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Newspaper Page TextTHE OREGON ? SUNDAY JOURNAL,. PORTLAND, SUNDAY MORNING, OCTOBER jr- - r' ' The National Capital Washington Gossip About Presidential Possibilities in 1924 ExService Man to Be Subject of Legislati6n Apart From tbe Bonus W. P. G; Harding How Washington Speculates on 1924 Candidates ' W7ASHINGTON", Oct. 14 (WASH ;V I.N'GTON JHJBEAD OF THE JOURN'AL) Maxim No. 1, when a peak - Washington, Is that President Harding"; of h Federal fWm will be renominated by the Republican party, if he Uvea and wants the nom ination. ,If no extraordinary circum stance," some will add, while other abbreviate the formula to say merely, "If h Uvea.'" They ate confident that itr. Harding is enough of a harmoniser and diplomat - to weather any storm that may occur. Talk to the effect that Mr. Harding will not be 'a candidate may be discounted- by about 100 per cent. It originates principally from remarks made to callers at the White "House that the president is "not a candidate" for another term,, or expressing weari ness. There is no authentic report that Sir. Harding has said that he would not aceept another nomination, and no indication that he will Bay it. The position the president, ai the ESss1t runs, is that Mr, Harding has found in the presidency a laborious Job, j and often thankless. Personally ne would not regret if he had a respite at the end of four years. He is not in the attitude of pursuing the job, ie la "not a candidate." Lest too mcb emphasis be placed upon these worijs, . be it remembered that Governor MiCer of New Tork, who was renominated Ihe other day, in a convention dominated-! by his friends and with no dne else piacea in nomination, ttisu nits uui a candidate." While , there is no disputing the primacy of the president in his party today, the season of the mid-term elec tion brings speculation as to J what might happen if by any circumstance the party should be called to make another choice in the less than t-p years that will elapse before the nejet nomination is made. The off-year election is always'seanned with a view to the possible development of new timber. This time,!, on the Republican side, the new timber seems about con fined to the befere-mentioned Governor Miller, who is considered a future pos sibility, assuming; that he. is elected once more iif jJew York. Former Sen ator Albert J. Beverldge, if returned to trie senate from Indiana, may also be considered, but few regard him as likely to assume, presidential magni tude. The rest of the Republican gossip revolves around j Seceretary Hughes, Secretary- Hoover, Senator Johnson, Senator La Foliette. Senator Capper and Senator Borah. La FoUette, John sou and Borah are usually dismissed as too radical for a convention such as the party expects to hold in 1920. Capper ia conceded ;soTn strength among the farmers, but his ability to make an effective, campaign is doubt ed. Hoover's friends have about given up hope that he 'will ever tee nominated, despite the logical argument that could be made for him. The list simmers down to Secretary Hughes, among the -old-time names, and Jeverner Miller as a possibility among the new. The temocratie- situation is essen tially different. Democratic sentiment se'ems to be drifting away from those j who were prominent in the convention I ot 1?20. Discussion of ex-Governor Cox lingers, but recent conferences here indicate that the general opinion of party leaders is that Cox cannot be nominated again. A. Mitchell Palm er has laaeJ rrom view, politically. 'S. William G. McAdoo could command a 'Strong following, but his removal to California and a growing sentimeat for "new atmosphere" makes him regarded Davis, Cummlngs, Marshall and Hitchcock, other names prominent at the San Francisco convention, are rap idly passed over as lacking the punch. and a keen ear is turned to the" result of the elections this year, in which He several possibilities. If ; Senator Pore erene wins this year, with ! the odds so strongly against him, he! will in stantly take a large place in the party councils. In the same way, though perhaps not to the same degree, ex Governor Haltston will be caught up if lie defeats Beveridge for the sen ate In Indiana. A mas' who can win either Ohio or Indiana ifor the Demo crats this year will, not be lightly cast aside. , . . Politicians are seriously discussing the. chances of Alfred E. Smith to re turn to the governor's chair in New j "Sork. and If he beats Governor Miller lie will be the logical man to present fcom that state for president. Smith, however, bears the Tammany mark, and the rest of the country shies away worn a lammany-canaiaate. John H. Clarke, former justice f the supreme court, figures in the' early gossip since his retirement from the supreme court. He is considered a fine type of public servant, one who might rally the progressive and inde pendent elements of the party. Party leaders are saying that he may or may not be considered, depending upon the impression he makes during the next 15 or 1$ months. The off-year elections always present a chance for surprises. The returns from New York, Ohio and Indiana especially are to be watched, not for - Eettlnsr Michlean. where a victory for ei-Governer Ferris over Senator Town send might make him a bright star of .Democracy.. A smashing victory for a candidate In" any one -of these .slates will go a long distance in 2924. Ex-Service Men Subject of More Legislation TVTASHINGfTON. Oct. 14 (WASH- INGTON BUREAU OF THE JOURNAL) Additional legislation for K, ex-service men., is scheduled for the next session of congress, irrespective of the fate of the bonus bill, which Will be reintroduced and pressed, but, is rip, expected to pass, because of the hostile attitude of the -president. Rep resentative Burton E. Sweet of Iowa, author of the bill which centralised soldier administration in the veterans' bureau, has outlined a bill he will In troduce, lie summarises under six heads: ' 1.. Enactment Into law of what is known as order S7, which permits the veterans' -bureau to rate men who have been, are, or shall .Joe inmates ef 'hos pitals or asylums during a continuous period-of one year or more as totally Lira permanently aieaDiea. "V! 1 . . . w That in no case shall the tarn-- pensation of a disabled mn be re duced unless a physical -examination Shall have been made subsequent to his last rating, nor until he shall have te.n given at least three months' notice Of th proposed reduction. 3. That psychoai. neurosis. peych tieurosis. active tuberculosis, or chron te empyema, developing within three years after separation, from the service shall be considered to have been ac quired while rn the service. - The pres ent law limits the period to two years. 4. -That in the event of death before r after discharge or resignation from the service, the veterans' rbnreau shall pay -not more - tharr $2t toward - the fsneral expenses and? shall provide- a flag to. coot $5 to drape ithe coffia of the deceased. the f'.ajr to become the property of the next of kin. - - ' i. That tlie veterans - bureau shall and His Federal Jleserve. J furnish each patient on discharge from a hospital with statement of medical findings as to his condition. t. More liberal provisions for the re instaiamrnt of lapsed insurance policies and foe the .investment by the veterans' bursas of insurance 'premiums in in terest bearing obligations of the United states or i loan bank. iir Sweet gave tbe following figures of what has been done so far for the ex-service men : - -""Because "of death. 6S.7J2 awards ; M,ut iur ojoauiuij ; zoa.ias cnecss. amounting to 8.105.OO0, sejit monthly to disabled -veterans or dependent rela tives ; ITa.lST disabled men- are receiv ing compensation in addition to medical and hospital car when needed; 44,000 of the- teen receiving compensation were wounded oversea and 43.000 aa the result of disease contracted in over seas service ; 11,524 are rated as per manently totally disabled ; 1.629 havt temporary total' disability ; i 2,995 per manent partial disability .and 118,988 temporary partial disability ; 274,432 war risk policies are in force, represent? ing insurance in the sum of $2,064,531, 283 ; '286,358 government life insurance policies have been issued, aggregating Jl.062,10,S28 ; 163,024 war risk term in surance policies have been allowed, representing ll.J4S.35?, 690 ; 2091 gov ernment life insurance claims have been Ejd, amounting to $8,798, 6?5 ; on in surance claims 364,87 3,222 n total has Congress i a. also preparing to substan tially increase .the pensions paid to veterans of the Civil war. The senate has passed the Bursum bill to pay sur viving veterans 72 a month, instead of $50, and to pay the widows $50. Harding of Federal Reserve Fame WASHINGTON. Oct. 14.-(WASH-INGTON BUREAU OF THE JOURNAL) One Harding has become a big problem for another. Few men in recent history have been jpore strongly denounced and warmly de fended than William P. G. Harding, governor., of tpo federal reserve system, and, his term having expired. President Harding is lashed by conflicting cur rents on the question of reappointing him. 'Aggressive members of the farm bloc assail Governor Harding as the. friend of Wall street and the chief demon of deflation, who is held -responsible for the contraction of farm credits and the downward slide of farm prices ln1920. In President Harding's cabinet are several strong defenders of' the gov ernor of the reserve system. Secretary of the Treasury Mellon is one. and Sec retary of War Weeks is another. It has been reported that some of' the large financial interests in New Tork. which contribute most liberally m cam paign time, are holding back until they see What becomes of Governor Hard ing. ' This Is In spite of the fact that W. P. G. Harding 1s a Southern Democrat, Appointments on the board are required by : law to be divided betw een the par ties i iso this in itself Joes net militate agai'.wt the reappointment of the Incumbent- The fight ts not along partv lines at all. Governor Harding's bitterest oppo nent is Senator J. Thomas Heflin, who Is not only a Democrat, but comes from the -same state, Alabama. Day afteray during the recent session of congress Heflin assailed the governor as a "hireling of Wall street." His speeches on Harding would in them selves make a good-sized volume, and he has promised to submit serious charges to prevent confirmation should the president send Governor Harding's name to the senate for another term. Heflin would not, in that: vent, be permitted to invoke the senatorial rule that Harding is "personally obnoxious. that rule ia admitted only ; when the appointee is named for a local office, like that 6f district attorney,, revenue collector or postmaster. Indeed, some of the Republicans ' want Governor Harding reappointed "just tj show Heflin that a campaign such asf h has conducted does not influence the White House." . . I These friends of the president Bay that if W. P. G. is not named, Heflin will he boasting the rest of his days that he did it. Heflin calls him "Wil liam Poison Gas Harding." He came close to an altercation with Senator Cartes Glass of Virginia, former secre tary or the treasury, because of a speech made by. Glass in defense of Governor Harding. Members of the farm bloe have thrown their influence against the fed eral reserve governor. There would be a substantial Republican vote in the senate against his confirmation. Just before adjournment a poll of the senate was being taken by some of the lead ers to see if he could be confirmed. This is believed to have been for the president'- information. Some 'believed it indicated a wish by the president to nominate him. Others have surmised that the president 'was fortifying him- sesr against the governor's backers by being able to tell them that W. P. O. probably could r.ot be confirmed. The poll has not been announced, but is said to leave the result in doubt, with chances sreainst confirmation. It is cORam that "W. P. G." has giver the White House more concern than any other appointment which has so far come on the horizon. A wheat cleaning machine developed by United Slates department of agri culture experts catches weedi seeds in. pockets on revolving disks too small to hold the larger grain. Poor Kate Falls 9 K K Burro's Comedy Kate is dead, - The late mascot ef the Lancaster camp, whose acquaintance was prob ably larger than that of any other burro ia Oreirxm. met a tragic end last Sunday morning, just as the roseate hues .of dawn, were lighting up the enow peaks, by falling over a 600-foot cliff on the hdgbacit Just back of Wauj na point. ' j "Kate was eur-footeL She had trod the length, of the Cascade range in Oregon, and had traversed the Siski yous and the Coast range, mountains. The only reason that Samuel Lan caster, who brought the sad, tale to Portland this morning, could give for the fatal misstep, was that she was drunk with the splendor of the dawn as viewed from that particular point. R L G If ford, photographer, - and his wile were the only .: persons present when the accident occurred, and it was Gifford whofired the shot that put the creature 1 out of her misery when her rescue became hopeless. .Gifford loaded - his photographic equipment on the- burro, according to Lancaster, and started .up : Waana point in the moonlight, to take' pic tures' - for sverUsintr; the Lancaster camp. - On the ridge i that leads-' to Wauna point Kate stumbled and - fell. It was believed ? she stepped in -a gopher hole, but at any rate, she fell By Harold H. Sterey Pnrfaaor of Rniih, Iieific UitiMnity. - History of Oregon, by diaries Henry Gts (Thm Pioneer Historical Publihi Co., Cbicaso-Psrtland). : , Fer some time' those who are In terested jn the stirring and romantic storjr that goes to make up the history and. development ot Oregon from -the days before the white man came to these times of high development have been waiting far a full mod corner3' hensive history of those events, ci ear ly, ogiealy and chronologically told. Such a work has at last niade ft ap pearance, pompiied by Charles Henry Carey, lawyer, student and now, his torian of the; Oregon country. It is a book, imposing in bulk and of 1000 odd pages, written In a. clearsand pleasing style that ghquld he eay to read, and remember. k . j Judge Carey, carefuBy a though he was- writing a brief, covers the whole range of the Oregon country's - story; beginning his narrative" with the in triguing relation of the fable, and myth of Mora's Utopia written "te 115- He leads his readers through those Jong gon days when the New Atlantis was the dream of explorers down the years! to the present time. Hs treats f the early Indians, their habits and charac teristics ; tells of the. long search fop the Northwest passage,- which fur nished the early incentive for the at tempted journeys to this then unknown country; of the discoveries of Sir Francis Drake, Captain Cook, the quests f the fur traders, of Captain Gray, Lewis and Clark and those other early voyagers to this land. He dis cusses, in the logical style ne.naa, iae influences that went to make this American territory those circum stances of commercial, political and economic life which worked together for the disco very, settlement and de velopment of the land. And in the re lation he paints well drawn pictures of those rugged men who stood at the head of the community during those days of development. It is a work that will take its place in the histori cal literature of the present time, and is well worth he reading tune of those who would know the story of Oregon. Two Flays Anna Emilia Bagstad,professor of modern languages at Pacific Univer sity, has recently made two more of her spirited translations- from the Eu ropean dramatists. Both plays are done into Knglish" for, the first time, and nave been accepted by "Poet Lore" of Boston for eariy publication. One of Miss Bagstad's translations is "Fnuy's Consent." a thoroughly de lightful litle comedy .from the Spanish of Jose Moratin, a writer of the ISth century. Its period is about the year 1750, and its setting is a small town near Madrid, but its theme is suffi ciently universal for almost any time or place. It concerns the beautiful voune elrl whose 1 impecunious mother would cempel ber to marry the wealthy gentleman who will never again be younger' than fifty-nine, and whose personal charms, perhaps, are not such as would excite, an overwhelming in fatuation. The beautiful young girl is not particularly rejoiced at the pros pect, moreover, she has already deters mined the course of her affections toward a brilliant young, army officer whose "eyes are captivating." Neither momer nor the wealthv e-entlfcman: however, are awara of this latter cir cumstance. At a convenient moment the army efficer with the captivating eyes gallops into the scene, having heard of his sweetheart's plight and being possessed of a determination to save her at sw-ord's 'point, if neces sary. But it happens that the des perate young lover is discovered as the nephew and heir of the wealthy old lover, and there, of course interesting complications ariBe.' Their solution is to be found in the surprisingly good sense -which the oldster displays just in,nick of time. Drama tto interest Is added to the situation by the strong, and rather Spanish, sense of obedient duty which the ypung people exhibit toward their eiders. Apropos of this, the wealthy old Don delivers an excel lent lecture upon educational methods which is worth quoting entire : "Here are the fruits of our system of edu cation. This is what we call bringing up a girl right. We teach them to belie and to hide their innocent feel ings with a perfidious dissimulation. They are .called honorable when they are expert in the arts of silence and of lying. We are determined that neither temperment nor age nor dis position shall effect their inclinations in. the least; their wills must bend to the caprice of those who govern. Everything is permitted except frank ness1 and sincerity. ' So long as they do not say what they feel, so long as they pretend to abhor what they de- i-sire most, so long aa they are willing to utter when they are commanded to do so that perjured saciiligious source of scandal we call the marriage oath, we call them weft brought up. It is an excellent education which inspires in them the fear and cunning and silence of the slave." The other of Miss Bagstad's present translations is entitled "The Block head." and is from the German of Ludwig Fulda's "Der Dummkopf." Its author is a contemporary dramatist and "poet of interesting career. His am bition has been to write tragedy, but his successes hae largely come through the occasional comedies he has to Death ' m. ? Is Missed where the cliff makes a sheer drop. The Gifford a got a roe about her and tried to pull her back up . For a time they were able Ui check her fur ther descent, but Kate, apparently had broken her leg, or else decided that it was a glorious setting in which to die. and she made r.o effort to help her self, and with her weight gradually juiled the rope out of the hands of the Giffords. ' Kate's early eays were spent la the wilds of Curry county. Last year she packed the belongings of two women hikers for four months through the Siskiyou and up the Skyline of the Oregon Cascades from Klamath and Crater lakes to the Columbia River. Last spring- she became, the property of bamue.I .Lancaster, whom she served as a pack, animal and an entertainer. . Guests at the cany enjoyed Kate's comedy, for Kate was a Wmnriof Children at the camp jlftd Kate for her affectionate , and gentle nature. They had many a ride upon her back. and rewarded her with candy, for Kate had a sweet tooth. And tears were shed at the Lancaster camp. when the news arrived -of her demise. "I never knew am animal to possess such human- intelligence, and for which I felt suctv a real affection as Kate, commented Lancaster. . turned off at odd moments. His im portance to German literature rests in "Der Talisman," a ' metrical comedy based on Hans Andersen's fairy tale, "The Emperor's New Clothes." aft emJodying a satirical attack upon the Kaiser's theory of divine right. Th Bleckhesd'' is a romantic com edy with theme similar to that of ToletoTs beautiful tale, "Ivan the FooL" It presents aa amiable, poef- souled, modest young man who is to tally unselfish and Burdened with a superabundant cargo of simple faith in his tenets' hum ana The play opens with the svesemblinc pf five cousins, of whom this young man is one, to hear the, reading of their late uncle's will. The testament directs that the entire legacy of 900,000 marks shall go to the pus whom the five shall agree to pe the4- biggest blockhead of . them all. ' Whjml b ballot .is " taken, each votes fog hmse!f except' the unselfish Justus. For his part, it Jias never oc curred to him to yete for himself and he flatly refuses to. denominate any of his cousins as blockheads, so he does not vote at all. Falling of an electien, the testament further directs the "opening of a. second envelope,' wherein is found a note predicting ex actly what had happened. "Each one, It declares, fwUl yote for himself, and thereby demonstrate that he is not stupid but shrewd. The only one who quite as certainly will not do this is my good nephew Justus Haberlin. Failing ef a majority vote, therefore, I hereby declare and name him my sole and only heir." Now the simple Justus instead of being overjoyed at this sudden release from poverty is deeply wounded at ' being thus .designated as the champion of the family in tbe stu pidity race. ; Suffice it to say that his designing cousins have no great dif ficulty in separating h'ro from his wealth, and he feels that they are doing him a favor in the bargain. Jlis opti mism and simple faith remain unmoved even when they turn him out of house, home, and job and finally send him off to a private psychopathic sanitarium. An American heiress who has witnes sed the proceedings, aided by thf phy sician in charge of the" -"sanitarium; finally assumes guardianship of, the lovable dreamer by marrying him. Tbe character studies in the play are ad mirable, not, lees bo because they are somewhat exaggerated. In the Block head himself ia embodied an interesting philosophy, a stimulating sermon, and an economic theory, - Last year Miss Bagstad published translations of "The Romancers" and "The Princess Far-Away," both by Ed mond Rostand. In making these not able, though lesser selections from the European drama available to Ameri can readers the translator is perform ing a significant literary service. There are certain peculiarities in her render ings, such as free transcription . from Spanish, French, or German idiom to American slang that are sometimes startling and not infrequently seem anachronistic, put the work has al ways a clear and spirited quality that brings the reader immediately into the atmosphere of the originals. "Captain Blood. Hi Oddisey," by -ttiful -Sa.-batini. Hought-Miff lin Co., Bustcra $2. He of the romantic name Peter Blood, "bachelor of medicine and sev eral other things besides," including free-booter and master of the Spanish Main, at last has his story told in good vigorous style by none other than the author of "Sacaramouche.'' And a rat tling good tale it is, guaranteed to make the bored reader of humdrum fic tion prick up his ears and take a deep Dream, me West Indies in the 17th century, with all of the color and life proper to the scene. what more couH one ask? Humor, grimness, passion, straggle, valour, and love ut of such ingredients is the action mixed. Such, a story cannot help being a thriller. The author, RafaeJ Sabati-nX is Ital ian by birth and Swiss and Portuguese by education. He does his novels in English, however, his mother being an Englishwoman who taugh him his ready handling of the language. He has quite confined himself to historical romances thus far and seems capable of even more In this field than he has already achieved.. His style Is fluent, but florid- and extravagant. His tech nique is excellent, and his adaptation of historic themes is brilliant. Among the books-announced by B. W. Huebsch,, Inc., as "m preparation' are: "Social Change," by William Fielding Ogburn, a volume of original sociological studies ; "The States,-" by Fran 1 Oppenheimer. a second English edition of that writer's theory of po litical evolution ; "Free Thought and Official Propaganda," by Bertrand Russell, consisting of Mr. Russell's lec ture In honor of ijsncure Conway ; and "The Autobiography of Countess Tolstoi." ! The Author's National Edition of Mark Twain's works, formerly pub lished by Harpers, is now handled by Colliers. - The criticism which friends of for mer Secretary of War Nf wfon D. Bak er are directing- against the Encyclope dia Britannica for its unenthusiastic article on Mr. Baker in its latest sup plement; has revived somewhat tljf long-standing feeling among Americans that the distinguished reference work is not always ;f air Jt Is pointed out that Luther Burbank. John Dewey. Henry K. Hadiey. Hosatio Parker, Margaret Deland, Clyd Fitch. Edith Wharton, Simon Flexner, G. Stanley Hall, and the Wright brothers are not even 'among those present- One writer suggests, "Newton D. Baker should be complimented for even getting into this august -citadel of misinformation and felicitated not having been writ ten up worse than he was." New Turkey to Seek Aid From United Stat est (Br United Ne) ' Constantinople, Oct. 14. The Na tionalist governments of Mustapha Kjemal is preparing to build up an economically regenerate new Turkey following the Victories tn the Near-East which have given the Turks afoothold In Europe once more. Kemal 1st leaders, looking around for foreira caoitali recognlsa that of an the teadinai . world powers only . the United States and Great Britain are is g. position to finance the reconstruc tion of the new! Turkey and supply the expert assistance , that will be . re- truiredL ':.": I ' 1; x 'A - Overtures have already beetk made to America, it is understood, but regard less of whatever! Americans may choose to do todividuatyr-4t Is regarded here u extremelv doubtful that the Wastfe- hnirfnn government will allow Itself to become involved financially ana po litically in the Near East, i 1 Included- in the - buckle or a new bathing suit is a-water tight box for jewelry or money. - . j Town Hall Gossip --Gleaned by the Gossipcr- v .v . Now about that S-miU special tax levy tor the municipal general fund : Mayor s Baker and the city commis sioners, to .say nothing of other city officials, are indubitably w o r -ried least the vot ers of V 9 r 1 1 an d may get the idea that It means an Addition t their tax - burdens and may swat the measure November T with fatal effec tiveness. There is, real reason to wqs ry if the measure does not carry; for that would mean the curtailment, approximately, of one fourth of the public service iu W la effect closing up some of the fire houses, lessening the 'number of police. omitting a portion of the aireetelean- ing and cutting off part of the street lighting program, besides reaching out to various other municipal activities, including the publia playground and park doings. - But it seems that ajr that's necessary to insure the people indorsing the i mill leavy for the third time it was ap proved in 11S and again in 1920 is for the voters 'to realize- that the 1923 budget was made up in the full ex pectation that the: money from this source would be available, even as it has been this present year, and it is only through technical questions raised by the tax conservation commission that It is necessary to again seek the people for 'its approval. . .The Gossipcr has learned a much needed lesson. Occasionally, for weeks past, I have been omraentig- on the dearth of prospects for candidates for city commissioner. There are two places to fill, the terms of Commis sioners B i g e 1 o w and Pier being about- to expire, and, a great fear arose in the breast of the Gossiper that the voters of Portland would have' ho opportu nity to pick nd choose when ' they en tered the -ballot booth. The Gossiper admits to having lived in communities where candidates for a prospective office vacancy were out in the field several months before the time for actual filing, and he had about come to the conclusion that the mere pittance of $5000 4 year iand 30 days' vacation, beside incidental side trips pajd for by the way of city's funds. Were not sufficient to attract much "timber." But the lesson learned (Is that there are a full 15 count 'em. 15 citizens of Portland who are will ing to sacrifice themselves because of the insistent call of the dear peepuL Never again .will the Gossiper fret about lack of candidates. There1 are always opportunities ahead- and it strikes me, that some of the bright young men about the city hall w-ho are looking farther than their day's work, and the poet -meridian punching of the time clock are by way of realising calls to higher ser vice some of these days. They have' In mind the grow ing demand for city managers and fire pr o t e c lo n workers, etc, and mav het fnfoara eurl by the uprcachlng of some who for merly were of their number. Jay Stevens, formerly of the city's offi cial family, now has a place of high importance as chief of the fire pre vention bureau of the Insurance under writers of America. George Garrett went out from the public works de partment and became city manager of La Grande, Or. From there he was called to the greater field ef Grand Junction. Colo. O. A. Kratx, who was chief draftsman in the city engineer's office, was called to Ontario to serve as city engineer, and then to La Grande, to take the place of city man ager when Garrett went to Colorado. More calls, are 'sure to came for the men who are - prepared to give the service desired. Ben- Morrow, as an engineering ad junct to the Bull Run water system which -supplies Portland with its real Americanism water it's almost 100 per cent pure is a real Inst Stution. .Besides being a very clever engi neer, Ben is most humanly human and' keeps in con tact with every settler and old- timer from the outer confines of Portland clear up to the far-reaches of Bull Run and Lost Lake. It's "Howdy, Bill;" and "Hello, Ikek" and . this and that with j everyone Ben meets along the Way, with a cheery query about the family and things in general. The Gossiper was out with Morrow . , . - - ttff' 2 f fie' rn lLi The Paradoxical Kemal Aristocrat . If you were to meet In the Mesh ths hnan of -mystery who has so suddenly arisen a Dove tne isear iastern norixon. Field Marshal Mustapha Kemah Pasha, you would be at once charmed and as tonished, says a correspondent in the New York TJmes. This most "terrible' ef all "the terrible Turks" described by Earl Balfour only a year or two ago as a brigand Is in his demeanor a pol ished man of the world, who addresses you In accomplished French,, who wears an ! English shooting suit of tweed and soft gray, collar," with-gray tie, sits at a desk like a Western official calm, de tached. Inscrutable... The picture of Kemal as a kind of buccaneering -sheik In Oriental rbbes. with jeweled scimitar and. horse pistols at his waist, has thus no foundation in reality. His headdress i not the Turkish fex. familiar in Egypt; but the somewhat ampler kalpan of lambskin and bis fingers. Instead of , dripping blood, toy with : a string of amber beads, endi ng In a brown tasseL ; But this courtly diplomatic Kemal, Is only one, aspect ef ' the- man. ' His- is a dual personality. One Keraal displays the velvet glove; the other, the mailed fist within..; 1. - , . ."'" ' A PARADOX 4 -1 r Tvemal expresses -what aj-var to be opinions of the rrtmost moaration. He would have us fclieve that he, is not the other day. 'way np along the Una, and there hove in sight a -man at the woods- woodsy, - Out of h corner of my eye X watched Bea'a. processes. ' It appeared ha was a little uncertain about placinr the etfter fellow, but he fook a chaaoa,.-;. ; " "wen, howdy, mister? came-, from Ben's lips. They passed the time of day. and then Ben decided to make a plunge. "How's the Uttie ones get. ling alongr he asked. - v "Fine as atik," was Us prompt re sponse. vTharawara eight of 'em ti the last litter and the eld sow ia chip per as ever and feeding 'em till they're settip fat as butter.M: ' Ben later called to mind that the map he met was aa old bach, -who makes a specialty of thoroughbred hogs, and he still holds his prestige for asking tha right question at the Vigh tima. - ; "x It takes some real moral stamina to sacrifice the specific Interests of your self and a group of possibly 2000 per- . song vson you represent for "the general good of the community ; and it is -f or thla reason that I want to give a word of com mendation to the executive hoard o the Portland Mu nicipal Civil Serv ice a S s o c i ation. This body has evolved a pension retirement that has m been gone over by the actuaries and has been highly ap proved ss about the last word In this line of service. It has combined the best features of pension systems in other cities that have been trtsd out by use; and, naturally, city employes are ?very anxious to have the system go into effect for their own protection and tqj displace the unsatisfactory plan W in vogue. But when the executive board realised that this issue on the ballot might have the effect of endangering the authorisation of the special 3-miil levy for general city Dursoses. it aeciaea 10 Toiuiti j witlMlrfi.w its own measure at this time. That is a spirit ' that is worth commending and ' is a real service to the city . as a whole. a fin solrit of unity has been shown in the work of the improvement and community ! clubs in the aisincia soutq 01 xne thorns bridge . In their Ross island 1ridge campaign; For; a time it looked, as though the conflicting ; in terests' as to bridge location would be a rock on which a serious split might come ; but that happily was averted, and each club hss realised that there must be efficient team work if the idea of the, new bridge' Is to be "sold" to the voters of Portland. So It has came about that, although Sell wood would much prefer to - have ' the bridge at the Spokane avenue location, its citi zens realise it can. get nowhere by a division of forces, and at a meeting held in the community house a few days ago there was unanimous in dorsement and pledge of work for the Ross Island bridge. All of which ts of deep Interest at the city hall, where traffic problems are over a subject of discussion and where the Ross island bridge is advocated as a most efficient means of traffic relief. There's such a thing as being too blamed accurate for "comfort for the other fellow. Now this here Horace E. Plummer, chief Of the city's building department, he's a wisard for accu racy, and he's proved his conten tions to many times tn affairs be fore the city coun cil ' that I gather , the "low . down" information that the etty 'commis sioners were se cretly quite pleased When Plummer had to admit a short time ago that there d been a slip-up In his office in check ing fire escapes on the new Elks' temple. Plummer is ths k4nd of fel low who lets the irate property owner or prospective builder go thevfull limit in protesting against building regula tions and declaring that there never was anything of the kind required la Oshkosh or Kalsmasoo or, Kankakee ; and than, when .the Irritated person has spent his vocabulary, Horace pulls but the list of cities where such and such regulations are' in full force and effect and proves the man didn't know what he wss talking about. Why. even the , chief office of the pifblic . works department decided to check up on some off-hand statements of-; Plum mrs.th ether day, when he declared certain regulations were, in "effect in certain cities, and which his hearers didn't believe was So. And blamed If Plummer wasn't right down to the letter 01 tne regulations. Anyway, it s refreshing when a man makes a mis take once In a while. - and the council dearly; holds on to that Elks' temple episode. 1 and Fanatic concernedwith the Pan-Islamic move ment, however, in teres ted. -the Pan-Islamic movement may "be in nlm ami that bis aims are limited to Turkey, Nor is he -extravagant in the defini tion he gives of what he means by Turkey. He disclaims troubling Tiim- seir with the so-called Pan-Turanian cause, which would stretch the Turkish empire, east, and . west, hundreds of miles. Kemal apparently accepts the facts that Syria and Palestine, that Mesopotamia-and Arabia, that Greece and Bulgaria and Serbia have been alienated forever;' from the Ottoman Empire and that with regard to these territories. It ts Kismet. . ' y 1 t But all the more Insistent Is Kemars claim that in what remains of the em pire the Turk shall rule. A 'each proviaoe was lopped off there jwas a migration of Turks Into .the prevtnceS that were left. For tha true Turk is not a merchant, not a worker,; not producer: he. is a ruler, a soldier, a aristocrat., uoless hS rules, he icanno live-. And when- he ceases to rule h emigrates. It is for the last strpng- hold of the Turk that Kemal claims hi is fighting. Where the 'Turk's it major ity, there? It is argued, hs-should gov ern. ; whatever happens - to 'the minor ities. Jt is In practice self-determination pressed - to the" point of 'denyinerithe Je.sf-ntiat rights, even of life to thos.4 it Jo MV-SCEgJOPS 6AE3A "Whistling, fo a wind to" tW'lan&s- khan. Is a- derisive .way of saying that someone ; is , asking; for ' ImpossibM things In a vfar more 'impossible way. To the seamen of oldea days whistling for wind-t was - -matter -of - great seriousness and a? rite tha was, sr formed almost "on ,a setTrltuai? f-. This was. particularly true tn' aB boat racing and even, in tests of speed pn uie Digger stups. 't ne crait wouia rollick along In a Stiff braexe and all was" well. AS soon as she became becalmed It was an entirely different thing. Efcry effort had to be made to beat the competitor, 5. . ----- - - . .-- :' When becalmed the proper thing to do, according to the ancient lights 'f the mariner, was to whip out a Jack knlf and stick it into the mast .with the- handle pointing in the direction from , which the wind was desired. When this was - done, all hands, and the cook, were mustered to' start the whistling 'ettorus. . k ',- , Weird strains of. human ' irhiatUng were supposed to invoke the winds to blow at their - best. Sometimes ; they did and mostly they didn'U;but atpaen 0f ytctory at having completed any rate the old seadogs firmly be lieved the breeze that eventually came along - was due solely to ..the united Whistling pf the crew. .. ' s ! Nowadays whistling on . shipboard la taboo. The unfortunate sailorman who gives vent to exuberant; feelings in this way is doomed to indur great vrath. . First of all. some skippers in the merchant.' marine, believe that whistling terrtpts the gods and if per sisted in will result in a howjlng gale! Naturally this - is what-vthey least want. ' r : - - In Uncle ' Samuel's hav)r whistling Is also taboo, but for-a less romantic reason. The bosun's mate passes the word of various "happenings and orders involving the entire' ship's Company, attracting attentiop by the shrill whistle of his , pipe. who differ.' from . , the . ruling whether is religion or race. .- class. pr AGOHA Much that Kemal says sounds liberal. In the llttie hill town of Angora they have a parliament, or national assem bly, as democratic in form as. any one could desire. There Is no senate to check the popular decision. " The sultan at Constantinople ts treated with scant respect. In a sense there is iio cabinet. The assembly appoints certain men to 36 certain things, and It is fothe Ss ssmbly that they are responsible. Kemal is, in name, merely the. president of the assembly. .But, in fact, "the government has rapidly -become autocratic On Kemal there has been conferred, for a limited but constantly extended period, a dictatorship . which ; Is now ; absolute; When he drove back the Greeks from the Sakaria river, the assembly created him field marshal and hailed him. as "The Glorious." . , Mustapha Kemal is i just over 40 years of age. , Enver was his senior by a. bare year or two, and they may he regarded as contemporaries Both men hailed from the Balkans. Both belonged ,0 the Turkish .aristocracy that In their youth held down the provinces now annexed to Greece, Bul garia and -Serbia. Both spent time in Saloniki. which was then Turkish and a hotbed of revolutionary propaganda. Both, as officers, received an excel lent training, .Kemal attending the Military college at Constantinople, here the .influence of German in structors ' under experts like Marshal von der , Golts was overwhelming. Against Abdul Hamld the men worked together, but as soon as he was deposed Enver and Kemal parted company. Kemal's contention is that Enver merely wished tp continue the Hamjdian policy under - his wn name, which, has proved to be a fair ly shrewd estimate, , and, anyway, he led the opposition. It was. here that he first revealed the character of ex tremist. He was a man who insisted on having his own ideas accepted." LIKE BE TALEKA As brigadier-general he fought in the Gallipoli campaign,' displaying brilliant qualities as a strategist, but' at. the same time a -disinclination to accept orders even from; so formidable an au thority as General Lunan von San ders. He was therefore sent into Asia, which meant in effect exile and the loss of promotion, hut - he emerged again when, with the- defeat of Tur key, the Young Turks fled and the treaty of Sevres was to be forced upon the sultan. In a sense, Kemal's op position vis here, a little like that of De Valera n relation to .Arthur Grif fith and Michael Collins, The sultan's government was ready - to accept' the treaty ; Kemal was not; and ha with drew the national .assembly to Angora in order to prevent satificatiott. -That Kemal should be an Irreconcilable is, after all. not to be wondered at He Ib human. He has seen the entire country where he was horn and bred commonly called Macedonia a coun try held by the Turks for many hun dreds of years, annexed by peoples Don't Vait for a Warning If your eyes are pot nor mal serious trouble may arise. It behooves yoa to know tbatf your eyes, are having- the proper care. J Have, .year eyes exam ined today. STAPLES The Jeweler . OPTOJIimilSTS-OPTICIANS , , - 266 Blorrison St, Portland, .Oregon I ! Friendly, ' Cheery, Hot LINCOLN LUMP COAL'' The Coal of no regrets. Immediate orders - at t:l Per Ton t Connate or mere $HM per tea. Delivered right iato year bla. Lew ia ashf se eUskers,boae or slats. - OTSTEK FUEL COMPANY 237 East Morrison Street ; - ,v TZJAZLACU The Tnotea of the various pipe calls are - similar to th- notes emitted, by , human, whistlers and for that reason friend gob has standing orders not to whiitle. : - . v i - Very closely akin to whistling as a means of Invoking the pleasure of the gods is the old custom -of I singing chanties when the ship is j making . ready for sea. Ia the American and British navies chantie singing .has al ways been ruled out. . This is because mapy of the chanties are obscene and the words of them Imply Jnsubordina- tion. ; . Oh board -the ships carrying freight and! particularly the, great! American clipper ships chantie singingl became an institution. No ship coda go to sea'' or snter port without the" ac companymeat of a chantie or j two. - - For tha most part the chanties were distinctly a "rrowj." The seamen. loath to leave- wives and sweethearts, took their grouch out In chantie slng ing on leaving port.- On entering, the chantie was -more of the nature of a a mod cruise. ' . ' r : i -- The real sea chantie. tha kind that cannot be bought in books,; waa at least 85 per lent cussing, sea !j phrase-, ology being -well adapted to this form, of expression. Poesy In the modern not a nart I of the chantie, as tmj- main thing was a rhrme and a certain rythm for work lag the capstan or heaving in on lines, : There are several - books i of sup posedly sea chanties- on the- market. . These books ara mostly the vague ideas of Some -landsman-poet 'who wrote the chantie as', he thought It should be and not as tt was. However, there Is one bookX' the real chantie. , collection" made, by a British' sea captain. By the naturaof tho chantie thejf are not the best otreadlng for the i youth of the nation. -X? ;.--? " " -. A. ' . IJ whom the Turk regard as social and spiritual interiors. He is embittered., by long experience, of defeat, I X;- - What "has now come to Aiustapna N Kemal Pasha is the testing : time. He has won a' big fight -In the courage that he has -displayed It is impossible not to admire him. But what! has' he done, and 'what will he do ; with, his victory? It is in the misuse 0$ power that the Turk hitherto has always failed. And la Smyrna Kemal's ideals were Illuminated by the wild and hardly reassuring' glare of a prosper ous eity in flames. ' ' - 1 Paster Stands irt ,f Bain AU Day, but Doesn't: Get Prize (Br tTnltad Vm) ' ' - Zlon City, 111., Oct, 14. The i Rev. Robert E. O'Brien off the Zloni Meth odist church will have to pay his tailor out. of his own pocket, WHbur! Glenn .. Yollva, roaster "of the "chosen people" of the Christian Apostolic church, 'won't help. - ... A 4:V'-"- - Voliva offered, a prize of $3 tot Rev. Mr. O'Brien, leader of the independent flock,, which Voliva has promised to drive from the city, if he would stand all day in front of a newspaper office to "show what a fool he la" ; I - - The Rev. Mr. O'Brien stood all day in front of a Waukegan newspaper of fice, while it rained cats and vision, and ran up a good-sized cleaning ana press ing bill. " i . ! ' Five j dollars Is good pay for Just standing around,! Voliva mused; " '"He isn't such a fool aa I thought" I1 Then Ion the technical ground that the MetWdlst pastor ."didn't show him self a fool.'' VoliVa announced he would keep th prise himself. . :M Z Herft of Boars 60 j ; Into Balkan Town - - - " ::': :' v' ' '"J"'-''V--'i.,'"--i . Bucharest, Oct. 14. (L N. S.) The village of Rasova, near Constanta, on the Black sea, was Invaded In the mid dle of the day by a herd of 1 large wild boars. The peasants, having- no firearms, snatched up ; bludgeons, scythes and hatohets, and rushed out of their houses to repel the -. beasts. 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