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Poet a Re Rates 12 to 10 pages, 1 cent: IS to il pages. 11 cents: 34 to S pages, 3 cents; 60 to tto pages, cents; 62 to 78 pages. 5 cents: 7S to 82 pages. 6 cents. Foreign, post age, double rates. Kastern Business Office Verree. Conk Hn. Brunswick building. New York; Verree ts. tonklin. Steger building, Chicago; Verree & Conklin, Free Press building. Detrolt.Mleh. ; San Francisco representative, K. J. Bidwell. UKMBEII OF THK ASSOCIATED PRESS The Associated Press Is exclusively enti tled to the use for republication of all news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited to this paper, and also the local news published herein. Ail rights of republication of special CIS patches herein are also reserved. rORTWNI), SATIEDAV, NOV. t. 191& THE SURRENDER OF TURKEY. Surrender of Turkey to the allies is nne of the several momentous events which .have evolved from the, great war. It carries with it practical oe-cti-imHnn of the Ottoman empire. Though the allies may leave the Turks in nominal control of Constantinople as their capital, it will surely be un der a large measure of international direction and the Turks will have no power over the straits and will rule only a narrow strip of territory in Eu rope and the home land of the Turks in Asia Minor. Egypt was lost long since, and now Thrace, Syria, Arabia, Mesopotamia, Armenia and probably the Greek littoral of Asia Minor are to follow. By their victories in Syria and . . . - i t i ; -tin-a nr jviesopotauua. me zA rstt h lftr.i and trunk, have forced! the Turk to lay his head at theh- feet, and have taken the sting from memory of their failure at Gallipoli three years ago- The first immediate consequence of the surrender of Turkey will be the passage of the Dardanelles by a Brit ish fleet, which will have Constanti nople under its guns and may be ex pected to land forces for the protec tion of the Christians and to receive as prisoners Enver and Talaat Pashas and their confederates in the massacre of the Armenians and Greeks, since Turkey has agreed to hand them over to justice as administered by the al lied powers. But tMo fleet is not likely to tarry at Constantinople. It will surely go on through the Bosphorus to the Black Sea, in order to do battle with the German-Russian fleet, which has threatened vengeance on the Turks if they surrendered. Probably negotia tions have been prolonged and kept secret that Britain may gain time to send a fleet through the Mediterra nean Sea that will be capable of over powering the Germans. - The Turks would co-operate in this plan, for the new government doubtless welcomes the conquerors as deliverers from its allies. Within a few days the British sea,men may hope to gratify that de sire for a naval battle with the Ger mans which they have long cherished. When the British have won that battle, as in all human probabil ity they will, the way will be clear for an allied army to reach the Russian Black Sea ports, and, with the aid of the Ukraine, the Cos sacks and the Czecho-Slovaks, to advance upon Moscow and exterminate the Bolsheviki outlaws. They will also be able to deliver Roumania from the invading Teutons and to destroy the last advanced post of Pan-Germany on the B.Iack Sea. The surrender of Turkey, in conjunction with that of Bulgaria, the deliverance of Serbia and the dissolution of the Hapsburg monarchy, will block for all time the German push to the. east and will dis sipate the Rerlin-to-Bagdad dream The consn.ue.nces of the downfall of Turkey will be bewildering in their greatness. Great Britain is raised to a pinnacle as the greatest ruler over, or protector of, the Moslem world and of the Christians and Jews of Asia. An independent kingdom of Arabia has already risen as her ally, and to it will be added another Arab state in Mesopotamia, a Jewish stajte In Pales tine, a state of Tnixed races and re ligions In Syria and a Christian state in Armenia. These new nations will spring up under the protection, guar anty and tutelage in the ways of free dom of the League of Xations. The whole broad region extending from the Black and Caspian seas on the north to the Mediterranean Sea and the In dian Ocean on the sotith. with the ex ception of that part of Asia Minor , where the Turks will concentrate, will be delivered from the blight of Turk ish tyranny and incompetence,- and will be opened to western enterprise, science, development and culture. What this implies may be judged from the fact that during the brief period of British occupation the district around Bagdad has been made to pro duce enough food for the entire army of half a million men. There will be opportunity in that region for American enterprise, en ergy, invention and administrative ability, for the task will be beyond the already strained resources of Great Britain or any other nation. The type of American which in the course of a century economically conquered this continent will surely have a large part in restoring Western Asia, in building a new world on the ruins of ancient empires. CONFOUNDING THE MOON PLANTERS. Professor Gilmore, of the Normal School faculty at Monmouth, has thrown a bombshell into the camp of the Antiquated Order of Moon Planters. Determined to ascertain for himself whether there might not be some foundation for their curious theory, he had resort to the logical expedient of violating all the rules made and interpreted by those who figure the moon into their calcula lions. And lo: he harvested some 365 bushels of potatoes to the acre. To those who know that the. average yield for the entire I nited States is less tha 100 bushels an acre, this will seem to be pretty conclusive evidence. It is true, however, that the pro fessor did not neglect certain other rules of agriculture. It seems that he made use of a fertilizer, and irrigated "to a slight extent." and we do not need to have seen the field ourselves to know that It was well tilled. An acre that produces . 365 bushels of mt (Brm spuds docs not harbor many -weeds. I We surmise that he made diligent use I of the hoe, or some equivalent of that toilsome implement. Jt is reasonable to suppose that he planted a good! strain of seed. At two dollars a sack or thereabout the professor's land Is yielding him at the rate of $438 an acre, which all will agree is pretty good for an ama teur potato grower. But the most in teresting phase of his enterprise is not the monetary return; it is the com pleteness of his demonstration that the agriculturist whose methods are otherwise right need not give himself any concern about the almanac. TILJ5 EX-PRESIDENTS' ArPEAL. The plea for fair play which has been made by ex-Presidents Roosevelt and Taft will have the more weight with the American people because of its moderation of language and its incontrovertible logic. The statement is undeniable that the Nation owes chiefly to the Republican party the fwo draft laws whici have enabled it to put 2,000,000 men in the battle zone. The patriotic unanimity with which that party has supported the President on all essential war meas ures is without precedent in the his tory of the Democratic party. It de serves a better reward than the Presi dent's declaration that only Democrats can be trusted at this critical juncture in the Nation's life. The two ex-Presidents give the peo ple a most timely reminder that the time When we are finishing a success ful fight against one-man power in any country is no time to establish one-man power in this country. Par ticularly is that true when peace is about to be made and when the de mand of all free peoples is that they in the open, not diplomats in secret, shall dictate the terms. The people can do this only through "a Senate in dependent enough to interpret and enforce the will of the American peo ple" and through a House which, in fulfilling the obligations of the treaty. will not be "subservient to the will of the President in every respect." The new Congress is to be a peace Congress, occupied with making peace and with solving its problems. The time for unified command will soon be ended; the time for Congress to act as "an independent, courageous, co ordinate branch of the Government" will then begin A Democratic Con gress, whose leaders have been chas tened by discipline into submission to the will of the President, would not so act. These are not problems of mere party policy or of party allegiance. They reach to the very roots of demo cratic institutions, for which we at home must fight at the ballot box as our soldiers and sailors fight for them in the war zone. They look to us to keep the home fires of freedom burn ing. NO GERMAN TOSS. Recent arrival in New York of a shipment of German toys, which had been stored in Rotterdam ever since 1915, betrays -an error of judgment on the part ofsome Holland shipper that marks him as an exceedingly poor business man. We can think of no more profitless enterprise Just now than an effort to place this particular line of goods on an American market. It is said that there were 7000 tons of these toys. They were purchased and pajd for by Americans in the Spring of 1914, and delivered at Rot terdam, where they have since lain When Great Britain lifted the embargo on certain Dutch shipments they were forwarded. It is significant that the "importers" practically without excep tion have repudiated the goods, which a long while ago had been charged off the books. No one wants to be burdened with them, even though they represent an investment of severalj nunarea tnousana dollars. A German-made toy at this season would be a peculiarly inappropriate gift for any American child. It w-ould be indubitably associated, with the treatment which has been accorded to children in all the regions which the Germans have overrun, a reminder of the. sinking of the Lusitania; of the murdered and starving babies of Bel gium, and Northern France, and Ser bia; of the outrages in Armenia, which spared no one, however helpless; of the air raids on London and Paris; of a thousand other atrocities on land and sea in which children were among the victims. Refusal of the buyers to accept their goods also indicates that even after peace has been made-they ex pect to find no use for them. The fact Is that we have been quietly building up a toy industry of our own- German success in the past in this field has been due largely to the cheapness of the product. Even this will not be an impelling selling argu ment for many years to come. Our normal imports of toys from Germany before the war amounted to about 18,000.000 a year. We would spend a good many times that amount in other channels before we would admit the Hun-made toy to an American home. No formal embargo will be required. The restriction will be self. enforcing. REt'LAIMXXG THE Z CYDER ZEE. The people of Holland have become so imbued with the sense of value of productive land that the war has given new impetus to the project to reclaim the Zuyder Zee, a project that lagged for thirty-two years of peace time. But the Netherlands Parliament has at last made the necessary initial appropriations, and in doing so has set an example to other Nations of the world. The total cost of the work is ex pected to be $90,000,000. but the Job will be undertaken in sections, so that income from each will aid in the com pletion of its successors. W'henall has been done there will be an addi tion, -of some 480,000 fertile acres to the kingdom, but the first project, to be completed in eight years, will cost only $26,000,000', andwill reclaim 46- 200 acres of fertile soil. It is intended that the entire work shall be done within a generation, or about thirty three years. An interesting contrast between the intensive farming conditions of Hol land and those of the United States is suggested by the rental of $13 an acre fixed by the government for the reclaimed soil. Not many American farmers would feel justified in paying a sum as large as this. The average rental In this country is nearer $5 an acre. But tho plans of the Netherlands government contemplate settlement of 200.000 persons on the new land. which will be divided into 4000 farms. This will mean that each forty-acre tract will be required to support the equivalent of sixteen persons and their necessary work animals, in addition to paying J 4 20 an acre annually to the government. It seems needless to suggest that farming methods of a high order will be necessary if the land fulfills its mission. There are many millions of acrea in America which arc capabl of reclamation at a much smaller coa e st than the J172 an acre which the Dutch propose to expend, andu good many existing farms which it would pay to restore if methods could be adapted to them which would assure even a fraction of the Dutch return. But in the last analysis it will be management of them which will count. Systematic, non-wasteful agriculture will be the ultimate answer to the food problem. RESTORING HASH TO THE ME NT. It is well that the ban, on the serv ing of more than one kind of meat at a meal in hotels and restaurants has been modified in conformity with the "rule of reason." Obviously, in a time when we are enjoined to save every possible scrap of food, it would not have been the intention of the Food Administration to promote waste. Yet this was just what the order, strictly interpreted, would have done. We are not so much concerned with the "mixed grill." or even the club- J"? 1th?i,gri1 lhCS rH harmless enough in their respective ways, but any practical purveyor of food knows that there are innumerable uses to which the perfectly wholesome remains of cold joints and ribs can. be put, and that frequently there is not enough of any one of these to make a dish for the bill of fare. Hash, goulash and assorted cold cuts, for example, were originally designed by some chef, who also was a conservationist, for this very purpose. To put them back where they belong is to enter into the spirit of the food-saving movement. There are liver and bacon, too. Like a good many other combinations dis covered before the modern dietlst came upon the stage', this represented an instinctive effort to preserve a culinary balance. Liver is a whole some commodity which it were desir able to consume, but it is deficient in fat, and to be made appetizing it also requires the savor which is im parted to it by the accompanying rasher. Food scientists now recognize the importance of this latter factor as an aid to nutrition. It was only natural that in issuing a blanket order, the officials should not have foreseen how it would work out in all its details. That due haste nas been made to make them con- lorm to practical needs is evidence that no unnecessary hardship was in tended. BOLSHEVISM IV ALLIED -COl'NTRIES. The same disregard of the restraint of law, contracts and patriotism which marked the I. W. W. outbreaks in this country has been displayed in recent strikes in Great Britain. The law for bids strikes and provides boards to ad just labor difficulties. Labor unions have co-operated in enactment and operation of these laws and have made agreements morally binding on their members. But there have been many strikes in which unions them selves have formally defied the law requiring them to await action of la bor boards, and many more in which the members of unions have violated agreements made by their officers. Munition workers at Coventry struck against restraint on their right to move from place to place in-order to get better jobs. Welsh coal miners struck for a more liberal ration of butter. Railroad men in the west of England struck because a govern ment board, whose decision their union officials had agreed in advance to ac cept, gave them a smaller advance of wages than they had asked. Ship wrights on the Clyde struck because a labor board was too slow In making its award. London policemen struck for the same -reason with the sanc tion of their newly-formed union. Tmnlm-eo nf T Antn .. ines struck for equal wages for men and women. The British government is partly re sponsible for this unrest. It has been exasperatingly slow In deciding labor questions. It has rejected demands, but afterward has granted them or has hastened favorable awards under pressure of strikes. It hax thus of fered temptation to new strikes. Ir! has realized the evil effect of this pol icy, and has taken a new course. The Coventry strikers were - threatened with conscription if they did not re turn to work, and they yielded. Sim ilar measures sent the Welsh miners back to work. The railroads were kept in operation by the military forces. and the union stood by the govern ment in enforcing the award. A most ominous feature of the striKes has been the formation of a new organization within the unions and in rebellion against their officers. It is a symptom of the development of radicalism akin to Bolshevism which aims to promote the interests of the proletariat without regard to the rights of other classes, to trade agreements, to law or the disastrous effect on the war. It puts class above the interest of the country and sets up antagonism of the working class against other classes. TJie same disposition exists in a more limited degree in the United States. It has produced several strikes and has inspired the unpa triotic art of the boilermakers in tak Ing a Saturday half holiday without regard to the urgent need of ships. It has found a plausible pretext in the delay of awards by labor boards, It can be held in check by united, pa triotic public opinion and by strict application of the work-or-f ight prin ciple. No Bolshevism of even a mild type should be tolerated in this coun try. FLYING MACHINES IN PEACE TIMES, Airplane builders, with an eye to the future of their industry, probably are not wrong in making provision for a great growth of the custom of flying after peace has come to the world. They are guided by the experience of automobile manufacturers only two decades ago. It was a common say ing in the beginning of the present century that "the automobile would never be anything else than a rich man's toy." we know how true this prediction was. It would not be un reasonable to expect an advance in flying in the next twenty years which would be comparable .with that of automobiling in the last twenty. The experts do not propose this time to be taken unawares. The statement made by Frank F. Tenney, principal of a Y. M. C. A. school for airplane mechanics, in an article in the New York Times, that "anybody can fly." is echoed by other authorities 'on the subject and will go far toward removing obstacles to the popularity of the sport. The. extraor dinary qualifications exacted of appli cants for commissions as flyers in the Army have been due to war con ditions. rather than to requirements inherent in the art itself. The age limits imposed have given an erro neous impression that flying was on for the elect. But the Italian poet and publicist. Gabrielle d'A-nnunzio. is a conspicuous example of one who defied the limit of age. even In war work, and there are others. Lieuten ant Godfrey Cabot, of the Navy. who is 50. is one of tho most Successful flyers of tho Isaval Re serve. Nor is a superb physique always necessary- The late lieu tenant Guynemer was repeatedly re jected because he was a consumptive and a nervous wreck, and won his commission only by a trick. Lieuten ant Benedict, another noted American aviator, was rejected because of de fective vision, and went to Canada to enlist and made a Fplcndid record with the Royal Air Forces. Analysis of the accidents which have occurred in training camps will counteract the notion that flying in a modern machine is tcrrifyingly dan gerous. A largo proportion of fatali ties are due to the "stunts" which aviators must know how to rcrform in order to be able to confuse or to escape from the enemy, but which are not necessary to successful flying in peace times." The conservative flyer has assurance of long life in the air at least as long in proportion to his sased in flight, it is estimated-as the average driver of an automobile. Another ground for believing that the airplane will make more rapid progress, when a start has been made, than did the automobile, is that hun dreds of factories have been equipped for its manufacture during the war, and these will be interested in pro moting immediate consumption when peace is restored. A good many of the preliminary problems have been solved. Automobile development It self has been the cause of great strides in the perfection of the internal com bustion engine, and this work will not need to be done over again. Inventors of the future will be free to devote their attention to stabilizing and other safety devices, and community progress will take the direction Of providing municipal landing places. It is not commonly known that the Pacific Coast already has taken a lead In this direction. The airplane as a mail carrier has passed the experimental stage. As a pleasure vehicle for those, who can afford it, it is also well established. There remains only' the task of build ing it at a popular price. The ques tion of risk may be dismissed as in consequential. Even If it were dan gerous, plenty of Americans would be found ready to take the chance. .The kind of support which Henry Ford would give tho war Is indicated by his plea that Carl Emde, his chief draftsman, who had been accused of pro-German utterances, "was making his sacrifice now when making draw ings for the Liberty motor to be used ultimately against Germany." Emde would have opportunity to delay work on the motor's, even to inject defects into them, yet for such an absurdly sentimental reason as Mr. Ford has offered, he would take this risk. No man is excusable in risking defeat or the lives of American soldiers by er ploying men of doubtful loyalty on war work. Victory will make need of war work funds greater, not less, as some may suppose. America will be called upon to play the chief part in feeding and clothing the hosts of people delivered from German tyranny, in rebuilding their homes and in restoring the fer tility of their farms. The after-war programme is second in importance only to the war pro gramme, for, whether autocratic or democratic. Germany will attempt to win by guile the trade she has lost by war and f rightfulness. The nature of a people does not change suddenly when It dons a democratic suit ot clothes. The American people will need defense in peace aa they have needed It in war. The "good old days" are gone when the solid citizen found his buggy astride his barn on a morning like mis and the gang took it down piece meal a week later. The coming of the auto took the fun out of life in spots. Another way to save money if you subscribed for fewer liberty bonds than you might have done would be to pay for them sooner than you promised to do. When the people of Austria drove the Hapsburgs from Vienna seventy years ago they came back. This time the allied armies will see that thej stay away. Scats on the tops of streetcars, such as are popular in Europe, would he an effective prevention of influenza nfection, if the cars were only built that way. The end of the restaurant man's troubles is near. He can again serve hash. But when, oh, when, shall we again see the generous, 5-cent wedge of pie? The Anstrians are leavin-r Italy In greater hitste than they entered. Tho plains of lxmhardy and Venetia have ever been full of ill omen for them. One of these nights old Jack Frost will drop in and play havoc with the potatoes In the fields. Better dig while the digging is good. There are friendships In politics and there are such things as stabbing In the back. Ambition develops either to its best or worst. The Hughes report was made by a man whose prominence prohibited any Idea of suppression in the interest ot politics. Some call 'em ""Wops." but better make it Mops, the way they are clean ing up the Austrian. - Prosperous Portland will eat turkey this Thanksgiving day. There- will be nothing Just as good. If you are goinjr to Seattle, you would better stay at home, where it Is bad enough. An armistice will be disappointing to the Italians sweeping on toward Vienna. The Kaiser will abdicate when dragged from his last refuge, not be fore. A thief is a fool and the man who steals from a bank is the biggest kind. Tou are allowed 60 per cent more sugar, but why lose the habit? The Berlin to Bagdad railroad has shrunk to a mere stub line. ot a shell or pit should bo wasted. Even a handful will help. - The daylight saving was called off one month too soon. There Is no substitute for pumpkin pie this month, - - Those Who Come and Go. Because of Inanity to secure proper atid necessary terminal and dncksc facilities at the site selected by the American Can Company in Portland. Axel Johnson yesterday announced at the Multnomah that he had completed arrangements to place the Industry at Vancouver, Vah. .The latter city la said to have provided a site for the can works aUonsrslde the oteel shipyard. The tactory will employ about 300 to bearln with, and Increase the number to 400 soon after petting In .operation. The output Is expected to reach approx imately SOO.OOO.Otto cans a year. Mr. Johnson said the company bought tha rortland site several years ago, but had been constantly blocked In Its efforts to secure the facilities It needs. The company owns four large factories In California, where It makes JOO.ouO,- 000 cans a year for tha ealmon Indus try. Like, everyone else. Mr. Johnson would like to know what becomes of the tin cans after they are opened by the consumer. They Just disappear that's all. Word was received at hotels In Port land yesterday that the town of Burns. In Harney County, Is In quarantine and no one ran enter or depart. It was alao reported that In the town of Crane all are sick. Captain W. E. Grearory completed his SO H years of service in the lighthouse department at midnight- Captain Greg ory, who for years handled the tender Manxanlta took the tender Columbine to Chesapeake- Kay five months ago, where the Columbine, was used In lay ing defenses against possible subma rine attacks. Captain Gregory arrived at the Imperial yesterday from the south and Is now ready to rctirel Mr. and Mrs. D. E. Woolard. of Paaa-' dena, tourists from California, were among the arrivals at the Benson yes terday. R. Lin KlUJck. who has just put mora United States flags on the Pacific Coast than any other patriot. Is back again at the Multnomah. He ruahed north aa soon as he could get free from the flu" in a San Francisco hospital, where ha waa confined for two weeka. Among hla friend Mr. Killlck la known m "Hetay." the nickname being confrred becauae of hla connection between the maker of the first American flag and his occupation as a flag salesman. her can scarcely be distlngutahed one frm the other, tha Applegate twins arrived at the Imperial from loncalla. Mlsa bva and Miss Kva.; Applegata are on their way to France, where they will serve as reconstruction aides In American hospitals. Miss Grace MIchell and her aister. Miss Nell, well-known young women from The Dalles and Stevenson. Wash., were Imperial guests yesterday. Howard Ball, a popular young Port land business man. cam back to the Multnomah yesterday in the uniform of the Army. I J. B. Hayne. accompanied by hla wife arrd children, are at the Hotel Oregon. Mr. Hayne is on abulnsa trlD to the raclfic coast from .vw York. G. S. Van Houser. who has clerked In hoters In Eastern Oregon for 30 years, came to Portland on a cattle train yesterday from liaker. deciding that It would be a novel way to travel. Ha Intended leaving for Seattle last night, but heard that Seattle was. In quarantine and. rather than be tied up In the Puget Sound metropolis, he head- ed for Idaho. While here he registered at the Imperial. Miss Margaret McGoldrick. of Cor vallls, la at the Benson on a visit. Major Frank Shepherd, of Corvallla. accompanied by Major C. H. Brlsco, of Washington. D. C. arrived at the Impe rial yesterday on official business. R. E. Clanton. superintendent of fish hatcheries for Oregon, reached rortland yesterday on his way to Bonneville. Mr. Clanton Is recovering from sick ness, having been 111 while on a trip to Marshficld. Captain R. L- Russell, of Camp Lewis, Is the latest addition to the military colony at the Hotel Portland. A I.I.IKS AWARE OF TRCE FACTS Itallaat-Roraa Voter Declares Europe Kasm War I'arty taa America. PORTLAND. Nov. 1. (To the Editor.) As a naturalized American citizen of Italian birth. I waa amused to read tho rrcsidenf.1 appeal to elect Democrat to Congress wherein he saya that .the allied countries with whom we are as sociated against Germany would find it very difficult to believe that the voters of the United States had chosen to support the President by electing a majority controlleo by tno.e wno ara not In fact In sympathy with the atti tude and action of the Administration. I read that to mean that they would not understand the election of a Re publican Congress He need have no fear on that aaeore. The people of tha allied countries know which of the great political parties ot this country Is the war party: they know the party responsible for the period of watchful waiting which pre ceded the Inevitable declaration of war. and at what an awful cost to the al lies; they know to which party he- opged the leaders who opposed the declaration of war and the conscrip tion act; they know that It was trie Republicans who stood by the Presi dent, and but for their support ine vital war measures would have failed. They know the election of such men a Henry Ford, who kept his son out ot the trenches, will not frighten the Kaiser, but will fill him with hope of having an ally In the United Statea at the peace negotiations. i The allies will biers the oar that a Republican House and fc'enate are elect ed, for they will know that there will be no danger of a peace without vic tory. The allies know that a coalition government has proved most ernclent in time of war. and the election of a Republican Congress will show tha al lies that all tha American people ara united In winning the war. ANGKLO CUNEO. ' Ex-President Italian Societies. 207 East Twenty-sixth Street- HO,MK- Home is not a place to stay. But where there's good cheer all day. Home Is not a boarding place. th But where there's sunshine In each face. Home is not where riches dwell But where eweet Patienre weaves her epelL Home la not whare all la fair. But where love lightens every care. Home Is Just a place to see How brave and splendid one can be, A place that makes all heroes bold. And heroines aa fine aa gold. Home Is where the bravest hearts Are dally acting noble psrts. Where angels' tet have hourly trod Tea, homo la where there's most of Good. ' MART HESTER FORCE. Tea, tho War Ia la Fraaee. Tld-Blta. Percy AI'm awfully glad tho waWs ovah In Fwanco. Doris What are you talking about? The war Isn't even be ginning to end. Percy Al didn't say was. Ai merely said Al was glad It as otah In Fwance. bili, is (H1H(.:d to angi.lus t'laraaaaaa Flssersjas Drslrs fliver dowlasr la Kkk-svIsk Meassrv. ORKGON CITY. Or.. Oct. 31 (To the. Kdilor.) The Portland sportsmen want to do tho same thing with the Willam ette River that they did with the hunt- , Ing grounds at Sturgeon 1-ako and thereabouts. They leased all the land around the lakes and sloughs and feed the ducks, not allowing anyone to hunt on their land. Naturally as they ant l everything for themselves, rrgardlesa of the othef fellow who might want to hunt, through their Influence a bill was passed by the legislature which prohibited anyone to shoot or kill game from a boat. They are doing the same thing with the Willamette KJver and If the people of the state do rot slop them a common person will not he al lowed to fish with hook and line In a few years to come. Mr. Shoemaker m.k.a ih. .ut.n.nl i that it la not a fight between net fish- ermen and sportsmen, but that the bill cornea directly from the state authori ties. If thia la true why didn't the state authorities urge and Influence the bill to be put In at the Legislature In stead of the Multnomah anglers? Why, when this bill came up at tha Legis lature, did the anglers hire a special train to take about 100 of them to Salem to see that the bill waa paased? It was the anglers that put the bill through at the Legislature. Mr. Shoemaker also makes the state ment that the Columbia River cannot spawn its own egga because the prog ress of civilization hinders it. Still the Columbia River is closed two and a halt mouths of the year to allow the fish to reach the spawning grounds. Why does not Mr. Shoemaker make known the fact that In order fully to stock tha Columbia with a sufficient amount of eggs the flshwheels would have to be removed In order for the fish to reach their spawning grounds In sufficient numbers? Why itot have the anglers come out and say to the people: "We want the v ll.amette River for a playground, may we have it?" Then let the people decide. Who wants protection of fish more than the men who have been making their living off of them and expect to fish mora for the vama purpose? We surely want to protect fish for the fu ture years and have been wanting to long ere thia. But every time that w net fishermen would offer an effertlve plan to save fish from destruction when we suggest that a rack be put across the channel of the electric plant mill race which would save tons and tons of fish annually; when we offer to catch the aalmon which were en trapped In the millrace, and sell them to the public at a very low price and give half of the gross proceeds to the Red Cross war fund we are laughed at. But the fish died there doing no one any good and endangering health of people living along the river. ANDREW J. NATKRLTV. Secretary Clackamas County Fisher men's Union. WORKER KOUS NO RKCilLATIOX Mr. D Neffe Tells of Wars, la mm Dla BMlwsal From Salpyara. PORTLAND, Nov. 1. (To the Edi tor.) In The Oregonlan yesterday ap peared a letter written to Judge Gan tenbeln. candidate for Circuit Judge, by Mr. rennell. president of the Coast Shipbuilding Company, stating the rea sons why he discharged me as a work er in his plant- The reasons were that, as an employe, I had no right openly to express any opinions of a personal or political character. The Judge print- i ed the letter as a part of his campaign propaganda, and I mfist state my aide of the case, as a certain stigma always attaches to a man's being fired from hla Job. thought It my duty to respond to the Mayor's call to help out the short age In the shipyards, although I was making a good living at my practice. I worked at hard manual labor for 10 weeks, from 4 to 12 P. M.. devoting the daytime to my business and helping with questionnaires. My fellow-workers had read a reso lution of the officers of the Daddies' Club aralnst Judge Gantenbein and asked me what I knew about it. so. at the dinner table, I told the men about Judge Gantenbetn's war record and about his refusing a commission aa Major w hen It waa offered. All present agreed with me and paased a resolu tion to that effect unanimously. When 1 made the talk I knew- of no company rules forbidding me thus to express my opinion, and those present in authority never asked mo to desist. For making that talk Mr. rennell fired me. and told me so. He says in his letter to Gantenbein that that whs the reason, and Gantenbein evidently approves of that reason, for he has printed Pennell's letter without com ment as a part of his campaign ma terial. F. M. DeNEKFE. I. A Is-W H O-H - K.EN -LON G- A W A Y. Lad-Who-Has-Been-Long Away, I received the word today And my last glad hope has vanished O. I tried to make it stay: But Its embers one by one Died as though their work were done And the red and gold October Mocked me In the Autumn sun. Winter enow upon the grass April rain upon the glass Junetlme ana again tctoocr Days on weary days will pas. Summer sunshine Winter rain Springtime gladness Autumn pain Then that holy unnamed season When the ships sail in again. All along the little street I ehall hear the sound of feet. Other mothers, other lasses Ftui-hing. hero-loves to meet! Kager eyes and hungry lips Aching, thrilling finger tirs Tender notes of sob-choked laughter. Crowded homes and empty ships! Standing In the doorway there Thinking of your vacant chair I shall see the oldsfrienda passing Filled with. Joy too great to share; And the hungry heart of me Calling, reaching 'cross the ea Will have ample cause to wonder What a breath of Joy can be. I-ad-Who-Haa-Been-Long-Away, Children dancing by to play Mind me of the fields of Flanders Whera the slender poplars away: And the asters at tha door And the sunlight on the floor And the red and gold October They shall never know- you more! GfKTRl'DE ROBISOX. Dallas. Or. lLA1"S LAMENT. O'er thy western rampart Scotia. Kvening creeps In purple veiled, 'As beneath tho bent and heather Sleep brave hearts that never quailed. Hark, the dlrgeful ptbrochs" walling From lone Inlay's rugged shore. Walling, wailing, sad hearts breaking O'er tho loves that are no more. Sad. Oh sad 1 thy destruction. Wild north wind and dashlcg sea. But man's envy ever hating. Is to man more cruel than thee. Sailed they forth in morning splendor Sons Columbia loved so well. Now she Joins the pibrochs walling O'er the placo her heroes fell. See. Columbia boweo. In oorrow By that lonely Islay shrine. As she drops her crimson roses. l'crfume-1 with a love divlre. .MAi.GAKtIT EKAL'HAW. In Other Days. Twetsty-ave 1 ear At. From The Orestoritart. November 2. Isf3. Portland's eond street railway catastrophe within a year occurred yesterday when an electric car Inbound from Milwaukle rlurtged through the open draw at the Madison-street bridge and sank It. to the river. All hut seven of the - 0 passengers saved their lives y leaping. Five corpses hare been re covered, wnue tnose or a man ana Doy are still missing. The Young Men's Christian Associa tion will have Its opening reception to morrow night. A programme of song-, recitation. Instrumental selections and short addresses will be given. Senator W. F. Matlock, of rendelton. has brought to Portland four Peorlesa potatoes, which are very appropriately named. Kach Is 11 Inches long and ll Inches In circumference and logathcr they weigh 13 pounds. George W. Cable, the famous writer, mads his first appearance in Portland last evening at the Tabernacle in the role of a story teller. Residents of Marquam Hill had a touch of Winter yesterday afternoon, when a light snow fell between 4 and & o'clck. Fifty Tear Ago. From The Orecontan. Novemr-er . ISAt. I'aris. Maps are aald to ba prepared by order of the French government anil have been issued to show that tha Em peror has strictly regarded the fron tiers as laid down in the treaties with neighboring powers. Washington. General orders have been Issued from Army headquarters by command of General Grant, publishing by direction of the President tha pre visions of tha Constitution and laws In relation to Presidential elections, to gether with a law prohibiting all per rons In the military or naval service from Interfering In any general or -e-cial election. A. J. Dufur, Esq, who resides en V.e Columbia bottom six miles east of l-ortland. understands the business of farming so as to ma'.e It successful. Ho has a farm ot tod a.-res. about 00 acres of which lie on the bottom above named. A match game of baseball waa plaed at Forest Grove on Saturday. October 31. between tha Tiger and Academic clubs, in which tha Academlca wero victorious. The Tiger aoore waa II. the Academic . leaving a remainder of 32 In favor oX the Academlca The public school of East Portland, under the charge of Mr. Pratt: teacher, closed a successful term on Friday last. The school now occupies two buildir.gs and la graded according to tha pro ficiency of the pupils. The new- school house 1s completed and supplies a want long felt In this growing village. DITV CAN !EVF.R BE AUJOIBM'.O Job of Malatafnlaa 1 ala aa .a Traa Re pa bile Moot Not Bo AbaasToaew. PORTLAND. Nov. 1. (To the Edi tor.) We. as Americans, used to pride ourselves In the privilege of be.ng able to vote for the man and the policy which our Judgment told ua waa tho best. Today, while enjoying the late.-t model of democracy, we are told by Its leader that we must vote for Demo crat ic candidates for Congress In order to show the world that we mean busi nesa In his words "to show that we stand behind the Administration." Unfortunately for the coiners of thia fable there exists a source of official news called the Congressional Record. In It one may see the trend of tho vot ing by our legislators. Thia paper Is published by tho Government for tho people. It will not require much study to convince one that the Republican members had tho largest percentage of votea In favor of war-winning meas ures. A sludy of the Connresaional Record proves two things to anyone who will sec. First, that the Repub lican members of Congress realiaed svhat was needed to. win the war. Sec ond, that they w-arjt to do all mat mey can to help win the war. But what shall we say of those whose record shows less than this? We can say. and let tho Ooncressional Record prove, that the democratic members did less. If the. record which the Governmen t prints Is true, and I fear It is, think of the self-recorded Indictment. Yet It Is insisted that we vote for Democrats. Politics have been reconvened be cause ike Republicans have estab lished a precedent yea several of them for this unusual demand. When a leniocrat gels in bad he stutters and tells you that it is all right becauso the Republicans have done it. But mind ou. if it Is all right, the Idea Is theirs. They are the original patentees. In fact, they w-ould not rlo anything wrong at alt If the Republican party didn't do it first. Hut this is a serious business. The Republican party has been accused of pledging its word of honor and then breaking it. .O. for a polite and yet expressive term for tho author of that fable. Think of it! Wo aa citiaena of a re public which was created by Republi cans, saved by Republicans and ia sus tained by Hepubllcana. are requested to vote In a manner that the wishes otona man may be executed, right or wrong. Think cf It! Going down. Ofie man cannot rule a people and the people still rule the rnaolvra Wo are not going to write or talk peace terms to tho German nation while it Is on its feet. 11 Is important tnat we elect men who realise thia great need. The past shows these men lo be Republicans like Withycombe, Mr- Arthur and MrNary. Tho Democratic party haa no better men. When they becc-me better thev graduate. B. R. BIRKU.NBEUEU The British Bead. From "Werk-o-Dar Warriors." (TCrttten and Illustrated by LleqtenaBt Joseph l.e. Itere do we lie. dead, bat met Alseeatent: That which wa fnuad to do has had ae- compilahrnenL. K not for ua oprlea or oet ofan: Tho viariisnt aiarnt, taa ossperato tar is dene. T ether hand wa leava tho encinaj sword. To other ton rues to speak tho arousing w ord. Hero do w lie. dead, bat set dlseoatet-t: That whirls wo found to do haa bad ac complishment. rorjet tss not. O Lojxl for whlrh wo fell slsy it go well wltts Knclaad. still so well. Keep her bright banners wtthoot blot or slain. Lest wo should dream that wa had died la vain. Brave bo tho dTO to come, whea wa Aro but a wtatlul memory. Here do wo lie. dead, but not diseontent; -rnat w M-h wo found lo do haa bad accomplishment- ..riartoa el-rle. Sll.VEKTON. Or.. Oct. 11. (To the F.ditor.) Can you tell mo whether the. aviation branch of service la open now? Also If there Is a recruiting office la Portland for same? L. W. MAG KK. About the only chance for admis sion to this branch is through com petent orders. Issued by tho Chief of Air Service, United States Army. Wash ington. D. C The Marine Corps haa oc casional calls for Ha aviation brands. To communicate with this branch ad dress Marine Corps Recruiting Station, Panama Buildiua;. 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