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BRl'MFIELI), THE CONSCIENCELESS.
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.
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'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.
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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?
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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.
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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."
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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.