8
THE 3I0RXIXG OREGOXIAX, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 4, 191S.
opportunity to gain skill and experi
ence at Lncle Sam's expense.
. There should be plenty to do for
MV0rn1 rnn r- tn r m n f r- lift V 4m-
PORTLAND. OREGON. . I -.. ho. vMn mr!. wnrM
Er.terrj at Portland (uresou. ehortaM of 18 000 fino rlaarlweixrht tnna
i.cni-f1 ... mail matter. I " ' "
ubacripuoa rat invariably la aaraoc. i nicn was announced a lew months
B MaiL) I a so. No well-equipped, well-man
Tally. Fnn5ayineiud4. onarr ......ij.w" 4gej, well-manned shipyard will
l::;;:;d:,K:dar5.5!toV:.: that portage is made
Daily. Sunday Included, one month ..... i up. but afterward the fittest will sur
f::;: S"::-r';..h;-V" .I lis -lve, and it is up to the American
t-ai.y! without suaday. oo month -J I shipbuilders to prove that they are
?"'r. on.y.ar 5 50 I amonff the fittest.
unUay. one year ......... Z ,. 1
tun. and Mttri
fBy Carrier.)
Dally. Sunday Included, om year ...... r"'
ai;y. Sunday Included, ona month .....
Pal y. Sunday Included, three month ...
. 1 1 . wirnoui punnii. one . , ........ , . . . . . . . .
dir. without Sunday, three month. .... i? ineaters ana otner ratnenns places
oaiiy. without banday. ona moots i oecause oi me epanisn miiuenza re
new te Remit Send poetofflre money or- l minds one that this or other com
EZVM "ar. . i munltle. have tried with only partial
era risk.
exuding coun
reatac Ratea IS fa If pace, 1 cewtt II
Is 1U p-ee. -J cents . 14 to e pea-ea. S cote;
to " pea-ea, 4 cent. C2 to 7 pasee. S
nta; 71 to M pacea. centa. Foreign poat
kia double ratea.
".T TT7T..Y1"VT.-J-. JT-L. a Ikn l,,.n nrnmln.nl nntlrx A mill) I UMl f I luueu w mgs. Dl Ue 1Uie,,
Conaan. t;t.,.r buiiuina. chlc.ao: Verre. fftpm . OI1.r.nti- has been estab- "ay " worK "Penas mucn ume at overcame uermany. wot our INavy
Confcna. Free preme buuuin. ietroit, alien. : i t... k., .....oil. in I aance8 and theaters, and appears In I alone, but our Navy as a small con
an ran data repreaeataUva. K. J. auawe.i. iiaiieu " x-x... "0"""-' tha nrhnolrnntn tlr.rl anrl .1..n onn tino-.nt ,,-.,.- en ,. ne l-. Tj
not neatly clad, the parent Is not caused that great German naval pro-
iow, tne sole regret of but one life to I nave happened In those fifteen
give. He met it In the last days of! months? We mieht have lost com.
me war. He was a Christian war. mand Of the sea bv defeat in a. naval
rior, of the perfect type that falls battle, and then, as the General Staff
with nis face to the foe or stands at I estimated, an Army of 450.000 men
attention as his ' ship g-oes down, might have landed within two or three
inose are the people who have civ- months. We can now judge, from our
11 lied the world, and George F. Stoney I recent experience in preparation, how
was of them. ' I much progress we should have made
in that period with preparedness to
WHAT oorRRxa TFtrtif Rfl C'C1 BUt" Bn invasion. j.nese. aan-
The school ntmll-a -morw ea wer- naicuieo a lew years ago
"u.ows lno xauiis or two tarist brain. We now know that they
icatuora bus naa Known was puD- were real, and that we have been
iisned in The Oregonlan yesterday, I taking a gambler's chance with our
approached the real reason for the National safety,
refusal of the taxpaylng- voters to in- I American faith in the unwaverine
crease the pay of teachers. I friendship of Great Britain and in her
Under Portland's tenure of office whole-hearted devotion to the prin-
system it Is almost Inevitable that I ciples of democracy which we cherish
school salaries will seek and main- I has grown stronger since American
. ..;, .V.-.. in fuiL in- I Awn . -,-nt f nnv.ntine " ut ituuuL unit uieaiDcrs uu .onus", soiaiers ana sailors nave
unty and atata I . , ' J, I teachers are worth. fought as comrades, but we should
" .- . . ... "'""" f. ""--"-' ' Th avsran-a na.ne 1A it.. W rxr, ... . V. t J.
T mAW heel - - "O " " juu6C9 lilQ . v.. J vu vui W n OLlCllfiLU AU UUI
11 t..cv " ..n.MlUI -11 1 I . i e j m t- , . ...
i.nIM tha Hcid InrtivMnal nuarantlne "l " lc41u"ers lur " maintenance oi our
that Is invoked In smallpox and scarlet J58e " 'l".,, "er,. instruct- foreign policy. Candor compels us to
f.iar hnt If an Ita reaultn have not luuu";"' lL la1 leacner wuiess uiai not our Army alone, DUt
WHAT or QTARA-VTIVEf
The Intimation that it may be nec
essary again to close schools, churches,
connection with general closing or-
MrvBER Or THE ASSOCIATED FREWS. ders.
t aw Amcninj rnw la raritwifii, vmw-
t ' ..i to tha nu fnr Mauhliruian at all newe
aiepatrhea credited to it or not otherwise I rigid house quarantine are
creu;teu to tnta
All ria-hte of republication of
atrhea herela are aieo eeni eil
ij. n, ni f-ninnari otIo Tha "Ption does not alter Uie result for have the resources in men and mate'
DEC . Wis. ,. ta nr nmm,.ni. I tn "chool vote Is ever unrepresenta- rial, but they must be developed in
I ..." t.1 j.e,i.., Itlve. It always will be so long as the order to be promptly available when
Th- m.m .rwnm.nta aa-lnrt the SlnS to vota mor money to raise her cession across the North Sea to sur
rid house Quarantine are two. One a,Jlrjr' . . . . I fender to the allies. Not merely pride
paper and aUo tha local . ,., a. I um careless ana incompetent Dut the Highest prudence dictates that
ewi published herein. I " , , . . n. teacher may turn one hundred votes, we alone be strone enough to crush
. ,.. ...ff.riae nm fmrri J Tb fact that lnef ficiency is the ex- any aggressor who assails us. We
PORTLAND, WEDNESDAY.
cation has not been definitely deter-
rri..Tir.narn..nrvnni.nn I i i t mow k. rnmmiinipflbT. be I Present .school election system is I needed.
On the day when the "armistice with fore pronounced symptoms occur in f "J"": A few hundred votes turn This la not to argue that ; i League
v- J7- . . .1 ,..,rr.. N. i.f.,.in. m..r. .-rit. for I smaller salaries for the life I peace on so firm a basis as to make
hi,.i? wm rl .t.nt if a tlma after the feyer and otter out- tenur ot "lc bic they in- the bulk of this armament worthless,
which will be at least attempted, if s. J?r ' "?JfUl,r sist. The system now makes it prac It is eimply to recognize that the
Tet a general closing order Is a tlcally impossible to dispense with the whole world is in a very disturbed
Those Who Come and Go.
LANGUAGE. HO50RED BT ITS SAME
Writer Hope It W IU Be Called "En.
- lish Till Crack of Doom.
MIXWAtrKIE, Or., Dec. 2. (To the
Editor.) Dr. C. E. Cline appears to be
rreatly worried about the English lan
guage, in the first letter ne wrote to
In Other Days.
Twenty-live Tears Ago. x
From Tha Oreonian, December i. 19S.
Tha Southern Pacific passenger train
due here yesterday morning was de
layed at Oregon City by the high water.
Tha nasRpneera were placed upoa the
electric cars at once and brought to
All employes of the Hotel Multnomah
will be guests of a special meal served
Friday night Earl Clark has arranged
to serve a dinner with all the foods
composed of products of the Witten- The oregonlan on the subject he saya
?8 VUS ""ipany, at tr. that the English language aSspoKen in
Clark has contracted for one of the ho- England Has been stationary for 100 eleclrlc carB al """" . " WI
tel kitchens, where a chef from the "d?," -?eeiLfi i- Sr,.,?.; ,,t Portland, arriving about 11:S0. The
nam at me xanes win prepare me rubhish and is not worthy of coneid- ove"'" "
meai. it will De servea Dy note! em- i T i.tt.. -lva a a
1 , . i , . . , . . . " I AS soon &S Ida Dill waa uaeovu
fiwj-co in mo xoa uaraen. jxa a Burt ito, e a,b .V, . maay 4i,.f tha nnnn. I . . . . . . i n n
, j nsn classics ana are oosoieie aa m internal Revenue Collector Vt eiaier ap-
Thi. .n T T T.e-r I?0.1' "nl ?? Jt'l P"' 'or a fund to provide an oRlea
lm aTenhVnnte
will attend the annual meeting of the ,.,-. tj--ij .niniH. im. .
Pacific Northwest Tourist Association. rnBnsp r.ontrahand nrl .klarv. I aaid !"," l"'nJL" t,: ; . h-
; w- I giiiitms nui. in. n..wb..'u
inat. ur. cune s eiKLement uuuut liio i nnHlnVrAri
English language being stationary was
rubbish and I say that what he says Messrs. Cook and Kiernan, who have
about these words being obsolete as I the contract for hauling the pipe for
to their meaning In the United folates the Bull Run works, have at last given
Is the. same. ud work on account of the roads hav
T .at wa. .All wl.w ehAltlit yi.ll mie 1 J 1 U.. I nn.r.KI. Th
r.,inrnh inW lf-n .tne nglish language. in 50 pipelayers will stay In camp on tne
, " ' c.uj u..u.x a.. .
W. A Reid, a shipper of fresh salmon.
Is in town from Coos Bay. He Is reg
istered at the Imperial.
H. H. Hunt and A W. Henning, con
tract, managers 'for Grant-Smith &
where the big contractors were engaged
ulation In 1776 were English and they I is laid. Last season was very unfawor-
not in this Congress, certainly In the I ward signs have disappeared.
next. The Senate was considering a I
bill to put in effect the plan of Sec-
n . , , , , , I Ui.LlVU XI IU W CI o xjiis.iau (Villi lin J
.k. T i . IC wn,cn e"aBU""-" fought under Washington for the right able to the prosecution of the work and
. ' . r.!! m. Tj.,rin. 01 tngiishraen in America, as well as this season is even worse,
ning and son accompanied Mr. Henning. fnr Kno..,nm. ln Trnri.nri w ! n,.r
m ii m t - i I In wh nil r litrntnr. nnr Athlon 1 nhilns. The new proposals of Sanford Flem-
at the I Imperial: He is' superintended ophy and our general ideas of religion Ins 'for
.v.- j.-j-. from tha ne.nnln who Rirad our fathers intends to submit to the Canadian-AUS-
vx fcxlO nttlCf UJVlSiUU IU .aLlU UlC" I . I , I ; ,D AAntoin . Ho..
Derore we came nere. juagna cnarta, Suv. v..xcix. xw-. .
Entrland'a floclarn tinn nf rta-hts. and nate routes, all Of Which have VanooU-
Mrs. W. J. Hood, of Toledo. Or.. Is the bill of rights are included in the ver ior me t-anaaian terminus, m new
among-the arrivals at the New Perkins, first ten amendments of our glorious rate or two sniinngs per worn woum
constitution. It was Englisnmen who -
Thomaa J. TVi.n.h.n.r nn. nf . lougnt against ' people, or tne same " m.o ".".bo
n,nn,i-- -.fc . . ' . . VCT- ti.j blood that wanted to ODDress them, and lour snuungs nine pence, as at present.
Piviiiuiu. nuca. 5iunr;ig ui Laic iniauu i - -
Empire, Is la the city for a few days, "'"J ."uarni ""t omy iur iucimhc,
and la visitintr at tha Tmnerinl. out tor tne "rigm or man, ana tney
Y tlli.
Mr. nnri Afr t n u. n Tni.n. Dr. Cllne reflects upon Englishmen
apolis, Ind., returned to the Multnomah w-hen he saye that we should not be
vest.rrisT after an ah. an.- e covx.r i I smear the unique tongue of our coun-
n-.i, , i. tv.i. i iu. try witn tnat or Aneio-axon. low i , . v... f . h
x, ...v. X.(S. 1UCJ u.auo tUCII IIUIIIO CXI. luw i - - J.1U, 1 1 1 1 D .11.11 C V. . VV.XWXO Xf. x
hotel for a long period, and have a wide "icu r even wshk. x ne won in a simiIar time.
I . ' . I nnraa aa A aht ne nwn i t i a tha Tr ttah I
Fifty Tears Age.
From The Oretronlan, December 4, IMS.
England exported 2,188,691.288 yards
I of cotton cloth during the first nine
months of this year, which Is 150.000,000
i .nM.Hn. It. nhlxvnr la In oc .iv-ca wx mo xjuvx ica..xici. roi- cuuuiuun, inat, uio liDeratlon OI KXeat
re krV En. fcrrS 'lamlon of wasti make people .UyTt home by denying "nsJlty. which counts for much in nations, from the rule of old dynasties
w o i, w m .k- .k . ni.n. -n wnfrM, an lndl- l tnoiora, is inaeiiinoiB. ana tne emancipation or several
Ji.nu, wxin oou.iui aax x.u . x...x. .. of It nnnnt h nrnv'H l Ih. fnrmcl .,11.. notinn- .KUH
most 1tal question was curtailment vidual quaranune mignt unnuny ap- - - ---- " , " 7 ''Z l ,X v.T,.
. i I , , l.,nun f,v the rlosintr I hearing which is toe refuge of every I fraught with possibilities of grave fur-
,.r..V".x7'.. .i..-. .ff.,i. .v.ri,nHv. tck er well. Kacller lnalc,lea Ior Dismissal, in- ther disturbance. It Is to contend
f. tv. V . x ..ij v. rfC.n.I if tha aft.r difference Is In the same class. Lack that the League of Peace must in
tne var ueparxment to proceea wnn it. wuu.u w , nrnrrs h, h mmll. la hi, littl. ..Htokw k ,u j..i.n.j .n
len &Hlt to" frove. The on mt by 7-U dbance and
,ePw we, a-aav. w ... I nhAMa, a n tSAee hltf Ka DiiDtnltiAl I W a V, 1 1 i T-...-
-.X-. II..x4 'i-V.a.a. I aa V 4 - i a -rtn fAIAT1 r A AUld HOI v""6" K'"'J ut, ouokmucu MlttUUBU UCiiUW U1J H, SlttUlO IVUI'
u a .. one ; concePn, an outstanding ing that process it will be necessary
" e nrntmn n.Hor! Anrl the character of v" act or incompetency. Such acta for the leading democratic nations to
..: i jj.j .v. .u,m . . fnr nm h n more ' - I iiavn at, Lueir cummauu ouiuueii.
7h.T .L"-"fn, n" n' Z; ;ro.rnVof b.lne Whatever may be said about the force to repel any attack on them in-
' e- o I . .. mi x I nrnhfltinn narlnrl In. fnr-r ramn n rhtt i.,nit. nnj x i A,&lan.a n
ill begin to maintain and extend It still exists ln Bpain wnere j. i --- ---
. - - ... , tt. I i n- than a vmr atro. It I uuuwiKiuio vcauici. "cniiioi ix i tne law or nations as it win do coqi-
every oureau m- and are fastened on the schools in- fiarl hv th. iMn.a Aa that nronass
Id that "National waste has becomf has broken out again m --"- efinltiw Pn, th.ir n not Zii,,.r..7 .n...7. m.n)a
. i m I. 1 n ne nitUDf.nrn It nna re- I -.j. - - - r wuuuuca cxxxix 0u..,.uo, ' w...
01MM. I"""" . . 17 .. nnl nnt1. .., It,. 0--X.0 hnV X. . X , . . ..., X,
Senator Smoot Indorsed these re- appeared ln parts of England arter I ' ..T., " . " .x . , ' UC6rtM uut" l"c
- marks and added that some bureaus was believed to have run its .course, -"""'" " " Ma . ""i""1, "ar,
uutueaui: caici noit. iui u luteins
tional police force, sufficient to over
him that if we were allowed to select I recurrence. . I PAT nothing to Colombia.
an nap r.nt nf tha emnlovea and had I The citv must not ISO on Indefinitely I Willie the desire of President Wll-
r- tha absolute rieht of directme their I rlosintr and opening and closing again. gon t0 remoVe all- causes of friction
w work, he would accomplish more than The situation calls for an intelligent, with other nations after tha iTnitorl The South a hair-century ago, 101
is accomplished now by tne luu per nxed campaign against, 1 states Has demonstrated Its power so lowing- jee s surrenaer, iouna lteen
cent-" These employes are "sent to We have more confidence in the medl- indisputably that there can be no sug- worse condition than Germany to-
hira by officials over him. and he is I cal profession man to oeiievo it. gestion of our yielding- to force or day, out it am not set up a wnine.
tnirf in nut them to work, and there I nff.r nothlnr better than the unaatis- thrnntrh foar that inncitnn .hn.,i That was because its men and women
are so many of them that they re la I factory and unfair and economically not go the icrigths of ratifv-lng the were Americans, not Huns. It made
each other's way. I disastrous rtncuuu w .. i treaty witn Colombia. That treaty UCBt ul uc,ei" ""i"
Senator Penrose quoted the phrase 1 contains admission of and compensa- hindrance oi carpet-Daggnng ana its
wexdixo OR THZ EitxnirETcrf S. tlon for a wrong which the United ramifications. It pulled itself together
Pha nmhlom of demobilization and otaies aia not oo. xne aVvOO,ooo uuul"! "
The prODiem Or aemouiuxauuu . I .v,iv. i. .1.. ' x- V,. nnv tn th Nnrth. tn be snrfi hut it
industrial reorganiraUon is oems nrv w w to t,o- r- - - ---
solved ln part by the weeding- out of lomwa . wou d gratify the cupidity of Z " XTri-T whlTl
I owes a debt of gratitude to the British
Empire. The British people more than
". employed over 10.000 persons. The In this country several cities nav. M
J head of one division of a bureau told again closed business because of 1U
power any probable combination of
outlaw nations.
circle of friends In Portland.
mmpire. ine ruien people more man 1 The low stage of waters in the rivers
well u-nnwn at we have been the 6a-vlor oC the wrld of the Northern Coast has had no pre
t. w and they have Poured out their blood cedent since the settlement of the coun-
and treasure freely. Where would our
money, and our mighty Army be If it
-xr xr . 1,1 x . , , H&ai i tur ,n0m m . snips jvnu wiieio
.Y; ll f.."' 5rxm. He'war: OTJ- ! would we be? We celebrate Britain's
Sam Van Vactor. a
torney of Heppner, came to town yes
terday and is at the Imperial.
here on a business trip for a few days
and is staying at the New Perkins.
David Robinson, formerly Public De
fender in Portland, is now law enforce
ment director of the United States o doom,
i-auonai fUDtio neattn service, witn
headquarters at Washington, D. C. Mr.
Robinson Is now in the city on official
business and will leave the latter part
of. the week. '
day on December 7. The writer Is not
English and has no English blood in
him, but le red-blooded American. I
hope that our language will be called Eugene or Corvallls.
tha Rntrlish lantrnae-a till tha "crack I '
J. C. B.
try. On the 1st day of December the
Wallamete and Its tributaries were at
the dead low-water mark and lower
than the usual low mark ln Summer.
It has been rising lately though and on
Monday it is thought that an attempt
will be made by the river boats to make
REAL HOMES READY FOR YANKS
E. F. Tucker, an organ salesman, who
The Alert brought over 160 Chinamen
down last night from work on the East
Side Railroad. From 70 to 100 are ex
pected down tomorrow from Salm.
The new postage stamps will be
smaller than those now in use and will
be of a superior design and finish. The
2-cent stamps bear the figure of a post-
Room for Many in Willamette Valley If
Rlehtly Planned.
McMTOOTTi.r.p; rti- nc 1 (To tha
came to the Hotel Portland yesterday. t?Hit , wt, ti,..v mprh.
says that Spokane was closed Monday iDg homo afrain from the present war boy on a horse at full speed. The 3
night on account of the "flu," and that reminds me of another time when the cent one has a locomotive under a full
Seattle will close tonight for the same riis,hrA .nirii.r. nH lnhnrara of the head of steam. The 6-cent stamp car-
r-(ii wn ..,x,.h in h. frontier ries the nead or Washington, ine 1"
t - c -.t,o t Ar.hi. cent stamp, the finest ln design and ex-
Mrs, n. f. wnite and Mrs. Alvia w. snn anr1 thf.r nlaces in the Winter and KUl'""' " """"" -...-.
Peters, of North Powder, are among the cnrln nf 1RfiR with thoir fares to the Declaration of Independence, while the
eastern uregon people registered at me West. Many became destitute and """
could not get work ror tneir Doara. General Sheridan has issued field or-
They spread out over tne mountains der3 thanking the troopers and Com-
and plains and made mem into states, mending General Custer on the recent
wiin luoio i.xviunniL, ...u ouixcixxie, ... victory over the Indians. An immense
mey experienced aurms me quantity of dried meat, blankets, wea-
I "a million or two dollars" from Mr.
i Lane's report on land improvement
l as "a case of throwing around mll
lions." calling- forth the remark from
T Senator Thomas that "in these days
' a million Is not chicken feed. Mr.
; Smoot said that "we have got to using
1 the word billion so flippantly and
so often that nothing short of a bil-
the outcome of the war or of trouble in
raising money for the war. but he
"always had a fear as to the future
xfter peace was declared.
The time has come for the Govern'
?omneteni These now appear to a unscmpuiou, . png of freebooters taUon of battle-worn fields, which
L"mJt!; Z MA. as ever ruled a nation. Any such pay- Germany Is not Sympathy must not
Th.w were tolerated under a rather ment would constitute notice to any I be wasted on the undeserving.
1 I n.hn. am 9 V. 1 1. . 1 1 I T- .
nnnwtnifterl SVStem Under I e.""5 uiatnxiiouoia W111U11 Kin
x . . I nntnl n X X . X I mV ri.mnn neAeoM rol.. aiio.0-x.cfa
which the usual processes or seiec-1 xuiciumcm m vicseut xu. uui.u vxcx nxx uMu,
a "hand was I xiive uixtiixitf wuu as iitt-ie justice. I mat tne oattietruiit uiiureu tuts xxnioci
v. Af wh.n .v.rvnn a was cm u K I iucw i.ji urixiuiuai oo jections l an uuyurLuxiiLjr ui km. i".M"6
for help. There was little or no time to the treaty, but there are others, a kingly and dignified exit" has ideas
for vocational educaton or adaptation.
There is not a man or woman among
us who has not come ln contact witn
It grants privileges in the canal to abbut Kings which became obsolete
ment to put tne Drakes ., now discovered In Washington,
expenditures and on creation i or new 1ustrati0n that the sudden and
. . r th normou. demand for stenographers
in ln order to lend money to the -t-""" . .
Government for war; It 1. Ume for the v f "ham with cles
Colombia which contravene the Hay
Pauncefote treay, whereby Great
Britain waived her right to partner
ship in the 'enterprise with the United
States. It destroys that equality of
treatment for all nations to which we
are pledged and which the President
I , i. .h.m with rlrka I strained to induce Con cress to re Deal
-xnxr.mTnant In ftava money bV redUC- I Parlm0n " ' . ... . , - x, I tha nlaiiu motln. A n ln.
x... -- - - I ... w nn tiwtrh OT T n R imaC OHUUU w.w .......... a xuuviiv.u xxx.vx'
, . ne wit I . LIU wj mw . . . I . . . , . . .
Ins- expenses. Interest on our war i , Vll, x r.t r 1nh. i I coastal ships toll-free.
debt will add a billion dollars to our . namtLl times. A If Colombia thinks that the United
National expenses, doubling them. The ... , n..n,i-nna in. States has done it any wrontr. let it
new outlook we have gained on inter- corresp ... .. -nulrl submit Its case to an International
I .r,l .nn th. naw rasnnn.1. Stances in wmtxi aix.... ... .ix , x -
ii.uuu.. ... i . nt "take dictation" because, tney oia iirovmcu . mat o accom
blllties we must assume require an in- not Taiio important plished facts, such as the independ
crease In Army and Navy budgets. " .V pel.t nnmbera could not ence of Panama and American own
These are the proper functions or . ,A .necified ership of and sovereignty over the
rHU UICII xxweo. .- I . 1 1 j . . , ,
and can still be done successfully W ' " ..(
?rjf7n r.1".,- rZTL trore! lack o, comprehension of the needs of Cana, Company ad then the Unlte(fl
wni ind destroy monopoly, to cut the chosen vocation.
.,, .hii.- to keen alive competition
'and to keep opportunity open, but lob. ,
.VI. .hn.ilrl h. m.ral v aa an aid to that I cieriw n nx.
Government, but a nait snouia t bureau chief was com- canal, are called in question. Such
called on schemes for the Government wnl" thirty-nine out ot an Inquiry would establish beyond dis-
to do those thing, which have been Pelled to estroy thirty pute the nefarious schemes of Colom-
ruiiy dj .,... h.n utt.r bla to blackmail first the Frencb
Business needs , TBer. Onmnnnw anrl th.n th. TTnlt.Hl
Jf AVAL AITO MTLTTARY POLICY,
President Wilson proposes that the
individ-iallsm which has made the the only incompetents by any means. future m,utary and naval pollcy- of
American Nation great. lney T 7 rVnVVvm man unnea elates do Dased on tne
1 1 was jiei uii x. . . . . - i iirtrsciit liiiernauonai situation, not on
wrhn thotltrht himself Bandy Witn lOOls I What h hnn.a It will hpenm. nft.e
A BHIPBCILDLNO BACK. , vimoeif Ur as a ship carpenter.
the near. cnnrr.vi. That la th. Im.
TUmnhllinllnn TT! A V be followed b I rV.et-T.lua SVStemS helped tO fOSter the I nnrt of his. rorommsnrlatinn that tha
a race ln shipbuilding between the I delusion for a time, but this obviously three-year building programme for
I'nltarl States and Great Britain. I rould not last always. inero is "I the Naw. whierf was adonrer! in 1918.
1 Thnne-h twn.thlrrla of Ita canacltv has I limit to the capacity of Industry to I h follnwarl tin with nnnth.p thy..-
been devoted to naval vessels and to absorb the padded payroll. The hard- year programme, and of the new Army
i ntn. . nr m.iThijit inioi oamateo Dy i eh.ii.ri non-cotuB ui txiv lu.iixiv -ww.. estimate ror a rorce or nair a minion
I tnibmarines. and though many skilled have had a disconcerting way or as- men for the fiscal vear 1920. The
I men have been absent ln the fight- jng the backward rookie tne Bneer- President takes existing- facts, not
Ing- forces, the latter country has mg question, "uood ixjru, uiu.a, wu... hope, as the basis of his policy. "It
, shown an average output of about did you do when you were on the out- woui(j dearly be unwise for us to at
: 150.000 gross tons a month this year, side?" They were rather Intolerant tempt to adjust our programmes to a
; and is not likely to be excelled much, of incompetency ror tne stern ousiu future world policy as yet undeter
if at all. by the United States. The of war. Some or mis spirn uc6i mined." he says.
Ttritiah Tarda which are emDloved On I nine- to nermeate peacetui inaustry Th wr v., hrxen a revelation nf
naval vessels and repairs will now be again. Soldiers have loaned asaance tnA aicness of our armament when
" . . , . . - I , i .... tn fl him. I . . . . ...
employed on new construction, ana at a comraae wnu 1" i considered in relation to tne neeas ot
their forces will be recruited by men I self for his calling. worKmen. uuj our defense. We had been going
returning from the Army and Navyi necessarily foremen or employers, wui aIong. ln easy confidence that the
while material hitherto used for war
will be available for ships. Hence,
a gTeat increase of British tonnage
may be expected, especially as several
fabricated steel plants have been
erected.
American yards which have been
working for the Navy will also turn
to merchant ships, but they are not
as large a proportion of the total ca
pacity as are the British yards, which
- have been so employed. The Amer
ican yards have had no difficulty re
cently in obtaining raw material, so
- peace is not likely to increase output
from this cause. ine greatesr gain
on this side of the ocean will be in
labor, both as to quantity and quality.
The yards have not had enough men,
and for that reason have been hn
pellfd to take any they could get
good, bad or Indifferent. Some men
went there to evade the draft, others
' to get big- wages for as little and as
'poor work as would pass. That Is the
main reason why the Hog island yard
has not come up to expectations. All
this Is already changing. The slack
er, the unskilled and the incompetent
are being weeded out and their places
are Deing lined oy men wuu, u not
already skilled, show some aptitud
fnr th. work. There will be SDeedtntr
Mip. in consequence, and better ships
: will be turned out.
In the next year or two the fate of
the shipbuilding industry will be de-
' elded. Hitherto, the demand for ships
at any price was so urgent that any
thing went at any price. Hereafter,
everybody designer, manager and
workman must make good. If they
should fall, there will be few. if any.
more contracts when the present rush
ends. All have bad an unexampled
be Jealous of their trade standaras greatest naval power ln the world was
once more. our fast friend, that no other nation
Retirement of Incompetents wno wouia attack us, that the broad oceans
have found employment in the days were an impaSsabie barrier and that,
of makeshift is going to create a good lf by any mi8Chanee they should be
many vacancies for returning soldiers. crossed by an Invader, our diminutive
The incompetent ones will return to regl,iar Army, our half-trained militia,
the status they held before the war. our courageous but untrained citizens
Their lot at least will be no harder anJ our vast but jatent resources
than it used to be; whether tney win repei hlm -vhen our Navy was
be able to Improve upon It depends ranged alongside that of Great Britain,
upon themselves, it win not. oeouxxi- we realized how small it is by com
cient to "get by." . Tbere must tje evi- parison though equal in quality of
dence of real fitness ror too war., ships, aYmament and men. We have
to do the work. The ...
lie.rl tha aea nnwor has finiiA.eorl
craftsman's best hope of continued the energy out of Germany and has
gtod wages lies in upnoimus gathered from all the ends of the
standards of his trade. earth the great armies and Hhe vast
There is not yet any evidence of quantitles of material, including our
general unemployment ana mere .a Cwn, which have overwhelmed her.
little prospect of It. There are never- We have 8een our coastal waters
theless numerous - Instances of lndl- ravaged by submarines which have
vlduals being laid off. Those who are crossed the ocean, and our right to
first to go will profit Dy canaia sen. traVel the sea challenged by a power
examlnaUon. and if they are wise they which we have deemed inferior. Our
will accept the lesson for what it is pride has been toudhed by the con
worth and proceed to qualify them- scl0usness that the Monroe doctrine
selves without delay to ao some one hag been maintained not by our naval
thing wel strength, but by that of our British
neighbor, whose interest happens to
To - those who knew, him ln the coincide with ours,
years he served on this paper, the rrne lesson with regard to our Army
news of the death in action of George bas been no less impressive. In a war
F. Stoney comes as a personal blow. wnerein we have learned to talk gliUj
For three years of the war he held ot armies of millions and wherein the
off: he thought he was too old and fate Cf a great empire might be de
feared he could not pas. He put Cided in a month's campaign, we had
aside the first and the surgeon helped bccn a belligerent fifteen months be
overeome the latter, and he went fQre our fjrst million men were in the
Joyfully to his duty as a native of the field, and that result was achieved by
empire. Letters to friends ln the year an effort on which we plume our
nent in training had the Joyous strain selves. If we had had no allies and
of the Briton about to fight the drag- I bad had no more Army or Navy than
on. no thought of defeat, but wholly we had on April a. 117. and had
of victory, and. If death should fol-i alone fought Germany, what 'might
long ago. He Is thinking of medieval
Kings like Richard III of England,
who died fighting on the battlefield.
The twentieth century King lays aside
a snug sum in a foreign bank or in
vestments, and, if he loses his crown,
"He retires to a foreign country and
lives comfortably . until death comes
from natural causes.
German children are not singing
"The Star-Spangled Banner" as the
Tanks march past. They have no con
ception of its meaning and are im
pressed only by what they hear at
home. Tet much of their salvation
lies in those stripes and stars.
Don't take the brakes off your ap
petite yet. The people of Europe have
to be fed till they have harvested an
oilier crop, and several years will
pass before the herds will have re
covered from the slaughter of the last
few years.
Censorship should now be taken off
Darticulars of the submarine hunt. It
has been so mysterious that we have
had only a general knowledge that
our ships are at sea.
Hotel Oregon.
Mr. and Mrs. Karl L. Koster, rep
resenting a cooperage concern in Cal
ifornia, are at the Hotel Portland for a
rew days. was one of them. Went up the Platte, pons ett were taken and two white
r.T ..,,. , . .. .xx.ixrt-vn tnence ngnting acrossaitting duu a hild n recaptured. One white boy
COLOMZIAG GESirS AWAKENED dominions to the Yellowstone 10 years and wornen ere brutally murdered
- , .. . . , prior to musters iatai trip, a nen mi when -the attack began .General Sherl-
Our Own Revolution Helped Make westward across Idaho and the virgin dan IntenQ8 to actively prosecute the
rum ureal empire. lands or Hiastern wasningion. - camnaitrn
LjA.xj, uec. 3. lio me nidi- I iwemy.nve years iwcr i jciumcu n.
tori "Rritnln - rlav" nrlll .sik.n the the Northern Pacific Railroad and saw
lova Amrlran hnM tnwgrn th. mnther hundreds and maybe thousands of SAlxVATIOSI IJf OUR OWN HANDS
country, and we all know that this abandoned homesteads and villages,
love depends upon things other than some with cmck buildings, occupiea oy
mere spntiment. bats and spiders only, -men i was
England has stpod in the main for glad that I resisted tne temptation to
nationality, even within her dpnenrlen- take up a homestead, inat is wny I
cies. and much more eo within her am opposed to settling tne ooya re- nor.; winter is coming on, ioou.
r-r.lr.nlaj. anrl rir.minir.na Th. m nf turning lrom tne present war on new i clot rung and rents are nign, tne pros
territory rather than of relieion or lands outside or tne civilization tneyiperlty of the city is dependent upon
race, has animated this maker of neo- have saved to me worm ana to us. it an uninterrupted pay roll.
nioo Th. imix. v.xot ...i,xx is a. safe gamble that not one In 20 Before election the airestion
from the forgetf ulness' for the time be- would make a success of it. There is continually asked: "What is the big es-
ing of the right of a people to mind its no necessity now for the tragedies of Bential thing in Portland?" and the
own business. The revolt regenerated frontier life for the young mother and answer was ships and shipping. We
Egland, and made it possible for South her growing family. voted the money to improve the Port
Americans to throw off the swav of .'Jnn Dle,e""' 1,0 or 1-ortland. vve nave nad a taste or
-- 1 ; , .. . .x, n , 1, . r.itnn I . . .. . . . . , ....
cimmccii oo-.x x.xx x., xa,..i. - - t tv nar tr menna to nava Rnin nuiinintr.
of the Willamette Valley were capable andi Btiu ln tne midst of prosperity, we
or sustaining a population 01 o.vuu.uuu find tnat portiand js threatened with
people. 11 we nao z.uuu.uuu we woum industrial crisis. What Is the rea-
Ilea V ttUUU V av iniit-o 0.0 " or-tn V Th raann la thai tha. oitv Yta a
to England ln the Province of Quebec have "7'. .I.Y"!''"!? JooT would lnsu"lclen' commerce. War ortrers. or
French-speaking people, but England X nj2ZT. "Z ZZ1 " war orders, the essential thing for
nctve nun r , , 1. Portland is that we must continue to
Drives Proposed to Raise Money for
Lines of Steamahlim.
PORTLAND, Dec 3. (To the Ed-
paln; secured separation of Belgium
from Holland, the Balkans from Tur
key, the freedom of Italy, and even
the making of the German Empire.
The conquest of the Canadas brought
has given a generous consideration
to all their laws, usages and religion.
and, at times, has gone too far ln
granting liberty to subjects unprepared
for it. The French of Lower Canada
respect their protecting flag.
have 200,000. Think what Improve- b d h, d t h h,
. n .. 1 .1 .Uah Va.ra anrl what O I r
ments we would then have and what a
ping.
nign state ot civilization we wou.u en- whafs to be done? It's up to us to
J"i; . . . . , . decide, act and put It over.
oome ot me naii-iariiieu ixxiiuo u. nun ,7. ... 1 .. . . 1. f . . v. . . ,
irTndEraS! VhT Sudan th. UJla"doTdn Columbia'" VaTey hs S
genius of the rule of England has -, hnmpa in order to achieve "? ui nia.wonu rui.ts.
Sugar restriction is off ln the home
1 th. wif. la as-reeabie. but Its all
ferent in the restaurant, and It is
well that it Is so, for the sugar hog
Is still alive.
The German spies arrested for tak
ins photographs In Belgium may be
nrenarine for the next "uay.- iu
Hun has one idea.
The biggest man on the committee
to receive the returning soldier will
be the boss who tells him the old Job
is awaiting him.
A child may well be encouraged to
believe in the existence of Santa
Claus. The rude awakening will come
all too soon.
If the Shipping Board will take
its hands off, there will be no diffi-
culty about keeping the wood ship
yards going.
The ex-Kaiser went to church Sun
day, it appears. As they do not have
doorkeepers in churches, he got by.
A few cases of smallpox are not
cause for alarm. Portland Is a large
city and must have everything.
Two days from Sacramento to Seat
tle by airplane is not beating the old-
time Shasta Limited much.
' i
Now the war is over the hens can
lay reasonably priced eggs, but the
heji is a stubborn fowl. I
Even lf our Army should be reduced
to 500,000 men, it should be large
enough to catch Villa.
After all the happiest time for a
man who goes to war is when he
comes home.
tet us hope the first flyer swings
past low. enough for a snapshot this
morning.
been and is to permit the people to Th.ra ara manv Buch farms
attend to their own affairs and develop . every county in the valiey. Some of
"' .....I., x.., 0.0 ..ox, these would support rrom a to luu 1am-
nothlng of the empire-builder in his iliea. Many of these farms are in the
construction, and hence he gave vent maric.et at a fair price and many more
to his critical nature ln opposing a owners could be induced to sell. Why
helping- nana extended to weaKer peo- not start a movement, propaganda,
files wno nave learned to kiss tnat campaign, or even a drive, to open ui
hand and have fought well ln the ranks these lands for the boys who want
of democracy. Because of all this will- small homes and are willing to do what
Ingness ln England to develop na- thev can to make them, right here i
tionality, Canada, Australia and New the heart of civilization? See wha
Zeanland have come forward to the Jesse Edwards and his friends have
great struggle as states rather than dono at Newberg. What we once called
mere appendages, and England will do J the poor, "grubby end of Chehalem" has
more ror tne seir-assertion or ner peo- become one of the finest smaii nom
pies in time to come. I sections in this or any other country
Doubtless England erred In her deal- Thev overcame many obstacles ana
ines with the Dutch farmers In South marie some Door land holders rich, but
Africa, but the grievance these farm- they have set a high ideal ror a civu
era had against England was not a I lzation that can De attained an over in
real one. and had thev Dossessed more Willamette Valley.
nhilanthroDV they would have appre- It is useless to talk about what
elated England's concern for the col- I should be done unless we take steps to
ored people ignored by the Dutch, who do It now, for the nooo win soon d
have been also ln the ranks of democ- upon us. Let the county courts of the
racy. I counties of Benton, Polk, Lane, Linn,
Knrlanrl will rln her best with euch Marion. Clackamas, Washington and
a Premier as she now has to establish Yamhill appoint tnree or 11 ve wme
o r"oltl nntlr.nt.lltv In tha mnat bean, awake, rjatriotlo men to meet at somi
tlful iBland of the earth. convenient point ana pian tne arive 111
line Fnilsnri hi, imnrnverl Ttae-rlarl tha next two Or three weeKS ana II
and Palestine with its filthy Jerusalem, necessary go before the Legislature
all know with their plans, or to Congress if they
In fine, the British Empire alms to deem National legislation neve.,j.
stand not upon the English mind, but
all minds entrusted to her care.
Remembering he one million of
dead men over whom England mourn
no genuine American will say "The
Tanks did It."
Of course, England seeks , to enlarge
her territory, but she sends clvillza
tion to her additions, and should she
capture a planet other than Mars she
would rival that world in canals made
and other improvements to make evi
dent that she knows how to colonize.
B. J. HOADLEY.
J. O. COOPEB.
Location of Johns Hopkins.
VANCOUVER, Wash., Dec. 2. (To
the Editor.) (1) Please publish the
location of Johns Hopkins Medical Col
ege and aleo the name of the dean.
(2) Please publish the division to
which the Twenty-third Infantry is at
tached. E. D. T.
(1) Johns Hopkins University Is lo
cated at Baltimore, Md. The president
Is Dr. Frank J. Goodnow.
(2) The numbering of infantry regl
ments begins at 101. New York had a
Twenty-third Infantry Regiment which
now the 106th and a part of the
Twenty-seventh division. Possibly this
s the unit to which you refer.
Woman's wage always Is a vital
issue in war or peace.
We will know who is speaker when
the roll is called.
Return of Soldiers. '
HAMMOND, Or., Dec 2. (To the Ed
itor.) Is not the lict of American ex
peditionary forces which appeared In
The Sunday Oregonian November 24
coming home as Boon as possible? In
today's paper there was an entirely
different list. A WAR BRIDE.
Both dispatches gave lists of organi
zations designated for early return to
the United States. There is no conflict.
Other lists will be published as soon as
ready.
THE SIGIX FIXES.
Thev' ft a million ukuleles scattered
round this land so fair.
And they's whangin' tin pianos scat
tered up and down tne lines:
But all that truck's the rankest piffle,
and it can't noways compare
. To the simple, meller music of the
singin' of the pines,
when tha sea breeze comes a-blowtn
and it's blowin' strong and clear,
Whv. It sets the leaves a-quiverin
with their whisperin' flats and
' aharns:
And they make the sweetest music a
man could ever hope to near-
Like a pack of fairies playin' on a
thousand golden harps.
When a man starts feelin mournrui
and his outlook s sort of gray,
And his final, 'ternal Winter's drawln'
niirh. by all the signs;
Then's the time to take his troubles
and to chase era clean away,
Just by listenin' plumb contented to
the singin' 01 tne pines.
L. LONG.
Cornelius, Or.
Everett May Only Slightly Wounded.
GRASS VALLEY. Or., Deo. 3. (To
the Editor.) In The Oregonian recent
ly we noticed t.n item saying tat Ev
erett May. former O. A. C. football
man, would probably be blind as a re
sult of wounds received in the service.
We have just received a letter from
him written November 5, saying that
he had been in command of his com
pany since September 27, except for
four days he spent in the hospital be
cause of a slight eye wound. He said
they had Just finished moving the
Huns on for 10 miles.
Please publish the fact that he was
not seriously wounded.
GRACE L. MAX.
The problem Is to get these commodi
ties to the market.
How, then, is It to be done? Port
land has responded with its millions to
every appeal made to the city. We
know the meaning of the word "Drive."
We know the men who know, how to
put the drive over.
Shall we be less certain of our
ability to help ourselves than we are
of our ability to help others? The
thing for us to do Is as clear as the
water of Bull Run. We must raise the
money to make Portland a shipping
center. We must start more drives
and start them Immediately. Here are
a few, the order is subject to revision:
Drive No. 1 To secure money to
build and maintain an adequate line
of steamers to operate on the Columbia
River.
Drive No. 2 To secure the money to
build and maintain a line of ships for
trade with Alaska. '
Drive No. 3 To secure the money to
build and maintain a line of shins for
trade between Portland and the
Hawaiian Islands.
Drive No. 4 To secure the money
to build and maintain a line of ships
for trade with China.
Drive No. 5 To secure the money to
build and maintain a line of ships for
trade between Portland and Australia.
Drive No. 6 To secure the money to
build a line of ships to operate through
the Panama Canal.
Drive No. 7 To secure the money to
build and maintain a line of ships, for
trade between Portland and the Philip
pines.
In other words, the citizens and
wage earners of Portland must be
taken into partnership and receive
either bonds or stock for the money
advanced for their undertakings. Just
as the money which the people of
Portland have loaned for liberty bonds
has been the means of develotlng the
shipbuilding industry. The boats which
have been built for the Government ln
Portland have really been built by
money loaned by the' people of Port
land. There Is probably money enough
Portland to maintain this ship
building programme upon the same
scale which It has been maintained
under Government contracts.
JOHN ALDEN LEE.
THE COAST GUARDS,
walked by the sea ln the tempest
Where great billows rolled and tossed,
And a ship ln danger signalled '
In the tempest, almost lost.
And I knew that the white-clad figures
Launching out ln boats to save
Were the coast guards of my country.
Strong, efficient quick and brave.
So o'er the sea of life I travel
Safe, though breakers round me roll,
For his promises sufficient
Are the coast guards of my soul.
ANNA SNOW FITTS.
Tit for Tat.
Boston Transcript.
Mrs. A. You were such a charming
debutante, my dear, 15 years ago. Mrs.
, Was I? I only remember that you
made such a lovely chaperon for me
when I came out.