THE 'MORNING OREGOXIAN. SATURDAY. JASCABY- 8. 1916.
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fa iti bfra ta Ia(rta:a l'm
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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
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Conl.tn r rainf 'f 'pr
mnt prip"ai at tria mv'lt of
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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
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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.
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,ar r e- i.an e c m a -aria -a i rem'-
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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
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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
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an a'
..,a e.-itl u -a. m Lara, atair
.r t to- aM.-, a mare.r U o '.! a'l i
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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.
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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-
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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.
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