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THE 'MORNING OREGOXIAN. SATURDAY. JASCABY- 8. 1916. , r-t. or-, f-ejssTr a I .... , tS ,TH.T. 4tf se,i.: asa. ear. , C i. , ,n, .t-4. t.,. l.r-J S ...;,. i. . j - 4. "J - t x?tu ' f9M T . ., e .. ,-' f r ' i a ate"" ... ::l .... ... i" ... 1 T w r . . . st Cmmm m a 4a--a a' ---- V'". 1. T !' jr ... a a'" ' " ' " . . S :4.4 4 Mt.. I,... w4''- - 4 I. i. an.i i.. a w.if 4 aa. , a. a-.1 .. i ra t ""J,' ' . 4 M. 1 l 44 S " . 1. a., a. 4-.. a . aj i a-a,. . aj raaa. r "' 84. taew a 1. m 'rw er- " i. B- . 4 b.J.a w X.' aaea u.r nor. Th Tift ef Aat rv ku Bor coo- ir'ioa (Us t tabi-a 5 ! ima"t Mr. ir.ilM;3 ; i . rv t 1 j n t tpr ';tt ' J;ir Tft T'jrt of Atori I'fsn )..u h ikaa l.ta tcai:l' m . rtrf ri. n4 prpo tni tr. ' tm c( ntTtr lh ,rcsntln taiXM aa a port afiAll t uMnitt4 . th (ip'. at a ca-tal aivcCioa. th c-Jiumbta Mr u cpn to tnif.'ie ef a.l trtbutarr eitla and port a t4il lrtr.. an.J A rU ! ta t ; cuma4i for unjrisr. on wn ionunt to ." lit rata ao-1 rr'W pribtfn Rlc: fcaa lorj coo. " fr itU If. lo cot k now ht t.r trn.p.)rtti tT pubUcii cJ k.ata t tha b.t or taa or J ai4utin. nor 4- aa'4rna t!ul A- " I irw U crlaln bul II. T? paopia r. to !.. aci tr t!t - c -r lir to tnir iunini. imi it t t an rr-r. iitl n plril ef if !p. U'l anthia4f Lcf;? a , cm.Ttrttr a uett4 njaer fr I' a kti.rmct. TKa nrfitJuI ! ar tt - It j ni no ei!a or fa- ; or. but " b-U:r a'tr Sat tt ; nta mn-t trir 11 la ntltUd to hara. n rr mar lii: l 'r-avt t!vn an atrr ahu-tt t-uc tta kn compUiin- ' r lat n:ftI ri. orna nra ' aa l am-ntw. aa rrl It from a'-ini ! 4rta. T5a t ru ptra cirrr a raport f h pn m ': ! wM-h thia m rnntoij. d4 :.n aa rrail. an4 tnr a a m -wt ntr.'In n J .a luitN:a diOi-uatrtn. Y at a-xtia tbtna ara 4 nhk li II M la t prjrn4 ar a.. to b tai4 litra:ir. 'f -aitpt. ana raitr arnw! t IM8I ti.l ! Atira rta aeplualioo. fa iti bfra ta Ia(rta:a l'm IrnT'-a rminlica. nT4 ba la,-H-4 at. -. IRt -baua of oti ! Jnr'.ii' a lKi bp ain.t im." TII ! a ry - rOift. a4 II auxM koC t ha bn nia-!a. ,tft.(hf auwt I t Ator' -toulJ opi ti fjr-hr ("-''al alt In I - Ini. pr-vaittTt of tna rharit btac .J'ortun.l ant tfca .'" tt aa ao . d., Lr.t it r 'rtraoJ ao4 T tr Conl.tn r rainf 'f 'pr mnt prip"ai at tria mv'lt of ytr. t m k;ermat of tfta actira aii Tsa U-tr 'lmt.l la ol o".'' hra Br.r:r ! it. f r i . 4 4 -.. . - a n TTf r tit .tl. J IHMI ,,U tt is o p.'rablr Btttrua tst tt aauat. and pr-!irt "aaothor rrult that k4f.'r cri.' Botu a. but orfy loi s I. rmlt nndff ctif )f a rr KJ. tnni to ;ha pa1-'" atrsrtl' t humor ia'-rnti-jnal. of ma parsers at Al' 1 uil T-T. now. W':!l nn that poaalbl! I i kn.w fttfr than lo ln''4i It mr 1 tt tr!r ,rutfr- man to bia nhwi Vhi!1'a ?. too M -ort:p.. and I A t.Mt l ? W Itn rather watl-dcflnad T itifnut. for 44 rwt.au.. rw-osftioo of tha acoay that two tit tha ortrary. thr auaht to bajia haaa bmucht upon tha world. ;r"f tl ppra.-nl4a at .Vstrt. ar.4 I what arrt of flrtura mut w o of a !;)- tn la amen tha Ufi ! cr!4 w its lhr inra in Ih fi!d ? A m.lT af it H4 aho a' nt li'l'nod I iMf i lhat la nrt!hr flh BT fowl, br lia t'H "f th !'": brf:t; ma.i animal minsral nor cctab. A third I'tr-Mn 1 f.r lmproa.frint f th . ror.ramal only In faavdlna an! anxla r'"r. partiruTar'T at K an. tran.-a. Tha dtr t apprprlaii" bt t fort of frt!n.l of i:i 'IO f.-r 'V.r Kripro-asmsot t Xair'r sobatan. i til ur moriat t T-rtUnl a amruJ toa ari tha lwr r r I rarxrsarfv iuM AD cottt. ; If tci pr-na a'i t dovaM IB-at the V-i'tVi fiat ka rv welt a.!ar4 la . i" r..4t. r of rroapantr tha ;aunrv I.J en known, he n-a but : j r I Hr.tw s r- la of t- tear '.ll ant owj).4l of th r 11 1 t art!er lo bevrrfc ' in !. Thia ; -rrois:t n"'-ana:na sii-y lei's t three graat upward momerua ahi. 1. Iiae aaaw as f upon each : tiiar. raae ra'ewt th tide of pru pefif. far t th a"-r in I wbith s-w tn ef r-eas;r fl"ira with th Ir-imena fr. ns: .Jm,vl I e fo and war ana"-. via' lii u-arj m'mnt eaten. ted gee t'ld rot Intend lo move In the first t. I rtatl. of our In4 jstrtee ' dtr.-titrt rt th b'4--i(et stm. for. tt ' i rnaniafa-f -jr air muniti n and ha a!w's denounced thst system as fima la puraia d imeatK 1-w.t. w hie S unrot atitut,nal. aa aa Invaalon of la re- ataa-t Ita first fcav..u. from thejaarr.! prvroaative and aa tending to gt er)- an I ff joa th fceaty for-j asgran J.a th executive power, itut in tra.t. Thi asrwulturat. r !ua- airgreaa found a st. n wall between tri-1 ant rm -nr u I boom, wrlcrt has it aa I Ih money which Ha evrl ..!! iMirf!nwi. ail i ittlr f- i mtmb'ti desirwl for raperdllur In ttn'i un' l pea- r'rr- an avent ' Iheir dllr t. It could not knock a-al.'-..l ii ua -sfn ' ti aa or rlimb over the all: It could rafSar fae dt-tatr." Th oo t limit ortr sroond. and th only wy on our !'! lo lt will be eur cua- I awit I waa Ih lamp sum aprropna 'ime' ai:i'v to r i -r l borrow, j tlin. t b- rx;nded accotdi-g t .ftou;t th war or tnia.' j-i'lrmeol cf the Ar-nr engineer, -nr. wo:4 need readjustment to the) Aprrofrt-ai! r f-r rtver ar.J har--ar'a .f p-aace. bat IMa woult p ao-pbor had not rrevlouaty been voted ;.mnj i.4he4 'r ua aa na.- atr as bv i a.corJirg r th merjt of each pro-",,Tipf-g tfi-i. ur g-.ts w"tu Jet. t rot of exec-tting It and Ih ;iae b latr.!u.-U tn r.ew markeaa. , monaa aastUble. Thev bad been ! peti -t!- ef d-i-irlr on enr rt-l according to th aM'ity ef acn !.,n siarteU afa noi treti'M 6T . itifar t get an item for M own ;-rt At iv n-t. w atioott be, iiatrt-t Include! tn Ih bi-l. Th mem. . . . . . a..i.i a n t . .a . .hAf a rom mlt . ,ar r e- i.an e c m a -aria -a i rem'- '. !.-.- r.rt.' and t o rehsl'd . miner; ,-itie r '"r w st:;Kt aa I f r their own Ii'r.-is r.rat and men t fa cco-r:itn s-ru f-r th ' mrtu led enough Item for other mm-wo-tl tra ! I Nrrs l- tta.ir a majority for tha gale t th peat yr rrae-I ma ;r Th "" ' then voted for aea.t t 11 pen' ej ta rn"na'a whole bill bimi fo!d4; th mem- -a rr .!. at h'"t prfa, br th l-o- ; rn-t ef 1 1 a a - t : ! ba f 1 taff.aaa f IT 4 e -rjr. j t-a n I tv th l aa of n ar:T It .- 4 1 a.i abroad t-a f fact, Ifrat- trat sa w w baa a l for pro -.r aen,t ufVirt In ear'ier . a-a for a wn T.e boom" fnf iit f i arMUtet ira a. aaii-.-n. aimptm of which, ar t-a be ...r..t i.i a buom.sg ataxk mirnl a4 b3 ii.fa"t. eltaap rooner. ; rroapee-'a rT let to th Nortb Tail-: C t a ch.f l-ijjatrv I t-n-hr b.jt It re-'s israa'T w!tt ua to -j4 tt fir wtth las loesesx. io.iastrv ! faatiaf iaaitea Ttl I an a' ..,a e.-itl u -a. m Lara, atair .r t to- aM.-, a mare.r U o '.! a'l i . . ...... - . tn ,--7.aiT'e j.ia la th w ef lJr. hr. f-f he haa b waane.J tail t t.r sratarta b pab'Vi'v rr ' "i i . wh .-! !ink"aa a eetatt T" Ta -sric ".'"ajt ha csua to east f at traraf't wilt rma'e, w:th I- loeeT avT'er f war. f r pca all ra'aaa a t t.la ef ioiiCfa'" WS;' W... sat Boat l'.fvt, J U U.J aartton. Hr wtaa r!lrartlor I ha -ornrra frr ba far"'T1 dT!of ira owr barlt rouncrr aa4 thua la 'i:Mir brua t ar.1 In tha t--in4-n . e a pr-arTiT ahl.h "iil out at all Uniprin lnflunra of mar. L . . ! litMTi-a Hi.wta. . ;i l:ri3 !' ttia hr!a rr!4 .1 it.u. ! t.! It i bar l fr Mm to tfclrk fat tha h'la or'4 doaa t"l oa ik. Tut wbatbrr It doca or nut. h 1Mb tha Nation ouht lo lla up to lia llaal. as 1 at a h.h aiampla. al oa l! ar.rola. am rit Tot tt all. or at aat oof rry .".. T?:a lirTan lia of kaapln out of lalaroaUocal tri-ob!a la lo Canjr thai it or to run tmm It. Lot Arnr i. r. a ho M to trairl ca Iiriitah r i -rm a. taoir ata at homa. ha 4r, a4 tfctr U bat ct kl!!rd. It aouO'ta r4ob!t. but la that tha aar t ro huraarltrT Human I-j taa :fara of a!t matiklr. J 4 varr mvx h n tha ruled cf Mr. I:rrt. Tha t'nltad f'alaa la tha araataat au:ral per r far tho crtataat. Tha pjhtlj U of tha nation fc long- truarantaad I ha ll-a of all noo combataRt. and I ha ho la tandtnry of rnndarn varfara baa ban to ton rina hnotUitira to armlaa and ravlaa. aa l i arara all othrra bo atirnd to lhir oa biainaaa. Abv prohibition by tha fr.liad Ftatra rf tha rlshl of It cl'.licna to trTr on tha mj, on traarU of all catlor ntd In p4rff;-T rwrvV-a and In :r:a. la dafnlta abandonmant of Iho principle that cutr: and Boo rombatarta mot ba aaXrara'rdad. It la as arknoolra-TRaet orUrt bat ror.a tha Iraa apactnc that a bvr litirtiil mast bo laft frooto kill or drown anybody who rroaoaa hi path. fhall tha aaa ba abandonad lo tha atrrtri carloa? PhM'.l tha public hlh wa b ttTr-n op to ratlona at war? Ar b!Crnt rlcht auprama and Bamtral nchta not worth aaaartint? la mankind to bo ae-nrao mankind of th prnt and tha fatura by corr.-llr that It has no r:h B7 embtant t hound to r-srt 7 . THB rorOU THIkO . Tha wr'd's 'jp(kly vt man ba baan in tiitiat to moat tha damand for kusbanda th many rturla. Now that tvo numor of man. particularly of ilaairabla men. la bair.g rt-durad br wrttab'.o ml'.lloo. what oo aarth will baoma of aornaa prull" lha do-maatu-atad marrlnc sort of woman? Will abanUua hr drra.TJ of ro m -; cr turn t' pttm. tontont 10 ahr a man with fir or ls othar cxta ralhar than ha no man at all? rW!osielt and obsarrrr baro born pon;nr or thia trao maiitr fr om months, and womvn baaa bn 4 ir j a cnjidrra:l har of tha frrt tlr.J. rpyla!ly atrl women In tha aar ion. Hut a nw o:utun I for, mg br I'ruf'aoor Cmtly tlrraea tialch. of ti.r:i . A.i.irrlra tha Amrt. ran -... Ici-jI t!tv tha clhrr day. ITi (-.. r lia'.ctt pii turrd Ih ucrrrJ imr.aa: of Kvropa" manhnoj ro larnir.a: hom. "not only with Import-so- nhao:aJ by tha (lory of tha bat. tlafi. IJ. but with at-arclty alu. What a ain rrratura b would bo. 11 jw rapproa :hab!a and linpoaalb: aa a buaband. oult It bo a:a to mxrrr aurh a man? Would ho IK. I ba wboilr lrr!p-"aibt In tho l!ht of an uiltriiii l-ia of bi Importsr.'r. aal'i and jrm aa a husband? Co i'ro;.r lukb turn from tha pic ur In apparart dismay. If Dot tlio hai4slr ltaif wirhout any foolish ho. li-rn rcr!lr(; man. romaw. war and th othsr our.-w of a:nf on trth. U i,r'nl wiibil;ti' tna tf bal tirnl mar ran on'y ba rdiird to a h.P:ma n inori'y what rw ara nilM h"t tMa third acti brinf Into th world. No war. no trt?a. Q ilrt In-l-iatrv aa-l unafittiohAl r'trnlmrrl. W'.kol mas maraiy a harmlr-aa In.l 4.nt. pmrat la limited numbers fir bi'lci4 r' a trr luaiku A tl ra.rr. l".jrar- at Iff Its will La maklrg prusj-wa toward adop'ion of tba budg et svatrm in raising rvrnu and mak. ir-4 appropriations. tn ef the most ieciaaa steps which It took In that di--tion was the limp sum appro priation mad In lha lat laa a. ;.r for rtvera and harbors. on- ..... . - .... - -.. - - he p-rred f bi't. provided tr. beta -are-t Box v..i on ii'n on 1 marts, rT l-at au r.aae oroaen up tha re-!btnt!cl. and SOB of thm woul ha got anai.-iirg i na wn- at r-rtel to. ot-rati.n. rutting out few fern and suhart!tt:t!rg om w or.a N Pw item wr inr,j.ja Army e-.inr bad urvyel r ecornmer.ee. i man. pi I'm""" lr prfara rawl Ih rat irerra to r aeea nrr:.a bv substituting a faaera"-' f r as adveras report. THi sjatam br-'ke d wn when aome marplot mmhara begxn making apea he la which thev anaijtcd Ih ''! - . lo detsi; and e-r""1 the r in. - )t:it,. Tu t;0'li!:k r.ir.lu.-l was - n" In la IUW rtP r.tattve Vf.ar of Wia.-c.rsl art 'a: wsa cf K.-l If., re a:o-r.J h th - - . a r 'T'. " a amvrw it . - i-- - . a th Vaata bv r.tir Murton. k.ii-i ant a fw others, who were aub!--t to ao s-sch llmltatlow TST -ontteu'd therr npMort oattl a e k ra after p-'r kaalel for carr and t r4irrr.mli on l-mp arrroriati-r.a a . n- a : St the la.t l sea;.,ra t- Cabarcaa was drttaa st.::-l Its will to daptrt from th po:! ytm two ranturlra after It m abandoned in i:nf:nd. Tr la fond rauae to h"PO that. harSoc mads this brstnnlr.c. Conti.w will gradually ba coaxed or drtvrn Into anral ndopturn of tho new pouc. Tha preaent tima Is propltloua. Ther is I ..a mnn'-y to spend than usual, r.ew taxr r proposed r.d prepareJ new make new demand oo th sum aralUbla. A-n election 1 near and ronrainn will ba rhary about io- Ins; Ix fore th peopla with a pork barral rord. Tb imoney allowed ha bean well per.t. chiefly on con-tlnulr- work that was already under way. and opposition to rlrer and har bor Improvement In trecrral ha been atillrd by the elimination of cndaJ. oua:y bad s.hemca. Cor.fres may rcocnia th wisdom of simply flx lr. tha Bum of money allotted to each bureau and lettlr.K th head of th bureau apportion It. T1IB AwBCK rtmlU r.lrhmor.d Pearson linboon. who I bound lhat th American peopl baU bo confronted by om horrible) ca lamity, has abandoned tha yellow peril In favor of a mora terrtfrie-t dancer which h maintain I hard upon u. v ar alowly but surely lirlnklne ourselTea to death and ur.Ieaa w quit It th country will f- stralaht to per dition. It Is up to tb Nation to be come sober or perish, h tell us. add. Ins; that th aam rule applies to tha who! human mc. Two thousand Americana ar balrc killed every day by th Damon Rum. Mr. Hobson cal culates, and In th llcht of this slauh- ter ha news tha conflict In Europ with equanimity. In far-t. Kuaaia la really to ba con- emulated upon th war. whll Eng land la Infinitely better off. For. while soma million of men have been ktllad. th Inhibition acalnst stronn dnnk which hav resulted from th war must aare mora live In the end than could ba destroyed by any. mere war. . Thu. o Cr It trnd toward prohibition, th war la a boon miller than a rursa to tha family. It mlcht b arrued that Mr. Hob son underestimate the virtue of th American people, at we: a of th whole human family. In assuming that Ih drink habit la destined to throttle th world. It mil fit ba pointed out that people turn on liquor after long experience with the stuff. The older race usually ara moderate drinker, even aa th unttvtltxed drink Immod erately. Th American Indian and John Parleycorn never could get along tosether In pear and safety. But with time and experience even the Indian cam to knnw the dancer that lurked In th bottle. The raca la nothing If not adjustable, to condi tions her on earth. Man make hi adltirtmenta towlv. but surely. If IHnor Interfere with hi bus In ess and with hi happlneaa. h stifle the demon unless ha belong to that small element which come under the clas sification of "unfit." In that event the demon stifles him and the Inci dent rnr. Never befcr was there uch a wtdeapraad recognition of th evil In llifjor. Never war so many pecpl putting It out of their lives forever. Never were so many states and so many government restricting It uae br J-.iJl.lou legislation. The grip of John liarleyrcrn hs been broken. Man I learning that alco hol and Mgh efficiency do not go harj In band: that liquor and happi ness ar deadly enemies rather than fond allies. .Tha temperanc outlook was never brlehter. the rouraa of rum never rougher. w h!rh ii to thow that Mr. llohaon I unduly ex- died over th welfare of the family one more; even aa In the day when b bad n In daily terror of an Ori ental Invasion. A tir-rnttr UMaT AUwtT WON. The story of th allied attack on th Pardanellea Is a story of "almost" and "might have been." That Is the conclusion lo be drawn from General Ji.r In Hamilton's final report. When Ih flrt d-o's bltl at Huvla P In Augnet had left the Turks half defeated end "equally exhausted and d:orranlied" with th British, th lat ter reeded cn mora push to carry them over the summit of the lidg which commands the stralla. When General Ptopford. th rorp com mander, orderel hl dlvialonil com mander lo push on, they 'believed lhem!veo unal t move" and "their objections overbore the corps coin, mand-r's resolution. He ordered them not "to mak frontal attack on en trenched r-ojaitions" and therein. as Hamilton, "lie the root of our fsll ur to mak us of the priceless da liatht hour of Auguat f " lick of water restrained Hxmllton from throwing his reserve Into th battle, for the men at A mac. who fought all day In a biasing aun on bare slopes, were reduced to a pint a daw Fill! Hamilton baileved that. If 0.000 fresh troop wer sent at once, he could clear a passage for th fleet to Con siartir.pp'c. but thry were not sent. Here w ee weakening at th cru cial moment on the part of the division commanders- Then th corps com mander ylel.la to them and "lea their hands further by forbidding frontal attarks wher apparently no other rr.o. of attack was possible. Each .rew ba.-k from giving tha final push wh.rh tnight hav carried them over the g. When Hamilton wouH have taed hi reserve to nerve them for that push, be had n water. When h called for re!nfrrementa at once. lhv were rot nt. Thus w see a n-'g of weak llnka alt along tb chain, extending from th division commanders at the front back to th I'aMret In Tendon. It ts not thus that battle ar won. Once an attack Is begun. It must be p-iahed on with fresh troopa and fresh suppiiea without giving th enemy re spite and with ever pre sent conscious ness on the part of the General that, if h'.a troops are exhausted snd dis organised, so ar the enemy's. The Genera! wio aalri la be who rejects the word lmpoe.lble Purh a Gen eral raver hs occasion to say he -almoet" won. Thos moris were not in Napoleon dtrtloriry. There was r.o rmchlng on the part of the men: It was the Generals and the Minis ters who should have kept them aup p:i4 an reinforced and who should Plv k men cf Iron r.erv and determine, tton and rady raaonrra for command it was they who f.incbed. Tb f-jn.'ainental erTvr of the Dsr dare?e campaign -eme to have been lhat the aMie reaarrled It a a !e uu.u. Athe time when they began ih raaal ettacS ard should hav In February, the - - Hrr-Uh wre maaaing men ani gur for t?i relatively re.-u.'tlee lutlie of N-v -bpi;. Whea Hamilton calld for ".a." more troop, the Prtt. is! were maasirg trocr fr the batt!e cf Ixeaa. Mch fe'l short cf IH aim I -1 tTu-sry f I-ir.!anlle ail the aeak'sl g.."l tn th Turk-Tcutsn Us of defense. Had tb allies placed only enough men on tho western front to hold tba Una and crowded men to tha Straits, they might with eas have won through to Conatantlnople, forced th Turk to sua for peace and deprived Germany of th aid of 1.000.. 000 as fine fighting men as ther are In th world. They mlcht have fright ened Bulgaria Into different behtvlor and won Greece and Roumar.la over to their cause. They might thu have created a diversion which would have rendered tho Teuton drive , through Gallcla and Poland abortive. They neglected to force the weak point and hammered away without result at th strong points In th enemy's Hue. They created an Impression of Impotence on the hesitant leaser states) and threw away their opportunity. Even had they given Hamilton th 10.000 men he asked for In August. ther would have had the- fighting chance he described. Had they won. victory at Constantinople would have offset th German capture of Warsaw and would have had such a deep moral effect In the Balkans that all the sub sequent disasters might have been averted. King Ferdinand might hot hav been able to win over his people with talk of German Invincibility, and Greece, hungry for spoils, might have lived up to her obligation to Serbia. When the British people read of th shameful waste of their beat and bravest men. they are likely to call for somebody's head weak-hearted Generals or Incompetent Ministers or bungling strategists or all three. Pub lication of General Hamilton's report at the time when th conscription controversy Is at fever heat Is not likely to help the government. It put a weapon Into th hands of the Labor and Nationalist parties which may proclaim that men should not be for cibly dragged away to be sacrificed by Incompetents. It will strengthen the bands of those who strive to pull down the men who have a record of such failure and to aat up a Ministry of men selected for thefr ability to or ganize and carry on war. In view of the overwhelming vote of the United States Chamber of Com merce In favor cf peaceably settling International dlxputes and In favor of military pressure to prevent war, it Is Incumbent upon Mr. Bryan snd his brother pacifists to withdraw their charge that the business Interests ef the country favor preparedness through a sordid desire for the profits of war. It Is left for the self-appointed champions of righteousness to lander their fetlow-rlttxens. If Senator Lane's peace commission were to vl?lt Europe. It would meet with as cool a reception aa the Ford partv. though It might be received with official courtesy. With cannon roaring at Intervals around a huge aeml-clrcio from Riga on the north east to Nleuport on the northwest, no man In Europe can be heard to talk peace. When It comes to being- a delegate to th 8t. Iuls convention, your Uncle Milt Miller settlea snugly Into the chair of tha Grand Plzzertnctum of the Don't Worry Club and lets the neophytes rage. A warhorse Is a foxy anlmlle. The Oregon buIMing at the Puna-ma-i'actflc Exposition will aland aa a permanent record of Oregon' great ness when the temporary palacca of other statea have passed away. That la the advant-ice of btilMlng for time. S. 11. Williamson was sacrificed for being false to bureaucratic Ideals. He believed that work In the West should be directed from the West; hla chiefs believed It should be directed from Washing! oik Xhevltn left a large fortune to his family and because he was a man of business he carried a great amount of insurance. The moral Is plain to the man whose Income La In four fig ures. The longer the allies stay In Fa- lonjkl and th more troops they land, the more vehement become King Conslantlne's protestation that he never meant any harm to them. The robber who stole revenue stamp of the value of 11.000.000 In Ft. Paul night before last must think he Is a near-phlUtelist by this time. The value of the steel coach was shown In Oklahoma yesterday when a train at high speed went Into the ditch. There were no casualties. If we "build better aeroplanes than any other nation, we may compensate for our delay In developing that brsnch of our military service. There Is nonsense in asking citizen of foreign birth to repledg allegiance to.th United State. If It means any. thing, once ts enough. Even the New Haven Railroad Is beginning lo make money since It es caped from the high financiers' clutches. The possession of all that easy money will lead to arrest of the bandit who robbed the Sunset mallear. Py sharing It profits with employes, the steel trust passes prosperity around and prevents strikes. How many appreciate the good work of the lettercarrler. making his rounds through snow snd slush? Th acme ef hard luck is to be frosen In the Middle Columbia and only loganjulce aboard. Vesuvius gets Into the war game by throwing Jack Johnsons around Naples. A man need not slide into a soft drink plac throogh a cigar store. - Put out food for the songbirds. Th sparrows will fomge for theirs. The lest stand of the Washington wets ended In a rout. Tha streetcars ar kind to keep the roads open for the Jitneys. How easy It Is to keep on fond res olution trsde January I. Ft. Helens is acquiring fame as a shipbuilding point. The Fotd peace party stayed put last night. The blue law wi'l keep In cold storage. Th Prelder.t's wife was "It" lt r.iiht- MILITARY TRAIMXG I.X FRJSOS Writer Saaraeata That laaaates Be reaverteel late Reserve Force. PORTLAND, Jan. 7. (To the Edi tor.) Apropos of the difficulty which la being experienced In evolving a workable plan of enlarging our Army and diffusing a general knowledge of military tactics. It might be timely to consider the advisability of Introduc ing military training Into our penal In atitutions. Napoleon. In aome of his campaigns. need the prisoners of France to good advantage, and prisoners were used in our Civil War. It is unquestionably true that the discipline and drill of military training would be of great benefit to that portion of our popula tion that so sadly needs to learn self controL and Instead of hanging men. wa might keep them tn readiness to defend the country, should the need arise. Our permanent prison population eas ily averagea 100.000 males. It these men were compelled to take a course of military training-, a complete re cord could be kept of their whereabouts at the expiration of their term, under bur parole law and indeterminate sen tence, and we would soon have a force that could be available at short notice for defense. This force would be most efficient, fur we have many capable and husky men In our prisons. And the 0000 female could be used to rein force our Red Cross force. The Idea has been advanced by prom inent penologists that all our prisons should be under Federal control In or der to obviate many difficulties that arise in securing requisitions and the neceaslty of one state supporting; the delinquents from another state. It would also eliminate wholesale pardon ing which often results, not from sentl ment. but from the need of keeping within the appropriation In the face of a arrowing prison population. If our prisons were made training stationa. supported by tha Government, which now seems to be ready and anx ious to increase our Army at any ex pense. the atate would be relieved of the support of the convict, there would be no sgltation of free labor against the competition of convict labor, and we could all stay at our desks with out the danger of having to spend two months of each year In a training camp while our work suffers, although we would stand ready to answer our coun try a calL Furthermore, the pay which the Gov ernment now advances Its recruits. In sdditlon to their support, could be sent to the.poor and often Innocent victims of our present prison system, the fam ilies of the incarcerated. PERCY V. COTTER. Eye-Wltaesa Reports Deceptive. lONE, Jan. . (To the Editor.) I noticed in an editorial in The Orepro- nlan January 4, under the caption, "Mr. Ford's Discovery," where he returns from his European peace mission a very disgusted man. .The Oregonlan goes on to say: I'erhapa Mr. Ford helleTei. when he con- ce'ved the peace mlaalon and Ita alosan, "Out of tha trenchea by Ch rtatmae." that that was their inclination. If an. be might readily hav learned of bis error without fine to Swfd.n. Not a word haa come out of Germany to Indicate that tiie Ger man cauae. aa the lierman ruler sees it, !a not aupKrted by the pe-ipia. Well, this statement of yours Is rath er astonishing, in view of the fact that we have seen bo often in the press dlspatchea from England shortly after the war broke out, .wherein the English officers claimed that the German sol diers have to be driven at the point of the revolver by their officers in or der to make them fight. Can It possibly be which Is hardly conceivable that those very same truthful English officers told a willful lie In order to deceive their own peo ple, aa they must have known tt is Im possible to deceive any other Intelligent parson A CONSTANT READER. The Oregonlan recently published a very good article from one of Its field correspondents, in which It was pointed out. In effect, that while authentic in cidents of mutinous spirit and coward Ice may have been published, they have no real signiflcsnce. Among five or six million men of sny race or nation ality some cravens or protesters are bound to exist. It would not be sur prising that in every army in Eu rope it has been found necessary oc casionally tn drive forward small squads of men by force or threats. It Is quite conceivable thet the English officers, to whom the correspondent re fers, told the truth, but that they mag nified the Importance of Isolated Inci dents. It has been written, truthfully. no doubt, that the men In the trenches gain their Ideas of the morale, equip ment and treatment of opposing forces by what they see themselves. Yet they are witnesses to but an infinitesimal part of a conflict that extends over hundreds of mile of front. As a mat ter of fact a person In America who reada carefully and Intelligently gets a better perspective of the "war and the spirit of the armies than the ordi nary man at the front- Poetry. The two were out strolllnc; And he, with eyes rolling Over land, over sky. over sea. Said his face all alight "Oh. what verse I could write!" "But you don't know poetry," said she. "See those birds! See those ships! Voyagers all, making trips: Sa:e those clouds chasing clouds, ever free. Feel that breexe! Smell that air! Lota of poetry there " "But you don't know poetry," said she. "Of the sky I could write. Of the sea gleaming bright And of flowers, sweet-smelling, said be. As he sraxed far and wide; But the girl at hla side "You don't know poetry," said she. "I in tired." he said. And the girl he then led To a mosay bank under a tree: As his arm round her slips There's a meeting of lips "Ch. you do know poetry." says she, F. P. WILLIAMS. Vetera Qsallacatloae. MOUNT ANGEL, Or, Jan. . (To the Editor.) fl) Can foreigners vote In America in favor of woman suffrage? (2) Can they do so after taking their first papers? (1) How lone must a forelarner spend In the United States before having the right to vote? LOUIS L. HUILLIER. Voting" qualifications In this partlcu lar are governed by state laws. Most states. Including Oregon. limit voters to those native-born or fully nat uralised. Aliens who have declared in tentlon to become citizens may vote In Alabama. Arkansas. Indiana. Kansas, Mlchlgsn. Missouri. Nebrsska. South Da kota and Virginia, but length of state residence that Is required varies. Only those qualified to vote for officials may vole on woman suffrage. British reasnl la Portland. PLEASANT VALLEY. Or, Jan. 6. (To the Editor.) Kindly give me the address of the British Consul in Port land and oblige. GFORGE JOHNSON. Harry L. Sherwood. British Consul. Ainsworth buildinff, PbrUand, Or. SKILXMAN FAMILY BEATS RECORD Total Age ef Living Brothers and Sis ters. AU Is W eat, la T3 Years, OLYMPIA. Wash., Jan. . (To the Editor.) In Th Oregonlan December 31. 1915, was a challenge by the Meath family of Chicago on its longevity rec ord. The ten sons and daughters of the Meath family bad an age total of a!3 years. There are others, however, and I submit the following: To Francis Martin Sktllman. born 1812, and his wire, Julia A. Skillman. nee Cbappell. born In 1S15, there were born 11 children, of whom 10 are now living. Their names, dates of birth, residence, occupation, etc, are as fol lows: Evander Skillman. born May 12, 1838. merchant, miller and rancher. Big Tim ber. Mont-; Elsie S. Sturtevant, Febru ary S. 1840, Portland. Or., 954 East Twenty-fourth street North; Milton Skillman. March 4. 1842. miller and far mer. Clackamas, Or.: Frank L. SkiH. man, retired druggist, January 25, 1S44, lives on ranch near Oregon City; Phil Skillman. October 17, 1S45. lawyer, now Deputy Clerk of the Superior Court at Olympla. Thurston County, Wash ington: Mrs. Sallie Lont, June 18.' 1847, now resides with her brother, JJilon. near Clackamas; William Skillman, De cember S, 1851. merchant of Los An geles, now residing with his sister, Mrs. Sturtevant, In Portland; Charles N. Skillman. April 14, 1855. in real es tate business at Big Timber, Mont.; James H. Skillman. September 17, 1859, and Mrs. Nellie E. Merrick.. May 13. 162, now residing with their sister, Mrs. Sturtevant, in Portland. Leaving out the odd days, and bring ing the calculation to the beginning of the new year, the total ages ot the 10 reach the sum of 672 years and 0 months. Our parents died years ago. Francis M., the father, In 18SS. and Julia, mother, in 1879. The present family is of the seventh generation, American born, and are descended from Thomas Skillman, who came to America in 1664. , History tells us that the King of England gave to his brother, the Duke of York, the Dutch province of New Amsterdam: the latter provided a small fleet of three ships, loaded them with soldiers, marines and various para phernalia, and although a state of war did not exist between the two nations, the expedition descended upon the un suspecting Dutch and gobbled them up. The province was thereafter known as New York. Thomas . Skillman. above named, was a British soldier, under Governor Nicholls, who commanded the expedition. He was something of a "scrapper." as he took part in the In dian wars that followed: hiH descend ants fought in the Indian wars, the Revolution, the War of 1812. the Mex ican War. and coming down to the Civil War, letime add an additional chal lenge. The elder four brothers above named served in the Civil War. three enlisting In the Third Slinnesota Infantry, and one in Brackett's Battalion. Minnesota. Their total service aggregated 13 years and one month. The first husband of Mrs. Sturtevant, James Wilcox, died In the service Just pr'or to the expiration of his period of enlistment. Tne nua band of Sallie Lont was In the service, survived it. and died some two years ago. Doubtless there are other families which equal this record, and I would like to hear from them. PHIL SKILLMAN. Delegates Most Par Own Way. CORVALLIS. Or.. Jan. 6. (To the Editor.) In your editorial. "New Ab surdity In One Law," you say the benevolent provisions of the original Presidential primary law have heen re pealed. I do not see where this provi sion conflicts with chapter 5, laws 1911. Kindly inform me if the Legislature of 1917 will reimburse the delegates to thai different conventions, or was an appropriation made by the Legislature of 1913 for that purpose? The Oregon Blue Book gives an appropriation of 16947.17 for lslS-.lj VOTER. Portland lawyers who have compared the new law with the old quite gener ally concur In the opinion that the pro- ... . 1 - n,nm,n. eif dnleefltes' eX- penses Is repealed, although the repeal la not In specific terms. Carpenter Describes Ketchikan in Sunday Oregonian Now that the Government has undertaken to build a railroad in Alaska everyone in the Northwest is taking an added interest in that promising territory. As announced several weeks ago, Frank " G. Carpenter, the well-known traveler, author and historian, recent ly visited Alaska and traversed the districts to be served by the new railway. His first descriptive story on this subject appeared in The Sunday Oregonian this week. " The second story will appear tomorrow. It will deal particularly with Ketchikan, the interesting and enterprising city at the south ern end of the Alaskan "panhandle." These stories are highly educational, as well as affording entertaining Sunday reading. Everyone interested in the further development of Alaska will want to read them. They will appear regularly in The Sunday Oregonian. CLIMBING MOUNT HOOD IN WINTER Portland was thrilled a few days ago by the reports that two of her adventurous citizens had succeeded in climbing to the summit of Mount Hood by a new route in the dead of Winter, remaining there over night to witness " the arrival of the new year from the topmost point in the state. Charles E. Warner, one of the intrepid Mazamas, has written a full description of his experiences. His story, together with pic tures, will appear in the big Sunday paper. MASHIE SHOTS FOR WOMEN Mrs. Gourlay Dunn-Webb, the woman golfist, who is writing a series of instructions for women followers of the game, in tomorrow's issue, will explain mashie shots. In this story Mrs. Dunn-Webb will tell her women readers how they can be made with comparative ease. TELLING FORTUNES WITH CARDS While few people take for tune telling with cards very seriously, nearly everyone will admit that this diversion affords a lot of amusement, anyway. In to morrow's Oregonian an expert on the subject will present a formula for telling fortunes by means of an ordinary deck of playing cards. LATEST MOVING PICTURE NEWS Have you noticed that The -Sunday Oregonian is increasing the volume of attention that it gives regularly to the motion-picture industry and motion-picture art? One full page will deal, tomorrow, with the motion-picture world in general. Additional pages will be devoted to the moving picture activities here in Portland. BIRSKY AND ZAPP STILL HERE No one ever thought that Monta gue Glass couid improve upon his original characters of Potash and Perlmutter. But people who have been reading The Sunday Ore gonian for the last few weeks have become convinced that in Birsky and Zapp he has outdone his previous efforts. Look for Birsky and Zapp tomorrow. HERE'S WALLINGFORD FOR YOU Needless to say, The Sunday Oregonian would not be complete these weeks without a Walhng ford story. Well, there will be one tomorrow just as bright and breezy as ever and possibly even more thrilling and interesting. LETTER-WRITING WEEK Oregon is or ought to be a tourists' paradise. Members of the Portland Chamber of Commerce realize this fact and are seeking to impress it upon other residents of the state. But, what is more important, they are asking the other residents to impress it upon people in other parts of the country with a view of making this state the tourists' Mecca. A full page in The Sunday Oregonian tomorrow will tell in picture and in text the plans for letter-writing week. FOR THE CHILDREN Under this head can be enumerated Dona hey's full page of fairy tales in colors, a half-page devoted to stories, jokes, conundrums and pictures and the comic supplement with Polly and her Pa and all the other popular characters in new situations. AND THEN You will be interested in the full section devoted to sports, in the news cf the church world, in the society reports, the accounts of women's activities and the automobile, real estate and dramatic news. In Other Day Halt a Century Ago. From Tha Oreconian of January 8, 16 According to Langley's directory, tho population of San Francisco is 119.000. The letting of the contract for the Improvement of First street was post poned on Friday evening by the Com mon Council. It is the wish that when First street is Improved the improve ment will be permanent, hence the peo ple there are interesting themselves in favor of the Nicholson pavement. One of the buoys placed on the edge of the channel near Swan Island re cently by Mr. Moulton was run upon by the steamer Fannie Troup last Saturday and was the means of smash ing four or five ot the buckets on her wheeL The people of Nebraska are desirous of seeing their territory a state. The main reason is a wish to advance their interests In the matter of the Pacific Railroad. In which Kansas and Colorado are getting ahead of them. New York. The outbreak of war be tween Spain and Chile has filled New York with rumors that Chile, through her agents, was purchasing in this market large quantities of arms and material of war. New York, Nov. 30. William Con way, the brave sailor who refused to haul down the American flag at Pen sacola when ordered to do so by his superior officer on January 12. 18S1. died here today. The funeral on Sat urday will be attended by Admiral Paulding. Captain Pennock and various other eminent naval officers. Twenty-five Years Asa. From The Oreponian of January 8, Washington, Jan, 7. The silver lobby is again in force at Washington and are urging the free coinage of silver with all the vigor they possess. Kate Davis" face is among those who will receive a cheery greeting at the Marquam tonight. She is one of the features of the great Boston Howard Company. Joseph Simon, receiver of the Oregon Improvement -Compafcy. was seen yes terday and questioned regarding the tn " of the rumor sent here by tele graph that The company's Coast busi ness is to be turned over to the New York Trust Company. Mr. Simon said he knew nothina of the matter. The officers of Garfield Post, No. 3, were installed Tuesday night, January 6 by Post Department Commander (i. E. Caukin. The following officers were installed; Commander, H. C. Allen: senior vice-commander. Captain J. A. Sladen; junior vice-commander. James Conner: adjutant. R. M. McMaster; quar- . t it -n-nn'nmM mirffaon. Dr. W. M. Cake; chaplain. Rev. T. E. Clapp;' officer of tne aay, into xjh.ib.ci. un.r. of the guard. S. W. Siglcr; sergeant major Cleveland Rockwell; quartermaster-sergeant, M. C. Thompson. Constable Al Thomas, assisted by sev eral Deputy Sheriffs, last night raided the. Monte Carlo saloon and clubrodm on North Third street, effecting th arrest of 12 or. 14 gamblers. - Reform That la Reform. Baker, Or.. Jan. 7. (To the Editor.) Since there is so much reform tn the air let us reform right. Close the cigar stands on Sunday, close the candy stores on Sunday, close the news stands on Sunday; close picture shows on Sunday; close theaters on Sunday; stop boot blacks on Sunday: stop newspapers on Sunday: stop streetcars on Sunday; stop baseball on Sunday; stop automobillng on Sunday. For goodness" sake, if we are going to reform, let us do it right. If the truth were known I think the newspapers, or at least most of (he yellow Journals, are to blame for this present condition by trying to toady to what they think is a popular wave, whereas the people have had about re form enough for the present. If they want reform so badly why not go the limit and put the "blue laws'" into effect? JOHN J. WILSON. i