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THE MORNING OKEGONIAN, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1020
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MORE FEDERAL 1
FOR ROADS IS URGED
Nine Public Lands States
Form Association.
BIG ANNUAL SUM ASKED
Appropriation of $100,000,000 for
1922-3-4 Advocated Lack of
Military Highways Cited.
OREGON IAN NEWS BUREAU,
Washington. Feb. 12. Representatives
of nine public lands states who Have
been holding a good roads conference
hero for three days organized them
etre today into a public lands states
highway association. Resolutions
were adopted ur&ing congress to ap
propriate 1100.000,000 annually for the
fiscal years of 1922, 1923 and 1924, to
continue federal aid road improve
ments, begun under the Shackleford
and Bank head laws.
A resolution offered by Captain W.
R. Cupd of CaldwelL Idaho, was
adopted as follows.
Attack Possibility Cited.
"That the attention of the nation
should be called to the weak defen
sive condition of the Pacific coast
states due to lack of a road system
which roig-ht be used in meeting
transportation requirements of a de
fensive operation against a well-pre
pared enemy, who could now, at
signal, cripple our rail transportation,
land a large force along the coast of
Oregon and Washington, occupy and
fortify the mountain passes and be
come established so well before sup
porting communication could possibly
sustain an expelling force, that the
resources of the occupied country
would make possible an extended
warfare for some years and endanger
the entire country if this enemy
should have strong allies capable of
simultaneous attack,, from the south
and from the waters of the Atlantic
Action at Once Is Ursed.
"Now Is the time to see the true
value and estimate what it would
mean to have the' healthy moderate
climate, fertile soil and resources
west of the Rockies in the control of
a vigorous persistent attacking force
with manpower, intelligence and unit
ed determination against the country."
Louis E. Bean of Eugene, Or., was
elected president of the new organ
ization and Harry Hawley of Boise,
Idaho, secretary-treasurer. The head
quarters will be at Boise.
Indorsement was given to the bill
of Representative Hawley of Oregon
appropriating 12,500,000 for construct
ing the Roosevelt highway in western
Oregon.
MILLS CHARGE REFUTED
PBCXARIAXS BEST ATTEMPT
TO AVOID ORGAN I ZER.
Organization One to Advertise
Prunes, A'ot Politics or Poli
ticians, Speaker Is Told.
VANCOUVER, Wash.. Feb. 12.
(Special.) The Royal Prunarians, who
were charged by W. T. Mills, non-partisan
and triple alliance organizer,
with changing their meeting hour so
that he could not speak to them, held
their weekly dinner on time, last
night. R. E. Dunbar, secretary of
the Prunarians, was Instructed to send
the following letter to Mr. Mills in
answer to his letter published yester
day: "I note your communication with
regard to your declining an invitation,
issued by Clement Scott, to address
the Prunarians on the subject of
triple alliance.
"I am authorized by the organiza
tion of Prunarians of Clarke county to
reply to your letter to the effect that
Mr. Scott exceeded his authority, not
in inviting you as his guest, but in
requesting you to deliver an address
on political issues. The Prunarians
are non-political and our by-laws bar
politics from discussion: r A similar
request from a republican, democrat
or socialist would have to be treated
in like manner. Our organization ia
composed of business men, farmers,
professional men, clerks and men from
all walks of life and our sole purpose
is to advertise Clarke county prunes.
It was decided February 4 to hold our
next regular meeting in the evening.
"We regret that you could not see
your way clear to break bread with
us." '
I Times believes that the crime minis- 1
ter spoKe the minds or the people
when he said they would fight to the
last against dictation from a "privi
leged minority. This was in allusion
to threatened industrial pressure, as
to which the Daily Telegraph says
that it is the Prussianlsm of a privi
leged caste and that it is well the
issue has been so plainly stated. The
Daily Chronicle, after'condemning the
threats of violent measures, says that
what the miners want is not national
ization, but syndicalism, and it is a
waste of time to argue about the
former.
The Daily News, the only paper
supporting the miners, says that by
the attitude he adopted in the debate
Mr. Lloyd George presented the min
ers with an unanswerable case.
INFLUENZA DELAYS TRIAL
Illness of Anita Whitney, Charged
With Syndicalism, Worse.
OAKLAND, Cal.. Feb. 12. The in
creasing illness of Miss Anita Whit
ney was expected today to cause still
another delay in her trial on charges
of criminal syndicalism. ' Miss Whit
ney is under the care of a physician.
Thomas M. O'Connor, her first chief
counsel, and a juror, Mrs. Lucille
Stegemann, have died of influenza
since the trial started, and another
juror was ill for two days, each ill
ness causing a postponement.
Deputy District Attorney jonn u.
Calkins, of the prosecution, is also
ill with influenza. Letters which Miss
Whitney is alleged to have written
and which, it is claimed, substantiate
charges of her relations with radicals.
will be offered by the prosecution
when the trial reopens as the chief
closing feature of its case. The trial
was delayed today by the holiday.
GElUN DRAMA Ml
LICENTIOUS
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Stage Deteriorates When
Royal Favor Is Removed.
INDECENCY RULES BOARDS
Brilliant Reniassance of Arts and
Letters Expected in Interim.
Futurist Policy Governs.'
LUMBER CARS PROMISED
Relief Prom Shortage Assured Elma
in Message From Johnson.
ABERDEEN, Wash., Feb. 12. (Spe
claL) The following telegram has
been received by the Elma Community
association in reply to a telegram in
regard to the car shortage in this sec
tion sent to Congressman Albert
Johnson.
"Am assured movement will in
crease during remaining 20 days of
government control, approximately
175,000 cars being sent into middle
westerd territory with grain seed. A
considerable portion of this movement
will proceed to Pacific northwest for
lumber.
BOND ISSUEUP AT KELSO
Voters to Pass on Purchase of Citj
Water System.
KELSO, Wash., Feb. 12. (Special.)
An ordinance Drovidin? for the pur
chase of the Kelso water system and
calling for a special election on Tues
day, March 2, to validate the purchase
and an issue of J4U.0U0 In bonds, was
passed by the city council at its ses
sion Tuesday nigit.
The agreement between the city of
Kelso and the Kelso water company
was closed last week when D. ' B.
Fleck, owner, agreed to take $40,000
in utility bonds for the plant.
BOMB HOAX DISCOVERED
Infernal Machine" Is Filled With
Dirt, Instead of Powder.
RENO, Nev., Feb.- 12. An "infer
nal machine" found in the mails
here yesterday, causing consterna-
ion among postal employes, who
pened it prior to consigning' it to
the. dead letter office, proved by chem
ical analysis to be a hoax.
The sinister looking containers
within were filled with common black
dirt and a soldering, .compound used
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ABOR'S TIME IS CUT
German Schedule Set at 40 V,
Hours Per Working- Week.
BERLIN. Feb. 12. The arbitration
board, to which the employers and
employes of the Greater Berlin metal
rades referred the issue of working
ours has decided upon a weekly
schedule of 46 hours actual work
ing time.
Both parties are bound to the
board's verdict.
FAIR SECRETARY ON TRIAL
Boise Official Is in Court on Man
slaughter Charge.
BOISE. Idaho, Feb. 12. (Special.)
The securing of a jury began today
In the O. P. Hendershot manslaughter
case, growing out of the death of
Michael Morris, who died in a Boise
hospital, October 8, after being struck
a blow on the head by the fair secre
tary during an altercation.
Michael Morris was conductor of a
elde show for a carnival company at
the state fair last fall. An officer
employed by Hendershot tried to get
into the show, but was denied ad
mission. He appealed to Hendershot,
who accompanied him to the tent,
where he and Morris had' words, the
result of which was that the fair
secretary is alleged to have struck
Morris a blow with his fist which
fractured a syphilitic artery in his
bead, causing death.
MEN KILLED BY AUTO
Mother and Daughter Victims oi
Accident at Alameda.
ALAMEDA. Cal.. Feb. 12. (Special.)
Mrs. Caroline Ccok. 70 years old,
and her daughter, M;s. Irene Cook
Elder, wife of Robert Bruce Elder, 24,
were killed in an automobile accident
here.
Both were formerly of Oregon and
also had lived in the Philippine - islands.
By CYRIL BROWN.
(Copyright, 1920, by the New York World.
Published by Arrangement.)
BERLIN, Feb. 12. Germany is on
the threshold of a brilliant renais
sance of arts and letters. Signs of the
coming big revival in the world of
art. and literature, music Std the
drama make it appear as if We pass
ing of the Germany of Potsdam had
cleared the track for the Germany of
Weimar to come back, although in
ultra-modern form. You can expect
to live to see a silver age of litera
ture in Germany, with the appearance
of some really great new poets, writ
ers and dramatists.
The after-effect of the war and
revolution and the establishment of
the democratic republic are most
strongly marked in the world of
drama. It looks as if the biggest de
velopments, would take place in the
field of drama, including music drama.
The nucleus of the new movement
may be provided by Germany's new
est and most exclusive artists' club,
the Berlin. Athenaeum. It is headed
by Germany's greatest living poet,
composer and produce r Gerhart
Hauptmann, Richard Strauss and Pro
fessor Max Reinhardt. The new
Athenaeum Is limited to 120 members
and one of its objects is to foster the
new literary drama.
Stage Feverishly Active.
The revolution speeded up the Ger
man stage to almost feverish activity.
It stimulated the stage quantitatively.
It is estimated that there have been
twice as many stage performances of
all kinds throughout Germany in 1919
as in 1918. The number of touring
companies has greatly increased.
Drama is being carried into the small
est town, even to villages. The in
creasingly sharp struggle for exist
ence drives the very live German
drama to exploit all of the available
field.
You note also an almost feverish
activity in- the launching of new pro
ductions. There have not been so
many new plays and new productions
of old favorites in the memory it the
oldest German theatergoers. There
are more successes and many more
failures. It was never so easy to get
a hearing and a tryout on the stage.
Unknown playwrights even manage
to break into Berlin's once ultra-con
servative ex-royal theato
Drama Enjoys Liberty.
The democratization of the drama
is an accomplished fact. Autnors.
a tt era and managers are no longer
decendent on any favor of kings,
grand dukes, princes and other petty
potentates. Orders and decorations
have been abolished by the new con
stitution. The German stage has seen
the new light of democracy and be
gins to act accordingly. Old-fogyism,
ultra-conservatism have about passed
away. The drama enjoys reai nueiiy.
Important for future development
is the fact that the numerous royal
grand ducal and princely theaters,
once a feature of the capitals of Ger
man states and principalities, have
now become democratic state institu
tions. Most of the men of the old
regime connected with them, the royal
attendants, managers and directors,
have been swept out of office. New
men of broad views have taken their
places.
Soviets Govern Theaters.
The seeds of "German bolshevism"
are also to be found in the GeTman
stage. The soviet system has taken
firm root here in a highly developed
form. The orchestra, the stage nanus,
the actors, the chorus, the opera
singers of every theater ana opera
house have their soviet organization.
technically known in German as a
"rat." The power of these "rats"
varies from theater to theater. Most
of them, however, have a real voice
in the management and something to
sav about policies and productions.
The abolition of the old autocratic
police censorship has allowed tne
German drama to go full steam
ahead: and it is doing all of that
even to the limits of common de
cency and well beyond into uubridied
license. Since the revolution Berlin
has seen at least four successes which
are indescribable to American read
ers. They are offensive to the Amer
ican taste not because they are
naughty or spicy or Immoral in the
sense that French sex plays are sup
posedly so, but because they bring
the pathological, the perverse and
the abnormal upon the stage.
Two of these worst offenders,
"Pandora's Box" and "Schloss Wet
terstein,' by the late Frank Wede
kind, are old stuff, pre-war plays,
which could never be produced until
the revolution. The other offenders
are young newcomers. These exhi
bitions of unbridled license are prob-
aDiy only a temporary running
amuck on the part of managers and
younger dramatists suffering from
the intoxication of liberty.
Pioneer Writers Get Chance.
A more important development is
that the abolition of tne censorship
has released much suppressed politi
cal drama and is stimulating the pro
duction of new plays with a political
or revolutionary angle. Much of the
newest German drama, too, smells
suggestively of futurism and expres
sionism. The younger dramatists
have mostly broken with the old dra
matic conventions and are struggling
to find some new form of dramatic
expression.
This young German crop of pioneers
Is trying to push beyond Strindberg.
Their new dramatic stuff seems to be
about the limit of the bizarre long on
abstract soul stuff; overloaded with
symbolism; much of it meaningless,
vague and incoherent, but showing
occasional flashes of great power.
This revolutionary movement in the
drama has saved the German stage
from stagnation, however. Its further
development will be worth watching.
Theatergoing is an expensive lux
ury in German money. The best seats
or Berlin successes range from 20 to
30 marks. Yet the theaters continue
well filled and on Sundays and holi
days harbor record crowds, including
standees. Hard times are coming,
however, and far-sighted managers
already foresee a time when they
must produce drami at bargain prices
or go under.
Popular Opera Supported.
The drama is setting the big pace
in the post-revolutionary revival. But
in a more modest way, German opera
also shows the influence of revolution
and democracy. The political changes
have given a fresh lease of life to the
opera, with fair prospects for the fu
ture. There is a movement for pur''
veylng grand opera to the masses at
cost. The scheme calls for the build
ing of a great people's opera house in
Berlin with 4000 seats, all of them
good and all at the uniform price of
3 marks (normally about 75 cents.)
This project of a democratic opera
enjoys the, support of the Prussian
government.
Among German operatic composer3
Richard Strauss still holds his dom
inating position unchallenged. His
"Woman Without a Shadow" is easily
the most important new work of the
year. In the provinces, however, the
son of Richard Wagner, Siegfried
Wagner, has scored a sensational
success with the first performance of
his new opera, "Sun Flames." Less
famous operatic composers and brand
new talent are finding it easier to
get a try-out under the republic.
The revolution has not affected the
German love for good music. If any
thing, it has served to stimpulate con
certs and concest-going. Berlin has
literally been suffering from a con
cert fever under the republic. De
spite coal shortage and cold halls, the
flood of music shows no signs of
abating. Three and four musical
events of the very first magnitude
frequently take place on one and the
same day.
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Yakima School Attendance Grows.
YAKIMA, , Wash.. Feb. 12. (Spe
cial.) Although 5'0 pupils were ab
sent on account of influenza and other
causes, the Yakima public schools be
gan the second semester of the year
.Monday with an enrollment of 3433,
an increase of 10.6 per cent over the
enrollment on the corresponding data I
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LEWISTON, Idaho, Feb. 12. (Spe
cial.) St. Joseph's hospital, the oldest
in this part of the state, will start a
campaign for $100,000 to construct a
modern addition. Ihe tentative plan
agreed upon is to raise S23.000 among
the Catholics of Lewiston, $25,000
from all other sources in the city,
and $50 000 from outside sources.
HEARING IS SUSPENDED
Vacation Taken in Senate Probe ol
Mexican Situation.
EL PASO, Texas, Feb. 12. The sen
ate sub-committee investigating the
Mexican situation suspended the hear
ings here today. The only testimony
taken in public was that of Norman
Walker, formerly a correspondent for
the Associated Press.
He told the committee that from
time to time for 10 years the resi
dents of El Paso had been forced to
take extraordinary precautions to
safeguard their lives and property.
BRITISH MINERS - LOSE
Prime Minister Opposes Stand for
Nationalization.
I.ONDOV, Feb. 12. The miners get
little consolation from the press over
the defeat of the nationalization of
mines in the house of commons by
Papers Suspended by Strike.
NEW HAVE.V. Conn.. Feb. 12.
Temporary suspension of publication
of the four daily newspapers here is
the result of a strike of printers, The
three afternoon papers published to
day carried only announcements of
the suspension.
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Neuralgia, Colds and pain. Handy tin
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