ENGLISH LOOK TO
AMERICAN COUSINS
FOR JAZZ MUSIC
Even Village Organ Grinders
Wheeze Out. Ancient U. S.
Hits; London j Is Up-to-Date.
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HUGE LINER CLEARS PORTLAND HARBOR FOR YOKOHAMA
t By Clyde A. Boals
.ITljde A. BaW is a fonnrr tn-mber of The
Journal rtaff. now in Knslaifal under a trailing
xlinlar-lun arard1 by the I'uiitnr School of
Journalism of Columbia university. )
The wise men may have corns
from the East, but they" send West
for their jazz music. In the small
K n g 1 i i h towns
and villages where
an American is
as much a rarity
as waiters who
don't ' want tips,
even the organ
grinders .have
clatters tnat ca.i
be identified as
attempts on the
lives of popular
American pieces.
In Salisbury,
probably thought I was a either cowboy
or some other movie actor when I ar
rived there on my walkirug trip, an or
gan grinder stood in the street near my'
hotel window, making a noise that
sounded an -though he were churning a
heap of broken dishes. Gradually the
noise evolved into a .port of tune, and I
caught myself humming along with it:
"The bells are ringing far me and my
gl- The parson's waiting," etc. That
was a good . old piece in its day, but it
has been taken out of the penny arcade
machines in the United States.
After It came an English piece and
Then shades of George M, Cohen : here
ms ;-second masterpiece. "Over
There." being executed again. This cer
tainly must have been its ninth life, un-
wmeona laaes It up to the Ksqui
maux. "Over There" and "For Me and
My Gal." together with the "English
piece, composed the grinder's repertory
He played them over and over.
MOST POPCLAIt OF AtL
The most popular piece in the small
..utvw, juaging rrom the tunes
one hears in the streets, is "Till We
ieec Again. Appropriateness doesn't
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line ncaru n wnistied, sung
viayea on me piano in, almost everv
little town I have visited. It surprised
me at Southampton, whence I started my
walk. At Winchester, my first nights
stop, the British soldiers going by I
could almost reach their hats from the
second-story window of the funny little
hotel sang or whistled it as they
marched, and in Broughton I heard it
on the piano. It was recognizable in
spite of the piano's need of tuning. A
girl who was visiting there came into
the parlor with Annie Joyce, the short.
Stocky. pretty. blue-eyed and fair
haired daughter of the woman who kept
the -inn. The piano there was probably
the only one in the village. I paid no
attention while the girl tinked and
plunked through some English piece, but
when the discordant debris settled into
"Till We Meet Again," my Americanism
came out. I got Annie and we tried to
dance.
Well, her English polka and my near
shimmy simply . wouldn't collaborate.
After a few reels we gave that up and
called for a i.rie-step, Annie having
learned a version of that from some
American soldiers. The girl at the piano
managed to develop one of the ragtime
songs about Dixie, but the dancing didn't
get on well, so we sat down and listened.
The pianist's favorite selection seemed to
he the "Entertainer's Rag." She played
a version of It. omitting the part In
which "Yankee Doodle" is played with
one hand and "Dixie" with the other, and
the called it "Tickle the Ivories."
"ALL PERSONS DOES"
When I commented upon how much
American popular music was ptayed in
England, she replied carelessly. "Oh. all
persons does that lives in London."
She also had the "Missouri Waltz" on
her list and played it. I asked her for
The Long. Long Trait." but she had
never heard of that. I forgot to ask her
about; "The Trail of. the Lonesome
Pine" j or "In the Good Old Summer
Time.'f .
The next place where I heard "Till We
Meet Again" was in Salisbury, -which is
one of the larger country "towns. Men
whistled it in the streets ; though, of
course.- It was' far too modern for the
; organ gTinders. Then in Portland a
bunch of English .sailors, being forced
"to gQ back to their ships because all the
bars closed at 10 o'clock, "went away
singing at their" loudest the same old
song, ;the "Smile the while." etc., sound
ing rather pretty in the nighf air.
In Dorchester somebody went by at
night: whistling snatches from "Missouri
Waltz." In Cranborne, a little village
of two short streets, inland, away from
the railroad and where few visitors go.
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FIRE PREVENTIVE
CHIEF'S ROAD TO
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SUCCESS IS RAPID
Jay W. Stevent, Former Portland
Man, Now National Leader,
Rose From Low-Rung of Laddff
HAZARD OF FIRE CUT
BY MODERN METHODS
From an obscure Portland wheel
barrow laborer to chief of fire pre
ventive work in the United State's,
recognized as the nation's most ef
ficient fire prevention authority! .nd
executive whose advice is sought and
followed by fire fighters throughout
the country, and all within a period
of 12 years, is the remarkable
achievement of Jay "W. Stevens, j re
cently made chief of the fire pre
ventive bureau of .the National Board
of Fire Underwriters. j j
In 1909 Jar Stevens was operating a
wheelbarrow, for a Portland contractor,
Dissatisfied with his work, he entered
the city's employ as a hoseman in; the
fire department and rapidly rose to a
national figure in fire prevention.
PRETEST1TK MEASIHES j!
Stevens is generally accredited With
being the father of fire preventive work
In the United States. That is not ; cor
ret. although he was the first man to
work out a systematic fire prevention
plan and apply it, and from Stevens'
application of fire " preventive measures
in the city of Portland grew th pres
ent national system. E. M. Underwood,
then secretary of the Board of Under
writers association ; Fire Chief iDowell
and hos coworkers, Orenfell and young,
contributed much to Stevens' suctiess.
As a battalion chief of the Tire depart
ment in 1911, Stevens was investigating
the cause of fires and experimenting in
detecting and removing fire hazards.
So numerous were the fires in Port
land in 1914-1915 the fire insurance (Com
panies lost over 92. 000.000, an amount &
ner cent above the cross receints Ifrom
all fire-insurance premiums paid b the
city s property owners.
The National Board of Fire jtander-
writers appealed. to Mayor Albee to do
Jay W. Stevens
WHITE HOUSE IS
EVER READY FOR
NEI
II OCCUPANTS
Most of Attaches Remain From
Administration to Administra
tion and Know Their Business.
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Right Traveling crane engaged in loading the Anyo aiaru at Municipal icrnunai .o, .
coast of South America with part cargo. ! ever entering the harbor.
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the
hold of the Anyo Maru
The Japanese steamship Anyo TViaru
of the Toyo Kisen Kaisha,, a vessel of
18.500 tons dead weight, of which the
Oregon-Paiific company is the local
agent, cleared the harbor of Portland
Thursday afternoon for the Orient. She
arrived up river Monday from the west
finished loading with 2300 tons of gen
eral cargo at terminal No. and got
away within 60 hours. She came up the
river without trouble and set a mark
for vessels of this size for ports on the
coast. She is the largest passenger craft I traveling crane at the dock was used
The Anyo Maru has on board 329 pas
sengers from the South American ports
and took 50 from Portland. She will
proceed direct to Yokohama. In loading
the Anyo Maru at terminal No. 4 the
to handle the heavy machinery, the min
ing machinery and agricultural Imple
ments being too heavy to be handled by
the ship's gear. Ship s officers expressed
themselves as very highly pleased with
the dispatch given at the municipal
dock.
I heard "Yakka Hoola Hit-key Doola." j
It wasn't quite like Al Jol.son rendered it, j
being only the humble offering of a small ;
boy doing some chores at night in the ;
back court of the little inn. ' j
After hearing so many old pieces, I I
felt pretty secure in my "knowledge of j
popular songs. When I left the states I '
had passed the la-de-da-de-da-de stas;e
of "Dardanella," become fairly well ac
quainted with "Darktown Dam-in'
School" and almost had a whistling
knowledge of "Left All Alone Again
Blues." And then, suddenly, out of the
balmy early morning air at Portland,
somebody walked by whistling "You'd
Be Surprised." Well, I was. I have
since learned, however, that I needn't
have been. When I arrived in the small
city of Barnstaple, I found a song shop
advertising "Putches," "Dardapella" and
"Wyoming." The town organ grinder,
however, was regaling the street mer
chants "with "My Hero. from "Choco
late Soldier," and "If He Can Fight Like
He Can Love," so that, perhaps, my rep
ertory was still ahead of the average of
the town. In Plymouth, I saw "Darda
nella" advertised and right beside it,
that excellent relic, "I'm Sorry I Made
You Cry."
It may have been that the vaudeville
house in Plymouth was trying to make
Americans feel at home during the May
flower tercentennial with a. choice se
lection of American music. . The bill in
cluded one American troupe, which, if
it had ever been on the stags in the
states, had certainly worn out its wel
come. It was still rendering oneof the
original "Chinatowns." One of the Eng
lish comedians had parodies on "A Per
fect Day," "An Old-Fashioned Mother."
"Some Sunday Morning" and "Love Me
and the World Is Mine." Another song
ster had for his final selection "How Ya
Gonna Keep 'Em Down on the Farm?"
And the orchestra even dragged "Rain
bow" out of its closet.
In Ixindon, where the youths explode
into song oa the slightest provocation,
one hears many tunes that don't seem to
fit these staid old buildings. Suddenly
out of the still night will come a rau
cous "Swan-nay !" followed more gently
"How I love you, how I love you. dear
old Swannee."
The National Capital
Lobbyists May Find Rough Going Banks Expected to Handle
Bonds Gratis Harding's Stand on Inaugural Show
Meets Response.
Way of the Lobbyist
To Be Difficult
WASHINGTON, Jan. 22.--(WASH-INUTON
BUREAU OF THE JOUR
NAL. ) New squads of lobbyists, part of
whom may classify as legitimate and
others as questionable, are beginning to
appear in Washington. The early ad
vent of a new administration seems to
have stirred 11 varieties of ideas to put
in an appearance with paid representa
tives to try to "put over" the things
they want.
Senator Kenyon of Iowa, aided and
abetted by several other senators, are
planning to take the joy out of the life
of the lobbyist by requiring him to reg
ister, giving the name of his employer,
the legislation he desires to promote,
and his salary. An important clauee in
a bill Kenyon has drawn requires that
at the end of a session the lobbyist shall
file an itemized statement of expendi
tures. I
The present-day lobbyist is not as
sociated with the idea of corruption, in
the sense that he attempts to buy any
body with money. More frequently he is
merely a pea. He has persuaded some
body, usually a corporation or an or
ganization, that he can be immensely
valuable by appearing before commit
tees, buttonholeing members, bringing
"influence" to bear, and "keeping track"
of things generally. Usually his value
is overestimated, but he is here, and
every important bit Of legislation is ac
companied by a lobby for and against.
Senator Kenyon has found the great
est difficulty in drawing a measure that
will distinguish between the business
man or producer Who comes to Wash
ington to appear before a committee and
those who "hang, around" to concoct
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various devices which they conceive will
influence the votes of members of con
gress. He does not want to prevent the
first type from coming by fear that the
stigmatism of lobbyist will be applied,
but he desires to give publicity to the
doings of the professional, whatever hia
activities may be.
The Iowa senator believes the "social
lobbyist" to be about the most perni
cious. This is the class that gives lav
ish dinners and private entertainments
and cloaks the purpose behind a social
frill. Some of these maintain residences
in Washington and only now and then
does some investigation develop their
real employment. This was the case
with a representative of the packers who
was prominent in local society a few
years ago. It was found that the pack
ers paid him $12,000 a year.
When the subject was discussed on
the floor of the senate a few days ago,
Senator Walsh of Massachusetts, a for
mer governor of that state." called at
tention to a lobbyist registration law
enacted during his term as governor.
He said it had a wholesome effect in
ridding the halls of the legislature of
undesirable lobbyists. The lobbying
that is proper and legiUmate is carried
on openly and is not a subject of
reproach.
Senator Kenyon proposes "to prohibit
entirely the lobbying activities of former
senators and representatives, who have
the privileges of the floor and the con
gressional lobbies, giving them special
advantages in mingling among ( their
former colleagues. He thinks former
members should avoid such employment,
even though the cause they represent be
above suspicion of any improper in
fluence.
tor? of that bank. I think the federffl
reserve board would act promptly in
su'h a case."
Mr. VVineo said it is a "damnable out
rage that the little banks in this country
have to render free service and the fed
eral reserve banks get paid for it."
Noted Professor of
Lima, Peru, Will Be
Heard kt University
jnlverslty of Oregon, Eugene, Jan. 22.
Dr. Victor Andres Belaunde, profes
sor of international law and : political
science at the: University de San Mar-1
cos. Lima. Peru, is to speak on the
camous Wednesday. He- Is known as
one of the most able and influential met)
In Latin-American academic Circles.
Trofessor J. l. Whitman of Spokane
university will teach analytical chem
Istry v here in the place of Or. Howard
I. Cole, who went to the Philippines In
December. Professor Whitman obtained
his master's degree hereT
something to reduce the terrible fj
ire loss
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Banks Must Perform
Free Service
WASHINGTON. Jan. 22. (WASH
INGTON BUREAU OF THE
JOURNAL) By the acUon of the house
of. representatives on the sundry civil
bill, the federal reserve banks will be
required to perform services in connec
tion with Liberty loan bonds without
charge to the' government. The bill
carried $3,500,000 to reimburse the re
serve banks for the cost of this work,
and that amount was stricken from the
bill.
Several members of the house, led by
Snell of New York and Mann of Illinois,
declared that city and country banks
have performed this service for their
customers without charge from the days
bf the war down, and the reserve banks,
since they are making large profits,
should do as much. It was pointed ou
that the - email banks have sustained
considerable burden in doing- this work
without charge, the principal part of It
being the conversion to full-coupon
bonds after the coupons have been
clipped from the temporary bonds, and
the registering of bond.
Some of the banks. It is said, have
had to keep one or more clerks con
stantly employed in this accommodation
work, for which they charge nothing.
They, in turn, have to make exchanges
with the reserve banks, and It develops
that the reserve banks are paid by the
government. This compensation will
be cut off.
Representative Wood of Indiana, who
was in charge of the bill, declared that
if congress fails to pay the reserve
banks for this work. 'they will decline to
do it and force the transactions to be
done by the treasury itself. This was
vigorously disputed.
"You let any federal reserve bank de
cline to act as the fiscal agent of the
government." exclaimed Representative
Win go of Arkansas,' "and you will see
what will happen to the hoard of direc-
Harding's Inaugural .
Show Veto Approved
TfTASHINGTON. Jan. 22. (WASH-
W INGTON BUREAU OF THE JOUR
NALO Warren G. Harding has con
siderably increased his popularity in the
press gallery at Washington by calling
off the big outlay for which plans were
under way. Old-time correspondents
who have witnessed many inaugurations
feel that Harding struck the right track
when he put his foot on the "jazz."
There is some regret that the inau
guration cannot be witressed by more
people, and there would have been no
objection to a modern expenditure for
ceremonies at the capitol. which might
cost. say. (10.000. But there seems no
way to stop with moderate expenditures
when the door is opened even a little
way. The Washington hotel men. shop
keepers, society leaders and others gov
erned by like instincts promptly step
forward with one "feature" after an
other. It was estimated that the expendi
ture's would run close to a million dol
lars, had the original plans of the in
augural committees been carried out.
Congress had'ajready appropriated $50,
000, and $160,000 had been coHected by
subscription, but this was only a starter.
Washington proposed to make it back
by charges for seats in grandstapds,
rooms and provender. A bill for $250
for each of three rooms in a local hotel
for "inauguration week" and a refusat
to let a room for less than a week, ex
hibited to Senator Harding, Is said to
have played a part in his decision.
It is understood here that when first
consulted Harding's inclination was
against ostentation and -favorable to a
dignified affair on a modest scale at
the capitol. Later he yielded to pres
sure of friends, particularly some Wash
ington people, who urged that the people
were anxious to have some additional
celebration such as has been Carried out
at other times. It is also reported that
there was some family Influence in favor
of enlarging the affair. In all events,
he gave the word to go ahead, and in
December Washington's elite began to
mobilize.
The plans grew and grew unUl the
prospect gave uneasiness to some of
Harding's friends. They knew i was
not what Harding really wanted, but
the enthusiasm of the boosters could
not be curbed. There was Increasing
evidence that profiteering was about to
reach new heights and that in the end
thousands of people would go away far
from pleased with the holiday.
- This would be sure to reflect back to
the new president. The radicals would
take; full advantage of it and the story
of the first burst of extravagance under
the new administration was due for full
publicity. Heedless of all this the Wash
ington committees went ahead full speed,
and announcement of plans for the in
augural ball were to out-dazzle every
thing that had been seen before.''
Outside the circle of those who were
to profit or to shine there ia genuine
satisfaction In the course Harding has
taken. The psychological effect, it is
believed, will be strongly In his favor.
It is taken as an indication that what
has been said of his natural modesty
is true and that he senses the feeling
of the average citizen.
and the underwriters' associations was
clamoring for some remedy for He ex
treme fire Insurance rates. Mayor Al
bee, with the indorsement of the late
fire chief. Dowell. and battalion
John Young (present chief of the fire
department), Edward Grenfell (ipj-esent
fire marshal) and others, created the of
fice of fire marshal, appointing Jay W.
Stevens to that position with authority
to proceed as he saw fit in establishing
fire regulations and securing legislation
toward reducing the fire loss In! Port
land.
Stevens organized the "local firejfight
ers into preventive squads and directed
their operations. The best other! cliies
had to offer him added to his owri ideas
and experiences gave to Portland the
fire preventive system which has since
become the national system.
As a result of Stevens' exhaustive
study of fire preventive methods: and the
application, of his system worked! out in
the Portland fire department, ithe 1914-
1915 fire losses of $2,000,000 were reduced
to approximately $300,000 in 1916.
RATES ARE REDUCED
In 1918. as a result of the methods
inaugurated by Stevens and carried out
by his successors, the fire insurance
rates in Portland were reduced by 0.9
per cent. The period of 1923, to 192$
will witness another proportionate re
duction, the underwriters promise.
In June of 191", Jay W. Steyens was
appointed director of fire preventive
work on the Pacific coast for j the Na
tional Board of Fire Underwriters, with
headquarters i in San Francisco, and
since that time has delivered,! lectures
and directed subaltern lecturer) and in
structors in preventive work throughout
the nation. While Stevens' headquar
ters are to be established in New York
city, he will probably spend as much
time in his San Francisco office in the
future as in the past.
By John CJleisenrr
roild Ne Staff Corrwfvridrrrt
Washincton. Jan. 22. While the
Hardings. just like common folks
when they move, doubtless will have
many difficulties when they take
possession of the White House, they
will at least find a smoothly, running
household.5 ,
If Mrs. Harding wishes, she can serve
dinner there the afternoon she moves
in. And she won't have to worry much
about It.
Most of the White House staff of at
taches from clerks and cooks to pa"ges
and maids remain from admlnlatraf
Uon to administration
So if the first lady of the land wishes,
she has simply to keep them on. They
know. what Is to be done and how -it
should be done, having ministered to the
wants of princes, potentates and plain
citlxens. -1 i
For instance, there is I. -H. Hoover,
whose word Is by way of being more
or less law about the domestic part of
the executive mansion. Hoover i major
domo, a sort of supervisor of the whoje
establishment. He has been there so
long as to be almost a fixture, and
doubtless will remain. At least he him
self has -no other plans. Hoover's service
dates through six administrations. He
knows much and says little, which may
be the reason he remains where he la
Michigan University;
History Written By
Alumni Secretary
Wilfred Shaw, general secretary of
the University of Michigan Alumni as
sociation, has written a history of the
university under the caption. ine
University of Michigan." of which Har-
court. Brace & Howe of Naw York are
the publishers.
The volume. Which Is Illustrated by
old and. present day photographs and a
number of etchingB by the author, dis
cusses in narrative form the early days
of the university, its leadership in edu
cation in America, the administrative
problems and achievements of its sev
eral executives. Ha departmental organ
ization and. its Ktudent life.'ete.
Since the University of Michigan
probably has the largest alufrmi body
of any university in the count i-y.-Shnw a
volume has a wider appeal than similar
works." .:-!'"
Fund for Freshmen
Glee Is Cut to $200
University pf Oregon. Eugene, Jan.
22. When the university freshmen
wanted to spend nearly $500 on the
freshmen glee, a feature' of the social
year, on ebruary 4, older and wiser
heads said "No." and only $300 will be
spent. About $600 was spent on the
frosfT glee last! year, and $200 wa spent
I on me sopnomore informal.
Navy Dentist Visits Home
Forest Grove. Or.. Jan. 22. Will H.
Thompson, a graduate of the North Pa
cific Dental college, is here visiting his
mother, Mrs. Eva Thompson. Dr. Thomp
son has been in the naval service as a
dentist. I!
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