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THE DEMOCRATIC MESSAGE.
Prevailing turmoil in the demo
cratic party recalls to mind the "good
old times" of democracy before the
reign of Woodrow Wilson. The party
then prided itself on its internal dis
sensions as the best evidence that
Its democracy was genuine, and that.
In the words , of its peerless leader,
the people ruled. Bryan's verbal
assaults on the dominant bosses in
some states did not embarrass him,
for, so long as conventions nominated
him and adopted his platforms, he
still maintained that the people rule.
How free they were in those days in
their expression of their opinions of
one another, how faction would fight
to the last ditch with faction in their
conventions, and how those shout
ing, ewearing, sweating assemblages
were held up to public admiration as
examples of pure democracy in ac
tion, untrammeled, unbridled, un
afraid! A change came over this tumult
ously independent body of free citi
zens after the convention of 1912.
Realizing that he could not be presi
dent, Bryan chose the part of presi- j
dent-maker. He made Wilson the
candidate, and the republican schism
made Wilson president. Bryan was
both rewarded and tamed by being
made secretary of state and given
freedom to make peace treaties by
the score on the eve of the world's
greatest war and to reward deserving
democrats with diplomatic offices.
Champ Clark and his devoted fol
lowers for a time refused to be sub
dued, and fought the president on
Panama canal tolls and on the choice
between real and sham neutrality,
but finally they took the bit and
trotted more or less meekly in har
ness. Mr. Wilson set about making
the party his personal and political
asset, but found Bryan so big a man
with so large a personal following
as to be in the way. The Lusitania
affair, on which public opinion was
decidedly against Bryan, was his op
portunity. He relegated the pacifist
secretary of state to the position of
a chief clerk, seemed to reject the
latter's policy more decisively than
he actually did, and they parted with
mutual blessings which did not ex
press their feelings.
From that day Wilson's will has
been supreme. Occasionally there
was a slight revolt, as on establish
ment of the shipping board, but it
was always suppressed. Assertions of
independence like that of Senator
Chamberlain's on conduct of the war,
were made from time to time, but
the rebel was subdued and his out
break became an opportunity to
strengthen the Wilson control, as
when the Chamberlain outburst led
to the Overman law. Bills were pre
pared in the departments, okeyd by
the president and handed to his lieu
tenants in congress with a request
that they be passed, and they became
law. Some senators got off the
reservation, but, like exceptions to
the rule, they only served to em
phasize the general obedience of the
main body. When the armistice was
signed, no dog was ever more re
sponsive to his master's voice than
was the democratic party to Wilson
This tameness stiffened Wilson's
confidence that he could hold it as
a personal asset to impose his per-
. sonal rule on the country. It en
couraged him to refuse any part in
the administration to any other party
- during the war. Kvery other belliger
ent nation installed a coalition gov
" urnment to share the burdens and
responsibility for the inevitable
blunders of the war, but not so Wil
son. ne occasionally appointed a
republican, but only to do a specific
.lob like a hired man and to quit
when it was finished. He took no
political opponent into counsel with
him, to share his confidence, also to
Hhare the blame for things done ill
as well as the honor for things done
well. He acted so because he was de
, termined that he alone, using the
democratic party as his instrument,
. should have all the power and all
ihe glory.. His idea of taking coun
sel was to hear a cuckoo chorus of
.approval for his own policies. He
could not brook expression of any
different opinion by a man with a
mind of his own; the head of such
a man was a mere knot tied to pre
vent his body from unraveling.
Determined that he alone should
make peace as well as war and de
ceived by the cry, "Stand by the
president," into belief that it signi
fied loyalty to him, not loyalty to
the republic, he sought election of
another subservient democratic con
gress in 1918. When a republican
congress was elected instead, self
satisfaction blinded him to the re
buke and the warning, and he never
theless went to Paris, personally to
negotiate peace, to form a league of
nations of which he should be the
first head and to receive the adula
tions of the people of Europe. Mis
taking general sentiment in favor of
a league of nations for support of
any plan he might offer, he ignored
the portent of trouble conveyed by
the senators' round robin and con
tinued his obstinate ride to a fall,
which came with adoption of reser
vations in defiance of him and with
failure to ratify the treaty. He
neglected to care for the soldiers
during demobilization, or to start re
construction measures, wasteful war
expenditures were exposed, and his
pandering to labor - union dictation
bore its natural fruit in revolutionary
I ulHtAtinn ivhirth Via nfaa Krtll nH tn
suppress and in demands which he
could not grant. Having led the
allies to rely on the prompt accept
ance of the treaty and on the ready
aid of America in its enforcement
and in their reconstruction work, he
saw his stock go to as heavy a dis
count as German marks among peo
ple who felt that he had deceived
them. This and all other countries
suffer from a long hiatus between
war and peace, und by his own ac
tion he has fastened the chief re
sponsibility on himself.
As nothing succeeds like success,
so nothing fails like failure, and the
democratic party has awakened to
the truth that the leader whom it
implicitly trusted and blindly fol
lowed has lamentably failed. The
people call for compromise on the
treaty, and day by day democratic
senators show more disposition to
rebel and to come to terms with the
republicans on reservations. He has
shown remarkable capacity to com
promise with labor unions on the
eve of election, with a bandit presi
dent of Mexico or with the allied
premiers at Paris, but he is incapable
of compromise with fellow-democrats
who disagree with him, much less
with republicans. Yet he has ma
neuvered himself into a position where
he stands out as the chief obstacle
to peace, to formation of the league
and to restoration of stable condi
tions as the essential foundation for
prosperity of this and every other
nation. He has also maneuvered his
party into a position where the only
way to escape sharing the onus with
him is to rebel against him.
The rebellion has come. The rum
blings of revolt in the senate were
but the 'prelude to revolt in the party
at large. ' Bryan, the deposed leader,
whose day was thought to be done,
has come back and has placed him
self at the head of the men who
demand compromise on the treaty.
While Wilson with slowly returning
health watches the omens for a guide
to a decision on whether he shall
try for a third term or what other
candidate he shall support, he sees
control of his party slipping away
from him. He sees Bryan hailed as
the chief returning from exile and
he sees a crop of candidates, repre
senting various shades 'of democracy,
whose best chance of winning the
presidency is to dissociate themselves
from the Wilson record. Under such
circumstances he is called upon to
send a message of greeting to his
disheartened and disgruntled party.
The task is one to tax the powers of
even so felicitous a phrasemaker as
he.
SUPPRESSING AX IDEA.
The Oregonian has from a reader in
the "Willamette valley an excerpt
from the Woodburn Independent,
with a request for further light upon
an astounding pTbt of certain capi
talists to stay the progress of civili
zation. It is interesting, and it is
given in full:
We had a very intnrestinr conversation
with a supposedly strong republican re
cently, a man who was especially bitter
against the I. W. W. and bolshevists. In
the course of the talk he referred to the
wonderful invention of a machine that
would procure electricity from the air.
chemical that would take the place of
gasoline, a steam motor that would be
far superior to the Packard, an inde
structible automobile tire and other In
teresting results of genius, all of which
has gone Into the possession of capital
ists and placed safely where they cannot
benefit the public at large or impair the
price of stocks of corporations. Pleas
the masses and there will be little men
ace from the operations of the I. W. W.
and bolshevists. but when the public is
prevented from profiting through the use
of inventions of a generally useful char
acter, there will naturally be an unrest
throughout the whole country and a dis
satisfied man, driven into a corner, is
something easily persuaded to take up
with any ism, no matter how crazy it is
The Oregonian must admit that
it had not before heard of this gi
gantic conspiracy against all inven
tive genius and the welfare of the
people. It is disposed to call for a
bill of particulars. It will say
frankly that the story Is of course
unbelievable.
The world is seeking always for
new discoveries in science, and new
instruments in industry. Suppres
sion of an idea is impossible. It has
been attempted, indeed, but it has al
ways failed, if the idea was practical
and beneficial.
An Kdison finds capital waiting
for any new product of his marvelous
mind, no matter how revolutionary:
and some of his inventions have been
revolutionary. If that Seattle young
experimenter who takes electricity
from the air and converts it into
power, has - something besides a
toy, he will have no trouble finding
capital to finance it. The money
could be raised in Woodburn or any
where else.
I.KAP-YEAR PRIVILEGES.
We are less influenced by legend
than we used to be, and so the senti
mental significance of leap year Is
likely to be overlooked by those
whom it was designed to benefit.
Modern women have not for a long
time needed the privilege popularly
supposed to be associated with every
year in which the month of February
has 29 days, a& a good many married
men know. It is, however, a matter
of historical interest that the first
law on the subject known to have
been enacted was a statute of Scot
land, by which it was provided:
It iu st&tut and ordalnt that during- the
rein ot hir malst blissit Megeste. for 11k
yeare knowne as lepA yeare, ilk mayden
layde of bothe hlg-he and lowe estait shall
hae Iiberte to bespoke ye man she likes,
albeit he refuses to talk hir to be his law
ful wyfe, he shall be mulcted In ye sum
ane pundis or less, as his estait may be;
except and awls git he can make It appeare
that he is bethrothit ane itber woman he
then shall be free.
This was in 1288. France heard
of the law and enacted one like it a
few years later, and the custom was
legalized in the Italian republics two
centuriesafterward. Its origin is abso
lutely lost in antiquity. No one knows
how the custom, pleasing as its re
suits may be, began, or who deserves
credit for it. All that we now know
is that it is falling into disuse.
Most of the stories told to account
for the leap year privilege are pure
inventions. A fanciful Irish story
has it that Saint Bridget besought
Saint Patrick to bestow on the wom
en of Ireland the right to propose,
and that the latter agreed to make it
every seventh year; on further plead
ing he made it every fourth, where
upon, says this legend. Saint Bridget
herself popped the question, but Saint
Patrick pleaded his vow xf celibacy.
Without putting too fine a point on
a sentimental tale, we prefer to be
lieve that other fanciful version that
Saint Bridget was so beautiful that
she was compelled, in order to escape
the many offers of marriage with
which she was annoyed, to pray for
ugliness so that she could devote
her life to her chosen work.
There are unfortunately no acces
sible data on which to found a con
clusion as to whether leap year mar
riages were happier or unhappier
than the more conventional kind, but
we are willing to accept the state
ment of an eastern college professor
that 96 per cent of spinsters, as re
vealed by a questionnaire, are single
from choice. This seems to accord
with the reasonable probabilities.
The girls have ceased to propose in
leap year only because they have
found better ways of obtaining their
hearts' desires.
JACKSO.V DAT.
Far be it from us to seek em
barrassment for the steadfast democ
racy which today foregathers to cele
brate with feasting, song and speech
the achievements of Andrew Jack
son, patron saint of the party. We
will not ask for an answer to any
questions as to what Jackson would
have done with Mexico or with Ger
many after the Lusitania, or with the
Drotherhoods in their pistol-point
demand for higher wages, or with
Secretary Garrison in his plans for
preparedness, or with Secretary
Bryan with his visions of peace at
any price. It is no time for con
troversy, but for joy that America
gave the world a patriot and a fighter
like Jackson.
General Andrew Jackson won a
great battle 105 years ago today.
Later he became "president and
the idol of a great party. Some one
asks why Jackson is the best-loved
of all democrats. It is because he
was a plain citizen and no aristocrat;
a soldier, but no militarist; a parti
san and no compromiser; a spoils
man and no mollycoddle; a constitu
tionalist and no nullifier; a lover .of
his friends and a hater of his ene
mies; a tyrant, but no aggrandizer;
a leader and never a follower; a
rough-and-ready American and no
mere intellectualist. He stood for
some things which the democracy
afterward repudiated, but they never
repudiated Jackson.
Today there are to be democratic
outgivings everywhere. It is to be
the general democratic experience
meeting. We are to find out where
all democrats stand. Some have
been standing around for quite
awhile, and others have stood for
much they did not like.
Next November the country will
let the 'democracy and the world
know where it stands.
THE SUGAR PROBLEM.
Discussion of the ugar control bill
illustrates the difficulty of freeing
trade from government, control
when it has been taken out of pri
vate hands. The published figures
of . production indicate that enough
sugar is produced in this country, its
insular possessions and Cuba to sup
ply the American people and to leave
a considerable surplus of Cuban
sugar for Europe. The real danger
to be apprehended from withdrawal
of public control is that refiners and
speculators would withhold large
stocks from the market for the pur
pose of obtaining an excessive price.
There are other remedies than full
government control for this evil. If
sugar should be cornered by a com
bination of refiners or dealers, they
should be prosecuted under the anti
trust laws. Further legislation may
be needed to deal with individuals or
corporations which hold large . quan
tities for speculation. If these laws
were strictly enforced and if prompt
decisions were given, the supply
should be kept flowing freely from
the refiner to the consumer, and un
obstructed demand and supply would
regulate the price.
The chief objection to limitation
of prices by the government is that
it prevents high prides from provid
ing their own remedy by increasing
production. If there should actually
be a deficiency this year, it should
lead to growing of more beets, for
which there Is wide scope, and the
increased supply would lower the
price of all sugar. But price control,
by restricting production, renders its
continuance advisable, according to
the line of argument which led to
its adoption, and thus postpones in
definitely return to normal condi
tions.
A further incentive to larger beet
production would be co-operative
refineries owned by the farmers, or
the fixing of a charge by refiners
for extraction of sugar, as is done in
Germany. The farmer would then re
ceive back the pulp for fertilizer or
would be paid its price. The result
should be much larger production
of beet sugar, for the big stock
dividends paid by refiners indicate
that they now pocket rich profits
which would then go to the farmers.
"SUPPORT" FROM THE ENEMY.
It Is pertinent to suggest to the
Eugene Guard that it is unwise to
seek aid and comfort from an enemy.
The Guard, which is for the league
of nations covenant without the dot
ting of an "i" or the crossing of a
t, admits frankly that on its own
account it cannot produce a single
expression - from The Oregonian ad
vocating rejection of the peace
treaty. But it prints as to the point
a two-column article from the Cor-
vail is uazette-Times, a newspaper
which is opposed to THE league or
any league.
These quotations are from a series
of articles that were printed in The
Oregonian before the league of na
tions covenant was presented to the
public and they discuss various plans
and proposals concerning the cove
nant then in process of construction
at Versailles.
In one of these articles The Ore
gonian quoted with approval the sug
gestion of Senator Knox that the
alliance of the great nations that had
the larger part in defeating the
Central Powers would make a good
league in itself. Does the Eugene
paper deny it? It is now supporting
a league in which those identical na
tions are given positive direction and
control.
In another article from which an
extract Is taken The Oregonian in
sisted on recognition of the Monroe
doctrine. Does the Guard maintain
that the league covenant which it
supports so energetically does not
recognize the validity of the Monroe
doctrine?
Still another quotation is an in
dorsement of Theodore Roosevelt's
demand for a league that "would
not compromise national interests."
Does this Eugene supporter of the
covenant assert that the covenant
compromises our national Interests?
In another quotation The Oretro
nian is found ridiculing the idea of
admitting such nations as Haiti and
Poland on an equality with the great
nations. Does the Guard reject the
assertion of President Wilson that
the league assembly, where the
small nations have their sole repre
sentation, is merely a debating so
ciety? ' Does it consider true or false
the implication of the Corvallis pa
per that Haiti and Poland are to be
admitted on an eaualitv with tha
United States and other members of
the league council?
Still another quotation is from an
article that opposed as a matter of
expediency incorporation of the
league covenant with the main body
of the treaty with Germany. Now
this is not a criticism of the league
covenant. It deals in no way with
the league's fundamental purpose or
construction. But is it not true be
yond a reasonable doubt that the
treaty proper would have been ratified
and peace proclaimed ere this, re
construction been much farther on
its way and the world immeasurably
better off, if the league covenant had
not been incorporated with the
treaty?
Cardinal Mercier, in one of his let
ters to Von Bissing, protests against
a charge made against him on the
basis of a single sentence separated
from the context of a sermon. "This
proves again," wrote the cardinal,
"that any two lines taken from an
author are enough to hang him."
Somewhere the Corvallis editor has
learned the art of Von Bissing. But
It was not in an American school of
journalism or on a self-respecting
newspaper. It lias, for example,
quoted from one article only the
criticisms made by The Oregonian
of the completed covenant and has
omitted the parts The Oregonian
commended, and also this newspa
per's final summing up and its ex
pression of general approval of the
document. The Eugene Guard has
failed to justify its own charge and
it has stultified its own. position as
an advocate of THE league.
No fair critic will fail to recall,
and to say, that The Oregonian, be
fore the text of the covenant was
I made public, was strongly opposed to
tne plan to make the league a part
of the peace treaty and insisted that
peace settlements be made by the
de facto league of the great powers.
The great and immediate need
of the world was peace. With peace
declared, a league could and should
then be formed to guarantee the se
curity of the nations. But when the
league, as a part of the peace treaty,
was agreed upon at Paris, it was an
accomplished fact, and The Orego
nian conceived it to be Its duty to
accept the situation Tf th in
consistency in such an attitude The ,
ji cguiiict.il is proua or it. it is the
inconsistency of the citizen who op
poses war by his country before it is
made., but supports- it - with all its
might when it is made. But incon
sistency Is, after all, but a bugaboo
of little minds.
There is material for a typically
American romance in the last annual
report of the New York Children's
Aid society, which includes a biog
raphy of ex-Governor John G. Brady
of Alaska, who died a year ago. Mr.
Brady in early life was a ward of
the society, and was one of a score
of boys who were sent in 1859 to
homes in the west, in pursuance of
the society's policy. A companion
on the journey, and also a ward of
the society, was Andrew Burke, who
afterward became governor of North
Dakota. Brady worked his own way
through school, went to Tale, to
union ineoiogical seminary, and be
came a missionary, settling in Alaska,
wnere ne Kept a store, being ap
pointed governor of the territory for
two terms. This phase of the re
port comes to more than a com
mentary on a society's plans for the
welfare of children; it la In substance
an illustration of the opportunity
that America holds out for those who
work to deserve it. At no point was
either Brady or Burke handicapped
by the fact of lowly origin and
starting out In life as the ward of a
children's aid society is making as
modest a beginning as it is possible
to conceive.
Each head of a family can facili
tate the taking of the census if he
will procure a copy of the questions
and write the answers, using the
numbers to indicate the paragraphs.
He will find it fascinating work and
the enumerator will call him blessed.
Georges Carpentier, French cham
pion, objects to fighting more than
15 rounds in his projected battle with
Jack Dempsey for the world cham
pionship at Tia Juana, Mexico. It's
barely possible he may not have to
fight even that long.
The pound sterling is worth $3.85
this month and the franc 11 to the
dollar, while the old reliable United
States "buck" or "bone" by what
ever name is worth 100 cents every
time. : .Let the eagle scream!
A British military expert declares
the road to India is now open to the
bolsheviki. To do the bolsheviki any
good, this road will have to be better
in mid-winter than a good many Ore
gon rural roads.
When an American is killed by
Mexicans he is but one of more than
a hundred millions, but he is the one
this government should be interested
in, to save the life of another per
haps several.
When a quantity of liquor, a mess
of mash and a still are found in a
man's place, they say he is an "al
leged" moonshiner, which is being
mignty particular In the use of lan
guage.
Hohenzollerns Nov. 4 and 6 are
said to be seeking divorces, which
means royal German women are set
ting an example in kicking out of
slavery.
William J. Bryan is expected to
explode at the Jackson day banquet.
The important thing is whether he
can explode with a 42-centimeter
noise.
City of Chehalis, Wash., advertises
its jail fr sale. No. the millennium
has not. arrived in Chehalis. The
city is building a new jail.
The price of shoes is going to jump
again. This ought to dispose of the
rumor that the high cost of livin
hasn't a leg to stand on.
An Oregon girl won first in the
oratorical contest in Des Moines, and
why not? Oregon girls say some
thing when they talk.
Hold-up men are getting bold and
one of these days the news will in
clude the killing of one or two by a
man prepared for it.
Importation of German dyes Is to
be resumed into this country. Reds,
doubtless, not included.
Harmony tonight, gentlemen,
though the bottle be barred.
Good time for the Kentucky kllck
to come to bat.
BY -PRODUCTS OP THE TIMES
Girls, Says Stwdent, Have Leap Year
"These girls are either preparing ,
for leap year, or thev acquired thei'age this year. She has been ill, and
habit while w were Ir, Wranc.e." said 1
Henry Tolman, a student in the Uni
versity of Minnesota. "Every day I
get missives in my mail asking me to
attend this or that dance with eome j
grirl or to take them to a movie or i
football game.
"That stuff is all right as long as
money lasts, but we old doughboy
D- -
aren't millionaire, by several francs. I
Things were never like this
IJUIIIG 111 1 V I1CB V 11 IB, DrilC J viu n't- i
... .. ...
Many other men on the campus are
.
UAvuig tne ptimc cxpei iritto " .
man. The war seems to have served j
to help the girls lose their bashful- j
nesa.
"If we want to go with a certain
fellow to a certain place, why
shouldn't we ask him?" questioned
one fair co-ed when asked to explain
the why and wherefore. "Gee, we
girls should have some privileges
without having to wait for leap year.
That leap year gag is pretty old in
these days of woman ouffrage."
Minneapolis Journal.
,
It is going to be very hard to read
good literature tn these daye of pro
hibition, suggests a writer in the New
York Evening Sun. Let us start with
the Bible, Proverbs cxI, 10:
So shall thy barnn be filled with plenty
and thy presses shall burst out with new
wine.
From William Shakespeare. "King
Henry V," act I. ecene 1:
Nym I shall have my eiht shillings I
won ot you at betting.
Pistol A noble shalt thou have, and pay.
And liquor likewise will I give thee.
And friendship shall combine with broth
erhood; I'll live by Nym, and Nym shall live by me.
From Sar Walter Scott, bart- "The
Bride of Lammermoor":
"But If your ale Is bad you can let na
have wine," said Bucklaw, making a
grimace at the 'mention of the pure ele
ment which Caleb so earnestly recom
mended. From Alexandre Dumas, "The
Three Guardsmen":
Athos replied, still by gestures, that that
pcting'to's
nd Indicated to urlmaua, oy
kind of pepper castor, that
he was to stand guard as sentinel. Only
to alleviate the tedlousness of the duty
Athos allowed him to take a loaf, two
cutlets and a bottle ot wine.
Those were the happy days!
The Abbott-Downing company. Con
cord, N. H., recently announced that
there had been shipped from its fac
tory to Boston the last wagon that
will be built in a factory that has
been constructing wagons and coaches
since 1813. The company built the
famous Deadwood coach and the al
most equally celebrated Rocky moun
tain coach, both of which were in
service in the western country before
1870. The former was exhibited by
Colonel William F. Cody (Buffalo
Bill) In all parts of America and Eu
rope. The company is now engaged
in other manufacturing lines.
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Beauty makee use of strange ways
of adornment in some lands. Many
Japanese women adopt the singular
habit of gilding their teeth. In some
part of India part of the teeth must
be dyed black before a woman is
thought beautiful. The Hottentot
women paint the entire body in
patches of red and black. In Green
land the women color the face blue
and yellow.
Some one member of the Murphy
family, of which Jimmy Murphy, a
United States senate stenographer, is
the last surviving member, has been
reporting the senate proceedings ever
since 1840. Jimmie's father, who re
cently died, was a senate reporter, and
ao was Jimmie's uncle.
Most of the other nations would be
puzzled by what Americans have
called a "sugar famine." Most of
them' would not And anything very
critical in the recent shortage In this
country. Italy, which uses habitually
only three-tenths as much sugar per
capita as the United States, would re
gard our supply as luxurious excess.
So would France.
Our sugar consumption is not only
lavish compared with the rest of the
present-day world, but also compared
with our own past record. Even in
years of war scarcity we have used
over 80 pounds of sugar per capita.
In 1880 we used less than 40 pounds.
In pioneer days there was very little
sugar. For thousands of years civil
ized man got along very well without
It, consuming no sugar excep what
he obtained naturally from sweet
fruits and vegetables and other food
stuffs. Most people nowadays seem to im
agine that sugar is an Imperatively
necessary food. It is only because
they have formed the augar habit.
Sugar is an excellent food, when not
abused, and there is no good reason,
generally speaking, why people should
not have all they want- But they
could get along without it. if they
had to. Just as their ancestors did for
countless generations. St. Joseph
Gazette.
There was a time long ago, before
the "sweet dry and dry was cnaniea.
to make conviviality a stranger to
natives and transients, says the New
York World, when chop euey could
be bought for from 25 to 35 cents.
But no more. Along with the high
cost of living and soaring prices, the
once humble chop suey has assumed a
position of importance.
Take, for instance, the ordinary or
common or garden variety of chop
suey which was sold before the war
for two bits. The same brand of chop
suey. composed of heaven knows
what, now eells for 40 cents, or in
some Instances 50 cents. Chicken
chop suey, formerly 50 cents, is now
75 cents and 1 In the better grade
places, and sweet and pungent chop
suey (whatever that is) now hurdles
the $1.25 mark, where before it went
begging for 75 cents. China tea has
ascended from 15 cents a pot to 25
cents, and rice cakes swing along In
line with the rising price tide for a
quarter, where .they once could be
Fletcherized for 10 cents.
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A chest of Roman coins, buried in
the face of Invasion every hundred
years since 500 years A. D. is now
providing comforts for the refugees
around the little French village of
Charmes in the Aisne district.
The chest, containing the wealth
of an ancient Roman nobleman,1 was
dug up this week near the ruins of
the chateau of Major Titus Leroux of
Charmes, head of one of the oldest
families In France. It Is the last
heirloom of the aged officer and his
wife, and they have willingly cast it
into the Red Cross fund to aid the
people of their district-
Stars and Starmakers.
By Leo Be Cass Barr.
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Maude Adams will not return to the ,
is regaining her strength by living
out of door at her home in the
Adirondack mountains. She receives
.... , , , . .
visits rrom only a few close Irlends
and as usual no publicity whatever is
being: made about her. j
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Speaking: of Maude Adam, her role, in parte of Gilliam. Morrow and l"ma
of Peter Pan has just been played j tilla counties. It is estimated that It
I at . kMlM.ir .sviva T with "
,,v, , ,i. If
ou tan imagine anyone omer w.i.
Maude Adams playing Peter Pan of
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youth incarnate, its more than I can
do. The London reviews, however,
say that little Miss Cohan is a huge
I Miv-i cnn in ine pari- one is iito
daughter of George M. Cohan
his first wife Ethel Levey.
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Reply to a dozen aspirants: The
Orpheum circuit in Chicago Is going
in heavily for producing acts, not
alone large and spectacular, but
teams, singles and all kinds. Harry
Singer will be at the head of this
department, considering applications
from small-time talent and even ama
teurs, finding partners for promising
ones and staging the material. Write
directly to Harry Singer, care of the
State Lake theater, Chicago.
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This is John Handshaker's version
of Fields' "Little Boy Blue." in the
New Tork Telegraph:
The little tin corkscrew la covered with
rust.
Corroding In patterna pled;
And the little "dead soldier" is muffled
in dust.
And the opener moulds by Its side:
Time was when the little tin corkscrew
shone.
And the soldier waa filled with brew;
But that was the time when tbey let us
alone
And didn't make Little Boys Blue!
This from "Beau Broadway" is per
tinent: "We saw a hardened rounder
of that erstwhile dazzling ditch
known as Broadway leave an insur
ance agent yesterday with a big pol
icy prorerly certified in his pocket.
'My family is protected,' he said, "so
I'm going to get a shot of hooch. I
don't care about going blind. There's
nothing left to see, anyway.' "
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Early in the new year the stage
will be blessed by the return of
Elsie Ferguson, one of the most
charming and talented actresses of
this generation. Her reappearance will
be made as a Charles Frohman Btar
In "Sacred and Profane Love," Arnold
Bennett's play, which is now one of
the big successes in London.
Miss Ferguson's appearance In this
piece is made possible by David Belas
co, who owns Its rights for America,
By an arrangement made between Mr.
Belasco and Alf Hayman. general
manager for Charles Frohman, Inc.
the latter Is given permission to pre
sent the Bennett play aa the first
medium of its new star.
"Sacred and Profane Love" was pro
duced several months ago in London.
In the English production Iris Hoey
is acting the role which Miss Fergu
son will play in this country.
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Frank Pixley, a well-known com
poser, died in San Diego recently. He
had gone to California several years
ago because of ill health and bad been
ailing for a long time. His death waa
hastened by a severe fall recently,
which injured him seriously.
About 16 years ago Mr. Pixley was
one of the most prolific of composers.
He is especially noted for the scores
of "Woodland," "King Dodo" and "The
Prince of Pilsen," all
produced by
Henry W. Savage. When he moved
to California he retired from pro
fessional work.
His body was cremated.
Frances White left the "Midnight
Frolic" in the latter half of last week.
The report said there had been
"words" between Ziegfeld and herself
and that Miss White failed to appear
several nights. The break came when
she finally did show up, it was also
learned, and that In a perturbed state
of mind she told Ziegfeld she was
"going home." It is further reported
that Mr. Ziegfeld replied: "All right;
go home and stay home."
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The godparents of little Gloria Ca
ruso will be the Marchese and Mar
chesa Cappelli. lifelong friends of the
tenor.
The marchese and marchesa occupy
the villa next to Caruso's outside of
Florence, Italy, and were acquainted
of the tenor's desire last summer dur
ing his visit home. The christening
will take place during the next fort
night. Marchesa Cappelli is Italy's fore
most concert soprano and will give a
recital at the Princess theater Tues
day afternoon. January 13. at which
Mr. Caruso will be guest of honor.
It appears that Harry Gribble'a
play, entitled "The Outrageous Mrs.
Palmer," to be produced shortly by
John Craig, is not, as announced
earlier, based on the life and per
sonality of Mrs. Patrick Campbell.
Here is Mr. Gribble's own explana
tion, given to a New York corre
spondent, about the nature of the
story and principal character:
"As I have had the fortune (or mis
fortune) to be associated personally
and in a business way with quite
number of temperamental women
stars. I should not like to incur the
wrath of lny one of these good ladles
by saddling her with the characteri
zation of the title role In my play,
The Outrageous Mrs. Palmer. It is
not a transcript from the life of Mrs.
Pat Campbell, or from the life of any
one Individual. I tried to make a
composite picture from the many por
traits which are so vividly photo
graphed in my memory.
"Mary Toung will act this role, and
the way she has grasped this compo
site portrait and developed it Is re
markable and gratifying, and I feel
myself that she Is going to present
to New York one of the most fas
cinating portrayals of many seasons.
"Mr. Craig, as many know, tried out
the play last November with Miss
Young in the title role for three per
formances, and it gave such promise
that we decided to open the spring
season in Boston ,at the Arlington
theater with It !n anticipation of a
long run there, during which we will
perfect it for the Broadway pre
miere." Max Figman Jn Australia ia billed
as M. B. Figman because his name
Max Is not particularly pleasing to
Australians. Mr. Figman and his
wife, Lolita Robertson, are appearing
on tour in repertoire.
Those Who Come and Go.
.vThere will be 300.000 acres in the
John Day irrigation project, which
the state chamber of commerce and
the Oregon irrigation con
res will
" . u l" 'naorse.
C. C. Clark of
I "'H "tl H,r V , , ! J
(and the directors arrived in Portland
ast eveninc The ri i root nr a r a r. M
AiiuiKivn. president
Clark of Heppner. Kddie Ucttmana
of lone, and F. K. Brown of Heppner.
I Mr 1 I 1
mean
$38,700,000. President Clark .
! says that the amount doesn't look as
larg-e now a8 it djd beforo the war ,
when the government and state made 1
an investigation and estimate, for the
war caused people to become accus- ,
tomed to millions and billions of dol- !
lars. There is a railroad ami water!
transportation for 50 miles along one
edge of the project and two railroads '
go through it. and the Columbia river
! highway will be paved up to the proj
ect at Arlington. One hope of realiz
ing the big enterprise is the passage
of the Jones bill In congress, which
appropriates $250,000,000 for reclama
tion work.
"The hotel resister is an American . v.Au,K"Ka- 1,e rT,"; i eiut.li. ans In
institution." asserts Harry Hamilton, j ,c !f Klture have nominated L. M.
of the Imperial. "It started way back I -;orrj" fr"- United Stales senator and
In New England, w here there was an ! tl,e democrats Isaac Heed,
old man who couldn't remember the -names
of hia customers, so he had J There were two lively runaways on
them write their name in a book. He ! the streets yesterday, but aside from
was a lazv old duffer, so he became i scattering bread, groceries and vege-
too tirarf to nut the book awav and
left it open -on the counter. After
while the open register on the coun
ter became the custom. They don't
use registers in European countries.
The arriving patron is handed a card,
which he fills out. and this card ia
filed by the clerk."
J. P. Johneon of Gold Beach la an
arrival at the Seward. Gold iiench is
Interested in the demand of sportsmen
of the upper reaches ;' the Kogue
river that the stream . e closed to
commercial fiehlng. Gold Beach is at
the mouth of Rogue river and a con
siderable percentage of the population
is interested in the fishing industry
and Gold Beach is far from pleased
with the attitude of the sportsmen
of Medford and vicinity.
"Salt Lake City is fast becoming
one of the big commercial centers of
the west." declares Albert Merrill.
who. with Mrs. Merrill and son, is at
the Multnomah. Mr. Merrill Is in the
merchandise brokerage business in
Salt Lake City. "The business houses
are taxed to their capacity." he says.
"and It i difficult to secure a new
business location. The hotels, apart
ments and houses are all filled and
unable to take care of the demand."
"We are informed that there will
be a lot of the Oregon & California
grant lands thrown open about April,"
says R. R. Turner of the Roseburg
land office, who arrived in Portland
yesterday to participate in the Jackson-day
festivities. "There will be
between 350.000 and 400.000 acres,
scattered through five counties, such
as Douglas and Lane and a little In
Benton. This land will be open to
homesteading and is classified as ag
ricultural land."
A, E. Griffin of Vancouver. B. C.
Is in the city attending the conference
of general contractors of the north
west. He represents the Stewart &
Walch company. G. W. Gauntlett ot
Hoquiam, representing the Grays Har
bor Contracting company, is here for
the same purpose, and so is R- E.
Miller, representing the Ptiget Sound
Bridge & Dredginc company.
R. E. Bradbury, who comes to thft
irrigation congress today as a dele
gate, is registered at the Imperial.
Mr. Bradbury was born and reared at
Seaside. Or., but now lives at Klam
ath Falls, where he is Interested in
one of the irrigation districts there,
calculated to convert the sand into
fields of forage.
Jim Blevlns, professional buckaroo
from the Mitchell country, is regis
tered at the Perkins. For 30 years
'Jim has been riding the hurricane
tangs of that region, but so far as
known the horses never appreciated
his equestrian ability, for Jim is
heavy on a horse.
J. P. Duckett of Squaw Creek, which
same is adjacent to Sisters, in Des
chutes county, is in Portland and reg
istered at the Perkins. Mr. Duckett
used to run a sawmill, but it burned
down and now he has turned his at
tention to cultivation of the soil.
C. C. Kelley of the state highway
engineering department, whose new
territory embraces a large chunk of
central Oregon, says that the work on
the Columbia highway has been re
sumed since the cold spell and that
"everything is Jake."
Captain C. H. Johnson, an old Co
lumbia bar pilot, who has been tak
ing vessels to France. South America
and elsewhere, is at the Imperial. He
has been resting up at Astoria and
came to Portland to see about tak
ing out a ship.
A. O. Nelson, manager of the Ham
mond Lumber company of Astoria. Is
registered at the Multnomah. He is
returning from California, where he
visited the company's plants In that
state.
Harry G. Kennard. an irrigation en
thusiast and formerly water master in
the Prineviile section, is at the Ben
son to attend the irrigation congress
today.
Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Gamble, who
own a large fruit ranch at Yakima.
Wash., are at the Multnomah. They
are on their way to California to
spend the winter and some of the
profits on the crop.
Mayor E. E. Johnson of Coquille.
who is In the wholesale and retail
lumber business when not attending
to his municipal duties, is among
those present at the Imperial.
Vernon Parsons, attorney of Eu
gene, who has had legislative experi
ence, and may possibly have his name
on the republican ballot in May. is
at the Perkins.
Fred Wallace of Tumalo. secretary
of the Oregon Irrigation congress, ar
rived at the Imperial yesterday and
began preparations for the session,
which opens today.
Harry H. Veatch of Cottage Grove
registered at the Multnomah, says he
thinks there should be a change in
the fish and game legislation. He
used to sell sporting goods.
D. D. Conn, connected with one of
the big sawmill j lants at Bend, is
registered at the Benson.
Dr. J. Shelly Saurman of Burns,
Or., is an arrival at the Nortonia.
A. J. LaJesse. a merchant of Clat
skanie, is registered at the Nortonia.
Hate of Election in 18SO.
SHERMAN, Or.. Jan. 6. (To the
Editor.) Kindly tell on what day of
thM month the fall election was held
throughout the country in the fall of I
1880. A READliR.
The national elections in 18S0 were
held on November 2.
Economy is Preached.
Louisville Courier-Journal.
"My wife has a great scheme
save coal."
"What is itr
"Spend the winter in Florida."
to
In Other Days.
Twrntj -live Year Igo.
From The Oregonian ot Js.nus.ry 8. 195.
At the annual meeting last night of
the board of police commissioners
Chief Minto read htn annual report.
I showing that 3845 persons had been
jurrestcd during the year.
Richard R. Ranker, following whose
supposed death by drowning Sirs.
Banker, the wife, collected t)00 in
surance from the A. O. L". V order,
has just been returned to Portland
1 rom . s oux " la- "ere ne was
arreslea-
J. G. Day. contractor for comple
tion of Ihe Cascade locks, is in the
cPty and reports that the heavy snow
fall has caused suspension of all op
erations. Seven plumbers were examined and
granted certificates yesterday by the
new board of examiners created to
pass upon qualilications of plumbers
of the city.
Fifty Hnr tto.
; From The Oregonian of January 8. 1870
,aL,le3 about and damaging the vehl-
cles no harm was done.
The democratic state central com
mittee will meet In this city In the
room over the Oro Fino saloon this
afternoon.
Today the first freicht will be car
ried over the Oregon Central railroad,
east side, when H. L. I'lttock & Co.
ship 30 tons of material to the Clack
amas paper mills.
DHliSlOX ON KK SON'S CASE
Attitude of Judees Toward Tempering
PDnUhmfnt of lumberman.
PORTLAND. Jan. 7. (To the Ed
itor.) I have read with much inter
est newspaper Recounts of the N. P.
Sorenson case, in, which the lumber
man escaped a jail sentence for reck
less driving in a decision handed
down as the verdict of the "majority"
of six circuit judges. Who conti-
J tuted that majority and who the mi-
nority? I believe an answer to this
question Is only fair to voters and
taxpapers of Multnomah county, aa
well as the judges themselves.
VOTER.
Since the decision Interested citi
zens and personal friends have dis
turbed the judges both at their homes
and at the courthouse demanding an
answer to this question. No minority
report was made at the time that
Presiding Judge Gatens announced
that the majority of the judges were
In favor of the sentence pronounced,
with parole attached. The judges
called in by Judge Gatens to aid him
to decide a case in which his own
views were pronounced were: Staple
ton. Havana ugh, Tazwell, Tucker and
Mct'ourt,
Report from authoritative sources
about the courthouse is that the last
two judges named stood, without
qualification, for a jail sentence for
Sorenson. though not necessarily for
the full six mouths Imposed by the
lower court. Judge McCourt's ques
tions from the bench during the hear
ing indicated that the sole question
In his mind was whether the physical
condition of Sorenson was such that
a long jail term would be detrimental,
which physicians assured him was not
the case. It was Judge Tucker who,
after hearing the testimony, asked
the recommendation of the city attor
ney's office, which was not forthcom
ing. IXSI'IHATIO TO STL'DY KOl.XU
Writer Finds Persssl of Editorials
Adda to Ilia Vocabulary.
PORTLAND. Jan. 7. (To the Edi
tor.) A person who has not had the
advantage of a college education or
who has not made a systematic study
of literature and the classics can se
cure by habitual reading of the edi
torial page of The Oregonian a fairly
broad and liberal education. Take,
for instance, your editorial in The
Sunday Oregonian with regard to the
apparently unread and uninformed
"Blind Men of Lebanon." though it
was not under that caption.
The point I desire to make is en
tirely apart from the editorial in
itself. In it you alluded to "the Adull
amites of a restless world." Not un
derstanding the significance of the
allusion it was "up to me." if I want
ed to get the most benefit from my
reading, to seek supplementary infor
mation. Turning to "Adullamites" In
the dictionary I found a reference to
"Cave of Adullum." and there "See 1
Sam. xxii: 1, 2," where I obtained in
formation of the original source of
your allusion. So I say your editorial
page is educative and an inspiration
to study.
Permit me to express here my ad
miration for your vocabulary and your
unostentatious use thereof. For ex
ample: Your use of the word "mast."
In your recent "H. C. of Turkey" edi
torial a work having two entirely
unrelated meanings, yet seldom used
in that sense except, perhaps, in poul
try periodicals drove me to my faith
ful friend, the dictionary, and imme
diately I appreciated your use of th
most significant word that could be
employed. READER.
MAST I. W. W. IN" ROAD CAMPS
Membership Confined to "Short Stake
Men. Foreigners and Morons.
PARK PLACE, Or.. Jan. 6. (To tha
Editor.) I noticed in The Oregonian
a statement by Mr. Klein, secretary
of state highway commission, that
there are few if any I. W. W. em
ployed in road construction in Oregon.
Now I will say Mr. Klein does not
know, nor does anyone who has not
worked with, and bunked in the same
bunkhouse with, the common laborer
of a road camp.
Having put in four months of the
past fall and summer in a road camp,
my observations are that better than
60 per cent of the common laborers
are I. W. W.'s or sympathizers, while
among the skilled labor you will find
very few. I account for this by the
fact that when a man has ambition
enough to better his condition such
stuff does not appeal to him.
They are mostly "short stake" men,
who stay only from one to four weeks
in a place. Probably 50 per cent of
foreign descent and most of the
Americans lack mental and moral
stamina. L. F.
It eo in mends tions Do Not Square.
Bend Bulletin.
It is difficult to square Governor
Olcott's approval of the action of the
fish and game commission in remov
ing Biologist Finley with his later
recommendation that Finley be kept
in the employ of the state. People
who know Kinley's work, however,
want to see him kept on the job
and hope that the governor sug
gestion will be followed.
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