into space. If it had struck
house or 'besned' someone, the perils
of that flight wouldn't have been con
fined to the air." Mr. Snelling is In
terested In the Curtlss plane, which
was owned locally and made passen
ger flights at Salem and other Ore
gon towns, coming to grief at Tilla
mook. It is now repaired and will re
sume operations.
Highly elated over the revelations
of their tour through southern Ore
gon, with the Portland Chamber of
Commerce special, are Kenneth D.
Hauser and N. K. Clarke of the Mult
nomah hotel, who returned yesterday-
morning. "The trip was an eye
opener, through a land of milk and
honey." said Mr. Clarke. "A northern
Oregonlan, who has never made a trip
through the great southern empire of
his own state, little realizes the vast
ness of its area and resources. If
Portland capital realized what the
completion of the road from Klamath
Falls to Bend means to this city, local
financiers wouldn t stop until they
had guaranteed the amount needed to
finish the project, from the end of the
btrahorn extension, north from Kla
math Falls, about $1,500,000. None of
the big-eastern cities would pass up
such an opportunity, that's certain."
Enthused by the very successful
meeting of the Pacific Northwest
Tourist association, of which he is a
director for Oregon, Phil J. Metschan
Jr.. of the Hotel Imperial, returned
yesterday afternoon from Tacoma.
"The attendance was representative of
Oregon, Washington and British Co
lumbia, the three commonwealths
which are affiliated in the associa
tion." said Mr. Metschan. "It was the
unanimous opinion that the work of
the past year had borne abundant re
suits, and that the aggressive pro
gramme or publicity should be con
tinued. The convention determined to
continue the lecture tour work of
Frank Branch Riley, whose visits to
the east formed the most Important
factor of last year s campaign, w. J
t-ioimann ana J. P. Jaeger were ap
pointed committeemen to supervise
plans for the tour."
Among yesterday's arrivals on the
"stockmen's special," registering at
the Imperial, were the following
stockmen: Sol Dlckerson, Welser,
Idaho, six cars of cattle; N. E. Dodd
Haines, Or.. 15 cars of cattle: C. W
Mercer, North Powder, Or., two cars
of cattle; Layton Vernlng and S. P.
Sorenson, representing Kidwell &
Trowbridge, seven cars.
Among prominent outer-state Elks
who welcomed Frank L. Kain, grand
exalted ruler of the order, during his
visit to Portland were H. L. Toney
of McMinnvlile, deputy exalted rule
for the northern district of Oregon
and Charles Burggraff of Albany, o
similar official capacity for his dis
trict. Both were registered at the
Benson.
Mr. and Mrs. B. Van Dusen, D. B
Whitman and A. Van Dusen of Asto
rla are at the Multnomah hotel for .
several days' visit to Portland. Th
name of Van Dusen is prominently
linked with the real estate and in
durance business at the gateway to
tho Columbia.
R. W. Marstera of Roseburg, county
judge for Douglas county, registered
at the Oregon yesterday and will
spend several days In Portland whil
furthering plans for extensive high
way improvement in his county.
Mrs. C. E. Blogen. wife of C. E
Blogen. secretary of the Grays Har
bor Lumber company of Hoqulam,
Wash., is at the Multnomah while vis
itirjg friends in this city.
Hod E. Smith, a Portland young
man who has spent the past several
months at Santa Rosa, Cal.. is among
recent arrivals' at the Oregon.
Will G. Steel, for.jerly superin
tendent of Crater lake national park
and secretary of the Medford com
mercial club, is at the Cornelius.
Mr. and Mrs. George Ricketts of
Timber, Or., are. visitors In Portland
while registered at the Seward.
Gale S. Hill, prosecuting attorney
of Linn county, arrived at the .Im
perial yesterday from Albany.
Judge F. J. Carney of Astoria, ac
companied by Mrs. Carney, is regis
tered at the Cornelius.
F. Klevenhusen, salmon packer of
Altoona. Wash., is among recent ar
rivals at the Oregon.
L,lsta of Sheet Music.
PORTLAND. Oct. 19 (To the Edi
tor.) Please inform me where I can
secure a list of the latest sheet music,
either weekly or monthly.
A READER
If you will call at any of the prin
cipal music stores you will be sup
plied with a list of new music, made
up for you. No permanent list of new
music from the different music pub
lishers in the east is kept in this city.
PROBI.F.M IS SOI.VK1) IN' DltKAM
Prof. Illlprrrkl'a Kxperieuoe More In
teresting; Than Conan Doyl's.
DALLAS,, Or.. Oct. 18. (To the Edl
toro.) The writer presumes that
many of The oregonian's readers took
at least a casual Interest in the series
of articles of so-called spirit phe
nomena recently published In The Or
egonian. Dr. Conan Doyle's contribu
tions appealed to the writer more
than any other because the ingenious
creator of Sherlock Holmes assumes
to speak in the name of science, as a
scientific investigator of psychical
phenomena. The learned doctor's
L'host stories, however, are not begin
ning to be so startling as were his de
tective stories, but this is aside from
what the writer wishes to say.
There Is nothing In Dr. Doyle's
spiritism experiences which begin to
equal the remarkable experience ol
Professor Hilprecht a few years ago.
Th professor Is a distinguished k
8yrlologist. and holds a professurshio
in the University of Pennsylvania. In
i893 that university had dispatched
an expedition to explore the ruins of
Babylon, and sketches of the objects
had been sent home. Among these were
drawings of two nniall frapmonts ot
agate, inscribed with characters. One
nignl i'roressor Hl'precht had wear
ied himself with puzzling over these
two fragments, which were supposed
to be broken pieces of f ioprer-rinps.
He was inclined to date them from
about 1700-1 140 B. C: and as the first
haracter of the third lino of the first
ragment seemed to read Kl', he
uessed that It miKht stand for Kuri
alzu, a kinir of that name.
About midnifrht the professor went
o bed. weary and perplexed. iurinu
ne night ne had a remarkable dream
which he relates as follows:
A tall, thin priest of the old nre-Chrls-
tian Nippur, about 40 years of axe. and
lad in a simple abba, led me to the treas
ure chamber of the temple, on Its south
east KlriV. He went with me into a emit!!.
low-celled room without windows. In which
here was a large wool-n chest, while
craps of azate and lapis lasuU lav scat
tered on the floor. Here he addressed me
as follows:
"The two fracments which vou h:ive pur
llshed separate. v upon piitoi S3 aad 2:t be
Ions: toKether ( t his amazinie Assyrian prtcst
spoke American!). They are not finser-
rinKs. and their history Is as follows:
Klnar KurlKalzu (about 1:100 n. C.
once sent to the temple of Ftel. amonjr
other articles of spate and lapis lazuli, an
Inscribed votive cylinder of ssate. Th
the priests suddenly received the command
to make for the statue of the sod Nibib
a pair of ear rings of acate. We were in
Kieat eismay. since th-re was no ucrale ai
aw material at hand. In order to exe
cute the command there was nothing for
us to do but cut the cylinder In three parts.
thus making three rlncs, each of which
contained a portlun of the original in
scription. The first two rinps served an
ear rtiiBTs for the statue of the Rod: the
two fragments which have ativen you so
much trouble, are parts of them. If you
will put the two together you will have
confirmation of my words. Hut the third
rlns you hava not found yet and you nevei
will find It."
The professor awoke, bounded: out
of bed. and did as the old priest had
Instructed him to do in the dream.
The Inscription ran thus (the mtss
ng fragment being restored by an
alogy from many similar inscrip
tions) :
To the arod Nibib, child
Of the nod Bel,
His Lord
Kurleatzu.
Pontifex of the nod Bel.
Mas presented It.
It is further related that the pro
fessor subseauently examined the two
actual fragments In the Imperial mu
seum at Constantinople, and. when
properly put together, fitted neatly.
confirming his previous interpreta-
t ion.
Professor Hilprecht s remarKaoie
dream-solution of the problem which
had so puzzled him is explained from
the viewpoint of s jb-conscious cere
bral acllon. and such experiences are
no lorprer considered supernatural
visitations. J. T. rUHtl.
PARKING TAX OX Al'TOMOBILES
Correspondent SuggestM Way o Raise
More City Revenue.
PORTLAND. Oct. 19. (To the Edi
tor.) I notice that the citizens or
Portland are going , to be called on
to vote against themselves a tax
which will be 50 per cent more than
they are paying now. in order to In
crease salaries and otner expenses.
The salary part of it is all right.
From the comments made by Mayor
Baker he does not know of any other
means of raising this tax except by
art objectionable occupation tax. Evi
dently the mayor is overlooking a
mighty fine source or taxation tnai
is the automobiles that stand parked
in front of downtown places of busi
ness. The average business man rents a
trround floor in order to be able to
do Business there, but the automo-
bilist comes along and parks in front
of his store, leaving him only a por
tion of his facilities and somebody
should receive something for this
service.
I recommend a tax of $3 per month
on all machines parked In the down
town parking district. We people who
own machines are amply able to pay
it. while there are many poor prop
erty owners struggling along with a
hare existence, who are unable to pay
an increased taxation on their homes.
GEOHOB H. HOWE.
ritACTKE ANIJ PREACHlMi.
We often hear the men of wealth.
The ones in lucre rolling.
The blessings of the common folks
In voices loud extolling.
They say. "How blessed is the man
Who tolls 'till Bun Is setting.
Then sleeps upon his goose-hair couch
His troubles nil forgetting."
In voices loud they tell how proud
They are of those who labor.
Proclaim their worth throughout the
earth.
With cymbal and with labour.
Now In affairs of mighty wealth
I've never been a factor:
In sawing wood and pitching hay
I've always been an actor.
Though 1 draw down five bones a day.
Which seems fair compensation.
My wealth up to the present time
Has reached no elevation.
I do not sport a big sedan .
I.Ike those possessed of boodle,
I cannot dine on porterhouse.
No silk tile decks my noodle.
My dinner pail each day contains.
Some johnny-cake and liver.
1 travel to my work on foot,
i can't "afford a flivver.
So when I hear the ones of wealth.
The world's financial sages.
Tell of the blessings of my lot,
Hv soul within me races.
Although they mine. "How blessed are
The ones with sweating faces,"
You never hear of one of them
Who wishes to change places.
E. L. SHAKPE.
I'sajce of "Kaaiterly."
ASTORIA, Or., Oct. 19. (To the
Editor.) The word "easterly." an ad
jective, has apparently two directly
opposite meanings. It seems that
common usage sanctions both the fol
lowing statements:
First "We travel from here In ar
easterly direction," meaning that we
travel from this point toward the
east.
Second "An easterly wind is blow
ing." meaning that a wind is blowing
from the east.
I wish to know whether both sen
tences are correct, or which, if either
of the two. is incorrect.
A. C. GIESECKE.
The word is used correctly in both
instances. "Easterly" is used as
meaning from the. east only as re
gards winds. It is a paradoxical word
usage, but correct nevertheless, that
an easterly current of water flows in
an easterly direction, while an east
erly current of air flows in a west
erly direction.
More Truth Than Poetry.
By James J. .Untscne.
THK LAST STRAW.
(Lines written after looking at the
latest laundry bill.)
No longer I speak of the grocer
In terms of derisive abuse;
He charges a lot, but he's prohably got
Some sort of a valid excuse.
No lonKer I snap at the hatter
For asking ten bucks for a hat
1 know he'll proclaim that he isn't
to blame.
And maybe he Isn't, at that.
The goods that the grocer and hatter
Exchange for my pitiful pelf
I simply must buy; though the price
is sky high.
I never could make 'cm myself.
But when I am told by the laundry
That the rate for destroying my
To tatters and rents is now twentv-
eight cents
Where it once was eleven, it hurts.
If filing false teetb on my collars
Till they bite gaping holes in my
neck,
If clawing the breast of my best even
ing vest
Till ail that remains Is a wreck.
If tearing silk stockings to atoms
Is worth what the washee-men
claim,
I'll blow my few beans upon man-glir-g
machines
And get in the laundering game.
Reveallnsr a Secret,
You can get whisky in New York
if you know the password. The pass
word is, "A little whisky, please."
Me4hoT In It.
DAnnunr.io probably intends to
dramatize himself when it Is all over.
The European Es.
Republics are notoriously ungrate
ful, and judging by the trifling pres
ents bestowed on Mr. Wilson in Eu
rope monarchies are more so.
(Copyright, HUH, the Hell Syndicate. Ind
In Other Days.
. Twenty-five Years Aajo.
Krom The Oregon lan of Oclober 20. 1SP4.
London. Diplomats of Europe
are keenly interested in news of the
condition of Czar Alexander 111 of
Russia, who Is now acknowledged to
be gravely ill.
London. James Anthony Froude,
the historian, who had been ill for
several weeks, died yesterday morn
ing. E. D. Shattuck was elected presi
dent and C H. Carey was chosen sec
retary of the Oregon Bar association
on the closing day of Its convention.
Frank Dekum. the well-known pio
neer and capitalist, died last night at
his residence In this citv.
Fifty Tears Ago.
Prom The OroRonlnn of October So, Ism.
General Tom Thumb and wife. Com
modore Nutt and Minnie Warren, gave
one of their Interesting entertain
ments last night at Philo.iarn'.onie
hall.
Several of the firemen and citizen"
of Portland have placed Harry Weed
in nomination for chief engineer of
the fire department.
The total assessment of Marion
county is $3,698,842 and the number of
polls 1720.
There was a aray and festive throng
last night at the armory, on the oc
casion of the Oddfellows' ball.
Influence
Hy Grace E. Hall.
You do not know the influence you
wield
As day by day you go the usual
round:
Your acts are seeds upon the great
world-field.
And everywhere about is fertile
ground :
Some thought you set adrift may be
a deed
In someone's life, though you may
never know;
Oh. therefore, give to words more se
rious heed.
Lest others reap what you ne'er
meant to sow!
A casual circumstance mayechange a
life.
A dozen words a faltering mind
decide:
A thoucht to you may hold no hint
of strife.
Yet st ir un fathomed depths close by
your side:
Oh, fashion them with care ideas
you fling
So heedlessly upon the vibrant air;
Each one is like an eagle on the wing.
And none may check its flight nor
guess its lair.
BEFORE IT IS TOO LATE.
If you've a gray-haired mother, boys,
In her old home far away.
Sit down and write the letter
You put off day by day.
Don't wait until her tired steps
Reach heaven's pearly gate.
But show her that you think of her
Before it Is too late.
If you've a tender message
Or a loving word to say.
Don't wait till you forget It,
But whisper It today. ' '
Who knows what bitter memories
May haunt you if you wait.
So show her that you care for her
Before it is too late.
The tender words unspoken.
The letter never sent.
The long forgotten messages.
The wealth of love unspent.
For you her heart is breaking.
For her loved ones she awaits
So show her that you care for her
Before It Is too late.
We live but in the present.
The future is unknown.
Tomorrow is a mystery.
Today is all your own.
The chance that fortune lends to you
May vanish while you wait
So show her that you care for her
Before it is too late.
ELIZABETH SHUTE.
Thankful For Small Mercies.
American Legion Weekly.
Woman "Here, my poor fellow, is
a quarter for you. It must be dread
ful to be lame, but I think it must be
worse to be blind."
Tramp "It is, mum. When I was
blind they was always handing me
counterfeit quarters."
How About Anacrleaf
Cincinnati Engineer.
"In some parts of Africa a man
doesn't know his wife until after he
has married her." said Mrs. Gabb, as
she looked up from the newspaper
she was reading. '
"Huh!" replied Mr. Gabb. "Why
mention Africa especially?"
Evolution Lanffiisce.
Exchange.
Professor Garner reports that tho
female ape says "moohoo." and the
male ape replies "wahoo." Evolution
doesn't appear to have carried us very
far. A chap on the moonlit beach last
nieht said, "Who is oo?" and the girl
replied, "i s oo's."