4 i 10 TITE 3IORXIXG OREGONIAX, TITCRSDAT, 3IAECII 18, 1920 V, and Bremertc-'n, the committee re- O VAft1 th 1 lnni.mA1l!)ta base, and the Columbia river's mouth established BY HENRY l- PITTOCK. ! is the logical place. The size of the Published bv The Oregonian Publishing Co., first appropriation is immaterial; I tne point is to get the government I committed to the site, and the com mlttee's action is a long step toward ! gaining- that point. Growth of the I Pacific fleet and recognition of its or not otherwise credited in this paper and ; neej3 jnay jn no short period Of also the local news published, herein. All j . rltrhts of republication of special dispatches ume cause me station to expauu iuiu hrrem are also reserved. a first-class navy-yard. With half 135 Sixth Street, i-orlland. Oregon C A. MOKDEN. E- B. WPER, Manager. tdltor. The Oregonian Is a member of the Asso ciated Press. 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I IT-With three out of nine members of ;T'.the subcommittee, the Pacific coast ; ---"may be sure that its interests will re- reive due attention, and the fact that two of these three are from Oregon I gives this state a strong voice in I . framing the bill. - That the trend of opinion in con ' stress is strongly toward sale of the emergency- fleet to American citi- aens for operation under the Ameri THE FRACD ON HIRAM. Hiram Johnson gets all het up and raises his stentorian voice in an anguished cry of fraud over the Minnesota primary. It was to be expected. Any primary or conven tion or election which goes against Hiram is a fraudulent and wicked conspiracy to deprive the people of their right and duty of making Hiram governor or senator or presi dent or something. ' Over in South Dakota the other day Hiram prepared his alibi against probable results at the primary next week by charging that Wall street gold was being poured into the state in a criminal effort to defeat the last surviving, genuine, blown-in-the-bottle champion of the people him self. When the political organization is for some other, it is a machine, and its engineers and leaders are bosses. "When it is for Hiram the machine is merely an organization and its bosses are leaders and en gineers. How is one to know th difference? Easy, quite easy it is for Johnson it is an organiza tion formed by a free people to ex press their will. If it is agaras Johnson, it 'is a base game played by the bosses to defeat the people' will. Hiram is the greatest American authority on political chicane and hugger-mugger. He proved it in 1912 when he literally captured the ma chlnery and confiscated, the name of the republican party in California denied the right of the republican nitrogen, all in highly available form. All of the familiar 'arguments for alcohol as a theoretical substitute Stars and Starmakers. By Leone Cans Baer. historical examples. France before j Louis XI was not a federation, but j was ruled by a number' of feudal) for gasoline as motor fuel are met ! lords who were at war by turns with hv tVl Q armudtni,!. -...a ..1 ..n 1 thai Aonlt an, lrtnrr Th A CltT- it is nnt nrnmij ot . r.rirA that I man omniro fminrtorf hv Rlsmarek when .Theda Bara opened in -rne wirnnti In mnlnrl m tint unit hut o f H oro 1 1 nr. TTp BlUO Flame" in Boston last Wek it construction. The. potential sources ! might better have cited Italy as an took dosens of policemen to hold the of alcohol, as has been repeatedly shown, are almost unlimited; but there are many factors yet to be established before the product en ters Into general use. Further In creases In gasoline prices may' be expected to hasten developments, however. It is a pretty well estab lished fact that the unexpected al ways arises sooner or later to con found the economic prophets. There is somewhere a gasoline pncel that will defeat Its own purpose by stimulating production of a rival substance. . If the statement of a Hawaiian chemical engineer, that the physical process of making al cohol from molasses - has been re duced to four cents a gallon. Is true. there is encouragement at least for those who have been hoping that the day of the gasoline substitute is near. If can flag is evident from the tone Lof i votera to vote for the republican i t discussion. Further indication to the "" same effect was given by Senator Edge a few days ago when he Intro . m-- duccd a resolution that "the shipping board herewith shall take steps to .Z .sell all vessels now under Its owner ', ' ship," making "every possible legal j requirement that the ships shall be owned and operated under ine jvmer I - lean flag." He urged that the sub - ject should receive "very quick con ','sideratlonV and said his purpose was "terminating as" rapidly as possible - the government's admiijistration o - private business," to "lessen the bur ... " den of taxation and to encourage a ? return to normal conditions," He made a strong point in favo of this policy when he said that the effect of government operation had been to raise rates, in some cases as high as 1000 pe cent." Naturally, with the bulk of American tonnage in its hands and with power arbi trarily to fix rates, the shipping ' board has been able to show a profit .. while a famine of tonnage prevailed ! but with increase in the world sup '. P'y of ships this condition is passing ' away. The emergency fleet has al- ; ready reduced some rates to meet - foreign competition and has given lr . its agents authority to meet compet ; '' ing rates. Falling off in the export - boom which followed the armistice i has combined with low rates of ex change for European money to re- i- -duce exports. The result has been !!" .T rtiat some ships have sailed from Atlantic ports in ballast or with part J cargo. Revival of industry in Eu ' . rope and sale of surplus war sup plies have given these ships full re- t turn cargoes. The United States even I '.. imports wool from England. That I - condition depresses rates, and no J ; long time may elapse before the J shipping board begins to draw on the ! " treasury to make good a deficit. It cannot be expected to conduct bus! " ness economically when it is under' -t.- . no necessity to earn profit and can . , make good its losses from the treas " " ' ury. ... " " A serious effect of government ' " ownership has been accumulation of a surplus of tonnage on the Atlantic : coast, while there is deficiency on the Pacific coast. While new vessels "were put in service almost daily from ;' Atlantic yards, vessels completed on - - the Pacific were sent to the Atlantic with a first cargo and kept there. : The shipping board is now correct 'Ing this wasteful distribution "by sending a number of vessels to the Pacific, where cargoes wait which are urgently needed in Europe, the Ifr 7 " orient and South America. This evil TJ"-' would have been corrected far . earlier under private ownership, for there is no better regulator of dis !5lTT" tri0"1'00 than the free working of -. the law of supply and demand un VLder competition. ,,.' Sale of the emergency fleet would ' "-id materially in relieving the peo- J pie from taxation. As Senator Edge pointed out, $3,000,000,000 of the people's money is tied up in ships. ' It they were sold at only half their " cost, the government would be able ; to reduce the war debt by $1,500.- 000,000. If the bonds bore interest at ; 4 per cent, it would reduce annual Interest $63,750,000, which would I have been considered quite a respect- able sum before the advent to power j of this administration sworn to ' - economy and efficiency. Zl In preparation for sale of the : emergency fleet, Portland should combine its resources to buy ships ; for the service of its own commerce. The coming of shipping companies ' jk- owned elsewhere to this port for j traffic is proof that the business is ' tere, but Portland cannot expect as ; rood service from lines controlled at other ports, that make this one among a number of ports of call, as it would get from a line owned in , Portland and intended primarily to serve this port. Further, the pres- ,. ence in the field of a home-owned fleet would cause other companies to give this port better service than 1".": could be expected if we relied on 1 Z I '. them alone, looked at from a strict ly business viewpoint, ships are - snrely a good investment when op T, derated from a port which develoDs Z','.m much traffic as Portland does, or . ship owners whose chief Interest is - In other ports would not send their vessels here. -,- - nominee for president under the name of their party, and put up a bogus set of republican electors com mitted to a candidate opposed to the duly nominated republican nom Inee. Possibly it is true that the politi cians "put it over" on Hiram in Minnesota. It has that aspect. But it js d.oubtful if Hiram can carry any primary, there or anywhere, un less it is Johnson-made, Johnson controlled, and Johnson-owned. He deserved no sympathy. He is not estopped from yelling fraud, but he should be. DOING ONTC'S OWN THINKING. The Oregonian ventures to remind the correspondent who refuses to let anybody do his thinking for him that some "thinking is an idle waste of thought, and naught is every thing and everything is naught. The man who thinks for himself and rejects the opinions of others will do well to think straight and to the logical end of his thinking. Infor mation is the only correct basis of sound judgment. If anyone is fool ish enough to toss up a stick ;to de termine what road he should take let him follow the examplo of the old lady and keep testing its falling qualities until it poiirls in the right direction. The old woman was by o means a fool. Let us get the facts correct about the Montesano jury business. The judge gave his instructions to the jury as to the law, embodying the rules under which a verdict must be returned. They found two innocent, which was within their right, and, at first, five guilty of murder in the second degree and two of murder in the third degree. The laws of Wash ington do not define third-degree murder, and provide flo penalty for it. Judge Wilson promptly notified the jury that its verdict must con lorm to the statutes. The judge may indeed have been doing some thinking for the jury. It was re quired. But he most properly re fused to permit the jury to do what it thought was thinking for him. He was the judge of the law and they of the facts. Will it be contended that if a Jury finds guilty of arson a man charged with murder the court is helpless and should not exercise its function of requiring a verdict according to the rules? We think not Yet, If a Jury is above the law, it -may do just, that; and our ' whole Judicial system, if such things are permitted, will fall into chaos. The weak Inconsistency and utter falsity of the Montesano verdict are that it found that the seven men were guilty of murder "without pre meditation." If they were guilty at all. they murdered "with premedi tation." Either that, or they acted in self-defense, and were justified in shooting to kill, and were not guilty of any degree of murder. CHAMP CLARK'S CHOICE. Ex-Speaker Champ Clark's deci- sion'not to run for senator Is doubt less prompted by a belief that the leader of a parly In the house Is a bigger man than a private in the rear rank in the senate. : He has been speaker, perhaps hopes to be so again, and that position has been held to ank next in power to the presidency. He may also realize that this is a republican year, that Mis souri is becoming a republican state and that he stands a much better chance of election to the house from his district than to the senate from the entire state. If he were only a private mem ber, he might be presumed to take a very different view. A represen tative must seek re-election,, every two years and has very little patron age to distribute, while a senator Is elected for six years, has much pat ronage and has an influential part in foreign affairs, which loom larger in the public eye each year. The importance of the representative is also measured by the fact that he is only one among 435, while the senator Is one among 96. One sena tor is therefore equal to about four and a half representatives. He is equal to still more, for he has the right to talk without limit, while the nearest equivalent enjoyed by a rep resentative is leave to print speeches which he does not make. In declining to give up ,a reason ably sure thing, theugh nothing is sure this year, for a chance of some thing better, though not very much better for him, when the whole po litical horizon Is black republican, Mr. Clark displays the" traditional shrewdness of the Missourian. SUBSTITUTES FOB CASOU.VK. An increasing number of automo bile users, in view of the most re cent advance in the price of gaso line, will feel like contributing to a fund for the endowment of more chairs of chemical research, with particular reference to the possibili ties of finding a new fuel for internal combustion engines. But it appears, as a matter of fact, that the chem ists have already done a good deal. It is not now a substitute for gaso line that is lacking, but a method of producing it In commercial compe tition, with the established fuel. There is a wide difference between the theory of the laboratory and practical demonstration. This has been discovered, for ex ample, In Hawaii, where vast quan tities of low grade molasses annual ly go to waste. Here in one year recently there would have been some 8,000,000 gallons available for manu facture of alcohol, the molasses be ing estimated to be worth four cents a gallon. Of the remaining molasses, it Is estimated that 8 per cent was thrown away. 10 per cent was burned to obtain potash, 15 per cent was consumed as fuel, and 7 pe!r cent was fed to cattle. The manner in which scientists have done their part is shown by the fact that in producing alcohol from, molasses by the process now employed on a small scale the entire residue is available for fer tilizing cane fields if quickly ap plied, thus facilitating production of another crop and establishing a kind of endless chain of economic com- T" nortance of Astoria in Pacific rnuet I nonuition " The fertilizer contain, oil ""!? defense. Having a long stretch of I of the potash of the molasses, all of Pot to deXend between Mare Island ' its' phosphoric - acid and also some, .' Recommendation by the house naval affairs committee of an initial .IL" appropriation for construction of a ! ZZTZZZ submarine and destroyer base at r"' - Tongue Point is a result of the ef-'-" fective work of Representative Mc- Arthur in Impressing on the com mittee the undoubted strategic im- BKITISH STRIKES DCRrNfl THE WAR. There was a close relation between labor disturbances in Britain and great crises of the war, according to a report of the British ministry of labor on arbitration and conciliation in that feriod. Shortly before war broke out strikes were general, but within a month they died down to small proportions. They increased to alarming proportions in the middle of 1915, when production was speeded- up by suspension of labor union rules and wnen striKes were declared "illegal, but affairs were brought down to "a good working basis in September and industry was pursued with slight interruption dur ing the period which covered the battle of the Somme. Trouble arose In 1917 from attempts to remedy in equality in earnings between skilled and unskilled men and caused many strikes. It died down quickly in re sponse to the German offensive in March, 1918, but revived when for tune turned to the side of the allies. Compulsory arbitration and its companion, prohibition or strikes, are said to have met with only par tial success. Welsh coal miners struck in the summer of 1915 and defied the government . to punish them, but returned to work when plans of adjustment were offered and when appeals were made to their pa triotism. When railroad men struck in 1918, the government operated the roads with military railroad work ers and quickly forced surrender, strongly supported by public opinion Effectiveness of anti-strike laws can not be fairly tested In war, for mill tary necessity does not permit a gov ernment to take the time to fight a strike to a finish. British strikes since bolshevlsm gained the ascendency .in Russia have shown the influence of that doctrine. Those of coal miners have been aimed at compelling nationali sation of mines, while those at Glas gow and Belfast were general and revolutionary, their aim being to seize control of the local govern ment. Failure of the London police strike, of the railroad strike and of the molders' strike has been followed by a marked decline of the revolu tionary spirit among British work men. The most striking evidence is the rejection by the coal miners of a proposal for a general, direct ac tion strike intended to coerce the government into adoption of nation alization. Several recent victories of the labor party in parliamentary elections have raised hope of gaining control of the government at the next general election and of accom plishing by political means more than could be gained by strikes. A MEXICAN MILITARIST. A disposition on the part of Mexico to expand by absorption of its small neighbors is indicated by R. de Zor gan Enriquez, former judge of the supreme court of Mexico, in an ar ticle in La Nueva Democracla. He scorns the idea of federation, saying that in Imitating the federal system of the United States the Latin-American nations' erroneously believed that this republic owed Its greatness to its form of government. He pre dicts that the Latin-American na tions "will never realize their poten tial greatness until they form, not a federation but a united nation, through the absorption of the weaker republics by the stronger" and that this will come about "either through peaceful foresight or bitter struggle." He maintains that "the United States has grown, not because of the feder ation but in spite of it" and he gives this surprising deduction from recent European history: I believe flrmiy that where there Is a federation many unimportant countries may exist, but not a great nation. The real epoch of the growth of Prance began with Louis XI. who united It. The great ,ra of Germany began with Bismarck who incorporated the kingdom Into, one unit, establishing the empire. Spain and Italy have always been Impeded in their progress by being - dtvldod into - regions and factions. - Tb judse is unfortunate ig his example of the success of his own owd in check. The mob jammed the theory, for It has become great "ey wnere tne stage aoor opens through union. Theda couldn't get out to her motor Mexico is the last cotmtrv which until the policemen had clubbed out a can fitly suggest absorption of weak pathway for her. Reviews said that neighbors, for it has become the wnen tne w. k. vampire stepped on synonym for anarchy, with three or the stage the audience almost broke four revolutions in full swing at one up the performance applauding ana time and with a central government Jabbering and when Theda made her In control of no more territory than I exit the audience wouldn't listen to its army occupies. What small re- any of the others talk their parts, public would consent to peaceful ab- but kept on chattering about Theda sorption by such a nation?" The only until the manager stepped Into the means by which Mexico could ab-1 plot and ahush-ed 'em into semi sorb it would be by the "bitter silence, struggle" of which the Judge writes; that is, by military conquest the Speaking of Theda, her praise agent same means by which presidents of had It all planned for the prominent Mexico elect themselves. Then we vampire to be conveyed to and from may infer that this eminent Mexican I the theater in a coach drawn by 1 seeks a plausible excuse for a war of snow-white horses, but Theda re what he calls "Pan-Hispanism" on belled and would not listen. Wonder the part of hl3 country, though how where they'd get 14 horses of any Hispanism would be promoted by I color, let alone snow-white steeds. supremacy of a people which is four- outside of a circus, in these horseless fifths Indian cannot easily be ex- j days? plained. I Though the judge- uses some fine Mayo Methot celebrated her 17th phrases about democracy and hu- birthday last week. Mayo is Ingenue manity, his theory. is essentially mil- with the Baker Stock company, and itarist. It would send a conquering according to statistics she is the army raging through Central Amer- .-ounces t lnsrenue DlaylnK in stock Jca to form what he calls A strong m tne United States. Mayo has a well state by forcing small republics developed sense of humor and she under tne rule or a people wnicn told me y, story about another in cannot govern itself. A league of na- genua who j, not as young as 17, tions on the western hemisphere to ThIg ls the 8tory. A press agent and restrain Mexico may be as badly a reporter wer8 chatting. "Ever have needed as on the eastern hemisphere any trouble w'lth your ingenuer "We 10 resiram txermany. used tQ have some trouble with her, replied the manager, "but her press Peggy Marsh, tne ixmaon cnorus aeent goiv.d the problem." "How?' girl who intrigued Henry of the Mar- .-whenever she has a tantrum he gets shall Fields and was given ,150,000 the newspapers to publish the pic for their son, ls denied a share in the tupe8 of ner two 80ns wno heid com $2,000,000 trust fund created by the ml8alona under Pershing In France.' merchant prince for his grandchil- dren and must be content with the Princess Kla-Wla-na, Indian harp- settlement, which is pretty fair, cou- 1st and banjolst, sails this month for sidering the sinister aspect. England, where she has been booitea over the Moss time. The princess hails - Fleecy clouds scattering over the from Pendleton and eastern Oregon bluest of skies, sunshine that makes way points. loaflnar nn a pnrnpr a ahr rtplie-ht. I the croak of the frog as one pauses The oulja-board craze (that- word to replace a tire, all these start the ls used thinkingly) has spread to "fan" to count the daj-s: and Mr. vaudeville and two new acts using Cordray, who runs the Oaks, ls in a ouija or does one say an oulja tune with the office boy, who sings I board have been booked. The new that "Springtime is happy." Zieefeld roof show ls to have a oulja soecialtv.' so is the Moulin Rouge Prussianlsm no sooner lifts itsand "Tick-Tack-Toe" at the Princess head, in Germany than bolshevlsm hn New Tork already has a "oulja shows its fangs and the population I board dance specialty. in ppnftn rushp tn sunnnrt of the I renuhlican rnvprnment. This out- Alice Joyce is to be married to come of Dr. Kapp's five-day fiasco James " Regan Jr. after the Lenten may establish the republic as the season. Mr. Regan Is the son of the permanent form of government proprietor of the Hotel Knickerbock er. New Tork Is Attorney-General Palmer's In- Miss Joyce is contemplating retire- terest In fair prices to be Judged ment. but may compromise with tnree by the fact that he cannot find any releases a year. She is under contract J better office for Fair Price Commis- I to Vitagraph. ' sioner Dalv than a drauchtv corridor of the Dostoffice building? He might Fred McNaughton, brother of Tom at least find a warm place for Mr. and Charles. Is dangerously 111 with Daly In the furnace room. pneumonia. He is of the original Two McNaughtons. Tom McNaughton is The postal service is the life of this Alice Lloyd's husband. r.nnntrv. If its best men are leavine II Tnr- hottor-nalrl inVia fho nmititnr Mme. ChillsOn Ohrman Will Sing nan stand a 3-cent rate on letters if with the Chicago opera next season. 4hA inf.rcn i-nv-uniio n-rac n-dura 1t I Tha nr All ml nartpS tO her debut in should go; but Mr. Burleson cannot grand opera have been completed do it, for he is wedded to a balance Mme. Ohrman has appeared in con sheet cert and of recent season in vauae ville. About a year ago the singer Having received a 50 per cent ad- married a business man in the Wall vance in salary when the rise in street district. nrices had about reached its limit Harvard professors will have an op- According to report, Liorotny jaraon portunity to pay their back bills and will not again appear witn tne lui become bondholders during the pe- Icago opera, and is due for a concert riod of lower prices which is bound I tour. Miss Jardon sang ueaora witn to follow. the company In New Tork last season and was scheduled for the same opera When a fire is burning, it looks this season. She was studying car like a million-dollar loss. When the men." also a new work the Chicago Those Who Come and Go. ' FOREIGSi TOJTCrES ABB OPPOSED l"s of English by All Paper Ad vacated ky Correspoadeat TOTiTT.A VT March IT. fTo the E41 Someone eald that the world is t0r.) It mav ba that Americans are i . . I If.. Uanvtt ILIOF. ' ' pretty smaii P'- ' I "gam praktisch" as a recent corre . "V.nk- .t th. A E. F. apondent quotes with approval from They arrived at the Hotel Portland yesterday. Something went wrong with the lock of the trunk and Mrs. Marten asked? for the porter to exam ine it In iver excitement she lapsed from English into French, so Billy Brunnell, who served witn tne hbwi overseas, volunteeredto go to Mrs. Marten's room and see what the trou ble was. Mrs. Martens was over joyed to find someone who could speak French. She wanted to know where Billy learned the language. He explained that he was overseas and told where he was located. In about a minute It developed that Billy Brunnell had been billeted with the parents of Mrs. Marten and knew the entire family, and it was from Mrs. Marten's own relatives.that the young chap at the Hotel Portland acquired his knowledge of the French lan guage. Maybe Mrs. Marten was glad to see the Oregon doughboy who knew the folk at home. With a silver and lead mine In the Coeur d'Alene district Peter Bernier of Wallace, Idaho, is well satisfied with the advancing price of metals. He says that since the war the min ing business has been constantly im proving, as more men are available for work. The Black Bear mine, in which he is interested, has advanced its pay for labor to J5.75 per day, but this is for the men who go under ground. There is nearly a mile of tunnels in the mine. Once upon a time Phil Metschan Jr. and the late J. N. Burgess were visiting the mine. Mr. Metschan was crawling down a ladder in a shaft when Mr. Bernier, thinking the shaft was clear, dropped a rock down. The fragment struck Mr. Metschan on the head and, while it didn't shatter the rpek, it did cut a gash in the head. The fortunate thing was that the blow did not knock Mr. Metschan from the ladder. In which event he g-vould have been killed. Mr. Bernie" rushed his victim to a hospital and ever since, just to square matters, he registers at the Imperial when In Portland, and that is where he ls now. Mesopotamia, the land of earliest civilization, is more familiar to Charles E. Spratt than Council Crest and he feels more at home in tne Balkans than In the foothills of the Cascades. Mr. Spratt is a furniture man by vocation, but when the war broke loose he forgot that he ever saw a bed or a chair or an over stuffed davenport and Joined the forces of the American Red Cross be cause he was over military age. By the time the war was over Mr. Spratt was a Red Cross colonel and as a war" worker he had been shifted around in the little-known corners of the earth and it was In this ca pacity that he got enough experience and information to write a guide book. Before his war work Mr. Spratt managed the great furniture exposition in New Tork, which was considered the biggest stunt of the kind that has been staged in the United States or anywhere else. He ls at the Hotel Portland for a few days. v "Like father like son" holds good with the Wilsons of The Dalles. Judge Joseph O. Wilson was the first judge of The Dalles district which In those days included all of eastern Oregon, and the Judge used to hold court in Canyon City, Baker City, Umatilla Landing and one or two other small settlements. His son, Judpe Fred W. Wilson, ls now judge of The Dalles district, but since the days of his father the district has been shorn of much of Its territory. However, there s as much business in The Dalles dis trict today as there was in pioneer times when the. original Judge Wilson rode horseback and by buckboard over the sagebrusb deserts ana tne mountains. Judge Fred ls at the Ho tel Portland. flames die down, the loss shrinks to company intends doing. Internal dis- modest proportions. This difference sensions, carried over from last sea- between evening and morning re- son, are said to have led to Miss Jar- ports is not peculiar to tne .tsoara- don's severance. man fire. Willard Mack Is shaping the drama The state engineer has joined the "Tha River's End," which Charles u. crowd predicting the driest season Wagner is to produce with A. H. ever experienced and that makes it Woods. Thirteen years ago AVagner official. Colonel Hofer, one-time produced "The Money Moon.' rainmaker of Ore con. has his sum- mor'a worfc laM nnt I fharles Garvice died in JjOnaon March 1. He was a well-known Lng- W. J. Bryan, the politician, and llsh wTiter, the author of many novels navirt T,awrenca. tha nnlitlrnl oh. anil one nlay. '"The t isnerman s server, agree in the opinion that Daughter," wmcn was proauceu. President . Wilson alone will finally I be responsible for the death of the This week the Howard .brotnere, trofl t V I v.n.nm. and Willie, entered into a new contract with the Shuoerts, ror Mice can start a fire with matches, five years. They will star In Winter Sura. All they need is a dry place I Garden production during tne term. to scratch them, as did the old-time I The first year calls for a salary of Oregonian before business blocks 1 $1,500 weekly, the aeeond .i.7o, ana were built of marble. Itn'a third year and after the brothers will receive $2,000 a week, with an The effect of the supreme court additional bonus during: the five decision exempting stock dividends yeara 0f 25 per eent of the profits rrom income tax is mat corporations Df .ttractlons they star In. capitalize au tne income tax tnej will not have to pay. Champ Clark is well along In years and has a job that will last his life and is content . That is al! right for an old fellow. Ambition belongs to youth. Girls of thirteen who take rides with strange men out of the city need more than a mere talking to when they get back if they do get back. It is the only Shubert contract out standing besides Al Jolsona that gives a percentage to stars of Winter Garden show The Howards are now coast bound with "The Passing Show of 1918. They originally had some trouble get ting a start in vaudeville and were receiving around 1250 weekly on the bur time when taken over by the Shuberts some years ago. "Playtime" is the title of a new mimical show Arthur Hammerstein ' . 1 1.". . lr Tl nr-.V in nlt RAL- - 1 r 1 will star '-"--' juage .Lunula is scueuuieu lor a , ., flight .t Omaha nenrt .V T,nlhlv n. The piece IS mo " . . ,7.. . otto Hauerbach, Frank Mandel and to get a new range on altitude for u" , . . . ne 7 Oscar Hammer-stein Jr, the last con tributing tne lyrica. Vaudeville and Emma Trentlnl are negotiating for the diva to appear as a big time attraction. Trentlnl wants $2000 weekly. She reached New Tork News from Minnesota republicans sounds like the noise in California last time and Candidate Johnson rec ognizes It Mr Wilson was "shot" while rid- last Thursday, leaving "Whirligig" at ino vo'rfordov and soon the neonle the .Palace, London, where she was will see the president as he "actually replaced by Daisy Leon, an American, am. I ... George Arllss ls due to open in Hew Tork in -"Poldekin," by Booth Tark ington. In lees than a fortnight The date of opening is still doubt ful, as the management is unable to Now that a Gold Hill- hen has laid a Siamese-twin egg, it's up to the Cottage Grove fowl to produce. . The reason why Wood won the secure a theater in New Tork City. Minnesota primaries was that his boom is blizzard-proof. I , School Cestmae for Glrla. London uiobe. Mr Rockefeller ls 80 and casnline I A new school costume for three .... . 1 , . j ii 1 p.i,i. i -. - Is 27 cents. Good thing Mr. Rocke- large scnooio it - ported in ""'-"-J . ,1; The freshmen girls will have Jackets feller ls not 100. Being a successful merchant doesn't satisfy N. K. West of La Grande, so ho is planning the erection of a new 100 room hotel for that thriving com munity. The advisability of new ho tels and more modern ones through out the state ls coincident with the development of the through highways which the state highway commission ls building. Owing to the beautiful nd attractive surroundings in the valley, people of La Grande figure that automobile tourists will be ready to remain there for several days when the highways In the county are com pleted, and Mr. West wants to help bring this about by supplying a stop ping place. He 'Is now at the Im perial. When the train pulls Into Rock away station about 3 P. M-, and the people perched on the rail along the platform grab for The Oregonlans, one of the old reliable traln-meetere Is J. J. Kreba, who drives the five blocks from the Elmore hotel in his automobile. Mr. Krebs, who ls the proprietor of the hotel, owner of beach bungalows, does or did collect the water rent and electrio light bills, is among the arrivals at the Hotel Oregon, getting ready for the open lng of the summer season in Elmore park. . George Palmer, of the Palmer Lum ber company of La Grande, ls in the cltv to confer with the railroad offi cials over new Regulations and tariff and such things. The market for the product of the Palmer mill ls the United States. Mr. Palmer says that the company is shipping as far east as Maine and intermediate points. The lumber is the western white pine and builders in the east are begin ning to realize that It is a very su perior article. Hoping to assemble a crew so that he can be ready to receive patrons when the season opens, M. S. Warren, manager of the hotel at Cannon beach. Is at the Imperial. Mr. War ren is browsing arou'nd looking for a staff and as soon as the necessary complement has been engaged he will, return to the sounding sea at Cannon beach, one of the prettiest seashores In Oregon. the German. If to see through the little tricks of politicians and to be able to trace actions back to real motives be practical, tha German in tellectual overlords have nothing on the rank and file of common news paper Americans. -We may not t idealistic enough to appreciate "The Superman," but to be called Philistines by the people who first In modern times used poison gas and liquid fir seems anomalous. We are practical enough to properly place appeals to the goddess of lib erty, etc. Reading English newspapers we ve heard and read all species from antl-prohl and L W. W. on up. Maybe we understand and sympa thize with the old-fashioned, home loving German. We are Idealistic enough to think he came here for reasons similar to those that brought Carl Schurtz to our shores. But we also have known thevall-too-common condescending, conceited bigot, the son or grandson of the dear old Ger man. Perhaps that descendant has the Idea of the great superiority of his particular stock.' race and custom from the hyphenated press and Its correspondents and from teachings fostered in hyphenated clubs, led and encouraged many times by cer tain' individuals In .furtherance of their business and professional Inter esle,' if not at times for the purpose of making a nation within a nation. I .know a little about the French German and Scandinavian languages as well as peoples. I feel certain that an Immigrant speaking any one of them, who comes to our shores after 20 years of age, would have no dif ficulty in learning to read newspaper English in six months. Some do It In two months. Those who cannot will not be greatly helped by the amount or kind of reading they will do In foreign language (tapers. The Ital lan's task of Itself la no harder than the Frenchman's. The Jarpanese, whosfe task is really difficult, studies Eng lish with enthusiasm and wllV hardly complain. There are others, of course, but It is doubtei) whether the writer from Newberg will insist that their reading of fpreign-languane papers has been harmless, especially wnen impartially regarded from the view point of the law-making American citizen who relies on the efficacy of the secret ballot In the bands of the people for government and protec tion. e Most Americans believe In the right of private property without fear of confiscation, the right to our bollefs without fear of persecution, the right to decently worehip God, or not, as suits us, and If we have tlie rlarhts with their attendant rights and priv ileges and access to a little poetry, art and philosophy, we are willing to abide the decision of the majority of English reading citizens of the United States on matters affecting the wel fare of the community, reserving to ourselves constitutional means for its reversal or modification. It seems un necessary to accuse us of being Philistines or of dismantling the God dess of Liberty because the majority derision may at times deny enme of us a harmle drink, or the rlcht to read a local Russian or other foreign language paper unless Its articles are translated. Let the editors and correspondents of foreign language papers write In Engllnh and they won't "fool all the people all the time." Perhaps they fear they cannot fool some of tho people all the time." Their readers may all become ."ganz praktisch." A SUBSCRIBER. In Other Diju Tweaty.flve Tears If. From The Oregeniaa ef March Id, MM. The city treasurer has to date la sued 1040 licenses for dogs and Poundmaster Foster has alnce Sep tember 1 last given the happy dis patch to 670 dogs. East eld residents are . pleaded with the Improvements that are Be ing made on the Holladay park and hope to see the work continued until the park will be made one of the breathing spots of the city. A piscatorial novelty. In the shape of a golden catfish, is to be seen at a downtown dmr'tor. It was caught at Sauvles Island. . Fifty Trara Age. From The Oregonlao ef Man-h 1. 1 T8. Ihe snow very rapidly disappeared yesterday, so that by sundown the streets were quite bare. One of our unlniDearhable citizens has received a proposition from an other of those 1 swindling; concerng which hive about New York, offer ing to sell him counterfeit green backs at $200 for $1(100. ' Helena, Mont The business men. except saloonkeepers, have all agreed to close their business nlacea on Sun day. SAI.MO.V HABIT ARE DIX nilli:! "What are Tonkers?" inquired the Englishman. It is an old. old joke. Tonkers, N. T., ls where Jeff DeAn gelis registers from at the Hotel Portland. Let's see Jeff hasn't been here sine about the time be was with "Tho Royal Chef," a musical comedy which depicted a regular bolshevikl condition before the Soviets began nationalizing Russia. T. J. Toner of Detroit Mich., is at the Benson. Of course, he ls asso ciated with the automobile business; everyone ls who comes to a Portland hotel from Detroit. They represent this or that car or truck, or tire or accessory. H. J. Oberturf, who may be a mem ber of the legislature In 192L Is at the Hotel Portland. He is registered from Bend, which was known by the Dioneers about the time H. J. was in swaddling clothes as t are well Bend. Roads in the Willamette valley are Roa-ue River Rune and SpavtnlBt: Ami Known to lCxpert. CRESCENT CITV. Cel.. March lr- - (To the Editor.) Folowlnir are " 'if things about Rogue river salmon u d what I have found true In roamimr from summit to beach. R. D. Ilunic once tried to make Bteelhead und chlnook salmon go where he said to spawn most handy for him at hlx cannery at the mouth of the river. U caught 4000 fish 150 miles up tli" river, caught the spawn, took t It young fry down to the mouth, plant ed them Just above his fisheries; thev were all tagged by copper tags, ! t go out to sea; after waiting four years for their return they camo--beautiful, matured salmon, both kiml". steelhead and chlnook. His sens caught 3600. MoHt of them got ! and went to the place they wen spawned, up the river. Some wen caueht on Portal river, some at tnouili of Chetco. Then he built the hatchcr where It now ls, up Rogue river, 3n miles above Medford. The spawning of salmon In plarf they rhoose and Insist on having are known 9 in Josephllne county, 74 in Jackson county, where the male and female go up the river together to the place they decide to locate on as a home. The female deposits her spawn. Then the male adds his de posit Both are deposited In a nest fixed by the female, after which eurh one guards the ground from their en emies until the young are big enotich to go to warm, protected places. The old ones, after months of watchlnc are so reduced in strength that they actually are lost and worn out in th--fight This whole following ami watching is a wonderfully lntcren; Ing discovery, as one follows fro' mouth to rim to the final groumi-; and ultimate giving up of themselv) -to the protection of their young. The Rogue river salmon -are tli WHO SHALL JTWiE TITE LAWf Shan a Jnrr Rvfnrn a Vrrdla-t AreereV - Ins; to Its Thinking! PORTLAND. March 17. (Te . the Editor.) Judge fl!son. presiding over the trial of th'e ten men accused of first-degree murder at Montesano, Wash., told the Jury. aTter they had reached their first verdict, that their findings were contrarv 'to the order of the court, ami for them tn 4 back in session and find a verdict other than third-decree murder. There was once an old lmlr peddler. who when coming to a croSs road and not knowing which road to take would toss up a stick and whatever direction, the Ftli k would point when it leu would be the road sh would Xake. One day a gentleman saw her tossing up the stick time and again. Whereupon he approached her and asked: "Madam, liy do you toss up the stick?'' yhe explained that she always did this to determine which road to take aad this time th stick would not point In the direction sh wished to go. The Jury at Montesano wu com posed of men from several different walks of life. Tho stntn as well a the defense hail exercised and did exercise their riuht to question each Juror before choosing tlicm to decide the fale of the defendants and their verdict was not to be and should not have been questioned. Hut evidently the stick did not point In the right direction, as both sides found fault with their verdict. Now 1 see some of our citizens, as mell as Tho Orego nian, fall to agree with the Jury. I a young man therefore hnvi lots to learn, but may God never allow tn to become so wise as to think my opinion superior to that of 12 men who are my equals. I sin not a lawyer, but God save me the name rlKlit that he ga the lawyer a right 10 think and I refui" to let inoiie think for me as did the Jury at Mortesano refuse to let anyone think for them. If we are going to ahusft the only means of getting Jurtlco (namely a Jury), then we should Just as well take down th st.-tfuo of Ilherty and erect In Its i-I a throne for n monarch, et those who have not dinner! i--(sl first stone. J. P. VA& 'I I A I I. N TO l-HOXT AT lRM.s rr of Vision Retire Protection Than Glances Left to Klaht PORTLAND, March 17. (To tha Editor.) In view of the frequency with which people are run down by autos, would not It be helpful to call to the attention of the puhiic a sltn pie fact, that If taken advantage of. would mak It next to Impossible for 1 pedestrian with ordinary cycsIkIiI 10 be hit by a ear or auto? Th fact la that, that for practical purposes in this communication tle arc of vision of a two-eyed person ir practically ISO degreex that Is a person looking stralKht ahcar has within the ranxe of his vision at all times all objects from his right hand to his left through an exuct half circle. This Is easily demonstrated and ls a simple law of optics. Ills safety, therefore, depends upon taking menial cocnlsance of all mov ing objects within this rantte and acting accordingly. Sufoty does not , lie In turning tho head to the riKht or j to tha left, but in looking straight j ahead and training his brain to reg- inter not only the clearly defined Im- J presslons directly in front and within 'lie range of double vision, but also tlioso Impression that are recorded by each eye alone and simultaneously. Anyone may experiment on him self and a little experimenting will produce wonderful results and pro vide an almost sure snfrguard. A two-horse cab whirled around a corner as I stepped from thn cu.'l". and the horses were on me In a flai-li, liut a spring in the air and the pole caught me under the arm as the driver set the team on their httunchr. ii nd there I was hsnnlng un in tf"' " air, scared but safe. I saw the rush-V ' Ing span out of tho rornir of toy r j, and acted accordingly. Crossing tho street a throuch enr rushed from behind somn object that finest on the coast brine the hlKhe.- prices. all going to London, England. obstructed the vixlon and was on nm caught :.t I In an instant, j nere was no time to Chetco. Trout and mlmon spoon flsn- ing. the finest In the world, can Iv- had In season In Rogue river, Oregon. J. B. RUIN El I ART. m v. 1 - rf nlnlr material and skirt - A,,tn0- Vi f f r for Mr.' and Mm W 1 . It Is not so much the method and violet. The second-year girls will st. John and Miss C. A. Clem motored material as it is to get that St Johns wear blue jackets and third-year, to the Perkins yesterday from Leb- road In shape. maidens, in virtue 01 ineir greater anon. Linn county. maturity ana advancing- wisaoni, win That-monster which is being dug b? P"!? L.S L.th IFl up at Benewawa was certainly a L", "r"7h chana-e are . the Girls' bonehead. i-nmmareial school, the TanawakI Girls' high school, and Atomi Girls' biSh sctteol. . Really, we have zoned at lagt, Having sold out his holdings at Foeslll, R. L. Phares is in Portland and is at the Perkins. v Rev. Allan A McRea of Tillamook L at yie Hotel Washington, OXLT PROSPEROUS FOLK HEEFIT Daylujtat Savins; makes - Nervous Wrerka of Early Riser. PORTLAND. March 17. (To tl, Editor.) 1 see it's time for the poor women to get busy. Apparently our honorable mayor and his able as sistants did not get enough of Wilson time and now want to give us Raker time in Portland. I think It's about time that the working people and especially the mothers should have some consideration. We pay our share of the taxes, and with many others are disgusted with giving th people who don't have to get up till 7 or the year around a longer eve ning to run the country In automo biles. Poor women have been getting up all winter before and now If Mr. Baker has his say will be compelled to get up before 4 AM. The getting up In the morning I not the only inconvenience, for la reality It don't pay to bother going to bed at all. What with the heat, day light and the neighbor's children play ing till all hour it's no wonder our taxes are going up and .will still be higher when we have to build more Insane asylums to take care of the nervous wrecks of women and chil dren made so by lack of sleep. Then the family have to come home In the heat of the afternoon, and of course the mother ha to vork all afternoon to prepare an early dinner. I would like to know when the rest comes in for her7 If all vary fine for the office men around the city hall that step Into a grill, get their meal and are off for a good time. Now, I would like to hear from some of the mothers before we give up our liberty to the .Baker time turn the head a bang on tho Kong a little hop up In the air and the fender went under my feet and I went Into the car over Ihe dash, took a front seat, pnld my far and hail a ride out to Golden ! park. These two Instances, lllusi rat th need and the possibilities of seeing what Is going- on from due eatt to due west when one Is fsclna- duo north. ' HI. CilSON. AIM H E O.V EMPl.Oll.lit. A SUBSCRIBER, t Hl.' Snobs Should lo It Tkrnuak lawyer to tirt Desired MrnlaU VANCOUVER. Wash.. March II (To the Editor.) I'nd.-r the caption "Nurses Are Called Nuisance." is a letter In The Oregonian nigned by a woman, and it vividly Indicates the cast of Its author. I am a professional nurse and have had some experience with being of types and patterns similar tn Ibis crrrsn, indent. They are type of such character that a cultured nurse feels that she is In more desirable company when at table with thn serv ants in the kitchen than when with their mistress In the parlor. Tour correspondent "hires" her nurses, probably she also "fires" them. Th cultured set may "hire" scullion msld and table men, btit they Invariably retain barristers and attorneys, and fee physicians and nurses. With them public reference to monetary consideration In retaining professional counsel Is always vulgar and It ls studiously avoided In society where good form prevails. 1 would advise every' woman of that -class to "hire" a lawyer to "hire" br nurses. Even though obtuse to deure of density ha could se what was needed In mder to have "two mind with but a sliifflo thought two hearts that beat as one under ner rooitree. Ana tnis he could easily accomplish br In veigling loma thai wuuian to quit a calll ranch, . XURSZ. 4 I ; 1 -. .- '. I : ..if-