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One year
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f Am mira it la a arrest mis
take always to know enough
t go in when it rains. One
may keep anus and dry by
such knowledge, but one miss
es a '"world of loveliness.
Adeline Knapp.
THE BRITISH REPLY
THE, British note denies that
the British orders in council
under which there is seizure
of Teasels trading between the
United States and other neutral
nations violate our rights or em
barrass American business.
- A protest against the losses sus
tained by American traders through
seizure of American cargoes bound
for neutral ports and the hailing
of tjheir vessels into prize courts
wert lodged with Secretary Lan
sing on the day the British note
was made public.
- Either the British government
is Wrong or the New York bu si-
ness men are wrong, and there is
no difficulty in determining which
Is right. No less than 27 vessels
irom American ports are now de-
tailed In Great Britain. Of the 'try. The Influence of the trained
number, only seven are so far,mnfja an(j broadened thoughts in-
authbrlzed to proceed to their des-
tlnatlons, and these must wait un-
til their cargoes in prize court
are discharged.
Information 'from Washington is
.that Great Britain's view that
American trade is not harmed by
the seizures will not be accepted
by the administration and that a
rejoinder Is to be prepared. In the
reply; the president will insist that
the British orders in council be so
modified as to permit American
trade) - with other neutral nations
to proceed without further moles
tation. The, truth is that the neutrality
of the United States is little re
spected by the belligerents. Boh
sidesj presume on our-friendship,
and leach hopes to get advantage
for itself out of that friendship.
Germany wants us to become her
ally by having our government for
bid jtrade In munitions with the
allies, and Great Britain wants lis
- to become her ally by helping her
: Rtrv RermmiT
i -
Ne ither side Is aiding us to main
. tain' our neutrality, but both sides
- are endeavoring to Induce us to
breat It down, any! each is doing
so i i the hope of profiting from
the funneutrality into which there
Is desire to lead us. Both sides
- are in reality looking for assist-
ance that the United States can
v not afford and dots not Intend to
render.
Ojir plain duty Is an unflinching
neutrality, and it Is a duty we owe
not (.only to the belligerents and
ourselves, but to the peoples of the
other neutral nations and to civ
ilization and mankind.
Akd, by our position of leader
ship among the neutrals, we like
wise; owe it to all neutrals and
to ourselves - to demand that our
; legitimate trade with all neutral
'nations be allowed to proceed with
out (continuous and costly moles-
- tatlon.
THE AMERICAN DOLLAR
THE American dollar has be
I come the world's standard of
monetary value. Foreign ex
1 change rates quoted In New
York indicate that, ..compared with
the Idollar, the British pound has
declined at least two per cent, the'
French franc "five per cent, the Ger
man,1 mark 14 per cent, and the cur
rency of Austria arid Russia nearly
25 per cent each.
Tjiere could" be no more striking
evidence of this country's financial
strength. The currencies of all
other nations have depreciated
tinder the stress or war, while that
of the United States stands unim
paired. It means that tho American
dollar is already king of the
world's finances, and its power will
increase with continuance of the
war) . -
- European money buys 4ess ahd
Jess aid Europe is required to buy
more, and more. The European
nations have ceased to produce the
necessities of life except in a lim
ited! Way and for their. own uses.
The! United States is turning out
- huge quantities of manufactured
godds and Is "preparing to reap ui
othr rich harvest of grain and
other farm products which the bel
.. ligerents must have. , -
Our favorable balance of trade
fort the fiscal year which closss
next Wednesday will be a billion
dlars. a It means that Europe has
gonfc into debt to us to that extent.
Oufj net credit balance for the pres
ent! calendar year should exceed
a billion and a half, and it may
reatih two .billions. The suggestion
hag j already come from London that
we use this money in making loans
to Europe "
. , The .United States was never be
fore In its present financial posi
tloh. Never before was the outloek
the problem ' Is now what to do
with them. The war and oar enor
mous resources have made us the
creditor nation of the world.
How thankful we should be for
oar own cherished peace!
WCCTEEBS AND GRADUATES
HIS 'has been a week of pio
neers and high school com
mencements. .We"; have seen the snowy-
halred sires at their imaginary
eampfires, and the sturdy lads and
comely lassies In the graduating
j classes on the platforms. The two
" 1 fattiamM aw ,4 I.... w lmU1va.
; VA VUbO AAA WUU1VIUU9 AAA JA UA A IrA
and modern Oregonr 4m
Many a pioneer had "bat a
meager preparation for the. life
struggle in the way of education,
A few, months with an old Web
ster's speller and a bit of reading
writing and "ciphering" was all
the Instruction afforded many
boy and1 girl in that cruder age
The frontier 1 presented problems
of ear-rival that left little thought
or care or time for high schools
How different the scenes this
week at the Portland high school
functions! Nearly 400 young men
and youthful women were the
stage setting for graduating exer
cises at three Portland high schools
Serious and sincere. - but glorious
in youthful strength and beauty,
these young graduating folk made
a picture, .that was inspiring and
altogether lovely to the crowds of
parents and friends v banked and
rowed and standing and overflow
ing into the corridors of the audi
toriums. : - Four hundred of these
young people contributed to the so
cial order of .Portland are ah asset
I of tremendous force for carrying on
I the great work begun by the pio-
;neers in the primitive5 Oregon coun
cldent to their xraduation is a
'snlendiri invpntmpnt for n ft has
cost In public money.
Portland can look with confi
dence and good cheer upon her
schools. Whatever the criticisms
of methods and persons, a great
work of- garnering youth for a
broader and bigger usefulness is
going on under the splendid influ
ence of able and tireless teachers.
It is a school system to cherish,
to safeguard, " to continue to
strengthen and to be proud of. .
NOT GUILTY, BUT
I
INVITE you to come .down to
Sing Sing and Inspect tiia ma
chinery used in Inflicting the
death penalty. It would give you
a clearer Idea of the horrors of
this thing w would like to see abol
ished, and if you wish you may wit
ness an execution and see the ma
chinery in motion.
' Such j was the J invitation ; by
Thomas Mott Osborne, warden of
Sing Sing, to members of the. bill
of rights committee of the New
York constitutional convention. The
Invitation was followed by one of
the most dramatic episodes in the
New York criminal annals, when
Rabbi Jacob Goldstein, state chap
lain of "Sing Sing and the Tombs,
in arguing for an amendment to
abolish the death penalty in New
York declared that the district at
torney's office of New York city
bad admitted in a communication
to the governor that one of the
four gunmen who died for the mur
der of Herman Rosenthal, was in
nocent. He said :
From my own experience, and from
what I have learned, I know that
scores Of Innocent men have died
on the gallows and In the chair. I
was present when & lad whom I prac
tically knew to be innocent went to
his death.
The chairman of the committee
asked Rabbi Goldstein if he refer
red to one of the four gunmen, and
the rabbi replied:
I do, and the innocence of this boy
has been admitted In a communica
tion sent from ths district attor
ney's office to the governor. If this
is denied by any one, X stand prepared
to give chapter and verse.
The rabbi declined to give the
name of the alleged Innocent vic
tim, saying, "Better leave the mat
ter as it stands one of the men
4was Innocent." i
The declaration Is staggering!
enough to send a shudder through j
America. And when it is realized
how near Leo M. Frank came to
the gallowa at a result of a trial
which the governor of Georgia says
was controlled by a mob, it is not
difficult! to believe the dramatic
claims of Rabbi Goldstein.
THE GREAT NEED
UGUSTO VILLANEUVER, one
of ' Chili's delegates to the
Pan-American financial con
gress at Washington, savs a
merchant marine must be secured
if , the two Americas are to have
closer commercial relations. Be
fore leaving New ' York for home
the other day, he said:
We of South America await eager
ly the future action of the United
States ' in this matter. The United
Statei Will lose a great opportunity
if it does hot take advantage of the
present war and the demand for goods
by supplying- the means - to increase
the commerce with our countries It
Is. hardly feasible to leave' this: to
private enterprise, and If the United
States would bring about closer rela
tions between North and South Amer
ica it can be accomplished by build
ing a great - merchant i marine.
- Events have conspired against
future commercial domination of
Sduth America by Europe. The
war found this country with a new
banking law - permitting the estab
lishment . Of ' branch banks In the
Latln. American countries. ThliS
law -provided -the machinery for fl
naricingi South America. Money
Is pouring in from Europe, daily.
What is needed now Is an adequate
merchant marine We cannot do
business unless we hare the ships
to carry our 'commerce. - .
, . The . Chilean 'delegate voiced the
opinion of alt visiting delegates to
the? Washington conference. They
have no faith in the disposition .or
ability of private capital to fur
nish the necessary ships , "We of
South ' America-' await eagerly -the
future ; actios -of the United States
in this matter."" Will they be told
to await in vain? Will the United
States -; miss its great opportunity
to build up a profitable trade 'with
the progressive countries to ' the
south of us? v ;
PIXCKED AND PENITENT
F
LEECED Out of $3000 by two
sharpers a - Portland business
man is wondering : now how
and why he was so easily
duped.
Three weeks ago. the plucked and
penitent one met the first of the
bunco artists. Of ; course (the ac
quaintance was felicitous and de-
lightful. The artist attended to
that. " Then Artist. No." 2 appeared
on the; scene.: and he; was not only
delightfully -companionable but had
$20,000 elt him by the will of
his "recently ; demised father to
spend In Portland on sweet "charity,
Indeed, - he was at that very mo
ment looking for . a responsible
person to disburse the money,
And' the Portlander -took, the
bait as a hungry trout swallows a
fly. His $3000 drawn from the
bank was put in , ; a. strong box,
and he was left to watch it while
the smooth sharpers went out to
buy cigars. They are still out, and
tho mulcted business man Is minus
the $3000 which, as Is always the
case, was not in the box he so
resolutely guarded. ,
Sharpers come and sharpers go.
and strangely ; enough, they always
find victims. In a reading age.
an age of high schools and colleges
and graduates and enlightenment
and newspapers, their old, old
schemes of cunning, many times ex
posed, would seem too well known
to find willing victims.
It is probable that tho plucked
ar not regular readers of the
newspapers.
THE SWISS PEOPLE
A'
DISPATCH from Berne says
that Luxembourg, threatened
with a shortage of bread, has
appealed to Switzerland,
which has agreed to supply the
grand duchy with flour until the
next harvest.
This" brief news Item from the
mountain republic is a wonderful
testimonial to the Swiss people.
Surrounded by war, -cut off from
their, usual sources of supplies,
burdened with heavy expenditures
for the maintenance of their neu
trality, the Swiss people are yet
ablo to extend a helping hand to a
neighbor In "distress Switzerland
is an extraordinary nation. A cor
respondent i writes .of its people,
made up of different races:
The German Swiss 6f Schaffhau-
sen are not for Germany; the French
Swiss of Geneva, are not for France;
the Italian Swiss of Ticino, are not
for Italy; and this In spite of the
fact that these outlying cantons are
almost surrounded by Germany,
France and: Italy, respectively.
It is pointed' out that whatever
their racial origin, the Swiss are
immovably loyal to their own land,
as they have been for' centuries.
Ihey are for Switzerland first, and
the Berne dispatch Indicates that
they are for humanity always.
The example of the Swiss people
commends Itself as worthy., of re
spect and emulation -in America.
Southern California's large gro
cery stores are ilxlng standard
prices for goods and giving two
discounts. ; One of five per cent
goes to customers paying cash and
another of like amount Is allowed
those who do not ask for delivery
of purchases. The plan is said to
be working out to the satisfaction
of both buyers and sellers, bringing
home , to the former two reasons
for high prices.
There are guns and guns. The
newest is a food gun. In Chicago,
a huge snake from India refused
to eat, and after he had lost 85
pounds weight, the keepers adopted
drastic measures. A board with
a hole In it - was inserted between
the jaws, and with, the food gun,
20 -pounds Of chopped meat was
shot through" a tube Into the ser
pent's stomach.
A ? Denver child : prodigy, who
could read at two, use a typewriter
at three and mastered Bacon's es
says at efght, has broken - down In
health at nine and his parents have
given him & baseball and bat and
sent him to New Mexico. The " be
lated bat and ball . which should
have preceded Bacon, may have ar
rived too late. , v r V
in 1890 the American death rate
from tuberculosis was '..326 per
100,000 population, i and in 1913
the rate was 146.6. The loss of
lives from that disease was re
duced more than one-half a very
substantial showing to the credit
of scientific . research and ' an - ef
ficient Campaign of education.
Newly divorced' Mrs. Townsend,
of Denver. - a wealthy'; society
woman, repaid to her husband, a
prominent - business :' man, : $46,000
which he had spent on her, in the
last 10 years. It was some balm
for his wounded feelings, coming
as it does at a moment when times
are not over flush. . .
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Dr. Winter, . a - Boston Specialist
on abdominal surgery said at San
IjJS OREGON DAILY JOURNAL;: PORTLAND, SATURDAY, JUNE 23. 1915.'
"77
Francisco that if . yotr " are fretful,
hateful, morose; peevish or peppery
your appendix will suffer and may
have to be cut out.' Obviously, the
better plan la to save your ap-
pcndlx by cutting out -the other
useless things.
- . i ,J . ss , " .
The Spanish.: cabinet haa j:e-
signed, the government considering
its failure to borrow-money equlv-
alent to a vote of lack of confi-
dence.' On that assumption, a lot
of us might send in 'our resigna-
iwns. t
- ' - .- "
,5 The foreign born citizen, not the
foreign born resident alone, says
the Chicago Herald, ias rights hat
any otnex kind Of ciUzen has
and 'much, the same obligations. It
is aometninjr to think about.
An American: naturalist says the
cxi4cu , vj a fwB w iui
vuus, ana , me Bait JLAKe iriDUUe
conciuoes mat ir a rose sings tenor
an, onion must sing base.
iiie nmn oi meanness was
reached by the California rancher
wno maoe bis brtde pay for the
uwuse, iub jireacaer ana ine .wea-
ding1 journey.- . ' '
There Is no wonder that time
sits lightly on the brow of the
Oregon pioneer. His word was as
good as big bond in the days of
his youth. l .
Why Should the townof Bend
be punished by having ten state
officials dumped in her midst in
one day?
WILSON'S FRIEND
COLONEL HOUSE
CharlM - WtUia Ibompaoa In FaUadelpbia
Ledger.
W
HY would it not be a good Idea
to begin taking Colonel Edward
m. House at his word? There
is this to be 'said in favor of the
idea, that, revolutionary as it is, per-
sons who have tried ' it have never
gone wrong.
Some newspaper commentators, how
ever, will by no means accept such a
simple way out of their troubles; and
whenever Colonel House reappear, on
i.o ut aiiair aiier a long
dive under them these commentators
insist on viewing his statements
through a glass darkly,
If Colonel House were better known
to the country there would be a good
deal less of this sort of thing. He is
a mystery, and anything may be true
of a mystery. Nobody except his In
timates know anything about him,
hence anything can be said about him
and almOst everything Is. But there
are certain facts about him which
are aa hard as nails. One is that
Colonel House does not lie to news
paper men, which is a fact not unl-
vsm.jr w? persons m tne public
. , . . . ...
Ta- He has uttered perhaps as many
as 12 sentences for publication in the J
last five years. It is not a large
number, but there was not - a lie in
any of them.
Colonel House has been visiting the
men at the helm of war, and he has
reported to President Wilson, every
thing that he thought the president
needed to know. That much is cer
tain, because when he was in Europe
he said so himself. The assumption
that he had gone there as a special
presidential envoy to "talk peace'
was pure guesswork. There are sev
eral other sides of the war concern
tag which the president might desire
either to get or to give information.
Colonel House Is a , man whose
words are few, and when he does con
sent to drop one it is worth its weight
. Bu, xwt u s
truth, but because his Judgment and I
... I
insignt are very great. ai waa tne
perception of this fact that bound
the president -to him. The president I
rH mnr. on hia iudtrment than on
any one else's, because he has found
it always right; and with this keen
judgment and insight goes a wonder
fully clarifying power of statement
way oi iwru - ''"' wncn i
makes, his
things of go
Hews on any
len value.
question
This being the case, Colonel House's i
few words on his return from Europe commission caused an increase of tele
are worth a ton of language from phone rate It, Union county and permit
other returning tourists. Let u. get ?d
.
them together:
T-V. 1 a a.n.nt Knlrlt a lion
lessness. or at least no spirit of hope-
fulness, for peace. Every one ,n Eng.
tana ana on me iirauueui is "rea - ot I
the war. but there Is no 'lessening I
of popular support among the masses
I
of each Warring nation. I cannot say
that there is any feeling that peace
Is near.
"I don't think the United States
. . . a , I
ever OSO. IBB juu Vl ii.uaar. I
i aia noi wuv ", uu lua-i wtoi
not mv mission ttbr6id.' That report I
was . the biggest piece of nonsense i
have heard."
1 I
What he did wiuis he was aBroad
it ni hi h. ani Pr.aM.ni
Wilson are ready. His statement that
he did not go there to talk peace is j
conciusive; wnat . ne aid. we ao netiwember Z, i9i; uecemoer, i. im. auu
- th,,- i nntttf araiw fh.t 4 I
was 'important.. Whenever he goes
anywhere it is assumed that he was j
sent by ; the president it 'is equally j
possible that he goes at his own sugTJ
k . ... . . .,i
proToa oy, ibb preeiueiiu
House is tad knesSener bov
. t li
stead of assuming that he Is merely
a pair of legs for the president, it J
mignt oe as well to assume some-1
ttmei that ' he suggests ideas - and
pUns that xommend themselves to the I
presmenr, .
The-' power that he wields "and has j
Wielied over many menvf different
characters Is not ; snggested -. In his
appearance, which is that of a man
In no.way remarkable No on would
turn to look after him in the street,
nor b at all impressed by a casual
J meeting.-; H- u unobtrusive, slight.
pot , tall. uv in manner. . easy - In
I conversation: there U nothfne .about
him to suggest mystery. -He does not 1
at alU convey .the Idea of the silent
man In politics, though he la that. He
could not Impress s, crowd, and never!
tries. His Influence is exerted over
individuals. . , . ;
I It appears to be entirely a mental
j influence. , He Impresses other men by
I the elarltv of hi mirui nd th aound.
I nes"of hia nercention and his ludsr-
I ment Hs has a way: of Clearing
I things uo. He makes a' torn way
j plain, and one usually ends by doing
I what f. M 'hfl, .n....f aj hManae It fa
Olaln tht-what h rnai aliia-E-etatel la
I the ri-rheithina- t a, r t
have 8eemed so the minute before he
Ib-ean to exnlain it. ,
i -He is a msn."' President Wilson
once said of Him. -of remarkabls abil-
Irv . H.iiii hnM ttilnffa off at arm'-
iin-tH -Art.iiW -nri dicus
them without getting mixed up. I
I n Jojr my talks with bim very much."
These : characteristics T were what
brought about the intimacy between
I the president and tbe Texan. ' Most
people suppose that they are lifelong
chums, but tney are not. . Mr- Wilson
never knew Colonel House until the
canvass for the : presidential - nomina-
Mon wMch re"ult In Mr. Wilsons
VIClory- ionei ,?,u a " , T
to interest himself in obtaining the
nomination of a Democrat who would
can-y out progressive Ideas. He looked
over the candidates and concluded that
the governor 'of New Jersey seemed
the likeliest man. So one day in Sep
tember, Mil. when the governor was
in New York, Colonel House called on
him and introduced himself. The talk
lasted only an hour, but the governor
was a good deal Impressed; he made
a further appointment. From that
time their Intimacy grew."
"Then, of course, it was assumed
that Colonel House wanted something;
everybody else did. The reporter did
their best to. find out what he wanted.
Colonel House was so moved that he
said something, which Was an event.
tnj1lSh th reporters did not know
him then well enough to be aware of
that fact. "I am not seeking any
thing for myself." he said, "and I am
not seeking anything for anybody
else; I am simply trying to do the
I T . - T fnvnr
j am not Workln for any influence
that mIgnt be obtained or favors that
may" be granted. I am a plain citizen.
I and determined to remain one.
A FEW SMILES
"Who's the man who just kicked
the ehair over and
.1 - lr
ILnrew . V i n.
int. thi fire-
(place T Inquired one
waiter.
Oh," replied the
other, "he s the gen
tleman who tried to"
rest his nerVes by
playing solitaire."
"He Is a man after my own heart,
said Julia, referring
to h er . Augustus,
who had .only Just
left the house after
.n unusually long
stay.
"Nonsense," re
plied the major
Uomo, "he is a man
after the money your uncle left you.'
Letters From the People
(Communications aent to The Journal for
publication In this department should be writ
ten on only one aide of the paper, should not
exceed 300 words la .ength and most ba ta
ccmpanWd by the name and addreaa of the
i. iamepublished. hi hould so atate.)
- .
It the writer does not oeajre to diij
rtlaraaatnA ia tB .rr patent of all reformer.
,t tttioaUtlM ererrtkinrt it touchea. It rob
reasonableness, it rnthlosIy crnahea them eat
of eistene an aeta up Its own eosclualona
la the stead." Woodrow Wilson.
"Competing Public Utilities."
Portland, June 25. To the Editor of
I The Journal -In reply to an interesting
i letter written by "Taxpaylng Voter,
, . . T .,bmlt th. fo.
lowine for publication:
rfUUlXia. " - -. '
By the fact that the interstate com
merce' commission permitted an in
crease of freight rates on many rail
roads, and the Oregon state railroad
line unneo. jrvi.j -... ...w.,...
i c0untyt jt nas been proved conclusively
..i ,.i... . 1ar. Inltlv nfn.
vide, for a fair net income on theyata-a-
JJfcg IgJJ
public
r.m -T A Tit a 44 havina- been established.
the public should unite in support of
...... ...i.e.. - m VlnJ 4t t MXTTi
one public utility of a kind In atown
or city, minimize public utility invest
ments and expenses by granting a free
franchise, free right of way, permit
Operation witnoui cnargo io-r ucen,
te ana tnertoy 'ennuie mo .uiuajij
... l f , nna.lhU
I tO rauuvf BoiTi-o a. --" ' . r
cot ta the public. , -
rtnnoaltion. or so-called "competi
tion." in the public utility business
means a aupuca.a wi iuauuei, di
vision of revenue ana a niga cnarge
servicer" .
if "Taxpaying VoUr will read my
llcttara. .BUDUMeo in i n JOQmu BIW
th rPot v Rowing
prematurely answered : Journal, No-
Trhniarv : $. 1915. , Oregonian. Febru-
r"f & t
,njBM if. lSlS Letters hereif men-
tioned, published In the Oregonian,
February 24, . 1916. and . b f"
iVl 3. y IB, 17Xr M.tm K3 ixt- n II. I. ..M.M...
tt.-.., T Mill snecial attention to
w v , ; .
- th nubile Utility business.
.tuties. becom a law. no doubt
jt would be valuable to the citizens of
Bena ai t vl CB:u'
ED WORD.
. Jn Acknowledgment of Service.
pnrtlatil. June 22 To the Editor of
Thai JournalWe. as-a board of arov.
enters evly appreciate the Invalua-
jatred to ur.l16 Rose FfestlvaL, The
PERTINENT COMMENT AND NEWS IN BRIEF
; v SMALL CHANGE. :
ers must be wondering . by this time
1 "'! Put the "balk', in the Balkans.
Detroit News: Sunday pleasures can
usually be relied upon to furnish the
1 for Iondy. f1110? ;pa
:k 1 fi:--:H".r-fi
inSbS litiltli tlZi
fMfn boy" fa r than lTkeiyto S
ut or someimng uong mat "
Sacramento Bee: Vascar college is
planning a school in -Journalism for
next year. The best .way for those
dear girls to learn journalism Is for
each to marry a newspaper man.
Los Angeles Times: The women ad
vocates of peace should'not In all con
science set the fashion In clothes that
imitate military effects. The two don't
go very wall together. , .
-;"..--'.:.',. ""'ji' : W-.i'
Atlanta Journal:- The ' best thing
said on the war was published in a
Jap paper. The .Germans had just
captured 140,000 Russians. ' "It's not
war,- said the Jap. 'It's-immigration.
Cleveland Plain Dealer: ' If the good
day ever - really arrives when swords
shall be beaten into plowshares, one
doubts- whether there will De plowing
enough to keep all the new apparatus
- - . . ' ;
New York American: Reactionaries
in the constitutional convention have
doomed direct primaries, which seems
only natural when direct primaries
long ' ago dooitned the reactionaries in
the constitutional convention. .
-
s Toledo Blade: After looking over the
life, history of some of the wealthiest
men in the world we have about
reached the conclusion that none of
them got rich bv saving tobacco cou
pons. NATIONAL
Bv Orakes.
The exigencies of party government
are such that the task or electing a
president never ends., i As soon as one
president is elected the work of keep
ing him in office of putting him out.
as the case mav be. begins, in eacn
party there is one man upon whom the
brunt of this task falls tne secretary
of the national committee.
The two men who will match their
wits in the 1916 campaign (and who.
for that matter, have been matcmng
them and working their heads off
every day elite e the 1912 election are
James B- Reynolds, secretary of the
Republican national - commUtee, and
Thomas Jonesi Pence, acting' secretary
of the Democratic national committee
and director of the Democratic per
manent headquarters In. wasnington. ,
Both are former newspaper men
with a thorough understanding of pol
itics and publicity "Jimmie" Rey
nolds, as he is best known. Is a gradu
ate of Dartmouth college. He had his
reportorlal experience -in Boston and
was a Washington correspondent be
fore becoming secretary of the Repub
lican state committee of Massachu
setts in 1896. Nine years in this po
sition gave a splendid training for
the place he now holds.
In 1905 he was 'made assistant sec
retary of the treasury, leaving the de
partment In 1909 to become a member
of the tariff board appointed by Presi
dent Taft. During his tenure as as
i.t.M KAoretarv of the treasury be
tionriArf a commission to consider trade
relations with France, Germany, AusH
tria and Great Britain. i
He became secretary of the Repub
lican National committee fin 1912 arid
has been working ever since to elect
a Republican in 191. . , '
t Tom ience is vcwi.u
ton corresp"nu5"v u . "i.
splendid work as director of the Wood
row Wilson publicity campaign In
1913 was made office director of the
committee and assistant to the chair-
arenerous space and favorable comment
which, was constantly given us In the
columns of the paper constituted one
of the 4arge contributing factors to its
We know that you will continue to
Inspire added loyalty from year to
year to this unique and beautiful in
stitution of ones, which is destined to
become known everywhere.
ROSE FESTIVAL ASSOCIATION,
EMERY OLMSTEAD. .
President.
Cost of Wheat Shipment.
Culver, Or., June 23. To the Editor
of The Journal Please tell me how
to estimate tho cost of shipping grain
to Europe. I have always been under
the impression that a shilling equaled
24 reftts. I noticed in The Journal
a few days ago that the rate was
90 shilling, or about: 58 cents a bushel.
t rion't understand lk Will you please
.nii.ht.n me? A SUBSCRIBER.
" IThe Inquirer's iifflculty is prob
ably due to the use oi ins soon m
(2000 pounds; as tne Dams oi calcula
tion. The proper process, used with
the long ton 2240 pounds) as the
basis, will bring out" the result as
stated in The Journal 68 cents per
bushel as t he cost of shipping the
grain. ; J" .
Humane Society's Appreciation.
Portland. June SS. To the Editor of
The journal At the last meeting oi
tha board of directors of the Oregon
Humane society I was, on motion duly
made, seconded ana unanimously car
ried, reauested to write you a letter
of thanks' for your kindness to the so-
dety du
ways rendered us by The Journal In
mi r work of humane education. Be
assured that it is greatly appreciated.
Very truly- yours,
OTTO J. KRAEMER.
On the nnral Mall Route.
Scotts Mills. Or., June 23 To the
Editor of The Journal If one lives on
a rural route, has the postmaster the
right to hold one's, mail until Monday
provided one is in town jsaturaay eve
ning and asas lor iti
- HUGH MAGEE.
Section 773, Postal Laws and Regu
latlons. provides:- ,; "Portmastera shall
INDEX OF ADVANCING
TIDE OF PROSPERITY
;-''. -'" - -i , .. . -.";'-; v.'-'v
' . ; s. From . the Iron Age. : .
. Domestic t rail orders, in addi
tion to 155,600 tons for the Penn
sylvania rtilroad U 18,000 tons Of
100 pound and 87.600 tons of 125
pound) ' awarded within the week,
include S 1,000 tons placed with
the Ensley tnlll by the receivers
of the St. Louis & San Francisco,
and !300 additional tor the Bur
lington. .The Algoma mill, which,
contrary to predictions, did .not
figure la the Pennsylvania award,
has sold 700 tons - to the'Oreen
Bay & Western railroad at $28 on
dock at Green Bay, Wis. From'
Cflba a 7000 ton rail inquiry has
come up this week. The, Rock Is
land oraer tor uuv cars is ' ex--a
petted to be . given out within a
day or two, - ' ' J
. . . as - a mmm . a .mm a
OREGON SIDELIGHTS
Eupena Register: The president Is 1
off for a two weeks' vacation. Let j
- The Baker Herald wants to 'know
why the simplified spelling people
don't get after the word "Chautauqua,"
- Woodburn Independent: ; WelL well,
if you cannot afford ' to go to Frisco
ana see the exposition, possibly- you
can rake up enough to go to the state
fair at Salem, which will be next best.
Beaming with local pride, the Hert
ford &tm asserts that there are "two
organisations in Medford making, good
that deserve everyone's support; one
iuai ucstrya everyone m auppuri; one
is the Medford ball team and the other
the Medford band."
Salem Journal: Oregon bank loans
gained nearly a . mUllon dollars from
March 4 to May 1, and deposits In-
creased one and three-quarters millions
during the same time. One of the
evidences that times are improving
iinanciauy. ; -
Albany Democrat: Some of the auto
mobiles going thsough certainly have
storage room well tilled. One of them.
wltlMt man and his wife in the front
seat, on the back seat had two beds.
a couple of chairs, a stove, cooking
utensils, etc., a house full of things,
comnactlv Dacked. causina no lncon-
venience. -
"It Imlght be a pest to some farm
ers," says the Astoria Budget, ex
patiating upon one of Oregon's chief
floral specialties, "but along the coun
ty highway. Where it can possibly do
no harm, it adds-to the scenic beauty
of the route when the golden rays of
its blossoms are shining in all their
glory.' There is nothing more beautiful
in springtime than a hedge of Scotch
broom such as can be seen along the
route from Columbia . Beach to Sea
side." ;
POLITICS
1 man. i He Is now acting secretary and
will undoubtedly be made secretary
In the near future.
Pence is a graduate of Wake Forest
college In North Carolina and was in
Washington 10 -years for the Raleigh
News-Observer (Josephus Daniels' pa
per), the Louisville Times and other
well known papers. "
In 1908 he was picked to' manage
the publicity bureau of the Democratic
National committee In Chicago.
The voter does, not .hear much "of
these men but it is largely their work
that makes and unmakes presidents.
Both are on the Job now in Washing
ton and both are working to one. end,
to elect a president. Only Pence has
it as his job to. Keep President Wllacon
In the White House, and Reynolds has
it as I his to dislodge Wilson and put
a Republican in.
' Political writers endowed with vivid
imaginations see William Jennings
Bryan, - late secretary of state, and
Richmond Pearson Hobson, hero of
the Merrimac, heading "a ticket as
candidates for president and vice presi
dent, 1 respectively, in- 1916. s Such a
combination would call for a platform
with the three principal planks of na
tional prohibition, - universal jpeace and
woman suffrage, it is said.
St Louis, Chicago, Omaha and Min
neapolis are all bidding for the 1916
Republican convention, with the bet
ting in favor of the Windy City.
! W ...
Frederick Hale, a son of ex-Senator
Eugene Hale of Maine, will be a can
didate for the Republican nomination
for the United Statej senate in that,
state-next year. He is a brother of j
Chandler Hale, third assistant secre
tary of state under Secretary Knox.
Mr. Hale is a -Roosevelt Progressive
who did not follow Roosevelt Into the
Bull Moose party but he is said to
have a large following among Maine
Progressives. -
dellver mall of all classes to : patrons
of rural delivery routes who call there
for at the offices when they are open
for business on Sundays and holidays,
and also at other times when such
delivery! will not interfere with 'the
business of the office .or delay the
rural carriers in departing for service
n their routes." The meaning of
this is that on days on which there is
no rural delivery the postmaster must
hand out mail at the postofflce, during
those hours when the office Is on such
days open for business, but that other
wise the matter of delivering or re
fusing to deliver is at the discretion uf
the postmaster. .
TtNPnce Qser
BY HEX LAMPMAN
AT ONE of the meetings the women
have been having in Portland
this summer one of the speakers
the papers said or D. P.- Leach says
they said scored her Sex as ""cring
ing, dependent creatures." .
Hind nobody denied , it at the time
because if a woman wants to think;
of herself or anything in a certain
way she , is too certain about . what
she thinks to make it worth while
to get in the way of her arguments.
which are not .only founded on
fact but aTe facts themselves. .
but any way Mr.' Leach who lives
at 686 East'Efghth street takes his
pen in hand and writes to me that he
has never met any of that kind.
s and he says furthermore that El
C Protzman went to the library
looking for a book by John Stuart
Mill railed it seems like a mistake
"The Subjugation of Woman."
something like that. . . - .
nd4he librarian said she, could.
n-t understand it but there was a big
call for that book and It was out
and theYe had been three other men
after t that same dy. );::-- ;
and Mr, Leach "says Mr. Prots-
man said he wanted to find out
few things which he iMdnt believe I
could be done with safety.
thTbook iu,r'r mIS nmed
the book just . to ,make it sell.; ';
- ana . x zeei mat , i m weak and I
foOllsbtO : mention : It at all but lthe brnsn a big cinnamon bear
Know that one must face . the , facts
of life bravely : 5
ana aw in ciosinar -l 11 .mr t-w
always been for votes for worn an
ever since I an: remember because It
seemed only the square thing. -
and besides its more convenient
in Oregon and Washington and :
California and - other ' states where
mewoiu imjbiiob nas n?t oeen set
tied by equal suffrage.
and if there's any man in Oregon
who thinks of running for office
and 'who didn't vote for woman suf
frageand hasn't always been for It
or if you should see a sky-blu
elephant with yellow ears and a
green 1 tall drinking at one of the
Benson fountains rbut . . v
LISTEN -Do rou " believe for : In.
stance In sea serpentssT' -
, ' : .Poetical Inspiration. ' '
From the Kansas City Journal.
"What Inspired this dainty spring
poem?" babbred the romantic girl
"Daffodils and violets, I. ween."
"S 0.7 said the matter of fact noer
"When I'm going good, all I want is
a chew of tobacco." - , v
CAgLX SATS" i
Tm 'oaraal.
Hs is till and 1 rr 11Ve" N-wpor-'
like the p,'ure;p"-. I"- 'ace iooK
taken .-wikU..." .of Abraham Lined
cave a kindiv ' mVX w u- t11
Ha teiisT - ."d nur"orous twinkl
have r. I"
"Pent the e,v.r "centjy
aw B Lt.tr V tn&ll
horn, Newport. - l
hi
their ZZ'.-11' d to na,n
Dr.
T-i --( ttlicr Zrcnt men"
Marlon r...... "s named Krankli
carter. -i
"""n atter Benji.
...i n,.i mrion alter Ger
i . fi?n- 1 wa born in Mer, .
rather wnZm V July 1848' JJ
maiden name was Airw c. , '.
born in Tenn Sylvester, w
Or Rtnani T. wits a. COUSt
born J.hn B, Hood. He wa
uLa tuky. In 1831, and Vad
from thi r broke "ut reSlffne
era?. irttrm an1 olna lh L'onf eti
Arm J He of th
wmm.KWl h,.?neril1 Sherman In th
summer of 1864. My father and moth
er were married in Tennessee. Froi
triers they moved to Sangamon count
ii x.1"' nd rom H'lnols they move
u Mereer county, Missauri. where
v ' wnen I as a little tad
years old, we started across tha plain
y n exPTe from Oregon Ther
were .0 wagons In our company, on
or them being the wagon or a Baptlf
preacher, Delaaon Smith. After h
came to Oregon, he took up politic
and became United States senator f rot.
Oregon. He was one of the most bill
liant and convincing talkers I eve
heard. When we started for Oregot
we had four wagons, 16 oxen end sl
riding horses and soma inn, f.ptn
There were 11 In our family, an
though several thousand died o
cholera, smallpox and measles whll
crossing the plains in 1862, we reache
Oregon with every one of our famil
hale and hearty. Of our 16 oxen, ou
loose stock and our riding horses al
were gone but one yoke of oxen and i
muley cow.. The Indians stole on
horses. Soma of our cattle wore out
Others died-from drinking alkali water
others were lost. We had to abando?
three of our wagons, our furniture
feather beds, .nd In fact everything
but, our food, clothes and blankets
We, broke up the wagons and furni
ture we left so the Indians couldn't
make use of them. Tlndle and Slftck
the two oxen that survived the trip
were long legged, long horned, wel
matched in color and disposition, am
very gentle. They were red, witl
white spots. They broke the sod or
our donation land claim In Willamette
precinct In northern Lane county. j
"My mother was responsible for our
coming to Oregon. When we reachei;
Fort Hall we had lost most of our
cattle, and father and some of Ok
others in the train wanted to go back.
The men held a council to decide what
to do. They decided to go back to
Missouri. Mother objected. Father
said to her, VVe have the hardest part
of the trip before us. We can never
make it. With what cattle we have
left we can probably get back, to Mis-:
SOurL I'm for going back.' Mother
said, We. started for Oregon, I'm for
going there. We have put our hand to
the plow; there must be no turning
back.' Father knew there aa no u
of arguing with mother. He turned
around and headed for Missouri. Moth
er climbed out. 'You can take the back
track If you want to. I am going to
Oregon,' mother said, and she start'i
Off afoot toward the west We chil
dren were! all broken up. We begKp.d
father to turn around and follow her.
Father said, 'She will come to her
senses and" turn around pretty soon.'
We knew better, and so did he, -or
when it came to. matters of principle
mother never gave up. Father saw he
wasn't very popular with his family.:
and the upshot of the matter was li
swum; around and headed westward. ;
We children were cr.-talnly glad when
we came. in sight of mother trudging
along the trail on the road to Ores on.
"We settled in the Vanduyne neigh
borhood, not far from Littleton Young's
place, at what Is now Coburg. One of
our nearest neighbors was Hullng5
Miller-. Like ourselves, the Millers hnn
come across the plains with an ox
team in 1852. Hullngs Miller was aj
shy, diffident man, small and som.e-!
What hump shouldered. He had been
a school teacher In the east. He was
-good hearted, but had no idea of busi
ness. 'John was their oldest boy, Cln- j
cinnatus Heine was the next boy, tl;en
came George Melvln and Ella. John
was a lieutenant in a New Jersey regi
ment during the Civil war and died
not long after the war. Clnclnnatua
Heine changed his name to Joaquin,
and as Joaquin Miller, the poet of tha
Sierras, became widely known. Georce
Melvin Miller lives at Florence, and
has an office at Eugene. We boys
called Clnclnnatus Heine 'Helner.' Ills
mother usually called him 'Nat.'
On the south side of Diamond Butte,
not far from our place, Mr. Wilklns,
Mr. Miller, my father and some of the
other neighbors built a log school
house. John Miller was the teacher.
Five children from our family attend
ed his school. There were about 2 0
pupils the first year. Heiner was
somewhat older than me, but we were
chums. He was venturesome and reck
less, was a. good shot and had lots of
grit. We spent most of our Saturdays
hunting. We used to often play
hookey to go hunting or fishing or
wandering through the woods. On
day .we played hookey, and we wantet
to square ourselves, so we. shot all
the grouse we could carry- and took
them home. Mrs. Miller was thought
to be proud and vain because she was
always dressed up. Neighbors criti
cised her, and some said she had spell
when she was not quite right. No boy
ever dared to poke fun at Mrs. Miller
while Heiner was around: It meant
a fight, and Heiner was a good scrap
per. One time when Heiner and I
were out hunting we neara groans
ciomlng from a clump
i. cams nearer we li
of brutsh. As
heard some one
..B . a w rn tnit.
'WOO f. at us. He was such a whop
per we decided not to risk shooting a
him. He trotted orr, and-wnen ne had
gone we went Into the brush and
found an-old Indian gapping in hia
Heath agony. He had been picking
him The bear had torn him open
almost disemboweling him. We trie !
.o set him to talk, but he Was too far
gone, in a lew moments n quivrrc j
and was stUL We scratched a shallow
grave in the loose rich soil and burici
him." :
Samurai Chivalry.
From- the St.. Louis Poat-Dlspatch.
Japan, at war with Germany an l
Austria retains German professors i.i
active service in her universities, per
mits German and Austrian business
and professional men resident in tl.n
island empire to go freely about their
vocations, supports penniless subject 4
Of .her national foemen who la,:
means or employment.
Tht poison of graft crept Into t' 1
new Japanese military establish! ,
but-the chivalry of the earlier
has not ytt il;2it- L t