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war. The least that the allies will trast with tha mode to which we are
exact is evacuation of all Serbian, I accustomed. The haircut is a neces
sity only because we think it is. When
we can save twice as much as formerly
by going without one, we are likely
to think twice as long- before indulg
ing; in the luxury. At least it is likely
that we shall call for a haircut only
half as often. The barbers of Brook
lyn are treading; on dangerous ground.
The safety razor is far toe well estab
lished ever to be displaced by a mere
boycott, and the non-users of it are not
powerful enough to -stem the tide if
untrimmed hair should come into
vogue.
I-ORTLAAD. SATlKUAr, 6 EFT. II, ISIS.
BILO.VBIA S MOTE FOB PEACE.
Plea for armistice from the Bui
Parian Premier marks an epoch in
the history of the war, for it is the
first move by one of Germany's con
federates to break away from her. It
is a confession of defeat and of hav
ing; been duped, & proof that the spell
of German military invincibility is
broken. As such it is the beginning
of the end of German supremacy in
3-Jastern Europe and Western Asia, for
no Jong time can elapse before Turkey
also will cast off the spell, confess de
feat and plead for peace.
Events have been moving to this
Consummation in Bulgaria for some
time. When King Ferdinand com
mitted the country to the cause of
Germany there was strong opposition,
which he ruthlessly suppressed. At
that time, in October, 1915, the Ger
mans were driving the Russians be
fore them, the last attempt of the
allies to take the Gallipoli Feninsul
liad failed, the campaign in the west
was deadlocked, Italy made little
- Vrogresa against Austria, the Greek
people had been estranged by th
blunders of the allies and were ruled
by a pro-German King. Bulgarian
jingoes backed their King In extorting
the best-terms from the side which
seemed likely to win. He won
. cession of a railroad to the sea and
of adjoining territory from Turkey,
it loan from Germany, and he went
to war to restore the ancient Bulgaria
which extended from the Black Kea to
the Adriatic on the west and to the
Aegean on the south, expecting the
campaign of 116 to prove-final.
But events did not work out accord
Jng to programme. The allies began
to win in the west, Russia came back
In a victorious campaign until the
occult forces again betrayed her, an
ttllied army barred the way to Sa
loniki, Greece remained neutral and
Jlonastir was won by the Kerbs. Rou
mania joined the allies, and, though
f-he was beaten and an opportunity
-was given Bulgaria to recapture the
Dobrudja, the Bulgars had to fight an
other campaign for which they had
not bargained.
Disillusionment seems to have begun
when the United States intervened, to
liave been hastened when King Con
etantlne wasdeposedand to have gained
speed when the bogus peace treaties
of Breet-I-ltovj-k and Bucharest were
signed. Greed and bad faith caused
Germany to blunder once more pre
cisely when doubt of her final victory
and when war weariness were grow
Ing and when the domineering meth
ols of her officers were arousing pop
ular hostility. German military forces
were stationed in Bulgaria and estab,
lished their own poetoffices, com'
missariat and soldiers hostels, and
every Bulgarian military bureau was
placed under supervision of a German
officer; in fact. Bulgaria was under
German military occupation.
Worse still, food was requisitioned
In such quantities by the German
army and was shipped so freely by
Individual soldiers under privileges
granted by their commanders that
famine existed in a country which nor
mally produces a surplus for export,
and poor people In Sofia actually died
of hunger. Germany probably piled
n on the last straw when, by the peace
imposed on Roumnnia, she denied Bul
garia a frontier on the mouths of the
Danube, keeping control of the navi
gable ship channels for Roumania,
which means Austria, and, ultimately.
Germany.
A condition approaching revolution
seems to have caused King Ferdinand
to offer the Premiership to M. Malinoff,
who had been pro-ally before Bulgaria
became an ally of Germany. A soldier
who deserted from the Bulgarian army
' to the Serbs Is quoted in a London
Times dispatch from Saloniki as having
paid that Malinoff demanded as condi
tions of his acceptance the withdrawal
of all German units from old Bulgaria.
The same man said that a secret meet
ing of Bulgarian soldiers was held one
night in June, and discussed proposals
to raise the white flag and surrender,
or to quit the front and return bodily
to Bulgarta.
An army pervaded with this spirit
Is ripe for defeat. Vigilance and dis
cipline seem to have been so relaxed
that the Serbs were able to haul big
guns to the top of mountains 6000 feet
liigh unknown to the Bulgars, who
were surprised and routed when the
guns opened fire. The whole nation
teems to have realized that it had be
come a tool in the hands of Germany,
and no credit need be attached to the
Berlin statement that Malinoff acted
alone in asking for an armistice, since
the request is said by French advices
to have had the approval of King Fer
dinand and to have been made through
military commanders.
It is not to be expected that the allies
will suspend hostilities pending nego
tiations for peace, for that would give
the Bulgars time to recover themselves
and to obtain help from Austria or
Germany, while continuance of their
victorious advance would hurry Bui
garia in coming to their terms. Nor
is it likely that the separate peace
terms will include any definite terrl.
torial adjustments, for Balkan affairs
are in such a tangle that they can
only be unraveled at the general peace
congress in accord with the principles
ft national rights. Any person who
hopes that Bulgaria will join the allies
against Germany and Austria must
take into account tha bitter hatred
which prevails between the Bulgars
on the one side and the Serbs and
Greeks on the other.
Whether Bulgaria comes over to the
allies or is merely eliminated as an
'enemy, peace with that country will
rofoujuUy. Affect tie coutj) p the
Greek and Roumanian territory, and
they should and probably would also
demand surrender of much artillery,
munitions and warships. It would be
folly not to demand also a free pas
sage for the allied armies through
Bulgaria and use of the kingdom's
ports for their warships. By so doing
the allies would remove every ob
stacle to their advance to the Danube,
all the way from Belgrade to its
mouths, except sug Austro-German
troops as remain in Serbia and Greek,
Macedonia. These could not with
stand the advance of the allies, and
the Austrians in Albania would be so
hopelessly outflanked that a hasty re
OPEN THE MARKET TO IXMBEB.
The action of the' War Industries
ireut. woutn ue w.e.r miy '""" Board in giving priority to fir lumber
capture or ann hiiation. ,.. for aircraft and ships is good' as far as
' "- n goes, but the Government needs to
could send reinforcements in time to clear the way for marketing lumber
niuy ouu.v i w. -"""; which is by-product of that used in
they had troops to spare. The allies aircraft and Thls side.cut hsls
could then carry the war into the accumuIated ln ,ucn qnanuties as to
jueu-oiav " " -be an obstacle to production of that
cross Into Roumania and could fan whlch u u tl neede(l ln war and
into flame the reviving war spirit of financiai burden beyond the
tun unuutr,. iu.uus -IVJ"'-"" I power of the manufacturers to carry.
couia reacn txmuin, " In commercial mills cutting aircraft
enough of the Germans, and could spruce g0 per cent of the product
.grtcu,.racm,a- iUu....... side-cut, much of which would nor-
heart of Russia and restore the east-1 .. . . . hlMl.- hllT the
ern ironi in roiana. xne cumuvr .mhl,, Kniiriino- m
m.nT,n..."",l:"""",""n ;M' war emergencies, ha, closed, this
"u,6" I mirlint
would De ciosea, ana me xiaiuouis-
was removed. All beds and most of
the clothing of the people were req
uisiuoned. A mattress was even
taken from under a sick man, 4 years
old. The retiring troops also carried
with them most of the provisions pro
vided for the civilian population by
tne international Commission.
This represented the German army
on its good behavior. After the ex,
perience of the Belgians and of other
Frenchmen in the invaded districts,
it is no wonder that the inhabitants of
St. Mihiel considered themselves for
tunate. '
Perhaps the Germans already have
begun to look forward to invasion of
their own country. Either this, or
they were too busy getting away to
commit the atrocities that we associ
ate with their military procedure. It
cannot be that the Prussian charac
ter has undergone a transformation
over night.
HOPE OF THE TAX SLACKERS.
Bold abandonment of pretense to
newspaper truth and accuracy in order
to foster the political hobby of its
publisher still characterizes the com
ment of the Portland Journal on the
delinquent tax publication bill.
In a news article it publishes figures
showing the cost of delinquent pub
lications in Baker County covering a
period of seven years, and represents
that thesa costs Wfir. lncui-rori undor
.TiaB-rirl mute would be cut in the . . W"V" ""r . "r .? lne Present puDiicauon statute enacted
,77. r n V jt ti i. tne iinanciai Duraen menuonea. itinl911"
lSJ5".?nB d onlr open the market, and it can The present publication statute was
, , All -.. I Villi V -- a LUQ alaSea ACU BUU fc- -CLU
Ra rnnia wnn M rpmain nnpn till ItOU- I .. ..
mania was redeemed provide one airecuy connected witn enacted in 1917. and there has been
mania was reaeemeu. wop Than la n twtoi- nmh U... .,, ,
With this prospect realized, Turkey :L ,;. iJ;.. " .w puuiicauon xnereunaer, ana
wnnlrl snnn follow the examDle of Bul-I ' v nnal at a cosl greatly reduced Trom
would soon rollow tne example or ui d k alrpiaries and mu , f vears
garia. the destruction of her Syrian . a . Government could u
. taw uie mi law oner
hundreds of millions of feet for these I no basis for honest. p.omna,Hann Th.
purposes. Spruce also Is better adapt- 1911 statute no loneer exists.
ea tor rooa containers man any otner Editorially in the same issue the
wooa, tor it is oaoriess ana utsieiess 1 Journal savs-
ana can De cue as mm as occasion re-
army and the impending British of
fensive ln Mesopotamia leaving her no
alternative except total annihilation.
Then would come Austria s turn. This
outlook and its consequences prove
that the way to final victory lies
through the east as well as through
the west.
quires. There" are many other uses
for spruce which must continue.
though not directly connected with
the war. That which is true of spruce
applies also in large measure to fir.
A I ILL BENCH.
The suggestion that a successor to 1 ror the demands of aircrait ana snips 1 nnquent taxpayers by mail instead of by
-Why, then, should not the notification
of the delinquent taxpayer b by mall? He
is practically certain to bs reached in that
way. And the cost Is but a small fraction
of tha cost of delinquent advertising in the
newspaper.
That ta all there is of the pending; bill.
11 proposes to save money uy notifying- ce
Money From Home.
By Marian D, Slerrr.
It's forts and it's shifts and it's shin
ing guns; it's squadrons that sweep the
sea; it's all of the circling bands of steel
that keep the home shores free. It's
grub and it's warmth for the sailor lad.
far out on the cold, white foam; for
the brave jack tar as he fights afar, it's
the good old "Money from Home."
HAVE YOU BOUGHT THAT BOND
YET?
It's rifle and bullet and bayonet; it's
shovel and shard and shell; for our
soldier boys in their olive drab, out
there on the edge of hell. It's the soar
ing wings of the whirring planes that
battle on high alone; for the lads who
dare their all "over there," it's the good
old "Money from Home."
BETTER GET RIGHT OUT AND BUY
THAT BOND.
It's succor and life for a bleeding
world; it's the glimmer of light at
dawn; it's the strength of a mighty arm
to etrike, it's the gleam of a great
sword drawn. But, more than that 'tis
tha pledge we owe to the lads that we
call our own.- To the boys that we love,
on land, sea or above, it's the good old
"Money from Home.
DON'T WAIT ANY LONGER.' BUY
THAT BOND NOW!
M. D. M.
248 East Fiftieth street ,
Those Who Come and Go.
TIMES EI PL AIX S ITS ATTITUDE
. a , it lpavn larra nnanfitipd of lumber that I tne extravagantly expensive plaa of news
Justice Moore be not named until the eav e lar60 quanuues 01 lomoer mat ppat ,vertlaing.
voters have indicated a preference in
the forthcoming election does not meet
the needs of the situation
The volume of the Supreme Court's
work is large and decisions in impor
tant cases are for that reason now
is not marketable through the acts
of the Government.
Coast lumbermen. They only seek
the aid of the Government in reliev
ing them of an embarrassment which
delayed. The rights of litigants must ls thf consequence of meeting its de
be considered as well as the right of
the voters to make an unsuggested
choice.
Appointment of a justice now would
undoubtedly give him a prestige in the
election, if the assumption be correct
mands. There is use for all the lum
ber now being produced if the Govern
ment will use it or let It be used.
AN EDICATIOJ.AL BTEP FORWARD,
Roval assent io the British educa
that the appointment would be only tlon bm whlch advanc(?s th, mlnl
until liiei vukcia iiau i.iiu,, 11 1 1 1 tj aj'-
poin tee's successor.- Election can be
bad now only by writing in the names
of aspirants. But diminution of the
hopes of candidates is not so impor
tant as that the work of the court be
Tet the bill for which it stands
imv, ioi k Tiri sPonsor offers no substitution. It pre
7 Vr a lJ llWLlltll TV w lit. V 1U L11V
method of notifying taxpayers of their
delinquency.
The mail notices which that news
paper pretends to favor instead of
newspaper notice are now" given,
Every taxpayer who becomes delin
quent is now notified by letter. That
is a requirement of the 1917 law.
The only publication now author
ized is a list of the property of those
who remain delinquent after havipg
been notified by mail.
This public notice has two virtues:
The advertisement discourages wilful
tax slacking; it also gives notice that
certificates of delinquency may be
expeditiously and wisely performed.
The Oregonian has no candidate for
the place. There are numerous law
yers of ability in Oregon who would be
valuable additions to the supreme
bench. Out of the available material
choice should not be difficult.
mum age of exemption from compul
sory education fanm 12 to 14 years,
marks a step forward in education in
that country and denotes further
Bwalrpninr in itn vain mn a. Vrnn-
struction" measure after the war. The Purchased on the property listed
foundation of public education in
England was laid by the act of 1870,
which required school authorities to
provide facilities for instruction, and
permitted" local boards to compel
the attendance of children, but this
Sale of delinquent tax certificates
is a necessary, means of obtaining tax
revenues. The tax certificate is turned
over to any individual who will pay
the taxes and accrued costs and pen
alties. The C8i-tificatemay be later
was not made compulsory upon the redeemed by the owner of the property
BIGNESS.
Appearance over the allied lines in
boards themselves until some years
later.
Payment of tuition fees in elemen-
the region of St. Quentin of several I tary schools was not abolished until
huge German bombing planes, re-1 1890. But certain exemptions from
ported to carry bombs thirteen feet I school attendance were granted un
long, each containing a ton of explo- I der the Factory Act, and, as the new
sjves. indicates that the Germans still I law is now interpreted in this coun-
cherlsh the notion that the war will I try, these exemptions are abolished
be won for them if they succeed in I until in every instance the pupil has
making some instrument of warfare I reached the age of fourteen. Former-
that is big enough. The giant Zep- ly exceptions were made, among other
pelins, the great siege guns of Kamur I grounds, for having attained a "re-
and Liege, the super-submarine, the I quired proficiency" ahead of time. A
seventy-six-mile cannon which bom-1 bright pupil, by making haste, might
barded Paris, all confirm our previous graduate into factory employment at
conception of the German mind as I a relatively tender age.
megalomaniac. They are offshoots of I new system, the forward pupil will be
the notion that physical bigness ls I made still more valuable to society by
everything. With an immense army, I beiag kept at his books. Those best
and tremendous equipment, and enor- ! fitted to. profit by education will re-
rnous quantities of supplies, Germany ceive the most of it.
felt that she was bound to overwhelm The "half time" system also goes
the world. by the board in England and Wales.
But the true bigness, which is great- I This was a concession to the factory
ness of spirit, seems to have been left I interests which is now seen to have
out of her calculations. Physical force been of doubtful value.
by payment of principal and interest
charges. By such sales money essen
tial to the conduct of county and city
government is forthcoming.
The bill presented to the voters
eliminates this published notice of the
availability of certificates of delin
quency. That is all. It presents ab
solutely nothing new in the form of
notification. It seems to be a measure
solely in the interest of would-be tax
slackers. By obstructing the sale of
certificates it would make necessary a
larger tax levy upon those who do pay
their taxes promptly.
The consistent misrepresentation of
tt,- t-h the text and purpose of this bill, at-
lenneu uu 11 is uy tuuii uisregu.ru ui
newspaper reputation for veracity
merely that its publisher's whim may
be gratified, is one of the astounding
chapters in the history of direct legls
lation in Oregon.
According to the Vancouver (B. C.)
World, women were summoned to the
It did not Ene:lisl1 Parliament from the reign of
Edward I to that of Henry VIII, but
they were summoned by virtue of
their office as abbesses or peeresses
and were permitted to send proxies,
fearing the robbers who infested the
is encountering moral resistance and I parallel the "school and shop" method
is going down. Neither the giant bal- I of Instruction tried with some success
oons nor- the giant planes nor the I in this country because there was no
giant anything else will conquer for I co-ordination between school and
Hprmflnv. A 1 rpn A v tli o vhlnnAf tn n tra I ihnn and no effort In thar Inttpr
are proving their superiority on the to give practical experience in roads f Westminster. Queen Eliza
w..! fmnt onH m.Hiiim . it.. hnnr, iinrht n beth Seems to have been an anti
rapid-fire artillery is making its way room. It simply deprived the u"ragisx, IOr sne aoonsnea .me prac-
O'h.r. I,nvv enna mM nor nr. D.ir I ohiM rf o ,lQin nnmhor Z hmir. o I ieiut.lllB tuietate Hie rule Ul
air programme calls for myriads of day of schooling at an age when he any other person in petticoats besides
peedy. manageable craft Our tor- should have had it. But the new act
nerlo-boata. visrilantlv a.nrlintellieentl v I nimvtrlps for "continuation schools" 1
navitrated. are makine keadwav aeainst w hich oueht to accomplish results. wnai a cnange a year jias wrougni
the submarines. The pupil who leaves school at the m 'ke's a year Su
W, iik.H In !. fhar "flier. nn .nf 11 in fairs Industrial emnlnv. notning Was gOOO enOUgn IOr Uie
giants in those days." But the giants I ment ls required, unless he is being
were lumbering, stupid louts, and their I otherwise instructed, to attend these
schools, which are maintained in his
employer's time, up to the age of 16.
Their curriculum need not be entirely
vocational or technical, but self-inter
dependence upon their physical di
mensions always brought them to ruin.
Jack the giant killer was smarter than
they, and he won his battles. David
dirtiest frequenter of North TSnd cheap
restaurants. Now boarding-houses at
logging camps attract workmen as
"guests" by setting the most bountiful
table. Labor is certainly gaining
dignity.
slew Goliath. Whether they turn to I est is expected to dictate to employ-1
their fairy books or take counsel of I ers that the course be designed to in-
Boston bars wives of commissioned
ancient history, the Germans may read crease the efficiency of the worker officers as teachers, but admits those
. . . . . . I . ... . . I nt r nn Anm m IcEiAnAil rt a r A w
the story of their undoing.
THE DOLLAR UAIKCCT.
The Master Barbers' and Journey
men's Association of Brooklyn, a
suburb of Manhattan, have exhibited
a curious disregard of certain- eco
nomic facts by their adoption of a dis
criminatory schedule of prices dis
criminatory against men who shave
themselves. They are in a mood for
reprisals, and they propose to take
revenge upon the safety-razor brother
hood by making a distinction between
them and "steady customers." The
former will be required to pay a dollar
for a haircut upon the infrequent oc
casions when they cannot avoid a visit
to the barber shop; the latter, as a
reward of loyalty to the ancient insti
tution, will get off with 40 cents.
Not long ago there was put upon
the market a device for self hair cut
ting, which would seem not to have
met with the success which attended
the Introduction of the safety razor.
Now the Brooklyn barbers would seem
to have been emboldened by its failure,
nd to have assumed, perhaps too
hastily, that they have the self-shaver
where the hair is short, so to speak.
But they overlook several considerations.
In the first place. It is too early to
conclude that the home hair-cutting
machine will never be invented. The
loom, the airplane and the typesetting
machine are conspicuous examples of
accomplishments that everybody but
a few enthusiasts used to contend
stoutly "would never be done In the
world." Price raising will give new
zest to inventors in the hair-cutting
field. In the next place, as students
of price fluctuations know, there is a
point at which the most necessary
commodities will practically cease to
enter into consumption. The Imme
diate -danger probably is that the dol
lar hair cut will popularize long hair.
Thero was a time when our fore
fathers not only let their beards grow,
but went without trimming them.
Their photographs look grotesque to
u? pqi? onlx because of the fihurg cpa-,
of non-commissioned officers and pri
vates. When the expenses to which a
commissioned officer is subject are
summed up, the enlisted man may
come out ahead financially, all be
cause the officer must "put up a
as much as possible. In this. Interests
of the employer, of the employe, and
of the state will be nearly identical.
It does not appear at this distance
what are the reported exceptions to
the ODeration of the act. which in it
main features is not to go Into effect I front.'
until the end of the war. But the one
thing which is clear is that the Brit
ish nation. is wide awake to the value
of education in the new times of peace.
It is realized that while a few- indir
viduals may profit by exploiting the
labor of the very young, the commun
ity as a'whole is made stronger by ex
tension of the school age. It is said Reports that the Kaiser is mentally
that many administrative changes are unfit will be dispelled in a measure
made by the act. but these are of by the report of his dodging into a
Henry Ford may be for war to the
finish, but Michigan prefers a Senator
whose opinions have shown rather
more stability than Herrt-y's. Opinions
which have once changed so radically
as his may change again.
New York Paper Denies Change of Pt-
ley Toward War and Peace.
New York Times, September' 19.
The central cowers certainly must
have understood that thene would be
no negotiated peace with them. In
cense, any discussion of peace would
be a negotiation, but that sense or tne
word is now inapplicable. Negotiation
means trade, a bargaining. There will
be no trade, no bargaining, with the
criminal powers which had long
planned this war, which began it and
have carried it on like outlaws, in tne
end they will stand at the bar, and
will have to accept the sentence lm
Dosed. The terms of that sentence
have been repeatedly enunciated by
President Wilson, they are the terms
all the allies are resolved to enforce.
That has always been the attitude
of the Times; it is the attitude of the
Times today. It will not be changed.
Some of our readers and good friends
have very evidently misunderstood a
recent editorial article published in
there columns. If there was in that
article any warrant for the impres
sion that this newspaper has in the
slightest degree changed the attitude
It has consistently maintained from
the beginning of the war we wish to
disclaim absolutely any purpose of
that nature; if such an Idea did any
where find lodgement, it should be
dismissed forthwith as contrary to
every purpose and policy in this war
which the Times has sustained and
does sustain.
The Times regarded the Austrian
proposal as confession of defeat; we
constnued it as an offer to sur
render. If we erred it was in putting
that construction upon the invitation
from Vienna, for that was the founda
tion of our comment. It is very evi
dent that Washington did not accept
that construction; the country does
not accept it. This lends confirmation
to what we said in the beginning or
this article, that the reputation of the
Teutonic powers Is so bad that even
when they want to surrenden the
world believes they are shamming.
For this they can blame only them
selves and they must realize that fur
ther humiliations and more explicit
terms of surrender will be demanded,
with guarantees.
Construing the note as a surrender,
we entertained the belief that the
proposal might be considered, but only
on the principle long ago laid down
by President Wilson, that the result
should make it everlastingly sure
"that this agony must not bo gone
through with again." We declared
that that was "the foundation prin
ciple." The article continued:
"A peace that left Geranany master
of the East would be a crime against
ourselves and our posterity. Over the
lands of the near-East and the whole
of the old empire of the Czars she
can be permitted to have no dominion.
Control of vast regions where she
could renew her now diminished
might she must once and for all time
renounce. The restorations ana repa
rations to be decreed in the West are
equally indispensable, but reiteration
has made them familiar. It is in the
Eac' that the new danger will arise.
there with iron resolution it must be
destroyed."
This is the very eubstance of the
conditions reported by the Associated
Press to have been authoritatively'
laid down at Washington as prelimi
nary to any discussion. Washington
proposes them as conditions to be
imposed beforehand, a condition which
the Times had made in advance of
any knoweldge of the statement from
the National Capital.
That we should have been misun
derstood in a matter of so great im
portance is regrettable, and we desire
to remove the misunderstanding by
the unequivocal declaration of the
firm belief we have always held that
no peace should be made with our
enemies save on the principles laid
down by President Wilson. There can
be no negotiated peace.
Five inches of rain fell ln two days
in Lake County and the water covered
the ground, according to Virgil Conn,
of Paisley, Or., who is at the Imperial.
"Conditions were pretty severe out
our way," continued Mr. Conn, "until
the rain came. And it was some rain.
Now, however, there is the prospect of
plenty of grass and the country looks
more green than it does around Port
land." For 33 years Mr. Conn was postmas
ter at Paisley. He retired when Mr.
Wilson was elected. He also retired
when Cleveland was elected. Inciden
tally, he served two terms in the Legis
lature, one being in the celebrated
hold-up session.
"Seattle must be going crazy, th
way prices are over there," declared
W. H. Hanson, of Los Angeles, who mo
tored through Portland yesterday.
"I am acquainted with a business
man who was paying $55 a month for
an apartment until the landlord noti
fied him and the other occupants that
they would have to move out, as the
building was to be renovated. After the
people moved, a vacuum cleaner was
slid over the floors and that was all
the renovating accomplished. Next the
apartments were placed on the market
at $100 a month.
"A T-bone steak costs $1.60, and it Is
almost impossible to buy anything to
eat for less than 65 cents. The hotels
are crowded and the charges are fancy.
A shipyard worker told me that men
he is working with are drawing down
$110 every two weeks, and yet each
Saturday they have to borrow money
and pay a heavy interest rate for it. I
met a man earning $7 a day who asked
me if I could find him a job, even at
less pay, where he could earn enough
to live on.
"Big wages are being paid In Seattle,
but Seattle ls getting the money right
back."
In Other Days.
Twenty-five Tears Ago.
From the Oreironlan, Sept. 28, ISO J.
Washington The compromise tilv
measure, prepared by Senator Jones,
Arkansas, was today Introduced in t
Senate by its author.
Allotting land in severalty to tl
Indians on the Umatilla Keservatit
has evidently proven a success a
there ls no reason why the same mo
should not be like successful on ever
reservation in the state.
Ellensburg, Wash. George B. Ma
kle, who was president of the Ellen
burg National when it eloped, was he
yesterday and met a number of the d
positors.
Trading in the Portland market
moderately active, as farmers are o
fering quite freely and there are a lar
number of ships now In to be loud
Local quotations are given at 87 at
90 cents per cental for Walla Will
wheat and 97 cents and $1 for Valle
C. O. Blakely has Invented a gasolli
wood-sawing machine. Quite a nun
ber are being used 011 the East Side.
minor concern. An Anglo-Saxon peo
ple can be depended upon to adjust
the details of its governmental system
to its needs. The point of real value
(s that the appetite for education is
being whetted by the revelations of
the war.
cellar to avoid an air raid. He still
knows how to take care of himself.
Farmers will be permitted within
limits to erect essential huildings,
which means new barns, of course,
whatever may be the condition of the
dwelling house.
"GERMANS BEHAVE WELL."
One is reminded that good behavior
is a relative term by the statement of
a French officer, recorded in a cable
dispatch, that the Germans "behaved
well" in their evacuation of the St.
Afihioi aalifnt Thpv mnM.r.l nn
babies, crucified no aged civilians and ne V t me" Bre n,T ten2por'
rrmtnrf nn nn tr . tn.. arlly "cleaned out" in Oregon. There
retirement was made rather hastily,
If there are any happier men in
the world than the Americans on an
advance they must be the Serbians
taking a long-hoped-for crack at the
Bulgarians.
are a fine bunch now waiting for the
call.
about a week in advance of tha time
calculated by the high strategists, but
the generous Frenchman is willing to
give them the benefit of every doubt.
However, they did- pillage every
house in the town of St. Mihiel. and
they stole all of the money they) We no sooner Iron out one salient
could find. They took hostages and tnan we proceed to make another one,
according to a pattern 01 our own.
Belgium's reply to Germany does
not mean that she does not want
peace. It means that she does want it.
One thing about an "occupation
tax" is that it ought to reach every
body in times like these.
demanded half a million francs ran
torn, for them. Another half million
francs was exacted after the first de
mand had been met and this was
raised on bonds of the commune.
Then they made another search and
found more gold, and kept it. I Even a blind man, it seems, can see
The part of the town nearest the the necessity for buying liberty bonds.
river was entirely demolished. In
other houses, nothing was left but the We wonder what the Bulgarian for
wpodwerk, iwverx fcucnej. utensil r'kiv&iii- is -
NO CALL FOR FURTHER PATIENCE
Writer Would Have Example Hade of
I. W. W, Strike Kxhorters.
DEER ISLAND, Or., Sept. 26. (To the
Editor.) How long, O Lord, will the
Federal authorities continue to permit
those pro-German sympathizers to car
ry on? Only today I read in The Ore
gonian where 100 Finns went on strike
n obedience to an I. W. W. call. Why
n the name of common sense don't the
authorities take every I. W. W. and
very man that patterns after them and
stand them against a wall facing a fir
ing squad and make an example of
them? They are no less a traitor than
a soldier disobeying orders on the bat
tle field. Every days we read of the
activities of the I. W. W. How long
would Germany stand for them?
Haywood, Debs and Mooney were all
found guilty by a court of justice and
If guilty should pay the price. Any
man who will stop work for either of
them ought to be sent to the trenches.
But the I. W. W. Is allowed to carry on
and burn our mills, warehouses and
schools and seem to go free. If they
are after trouble let us give them what
they are looking for.
Every loyal American is giving hi
sons or going himself to fight for his
country like a man and not prowling
around trying to stab some one in the
back. F. H. USHER.
W. A Fannon, of Seattle, connected
with the Emergency Fleet Corporation
Is registered at the Portland. Mr. Fan
non is here to see about shipping in
the Portland harbor.
Dr. C. A. Macrum, formerly a prae
ticingr physician in this city but now
living on his ranch in the Mosier (Or.)
section, is among the arrivals at the
Portland.
Judge John S. Coke, of Coos Bay, is
at the Imperial.
Captain W. C. Sorenson, of Seattle, is
at the Oregon. He came to Portland to
take over a vessel now almost com
pleted and ready for delivery.
M. L. Bugbee, a civil engineer of
Spokane, is at the Benson on a busi
ness trip.
Mrs. Vernon A. Forbes, whose hus
band, a prominent member of the Leg
islature, was drowned a few weeks
ago, arrived in Portland yesterday from
Bend and registered at tha Seward.
Robert A. Booth, of Eugene, of the
Booth-Kelly Lumber Company, came to
Portland yesterday on business. With
Mrs. Booth, he is a guest at the Impe
rial.
i James J. Gorman, of Seattle, super
visor of .war activities of the .Knights
of Columbus tor Washington and Ore
gon, passed through Portland last even
Ing. Mr. Gorman is arranging for an
extension of the war service among the
spruce camps at Newport and Wald-
port.
Managers af the J. C. Penny Com
pany stores of the Northwest held a
conference yesterday at the Benson.
It was attended by H. R. Penny, of
New York.
Hotel men from various Oregon and
Washington towns have been in Port
land in the past few days looking for
help. One proprietor offered $H0 a
month for a night clerk, which will
give some idea of the way salaries are
Jumping.
Loas at Cold Harbor.
ALGOMA, Or., Sept. 26. (To the Ed
itor.) In a friendly discussion between
two old-timers on war topics, A de
clares Grant lost 10,000 men at Cold
Harbor within 30 minutes. B contends
no such disaster occurred at any time
during the Civil War. Also A maintains
Generalissimo Foch ls practically pur
suing General Grant's policy in his
campaign of "On to Richmond." Will
you kindly furnish some information on ,
the above-named contentions?
BILL BINNS.
Fifty Years Ago.
From tha Oregonian, Sept. 8, 1861.
Corvallis. The O. C. It. R., East Sid
Judge Chenoweth informs us, will plar
a gang of hands on the grade from Ui
place south next week.
Corvallis. The population of Bento
County is about 6000 and that of C01
vallis about 600 or 700. The total ta
able property last year was $1,100.00'
Our taxes, state, county and sehoo
were 13 mills on the dollar.
A great many of our citizens star
for the State Fair this morning som
by water, some by land. We predti
that there will be a large crowd In al
tendance should the weather continu
propitious as now.
Probably the dirtiest blackguard wh
ever attempted to make a speech i
Portland was a fellow from Idaho wh
spoke at the Democratic meeting o
Saturday night. For coarseness, ol
scenlty and blasphemy his languag.
has never been equalled ln Oregon. Bui
mcster is an ornament to his party.
I
"OVER THERE."
"Over there" the guns are sounding
And the ponderous cannon pounding,
"Over there."
A mass of human souls are wedging
And to the very border edging
"Over there."
"Over there" the life blood's flowtnp
And many a mother's son la goin
"Over there."
A precious lite he's freely giving
And ln a hellhole he Is living
"Over there."
"Over there" we are not facing
Where the shot and shell are raring
"Over there."
Here we live in peace and quiet.
Knowing nothing of the riot
Over there.
Over there" our money's needed
And the call it must bu heeded
Now and here.
Then loosen up and checks be writing
That s the way to do jour lighting
Over there. '
!o shuffle up, a bond be signing
Forget your hoarding and your whining
Into the dust the Hun be grinding. 1
Around "Old Bill' the cord be windin
"Over there."
rbbecca luse wilson.
Loyalty Not In Ixaue.
PORTLAND. Sept. 27. (To the Edi
tor.) This morning I noticed a car
on the streetcar especially appealing
to women to vote for fierce for Gov
ernor on the ground that such a vot
would support the Administration. Ti:
clear inference was that Uoveiiio
Withycombe had failed to do bo. In
view or Governor witnycomDes ex
treme activity ln all affairs conctrniiiK
the war, such a method of campaign
ng is unfair, unsportsmanlike am
un-American. Even were It contenie
that Mr. Withycombe Is not an Idoit
executive, where is the Information to
Indicate that Mr. I'leree is any better
or even as good? Also, what has lit
done to indicate a higher plane of pa
triotism? O. M.
4
Horace Greely puts the Union loss
in killed and wounded in 20 minutes of
the third assault at Cold Harbor at
fully 10,000. Figures given by some
other authorities vary. '
Owing to difference in scope of oper
ations and immediate objects sought
to be attained, it is impracticable to
draw a comparison between Foch's
campaign and Grant's Richmond campaign.
Terra of Naval Enlistment.
GLENDALE, Or.. Sept. 2S. (To the
Editor.) Is voluntary enlistment which
opens the last of this month for the
Navy and Marines for duration of the
war or for four years?
SUBSCRIBER.
Tt I" for duration of the war.
Chestnuts Not Hard for Gaa Monks.
PORTLAND, Or., Sept. 2S. (To the
Editor.) Please state for general In
formation whether the horse chestnut
contains the required Ingredients lor
gas masks, for which wo are asked to
save peach and other fruit pits. If they
are, bushels of them can be gathered at
this time by the children with little
labor. C. H. S.
Horse chestnuts are not adapted for
the purpose. The pits are burned to
form a charcoal, and only those which
have substantial, thick shells are fitted
for this.
He Lead the Running.
Washington (D. C.) Star.
'Why did you put tho Crown Trlnea
in charge of the army?" asked one
Prussian General. "He couldn't lead
any fighting." "We didn't expect him
to," replied another. "Wo wanted lnna
to lead the running."
Brave Mother Decides,
Gordon Snow, ln the Atlantic
We passed through Solomon-like mo
ments. Ab for Instance, that occasion
when we laid aside the book of rules
and called in a lovely, gray old mother
to decide for herself which of her two
sons should go and which should stay,
It was a cruel moment. She looked from
one to the other and back again. Then
after a long, painful silence, she said.
ln a low tone, as if the words tore her
heart a bit as they came,
I love them both so take them both.
I will get along somehow." .
She held her head very high and
smiled proudly through her tears as she
went out.
Sleepy Husband Protests.
Washington (D. C.) Star.
"John," .exclaimed the nervous wom
an. I believe there is a burglar In the
house." "I haven't time to fool with
small fry," was the sleepy response.
I've spent the entire day fighting reg
ular profllteers." ,
ADVERTISING THE LIBERTY LOAN TOLD IN
THE SUNDAY OREGONIAN
If the banks' notes which represent America's war needs for one
year, were pasted end to end in dollar bills, a tenuous streamer of
currency 2,000,000 miles long would whip out in inter-stellar space.
The fourth liberty loan is but a tithe of this and for its accomplish
ment the cartoonists and illustrators of our country have devised the
series of remarkable posters that now are calling to Portland. A fine
article, with pictorial reproductions, is in the Sunday issue.
CAMERA NEWS OF THE WORLD A page from all the world,
wherever there are stirring scenes to the fore, gathered in authentic
photographs for the readers of The Oregdnian. Battle topics pre
dominate, and there is more to be gained in a singlo glance at
many of the pictures than in a half-column of printed description.
Appearing with explanatory paragraphs.
CHURCH AND SCHOOL Portland's pride in her churches and
schools is justified by the constant progress. Readers of the Sun
day issues are kept in touch with the latest happening of each.
Staffs of students edit the school page. Through both depart
ments shines the clear light of living patriotism.
AMONG US MORTALS Here is another page from present-day
events in America. The artist, none other than W. E. Hill, inimita
ble illustrator, has chosen for-his theme tomorrow, "The Soldiers'
Show." The gay and loyal spirit of the lads who are waiting in
cantonments for the words that will 6end them overseas is caught
with quick perception. If you are not one of the thousands who
turn each week to this foremost feature tomorrow is the
time to mend.
WHEN SOLDIERS DO WOMEN'S WORK As women who wait at
home have invaded the trades and callings that once were held by
men, so the lads who have gone away to fight are learning that
certain duties they held to be the prerogatives of their wives,
sisters and mothers, now devolve upon them as soldiers. They
bake, sew, wash dishes and clothing. In France they say that the
American soldier is "game." And his gameness ia as manifest in
the homely duties of camp as it is when he trudges forth behind
the barrage to talk with death in some Prussian trench.
AH the News of All the World
THE SUNDAY OREGONIAN
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