THE MOBSIXG OREGOyiAX, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 4. 1917. -
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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.
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"-' 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.
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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