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THE MORNING OKEGONIAN, MONDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1913. I FORTLAXD, OREGON, Entered at Portland (Oregon) Postoffice as second-class mail matter. Eubscrlption rates Invariably la advance; By Mall.) Xiaily, Sunday Included, on year .... I)atly. Sunday included, six months .. Jjaily, Sunday included, three months J)aiiy, Sunday Included, one month .. lal;y, m'ithout Sunday, one year .... Xa.ly, without Sunday, six months .. I)aily, mithout Sunday, one month . .. "Weekly, one year r-unday. one year feunday and weekly (Bt Carrier.) .5.0 . 4.25 . 2. Jo . . 7 u . .. 6.00 . .. 3.1!.-, ... .n . .. 1.0.1 . . . a.r.o ... 3.50 .. .9.00 Iai!y, Funday Included, one year . 3 tally. Sunday included, one month .73 JJai'.y. Sunday included, three months. 3-fly, without Sunday, one- year 7.60 Itaily. without Sunday, three months... 1.05 lJaiiy, without Sunday, one month . . .65 Moir to Remit Send postoffice money or cer, express or personal check on your local bank. 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The German armies, military au thorities agree, have not yet been in ploriously -whipped. They are in re tirement over a large area and they ere suffering constant and Increasing losses et men. But it is not yet im possible that they can retreat in fairly good order to the German frontier. There they would be protecting the fatherland from invasion; their line would be greatly shortened; they would be nearer their own base of supplies. The boche is a last-ditch fighter in a limited sense. In the field he inflicts the greatest possible damage before he emits the snivelling cry of "kamerad." He' shoots and shoots again until no more shooting will save his hide. Not until then docs he sur render. That position has not yet been forced upon the German arms. There is still vast damage the Hun can do. Why does he now propose an armistice and submission to the Tresident's terms of peace? Has there been an overthrow of the military power in Germany? Or does another Winter at war mean actual starvation for many of hi3 people? Or are the necessary military mate rials of war depleted? Or 'does he lave in mind another form of the treachery of which he is so fully capable? There is only superficial evidence that the military power has been dis placed. Prince Max, the new Chan eellor, represents the antithesis of militarism and pan-Germanism. His accession is as remarkable as would be the calling to the portfolio of State of Senator La Follette in this coun try. Tet the end of frightfulness, as might logically have been expected, lias not come. Passenger ; ships are ruthlessly torpedoed and waste and destruction of abandoned territory continues. It may be reasoned that these atro cities are the final gasps of militarism within the state that they are the independent effort of a still uncon trolled element so to incense the allies that they will demand lgno minlous terms of peace tnd thereby turn the country once again to mili tary leadership. But such a theorj leads to the conclusion that Max stands on an uncertain elevation. De mocracy Is not yet in full control. Or if it is in control, German democracy is as vile as German imperialism. The peace we would not make with the authority that instigated and directed the war we cannot make with its un worthy successor with expectation that it will be a just and lasting peace, unless there be adequate guaranties. The frightfulness committed while the civil authorities of Germany are in a yielding mood discounts the suffi ciency of a withdrawal from occupied territory. It absolves the President from implied obligation to urge upon our allies an armistice upon the with drawal basis alone. Kither the pro testation of Max that he speaks for a majority of the Reichstag and voices the will of the German people is in sincere, or else the German people, rather than the mMitary power alone, are confirmed in the doctrine of ruth lessnass and recognize no laws of humanity. Treachery and lack of full power to accept the terms cf peace are equally feared. There are means by which both sincerity and authority to make peace can be guaranteed. But irfere withdrawal without loss to a more advantageous position for the . German arms is not such. Let there be a real guaranty, unless the Presi dent knows more of the interior con ditlon of Germany than he has made known to the public. SOME ORCHARD PESTS. It is a mistake, as has been pre- viously pointed out, to, suppose that the average orchard will maintain its productivity in Oregon without thor ough and timely spraying, and the somewhat delayed but still timely warning of the. Oregon Agricultural College experts should be regarded eriously by all owners of fruit trees in the Northwest. Professor H. P. Barss, who finSs in the classical Bordeaux mixture the "key to the situation" in the mainte nance of the peach orchard, is in line with the best thought and experience on the subject and will find fewer - champions of lime and .sulphur to quarrel with him in these times of labor shortage. The Bordeaux cer giatnly is easier to make and pleas anter to apply, but there is still no royal road to spraying; this inu,st be thorough unless the effort i: to be wasted. The professor points out that the three pests most destructive of the peach are the peach blight, die back and peach curl, and that Bor deaux will "get them all." Th first spray should have been applied nearly a month ago, but an application in October will be an advantage, to be followed by a stronger. Bordeaux in November and another in late January or early February, to control the leaf curl, which earlier applications do not often reach. It is well to remember that there is economy in the use of a soap or resin spreader in the spray. for this insures greater thoroughness. The really serious menace of the apple orchard of the Northwest at this time is anthracnose. which some horticultural scientists prefer to call black canker. It is important to know as to this that we have not yet found a spray which will conquer it when it Has found a hold upen the tree and that 'control is based upon the prin ciple that the new generation must be prevented from finding a hospitable host after the old generation has died. Thorough spraying with Bordeaux mixture in the Fall, with repetition as long as danger of infection exists, is always effective, and copper sul phate alone probably will accomplish the same result. Any portion of the bark, however, which is not coated is liable to reinfection, and, as Professor Barss says, "work with the spray outfit should be in accordance with this knowledge." Delayed beginning of the rainy sea son has been favorable to orcnara owners who have neglected this im portant matter, but they ought not to continue to put it off. Completion of the harvest should be followed imme diately by cleaning up of orchards. This will pay, because in thebusiness of fruitgrowing an ounce of prevention is literally worth a pound of cure. ' FRCTTS "OF FERRIS' OBSTRUCTION. So great is the demand for power to operate the munition factories of the East that there is a serious short age, which causes men to lie idle for two or three days a week in some factories. To remedy this situation Congress is about to pass an emer gency power bill, giving the President authority to requisition power plants for the use of the Government, to en large and consolidate them at its own expense and to transmit power from state to state. These are extraordinary powers to give the Government, but they are justified by the greatest emer gency in the history of the Nation. While Congress is considering this bill, conferees are haggling over the Sims bill for the development of water power in navigable streams and on the public domain. Such a bill could have been passed years ago, but for the obstruction of a knot of doc trinarics who alarmed Congress with the old cry of trusts, and the power might have been developed' in the West to produce all the munitions of war. In a large measure supplanting coal, it might have prevented the shortage of fuel which now limits pro duction. But Representative Ferris still objects and makes his objections heard as one of the conferees. In view of the disastrous results of the past activities of Mr. Ferris, who admits that there is no water power in his Oklahoma district, it is about time that he was deprived of any op portunity to obstruct and was gener ally suppressed. This is no time to permit men with a hobby to block of delay legislation which is either needed in war or will be needed immediately after the war. FRESH AIR. It would simplify the fight on in fluenza if streetcars could be required to keep their windows open until tire danger is past. Similarly, it would be an advantage for householders to give themselves plenty of ventilation. The lowering of the temperature can be atoned for by wearing more clothing. Air which is not vitiated is essential to the conquering of this disease. It is especially important where numbers of persons congregate. As a class Americans insist upon having their dwelling houses too warm This is always remarked by foreigners visiting us. They always complain of the "stuffiness" of our apartments at first and end by adopting our system for there is nothing else for them to do. But the nearly hermetically sealed room is not now excusable, even on the "ground that it conserves fuel. It measureably weakens resistance to dis ease in a time when we need to be strong. Open the windows, and the doors, if necessary, and enlist the free fresh air in the war on influenza. With such an ally, the battle is half won. THE GERMAN PEACE OFFER. Germany's reply to President Wil son's inquiries as to the meaning of and authority for Chancellor Max' peace proposal has the appearance of acceptance of the President's condt tions or principles; in fact, of uncon- ditional surrender. But the impres sion created by Foreign Secretary Solf's words does not correspond with taat which is created by the facts, particularly by the acts of Germany at the precise time when the note was being drawn, transmitted and read by the world. Dr. Solf says: The Germsn government has accepted tha terms' laid down by President Wilson It his address of January S and In his subse quent addresses aa the foundation of i permanent peace of Justice. One of tho conditions of peace laid down by the President in his Mount Vernon speech on July 3, was: The destruction of every arbitrary pn- snywhere that can separately, aecrelly and of its single choice disturb the peace of the world: or, if it cannot be presently de stroyed, at the least its reduction to vir tual Impotence. The imperial government of Ger many is such an arbitrary power. Has it been destroyed or consented to its destruction? To believe so Implies that the Kaiser has recanted all the claim of divine right to rule, all the aims o conquest by might in defiance of right all the methods of secret treaty, in trigrue and conspiracy which he has hitherto practiced. Or it implies that ho has handed over the powers of government to the German people, or has been compelled to surrender them. Acceptance of the President's prin ciples involves repudiation by Ger many of those principles by which her conduct has hitherto been guided in the methods of carrying on war, for his third Mount Vernon conditon re quires: The consent of all nations to ba gov. erned in their conduct toward each other by the same principles of honor and of re SDect for tha law of civilized society tba govern the Individual citizens of all modern states. While the German Chancellor was professing acceptance of this principle, whiclr binds nations to make war sub ject to the restraints of international law and of The Hague treaties, Ger man armies were burning Frenc cities and villages and were carryin their helpless citizens into captivity, and German submarines were sinkin shiploads of women and children Germany professes "respect for th law of civilized society," but practices the lawlessness of barbarism. Th experience, of more, than four years warns ua to shape our action toward Germany by her acts., not by her words, for' there is no truth in the hearts of German rulers. The second of the President's Mount Vernon conditions requires: Tne settlement of every question, whether of territory, of sovereignty, of aconomlo ar rangements or of political relationship, upon the basis of that frea acceptance of that set tlement by tba peopla Immediately con cerned. That implies separation from Ger many of all the territory she has stolen from France, Poland and Den mark. It implies loss of all German colonies, for there is no doubt that the natives would choose to be ruled by any other nation than that which well nigh exterminated the Herreros and which enslaved, mutilated and flogged natives of all African' posses sions. It implies dismemberment of Austro-Hungary, reduction of Austria to a country of about eight millions, Hungary to about ten millions, erec tion of a barrier of Independent Slav states against German - aggression against the Balkans and Russia. It goes much farther than the tenth principle set forth by the President on January 8, for that required only "freest opportunity for autonomous development of the peoples of Austria- Hungary," which might at least have been attempted without dismember ment, but since that statement was made the Czecho-Slovaks have been recognized by the United States and by the allies as an independent nation, and no other course can consistently be taken with regard to the Jugo slavs. Is it to be credited that the central powers will consent to these disruptive changes before the allied armies have even set foot on their soil? The offer to evacuate invaded terri tory seems to be evidence that Prince Max Is sincere, but the conduct of the retreating armies and the whole mili tary situation constitute far stronger evidence to the contrary. If the Ger man and Austrian armies were per mitted to withdraw unmolested, they would arrive on their own territory undiminished in numbers, armament and material, they would have oppor tunity to recuperate, reorganize and gain reinforcements, and they would occupy far shorter lines with a friendly population in their rear, as regards Germany at least. We know already that words and principles do not mean the same thing to the Germans as to the allies. If in the peace negotiations the allies were to insist on their inter pretation and were to strive to apply it, the cry of "The Fatherland in dan ger" might be raised and war to the death might be threatened in order to mpose moderation on the allies. In the absence of proof that gov- rning power has been definitely trans ferred from the Kaiser and the mili tary caste to the Reichstag as repre sentative of the people, the President would have justification for rejection of the overtures in one passage of his New York speech of September 27, which is one of the subsequent ad dresses" mentioned by Dr. Solf. The passage reads: We are all agreed that there can b no peace obtained by any kind of bargain or compromise with the governments of tha entral empires, because we hava dealt wlin hem already and hava seen them deal with ther aovernments that were parties to this trurale at Brest-I.ltovpk and Bucharest. They have convinced ua that they ara with out honor and do not Intend Justice. They bserv no covenants, accept no principle but force and their own interest. We can not come to terms with them. They hava made it Impossible. Standing on that ground, the Presi dent would force the German people to make real the power which ap pears now to be only a shield behind which militarism may escape the pun- shment which is its due. He owes it to our dead soldiers that "these dead shall not have died in vain." PITT THE TNTEIJJGENTSTA. The reported reply of the Boishe viki to the protest of neutral nations, that the slaughter of Russian bour geoisie i3 purely a matter of internal concern, and not tho affair of any other nation, calls attention to the pitiable plight of that class of Rus sians known as the "intelligentsia." These represent a class which at the beginning of the war was compara tively young, but still wa powerful and seemed to hold promise for the reorganization of the country. But the peculiar reasoning of the Bolshe viki has worked their undoing. It is the way of Bolshevik doctrine to level down rather than up. It sees in education only an instrument to make one man superior to another, which is inconsistent with and abhorrent to its conception of "democracy." And fo tho intelligentsia are being mowed down with unprecedented barbarism. Fortunate aro they who are able to escape from the country, and fortu nate the nation if considerable num bers of them do -succeed in making their escape, for it seems reasonable to suppose that Russia will long re main in darkness without them. The thing which Russia most needs is edu cation, and the intelligentsia repre sented the spread of education through the masses. A. Yakelovieh. who writes on the subject in the Russian Review, says that the Intelligentsia of his country must not be confused with the so- called intellectuals of neighboring countries. They do not constitute what might be termed an "educated class," for they are not, strictly speak ing, a class at all. The writer likens them to a "broad river, flowing through the whole desert Of Russian life, irrigating and fertilizing it." They differ from the German professors, artists and scientists, for example, in the respect that these existed prior to the present political order, while the Russian-Intelligentsia were called into being for the purposes of the state Itself. They were artificially created by the will of Emperors and Empresses, who foresaw that there must be education in Russia if the nation were to keep pace with .the world, but who tried to control their education. Part of the Germaniza Upn of Russia, so far as it progressed, was due to the introduction of Ger man tutors, but it is a -peculiar fact which may have an Important bear ing on Russia's ultimate regeneration that education only made them more Russian than ever. They were eman cipating themselves from their Ger man masters when the crash came. They were "carrying the torch of truth to those nearest to them, the owners of the serfs, the aristocrats and the official classes." For this they suffered martyrdom t the hands of the Czar, the owners of large proper ties and the ignorant, who are in large majority in their country. The intelligentsia, as might be ex pected. represent a struggle for an ideal democracy. They earned the contempt of the Russian Socialists because the latter, if left to their own devices, would reorganize the country on a class basis. Class would be in tensified. and they would substitute one dominating class for another. The idea of political equality, which a the same time left opportunity for free individual development, has not permeated the mind of tie Ruesiaa proletariat. The intelligentsia, how ever, had much to do with the early success of the Socialist party, for in their nature they were not bound to a political programme, and once an ef fort was made to combine them into a party of their own. This failed. The Constitutional Democrats of 1906 accomplished nothing. Only a few ot the real intelligentsia gathered under the standard. Education proved it self non-partisan. It was impossible to crystallize It, although Russia would have been benefited if all of its people who sought the truth through educa tion could have been organized upon a platform of free national education for all the people. It Is difficult for an Anglo-Saxon people to visualize this aspect of the Russian situation. It would have seemed natural for the Czar and his ministers to oppose educational meas ures, and for the people to demand them. It was the rulers who fostered them, and It is the Bolshevik element of the people that is trying to stamp them out. After an educated class had been established, the Czar found that the spirit of liberalism was grow ing uncomfortable; the fire which he started ultimately consumed the throne. "Science, the arts, and es pecially literature and Journalism," says Mr. Takelovlch, "always had in them very strong tendencies for libera tion." All that the commoners of Russia have obtained in the way of liberty was due to the intelligentsia. The pan-Slav movement is the result of the activity of the intelligentsia, and it has at the same time been a movement away from Czarism, yet the Boisheviki have turned upon their lib. erators. The intelligentsia, as Mr. Yakelovieh, observes, "is a stepchild for everybody." It was "perhaps the most important factor in furthering all the movements that have developed in Russia, including Socialism." but its members are now threatened with extinction. It is as if the American people at one period in their history had risen and destroyed their Phillips Brookses, their Garrisons and their Kmersons and all their kind. This pre cisely is what the Russian Boisheviki are now seeking to do. Any programme for the permanent restoration of Russia to the common wealth of nations must be founded upon liberal provision for education of all classes, by which alone can class lines be abolished. The intelligentsia, representing a beginning in this direc tion, seemed a logical nucleus for further efforts. A Russia hostile to the principle of education is delayed a century on its march. The un leavened mass is Russia's present most difficult problem. Tho Russian people in their hour of trial stand in need of the help of those whom they now seek to destroy, and their only hope la that they will realize this be fore it is too lato. The seed in a potato ball is said to be worth $20 an ounce. The ball is result of accidental pollenization of the bloom and occurs probably on one vine in a thousand. Planted, the seed does not run true to form. Small potatoes result, and ' tho best arc planted the next season. From this crop a valuable tuber may be pro duqed. Only an enthusiast will care to take the trouble required. Hill se- ection Is the easier way, if there be anything easy in growing potatoes, and the surest way to prevent running out. If there Is danger of loss In the future. as many may think, now Is good time for individual work in the line of pre vention. That will be better than "fooling" with the balls. While President Wilson was march ing at the head of a liberty loan pa rade In New York. Socialists In Ger many were calling on the Kaiser to abdicate. If that call grows to chorus and extends to the entire Hohenzollern dynasty, it may lead to the establishment of a government with which Americans can talk. Starvation threatening to make Pet rograd a childless city places the final stamp of condemnation on Bolshevism. A great allied army should have been marching from Archangel to save the little ones. That was typical Hun work In giv ing publicity to Germany answer be fore sending it officially. It wag news. to be sure, but with a design. Help put over the fourth loan and fool the Hun. Why should Germany include Tur key in her peace plea? The Berlin. Bagdad scheme la dead and Turkey Is of no further use to Germany, so is flung away like a Squeezed lemon. The position of the prunegrowers seems to be that since we are not using fancy packages this yeai there Is no occasion for so much red tape. Nothing Is saved by wearing an old hat- An old shoe or coat has recom pense in comfort, but an old hat Is outward sign of Inward unbalance. The Prince of Denmark, who will be with us tomorrow, has an abund ance of royal relatives, but probably Is not saying much about them. Not enough fourth loan buttons are in evidence. This week each buyer must display his little medal of pa triotism. With theaters closed and no church collections to consider, there is no place to put spare cash except in lib erty bonds. Cowlitz County bears are said to be bolder than usual, and cannot some body find therein a sign of a hard Winter? Meanwhile the Hun is burning everything as he leaves. That's his way of showing desire for peace. Many will agree with Roosevelt that there should be no peace that leaves a Hohenzollern in business. The woman who jams into a bar gain-seeking crowd may live just long enough to be sorry. Better get your raincoat now. Gov. ernment is commandeering all the stocks. When the fourth loan Is put over will be early enough to talk peace. They are cot called Fall suits be cause the) women fall" for them. Th man who eat plenty of. fresh fish need not fear th Influenza. A call for help is due from quake shocked Porto Rico. Great days to stay outside and dodg the germ. Ten week to Christmas and do the buying early, LET SURRENDER BE DEMANDED. First Step Toward Pear Shoal Be Takra en the Battlefield. PORTLAND. Oct. 12. (To the Edi tor.) Your correspondent having seen service with tha Army of the United States In the capacity of an officer of the general staff headquarter. Army of the Potomac from 1861 to 15. through all the engagements of that army from Bull Run to Appomattox, save Gettysburg, feel at this time that the experiences acquired In that service and the opportunities for observation qualify him to express publicly his opinions in regard to conditions of the contest now on in a military way be tween the entente and the central pow ers of Europe. When win Is on. who represent tn power and authority of the masses of peoples Interested in th contest on either aider The contending armies now facing each other on the field of Northern Knwice, Belgium. Italy. Macedonia, Palestine and Russia answer the ques tion, and the officer in supreme com mand of those armies is tha logical and only spokesman for the various coun tries such armies represent. A war la never, and can never be ended honorably, save upon the surren der of the one or the other upon such terms as the commanding officer in supreme command of tha prevailin army shall dictate. At this time, i! Germany and her allied countries are really desirous and willing that peace shall prevail without further sacrifice and suffering, it ha been thoroughly made known to them the conditions that must be submitted to after the war is at an end. It Is but needful that the officers in supreme command of their army or armies tender their words in token of surrender to Mar shal Foch, who is In supreme command of the entente armies, and ask for terms of surrender. When such terms a may be imposed are fully carried out.' it Is then time for the civil au thorities of the various countries of the entente to interpose and arrange the ivil status of the defeated countries. ntil such condition is reached the civ- officers of whatever grade in any of he countries are relegated to the sup ply and maintenance of the fighting force. It matter not who Prince Maxlmil an and the other peace proponents represent, nor what they propose. The uestion only which concerns the peo pies of the countries of entente nation has the army of the German Em ire and her allies surrendered? Unti uch question can be answered In the ffirmattve and carried out to comple' ion, the spirits el the thousand and more men, women and children whose bodies lie in the hull of the steamship .uBitania at the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean, together with the thousands o thcra whose lives were sacrificed in iko manner and of the, hundred housands of brave men whoso bodies le buried In shallow trenches cry ou us to be brave and take no settle mrnt from those who were the cause of their taking off other than audi as hall be a guarantee for all future time n tho history of the world that such onditlon shall novcr again occu among men. Let the enemy surrender. JOHN 11. WOODWARD Bvt. Maj. U. S. V. MlSKlM OK DKPOSF.D MONARCHS Writer Would Establish Zoo and I'ae Prorerds fa) Aid War Orphans. PORTLAND, Oct. 12. (To the K.dl or.) The Oregonlan has lately print ed several letters on "What to ro With he Kaiser," which srem to fall aw a short of the results that should be at ined. Cine letter signed "American would havo ua go through the court and if the Kaiser he convicted, the have a delicate kid-glove hanging at fair. . There is no death that I horribl enough to do tha Kaiser justice and the very thoughts of resorting to bar barlsm Is repulnive and un-American, so a senstbl solution would b to co pel tho Kaiser and hi followers to an sist the orphans they are responslhl for. The Americans are a practlcs business people and " hat to Do W It the Kaiser' should be a question how to get the most out of his worth less hide. It would ba a waste of ma terial and opportunity to put htm t death, and In my opinion we would d much better by erecting a building I Paris especially for receiving all th Hohenzollern family, the llapsbur family, the Turkish ruler, all the! cad i nc: u'eners'.i and, perhaps, a few of their Bo-called statesmen, and pu them on exhlblt- What traveler from th four corner of the earth that would not b gla to pay 123 admittance to Be such exhibit of monstrosities, and especiall bo If they knew that the money wa going to relieve the suffering and to educate the orphans w-ith eyes gouge out and hands cut off? It is evident from th speeches President Wilson and Mr. Lloyd Ueorg that they are fully convinced the wa has developed into a case aerlou enough to be settled in a thoroughly businesslike manner, and the settle ment la not to be left in the hands diplomats whoso Idea of serious bu ness Is scraping their feet and bowin to each other. There should be a life-sized likeness made of the Kaiser and each one cap tured for the exhibit, and another one made Immediately after death In orde to keep the exhibit a drawing card for centuries to come, in order to increaa the revenue an admittance of $1 migh be made to all residing within 40 miles of -Paris. Of course, it would be necessary to protect the exhibit compel every one admitted to searched, change clothing and wea only what the authorities allowed, an also to have the monstrosities caged and railed off so nobody could ge within striking distance. If the Kaiser and hi follower h spark of manhood left they would enthusiastically enter into the srhem themselves. B. I. RUSSELL. I.et Ilea Feel lroa Heel. PORTLAND.. Oct. 12. (To the Ed itor. ) Desirable as peace may be,' the millions of souls sacrificed to crush autocracy will never rest if Germany's proposal to accept President noon's 14 articles terminates the war before Germany itaelf experiences some meas ure of the treatment accorded Belgium and France. Peace now -will leave Germany ma terially intact; its cities as substan tial aa before the war. Germany will be ready for business, whereas yeara will be required to upbuild the terri tory of Belglun and France razed and ravaged and looted . by the Hunnlsh hordes. In effect it would give Ger many a great advantage. Germany will not be puniahed If peace comes now. Germany must be made to feel th Iron heel of war; Germany must be made to take a dose of her own medicine before there can be a peace which will satisfy the dead who sleep In Flandera fielda where poppies grow. I hope the President -will not give ear to this "Kiroerid Vbiitik. Wipe out a dozen German cities first and then line up the Kaiser against a wall. J. W. K. "'roaaiar the Bar. PORTLAND, Oct. 12. (To the Ed itor.) Can you tell me where I could get a copy of the poem, "Crossing the Bar," and who la the author? A SUBSCRIBER. "Crossing the Bar" 1 on of Tenny son's poems. It was published on the "Old Poem Page" of The Oregonian. February II. 191. and again on October 15, 1916. Partial and complete col lections of Tennyson' works are ob tainable at any bookstore or for refer ence and reading at the Public Library. ONDERFCL 'WORTH I FISHWAT. Ores-on City Leader lasares Peraataa- tioa th Flaeat mt Sainton PORTLAND. Oct. II. (To th Edi tor.) I noticed In Th Oregontan a few ay alnc a new Item to th effect that on th headwater of th Wll- amett th take of aalmon pawn had this Fall been wonderful, that some- here In th neighborhood of JO. 000. 000 Kg had been secured and that for many year no such numbers of spawn- ng fish had been observed. These eggs re practically all secured from the early run of Chinook salmon, without oubt the finest food fish that swims. It is said by thos who hava the matter In hand that within a short tiina tha f:sh ladder at the Oregon City falls will b still further Improved, and that ext year we may look for even larger umbers of fish in th waters above hat point. Th writer had the pleasure) last Spring of watching the fish ascending hi fishway. and it certainly was wonderful and thrilling Bight. It sure- y brought to tha mind of the viewer the thought that, after all. perhaps all f the fish that lay the golden eggs re not to be immediately converted nto food without thought or care for h future, "for our children and our hildren's children." but that soma were o be helped and preserved, that their race might not perish, but increase and multiply. Th results are certainly ery gratifying and without doubt the care of and the artificial propagation f this grand fish I a wonderful work and a most praiseworthy one. 1 trust that those In authority will continue their work of care and re- triction and propagation that the riv ers of our etate may continue well locked for commercial fishermen, can- nera. market and sportsmen. Let us hope they may also each Spring swarm with anglers from all parts of the I nion. each eager to catch a great fish. Thes people are at Catalina and Flor- da every year, and we should have hem here. THOS. G. r'ARRELL, WHOSE- DUTY TO PROMOTE CXITYT Writer Cannot Conceive f Laity Aloae (attains; Church Conaolldatiosu NAHCATTA. Wash., Oct. 12. (To the Editor. One of your correspondent states that "preachers rather than the laity should correct the divided condl tion of the church." Also that theologi cal schools ahould be changed so as to prevent making sectarian preachers. A noted evangelist told his great audience in a city where there are sev eral denominational schools that "it was tho business of the etate to edu cate her people and not the work of the church." But neither the management of these colleges nor the churches which support them gave heed to this statement. Instead they have made campaigns whereby they raised thou- sanda of dollar to clear up their many deficits, etc. If the evangelist's abatement Is true, hy all this waste of money? The combined enrollment of these four or more schools would have made one fairly good university. To me, one might aa well pray the Lord to supply tho needs of our Army as to pray for church unity while working against It. Why ahould it be such a difficult task for "good, honest, sincere, loving people" to do that which they eo much int to do? Friends, thero Is something wrong and, until rightly diagnosed, the proper remedy will not be known. When -people rt!e up against their leaders I be lieve it is called a revolution. It's al most unthinkable that the laity thould bring about Christian union independ ent of the ministry. "Eike priest, like people." AUXKS B. MIXSKLU Peace Trrms Met. PORTLAND. Oct. II. (To the Ed itor.) I have noted with pained sur prise the general apathy and cold In difference -ccorded the most gratify- ItiK new of the central powers' offer of acceptance of our term of uncondi tional surrender. What more can be as ed of an enemy other than that they accept our pub lished and declared terms? The 14 conditions, which are. or should be, too well known to require repetition here, are within themaelve sufficient guarantee for the future. In view of our President' utter ances "we desir no material compen sation for th aacrificea which we shall make, no conqueat, no dominion, but merely for the good of mankind." In tho face of those statement w surely cannot aspire to regulate the Internal or domestic affairs of Ger many. That Germany ha sinned ther Is no Question, but because she has been unnecessarily cruel and barbarous Is no reason why our superior Nation should desire to emulate her. What other motive than revenge could inspire one to wish to continue fighting an enemy who ha accepted our own peace) terms? P. A. LINSCOTT. What ef Reparation f NEWPORT, Or., Oct. 12. (To the Editor.) I see no mention in President Wilson's 14 articles of any demsnd for indemnlty'or reparation from Germany for the grosa and wicked devastation which the Hun rulers have Inflicted upon Belgium and France Does not the President Intend to In sist upon proper repsratlon and pun ishment for the hideous crimes which the Kaiser and his associates have been guilty of in the present war? I can see no justice In allowing the to escape proper punishment for the heinous atrocities which they have practiced. Will they be allowed to go also without being compelled to pay an adeauate Indemnity? I would ba greatly pleased to hear your views on these matters. A M. MORRIS. The Oregonlan hopes that reparation and restoration will be enforced. N Qnarterraaster Training School. STANFIELD. Oct. 12. (To th Edi tor.) Kindly tell me where a central officers' training school for the Quar termaster Corps is located and where I can apply for admission. SUBSCRIBER. Army men say no such training school has been opened. At last re ports this branch had on file applica tions far in excess of its officer needs. If you wish to know your chance of ob taining a commission send statement of qualifications and experience to th Adjutant-General. United States Army, Washington. D. C. Return of fteldler Body. JUNCTION CITY, Or Oct. 11. (To the Editor.) Please state whether th Government pays transportation cost of returning the body of a soldier who dies In any of th cantonments In th United States. M. K. The Government pay this expense up to J 100. Th rat Is double that of Ithe passenger fare, hence this amount would not entirely cover me charge where the cantonment la far removed. The rate charged covers th far of a person who may accompany the body, but is not altered in case no on does accompany lt. Ne Limited Hervlee la y NEVECST1L. Or.. Oct. 12. (To the Editor.) Please state If a limited service man can enlist In the Navy noi ANXIOUS. No. The nearest he can come to Naval service is to join, th Mercha ant Marine. In Other Days. Tweaty-flve Tear Agaw Frera tha Oragoala at Oct. 14. IMS. Omaha. At noon today announce ment wa made of the application for the appointment of receiver for tba Union Pacific Th application was made by executor of th estate of Frederick 1- Amex Oliver Ames. Sam uel t'arr, Edwin F. Atkins and Teter Wycoff. The largest shipment of Oregon Gut ter ever made has Just been received from Tillamook hy Ogden i Townsend. It comprises 25 tons of firt-cla?s creamery butter. The last carload f steel for th Burn side bridge has arrived. In the lot la over 40. GOO pounds of away rods and lateral rods, the lack of which has de layed work for some time- Manager Scott, of the Vnion Iron Works. San Franciaco. on beha'.t of hia company, sends an invitation to pioneers of Oregon to attend the launching of the battleship Oregon. William Liddlcott. a harness-maker of 131 Eleventh street, a patient of tha Herman Remedy Company, attempted to climb down the aiae of th three story Keld bank building. He lost hi grip at the second story and was dan gerously Injured by the fall of IS feet. A message to United States Senator J. N. DolpL was ent by Judge John H. Woodward approving the Senator's po sition on the financial question. Fifty Tear Ago. From Tha Oregonlan of October 14. lUKA. Prague. Political tumults In this city have been suppressed by Austrian troops, which dispersed various assem blage of the people. Philadelphia Great preparations are being made for the Soldiers' and Sail ors National convention to be held here. This will be attended by a host of Governors and distinguished Gen erals, and by aelegations from nearly every state. We learns that th Wllkins bridge, about 12 mile west of Portland on to Hillsboro road, has been entirely de stroyed by the fir raging in that vi cinity. ' Th "Grecian bend." which seem to be the latest and most popular freak ot fashion. Is sot new, by any means. Th ladies who go on this bender are sim ply copying the attitude of the well known Sshaker dance. The East Side Railroad Company ha received a steam boiler for its new sawmill. It is a large size, and Is to be employed in making steam o cut ties for the railroad. The Active sails at C o'clock tl la morning for Victoria, and th Ori flamme at 4 this alternoon for baa Francisco. THE HOUSE BY THE IIOADMDE. Fair hotife. by the roadside. I beg. Come tell me tho secret you hold; Though calm in your splendor ott tland. Docs happiness reign in your fold? Do voices and faces within. Vte gladly in work or in play. Or do you as caverns of Ice, Irene hearts which you shelter to day? Do youth and old age at your hearth- Connne all their sorrows and joys? Do etniles from fond parents enhance The mirth of your girls snc our boys? Do nauaht but the future's bright hopes. And yesterday's hours so well spent. Harmoniously hover within. Thus leaving no cause to repent? Fair bouse, 'though we smile or w f rots n While pat-sing before our strange door. No signsafrom those portals betray. your secret of sheltering lore. ALYCE RvSALYEE r.USTUNG. . l.lan C'ematy Knew How. ALBANY, or.. Oct. 12. (To the Ed itor.) I read The Oregonlan's editorial on the subject of used clothing for th Belarians. The writer happens to b chairman of th I.inn County drive for rlolhlng and, while aur quota was only four tons, it was long since filled and then some and then Mm e. Ws, too, had a drive last March and filled our quota and a ton or two more, so we sre up sgafnst the same propo sition Portland people are. While 1 have not consulted Pr. Young, presi dent of the Linn County Ked "roes chapter. I h no doubt he will be very glad to lend Portland pecsle hia working organisation. I feel confident we could give you valuable tips on "how to put a good thing over." 11. s. IjCMJ'AN. Cltatrman Helgian Relief. Mefal la Manltloa Factories. PORTLANO. Oct. 13. (To the Edi tor.) (1) Please state why munition workers In England are not allowed metal on their persons, such as hair pins or corset steels, . (2) la there a new ruling that th wives of soldiers who have msrried since August 1. 1918. are to receive none of their husband's pay nor the allowance from the Government? A READER. (1) The rule forbidding munitions workers to . have metal objects about their persons is chiefly to prevent the striking of a spark from contact of metals. ' (2) No. Close f Filling Stations. TIGARD. Or.. Oct. 12. (To the Edi tor.) Can I keep my shop and urate open for business and sell gasoline and oils before 6 A. M. and after 6 P. M. and on Sundays, or is this prohibited by law? If so, what la the penalty. A SUBSCRIBER. The week-day closing hours you mention have been requested by th director of the oil division of the Fer eral Fuel Administration. The State Council of Defense has asked that the sale of gasoline and oils be discontin ued on Sundays. Neither request rests on law. Poem la Wanted. MENLO. Wash.. Oct. 11. (To the Ed itor.) There is an old school piece or song that I would like very much to have- If anyone can send me a copy of It I would be very much obliged and will reimburse him for his kindness. Part of the piece is like this: "I was a boy of seventeen, ungainly, dull and tall; A green as any gosling, but thought 1 knew it all. I went to school at Piano, I chopped up wood and chored For Zefnle Wilkinson to pay hint for my board." VICTOR MONOHAN. RJae and Retire lr Sam. Boston Globe. Captain Daniel M. Tarbox, of Oilc Ridge, Me., bus no use for the Govern ment's dsvlight ssvlng scheme, and as a result haa t,ot chansed the family llmepiace. nor his faithful wstclu He asya h rUea and retires by tne euu. It is believed Mr. Tarbox is th only man in Maine who hasn't adjusted his I comings anJ I of thing. d going to th aew orear