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rORTLAND, MONDAY, JCXE 50, 1913.
A WORLD'S CONFERENCE.
The World's Christian Citizenship
Conference now in progress in Port
land is committed to certain definite
policies, changes or reforms in govern
ment and habits of life. The confer
ence looks upon the scriptures as the
revelation of God's will and as some
thing to be definitely applied to nations
and governments. In its programme of
action will be recognized several prin
ciples that are not urged by every pro
fessing Christian. In the classifica
tion may be mentioned disapproval of
divorce on other than Biblical grounds,
religious instruction in the public
schools, rebuke of and opposition to
monarchy. Yet there is common
ground on which most men of the
faith the world over will stand.
The conference proclaims against
polygamy; urges the observation of
one day in seven as a day of rest and
worship; appeals to citizens to with
hold their support from candidates
' for office who are morally and reli
giously unfit; urges the abolition of
war and the establishment of inter
national courts of Justice; insists upon
reverence for the oath and speedy and
impartial execution of criminal laws;
declares for moral reforms in gam
bling, the social evil, intemperance and
official collusion with vice and crime;
and stands for the guarding of labor
ers and the exemption of children
from premature confinement and toil.
The issues thus embraced in the
platform are truly world wide. Many
most of them are encountered un
der every government no matter how
industriously its rulers or its legis
lators aim toward beneficence and
the establishment of morality, happi
ness and prosperity among its people.
The ambitions of the conference, we
take it, are not limited to fixed meth
ods of action. Doubtless that which
serves the purpose of the conference
in one community fails to accomplish
anything in another. A writer on the
subject, yesterday, spoke of the power
of the "big stick" to promote educa
tional aids and fair treatment toward
Christian workers in Turkey. One can
name a dozen other nations where at
tempts to club one's way to reforms
would be more disastrous to the move
ment than helpful.
The conference is a triennial forum
established by earnest workers, to
which men and women from many
countries gather to discuss the mat
ters that lie close to the hearts of
those who are the well-wishers of their
fellowmen. It is a clearing-house of
ideas on moral, social, political and
religious advancement. Switzerland
Scotland, France, Germany, Canada,
: Italy, Japan, Ireland, Norway, Corea,
New Zealand, Turkey, America and
other countries are represented in the
list of those who will speak on world
problems. Certainly from such a gath
ering we may look for practical meth
ods of alleviating, if not remedying,
many of the evils that every clean,
moral individual, whatever his relig
ious creed, would rejoice to see oblit
erated.
A COUNTRY EDITOR ON A GOVERN
MENT-OWNED RAILWAY.
Occasionally some author whose
aim is to write entertainingly as well
as ' instructively gives sidelights on
government-owned railroads not found
in the product of the more serious in
vestigators. Mark Twain, in "Following
the Equator," put some of the misery
experienced on Australian railroads in
a literary form that charmed and
amused his readers. Schedules and
routings of trains were marvels of in
convenience, while, according to his
tale, any small town with political
pull could get an almost useless but
very imposing railway station in much
the same manner and to the same
purpose as some of our villages ac
quire Federal buildings. But it was
fifteen or more years ago that he
wrote of these conditions and perhaps
they have been outgrown.
Just now E. W. Howe, the author.
editor and genial philosopher, is pub
lishing travel notes in his monthly
. magazine and in the current number
. he gives a few impressions of, 'or
. ratner relates some experiences on
government-owned railways in th
Orange Free State. He expects the
conductors on American railroads to
. "scream with horror and indignation'
over what he has to tell. And per
haps they will, if they are at all
sympathetic.
Mr. Howe rode from Bloemfontein
to Johannesburg at night. The train
carried twelve coaches, most of which
were transformed into sleeping-cars
One conductor not only took up the
tickets, looked alter the train, went
out on the platform and shouted, at
the proper time, "all seats!" (the
South African equivalent for "all
aboard ), but made up every bed with
out help! In a land full of negroes
there are no colored porters, but a
white train conductor performs por
ter's work. When the conductor takes
up tickets he is as dignified and
haughty as his American prototype
but when he makes up the berths he
Is "as humble as the most timid trav
eler could wish."
American railway men may shed
more sympathetic tears over the in
formation that the conductor on Mr.
Howe's train makes a round trip .of
210 miles a day. which occupies him
eleven hours. By getting in forty of
our days each month he earns 120.
There is no such thing as reserving
seats or berths in advance on an Or
ange Free State Railway. The trans
formable seats are in compartments
the door of which cannot be locked
The traveler must therefore submit to
frequent night interruptions from
mother persons . looking for a place to
sleep. There is one redeeming fea
ture. ..A railway bed for the night
costs only 60 cents, but, on the other
hand, the transportation charge Is 4
cents per mile.
It is quite generally conceded that
American railways provide the most
luxuriant equipment and best service
n the -world. We are high livers in
most respects and probably could not
now be educated to the inconveniences
noted by travelers abroad. Our experi
ence with other government-owned
utilities indicates., that the policy
toward railroad employes, if the Gov
ernment ever took over the transpor
tation lines, would be liberal. The
number In the train crew would likely
grow rather than diminish. Our cus
toms, desires and liberality, ingrown
and permanent, when considered to
gether with the management of gov
ernment-owned railroads in other
countries, indicates that the traveling
public would not gain in service or
rates by public ownership in America.
LANE'S REMEDY MORE OF THE SAME.
"Let the tail go with the hide," says
Senator -Lane in substance in entering
his formal protest against free wool
to the Democratic Senatorial caucus.
In other words, if raw wool comes in
free admit all its products free and
throw the gates wide open. Why not?
One is as reasonable and fair as the
other.
But the Oregon Senator did not get
much attention from the caucus. His
fellow Senators knew that he would
vote for the bill, including free wool
and taxed woolen goods, ,and that is
all they care about. His vote against
the bill would defeat it. But he inti
mates that his objection is rather to
the failure to wipe, out schedule K. en
tirely than to making wool free while
manufactures of wool are dispropor
tionately taxed.
Of course the other Senators hurried
to the rescue of the woolen manufac
turers. New England has both woolen
mills and Democratic Senators, there
fore must be taken care of. Much of
the material used in so-called woolen
goods is really cotton, therefore the
South is interested with New England
in retaining these duties. An excuse
had to be found for retaining them, so
the Senators suddenly grow alarmed
about the revenue involved. As the
tariff reductions theyv propose would
reduce the revenue only about J 2 5,
000,000 and as they estimate that the
income tax will yield J80,000,000, their
insincerity is evident.
But what could we expect? Al
though elected by Republican votes,
Dr. Lane is a Democrat. The only
way to insure Republican legislation
is to elect Republicans. Those who
forgot this at the last will remember
it at the next election. Dr. Lane is
fixing it in their memory so that it
cannot escape.
EMANCIPATION OF SEAMEN.
Amended to accomplish more fully
its purpose of emancipating seamen
from serfdom, the Wilson seamen's
bill has been re-introduced in the Sen
ate by Senator LaFollette with the
indorsement of Secretary Wilson and
Secretary Redfield. By relieving sea
men from criminal liability for vio
lation ofjabor contracts and by per
mitting them to draw half the pay due
them at any port at which the vessel
calls, the bill puts them on an equality
with other workmen. The bill applies
to foreign vessels entering American
ports, and will, therefore, indirectly
equalize wages on American and for
eign vessels. This will tend to equalize
cost of operation, difference in which
is one of the chief causes of decay of
the American merchant marine. The
bill also makes a vessel liable for dam
ages to a seaman for assault by an of
ficer who is allowed to escape.
Much needed provision is made for
the safety of passengers and crew on
vessels. Forty per cent, and within
five years 65 per cent of the deck
crew is required to have had three
years' experience. It is provided that
75 per cent of the crew shall be able
to understand the language of the of
ficers. This will discourage the em
ployment of foreign crews, which was
responsible for the loss of 12 8 lives
on the steamer City of Rio de Janeiro.
The Chinese crew saved themselves
and left the passengers to nerish
Hours of labor are regulated so that
men on duty shall be awake and alert.
One more provision for safetv of
life at sea might well be made, either
in tne J-.Follette bill or a seoarate
bill. This is to extend the liabilitv of
shipowners for damages to all their
ships instead of confining it to the
snip in which life was lost. Under
tne present law the greater the dis
aster, the less redress have the suf
ferers. Those who have claims against
tne xitanic can only recover the value
of the Insignificant amount of salvage.
we might as well limit a railroad's
liability for damages to passengers
to the value, as scrap iron, of a
wrecked train.
CLEARrNG-HOCSE METHODS.
There is undoubtedlv
sire on the part of all lassif f
zens that Congress take up the matter
ot currency rerorm with vigor, anc
while at the lob go deerlv into th .,i
ject of banking as carried on in the
great financial centers. This might
ieaa to an investigation of the method
OI certain stock" -rrrtjini?-Ai no wAn
those of the New York Clea
Surely institutions which control the
nuances or tne country, as these prac
tically do. ought to be madn tn
out into the open as to their methods
ana operations.
Saying nothlnir about th tctow Vr,
Stock Exchange, about which a great
deal might be said with advantage, it
can safely be stated that the New York
learing-nouse Association has
many years dominated th finance
for
of
the country in the sole interest of
very few men and institutions. It
to be conceded that
a
id
in
business for the rjurros nf
ng
money, and it further may be conceded
that the membe
Clearing-House are entitled to a fair
reward ior tneir services. On the oth
er nana, it is true that this clearing
house has grown to be practically i
National institution, and as such its
methods should be open to the public
scrutiny to a measurable degree.
The New York Clearing-House was
organized in 1853, with a membership
of fifty-three banks, which was the
total number of banks of consequence
in the metropolis at that time; now
with several hundred banks the mem
bership is fifty-one. So it is "rather"
a closely controlled institution. Its
revenues are derived from membership
dues, $5000 from each bank belonging,
and a collection charge of one-seventh
of one per cent on out-of-town clear
ances. That may seem a small charge,
but it nets the exchange the tidy sum
of about $23,500,000 per year. And
this vast sum is simply a tax on the
commerce of the Nation levied for the
benefit of fifty-one New York banks.
That, however, is not its chief sin.
The power its members have to make
or break any bank or mercantile in
stitution it chooses to look upon with
favor or disfavor is so great that no
man or set of men can stand against it.
A simple notification to one of its
members to stop clearing for one of
such bank's smaller' city correspond
ents may wreck the small bank almost
instantly, as was the case in 1907 with
the Oriental Bank, one of the original
members of the association. The Ori
ental thereupon asked to have its books
and affairs looked into at once by a
committee from the clearing-house.
This committee, of three members, re
ported for duty at 3 o'clock in the
afternoon and worked until 3 the fol
lowing morning, then reported that
the bank was solvent, but clearances
should be stopped for two of its cor
respondents. For this service the com
mittee .charged the "trifling" sum of
$27,000 and collected it!
But that did not wreck the Oriental,
as the controllers of the clearing-house
seemed to .be intent upon doing. So
a short time thereafter the Oriental
was notified to take up instanter its
clearing-house certificates. This it
could not do, and closed its doors. Its
affairs were in such splendid shape
that a contract was at once entered
into with the Metropolitan Trust Com
pany to take over the bank's assets
and pay the depositors in cash. When
this was done, and after deducting re
ceivership and liquidation charges, the
stockholders received 200 for their
stock.
Such procedures have brought this
great institution into greater public no
tice, and perhaps it may result in Con
gress devising some plan whereby the
work now transacted by this giant mo
nopoly may be brought under control
of the Government.
TORY GAINS CN ENGLAND
The Liberal government of England
is growing "stale" and reaction is gain
ing headway. Recent bye-elections
have resulted either in Tory victories
or in much reduced Liberal majorities.
The Marconi scandal has left a nasty
taste in the mouth of John Bull, who
has an exaggerated idea of the incor
ruptibility of his public men.
Add to these causes of discontent
the cumulative effect of antagonism
aroused by Mr. Lloyd-George's land
tax, old age pensions and unemploy
ment relief, the fanning of religious
prejudice against Irish home rule by
the Ulster Unionists, the suffragette
outrages and we have a combination
of forces which may ere long bring
about a dissolution of Parliament.
The Unionists are impatient'for this
event, for should it be delayed until
the close of next year's session their
hopes of preventing Irish home rule
will be blasted. The bill will be passed
by the House of Commons this year,
will surely be rejected by. the Lords
and cannot become law without the
consent of the upper house until it has
passed the Commons a third time.
The Liberals will make a desperate
effort to retain their hold until that
bill becomes law. Then a new election
is almost sure, with strong probability
that a Tory government will be in
stalled.
THE CAPTURE OF VICKSBURG.
The remarkable coincidence of the
victory at Gettysburg and the capture
of an entire Confederate army at
Vicksburg appeared to the North like
a favorable intervention of Providence
after the long series of calamities that
had befallen the Union forces. When
Vicksburg finally fell it had been in
termittently besieged for more- than a
year. The first shots were fired against
It from the river boats on May 17,
1862. Pemberton surrendered to Grant
on July 4, 1863. In the meantime the
utmost resources of military ingenuity
had been expended in vain against its
fortifications. The first gunboats as
cending the Mississippi after the cap
ture of New Orleans found at Vicks
burg nothing more formidable than a
few guns roughly planted on the
heights without adequate protection
from mortar fire. Had the bombard
ment been promptly pressed, no doubt
the place would have fallen. But there
was a delay of ten days to allow more
boats to arrive, and in the meantime
the Confederates worked at their de
fenses so diligently that a subsequent
bombardment of seventy days failed
to weaken them. The fleets, from the
upper and lower rivers, then retired
and nothing more was attempted
against Vicksburg for a time.
Grant's operations began with an ef
fort to advance upon the place from
Memphis. He was opposed by Pem
berton, who had every advantage of
knowledge of that difficult country and
a friendly population. Grant effected
nothing by this course. He then trans
ported his troops down the river to
Milliken's Bend, a few miles above the
city, and from that point undertook
a series of experiments which ultimate
ly caused the surrender of the fortress
with the force that defended it. One
of Grant's attempts was to finish the
canal which had been begun in the
previous Summer, across the neck of
land which joins Vicksburg to the main
shore. The city lies on a paddle
shaped peninsula and this neck is
temptingly narrow. It was supposed
that a canal across It would divert the
river's current and render the fortifi
cations -useless. Grant might have
succeeded with the attempt. Certainly
his troops worked hard enough with
their spades' and shovels, but a flood
intervened and he gave it up. Other
experiments were no more encouraging
and he was at last forced to rest his
hopes on a flanking movement from
tire South. He was reluctant to under
take this, because in order to ensure
its success, the gunboats must run the
Vicksburg batteries, which was a risky
adventure. As it turned out, however,
he only lost a boat or two.
Both troops and fleet reached New
Carthage below Vicksburg in compar
ative safety and then Grant began one
of the most brilliant campaigns in the
history of warfare. His strategy , was
based upon the principle Uhat shore
batteries become untenable as soon as
they are cut off from projecting troops
in the hinterland, jjnlesa they are in
communication with a friendly fleet.
In the case of Vicksburg there was no
friendly fleet. The river was in pos
session of the Federal gunboats. There
fore he felt confident that Of he could
clear the rear of Confederates, the city
must fall. To begin with, he must take
Grand Gulf, which formed a river out
post on the south. And Grand Gulf
was backed by Port Gibson, ten miles
in the interior. The first assault was
accordingly upon Port Gibson, which
fell after an obstinate fight. Grand
Gulf then lost its utility to the Con
federates and they abandoned it.
Grant's next advance was toward
Jackson, the capital of Mississippi,
wnere Johnson was concentrating
troops to relieve Pemberton. Johnston
directed Pemberton to unite with him,
since they might then hope to beat
Grant in the field. But Pemberton.
with incredible folly, disobeyed his or
ders and persistently kept between
Grant and Vicksburg, thus sacrificing
all chance of ultimate escape. He mis-
takenly believed that Vicksburg was
still valuable, even after the protecting
hinterland had been captured by the
enemy. Johnston knew better, but he
could not impress his views upon his
stiff-necked subordinate. Grant stead
ily advanced upon Vicksburg, intending
to shut Pemberton up in the fortress.
The latter did exactly as he was de
sired. He retired upon Vicksburg, only
stopping to fight one battle, in which
he was defeated. Then, on May 17,
1863, just a 'year after the first shot
was fired in bombarding the place, he
withdrew his troops behind the earth
works. The wretched inhabitants, who had
already endured a full year of misery,
were not joyful to receive his demor
alized army, but they could not help
themselves and the woes of the siege
began. Grant made two ineffectual
assaults on the place. The first, on
May 19, .was little more than a feint.
The second cost him some --2 500 men,
and he made up his mind to let time
do the rest of his fighting. Regular
siege works were designed and pushed
forward and the Confederates met
them by countermines in the usual
way. But it is doubtful if all this was
of much importance. The city was
doomed to fall through the stern ne
cessity of hunger before a great while
unless succor should arrive, and none
was to be expected. Johnston did his
best to collect an adequate force, but
the resources of the Confederacy in
the Southwest had already become
scant. Neither men nor supplies were
available in sufficient quantity and
" Hcksburg was left to its fate.
A white flag was displayed by the
confederates on the morning of, Sun
day, July 2, and after long palavers
the inevitable surrender was consum
mated. Vicksburg had only a negative
value to the North. As an impediment
to the navigation of the river the nec
essity of capturing it was imperative,
but once captured, it lost all Its sig
nificance in the war. The Confederate
troops taken with the fortress num
bered 27,000. They were released on
parole and probably some at them
were thus permanently removed from
the Southern armies. At any rate the
confederates no longer had a formid
able organized force in the region of
tne Mississippi, and the struggle in
that part of the country was virtually
closed. With the capture of Port Hud
son, which followed quickly, the North
gained complete command of the river
and the rebellious states to the west
ward could no longer contribute ef-
rectuauy to the Confederate cause. It
will thus be seen that the capture of
vicKSDurg was scarcely second in im
portance to the victory at Gettvsburir.
Together they sealed the doom of the
reDeinon.
ane rew ork Sun makes this
quotation from the Fortnightly Re
view:
It is. Indeed, not too much to say that
vuiiuuunuy most sensitive to altruistic
motives is likely in tha long run to prevail.
ihe Sun then remarks:
"We have always held that Kansas -would
be here in full working order when all the
rest of the states had gone by the board.
And now the above view proves not only
that Kansas has had foresight, but also
hindsight and sidelight; in fact, she haa
seen all around the block. Emporia will be
a capital when Washington and Boston are
uames unKnown on human -lips.
The New York luminary cannot for
give Kansas . for having produced
"Sockless Jerry" Simpson, "Whiskers"
Pepper and the auburn-haired pair.
Representative Victor Murdock and
Governor Stubbs. Nor can it forgive
i-mpona for having produced William
Allen White. Hence these jibes.
The savine "Oh! That min onomir
would write a book" might well be
parapnrased to read: "Oh! That mine
enemy would write a letter." What
mischief men have done to thfl- wn
cause by writing letters, from the let
ters wnicn Jriiame was alleged to have
written and to have exhorted the re-
:ipient to burn, to the Rooscvrlt-Hor.
riman and the Roosevelt-Storer let
ters and lastlv to th
correspondence! One can escape th
consequences of spoken words by nom.
mating a man for the Ananias Club
but once a letter is written nirrori nr
sent, Its possible evil effects are be
yond recall.
If the Democrats are- not careful
they will protect an infant industry
unawares. Believing that bananas
cannot be grown in this conutrv.. thv
propose a duty of 5 cents a bunch. Bu
Dananas are grown in Florida and ex
periments have' been made In Can
fornia and Louisiana. If the Imperial
Valley should become a banana belt,
the horror-stricken Democrats would
promptly put the luscious fruit on the
tree list.
The starting point makes all the dlf-
ierence in the world. A -man fell
ninety-five feet from the cross of a
church in an Illinois town Saturday
and was uninjured except by touching
a cornice, ir ne had been a boy fall
ing 10 feet out of a neighbor's cherry
tree it is more than likely he would
have broken his neck.
If the great American Republic had as
many trans-Atlantic liners running as Nor
way and Greece have, how proud we should
be of them! New York Mail.
We have at least the consolation for
our scarcity of ships that our country
is large enough and rich enough to
occupy our energies and is so large
that persons are in no danger of fall
ing off the edge.
It is noteworthy of statement that
in discharging its Japanese help and
hiring white men a big Centralia lum
ber company finds it necessary to build
new bunkhouses. The average mill
hand is not overparticular about his
sleeping quarters, but he cannot stand
what the alien leaves.
Reno will not longer fatten off the
foibles and frailties of man and
woman. As a revenue producer, the
divorce colony has had no equal. The
new law puts it out of business, for
nobody except the most determined
woman will reside there for a whole
year.
Pendleton hardly needs to add a
fair that will contain a eugenic baby
show to its Round-TJp, except, perhaps,
to please local patronage, to whom the
wild steer and the bucking broncho are
ho nightmare.
Edicts of men dressmakers on wo
man's fashions need diagrams and
copious illustration for comprehension
by the male sex, which has little right
to be concerned, however.
Deplorable as was the automobile
accident to the Powell family near
San Jose that. wiped out every mem
ber, there are many people who would
prefer to go that way.
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Astoria's slogan. "The town to tie
to," is pat when one contemplates
the many mates and heaving lines that
give local color to the mouth of the
Columbia.
Master Finney's Turnip
By Dean Collins.
Master Finney had a turnip.
(Longfellow, I beg your pardon.)
Not behind the barn 'twas planted.
But within a neat school garden.
Round the turnip. Master Finney
Plucked the weeds with fingers handy.
And it grew and grew and grew.
Till it truly was a dandy.
When his tasks In school were over.
Master Finney would be going
Always on the run, to labor
Where the turnip was a-growlng.
From the slugs and snails he'd guard it.
From the cutworm and grasshopper
And it grew and grew and grew,
Till it really was a, whopper.
It grew and grew and grew,
iviong tne turnips in tne row,
Till Master Finney pulled it up
For the School Garden Show.
In the great school garden contest
Master Kinney's turnip shown.
And the judges came and marvelled
At the way the thing had grown.
Master Finney's heart is happy.
There s a twinkle in his eyes;
For his fine school garden turnip
Copped a ribbon and a prize.
He laughed so loud and laughed so
long
That all the world might hark it.
Then sold his fancy turnip
In the new School Garden Market.
L'ENVOI.
Ho, for the fancy turnip
On which my tale hath run!
There are many Master Kinneys,
And I'm proud or every one.
Ho, for the garden contest.
v 1th its worthy, earthy charm.
May it grow and grow and grow
For It can t do any harm.
THIS CIRCLE CAS . BE SQUARED
Political Circumlocution la Csmlnettl
Affair Calls (or Action.
PORTLAND, June 29. (To the Edi
tor.) -The circle of infamy, beginning
in California, around to Washington
and back to California again. In the
Dlggs-Caminetti-McReynolds-et al. af
fair, has been completed and rounded
out by President Wilson's attitude in
this matter, and to drop again Into the
vernacular, while the dropping is good,
he can "square" himself and this same
circle by the removal of McReynolds
and a statement to the fathers and
mothers of the United States that does
not consist wholly and solely of criti
cism of a faithful subordinate and
laudation of an apparently faithless
superior.
I speak as a father I have a boy
and girl growing up and I for one
feel it bodes ill for our future if the
scions of politically and financially
great families can debauch and de
grade our daughters and then openly
boast that a contemptible coalition of
politics and dollars at the very fountain-head
of our government will re
tard the wheels of Justice and even
tually enable them to go scot-free.
It is not enough that President Wil
son has (perforce) ordered these prose
cutions to proceed forthwith. He has.
by his act, justified McNab's stand in
this miserable affair, and yet in his
acceptance of McNab's resignation
(both in the act of acceptance and the
words used) it appears that for some
reason, as yet not apparent to the men
and women of this country, he would
have had McNab stultify himself and
his ofifce, and, at the feet of this Mc
Reynolds, the one big mistake of the
present Administration, beg leave to
proceed with the duties he had sworn
to perform or prostitute himself and
his office if it pleased his superior so
to order. Thank God McNab was not
that kind of a man.
So now I say, President Wilson can
"square himself and this circle of
scandal by showing himself the big,
broad man we believe him to be,
through the removal of a man who has
made such a circle possible.
J. R. B.,
6927 Foster Road.
SEQUEL TO A ROYAL
WEDDING
Kaiser's Daughter Wanted to
Avoid
Visits From Her Parents.
Berlin Philadelphia Ledger.
A story is being told here to show
tne lively desire or the K.alser s sun
shine," the newly-wed Princess Ernst
August of Cumberland, to Bpend the
first month of her married life exclu
sively with her husband.
During the wedding festivities in
Berlin the Kaiser remarked to Colonel
von Baumbach, commander of the Zie-
ten Hussars at Rathenow, where th
Princess will live, that he hoped the
colonel would keep the roads between
Berlin and Rathenow in good order so
that frequent motor car excursions out
there might be a real pleasure. It is
a spin of some 45 miles due west from
Berlin. The Princess-bride overheard
the Kalser'S significant remark, and an
hour or two later she called the Colonel
aside and whispered to him:
"Don't you move a finger to make
those roads so attractive for papa's
automobiles. We young people are go
ing to housekeeping and we want to be
left alone for a while.
One of the guests at the wedding of
the Kaiser's daughter, according to the
Mlttag-zeltung, was a Munich barber,
who arrived in Berlin and displayed.
to the surprise of his humble relatives.
invitations to all the functions, includ
ing the gala dinner, the torch dance,
etc.
It appears that the barber used to
shave Prince Ernst regularly when the
latter was stationed with his regiment
in Munich, and when the Prince was
transferred to Rathenow the barber ob
served that it would be a long time be
fore he saw the Prince again.
. "Not quite so long as you suppose,
replied the Prince. A few days later
the barber received his Invitations to
the Prince s wedding.
REPORTS OK ENCAMPMENT PLEASE
Relief Corps Sends Testimonial to The
Oregonlan and Writer.
Sumner Relief Corps No. 21 hereby
incorporates In its records resolutions
of appreciation for the excellent re
ports written by Addison Bennett and
printed by The Portland Oregonlan of
the Oregon encampment held at New
berg, June 17, 18 and 19. Its patriotic
instructor hereby is instructed to for
ward one copy of these resolutions to
the managing editor of The Oregonlan
who planned for the exploitation of
this patriotic event; one copy to Ad
dison Bennett, the able writer who ex
ecuted the newspaper articles with
consummate skill and genuine patriotic
impulse.
As individuals and as an organiza
tion we deem it a privilege to co-operate
with every person and with every
agency which contributes to the plea
sure and comfort of veterans of the G.
A. R.; to help everyone and everything
which shall inculcate love of country.
We are not unmindful of the good news
accounts given by other reporters and
printed in other newspapers, while we
offer this testimonial of the feeling
touched by the superb reports of Ad
dison Bennett, who, in behalf of The
Oregonlan, made extra effort to portray
vividly tha events and to chronicle
fully the sentiments of the recent G.
A. R. encampment.
Written by order Sumner Relief
Corps No. 21, Mrs. Phebe M. Brock,
patriotic instructor, Portland, Or,
June 27, 1913.
PEACE TALK LIKELY TO MISLEAD
Nations May Think Spain Did. That
We Arc Cowards.
MARSH FIELD, Or, June 27. (To the
Editor.) There are a lot of well-meaning
folks who. In their zeal for peace,
unwittingly do infinitely more harm
than good, it seems to me. During our
Civil .War they insisted on "peace at
any price." They gave Mr. Lincoln
more concern than any element he had
to deal with in the house of his al
leged friends. By their course they
held out false hopes to the South and
thereby encouraged It to prosecute the
war far beyond the point where the
struggle should have ceased.
A few years ago, largely because of
them, "Beast Weyler" was encouraged
to express the belief that he could
march a Spanish army throusrh the
United States from the Atlantic to the
Pacific Spain was misled hv the in
discreet peace advocates and did not
understand the true condition of senti
ment in this country, otherwise prob
ably the Spanish-American war would
never nave taken place. "War Is hell"
and then some. Every normal person
detests war or the exercise of brute
force against people of any sort.
etui, under present conditions the
exercise of force is sometimes impera
tive, we are rorced to look at things
as they really are and not as we would
have them. Many persons resDect noth
ing save the mailed fist. The shades of
the gallows, the penitentiary and fear
of hell make hordes of decent people.
Universal peace and universal brother
hood of man are beautiful dreams.
dreams that can never be realized in
fact until all men are cast in the same
mold. Why deceive ourselves?
This Nation cannot and will not per
mit Tho Hague or anyone to dictate
to us whom we shall allow to land on
our shores, whom we shall admit to
citizenship nor who we shall allow to
own the soil of our country. These
are questions we must of necessity, for
our own preservation, settle for our
selves. They involve more than a few
paltry dollars, hence the caotains of
industry will have little to say.
Our late tilt with Spain is alleered
to have been the people's war. There
is nothing to prevent another of the
same brand. Ve are forced to stand
by the folks there is no 'other way to
proceed. We can pursue no other course
if we would. Then, why play the pol
troon? Why beckon our. adversaries
on? Why invite attack by seeming to
run away? Why the humiliating spec
tacle of the gentle lephrys whistling
through the locks of the placid Mr.
Bryan twice across the continent? Out
siders are apt to construe our actions
as cowardice. Did not the Spaniards
call us cowardly Yankee pigs and was
not the world astonished that we would
fight? And why?
Would it not be more manly and dig
nified to say, by our demeanor at least,
to the nations, "We like you, and it
would cause us sincere regret to have
trouble with you; still there is a limi
tation to some of your demands beyond
which you had best not go?" The in
dividual who with dignity and unflinch
ing courage stand3 on his rights is
most immune from attack by man or
beast. If we shall be so unfortunate
as to have war with Japan, it will be
brought about largely by the very peo
ple who imagine they are doing every
thing to prevent it.
GEORGE W ATKINS.
PEOPLE PLAY TOO SMALL PART
Whole Public Should Have Direct In
terest in Festival Manasrement.
PORTLAND, June 29. (To the Edl
tor.) I have noted with much interest
the Items appearing in The Oregonlan
concerning our Rose Festival. The ma
jority of these comments and sugges
tions it seems, emanate from business
men whose Interest is largely financial.
I should hate to make the assertion
that the above is absolutely the case
but will wager, however, that such Is
the opinion held by many of our citi
zens. Perhaps this may be a reason for
the lax enthusiasm of which we are ac
cused. The festivals, so-called, have been
conducted largely by a particular group
and though they may be classed as
successful in some points seem hardly
that in others. How can we be ex
pected to enthuse oujsselves spon
taneously over projects' which a cer
tain group have undertaken however
well meant when we have no, direct
personal interests to attach us to them.
If we. must be public spirited we must
have something to help us, something
that will bring us closer together into
a systematized organization. Our Fes
tival is big and big things take en
thusiasm in proportion. The Oregonian
told us before the Festival to assume
the gay and sportive holiday spirit
L which is very fnTe but how are we to
do this? We cannot simply assume such
a condition without some system. There
are too many of us for that.
The last few months we have heard
much of the organization known as,
"Rosarians." We all agree thev make
a fine appearance in their white uni
forms and believe they are an asset to
the Festival, and they also appear to
enjoy themselves. In fact if there is
anything in the line of fun and good
things they appear to get the most cf
it. But why can't we all be "Rosarians?"
It seems to me that a little home mis
sionary work is about due right here in
Portland.
Let the above order take down the
bars and make it a people's order,
forming divisions in each and every
community of the city. From these
divisions delegates might select the
management of the Festival. This
would give to every Individual in our
city a particular personal interest in
the Festival which could be attained
in no other way and the enthusiasm
which we lack to make It a success
would be overflowing.
The decorations of the Festival must
be changed red, white and blue will
not do. It is true that they represent
patriotism, and we all appreciate that
fact, but every city In the United
Sates decorates in the same manner
twice a year and strangers see nothing
unusual In such decorations. We owe
it to our visitors and to ourselves as
well, to make our decorations particu
larly distinct and characteristic of
Portland alone. C. H. D.
New Marrlaa-e Law.
TOLEDO. Or., June 27. (To the Edi
tor.) Kindly publish the late marriage
law of Oregon for the benefit of a re
tired minister of the M. E. Church, and
others who may be ignorant of the law.
C. R. ELLSWORTH.
The 1913 law on the subject reads as
follows: '
Marriage may he solemnized by any ju
dicial officer of the state anywhere within
his Jurisdiction or by any minister or priest
of any church which is organized and carry
Ins; on Its work within this state and has
congregations in the State of Oregon, who is
licensed or otherwise authorized by such
church to solemnize marriage and who has
filed for record with the County Clerk of
the county within which he resides or in
which tho marriage Is solemnized, evidence
satisfactory to the County Clerk that he has
been so licensed or authorized, and In case
of a nonresident minister or priest, such
filing shall be In any county in which he
performs any marriage ceremony, and any
minister or priest shall not be required to
file such evidence of authority In more
than one county.
It Is apparent that a minister of the
Methodist Church, active or retired, may
solemnize marriages upon properly reg
istering his credentials.
Airs For a Trolley Car.
Birmingham (Ala.) Age-Herald.
"Dobbleday seems to think himself a
very Important person." "Why. he
can't even stand on a street corner and
wait for a trolley car without putting
on as many airs as if he were laying
a cornerstone."
Twenty-five Years Ago
From The Oregonlan of June 3o.
New York .lnn. a v i --.i
today Mrs. Lillian W." Hammerslv was
married to the Duke of Marlborough
u .'.ayor Hewitt at the City Hail.
The annunl rpitnLm . . i , . ;
, - - v- in, aiuiuiu ui
the Portland Hiirh s.li.m! hn
evening. Professor R. K. Warren
presented tho rli.a f I.-..),-..., i
June, lsxs, followed by response by
eus, president of the Feb
ruary class. and William Pomeroy,
president of th Jnn inn tv. u,.i
dent Frank Miller, of the alumni, de-
uerei a snort address. Next Samuel
Connell recited an original poem. Miss
Clara Mundt's solo was very pleasing.
Kollo Kurnham was the orator of the
evening. A piano solo by Miss Lalia R.
Dalton was well received. The read
ing of the prophecies by Miss Libbie M.
l.Mckinson kept everybody in good
The annual meetinsr of the Vmni-.i r,r
regents of the University of Oregon
was nem on Thursday. It was ordered
that an observatorv tie pctMi
ner's Butte for a transit instrument.
Judsre Deady, president of the board
of regents, says that he climbed to the
top oi Skinner's Butte on March S,
1S52, and cut his Initials on the trunk
of an old gnarled tree there.
The United States signal service has
recently added to the Portland station
a- self-registering thermometer.
A beautiful new bell arrived vester-
day direct from the East for St. Mary's
Miss Ada E. Coburn returned vestcr-
day from Eugene City, where she has
been attending commencement exer
cises at the state university.
Yesterday afternoon August Hell
man, a boy about 13, was handling the
cap of a giant powder cartridge when
it exploded. The thumb and index
finger of the right hand were blown
oft' almost entirely and half of the mid
dle nngrer was torn away. On the left
hand about half of the first Joint of
the thumb was taken off and the ends
of the other ringers were severely cut
and lacerated.
Yesterday C. F. Holcomb, treasurer
of the Oregon Railway & Navigation
Company, who was the trustee of tha
block bounded by Sixth, Seventh, Mor
rison and Yamhill streets executed a
deed to the Portland Hotel Company
and received the purchase price,
$125,000.
Mrs. A. Holbrook, one of the most
estimable and best-known pioneer
women of Portland, returned from the
East yesterday.
The Mount Hood illuminatinc party
left here yesterday morning. The fol
lowing make up the party: W. G. Steel.
Lieutenant J. P. O'Xeil, Adolph Dekum,
S. S. Nicolini, J. M. Keene, C. H. Gore,
Bailey Avery, of The Oregonian: Will
H. Walker, J. M. Breck. Jr.. W. A.
Wetzell, O. C. Yocum and E. D. Dewert,
with Fuller and Giigss, drivers.
Half a Century Ago
From The Oregonian of June 30, 1S63. "
Charlestown, Mass., June 22. The
schooner Juliet reports that she 'spoke
the schooner Florence of Gloucester
this mornins, 40 miles off Charlestown
lighthouse, having on board 150 prison
ers from the pirate brig Tacony, which
took the Florence yesterday and ordered
her to New York with the prisoners.
The Tacony took and burned six
schooners yesterday, belonging to Glou
cester, also three ships.
New York, June 22, A Chambers
burg dispatch says a detachment o
the First New York cavalry had a
skirmish on Monday with tho rebels
ten miles this side of Greencastle, Pa.
Harrisburg. Pa., June 23. News
from Pittsburg shows that great ex
citement exists there. The rebels are
reported 40 miles distant. The enemy
occupied Chambersburg this morning.
Monocacy, June 22. The rebels have
destroyed every Baltimore & Ohio Rail
road bridge from Cumberland to
Harpers Ferry, a distance of 70 miles.
General Kelley came up with them this
morning at Cumberland and drove them,
out of town.
Fortress Monroe, June 21. Val
landigham ran the blockade from Wil
mington, N. C, and was going to Nas
sau and thence to Canada.
Asatka, Miss., June 13. The Jackson
Mississippian of June 11 states that the
Federals visited the plantation of Jeff
Davis, ruining it, completely destroy
ing every instrument of husbandry, all
the household furniture, etc., on tha
premises and carrying oft every negro
on the plantation.
Captain Joseph Williams, of tho
Samuel Merritt, arrived at San Fran
cisco on the 20th, having made tha
run from the bar in 60 hours. His trir
to Oregon and back in 22 days was tile
shortest ever made by a sailing vessel.
Rev. George H. Atkinson, who for 13
years has been minister at Oregon City,
has accepted a call to become pastor
of the Congregational Church in this
city.
All persons desirous of contributing
meats, pastry, poultry, cheese, butter,
etc. for the dinner on the coming an
niversary of American independence
will please leave their address at the.
store of K. J. Northrup & Co., S. J.
McCormick. Hodge & Calef or with
Alexander Dodire at the salt works.
Keeping the
Wheels Going
Accorclins to a statement re
cently issued, the business of
dry goo.ls and department stores
cf the United State amounts to
f2,09-l,5S5,o00 yearly.
Millions of dollars are spent
annually to advertise these
stores.
More than 10,000.000 women
shop daily, 90 per cent, it is as
sumed, being taken to the stores
through the powerful influences
of advertising.
If every store in the United
States suddenly stopped adver
tising1 stopped for a year
what would happen?
Business would take a colos
sal slump.
Many stores would run along
under their own momentum
for months and then come to a
standstill. Others would come to
a speedy stop would be out of
business in a few weeks.
All of which signifies that
advertising is the power that
gives life and energy- to busi
ness. You must advertise to do
business. And to make that
business thrive, Mr. Merchant,
you must keep on advertising.
Occasional advertising will
not keep the wheels of business
going.