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TIIE 3IORXING OREGOXIAN, SATURDAY, NOYE3IBEK 1G, 1918.
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How to Remit Fend poatofflc, money or
der, express or personal check on our
bank. Stamp, coin or currency are i
efa risk, tilvo p..atofrlce addreaa In lull. In-
c.uulnaT county and state.
Poatace Katrs it to 16 par. 1 t IS
t- 22 paxea. 11 cents; 84 to 4S pages, a cenia.
nt ia tin n a cents: 6:1 to 76 paces, o
other important port in both the net of wealth. Lippe Is traditionally pro- wheat in one field this year might
and old worlds. This will require ac- Pfussian in its sympathies. It took the have been $1.50, while in an adjoin
tion by the Legislature and probably side of that kingdom in the war of ing field on exactly the same kind of
by the voters of. the city. When it is 11166 and Joined the German confeder- land the cost might have been $1 or
effected, care should be taken that I ation in 1871. ' I 75 cents." And in both cases he might
places on the new commission will be It may be that Count Leopold was have shown the Senators that produc
filled by men who have strong con- influenced in his decision to quit his I tion costs this year might have been
victions in favor of the rights of the I office by the fact that there has been 25 or 50 per cent above or below those
port and who are ready to Join in an an immemorial row in Lippe over the of last season.
aggressive fight to obtain and maintain I succession between the houses of I A ' fanrner could have shown the
Those Who Come and Go.
them.
Lippe-Biasterfeld and Schaumburg- Senators that in addition to land and
Lippe. Incidentally, It may be noted cultivation differences there are
that the ruler of the latter country twenty-seven or more other factors
also has resigned his place. Counts that enter into the cost of wheat pro
are rated rather cheaply in those little duction, and that the grower some-
German state nowadays. The Al- I times makes a greater expenditure to
LAW ENFORCEMENT TO CONTINTTE.
Determination of the War Depart
ment to insist upon continued en-
forcement 'of local regulations for the I manaks de Gotha as well as the atlases produce ten bushels of wheat than at
protection of our soldiers implies no and encyclopedias will require a lot
distrust of soldiers as a class, but only I of revision following the coming con-
recognizes the fact that there exists gress -of. peace.
as much necessity now as there ex
isted while the war was at its height 1
for adopting measures for their pro
tection. The twin tempations, liquor
and the social evil, require regulations
now If they ever required it. Secre
tary Baker expresses this idea .when
other times -to produce twenty.
The great mistake, that Senators
and secretaries, agricultural experts
and economists continually make, and
have been making for fifty years, is
TVOT THlt TTWR TO STOP GIVING.
- . , - iv n fnn in assuming that the business of ag-
- I riciiltnral nrnrlnctJon ran hn reduced
restrictions, if it touches a respon- and d sub1ect to the cold, ac-
sive chord in the breasts of Amerl- curate calculations of mechanical in-
cans, ought to be followed by in- dustirv For a manufacturer to fig-
BO to 60 Dare. 4 cents; o- 10 10 - I iai uaaci yi cool, j luia auca i . ... 1 tt-uj 1 . -
n"; 7H "pieea, o cents. Foreign post- h that .th Government prc creased subscriptions to the United ure the cost of producing. a bar of
nii tn t9v no mugnn iinncAil In " iron, a, plow or a xiiirvesuiiK uiauuiuo
- I - , ,1,1 on ,in1 Tire- I . . . ... - ,
continued repression of social evils ""m"u' Z Z, IS B relatively easy ming, ior ne can
and sale of liquor from now until such 8nts, f opportunity for showing our very closely estimate the cost of all
time as demobilization is fully ac- Goft3 lnzo lne malting or mose
complished " '"u l""'i,u'tu - 1 tnings. nun agriculture it is rar an-
fn, fee or wnite riour ana s,ugar. lei us ferenL
this. Cine of them is that whether in ?t0P- I?.0K. n.a loosetl. Jf Powers Farming is a productive1 Industry.
v - T... tnu. iirrlMVerrea at Conk
Tin. brunawlek bulidir. New York; Verree
Conklin. Pteaer bulldm. Chlcano; erree
Conkhn. Free Pre building. Uetrolt. Mich. :
San Francisco representative. K. J. Bldwell.
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diers shall be returned to civil life as
strong morally and physically as they
were when they left it. The other is
that abundance of caution requires us
not to regard the war as ended until
order has been finally restored. There
will be no relaxation of vigilance at
the front; there should be none at
until the war nts, in very iact, oeen Chanlcal industry. It is one where
won- I there are hazard and uncertainty all
Work of the organizations which , aiona. the iln. from tha tlmA thft Eeed
are caring for . American soldiers is put lnto tne gr0und untii the crop
aDroaa ana in me camps win not. ucttoc ,orVpSfori rt Is in inriiiKtrv whurn
for months to come. It is plain, from the human element counts very largely
the turn of events in Germany and and the divine' element as well, and to
Austria-Hungary, mat an army 01 tv, nr t,tn. hrm..'. .Kirr,
occupauon win nave its wuin. iui " wni Buil be a problem.
for It. we are not mrougn yei wim
Russia. Even if we were to Degin to Crowns are falling so fast that the
demobilize tomorrow mere woma noi ex.Kings' colony is in danger of be
be ships enough to bring our expeai- coming crowded. King Constantine
tionary forces home within a year I cf Greece had .no sooner been joined
and at the same time transport the by King Ferdinand of Bulgaria than
supplies which will be neeaea to sup- i jn came the Kaiser, heading a process
port a working Army ana a Hungry Sion of the Kings of Bavaria, Wurttem
world. I burg and Saxony and a dozen or so
The American people are so ramiuar I German grand Dukes. Now comes
with the -.work of the organizations Charles of Austria-Hungary. It is the
which we are now called upon to con- open season for Kings.
tinue to support that a review of their
claims upon them would seem to be I Peace makes the need of contribu-
suDerfluous. Suffice it to say that the I tions to the war work fund not Ipss
ties of war seem to have passed. The appears to have Joined the family of same high motives which prompted but more, for it opens the gates for
greatest gam or ail is tne spiru 01 co- states that more or less enlov the he leaders in the beginning still pre- America to send helD to millions who
operation springing from realization I privileges of the initiative and refer-1 vail, and that the consolidation of could not be reached while the war
Uiai we are one peopie worKing ior a endum. Those who adhere to the seven "drives" Into one has so iar was on. The only other change is that
common ena, ana mat energy ex-1 wtde-ODen svstem of direct legislation eliminated all waste that the sud- peace brings nearer the dav whtfn all
pended la, strife is waste, which pre- I win aeree that Massachusetts rets into scriber is more than ever assured that will be able to provide for themselves
vents or delays attainment of that the family by a scratch. Those who his dollar will give a full 100 per cent and when, therefore, the call for help
ena. uy co-operation we ae ac-1 Iook UDOn direct lecislation as a Desti- of service. And it also is to De re- will cease.
complished great things, which have hence will likewise agree that Massa- membered that the success of all is
irrauriea our national pnae, earnea chusetts has endured merelv a sue- necessary to the success of any one.
tne admiration 01 our aiues ana con
THE SLOGAN FOB PEACE-TIME.
The time has come for Americac
tinsinpss to "chanee front and ad'
van" not after the stvle of Kuro- home.
r,fkin. hut into the field of peace in- aiany mings may nappen Derween
stead of that of war. As Judge Gary now and the final ratifications. For
r Xew York, this reouires 'Dru- any eventuality we snail do prepareo.
dence and deliberation, but. as he also if we continue the measures which have
iH it nniirM cnuraee. That ouality been so successfully employed in the
has been displayed in industry as well Past eignieen raonuis. Aua n is worm
. nr. ths. hattlefie'd. It has been I noting parentneucauy mat me man
called forth by the emergencies of ner in which the law has been en-
war. Its exercise snouia De conimueu
throuirh the time of peace. een warrant or wnat, can oe ac
" I 1 : T J I at .
Certain distinct gains have resulted numpuaueu n vc ny.
from the war, and they should not be
lost by any relaxation of effort, any I RECKLESS MASSACHUSETTS.
Joss of courage, now that tne necessi- Massachusetts, by a small majority.
I cessful vaccination.
tributed In large measure to victory. a. reeards amendment of the con-
Like co-operation can accomplish as stitution several of the fundamental
great things in peace. rights enunciated in the old document.
e have learned tnat, for war, mere which is said to be the oldest written
J3 a gain to the Nation in a degree constitution in effect, are preserved
of combination among corporations fr0m the operations of the new svs.
engaged in the same inaustry wnicn tern. The provisions that are open
does not impair their separate iden-1 can be amended only by a devious
tity.nor tend to selfish monopoly. There course. Ten citizens by signing a pe
ls also a gain in co-operation for a tition for an amendment mav obtain
common purpose between employers official blanks. When to these 25,000
and workmen, as has been splendidly names have been subscribed the
proved by the Loyal Legion of Loggers amendment goes to the Legislature.
and Lumbermen and the lumber man- The two houses sitting as one body
tifacturers and by the various devices consider it. If one-fourth are willing
lor settling industrial disputes with- that the amendment shall go to the
out cessation of work. There has been I people the amendment is preserved for
great gain rrom aia or a Die Dusiness action by the next sessign. If one-
bx-bmperor Karl can make one
valid plea in extenuation. Unlike
William of Germany and Ferdinand
of Bulgaria, he inherited the war and
long ago tried to get out of It- But
his dynasty was bad as those of the
QCTCK DISPATCH IS TltE GOAL.
A suggestion of what may be ac
complished in Portland by providing
.1 .. a 1 V, e'nn 1 fins 4 ci - rr
, . ; . "u,u"' tTT"'ntCB Romanoffs and Hohenzollerns, and
tained in a speech by Representative . .v, 41 ..L..j
a memuvr ui tuo vuii,icitwuin "
gallon wnicn recently-iu, v,- exclndine- thA hnnooM. tr-
tie front. He said that the party re- r r r " ' .
f'm Pr,n on the Leviathan. "to new government, me
rir.., r. v:,. . cnnnf ts . wrman socialists follow the bad
:,'r.""vH :0c Boisheviki.
, onnn ,utl lanrlsmen '"""6" url""6 men are
a aC wv :V7:: educated and. therefore, less incompe-
V'JS tent le than the Russian work.
uiie uy 110 fuiuavvna tj - i men.
continued
At the time we went on board she left Jjot even war could break the dead
line-i " " H 1 -..-...i nu.. vvu.u UlCU lUO UKIU-
men in the work of the Government, fourth again express a willingness for lcwged n soo people, unloaded 3000 lock ln Congress on water power legls-
Tnat wnicn is gooa in time 01 war 1 its submission the amendment goes to tons of freight, beside, nine complete air- lauon, ana it may now be tighter than
is surely in some measure and with the voters." The amendment is adopted Plan "nd .5U Liberty motors; ; also ever. Possibly not until all the coal
some modifications good in time of if it receives an affirmative majority f water, and a cargo of 713 westbound pas- and all the on have been burned will
peace, ir tne American people ao not 0f those voting on it. provided that seng-em. it used to take at least nve imj. uugnaa permit water power to Tie
tnus apply me lessons or me last two maloritv is ao ncr cent of those who mi, Doai iu ( .- . usea.
years, they will throw away one of the ro to the polls That achievement was the result 01
most valuable rompensauons ror tne The Legislature may also submit! tne wont or tne unneu " -u"- Arter rignting ror nearly four years
losses of war. constitutional amendments. After a structmg a wen-equippea port m and a quarter, the British army got
Viewing our problem in this light I momr.ni- France, in equipping the ship in the back to Mons Just before the armistice
we shall see no cause for apprehen- m.ifr.Htv nt th members of either same fashion and in training men stopped hostilities. John Bull is slow.
sion and we shall treat talk of depres- house may call a Joint session for its both ashore and on board. It is an ex- but determined and deadly sure when
sion as the rankest folly or as the consideration. Majority approval gives ample or eiriciency as appueu m Dla nuna is set on a tning.
deliberate misstatement of would-be I it life until the next session, when I ping, whlcn means quitK. uibij.h.i-u
trouble-makers. There is abundant another majority may order it sub- more than any other thing. W ith ves- Sugar restrictions are relaxed Just
work for every pair of hands, every muted to the voters. sels of such size and cost as are now jn time for the mothers to make the
brain and every dollar in the world. Initiated bills also go first through built, dispatch counts for more than g00& things for Thanksgiving and
The sole problem i3 to divert their the Legislature. Again ten petition- all. else in economy of operation, by Christmas. What a Christmas they
energy from the things they have been I era with 20,000 names may start a which one port competes sut-t-easiuii Wlll have in Europe, using their food
doing m tne work or destruction to bill on Its way. If the Legislature witn anotner iu tuiacuu, caras to start tne rire:
those which they must do in the work does not act favorably on the precise Dispatch is the goal at
of construction. I measure submitted the original ten land aimed In voting ?5,0UU,uuu o Americans are not unanimous in
Nor is the destruction they have can then alter it with perfecting dock bonds, and it is up to the uock joy that the war is over. There are
wrought an absolute loss. In freeing amendments and by secures 5000 ad- Commission to kick the goal. It will several hundred thousand young men
the world from absolutism they have ditional names insure its submission score by providing everything to en- in khaki who feel that they have
torn down obsolete structures which 1 1 the voters. The Legislature may
had outlived their usefulness, if they I at the same election submit a substi-
ever had any, and have cleared the I tute.
ground for new structures, more The referendum is the only quick
sound, solid, enduring and beautiful. I and easy process of the three. Fifteen
able a ship to get in and out of port been cheated out of a trip over there.
with the smallest loss. of time.
The crown Prince of Germany wept
at renouncing his title to stie crown,
but it is not recorded that he shed a
tear for the hundreds of thousands
t nnc RniPLE. BIT IT ISXT.
What does it cost to produce a
Admiral H. H. RouBseau. of the Unit
ed States Navy, was one of the distin
guished visitors at the Multnomah yes
terday. He had breakfast with J. W.
Hall and Samuel C. Lancaster, of the
Emergency Fleet office. The Admiral
is a keen-eyed chap and most modest in
bearing.
Russell Hawkins, of Kilches Point,
Tillamook County, is in the city taking
an interest in the meeting of lumber
men today.- Mr. Hawkins is at the
Portland.
I. N.' Fleischner bought a ticket for
Tillamook yesterday morning, and
equipped with his fishing outfit, was
headed for Batterson Station. A brake
man informed Mr. Fleischner that the
Nehatem was muddy and Mr. Fleischner
left the train before it pulled out of the
Union Depot.
The Camp Lewis football , players
were quartered at the Multnomah last
night and today will be tendered the
use of the big hotel bus in going to
Multnomah Field, where they are to
clash with the players of the M. A. A. C.
Thorp Babcock, general manager of
the Northwest Lumber Company, of
Hoquiam, arrived in the city yesterday
to attend the meeting of lumbermen
in Portland. ,
James Corbett, of La Grande, a well-
known railroad man of Eastern Ore
gon, registered, with Mrs. Corbett, at
the Imperial yesterday.
P. Kosugi, a Japanese importer of
New York, was among yesterday s
guests at the Benson.
W. J. Raymond, a well-known Pa
cific Coast newspaperman, arrived from
Sumscarey, Wash., yesterday, where he
has been doing welfare work in a big
camp. Mr. Raymond is housed at tne
Oregon.
Ross Farnham and W. P. Myers, of
Bend, are at the Multnomah.
Nesmith Ankeny, of Walla Walla, is
visiting here, and is a guest at the
Hotel Oregon. -
W. H. White, of San Francisco, reg
istered at the Multnomah, is here to
try to place his line of non-destructible
laundry machinery among the wash
eries of Portland. Mr. White contends
that a linen collar has a chance for its
life in his machinery:
Rev. Andrew J. Graham registered
from Boston at the Hotel Portland last
evening.
M. M. McCoy, of the United States De
partment of Agriculture, is at the Im
perial.
A S. Fulton, immigration inspector,
stationed at Tacoma. is a visitor. He
is registered among the Imperial guests.
Victor Agnew, of Chicago, who han
dles glass paperweights, disclosed a
trick suit, which he uses. Mr. Agnew,
who is at the Multnomah, has about two
dozen pockets in his clothes, and car
ries his samplesrln them out of sight.
This dodge enables him to get close to
his prospect without causing alarm.
United States Government
Presents Four-Minute Men.
BT JOHN H. STEVENSON.
The United War Work campaign is
no less necessary now than it was be
fore our fightera had won. In fact, ite
necessity has increased. America's and
the world's defenders have passed
through the fiery retort of war, in
which all their time and energies have
been enlisted. Now comes the relaxa
tion and the reaction when help and
the touch of home are vital, if they
ever were.
These boys risked all that nation
alized brutality and barbarism should
perish and men remain free. Their
job is done, or nearly so. Ours can
never be done until the last of them
is back, home safe. We promised to
back them when they went away. Our
reputation for fair play is at stake;
likewise, the simple expedience of
decent square dealing. It is unthink
able, in the light of every thing that
is American, that we shall fail them
now.
The debt we owe to those who fought
and sacrificed for us can never be paid.
iney nave given us victory, freedom
security and peace. Now we are aske
to contribute something to keep . th
fires burning brightly in France; some
thing by way of gratitude, it is sug
Rested. Shan we contribute? Thi
isn't war work we are talking about
now; it's Thanksgiving'
In Other Days.
There has been, much destruction of I thousand na.mes are reauired to sub-I , i,n hinsh that
useful things, but that has been un- mit an act of the Legislature. There would seem not a very difficult prob- whom he sacrificed at Verdun,
avoidably incidental to wrecking old I are certain laws excluded, including!, ki oca flnllnrs and num.- I '
structures and will be amply com- emergency measures. Were it not for berI'ess days of study have been ex-1 That husband who alleges he was
pensated in time by the peace, order the exceptions made of laws subject nnarcntlv easy auerv relegated to an attic room, cold and
and Intensified energy of the future, to referendum, the Massachusetts ref- hv n0bodv knows how many Indus- cheerless, says he gave his wife half
J V i T rT-l . I . . . , I " J . . hid n- rrno f-.nl.. "KnlO 1 A :,,
MODESTY NOT Ol'R BESETTING SIX
Mr. Ulten Indorses Mr. Moore's Cantlon
' Against War Braggadocio.
PORTLAND, Nov. 15. (To the Edi
tor.) Please allow me to express my
thanks for C. B. Moore's letter advis
ing Americans not to brag of our part
in crushing the Hun autocracy. Tha
Yanks have done well. They have
done their duty fully and honorably,
but we had only a small part in the
battles. We are the least of the suf
ferers. France, England and Italy
have each suffered more casualties in
any one of many months than all of
ours for tne whole war. vve at Home
have endured nothing that should ever
be mentioned. All the American suf
fering is the 100,000 casualties at the
front.
Modesty is not the besetting Na
tional sin of America. We have a
world-wide reputation for bragging
about what we have done and from
what I have seen of Americans abroad
I think it is deserved.
In this war we have done so little
we have suffered so little in the cause
of freedom though we have helped to
do so much, that it is most devoutly
to be wished that all Americans will
take Mr. Moore's lecture close to their
hearts and that we may never again
show any one any sentiment with so
little to justify it as the cry that "The
Yanks did it. It is glory enough that
the Job is well done and the Yanks
helped. America's greatest glory in
this will be shown in most generous
appreciation of what the allies have
done. W. S. U'REN.
A DAY OF REJOICING.
Hen, heaven or Hoboken.
Were the words so fitly epoken
By our great Commander Pershing, so
they say.
And ere Christmas he'd a notion.
They'd be sailing o'er the ocean.
On. their way to good old U. S. A.
And we folks at home are weeping
At the time so slowly creeping.
Tho' we sent them over there without
a tear.
But they'll cheer us with the etory,
How they fo.ught thffir way to glory
Ana won the cause to them and u
so dear.
So cheer up fathers, mothers,
Wives, sweethearts, sisters, brothers
For Hoboken it is sure to be.
They have had their share of hell.
Now in heaven they'll rest a spell.
inougn some or them remain across
the sea.
How we'll cheer them when we mee
them.
To the best of all we'll treat them.
For there's naught too good for Uncle
Sammies boys.
To our homes we'll proudly take them,
Ana our neroes we will make them.
And share with them our pleasures and
our joys.
Still there's some will turn in sadness,
irorn this day of Joy and irladness.
For to them, it leaves them sad and
lone.
But to theirs will be the honors.
And we'll gladly be the donors.
For, but for them we never should
have won. ADA M. YOUNG.
THE FIVE PROVINCES OF TURKEY
ir we rebuild aright. The work before erendum would be almost the equiva- trious calculators, and the answer to
us may oe likened to adjusting a lent of the Oregon process. The 15.000 day seems to be as far away as ever,
machine which has been making one voters who must sign the petition con- nws renort from Washington.
article to the making of another. As I stitute about 2 per cent of the total which on its face shows no evidence
mat wouia taKe a rew minutes, so vote of the state. The Oregon rerer- . humorous intent, savs that Secre
his wages. Only half? Most men will
think he is served about right,
Toung women misled into answer
ing advertisements of rascally men
adjustment of the world's huge ma- endum reauires the signatures of 6l.nrv. -Houston, of the Department of should report to brother or father.
chlnery to the works of peace may take I per cent of the legal voters, but the Agriculture, in a communication to Judges and -juries are easy on rela-
u lew uioiiins, out tnereaner proauc- I number of legal voters is aeterminea i the Senate in response to a resolution I uvea in sucn cases.
non -win go anead witn the greater not by the registration but by tne calling for information on the cost of I
efficiency and in greater volume for number of votes cast for Justice of the producing farm products, reported It is the really poor who buy fuel
our having cleared away the imper- Supreme Court in the preceding gen- tflat after an extensive investigation in small quantities and need every
iaiist trash which has cumbered the eral election. Probably less than 60 the department was unable to give stick. It is proper, therefore, that the
cartn. npr cent of the legal voters cast bal- nnv tantribla data on the subject. "short" dealer be fined heavilv when
Then the slogan which should guide I lots for Supreme Justice in the recent I of course. The only tangible data I caught.
the American and every other nation election in Oregon. on that subject would be the mere
at this great turning point of history In Oregon the referendum bypeti- statemetlt that the problem which The notice of next civil service ex-
is: Have courage; pull together; go tion has been much the least used of the Senate doubtless handed out to amination for mail carriers says that
Negro Minister to Tlnlrl.
MOUNT ANGEL,, Or., Nov. 14. (To
the Editor.) (1) What negro slave at
the age of 28 years was invited to
lecture in Great Britain where money
was raised to buy his freedom and in
1889 became United States Minister to
Haiti? (2) Who was called the father
of wood carving?
RUTH McCOXNELIj.
1. Frederick Douglass.
2. If anyone has been given the title
it is misapplied. Wood carving has
been practiced since the days of an
tiquity. Specimens of Egyptian work
produced 4000 years before Christ are
extant. Thomas Bewick, an English
man, was originator of modern wood
engraving, a different art. '
Descriptions Given of the Divisions
Within Fallen Empire.,
In a war geography bulletin the Na
tional Geographic Society gives
brief account of the five provinces or
districts into which Asiatic Turkey
may be roughly divided. The bulletin,
which Is based upon a communication
to the Society from William H. Hall,
says:
Anatolia (the name is from a Turk
ish word, meaning 'the dawn'l lie
between- the Black and Mediterranean
seas. This district is the home of the
greater part of the Turkish population,
perhaps 7,000,000 in all. Here is a case
where the people can be distinguished
irom tne government. liven the so
called subject races hav, suffered but
little more at f the hands of the gov
erning officials than the common Turk
ish people.
"When one remembers that all gov
ernment of the empire lies solely in
the hands of a group of not more than
300 men, and that they impose their
selfish will on Turk and Christian
alike, one readily understands how a
distinction can be made between peo
ple and government. In spite of a con
stitution having been proclaimed and
a parliament summoned, the people,
whether of Turkish or other race,
have absolutely no voice in the affairs
of the nation. ,
"Armenia, east of Anatolia, extending
to the region of the Caucasus and tha
Persian border, is the site of the an
cient Kingdom of Armenia. The pop
ulation is not wholly Armenian in fact.
even before the war, the majority of
the people were Turks and Kurds but
here the bulk of the Armenian race
was found.
"It is a rugged land, a succession
of mountains and valleys, where the
people have had to contend with nature
for the establishment and maintenance
of their homes; but, like all highland
countries, it has been the -means of
producing a religious, freedom-loving
people.
'They were the first nation to em
brace Christianity, when, in the latter
half of the third century, their King,
Tiradates, accepted the n w faith, and
Twenty-Five Years Aaro.
From The Oregonlan, November 16, 16S3.
Ukiah, Cal. The overland stage was
robbed five miles north of here this
morning by a lone highwayman. He
had on blue overalls, a cotton mask
and carried a double-barreled shotgun.
No one was injured. The amount taken
is unknown.
The tenth anniversary of the organ
ization of Company G Oregon National
Guard, was fittingly celebrated last
night. At 8:30, 85 of the 107 members
assembled at the Armory, from which
they marched in formation to Baum &
Brandes restaurant, where the banquet
was given In honor of the "tin wed
ding." Berlin The Reichstag was .opened
today by the Emperor in person. In his
speech in. opening the session the Em
peror expressed the hope that the mem
bers would not deny him co-operation
in developing army institutions.
On August the 28th the British bark
Alexander Black sailed from Panama
for this city. She is out 81 days today,
and nothing has been heard from her.
Panama Bay is often a difficult place
to clear, but it is felt that if she came
to grief there she would have been
spoken. That anxiety is shown for her
is proven by the fact- that 7 guineas '
have been paid in England to reinsure
her.
THE TRIUMPH.
There were mighty storms on the
water, on earth and in the sky;
The ominous roar of the conflict was
like a vast world-cry;
While out o'er the heaving ocean and
caught by the passing tide
A message came from tha helpless slain
who in the storm had died.
The whole earth reeled on its orbit, like
a gourmand, drunk on blood.
Shaken by might of the tempest,
stunned by the strength of the
flood;
The skies were dark with scurrying
"clouds that issued deadly rain;
A night-time fell o'er a raging hell and
a world locked fast in pain.
Then forth from the one safe dovecote
there fluttered a white-winged
bird,
Charged with the sacred mission that
it speed till its voice be heard;
Nor pause, though the seething waters
be thick with the ghastly dead!
Nor pause, though the skies be livid
with the lightning overhead!
Nor pause, though the frightful voices
of the storm kings raged and
raved !
But ever to wing still onward, till a
dying world be saved!
The message borne on its pinions, as it
cleft the surcharged air.
Was a message of hope and succor to
souls that were in despair.
!
Oh, long was the way and weary, and
long was the waiting time.
While the white-winged bird, unrest
ing, flew on in its course divine;
Oh, bitter the way and winging, till the
mission be fulfilled.
Yet onward the-bird went, singing, till
the mad storm voices stilled!
Then the dove turned back to the
homeland the clouds were
tinged with gold:
The waves on the quiet ocean were
murmuring as of old;
The wings of the bird were drooping.
its plumage was stained ana
torn.
But it had not failed it never quailed
till its message it had borne!
Oh, many a weary watcher by the dove
cote knelt and prayed
That roar of the cataclysm by the
white bird might be stayed;
And their faith has had fulfillment
their hosannas shall not cease.
For the dauntless dove, circling above.
is bringing the answer "Peace!"
GRACE E. HALL.
LET'S CELEBRATE APPROPRIATELY
Solemn Recognition of Fallen Heroes
Should Not Be Omitted.
PORTLAND, Nov. 15. (To the Edi-
or.) Another opportunity will soon
be giveh Portland to commemorate
the greatest event in all history. It
is to be hoped that the next celebra
tion will lack some of the raw ele
ments which accompanied Monday's
outburst.
It Is far from , likely that had this
Nation been engaged in the great war
since its outbreak, with losses pro
portionate to those of the allied na-
ions. a whole day would have Been
given over exclusively to noise and tin
can pandemonium. It Is certain that
those who have sustained the greatest
loss were least in noisy evidence last
Monday. Some part of the coming
rganized celebration should De given
ver by this entire community at an
ppointed interval to silent commemo
ration of those brave men of all tia-
lons and communities who have given
heir lives in our defense.
There is plenty of time to perfect a
roerramme tor me exposition oi Heart
felt patriotism, unaccompanied by evi-
ent desire to parade lor tne creau oi
any effort or agency except the fight
ing men of the allies ana America.
They won the war. Who else could ;
What else could any OI us ao man neip
them from behind the lines in safety?
Some have helped at flo per day
eiiiht hours; countless others have
forward.
MARSHAL A IX FORCES FOR THE FIGHT.
Portland faces the necessity of a
hard fight in order to gain the com
merce which is its right, provided it
asserts and enforces that right. In
order to win that fight, all its forces
should be united to win. Pacifists and
slackers cannot be tolerated in the
fight for Just railroad rates which are
an essential, condition to. commercial
progress, any more than they could be
tolerated in the war.
The first to move in the matter have
been the Chamber of Comcnerce and
the Traffic and Transportation Asso
ciation, and they will doubtless be
Joined by the Oregon Public Service
Second Oregon at Manila.
GRESHAM, Or., Nov. 14. (To the
Editor.) (1) Who was the commander
the implements of direct legislation, the Secretary merely as a little ex- only men will be admitted, yet the of the Second Oregon Volunteers?
It is not a bad guess that the slow sys- ercise in arithmetic is not only be- women substituting seem to be doing (2) Dld the regiment see any active
service. uio icgimeni biuuiik
the first to go to ttfm Philippine
Islands? - T. O. MARTIN.
1. Colonel Owen Summers.
2. Participated in capture of Manila
from Spaniards August 13, 1S98, and in
a number of engagements in the Phil
ippine insurrection.
3. The Second Oregon was one of
three regiments in the first expedi
tion from San Francisco, and some of
its men were first to land at Cavite,
opposite Manila. ..
tem in Massachusetts will, if not im- yond the calculators, but beyond cal- well.
mediately, soon discourage use of the I culatlon. The curious fact Is that the
initiative. The exclusion from operation head of the Department of Agricul- Legal contests for public offices are
of initiative and referendum include I ture should seriously have attempted one sign of return to normal condi
appropriations for state departments, to read the riddle, for Mr. Houston, tions. A few months ago there was a
certain individual rights contained in beyond question. Knows a tnmg or i deartn of candidates.
the constitution, the Judiciary, relig- two about farming, liut perhaps he
ion and purely local matters. These was only indulging the Senate a bit. I "Turn loose" is now the word for
exclusions will also work ror disuse. I That tne feenaie snouia nave asKea all postponed enterprises, and the
Massachusetts has not yet divested it- for this information Is, or course, not Globe flour mill is only the first of
self of its well-known conservatism, I to be wondered at- unis was not tee many.
but probably, as a slightly venturous first time that august Dody has asked
conservative is prone to do, considers for the impossible, ine benate was The draft evaders will find the war
itself reckless. nonestiy and. innocently cunous ana on ln their case if they do not
probably had some use for the figures snow Up for fifty years.
tne . secretary was asitea to supply.
and anything like a smile here would
LEARNING GEOGRAPHY.
We are learning geography fast. It be indecorous.
Commission, but these bodies should is safe to say that prior to about the But that was not all. It seems that
have the active co-operation, not day before yesterday, for example, not experts representing a number of the
merely as auxiliaries but as principals, more than one inhabitant in a thou- leading agricultural schools of the
of both the Dock Commission and the sand could have answered the ques- country, in deference to the wishes of
Port of Portland Commission. It is tion. Where is Lippe-Detmold? Then the great men in the upper house of
the function of the former to do more one fine day we read that the ruler Congress, actually undertook to fur
than build docks and elevators, dry- of this state, one Count Leopold. has nish an answer to the auerv. The
"Bocks, machine shops and coal bun-1 renounced his Job, and that the people rfarther they got into it the more hope-
Senator McNary spent only $70.
There are things money cannot buy,
like loyalty in a crisis.
The Kaiser would be known as
Count William Hohenzollern.' He took
the count all right-
Watch Mexico be good, while her
kersr Of the latter to do more than or. t riKrHno- with th forres of rtla. I llv entane-lorl nrl fmhsrraus thov neighbor has a feW millions armed
maintain the navigable channel to the I order to" set, up a republic. Then we became, and, according to Secretary and not very busy.
sea and provide pilots and tugboats.
They should initiate and actively pro
mote a policy which will bring busi
ness to the harbor facilities and bring
ocean-going ships to enavigate the
channel and to employ the tugs and
pilots. If they were not to make
every legitimate effort to attract busi
ness to the port, they would be in the
position of a man who built a great
factory and then sat in his office wait
ing for somebody to set the wheels
turning and to buy the product
Consolidation of the two commis
sions would materially aid vigorous
and harmonious action, as is proved
by the experience of practically every
hfllAn to our Anrvrtnnpnlns and Ipnrn Hnnstnn thev fn.ller1 to nrorliir-A nnv
that Lippe. sometimes called Lippe- definite figures on the subject. They J-'1" i-micw got away in an
Detmold. in recognition of its chief were floored, and the Senate's quest airplane, it seems. Nobody looked up
city, covers an area of 469 square for agricultural information proved a tJlerB xor "le "to.
milpit- which makes it eisrhteen aeo- I futile one. I
tions larger than Multnomah Countv. I A farmer could have told them all Why not continue the open windows
which it further resembles in being there was to be told about it in a ln cars? Nobody has suffered because
heavily wooded over at least a fourth jiffy, but it seems there was no farmer of them.
of its area, in possessing a climate near ln the Senate's hour of need. A
which is "moderate and healthful." farmer could have told, the wlaa men
and in being distinguished for unde- of the upper house that there are a
veloped manufacturing resources. dozen different kinds of land and a
Lippe doubtless will seek first of all dozen different ways of handling land,
to equalize its franchise system, which and that the reasons are forever va-
Wlth the coming of peace will also
come the Chinese eggs. '
Tomorrow is go-to-church Sunday.
Lost War" Savings Stamp.
PHILOMATH, Or., Nov..,J4. (To the
Editor.) I have lost J100 worth of war
savings stamps (1) Can the finder
cash them? (2) Is there any record of
them or way of telling where they
were purchased? (3) Why is it neces
sary to give a postoffice 10 days' no
tice before they can be cashed?
A. L. MARTIN.
1. The finder can cash them unless
you had previously registered them.
2. No.
3. The provision for 10 days'-notice
was made evidently with the idea of
protecting the smaller postofflces
against sudden drains upon their
funds.
most of the nation followed him. , ariIy elven an their time work
ing day or night, or both, as occasion
demanded. On Monday last one of the
former variety of helpers, taking, ad
vantage of the existing pandemonium
nd the fact that he was accompanied
by hundreds of his associates, formed
part of an advance guard preceding
a splendid American llag carried in
horizontal position by a number of
shipyard workers and which was be
ing desecrated by being made the pre
text for Insults to many loyal Amer
ican citizens. He tried to administer a
lesson in .patriotism to a volunteer Gov
ernment helper, who, with hands nec
essarily on the wheel of his slowly
movinir motorcar, was going in the
direction opposite to that of the ship
yard workers. The shipyard womer.
followed close up by several associates.
Throughout all the succeeding centuries
they have remained steadfast against
wave after wave of persecution, until
this last storm of hate and fanaticism
has swept the greater part from their
homes and ha destroyed at least a
million two-tnirds of the entire peo
ple. ,
"Kurdistan, a hill country north of
the Tigris River, is the home of a brave,
virile, largely Illiterate series of tribes
and clans known as the Kurds. They
are the descendants of the Carduhi,
who gave Xenophon and his 10,000 so
much difficulty on their -march across
these same hills on their way to the
sea.
"Nominally they are Moslem In re
ligion, wit they have retained many
elements of heathen worship. Some called insolently and belligerently for
heretofore has been similar to that of
other German states, ln which repre
sentation Is bestowed upon the basis
.i.ki.
nnuio. -
A farmer eonld have made It clear I
that the cost of prodnclng a bushel of I
Portland reopens with a bang:.
Going downtown tonight?
Cook Geta Surprise.
The Spur.
Mrs. Marlingdake (after the war)
How do you like my biscuits, Henry?
Henry (grumpily) They ain't like
what the Army cook used to make.
s
Losea by Going- Ont.
Exchange.
"He's but a good deal nights, I hear."
"Yes, he was laef night. I won a hun
dred from him."
of their tribes are 'Yesdi,' or deyll wor
shipers. They are home-loving, frugal
and capable of enduring great hard
ships. They practice strict monogamy
and their women occupy an equal place
with their men In the family life.
"The Kurds have furnished at least
one great man to history, for Saladin,
the chivalrous leader of the Saracen
hosts, the compeer of Richard Coeur
de Lion, was from this people.
"Mesopotamia, upper and lower, vies
with Egypt in claiming the honor ef
being the home of ancient civilization.
It comprises the Valleys of the Tigris
and Euphrates rivers. Here flourished
the Chaldean, Babylonian ana Assyrian
empires. The city of Bagdad, with all
its glamour of mystery and magic, is
in the heart or Mesopotamia.
This was the richest land in the
world, the granary of the ancients; yet.
in spite of all that it has been, it today
lies largely waste; the desert sands
have encroached upon the fertile fields,
while the clogged canals have turned
other portions Into swamps and"
marshes.
"What population there is not more
than one million Is of Arab origin,
and the Arabic language is spoken
throughout. There is, in fact, a very
distinct dividing line between the
Arabic and the Turkish-speaking por
tions of the Ottoman E.npire. This
boundary corresponds with the line of
the Bagdad Railway from the Medi
terranean to the Persian Gulf. It is
for the exploitation of this rich land
of Mesopotamia that the famous Bag
dad line was built.
the removal of hats, and, well in ad
vance of the flag, reached ln ana
grabbed the hat from the driver's head,
thus impugning his patriotism. The
disgusting action was taken before the
flag was reached, and the emblem could
not be seen clearly because it was
carried horizontally and partially hid
den by the shipyard patriots.
When, with full realization of what
has happened, we celebrate the com
plete victory of allied arms against
an unclean foe, let us not forget that
In a true democracy there are laws
to take care of all offenders, including
those who attempt to take the law into
their own hands. Let the real cele
bration of peace be in its true sense
a solemn appreciation of what our real
fighting men have done for us, freed
entirely from thought of parading the
secondary efforts of those far removed
from danger. SHERMAN R. HALL.
Shoe' Affect Polities.
Washington (D. C.) Star.
"Many a man would be proud to stand
In your shoes." "I don't doubt it," re
plied Senator Sorghum. "Politics out
my way got so fierce for a while and
leather was so expensive that a man
might expect to lose his shoes almost
as easily as his reputation."
Dot Leetle German Song.
PORTLAND, Nov. 15. To the Edi
tor.) What are the words of the Ger
man song, "Deutschland, it is all over"?
EMIL BIER.
That's all there is of it,