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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1920-07-14
PRINCIPLES DECLARED VITAL

CHICAGO. July 12.-Principles, no,
candidates. arc important things to
the single tax party, IL was declared in
opening the national convention here
Saturday Forty delegates. represent.
ing twenty states were present.
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WASHINGTON. July 14.-(A. P)
Exports of the United States gov
crnment who have examined the ca
pacity of Germany to deliver coal al
iotted to the allies have concurred in
ai'ied estimates made at Spa OF 20O,-
100000 tons delivery a monthly by
Germany.
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PARIS. July 14.--tU. P.)-German
delegation announced intention OF
leaving Spa this afternoon. according
TO dispatch to L'Intransigeant.
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Prospects for Survival Of Fu-
sion Sink Today After Reso-
IutionS Committee Confer
ence DragS Through Night.
LABOR MANOEUvERS TO
DOMINATE SITUATION
Morning Session Full of Preli-
minary Jockeying, Adjourns
Until 2 Awaiting Alteration
of PIanks in Platform.

CHICAGO. July 14.-CBy Henry
Jacobs. u. r. Staff Correspondent -
The new third party will function
without the guiding hands of the Lead
er of the committee of As it was learn
ed today on highest authority. Fur
ther, Senator La Toilette has refused
to become the party's presidential
nominee. These Developments result
ed from the labor party finally ma
neuvering itself into complete domina-
ton of the situation. with apparent
anchoring of the party to an ultra
radical program. The impasse was
reached in an all-night meeting of the
leaders Of labor leaders and the COM
mittee of As.
Liberal organizations which have
definitely cast their lot with the la
borites include the non-partisan
league, world war veterans. the rank
and file veterans association. the
American constitutional party and the
American party of Texas.
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single Tax Party ont.

The single tax party voted last night
to conduct it's own campaign without
.entangling alliances" Several Ia
borites are working for amalgamation
of the third party with the socialists.
Single tax men chose Robert Nc
Cauley of Philadelphia, for their pres
idential candidate and r. G. Barnum,
of Cleveland. for ce-president.
As last resort. the leaders of the
committee of IS may withdraw their
delegates from the joint convention
and form their own third party"
Success of the latter will obviously be
remote as a majority of the original
4s of the convention went on record
favoring surrender to the labor leaders
in every detail rather than ALLEVIATE
potentially the strong labor vote. This
turn of affairs eliminated several
presidential candidate possibilities. be-
sides LaFolIette and Ford, whose can
didacies were Withdrawn by friends
last night.
Amos Pinchot and George Record.
regarded as second choice to LaFol-
lette. were the principal hackers who
defeated the committee of As program.
They battled hard for their platform
in the conference. It is understood
that they were finally informed that
the situation had been maneuvered to
eliminate them and LaFollette as pos
sible leaders of the third party. The
committee of As withdrew. leaving la
Dor men in possession of the entire
third party machinery.
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Conference Emphatic.

SPA, July l4.--fA. P.)-Premier
Iloyd-George received DR.. Walter
Simons. the German foreign minister.
at the latter's request this afternoon
and told him cmphatically that the al
lies we're not bluffing. The allies. the
premier declared. Intended seriously
TO take measures or enforcement OF
the execution OF the treaty of Yer
saillcs unless the Germans meet the
allies modified terms regarding.
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WTsaathex

Reported by Major Lee Moorhouse.
weather observer.
Maximum, 81.
Minimum. As
Barometer. 29.60.
Barometer rising.
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Getting clear of the tracks at Ricth.
owen was chased over the hills north
of eieth and then across the Umatilla
river. He was heading for place
wherc lie and Hart had cached some
guns and stolen Indian plunder. Sus-
pectng as much Sheriff Taylor and
Deputy Rushee redoubled their efforts
and TAYLOR finally caught him. Cow
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InFnlIette nhiects

CHICAGO. July ia. P.)-Two
planks of the platform being drafted
by the conference committee OF the
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Continued on page 81
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RED RED NY BORN PARTY HITS SNAC AND HOPES GO CINNERNC
Miss Cummings Points the Way to Better
Things for Pendleton.

H ENDLEION stands to profit greatly by the report made
R by Miss Cummings of the University of Oregon on the
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DAILY EDITION

The East Oregonlan IS Eaztcrn Ore
CONS greatest newspaper aud ~
selling force gives 70 the adyer ttser
over twice tho guaranteed paid cireu-
lation in Pendleton and umetilla coun-
ty OF any other newspaper,
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This paper Il n member or and audited
by the Audit Bureau OF Calculations.
New-York tribune., 1920-05-16

most familiar with the negro char
acter, might be expected to be most
critical. Contrary to what might be
looked for, very mediocre act Of
this kind will gain approval in the
South even when it is failure else
where.
Washington, strange to say, is one
Of the least critical of cities. Though
the citizenship there is supposedly Of
more than average intelligence, vau-
deville people know that almost any
act will "get over" in Washington.
The same is true of New York.
A city that is just becoming large
is the most difficult to please-a city
such as Detroit or. Cleveland was
fifteen years ago. For a city is a
good deal like an individual. When
a man sees himself growing into a
person of more consequence than
he used to be he feels his import
ance and begins to demand better
things If he is offered something
of slightly inferior quality he is
likely to regard this as an affront to
his dignity.
The appeal of certain vaudeville
acts is rather elusive and difficult
TO explain. For example, there is
certain woman who is one of the
highest salaried persons in vaude-
vile. She does a singing and dane
ing act, and yet she can neither
sing nor dance. She simply comes
out and shouts and shrieks and ex-
hibits limitless amount of animal
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p ART Of the of vodevle bill depends on the
proportion of men and Uomen IN the audience

ing to like the show or not. The
last number is even less desirable,
because by then the crowd is likely
to be somewhat wearied.
A comedian always dislikes to
follow serious piece, because ne
knows that it will take at least five
minutes to get an audience back into
a frame Of mind to appreciate
comedy. But the manager, on the
other hand, does like to have good
comedian follow a serious piece, SO
that the audience aoiU be drawn back
into lighter mood.
People often ask why it is that a
group Of vaudeville acts are not COL
lected and sent about the country to-
gether. The answer is that-be-
cause cities seem to differ--a moro
successful show is provided when
each local manager has more free
dom of choice. What suits one town
may not suit another.
Boston, for example, is known to
have a strong dislike for any vau-
deville act which borders on tense
drama, and New Orleans never cares
/ for Yankee acts---that is, acts in
which New England characters or
types are featured. Performers
who have such acts usually ask not
to be booked in New Orleans.
South Likes Rlackface
Blackface acts 60 best in the
| South. where the peonle. being the
New-York tribune., 1920-05-16
Into Research Work

During the first five months of
Miss Browns service with the Mar
conf company she spent all of her
time in the test department. But
as activities in that field lessened
she was transferred to the investi-
eating and research field, where she
assisted Roy Weagant in his expert
ments with his static eliminator, an
invention designed to eliminate at
mospheric "strays," better known
as "static." These are the bane of
the radioist's life.
One of Miss Browns most priced
possessions is tho kodak picture
taken on armistice day showing u
parade Of the company's test Depart
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spirit and vivacity and the audience
likes to see her.
1--WE Don't Care''

The best explanation I have heard
Of her success is that she gives the
people a chance to do little vicari-
GUS "hell-raising." In other words,
she does what everybody would like
to do. She throws off all abandon
and "hollers" and kicks and tells
the world to go hang.
Nearly ali of US feel like doing
that at times, but also feel obliged
% maintain a certain amount of
dignity and decorum. 1t is a relaxa-
ton, therefore, to shout and carry
on by proxy.
The task of the entertainer who
does a monologue is, perhaps, the
most difficult of all. In the first
place, the humor must be we'll sus-
tanned That is, it must be funny
in the telling as we'll as in the actu,
al point of the jokes, and there must
not be so many words between
laughs. The average monologue is
an evolution. A man adds one joke
and leaves out another, until, grad
ually. his entire talk has been
changed.
1t is astonishing how few jokes
are available for monologue after
one has eliminated all that are too
subtle or of too limited appeal.
A few political jokes are all right,
but the bulk of the humor must be
along some other line, for the wonl-
New-York tribune., 1920-05-16

desire to attend the matinee, let us
say, but found themselves with two
or three hours to spare and decided
to go to the theater for lack of any
thing else to do.
When person goes to the thea
ter under such circumstances he is
likely to be in 'show me" frame
of mind. He doubts if the bill will
be very good, but does not care
much, because he had not planned to
&c to the show, anyhow. He thinks
it will, at least, be no worse than
sitting in hotel lobby.
The Night Attitude
The night crowd, on the other
hand, is at the theater because it
wants to go and be amused and
planned to go in advance, and hopes
for the best. If the bill is not as
good as they expected it would be,
they nevertheless try to make them
selves believe it is good, in order to
avoid a feeling Of disappointment.
Right here it may be remarked
that a rainy day has tendency to
cut down the size Of a matinee crowd
in a small town where the audience
is made up largely Of local people;
but rain adds to the crowd in a big
town. You see, in large place
the theater crowd is partly drawn
from people staying at hotels, and
such people ere glad Of place tc
go to get away from their hote1
rooms on rainy day. When to &C
about the streets is disagreeable.
A matinee is essentially fem,
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Got Herself a Job

Finally Miss Brown found a place
where her radio knowledge could be
put to good use. She entered the
test department Of the Marconi com
pany, and for six months she gave
all her time to testing the apparatus
upon which SO much of the victory of
America and the Allies might de-
pend. The manufacturing plant is
situated at Aldine. N. j., and each
day Miss Brown commuted to and
from her work.
at was starlight when / started
off to work each morning." she said,
as she told Of her work in the Mar
conf plant. "But it was great and
I loved it."
At first there were two other wom-
en- employed in the test department,
but they were called to other duties,
and Miss Brown remained the only
woman on the staff. The men who
worked with her were splendid in
their attitude toward her work, and
they, at least, do not believe, as SC
many men do. "that women just
naturally haven't the brains to
learn science"
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-MNHE war drove many girls into
3 the radio field and peace has
~ not crowded them out Of it.
At present there are sew

not crowded them out OF it.
At present there are sew
enty-two women with radio amateur
licenses operating in the vicinity of
New Yorl, City. All of them are
enthusiastic radio bugs" as they
call themselves, and they cannot
understand why more women have
not entered the realm of ethereal
conversation.
Miss Marianne C. Brown, 206
West Eighty-siXth Street, is one OF
the most active members Of the self
elected sorority Of wireless opera
tors. In her laboratory, in her
mothers home, Miss Brown spends
many interesting hours "listening
in" on important and amusing con-
versations, as well as chatting ami
ably with her New York friends of
the radio clan.
Then there is the radiophone. AL
most nightly the human voice is
flung over hundreds Of miles to be
picked up by amateurs. miss Brown
heard the address OF Secretary Dan
iels when the fleet entered the river.)
Concerts by Air
Also, there are weekly phono-
graph concerts via wireless, and
here, of course, no code is necessary.
Any one may listen in and enjoy it..
Miss Brown believes there is great
future ahead for American girls
who wish to master the language Of
the ether, and that the fun and
broadened interests will reward
them for their hours Of hard study.
When America entered the war
shere were hundreds Of loyal Amer
lean girls who asked the govern
ment:
What can we do to help?"
Some Joined the stenographic
army, others the clerical forces.
And small and highly specialized
group b. gan to study wireless teleg-
raphy. They believed that some
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~ of human psychology.
Scarcely less interesting
than tie performance on the stage
is that of the audience. Peoples
attitudes toward vaudeville enter
tainment differ according to the bill
itself, the weather, the city, the time
Of day and the day of the week. We
may not always know the reason,
but there always is a reason when
we particularly like or dislike an act.
Part of the success of a vaude-
vile bill depends on the proportion
Of men and women in the audience.
In a general way, men and women
like about the same things-but not
always to the same degree. Women,
AS q rule, like dancing acts better
than men, because they are usually
better dancers than men and, conse-
quently, more interested in dancing.
Best of all, a woman likes good
act in which attractive women wear
pretty clothes, from which they
themselves can get ideas. Many
women. of course, Just live from one
new dress to the next.
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(tuned to the lawful 2OO-meter
wave lengthy, a typewriter, case
filled with good books and some
we'll chosen pictures.
Nothing could express more truly
the personality of the woman scien-
tist than this little room. Here,
when she has time, Miss Brown
clamps on the magic ear-pads-
"cans," in radio parlance-and
listens to the dot-dash talk Of the
upper air.
The Morse code is not the only
code that the wireless operator
must know. There is an ethical
code as exactlng as that of any pro-
fession or fraternity on. earth. In
the first place, absolute secrecy
must be maintained regarding the
conversations that the amateur over
hears. Each operator applying for
a license pledges a solemn oath not
to divulge the secrets, corporate.
that he or she may overhear.
Ethics of the Wireless
Another ethical regulation is that
Of the tuning Of the amateurs trans
mltter. The wireless act of 1912
states:
'No station Of the character
mentioned in regulation Is (com-
prising all amateur stations) stu
ated within five nautical miles of a
naval or military station, shall use
transmitting wave length exceed
ing two hundred meters nor a trans
former imput exceeding one-half
kilowatt."
This law was enacted to prevent
the interruption of important com
nercial or official business hy the
needless calls Of amateurs, and is
considered to be just and wise legis.
lation. The 20O-meter wave length
permits the amateur sufficient scope
for communicating with his friends
and is a concession more generous
to amateurs than is granted by most
! governments.
| In England amateurs have no
/ stax, d;xr md Gaa...aa
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Women and Tights

Women rather like to see other
women wearing tights, provided the
act they are in is such that the
tights are logical or necessary. For
instance, they never object to seeing
a woman walk a slack wire or per-
form an acrobatic act in tights. But
a plain dancing act in tights, when.
obviously, it could be given in more
conventional garb. is usually certain
to raise criticism from women in the
audience.
1t may be surprising to learn,
however, that in the long run men
ere more particular about the moral
tone of q vaudeville show than are
women. A man feels sort of chiv-
alrous duty to protect his wife from
hearing or seeing anything that he
regards as improper. When he goes
to ar entertainment alone he likes
to know that his wife and daughter
might have gone without finding
anything TO De offended over.
The matinee performance Of the
average vaudeville show is never
quite as good as an evening per-
formance, because a matinee crowd
is never as enthusiastic as an au-
dience that attends in the evening.
There are many reasons for this.
In the first place, there are more
people in the matinee crowd who
have gone into the theater just to
kill tine. They had no particular
New-York tribune., 1920-05-16

inine institution. Now, a woman
probably is just as enthusiastic by
temperament as q man-possibly
even more SO. But she does not ap-
plaud in the theater rs readily as q
man--because she has her hat in
her lap and possibly gloves on and
may not find it convenient to ap-
plaud. Besides, she may fear that
too much enthusiasm may not look
laoy-like. Then, too, the range of
things that appeal to woman is
not quite as broad as those that ap-
peal to men. For example, certain
kinds Of jokes spoken by a perform
er are not fully appreciated by wom-
en-; but the Jokes that women like
are usually understood equally well
by men.
The Importance Of Applause
Few people realize the Importance
VI etpH'l<boGC dO a fGIQOcNlllC SNOW
The more people like a performance
the more they applaud, and the more
they applaud the better is the show.
Hence, the more they get for their
money. Nothing can equal applause
for giving the performer that sense
of el,ation and enthusiasm that
brings out his best effort. He may
sincerely think that he is doing his
utmost even when the applause is
mild, but if you will watch such &
performer before a cold audience
and then before more encouraging
one it might be almost like witness.
ing two different acts.
have in mind one famous comedy
New-York tribune., 1920-05-16
Better Than Kite Flying

Young boys, from sixteen TO elgh-
teen years, are among the most en-
thusiastic participants Of the radio
amateur game. And any boy who
once tries it will voueh that it beasF
building boats and flying kites all %
pieces. Just as Miss Brown SAID:
81 always loved to tinker. ba'
this is more fun than clocks, type
writer's, pianos and Foxds, all COM
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formed between New York devotees
Of the new science. When new
operator opens his key and expresses
his first "cq' (Which means, Some
body please talk to me- he is sure
to- get quick answer The old
members Of the game are anxious to
give hand to the initiate, and 10
encourage him in the perfection Of
his instruments and his craft.
Many Boy Operators
One day, when Miss Brown had
installed some new apparatus Of her
own making, she heard an unfa-
miiiar 'cq." She did not think that
her set was ready for business yet
but she answered the cali anywa"
The answer was picked up inme-
diately, and soon followed the inU-
tation, Come on over" which is all
the introduction that radio "fans"
need. That night, at dinner, the
Browns doorbell rang and two en-
barrassed boys Of about fourteen
asked to see the man who signed
himself an. B."
Miss Brown acknowledged the ir'-
tials, and the boys looked a bit du.
bious until they were invited into the
sanctum and shown the we'll ar
ranged set Of wireless instruments.
The boys surprise had been great
she. said, when they received such
strong answer to their ''cq, ara
they thought they had discovered
new high-power station. Imagine
their surprise TO find their fair con-
versant lived just across the street,
New-York tribune., 1920-05-16

had always possessed a mechanical
mind and loved to tinker" and
her brother, David S. Brown, had
achieved distinction in his pursuit
of the wireless. He had frequently
tried to interest his sister in his
wireless apparatus, but she never
considered the subject seriously un-
til the war came, with it's attending
need for wireless operators.
Every assistance has been given
to this young woman enthusiast by
her sympathetic family, and a com
Portable room in the apartment is
turned over to her use. There one
aees' besides the cogalete receiving
set (partly Of her en- design and
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Form an Organization

This is the wrong attitude for the
woman amateur in radio, Miss
Brown believes. The girl who re-
fuses to make known her identity
and to associate with other amateurs
in the radio field is missing much
in pleasure and profit. Last year
the Women's Radio League was Or
ganized, with headquarters and
aerial apparatus in the Y. w. C. A.
Building, at Lexington Avenue and
Fifty-third Street. Other New York
girls associated with Miss Brown
in the conduct of this league were
Miss Morrison, president; Miss
Rhodes, treasurer; Miss Bell, secre-
tary.
New-York tribune., 1920-05-16

cannot be obtained, and in Canada
the wave length for sending mes
sagcs is restricted to fifty meters.
Put Up the Anienne
Two sets of antenna are installed
on the roof of the apartment house
where Miss Browns family resides.
She has long-wave set for the re-
ception of long distance messages
and short-wave set for the sending
Of those that fall within the amateur
law. The latter set she erected
herself-much to the interest of the
curious neighbors.
The sight of a pretty young girl
climbing over roof-tops and string
ing up long ends Of wire, is enough
to attract the attention of anv OBJ
server.
Radio amateurs among the fair
but obstinate sex entertain diver
gent views regarding exposing their
identity to the world. One young
woman, writing the Autobiography
Of Girl Amateur" in a recent edi-
ton of Radio Amateur News" con-,
fessed many amusing experiences
she had endured-including the in
structions to grease the aerial wires,
so that messages could "shove off"
more easily--but she refused to d.
vulge her name.
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Why Some Vaudeville Acts Fail and Others Get Acros
Men More PARTICULAR
Than Women About
the Moral Tone

en- in an audience do not alwavs -,
derstand even a very obvious na;,.
in political joke. Most nonolop,s,.
think that the best type of Joke !,
something funny about a man ana
a girl.
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Monday Audiences Critical

The most critical vaudeville au-
dience is that which goes to the
Monday matinee. This Monday af-
ternoon crowd IS made up TO a great
extent Of so-called wise guys" who
want to see every new bill at the
earliest possible moment and are
extremely dubious about the ability
of any actor folk to please them.
AS the week goes on each au-
dience seems a little easier to please
than the one before, as many of the
people have gone only after hearing
friends favorabiy comment on the
bill and are, therefore, expecting to
be pleased.
Saturday night is the easiest au-
dience Of all to satisfy, because
everybody is glad that the weeks
work is over and that a day of rest
is coming. They are in a holiday
mood, and an act will often strike
them as good even when it is not.
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Offered Services In Vain

From one department to another
they tramped. Visions of serving
on the navy's battleships began to
fade, and even a placid land Job
in the service of their country
seemed out of reach. One day, in
desperation, five of these graduates
OF Professor Hills radio class went
downtown and tried to enlist in the
Marine Corps.
what did the recruiting officer
do?" asked the interviewer.
"Well, he managed to keep his