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TIIE -MORXIXG OREGONIAX, THURSDAY, DECE3IBER 1, 1921
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FOCH.
Portland unites with every other
American city In paying honor to
Marshal Foch because he personifies
the victory which the American
army won In common with the
armies of the allies. He had the
true conception of the essentials of
victory, he organized It, he directed
execution of his plans and he most
properly reaped the first fruits by
having? the enemy come to him to
make' surrender by signing; the
armistice. His part in the war
epitomizes the qualities in the allies
by which the power of autocracy was
overcome. He was steadfast In de
feat, daring when disaster seemed
imminent, calm and confident when
others yielded to panic, quick to
strike when opportunity came, re
lentless in pursuit of a retreating
army, but not ruthless ' when the
enemy acknowledged defeat. Amer
ican soldiers do homage to him be
cause he led them as they would
wish to have been led, because they
saw in him the characteristics which
they most esteem In their own gen
erals, and therefore they claim him
as their general as well as a general
of France.
Foch's conception of war con
tradicts the assumption that it is
deadly to Idealism. He held the first
requisite of an army to be an ideal
cherished by each soldier for which
he was ready to fight to the death.
This he held to be the essence of
morale. Military science and the im
plements of war are but the means
of subduing material things to it.
The secret of his own triumphs was
that he exemplified in his own per
son the highest conception of morale.
He mastered the art of war, but it
was this spiritual quality which en
abled him to practice that art with
such skill.
When his army was apparently
beaten and exhausted at the FrencH
center in the first battle of the
Marne, he perceived the weak point
In the German line, hurled at it a
division already weary with march
ing, routed the Prussian guard,
pierced the enemy's front, threw
back Von Hausen's army in con
fusion and forced the general re
treat to the Aisne. Intuitive but
trained genius directed that blow
under circumstances which would
have led an ordinary general to ac
cept defeat as Irretrievable.
Again the case seemed hopeless
when at the first battle of Ypres the
Germans hurled huge masses of men
from behind a ceaseless storm of
shell at the thin British line. It was
Foch who called on his allies to stand
fast and came to hearten them by
swinging Into line on their right and
by extending the human wall against
which the Huns beat their heads in
vain.
Foch's character showed at its
best at the meeting of the supreme
war council at Doullens in March,
1918. Gough's army was smashed,
the French were striving to fill the
gap which it had left, the British
front had been driven back within
nine miles of Amiens, and flight of
the French government from Paris
to Bordeaux was proposed. This dis
aster had been brought about by the
men, Haig and Petain, who had
acted contrary to Foch's advice and
to the orders of the supreme war
council by not constituting a genera!
reserve and by opposing a single
command, and Haig now expressed
doubt of being able to hold Amiens,
loss of which would have separated
the French and British armies. Foch
scouted the idea of losing Amiens,
and Poincare afterward said to him
at the reception ' in the French
academy:
You cheered us during this long Inter
val by repeating to us that there was noth
ing to despair about, that we must make
an unyielding fight for every Inch of ouf
sacred soli, and a all costs to prevent the
memy wedging himself between us and
the English.
Clemenceau in telling of that
memorable meeting said that Foch
"remained imperturbable and calm
. . . evidently believed the battle
could be won, willed it and was going
to win It."
That disaster on the Somme,
which to many seemed to decide the
war in favor of Germany, was in
fact the preliminary to victory. It
drove the Jealous generals to submit
to a single command, of which
Pershing was a powerful advocate,
and it marked out Foch as the man
to exercise that great power. He
set himself to block the German ad
vance until American reinforce
ments gave him sure and growing
ascendency. When another drive
was made at the worn out British In
Flanders in hope of forcing them
back to the channel, Foch sent
French troops to block it, and they
did. He prevented the broadening
of the sharp angle In the line at
Montdidier, which was a weakness
to the Germans. Unable to stop the
advance to the Marne at the end of
May, he blocked its further progress
by sending in American troops and
by checking ail attempts to spread
westward. The German line was now
a 9erie of great salients, each ex
posed to attack on either flank and
capable of being made safe by cut
ting out the angles where they
joined. The enemy accomplished
something In this directiqn between
the Oise and the Aisne, but by days
of stubborn conflict the French re
covered most of the lost ground, and
they pinched the west side of the
sack between the Aisne and Marne
Into which the Hun had thrust his
head. Ludendorff must tear open
that in order to make his army safe
and to reach his goal Paris less
than forty miles away. He struck
two blows simultaneously on July
15, on the Marne and Champagne.
Then Foch caught him "in Cov
entry." While Gouraud sent the
Germans staggering back in Cham
pagne, roch struck them on three
sides of the Marne salient with
troops of four nations Americans,
French, British and Italians. He hit
hardest from the west and south
west, broke the enemy's grip and
hammered him day by day till the
V'esle, then the Aisne, was reached.
From that day the war was one
continuous victory. Foch's offensive
strategy struck blow after blow on
right, left and center so swiftly and
in such close succession that the Ger
mans had no time to reorganize
much less recuperate, their shattered
divisions, or to mass them at the
danger point or for counter attack.
So it continued to the armistice,
when a joint American and French
offensive had just begun whick
would have cut the German army in
halves.
The man who Is serene and undis
mayed in defeat is truly great, and
he has that in him which wins vie
tory, yet does not exult. Such a man
Is Marshal Foch. In saluting him
Oregon honors his country also.
LOOK PLEASANT.
The governor may, on extraor
dinary occasions, declares the still
existent constitution of Oregon, "con
vene the legislative assembly by
proclamation and shall state to both
houses,, when assembled, the purpose
for which they shall have been con
vened." Some few members of the legisla
tive assembly, we hear, are not a
little irritated because Governor
Olcott has seen fit to call the fo 'h
coming special session for Christinas
week, when they will be under com
pulsion of speedy adjournment if
they are to go home for the celebra
tion of a festivity which every Chris
tian legislator wishes to enjoy. Quite
obviously a short session is what the
governor had in mind; just as
obviously that is what the public de
sires, even demands.
There is talk that the 'legislature
will settle for Itself how long the
session shall last-; within the twenty-day
limitation of the constitution
and the idea has been advanced of
adjourning over the holidays, meet
ing again early in January.
It may be hoped that in the gen
eral felicitation and mutual good will
of the Christmas season, the legisla
ture will forbear to provoke a row
with the governor over a question of
its prerogative, and discharge its
business and adjourn. The duty of
fixing the date of the special session
belongs to the governor, and to no
other, and the further duty of
"stating to both houses the purpose
for which they shall have been con
vened" also -devolves upon him. Cer
tainly nothing should be undertaken
by the legislature which the emer
gency does not clearly justify.
It may be true that the governor
has rather put the legislature up
against a hard condition in that
Christmas holiday idea of his; but
it appears to us that there is nothing
to be done about It that will help the
legislature nothing but to take its
medicine and look pleasant or as
pleasant as possible.
AN ALASKAN DAWN.
If the government railroad to the
Alaskan interior Is to prove itself and
to justify six years of courageous
engineering and the expenditure
of $50,000,000, the northern empire
should be now at the threshold of an
unexampled prosperity and develop
ment. The road is finished and the
way is open. Northward it runs for
almost BOO miles, through a virgin
country and rich, and with the lay
ing of its last rail there ticked a
moment more epochal than any gold
discovery.
Lack of transportation has always
been the retarding influence in
Alaskan development. Now there is
provided a modern railroad line
through Its most promising district,
from an open-all-year port to the
great navigable -streams of the in
terior, from Seward to Fairbanks. It
would seem that the advantage so
conferred Is a challenge not only to
the snterprise of residents of Alaska.
but to investing capital throughout
America and to all men who wish to
meet fortune on her own field. The
hardships of the sourdough are tra
ditional and are no longer to be
feared.
For that matter, as any Alaskan
will tell you, the country has been
much maligned. It is twelve times
the size of New York and yet three-
quarters of Its area Is within the
north temperate zone. Along the
coastal districts its climate is com
parable to that of Scotland, while in
land it has been likened to Manitoba
and Alberta, to Norway, Sweden and
Finland. It has distinct agricultural
possibilities, and for some time the
city of Fairbanks has eaten bread
from its own grain. Yet it is doubt
ful if, for many years to come, the
agricultural development of Alaska
will more than meet the needs of its
own people. The coming of transpor
tation portends a different industrial
awakening, or should.
The interior Is prodigally rich in
minerals, timber and furs, and the
opening of the government railroad
should serve as an impetus to the
immediate and continued develop
ment of the first two resources.
Mining is not what it was in the
days of the gold rush. The easy
money of the diggings is not to be
had. Yet because of lack of trans
portation there has remained for
more than two decades since discov
ery a vast and untouched mineral
wealth, requiring modern rail facili
ties to permit development. These
minea with their attendant industries
should speedily enter production. And
all the world knows that mining
prosperity is not founded upon
gleaming sands and rich ore, but on
the volume and steady output of
large mining operations in compara
tively lean fields.
Boys outnumber girls in the ele
mentary schools, doubtless to some
extent because of our compulsory
education laws. But thereafter, as
the census shows, it is the girls who
stay In school and the boys who seek
other fields. In all the public ele
mentary schools of the United States,
according to a recent school census,
there were 9,392,545 boys and 9,316,.
666 girls. But In the secondary
schools (normal and high), there
were only 851.594 boys to 1,081,867
girls. The latter figures correspond
approximately with those which
Superintendent Churchill has ob
tained as to the high schools of Ore
gon, which will have graduated 2025
girls and 1290 boys in 1921. The
proportion of boys diminishes as the
grades ascend, and is smaller for the
graduating classes than for the high
school as a whole. It would be de
sirable, as Professor Churchill-suggests,
if more boys went to high
school, but the situation In this state
Is not abnormal and is probably the
result of conditions which we shall
need to seek elsewhere to explain.
THE SELF-VINDICATED ARBICKLE.
At last we have the authentic
story of the Arbuckle affair, and it
is from the persecuted, harassed and
inocent Arbuckle himself. For
three long months nearly he has
resisted every invitation, refused
every opportunity, to tell the truth
and vindicate himself, preferring to
suffer in silenoe, and some of the
time in Jail, the indignities and hu
miliations that must be borne by
every martyr. But as time and un
derstanding right ail wrongs, so the
hero Arbuckle at last discloses him
self in his true form. Spotlight,
music and slow curtain.
Here is the way it was: Arbuckle
was the unwilling recipient of a sur
prise party in his palatial hotel
rooms. He didn't invite any of them
there. He didn't know any o"f the
ladies well, and some of them not at
all. Somebody else brought in the
liquor, and plenty of it, and nat
urally, in his enforced position as
host, Arbuckle partook of it freely.
There were music, dancing and con
versation and many goings forth and
comings back. Miss Rappe was over
come and went unnoticed into the
adjoining room. Then the unsuspect
ing Arbuckle, not knowing she was
there, followed her and locked the
door. He found the missing guest
lying on the bathroom floor, and
sought to minister to her. What
else could a surprised and discon
certed gentleman do? Then he es
corted her to the bed and laid her
on It She was very sick, and he did
what he could to help her except
do what any decent man would
naturally have done, and that is to
summon the' aid of the women in
the next room. This the shocked
and embarrassed actor, alone in a
locked room with a strange woman,
finally bethought himself to do. The
rest of his story does not differ ma
terially from the testimony of the
other witnesses.
Whatsoever any one may think or
say, that s tne ArDuckie story,
plausible enough, and he will doubt
less stick to it; Miss Rappe is dead,
and she alone could tell how
courteous, thoughtful, helpful, con
siderate and gentlemanly oh, so
gentlemanly Arbuckle was when
she was alone with him in that hotel
room. But she Is gone, and the un
pleasant duty of parading his own
manly restraint and beautiful and
unsuspicious innocence devolves on
Arbuckle himself. It is a hard posi
tion for anyone, particularly for a
otiivalrous and virtuous comedian.
Yet withal we are left to wonder
why the knightly Arbuckle did not
tell his story to the grand jury or to
the courts, or to the public, when he
was first brought to book. Why not?
PARTISANSHIP IN THE WAR.
While The Oregonlan deliberately
withholds comment on J. P. Tum
ulty's review of the Wilson admin
istration as a whole until it is com
pleted, believing that he should be
free to lay the case before the pub
lic without a running fire of crit
icism, it will not permit his defense
of Mr. Wilson's partisan methods In
conduct of the war to pass without
immediate discussion. He says on
this point:
Immediately after the war message
there arose an Insistent demand for a
uoalitlon cabinet. It was the beginning
cf the republican drive for what was
called a bi-partisan government. Republic-ins
chose to forget the experiences of
England and France under their coalition
cabinets, and whe.T the president refused
to act upon the suggestion the Impression
whs subtly conveyed to the unthinking
that the president a refusal arose from his
dislike of counsel and co-operation, and
his unwillingness to share the responsi
bilities and glories of the war with the
people outside his own party.
As an historian, the president knew the
troubles of Washington with a coalition
cabinet, Lincoln's embarrassments from
fsbinet members not of his own party.
McKihley's sagacious refusal in 18!IS to
fcrm a coalition cabinet. He also knew
human nature; knew that with the best
ntentions men sometimes find it diffi
cult to work whole-heartedly with a leader
of a political party not their own. He
could n.n risk a chance of division In his
own official family in the face of the
common enemy.
The president looked upon the agita
tion for a coalition cabinet as a partisan
effort to hamper and embarrass his ad-
PViilntstrAtion, and so he coldly turned away
from every suggestion that looked toward
the estaolshment cC a cabinet oi the kind
ruggosted by his too solicitous republican
friends.
This passage confirms the opin
ion that was generally expressed at
the time that Mr. Wilson was so
narrow a partisan that he could not
credit his political opponents with
enough patriotism to lay aside party
and work heartily with him, even in
so great an undertaking as the war.
He failed to realize that, by accept
ing office In his cabinet, republicans
would have contributed in what was
done well to his fame and to the
prestige of his party and that they
would have shared responsibility for
what was done ill.
Mr. Tumulty's allusion to Lincoln's
experience with a man of the op
posite party in his cabinet is unfor
tunate. The man-in question was
Stanton, for, though Welles and
Cameron had been democrats, they
had become republicans before Lin
coln's election. . Stanton was a great
administrator and filled the most
important office in conduct of the
civil war with loyalty to the country
and his chief. When he disagreed
with Lincoln, it was not on gov
ernmental policy or politics, but on
his authority as head of the war
department, for which he was a
stickler. That precedent is decidedly
favorable to a coalition to conduct
the war with Germany, in which na
tional Independence was at stake.
McKinley's failure to Invite demo
crats to share responsibility1 for the
war with Spain is not in point, for
that was no grave crisis of a kind
with the civil and world wars. It
was all over, with the enemy utterly
beaten, in four months, and, no seri
ous demand was made for a coali
tion. In referring to "the experiences of
England and France under their
coalition cabinets" as reasons for
partisan .conduct of the war Mr.
Tumulty forgets very recent history.
After the coalition of the incom
petent Asquith had failed, Lloyd
George formed a new coalition
which carried Great Britain through
to victory and is steering that coun-
1 try. through Its after-war troubles,
Clemenceau's victory cabinet was a
coalition from which only the anti
war groups were excluded. An at
tempt is made to prove Mr. Wilson
free from partisanship by citing the
names of many republicans whom he
appointed to subordinate offices,
even the politics of army and navy
officers being dragged in, as though
any man ever gave a second thought
to their politics. These men were
simply assigned to certain Jobs like
building ships, buying supplies or
adjusing labor disputes: none of
them was given a voice in deciding
the policy and direction of the war.
That function was reserved for Mr.
Wilson's Intimate political circle.
A claim to particular ability in
carrying on war la attributed to the
republican party for the apparent
purpose of bringing in the scandals
and blunders of the Spanish war and
setting them against the notoriously
unfounded claim that Mr. Wilson's
administration In the world war was
free from scandal. Mr. Tumulty has
forgotten the unpardonable delays,
the graft In cost-plus contracts, the
almost total failure to provide com
bat aircraft. Senator Chamberlain's
charge eight months after war was
declared that the war department
had "ceased to function," and Mr.
Wilson's sudden haste, while denying
the charge, to infuse some energy
Into war preparation.
No claim was made that repub
lican administrations had gone Into
war better prepared than those of
the democratic party. All men who
knew American history realized that
unpreparedness for war is a national
habit. Mr. Wilson was condemned
for neglecting to prepare as soon as
war was declared In. Europe, when
it became evident that our dearest
principles were at stake and that our
rights were assailed. From that mo
ment unpreparedness could not be
ascribed to national habit; it was
due to his blind refusal to follow
the plain teaching of terrible events,
and the responsibility became his.
As his private secretary has revealed
that he foresaw before he was first
nominated that war would break out
during his first term, that respon
sibility is the greater. Yet partisan
ship led him to attribute the call to
prepare to a partisan purpose of his
opponents to embarrass him in his
futile efforts to keep peace.
Effects of that inability to rise
above, or to believe that patriotism
could lift those opposed to him,
above party are seen in the condition
of tho country; in fact, of the whole
world, today. Restrained while the
dangers of war continued, repub
licans determined to have a part in
shaping the terms of peace. Thus
came the long struggle over the
Versailles treaty and the prolonga
tion of Europe's recovery and its re
action on the United States. If Wil
son had been able to rise to the
grandeur of Lincoln and had called
to his aid one or more Stantons in
making both war and -peace, the
story might have been greatly
changed and he might have earned
the title of "savior of mankind from
war" to which he aspired.
When it comes to being advertised,
our neighboring Vancouver is handi
capped by its name. Fruit from We
natchee, Yakima and the two Wallas
is known the world wide, while the
Clarke county product is oft credited
to the colonial city. Portland and
Salem had this trouble until they
outgrew the . Yankee towns. After
"Oregon-1925" there will be ' one
Vancouver. Watch her spread!
Governor Olcott is putting a stop
to compounding felonies by refusing
extradition papers for offenders with
whom the complainants settle as
soon as they are brought back. The
state has been "worked" too often.
There are 206 war law offenders
In federal prisons, and they should
serve their sentences. Their crimes
were not insignificant or they would
not be in prison.
Tillamook county is near to the
forest primeval, and if an occasional
slide obstructs the work of man,
such is to be expected and endured
with patience.
Grover Cleveland Bergdoll says he
expects to return to the United
States. Sure, let him return any old
time with Leavenworth as his des
tination. Long Beach, Cal., is zoning against
encroaching oil fields. Yet the oil
may be worth more than all the
zoning ever planned and done.
One of the Liberty theater bandits
blames moonshine for his trouble.
Same old story whisky did it. Poor
whisky! Poor fool!
President Harding has set aside a
week for education. Some people,
no doubt, will argue that to be
plenty'long enough.
But even a lawyer constitutionally
opposed to having the death penalty
inflicted on a client is not averse to
hanging the jury.
Odorless "booze" will lack a
charm, but that Is what it will come
to if the inspectors continue strong
on the scent.
Is anybody slipping the marshal a
feed of corned beef and cabbage?
He must be tired of banquet stuff.
But then Italy can hardly be ex
pected to cheer up until the spa
ghetti crop returns to normal.
May be the reason Sousa shaved
that time was that he had seen the
band of the House of David.
New England is suffering from a
three days' sleet storm. We prefer
the name "silver thaw."
Ireland needs limitations of arma
ment Just now, with prospect of re
sumption of hostilities.
The Jokers could not fool Bryan
with a gin cocktail, but they might
with a milk punch.
Now. then, evervbodv listen: Turn
out, even if it rains. Show the mar
shal we like it.
Start the buying of seals with a
dollar's worth today.
Climate doesn't seem to have much
effect on moonshine.
Please, Mr. Wells, pull out the dry
stop this morning.
Somebody tell him to come back
in 1925.
Bon Jour, marshal:
Stars and Starmakers.
Uy Leone Csss Baer.
Frances McHenry, leading woman
with the Shubert stock company at
Milwaukee, has Just been granted a
divorce from Christian Hanlein of
Kansas City, where he is a 'cello
player in the Hotel Muehlebach or
chestra. Miss McHenry was at one
time leading woman with the Audi
torium stock company of Kansas City
and was leading woman of the Baker
stock company here for one season.
Christian Hanlein was a member of
the Baker theater orchestra during
Miss McHenry's engagement and a
courtship begun at that time cul
minated in their wedding a year later.
Alice Lloyd has been home to Eng
land on another visit and is now on
her way back to New York. This
time she is leaving both of her daugh
ters at home with their father, Tom
McNaughton, who Is not well. Miss
Lloyd is bringing along one of her
numerous nieces, Daisy Hyams, who
Is not a professional.
J. Hartley Manners has written a
new play forhis wife, Lauretta, Tay
lor. It Is to be tried out around the
holiday season. "Peg o' My. Heart"
was Miss Taylor's last success-a'nd
that was more than a half dozen years
ago.
James L. Crane has filed a general
denial to the changes against him
brought by his wife, Alice Brady, who
seeks a divorce.
Maude Adams Is reported to be em
ployed In experimental lighting work
with a plan for revolutionizing the
present methods In stage and picture
studio lighting. Miss Adams has a
completely equipped laboratory in the
Schenectady. N. Y., plant of the Gen
eral Electric company, and some of
the corporation's highest paid experts
are associated with her. Miss Adams
made a study of stage lighting while
she was on the stage and devised the
system used for Illuminating "Chan
ticleer." Oliver Morosco will try out two
new pieces In his Los Angeles coast
stock company after the first of the
year. One is T. P. Robinson's play,
"The Copy," a mystery drama, and the
other is Charlotte Greenwood's new
musical starring vehicle, "Let 'Er Go,
Letty."
Louise Groody is getting a divorce
from William Harrigan. Margaret
Torter Cesare, daughter of the late O.
Henry, Is divorcing Oscar Edward
Cesare, the cartoonist.
Earl Dwire, who used to be a Baker
player, 15. with the Mae Desmond
Players this season at the Desmond
theater in Schenectady. Earl Dwire
is the ex-husband of Ruth Lechler,
a former Baker player.
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A chorus girl recently applying for
a position in a Broadway show was
offered an engagement, but declined
it on the ground that the wife of her
divorced husband was a principal in
It. When assured the second wife
was contemplating securing a divorce
the former wife Joined, and the two
women are now reported to be on
cordial terms.
Doris Keene will be starred in "The
Czarina," an Hungarian play, due to
open after New Year's. Charles Froh
man. Inc., sponsors It.
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Mr. and Mrs. Coburn have been
booked for vaudeville by the Keith
office. They will present a sketch
called "At Home," by George V. Ho
bart, which will introduce a brief
scene, among other bits, from the
success, "The Better 'Ole."
Judge W. R. Fetzer In the Chicago
avenue police court is not "hep" to
the lingo of chorus girls. As a re
sult he became all tangled up when
three girls of the theater attempted
to state their difficulties to him in
the vernacular of the theater.
Helen Gay, who appeared against
Margery Vaughn and Alice Biglow,
chorus girls, told the court: "I am
a nimble hoofer and these beauties
are jealous of me. I do the 'Cincin
nati' and the 'Frisco' better than they
can. When they found they were
going to get the air and I was to
keep the end down they got peeved.
One of them biffs me in the face and
the other pulls a handful of my hair.
Then they rolls me in the gutter."
"Hold on." said the judge. "I don't'
understand." Miss Gay translated the
dialogue and Judge Fetzer sent them
all home.
"On the banks of the W-a-b-a-s-h
fa-a-r-r a-wa-a-y." Is to be revived
through the medium of the picture
screen. This old ballad, the most
popular of the many written by
J. Paul Dresser, although composed
more than 20 years ago, is still listed
in the sheet music section of the mail
order catalogues. More than 100,000,
000 copies were sold. Edgar Selden
has purchased all rights to the title
for picture purposes from the hold
ers of the copyright.
The story, which la, to be written
around the theme of the song, Is to
be utilized for the first of a series
of specials, in which Madge Evans
is to appear under the management
of Mr. Selden.
Correspondence from London says
that the courts have now established
that Ethel Irving did not bite her toe
nails while playing in Brieux's "The
Three Daughters of Mousieur Du
pont." Saying she did was merely
exuberance of language on the part
of Sidaey W. Carroll, critic for the
London Sunday Times, against which j
Ethel Irving Drought suit rbr libel
because Mr. Carroll wrote as follows:
"Every shred of reserve was scat
tered to the flies and the woman who
wants children from a husband who
refuses them, becomes a raging, froth
ing epileptic rolling on the floor and
biting her toenails."
In court Miss Irving maintained
that to bite her toenails she would
have to assume an immodest and un
womanly attitude. Many etars testi
fied, and the critic, of course, had to
deny he was a German. Finally Jus
tice Darling asked if play of testi
mony had to be carried through to
the end. Learned counsel then con
sulted. Defendant let it be known
be had a high opinion of Miss Irving,
but an honestly poor one of the per
formance in question, his language
being an exaggeration Intended to In
dicate this.
Critic Carroll then agreed to repay
Miss Irving for the costs of establish
ing court that she did not bite her
toenails oa the, stage,
Those Who Come and Go.
Tales of Folk at the Hotels.
The Dalles is recovering from the
effects of tne snow storm of recent
date and now that there are trains
running once more. P. J. Stadelman,
the mayor, is in Portland for a few
days. He Is at the Multnomah. The
snow is now only two feet deep in
The Dalles, which, considering what
It was when the storm was raging,
is comparatively insignificant. Most
of the damage occurring in The Dalles
and vicinity was the result of the
heavy weight of the snow on roofs
of houses, buildings and barns. There
Is now a single telephone wire avail
able, so that The Dalles can talk to
Portland. Apparently, the snow storm
struck chiefly in the grain section
and avoided the hay section. Wher
ever there Is an extensive grain area
the snow fell, but it did not reach
Klamath or the stock country. The
hay owners would have preferred to
share the snow; as that would have
enabled them to find a market tor
their stacks.
When the officers and sailors of
the all-Amerlcan football team of the
Pacific fleet entered the Multnomah
lobby many admiring glances were
cast their way. When the men line
up for the game there will be no dis
tinction between officers and sailors,
but it will be just the pick of the Pa
cific fleet fighting to win honor and
reputation for the navy. Good feel
ing between men and superiors is
very noticeable around the lobby ana
Captain William Ingram, otherwise
known as "Big Bill." the coach and
fullback, is considered the idol of the
team. R. U. Slmeona, native Ha
waiian, from the battleship New
York, 13 said to be one of the best
tacklers that, his nation ever pro
duced. A majority of the Marlon county
delegation is friendly to the 1025 fair
and will vote to submit the proposlr
tion to the people at the May elec
tion, according to Frank Davy, rep
resentative and former speaker of
the house. Only one member of the
delegation has expressed opposition
and another is noncommltal, but aside
from these the senators and repre
sentatives favor the undertaking. Mr.
Davy believe that the programme as
outlined by Governor Olcott can be
carried out in short order and all
members can be at their own fire
sides for Christmas.
Conditions at Wyeth. on the Colum
bia river, have not returned to nor
malcy and R. A. Johnson got to Port
land as soon as he could and Is reg
istered at the Multnomah. Wyeth Is
right in the heart of the Columbia
gorge and whenever there are storm
troubles Wyeth and Viento Invariably
get the worst of it. Word came yes
terday that the railroad bridge at
Eagle creek went out, this being also
In the gorge.
Willamlna has seen all the water
that it wants for the time being.
Willamina, a filling station on the
highway to Tillamook filling for car
and man has been Inconvenienced by
the rain storms for surrounding roads
have made travel almost Impossible
and the highway through to Tilla
mook was blocked for several day
by slides.
When George S. Marsh left his
Roseburg home for Portland the im
portant subject there was what Is
to be done with the schools. Recent
ly the people at the election cast an
adverse vote and now there is talk
of preparing a new budget and If
enough money is not available sev
eral departments will have to be
eliminated from the public schools
there. Mr. Marsh is registered at the
Hotel Oregon.
John P. Kelly and Mrs. Kelly of
Eugene are at the Imperial. Mr.
Kelly was one of the members of the
Booth-Kelly Lumber company, which
was & development of, the Sugar Pine
Door company. Mr. and Mrs. Kelly
are in the city to attend the funeral
of the late H. B. Miller, formerly an
American consul-general in China and
Ireland.
J. E. Reynolds la at the Imperial
from Guler, Wash. Mr. Reynolds is
proprietor of the hotel at Guler,
which Is practically at the base of
Mount Adams. A number of destruc
tive avalanches swept down the side
of the mountain during tho summer
montha but the scars left by the
slides have now been covered by
snow.
Among the arrivals at the Hotel
Oregon Is G. Wlngate of Astoria, who
has Kaati nrpd.irtinir for vparq that
some day the wheat of the inland em
pire will be lightered Down tne Co
lumbia river In barges to Astoria for
foreign shipment, instead of the grain
being routed for overseas loading at
Portland.
E. W. Cooper of the town of Alsea,
Benton, county, arrived at the Impe
rial yesterday. Having heard that
Harry Hamilton Joined the ranks of
the benedicts a few years ago, Mr.
Cooper, who is a merchant, brought
the newlywed a mess of trout.
H. R. Newport of Hermiston. Or., Is
among the arrivals at the Perkins.
Mr. Newport is a contractor who built
considerable mileage on the Columbia
river highway In eastern Oregon and
many miles of irrigation ditches.
C. F. Chambers, lumberman of
Leona, about 40 miles from Roseburg
on the Pacific highway, is at the
Hotel Oregon. Leona is a pretty name
for a sawmill town.
For two terms A. O. Eberhart was
the governor of Minnesota. He Is
now in Portland on a business trip
and is registered at the Multnomah.
Andrew Scott of Antelope, has man
aged to get to the Perkins. The roads
around Antelope are now deep, sticky
mud.
C. L. Grutz of the shops department
of the highway commission, is at the
Imperial from Salem.
CONDUIT'S INLET INADEQUATE.
Saving of f.200 In Construction Coats
a.VHIO In Damages, Says Writer.
PORTLAND. Nov. 29. (To the Edi
tor.) The Balch creek conduit wash
out demonstrated the worth of good
concrete for sewer construction. If
It had been built of brick a complete
wreck would undoubtedly have re
sulted. But why the washout, if of
sufficient capacity and otherwise cor
rectly designed?
The intensity of rainfall in the re
cent storm was lees than one-third of
the maximum for which other such
conduits are proportioned here, so
that the capacity must have been
ample for this storm. The answer is
that while the capacity and strength
had a sufficient margin of safety the
reserve of eafety against stoppage of
inlet, the most Important considera
tion for such a conduit, was nil, or
rather very much less than nil, due
to poor design.
The cost of a sufficient reserve of
safety in the design and construction
of inlet would have been about J200.
The loes due to its absence is about
JDOOO for this storm, and the In
stallation of proper safeguards is
necessary If future repetitions of the
washout are to be avoided. The an
nual loss to the city and county, due
to similar errors, largely without
casual visibility, may be estimated at
about a. million dollars. G, RAE,
EXPLANATION DOESN'T EXPLAIN
"Pioneer Stock" Not Sufficient Excuse
for Parole of Kelsay.
CONDON. Or.. Nov. 2S. (To the Ed
itor.) The article which appeared re
cently from the pen of Lawyer Butler,
prominent statesman of The Dalles,
is indeed a sentimental piece of liter
ature, but it flatly falls to Justify
Judge Parker's action toward ex
Sheriff Kelsay of Fossil. These dainty
defenses might not have attracted so
much attention had they come from
an ordinary layman, but from a re
puted lawyer of Judge Butler's stand
ing they are a farcial extenuation of
Kelsay's theft.
Let it be remembered that ex
Sherlff Kelsay has robbed the people
of Wheeler county of many thousands
of dollars. But Judge Parker saw
fit Immediately to parole him after a
sentence to the penitentiary.
Judge Butler now maintains that
since Kelsay comes from a good old
pioneer family of Wheeler county
and has accomplished so much good
to his little community such an insig
nificant breach of public trust should
be dealt with lightly. But more than
this: He affirms that ex-Sheriff
Kelsay has entirely too many friends
who could not possibly bear to see
their ex-sherlff disgraced; no, for
sooth, not this man, who comes from
a good old Wheeler county stock.
Indeed, public opinion would not
bear It!
The people of Wheeler county have
been robbed, but in Kelsay's case
gentler terms must be used. Judge
Butler's pica that he has none of the
embezzled money now Is truly pa
thetic. Where did it go to? His fam
ily certainly did not receive the ben
efit of it. No matter how the money
was used the cold fact remains that
thousands of dollars were embezzled
In a classical manner.
There are not many cunning thieves
in this country who, at some time in
their career, have not really done
something worth while for their
neighborhood. Why should Kelsay,
then, bo an exception? Brumfleld
might, at some time, have plugged
Judge Butler's mouth full of teeth,
thereby rendering a service; Gardner,
long before he perpetrated his cun
ning little stunts, made himself use
ful in many ways; many of the so
called "poor devils" serving long sen
tences for very small thefts have been
useful citizens; these also, have
friends and in many cases come from
good pioneer families. Would the
Judge free these also? Nay, nav.
They are not in Kelsay's class and
station of life. The latter has too
many friends who do not object to
being robbed.
Judge Parker himself makes no
apology. The tender and sympathiz
ing defenses of Judge Butler must
suffice. If such cases are to bo often
repeated what will become of the dig
nity and impartiality of the law?
I. N. JUSTICE.
WHEELEll DOES NOT APPROVE
Denial That Sentiment Favored Pnrol-
, Insr of ex-Sheriff Krlsey.
FOSSIL, Or., Nov. 2S. (To the Edi
tor.) Having read the statement of
R. R. Butler and the editorial com
ment of The Oregonlan In The Ore
gonlan of November 19 on tho embez
zling caso of ex-Sheriff Oscar Kelsey
of this county, I as a taxpayer of
Wheeler county wish to correct cer
tain statements of Mr. Butler. Mr.
Butler says that a great majority of
the people of Wheeler county ajiprovo
the action of the court in paroling
Kelsey after passing sentence on him
of 15 years in prison. I feel safe in
making the statement that 90 nt.r rent
of the people of this county do not
approve me action or Judge Tarker s
court in this case. It is true that
ex-Sheriff Kelsey retains hlej popu
larity with a certain element, but in
talking with law-abiding people ot
the county I find this element Is a
very small minority of the good
people of this county.
Mr. Butler mentions the fact that
Kelsey Is of an old respected pioneer
family of this county. While this Is
very true, not another citizen of the
county has ehown less respect to this
family than has Kelsey himself.
Mr. Butler further states that our
prosecuting attorney told the judge
that he did not expect a verdict of
conviction. Let me say that very
few of our people expected It, either.
I am Informed that this case was
taken lln. rlnrlno n ransa nf th, nnn.t
session and that there were only five
men present in the courtroom when
the matter was disposed of. A great
many people here are asking the same
question that The Oregonlan asks,
"Why did Judge Parker grant thi
parole?" Men have been sent to
prison from this county for stealing
trifling amounts of I- or J3. but it
seems that there is immunity for
those who can get away with a few
thousand of the people's money.
The school boards of this county
for three or four years have run short
of monev nt times to rnrrv on th.lr
schools and have had to go to the
Danic ana Borrow money at 10 per
Some of them are still paying In
terest, aithougn tney had levied a
tax to cover all expenses.
Mr. Butler says in his statement
tnof n proat mil Inritw rt tl, nunnlt
of Wheeler county Indorse this kind
of public service. If this be true,
then may the Lord help us, for our
condition la indeed desperate.
TA-XPAYEK.
WHY PROPERTY QUALIFICATION f
Inequality In School Franchise to
Engsse Legislative Attention.
PORTLAND, Nov. ?0. (To the Edi
tor.) At the pending special legisla
tive session there will be submitted
an amendment to our school laws
which will remove the present dis
franchising clause, thereby enabling
all citizens of the state holding the
right of suffrage to cast their ballot
upon any Issue without regard to
property qualification.
It Is to be expected many should
be unaware of the peculiar phrase
ology of the present law, which pro
vides a property qualification, or dis
qualification, only against voters In
school districts of the first and second
class. Bear this in mind that voters
in school district No. 1, Portland, or
other districts with more than 2u0
children, are disqualified to vote at
school elections touching upon mat
ter of taxation unless they are on
the assessment roll, but this inhibi
tion does not apply in districts of the
third class where there are less than
200 children.
The writer has been unable to learn
what the difference may be between
a citizen in the third claee and a
citizen in the first and second class;
why citizens In the first and second
class should be denied a voting priv
ilege extended to those in the third
class.
Furthermore, if a voter must have
the property qualification at school
elections, why, In the name of reason,
shouldn't it be required in other elec
tions of far less moment to the In
dividual citizen?
WILLIAM F. WOODWARD,
Director.
His Speeeh la Admired.
Washington (D. C.) Star.
"That was a great speech you
made," said the enthusiastic friend.
"Do you think it will help me?"
asked Senator Sorghum.
"Unquestionably It may not have
much Influence In public affairs, but
It ought to get you an engagement
with, any lecture bureau,"
Burroughs Nature Club.
Copyright, Houghton-Mifflin Co.
Can You Answer These Questions f
1. Please identify snakes found in
tearing down a building on the bank
of the Farmington, Conn., river. Had
a yellow ring about the neck.- dark
slate back and dirty yellow stomach.
About 14 Inches lung.
2. Please explain the presence of
fish in a pool in an abandoned quarry
coining from drippings at the edge
of the quarry.
3. Why don't duck's feathers get
wet when the bird is 'n the water?
Answers in tomorrow's nature
notes.
Answer to PrevlmiN Questions.
1. How many eggs does an alliga
tor lay.' When?
The average number per nest is
about 31 eggs. The number varies
In individual eases, and some nests
have been found with a much higher
number of eggs. Probably some of
the reports of finding 60 eggs In one
nest are exaggeration, however. Lay
ing time is from January to Septem
ber, according to some hunters, but
actually most eggs are laid in June.
2. If you threw the seeds of
fringed gentian in a swampy place,
would they grow?
We never tried this, and can't say.
On general prinriples, we should al
low nature to do her o n solving of
gentian seeds. Tho plant does not
spread rapidly, and we sec 1:0 reason
why human sowing should be more
successful than "wild."
3. Is It known how many wing
strokes a bird can make a minute?
For sonic species, approximately
known. Some birds move the wings
too rapidly for counting or for pho
tographing. The heron, which flies
rather slowly, is thought to make
from 120 to 150 downward strokes
per minute. Very rapid wing strokes
are no proof of rapid flight, as may
bo seen iu the partridge. Tho hum
ming b'rd moves its wings so fast
only a blur can be seen it appears
to vibrato them, so quickly and con
stantly do they move, anil they are
probably not countable.
In Other Days.
Twenty-five Yrnrs Ago.
From T'l Orfriun nf IVrember 1. lf.
George M. Irwin, superintendent of
public instruction, is at the Imperial.
Every wheelman Interested in the
cause of good roads and cycle paths
is asked to meet Thursday night in
the Chamber of Commerce.
Berlin Herr Kritzen, centrist, op.
posed the budget In the following
words: "rVe will not allow our very
life-blood to be drawn nor will we
be allured by a pbanlon of world
embracing policy, which onco before
drove the German empire to Its
doom."
Waphlngton. The people of Hawaii
decide to be annexed, although op
posed by English and German resi
dents. CALLS J. ti. SAXK PLAI.IAHIST
Charge Clearly Itefuted, However, by
Examination of Publication Dnles.
PORTLAND. Nov. 30. (To tho Edi
tor.) You credit "John G. Saxe" with
being the author of tho poem
".Mourner a la Mode."
Whoever "John G. Saxe" Is, or was,
he Is a plagiarist of tho rankest kind.
Tho poem was first published anony
mously, In an obscure weekly paper
called tho Keenansvillo Observer,
published In a small village of that
name In Slmcoe county, Ontario, In
1S70 or 1 si. I know the author's
name and was Intimately acquainted
wth him, but for certain reasons do
not wish to disclose It. About 15
years after the date of publication of
tho poem I happened to pick up a
copy of the New York Mercury, then
five or six years old, and was amazed
to find the poem referred to over the
signature of "J. G. S." I communi
cated with the editor of tho Mercury
and received a reply from him in
which ho stated that as the matter
had become so old ho did not think
It of. any use to do anything about It,
but that "if "J. G. S.' offers us any
more poems we will know how to
treat him." F.
"Mourner a la Mode" is found in
"The Masquerader and Other Poems,"
by John O. Saxe, published by Tlck
nor & Fields at Boston In 1S66. The
book is avallablo in the reference de
partment of tho Portland public
library. Since this date Is some four
or five years earlier than that of the
Ontario publication, it is evident that
no charge of plagiarism can lie
against Saxe, whose reputation as a
poet from about 1S43 to 1S75 more
over was proof against attack. The
correspondent seems not to have been
aware of the possible sarcasm in tho
reply of the editor of the Mercurji
Saxe died in 1SS7.
Meaning; of Fanillliir Hussion Words,
TORTLAND, Nov. 30 (To the Ed
itor.) Kindly give the proper eignlfl.
cance attached to the words "bolshe
vest" and "soviet." These words are
r.ot found In our English dictionaries.
From present use 1 somehow class
them with disrupting political activi
ties, somewhat like tho North Dakota
nonpartisan outfit. 1NQU1CEK.
"Bolshevist" is of Russian origin.
In Russia It denotes a member of tho
radical wing of the socialist-democratic
party. Literally translated "bol
shevik!" means "larger," or "ma
jority." It was first applied to the
radical wing of the party In 1903,
when there was a split and that
faction was found to be In the ma
jority. Hence "bolshevist" Is general,
ly applied to persons who have radi
cal leanings. "Soviet" means "coun
cil" and is used In Russia to denote
the councils or committees of re
stricted selection that rule either
locally or nationally. Hence it ha
come to be arP'led to proposed forms
of Industrial or governmental control
wherein representation is confined to
groups or classes.
rlural of "Seed."
CAMP LEWIS. Wash., Nov. 28. (To
the Editor.) My neighbor contends
that In the sentence, "These huckle
berries are full of seeds," the plural
of "seed'' is Improperly used. His
contention is that when only one kind
or variety Is poken of the plural if
"seed" is "seed," but when two or
more kinds are mentioned the plural
Is formed by adding "s" to "seed."
Please put us right and give ex
amples. STUBBORN.
We know of no authority for this
particular distinction. The plural In
most cases Is cither "seed" or "seeds,"
yet In practice when the word Is
used collectively it sometimes retains
the singular form, as "bird seed,"
which may mean a collection of sev
eral varieties, yet we say "sowing tho
seed" when we mean but one variety.
But "seed" when denoting numerous
progeny retains the singular, form, a
"the see4 of Abraham,