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lOm Or THB TIMTAMA-
Tha inJUns; of the Tuscanta with It
lo-s of lit at the very time whan th
Amtriran people wert reviewing the
first year cf unrestrained submarine
war aaJ vrrt congratulating them
MlH that they were winning warns
us that the fight with th U-boat Is
not ytt won. Though all secrecy as
to stulmf route of transports Is ob
sanrtd. thoush they are convoyej by
sift, well-armed destrojirs which
re the terror of the ub craft, and
thouirb we are successfully Uainc
many new devices to destroy thV hid
den foe. a I'-boat hits penetrated the
ruard anil has hit its tarsal. The
Tuscajita was a new ship of such
speed that the od'ls seemed decidedly
In her favor, but a torpedo reached
ker. The L'-boat surely took terrible
rtsks to make the hit. but men darlnc
enouch to take them and skillful
enoueh to aim true were her crew.
But the shock of this blow should
not permit us to overestimate Its Im
portarx e. AVe mirnt keep our sense of
iironortion. The Tuscan la Is the first
loaded transport to be sunk, though
we have been sending troops to France
for more than clclit months. Help
was so close at hand that compara
tlvcly few of the men on board were
lost. It may safely be estimated that
already a quarter of a million Ameri
cans have landed In Europe. The loss
I much lees than one In a thousand
That means that the subBiarlne. on
which tiermanr a year atto slaked her
hopes of victory. Is le.s than one-tenth
of one per cent efficient. The small-ne.-s
of this percentage marks this loss
as oo more than would be suffered In
a Kood-sixcd kirmlh. There Is com-pen-alion.
too. In the fact Unit the
rescue by the British people of 2000
shipwrecked Americans who had cone
to fight shoulder to shoulder with
them will draw the two nations to
gether In a community of sacrifice
which must bind them In ever closer
brot hcrhood.
The fact still remains that unre
stricted submarine war has been
waited by Oermany for a year to Feb
ruary J. and it has not won. It was
to have reduced Great Britain to sub
mission In three, or at moMt six.
nion'hs. but that country Is now the
backbone of the democratic, alliance.
The most important achievement of
this last outburst of Ocrman ruthless
m is that the I'nlted Mates has been
added to the number of Germany's"
enemies, 'hat Braxil and other nations
have followed this country's lead, and
that almost every 1-stin-Amerlt nn re
public has broken relations with Ger
many. Ju.-t what did the submarines ac
complish In the IssJ rear? Kstimat
lnr tonnage where official reports icive
only numbers of ships above or below
certain rapacity, or where more
tucl reports are not broutrht down to
the end of the submarine year. th
Germans have destroyed about C.&00.-
000 net tons of allied and neutral
ships, or about 15 per rent of the total
owned by the countries In question.
Of this total lost. 1191 vessel. aKrre
mttns; .l.t0 tons, were lost by
Great Britain. 19 of 171.90 tons by
the I'mtcd States. 434 vessels of S.-
: tons by Norway. 309 of 200.000
tons by Sweden, ii of SO. 600 tons by
hpaln. Numbers of vessels are not
available for other countries, for which
the followinjc estimate of tonnase lost
ts made: France. 400.000: Italy. 210.
U0; Holland. 17S.0O0; Ituasia.Z00.000
Greece. 10 0: Japan. 30.000; other
neutrals. 300.000.
- This ts only a little more than half
the total destruction which the Ger
mans predicted, for their government
boasted that It would sink a million
tons a month. Not only has It failed
, by nearly one-half to make irood Its
boost for the entire year; It falls far
ther short every month. Taking the
three nations concerning which most
accurate tfrurrs are at hand the
I'nttcd SUitr. Great Britain and Nor
way the sinkings for tlie second mi
months are almost 0 per cent leas
than those for the first six months,
r as (09 Is to 1100. Further, with
occasional fluctuations, if we take the
weektr averare sinkings by months
f British vessels as a ituide, the sub-
. marine falls more each month than
the month preceding". In face of the
decrease In ship tonnage, British Im
port tonnase decreased only a per
rent In 1917. and value of American
exports Increased S74S.OOO.OOO. and
1 1 at of American Imports SaCO.SO.
600. The Biost serious loss to our al
lies Is that of the cargoes, which have
caused great scarcity of certain food
stuffs. But a tremendous drive Is
being made to Increase the food pro
duction of Great Brtt-un. France and
Italy.
An offset to the gross loss Is con
siderable gain In tonnage. By provok
ing the I'mted Stales to wsr. Germany
feared st the disposal of this country
aesrly TO. 000 tons of German and
Austrian ships which lay In American
pert, and further additions to Uic
available tonnage were made In the
same way when Frazil and China de
clared war. During the last year
Great Britain built nearly two million
tons of new ships, the I'nlted States
built over 9no.000 tssss and will add
five to six million tons this year. If the
Fhipping Board's programme should
Work out.
Most encouraging, too. Is the assur
ance of Kir trie Geddes. Flret 1-ord
of the British Admiralty, that the sub
marine la now "held"; that is. that
the allied navies are steadily gaining
In the war on It. so that the number
SI fatuxd 0X 4Me -Ccr.-
manys output of U-boats. Significant
of the large part which the American
Navy and American Invention hav
played In producing this result is the
fact that, since the quarter endln
June, during which our destroyers got
Into action, there has been a stead
decrease In sinkings of merchantme
and a steady Increase In sinkings o
submarines. The depth bomb an
other new American devices are
proved success, and perseverance
with an enlarged fleet of destroyers
i and with a srroarinr iudrIv of theaa
.l.ilr.a hmil.l rl.. . t V. u. n f .
lurking murderers in another year,
Many hints come from Germany
that defeat of the L'-boat is realised
there. While the allied nations are
grimly bearing their privations, th
people of the central empires suffer
more intensely throngh the shutting
off of American supplies which for
merly leaked through neutral roun
tries, and their exasperation has foun
vent in strikes and riots which fall
Little short of rebellion.
The way before the American peopl
Is plain. We are winning the sub
marine war. but It Is not yet won. and
every American must play a part In
order to Insure victory. While grow
Ing food In abundance, we must use
It sparingly ourselves In order to In
crease the surplus to be shipped to
our allies. We must speed up build
Ing of shins, that there may not only
be enough to rarYy our Army to
France and supply It there, but that
there may be a surplus to carry food
and munitions to our allies, to move
their armies with greater expedition
and to bring supplies from remote
countries. If not another ship should
be sunk, it would still be Incumben
on us to turn out ships with our ut
most energy, both to transport our
Army and to help our allies by mak
ing good the loss they nave already
Incurred.
MOW TO CIVE rONr'IDKXCF.
The New York World, an outright
supporter of the National Administra
tion and a vehement and even violent
critic of Senator Chamberlain, never
theless offers the following Judgment
on the methods of mystery and se
crecy which have prevailed la war
preparation and operation:
There la ana leaeon that the War Depart'
merit Malr ahaold learn from thia UDfurtu.
Bate artaoda. hl-ti la tlie neceaally for fullae
aar suaitcilv ana rr taking th American
people rornpletely lute laa caafldeaca ef
tneic Uovernmeni rn a.l matter that are sol
anttebalabl military aecreta kverythlng that
Secretary rlattar l"ll ought to hara bean
M ltrg aai Thi re aaa na Ta lit rften
for ront-ealu K It. Ic caa no alfl and cum
fort ta the mar. but an the contrary was
proof that th L'nlted tttataa aiaa going te
war la aaraeal.
The war is something besides a
military process. It is a political and
social evolution. It Is quite as neces
sary to have united, enthusiastic, ef
fective and comprehending support
at home as it is to devise sound strat
egy, and to fight with a well-equipped
Army, abroad.
The Idea of the military censor is
that the American people should be
both blindfolded ami gagged as to
Army and Navy operations. It is not
the way either to give confidence in
the higher command or to keep aglow
the patriotic spirit.
l,rt us go ahead In the broad light
of the sun. The darkness alarms.
needlessly, especially when the sol
emn admonition Is given out neither
to listen nor to whisper.
CHOOkKDNKSS Km;. NT PAT.
Homer P. Ford, defaulting book
keeper, who pleaded guilty to the
heft of 313.000 from his Portlan
employers, added nothing new to th
sum of human experience when h
said, in con fcstlng his crime:
No. atr. I have known from the secon
rlay I sot aaay allh it that It didn't pa
No one can eter tell ma how much
doean't pay. Iraeauaa there aren't ver
ny people who know aa waU as 1 do
bow Utile oa gat out of It.
Ford found that his dishonest dol
lars were a "Jonah" to him. That is
usually the way. The pity Is that h
should have waited to discover the
fact for himself. Almost any othe
man who has tried the "easy way'
could have advised him. It is the
unanimous testimony of those who
have hern through the mill that there
ts neither profit nor pleasure in it in
the long run. It is probable tha
Ford's capture and return had little
to do with his repentance, tie is glad
that the suspense is ended and that
some day be may be able to start over
again with a clean slate.
There used to be a line In the copy
books which reminded us that "llon-
esty is the best policy." Objection
was msde that "policy" was a low
foundation on which to base the in
culcation of honesty. But the maxim
was and still Is sound, nevertheless.
and is applicable not only to those
who steal outright, but to others w ho
are committed to devious practices.
The straight and narrow path Is the
only one that leads to permanent hap
piness.
bell around the neck of the Christians
(sect). There may be somewhere
a clergyman who can keep well
balanced the necessary equilibrium
between the various groups of a
united church: and it may be easier
than they think to fix up the com
munion service so that all may pa
ticlpate together, or each for himself.
Just as he likes. Communion, by th
way. is not alone the act of partaktn
of the sacrament. There Is sound au
thority for the definition of com
munlon as union in religious worshi
or in doctrine and discipline. In othe
words, it is religious fellowship. W
suppose this Interpretation of the real
meaning of communion is not un
known at Forest Grove.
So we say it may all be as we hav
Indicated, or it may not. We offer n
opinion or prediction. But there is
extant prophecy of a millennial tim
when the lion and the lamb shall li
down together. Far be it from us to
suggest that a beginning at Forest
Grove might be made if a few of the
sects would set the example: but there
bo some who think that way.
WITH OPEN EYKS.
Over and over it is said that Amer
ica does not realise that It is In th
war. It Is not true. America realizes
it fully. It understands the dimensions
of the mighty task ahead. It does not
shrank nor falter. No voice dares call
halt upon America in its grim and de
liberate march toward Its death strug
gie with Its enemy. No band may be
raised to stay the giant Kepublic In
its straightforward and trcinendou
advance. America knows that it is at
war. and why.
liut America, looking with open
eyes to the sacrifices to come, the
losses, the vital changes, the veritabl
revolution in ways of thinking and
doing, still goes on, without dismay o
hesitation, or calculation of the cost
There has been no great suffering, nor
bereavement, yet, not even much per
sonal inconvenience. But they are all
coming, and America knows It.
The Tuscania tragedy is a portent
an omen, a sign in the heavens no
larger than a man's hand. It is all
perfectly understood. That Is the rea
son America receives it calmly. It is
sad that 200 gallant American lives
hould be lost, through the vindictive
nd criminal enterprise of Kultur
gone mad: it is fortunate that it was
no worse.
Not the least of Germany1 blunders
is its thought that America is all
bluff and brag, and that it will never
pay the terrible cost of war.'
os the vicns or a mossback.
We have with us today a respected
brother of one of the church denomi
nations at Forest Grove who Is com
plaining at the proposal for temporary
union of three congregations In that
city and who intimates that ulterior
motives are the Impelling force of the
movement. It may be so; It may be
so. From an outside viewpoint the
deep, dark design of those sectarian
conspirators appears to bo to get
rid of the onus of supporting three
preachers, and paying only one. There
are. Indeed, also some rather trans
parent arguments that economy will
be effected when economy is some
what popular, a more efficient organ
ization substitated. closer communion
attained, and a wider field of service
and activity rented and occupied. We
say transparent, but not necessarily
fallacious. We do not pretend to
know. We repeat only what we hear.
Now It will bo obvious that The Ore
go nian. while broadly approving all
schemes, plans, projects, devices, en
terprises, co-operations, co-ordinations,
consummations, and the like, covering
every phase of National, state and
community activity, looking toward a
united people for the war. desires, if
It can. to confine itself to gencrallxa
tiorf in all sectarian concerns, so that
tt may keep out of trouble. It observes
that "Mossback" is an old-fashioned
brother, and it has an idea that he
has kept the faith, during storm and
stress, as well as under the blue skies
of denominational peace, and it would
not coerce him. If it could. In any
matter. When it comes to argument
he ts doubtless at borne. He has his
convictions, and he lives by them, and
will die with them. Very well.
But it can do no harm to urge the
brother and all brothers and sisters
like him to talk it over with their
neighbors, who have alo their con
ceptions of faith and duty, and see
what can be done. They will find,
perhaps, that there is no plan to de
aertananixe the Methodists, or to un
Congregationalute the Congregational
Lifts, or, to fVile4 Lbs fill CaiujibeUitS
SHORTAGE OF sKKVANTS "CltlTICAL.
Suspension of immigration of young
women from the countries upon which
e formerly relied for our supply of
oraestic help promises to revolution-
xr the American household. ilrs.
Hilda llichards, chief of the Women's
Hvision of the I'nited States Depart
ment of latbor, told an assemblage of
600 women In New York the other
ay that there was no probability that
he situation would be relieved soon
lie finds that there is a surplus of
high-grade office workers, secretaries
nd so forth, and also an excess of
omen who have earned tlioir living
by making finery that other women
re laying aside while tho war is on.
But the shortage of efficient domestic
servants continues. "For every first-
ass housekeeper, cook or waitress."
said Mrs. Kk hards, "there are a hun
dred families wailing for her. This is
no exaggeration.
The scientific teaching of domestic
science In colleges and schools has
done nothing at all to encourace girls
to go Into the kitchens of other
families than their own, nor was it
expected, but college wompn have
been so imbued with the spirit of pa
triotic service that they want to en
gage in some definite "war work."
ami are volunteering in larjre numbers,
only to discover that when they are
so employed there Is no one to whom
to delegate their household labors.
Of course, homes have to be main
tained, prosaic though the work
may be.
The domestic service problem is the
only one the Federal employment
service has been unable to solve where
It has been possible to secure proper
distribution, to effect which in the
labor market is one of the reasons for
its existence. But the problem is ex
ceedingly real. Present indications
are that there will be more women
who do their own housework while
the war lasts, and perhaps afterward
than for decades past. A condition
and not a theory confronts the women
of America.
schools before the beginning of the
war.
The movement for a Bohemian re
public, therefore, has an unusual bear
ing upon the fortunes of the European
conflict. Dismemberment of the arti
ficial dual empire would put a defi
nile quietus upon pan-Germanism, and
hasten the downfall of the Prussian
militaristic class.
S1XMPS FOR FCEL.
There Is a chance for some inventor
of practical turn of mind to devise a
method of reducing stumps to "stove
lengths,", so that they may be used
as fuel In this time of shortage and
high prices. Attention Is newly called
to the subject by the holding of a con
ference Jn New York, at which the
outcome of experiments conducted in
Michigan were seriously discussed.
These experiments demonstrated that
about fl worth of dynamite would re
duce eight cords of stump wood to de
sirable dimensions for handling, and
tho New Yorkers figured that if each
acre of wooded land in the state
would produce one cord, the state as
a whole w ould save 1,125,000 tons of
coal a year.
But there are stumps, and stumps.
Even if our Eastern neighbors have
solved their problem, it Is no sign that
they have found a method adapted to
the Pacific Northwest, No New
Yorker, or Michigaiider, either, knows
what a'real stump Is. A cord to the
acre. Indeed: There are logged-oil
acres out this way that would produce
a hundred cords of stump wood, if
there were any way of making it port
able. Under present conditions, un
fortunately, this must continue to be
waste. The stump of a giant fir does
not respond to academic treatment.
The problem is intensely practical.
However, it is to be hoped that re
search work wijl be continued." Any
discovery that will give value to a fir
stump is worth while from two view
points. There will be not only con
servation of material, the by-products
of our timber land, but stimulus to
lear some of the finest agricultural
and in the world. Having regard for
the food needs of the country in fu
ture years, this will be even more im
portant than any probable addition to
our fuel supply. There will be coal
enough as soon as the pressure upon
ransportation has been relieved, but
we shall need more and more farms
o meet the demands of an increasing
population and to keep the cost of liv
ing within bounds.
FEDERATION IS SOT PROBABLE
Efforts to give credit where credit
Is due for the invention of the "tank,"
which was used so effectively by the
British for the fjrst time at the battle
of the Somme. have carried the his-
orians back many years, to a period
n which its ultimate utility in war
was not even dreamed of. A New
ersey historical society was told re
cently that the first tractor was built
by a grand-uncle of Simon Iaike, who
nventcd the submarine. The elder
,ake had a contract to build a road
connecting; Atlantic City with the
mainland. He had trouble using
orses on the meadows, and devised a
machine on which railroad ties wound
themselves over the wheels, laying the
rack ahead of them as they traveled.
This was the prototype of the farm
tractor, but the first one was so cum
bersome that it could be employed only
on exceedingly heavy work and it was
ot for many years after it was
atented. In 1867, that it was so modi-
ed as to be practical for engines of
even moderate power.
Correapenaent Tells of Difficulties Con
fronting Forest Grove Churches.
FOREST GROVE. Or, Feb. 6. (To
the Editor.) I lack the facile pen of
the writer who so glibly cut across
lots in the realm of facts In a recent
article concerning the federation of the
churches in Forest Grove. So far as
the Methodist Church is concerned no
official action has been taken nor can
there be until the meeting of the quar
terly conference and the probabilities
are that none will be taken then.
It is wonderful what influence en
vironment will have on the mind of
men. hat better could appeal to the
best that is in man than to see two
flocks of motherless chickens and be
stirred with the ambition to hover
them.
Surroundings have been known to
give direction to the action of men. It
remarkable coincidence that this
feeling of brotherly love should possess
the hearts of men just at the time that
two of the churches are without pastors
or expect soon to be. It is natural for
soma people to ask questions and it is
equally true that these questions are to
J be answered. Without paying any at-
Loiiwuu- tv ma luw as i vi icu-
eration it Is presumed that the bishop
and superintendent have been busy in
the effort to find a pastor for the
Methodist Church. To head off the
bishop a letter was addressed to that
official to inform him that the federa
tion could look after the needs of the
local church. That was a kind offer
and was appreciated by the bishop.
Pehaps the articles of federation will
throw some light on the recent activi
ties of the advocates of federation that
have Impelled them to Invade the press
with their propaganda. One of the arti
cles of federation was that the budgets
of the churches should remain the same
as fixed by the local churches. Assum- J
Ing that the budgets of the Congrega
tion and Christian churches were clas
sified the same as the Methodist Church
this would give J330O to meet the
pastor's salary.
One other article provided for the ap
pointment of a committee to have gen
eral oversight over the affairs of the
federated church. This committee was
to consist of two members from each
church and the pastor In charge. This
would give the church furnishing the
pastor three votes In the committee or
lacking Just one vote of a majority of
the committee.
For broadness of vision the old men
and mossbacks in the Methodist Church
so kindly referred to by the writer of
that illuminating article will not yield
the palm to any' of the brethren that
are laboring for federation. To be un
true to one's household is worse than
to be an infidel. We have a right to
work for what we consider to be the
best Interest of our church and because
we act on that right offers no ground
to charge us with being bigots.
SIOSSBACK.
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PERSECUTION OF LO.VG STANDING
SIGNS POINT TO COMING OF LORD
Between 5,000.000 and 6,000,000
three-inch shells, valued at 3140,000,-
00 to 3168.000.000, and made for
Russia, are piled up in this country
ntil the United States Government
ecides what shall be done with them.
he decision hinging on the next turn
f the revolutionary wheel in Russia.
They do not fit either British, French
r American guns, hence are of no use
to the allies. The manufacturers seem
to be "holding the sack."
The Army declines Seattle's offer of
confiscated whisky because most of
hat brand is "rotten." The quality
oes not affect the civilian. Let a
man toll a bunch of convivial spirits
out of sight and each will shove the
neck of a bottle down his throat and
pretend the liquor is good, though he
would not have looked at it in the old
days.
BOHEMIA AS A RKCt MI.IC.
To the extent which the expression
of sympathy by Washington with the
aspirations of small nations gives en
couragement to the promoters of a
republic of Bohemia, dismemberment
of Austria-Hungary will be advanced
and the cause of the central powers
weakened. Bohemian ambition to
govern itself Is not new. It languished
for a time after the Thirtv Years'
War. but burst Into new flume in the
beginning of the nineteenth centurv.
Csechs have kept this goal before
them ever since. They vigorously
opposed the organization of the dual
monarchy. They were particularly
hostile to the Germans, .however, whose
overbearing methods grate upon the
finer sensibilities of a people who
never have been willing to admit that
the Teutons have a monopoly of cul
ture.
Bohemia Is as ready as anr of
the countries included within Austria
Hungary for self-government, but is
not the only one that would be af
fected by the example of a movement
for independence in the empire. Rou
manians in the southeast would nat
urally Join the parent country. Aus
trian Poland would Join Russian and
Prussian Poland if the wishes of Its
people were consulted. The Croats,
Porbs and Slovenes probablv could
find a basis for union on their own ac
count. With Hungary reduced to her
proper ethnical boundaries and the
predominantly Italian regions restored
to Italy, the present dual monarchy
would cease to give strength to the
Prussian menace to the peace of the
world.
I Is significant of the virility of the
Bohemian spirit of independence that
even the inroads made by Teutonic
authority, exercised through Vienna,
upon the school system have failed to
extinguish 1. At the beginning of the
present century, there were 6500 ele
mentary school in Bohemia, of which
Z315 were Germaif. The Germans
recognized the principle that language
may be a more potent factor than race
In determining loyalty. But the Bo-
eraians have been alive to the danger.
too. and have kept the home fires
burning. Those whom fortune has
cast Into German schools have kept
alive the language and the traditions
of the Caechs in every other possible
way. The national passion for educa
tion is shown by the school statistics.
Ninety-eight per cent or the popula-
lion, -of school aire ya enrolled. io the,'
Major Jeffery should not cast a
doubt on the tradition of Widow
O'lxary's cow and the Chicago fire.
That bovine and "Long John," who
was an early Mayor, are pillars of
faith and fact that cannot be crowded
off by later celebrities like Bath
House John, Kinky Dink and com
pany.
Thanks to France, the American
artillery will be able to do some shoot
ing next Summer. 'Syrmt has become
of that great munition industry we
built up during the two years before
we got into the war?
Inventive genius has produced a de
vice that throws off heat by electrical
energy. Just the thing when con
serving fuel. Costs more, of course,
but that is one of the penalties of be
ing alive.
If the bright and clever. young fel
lows doing county agricultural agents'
work v.ould cultivate whiskers, per
haps opposition to hiring them would
cease.
The market is bare of buckwheat
flour and yellow meal. By and by
there will be plenty. In the meantime.
believe yTu have something1 just as
good.
Collecting garbage is not the nicest
kind of work and the laborer is worthy
of his hire and gets it. Dividing the
profits with the city is another thing.
Marion refuses to employ an agri
cultural ageut, while Salem will have
a publicity man. They do not balance.
Armenian Massacres of Other Hays Are
Text of Poem of Protest.
Apropos of the drive for $75,000 for
the starving Armenians, now on in
Portland, the poem, "New Dark Days,"
by Bedros Scutari, an Armenian poet
of considerable note, written in 1S72,
concerning the disarming and subse
quent massacres of the Armenians by
the Turks, is of significant interest:
Keer Dark Days. .
The Centuries of bloodshed y
Are past, those cruel years:
But there is still one country
Whose mountains drip with tears
Whose river banks are blood-stained
Whose mourning loads the breeze
A land of dreary ruius.
Ashes and cypress trees.
No more for the Armenian
A twinkling star appears:
His spirit's flowers have faded
Beneath a rain of tears:
Ceased are the sounds of harmless mirth
The dancers hand in hand;
Only the weapon of the Koord
Shines freely through the land.
The peasant sows but never reaps;
He hungers evermore.
He eats; his bread in bitterness
And tastes of anguish sore.
I.ol tears and blood together
Drop from his pallid face
And these are our own brothers.
Of our own blood and race.
The forehead pure, the sacred veil
Of the Armenian maid
Shall rude hands touch and hell's hot
breath
Her innocence invade? V
They do It as men crush a. flower.
With no compunction stirred; v
They slaughter an Armenian
As they would kill a bird.
O, roots of vengeance, heroes bones
Who fell of old In fight,
Have ye all crumbled Into dust,
Nor sent one shoot to light?
Oh, of that eagle nation
Now trampled by the Koord,
Is nothlnK leftb ut black-hued crows
And moles with eyes obscured?
Give back our sisters roses
Our brothers who have died.
The crosses of our churches.
Our nation's peace and pride.
O. Sultan', we demand thee.
And with our hearts, entreat
Oive us protection from the Koord.
Or arms his arms to npet-
Scoffing. Saca aa That of Mr. Cllne, One
af Things Foretold by Peter.
PORTLAND, Feb. 7. (To the Editor.)
In The Oregonian appears an article
signed C K- Cline. He reveals his
ardent anxiety to prevent others from
accepting what Jesus said, as recorded
in John xiv:3 and in many other scrip
tures, that he would surely come back
to take his people to heaven.
Of course, if the millennium was to
be on this earth, Mr. Cline would be
justified In regretting: that Jesus "did
not come before this wretched war was
begun." but the Bible nowhere teaches
that he will reign on earth during the
1000 years generally termed the mil
lennium. On the contrary. It plainly
teaches that his people will be with
him in heaven during that period and
that after that the reign of eternal
peace on this earth, made new, will
commence. . At that time the wicked
and scoffers will be resurrected
what ts called the second resurrection
and destroyed forever.
It is therefore not "the overheated
Imagination of a bunch of old gentle
men . ., . on a theory many times
over the last 2000 years demonstrated
to be only a fiction.
The doctrine of the second advent.
that grand climax of the world's his
tory, has not been demonstrated to be
fiction. Never, and Mr. Cline knows it
He evidently refers to the setting of
dates for the event to take place, but
the Bible plainly tells us that no man
knows the date, but gives plenty of
signs to warn us when the end draws
near.
He adds in quasi-kindness that "for
tunately these men will all be dead be
fore a showdown comes around," but
Jesus said that "this generation (which
sees all these signs) shall not pass till
all be fulfilled."
Very likely, therefore, some of those
old gentlemen" will be alive when the
Lord returns in all his glory, with all
his angels, with a shout, with the
voice of the archangel, and their happy
lot is described In I Cor. xv:ol-2 and In I
Thess. lv.15-17. Don't let Mr. Cline
scare you. "old gentlemen." and cheat
you out of the regard of your faith in
God s word.
Among the signs foretold in Matt.
xxlv, Luke xxi, James and Peter we
find many of the things with, which
the newspapers teem today and, last
but not least, such opinions as the one
offered by Mr. Cline plainly foretold.
For Peter said (chapter lii:3-18) "that
there shall come in the last days" just
such "scoffers."
And knowing that self-wise men
would try to prevent others from en
tering into the kingdom, the same
Peter warned to "beware, lest ye also,
being led away by error of the wicked,
fall from your steadfastness" (verse
17).
Mr. Cllne unwittingly is himself ful
filling prophecy and the oftener he
vents his wit in your columns the more
he proves that we are Indeed In the last
days which Peter referred to.
A BELIEVER.
In Other Days.
TO SAVE OIB FLAG.
It's a meatless bane and wheatless
bread;
It's a heatless stove and a eheetless
bed: -- .
It's seatless pants and feetless hose;
It's Hooverize where'er one goes;
It's p loveless hands and hatless head;
It's go without to save the bread;
It's do your bit, no matter what;
It's win the war with shell and shot;
It's yours to win or yours to lose;
It's up to you and yours to choose.
But buy of Uncle Sam a bond.
To help the boys across the pond;
Then go one more and come across
With a fifty for the big Ked Cross;
And be a sport while in the game
And give to the Y. if. just the same;
Then keep it up with a firmer grip.
And never allow a chance to slip.
That by some effort, deed or word.
You'll help the lads who wield the
sword
To lead the way for others brave
To victory and our flag to save.
W. W. KUCKEB.
Nebraska is having its "break-up"
diversion, with ice floes five to seven
feet thick flonting over the fields.
All will like to believe with Daniels
that the U-boats are being beaten and
all will want to see the evidence.
Solve one potato problem by boiling
them unpeeled and get the "good" of
them.
Scandinavian nationality has been
camouflage for many a German spy.
Homer P. Ford's easy money went
that way. Was it ever otherwise?
Disasters are certainties, not chances,
and must be expected to happen.
If you don't like Oregon, go East
and freeze.
Jicre is .treat jog iA-J3iirliga ,
Congreaamea and Income Tax.
TACOMA. Wash., Feb. 6. (To the
Editor.) Kindly advise me whether
Representatives and United States Sen
ators are exempt from the Income tax
law. SUBSCRIBER,
They are not exempt from the Income
tax or war Income tax, but are exempt
from the war excess profits tax, which
ts equivalent to an income tax on in
comes over J6000.
IDEALISTIC IS NOT OBTAINABLE
Word Itself Cannot Be Defined for
Practical Purposes, Says Writer.
VANCOUVER. Wash, Feb. 6. (To
the Editor.) The Oregonian prints a
letter regarding the "Realm of Mys
tics." In it appears the following:
"Too much idealism is a danger to be
guarded against," Now no truer words
were ever written.
But what is the meaning of the word
idealism"? Among the bequests of th
late Alfred B. Noble was "one to th
person who in literature has produced
the most 'distinguished work of an
idealistic tendency." Since Mr. Noble
death (1896) his executors and the most
celebrated lexicographers of the world
have argued, differed and even quar
relied regarding the meaning of this
terrible word "idealistic."
At the present writing it conveys no
clearer sense than does the word meta
physics.
The ideal is something above nature.
In-'other words It is a thing of which
natural man can form no idea. It is
above excelsior, superative, and ne plus
ultra, aa these are only the highest
things in nature. As a proof that the
"idealistic" is impossible to natural
man let us imagine the artist imbued
of the ideal and under idealistic inspi
ration attempting to portray angels.
He outlines the figure of a beaut
ful woman embellished with flowing
blond locks, drapes this in A-ray gos
samers, adorns its head with a halo,
attaches wings to its shoulders and sets
it afloat among the clouds.
Now be this artist never so clever
and though he "mixes his paint with
brains he could .not depict a woman
had he never seen one, nor could he
portray her robes had he never seen
woven fabric, and he could have no
sense of wings had he never seen
bird, .and in order to paint clouds one
must know what they are.
The artist attempted the ideal and he
fell back in a sitting position on this
earthy ground as all idealists must.
True, he succeeded in burlesquing na
ture and created an unnatural meta
morphosis of grotesque and ridiculous
appearance, but he failed to portray
the idealistic.
Your correspondent is wise. The
Ideal is but a mirage which diverts us
from the affairs of every day natural
life and my religious belief is that the
darn thing was made in Germany.
AMOS.
Twenty-five Tears Ago.
Front The Oregonian February S. 1R93.
Salem. The famous Lawton mort
gage tax bill has been passed. Pen
noyer says he will not veto it and it
will become a law without his signa
ture.. During the debate, when the
president eald: "The Senator from
Multnomah, Mr. McGinn," it was evi
dent that the fame of the young law
yer's wonderful pleas had preceded
him, for the people in the lobbies
craned their necks to .look at him. He
did not disappoint them. Some of his
sentences were very happy. He depre
cated the agitation in the alleged in
terest of the poor man and cried: ""Oh
poverty, what crimes have been com
mitted in thy name!"
James TV. Haggard, formerly of
Walla Walla, writes to say that he was
not frozen to death near Winlock
Lewis County, as was reported.
Major D. E. Miles, assistant manages
of the London and Lancastcrshire In
surance Company, is in the city.
James Abraham, philanthropist who
has given about $75,000 to benevolent;
Institutions, died at his residence. East
Pino and East Seventh street, yesta-.
day.
Washington. Nothing definite was)
done at the conference over the aa
nexation of the Hawaiian Islands.
The AInsworth School on Portland:
Heights was partly destroyed by fire
day before yesterday.
Half a Century Ago.
From The Oregonian February S. 186S.
G. H. Atkinson, superintendent of
schools in Multnomah County, has
written an Interesting article uphold
ing elocutionary education in the pub
lic schools.
St. Paul. The House has oassert a
bill making eight hours a day's work
for females and for children under 18.
Rev. B. H. Paddock has been elected
Episcopal bishop of Oregon.
J. W. Shattuck and Mary Allen were
married February 6 at the home of the
bride's' father, in Brooklyn.
William Grooms, assistant assessor
of internal revenue. Is distributing
blanks to persons in this district liable
to be taxed on incomes.
In a copy of the Oregon Free Press-
published 20 years ago at Oregon City,
wc iiuu aa auveriisemenr. or ine Ore
gon Institute, whose principal. Rev.
Cushing Eells, is now principal of the
whitman bemlnary, near the town of
Walla Walla.
SHEEP LOSS KAHELY MADE GOOD
ARSIENIA1
Am I, then, my brother's keeper?" "Tis
a question old and gray.
Used by every sort of slacker every
where;
And with starving children begging
that we come without delay,
There are those unwilling now the
load to share.
Am I, then, my brother's keeper?" Can
you doubt it any day?
Do you, can you, live alone without
a "brother?"
Are you, then, so all-sufficient that you
figure all the way
You can get along, nor call upon an
other? Am I, then, my brother's keeper?"
Dare you say it is not true?
Yet you wine and dine, while they
are starving there!
Ghastly babes are clutching, clawing
with their bony hands at you.
And their dying eyes accuse you with
their stare!
GRACE E. HALIa
Descent of Property.
ASTORIA, Or.. Feb. 6. (To the Ed
itor.) A husband invests a large
amount of money in liberty bonds. In
case of death, where there are no chil
dren, what does the wife get?
SUBSCRIBER,
In the absence of a will the bonds
would all go to the widow.
State Soldiers Home.
PORTLAND. Feb. 7. (To the Editor.)
Where is the Home for Widows of
Soldiers in this state and what is nec
essary for entrance? Who shall I write
to? -MRS. B.
Communicate with commandant Ore
0tt Soldiers' Ho ma, goeeburc. Or,
Question in Parliamentary Law.
ASTORIA, Or., Feb. 6. (To the Ed
itor.) To settle a point of parliamen
tary rules, please let me know if nom
inations for officers in an organization
can be made after a motion to close the
nominations has been made and sec
onded. Also, if such nominations must
be seconded. SUBSCRIBED
A motion to close nominations is not
In order until a reasonable time has
been given. It yields to privileged mo
tions and therefore to subsequent nom
inations. It requires a two-thirds vote
and after its adoption nominations may
be reopened by a majority vote. A
nomination requires no second.
Duties as Yeoman.
GLADSTONE, Or., Feb. 6. (To the
Editor.) (1) Please explain the duties
of a yeoman and the age & woman
must be to enter this branch of serv
ice. (2) Also tell me if one must be a
high school graduate.
A SUBSCRIBER.
(1) Duties performed by "yeoman
ettes" are of an office and clerical na
ture. The ages are 18 to 44, inclusive.
(2) No. Experience in some particu
lar line of office work is the chief
requirement. Information can be ob
tained by addressing Commandant,
Nftvy.-y.ar4 Prejaerton, JVaslu
Owners ot Worlhle Dags Geserally
of a l iana I aable to Pay.
PORTLAND, Feb. 7. (To the Editor.)
I know this dog question has been
hashed all over the place, but it keens
our minds on the war. o I am gointr to
add my little bit to the general discourse.
1, like many other people, like dogs.
In fact I am very fond of them and I
don't know w hat the human race would
do without some of them, but why get
sentimental and insist on receiving all
of them with open arms because some
are good? Oo we keep a criminal in
town because the minister is a good
man? I guess not!
1 cannot see any comparative valua
tion between a "sheep dog" and a shep
herd. A "sheep dog" can dispose of
several hundred dollars worth of wool
ly property, perhaps the owner's entire
.year's profits, in a remarkably short
time. People who are familiar with
sheepkilling dogs know that execution
is the only way to cure them., They
seem to acquire a sort of bloodlust.
They do not eat the sheep. They mere
ly cut their throats and suck the blood
I have seen them.
Nobody wants to eliminate the good,
useful dog. But if he is worth much
he is worth paying a license on. The re
cently squashed dog law aimed at the
sort of hungry, untrained, prowling
dog kept by many country folks who
can scarcely afford to keep themselves.
in my own neighborhood these crea
tures chase chickens, calves, pigs and
other small things, and one day caused
a serious runaway by jumping at the
heads of a passing team. The woman
who was driving was injured. This is
only four miles from town, too.
As for the jury of cattlemen, it is
quite to be expected that they would
swat a sheepqwner if they could. I have
known of several occurrences in Clacka
mas county where things didn t turn
out that way. The dogs were not only
killed, but the "neighbor" paid for the
stock destroyed. The trouble is.
though, that the man who keeps an un
derfed, vagabond dog is generally the
shiftless sort who is unable to pay for
the damage done and the sheepowner
does not care to see his living de
stroyed. Nor does he care to risk a
reoccurrence of the loss, which Is often
of stock and breeding, rather than ac
tual money value. Such stock cannot
always be replaced, even by the most
well-lined pocketbook. This Is why
breeders made the effort to eliminate
the wandering cur dog, not because
they consider dogs worthless. I would
kill my own dog if he killed sheep.
ANOTHER WOMAN.
' I
Mea Engaged in War Industries.
CAMAS. Wash., Feb. 6. (To the Ed
itor.) (1) When a man is employed in,
a war industry and if he is a registrant,
would he be exempted?
(2) What is the salary of a common
soldier?
(3) When a man Is in the draft call
and when examined does not pass the
examination, is he exempted for good
or will he be called to the colors later
on when needed?
(4) Will the married man still be ex
empted if he has children and is of
draft age? CONSTANT READER.
(1) If the district board finds him to
be a necessary employe of a necessary
industry he is placed in a deferred
class. Registrants, regardless of
classification, are exempt- so long a9
mployed In the building or fitting of
Government ships.
(2) Thirty dollars a month.
(3) He is permanently exempted un
less found fit for special or limited
duty and then is subject to later call
for service not on the firing line.
(4) The question is too indefinite-tq
permit an answer. ,
Pay In Foreign Service, .
ASTORIA, Or.. Feb. 6. (To the Edi
tor.) 1. Please inform me if the 20
per cent increase of pay for foreip
service is for enlisted men only, or for
both enlisted men and officers.
2. Is there a law whereby enlisted
men and officers may, if they desire.
be transferred to the permanent serv
ice, at the close of the present war?
A SUBSCRIBER.
1.
Both.
No.
Sale of Unclaimed Freight.
PORTLAND, Feb. 7. (To the Editor.? i
Is there a law governing the length,
of time a railroad company has to keep
uncalled-for freight before offering it
for sale, and, if so, how long?
CONSTANT READER.
Unclaimed freight is sold, under proH
vision of law, one year after tha.-d')
oiMAxeeolBrt tha taxritu, '