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THE MORNING OREGONIAN. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 23, 1918.
PORTLAND. ORECOK. .
Entered at Portland (Oregon) Postofflce as
second-claas mall matter.
Subscription rates Invariably In advance:
(By MalL)
Dal'y. Bandar Included, one rear .......ts.OO
raiiy. Sunday Inc. udeii. six montha . 4-25
laiiy. .Sunday Included, tnree moot ha
Iaiiy. Sunday Included, one month ..... 71
L)3ily. without Sunday, one year S-00
ra::y. without Sunday, six months S.25
I-.il. r. without Sunday, one month ...... .80
Weekly, one rear 100
ment, but which do not, and they have
adjusted their perspectives, but only
by having: had the experience. Their
successors to these "luxuries" will need
to learn the same way.
The new-found prosperity of the
sons -for a distinct department and
command. That is true of Army and
Navy, but does not prevent the closest
co-operation. It is true also of the
Navy and Marine Corps, but the
marines travel on naval vessels, and
all works smoothly. There should be classes referred to will not be be
an Air Department, because aeronau- grudged to them by those who think,
tics differ from both sea and land I because it is certain to be attended in
operations, and because the Air Serv- 1 the end by establishment of a higher
ice is destined to assume as great im- standard of living:. "Foolish expendi-
portance as the Army and Navy. The I tures" are quite incidental to the ma,in
British tried to keep It in subordina-1 movement. The entire Nation will
tion to both of the old fighting arms, profit in the end by the increa"d pros.
Sunday, one year .5 i but they have yielded to logic and perity of the workers who will learn
bun day and weekly .......... 50 -, inrl.n.rirl.nt tm ,nnil In I hnw tn snonrl tnnnn ns well us how
Tai?r. Fonday included, one year to.oo I rank with the two old arms. We can
raly. Sunday Included, one month . " not do better than follow their ex
Iji.y. bunday Included, three montha 1-25 I ,
uxx.y. witnoul Sunday, one rear ........ i.w
i-'any. wl-.nout Sunday, three montha ...
Iially. wltnout Sunday, on month S3
Mow to Rnnlt 8end postofflce money er-
cfr express or personal cneca on your joesi
oana. biampe. com or currency are at wa
ore liflk. Give poatofflco address la iuil. in
ducing cotinty and state.
Pnetaa-a Bate 13 to IS pages. 1 cant: 18
to a2 DacM. 'A centa: 14 to 4& naaea. S centa:
SO to o par, 4 centa: tJ to Til pa tea. t
THE COMING DBT SPELL.
One-half, or more, of the states of
the Union have prohibition, and like most of tne nonessentials out of the
to save it. Meanwhile, the question
whether too much Is being- spent -for
luxuries in proportion to expenditures
for necessities will nearly take care of
itself. Gradual turning: of men and
machinery and business organizations
to war work will automatically take
It, while one-fourth, or thereabouts, I field.
nave so iar approved me eaerai pro
hibition amendment. Not more than I
a"ntio7bi, 2 p" cnt "'' -1 one or two to which the amendment TIrE NECTBALITY OF HOLLAND.
'e . Tt"ra ViTi , Qfriio Tm Conk been submitted have failed to A .valiant effort is made by Hendrlx
na. Brunswick buildlnc. New York: Verreo 4 I aDDrova. Even Kentuckv and Marv- I Wlllem van Loon In the TaArn Revieis
Cona!!S: rrUV.a.'1uldi"'":?ro1l,h.1 Un- m to -tabltah that Holland ha, success
f rrancieco representative, r. J. Bidwaii, I citadels of the rum demon capitulate, fyy- maintained her stand on lnter
143 Market met. what Is left?
nauonai law wnen Demgerents on
what Is leftr
Quite clearly the people, from the
KMBM OI THI ASSOCIATED TOISS How. down to Broadway re- both sldes were treating- It as dead
Tho Abated Pr. la .xeiMiv.lr enU- d .IT? inevitable The -nd that she has observed strict neu-
red to the us for republication of all new, gard proniDlUon as lnevuaDle. ine jihii,i nt
a.epauheo credit to it or not otherwiae war, which has been an obstacle to trality In face of the difficulties of
ri.ei to inia papas- ana a.ao w. most Purely domestic Concerns, hasl""" aturuo t,uw bubbcb-
Pubiuhed herein. ri" Vt tion that Holland has assumed "the
A:l rights of
patches herein ara
republication of mcU dls- been a club in the hands of the drys. uo" umta
. L a """ I T-Mrt . t?,. .nnu.n wnrtir rM role of a Bryanesque non-resister,
not France put the ban on absinthe? 7.7 Tt. . I 7 , . .
POBTLAVD. WEDNESDAY. AVO. Is. ins. rjjj not even Great Britain limit alco- tnat tl)e,r independence will last Just
hollo production and cut down the " ,0" " WB? a "rce ineir.neig-n-
draw. nours or tne saioonT au Decause oil .. . " . . .:
the war.
I some 600,000 well-trained men.'
The Oreronlan acknowledges a spe- tv. ilrf .m.n f But a few things have happened
Wal degree , of Interest In the varyln- the matter of revenue. pronj. recenUy which suggest that Dutch
fortunes of President Wilson in hit Mtl , ,,,.-.,.,,,-,, neutrality is not unimpeachable. Sand
plan to exclude from Congress sun- tt- of a,. Government. A -nd 8Tvel ar8 hauled by Germany
tlry members who were not "support- ,,,, a Kj ,-.a -. across the Dutch province of Limburg
rs of the AdmlnlstraUon." It has gplrU- and beer for current year. lnt0 Belgium on the pretense that they
nu wiu op buou uu (jry, capitulated to the money ro lo " UBeu " mai"' roaus, iuuun
rympatliy the statement on behalf of pJelu xhey never did before. The Germany refuses to permit any pre-
U, rrniUVUUU UVltWjr UMUV VJ 'O-. I wnV- W- r1 -O taTI. V.AUUUUS ttKAUiah LUClt UWUK UBGU tU
vua uiv.u,. " n . hn nve National nrohibl- 1-v'"v-'
frankly that "politics is adjourned' .,. ,, , fA tv. oHrt land meekly submits. Nor does Ger
ar not. Just as you take It that the I. th ph,M - ha many permit Inspection of the cars In
President Is the leader of his party,
and It Is entitled to his counsel, that
lie has given it only when asked, and
that it's his business, an way.
Dowa to date, with returns from
Michigan not reported, the President
seems to have scored a draw. He put
Che White House veto on Vardaman.
over then, or soon thereafter. But,
once the dry lid is clamped down, it Is
not likely ever to be raised.
Alas, poor Broadway!
transit to see that no weapons or
munitions are concealed In them, and
again Holland submits. Germany's
word is taken for the fact that no war
material is carried, and everybody
knows how worthless that is when
military necessity dictates.
Lately Holland sent several mer-
cide a question of such delicacy: but
let us refer the puzzled reader to an
other column, this page, where the
Chilton letter appears in full.
It is a remarkable exposition of the I
EDCCATIOX IX KHAKI
Nothing- associated with our war
Senator Kenyon mean anything;.
WORK FOB ALL.
Regardless of what may be accom
and Vardaman's goose was cooked; pliahed by the man-power clause of chant ships to the Dutch East Indies,
ii notified the people of the Four- the pending draft bill, it must be plain earning officials and supplies and
teentn Texas District that Represen- to the commonest understanding that convoyed by warships, and gave notice
tatlve Blayden was no friend of his, there Is no excuse for idleness In the that no search by belligerents would
and that worthy discreetly withdrew, country now, and that it Is a patriotic be permitted, though the International
But Representative Huddleston. of duty for every able-bodied man and law to which the Dutch government
Alabama, persisted In his candidacy, I woman to be employed in some es- I is so devoted plainly permits It. The
despite the Wilson disfavor, and won; sentlal occupation. Those who ap- British government asserted the right,
and the same surprising result oc- praise the situation at Its true value but, rather than have friction, waived
curred In West v irglnla, though in will not wait for the passage of the it in this case and was severely cen
that Instance the President cad bill, but will hunt useful Jobs at once, sured in Parliament.
sought. In a curious letter, to express I The Department of Labor of , the This is a very wavering style of
his concern about the Democratic re- United States Government estimates neutrality. The truth Beems to be that
nomination of Senator Chilton; and! that already there is a shortage of Holland stands more in dread of Ger-
the party straightaway proceeded to 1,000,000 unskilled laborers In war man bluff than of British firmness,
name someone else C. W. Watson. I industries alonet "War Industries" is or rather presumes on the considers.
Perhaps It will be said that .Presl-1 a broadly inclusive term. It takes ac- tion shown by the allies for neutral
dent Wilson did not indorse Mr. Chll-1 count not only of munitions-making, rights. Not to say that the Dutch are
ton. Some say he did, and others say but of such other industries as rail- not brave, but they are cautious, and
he didn't. Far be It from us to de- I roads and coal-mining. But these they go to great lengths to save their
must "carry on" If we are to win the nice little garden patch from being
war In the shortest possible time. stepped on by the ruthless Teuton
It Is no longer an excuse for un- I boot.
productive Idleness that one has an
"Independent income," and does no.t
Presidential mind, which Is perfectly need to work to live. All need to work
awoA i I. la ifl.u,tlne th. Tr-.i- I o, Tt Vatf At, rv, -1 t- llv.
dentlal feet into dangerous paths; but full time and to the limit of their preparations is more encouraging from
it authorizes an equivocal private In- endurance. The soldier who does less tbe viewpoint of the future than the
dorsement. which the Chilton man- than the best of which he is capable r""1: , A , ,
agers did not hesitate to make public in battle la rightly called a skulker. of the mfn ?. ainin?t camp"
nH V -v nnen rt th. If th. m. 4 1 et i n sH n-mr-m. mo. o.l""" -" '"S " "
whit. Hr,.. An it Or- AiA th.. tk... h.hin. h nn. i rni w. when our mobilization began that.
in their anxious schemes to promote the better for all concerned. aenpiw '"
the welfare of their candidate, make It la necessary to buy war stamps J? our literacy, we were a long way
unscrupulous use of a private and per. and liberty bonds, and it as also nec- trom Perfect In that regard. Not only
sonal communication? I essary to perform a vast amount 0f I . . "c r " ,
irTh.. I. I9M n th. a.t that I nhvciol lah- An. h,, im. aran age who couia not Epeatt jng-
h. Pw.eM.nf hn. niirht only a rnn. Limit from th. l.tt.r h n.rtntm. Ush, but there Were Others, bom In
trol certain nominaUons by the Demo- ance of the former duty. There is. In tbe country, whose ancestors for many
cxatlc party, and that he will go no fact, not a single excuse for ldlensss. I c r! " jg
farther. He has gone farther, if the There is work for all. -iuuu. i u
tnnlr.t lndormpnt ha ha. riven ta t 1 sessea ouiy me most, ruaimenmry iuom
. . , o-, xrt.n mA of why we were In the war.
l lua oviuiei n iiu uuu uau U16 lui -
The campaign of the Council of Na- mula about fighting the Kaiser
tional Defense to restrain "lavish and drummed Into his ear without learn
A DEPABTJnai OF AEBONACTICb. I unnecessary expenditures." so that the lne that we were at war with Germany
Inquiry by the Senate sub-committee money and materials Involved may be was a classic but not an isolated ex
into the delay in aircrart proaucuon i devoted directly to the winning of the ample. "Kaiser" did not mean as
has confirmed the worst that has been I war, has brought out the fact that much to him as it ought to have
raid about it, as far as exercise or wasteful spending is increasing in cer- meant v He was perfectly willing to
knowledge and Judgment Is concerned, I tain quarters, and that economy is in- fight, he believed that the outrages
charges of dishonesty being left to creasing in others. Not more than one about which he had been told ought
. Charles E. Hughes, who is holding an guess will be asked for by the average to be avenged and that their repetition
inquiry for the Department of justice, observer as to who are now doing the ought to be made impossible, but he
Without regard to the fundamental spending and who are saving every had never read on his own account
difference between locomotion In the I possible cent Those who all along He had depended for all that he did
air and on the earth, the original Air- have been classed as "well-to-do," and know upon common rumor and the ln-
craft Board relied primarily and al- who have been accustomed to having I exact Information conveyed by neigh
bors who possessed little more educa
tion than he had. There was in him
the making of a useful American. But
if he had never been drafted he would
have labored under a handicap all his
life
This young American possessed the
fnltlal advantage that he could under
stand the commands of his officers.
He was amenable to the primary in
struction in military requirements and
personal hygiene required by his new
situation, but he could neither read
written orders nor write orders him
self. Since even the slightest promo
tion in the Army would be prevented
by illiteracy, and since It is not the
policy of the Army to keep men in
the lowest ranks any longer than is
necessary, 'his education In the three
rs was begun at once. Not a great
deal could be accomplished in the en
suing months between periods of mili
tary drill, perhaps, but it was some
thing. The case is typical.
Added to the shortcomings of the
young man mentioned, there Is in
the cases of some thousands of others
complete Ignorance of the English lan
guage to begin with. The problem
with the first man was to complete
the Americanization of an American;
with the second man it is to begin the
Americanization of one who, although
born In the United States, and although
he never has been out of the country,
Is, to all intents and. purposes, an alien.
The individuals are alike in the re
spect that neither has a very definite
idea of what the war is about, but
they differ In that the first has 'no
counter-influence in operating against
his transformation. The darkness that
envelops him Is at least of neutral
tint The class of which the second
is a type Includes those whose home
influences may have ranged from in
difference to hostility to American In
stitutions. Both are being reached by
camp education, to the obvious ad
vantage of America.
Plans for the "Americanization" of
these strange elements suffer some
what because of lack of' a definition
of what Americanization actually is.
For the present, educators working in
Army channels are. content to supply
the rudiments of education, including
instruction in English, in the belief
that the problem ultimately will solve
Itself. The Army is still predominat
ingly American, and the alien and
near-alien will be set on the road
toward self-instruction by being given
the means of free communication with
their fellows. ' But an Important fac
tor In. the system is that education
most entirely on manufacturers of the things they wanted, are now the
automobiles for advice and construe- saving ones. The7 have known what
tion. It relied on men whose knowl- it is to have their desires fulfilled and
edge was confined to motors which they are willing to forego them for a
travel on the ground for designs of a time. Wasteful spending, according
motor which will propel a machine to investigators, prevails most largely
through the air. It then tried to de- among those who have attained un
sign an airplane or to adapt exlstin.t; accustomed prosperity rather suddenly,
types for this motor. When war was it is to those who do not know the
already on and when time was of ut- value of money, not having had the
most value, it sought to develop an advantages of acquaintance with it
ail-American type of plane, and used that the new economy propaganda is
as Its principal agency men who knew addressed.
little or nothing of aeronautics. The campaign, however, calls for
Failure was the Inevitable penalty tactful management and for sympa
f attempting to gratify this high and thetic appreciation of the fact that a
t other times laudable ambition. That riot of spending was no more than
failure has been most mortifying to might have been expected. Those
the American people. To say nothing upon whom petty economies have been
of the hundreds of millions of dollars long enforced by necessity are not the
which have been wasted. It has made ones who know most about how to
our Army mainly dependent' on our make a dollar go a long way, when
allies limited supply of aircraft after dollars are comparatively plentiful,
we have been at war more than six- Economies In small things do not
teen months and at a time when it necessarily lay the foundations, for
was promised that we should have saving In broader ways. Parents who
25.000 plane. It has involved the have tried to teach their children
Government in perplexities from which habits of thrift by denying them spend
the sound business sense of John D. ing money, only to see them turn out
Ryan has not yet been able to extri- spendthrifts, will appreciate the corn
rate it and has restricted quantity pro- plexlty of the problem. It is quite
duction of fighting planes before 1919 natural that a sudden increase of the
to two types, though we might long margin over bare requirements of liv
ago have been well supplied with the ing should be attended by Just such
powerful, well-proved Capronl. All of a manifestation as is now being wit- i
this time and money has been wasted nesaed. The reason lies deep In human
on what Mark Twain would have nature.
called a "darned experiment" There is a secret about extracting
The committee's recommendation the maximum of substantial pleasure
that construction and operation of from a given number of dollars which
aircraft be entrusted to an entirely some persons never learn. It is futile,
new department of aeronautics, of however, to preach that "mere money
equal rank with the war and Navy does not bring happiness," and similar
' Departments, is radical, but It ac- platitudes." Those who have not had
cords with sound sense. Travel and much money will not be content until
war In the air constitute an art which they have given it a trial. And those
Is entirely distinct from the operations who have confined their economies in
of either an army or a navy as much . the past to stretching small sums to
of economic independence. Increased
earning power is often necessary if
"American standards" are to be
adopted. Teaching the recruit the way
we live In America becomes something
more than -a phrase when the means
are furnished him to live in that way
after he returns to civil llfe.i
The camps In the districts In which
there are large foreign elements are
already supplied with schools In which
the draftees will be kept busy when
they are not receiving military lnstruc
tion. Not the least of the benefits are
being received by the assistant instruc
tors who "are being impressed from
among the better educated men. The
result of it all will be that by the
time our armies reach France every
man will have acquired a minimum
of education at least that which !:
necessary to communication with other
Americans and those who possess
fair education will have improved
upon It '
Out of desire that these advantages
shall not be lost when the men are
called overseas, the institution already
beginning to be known as Khaki
University" was born. It is Interest
ing to know that many of the admin
lstrative details of this plan have al
ready been worked out The. Young
Men's Christian Association and the
American University Union have
Joined in the designation of an Army
educational commission. Huts of the
T. M. C. A., the Knights of Columbus
and even of the Salvation Army will
be requisitioned at suitable hours to
serve as classrooms. It is of furthe
Interest that some of the lecture work
started for the entertainment of tho
soldiers has been diverted to the edu
cational movement It is a serious
and a complicated task, for the course
of study will be frequently interrupted,
it 'will be Impossible to guarantee
continuity under any single set of in-
structors, and a beginning made in a
preparation camp behind the line will
often mean a completion of the couise
In a convalescent hospital. Only
few years ago the task would have
been declared by educators to be im
possible. But the great growth of ex.
tension courses and correspondence
schools at home has shown how far
we can afford to Ignore precedent. The
soldiers' education plan is an elabora
Hon of the extension system on a wide
Scale. It is perhaps not too much to
Expect that the Army course will be
so co-ordinated that it will even reach
prisoners in the camps of the enemy.
This might be accomplished in co
operation with the Red Cfoss.
Only a fatuous optimist would con
tend that the new Army school will
reach every soldier. Among our mil
lions there Inevitably will be many
who will resist its influence. Army
discipline will reach them only as to
the minimum of knowledge they re.
quire for their duties. But it is also
inevitable that the force of good ex
ample will be felt It Is no longer the
fashion to sneer at the educated. The
designation "high brow" Is already los
ing value as an epithet A good deal
of tact will be required to make the
movement popular; it must not be per
mitted to usurp the place of the
healthful entertainment which men
working under constant strain require;
but It is in the hands of sympathetic
leaders at the outset and a good deal
can be expected of It It Is a purely
American conception, and one which
reflects great credit on Americans as
a people. I
With ten to twenty men a day going
to sea, the Americanization of the
American merchant marine goes on
apace. We shall soon reach the point
where it will be unnecessary to under
stand any language besides plain
American in order to make oneself
understood on a Pacific Coast ship.
If "Old Sleuth" A. Mitchell Palmer
keeps nt it and if the war should not
end suddenly, he will clean up every
dollar's worth of German property In
the United States. After the war the
Germans will have little money where
with to buy, and Americans will be
very chary of selling to them. ,
Those shipyarders at Columbia City
who strike because a member of the
company is on the Job with them are
more than half right It Is an owner's
privilege to work anywhere on the
place, but good Judgment and discre
tion should put him higher up.
I SOCIALIST PEBSOXXEL, DEFENDED
Our Aircraft Fiasco
Sir. Wicks Retorts That Mr. SIcCone
la Only One Who Haa Violated Law.
PORTLAND. Aug. 27. (To the Edi
tor.) In The Oregonlan on Saturday
Victor J. McCone accused the Socialist
candidates on the county ticket of be
ing nearly half of- German origin and
The most dangerous failure of our
war preparations has been in construc
tion of aircraft, as exposed In the re
port of the Senate committee. The
magnitude and extent of the failure are .cla7ed ttt ha VnVw. - fr;
commfuee 6tatements f the nta'ct VJnT otell
0Onmjunee8. 1917. public announcement wa. non-AVm0eWHcaP''0German "
made that & great fleet of 25,000 airplanes non Amm:,
was about to be created, and would be de- An examination of the nationality of
claive of tha war months before an of- the candidates will reveal the falsity
"fti? tImyiVlT MeW" fpPrlated .MnCl:t0i"'S,fatCC"Sat,,0nS- le n s,!n-
1640,000,000 to carry out tha aircraft pro- 81 nationality (not even German- be-
grainme. In - the opinion of the commit- Cause of the war) was discriminated
tee a substantial part of tho appropriation against at the convention, out of 22
"auSui? W7rte?91S. on. sauadron candidates for office only' two were
of these (De Bavlland 4 planes) comprts- oorn ln Germany and One of these was
Ing eighteen maohines under command of exiled by he imperial German govern-
General Foulois. made an expedition across ment for activity against the Hohen-
the German lines and return. in ft m ., iiuncu
to their base This mark. Th. .t. t ih. " omera are or German
use of the first American-built planes over a "cet There Is one Swiss, one Esth
tho enemy's lines. . onian, one Finn and two Scandinavians
The reoort furnish., th. .i-Tne balance of the candidates are all
of this humiliating difference between Amer'Cfns and one of them Is a direct
promise ana performance. The air- " owt m. lee ana a
plane programme was put in the hands c"f'" of Edwarl Everett Hale, author
of automobile and other manufacturers, . e Man wltnut a Country," about
"who were ignorant of aeronautical ,wn:cn .wa have beard so much lately
proDlems," and who "undertook the 1m- patriotic circles.
possible tasic of nrctlnr . nn,.i,i.h ( McCone claims to know these eandl
could ho .rtnntari tn .11 dates from former nersonal contact
ing craft" They invented the Liberty Tll8 trutn i" that most of them did not
motor and then tried to build airplanes take ,an ae"ve Pr during McCone's
to fit it The Aircraft Board at the actlvlty la party because they could
beginning of the war failed "to adoot "ul Br" WIln nls peopie-s council
th cnmmnn-s.n.. nrc. a i prana or "Socialism."
ing the most approved types of Euro- McCone was expelled from the party
pean machines in as great numbers as ecause ot hI cowardly attitude when
possible." n9 wa3 arrested and his repudiation of
The board did adopt some of these lne ocla"3t party in order to save his
i na. oft.r !own neck. Many Socialists refused to
another because it could not be adapted "u'vo "-'"""5 ao witn mose pariy
t 11 nn . , I member who affllffltori wftVi ihs 4nn-
IU LIIC 4J1UCIIV 111 U LUI . 1 IIH nriHin -w I a.w
In Other Days.
Socialists
"peo
are no
trlori rH nlit Ir, nn.ntit. ' COUnCll SS
.tft.r te sun (inn .. .r,.r,. pncifists.
"me lives of several e-allant men aaerl-I in uiy possession a leuer
ficed. Then th. t nnriarri .t training signed by Victor J. McCone in which
machine won triad with tn. H.n.or,tT ha praises the I. W. W. and rejoice
engine, but was condemned as danger- over the fact that a woman member of
ous "after more than 1200 "had been lnac organization wno was a cook in
manufactured at a cost of $6,000,000." a rap burned all the food before she
Work was. bea-iin on th. SnaH rio-htir.tr left In the same letter he refers to
plane, but 'Colonel Clark and Major the officers of the United Sta'tes Army
Vincent (one of the inventors of the as "military blockheads" and says "the
Liberty motor) concluded the machine rulers of our fair land certainly opened
could not be ODeraterl with a. I.ihertv Pandora's box when they declared war.
motor," and "the contract Was can- He wind" "P his screed wit the words,
celed, the reason riven being that a I io nel1 wlln mem: meaning me peo-
single-seater was regarded as obso- P19 referred to as "military block
lets." Yet on-Anrii 23. 19111 a rnntr.nt Beads" and "government hellhounds.'
was let for 1000 slnele-seat flshters. Tnat letter is a palpable violation of
"known as the 8. E. 6, which the Section 8, of the espionage act, accord
English equivalent of the French Spad." ,n 10 the interpretation of the De
To clinch tha case In favor nf thin nnna Partment of Justice.
rejected machine, "our Government la After McCone was arrested for anti
now iisinc- imon th. hattld front Av.rv I war aotivity while working: for th
Snd machlna It can set-nra from tho people's Council, instead Of Calling- Upon
French." i mem ne-cauea upon me socialists oi
Work was then crowded on the De Portland to raise money for his bail,
Havlland 4. for reconnolaisa.ee. nhoto- and alter wninins llKe a miserable
graphic, bombing- and f ightinsr pur- cur f or a few days, publicly repudiated
poses, and contracts for 8500 were let, the party because we dldn t come to hi
thia beinsr "tha onlv so-called flsrhtina- aid as soon as he expected. Had
plane now la actual production." On I oeen nere at tne time 1 would nave op
Julv A 28S had been shinned ahroad posed giving him any aid, as no So
and 67 had reached headquarters in cialist should have affiliated with the
Francs. On August 1, 601 had been people's council. Most of those who
embarked, apparently to make a show- were affiliated with them now realize
Intr. for tha last shinment had not been the error of their way and stand firmly
tested and Inspected. General Pershing principles oi socialism.
had cnbl nit on June 28 "enumerating As far as anti-Americanism is con
manv defects and statlnsr erDllcitlv ahat cerned, the only person in the Port
some of the machines could not be used lana socialise party wno nas Deen guilty
until some of them had been corrected, of violating a Federal law since this
also that all planes of this class should country entered the war is Victor J,
be thoroueb.lv tested and InsDected be- iucjone. a. m. w ii.vs.
are being shipped." Expert flyers tes
tified that "some of the defects ren
dered the machines more than ordinary
dangerous," yet deliveries continued,
he explanation being, "that the correc
tions could be made overseas" and a
force of American officers and mechan
ics was sent to France about the mid
dle of July to make them. On August
Secretary Local Portland
Party.
THE SOLDIER'S MOTHER A SOLIL
OQliY.
I said I was loyal, and loyal I am
Every hour in the day.
rve given my boy to dear Uncle Sam
FlUfirv hour of th. rtav.
an order was issued that no more nt uu& Hvinr him nnr tnr il
a uciivtjieti uum ui fflw flrst ne answered his country's
can ;
were made, and "production under these
new conditions is about to be resumed."
In July, 155 of these machines were de
livered to the Navy Department and
bout 60 were sent abroad, but were
found to have the same defects, and 100
ready for shipment were rejected.
Many changes have been made "for
the most part by automobile and me
chanical engineers having little or no
xperience in aviation engineering.
Three squadrons of 18 each were over-
"dTo "were" de'livered" io th'e f ron't P I put th. Good
But my! If I'd let1 them, the tears
would fall
Every hour Of the day!)
I cherished and loved my beautiful lad
Every hour of the day.
rve given my country the best that
I had.
Every hour of the day.
(I helped him to pack the duds that
he took
Book
I gave him up crying, when he didn't
look.
Every hour of the day!)
under their own power." One of these
squadrons made the first flight over
the German lines on August 7. The con
clusion haa been reached by the War
T-k-n--tm An t onrl tk. llrraft Rn.rfl
that this machine "is chiefly available How bravely he sailed on the dangerous
for observation or reconnoissance pur- I m ,
.-.i it . n Km r.r,i.r. Kv I Every hour of the'day-
machine of later design as speedily as How proud I shall be when he cornea
nn.niHl. -without enmnleta susDension of I uilL-K to "le
production.1
Every hour of the day!
-is it well with
The United States Army will need
0,000 more officers, and we have the
advantage over Germany that we have
the entire population to draw from,
There is no "officer class" in this
country.
so as the one is from the other. Not
since the Anglo-Dutch wars of the
seventeenth century has a successful
attempt been made to transform a
General Into an Admiral. There is no
resemblance between the problems of
organizing, moving and commanding
an army or of building, navigating
and fighting a ship and those of build
ing, flying and fighting an airplane.
The airman also is of a distinct type.
He is an individual fighter, who wins
by personal initiative and skill. The
air service, for these reasons, should
be organized and administered dis
tinctly from both Army and Navy.
To say that this is impracticable
. because of the close co-operation be
tween the air service and both Army
and Navy does not dispose of tha rea-
cover prime essentials hay.e had little
practice ln that other kind of economy
which applies to frills and furbelows.
It is excusable, even if it is a little
irritating to the conventional, if thos
who now find themselves in possession
of increased income's should neglect
the necessities for a time in the effort
to gratify a natural longing for things
of which they have been only dimly
aware in the past.
The news lrom Great Britain, that
the well-to-do are selling their pianos,
which are being bought by those who
formerly were poor, is typical of con
ditions in every region where a class
of newly prosperous is coming into
being. The rich have had their fling
at the immaterial things which are
supposed to bring complete content-
If reasonable energy should be shown
ln prosecuting the new suit against
the Pacific Livestock Company, it may
possibly be decided before all the
witnesses are dead.
Men whose sole claim to prominence
is their parentage occasionally get
into the day's news by the divorce and
remarriage route, but the fame is ofj
little merit.
By the time fruit now put up with
out sugar i3 ready to be eaten there
may be enough sugar to serve with it
to suit even the sweetest tooth.
The sinking of chaser No. 209 Is one
of the deplorable incidents of a great
war, and the American gunner who
caused it must not .be chided.
That man-eating shark caught on
the Tillamook shore was too late in
arriving to affect the season. Most all
worth a bite have gone home.
How can Kaiser William II escape
indictment for lese majeste when he
melts the statue of Kaiser William I to
shoot at the Impious allies?
An Indlian at The Dalles Is ln jail
for beating his wife while drunk, a
condition and diversion denied the
white brother.
Neglect of approved European types fl 1 well, may I ask
, .1.. artanAaA tn th. Panrftnl "a I my SOn?
owerful. successful and heavy bomb- We oan never tell till after it's don
lg plane, approved by both Italian anc.
ntllsh aeronautical engineers." Wl
had "all the necessary facilities to con
struct" it as early as October, 1917, and
"expert Italian engineers have been
upon the ground" since January, but
we have constructed "only one ex-
There's blood to be shed when battles
are won,
Every hour of the day!)
"Tie a wonderful thing to be mother
Of men
Every hour of the day!
perimental machine, which is equipped (I hope he'll return to his mother again)
with Liberty motors." Every hour of the day!
There has been similar delay with (It hurts O lfhurts to be mother of
the Handley-Page heavy bombing ma- men.
chine. - Plans were furnished to the You fondle them when they are babies,
Signal Corps ln the Summer of 1917, and then ...
and contracts for spare parts were not Tour heart'a In the trenches, again
made till February, 1918, and dellveriea and again.
of these parts did not begin till August, Every hour of the day!)
101K a namDle Diane ordered in March
was flown ln July and tests are not The Joy of my life? I pray its return
Every hour Of the day
My soul's -eager longing! I now feel
it burn
Ever hour of the day:
(I pray thee dear Lord my fears to
dispel;
Put faith in my soul a faith that will
tell;
Lord teach me to say ln my heart, "It
is well.
vet eomDlete,
This is by no means a bright out
look: "With the exception of the S. E. 5,
and the Handley-Page fn parts, no
other type of fighting plane can be
produced in quantity before 1919."
A suggestion of something worse
than the above record of rank incom-n.t.hr-n
Is eonveved by the story of
two flying fields. Langley Field, near Every hour of the day!)
v.wnnrt N.ws. Va.. of 1650 acres, on
which $2,305,697 has been expended, I God bless the dear boy whose mother
"seems to have been wisely cnosen ana 1 am,
well fitted for .testing and experimental Every hour of the day;
work," but "was practically abandoned And God bless the Nation bless Uncle
for that class of work, and McCook Sam
Field at Dayton, Ohio, consisting of Every hour of the day.
only 200 acres and practicalry enclosed Amen! ... It is well! We fight
by river, trees and telephone and tel- not alone!
esrraph wires, was selected Instead." The stars are above us, and God's on
The reason given was lack of transpor-I his throne!
tation facilities at Lsngley, aitnougn a ( jt is wen: ine aear x atner win care
Bni:r track had been constructed to tor nis own
connect it with railroads, while the Every hour of the day!
Twenty-five Tears Ago.
From Tha Oreionlan. August 28. 1S9S.
Although four weeka must pass be
fore the Portland Industrial Exposition
is opened, a force of workmen are at
work putting the building ln shape for
the big show.
Some idea may be formed of the
preparations being made for the stur
geon fishery in the Columbia this sea
son from the fact that nine cases of
big sturgeon hooks . from Scotland
passed ' through the custom-house a
day or two ago. They contained 60,000
hooks, all of which were disposed of
before the cases were opened, and or
ders placed for 80,000 more.
At an adjourned meeting of the Cen
tral Labor Council yesterday a perma
nent organization was effected by the
election of officers for the ensuing
term. The committee on Lbor day
preparations reported that a parade
and public speaking will be given by
the labor unions on that day.
The Bull Run pipeline will be com
pleted to Grant's butte, tha end of
the 35-lnch pipe, in a few days, and
no more pipe will be laid on this end
of the line this Fall.
The fifth annual fair of the First
Eastern Oregon District Agricultural
Society will be held near Prairie com
mencing October 3.
Fifty Years Ago.
From The Oregonlan. August 23, ISSs.
The third annual target excursion
and picnlo of the Fenian Guard took
place yesterday. Those present who had
a wish in that direction were afforded
an opportunity of indulging in the
"mazy dance," while the company pro
ceeded to try their skill at target prac
tice. Day before yesterday a petition was
presented to the Judge of the Fourth
Judicial District for a writ of man
damus on Marshal Lappeus to compel
him to remove the smallpox patients
to the outskirts of the city, ln accord
ance with the provisions of tha ordi
nance made.
Andrew Smith, of Dayton, Or., has
Just received a patent for a new horse
power for a reaper and thresher, ao-
cording to the Washington letter.
The Willamette River at this point
has almost reached low-water mark.
Above the falls at Oregon City it is
said to be as low almost as it ever
gets.
Ex-Governor G. A Miller, of Georgia,
an original Union man, who when the
war broke out left his fine plantation
ln Georgia, came north, entered the
Army and rose to the rank of Brigadier-General
before its close, has taken
the stump for Grant and Colfax.
GERMAN SPIES WITHOUT HUMOR
Belgian Sarcasm Over Heads of Turgid
Prussians in Occupied Territory.
Thomas T. Topping, in his story, "The
Long Vigil," in the September Red
Cross Magazine, gives the following:
'Two days before, the EngllBh had
Socialist hit tha German lines at Lons and tha
French had struck in Champagne. All
night long trains had stood ln the rail
road yards at Schaerbeck, Etterbeck,
and ln the Luxemburg station to re
plenish their stores of water and coal
before proceeding to Germany. Huge
automobiles had whirled through the
city from nightfall until daybreak the
Germans never allowed their wounded
to come through Brussels in the day
time if it could be avoided and all
had stopped before the improvised
hospitals that the occupants had estab
lished ln the Palace of the King, the
Military School, the Academy of Arts,
and numerous other public buildings.
"Hope ran high ln the breasts ot
the Belgians, for despite absolute si
lence on the part of the efficiently cen
sored press, news had filtered in from
Holland that the long-promised, great,
allied offensive was on. In the little
cafe the Belgians drank their beer;
and their conversation, which had been
subdued for so long, was now high
pitched and loud. They spoke of every-
hing but the offensive, ana tne
clumsy German spies who sat at near
by tables could find no pretext for
arresting them.
'My uncle William is very ill to
night.' said a bearded little Walloon,
in a mournful tone to a friend of his
who had Just taken his seat at the
table.
1 hope he croaks,' replied the
ther, quite unsympathetlcally.
I have a lot of sausage meat ror
sale," announced a well-groomed young ,
man, who resembled more a bank clerk
than a pork butcher.
"'I think I Bhall wait a little before
buy,' responded the prospective pur-
haser, 'the price is sure to drop.
Such is tho lack or numor in me
German character that the sneaking
nies and rotund officers in the vicinity
failed completely to see in the above
remarks any reference to the health of
the Kaiser or to the killing of count
less German soldiers."
WILSON'S LETTER TO CHILTOX
Wilbur Wright training field near
Dajon had been selected, "requiring
the construction or a ironey line Dy me
Government at a cost of l7o,uuu.
-EDGAR M. MUMFORD.
When there are eight candidates for
Governor of California, are not at least
six of them pursuing a non-essential
Industry?
Just consider It settled. The hat
goes off to the flag in the next parade
or one takes the consequences..
Men in the fifties, here's your chance
at the war game, not as Hun-killers,
but as good assistants.
Corporal Kosmoski, only 22, with
two wives, would know better if he
was twice that age.
Contemplating the ice cream sand
wich perhaps the soup sandwich is not
so much of a Joke.
Kipling is still continuing the stud;
of Americana that he began thirty
years ago.
The airplane ambulance will make
opens the way to. a greater degree J A "bird" of the ambulance chaser,
"DOMESTIC SERVICE OXLY."
The Lrtn one of the llmnlna- T. S. O's.
true explanation appears to be that one witn eomething wrong with our legs
member of the Aircraft Board, Colonel 'or toeB( '
v.. A. Deeds, was formerly owner of n, .... n- .. . t..th ni- no.
the McCook field and part owner of -who can't go along when the company
the Wilbur Wright field. Examples .
of favoritism in letting 'contracts are Bat stay behind 'til the damned war's
cited as indicating that "aviation is close.
being made subject to ultimate control t
by the automobile industry." Manu- My body stays, but my spirit goes
facturera who were in business years And remains with them who fight the
before the war have been unable to . ioeJ-- . ... - . , .
get contracts, while a company organ- Where shells fly fast and the red blood
ised since the war "was given enor- flows
mous contracts before its factories From the war-worn men in rows and
were completed." rows,
Apparently the automobile men got But suffer the pains, the gfiefs and
a grip on the aircrart programme at
the start, and tried to make it an ad
junct to their industry. These men, who
knew nothing of aeronautical engineer
ing, rejected the experience of those
had learned in three years of war, and
they undertook to make a motor
adapted to all types of machines and
then to build planes to fit it. We are
Just beginning to do what should have
been done at the start make planes
and motors of types which have proved
thoir merit J until we can design and
test better types and put them in quan
tity production. So far as the old Air
craft Board is concerned, there might
as well have been no flying ln the three
years prior to April, 1917, and no expert
knowledge of aeronautics might have
have been acquired, for it refused to
learn from the men who had been learn
ing during that period.
woes-
While I stay here with the D. S. O's.
PRIVATE 2,276,037.
Chautauqua Salute Criticised.
PORTLAND, Aug. 27. (To the Edi
tor.) Is it not a little late in the 20th
century for a thing to happen like
lUOTor more Portland people in a crowd
of 2000 in a closed room frantically
shaking the soiled handkerchiefs from
tneir pockets in the air over their
heads? Yet it happened in Portland.
As I understand it, Chautauqua aban
doned the Chautauqua salute as danger
ous to health long ago. In the light of
present day knowledge, the probable
outcome of such a method of venting
our enthusiasm is some sickness and
a few untimely deaths charged to the
account of a mysterious providence.
F. G. FRANKLIN.
er Indorsement Which Did the
Senator 3To Good.
rom a letter signed by "A West Virginian"
ln New YorK Times.
I have read with interest your edi
torial in tae issue of the 12th on Pres
ent Wilson's choice of candidates for
Congress in certain Southern states. I
frankly confess my Intbillty to under
stand the rule by which the President
icks and chooses candidates, as typi
fied by his selection of Henry rora, but
the question I want to ask Is, When la
Presidential Indorsement not an ln-
orsement? The Democrats of Went
rzinia nominated ex-Senator C. w .
Watson as their candidate for United
States Senator, August 6, at a State-
ide Drimary. His opponent was iormer
Senator W. E. Chilton. Watson's friends
ere considerably elated over the fact
that -Governor Cornweli, tne only
Democrat elected to a state office two
years ago and the first Democratic
Governor in 25 years, had stated in a
letter that he would vote for Colonel
Watson. Then the Chilton managers
countered by letting it be known that
their candidate would produce "a real
indorsement." A little later they pub
lished and circulated far and wide the
following letter: -
The White House, -Washington, Juns 2T.
1918 My Dear Senator: I need hardly tell
with what genuine Interest I read your
letter of June 22. You were Indeed a trus
friend and a generous supporter throughout
your terms In the Senate and I want to
express most warmly my sense of grati
tude for your friendship and support.
Your letter made ms think very hsrd
upon the question whether there was any
avenue open to methrough which I could
express my personal Interest ln your can
didacy, but I am blocked by circumstances
which I am sure you will not reed to hava
expounded to you. Again and again this
question has presented- itself to me and al
weys I have been checked by the conscious
ness that Intervention of any sort on my
nor, vn so mirrh as the appearance of sn
effort to pick and prefer a candidate, would
produce the most embarassing Impressions
and ba met by justifiable resentment on the
part of the constituency concerned, which
would do more harm to my friend than my
preference would do good. It Is In this blind
alley that I find myself snd I am sure
vou will appreciate the situation with your
usual Intuition. Cordially and slncerelj
yours WOODHOW WILSON.
Hon. W. E. Chilton. Charleston. W. Vs.
The letter appeared in newspapers
with the President's picture on one side
of It and Mr. Chilton's picture on the
other side and ln some instances with
the headline announcement that "The
President Wants Mr. Chilton. Will Wa
Give Him What He Wants? We Hava
Given Him Our Money, Our Boys," etc.
a. WEST VIRGINIAN.
Charleston, August 13. 1918.
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