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THE MORNING OREGONIAN, THURSDAY, DECEMBER IS, 1919.
CAMPAIGN FOR WOOD
FORMALLY LAUNCHED
Oregon Supporters Gather at
Benson Hotel.
SPEAKERS LAUD GENERAL
Amateur Politicians' Term Applied
to Those Present; Dr. McElveen
and Judge Stapleton. Speak.
Fighting- the Apaches, cleaning up
Cuba, bringing order out of chaos in
tii Thlllrnines. soueht by Lord
Cromar as his successor as adminis
trator ofEgypt; prophet of prepared
ness all these and other phases in
the career of General Leonard" "Wood
were dealt with at the Benson hotel
last night. The occasion was the
formal launching of the Wood-for-president
campaign in Oregon.
Viewed politically, it was a some
what novel assemblage, for about 89
per cent of those present were people
unknown to politics; people who nave
not been identitiett witn campaigns
either of parties or of individuals.
There were, here and there at the
tables, some few veteran republican
warhorses, a former democrat or two
now in the republican column; a
sprinkling of erstwhile progressives,
but the bulk of the crowd of men and
women were not accustomed to being
politically prominent. This feature
served to emphasize the repeated
statement of the toastmaster that
amateur politicians are looking after
the Leonard Wood campaign. The
phrase "amateur politicians" was a
happy thought and caught the fancy
of the audience.
Grand Army for Wood.
Although professedly amateurs, the
various speakers were not all in that
class; certainly not Dr. W. T. Mc
Elveen, Judgre G. W. Stapleton nor
Arthur I. Moulton. However, the
toastmaster, C. H. Wesson, who is
president of the Leonard Wood Re
publican club, diverged from the
printed programme and called on "the
man in the brown suit" and "the lady
over there" to tell why they were
present and why they are for Wood,
and the answers were prompt. The
G. A. R. man from Hillsboro said that
every G. A. R. man he met at the
annual encampment was a Wood man;
the "friend of Miles Poindexter who
is for Wood" declared there would be
no watchful waiting nor kaiserism in
America when Wood is in the White
House. The lady from Virginia
thousht Mr. Wood was "a perfectly
wonderful man" because he la for
woman suffrage.
It remained for' Dow V. Walker,
campaign manager for Oregon, to be
pin advancing reasons for Wood's(
election, and these were supplemented
strongly by Dr. McElveen. Incident
ally, Mr. Walker placed a quietus on
political rumors affecting himself by
announcing that he is not a candi
date, nor ever expects to be a candi
date, for political office. Mr. Walker
declared his plan is to conduct a good,
clean educational campaign, with no
mud-slinging nor personalities; that
"we will walk down the middle of
the road preaching the gospel of
Leonard Wood and leave the rest to
the people."
Former Status Wanted.
Leonard Wood will reflect credit on
the country, assured Mr. Walker, and
will put the United States back where
it was years ago when to be an Amer
ican citizen meant something and
when the government thought nothing
of sending a warship to secure the
release of a citizen. "And today what
happens?" inquired the speaker. "Our
citizens are murdered, raids are made
across our borders, and what do we
do?"
Dr. McElveen traced Leonard
Wood's lineage back to-the pilgrims.
right to Plymouth Rock and thence
onto the Mayflower. The speaker re
called that General Wood is a de
scendant of the first child born In
the little colony.
"You will have opponents tell you,
Mr. Walker," warned Dr. McElveen,
"that General Wood was advanced
rapidly because of McKinley and
Roosevelt. Well, a man would have
to possess unusual ability to win the
confidence and regard of two such
presidents. Leonard Wood is. self-
made. He raised cranberries to earn
his way through Harvard. He was
attached to the staff of General Law
ton when the latter was chasing In
dians and General Lawton's report on
young Wood was a splendid tribute.
In 1895 he had become such a noted
man in the medical profession that
McKinley had him appointed as phy
sician for the White House and it was
while in this capacity that Leonard
Wood met the assistant secretary of
the navy, Theodore Roosevelt, and the
friendship of David and Jonathan
came into being.
Cuba Cleaned Up.
"In the Spanish-American war,
Roosevelt said he would be lieuten-nt-colonel
or anything else under
Wood's command and out of these
two grew the rough riders, that or
ganization being formed in 18 days.
In Cuba, Wood had the task of clean
ins up after the war " and he made
the country a sanitary place In which
to live. General Shatter declared
that Wood was one of the two best
men in the American army. From
Cuba Leonard Wood was sent to take
rharire of the Philippines and he
spent six months on the way, visiting
lnriia. Cevlon. Java and the Straits
Settlements, studying colonial gov
ernment. "Lord Cromar, whose administra
tion of Egypt was exceptionally bril
liant, was desirous of having Leon
ard Wood made his successor. Let
ters are on file at Washington
wherein Lord Cromar asked if there
wasn't some way by which Leonard
Wood could take charge of the af
fairs of Egypt.
"And while others may take the
credit for the selective draft, you
will find In the Outlook for Octo
ber, 1914, the plan of Leonard Wood.
His plea for preparedness was one
of the first. When Roosevelt saw
the army of the kaiser and remarked
that with that army he could whip
the world, he came back to America
and betran urging preparedness and
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I Leonard Wood was his principal aid
m this advocacy.
Leonard Wood does things Imme
diately, efficiently and effectively:
He will not be ap soldier-president,
but a soldier-statesman-president."
Judge Stapleton spoke on "The
American Spirit Shall Prevail" and said
that it Is certainly prevailing when
the American consumer settles the
coal strike, the women of the country
are left to solve the problem of the
nign cost of livihg, when cabinet
members are resigning or promising
to resign. Mr. Moulton said that he
had about entertained the idea he
was out of politics until Leonard
Wood appeared on the scene. The
people were asked in the street car
flrfVftrtiaamonia n..a tranva a. rr 4 ' 1 1
you want Hughes, Wall street and
war, , or Wilson and peace ana tne
appeal to the timid side won the
election.
Running "away from wars la the
way to get into them, asserted Mr.
auuuawii,, vy nei caa u. iiiu.il w uu is 1.11111
can head off a war by being pre
pared. "We don't want Leonard
Wood because he is a soldier, but
because he is a citizen," said the
speaker. "If he was simply a mili
tarist I would not support him, for
I am. not in favor of militarism, but
am for preparedness.'
Between talks the guests sang un
der the leadership of Walter Jen
kins, and some of the songs were
ready-made campaign ditties set to
popular tunes. Mrs. Lulu Dahl Miller
also contributed a solo. During the
evening a mesage was received from
Leonard Wood extending greetings.
SOPRANO'S VOICE BETTER
Madame Tetrazzini Heard by
San iTrancisco Audiences.
Bis
Madame Tetrazzini, generally called
the "world's greatest coloratura so
prano," who appears "in the public
auditorium, this city. In concert De
cember 29, under management of the
Western Musical bureau. Laurence A.
Lambert general manager, gave two
successful concerto in the big exposi
tion auditorium in San Francisco last
week before an audience of between
7000 and 10,000. and is now aDDearinir
in a series of concerts In Los Angeles
in ine Dig bhrine auditorium.
inB newspaper critics nave ac
claimed her as being lu more glorious
voice man wnen she last appeared in
l-aiiiornia, some five years ago.
Redfern Mason, a San Francisco
critic, said: "Her voice has changed,
but for the better. Now there Is a
warmth and richness as an old wine,
which has grown ripe with keeping.
and If anyone has entertained the.
notion that Lulsa Tethazzinl could no
longer fill the sky with vocal sky
rockets, she quickly dissipated the
notion."
Cheriavsky Boys Triumph
at Heilig Concert.
Pianist, Violinist and Cellist Play
Lively and Tuneful Mualc.
BY JOSEPH MACQUEEN.
GREAT is the musical attraction
and appeal of a concert of in
strumental music by the three Cher
niavsky brothers Jan, Leo and Mis
chel pianist, violinist and 'cellist, re
spectively. This trio has played to crowded
bouses in this city, several times,
and again last night won the same
triumph of popular appreciation.
Their music and the clever, often sen
sational way, they play it, please
omen immensely. Not only so, but
these clever brothers also please rival
professional musicians who are in the
audiences. Since we last had the
Chernia;sky boys In this city in con
cert, they have traveled far in India
and other countries. From the Pa
cific northwest they play in concerts
in California and the south general
ly. March 30 they play in Carnegie
hall. New York, and then sail for
.South America. England and after
ward South Africa.
Last night, in the Helllg, they won
their large audience. They played in
a varied, attractive and long pro
gramme yet so much applause was
awarded tnem that there were 18 re
calls and ten extra numbers played
before the audience consented ulti
mately to go home.
No gr-.-ater applause has been won
by the really big stars of the profes-
muu, sucn .trusts as x saye, fcjpaiaing, I
Harold Bauer, Ganz or Gerhardy. As
yet the Chernlavsky boye have not
reached this distinguished company of
starnood. What do they do to win
such approbation? They play lively,
tuneful music that the people like.
fc-ach member of the trio is also an
artistic soloist on his chosen musical
Instrument, and also is talented in en-
eemDie worn: a rare record among
musicians. Each member of the trio
has strong mastery of facial expres
sion, ana tne latter changes, like pic
tures in a stage play, with scenery
and costumes. Then each brother Is
a musical genius.
ine trio worK last night was
superb in attack, execution, time and
musical finish, in interpreting the
trios of Dvorak, Glinka, Boisdeffre,
etc.
The brothers, Slavs, played with
unwearied industry and evident pleas
ure in their work and consumed
enough energry to tire out the aver
age citizen. But they finished "fresh"
and Baid collectively: "We are not
worn out. We lfke it and thrive
on it."
The piano extras were: "Scherzo"
(Martuzi), "Wind Galop" (Jan Cher-
niavsky), and "Exerpt''. (Scriebin).
Cello extras: "Vito" and "Papillon
(Popper). Violin extras: "Serenade"
(Chaminade), "Caprice" (Elgar) and
"Turkish March" (Schubert).
If the Cherniavsky had played in
old Rome or Greece, they would have
been rewarded with costly sacrifices.
or lands, -r titles. Today we reward
them with "Good boys. Come again'
and dollars.
"D1NNA TORGET."
Scottish concert and dance. Ma
sonic temple, Friday, December 19.
Splendid programme of Scottish song.
Highland piping and dancing. Tickets,
50c and Si, including tax, at Sherman,
Clay & Co., or at the door. Adv.
' Water Damages Stores.
The fire alarm in the Western Sal
vage Machinery company, 268 Front
street, was set off by defective
wiring last night, and the automatic
sprinklers in the building deluged
the interior with water. Patrolman
Palmer and firemen shut off the
water before much damage was done.
Leaky plumbing on the upper
floors of the Sunden, Rudeen & Srei-
big Furniture company at Second and
Yamhill streets last night flooded
the first floor of that building, caus
ing considerable damage. Sergeant
Oelsner and Patrolman Barber shut
off the buildings' supply of water
and notified the proprietors of the
store.
Striking Tailors Held Troublesome.
Striking, tailors in the Common
wealth building were Interfering with
workmen on duty in the shops there,
according to a report to the police
last night. The proprietors of the
shops last night asked that a patrol
man be detailed ther6 to prevent dis
order. There are six tailor shops in
the building.
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AS STATE BIOLOGIST
Game Commission Acts Be
cause of Friction.
OFFICE DECLARED VACANT
Naturalist Asserts Proposal to Sub-
mit Resignation Blocked Trou
ble Is of Long Standing.
(Continued Prom First Page.)
officially transmitted to Mr. Finley
Wednesday noon, but before thia
could be done the fact of the vacancy
in the office was published in the
early editions of the afternoon papers.
"The board fully appreciates Mr.
Finley's talents- and ability, and
greatly regrets the lack of harmony
which necessitated this action for th
good of the service."
Friction Arises Months Agro.
That there has been friction be
tween Mr. Finley and members of
the fish and game commission has
been a matter of common knowledge
for many months. Aat a meeting in
Salem last spring, Mr. Finley regis
tered a protest because other em
ployes of the commission had been
granted salary increases while he had
been overlooked. He was told at that
time that if he would submit a state
ment showing the amount of money
he was earning from his biological
work, exclusive of his salary as state
biologist, he would be granted a sal
ary increase it the commission should
determine that he was entitled to
more money, it was said yesterday.
So far as Is known he has never suh
mltted such a statement, as he an
nounced at that time that he would
make no formal request for an in
crease in salary.
Official records of the fish and
game commission show that the action
taken in Portland, December n, had
the full sanction of Governor Olcott.
After Mr. Finley had been apprised
of the sentiment favorable to his
dismissal, he wrote to Governor Olcott
and asked to be given the privilege
of a hearing before his dismissal be
came effective.
In reply, the governor told Mr.
Finley that all employes of the fish
and game commission are under the
sole jurisdiction of that body and
that so far as he was concerned as
member of the commission, the mat
ter was a closed incident.
Mr. Finley Denies Knowledge.
Mr. Finley, in a statement issued
last night, says that Commissioner
Frank M. AVarrtn blocked a proposal
that he submit his resignation to the
commission, although this statement
differs from that given out by the
commission
I knew nothing of the meeting or
the action of the commission until the
day after," Mr. Finley said. "I then
talked with I. N. Fleischner, who has
always upheld my work because he
was Interested and believed in it.
told him if the commission did not
want my services I should be asked
to resign. He tried to accomplish
this, but Commissioner Frank Warren
asked that I hand in my resignation
immediately and date it back two
days before the meeting. This I re
fused to do.
Bird Protection Life Work
As a state officer I have in every
way tried to be loyal to Oregon and
to my employers. The children in
many of the schools and people
throughout tne whole state and in
various parts of the country have en
couraged me until I have taken great
pride in iy work
'The protection of wild bird and
animal life in Oregon is a life work
with me. I love to get children and
older people interested in our great
out-of-doors. I want to see the out
door resources in Oregon developed
until thy are the biggest asset we
have.
Commissioner Fleischner, who has
for many months endeavored to
bring harmony between Mr. Finley
and members of the fish and game t
action of the state biologist had fi
nally become such that he as a mem
ber of the commission was compelled
to vote for Mr. Finley s dismissal.
Trouble of Loiik Standing.
"The trouble between State Biolo
gist Finley and the commission is of
long standing." explained Mr. Fleisch
ner. "It dates back to Governor
Withycombe's administration, when
the activities of Mr. Finley, outside
of his line of duties, led to constant
irritation and dissatisfaction. There
was a desire then on the part of
some members of the commission to
dispense with his services, but I did
not agree to It and sought constantly
through many months to compose the
situation and keep Mr. Finley within
proper bounds. I was finally obliged
to concede that it was impossible.
The situation became intolerable to
the commission and I joined with the
other members in their action.
Ad Club Protests.
"Mr. Finley is a naturalist of dis
tinction. If he were content to give
the commission the loyalty which is
its due and the service which he Is
qualified to render, all would have
been well. But he was not so con
tent. The trouble is of his own mak
ing. The commission could not work
with him and it quite properly de
cided to worl without him."
The Portland Ad club yesterday
voiced its protest against the action
of the commission .in dismissing Mr.
Finley from the state's service and
instructed its president, Marshall N.
Dana, to so telegraph the club's senti
ments to Governor Olcott.
Relations Held Intolerable.
"Some people possibly possessed of
the best individual character and
talent and genius in their way do
not always have the power of adapt
ability," was the trite comment of
Mr. Warren, a member of the commis
sion, last night. "Whether this is the
fault of Mr. Finley or a shortcoming
of the members of the fish and game
commission is neither here nor there,
but the fact remains that there ex
isted between the board and Mr.
Finley a condition which had grown
from the inception of their relations
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land which had finally become In
tolerable, and meant either Mr. Fin
ley running the board or his severance
of connections.
"The board of fish and game com
missioners is charged with a certain
nty. They are responsible for the
acts of their employes and the fail
ure in any department is a failure of
he board. They cannot shift the
liability. ,
Business Jadmaeat Questioned.
"Prior to the creation of the pres-
nt board In 1915, Mr. Finley had
been game warden". His administra
tion had possibly not been entirely
satisfactory, as the legislature, pro
vided for an optional office of state
biologist which It was tacitly under-
tood Mr. Finley was to have. If
reated. When Mr. Finley was elected
to this office his duties were the
care of the game farm, lecturing and
picture work. It was early apparent
that his business qualifications in
the administration of the game farm
were not going to be satisfactory to
the board and he was soon relieved
of that duty.
He was still allowed a free hand
in lecturing and picture work. In
this work the board was never able
to get a hearty co-operation. Mr.
Finley came and went at his pleasure.
He lectured or failed to lecture as he
saw fit. The board was never in
full touch with his actions. Several
times during Governor Withycombe's
Ife the question of dispensing with
Mr. Finley's services was considered,
and sometimes in deference to one or
other of the members it was passed
with the feeling that If the-expense
of his department was limited he
could be of value to the state.
Board Not Satisfied.
The board has never been really
satisfied with the returns of his de
partment. I think they feel that the
films acknowledged as state proper
ty seem woefully Inadequate. I can
only speak for myself, as must the
other commissioners. If an employe
of mine had displayed the attitude
that I have seen in Mr. Finley he
would have left my service long ago.
I have always taken the position that
as Mr. Finley was a direct employe
of the game department, I would
never take any action toward his dis
missal, but at any time the game
members of the board desired to act.
I would not hesitate to vote. Mr.
Jack brought the matter up at a reg
ular adjourned meeting December 11
and 'the commissioners present were
of one accord, but agreed that before
considering the action as final Messrs.
Stone and Governor Olcott should be
consulted. This was done, and they
having expressed their approval, Mr.
Finley was notified by the secretary.
Secret Action Denied.
"That the action was taken at a
secret meeting Is incorrect and that
it was withheld Is also untrue. The
second Wednesday in each month is
always the meeting day. Mr. Finley
s aware of this and Is privileged to
attend all meetings, but has been
more or less indifferent and is not
always present.
"The meeting was held as usual.
Mr. Jack having reached town with
difficulty owing to the storm, a
quorum was not present. Messrs,
Stone and Governor Olcott being
away, presumably on account of
weather conditions and Mr. Fleischner
unable to leave home on that day,
it was suggested by Mr. Jack that as
there was considerable routine work
to be attended to, the meeting be ad
journed until December 11, and Gov
ernor Olcott so advised. All who
called at the office on business with
the commission we're notified. Mr.
Finley could have attended the ad
journed meeting had he taken the
trouble to interest himself. That he
did not do bo was his option. -
Lack of Co-Operatlon Blamed. '
"Personally, I have no apologies to
make. Reports have come to the
board not once but many times of Mr.
Finley's lack of co-operation. My
many experiences with Mr. Finley
have certainly not predisposed me in
his favor. I do not think the board
can pass unnoticed tendencies to in
subordination. The good of the serv
ice requires harmony. I think Mr.
Finley can attribute the action taken
to incompatibility of temper, to
which he has been the greatest con
tributing factor."
ROAD STAFF TO CHANGE
Clackamas County Reorganizes
Highway Department.
OREGON CITT, Or., Dec. 17. (Spe
cial.) In anticipation of the expen
diture of 11.700,000 worth of road
bonds, and funds to be derived from
jjenerai
and special taxation, the
county court has announced a com
plete reorganization of Its highway
department, effective January 1, with
Harold A. Rands as roadmaster, and
H. C. Compton and Lee J. Caufield
as district engineers.
Details of the reorganization are
yet to be worked out, but it is un
derstood that Mr. Caufield will be se
lected. The other two aDDointees n r a
definite Mr. compton will retain ,
the office of roadmaster, which he
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Coaching Days Are Gone
Our forefathers select
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traveled in coaches. Both of
these things they did for the same
reason there was no other way.
Today coaches are not
used; their utility has passed with
the coming of the automobile, just
as "selecting your own specta
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state highway commission, with head
quarters at Albany.
County Judge Anderson said today
that the roads marked for early im
provement under the bond issue would
be surveyed and located without de
lay and that the engineering work
of these sections would be completed
in time for actual construction work
next spring.
Oddfellows to Hold Tree.
The Christmas tree of the Oddfel
lows' Home, East Thirty-second and
Holgate streets, will be held Tuesday
night, December 23. Members of the
order and their friends are urged to
attend. Mrs. Gray and her quartet
will assist the children of the home
in making the entertainment pleasant
for the residents and visitors.
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