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TITE MORNING OREGONIAN, THURSDAY, APRIL 15, 1920
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WHERE TO BEGIN".
Evidence of the revolutionary pur
pose of the present railroad strike is
eo conclusive as to leave no room for
' debate on the question. It struck at
-' - an industry on the continued opera
5 tion of which all other industry de-
point 'where the withdrawal of the
smallest number of men can most ef
! fectually cripple it, namely the ter
minals in the cities, great and small
also where great bodies of employes
In other industries would be thrown
Into idleness. These cities and these
masses of idle men offer the greatest
opportunity to arouse the mob spirit
and thus to start revolutionary out
breaks. By inciting mutiny among
rr-.ilroad men against their unions, a
deadly blow may be struck at union
ism, which the several revolutionary
organizations aim first to destroy in
order that their members may be
won over to the army of the prole
tariat which is to carry on civil war
for domination by the communists.
The manner In which the strike
began betrays its I. W. W. or com
munist origin. No preliminary de
mands were made, as in the case ot
labor disputes. No leaders could be
Identified, as is usual in such cases.
A large number of men in one occu
pation simultaneously quit work
without' giving any reason. They may
have been incited to do so in order to
extort certain concessions, but the
purpose of the instigators was not
simply to obtain those concessions,
otherwise they would have formu
lated their demands at the time of
striking at the latest. The methods
and effect of the strike mark it as
the work of the I. W. W. or the com
munists or both. Evidence of I. W,
W. origin obtained by the depart
ment of labor corroborates this cir
cumstantial evidence, and the fur
ther evidence'that the communist in
ternational at Moscow has put the
I. W. W. In motion gives further cor
roboration
This adds weieht to the reasons for
tak-inn- awav from Actinr Keeretarv
of l,abor Post the Dower to decide
whether an alien revolutionist shall
be deported or. not. Inquiry would
probably show that many of the
moving spirits of the strike ;were
among the thousand aliens arrested
by the department of justice whom
Mr. Post has refused to deport or
among the hundreds who have been
liberated on merely nominal bail.
Others among the strike leaders are
likely to be Haywood and some of
the I. W. W. leaders who were con
victed with him and who are free, on
bail awaiting action on their appeal.
We need not go far to find the source
of the money with which the strike
is financed, for the communist party
'i of America and the I. W. W.- are in
close communion with the. third in-
ternatlonal at Moscow, which has all
f. ' the rich plunder of Russia at its dis
yt posal through the soviet government.
T -: i No matter how drastic may be the
T. ( measures adopted at the first cabinet
I--- meeting at which President Wilson
..' has presided in more than six
4 months, they will In large measure
'" be thwarted so long as the power to
rid the country of revolutionists re
mains in the hands of a man who
seizes any excuse to set them free,
v Outbreaks like that which is in prog
's1 ress the first stage of revolution ac
. cording to the Lienin programme
cannot be stopped until the source of
infection Is removed by lmprison
roent or deportation of the reds, Kno
S:S 'effort being spared meanwhile to re--.!
1 move just cause of unrest. That will
- - be impossible until the. man who
works against the purpose of the
government is removed from author
ity. REVIVAL Or MHIPBCII.UING.
Award by the emergency fleet cor
poration of a contract for seven
13,000-ton tank ships to the North-'
west Steel company recognizes Tort
land as a logical center for the steel
shipbuilding industry in normal
times, not for a mere war industry.
War demand for construction of the
largest possible tonnage in the short- j
est time caused shipyards to be
established at some points where or
dinary business considerations would
forbid their location in peace times.
Passing of the emergency caused
a weeding out of those yards and
those districts which could not hold '
conditions of peace. The contract
List let tire rwtiH . v io
ciass .
Several .adjustments had to be
made before Portland could be
firmly established as a shipbuilding
rcnter. A vear r rllr.uri r,-.iht
rates on steel from the east were
almost prohibitive and discriminated
in favor of Japan, and ships were
not available to relieve the industry
on the Pacific coast of this discrimi
nation by carrying steel by sea. Rail
road rates have now been reduced to
a living scale, and a Meamship line
Is to be established between the At
lantic and Pacific coasts by the Steel
Products company as a competitor
with the railroads. Other lines car
rying general cargo will also be
-ready to carry steel. Wages had to
be adjusted at figures which would
enable Pacific coast yards to com
pete with those of the Atlantic coast
and foreign countries. The fleet cor
poration had to determine what type
of ships was needed to give the
United States a well-balanced mer-
' chant marine. When, after all these
I questions have been worked out, n
large a contract is given to a Fort
I land yard, the verdict is decisive in
favor of this port.
Expansion of Portland commerce
will -do much 'to promote develop
ment nf thft RhfnhnilHinS' induRtrv.
and will be materially aided by it.
The history of other ports shows
that commerce and shipbuilding
grow up side by side at the same
point; for commerce creates a de
mand for ships, and ships provide
facilities for commerce. We may
therefore expect that other shipyards
will again become - active, that still
others will be established, and that
no Ions time will elapse before they
will be building vessels for Portland
owners to be operated in Portland
trade. -
'.THKOCGH ANOTHER'S EYES.
At Central library this week there
is in progress the annual art exhibit
of Oregon, birds and wild flowers
wherein" the varied subjects have
been caught and held in oils and
water colors. Hundreds of people
have visited it, as an expression of
artistic appreciation, and have ex
claimed at the revealed beauty of
familiar things.
Therein, doubtless, lies- the true
value of the artist. .While his work
is not comparable to nature's, it
possesses singular -advantage in that
it permits close approach and un
disturbed study, entrancing a mind
that is not occupied at the moment
by other matters. For the period of
observation the visitor at the exhibit
becomes the devotee of research
and his eye marks each unusual
plume or petal, every slash or tain
of vivid color.
Through such an exhibit, though
many beholders have seen its living
counterparts, there comes a nearer
knowledge of the wild feathered
friends of Oregon and of our way
side flowers for details that escaped
observation when afield are now
portrayed before the contemplative
vision.
To R. Bruce Horsfall, who has
painted Oregon , birds and sarticu
larly our game birds with an ar
tistry and faithfulness that bespeaks
true affection for his subjects, the
state is vastly indebted. He has
served Oregon well, far more so than
were he fanned as a painter of mere
folks. " ......
THAT -"SHOCKING" CASE AT AURORA.
. They are saying that the cigarette
must go the path of the dodo and
that, mayhap, the entire brood of
Nicotlna shall accompany the pale
paper cylinder of the corner lounger
and the after-dinner orator. If It Is
kismet, well and good but in the
meanwhile incidents such as the re
cent affair at Aurora,' 111., most in
eptly handled, will go far toward de
laying the day when the "coffin-nan"
no longer is driven.
" There is a young women's sem
inary ,at Aurora, with a clintele of
just such girls as prevail in normal,
sensible, even-paced America. Girls
with a giggle or two In their systems,
no' doubt, and, fondness for pranking
and a delicious delight in breaking
rules to see the fragments fly. The
seminary superintendent, when she
discovered that certain of her youth
ful wards were smoking surreptitious
cigarettes, was horrified to such an
I extent that four of the naughty
misses were sent home in disgrace.
I There isn't anything to be said for
the cigarette, as applied to higher
learning In a modest sectarian sem
inary not a syllable of excusal or
condonement. But there Is less to be
uttered In praise of the prudishness
which severely penalized four girls
for their prank, and thus perpetu
ated a tradition that to smoke on the
sly is essentially wicked and there
fore delightful. As a matter of fact,
it is ordinarily productive of nausea
and headache. .
Prohibition of alcoholic drinks was
retarded many years by reason of the
ultra-virtuous attitude of Its pro
ponents, whose lengthened Puritan
ical faces drove from their cause the
recruits essential to victory. When
the idea grew; of its own accord, that
it was the effect and not the act that
was pernicious and wicked, the le
gions of common sense arose and
smote John Barleycorn to such pur
pose that he perished utterly or
almost. Reformers would do well" to
pattern their campaigns thereby.
TOO MUCH PHYCHANAIV8I9.
Those not much given to morbid
introspection will regard as a com
pliment to the ultirrfate roundness of
American thought the prediKion of
Dr. Frederick Peterson that the
Freudian cult will be short-lived in
this country. "The theories of Freud
and Jung," says Mr. Peterson in a
recent article in the Journal of the
American Medical Association, "are
to psychology what cubism is to art
new, sensational and rather inter
esting. If they were not so per
nicious In their application, as well
as untrue psychologically, I should
say nothing of them, but let them
take their place in our historical
medical museum, along with the
other curiosities which the centuries
have accumulated."
The one clear fact in the psychol
ogy of our daily life, in Dr. Peter
son's opinion, is that the essential
function of t the mind is -its ability
to deal with the future. Nothing
will be gained, of course, by increas
ing an already disturbing tendency of
certain types of mind V tufa inward
when they should be looking for
ward. The Freudian theory that
every dream is the fulfilment of an
ungratified desire, with accom
panying entanglements of abstruse
I . ' ' ! mDO"m maae
I necessary for defense of that the-
ory, is capable of doing mischief
nd probably incapable of good. It
) at least more wholesome and not
I by ind.vldual experi-
I enuc l" nuppuae, as j-r. t eicrson ana
rs assume, that 'normal human
conduct is guided by anticipation of
the future. It Is, he suggests-
even anticipation for the future that
plans for us, chooses, distinguishes the
rlKht paths from the wrong paths that we
are to follow and the ways that are favor
able to prosrese from those that are un
favorable. Our memories are our expe
rience on Which we base Our life to be:
the present is a point; the future ia
varythlns.
Youth, in particular, is the period
of hope and anticipation. Dreams,
many of those who Oppose the cir
cumscribed theories of Freud believe,
are a kind of ungoverned replica of
waking thought, but with a wider
horizon of memories. The danger of
too-ready generalization Is Illustrated
in the Freudian philosophy. The
pleasant dreams of childhood, sug
gesting fulfilment Of wishes In the
most wishful period of life, gave rise
. to the elaborate symbolism of Freud-
ism required to fit it to dreams of
other types. Por example:
When confronted by fear' and anxiety
dreams, he had to Invent words like dis
tortion, disfigurement, displacement, etc.,
to twist around an easily explicable dream
to make such a dream in some extraordl
rary manner fulfil a wish. When a
friend of his. after hearing him lecture
on the subject, came to him triumphantly
with a fear dream, wholly opposed to his
theory, Freud suddenly exclaimed, ex
ultingly: "You had this dream just to
confute my theory. That was the hid
den wish."
Dr. Peterson puts against the sub
limation of ser, which constitutes an
essentially morbid phase of Freud
ism, the Rabelaisian conception that
all human accomplishment Is the re
sult of sublimation of the desire of
the stomach. "Ojie theory is as good
as the other,", he adds. "They are
both Rabelaisian." And thoughtfu?
psychologists will be inclined to agree
with his concluding statement, that
in the analyses made by the so-called
psychanalists will usually be found
a complete revelation of the type of
mind of the analyst himself, his in
telligence, his logic, his symbolism,
his character; "indeed, one will learn
much more of him In this way than
one will of the unfortunate patient
he thinks he Is studying."
FERTILIZING THE AIR.
There would seem to be but little
in common between the white-hot
maw of a blast furnace and the cool
and tender expanse of growing crops,
but science has established a kinship
of interests, so they say "They" let
not this be branded as Teuton propa
gandaare divers scientists of Ger
many, hard put to increase production,-
who have found that the car
bonic acid vapors of blast furnaces,
reft of other elements, and circulated
in the greenhouse atmosphere, cause
an almost miraculous growth among
the plants. Not only do the leaves
broaden and the - stems thrust up
ward, as though a Hindoo trickster
practiced his legerdermain, but the
yield of produce Is much larger than
If the vegetables had been left to
their own devices. Tomatoes so treat
ed showed an Increase of 175 per
cent In actual yield, spinach in
creased 150 per cent, potatoes in
creased 150 per cent, and other gar
den folk were similarly 'hastened to
extra-fruitful maturity.
The prediction Is voiced that truck
gardens of the future will cluster
closely about blast furnaces, and that
the art of Tubal Cain, first of the
iron workers, will be blent with the
gentle pursuits of gardening. From
the furnaces Will run giant conduits,
wish- piping systems that will dis
tribute purified carbonic acid gas to
the atmosphere above large areas of
growing crops. When production re
quires hastening, and the city mar
kets are clamoring for early cucum
bers, the gardener will lounge out
and turn on the gas, knowing full
well that the intelligent plants will
respond. The fertilization of the air
will then be accomplished and suc
cessfully quite as much so as the
fertilizing of a field.
Not so strange, after all, is this kin
ship. A great deal of all wrought
iron, since the art began, has found
expression in garden implements or
in the tools of war, and these latter
were largely employed in the acqui
sition of new gardens or the defense
of the old.
THE BATTLESHIP STILL 13 KING.
When the house of representa
tives was asked to appropriate money
for repair of pre-dreadnought battle
ships, it was suggested that they
werenbsolete and should be scrapped.
The reply was that other nations
maintained ships of that type In their
second line, and that ours would do
good service In fighting theirs. Ob
jection then arose to completing the
super-dreadnoughts now under con
struction or contract, on the ground
that the submarine and airplane had
made them obsolete. Of what use.
it was asked, was it to build ships
which would cost 40, 000.000 to con
struct and ?2, 000. 000 a year-to keep
in commission, when they could be
sunk by $500,000 submarines or by
airplanes each carrying a ton of ex
plosives? Why not spend the same
amount of money on a number of
submarines or airplanes?
This argument was supported by
quotations from Sir Percy Scott, the
great British champion of the sub
marine. He said of the battleship of
today:
She is vulnerable to aircraft with
bombs and aerial torpedoes, and to sub
marines, the latter possibly carrying a
15-inch or 18-inch gun: and the ordinary
automobile torpedo is still in process of
development, and may in future carry a
ton of high explosives, which would prob
ably sink any battleship.
That quotation raised the question:
Who controlled the sea in the war?
Some members said the 3ritish did.
for after the battle of Jutland the
German battle fleet did not yenture
out of, port, while the British battle
fleet patroled the sea. Others said
the Germans did, for at one period
their submarines sank more ships
every week than were being built.
Each of these two flatly contradic
tory answers is founded on only half
of the truth.
The British and their allies con
trolled the sea to the extent that
Ihey continued to use it for their
navy, their merchant fleet and the
transport of , troops and supplies,
while both the German navy and the
German merchant marine were
penned in their harbors and. with
very limited exceptions, German
ports were effectually blockaded
against neutral craft. The Germans
endeavored to break down this con
trol by a wearing down process with
submarines. If successful, this of
fensive would have driven all surviv
ing ships trading with the allies into
port, but It could not have cleared
the way for German ships td put to
sea unless it had sunk or confined
to port the hostile battle fleets. It
seemed to have prospects of success
in the spring of 1917, but reinforce
ment of the allies by American de
stroyers and by American work in
laying the North sea mine barrage
no sooner came than hope of its
success began to die. The battleship,
supported by these auxiliaries, re
mained king of the sea.
.As the torpedoboat was countered
by construction of the destroyer and
as the submarine was countered by
construction of more destroyers and
of chasers equipped with listening
devices and depth bombs, so we may
expect it to be wth seaplanes de
signed to drop bombs on battleships.
A battle fleet now goes into action
behind a protecting screen of de
stroyers, submarines and cruisers,
which drive off similar enemy craft.
There la likely to be a screen o'f
aircraft Irt future, which will do
battle with and drive off the hostile
air fleet, while the battleships do
the heavy fighting. A battleship ts
a great gun platform, shaped as a
ship and equipped with magazines
11 !
y I
fights in the rear of naval lnfantry-
the light craft as big field guns
fight on land behind a screen of
infantry. A nation which relied on
submarines, destroyers and aircraft
without battleships or naval defense
would run terrible risks as against
another nation that was equally well
equipped with light craft and air
planes and had battleships In addi
tion. Its mosquito fleet and aircraft
might be destroyed or driven off.
and Its unfortified coast would then
be exposed to the landing of a hostile
army under cover of gunfire from
the battlefleet.
Each new- -military Invention of
any nation Is imitated or Improved
by other nations, and means of de
fense against it are adopted which
neutralize the decisive effects ex
pected from it.- Notwithstanding all
the Inventions ot the last sixty years
which were to have caused abandon
ment of battleships, they have con
tinued to be built larger, swifter and
with bigger guns, and they remain
the backbone of a navy. The rela
tive value of smaller craft has risen,
but they are auxiliaries and defend
ers of the battleships, without which
no navy can win and hold supremacy
at sea.
SAME OLD STORY. IS MEXICO.
An election of president being at
hand in Mexico, the time has arrived
for another revolution, for since the
fall of Diaz revolution has been the
regular accompaniment of the peo
ple's nominal choice of a ruler. It
Is also according to precedent that
the revolt snould be led by one of
the generals who put the ruling pres
ident in power, for there Usually
comes a time In the life of a king
maker when he wants to be king.
The rapidity with which other
states join Sonora In revolt against
Carranza Indicates existence of gen
eral, discontent with his government
or with peace, or with the kind of
peace he establishes. He gathered
his original force for, war on Huerta
in the north and his first supporters
probably think they have not been
adequately rewarded since he won
control of the capital.
Americans do not care who gov
erns Mexico, but they have a deep
interest in its being governed in euch
a manner that the lives and property
of Americans who go to that country
will be safe, and that Mexicans will
keep themselves and their bullets on
their own side of the boundary. In
this sense It has not been governed
for ten years, and there is no pros
pect that it will be governed for the
next ten years. Its lack of govern
ment has been accompanied by mur
der of hundreds of Americans and
by destruction of hundreds of million
dollars' worth of American property,
and has caused a United States army
to be maintained on the boundary
for several years.
These facts give the United States
an interest in the kind of government
Mexico has. The prospect Is that
the civil war now beginning will be
marked by the same kind Of Inci
dents as were those of the recent
past, and the American people may
decide to end the trouble once for all
by crushing anarchy and holding
down the country until the Mexicans
learn to establish a real government.
Arson is too much of a fine art to
be ' tried by the common man.' The
man who set the fires at Boardman
a month ago has confessed he did
it to collect the insurance. Orfly a
man with a big bank balance can
play a winning hand In that game,
and even at that a sleuth of a Pome
roy or a Roberts may send him to
jail.
Those professors are going to a
vast amount ot unnecessary bother
trying to communicate with Mars.
William Randolph Hearst would get
'em a message from his special staff
correspondent there on half an
hour's notice any day.
The arrival of & thousand girls
from Ireland on one steamship is not
going to solve any domestic prob
lem in New York, for there Is a boy
waiting somewhere to help each
solve her own little domestlo prob
lems In due time.
A way has been discovered of
making alcohol from the waste of
wood pulp that will give more miles
to the gallon and It Is not fit to drink
two benefits that should hasten Its
coming.
That fuss at the asylum is easily to
be settled. If a paroled man is not to
be given -a decent chance to rehabili
fate himself, what Is the use In trv-
, ing7 Leave it to Dr. Steifter.
Is the high cost of living never
going to stop? Now the price of sa
lutes has gona so high that officers
are to be excluded from the bonus
plan for ex-service men.
The mayor of Montmartre, France,
was elected on the rousing campaign
platform of "free beer.". The near.
est Governor Edwards can get to that
Is "beer at any price."
Men talk nonsense when they ad
vocate wearing overalls during bust
ness hours. Decent clothing can be
bought at decent prices, considering
conditions.
St. Louis has" gained so little In
population that she Is likely to lose
her rank ats fourth city of th coun
try to Boston. Oh, the curse of pro
hibltionl
Most likely Huirtt, of the twd
dozen matrimonial episodes. Is a men
of charming appearance whom no
body would suspect ef villainy.
The Russian reds said to be financ
ing the strike do not know what a bis
to' ntry this is and its capability td
put down a revolution.
We have yet to hear of anybody
who could get . a workable recipe
from the ouija board for making
beer.
That's right, Mr, Wells, keep them
southerly a few days and drain the
skies. The eyes of all fans are on
you.
It is a poor candidate who cannot
carry his own state, and Lowden't
success in Illinois was to be expected.
"Alcohol substitute for gasoline
found," says a headline. Turn about
i& Only fair play.
When the strike begins to weaken
the administration will do something,
not before.
and living quarters for its crew,
Stars and Starmakers.
By Leoae Caaa Baer.
A theatrical news note from a New
York source says that Ann Swinburne,
prima donna, who retired four years
ago following her marriage to the late
Rudolph Schlrmer, the music publish
er, will return to the stage shortly,
negotiations now pending for her ap
pearance in a forthcoming light opera,
which a syndicate will produce.
This will be interesting news to
Portland friends of Miss Swinburne,
who have always deplored her retire
men: from a professional career.
s m w m
' George M. Cohan, who wrote the
song. "Mary Is a Grand Old Name,"
has -named his newest musical show
"Mary." It was originally christened
"The House That Jack Built," but
after he tried It out in Washington
he renamed the piece.
Marlon Grey, In "Three Faces East,"
at the Helllg tonight, was an artist's
model before she became an actress.
She Is the original of many of the
Burne-Jones studies, her best-known
pose being Lucifer In "The Fall of Lu
cifer." She also was the figure of
the Virgin in Burne-Jones" "Adora
tion of the Magi" and Psyche in "The
Marriage of Psyche."
This Is from & Paris letter to an
American theatrical journal:
"Where are the souvenirs?" asked
a tourist of a guide while going over
the battle fields of the late great war
In France.
"We will soon have them," answered
the guide, "they are now being made
In America."
Further conversation elicited that
while the Frenchmen have been wait
ing for the tourists to see the gory
scenes of the recent conflict, Ameri
cans are preparing for them.
Some Americans who were aver
here and surveyed the outlook decided
the supply of souvenirs could not
commence to equal the demand. If, In
fact, genuine souvenirs to any extent
may now be procured at all. The
Americans sounded the natives, con
cluded the field wuld be fertile for
United States souventrs and returned
home to manufacture them.
The most that has been done by na
tive French guides has been to bury
parts of broken bayonets, helmets of
any other material resembling the ar
ray of a soldier which could be pur
chased In French towns. These have
been placed a few feet beneath the
surface, with the guides "steering"
current curiosity seekers to the spot
Explaining the battle was very fierce
"at this point," the guide asks if a
souvenir is wanted and Immediately
digs down to his buried treasure.
The trade in burled souvenirs Is ex
pected to be highly remunerative ai
the Bummsr approaches and the Amer
icans arrive. x
Bert Levy, cartoonist', who has a
feature act on the New York Hippo
drome bill, asys In print that he was
approached last week by a man who
described himself as a representative
of the wet Interests and tendered a
proposition whereby he was to draw
the picture of Governor Edwards of
New Jersey with a caption saying.
"Our next president," during his act
at the Hippodrome.
The offer Included a weekly salary
considerably In excess of the Hippo
drome stipend. Levy took the propo
sition to the theater management, ex
plaining how they could save his sal
ary each week. The Hippodrome peo
ple turned down the proposal, how
ever, declaring themselves as opposed
to any form of propaganda.
m m m
It Pays to Advertise," produced as
a three-act comedy several years ago
by Cohan Sc. Harris, has been con
densed into a one-act playlet for
vaudeville by Rol Cooper Megrue and
Joseph Poland. Billy Gaxton has ac
quired the rights and will appear In
the tabloid version next season In the
Keith and Orpheum houses. The piece
calls for a cast of ten. It will employ
three scenic acts and run about 30
minutes.
Mary Nash is rehearsing in London
for her first appearance there. She
Is to play In Jules Eckert Goodman's
play, 'The Man Who Came Back."
Mr. Goodman went over from New
York to superintend the production,
which is by William Brady.
m
Billy B. Van, who returned from the
road with the closing of "The Rain
bow Girl," is to re-enter vaudeville,
teaming with James J. Corbett The
latter m-as with Jack Wilson esrly in
the season, but since then has been In
pictures with Universal. A tryout of
the new team will be ready for show
ing next week.
Leo Carillo has .been signed by the
Selwytis and will be starred by them
In a new comedy next season. The
piece has been selected but the title
not chosen as yet.
Among the passengers on "La Sa
vol" for France was Pearl White.
She goes to France to fill a role in a
new picture the Scenes of which re
quire a French atmosphere. Yvonne
Gall of the Chicago Opera company
was also on board, as was Emmy Des
tinn. m m m
SOphie Tucker and her Versatile
sextet are to feature the cummer
show at the Cafe de Paris, Hotel Bres
lifi, Atlantic City.
s
Walter Hast, in association with
MOrrls Rose, will present in August
a musical piece called "Blue Eyes."
The book Is by Leon Lardon and Lc
Roy Clemens, with music and lyric
by Zak Meyers and I. B. Korenblum.
Thy are now negotiating for two
stars to play the leads.
WW
Richard Ordynskl has sailed for Po
land. He resigned as stage director Of
the Metropolitan opera-house, which
post he had held for three seasons.
in Poland . he is to establish a na
tional theater in Warsaw.
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Fred Bishop, who Was director Of
the Alcazar musical stock the past
season. Is now directing a Similar Or
ganization at Akron, O., with Frank
Shea, who has been on the road in
several Raymond "Hitchcock roles. The
stock will open May 3 and will prob
ably move to one of the out-of-door
theaters during the Summer.
e
"The Doctor," a new offering by Da
vid Belasco. goes into rehearsal April
26. The cast of principals is preten
tious. Including Janet Beecher, Char
lotte Walker, William Morris and
Philip Marrlvale. The piece is de
scribed as a comedy which was tried
out in stoek several years sgo.
Those Who Come and Go.
"There will be forest fires as usual
in the Tlllamok woods this year,"
predicts J. A. Link, who operates the
v heeler mill at Cochran on the Tilla
mook railroad. "The small stuff will
be burned as soon as possible, but
the stumps will be ready to take fire
In the old camps, despite apsrk catch
ers and everything else." The mill
which Mr. .Link looks after has a
capacity of 75,000 feet and It is turn
ing into the finished lumber the
stately trees of the primeval forest
which were first disturbed when E. E.
Lytle built the railroad through the
coast range mountains. In the past
winter a large quantity of new equip
ment has been installed and the lum
bering operations will be aggressively
pushed. C. H. Wheeler, the owner,
has 11,004 acres of timber, which is
enough to keep kirn busy for years,
and in addition to his own operations
there are four other outfits working
on his holdings.
"This strike among the railroad
men will seriously affect trie steel
industry," declares P. M. Kettenhofen
of Milwaukee.- "The prices for the
raw product, and by that I mean
sheet metal and pig iron, is bound
to go up, for it does not require
much interference to throw out ot
gear a big Industrial organization.
Metals are going up in price and
brokers are making fortunes by spec
ulating. A carload of steel will
change hands several times, each
broker taking his profit on the trans
action. And speaking of articles,
consider nails. They are almost out
of eight, and stove pipe and every
thing else is upward." Mr. Ketten
hofen Is in Portland with a view of
making a permanent loca-tion here.
When M. V. McCormlck of Minne
apolis started, out of the Benson yes
terday he walked a block and saw
one woman's hat blown off and an
other woman's umbrella blown Inside
out. Then he hurried back to the
Benson and announced to the world
that he never saw such climate and
he much, preferred Minneapolis, even
though it does get to 35 degrees
below sero in wlfiter. Mrs. McCor
mick, however, expressed herself dif
ferently, and asserted that she much
preferred a little rain to a Minneapo
lis winter. After accumulating a
substantial bankroll operating a res
taurant and cabaret Mr. McCormlck
has sold out and is now out dlicov-
reing the Paciflo coast.
"There are long lines of machines
carrying license tags of the state
of Washington parked along our
streets," says D. J. Elmer of Van
couver, B. C, where he is in the ho
tel business. "Vancouver is an oasis
for the people of Puget sound and
they drive across the line to wet their
whistles since the United States went
dry. In Vancouver 6 per cent beer
Is being sold and there is a strong
demand for the thirst-quencher from
the American visitors. Tlwcre is also
a thriving business in writing pre
scriptions, for with a prescription
strong waters can be obtained."
When he was younger. W. S. Clark
was a brakeman on the rawhide rail
road up in Washington. It' was
railroad unique In the annals of the
Industry, but it served Its purpose.
eventhough the trains never made
vi' iniiBB an iiuui, simj 1110 . n n m,.
wasn't good .footing for the wheels
In wet weather. Mr. Clark, accom
panled by his wife, arrived from
Walla Walla. Wash., at the Hotel
Washington and are on their way to
swing around the circle. They will
go east by way of the southern states
and will return home over the north
ern route.
No doufft about C. M. Fulkerth's be
lng out of luck. Mr. Fulkerth Jour
neyed northwsrd from Modesto, Cal..
and all went we'l until he landed in
Portland. His grips were all taste
fully arrayed at the union depot but
someone got them before Mr. Fulkerth.
so he arrived at the Hotel Portland
sans baggage and In a very unhappy
state of mind. Now he will have to
buy a new outfit In this city, thus
making a practical demonstration of
the tourist dollar.
Every once In a while some person
comes to Portland and It is said that
he owns the finest farm in Oregon.
Among other owners of the finest
farm in Oregon is L. C. Thompson,
who registered at the Perkins. This
particular finest farm Vs located near
Carlton. Mr. Thompson Is a member
of the Thompson family which built
the Multnomah.
Former Representative Libby and
S. A. Hughes, also a representative
of Marlon county, were among poli
ticians in the Imperial lobby yester
day. C. E. Woodson, who Is a can
didate for renomtnatlon and election.
Is registered from his home town of
Heppner.
Every few days some railroad con
tractor comes from Spokane and
registers at the Multnomah, until the
impression Is given that a big per
centage of the Spokane population
are professional contractors. The
latest arrival is H. H. Hunt.
Shipping people from Tokio, Japan,
associated with the Mitful company,
are K. Murakann and K. Ichikawa,
who are registered at the Benson.
Tbe visitors are being piloted around
by an agent of the local Mitsui of
fice. There must be a dent In the Com
mercial street crowd Just now. ror the
following Astorians are registered in
a bunch at the Hotel Portland: M. A
Viggers, Thomas Bllycu, J. R. Mc
Kinney and C. W. Fleck.
George E. Willis, vice-president of
the Lally Light corporation of De
troit, and Charles S. Harriman. the
coast manager, are at the Multnomah.
Mr. Willis Is on the coast looking
after business Interests.
Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Graves of Spo
kane, who have been sunning them
selves in California, have escaped the
profiteers and are on their way home.
They are at the Benson en route.
J. C. Hostetler of The Dalles, who
owns considerable acreage down
Chenowlth way, where the highway
commission almost located the Co
lumbia highway, but didn't. Is among
thi Imperial arrivals.
It makes little difference what the
season is or the temperature, A. E.
Edwards of Seattle finds business
good for his ice-making machines.
Ho is at the Hotel Portland.
Rev. Allan A. McRea of Tillamook
is at the Hotel Washington, and Mr.
and Mrs.. Alex Watt, who are Inter
ested in church work at Tillamook,
are also at the Washington.
Mrs. J. C. Flora, whose husband Is
In the lumber business at Kerry, Or.,
Is at the Multnomah while doing
some chopping.
A. H Silvcrnail. assistant cashier
of the Wells-Fargo-Nevada bank of
San Francisco, Is among the Benson
arrivals.
D. M. Nayberger, who is one of the
leading merchant princes of McMinn
vllle, is at the Hotel Portland with
Mrs. Nayberger.
Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Wallace, who
welcome tourists at their own hotel
In Grass Valley. Or., are at the Im
perial. A. W. Peters of the Hood River
tribe of horticulturists, is at the Ho
tel Portland,
HOW TO LOWER KATIOXAL TAXES
! Cutting Cost of Administration Will j
Do It. Lovrdrn. '
Editor.) As local representative of
Governor Frank O. Lowden of Illi
nois, candidate for president of the
United States, I will endeavor to an
swer a brief editorial of the 14th, in
which you inquire as to how Governor
Lowden experts to reduce the cost of
government operation should he have
the honor of being elected president.
We can only judge by his past ac
tions and achievements and take the
liberty of quoting Governor Lowden
from the Literary Digest of April 10:
A business administration of the na
tional government- There is one branch
of the admllFtralion at Washington whose
work is duplicated by 42 bureaus. Forty
one of those 4 bureaus ought to be abol
ished, and the expense of their adminis
tration done away with.
That la merely one example. There
should be a budget system In national fi
nance, and the covernment organised on
business lines and all the useless expenses
of administration cut off. Millions of
dollars could be saved and cut oi'f the
taxes the people have to pay.
11 have no panacea for this country.
but all the taxes of every kind are pavaed
on to the people, and by the time they
reach the people they have been doubled
or trebled In going through the middle
men. Cut the cost of government admin
istration and you cut taxes. Cut taxes
and you cut the cost ot living.
His work In combining the 125 com
missions in Illinois into nine sepa
rate bureaus and other reforms in
state government have worked a sav
ing of $7,000,000 a year, amounting
to over 33 per cent of the state taxes,
one Hem being (150.000 a year in
railway fares.. The same method if
applied in the government of the
United StateB to the many depart
ments which duplicate that mentioned
In the third paragraph, where 42 bu
reaus are administering one branch
of our government, would undoubt
edly work to the great financial In
terests of the people.
Governor Lowden would also instal
a budget system for the United States
which would enable him to keep close
check on the expenditures of the va
rious departments. This may not be
pleasing to the heads of the various
bureaus, but his action In forcing
through the many reforms in Illinois
shows that he cares little for the
opinions rf the professional office
holders, and the great American pub
lic will get the benefit of his experi
ences in handling our second largest
state during the war.
J. E. DUNNE.
WHAT WAS IT WE FOUGHT FORI
If Oar Ideals Were bat Figments.
Teen Johnson's tbe Man,
COVE, Or.. April 12. (To the Edi
tor.) There seems to be a great deal
of surprise evinced by the press in
general that Senator Hiram Johnson
went so strong in the Michigan pri
maries, which proves that most of
the writers have forgotten that most
of the Germans and German sympa
thizers are opposed to the league of
nations, and that Michigan has a
large population of German extrac
tion. Undoubtedly Mr. Johnson will get
most of the "antl-alUes" vote in the
United States, as his position on the
question of a league of nations de
serves and for which he Is to be con
gratulated. We are through wtth our
late allies; we want absolute isola
tion America for America; wo would
not even join the league with the
Lodge reservations, wherein we might
enjoy some of the benefits without
any obligation on our part to support
the league, as we care nothing for
our proclaimed Ideals: our participa
tion for democratizing the world Is
at an end and we will pledge no
support for Its realization and main
tenance; we are sufficient unto our
selves; let Germany come back as
before, if she can. and let our late
allies look out for themselves aixl
preserve the integrity of the small
nations If they can.
We believe in a Monroe doctrine
for all the Americas and are pledged
to support It; but we do not want a
Monroe doctrine for the world mixed
up with our own. nor will we tup
port any such doctrine when nego
tiated by a democratic president. It
is all right for nations like Cuba.
Venezuela, Uruguay, to have a voice
In the league, but countries like Can
ada and Australia should not have
a voice, not even in the assembly of
the league, because they might sug
gest something that would be unani
mously adopted by the executive body.
"We propose to keep clear of all
European entanglements" as soon as
we can erect a "fool proof" fence
around tbe United States. No future
condition In Europe, no matter how
It may affect us in Its consequences,
can make us promise to help hold
all disturbances at bay. because the
United States Is no bigger now nor
dfiferent in any way, nor have the
times and conditions changed any.
here or in Europe, since the time of
George Washington or Noah.
Is not this what we fought for In
the late war, and what our boys gave
their lives for, for which we are to
pay forty to fifty billion dollars?
Was not this what we aimed at
our Ideal and goal? If so. Johnson
should win: but If not, Michigan will
be enough for him to carry, even In
the primaries.
KARL J. STACKLAXD.
CONTENTION OK BOARD UPHELD
Victory In Bloom Case Declared Won
By Eltninera,
PORTLAND. April 14. (To the
Editor.) Our attention was called to
an article that appeared in The Ore
gonlan relative to the mandamus suit
of F. M. Bloom vs. Board of Dental
Examiners. The statement as it ap
peared is misleading to the public
and Is unfair to the dental board
the public servant In matters relating
to the enforcement of the dental laws
of this state.
The decision handed down by the
supreme court at Salem is a decided
victory for the board of dental ex
aminers. It upholds the contention
of the board and sets alde the claim
of F. M. Bloom for a license to prac
tice dentistry In Oregon, which ts the
most Important Issue involved In the
action brought against the board by
Bloom to compel the board to Issue
him a license to practice dentistry.
The mandamus action was brought
by F. M. Bloom against the board to
compel it to give hl.n a license to
practice dentistry, although he could
not qualify to take an examination, as
must all other dentists who desire to
engage in the practice of dentistry In
this state. The action was based on
a law enacted by the legislature in
1919 wherein a provision was made
for a limited number of persons to
own, manage and conduct a dental
office but not to engage in the prac
tice of dentistry.
Owing to the peculiar wording of
this proviso, a number of so-called
"outlaw" -dental practitioners in va
rious parts of the state conceived the
idea that they could now secure a
license to practice dentiftry in Ore
gon without qualifying for the regu
lar examination required by statute.
H. H. SCHMITT.
President Oregon Board Dental Ex
aminers. Pants Tlghter'n Boy's Skin.
Boys' Life.
Johnny These pant" that you
bought for me are too tight. Mother
Oh, no, they aren't. Johnny They
are, too. mother. They're tighter'n
my own skin. Mother Now. Johnny,
you know that isn't so. Johnny It
is, too. I can sit down in my skin,
but I can't sit down. in my pants.
More Truth Than Poetry.
By James J. sioatssae.
Congress has this year discontinued
its ancient practice of garden seed
distribution.
When spring came smiling through
the land
And set the little brooks to singing.
When every breeze was soft and
bland
And homeward all the birds were
winging;
When blossoms burgeoned on the
mead
And green the buds were, on the
lattice.
I used to watch to see the seed
My congressman dispatched mi
gratis.
And ah! 1 used to plant them too.
I set them out on every .May-day:
For I was young the skies were blue.
And spring and hope were in their
hey-day.
I watered them with tender care;
The richest, blackest loam 1 brought
'em.
And all the time that I could spare.
I gave to them from May till au
tumn. But though the rains wept o'er their
beds.
Though sunbeams warmed their
resting places.
No sproutlets ever raised their heads.
No plan tl eta showed their tiny
faces.
But after years I came to know
That neither rain nor sun nor diet
Nor care nor toil could make them
grow. ,
In fact, that wouldn't even try it.
And yet, . In springtime, when they
came.
Aside I reverently laid them.
And always thrilled to see my name
Upon the packet that conveyed
them.
It mattered little IT they grew.
That wasn't In the least essential;
But when they came the neighbors
knew
That I was rather Influential.
. , f
If Possible.
Somebody, at this stage of the pro
ceedings, should accept a mandatory
for William Jennings Bryan.
More Supply Than Demand.
The only people who don't have any
trouble getting help are the propri
etors of bonded warehouses.
Merely a Suggestion,
We might respond to the request
of the allies that we take more In
terest in them if we could get more
Interest out of them.
(Copyright, 1920, by the Bell Syndi
cate. Inc.)
In Other Days.
Twenty-five Yenra Ago.
From The Oregonlan of April 15, 1S05.
Los Angeles. The Hotel Raymond
at Pasadena, one of the most famous
ning Its trains faster.
One of the oldest pioneers in the
state. If not the oldest, is Mr. Taylor
of Sauvies Island, who came up the
Columbia in 1836. He is about 80
years old.
Fifty Yenra Aao.
From The Oreconlan of April 13. 17.
Washington. The Argentine min
ister yesterday received a message
from the Argentine consul at London
saying the Paraguayan war is at an
end and Lopez slain.
An Immense lime quarry, the rock
being 10 feet thick, has Just been dis
covered in Umatilla county.
An excellent l!-room house, sit
uated on lot 1, block 216. ,built last
year by Mrs. D. T. Stimson. was sold
yesterday to Mrs. E. Harvey, late of
Oregon City, for 66fll.
SOT IX FAVOR OF CASH BONUS
Ser-vlre Mnn Supports Colonel Bar
rovra In 11 la Position.
GLIDE, Or.. April 12. (To the Edi
tor.) Permit me space to express the
sentiments of appreciation of not a
small element of the former A. E. F.
of the dignified stand of Colonel
David P. Barrows concerning the
clamor for a cash bonus by the Ameri
can Legion.
Those of us who were so fortunate
as to serve with and under this gal
lant soldier and gentleman recall with
what a high sense of honor and ethics
and enthusiasm he regarded his posi
tion of soldier of the United States,
and his dignified position. In relation
to the American Legion and a bonus
Is quite characteristic of the man and
refreshing to those soldiers of the
A. E. F. who helped carry the ball
through the Hindenburg line, and
whose military services are not on a
cauh basis.
Colonel Barrows Is a type unfor
tunately only too rare in. American
public life. In these days of maudlin
Americanism, of Johnsons, Lodges and
all the rest of the miserable band
of reactionaries who have dragged
the national honor in the dust under
the pitiful slogan of "Little American
Ism." it Is to such men as Colonel
Barrows and his compeers that we
who keep the faith look to for noble
and patriotic expressions of senti
ment. The American Legion has quite
enough legitimately to do, fighting
the battle of national training, a sub
ject our politicians of either party
are too cowardly to sponsor, secur
ing proper compensation . for the
wounded and incapacitated (for
Anerica can never do enough for the
man who has been injured In her
service) and furthering tbe interests
of true patriotism everywhere, par
ticularly rebuking those pitiful crea
tures who so Infamously are holding
the national honor up to the scorn of
the world generally, snd our allies in
particular.
Preference in the civil service lists,
especially priority In the allotment of
the public domain these are quite
proper expressions of gratitude on the
part of a grateful nation, but this
clamor for a cash bonus and the like t
Dring Qinniiiiur on iiic inciuuij j l hi-
soldiers of the great war.
W. L. H. OSBORNE.
Many Applyt Few F.llgrible.
PORTLAND, April 14. (To the Edi
tor.) The Oregonian published last
week an Item stating that 1000 appli
cations were on fUe in the office of
the superintendent of schools and that
only 100 teachers were to be elected.
While these figures are correct, the
explanation that nine-tenths of these
applicants are not eligible because of
lack of experience or professional
training and that many ot them Have
sent applications broadcast to sev
eral large cities and if axperlenced
and desirable might easily be elacted
In Seattle or some other city paying
larger salaries than. Portland, Is due
the public in view of the interest
in school matters and the prospective
2-mill levy for elementary school pur
poses. Superintendent D. A. Grout saic
yesterday that past experience has
proved that only a 'scant 10 per cent
of applicants are eligible for election.
JESSIE M'GREGOR,
Secretary Federated Teachers' Council.
resorts of the state, was burned tof
the ground yesterday afternoon.
The Southern Pacific company Is
constantly making improvements on
Its line between Portland and ' San
Francisco, lookinar forward to run
1-