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About The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current | View Entire Issue (Dec. 21, 1913)
THE SUNDAY OREGONIAN, PORTLAND, DECE3IBER 21, 1913. THE- LMXERV SUCCESS &a?m CBc5BP2V5AXIONS ITif THOSE XFP 7V.BAR THE HDP.- LpOKJKG DOWN". . BY SHAD O. KRAXTZ. TO have charge of nearly $17,000,000 of other people's money la quite a responsibility. Kdvard Cookingnum. vice-president of the '.add A Tllton Bank, realizes It - and appreciates it. Besides being the directing head of one of the biggest financial institu tions in the Northwest. Mr. Cooklngham has an active part in the management of about a score of other financial and' industrial concerns In which the badk Is directly or Indirectly interested. "A banker." he says, "owes more to the public than does the public offi cials. -He must never forget that his in dividual acts at once become the arts of the bank. Anything he doea re flects upon the bank. An Indiscretion may injure the bank. -After all. a bank Is nothing more than a great human Institution. It represents, merely, the character of the Individuals who manage it. "The success of the banking business depends entirely upon the personal equatlom Infused Into It by Its officers. who are brought into daily contact I with the public, and often upon the character and daily routine work of these men a bank will stand or fall." Trvst Regarded DerloHljr. In other words. Mr. Cookinghara takes his trust quite seriously, as. he says, a banker should. He is a banker by choice. He was not led into it blindly nor was he thrust into It hy accident. Had fate followed the course along which 'she started to direct him he would be a railroad man doubtless a general "manager, a president or some thing for in the 10 years that he was in railroad work he made rapid ad vancement Like almost all successful men St modern times, he started his career at the bottom of the proverbial lotMer. He was a stenographer. His first em ployment was in the construction de partment of the old O. K. tc N. Com pany. He did so well at it that he soon won promotion and advanced in rapid succession through the account ing, the operating and maintenance de partments, taking on. with each ad vance, added responsibilities. He seems to thrive on responsibility. Along about 1S91 be was offered a place In one of the' Portland banks. Ite accepted quickly. "I didn't need to hestltate about it," be explained recently. "I decided at once that banking would suit me bet ter than railroading. Rallrvadlag Deemed V eertalm. "It was a more stable business than than railroading. In the 10 years that I was with the railroad Its staff was almost completely reorganized five times. The prospects looked might un certain. And then a railroad man al ways is subject to call into distant states. I liked Oregon too well to contemplate seriously a future of such uncertain habitation. "So I considered my chances to go into the banking business most fortunate. Whatever little success I may have had dates. I believe, from the time that I decided I'd try to become a banker. After a few years In the banking service. Mr. Cookingflam's capabilities came to the attention of the Ladd & Tllton Bank. They decided that they needed him. So they got him. That was 17 years ago. He has been there ever since. His first duties gave him charge of the various banks In other parts of the Northwest In which Ladd Tilton were interested. Gradually he assumed more and more executive responsibility. When the bank was Incorporated In liing he was made vice-president, the position he holds today. He has charge of the intricate organization through which a big bank does Its work. Banking Changes Neted. Banking is a whole lot different now than it was when he entered the field. One of Mr. Cooklngham's amusing ex periences was with an old-style patron a man who wanted to borrow money. That was just about the time that the banks had started doing business on the scientific hair-trigger basis that governs their methods today. Mr. Cooklngham required that the HORRORS! GERMS OF "LETTERITIS ABROAD. CURE? WRITE THE MAYOR '"Bog" of Advice Seizes With Virulent Grasp Citizens of All Degrees Bacilli Both Good and" Bad Remedy Consists in Instant Epistolary Application to H. R. Albee, Which Will Drive' Complaint' from System. BY LAWRENCE O'DAT. IK you have "letterttis" write to the Mayor. If you have something in your system that hurts you. sit down and write to the Mayor about it. You will not be the first one who has done so: hundreds of men and women busy thems-!ves writing to the Mayor, as head of the city govern ment, offering him advice on how properly to conduct the affairs of his office; when to do this thin or why he MhniiLI not do the other thing. No. gentle reader, tiie Mayor Is not 1 lacking tor advice and counsel and the peculiar tiling "bout it all is that j each mail usually brings at least two letters on the same ubject from the "wise" ones of the city, each t:iking an opposite view and Instructing the j executive to act accordingly. ' I If the Mayor should attempt to I please all of those who write to him Dn all subjects, he would have the 1 man who triwl to carry w.-uer on botn I ahouMet-K Ixattn to a frazzle. V .lether k one is able to Jugcle a couple of wa terpotK, one on each shoulder, may be open to question, as almost an thing may be n.cornp!;shed In this .age of wonders, but if the Mayor should de cide suddenly to conduct the c!t's af fairs according to the advice of thoee who. evlder.ly in good part, try to steer the ship of state for him. he would have a double-jointed government for lair Take, lor eamr:e. when the Mayor Issued his ukase against the diaphan r7 y1'1! 1Z r v 5 Pa ub . " 1 J ' ''' i . - - I ye y - , . W v 7 U 1 ? - - v . V . I 1 - 1 y rr, - 7 . aV - - . - 7Si v - ; - ! y - l man make a detailed statement of his financial affairs, as all borrowers are required to do now. s "I never had to do that before." ex postulated the man. "I know." agreed Mr. Cooklngham, soothingly, "but we do things differ ently now. All banks do It." It took the man a long time to un derstand. He related his previous transactions with the Ladd & Tllton bank. "Why, I remember," he said, "when I borrowed $20,000 from W. S. Ladd himself, when $20,000 was a whole lot of money. "I wanted to go up into Eastern Ore gon, buy some cattle, bring them to Portland and sell them. Karly Methods Recalled. "Mr. Ladd agreed that It looked like a good business proposition. After we had it all fixed up for the loan Mr. Ladd semed a little contused; then he said: "'Let's see; I know you. but I don't just recall your name.' "I told him my name, bujt that didn't seem to satisfy Mm. - 'Are you married' Mr. Ladd asked me. " 'Yes. sure,' I told him. " 'Didn't you marry Miss ?' "'Yes, I'm the fellow." "'All right,' Mr. Ladd concluded, "you can have the money. I know your wife and I know that the man whom she would marry must he good for an accommodation here any time." " Times have changed now. Loans are not made these days. Mr. Cooklngham insists, on a man's wife's reputation, ret W. S. Ladd. it Is generally agreed, waa a successful banker If ever there was one. His methods were the meth ods of the times. In bringing about the changes that present such a sharp contrast between the banking methods of the past and those of the present Mr. Cooklngham has played an important part. He has kept abreast of the times. In recent years he has taken a deep interest In currency problems. He has studied the currency and monetary questions and Is considered an authority on the sub ous gowns. Every mail brought forth letters, some criticising him as a prude and others complimenting him. Some intimated strongly that he waa "an old woman." while many others ex pressed the sentiment that, for once, Portland had just the right man for Mayor. Thus is It on every subject of public consequence that haa arisen since Mayor Albee moved into the City Hall and proceeded to run the city as best he might. "Letteritis" seems to be a disease that Is very prevalent, although the Health Officer has not as yet made any official report on it. Neither Is it confined to any special district, al though it has been more or less acute of late iu certain sections of the East Side, where the symptoms were unique and noticeable. It has. however, de creased in the immediate past to an appreciable extent and indications are that it will continue to diminish in the central portion of the city lying Just east of the river, wherein it has been the most active for some months past. Exposure to the open air seems to have brought about a sudden stop to some of those most inoculated with the germ of letteritis." and it Is be lieved that fresh air and exposure to the elements are proving the best cure. Genua Good and Bad. So far as known, there appear to be two distinct varieties of "letteritis" germs good and bad. Once inoculated with the good germ a person is able to see something worthy In the acts of his fellowmen. but when the bad g. rm pi-ts Into one's system one is Im mediately able to see all manner of ulterior motives in others, he oe:rg obsessed with the hallucination that j none but he is fit. Both Rinos are working at present in Portland, although- on an average there are more of the good than the bad. One distinctive symptom of the bad germ is that It has a tendency to cause the writer to omit his or her name when communicating "information" to the Mayor or when loading him dowti with advice. Scarcely ever does a letter filled with vindictive comment find its way to the payor's desk but that it is un signed. About the only exceptions are) thoe well-known writers. A. fltixen. A. Big Taxpayer and A. TourlaL We all have the pleasure of their acquain tance and not Infrequently do they contribute to the daily round of rou tine in the office of the city's chief executive. Citizen. Taxpayer and Tourist are dauntless and fearless when forward ing by I'nrle Sam their little contribu tions on how a great city should be run. and equally Insistent of their ab solute ability to handle any and all problems that press forward for solu tion. I toes the city need a thorough cleansing? Do not worry; Citizen ject among bankers on the Pacific Coast. He has followed financial af fairs In all parts of the world: t arreacy Fvnnd Intricate Study. "It is an Intricate and difficult sub ject even for a banker to master." he says, "and I feel that I have yet so much to learn that I am afraid I have not made much more than a begin ning." Mr. Cooklngham Is not a native or Oregon. He was born in New York State, but his active life has been de voted to the interests of this state. His career is concrete proof of the fact that there is opportunity for success in the banking field. "The banking business as a business doesn't offer the largest opportunity for the young man," he says, Excepting up to a certain position. Official positions are not numerous. Often deserving young men are not promoted because no vacancy exists. The opportunity for promotion, although It Is deserved, may not come for years. I know of a num ber of young men in Portland banks who are deserving of 'promotion but who are held back because, there Is no place for them. "Banking Is not like the law, medi cine, engineering or other of the pro fessions where individual effort is often more quickly and more amply rewarded. The opportunity for geniua is not so wide. - "The moral responsibility of the banker and the bank clerk is unusually great. He owes this responsibility to the stockholders, the depositors and even to the borrowers. "A successful banker must have strong moral fiber; he must have tact, an engaging personality and must con stantly use all the best qualities that go to make up a good nusiness man. ' "He must have good Judgment, the strictest integrity, forethought, the ability to read the future and discover possible signs of danger, nut ne musr always remember tne responsibility ne owes to the public. "Yen. I think that to the young man who can feel and carry this responsi bility and who is patient and willing to advance slowly toward executive po sitions, banking offers an inviting field." will kick through In due time with the "how." Is the city too "goody-good?" Old Taxpayer will provide the way whereby we can get it back Into prop er condition: only give him time. ' "Letteritis." however, thus far, is not a very bad disease mid Mayor Albee does not consider taking any severe measures to check It, although as Com missioner of Public Safety, it would become his duty so to do in case it should become alarming. As a matter of fact, the Mayor rather enjoys hearing from his con stituents and gives due consideration to Citizen, Taxpayer and Tourist when ever they see fit to recommend any thing or nothing: I. e, he looks over each epistle carefully, figuring that some time an anonymous writer might say something worth while, and when nothing is found worthy of considera tion deftly chucks them In the waste basket and proceeds to forget them. Chickens, cats, dogs in fact, every thing, furnishes "meat" for the festive letter writer. Not long ago The Ore gonlan printed an editorial note, end ing by expressing the disgust of the writer over a noisy rooster, which crowed every morning, while its weal thy and beautiful mistress slept se renely through it alL The next day the Mayor received a letter with the clipping pasted to it and the lo.lowing comment: "I say tax cats and . kill orf the roosters." But that writer was only one with Ideas on this question of poultry, etc-, in the city; many others have written to say they feel that a person should be permitted to have chickens and other pets in Portland and resenting the suggestion to the contrary. And thus it is with almost every subject that develops In the city. Drive Complaint From System. Changing the name of Broadway was a subject vhich developed a host of writers, all with suggestions; many protesting against Changing the name and about the same number favoring various names. One man suggested calling Broadway on the East Side Pic adllly, the name of a great street In London. . Of course It would be impossible to adopt the suggestions of all these writers, yet their views had to be considered by the Mayor, to whom they addressed themselves. It all requires time, but it has to be done. Being himself able to appreciate humor. Mayor Albee really 'enjoys let MEXICANS CANNOT TELL WHY THEY'RE FIGHTING Hatred for Americans Made Evident on All Sides Correspondent Gives Insight on Condition .in Southern Republic. BY STANLEY WEST. V ETERANS In the grim trade of war have no sympathy with the Inauisitlveness of the corres pondent. Professional man-slaying hav ing been denounced by the best regu lated humanitarians for a number of generations may have something to do with the modern soldier's attitude. At all events he prefers accomplishing his killings In the dark, so to speak, and resents exceedingly the natural desires of the conscientious scribe to tell the people buck home what Is doing at the front. Just three months ago. In the warworn state of Chihuahua, I wit nessed, at a reasonably discreet dis tance, the utter annihilation of ber of so-called rebels whose ammuni- tlon was exhausted. In life those same rebels had loudly proclaimed their con stitutional patriotism. Patriot or rebel, constitutionalists or non-constltutional-ist. the title availed them littlo when they were caught shj- in the matter of cartridges. Martyrs1, crowns may be awaiting them, but I can take a solemn oath that they tilled no martyrs' graves, nor any graves t all while I remained In the neighborhood. Their bones may still whiten the hillsides near Terrazas for all 1 know. The point I wish to illustrate is this: That it was a dark and cowardly kill ing of defenseless men, perpetrated in the dark and connived at darkly by the Mexican powers that be. Of course.I had no constitutional right to be snooping around the battle fields of Mexico, and the commander of that particular band of murderers told me so in fluent and unmistakable Eng lish, acquired in a famous American university. Although a journalistic free lance, I was accredited by certain Amer ican and English periodicals for whom I had acted before. "Dead Men Caa't Flgai," Is Reply. I told this particular isjurderer, Guer ro so, and in the same breath inquiring as to his need of slaying defenseless men. His reply was typical of the sis ter republic, down South: "We caught them without the muni tions of war. Do you fools imagine we are going to watt till Uncle Sam fur nishes them with more? Dead men can't fight," quoth Colonel Guerro. The wires had been but recefltly re-n.i,-u4 orwi T aouarht the telegraph of fice, having what is known in the cult as a "good story." Uniformed Janitors of the telesrraph oflce saluted the war correspondent effusively, and the oper ator smiled blanciy as ne gave me receipt for the telegraph tolls, but un til I glimpsed the United States portion of the Rio Grande I refrained perforce, from describing that one-sided fight on tne slopes oi xeimsna. . Please don't think that this rigid censorship is confined to Mexico. The professional slayer is the same every where. I can tell of happenings in the far off Philippines that refused to look the garish day in tne face. The censors could not pass them, and the newspapers would not publish them They were Impossible. Episodes of the Boer War are merely hinted at. I knew a correspondent of a big London daily In the South African trouble. He hated war and proclaimed his hatred unmistakably. He also roasted the young British officer for his brutality during that war, and his strictures were countenanced by his great London daily. He went to Japan, during the RusBian-Japanese imbrog lio, and Japan refused to accredit him. He crossed to Vladivostock and Russia said, "Isn't your name Hale?" Troth Kills Occupation. It was, and Russia firmly insisted that he traverse the trans-Siberian Railroad and tell hia srreat London dally what he thought of that project. He did so and thus ceased to oe a war correspondent, merely through agree ing too openly with the late General Sherman and through paraphrasing that great general's vernacular. But this Is traveling far from the warlike situation in Mexico, which is ir.v immediate subject. The reason we get so little detailed truth from the Southern Republic is that not one out of ten knows What he is fighting for, and not knowing, cannot tell. The Mex ican situation looms darkly in the Uni ted States of America; in Mexico if. looms up black as Hell. Not one fight ing man In 100 knows what he is fight Ins: about. He realizes that he Is fight ing and that is the extent of hia knowl edge. And he dislikes intensely the fact being sent broadcast over the world. Hence there is the most rigid censorship in Mexico, regarding news of its happenings, that this war-crazed world has ever seen. There are Con stitutionalists, non-Constitutionalists, rebels, Huertaists, Maderists. Catholics, soldiers of fortune, free-booters, brig ands and other patriots. They are just fighting, that's alL A rebel lx a Constitutionalist and a mercenary of the dictator is a Federal and a patriot. A brigand from the North slays his fellow from the South, in the name of liberty. Neither of tbera knows the meaning of the word. There Is one thing they know, how ever, or so imagine: That the United States is their inveterate and implac able enemy; that the northern repub lic is bent on their undoing; has de signs on their vaunted independence. Occasional patriots, with a knowledg able grasp of the situation, have told me, in our camp-fire talks, that the United States did not realise what they were fighting for. I have assured such repeatedly that the states surely didn't i "Leave la Alone," Is Reqwesx. j "They don't understand usl They have tried to exploit us," said one keen-eyed fighter. "Why don't they leave us alone?" j No matter where you travel in Mex-; Ico. there Is one hatred more prevalent than all others, and that is the hatred of the gringo. Yes. it is something more than hatred. More than one sneer surprised me when discussing in ternational complications. And that sneer was always at the expense of the United States Government. A govern ment that Is not game enough to take care of its own citizenB is no govern ment at alL That is an expression 1 have heard repeatedly in various dis tricts of Mexico. Orte fighting person, with whom I talked at Madera, claimed to have assisted the Cuban prior to the Spanish-American War. 1 really cannot pretend to rive his exact words, but it sounded something like this: t "G-rrrrr If that Koooos'velt he be Pres'dent of you United States, you ter time. And, too. not Infrequently does some one write him something which proves of real value to the city. Many persons write in good faith, leav ing off their names because they do not care to become - involved in any investigation that might follow the re ceipt of information of a nature that would cause the Mayor to take some official action. . Many persons have not the time necessary to pay a personal visit to the office of the chief executive of the city and jot down their sentiments or some information they wish him to have In a letter and post it to him. As Mayor Albee is always glad to receive valuable Information and ad vice, he Is ever alert to pick out of his mall anything which .may afford a basis for making the" crty cleaner and better or any department, bureau or division more efficient. Therefore, if you have anything working on you, get a batch of "let teritis" germs and get it out of your system by writing to the Mayor. think e allow American men be kilt? No! seenore!" Truly Is there a scarce-veiled Con tempt for the present administration la Washington that is in Mexico. Two years ago I - wandered Into the fastnesses of Bajo. or Lower Califor nia. It was toward the tail-end of the Madero administration, and certain di vers Interests In the labor world were Intent on nothing less turn the estab lishment of a communal commonwealth n that climatically favored peninsula. The situation was an interesting one to a student, and a war correspondent. Two of us drifted over to Tia Juan a together. We looked upon as pretty a little scrap as an unregenerate retailer of war news might wish to see. w e saw 80-odd confident sons of the North chase double that number of sun ourne(j warriors Into the desert those able to perambulate. We witnessed the subsequent events, the occupation by the victorious white-facea gang of fili bustered, and their ultimate defeat at the -hands of some aou naii-ciaa Mex ican Indians. This is merely an inci dent: the moral Is yet to come. American Told to "Beat It." My companion was a self-acknowledged tenderfoot In the art of depict ing warfare, but his paper wanted to know, and it was amotobly great East ern newspaper at that. The ha-fiav age conquerors were fittingly celebrat ing their victory on a fiery spirit by the name of tuquila. Their strictures on the ineffable cowardliness of the white race are -really not printable. -Tet two bold Caucasians did seek to .ater view the kingpin of that dark-browed fighting bunch. I magnanimously al lowed by associate to interview Gen eral Vego first.- "I represent the New York " said he confidently. "Oh! you do, do you?' said one Cap tain Gonzales, Chief of Staff. "Well, you'd better beat-it while the beating is possible." He salcf It in Spanish, but that is the best interpretation I can give here. Two minor officers were detailed personally to see that the rep resentative of the New York ar rived at the border in the least possible time. I was more diplomatic one has to be diplomatic in Mexico. I flashed the cards of the X,ondon daily this and the Paris that neither of which was I really entitled to represent still, I got my story, all the toquila I didn't want,, a big meal that I did and an escort to the American side. Which all goes . to prove that the gringo is looked upon with suspicion In the land of Huerta. Ana I trust you allow a mere free lance correspondent telling him that it serves him or rather his country rightly. I hate war who doesn't? Still, when dealing with war ring peoples the mailed fist is the only tangible argument. GHOST THEORY IS GIVEN THEOSOPHIST SAYS RE-APPEARANCE OP STEAD POSSIBLE. W. Rogers Declares Pyseble Phe aemena la Real ScJenee and DlMcusses Program. BY M. B. WELLS. The trouble with interviewing emi nent scientists, astronomers and theos ophlstB, particularly theosophists, is the strange and difficult words they use. Because I know a few of these I waB permitted to approach L. W. Rog ers, a famous theosophist, who arrived In Portland recently. Providing myself with a glossary of theosophlcal terms I boarded a car and proceeded to a handsome Irvington nonse wnere I Knew ne could be found "Mr. Rogers," I said, after I was ad mitted, "tell me what is the meaning of aevachan. The gentleman looked at me with genial smile. He was an exceedingly American-looking person, bright, quick in manner and speech. "Devachac," said he. "is a word that theosophists do not use any more because so few people know how to spell or pronounce it. Theosophy Is not a Jargon of In comprehensible terms, but a plain, practical philosophy that any sensible person can understand." , I put the glossary firmly away in my innermost pocket and took another start. . "Mr.-Rogers," I said carefully, "you have read the papers about the recent appearance in London of the ghost of W. T. Stead. Do you believe that to be true?" "I see no reason why he should not have done 90, although I know nothing about It personally. It Is common enough for departed persons, usually spoken of as dead, to reappear In vis ible form. Of course, this is usually done under certain necessary psychic conditions, such' as the-presence of a medium." "How can we know that those appari tions are the persons they a&sert they are?" "We can't always be sure. Frequent ly the apparition states that he Is someone he Is not. butthat does not disturb the possible fact that he Is a genuine ghost. The question, of spirit identity is often a difficult one. In the cae of Stead his alleged appear ance may prove to be fraudulent, but that would not discredit in the least the reality of phychic phenomena. There 1s genuine . and spurious phe nomena as well as genuine and coun terfeit mcney. The existence of coun terfeit money does not prove the wortlr leseness of the good. The trouble of psychic phenomena is now admitted i by vast numbers of highly intelligent people. Harvard university, for ex ample, recently established a chair of phychlcal research. This shows that it has become a recognized science." Mr. Rogers is in Portland for a week and is delivering a series of free lec tures on theosophy and occultism in iilers Hall, corner Broadway and Alder Peter and Paul. Lippincott's.) "Wliat Is it your hufband wants to seo me about. DeJ.la?" asked Mr3. Bor rousrh's father. - "Why father." saM Delia, "I think he wanted to borrow a couple of hun dred dollars from you. He's so anxious to get out of debt." i , UflH T. B. KBUHAUSEN. state chairman of the Progressive party in Ore gon, used to be a newspaperman. He broke into the newspaper game In 1S95 as editor of Die Volks Zeitung. a German weekly of St. Paul, Minn. . The paper was founded .by his father. To add variety to his" editing. Neu hausen dabbled In politics.. He- made the acquaintance of Frederick C. Ste vens, now in his seventeenth successive year in -Congress' from that district, and managed his campaigns In 1S98, 1900 and 1903. Stevens took him to Washington to assist in departmental matters, and after a time Neuhausen worked into a job as Washington cor respondent foi a number of outside newspapers. He graduated from this into the Gov ernment service as special agent for the Interior Department. After eight years of endeavor which took him all over the country and brought him to Oregon about the time of the land fraud investigations here, he resigned. Now for excitement he directs the Pro gressive party's affairs in Oregon. Before becoming a newspaperman. Neuhausen served two years in the consular, service in Bavaria. YOU would hardly suppose that Dan ' J. Malarkey. president of the State Senate, ever had been "rattled" while delivering -e. speech. There ta not a more .self -possessed and forceful speak er in Oregon today than Mr. Malarkey, but that only emphasizes the contrast with his first political address. Now and "then the story creeps out of the case of "rattles" that nearly broke up his audience at that gathering. ' It happened 18 or 20 years ago in the old Turn Halle, at Fourth and Yam hill streets. Most of the important political meetings took place there at that time. At the meeting in ques tion. Mr. Malarkey, then a young law yer. had a place near the end of the programme for a brief speech. When the chairman called his name, he arose and went firmly and sternly to the front. "May it please your honor and gen- Uemen of the jury," he began. That was as far as he ever got in hia ad dress. The audience chose to be facetious about it. In the hubbub of merriment that ensued Malarkey had to quit the platform. They wouldn't even let him try it again. ' OBERT LIVINGSTONE, Portland business man. is vice-president of the Young Men's Christian Association and one of its most active officers. Recently he went, with several direc tors and secretaries of the Portland Y. M. C. A., to Astoria to attend a banquet at which a campaign for a $40,009 Y. M. C. A. building was launched. , i Mr. Livingstone not only made a speech in support of the movement, but contributed 100 to the fund. He also donated for the banquet several boxes of the choicest apples from his orchard, which is one of the finest in the North west. He was registered at the same hotel in which the banquet was held. At breakfast the next day the waiter ex plained that the apples on the menu were exceptionally fine, so Mr. Living stone ordered one and found it fully up to specifications, being from his own orchard and from the lot he had do nated for the banquet. He paid 10 cents for it without a protest, and enjoyed It, too. JOE DAY, dean of the- Portland de tective department"" and night cap tain of detectives, was in San Francisco last week gathering evidence in the Ton Klein case. Someone celebrated his return Wednesday morning by stealing the overcoat of his son. Wil liam Pinkerton Day, a student at Lin coln High School. . Did the veteran thieftaker attempt to run down the miscreant and re cover the stolen goods? He did not. He went out immediately .and bought kis son a new overcoat. "I was going to get him a new coat, anyway." was his philosophic comment. JOE DAY'S son is named after Wil liam Pinkerton, chief of the' Pink erton Detective Agency. He and Day "lip- . mmm III XZI ' 41' ' 1 It I I mass 1 M dThmcfs have been close friends for 27 years. A short time ago Mr. Pinkerton sent his young namesake a bat-eared French bull terrier worth 300 from New York as a remembrance. CLAUDE BRISTOL, who covers the City Hall ""beat" for one of the local papers, went to San Francisco on the steamer Beaver in the recent stormy spell. His friends, of course, before he left condoled on his chances of surviving the sea and showered him with antidotes for seasickness, but he bore up- well until after going aboard. There a man who shared his stateroom, and who said he was an experienced sailor himself, warned him about the roughness of the bar. "It's that rough, pard." confided this man, "that I always get just a 'leetle' sick myself when we first cross it. In this weather the bar is bound to be While' the Beaver was still at Astoria that night. Bristol turned in fearfully, first informing his roommate that they were to eail at 1. A terrific uproar in the stateroom awoke him at 7 o'clock. The man in the berth above waa very seasick. "Oh, Lordy, Lordy, it's rough out here," he groaned. Bristol hurried on deck, beginning to feel pangs himself. The Beaver was still tied to the dock at Astoria. THE late Judge W. JL Upton, mem ber of an Oregon pioneer family and native of Portland, was for many years prominent as jurist and attor ney at Walla Walla, Wash. The Judge was an inveterate smoker, a trait taken advantage of by one of his clients who visited hia office Xrequently. fcvery time the client appeared he managed to extract a cigar from the Judge. Judge Upton put up with this for a long time, but at length he hit upon a Dlan he thought would "stump" the client when he made his usual request for a smoke. So the Judge proceeded deliberately to bite off the ends of all the cigars he had on his desk and in his pockets. . "A fine day. Judge." was tne client s greeting as he entered the office. "How are you off for an extra cigar today? I have one Here, vonn, nut l jum bit the end off." "Oh, that's all right." returned tne client, "I have a cigar-holoer." And Judge Upton had to deliver ttiu smoke. vfl RS. PANKHURST cannot lay claim to being the first hunger striker.. There Is written evidence to show that ) the idea of the hunger strike was used by Cleopatra, but not so successfully as by her Imitator, Mrs. Pankhurst. It was while held a prisoner in Egypt by Julius Caesar that Cleopatra tried her hunger strike. A. A. Rosenthal, better known to a wide circle of acquaint ances as "Rosy," points to the follow ing lines as uttered by the proud queen in Art V, Scene 2, of "Antony and Cleo patra"; Sir. I will eat n meat. I'll not drink, sir; If idle talk will once be necessary, 111 not sleep neither; this mortal hoo.se I-11 ruin. Do Caesar what he can. LOYAL LEGION POST FILLED General Aslier C. Taylor Is Guest of Portland Commandery. A meeting of the Loyal Legion was held In the Alnsworth building Wednes day at which SI companions were pres ent, presided over by Commander-Captain Daniel Webster, of Salem. Owing to the. death of Major Newell, recorder. Lieutenant J. E. Hall was elected to fill the vacancy. Wallace McCamant gave an Interesting report of his visit to and participation in a w-ecent congress of the order held in Chicago. Chaplain Cline dwelt on the necessity of keeping more complete records of service of the officers of the Army, for the benefit of future generations. General Asher C. Taylor, U. S. A., re tired, was present as a visiting com panion and paid a graceful tribute to his superior officer. General Thomas M. Anderson, under whom he served in Texas after the Civil War. Refresh ments were serve, after the business session. The order of the Loyal Legion stands for patriotism outside of politics and welcomes to Its membership the sons of officers of the Civii War who have the good of the country at heart and will work for an honest and Intelligent administration of public affairs. DOCTORS HOLD SESSIOI. "Hereditary Influence" DUcussed at Honieopatlilsts' Meeting. The regular fortnightly meeting of the Hahnemann round table of homeo pathic physicians was held at the Hotel Oregon Wednesday evening. Dr. D. O. Webster read a paper on "Hereditary Influences." The following membecs were present: Drs. Besson, Webster. Miller, Palmer, McKenzle, Casseday, Uillington, Brewer, 4JP Canneld. r.eaumont, Worcester and Hale. Dr. Bacon, of Chicago, also at tended. The next meeting will be held January 6 at the Hotel Oregon. I
