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CUaai;y iaa bliwloaa a4 la nl-btoulou ara foarful a fr:il aA4 aapra arr!c from Cau lrnu aa laa t: vi 4't aa f ea B.Miti4K If a ara l i T " aanuBeme cf 'a toc!-o af-.ar Jnrr raatL.a t lo ba Ift for.4 fc ej oprtiooa for taa ro-oi-t-a-Biota t rnft. . , Taa 4 p:!M f ! a:or.4t l&a i-o eXock cockle: routa UJ rob6iy aot ea H anlTaU fram Or-ea to Waat VlrrtrU. er or Kea. er Aruoaa. 1 ! nrt-ea.. ta Wa Uar prafelb.U Tsprtu.a of a mora aad ha htata ITo&iattloB CommUtrtonar ms Blaal ha touSt a4 ol .Mcct:oaa rtrial8f tnaru froea rmitt!B paaoara to carry Bivf la proBl b- la lUh It U. l. lory t eaa njtJor la ooa'a Poaaa aion a4 la Kjuuwj rod p;tcain maaa bo acrapla aboul aaarchma; la ti.lonr.ara f "o1 " an3r other, for cnira64 artk-l. Poa la Aniint tha U la wr'r lU so charaa may fca ! tor j. rnl purpoa. :o l tfva tia maa wh baa tha fru-a aci tia nilElia may Import t j4rt IraraUlioo. not botllaw a'aat oc ukr or aim ary mooth. rr lanty-for raal irta of ba.r; t)-it ha mar or "! b!.',J!U a4 br? li fvcr quart ary two moctltt or tata la tlx moatha. Tt fca o-4M im to worry alnn. Tia potnt U that Orara ma BO frir. of bale prohibition atata: onty a aa!a without a aaiooo. or a Vrawtry. cr a diti:.ary. It I araiR't tla U patroBUa oh bom Indus trie. T Amarlcana who mtrratadl to Caeai dar'a tha bri la th Norta watra proica ara aiparl.actc . .m. rabarra.wroar.t a fcphnau i c!tu.n of th t'ei'-a-i btataa. Coam tct taiu t Jf mor troopa tj Ma taa ( andua eontloBt la rurop ka iroawi araor th hyph.nt4 Ta t.Ji.r.a Nr that thay my b dr:t4 Into military aru. ao4 hotilr4 of tharo r raturrln to tha I'nliad tutc t" aol4 that ootlrncy. It rr .ta 4 bn laJ4. donbt m . Araru-r wouti ha l alp.d t dfnl hr. but th-y fail to h'iw thay ara lBlTt.J la th war of th mothar couttry which ara a-in fooht oa othr eootlnaota. al tn.y r.c"! ob:ittoo to rit fir tha ai:i- "at jian. bow. .r. rrl th .r th-lr own Jit fi'lr houh It w.ra b.ln; (ousM on their own aoit. aol thr fetn(l tnn who ! th country anoi i f itin tar It. Thir .nt rnet la a eatur! a 4:4 b thl rf AnarV- ahoull '" of our foralaa-bora clMna f to Tarop ! thT b eopU.i t' Tht f---r tha Vait4 r.t'. AU of wtlchj foa to pro th wla r?ita f ba.pia; o-t cf a country which - ar.tAC'ir ai:unc, catoaUl or othorwi. A tarosaaa who mU arat.a ta ta Vitat atataa knowa that t-a car.noj ba ca t.4 op to f'iM f If oratrT aacapt th Ccital l .!. nt a Amarv-a who mii!l to aal t mT 6 dro loto a war la f.uroc. At or Africa, with which cana.la ha. d'.ract eonearn. Can ada raaluto aa obtiatatioa. for aha aaj'j.a tha Ua whlh binl b.r to tha rthmr roonfry. bt4t aa Amartcao t tur In Canada rr an a fir fr that I k lt hou!4 ba T4 away frora th ta'Jntry whvrhi milt draw him lato war. ut nrrirEc r vox Ciporta frm th fcl!4 :t roo t au to doah: tmporta. b'Jt tha lattar lncra mooth by month and ahow mattrii! ri r tis eofraapoadtnc moatha of 1IM. whao tha Induatjiaa of balH.r.ot BaMoea wra nf?rln f ro u n fMt damoralltaClua X tha r. Suatlac tha f ' n ra la round minion. Auit hw.i aa tncraaaa rrom II t lt. Sptrnbr frr-tn IJ to 111. CVtobar from lit to lit. and ?.'otfr.h.r from IZ to HI. Tha toUj far Noanb.r. t 1 S. la iI'nMl tha aiaa a that for May. till, two month bfora war bcan. ta fact th totala ar rattlnf bac to tha aaraa fl-4ra aa for th aar'.y moetha cf lilt Uartnnlra; la March of that iar. aach reoath how4 aa r.cra ar tho eorraapondltf month of HII. la m.r.Iona March hw,i aa nrra.a from Hi to HI. t twn III In 171 Uar from 111 t in. Jura from 111 to 1ST. and July frna IJ to IJ. t.xpona a ia . - iim. w . r rfter.A'n. month bv mor.th. la mi'.Uon January ahowai m dtcraaaa from ZZt to :l. Fabruary from ll to 171: for March th IMal war atmo"t th tarn I IT. April . A vmm. from 11 to li Mar from It! to HI. Jana from HI t iit. J'iry rrom i" to u. ppr r.Hr tha aam lnfiri wM h rro- 'hat !t la may b nfrr4 from th fact that 1.1 par rant of tha NoTm tar lm porta str4 doty-fra. Otbar ratlona ha adaptavl thr trad to war conJition and ar taktftc ada ta ef tha C"darwood tariff. baBafl ent t thT. b"t not to o. Compartano cf tha f'..rur how that taporu ara ataaUy cilaibtnf Wit to tc total prevailing la th moctfj immediately preceding the mmr. which wer th month when the "Underwood tariff wa putting Tha blight CO Amirtoo Industry present execs cf ei ports over impotu la atmo-t entirely due to the r. either directly or Indirectly. h ot dmixt bI our trada with Crr many and Autrt. but ob1ou:y ara doir. caurh of tt indirectly throaao Norway, liwalea anJ Ponmark. NV hara anormou!y Uicrd our rx porta to tha allied countrtea. tha total l Europe for tea montha er.dlnf fc" lobar baelnc mora than doubled. W baa aUo materially Incraaaed oiporta to Tary other quarter cf th globe. th. total la minion for taa month., .oi - havlBg lnrr.0 rrom 413 U 10 . other part of North America, rrom to lit to South America, from T to IIS to A:a. from II In IT to Oce--.i. - - . tr 3 to Africa. Uoca cf thla locraaa I doubtlaaa duel to tha war. good being bought la th fBlted ftt which would ordinarily b boagnfia tha b:l;erent coontriea. How much of thl trad w shall hold alter th war depend on our futur tariff arrangemente and shipping lawa. aa w.i: aa upon th enierprts of oor mere bar. ta. Growth of Import baa checked th monthly Incraasa In th favorable trad balance. (Urgulna prediction thai It aroold total I2.v0t.evt.lv or even IMt.tt.ev for th year HIS arUJ not b reaJUad. To November Jt It totalled II.IIT.IIt.Tlt. Incraas cf Import, combined with th railroad btockad aad scarcity ef h!pa. limit balaac la oor favor, and w ahail do wall If It should total Sl.ltO.ttt.. It for th year. The American poopt wia do 'l to harbor bo lUaalor.a which th prea ect proe-perttr may prod oca. When th war begsa th l'nderwoo4 tariff u cau!cg a steady growth ef tm pvrt and shrtnkaga cf eiport and r.avy export of gold. When th war end th aam Irfluenc which ha been but partly suspended will resume production cf th aam effecta tinleaa ta the meantime we remAr It- That icf.u-r.c will sap th foundation of our normal prosperity when th ab normal prosperity produced by tha war haa !wp peered. tICIC AMD aVABtE. The staid city of Ilalllmor la ahak. aa to it foundatlor-s by th report cf l: vtc commllon. appointed by th Governor. ahlch after thre yeara work tall what It found. There 1 nothing epcu:iy cowl about th dls cloaurva regarding romrnerclailied vie, aor proautut.on. opea or clan destine, nor Immorality. They saaro to b common to ovary American city, and effort to ettlrpat or correct them appear to hav th aam reeutt. or lack of result, verrwher. It ap pear elcralar that with th experl- eoc cf many hundred years, begin ning with ilabyton and rnding with Haltlmor. there 1 th nrai!J un settled dupuu about segregation and uppre-wlnn. and that th mor on of either on th mor Incuneo h Is to favor th other. Put thT I on aipact of th re port In which Haltlmor 1 unique. It la th traffic In babies, already cow ered In th new report to Th OragonUa. Th development ar o startling and th chsrg so ghastly that th statement as to babies will bear repealing. Th report aa-ert that Investigators found there wer In stitution In llal'.Unor to which th mother of an Illegitimate child could consign fcer offspring upon th pay ment cf an agreed sum and forever rt.l heraelf of legal responsibility for It. Of th hundre-l of children thue takaa In charge by th Institution, th commission ia that a remark ably Urt number die and ar burled In heap la small plot of ground, op uch r'l. approximately tl feet nuara. having be, th. burial pUc of too babies sine UK. If these etalemrn's ara true, ther has been wholrsal. ri'irUer In Haiti- more, cr;inlir.. heartless, law-defying, tfhat I r.altimor "lng to do about tlT . arc nr. rnon a.A -. Th Oregonlan has a prtvat letter from a conspicuous Kasja editor compUlnlrg t-f a r-.ert nUtemenl In its columns that Rext to Ksntuis. uregoa I th chief proving ground for all the going economic fad and fancl'a." Th ccrrspondr.l cb'-cts, fjr b y: "Kansa I u!t sane, and ha been airmt of tha ttm fr a great many je-r. Have w nn Jut elev'ted Curtla to th ..nate? And did Rot J.mee J. Ing:i fr a lng time represent Kan a la th L'nile-I Xtate t.nafc? If o4 iy that th Irgai: epo-:h n before Kanaa want rraiy. 1 reply that K ansae Just now Is engaged la a h!y aad epprertstiv diKuwlon of let alls and his day. I enclose a cUpplsg frvm th r.m- porta Cats'.! tell.rg Imw and why 1 null gave way to th hkred I'efrer." Th t"ry la that during th Sena torial campaign at Topaka a fund was rals.4 and certain sums placed with tundrr ppTchb! Topultsta a a T"".lner. th remain ler to b pU when tngall was elected. The facta war then UM before th fenator. Then th story continues: Me r . rae-4 i siar-wal ef n-e .m. M-t ta. ertw-tea.re e.4 frt. ..t..:r aamalag ia sass. m she ai IW ewaie .t e- .n. .- tmtytr. .n . 4 iai tae vitri e bis gn the klsS r aaea .aa "w .nt. a4irv e. r is ri a irv. ..- noki tsil-awM liti. saa "Ua a m try ... e.l I. tvast the -.r tbe s.etter vita To. te: Si I -t es te v a lt . .-M.mt. as saaas hml irr i.'..4..ts " U: .r4 t4rl a4 eoalla-aM r"ll t. f n a. hm set .ua a reonsa ". a4 r. r-.'-e I a t save t. a. eaca as ine e.- Hut I a r "a - r mpM. t a. a- . e mj aanae ee v lemUt Tftla srd4 aai ta Thu Kansas lost It greatrot Sena tor becaua b preferred to stay out rather than buy hi way In. Y won der If Kansas, knowing th truth, wout J bow elect Ingall a It ha elect, d Curtis, through th new ytem. wher all thing are pure, and all men. too. BOAD TO LOtlt TAXIC. An association with member In TlUamook. Clatsop and Columbia couctle t attacking th high cott of government problem from an ar.gl that ha been too much neglected In recon. Effort to reform taxation have heretofore been directed chieTy la lo directions. On ha tee'i to reform th method to shift pirt f John 5mlth's burden to the shoulJera of Jame Jones. The other baa beea ta aecur a reduction of taxes by go ing ever th list of governmental ac- tlvitlaa and lopplcg off whole I'eiri her and ther. Th Trt-Courty A-o.1allon" slogan t -Mak the tax dollar the one-hundred -cent dollar. It ha published aa TTTTI. MOTtNTNTr OUT.GOSlXy. TUESDAY, DTCKirnETS 23. 19T5. Initial bulletin la ahlch yaxloua waataa in th conduct of r.U.nat and nccaa aaxy funcOona of local government ara Bolntad out. ADDarenUy th Idea I of th aaeoclaUon U that If ery dol- lar of money collected In I m4 to iur t dollift or turn the ta levy will take tazaa im orth of ra- car cf lUelf. It la probabiy th only plan frr r duclntf taxea that will work out la U tone run- Wtll If la trul that ad vanced Idea of governmental dutie hav been InatrumentaJ In Increaalng th tax levy. Ui people, when th preaaur cornea, object to abandon ment of th nw!y appropriated func tlona. So long aa tha public 1 In that fram of . mind and .till u a W aakl a rm f itl reaaS PIMril IJa igii. .... .7 rf. I - - ... ..A H. a.m. t hlRtl dODI ig tupinf I v v T . . - for la money. If every ta dollar actually pur chaaed on hundred cent worth of ervtc or Improvement, th coat of government would decrease. Occa sional publication of th reault of aa boaeat and capabl Investigation of th us and abune of public fund ought to apeed that happy condition. raaiTAix isTtiwAL w ikvt.-, Slowly and with many Jolts and ere of tb machinery, th British aovernment I accomplishing th taak of organtxlng an IndlvlduaJUt lat in which vry man 1 oui a cog la th macma. lam xrjk- people. Ilk th American. aiways refused to Become co and tha taak undertaken by their gov ernment haa been that of Inducing in poop! to do of thtr ova tree will that which la Oenneay they would do by military order. Hence th re seated anneal to tabor onion for co operation In producing munition aad ta strenuous ffort to Indue men to volunteer for military aerrtc rather than b compelled to arv. Th on great fault about tb uru- Uh conduct of th war la not adher ence to the Itrltleh Ideal of personal liberty: It Is the failure to take at the beginning tha atepa which are now oe. Ins taken. It I also in taiaj pro crastination with which each advaac ha been secured and th band-to-mouth method adopted. On esould naturally expect a great empire, ree gr.Uing that It a engaged In a trugrle for existence which would require all It power, to marshal all Ita force of every kind. The Brltiah principle of lndltdual!m required that thl be done by ecurlng the. vol untary co-operation of each citizen, but It could have been done. Vmt co-operation demanded that no interest profit unusua.iy irora m. patriotic effort of another. At th outset manufacturer. snipouuuers and mln owner wer charged with deriving excemiv profit from th sale of their product, whll their em ployes wer being exhorted to mcreas output from motive f patriotism. Wt.rkmcn objected to this exploitation of their patriotism. They struck and were promptly branded a unpatriotic. Now w read that landlord in great cttlea ar raising rant to recoup them elves for their war taxe from th w.-a wages of their tenant. Indigna tion meetings, strike against higher rent and defers fund hav reaulted. HolJrr of mortgage ar demanding higher Interest In proportion to that paid on war bond, and thl la mad a plea by landlord for ralnlr.g rent. A wis government would have fore seen these clashes . of Interests and would hsve guarded agnlnst them. The trouble mentioned are due to the wide, deep gulf which separate the axlKlocratlc and pluto.-ratlc classes from th middle and working classe. The former, which call themselves the upper classe. regard th "lower classe" a being to bo exploited for their benefit. The working clas re taliate by forming union to relt ex ploitation and to make countcr-ae-nian.ls. The union restrict output a a protection agaln-t exploitation. Thu both they nnd their employer injure tho Industry abl-' depends th prosperity of both. The one man In the British rahinel who seems to hav had the Insight. the courage and th determination to attempt a chang In thla economic deadl-k. uch aa will apply tn en tire energy of th nation to prosecu tion of the war. la Lloyd George. In order, to effect thU change, he haa re-trl'-ted the Briton- desrly loved personal liberty at many point. He haa limited th employer' war profit and the workman'a drinking hours. He ha Induced union to suspend. rules, but be repeatedly appeal to them to llv up to their agreement and to allow the rovernmentelo do that which It should do without ask- ng anybody" consent, but with the convent of alt. It want 10.090 skilled men and from Z09.00Q to JOO.000 un skilled men for new munition fac tories, but cannot employ unskilled men without th unions consent. Mr. Thomas, a Labor member of I'arlla- tuer.t. Impose a condition of con- sent that "the minister pas a bill guaranteeing to trades unions th re eetabllshment of th ftatua quo at the termination of th war. That means that reaiioval of union restriction shall no be taken by emplo)er to b permanent or a a bast for a new de.U after tht w.ir. There crop out again tha class war which Is .not entirely suspended during the world war. What that class war. allied with the nnpardonaMe procrastination and blundering of the Cabinet, has cost Great Britain and her alile I sug gested by torn pasaagea of Lloyd tSeorge'a speech of Pecember II. He admitted that last May the German prod urt Ion of hlgh-explonlv shell was 100 time the British. Though the British output wa enormously" In creased and though there was no shortage In th thee weeks' hard righting of Feptember and October, "this was the result of four months' careful husbanding. and "the Gen erals stated that with thrte tha quan tity" of ammunition they would hav achieved twenty time th. result." Lloyd George went on to aay: T. hanSr mllMo. rounds, or the eoet f .ti'r foetr !? of war. .ii1 proriuee en norm-Mi quantity of munition. If Von b.4 iltai quan'.'tr at th. rtM mnmer.t the .ar feiEfht b. .a In fr.r daya: whereas .t-kout ll sir mlsht t pro:o--l per ap 4 -o a Wltri reaard to munition. .Hal Is srarad I" monev la aplllad In blood. If t.i.r. are r!ks to be taA.n. let tham te rka la the pwkn of Lie taxparers. aad sot la the llo. e( man. Her U a nation spending : 5.000. -000 and many Uvea dally on the war, yet It permits selfish claaa Interest to hamper tt In pressing that war to a conclusion and to prolong the t!m during which that huge expenditure must continue". It permits landlords to rals rent, union to Impose condi tion on maximum output of muni tions. It never deals with an evil out come of this cla-s struggle or of the war Itself until that evil Is upon It. It Is always too late. As tha London Mail Too lata It aiding p.lrlurn. toe late ta aa. .ra. too tat. la tha Dar.lanellas. too V munition. wror4s nara iotf tu. a.;ieap vry :tp. Tha Cabinet, after th winner of politicians, haa concealed it blunder ing by suppressing th truth, by ex aggerating auccesa, by hiding or mini mising reverse, by understating the power and resource of the enemy. In the face of defeat British .Ministers continue to repeat the tereotyped phrase. "Carry the war to a success ful conclusion." which flim red In all their speeches. Lloyd George alone haa dared to tell the truth: ne aione ha dared to admit that defeat waa possible. He first took a true meas ure of the enemy" power and called upon the worklngmen to work for victory. But he drew back at the thought of the itorm which would be raised by compulsion of the un willing and he asked the union to allow" him 'to do what the nation existence demanded. A orm 1 arising In Britain over the, government blundering In con duct of the war and over lta failure to units all classes in harmonious work for th nation. It may sweep out of offlc many of the men wno ar strong enough for peace, but too av.ak rnr war. It may force a social and economic reorganization based on the principle that conrilct or interest between rich and poor, between capi tal .n.l labor. Inlures the nation and should not be tolerated. A new Cabi net may arise with Lloyd George at it. hsd which mar force that re organisation and may bring about teamwork among the classes In th nation's cause. Whatever changes It effect In that direction will continue after the war and will make a better, mora efficient, mora prosperous Brit ain taaa before. Oa by aa ba Ford peace emla arlee ar deserting In dlgiit. What sn Incompetent lot aa compared with a military expedition. Soldier, be ing disciplined and-consistent, would tick to their mission to th end. So with th manner of men and women who have done things In the world. Suppose Columbus had turned back at the first storm. r lery had halted when hi food began to run hort, or that any of thoee who have done thing had qnlt before their task was completed. The Ford peace expedition merely tend to confirm the charge that the peace propagandist are Idle dreamer, unfitted for the serious buslnesa of mortal existence. We should have thought better of them had they all clung to the mission to the bitter end. We ar becoming a silk-stocking people, according to a report of the Department " of Commerce, which find that ther I a heavy falling away In demand for cotton hosiery. It la to b uspected that the women ar responsible for thla report. Man ha no need of silk stockings Since they are not aa durable as cotton, and certainly not a warm and comfort able. But when It come to appear ance, silk Is In heavy demand. Thoae who claim to bo experienced In such matters declare that the limb en cned In silk stocking takes on a symmetry which Is lost altogether when cotton Is used. Women know thU and hence the falling dividend of the cotton-stocking maker. acrordtna- to a Scandinavian ob server who ha visited Germany re cently, the Germans fear the British perseverance. Likely enough. After nearly two year or war tne urmsn hav not yet gotten Into action. John Bull Is stubborn and dogged In his determination. It takes a scries of reverse fairly to arouse him. Those Gormuii Zeppelin raid have done more than anything else to stir jonn null into action. It Is Drobablo that th British are prepared to fight for ten years If necessary. What they lacked In initial efficiency they make up In dogged determlnatien. Before the war the Socialist of all nntlons were brother who would never lift their hands against each othrr In a war between nations. Now those of each nation shout: "War to the knife and peace only after vic tory. Thus do the Deituiuui senti ments of peace vanish before tho exi gencies of war. It 1 even conceivable that Mr. Bryan might flcht. Canada will do more tha.n ita share of financing and fighting. In this war the colonial la more enthusiastic than many of the home-born. The Ford party ehould. by all means, proceed to The Hague to carry out the original plans. That must be expended. 70.000 If the belligerent would limit hos tilities to singing, they would have more cracked voices, but fewer cracked ekuIK P.cbelllon In. China, rebellion In In dia, rebellion on the Ford peace ship! Where shall the dove of peace find a resting place? An organization imllar to the Bct gtan Belief Commission is needed to see that relief for Serbia goes to the needy Serbs. If In doubt, .an Austrian submarine did It. When the victim Is undoubt edly British, if a German submer sible. December must not pas without a mow. Sleigh bell and runner are appropriate New Year fenture. Aa Indication that money la be coming plenty I the talk of reducing the Interest rate on deposits-. A,..fr3r, roll rack on Italians. More primitive methods of warfare, pursued In the first mountain war. It must be fine for Doc Aked and Doc Gladden to bo bossed by a woman. It'll be easy to srwear off on one particularly bad habit this New Tear. Good American money will build the Ford peace palace at Copenhagen. Lucky Europe! Bryan ha canceled his trip, since Ford I returning. The wise saloonman dismantles the bar before the last night- Read about the blizzard and atop growllcf about the rain. Everythlnr I coming Wilson' way. Today la his birthday. Four day for "Irrlg-ation" and the Congress opens, tods). Prosperity swells the ranks of the silk-stocking brlgnde. Barleyeorn and Bootlegger are con sidering the future. lf lck tratuilt" for H. Ford. European War Primer By Natlaaal Gearapaleal Society. "While the war haa put all Europe out of order, no better Illustration of Its disorganization could be chosen than that of Its chaotic railway geography, preaentlng an aspect of disrupted schedules, broken llnea, and reorgan ised routings on such a scale as to give some Idea of the confusion in the bel ligerent continent," begins a bulletin lust Issued by the National Georgraph lo Society. Trains de luxe are no longer streaking host of (Americans over famous railway routes rich In memories for th travelers of every country taking them to historic, grounds, to curative springs, to moun tain grandeur, to centers of interna tional smartness, to places for fashion able Winter sport, and to Mediter ranean resorts for Springtime and sun In Winter. The trains de luxe of be fore the war are no longer running; for hostile frontiers erosa their net work In ail directions. Of th 12 most lamed European ex press trains, only four are still able to run. The four lines still open are the Ostend-Vlenna Express, the Berlin-Karlsbad-Marlenbad Express, a Sum mer train: the South Express, Parls-Bordeaux-Irun-Madrld-Llsbon, and the Siberian Express. Moscew-Krasnojarsk-Irkutak-Vladlvoslok, Service baa halted Indflnltely for th Nord Express, with It compartment coming from Pari. Ostend and Brussels, which left Berlin for Petrograd and Moscow, Ita sections splitting up for their respective desti nations In Russia at Warsaw. The Nord Exprea was a brilliant European link In the far-spanning Trans-Siberian Railway, and. In peace times, tt pulled out of Berlin daily. e e Th popular Berlln-TIrol-Rome-Na-plea and Egyptian Express, whose many sections were always filled with travelers beginning about this time of the year, ha ceased to operate. It conddctors and engineers, aristocrats among European railroad merx with considerable standing in the bureau cracies of Germany, Austria, France snd Italy, ar now. in all likelihood, driving endless lines of freight cars through war-scarred country, carry ing men and munition to the various battle fronts. a e Tho Orient Express was the first ex press in all Europe before the war. a train whose French. German and Aus trian sections were not surpassed by sny other of the trains de luxe. It haa now lost much of Ita International character; has changed lta direction; and. In place of the wealthy and the renowned, it ha taken to carrying sol diers and munitions. Before the outbreak of the war, the Orient Express ran over a line east and west; now it runa northwest and southwest. It was made up at Paris, and Its route was Parls-Strassburg-Munlch-Vienna-Budapest-Belgrade -Sofia-Constantinople, while one of Its sec tions went to Bucharest. The Orient Express, probably, ran through more Important capitals, elpht of them, and bore a more truly international char acter than any other train in the world. The stations of this famous train were marked by tbe national cities of peo ples, and Its way halted at either end In eartrTa two foremost historic cen ters. The Orient Express was Europe'a proudest boast In international rail roading, and It represented luxury and comfort brought to the highest point that a sensitive patronage could de mand. a a a The Riviera and Lloyd Express haa ceased to run. This train waa made up in Amsterdam. Holland, and finished Its course amid the mild sunshine and the gaiety of the Kivlera. It ran through Utrecht, Duesseldorf. Cologne. Belfort. Lyon. Marseilles. Toulon. Cannes. Nice. Monte Carlo and Menton Its German section made up In Berlin and Joined the main train at Frankfort-am -Main. The Riviera and the Uoyd Express was a Winter train, and English, as the Americans speak it, was heard as often aboard this express as was any of the language of Europe. Conductors porters and assistants on the Riviera way knew the idioms of our countrymen, their ways and their generosity. The Paris-Knrlsbad Express has stopped. Tno Peninsula Express, a speedy train through France, where It rivals tho Paris-Marseilles and the Calais-Basle expresses, still has a clear way on that stretch wherein it is known s the Peninsula Express, be tween Calais and Brlndisl. Its Dutch and German sections, coming from Rot terdam and Berlin, however, are no longer riding behind It. The Petro-(rrad-Vlenna-Nlce Express and the Christ lanla-Parls Express have also had their schedules canceled by the war for an Indefinite time. Practically all of th Black Diamond. Empire State and Twentieth expresses of Europe are war-stalled, and such time tables as remain In force are. for civilians, un certain things subject solely to mili tary advantage. THE forRCE OF THE ORACLE. A number of women suffragist corp Went after the vote In the fashion or war: LT viepe to the enemy wherever we tlnd him! To our righteous cause wo 11 eventually bind him! Fpare not the aged, the tall or the short! But fight him with reason, repartee, retort! We'll enlighten the mind of each manly defender! And never leslst till we make him surrender:' So tierce was the onslaught they put all to flight Except for a few who continued to right. One of the last refused to unbend. Curtly declining Influence to lend; Just listened In alienee refused to ex plain And waved thero aside In this oracle strain: -Grain for the rooster! Grass for the hen!! Tea for women! Coffee for men!! The ladles retreated; it must be con fessed. Their ardor wa dampesed, their spirits depressed. Though they failed t see any force In the oracle. They admitted It hampered their labor rhetorical. But little they dreamed that In destiny a . course They soon were to And the oracle source. Now the ladles were not. as some might suppose. Forever engaged In belligerent pose. Quite often. In fact, they'd all under take 'To visit around for sweet charity sake- In one of their visits (this time an asylum) They lingered to help, to cheer and be guile 'em. One of tne inmates, so the keeper ex plained. Had never a glimmer of knowledge retained. Had been there for years, the record would tell. And this was the extent of his lunatic yell: "Grain for the rooster! Grass for the ben'.! Tea for women! Coffee for men!!" SUSAN ANTHONY SMITH. Help From Her Husband. Judge. lira Crawford If you're separated from your husband and don't speak, what do you expect to get out of him for Christmas? Air. Golightly Alimony. STUDENT OBJECTS TO TRANSFER Removal of Lincoln Commercial De partment ta Shattnck Cajnat. PORTLAND. Dec 27. (To the Edi tor.) As a student of the Lincoln High School and of the commercial depart ment of that Institution, I desire to register a vigoroua protest against the proposed removal of the department to the old Shattuck building, which was deemed unfit for the grammar school students to occupy. If 1; was unfit for them, why Is it fit for 600 commercial students, comprising nearly half of Lincoln? Many of the students in the depart- regular work, such as mathematics, languages, sciences, etc If they are compelled to drop them now, the little uie majority nuve received Ln us iar will represent so much wasted time, for to be of any practical value eight terms of a language are necessary, and the same may be said of almost any other major subject. This applies as 1514 W 111. I.UUCUiS VULaiUC VI department who take commercial sub jects, a siuueni wno uesires 10 u iv UUI.CCO .11 Mb 111 O DA.UO 1 1 111 C la.M typewriting or shorthand to insure him a means oi neipmg to earn nis way ia thus denied that privilege, A number of students, myself among tho number, would never have taken the course had they foreseen the pres ent situation. Certainly the regular students would not have taken com mercial subjects had they known they would be forced to abandon them. As high school students, we entered Lincoln expecting the privileges and advantages of such, and now we find ourselves scheduled for an old buUd lng. with none of these advantages save only greatly hampered educational facilities. We consider this a breach of faith, "All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy." Strange to say, that Is Just the way we feel. If our City Superintendent. Mr. Al derman, must have a commercial high school to please him. by all means let us hasten to gratify his desire, but until one worthy of the name is erect ed, give rs Lincoln, the school we chose. It is worse than folly to pay 110,000 to render an old building hab itable when that amount would aid so materially in the construction of a new school. Again, what will fill Lincoln s 500 empty seats? I am not acquainted with the exact form of the proposed plan, but should tho general principle of transference be carried out. many will leave school forever ln disgust, Others will go to Jefferson High, while still others will change their course. Certainly the scheme Is not calculated to alleviate the crowded condition of our schools to any great extent, and It Is hardly good policy to drive students out to make room for- othe-.. The commercial course will receive a serious setback so "at the commercial high school will have to be; postponed for lack of sufficient interest, and the old. Shat tuck building may represent Portland s best offering to its future business men for years to come. Finally, if the proposed plan Is car ried out in any particular. It will be a grave Injustice to us for the above rTLons and the further fact that no other commercial department of Port Und Is to be moved. If. however , injustice must be do . we feel that Se least atonement that hu'da : fered Is to permit the commercial stu dents taking non-commercial wbje, et. as well, and the regular tud?.ntn'a'f0 fng commercial subjects in " .h.ir regular course, the right to re main LincoU absolutely. There is Dlenty of room and enough students to make it worth while. Put yourself in liioe vou who know how youth our place, you wno your enjoys its school life, and aSK yo .elf if we are unreasonable LIBRARY PI ACE TO SEEK LIGHT Mr. Carmaek Modestly Decllnea to Ex pound Evolution. PORTLAND. Dec 27. (To the Ed itorsIf Mr. C. E. Cline wishes to In vestigate tbe merits of the evolution ary theory in its relation to the origin of species. 1 think the taxpayers of Multnomah County can help him ex ceedingly in his endeavors. It he will ask the courteous and efficient ladies who serve under the able direction of Miss Isom at the Central Library to prepare for him a list cf the very latest authoritative works on biolog ical evolution. I think the gentleman will be Immediately accommodated. These excellent works have been made available for study by the un- .niii-htAned generosity of the taxpayers of this community. It would be reprettaoie inaeeu, unci spending all the money that has been laid out and organizing a trained corps ' of attendants, if Mr. Cline did not now take advantage of a score or more of books written by the ablest scientists in English. German, French and Italian, with adequate translations, to inform himself on a subject regarding which he admits that he seeks light. If there is any volume by any biolo gist which tbe Library has not on hand and which the gentleman would like to read, so solicitous of the intel lectual needs of himself snd everyone else ln this county Is the Library man asrement, that the book will be imme diately procured. It is not too much to say that there Is no community in the world where fewer difficulties are put in the way of obtaining knowledge and more, en couragement given to self-cultivition than here in Portland. Such being the case, it would be, to say the least, an Injudicious application of one's time to call upon myself in particular to contribute wholly toward the enlight enment of Mr. Cline. He pays me too Kreat a compliment by making such a request of me, and one that I do not deserve. WILLARD T. CARMACK. Home Stone for Federal Buildings. PHOENIX. Ariz.. Dec. I4. (To the Editor.) I noticed In The Oregonlan laet Sunday that Thomas McCusker Is making an effort to Induce the Federal authorities to use Oregon stone in the new postofflce building soon to be built ln Portland. He is to be commended for his effort, but I predict that his effort will be ln vain. Whoever heard of our Government using material that was produced ln the vicinity in which the building was erected? He would have a better chance of having Oregon stone used In a Government building that was being built in the East. They built a Federal buildjng here three years ago and they have a beau tiful red sandstone near .here like the stone used ln the Oregonian building (I think that stone came from here), but that would not do for a building here. They had to send . Indiana for stone. Why cant we get men in au thority that have a little common sense? In the 35 years since I cast my first vote I have not noticed any dif ference in this senseless policy, wheth er the Republicans or Democrats were in power. i C- c- KISSELL. TVot Compatible; PORTLAND, Dec. 27. (To the Ed itor ) In The Oregonian are a num ber of articles about Brother Cllne's change of view on evolution and his want of proof. Instead of aspersions, would it not be fair to inquire of our brother how he came to preach from the Methodist Episcopal Church pulpit for the number of year he occupied that exalted position and him a Dar winite? F. C WILSON. Definition of "Neutral. Puck. Willie Willis What's a "neutral." pop? Papa Willis It is the punchlng bag on which the belligerents practice between rounds. In Other Days Half a Century . From The Or(?onlan of December 28. 1S65. Dr. J. A. Chapman has removed hlJ place of residence to the east side of Third street facing the plaza, between Main and Madison streets. The Improvement of Washington street, which has lately been delayed in consequence of the dlsagreeaDio weather, was yesterday resumed. A temperance lecture will be deliv ered by Rev. G. H. Atkinson on ue cember 29 at 7 o'clock P. M. at tha Methodist Church in this city. Henry Warren, receiver of the land office at Oregon City, has been ap pointed United States depositary ln place of Mr. Matlock, resigned. He has executed the required bonds and haa entered upon the duties of his otfice. We see by the Statesman that ar ticles of Incorporation were filed with the Secretary of State last Saturday by Governor A. C. Glbbs. David Mc- Cully. of the P. T. Company, and A. Myres, of the Leffel Turbine Wheel Company, for the manufacture of iron and machinery at the established Jron works in this city. The capital stocK Is 100,000, and we are ln possession of facta which Insure that all this amount will be paid in a short time, thus securing for Oregon all those ad vantages enjoyed by such concerns on the Pacific Coast. Twenty-rlve Teara Aro. From The Orasontan of December 8, 1800. W. L. McClellan. late of Ogden. Utah, has been appointed to the managership of the Pacific Messenger Company, of this city, and has already entered upon the duties of his office. Among the other public-spirited moves of the Oregon Alpine Club, It has recently notified Hon. W. M. Col by, the District Attorney at Jackson ville, that complaint was being made against the dam there across the Rogue River. It is alleged that' the dam in terfered with the passage of the fish up and down the river. A great deal first and last has been said about the mildness of the Oregon Winter weather. Wild strawberry vines in full bloom on the 15th of De cember is not so bad after alL Yes terday Master W. A. Lewis brought to this office a bunch of vines that were gathered on the hills south of Port land on Christmas. C. A. Alisky has filed the following mortgage in favor of Balfour, Guthrie & Co. for a loan of $100,000: Lots 3 and 4, block 39, city; block 39, Couch; all of the east half of the park block, city. It is pretty well understood that Mr. Alisky will apply the loan on the con struction of an eight-story brick bloc x on the northwest corner of Morrison and Third streets. The next attraction of the great star course will be Stella Brown-Pond, of Boston. Mrs. Brown-Pond is acknowl edged by critics to be the first reader on the American platform and is a woman of fine physique and elegant presence. A NEW YEAR SOLILOatTV. In days that were ere clouds of care Had nestled on our brow. Each new-born, year brought welcome cheer And many a hearfelt vow. That wisdom sage enhanced by age Should blaze the devious ways To golden strands in fairy lands. In the realm of the Happy Days. In youth it seems this land of dreams Lies veiled in azure haze; Its dim outline, like rubies shine. Revealing pleasure's maze. To persevere another year Might win those masic keys That ope the gate controlled by fate To the realm of the Happy Days. Irv vain we chase the rainbow base. The golden cup to find, But find too late the gods of fats And fortune, prove unkind. The rainbow base advanced apace, Like ignis fatuus rays. Or fading star that shines afar In the realm of the Happy Days. Tears passed anon, life's evening sun Hangs low o'er Western waves. Those hillocks green that intervene Ahe lonely grass-grown graves. Their tenants daep in endless sleep. Unheeding fame or praise, Once Joined the chase and ran the race To the realm of the Happy Days. The perils passed, we've come at last To where the breakers roar; The Coast Guard says those happy days Are now the days of yore. There is a land with golden strand, But Angels hold the keys; Those who cross o'er return no more From that realm of the Happy Days. I'm Coast Guard here for fifty years Communing with the wind. But can't explain the moods of brain Or mystery of the mind. Those golden strands and fairylands Are themes for poets' lays. But here and now, our home I trow. Is the realm of the Happy Days. FRANK HUGHES. Sobmnrlne Idea Not New. ASTORIA, Or., Dec. 26. (To the Ed- ltor.) J would be pleased to know who was first inventor of the submarine and If it was B. J. Holland. Any informa tion you can give I shall be glad to know. JAMES LEAHY. When and by whom the first subma rine was built Is not known. It is even said that Alexander the Great wa3 interested in submarine naviga tion. A French writer records that some English ships were destroyed by fire carried under water In 1372. By 1727 no less than 14 types of subma rine had been patented in England. In 1776 Sergeant Leo attacked, ln a sub merged boat built by David Bushnell. an English ship in Jew York harbor and failel to destroy it only because he was unable to attach the torpedo to the hull of the vessel. Robert Ful ton developed the vertical and horizon tal rudders. A form of periscope ex isted as early as 1692. Before the days of steam, gas end electric power pro pulsion was by hand. A type designed by Fulton in 1801 carried a sail when not submerged. When under water the torpedo, attached to a line, trailed after the submerged boat, floating higher than the craft. The plan of operation of Fulton's submarine was for the submarine to pass under tbe keel of the vessel attacked, trailing the torpedo, which exploded on contact with the hulL The first submarines built ln the United States were of the Holland type. . Christmas Business Ask ny merchant how "Christ mas business has been" and he will point to signs of improvement. In many cases increased sales have been quite large. On all sides is a general feeling of optimism. Times are getting brighter. Unem ployment is no longer a bugaboo. The Christmas trade has demon strated what everyone felt was so. ' It Is a good time to consider push ing harder for business for doing more advertising.