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THE MORNING OREGONIAN, TUESDAY, JUNE 14, 1921
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Isentative. R. J. Bidwell.
HARDING'S FOREIGN POLICY.
How deeply impressed la Presi
I denf" Harding with the gravity of
this nation's present relations with
other nations appears frcnv his re
currence to the subject in every
speech. In one breath .y speaks of
I the wisdom of keeping our Inde
pendence unimpaired, of guarding
lour national interest while holding
I aloof from affairs in which we have
I no interest, and of the duty' of co
operation with other nations to es
tablish peace, restore industry and
commerce and promote the common
welfare of mankind. While national
I self-interest dictates maintenance of
our own rights, both that motive
and the National conscience to which
he often refers are motives for team
work "with other nations.
The criticism may be made that
I Mr. Harding indulges too much in
generalities, not telling how his prin
ciples apply to the present situation.
The complexity of the situation is
sufficient answer. , He inherited a
tangled skein, which it is "Secretary
Hughes business to unravel. No
one thread in the tangle can be
touched without effect on bther
threads, and unwary handling might
laid to the difficulty. But a few
I plain words now and then, an occa
I sional act, point the way he is
traveling, when Germany moved to
make him umpire with the ailing on
reparations he left no room' for
I doubt that on that and other unset
tled treaty questions we stand with
the allies. At the same time that he
sent representatives to participate in
the allies' councils he said that the
United States had no interest in the
Silesian question. While not abating
his desire for a navy equal to any,
he sends out feelers on a world dis
armament conference. He does not
oppose the resolution of peace with
Germany, but his Influence delays
action by the hoyse, until Germany
has proved good faith toward the
allies.
All these step's are moves in work
ing out the policy which he has
stated in general terms. They show
that a line is drawn between Ameri
can interests and world interests,
between both of these on the one
I hand and affairs which exclusively
concern other nations on the other.
Where American interests are con
cerned action is prompt and decided,
as with Tap. cables and oil. So also
when our duty to the allies is con
cerned, as with reparations and Ger
many's other -treaty obligations.
wnen a problem does not concern
the United States, as with Silesia, he
keeps out, but his representatives
are on the watch lest it grow to a
world problem as a cause of war.
This Is but the beginning of the
delicate task that is entrusted to the
cautious, careful but sure, firm
hands of Mr. Hughes. We begin to
see longer ends of threads emerge
from the tangle, and this encourages
confidence that before many months
each thread will be separated from
the others, and that In place of the
tangle we 9hall have America at
peace in a world at peace. Then we
may expect to see those councils in
which our ambassadors take oavt
stentorian -Grecian equivalent ..for
"gosh!"
From his pulpit Sunday a local
minister, speaking to his flock, con
veyed his sermon through the ampli
fier to several acres of Idlers In the
park blocks, many" of whom, we are
told, combined the unusual blend of
creature comfort and spiritual uplift
by meditatively smoking as they re
ceived the sermon message. The
stubborn problem of accoustics has
been the deflection, the obliteration,
of the human voice under all save
the most favorable conditions of
architecture and distance. The
amplifier solves these difficulties by
surpassing them.
Edgar Allan Poe, In an article on
Malzel's mechanical chess player,
held that the renowned device was
fraudulent for no other reason than
that it did -not proceed with me
chanical regularity, did not conform
to the theory of the pure machine.
This was seventy years or more ago,
and yet Poe, In casting about for an
illustration of mechanical probabil
ity, predicted the complex adding j
machine of today. ' Here, he rea
soned, "was the opportunity for an
instrument that, given a mathe
matical problem, could proceed with
the undeviating accuracy of the me
chanical and announce a correct re
sult. There was no fault In Poe s
lotric. as another generation of
dreamers and inventors proved. The
sound amplifier is but renewed proof
that the discovery of a principle, as
the teleDhone. is but precursor of
marvels very matter-of-fact mar
trail was expedited, facilitated, by
the simultaneous awakening of
vast area through the published re
ports xof his escape. Frequently
citizens are enabled to lend the off!
cers invaluable assistance through
information gained in news stories.
"I saw that man," they report, and
the trail runs true.
It is probable, though, that news
papers contribute to the popular
fallacy regarding the prevalence of
crime. A sequence of robberies
sufficient to call into use the de
scrlptive term, "crime wave." Yet
the James boys, and the ToutTgers,
and the Daltons, as Professor Elmer
points out, were living tidal waves
of crime in their own day and they
ride no more. Their feats of bri-
gandage would - be ' impossible of
repetition, with an entire country
aroused agafnst them by riewspape:
publicity and their.every appearance
reported. Tracy, whose prolonged
flight from justice made him a crim
inal hero ending, though it did, in
death was literally, delivered into
the hands of the law by the news
paper publicity which pursued him.
He alone, of all recent outlaws, holds
the evil fame of an, exploit com
parable with those of the old border
days. Crime is no more prevalent,
less so, in . fact, than Itrwas a gen
e rati on ago, declares the sociologist.
basing his conclusions upon com
parative frequency and population.
In. the publication of facts con
cerning crime the newspapers do
not linger to consider any phase of
service save thab of reaching their
vels that the original dream dared I patrons with complete information
not Include.
BEGC.S.
But it is clearly apparent that this
sarviee itself is an important adjunct
of legal pursuit, as well as a strong
deterrent to emulation. Unques
tionably the potent power of the
press must serve to give pause to
many a rascal, who reflects that es
cape will be rendered doubly haz
ardous by the widely spread net of
descriptive information concerning
TEACHERS AND MRS.
The Oregonian hears thit the can
didacy of Mrs. Beggs for school di
rector is not acceptable to some of
iha afhuti togphprs. There must be
some mistake aboutthat. She has
been a teacher and is sympathetic
with their problems. She is a mother I him and his crime
and she understands the child and
its problems, in the schools and out
of them. She is a taxpayer, and she
knows the public needs. She is a
business woman, and she is no
stranger to the administration or
lartre affairs. She is, besides, a
womanly woman, and she , can give
a desirable feminine touch to school
service by the board.
It is not easy to think that the
teachers, or any number of them
BRITISH-AMERICAN RELATION'S.
The indiscretion of Admiral Sims
arose from his yielding to the sen
timental as distinguished from ehe
practical In discussing British-Amer
ican relations. It is the custom of
the British in welcoming American
visitors to refer to the common
Anglo-Saxon origin of the two na
tion.! tn thoir common lantntairii and
are listening to voices which would tneir comrnon devotion to demo-
inject the old question of tenure Into cratic institutions as reasons for
the school campaign. So far as The friendship and for the assumption
Oregonian knows, or anybody tnat they have common interests and
knows, Mrs. Beggs has taken no part should hIwsvj. nut; tocothor in n,nrM
in past contests on that subject. Nor affairs. While saying these things,
is she, nor should she be, committed John BuI1 n in mi d Britif,h intpr.
to any position except to see that the
law is carried out. Of course the
teachers have ho part or parcel in
the circulation of unbelievable and
uptrue stories that she has any com
mitments whatever to any sect or
denomination, class or interest ex
cept the general interest. There
is, we think, a real opportunity to
with a people struggling for freedom,
and it was naturally opposed to
Spain, a decadent monarchy, whose
name is a synonym for tyranny. ..
British statesmen were doubtless
alarmed lest a European league
headed by Germany, which had
already revealed Its hostility to
Britain, might attack this republic,
which it knew to be unprepared. It
could -hardly fail to be drawn Into
such a war, and its traditional policy
of preserving the balance of power
would bring it in on the American
side, for .if the proposed league,
dominated by Germany, should
triumph, the balance would be de
stroyed, not only In Europe, but in
the world. The temper of the Amer
ican people was known to be such
that it would accept the challenge,
for to refuse it would be to sanction
- The Listening Post. ,
Country Cream Not Hero Raised.
RS. BAN PUETT lives 7i miles
home Is near Paulina, way up on the
Crooked river from Prineville. -f the
Puetts want strawberries or head let
tuce they have to' carry it 1n 70 miles,
but once they get it there they, have
the dwellers on .the lowlands beaten.
for in that rare dr- air, over 4000 feet
higher than Portland, perishables
keep for weeks at a time.
A few weeks ago Mrs. Puett enter
tained two Portland couples who were
touring Crook county. They made ar
rangements for their stay over that
godsend to the isolated farmer, the
Those Who Come and Go.
Tale of Folk at the Hotels.
tt.. ii i i a : I
'"'"f"" mi.erveni.iuil in renuiU rm nhone. Dn their rril abont
affairs, and the Monroe doctrine n P. M.. the Puetts were on the witch
would have died Spain could not Md ha(J a
much longer hold its colonies; and , , , .
Britain would rather, n its own in
terests, see them pass into the hands
of the United States than of any
European ' power, especially Ger
many. By this policy Britain vir
tually indorsed the Monroe doctrine
and thus ingratiated itself with the
nation which, its far-seeing states
men must have seen, would at no
distant day hold the balance of
power in the world.
National interest drew first Britain,
then the United States, into the
world war on the same side, and
ville. There were fried spring chick
en with cream gravy, new pcJtatoea,
home-made bread, tender young peas,
strawberry shortcake, savory coffee
and the unbeatable home kind of pre
serves and sweets. One of tbfe city
visitors drank his coffee black. He
did not recognize the rich yellow
clotted cream in a bowl thought it
was mayonnaise for the head lettuce.
The two women in the party, wbeu
they found that gallons of the rich
milk were fed to the hogs each day,
again their Interests lay where their I thought it preferable to 'be a pig in
instinctive sympathy led tnem.
Britain had to fight for Belgium
and France in order to prevent its
bitterest enemy from becoming su
preme in Europe and from gaining
base for Invasion of England al
most within gunshot of its shores.
The United States fought for its
right: to unimpeded ocean traffic.
Crook county than a city drinker ol
separated milk.
Mrs. Puett s son was home. He is a
University of Oregon man, belongs to
one of the best-known fraternities,
and has a fine war and scholastic
record. - The Puetts live in a great
country, their nearest neighbors are
without which Its prosperity' would ur mile wy bt lh" r a dozen
have shriveled .up. Each nation
fought in its own Interest, not to
help the other, nor primarily to
make the world safe for democ
racy," though both fought with the
more zeal because the result of vic
tory would be triumph of democracy of the plentiful rare air,
families within as many miles, and
they frequently visit each other, the
women specially exchanging gossip
over the telephones. After city peo
ple have s.een the spaciousness of this
country and inhaled a few lungsful
the life of
Although the general Episcopal
church convention will not be held
in Portland until October, 1921, even
now arrangements are being made.
The Episcopal church hold its gen
eral sessions once every three years,
and large delegations always attend,
so" the churchmen want to be certain
that they haveheir reservations well
in advance. "I estimate that BOM
delegates and officers of the Episco
pal church will attend the lszz con
vention in Portland," said Joseph
Grafton Minot. delegate from Boston.
Maes, who, with his wife and child,
is registered at the Multnomah. "As
our convention doesn't come . every
year, we have to make up fot it in j
length when w da meet, and the
Portland session will last at least ,
three weeks. Every prominent Hiplsco
pal churchman In this country will at
tend if he is able. There will of neces
sity be many meetings of the Various
; church inter-organizations and. the
three weeks or more that we shall be
in Portland will be crowded with
work. We have to plan for the suc
ceeding three years' campaign, and
as the Episcopal church is huge or
ganization, the planning Is on a cor
respondingly large scale. Our last
contention was held In Detroit, but
the people heard so much about Port
land as a convention city that all I
have talked to seem very eager to
come west to see the city of roses. I
have spent most of this year ton the
Pacific coast and like th Climate
very much. This coast makes many
friends among the easterners and al
most invariably those who have spent
considerable time on the Pacific slope
have most alluring tales to tell when
they return home. Portland will do
well to prepare for a big convention
in 1922, and from the way the city has
taken care of large conventions in
the past, will surely be able to ac
commodate the Episcopalians when
they arrive for their tri-annual con
vention."
Listen to the way Alfonso D. Rif
fel lauds the Rose Festival. Mr. Rif-
fel is vice-president of the Ivory Gar
ter company of New Orleans and II
registered at the Hotel Portland. Here
goes: All hall to Portland, tne Tjeau-
Burroughs Nature Club.
Copyright, Honghtoa-Mifriln Co.
I
(si lot Aaaner These Questions f
. How do earthworms walk, or
move?- '
2. What makes planta bend In the
direction of most light? '
S. Why do docks have webbed
feet?
Answers in tomorrow's nature notes.
Answers to Preview-? aaeatlo).
1. Was . there ever a bill brought
before the Michigan legislature re
garding taxing cats, and what argu
ments were there against It?
The first clause is a legal, not a
nature question. Consult archives of
the Michigan legislature. There is
no valid argument against licensing
cats as well as dogs. Pet cats -would
benefit by protection, and tramps
would be disposed of humanely. Bird
life would increase, and the terrible
danger of rabies, widely spread
among cats, be decreased. Cat
licensing shonld be favored.
2. Does a trebear frnit ' when
planted from seed?
Tes. Maturing seed wit which to
reproduce Its kind la the chief object
in the life of any plant. Some plants
bear blossoms that mature seed with
out any further development; but
many form after the blossom a spe
cial envelope which we call fruit, to
contain the seeds, as pears, tomatoes,
etc
S. How Is It possible for so frail a
bird as the hummingbird to make its
long flight in migrating? Is it dun
in relays?
Though small, the hummingbird Is
not frail, but has uncommon powers
of breast mnscle. It winters hi south
ern Florida and Louisiana, to Mexlc
and Panama, and makes no cross-sen
flight like birds that winter in Sout
America. Even the latter usuall
break the Journey by stopping fo
food on intervening islands, though
the bobolink often flieo direct from
coast to coast. ,
More Trutly, Than Poetry.
By James J. Montasae.
over autocracy.
When men contemplate the great
events in which the interest of each
of the two nations has led it to help
the other, and when men consider
how much they have in common.
they are apt to be carried away by
enthusiasm at the spectacje of two
such nations working together. The
natural tendency is to exaggerate
the community of Ideas and to un
derrate the Importance of material
interest as motives for co-operation.
British statesmen would be less than
uman if they did not play upon the
it. mi.. . ,k. ii k..i.. !.,titui cuy or roses: tne piace oi won-
as the real existence of all. It is
vast country and the people who live
in it typify Jts bravery. Portland- go
a good look at a choice collection of
these residents of great eastern Ore
gon when they saw the Prineville
Irrigators march in the Rose Festival
parade.
Some Interesting comments have re
cently, been made about the nature
stories of the nearby wilderness ap
pearing id this column, but similar
advantage. Tbey call into service
all the forces of society, in which
women are as skilled politicians as
ests, and, if they should clash with
American interests, he would be lit
tle, if at all, influenced by senti
mental ties. He would doubtless do
his utmost to gain his point peace- men, to flatter and cajole such via
fully, would make any fair compro-l Uors as Admiral Sims.
mise rather than fight unless his I These are the customary amen-
existence was at' stake it is not I 'ties of politics and business in Lon
likely ever to be at issue with this I don. designed to create favorable
get on the school board a woman of country and is in better position to atmosphere, for negotiation. Much
judgment and experience. reach agreement because of identity stress Is laid On MpnHtv nf Inn cti a tra
sentiment of Americana for British strange happenings could be related
in unending array. For instance, wno
would believe that flounders could be
cautrht in fresh water? Yet none
I other than "Skipper" Inskeep, captain
of the first night relief of the Port
land police force, is authority for this
statement, and the captain, should
know, for he is one of the mosi skilled
fishermen hereabouts. It is 120 miles
from Portland to the ocean, yat In-
Mrs. Beggs has been indorsed by p 0f language and general community and much is said of two great Anglo- akeep has caught flounders in the
committee of the City club, ap
pointed to find suitable material for
the school board. She has been in
dorsed also by various women's or
ganizations. Associated with. Mrs,
Beggs in the City club's presentation
of fit candidates are Charles B.
Moores, E. V. -Little field and E. C.
Sammons. They are good men,
They should be elected.
WHY UNEXPECTED?
of ideas, but herwould drive as close
a bargain as possible. So would our
diplomats, if they were worth their
salt. Neither would be influenced
by "blood - is - thicker - than-water1
talk'.
The United States and Britain
have pulled x well together, because
ithelr interests generally run parallel,
though this latter fact has been oh
scured by some animosity surviving1
from the revolution. Britain no
Saxon nations in disregard of the Willamette. How do the flat, salt-
fact that there is a.strontr admixture I water fish get here?
of other nationalities with the orig- Many disputes are always aroused
inal Anglo-Saxon population of this I over nature statements, for this coun-
country. Some of the nationalities I try is inhabitated by a race of stu
thus represented in attenuated form
have traditions hostile or indifferent
to Britain, care nothing for our in
stitutions, but care only to make
money. The strong democratic In
stinct which moves the British
masses doubtless desires a friendly
A bare statement of -the facts !?oner acknowledged final def eat at policy, but British sUtesmen would
traveling and in his absence Gard
ner, manacled and shackled, at
tacked the remaining deputy, took
his pistol from him and then, await
ing return of Pryon with his guard.
I stood them up at the pistol's point
expanded from councils of tjie allies I all this time under the handicap of
unit tt I'uiuereuce ot nations, wnicn
about the escape of the desperado
Gardner and his pal Pryon leaves
no possible excuse for the guards,
who were both inefficient, inept and
cowardly. ItVlll be said that Gard
ner unexpectedly got the drop on
them.' Why unexpectedly? " It was
the thing that the custodians of any
criminal on his way to prison should
expect. rney are mere to guaro.
against any contingency of surprise
or sudden attack by their charges.
In this instance they were fore
warned by the previous daring es
cape of Gardner under circum
stances altogether similar. Tet they
permitted the exploit to be re
peated.
The outline of the pitiful and hu
miliating story is that Pryon was
lormown man it appointed peace not sacrifice their country" interests
delegates who had been pro-Ameri- tf lt and woui make the most of
can tnrougnout tne war. iney neia the friendly attitude on the part of
out. tor a oroau lermory Ior me new American diplomats that had been
republic, while the t rench wished produced by British-American love
to make the Allegheny mountains
the western frontier. Britain's aim
was to make a counterweight to
French power in America and to put
limits to the Iatter's growth, while
France wanted scope for a great
colonial empire in the Mississippi
basin. Britain won, and through
Britain the United States won, be
cause their Interests traveled to
gether.
Their only war since the revolu
tion was that of 1812, but that was
an outgrowth of the death struggle
with Napoleon. Britain exercised
feasts. That does not imply that
their demonstrations of friendship
are Insincere, but it does imply that
men who are sent to care for Ameri-
dents who have ample opportunity to
observe for themselves. There are
the pheasants right in the center of
the city. In Ladtfs addition iney ap
pear with the chickens and steal their
food. The cock pheasant has a loud,
harsh cry and frequently the resi-
rf.m. nf the Portland suburbs are
awakened by this call In the early
morning.
How are the naturalists going to
explain the run of smelt each year
up the Sandy river? Possibly as they
explain the salmon . run that they
return to their native streams to
breed their young. There Is one chap
can interests should be on their who could likely give anyone in ore
guard against being thus influenced, gohy a good run when it comes to
These are reasons why American knowing the habits of fish, and this
army and naval officers should not man is the champion fisherman of the
permit themselves to be drawn bySnnHv river who lives at Falrview,
social amenities -into expressions 1 of
opinion on questions of nationaj pol
icy and possible controversy: The
part of the statesman and diplomat
is to frame and shape policy and to
express it in public. The part of the
taken temporarily to the smoking arbitrary power. atW which Amer- goIdier and sailor is to give it effect f'T-lTnZZltH
room of the car in which they were lca challenged, but which Britain when their services aje needed, P,aced confidence. In most of th
shall gradually draw the worjd into
a closer union. That union, by
making peace secure, would render
armies and navies next to useless,
and disarmament would then be au
tomatic. This is practical idealism.
It does not leap to realization only
to fall blindly Into some hidden
trap. It advances step by step; but
takes no step backward, and it ar
rives at its goal, or so near, as is
humanly possible.
6TE.NTOR VERSUS THE AMPLIKIER.
Stentor toiled in the Trojan war
as a herald or Greece. Such was his 0f a posse, which performed its duty
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handcuffs and an Oregon boot
made the frightened officers take
off the confining irons arid locked
them together and chained them to
a steam pipe and left them.
It was the clear duty of the offi
cers to prevent the escape of their
charges at any risk. IJoubtless It
was dangerous business to be con
fronted by a reckless and murderous
outlaw with a pistol in his hand. But
what were they there for? To save
their own, hides or the possibility -vof
being shot they permitted these dan
gerous felons to get away from
them. One of them has been recap
tured by a single intrepid member
could not safely surrender while that
struggle was on. After Waterloo the
most offensive of these powers were
quietly abandoned, and this country,
when at war, has adopted the Brit
ish view of the right of search. That
cause of dispute died. Every ques
tion in regard to boundaries or ter
whether they approve it or not. A
diplomat is presumed to know what
is wise to say, for he knows his gov
ernment's policy, and he weighs his
words. An army or navy man, not
having this exact knowledge, may
seriously embarrass his government
by blunt indiscretion which may im-
ritory or claims has been settled, by pajr the good relations that he aims
other is still at large, and he is not
likely to be taken without blood
shed. x
Any such tragedy will have its
beginnings in the astonishing episode '
in the sleeping car. - -
gift, according to Homer," that his j with resolution and without fear of
voice had as much vnlnm. . t, I the consequences to them. The
I - ... uo , .
of fifty men together. When Stentor
ntWred a proclamation the walls
trtjmbled, the horses cirvpttod in
their chariot traces and bystanders
fell back as before a great gttBt of
wina. in an the centuries that fol
lowed there arose no vocal genius
equal to the Grecian herald. Wo
borrowed his name for our adiertivn
Stentorian, but never an orator did
Justice to IU Yet were Stentor to
return today, reincarnated and res
olute, in the full power of his pro
digious voice, we should be unable
to find use for his talents, speaking
for the field of public service. A
sideshow, mayhap, might take him
in. or some union station give him
trial as a train announcer: but for
the general purpose of heraldry
Stentor would find the field occu
pied by the sound isVnplifier.
During the Rose Festival, of
iappy memory, this latest telephonic
triumph conveyed entire pro
grammes over many blocks' and
mane tne lowest note, the least re
mark, clearly audible to persons far
distant from the device itself. Into
a courtroom, five minutes' walk
from the amplifier, drifted clearly
the tune and words of a song in
tended ror festival auditors. Folk
tn the streets paused and gazed
about for the hidden singer, the un
seen orator, apparently so near at
hand and yet so mysteriously lost to
view. Stentor, with his fifty-voice
larynx, would have trembled to hear
this inexplicable rival best in con
versational tone his most strenuous
CRIME AND THE NEWSPAPERS.
There exists a minority of. social
purists who profess to-believe that They are now the dominant power.
newspapers promote crime when the I and they would not consent to a war
, . : I 1 V. 1 ! ., V. J ' WhnIT,, n,M. I - 1 C i 1. .3 . V.
diplomacy or arbitration. The two
nations came near war during the
struggle against secession, for the
ruling aristocratic and plutocratic
oligarchy in Britain favored the
south through class sympathy or
commercial interest, but Queen Vic
toria knew that the sympathy of the
masses was with the north and that
intervention might cause civil war
in her own domains, and she re
strained her ministers. When Cleve
land brusquely demanded arbitra
tion of the Venezuelan boundary
there seemed to be danger of a
breach, but again Queen Victoria
stepped in. Salisbury could yield
the more readily because hi9 case
was strong, lor tne . commission
awarded Britain almost all of the
disputed territory, and all of it was
not worth a war with this country.
Whatever there is of -sentimental
attachment between the two nations
springs on- th British side from the
great mass of the poorer .people.
whose enfranchisement began in
1867, and has since "been completed,
to cultivate. He-te not usually qual
ified to draw the line between sen
timent and self-interest, which even
nations of the same language and
origin observe.
The crest of the high water has
been reached and fear of a flood
like that of 1894 can subside. It is
doubtful if ever there will be one
like that. Ever stop to think that
was nature's contribution to the gen
eral smash of the second Cleveland
administration No more!
i
A fellow will have to live longer
than his allotted days to get results
from a sugar orchard of his own
planting. But if there are trees in
Oregon that will produce sap for
maple sugar they should be devel
oped to capacity.
He is a deaf mute and plays his fish
with the line between his teeth, sel
dom failing to land .his strike.
'
Greeters on duty in Portland hotels
mis-
ese
cases the clerk does not suffer finan
cially It is the house that loses.
But thae desk 'man suffers " in the
error of his judgment. Most of the
trouble comes from "skippers," as
hotel dead-beats, are Jtnown, and
many are the traps set to catch them
or to make them betray themselves.
If a guest Is suspected his tele
phone calls are traced and a record
kept, but the best bst is through
the mail. The "skipper" has been
found" rarely to receive mail. He
sometimes comes with trunks, en
gages a room, even gives dinners
and makes outside charges to his
hotel account, and then skips, leav
ing baggage behind, which, when
opened later, generally contains
worthless trash. However, Portland
hotels suirer less irom this source
than those in most other large cities.
It is estimated that American hotel-
keepers lose several million dollars
annually by this means.
"Buy Gum, By Gum." says a sign
garnishing an entire window full of
the . national chew. The window
dresser wife" is employed by a chain
store in the city and calls attention
to one of the greatest expenditures
of the American public today. In a
recent advertisement an agency
real city with her fine hotels and hos-
KO PLOT AGAINST COMPENSATION
Editor of loanraare Paper Drclarr
Prlaclple Not .Attacked.
PORTLAND, June 1J. (To the Edl
pitable people, commercial houses and tor )A the 'editor and publisher o
admirable business men. I have had , fr.guram.e yonTn the wrlt ,,
the pleasure of visiting Portland an
nually for -some years, but not until
this year have I had theovery great
pleasure of witnessing- ne pageant
of roses. The beauty tf the floral
parade is beyond any words of mine.
The carnival at New Orleans has held
for over half a century first place in
the minds of many for regal pageant
ry, but the beauty and charm of the
floral parade In Portland I am sure
cannot be excelled. These annual
pageants, together with Portland's
other charms, are-bringing her fame.
So here's to Portland and 1925."
Havintr finished his wool harvest,
W. B. Barratt. sheepman by profes
sion and highway commissioner in
his hours of ease, arrived at the Im
perial yesterday to assist tn award
ing road contracts. "We had a splen
did yield," observed Mr. Barratt,
speaking for his own sheep, 'and
there were sheep we got 19 pounds
n f ibaiI frAm fif rniint. that wsin t
the average, ,but we had many sheep "rCT irying to aoonn
whl-h recfistererl Mini amount I re- monopolistic and socialistic law
fusert cents for mv wool they " awing anyining to interiere wun
were offerinn- 2fl cents a nound for th Proper administration and execu
wool at Condon a few riavs airo." Mr. "on of an act designed to guard ths
Rarratt lament, that the old-timers interests of employes and employers
who Rheareri 175 sheen a dav bv hand ' 1 ne statement given out by the
r. nn more. Mr Rarratt hasn't Industrial accident commission Is, to
say tne leaar, inconsistent, as
points with pride to an Investigation
conducted by Carl Hookstadt. whose
socialistic views are well known to
business men throughout the country,
he being quite generally recognized
as the successor to Royal Meeker,
formerly an employe also of the
United States department of labor.
Hookstadt's report is cited to show
that state funds are more ' efficient
than service rendered by insurance
naturally Interested in the article
appearing la The Sunday Oregonian
under the caption. "Plot Again
State Insurance Charged." under
Salem. Or., date line and evidently
inspired by present members .of the
state industrial accident commission
One would reasonably suppose tha
the writer would have some knowl
edge of such a plot or oonKpiracy, if
there were any concerted movement
on foot by casualty 'Insurance com
panies. or Insurance agents, or any
one else for that matter, to "break
down the workmen's ronpensatlon
act." That he has no information or
knowledge of .this kind he is- per
fectly willing to make an affidavit
under oath. There may be a desire
In some quarters to break the mo
nopoly enjoyed by the state, and
which is so zealously guarded by
those most interested in drawing
large salaries from. the state for ad
ministering It. But there la a vast
sheared with machinery for-ereveral
years. There is too much wear ana
tear on the sheep, so he prefers the
slower but more careful method of
manual toil. The vountr chaos these
days prefer the clipping' machine to
doing the Joja by hand..
Oregon roads have undergone lm
provement almost beyond comprehen
sion in the last decade or more, ac
cording to Dr. T. C. Smith, who was
for many years a prominent resident companies. If that be true, then why
of Salem but for the last IS years has
been living in Los Angeles. Dr.
Smith arrived tn Salem last week
after making the trip from Los An
geles in an automobile with a nephew,
W. T. Smith, and was a visitor in
Portland yesterday. The men made
the trip from Los Angeles to Bakers
field. the first day, and to 20 miles
this side of Sacramento the second
day. The third day brought them to
Redding and the fourth to Medford.
Two more Jumps, Medford to Eugene
and Eugene northward, landed them
at Salem, where Dr. Smith is maldng
an extended visit with his son. Dr. T.
C. SmithVr. Dr. Smith was a resident
f Salem for 35 years and knew Ore
gon roads when the horse and buggy
provided the accepted mode of travel.
with the exception of a few detours,
he Pacific highway in Oregon is in
ine shape, he said. The Cow Creek
canyon road, which used to be a bug'
boo even to horse-and-buggy travel
rs. Is now one of the easiest and
most beautiful drives in Oregon, he
declared.
should there be more fear of open
competition in this line than in any
other? Why should the records ct
the state Industrial accident commis
sion be surrounded by the utmost
secrecy? Why was It necessary to
incorporate In the compensation act
an amendment providing that all
records of the commission should be
suppressed except such as the com
mission may desire to release for
publication?
Despite the Investigation, of Mr.
Hookstadt, and a most searching and
thorough investigation conducted by
a special legislative committee cover
ing at)erlod of many months, which
included a visit to Oregon and Wash
ington, two states having monopolis
tic laws, the last legislature In Min
nesota passaed an act which does not
provide for any state insurance fund.
Employers in that state are free to
insure in one of three ways, viz., in
stock companies, mutuals or carry
the liability as self-insurers under
certain restrictions.
The writer does not hesitate to
OI It tiKOHt.K.
When 'Arrlet and 'Arry go
A-walking down the Strand.
Her handsome bowler-hatted beau
A-holding of her hand.
They see a sicht that makes him grin
And sets her mouth a-Jar,
And that is Colonel Harvey in
His new Ford car.
When. 'Arriet and "Arry sit
Of (voniiiKs in Hydo Park.
By way of having Just a bit
of what they rail u lark.
They Bc,e a flivver pant rhrm upln
And she says, "Wot is that'.'"
And he says, "t'ojonel Harvey in
'Is "igh silk 'at!"
V
We may not have ambassadors
With whiskers two feet long.
Long-winded, tedious, pompous
bores
That isn't where we're strong.
But we'vo the lads who've inado us
x win
And put us where we are,
Jisd one Is Colonel Harvey in
His new Ford car.
We may not have persuasive gents
To talk in foreign courts.
Who wlclda tremendous Influence
And wear ttm pants called
"shorts,"
But though we lack In clothes and
"chin"
We have one diplomat.
And that is" Colonel Harvey in
His high silk hut!
s
No fbisee at Homo.
Nebraska has either to drive ont
her republican majority or loan Wil
liam J. Bryan, and she shows no slcns
of driving out her republican major
ity. .
s s
Kasler In Those Days.
The old-time bartender had a cinch.
He didn't have to get a certificate lo
practice medicine.
An We Must Have 'Km.
Tap is only a telegraph pole in the
Pacific, but telegraph poles come
high.
(Copyright, 1!SI. hy tha Boil Svn.lirsts.
Inr I
Other Day.
Fifty Vears Ao.
From The Orefnnlan of June 14. 1T1.
According to the frrka Journal
migrants are gjlng In great numliera
into the. Klamath lake country and
are settling permanently.
The ship Panama rleared yefterdsy
for Cork. Ireland, for orrtrra. 8h
took 1M85 bags of wheat for sale in
England.
The Washington territory peniten
tiary will be hullt on McNeil's Inland.
Work will begin at once.
'I have been punished and cxperN
enced the worst that rould be Im
posed. In the cant language of ths
day. punishment Is 'played out' Tha
worst that can he done has been dons
and 1 have no more to fear." Jeffer
son Davis at Atlanta, May Zi.
Tweaty-flve Years Ao..
From The Oreronian of June H. H!H.
St. Louis. ilcKlnley'aj headquarters
ive been crowded all day. Mark
Hanna said McKinley had 610 votes
as the contest now stanls.
The East Side Railway romninv will
run its Mount Tabor (,urs this ufter
noon to the section line road to so.
commodate many persons desiring to
(sit the reservoir and see the big
fountain play.
The Lurline Is back' on the Astoria
route, following a short lay-up for
repairs.
Bert Kerrigan astonished his friends
at the Multnomah club's games yes
terday hy breaking the Pacific cna.it
record In the hUh Jump with a leap
of six feet.
details are published. Wholly aside
from the fact that it is the first duty
of any. newspaper to disseminate
complete information, and that save
to the criminally Inclined there is
nothing to inspire emulation in any
story of criminal activity, , it is
obvious that publicity is the one
great deterrent, to crime. Upon this
conclusion Professor M. C. Elmer of
for some selfish end of the aristo
cracy and plutocracy, yet ties oi
blood and language would not pre
vent them from fighting us if they
believed their country was clearly
right. Their sentiments have found
expression in arbitration treaties with
the United states ana in co-operation
of British with Amarican dele
gates at Hague peace conferences.
Sugar is dropping because some
body somewhere cannot help him
self to a higher price. Meanwhile
the time is good to lay in a supply I boasted that mojo money was spent
against canning needs. I for chewing gum in America each
year .than for 'education. And we
Possibly the lonesome bear killed vride ourselves that the public
on a Seattle street Sunday did not scnoois or mis country nave bo equal
know hibernating time was over.
There
ment.
is a whole lot in environ- i
the University of Minnesota recently j That was the resu of common de
commented: , , , I sire for peace in "which the. two na-
Blame the newspapers for mak- I tions lead, though France Is close
ing the role of the criminal harder I behind them.
today than it was twenty or thirty I The most noteworthy evidence of
years ago." he said. , practical friendship given by Bn-
The overloaders are going to have
their day in the traffic court and
learn that roads are for use and not
abuse.
If the robins emly would take the
cherries that areout of reach! But
robins are likeieople In some re
spects. "
Ray Hagen of the International
Harvester company is a chronic
Joker. Last week-end" he was mak
ing a trip on one of the interunban
lines when the train shot into
unnel. As it emerged it .stopped.
'He kissed her in the tdnnel. her
hat is crooked!" said Hagen, who
sat at the rear - of the car. in a
hoarse and audible whisper.
, Eleven women began straightening
their headgear. THE SCOUT.
state as a fact that so far as. he is
Headed by Judge C. F. Daniels, the aware every casualty , company is
staunch supporter and advocate of
workmen's compensation laws wher
ever they exist, but they believe that
the right to compete with the state
on an equal basis Is a constitutional
right reserved to them the same as
It Is to all other lines of private
initiative, all politicians to the con
trary notwithstanding..
- LOUIS SOXDHEIM,
Editor Northwest Insurance News.
DISASTER A.D ITS AKTEIIMATI1
to
Whereupon he points out that the
published news outruns the crim
inal, forewarns other districts against
tain to this country before the world
war, came in 1898. Germany tried
to unite Europe in defense of Spain
him, and in Innumerable Instances I jn order to prevent armed interven
has resulted In his capture. Swln- I tion in Cuba. Britain not only re-
dlers no longer tour the- country,-1 fused to Join, but informed McKin-
blandly confident that each ' new tey hat it would remain neutral, pos
field will be unsophisticated. Gard- Sjbly with a hrnt of British support
ner"s pa and fellow prisoner,, escap- jn case any other nation should help
ing from his guards, is recaptured Snain. A dramatic evidence of friend-
because a country boy has read the ship was given by Admiral Chichester
convict s description tn a daily news- to Admiral Dewey at Manila. That
paper and readily recognizes him. Was a case where sentiment and self-
Gardner himself, if he is taken, will interest ran together. The sympathy
. Pratt of Kelso, being a pho
tographer of mcu-e than local repute,
has the camera eye and caught the
outlaw. '',
'i : "
One of these nignts some fool vic
tim is going to kill a highwayman.
much to his sorrow.
Party Divisions In Congress.
PORTLAND, June 13, (To the Edl
tor.) 'Please state If either house of
congress -had a majority of repub
licans during the first six years of
tne wuson administration.
A READER,
No. In the 6oth congress (1917
1919) the republicans had 217 mem-
Gardner probably is lost in Seat- i bers in the house, democrats 213,
tie by this time, or he may be here. I progressives 2, prohibitionists 1, so
cialists 1 and independents 1. but the
Thara ia rnnm fnr Jinn neon1 nt o I h nil a a Wflji orcranizeai bv thA H.mn.
iiori. no v.oma nave uuereq the realize tnai me nue ana cry on ma oi the British people had always been I woman on tne school board. Itsiat.
Yamhill county court came to Port'
land yesterday to. undertake diplo
matic relations with the highway
commission. It was like this: The
county wants the highway between
bheridan and Willamina hard-sur
faced, and so does everyone else who
has to travel over it. The state was
willing to help out if the- county
could pay its share. Yamhill county
put the proposition up to the voters
on a bond issue a week ago today and
the bonds lost by 52 votes a regular
cold deck. Sans bond money, the
county court came to town to see if
some other sort of dicker could be
made with the commission, but there
was nothing doing.
IWhen Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Ferrlna
left lone to come to Portland and
register at the Imperial they just
missed one of the bfst ball games the
town naa seen in- ages, sunaay tne
lone team defeated the Arlington nine
by a score of 1 to 0. Two weeks ago
the same teams met at Arlington and
the score was 2 to 1 at the end of 11
innings in favor of the Arlington
tossers. These scores are respect
fully referred to the. Pacific Coast
league, who might consider the lone
and Arlington boys as "bushers."
Judtre Patterson, county Judire of
Grant county, is at the Imperial. He l-fnan, in the making. Volcanoes have
wants some work done pronto on the made the wondeful Willamette val-
tionn Liar uiBiiwity in ills county tse- riey, wjiuub sou laugns wun tne tinest
cause the people last week voted strawberries .and roses on earth.
9330,000 for the highway, and they'd! -Desolation and destruction makes
like to see action. From the way the I friends, to the sufferers, and our best
hignway commission tains, tney u get irienas are made rather by doing
it, too. I something for us than by receiving
from us.
Eight hours by automobiIerrom Se- The assassination of Garfield
attle to Portland is the time made by shocked the world, ,but Mr. Garfield
w. rv. jajivr, whv nao uancneo in i was more tne orator tnan tne states
Seattle ana tne Kose city. Mr. Taylor man and fell at once between two
Worst Calamities Always deem
Have Good In Their Wake.
UNIVERSITY PARK, June 1$. (To
the Editor.) The calamity at Pueblo
starts In our minds the inquiry why
this calamity and the many others
that nave come, during the day of
many of us. The writer has no
clinatlon to help God out of the ad
ministration he gives time, but he
can see some things.
Floods enlarge fertile soils and give
new pluck to people -washed out. The
rise of the Columbia and the Willam
ette make rich rivef bottoms. Fires
make better cities, as may be seen
In Chicago and Boston. Earthquakes
help to make new lands and are an
evidence that the earth is still like
Tit I ST l.K.OHV TO MILL MAI
Former High Lumber I'rlres Dae to
Conditions Affertlaa Uvrrythlng.
DKVITT. Or., June 12. (To the Kd-
tor.) 1 read a news Items in The
Oregonian relating to alleaed lumber
rust discovered by the trade com
mission. '
It occurs to me that there ought
to be someone and some way to Ret
t least a small amount of relief from
the Injury1 and prejudice caused by
such a report against an important
Industry. I am only a small fry,
working hard and doing my best to
make ends meet and do not claim to
be very well informed, but If the com
mission has discovered such a trust
there are many of us in the business
who are wholly Ignorant of -it.
Prices of lumber have been high
so has everything else. Has every
thing and everyone been mixed up in
a maiioKiua combination? As a mat
ter of fact, there has been no time.
present also, when an inquiry for
lumber might not he or have been
submitted to 50 different mills, all
members of the West Coast associa
tion, and as many different prices
submitted, varying anywhere from
$1 up.
I have no doubt that the ear short,
age was as much responsible fV tha
high lumber prices as anything else,
because if ail of the mills could have
shipped their cut there would have
been many million feet on the market
which could not get there because ol
transportation shortage.
I am simply writing this letter he
cause I would like to see a little
something done for a business which
means a lot to this raasl and which
Is up against it at the present tlins
regardless of former high prices.
LUMBERMAN.
nooks on Birds.
HKRMISTOV. Or.. June 12. (To the
Editor. Where can I get a book; of
the birds of the United Slates'.'
O. C. P.
"What Bird Is That?" by Chapman
S. Mlchler (D. Apploton company. New
York); "Bird Neighbors" and "Birds
Worth Knowing." both by Nellie
Blanchan l'oubleday (Doubleday, Page
& Co., Garden City, N. Y.), and "Amer.
lean Birds." by William L. Finley
(Charles Kcribner's Sons. New York).
Any book dealer can obtain these for
you if he already does not have them
in stock.
is registered at the Perkins, with Mr.
and Mrs. James E. Taylor of New
York and Mrs. James Taylor ot Se
attle.
crushing stones of faction, and while
we were In tears Mr. Arthur ' began
an administration creditable in its
progress and end to our historv. If
Mclvlnlev hart lived wonlH Rnnaavali
Mrs. Scott Neal and family of -Boise, have risen to the heroic proportions
Idaho, are registered at the Perkins.
Every year Mrs. Neal comes down
from the Inland Empire to dodge the
hot weather and takes the children to
the ocean beaches. That is her des
tlnation now.
W. P. Lafferty, formerly a member
of the legislature for several sessions.
is among the arrivals at the Multno
mah.
John A. Peterson, hardware dealer
of Toledo, Or., is registered at the
Jiotei Oregon.
that put him along with Washing
ton'and Lincoln in a glorious trin
ity? The death of Lincoln gave us
Lincoln, who became really .ours af
ter the fatal shot.
The world today is out of joint, but
a new eartn is already forming.
B. . HOADLEY;
Told In Confidence.
Blighty.
"But how did you get her to believe
Bonus In Washington.
BATTLK GROUND. Wash.. June J2.
(To the Kditor.) Kindly tell me If
they are still paying the soldiers'
bonus In Washington? If not, when
do they expect t'o pay those who
have not received their bonus vet?
AN C"LD SUBSCRIBER.
It Is the expectation that all en.
titled to the bonus will receive it.
We cannbt Inform you as to the cause
for delay In payment of any particu
lar claim. "
Heroine Kirks tke Hero.
Toledo Blade.
"Did the play have a happy end
ing?". "Well, the heroine was kissing
the nero as tne curtain started down.
such an outrageous He?" "I told It but I saw her kick him on the shins
to her in strict confidence." - , 'at the final (lop."