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TnE MORNING OKLGOXIAX, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1920
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COX'S FIRE OF EPITHETS.
Arch-conspirator of the ages.
The base conspiracy and the infamous
round robin.
The nefarious pledge had been made to
strangle the treaty to death.
No means have been too vile to employ
to traduce American opinion.
Malicious, falsehoods have been scat
tered. The hypocrisy of Dodge himself is one
of the outstanding black events.
These are not extracts from
speeches delivered when what Justin
McCarthy happily Calls the fiend-inhuman-shape
theory of politics was
in vogue. They are not taken from
speeches delivered in a rough-and-tumble
contest for a seat in a city
council. They are words used by
Governor Cox as candidate of one of
the great parties for president of the
United States the highest elective
office in the world, therefore one
which imposes dignity, moderation
and discretion on those who seek it.
The action taken by Senator Lodge
In regard to the league was taken as
chairman of the committee on for-
eign relations, and was strictly
within his duty. The action of other
. senators in signing the round robin
and in voting for the reservations
was in accordance with their duty.
They expressed their opinion as to
the method by which the, league
should be f irmed and a peace treaty
made. No' infamy attaches to that
action. It was performance of con-
' stitutional duty to advise the presi
dent as to negotiation of a treaty.
There was no conspiracy, for that
' implies secrecy. The round robin
was made public immediately upon
Its signature. The reservations were
published immediately after the
committee adopted them.
In the improbable event of Mr.
Cox's election he would be brought
Into frequent personal intercourse
with the men whose integrity he has
attacked. It would often become
necessary to reconcile his views with
theirs in order that the government
might be administered. A prerequi
site of such co-operation is mutual
respect. Mr. Cox's language shown
that he has no respect for the sena
tors whom he maligns, and it will
destroy their respect for him.
By recklessly applying abusive epi
thets to the members of another
. branch of the government. Mr. Cox
demonstrates his unfitness for the
presidency. His conduct appears the
worse when placed In contrast with
that of Senator Harding, who care
fully refrains from aspersion on the
integrity of those with whom he dis
agrees. DIVINING RODS.
We are Inclined to accept with re
serve the report that the French
government has decided to test the
value of water-divining in its African
colonies and has appointed a num
ber of hazel-twig experts as members
of a scientific commission consisting
otherwise of geologists and survey
ors to bunt for new oases in the
' Sahara desert. The divining rod has
been pretty thoroughly discredited
by consistent non-performance in
the centuries during which supersti
tious belief in its efficacy has pre
vailed. The pioneers of the west,
particularly those who settled In the
little watered sections, were familiar
with it. If the divining rod had had
half the power that used to be
claimed for it, the country would
now be dotted with flowing wells
and rich mines.
The little-used word "douser." still
to be found in most of our diction
aries, attests the faith of our fore
fathers in this curious method of
prospecting. It had a large vogue in
the early times of tin prospecting in
Cornwall and every mineral deposit
that coincided with the prediction of
a "douser" became a monument to
popular credulity. It wnS natural
that in a region predominantly
underlaid with mineral, or where
subterranean streams were common,
the divining rod should score a num
ber of apparent successes, while its
fiascoes were forgotten. Various
weather fallacies owe their vitality
to this failure of reason to dominate
the human understanding. All con
tain also the remnant of human
fondness for the supernatural. We
have not yet succeeded in ridding
ourselves of the habit of our pre
historic ancestors, of attributing to
unseen power the natural phenomena
that are beyond our understanding.
Agricola, the geologist of that
name, who did much to clarify the
world's understanding of mineralogy,
and who was otherwise a highly
rational scientist, fell a prey to be
lief in the occult influence of the
magic wand. The legendary hyper
borean miracle-worker. Aharis, sup
posed possessor of the arrow of
Apollo, on which he could ride
through the air, gave his name to a
. medieval prototype of the divining
rod which exacted no more credulity
than Its modern successor does.
There is a well with a divining rod
history in nearly every neighbor
hood, but a much larger aggregate
volume of water is supplied by others
which have been developed by less
mystical methods.
Creation of new Saharan oases will
be conceded to be a supreme test,
even for those perceptively super
normal persons who think that a
. forked stick in their hands unerr
ingly points out the place where
water is. But we are inclined to
think that Jules Lebaudy had a bet-
.'. ter plan. He, it will be remembered,
proposed to convert the great desert
Into a garden by the laborious and
unsupernatural process of employing
steam shovels for the digging of a
' great canal to the ocean. They called
visionary and impractical, but
, he at least labored under no illusions
asr to the .miraculous properties of a
crooked stick cut from a hazel bush.
FOIR-YKAR TERM AMENDMENT.
Five of the numerous officials that
the people elect in Oregon are
chosen fQr a term of two years.' Five
'
m luciu. nidi 1 iLll. '.rt.il ollieis,,
withsthe exception of representative
In congress, whose tenure the people
of the state cannot change, are
elected for either four or six years.
The
four to six-year-term officials
include Judges, city officers, state
officers and some county officers.
The five who are elected for two
year terms are the" county clerk,
county surveyor, coroner, sheriff and
treasurer. Their term was so fixed
when the constitution was originally
adopted and when public offices
were few and elections inexpensive.
As new offices have been created
by statute of constitutional amend
ment it has been recognized that the
two-year term places an uncertainty
of tenure upon not only the elected
official himself but the employes in
his office, thus militating against ef
ficiency and putting an expensive
burden upon those who seek re-election.
Therefore new officers have
been given longer terms.
There is ah amendment on the bal
lot which if adopted will make the
term of these five officers four years
instead of two It is endorsed by
the secretary of state as in the inter
est of well trained public officials.
It is endorsed by the governor for
the same reason. With these views
The Oregonian heartily concurs. It
believes the amendment should pass.
WORTH READING.
Mr. Kellaher, unterrified and un-
terrifiable friend of the people, may
or may not have read the report of
tie Federal Electric Railways com
mission, appointed by President Wil
son in 1918 to make a survey of the
street railway situation throughout
the United States. It has just been
submitted, after a year's comprehen
sive investigation, and it contains
many facts of peculiar present im
port. . .
Yet it may be doubted if they
would deter Mr. Kellaher from his
great enterprise of getting into office
over the dead body of the local street
railway corporation. Facts are of
small evidential value to Kellaher.
What he wants is votes, and his way
to get votes is to spill heaps of bun
combe all over the fifty odd square
miles of municipal area-
let" facts concern the public One
of them is thus stated in the com
mission's report:
Under the decisions of the supreme court
of the United States and of the highest
courts ot a numDer of states. It is now
established that a franchise provision
naming a certain rate of fare creates no
right of any ear rider In such fare which
cannot be properly changed by appropriate
legislation and substituted by a hia-her
cnarge.
Yet Mr. Kellaher purposes when
elected to hold the courts to a con
stitutional Interpretation "of the va
lidity of contracts." The spectacle of
Dan Kellaher Interpreting the con
stitution to the supreme court of the
United States will be the greatest
historical event of the time, compar
able only to Ajax and his memorable
and quite successful defiance of the
lightning, the signing of t.he declara
tion of independence, and the issu
ance of the emancipation proclama
tion. Leave it to Dan.
Withal we should like to have Mr.
Kellaher read that report. We know
he can read. The trouble evidently
is that he so seldom reads anything
worth reading, and heeding, on his
favorite subjects five-cent fares for
an eight-cent town and the -baitin
of corporations.
, rNDEft WHICH FLAG?
In those states where the non
partisan league is striving for con
trol the contest is now between it
and co-operative marketing for the
votes of farmers. Higher freight
rates and falling prices have com
bined with growing restriction of
credit at banks to force the farmer
to seek some way of securing for
himself, a larger share of the price
paid by the consumer for farm prod
ucts.
mere are two competitors for
the job. One is the league, which
offers a host of socialist politicians
to market farm products at high
salaries, capital to be provided by
taxes and bonds raised by the state
from its entire population, the voters
of the whole state to have a voice i
deciding how the politicians shall
run the farmers' business. The other
is the co-operative marketing system
run by the farmers themselves
through skilled men employed by
them and advocated by the federa
tion of farm bureaus. This system
would be established in Oregon by
the state marketing bill, on which
the people will vote in November.
North Dakota's experience is that
the league exploits the state for the
political profit of its leaders. The
chief results are banks, elevators,
flour mills and stores capitalized by
the state and managed by league
politicians at higher cost than
private enterprise would tolerate.
The experience of California farmers
in many lines and of great branches
of farming in other states is that co
operative marketing, conducted by
the fanners themselves through thet
chosen agents and under the guid
ance of a state officer who aids and
encouragas them to organize in com
pliance with law, brings prosperity
to the farmers and the whole com
munity. That is the alternative.
There is no doubt that the farmers
are determined to find relief, and
they will have it in one way or th
other. They find that individual!
tney are too weaK to cope with the
task of eliminating the present
wasteful system of distribution. Th
grain-growers of the Pacific north
west have started a co-operativ
movement, and the demand for that
system is strong in other grain states
Depression In the mohair market has
caused growers of Angora goats t
call for relief, some of them havin
sold their herds and given up the
business. All that is needed is some
agency in which they have confi
dence to set things moving. Then
the farmers would go ahead to run
their combined business in the Amer
ican way, free from paternalism.
The best recommendation for the
co-operative system under a state
marketing law is the kind of enemies
it has made. On the one hand is the
league, which wants to exploit the
farmers' needs for political profit; on
the other hand are the speculative
middlemen and the large consumers
of farm products. We have recently
had an example of the latter in the
activity of milk condensers against
the OVegon Dairymen's league. Such
big consumers are in a position to
dictate terms to Individual dairymen,
but the dairymen's league can deal
with them on an equal footing.
Naturally the condensers are no more
nxious to be forced to deal- with a
strong association than they are to
be crowded out bythe non-partisan
league's state industries. Farmers
who grow fruit, grain and other
products would be as strong and in-
epenrient as dairymen if they
united to sell through an association.
WHY CHANCE?
Oregon has at Washington, in the
ower house, one of the most experi
enced and effective delegations of
any state. Tenure increases a repre
sentative's usefulness. The member
who has ' the greatest Influence,
shown in results, is the one who has
been there the longest. The rule is
rigid and has few exceptions. It is
due on the one hand to the method
of house organization and on the,
other to the growing "knowledge and
familiarity of the member with the
mechanics of legislation, and of de
partmental work. .
Mr. Hawley, of the first district, is
a candidate for his eighth term. He
has no opposition. His value is
known. Mr. Sinnott, of the second
district, is a candidate for his fifth
term. He will undoubtedly be re
elected. He should be. His defeat
would be a grave mistake, and his
constituents know it.
Mr. McArthur, of the third district.
is a candidate for his fourth term.
Against him there is opposition. " It
is based mostly on a desire to punish
him for voting as his constituents
voted, and in effect instructed him
to vote, on the prohibition question.
Another element would defeat him
because of his vote against the so
cialistic Plumb plan for railroad con
trol. Neither reason is sound or suf
ficient or justifiable.
Mr. McArthur has acquired a
strong position in the house. The
nterests of the district, and of the
state, are in good hands with him.
He knows what is wanted, what to
do, and how to do it. Why change?
Why supplant him with a new mem
ber one who, if elected, wU be of
the congressional minority, doubtless
who will be utterly unable to do
the vital things that go to the ma
terial welfare of Portland and Ore
gon. THE PORT CONSOLIDATION PLAN.
The reply of the committee of fif
teen to the objections of the directors
of the chamber of commerce to the
port consolidation plan is crushing
in its conclusiveness and it puts the
chamber in an awkward position.
The directors approved last Agril
that which they now condemn. All
of their objections are met and those
which .have any show of reason
should -have been made and met
when the plan of action was origin
ally submitted to the chamber; they
should not have been reserved for a
day so near the election that, if they
actually justified defeat of the bill.
they can be met only by its rejection
and by delay of action for a year,
though action is so urgent that any
delay should not be considered.
Home rule, to which the chamber
seems to have given no thought
when the consolidation scheme was
submitted to it In April but of which
it suddenly constitutes itself the
guardian in October, is now ad
vanced as a reason for rejection of
the bill. As to transfer of public
docks from the dock commission to
the consolidated port commission,
the people of the city will exercise
the right of home rule when they
vote on the charter amendment
authorizing the transfer, also .when
they vote on the consolidation bill
authorizing the consolidated commis
sion to make the purchase. They
have already voted the dock bonds
and, as the area of the port district
exceeds but slightly that of the city,
the transfer of the debt from one
commission to the other will simply
be a matter of bookkeeping, the debt
remaining a charge on substantially
the same property as before.
When it first endorsed the entire
project, the chamber was aware that
the port already had authority to ac
quire land under a state-law, for its
own representatives had. urged the
legislature to enact it. That law
necessarily involves raising of money.
eitner oy taxation or bond issue. If
the principle of home rule demands
popular vote on these bonds, the
chamber would better have recom
mended a provision to that effect in
the initiative bill last April than have
waited until two weeks before elec
tion. But in voting authority to the
new commission to issue bonds ud to
a limit of 5 per cent of assessed valu
ation, the, people will in effect vote
bonds to a limit of $16,500,000. The
committee of fifteen recommends ex
penditure of at most $10,000,000,
which would be spread over 10 or 12
years. This is not an excessive sum,
w:hen compared with the amounts
which are being expended by other
ports and with the needs of Port
land's growing commerce.
The principle of home rule will be
further guarded by the suggestion ot
the chairman of the port commission
made, in conference with the cham
ber's directors, and which the com
mission would doubtless adopt, that
if the consolidation bill should be
adopted by the people of the state
against an adverse majority in the
port district, a referendum of the
port district should be held on the
question of acquisition of land. That
referendum would give opportunity
to veto the entire expenditure.
By saying that "improvement of
the channels of the Columbia and
Willamette rivers can be effectively
prosecuted under existing laws" the
chamber again assumes that Its en
dorsement of the consolidation bill
last April was ill-considered and er
roneous. It opens the way for the
committee to prove that not only the
Swan island improvement but the
ordinary maintenance work on the
channel is Impossible without largely
increased funds. Leaving out of con
sideration the work at Swan island.
the commission Is unable with its
present limited resources to maintain
the channel at the established depth
of SO feet. After every freshet depth
on the bars shoals to 23 to 28 feet.
while the draft of ships entering the
port steadily grows and a vessel is
now in the harbor drawing 35 feet
loaded. Even the year's delay in
volved in obtaining the right of pop
ular vote on each issue of bonds
wsuld do great injury to the com
merce of Portland at a juncture
when the shipping situation might
make that injury irreparable.
Improvement of the channel with
out extending it past Swan island to
the uppf harbor is proved by the
committee of fifteen a thing not to
be considered. The conclusion of its
engineer that the. east channel "is
so narrow and crooked as to be a
menace to navigation" and that th
west channel should be dredged and
widened is unqualifiedly endorsed bj
Colonel Taylor, assistant chief engi
neer of the United States. That
necessity being proved, or at least
Conceded, all other parts of the Swan
island project become equally neces
sary or In accord with sound public
policy.
The commission must hstve land
I on which to deposit the . spoils of
dredging. . Land naturally suited to
that purpose is closely adjacent in
the part of the island which will re
main, in Guild's lake and in Mock's
bottom. This land is low, swampy
and practically useless in its present
condition. By filling it with dredged
material the commission would make
it highly useful for dock sites, rail
road terminals and industrial sites.
The land is now of small value. Fill
ing would vastly enhance its value.
Business principles dictate .that the
public, at whose expense the added
value would be created, should have
the benefit.
It is objected that this is socialism.
For the public to acquire land for
ities is not socialism. This corn-
public use in providing public util
munity -is already committed to the
policy of public ownership of docks.
The whole nation has adopted the
policy of public control over rail
roads as a public utility to the point
of limiting their income to a certain
ratio "of their actual investment.
Probably two-thirds of the reclaimed
area would be used for these two
purposes. It is impracticable to do
the work without reclaiming the
whole.. By selling or leasing the re
mainder 'for industrial sites, the com
mission would serve a quasi-public
purpose and would certainly earn
public approval.
It is said that the project, when
completed, would leave the port
10,000,000 In debt with nothing but
large tracts of vacant land to show
for it. The cost would probably not
exceed $8,000,000, and for this the
port' would be able to show a wide,
deep, straight channel in place of a
narrow, crooked one, also 15 30 acres
of land ready for building which
would be worth from $7500 to $10,
000 an acre according to the esti
mate of the committee of fifteen. At
the lower figure it would be worth a
total of $11,475,000 or more than the
cost of the whole undertaking. The
port would have a credit of at least
$6,500,000, probably $8,500,000, to
use in building docks, though it
would be free-io lease sites to private
individuals who could build docks
for themselves. The railroads and
Industries which used the rest of the
land would pay rent at least equal to
interest on bonds, would make their
own improvements, and pavements
and sewers would be provided in the
usual way. Even if the port ex
hausted its entire borrowing' power
of $16,500,000, the expenditure
would be spread over 10 or 12 years.
That sum in such a period' is not too
great for a city which has Portland's
possibilities as a port.
In considering such proposals as
these the people of Portland need to
look to the development of their port
and to the commerce which will re
sult, and not to let themselves be
turned' aside by what are after all
minor defects in the plan. Whatever
Is necessary to bring the law into
closer conformity with the home
rule principle can easily be done by
remedial legislation in the course of
another year. Meantime improve
ment of the channel should go for
ward without interruption.
The man who kills a hog and
takes some ribs and a backbone to
the editor has a big brother in Tilla
mook, the owner of a mill, who sent
a carload of wood to the Headlight
man with his compliments. Every
paper in Oregon has not a sawmill
for a neighbor, but some have, and
it's a mighty fine way to embarrass
a poor scribe. As The Oregonian
burns oil, this suggestion can be con
sidered disinterested.
Just as the prune men got hard
ened to facing the worst and Hood
River gets Its apples picked, come
the cranberry men scared by pos
sible softening of the fruit by rains.
Starting with the late frost that
"kills all the buds" in the spring,
there is a pessimism down the
months until everybody recovers by
Christmas and New Year's and the
skies begin to look bright. ,
John Gurdane lived to be near the
century mark. That, perhaps, is due
to his birth in Scotland, the land of
strong men. For a generation or
more he was a strong man in Uma
tilla and eastern Oregon for the good
and betterment of the state. He was
a state builder in his rugged way.'
When the loaf goes back to a
nickel, when" the bottle of milk acts
down to 5 cents, when wages drop
to $3, when four more years of dem
ocratic rule bring back the hard
times of the Cleveland era all of
which may the Lord prevent! a car
ride will cost a nickel.
Concerning the curfew law, if the
policeman will take the young vio
lator home and promptly return
with the male parent to face the
sergeant, it's a safe guess that par
ticular offspring will stay at home
after dark for a long spell.
Rather cojor policy to begin re
duction of prices of things essentfe.1
by starting with the haircut. Most
men endure that affliction but once
a month ana me saving vvuuiii do
neclisible. But anything can go in
Los Ange."
As far as human endeavor can ac
complish, the New York Central Is
a perfect raiiway; yet a man turned
a switch the wrong way yesterday
and many were killed. The pity of it
is there is no guarding against such
lapses.
A woman was alleging fraud yes
terday in inducement to marry and
was asking freedom. Many wives
think themselves more or less vie
tims, but hesitate to seek freedom.
A Callfornian has bought a 160'
acre farm near Aurora and brings
with him six sons and three daugh
ters. Watch that family thrive in
Oregon. . -
Two soft drink men quit the busi
ness yesterday because the stuff
"sours" on them. Fines of $100 and
$50 helped in the 'determination.
When" there is a republican meet
ing In your neighborhood, attend it.
When there Is another kind, go to
that; It may be amusing.
Government is not ready to push
the "forty barrels" case. Why not
hire Heney to prosecute and show
good faith? "
Cox backers In New "York want
to 1, which is not worth while.
Thirty states for Harding!
building the pyramid,
Start
Stars and Starmakers.
By Leou Cass Baer.
Willard Mack, during a speech at
the Palace, New Tork, practically an
nounced his engagement to his part
ner in his current Dlavlet. "Crooked
Advice." Barbara Castleton, the screen
player. "If you hear any stories of
further matrimonial adventures in
which I may become engaged," Tie
said, waving his hand toward Miss
Castleton, "I don't -think there is a
man in the house who will blame mo."
Effie Fay. in the New York hospi
tal recovering from an operation, an
nounces her engagement to be mar
ried to Samuel Armstrong fctenner,
late vice-president of the Export Steel
corporation of Pittsburg.
Explaining the report of her death.
Miss Fay states she booked passage
from Sidney, Australia, but did not
sail. On the trip a woman named
Fane Jumped overboard and was
drowned. The newspapers got her
name confused with the suicide. Effie
Fay has often been here in vaude
ville. s
Charles Compton, who played Juve
nile roles with the Baker a few sea
sons ago, is in the stock company
headed by Thurston Hall, another
former Baker player. They are in
Pittsburg.
i
Laura Hope Crewe, who originalfy
Intended to open In a play this sea
son prepared for her by Louis An
spacher, has changed her mind and
will do pictures instead.
It is said Miss Crewe waa not sat
isfied with her role in the production.
Louis Anspacher, among other pro
fessions, is Katherine Kidder's hus-1
band.
May Yohe. at one time Lady Fran
cis Hope, is appearing as a special
feature at the Rlalto theater lnSan
Francisco this week. Miss Volic is
offering songs and presenting a
sketch which Involves several of her
romances.
The Selwyns' new piece, "Sonny,"
which opened this week in Washing
ton, has Lillian Lorraine, ex-musical
comedy star,, and Emma Dunn, legiti
mate star, a3 co-stars.
This Is MissLorraine's first attempt
in the legitimate on the scale of a co
star, barring the brief experience in
her early careeo- with dramatic shows.
.
Nina Whitmore has filed an action
i'or divorce In the supreme court
against Jack Weinstein. Mlss-Whit-more
is well known in musical com-
u.y cucies. .tier most recent en
gagement was on the Century roof In
New York.
Several months ago Miss Whitmore
was accorded considerable newspaper
publicity following a row with Eu
gene Walter, the playwright, in Los
Angeles. Miss Whitmore. who had
Walter arrested as a result of the tilt,
accused the playwright of slapping
her.
Mr. and Mrs. Ji. H. Sothern (Julia
Marlowe), returned home from Eng
land thia week. They will siend the
winter In Washington and will not
appear on the stage.
The title of Eugene Walter's play
has been changed from "The Toy
Girl" to "Come Across." The reason
is the former name left the impres
sion of a musical show. The piece ii
said to be intensely dramatic Rich
ard Bartlett will head the cast, play
ng opposite Willette Kershaw.
Max Figman is suing the estate of
the late marquis of Queensberry to
recover a $400odd loan made by the
actor when touring the continent
some years ago. 9
Harry Sweatmen is in Portland
advance of the Selwyn attraction.
Buddies, which comes to the Hellig
next week. It is 11 years since
Mr. Sweatman visited Portland. He
was here with "The Chinese Honey
moon" on that occasion.
Florenz Tempest is suing her hus
band, Joe Shea, for divorce.
Don't Tell," the Scotch comedy
brought over by William Morris,
stopped at the Nora Bayes last Sat
urday. It held on for a meager two
weeks and it was evident from the
premiere the attraction had no chance
on Broadway.
The piece and company will be sent
back to Scotland immediately. Mr.
and Mrs. Graham Moffat, who ap
peared in It, were interested with
Mr. Morris in the American try. Mr.
Morris set a certain figure that "Don't
rTell" would lose If it flopped and that
figure was attained last week.
It was supposed that the play
would be sent mto Canada if it
failed here, but consideration of time
in the Dominion was dropped. The
piece made its first appearance on
this side of the water In Toronto, and
another week or so of Canadian time
before New York got a slant at it.
Peggy CNell, tho little star who
has sent London wild over her per
formance in "Paddy the Next Best
Thing," has taken a cottage on the
Thames. Her. next door neighbor is
ex-King Manuel, who Is living there
with the Dowager Queen. The latter
invited Miss O'Nell to church with
her one Sunday. It is recorded that
Miss 0"NeUl attended.
When J. Hartley Manners, dram'
atist. author and playwright, re'
turned last week with his wife. Laur
ette Talor, on the Cunard liner Aqui
tanla, he. announced that Miss Taylor
will blossom forth as the owner of
a theater in the near future.
"This theater," he explained; "will
be located in some desirable section
of New York probably on Broadway
and may be called Laurette Taylor's
theater. I plan to procure control of
the playhouse as soon as possible.
My wife would direct tha policy even
when on the road, as she does not
intend to give up the stage. Thus
she would be able to carry into effect
some of the improvements in stag
mechanics which for a long time she
has had .in mind and which she has
never been able to do until now. I ap
prove of the idea and will back her to
the limit.
"At the theater will be produced
my own plays, and also the works of
notable authors.
When Mr. and Mrs. Manners stepped
from the ship it was the first
time they had set foot on American
soil in many months. Miss Taylor
has just finished a long theatrical
season in England. She starred in
"One Night in Rome" at the Gaiety
theater In London for 104 consecutive
performance! Her season closed
July 3L
Those Who Come and Go. ,
"The state highway department is
establishing a patrol system," ex
plained State Highway Engineer
Nunn, who was at the Imperial yes
terday with Mrs. Nunn. "The patrol
system means that there will be men
assigned to patrol sections of all the
main roads of the state. These men
will look after the maintenance work
in their respective sections. Some
men will have only two or three miles
to watch while others will have to
patrol as many as 20 miles. The idea
of the patrol system Is to look alter
the roads and as soon as a little trou
ble develops it is their business to
cure it Immediately. In this way
maintenance is kept at a minimum
and the cost of the patrol organiza
tion will be nominal." Mr. Nunn. who
made a trip, of inspection over the
new concrete highway to Hillsboro
yesterday afternoon, says that the de
partment is making every effort to
keep all the roads open this winter
so that traffic can get through.
. .Much to the disgust of Carl Stern,
he did not catch the 11:30 night train
for Seattle Tuesday. Mr. Stern was
ready to go and was in the lobby
when A. SJColstad of Hood River
suggested that he 'remain over and
said that if Mr. Stern surrendered his
baggage checks he, Kolstad, would
see that Stern missed the train.
Thinking the Hood River man was
joking, Mr. Stern handed him the
checks. When Mr. Stern wasn't pay
ing attention Mr. Kolstad secured Mr.
Stern's baggage, placed the luggage
in'a taxlcab and began riding around
town with the trunk and handbags
until the 11:30 had departed for
Puget sound. Meanwhile, Mr. Stern
was excitedly trying to locate his
missing baggage and along about
midnight recovered it, but by that
time the Puget sound train was on
its way. Mr. Stern, who is repre
senting a motion picture production
company, checked out of the Benson
yesterday, but Mr. Kolstad is sun on
deck.
Mayor Rolph of San Francisco is on
his way to Portland and will be here
tomorrow. He will register at the
Multnomah, as the reservation has
been made for him there' by members
of the Port of Astoria commission.
Some of the Astoria commissioners
will also be here to have a conference
with him. Mr. Rolph. aside from be
ing mayor, is interested in shipping
and for many years his boats have
been coming to Portland ana ne was
willing to send his vessels above the
Hawthorne bridge, even when it cost
him money to remove the tops of
masts. Mr. Rolph visited Oregon last
May in the interest of the candidacy
of Hiram W. Johnson, in the presi
dential preferential primaries.
One of the very few towns in the
United States completely satisfied
with the result of the census is Nam-
pa. Idaho. Charles Hlckey of Nam-
pa Is registered at the Hotel Port
land. He says that when the census
bureau announced the population as
7500 Narnna was well pleased. It did
not ask for a recount, or declare that
there were errors made by the enum
erators. Nampa citizens figured the
population was about that figure and
the census bureau confirmed the be
lief. Conditions in Nampa are good,
for it counts as its resource the big
irrigation project near by. The
town has an insufficient number of
houses and 25 homes are now in the
course of construction.
Disagreeable weather confronted
Edna McKnight in Victoria and Van
couver. What annoyed her, however
was when she would hear eastern
Yankee tourists declaring that the
rains In Victoria and Vancouver were
nothing to what they would exper
ience when they arrived in Portland.
The storms were so severe that tour
ists preferred loafing in the lounge
room of the Vancouver or Empress
hotels instead of taking the marine
drive or trip to the sunken gardens
Tourists kept indoors and this proved
as much a disappointment to the
shopkeepers as to the travelers. Miss
McKnight is registered at the Hotel
Washington-
Robert G. Cousin, who came to Ore
gon to make a few speeches for the
republican party, registered at the
Hotel Portland and then caught the
first train for Astoria. Mr. Cousin
made a speech during the Spanish
American war which was considered
so good that a copy of it. clipped from
the Congressional Record, is still
pasted on the wall of the cloak room
in the house of representatives. -
There are an unusual number of
sawmill men in Portland of late be
cause, as one of tnem explained, busi
ness Is so poor that there s nothing
for them to do at the mill, so they
come to Portland to forget the con
dition of the market. Among the
number is J. H. Dunlop, who is inter
ested In the lumber business at Lit
tel. Wash.
Mikkalo is a one-man town, con
fessed Charles Chaney, who regis
tered from that hamlet at the Im
perial. Mikkalo, according to Mr.
Chaney, is named after a Russian
who was an old settler In that vicin
ity and had a postoffice established.
The postoffice was named after him
as a compliment. Mikkalo is near
Arlington, Or.
To attend the funeral of his old
friend, A G. Long, Stephen Jones of
Victoria, B. C has arrived in the city
and is registered at the Hotel Port
land. Mr. Jones, who Is accompanied
by his wife, is the manager of the
Dominion hotel on the island of
Vancouver.
Louis Lachmund. former mayor of
Salem, is registered at the Hotel
Portland. Mr. Lachmund is at 'preS'
ent a member of the state senate and
i looking forward with keen antici
pation to having an, abundance of
excitement in the 1921 session.
On their way home to Boise. S. H.
Hayes and wife stopped at the Hotel
Portland for a few hours yesterday.
Mr. Hayes was formerly mayor of
Boise and admits that when he was
in office the municipality had
splendid administration. '
J. L. Sprinkle of Chinook. Mont
Is registered at the Benson. Mr.
Sprinkle is the owner of the Carver
railroad, . a short line which ambles
out of Portland and trickles into
Clackamas county. Mr. Sprinkle is a
wealthy Montanan. f
Jndga fil. vv. tsioomrieid is regis
tered at the Hotel Washington. Before
he went to faeaview. wash., to live
life of ease on North beach. Judge
Bloomfield was a resident of Portland
and a dally visitor at the courthouse.
Dr. M. W. , Haines of McMinnvtlle
college was in Portland yesterday to
attend the funeral of the late James
Falling, and registered at the Hotel
Washington. Dr. Haines says the col
lege is developing nicely.
A party of British engineers ar
rived at the Benson yesterday. The
party consisted of William Watson
and F. Pemberton of Dublin, Ireland,
and J. L. Harrison and R. V. Alexan
der of Scotland
Nutting Wlgton, who Is with the
Pacific Telephone company at San
Francisco, Is among the arrivals at
the Hotel Portland.
M. Suzuki, a commercial man of
Tokio, is registered at the Benson
from Japan.
LEAiilH ABRIDGES SOVEREIGNTY
Power to Declare War Delegated,
Says Judge George.
PORTLAND, Oct. 20. (To the Edl
1 tor.) The Wilson league attempts a
i quasi-super government, and transfer
! to it of some portion of our sovereign
i authority. Under article 11 "Any war
, or threat of war, whether immediate-
ly affecting any of the members of
the league, or-not, is declared a mat
ter of concern to the whole league,
and the league shall take any action
, that may be deemed wise and ef
j fectual to safe-guard the peace of
nations." This grant affects war.
Articles . Ill and IV confer author
ity on either assembly or council "to
deal, at their meetings, with any mat
ter within the sphere of action of the
league affecting the peace of the
world.'' This grant affects peace. '
In articke X. we would convenant
to respect and preserve every foreign
member nation from every external
aggression against their territorial
integrity and their existing political
independence (Poland for illustra
tion) and "in case of any such ag
gression, or in case of any threat or
danger of such aggression, the coun
cil shall advise upon the means by
which this obligation shall be ful
filled." This transfers long future
governmental authority.
If we agree to do this preserving
business, we must see that it is done,
and well done, even if we have to go
to war to accomplish it. for we
solemnly covenant to do it. Power to
institute war is implied in article X,
for it is elementary law. and con
firmed in all constitutional construc
tion from Chief Justice Marshall
down, "that whenever a thing or
power is granted whatever is neces
sary to its use is granted also." War
power is certainly implied in article
X. whenever necessary to carry out
the covenant. Declaring war is an
act of sovereignty, and any alliance to
transfer sovereign authoritv to some
foreign body is at least an attempt to
aDriage our own sovereignty. And
war is specifically mentioned in sec
tion 16 providing what "effective mili
tary, naval and air force," we would
have to contribute to. protect each
league covenant. - "Effective" force
means sufficient men and money and
all els rendering force "effective"
and this foreign leaeue determines
that for us.
Governor Cox falls back on our
Conastitution that congress declares
war, but .there is not a word of res
ervation in the league about our con
stitution, or war powers of congress.
llr. Wilson would not have such
reservation, because it would, he said.
cut the heart out" of the league. The
Wilson league is therefore a bald
covenant to "preserve" anv member
nation. If we sign up and then do
not, we break our solemn covenant
and subject America to the charge of
Dreacn or laith and violation of an
agreement, thereby tarnishing Ameri
can honor.
It its idle to claim, that so far as
our league covenant to "preserve" is
concerneo, our congress can refuse
war to carry it out. Such refusal
would be refusal by our government
to keep our covenant.
If, in going in, we do not attempt to
"sn away sovereignty, what do
Bsn? M. C. GEORGE
.Slush Fund and Peace (out.
nui, i ri Be,.ii), wash., Oct. 19. (To
the Editor.) Please inform me as to
tne following:
I. The final results of the sena
tonal investigation of the so-called
-siusn rund of J15.000.000.
i. How many members were in the
w nson peace party to Paris and in
general way of whom they consisted.
3. What were the expenses of this
mission and can you enumerate some
ot me more prominent items?
C. H. HAMMOND.
1. The slush fund inquiry has shown
mat there is no such fund. The quota
list shown by Governor Cox was re
jected by the republican finance "com
mittee ana was never acted on. The
republican committee is not collecting
$15,000,000, but about a fourth of that
sum. Few subscriptions larger than
were acceptea, ana these were
received before the convention and
before the limit of $1000 was adopted.
2. About 1400 persons were in
President Wilson's party. In addition
to himself, Mrs. Wilson and the peace
delegates, they included experts and
specialists on many subjects, the en
tire staff of 51) cooks from a New
York hotel and a famous orchestra.
3. The expenses of the commission
to December 1, 1919. were renorted bv
the president to have been $1,506,776
with about $1,000,000 additional for
cable tolls. A large hotel in Pariswas
leased and remodeled for the mission.
and restoration to its former condition
cost about $1,000,000 to the United
States.
Harding on Wheat Prices.
WASCO, Or., Oct. 19. (To the Edi
tor.) I am a republican and I have
just had a heated argument with
woman friend, a democrat. She tells
9 that my candidate for president
Mr. Harding, has been advocating
$1.10 wheat, at the present cost of
other goods, foodetuff. etc., every
thing, in fact, but raw wool. Now,
I claim the old democratic Under
wood tariff law is the main cause
of the price of wheat at the present
time, and that there is absolutely
nothing to stop the foreign wheat
coming in. The democrats in our
section, wheat raisers and all. are
making a big fuss about what Hard
ing will do if elected. I have read
politics since I was 10 years of age,
and most of this kind of reading was
from The Oregonian. I "would feel
very sorry if I should vote for a man
who would give our wheat country
such a jolt as this by putting wheat
down to $1.10.
MRS. THOMAS HILL.
Senator Harc?Ing does not advocate
$1.10 Wheat. Dishonest politicians
have separated from the context 'of a
speech he made in congress a state
ment about the pre-war price of
wheat and untruthfully quoted It as
his opinions on present day prices.
Th:rt ha advocates cheap wheat has
Been publicly denied by Senator
Harding.
Sweitrtns In Vote.
POr.TLA N I . Oct. 19. (To the Editor.)-
I have been a resident of Mult
nomah county for four years, in elud
ing 2V4 years' naval service, and
reached the voting age last Septem
ber 5. I have lived out on a farm
near .Troutdale until one week ago
when" I moved to Portland. 1 have
been misinformed and failed to go to
the county courthouse and regisfer,
and now as the books are closed I am
told that I will lose my vote for
Harding November 1. Is this cor
rect? Isn't there any way, I can get
registered up so I will not lose my
vote? R- E. SMITH.
If not registered, the only way you
can vote is to get six freeholders to
accompany you to the polls and make
oath as to your voting qualifications.
Kewnpaper Not Ordered.
MACLEAY, Or., Oct. 18 (To the
Editor.) Please answer if a news
paper has a right to collect for its
paper the subscription price, I mean
when it is not ordered.
AN OLD SUBSCRIBER.
The publisher can not force pay-
! ments for a newspaper sent without
f order. . - '
More Truth Than Poetry.
Br James J. Montague.
A STRIKING SIMILARITY.
I have taken my car to garages
Whenever the motor went bad;
It's been laid up for weeks to fix
troubles and squeaks.
And golly! what bills I have had!
For every man who's repaired it
Has found a ne.V rattle or chatter;
I have never seen two with a similar
view
As to what In the deuce was the
matter.
And always, the day that they fix it.
It straightaway goes balky once
more. '.
And the motor starts off with a hard
hacking cough
That I never have noticed before.
And 1 more than suspect the garage
men
When the engine stops short with
a sigh
Have arranged its inside with the
aim to provide
Themselves with a job by and by.
I have taken myself to the doctor
Whenever I suffered from ills.
And with roseate hope I have taken
their dope
And swallowed their capsules and
pills.
But though I've seen thirty or forty
1 never knew two to agree:
Each Doc had a new and a different
view
As to what was the matter with me.
And when I'd been cured of one
ailment
By the powder, the pill or the knife,
And beeaw to feel fit, I was suddenly
hit
By a fresh one that saddened my
life.
And though I revere all physicians.
Kntnetiines a RUHmcion 1 feel.
fThat they work the same tricks as
the fellows that fix
A broken down automobile.
m
Kipling to the Contrary,
On the Polish border the Bear
balks like a mule.
ltritirmhrr hnt t arlyle Mai?
There are a hundred and five mil
ion people In. the United States, the
percentages remaining about as for
merly. Yon Bet lie Don't.
Tiie man who has plenty of anth
racite giveth his neignoor none.
(Copyright, 1920, by the Bell Syndi
cate. Inc.)
John Burroughs' Nature
Notes.
Can you answer these questions?
1. In what different locations may
the gray fox and the red , fox bo
found?
2. What European bird corresponds
to our robin?
3. Name the three most precious
resources of life.
Answers in tomorrow's nature
notes.
AnKwrrM to Previous Ituestions.
1. Does the crow have a definite
range.
All our permanent residents among
the birds, both large and small, are
comparatively limited in their ranges.
The crow is nearly as local as t'le
wooduhuck. He goes Tarther from
home in quest of food, but his terri
tory is well defined, botli winter and
summer. His place of roosting re
mains the same year after year.
2. Does the eye become special
ized? To love nature 13 the first Btep in
observing her. If a boy had to learn
fishing as a task, what slow progress
he would make! But as his heart is
In it, how soon he becomes an adept!
The eye quickly and easily sees those
things in which we ave interested. A
man interested in horses sees every
fine horse in the country he passes
through. The dairyman notes the
cattle. The bee culturist counts the
skips of bees. The sheepgrower notes
the flocks. Is it any effort for the
ladies to note the new bonnets and
the new cloaks upon the street?
3. Among animals, does the mother
or father have more affection for
their young?
Among all animals the affection of
the mother for her offspring seems
to be greater than that of her mate,
though among the birds the male
sometimes shows a superabundance
of paternal regard that takes in the
young of other species.
(Rights reserved by Houghton-Miff-'
lln company.)
Harding and the League.
ABERDEEN, Wash., Oct. 19. (To
he Editor.) What assurance have
you that if the republican party wins,
after framing a league policy
satisfactory to republicans, the demo
crats will consent to its adoption?
And what assurance is there that it
can be passed without democratic
votes?
In the light of this Incontroverti
ble deadlock that will follow a re
publican - victory are you not over
sanguine when you say that our en
trance into the league is more- prob
able under a republican administra
tion than a democratic administra
tion? Is it not rather perpetuation of
a deadlock if Harding wins? Why
promise something piain reasoning
shows cannot be delivered!
JOSEPH JACOB.
There are in the senate a number
of senators w4io have voted -against
unqualified ratification and whose
terms do not expire for two years and
upward. They constitute more than
one-third of that body, while the
votes of two-thirds of the senate are
necessary to ratification. If the dem
ocrats should elect a president and
elect a democrat to every senatorial
vacancy It would still be Impossible
to ratify the league without reserva
tions, as Mr. Cox insists shall be
done. Clearly there can be no league
or association without compromise
and Mr. Cox has completely and posi
tively embraced the Wilson policy of
"no compromise." Mr. Harding offers
compromise, the only possible means
of securing our entry into an associa
tion of nations designed to promote
world peace. He proposes to lift the
issue out of politics to invite demo
crats as well as republicans into con
ference to attain that end. It will
not be a republican plan or a demo
cratic plan, but an American plan.
For Some Sort of League,
THE DALLES, Or, Oct. 19. (To the
Editor.) Are you In favor of a league
of nations or the leag'Je of nations?
I have read The Oregonian almost
continuously for ten years, and I
thought for a while you were for some
league. But now you are supporting
Senator Harding, and he says he has
scrapped -the league.
Now. I have supported the repub
lican ticket since a voter, but will
vote for the candidate who supports
a or the, league of nations
B. E. DAVIS.
If you mean you are for the candi
date who will support either A or
THE league, you have nobody to vote
for. There is no candidate who Is
"for either A leagire or THE league.
Harding is for A league but not for
THE league. Cox is for-THR league,
and no other. The Oregonian's posi
tion is now what it has always been.