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The first impulse of the average American - on reading that the Ger mans have appealed to the allies for food is to exclaim against the audacity of a nation, guilty of such monstrous crimes in asking those whom it has injured to feed it. The shortage of food in Germany is the result of the Cierman people's own act, and they could more easily have obtained sup plies from abroad if they had not murderously attempted to destroy all ships on the sea. The first inclination is to let them starve in just retribution for their sins. But the allies cannot deny food to Germany without injury to themselves and the world at large. If Germany were left to starve during the coming Winter, when it is already in the throes of revolution and is suffering flie mortification of defeat, it plight sink into anarchy equal to that of Russia; might even relapse into the savagery which prevailed toward the close of the Thirty Years War. The allies can make peace only with a nation having an organized, orderly government, able to meet its obliga tions. Germany lias a huge bill of damages to pay, which 'cannot be col lected from a starving, chaotic na tion. The allies can exact payment only from a nation which is well enough nourished to work and which is at work. There is lamentable shortage throughout the world of necessary commodities which the Germans can help to produce. Russia already has practically ceased to work. If Ger many and the countries to be formed out of Austria were to become prac tically idle from the same cause, the world would be deprived of the prod ucts of more than 300,000,000 people, including millions of the most highly skilled. It must have what they can produce, and in order to get it, must feed them and help them to re organize. This does not imply pardon for the German people's crimes; it implies punishment in another way than by starvation. When they whip their new povernment into shape, the allies can make treaties with it, can exact pay ment for the immense injury the Ger mans have done and can obtain guar anties for the fulfillment of their ob ligations. The retribution will take the form of the load of taxes which they must pay for many years in order to discharge their debts; also of the opprobrium which will be heaped upon them wherever they go. Then they will learn that it was wholly not from magnanimity or for giveness, but from enlightened self interest and from regard for the wel fare of innocent nations, that the allies fed them while the tortures which they had inflicted on millions were fresh in memory. JfSTlC'K FOR THE TORTURERS. Germany having, by the terms of the armistice, agreed to repatriation of all prisoners of war, interned sub jects and civil populations evacuated from their homes, a host of half starved, mutilated, crippled and dis eased soldiers and civilians will re turn to the allied countries, who will constitute evidence as damning to Germany as did the released Serbs jigainst Bulgaria. But that will be only the beginning. There will be many gaps in the ranks, due to the deaths of thousands who have been murdered in all the ways known to the ingenuity of German brutes. Account must be given of those martyrs to liberty, of the cause of their death, and who is responsible.- Germany continued to the last day the destruction, spoliation, defilement of the land she has invaded, the de portation of the civil population of places her beaten army can no longer hold. The French government has given official warning that the Ger man reople and the guilty individuals will be held to account for these crimes, saying: The German people, who are accomplices ,n these crimes, will have to bear th con sequences. The authors and directors of these crimes will be held Responsible moral ly, judicially anil financially. They will seek in vain to escape the Inexorable expia tion which awaits them. The account with them is opened and will have to be settled, l'ranco is now in communication Willi her allies as to the decisions that may be com c to. The released prisoners will be a cloud of witnesses against the mur derers and torturers.' The nature of their stories may be inferred from what has been told by the compara tive few who have already been set free. For example, a British officer whose hand was paralyzed tells of a German doctor who was dressing his arm and, having exposed a nerve, said to his assistant: "Now you shall see how an Knglishman can scream." Then he put the wounded arm ovet tiie assistant's shoulder, bound it to Tils back and gave the nerve six ex cruciating jabs with an instrument There will be stories of men with great holes in their feet compelled to work in the salt mines barefooted: of wrecks of men clad in rags, often with the upper part of the body naked, some with blue weals on their backs; of six British prisoners who re turned from work in the coal mines mere shadows, their bones sticking through their skins, all of whom died. A host of men guilty of such crimes would live in terror of the punishment which is promised by the allied gov. ernments. Some hold high office and doubtless have influence. Such be ings would rather see their country utterly ruined than face .the tribunal which would administer punishment 'to them. Fear will be their ruling passion fear not only of orderly Jus tice, but of reprisals in kind, for such brutes cannot conceive that civilized nations would scorn to sink to their level. The hosts of the guilty will be one of the influences working against peace. It is well that President Wil son has joined the allies in their reso lution to exact compensation for all such wrongs, but he should go far ther and give notice that the guilty individuals will be punished with strict justice, but with no mercy. CHRISTMAS OVER THERE. It would be a pleasing outcome of the peace developments if the re strictions upon the sending of Christ mas gifts to soldiers overseas might be removed, or greatly modified. It would seem that relaxation of the strain upon shipping, consequent upon the lesser need of munitions and the free employment of unconvoyed fleets, would permit the use of a few more vessels for the transportation of gifts. For, after all, if we were to send a ten-pound package to every single one of 2,000,000 soldiers, the total would amount only to 10,000 tons, and a way surely could be found to take care of such a cargo in an emergency like this. Christmas is still nearly six weeks away, and there is now uninterrupted cable communication between this country and the authorities "Over There." There appear to be no in superable difficulties in the way of amending the rules made to fit a sit uation in which every ton of shipping space counted. The pleasure which would be given to our soldiers would be no greater than that which would be felt by the home folks. Indeed, there is reason to believe that the chief sufferers under the present lim itations have been those who could send no gifts at all unless these were practically solicited by the prospective recipient. Merely to permit the forwarding of packages which would come as a sur prise would be to bestow a reward upon our men in France which they richly deserve. The spontaneity of Christmas giving has been largely lost in the protective regulations which were all well enough when they were made but which do not now seem to be so necessary. Many a soldier has refrained from sending an approved package label because of reluctance to ask for a gift, and many others have been unable to do so because of other duties and circumstances. Can not the Government find a speedy way of making Christmas a real day of re joicing for the men across the sea? m'DS FOR WELFARE WORK. The financial statement of the Na tional War Work Council of the Young Men's Christian Association, duly audited and covering operations from the time of our entrance into the war until July 31, 1918, is an in teresting document because it gives a clear idea of the magnitude of the task to which the great bodies em braced in the present Welfare drive have set themselves. All that can be said as to the wide range of activity, the pressing need of further contribu tions, the necessity of continuing the work until the last soldier and sailor has been discharged, will apply with equal force to all of the associated organizations. The entire body is working in harmony, and all must reach their goal in order to assure the success of any one of them. It is important to note that the statement, which shows a balance of $17,000:000 on hand as of the date mentioned, must be read with appre ciation of the work which has been done in the more than three months since then. In the intervening time the balance has been entirely spent and it has been necessary to borrow more than $10,000,000. And the work of the T. M. C. A., as well as that of six other bodies, is growing steadily. The purpose of the whole movement is to "keep our men up to the mark," to help them to resume their former positions in civil life without losing step with the world, to furnish them with healthful recreation and with opportunities for education. The last named phase will Be increasingly im portant now that the armistice is on. Kvery hut, whether of the Y. M. C. A or the Knights of Columbus or of the Jewish Welfare Board, will be turned into a classroom. Women will help in the work. The 'American Library Association will send more and better books than ever. The Salvation Army will continue the good work it has begun. There is complete unity of action among- these organizations in the dris-e, and there ought to be no hold ing hack on the part of any of the people There will be none if due thought is given to the necessities of the situation at home and abroad. RAISE THE SHIP EMBARGO. There are disquieting indications that the Government intends to abandon the building of wooden ships. The latest word from Washington is that attention must now be given to construction of big cargo carriers. There is a prejudice against the large wooden ship that builders have not yet been able to overcome. There is on the other hand a limit of use to which the wooden ship of 3500 tons or s can be put in the American Merchant Marine. Because of limited fuel capac ity it has a short steaming radius, and under American rates of seaman's pay it is costly to operate. The trade routes of American ships are not ordinarily snort. But the future of the wooden ship yard is by no means hopeless. The type of vessel it produces is in demand in the Mediterranean and but little less in demand in the Baltic and In Japanese waters. It is probable that f the shipyards were permitted to build on foreign contract they could Keep busy lor years to come. But during the war emergency the ship building resources of the country were mobilized exclusively for American ship building. The embargo on for eign contracts should now be lifted. The issue concerns not only the se curity of investments and the welfare of the workers in the shipyards. It involves the immediate market of. the lumber industry or the Northwest- Spruce production has been halted. The mills engaged in cutting spruce have already piled high their yards with unsalable side cut. Building operations are yet at a standstill and w-ith little prospect that they will be resumed at once. The war's end calls for a readjustment of industry. There is no more pressing need for consider ation than that presented by the lura- l' t i aim sinuuiLuiiig uiuuatnea. It in truth has a bearing upon de mobilization. The sane course and the one already given approval pro vides for feeding men nowunde arms back into Industries and occu pations gradually, as those Indus tries and occupations can give them place. If there. 1st now a, sudden, gessa. tion of all activity in the lumber In dustry there will be unnumbered civilians competing for the places that might otherwise go to returned sol diers. It is a problem that calls for action. The shipbuilders believe that they can keep going if given the chance. . It ought to be given them. DEMOBII.IZATIOX OF GOVERNMENT. A task of do less magnitude than the demobilization of the Army after restoration of peace will be demobili zation of the Government. The old de partments and bureaus have been enormously expanded and many new ones with tens of thousands of em. ployes have been added for the sole purpose of carrying on war. Peace and the assurance of its continuance by the formation, of a league of Na tions will demand abolition of almost, if not quite, all of the new bureaus and contraction of the old ones to their normal proportions. But experience has proved that one of the most difficult things In the world is to abolish an office of the Government. It means patronage for Congress to distribute, a job for its chief and much influence for him to wield. It follows that all manner of excuses are invented for keeping it alive, no end of shady tricks are played and filibusters axe organized to block bills. There have been cus tom houses, land offices and pension offices which have been maintained for year after the duties or fees col lected or the pensions distributed had shrunk to little or nothing. The of fices existed only to provide salaries for political retainers of Senators or Representatives, who had a particular Interest, while the people whose money was wasted had but a general interest. A very few of the new bureaus may properly be continued with diminished staffs, but the vast majority will have no reason to exist after normal condi tions return. Watch the politicians as they try to attach new leeches to the public purse as perpetual memen toes of the World War. AMERICA'S FART IN THE WAR. Pride in the part which thevUnited States took in the war fills the hearts of all loyal Americans. It is Justified by the fact, which the allies gladly admit, that this Nation gave the added weight and the final push which sent them over the" top to victory. When we look back at the military situation as it existed in April, 1917, we realize that the resources of the allies in men. money and material were strained almost to the limit, that their confidence was beginning to weaken and that some of them were beginning to believe the best they could hope for was a compromise peace, and that German propaganda was cunningly and persistently spread ing this opinion, especially in Francs and Italy. France had suffered ter rible losses in the abortive effort to break the German line north of the Aisne, and the defeatUts were busy breaking French morale. Italy was dependent on her allies for food and all important materials, but the supply was limited by the shortage of ships, and her army was valiantly but toil somely and slowly struggling through the Alps and the Carso Plateau. Ue slruction of ships by submarines reached its maximum In April, new construction could not possibly keep pace with it, and for the first time famine threatened the British people. Immediately upon the American declaration of war, the Governnfent came to the aid of the allies with great loans at much lower Interest than they were paying, with acceler ated production of war material and with food. Soon afterward the Navy sent its first ships to join the British in fighting the submarine, more fol lowed at frequent intervals and the two fleets were fully unified. The Gov ernment entered upon a big pro gramme of Naval construction, which was pushed with great speed, and American inventive genius was turned to devising methods of killing the sea assassins. All available ships, both American and those of the enemy, were pressed into service as trans ports, and vast energy was applied to shipbuilding. The Army and Navy were recruited to maximum war strength with volunteers, of whom about 1,500,000 were enlisted. The draft law was passed, giving assur ance of a constant flow of reinforce menu. These were the practical evi dences of co-operation with which America gladdened the allied commis sions which hastened to this country'. But Marshal Joffre wanted the French people to be able actually to visualize American "participation In the war, as an antidote to defeatist intrigue. In compliance with his re quest, a division of troops was sent over in June, 1917. It received a rap turous welcome, but looked pitifully small to people who had become ac customed to seeing huge armies. Then we began to realize the herculean labor of equipping an unprepared Na tion for war on a large scale. Kvery thlng had to be provided which all European belligerents except Great Britain possessed at the outset. W could not send a great Army until we had manufactured arms, clothes, land transport vehicles, built ships and cantonments, drafted, organized and trained men, nor in many respects fintil tools and factories had been made. Officials bound with red tape and encrusted with barnarles acted with the deliberation customary In peace-time. New officials, drawn from business life, started some things witr a rush, but started them wrong. as in tho case of ships and aircraft. The very size of the giant added to the difficulty of getting him into action. Further contingents were sent to France, but chiefly to build docks. railroads, warehouses, hospitals and to cut lumber for an Army which was not designed to take the field In great force until the Summer of If is. Until then the allies were expected to hold the enemy at bay and cut off a few of his claws. As the Winter of 1917 drew on, the people became impatient for tangible results, tney demanded speeding up. and the big business men who bod been welcomed only as volunteer aids were given real authority in place of, or over, the bureaucrats. Then they Degan to- "get a nustie on" and equip ment began to pour out In quantity. Not until far on in the Fall of 191T did the first American troops take a place in the fighting line, and they promptly showed the stuff they were maae or oy repulsing a raid in the Vosges Mountains. Then came th German raid on Selcheprey, in front or Toul. which was driven back with terrible loss to the Boches. The Yanks proved not to be the untrained, un disciplined mob which had been de picted by the German propagandists. American engineers also took a hand in stopping the German drive west of Cambrai in December, and won praise for impromptu fighting. When the great German drlva fnr i Xmiens opened on March 21, 191S, auu lureen li.ii it iuiv auiea almost to that city, the Americans ehowed their ability to do big things la a hurry. An appeal came from the allies to hurry troops across the ocean. Great Britain and France provided almost two thirds of the necessary transports, and the trickle of khaki swelled to a tor rent until before July 1 there were a million Americans in France. The movement has continued without abatement until when hostilities ceased the total in Europe was 2.200,000, and about 1,500,000 remained in camp in this country, while a second draft law had provided for an increase to 5,000, 000 by July, 1919. This great new array of men in the prime of life and full of seal filled the gaps which German onslaughts had made in the allied runka and built up a reserve which the enemy could not hope to match. The allies at the same time got the benefit of the splendid system of railroads and bases which the Americans built, and Amer ican food supplies, spared by economy among the whole Nation, made good their deficiencies in this regard. As valuable a contribution to victory as any by Amerfca was made when Pres ident Wilson cast aside all considera tions of National pride in maintaining a distinct Army under independent command. He consented that Ameri can troops should be brigaded with those of the French and British, and thereby hastened the day when they became available for service in battle. He declared in favor of placing all the allied armies under single command. thus enabling Premier Lloyd George, of Great Britain, to win a point fo which he had long striven. Tho wis dom of this act has been vindicated by the almost mathematical accuracy with which one attack on the Ger mans followed another tinder the su preme direction of Marshal Foch, giving them no rest to re-organize, no chance to make the most of re serves and finally exhausting them. The results of these arrangements soon became apparent. Americans joined Australians in winning a clean- cut victory on a small scale at Can- tigny. When the Germans drove to the Marne, Americans stopped a push westward by hammering them back at Vaux and Belleu wood. When the final drive for Paris was attempted, he enemy was hurled back at Chateau Thierry by Americans and Yanks had a large rart in driving tho Boehcs back to the Veslc. As more of the Yanks qualified for large scale opera tions, the First Army was placed on the Toul front and In twenty-seven hours cut off the Ft. Mihicl salient. which had been a thorn In the side of the French for three years. Ameri cans were given the place of honor n the drive which broke a great gap n the Ilindenburjr line, and others had a hand In the advance by which the British cleared the enemy out of French Flanders. The greatest achievement of the Americans was made in .the last act of tho war. In line with the French thev had the most arduous work to do in a drive which extended from cast of Itheims to cast of the river Mcuse. Slowly but unceasingly they pressed forward through woods, over heights, through swamps and arrows rivers, in face of fire from machine guns aa numerous as rifles are usually. They did not stop till they reached historic Sedan, where they threatened the line of retreat of the entire German center and where they were halted only by the armistice. It was the knowledge that thev had to face these relentless fighters as well as the indomitable British, French and i-ieigians, that millions more were to follow, and that all their va..u.l nations had deserted which finally blasted the hopes of the Germans and broke their morale. They could see nothing before them but a Winter of defeat and retreat in which they would surely bo driven in rout across the Rhine. The British. French Italians and Belgians had wearied the Hun and cured his love of war; the Americans, coming in fresh when he was groggy, dazed him in the final round and caused him to give up in despair. An appropriate place for the Ger man republic to keep the denosed Kings and Princes would bo one pf tne pest ana torture camps whero tney nave Kept allied prisoners. The most disgusted people in the United States are a large number of young men in khaki who feel that the armistice has robbed them of a trip to r ranee. Springfield arsenal, which was pro ducing sixty rifles a day before the war, attained an output of 1400 a day in uctoner. A request from the Food Adminis tration is not needed to make Orc gonians eat Oregon turkey Thanks giving day. i nt war ocing over, nam jvioore. the Oregon apostle of lime, quit shin building and will get into the real lime light again. No matter what happens. Oregon lumber will be needed to rebuild Europe, as well as Oregon grain to reed her. Two years of right living has made this the healthiest people on earth but there is yearning for return to the flesh pots. First thing to be done should be to relieve thousands of the war "snaps' they hold; but they may be the last to go. The fighting Yanks had Just besrun to enjoy themselves In France. They have a grievance against Germany. Wonder how long it will be before ham and eggs become a dish for a poor man Instead of a millionaire. Substitutes fed to Kuropean peoples will be great Improvement on what they have been getting. Now the. prophets of pessimism arwj the wallopers In woe will begin to tune up their yawp horns. Although peace is made, we still need those ships, so keep hammering away. The Crown Prince is either dead or alive, and nobody much cares which. The Crown Prince, however, might be put on a chain and given to Italy. The great question of the day Is when ham and eggs will come down Honest, now, wasn't the new Con gress elected just In time? Nothing much now to hinder ee lection of next year's car. I The Jobs are awaiting the boys who , wenuajjroao, Stars and Star-makers. By Lea a Case User, ACTRESS has lodged a cemp! against her husband in a civ complaint vorce J. -i- suit, saying he "possesses a hal lucination that he has great wealth. Teh. But I'll bet If he had the wealth she wouldn't be divorcing him. One cannot repress a smile at that part of a late German War Office re port which says: "Our troops withdrew In order to keep in touch with their neighbors on the heights. And It must have been some Job to keep even "In touch" with their fleeing comrades, who, admittedly, were hitting the high places. News note says that: "In one day the Phonograph Records Recruiting Corps gathered In nearly 11,000 old records." And I think that a woman In my neighborhood bought about half of 'em. e Rod Just Rod. not abbreviated for Rodney Wasioner Is In Portland ahead of "You're In Lovs. which Is to open the Helllg when the Helllg opens. Just at present next Wednesday Is the date agreed upon. Whan the company closed here awaiting the lifting of the influenza ban Mr. West-oner hied him self to Los Angeles, his home tewn, to visit hia mother and a flock of sisters and brothers, whom he hadn't seen In seven years, when he visited the Coast ahead of "Madam Pherry." Mr. Wag goner Is an ex-newspaper man and Is also a writer and producer of vaude ville sketches. Did yon notice the tall, lanky, ex tremely long-legged Uncle Samuel In the Victory parade one part of It last Monday? If you could have seen under the paint and powder you'd have recognised that popular comedian. Os car Flgman. who Is Max Firman's big brother. Oscar Is the comedian with the "You're In Love" company, and be has been sojourning In our Influense midst since his show closed. Since he archi tecturally follows the same color schema and proportions of Uncle Ham. he was a complete and unqualified suc cess In the part. t Fpesklng of the Pieman. Mas, of that family, andhls wife, Lolita Rob ertson, and the two babies. Maxlne and Max. Jr., are to sail soon for Australia. liey are under a three-year contract and" wilt appear In several of the best known plays with which they have been Identified. see Ruth Oatea Is leading woman at the Pabat Theatei a stock company in Milwaukee. Ceorge Taylor, another player known here. Is also in the Milwaukee company. e Marts Oressler has arranged for a six weeks' lour of the cantonments, giving her services free. A support- ng bill, which accompanies her will receive salaries. e Lillian Cerbrr. of the two Oerber Sisters, an Orephum act, mas married In Chicago a fortnight ago to Hob White, vaudevitlian, whose rest runt he record disclosed is Herman Res- lie. The bridegroom left for service In France the day of the wedding. e e Bert Leslie, king of slang, who last season appeared in "Ifogan the Paint er." a comedy sketch written by rank McOcttlgan. has a new one for this seuaon. written by himself, called "The Cave Man." The character of "llon' is retained, the title referring to a liowery cave man, whom someone dares to Invite to dinner In a private suite at the Waldorf. see In a theatrical exchange Is an Inter esting bulletin from Waller S. Duggan, formerly of tho Cohen Harris forces. and now color sergeant in the B24;li United states Infantry, stationed In France. He tells graphically of meet ing a band of American entertainers. "A week ago last Friday." he writes. I learned that in a certain village some eight miles distant from my com pany, a typical Broadway show wu to he presented that night. i Inquired of the Y. M. C.-A. leader, and what a surprise I got when the names of Kllzabeth Brlce, Tommy Gray. Lois Meredith. Margaret Mayo. Will Morrls sey and Ray Walker were mentioned. thought a bomb had hit me. Our com pany was off the route of this wan dering bunch, and I thought out a scheme to get them to visit our billet. With the permission of our command ing officer 1 hiked to the village where tho actors were to show. I arrived just in time to eee Tommy Gray and Will Morrlssey pushing one of these Kighth-avenuo frutt carts, carrying their baggage. He didn't recognize me at first in my uniform. I remarked that I had Just come from the front with a message from Cohan. t Harris, ordering hia troupe to . report at our headquarters. He stood bewildered for a niinute. hut began to laugh when took out a three-sheet of Cohan from my coat. It was one of the three- sheets 1 am carrying with ma en route to Berlin. Tommy Immediately grabbed It and placed it on the push-cart. "Then they switched their route. When Miss Mayo saw the three-sheet she had a good langh. too. In fact, the entire party joined In the spirit of the situation. I waa thankful for the men of our company that we got the show. For a moment wevdldn't knew where to hold It. We had no opy'ry house. Tho mess hall was eventually cleared. and a stage erected. Borrowed cur tains from a French lady. Once com pleted, the stage settings were better than the settings of "It Pays to Ad vertise," used at Last Jordan, Mich., and many other towns I visited with It. The back walls consisted of Army blankets with a three-sheet ef Cohan squarely In the middle. Far a spot light we disjointed tbe General search lights from the bussing automobile outside. The footlights constated of candles and cans of original grease that the boys Intend to patent and sell to the P.arnum si Bailey crowd when we get back. "It was a picturesque setting with the men silting on the floor. The men howled over the show, which lasted two hours. It waa the finest touch of Broadway we have seen since leaving New York. Once ever, the detail care fully folded the three-sheet and packed It away with the others. The man are guarding the three-sheets so that they can plaster the walls of the banquet hall with them In Berlin." News Is received ef the death ef Peggy Cameron, pretty little Ingenue with May Robson's company. Miss Cam eron was stricken with ejpanlsh In fluenza In Boston while appearing with' Miss Robson at the Hollia Theater In "A Little Bit Oid-Faehioned." the was but 22 years ot age and. while not well known professionally, was a fav orite in the company. Following atoslon. Miss Robsen was booked for three weeka in N'ew Fng land. On account of condltlcas those bookings have been canceled and the company has returned to New York, see George M. Cohan has Just received a Boche bayonet which Alexander Wooll cott. former dramatic critic of the Times, picked up cn the battlefield during thererent German retreat from the Veals. "I grabbed the bayonet and stuck It In my haversack fnr. you." Woolleott writes to Cohan, "because the name of the little half-demolished French village where Frlta ran from tne Yankees is Cotaa," United States Government Presents FourwMinute Men. II ALL 8. LUSK. The word "peace" is on every tongue and on the long line from Holland to the Vosges the rattle of the machine gun Is beard ne more. Peace la here, but S.OvO.OOO Americans who crossed the sea to fight and suffer that you and I might continue to breathe the air of freedom, are still In France. That which our country set out to do in April, 117. largely by their valor and sacrifices has been achieved. We stand in their debt beyond the power of words to express: for they offered their lives for us and greater love than that hath no man. But though peace Is here and victory, the day when, heroes and patriots, they shall return to us is far distant, and now and during all the weary months that must Intervene before the last American soldier can board tbe trans port for home, they will stand In need of the solace and help ef those "min istering anaels" of the war who, com bining their efforts, are today asking you to give your dollars not for them selves, but for your boys over thera, in order that as near as may be, on a foreign soil and amongst a atrange people, they may participate In thoe blessings of home with which we would surround them were they here, not there. t!od knows, it Is not ak a favor that your money Is sought for these benefi cent purposes; our soldiers have earned t: it is theirs of right. A you love America and are proud of her sons: as your gratitude is not merely of the Hp but shines in your works: you will give to the fund of the L'nlted War Work Campaign without stint or limit. APrKiL DKKKATS OUT PtltPOiE rreaiaeat's Krrar Skvsjlsl 'ever Be He. seated. Says tseasecralle Paper. New York World. The World did not agree with Presi dent Wilson last month In his opinion that the election of a Republican Con gress would be In any sense a repudia tion ef his Administration, and of course we do not accept that view to day. The present P-emocrailc Congress, acquitting itself admirably In many ways, la chargeable with trrlevous sins of omission and commisMon. As the World said more than a week asro, this Congress has yielded loe often to nar row sectional and sectarian Influences Some of Its leaders have mad them selves the obedient and bumble serv ants of Republican marplota. A few of iia tiiembera have carried their pacifism and pro-Uerinait demagogy of neutral days into th fierre strife of war. Con demnation was invited. it la th bixty-fifth Consrrta and not th President, therefore, that la in dis favor, and there ran be no question ef the recognition of this fact abroad as well aa at home a hen. In spite of many misrepresentations and inisconceptlona. everybody Is mad to underatai.d that on this occasion the people were elect ing a Congress and not e President. More regrettable. In our estimation. than any political changes that have taken place Is the spirit of partisanship which hn been awakened, and for this th President cannot be. held blameless. Th World said si the time, and It as now. that his Interference with the nomination and election ef members of Congress In various slates waa unwise and calculated to defeat the very pur pose thst he wished Is promote. Amer lesns have always responded to true White liousa leadership, but they have Just aa consistently resented Whit House intrusion upon their local af fairs. There never should be a repe tition of this error. As we can imagine nothing much worse for the country In its pressnt situation than a continuation of the venomous partisanship recently In evi dence, w must entreat Democrats as wall as Republicans to remember that th interests at siak transcend In Im portance the welfare of any political organisation or the future of any poli tician. Th call today la to duty. Those who give closest heed to that summons will have the fewest reasons for regret anri apology Hereafter. To all such we commend this passage from a short speech by Abraham Lin coln a few days after the Presidential contest in 1S(4: "The strife of thta election la but human nature practically applied to the tacts or the case. What has oc curred In this esse must ever rerur In similar cases. Human nature will not change. In any future great National trial, compared with the men of this we shall have as weak and as strong ns silly and as wise, as bad and as good. Let us therefore study the lncidenta of this as philosophy to learn wisdom from, and none of them aa wrongs to he avenged." If It la human nature. Irritable on provocation, to go to extremes of pas sion and excitement, so It is human nature, on returning soberly to reason, to correct Its errors and reject evil counsels. With unlimited faith in the patriotism and good sense of the Amer ican people, without regard to party, u e look for a truce at Wanhlnirtan that will taut at least until peace has been established ahmiid. Tilt-; M.ACKF.R. Lcav your home In the liitlc town at the foot of the purple hill Where ever the quiet stars look down on a silent world and still: Come wilh ine where the gay lights smile on the loves and hates of men (But what If ships come horn the while, or the dead rise up again?) Happy the songs I shall sing te you. merry the tales Ml tell. Many the gift I shall bring to you. fweet. 1 shall love you m-e!l: Sad young lips will I teach to smile, O come away with me (Hut what If th dead rise up the while, er ehlpa come horn from ea? GERTRUDE ROBINSON. Pallas. Or. Sebalaala ef Tel. SALKM. Or, Nor. II. fTo the Ed itor. I have written a novel, c'an you by any chance tell ma how I might go about marketing It? Is It sufficient simply te mail It to some publishing bouse ith a not say ing I should lik them to consider it for publication? And are irere certain firms more kindly disposed toward the work of new authors? Could yu name a few? I C MILLER. Before yen send the manuscript ot your story to the publishers for ap proval, write to them, enclosing a stamped addressed envelope for reply, stating that you have such and such a story for sale, with description of plot, length of story and that It is typewrit ten. Too many stories are lost In transmission. Writ en en side of th paper only and use double spaclag In typewriting. Inquire ef these publish ers, enclosing stamped envelope: Bobbs. Merrill Company. Indianapolis. Ind.; A. C. McClura- Co, 13-5 East Ohio street. Chicago, or George W. Porsn Company, lit Madison avenue. New York City. Arareetlsm Vlee-Cosisl. ALPHA. Or.. Nov. II. (To the Kdl tor.) Ivlndly Inform me If there Is an Argentina consul in Portland? If not where la the nearest one? C. E. III'BLER. The nearest Argentina representative Is R. A. McKensla. vlcs-conaul. Ta coma. Wash, In Other Days. TxralT-Htt Year A so. From The Oresenlaa. November 14. 1S- The First-street people mho are try Ing a franchise for an electric railst a on that atreet conferred with the Judi ciary committee to whom the ordinance waa referred at the last meeting of th.i council at Its second reading. Th committee decided to recommend th- passing of the ordinance, wtth a fe trir.mg amendmenta The committee on street eprinkllnil ana cleaning at their meeting yester day decided to recommend before th. City Council that a Contract fnr hrlnk ling the streets along the tracks of th. I uy at au Durban fetreet Railway at th. rate of Si cents per mile, should b. made with Mr. Simonds. of that com pany. Investigation Is now being carried or. in re itard to the dumping of garbage manure, ana otner ruih. by the scav engers. In the giilch under the Aider street bridge, which has become a menace to the public health, especial to the S00 students in the hitrri trhoc I nearby. Officer Hunt will station ar.l oincer there at once. The Multnomah Amateur Athletic As- snciation will not consolidate with thel i amend Kowlnr Club, was tha decisioi made by the trustees last night In thelrl meeting to consider the recommenda-l lion mat the two clubs Join f frees. Those Who Come and Go. M. M. Kiddle, or Island City, says that tne larmcrs are harvesting up In bl section of Orecon at present. Late ralnr nae civen the barley crop a eecon.: growth and th farmers are rejotctnir Mr. Kiddle, who Is a son of Ftato Sen-I ator Kiddle, is registered at th Imps rial. Senator Kiddle has alreadv re ported that Union County is over the top with Ha quota for th united war I work campaign. ivan .. Martin, of Fslem. Is a guest at the Hotel r son. Mr. Martin was re-elected m th Lcalrlatur aa a Rcp- rrremaiive irom Marmn County. There wsa a reunion of th Hart lamuy at tne Ken. on Tuesday, when Lieutenant K. I. Hart. U. ft A.: Walter it. Hart and Mrs. John Han. mother or Hie ynting men. arrived. Mrs. Hart and Walter came from Chicago to ere me i-irutenanu R. G. Frown, of Karle Point. Or.. in the city, having brought a shipment vi r i ovk. jte is at ine imperial. hourlern young men. six. of them from ll.-piiner and six viore from "on- don and the other tw, from FmI arrived in Portland Monday on their !' t war. When they arrived at the IitineriMl they wero slopped bv the (iovernment braure of th alanine- of the armlstire. and th boya were or dered to return horn-. Th bunch were among the most cii huelasi ic ot the peace celebrants In Portland. C. If. OeWltt. of Hubbard, chaper oned a collection of ttlsa to the Port land market Tuesday. He registered at the Imperial. France and th War Pcpartmcnt liava opened the door lor a consider able number of Portland women autn- ists. These art wanted at the front to drive ambulances and Grorce Whlt wortli Purcell. a blrh official of the Red Cross. Is at the, Multnomah Hotel while endeavoring to interest women of Portland In making the trip over there. The announcement yesterday that Portland has a fully uniformed and enlisted platoon of auto drivers brought Joy to the heart of Mr. Purcell. and be Immediately went out to com municate with Mrs. Cudlipp. captain ot th squad. Ambulances are to be In use for a long ttm In France, he says, and there is opportunity for man y wo men to enlist. Army officers at the Multnomah, where there Is a colony of them, were discussing last night the rejection of a drafted man named McKenna, who wmt to Vancouver front a draft board in Montana- It waa the fifth time the board bad certified the young man a. a member of Its quota, and his rifth re jection. The young man knew he could not get past the Vancouver doctors, and it was said that he did not want to come this far from home, but waa compelled to do so. Army officers placed the blam on th local draft board for causing the United States to spend several hundred dollars In trans porting young McKenna- about the country. E. R. Lyman, assistant chemist of the United Elates fm.Tl and drug in spection laboratory, arrived at the Im perial yesterday frcm Seattle. P. P. Inglesby Is on a business trip from Condon and la at the Hotel Ore gon. Herman Abrams. vice-president and director of the Famous Players Lasky Company. as at the Benson yesterday and left for California. He was for merly vloe-president of the Paramount Pictures Company. Mr. Abrams Is la the West looking over the movie situ ation. H. M. Hcbdeii, a ttoston school book man, who Is at the Multnomah. Is an admirer of cameos and Is said to hae one of the Onest collections In this country, noma of the specimens In his collection came from pawnshops. Ha arm need yesterday with George King, a clerk at th hotel, te acquire King s scarf cameo hen t,he clerk wapta to sell it. Mr. and Mrs. !. Tt. Wattls. of Salt 1-ar.e. are at the Benson. They are here to confer aalth several UtaJt peo ple regarding business Interests. . J. A. Van Wle. who has been fen- structtng theaters In training camps, left the Mulmnmah yestorday to b present at Camp" I-e is neat w eek when the theaters open. If. M. McCorrnlck, Interested tn ship building at tu Helena. Is at th Ben son. C. Gilmsn, former president of the Nort.i Biink Railroad, waa at the Mult nomah yesterday, while paying a short visit In Portland. Major and Mrs. R. O. t-lark, of Aus tralia, were among th Hotel Pertlanil arrivals yesterJay H. It. dinger, of th Flat Dntal Board, ram to Portland yesterday from Ealein to attend a meeting of that bed y. Amonr th Bole people at the Port land yesterday were Uuy Fleming and U. D. McCurr. Mar I.ljcaf at 1-eaa Ceet. Flectrical Kxperl;nen ter. From lilS to lso Sptrm oil and randies, average home used 25 candle t-ours a tilsht. or ooe a year: east !;. 1K55 to li Kerosene Introduced with to per cent more light; same cost of fit. IsSS to 1SS7 Kerosn reduced to II cents a gallon, gas to It a 1000 cubic feet: average family used ?.000 candle power hours a year; cost ISO. 18S5 to 1S0S Kerosene disappearing, electricity and Welsuach mantle com 1 n In, SCO. 000 candle power hours average f.tmily used a year: cost 1-0. lsoi to- ISIS Average gas candle power hours, S00.008. Aversge electric candle power hours. III. 000. o'ie to sav ing through switches; cost fl. Maximum llshl now of average fam ilies. S60 randies, or about II times ths; ef century sgt. ,