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THE MORNING OREGONIAN, THURSDAY, APRIL 8, 1920
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considerations but which the nations jive is, of course, the right kind of
of the entente will not have to them
selves unless they merit it. Bohemia,
with the possible exception of Bel
gium, is believed to be the most
advanced of the war-torn countries
on the way to rehabilitation.
MICHIGAN AND . OREGON.
Hiram Johnson has carried Michi
gan by a large plurality, but not by
a majority. The significance of that
fact should not be overlooked in con
sideration of the other obvious fact
: that he has by his feat in a single
state leaped to the forefront among
presidential candidates. It is one
I thing to get a plurality in a primary
and another to achieve a majority
in a convention, composed of dele
gates who for the most part are sure
'. to be distinctly hostile . to Johnson
;for what he Is and what he repre
sents. Unquestionably the advance of
Leonard "Wood received a severe set
back in Michigan; and it is quite
as clear that Mr. Lowden is not mak
ing progress anywhere outside the
south and, of course, in his homo
state. ' The campaign is proceeding
towards a deadlock, and the early
hopes of any candidate that he would
have at the convention a clear ma
jority, or very nearly that, are quite
plainly not to be realized.
The reasons for Mr. Johnson's
success in Michigan are not to be
precisely assessed at this time and
distance; iut they are at bottom
that he embodies an affirmative idea
: In his outspoken opposition to the
league of nations and there is in his
personality, his ' method, and his
record an appeal to the forces of
radicalism and discontent which see
Sn him a friend and advocate. He
Is a powerful campaigner, a re
sourceful tactician and a not too
(scrupulous antagonist In a political
fight. He has been able to make a
hurtful showing as to the use of
money in the Wood organization.
The people of Michigan are doubt
1 less quite sensitive on that subject,
. since the conviction of Senator New
. berry, and Mr. Johnson, aided by his
adept and willing ally, Borah, found
there a fertile field for their propa
ganda of poison. That they . have
done a grave Injustice to General
"Wood may be well believed; but
when the great object is to win.
neither Johnson nor Borati will use
any nice discrimination in the choice
of weapons.
Now we see that Mr. Johnson is
himself more than ever to be an issue
-. before the republican convention.
j-fe has heretofore seemed to be neg
' ligible, but .he is anything but that.
He would utterly reverse the direc-
. tion of the republican party on more
; than one great question, particularly
.'. the league of nations and govern
ment ownership of railroads; and
. now the immense risk the party will
take in his nomination will be brought
straight home to every republican
who is not in accord with his pur
poses. The result will be to crystal
lize against him the stern resolve of
many millions, to have the repub
:. lican party right on those Issues on
which Johnson would make It wrong;
' and altogether they are a large ma
', ' jorlty. They have been divided in
their bupport of other candidates
. Wood, Lowden, Hoover, Harding and
.. others and somehow, sooner or
later, they must be united. That,
they will get together, in the process
of fusion of their general mind and
of elimination of weaker candidates,
there can be small doubt.
Here in Oregon, for illustration,
are four or five republican candi
dacies for the presidency. It is pro
posed also to submit the name of
Mr. Taft. In the circumstances the
movement for Mr. Taft Is a distinct
nid to Mr. Johnson. We do not say
that it is so intended we suppose
that it is not but that will be its
effect. If Mr. Johnson's headway is
not utterly stopp.ed with Michigan,
&nd if he does not lose California
which appears unlikely the experi
ence of Michigan may be repeated
in Oregon. It may be assumed that
' ; by May 21 the national situation
' "will have been much clarified and
'that it will be then determinable
. who are the leading candidates, with
., , Johnson. But if the opposition to
; Johnson Is then distributed among
several candidates he may have a
plurality; and a plurality is enough
. to send ten delegates to Chicago in
structed for him.
For the present, The Oregonian
must be content to indicate the situ
ation and its probabilities. What is
to be done about it is not now so
; easy to see. It may be later. The
presidential priniiu-y is the hope and
resource or the minority candidate
i caimiumeij cannot oeat one, or-
. dinarily. . A half dozen "cannot do
.- it at all.
WHO'S TO PATT
As a result of the Salem confer
ence between the Portland city com
mission and the state public service
commission it is probable .that" the
charter amendments will be sub
mitted to the voters designed to re
lieve the street railway company of
certain charges bridge tolls, paving
costs and similar matters.
There is one factor in the case
that it seems cannot be emphasized
too often or too strongly:
It Is costs the streetcar company
under the present conditions more
than 6 cents to provide a car ride-
and the commission finds that Jt
does something must give way
sooner or later.
There is no process by which the
stockholders of the company can be
compelled to make up deficits-month
after month. When a large Institu
tion suffers continuing losses with
out hope of recuperation it is travel
ing straight to bankruptcy.
If the company Is not to pay the
excess over 6 cents that a car ride
costs, then somebody else must. It
will be either the car riders or the
reneral public.
'There la no sort of palliative for or
escape from this condition. Munic
ipal ownership will hot convert S
cents into 8 cents. Nor will any
amount of tears or protests by car
riders or public or the raking over
of past corporation offenses do it.
You may throw the deficit cat by
the ' tail as far as you like, it will
always come back. If a car ride
costs 8 cents somebody must pay
that 8 cents.
The issue in that respect Is plain.
Portland must maintain a street
railway service and it must pay what
it costs. The only question Is by
whom and how the paying shall be
done.
home. Healthy sport has also proved
an antidote for juvenile crime where
it has been tried. Organizations
designed for the guidance of boys
fully justify support through their
influence in precisely this direction.
The Boy Scouts, the Audubon clubs,
the T. M. C. A. and others a framed
on the principle that an ounce of
prevention Is worth many pounds of
cure. Magistrate McAdoo's state
ment that young hoodlums already
constitute a "menacing and danger
ous army" may be taken as a timely
warning. The problem is not pe
culiar to the metropolis.
ADVICE FROM THE TIMID.
The menace of the coming of the
non-partisan league to Oregon, as.
shown in a series of articles in the
Portland Journal, gives one the
creeps. It is described as a soft
of money-sucking, power-seeking, so
cialistic, wild-pralrie growth that
sneaks upon a people in the night,
and he who says an unkind word
about it is dead sure to get a crack
over the head. The way to avoid
the infliction, we are told, in effect,
is to meet it at the state boundaries,
present it bountifully with fruits and
flowers and ask it humbly please to
go away.
Oh, well, we have been invaded
before and survived. Once upon a
time a single tax organization ac
cumulated a vast sum of money in
other states and Canada and em
ployed a large number of writers
and speakers and , leg-men in an
effort to fasten the doctrine upon
Oregon. Resentment against at
tempts at outside influence upon
Oregon affairs contributed to the
disastrous defeat of the proselyters.
The Oregon farmer ought to be
intelligent enough to know that no
organization from North Dakota or
any other state is coming to Oregon
out of purely altruistic motives to
aid him to overcome his troubles.
He knows that the initiative lies
ready at his hand, that he need pay
no money tribute to any foreign
political party in order to get his
case before the people.
The only reason for invasion of
Oregon by the non-partisan league
is that the league wants some of
Oregon's money and some 'of Ore
gon's offices and whatever extension
of fame or notoriety capture of
Oregon would give its North Dakota
leaders.
If the farmers of Oregon are fools
enough to be led off by a group of
self-seekers, no amount of concession
or recognition or fruits or flowers
offered by other business elements
in Oregon will change them from
being fools. We cannot believe they
are of that type.
This faith is in the farmers as a
body. The non-partisan league, if
it invades, will find ready a nucleus
for its endeavors. It will consist of
disappointed office-seekers, radicals,
socialists, law-givers whose theories
have already failed of adoption at
the polls, easy marks and shallow
thinkers.
It Is cheap advice that such an
outfit should be handled with soft
gloves.
PROGRESS OF PORTLAND DOCKS.
A gratifying showing of progress
in provision of facilities for shipping
in the harbor ie made in the 'annual
report of the city dock commission,
and the increase of commerce which
has followed Is full justification for It
Additions to the... merchant fleet
which serves the city have been so
rapid that they- have almost kept
pace with construction of great ter
minal No. 4r and the dock commis
sion, the port commission and the
Industrial '.survey -committee all
composed of level-headed business
men, not visionaries unite in recom
mending the far larger Swan Island
"scheme as necessary to meet future
needs. .
Financial results are proof that
public money expended on harbor
facilities does not add to taxation
in the same sense as other public
expenditures, but Is in the nature of
a self-supporting investment when
the structures 'are completed and
fully used. Although the year cov
ered by the report ended on Novem
ber 30 and the first ship loaded in
August, revenue from terminal No. 4
exceeded operating expenses by
$6375. All the four terminals com
bined earned revenue which ex
ceeded operating and overhead ex
penses by more than $45,000. Ship
ping did not begin to revive until
the spring of 1919 and is far from
the point where It fully utilizes
existing facilities, and the improve
ments already made bear Interest
charges on the parts of sites which
are not yet Improved. The estab
lishment of new shipping lines war
rants the expectation that all the
docks will be in full use during this
year and that the net income will
suffice to pay a large proportion of
the interest on the bonds. The addi
tion to the business of the city in
all lines which will follow expansion
of its ocean commerce should fully
compensate for the part which must
be paid from taxation.
How completely the obstruction
which the Columbia river bar op
posed to navigation has been re
moved is indicated in the report of
Chief Engineer Hegardt. He quotes
the special board on naval bases as
saying that the problem "has been
satisfactorily solved, there now being
a depth of 42 feet over the bar, and
the board is also of the opinion that
it will be only a short time until a
minimum of 50 feet will be obtained."
A depth of 30 feet in the channel
Is being maintained and attention is
now being turned to widening It.
Thus Portland's position as a port
is fully established.
. The culture of the Bohemians,
which Prussian kultur tried vainly
for centuries to suppress, is finding
expression in the speed with which,
considering their -resources, the peo
ple of Czecho-Slovakia are restor
ing their yindustries. The secret of
their formula seems to consist chiefly
of intelligent' hard work. About
one-fourth of the area of the country
Is in forests and 2700 sawmills are
already at work, the paper-making
Industry is practically on Its feet and
toy-making. In which the Germans
not long ago led the world, promises
to play an important part in the
Industrial restoration. It is an in
teresting fact also that chemical
plants are beginning to spring up
on every hand, giving indication ol
serious competition from a source
not unfriendly to the allies in a field
from which Germany has been re
maided as excluded by sentimental
f
IS NEWS 8CPPRESSED?
Walter Lippmann, who as one of
the editors of the New Republic
might be expected to be dissatisfied
with existing opportunities for the
development of "liberty" in th
world, has written a book entitled
"Liberty and the News." We would
be inclined to regard It more seri
ously as a general arraignment of
newspapers and their editors on the
charge of wilful conspiracy to sup
press the news if it were not that
Mr. Lippmann himself sets forth
with a good deal of detail the diffi
culties that beset the gathering and
dissemination of the "objective facts"
with which, he protests, readers are
not sufficiently supplied. The gist of
his complaining seems to be that
"the current theory of American
newspaperdom is that an abstraction
like the truth and a grace-like fair
ness must be sacrificed whenever
anyone thinks the necessities of civ
ilization require the sacrifice." And
a little farther on he says that "when
those who control the newspapers
arrogate to themselves th right to
determine by their own consciences
what shall be reported and for what
purpose, democracy is unsafe."
Mr. Lippmann also alludes to
newspaper owners who "believe that
their nations will perish and civiliza
tion decay unless their idea of what
is patriotic is permitted to temper
the curiosity of their readers." He
does not -say (unless we have over
looked It) that there is a central
authority which directs that this fact
or that shall be concealed from those
who depend on the daily press for
their understanding of current af
fairs, but his insinuations have pre
cisely that import. "Now, the plain
fact," he declares in one place, "is
that out of the troubled areas of the
world the public receives practically
nothing that Is not propaganda."
And in another: "The cardinal fact
always Is the loss of contact with
objective information." He mentions
a "breakdown of the means of public
knowledge." It is not clear what is
meant by this. He speaks as if he
knew persons who control all the
sources of knowledge of public af
fairs and who -incite suppression of
the trtith but he does not tell who
they are. The practice of making
blanket' accusations is not new, and
it did not originate just prior to our
entry into the war, when we were
so accustomed to hearing that the
American press had been bought
with "British gold," but Mr. Lipp
mann is no less vague than were
those other scandal-mongers. Plainly
it is his duty, in the interest of the
"objective facts" which he values so
highly, to enlighten the public fur
ther as to these interesting and (if
true) essential details.
Yet there are difficulties in the
way of obtaining all" the objective
facts concerning every significant
whole eyes the vast panorama of the
world is illustrated:
Nobody, for example, saw this war.
Neither the man In the trenehe nor the
commanding general. The men saw their
trenches, their billets, sometimes they saw
an enemy trench, but nobody, unless it
be the aviators, saw a battle.
And still further:
The news accumulated, by a reporter
from his witnesses has to be selected, if
for no other reason than that the cable
facilities are limited. . . . The real cen
sorship of the wires is the coKt of trans
mission. This in Itself is enough to limit
expensive competition or any significant
Independence. . ... When the report
does reach the editor another series of
interventions occurs. The editor is a man
who may know ail about something, but
he can hardly be expected to know all
about everything. let he has to decide
the question which is of more importance
than any other in the formation of public
opinion, the question where attention is
to be directed. . . . The news of the
day as it reaches the newspaper office
is an incredible medley of fact, propa
ganda, rumor, suspicion, clues, hopes and
fears, and the task of selecting and or
derlng that news is one of the truly sacred
and priestly offices in a democracy.
"Reporting," the writer thinks,
"must cease to be the refuge of the
vaguely talented." It should cease
also to be an "Insecure and anony
mous form of drudgery." Reporters
ought to be imbued with the ideal
of "objective testimony." But a good
many reporters, as any newspaper
editor knows, are imbued with pre
cisely that Ideal and reporters who
habitually ignore the fundamental
requirements of accuracy of observa
tion and .statement do not remain
reporters very long. Against the
Idea that it might be worth while
to endow large numbers of schools
In the practice of reporting, Mr.
Lippmann discovers the fact "that
it is difficult to decide Just what
reporting really is where In the
whole mass of printed matter it be
gins and ends." And further:
It does not matter that the news la
not susceptible of mathematical statement.
In fact. Just . because news is . complex
and slippery, good reporting requires the
exercise of the highest of the scientific
virtues. They are the habits of ascribing
no more credibility to a statement than it
warrants, a nice sense of probabilities, and
a keen understanding of the quantitative
Importance of particular facts.
That editors use their discretion in
determining what is and what is not
news is no secret to anyone and
proof of fallibility of judgment, or
of difference of opinion, is not equiv
alent to evidence that there Is a
nation-wide conspiracy to deprive an
avid reading public of "objective
facts." The "sense of evidence and
power to define words" ay not be
evenly distributed, any more than are
any of the other talents, but they are
a part, not of the especial short
comings of a particular profession,
but of human Institutions as a whole
Many strive for perfectibn. but few
attain it; the test Is in sincerity of
effort. It is inconceivable that de
mand for objective facts should pre
clude selection and elimination, and
it does not follow that editors wh6
try to keep within the limitations of
time, space and mechanical facilities
have been bought by corrupt "inter
ests" if it happens that their judg
ment as to what constitutes news
differs from that of, say, Mr. Lipp
mann. i
Newspaper editors will thank Mr.
Lippmann fer the incidental empha
sis he places on the "educat'on of
human response." - We suppose he
alludes to the desirability of intelli
gent comprehension on the part of
the readers of news. It is a com
mon phenomenon that those who
most vociferously declaim against
the unreliability of "the news re
ports" In general are most given to
quoting them as gospel when this
chances to serve their purpose.
There is lack of accuracy in reading
no less than there Is fallibility in
reporting. If the plain statement
were to be printed tomorrow that
a Stockholm news agency had it on
the authority of a Russian fugitive
that the czar had been seen alive
in Moscow, there would be many
readers who would believe it to be
the unqualified statement of the
newspaper in which the statement
appeared. The care with which
newspapers sat forth the sources of
their news, wherever it is imprac
ticable to verify ,a statement in
stantly, seems to be as little under
stood by some as is the enormous
expense of time and money and the
sincerity of effort expended in ob
taining objective facts. As to the
difficulties involved and the pains
taken to overcome them, Mr. Lipp
mann makes out a case in favor of
the newspaper profession as a whole
rather than of the accusations and
innuendoes that he makes the basis
of his thesis. '
Stars and Starmakers.
By Leone Csh Baer,
Those Who Come and Go.
HAWTHORNE'S OPAU RECALLED
' Stranxe Parallel Found In Merles '
A review In a Boston paper telling
of "The Greenwich Village Follies," a
musical satire, says that Frances
xn.u. .cue cuuiuuuki measures on
White apparently has not found her lot wm carr. 1 haye bpen
stride in the production, although she the Willamette valley and
was e-iVAn n n a v t-en neri in u ev .o-pnl Inn O.-.. ...... t .. Kav.ie .- .
' "It looks to me." observed James
S. Stewart, after registering at the
Perkins, "that the road measure and
the educational measures on the bal-
touring
southern
was given an extraordinary reception. ! Oregon in behalf of my pet measure,
Her new material is not up
old numbers and she apparently Is
resting a bit on her previous laurels,
lapsing occasionally into the blaze
which somehow does not seem to fit
her. Although headlined, she is in
fast company against Ted Lewis,
James Watts and Al Herman. It has
been a long time, says the review,
since Boston made the noise it did
at the conclusion of Lewis' Jazz spe
cialty. 1
According to the Dramatic Mirror, a
colored Mary Pickford is the latest
imitator. There is a combination house
over in Brooklyn that ' is making
money with "colored" vaudeville and
pictures. A number of films are ad-
to her the. road bill, and have attended meet
ings or commercial clubs, the grange
and other gatherings and invariably
when the road and educational meas
ures have been explained the Veople
present have declared themselves in
favor of them. Of course, it will re
quire a great deal of educational
work among the voters in the next
six weeks, but- I am satisfied that
these measures, at least, will be ap
proved."' Mr. Stewart is still on the
wing and will resume his crusade in a
day or two and intends keeping on the
move talking for the road measure
until the close of the campaign.
Written Fir Apart.
PORTLAND. April 9. (To the -a-
More Truth Than Poetry.
By Jitsrt J. Moatagne.
EVERVBODVS DOIXG IT.
Once upen a time Frank W. Durbln
of Saiem was a red-hot democratic
politician and was intensely inter
ested in matters political. He says
he doesn't pay any attention to such
vertiaed from time to time on the ; hukuention on hops3 He iT at the
Imperial with Henry A. Conoyer, who
Itor In tho "Story nf Ooal" we find
a more or less exact, sometimes im-; Little Cutie Crumpett
proved upon, occasionally deformed. i toiling, on a tale,
reproduction, of a certain precocious Her parents say Is bound some day
child invented and boldly written up , To have a splendid sale.
by Hawthorne in the "Scarlet Let- , It s all about a lady.
ter." published some 75 years ago; ho loved a gentleman. .
and the child of his brain is just And she can spell almost a ell
about as reasonable, or unreasonable.. As Daisy Ashford can.
as the story of our Opal. The latter! .
has a sister Pearl in real life in .Ore- , Little Dor,s Duekett
son; and in the old novel she finds w?rlkn t P. . ,
a deformed pattern for herself by ; 11 high art. but. bless her heart.
u.. j..t rn..nriiinEr . fahes only eight today.
was bon in IttV. some "75 yVars ago". ! Her doting parent, tell us
perhaps this Opal is a reincarnation
of that selfsame spirit of the Massa- i
chusettj colony. In fact. Opal W hlte-
re, right now, in the vicinity ;
That though she's just a kid.
The gifted mite knows how to write
Like Daisy Ashford did.
ly is the
of Boston, where the original pre- J
cocious Yankee child was. sne seems
to have just naturally drifted back i
to the scenes of her "first appear- I
ance in America
Little Mollle Markle
Won't romp or lark or run,
Like children . should whose health
good.
Until her book Is done.
It simply is astounding.
billboard and many seem dramatic
rather than of the comedy type, and
where the cast is "fast black" the
fact is so recorded. One announce
ment told of "the colored Mary Pick
ford" who would be seen in a feature
play. The stock company put on "A
Fool There Was" one week, and while
they announced the leading lady as
the Vampire, they neglected to call
her a second Theda Bara, but some
how Mary's name seemed absolutely
essential to the publicity of the film.
'
Speaking of Sir Harry, who never
loafs during a high-cost-of-living
period or a low one, either ia
booked for., a season of 12 weeks in
Cape Town, Johannesburg and Dur
ban, still under the direction of Will
iam Morris, his American manager.
Following the South African tour Mr.
Morris will present Sir Harry in Lon
don for a long engagement.
As the Scotch comedian's vaudevilla
contracts have expired, Morris will
open the Lauder season in London at
one of the largest theaters in the
English metropolis. After the Lon
don engagement Is ended, Morris will
present Lauder in the principal cities
of India and other British possessions.
eturning to the United States by way
of Australia on another of his Amer
ican annual farewell tours. This is
cheduled for 1922.
Mrs. Granville Barker, the divorced
wife of that self-appointed Judge of
American manners and morals. Sir
Granville Barker, was married last
week In London to Professor Fred
erick W. Keeble, who was appointed
professor of botany at Oxford univer
sity recently. He Is also assistani
secretary of the board of agriculture.
Before her marriage to the author
Mrs. Barker was Lillian McCarthy, an
actress who for a number of years
enjoyed a stage reputation on both
sides of the Atlantic and in Australia.
She was divorced from Mr. Barker in
1917. Mrs. Barker now is manager
of the Kingsway theater, London. Sir
Granville Is the man who said Amer
icans were a race of pie-eating, motor
maniacs and movie hounds, only he
didn't say "hounds"; he said "devo
tees. He said our heights and depths
YOUTH FCI. VANITY.
City Magistrate McAdoo of New
York defined the cause of a good
deal of youthful rowdyism when he
said the other day- in the course of
an address before a Young Men's
Christian association: "The chief
clement of danger in these young
men ranging from 16 to 26 years
in age who have made up their
minds that they are not going to
make their living by honest work
is their colossal vanity." Toungsters
with unformed minds, responding to
the primitive instinct for emulation
but uneducated in the ethics of the
competitive struggle, are on the road
to crime because an egotism that
may be a driving force in the in
dividual more fortunately situated
is undirected into useful channels.
It is a problem largely of the
cities, but not unknown in the rural
districts. It is made acute by con
gested population and lack of oppor
tunity to vent the surplus energy
and initiative that nature purpose
fully bestows on youth, and is furthcH
accentuated by parental failure
to accept responsibility. Continued
rrowth of cities makes It an increas
ing peril.
The wisdom of the magistrate's
proposed remedy will be conceded.
He would establish a custodial insti
tution, preferably in-a section remote
from any railroads, where he would
place incorrlgibles and require them
to do manual labor. "Let us," he4,naPPeninS" m increasingly compli.
New York republicans always
quarrel over the matter of instruct
ing delegates to a national conten
tion. This probably had rise in the
imperious manner of Roscoe Conk
ling in the years following the civi'
war. Generally he had his way, but
f.ometimes a Robertson arose to de
feat him.
said, "put them to work on fields
to produce vegetables until the of
ficiate in charge are sure that they
have changed for good their former
manner of living." This is, of course
a logical reversal of the formula that
"Satan finds some mischief still for
idle hands to do." Work has proved
a sovereign cure for a good many
maladies. Intelligently directed, the
very ebulliency of spirit that makes
an enterprising gangster can be
turned to excellent account; and
against the most incorrigible of the
incorrigibles, of course, society is
entitled to protection.
There nevertheless will be sincere
regret that boys should be permitted
to reach the point where "custodial
care" is needed. The early prevent-
cated world, in support of which one
need go no further than to the pages
of Mr. Lippmann's own book. For
example:
The fact Is, that the subdivision of
labor is now accompanied by the sub
division of news organization. At one end
of it la the eye-witness, at the other the
reader. Between the two is a vast, ex
pensive transmitting and editing apparatus
This machine works raarvelously well at
times, particularly in "the rapidity with
which it can report the score of a game
or a trans-Atlantic flight, or the death
of a monarch or th result of an election.
But where the issue is complex, as, for
example. In the matter of the success of
a policy, or the social conditions among
-foreign people, that is to say. where the
iswue is neither yes nor no, but subtle,
and a matter of balanced evidence, the
subdivision of the labor Involved causes
no end of misunderstanding and even mis
representation. Again the difficulty of seeing with
i ne v rencn government Is so
alarmed at the low birthrate that
it is offering 60 to 200 francs yearlj
allowance per child after the second
onein the family. All very well
But after the first one arrives, the
apartment house landlord with hi
"ho children, wanted" sign will ef
fectually discourage any more.
Four men and two women were
arrested the other night with forty
five gallons of wine and. fined for
violating the prohibition law when
they should have been indicted fo
being hogs.
Mr. Lowden said the other night
this government had made no prog-
resn in one hundred years. Well,
perhaps; but just wait until Novem
ber and take a slant at the start
is also a hop man. Mr. Durbln at
traded state-wide attention when
Tracy and Merrill escaped from the
penitentiary after killing several
guards. Sheriff Durbin followed the
Atlantic Monthly (not waiting for " :t.T' ' 'r.t ",,:C'a ,ir
. . . ... e r su Ie and w it will make a hit
later installments) contains many T r., . v,, . ,
seeming interpolations of an older! Llke Daisy Ashford made,
head given to perusing novels and . Qh j , Ashford;
apparently the .writer has read th T ph
"Scarlet Letter and has fashioned But same, your sudden fame
heK. dl.a y r 3 L .h. Tio hrfoka Has d world of harm!
sibiy this was one of the two book A mmlon other chndren,
K'X.1,n hr b?he P?oo J-a, a! s,nc Ba"'e boosted you.
The Hawthorne child, too, was a:Hl ,,,, , .,,
guards. Sherirr Durbin followed the 1 pronounced orunette tas is mo . At novej wrmne too'
desperadoes to the Clackamas county I ter), though she was named Pearl, . "
line and had no more luck trying to
get the killers than did the dozen
other sheriffs who pursued the men
n tne following two mon.ths. ,
After rambling around Eurone. Mr.
and Mrs. George C Walker are at
the Multnomah on their way home to
Java. Mr. Walker says that Europe is
readjusting itself; that Belgium Is
beginning to manufacture once rfrore.
and that France is becoming re-estab
lished economically, although feeling
the shortage of coal due to the de
struction of mines by the enemy. In
England shipbuilding is progressing
at speed. The coal question Is one of
the most important to deal with. Ger
many is exporting a little and the
Belgian mines are sending some to
northern France.
R. M. Betts, a mining man, ot I
Cornucopia- Or., accompanied by his
wife, is at the Hotel Portland. Cornu
copia is in the mining region of
Baker county and has been quite a
producer since the place was first
started. Cornucopia is on Pine creek
in Pino valley and is two dozen miles
from a railroad. The town is on the
state road map and eventually will
be connected with the outside world
by means of a good highway.
If he has his wish. Jay Upton will
ze sporting the title of senator next
winter around Salem. Mr. Upton, who
is at the Benson, wants to be the sen
ator for the district comprising Crook,
Deschutes, Jtfferson. Klamath and
Lake counties, which is at present
represented in the senate by George
Baldwin of Klamath Falls, a demo
crat. Mr. Upton thinks the Job should
go to the north end of the district,
more particularly to Prineville.
Tacoma is pretty well represented
on the Multnomah register, for any
normal Tacoma citizen prefers com
ing to Portland than going elsewhere
when leaving home. Among the ar
rivals are J. G. N'ewbegin. secretary
and treasurer of the NewBegin Lum
ber company, and W. O. Parker, sales
manager for the Gregory Furniture
company.
Sig A. Young arrived at the Impe
rial from Astoria yesterday on his
way to Idaho to look at a mining
property. Mr. Young, whose father
of art were Charlie Chaplin's antics was a Pioneer cannery man on the
and the funny papers. Sir Granville
lectured on the subject all over Amer
ica, and a lot of title worshippers paid
to hear him ridicule us and our
American institutions.
We Are Learning;.
Pullman fares are going up. proving
that at last the government can con
trol the berth rate.
Natural Jealousy.
Gasoline Is apparently determined
not to let whisky outstrip It in price
Blc Waiting- List.
Now that we have a secretary of
state, -the government can begin Is
suing passports to reds once more.
(Copyright, 1920. by the Bell Syndi
cate. Inc.)
and was accordingly called Ruby
Rose, Coral and even Opal.
Pearl Prynne-Dimrriesdale was her
self a child of nature, pretematurally
bright at the tender age of three to
seven years. Her "only girl friend
was her mother." She had no other
children to play with. She was often
willful, disobedient and capricious.
The Puritanic switching or spanking
was an almost every-day affair. She
scarcely knew her own father, and
at one time she insolently, repelled
his well-meant and kindliest caresses.
She frequented the woods and brooks
and often talked with them. (Chap
ter VII.)
Hawthorne 8y that she essayed to
communicate her active spirit toa
thousand objects about her "she so
loved to be active!" A stick or a
flower in her lmafirination. became
adapted to whatever drama occupied
her inner world. The tall pine trees
became Puritanic elders, and the
bushes or weeds their children
whom she did not like very much!
A good old minister met the child at
the age of three and inquired her
name. On being told that it was
Pearl he exclaimed, "Pearl? Rather j There Is no recompense of gain
be it Ruby, or Coral, or opal at I in telling that which can
Give Me a Smile.
By Grace) K. Hall. (
I would that those I needs must meet
Would hold as secret all they know.
Would keep the record quite complete
Unto themselves concerning woe.
Concerning griefs that none may heal.
Concerning evils none may cure;
Each sorry tale makes Its appeal.
And adds a weight I must endure.
The supreme court at Ottawa does
not consider newsprint paper a vital
necessity, but that does not slap the
Canadian papers, which are very
good newspapers on the whole.
It is up to the brotherhoods to
stop that unauthorized strike in Chi
cago, else organized labor will see
its first signs of dissolution.
"Reed college alumni make good
records," says a headline. Perhaps
so, but we don't find any of their i
names in Spalding's guide.
Hiram seems to have got the
Michigan votes as easily as Grove,
his Tespected sire, used to get them
In -Sacramento county. .
McAdoo Is not wholly absorbed in
politics, though he does occasionally
sit on a trunk in the hall and await
the news.
An English correspondent in a
metropolitan paper, referring to Sir
Harry Lauder and Lady Lauder, says
that "Sir Harry Lauder and Mrs. Sir
Harry Lauder are in South Africa."
This is assuredly giving Lady Lauder
her husband's title, but is no more
erroneous than the Mrs. Doctor. Mrs.
Captain, Mrs. Lieutenant, Mrs. Major
we hear dropping from the lips of
people who should know better. The
prettiest story I ever heard of a
woman who used her husband's offi
cial title appeared in a small-town
newspaper in a social gasp, which
said: "Mrs. Superintendent of the
Street Cleaning Department Smith
presided at a charming tea yesterday
in honor of Airs. Justice of the Peace
Brown."
'
William Thrift Pangle, otherwise
Billy, is playing around this week
on the Rialto with Charles D. Wilson,
formerly of Seattle, who manages
"Mutt and Jeff." It is ten years since
Mr. Wilson visited Portland ahead of
the Primrose and Dockstader min
strels. Mr. Wilson Is accompanied
by his wife, who appears in the Mutt
and Jeff show. v
Ten years ago Arch MacGovcrn
came to Portland as manager for
Frederick Warde in a revival of
"Julius Caesar" and "The Genius."
This week he is here again, ahead of
"Three Faces East,' which comes to
the Hellig next week. Mr- MacGov
ern hears often from his old friend,
Frederick Warde. and will visit him
in a few weeks in 1-os Angeles, where
Mr. Warde is appearing in "The Mis
sion Play." Arthur Warde, one of
Frederick Warde"s sons, is general
publicity agent for George Kleine's
film production In Chicago, and the
younger son, Ernest, whose Cassius
Portlandera. remember, is director for
Kerrigan in pictures.
Apropos the flood of announcements
of spirit plays now in process of be
ing written or produced, Louis Held,
a paragrapher, paragraphs thusly:
They're comlnl?. Father Abraham Erlanger,
a hundred thousand strong;.
Some are brlc-f and comical, some are tenee
and long:;
Some are written In burlesque vein, some
are told In sons.
The spirit plays are marching- In a daz
zling, teeming; throng.
William Morris has assembled the
complete cast for his production of
"Dorothy Dixie Lee." the new play
by Edward Locke, which is being
staged under the direction of George
Marion. In addition to Edith Talia
ferro) who will create the title role,
and George Marlon, who will again
essay an sold negro cnaracter. tne
company will include Arthur Eliott,
Edith Shayne, Lucille LeVerne, Burke
Clarke, Ryder Keone, William Powell,
Mabel Maurel and Arthur H. Payne's
quartet of singers.
This William Powell played Juve
niles at the Baker half a dozen years
ago. His wife was Eileeen Wilson.
The bridegroom arrested for steal
ing his best man's watch at least
gave his bride a lesson in the value
of time.
lower Columbia river, is a mining
engineer, his father considering that
there was a bigger future in engi
neering than in the fish packing
business.
Andy G. Vaughn, formerly a Port
land patrolman and formerly a plain
colthesman. Is at the Imperial with
K. J. Hughes. C. H. Beebe and John
Stringer, registered from Seattle. Mr.
Vaughn was in the posse which en
countered a couple of outlaws a few
days ago when a former ' Portlander
was killed.
A couple of visiting hotel men at
the Multnomah are W. W. Loyd, chief
clerk of the Tacoma hotel, who Is
spending a brief vacation In Portland,
and Charles J. Frey. manager of the
Georgian hotel of Seattle. Mr. Frey
is on his way to' California, accom
panied by Mrs. Frey.
Shipbuilding Isn't exactly a lost art
in Hoquiam. Wash., for G. F. Mathews,
president and manager of the Mat
thews shipbuilding company, is at the
Multnomah. Also fibm Hoquiam is
A. W. Callow, secretary of the Carlson
Logging company.
As an ardent admirer of "the game,"
H. T. Dewitt, an automobile dealer of
Hood River, came to the Bonson yes
terday in order to have a look at the
pugilistic contests staged at -M il wau
kio. Mark A. Mayer of Mosier is in
town on a similar mission.
R. E. Reed of Juntura county is at
the Imperial. The town does a big
business in wool and is a factor in the
sheep industry In Oresron. albeit there
are only a couple of hundred inhabi
tants at Juntura, if there are that
man v.
Ray O. Yates, former president of
the Multnomah Hotel company under
ar previous ownershtp, and A. IL Winn,
manager of the Thompson estate,
which erected the hotel, are regis
tered at the Multnomah from San
Francisco.
The three Briedell brothers of Am
ity landed at the Washington yester
day. They are J. W., G. W. and K. M.
The Briedells make a practice of com
ing to town en masse.
To hear the speech of Frank A.
Vanderlip. 7. A. Booth came to the
city from Eugene and had as his
guest to listen to the words of the
financier his son, Floyd W. Booth.
Amos P. Ditter, a merchant of Yak
ima, was operated on in a local hospi
tal yesterday and then went to the
Hotel Portland to rest up before
starting for home.
Minn M. R. De Forest and Miss N. G.
Van Oleck of the Anna Wright school
at Tacoma are at the Hotel Washing
ton while looking over the Rose City.
C. E. Fulton, who occupies his time
by being president of the Whitney
Engineering company sof Tacoma,
Wash., is registered at the Multno
mah. R. B. Porter, one of the members
of the Porter Bros, company, is at
the Multnomah from Spokane. R. B.
is vice-president of the company.
Merchant Howard Jenks of Albany,
is in town looking through the whole
sale houses and is registered at the
Multnomah.
least!" (Some later version, instead
of Opal, read Red Rose.)
The original American Opal (or
Pearl, as she was nearly always
called) at the age of three and a half
years was asked the question, "Who
made thee, child?" and she answered
that she was not made at all, but
that her mother had plucked her from
a bush. In the forest she would ask
her mother, "What does this brook
say?" and sometimes interpret, the
understanding soul, -"he caught lit
tle animals with her hands and stud
ied them. The small denizens of the
forest became tamed by her and
scarcely moved out of her path. A
squirrel in a tree chattered to her
and tossed her a nutshell. (Chapter
XIX.) At her footstep a fox was
strtled from hi sleep, looked up at
her and resumed his nap. Even a
wolf is said to have made friends
with her and shoved up his nose and
wanted her to pat his head. In the
Atlantic Monthly it is "said to be a
pig that met her at the end of the
lane. .Tht flowers recognized her as
a friend and often "whispered to
her."
In going on an tjrrand for her
mother to the market place she "pur
sued a sigzag course," for no appar
ent reason. (Chapter XXII.) So does
Opal Whitely In her diary, when sent
by her mother on an errand to a
neighbor. . pursue a zigzag course
across the field while picking up peb
bles or stones, as did Irer antitype
at another time nearly three cen
turies before though, as our Opal
Whitely is an Oregon maid and a
good little girl, she does not throw
Htones at birds as did the Boston
child. Not only does the Opal story
repeat most of the other's acts at the
same age, but she transfers sentences
and clauses almost word for word
from the original. Even that singu
lar word "scrutinize" is carried along I
with her "zigzag" meanderings.
The coincidences are very marked.
About the only word in the child's
part of the "Scarlet Letter" not re
peated in Opal's diary is Hawthorne's
ever-recurring pet term, "aspect."
This, it seems, she did not fall for.
and we don't blame her. for that is
too old-fashioned, you know.
Not only does Opal Whitely men
tion a baby that "came all too soon,"
after the manner of the "Young Vis
itors." but there Is in the "Scarlet
Letter" a suggestion of that very na
ture and the situation is cleverly
brought out In a device of doubtful
parentage or questionable paternity;
the child wondered who its father
was, anyhow. The pilgrim child saw
and talked with men from, and go
ing to, far lands sailors.
One thing in our western girl's
diary not in the way of the unusual
imp of Hawthorne's wit Is the ridicu
lous array of Latin. Greek and French
nomenclature and terminology which
nobody (not even he) could suppose
that a 6-year-old would employ.
Strange indeed that such a close
actual and verbal parallel Could be
found in the two stories written so
far apart, if the Oregon girl had not
read the "Scarlet Letter" before she
wrote or revised her Journal.
But perhaps Nathaniel Hawthorne
unconsciously borrowed (we should
not say plagiarized) from the At
lantic Monthly.
MRS. JESSIE MARTIN.
but
grieve.
Recounting hours of racking pain.
In voicing doubts that may deceive;
Once done, a trouble better rest -No
one will miss It, nor regret.
Though you be sad and sore de
pressed Let silence help you to forget.
You should not add a greater weight
To what another soul must bear;
Each has Its portion dealt by fate.
Each knows Its gloom, its tears,
its care.
Then when we meet give me a smile;
My burden, too, may heavy be.
Tell me of gladsome things the while.
That wholesome thoughts may come
to me.
Thus, passing pleasant tales along.
Ignoring those that hurt and sting.
The world shall hear a sweeter song
And gain befall the ones who sing.
In Otter Days.
Tventy-five Yearn Ace.
From The Oreftonlan of April 8. 1S!S.
Astoria There was much rejoicing
here yesterday over the arrival of the
British steamer Cupica. long overdue
from Liverpool, with 28.000 cases of
tinplate for the canneries aboard.
It is believed t'nat a point on up
per Klamath -lake will be the termi
nus of a branch of the Rogue River
railroad.
Governor Lord has for the third
time written the treasury depart
ment about a draft for $4122.35, or &
per cent on all government lands in
the state, which was issued in favor
of Oregon March 5. 1895.
W. D. Hare of HiHsboro. populist
candidate for the state senate, was in
f ortiana yesterday.
, Klrty Yearn Ago.
From The Oregonian of April 8, 1870.
The republican state convention
yesterday made these nominations:
Congressman. Joseph G. Wilson; gov
ernor. General Joel Palmer; James El
kins, secretary of state; Meyer Hirsch,
state treasurer.
The Portland Turn Verein society
last night gave a "calico" party at
their halL
The bark Cambridge, which sailed
from Honolulu on March 6, reached
this port last night with an assorted
cargo or coffee, sugars, pulu and salt.
D. P. Thompson returned last night
from an extended visit in the At
lantic states, coming via the Union
Pacific and the Columbia river route.
Richard Walton Tully, who has
been in Europe for the last year, has
cabled his New York office that he
has signed a contract with David
Miller, the English comedian, and
that he will feature him In a comedy.
H. D. Norton of Grants Pass, for
merly a member of the state senate,
elected as an independent, is among
the Imperial arrivals.
J. W. Ward of Boyd is at the Im
perial. Boyd has about 50 people and
is on Fifteen-Mile creek in Wasco
county.
Representing the Northwest Poultry
Journal. E. A. Botan is at 'the Hotel
Washington from Salem.
Dr. J. H. Rosenberg, health officer
for Prineville is at the Benson.
Advice for Ceorsie and Os.
PORTLAND. April 6. (To the Edi
tor.) In The Oregonian I notice the
query whether Oswald West and Sen
ator Chamberlain will follow Hoover
into the republican camp if Hoover
receives the republican nomination.
In this connection, it seems to us
that the logical thins for them to
do in the future would be just what
they have done In the past.
Does not our republican governor,
Olcott, owe his official position to
the fact that he was originany ap
pointed by Mr. West to the position
of secretary of state?
Does not our republican senator.
McNary, owe his political prominence
to the" fact that he, too, was origin
ally appointed to the supreme bench
by Mr. West, then governor, and also
to the fact that Mr. West advised the
voters to support him in his primary
campaign for the United States sen
ate? Now. it seems to me that the logical
thing for these gentlemen to do Is to
continue their support of the republi
can ticket and gel where they prop
erly belong.
A TIRED DEMOCRAT.
ILKVKH.VBSS EXHIBITED AS BOY
Story of Haw Phil Mrlarhaa Mane
Way Through Strange Country.
PORTLAND, April 7. (To the Ed
itor.) Perhaps no man has ever lived
in Oregon who had more personal
acquaintances all friends than had
Phil Metschan Sr. These have all
paid either public of private tributes
to his memory, but thefe is one cir
cumstance connected with his coming
to America when a boy of 14 years of
age that Is not generally known.
His mother's brother was already
living in Cincinnati and young Phil
was sent to him to grow up in the
western world. Ho did not know a
word of English, but his people put
him aboard of a ship at Hamburg
with a ticket to Cincinnati. I first
heard him detail this incident to the
late Werner Breyman of Salem. His
mother had packed all his clothing
and other necessaries in a huge trunk
"You know that kind of old Ger
man trunks. Werner," he said and
Werner did. with a nod of approval.
At that time the railroads were not
owned by large corporations, but
single lines ran from city to city,
thus requiring many transfers. Young
Metschan, speaking -no English, could
ascertain wben to change cars by
watching what the trainmen did with
that trunk. Arriving at a city, he
would get on the- depot platform and
watch the bargage car. His trunk,
having been checked through to Cin
cinnati, was sure to b sent there.
If it was not unloaded for a trans
fer he would re-enter his car and pro
ceed, but if. on the other hand, "t
was transferred, he would follow it
and enter a passenger coach on that
train. It was thus that he made the
journey from New York to Cincin
nati. With that kind of a handicap at
Xhe beginning of his American life,
fto became one- of the best known
No Blame Attaches to Women.
VADER, Wash., April 6. (To the
Editor.) A correspondent In The Or
egonian blames the loss of several and most highly esteemed citizens of
republican states to the women vot
ers.
It was Mr. Wilson's false promise
to keep us out of war, on the one
hand, and Mr. Hughes' stiff-necked
policy on the other hand, with the
socialist vote, that elected Mr. Wilson
president, and not the women.
Our women should have a right
prior to an ignorant foreigner.
J. W. FERKIER.
the country. his attributes were
honesty. Industry, geniality and clev
erness In the best sense of the lat
ter word. He loved his native coun
try, but during the late war his at
tachment to American interests nevei
lagged for a moment. His career Il
lustrates how little there Is to Jus
tify the existence of the I. W. W.
lor kindred organization in this roun
i try. T. T. GEER.