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fEATURjESi 4V tV W' Wr PART TWO INDEPENDENCE,' OREGON, FRIDAY. FEBRUARY 7, 1913. FOUR PAGES Jp Immigration Pozzies Uncle S Government Expert Must Study Out Best Answer to a Great Question A Problem of Difficulties and Hard to Solve From Urn poverty-stricken hovels of Russia mid her kindred countries, from tliu plnguo ridden dlHt.riftH o( Southern Ktiropo tho United Htato is eluiiiihifc uniiiiiill.y Inr toll of ignorant and illit i-rntu Immigrants. Careful an tlio do pitrimtMit mny bo to safeguard tho wol fiiro of our nation, watchful for dun ruiiii characters of tlio Murk Hand ttinl similar organizations, ami con tinually resorting to deportation iih n protective measure, still tlio country in filling up with undesirables, and there hcimiim no way to chock tlio flow. Tlio problem of immigration in relation to ill effect upon tlio future of our coun try in ouo that imiHt sooner or later ho come an Ishuo, for tlio fact im reveiiled by tlio Intent statistics aro alarming. A generation ago our population wan increasing steadily with an annuo in flux of immigrants from Germany, Scandinavia and tlin I'nited Kingdom, attracted by th free land offer iiuulo by Uncle Hani and the unbounded dp pnrtuiiiticK for betterment. Tin-no im migrants were of the steady, sober cIiihh, well educiited as a rule and bear iiiff a very low percentage of illiteracy. From one to four per cent represented the number of illiterates, while their thrift made them well to do within a few years. Now the situation in com pletely changed. Of the 2,000,000 for eigners who annually seek our shores tlio great majority come from Russia, AiiHtria, Hungary and Italy. Poor, op pressed, with no chnnce for betterment, they listen to the siren Voice of tlio unscrupulous agent who is willing to pay their fore across the ocean, for tho evils of their present existence stare them in the face and they can sec no chance for a worso fate. They hasten to escape tho known evils for tho vague hope of a brighter horizon. From 13 to 4H per cent of them aro illiterate Never having had anything in tho old 'country, they have not learned how to make their wny hero. Many of thorn ore. fit only for day labor. If these immigrant would scatter over tho country and settle in the rural districts tho problem would bo less Divorce Mill May SIowUp? East Worried Over Proposed A wail of woo has gone up from tho effete Knst over the sudden announce ment that tho state legislature of No vailn may puss a law during its present session extending the residence re quirement for divorcees from six months to a year. For without Reno and its divorce colony tho wealthy miB fits of the country will bo up against it. . If the legislature does pass tho odious law there will lie a rush in the lienrt henling business up to tho time tho new measure goes into effect. After that whatf Probably the cry, "On to Mexico!" It is easy to imagine, the effect of such a measure on the wounded hearts of tho rich. Suppose, for instance, tho time for tho new measure to go into ef fect is January 1, 1!M4. Hands now worn threadbare will suddenly soup and tho parties will hasten to the confines of the friendly state. Others not ready to snap will yield at onco to tho scissors, while many ruptures un dreamed of will bo suddenly cflfcctcl and thoir principals carried away with the popular stream of emigrants to Reno. And. after that, "On to Mex ico!" Nevada has long been tho mecea of wounded hearts. In fact, since South Dakota increased the residence require ment, for divorce Nevada hns done about all the heart-mending business for tho country. It has become in real ity an art, and many havo adopted it as a specialty and made it their pro fession. A pretty society belle decides to try matrimony just for fun. After a couple of months she decides that she doesn't like it and the doctor is called in to make an examination into the condition of her heart. He finds a smnll sliver in it and extracts it. But tho wound thus left widens every day, and after a twelve month has passed it gapes wide open and tho red blood oozes and spurts until there is no love loft in the poor heart, Tho doctor ad AFTER THE STAGE Tho beautiful story of the lowly Naz arene as brought out in Low Wallace's great masterpiece, "Hen Hur," must have a splendid influence upon tho players who participate in its produc tion upon the stago. The plot of tho Louiso Huff, who has been playing tho part of Tirzah lias refused to sign a contract for another season. She says she will retire to a cloister and spend the rest of hor days in religious seclusion. Born of Roman Catholic parentage and religious by nnture, hor troublesome. But most of them have barely enough money to bring them across tho water, and they are com Milled to stop where the ship stops. Ho tho great cities of tho Fast aro over run wilh ri foreign population. Young women ami girls become tho prey of white slave scouts if they havo not al roady been ensnared by tho foreign scout, while the men -wander about in search of employment in this land of promise. Failing to find it, they judge Working for Action by Nevada Legislature vises a change of climate and suggests a high, dry altitudo for about six mouths, Nevada offers the required ratification of ozono, and furthermore there is a sanitarium at Reno known as tho divorce colony, which has the most remarkable record of cures ever heard of. Hundreds enter the sani tarium every year and go away cured. The longest treatment ever recorded was just a little over six months, while the great majority go away completely cured at six months and one week. The belle submits to hor physician's advice and the treatment begins. Surrounded by others of similar ail ment, with the sympathy of kind friends and the gentle care of colony specialists, her recovery is rapid. Kvery day she can tell by hor breath ing that the gnp in her heart is clos ing up. At the end of six months the colony physician gives her a little plas ter with instructions to wear it upon her heart. It is the court's decree of divorce. She suddenly finds that not a trace of the terrible wound remains and she goes back to New York for an other trial. If tho Nevada legislature passes the bill the divorce business is going to suffer. It is sad to think of the effect such a measure will have upon the wounded hearts of the aristocracy of tho country. Experimental matrimony, one of the noblest institutions of our nation, is sure to receive n setback that we may never recover from. Further more, Mexico may get some of our wealthy citizens six months out of every year. Tor with, our sanitarium shut down we have no other high, dry climate that will do the business. The climate of Bono acts upon the ruptured blood vessols of the heart very much the same as a green persimmon does on your lips. It puckers them all up so you hardly know you have any. The Unitod States government ought to take a hand in it and stop the threat ened action on the part of Nevada. THE CLOISTER part in the groat play hns served to im press more strongly the beauties of the unselfish life of the Master. Now she has decided that the lifelong dosiro for quiet religious life shall be grati fied at the close of the present season. The incident disproves the theory that the stago and all connected with it are bad. It proves that one can mingle with the associations of the stage and still retain self-respect. It proves that a good play is not without its influ ence for good. tho whole country by thoir own nar row horizon, and discontent, anarchy and crime become their portion. Those who aro fortunate enough to secure em ployment save up their pennies unci send them back to a brother or friend that ho may take advantage of the op portunities in the new country. Ho the population is increasing, not from the increaso in birth rate among our own people, but by a steady stream of un desirable foreigners. Himself and Us and Not Others NO, SOK I VE JU ST OUT THAT 1M STRONQ ENOUGH TO CARRY IT MY5ELLF The Marriage of Helen Gould The marriage of Miss Helen Gould, whose wealth is estimated at $40,000, 000, to F. J. Shepard, whose fortune is comparatively insignificant, is an other illustration of the attitude of Miss Gould's entire life toward money and all that goes with it. Known throughout the country for her numer ous philanthropies and her interest in tho affairs of those less favorably sit uated in life, her selection of a life partner without means is not surpris ing. With wealth sufficient to de mand a place in society, she has pre ferred to step into the places of the lowly, there to lend a hand personally wherever her assistance could bring cheer or comfort to tho needy. The list of her philanthropies includes many enterprises for the betterment and uplift of her fellowmen. The Y. M. C. A., the rescue home, the tene ment districts all have felt the influ ence of her character as well as her money. She has been prominent iu na tional affairs for tho betterment of her sex, and in everything undertaken has been an inspiration for the better. Jump-Off-Joe, a Famous Landmark on the Oregon Coast Which Has Recently Disappeared This famous rock occupies a unique place in Indian legend. It is related that from its top Indian Joe hurled himself to death as a sacrifice for the life of his white sweetheart, Nita, upon whose head bad descended the wrath of the tribe for visitations of earthquakes and storms. The story goes that Nita, upon learning of the sac rifice, hurled herself from the rock with Joe, thus fulfilling the prophecy that the two would meet in Paradise. The rock has been a landmark until a few months ago, when it is reported to have been destroyed in a seveTe storm that swept the coast near Newport. 1 . Nor is illiteracy the only factor. A largo majority of these immigrants come from fever and plague-ridden sec tions where overcrowding of popula tion and inattention to sanitation are a constant menace to health and life. Many parts of Kurope are never abso lutely free from yellow fever, bubonic plague and kindred diseases. The germs of tho pestilence aro carried in the rugged clothing of tho immigrant. (Continued on page four) FOUND -V' ,-ff Fighting With Wooden Bullets Baffled and Humilated, Beaten at His Game, the Turk Is Victim of His Own Dishonesty It is related that a war correspond ent in the Balkans, while picking his way among slain Turkish soldiers after a hard battle, came upon some cart ridge cases and was moved to give them a close examination. He found that the case was of steel and the pow der apparently of good quality, but the bullets were small pieces of painted wood. Upon inquiry he found that these cartridges were furnished for practice shooting and had evidently been mixed, through mistake or design, with the regular army bullets. In the light of late developments in the Balkans the incident may be taken as symbolical of the entire struggle of Turkey for the maintenance of her na tional integrity. Forced into a war by her own acts .of cruelty, with dissen sions within her own ranks, without the organization that should keep her army the fearless fighting machine it once was, she has been fighting with wooden bullets while the enemy met her with the best weapons of modern warfare and. a united purpose. Today, beaten and humiliated, Turkey is still Eastern Women Strike-Joined by Men Labor Disturbances in New York Bring to Light Conditions in the Working Lives of Thousands For several weeks past New York has been in upheaval because of the strike of I.jO.OOO garment workers and tho concurrent strike of waiters in ho tels and restaurants. These strikes havo been most obstinate and have eli cited much sympathy, both from other unions and from persons outside the in fluence of labor. The large number of women and girls involved is probably in part responsible for this, for tho condition of many of these women is very close to the st-irvation lire. The effects of hunger and cold have been noticeable in spite of efforts to give re lief by the establishing of depots for the distribution' of clothing and money and the opening up of free lunch rooms. The strikers demand better pay and shorter hours, besides a general better ment of sanitary conditions in facto ries and restaurants where they are employed. Much influence has been brought to bear upon legislators and city officials looking toward the betterment of con ditions in the trades affected by the garment workers' strike. Ex-President Roosevelt announced that the execu tive committee of the Progressive party would use its influence in the legislature to secure the creation of minimum wage boards in the garment trades. In speaking of the conditions amo-g workers in the garment factories, the head of the International Ladies' Gar ment Workers' Union said, "They are worse paid than the workers in any other occupation I know of. Girls on leaving school will be employed in the white goods factory at $1.50 a week. In six months they will get an advance of fifty cents a week and in another six months another fifty cents a week. It is a year or two before they can earn $5 a week and they seldom reach $8 a week." Another leader says, "In cases where the manufacturers charge the girls 35 cents a week each for elec tric power, the bosses make money out of it, for 12 cents a week would pay for it. In many cases they charge the girls 40 cents, each week for thread, yet clinging to the forlorn hope that some thing will yet intervene to save her from the ignominy that will result if she is forced to give up Adrianople. Six hundred years ago Othman ap-, peared out of the East and set up his power. For three centuries thereafter the Turks maintained their power through their daring and fearless sol diership. Then came three centuries of decay, and for the past hundred years the Turkish government has maintained its existence through the sufferance of the powers and not be cause of any merit nationally. The countries that Turkey has conquered she has regarded only as plunder, giv ing no thought to their development and less to their rights. They have been regarded only as a source of tribute and have been called upon many times to furnish the means wherewith to fill the depicted coffers of the Sultan. Denied freedom of re ligion, freedom of education, freedom of anything, these dependencies have crouched in fear before the threats of their master. With such a policy the this thread is sewn into garments which become the property of the manufac turer. In printing offices the printers might as well bo compelled to pay for the ink." The situation was rendered more critical by the strike of waiters, affect ing many of the hotels of the city. afes and. restaurants have suffered heavily because of insufficient help, and some have threatened to engage ne groes unless the striking waiters re turn. Scenes of rioting iu and about several cafes have been reported. The dining room force of the Y, M. C. A. joined the strikers and many of the better houses are affected. Scenes of rioting were enacted on the streets, and special police protection was found necessary in many instances. One case was reported where the life of a pro prietor was threatened unless the de mands of his employes were granted. In all the activities of the restaurant strikers, Miss Elizabeth Gurley Flynn, the young organizer, has been a most' persistent champion of her cause. In one of her addresses she urged a new attack in order to bring the employers to terms. She declared that much of the food served in the restaurants was unfit and urged her companions to make public their knoweldge of conditions in the kitchen. "I want every waiter and every cook who knows anything about the adul teration of food," Baid Miss Flynn, "about sending back food refused by one guest to another, about highly fla vored sauces to disguise unfit food, to come to headquarters to make affidavits as to the rotten conditions in the kitch ens to be sent to the board of health and to the newspapers. If guests knew one-half the things you know they would not dare to go to one-half the hotels and restaurants in this city. We want to tell Mr. Capitalist what kind of a place his nice dinner comes out of. A nice cup of coffee coming out of most kitchens is like a nice lilly com ing up out of a mudhole. Ton may have to work here but they have to eat out there." Ottoman has engendered the utmost bitterness and hatred. For a genera tion he has been molding the wooden bullets that would some day be used . in defense of his national integrity. - Whhin her own army the result is the same. Military service under the Sultan brought the worst of abuses. Every Mussulman is required to serve seven years. But as no record of births is kept, many escape service, while others pre forced to enlist a second and third time. No one serves who can pay. A picture of modern military life , is given in "La Revolution Turque" as follows: "Quartered in an isolated garrison of Europe, Arabia or Africa, the pri vate is left without pay, without clothes, without shoes, without bread. The ministers, the prefects and the of ficers steal the appropriations, rob the commissary stores and even the ar senals. Half naked, hungry, smitten with fevers and syphilis, the unfortu nate soldier is forced to brigandage or revolt. In a Mohammedan district he goes hungry a long time before robbing the inhabitants. In a Christian dis trict each garrison is a pest ' for miles about." The Turkish soldier is not less brave today than in the past. Time after time he has remained at the front when weakened from lack of food be cause the organization at headquarters did not Bend forward supplies. More than one defeat chalked up against the Turk was brought about by this means. And here lies another cause for the decline of the Ottoman empire. Dissension within the ranks of the government has served to thwart many plans. The young Turk against the old, education and freedom fighting to supplant the ancient traditions of the race, patriotism against anarchy have disrupted the nation for decades. The policy of the Sultan and his advisers has been molding the wooden bullets that are now so ineffective against their enemies. During all the years of treachery on the part of Turkish rulers there occa sionally rose up men of sterling worth who looked to the future with eyes that saw the conditions existing today. Of these Midhat Pasha stands as the one pre-eminent example of wisdom and statesmanship. It was he who gave to the nation the constitution which time and again came to the aid of Turkey's rulers when intervention by the' pow ers threatened to set things right. But Turkey was not ready for the consti (Continued on page four)
