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TITE 3IORMXG OREGONIA1Y. TUESDAY, APRIL 2, 1918.
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POKTI.A.NU. TIEDAY. APRIL 1. MIS.
jl B1I.KE OF THE T. M. C. A.
The first thought that strikes the
casual reader. In his perusal of the
published proceeding of the half
century celebration of the T. C. A.
In Portland, was of the larpe number
of cltixens present who have been
Identified with the work of the organ-
no lack of volunteers. It was esti
mated recently by a member of the
Medical Women's National Associa
tion that some 2500 already had of
fered their services, and at the same
time the need was described as "ap
palling." More than 50 have already
gone and are now engaged as physi
cians, radiographers, dentists and lab
oratory workers, but plans for the fu
ture contemplate that a large share
of the medical care of refugee chil
dren shall be turned over to them.
"More women doctors to save the
babies" is the slogan of the chairman
of the American Women's Hospitals,
who. while she contends that her sex
is qualified for work behind the first
line trenches, if necessary, quite as
important a duty can be done attttmg
the children who will die by thou
sands if medical care is denied to
them.
oped, there may be a surplus from the
latter field bevond Alaskan demand,
but the largest output will evidently
be from the Government mines, and
the Navy will have first claim on it for
the Pacific fleet. Production for the
general public will depend on develop
ment of private mines under lease,
and that threatens to go slowly until
either the Government relaxes the
terms of the leasing law or Investors
become reconciled to operating mines
under lease instead of as owners.
MADE WORSE.
Criticisms of the interview with
Mr. Scnimpff. from whom we hear by
letter today, did not relate to his per
sonal opinions concerning prohibition,
but to his reported statements that the
state was heartily sick of prohibition,
that property values had depreciated,
that there had been an abnormal de
crease in rents, a fulling off of pop
ulation and a big increase in taxation;
that Portland had gone backward.
that school enrollment was no longer
published because it was declining, all
of which he ascribed to prohibition
and none of which was true. He was
also reported as having said that the
was as much intoxication as ever.
that "squads of professional sniffers'
were employed and that the police
force had been increased in size, all
of which also was untrue.
The Orcgonian Is glad to learn that
he was misrepresented by the Scran
ton newspaper, but soma of his fur
ther statements, which ring like those
placed in his mouth by the Scranton
MORALE OF THE MERCHANT MARINE.
One noteworthy effect of the war
has been Improvement in both morals
and morale of the men of the mer
chant marine. This has been ob
served by those who come in contact
with sailors from many ports, like the
agents of the Seamen's Aid Society,
which is an American institution do
ing work for sailors on an interna
tional basis. The perils of the sail
or's .fife were never so great as they
are today. To the normal chances of
shipwreck are added the dangers from
submarines and mines.
Seafaring men have reacted to new
conditions In a way that shows the
material of which they are made.
Danger has not only stimulated the
spirit of adventure, but has developed
a calm philosophy which is not to be , them the surpius coai which they sell
protection and shelter ' of American
and British ports for the ships which
thus submitted to German lawlessness.
By driving those, ships into port Ger
many justified their seizure. By seek
ing shelter the ships became auxilia
ries of Germany. As such, they are
subject to seizure. Even as neutral
property in allied territory, they may
be requisitioned for defense of the
nation whose protection they have
sought.
This course is forced upon us by the
acts of Germany and Holland, just as
German use of poison gas has forced
us to use it. The restraints of The
Hague treaties having been set aside
by Germany, they no longer bind us
and our allies, but we still stop short
of killing noncombatants, sinking hos
pital ships and bombarding hospitals.
Germany is welcome to any military
advantage derived from such acts.
Coal being the trump card in Ger
many's game of trade coercion, it be
hooves the allies to take it away. By
developing waterpower, by saving
fuel and by increasing its production.
we can provide a surplus for export
to Holland and to other neutrals and
by building more ships we can carry
it to them. Then those nations will
not be compelled to trade food and
iron for German coal. By driving the
Germans eastward we can take from
Vigilantes' War Notes.
AMERICA FIGHTS WlTHOtT HATE
- ixation from the beginning, and the
Z succeeding reflection is about the way reporter, would have better been left
- Ill Willi ! uiv auuus, icii a v.ii iawu I unKQId
Association has measured np to the
Increasing responsibilities Imposed
upon It by the growth of conditions
I which It was primarily organised to
There are no reliable statistics as to
the number of home breweries
Portland, nor any way of gettin
them. The statement that "a know!
meet. Fifty years Is a long time In edge of home beer-making is as much
the life of the average man. and it a part of the modern housewife'
means something In such & life to knowledge as cooking" Is a wild un
have been spared to see such an or-I truth and an Insult to Portland housc-
trantzatlon as the T. M. C A. expanded wives. Tho implication that It is
far beyond the plans of Its founders. I general custom of juries to drink th
Its vitality undoubtedly has been I evidence In bootlecmng cases Is found
due to the fact that Its early sponsors I cd on one Isolated Instance and th
possessed the rare faculty of moving I jurors were promptly called to ac
with the spirit of the times. I count. Most Americana do not enjoy
It Is particularly true in America light beer with their meals, as he as
that the Y. M. C A. was the out- sorts. It has been the American ens
growth of the expansion of the'Amer- torn to drink beer In saloons. The
lean city. It was made necessary by story that reformers are given to
a new kind of community develop- breaking the law once prohibition Is
mrnt. which called for special effort I attained Is Idle barroom gossip and
In behalf of oung men. It was I nothing more
founded in Kncland by a young man I It Is a fair conclusion that Mr.
who had gone from tne country to the I Scblmpff Is too loowe-tongued to ex
city: it was originally designed for the I press himself safely in print.
especial benefit of young men away
. from home. There are more young
men in town than In the country.
Homo and church and the refining In-
' fluences at least In former day
bad a smaller place in the life of the
, average young man In the city than
In the country. It Is well known that
the city offers more temptations and
. that nervous excitement runs higher
I there. There undoubtcly was an in
tiling field, and the association en
tered It In the full spirit of consecra
tion.
. It Is significant, too. that as Its
methods developed, the American type
became predominant. This country
' gave to It the organization which has
made us industrially great, without.
It wilt be conceded, detracting from
; Its social and spiritual efficiency. A
good many men. still comparatively
; young, have kept pace with tho train-
Ing of Its secretaries, with the luereaa-
Ing employment of men who made as-
aortation endeavors their Ufa work.
with the reaching out Into new fields
the railroad men's T. M. C. A., the
Navy branch, the work In non-Christian
lands, the student federation, the
many educational departments, and.
finally, the serious effort to reach
younger boys than were Included In
the plans of the founders. These
have flowered almost within a genera-
tion
.Most conspicuous, perhaps, of all
the results accomplished has been the
vast expansion of its wholesome in
flurnce over every class of the com
rounity. The essentially Christian
principles of Its founders have not
been abandoned In the adoption of a
constructive policy which has made
the association a distinct counter-influence
against evil -surroundings.
Pioneers of Portland will re-
member a day when the publlo ac
rented as a matter of course tin
, wholesome conditions which would
' not be tolerated now. There was then
a certain rather definite line of de-
. marcatlon between the young "man
about town" and th member of the
- association, who was commonly re
girded as of the purely "bible stu
dent" type. But In Its practical reach
Ing out for all young men It has done
religion a real service, because It has
rTTERM TEACH INCH OF WAR.
Debate on Senator Ncw'a amend
mcnt to the new draft bill providing
for compulsory military training for
ail boys over 18 indicates that it was
rejected for other reasons than oppo
sition to the principle involved. Ar
guments had weight that the Nation
would be fully occupied in training,
equipping and clothing the men who
had already) reached draft age, and
that to give boys below that ago pre
limlnary traiqing when the camps
were already full of men over
would only cause deluy and confusion
It was also contended that the boys
would be needed in industry, and
could do better service at factory and
farm. Another objection related to
delay of the draft which would re
sult from discussion of tho compul
sory principle In Congress.
When that principle meets so little
opposition and when Its immediate
pphcatlon is defeated by so small
majority as was cast against It, public
opinion has traveled far In the one
year wo have been at war. The
events of that year have cast out
many Illusions and have brought to
the front many perils of which we did
not then dream. We then had visions
of a newly emancipated and militant
Kussla attacking Germany with the
enthusiasm which distinguished the
French in 1793 and of Germany
crushed before 191? ended. We now
face the facts of Kussia prostrate in
the grasp of Germany, of the Hun
hordes again advancing across France,
and of the French and British armies,
aided by our as yet snialr American
force, barely able to stem the torrent
We hear no more silly chatter about
conscription being synonymous with
militarism, or of a million men flying
to arms before sunset.
The American people have learned
much In a year. They have found ac
tual experience of war to be a stern
teacher, who drills our tasks Into our
minds and very hearts arid who per
mits no mental excursions Into the
vain Imaginings of pacifism.
NO ItELr FROM ALASKA.
As the price of slabwood rises, the
continued to offer opportunities with- I eyes of Portland people will be more
out obtruding them, and It has morel turned to Alaska In the hope of seeing
and more placed tbr humanities first, I coal come from there to give relief.
and has made young men acquainted I Unless production should increase
with one another, and has fostered I more rapidly. It Is not probable that
- pride In Its fellowship which knows I much coal will come out this year.
neither creed nor social standing. It I though the railroad Is already built
Is deeply significant that among Its I from Anchorage to the Matanuska
members, embracing men of almost I field and Its completion to Seward is
every orthodox denomination, and of promised this Summer.
no denomination at all. esprit de corps I Since the branch road to that coal
never ran so high as It does today. I field was completed, more than S0.000
Secular agencies have been developed I tons have been shipped, but nearly
to the distinct advantage In the long 1 14.000 tons of this quantity came from
run of fundamental religious consld-1 the Kska Creek mine of the Alaska
rations. I Kngineertng Commission and was used
"Whether. said a historian of the I on the railroad, except for a small
association 14 years ago, "the T. M.I quantity sold to domestic consumers
C. A. has reached Its final form, no I at Anchorage. The largest output of
one would be bold enough to affirm." la private mine In 1917 was 25,760
Kvrn since the words were written the I tons, but nearly all of this also was
caution which they exhibited has been I used by the Commission on the rail-
justified. The greatest war In which I road. Another mine operated by the
the world ever engaged found the as-I Commission produced 60 tons and is
- sociatton quick to respond to Its novel I being further developed, and two
opportunity. It has done this In the I others are being opened by lessees.
broadest possible way. and has so far I one of which shipped 113 tons. For
disregarded non-essentials and so far I some time the output is likely to be
been steadfast to Its determination to I consumed by the railroad, ther neigh-
" exercise a steadying Influence upon I boring gold and copper mines and the
all young men that its horizon has towns of Anchorage and Seward.
confounded with fatalism. Jack is ac
cepting the risk with fortitude but
without undue recklessness. He is not
the devil-may-care fellow of fiction,
but a thoughtful, calculating man of
enterprise, who sees that there is
special work to be done in the world
and accepts it with all that goes with
it. There are exceptions to this, but
they are the tests of the rule.
A sailorman who with prudence and
foresight proceeds to "set his house in
order" airainst the extra-hazardous
nature' of his calling and then goes
right on with the work may seem
novelty to those who do not know the
real depths of his character. As
matter of fact, our early sailors were
deeply religious. God-fearing men.
Tho roistering, rum-loving adventurer
was a later accession to the ranks and
probably never was in the majority.
But he was picturesque and was much
written about and exploited and in
time he came to serve as a type.
But In the forecastle of today, even
the minority do not blaspheme. The
"bums of the sea" have been weeded
out. Only men with a sound spiritual
foundation could voluntarily continue
to sail the mine and submarine-in
fested oceans of the globe. Men who
have survived as many as half a dozen
torpedo attacks and are as ready as
ever to ship for a new voyage possess
real courage, whether they stop to
annlvze their emotions or not.
The seriousness with which the
sailor now regards his vocation Is
shown by his increased sobriety, his
growing tendency to make provision
for his dependents, his more frequent
attendance when ashore at libraries.
missions and places of clean amusement-
In decreasing ratio he Is seen
In the waterfront "resorts." It is said
that tho old places which depended
for their living upon the "debauching
of seamen are rapidly going out of
business. Sailors are once more like
other normal men who do risky work
for a living. The tendency In the fu
ture will be toward continued im
provement In this direction. It is
pretty generally recognized that the
merchant marine is going to be an at
tractive calling' for those who take it
seriously, and that it will follow the
course of other trades In demanding
efficiency and moral as well as phy
sical stamina as the prerequisite of
success.
A field of high-grade lignite In the
Kenan field has been opened to lease.
and two mines are in course of devel
opment, which are hauling by team to
the end of the railroad, one of them
' been almost Immeasurably widened.
It Is probably the greatest single in-
. Iluence for good In all the war.
"The association." said General Sec
retary Stone at the recent anniver
sary meeting, "today stands for effl-l having contracted to deliver coal to
nurjr in service for God and human- I the Fairbanks division. There are in
ity." This seems to express it mis-I that district at least twelve beds rang-
- non in a few words. That It is also ing up to thirty-five feet In thickness,
Z "in the work to win the war" Is but but the coal Is not suitable for export,
a corollary. But its place and tts In-I and the Alaska Railroad Record says
flusnce have been definitely fixed. I it will probably be used as locomotive
Thosa who have observed Its deval-1 fuel on the railroad, for power and
r opment from the beginning will be I thawing; at the mines and as domestic
among the readiest to concede that It fuel In Tanana alley and as river
has deserved the support It has re-1 boat fuel on the Tanana and Yukon
celved. I rivers. It is expected that the rail-
completed
road
rill be
from this
American women physicians and field to the Tanana River this Sum
surgeons who have been going abroad mer. and that coal will then be
as individuals are paving the way for shipped by barge down the river to
definite utilization of the services of I Fairbanks.
their professional sisters in the war! When both the Ncnana and Matan
.FEEDING VP F.IIICATIOX.
Professional schools are showing
grasp of the needs of the country
after peace is declared by discussing
n advance of the day certain plans
for speeding up education, without
sacrificing the standards so painstak
ingly built up In the past.
The problem is not one that can be
dismissed with a word. Tho move
ment to Increase requirements for
matriculation in professional schools
and also to exact greater efficiency as
the condition of a degree was the
product of much thought. It repre
sented also a reaction against the
mushroom "colleges" which trafficked
In diplomas . and brought discredit
upon the professions which they pre
tended to fit candidates to serve. The
ncldental fact that the professions
were believed to be overcrowded also
helped, by removing one incentive for
the too-speedy course.
As reports from the professional
schools have shown, a creditably large
percentage of their young students
have left their studies uncompleted In
order to go to war. These men may
have planned for the usual leisurely
and more or less prolonged course of
study; It Is plain that when those who
return from the service resume their
school work they will have less time
than before. Extremely valuable
years of their lives will have passed.
It will be necessary for them to In
tenslfy their studies If they complete
the work they originally mapped out.
Either that or abandon their original
Intentions.
It is proposed to accomplish the de
sired reform In two ways. It Is likely
that In the first place there will be
some elimination of studies not essen
tial to the particular profession. It
may be that part of the cultural
foundation" will need to be sacrificed,
temporarily, at least And, secondly,
there Is a movement to lengthen
school terms. Those who In the past
have been Insistent on long vacations
ill perhaps modify their views after
their experiences at the front-
But the greatest gain will be In the
attitude of the students themselves.
They are already learning that life is
a serious business, that efficiency is
so necessary that It is worth working
for. and that there are many hard
ships more burdensome than 10 or
11 months of school In a year. This
spirit. Indeed, has already been ob
served In schools throughout the land,
extending down even to the primary
grades. It will do more to "speed
up" education than all the rules and
regulations in the world.
to neutrals and by driving them far
ther eastward we can take away both
the coal and the iron essential to
prosecution of the war. Also if we do
that, we' shall destroy the terror of
German militarism which holds these
little nations under duress,
The American forces have the op
portunity to contribute much to this
end, if they should remain in their
present locations north of, Toul and
near Luneville. The Brley iron field
is a short distance north of the former
location, and the Saar coal field is
directly east of the latter. If the
Americans should occupy those dis
tricts, the Germans would have no
aces In their hands for the game with
neutrals,
Making lists of necessary war ar
ticles that can be bought for the price
of a single liberty bond is one im
pressive way of calling attention to
the duty of subscribing for as many
bonds as possible. A recent publica
tion by tho War Department calls at
tention to the fact that a J 100 bond
will clothe or feed a soldier for eight
months, or purchase five rifles or
thirty rifle-grenades, or thirty-seven
cases of surgical instruments for en
listed men's belts, or buy twenty-five
pounds of ether, 145 hot-water bags,
or 2000 surgical needles. Four J100
bonds will buy an X-ray outfit, which
may save the lives of many soldiers
by permitting accurate diagnoses, and
in any event would greatly minimize
his chance of being permanently crip
pled. A complete list would make a
huge catalogue. The point is that no
one should withhold his subscription
in the belief that the best he can do
will not amount to much. A great
deal can be accomplished for the
safety and comfort of a soldier even
with the proreeds of one $50 bond.
Activity of Germans in fitting out
raiders in Mexican ports is a small
scale repetition of the Alabama of
fense for which Great Britain paid the
United States $15,500,000 several years
after the Civil War. Carranza needs
a warning that, if he does not stop
these violations of neutrality, wo shall
not wait till this war is over before
calling him to account.
Vigilantes Service.
Organized labor joins with a large
proportion of thinking Americans in
the belief that this is no time to talk
or think about peace. Says Chester M.
Wright, editor of the American Alli
ance for Labor and Democracy:
"When President Wilson announced
the Nation's war aims the pacifists
cunningly seized the opportunity to
stage a fresh burst of peace talk. They
talked of peace terms instead of war
aims. There is no peace and no sign
of peace, and no real American wants
peace until our war aims have been
achieved and the peace of the world
made so secure that democracy will
be safe forever.
"Stop talking peace. Talk war. Think,
war, concentrate on war, live the life
of war.
Make your thoughts a part of the
National will to win."
Labor realizes that pacifism contin
ue, to be a serious menace to the
country. Here is a little of Its con
tempt for the pacifist, issued by the
American Alliance for Labor and De
mocracy: "There are times when you almost
want to pity the pacifist. He has to
hate everything that normal persons
glory in. He has to choke all human
emotions down and keep his face long
and his eyes crossed. He can't thrill.
He can't cheer. He can't let himself
become exalted with the nobility of
our country's great effort. It must
be tough to have to be that kind of a
shrunken piece of humanity."
Secretary Daniels Is quoted as say
ing: "There Is no news in a diligent
toiler." This has been Interpreted as
meaning that the diligent 'toiler does
not make news because he is so busy
making ships and guns and uniforms
and shells. That kind of a toiler 1b
the strength of America today. So
says the official organ of organized
labor, and the vigilantes agree with It. ;
Hats off to the workers In the Shaw-
Butcher shipyard on the Pacific Coast.
The first ship was to have been
launched April 15. After listening to
H. L. Hughes, of the United States De
partment of Labor, somebody made i
motion that the ship be sent into the
water five days ahead of time. - It
was adopted unanimously Sad the men
are working with that resolve In view.
It Is stated that everybody employed
at the Brooklyn Navy-yard bought
liberty bond of the last issue. William
F. Powers, a machinist, who was ap
pointed by Rear-Admiral N. R. Usher
to act as collecting agent for the Gov
ernment, is authority for the state
ment Among those who bought the
bonds were 12,000 workers. The sub
scriptions to the first issue were $700,
000; to the second issue, $950,000. Pow
ers predicts a subscription of $1,500,-
000 for the next Issue. '
Optimism Is National Trait, Due to De
mocracy of Schools.
NORTH YAKIMA, Wash.. March 30.
(To the Editor.) One An erican trait
which comes to the fore these days is
American optimism and love. This
seems a strange statement in these
In Other Days.
From The Oregonian. April 2, 1SP3.
Twenty-five Years Ago.
' Chicago. Effie Clark, a student at
Northwestern, was shot and killed by
RnRa Smith, fnr-Tnerlw rf Trtetlarf ho-
perilous times but now more than ever cauge sne would not accept his proposal
we are demonstrating the fact that we
are not a- grouchy, hateful or hating
Nation.
This fact was impressed upon me by
a little incident during a vaudeville
performance recently.
Two youngsters in a timely act were
discussing the war and the Kaiser. One
recited that poem from the Tribune
ending:
My socks are feetless.
My pants are seatless,
Oh, how I hate that Kaiser!
Rat there wasn't hate In the good
natured chuckle that followed and ho
hate in that youngster's voice and very
little in the entire audience, I wager.
How thankful we should be for our
National optimism. In looking for the
reason I have decided that our rush of
life, our give-and-take ways and the
democracy of our schools all contribute
to this bubbling, undaunted, dare-devil
optimism of ours,
We are not accustomed to hating. We
are too busy; life moves too fast; we
are too well acquainted with many
traits of human nature, both national
and individual, to store up hate and
fight for vengeance. But we love the
of marriage.
Portland's first horse show will
start tomorrow night and will be held
in the Riding Academy building.
At a meeting of the dire -tors of the
First National Bank, J. W. Ncwkirtc
was named assistant cashier and W. C.
Alvord second assistant.
Whether or not to plant black bass
in this region is agitating the public.
Rev. H. K. Hines, one of the pro
fessors in the School of Theolopy.
University Park, was entertained by
the students last night. They gave
him a surprise party.
Halt a Century A no.
From The Oregonlan. April 2. 1SGS.
Washington. The manufacturers' tax
bill has been agreed upon and will
now go to the President for signature.
Postmaster Randall has received
mail bag with Portland letters in it
and which was lost at Coffee Creok.
right well enough to fight for it until I Cal. It appeared as suddenly as it dis-
we win. I appeared some time ago.
The average Yankee youngster, after
listeninir to a hot-headed little son of I Yesterday was a srusty day. remind-
Italy who has been calling him all the ing one ot this poem:
names in his little street Arab vocabu- "The wind it blew, the dust it blew.
While the main British army fights
grimly in France, another British
army plods steadily up the Euphrates
Valley toward Syria over tho route
which has been followed by conquer
ors for many thousands of years. John
Bull Is a persistent fighter who per
mits nothing to turn his attention
from the business in hand.
ECONOMIC WAR ON NECTRALS,
,The answer to Holland's protest
against seizure of her ships is to be
found in Cyril Brown's article on Ger
many's use of exports as a weapon
for economic coercion of neutrals.
That article proves that neutral na
tions of Europe are not free agents.
Holland in particular is subject not
only to economic pressure, but to mili
tary danger, hence negotiation for
voluntary charter of her ships to the
allies could end nowhere.
Forcible seizure of Dutch ships is
supported by the basic principles of
justice. By laying them up In Amer
ican and British ports Holland en
abled Germany to score a correspond
ing victory for submarine war without
expending a torpedo or a shell, for
she took them out of commerce.
which is tho purpose of German ruth-
It Is a pity that the allied naval
authorities cannot give us the weekly
score they have made against the
U-boats, together with that of the
ships they have sunk. Watching the
score of only one team in a game is
not exhilarating, especially when it
is the other fellow's team.
King George's response to the Aus
tralian's greeting suggests that it is a
positive pleasure to a king to be
treated as a plain, everyday man. Any
king who Is a real man must long to
play Harouir al Raschid.
White cornmeal has supplanted
yellow Indian meal in the cornbread
that is being served, and though you
may be told it is just as good. It Is
nothing of the sort. Real johnnycake
is yellow.
The candidate who promises to
exact 100 per cent of efficiency for
every dollar he spends is slow in these
times of war. He must make it 10434
to match the third liberty loan.
An ordinance compelling all men
between IS and 50 to work at gainful
occupation is in the right line, but
one will feel sorry for the bosses of
some of the loafers.
There will be enough -candidates for
all offices, so that one need not vote
for a man who is the least bit enemy
alien. This is the American year in
politics.
Another case of lese majeste. A
Greek court-martial has indicted the
sacred King Constantino for treason.
thereby blaspheming the German god,
INTERVIEW IS SOW REPUDIATED
Mr. Scnimpff Denies Scranton Quota
tions on Prohibition In Oregon.
PORTLAND, April 1. (To the Edi
tor.) Upon arrival in Oregon, after an
extended visit in the East, I saw that
The Oregonian gave me considerable
publicity concerning a reputed inter
view given by me to the Scranton (Pa.)
Times. This is very kind of The Ore
gonian, for without this kind publicity
few people in Oregon would have
known that I was away on a visit. If
The Oregonian had taken the precau
tion to verify the interview which it so
elaborately quoted it might have been
spared the necessity of exercising its
sarcastic pen.
In any event, for the information of
The Oregonian and its readers, I might
state that my interviewer in the East
rather overinterviewed me, and some
of the statements accredited to me I
was not aware of until I saw them In
print, and then more than ever appre
ciated what elastic imaginations some
of our ambitious reporters have.
It' so happens that I did not visit
the East for the purpose of expounding
either the advantages or the disad
vantages of prohibition, but rather in
the interest of the cranberry industry
in the state of Oregon. However, lest
my true sentiments on the subject of
prohibition be misunderstood I desire
to state that a thorough study of the
subject, . from the point of view of
achievement in this state does not lead
me to the conviction that prohibition
is either a success or a desirable step
in its march of progress.
I am reliably informed that con
servative estimates place the number
of "home breweries" In the city of
Portland alone at 20,000, and that
knowledge of home-ecr making i-i as
much a part of the modern housewife
knowledge as cooking. The columns
of The Oregonian also inform me that
illicit traffic in liquor has not bee
greatly arrested, and so comr .n is the
prevalence of unlawful- whisky in this
state that even our juries dispose of
the evidence in bootlegging cases, in
the nrivacy of their deliberations, with
out any apparent qualms of conscience.
Personally, I do not now ana never
have drunk whisky, despite the fact
thut the state is dry. 'and, while in
common with most American citizens,
I enjoy a drink of light beer with my
meals. I do not Intend to Decome a law
breaker for the purpose of appeasing
my appetite. It Is indeed very .well for
hypocritical reformers to prate of the
wonderful results or proniomon. xney
can eet enough strong drink to supply
their wants, even inougn mey nave tu
break the law to obtain it and pay
exorbitant prices for the privilege, but
the working and middle Classes are not
ouite so fortunate and are unjustly ae
prived of their right to the temperate
use of light Deer.
WILLIAM JS. sunuirri,
lary, is just as apt to go away leaving
him sputtering, while he remarks to
his. pal: "That kid can't help going on
like that. He's a guiney." Thus early
in life young America has attained
quite an extensive knowledge of tem
peramental geography, which helps him
more than that in his books.
Let us foster this spirit. We have
always fought for love, not hate. The
Revolution we fought for love of our
rights as individiuals and as a sep
arate Nation. The Civil War was
And raised particular thunder.
With skirts and hoops and chicken-
coops.
And all sich sort of plunder."
Our city was saddened by two fu
neral processions yesterday, for Leon
ard Jewett and Julius Middcndorf.
Tonnage Launched Per Day.
CHEHALIS. Wash.. March 31. (To
the Editor.) I claim that at this time
fought for the love of unity and hu- I there Is 'being launched an avcrago of
manity. This time we fight for our
love of domocracy and all it stands for.
We only of all the nations can appre
ciate fully what its blesnings really
mean and we can and will make the
world safe for democracy.
MRS. W. E. HOLT.
A Conscientious Ballad.
Jim Greely was a pacifist.
He said he simply wouldn't fight
Unless someone Invaded him
Some dark and drizzly Winter night.
His conscience was so blamed acute
That even then he wouldn't shoot
Unless the oaf on bended knee
Swore he was bent on crime, you see.
Jim's conscience was a curious thing,
more than 8000 tons or better of com
mercial boats a day in tho United
States. As a matter of fact I believe it
will run nearer 4000 a day.
If such information is not forbidden.
please advise if I am right.
R. W. EDGING TON.
Chairman Hurley, of the Shinpins
Board, said at New York on March 2t
that since the Board began work on
the emergency fleet programme of
about 8,000,000 tons deadweight 8 per
cent had been completed and put in
service. This would be 640,000 ton.
The first contract was made on April
27, 1917. From that date to March 26,
1918, the day when the statement was
And constantly he harped and fluted made, was 334 days, and 2000 tons a
Upon the deep religious way
His tender heart was constituted;
A single "bean" he could not give
In order that his country live, m
And many a tear he shed to see
Allied defense of liberty.
Haul down the flag," said Greely.
"Drape
Its mournful folds in blackest hue.
At half-mast hang it. Trim with crepe
The ensictn that once proudly flew!
That Uncle Sam should dare to fight
The innocent Kaiser pure and white
Just hurts my tender conscience
Pull down the flag and lay it low!'
Then all at once Jim changed his tune,
"Good gracious, help, I m being
raided!"
And citizens a-marc"li at noon
Right down to Greely s house pa
raded
The spokesman said, "Your conscience,
Jim.
Is very badly out of trim;
day would total 668,000 tons of ships
fully completed. As many more have
doubtless been launched, it is safe to
say that the total launched exceeds
2000 tons a day, especially as slow
progress was made at first and prog
ress is more rapid every month. Proba
bly at the present time launchings ex
ceed 4000 tons a day. That is not an
extravagant estimate, as it would equal
only 1,460,000 tons a year, including
Sundays and holidays, and the lowest
estimate of ships to be completed in
1918 which has come from the Board Is
3,000,000 tons. It must not be for
gotten, however, that it takes two or
three months to complete a ship after
she is launched.
Two days after Mr. Hurley made tho
speech mentioned, it iras announced by
the Board that 183 ships had been
launched, of which 103 had been com-
And we are going to show you how I pleted. Admiral Bowles has given the
Our own 'objections run just now.
total requisitioned and under contract
at 13S9 ships of 8.253,033 tons, an aver
age of 59o0 tons for each ship. On thi3
basis the 188 launched would total
1,118,600 tons, or considerably more
than 2000 though less than 4000 tons a
day. Allowing for. the greater progress
made now than a year ago, 4000 tons a,
day still seems a moderate estimate for
Where was your 'conscience' when the I the present time.
Huns
With murder, pillage, barbarous war v,.t Cnnftmments.
xurneu on in wuim inc.. DAYTON. Or.. March 31 Tn the
Ana arencneu in uiuuu cmU """ Editor. Please nublish a list nf the
IHCHI BHUIC; Incmao rr " - A v.awnn .....! .1.
wnaL spain. iiu;! " " they are located. EVA L. SAMS.
This nice black tar, you understand.
Is like the craven heart of you.
For twisted conscience we've at hand I
Meek chicken feathers, white or hue.
And ere these symbols we apply
We cast back in your teeth the lie
That it is conscientious zeal
Or deep religion that you feel.
The Nebraska House ratifies the
prohibition amendment and awaits
Senate action. Where Is Hon. Wil
Iiam Jennings Gloom to speed her?
A new device enables the flat-top
desk to be used to further advantage.
but the rolltop holds the honors as a
receptacle for official garbage.
This kind of weather means that
Mr. Campbell soon must tune up his
American Band for more of those
popular outdoor concerts.
With the Oregon men going Into
battle, those 6000 miles of distance
are annihilated and we can almost hear
the cannon roar.
German agents may be paying the
blacks in Mississippi to resist the
draft, but Uncle Sam will pay for
burying them.
It is early in the month to be sure.
but did you note the "feel" of April
in the air yesterday?
Uncle Sam must hurry his airmen
or the Siamese will be ahead of them.
The Germans are murdering nuns
again in Belgium.
tone, but there meanwhile has bccnluska field have been fuiher devel- J lessness, Xet Holland claimed tiiejfirbt day.
The April shower dropped in the
What Answer?
"ha Brass never grows," said the wild
Attila.
Where tho hoof of my horse has
trod."
He plundered and burned--fro:i Asia to
Rome:
Thev called him the "Scourge of
God."
But allied Burgundians, Romans and
Franks
And Ooths. at the gates of Chalons
Defeated his army the strongest till
then
And Europe was spared from the
Hun.
Now centuries have gone, and Attila's
shade,
Ts back at the head of his horde;
The place is the same (not far from
Chalons),
Will the same answer be writ with
the sword?
The Huns' boasting chief on the field
today
Brings blight to the earth where he
.. trod;
The scourge Is the same (a breath of
hades).
Will the answer be Satan's or God's?
W. B. SCOTT.
Adoption of War Orphans,
DALLAS. Or.. March SI. (To the Ed
itor.) Please tell me if there are any
war orphans in- the United States for
adoption and where can I write to find
out about them? M. L W.
We do not know of any available for
adoption in the full sense of the word.
There are various means ot aiding
those in the allied countries.
Russians Are Pllcrlms.
Indianapolis News.
The Russians undertake the greatest
number of pilgrimages t the Holy
Land. It is estimated that in normal
times between 20,000 and 40,000 Rus
sians visit Palestine every year. -Wio'
Tramnlfl resistance to the erround
(And we shall rule the world around!'
"Unsheathing of a million swords
In lust of conquest lifted up
Means naught to you. The barbarous
hordes
May sip at will the bloody cup,
Devens, Ayer, Mass.; Upton, Yaphank,
Long Island, N. Y.; Dix, Wrightstown,
N. J.; Meade, Annapolis Junction. Ind. :
Lee, Petersburg, Va.; Jackson, Colum
bia, S. C; Gordon. Atlanta, Ga.; Sher
man, Chillicothe, O.; Taylor, Louisville,
Ky.; Custer, Battle Creek, Mich.; Grant,
The Huns may win while you stand by I Rockford, 111.; Pike, Little Rock, Ark.;
Watching your brothers bravely die;
You and your 'conscience looKing on
With freedom of the world in pawn.'
Then citizens annlied to Jim
Tho suit that most adorned him, and
They swore they'd hang him to a limb
Unless he kissed our banner grand.
Jim kissed it. Then upon a rail
He rode abroad and took the trail.
'Tls said he and lils conscience black
Won't be Invited to come back.
EVERETT EARLE STANARD.
Dodge, Des Moines, la.; Funston, Fort
Riley, Kan.; Travis, Fort Sam Houston.
Tex.; Lewis, American Lake, Wash.;
Wadsworth, Spartaneburg, 6. C; Han
cock, Augusta, Ga.; Greene," Charlotte,
N. C; McClellan, Anniston, Ala.; Mac
Arthur, Waco, Tex.; Wheeler, Macon,
Ga.; Logan, Houston, Tex.; Cody, Dem
ing, N. M.; Doniphan, Fort Sill, Okla.;
Bowie, Fort Worth, Tex.; Sheridan,
Montgomery, Ala.; Shelby, Hattteshurg,
Miss.; Beauregard, Alexandria, La.;
Kearney, Linda Vista, Cal.; Fremont,
Palo Alto, Cal.; Seviers, Greenville,
S. C.
The first 16 are National Army can
tonments; the last 16 are National
Only Working; Days Counted.
PORTLAND. Anrll 1. (To the Edi
tor.) For a point of information and
referring to the item of launching the
"Weste-rove in 61 days." It seems tnai
Snniiiv. January 13. they launched
a boat, and the next day started on the Guard.
keel of the Westsrove and completed
it on March 27, making 73 days. I would Variation In Popular Song.
like to know where the til aays comes KmTtjKn Arrii 1 t tv,. ttji
in, or just what base they use to make tor.) I notice in The' Oregonian the
taat numoer oi oayn. . song which became such a favorite in
UAiik ..--...I.-. I the olrt Pfttlntrv n VP:, r nr rwn atn
Viteen the Mom h Ires Kilrnlno-.
The first plate of the keel oi tne I i wrjte to place before you a varia
Westgrove was placed January 16 and tion in the chorus which is sung in
th. hin was comnleted March 16. I Scotland, which seems to me to alter
according to records of the Columbia the, whol tone of he, sone nf P
. ,., - peals to the women folk especially.
smpouuaine t,orpUuUn. Tne cnange is in the last two lines
61 days is reckoned from January 15 of the cnorus but unfortunately I can
to March 27, less less .ten Sundays in
tervening, the record being actual
working days.
Taxation of Personal Property.
PORTLAND. April 1. (To the Edi
tor.) (1) Where will I be assessed for bei mor0 appropriate than the orig
not remember the first two words, but
will give you alternatives.
The last two lines read:
Then on
your knees and ask our God
Go to To bring them home.
The above always appealed to me as
my carpenter tools, here or in state
where living before coming here first
of Dresent year?
(2) Must I have a iismng license lor
salmon trolling and where do I get
it?
(3) What is the fee?
A READER.
(1) Personal property within the
state on March 1 is taxable in Oregon.
(2) A license is necessary. Apply to
County Clerk or any dealer in angler's
supplies.
(3) One dollar.
lnal.
JAMES A. STEWART.
Wearing of Service Flag:.
PORTLAND, April 1. (To the Edi
tor.) If a married woman has a
married brother in the Army, has she 1st the vards.
a right to wear a service xiage xias a
girl a right to a service nag u she
engaged to a soldier.'
A CONSTANT READER.
Civilian Positions With Government.
ZILLAH, Wash., March 30. (To the
Editor.) (1) In what line of work
could a man with good business train
ing best serve the Government at this
time? To whom should application be
made?
(2) Are the shipyards at Portland
and Seattle in need of unskilled labor? .
T. S.
(1) Write to U. S. District Civil
Service, Seattle, Wash.
(2) There is no general call for un- i
skilled laborers. Opportunities for such
men are incidental and positions are
obtained only by application in person
Best Blood Sacrificed.
INDEPENDENCE, Or., March 31.
(To the Editor.) Some little time ago
a woman whom it was stated Is an
artist wrote to your paper and com
pared our English and French boys in
France to the American soldiers Just
arrived there, the flower of the Araer-
B Is Rlfchr. ican Army. To me, an tingnsn woman,
PORTLAND, April 1. (To the Edi- her letter seemed ratner unKina, tor
tor.) A says that a marriage license sne ougnt io ..fc"."" -""
can be obtained in one state and the j France have been giving of their best
.nmnns rorfnrmprl in nnt hor K a a vc I mr Thrift HT1U ft I1H.il ji-ui a.
io Tit.ht? a BEinra I FLORENCE PLANT.
There are no fixed or authorized
rules. Either may wear one if she
o desires.
A READER.