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THE MOltXIXO OHEGOXIAV. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1921
tSTABLlBHED BY HENRY I PITTOCK.
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LAHiTL DECISIONS DISOBEYED.
. Any plea that may have been
made in Justification of tha threat
ened railroad strike of 1914, to the
effect that the railroad men would
have acted within their lawful rights
and that no impartial tribunal ex
isted to which they could appeal,
will no longer avail. The supreme
court declared in Its decision on the
Adamson law on March 19, 1917,
that the right of the people to rail
road service was superior to the right
of the employe:' to strike and that
congress had the power of compul
sory arbitration of any dispute. Con
gress exercised that authority by cre
ating the labor board. The law, as
construed by the supreme court, re
quires obedience to the decisions of
the board from both executives and
employes. The board is such a trib
unal as the brotherhoods said did not
exist in 1916; more, disregard of its
orders is defiance of the law. The
strike order was such an act.
The supreme court decision on the
Adamson law placed beyond doubt
the authority of congress to exercise
the power of compulsory arbitration
which it has undertaken to exercise
with the labor board as its agent.
This is clear from the following syn
opsis of the decision published In
The Oregonian at the time:
The mulority upheld the publlo Tight
to have interstate commerce uninterrupted
a a basic principle, paramount to Inter
ests of railroads or their employes, both
declared to be In public service and sub.
Ject to the supreme, unrestricted power
oi congre.-s to take any acilnn necessary
to maintain freedom and unlnterruptlon
ot Interatate commerce.
"The pt'bllc Interest begets a public
right or regulation to the lull extent nec-eM-ary
to protect It," said the oplnlnn,
gilding that In the emergency of threat
ened destructive suspension of national
transportation congress acted within Its
powers In providing a wage standard and
other means necessary to protect the pub
lic Interest.
It alo declared that the Adamson act
Is neither unworkable, confiscatory, experi
mental nor in excess of congressional
railroad regulatory authority, but In ef
fect was compulsory arbitration, a power
"whk-h it tcoiiKrenn) undoubtedly pos.
sensed," and "Inevitably resulted from Its
authority to protect Interstate commerce
in dealing with a situation like that De
lore It."
"Whatever would be the right of an
employe engaged in private business to
demand such wages as he desires, to leave
the employment tr he does not get them
and by concert of action with others to
leave on the same conditions." said the
opinion, "such rights are necessarily sub
ject to limitation when employment Is
accepted In a business charged with a
public Interest and as to which the power
to regulate commerce by congress ap
plied, and the resulting right to fix. In
case of disagreement and dispute, a stand
ard of wages necessarily obtained."
Four months after the labor board
had ordered the 12 per cent cut in
wages, and three and a half months
after the cut had been made the
railroad unions called the strike.
This was disregard of lawful author
ity marked by slow deliberation. It
seems to have been precipitated by
a merely Informal announcement of
the railroad executives last Friday
that they would ask the labor board
to order a further cut of 10 per cent
in wage the buste with which ac
tion followed that announcement
presenting a peculiar contrast to the
delay in acting on the former cut.
Whichever wage reduction prompted
the strike order, if the earlier one.
It ,wa cool violation of a lawful
order: if the latter, it anticipated de
cision on a case which had not even
been begun and was the very action
which the board was created to pre
vent. In defense of their conduct the
brotherhood chiefs say that orders
of the labor board have been violated
by the Pennsylvania, Krle md other
railroads. That is the old. time
worn plea In extenuation that "the
other fellow did It, too." The roads
which disobeyed the hoard's orders
lire equally culpable with the officers
of the unions, but too blacks do not
make ft white In railroad or any
other affairs. It is incumbent on the
government to compel the offending
railroads to obey, not to exonerate
the brotherhood chiefs. The duty
now devolves on the Interstate com
merce commission to order a revi
sion of rates equivalent to the July
wage reduction. Its authority has
been so well established by court de
cisions that no railroad will venture
to dispute it.
The slight respect paid to decisions
of the labor board can be traced to
the low estimate of Its powers made
by the board itself. Instead of call
ing to account offenders against Us
orders, it responded to the strike
order by making a proposal which
was tantamount to a compromise. Its
proposal to make rate reductions
and wage reductions keep pace with
on another was so equitable that it
met Instant public approval, but the
manner of Its making derogated
from the authority of the board at
the precise Juncture when that au
thority needed to be fortified. The
labor hoard seems to have followed
the habit of thought followed by the
voluntary arbitration tribunals cre
ated by the Krdman and Newlands
acts, which reduced them to ma
chines for compromise. The Adam
son law and its Judicial confirmation
have given the board immeasurably
more authority. It has not only the
power but tha duty to make deci
sions, not compromises, and It should
rely en congress or the courts to give
them effect.
Charlie Cbaplln. back from Eng
land, where he received more plaud
its than any crowned head. Is ready
to attempt the goal of his ambition,
lie wishes to naut dramatic roles.
and forsake forever the , cap and
bells. He has wearied of clowning
and custard pies. H. G. Wells en
tertained him, and in a dramatized
version of one of this author's
stories he is first to appear. It seems
rather pathetic that Charlie should
aspire, for success in the realm of
the serious can never be his. It is
not within the bounds of possibility
that,' however successful he may be.
he can attain that height of approval
and tribute which- are his as the
world's premier comedian. To make
the nations laugh that Is no light
and frivolous achievement.
A WORTHY CRUSADE.
Ask almost any man whether he
respects the constitution and you will
evoke a spirited affirmative.. The
constitution is the bulwark of our
liberty. It Is the mold in which the
fluid nation took form and substance
and the ring of steel. Yet in New
York enforcement officers are plan
ning a campaign to suppress thea
trical Jests at the expense of the con
stitutionclownish pleasantries that
ridicule the eighteenth amendment.
It Is time that something of the sort
was attempted. Our attitude toward
the law is frequently an Inconsistent
one. As Kipling said of the typical
American, It Is this strange duality
That bids him flout the taw he makes.
That bids him make the law ha flouta.
The theatrical sense of humor fre
quently Is perverted. It finds fun in
laughing at morality, the conven
tions, and at the law which seeks to
support both. Thoughtless folk
laugh with the players, and it may
be that from this source Is born
much of the casual disrespect we
manifest toward the Volstead act
and other laws. Right-thinking man
agers discourage this sort of moral
bolshevlsm, but are not always able
to suppress entirely Its manifesta
tions. There are managers, of
course, whose thought runs in the
same groove. They relish as any
rounder the full-flavored zest of a
Joke aimed at the law, the better
life, the better impulses. -
There Is nothing of the puritani
cal about a resolve that levity shall
not spring from our laws particu
larly our constitution. 8uch mirth
is 111-tlmed and ill-advised, and the
empty laughter of it Js not an edi
fying sound. While the enforcement
officers are engaged in securing at
least the semblance of respect for
prohibition. In the theatrical field,
some one should launch a campaign
against the risque Joke, the suggest
ive leer, the salacious situation, up
on which many comedies rely for
their comic appeal. These endeavors
need not, as has been said, be re
garded as blue-law righteousness
bent upon enforcing its views at the
expense of all others. Their ob
jective will be a condition of respect
for law and morality, whereby we
shall retain our self-respect.
COI.F FOR THE MASSES.
Issuance of almost 39,000 cards at
the Eastmoreland municipal golf
links In the past year indicates that
the public is changing rapidly the
opinion, widely held a few years ago.
that golf is a game for the exclusive
patronage of the old and the idle
rich. Frobably the fact that the
links formerly were owned by ex
clusive clubs bolstered up the latter
view, and It Is likely that the Eng
lish clothes worn by many golfers
further fostered It.
Golf Is Indeed an old map's game
in the sense that one does not need
great physical endurance to partici
pate. Many who could not last half
of one quarter In a football game
may get both recreation and
amusement following the ball around
the fairway, and it is this latter fact
which lends the game much of its
worth for the city man.
It is a well-known medical fact
that one whose muscles have become
relaxed by sedentary life often does
himself more harm than good by in
dulging in violent exercise. For
such golf is an ideal recreation. Only
those who have spent a golden sum
mer afternoon on the links can real
ize the sheer Joy of it. Only those
who have seen the fairway brighten
under the spring rains, and watched
the maples along the course turn
yellow and scarlet and brown, and
who have played when ulsps of gray
fog hung on the hilltops, can appre
ciate that the pleasure of golf com
pares favorably with that of more
violent games.
Not that the element of stern ex
ercise is lacking. The beginner who
twists himself into a semblance of
proper stance, and makes futile
swings at the ball, can take oath to
that when he gets out of bed the
next morning with his waist and
shoulders stiff and sore. Best of all.
It is not a game In which a majority
of devotees are mere spectators. It
marks a healthy tendency to aban
don the production of a few stars In
favor of furnishing the many with
needed exercise.
T.OGS IS EGGS.
Humpty-dumpty has climbed to a
fall again. He is custard on the
ldewalks of New York, where Al
fred W. McCann, a trenchant Investi
gator of foods, writinff in the New
York Globe, has brought the white
egg down from its high estate. It
all began, of course, with McCann's
conclusion that the bright house
wives of the metropolis were being
systemntically fleeced through the
ancient fallacy that there is some
thing very superior about- an egg
which is as chaste of shell as any
snowdrift. It seemed so reasonable
to believe that a white egg was of
the elite, while a brown egg was
very common, indeed. This whim
the astute tradesmen were turning
to their profit, as they had been for
years, at something like seven to ten
cents a dozen over the standard mar
ket quotation for fresh eggs. A few
clicking sentences from a typewriter,
a paragraph or so In the newspapers,
and the price tumbled, while all sorts
and conditions of folk bought brown-
shelled eggs In protest against the
old order. .
I'nllke New York, whose fetish
was the white egg, Boston always
has clamored for the brown. It has
been suggested, not unkindly, that
the pervasive culture of the true
Bostonlan, his insistence upon har
mony, led him to champion the
dark-hued hen fruit for no other
reason than that it matched the
color scheme of Boston baked. This
is a wild hazard, however enticing It
may be as wild as presuming that
New Yorkers yielded preference to
white eggs because the spotless
purity of the shell reminded them
of Whittier's "SnowbounoV' There
was nothing whatever of the splr
Ituelle about these contrasted yearn
ings. Both arose from barnyard
buncombe, and each was fostered by
a. faith in the Infallibility of appear
ances. To Boston a brown shell In
dicated sturdy and vigorous values.
To New York the white egg was a
symbol and a promise of very supe
rior regalement. Each was blandly,
fatuously, unaware that science had
long since confessed Itself at loss to
discern any material difference in
the food values.
It has been calculated by the om
nipresent statistician that were
5,000,000 residents ot New York to
demand one white egg a day, submitting-
to the extra charge of ten
cents a dozen, the tribute so ren
dered to the grateful dealers would
be $291,666 a week a sum that
stimulates the question Of why on
earth we ever conceiyed the marts
or. iraae to De ami ana umuieresi
lng. Across the centuries a certain
Captain Kidd doffs his triangular
hat, decked with a Jeweled skull and
bones, to such accomplishment.
Eggs is eggs, to paraphrase Mr.
rButlsr's celebrated dogmatism. Be
they brown or white of shell, he is
a wizard at the breakfast board who
can identify them once they are
scrambled. Still there Is salvage in
the controversy. It teaches that we
are a droll people, Inclined to folly
in our marketing, and rather fond
of being hoodwinked.
EMOTIO! AND BCRGLAKY.,
"Two or three weeks ago one of
the news agencies sent out from Los
Angeles an item which appeared un
der the heading "Judge Sends Boy to
Prison for Fifteen Years for Stealing
Three Cents." . Here again, to all
appearances, was one of those dis
tressing' Incidents of petty crime
punished severely In contrast with
the punishments often accorded ma
jor offenses. The emotional press
discussed it and emotional writers
wrote to the Judge, denouncing him.
A local paper gave the item an edi
torial paragraph with the usual im
plication that there is one law for
the poor and one for the rich. One
could almost picture an emaciated,
unfortunate being, driven 'by pangs
of hunger, to rob unwisely and not
enough.
But here are the, facts obtained
from authoritative sources In Los
Angeles. The man was engaged in
the burglary of apartments. He was
found ransacking rooms at 10 o'clock
at night, was pursued and caught.
He, had in his possession a child's
bank containing $2, which was all
that could be Identified as having
been stolen from the apartments.
He also had $125 In his possession,
this showing that he was not driven
by necessity.
In the hearing of his application
for parole it was disclosed that he
had been in Los Angeles nearly six
months' and had not been honestly
employed in that period. He had
been before the same judge on a
charge of assault with intent to mur
der, but this case had been dismissed
because the complaining witness had
left the state. Testimony was given
that he . had attempted to induce
others to assist him In committing
burglaries. His demeanor was that
of a criminal and he was sentenced
to an indeterminate period of one to
fifteen years, which under the Cali
fornia law means that the prison
board may In Its discretion liberate
him at, the end of one year.
After his arrival at the peniten
tiary he was Identified as Bay Ivey,
who was received at the U. S. prison
at Leavenworth in 1917 for two years
on conviction of white slavery, and
as Ray Ivey who was received at the
Missouri state penitentiary in 1919
on a commitment for burglary. He
was a confirmed criminal.
Burglary, as every one ought to
know, is not defined by the amount
of the robber's plunder. Unlawful
entry of a dwelling with intent to
commit a crime therein Is burglary.
The crime is not mitigated by dis
covery of "his presence before the
burglar has committed the actual
robbery. Many burglars have been
properly sent to prison who were
caught before they had appropriated
anything at all. Occasionally a
householder kills a burglar who has
gone no further than break into the
premises, and the householder In the
eye of the law is justified.
The Inexcusable part of the senti
mental gush over the Los Angeles
Incident is that newspaper ' editors
know all the foregoing legal facte and
that the body of the dispatch, de
spite its brevity and the first few
lines, which Invited the headline,
indicated that the small plunder was
obtained In the course of a. definite
burglary.
THE BEACTY CONTEST.
Beauty is that indefinable attri
bute which compels a reaction of
esthetic delight. The classic or pi
quant grouping of the features is
only Incidental to personal beauty,
and may at times be almost absent
without detracting in the least from
the pleasurable thrill of the observer.
So it befalls, doubtless, that widely
heralded beauty contests, conducted
by definite rules for pulchritude, fail
to discover the Cinderellas and
award the crown to some one who
merely is pretty. And between pret
tiness and beauty there is a gulf
that only the spirit may bridge. All
maidens with the birthright of
plainness should find such comfort
as they may in this, for the real
race is not always to the sister who
chanced to have been cast in a more
comely mold.
One wonders just w hs Helen was.
and what her type of beauty that
girl to whom Fee outpoured his
paean of lovely phrases in poetic
tribute Helen, whose beauty was to
him -
Like those Nlcesn barks of yoro
That gently, o'er a perfumed sea.
The weary, way-worn wanderer bore
To hia own native shore.
Lo. In yon brilliant window tilrhe
How statue-like, f see thee stand.
The agate lamp within thy hand.
Ah. Psyche, from the regions which,
re holy-landi
Is not there more than a sugges
tion in the lines of- a delight that
finds its source In spiritual beauty
quite as much as in the hyacinth
hair, the classic face? Indeed, had
Poe but sung the mask of beauty
in his lines "To Helen." had given
her such praise as finds its shallow
nurture in mere loveliness of feature,
we should not care for this. Be very
sure the poet laid hjs wreath not at
the white feet of mere prettiness,
but on the shrine of high Idealism.
It may have been that Helen, In
those days, kindled no such ardor as
this in the hearts of other men, but
that the esthetic nature of Poe per
ceived a charm beyond the superfi
cial. The world has a store of adages
to prove that thought has dwelt
unnn this difference. Two Old and
serviceable ones are "Handsome Is
as handsome does, and ueauty is
only skin deep." These are replete
with wisdom, view them as we may'.
The specious standards of the times
have accorded beauty to such as
j never may possess it: have urged
vanity fair to cosmetics and -daring
dress In the false quest for loveli
ness; have filled so many thousand
heads with notions that a type has
been evolved a pretty type, for all
of that, but one that shall not linger
in deathless verse and Imperishable
bronze. Perhaps all ages have been
similarly plagued, but this does not
content us with such banal evidences
of beauty as frequent our streets.
The world Is rather wearied of the
type.
So tired, in truth, that when
chance-met we come upon some girl
who seems transplanted from a
country lane, whose cheeks bloom
without rouge, whose eyes are kind
and candid as the eyes of youth
should be, whose dress is simple and
in this simplicity most charming,
the sight is as refreshing as spring
water in June. She need not even
be pretty to evoke the tribute of
our smiles. There is a wholesome
ness about her, a certain genuine
ness of charm, that is as natural and
becoming as apple flowers in spring.
Folk call her an "old-fashioned"
girl, yet they are wrong. She is
the fashion of all seasons and all
time.
One wonders, sometimes, where
they disappear the lauded winners
of the beauty contests. Plaudits re
ceive them for an hour or so, and
we are told that In them has been
discovered the acme of grace and
classic feature. Anon we hear that
some fat magnate of the motion pic
tures has offered them a part in his
new film, e Some marry millionaires,
perhaps, while yet their tide Is high;
some posture in vaudeville; and
some are drawn into the swirl ot
frivolity as wisps to an eddy. Some
laugh at us beguilingly from calen
dar and magazine cover unworthy
tribute if we really cared. At any
rate they bloom and disappear, and
constantly we look about for another
Helen.
The maximum electoral voltage
that man has harnessed is approxi
mately 1,000,000 volts, or but one
fiftieth of the voltage of an average
thundef cloud. So says Charles P.
Steinmetz, electrical wizard, who as
serts that the voltage of lightning is
usually between 20,000,000 and 100.
000,000 volts, with an average of 60,
000,000 volts. "By compression of
many small moisture particles," said
Mr. Steinmetz, "into one large rain
drop the Voltage rises until it reaches
value sufficient to jump through
space as a lightning flash." This
and more he tells of the origin of
lightning of the negative electricity
sent out from the sun to charge the
earth, bridging interstellar space as
easily as an athlete leaps a ditch.
We have captured and held it and
put It to work, we know Its pranks
and its foibles somewhat but the
substance of this strange energy is
yet unknown to us. To press a but
ton and turn on a light is to stand
(ace to face with an omnipotent
enigma.
There has so far been spent on the Co
lumbia river highway SI .912.-10.40. And
The Oregonian gravely Informs Its readers
that Portland has received nothing from
the stata highway fund, although It is
naturally the largest contributor . to that
fund through taxes and automobila IK
censes. Eugena Guard.
Is It the idea at Eugene that the
Columbia River highway should not
have been built? Or, if built, that
it should have somehow avoided
Multnomah county and Portland?
If expense of maintenance is all
that causes the navy department to
consider making the old battleship
Oregon a target for airplane bombs,
why not save the expense and the
Oregon too by dispensing with a few
of those needless government bu
reaus? Our Chinese pheasants die from
the eating of poisoned grain, but the
survivors are not dismayed. It's a
good deal like a natural history par
allel to murderous moonshine.
Isn't It?
Five In a Joy ride below Astoria
and a crash Into an open draw. Two
missing and three rescued, including
two women, which Is not such a
great fatality as it might be.
The rose festival board is a re
markable body, turning back money
given by the county for the affair.
Would there were more like it.
A man is "temporarily In charge"
of the weather here and see what
we are getting. Generally an under
study strives to excel.
One good way to help Is to give the
little jobs about the premises that
one hates to do to a man glad to
get the work.
The Lloyd George-De Valera ex
change of notes seems to have ended
with the complete exhaustion of both
sides.
It wilf be noted all these fines are
for having "moonshine" and none
for the real stuff. Is it all gone at
last?
The yardmasters will not go out.
That assures arrivals and departures.
All else needed is to fill the interim.
Stifl, the German mark has quite
a distance to drop yet before It
catches up with the kaiser.
Soon it will be necessary to write
to the "Do You Remember" mafl
about Roy Gardner.
If the brotherhoods and execu
tives only would work in an agenda,
all would be well.
Being chief of police in New York
must be almost as good a job as
Babe Ruth's.
Official papers In the Bergdoll
case are missing. Part of the plan,
no doubt.
The largest chair factory on the
Pacific coast is on the Portland
agenda.
Some of these deserving democrats
at last are getting what they deserve.
If you would know what is good
to eat, go to tfce food show.
The melancholy days are not wait
ing for November.
Long time between now and Octo
ber 30.
WOHE.1 VICTIMS Or DEIyVSIONS
Few Who Always Ride Nightmares
Are Ones Alsrmr( Over Liquor.
PORTLAND, Oct. 19. (To the Edi
Itor.) A pleasant sort of person Mrs.
C. E. M. must be. Judging by the irrel
evant and uncalled for epithets she
applied to me merely because I sought
to correct a mistaken Impression that
has got abroad in the city regarding
the amount of furtive drinking don
In "down-town offices."
Examination of Mrs. C. E. M.'s ar
gument shows it floating in the air
and not at all grounded on facts. She
merely gives opinions and surmises,
not facts. She tells me I could bring
many a secret bottle to light by pos
ing as a "good sport" and one of the
"regular bunch" and suggesting that
a convival glass would often bo wel
come. It Is not necessary for me to use
that method to get at the facts. I
could not if I wanted to. for the (rood
reason that I have a physiological
aversion to alcohol, and when I take
It it is not exhilaration I get, but
nausea, of a physical, not of a moral
sort.
As to the morality of drinking, I
hold that the enforced abstinence the
prohibitionists are trying- to bring
about very unsuccessfully, looking
the country over as a whole Is the
height of Immorality. Goodness is
not goodness that Is the result of fear
or coercion. That force needs to be
used upon occasions 1 do not deny,
but we can never say It Is a moral
force. True morality Is choice of the
good, freely and of one's own Initia
tive and origination, for its own cake,
not because it is prudent, or expedi
ent, or worldly wise or enforclble at
the hands of the police.
This attitude of mind Is known to
most of my acquaintances In the busi
ness world. Those who feel like
drinking do not hesitate frankly to do
so before me. If others felt like
drinking I believe they would do like
wise, without feeling that it was
necessary to apologize to me. They
all know that I am not a prohibition
fanatic or a sufferer from alcoholo
phobia. The fact that I see so little
drinking In the midst of the business
world is therefore good evidence that
it doesn't exist.
Strange Indeed are the persistent
delusions some women possess. A few
years ago it was the "white slave
traffic" which was riding them like
a nightmare. Most men were then
looked upon by certain types of
women as procurers carrying hypo
dermic needles which they were ready
to Jab Into the nearest likely looking
miss as an underworld! recruit. Now
this same type of hysterically inclined
woman sees in most successful busi
ness and" professional men peddlers,
carriers and consumers of an unlim
ited supply of hootch. It Is the same
old obsession in different form.
If I had a husband who drank, 1
would feel different on the question,
says C. E. M. Sheer guesswork on
her part. If I had a husband who
persisted in drinking after I had
asked him to stop. In all pity and for
giving kindness I would leave him.
He would then be free to work out
his own moral salvation. "Within
yourselves deliverance must be
sought." said an ancient Aryan sage.
I would not deprive him ot one cent
In alimony or settlement, but let him
spend all the money he had or could
get on more drink. To take his money
under the circumstances would be to
make -myself the beneficiary of his
weakness and misfortune. I can see
nothing upright or moral about such
a source of conduct. It would, in fact,
reduce me to his own level. Human
beings ought to be able to live by
their own Inner moral strength or
they are not worth saving, by prohi
bition or otherwise. A people that
needs crutches can never be a strong
people.
Fortunately I can always earn my
own living in at least three different
ways, one of which is good cooking
and efficient household management.
Neither am I a manhater nor a spin
ster. I like men rather better than
women. I believe In love, but I do
not believe In making it the sole
chance for happiness in a woman's
life. There Is a creative work. I be
lieve in freedom for women to earn
a decent living and to be useful mem
bers of society. I beileve. ot course,
in the bearing and rearing of children,
In the indispensable and noble calling
of motherhoocT" when entered into In
telligently and gladly.
But all this leads to a discussion of
feminism. In which C. E. M. may not
be Interested and which perchance
lies entirely outside her sympathies
and understanding. In that case I
am sorry for her. She will continue
watlng her time looking for those
terrible drinking men and making
drink the ultimate test of worth.
But I wish I could persuade her to
modernize herself, to renovate her
inner life, to take the better path, to
live in a new world, to face life una
fraid, to move out of the class of
women who are either slaves, shrews
or parasites. SECRETARY.
HOW TO MAKE DRIVERS CAREFUL
Writer Weald Hold Them Responsible
for Injury te Pedestrians.
PORTLAND. Oct. 19. (To the Edi
tor.) The automobile dally runs over
and malms or kills our people. But it
is never to blame. The plea is "didn't
see" or "the brakes failed to work."
For a moment, not longer, the com
munity thinks of the maimed or
killed. "Too bad," it says, then passes
to other things. The maimer or killer
may be arrested or may go free, but
It Is all the same, for arrest Is a
mere form. The days pass and noth
ing happens. The driver is still driv
ing, but the maimed lie in the hos
pital, the killed In the grave.
The automobile is fast becoming a
menace to the community. There is
only one way to stop its wholesale
maiming and killing. Make the ma
chines responsible, not the maimed or
killed. People will run into the street,
or step out from behind things at most
unexpected times. Child'ren are Irre
sponsible enough to run anywhere.
Drivers Bhould realize what may hap
pen any second. If they were so ex
pectant and had their cars under
proper control. 98 per cent of the
accidents would never happen. In the
hands of most people the automobile is
a toy. It runs and runs, 15 to 30 miles
an hour, through our city streets,
while the driver laughs ana talks
with friends inside. Of course, we
have killed and wounded. How- can
it be otherwise? How can the multi
tude of young boys and girls who
drive cars, have any realizing sense of
the dangers of driving when they
have- lived too short a time to have
acquired real experience?
We want to save the lives of our
people and their lives should be our
first consideration. What restrictions
are put upon automobiles is a sec
ondary matter. Must the careful
driver submit to speed reduction be
cause the careless driver menaces
life? Or shall ws hold the automobile,
wholly responsible for maiming and
killing? If It were a crime to run
people down and not criminal to be
run down, we would have a different
city. CITIZEN.
Japanese Have "Animal Holidays."
London Dally Telegraph.
As we left Matsue, Japan, by steam
er, an agriculturist on board the ves
sel told me -of the custom of giving
holidays to oxen and horses. The
villagers carefully brush their ani
mals, decorate them and lead them to
pasture, where, tethered to rings-attached
to a long rope, "they may
graze together pleasantly." - .
Those Who Come and Go.
Tales of Folks at the Hotels.
That.coming events cast their shad
ows before Is attested by the appear
ance of the hotel registers during the
past couple of days. There has been
a noticable falling off In the number
of arrivals, particularly of travel com
ing from outside tha confinea of the
state. The slump is most fioticeabl
and has been in evidence since Mon
day. The prospective strike on the
railroads is attributed as the reason
for the sudden and unexpected reduc
tion in arrivals. Hotels have been hit
In another manner as well as by de
creased arrivals. The departures are
Increasing. People who live In the
east or middle west are checking out,
anxious to arrive at theirhomes while
the trains are still in operation. Scores
of tourists have curtailed their so
journ In Portland because of antici
pated trouble, not wishing to be
marooned m thousand or two miles
from their own fireside. Another class
which is decidedly worried is com
posed of those traveling salesmen who
carry several large sample trunks. A
salesman handling a line of needles
and ping or matches can manage to
get from town to town, but the fel
low with five trunks of women's head
gear or suits and coats simply will be
unable to move at all. -
"We've got more water than we ex
pected more than we need and now
what we want Is shipping," reports
B. F. Jones, former mayor of Newport,
Or., who arrived at the Imperial yes
terday from the Yaqutna bay country.
"The south Jetty has been completed
and work has started on the north
jetty anfl already we have IS feet at
low water, when all we expected was
20 feet. In about 13 months we wtll
have 20 feet of water. Just as the gov
ernment engineers predicted during
President Cleveland's administration
when the engineers examined the
project. Our depth of water Is now an
assured fact and the next thing Is to
use It. As the government has sold
Its railroads, which lead Into the tim
ber. It Is only a matter of time until
the lumber Is produced and then
shipped out through Yaquina bay. The
future looks mighty good for our
country."
"All- the unemployed In Oregon
should be listed and registered," de
clares Charles Gram, state labor
commissioner. In town from Salem.
"Of course, we haven't the facilities in
our office to do such a thing, but It
can be done by co-operation in. the
various towns. Only by having the
unemployed listed will It be possible
to ascertain the extent of the unem
ployed situation tn Oregon. The labor
market is fluctuating. With logging
camps opening up and sawmills re
suming operation, they are taking up
some of the slack In the labor mar
ket, but at the same time the road
work, which has employed a great
number of men. Is drawing to a close
for the season, and as these jobs are
finished or the contractors have to
suspend for the winter because of
weather conditions, the road men be
come unemployed, so that one thing
Just about balances the other."
Count von Alven Sleben, who was
very much on the first pases of the
newspapers in the early stages of the
war, dropped into the lobby of the
Benson, from Seattle. He saw that
Mr. Myers, at the desk, recognized
him, so he came over and spoke. He
had reason to recognize ir. Myers,
for when the federal officers arrested
the count to take him away to an in
terment camp, he was caught at the
Benson. Count von Alven Sleben was
supposed to be, among other things, a
commercial agent for the former
kaiser, and operated extensively in
realty in British Columbia. The count
remained in Portland but a few hours,
having come here to meet a repre
sentative of the Anaconda Copper
company. -
"The most Important thing about
planning the 1925 exposition." advised
Frank Davey of Salem, "is the selec
tion of a site. The site should be
picked out as soon as possible and it
should be a thousand acres, at least.
I believe it would be a good thing to
select the site before the people of
Portland vote on the exposition tax
ratenext month; anyway, the selec
tion of the site should be made with
all dispatch, for a full three years will
be required to prepare the site and do
the building necessary for an exposi
tion of the scope of the 1925 enter
prise." Being a resident of Salem and
not of Portland. Mr. Davey isn't per
sonally interested in any of the dozen
sites now being advocated. ,
Prohibition finds an ardent cham
pion In O. S. Woodford, registered at
the Multnomah from Los Angeles.
The human system Is said to require
a certain amount of alcohol, and now
that liquor is unobtainable, except at
exorbitant prices, the craving for
alcohol Is assuaged to some degree
by the consumption of sweets. It
therefore develops that because of
prohibition there is an enormously
Increased consumption of candy, and.
as Mr. Woodford is agent for a choc
olate candy, he Is perfectly satisfied
with the ISth amendment, as It has
had a tremendously stlmulaftng ef
fect on his business.
Ed Nell, who has about 10.000
eheep, more or less. In the Butter
creek country 'of Morrow county, Is
an arrival at the Imperial. Mr. Nell
says that there has been a sharp re
duction In the overhead In handling
eheep, brought about through neces
sity, and at the same time the de
mand for sheep Is becoming better.
It Is a good time to buy Bheep now
for a man who wants to get started,
ss the prices are down, but It is not
so satisfactory to the man who has
high-priced sheep which command
about half the price they did for
merly. One of the men moat Interested In
the reorganization of Morris Bros.,
Inc., is Jimet C. Cunningham, a bank
er, of Walla Walla, Wash. Mr. Cun
ningham Is aealn In the city, regis
tered at the Hotel Portland, while at
tending conferences over the affairs
of the former bond house.
Thomas A; Marqusm, who was a
red-4iot Mitchell republican In Port
land politics some 25 years ago. Is
registered at the Imperial from Fair
barks, Alaska. Mrs. Marquam ac
companies him. Marquam hill and the
Marquam Grand theater and office
building were named after his father,
the judge. '
E. W.'. Tucker, cashier of the Pa
cific National bank of Boise, Idaho,
end C. H. Coffin, president of the
Boise City National bank, are regis
tered at the Multnomah, en route
home from Los Angeles, where they
were called by the Illness of Mr.
Tucker Sr.
There mustbe money In the seed
business. Allen Woodruff of Seattle,
who sells seeds. Is at the Benson.
Las year he is said to have received
(80.000 for the seeds produced on 90
acres of ground.
Why Not Shingles f
MOVTESANO, Wash., Oct. 18 (To
the 'Editor.) While In Portland last
week the writer came across a pam
phlet published by a seed and floral
company of Portland giving direc
tions and bill of material for a model
poultry house. Including for roof, "12
squares roofing paper."
It occurs to us that this would
sound better and encourage patronage
to west coast Industry if it said "12
squares red cedar shingles."
R. S. FOX. I
Woods in Autumn.
By Graee E. Hall.
The woods In autumn are a wordless
song
That floods my heart with throb
bing melody,
Colors of flame and bronze the notes
prolong.
And russet and red complete the
harmony.
The woods tn autumn are as paintings
hung
Against the sky, with colors bold
and bright;
The creeks are silver ribbons, deftly
flung
Across the foreground, spreading
left and right.
The woods in autumn are an artist's
store .
Of treasures, laid upon thousand
hills;
October opens wide the magic door
Into the great salon that charms
and thrills.
And woods in autumn are a sermon,
too.
Teaching that death must come to
everything;
But that when death and earth-decay
are through, ,
We shall be called to greet an
other spring.
SITB MIST BE SOUTH OF SPANS
River Contaminated Be-low Yet Water
Location la Desirable.
PORTLAND, Oct. 19. (To the Edi
tor.) I have read with Interest a
communication -signed by Harry
P. Davison in The Oregonian. He
argues very sensibly against the
Mock's bottom site for the 1925 expo
sition on the grounds of danger to
public health from sewage contami
nation of the river and the alluvial
soil of that region. Dr. Morrow read
a very interesting paper on the same
subject at the Civic league luncheon
not long ago. There Is no douht seri
ous danger In this condition affecting
any site north of the bridges when we
consider that a eewer empties Into
the river at the foot of virtually every
downtown street north ot Jefferson
street.
This objection would not hold good
as applied to the Ross Island-Counc'.l
Crest site, since it Is above the point
of city sewage pollution.
Prestige points to the desirability
If not the necessity of a water site.
The great expositions of America have
been located on the water front.
"The Centennial exposition at Phil
adelphia in 1S76 was held on the banks
of the Schuylkill river. The White
fair at Chicago In 1893 along the
shores of Lake Michigan: the Pan
American exposition at Buffalo In 1901
along the shore of Lake Erie; the
Portland World's fair of 1905 about
Guild's lake on the bank of the Wil
lamette; the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific
exposition of 1909 at Seattle on the
shores of Lakes Union and Washing
ton, and the San Francisco Panama
Pacific exposition of 1915 along the
beautiful Golden Gate entrance to San
Francisco bay." Why go sevi'n miles
Inland to a dry, rocky mound when
we have such a suitable water front
location as the Ross Island-Council
Crest site? KE.VKBTH BROWN.
ROSS ISLA.XD ONCE REJECTED.
Considered ss Tark Site When Mac
leny Park Waa Purchased.
MODESTO, Cal., Oct. 17. (To the
Editor.) From 1891 to 1894 I was
a member of the city council of
Portland and during that period some
one started an agitation for the pur
chase of additional property. The site
favored was what fs now Macleay park
thought several others were consld
erejl. Having but recently been af
forded an opportunity to visit Belle
Isle park of Detroit, Mich., I favored
the acquisition of Ross island on tha
theory that it could be made equally
as beautiful as the Detroit river Isl
and and a constant source of pride to
Portland.
Objections, however, were voiced on
the ground of expense, and It devel
oped that on a few occasions Ross
Island had been entirely Inundated
and that It was more or less sub
merged with every Willamette
freshet. That condition rendered the
Island useless for park purposes, the
cost of diking and filling being pro
hibitive, and the scheme was given
no further consideration. In fact, the
entire park agitation was dropped. I
refer to this matter now because In
The Oregonian someone has urged
Ross Island as a site for the 1925 fair
and subsequently for a city park. I
agree with the writer that a more
charming setting could not be found
for the purpose Indicated, hut for rea
sons given I fear the project Is not
feasible
Should the exposition people feel
Justified In an investment which
would raise the Island beyond the pos
sibility of damage or encroachment
by flood, Ross Island would make an
Ideal spot for their activities, snd it Is
practically In the heart of Portland
and eaBlly accessible.
EUGENE SHELBY.
GET READY TO SHOW THE WORLD
Great Thlngta to Be Expected From
Exposition In 1925.
PORTLAND. Oct. 19. (To the Edl
tor.) When Miss Oregon using Port
land as a dressing room dons her 1925
gown proclaiming to the world ,the
greatest exposition on earth, extend
ing that pure "Where the West Be
gins" hospitality to the multitudes
that will be our guests on that happy
occasion, her charming Influence will
vibrate to each corner of the north
west, reflecting itself In Increased
p6pulation. The old homestead will
sell at an advanced figure. Then old
age and plenty can retire and let
younger blood clean out the fence
corners.
Wa shall show our Interesting
guests a few of our assets and natural
resources In matchless waterfalls and
undeveloped waterpower that is
straining at Its leash to set the wheels
of Industry humming for all that may
come, our pure water, our flowjrs
and fruit, climate unexcelled, a com
bination of mountain and salt air
burdened with health, evergreen hills
on every side, fertile valley In their
laps that will produce everything
known in mans wants, enow-capped
mountains bathing their summits In
thv clouds, our highways perfected.
our rail and water arteries oiled.
Let the world accept our invitation,
we will give them right of way and
no crowding. Get It In your blood!
It's catching, let each individual in
every nook and corner of the north
west be exposed:
JOHN W. TOLLMAN.
San Frsnrlsee Chnr-ch Murders.
IWAM, Wash, Oct. 17. (To the
Editor.) Please publish If the Rev.
Mr. Gibson, pastor of the church
In which the bodies of Blanche La
mont and Minnie Williams were found
murdered, some time during the late
18S0's In San Francisco, confessed to
the murders, after the execution of
Theodore Durant for the crime.
My neighbor contends that Mr. Gib
son made a deathbed confession, while
I Have no recollection of it.
SUBSCRIBER.
The Rev. Mr. Gibson at no time con
fessed to the crime nor was he ever
seriously thought to be the perpetra
tor. No new evidence has ever placed
a reasonable doubt upon the guilt of
Durant. .
More Truth Than Poetry.
By
CO.SISTECY.
"Wealth is a flop." the philosopher
said.
"In the language philosophers use,
A Kan who can think would far
sooner be dead
Than a prey to. the billionaire
blues.'
No man Is content when he's driven
by greed
To battle and hurry and strife .
For nothing but gold. It Is better to
lead
A calm, Intellectual life."
"The dough Is the hoakum." the poet
declared,
"No fortune is ever secure.
I have made up my mind that as long
ss I'm spared
I shall Always be happy and poor.
What profits a man all his struggle
and toll
For money he never can spend.
When a deep little grave In someslx
feet of soil
Is all he will have In the end?"
"Money," the socialist yelled, "Is but
dross.
When our lovely red flag la un
furled And the nations of earth have a so
cialist boss
There won't be a cent In the world.
We only will toil for the Joy of the
work;
We'll banish all trouble and wrong;
No man shall be driven, and no one
shall shirk
And life will be one grand, sweet
song."
The philosopher, poet and socialist
sold
Their words we have quoted a
few
For money detested end valueless
gold:
To an editor man that they knew.
The things that they said they would
never retract; '
They came from their hearts bias-
Ing hot;
Yet, nevertheless. It's a curious fact
That they kicked at the price thai
they got!
What Good la an Archf
Blaine, Wash., has an arch on the
British-American border. Most Amer
ican towns on the same border have
tunnels.
Pitiful.
We wish the coal trust would dis
continue its paid propaganda. It Is
breaking our hearts.
a
All Drafted.
There are few volunteers In the
army of the unemployed.
(Copyright, l!il, by Bell syndicate. Inc.)
In Other Days.
Twenty-five Years Ago,
From The Oregonian of October 30, 18116.
WOODBURN One whole business
block burned here tonight, and sev
eral large buildings are threatened
at a late hour.
CANTON, O. Colonel John Hay,
who was Lincoln's private secretary,
arrived here shortly after noon today
and was met at the depot by Major
McKlnley.
Mr. Maude B. Booth, with her hus
band, Ballington Booth, second eon
ot the general, who was at the head
of the Salvation Army of America for
several years, arrived In Portland
yesterday morning.
Captain R. S. Greenleaf, who for
three years has commanded battery
A. Oregon national guard, tendered
bis resignation as captain last night.
"Fifty Years Ago.
From Tha Oregonian of October 20. 1STI.
CHICAGO. There is no gas in the
city and at night the streets sre dark,
save as they ate dismally Illumined
by the red glow ot the flames of the
great fire still raging.
NORWICH, Conn. The largest cot
ton mill in the world will commence
operations here In a few weeks, Its
capacity being 110.000 spinners.
A young man, the porter of the
Cosmopolitan hotel, fell from the bal
cony of that house yesterday after
noon, but was unhurt, even though
he alighted on the top of hie head on
a woodpile.
LIFE OS A NORTH DAKOTA FARM
Writer Reminded of Strenuous Cycle
Extending Through Calendar.
PORTLAND, Oct. 19. (To the Edi
tor.) Referring to a quotation from
your editorial entitled "The Matter
With North Dakota," old memories
surge across my ken when I read that
the farmer there "works about four
months of the year snd does nothing
much for eight months."
We moved there from farther east
In 1907, and at the time my young
mind was filled with the wonders that
father told of "You plant the seed In
the glorious spring, and in the au
tumn you harvest the crops"; "all the '
nice fresh milk that you can drink";
"picnics in the summer"; "hunting
ducks and prairie chickens In the
fall"; "riding horseback, skating and
alelgh-rldlng." Oh. what fun!
It was early April when we arrived,
lust In time to Jump into the fields
from 7 A. M. to 6 at night. To do this
meant arising In the cool, Invigorat
ing air of 6 and staying In harness
until between 8 end 9 at flight. By
June 15 the seed wag In the ground
and nature worked; but so did we. We
built fences, dug rocks, broke new
ground, planted trees and gardens,
hoed out the weeds and hurried gen
erally, so as to be ready to start hay
Ing. That was on with its full, sweet
aroma (and needles) by the middle of
July. There was evident a pro
gramme of something to do, with Just
a little less than enough time to do
It In.
August brought the end of haying
and the first oT harvesting, lapping
each upon the other so that by main
taining the fi-to-9 schedule the cows
were milked, the calves fed. the pigs
tended to and those other Incidentals
somehow accomplished.
During August snd September we
cut grain, shocked It, garnered the
garden and started threshing. By the
first of October the great rush of
fall plowing commenced, and when
thing's froie solid we started a two
months' graln-hu"ng Job that, upon
completion, allowed us to dispense
with hired services. During the next
four months of winter did our stock
go on a hunger strike and refuse to
eat? Did they give us a vote of rnsr
itid rest Indeed not; not our stooisi
they demanded attention. The dAily
hours were cut down to eight or nine
actual hours of labor. We lived the
easy life!
February and March we cleaned
grain, repaired harness and machin
ery, prepared generally for the next
season. When the work became too
heavy for the family we engaged
hired services and started out around
the cycle once more, hoping for he
bumper crop, praylnjr and Insuring
against hall and drought.
North Dakota farms may Be differ
ent from those of other states In that
there is not so much work, but, confi
dentially, for the man who enjoys
witnessing the strenuous Yilsplay of
nhvslcal power applied, the state of
North Dakota li whooper of a state.
W. C. DOLUS.