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13 TTTTS MORNING OREGONIAN, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 2. 1919 KSI ABI.IHHEIl BY HENRY L. PITTOCK. Published by The Oregonlan Publishing Co las Hixth Street, Portland, Oregon. C. A. MORDKN, E. B. PIPER. Manager. Editor. The Oreg-onian is a member of the Asso ciated Press. The Ab&ocited Press Is exclusively entitled to the use tor puollca tion of all news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited in this paper and aiao the local news published herein. All rights of republication of special dispatches herein are also reserved. Subscription Kates Invariably In Advance. (By Mail.) Dally, Sunday Included, one year . ....S.OO raily, Sunday included, six months .... 4.-5 iJaily, Sunday Included, three months.. 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Brunswick building. New York; Verree c Conklln, Sieger building, Chicago; Ver ree & Conklln, Free Press building, De troit, Mich. San Francisco representative, K. J. Bidwell. the latters discharge, as described military aspect of the soldier's life and later became supervisor of the may not be determined- precisely, I company's affairs at St. Helena. He but this probably was an Important was sent in 1741 to that island to factor. That our previous armies in j investigate charges of corruption peace time managed their own "wel- against the governor and later ad fare" matters is not pertinent to the ministered the affairs of the island in an article in The Sunday Orego nian. Thus the employers are un consciously made parties to spread of sedition. There is need of a campaign of education by men who will win cre dence as to the truth about the lum ber industry and every other Indus try that is attacked by the wobbliea It would be far better to make a full showing of the cost of produc tion and the profit earrfed than to permit men to remain in an ignor ance which makes them ready vic tims of lying agitators. ALL AWAITS RATIFICATION. 'A. year has been practically wasted by the president and congress In set ting about the work of legislation for the changed conditions in domes tic affairs and in foreign commerce which have grown out of the war. The best that can be said of the ex tra session In this regard is that con gress has done much preparatory work, but when the completed laws actually passed are compared with expectations, the result is meager in the extreme. The German treaty has blocked the way, and the first duty of presi dent and senate is to get it out of the way, both because its enforce ment is necessary to define our re lations with other nations and be cause it is vitally important that con gress should turn its attention to do mestic affairs.- The most urgent business is to de cide the terms under which the rail roads shall be returned to their own ers and operated in future. That in volves definition of the duty of rail road employes to the public. Con press has been passing laws for more than thirty years defining the duty of railroad companies to the public, but it has permitted the employes to aHHiime that they owe no such duty, and they make more or less positive threats to tie up the railroads unless they get what they ask. It is up to congress to declare that the right or the people to transportation is superior to any right of the railroad employes to strike. The next most urgent need is a law or laws which will give the govern ment ample power to bring revolu- tionary conspirators to justice, to suppress all agitation against the government by formation of socie ties, by speeches, writing, publica tions or by strikes, and to deport every alien revolutionist who is not imprisoned. Provision should be made for sale of the government's emergency fleet and to regulate its operation by pri vate owners, with precaution that it remain under the American flag and American ownership. Revision of the navigation and shipping laws is needed to enable American ship owners to compete with those of other nations. There are many pro visions in the present laws which confer no benefit on owner or sea man, but impose useless expense and make work for useless officials. The bills providing for develop ment of coal, oil and mineral land and of waterpower, which made progress at the last session, should be enacted without further delay. If they had now been law, oil could bave been used as fuel in mariy places which suffer from the coal famine, and waterpower could have replaced coal as a source of power. The miners have been able to hold jap the people because we have, not developed other resources. The Lane reclamation bill should be pushed through In spite of oppo eition from men of narrow vision and parochial minds. This is both a means to provide homes for ex- soldiers and of making vast areas of rich but Idle land productive and a means of correcting the dispropor tiou of urban to rural population. systematic aeveiopment and use f waterways is needed. This re fiuircs a law which will substitute lump sum, annual appropriations to be expended by a non-political body of engineers and business men for the present pork-barrel river and barbor bill. Combined with thi iwork should go the development o all uses of water and prevention of moods. Order should be introduced into llie national finances by adoption of ja budget system. National expen ditures have reached such a stupen clous total that system is essential Revenue is raised by direct taxes, which bring the need of economy i government home to everybody, an the people will not hereafter forget the stereotyped platform promises of economy as soon as election is over. Uheir interest will be sustained by belief that the high cost of living is largely aue to nigh cost ot gov eminent. When the president and senate contemplate this great pile .of work they should be Inspired with a re ' solve to compromise their differ ences and ratify the treaty before Christmas. IN A GREAT HURRY. The Oregonlan hopes to see the death penalty for murder restored in Oregon, and It is Quite sure that the people will, at the first opportunity, rectify the grave error of 1814 when was abolished, leaving no penalty for murder in the first degree. But it s unable to share the enthus iasm of its lively contemporary, the Evening Telegram, for a special ses sion .of the legislature which shall ubmit the question to the people at a special election. It is deplor able, but it is true, that nothing done now can change the status of the three desperadoes who slew Mr. Burgess and Mr. Peringer. They are sent to prison for life, whatever that means. It may be hoped they will be ept there for life, and unless we mistake the present temper of the" public, there is a general wish that they live there a long time. . There is much loose talk now about special sessions for various ob jects. There now is a new idea. It may or may not have escaped the Telegram's attention in Its frequent reading of the state constitution, that under Article XVII it is pro vided that no convention shall be called to amend or propose amend ments to this constitution, or to pro pose a new constitution, unless, the aw providing for such convention hall first be approved by the people on a referendum vote at a general election." It will be well before calling a legislature together to amend the constitution, to consider whether or not it is a convention within the meaning of the organic law. We o not contend that it is, but clearly It is intended that there shall be no asty changes in the constitution. A legislative session and an elec tion would cost at least $100,000. These are easy times for all persons and all institutions but the state and the municipalities which are con fronted by the constant demand for ower taxes and also by the six per cent tax limitation. Where is the money to come from? The Oregonian has before said that it thinks the death penalty should be restored. But it thinks also that the primary fault with the law is not the lack of penalty, but the failure of enforcement of penal ies already provided. The certainty or punisnment is a great deterrent. We rarely inflict capital punishment. when it is possible. The real argu ment for it is that it is a lust penalty, We should have capital punishment and then should enforce it. That will take a long course of education of the public, which in its turn snouid require juries . to do their duty. present situation, in view of the well-known fact that little or noth ing was done by comparison with present standards, and that our am bition for accomplishment has been vastly stimulated in recent months. It would be a pity to lose the benefit of spontaneous and enthus iastic welfare work for which some organizations and individuals, and probably no bureaus, are peculiarly suited, but it may be that the war department will yet find a way to employ these agencies even while the "responsibility of the army it self" is not relaxed. But having re solved to assume-that responsibility, the war department must make good. The public has concluded by this time that morale has a definite val- almost as great as that of mili tary training itself, and it will feel that this ought to be maintained in peace as well as war. for a time. Taking up an active career In the navy, he proved hiJ courage In an engagement with the pirate Angria, in which he saved not only his own ship, but three other? which he was convoying. The for eign policy which the Jenkins lnct dent helped to crystallize resulted among other things in discontin uance by Great Britain of the policy of paying subsidies to foreign powers. England did not make war or Spain primarily because Jenkins had lost his ear, but because of a long series of outrages of which Jen kins and his ear were symbols. If the affair of the twentieth century Jenkins shall develop serious conse quences for the Carranza, govern ment, the parallel will have been further completed. PURIFYING THE SCHOOLS. Proof that the school teachers now under investigation in New York are members of a political organization advocating overthrow by violence of American institutions should be fol- owed by instant dismissal, as no doubt it will be. It is not necessary to the issue that they should be con victed of teaching the doctrines of anarchy or criminal sabotage in the school room. The party to which these teachers are accused of be longing urges destruction of gov ernment, with violence "if resistance s offered," whenever the time is set by the leaders to seize the institu tions, Industries and property of the capitalist class." One young woman teacher, who testified that she was born in Russia, admitted that she was in favor of resort to any ex tremities necessary for the introduc tion of the soviet form of govern ment into the United States. Six teachers were originally on trial. The investigation recently has widened to cover fifteen. Even the larger number is not numerically formidable by comparison with the total of 23,000 teachers In the city, but it is more than enough. It Is a good time to announce the rule that persons with anarchistic tendencies must seek employment elsewhere than in the schools. The right of free speech about which anarchists and criminal syn dicalists prate so much on every oc casion is not involved in the pending cases, to the detriment of any whose rights we are bound to consider. We are committed as a people to the doctrine of orderly evolution. We have developed, and are constantly Improving on, a system by which the will of the people can find peaceful expression. Those who are too Im patient to await this process have no place among us, least of all in positions of influence among the children of immigrants. It is un likely that they will be tolerated In any school in an American com munity. A CAMPAIGN AGAINST THE I. W. W. Recent publications on the ways of the I. W. W. in their favorite haunts the logging camps of the Pacific northwest point to the need of counter-propaganda carried right . Into the woods. One writer tells of a man who had worked in a camp where the men seemed happy and contented until a band of agitators swept through the country and they struck. They admitted that their wages J 6 a day were big, but they Bald: ' "The lumber companies are mak ing $60 a day out of each one of us." The statement was false, of course, but nobody was there to disprove It, and they believed it. Similar lies were told at the Chicago packing bouses with the same effect, and they "struck" because the answer was not at hand. " The I. W. W. also retain their strength by committing acts of sabot pge against non-members, causiuc ARMY WELFARE WORE. The chapter of the annual report of Secretary of War Baker which deals with the "welfare work for the army of the United States" suggests that the war department has as sumed a grave responsibility in de cidlng to dispense with the agencies which exerted so powerful an in fluence in maintaining morale among our troops both while the war was in progress and while de mobilization was being effected. How greatly this influence was mani fested is apparent not only from the statistical review of the work done, but from the experience and obser vation of every person in a position to know. This Secretary Baker makes no effort to minimize. But he mentions the decision, reached by the third assistant secretary of war, in conference with many high rank ing army officers, to "turn over at a convenient date all of the educa tional and welfare work to the regu lar army." This decision has cul minated In General Order No. 109, which established an education and recreation branch within the war plans division of the general staff. charged with the responsibility of supervising and maintaining proper facilities for the education, recrea tion, and moral training of officers and men in the military establish ment. There will be no particular quarrel with this decision, if practice shows that the work can be in fact done in accordance with methods in vogue in the army. There is understand able reluctance on the part of mili tary men to intrusion of any fac tors which seem to them not to fit into the scheme of organization. The army is Jealous of its discipline, and it makes much of Its efficiency, as Indeed it ought to do. It sees, per haps, a certain incompatibility be tween government-controlled and privately-directed institutions in the same field. It Is the old story of the bugaboo of "authority" of which those In authority are Inclined to make so much. Yet it remains to be seen whether the army can in fact accomplish, in the machine-made, bureaucratic way that seems to be inseparable from army administration, as much as was made possible by the enthusiasm and initiative engendered by private workers. It was one of the chief factors in efficiency of the affiliated organizations of the commission on training camp activities, for ex ample, that these organizations were in a position to act quickly, to cut red tape, to dare the failure of a plan now and then, in the general interest of the men. That a bureau of the army, even when it is digni fied as a "branch within the war plans division of the general staff," will succeed in infusing into its work the spirit of doing will be doubted by many who have watched the functioning of government institu tions. In reviewing the activities of the private organizations which worked together harmoniously for the good of the men, the secretary finds that "the morale of the army was greatly Increased," for example, by such measures as leadership in singing, while the physical condition of the men was enhanced by a programme of athletic sports and calisthenics, "which developed co-ordination of mind and muscle at the same time that it gave diversion from the usual military and physical drill." How much the welfare programmes suc ceeded because they were disassocl- WHT REDISTILL CSE THE MAILS. Responsibility for inability of the government to stop circulation of revolutionary literature through the mails is passed by the administration to congress, if the New York World may be presumed to speak for it. That journal says that "the admin- strktion has been bombarding con gress for a year" to get legislation, and "has furnished bales" of the literature in question to senate and house committees "as samples of the matter put into the mail and for which there is no enforcement pen alty." "If the stuff is detected," we are told, "it is taken from the mail," but for lack of censorship, "discovery is a matter of chance and detection means nothing at all." Laws to make advocacy of sedition a crime "have been framed and forgotten," more than a dozen being on the legislative calendar. The World gives a few lurid samples of the stuff which has been taken from the mails. Soon after the United States de clared war, the administration asked congress for a censorship bill which was so drastic that it would have given the administration power to prevent or punish publication of any thing displeasing to it, including criticism of its conduct of the war. Congress refused to pass such a law, but that does not argue that it would refuse to pass a law against sedition. Congress doubted the discretion and Impartiality of Postmaster-General Burleson, and its doubts have been justified by his subsequent arbitrary conduct. It would probably grant to an impartial tribunal powers which it would not trust in the hands of Mr. Burleson. The course of the administration in suppressing and punishing criti cism, so far as lay in its power, and in expending public money on the committee of public information for advertisement of its own pretended good deeds may well have made con gress chary of granting more power, lest It be perverted to the use ot party. A JENKINS PARALLEL. Some persons will wonder whether William O. Jenkins, our consular agent at Puebla, Mexico, is a descendant of that other Jenkins who 180 years ago figured as at least the "contributory cause" of the war between England and Spain known in history as "the "war of Jenkins" ear." The parallel between Robert Jenkins, whose ear was cut off by Spaniards, and our consular agent does not end with similarity of names. The cry. "No search!" the slogan of the war of 1739 was the cry of an outraged and long-suffering people, frenzied by repeated indigni ties upon their seamen and their citi zens which the Walpole government ignored. The elder Pitt, Just then looming on the political horizon, was a leader In the patriot movement. Spanish authorities in the West In dies carried matters with high hand, with connivance of their superiors at home. Search of British vessels, an almost every-day occurrence, was accompanied by barbarities increas ing as the Spaniards became em. boldened by Britain's failure to champion the cause of its citizens. Jenkins served as a figure for the patriots to rally around. His ap pearance in March, 1738, before parliament, carrying a box In which he had preserved his ear, came at the psychological moment to arouse the country to fury. He had been mas ter of the brig "Rebecca" some historians say it was a-Scottish ves selreturning from the Antilles in 1731, seven years before, and had been boarded by a Spanish coast guard who had rifled his holds and, on his protesting, cut off one of his ears. "Take the ear to your king," Jenkins testified the Spanish com mander told him, "and tell him that we will serve him the same way at the first opportunity." A member of parliament asked him what his thoughts were on that occasion. "I commended ray soul to God," the shipmaster replied, "and my cause to my country." In the turmoil that ensued and roused the country to a high pitch of patriotism, efforts were made to discredit Jenkins' tale and to cast aspersions on his character and the purity of his motives. Historians championing Walpole by preference over Pitt have continued the en deavor. A story was circulated that Jenkins had in fact lost the ear in a pillory while expiating a misde meanor. But within the past few years I. S. Leadam, the historian, has said that ''recent researches have disproved Burke's assertion that the story told by Jenkins was a fable," and Sir J. K. Laughlin, writing in the English Historical Review in 1889, said that Jenkins" version was supported by the records. Time, and the subsequent conduct of th shipmaster of the 1730's, appear to have confirmed the truth of hit story, recital of which undoubtedlj precipitated the war with Spain. Primary causes, however, were lost to sight, and the war, which after ward merged into the war of th Austrian succession, took a widei scope. It needed the Jenkins Incident to crystallize the spirit of a people de clared by one historian to have "be come glutted with stories of out rages." Torture of Britons on th sea had become so common that the English had grown apathetic about them. The physical ear of Jenkins, preserved in its ghastly reality, visualized as nothing else could have done, the extremes toward which events were drifting. Jenkins ac quitted himself with credit in later years. He received a commission in It may comfort Chairman Jaeger to know that about every house holder will have a spare room or two when Shrinedom takes the city, but he will need to tell them so many times, for it is the Portland way to make good as the clock strikes 11 hours and 30 minutes. A contemporary blandly advises amateur trappers to practice trap ping on "the unwary skunk." It would be still safer to practice on one that is also blind, deaf and paralyzed. Bill Haywood, forbidden by the police commissioner to address a big I. W. W. meeting at Detroit, kept out of the city. Wise old Bill at last! Let the candle continue to burn. - Secretary Baker declares a funda mental reorganization of the whole war department Is needed. Quite so The secretary's resignation would start the reorganization very nicely. Admiral Kolchak has lost eleven generals, captured by the bolshevlki. But judging from recent achieve ments of the Kolchak forces, this could hardly be accounted a loss. Parson Maynard deplores the bareback dress, but ought to know there's but one way a husband can stop it, but he would be put In jail for cave-man tactics. Arid now still another "sharp note" has been dispatched to Mexico Really, it's remarkable how many of the administration's sharps turn to flats. Seattle has had thirty cases of sleeping sickness since November 15. Can the Rev. Mark A. Mathews be losing his well known punch? BT-rBODl'CTS OP THE TIMES i Reprint of Rare Book Gives Graphic Story of Later-Day Duel. Duels become practically unknown in America about the time or the civil war. That of Terry and Broderick in California In 1859 was one of the last of note. Soon after the war every state had passed drastic laws forbidding the practice. The following account of a duel in 1865 Is from Major John N. Edwards' "Shelby's Expedition to Mexico." The book Is now out of print but is being reprinted in the Missouri Historical Review. At the close of the war Gen eral Joseph Shelby led 600 Confeder ates through Texas to Mexico, where they attempted to cast their fortunes with Maximilian. Two officers, one a captain and one a lieutenant, "quarried about a wom an, a fair young thing enough, lis some and light of love. She was the captain's by right of discovery, the lieutenant's by right of conquest. At the night encampment she abandoned the old love for the new and in the struggle for possession the captain truck the lieutenant fair in the face." The terms of the resulting duel re quired the principals to be mounted and stationed 20 paces apart, back to back. They were to wheel, then fire, advancing or remaining stationary as they chose. The author continues: It was a beautflul morning, ail balm and bloom and verdure. There was not wind enough to shake the sparkling dew drops from the grass not wind enough to lift breast high the heavy odor of the flowers The face of the sky was placid and benignant. Some red, like a blush, shone in the east, and some clouds, airy and gossamer, floated away to the west. Some birds sang, too, hushed and far apart. Two and two, and in groups, men stole away from the camp and ranged themselves on either flank. A few rude Jokes were heard, but they died out quickly as the combatants rode up to the dead line. Both were calm and cool, and on the Captain's face there was a half smile. Poor fellow, there were already the scars of three honorable wounds upon his body. The fourth would be his death wound. They were placed and sat their horses like men who are about to charge. Each head was turned a little to one side, the feet rested lightly in the stirrups, the left hands grasped the reins well gath ered up, the right hands held the deadly pistols, loaded fresh an hour before. "Ready wheel !" The trained steeds turned upon a pivot as one steed. "Fire!" The Lieutenant never moved from his tracks. The Captain dashed down upon him at a full gallop, firing as he came on. Three chambers were emptied, and three bullets sped away over the prairie harm- ess. Before the fourth fire was given the Captain was abreast of the Lieuten ant, and aiming at him at deadly range. Too late! The Lieutenant threw out his pistol until the muscle almost touched the Captain's hair, and fired. The mad horse dashed away riderless, the Captain's life-blood upon his trappings and his glossy hide. There was a face in the grass, a widowed woman in Missouri, and a soul somewhere In the white hush and waste of eternity. e e Seven United States senators are bachelors. Senator Donald Kenneth McKellar of Tennessee does not use tobacco, and July 1 meant nothing to him. Despite his bachelordom, he looks like Bobbie Burns, eloquent singer of feminine charms. Senator David Ignatius Walsh of Massachusetts is called "Handsome Dave." And every time a Boston so ciety reporter needs "copy" she an nounces the engagement of Senator Walsh to some beautiful New Eng land or Washington girl. Then there Is the Beau Brummel of the senate, James Luval Phelan of California. He dodged the age Ques tion in the congressional directory Globe trotter, patron of arts and de lightful companion, he is in addition quite wealthy altogether a desirable catch." Senator Davis Elkins of West Vir ginia Is a war hero, and was elected to the senate while serving in France. Vet he is a bachelor, not to mention Deing a Dank president of great walth. ten i i. ue lauit oz nis tailor or haberdasher that Senator Frank Bos worth Brandegee of Connecticut is still an untamed bachelor. He is ad dieted to such brilliant plumage as nils green and burnt orange ties and carnation pink shirts. Senator Frederick Hale of Maine may have acquired girl shyness in college at Lawrencevllle, lair of the "Tennessee Shad," "The Uncooked Beefsteak" and "The Triumphant Egg Head," youthful cynics. But he is only 45 now. Pluck up courage, girls. On the trail of Senator Boies Pen rose of Pennsylvania, for years not a girl has yet arrived within gunshot distance. Even the United States mails fail to be of assistance. Recently a sweet young thing in Kansas City, who described herself as a "striking brunette and a perfect 36," wrote him a note on the advantages of matrP mony. But the senator is a wary bachelor. As Thosj Who Come and Go. The ambition of the people of Cres cent City, Cal-, is to see that town a great seaport. Off and on from the days when the miners gathered there, loaded their pack mules and headed over the trails to the diggings in Southern Oregon, there has existed a belief that some day Crescent City would come into its own. It had somewhat the appearance of a seaport prior to national prohibition, last July, for there were many saloons there. H. R. Saltmarsh, who arrived at the Hotel Oregon yesterday, is the owner of a large slice of the shore line at Crescent City and feels con fident that when the day comes and wharves are constructed for big steamers the said quays will be erect ed on his particular property Still on his mission of education. urging that Chinese be permitted to enter the United states to worn on the farms doing the hard work. Frank C. Jordan of San Francisco is at the Benson. When at home Mr. Jordan is secretary of state. He has been in politics and holding office since he was 24 years old, which was about 40 veara -o Mr. Jordan must be a pretty nifty politician, for he has never yet experienced the taste of defeat. He came out square-toed as a wet candidate the last time ne ran and came within a handful of votes of leading the ticket. Since coming to the northwest he hes tried a little duck shooting on the Columbia river. Wheat farmers of Oregon are doing one of two things these days, they are either moving into town and buy ing a fine home, or else they are headed for California to spend the winter. The number of Oregon wheat raisers who are in California. Intend going there or are on the way must number a couple of thousand, at least. -Mr nrt Mrs. M. D. McHaley and Mr. BLOOD GriLT RESTS OSf PEOPLE Net That ef Criminal, but ef Taetr Vtetlsaa, Caster Pret Leniency. PORTLAND. Dec. 1. (To the Edi tor.) Again sickening sentimentality over the punishment of criminals Is manifesting itself. It would be better if people would spend their time In forming themselves broadly on the subject, rather than to select one Iso lated Bible text and warp it to fit their own distorted ideas. It is true that too much cannot be said about the mercy of God; but we need to remember that justice is an equally strong element of his char acter. Beside, his mercy is not lim ited alone to the evil-doer; it em braces equally the Innocent victim of the murderer a fact almost. It not quite wholly, ignored by those who advocate abolition of capital punish ment. Mercy, to say nothing of Jus tlce. toward the decent, law-abidini public, would demand that the assas sin be deprived of power and oppor tunity -to harm others; and mere im prisonment gives no such assurance to the public, should we chance to elect as governor of our state a man who was swayed by feeling rather than sound judgment The murderer is convicted by his own conscience that his life is for feit to his deed, as witness the words of Cain, the first of them all; and like him, nearly all his breed since imme diately "begin to whine lest "everyone that findeth me ehall slay me." God did not Immediately take Cain's life; but we do find in Genesis'9:6 that he pronounced to men a law providing punishment In future for such crimes: "Whoso sheddeth man's blood, by man shall his blood be ehed." "Vengeance 1s mine, I will repay, saith the Lord." And well may this be true, for there are many crimes ao revolting and horrible that no hu- and Mrs. J. Coates of Heppner are at man punishment could possibly expi- the Perkins on their way to the south. ato them nothing but the wisdom of Having had a highly profitable season an omniscient God could devise an with their grain, they plan spending adequate penalty. a share of the profit with the hotel- Those who are so apt at quoting men, restaurants, movies ana garage Rom- 12:19 would do well to go a i j More Truth Than Poetry. By James J. Moatagne. men In the sunshine belt. The mayor of Pendleton and the city attorney of that city are at the Benson. J. i vaugnan, tne h.jv.. and James L. Fee, the city attorney, Baltimore made a slight success of Sunday closing, but the desire will run out when -automobiling weather is good. If we do have - to give Mexico trimming, Mr. Carranza's whiskers would be about as good a starting point as any. Mexico? Let's see. "Mexico is bounded on the north by the United States." Why not make it "hounded awhile? Rather a waste of energy to cable that crimes are increasing In Ire land. Crimes are increasing every where. little further and read thoughtfully the first part of the 13th chapter; because therein they would learn that God ordained civil governments for the protection of the innocent and com- t . . ,1 . nff that the re- I v.. m tuwii, iu are inicrt.icu ... ----- - mirr.j . . -. ,j i . ward for the capture OI me Biayera " - J N. Burgessnd George Peringer. email part, at thatof his work of i,.ii., i. nroDerly dis- "vengeance.' in the death penalty. ...v..,,. TJ.nHi-tnn oeonle raised a N'ote veiee 4: "For he is the minister ,. ,v,. reward fund, and the of God to thee far good. But If thou sheriff of Umatilla county. Til Tay- oo tnat wnicn is evil. oe airaia; lor lor was one of the orilcers wno r- " me voru (tyrauoi oj CHEER rP. Reds are thick and getting thicker) Stocks are falling watch the tick er. You can't buy a droo of licker." walls your peutlmlaUc friend. 'An gry strikers fight and riot; every business is unquiet; we shall all be ruined by it. if this chaos doesat end!" "Prices every day are rising at a rate that's paralyzing; there Is really no disguising that we're due to have a crash. Any one can see the na tion in this dreadful situation will be forced by wild inflation to swift and awful smastar "Yon can hear the earthquake rum ble! Industry is going to tumble, the republic sure will crumble and leave honest people flat. Bolsheviks with evil cravings will go south ward with our savings, with de moniacal ravings and rough ges tures of eclat." Though I would not try to smother the repining of this brother. I be lieve somehow or other that he's just a trifle wrong. For we're told by sundry sages that the history of the gs has contained its gloomy pa?e. yet the world has logged along. Things may look a bit depressing. limes may seem somewhat distress ing; future prospects keep us guess ing: skies may look extremely black; but despite our troubled glances at rude strikes and mixed finances, we are banking on the chances that the country's coming back. It W III Be a Hard Winter. Tee. Hot words around the arbitration council won't warm the country half as well as the. coal would. If They Hurried. By a second court ruling Rhode Island has gone dry once more. The boys In the courtroom just about had time to ru-sh down to the corner and get a drink. IV Goo. Tou can still export whisky with out getting arrested, but who wants to export whisky nowadays? tCopyright, 1919, by the Bell Syndi cate. Inc.) rested the assassins. irmmellna Pankhurst. who used to be the wild woman of the militant suffs in England, Is registered at the Portland. Mrs. Pankhurst usea to got ,,h attention from the British press as Carrie Nation and her hatchet were wont to receive in tne Whll. Mrs, Pankhurst was scratcning and marking London bobbles because she couldn't vote, the women of Ore gon had the vote ana many ui m..i wouldn't take the trouble to mark the ballot. w -p. Johnson and Mr. and Mrs. Louts Bloch of San Francisco, are at the Benson. They are connected with the crown-Willamette Paper oomnanv. which has a plant at Ore- rnn r-.itv. The company aiao u the biggest paper mill in the world, located .it Ocean fans, cruiaa v,uium- kio wt-ra there s unlimited raw material for pulp. When a commercial traveler doesn't get the room he wants or has some other complaint to make about a ho tel h nave to tne cierK on uuiy. "I'll take this matter up with the Far Western Travelers association. r,rt h nlerk is suDDOsed to be prop erty subdued on the spot. narry stonira. secretary of the association. in town ana is reguwruo .t , Benson. He comes from a town which de- death penalty) In vain: for he is the minister of God. a revenger to execute wrath upon him that doeth evil." We see no signs of the evil-doer being "afraid" In Oregon today, simply be cause she has divested herself of the strength of her law that is, a just penalty. Let Oregon beware lest. In avoiding the responsibility of the plain ordi nance of God for her, she bring upon nerseir guilt ror tne blood of all the Innocent victims slain by the horde of vile assassins who are Invading hor borders. And let voters remem ber that it is not by the lawful pun isnment or crime, but rather by fail ure to avenge such crime according to aw, that blood-guiltiness will come upon their garments. E. S. Fate. By Grace E. IlalL P.ll'LT FOR TRACTIOX PLIGHT. Self-impoaed Burdens Are to Blame, Argues Mr. Cousin. PORTLAND. Dec 1. (To the Edi tor.) The alleged necessitous condi tion of the local street railway and various plans for "relief form a topic which should be approached with considerable regard for the ac tual facts and circumstances. At the outset, there must be borne In mind the fact that operations of the street railway in this city may not actually be divorced in their en tirety from the interurban railways. j. , it. iTirinatrv on the Droduct power plants, gas works and other of contented cows, does Eugene Swar- activities embraced by the corpora lorg. who registers at the Perkins tion. To do so would Involve esu from Ferndale, Wash. The town, mates and assumptions of a highly which is up near the British Colum- speculative character. Ki lino Vent aoina- by a milk 1 In any event, whether the company evaporatory plant and almost every- has the inherent right to require the one In rernaaie wonts uncutij v puuuu io ocu-ouqlih m... ui.ioiw. indirectly for the concern. D. Hollywood of the San Pedro ShlDbuilding company, is in town for a brief visit 'and is at the Benson. San Pedro, which is the seaport ol Los Angeles, has no timber back ol it for the construction of wooden ships, so all the lumber ror the ves of its operations upon the basis arbi trarily prescribed by the company is debatable. May the company determine: That interurban cars shall travel over the tracks of the city lines with out contributing to city lines' earnings? That about ?3, 000, 000 power plant ated as much as poible from the . the East Iudia Company's service lady I matter of fact, though, none of them are willing women haters. Doubtless they are merely hardened to endure their bachelordom. Chi cago Post. e a Susan Llsby, stout, generous and a recognlied pastry wisard, lays claim to being the champion pie maker of the world. As head cook of Pennsylvania Mili tary college at Chester, Pa., she has baked exactly 23,600 pies in the last six years, and each has brought gas tronomic joy to "P. M. C." cadets, says the New York Tribune. But that is only an Item in Susan's pie-making record. For ten years she was pie-maker In chief at Swarthmore college, and during that period she baked 75 pies a week, or. a total of 39,000. This makes a record of 62,600 pies made by Susan during a period of 16 yeaca enough pies if placed a yard apart to reach from the city hall. Phil adelphia, to the Grand Central station in New York. Chief Hannan of the Topeka police advises householders to take a few shots at burglars, and perhaps they will proceed in their systematic plun der of Topeka acmes with less con fidence. "But the trouble is." says Harve Parsons of the Capital, who used to be chiif of Topeka's police. "that the average householder sleeps like a petrified log, and as the bur glar is not in the habit of rolling him over and dumping a pitcher of cold water on him before swiping his Darts, the chancts greatly favor the burglar A tew years ago a sound bleeper suspeaded half a ten of as sorted junk over the door of his hen house, which would spill the im promptu alar n clock all over one Emma Goldman needs the paddle ! mm-lit anvone except his wife when well laid on, but alas, Emma is a I she e, t to feed the fowls. Most i burglar alarjju work the same way, sels constructed there naa to valuation shall be added to tne city freighted In largely from the Colum- 9treet railway lines on which earn bia river mills. lners must be realized? . That the charge for power against Charles Hall, who runs a bank at iinRR .hall anDroximate J10.- Coos Bay as one o the many means 000 per month? ne nas or occupy uib mn tunc That the Vancouver division snuii not ridinar his oet hobby good roadsH . .- . u. r-grrvinc is in the city for a few days and . interstate bridge toll expense with is regisierea at too x.u... nJ lncrea8e ln the Vancouver rate he is president or tne state cnaniuer above lhe 5-cent basis? of commerce, and this brings nim to Tnat J30.509 per month shall be Portland Irequentiy. ohara-ed aerainst the earnings of the , , lcitv lines for depreciation? William scnimpil. uioiimoi " I ... L. . o , f..,,, l- .mrm npr the Astoria colony, which is located iM'riina- nolicemen and nd I?? hrmpff is nX r.m.n or employe, in uniform) shall ue nrricu 11 ' . That general expenses shall average nearly J30.OU0 per month including 11060 per month contribution to an office in Philadelphia? In June of this year the city lines T s M!irl,.rirv of Cottairn I Carried o.oau.uuu uaoiiscio. ' Grove, wife of the lumberman. Is at ten years ago tne numocr : iu Imn,rl.l A few veara aaro Hri ..; reuiuaiy una J" " T" a v- kLk, T.onr. 6.900,000; nn.Arlmia n , I 1 l 1. 1' iluilO la HID f .......... ... ... Can you paint a mental picture If I furnish you the scene? Listen, then: The dusk is falling and the sky is blue, serene: Here and there a bit of lace-work wrought of gauze and colored gray Floats across the distant heavens, to dissolve and drift away; Now and then a darting shadow falls between you and the sky. As a tardy bird, turned homeward, like a mammoth moth wings by; There is silence deep, unbroken, save by murmurs of the night. Which. like mystic cloak, enwraps one with the fading of the light. Listen once again: A window frames a girl's face sadr and strange; There. is wonderment and longing in the eyes, which tell of range Peering eyes that seek to fathom. hungry eyes that hint of grief. And they haunt you with a question. though your glimpse of them is brief; Just a girl beside a window, with her. face' turned toward the west. And a heart of world-old longings beating in her breast; From that humble little casement goes a message plain and true: "Wait for me upon the summit; I am on my way to you." Breezes carried it to northward, to the southward, east and west;: Zephyrs whispered It at nightfall, when the swift winds paused to rest; Ocean waves its cadence echoed, lilt ing song birds trilled Its tune. Mothers hummed It to their infants in the sacred twilight croon; In the laughter of the children, in the lovers' longing sigh. Passed this message from the window half a prayer and half a cry: Just a call to one who waited, but who heard, alas! too late. For the messengers who bore It were the henchmen, all, of Fate! It was not a brilliant genius who ordered a federal census in January, when country roads are at their worst. The Tacoma reds "enjoying" the hunger strike will be relieved of all stomach troubles when the strike ends. The phone order Is an early Christmas present. Everybody please say: "Thank you!" An I. W. W. organizer with a "von" in his name is more than an object of suspicion. One kind of hanging the prose cuting attorneys will hardly favor is a bung jury. Oregon milk ought to stay sweet longer when the cows go on that molaases diet- in Portia Portland. Mr. Schimp concerned ln the cranberry industry. which promises to be to Clatsop county what the loganberries are to Marion county ana me prunes are to Douglas. one of the most thieves in the country. She discov ered the thief in their room and while Mr. Magladry held the robber Mrs. Magladry hunted up a police man. city for street car travel, and there fore a gauge for potential traffic density. February is the low month. This increased trarric ana conse quent lncreasea earnings, in spue m loss of long haul passengers to tne automobile and short haul passengers due to the 6-cent fare, suggests the Idea that the. street railway's "plight" n-av not be chargeable so much to time the machine had to the employes, tne passengers, tne Lar. feet of snow. I ana so-caiiea puuiic iuiucn l vv the undue burdens imposea upon tne street railway lines by the companj itself EDWARD M. COLS1.N. In Other Days. Twenty-five Years Abo. From The Oregonlan. December 2. 1894. Astoria. A contract was signed to day by representative citizens of Astoria and A. B. Hammond of Mis soula assuring the construction of a railroad between Portland and As toria. A land subsidy valued at over J2.00fl.000 is pledged. San Francisco. Today a sweeping reduction of salaries goes Into effect all over the Southern Pacific system. Two carloads of prunes. 80.000 pounds, left here yesterday for New York. Over 30 tons of these were from Newberg growers and the re mainder from the orchard of Dr. O. P. S. Plummer. -New York. Frank Waller of Chi cago won the 24-hour international bicycle tourney with a record or 434.9 miles. Mr. and Mrs. R. G. Smythe of Med ford arrived- at the Multnomah yes terday from Elleneburg, Wash., and declared that the going was good ai though for be driven through two THE SANDALS OK MY YOYTH. The sandals of my youth are shed. The glowing dreams, alas: are fled- Fled? No. glad youth is deck again; I snatch again the singing pen. I walk on air, my eanaais snine. For all of hope and life are mine. The sandals of my youth are worn. And battered brown and torn Torn? No. I step again anew With rainbows breaking into view. Above the clouds I see a star' Where radiant worlds enraptured are. The sandals of my youth are lost In this long voyage tempest-tossed- Lost? No, fresh claa and trim I tread the joyous outer rim Of endless conquest over death. Of endless happiness and breath. Ah, sandals of my youth, aglide On all the starlit heavenslde, I trace the skies, explore the deeps Where human wisdom silent sleeps; I know now God. the one divine. Whose life embodies all of mine. New hopes, new dreams are flitting by. The chrysalis is burst, and I, Aleap, aloft, unbound and free. Have felt creation's mystery; The Past is dead forgotten long The sandals on my feet are Song. AN ALIEN. I wandered through a sar.ien Of roses and lilies fair: And there among, the flowers Gleamed an alien blossom rare. Her graceful form, so slender. Swayed with every breeze tnat Diew; Her hair the shade of moonbeams Hid her downcast face from view. And lured by her witching beauty. Charmed with her willowy grace. I was filled with mad desire To glimpse the wonders of her face. And kneeling reverently. I upheld the velvet etin. And gazed -pellbound in horror At the vision there within. Her lusty, lurid eyeballs Sent forth darting streaks of name. And in their depths reflected Degradation, want ar d : -iame. Serpents and leering demons Floated on her withering breath; Wretched victims unnumoered. Walling, sougnt reiiet in ueam. I flung the blossom from me With a shrill and frenzied scream, And. rising, glanced about me In that garden of my dream. Come ye. whose sandals hesitate, A-doubting on the brink of fate. Look up. look out, ye are alive With thoughts that burn and deeds I The roses had drooped and faded; that drive. I The lilies were seered and dead Ye are not dead nor dying yet I I cround the Demon Poppy New sandals on thy feet are set. I 'Neath a savaee heel and 'led VA UlitY DIE. I M1NA M. GATL.Ni Fifty Yeara Ago. From The Oreconian, December. 1SW. Washington. Thomas Savier, Ed win R. Geary and Jesse Applegate are appointed commissioners to examine and report upon the road and tele graph line authorized to be con structed by the Oregon Central Rail road company. The Walla Walla Union: "The steamers are making three trips per week to Wallula and come well loaded." The Western Union Telegraph com pany has announced that owing to the large deficit telegraphic commun ication may soon be discontinued be tween Portland and Victoria. B. C, unless the people are enough Interest ed in the matter to give aid. t.rrman Securities Im lalted States NEWPORT, Or.. Nov. 30. (To tae Editor.) Please publish whetner Germany received any loan from this government during her last war be fore this country Joined the allies. LOUIS THOMFSON. Germany during the war prior to our entry sold bonds ln a large amount to private Investors in this country. The United States govern ment made no loans to foreign gov ernments before it became associated with them in the war against Ger many. Villas; la la Half. Indianapolis News. The village of Kesar Falls, in Maine, is divided by the Ossippe river, so that one side is in Oxford county and the other side in York county. Four residents of the village are in the Maine legislature, two representing oue county and two the otber.