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About The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current | View Entire Issue (Nov. 9, 1913)
f THE SUNDAY OltEGOXIAX, PORTLAND, NOVEMBER 9, 1913. fmnr COUNTRY OF SAXDIN1A, WHERE ARCHEOLOGISTS AND polo MEN ARE FOUND SEARCHING FOR PREHISTORIC WORKS AND FOR GOOD PONTES-INTERESTING PLACES AND OBJECT ATTRACT HUNDREDS OF TOURISTS. A PONIES AND TOMBS DRAW TO SARDINIA T "Fragrant Weed" Experiments !l Now Being Made on Dere I' ' lict English Soil. Archeologists and American Polo Men Are Happy in Gagliari. ERROR OF 1665 RECALLED NOTED HORSES PRODUCED BRITISH FARMERS GROWING QBAGGO While It Is Xot Expected to Surpass 1 1 Havana Blends, Crops Now j Show Quality Said to Rival ! Virginia Leaf. 1 LONDON. Nov. 8. (Special.) Har vest operations of an- unusual kind, so far as England is concerned, are now fa progress at Church Crookham, Fleet, Hampshire. They are taking- place on a farm belonging to A. J. Brandon, and the crop Is tobacco. A very good crop It promises to be, too. Tobacco growing: in England was a comparatively important and remuner ative industry in the early days of the 3 7 tli century, but the government of those times stepped in and stopped it in the year 1665. Therefore, what is going on today Is something in th nature of a revival, but on the most careful and scientific lines There are a little less than 130 acres of land under cultivation for tobacco in Eng land and Wales at the present day. and Mr. Brandon, who is chairman of the newly formed Tobacco Growers' Society, owns the largest crop. Re cently he invited a number of visitors to his place in order that they might nee at first hand the results of the exhaustive investigations which have been conducted at Church Crookham for some years past. Experiment Stage Passed. ' In view of what the others have done, it seems fair to state that to bacco growing in England has now passed the experimental stage, and that there is every prospect of Its becom ing an important branch of agriculture, always provided that it meets with the support of the government. It takes a good many years to find out what is really the best seed for a particular soil, but steady progress is being made in this direction. This is the fourth crop which Mr. Brandon has grown, and every year has been an improvement on the preceding one. In 1910 the crop was mainly ex perimental, that for 1911 Bold at an average of 6 cents a pound, that for 1912 at 12 cents, while for that of the year 1913 it is hoped to obtain 24 cents a pound, for some of the varieties, par ticularly Red Burley, are excellent in color and quality. Red Burley, it may be explained. Is a light tobacco used for cigarettes and fine smoking mix tures. Blue Pryor, which forms the staple of Mr. Brandon's crop, yields heavily, and is important in the manu facture of heavy pipe tobacco. ( Many Varieties Tried. . But at Church Crookham a good many varieties are being tried. There is a little Turkish, some Manila and Dutch, as well as Irish Gold. In addi tion, a strip of land, well protected by hopflelds, has been devoted to a trial growth of Sumatra, a variety which is In great demand for cigar wrappers. At its best this is of great value, fetch ing from 24 cents to $1.26, and even $2.25 a pound. This year's crop of Sumatra is not a complete success, as the leaf is somewhat spotted, but the experiment has taught some useful les sons. Mr. Bandon is quite frank about fu ture possibilities. . "I do not think we shall ever get the best Havana flavors : in British-grown tobaccos," he said, "but we may secure the best Vir ginia. We have already got quite smokable cigarettes, but we have done best with Blue Pryor, which is dark, mild shag tobacco." NOTED FEMINIST NEARS 80 Frau Edwig Dohm Soon to Celebrate Her Birthday. I BERLIN, Nov. 8. (Special.) In a few days the 80th birthday of Frau Edwig Dohm, who is the leading fem inist in Germany and the most ardent apostle of the emancipation of women, will be celebrated. Frau Dohm is the wife of the editor of Kladdcradatsch, the German Punch, and she has written numerous books In which she gives women advice on how to achieve their ends. Her writ ings are remarkable for their phil osophy, aad her aphorisms form the texts of speakers in the women's move ment. Here are some of her reflections on women. and the cause: Fill your soul with beauty, goodness anil nobility, and their reflection will shine on your furrowed skin. It is earthly justice that the faces of men will be like their souls. Give women a life filled with prac tical or intellectual interests which are higher than the cares of her little fam ily. Make her rely on herself instead of counting on others. To create is Joy; it Is almost youth. Seek to forget that you ought to die. Hypnotize yourself with the represen tation of life. The most beautiful art for me In old age is always to remain a puplL Never believe that it is too late to learn something. Keep on learning at tho hour of death. Learn to die in jjeace. ROYAL WRITER UNDER BAN Grand Duke's Play Kails . to Pass Russian Censor. ST. PETERSBURG. Nov. 8 (Spe cial.) A play written by the Grand Duke Constantino dealing with the life and death of- Christ soon will be pro duced in the Court Theater at Tsars-koje-selo. Thoucrh ChriHt Haah , w . pear on the stage, and his personality iuu umiiHiK am represented in a man ner to which even the most pious minds could not take exception, the royal author finds himself a victim of the Itussian censor. The synod will not give permission for the play to be publicly performed and the Grand Duke will have to be satisfied with a private performance. - Countess Brews Irish Stew. DUBLIN. Nov. 8. (Special.) A mono- thos who are helping to relieve the xnrrioie distress in Dublin, caused by ine laoor uispuies. is me uounteBs Mar kievics. who was-busily engaged cook ing today at Liberty Hall, where meals were given to 1000 famished children. "I am prepared to keep this hard work on indefinitely," the Countess said, "be cause these poor little children's par ents are engaged in a fight for free dom. I started this movement on a Saturday, said the Countess. "I learnt my cooking organization at Hamburg ooup iviicnen, ana undertook to work this business .for at least a month." I : : btefrWa4a TUNNEL CRAZE ON Subway From France to Eng land Much Advocated. PLAN FOR IRELAND IS UP As Result of Activities In Behalf of Gigantic Projects Question Is Asked Will Xot Bore Con nect America and Berlin. LONDOX. Nov. 8. (Special.) Lon don just now is seething with projects of gigantic tunnels. The Prime Minister has just received a deputation of British members of Par liament who desire to see a subway constructed . between England and France, because it would. confer enor mous trade' benefits and -give both countries a new source of food supply in war time. True, the cost ot a double tunnel would be $30,000,000, but a channel company, assisted by the South East ern and Chatham & Dover railroads and French Western railroads would readily find that amount. And Mr. As quith has gone so far as to promise that the committee of British imperial defense will give ' the project their most careful consideration to - see whether it can' be now definitely ap proved by the British Government. . . . Encouraged by this, a group of Lan cashire financiers has come forward and. demanded, that the ' question of a tunnel between England and Ireland shall be revived. They say there Is no scientific reason why a subway should not be constructed between Holyhead and Kingston harbor, and that this subway would do more to make the separation of Ireland from England impossible than would a dozen Home Rule bills, or 50 coercion acts. And in London itself financiers are discussing plans that have originated in Berlin to run a tunnel from Queens town to Nova Scotia, which would take 20 years to construct, cost some hun dreds of millions of : dollars to exca vate, but would. glVen a channel and an Irish tunnel, land Americans with ease in Berlin without troubling them once to embark on the stormy and treacherous waters. M. Albert Sartiaux, the author of the celebrated pamphlet Le Tunnel Sous La Manche, estimated, in a report pub lished in 1907, that, if built, a tunnel between England and France would be used in 1915 by no fewer than 1, 800.000 passengers. The coming of the aeroplane has, however, changed the aspect of the whole problem of National defense both for England and America. - England can no longer rely as she- has done on -f-a c r I the fact that she is an island. Almost in spite of herself, she has been drawn Into the meshes of armed complications in other portions , of Europe and she has now to realize that ,any , day she may be called upon to throw an army into Belgium or Holland to help her friends, Russia and Fiance, against Germany and Austria. Would not. It is suggested,, a tunnel in these circum stances bo a boon rather than a peril? IRISH . DANCING POPULAR Princess Mary Learns Steps in Addi tion to Other Attainments. - DUBLIN, Nov. 8. (Special.) In ad dition to her many other attainments. Princess Mary, the only daughter of King George, has decided to become proficient -in the art of Irish step- dancing. A young Irishman , named O'Brien, resident in London,- has been engaged to put the young woman through her pacings, and for this pur pose he visits Buckingham Palace twice a week, the lesson being of one hour's duration. Princess Mary caught the craze for step-dancing during a recent visit to Scotland,' where she was present at a highland gathering at which a little Irish lassie gave an exhibition of Irish dancing. A well-known Scottish dancer, who entertains Andrew Carnegie during the magnate's .- residence at Skibo, was- first imported into royal circles to instruct 'her royal highness, but he failed to get the Irish "touch into .the Princess' movements, and- the Irishman was Installed In. his place. WEDDING CUSTOM PASSES Etiquette Prescribes ' Buffet Service Instead of Breakfast. LONDON. Nov. 8. (Special.) The announcement that there was no formal wedding breakfast to follow Prince Arthur's marriage draws attention to a fashion now practically defunct. A well-known firm of . wedding caterers informs me that in circles where wedding etiquette is strictly followed, the breakfast is never given. Instead, there is a buffet from which sandwiches and champagne are served. In some cases there are not even chairs. The wedding breakfast fashion has been declining in England for 15 years, even . since the time for the ceremony was extended to 3 o'clock. Weddings now are usually fixed for 2:30, and that makes the hour late for - a sit down meal. The custom of speeches also no longer holds . good in society in Lon don. Xew Kaiser Wilhelm Canal. ,' Paris Matin. ' Widening and improving the -mile Kaiser Wilhelm Canal connecting the North and Baltic Seas, between Bruensbuettel and Kiel, will soon be completed. These improvements will increase enormously the utility of this waterway and have been so planned that in future years, if the draft of steam vessels should continue to in crease, the new locks can be still fur ther depressed to accommodate them. 'Jet ' vuti nrtwilif iWiifn ww-ao. SEX WAR DEPLORED London Writer Would Stay Muckraking Folk. ; INDECENT PAPERS FLAUNT Suppression of Dirty Publications Would Be" Advantage to Cause of Feminism . in - Reaching Its Goal, Thinks Journalist. LONDON',; Nov. . 8. (Special.) The war of the sexes in England has en tered a new phase. A number of public-spirited men ' have turned on . the militant suffragettes and ' denounced them, not because they ask for votes for women,, but . because of the mis chievous methods they use to stir, up strife. S. L. Bensusan, one of the best-known journalists in London, says: "The wo man with the muck rake must be made to etay her pestilential activities, or England will soon cease to be a place for the peaceful mind or pure in thought. "At the present moment,'' he asserts, "it is impossible -to travel far along the main thoroughfare of the great cities of England without being asked to buy some paper that is full to the brim of flagrant and offensive inde cency. The ordinary penny weekly of the baser kind is bad enough, but its contents bill or the picture on the wrapper suffices to proclaim its ob jects, and the fear of the law is before the minds of editor and directors. Porn agraphic within limits, it compares almost favorably with these other sheets that profess a serious purpose and in the interests of the equality of the sexes rake police courts and gutter in an ardent search for filth. Charges ot Substantiated. . "The underlying suggestion is that womanhood and childhood alike are in danger J&y man's unbridled lusts and that the average girl requires protec tion from the average citizen, and that justice looks with a lenient eye on of fenses that are the product of man's superiority in the eyes of the law. "In the past few months there have been circumstantial accounts of the kidnaping of young women and small girls who are supposed to have been carried away into something worse than ordinary captivity. The police know nothing. of these cases; indepen dent inquiry has failed to substantiate the charges, . a committee of inquiry has given the lie to many of them, and one woman, formerly prominent in the ranks of the fighters for sex equality, has stated with a candor Infinitely creditable that, the condition of things suggested by her former associates tyis i 1 -j. no existence. The stories are the fruit of unbalanced and unhealthy minds. "Nobody would, suggest that Of tenses against women and children do not oc cur in great English cities, and remote country places alike, but there is no Bteatistical justification for the state ment that they are increasing; nor is there the smallest reason to bielieve that they would tend to disappear il every woman, in these islands had the vote tomorrow. There are bad men who corrupt women and there are bad women who corrupt men. Hundreds of weak women, and weak men, too, are ruined, year by year, and the idea of making weak people strong, or viciouj people moral by giving women a vote would be humorous if it were not well nigh pathetic. Frankness Is Urged. "If the people vho desire to protect women and girls would be content to urge a franker recognition of sex prob lems and a certain amount of physio logical instruction for the young, they would find plenty of supporters. The criminal Ignorance in which children who must go out into the world is a sin and is at last being recognized as such. Everybody is agreed today that there is a difference between ignorance and virtue, but to multiply the ef fects of ignorance and vice, and to publish them broadcast, will not make a cleaner world. .A prurient publica tion Is bought for its prurience, and it is hard to believe that those flung broadcast so shamelessly can make any appeal on grounds of statecraft or high endeavor. They breathe an exaggerated fear of danger that every well-regulated state keeps under control; they put barriers between the most innocent of both sexes and they encourage morbid cravings for a class of reading that never yet did good to anybody. "At all events, it would be well if the British Home Secretary would add to his activities a strict scrutiny of some of the weekly papers that aim ostensibly at emancipating women. A fair interpretation of the law probably would bring some of them under the heading of obscene publications. Their suppression would not only be good for the general tone of the community; it would be an advantage to the cause ol feminism, which can never hope to reach the goal of its legitimate ambi tion by way of the sewers. There must be hundreds of clean-minded women who, after buying one or more of the offending prints, must ask themselves whether their cause is not weakened by associating with media for tho cir culation of prejudice and dirt." PRINCE J0HNIS JOCUND Amusing Tales Are Told of Young est Son of Knglish King. LONDON, Nov. 8. (Special.) Prince John, the youngest child of King George and Queen . Mary, Is 8 years old. He is one of the most interesting members of the royal family. The story of how he told his nurse to go to h , and how, when the Queen ordered him to apologize, he said to the woman. "You need't go," is by now well known. Recently he was again in disgrace He managed to get hold of Princess Mary's paintbox, and enjoyed himself hugely in decorating his face with brilliant stripes of color. Thus ornamented,- he reached the dining-room, where the King and Queen were en tertaining a distinguished party at luncheon. On another occasion a young matron was having tea with the Queen. She was anxious to renew her acquaintance with Prince John, and Jhe Queen sent for him. He was pleasant and polite when he came, and, his salutations over, he amused himself as he pleased. When the guest rose to leave several golden curls were on her chair. Prince -fastening the hairpins that held them, i 16 JURISTS JAILED Russians Imprison Viborg's Entire Supreme Court. CRUELTY SHOWN BY POLICE Conflict of Laws Responsible? for Outrages Finnish' Judges Lose Liberty Tor Obeying Constitu tion Instead of Duma. ST. PETERSBURG, Nov. 8. (Spe cial.) The sequel to the trial and condemnation by a small District Court at Petersburg of the entire Supreme Court of Viborg, which took' place last Winter, ' has come with dramatic suddenness. . Sixteen, members of the Supreme Court received an early morning visit from the police, a body whfese per sonnel, especially in Viborg, is steadily becoming more and more Russian. They were arrested, most of them while still in bed, and unceremoniously bundled off to the railroad station to catch the early train to Petersburg, They were not allowed to provide themselves with Russian money, which will make the first days of their im prisonment ' particularly . trying. The police ' showed unnecessary cruelty in not allowing the wives, of some of the Judges to drive to the station with their husbands. The object of the police tactics was to make' the' arrest without the possi bility of any demonstrations in favor of the prisoners. In this. however, they were not successful, as the news spread like wild-fire and crowds as sembled to cheer the Judges. On ar riving at St. Petersburg the prisoners were conveyed under strong escort to the Kresty jail, where they will be Joined by five of their colleagues who the police did not succeed in arresting at the first onslaught. Russian Jails will be their home ror the next 16 months. The conflict which led to this ex traordinary situation was a conflict of laws. Were tho Finnish judges bound to obey the Finnish constitution to which they had sworn obedience, or were they rather to conform to the new laws passed by the Duma in defiance of that constitution and with the in tention of wrecking it? The judges chose the former alternative, and, when a test case arose put their de cision into practice. They could not honorably have acted otherwise. Mean while, the Russian authorities are not content with imprisoning them, but in tend to deprive them altogether of their position and replace them with creatures of their own. They hope by these measures to get the administra tion more and more into their own hands and to terrorize the Finlanders into complete submission. The outrage has provoked the utmost indignation in Finland. Russia's policy in Finland Is ill-calculated to serve Russia's real interests in this country. Chinese Trees and Oranges. Indianapolis News. By judicious grafting on trees of Chinese origin, Spanish fruitgrowers have been able to produce trees that bear oranges of better quality and! which are productive' for 500 years. Mysterious Bound Tower and Other Objects of By gone Ages Get Attention of Scholars and Tourists. CAGLIARI, Sardinia, Nov. 8. Spe- cial.) Archeologists and polo men are not usually found in the same gallery. Tet they are happy enough here in Sar dinia. In fact, they have discovered Sardinia and shown the traveler in search of quietude and Interest at least one re maining spot in Europe not overrun with conducted parties of globe-trotters. Sardinia, in fact, was the most back ward of all the corners of the earth that are lapped by the blue waters ot the Mediterranean, until dry-as-dust ransackers in the mouldy records of the past found queer mysteries in the Sar dinian round towers and until the American polo players learned that here they could obtain most tractable ponies of a Barb strain for their sport. Government Aldn Trade. Away back In the 16th century cava liers used to draw from the island their prized chargers. They were of Moorish blood with local characteristics and were known as "Sards." Of late years the Italian government has seen good money in the perpetuation of this old established trade and has strengthened the breed of horseflesh by introducing several first-class Irish blooded hunter sires, and placing them at the disposal of local breeders at nominal fees. Three government reserve farms are kept going in Sardinia, and with their aid there is a supply of fine mounts for cavalry purposes ready for buyers at cheap figures. On the Italian mainland there is some talk of brigands, but in the little known Southern area and the beautiful fastnesses of the hills, nothing worse than partridges were found recently. Conditions ore Primitive. Down by the coastline the climate is unhealthful at some seasons of the year, for malaria- is prevalent, but In the mountains travelers may count on healthful though somewhat primitive conditions.. Within the past few months the "nu raghj" as the mysterious round tow ers are called have been exciting the scholars 'of Europe with the discussion of theories advanced by Dr. Duncan Mackenzie, of the British Archeolog ical School at Rome. Previously in vestigators have tried to associate these monuments with the famous Round Towers of Ireland and have suggested that the nuraghl were the tombs of giants. Dr. Mackenzie and his colleagues have demonstrated to their own satis faction, so an archeologist says, that these nuraghi were not tombs, but the fortified habitations of prehistoric dwellers in the island. Land Connection Indicate'. As to the connection with the Irish towers, there are increasing evidences that at the time of the building of these nuraghi there were connections between the Western Mediterranean and Northwestern Europe not laterally by way of Gibraltar, but by direct norti. and south routes overland. Other objects of archeological inter est are the pretty little chapels built at the time of the Pisan occupation of the island. Sacred wells, shrines and statues are quite numerous in Sardinia, of the tamo period, and a closer study, with exca vations, is sure to throw startling light on a bygone age. Altogether Sardinia is worth the attention of Americans who seek to discover interest off the beaten tourist tracks of Europe. KING'S TASTES SIMPLE AGRICILTIRB 13 ENGLISH RlXEK s HOBBY. George V Is Abstemious and Domes) ie. Skootlns; and Tennis His Principal Sports. LONDON, Nov. 8. (Special.) Kins George in private life is really the sim plest and quiestest of English gentle men. He is the most domestic of men. the kindest of fathers, and always happy in the bosom of his family. Thu King is the best father in England. Next to his children, the King best likes agriculture, but he has practic ally no time for this. He would have made a capital country gentleman, but he would never have been a master of foxhounds, for he is not keen on hunt ing and has not a garticularly good seat when riding. As he advances in middle age, though he has no tendency to corpulence, tho King finds an increasing need for ex ercise, which is why he not only rides every day when in London, but gener ally manages to have a set of lawn tennis. Indeed, in the grounds of Buck ingham Palace he has often had a3 many as half a dozen sets in a day. He is not a good server, but is strong when close to the net Golf possesses'no interest for him, and though once in a whilo he plays billiards he can seldom make a break of 20. His supreme sport is shooting, at which he excels. His majesty is a most abstemious man, not fond of champagne, but as a rule drinking a light white wine or whisky, well diluted. The King Lovcj a good English cheese both at luncheon and when he Is dining quietly. He likes a choice, somewhat mild cigar. and it is not unusual for him to con sume a dozen a day. He has little leisure for reading be yond what he devotes to studying tho daily papers, but when he takes up a book it is never a novel, but a volume of geographical exploration, and he is fond of studying the reports of tho Geographical Society of Lngland. Cruel Bridegroom. Judge. Men are inconsiderate -things," ob serves the bride of a few months. You are not growing pessimistic al ready?" smiles her friend. Well, they are selfish. Yesterdav Harry had the cook broil for him th nice lamb cheps I had ordered for my dog.". A
