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- t THE SHIPPING BILL IS NEXT.
jf; Adoption of a shipping policy is
next on the programme of congress,
and appointment of a subcommittee
. 7 ' by the senate merchant marine com-
mlttee to draft a bill implies that de
bate in the senate will soon begin.
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.
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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.
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