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
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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
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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,
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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.
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