TIIE 3I0RNIXG OREGOMAX, "WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 30, 1918.
PORTLAND. OREGON.
Entered at Portland (Ortjon) Postofflee as
Mtcond-ciaaa mall matter.
Fubscnption ratea invariably la adranc':
(Br Mail.)
stricken does not detract from the
principle that right living plenty of
fresh air, plain food and suitable ex
ercise is a sovereign prophylactic.
We live in a world infested -with
germs. We ourselves are willing to
believe that the number of these germs
is constant, and that to hope to anni
hilate them is to pin one's faith to a
Pally. Sunday Included. onT' "9.00 1 futility. This is another theory that
lai.y. Sundar lnctuded. aix months .... 4.-3 I . . 1 . 1 . 1 . 1 . j
uodV Include-l. tare, month... 3.5 "" """"" " " "
lai:y. hunday included. on monia -. -. .. seems plausible enough. But it only
ii:y. without i-unday. om rhi makes more pressing the need of a
ruiiy! thout tsundiyT monta sound personal hygiene as the best of
weekly, on year l- all epidemic-prevention measures. Not
buSty'u4R!y'::::::::::::::::::: il overtraining of the professional
(By Carrier.) athlete, but a sane regimen applied
Iar?y. Sunday Included. on year to our everyday lives, probably will
i-t b. hunaa lcc.ucea- ona monm .... . . , , , . . .
f.y. SunaV Included, three montha.. S.J ao as mucn 10 minimize me auatK
luu.y. without Sunday, one year ....... i-0 I which we may reasonably expect in
Liai:v. without Sunday, three month.
liii. without ounday. ona month ...
How to Remit Send poetofflce money sr
ier. express or peraonaj cheek on your local
bank, Slampa, coin or currency ara at owner-
a rlak. Give postofflee address in full, ln-codm-
county and state.
Postage Kate 12 to IS pages. 1 cent: IS
to 12 pages. 2 centa: 3 to 4S pagea, 3 cental
0 to to pages, a centa: 62 to To page. 5
ceata: "S to pagea. centa. Foreiga post
age, double ratea. a
Eastern Boameaa Office Verrea Conk
II n. Brunswick building. ISew York: Verreo
Conk. in. Stecer building. Chicago; Verrea
t-onklln. Free Preea building. Detroit. Mich.;
can Franclaco repreaentaUTa, K. J. BldwalL
3IKMBKR OF TIIE ASSOCIATED TRESS
The Associated Presa la excluslreiy enti
tled to the use for republication of all newa
dispatches credited to It or not otherwlaa
credited to thia paper, and a.ao tha local
Bears published herein.
All rirhta of republication of special dla-
a-atchea herein ara also reserved.
PORTLAND, WEDNESDAY, OCT. S,
aj ! about 1946 as any other method which
can be devised.
1
is so necessary to the maintenance of
the health of children, so that this will
still further postpone the day when
there will be a surplus for sale. In
the month of last June we sent to
Great Britain, France, Italy and Bel
glum nearly ninety times a: much as
"o ocut meui 111 tin y u 11 u mull lii uur-
ing the three years preceding the war.
If the war goes on this rate will be
more than maintained; if peace is
restored it will require many years
for those nations to put themselves on
a self-supporting basis, and meanwhile
it is reasonable to expect a revival of
meat consumption by those at home
who have denied themselves during
the war, for patriotic reasons.
WASTING WAR REVENUE.
Representative Madden's speech on
the War Risk Insurance Bureau shows
WastA Anrl In f fifionnx. n nnimil in
DOWN WITH ECO SHAMPOOS. ! .. . . . , . ' '
I that nllrpnil which i lvniin nf tho
We have received the following state of affairs in nth.- hrnr.r, f
communication irom indignant bud- m,. Government. Incomnetent heads
SCriber: I fail to ff-et thA wnrlr rlnna nnH whan
. . " " " '
PORTLAND, Oct. 28. (To tha Editor.) called to account, thev defend them
I aat In a barber shop today and watched I o,,! -,.11, i. . . 1. . . ,
tha barber rub Into tha vanishing hair- ol ' " " .V" rni.-
tha man 10 the next chair three perfectly need more help, and they get it. This
rood hen's eggs.
I concede that la normal tlmea a man
has a right to have acrambled eggs. Welsh
rarebit or custard pie stopped on his head
if he wanta it.
When food la plentiful the eccentric In
dividual wno warns nia exieruai.y u , . -,, - .1 j
it that way for all of me. But I think " " 0.0 6a,ncicu m
that at tha present moment, inasmuch as wa&nington wno aggravate the scar-
water ia cheap and soap still ooiainaDie, 1 Cjty of housiner. and more monev is
process continues until clerks are so
crowded that they are in each other's
way. The consequence is that the
I more clerks are hired the less work
is done. At the same time thousands
while food la scarce, the Food Administra
tion might properly take notice of the bar
ber ahopa.
We share the indignation of the
subscriber. What man. vain man.will
expended in building more houses for
more people who would be better em
ployed in other cities. The Govern
ment raises a great cry about scarcity
TIIE DISTINCTION.
Those Democratic newspapers which
re frantically citing in defense of the
I'residenfs political excursion, the
things that Roosevelt and Harrison
and Lodge said In 1898, are reminded
that neither Mr. Roosevelt, nor Mr.
Harrison, nor Mr. Lodge was then
President of the United States, and
that, in fact, the Democratic party
not put on his head in hope of saving of labor, yet itself wastes labor.
its adornment has not yet been named.
But the Droud gentleman with the
full-grown omelet on his pate doubt
less kicks just as much as we and you
on paying 60 cents for a sliver of ham
and one fried egg, and wonders why
'tis thus.
It is the peopled money that is be
ing wasted, and they will have some
thing to say about it. They are being
taxed as they never were before, and
they are lending money to the Gov
ernment, in unneara-or sums, upon
which interest must be paid for many
years. They do this willingly, being
assured that the monev is nppHori tn
. . 1 -
pax run "iaiiia. win the war. but not in exnectatinn
"Wherever members of local or dis- that It will be wasted in wavs that ob-
was not giving President ilcKinley tiict boards feel that they can, wun struct victory. They know that a cer-
the whole-hearted support that the justice to their families and to tnem- tain proportion of waste is unavoid-
Republican party Is now giving Mr. selves, decline compensation for their able in war. that war itself is waste.
Wilson. I services, the Government will grate- nut they will not condone avoidable
Rather, the public needs to be re- I fully accept their patriotic tender. I waste. They are prosperous now and
Bunded of these things the Demo- Thus reads a portion of section 193 do not feel the strain of war exnense
cratic newspapers are well aware of of the selective service regulations severely, but a time is near when this
them. issued by the President of the United prosperity will diminish and when the
There is no disposition anywhere to States. dollar, shrunk by war, will regain its
condemn any Democrat who as a "Walter M. Pierce is a farmer, a normal size. Then they will call for
Iemocrat and citizen presents any sort I Democrat and stands benind tne rresi- an accounting.
of wily argument for the election of a I dent." I This extravagance has sprung from
Democratic Congress. We might ques-1 so reads an advertisement of the I the unanimity with which Congress
tion his judgment or his sincerity, 1 Democratic candidate ior governor. nas voted any sums which the Admin
but if Mr. Bryan or Mr. Morgenthau 1 Mr. Pierce owns 12.000 acres of land istration asked for war purposes. Con
r Mr. Gerard or any other statesman in Lnlon County. Ills holdings are Tress nas for the time ceased to per-
of the Democratic party urged that assessed at (222,000. He harvested form Its proper function of deciding
act by the voters, his expression of this year, it is estimated, 44,000 bush- how much money should be spent and
opinion would be generally conceded els of wheat worth J 88,000. of holding the executive departments
to be his right as a citizen of a democ- Yet. wealthy Candidate Pierce to strict account for its proper expen-
rary. "stands behind the President" by de- diture. The result has been that the
The New Tork World, the greatest mandlng and collecting 1467 ior serv- departments have become irresponsible
Democratic newspaper of the country. I ice on a district board, after receiving I since they have found that thev nnlv
a short while ago published, with un- what is in effect a request from the had to ask for money in order to get gether, will require, as has been said,
usual prominence, an editorial appeal President that he perform such service it. That condition can best be rem- the financial and moral support of the
to the country to return a Democratic gratuitously. edied by having two strong parties in people at home for a long time to
Congress as a means of upholding tne 1 . 1 t-ongress. each vigilantly watching the come. Peace or no peace, there is a
hands of the President, lis uepuD- A CREa,T FOtB MONTHS. I or lne other. There is no danger luge task still before them.
lican contemporaries did not admire 1 iii .,, h cnal w0 Kepublican party, if it should
Piave River in Italy is probably the a cn(rress' wouId retue the The object of Governor Withycombe
final battle against Austria. That Kl - ' "1 Vl "I . y sum. necessary for in appointing a member of the Su
First, the period of watching, then the
period of waiting while the demobili
zation is taking place these will be
trying times in the most favorable
circumstances. If by a miracle the
last shot of the war should be) fired
tomorrow, there would be need of
every cent which it is proposed to
raise for war welfare work, and it is
by no means certain that there would
not be a call for still another "drive."
There is nothing which has been un
dertaken by the agencies which are
included in the united campaign which
should not be continued until the last
American soldier is safely restored to
his home. t
Demobilization in itself is an ex
ceedingly intricate affair. Physical
conditions surrounding it are a brake
upon speed. .The Franco-Prussian
war, which lasted only a few months
and was waged by armies within a
comparatively few miles from their
homes, was followed by a demobili
zation period which lasted more than
a year. The Canadian military au
thorities, according to John R. Mott,
director-general, of the United War
Work Campaign, have estimated that
it will take at least fifteen months to
bring their men home. This furnishes
a fair basis for estimating that the re
turn of the American forces will be
matter occupying at least a year,
and probably a good deal more fhan
that.
It should be borne in mind that this
applies only to actual demobilization.
No one believes that there will be any
beginning toward returning men to
this country until all danger of a new
outbreak of war is past. It will be
months, in the most favorable circum
stances, before the homeward move
ment is begun, and a year or two be
fore it is completed. This period will
not begin to run until the conditions
of the armistice have been signed.
There is not, we think, a single
phase of the welfare work now being
conducted which the. American people
would wish to see abandoned while
there are American soldiers abroad.
In war they must be continued, as a
matter of course; in peace i is likely
that they may undergo some change,
and even at that they will b con
siderably expanded. For example, the
educational programme which has
been mapped out and widely ap
proved, will turn every hut in France
into a classroom which will make the
readjustment months count perma
nently in the lives of the soldiers. The
work of the Y.M. C. A., the Y. W.
C. A., the Catholic War Work Council
and the Jewish Welfare League cannot
well be spared. No one thinks of dis
pensing with the organization of the
War Camp Community Service. The
Salvation Army has justified its right
to continue in the field. The Ameri
can Library Association, it would seem.
may oecome even more important
than ever, in view of the contemplated
educational programme. These fac
tors in reconstruction, working to.
Advice on Measures.
The OresronJUui Presents Ita Recom
mendations on State, Port and
City Bills, Ordinances and Charter
Amendments.
or concede the .logic of its argument,
but they did concede its right to ex
press a political opinion. "The same
Democratic New York World says of
the President's argument that it "is
powerful in all its bearings, but he is
not the man who should have made It."
The gist of the whole controversy,
the gist of the whole resentment, is
the I'residenfs dangerous impropriety.
The great majority of the public had
come to look upon Mr. Wilson as the
one President more nearly a President
of the whole people than any Kxec
tive since Lincoln. Mr.' Wilson has
himself selected the exclusive role of
country's line is broken at the front, i ' 'v;Vh- 1 r . .VT eeu morc Preme -ourt r the brief vacancy
and chaos prevails in the rear. Ita ws "VnJ Vr, ,t deKfeat Germany than caused by the death of Justice Moore
m-w nuuiu Bua.ru iiaa ueen luiiuiea in a gratifying way.
against waste and would call respon- The need of clearing the court docket
army cannot maintain its iigniing
spirit, and probably cannot be sup
plied under these circumstances. The
battle flames up in full force on the
anniversary of the Italian disaster, at
Caporetto. a coincidence which will
fire the hearts of the Italians.
sible officers to account for it.
MORBID PEAR OF SPECULATORS.
rume (.ongressmen are at. -a id to
pass a good law lest some man make
This is the last of the several rields a Dad use of it. Two years ago Con-
was great and Justice Conrad P. Olson,
tne tiovernor's selection, has resoond-
ed with vigor and enthusiasm. Al
though doubtless' tempted to leave the
work to engage in his campaign for
election. Justice Olson has carried out
'.. of operation on which Marshal Foch gress passed the stockraisers" homel the sPirit of his appointment by strict
1- I. . j .. .,i-j ; i 1 1 , anDllration tn fho rlutino t
has loosed the allied armies in a gen- stead law,
eral. concerted offensive. Beginning steader to
President of the Democratic party. the '""!' f'"' lt J W'ns on land suited only
which permits a home- PPIlcation to the duties of his place,
increase his holding to 640 f' ma.3T bo sald wlthout disparaging
ii w 1 -a.An. ,uk Hum it.ii t- I a vi foiu.-t.infc, in auuiuon 10 nis oritrinai
pedestal ai , no .Tier President has fortified lines were broken and they homestead, i within twenty miles, but
done, and the public can only view
that descent with grief and forebod
ings.
AS THE EPIDEMIC PASKS.
the attainments of other candidates
for the place, that Justice Olson has
demonstrated by the quality of the
several opinions he has handed down
and by his industry his fitness for the
position of Justice of the SuDreme
Court.
were driven duck or in voluntary re- n neglected to provide that ha npprl
treat all the way from the North Sea not reside on the additional tract,
to the Vosgea. When this campaign Thus he would be compelled to move
was well under way the Serbs and from a house already standing on a
tneir comrades or omer nations were good dry land farm and to build a new
hurled against the Bulgars in Mace- house on what would be onlv a. r-nw
While everyone hopes for the early I donia. split their army in halves and pasture, with thin grass at be-;t An
rctumDlion of business and social ar. I forced them to surrender after two I nmpnrlmonr vna nrnnn,i ; .
tivities upon a normal basis, there is I weeks. Before that campaign was the homesteader to retain his orieinal y' age of 85- He 'was
. . , I ' t . . , . -. , 1 1 , , r - I . . & lint In (ha 1 . . r-. , II 1 1. . i , .
danger oi overopumism, anu reason-1 iinisneu ino criusn unu anieu lorces residence, and still to acquire the Das- "l -mcmuseiau, or
.. . ,. ,. . . . . I . . . . , m , , T . - , . . . . . h . - rnill-GO II- H mn 1 O T 1 T -
aoie caution wouia nictate mat we I overwneimea tne .turns m i uiesuue. i cure. "o 101 wiieii liamecn
The Oregonlan herewith presents its
recommendations on the measures that
appear on state and city ballots.
State Ballot.
B11K to establish normal schools in South
ern and Eastern Oregon. 300 Yes. 301 No.
The one normal school in Oregon is
now short of students. There is no
demand for additional schools while the
war lasts as young folk are attracted
elsewhere by demands for workers. The
measure is presented under a pledge of
the normal board that the appropria
tion will not be expended until after
the war. But it contains a tax levy
that would be imposed immediately.
The Oregonlan believes that money
should be collected or set aside only for
cept for immediate needs and that fur
ther consideration of .the measure
should await peace.
Vote 301 No.
Bill establishing home In Portland for de
pendent, delinquent and defective children,
and appropriating $200,000. 302 Yes. 303 No.
The measure proposes to associate
defective and delinquent children in the
same institution with dependent chil
dren, a practice condemned by students
of moral and social issues.
Vote 303 No.
Bill to prohibit seine and net flshlns in
Rogue River. 304 Yes. 305 No.
An old controversy, and one that in
ordinary circumstances would demand
a yes vote in protest against the refer
endum on It. But it is an act of the Leg
islature of unsavory political history
and it involves the food supply whicn
should not at this time be curtailed by
factional controversies.
Vote 305 No.
Bill closing the Willamette River to com
mercial fishing below Oswego. 306 Yes.
307 No.
This measure Is Indorsed by the State
Fish and Game Commissioner as being
necessary to the protection of salmon
propagation.
Vote 300 Yes.
Initiated bill to dispense with publication
of delinquent tax notices. 30S Yes. 309 No.
The present law provides for mall
notice to delinquents, and advertise
ment of delinquency only of those who
fail to respond to the mail notice. This
bill would cut out the advertisement.
The advertisement is a valuable protec
tion against the speculation of tax title
sharks, and it encourages the payment
of taxes just as threatened publicaioi;
of the names of bond slackers caused
delinquents in that regard to hasten to
the liberty loan committees. The ad
vertising is not a charge against-tha
general taxpayer. It is a private meas
ure and its submission is an imposi
tion. Vote 300 No.
Initiated bill fixing the compensation of
newspapers for publication of legal notices.
310 Yes. 311 No.
This is another private measure at
tempting to restrict by law the charges
newspapers shall make to individuals
for certain advertising. It is a spite
measure and an imposition end should
be defeated.
Vote 311 No.
Certificate of necessity for increase in
state tax levy for 11119. 312 Yes. 313 No.
The state is now hampered by the in
creased cost of supplies and labor of
all kinds in conducting its institutions.
The tax levy cannot be raised except
by vote of the people. The increase is
for one year only and does not become
permanent by adoption of this measure.
It is very necessary to the proper con
duct of state institutions and its de
feat will not mean economy, but dis
organization and possibly great indebt
edness. It -calls for a maximum of
89-10,000.
Vote 312 Tea.
Cynics who deprecate the marriaee
relation will please consider the Clarke
County man who took his third the
make sure that the influenza epidemic I ffhe British in Mesopotamia next went Objection was made by Rpresenta- WaS Dorn' and- according to record,
has definitely passed before the bars! into action and drove the Turks back I tive Norton both to the amendment lived 969 years "and begat sons'and
en. At the same toward Mosul. Throughout these oper-1 and the original law, because they world must ae
i that the "peak" ations a wide converging movement would give the land ' to speculators tnouS"' that the old fellows know
are altogether let down.
time, it seems possible
has now been reached in Portland,
With good fortune, and also good man
agement, we should soon begin to re
gard the visitation as a thing of the
past, a highly unpleasant memory.
had been in progress from Vladivostok
in the far east and from Archangel
in the far north to close in on Russia,
and has now reached Irkutsk to Lake
Baikal from one direction and the
to gentle their women.
admit.
how
who had been living on good home-
Ktnrl tn trio vinlniln Tnn;4.Li.
there would be an opening for snecu- vThe road to L!lnton, where a young
lation under this law, as there is un- Zoma was K1Ilea by an 011 truck
der the most carefully framed law, ondaf Sht, is used by pedestrians,
----- - I I w-a aaau utUi.'li VU1 VlUilJ II CllUCU ItX V a I X V. 1 I
It is too early a period in our study I province of Vologda from the other. I
hut thA nri vi I of. i itmttH tn nimii. there being no sidewalk. This neces-
cf zymotic diseases to dogmatize upon The victory on the Piave completes (ied homesteaders, who would take sitates care of the individual afoot, but
their causes and effects, but it is cer- the series. tne opportunity to' raise "a bunch of mucn must be expected of drivers,
tain that we aro in a better position Victory has been with the allies COws," and would fence the land and No man deIiberately will run down
to draw deductions from the present through the whole tremendous series pjve 'tne grass a chance to grow The a person' and there is width enough
epidemic than we have been in the of campaigns, which extended across Government wants the land used the n that road to avoid accident if all
case of others. The collection of vital the breadth of two continents from country needs more beef and it bene concerned "se judgment. ,
Matistics has improved vastly since the the Somme In the west to the Tigris tits by making its citizens more pros- '
List previous great epidemic in 1S90, and the Pacific Ocean in the east. It perous. If speculators creep in they President Wilson may already be
and important advances have been began with the rout of the Austrians can Dg gm0ked out and deprived of sorry he di1 nt let politics stay ad
made by the bacteriologists. We are on the Piave in June and has con- their claims. journed. His call to arms was in
only dimly informed concerning pre- tlnued through four months, and in It iust's1Irr, mpn - -rp Wnrtnn tended to arouse the Democrats, but
ioua visitations, and the data which that period the conquests of four years wno have held back development of as aroused the Republicans still
we possess about them are of little I have been reduced to nothing, the
value for comparison with the present. I Turkish and Austrian empires have
It is possible, however, that scien-1 been practically destroyed and the
tists will be able to form conclusions I would-be world-conquering empire of
a littlo later on which will be of real I Oermany has been forced to sue for
.ilue to suffering humanity. The in- I peace. Never before were such splen-
fluenza scrum, for example, which has did military achievements accom-
been administered on a rather large plished in so short a time or with
scale, is admitted to be in the experi- such interrupted success,
mental stage. No "guarantee" has The causes of this success were
gone with it: nothing but hope. The many but the immediate causes were
best that could be said- was that if it few. Greatest was the unified com-
did not do good, at least it could not mand given to Marshal Foch under
do harm. It is so much better to be the general direction of the Supreme
safe than sorry that this possible form War Council, but this could not have
of immunization has been received won if Foch had not been endowed
with unusual hospitality. with supreme military genius which
It would be interesting if the cpi- places him on a par with Caesar, Han-
d'-mic should throw light upon the nibal, Alexander, Marlborough, Napo-
ciue.-tion. What becomes of an epi- leon, Washington and Grant. Another
demie? Why it should run a certain was command of the economic re
course, and hit upon certain persons I sources of the whole world,
more, and has supplied them with an
incentive to vote.
the West by obstructing use of the
public domain. They would keep it
wilderness lest occasionally some
person should abuse a law to promote
its use. If they had had their way
the West never would have been set
tied. The public land laws have been
abused, but that is the fault of East
ern and Southern Congressmen who
Ipr-iilfi tori In ipnnrnnpn nf Wpulurn
conditions, but on the whole the result 14 ,s aI1 very wel1 for Hindenburg
nf tho laws hit boon hpnefinini fur 10 leu me wrman soldiers to hold
they have enabled the West to feed ?astbut whatare they to hold fast to?
the United States and the allies with "IB "u? 18 one, ana tne mud is slip
bread and meat and to clothe it with pery wnen tne allies keep pushing.
wool. That has been done in spite
of the Nortons.
Somehow, one's heart goes out to
the little chap who dies in the Reform
fecnool without the ministering hand
of a mother in his last hours, with
belief that perhaps he was not as bad
as they made him out.
WELFARE WORK IF PEACE COSIES.
The Japanese Red Cross has given
a medal of honor to Roosevelt, and
the Democratic party has one of
leather it would bestow if the recipient
Regardless of the opinion of any would stand still Ions- nr.irh
w line i inuivsiuai u.3 iu mu iirvuuuiti uuiuuuu
and miss others, and finally disappear Germany and her allies had to depend of the war, it is plain that the drive
is a matter upon which we are by no I on those of their own territory and of
means certain. Still, one may specu- I that which they had conquered and
late. It is contended in certain quar- I laid waste. But neither Foch's genius
tors that it spends itself when all the hor the world's wealth could have won
jusceplibles have been Infected, but such victories if the allied armies had
this theory docs not find universal not had the inspiration of a righteous
favor. If this were so there would be cause, which banded together men o(
no merit in avoiding it. for one would all races and all creeds with the con
be certain, if a "susceptible." to be viction that they were defending all
Mrickcn the moment he emerged from which all of them agree In holding
his hiding place. most sacred wife, children, mercy to
Nor is it demonstrated, as some also the weak or defenseless, honor, truth,
auppoae. that the germ becomes so justice and freedom. This inspiration
greatly (attenuated by its continued foiled the Hun when he was strong
labors that it presently loses its power and when the allies were weak. When
to do harm. These theories arc inter- to it were added the strength of num-et-ting
and may furnish the ground- bers and material, it proved invin
work for future determination of real ciblc. It has been a victory of all that
reasons why we have plagues and 18 good and noble over all that is evil
why, after they have run a while, they land shameful in man.
vanish, to recur in the case of in
fluenza in a milder form a littlo later Whether they believe that peac is
and again more virulently after per- near or not, farmers ought not to be
haps a generation. timid about venturing into the raising
There is one form of at least partial of more meat animals. Tor it will be
Immunity which Is attainable by nearly many years after the war Is over be-
everyone, and It is worth considering fore European countries will be able
while the causative factors are being to replenish their herds and droves,
analyzed in the scientific laboratories. These have already sunk below the
That Is the Immunity conferred by level required for maintenance of a
physical vigor, such as is embraced in scant ration, taking no account of
the general term "good health." The dairy needs. The first effort undoubt-
fact that a good many persons seem- cdly will take the direction of replen-
lngly tn excellent health have been ishing stocks of milch cows, since milk
in nis own.
.Daniels is childlike and bland.
for
Americans canlnrpil on nnn tt,. -
for funds to promote the welfare work the past month, and that means a bit
of our soldiers and sailors ought not more conservation, that w m v,
to be permitted to suffer. Excessive BOod faitn in feeding them as much
uiiuiiii?iiii iiittj' uu a unu&triuua 111111,1.3 thcy-deserve
as it came near to Dcmg in tne case
01 tne recent, iourin noerty loan, uum -., nonl.i. ,
t Vi u i-n lt rt n., .1,11 frti. normittinir if tnl - .i.,., a 1 V .- MB
. ... .. . . ,. " " depth and darkness in his opponents'
........ . ...... mnflVPS hilt nnl in i i
tvurr. iiiiii iitti 11, lur niu rtaauu Hint me
need for funds will bo precisely the
same whether the war continues an
other year or ends tomorrow.
Indeed, it may be a greater need.
For if an armistice should be arranged.
and there should be ever so slight a
relaxation of the inhibitions of dis
cipline, there will then be a call for
the wisest possible direction of the
ebullient energies of our men. They
are now on tiptoe of expectation; the
nhlirmtinn tn k-cpn thpmsplvps fit fnr
combat is exercising its greatest con- '"cresM Jn express rates win not
trolling power; the air is full of battle """uniireuiijr tne great ouik oi peo-
enthusiasm; men are fired with the P' wno patronize me parcel post.
spirit of emulation and sacrifice. This
Port of Portland measure authorising an
additional tax to pay existing judgments.
314 Y"es. 315 No.
This is a local measure found only on
ballots voted in the Port of Portland.
It is a necessary measure, as judgments
must be paid one way or another. The
levy is a measure for one year only and
will produce $70,000.
Vote 314 Yes.
Port of Portland measure authorizing an
additional tax to provide for coal docks and
dredging equipment and repairs. 31ti Yes;
317 No.
Another local port measure and one
essential to the upbuilding of the port
and its maintenance on a par with com
peting ports. The tax is for one year
only and will produce $180,000.
Vote 316 Yes.
City Ballot.
An ordinance extending the contract with
the Humane Society for the conduct of the
"City Pound. 000 Yes. 501 No.
This is a pure administrative detail
that any city council ought to be able
to handle without reference to the peo
pie. For that reason and that alon
and with the expectation that if the
measure is defeated the Council will
decide the issue on its merits the
advice of The Oregonian is to vote no,
Vote 501 No.
Charter amendment relieving property in
future local assessment districts of the 5 per
cent charge for engineering, superintending
and advertising costs. 50- les. duo no,
This is a proper contribution by the
general public to street improvements
in return for the benefit the p,uoiic re
Vote 503 Yes. ,
Charter amendment establishing the two-
platoon system in the Fire Department-
504 Y'es. 505 No.
The two platoon system now exists
the extra expense is taken from the
proceeds of the special tax levy author
ized for the period of the war by the
voters last May. While the need of
the two-platoon system is doubtful in
peace times, experience has shown that
the Fire Department cannot be kept
up to standard unless inducements are
offered that will invite membership.
An efficient Fire Department is an
absolute essential. Purely as a war
measure approval of this amendment is
recommended.
Vote 504 Yes.
Amendment authorizing issuance by Dock
Commission of $5,000,000 in bonds for har.
bor development. 50o les. 001 ro.
This bond issue is to previde another
elevator unit, a drydock and other port
facilities essential to Portland.'s parti
cipation in water-borne commerce and
to make it an acceptable port for the
vessels of the United States Shipping
Board Emergency Fleet Corporation.
Vote GOtt Yes.
PARTY REBUFFS ITS PRESIDENT
List of Six Anti-War Indictments
Against Democrats Is tilven.
PORTLAND. Oct. S9. (To the Edi
tor.) Mr. Wilson has sent out a call
to the people of the United States to
return only Democrats' to Congress.
This is based on the ground that he
wants "unity of command," or unani
mous support of his measures.
Some persons who are more pro
Wilson than pro-just will heed the call.
Personally, 1 hope that the call will
be positively Ignored, for it is a rank
injustice to those whom he wishes
turned out and who have beyond the
shadow of doubt proved themselves to
be 10 per cent loyal. He wishes a
Democratic Congress. He has a temo
cratic Congress, but the Kepublicans
have furnished, seemingly so, the
"unity of command."
When a Wilson measure was intro
duced in the Senate calling for armed
neutrality, the Right Honorable Bill
Stone, a star in the Dejnocratic firma
ment, was chairman of the military
committee for foreign affairs, and it
fell upon him to steer this measure
through the Senate, but he said that
he could not support the measure, and,
therefore, handed his job over to Sen
ator Hitchcock, of Nebraska. Demo
cratic support of the President No. 1.
A little later Mr. Wilson appeared
before the joint session of Congress
and asked it to declare that a state
of war exists between the United
States and Germany. The Kight Hon
orable Claude Kitchen, Democrat, wh
was, and is, chairman pf the "ways an
means committee in the House, op
posed the resolution and voted against
it. Democratic support of the Pres
dent No. 2.
A little farther down another Wil
son measure went to Congress, asking
for conscription. Champ Clark, an
other star in the Democratic firma
ment and Speaker of the House of Kep
resentatives. took the floor in opposi
tion to the measure, and among other
things said: "I see but little diflerenc
between a conscript and a convict, an
voted against the measure. Democratic
support of the President No. 3.
Mr. Dent was chairman of the com
mlttee on foreign affairs in the House,
and to him fell the duty to guide th
draft measure through, but he balked,
and Mr. Kahn, a Republican, took hi
place and carried the bill through
Democratic support of the Presiden
No. 4.
About two weeks ago Mr. Wilson
made' a plea to Congress to pass th
bill for woman's suffrage on the
srround that it was a war measure,
taking the stand, in substance, that
we could not talk about democracy
abroad and not have it at home. Th
measure was defeated, though he had
a Democratic Congress behind him, 1
Democrats voting against it. Demo
cratic support of tha President No. 5,
Seven great war measures have been
carried through Congress. These r.av
been supported by i5 per cent of th
Republicans and 67 per cent or tn
Democrats. Democratic support of th
President No. 6.
In closing, let. me say that if Mr.
Wilson and the Democrats can fur
nish alone all the soldiers and sailors
and officers and money to conduct the
war: if they can furnish alone tne
munitions and guns and all the vari
ous war boards, stenographers, clerks,
Red Cross workers, Y. M. C. A, Y. W,
C. A. workers, the metal workers, steel
workers and coal miners and chemists,
then, of course, the Republican might
sit back and watch the big show. If
they cannot do this, why deny them a
seat and a place in the councils of
the Nation? ISAAC PEART.
547 Yamhill Street, Portland, Or.
Those Who Come and Go.
One of the first armistice terms to
be carried out by the Germans should
be release of all the non-combatants
they have carried into slavery.
Under the new rules requiring hotels
to avoid waste and 1 save all scraps,
it's a brave man who orders hash if
able to read it on the menu card.
No need of Chamberlain coming
home now. It's settled for two years,
and perhaps more.
has created an atmosphere in which.
if ever, the young American can be
trusted to take good care of himself.
Rut what shall be said if there fol
lows a Period of dull monotonv. of Michigan Republicans, uv coorse,
waiting while peace plenitopentiaries wiK heed the call of the wild.
arrange the complex and final details,
of inevitable delay, because of lack of! Now, if Mr. Roosevelt will wait a
ships, in getting the boys back home? -week, then holler, all will be well.
Charter amendment authorising levy ol
one-half mill to provide funds for erection
of a Government reconstruction hospital
for war injured. 508 Yes. 509 2o.
This is a contingent levy. It Is
proposed in order to provide a bonus
and thereby induce if possible the es
tablishment of a very large hospital
in Portland. If unacceptable to the
Government the levy will not be im
posed. It ia a patriotic contribution.
Vote SOS Yes.
Charter amendment creating a policemen's
pension and relief fund and levying there
tor a tax not exceeding one-tenth of 1 mill.
610 Yes, 511 No.
This amendment would give the
policemen the eame recognition as
regards service and disability that is
now extended to firemen. Such sys
terms make for efficiency of the de
partment, as they enable the city to
retire and care .for men who have
given the best years of their lives to
the publio service. The retirement plan
encourages continuous service and
makes unnecessary the carrying on
the regular payroll of men no longer
fit .for duty but who should not be and
are not now ungratefully dismissed. ,
Vote 510 Yes,
Free Lots and Homing Plan,
ALBANY, Or., Oct. 28. (To the Edi
tor.1' A few days ago I went to a real
estate office in Portland to ascertain
if there were any prospects of dispos
ing of some lots located in University
Park, to erect houses upon for the
shipworkers. I was pleasantly in
formed by a young lady that if I .would
donate the lots they might do business
with me. I declined to entertain the
proposition, as politely as possible un
der the circumstances.
What I would like to know is: If I
donate those lots will the material for
the houses and the labor also be do
nated, will the use of the houses be
donated and will the city of Portland
or the building corporation get the
benefit? Who will finally own the
property? This has puzzled me a good
deal and I have lost some sleep trying
to solve the problem.
E. A. JOHNSON.
The Portland Housing Company has
been organized to assist in the building
of homes for persons engaged in neces
sary work. It does not at the present
time, projiose to build homes, but will
furnish plans, finance the building for
owners of lots, and by its co-operation
expects to save from 15 to 20 per cent
of the cost of building.
Donations of lots are not asked or
expected from anyone, a"nd neither is
the company buying lots. However, it
is probable that numbers of persons
who will build homes will have to buy
lots on which to build. Persons ownin
lots for sale should write to the Port
land Housing Company, Title & Trust
Building, Portland, giving the descrip
tfon of the lots, price at which they are
held, and whether the owner would be
interested in arrangements to build.
Thirteen inspectors are scattered
around the Portland hotels, their
working hours being devoted to pass
ing or rejecting various supplies of
leather or articles in which leather is
used. Of these, W. T. Gottlob and W.
K. Gregory are at the Multnomah, and
their "trick" for yesterday was tha
passing of two carioads of leather
scabbards. The Government requires
four scabbards for each soldier, which
indicates the tremendous amount of
such material that must bo provided
for an army of i, 000,000 men. There
are at least seven factories in Port
land where contracts of this character
are being accepted. They deliver sad
dletrees, saddles, harness of all kinds,
gun slings, bridles, holsters, scabbards,
halters and innumerable parts for re
placement. Inspector Gottlob is a mer
chant and stockman from Nebraska.
T.ipllteniinr William TV MrAllpn. son
i nf Dan MrAllon siipnt lnst vetk- in
Portland. He has returned to lxive
aviation field, Texas, for orders.
.Wearing the blue service stripes In
dicating service at the front for less
than six months, N. F. Iloaglin, of the
11th Field Artillery was at the Mult
nomah yesterday. He is assigned to
the spruce division and will report at
Vancouver for orders. Lieutenant
Hoaglin wears the service Insignia of
the Philippine war and the recent ex
cursion into Mexico with General Per
shing. James Snipes, of The Dalles, for
merly in the flour mill business, is
at the Imperial.
Mrs. Daniel Hatch, wife of a well
known citizen of Klamath Falls, was
among the Hotel Portland arrivals yes
terday. B. L. Thomas is the first victim of
influenza among the Multnomah or
ganization. He was a taxi-driver sta
tioned at the hotel for a transfer com
pany. Miss Mary Dougherty arrived at the
Benson yesterday on her way home
from Dublin, Ireland.
J. W. James, of San Francisco, is at
the Imperial. Mr. James is in the busi
ness of supplying hardwood for ships
now being constructed in the Portland
yards. Rudder posts and fancy woods
for cabins are his specialty and he is
expecting a shipload of these supplies
within a few days.
Charles Leighton. who was sum
moned to Seattle because of the death
of his' brother, who succumbed after
an operation for appendicitis, returned
to his desk at the Multnomah last
night.
W. P. Sherwood, accompanied by Mrs.
Sherwood, came to the Oregon yester
day from Dayton for a few days of
business.
J. H. Compton, who has been con
necting up the gaps in the Columbia
River Highway in the vicinity or
Rainier, was among the Imperial
guests yesterday.
Albert Dunbar, a prominent
chant of Astoria, is in the city.
mer-
PATRIOTISM COCXTS, NOT PARTY
Wilson's Preparedness Record.
PILOT ROCK, Or., Oct. 28. (To th
Editor.) Having read in an "indepen
dent" paper published in Portland, that
President Wilson In January 191
stumped the country pleading for pre
paredness, I want to know if this state
ment is true.
If my memory serves me correctly it
was Theodore Roosevelt that made
swing through the Middle West talking
for preparedness and either Presiden
Wilson or W. J. Bryan followed him up
talking against it. This was in the
early part of 1915 before the sinking
of the Lusitania. It I am wrong
would like to be put right.
E. B. CASTEEL.
President Wilson's preparedness tout
was in January end February, 1916.
Roosevelt spoke on preparedness in
the West in July, 1915. Some of the
same ground was covered later by
Bryan. President Wilson advocated
preparedness definitely on October 6,
1915. and delivered an address on the
subject November 6.
An Ancient Controversy.
PORTLAND. Oct. 29. (To the Edi
tor.) Is space an object of reality?
The object of my inquiry is to settle
an argument.
A states space can only be real as a
vacuum and holds that air (the exist
ng matter between two objects) oc
upfes epace rather than being space
in itself, as generally thought.
B states any interval or expansion
between two objects (in nature) is
space and holds that air is literally
space. READER.
Metaphysicians nave been arguing
about space since the days of Plato
and Aristotle and aro not yet agreed.
Persons interested In the subject should
apply to the Publio Library for refer
ence works.
Fox Farm In Oregon.
PORTLAND. Oct 29. (To th Edi
tor.) Somewhere in Eastern Oregon
there is a fox farm where the owner is
breeding foxes. Can you give the
name and address of the owner?
CONSTANT READER.
P. A. Snyder, of Prairie, Grant
Countf. Oregon, has a fox farm, '
Mother of Two Soldiers Appeals to
Voters to Make This Distinction.
PORTLAND. Oct. 29. (To the Edi
tor.) I have been a constant reader of
The Oregonian for the last 32 years
and have always found it to be a clean
and just paper for all. In The Orego
nian October 26 is a cartoon that ex
presses che views and opinions of thou
sands of Oreeronians. Hot air! No
wonder we want to put on gas masks.
Do you people think the boys over
there ever ask if the boy standing by
and fighting with him is a Democrat
r a Republican? Do you tninn ne cares
what he is if his bullet gets a Hun
very time he shoots? No, they want
men, money, ammunition ana tne as
surance that you and his mother anu
father are standing back of him. They
will do the rest.
War, not politics, is the vital ques
tion now. What do we care Ior pontics-
when we know our boys are giv-
ng their lives, sacrificing everytning
for this country, your country ana
mine? They are over there dying by
the score, fighting night and day, three
and four days, night and day without
lying down or removing their clotnes
getting no extra pay for overtime.
either. They are patriotic.
Do you think they care if Congress
s Democratic or Republican? No, they
are fighting for home and, country.
Fathers and mothers, your boy ana
ine depend on you. Never mind poli
tics. They are over there Iignting ior
peace, right and justice. Let us stainl
back of them, our hearts beating fuB
of love for them, our hands out
stretched with money to get the am
munition, ehips and men over there to
them to end this terrible war, so they
can come home to us and enjoy home
and the loved ones again.
Stand by the meri who have been
tried and found true during this last
year, be they Republicans or Demo
crats. Women, this means you. Do not
let this cry of the President scare you
into believing that unless you vote the
Democratic ticket and fill the Con
gressional halls with Democrats the
war is lost and that the Huns have
licked us. This war rests on the peo
ple, not the Democrats, me lire ot
your son and my son rests on men and
ammunition, not politics.
Snnator McNary has proved nimseu
a friend to us mothers. No matter what
we have asked him, if it lay In nis
power he helped us, and If he could
not do so alone lie got outers uitci-
ested in our requests.
Representative McArthur is anotner
frinri we narenta can count on. lie
has always been willing and ready to
render us aid in whatever wo have
asked for the betterment of our hoys.
Our own state we have just cause to
be proud of. We want always to ne
nrnud of it so our boys can conic home
and be just as proud of it as they are
now. The tried and true men are the
ones we want, not politics. I have two
sons over there all I have. 1 ney are
fighting to make things right there.
Let us try to keep things right here.
I.- Tl I X'T I.'T
iVtrta. HI. I J. un-'ii'ii
725 Hawthorne Avenue.
HOW NON-PARTISAN VIEWS ISSUE
Important Now to Klcct Republican
Congress, He Relieves.
PORTLAND. Oct. 29. (To the Edi
tor.) For 25 years I have voted neither
Republican nor Democratic ticket. I
havo been an onlooker at elections.
With no partisan bias to influence me
if h, hxn verv interestinu and often
amusing to watch the titanic struggle
of straining at gnats.
It might interest you to know how a
totally non-partisan citizen looks upon
the letter of the President calling for
a unanimous Democratic vote.
It does not seem to me so important.
as to what the allies think, for they
know the real condition and that the
whole country is in the war. regardless
of party, save only the Socialists.
The effect upon Germany seems to '
me more important. The letter of the
President either means he considers
the Renublioaus disloyal or elso he
considers it his personal war, as 1 read
But if we have a Democratic Presi
t BMi a Republican Congress and
GermaiTy gets hammered just as hard
as ever, or worse, she will know that
ill the people are In the war.
Now that the issue has been raised
t seems to me very important that a
Republican Congress be elected.
100 PJiK Cii-NX AJUiiitlUArt.