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8 THE MORXIXG OREGONIAN, "WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1918. mud) PORTLAND. OREGON. Enters at Portland (Oregon) fostofflce as second-class mail inautr. Subscription rales invariably In advilM: l By Mail.) Pil!r, Fuadarlae!mleJ, n year . .... .f 00 l'ai.y. buntl- included, a. a Bionlhs ..... s -A I'ally. Sunday InrUid.l. three nioaine ... SCI'.' Lai:y. Sunday Included, one month ...... .?5 t-'a.iy, without Sunday, one year ......... Coo Iei.y, ithout r-undjy. six months ...... I'al.y. without Sunday, one month tf) M eekly, one year . v l.'M) Sunday, one year ...................... 2..0 bundy ami weekly 3-0 IsI!t. Sunday Included, one year $t.Oo 1'at.y. Sunday included, one month laliy. eunday included three months ... 2.? l'at.y. without Sunday, one year ........ 7. so lai:y. without Sunday, aftre months .... 1Mb !-!.-. without Sunday, one mama do How te Keniit Send nostofflce, money ar der. ezpreee or perianal check on your local bank, felainpe, com or currency in at own er' risk, liive PfSloffice. addreaa In full. In cluding" county and state. foot ace Kale lit to JS pases. 1 seat: It to a pajrt. 'i cents: 34 to tn pages. cents: to ' pages. 4 cents: ttj to 7- pages, o cents: 7H to t2 pages, U cents. Foreign post- f. double rates. KaMerar Business Office Verre si Conk, lln. Brunswick building. New York; Vsrra A Conknn. steger building. Chicago: Vsrrs tonkua. Free frees building. Detroit. Mich.; A Francisco representative, H. J. Bldsfsll. UEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED MESS Ths Associated t'rea Is eielualvely enti tled to the use for republication of all news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited to this paper, and also ths local nes published herein. All rights of republication of gpseisl dig patches herein are also reserved. on the upper left-hand corner of the! the agreement of their union Is open envelop. I to the same condemnation as that of With these civilian precaution, and I the Bridgeport machinists. They de- better organization of the military layed highly urgent war work and postofflce system, such as ha been claimed a concession which la not promised, there ought to be a marked granted to men in other industries, sneeriine- uo of mail matter. If there Soldiers get no half holidays, but is not, the postoffice is sure to heaf I fight when there is fighting to do, day about it FOILED. Something akin to a fervid discus sion of other days flared up in some I sions. communities the other day. It had to do with the significance and meaning of the word "birthday. Once certain elements of the popu lation were very earnest in their die agreement as to when the present cen tury began. It seemed quite Impor tant then when thte world was com paratively at peace. or night, Sundays and holidays. Men who are exempt from military service solely because they are more useful in industry are more favored, and should be ashamed "to ask further qonces- LET IT BE "OREGON FIRST" AGAIX. To say nothing of broad considera tions of patriotism, there is local pride to be maintained In the fourth Liberty Loan drive. It has been Oregon first" in so many things that it is up About all there to us to live up to our reputation. We was to think about was abstract issues have set a pace; now it is up to us to or Dolitics I maintain It if that is numamy pes- The birthdav nuestion arose in con- I slDie. nection with registration of men for There should be a systematic and selective service. There were, those I conscientious estimate or proDame re who nrofoundlv arcrued that the first I sources and expenses by every indl birthday is the day on which a person vldual, with moderate allowance for la burn. Corroboration was offered in contingencies, and then a liberal ap- the customs prevailing in some far off propriation for . liberty bonds the countries. more liberal the better. In fact, next to actual living expenses, the liberty bond should have first place in the individual budget. The Government must have the money. ' The efforts If the argument had been sound it would have taken certain young men into the draft who are not now eligible, nnd it would have relieved certain older men of a direct personal interest of our Army and Navy will be vain If roKTLAXD. Wednesday. SEPT. is. Iis. in that interesting and necessary lot- me people ai nomo ao iiui jihuiilb terv ' I mem. But it was only a flare In compari-I mere is siuj some Disposition to son with what might have been. The figure on subscriptions to bonds as 11 registration law and regulations were they were a gift to a worthy cause. snerific tnd not caDable of misinter- They are nothing of the kind. Uhey nretation. Thev called for registration I are the best kind of investment, con spirit of the apnea! made to him by of men from 18 to 45 both Inclusive, sidering the security given and the th. i-nitoH stnto rv,r,ri AHminiatra. I To h stir thev followed this with a I assurance that not only principal but tion. which is now asking for a larger reference to birthdays, but whatever income win ne promptly pa.a. ana i, THINKING IX BlellEI.i. t The wheat farmer who does not think in bushels, rather than in dol lars, does not comprehend the true -acreage" of wheat, but which will be -round for controversy there might be fully satisfied with an increased quan- To the Umb er of years a man has tity. It is a mistake to invite disaster ljve. lf he knows the date of his by neglecting the sound principles ofhjrth. It does not make any differ- agrlculture. What la wanted by the I ence whether he calls the end of his country is not so much . 'the JO perl 45th year of existence his 46th or his 47th "birthday." He is, until ne at- cent increase in acreage, specified by the Government officials, but 10 . per cent increase in farming methods. It is a distinction with an essential dif ference. The first, if taken too liter ally, might invite disaster; the second produces as much wheat, or more, and leaves us still prepared to meet the needs of the undetermined future. The extent to which, it is commonly reported, some farmers are neglecting their Summer fallow is one of the seriously disquieting phases of the matter. It is apparent, too, that. in certain localities there has been a too tains that day, 45 years old. is a distinct privilege for many per sons to be able to put their money into them The investor who is novice will have his .mind set at rest when he thus disposes of his money. There is no question of validity of titles, of borrower's ability to pay, -of moral risk, of the bond's immediate exchange for cash in event of emer It was a sad blow to the controver- gency or anything else and the 4 sialists. There being no real reason for prolonging the discussion, the good old custom of interpreting "birthday" to mean the anniversary of one's birth prevails. THE STORY OF "ABIE." A touching story comes out of Springfield, Mass. "Abie" Flesher, war rior, returned the other day from France. He had lost an eye and an rm at Apremont Wood. He was no per cent interest is as certain as the rising and setting of the sun. Having decided on the amount which he can invest, the citizen should be prepared to subscribe at the very first opportunity. There ought to be no hanging back to see what "George" is going to do about it It is as simple as A. B. C. If everyone will walk up to the liberty loan counter this week it will be Oregon first once more. as all Oregonians of spirit want it to be, SHOW THEM IT IS BOPELEb8, The length of the war will depend In large measure upon the length of general reversion to the practice off longer fit to be a soldier, and the civil rtubbling-in. This used to be the hall I occupation he once pursued was closed mark of a shiftless farmer; it is jus-1 to him by his physical disabilities, tified nowadays by some who by no I Apparently he did not have a dollar. means deserve the characterization I Springfield welcomed him at an out' on the ground that labor is scarce and Douring of all faiths and classes. Cityltime it takes to show the Germans that there Is no other way. There has I officials, military officers and rabbis their cause is hopeless. The time will been this year a good deal too much commended him and then "Abie" told come, when we have pushed them "volunteering" of the wrong kind, his story. Was he downcast? Not a back to their own boundaries, and Dependence upon volunteer wheat is I bit. He kept his audience convulsed I then they-will be fed by their lead- leaning upon a broken reed. All of I with laugtiter. these practices bode disaster if they re persisted in. The farmer, less able than ever be fore in our history to obtain compe tent help, must consider carefully whether he cannot produce more bushels of wheat by better tilla; of the smaller field, if he must make the choice. Farm labor, is being ren dered inefficient in two ways by the But Judaism Is, among other things, a fraternal brotherhood. Without dis paraging its response to general calls for benevolence, it. may be said that ers with statements that the allies are not prepared to make the sacrifices necessary to complete victory. Lvery possible effort will be made to revive their spirits in this way. To the nat- it looks after Us own. It was not sat- ural desperation of a people who fear to suffer on their own sou the agonies they have Imposed upon others will be added the hope that we will weak en before we have finished the de struction of the Prussian military es- isfied with a public reception. The Jews of Springfield bought for "Abie" a stock of merchandise. They secured a store for him and paid a month's rent in advance. He walks into a draft upon it made by the military I business without owing a cent. Chances tablishment. service ana also ry nigniy paia urnaniare that "Abie ' will make a success industries, and also by the spirit ofloflt. His good humor and his record restlessness which pervades those who as a patriot will bring him customers. remain in the country. This increases I No mention is made of strings to the the Importance of improving methods, I gift, but It is a safe assumption that because methods must to some extent I every contributor will some day get take the place of men. It is obviously I back what he put in. better for the country for the farmer The incident suggests a possible ad- to grow twenty-five bushels to the dition to plans for reconstruction of acre on a-section than to harvest a I maimed soldiers. Why should time. thousand acres of ten-bushel wheat. As has been suggested, while the Food Administration has called fori an increase of 10 per cent in acreage. effort and money.be expended to make passable or indifferent carpetweaver out of a legless man if he hfes the mercantile instinct, or some other per- it is really 10 per cent more Wheat I gonal asset that fits him for an occu- that it wants, and It has also an eyelpation requiring some capital? to the future. There will be other I It would require a large sum. but Few Americans doubt that if all in dividual Germans knew how deter mined we are, and how well able to go through with our undertaking, the bloody Prussian hand would be ele vated high in token of surrender. The thing for us to do is to convince him of this. ' Each lull in the fighting is cunning ly employed by the German leaders to mend the morale of the faltering ones. There must be as. few lulls as pos sible. The German spirit must be given no opportunity to, revive. No one doubts that the allies' Gen erals are now doing their very best, with the men and materials at hand to the United States be canceled, thus relieving her of the payment of $100, 000,000 a year, as accounts stand to day. But that would be charity, and France would not accept charity, nor should we wound the pride of a high spirited nation by offering it. The occasion calls for justice, and the American people should assume that share of the burden which Justice dic tates. Americans recognize now that from the first blow struck In the war the allies have been fighting in defense of America as well as themselves. They know that since August, 1914, the French have dammed with their bodies a German flood which, but for the British navy, would have flowed on across the ocean to America, if not in this war then in the next war which the German staff had already planned. Belgium being quickly overwhelmed, France alone held the enemy In check while Britain and Italy were organis ing their armies. Since the latter two countries came Into the field in full force, they have borne their share of the load, and not until other countries had fought for more than three years and a half did the American Army begin to be an important factor. Dur ing the two and a half yt ars preceding the American declaration of war, the United States was growing rich on sale of munitions to the allies. The sea was kept open for that trade by the British navy at British expense and the munitions were used in fighting to defend America as well as Europe. . Having awakened to the fact that from the beginning the war has been fought in a cause common to them and the allies, the American people are in honor bound to arrange an equitable distribution of all its bur dens, so far as possible. That requires that we who came late into the fight should assume part of the burden which had already been imposed on other nations and should bear a larger share of the future cost than the amount of our own war expenses. It requires that all the expenses of re construction in not only France but Belgium, Serbia, Roumanla and Rus sia should be equitably divided among all the allies, which should then be gradually reimbursed from the in demnity for reparation to be exacted from Germany and her confederates. . Not only France but Great Britain and Italy have carried excessive loads, Britain carrying on naval war and pro tecting commerce almost alone, and lending other nations as much money as the United States has so far ad vanced, while Italy has suffered In vasion and has paid extravagant prices for iron and coal. If the expenditures of each nation were treated as ad vances by partners for the benefit of a firm and if a final settlement were made in which the total would be ap portioned to each partner's interest. prido would not prevent France or any nation from accepting its just due. A Line o' Type or Two. Hew to the 1.1 a. Let the O. alps Fall Where They May. Germany now finds Belgium a lia. bility Instead of an asset in the war, therefore offers a separate peac with a string to It If Belgium would get out of the war and call upon the allies to withdraw their troops, Ger many could shorten the front to the Alsace-Lorraine frontier with some prospect of defending it, ' But Bel gium will not make a separate peace and the allies have good cause, since Germany invaded France through that country, to drive them back the way they came. When the Kaiser made Belgium a road for his army, he also made it a road by which his enemies will enter Germany, and he must tak the consequence of his acts. years after 1918. The locality which even so it would seem that a revolving It is for the country as a whole to produces 800 acres of volunteer wheat out of the total of 4000 acres of wheat harvested (and this has happened In Oregon) is not responding in spirit to the demands of the Food Adnunis tration, and in the long run is not serving the interests of the Nation. Those who most sympathize with the farmer in his difficulties and best understand his problems will be most insistent that now, if ever, he shall give attention to the method of his agriculture. The hard work of farm ing we must take as a matter of course; long-headed planning is not so common but it is just as desl nd it is more than ever need fund could be created from which support them in every material way. loans could be made by a commission There must be a constant stream of having wise discretion. Have not the Jews of Springfield, in their gener. osity. set an example for the whole country? NO STRIKES) OX WAR WORK. There never was a more deserved rebuke than that which President Wilson gave within a few days to the Smith & Wesson Company and to the striking Bridgeport machinists. In the supplies . well as of men. Every day's work of a man In a home fac tory or shipyard is vital; it is .near treason for a worker to do any less than his very best. We are at the point where a day's work by each of 100,000 men may conceivably shorten the war a week, or a month. Much depends upon our ability to keep the Germans from getting even a mo ment's rest. To destroy the German morale we must maintain our own. The morale one case an employer endangered in- rable, dustrial peace by refusing to observe of our so,dler8 leave8 nothing to be ad in the rules of the War Labor Board. H1rH- h ,va tt,. Y,t o v. rresent circumstances. There is nlentv nd 'Is plant was commandeered by .nI . mi,h f,nm vrenth Amort. of opportunity for the war-time farmer uuveriniiein. m ui.incr i can to give his brains full play. It is more " numtjer oi memoers or a lUDor union bushels of wheat the country want. tru'k against a decision of that board, rather than any specific increase in which they were pledged, through the acreage, or even more dollars for the "l i"'r "", crop. It is also a patriotic duty to alternative penalty was exclusion from keep the morrow in mind while plan ning to meet the needs of today. PlgTRIIU'TE THE LOAD JT8TLY. As the soil of France is rescued bit by bit from the invaders, the question any kind of Government employment arises: "In what position will France for one year and liability to immediate stand after the war is over?" The draft unless they promptly returned eight richest departments -will be a to work. The mere threat of this barren waste, the fertility of the soil penalty sufficed to send them back to gone for the time, the towns, cities. their tasks. I villages, mines, railroads, highways The Bridgeport case was not one of and canals in ruins, the wells poisoned, THE 80LnlER'8 MAIL. The Postoffice Department, in co operation with the military forces. seems to be gradually overcoming striking in obedience to the decision the earth and water polluted with the early confusion as to the delivery of of a labor union. The machinists soldiers' mail, for which, ir this be true, struck in face of the condemnation of all Americans will be thankful. It is their union, the authorized officers of fair to the officials entrusted with this gigantic work, however, to point out that they have encountered difflcul ties. Writers at home have not been wholly without blame for delays. There are, for example, some 300, 000 letters each month which are de layed in reaching their destination overseas by improper or Incomplete addresses. There Is with our expedi tionary forces a kind of dead letter office where already more than 60,000 letters have. been accumulated which cannot be delivered at all for this rea son. The number is relatively small, by comparison with the 1.300.000 let ters a day received by the Army In refuse of battle. The nation, already burdened with a debt of $30,000,000, 000, which is three-fifths of the na tional wealth, must bear' the cost of reconstruction. As la Nouvelle Eu rope is quoted by the New Republic which had pledged the members to accept the decision of the War Labor Board, and were, therefore, mutineers, setting at naught sound union prin- as saying, this will be a tremendous ciples and injuring'the good name of I handicap under which to enter the unionism by . breaking faith. Appeal period of recovery. was open from the decision to which I Instinctively the answer will be they objected, but they refused to I made that Germany must pay, that await the result though their word I the allies are pledged to exact re para was pledged by their chosen repre-1 tion. But there is grave doubt sentatives. I whether Germany will be able to pay. The action of the President in both except in annual installments spread these cases is fair notice that the Gov- I over a long term of years, and France eminent will tolerate no attempt to I should be restored with the least pos extort by strikes, which are a species I sible delay. Determined to make an of coercion, wages or terms which I end of German militarism and confi- The episode of the robbers, of a Chi cago suburban bank, scared off by stenographer who screamed, means the business college must take u voice culture or its graduates beli the assertion of "competent to fill any position." Any girl can scream, but few are able to put a scare into it Two ships a day delivered in th United States, with the number in creasing from month to month, will soon make an armada that will end any doubt whether the American Army in Europe will reach 'the desired strength by next spring. It would be a pity to let the work of the Visiting Nurse Association lan guish for want of help, or funds, or any other cause. Care of the civilian sick and unfortunate is as necessary as it ever was, and even the war ought not to overshadow it. The last five of the colored soldiers implicated in the Fort Houston riot were hanged yesterday, and let us hope they are the last colored men in u.niorm to suffer or deserve such punishment. Vienna will discover that our way to peace is the shortest in the long run. We are going after peace that will endure not a breathing spell for the Teutonic allies. Bulgarian troops are arriving to help the Germans on the western front. There will be just that many less to be captured by the allies' forces in the Balkans. State prison bloodhounds on a trail ara, spectacular, but no good. 'The trail always is cold. Two-legged hunt ers are best, if of the right kind. cannot he won by an appeal to rea- I dent of success, the allies may expect France, but it is sufficient to cause son. and that he will permit no profit- that the Kaiser will rally his people protest. Other delays have been due cering by either capital or labor. Both for desperate resistance across the to military reasons with which the cases are on all fours, and the work- whole width of Germany with the cry public is more or less familiar. Troops man who attempts by striking to exact that the Fatherland is invaded. In in the zone of secret operations ex pect to .be cut off frrrm their mail . for a time; men on the move from one hospital to -another arjc not always easy to trace. But it is now planned to deliver letters even; to the front line trenches, and carriers in innu merable instaoow hale betn under I tire. . The people at home will continue to be insistent upon a prompt and effi cient man service . which means so much to morale at both ends of the excessive wages or unfair terms is as guilty of profiteering as ia the em ployer who tries to extort excessive profits or to impose unfair terms at the risk of a strike. Delay of the War Labor Board in reaching decisions constitutes no valid excuse, for that body has many disputes to adjust and must take time for .inquiry. Further, all its decisions date back to the time when the controversy arose. Several hundred thousand railroad men suf fered more than six months' delay in line, and if it Is considerate and wise advance of their wages, but they are It will co-operate with the Govern- paid all arrears from January 1. Sol ment This co-operation should take diers in France wait several months the form of writing addresses with for their pay. but they do not strike. great legibility and absolutely In full. I If they should, they would be court- The whole name (not the initials I martialed. Workingmen in the United merely), the soldier's rank, his com-1 States are not subject to such dis pan v. his regiment and his branch I clpllrte, but honor and patriotic duty of the service should be designated, I should hold them to their jobs. followed, on the last line, by the. the I The conduct of the Portland boiler letters "A. E. F." it he is with the ex- I makers in taking a Saturday half peditionary forces. The name and ad-I holiday In defiance of the decision of that event Western Germany, which is the richest part of the empire in manufactures and mines, will be dev astated, though the allies will cer tainly not resort to the d!iberate de struction practiced by the Huns. Germany will come out of the war with industry demoralized, with the best man power gone, without ships, raw material or . commerce, with a huge debt and handicapped by the hatred of the whole world. In order that Germany may earn the money to pay her debt to them, the allies may assist her with ships and raw mate rials, but their own needs will be so great for the work of demobilization and reconstruction that they will have jittle to spare for Germany for several years after peace Is made. Hence ex penditure on the restoration of France, as of other devastated countries, must be made much faster than its cost can be collected from Germany. Generosity may Impel Americans to General opening of stores at 9 o'clock puts luncheon on the heels of break fast . for many men will not get up until compelled to do so. There willebe a heavy bombardment all along the liberty loan line with not a quiet sector between Portland, Or., and Portland, Me. As Mayor Baker suggests, one way to improve the housing situation is for everyone now provided with a house to go to work. Germany is talking of "dark days." and it is up to us to make those fel lows think that there is a perpetual eclipse of the sun. It's a compliment to a man above the age to be asked for his card, though it may be embarrassing later. dress of the sender also should appear j the Labor Adjustment Board, and of j propose that the entire debt of France The Yanks - in Lorraine have so "rattled" the Hun that he cannot shoot to hit, hence the light casualty lists. Australia Is raising its seventh war loan, and that with two wheat crops unsold. Goto it Oregonians! Chicago bankers will now put a cash value on a girl's scream, if it be well timed. Portland is going to do more than build 2000 houses it will build 2000 homes. There will be less beer and more porridge after October 1. Ready T Then go the limit! (By B. I T. by arrangement with Chi cago Tribune.) "Customers." advertises a Jap mer chant "are treated as politely as by rival steamship companies." And many of us know that this is the last genu flexion in politeness. It used to be shared by railralid companies, but we seem to detect a falling off. Perhaps politeness does not go with Govern ment ownership, except in election times. "Yes," said Secretary Baker, handing our Paris correspondent a poisoned seegar, "I am very glad to be In France again. You see, I am treated with more consideration here than at home,' To the Kaiser. Dear Bill: Pop goes the Vesle! Yours, fltc, MISS ALICE LORRAINE. Germany planned, in sinking . the Mount Vernon, to prevent Senator Lewis from returning to America knowing that this blow would bring the United States to terms. We have had a very narrow escape, mes enfants, ' As for Example. (From an announcement by the Web ster and Wilson Oratory-Speech Col lege.) You have often said, "I wish ! could speak and say things as forcible and effectively and fluently like so-and-so does." Dwelling Together in Christian Amity, (From the Grinnell. Ia., Herald.) Thev started yesterday on the in junction case between members of the Christian Church, recently built at the Liberty Cemetery. The older members are trying to prohibit the younger ones from holding Sunday school in the building, because they are unable to agree upon the time for the meet ing. This case has been before court at an earlier time, but nothing definite has been settled and It has just been brought to trial again at Montezuma. Cnte of Him. Sir: A man with a large family calls his children weatherstrips, because they keep him out of the draft. J. H. K. Cleaning out a pigeonhole, we dis covered a number of prophecies put away for future reference, includin one by George Sylvester Vlereck be ginning, "When the Germans get to England, as they surely will Which is as far as you need to read. An Ancient and Honorable Occupation, (From "Superstructures," an address by W. N. C. Carlton to the Library School, the New York Publio. Li brary.) Librarianship has, however, large so cial usefulness, and does give its prac titioners real and positive pleasures, satisfactions and rewards. Were this not so. it would not be, as it undoubt edly is. one of the oldest professions in the world. In your study of the his tory of libraries you have doubtless read those interesting little books, by Dr. Richardson of Princeton, on old Egyptian librarians and the record col lections of Babylonia and Assyria. In them he has traced the existence, the very flourishing existence, of libra ries and librarians in the very earliest ages of recorded hiitory. He marshals the most amazing evidence regarding the exalted position of librarians in the dim dawn of historic time. He has, as you remember, identified several li brarians among the most respected gods of Egypt and Mesopotamia, and even discovered one female divinity whose designation was "Mistress of the Hall of Books." "On the monuments, writes Dr. Richardson, "Sechait is re ferred to as 'She who draws in her horns, mistress of writings, mistress of buildiner. the lady of libraries.'" Most of the Egyptian librarians identified by Dr. Richardson "attained high distinc tion in .the state: several were viziers and one became a king." That was in deed the Golden Age of librarianship when our predecessors were the com panions and confidants of kings and second only to kings and the high gods in the respect honor and rank accorded them. With what little wisdom has our more democratic and leveling age cast down librarianship from those heights of kingship and godhead! To day our position sometimes resembles more nearly that or Kings wno nave lost their thrones. Apostrophe marks, as has been noted, may be omitted in children's wear and ladies' entrance, but they ooo up in such unexpected places as I' PagliaccL The Gentleman Has Been Sitting: In a Front I'ew for Several Years. Sir May I not request that you give Miles Back of Quicksand, K, a front seat in the Academy? J. s. w. A Student of Anatomy. Sir--Old Cap Shuey, pioneer automo- hile dealer of South Bend, wno es. tabllshed "the first gerridge between Paris and Chicago." claims to have sold the third ford Hank ever built, and Is running yet Cap, that is, not the ford. In those days Cap was a great human anneal artist and on one occasion was pointing out the visible excellencies of l shfnv new ruv to a proapoci. jeoi inii at them lines. Doc." he said, ecstat ically. "Why the feller that designed that hndv studied human nature, he liri!" Tprhaos vou can ten me wnat tne chap studied who designed the fliv recoil mechanism. eio. WITHDRAWAL AT CO.NSTAJiTIAOPLE Correspondent .notes English Writer . That Turks Were Not In Bad Way. VANCOUVER BARRACKS, Sept. 16- (To the Editor.) I am taking the lib erty of calling your attention to an editorial printed in The. Sunday Ore- gonian. The editorial Is entitled "East erners and Westerners," and in it the following statement is made: "We now know that if the allied navies had con tinued ttheir bombardment of the Dar danelles forts for one more day they would almost certainly have captured Constantinople." Probably the best and most accurate account of the much-discussed Gallie poll campaign has been written by John Masefield, the eminent English poet and writer. It is entitled, "Galll poll," and was published in 1916 by the Macmillan Company. In thjs book, on page 84, you will find the rumor "That the Turks were at their last cartridge and would have surrendered had we advanced" stigmatized as a "legend widely spread abroad by German emis sariea" Mr. Masefield goes on to show how the Turks were always better sup plied and possessed of more ample re serves of men and ammunition than the British or French ever were. More over, a close study of this whole cam paign will disclose that the success of the expedition hinged on the success of the allied troops against the Turkish troops, on the Peninsula, and that the fleet played, and was intended to play, only a secondary part in the struggle. The reasons are obvious, as Mr. Mase field and others have clearly pointed out; the batteries on the cliffs could only be captured or destroyed from the land; nor could the fleet progress with safety toward Constantinople, until the mine sweepers could clear the path; and the mine sweepers oould not do this until the shore forts and guns were silenced. AMES PETERSON. 12th Sq. 1st Prov. Reg. The Oregonian's statement was based on the testifony of those who were in side" looking out, rather on that of men on the outside looking in. It is sup ported by the testimony of Henry Mor genthau, who was American Ambassa dor to Turkey, and by the testimony of the Associated Press correspondent, who personally visited the batteries. This correspondent discovered for him self that the fort on the Asiatic side of the narrows had but 17 armor-piercing shells left and that the one on the Eu ropean side had just 10. All other for tifications either had been reduced or else had no guns that could discharge projectiles that could pierce modern ar mor plate. According to Mr. Morgen thau, the entire population of Con stantinople expected the British to suc ceed. All the German Generals and Admirals so believed and were ready to flee to the Anatolian hills. Only one Turkish official expressed hope. The most prominent and powerful of them had two automobiles stationed on the outskirts of the city with chauffeurs constantly ready to aid his escape. These are not German Or Turkish statements emanating after the Brit ish, withdrawal, but those of neutral observers on the spot at the crucial moment , In Other Days. Klfty Years Ago, From The Oregonlan September IS. 1S6S. Fort Wallace, Kan. A report hasj come In that a band of 25 Indians have committed depredations in the vicinity of Pond City. They stampeded a herd of 1200 head of cattle, owned by 35 Texans, who were accompanied by their families and were driving the cattle through to California. Colored troop ers were sent in pursuit. Belgrade, Serbia. Reports are ra ceived that a battle was fought be tween Turkish troops and Bulgarian insurgents. The latter made an attack, but were repulsed after a desperate fight Salem. The two houses met In Joint session in the hall of the House of Rep resentatlves to listen to Governor Wood's annual message. It is almost universally spoken of in terms of high commendation. The largest and most destructive fires ever witnessed In the forests of Oregon eince its settlement by whites are now raging in various portions of the Willamette Valley. While at tempting to drive through the burning limber along the Springville road, a Mr. French had a large tree fall direct ly on his team and wagon, killing one of the horses and Injuring the owner badly but not dangerously. Twenty-five Years Ago. From The Oregonian September 18, 18flH Onset Bay, .Musk. Henry B. Koulka. president of the Mahatma of Theoso- phists and Spiritualists, in this pliico, announced today that he is the Mes siah. Mr. Foulke has made many con verts. Walls of the Grand Central railroad station are up to the second story, nearly the whole length of the build ing, and the mail and express rooms at the north end of the building are beinff roofed In. About 20 wood sawyers held a meet ing yesterday to regulate the price per cord for sawing wood. Agreement was not reached, but the intention is to tlx the price at f0 cents per cord on both sides of the river. It Is reported from Southern 'Oregon that J20 a head is the averaste price being paid for 600 head of Wood lilvrr cattle sold or to be sold between Oc tober 15 and November 1. Salem. Ten teams are drawluor brick from the State Penitentiary yard to the Reform School. About 1,200,0(10 brick will be required for the new ad ditions to the reformatory. NO UNITY BY EXTERNAL FOR OB Interreitedf Rather! Sir It may interest you to know that Captain Pyrene is chiet or tne lire ae partment at Nitro, W. Va. E. W. A. Not so much gasoline has been saved as was expected, due possibly to short measure gasoline pumps. ' Dean Wima Will Welrome the Lady. Sir Miss Beryl Clump, of Terril, Ia' writes girlishly for pattern hk, js bust. . AUTOLYUUS. She wore a corset of pink roses." Kankakee Republican. The long stems of which made the outest supporters. The Perfect Hooverlaer. Blr For Food Administrator in the Academy I beg to nominate Mr. Meeno Eten, of Emden, 111. G. S. Aeain. with Ham surrounded, the Hies, ventures E. P. R., should pick up Oeufs. Yes, Tn n Basket. Sir They say that Haywood was calm. Shouldn't he have been collected? H. M. B. Of what use is a good name? George Honest of Oakley, Kan., has been ar rested for hoarding food. An Inspired compositor employed on Every Week set it "interior desecra-tors." As doubtless you have noticed, the well-named central powers are becom- ng more central every day. Rhtneward mit Gott! is still the cry. TWO OF FOl.VDKRS ARE LIVING G. A. R. Veteran Corrects Statement That Only One Survives. GALES BURG, 111., Sept. 12. (To the Editor.) Having recently returned from your lovely, patriotic and loyal city, having been a delegate to the 52d National G. A. R. encampment, I have read this day The Oregonian's excel lent account of the founding of the G. A. R. in Decatur, 111., Aprir 16, 1S66. There is one error in your interesting ccount. You state "There lives today but one man who held membership in he first post of the G. A. R. He Is Captain R. A. Smith, and his home Is at Lake City, la." We have in Illinois Major Robert Mann Woods, a past department com mander and a leader in our department. who was a member of the first G. A. R. post. You have his name signed to the charter or the U. A. R. post in 1868 as adjutant-general of the G. A. R. He has spent the past season in Florida, not being able to attend the G. A. R. encampment as he desired t do. Robert Mann Woods is one of two charter members oi the first post or ganized. He wrote the ritual and by laws, which are today much the earn as when he wrote them in January and February In 1866. Major Woods was assisted by the late Dr. B. F. Stephenson and the Rev. Rutledge, long since deceased, who was chaplain of the same regiment in which Dr. Stephenson served as surgeon. I trust you will give due credit to one, namely. Comrade Major Mann Woods, svho richly deserves this honor. The Oregonian served the veterans in an excellent manner while we were the honored guests of your far-famed city. R. 1. LAW, Trade School Information. DUNDEE. Or., Sept. 17. (To the Edi tor.) Kindly tell me where I can write get information concerning tne rade school. Ia it free and if not what is the tuition? A READER. Write to Robert H. Thomas, clerk of school district No. 1, Multnomah County Courthouse, Portland, for Information concerning the Benson Polytechnic school. If you are a resident of Yam hill County you will not be required to pay tuition. REGISTRATION DAY. Gosh! Th day dawned bright and sunny. Ushered in by various noises. And I felt oh, sort of funny. When I heard those Joyous voices. There in bed .1 lay a-blinkin', Listening to the shouts and laughter As they passed, and I got thinkln How I d like to follow after. Oh! that I might with them line up With those happy older fellars. Take my pen and proudly sign up; Like the others, "Join the colora But, poor me! I couldn't do it. 'Seventeens can't "join the colors," And only too well I knew it; Envied all the older fellars! Gee! Forever I'll remember Every hour, every minute Of the 12th of this September. O, what misery was in it! All the bands were playing loudly Through the air the tunes rang clearly. And Old Glory floated proudly Oh! that flag I loved so dearly. As I gazed up at Its beauty. Flying there so calm and graceful. How I longed to do my duty! Not to do it seemed disgraceful. Why could I not, like the others, Go across the seas and fight there, Close beside our older brothers. Help to win with all my might there! Oh! because I'm not a man yet. Only seventeen, and so I Cannot give a helping hand yet. Cannot don the khaki, tho' I Long to every single minute. Long to be like those about me. Go across and be right in it. But, you see, they'll go without me. Well! The shades of night are falling. And Tm sitting here still writing; t Whilst a voice from somewhere's call ing. Calling me to join the fighting. No, I cannot come! I'm sorry. Would I could! I'd bust with pleasure But 'twill do no good to worry. So from now I'll start to measure Off the time 'til 1 am eighteen. And I soon will tlnd the time up If I'm patient, ever waitin', (When I, too, can go and sign up! NORMAN JOHNSON, . Error In Letter. COTTAGE GROVE, Or., Sept. 16. (To the Edior.) Through one of the unexplainable errors that will some times happen, in my letter a few days ago I spoke of Mr. Kubll as chairman of the printing committee of the last House. I meant to use the names: Chairman Brand, Mr. Kubll and Mr. Mann. ' ELBERT BEDE. Obstacles That Confront Limitation of Churches Discussed. RIDGEFIELD, Wash.. Sent. 16 (To the Editor.) Kvery person having a Christian sense of life must be Inter ested in all that makes for unity of all the good people in his own town or community. But church unity, as we Learn from church history, experi ence and observation, is not something which is easy of accomplishment, how ever easy it may bo to talk about. It is not brought about by a rampant jump from every man's .personal view point of religious belief into the free air of rambling theological schools; neither into heartless bondage of ec clesiastical law or church organiza tion. Several churches In a small town of a few hundred people will not be united with a policeman's i-lub. or a big stu-k method; neither will a blind-man's-buff game do it, nor an uncertain blast of creed or denominational gospel talks. And the "Inquisition" belonged to the dark ages. The tenability of any such things has been weighed in tho balance and found wanting .n the crises of every conflict which humanity in tho past. as well as now, bo tediously is uassinsr through, Churchianlty will always play eut without the Christ, the head of the church. People tire of substi tutes, and they have tried not a few in the course of the Christian centuries. Back to the fundamentals and ta- sentials." "Let's have a reformation and get back to Christianity," says one of your correspondents. Proposals for union of churches whi'h havo hitherto been regarded as mutually antagonis tic are nothing new for our own day. and unity is a desirable aim, whria the price we pay for it is not tho s;io rifice of Christian trulh and prinrl ple. ' External unity seems to be what this movement has In view, and this is of no small Importance: but real Christianity never beKlns with exter nal machinery. Above all, It must be recognized that true, Christianity Is essentially and fundamentally a spiritual fellowship, a knowledge, at external life, a knowledge of the true ' and living God through Jesus. ths Christ, his Son, wrought within the heart of believers by the spirit of Gmi. Therefore, it is perfectly natural that the Inward desire for closer relations with each other which exists within the heart of true and earnest Chris tians of various church organizations should frequently in one wsy or an other express itself. Christians are called to love the "heavenly calling, of loving God, and Christ, and men. The mind and will of tho Master was that thlH unity of Christians was to bo something capable of being out wardly expressed and observed, a proof to the world tluit we are his disciples, the means whereby the world was to be convinced of his own divine mission. Christian spiritual reality dues In a measure v always lead to outward practical results. The question is old and has been asked before: "How muy we practically promote a substantial unity among all those who love the Lord Jesus In sincerity such a unity as shall witness to the unbelieving world of the reality of the love whicti binds us to each other, and of the actual existence of one common life within the persons of all who are the slnoere and true followers of Christ?" Love ia "the more excellent way," as testified to by the apostle. But Hod is not limited, as some would limit him, to work by a one-sided or narrow-minded conaeption of things, for there are di versities of gifts in men, differences of administrations, and diversities of operations; but the same spirit, the same Lord and tne same una woiKeire 1 in all, dividing to every man sev erally as he will. JS. M. JlA.'Sl'.-. Error in Age. RCFUS. Or., Sept. 16. (To the Edi tor.) When I declared my intention to become a citizen of the United States about six years ago I stated that I was born January 23, 188!!, In error, but when I registered last Thursday 1 stat- ed my exact age; that is, I was born January 23, 1881. I'lease inform me what shall I do in repard to this mat ter, and what can I say in question a. series 7, citizenship. An error made six years ago cannot ffect your draft status if you can prove It was an error, in any evajit answer the questions according to ths) facts. Cairo Now Joins Jerusalem. Cairo Cor. New York Sun. The suspension bridge across the ues Canal is now complete and part of of the railroad system. Direct trains are running between here and JeriM alem. The building of this bridge Is one of the most important events in the history of the Orient. A long time before the war engineers planned this span, which was to con nect Egypt and Palestine. When war broke out nothing had been accom plished. A desert 200 miles wide lay between the Suez and the end station of the Jaffa-Jerusalem railway.