THE MORNING OREGONIAN, SATURDAY, MAY J. 1915.
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FORTL.AND, SATl'RDA Y. MAX 1. 1913.
A BLOW AT CAUSES OF WAR,
id
The International Congress of
Women has gone more wisely to
work than we had hoped. It has
-struck first at two of the evils which
..render wars possible secret treaties
"and the transfer of territory from one
Hate to another without consent of
the population. Had It been impos
sible for diplomats to commit their
country to any policy - without the
knowledge of the people and the con
tent of their representatives this war
mijht have been prevented. Had the
people of certain provinces been per
mitted to choose the state to which
they should be attached, the chief
provocation to war would not have
existed. By laying' down these two
principles the women have done bet
ter than if they had clamored for an
immediate peace. They may turn
public opinion in a direction which, if
pursued, will make peace lasting
when it comes and will prevent war
in the future.
Secret diplomacy has been the
curse of nations, for it is the means
by which one group has combined
' against another and by which diplo
mats have committed nations to poli
cies and obligations which could be
"carried out only by war. The honor
of a nation has again and again been
.staked secretly by a diplomat, who
Jcft the people no alternative to dis
honor except war, for which their
blood and money must pay. Jo rea
sonable man contemplates that every
'step in negotiations should be taken
.in public, but no agreement should be
"binding until ratified by the representatives-
of the people and none
should be ratified until it has been
published and openly discussed.
-Had that rule prevailed last Sum
mer, Austria could not have bound
her people to make war by sending
the ultimatum to Serbia, nor could
Germany have sent the ultimatum to
Russia, nor could Russia have re
sponded by war, until the people knew
11 about the controversy and had ap
proved their ministers action and had,
through their representatives, voted to
'tight. Democracy is thus shown to
be the foo of secrecy, which is the foe
of peace. Had democracy prevailed
in the three empires and had it been
more nearly complete in Britain and
France, this war might haVe been pre.
vented and the quarrels which caused
it. might have been settled peacefully
and permanently.- More democracy is
the best antidote for war.
, The other principle laid down by
the women is at the foundation of
democracy, for it is the old American
doctrine that governments derive
their just powers from the consent, of
the governed. Had it been observed
.JnlSTO and had Alsace and Lorraine
freely voted to unite themselves to
Germany, France would have had no
excuse to yearn for recovery of her
lost provinces. Those nations which
"ruled over savages or people un
trained in self-government would by
this principle be placed in the same
position as the United States occupies
yn the Philippines trustees who are
training up a child nation into the
national manhood of democracy.
By keeping these two principles be
fore the nations, both belligerent and
'neutral, the women of the nations can
do valuable service to the cause of
peace. They will in this manner serve
the cause much better than by clam
oring for a premature peace before
the nations have fought out the issues,
for such a peace would be a mere
truce during which the nations would
plot, combine and arm for another
war. The consequences of this war
are so awful that all peace-loving men
and women should look far enough
ahead to desire that it be decisive and
to devise means, not of ending it pre
maturely, but of insuring its finality.
AX ERtDITE ASH.
A Harvard professor, Krnest Bern
baum, delivered himself in opposition
to woman suffrage at Springfield,
.' Mass., the other night. His remarks
je.ern worthy of a little comment, not
because he said anything new or en-
. .lightening, but because he probably
speaks for the academic clique. The
campaign for suffrage has become a
little warm in Massachusetts and all
the anti forces have been enlisted.
They can do nothing, of Course, but
thrash over and over the same old
heap of dialectical straw. Their minds
are so constituted that they are un
.able to heed the lessons of experience.
One would imagine that a person
really wishing to argue the suffrage
question convincingly would take pains
-to inquire how votes for women are
working out in practice, but that the
antis never do. They keep on weari
somely rehearsing the stale platitudes
about women's indifference to the vot-
i ing privilege, pleading that they would
not use the suffrage if they possessed
- it, and so on. They could ascertain
' ..how misleading such statements are
if they would look into the facts a
little, but facts are the last thing the
jantls wish to face. They prefer to
tick to the safe ground of their pre
. conceived -notions and antiquated
prejudices.
. :. Professor Bernbaum referred dl-
vertlngly to the argument that women
should vote because they are human
beings of sane mind and mature judg
merit. His answer to this is that "boys
under are also human beings." His
'.conclusion was that if women should
- . vote te should young boys and even
babies in arms, all of them being
human beings. Thus doth the aca
" demie mind work. Its gyrations are
- occasionally amusing, but oftentimes
convey a hideous warning. "This Is
what happens to a man's mind when
he shuts himself up within four walls
and pays no attention to the actual
affairs of life." Such is the lesson
one gets from Professor Bcrnbaum's
display of himself at Springfield.
Boys under 21 ought not to vote be
cause they are rightfully held in tute
lage. Their judgment is immature
and their passions wayward. Adult
women have also been held in tute
lage up to the present time in most
parts of the world, but the contention
of the suffragists is that they ought
now to be emancipated. They have
shown that their judgment is sound.
They inform themselves upon political
questions at least as conscientiously as
men do and experience has shown that
when they have the right to vote they
use it. Professor Bernbaum, with
many other antis, talks like a blind
man who has spent his life in the
depths of an airless cavern. If he
would emerge from his dank retreat
and gaze on the actualities of the
world a little while his opinions might
change for the better.
CREATING A PRKCKDEXT.
The present Administration has
shown great readiness to' intervene for
the punishment of persons guilty of
election frauds at Terre Haute, Ind.,
and in Alameda County, California,
and the entire North approves its ac
tion. But has it occurred to the Ad
ministration that it is setting an im
portant precedent, which may rise up
to plague the Democratic party.
What is sauce for the Northern
goose is sauce for the Southern gan
der. If the Federal power may inter
vene to punish crooked politicians in
the North, it may do the same in the
South, wherever election of Federal
officers is involved. A future Repub
lican Administration may recognize no
distinction between the crimes of
Terre Haute and the driving of
Republican voters away from the
polls in South Carolina, Georgia or
Alabama.
The Administration has demonstrat
ed that power to insure fair elections
is still possessed by the Government.
Its zeal for political purity is com
mendable, but why should it be con
fined to the North? Simply because
Democratic supremacy in the South is
maintained by methods no better than
those pursued in Indiana.
rENSUoxrsG ministers.
An agitation of considerable pro
portions has arisen in the Methodist
Episcopal Church in favor of pensions
for retired ministers.- The denomina
tion has long maintained a superan
nuated fund, but it seems that some
more adequate provision is now de
sired for those who have labored Jong
in the Lord's vineyard without receiv
ing much present reward for it. If
there are any men on earth who look
for their wage to the . place where
neither moth nor rust doth corrupt it
is the great body of Methodist preach
ers. Their terrestrial pilgrimage is
rarely lightened by the help of money.
Their path is seldom softened by lux
ury. They do their duty for the most
part competently and uncomplaining
ly and look to another world for their
pay. May they get it in overflowing
abundance.
But in our modest opinion it would
be just as well if some of it accrued
to them before they pass over the
river. A little comfort on earth would
surely neither diminish their faithful
ness nor cool their zeal. Nor would it
quench their devotion to the church
If they had some assurance of a live
lihood after their working days are
over.
It is idle to talk of a Methodist
minister's "laying up a provision for
old age" out of his meager salary. He
cannot do it without pinching and
paring in a way to spoil his useful
ness. He is seldom paid more than
half as much as he earns, never over
paid even by the wealthiest city con
gregations. With a family on his
hands to bring up and educate it is a
wonder that he manages to keep the
wolf from the door and have a decent
black coat to wear in the pulpit. We
have Scriptural warrant for believing
that "the servant is worthy of his
hire," and there is no ground for the
opinion that he ought to wait for it
until he gets to heaven.
The poor pay of ministers Is one
staring reason why young men of
ability choose other professions, pre
ferring almost anything else to the
pulpit with its hardships and certain
prospect of poverty. We never hear
of a neglected and starving priest -of
the Church of Rome unless he has be
trayed his trust. Why should not
Methodists do equally well by their
ministers?
FRENZIED FTNAXCE.
This eagerness on the part of the insur
ance companies to take over compe-nsatlon
policy-holders with no advance and. In some
instances, at reduced rates, gives ample evi
dence of the cause for the recent fight on
the compensation law and proves that even
now, with reduced rates, there Is .still great
protlt In tins line or business. nicn is me
better for Oregon, state compensation with
the proceeds going to the schools of the
state, or private corporation policies with
the proceeds goinp to out of the stato cap
italists? es, Indeed, the state compensa
tion law is a good thing, an excellent thing.
Astorian.
But there are no proceeds from
state compensation if by "proceeds"
is meant profits. Nor do the schools
get benefit from it.- It is true that the
Industrial Accident Commission has
invested a little money, not much, in
school' district bonds, which the
schools must redeem in time. But
school districts have no trouble in
borrowing money elsewhere.
Moreover, in order to obtain this
money to lend to school districts the
state is in effect borrowing it at a
higher rate of interest than it later
receives through lending it. The rates
which the insurance companies have
cut under are the insurance premiums
charged the employers only. The
state is offering compensation insur
ance in such instances at a higher rate
than the e"mployer can get the same
protection from a profit-seeking con
cern, and in addition is contributing
one-seventh of the rate, and, also, in
addition, is charging each employe 1
cent a day. . " -
For every dollar the state receives
into its compensation fund it puts up
a fraction more than 14 cents. ' To
prevent the money going out of the
state it is thus paying more than 14
per cent interest and is taxing the
employe to boot. If it is good policy
for the state to horrow money to lend
to the school districts it can certainly
beat the system in question 9 per cent
or more by negotiating a sale of Its
own bonds.
Here are a few facts about the Ore
gon law that ought to sink in:
It requires the taxpayers to help
bear a burden which belongs legiti
mately in whole upon the shoulders of
the industries benefited.
It provides that the greater the
number of employers who insure with
the state the greater the cost to the
taxpayers.
It offers no greater benefits to em
ployes than the laws of other states
which do not impose a general tax to
help maintain their Insurance funds
In spite of the aid it extends to the
employers it provides many of them
with an insurance more costly than
that offered them by private com
panies. . It provides some employers with
insurance at a loss to the fund, which
loss is made up by high charges
against other employers and by taxing
the employe and the general public.
The compensation principle has
come to stay, but the inconsistencies
of the Oregon law cannot be brushed
aside by contemptuous references to
casualty companies or by impugning
the motives of those who seek its improvement.
CO-OPERATIVE FAMILY LIFE.
Miss Henrietta Rodman, of New
York, has formulated one of those
co-operative housekeeping projects
which look so alluring on paper but
so Seldom work out satisfactorily in
practice. Still it is by perseverance
that victories in the social domain are
won and every new project brings us
nearer, perhaps, to the success which
would alleviate the burdens of house
keepers and make life more enjoy
able on all accounts.
Miss Rodman's idea is to build a
large apartment house in which chil
dren should be welcome. Indeed one
of her main purposes is "to enable
people of moderate means to have
children and rear them properly." To
this- end she plans for nursing and
care of the Mttle ones by co-operative
effort. Trained nurses are to have the
oversight of them and the actual duty
of washing, teaching and so on is to
be done by competent paid hands.
Of course this would greatly lighten
the expense of caring for each family.
One trained nurse could look after a
dozen babies, while a few servants
who gave all their time to the care
of the little things could take the
place of a score of worried mothers
distracted by a flood of conflicting
duties.
Sooner or later we shall doubtless
apply the advantages of specialization
to housekeeping and child-rearing.
Miss Rodman's scheme may prove to
be a long step in the right direction.
One of Its attractions is the safeguard
ing of family life under a co-operative
system.. She does not aim to break up
the household as some theorists do,
but rather strengthens its bonds. Of
course there are objectors' to her
ideas. One woman fears that it will
degrade her sex to- be emancipated
"from women's work." She questions
what "would be the attitude of the av
erage man's mind toward a wife who
would leave his children to hirelings
for nineteen-twentieths of the time."
Such critics as this one could easily
answer their own question if they
would look around a little. Most of
our women of wealth and fashion
leave their children to hirelings for
twenty-twentieths . of the time and
"the average man" does not object,.
He rather likes it since it leaves his
wife free to make herself attractive
to him.
OLI urARD CAVT COME BACK.
A statement by Senator-elect Hard
ing, of Ohio, that the Republicans will
welcome back all Progressives, includ
ing Colonel Roosevelt, but are not
looking for new issues and will not
sweep aside the old guard, is taken by
the Indianapolis Star to mean "that
Penrose, Barnes, Cannon, Smoot, For
aker, Harding, Watson and their kind
are to take up the reins and conduct
affairs in the same old reactionary
way." In contrast with this, the Star
sets this warning from Senator . La
Follette:
There is as much PrOR-ressivism as there
ever was, and they'll find it out if they
carry t,i rough their programme of nom
inating the worst hardshell Republican they
crii find. The result will be as wide a
division as there was last time either be
fore or after the nomination has been made.
The Star holds that Senator Borah
is wiser than the reactionaries. Of
him it says:
He is now occupied with the task of
convincing them that the redemption of the
-party does not lie wholly in their hands;
that, although a majority of the former
Republican party may be anti-Democratic
and anti-Administration at this time, the
Progressive wing is unwilling to surrender
all It has foupht for to the men who have
been the chief targets of the Roosevelt
criticisms In the last three years.
The Star, which adhered to Colonel
Roosevelt in 1912, has rightly read the
present temper of the Republican
party. That party will not again en
trust itself to the leadership of the
men who are primarily responsible for
the division which brought defeat. It
cannot and does not expect the men
who left it in 1912 to accept in 1916
the leaders they then repudiated. Nor
will it accept as leaders the men who
then deserted and fought against it.
It will bring to the front men of Air.
Borah's stamp, of whose progressivism
there can be no doubt and whom the
men at each extreme reactionary
and radical--can trust not to go too
far in the other direction.
The old guard must be convinced
that the Republican party has out
grown its leadership. This is an es
sential condition of Republican suc
cess, for the voters must be convinced
that the old guard is not again in con
trol. It is necessary also in order that
the party may be true to its principles
and may faithfully fulfill its mission.
In 1916 the character, political tend
encies and affiliations of the Repub
lican candidates will toe scrutinized
more keenly than ever by the voters.
The next Administration will have a
great constructive work to do, grow
ing out of the blunders of the present
Administration and out of the changes
wrought by the war in our commercial
and international relations, in order
that this work may be permanent, it
must be done in a progressive spirit
The people will wish to entrust.it to a
new generation of statesmen.
COOK MORE APPLES.
Teachers of domestic econoyiy in
our public institutions are continually
and almost prayerfully beseeching
their pupils to cook more applet in
their homes. The railroads, particu
larly the Oregon-Washington Railroad
& Navigation Company, Issue pam
phlets and booklets on the subject
and also have demonstrators to show
a score or two of ways .to prepare
apples for the table. In fact a cam
paign has been made that ovjght to
have been effective, and has been to
a degree in private families.
But suppose one goes into the bet
ter eating places in Portland and asks,
for Instance, for fried apples, In how
many places will one find them prop
erly prepared? In how many places
will one find them at all? Perhaps in
two or three. Surely not more. They
will be served after a fashion, but
more than likely a mighty bad fashion.
Good apples the New-towns this
time of year properly fried make one
of the most savory di.shes, either for
breakfast, lunch or dinner, that can
be set before any person with- only
half an appetite. Why our hotel and
restaurant proprietors do not see this
and serve them in place of potatoes
when desired only their chefs know.
Tet see what it would mean if the
people generally would insist on such
a dish. It would work a revolution in
the apple industry of the Northwest
and be the means of restoring health
in many cases and of maintaining a
sound stomach in many others.
What honest legislator ever suspected that
a resolution, hurried in at 3 A. M. the forty
second day of the session, proposed & free
pift of :!.3tH.l00 . acres of forfeited grant
landH to a railroad corporation T Portland
Journal.
In other words, what ' legislator
could know In advance just which bills
and resolutions would be misrepre
sented, distorted, garbled, by the po
litically disgruntled session-baiter?
No such resolution as described by the
Journal was offered at 3 A. M. on the
forty -second day or at any other time.
The land-grant resolution proposes no
favors to the railroad company. The
Attorney-General, who has appeared
at Washington in accordance with the
resolution's instructions, asks nothing
in behalf of the railroad. The reso
lution was introduced on the thirty
eighth day and its adoption by the
Senate was reported in the Journal's
own columns on the thirty-ninth day.
Governor Whitman's appointments
to the New Tork Civil Service Com
mission win unstinted praise from the
New York Kvening Post, one of the
strongest champions of the merit sys
tem. It credits the new commission
with "unflinching purpose to uphold
the merit system against every form of
trickery, or evasion." If Mr. Whit
man continues to win the approval of
such independent Democratic news
papers, he will become more than a
favorite son candfdate for the Repub
lican nomination for President.
Loss to sheepmen by the late storm
will be heavy but fruitgrowers are
more inclined to be pessimistic than
the occasion warrants. Individual
losses Will, of course, be many; but
the general crop Is bound . to ' be as
good as the average year.
Washington denies that recognition
of any faction in Mexico is intended.
Washington need make no such de
nial. All concerned know full well
that Washington will take no positive
action of any sort in Mexico.
An army of crickets four miles long
and twelve feet wide has invaded
Grant County, Washington. Which is
about the worst thing in the way of an
invasion we have met with so far, de
spite the prediction of terrorists.
The wonders of Klamath's lava beds
may attract as many visitors as Yel
lowstone Park, Mount Rainier or Yo-
semite if the projected road is built.
They are one of Oregon's neglected
resources.
The peace conferees at The Hague
should maintain outguards to make
certain that they do not find them
selves engulfed by the tidal wave of
the offensive movement in France and
Belgium.
By and by it may become the rule
to frisk people for hardware at public
gatherings. The young woman who
fired two shots in the Municipal. Court
room might have killed somebody.
There are a whole lot of men who
have not cut their eyeteeth who would
be glad to get pointers from the
elderly woman at Table Rock who is
cutting a full set.
North Powder Is a small place and
the loss of $90,000 by fire in Its busi
ness section is deplorable, and all the
more so because the losers carried lit
tle insurajice.
The British prohibition movement
has settled down to a proposition that
the harder the drink the higher the
tax should be, with near beer taxed
least of all. -
The crops having been watered, the
weather will now proceed to smile for
a few weeks until more water Is need
ed. Such is the climate of Western
Oregon.
Now' that indictments have been re
turned and arrests made, the true in
wardness of alleged crooked work in
Precinct 37 last Fall will be brought
to light.
A late-blooming prune tree must be
perfected for this region.. Every
Spring there are too many reports of
pollenization defeated by cold rains.
Just as The Oregonian said the
other day, as soon as the crops begin
to need moisture the elements proceed
to provide a bounteous supply.
"Good as wheat" seems to be the
opinion of apples held by Spolcane
banks which offer a loan of 1500.
000 on the crop.
A volley is due'from the Champoeg
Voyagers as they pass the locks. Ex
Governor Geer should lead in "three
rousing cheers."
Canada has German spies on the
brain and attributes to them every un
toward incident like the Vancouver
bridge fire.
Great Britain can prohibit gin and
favor beer to her advantage, and that
is more than likely what she will do.
The women delegates at The Hague
would spread the referendum blanket
over the whole of Europe.
Hero medals for Roy Keene and
Daryl Proctor, who, unaided, ' saved
the Salem High School.
There are jitney drivers who are
careful and there are others. It Is up
to the police force.
Of course the whole war will end as
soon as the peace conference com
pletes its findings.
With the Celilo and Rose Festival
programmes ahead, there are big
things In the air.
Every now and then a big "boss
fly is buzzing around to get acquaint
ed. Swat him.
Teddy is certainly in his element
with front-page space daily for more
than a week.
The political placard becomes wast
paper in most places in this campaign.
In cleaning up next week, let the
women boss the job.
Have yon bought your pail of paint
and bruph?
May day is slaughter time for Ore
gon trout.
The Birth of Portland
BY W. T. PERKINS.
Through countless years the king of
rivers flowed
In splendor gracious to the bordering
West;
Along his upper reaches, playful, glad.
Exultant in his strength and constant
youth;
But in his lower lengths, majestic,
deep.
And proudly conscious of his royal
power,
A monarch he; lord of the crag and
peak
That lay reflected deep within -his
breast.
Then from the South, fed by the vir
gin snows
That fell in gentle silence on the hills.
Another river hastened to the Xorth.
The sun her full, deep bosom gently
warmed.
And all the verdure growing by her
side
Could scarVe conceal her lovely, quiv
ering form.
Queen of the valley she; sweetbrler and
rose
Bent to her swelling tide and drank
new life.
They met. these streams, where point
ed fir and pine
Their odors mingled in the passing
breeze.
The kindly stars shone down with
gentle ray
And blessed their union in a flood Of
light.
The winds their tender lyric love-notes
sang
To the whispering reeds along the lis
tening shore;
Her warming heart within his bosom
lay
And thrilled they wandered on to meet
the sea.
When years had drifted by, and time
was full.
She murmured of a child, a daughter
fair.
Who at her side should rise, and whom
the world
Should homage ' pay. Beauteous she
should be;
Her limbs be perfumed with the fra
grant rose;
The wealth of kings should glisten at
her feet;
Cities should rise and fall, but she
should live
Eternal as the skies, and fair as ther.
k.
One night two travelers in their slen
der craft.
Made camp among the firs. The fire's
bright glow
Illumed the darkening woods that
stretched away
Tn dusky silence to the mountain tops.
Long gazed they In the fire, till in its
light
A 'vision wondrous rose. The forest
faded
'Fore their eyes and they, all wonder
ing, saw
A city fair, with lofty, shining spires
And towering walls that housed a mul
titud e.
The fleets of nations anchored at her
feet;
Upon her busy streets a hurrying
throng
Passed ever to and fro. The clang and
roar
Of mighty traffic seemed to greet their
ears
Above the night-bird's call or river's
song.
When morning dawned they felled a
giant tree
And drw their rough-hewn boat upon
the shore:
And, day by day, the ancient forests
grim.
Retreated to the hills, 'like scattered
foes.
Today the city stands, a woman fair.
With outstretched arms, and beckons
to the world.
Brave Portland! Empress of the lands
That gladly yield her loyal reverence.
Her clinging robes are regal; at her
feet .
The bright Willamette flows; while
hovering near.
The proud Columbia ever guards her
fame
And well-won rank. Unto her busy
ports
Come fleet-winged argosies from every
clime.
Her hopes are ours; upon her prescient
brow
The fragrant garlands cling, and her
fair limbs
Are bathed In perfume from the dew
filled rose.
Upon her heights the eager watchers
stand
And gase in rapture on the eternal
peaks
That rise snow-crowned. While-to their
listening ears
Is ever upward borne the swelling
sound
Of commerce 'ast. Cargoes come and
go
And blazing forges gleam; against
the sky
Spring wondrous frames of steel; the
pregnant earth
Yields to the kindly sun, and from the
snows
The rivers flow forever to the sea.
STRICT PROHIBITION IS FORESEEN
E. T. Jobaaoa, Contractor, Says Present
Law Salts Sentiment, However.
TEEKA, Cal., April 29. (To the Ed
itor.) In The Oregonian, April 25, is
a letter from Mr. Gllmore, who, I un
derstand, is the head and front of the
publicity department of the liquor traf
fic, in which he criticises the Anti
Saloon League and Mr. Hutton for their
position on the Oregon prohibition law.
I am not related to the Anti-Saloon
League except that I am heartily In
favor of prohibition particularly with
a party behind it and favor the pres
ent law. That the public which does
not go so deep Into the matter may
better understand. I wish to explain
why many . prohibitionists favor the
present law, which does not reach all
the way.
To start with, let me state that just
a few days after the passage, of tho
prohibition amendment I was on a train
going into the south part of the state
and on the same train was a man who
represented himself as a member of the
firm of Fleckenstein. Mayer & Co., li
quor dealers, and he was "sore." He
made the statement that they owned
the Legislature and would put out a
law so drastic that the state would
turn against it and repeal prohibition:!
that they would not let a man nave it in
his possession even.
That is evidently Mr. Gilmore's idea;
to get a law so drastic as to turn
against It the portion of the public
which does not take a deep interest in
the question, the lukewarm and indif
ferent, and it was to avoid Just that
thing that the present law was passed.
After this has been in operation for a
lime and the public sees what a won
derful benefit even this partial prohi
bition 13, and how much less dangerous
is a blind tiger than one with two good
eyes, then it will be possible to pass a
law satisfactory to Mr. Gilmore and
stop the importation, if the public
really thinks it advantageous and
needed. One of tho Portland liquor
houses is bui'.dinst a depot for liquors
at Hornbrook. just over the line from
Oregon, in California, to cwnduct an
Oregon business, and there will un
doubtedly be a strenuous effort to
make the law abortive, both by lawful
shipment and by blind fleers; but the
law as it stands will work such won
derful benefit that the real danger is
the. public will be satisfied.
Mr. Gilmore is right. The law should
forbid any shipment of liquor Into the
state, hut the public is not yet ready
for it. and to try and advance ahead
of - the general sentiment invites de
feat. If Mr. Gilmore will but be pa
tient he may yet get such a law as he
aoocatcs. E. T. JOHNSON.
Half a Century Ago
From The Oregonian of May 1.
Walla Walla The week lias brrn
fllled with excitement owinn to the I
activity of the Yipilance Committee
which to date It is known has handed
four men. The victims of the lianl
incrs were either cattle thit-ves or some
other species of outlaws and despera
does who had been tormenting the vi
cinity for months, until the patience
of the citizens was exhausted.
We learn that the celebrated blockade-runner
Fox, one of the fleetest of
the Anglo-rebel steamers, has linally
come to grief and now lies in Charles
ton harbor, the scene of her most nota
ble exploits, a prize, with the t-'tars
and stripes flying at her truck, where
hitherto the English and Confederal
colors, as the case might be, have
been.
The surrender of Johnston to Grant
on the same tortus granted Lee and
the defeat by Wilson of the rebel army
in Alabama, under such well-known
Generals aa Taylor, Forrest, Aiaiiis,
Roddy and Crossland, closes the career
of the Rebellion and finishes every pre
tension of the Confederacy by its an
nihilation. Only a few weeks since
peace commissioners were received anfl
entertained, with some show of respect
accorded to them as Individuals. Then
the Government was endeavoring to
persuade them to lay down unnd by
offer of amnesty and efforts were made,
to conciliate not by compromise, but
by kindness. Man's wisdom is fre
quently at fault and the result shows
that peace of the most substantial
kind in at our door, won by valor and
rendered by victory.
The Minnesota Legislature has
agreed to submit the question of per
mitting negroes to vote to the people
at the nejtt November election.
James Mason, late of San Francisco,
and Miss Mary Love, of Portland, were
married in this city April 2 by Rev.
P. S. Caffery. Compliments of the hap
py couple received.
Ancrelo JIardison. of Polk Countv,
and -Miss Frances MoGhee. of Yamhill
County, were married at the reslari-nee
of E. Bedwell. In Yamhill County,
April 26, by S. C. Adams.
It is suggested whether It would not
bo a satisfaction as well as pay;g
proper respect to the memory of our
late chief macintrate. l'resldent Lin
coln, to erect a suitable monument at
or near the city, to be built by one-dollar
aubscf iptions.
.1. If. Stinson today takes charge of
the select school lately Inauif in at- In
this city by Mr. Buynton. Tile latter
gentleman goea to San Francisco, we
understand. Mr. Stlnson was former
ly a teacher in this city and a very ef
ficient one, and we welcome him back.
Our advertising columns show ie
dissolution of an old and well-known
city firm, made, we are told. In conse
quence of the intended departure from
our midst for a time of the s.-nlor
member, Jf. M asserman. Kso., who, ou
account of the ill health of his family,
intends traveling for a year or so pre
vious to his return. Twelve year
has made Mf. Wassrrman one of the
landmarks and we have iraaon to be
lieve that he has steadily thriven
the prosperity of Portland. Twice he
has held the elty purse strings as
Treasurer. Always he has heen a
friend of its best interests, ever fur
nishing his customers with the primest
Havanas to puff away their cares with
or me Dest natural leaf to chew in
stead of the bitter cud of disappoint
ment. Now we give him a "puff" to
change the case and let him see how
good it is.
CUII Service Examination.
. - - f . 1 x u tne r.-
itor.) Will you kindly print a list of
,..ui,,v iin, rim service examina
tions to he hoi, l in v.
where to get the proper blanks and
niicio eau ininauons are to he held?
A SUBSCRIBER.
"or municipal civil service dates
write Civil Service Board, City Hall:
for' Federal examinations, inquire of
civil service clerk. Postoffice, Portland
nrrinltloat of Kinert.
Judge.
Johnny What is an expert, pa? Pa
jy. iciiow Who tells others how to do
tne things he can't do himself.
"Forcing the Dardanelles' '
Described in
The Sunday Oregonian
No phase of the great European war is more thrilling than the
spectacular attack of the combined land and naval forces of the allies
upon the Dardanelles, for centuries the supposedly impregnable forti
fications of the Turk against attack by sea. Richard C. Conover has
written an article, fully illustrated, that tells in detail of the defenses
of this famous strait and its history that stretches back to the days of
Greek mythology. The front cover of the Sunday magazine section
is a map, in colors, showing the forts that line this famous waterway,
the mine fields that lie in wait for the attacking; fleets and the seem
ingly hopeless difficulties to be surmounted.
Opening the Celilo Canal
Two pages of pictures and articles will describe the Celilo Canal
and the dedicating ceremonies to be held next week. Fred C. Schubert,
resident engineer in charge of construction, has contributed a timely
history of the canal work. The latest news from the Portland party
on the steamer Undine also will be published.
Paris, a Waiting City
The cloud that has been cast over the spirits of the gay Parisians
by the war and the enforced lull in the festivities that have made that
gay center famous throughout the world are described by a special
correspondent in Paris. A changed Paris is shown in this article.
The Birthplace of Lafayette
Purely for patriotic reasons a syndicate of Americans in Paris and
New York is planning the purchase of the famous old chateau in the
Ilaute-Loire, near St. Georges d'Aurac, France, which was the birth
place of Lafayette, the patriot, who gave his sword to the service of
the American Army during the Revolutionary War. There is a full
page, with pictures.
The Building of the Panama Canal
Major-General George W. Gonthals continues his interesting story
of the building of the Panama Canal, and this will appeal to every
American.
Switzerland, a Nation of Sharpshooters
Military prowess of the Swiss, little heralded, is recognized by
those who know this nation of hardy mountaineers, and their fighting
qualities are described adequately by Marie Widmcr in a vpecial
illustrated article.
Howard's Bogus CaH for Troops
A little-known incident of the Civil War period, as recalled by
William J. G. Meighan, will prove of intereft to many rea.lerR. A
false proclamation and its results are portrayed in a very rcadaMo
story of war times.
Many Big Sunday Features
War pictures are among the interesting things that av ait the
readers of The Sunday Oregonian. There are also many derart nicnts,
with profuse illustrations that interest anti inform. The fpoci- I snorts
section is of general interest. One full page of school no v.- viil be
given, and the concluding installment of the "Exploits of Kin ' will
appear for those who have followed this adventure tale. Hcsi -re
are departments for the little folks, the regular automobile, rr. :r,
dramatic, society and other sections. Donahey's Prince Ahnie Vs
from the "Arabian Nights," Dr. Yak and the other comic, am all
the world's news.
Twenty-Five Year Ago
Frcm The M "scmlao "f April ."..
San Fraucihcu Tiiouias V. U Urien
sel.t the follow inn letter to t lie LmiI
Keport this evetiitm: "You may put
n.e down for a suhsei i .t ion of J100i
for the compeliim railroHU lma. i
siipiueno.-w of tins frHl alio opuieni
eily in failing to emancipate lls-lt and
overcome its i.-olation as ..ompared
with the tJiu-eest-ful efforts of in-tt
little towns as Seattle. Portland. San
Iileeo and Los Angeles Is something
fearfully and woncic rf ully l iera-eful.
If you can wake up the town and ex
pedite the buillin of one or moro
competing roatU ou will deserve a
monument as hiBli as the LlfTel
tower."
Walter Miller, president of the Mr-
arair'ia Canal Company, says that the
anal w ill 'e completed in seven years
if the funds are proviacd.
.ludzrt Williams, in his speech of
welcome lo VJ'-nri i "
things said: 'It I could frame a civil
service policy, otner tilings nuns
e'lual. the all-prevailing recommenda
tion for office from President to Con
stable should he that the cundTdatu had
thrown his body hii1 soul into the
seal's when the bloody balance were
trembling between the life and death
Of the Nation."
The builrllnE committee of St. Mark's
Episcopal I'liiin-h met at Hishop Scot t
Academy yesterday and decided to
proceed Immediately with the erection
of a new chun h, the present chapel on
Eighteenth street being entirely Inade
quate to their constantly increasing
membership
James C. Hardy, chief clerk In the
oft ice of Chief I'.irjineor Kennedy, of
the Union Pacific-, leaven this morning
for Denver and Cbicaico. to be absent
about two weeks. un his return he
will leave the service of the company,
his place being filled by George K.
KushpII. Ho will take up his resi
dence at Woodstock anil act as resi
dent manager of the property.
The concert by the Marine band
takes place n"M Friday evening at
Arlon Hall. Turn out and help the
boys yet new uniforms.
Ex-Governor Moody was a caller at
the Republican headquarters yester
day. He said that he is actively sup
porting the Republican ticket from top
to bottom, which, corning from A de
feated c-andi'iatc, means considerable.
Miss B. Ratio left for Seattle last
night to visit numerous friends.
Chi. a aro. April 2.". T. Wright, r.f
roitland. Is registered at tie Com
mercial. 1. Pierce Is nt the Windsor.
.1. P. Howe and Mrs. Howe left for
Portland yesterday.
Mrs. Mitt hell, wife or Senator Mitch,
ell. and her daualiter. Mattie, are vis
iting friends In New York.
HHII'KR tH- (II1TT" 1 Kill Ml
Poem, Publication of W bleaj ttaa Re
quested, Here Hla Krprod'irrd.
SALEM. "'r.. April 2!. (To the. 1I
Itor.) A friend informs me that a re
quest was marie for a published copy
of "outcast'' some weeka huto. in your
newspaper. I am unable to state upon
what date the call was made, but am
pleased, beinir the author, to hand you
herewith a coy of the same.
ERNEST EVKIUIAHT HAKER.
Outcast.
By Ernest Everhart llaker.
Mine Is no song of love and birth.
But of one who sins for our saka
The woman we bate regardless of
worth.
And say is unworthy to take.
She sins because her soul is weak
And she isn't afraid to trust,
Though, nftor she sins, see doesn't
spea k.
For men arc not half Just.
She waits a call in seven seas.
She trafficks and traies In the ports,
And they who scorn her Jest In ease
As she cringes In the courts.
But that Is the price the woman pays
For a crust and a flask of brew;
There Is misery In her faded face
And vice provides the clcv .
Behold the woman, unloved, tinblcst.
Who lies w ith her ship on the -shoal!
Behold the woman, with naked breast.
The curse of time on her soull
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