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About Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 2, 1915)
TITE MORXIXG OKEGOXIAN, SATURDAY. JANUARY 2. 1915. rOKTf.AM). O KKGON. ; Entered at Portland. Oregon. Poartofflce a second-class matter. LSnbacrlDtian Rates Invariably In .avane.. Br If all. ) .. .. . ,.. . ..18.00: ."it,. , J ........ ... ' . m ti.ii. ...... .1 .. ixinrfui .v mnDthl . - . . t-nT. nrao.j '"""" , .- - Daily, Sunday Included, three months ... Iailr. Sunday Included, one month ! Iaily. without Sunday, one year Jr? I'aily. without Sunday, atx montha J-jJ . Zally. without Sunday, three montha .... l-r "lai!y. without Sunday, one month Weekly, one year '. Sunday, one year Sunday and Weekly one year By Carrier.) Rally. Sunday Included, one year '?? - lailr. Sunday Included, one month ...... ' Haw la Krmlt Send Poatolttee money or- - der. express order or personal check on your . i . i k..w -nln nr currency are at ' sender's risk. Give poatoffice addreaa in full. . Including county ana siaia. . FotUre Kate II to Is pares. 1 eents is .. . , ., 11 in ah naaea S cents ; 18 - . .... r. . -.n . - to Tft nacea. a - fv tv ' . . - - , cents; 78 to f2 pases, S cents, Foreiaa post- ;. aoua.o raiea. KaMera Boavt.es. OBTce verree at Lon- ciuea location. j.t ucm-"";u a..--". iin. New Tork. Brunswick buUdms; Chlcasa, overhead way be constructed for pub - aienacr Du.,u,oa. MS rnuKwre iron -w . . : plans adopted for tne entire strut- r PORTLAND. MTIRDAI. JAN. 1, l9ls.lture. It definitely committed the - . . I nubile to the entire bridge pro- . pany. Market street. STORMS OF W1LS0" A Ithmiph rnnrrfsa had a scant regular appropriations) mo " . . . .. . w I tious leBlslauve programme iiu ue- : T " , 1Tl,!.n, Wilson it has .fore It by President Wilson, it has ; already dribbled away one month without accomplishing anything oi -consequence. Th President has got -consequence. 101 rrwiutm e -Into a patronage quarrel with the . . . i i . ..oinsi F senate, wnicn ataiiua uimcu him That body has given him a di- .. ... - rect slap by retaining me literacy t,.., in th. in.mi.nUoo bill in spite ... . . . . i . i .. 1 1 I or his aeciarea opposiuiou. n iiu.u- .. i. ),..rin.. h shin- . ping. Philippine and conservation bills ... . . . . i . . .. ti,AM . witn lime oroeuect uit.i any . ' will be reDorted before the House be gins to force appropriation bills upon It. Attention may be diverted frnm thpia measures by attempts to ratify the Colombian treaty, which will surely meet determined opposition. The House has done little better. It has passed one appropriation bill and has begun consideration of the post office bill. It has been diverted from Its programme by the vote on the '.prohibition amendment, and the woman suffrage amendment prom ises another diversion. The war con tinually crops up In debate to draw attention from the business in hand, an example being the proposal to place an embargo on exports of war material. Members continually inter pose speeches on general topics and thus obstruct progress. The President has obviously lost prestige in both Senate and House, with the result that the Inclination to oppose him Is much stronger, par ticularly among those Representatives who have not been re-elected and who, therefore, have nothing to gain by standing by him. He may give appointive offices to a few of these "lame ducks," but the great major ity of them must return home dis consolate. There is sharp division of opinion among Democrats on the ship-purchase bill, and the West promises to be practically united against some of the main provisions of the conserva tion bills. Abundant room for fili bustering In the Senate Is offered by these bills and by the river and harbor bilL The constitutional limit on the length of the sassion orrers great temptation to such obstructive tactics. Although there Is small prospect that Congress' will dispose of the pro gramme already before it, various in terests are Insisting that action be taken on other subjects. The Grange ts angry because rural credit legisla tion has been deferred, and demands action at this session. Several long deferred or oft-rejected labor meas ures clamor for attention. These In terests are said to be bringing pres sure on behalf or an extra session of the new Congress next Spring. If the President should yield to them, he would face a large body of old mem bers wearied by an unbroken series of Summer sessions beginning with 1S0S and naturally irritated by the demand for almost continuous ses sions. He would face a Senate an gered by the patronage fight and a House in House in wnicn m jiibjuiuj i been reduced almost to the limit of safety. All the facta forecast stormy m for th. Administration in the .econd half of Its term. THE DOYTNFAt.1. OF EXBUJH OFKRA. The career of the Century Opera r-nYnnanv mi to have come to an ahrnnt end at Chicago. After singing to barren house, in that cultured and opulent capital, it ts going back to New Tork bag and baggage with a iit,.! ..nppt nf dlRsolution starinn it In the face. The Century company was organised to proffer English opera to the multitude at low prices. With soma exceptions the highest- priced seats sold for a dollar and a good one could bo obtained for a pnantp Th promoters did not expect that I Hoa nrin would meet meir Dins-1 aa., . .. .a K. a tipflnlt. tint I llirio aah buic , . . annnnatal In ha FiroVtded for 1 .w ,. avannifioanra of a hand of mil-1 Ilonalres who subscribed to the un-1 i..tavimr A It turned out. how- ver. moat of theae subscriptions were mere scraps of paper. Only one of the affluent band kept his word and .t.- K,,r.tn of anatainlnp tho comDanv fell so heavily on his lone shoulders that he finally stepped from under, allowing the tottering Century com- pany to fall in ghastly ruin. Another cause contributed to the use comnouieu tu ine A certain number of catastrophe high-pricea seats) werw rreciavu vi ths rich ana great wno, n w mia- i ined, would flock in guttering inrongs . . n .1 In th.i. halAtfod to hear grand opera In their beloved mother tongue. But tney ma not flock. The high-priced seats re mained empty, generating deficit at rvery performance. The painted but terflies of fashion wanted no opera which asked too much of their Intel ligence. Singing In German or" Ital ian did not disturb their thoughts at all. They could go on chattering just the same whether Caruso was on the atge or off It. But when a tenor began to howl In English It was a erlous matter. It interrupted con versation. It disturbed one's critical Judgment of the lady's diamonds In the next box. So English opera was left to lan guish in spite of the feeble support of the Impecunious mob who only go to such performances because they like music. The promoters of the Century company are casting their nets for new subscriptions, but the outlook is dark. The war and other troubles have drawn millionaire purse strings pretty tight In 2s'ew Tork this . Aiuiouga t-uugres uau 1 not to say aisnonorauie. w vl -three montha In which to pass the now that the Port of Portland had .. . . i .. m v. I I ..i, nlarfira tha nitv nr county Winter. Poor Art stands shivering In the cold, for all the world like a September Morn. GOOD FAITH AST) FAIR FLAY. A question of downright good faith is involved in consideration of ! aw. j . i e t)io rn i 1 T-nR1 me liruinneu a..,., f n,...n . U'ashinetOTl bridge (Oregon - Washington ana o,,ih.Fii Tf ifir-i iiv the city or the county. It seems to The Oregonian that the public desires the bridge owners to have fair play. Any im-..,- i 1 in.'3t ration of the circum stances surrounding the construction of the bridge, or tne present uesuiu tion for its free public use, must lead to the conclusion that at reasonable rental should be paid. The statement of the Port of Port land Commission, printed in The Ore land Commission, printed in The Ore- Igonian Thursday, ought to leave no aouDt in anyone a mum I f i .. , . Thp Pnmmlsfdon. haVlnsT aU doubt in anyone's mina as to me I . . . , I.. .. . L j t,.,H tho rnnnrv nv c i inn iivcr. i m ...... nnmnanies to build in a spe- - - - T. . ,.,,, -n Iic u3e. It named tne style oi ura lic use. It namea tne sijie ui t a.iip.nriT.i ami pvpn outlined, the .. .1 I IS-a fltrilf. I public to the entire bridge pro I gramme. I It seems to The Oregonian absura, " "5"' . y V. onv binH rtf nntrMrl TTndoubtedlv " - " had such a right. The trouble now be t determlno whether the op the BhaU assume 1U pjRln obligation. rne prospect oi tuns iur ic road bridge is intolerable. The pub- ii. u-anta tn iisa the brldtTe as other The prospect of tolls for the rail- - - - - bridges are used. It will Justify the n . i". - i. .-i.i n ..... a lTi3 Y! cl tl C t-uunty .u..i..i!.v...;.o ... on fair terms to keep the bridge ..ti anrl fiirlhprmorp. it Will COD1- p.F. -- mend the Commissioners for making good a direct public pledge to the hrlrlirknenpn 1IAVB WB A FRANK CASE? Th. ovMenfta hv which John Arthur Pomla. waH fftnvlfitt(l Of the HI U TCl fcT of Mrs. Daisy Wehrman, under the analysis or George A. Thacner, ap pears wofully scant. His article cannot be likened to the argument of a lawyer in a criminal case, for Mr. Thacher made his investigations nhnnt a nrArnnrplvpil intent to free an accused person, but only with a firm desire to get at uie train, as such the results of his investigations, though as yet unsupported by direct evidence that a man has wrongfully been convicted, are worthy or serious consideration. nr mora ImDortance. it seems to us. than hin ahowlntr as to the flimsy iharrir nf th circumstantial evi dence against Pender, is his conclu sion that the-murder was not an out burst of sadism. Pender Is not a sexual pervert. The crime was not that of a sadistic maniac unless it be an unprecedented exception to the general rule of such murders. In the absence of me elements oi sauusin either in the crime or In the charac t or- nt Tnrlpr there has been no mo tive Indicated for its commission so far as Pender is concerned. Introspection is sometimes good for the soul. We have been shocked by n-har appmail to ha a Derversion ot Justice to gratiry moD aemanu iur a. victim in the Frank case in Georgia. Yet at home public sentiment, out- 1 u-,- apripfl nf hnital murders. i n mora t b n ii fh r to the! may have given more uiuu-sm iu tne supported ana airectcu xnc v.c fact that a man has at last been held gc.njan, has for sinister reasons set .-I v. t frtr nnn of t h pm than to i ... n n nrnra and nontrnl the organ- nnni:iMe for one of them than to the elements of Justice in his con viction. ction. The Oregonian has no special inter- . i v. n a.ihn. Panrlp. a nn in- I .at in .Tnhn Arthur Pender as an in dividual, but it has a keen desire that exact Justice be done. Mr. Thacher's article is not printed in the hope that article is not pnntea m me "ijj n .ha Koala nf that alone Pender may be liberated, but for the reason that ut) uueiptau, ' u . ..... its publication may lead to further , .t , i n Ua yWma onrl Dip i- I in,...tiff.tinn nf thp prime ana tne es tablishment beyond a doubt of the Identity of the murderer. SHADOWS. T'nios. Mr. Robert C. Wright con- ipnHa thr no srnir is necessary to in sure prompt payment of taxes, there is -not a great deal OI iorce in me argument contained in his letter to day in opposition to a 3 per cent re ku. rv.rv nriru'mpnt that he applies "rlti,: rebate plan is applicable - - also to the penalty system r. ngt.ia - ty having a fixed requirement for J 1,- 000 000. " ; - ' I take advantage or It, It is neresaaij t , aDOUt ,i5,000 more than the flxea rpquirement in order to offset . - , in needed revenues. The I Linwer nrooerty-owners pay the $15,- 000. The sum cf ,15,000 Is not math- ematicaIy accurate, as part of it would be spread over the property of ,mn nnvera and be subiect to tne j per cent rebate, but It is near enough for practical purposes. jjut suppose no rebate is allowed ani a j per cent penalty attaches to tno delinquent property. In that event approximately $15,000 less than ft nnn non nepd be levied, else $15,- goo more than is necessary will be roiH which, as Air. wrisjnt says. u x. i .a ra - n t mi f at tajinat urn . AnAnea T- .alap ti 000 000 flat tinder a sit uation where one-half the property honmps riplinnuent. it would be nec- essary to levy a tax only sufficient to produce in exact figures $985,221.67. one - half of this amount, drawing a nonaltv of a npr cent for delinquency, would produce $507,389.18. The other one - half, drawing no penalty, would produce $492,610.84. The two sums add up to Jl.ooo.oou even. m sucn case trie jjiuiuiji miJicio xnulrl tret a rebate without realizing h ana tne eiun iftAjrio r igureu out im iuuh:uiuii op Figured out with mathematical ac- curacy, mere is aavaniage tu uio ..t .avnavav In ft 3 TiO r rent fB- prompt taxpayer in a 3 per cent re bate applying to his taxes as com pared with a 3 per cent penalty at taching to the slow taxpayer's taxes, but it Is slight, provided the two sys tems act with equal force as spur to prompt payment. But practically there is no differ ence in the hardship each plan im- An tha alow taxnaver. There is this distinction, however. Most of us are somewhat like children in mat we are more easily Induced to act by reward than by punishment For that reason tne reDate is Douna to De more popular than the penalty, and the latter must be Imposed in some form if the rebate is not given. The taxpayer does not analyze. The one who pays on the dot enjoys a reduc tion in taxes, while the taxpayer who is given a few months to pay up after the reoate expires ana oeiore -pen- alty" attaches does not realize that if J . . . .. I he Days In that interim ne is neiping . . . . I out his prompter neignoor. i On the. other hand, IX thero is aoiaturo ot un auai. miae 1 X de- dis- vnv.ra u-hat has the aoDearance of open coercion. Neither the man who pays In order to escape penalty i the one whose taxes go delinquent nor is pleased. It does not make mucn i fpN.nio if tVio rphntp is "only dif- shadow" if it produces the desired result prompt payment of taxes without engendering a feeling of re sentment. That it undoubtedly does. That o nonaitv without a rebate, undoubtedly does not. The latter was fully demonstrated when tne people awoke to the provisions oi tne i law passed by the last Legislature MORK KCLTUR. The Manchester Guardian, that faithful warden of the inland British , nr-,6nce. renews the desperate task teachlntr neonle that the German - i- wnH "TTiilrnr" rlnpn not mean cui- word Kultur" does not mean "cul tn.. The Oregonian has tried v. . . Q -. -. hand at the same task and at the n I riair nr nla iriarlzinir from the diction - ,,, . ary. we are on Ule point oi repeauns uie onense. ivuitur men i sumc I thimr ATiHrplv different from that ele the oirense. ivuitur men is sume- i . . . - V. i i" a n :i 1 1 t M 1 gant attainment wnicn we cuii c ture just as a Krieksheer is not "warlord" but a mere commander-: I I "n-oriApH" Hut- a rnprp fii m m ;ln ll fiF-i n chief, as Professor Sloane autnorua- I it ii 1 1- n-apna na When a wrong notion of any sort once effects a lodging in me popular mind it digs down so deep that it is n..t tr, ImnnejtihlP PVPf tO ttet it OUt again. So in all likelihood Kultur cm ha tmniatpil culture, bv millions of newspaper readers and high school pupils until time snail oe no more, put ilia olpot fpw know batter. They understand, with noses elevated at the proper angle of superiority, mat tne Russian peasant woman s airty aitcit- la a nnrf nf hpr KultUr Whiah ctamna fcpr n distinctly lower in civ ilization than tne syesian temaie ui tho enmo Rnpii srrsde who sweeps her floor diligently and wasnes ner crocK- ery in clean hot w-ater alter eacn mAi s Sourcrout Is an element In German IVtitrii,. 1tiQt na vodka, was in tussia s until the other day when the Czar's ..L-o-a nhlitprntprl it. Could the Kal- ser obliterate sourcrout in the same way with one dire stroke ot nis lm-n.-.rini npn ? We wonder. German science is a part of German Kultur and so is the miluence oi uuuier d:m. rinpfhp'a nftptrv. All these and a thousand other factors working together have produced mat -.teutonic efficiency which we all admire and which is the fine fruit of the national Kultur. if pffiMpnr-v wpre the only thing .n-rtfrr. Hifino- for the Russians WOUld be obliged to confess that-their next- door neighbor on the west has a K-iri,r tar annprlnr to theirs, for Rus- sia is not efficient. She is of the sort who lean and loaf and leave their Litnhpn flnfipa nnlrlA rlppn in dirt, but Tolstoi does not admit that efficiency is everything. Man snail not. live Dy bread alone. EATON AND THE SPEAKERSHIP. Th. rirps-onlan observes that Mr. Alton PatftTi n. Rpnrpsentative in the Legislature, continues to deluge the state press with his appeals to me "country" to unite against the "city" in nia rnmnaitrn for the Speakership. irQtnn a-ante p-rpfltlv to be Speaker, so j,a persists in nis umounueu omm that he is the victim of discrimination Dy The Oregonian, and he seeks to tuat thn 44-Portland machine..' -nri lUrpntpfl hv The Ore- ut to capture and control the organ ization of the lower house. The oregonian is moveu tu maw few pialn facts about this business . .i . i7n.nn i himaplf nmnnnts to The Oregonian is moved to state a that Pinton In himself amounts to much, but that the methods he pur sues and the interests he represents amount to a great u-ai, auu, umo, .t. nurht tn he known. It will amount to a great aeai; aim, uwiuco not be known, if left to Eaton for 1 1 ij L in; ivi statement- . . natnn is not fit to be the Speaker of this or any other House. No ally. or lackey, or beneficiary or gover nor West will be thus honored by a Republican Legislature, with The Oregonian's consent No member who by his record in previous Legis latures shows that care and economy in public expenditures are last In his thoughts and that his own advantage is first ought to be permitted to go back to Salem with anyone's consent. No broker in favors, or log-roller in legislation, or solicitor of patronage, is entitled to confidence or authority In any Legislature. Let us illustrate: In 1907 the Leg- isture of Oregon passed a bill giving t'nivprsitv of Oreion the sum ' - .i- of lZo.000 per annum aa . uing PPPV"on- fium was terms of the act this large sum was for all repairs to Dyu'"BH grounds for Phase of actional lands ''f10" ".f. V"PpUS and for purchase of books supplies and apparatus. There couia do no mistake about the full Intent and meaning of the measure. Tet at the session of 1911, by persistent pressure, manipulation and connivance. Repre sentative Eaton, of Lane County, con trived to get through the Legislature, over the protest of the parties to the original agreement between the Uni versity and the state, appropriations for a ' new administration building ($175,000), for additional lands ($153,000). and for a library build ing ($175,000). He was warned that a referendum was inevitable, but he was not dissuaded. On the contrary, he was aided in his plans by mem bers who saw, and did not sympathize with, the inevitable plight o the Uni versity. Upon the subsequent referen dum, "one bill was defeated by the enormous vote of 73,985 nays to 29, 437 ayes, and the other by 79,376 nays to 27,310 ayes. That is what the people think of Eatonism. Denouncing the extravagances of Legislatures of which he has been an active member, and in the excesses of which he has been the largest sin gle contributor, Eaton makes the dis honest cry that his election as Speaker spells economy and freedom from machine dictation. It does not It means precisely the things he now pretends to deprecate. For these rea sons. The Oregonian has disapproved his candidacy and has given its sup port to a candidate who it knows will seek to do the things the Legislature of 1915 was elected tf) do. It has supported Mr. Selling because he is me wiumnu - ism. That Is the whole story. the antithesis or caion ana r.awu- enma thlnirs mieht be said in exposition of the petty and un scrupulous campaign Eaton is mak ing and other things about Eaton himself as a Legislator. But un jniihtpiiH' more has . alreadv been sn the subject deserves. Tet The Ore- t .:it -na- Ihat it liaB hopti nnH set down than the importance of gomuu ...... ; . .Mm.lp anvlana that tha T.PfTlS- i cai. ,..r. . ... i rebate, but-simply a penalty for linonpncv. the taxpayer at once ord. It cannot and will not, if it shall be delivered into the hands of Eaton and his kind. Nor can much be done for me public benefit if the members shall be diverted and distracted by thp false and harmful clamor of aaMnna1km Thp business Of the T.eirislatur is not alone Portland's, nor alone the country's, but the whole state's. The man who now seens n arrair trip Vaiipv. or.. Eastern Oregon or Southern Oregon, against Portland Is but little less. than a puoiic euKuu THE BIGHT KINO OF PACIFIST. Although styling himself "a pacifist . on aTlram. tCTIft" WhO "lOIl KS for the time when international war will cease, President naimina J. James, of the University of Illinois, has written to President Wilson say ing that "all history gives the lie to the doctrine that a state of military unpreDaredness will Insure me pres srnatinn nf nP9fiP. cave that KtirODP, WS UUUre- pared for war- when the wars of the French Revolution came upon nurupe. "Almost idiotic unpreparedness" did not prevent the United States from going into the war of 1812, nor did it prevent us from engaging in the Mexican war. The Crimean war, the trvpnnh-Aiiittrlan war of 1859, our Civil war, the Japanese-Chinese war. th. Rnar war. tne Itussy-japauwo war, the Italian-Turkish war and the t" . . 1 1 ...... pur.h fniinn one or both i j.i . .1 ,. ....... . - combatants unprepared, but unpre paredness did not prevent uieai fighting. - n..au.nt Tampa mlirht have added that in moBt of the cases he mentions the unpreparedness of one nation i.mntaii iha mhpr to attack it. while in others one nation presumed on the greater unreadiness of another nation. But he certainly disposes of the argument that preparedness for war does not guarantee peace, u proving that neither does unprepar edness. and he sums up the whole discussion by saying: IE urepareuneoo ii o " " " " : 7, . . .. . nn. pniaran. teu peace, aa we have plainly seen in i" present great war in a,aiuic, . ---- unpreparedness; but the general knowledge that a great and powerful nation Is ready . .. , lia.lf In pftBa it to give a. gwu ,i;i.v.u... ui - ' tacks. If overpreparedness for war, like that or uermany, lor luoiaucc. - wars ot aggression, distinct unpreparedness on tne part oi wwi.nj . ereat opportunities for loot, like tnat w Tn nn v HTn CDUDIH ill uai m and maintain a reasonable military force sufficient lor eneciive iMaviuiioii Dr. James endorses the iresiaent s i.ro-psitinn that our reliance must be upon a citizen soldiery, but he sug gests that we meet tne aimcuuy oi maintaining an adequate number of trained officers for the National Guard by extending the military training of ,ri.t. in an-ntp. universities sufficiently iiiutifi.- thpir annointment as brevet second lieutenants and to make them valuable material for officers wnen n..,u,i tip heiievp.s that by offering $250 a year each the government could Induce so many caueta w un dergo training - that the University of irraduate 100 to 250 officers every year, and all the uni versities would provide rrom ztuu to 3000 a year. Rinklnir of a Danish steamer loaded nHti, .nitn will h welcome news to h cmifh whir-h would itladly sink one-half of its cotton crop in the sea in order to raise the price or me other half. Vancouver marriage licenses rival those of Multnomah County. Which leads us to bbserve, however, that in snrh matters Quality as well as quan tity should be considered. rsntiprrez. the provisional President of Mexico, seems to mean well, but he also seems to lack power to carry out . his (rood intentions - to prevent summary executions. c.i... nf Vpm f"!ruz is listed by ccipuic ' nnn authority as one of the great ... . . . . V. a naet Vpa r Thfl SUbS6- tiveiiLs ui inn '"--' . j quent evacuation of Vera Cruz is not mentioned. Tha -Rritlsh sav thev are in no wise nottipri hv nnr note. Which does not mean, however, that we are not as much nettled as ever by their inter ference with our commerce. Thp npw nrovlsional President of Mexico haa warned his Generals to quit their killing-bees. Why doesn't he order rather than warn menu T.innfl nna rpdueed the rates of in surance against war Between Great Britain and the United btates. it w the safest risk Lloyds can take. The wonder is that Mexico has es- i tnt.ii fnminp thus lone with her l. (1 11 VJ , . industries and commerce replaced by rapine and rebellion It is not explained satisfactorily, owever. Just who is really behind those Philippine uprisings. Maybe Hobson can explain. cnj nut a ennv of the New Tear's Oregonian and let your friends in other states learn what a wonderful realm is Oregon. The first day of the year was as mild and fragrant as a day in late April, thus giving 1916 an auspicious start. Annnrflinff to a headline, the Phil ippine uprisings are filled with grave possibilities. Of filling more graves. Thp halnnre of trade in our favor grows bigger every month, so cheer up and look for good times m 1916. tv,-. tpst of the, durability of your 1915 resolutions is to check up the fate of those made in xsi. an,, wnrpr watron is not so popular since Oregon voted "dry," and swear ing off is more or less a delusion. a-nnfiintine- claims 'of the belliger- pnts are as confusing as those of the candidates in a closo election. m- 1 .k.nl,,talv f S It WP flnOlllrl ID UO i-"1" visit both California fairs during our vacation tnis year. Of the 600,000 prisoners of war held by Germany, about 3 per cent are Britons. Happy New Tear, said the Germans to the British, in their own peculiar way. Everybody carried a green-wrapped Oregonian Annual. -We all talk prosperity. Now let us act it- Broken your good resolutions yet? Britain has many left, nevertheless. J Twenty-Five Years Ago From The Oregonian. January 1. lsao. The real estate transactions for Port land and Multnomah County in 18S9 amounted to $14,140,352.29, according to information furnished The Oregonian by J. Fred Clark & Sons. There were 6721 deeds recorded. Of this amount about J9.000.000 was city property and $5,000,000 country and suburban. The aggregate sales were nearly double those of 1888. Albany, Or. Mrs. Clara Pritchard, wife of Rev. E. R. Pritchard. died yes terday morning. She was a daughter of Rev. E. J. Thompson. Vancouver, Wash. The splendid brick block of Judge Williams, of Portland, was completed here yester terday. It is between Third and Fourth streets and the stores have been engaged by firms and individuals, who will begin business with the new year. F S Dunning, who for several years . . . - .- ,. .. . p.... has been aoing Dusinees m nap, . . . land at 258 L street, has just moved . CivtV, ami i into new quariera .v ui" streets. The employes of the Allnky Candy -c . ...... o thpir mnnatrer. E. D. I 1. 1. Ill 1 J. p,n.t? . " ' linker, a handsome silver water serv .... , . nih. am o tnkpn of their es iue mat iii... w -- . teem. Joe M. Lwig presented the gift with a row appropriate i nioM whn rar.pntlv sold his - .... - -- trir.it Rtreet. south . ... T. , : V. nnAtv tn fi H. Mar- or tne - . . kle for $76,uuu, yeswrunj uuuBU. Joseph Hume the 60-foot frontage on . ..i. nf thp street occupied L 11 aj ncai b.-uo - - - by the stores of M. A. Gunst and Carl Steiran lor ow,uvv. All persons wlBhing to Join the ath All persona ip"'s " ---- -letlc club being formed in Portland . . t fi..hatt nnn W froressor jamco -Morgan are beginning to register their apparatus will be secured for the cl namoa nr lilinsl OluiOa - :lub t t atnnt nf spaview. Wash., Is the' city at the Holton House. . . rtn, funeral services of i .uimu ii. j in- - , . . ,- nnnt were held yes ..T .rwaa,mLtBr Abbey. Wreaths from Tennyson and Ml". Browning were placed on the pine coffin. Oth8 who sent-wreatns io I" Kir John Millais, Alma Tedema and Sir Theodore Martin. Thp striKinfr minero vi . starving and f bread riot is threatened . i XJ fri 11 m are Portland's population 'i-"d " ... .ui. and estimated from other data aT hand at the close of 1S8D, is 64,567. nrt xrsnnr of Pendleton, today be came associated with L. B. Cox n , i Ua -w.rart .r of law. Lilt J. Si. xeai in n- h rpftl A firm will be known as Cox, Teal Minor. Portland TUB ma.nuiaui.ui i"s ' o0 . in 1889 IS esirnuu '"",;.. Th 000,000, employing Portland aggregate cap-"" ",rnXn Thf( year trade is Pi 'ii th. volume 1889 was a uaiiiiasi j- of trade. -rh. Tear's Edition of The Ore gonian today is a compc', prtiand view, of the -.lop.nt of Portland an1 ".e V'"' ' . . nnntains a bright llshed ir as pb.b prospectus oi MAKE A SAVING ON AUTO TAGS, EuKene Man . rioi- 29 To the E- t11: .r::" , f the com. Eugene, it was mj e -- . mef S., A. Kover andheard him red his exhaustive pay f . ninim deDartments oi penses oi tne - have our state government . to ha" wnrnceWor carfare issued? Ans- """"I,; ' An.25c per the number tags cost? An., i isfaction regaroms rffanirsmyi beg to bring this matter to ?hffeaatient.on of our Senator, and Rep- rpqpntatiVes, wno are resenuuv", that some sim- at Balem.wiV.- ------ . fhnconductingthe Automobile iT""""' ' tant Secretary of State. . Whv Issue these number tags every yeS Just think of saving $4000 every - too-a answer lor adecaat Inflve years 20.000 might be added to - the good roads fund. If you object to sucn vision in our laws, add sufficient pen a ty for failure to procure the annual i. i- rn .Tammrr 1 of each auto license pi... tv year, to cover expenses of the County Attorney in forcing collection from tne detltina.ueynt-the II. t of such delinauents to be furnlsnea tne uun.j of the various counties by the Secretary ( State and under sum ia. opinion, there would no. - - luent auto owner in ma ua.r.v 10.V t. -noubtless JNOW mis is uiuj ; M others will be suggested in fact, win merest themselves to uur ur5 thereby a few thousand dollars may vnereuy ..... and thereby De E&veu, Hem materially reduce the running expenses of the state government and still main tain efficiency. I note there is some tain- i ing BUlill ICO v.. ... . . cial. a suggestion of a 20 per cent re duction having been made by some one. As a few years ago we had one or two u TcieiatiirA whose nrin- , . : ... etata Ann rounir uiii- Sesdiuns ui iua r. . . cipal business was that of raising sal aries, why not have one session en gaged, principally in lowering that the well-paid official may share this good worn ana ne in a. fubhh.ii to sympathize witn tne ousiness mau, ho, through no fault oi nis, nas oeen iade to suffer the loss of a good part of his former profitsT . .1. aaaalnn nf 1403 T llfitl OC- iUI 111 fciia. 1 " . , casion to visit the then styled Re form School, where our committee found those little culprits, sent there under commitment, the same as a convict to the penitentiar7 provioea wim n.i mnttrpjaps when 8. "straw tick" was good enough for them. I mention this simply to snow mere is oorinsiiims wrong with the "system."" Having been a member of the ways and means com mittee of the House. I had opportunity to assist in turning down a number of grafts. Be it understood mat we nao, .11.9. l. ' i hn anmmifl op thai as wa tch-dog of the treasury, Hon. Thom- as ti. n. ay, wno aiwaya iuurwi "hi . -i i business of the state as carefully he would his own. Would that we - ,in.-nt hTq v"a nY mnv WP not the as aaa in u i c xum . . .. . hope there will be plenty of such men had nil, at least mat important cvuiiiiu , m each branch of the legislative session soon to be convened? Why cannot the business oi tne state be Cono;UCtea along lines ut euuiiuiuy ao . f.n.al nmpnt hiia1np4 man nnn. our duct their own private affairs? Why not improve change, perhaps would be the better word the system? J. M. SHELLEY. Tragedy of a Summer Hat. Puck. "I hear your hardships were awful." "Terrible, my dearl Here we are in Autumn." "Ves?" "And I had to come noma wearing a Summer fiat," DEFENDER OP HIGHER CltTlBB "Militarism" as rrmiu Define It,, Not Destroyer. ASTORIA. Or- Dec 31. (To the Editor.) I hope they will have no objection to the publication of thla article dealing with German "mili tarism" as the Germans see It In Germany "militarism" has been discussed and criticised in times of peace at various occasions, but not our military system itself was understood by that term, only certain excesslons that might appear in any human or ganization. Differently, when now our enemies lament over German "mili tarism." Not excessions have they In mind, but our whole Army system it self. They are angered and anger always flnds words cf denunciation because we prove to be so strong and they call our well thought out and solidly founded army organization "militarism." but in their hearts regret only that they themselves have nothing equal to it. ...... .. .1 ....1.1;.. -1., Ala.nllnp tuui .iftu niiu aviaiDuj ' i hnvn fiiwnvA hpen the necessary sup port of civilization. The basis on which progressing culture is lounaeo. is the organizing ability of certain na tions. But organization is Impossible without discipline and discipline is the soul of our military system. German civilization is expressed in the philosophy of the "categoric im perative," which also Is the real philosophy of German "militarism." It tends to force each Individual to direct all energy toward one end, most favor able to society. (Kant. Fichte.) Our enemies, on the other hand, still con tinue under the regime of individualism as expressed by- Rousseau, Bentham and others. History has proven that "militarism was always the defender, not destroyer of higher culture. When Darius threatened Hellenic civilization with destruction, the small but well-organized army of Athenians defeated him, because they consisted of Indivi dually trained citizens, not mercenaries. The ingenious Themistocles created a powerful fleet and when Xerxes ap proached with his millions numbers perhaps greatly exaggerated by our ancient writers he went down to de feat in the naval battle of Salamis. Twice, therefore, Hellenic culture was saved through "militarism," not only to Hellas but to the whole world. We cannot conceive what European civilization would be like without those vitalizing elements contributed to it by the Greek and especially Athenian genius. After Greece grew weak the Roman legions were inflamed by the worldly spirit. They brought civiliza tion practically alt over Europe and up to today the Roman laws are funda mental to our Corpus Juris. German "militarism" started In the midst of the great miBery which had come over Germany with the 30 years' war. It was the Great Elector of Brandenburg, an ancestor of Kaiser Wilhelm, who created the first standing army of 8000 men and so laid the cor nerstone to Germany's unification. Under the soldier King, u reaencn tut; i . V. I .. .rmV AX- II R 1 PL T" H I' 1 V 1 11 - Uleah .,,10 ....... .- - creased and at the same time soldierly discipline was Introduced in the Prus sian civil service, wunuui m-v .... small Prussia never could have gone through the seven years' war success fully. The second successor of 1 red- i.i. nvprnnwpreri li v France be- cause it (France) had found In the revolution tne iue a.i,i..,..-. military service for every able-bodied citizen. This new idea was introduced in the Prussian army by Scharnhorst and Gneisenau, and later was accepted by all Germany. The naval law of 1900 meant for Germany only what Cromwell's naviga tion act meant for England. We, therefore, have dotie only what other nations did before us, but thitnks to the organizing genius of the German npnnia wp have done It to so much greater perfection. The War uermany vunuuv.c j i- nt a of militarism against culture, as our enemies state ridi culously on the side of Russia but a war or German culture ior ni '!"' " existence. What Kant ana i iirni.. what Goethe and Schiller, what Wagner and Beethoven, what Humboldt and Helmholtz and so many others mean for Germany and for the world will be decided by this war For every German tne streiiBin , Anna tha Atremrth or our will to Btake everything for the high est and most sacred godds of our German culture, for a place under the SUIU WORK IS WORTHY OF EMULATION Sirs. Donlway Would See Other. Fol low In Footatepa of Plagah Mother. Tv.oTT.iKn .Tan. 1. (To the Editor.) I do not remember to have read any thing for many a day that has given . ,,, iaf action than Addison me greauci n..... Bennett's account in The Oregonian of his recent visit to the Plsgah Home of Mother .Dawrence. I had L giver, the home ana i' "' ttnd a previous cuminoimnm. , ... , - - but for physical handicap as a chronic "shut in." dependent upon friends for locomouon. I should call at the home in person Mm,w ii. The nsgan miui . - lustrates the Christ spirit in her methP ods of work, and her success In se curing a square mile of logged-o K land to enable her down-and-outs to be come self-sustaining citizens worthy of extended emulation. We now need the leadership of some able, conscien- tious woman or Th.r(. like example on a larger sea e. Ther e are doubtless many successful timber men whose logged-off lands could b. ""able terms, for establishing a "back-to-tbe-farm" movement for men. women and children who are neither drunken nor vicious, but -r. down and out, for no matter " '"T " mini are sober and industrious and willing to try again if they can get a chance. A Christmas dinner on c. r ear and other spasmoQiu ew"-; - .. " are well enough in their way. but the honeiul ouicumo v. - --- - permanent when the holiday spirit shall provide a start for such unem ployed heads of families as are now walking the streets in a vain endeavor to secure steady .positions. The Pisgah mother's example in BDires me to seek correspondence with owners of such lands, who might be trious poor, to co-operate with them. and witn one anumc, ... homes of their own on long time, a a low rate oi inierem. families is not wanted, but an oppor tunity should be properly given to enable them to establish themselves aa self-sustainins chipohp. .". be provided for till they can get upon their feet Please address 170 Ford Street, Portland, Or. Barbaras Spellnst la lnglUU LaoawlJ. PORTLAND, Jan. 1. (To the Edi tor ) The discussion in The Oregonian "to " too ana two nana iiiiu .. .' n, t.i i.wiai, and barbarous speling of the 'words In the English itnf- aound. and if phonetically speld would bo written "tu." The problem ot lernmg to mo a.i. nie is easy compared to the difflcul n.esei ,n .net In Enirlish. The vies 01 grownups being hardened to the false forms or Kngiisn ui to the yung minds compeld by teacher and textbook to memorize word after word which their growing sense of truth tels them is incorrect, aiuu i ie burdens oi learning a i''r - thav harp inflicted upon ,h.m . falsa EnKlish grammer, more torture to their yung minds. ml... TTncrllllh IftRrUUfl BS Spoken Oil the Pacific Coast is the finest of lan guages, but Its speiing is mi uncivil ised and its grammer not much better. A J.C&papm M Half a Century Ago From Tha Oregonian. January 1. ISA. The campaign of Sherman haa at lat culminated In the capture of .Savannah. Hardee seems to nave kept up appear ances and used defiant lunguage In answer to the summons for surrender, declaring that hla preparailona and supplies warrant! lilm In holillnir out until the laat; that tha property of the citizens was entrusted to htm and ha should most cartalnly defend It. Hut to and behold, when tho next mornlnit dawned and the bombardment of Ha vannah was to commence, the work, were found abandoned and the citizens surrendered the place, Hardee having made use of the only avenue left open for his escape. Cotton worth at Irant 110.000.000 was left behind. (several gunboats were taken anal the Iron clads were sunk. Sherman announced his intention to march on to Annual a. towards which place Hardee had re tired. The company of Infantry now being recruited In Portland by Lieutenants McCown and Gala reached the minimum number yesterday and will oon ba mustered Into th. service of th. t'nlted States. The country la by no means exhausted and it a call for help l sounded from the front. Oregon could raise another regiment right awy. News has reached Ui that our fleet commenced n attack on WIlmlnBton December ti and continued It all day. It was renewed Sunday and kept un with much vigor. Fort Fiaher lln much damaged, housea burned and tha garrison driven to the bomb proofs. Our sailor boys captured a battalion of th. enemy's forces and on. rcb.l flag from the bastion. Goorire II. Tortar and a man known as "Dixie" escaped from the County Jail on Tuesday night. Supplied with an auger and saw by outaiai. frt.ncta. the men cut their way throuuh th. ceillnK into the courtroom above and this way made their get-away. "Dixie" was serving sentence for maliciously shooting down the lamps In a lance hall last Fall. He had evidently ac complished as much aa he cared to do, for he did not go farther than to Mr. Thomas' barn, whor. he retired on the hay and slept until th. officers awakened him th. next morning. London newspapers declare their opinion that American peace must soon be reached for the Interents of tha world at large, nd say that at no period of the war were gr.ator Interest, at stake. REBATE! HEN REITS OM.V MMO'lW No Advrnla.e See. lu Three IVr fe.t Drdnrtloa tor Prompt Tax I'njmnla PORTLAND, Jan. l.-t-(.To the Editor.) A few words regarding the proponed S per cent tx rebate. Siippop. U.onO, 000 taxes are to h. rained tn thla county, as an example. Th. county Is not lr a profit-making bnnliiens. bene the money In advance Is worth nothing as a source of making greater profits, as In a private btmln.na. This seems to be lost slKht of by thone favoring a-rebat.. There Is a fixed revenu. de manded to pay a fixed estimated x pendltur.. If the abov. sum la th. fixed reve nue and expenditure, than $:io.00 must be added If all demand a 3 per reitt rebate, making: $l.()30,noo. If nobody demands it, then the county Rets 11. 000 more than its admitted needn, which Is a bid for extravaKnnre at tax payers' expenno. If th. rolmt. amount ts not. added, and everybody demands it, then the revenues fall short and th. amount must be rained next year. Perhaps, ordinarily, th. taxpayer only pays the amount he inunt pay In th end find really gets no advantage, only a shadow. If, however, the larr. taxpayers de mand th. rebate to the extant of one half and the other half pays the 115. 000 added by the county. It exactly offsets and ralnes the H.OOO.nuO re quired. This forces the taxpayers who do not get the rebate to pay an exeess charge, the benefit of whleh really goes to the rebaters and makes taxa tion unequal and not uniform. It ap pears to be open to q-nentlon under the constitutional requirements. Th. prob lem seems to be capable of a mathe matical demonstration which proves rebates nothing but a fare. If not worn, than that. The showing above la respectfully re ferred to the members of the Legisla ture for their praverfnl oonslderal inn. RORRKT C. Willi illT. Features for The Sunday Oregonian (Tomorrow.) The New Year. Kilter, 191 J), info a world of war and strife. This nlpa is enrripd out in a remarkable full-pnrrn drawing in colors a pair you will want to keep for your children's children. What Will 1915 Bring? Discoveries in science for which the world has waited throush many centurion may he realized durinff the cominrr; twelve months. Full page, illustrated. Man's Mastery of Matter. A chronicle of half a hundred great victories during 19H in the realm of experimental science. Ivan Ivanovitch. A Pclmgrad correspondent of The Sunday OrcRonian jrives a vivid picture of the real Russian fighting man as he is. Illustrated with photographs. Roumanians as Fighters. Another page in Richard O. Con over's interesting scries of page articles on the fighting qualities of the world's armies. Music in War. It really has a most important part in inspiring the soldiers to deeds of valor and in ustaininir them in their hardships. Full page with six photographs. Putting the Wind to Work. Au illustrated account of how an enterprising farmer has the ele ments helping him with tho chores. Dolly's New Year Party. The tango maid greets the NeW Year. A page in bright colors wilh lilting verse and the score of a lively air. For the Children. Seven illustrated features make up a page which can be torn out for the little ones. AN IMMENSE VOLUME OF OTHER FEATtJP.ES. Order Today of Your Newsdealer. f i