THE MORNING OREGONIAN, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1923
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RETURN OF THE OLD LEADER.
Completion today of Woodrow
Wilson's 66th year places him In
the focus of the public eye, both as
a man and as a statesman and poli
tician. As a man, he has not only
held but gained respect by the pa
tience with which he has endured
and to a large degree overcome
physical disability and by his de
meanor as a defeated and retired
public servant. He has aimed to
give an example of the manner in
which an ex-president should act
by living in retirement, by avoiding
the public eye, by remaining silent
about public affairs and by dis
countenancing any second-hand
quotations- of his views. Ir was
currently reported that he opposed
the Washington treaties, but he re
fused to do anything to obstruct
their ratification. He would not
embarrass his successor in carrying
through the first great unit in de
velopment of foreign policy.
There have been evidences lately
that Mr. Wilson does not intend to
continue indefinitely this attitude
of non-intervention in public af
fairs. He signalized his. recovery of
physical strength by making a most
significant address to a great crowd
of his admirers, in which he voiced
the same ideals as formed the guid
ing principle of his administration.
There are increasing signs that a
large part of the democratic party
still clings to those ideals, still
looks to him for counsel in making.
them effective, and that he is will
ing to respond. Being so regarded
by the great party which had
placed him at the head of the gov
ernment, he could not be expected
to extend the silent seclusion, which
he considered due as courtesy to
his successor, throughout the lat
ter's term of office. Having given
Mr. Harding unhampered oppor
tunity to unfold his policy and to
set it in operation, he can rightly
again bring forward his own as the
alternative. He can properly ask
the people who rejected his policy
to reconsider it in the light of that
which has taken its place and of
the practical results.
As the champion of the ideals of
peace, justice and close co-operation
among nations through the
league, Mr. Wilson is a great figure
before this nation and before the
world. We may expect him to ex
patiate on those ideals in the lan
guage of which he is a master, to
endeavor to hold his party faithful
to them and to promote election of
a president who would contend
ably and manfully for them. That
party is so closely identified with
him and with all for which he
stands in the public mind that it
could not, if it would, repudiate him
and the principles for which he is
the mouthpiece, and there is no
cause to believe that it has such a
desire. Instances of revolt against
his league policy are sporadic, be
ing confined to certain states and
localities, and the dissentients are
too few and scattered to form a
formidable force sufficient to lead
a revolt against him in his party.
At best they stand for a negative,
for a demand that this nation stand
still when the whole sweep of world
events is forcing it to move in the
direction that he indicates.
Mr. Wilson cannot be unseated
as leader of the democratic party.
The question remains: In which
way will he exercise leadership?
He cannot expect to recover the
mental and bodily vigor with which
he entered the presidency. Men
have assumed as great responsibil
lty at a more advanced age, but
they had suffered no such break
down as he has and were such
rare exceptions of unimpaired viril
ity as prove the rule. But Mr. Wil
son can be the real leader of his
party, can choose its candidates for
high office, can build its platform
and mold its policy without himself
being president or a candidate for
that office. His part will, be that
of the counselor" to whom all lesser
democratic leaders will go for ad
vice, whose "yes" or "no" will de
cide whether men shall be lifted up
or cast down, from whom will come
the impulse that shall sway con
ventions, and he will direct the
course of his party in congress on
.: legislation
wholly pn the defensive; in 1924 he
will be able to take the offensive
against Mr. Harding's policy as an
important element in- defense of
his own. Mr. Harding approaches
co-operation with Europe as a
friend of all the nations concernefl,
who will help them to help them
selves, but will avoid any "involve
ments." From that point he may
advance to the formation of an as
sociation which would bind its
members only to confer before any
of them moves toward war, but
not to take action . such as the
league covenant provides. If by
the Harding method a settlement
with Germany should be reached
and be in actual process of execu
tion, if the Turks should be forced
to accept the allies' terms and' if
Europe should be well started on
the road to economic recovery,'
with all dangers tm its peace re-,
moved, an alternative to the hither
to rejected Wilson policy will be
presented. If none of these things
should be accomplished under the
Harding plan, the Wilson policy
may -be offered with far more posi
tiveness and need not be adapted to
changed conditions, unless those
conditions should be so changed for
the worse as to strengthen Mr. Wil
son s case.
The country is promised the in
spiring sight of a leader who
loomed larger and who suffered
more disastrous defeat than any In
our history returning to renew the
conflict on- the very field where his
last battle was fought and to claim
vindication. He upholds the same
ideals as were then treated with
contumely, and, as when Napoleon
returned from Elba, his hosts of
followers will doubtless be ready to
rally to him when he again pro
claims them.
swerving and purposeful get-there-ness
of the growing tree. ,
One need not plant acorns to
prove himself an optimist. There
are relatively fast-growing varieties
capable of thriving in every locality
that is not a dire desert. The pres
ent generation owes a greater debt
than it probably realizes to its tree
planting .pioneer ancestors. The
coming generation will have double
reason to tSe thankful if the work
is now continued on a larger scale
because need increases as time runs
on. The tree association directs its
appeal to the sense of the useful as
well as the beautiful.- But" In the
last analysis the sentiment that re
quires most to be aroused is the
sense of obligation to those who
come after us. It is a mark of
character and good citizenship, a
symbol of permanence of our insti
tutions, to the existence of which in
an earlier time we owe most of the
blessings that we now enjoy.
ATHLETICS AND CITIZENSHIP.
Dedication of a bronze memorial
tablet at Multnomah Amateur Ath
letic club gymnasium to the twenty-six
members of that organiza
tion who made the great sacrifice
in the world war brings strikingly
home to Portland the splendid
character of the institution itself.
For the gold stars on its great ser
vice flag are testimonials to the
worth of the youths it trained and
is training. They were represent
ative of the highest type of com
petent, courageous American pa
triotism. It is fitting that the fal
len heroes should be remembered,
not only by their club, but by this
city and this state.
There was a time when athletic
clubs so-called were held in dis
repute among decent folk. They
were the haunts of the ruffian, the
thug and the low characters of the
world of sport. Scandal hovered
ever about them. That the athletic
club need not of necessity sink to
such a level, but that to the contrary
it may rise to the dignity of a bene
ficial civic factor and take its
rightful place as the creator of citi
zenship, is attested by the record of
Multnomah. Wise counsel and sane
policies, a jealousuguardianship of
its cleanly principles, have made
possible the happy growth of an
unusual and meritorious institu
tion.
NEW INVENTIONS USED BY CRIM
. -: .. INALS..
Increased use of automobiles by
criminals, both in commission of
crime and in rapid flight to a con
siderable distance, has created the
need of similar equipment for the
police on a larger scale than at
present and widening the field of
police activity. For example, the
robbers of the Denver mint used a
car to reach the scene, as the point;
from which they fired on the
guards and to make "a clean get
away" and no trace of them has
been found. Within a few days al
leged clews have been found far
away in New Mexico and Nebraska,
but nothing has come from them.
To cope with this new develop
ment, the police of different cities,
also sheriffs, seem to need new
equipment and close concert of ac
tion. Criminals " In speedy cars,
who are also marksmen, can be
combated only by law officers who
are quick on the draw and sure of
aim, and by cars in which they can
be pursued and overhauled. A tele
phone summons, not only to near
towns but to other states, should
be able to summon men thus
equipped to head off ..fleeing rob
bers on any road leading from the
scene of crime. Each state that has
no constabulary may find advisable
co-ordination of the police of its
cities and the sheriffs of its coun
ties, in order that a call from the
state capital may put all of them
on the alert.
Violent crime is facilitated by
new invention and is on the in
crease. It can be restrained only if
the law keeps a little ahead of it in
use of these inventions. One of the
needs of the day is that the law be
swift in capture of criminals and
speed up their conviction and pun
ishment as the greatest restraining
influence.
AWAY 1'ROM POISONED ATMOS
PHERE.
President Harding has good, rea
son for his determination that any
conference on European affairs in
which the United States takes part
shall be held in Washington. Tha
atmosphere of European capitals
or even other cities is almost fatal
to the peace and frank, friendly
understanding which are, or should
be, the aim of all international con
ferences. It is full of the unisons
of hatred exhaled Dy century-old
feuds, of suspicion, deceit and
double-dealing. Secrecy is the rule.
for those vices could not flourish in
the free air of publicity.
Censorship still rules' in Europe.
Official "communiques" which pur.
port to give the news of confer
ences tell so little that they are
colorless or, if they give real news,
it is colored. Officials who reveal
more do so with a selfish end, to
which they color and distort facts.
At the Washington conference, by
contrast, there was an atmosphere
of friendliness and concord, and
proceedings were so freely given to
the public that the poisons which
infest European conferences were
dissipated. Publicity inspired confi
dence among the people .and rallied
public support to the treaties, de
feating the irreconcilabjes.
Mr. Harding can fairly ask the
European delegates to come to
Washington, for the object will be
to ask the help of the United States,
He must necessarily keep in close
touch with the proceedings and he
will desire that the senate watch
the proceedings. In that manner
he will be able to carry the senate
and public opinion along with him
and insure approval of all conclu
sions in advance.
DEATH OF "JIM" McCOWX.
To most men events beyond their
own routine, apart from their per
sonal joys and sorrows, are
glimpsed but occasionally. They
turn at the clamor of a headline to
stare out, wonderingly, at some
stupendous drama, some small
tragedy of the streets. At all other
times their vision is inward and
hooded and preoccupied, and the
changing stage does not distract
them. It was not so with "Jim"
McCown, whose, life work was to
gaze at tho interminable procession
of men and events, and for whom
death drew the curtain the other
day. For (12 years, a very brave
span in itself, he has been identi
fied with Tne Oregonian as printer
and proofreader.
You would surmise, perhaps,,
that the almost interminable task
of scrutiny, of meticulous attention
to printed fragments from other
lives, of stories grave and gay, and
others imbued with the terse final
ity of fate, must have made of him
a cynic. Triumphing in sheer vol
ume over the good, the yarns of
mortal frailty and error might have
twisted his lips to a wry smile. In
such case, if this had been your
anticipation, you, would have passed
"Jim" McCown unrecognized, as
the last to fit your theory. -A pert
whiskered, softly smiling old gen
tleman, with unobtrusive manners
and a way of fading compellingly
into the background. The patri
arch of the paper and somewhat
of a recluse.
As a texture is woven of divers
materials, the better to achieve de
sign, so the lives of at least a few
servitors are woven into the fabric
of every metropolitan newspaper.
They become an integral part of
the organization, and not even the
"thirty" of dissolution destroys this
intangible but sturdy warp. The
life of "Jrm" McCown bore and yet
bears that relationship to The .Ore
gonian. There is pride in the acknowledgment.
decide on some point between the
two extremes of cost in this and
competing countries which should
be adopted as the" basis of the duty.
As Mr. Costigan said, it would be
necessary "to measure the funda
mental conditions of commerce and
trade wtiich finally determine the
effectiveness of industries in this
and other countries," and these
"lie deeper than mathematical
costs." He raises this thorny ques
tion; " .
When taking Into account -the various
advantages and disadvantages of com
peting Industries, is the commission
under obligations to base its compari
sons only on those costs of production
which are incurred by efficiently and
economically conducted enterprises?
,That question requires an answer .
which congress may insist on giv
ing, to serve as a rule for govern
ment of the commission in advising
the president and of the president
in acting on that" advice. Contro
versy would then arise as to formu
lation of tat rule. Congressmen
whose constituents were producing
at high cost would demand a duty
based on that cost in order that
they might be saved from extinc
tion by foreign competition. Such
a basis would enable producers of
the same commodity at low cost to
earn exorbitant profit or to make
prices so low as to drive the high
cost competitor out of business or
to! confine his trade to a limited
territory within which cost of trans
portation from outside would pro
tect him. A protest from the pub
lic wouia go up against a tariii mat
either maintained high prices in
order to keep alive an uneconom
ical and inefficient industry orl
tended to throw production of any
commodity into the hands of a
monopoly.
The problem can be solved more
nearly correctly as a scientific than
as a political problem. But the man
who is threatened with business exj
unction by what he considers in
adequate protection will inject the
human factor into the solution, and
will appeal from the cold-blooded
economist on the commission to
the warm-hearted politician in con
gress the man whose heart warms
to the voter. The tariff cannot be
taken out of politics, when such ap
peals can be made. The work of
the commission will be a solid gain
through narrowing the field within
which politics -can work, through
supplying carefully and impartially
ascertained facts on which to base
action in place of the statistics that
congressmen have made and used
to sustain their case. The commis
sion should reveal whether high-
cost industries are supported by the
tariff for the national interest,
whether the tariff covers unneces
sary increase of prices by monopoly.
We shall be supplied with the
closest approach to exact facts that
is possible in regard to charges that
have been heatedly based on biased
and incomplete information and
that have been disputed on equally
inadequate grounds. We cannot ex
pect that tariff controversy will
cease, but it will be better informed.
Stars and Starmakers.
By Leone Cast Baer.
By voting with France instead of
Britain on reparations Italy shows
that it holds the balance of power.
That may be preliminary to exact
ing concessions from one or the
other in the Mediterranean or at
the Turkish conference. Afi em
pire is wanted.
Judging from the casualties at
tending the holiday drinking par
ties, the permission recently re
ceived by a California official to
taste forty-five samples of seized
liquor looks like the equivalent of
an invitation to commit suicide.
Not to settle a dispute but in the
nature of an affirmation it may be
said that efforts have beeri made
for fifty years to grow a seedless
apple and when successful the fruit
has gone to the hogs.
LOOKING FIFTY YEARS AHEAD.
Though at first glimpse the plan
of the American Tree association
which proposes to begin prepara
tions now to celebrate the cente
nary of Arbor day fifty years hence
will seem visionary, it has the merit
of appeal to a practical idealism of
which we can hardly have too
much. "If," say the association's
officials "if thirty millions of peo
ple are brought to see the value of
tree-planting,' then we shall' get
something done toward conserving
and protecting the forests of the
country." Thirty millions are a
hus-ft number a.nd vet it mflv be
Let there be no doubt that the mark has not been set too
that he will rule as did a masterful high. For let it be remembered
doss ot a rormer time. He is men- that more than twenty million
tally incapable of following advice, young Americans are constantly
oi taiving counsel, much more of
compromise. Either his will pre
vails or it does not; there is no
middle course. The lesser leaders
may incline to rebel against bowing
to this unbending will, but he is the
idol of the rank and file of his
party and can summon Ihe demo
cratic masses to whip recalcitrants
into line. Successful rebels are few
and very lonesome under the con
demnation of the great body of the
party. If Mr. Wilson should choose
to take the reins, he will drive, and
no heed will be paid to the protests
of the Reeds, Hearsts and others
who scorn his ideals.
The Wilson policy during the
next two years will necessarily be
modified in some degree by that of
President Harding and by its meas
ure of success. In essence it will
doubtless be the same, for Mr. Wil
son's mind is inflexible and any
material change would be a confes
sion of past error which he would
scout. But in 1920 Mr. Wilson was
A New York landlord was sent
to jail for sixty days for failure to
keep his apartment houses up to
the regulated degree of heat. In
consistently, his cell will be in the
warm - corridor. - -
The story that 10,000 carloads of
Wenatchee apples were dumped
into the Columbia is denied, though
of popular belief in the east. The
report aroused only a smile here
The British government declines
to pay the kaiser interest on Brit
ish bonds he owns. He should have
been smart enough to convert his
savings into American liberties."
The Turks consider it an imperti
nence on the part of Armenians to
be alive. Their only regret for the
massacres is that they left any Ar
menians to talk.
enrolled in the schools. It was
largely through the schools that J.
Sterling Morton, the founder of
Arbor day, hoped to bring to frui
tion the far-sighted policy in
augurated by him in 1872.
Nor is it idle to dream that men
who plant trees now will live to see
their hopes fulfilled. The mulberry
is in many respects as satisfactory
as the oak, the tulip poplar is a
tree of utility and beauty, the
maples are fast growers and the
various nuts are certain to reward
the generation that plants them
with lavish supplies of fruit and
wide expanses of, shade. We like
the genial far-sightedness of the
planter who said: "I don't know
how lo.ng it will be before these
trees bear, but I do know that they
will be bearing a long time before
the trees that are not being plant-
NEW PROBLEMS IN THE TARIFF.
If further evidence were needed
that it is impossible for congress to
frame a tariff that even approaches
adherence to a definite principle, it
would be found in the difficulties
ecognized by the tariff commis
sion, when it sets about administer
ing the flexible tariff provisions by
painstaking scientific inquiry, free
from political influence that tempts
to log-rolling. . Thisf'was admitted
by Edward P. Costigan, a member
of the commission, in a recent ad
dress at South Bend, Ind. He said
it would not be easy to ascertain
differences in cost of production in
this country and in competing for
eign countries, and that "many
thinkers view the undertaking with
profound scepticism, .which is in
tensified by their belief that costs
of production do not furnish a
practicable basis for tariff-making,"
and he added that "we are not so
much interested in mathematical
cost3 of production as we are in
the competitive strength of domestic
and foreign industries."
Evidently the task is not the
simple one of ascertaining the cost
of producing a given article in this
and the principal competing coun
tries and levying a dutyegual to
the difference. Mr. Costigan showed
by the example of sugar that there
is wide variation in the cost of pro
duction in this country, for he said:
The tariff commission's Investigations
have already shown that the costs of
producing beet sugar in the United states.
after deducting receipts for by-products.
ranged, in the one producing season of
1916-17, from a low cost of $63.58 per ton
in some parts of this country, to a high
cost of $135.36 in others, and that the
costs Of producing Louisiana cane sugar
at the Bame time varied from $51.01 to
$182.51 per ton. -
The task of ascertaining costs in
other countries, where information
The worst thing about Christmas
whisky is that it is not whisky and
inflicts an awful, penalty on vio
lators of the prohibition law.
Those Who Come and Go.
Tales of Folks at the Hotels.
The inevitable and to be expected
has happened.' The Hall-Mills mur
der serial has been dramatized. It
was tried out last week in Altoona,
under the title of "Who Is Guilty?"
The Altoona reviewers said it was a
"gripping and . thrilling mystery
play." However, the authors of the
play do not solve the mystery any
more than have the Newark police
in the original story. Save for the
ames, the story and the incident
the identical.
.-,'
Laurette Taylor's next appearance
will be in Fannie Hurst's dramatiza
tion of her own story, "Humor
esque," rehearals of which started
last week. After a tryout at the
Apollo theater, Atlantic City, on
Christmasrnight, the play was taken
to New York. Others in the cast are
Dora Davidson, Luther J. Adler,
Howard Lindsay and Elsie Gray.
Miss Taylor has the role of the
mother doneiby Vera Gordon in the
picture version of "Humoresque." At
the beginning of the play the
mother is 30 and at the close is
about 60.
In "Peg o' My Heart," Miss Tay
lor's big hit, she was in the role of
a 16-year-old girl; the picture veA
sion of the play has just been completed.
, .f
Of the 56 men and two women In
the United States, that hold insur
ance policies of $1,000,000 or more,
four are in the theatrical business.
Adlph Zukor, the motion picture
man, heads the list with a policy of
$5,000,000. Douglas Fairbanks and
Charlie Chaplin are both insured
for $1,000,000 each and Mary Pick-
ford holds a .policy for' a like
amount,
Norman Selby, known the sport
ing world over as Kid MoCoy, for
merly a great boxer, but now a mo
tion picture actor, and eight times a
husband, filed a -petition in bank
ruptcy in Los Angeles last week.
He listed his liabilities as $9056.57
and his assets as $200, representing
the value of three good suits of
clothes.
A. H. Woods- production of "The
Whole Town's Talking" has been
brought in for revision. The piece
is by John Emerson and Anita. Loos,
who heretofore have confined; their
piaywrignting activities to the
movies. John Cumberland heads
the cast. After several changes in
both script and cast the piece will
be sent out again early in the new
year.
"Burroughs Nature Club.
Copyricht, Houghton-Mifflin Co,
More Truth Than Poetry.
By James J. Montague.
This is Woodrow's birthday and
the Foundation is about full
Happy coincidence and congratula
tions are in order.
New York is putting round cor
ners on its curbs- to ease traffic,
which Portland did years ago. The
old burg is slow.
ed.". Here spoke the true philo
sopher, who knew that time has a j would be withheld, would be still
way of working wonders of its own. I harder. After all the facts were
The railway labor board enjoys
the unique distinction of not being
able to please anybody any of the
time. -
In all these storms the old Wil
lamette 'keeps its head that is,
it stays level. Reliable old river!
Little flurries like that recent
cold snap enable us to appreciate
this kind of weather the better.
In this section both a white
Christmas and a dark brown taste
next day are going out of fashion.
"Each Boy Scout who made the
hike to Eagle creek can qualify for
the degree of ,Rain-in-the-Face."
Most men in ordering their New
Year resolutions take care to get
the kind that break easily.
As soon as the sun resumes shin
ing you will notice the days grow
ing lpnger. : .
Judge Deich again has tilted his
scale. Moonshining now costs
$666.66.
Negotiations are being, conducted
between the Vanderbilt Producing
company and Warner Brothers for
the purchase by the latter of the
motion picture rights for "Irene,"
James Montgomery's success. It is
said that the film concern offered
$75,000 outright for the .screen
rights to the play.
With its third act rewritten by
Samuel Shipman, and after a three-
day tryout in Hartford, "The Lady
of Cristilinda," the new starring
vehicle for Fay Bainter, began its
New York engagement at the Broad-
hurst theater on Christmas night
The play is by Monckton Hoffe, and
under the title of "The Painted
Lady" had an out-of-town tryout,
which proved unsatisfactory, and
William Harris .Jr. directed the
show be withdrawn. Harris then
started to look around for a new
vehicle for Miss Bainter, but find
ing none available, made negotia
tions with Shipman to docter up the
piece. Shipman departed for At
lantic City, where he locked him
self in a room for three days, then
returned to New York, showed
Harris the script, which caused the1
producer to make negotiations for
a New York presentation. Arthur
Byron will be featured in the play
with Miss Bainter.
.
Olga's- leopards, late with the
Ringling Brothers and Barnum &
Bailey circus, opened for a tour of
vaudeville, playing through Michi
gan. Olga is carrying five, full
grown leopards and two cubs.
f
Thomas Meighan may return to
the legitimate stage next season in
a new play by George Ade.
The will of Marie Lloyd, the
vaudeville actress who died several
weeks ago, has been admitted to
probate in Lonffon., Her estate is
said to be worth $36,670. Among
her bequests were $500 to- Mrs.
Maud Wilson, her maid; $500 to' her
brother,' John James William Wood,
and the remainder of her property
to, be held in trust for her daughter,
Myria Matilda Aylln. '
Walter Regan, formerly a Baker
player, is appearing in a new mu
sical comedy called "Gloria." Patti
Harrold sings the title role. Flo
Irwin, who was the mother in
'Irene," with Miss Harrold as Irene,
is in the "Gloria" cast.
Jeanne de Ca-salis, a young French
actress, has been selected for the
leading role of "The Tidings
Brought to Mary," by the theater
guild. Paul Claudel, French am
bassador to Japan, wrote the play.
Isle Marwenga, a Binger from the
Nollendorf theater in - Berlin, has
the prima donna role in "Diana
Comes to Town," which opens next
week at Teller's in Brooklyn. The
show is a musical version of
"Lonely. Wives," with book by
Martin Brown. Charles Ruggles is
the principal male, player and oth
ers in the cast are Jack Squire and
Marion Ballou.
- J. Burton Green, known as the
husband and stage partner of Irene
Franklin and composer of her songs
left in estate of $900, according to
his will filed two weeks after his
death. Three pearl studs were left
to his daughter Margaret and a
narl riner to his daughter Irene.
Trophies, incfuding those he won as
pool champion of the Lambs' club,
New York, were left to the club.
Romance in business is not dead,
nor is opportunity to build fortunes
from small beginnings in Oregon
gone. There is in eastern Oregon
one of thA best-known citizens of
that section who started yith $2j
and an. inclination to work.; There
is another man east of the Cascade
mountains who also started with
$20. These men are both consid
ered in the millionaire- class today,
although they probably haven't
exactly that much money. Years
ago a man arrived at Jiugene ana
his sole capital was a case of pocket
knives. From this case of knives
has been amassed a fortune, and
now the man who started with such
a small beginning is one of the
largest individual property owners
in Eugene and is also vice-president
of the First National bank? This
Eugene man is F. L. Chambers, who,
with his wife; is registered a. -the
Imperial.
Fred J. Dibble, who has charge
of the motor vehicle licenses for the
state of Washington, and L. D. Mc-
Ardl-e, director of the department
of efficiency of that state, are reg
istered at the Imperial. These of
fleers are here participating in a
conference with a view to having
uniform traffic laws in Washington
and Oregon. There is an amicable
feeling between the, two states, and
in many respects their laws are
alike. It is the wish of these vis
itors that a Joint conference be held
some time in January by the roads
and highways committees of the
Oregon and Washington legislature
to iron out any little " differences
which may exist on important
phases of the. traffic laws. A sim
ilar gathering swas- held two years
ago by the legislative committees
and the traffic officers. .
After living a couple of years in
a quiet place like Rockaway, Tilla
mook county, an individual is some
what frightened on being dropped
down in the congested district of
Portland. A former resident ef this
city, who has been living at the
beach resort, came to town for
Christmas. The automobiles -whizzing
by and the clanging street
cars, although formerly familiar,
were strange and ominous. The
Rockaway visitor became so fright
ened at having to cross the thor
oughfares and dodge motor vehicles
that instead of spending ' several
days here he took the next train
back to the beach. The weather
along the Tillamook coast has been
very pleasant this winter, although,
of course, there has been an
abundance of rain.
Roy W. RItner, who may yet at
tain the distinction of being known
as "the pardoning governor," is reg
istered at the Benson. Mr. Ritner
is on his way back to Salem to con
tinue sitting' in the executive office
as governor, pro tern, until Ben W.
Olcott returns home from California.
There has been some discussion in
Pendleton, Mr. Ritner's home town
over his releasing a man who hypo
thecated several thousand dollars
from the county. Mr. Ritner knew
before he took this step that some
of the Pendleton people would dis
approve this action, but that did not
stop him. A condition of the.release
of this man. was a promise to repay
the money due the county.
Can You Answer These Questions f
1. Can a bluebird make a success
ful pet?
2. Do cats really feel with their
whiskers?
3. What is a good standard book
on forestry?
Answers in tomorrow's nature
notes.
Answer to Previous Questions.
1. Does the Baltimore oriole be
gin singing as soon as ne comes
north?
The full song with, any bird is a
feature of : courting, and begins
when the females arrive north. The
Baltimore oriole has a rather low.
whining or crooning note which he
sounds frequently or continuously in
the early part of his sojourn. This
is replaced by the full rich whistle
characteristic of oriole music as
soon as the male begins courting a
mate. ,
2. Why are there no earthworms
in some parts of the west?
We can't say why the Tact is
that these worms do not extend
their area to all parts of the coun
try. Some birds and some animals
keep to certain ranges and do not
penetrate others. The attractions of
a given habitat probably influence
this, and it may be that the earth
worms do not find the home and
food they like in the soil that is free
of them. The bobolink is an illus
tration of how changing food con-
itions may affect habitat, for since
the irrigation of certain parts of
tne west for rice fields," bobolinks
nest in sections where previously
they were unknown.
S. How many muskrats are there
in a litter and how are they fed?
Six to eight per litter, and oc
casionally two litters a year, the
latter point influenced by favorable
conditions of food and weather.
Muskrats are mammals and like all
that form of life, suckle their young.
Dave Ughtner will realize it is
easier to get on at McNeil's thairo
get off. ,
Nothing surpasses the patient, un-1 collected, it would be necessary to license yet?
Have you bought jour 1923 auto
Clara Mackin, formerly leading
lady of Leo Ditrlchstein, has brought
suit against Dr. Eugene Vigneron,
Chicago dentist, alleging imperfect
dental work, which impaired her
enunciation and lessened her earn
ing ability.
Ditrichstein supports her claim by
depositions.
The two , Dromios had no more
trouble than the two men named
C. F. Martin, who patronize the Ho
tel Portland. Both the Martins
come from the same place Seattle
Wash. Their mail and telegrams
have been getting mixed and the
embarrasments continued to the
point where the mistakes ceased to
be a Joke. As neither Mr. Martin
had any desire to change his name
the difficulty was solved by one of
the Martins adopting this method of
registering: C. F. Martin (con
tractor), Seattle. The explanation
that he is a contractor, whereas the
namesake is a traveling salesman
enables the desk clerks to know
which is which.
Sam A. Kozer, secretary of state,
was in Portland, yesterday attending
the conference of motor vehicle ot
ficials of Oregon- and Washington
Mr. Kozer says that his office
making preparations for the im
pending .session of the legislature
and will have everything in readi
ness by January 8, when the cierK
calls the roll for the first time, it
costs about $110,000 for Oregon to
hold a legislative session, and of
this item the salary naid to mem
bers is one of the most insignificant
items.
Alfred A. Ross of Astoria, regis
tered at the Benson, is in Portland,
giving orders for furniture. As As
toria will soon have its reconstruc
tion -programme under way, there
will be -need for all sorts oi iurni
ture. wincipally office furnishings,
and Mr. Ross is preparing to meet
the demand of his fellow towns
men. '
Although he travels far and wide
as a salesman for a school book
publishing firm. F. J. Sleeper al
ways registered from Goldendale
Wash., because that is where his
family lives. Mr. Sleeper is at the
Hotel Portland and is attracted to
the town by reason of -the conven
tion of Oregon teachers. .
On the banks of the Willamette
river, near Springfield, Or., is the
hoD ranch of James Clark, who ar
rived at the Imperial yesterday
noon. Mr. Clark was one of th
owners of the original townsite of
Springfield and made a. barrel, of
money out of it. ,
Loyal M. Graham, one of the rep
resentatives from Washington, coun
tv and a good roads enthusiast
registered at the Multnomah from
Forest Grove,- Mr. Graham is one
of the most experienced members
of the 19.23 session in, the house.
North and east of Echo, Or., is the
ranch of George H. Coppinger, who
is a wheat grower. Mr. (Jopptnger
is in the city for a few days an
is among the arrivals at the Im
penaU
J. A, Churchill, state superintend
ent of public instruction, is regis
tered at the Imperial, ne, is at
tending the meeting of the Orego
State Teachers association.
H. M. DuBois of Enterprise,
Wallowa county, is registered at th
Hotel Portland. Mr. Du Bois is at
terldine the. conference of school
teachers as a member of the pro
fession. '
J. D. Armttrong, one of the of
ficiaAof ths Sperry Flour company,
which bousrht the Olympic mills- l
this citv. is registered at the Hotel
Portland from Tacoma.
Mrs. R. M. Paulu, wife of the rail
road telegraph operator at Uma
tilla, Or., is registered at the Im
perial.
w. Burtovne. nronrietor of a res
taurant and confectionery shop in
Eugene, is registered at the Benson.
Not. Unlawful to Wear Coins.
GRANTS PASS, Or., Dec 22. (To
the Editor.) Is it contrary to law
to wear perforated coins on the per
son; provided they are old coins of a
denomination not now- in circula
tion, ouch as silver 3-cent pieces?
, W. M. THOMPSON. -
No. The element-of intent to de
fraud is the principal purpose de
nounced by. this law. (Section 163,
penal code of the United States.),
REPUTATION.
The man who wins his way
By wise and prudent deeds, f
Who shrewdly puts away
The money that he needs;
Though steady and direct
His bearing and his look
Will lead folks to suspect
That he's, at heart, a crook.
The man who frowns on wrong;
. Who will not take a dnnK;
Who never walks along
Temptation's slippery brink.
Who never has been led
Where bubbling beakers foam.
Of him it will be said:
"He drinks all right at home!"
The man who would not flirt
(As certain men will do);
Who looks upon a skirt
As something to eschew.
Undoubtedly has heard
Himself quite often called,
"A dangerous old, bird "
Especially if he's bald!
The man who seldom speaks,
But silent goes his way.
Because h vainly'seeks
For anything to say,
The brain within -v 'lose block
A gnat would scarce' suffice.
To him will people flock
For counsel and advice.
A Common Grievance.
TT - - r- . , 1 1 . .
unuie 3u.m compmina mat. no t.tui i v
get all the money due for income!
tax. . Neither can the income tax
payers.
A'Natlonnl Disgrace.
It begins to look as if all the
liquor coming to this country would
have to come in foreign vessels.
A Chance in Terms.
It used to be election day; now it's
rejection day.
(Copyright. 1922. by Bell Syndicate. Inc.)
j
HOME BREW AND THE CITIZEN
Does Man Who Hakes Bis Own
Qualify as Good American?
YAKIMA, Wash., Dec. 23. (To the
Editor.) What attitude does the
government take In the way of en
forcing prohibition in private homes?
Since the advent of prohibition it
has been my custom to brew beer
in the summer and make wine dur
ing the winter months. This is all
done in my own home for my own
use.
My next door neighbor is a strong
advocate of prohibition, and a short
time ago discovered that I was mak-
ne wine in my ce4Iar. His friend
ship cooled and a few days ago the
climax- was reached in a neaiea
argument.
Mv nrohibition neighbor insisted
that I was not only a law-breaking
and undesirable citizen, but also a
traitor to the government, and in
sinuated that my home might be
raided.
My contention was that the pro
hibition amendment was never in
tended to prohibit an individual from
making wine in his own home for
his family consumption. . I consid
ered myself just as good an Amer
ican citizen as he Is, Furthermore,
I informed him that law or no law,
my cellar would always contain a
little home-made drink of some sort.
Since this near-riot between my
neighbor and myself I have endeav
ored through different friends of
mine to ascertain just how the gov
ernment viewed this situation. I
find, however, that those who are
dry say that I am wrong, while
those incl ned to be wet inform me
that they are doing the same thing
as myself and take the same position.
President Harding's recent ad
dress to congress dwelt consider
ably on strict enforcement of the
prohibition amendment. v In view of
this fact it appears to me that the
present time is very appropriate for
the public to be informed just what
this enforcement plea is for. The
question is: Does or does not the
government sanction the act of
home brewing for one's own use?
HERBERT JONES.
In Other Days.
Twenty-five Years Ago..
From he Oregonian, December 28. 1R0T.
Christmas trade was better this
season than it has been for years,
according to a consensus of opinion
from Adolphe Wolfe, W. P. Olds, S.
Frank, John Gill, L. G. Clarke and
other prominent merchants of the
city. '
Portland will send a raft contain
ing 6,000,000 feet of lumber to San
Francisco. This will be the largest
cargo of lumber that ever left the
Pacific coast. The idea originated
in the fertile brain of Johan Poulsen,
of Inman, Poulsen & Co.
The Chamber of Commerce yes
terday guaranteed, if the war de
partment would devote a portion of
the $300,000 relief expedition appro
priation to their a'ssistance, to carry
out their plan for an advance expe
dition to the starving Klondikers.
Fifty Years Ago.
From The Oregonian, December 28. 1S72.
During the fire on Tuesday some
body carried a piano stool and a
small round table with walnut top
to the new Masonic temple, whore
the articles still arc. Persons call
ing on Mr. Pope, the janitor, and
proving the property can recover
them.
Old Captain Peter McKay, better
recognized by the appelation of
Truthful Peter, is now first mate
on the steamer Oriflamme. No man
is better known here among old
tars and salts and none more gen
erally liked.
On Thursday night last about
$15,000 worth of logs broke loose
from the boom at the sawmill ot
Smith brothers, in the upper por
tion of the city, and went down the
river. It is estimated that there was
about 3,000,000 feet of lumber lost.
Jacksonville. Or. Information
was received today that the infantry-
train was waylaid and fired on
bv Modoc Indians on xjosx river iai
Saturday. Several soldiers were
killed and wounded. Colonel Ross's
volunteer force were sent irom tne
west side of Klamath lake to rein
force the soldiers.
The federal prohibition director
says: under the government pro
hibition laws, the mere possession
or even the manufacture of intoxi
cants would not Justify the entry
and search of a home by federal
agents. It is only when evidence of
a sale is found that federal agents
may obtain a search warrant and
enter a home."
The states of Oregon and Wash
ington have "bone dry" laws which
not only prohibit the manufacture
but the possession of Intoxicants.
REAL SOCRCE OF OUR 1.IQUOR
to
Writer Thinks Public Taste.
Blame for Violations of Law,
OLYMPIA, Wash., Dec. 26. (To
the Editor.) Accept most hearty
congratulations upon your editorial
of December 22 about "Damming
jNiagara. ' .Never was the true situ
ation better described by either wet
or dry side. Your best sentence was
this one: "But a thousand times as
many law enforcement officers as
we now have will not make prohibi
tion a fact until the supply of liquor
is stopped at its. source." - No gospel
truth was ever greater than that.
Perhaps you- have some other
country or countries as its "source.'
One might infer this from a former
comment, but that would be erro
neous. The real source of liquor
supply is public taste and nothing
else under the sun. Until this radi
cally changes, "legislation and even
constitutional amendments are of
little use," said the statistician,
Roger Babson, himself "100 per cent
dry," as he stated in the same circu
lar Irom which the aforesaid is
quotedj He wrote most wisely and
surely! It is idle to pretend that
bootlegging would flourish as it
does without a powerful section of
the public back of it.
Only the slow education of public
taste can overcome desire for drink.
Laws, unless strictly adapted to
facts and conditions, -are utterly
hopeless as long experience has
proved. Allow no drinking in pub
lie places, such manufacture and
sale as we can control of all drinks,
beer and wines especially, and we
do all humanly possible in our pres
ent state of advancement.
JAMES H. S. BATES.
Winnings Taxable as Income.
PORTLAND, De.c. 17. (To the
Editor.) To settle an argument
will you kindly decide the follow
ing: (1) Is money won on an election
wager taxable for United States in
come tax?
(2) Is money lost on an election
wager deductible from United States
Income tax? - INQUIRER.
(1) Election bet winnings are
taxable.
(2) Election bet losses are not
deductible. Deductions not speci
fied in the income tax law are not
allowable..
JESUS CONDEMNS HYPOCRITES
Attitude of ' Arbuckle Compared
With That of Publican.
PORTLAND, Dec. 27. (To the Ed
itOT.)Your headline writer should
have said "Scriptures Misquoted"
instead of "Scriptures Quoted." Ar
buckle in his "plea" did not quote
scripture; he merely attempted to
do so.
For anyone ostentatiously to take
his stand In the eye of the public
as an American citizen is a serious
matter, but by no means as serious
as to claim to be actuated by the
teachings and spirit of Christ. We
would respectfully advise: Tread
carefully, Mr. Arbuckle; you may be
on ground and dealing with doc
trines with .which you are not fa-4
miliar. No other book on earth ap
proximates the terribleness of the
"teeth and claws" of our Bible In its
dealings with such things as you
call "misfortune and tragic acci- ,
dent," and which the jury that ac-
quitted you called "the happening a
the hotel, an unfortunate affair."
No mere person equals Christ in.
his scathing denunciation of hypo-
rThe penitent 'thief did not say to
the dying Christ, "I am not only
wholly innocent, but more' than
that." The "publican vho went
down to his house justified rather
than the other" (the "other" being
the Pharisee who dared to pose as
good) was the ne who, "standing
afar off, would not lift up so much
as his eves unto heaven, but smote
upon his breast, saying, God be
merciful to me the (R. V.) sinner."
Mind you, this publican did not say
"unfortunate," "mistaken," "hap
pen," as Arbuckle and the jury do
in describing the disgraceful epi
sode in question. He used the raw,
self-condemning word, sinner.
If Mr. Arbuckle is "wholly Inno
cent" why does he relate himself to
a "penitent thief"? Of what does
he wish the Savior to forgive him?
Was the picture which newspa
pers gave of Arbuckle running about
in pajamas during tne noiei orgy
"clean" and "wholesome"?
Of course no intelligent person
needs to be told that Paul, not
Christ (save by the doctrine of in-
spiration) was the author of "faith,
hope and charity," and that "three
graces" belongs to poets who lived
B. C. S. P.
Child Inherits Father's Share.
PORTLAND, Dec. 27. (To the Ed
itor.) X has real estate holdings.
He has two grown Bons and one son
is deceased. The deceased son is
survived by a little daughter, 7
years old. . In case X dies without
leaving a will does the little daugh
ter of the deceased son Inherit her
deceased father's share or not? To
settle a dispute on Oregon law.
SUBSCRIBER.
The child inherits
share a the estate.
her father's