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THE MOBSIXG OREGOyiAX, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 4. 1917. - tm$ mem ttmi PORTLAND, OREGON'. Entered Portland (Oregon) Postofflce as aecondclass mail matter. Subscription rates Invariably la advance: (By Mall; ra!ly, Sunflay Included, on year $8.00 Laily, Sunday included, tlx montlia 4.a. XJaily. Munday included, three month.. 2.i3 xauy, ounuay Included, una month 73 Daily, without bunday, on year e.OO Xluily. without Sunday, six months 3.25 Kaiiy, without Sunday, three months... 1.75 lJaily, without Sunday, una month 60 vveekly, one year 1.50 Sunday, one year , a. 30 Sunday end weekly 3.50 (By Carrier.) Pally, Sunday Included, one year $0.00 Iaily, Sunday included, one month 75 llaily. without Sunday, one year 7.HO LaHy. without Sunday, three TnoTiHli. . i.UH JJaily. without Sunday, one month.... .64 Mow to Remit Send postofrice money or der, express order or personal check on your local bank. Stamps, coin or currency are at sender's risk. tiive postoffice address in full, including- county and state. fostaa-e Rates 12 to 16 pages. 1 cent; 18 to pages, il cents; 34 to 4 pages, 3 centa: 60 to 00 pages, 4 cents; 62 to 76 pases, a rents; 78 to 82 pages, 0 cents. f oreign postage double rates. Lantern BusineaH Office v.rr.. . -!,- lln,- Brunswick building. New York; Verree -- -uMKiin. oteger building, Chicago; gan jrrnncisco representative. R. J. Bid well, 74: MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The Associated Press is exclusively en i,TU id ine use lor reDUbllcatlnn nf al news credited to it or not otherwise credited ... '" paper ana also the local news pub- 1 1 i n i j . All rights of republication of special dls rra inerein are also reserved. these-are stern times and stern meas- ures are both justified and necessary. Mr. Eaton' defense is not adequate. It contains no repudiation of the Chi cago conference, no apology for asso ciating himself with a discredited group of Socialists; pacifists and pro Germans, no recantation of the pecu liar principles which it is clear he still holds. A mere affirmation of patriotism does not meet the case. It has made no impression on Mr. Eaton's neighbors, who know him, and who correctly appraise his past con duct and present expressions, and who understand fully the real spirit of the cnicago meeting, the guiding motives of the People's Council for Peace and ers in the firing none they are dis- tingulshins themselves. In scores of ways they are giving proof that It is not cowardice that moves them to de cline the soldier's uniform. There Is sympathy for these, however they may seem to be misguided, because they are willing to make a useful sacrifice for humanity But the last-hour objectors are a different lot. Their sincerity 18 open to doubt, for one thing. They profess a great love for their fellowman which restrains them from killing, and they refuse duty which would ameliorate suffering. Probably they have no real declared non-mailable by th espion age act. The provision of the latter law relating to the subject follows: Every letter, writing, circular, postal card, picture, print, engraving, photograph, news- T.P!1'. pamp!?!et- bo2k or ,ner Publication, matter or thing, of any kind, containing any matter advocating or urging treason Insurrection or forcible resist.nte to any law ii JL". li'L6"""' hreby declared to Those two laws artva tha. Wm.itu. General power to prevent absolutely circulation of a newspaper or the sending of a letter which he alone considers treasonable. The New York Evening Post la extremely exercised concern about anybody but them- l erty, con- selves. They want all the advantages w- 1Ltt.henan acc"sed sbuli ifir. I . & ui j peat to ana trial not Democracy. The Kaiser and Wll-1 of living in an orderly condition of iZ 6 right ?f aPPeal to and mS'ra8hink W.C11 of the P8PC, Ucietybut would let thC?r fel?ow- til! h Shuld Council, but not America, nor any cltisen'pay all the price of their ' I Si.,'.1'".??'" bfdr ftn adminls- .,it.. mi , , . ... . ",u, uruer, - ior "lti new law mlirhf Stars and Starmakers. By Leoss Cass Baar. w "-' luiiimuiiiiy, uxe cua-ene. in enntv. Thev a , or,rioii i i : America. Their proceediners make hlrht T .U,K uross injustice -r. . ... I - .. if fiij last tneiha rn K. - , , . ,. I . u ..... ... t.i r ouiilll PORTLAND, TlltRsIlAY. OCT. 4, 1917, THE EATOX DEFENSE. ine defense of Mr. Allan Eaton against a charge of disloyalty is that he loves his country, and that, because lie loves his country and wants it to win the war, and to destroy Prussian militarism, and because also he ' not willing to continue this war one nay longer than is necessary," he at tended as a delegate the People's t-ouncu or 1'eace and Democracy at Chicago. This was the outcast band mat. attempted to assemble in Minne sota, against the protest of the Gover nor, and was sent on its way, and later sougnt to reconvene at Hudson, Wis. and was driven out. But later, under the hospitable roof of Chicago, despite ine objections or a patriotic Governor, the People's Council was able to assemble, having a special dispensa tion -from a pro-German Mayor. Air. i.aton was there. He didn't see anytning wrong about it. He had tolH the people of a New York town who had besought him to go that he was a patriot and he wanted his patriotism understood, and he wouldn't accept their trust on any other terms. Thus e see that air. Eaton had his own ciouDis aDout the nature of his errand and other doubts about the loyalty of reopie s LOuncll. wen he might have. But he went ana iook part in the proceedings, and later commended the organization and its purposes in an appreciative report to an Oregon newspaper. He identi fied himself completely with a society which has for its conspicuous mem bers such off-side patriots and full blown copperheads as Professor Scott Nearing, John D. Works, Morris Hil quitt and many others of that ilk. Among other things the conference demanded repeal of the conscription act and called for a concrete state ment of the Administration's war aims an insolent assumption that America doesn't know why it is in the war, for the President has never told. Yet he has defined America's war aims, with great and powerful par ticularity, many times. Does any loyal citizen need to be reminded that the most effective blow that can now be struck at the Ameri can Nation, engaged at death grips with the most formidable military in me woriu, is abandonment of the draft as a means of raising an Army? The advocate of no-conscription wants no Army. That is the rea son he is against the only equitable and immediate way of securing an Army. If there is to be lo adequate Army, there will be no war, and then of course, there will be peace--a Ger man peace. What then? Mr. Eaton's friends will have achieved the pur poses which led them to get together, in the pretended lawful excuse of their right of peaceful assembly and free speech, but in actual defiance Of the constituted authorities and in actual opposition to the great objects of the v n nea states in the war. Jit. batons letter to a Portland jmier nas mis paragraph: gooa neaaing in Berlin; but not here. protection of society cannot be wlth- ""B"i. 10 jiave ine grace drawn from them, so that they would .Co,6 x.wui university ana I De compelled to shift for themselves. """ i"" -L.egisiai.ure. li ne snail It. will nnt m,n . 11.. . I " . " "v - ""J ' ""C11 .i..,r. aCt,on OI ine university cans what is done with them. They in the matter will have no small in- will not be a great loss to the fighting ... v.cbin, aim iorce, Decause tney are neither n timer- i . iuu, iiie Legislature. AX OPINION OF A NEIGIiBOlt. in Seattle, is in fsvnr nt rMrlnrf imbwa- tti I ffimiA ""i i mr earnest opportunity. "H the Weekly We riofi t believe our c'ontem Shafts of ridicule and Contempt, they porary is rent about thai IV. hi.w ui I m .... - . "-"W uiii is typical ot nis town; that he represents I ..c . cp... v,, men uico. il more iruiy in spirit, purpose and manner man any otner citizen who has ever bean prominent in its public life. We don't be- I THE JiltW PARTY. ... A bailie neeas is to gt rid of i. uur inefl IB mat It needs i-lo,h,..ln. - - k"'h. marka it a a ."....nhn,n.i t-, . i 1 u t. icju Tcawu x CUpie B Here is a contemporary ODlnion Aflnartv. Mumi.iin. . - cj,, .i.i. ; ... I . ' Vi me unit-lien iiii which we ininK Seattle witn rrsx n ver on tu i.ki.h... c ..iKUB acqusmtea. yve oo rercrenaum omitted and with prohibi not agree with it. but it should be tion and a few other new kinks added. or concern m Seattle that there ar It seems to be a- sort of pooling of . cunurs ana i issues anionir advocates of various IS not ft RV'mntr.m nnv a HloAQsa K.. I rY w a. i j .at . va i.-vtxoti i V I l JlK 11 1 1 1 1 Ml f ) I n irroQ r tsra t 10 t niasia.s just merely a habit. Seattle elected time. to launch , r,o him Mayor years ago, but recalled entirelv nn im..iin r. him for good reasons. Then it re- minds are not on internal' questions i-c..lcu Bi eiectea um, tne except as they relate to the wnr old same Gill, and re-elected him. Gill party lines are practically obliterated T rr y oealue naa y general support of the Administra .V.T a .'t,i c . pp - "at 110n s war measures, and the war is the trouble with Seattle is a ftinnant likelv trt rala. Bo .,t. disregard of its own duty to itself in new Issues that wb cannot fnr.... v.. vicviivil J L a LB UUUI.IJ D IT C in S-J n nVtT Tiart Aa m a s- al. A W ji . kind of cjhical and contemptuous ex- when it is Over. Perhaps the National pectation that the worst Is bound to lsts think that such a time Is good to t-,.... ,u o nu uac iu iiy ureven- 1 iratner vntura intn vi- u - " "---"-vra,miaiM;ws.viis uve measures. what -ui ha, 1- v. . , " I -..w " 111.11 tut;; -xi CI1U.1 i electing a wayor who respects his Certainlv for.ie-n trad, od chin.in. a man "might dminlStratlVR nrilir " SO he might, but what have? If the treasonable publication could not be excluded from the mails until a court had decided that it was treasonable, the law's delays might permit him to flood the cmmin- -writ treason before the stream could be are confronted between two risk a Either we must trust a sworn officer appolnted by ous to lh . ciwclcu dj ine fmr. L fiiJ P-e.OP.,e'.,?ot. .to ftb"ee Power and musi nsK nis making an occasional mistake and doing an occasional in justice, or we must take the risk that some enemy of the Nation, of wnom The platform of the National party ,ner are many, will spread treason ous nor brave, but work should be Utonbed OrX-il, , found for them to do the harder the -IK?- worn the better. And after the war f. tar . . . j. . . . nVAK wIva. ...11 - . a a. - Hsinn xifin mati friv. tiuTiiariri i wt"i ""5" uuiiisnuieni Hnouia con- I a i He (Iom -oiii or. -i,n, i-.-t ..J1 resident who has been elected bv th -v v 1 1 t iuiuci iiiuh tn i nn i . . - . - Proctor Otis, the Titian-tressed actress, will not divorce Mister Elita, Proctor Otis, whose name Is William Carpenter Camp. Because sh is so stubborn, Mr. Camp is unable to wed $15,000,000 In Chicago. The owner of the fifteen millions Is a Mrs. Thome, lately widowed, and Whose husband was the principal owner of Montgomery Ward & Co. Mr. Camp is a cigarette agent and a Broadwayite. and his efforts to induce the fair Elita to not be hTs wife any more are taking up a lot of space in New York theatrical papers Just now. Maybe Elita is figur ing on trading him for ome of the fif teen million. It's not a bad idea. Ray Cox was married to Harvey J. Flint In New York last week. They've gone to live at the Biltmore Hotel. Mr. Flint Is identified with the Goldwyn LA rOLLETTE'S SCALP DEMAXDED Copperkeael 9eaiatr Increases Difficulty of Taak of Winning; Our War, PORTLAND, Oct. J. (To the Editor.) The demand for the expulsion of La Follette from the United States Senate now coming from various parts of the country enouia Be multiplied 10.000 ten-thousand-foM and that bodv of law makers should not adjourn this session until the Wisconsin lieutenant of the Kaiser Is returned to private life. And there should be no hesitation about it whatever. It Is not mmaiin At-bated in that Body longer than to get unore its memners. If an ordinary disgruntled German sympathiser in Portland or any other city In the United States nhmild under take to express such sentiments in public or. indeed, elsewhere, as La Fol lette gave utterance to in Minnesota, he would not get beyond the first sentence. Ihen why La Follette? Out with him: nverytning ne said would meet with the enthusiastic annrnhiiinn or ihi Kaiser- and nothincr mora nun h in quired Into. As Mr. Gerard an antlv said. In substance, every citisen of the Lnitcd States who is not nnw nnr. Studios. Thl, l. xt... - I ,:.7'" . .. l""",cnl lavor or . . - . "- inK BU me resources of this coun e. xiic xiibc uian i iaKe. In Other Days. i-j 10 me prosecution of the war until the Kaiser and Kalserism are sup pressed as a. standing menace to cl-il-Izatlon is a traitor and should be so regarded and treated. A direct result of such speeches a that of La Follette will Increase our will be to the front. New ideas mav spring rrom unit operation of rail roads, from Federal price regulation and from Federal food control, but we cannot foresee how these schemes will work out. The Nationalists may nope to twist new developments to favor their scheme of wholesale na tionalization. oath to enforce the law at all times It pays. MEAT PRICES. Oregon is a meat-producing as well as a meat-eating state, and while the consumers largely . outnumber the growers, it Is only fair that the grow ers should have a square deal as well as the consumers Wo know that the market prices of meats of all kinds are now vervhie-h Prime cuts of beef on the Portland market are today well up to 30 cents a pound: the best cuts of mutton and lamb, pork and veal are close to the same mark, b . not quite, excerit in ine case ot lamb There is, of course, a vast difrrnco between the price at which meats are old to the consumer and the nrica paia to tne producer for the animals 2i' tAs. "U.mbr of eattle sums as smaI1 as 50. a sum which with a British r, in mo B Let LB IS with impunity through the agency of in government until a court decides that it is treason. The lesser vii i 10 irust the Postmaster-General vvnen ine Nation is at war h cnoice must be made betweon man such difficult alternatives, and it must be made quickly, lest irretrie-able narm be done. President Wilson in a letter to Max Eastman has said in reference to such cases that "the line is exceedingly hard to draw, and I cannot say that I have any confidence that I know how to draw it." But he ana nis chosen advisers are the men to decide; he was elected for that pur pose, and if he decides according to ins oesi judgment, the neonlo n-m hold him blameless for art occasional nonest error. The American people should u.en one fact clearly before their minds in forminpf their opinions on such tmih. lems. There are many enemies among lis, and our National safety requires Limt. iney De made harmless. The alternative before us, which outweighs an oiners, is: shall we voluntarily consent to the temporary suspension or restriction of some of our liberties by our own elected Officers for the duration or the war, or shall we risk the loss of all our liberties for all time to the Kaiser and his apostles of f rightfulness? What sort of democracy does "Mrs Havemyer expect from the Prussians if they win? Theii- Idea of the func- KVERY MAX A BOKOHOLDEA. Not many years ago it was the cus torn to refer contemptuously to every I t,on of woman is to bear, children. uuiiuiiuiaer as "moated. but the ad- cobi ana go -to church, where thtr jcwinu is now in oisiavor. ror all the I "ear sermons on the German god people are becoming bondholders. It Votes for women in Germanv or in is a new experience for the average any Germanized country? It is to wage-earner to own Government se- laugn. curlties, but he is learning quickly under the combined influence of pa-1 American medical officer killed at triotism and thrift. the front, American aviator- T lk.ll, 1 .1 - - , . . - J , . . . . " --""ft -au ue Dougni ior " American warship in collision 119 as ouiiLii as 1311. a sum wriicn i wun a Hriti.art aiiin ait tn - ar - v- a ax a, a a t a a sn. rr Srt v a 1 1 ri-n T n r c A s-a n I a l mm-vkj w roil iia rvn- mm. ajs. ii i Kl",,1Vk,,,numb8r of re" hv not accumulated that sum can war. The whole country wfl soon be of sheep, and well up to the number Invest, for banks and employers sell wide awake. counlry wul soon be " " v, iniacio, cLiiu as ine monpv i nonna on mnniiiiir inP.i ... In.,nl,l.j U.. .... .xx. . . ..ottlimcillS, WlllCn '""l,:,u " cuiiie growers is said can be taken out of the weekly pay Joe Luckett, one of the best-known newspaper men of Washington, D. C and ror 17 years manager of the Co lumbia Theater In that city. Is in Port- ui xianrieiia trosman, I difTirtiltlca . v. . i v.... who Is coming to the Hellig soon in war ,Je "? PJoi th "Erstwhile Susan." Twenty years ago many thousands of our boys at the w. uutacu gave XMsrgaret Mayo a oooay aoubts it then why isce in nis stoctc company, when she i V -n . - , . .1 Xlie L,nite(l Ntataa aiii.M - " wcR.mier in me arame. aiarararet I u. i - . nUL l.-uh- Mayo is an Or.gon srlrl and tha bast- l,"r-a.m"m'ht th conclusion of , , .7 v i" IT i iioL tio not known woman playwright of today. Speaking of Henrietta Crosmah air. Luckett informs me that she is - .... j a, i.cDicui wvinan, ner KirinoOdld r . , . ' . t in- x. . xtMcr, i r "l "ucn ' '"an the ambl- mc-iuae inn dethronpmont t t k- t T ii. n,H" ot ,ne ntlre Hohen sollrn dynasty and the chief instigator or the world-wide holocaust should be S V S. ;"ena to Pass the remain an Army officer. At various times he was stationed In forts In Dakota. Mon lana, Oregon and Texas. She has In herited much of her father's military spirit and watches every move on the map that Is made by the different armies in the great Kuropean struggle. one is a great believer in the Amerl can soldier and knows tlous schemer who dimu - w. i ,1 last years there 100 years afco. Those of our boys who lotie their lives In this wr "will i.. vain" If anything less than this is ex acted in the treaty of par. T. T. GEEft . iini.8 .WANT WArt WOItK TO DO his merits as a I fighting man. Miss Crosman Is a I Xo-Active- Member Protest Attains member of many patriotic organization ana an active member Of the Stage nelnsr Drsssrt From Itolla. rortTLAN-D, Oct. 3. (To the Editor.) Woman's War Relief Association, and, TLW? r"ui in The Oregonian abotit notwithstanding the fact that she Is a . no-a.vnVn,.,"""0,"" t' "''' Z "TV Um t0 m"k Nit.on.iVrd arehetGlrbSe iiiiiigB mat go to soften soldiering. dropped from the rolls r.a t. . " TO " of the so-called non-active ""sjcio is a iirm Deiicver in the member. Rut ha i ,... , x iiiuusni. one demonstrated it iiac.via.!tcr and others that non ai-iiviiy might be a forced one? v hen I and several of my friend joinea ine t.iris' Honor Guard las .-prm:. we aid so with the full Inten ui aoing our utmost in being of servic ine nttie time we had to spare from ur worn. v e are an working ir worKing in offices 6r atorea rom in ine morning to S and 6 o'clock I the evening. Still we thought there comeinintf that we could d and were a be given sue Hair a Century Ago. From The Oregonian of October 4. 1S67. Jesse D. Bright, distinguished ex Senator from Indiana, and notorious rebel, was elected recentlv to tho sum Legislature of Kentucky. Levi Ankeny. of Lewlston. Idaho, and Slary Jane Nesmith. eldest daughter of Hon. J. W. Nesmith. were married at the home of the bride's father in Folic County, October 2. Boston Charles Dickens has cable. that he will come to this country and give a series of readings about De cember 1. J. H. Mitchell will deliver a temper ance lecture this evening at Milwaukie. C. H. Meusseorffer and Mary Ann Clinton were married at the home of the bride in East Portland. October 2. Twenty-five Years Ago. From Th Oreeonian of October 4. 1S!2. - i.:P. om "hington say that political affairs In Hawaii ere grow ing from bad to worse and that a revo lution seems lmminr-nt. The Democratsof the First Ward field a meeting at their hall. Seven teenth and Savler streets, last night. peeches were marie by W. W. Thaver. Zera Snow. F. A". Holman. John Barrett. K. Kllfether. Cecil lloicomb and K. c. Uiissell. Mr. Snow leaves tonight for san Francisco to attend to some busi ness with the Court of Appeals. CoT!!fiitr.,.ck of1th" Barnes Heights & trnell Mountain electric railway wast "aid out as rar as Muhrkoops place, near the summit yesterday. Miss Stella Ames, dean "of the School of Literature and Expression, will re ceive those Interested Hr i . . V.- Hnn ' Bncl I M.. Wednesday and Thursday. Tuesday. ?" 1, ,h? 'lnct novelties of tha th appearance Monday u ,t,,t.hc Mr'"'m Grand of Lil .an Russell's opera Comiqtie Company in La Ciaral." Mi r . l,M.Mir..i ... very Hncj lnis ,s salj foremost .uccss. SI ILK to be her PHODICTIOX Is costtv riea M, tor Consideration of Dlffi, ealflea That Beset Dalnmss. PORTLAND. Oct. 3.(To the Editor. I hat been interested in reading tPr r,,"dineT J. H.'a letter t can no longer hold my peace. Yes I gtie.os some trandnarani. a, a t..- net luinpieie surprise and the nn. bounded amusement ot the audience at tne Baker Theater night before last. The role or Hit-the-Trall Holliday. you know. Is a sort Of Billy Sunday whirl wind type and. along with a lot Of us. Lora Rogers had noticed It. Walter Gilbert, when rehearsing the com nan v had called attention to the similarity Llht h or types and said that he felt in his after working hours nones mat someone would get out ofleaa:el- and willing to his lines during the week and refer to work Billy Holliday as Billy Sundaj'. Miss I. for one. took the first-aid Rogers was sure of herself. ricii ciliary 11 1 m n a pah, Aa . a , I . n - - - " IIU t: .X i 1 1 1 c r i i ti.ntmH n i. . v. . i . the nlha,. a . i . "" ,,wvc "i-ner two or mre luiaci inemseives. I courses so as to rat m mi.inB. uul aiui sue. ine point oi all thia i nurses aid. to be in excess of the investments in sneep and hogs, our cattle growers, Waste is the National vice of Amerl. logetner with others, should receive 1 cans and tt i .. i-.i i . 1 a fair deal j 1 "auul,al naoii to i a un man in consequence of Going back thran v. 6, a , .jT.., . ? . ? . unlY ?r lte done in 1864. although h find that the ruHnV nrine." i : ""e' " -a- uermanyand Cannot speak r ycunico hi v: II a 11 E c I - - " The most cruel trick of fate in tha inability of a Dane to become a American citizen because he is legally the wron e detests German at the home of the grower were at that at stores. We h time about as follows: row. it n-".. -" 'ne one survival or chivalry in th cents a Pound steers. 7 to 7 .4 71 , . 1" "l loo.a- '"to war is among the airmen. There x. . ... . . : - i ' ireauutiiuii ui ouiiaings oy nre seems to he Rnmethina- f.ri,.n.,. iuullu . a cenra nofva K partio i t . - , . .1 n . wv...v.i.i j . -n-'. v- " 1 luiuuku carelessness, into pTtrovsrant tiii, xniu s , . . ... . . .. .: e--v 1 ri"' 1 1- m me) nigner air wnicn among men who grovel cents, hogs 6 cents. ' was bv savine- the n.t,ni'. t,.. T Ittte t S 1 a I " " ' - ui x.x xoxo .uma urougni o cenis. steers econnmw in cmoli t,inn n,. . i - ' I J . . ..Miit.i iiiai lilt; Ull- . "uo, luuiiun xa cents, ana nogs cents. steers' ar5ounrfirre Ut 6 attems to T, well a, th"Vh" is Impossible" clnt if ' r4 Cent' mutton 10 are better off than ourselves. Yet it in the mud. Prices now are about as follows: Cows. 6 cents; steers, 7'i to 8 cents; vnutton, 16 cents; hogs, 16 cents. That i Q a YSI-1 Xkvna.en . 1 C ,11 torTaTfT PePlf Were ab'! Iacke,i that he ls a Presbyterian and to pay Off the German indemnity and cannot fight. Men of that faith have won big battles and women helped. Resolutions were passed by the Counrll to crept the President's reply to the ?ope 2 l?r..r,J"t P.,ear definite statement of the war attitude of this mnnirn n.i . .... ,V' . . . . flen nHa,ir d and "h.tVedn no .lemand a larger measure of democracy foi liermai.i- ii,.".,,: i democracy lor . " airun iu ourselves. The Associated Press report gives xne snowing as tne resolution adopted uj iactnsis: Reaolved. By this convention, thst we ae " '"e t-resident a statement of the War ,, ,'",.,?' '.hS far " refer. , - 'l ! ii'iiura. no exclusive economic lr-aarues and no dismemberment of emplres that we urae the allied powers to make if ,lnJ,r ,BT a,nU """''"ble statements of their alms, in order to deprive the Uer- t .1, cniei. strength: that It .- .... i Ine ,erman people th ... ........n, , innr only defense asalnat uipnicrnoerment and economic destruction and that we urge the President not to de mand of the German people a measure of democracy so far in excess of the measure or democracy allowed to the American peo ple as to raise in the minds of the Germans ...... ,, .iur insistence on the demuc ratizatlon is not made In good faith. It will be observed that there Was oniy a qualified acceptance of the President's note to the Pope as a Etatement of the principles for which America fights. The only features which the council approved Were those things for which the President says America does ot fight. The council could find nothing to commend in the jiign proclamation of America's pur pose to go to war for democracy and humanity, that the republic might live. Not a word against Prussian Kultur: or barbarity, or ruthlessness. or Violation of the rights of all na tions, big and little. Not a Word of the wrohgs which the world has suf fered frOm German aggression and frightfulness. Not a word. We find a curious echo of one phrase of the Chicago declaration in the Katon report "that we do not demand a larger measure of democ racy for Germany than we allow to ourselves." Here, is a clear implica tion that we have no large measure of democracy. There are other voices in our mld?t which think this is a time to deplore and oppose assumption by the National Administration of vast powers, and to encourage citi zens to assert their right to agitate and act freely. In olher words, no one snouid yield anything that he thinks belongs to him of right in the greater interest of state and Nation. Thu6 we see some individuals mount ing their soap-boxes and challenging the authority of city, state of Nation to limit their right to say what they please. They appear to be willing to go to Jail in vindication of their "prin. ciples." They Should be Indulged, for They are unduly excited who tall or standing La Follette ud against a wan. internment in civil life would be punishment enough for a starter. ine world seems determined tn heap the laurels on Germany, if there the Teutonic more enemies more honor" theory, to emancipate their soil from German occupation in 1873. We nnw hava tVia i tV, .ii... By comparison of the Orlcea for , 1, . " I ' O ...... it ic lUUllW UI. lltL- three years it will be seen that the I triotism Tht j n.i sheen lrrn, l. - ".-j ..i tins war, . . txpurunnnaieiy ii is necessary that we economize In l.Ui,. l.,b ynvej 01 ui., ana tne hog all that we Consume. In order that We producer is getting fully three times mav sunfilv th newi .. .m.. as much, while the beef grower must who are valiantly fighting our battle's c i.,n..cu mm an advance or about as Well as their own. Economy In cent a pounT "" "P " & IVZ7J? '"l? X foundation foV Food ConTroller Hoover has said I bettor- i nn1,ia . .i. . . , . , i v " tiiauc ui mat that meat prices have got to come money than to buy liberty bond Thev Does he mean by that that, alhatf mn itra. tn--. Jn..n .- horizontal reduction Is to be made? and they can alwavs be turned Into ir so, it means ruin to the cattle grow- money In case of need, at their face mean mat the price of value. A $100 liberty bond of the first beef steers and fat cows on the hoof issue, narimr aiz. must come down? If so. It means dis- worth $100.24. and the new bonds i l..uus,.,Us i our citizens. will pay 4 per cent, beine- therefore vauveriiineni ana otner exoerts de. I worth mnt-o Tk . clare that under the conditions of money in the bank. Xr ?.d PTlce" of foodstuffs and all Purchase of liberty bonds will not ' , ..iFiing mio production make money scarce, for the sums paid or beef four or five year aao. It an. I foe them wut e.t i-a. ;..... tually cost 65 to get a 1206-pound but will be put right back Into clrcu steer ready for market. Since then lation to pay for war supplies bought .mi nii iiiosi or ine l Dy tne Government or to pay the sol- other expenses confronting the cattle diers. who will .nenri it i ," . i..i.i... i..b uuuoiea, ana yet such a of the camps or send it to their fam. SI P PT tnnia v mnitlt Vi fc.. ! - . ... ----- -'..""'" """s grower ntes, n win oe distributed among oniy irom 14 to 90. shipbuilders, mantifactnrera e th-i. If Mr. Hoover means that meat employes, who will ho ahix ta . Tifl rlal a r-xTa 4a Vaeo A,. .. n II is . . . . a I . . a. - . . " mat is a aside some or it to buv more bonds, rar different proposition, for under EVirf buref Af it lihMv ins a 11 - fan . i n -a A 1, lnl . . I . ' , i mat ama ine came not only his country but himself in 6'""I' ""'u leel 8UI lnal a eilght more ways than one. He obtains a netAll fish dealers will have grievance when the city goes into the business, and one easy way out Is to promise to be good and keep faith.' It has been & long and toilsome climb Into the upper three of the league, but the Beavers have got mere at last, if only for a day. rr. t - , . x no xi o use put a dimmer on Heflirt yesterday When he would have revived the scandal of the German financial camouflage. Once British planes begin bombing Germany, another peace proposal will issue. The British have a wav of doing effective Work. The Beavers went into the first di vision yesterday, and it's worth while to go today to see them Stay in. .jLUAnX Will I 11 .x.. .. . " " " J " """I" t ."weu to mem. mis I good investment to lay aside for his irci xiiiry niuai. nava ir tne i i nM n to continue in the business. If some of .those big Germans aren't He provides money to be careful. Roosevelt will be calling pain to nimseir again in purchases by someDajoy a nar and proving It tne Government or In wages paid for CONSciEifTiotS orwrcTons. work done on contracts for the Gov- The Kaiser may be about to make So-called conscientious objectors ere ernment- He also Insures continued th blltef discovery that the Peruvian beginning to ta the patience of the patriotic citizen. They are carrvintr the thing to extremes that suggest fanaticism, as well as desire to Save their skins. , They will not even con sent to engage In works of mercy, such as aiding the woundarl. oe r.f charity, such as helping to rebuild the nomes or tne stricken people of the war rone. One of the latest Of these is a Washington tnan Who says that he will not even obey an order to peel potatoes, because by so doing he would De netping to win tne war. There is plenty or work that a. sin. cere objector to war can do. The Quakers are well-known lovers of peace, although they have produced some famous fighting men. who real ized that resistance to tyranny is the surest way to advance the permanent Interests of true pacifism, id Kntland and in the United States they have taxen an enlightened stand. They are proving that while they possess the courage of their convictions, they are not craven. Those who adhere to thelf determination not ta engage in the war Itself are Accepting many calls to duty hardly less hazardous than that of the men on the firm line. Mine sweeping, for example, is a war work, hut it saves lfvs. A str? trlfr-'ti- r enjoyment of the blessings of Amerl- bite is as bad ft hi bark. can liberty. Any man who doubts whether these are worth fighting fori A woman is in place running an should read What Mr. Gerard said of elevator. A good Woman's influence ine way worKmen are compelled to is always elevating. live in Germany, CHOOSE THE LESSER EVIT.. By passing the trading with the enemy law Congress has given to the Postmaster-General authority for the duration ef the war not Only to e- ciuoe rrom the mails communications of any kind which he holds to be seditious, but to prevent their distri bution by any other means, that Is the effect of the provisions of the law, taken in connection with the espionage act. This drastic regulation develoned from Senate amendment providing anybody. mat publishers of German language newspapers should file with the local postmaster translations of certain ar ticles before their papers should, be admitted to the malls. This provision was extended to an foreign language newspapers. Then it was made un lawful for "any person, firm, corpora tion or association to transport, carry or otherwise publish or distribute the earne." Finally, this latter provision v. Jr et-t?n?Trr! to nppijr to any matter The first of the last of the drafted men are due, and the welcome ls as warm as ever. Liberty ought to be worth the price of a bond, even to the most confirmed Stay-at-home. The wheat bread was not missed yesterday, for there wis something just as good. The head of the American Army abroad must not take second place to Congress will adjourn this week. There'! the world series, you know. I ! ; i i i w Red Cross pledges are in account with humanity and must be kept.. Hearts of fir may win this war as hearts of oak won those of old. It is fine weather we ar having for the potato harvest, Aside from that I bav several times offered free stenographl services after working hours and Sat urday arternoons. My service hav evidently not been needed, as I hav never been called upon to alve ther in any form. Neither have I bean o that no one else forgot himself but Miss Lora Rogers, who leaped to her reet In one big' speech t'other night and yelled: "All you need Is an Ameri can nag. Billy Sunday!" and the rest or her lines were drowned in a gale of notified or asked to helo with anv laughter. and applause that swent the ,ne outside work the Girls' National house and stonnad tha ho, . un- Honor Guard has done. The only way Mis. R,. i. .t-r- ? har known of It has been when I - ...-c.wiB itjicaung nas been mentioned in the papers the ..... ....cane ai an wie remaining per-1 next day. formances. I do not want to criticise, but .t " I seems to ine thst there Is only roO vnen j!,veiyn Nesblt reopens In I for a few society girls who club to vaudeville next week, she will appear Kether and leave the working girls witn Bobby O'Neill as her stage cart- out- JI 11 ls lo a society club. er most certainly do not wish to Inter Tnelr CWtrrA -an .. x-.-v....- , . ,CI c "ui 1 iiiinn ii was meant, in ins Jack Clifford, Miss lsesblt'8 husband beerlnnintr. for evrv rirl th. r.i,v partner, win not appear with an honest desire to be of service and with her again upon the stage, at least according to the present arrangement, although the separation is said to affect only their professional engage ments. t-iiiiord may enter vaudeville with ELBA CARLSON. SOLDIERS NKKDIMi DISHTOWELS Pressing Need In t amp and Field Dt erlbed by Srrateant at American Lake, . ". ...... UAMf LEWIK, American Lake, Wh., an act or his own. One report says he Oct. 2. (To the Kditor.) Am writing will solely manage his wife hereafter, to you in the effort to get in touch Another ls that Miss Nesbit Suggested with such persons as would be inter the stage cartnerahin he rii.aoi.an csted in doing something for the boys The Neflhlf -O'Va.11 . n . . I lmib in tutiiiieiii in a way inai would . iKaKCIIICIU nexLl .. ..i. . . i. J. v.. -ii . . . . . I , . V 11 niiu uv OJ'M CLIICU Vy M 1 1 U L . . ,,, x,ew jersey, as I them. a preliminary workout for the new for- Most people would never classify matlon. I "dishtowels" in the list of a company's Clifford has been" litlaa Neahlf. --. necessities, but nevertheless they are ?"lZi..u ytV- UtBt Wtin her ticle -ut9ide of the regular Afm3 ... x ,.., ni.cn iic nas engaged to equipment. In fact, they are a thing uance wun ner. miss Nesbit at that that is used by each and every man in lime Knew nothing whatever aho.. tne camp. dancing and Clifford taught her all she uses In lief act how. Two years ago. after Harry Thaw secured his divorce from her. Miss NeSblt and Jack Clif ford Were married. Gertrude Hoffman, with her vaude ville act of last season, has been con tracted to play the ehtire OrpDeum Now, these are not issued to the Com panies by the Government, strange a it may appear at first thought. But there ls a reason for this. In the reg ular barracks the dishes are washed by helpers in the kitchen, so dishtow els are of no consequence to the men. However, in tne field Of camp of this kind each man takes care of his own mess kit. So the dishtowel now plays an important role in tact. Is prac- . . . ""'lman win open Oc- tically a necessity. looer jj in inicago. But the securing of them is entirelv tlti a-a ata SMAal Miielaa. a V. 1 a ' a . . . . v ;. .a.-' u a i ii h i ue; met 1 T W a caoie nas Deen received at Provi- months we have been aunnlied hv the ucua.d announcing ine arrival In Krancel,tea cross , societies of Seattle and Ta of Russell O. Colt, husband Of Ethel Barrymore. He went to France as a member of the American Field Service operating as a Supplement to the American Ambulance Service. Mr. Colt waa commissioned a Lieutenant. He served at the Plattsburg camp In 1911 and at the training ramp at Madison Barracks. Sackett Harbor, New York this year. a Answer to B. M. Wlllard Mack's first wife was Maude Leone. His sec ond was Marjorie flambeau. He mar ried In Washington. D. C. last week, Pauline Frederick. His newest nlav la Tiger Rose," In which Leonore L'lrich s featured. Emilio de Gogorza. husband of Emma Earn, is In A critical condition in a hospital in Boston. He was struck by an automobile just as he was leaving the Tark Theater. Madame Earnes was not witn him. but his sec retary, a Alias Wlnslow, who accom panied him, was seriously injured. m m m Natalie Alt, who, in announcing her forthcoming wedding, kept quite silent regarding the gentleman's name for several months, has at last let the pal pitating public know that It is Morris ttosenthal, a New York business man. Miss Alt's name, you know. Is Altman, nd she dropped the last syllable when coma and by various individuals throughout the states of Washington and Oregon, who have more than done their part in this work. However. since the new Army has come in, it is Impossible for them to meet the enormous demand, and our supply la now completely exhausted. We will also require large quantities regularly in order to keen un the stock. Address any shipments to Sergeant iiaroid ri. Murray, Miscellaneous Ie- tachment, Q. M. C, Camp Lewis, Ameri can Lake, Wash. HAROLD H. MURRAY. rnActareil KMrdraaraa Disqualifies. CHEHAt-IS. Wash., Oct. 2. (To the Editor.) Please advise if a punctured eardrum, caused by scarlet fever and which is very sensitive to cold weather, would be courted aa a physical defect in. the Army or Navy examination. C. A. It. A punctured eardrum would ordi narily disqualify you. Perforation Of the typmpanun Is listed In instructions to examining physicians as a cause for rejection. nrrrtjltlnr for Washington Claaraf, KALAMA, Wash., Oct I. (To the Ed itor.) (1) Is the Washington National Guard recruited up to War strength? (2) If not, where Is the nearest recruit ing office? READER. (1) Tha Washington National Guard can still take soma good men. Tha TTnited Ktatea Afrnv re,-r-iittlr.tr ,l,l.. she became a paima donna. She Is to Worcester building, Third and Oak pretty long (mine did not), but most S;Aa,.f.m Pr,oducel their own dairy ;A k. 7"S) was carefully tended oe e 8"Jlpap h'mseir, or else bv ow- .l- h b.y- ln "ding to one'" e!""KS e"sy to b Particular and clean. But did you ever notice waT k P"V hired handa were watched to see that only the best of everything was packed when a load. Was to be taken to town? The dairyman must have hired help and help 9 high and hard to get. Hired help has to b watched, oh. so carelully. Many can milk, but few right and clean. Now. you who think that milk is ton high. Should take a few hours off and visit your dairyman. If he la clean and honest he will give you a heartv welcome and show you a few thingj about modern dairying that vour grandparents never knew. Then when you get home take a few minutes off and think. Just reason thus: "My poor dairyman does all that I saw him do twice a day, seven days each week. 3a days- each year." Then when you are sway on your vacation or off for a holiday or enjoying your Sundav, stop and think what your dairyman is doing. Then when Christmas comes ' and all about you is gay and merrv, think of your dairyman going through the same routine twice a dav. As an ex-dairyman's wif t iiaak all the costs and worries of the dairy man. While some grandparents lived long, our babies did not. And the greatest help to raising a healthy child is good clean milk. 1 have kept milk that waa hrniiarht bftck On the wagon (not having been sold) five days on my pantry fhelf without souring. This was In warm weather and I had no ice. R nt T never left the cap orf the bottle longer than it took to pour out what I needed. Milk has soured over tilth t for ma when I poured it ottt in a pitcher. Go to the health office and let them show you how bacteria grow In milk and how easily milk is contaminated. If you want your baby to live to be a grandparent see to It that your milk is pure ana clean. As a food and In proportion to the cost of production, milk IS the Cheapest thing you buy. ONE WHO KNOWS. LABOR COMUCniPTlOX RIUHT, BUT a .Me Should Xot Be Compelled to Work for Private Interests. VANCOUVER. Wash.. Oct. 1. (To tha Editor.) I have read IX. S. C.'s letter regarding the shipyard strike. Vt ith him. I advocate conscription of all labor necessary to our success in the present war. Unlike him. 1 have never had any connection with labor unions. The best days of my life hnvn been spent in regular Army service. therefore I can only eense the present strike difficulty from a soldier's viewpoint. We today hava unquestionable proof that conscription for the ranks of tin Army la Intensely popular with all true, loyal and red-blooded Americans. So Also would be conscription of labor n any way necessary to the pursuance of this waf. Rut it Is absurd to imagine that tho people of the United States tour Gov ernment) wtiuld think of conscripting citizens and forcing them to work, even n part, in the Interest of private cor porations, where working condition would be directed by private citizens and that in their own interest. My thought is that the only solution of the present deplorable condition is o conscript all labor requisite to ship onetructlon and fori-e them to build hips. Hut compel them only to work n yards and plants which are owned nd operated from stem to stern direct y and solely by the Government of hese United states. Had our Government undertaken to conscript men for an Srmy to fight in he interests, or partly in the interest. f any private Individuals, companies. corporations or trusts. It would have had one hard time doing it. OLD SOLDIER. pen soon in a new production entitled The Girl in Stateroom B." Richard Carle is playing In San Francisco at the Alcazar in his fourth nd final week of Cohan's Revue. Next week Stella Mayhew, In "Little Miss Fix-It," begins a four weeks engage ment at the Alcazar. a Dorothy Donnelly has written a rami, "Si Months' Option." and will produce It herself, but will not appear in the cast. I streets, rortland, is tne enlistment point nearest Kaiama. It will accept enlistments for the Washington infan try or field artillery. Assay Office la Pertlaad. HEPPNER, Or.. OCt. 2. (TO the Edi tor.) Kindly Inform me whether there are any places In Portland where as saying ls done. Gilbert-Hall Company, Couch build ing: Montana Assay Office, 142 Vi Sec ond street. For Soldlera Only. St. Ixuis Globe Republic. At a church adjacent to a big mill Sry camp a service was recently hcltl or soldiers only. "Let all you brave fellows who hars troubles stand up," shouted tha preacher. Instantly every man rose except one. "Ah!" exclaimed the preacher, peer ing at this lone individual. "Vou are) one tn a thousand." -It ain't that." piped back the only man who had remained sealed, as tha rest of his comrades gazed suspiciously St him. '.Homebody's put some cob bler's wax on the seat and I'm stuck."' Nearly One Post. Sacred Heart Review, nan That's a massive Statue, The hand is just Old porter! Porter Yes. sir 11 inches across. Old man is that so? I wonder why they didn't make it 12? Porter Och! Sure, then it would hnve been a foot. 1
