10 THE MORNING ORfiGONTAN. FRIDAY. OCTOBER 21, 1921 .itlinrnmjcjiOrmttmt ESTABLISHED BY HE.VBV I- PlTTOCIf. I'uth.hed b The OreKonlan Publishing Co., 133 Sixth Htreul, 1'orl.and. Oregon. C A. MUKDK.V. K B. PIPER. alanager. ditor. The Oreaonian la a member of the Aseo elated I'rcs. The Attoclaled Prei-s is ex clusively entitled :o the use lor publication of ail news dihpatclies crealted to It or not otherwise creillleu In Ihia paper and alo the local newa published herein. All rights of publication of special dispatches herein are aieo reserved. " bubscriptioo Bate Invartublj In Advaore. (By Hall.) Tally. Fundi? Included, one year 18 00 J'ally. Kundny Included, nx month! . .-. A.'ih lHl!y, Sunday Included, three months.. ally, Sunday Included. ,ne mooltl .. .7-1 lHliy, without Sunday, one year S CO Iaiiy. without Sunday, six months .... 3 23 la.ly, without Sunday, one month V VV'eeJily, one year 100 bunday, one year 2.60 (By Carrier.) ' Pally, Sunday Included, one year 19.00 rslly. 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The saying tliat "murder will out," used, as It often Is, as meaning that the slayer will ultimately and In variably suffer discovery and legal penalty has its many exceptions. Many murder mysteries unfortun ately are never solved. Many mur-. derers are never brought to justice. On the other hand there Ls a pretty well-defined rule that when murder does not out It is committed on im pulse, without prolonged plan or premeditation. Outside of fiction the master criminal ls virtually un known. The mind ls so limited In Its quality of foresight that the more carefully criminal plans are laid the more likely are unerring clues to be ltU by the criminal. The murder of Dennis Russell had ,-the elements of careful, detailed planning. His hermit life gave promise that none would be present to identify his slayer. In that the murderer's plan did not go wrong. But to carry out the scheme of pro viding a false identlficatlW there were other details that were subject to miscarriage. Preparations for the flight of the murderer his disap pearance from among all who knew him at the momet. . of the crime were essential. Destruction of the body itself beyond possibility of Iden tification with only few Imperish able personal effects left to tell a dif ferent story was not so easy as It seemed. Yet it was a crime simple In It essentials. Had naught gone wrong the body of Russell would have been buried with honors as that of Brum- ' field, the disappearance of the "re cluse would have been noted only after a lapse of time and finally would h ive been accepted as not much of a mystery in view of his peculiar habits of life. Brumfield would have been far, far away, liv ing under another name, free from pressing business worries, and his family would have been provided for out of his life insurance. But the body was not consumed In the burning of the dentist's automo bile; Brumfield was seen in the prog ress of his attempt to dispose of the ghastly evidence; his preparations for flight were uncovered; he was found through error of his own in attempting to recover a box he had shipped to Seattle addressed to a fictitious person. The evidence In the Brumfield case was circumstantial but It was so strong, so overpowering of every other theory than premeditated, cold-blooded murder, .that when brought to the bar of justice he was left with scarce a choice of de fense. It was either plead guilty or pretend lnsunity. Brumfield chose the Insanity defense. It was offered without accurate knowledge by hira of the habits of the Insane. The in sane person lives in a world of his owna world with Its own standard of morals erected out of diseased fancy. When an Insane man mur ders he believes he has a right to murder. The necessity of flight, concealment, "disguise, change of name does not occur to him. In a case of amnenia or dual personality, one acts as and has the demeanor of the one he thinks he is. If Brum field had thought when he drove to Myrtle Creek and expressed a pack age to Mrs. Norman M. Witney at Seattle that he was Norman M. Whitney, he would in his deranged mind have still been Norman M. Whitney when he returned to Rose burg. Incidentally the shipment of a box of woman's wealing apparel and a miscellaneous collection of articles useless to a murderer in his flight has not been explained. There is, however, a plausible theory. It has been told that advance accumula tions of money by Brumfield have not all been accounted for. What more likely than that the money was enclosed in the package and the gar ments merely included for packing? The fact that the authoriti found no money in the box does not con demn the theory. It was shuttled about, held in storage and could easily, somewhere, have been opened and the money extracted. The identity of the one who got it ls be yond the realm of proper specula tion. It ls sufficient to understand that one who intends to beat his way, associate with tramps, and thus lose himself in an underworld until he has reached a haven of safety does not wish to carry large sums in currency with him. The safety of bank drafts or travelers' checks or express money orders is closed to the fugitive from justice. The theory accounts for Brumfield's desire to recover the package; It accounts for the positive slip which led directly to his capture. The details of the Brumfield case present him as calculating, cold blooded, conscienceless. A man of no other character would plan for weeks a disappearance which In volved the slaying of a wholly in offensive acquaintance. Apparent nerve is not always nerve; seeming poise not always poise. What could be expected during the ordeal of legal trial from an ai-cused who ls conscienceless except an indifference to the gravity of the crime itself? Brumfield's regrets, we fancy, are not for Dennis Russell, but lor the miscarriage of well-laid plans, for defeat of a monster ego and-, for the penalty society exacts of him who .is caught at murder. MISTAKES A BOl'T THE STRIKE. Though protesting, the brotherhoods ac cepted the 12 pr cent cut and continued work . . . Becaus? both they and the public expected that the original 12 per cent cut would be fdllowed tor a cut In ratea that would help lower the cost of living and stimulate business, and becausa the railroads pocketed all the profits with out, reducing rates the brotherhoods are now resisting a proposed further cutt 10 per cent in their wages. This Is from the Portland paper which specializes in appeals to public sympathy for the wrongs of labor, but does little else for labor. It is an unusual achievement even far that fletiferous organ of class prej udice to cotnpass so audacious and various a misstatement of fact in so brief a space. It is neighborly to assume, however, that the Journal does not desire to mislead Its .readers In a matter of such critical moment as the impending crisis, and simply does not understand the situation or Its underlying causes. Let us set it right. The facts are: The brotherhoods did not ac cept the 12 per cent cut. . 2. They held a referendum vote and by a great majority authorized a strike against the 12 per cent cut. 3. The brotherhood leaders were In negotiation with the railroad executives for a settlement, having behind them the authorization for a strike if an agreement were not reached. 4. The executives refused to make any concessions, but intimated that thev would ask the labor board for a further reduction of 10 per cent in wages. 6. The brotherhood leaders then issued orders for a strike against the 12 per cent reduction. 6. The labor board has no au thority over freight and passenger rates, and there was no promise, and they could not redeem it, if made, to reduce rates as a consequence of the wage cut. 7. The labor board, in reaching a decision on wages, may not consider their relation to rates, which are within the province of the interstate commerce commission. 8. The public section of the labor board has suggested a commensurate reduction in rates, but the executives are not disposed to grant it and the brotherhoods also reject it as a means of strike settlement. 9. The proposed strike is against the order of the labor board, which last year granted a 21 per cent ad vance In wages (following other ad vances) and now proposes a 12 per cent cut. The order was issuedT aftef due investigation and after an im partial and considerate review of all the facts. 10. The labor board is the agenoy of government established by law to determine any disputed questions on railroads over wages. The proposed strike ls therefore a purposeful and concerted resistance to the authority of government and, in a distinct and unmistakable sense, a strike against the government itself. THE PLEDGE THAT I)EU8 BEFl'SES. Mystery as to the interview of Eu gene V. Debs with Attorney-General Paugherty has been lifted. It is stated on apparently good authority that Debs was offered his liberty on condition that he would give bis word not to lend his influence to Inspiring opposition to the laws of the country. He took back with him to the Atlanta penitentiary a copy of the memorandum embodying these terms, but the desired pledge has not been given, and the attorney general is said to be disgusted with him. Debs was imprisoned for advising resistance to the draft law, and he could not expect to regain his free dom with the preconceived intention to conduct propaganda, for violation of law. Unless he were pledged not to repeat the offense, the law would become a mockery. The pledge would leave him free to advocate the economic theories of socialism or communism; it would only bind him nofc to advocate their adoption by violence, by attempted revolution, by inciting others to use those methoda Other men have brought about great changes when subject to those restrictions, which are in separable from a democratic form of government. A man of Debs' in tellectual and oratorical ability should be willing to trust to the merits of his cause to convince the majority of the people that his theories are sound. The cause for Debs' unreadiness to take the pledge is probably that It would destroy his influence with the very element with which he is strong and that, when he came to the test, the habits of a life-time would overpower him'and he would put dynamite into his speeches. If he should promise never again to talk of revolution or war on capital ism, the reds would regard him as a deserter from the cause and if he should talk what they would call denatured socialism, they would jeer at him.' He has been progressing in radicalism ever since his imprison ment for his part In the Pullman strike of 1S94; It would not be easy at best for him to tell the wrongs of the proletariat without some sort of a call to arms as a climax, and a cold or derisive audience would be apt to sting him to one of his familiar outbursts. Tour typical radical has no taste for a calm, ra. tional economic argument, which may appeal to the Intellect but leaves the passions cold. He wants his radicalism hot, full of bombs, bullets and blood of the bourgeoisie. Debs knows that his influence as a martyr imprisoned for the cause of free revolution is great. If at large under a pledge to be nothing more than a philosophical socialist, he would feel gagged to suffocation and in the eyes of the reds he would resemble a shorn Samson. . He is under a sort of compulsion to live up to the part for which he has cast himself. Inclusion of the mule in the me morial honors paid to draft animals for services performed during the world war constitutes a belated act of justice to a much underrated, widely misunderstood but most mer itorious work animal. Yet notwith standing the circumstance that he ls usually impressed for service when there is a particularly difficult or disagreeable task to perform, and is perforce content to lose his iden tity under the classification, "horses and other draft animals," when the encomiums are passe-d around, be has held his own amazingly when the biological handicaps to his multipli cation are taken into account. There are, for illustration, some 21,000,000 horses in the United State at pres ent, by comparison with a round 11. 000.000 forty years ago, while in the same period the number of mules has increased from about 1,700,000 to 4,995,000. But the man who will really deserve a monument will be the frst one who can breed a mule with a foot the size of a draft horse's. I With an altogether superior intelli gence and with capacity for with standing hardship that few horses possess, the mule might soon out strip his equine playmate the horse in every field- where industry is re warded according to it9 deserts. THIS IS HEARTRENDING. The. world war, that beggared so many homes and formed so many bread lines has brought dire poverty to the Hohenzollerns, so stories from Doom advise us. Wilhelm In his retreat has been fdrced to dis charge his gardener and, several les ser attendants, and take upon his princely hands the most menial duties. While this picture Is either saddening or gratifying, according to the personal viewpoint, there are so many phases of poverty, compara tively speaking, that it is well to in quire just what constitutes penury In the case of a banished ex-emperor. Since November, 1918, the de posed war lord has received from Germany and the republic no less than 70,000,000 marks. The remit tances have been fairly regular, and even allowing for the fluctuation of the mark and its present ignoble status in exchange it is seen that Wilhelm'a circumstances might easily be classified as comfortable. The cottage of his exile, for instance, that modest little establishment which the world has been brought to regard as scarcely more than a hab itable hovel, cost the neat sum of $540,000 These figures, by the way, are German. They have been com piled by one Kurt Heinlg, and pub lished in Germany, where consider able agitation received them. Thus it appears that the pitiable financial plight of the jobless auto crat is pitiable only by comparison with , his former splendor and ex travagance and represents- un-dreamed-of opulence, .let us say, when arrayed in contrast with the resources of some French peasant who is repairing his ruined home and delving for buried Bhells in his scored and wasted acres. Meanwhile Wilhelm appears to be getting along quite nicely on the assumption that the world owes him a living.. Of all conceivable men, it owes this fellow a living last of all. That the present Prussian government ls still embar rassed by the fog of kaiserlsm, is not thoroughly converted, and will bear watching yet awhile, Is attested by the continued remittances to Doom. The hard fact that Wilhelm has gone unpunished is enough, without additional knowledge that his lot Ls a pampered one. STILL INVOLTED IX EUROPE. Ratification of the treaties with Germany, Austria and Hungary puts the stamp of formal legality on the actual state of peace which has pre vailed for almost three years. It could have been accomplished two years ago if President Wilson had shown proper regard for the advice of the senate. Thereby- many of the little wars, that followed the 'great war would have been prevented and the work of economic reorganiza tion, which has barely begun, would have made great progress by this day. The change in American opinion which has come since the armistice can be read In the" difference be tween the round robin signed by thirty-seven senators on March 3, 1919, and the German treaty. The round robin proposed that a treaty of peace be made first and that afterward a conference of all na tions be called to form a league of nations. It was not then proposed that the United States renounce any part in the territorial settlement. The disposition of the American peo ple was to take an active hand In that settlement, for they realized that the war had its origin in greed for territory without regard to na tional right and that the safest precaution against future war would be a readjustment of boundaries on national lines with due regard to economic necessity. They realized also that the United States had-1 an interest In such an adjustment as a means of preventing our being drawn into another European war, and that this country, being free from selfish interest, was best quali fied to act as umpire in this settle ment. How a American opinion has traveled is indicated by the fact that the Berlin treaty goes beyond the round robin in the effort to avoid entanglement. It declares this na tion not to be bound by part 1 of the Versailles treaty, comprising the covenant of the league, and part 13, comprising the labor clauses which are bound up with the covenant. It also declares this country not to be a party to part 2, by which Germany makes many cessions of territory; part 3, by which Germany recog nizes the sovereignty of countries-in Europe over ceded territory, which forbids fortifications west of the Rhine or 30 kilometers east of that river, establishes a government in French interest for the Saar basin, forbids annexation of Austria, and provides for plebiscites in certain areas: also sections 2 to 8 of part 4, transferring Shantung to Japan and extinguishing German rights in countries outside of Europe. The league controversy aroused our tra ditional repugnance for involvement in old-world affairs and developed from a desire to limit our obligations under the covenant to a determina tion to leave adjustment of those affairs to the nations which have hitherto managed them so batily 4hat they brought on the war and dragged us into It. But the parts of the Versailles treaty the rights and obligations of which we reserve under the Berlin treaty still involve us seriously in the affairs of Germany, with which the territorial settlement is bound up. This nation is one of those to which jointly Germany cedes all territory outside of Europe. It has a decided interest in disarmament, which is being effected under control of al lied commissions, for we fought to destroy German militarism, which can be effected by disarmament alone. We also have an interest in payment of reparations, not only for payment of our direct claims but for collection of allies' debts to us, which will be affected by German payments to them. That interest establishes our interest in the finan cial clauses of part 9, which define the allies' claims on Germany's assets and revenue and extinguish German interests in other countries. The economic clauses of part 10 give us, together with the. allies, valuable commercial rights and revive many treaties for our benefit, also provide for settlement of American citizens' claims and property rights" in Ger many. . By part 11 our aircraft are given the right to .fly over Germany and to use German airdromes. By part 12 our vessels are given free transit on German waterways, some of which are navigable by sea-going ships for long distances, and certain rivers are declared international and are placed under control of inter national commissions. The guar anties of part. 14 are for us as well as the allies. They consist in the allied occupation of yie Rhine for fifteen years and possibly for a longer period, also in abrogation of the Brest-Litovsk treaties and Ger man evacuation of Russian territory. Under these parts of the Versailles treaty that are ma.de parts of the Berlin treaty we are involved in the affairs of Germany, consequently in those of countries with which Ger many has close relations. As Ger many's ability to pay is affected by the decision on Silesia, we cannot be indifferent to its economic effect nor to the effect on German finance of armed resistance to its enforce ment. Germany impairs its ability to pay reparations by an extravagant budget showing a huge deficit, which is met by issue of paper currency that depreciates German money in foreign exchange. Since monarchy has become synonymous with mili-' tarlsm and the monarchists propose to violate the treaties, our interest is affected by efforts to restore mon archy. Sudden appearance of a German army of 60,000 men in Silesia last spring indicates that dis armament was a farce. How can we Ignore a breach of faith which proves militarism still to be a pres ent danger? We, together with the allies, have a right to control Ger man taxation and finance in order to secure payment of the indemnity. Shall we neglect that right and per mit Germany to slide into bank ruptcy? Occupation of the Rhine is a guaranty of treaty fulfilment for us as well as the allies. Shall we shirk our part in its enforcement by withdrawing our troops, leaving the allies to enforce collection for us? The United States has economic rights in Germany, Austria and Hun gary which we have asserted by ob taining their recognition in the treaties. They are adversely affected by the wildcat finance of those countries, by Germany's trade war on Poland, by Hungary's invasion of the Burgenland, by threats to restore the Hohenzollerns and Hapsburgs, which would surely provoke new war. Aside from these defined rights, we have a general, but most vital, interest in the economic recon struction of Europe. Its extent is measured by the millions of unem ployed, the low price of farm prod ucts, the shrinkage of our foreign trade, the idleness of our ships. .The treaties recognize that we are entangled wfth the affairs of Europe, and reflex action of European con ditions on this continent proves it. By denying and attempting to ignore the fact President Harding would have injured every citizen of tfyis country. We cannot prosper in a world that is half ruined. The next thing to do is to devise ways by which prosperity may be restored in Europe in order that we may pros per, to establish enduring peace in Europe in order that our peace may not be disturbed. When Herbert Campbell bought the Vancouver Columbian some months ago much was expected by those who knew him, and he is mak ing good and incidentally giving the growing Washington city a vigorous paper. An "industrial edition" of thirty-six pages a few days ago is at hand and has revelations for those who know Vancouver is quite a city but never go over to see. Mr. Camp bell is irivinr his people something his predecessors never thought worth while trying to do a first-class newspaper, leading: rather than fol lowing. Lloyd George has settled a dispute between two churches which both claimed him as a member by saying he belongs to one and attends the other. We begin to get an insight into the premier's political successes. Thnt editor who wants govern ments to prevent war by advertising in the newspapers Is a true optimist. In the first place, what government advertising would ever survive the "truth in advertising" law? Portland is to have the largest chair factory on the Pacific coast. The chairs must be intended for people of other cities, for this town will be too busy for much sitting down in the next few years. If the strike cannot be averted but can be settled, that means a strike of more or less duration. Probably less. Betting on the winner is a good sporting proposition. Packing-house men think they would like to strike. They better would wait and watch the railroad ers. An. eating world can subsist on vegetables awhile. ' Paris police will make short work of those who attempted to assassi nate Ambassador Herrick. French officials are efficient that way. A body that spends public money might occasionally consider ways to spend less as well as ways to dig up more to spend. Generally the car going the faster in a collision is not on the right of way. -The driver is in a hurry and takes a chance. A New York woman left $60,0Q0 to care for cats and nothing to her sisters. -It's easy to guess what they call her. The main reason for having three county commissioners seems to be so that one of them can always be con trary. ' ' Watch the wheat market for pointers on the strike. The gamblers are sharp guessers. Brumfield is troubled with a sore th'roat now. He will have a worse later. The Eugene Guard never is happy unless gnawing at a file. . The perfecT'crime is yet to be developed. The Listening Post. By DeWltt Harry. WHAT would baseball be without peanuts, or touring without postcards? The postcard makes easy to keep the last minute prdmisa to write, it links up the traveling public w'th the stay-at-home. It Is doubt ful if there is a gre-ter medium for publicity than the pictorial postcard. Since Portland has become the mecca for touring thousands the sale of postal cards here has jumped Into the millions annually. Jebbers who fill the racks in the hotel lobbies and shops estimate th-t over four million cards were mailed from this city last season and they are preparing for a heavy increase. One of the most popul&r pastimes is the sending of scenery by malL If you want to know who the tourists are watch the racks in the hotel lobbies. Sightseeing transients move to them as surely asy theatergoers to the exit after the show. The post card needs no sales talk. The pur chaser gives the rack a twirl and the best the state Affords in scenery passes before his eyes. One -fact is outstanding, tourists seldom buy postcards showing scenes they have not visited or seen. The two greatest sellers here are Mount Hood and Multnomah falls. These two subjects run nip and tuck and likely account for 20 per cent of the sales. There are half a dozen repro ductions of each, and the favorite of Mount Hood seems to be the one showing the city of Portland in the foreground. Columbia highway views are gain ing in popularity and there are fully 50 wall-defined stock cards that have a steady and increasing sale. Next to these come the public parks and then the big buildings and hotels. The Union depot la popular, as are the pictures of the bridges and the many rose gardens. One of the latest developments of the industry has been the sale of folders, one containing 18 views of the highway selling close to 60,000 annually. Three souvenir books of Portland scenes containing detach able views of the city sell over 30,000 each and large souvenir books of the highway sell over 50,000. What the demand is lnractual photo. graphs can hardly be estimated, but the postcard racks contain innumer able views from photographic prints and the souvenir shops sales of en largements must run Into the hun dreds of thousandj. Then there are the thousands of cameras with their graphic record. It's getting to be the greatest of publicity games, this spreading of the story of the beauties of Oregon by photographs, and the neat part of it all ls that the tourists pay for it thomselves and at the same time leave behind a tidy profit. a Vlne-aarettes. Our 3oung girl contributor has dashedoff the following terse com ments; "An appetite for cheap novelsof ten accompanies untidy hair and a bou doir cap. "A woman can keep a man guessing by merely shutting hor mouth and smiling. - Not being used to It be is liable to think she is sick.- 'Teople who write uninteresting letters generally begin by saying they have nothing to say and then say it. "It never pays to tell a man you think he is handsome. He will begin to think he is. "The fashion for plucking the eye brows has. changed some girls from straight periods and commas to ex clamation points and question marks. "Some women paint to attract atten tion; others to distract It." . . . Surplus smelt from the Sandy river run usually clutter many Portland households each year. C. D. Kennedy, general manager of the Oregon & Ocean corporation, had a ton or so on hand after his scooping operations last spring. He has a garden plot to raise his favored fruit, roasting ears. This year Kennedy bought his green corn in the open market. A friend advised using up the smelt as an aid to agriculture-. "Plant one smelt In each hill of corn and you'll have so many roasting ears you'll have to get a stall in the public market," was the advice. Kennedy took it. The neighborhood cats dug up the smelt and uncovered the seed corn for the birds. e 'eggy St. Louis Is lonesome- for London. She is getting used to Amer ica, but one cannot be expected to break away and forget one's home in a few months, or even years. Peggy Is apparently a gritty girl, as'so many of the English proved themselves to be during the war when the girls. turnea -canary" yellow working among the poison fumes of the mu nitions plants. For the past three months Peggy has Been making friends among those who lunch In the public market. ' It appears that she married a Canadian soldier and ls in Portland working t help him while he is provihg up on a half section of government land in Canada. Peggy Kets homesick, once In a while, misses Oxford circus, the Strand, Piccadilly, the busses and all of the other accustomed life of the "big smoke." But with-all that she never lacks a smilo as she passes out the "bully beef" sandwiches and coffee. Last Friday night the Boy Scouts of lower Albina had a meeting at Shaver school. This movement, is none too popular In certain districts ot Portland, and the older boys try to do all In their power to break up the sessions. For this reason it has been the custom to assign a police man to handle the rowdies. Ho came to Albina -on his motor cycle, stood it against a telephone pole on a tide street and went to a nearby store for a package of gum or something of the sort. And wasn't Mr. Cdp sore when he .returned? Some nimble-fingered and daring thief had stripped the machine of lights and all loose parts, even to the bulb at the rear. " - In checking over the family ac counts a newlymarried husband tound a puzzling item. viz.. "One en velope. $3." In response to his pro test that this was rather a large outlay for a small envelope wifey explained that an envelope, in ligeria circles, was a sort of a half-sister to a Teddy Bear. , Those Who Come and Go. Tales of Folks at the Hotels. Dr. J. F. Reddy, former mayor of Medford, Is at the Imperial on a busi ness trip. The war ended Just when Dr. Reddy was about to supply all the chrome thai the government could use almost. There was a big demand for chrome during the war and by chance Dr. Reddy came across a regular mountain of the ore. He arranged to finance the enterprise and the stuff was being mined and hauled out by the truckload to a rail road when the war stopped and the price of chrome dropped so low that no one could afford to bother with it. Th first crew of workmen which, the doctor had on the job were Indians and later some I. W. W. ambled in and began slowing' down production until they were discovered and weed ed out. Many miles of good highway had to be constructed so the trucks could transport the ore to the end of steel, and now the highway ls grow ing with weeds, the mine abandoned ond the little railroad is two streaks or rust. i Democrats of Oregon will be rep resented at St. Louis by Dr. J. W. Morrow, national committeeman for this state, wjio leaves today to at tend the special meeti.ar of the na tional committee. Dr. VVlorrow is of the opinion that National Chairman Tvhite "will tender his resignation. but the doctor hasn't any idea as to the identity or the probable succes soi-. The purpose of the special meet lngr Is to make a survey of what the republican administration has accom plished or failed" to accomplish In -the past seven months, and then proceed to issue a statement of criticism. Ac cording to Dr. Morrow, speaking dem ocratically, the committee will have ro trouble In picking a multitude of flaws in what the republicans have been doing-, not to mention their sins ot omission. To have his .general constitution toned up, IHs health beinar a few points under par, R. V. Groesbeck of jviamatn ans ls in Portland for a few days. Mr. Groesbeck ls a promi nent attorney and Is Interested In two of The four oil wellB which are being sunk in the Klamath country. A great amount of interest is centered in these borings for oil, for If oil in paying quantities is found there will be a wild stampede to lease lands and sink more wells all over that section. ; The hide business ' isn't what it's cracked up to be. The money isn't in hides that used to be in them. Hide dealers get a dollar for a calf skinwh!le a pair of calfskin shoes costs not less than $14. The shoe manufacturer pays H for the raw material and asks at least $13 more than that' f?r the finished product. Newton Bessinger of San Francisco of the, well-known hide company, which has branches along the coast, ls reg Istered at the Benson. Greeters of Oregon, as the asso elation ot hotel clerks and managers is known, made a tour of Inspection of the International Livestock exno'i- tion buildings and were entertained at lunch. The trip was planned by the educational cowimlttee of the Greet ers in order that the clerks in tne var'cus hotels could pet flrst-nan.J information about the stock show to be held November 6-12, and thus give guests accurate information regard ing the event and the plant. . Oregon is a good field for special . i - - anA " ii 1 1 n r. h I , Vl I. whv HO many come out here to gather the raw material wuiuii ihcj i""" k ana sen tor so niuuu a. v preciative publishers. Robert Welles Ritchie, who writes for the Curtis rUDllvning company, is icnio-- nu n. the Multnomah. He ls collecting in- . . Dtnpl.i nn Orecon. With particular reference to the agricul tural ana Horticultural i chu m cca. M. McCain of Spokane, Wash., Is at the Hotel Oregon. Spokane just now has a young oil boom, not that oil has Kn rtiscnvered. but there Is hope Half a dozen' regulation drill outfits are now at work in the town, gong-ina- holes in the earth, seeking to tap a spool of oil. There ls a belief in Spokane that that town has the same sort of formation as the places in Montana where oil has been sirucs.. .-I a CA-ev- formerlv clerk at the Abbey house,' at Newport, and the in t,n,Ai at AlhAnv. registered at the Multnomah yesterday. Later he added "and wile " to nia name ui the first time. A bushel or two of rice which was collected Dy tne notei force to shower on the bride and groom failed to get into action, be cause Mr. Berry s secret, was cealed until he got out of the hotel. Simon Benson, proprietor of the Columbia Gorge notei, is registeri-u at the Multnomah. Henry Thiele, manager of the establishment at the rAo-latereil at the Mult nomah, says that the .hotel is very successful in every way ana mat no appreciates the support given by the Portland hotels ana nis irieiiu.. H. W. Chllds, owner of the string of hotels in Yellowstone national park, arrived in Portland by automo bile yesterday. He is . accompanied by his wife. The Chllds, who are registered at the Multnomah, will re main in Portland a few days looking over the city and surrounding terri tory. They are headed south. "T V. nn- that lh rnUmnit Strike happens and the men walk out before October SO," stated a man In a hotel lobby yesterday. "Up to 12 years ago I was in the railroad business. Now I am In the army of the unem ployed, and as soon as the strike is declared vou'U see me striking for one of the strikers' Jobs." "When I was In Seattle a few days ago,"-' says G. B. Hegardt, engineer for the Portland dock commission, "I saw 1000 reindeer in cold storage. The meat ls shipped from Alaska and is Intended to replace beef on the tables of the consumers. The rein deer industry is steadily growing." A. B. Cherry, a florist of La Grande, met with an accident Wednes day evening. He tripped on some rubber matting alongside the Hotel Portland and In falling smashed his nose. After having his nose dressed Mr. Cherry took the night train for home. Dean VInoent, vice-president and general manager of the Portland Trust company, has left for Chicago to attend a meeting of the directors iof the National Building Owners' as sociation. Mr. Vincent is the national vice-president. D. M. Gilpin of Seattle came to the Hotel Oregon yesterday to meet J. F. Gilpin of Astoria, the ltater being a bridge contractor. Ira F. Powers, who has been Indis posed, ls back at his desk. Mr. Pow ers is one of the active spirits in the 1925 exposition preliminaries. G. N. Hobson of Tumalo, where he Is. interested in the Tumalo Irrigation projects, is in the city on busiess con nected with that enterprise. J. A. Churchill, state superintendent of public instruction, is among the ar rivals at the Imperial. H. H. DeArmond of Bend, who has been in the city interested in irriga tion litigation, is at the Imperial. HOW WAGE CVT WAS MADE Strike Call la Against What la Effect la Arbitration Award. PORTLAND, Oct. 20. (To the Edi tor.) I have been watching the pending strike rather closely and I notice that most of the papers are agninst the strikers. I am neither for nor against either party as yet. because I want to get a few things straightened out in my mind so that I may be able to judge Impartially. 1. I have always been under the Impression that the efficient work ing class is as great an asset to the nation as the promoters of business concerns. Am I right In my supposi tion? If so, are they not entitled to decent working hours and wages so that their homes may be comfortable, their children educated and have a reasonable bank account for the un foreseen things that come to every one, and last, but not least, old age? Do you think that the railroad em ployes are getting any more than this? Do you think it is too much to ask? 2. I notice in the morning paper that a reduction in freight rates ls hinted. Does this mean anything, or is it just talk that will die as soon as the strike is settled? If the railroad does not reduce rates, why should it cut wages? 3. The railroads seem to be having trouble a great deal of the time, and that is very regrettable. Do you not think that, perhaps, a great deal of their trouble would be averted If they adpoted Henry Ford's system? His men are loyal and he makes prof its, too. I read your editorials every day and usually I find them very fair to all classes, and I'm sure I can rely on your opinion of this strike and whether or not the employes are ask ing too much. A VOTER. 1. The strike ls against a wage decision by a body which has the ele ments of a permanent governmeTit arbitration board, consisting of equal representation of employes, employ ers and the public. The board ls re quired by law to take into considera tion: Scale of wages paid for similar kinds of work in other Industries, ' Relation between wages and the cost of living, Hazards of the employment, Training and skill required, Degree of responsibility. Character and regularity of em ployment. Effect of previous wage orders or adjustments. The Oregonian has no reason to doubt the justice of the labor board's award. 2. If a rate reduction ls mads the basis of a withdrawal of the strike order it will certainly be put on def inite ground. 3. Mr. Ford's railroad employes are not organized nor under the working rules established on other lines. These working rules enter materially Into the pay received by employes. In general Mr. Ford's road is paying less for aggregate labor performed than are other roads. Indi vidually his employes receive more than employes of other roads. In other words, he gets the same amount of work done with a much smaller number of employes. Mr. Ford has abrogated the rules and working regulations in force on other roads. The railroad executives would like to do the same thing. The organ ized employes are strongly In favor of present rules and working regu lations. It is questionable whether the rail roads could put the Ford plan Into general practice without encounter ing a strike on that issue. SITE SIIOl'LD BE SELECTED OVV Propaganda for Vnfit Fair Locations May Affect Elections. PORTLAND, Oct. 20. (To the Kdi tor.) I intend to support the prop osition for the 1925 fair, both for the city and state aid, but respecting the location of the site the men having its selection in charge should "be even more than careful. An Oregonian correspondent has a word fjr the "Ross Island-Council Crest sit3" Now, what Is there in common between Ross island and Council Crest? Where and when did the suggestion originate? Why not yoke together the Oaks and St. Johns? Or Gresham and Oswego lake? Or Molalla and Beaverton? To be sure. Council Crest is a beauty spot, but it is about as much fitted for an ex position site as is any other pinnacle A correspondent of The Oregonian a few days ago had a defense of Ross island in the nature of the statement that It had been somewhere near 30 years, maybe longer, since It has been inundated holding that that circumstance was so long ago that it will be entirely safe to take the chance for 1925. But wee should not forget that there is nothing so uncertain as the weather; at all times remember that the only certain thing about it ls its very uncertainty. We should as well face the situation now and realize that it ls going to require a vigorous campaign to carry the proposed stats appropriation at the polls, and if the Impression gets abroad that some wholly unfit location ls going to be selected, the campaign had as well not be undertaken at all. Frank Davey has a good suggestion that the exposition site be selected before the vote is taken. In no other way will the people know what they are voting for, .and a grt many people vote "no" when In doubt. Portland has several locations for the fair that are admirably fitted for that purpose; but many others sug gested are so mantfestfly without worth that they Bnouia do put out oi the running before the people's sup port ls asked. T. T. GEER. Insurance on Drum field. PORTLAND. Oct. 20. (To the Edi tor.) Please publish if Mrs. Brum field will be able to collect her hus band's insurance in case they hang Sim. ' SUBSCRIBER. PORTLAND. Oct. 20. (To the Edi tor.) Kindly inform me if tn the event that Dr. Brumfield Is hanged will the insurance companies nave to pay his polices? E. C. W. RUHL Idaho. Oct. 18. (To the Edi tor.) Who is going to get the insur ance of Dr. Brumfield If he Is hanged for the Russell murder? co-nm i a- r jrtr.Aur.tv. An Insurance authority informs The Oregonian that if the policies on Dr. Brumfield's life are in the usual form Incontestable after having been In force one year the manner of his death wilt not affect collection by the beneficiary named therein. Storks Have Different Roles In Spain. Friedrlch Dessauer In the Frankfur ter Zeltung. In Spain storks seem to have changed their profession. Here no one knows the legend that they bring children. Instead they guard the churches. You see them, in flocks of 20 or even 50, perched upon the lofty sables. More Truth Than Poetry. By James J. Moatirae, HOW COVI.n THEV DO lTf I used to think that Mr. Keats Was quite a little bard: In fact hla published work still meets With my profound regard And yet my taste Is full of flaws, Which fills my soul with pain, I must have got him wrong, because He makes his meaning plain, Pero Shelley, so I always thought. Knew how to writs a line In which each lilting word was fraught With melody dlvlm And yet my fancy that his song Is usually sublime And full of uplift must ba wrong- 1 get him very time. I'm even fond of Byron's stuff. His poems I've enjoyedv Although they're sometimes rather rough And smack a bit of Freud. And that of course Is quite absurd For all his work I've scanned And never run across a word 1 couldn't understand. I know of coUrso these bards art through, For not a magazine Believes that lays will evsr do That say Just what they mean. But though they don't deserve- their fame. And had no punch or pep. These played-out poets Just th aarea Got quits a little rep. Wltkoat Doubt. Even If Mara did signal th earth some central girl would tell him we were busy. s We've Got All the Rest of Theaau Isn't It about tlms we wero or ganizing a team to go after the British cricket championship? a a Faratarhted. It looks as If ladies were shorten ing their skirts so they would ba about the same as formerly, when fashion demands that they be length ened. (Copyright by the Belt etrnflicata. Tne.) In Other Days. Tueaty-Five Tears Abo. From The Orea-oniaa of October 21. I. Marshilcld. At least 12 lives were lost when the steamer Arago of the Oregon Coal oV Navigation company was wrecked on the beach Just north of the entrance to Coos bay. General Robert F. Torter, formerly chief of the United States census bureau, is now speaking in Washing ton state and will come to Oregon at the end of this month to speak for MoKlnley's candidacy. Mrs. Maud Balllngton Booth, for merly of the Salvation Army and who, with, her hUBband, now heads the movement known as God's Army of American Volunteers, addressed a large audience yesterday at Grace Methodist EpiKCopal church. At a special meeting of the police commission eight new fiatroimen, In cluding one colored man, were added to the force. Fifty Tears Ago. From The OreKonlan of October 21, 1171 St. Paul. General Lumar, arriving from Fort Garry, reports intense ex citement at Winnipeg over gold dis coveries at Lake Shabondawin. La Grande. A flouring mill cost ing tl5,000 and several other build ings are going up here. Proceeds from the great Chicago aid concert at the pavilion Inst night 111! be around 15'.i0, but, following addresses at the concert. It was voted to give the money :o sufferers from recent fires In northern Wisconsin and Michigan. The people of Mount Tabor school district have raised $60 for the fund to aid Chicago fire sufferers. BY-PROUICTS OF THE PRESS More 1'eraonsj Killed by Motors Than In Some Wars. Figures collected by the New York World ffliow that 12,000 persons In the United States were killed in motor Bpflftcnli ne hr mntnn In 14911 find one-half million others . injured, not to mention a property damage of a billion dollars. "Many a war." com ments the Springfield Republican, "has done no more harm in a single year." Klappe-r Sons. Delta Kappa Kpailon, . Kappa Gamma Mu. Pearl pins, gold pins. Pins enameled blue Chi Psi. Delta Phi, Delta Slgmu Nil, Tra time, toddle time, TaxiCR-hs for two. Life. as A correspondent of the Bostnn Transcript sends one of the mixei'st metaphor3 we have ever read. It iff from an English novel: "The cloud that tried to stab their happiness was only a falBe rumor whose bitter tast could not splinter the radiance nor dim the effervescence of their Joy." e What do the men who are out ol work, and who sleep in the parks, do when It rains? asks the New York Evening Post. "The greatest enemy to the man who has to carry on his body all his wardrobe ls rain," says William H. Davies In "The Autobiography of a Super-Tramp." "As long as the sun shines he ls indifferent, but if he is caught in a wet condition after sun set he Is to be pitied. He does not fear any ill consequences to health from being wet through, but he does not like the uncomfortable senile of shivering and not being able to keep warm. . . , No seaman ever searched the heavens for a dark speck, or as tronomer for a new light, as "does the homeless mah for a sign of rain." Franklin P. Adams, the humorist, is always amazed at the brevity of the headline writers. He wonders If It would be possible to talk in head lines. For Instance, two tennis players players: "What do you say to a net tilt?" "All right. I'll clash with you." Atlanta Constitution. Anyhow. we made It 50-50, says the Minneapolis Tribune three years to get Into the war after It started and three to get out after It stopped. Where Wc Healtnte. WALLA WALLA. Wash., Oct. 19 (To the Editor.) Will you rWeane tell me what the Einstein theory of rela tivity is? I have failed to find any one who knows. READER. Professor Einstein is quoted as saying- Thnt there are not more than twelve men in the world who can un- I derstand his theory of relativity. The Oregonian fears it is not one of the twelvs.