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19 THE MORXIXG OREGOXIAX, WEDNESDAY, MAY - 1, 1918. " )$ (Dittroittntt & ton die rOtTL-XD. OltEfcOV fcntanrt at Port end OraB) Potffle a aa.-'Hi'l-claa mall matter. " lutacnptiu tun ta b:y la adTSs: Rw ll.U. ft It'r. Ma4ar lnr:ui'l. n rar. .......$ li:'. aalay lne.urt4. month..--. - ad4T iriuUd. thr month... -;J It v. un4 Inrlul4. month...-. I o;:r. without an'iAr. on yr I..y. without Jiun-ly. s month. ..... I-i:. without Hands, on month . !r. .... -Vt nnrf.v ... 2-Se aaUaj saa :y -M Br Carrier. Pl'r, furliTlo. ii.lM. u yar I-aJ . Sunday lndu-l4. on month..... t . 1 m , , - .. ... . v An tMf. ....... T SO i'asW Without fgnd4T.' toroo month.... 1 l)tu:j. without buntlay. oo moot a 81 How to tUm Sons' potofrtc ? rdor. ftfrtaa or poroonal ehKlt yur local K&k. tit amp, coin or curroscy aro at ' oon.r' ri. t.lv. potmc addrs la (ail. laciadias; county sad state twin- Kale 11 to 1 pa. 1 root: 1 to J.' . J coat: I t 41 pas. enla: SO fo oca, 4 cnta: I t pas. ooat. T to 4 pacra. cast. rrl(h t--. eab: ratra. r4ni Waalari Offlr Voir Cnk- Itn. rlraasw.ck bal.dtng. fw Tork; Voir A Conk Tr. stzr bul.dioe. Caic(i Vrr Conk tn. fro Proa bul.dlcg. Potrwlt. Mich.; fan rraactr rapmoatatlia, R. J. .B!wU, 12 Markat :rt. VTMBn or THE AS-tOCIATED fIM. Th Aaaoctat proa I rxc!olTTy atl t'4 t taa aao f-r ropnbltratloa of a'l how dlapateho rro4!tr4 to It r not thrwia rr4tt4 much to turn th scale. The I mora long lived by th fading of the consequences which might I custom of looking to the past for ln- from undue leniency with trea- I splration. And the growth, under ne dictate that no person against I cesslty, of the habit of looking: for whom there Is food ground for sus- I ward. For as there were no such Plclon should remain at large, and I wars as that of today, even In the that such a person's guilt or lnno-1 times of Alarlc and Atttla and Alexan cence. and the measure of punishment, I der and Charlemagne, there will be no be determined without delay and with- I precedents for us to look to for recon out the uncertainties which arise from the possibility that one disloyal per son may be on the Jury. For the sake of freedom and civilisation we should structlon. We shall have to depend upon our own resources, and to look hopefully forward, not unprofltably to the past. There will be so much to live run the very slight risk of Injustice I for. and so much to do. that we ought. to a few Individuals. A Prussian has I by Mr. Depew's rule, to become a race no big timber and where the wooden ship has become a tradition. They should militate In favor of, not against. building: of wood on the Pacific Coast, where tbo big: timber grows in abun dance and where good, seaworthy. wooden vessels have been built right down to and since the outbreak of war, as has been ' proved- by the Mo Cormick ships. Objection is also made to the wooden ship because of the great weight of material used in proportion to carrying capacity, but that applies only to the Ferris type, which was de- good cause to laugh at American I of centenarians. It may even require) signed by a man whose experience squeamish nesa in this regard. ' A DARK ECUrOE. Community pride is frequently sub ject to rebuffs. Complaint on our own score has been heard occasion ally. Now It is the turn of Tacoma and Seattle. A writer in a Tacoma newspaper expresses indignation because a mart- Una article on Camp Lewis conveys the Impression that that great canton ment Is located somewhere en Elliott Bay. That is a real grievance when it Is remembered that Pierce County put up f 2.000.000 for the site. But quite distressing, too, are the apparently willful slams at Seattle enumerated by a correspondent in Seattle newspaper. "Ruggles of Red Gap" recently appeared on the screen. the making over of the tables of the! was confined almost entirely to steel actuaries. The new formula for lon- ships and who aimed to gain the same gevlty is made feasible by the course strength as steel possesses by putting of events. I in more and heavier timbers. Little attention has been given to Pacific Coast types which have been built with a tonnage of nearly 2000 and AN ORDER OF MERIT. There is something in the sugges- COuld be enlarged to 5000 without loss tion that a badge be designed as a mark of distinction in the field of agriculture. We already have our liberty bond buttons, and our decora tlons for bravery in the field, and the Congressional medal for military serv. Ice of an especially high order. The farmer at the same time Is engaged in a work as necessary as that of anyone in the winning of the war. of structural strength. Carrying ca pacity can also be increased by using steel reinforcement to reduce the bulk of wood. By using 600 tons of steel in a wooden ship its tonnage can be Increased to 6000. An 8800-ton steel ship uses 2600 tons of material, which would suffice for 36,000 tons of wooden vessels reinforced with steel. By building such vessels to the limit 4it4 to thi. pnpor. ml th local whereas the author of the story placed w pub lah.d b.r.irv. In. . . v. - ..... txr v. . ... Ail r-t tf roptibiirsttaa of ape rial 41a- patibo norola ar aio morvod. Pna-rLAMD. rDt.DlT. M IT 1. ISIS. THE TRIE TEST. ' If the proposal of Mr. West that all candidates for t'ie Henatorshtp but Mr. Red Gap In the state of Washington the motion picture put it In Southern California or thereabouts. How true France, showed Its arjrjreclatlon some of capacity on the Pacific Coast the years ago of the importance of the Board would add to the possible steel better class of sericulture br creatine tonnage a great quantity of material a new order of knighthood known as and shipbuilding capacity which would the "Ordre du Merite Agrlcole." Its otherwise be unused. nuroosa was to stimulate especial ef- The war emergency demands con- forts to excel In their calling. Knights etruction as quickly as possible of all is In the vicinity of Spokane Other neglects recounted include a vicious discrimination by the movies McN-ry withdraw from the contest Is ? dieting a journey to Alaska with to th. Stu. snirTr th t"naeo America can produce. LVr.n ?r r0nL ll .0t faulL f rreen enamel, surmounted by a Steel ship production is limited by tho f onv leaves and suspended output of steel, which has alroady IntrndM ti be an explanation of his political at'ttude. It does not explain - anything. The Oregonlan asked Mr. . .We.t. the other day. In- tha interest " of fair play and right understanding. that ha let the public know whether i,or not he is a boo ride candidate. Ha does not answer, except to make the ostentatious offer that ha will get out If Mr. Stanneld and Mr. King will Join him. leaving the field clear to Mr. McN'arr. Mr. Stnf1eld declines. Mr. King declines. Both are within their right., and also within the pro- .pnctles- Mr. West was, of course. wtthtn Ms rights. It is not conceded ' by Mr. King, or Mr. Stanfleld. and by - sundry others, however, that ha was . within the proprieties. Tha niceties of political behavior never worried - Oswald overmuch. There Is a disposition In some quar. ters to credit Mr. Wert with a sinister motive to burden Mr. McN'ary with . his approval. It may be agreed that It Is something of a load to carry; and Mr. Wet cannot be unaware of it. But a better explanation Is that he - wants to make all tba trouble ho can for his political enemies. It is said Vancouver as tha startl by a green ribbon with a pink edge. been reached, also by the output of The details of tha design are not luei for steel worics, wnicn nas aiso important. It is not certain that the been reached, 'xne amount or steel green ribbon, with the rink eay( avanaoie ior snips is iineiy 10 do re- lOIli PAIJSTIXGS GO IXTO SOIT Arbitrate. In Other Days. By Booth Tarklnrtos, af Vigilante. the In wartime the strike Is not the rem edy for profiteering. Publicity and ac tion by the Government are the rem edies for profiteering. Profiteering uiai orings on a strike Is, in effect, not better than treason; but a strike may itself be an attempt to "profi teer ana inerefore not better in re. suit than treason. Every sensible per. son, however, understands that work' Imperial Household Gets Gerard's So gar. Says Satirical Article. Philadelphia .Public Ledger. i Half a Century Ago. Mr. Gerard's household effects, stored In a From The Oregonlm May 1. 1888. warehouse In Berlin, have been seized by the I Salt Lake. Advices from South Pass German rovernment. News Dispatch. I City. Dakota, cay that the miners held A GERMAN CAPITAL, April 17. la mass meeting Sunday and petitioned Proceedings were today by court-mar-1 for the appointment of Hon. W. A. tisl upon the household goods of th. fr as Governor of the Territory of late Ambassador of the Vereinigten Staaten. James W. Gerard, instituted. I Berlin. It is officially announced JTour correspondent, by disguising mm-1 that the reduction in tha Prussian self as a trainer or military aacnsnunas i army will be 12,000 ana Keeping sai ms veros weu 10 me All bullion has been exempted from revenue tax, according to advices from the Director of the Mint. Messrs. R. J. Ladd. C. S. Fcchhclmer. S. Pennoyer. J. C. Ainsworth and James Powell were appointed a corn- rear, admission was able to secure and men are entitled tn no hih ..I the censor to foil. they can get without interfering with Great indignation has been in this the utmost possible efficiency of in- clty apparent for some months at the dustry engaged in the prosecution of fact that tn exceedingly sumputous me war. A strike does interfere with I auniesuc etiecis or ooutnauor utt such efflclencv. and therofnra moon. I In a warehouse still stored were, and larger casualty list and increased M-" rumor was mat many ituuriauins mi,te. -rPrt.nHiu h, th. nmn aanger to the country. That is to say: iooastuiis were in mo toucwun 1 cratic county convention. B. U Norden ii x am a war industry -workman on UUMO- was nominated for County Clerk ctuiKB i am Droioneina- TH. me and 1 i.gurt vuiuiiuciiaiu l""i") aaamg io me nsK or America's defeat mpti.i . Washington. At a meeting- of New h" ;k "I"' t"J! ?n" l"" cau" --k- V Vr."t7;nTt. hVld n1"? senators Horace Greeley was wuuuua io a. tcriam numDer i - XT- I urgea ior Postmaster-General or American ooys wno would have ivr Lu "iioucDwa ut iacr hwiw. come home safe and sound to their mothers if I hadn't rone on strike. I The first item to be called to the bar That is the simple truth; and if I am was half a pound of white sugar. Amid impeding a war industry by going on I universal silence and awe this for the serine, j might lust as well have torn I use of the imperial household seques and tortured the bodies of those boys I trated was. Three housewives in the myseir. shipbuilding article pictures of wooden shipbuilding In Seattle and steel shipbuilding in an Eastern yard, leaving the impression that nothing but wooden ships are built in Sciatic! The eclipse of Seattle la something inar rtrtlnt. and I cert rioooii. wilw iuo j'uia, cugo " -..... - which carried I wouItl approved here at home: nor duced by the growing demands of ar ia It probable that tha American tillcry and other armament as our farmer would be much inspired by army grows. This amount can be being made a knight. But if It is an honor to ba a farmer, as everyone concedes that It Is, It is doubly an honor to be mora than ordinarily that ought to ba looked after by tha 1 proflclent in this leading and ImperA- spread over a much larger tonnage by using a large part of it as rein forcement for wooden ships. By that means the full shipbuilding capacity of the country would be used, Includ tlva calling. Why not a decoration lng that of tha Gulf Coast, where for tha producer of thirty bushels of steel reinforcement would make avail- wheat, or two hundred bushels "f po- able a larger proportion of yellow tatoes. or six tons of timothy hay to I pine. tha acre? I Wooden ship districts need not Why not. Indeed T The Agricultural draw on the machine works of the throughout tha East that tha Klondike"' "u5" " " "u" "IJ", ?- iVT:; .? was In Konttlo'a hark Tarrl "'' ""i.ucu.c v v.. ... Kn It l lirfnl Wo. A nnft mr. I VL j kuuui. II. " iliico 1MB tend to say what has caused the I 01 eclipse, but are convinced that the fault rests in Seattle. As a willing. I CHANCE of REPCBLICAX senate, even at times anxious, seeker for Beat- There Is a chance that the Repub- tla news. Tha Oregonian finds It I Ilcans will win control of the United proud citizens of that community. Time was when Seattle was every day I In tha public eye. During the Alaska! gold rush Alaska was Seattle's exclu-l slve property so far as the dispatches I disclosed, and tha Impression spread I harder to get a really live story out of gtatca Senate at tho November clec- Seattla than from any city of Its sLzejtlon. Assuming that the vacancies In tha United States. caused by the death of Senators Stone, of Missouri, and Broussard, of Louis iana, will ba filled by Democrats, the Democratic majority Is now ten. If tha Republicans hold all the seats can be Increased to the point where every vessel will be completed at the point where the hull is built. Every effort should bo made by the Senators and Representatives and by the commercial and labor organizations of the Pacific Coast to impress these facta on the Shipping Board, not only on it but on all the people of all parts of the country. The whole Nation is vitally Interested In tha production of the largest possible tonnage in the shortest possible time, for our volume of tonnage is the measure of our part in the war and its effectiveness. The sooner it Is increased to an equality with our capacity for training; and eqlpping men, the sooner we shall overpower the enemy and the smaller will be the cost In the lives of Amer icans as well as in those of our allies. For this reason, tha full use of our shipbuilding capacity, West, South and MODECX CLASSICS IX ECUPSE. Alarm Is expressed by soma of tha llfoemrv rHMm ImI th Y-ant vnliima that Senator McN'ary has advised his of books which are being produced. I ther hav" nd w,n fivo more, they will friends that Mr. West's candldacr Is and tha consequent Imnossibilltr of Ua the Senate. If they win six they taken noon h! own rr-snonsihllitv. ma I rradina- all of them, shall result in the! bve majority of two. fur as he knows. It nr well h tx- I nermanent loss to the world of much n new Republican may come from lleved. Mr. West la nnbod V at n! kin-1 that Is of real value. Alreadr thelew xiampsnire to succeed Henry . horse. So much for Oswald, who de- process of sifting has taken place as j Hollla, for the split which gave the lights to create consternation among I to the older "classics." with results I " ueraocrau in iia nas f rien.la and foL and who lrrrea tha I which h&va not alwars won tha an-1 been healed and signs point to the limeiirht. an. I who hai hi anomi.a I nrorsJ of the sunercritlcal. Rut It was I election of Governor Keyes. New Jer and Is not often seen two daya In sue- I made necessary by tha limitations of"elp "Mm' to llaV8 become strongly Kasti closely concerns tho people of resMon headed in the same direction; I life. One cannot hope to read all that Republican, and may be expected to every state Kansas, Nebraska, Iowa jet ha Is always on his way. I has been written, or even all that la I .... i j., ou.vu and jnssourj, equally with Oregon Probably It will ba appropriate to roqd: that is, if ha expects to do any. 1 ln oenaior iiugnes. Kansas xte- California ani Washington in the say that tha question of who shall be I thing else. I s" unncu llu auuuiu tha Henubliran nomlnea for Kniutor I Now tha maklnr of books conUn-1 lect their man In place of Senator ..belongs to tha Republican party, and I ues at tha rata of many thousands William H. Thompson. Illinois showed ha ihi ha lh VmMnll ramlnw mrr mr. It la a fair axumaU that rcvuusiou Irani KtmiQcracj so to the Democratic Trtr It la a tlma I tha a re rare is hleher than It 'ever has I Plainly in 1916 that It bids fair to re of war. and tha controversies of par- I been, although tha year does not al- "r the picturesque James Hamilton peoplo not a8 one concerning develop ties and tha ambiUons of men are wars produce a dominating work. Lwl nd to give 8onator Sherman a ment of a great industry on the Pa Just now of comparatively small mo- Still, there is much that seems worthy I iepuoiican coi.eague. clflc Coast or jn any other section, but inent. The Oregonian for IU part can of being preserved, but that Is In dan- lu f 1 v 1 1 . t. . Bl1 lne as one concerning production of the ! reconciled to the election to public ger of being forgotten. A correspond- iutiua . uiiiuni largest tonnage of ships for success in ofllce. rsatloriaJ. state, local, of anvlent or tha New lora sun remlnns ui ntncorUi.u.ii uuciu iu iu re nu Libia and efficient ritli.n rlrh nr I that Frank Norrts "McTcaarue. for roor. who will eoatrihuta a ahara tn I exam Die: W. C. Morrow's short stories, I w-s appointed upon the death of Sena- the successful nrosecution of th war Included in "Tha Ane. the Idiot and tor rewianas, or isevaaa, ror JNew It is America's greatest task, and It Is I Other reople," and such once out- I lands won by a majority of only eev- the citizen's highest duty. standing productions of Kngllsh writers nty ana Jioncns nas never Deen There Is no monopoly of patriotism I as 'The House of Souls- and The I may no won in in anr oartv: there U not er-n a nr.. I Hill of Dreams." by Arthur Machen. Idaho, where Nugent, Democrat, was iKinderancn of loral frelinr- or ihnrht I aro already becinninr to be classed appointed on the death of Brady, Re- or action, or service, among Demo- I among the "long forgotten." Who I puoiican. ana wnere xne last, trace oi crate or Republicans. If tha war la I now remen-bers Richard Middleton. or the split has disappeared. senator won. as It must be. It will h. am.Hra'. Clinton Ross, or Hubert Crackan- Itorah's re-election from that state Is .triumph, not a personal, or partisan thorpe? Or even Stephen Crane? They pracucany sure. victory: if it should be lost, as it can- I already are as completely lost to us as I nepuoncin seais may oe iot.i m not be. It would ba a common rii t- I the histories of Folvtolua. I Mexico, wnere oenaior ran xaixs The cltlxen. or tha candidate, then. It seems that the overpowering in- of retiring and where it is not likely w ho thinks of himself or his party I fluence of a world war. while it has that any other man of Ills political ... -w. - . i i I . . . .. 1 1 . i n t - v. i . i . .. . . I ra th pnuln wlnr ann tn Hhnri. Talnnri url sua (n .UUOn HTOnd IS a IT 1 1 OI. I " uii'whj uiiunnj-aru vuiluu . ' I . . m r7 Tet there is no call now to aban- f ' books, or even of fairly good books, I w nere senator t:oii may no retired ny " has maria tha anrM r.ana tn ran tne revolution WJllcn J1RS IOllOWfS tne whether ther are reserved for nos- death of "Boss" Bray ton and Nelson The time is ripe for Austria to start terityornoL B-rnard 8haw sacrificed W. Aldrtch. Fights are also to be a mUiUry offensive, but we have a less truth than usual for tha sake of I made by the Republicans to defeat peace oiiensive maieaa. is it. potisiDie Twenty-five Years Ago. From Th Oregonian May J, 1S33. Berlin. There is considerable indi cation here that Emperor William will pay ine worm's .Fair at Chicacro. a The responsibility is so ter- I rear of the court with emotion fainted. I visit this year. A cordial invitation rible that no workman who under- I Much excitement was caused by the I would probably induce him to attend. stands it would take it. except to avoid examination of Mr. Gerard's art coliec- a greater amount of torture and death I tion, including some excellent oil paint- Chicago. The World's Fair will be at home through starvation wages. lngs by Fontaine b ox. Clare Brlggs ana I ready in two weeks. Arbitration will srive him what he otner old masters. The representative i needs and what he Justifiably wants. I of the cultusmlnlsterium, who present I Dallas, Tex. A dispatch from Cisco The whole country understands that a was, pleaded that these valuable ob- says that a violent cyclone struck that worKman cannot live today on the jects be removea to the national art i section, injuring more than 200, and wages of ten years ago or five years gallery, but the court ruled salus populi I the fatalities probably will reach 40 ago or two years ago. Wages have suprema lex. i ne v;namoeriain in-1 or LU. cot to advance, of course, as tha nrice Isisted that, the canvases, containing! of commodities advances: and the price rich and fatty oils, should be to the I New York. "Bob" Burdette, the hu- of comroodltes advances, of course, as Food Minister turned over, for reduction morist, appeared in the pulpit of th wages advance; though it Is to the ad- I Into soup. , Some of the best families or Baptist Church of the Epiphany Sun- vantage of the workman to let theltnis city have applied ror permission i day morning. price of commodities begin to advance to include the paintings of the iJot- first. But his wares must take ac-lschafter in their tomorrow s menu. A number or double-barreled lownng count of higher prices, and permit nirr, not only life, liberty and the pur suit of happiness, but allow him to save, as well. That is all that any man on this earth Is entitled to, whether he be garbage man or Kaiser; and it Is all that is worth getting; and the iaeal of this country Is that every man snail nave it. Tbis is what we are fighting for: that no man shall take away this right from another man, that no man shall make another man his slave, as the Germans have made pieces were found. The War Minister i his delight expressed, and said that with these re-inforcements there would be no doubt as to success on the west ern front. "These so treacherous wea pons," he exclaimed, "which have cost the lives of (deleted by censor) Ger man pheasants and ducks, will now be turned against the perfidious breasts of their owner s countrymen. and Sontag, the stagecoach yester- Visalia. Evans bandits, held up i day again. William H. Galvani, in a letter to The Oregonian, has given additional consideration in biology and anthro pology to the editorial In The Sun day Oregonian, "The Soul of tho Ape." VKIISES ON FREEDOM RECALLED Sympathy of Kngrland'a I'orta With IVothern Cause Indicated in 1S63. PORTTjAND, April 29. (To the Kdi- A number of articles exhibited were conquered labor their slave and as which the catalogue listed as "antique tbey would make slaves of us if theylvases," but it to your correspondent conquered us. I evident was that these nickel-plated tor.) Fifty-five years ago the follow- Now such is the temper of our coun- I cuspidors were. The Minister of Turn- lng poem was read at an anti-slavery try that the responsibility for a strike lng - Everything-to-Valuable - Military-I dinner before a company of literary which means more death, more crip-I Use . demanded these for helmets, and I men of London toy Dr. William Bcattic, pling, more blinding, more shot away I they were so requisitioned. faces, for our young men, sons of I A sharp discussion took place be- workingmen and sons of capitalists, I tween the Chamberlain and the Minis fighting side by side and comrades ter-for-Devlsing -victuals-From -What. over there," as they will be over here I Was-Formerly-Considered - Noneatable. when they come home the responsible I The subject of the argument was lty for such a strike is an infinitely a very highly enameled portrait or heavier and more dangerous thing I the imperial dachshunds, formerly to than those who rashly assume that the Botschafter by a very high per sonage given. The Minister-for-De-vlslng-Victuals claimed that this por trait had a hlirh value in calories, and that it could Into quite useful synthetic sausages be turned, which even if not eatable, might be displayed a sifted fecotchman, author of .Scot land Illustrated." G. Edwards Lester quotes it from memory In his life of Charles Sumner (1874) and does not know if the lines were published. J. 1IENNESSY MURPIIV. responsibility can know, and no de cent human being- could be so selfish ar.d so treacherous to his country as knowingly to bring about such a strike. And the temper of the country in these daya is to know causes as well I In shop windows to revive the spirits as results. Where the greediness of I of the populace. The cnamocriain in- Enarlnnd's Toets to the Poets of America. Your Garrison has fanned the flame. Child, Chapman, Plerpont caught the fire. And, roused at Freedom's hallow'd name, Herk! Bryant, Whtttier strike tha lyre; West. New Kngland, New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania in the East, or Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama on the Gulf. Tba subject should be presented to the American the war, By arousing the public opinion of the whole Nation to this necessity Ir resistible influence can be brought to bear upon those in authority. The people need education to think Bhlps, to talk ships, until they see the subject in its true proportions. Then they can impress their views so forcibly on the men who have the power to decide that they will decide right. T. W. Wilson, whose address is the White House, will ,not push the lawn- mower this Summer, if he knows it. He has a flock of sheep to crop the grass, wonder it ne Knows sneep are . don the usual political practices or party organizations. Indeed, there sound reason why they shou'd ba maintained- Despite superficial an tagonlsms and Individual differences, both great parties are for the war, and 1 they are for tha only effective way to t arry It on through tha Admlntstra. tion of President Wilson. Tha Con gress is divided almost evenly between t .a two great panics a democratic majority, with a large and aggressive Republican minority. It Is fortunate that It Is so; it would ba sowing tha seeds of real calamity If through any freak or chance of political mlscatcu l.itlon. either of tha great parties were, to ba excluded from propot Uout -representartoa In Congress nd a po tent voice tn all measures for sup port lng tha- war. It is trite to say that tha United - " - "- --u- - wK-u.wiM7, wnvrc tha people rule, and that a democracy functions through political action, de- Mse-l and promoted by political par ties. Tat it was cever so true as now. No other way to prsaenra a republic or a democracy, has been found; and It la futile and senseless to seek It In tha preaenca of a common danger from wlthntlt whtrh thraat.na mwA would destroy all. Let tha parties go ahead and nomi nate their candidates and let tha peo ple go as usual about tha business of electing some and defeating others. All will ba well if they do: but it will never do for them to take a chance on ny candidate for any place, especially high place, whose alliances may be questionable, whose record In tha war will not bear tha most exacting scrutiny, and whoee patriotism. In word and in deed. U anything below par. The oregonian prefers a 100 per cent Democrat to a 19 per cent Re publican. So should and wl'l the people. But we sea no reason why a Republican should not continue to vote for a 100 per cent Republican. Ditto Democrat. Let tho Republicans tion or intrusion from outside busy bodies; and let tba Democrats do the same. There are sundry gentlemen and ladies who ara not a little agitated over what Tha Oregonian will do In the campaign, pre-primary and post primary. Now they have tha key to Its thought, purpose and policy. Fife weeks have been spent on im fanelinf tha Jury to try tha I. W. W. leaders, and tha job Is not finished. During that period the fate of civiliza tion has hung In tha balance on the fields of France and Belgium, and an act of tfca conspirators might have an epigram when ha said tha other I Wlllard Saulsbury In Delaware, where that racial dissension has spread to day. in answer to a question: "The I settlement of the Du Pont family quar- tnost interesting new writer of the past twelve months has been Sir Douglas Halg." That seems to be the way tha world la looking at it. It is coming to be vastly more Interested 1.1 the men who do things than in those who ara writing about them. rel would help them; Ollle James in Kentucky, who is weakened by his friendship with tha whisky interest; Shafroth in Colorado and Walsh in Montana. the army, and the subject races refuse to fight? mil DLrxw 4T riGin r-i OCX. Chruncey Depew at 14 is still an Inspiring figure, throughout tha years he preserves his optimism. Tha well tried rules of hygiene by which he maintains his physical efficiency begin to lose Interest for us by comparison with the recip for Ms Incomparably high spirits. Hj tells us again that most meu "eat too much." aud warns against tho unwisdom of aduttony. We knew this already, although we hs,va not always profited by tha kr.owtedge. But wa listen mora attentively whilo he discusses th j ni.ntal Ingredients cf his prescription for long Ufa and hap piness. There is nothing that prolongs Ufa, says Mr. Depew. ilka having an ob ject to live for. Looking forward, pur posefully. Is a sovereign panacea. "Tha will Is the greatest enemy of deatv" Tha mother whose case Is pronounced hopeless resolves to live until her son returns, and confounds all tha predic tions of her medical advisers. Tha man of Intense partisanship makes a vow that he will not shave or cut his hair until his favorite Is elected Presi dent. With that SKcrtnce of his per sonal appearance comes a determina tion to sea tha inauguration of his Idol. Tha mora repulsive ha grows, tha mora bitter is his determination to live to celebrate the event. Buoyed by determination, ha lives on and on. Mr. Depew does not entirely reject the lessons of the past; but ha mini mutes them. Ha is less reminiscent than ha used to be. Ha notes that the libraries are filled with forgotten lit ers tn re. and that occurrences Ilka tha repeal of tha silver purchase till, the great event of the Cleveland Adminis tration, already seem as remote as Columbus discovery of America. The past seems particularly distant in the light of tha ordeal through which the world ia now passing. History, he de clares, will data from June, 1914. Lit erature Inspired by tha present world tragedy wlll$e our reading matter for the future. The past has been obliterated. Mr. Depew's observations are thought-provcklng. They suggest the possibility that tha race will ba made The name of Missouri's new Senator, Xenophon B. WUfley, does not augur well for his election to the seat to President Wilson has tried to make which he has been appointed. The the seats now held by Democrats safe I original Xenophon won fame by a by means of an agreement to indorse retreat those Republicans who have sup- ponea nis war policy, dui in every six bottles of whisky found In a case where he has applied this scheme man's oflice in this city are held as In favor of a Republican Nelson of evidence. Other men with that kind Minnesota, Porah of Idaho and Ken- of stuff around would better hastily yon or lowa tee seat is so safe that I destroy the evidence. nis neip is not nee-ieo,' wnun in such cases as that of N'Jgcnt It la decidedly rirker. A (totD smrsnLDLvo rrtOCKlMllE. Having placed a man of supreme ability in charge of the production of ships, tha Shipping iviard It, once more occupied with tha adoption of a programme. Mr. Schwab is tha fifth man who hat been appointed manager of the Fleet Corporation in tha course of ore year, and tha programme has been changed or ruod;9ed almost ns often. While a bad programme should ba abandoned In favor of a good ore, a prog-auime which is not radically defective should ba followed until or- garlzutlon for a better has been car ried to the point where it can be sub stituted without loss of production. To neglect of this principle may be ascribed our backwardness in produ clng not only ships but also armament of all kinds and aircraft. The Ship ping t'oard should profit by the ex perience of tha last year sufficiently to be able to adopt a good programme and to follow it out with only minor modifications and therefore with the maximum output of tonnage. But reports from Washington cause apprehension that tha Board is about to adept a new programme ma-red by a furdamcnta! error failure to make full use of the country's capacity for building wooden ships. While Mr. Schwab is dinctor of product on and, as such. Is rtmply to carry out the plcns adopted by the Board, of which he Is not a member, it is natural that his advice should have much v eight, and he Is a steel manufacturer, pre disposed in favor of tha material with which he la familiar and against that of which he knows little or nothing. The proved errors of relying on the Atlantic and Gulf coasts for wooden ships aro used as arguments against wood In general, when they have force j only against building where there is Ttice with Russia is most keenly regretted by those Germans who have been transferred from their quiet dug outs on the ear-tern front to tha blood bath of Flanders. The patch of ground around Mount Ketnmel has become the "bloody uagle" of the war. There entire regi ments of Germans died in their tracks. The appropriate pena'ty for people who tl.OT wheat substitutes in the garbage can is to stop their supply of wheat entirely. When ex-Sh-iriff Applegate finishes his ten-day term, he may become an enthusiastic agitator for prison reform. a profiteer has caused a strike, nis money will not be envied him for he shall not have it, nor his liberty either. And it is unthinkable that American workmen, or workmen who are human beings, for that matter it is unthink- sisted, however, that such a portrait could best serve the interests of the empire if sent to the front to terrify the enemy. hearts myriad trumpet- Co wper, Campbell, A legal point of much subtlety arose. able they will strike, even for mere The question at issue was, these house iustlce. without havinar to the last ut- hold effects, of what crime are they most atom of their energy pressed for guilty? Are they by the same stigma Their voice has conjured While here toned, Montgomery, Moore, To Freedom's glorious cause respond. In sounds which thrill through every core. settlement by arbitration. attaching to their late owner attained.' The syndicate service, founded by Or are they of lese majeste guilty? Or Samuel GomDera and renresentinsr the are they simply to be confiscated? point of view of the American Federa- The Minister-for-Keeping-Up-the- tion of Labor, reports an address by Spirits-or - the -German - i oik-by - aii- Wllllam Mosses, president of the Pat- Means-Falr-or-Foul was called upon to tern Makers' Union of Great Britain, lay down the law on this point. He Mr. Mosses was speaking in the Labor Isaid. in part: Temple In San t ranclsco. Ho said: These articles, beloneinir to the late Am- We were requested to abrogate our bassartor from that country -a-hlcli shall b worklns: rules and agreements ... to I nameless,- are suuty or conspiracy against eive un everything that tended to re- the German empire. They of pseudo-kultur strict output. . . Being convinced that convicted have been, and of attempting to .vi .......... ,.i, Introduce Into this Nation false standards of this was necessary, unless we desired art u ,s treaMnabIe against tha instinctive io dco ino ui i Dauty-snse of tho German people to pern.lt German autocracy, we recommended I china, bed linen, crockery and objects of art up a power No fears can daunt, no foes arrest. Which gathers strength with every hour And strikes a chord in every breast, A power that soon In every land . On Europe's shore, on ocean's flood Shall smite the oppressors of mankind And 'blast the traffickers in blood. that our unions submit to the request made by the Government This meant that there was to be no stop page of work during the war. It meant the acceptance of compulsory arbitra tion. . . . We have secured better re sults through arbitration than by re sorting to the strike, which should be used as last resort after all else has failed. If this Is done, the strike wea Don will rest in its scabbard." And Mr. Mosses said another thing worth thinking about. "Today labor in Great Britain is more prosperous than ever before in its history. . . . Our in tn remain unadmired In lh fastnesses of warehouse. Mugs to be drunk out of made are: sheets likewise to L slept on are labrl- rated. Moreover, he cried, it Is to the best Interests of Mr. Gerard himself that these so choic articles be kept in use, that they rust not, neither mildew in th recesses of housn-for-the-sare-keeplng-or-valuaDle-ar- rlea. Mrs. Gerard would far rather, said he. that her linens and damasks were beting ua.il bv soma fair and comely hausfrau than that they should the Incursions of moth and worm endure. This argument indignantly quashed was. as beintr lacking In true Germanic frankness and decisiveness, ine cnam- fluence is (rreater than ever before berlain pronounced the verdict: "The and our workers are enjoying wealth beyond the dream of avarice." Not only Is srbitratlon necessary, but it pays! WHT HE CHANGED REGISTRATION goods are to be .confiscated as danger ous enemies of the empire. They are sublect to the . same criticism that against Mr. Gered leveled Is, that they unscrupulouslv continue to exist after having incurred the displeasure or tne Great General Starr. Democrat Considers It Duty to Vote I for McArthur la Primaries. PORTLAND. April 30. (To the Edi- Oh, where should Freedom's hope abide. Save in the bosom of the free? Where should tho wretched bondsman hide. Save in the shades of Freedom's tree? Oh, by those songs your children sing. Tho lays that soothe your Winter fires. The hopes, the hearths, to which you cling-. The sacred ashes of your sires By all the joys that crown the free Love, honor, fame, the hops of heaven Wake in your might, that earth may see God's gifts have not been vainly given. Bards of Freedom's favored land. Strike at last your loftiest key, Peal the watchword through tho land, Shout till every slave be free. Long has he drained the bitter cup, Long borne the burden, clanKed the chain; But now the strength of Europe's up A strength that jie'er shall sleep again. The censor very loth was to let through the following item, which, however. I ultimately him to O. K. per- tor.) After reading your editorials in I suaded. The va'et of a very high per whlch vou rfaim many Democrats have I DnnflvA - th. court-martial nresunt chanced their registraton to the Re- w. ,d lr. a. reauisition for the MY UNKNOWN FRIENDS publican party In order to vote for a Rnachafters trouser-presser. It is I know that somewhere you exist, and certain candidate for Governor, may rumored In exceedlnnly lofty circles that you understand; I not take Issue with you as one of the Unat, those In authority were always I Though I may never see your face nor many? I changed ny registration to i,..,.. of the creases In the ambassa-1 grasp you by tne nana: the Republican party for the sole rea- jnri.i -rments. and that an improve-I Though you may never speak one son that I considered It my loyal duty Iment In this matter is now to be looked word in voice of - thoughts we as an American citizen to cast my vote 1 i . .ir nf verv exalted limbs. It I share. for C. N. McArthur, a candidate for I also sad tnat the Empress, now that I Tet I shall know, where e'er I go, your member or congress or tnis aistrict, i supnlv of Paris hats so exhausted understanding rare. which I could not do under Democratic 1 ; ni De seen wearinc; a creation of registration. Ithe Botschafterin, but your correspond-1 1 know, somehow, that you ars touched The reason I claim It Is my duty is t. authentic on that point. because Mr. MCArtnur has proved him self a 100 per cent war Congressman. His record as a representative of all the people cannot be questioned. He Mr. StnHs Ready to Prove It. PORTLAND, April 30. (To the Ed! i. . mj,n,h r tb nmmliiM on naval I tor.) Pardon this infringement oi affairs, which I consider an honor to your valuable space, but my reference the state of Oregon. By electing a in your columns of the open Infraction new man we would lose this commit- of the dry law In Ontario at the time teeshlo. which the voters of this dls- of the horse raisers' convention brings irtt ,,it nnt r.verlnok. a ouick reply in a very sarcastic, -" " - I. - . ! 4 In the present crisis I think it would humorous strain irom a correspouueni be very unwise to take chances on a over a signature of D. new man, and let out a man who nasi ine repiy ihoihim "'"'-v"' - proved himself for America first, last on the law, and hints that it is a lone ard all the time. May I not say that to evade it; in other words, he upholds Portland and Multnomah County should I the evasion. be proud of C. N. McArthur, and re-elect If the law is wrong why does not him with a landslide. Lets' forfcet I "D" come out over his own name and party issues at present and vote for I denounce it? If the incident was not throu!! sense of ear and eye By plaintive, th:illing melody, by gorgeous sunset sky; That oft your heart i full of pain that yet is ecstasy; That, as by wine that's aged and fine. you re thrilled by sky and sea! I know, somehow, that in a crowd you oft are lone and drear; That few there be who know and see life as you find it here; Not oft yju meet with those whose souls are en rapport so true: And, oh, the sting when others sing 6o out of tune with you! GRACE E. HALL. Amer.'ca first. MATHIAS A. METTEX, 44 First street. With "all the good men" olng into war activities, all the good women have the opportunity of their lives. The Hun will believe he is fighting the world when the 40,000 Chinese on the way get mixed on the front. If Gutzon Borglum were to sculp a winged statue, he might qualify as an expert on aircraft. Ihe shakes at San Jacinto continue to rock tables, while nobody, alas, ro:ks the baby. If you have time to devote to appre ciation of the real Oregon pioneer, go to Champoeg tomorrow. The Brune case ought to be a prece dent, and probably will. It is time. Ex-Governor West would add to the 67 kinds of politics in Oregon. A ship a day Is near tha Portland way of launching. FROM FAR-OFF POST IN ALASKA. Soldier Protests Asalnat Effort to Stop Cigarette Contributions. FORT ST. MICHAEL. St. Michael, Alaska, February 25. (To the Editor.) Cou'd you .'Ind space to print my answer to the Ministerial Associa tion of Clackamas Heights in re gard to their resolution about sending cigarettes t? the boys in France and in cantonments? Your resolution of January 5, 1918, opposes the Red Cross sending us boys cigarette-i. Who are you to try to stop one of a- soldier's enjoyments in moments of rest? When you say it is disloyal you are certainly barking: up the wrong tree. The boys thank the Red Cross and anybody slse who sends them cigar ettes from the 1 ottom of their hearts. Of course, if we were getting a salary for talkinp an hour or so on Sunday we could ai'ford cigars all the time. We have not time to smoke a pipe or cigar, and a cigarette does not waste the to bacco as a pipe or cigar would. What are you doing to show that you are red-blooded Americans? PRIVATE BKRTON P. OGDEN". Det. Co. D., 14th Inf. the truth I am open to any prosecution the laws of Oregon provide, and would welcome the opportunity to prove the Yea. NE VERSTILL, Or., April 29. (To the Editor.) When the President issued the proclamation setting the clocks one truth of the statement made, and can hour ahead, did that make the time we t,. tha Portland Hotel from go by now the standard time? May 1 to 3. C. W. STULTS. E. E. STRAW. Hate of Mothers Day. SUMMIT, Or., April 28. (To the Edi tor.) (1) What day this year does "Mothers' Day" fall on? (2) Ia "Moth ers' Day" always celebrated on Sun day? If so, what particular Sunday? F. P. MAUS. (1) May 12. (2) Tes, on the second Sunday in Mar. Mere Daylight and Losses. Washington, D. C. Star. "Do you appreciate the fact that you are saving daylight?" "No," replied Mr. Growcher. "It'll be moro opportunity for me to go to the ball games. And every time I go to the ball park the home team loses." No Cave Ideas Desired. Judge. Little Brother We'll play we're mar ried, and you say you'll obey me. : Little Sister Can that caveman stuff! I'm a voter. JItrch and Jane Clash. Punch Bowl. Stude (facetiously) This steak is like a day In June, Mrs. Borden; very rare. Landlady (crustily) And your bill like March weather; always un settled. FREES SERVICE! AND INFOR MATION. The Oregonian has established a bureau of information and serv ice at Washington City fo- ths benefit of its readers. 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