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Postage Kate 12 to IS pages, 1 cent; 18 to pages, 2 cents: 84 to 4a pages, 3 cents; 60 to 60 pages, 4 cents; 62 to 76 pages, 4 cents; 78 to U2 pages, 0 cents. Foreign postage,- double rates. . Eastern Bualneea Office Verree at Conk lln, Kew York, Brunswick building. Chi cago, Stenger building. San iTancisco Office R- J. Bid well Co., T42 Market street. rOKTLAXD, THURSDAY, NOV., 19, 1914. GERMAN NAVAL STRATEGY. For more than a month Germany haa been blocked in er attempted advance to Dunkirk, Calais and Bou logne by the successful resistance of the allies. As her forces have in the exeat majority of the Flanders fights taken the offensive, their losses have probably been much greater than those of the allies. . The Germans have brought up reinforcements, but so have the "allies; and the issue seems to hang on the question, which army -'-will have the superiority when air their forces are in the field. France and Great Britain can con centrate their power on Germany alone, while Germany must divide hers between the eastern and western fronts, as Russia seems to be a match for both Austria and half of Germany. Germany can probably ,add as many men to her western army as France alone can. add to that of the allies, " but there is grave doubt whether she could outnumber an army which included the new troops which Great Britain will soon have ready for the field. Kitchener's army now numbers about 1,000,000 men and has been training so assiduously that it is expected soon to be ripe for active service. Can Germany send enough reinforcements to the west to outmatch not only those which France has in reserve, but this new British army? If this be beyond Germany's power, military necessity would seem to com pel her to make one supreme effort to obtain command, of the sea by pending out her fleet to fight that of Great Britain. So far. she has con fined her efforts to picking off -one British ship at a time-by submarine or mine attack, and has had some measure of success, the greatest of which was the sinking-' of the Auda cious, but the British navy is still superior in strength. Both nations have no doubt added to their navies by hastening the building of new. ships, and the event will show whether either has had the advan tage in this respect. If Germany by a. great naval victory can obtain com mand of the sea, she .can prevent the sending of Kitchener's army to " France and may thus prevent the al lies from gaining superiority over her in the iwest. She would also clear the way for an invasion of England and could harry, the British coast by bombarding towns after having cleared away mines. If the German navy were to make such a sortie, it would be exposed to the same danger from submarines and mines as the British fleet has faced in its-patrol of home waters. At the beginning of the war Great' Brit ain had nearly twice as many sub marines as Germany, leaving out of account ..those which were out of date. Germany has scored more suc cesses with submarines and mines so far because her own fleet was safe in harbors which are inaccessible to submarines, while the British fleet was in the open. The British sub marines might be expected to show equal daring and skill with those of Germany when they had the chance to make a hit. Germany may have calculated that, in securing the aid of. Turkey, she rendered less urgent the necessity of .making ah effort for . naval suprem acy. Russia, being -fully occupied on her western frontier, cauld scarcely detach so many troops to Armenia that Turkey would .be compelled to concentrate all her forces in repelling invasion from that direction. Hence Great Britain must place in Egypt an Simy adequate t'o drive back Turkish ' invaders, for protection of the Suez . Canal 'is of prime importance in draw ing forces from India and In keep ing commerce In motion. Whatever forces Great Britain finds it neces sary to senti to Egypt are so much ' deducted from the reinforcements she can send to France and Belgium. They thus diminish the urgency of a German stroke for naval supremacy. The same motive may have prompted the effort to induce the Emir of Afghanistan to Join Turkey in a holy war against the allies. The Emir's foreign relations are under supervision of the Indian government, but, he has firmly maintained his in dependence in other respects and he has a well-organized, modern army. If German "intrigue should bring about an Afghan invasion of India, the stream of black troops from that 'country to Europe would be stopped and British troops might be needed - therei Every step taken by Germany to cause division of the British forces, such as the enlistment of Turkish aid, the Incitement of Afghanistan against India and the stirring up of-sedition in Ireland and South Africa, dimin ishes the possible reinforcements which Great Britain can send across the channel. It thus improves the chances of Germany's overcoming the allies' resistance to her advance to the channel and to Paris. It post pones the day when the German fleet must come out to fight in order that the German army may win. It prolongs the period during which Germany can pick off ship after ship of the British navy, iwhlle every ship yard in Germany Is doubtless taxed to . bring th German navy up to an equality with that of her foe. Thus an Intimate relation exists between German naval strategy and the diplo matic intrigues which have extended to Constantinople, to Cairo, to Kabul and to South Afrlca. A contemporary opines, that "great constructive reformers have had ex ceptional reverence for past rules and traditions." He cites as examples "William the Silent, who was assassi nated as a heretic rebel; Lincoln, who was murdered in defense of a conserv-Tattve- oligarchy, and Edward Burke, who reformed nothing. "Born for humanity," he "narrowed his mind and to party gave up what was meant for mankind." Among the reformers who particularly loved tradition why was not Martin Luther included? TllK PISTOL.- TIER MAN AND THE GIRT.. It is Uttle less than nonsense to blame the pistol for the murder of poor young Emma TJlrich by Fred Traunson, a demented youth. One might almost as well blame her beau ty, or gracious mood, or girlish charm.. The water that drowns the struggling swimmer is not to blame, nor the fire that burns the heedless child. Neither fire nor water can be abolished be cause of human rashness, nor care lessness. Only a maniltc could have commit ted the awful crime against Miss Ulrich. It is not enough to cry out against the pistol; for another weapon might, and doubtless would, have been used to accomplish the slayer's purpose. The real cause rests In the perverted senses of ignorant and sensuous youth, excited by secret pas sion and reckless spirit. In a world where crimes of the blood are not often punished, and where transgres sions of sex are generally condoned. It .may be expected that any mad dened young brute may waylay and kill a creature he cannot possess. If manslaughter were punished promptly and impartially? the inno cent Miss Ulrichs would be altogether safer from the attacks, of crazed pursuers. FROEBE26 AND M0NTE89OBI, The United States Bureau of Edu cation has issued an interesting bulle tin in which Elizabeth Harrison com pares the Montessori system with the kindergarten. , The section on "The principle of freedom" is especially in structive. Froe-bel believed that-there should be more or less trimming of the child's propensities as he develops. Montessori relies on the law of com plete freedom: She places her appa ratus of Instruction where the tots can reach it and then, in theory, leaves them 'absolutely to themselves. The - difference is perhaps not so great, however, as it appears. Even Madame Montessori keeps some su pervision over her pupils and superr vision by its very nature is guidance. We dare say the kindergarten and her children's houses" operate very much alike in practice. Few educational thinkers have failed to animadvert upon the perpetual harassment which little children suffer from impertinent mothers, worrisome nurses and tyran nical teachers. . If they could only be let alone . In their work and play, things would.jgo far better with them. Whether we effect this reform un der the name of Montessori or Froe bel makes no difference if only it is done. WOT WAS IT LOST? Under the circumstances there is Just cause for the Oregon Bar Association to debate the non-partisan Judiciary question. One year ago the associa tion indorsed the principle. In the recent election a bill providing for non-partisan election of Judges was submitted. Some prominent members of the association condemned the bill as Inadequate and conducive to the election of unfit Judges. Other prom inent members Indorsed the measure. Theblll was defeated by a large ma jority. Why? It would be timely to discuss whether the bill was lost because the people believed it defective In form or because they are opposed to the principle involved. Was . the public alarmed by the picture of hordes of unfit candidates seeking places on the bench drawn by opponents of- the bill or is the public so tired of govern mental changes that it is ready to defeat everything submitted by Initia tive the merits of which are open to honest difference of opinion? Moreover, experience with non-partisan election of Judges has developed an attempted divergence from the idea that Judges should be elected without taint or suspicion of bias In any direction. In Washington, where the principle is In practice, the state ha3 rid Itself of political parti sanship in the election of judges, but there was an effort this year to invest it with another kind of partisanship. Three of the candidates were Indorsed by the labor unlojoj the Grange and another organiza.Wjn- It is quite nat ural to inquire whether it is worse for a Judge to owe his election to political partisanship than it is to owe It' to trades unions or other class partisan ship. However, the candidates that sought to benefit by the new form of parti sanship were defeated. Such would likely be the case in any state where the people were thoroughly and hon estly convinced that partisanship has no place in the election of the Judi ciary. Thef e the injection of any form of partisanship will be resented, no matter how remote, and will work against candidates for whose benefit it was designed. But -unless the non partisan idea is thoroughly implanted and cherished, the law that imposes it will be evaded. It therefore seems Important that the convictions of the people should be fully ascertained before the system is adopted. It cannot now be safely applied In Oregon by legislative en actment, for at best it must be a mat ter of mere opinion as to why the bill submitted to the people was defeated. If they are not in accord with the idea we would still have some form of parr tlsanship in Judicial election, no mat ter what the form of the law. .The only wise course is to debate the sub ject thoroughly and then .possibly sub mit another bill to the electorate in form and provisions that have the in dorsement of all members of the . bar who are committed to the principle. HOW TO BRXN'G ABOUT ECONOMY. It Is fervently to be hoped that Colonel Ge'orge 'Harvey knew; whereof he wrote when he said in the 'North American Review: We have reason to believe that It Is the pumo of Mr. Wilson to undertake a com plete reformation of Governmental appre oriatlons such as Mr. Taft essayed somewhat tentatively and failed utterly to achieve. It is unjust to Mr. Taft to say that he essayed this reform "somewhat tentatively," for he made It one of the cardinal points of his policy, and, so far as he could without the co-operation of Congress, he effected impor tant economies. Had his . recom mendations been adopted, he would have effected more, but hla plana were foiled by the Jealousy of Congress for its functions and particularly by the partisan opposition of the Democrats in the second Congress of his term. The necessity of financial reform by the Government has been made more apparent by the extravagance which the Democrats have heaped on that which they charged to the Republi cans and by the emergency taxes which they have imposed when the country is at peace. But the evil which must be removed is the out growth of a tendency which originates among the people. There has been a constant demand that the Govern ment undertake new work in regulat ing railroads and banks, suppressing monopoly, protecting life . on rail roads and ships, in mines and against disease, protecting food from adul teration, extending the mail service, fostering agriculture, fisheries and forestry-. Performance of thiff work requires employment of increasing thousands of men. Congress is nothing loath to establish new offices wherein the members' friends can draw salaries and have expense allowances, so It gladly gratifies the people. It does not show equal alacrity in abolishing of fices which have become useless. Witness - the desperate resistance to abolition' of useless land, pension and customs offices. Navy-yards and Army posts. . When the people cease to demand that Congress spend more money and when they demand that it spend less. Congress will change its course grad ually, slowly and reluctantly, only after the demand has been many times repeated. THE CURE OF CANCER. The interest of medical men con tinues to center round the hideously fascinating subject of cancer. Dr. William J. Mayo, the famous surgeon, has just expressed himself about it. and his words are too instructive to be passed over without remark. In some respects he speaks reassuringly. . Can cer, he tells us, is not hereditary, and, if taken in time, it Is curable.. So far all sounds pleasant. But the difficulty is to take it in time. Any abrasion, even the slightest, may be an Incipient cancer. The disease may originate in a mole, a wart or an almost imperceptible Irritation of the skin. Any such lesion. Dr. Mayo teaches us, may develop into a can cer. If it refuses to heal promptly a surgeon should be consulted and the knife unsparingly applied. An early operation is usually per fectly safe and effectual. It is delay that makes cancer fatal. According to this great authority, it is folly to put much confidence in radium. That mysterious substance does very well for superficial cancers and it may mitigate those too intricately seated for operation, but it cannot be de pended upon. Dr. Mayor thinks that people are too apt to neglect slight sores, since these may very well pass on into ma lignant tumors. "All sources of irri tation," he says, "carry with them a deadly significance. Go to your phy sician at once on the discovery of any sign or symptom of' irritation about warts, moles and benign tumors or injuries, however slight, which fall to heal promptly." If there is the faint est suspicion . that cancer threatens, apply the knife without hesitation.' If people could overcome their ground less dread of surgical operations the mortality from this disease would rapidly diminish. . THE GIRL IN THE CASE. In disposing of the "vice cases" which have been so tdorously before his court. Judge McGinn's avowed purpose was to compensate the in jured girl as far as the circumstances permitted. While It was naturally im possible to restore her virtue the Judge contrived a way to hold out be fore her some inducement to mend her. ways. The guilty males were not exactly fined. If they had been the money must have gone to the public. By a species of pious evasion they were first sentenced to Jail and- then allowed to buy the privilege of the parole. Of course there was nothing to hinder the court from turning the pro ceeds over to the injured girl under such, conditions as it was thought fit to impose. Whether she will be bene fited by the windfall or not time must tell.' The depravity which she has practiced in the past does not neces sarily forbid us to hope for better things in 'her future life. At the time of her illicit assooiation with actors, merchants and ballplayers she was a mere child, probably with no proper comprehension of the moral aspect of her conduct. Complete reform is by no means Impossible for her. Indeed it is- high ly probable. Wisdom is likely to come with years. The rude experience through which she has passed will purge her mind of folly, perhaps, and thirty years -from now she may be a happy and useful matron. Such things constantly happen. The boy is not always the father of the man In any obvious sense, nor is the girl invari abTy the mother of the woman. Some where between the ages of 12 and 20 there may occur a complete transfor mation of character and conduct. In the churches this change is- often spoken of as "conversion," and , it Is, In fact, the beginning of a new life. But it must be confessed that the new life is far more likely to be vir tuous if the preceding years have not been too familiar with vice. In spite of everything, the habits and mental Images of childhood project them selves onward Into all the rest of life. It was a wise observer who said that "the thoughts of youth, are long, long thoughts." , Impressions made upon the mind when it Is most plastic are seldom obliterated entirely. -They may be erased until they are illeglb'lly dim and we think they are gone forever, but in some moment or moral peril they flash up with a blinding glare. Just as Jane Eyre was saved in her terrible temptation by the precepts she had learned in far-off childhood, so one may be lost by the sudden revival in the memory of vicious long ings suppressed and almost .forgotten. After all, we must admire, the good sence of the Jesuit fathers who said that they did not care who had the child for the rest of his life if they could have him. for the first seven years. r More and more the saving efforts of civilization are concentrated 'upon childhood. Judge McGinn's zeal to rescue the girl from perdition rather than to punish her betrayers Is char acteristic of modern society. It has largely lost faith in what used to be called "retrtbutive Justice." It seeks to "save that which was. lost" rather than to weigh "out the precise penal ties of sin. The conservation of hu man values seems likely enough to become the great watchword of the future and we are learning that sal vation must begin at the birth of the child or even sooner. Thus the re sponsibility for human welfare falls ever more heavily upon the family. If family life and influence fail us, where shall we look for rescue? Hopeless Indeed is the outlook for mankind if nothing can be done to fortify the saving power of the home. Society may presently o called upon to make serious sacrifices to. re build the crumpling . sanctuary of family life. Homes cost money. They cannot exist and thrive without steady incomes for breadwinners. As the loveliest, flowers are rooted n black mold, so the most salutary, institution of the world is founded in economic welfare.' . The family must be prosper ous before it can fulfill Its whole function in civilization, because-with-out material prosperity its stability is at the mercy of continual accidents. The American lawyer Is an anom aly. A speaker before the Bar Asso ciation yesterday blamed lax laws Tor many crimes.' Yet lawyers make the laws In the Legislature, lawyers on the bench fnterpret them, and lawyers work hard to secure acquittal of de fendants, taking much pride in suc cess. Reform should begin some where, but only a lawyer can tell just where. - It is madness in the Turks to insult the United States, but perhaps -they have done so more in ignorance than malice. They probably . confuse us with the British, as is common In the less literate parts of the world. In any case there., is no occasion for frenzy. Turkey is likely to be well trounced without our interference. There is an extensive movement on foot to settle Hungarian, Slav and Bohemian mill hands . on Louisiana farms. The manufacturers protest, but the country blandly smiles. An independent farmer is a better citizen than a migratory "hand." When , in dustry has to compete- with cheap land human welfare advances. , The successive Russian victories in Eastern Europe do not, appear very substantial. No doubt great conse quences flow from them, but to the remote spectator all is dim and un real. If their troops ever reach the vicinity of Berlin that part of the war will- acquire a living Interest to us which it has not at present. - . South. Bend, Ind-, has been teach ing German in the second and higher grades for a year or more with won derful results. The City Superin tendent says the little pupils speak and read the language better than "most college students." They could hardly do it worse. The "masher" on the street corner is a common nuisance. He cannot be abated too soon or too completely. His business is to insult women with leers, gestures and, when he dares, with suggestive remarks. Chief Clark will win abundant laurels if he extir pates the pest. Freight enough to make 8000 car loads has already gone east from San Francisco through the Panama Canal. The railroads look on in consterna tion. "If this goes on, where do we come in?" they are asking.- Evidently a profound traffic revolution Is not far away. Men in the colder regions can help the cottongrower indirectly by wear ing two shirts of the light material instead of a heavy woolen and be warmer. With womenfolk, however, it is different, for the colder . the weather the less they put on. Th3 new British loan Is popular, Germany finds no difficulty that way, the French peasant unloads the con tents of the stocking, and the war goes merrily . on, and Death stalks the fields. A year will make a difference. ' The captain of the Emden certainly had a highly developed sense of gal lantry. Because there was a woman aboard, he let the ship go. Had there been no worrfan aboard He would have sent the vessel to the bottom. The Austrians are reported to have occupied Belgrade in force. Appar ently the Austrians have given up the Russians as a hopeless job and have centered upon someone nearer their own measure. If it is true that a Russian squadron has put out from the Gulf of Fin land to give battle, then Russia is bound to have a few more converted submarines shortly. v The Prince of Wales has been as signed as an aide on the staff of Gen eral French, whose high rank gives assurance of remoteness from the fir ing line. However, Carranza now say3 he has no intention of quitting. The trouble with those Mexican patriots is that they change over night. The man who refuses to pay more than a dollar for marriage ceremony with a widow has .little appreciation of a (bargain. V But" even if Carranza and Villa do take their departure from Mexico, the supply of their kind is inexhaustible in Mexico. x l This Is the weather that pinches the poor. In days of prosperity, remem ber those upon whom adversity sits. There was a tlmewhen firing on the American flag might have, been attended by serious consequences. An Englishman living In London has a son in the German army. We do not envy him his state of mind. When even the traffic officer gets run down it is time for the rest of us to be extraordinarily careful. If a policeman were given choice, he would prefer death in a gun battle, not under an auto truck. Another, eminent writer divorced. Seems to be a habit with 'the writing and singing variety. -' Postmaster Myers has a half-million stock of holiday stamps. Ask for the colors-you prefer. Police are to war on mashers who ogle, and the cross-eyed Johnnie will chuckle. Early Fall weather late in the Fall is something more to be thankful for. Tre French idea .of victory seema to be to hold the Germans back. Wilson will not have lack of topics for the message. Watch Washington hedge on the Turk insult. ' Again, start your Christmas shop-Pln"- .. . ' 1 Stars and Starmakers BX LEONE CASS BAER. Olga Petrova, who halls from Mil waukee and can. put on or take off her Russian accent at will, has changed her name since she has graduated from a vaudeville act of Imitations and throaty noises Into a star ' In the legitimate stage world. She Is to be known as merely Madame Petrova a la Madame Nazlmova and Bernhardt. e Nice little Emma Trentinl, with the big voice. Is to appear in a new comic opera by FVlml. with the Shuberts as sponsors. e Mabel Cameron, "who played a brier engagement at the Baker Theater one Spring season. Is coming to the Marcus Loew Empress Jn a sketch, "The Groom Forgot." The llnoof ticket-buyers stretched from the window to .the street. The girl with the red hat and the chewing gum don't forget the chewing gum- reached the window. Her turn at the window had arrived. "Gow tewgoo seats?" "Tea; fifth row center, orchestra. How many?" "Fertanight?" "Yes." "Ha'much?" "Dollar fifty. How many?" "Watsuprlse supstalrs?" "Fifty and thirty-five. How many?" "Kin yuhsee goo upalrT "Yes. How many 7" 'Izza thurry-fi'oet seas enygoo?" "Tea. How many?" "Ennylefen frunrow?" "Yes, yes. How many? Hurry up." "Hazza show buhgunyat?" "Curtain Just going up. How many?" "Wenia necks mutney?" "Wednesday. Thirty-five cents all over the house. How many?" "Wensay? That stewmarra issn'nit?" "Yes." "Kessile waytll necksweak. Gotta goatakmaw t'marra." "I'm sorry." ' "Sowm I, buttagawttago." And she did. ' A few familiar names show up In the list of players at the New Empress Stock In Tacoma, - Charles I. Richards Is the manager. Brodericlc Q'Farrell and Jane O'Roarke play the leads and Neil McKinnon is the juvenile. This from a New York periodical will be Interesting to admirers of dainty Tina Lerner, made when she played for us more than a year ago. Speaking of a concert where she played, the reviewer says: "Fleet-lngered Tina Lerner met the mammoth Liszt Sonata in B-Mlnor and conquered it with amazing techni cal ease and musical mastery. She now must be reckoned as the best of the younger female pianists." E. D. Price, who Is in Portland, as manager ahead of the "Poor Little Rich Girl," boasts of being quite fool ish over his little leading- woman, who is only -16 years eld. She is Leonie Dana and plays the title role. Mr. Price exhausts all the superlatives of praise on the little girl, and for that matter so do the critics In all the cities where the play has been given. Mr. Price says: "Every time I watch her sweet and sensitive acting, which con veys no suggestion of acting,- I see her through a mist of tears and am un ashamed." And Catherine Counties, Mr. Price's lawful wedded wife, wrote to him thusly the other day: "I am becoming - positively jealous of your young star. It seems to me that the older you get the younger you like 'em." The Punch and Judy Theater, latest arrival among the bijou play-houses of New York, has the most intimate dis tinction. A naive simplicity and artis tic common sense rather unusual com binations, by the way have nurtured the design, which Is the offspring: of the wedded wits of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hopkins. It is a playhouse such as many drama lovers- have long been looking for: a building upon which thought and love, rather than money, have been expended; a place to play in where seriousness and folly 'alike can be at home, and the audience can join heart and hand with the flayers. It Is in time to be the home of reper toire; the curtain-raiser of the venture being "The Marriage' of Columbine," by Harold Chapln, who has written many good plays for the repertoire theaters in England. The opening occurred last week. Mr. and Mrs. Hopkins, Louise Closser Hale .and Edward Emery -are In the cast of ''The Columbine." . Mile. Dazle has been engaged for jtha early Winter Metropolitan production of -"Lady Luxury," the new musical comedy, with book by Rlda Johnaon Young and music by William Schroeder. Mile.' Dazie will be called upon to play one of the leading roles In the piece and will Introduce a new dance that she is now arranging. The dancer has been for two seasons in search of a musical production In which she might combine her remarkable dancing abil ity "With the impersonation of & dra matic character of the type now offered her. Mile. Danzie was here In "Panta loon," at the Orpheum last Spring. . e Richard Carle has been engaged by Daniel V. Arthur as chief comedian with Marie Cahlll In a new musical play now being" written for her. Tho score will be by Jerome Kern. It is not unlikely that Mr. Carle, a handy man with his pen, will have a lot to do with the book of the new musical play. e Cyril Maude, the English actor wbo recently came to this country for his second tour In "Grumpy," has begun an engagement In Boston. Mr. Maude said when he arrived In New York: "It is like coming to, a city of beautiful light after living in a city of eternal night." - Unlicensed Sale of Beer. -HOOD RIVER, Or., Not. 17. (To the Editor.) I would like to know If the recall won and what the penalty Is for selling beer without a license In Portland- Does thls-tlne.go fo the city or does part of It go to the informant? A. B. H ALLEY. The recall was defeated. 1 For selling liquor without a city li cense the penalty is a fine of from $100 to J250. or Imprisonment- for from 60 days to six months for first offense; a fine of from S250 to $500 or Imprison ment from 60 days to six months foe second offense, and a fine of $500 ari3 not less than six months In Jail for third offense. - For each offense both the fine and imprisonment- may be Im posed. The fine goes to the city In fulL Maintaining a Wife. Judge; "Do you think he'sable to support a wife?" "Why, he can't even maintain a conversation." Then and Now Just .40 years ago today the Woman's Christian Temperance Union was organized In Cleve land. The movement had its beginning In the follow 1 n g inci dent: In 1S73 Dr7 Dio Lewis lectured on temperance in Hillsboro, and at Today the Na tional W. C T. U. is the largest woman's organl ration in the world. It has a member ship of S23.000 women and is actively organ ized in more than 10.000 towns and cities. It has an organization in every state in the Union. When It was founded in 1874 there was only one dry state on the entire mup of the United States, Maine. But within the last 10 years the "dry" territory has en croached on the "wet" so there are now 10 states where liquor can not be legally sold. From the m o v e ment has sprung the National wom an's suffrage movement and there are now many states where women have won the right to vote. The National W. C. T. U. is the par ent of nearly all the organic activi ties of woman In this republic. It is the mother of the juvenile courts. It inspired tho work of stamping out white slavery. It has aided work ing men to secure an eight-hour law In many of tne this lecture there was present Mrs. Judg Thompson, n. woman of sin gular beauty, who was moved to be gin a w o ni a n's crusade against intemperance. Led by her, the women entered the sa loons and organ ized prayer meet ings. " The move nt e n t spread through Ohio and thousands of bar rels of liquor were emptied into the gutters in the Middle West. An army of men signed the tem perance pledge. But a reaction soon followed in Chicago. . To com bat this Miss Frances W. Will ard appeared upon the field with her "White Ribbon Army." Her cru sade gat hered such momentum that in the Fall of the following year the National W. C. T. U. was found-x ed. Miss Willard was appointed sec retary and began the work of or ganization. Miss Willard was the first to combine the temper ance crusade with the cry of "Votes for Women" and out 5f the union of these two causes, has come the pres ent world -wide woman's move ment. states ana been a factor In the movement world peace. for USE FOR SURPLUS WATER FUNDS Men and Materials Available to Provide Service for Districts Suffering;. PORTLAND, Nov. 18. (To the Edi tor.) The following paragraph in The Oregonian Monday is worthy of further consideration. It reads: "If there are children going hungry in this city of plenty it Is because the facts are not known. It is the duty of somebody to find them." Now it calls to writer's mind a con dition that now exists among certain of the civil service employes of this city. To be more plain, I refer to the employes of the Water Department the men who do the hard work, "labor ers" we affectionately call them, then forget them. To Illustrate: Our Commissioner, Mr. Daly, who has charge of this de partment In some manner has built up a considerable surplus, with which he perhaps Intends to iiTstall the uni versal meter system (even though the people at regular election expressed themselves against his pet plan). Maybe he only wlsnes this surplus to dem onstrate his executive ability, to show us what a remarkable economist oc cupies the chair of public utilities. Whatever his object it is quite evident that-a considerable portion of this surplus has been built up at the expense of the aforementioned labor ers, and at the sacrifice of the service. There are now some 150 of these same "civil service laborers" who have been laid off indefinitely after working from two to three months the past season, being treated In like manner last Winter. AH or nearly all are men of families, whose children may be hungry long before another Summer, men who are, unless the civil service is all rot, the very best fitted for the work to be done that it Is possible to employ. These -men are thrown out of work at a time- dt year when they are In most need of it, at a time when the city should endeavor not to add any more to the unemployed especially when there Is work to be done, money to do It with, and ample material on hand bought and paid for. As a matter of fact there are some 20 miles of eight-inch water mains in the Albina yards. There are more than 20 miles of streets that need this pipe. (The Vernon district for example). There is ample cash -on hand and, above all, men who need the work. ' Why keep these men Idle? Why put off until the dry season arrives and the consumers are without water suffi cient even for sanitary purposes? In this climate this work can be done as well and as quickly now as later, and these men are anxious to work. I believe any right-thinking man will agree with me when I say, put these men to work and thus relieve the condition Just that much. What do you think? PROPERTY OWNER. A Moving; Sight. I saw him take her in his arms The window shades were right; He gazed upon her half-draped charms. The day was full and bright. A dozen people stopped and stared Upon this shameful sight. He clasped her soft and pearly throat; He stroked her shining hair. J-Ha sjooped, with hand that seemed to dote. And touched her ankle bare. And she before that window stood. And did not seem to care. He lifted high a lacy gown, A tremor o'er me ran; ' He slipped It o'er her dainty head, No protests she began - She was the dummy girl, and ho The window-dresser man. . Puck. . Privileges In Polling; Booth. OREGON CITY, Or, Nov. 16. (To the Editor.) (1) Please tell me if voters have a right to prepare a sample bal lot and carry it to the booth for ref erence while preparing the white bal lot. (2) Has one voter a legal right to allow another to dictate at the voting place as to how or for whom he shall vote? v . SUBSCRIBER, 1 Yes. 2 This would be a violation of law. An election official might, however, mark a ballot for a person who could not see the ballot or had some other Infirmity. The voter In this case would have to dictate to the election official and not the election official or anyone else to the voter. Yea, It Might Rave Bees Worse. Puck. "Yes;, the car, a 1912 Pumpernickel, was wrecked, and Jonsey, poor boy was killed." "Well, it might have been worse. It might have been a 1914 Pumpernickel." Cook; Points Oat Etiquette. Sydney Bulletin. Cook of the Dead Dog Pub (to par son asking a silent blessing.) You needn't be a-smellin' your victuals they're quite fresh. Twenty-Five Years Ago From The Oregonian. November 17. 1889. Olympla. The King County delega tion had somethii-.g to think about yes terday. The Seattle Morning Journal carried a double-leaded editorial head ed. "Look Out for Treachery," in which Governor Squire and his supporters were warned to be on the watch for treachery. The editorial went on to say the Journal had information that Squire would be betrayed at the last minutes.-whereas a week ago it seemed certain he would be elected to the Sen ate. San Juan Del Norte Everyone Is en thusiastic over the prospects of get ting the Niearaguan Canal completed. In due time American engineers will lay siege to three miles of rock bar rier at once. , New Orleans Jeff Davis, leader of "the Lost Cause." has been critically ill at Brierfield. Boston Princeton defeated Harvard today at football; score 41 to 16. Nat Goodwin Is mourning the death of his Infant son, which occurred last Friday morning. Mrs. Goodwin is said to be quite prostrated. W. H. Hampton, of Portland, a min ing expert in tho employ of Jonathan Bourne, Jr., has made an Inspection of the properties on the blue gravel lead near Henley, Cal. The funeral of Harry Fogg Shorey was held yesterday from George H. River's undertaking rooms. Rev. T. E. Clapp officiated. The Hawthorne-avenue motor line Is now operating and making round trips between Fifth street and Mount Tabor. A preliminary meeting of the pro posed Amateur Athletic Club was held last night. A. B. McAlplne was named temporary chairman and H. Pilkington temporory secretary. The following committees were named: Membership C D. , McLalse, will Llpman. N. T. Collett, George F. Hol man and II. Pilkington. Incorporation Messrs. Pilkington. Collette, Holman. McLaino and B. L. Carr. Securing hall B. L. Carr. A. J. Coffee and J. K. Atwood. William Conner, deputy street super intendent, was seriously Injured yester day In a runaway, which occurred Just as he was driving away from his resi dence at 358 M street. A t the masquerade ball In Albina Wednesday evening. Mrs. Cassidy as "Topsy" and Mrs. Minnie Reed as a Knight of Pythias and M. H. Murphv as an Indian chief and William Gould as Romeo won the prizes. Miss Louise Boardman entertained at a dancing party last Wednesday night at the residence of her father, G. H. Boardman. Half a Century Ago From The Oreconlan. November, IS, 1S64. Dr. J. G. Glenn, a dentist, has Just received an assortment of dental ma terials from New York. Sheriff Jacob Stitzel will hold a pub--Ho auction at the Courthouse on De cember 17, to satisfy the claims of H. and I. Rosenfield against Matthew Keith, and the claim of B. Q. Tucker against John Mead. Several lots will bo among the property sold. t. A petition for four street lamps on Washington street, to be erected at the Intersections of Third, Fourth. Fifth and Sixth streets, was read at tho reg ular meeting of the Common Council last night. They were referred to the committee on streets and property. A friend of ours brought three kinds of cake and two kinds of wino last night to enable us to celebrate his wed ding. It would do the world good, and some people would get married much oftener if they could see how we en joyed it. Miss Maggie A. G. Marshall and Mar shall Peterson, both of Portland, were married yesterday at the home of Mrs. B ram hall. Rev. P. E. Hyland officiated. An ordinance authorizing the con struction of a sewer on Mill street, at a cost of $1000, was laid on the table at the meeting of the Common Council last night. New York, Nov. 13. A deputation of Quakers from England, who came to this country to attend the yearly meet ings of the Friends in Baltimore and North Carolina, have been refused ad mission to the re,bel lines. John Leech, the celebrated carica turist of Punch, Is dead, according to a dispatch received from London. MONEY MIGHT HAVE BEEN SAVED Why Were Recall Forgeries Not Dis covered Before Costly Election t PORTLAND, Nov. 18 (To the Ed itor.) Having been an independent candidate at the recall election, but not having had any connection In any man ner, shape or form with the recall pe tition or anyone connected with It, I respectfully ask for a few lines in your paper. It appears to me this is a poor time to investigate fraud in connection with the recall. It is another case of clos ing the barn door after the horse is gone. As soon as the petitions bearing the 10,000 or more signatures were filed, it was or should have been the duty of some city official to have checked them up immediately. There were 25 days in which to do this and had It not been overlooked the city would have saved the $25,000 so wantonly thrown away at that election. It would have been an easy task, for hasn't it been repeatedly said in the daily papers that the forgeries were "glaringly apparent," in fact, so appar ent that one glance revealed them? Had that one glance been given before Ocvober 27, there would have been no election. I fully agree with an editorial In one of Tuesday's papers which said, "In this business the authorities should be completely sensible of their responsibil ities and meet them fully by dealing aggressively with those who promote bogus petitions," and would add, w"hile the investigation is on, let it begin at home. DR GEORGE PARRISH. Lessons of Thrift The necessity for thrift has been brought home to many people dur ing the last few months. There has been a cutting out of unnecessary extravagances, and in increase in bank deposits. All this speaks well for future prosperity, but It means good per sonal management for the Imme diate present. The truly thrifty person buys with knowledge and buys to the best advantage getting at all times 100 cents' worth of value for a dol lar. The buyers' directory for the truly thrifty is -the advertising -in Tho Oregonian. '1