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THE MOItXIXG OREGOXIAN, THURSDAY, JANUARY 24, 1918. rOKTLAD. OKEGO.t. Zntered at Portland (Orrron) Port or flee aa aeooad-claaa mail matter. ubecrlpUon rat Invariably is advance. (By Mail.) Dally. Bandar meiarted. ana rar 7'S? Daily. Saaday Included. el montha..... J- Uel.y. buadar lnc:u.lJ. three monlna... a." Iialiy, Sunday Included, on roontn..... ' Ually. wttnout bunder, ona year. ....... Ially. without Sunday, eia montha...... -? lelir. without rlunday. thraa montna, laity. without bunday. ona monlA.... 'eealy. ona year. . BanUay. ana year. . Kii ml y and weekly By Carrier.) Darty. Bandar Included, ona yaar...... Daliy, eunday Included, ona moatA... J.aly. without Puoday. one year l.TJ . . . 1.00 . a.&o . . .is . T.o Lai. r. without Buadar. inree montha.... Dally, wttaeul euaday. cot montn...... .wo Haw to ale exit Send poetofftce money or der, aapraaa order or peraonal chock on ycmr local bank. Stampe. cola or carreocy ara al owner's rtak. Oira poetofflca addraaa in fall. Inclad na county and state. t-eetace Malea 13 to 10 pacea. 1 cent: is ta 13 aacaa. 3 canta: ta 44. paa, cents: a ta pacaa. 4 canta; 3 to 7 " aaata: Ta to 83 pacea, sent, aorelsn nootaaa. doable ratoa. Kaatora Healnree OffV- Ver-ree ,B" a. Braaewlck bulidlna. Naw York: Cenklln, feterer bulidlna. Chleaso; Con a. la. Lai. r. tie Blvd.. f i.C.?V rranclaco ipreenleue. R. J- ft"1' teJ Market street. MXMBEB OF THE ASSOCIATED TBKSS- . - . . AeriuatTaly e o M i a. . k- MimhlleAUoa of all tarwa diepatcb.ee credited to tt or not otner wiaa araditod la thla paper, and alao tne local aowa pnbllebed herein. ail rlcbta of republication of apodal dla- aatcbea herein are eieo imrtu. Are reflected Also tit larger Interest In agriculture which hu been stimu lated by giving easy Access to the land to men who were prepared to take advantage of It. It Is expected also to Increase food production largely during the coming year. rOKTLAXD. TnrBSDAT. JAJf. 14. MM. MO rOUTlCAL HOT1YM. correspondent whose letter published In Another column Ignores practically every Important fact bear ing upon the controversy between President Wilson and Senator Cham berlaln. also the attitude of The Ore gonlan throughout the war, when he Asserts that "some people do not like the President to direct this war." and would "mike a tool or the Senator for political purpose. What political purposes T Political partisanship T The Oregonlan a partisan In Any war matter? The Assertion la made. course, out of sheer small-mindedness. It can serve no partisan scheme of The Oregonlan'a. real or fancied. Im mediate or ultimate, to strengthen Senator Chamberlain in Oregon or In the Nation. On the other hand. The OregonlAa Is giving no thought to Any question as to whether President WU too Is. or Is not. a candidate for a third term. It takes for granted that he Is not a candidate. Will Any one, from Any party, venture the Intimation that It la mistaken T The Oregonlan's statement, that th war cabinet And director of munitions bills were "supported by the Demo- c ratio as well as the Republican mem. Toere of the military committee" founded on this sentence In An Ak. dated Press dispatch from Washing. ton published In The OregonlAn of January 19: Both meaeuree have vtrraaily tha anaa- uneua rapport ef the eommlitee. The bills In question would not take Away from the President the dlrec. tlon of the war. Neither the Senate commute nor any other person In his senses proposes that, nor could It be done. The bills provide new - of. flciala "under the President," to use the language of Mr. Chamberlain's speech, to be appointed by the Presi dent And through whom he should direct the war And co-ordinate the work of the various departments. The Implication that The Orego nlan's approval of these bills prompted by political opposition to Mr. Wilson displays willful forgetful nee or total Ignorance of this news paper's attitude toward Mr. Wilson. Throughout his Administration It has frequently Indorsed his acts, both do mestic And foreign- It has applauded every move he has made to uphold American rights Against German ag gression. Since th United States de clared war It has Approved every for ward step, and Its sole ground of crltl clsrn has been that he has not taken more, bolder, prompter and longer forward steps. It has defended the President against critics among the members of his own party. It has taken the position that parties do not matter when the Nation is at war, for the sufficient reAson that If we lose the war there will be little left for parties to dispute About. No person who has followed the course of Mr. Chamberlain during the last tsro and a half years can find evidence that. In disagreeing with the President on the war bills he Is the tool of anybody. II has consistently contended for military preparedness. When th President was willing to travel In that direction the Senator has co-operated with him. When the President halted th Senator pushed on, always In th sam direction. If his advice had been followed we should not b discussing how to or ganise our war activities after having been at war for ten months and our Army would have had an active part la th campaign of last Summer. lie doe not try to take away direction of th war from the President; he simply offers better tools for the work. Let there be no mistake. If this war Is to be won for the United States baf or March i. 1921. It must be won by Mr. Wilson; nobody can take the job out of his hands. Any man who seeks to prolong the war until after 1120 for political gain risks defeat. and with It possible destruction, of the republic The suggestion Is prepos terous, for It Assumes several Absurd propositions that a man who would be such a traitor could get a respectAble following: that his motives would not be perceived as quickly as were those of the men who harassed Lincoln, And that not only Senator Chamber. lain, but the other nine Democratic Senators on the military committee have been made tools by such a man. These Senators are: Hitchcock. Fletcher. Myers, Thomas, Sheppard. Beckham. Kirby, Reed and McKcllar. When there Are reasonable, honor able motives for disagreeing with the President, why go out of th way to seek irrational. Ignoble motives? An example of what can be done for "Ilooverism" Is found In the re port of what was done last season by employes of the maintenance of way department of th Southern Pacific Railroad. "War gardens" on the rail road right of way. th land having been tendered to th employes free of charge, produced a large quantity of food in th aggregate. On section foreman is reported to have raised half a ton of potatoes, besides enough other vegetables for th us of his family, on a bit of unfenced ground SO by 100 feet. Another. In Califor nia, produced two crop of such vege tables as sweet corn And string beans, and has a third crop of string beans now under way. Results from loases At nominal rental to outsiders also have been encouraging. Benefits were not confined to Actual food produced, Altaeoca th.es wf-o cor-ildemble. hut BIGHT OB WRONG The controversy between President Wilson and Senator Chamberlain Is to be deplored. Small partisanship may welcome It, for a quarrel between party leaders means party dissension. party disintegration, party disaster. But there are larger and graver conse quences than party harmony, party success, or party failure. The supreme question behind the personal quarrel Is not its consequences either to Wilson or to Chamberlain, but whether th President is right and the Senator wrong, or the Sena tor Is light and the President Is wrong. The President says the War De partment Is highly efficient, and Sec retary Baker Is a great And wise offi cial. And he resents criticism And re jects the Congressional plan pf reor ganization, though It Is distinctly pro posed to place supreme power In his bands. The Senator says, on his responsi bility as chairman of the military af fairs committee, that th War Depart ment Is inefficient and Inactive, Does he know? He says he does. He ought to know, for he has been In touch with war affairs for several years. And he recently conducted a searching offi cial Investigation Into departmental operations. Th President says Chamberlain does not know, for he himself knows better than any other what a great man Secretary Baker la. The lives And welfare of thousands hundreds of thousands ay, mil. Hons of American soldiers have A dl rect And vital relation to th Prest dentlal decision to retain Secretary Baker at the head of th War De partment.' Thousands, hundreds of thousands, even millions of American fathers, will want to know that th President Is right; and will bo Im measurably affected if he Is wrong. They will not be silent, for they are not to be silenced. In either event. however, when popular movements were so free from "graft," or even from overhead expenses which ab sorbed profits. Leaders are giving generously of their time and executive ability, and practically every dollar contributed by the public la reaching its destination. It is for the purpose of preserving this desirable condition of affairs that municipal supervision is designed. ETOOCEXT ERRORS, No newspaper Is free from th con stant menace of damage suits for libel growing out of complaints by ag grieved Individuals that they have been hurt through false charges of misconduct or by erroneous reports of fact. Many such suits arts from personal or political or Journalistic controversy and end, as a rule, no where. Others grow out of news re ports. And the issue Is purely one of Accuracy or correct representation. In volving the good name and repute of Individuals, or the welfare of businesses. It la a common Assumption, of course, that slander or libel must be directed toward a living person: but the rule was not long ago extended. in the state of Washington, to cover the reputation of a dead man. A soap-box orator was put In Jail for three months for slander of George Washington. The Father of His Coun try was charged if memory serves us with drunkenness. It was false and the accuser was called to Account. No reputable newspaper refuses to correct an error In any material state ment of fact, once brought to Its at tention. It is often asked to rectify trifling Inaccuracies, and does not always comply. But it will readily enough respond In other cases, upon a fair showing that It has been mis taken or that Injustice has been done. Every newspaper Is familiar with the demands not only for correction, but HARMS. Police Captain Harms is no diplo mat. He appears to have given no very gentle thought to the feelings either of his associates or of his vic tims. By victims we mean those in discreet or unfortunate, and often criminal, members of the social under world, or casual visitors thereto, who fell under the ban of Harms and his crew; and by associates we refer to those valiant units of the moral squad who accompanied Harms on his vari ous crusades. If Harms had been more considerate of the unhappy lot of mere policemen, they might not have turned on him, and tried to "get1 him by sundry accusations of miscon duct, which they first peddled to gullible newspaper of the gutter va riety. It took up their sorry cause. and brought on an Investigation. The public which has heretofore heard of Harms through his activities In the underworld, And through the unpleasant encounters with him of certain pseudo - respectable persons who have ventured to tread the prim rose path unseen and unknown, had come to regard him as an ogre, over- seal ous In the pursuit of persons who were doing no particular harm to any others than themselves. Now they know that Harms was doing a police man's duty under Instructions from Authority, And was not to be turned to th right or left by any considera tion of pull, or Intimidation, or money. Th Accusers of Harms say he Is money-honest and a faithful officer. and they admit that they don't like him. and want on that Account to break him. W suppose that Harms has done things he ought not to have done, and that his ways with habitue of th tenderloin are not nice; but some how the public likes rugged and, fear less honesty, and it Is glad that It understands Harms better than it did. His enemies have rendered Harms a great service. FAKE FOeTTOrnCB PROFITS. Postmaster-Gen era! Burleson Is ex. uberant In his boasts of having earned a surplus And Is Insistent that his good work with the mall service justifies Congress In confiding the telegraph And telephone services also to his care. His claims have been examined by Representative Steenerson. who has found that the facta tell a very differ ent story. Mr. Burleson's Annual reports show A surplus Aggregating $12,600,000 In the four years ending June SO, 1916, but this result was reached by taking credit for sums handed over to the Treasury Department without charg ing himself with advances made by that department. The practice Is for Congress to appropriate to the post office for each year all the revenue of that department for that year And to Authorize drafts on the Treasury Department for any deficit which may arise. Mr. Steenerson obtained from the Treasury Department a statement of the deficits which It had made good and of the sums which It had received In return. This showed a net loss on the Postoffice Department for the four years of 1,500.348. the pretended sur plus having been produced by Juggling accounts. The most glaring case of the kind occurred in 1916. During the fiscal year ending June 30 the Postoffice for money damages, which com In ' eparuneni uu muio a. ueu m -. ,-, --.-.-. v $5,600,000 and had drawn that amount that a publlo journal may be held financially responsible for errors, whether or not mad -intentionally. In any case of damages for libel the broad rule is followed by the courts and by all Juries that th Absence of malicious Intent on th part of Journal serves as a complete defense, except Insofar as speclflo damages may have resulted from the false pub lication; and th damages must be shown. Now it Is Interesting to note that a decision of the Supreme Court of New Tork (appellate division) has extended th principle of Immunity for newspapers. In esses where there Is no malic and a mistake has been made. During the Infantile paralysis scar last Summer the New Tork Sun pub lished the name and address of a cer tain child In the list of new cases. A mattress-maker at (he same address brought suit against the Sun. Alleging negligent, careless, wrongful And un truthful publication, specifying Injury to his business and claiming damages therefor. The counsel for the defend ant demurred to the complaint. Th plaintiff procured an order for Judg ment on the pleadings, and the de fendant appealed. The Appellate Court reversed th order for Judg. ment solely on the ground stated ai follows by Mr. Justice Smith, a41 five Justices concurring: Wa are of opinion that the complaint wholly falla to atata a cauaa of action in ha failure ta atata that tha publication waa made tnallcloualy and with a wilful Intent to In Jura tha plalntirra buelneaa. All the damaaee oousht In thla action ara damasea to tho plalntirra bueloeea. In fact, that la II tha damaaa that could ba aoucht. and It la perfectly evtdent that tha plaintiff could not trutnrully allege, tr ha would, that thera waa any malice or wilful Intent to Injare hie buetneee. It waa apparently pura mlatake and for tha damaaaa ac cruing therefrom tho party la without a remedy. Hover va Kubber Tip Pencil Com part (ST N. T. 11S). In that caaa It was held that to maintain an action ror lltxsl lnjurloua to plalntlffa buelneaa tt muet ba hown not only that defendant a publication waa not Justified In fact but that It waa with malice or a wilful purpoee of Inflletlnc Injury. Aa tha complaint contalna oo such Iteration, tha motion for Judsment on tha pleadlnre ahould not have bean granted and tha order ahould ba re ire reed. It Is true that In fact no sensible Jury would mulct a newspaper. If sat isfied that the ordinary precautions to secure accuracy had been followed In any given case, and that neverthe less a mistake had been made. Now high Judicial interpretation of the law make unnecessary, so far as New Tork Is concerned, th submission of such matters to a Jury. Regulation of solicitation of funds for various war charities will entail no restriction of desirable ones, and will protect th public Against Imposi tion And downright fraud. It Is Im portant for all to realize that there must be a great deal of giving before the wat is over. And Also that the well-springs of human charity shall not be poisoned by Impostors. New Tork furnished A conspicuous example few months ago of the extent to which misguided benevolence can be Imposed upon, when It was found nec essary to hal certain promoters be fore the authorities And compel them to disgorge. There never has been a Urn la tha -JLi-orz fit tha -UWtrv from the Treasury, but on August 26, fifty-one days after the year had ex pired, it deposited $5,200,000 and then claimed to have earned a surplus of that Amount by ignoring the amount of Its drafts, when. In fact, it had made A net loss of $300,000. If the Government were to operate telegraphs And telephones under this system of Accounting, Any official of Mr. Burleson's ability could deceive th people with fictitious profits. A NEW ISSUE ARISING. Nothing has yet been done by Con gress to put In effect the recommenda tion of President Wilson that all ap propriation bills in the House should originate from one committee Instead of with seven or eight committees, as at present. The Indifference of Con gress In the past to the need of system in public expenditures warrants the belief that nothing will be done until the people force tt to act. The present burden of direct taxation, which will grow heavier each year of the war. should. And ultimately will, arouse the people to the necessity of reform In this particular. When National ex. pendltures run into billions yearly, the people will demand a dollar's value for each dollar expended And taken from their pockets. Th change proposed by tha Presi dent would be a great Improvement on the present wasteful system, but It would be only a step toward that bud get system which has been Adopted by every other civilized nation. Lack of such A system made possible that waste which Senator Aldrich estimated eight years ago at $300,000,000 a year and which now surely far exceeds that amount. Division of authority among several committees, each of which plans expenditures on the principle of dividing the pie among enough dis tricts to win a majority of votes, ex plains introduction of river and har bor bills which filibustering reduced in four years by a total of $100,000,- 000, as Representative Ftear said. without Injury to any legitimate In terest. It explains violation of pledges to practice economy and to combine ap propriation committees which have figured In the platforms of both lead lng parties. In his recent speech in favor of a Joint commission to pre pare a budget system, Mr. Frear showed that under the present system nearly every locality appropriation masquerades" as a war measure. He showed that every appropriation com mittee has a Southerner as a chair man, with the result that, while "90 per cent of Federal revenues ar de rived from the North, yet determina tion of appropriations and expendi tures Is controlled by the South." Several examples of the evil work ing of this system were cited by Mr. Frear. He quoted Ford as saying In "th increase in th cost of our Na tional Government", that "Congress habitually disclaims responsibility for the results of the methods it employs" and keeps augmenting the cost of Government "by continual efforts to extend Congressional patronage by means of appropriations." He quoted Postmaster-General Meyer as having priated $20,000,000 for the construc tion of postoffices in small towns which th department had not recom mended. A Georgia Senator said that $60,000 had been expended in a town where the rent of the former building was $250 a year, while the Janitor service alone of the new building cost $600 a year. Secretary McAdoo said a year ago that of $180,000,000 appro priated for publlo buildings in the last two decades "the major part has been expended on costly structures in small localities where neither the Govern ment business nor the convenience of the people Justified their construc tion," and that half of this sum could with advantage have been saved. Leaders in the House, some of whom are the chief culprits, have confessed that the present system is vicious. Representative Fitzgerald called the condition produced by It a "horrible mess" and the men who profit by it a "band of treasury looters." He In vain proposed a single appropriatlon.com mlttee at the last session. Speaker Reed called the system "irresponsible government, so divided that nobody can tell who Is to blame," and. produ cing "some fearful and wonderful re sults." A Senator said of a river and harbor bill: Tha whole echeme of river improvement ta a humbug and a etcal, but It you ara going to ateal, let ua divide It out and hot go on complaining Present estimates ar that two years of war will Impose a debt of $50,000, 000,000 on the United States, or at the rate of $500 per capita, a rate only slightly less than that of France After three years of war. It Is estimated that under the war revenue law 6,000, 000 persons will pay direct taxes on Incomes. Under these circumstances Congress will not continue to neglect reform of Government finance, aa It did when enough money was raised without direct taxes. Congress always responds to popular demand when backed by votes, and at the next elec tion enough voters will ba Interested In this subject to compel attention. At present the public mind is occu pied with the actual conduct of the war, but when It draws to a close At tention will turn to the question how the Nation shall pay the bills and whether those bills cannot be scaled down. Then Congress will no longer be Able to dodge the question of a budget system. The question whether Americans shall burn their toluol in the form of gas or shoot It at the enemy as trini trotoluol has been put squarely up to the country by the American Chemical Society, whose president. Dr. Charles H. Herty, says that by September, 1918, the Army and Navy will require 22,000,000 gallons, while our present annual production Is only 11,000,000 gallons, which is being derived from by-product coke ovens. The only other practical source of toluol Is gas, of which we consume 220,000,000,000 cubic feet per annum, or enough to furnish the required additional 11, 000,000 gallons If steps for Its re- covery were taken at once, iacn thousand feet of domestic gas is ex. pected to yield 0.06 of a gallon of toluol, but each day's delay In in stalling equipment means a sacrifice of this Important chemical sufficient to load 160,000 three-Inch shells. Toluol is an Advantage only when gas is used In an open flame burner. Where the gas is used with a mantle or for cooking, it Is not needed. Stars' and Starmakera. By Leone Caaa Baer. Just thought of something. All these aotresses, and actors, too, who have been four-flushing about their mag nificent salaries, will now find them selves in th way of having to pay war tax on it. Also I predict a sudden rush paste Jewels to the ash can. of There has surely been enough in- qulry to enable tha Shipping Board to determine how many wooden ships can be put on the ways without ex ceeding the capacity to produce lum ber, or the labor supply. There Is no object In contracting for ships faster than the mills can cut timbers, but the ability of the lumber industry to keep all shipyards going at the same time that 60,000,000 feet are shipped East and South implies that there Is a margin for further construction on this Coast. It is barely possible that the Aus trian government permits exaggerated reports of strikes and riots to be sent out in the hope that they will tempt the United States to relax the energy of its war preparations. In the central empires the governments permit or forbid the publication of nothing with out A definite war aim. In the matter of dock, factory and elevator fires prevention Is Justified Internment of Any alien who even might start them. In war the safety of the whole Nation rises superior to the liberty of any part, especially when that part Is actually not a part. There seems to be so much money In these days that postal employes can leave a million dollars lying around loose without danger of its being stolen. People In Northern Russia Are re ported to be hungry, which is sad, In deed, considering that the United States has the table set and all seats filled. If a wis housewife who lets her menfolk rise from the table a little hungry. She conserves and assures their return on time for the next meal. Th steamship Luna was sailing from Holland to Sweden with A cargo of sugar, and a German warship cap tured her. Easy, wasn't It? It looks as though th British squad ron lured the Turks on to destruction at the Dardanelles, but not in the cele brated Kuropatkln style. It Is high time for the death penalty for alien spies, and the term spy should apply to any evildoer who en. dangers life or property. A Coroner's jury in Idaho lived up to the Ideals of that state by exonerat ing a wife who shot her husband to prevent a beating. According to Judge Land Is, a man may not Jest about the President. Chamberlain's earnestness saves him. Th latest escape is a trusty work ing as cook in the warden's home. That certainly is a good way out. Most of the other grains go into the many breakfast foods and are rel ished. Why not into bread? Owners of fruit trees that are Alto gether too previous wish for some of that Eastern cold weather London must come to horse meat not as dainty as beef to many palates, but effective as a filler. As Senator Kenyon puts it, it's Bill Stone!" 'old Watch the wobblers fall in behind StQfita ... "Thousands help dig Qulncy, 111., out of snow," says a headline. Anyone who has bean In Qulncy probably won ders why the 1000 don't let well enough alone. a a a Sea where a young student of the olog-y has Joined the Aviation Corps. Make your own Jokes about his deter mlnatlon to be a sky-pilot. a e e "Theatrical manager Is sued for girls' trunks," says another headline. Well, moat of us have seen a lot of chorus girls' trunks and other things that should have been cause for legal proceedings. a a a Walter Gilbert says that thi only result of universal suffrage for women will be Just a lot more votes to oount wrong. a a a Lora Rogers says that some one in the Alcazar Company with a penchant for statistics has figured out that In 1000 years from now the world will be absolutely devoid of fuel and the statlstlcan asked Lora, earnestly: "What will people do?" "I dunno," said Lora, "lot the people who are on earth in 2918 look out for themselves." Just now Miss Rogers Is shaking hands with herself for refusing an offer in East ern stock which would have landed her right in the heart of the snow storms back there. "Every day I'm getting to be more like a native daughter of Ore gon," says Lora, and there ar a mil Hon others like her. a a a Rennold Wolf, on th New Tork Morning Telegraph, rattles the skeleton thusly: Tears ago when Charles Dill ingham was a reporter for the Chi cago Tribune, his assignment was to interview prominent hotel arrivals. His colleagues in the same department on other leading Chicago dallies were Frank Vanderllp, Peter F. Dunne and George Ade. Th Tribune frequently published exclusive interviews about distinguished visitors and Dillingham's confreres could not understand how he alone was able to reach these arrivals, Inasmuch as their cards were always sent to the tatter's rooms on the same tray with Dillingham's. One day when they had all been sent to interview Chauncey M. Depew, Dillingham hap pened to have stepped to the cigar oounter when the bellboy returned to the waiting group, saying "Not in." Each reporter reached out for his own card. Under Ado's name had been writ ten "The Cattleman's Guide"; under Vanderllp's "Representing the Poultry Journal," and under Dunne's, "Editor the Prairie Fire." The remaining card read, "Charles Bancroft Dlllngham, Chicago Tribune." a a a "Josephine Victor in Love" reads a headline and I read clear down into the middle of the story before I found that it wasnt' scandal, for Josephine Victor Is married, and naturally being in love with one's own husband, while In a way unique, wouldn't be of suffi cient Interest to warrant a story, for we all know that novelties of that sort are usually press agent fiction. How ever, Miss Victor is in love but not with anyone specified. "Love" Is her new sketch. 8. Jay Kaufman wrote it and originally it was Intended for Laura Hope Crews. But Miss Crews has made an arrangement with Grace George by which she will present a condensed version of "Dlvorcons" in vaudeville. Which leaves "Love" for Miss Victor. She visited us as the smart little hen pheasant with Maude Adams In "Chantlcler." a a a Rumor salth that little Franoes White and her partner William Rock have accepted a production of a musi cal oomedy nature in which Miss White will be featured In a song and solo dance in each of the three, acts. Sanger and Jordan are going to finance the venture. SCARE THEM WITH RESOLUTIONS Mr. Lafferty Tells Blow to Put Fear of God Into Kaiser and Followers. PORTLAND, Jan. 29. (To the Edi tor.) German propagandists have been insistent that the alms of the allies be In Other Days. Half a Century Ajro. From Tha Oregontan January 34. 18M. William E. Smith, County Surveyor clearly stated. L for one, .would have Washington County, who has been this country Rive the Kaiaer auoh nilh- ,o otxii, a. uuiii10taa.w.. " fall to the OreRon Central Railway. ETUagre. hu m&dtl fL rAnnrt rt tola fihuarsn Hon a nwuiu lavu. sa, jviud s dcrw. u uuu u j I -1 a.- A. J 1.1 e?" "i"1"" en"al Sherman importuned .c.uu. . to write a history of our late war. The V; ,T J I .fcsoston Advertiser expresses Its admi- nuuu I ration for hi "r,iui f fvl " VH. lutlon rival the Declaration of Inde- grouplng of subjects and his aptneas pendence. I would draw it In such a oi epithet. way mat waen ra tinea oy a unauiuiuun i vote Of our 100.000.000 people, as U T. H. Onnn W.lle t" A r-r rna- would be, and then flashed to Germany senger, and Mr. Blakeny's malloarxlor ana Austria n wouia do aa on upon arrived last night from The Dalles. me names oi revolution aireaay ourn- lng there, and I would draw It In such The house of Ira Mayfleld. on Wash- a. way mat ir. woum put ino ii mgton street, next to the engine-house. uoa into tne nearis or wuneira, we was damaged by fire last night. Lrown rnnce, xiinaen Dur ana j-iuuau- dorf for their personal safety. in consequence of the illness of Mr. I would recite in the resolution that Doland. th mmhr. th- Pkiih,,. the Kaiser and his responsible officers monic. Society will meet for rehearsal have been scheming murderers and tonight in the basement of the Presby- UC.V9 uiivcn iiieii Buuiwio iv mo lenaD vUurCQ. slaughter by the millions. the Kaiser and his resDonslbla officers Twenty-five) Years Ara directed the sinking- of the Lusltanla 5m Tha Oregonlan Janauary S4. 1893. without warnlntr and that they are -Boston. Bishop Phillips Brooks, guilty of the murder of non-combatant jotro pulpit orator and writer, died men. women and children. here last night. He was recognized as I would charge in the resolution that on or. the most brilliant men ln the the Kaiser and his responsible officers "i"-!"" ciergy. torl.H rh. vof on1 Vi o , thaw hava upon their heads more human blood Macon, Ga,-Assoclato Justice L. Q. than any other set of scoundrels that c- LamarI ls dead here. Prior to being aver lived appointed to the Supreme Court in 18S8 I would' have the resolution declare w" 3a"et"y ot the Interior ln that ln case the Kaiser and his re ulate within 60 days after its ratlfica- Tn Thurman Legion, a prominent ton. and dissolve Prussian militarism. Democratic organization, ls preparing no peace would be agreed to by Amer- " auBurtu o&xi. ira ar tha anrl rtt Via war (tint chnul I fall to Include ln its terms tha hanr-lna- Aubrey Bouclcault made his first ap of the Kaiser, the Crown Prince, Hln- Pearance oerore a Portland audience denburg and Ludendorf, as well as all Bt n,Kh, at th8 Theater in "The others ln anthnritv whr. mio-hr h. 1JUWr ana -sweecnearu. nunnor'tArl them In tha r.nnt1nnartin nf th wr I Paris. M. Clemenoeau waa called he- I am nnwiiiine- to unrifir.. million. ror me Fanama Canal investigation of American Uvea and then rnnrl.M. yeaieruay at nis own re- peace which shall permit the murderer. e8i to anflwer testimony given by M. Wllheim,- and his responsible officers, Of course our declaration that we !T' InalHon a x. w- will hang the Kaiser and those lm- ??mLe5- "e"otary ? th Navr mr1 atlir Mennnelhl. wri.h t.lm It I " vi uio JUuoiHiUl VUIUIUH- k. . j . tee of the Panama Canal Company, of young men, would result in our own f,' " 'J'.'" " iaT n which responsible officials being hanged If . I .. '. w--hr,.,ii L tho. ed. of corrupt practices in oon- . J tti j necuon with the canal In this country, nhanna? Rvarv man woman jnrl ohllrl j IS IV OT UNANIMOUS chance? and esneclallv everv official, must ha I willing to make any sacrifice since we COMMITTEE have aent tha flower nf mir vmith In I the battlefields. There can be no turn- Support of War Cabinet Bill Ascribed lng back now. We must win and the I to Political Motivea. auuner mo Better. PORTLAN'n Jan 29 fTn h n-rl. Wllheim and Hlndenburg must be ltor.i Permit m tr. r.n .tiii tr. " " wa are mamng an Inaccuracy ln your statement war upon mem in person ana that it airainst President wiiar. inH.. ,.n- , iu oi uo Buruiuo ui minions oi cerning consideration of tho war cabl men, and then become complete victors, net bill by the Senate military commlt- thelr lives must pay the penalty. That tee. Tou state that the war cabinet ls the kind of stuff that will put the bill is "supported by the Democratlo aa tear ot uoa into tneir nearxs. well as the ReDublican members of tha xnese arcn murderers now imagine military committee." Kntnp icirhi i. that when peace shall finally come they reported by you, ln the same issue of will at once be restored to their former your oaoer. as Bavin a- "that tha hill had places as leading world characters. The never been considered ln anv ansslnna A-aiaer iuiaKinii tiia-t no wm again ro- or the Senate military committee at ceive congratulatory notes upon nis which he had been present." birthdays from American Presidents. T think it will occur to a a-rat mir, These villains imagine that ln free ber of the American nrnnla that PrAttl. America the lives of citizens are not dent Wilson has been tried for nearly vmuea any nigner man me i-ruesian flVe years and has not been found want- militarists value tne lives or their lng. After four years of that trial. peasants. during which some of the most imnor- Let us disillusion the cruel cowards tant leeislation ever nlaced unnn tha with whom we are dealing, and let us statute books of the United States was no it at once. i.et us send them a reso- I chamnioned bv tha Preslrinnt his r- lution, approved by every vote of our vice was approved by a great majority population, which will show to them of the neoDle at the general election of that not only are our boys fighting ln 1916. It ls probable that a great ma the field but that every drop of 'blood Jorlty of the people are yet willing to in iortn America is ngnting, ana will trust him. rigni, tin victory is ours. The game is too transparent. Some A. W. LAITERTT. people do not like the President to di rect this war, as provided in the Con- IS PAROLE SYSTEM A FARCE stltutlon of the United States. Some people want to get into the limelight. Anto Thieve Eacana withont P.,inr though rejeoted by the voters. Some I nonnlfl wr.nlr1 fr.r.1 "nn. n.n.ira for Damage They Have Caused. people would fool "our George" and make a tool of him to amharrnaa tha PORTLAND, Jan. 2S. (To th Edi- President ln tha midst of thla e-r.at tor-) A few years ago a convicted I war and possibly secure some notoriety mgowayman was paroled from the Ore- for themselves. Forget the politics and gon penitentiary by a soft-hearted fight the war. GEORGE I. BROOKS. uavernor ana while out on this parole I this convict committed various crimes then, finally, wound up by murdering a woman and a man! He is now serv ing a life sentence ln the Oregon Peni tentiary, but how long will It be be fore he ls paroled agalnT A few days ago we read ln The Ore gonlan how a syndicate of Juvenile thieves had banded together to steal automobiles. They were lined up in the Municipal Court to the number of 11. Most of them, if not all qf them, had had similar experiences. These Pnblle Market IaformatJon. GERVAIB, Or.. Jan. 21. (To the Edi tor.) (1) Please advise me through the columns of your paper whom I should oommunlcate with to secure In formation concerning the public market of . your city. (2) Are there always sufficient booths not engaged to supply demand. (3) What is the daily rental? WILLIAM B LIVEN. (1) Write to J. A Eastman, market When Eddie Foy and his band of Foylets played the Orpheum here Mrs. Foy was convalescent at a sanitarium ln Colorado, where she had been for many months. The oldest Foylet, Bryan, was with her, and when Eddie rnd the children reached Los Angeles their mother and Bryan Joined them there. The trip proved too much for Mrs. Foy and she was removed to a sanitarium at El Paso, Tex. Eddie and the rest of the family continued ln the act and last week while ln Des Moines he left the bill and, with the children. returned to El Paso, where Mrs. Foy was operated upon. When her condi tion improves the act will be con tinued and If she grows worse Mr. Foy says he will retire permanently. a a a All of us have our own idea of trou ble. Here ls James and Agnes Du Vea's diagram of woe as It has been visited upon them. Mr. Du Vea took his pen In hand and wrote this letter to Variety, a theatrical paper, airing thelr grlevanoe, fancied or real, according to the way one looks at it: Editor Variety: March 26, 1914. Agnes Du Vea and I took our lives ln our hands by dancing on a 14-lnch ledge, 495 feet from the street on the tallest building west of New Tork City. It ls located in Cincinnati. Our Idea of this feat was to ba different than the rest and give managers the benefit of spectacular publioity. There was a motion picture film made of our dance upon this building, which we now use as part of our act. "Last August the Dolly Sisters faked' a motion, picture on the roof of the MoAlpln Hotel, and we can prove that they were aware that the idea be longed to ua, as I have sent not only to the Dolly Sisters, but to almost every manager, agent ana artist throughout the country post cards and newspaper notices in photograph form which told the whole story of our dance. "Do you think it is right for the Dolly Sisters, who are heralded as stars, to steal the ideas of others, unless the Dolly Sisters can explain why they In fringed on our idea without permla- ion. JAMES J. DU VEA; "(James and Agnes Du Vea)." a a a John W. Considine, once a Pacific Northwest theatrical magnate, is in Chicago, following a visit to New York, and reports say that he plans return- ng to vaudeville and that his visit to Chicago ls for the purpose of securing chain fit house. V. n .. .. . 1 n - t7n7ed"aIoVcou Yamhl penitent (T) boys promised to work and I earn money to pay for the damage they had done, amounting in all to $7000! One of their victims, a woman, claimed her loss was more than $1000, ln an automobile they had destroyed. (2) Tes. (8) Fifteen cents. Pets All Right In Their Place. PORTLAND, Jan. 22. (To the Edi tor.) I noticed and read the communl- Thls promise appeared to be quite cation from ex-Governor Geer. I quite satisfactory to the presiding judge, agree with him about dogs that are al Whlle this harrowing scene waa being lowed to roam around. But I am tha enacted to the accompaniment of the owner of a valuable hunting dog and sobfest on the part of the parents, we pay license for the privilege of allow falled to observe that either one of ing my dog to get proper exercise, but these parents offered to make good the do not allow or like him to annoy damage done by their offspring. The others. three rine leaders (one a boy of 14 I have neighbors who have chickens years) were old offenders, had more or I that are allowed to run all over other less experience with prior paroles. The people's property notwithstanding 14-year-old boasted of having stolen there ls an ordinance against the same. 14 automobiles for which he had been Mr. Geer does not mention cats. We tried, convicted, sentenced and paroled, are almost overrun with them. Still Since that parole he had stolen 15 because we hava none we think our ininmnhilu. neinnDors nave tne ngnt. i oeueve in Thie.r.nirht to eive us a Una on the everyone's having ail the pets he likes. proposition as to whether the parole just so long as they do not torment the Anam vnatrtk Arim I1A1S I LC1KUUU1D. ......... . To sum It all up, it amounts to just i this: Steal, be tried, convicted, sen fenced and paroled without a shadow of any punishment. MATTIE B. KOS3. Time to Prone Rosea. PORTLAND. Jan. 23. (To the Edi tor.) Please state the proper time to prune my rose bushes. They are still IT'S NOT THE TIME FOR DAINTIES blooming. SUBSCRIBER. A well-known nurseryman, who is an authority on roees, says that he would prune them now, although If there Advertisement of Iced Cakes by Store la Critlclaed by Correspondent ... -r rte T,. . . . TTAI - , should be a hard freeze later on It tor. J in tne wvbiuocuciu wo w. i ... . , . . our biggest department stores Monday would be better If he had not done so, i,i. i. tr. ha read: One who aesire3 to avoia an nun prou- jL.ver cakes, choice of icings. Gold- ably would do well to wait until early en laver. Iced: spice layer icea w. I in reoruaij. Oresonlan Tobacco Fund. KELSO, Wash., Jan. 22. (To the Ed itor.) Kindly tell me if you have h tobacco fund for the boys at the front. If so, I would like to have particulars. MISS CiUliAli r Ub J. Hjfl. On another page one may read: "Food Shortage Impresses. United States Food Commission Returns From France and England." Where is Oregon's boasted patriot lam when public sentiment counte nances such negligence in our biggest merchants? Where ls our common oonaa when our public will buy such Buhacrlntlona addressed to The Ore- nnnntriotic food and leave England, ..).. Tobacco Fund. Portland, will France and Italy to fight on empty D devbted to the purchase of tobacco stomachs to protect us till our Slow- for our B0idlers. These subscriptions gathering Army is ready? I ara not received In behalf of individual The report has gathered into a run soldiers, but for all of them. flowing current that some oi our wealthiest iamnies n Allies' Secret Treatlea. at hoarding iooa. i " ."" only rumor, but the above statements DALLAS. Or.. Jan. 22. (To the Edi- are actual facts in a state beset by J""""" "J " "J; " " .1 war. with many of its best sons suffer ng for the heat of sugar that we smear BOvernment some time ago upon unpatriotic cases iur me - RRADRF and negligent to eat. IX tne pig iirms are not to lead tne city ana me """-"M Tn8 chlef features of the treaties in patriotic education to whom may the were prlnted i The Oregonlan on De- peopie iooa to buuw mi, .. cember 2. They consume too much The war is not won. may space to be reproduced. years ana reaia ui . w ....... . no one itnuwa i ov. . , - - - - .K Hlr,r,rl worl r whfl irptnmttll Vr. bUllur nuu v. . . " w " J " c5 - I . ,ot fit tn nrotect us will ever come Louisville tjourier-journai. hnrrm arain. But if many do come as I "I see you have a new cook." "Tes. wo Hnllv and hourly Dray and hope, let "Is she experienced?" "I surmise so. us be able to present clean records OI one atanea me iirst aay oy cumin a our local aid to them. late, ana men aeaing ior ma euter- V