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THE MORNING OISEGOXIAN, THURSDAY, JANUARY 29, 1920
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WHY MR. PT-KTCIIKR RESIGNED.
The position in which Henry P.
Fletcher was placed by the adminis
tration's policy maae resignation as
ambassador to Mexico his only escape
from a. constant sense of humilia
tion. During the nearly three years
of his tenure of that office, he wit
nessed flagrant violations of neutral
ity in favor of Germany and ope,n
demonstrations of enmity to his own
country, yet any protests he might
make -were not backed by .his own
government with the force which
alone could make them effective. He
ezvr his fellow-countrymen murdered,
outraged or robbed and he demanded
that the offenders be brought to jus
tice, but he received only formal
promises of redress, which he knew
were broken and were made to be
broken. He saw Britons and Ger
mans free from attack and, if by
mistake a Briton was attacked,
prompt apology was made with the
explanation that the man had been
taken for an American a plain inti
mation that Americans were con
sidered fair game for bandits.
Between the lines of Mr. Fletcher's
testimony before the house commit
tee on rules last July can be read
the confession of his impotence to
accomplish anything for his country
under the restrictions imposed by
President Wilson. Loyalty to the
administration forbade him to ex
press opinions which could not have
failed to be unfavorable to it, yet the
facts which he reluctantly stated and
his manner of stating them were
damning to the Wilson policy from
its inception. When asked how much
of Mexican territory the Carranza
government controlled, he answered:
I think you might Bay that they control
practically nil of Mexican territory in thia
the future is indicated to be one of
transportation rather than supply.
In addition to this, there are no in
dications that the domestic supply of
the United States will be exhausted
for a long time, and possibilities of
developing new home deposits are al
ways to be reckoned with.
I THREE WORDS.
The public will note with mild in
terest the fact that an effort Is to be
made at Salem today to organize a
new political party. It is, or is designed-to
be, the grand consumma
tion of the project of certain labor
politicians and certain other farmer
politicians to pool their issues and
control government through party.
The idea is not new; nor do we dis
cover any particular novelty in the
principles said to be favored by the
promoters of the enterprise.
For example, one proposed pana
cea is the "abolition of all taxes on
the products' of labor and the raising
of all revenues from community
made values in land and other na
tural resources." If we understand
it, it is a modified single-tax, by
which towns and cities, where land
values and population have a definite
relation, shall pay all taxes, an
neither the manufacturer nor the
farmer shall pay any taxes. It is an
old friend in a new dress. But we
surmise that the public will recognize
its discriminative and hurtful nature,
and will render judgment accord
ingly. There Is a real opportunity for the
land and labor party to perform
genuine service. It is to recognize
the fact that the old remedies by
which the state is to do it all, and
the individual as little as possible,
are overused and outworn. Let the
land and labor party adopt a plat
form in three words, and stick to it,
and urge all others to conform to it,
and Utopia will be "achieved. It is:
WORK, PRODUCE. SAVE!
a few months ago that out of twenty
five Biblical allusions in Tennyson's
poems submitted to a class of sopho
mores, not a single student was able
to identify as many as 60 per cent.
Familiarity with the Bible is on the
decline because the Sunday school is
on the decline. No one but a hide
bound atheist will contend for a mo
ment that this is a good sign.
No doubt the church will attack
the problem and solve it in due time.
It will not find the job easy. There
are counter-attractions innumerable
where a generation ago the Sunday
school, at least in the smaller town.
had the field practically to itself.
And parental authority seems to be
on the decline too. Half a generation
of holding the public school teacher
responsible for everything that hap
pens to little Willie begins to show
its effects in other places. It is up
to the adult church-goers who have
just swelled the membership totals
for 1920 to line up the young folks,
or the church will be in a bad way,
statistically and otherwise, along
about 1935.
That such organized government as
exists in Mexico is the Carranza govern
ment, and they control practically all the
ports.
But when asked how many revo
lutionary movements there were, Mr.
Fletcher gave quite a list of states or
parts of states which were out of
control and he said:
Villa controls practically the territory
that he covers on that day. as far as I
c:ui see. He lias a mobile force and goes
about practically as he likes, more or less.
Th?y do not seem to have been able to
atop him yet.
It may fairly be assumed that Villa
controls any territory where he "goes
about practically as he likes." A map
republished from the New York
Times by the order of the commit
toe showed that Villa controlled in
this manner all of Chihuahua, half
of Durango, a third of Coahuila and
a corner of Sonora, and the accom
panying article said:
Carranza today (June 22, 1919) controls
little more than one-half of Mexican ter
ritory and his hold on that is not at all
secure.
When asked whether he looked
"upon the Carranza government as
the fulfillment of the mission of a
government for the people of Mexi
co," Mr. Fletcher cautiously an
swered: I would rather testify as to facts than
to give any opinions.
When pressed for an answer as to
whether "it is fulfilling its mission
as a government," the best he could
say was:
wne.r it exercises full control, it is en
deavoring te do so, and so claims.
He recalled fifty or fifty-one out
rages on Americans during the
twenty-eight months of his residence
but could not state how many Mexi
cans had been "prosecuted and exe
cuted as a result. ' Sometimes an
effort. is made to get the bandits,"
he said, "and sometimes they get
them and sometimes they, don't," but
he did "not remember very many
Carranzistas who had been arrested
or convicted for murder of Ameri
cans. He knew of cases where they
had captured murderers of Americans
and was told they "made short shrift
of them" but could not recall one
prosecution and conviction.
During the war, as far as he knew,
the Carranza government maintained
neutrality toward the United States
and he could not locate any German
wireless stations, but he admitted
1 that the newspapers that were under
1 the control or- influence of the Car
ranza government were "very hos
tile" and that the Germans main
tained the same propaganda as in
other neutral countries.
Asked to suggest some diplomatic
Folution for the unsatisfactory rela
tions with Mexico, he excused him
tself on the ground that "it is the
business of an ambassador to execute
rather than to formulate a policy.'
In view of the restraint unde
which Mr. Fletcher testified, wha
lie did say is plainly indicative of dis
approval of the policy which he was
called upon to execute. If he had
approved that policy, he would no
doubt have defended it. His resigna
tion is evidence that his disapproval
tad developed into disgust which
made his position intolerable. It is
practically a declaration that th
Wilson policy In Mexico has failed
WHAT TO DO WITH THE EX-KAISER.
If the thoughts of the allied pre
miers could be read, it might be
learned that they secretly rejoice at
Holland's refusal to hand over the
ex-kaiser for trial. The one thing
which could make William again
really dangerous would be to try,
convict and punish him, either by
death or banishment to some lonely
isle. That course would be apt to
put him on a pedestal as a martyr
before the eyes of the German people.
It would give the monarchists an ex
cuse to say that in his person the
allies were gratifying their hatred of
the German people. They might then
rally enough force to enthrone one
of his sons.
Such letters as William has writ
ten to Prince Fuerstenberg are the
best means of stripping his martyr's
robes from him, for they present him
as a whining, contemptible figure
The allies might destroy his last
chance of playing the martyr if they
were to apply just enough pressure
o induce Holland quietly to push
him across the frontier into Ger
many. The pressure might then be
transferred to Germany in order to
compel that country to smuggle him
into Switzerland. If the allies were
then to connive secretly at his be
ing passed on from one country to
another1 until he became a modern
MEANING OF THE CABINET CHANGES.
Appointment of Edwin L. Meredith
to be secretary of agriculture, fol
lowing closely on that of J. W. Alex
ander to be secretary of commerce.
is instructive as a sign of the present
drift of affairs with President Wilson
and his cabinet. Only five of the
original ten members of the cabinet
remain. Seven men have passed into
and out of the cabinet and the third
men in seven years have been ap
pointed secretary of the treasury and
attorney-general respectively. In the
case of the treasury, all of the
changes have come In little more
than one year.
Of the seven new men who have
come to the head of departments
since March 4. 1913, three Glass,
Palmer and Alexander have been
taken from congress and a fourth-
Meredith is heralded as a practical
farmer and business man, and all of
these four have been appointed since
the opening of 1919. We should be
tempted to infer that Mr. Wilson is
throwing overboard the professors in
favor of a crew of practical politi
cians with legislative experience and
of practical business men, but for his
promotion of Professor Houston
Retirement of old members, to
whom Secretary Lane is soon to be
added, suggests that they see no
hope of further distinction to be
gained by achievement, when the
president is an invalid, congress is
under republican control and defeat
of the democracy in November is
foredoomed. For t4ie cabinet there
is much grief, little joy, ahead.
The new cabinet members are old
wheel horses of the party, whose po
litical fortunes are tied up with it and
upon whom the president relies as
the forlorn hope of turning the tide
of popular disfavor. It devolves on
them to discover new issues, to throw
a new, favorable light on old issues
and to watch for and exploit republi
can blunders. That is the job before
Palmer, Alexander and Meredith, and
Senator Glass can help much through
his experience in the house and in
the treasury department.
There is every reason to expect that
before securities bought with this
money mature, prices will have fallen
and the purchasing power of money
will have correspondingly risen so
that the forty-five-cent dollar of the
present may ultimately be redeemed
at .one hundred cents. By carrying
investments made in periods of high
prices over to periods of low prices
fortunes have been made.
Abundant opportunities will come
from the approaching settlement of
world affairs. We may expect the
loans to the allies to be covered by
long-term bonds which will be a
mortgage on the resources of those
nations." There Is no good cause to
fear that, when the world has set
tled down, they will not be able td
meet their obligations. Though Bri
tain and France are now heavily bur
dened, they were both in much the
same position after the Napoleonic
war, but the period of their greatest
prosperity followed. Disarmament
will help to release revenue for pay
ment of interest, and development of
backward countries will add to their
wealth. Securities may also be is
sued by the basic industries of all
European countries and should prove
as stable as those of the great in
dustrial corporations of the United
States. The laws of European
countries carefully protect the inves
tor, requiring full reports and pub
licity. Many of these securities will
be placed on the American market,
for this country is now the world's
great reservoir of capital.
By making such investments,
Americans will also aid the recovery
of Europe from its present disordered
state and will hasten the expansion
of American commerce and of Ameri
can industry. They will thus pro
mote the prosperity of the United
States, which will thrive best when
its European customers are prosper
ous. Self-interest will coincide with
the general purpose to promote pros
perity In America and to aid recovery
of the world from the effects of the
war.
Stars and Starmakers.
By Leone Caas Baer,
Samuel Gompers was 70 Tuesday
and protests he is not growing old,
which is true in his case, but many
other elderly fellows are so active
they do not note the passing of the
years. The war made halcyon times
for old men not aged. Before then
we had a Forty-five club in this city
composed of fellows who felt old and
feared the discard. Now one of them
Is seldom found. Possibly they
dyed their hair and got new teeth
and sport coats. Anyway they ceased
to meet and murmur. No, Sam
Gompers at 70 is not old and there
are others.
President Sproule of the Southern
Pacific reflects the spirit that made
American transportation systems the
business models of the world when
he says that beginning March 1 the
freight and passenger departments
will resume solicitation of business.
Competition is the lever that has
raised American commerce to its
foremost place.
Donald Bowles, a former Baker
player, has been seriously ill at his
horde in Los Angeles, but la now con
valescent. Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Bachelder. spe
cial representatives of Henry W. Sav
age, are in Portland arranging for.
the arrival next week of Mitzi. Mrs.
Bachelder Is one of the few women
of this country who has broken Into
the sacred realm always considered
by man to his very own that of the
theatrical press representative. This
is her third year under the Savage
regime, all In the interest of the tiny
musical comedy star, and if the pub
lic doesn't realize by this time that
Mitzi is "America's foremost prima
donna comedienne," Mrs. Bachelder
says it Is no fault of hers.
Speaking of Mitzi, that little per
sonage has dropped her last name.
Hajos, altogether. She said she got
tired pronouncing It for strangers.
So now she Is billed simply as Mltri
which she pronounces Meetsy. (Hajos
is pronounced as if spelled Hayosh.)
Over in London Peggy O'Neill is
rehearsing in the Courtneidge pro
production "Paddy the Next Best
Thing," scheduled to open at the
Queen's theater in Manchester Febru
ary 23.
ss
Ann Pennington has already denied
ever having even heard of Stewart
Robinson, to whom she was reported
engaged. Mr. Robinson makes It
unanimous in the following wire from
Chicago to a New Tork paper:
"Thanks for crediting me with such
excellent taste, but there Is no truth
in the report I am engaged to Ann
Pennington. Cannot understand how
such story originated. Absolutely no
foundation whatever. Please deny
prominently in justice to Miss Pen
nington and myself."
m
Margaret niington Is going Into
vaudeville In a playlet written by
Henry Arthur Jones, with a east of
four people.
m
The wife of Frank Moran, who is
playing the Keith circuit. Is on her
way to thi3 country with their eight-year-old
boy, whom neither parent
had seen for five years. Moran and
Weiser, the same team of comedy hat
jugglers, were playing in Hamburg,
Germany, In 1911. when the baby was
born.
When the team was back in Ham
burg, three years later, the child was
stricken with measles. Due to play
in England shortly after, the team
left for London while the child re
mained in Hamburg.
The war broke out and in accord
ance with the many restrictions, th
Moran child was left In Hamburg.
Mrs. Moran sailed for Holland De
cember 27 and has since procured the
child.
LEGISLATIVE BILLS AXTJ TBTOES
Remarks by Up-State Prr rm Strik
ing Events at Salem.
Lebanon Criterion.
There . was one good point In the
"straight party vote" law enacted at
the recent special session of the leg
islature, and that is It would force
Kiir-h men as Oswald West, Senator
Chamberlain. Senator Pierce and other
staunch democrats who are wont to
appeal to the "peepul" for votes upon
the ground of non-partisanship.' Un
fortunately, Governor Olcott vetoed
the law, he, too. being one of the men
In Oregon public life who appeal to
non-partisan views In sustaining their
political status.
Highway Veto Proper.
Union Republican.
From thlls altitude It would appear
that Governor Olcott was not far
wrong in vetoing certain road meas
ures that were designed to change the
road plans of the state as adopted by
the state highway commission, it we
are to have a highway commission.
that bodv should not be hamstrung by
petty annoyances via the legislature
that are calculated to upset plans
already made and announced.
Much Unmerited Abnae.
Silverton Tribune.
The special session of the legisla
ure has passed into history. It cost
be taxpayers considerable money to
introduce a lot of bills for the gov
ernor to veto, and if the success of the
session is to be Judged upon the com
menu rather than its recora. it -was
a complete failure. But this is one of
the prerogatives of the taxpayer,
Without resrard to the actual tacts
the assembly is sworn at. and the
snoclai session of the assembly is, of
course, not an exception. It will be
found, however, tnat the recora uues
r,at merit all the abuse that is ten
dered that body.
Those Who Come and Go.
Ambassador Fletcher has quit his
Mexican post and it is said by way
of explanation that "his presentation
of American demands has made it
certain he could not return to his
post with benefit to either govern-
No doubt Carranza must be
HIGH COST OF CLOTHES.
Attorney-General Palmer is cred
impersonation of the wandering Jew, ited by Daily Financial America with mpnt
he might become so weary of travel having halted the rise in the price of wearied by this time of reading so
tnat ne wouia volunteer to remain in i uui me me usi uirec iuuuws many notes,
any place to wnicn me judgment, or I auu its tancu upon tu turn jus aueu-
the allies sent him, provided they tion to the still rising price of
would but let him rest. I clothes. Clothes prices have had
When we consider the mental tor- much to do with the further decline
ture which he would endure when in the purchasing power of the dot
meditating on the contrast between lar, vsjhich was only 45 cents on De
the position of world emperor to I cember 1 as compared with six years
which he had aspired and the posi- ago.
tion of despised, hated exile which There should be room to squeeze
he would occupy, such a life sentence out some profiteering when a $100
seems far more severe than a sen- suit of clothes is said to contain only
tence of death. la little over $7 worth of wool. All
materials combined cannot raise the
cost of materials much over $10
That leaves 190
Prices for stoves and stovepipe will
keep moving upward for another year
at least, according to Joseph B. Ket-
enhofen, who has returned from a
study of the eastern market. "An
article a raojse which sold for $39
n 1914 is now $US." says Mr. Ketten-
hofen. "and stovepipe has advanced
about SOO per cent. There is such
difficulty in getting raw material that
between 50 and 75 small stove fac
tories in the central states have had
to close and the big factories are re
fusing to accept future orders. The
fault appears to rest with the de
creased production of raw material, a
result of shorter hours and decreased
efficiency." While in Milwaukee Mr.
Kettenhofen was told that the reason
Berger was elected after being cast
out of congress wan not because the
people supporting him are socialists. 1
but because they resent having their jria
beer taken away. There used to. be I
?nnn Kc Mlnnns in til nraultfp and 1
now a person can be arrested for hav
ing in his possession a recipe for
making home-made beer. The bis
breweries are preparing to manufac
ture-chocolate candies.
More Truth Than Poetry.
By James J. Montague.
TIIR TREAfHEROVS RABBIT.
Rabbits and guinea pigs are being
employed to tost drinks tor wood al
cohol. News Item.
As soon as we learned of the horrible
danger
That lurks In the Scotch and the
Bourbon and Ryo.
One buys after dark from a bleary-
eyed stranger.
Who leers when you ask where he
got his supply.
We purchased a rabbit to be our pro
tector. Avowing that when we were seized
with a thirst.
Before we imbibed any Illicit nectar
We'd wait until bunny had tasted it
rirst.
Sergei Rachmaninoff, noted Rus
sian composer, refused to play in
concert in St. Louis until promised
twelve bottles of genuine beer. If he
drinks all this before the concert he
should be able to give quite a real
istic rendition of what bolshevism
really is.
Bessie Clifford, American singing
and dancing comedienne, who has
been playing abroad for the past ten
years, has booked passage to sail for
home January 17, on the Mauretania.
Ten years ago Bessie Clifford came
here with Victor Morley In "Three
Twins."
Not the Resigning Kind.
Jefferson Review.
The legislature got funny and asked
Olcott to resign as governor and let
the people say at the primaries -w no
they wanted to fill that position. Not
any of that resign stuff for Ben. He
tried that people's choice business two
years ago, and he wasn't It.
Recommended Lawn Crmmndnble.
Gresham Outlook.
If the session had not been limited
to one week the governor wouia
doubtless have had more bills to veto.
The special session was called to pass
legislation relating to four or five
specific and urgent matters, but it
went far outside of the recommen
dations of the executive. Within the
limits recommended the new legisla
tion is on the whole commendable.
No Good A-tall.
Aurora Observer.
A cosr certainly slipped in Olcott's
political machine when he called the
late unlamented special session. The
results make that clear. The best it
accomplished might well have await
ed a regular session, and many things
it did might better never have been
done at all.
State Asking Why.
F.astern Clackamas News. Estacada.
Brother Brodie of the Oregon City
Enterprise wants to know why the
governor called a special sesssion
after declaring that such was un
necessary when pressed to call one
for the ournose of ratifying tne worn
an suffrage amendment. Probably a
food manv are asking: this question
likewise, seeing that tne ostensioie
reason was not very convincing.
eligion by the "Year Book of the
Churches" probably contains no sur
prises for any one who has thought
on the subject. There has been
since 1916, a material increase in
church membership, and a falling off
f enrolment in the Sunday schools.
During most of the period under re
view the country has been at war, or
merging from war; religious convic-
10ns already formed have been
heightened, resulting in formal alii
nee with a church where the bond
was only nominal before; the war
welfare work of the churches has
commended them generally. The
population of the United States has
been increased by about 3,000,000 in
the three years covered by the sta
tistics, and the membership of the
churches by about 2,700,000. At this
rate of progress, as anyone who likes
mathematics can compute for him
self, the church might hope within
relatively few years to attain the per
fect score. The membership rate of
gain is practically double the gain in
population.
If, however, there is a tendency
anywhere to over-complacency this
will be checked by reading the
DECLINE OF THE Bl'NDAY SCHOOL.
What is going to happen? I have
nothing favorable to hope for since
Nicholas' tragic end," the kaiser is
n Hiv-iia a m nr. I reported to have said in a recent in
The statistical showing made for labor manufacturers of cloth and terview. Sounds somewhat different
1 , " hi. tha "V.n. Un.!. a Vin If
clothing, wholesaler, retailer and
freight. There should be room for
some contraction without inflicting
severe punishment on anybody
It would be instructive to discover
from: "I'll stand no nonsense front
America after this wart"
Bricklayers at the Walter Reed
army hospital in Washington are
how much of that 90 represents ex- arawmg $9 a day, while army sur-
cess profits tax. which may be paid geons mere get only 16.50 a day,
by every man through whose hands That ought to be easy to remedy. Let
the goods pass. When ragged Europe 1118 surgeons take put a charter in
calls for clothes, it is not to be ex- tne carpenters union.
pected that they are sold in America
at less than the export price, and the
tax affords a convenient excuse. If
congress by economy should reduce
There may be peculiar joy in dying
while drunk. Nobody ever has come
back to tell of it. Those who are
expenditures to a point where this translated on current moonshine.
tax could be either repealed or ma- however, surely cannot have the
terially reduced and then, if Mr. I ecstasies of those who went on the
Palmer should put his sleuths on the I real stuff.
trail, it would probably be discovered
that this tax, which was intended to
be paid by the- rich manufacturer
and merchant, is actually paid by the
poor with several profits added.
Democrats in congress are bitterly
attacking Admiral Sims because he
told the truth about Secretary
Daniels. Let 'em save their breaths.
No congressional gas barrage will
ever kill off this blunt old seaman.
A (iOOD TIME TO. INVEST
A consequence of inflation of French
currency is related in a dispatch to
the New York Evening Post which
contains a useful hint to Americans,
Circulation of French bank notes wax
figures for the Sunday schools. Wrhile I increased during the war from four
their elders join the churCh, the to. nearly thirty-four billion francs.
youngsters stay away. Decline of I Dut owing to doubt as to the result
Sunday school membership not only I of the war, and since Armistice day
actually more than offsets increase I to fear of bolshevism, the peasants
i 1 .... V. ... ..... V, n )i i n K,i i io ctill I tttnpad n n--j t- t h a Kittle f it- irrm
greater in proportion to numbers, confidence has returned, they have K,, T . ! ,"""u ll"
The "Year Book" estimates that de- brought out their hoards and have
crease in Sunday school membership been buying freely. This action makes
has been more than 3,500,000. The I inflation actual rather than poten
United States census bureau madeltial, as it puts the hoards in circula-
a count of these young people as of I tion. It increases demand for goods.
January 1, 1917, and found that I sends prices up and aggravates de-
there were 19,9al,67a of them. The I preciation, further dislocating ex-
decrease is about 17.5 per cent in i change. In order to retire this surplus,
the years in which the population of 1 the French government and corpora
the country has increased by about I tions are issuing bonds which will
S per cent. Only to have kept pace I convert it from "spending money'
with population increase, a gain of I into fixed capital saved from income,
600,000 members was required. This I Americans would do well to follow
Fears for the future of the world
phosphate supply, important to its
BTieulture. will be allayed by re
porta to the department of commerce
that reserves of phosphates in the
single island of Nauru in the Pacifia
ocean aro sufficient for the probable
needs of all the world for at least S00
years. Reports indicate that from
SO. 000,000 to 100,000.000 tons are
available, possibly more. The quality
is said to be almost pure. There are
veral other phosphate islands in the
Pacific occP", so that the problem of
In explanation of the mysterious
wirelesses, perhaps there is a home-
rule agitation on one of the planets
and they are seeking assistance in
solving a problem that has no solu
tion on this.
At that, the subscriber to bonds of
the Irish republic is playing safer
than the man who waits for Attor
ney-General Palmer to get results in
his campaign against high livins
costs.
When -people stop ' attempting to
board the rear platform of a forward
car, a large percentage of streetcar
accidents will cease. Even platform
men are careful about that
The ex-kaiser is indignant at pub
lication of the "Willy to Nicky" let
ters he wrote to Czar Nicholas. This
is 'ungrateful. Think of all the fine
net loss of 4,100,000 in Sunday school the example of the French people I P"bUclty they gave him
membershin. unless something is who buv these bonds. Thousrh the
rtnne about it. will be reflected in-the cost of liviner has risen, waeres of This is the anniversary of the birth
statistics of adult membership a dec-) many working people and incomes of of McKinley and everybody who
nrl or two hence. manv business men and farmers have ProsPere" aunng nis administration
i - i ... , ,.
It would be informative, and other- risen in erreater Dronortion. leaving a ougm to near a iiower in nis mem
wise interesting, if we might have an I surplus over reasonable expense of I 0,''-
inauirv to determine the reasons why I living. By spending this surplus on
t Tin vouner Deorjle do not turn out to i luxuries and bv relaxing the economy I A government nut specialist is
Sunday school as they used to do. It which they formerly practiced, they coming from Washington to invest!
is not many years since every child help to sustain the present level of I gate nut conditions in uregon. lnia
who retarded himself as anybody in prices and to raise it further, and applies to tnose tnat grow on trees
the community of children was I they neglect provision for the rainy
dressed in his best on Sunday morn- days which are sure to come. If-they Chicago druggists are refusing to
inea and posted off to Sunday school I were to continue their former man-sell wood alcohol, which must dis
as a matter of course. Quite often ! ner of living and refrain from buying I tress those who have formed th
he wa fortified in advance by cer- I luxuries and were to invest their sur- habit
tain parental aid in mastering cen-1 plus in sound securities, they would
tral truths and golden texts, to say I help to check the upward trend of
nothing of Bible verses committed to prices and would provide a sure in
memory in the spirit of competition I come for the future.
when not of reverence. The founda- I They would also profit in another
tion of wholesome taste for Bible I way. They would pay in depreciated Editors rarely commit suicide, ac
literature, and in particular facility I money for securities which have a I cording to statistics. Their cnemic?
In Bible quotation; was usually laid J good prospect of being redeemed at save em the trouble
in the Sunday school of bygone days. I maturity in dollars worth one hun
It is not surprising, aiier reading) urea cents, in purcnasmg powar a I Ambassador J-letcner gives u
the figures just revealed, that a col- I dollar is now worth only about forty- I Mexico as a bad egg after four years'
lege examiner should nave discovered I five eents as compared with 1913. trial
Henry Ford is getting down to th
"rail" thing in motordom with his
new kind of street car.
Eva. Tanguay has reconsidered her
declaration to retire forever and Is
n vaudeville again. Reports say Eva's
lothes are still bizarre and wild, but
that she isn't. Something has tamed
the I-dont-care one of other days.
Mabel Taliaferro was married last
week at Darien, Conn., to Captain
oseph O'Brien of Orange, N. J.
.
Stuart Robson, son of the late
Stuart Robson. was married to Yvette
Ledoux, of Boston. January 7. The
bride Is the daughter of the former
United States ambassador to Portugal.
Both are playing in pictures.
MaMe Fealy was married on Jan
uary 9 in Cincinnati to John E. Cort,
son of John Cort.
The Shuberts have made an offer
to Eve Balfour, the English actress
who .has been in this country for
several weeks. Miss Balfour was at
one time .leading woman for Sir
Herbert Tree and la one of the biggest
film favorites in England.
Donald Roberts has completed his
fourth leap into matrimony by being
wedded to Hasel Boyne of the vaude
ville act "Not Yet Marie." Roberts
s only 33 years old, but it looks as
though he' was on his way to shatter
the records hung up in the matri
monial sweepstakes by the veterans
of the golden circle De Wolf Hopper
and the late Nat C. Goodwin.
The trio of former spouses include
Jessie Lowelh of Washington, D. C,;
Maude Cooper of San Francisco and
Delia Ashby of Chicago. The latter
wis a grandniece of Genegal U. S.
Grant and a niece of the Potter
Palmera of Chicago.
Willard Mack Is going to introduce
a new emotional actress to the Amer
ican stage. The actor-author has
given Leonora Masso a contract for
the next five years with a sliding
scale of salary starting at $100 weekly
for the first year, $250 for the second.
$400 for the third. $500 for the fourth
and $750 for the final year of the con
tract, with a guarantee of 40 weeks
annually. Miss Masso was formerly
of the "Follies," but left the show
some time ago to seek the more seri
ous field in the theater. In giving
her the contract Mack wrote he was
willing to stake his professional rep
utation as an actor and author that
she would be the greatest emotional
actress of the American stage within
five years.
Unfair to Columbia County.
St. Helens Mist.
The Mist believes that if Governor
Olcott had known that the St. Helens
Pittsburg road was a part of the state
hlfthway as outlined Dy tne state
hiKhway commission at the time Co
lumbia county voted bonds for the
highway and that the promoters of
the bonding oroeramme used this Im
portant road as a sop to fool the vot
ers Into supporting the bond issue
and then spent only a measly $2..uuu
on the road, that he would not have
vetoed the bill that is. if he wished
to play fair with Columbia county.
Abolishment of Parties Now Logical.
Corvallis Gazette-Times.
There Isn't a line of legitimate ar
gument against permitting a man to
vote a straight ticket with one cross
mark if he wants to. yet the govern
or offered the plainly absurd reason
that the proposed change "went to the
heart of our form of government."
The only logical sequence to such a
position would be to recommend to
the next legislature the passing of a
law to abolish political parties en
tirely. SlraiKht Tit-Wet Properly Killed.
Oregon City Enterprise.
The executive may have been ex
pected to kill the straight party meas
ure. We congratulate nis excellency
In exercisinsr his constitutional pre-
! rogative In the right way. We won
der why he did not muster up enough
courage to veto the fish and game bill
that took from his hands the power
that rightfully belongs to the governor.
Sans white collar or tie, dressed
roughly and looking like two-oils
worth of hard luck, H. A. Bratton of
Chewaucan walked into a F'ortland
jewelry store and bought a watch for
$110. He wanted to buv some dia
monds, too. but the jeweler thought
he was wasting time on buch a poverty-stricken
customer. At home,
which is in the Chewaucan valley.
Lake county postoffiee address Pais
ley, on Chewaucan river. 40 miles
north of Lakeview Mr. Bratton and
his brother are the second largest
cattle owners fn Lake county, and
he is president of the First National
bank of Lakeview. Likewise, he and
his brother own a ranch, consisting of
a section, near Springfield. Portland
business men are not accustomed to
the ways of the wealthy cowmen of
central and eastern Oregon, for these
sheep and cattlemen may have a bank
roll bigger than a dog can Jump over
and yet spurn the $15 silk shirts
which the boys at Broadway and
Washington -wear.
Smoke creek is where H. N. Aidrich
has his saw-mill. Mr. Aidrich is regis
tered at the Imperial from Silver
Lake, Or., but he operates his mill on
the creek 15 miles northwest of that
place In one of the finest bodies of
standing timber in Oregon, which
means the world. Before the days of
the white man and after his advent
the Indians used to make their camp
on Smoke creek and when the early
settlers came in they saw the smoke
from the cainpfires and called the
stream Smoke creek. This creek be
gins and ends In the woods and is four
miles in length. Before the whites
came the woods through which the
creek flows abounded in game, but the
wild life has been mostly exterminat
ed since then. A few days ago Mr.
Aidrich sold his sheep, about 2oo0
head, and he is spending some of the
proceeds in Portland. He also has a
fine alfalfa ranch at Tumalo, in the
Deschutes country.
P. O. Powell. Yale graduate and
typical Oregon farmer from Mon
mouth, wasln the city yesterday. Mr.
Powell is especially interested in the
dairy business and says that the
creamery association in his vicinitv
is a thriving institution, with Port
land as its market. The West Side
highway link between Monmouth and
Independence has been completed, he
says, but otlier road work in that lo
cality has been suspended pending
spring weather conditions.
animal Instinct." we saKL "Is
unerring.
The Demon of Rum hasn't made him
its slave:
Xo rahhit. no matter how recklessly
daring.
Would drink himself Into a suicide's
grave."
So we opencPl a bottle and placed It
beside him.
Uncorked it to set its effluvia frr.
And. somewhat excited, we eagerly
eyed hitn.
Impatient to know what his verdict
would be.
By the tilt of his nose we were stern
ly admonished
That a drink of this stuff meant
our untimely end.
Which left us prodigiously pained and
astonished.
For the hootch had been sent by a
very dear friend
He leaped at the bottle we afterward
gave him.
Took a couple of gulps, then emit
ted a bleat.
And though we first-aided, no power
could save him
He breathed a long sigh and fell
dead at our feet.
We think we are cured of the alcohol
habit.
But, whether or no, we are sure
we'll refuse
To put any trust in the canniest
rabbit
When it comes to selecting a safety-first
booze.
On the Cnrb.
Bubble, bubble!
Oil and trouble!
More Than Knongh.
Marines Rout 300 Haytians. Read
line. How many marines two?
Look. Out!
The Berlin government has put on
an air service to Holland. The kaiser
may make his getaway yet.
The Silver Lining.
Tiailr.ad stockholders who are won
dering it they will get anything hack
should remember that never has ther
been such a demand for second-hand
cars.
(Copyright, 1120. by the Bell Syndi
cate.' Inc.)
Habit.
II. v firnce K. Hall.
Not One of II In Mlntakea.
Capital Journal. Salem.
Governor Oicott has made mistakes
and will probably make more. He
would not be human if he did not.
But he has made no mistake in swing
ing his veto ax upon measures that
could in no way be called essential to
the "immediate preservation of peace,
public health and safety" and approv
ing only those measures deemed nec
essary for public welfare.
Product of Hlxky Ifnlurr.
Eugene Guard.
Then they came thick and fast in
the attempt to get a share of the
newly authorized $10,000,000 road bond
issue. The governor took a chance
ill calling together in extra session
the weakest bunch of legislators, con
trolled by a few shrewd politicians.
that has ever assembled at Salem to
go through the biennial farce of leg
lslating for the benefit of the people
of the state. Now he must undo a
great deal of their work by a liberal
use of the veto power.
Meanintr of Word lllnMtrated.
Astoria Budget.
The speed and frequency with which
Governor Olcott is using his veto on
the bills enacted at the emergency
session of the legislature may teach
the legislators the meaning of the
word emergency.
Too Much Like Corn Shrllrr.
Grants Pass Courier.
There are some mightly fine men
in the legislature; In fact, most of
them are a fine type of men. All they
need is to get over the mania for law
making in quantity and to about law
A musical comedy proposal has been
bubmitted for the consideration of
'Alice Lloyd. It involves a' starring
engagement for her next season in
conjunction with her husband. Tom j making tor quality
McNaughlon, now witn i ne -Magic
Melody'' at the Shubert. Miss Lloyd
is currently appearing in vaudeville.
The chances are Miss Lloyd will ac
cept, although she has another propo
sition to head a specially-formed road
show for a circused tour of Canada.
The road show plan has been sug
gested by th newly-formed Canadian
Theaters company, which stands ready
to guarantee the tour.
Madison Corey and Thomas Stark
have dissolved partnership as play
producers. Stark has purchased
Corey's Interest in "The Grass Widow"
now on touj. Corey plans to make
individual productions.
AbOtlt T'hroush With I'olitirx.
The Dalles Chronicle.
It is argued that the straight ballot
bill which Governor Olcott has vetoed
sought to inject more of party linos
into politics. It was a reversion to
old-time methods.
Whatever the statuR of the bill may
or may not be, it In evident that the
state and the nation want little of
politics in the next election.
Charles Painter of Brighton is at
the Hotel Oregon. Brighton was one
of the first sawmill towns in the
United States to get into the game of
turning out spruce . for the British
government before America got into
the war. The chief concern of Brigh
ton now is to be connected with the'
beach resorts to the south bv a good. !
first-class highway, but the highway
commissioners hold out little hope.
J. r. Duckett. one of Sisters" promi
nent citizens, is at the Perkins. In
a year or two Sisters will be one of
the best-known towns in the state,
as it will be on the highway which
will percolate across the Cascades be
tween Eugene and Bend. The govern
ment is sow working on part of the
road in the forest reserve and was
making good progress when the winter
storms set in. About the only people
who know much "concerning Sisters
now are anglers and hunters.
"We had snow Saturday, and Sun
day there was a rain storm which did
a lot of damage in Hood Hiver."
stated E. A. Frenz. a merchant of the
orchard town, who lived there before
Hood River apples were known. "The
storm took out the road between the
Columbia highway and the boat land
ing, and it is estimated that it will
cost tbilrtO to replace the destroved
work."
The Oregon Dairy council, at the
suggestion of F. G. Deckenbach. ar-
ways hurries up its meetings during
the baseball season, but yesterday the
council met until a late hour in the
afternoon. The ball season isn't on
yet and there isn't the rush. Mr.
Deckenbach was hero at the Imperial
attending the meeting. Besides being
prominent resident of Salem, he i;
a considerable factor in the dairy ami
creamery business and in selling the
juice of the loganberry.
"Is there a message here for Mr
Ray?" inquired a man at the desk of
the Multnomah yesterday afternoon.
-vre you expecting a rep:y to tiie
message you sent this morning?
asked the clerk. '"Tea." '-Well,-' ex
piatnea tne cierk. -tne message
wasn't sent because the telegrapher
couldn t read your penmanship."
Peter Nelson, leading merchant of
Bay City, Or., is at the Multnomah
while browsing among the wholesale
houses. There is considerable road
work going on near Bay City ami the
port commission has let a contract
to dredge a channel from Tillamook
bay entrance up to the wharves at
Bay City.
Among the hardware dealers
town yesterday were T. O. Yates of
Stanfield, V. S. Hull of Siletz, .1. I;
Ivie of Sheridati and Alfred Munz
and B. A. Kendall of Redmond.
E. L. Hathaway of Seattle, who Is
in the purchasing department of the
largest mail-order house in America
said institution being in Chicago and
not Seattle, is at the Benson.
B. K. Richter. who owns a big
ranch near Koseburg and who for
merly had a big place near Trout
I,ake. Weuth., is among the arrivals
at the .Hotel Portland.
A. J. Shei. a merchant of Salem, is
at the Benson with Mrs. Shei and
Mrs. T. 1. Milgaard of Thief P.iver.
Minn.
When birth has laid within the cradle
bed
Of destiny, a tiny living thing.
And record dates are entered over
h ead.
While spirit-bells the chimes of
ngos ring,
A s'.y mechanic slips In Infant hands
An implement, whoso weight is
slight indeed.
Tet ever strong in welding human
plans.
And ever felt In hours of human
need.
This fragile babe so helpless, new to
earth.
Grasps quickly at the instrument so
bro tight.
With awesome comprehension learns
its worth.
Employing It with seeming crafty
thought :
chain at last is forged by tiny
blows.
Each link a habit made of cunning
WdVS,
But. O. the weight forever grows and
gro v.
And burdens hitn throughout hia
earthly days!
I".enpe of Game Rill Mournrd.
Kcio Tribune.
Governor Olcott should have refused
to sign the fish and game bill as well
and give it the ax. Ho would have
saved the people much trouble, for
when they get a chance at il they will
repeal the entire law.
In Other Days.
Twcntv-flc Year Ago.
From The Orcsoiiian of January !. 18tK',.
Salem. Oti t lie joint ballot in the
legislature this morning T'oiiih re
ceived i- votes for I'nited States sen
ator. Hare in ami Hermann, Woather-
iord and WiUiams eight votes each.
Chicago. - The conspiracy case
against Eugene V". Debs started today
with the introduction of the tiist wit
ness for the government.
There is talk in musical circles of
the erection of a music hall to cost
not more titan $75.Hi. leaders of the
newly organized Apollo Choral so
citty fostering the plan.
C. H. Chapman, president of the
Cniversity of Oregon, will speak at
the library Saturday evening on "The
Library and the Public."
Klfly Year Ago.
t'nim The Oresonian of January "0, 1ST0.
Washington. The hall given last
night by Minister Thornton in honor
of Prince Arthur was attended by be
tween 500 and GOO persons.
Chicago. On account of the (sreat
number of robberies and burglaries
still occurring here, citizens are talk
ing of forming a vigilance committee.
U. J. Ladd was fearfully injured
yesterday when caught in the ma
chinery of the sawmill of Rogers &
Stimson at the foot of Jefferson street.
C. M. Cartwright is now in Portland,
en route to eastern states to buy ma
chinery for equipping a linen factory
at Salem.
S. C. Stewart, a banker of Leb
anon. Or., is at the Seward, accom
panied by Mrs. Stewart.
G. A. Edmunds, representative for
Tillamook county in the legislature
is registered at the Hotel Portland.
Attending the meeting of hardware
dealers is W. K. Cravin of Independ
ence. He is at the Multnomah.
Charles 11. Hipgins, one of Astoria's
colony of bankers, is among the reg
istrants at the Seward.
II. P. Holmes, a liimhertnau from
Klickitat, Wash., is registered at the
Multnomah.
LOVE.
'jlluBi-: Is lov In search of a word."
Lanier. (Dedicated to Mischa Cuterson.)
Love Is the word that myriad kini
Have lacked to understand.
Have mocked with the force that ser
vice wrings
From a sullen, rebellious hanu.
Love Is the word that the trades do
spise
In barter of blood and grief;
Love is the word that the mammon
w ise
Indict as a loveless thief.
For Love is the lure that bids us serve
where the pay is hard and scant.
While the fears of need and greed
would swerve
From the help of stress and want.
Love is the word that the Master
brought,
A solvent of earth-born fears.
A motive to leaven the toiler's lot,
A quencher of blistering tears.
Love is the sum of the virtues strong.
Compassionate, active, free:
The mold of love, snrt of fairest song.
The soul of its ecstasy.
in n'.v.u.D -U-Ji-'Ki::r.