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1(1 THE MORNING OREGONIAN', THURSDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1918. r u J8 fl( rCRTLAND, .OBtbOT. Entr.! Portland (Or'ton) roltofflce i -onl-rlaaa mail mattrr. iubacripUon ratea Invariably la adYanca. Br Wall. T!ly. Fundar lnrludi, er Twr. Ta;'T, .-undy lnelult. MX tnont n Jiily. Fundir ln-lu-l-l. Ihr! montna. liiv, Sunday InclU'ted. tn month I'ailv. without Sunday, ona ar Tiiy. without Sunday, atx montna Jiaiir. lthoiit Sunday, ooe inoniu V tea It. na )fir .........."" ftundar. one year feanilay and Weekly - CBy Carrier.) r'allr. Fiimlay Included, ona year fcimilav InclitdecL ona month t m . s S-35 .I no lino 1M raw further complicate the transpor- ot supplies. Welcome as the s money will be a -little later. oubtful if tho people of Belgium and France would bo able to care for hordo of "guests" until they have had time to readjust themselves. This will not be sooner than next harvest, in all probability. It Is entirely safe to predict that the rush of sightseers to the battle fields of Kurope will pass all records as soon as Kurope has had a breathing , ana an armed, prepared democracy In the former, war makes the military supreme over the civil authorities and gives the people no choice but to meet the army's demand, for men, money ana munitions. In the latter the mill tary force is always subject to civil authority, and there was not a time when the war could not have' been stopped, as regards their respective countries, by the British. French or Italian Parliament or the American Congress. In an autocracy the army Iat:. Sunday Included, three month! . laily. without Sunday, one year ..... J r.my. without Sunday, thrae monlal -Uaiiy. witnout fcuaday. one month Mow t Remit fiend pootofflco. money or er. axpra or peraonal check on ar loea. 0 .65 w. ..n.n ara at own r'a rltk. tiiva poatofrlca adureaa In lull, to- rent: in "VM"J v " t icoiuciiis Kiug iu ti ; raataso Rale Pie. - cent aT 4 to 45 paeea. 3 cenu: I Kuropo are the ones who would con- day and hour when the armistice be. a" to o- pac-a. 4 ceuta: t- to - i sistcntlv rrrnsn tn adnni nnv nniii., nm. .rrii. u i i enta: T to mi.. C aenla. Foreign PO-l- I t.jr 1"'"(.'"S (. double rate. Kaatara Rnalneaa Offl tin. hrunmrk btiiin vw Vnrk: Verrao A Conkun. KrtS'pr- budm."etr'oit. aiich.; I let these intense partisans had a I one surrender, and could hare brought fca rancic rapreaeatauva. . J. BidwaU. I conspicuous example of Intense par-1 his career to a climax in a victory Itlsanship in the president's appeal in without precedent in history. But "t,. "L'...Z,"r: 7A" . I" campaign for election of a Germany had agreed to terms which f ed to tho uee (or renublicatioa o( all naa I Partisan Congress. I meant attainment of all th nrls for iZS::3n,.tv&tmUr There are other members of Con- which the allies fought, and Foch re- ew puniisne nerein. i w v j-c. j ucau o euuicuiuig luoeu in Bacritice ine me oi a ejingio ,i ncnia or republication or apeciai our-1 0n tne order of & popular referendum additional man solelv in order to en- of the proposed peace terms. It is, of I hance his own Klory. Herein lies the Portland, THiK.n.v. iec. 6. iif, I course. Impracticable. ( I contrast between the soldier of an xei ii was not long since mat these autocracy and the soldier of a democ- KepuDllCanS Were Provided With the I trv. It la tha rnntn halwun auril m. iHA.Mc xu im kood BHir.i conspicuous precedent of a Demo-1 and good. ine situation In regard to wood I cratic statesman s advocating a popu- I hltina n4 . n V i t -. ...... liar rf at-n A ll m AM ..In n w n P 1 -u vi u. yraiu.,,,! ullH r ..i DEMOBILIZATION'. snces wnicn louowea tne suspension l " -"-1 There, .m h.v. v ,,, . .w . . I done unreasonint-DartlRanshin hut to nere seems to have been misun Zr7,ll x ..v CODlraCl3 re Point out the memorable fact that both derstanding in some parts of the proved to have been without cause by precedents, one of partisanship and country of the spirit of the suggestion the letter of Charles ricx, vlce-prcsi- the other of inaninity. failed simall that the draft boards be made a help- dent of the Emergency Fleet Corpora-1 to gain the approval of the American tul agency in the demobilization of tion. to the Oregon Wood Shipbuilders' public. It is a forlorn hope that the the Army and the return of the men space. Tho time, however, is not yet ' is tho master, in a democracy It is the servant of the, people. And what a contrast there was be. tween the actions of the Generals when the war drew near Its inevitable end Long after defeat must have appeared certain to any reasonable man, the German commanders continued to pour men into the maelstrom, to urge and drive them on. to gas both sol diers and civilians and to burn and loot towns and villages, right to the Interest In the new historic spots. however Praiseworthy and however intense, will need to be kept in check S ir, I until other and more important mat ters have received attention. TRECKDENTED, BUT It may be noticed that those mem bers of Congress who objected most proposed by the President were he to tilities for ten days. Marshal Foch Verreo Conk-1 remain at home where he could best could almost certainly have captured propose tnem. I hundreds of thousands of Germans in Association. Shipbuilders are free mimicry will succeed. - to secure orders Tor an equivalent lnnnara fnr nrlvat. n ; n by the ShiDointr Board. That la all I The "Port of the Marion County that need bo asked at present, but it I K111 Jurv on Penitentiary manage-1 respective military boards, which are to civil life. A decidedly impracticable and undesirable plan, for Instance, is that suggested by a citizen of an East ern state, who would have the men brought home under escort to their should be followed In the near future I nient Is not lightly to be passed over always in the immediate vicinity of by a general throwing down of the ,ln lne remarK tnat the case wasl their homes." The idea Is to keep bars, which will permit ships to be I prejudged. them under control so that there will built in this country for all comers I without restriction. This should In volve no-danger of depleting the mer chant marine, for, if Americans can I compete with other nations in build ing for foreigners, they can do so In Within a comparatively short period be "no temptation or opportunity.' four wardens have complained of in- The scheme will not be adopted, of ability to get along with the parole course. To say nothing of Its physical officer. Resulting laxity of discipline impracticability, the fact that it is or some other cause has resulted In an insult to the men who have thus a bribery scandal. Now comes the far conducted, themselves with com- building foieach other. The question report of the grand Jury. Meanwhile mendable propriety would condemn under which flag the ships should ail the state's parole officer has a record it. The soldier will prefer to be mus- would then be one of cost of opera- fr being the storm center of trouble tered out in military fashion, and It tion. which is another proposition. In other activities in which, he has will not require urging to make him The very ' first of the Shipping been engaged. take a bee line for home. Provision Board's reasons for condemning- the These facts have gained widespread for transportation in groups will be wood ship except for the war emer-1 attention. Publia opinion has formu-1 arranged as an incident to his con- gency. is erroneous as regards thejlated on the. basis that conditions are I venience. He will hardly need nurs Pacific Coast. It is: 1 not right at the penitentiary and that ine on the way. That both tho Lake yarda and tha wood I they ought to be corrected promptly There is, however, a practical way ? th COUB,ry hav of necessity con-1 and vigorously. I in which members of draft boards can The Governor has pinned his faith help, quite voluntarily and as part of to a man who has a wide reputation their general duties as citizens. They I as an intriguer. Developments at the have acquired in the course of theil penitentiary Indicate that that repu- labors an exceptional knowledge of tation is not misapplied. But even if the situations of the men and theit A mm fn V a . , - ' I uujuov, Lum.iL.uit Jin. Mw uccii I QepeaoeilUS KUU UL lUUUaiUtU UCOUO o ftuuiuvcu UV LatlHBn,. it ...II.H.J nn . 1 - . , mi til V- a mnpu0 ,. . ... . . - i ickiiGu " niv.ii, ... wii ii iiuirvi, vaunui i oi ineir comaiuDiuea. aitere win wo LlovdZ It! , " B"a possibly work for the future benefit numerous opportunities for them to ir.?1.3: "Pac',ty.may be of the institution. be helpful to individuals. This, as a lined their cotutructioa to veasela under I uvw tona deadweight. That is not true of the wood ship yards of the Pacific Coast. They have the timber and have made a designator snips of 6000 tons deadweight, and There is public lack of confidence, matter of fact, many of them are now world are those in which occur the maximum of both sunshine and rain fall, and these are inseparable from swamp areas. The millions of square miles which it would be tdo costly to drain, and which . menace other-mil lions of square miles of intensely fer tile land, will be taken within the area of agricultural nd industrial develop ment by elimination of their chief scourge. And the germ-conquering scientists, released from this field, will be able to turn their attention to other maladies, with a good pros pect of overcoming- them, one by one. MAKE THE LOT At LECIOXTEBMAXEST. Although the Spruce Production Division of the United States Army is soon to be dissolved, it is to be hoped that one of its results will con tinue to live. That Is the Loyal Legion of Loggers and Lumbermen. Through that organization, working in conjunc tion with the spruco division and its officers, production of aircraft lumber has been increased to fifteen times the output of a year ago, and largely by its means the allies had six airplanes to one for the Germans on the western front when hostilities ceased. By its efforts treason and anarchy have been driven from the forests and mills. of the Pacific Northwest, and loyalty has become the guiding principle of the lumber industry. That Industry itself has profited so greatly through the presence of this unique labor organization that its benefits should hot, and surely will not, eease with the disappearance of the immediate occasion for its forma tion. It has been the means of estab lishing peace where there was for merly discord, friendly contact between employer and workman where were formerly hatred and distrust, mutual understanding and co-operation where were estrangement and strife, unin terrupted production in place of strikes, frequent shutdowns and wan dering workmen, peaceful' settlement of disputes between men who respect each other's rights and opinions in place of wrangling and intolerance among men who selfishly grabbed all they could get. The bond which has thus been es tablished between employing ana working lumbermen by the common impulse of loyalty should not be broken when war ends- Rather it should be strengthened and perpetu ated as a league of peace doing on a small scale that which the World's Peace Congress hopes to do on a large scale. Its aim is the same to maintain peace and Justice among men in one industry as we hope to see them maintained among nations. Stars and Starmakers. By Leone Casa Baer. Those Who Come and Go. S EE Ben J. 'Worslev. of Astoria, passed where .some manager or an (through Portland last evening on his tr,. nr launn nersons way to Roseburc to attend the meet says the ukulele is barred from the in- lJDZ kVh" V.. - He-nV ... ... , . . th !,. ciety, of which ho is vice-president. stitutlon because It makes the inmates Mp Wor4,,ey wm endeavor tohave the crazy and Incites violence. ext annual meeting held in Clatsop It has the same effect on a lot of county, contending that since the so folks outside the asylum. ciety was founded some 30-odd years ago It lias . never met in a Coast Schoolteacher arrested in New York County. Clatsop, with ita reclaimed for shoplifting said she "was from the lands and its cranberries and West, and was only stealins to get at- : """" , iiiimiraeni xor a. Biory. asserts that Tin h.tt.r lnr.nh.rrlM are All DunK. II she was from me vreai grown anywhere than in Clatsop the real Wlest, not Omaha or Bioux i count. City she had enough atmosphere. In Other Days. Twenty-flve Years Ago. From The OregonUn, December S, 1M3. County Superintendent Ackerman. in his monthly report of Multnomah Coun ty schools, states that the number of chtldren attending in 10.444 and that the average daily attendance is 'J063. The open season for deer ended on the 1st of the month. A few carcasses are seen on the market, but they will bo the lart, unless there are a few in cold storage. The stock of game blrda, such as pheasants, in cold storage is small, only a few hundred, o the mar ket will soon bo exhausted of them also. iWe've got eo much atmosphere out here that local writers make fiction out of it only. a o a Among the things the atmosphere- J. A. Slater, a etockralser from Gold Butte, Mont., Is at the New Perkins. City Surveyor Hurlburt Is preparing a map of tho city, in which will be ehown In cnlnrM all thn Ktreeta. 1m- Hotarians have ensraced the Mult- I nroved maris and hrlriepK etc. Ha in nomah for their convention next Feb- also preparing a map to show the loca ruary. Anions' other things, an order tion of all thn sewers In the. citv and seeking thief took was a 6ealskin coat "as Deen P'acea lor a dinner or uu whether of brick, terra cotta or Ktono. valued at 700. Inconsistent, to say the P'athes- and tw lunches of BOO plates These maps will be a great convenience to the sewer and road commissions nn well as the public. least Sealskin keeps atmosphere away. I S. S. Smith, manager of the Med- - tra cun ana memoer or tne executive Tnft heavy rains on the Klamath "frown TJrinr-a'a tinat i.irM streak committee of the Republican State I ri,.- t, .1. oiam Irr. water as it hurries away," eays an Cntral Committee, left last night for feet putting a stop to the operations article. But it wasn't a yellow streak. " erdln0 th t v of the rivcr miners for tho 8eason- The Tk. r-.- r,,. ii- .1,.. .m him. i"?.se"vral dars ln this city on busl- season has been un unprofitable one ness. He was registered at the Ben- generally for the miners and it has been Gosh! Pve overlooked whatever George Creel, who edits the United States, has had to say about the Presi dent's trip to Europe. Did he in dorse it? Guy Lafollette, of Prineville, owner- or one or "the big ranches ln that sec tion of Central Oregon, is in the city ana is registered at the Hotel Portland. said that none of the companies repre sented has made any profit Mr. and Mrs. Charles D. Gay, of Seattle, are at the New Perkins. Mr. oay is interested In the timber business. Leo Godowsky. the pianist, is staying Ella "Wheeler . Wilcox rhapsodizes thus to us girls: "And when you mar ry, girls, maintain your own individu ality." Teh? It can't be done. Ella. Indi viduality and marriage have the pro- 1 at the Benson, verbial oil and water beaten a mile as non-mixers. A- Haines, H. F. Alexander and a a . 0 J. S. Wallace, of the Pacific Coast Isn't it about time to start a benefit Steamship Company, are registered or eomething for the rescue and relief at aBenson- T1?e P" ,lhe.re from ... . . , , Tacoma, a branch office having re- of the veterans and families of heroes cently been opened in this city by the of the recent war bond drives and company. united war work campaign? H. F. McGowan. a salmon packer of A theater programme of the isis I Mcuowan, Wish., is here on business Theater In Boise, Idaho, reveals several and is at the Imperial. noniAti wjall IrnAtvn - Tfv 7 n rl th AH rflf fans. Katherine Graham, for one, is J," Jaltinw0 fr years conducted ... .. . a laundry in Portlaifd, but recently with the company as ingenue. Walter disposea of his local lnteres-t8 and Siegfried Is in the company, and so is moved to Astoria, was at the Multno- Cliff Lancaster, a former Bakeronlan. mah yesterday. He is in the laundry Mr. and Mrs. Bert Porter, too. are in business at Astoria. than , . , , , , . - I lUviQ zVfor lonV , h.rt thVtT ,T There is a lsruntled spirit within doing. But it is a far different matter to? fl tl Iir?li. J? tha Prison and suspicion of authority from acting meddlesomely. The draft ea t i V. - wholly apart from the usual convict board members, and employers and wMc . v IT. Jf , ,7"Bef .1 attitude. The reformatory possibili- citizens generally, will do well to bear - - a vaiu va. .ill 1UCI IS 14 tanks. Nor does it apply to sailing cnooaeri wiin . auxiliary engines, which were built as lumber-carriers before the Shipping Board began busi ness. Ships will be built during the next year or two at higher cost than may t expected Jo prevail after normal conditions have been restored and ties of the penitentiary and the In- in mind that their opportunity for terests of thevtaxpayers in having the public service did not end with the institution nun on sound basis are far I signing of the armistice. more important than the temporary SCIENCE" MOTES ON". It is important, if the early reports are verified by later developments. fortunes of any one man. The peni tentiary is not maintained for the po litlcal or financial benefit of any man or set of men In a conflict between welfare of the that an anti-serum for yellow fever oft.r h rfll. . rcimrunai, ir.u., t I rV .-..'.' " .. 7T. ' -"- plove's office the welfare of the peni- reason that this will result in preserv """m"a,' ' DU? lne h'tt freights tentiary must prevail. In the inter- ing many human lives and that it at wkI. "T . 111 cs': should clean house. ucu luai vl jjruuuction xias reacnea its natural level, the same time will mark a forward step toward bringing the tropics under the control of Irian. The latter fact may be of great economic significance, because of the almost unlimited food- producing capacity of the equatorial it should be much less for wood than for steel vessels, I CROWJT PRfXCE RIGHT FOR ON'CE. which should compensate for the I The wisdom and veracity of the ex higher rates of insurance on wood Crown Prince of Germany, are not reirinns- The whole history of pro- I riolrf in vat-it liivh . t m altVa nana rnnra rA ftllminntinn of VP How KenectiOM Which have been C&stlinatA .-u. vi .... . I rmt rpmninine bar to . . - ... . i iiiniuv vi uuiaiun ins counirv. nu r t noro 1 to t wa..w. - - a are pecXrly uniusl for thoewWch "re reason" for "'ving his statement tropical civilization and development, tr! JIwi.h J e , n that ,n October, 1914. after the firs has been written within a lifetime. .LllLVtV11 battle of the Marne. he declared tha most recent claims are verified, force to steel ships. The defects to rLo.,., ,.. .1 f : win maan momentous addition 7LerlJ rmor;' fo; peaa . vs v. . In course of no long time. They are the result of employing green men in building vessels, and of other green men in operating them, an unavoid able conditipn when an industry is suddenly expanded.- Green men, if capable, acquire skill and become competent, and the incapable are sifted out. The American soldiers who fought on the Meuse were green men a year ago, but they acquired enough skill to defeat the veterans of Germany. Shipbuilders and seamen can do the same. There have been failures of steel ships, but Senatorial critics do not refer to them or do not cite them as grounds for believing the steel ship a failure. They were the result of inexperience, which time cures, and of haste, which" is no longer necessary. American mechanics are by the General Staff. Facta and the last century a golden one In medl opinions have transpired which cor- cal science. roborate the Crown Prince's statement According to a letter rrom tne and which go to show that his opinion municipal health officer of Guayaquil, was shared by others highly" placed Ecuador, to fie New York Sun, Dr. in liermany. I rogucni, ine uisuusuiaucu apaucac The British Ambassador' nirf f bacteriologist, noted also for other his last Interviews-with the Chancellor discoveries in his particular field, suc- and foreign minister immediately be- ceeded recently while In Ecuador as fore and after the British declaration member of the Yellow Fever Com of war show that it was received with mission of Rockefeller Institute not mingled rage and consternation in only in Isolating tne yeiiow lever or- Beriin. The German government be- ganism but also in producing a vacoine lieved the British neonla tn h which has made immune a number of steeped in pacifism that they would horses with -Which he experimented. not permit war for a mere "scrap of The Japanese scientist nua aiau vat- paper," and it believed- civil war in clnated several regiments 01 meu wuu Ireland so Imminent that Britain must .go from the interior to the could not engage in a foreign war if yellow fever districts of tho country, she would. The discovery of their and tha outcome is awaited with con- error, combined with the, knowledge fidence. He is positive mai me mitro th? Briti.sh was'already- organism which heas identified is can landsmen are learning sea life and operation of ships, and they are learning in the only possible way. When they have learned, they will be equal to any in the world, as they have proved in other occupations, both of peace and war. sa and would iwmii ftermnn mm. tha true cause of the disease. merce from the ocean and prevent The work which has peen done by Tjncie gam's employment office has the landing of an expedition Jn. the Americans ln cleaning up me vruy- a nuiriber 0f clients which would make rear of the French army, explains les" Is -in no sense discredited by the any Bgent oniBurnside street turn their dismay and their fierce cry: later discovery of Dr. Noguchi, but greea envy. and they, will all be "Unit strarn Knc'I.mrl " Tha Pntaian I nnnntitutes a yuuuio .uiiuicmcii, l" .t...s ctnrlr with emnlovers. invasion or .East Prussia within three it. it has ior some i'"' weeks after war began, when Germany that the fever was caused by a specific had expected that the Russian army virus, .nd1 that it was communicated could not mobilize in less than six by a certain variety vi . Germany upon a real food conser vation basis will be able to outdo even the Germany which before the war was held up as a high example of the combined efficiency of thrift and ersatz. There is sugar, for example. It now is revealed that the last sugar harvest was exceedingly large, but that the product had been largely used in the manufacture of munitions. The potato crop also was exceptionally good, considering the war. A consid erable proportion had been held for conversion into alcohol, also for muni tions making. There are great quan tities of turnips and cabbages, which, since the Germans thought them suf ficient for prisoners engaged in "hard labor, it would not be unreasonable to expect them to consume themselves while waiting for their next crop. The German food situation, by all late ac counts, is far from desperate. But our, own need for avoiding waste is pressing because our contribuons to our allies will be a different matter and we hold them to be deserving Qf the beet that we can give. the company. On Thursday last they opened ln Max Figman's Comedy, "Nothing but the Truth." Miss Gra ham appeared ln the role of the emo tional young society bud with vocal yearnings, a role which the Boise pa pers say she enacted cleverly. This is the role in which Geraldlne Dare ap peared to advantage awhen the Baker company presented this comedy a few weeks ago. A. C. Key, accompanied by Mrs. Key, is at the New Perkins. ' Mr. Key" is a leading merchant at Molalla. W. P. Gorman, a Seattle business man, is staying at the Hotel Oregon. . Miss Bertha M. Fray, of Kansas City, is at the Hotel Portland with Colonel and Mrs. W. F. Tucker, of Hood River. Miss Fray is a niece of Mrs. Tucker and is in the West on a pleasure trip. 50 Year Ago, From The Orcgonian, December 8, 3868. The McMinnville Courier says that the people of McMinnville are soon to have water from the South Yamhill in troduced into their town, which will give them an inexhaustible water supply. It was a mistake that the East Side Railroad had discontinued all work forv the Winter. Only the grading force has been discharged, leaving about 20U men still employed in surveying par ties, mills and machine shops and at the bridges. The bridge and car build ing will continue all Winter. The railway bridge project between England and France has taken definite shape. The company is capitalized for 8000 shares of 4 pounds each. Half ot the French capital has been subscribed. The bridge is to be built from Shakes pear Cliff, Dover, to a point near Ca lais. It will be of metallic arches ris ing 360 feet above the sea, which will be built on land and floated into position. The armies of Europe, according to the estimates of a French collector of statistics, are composed of 2.557.528 men in active service and 671,836 drilled reserves. ASZAC COTIUBUTION9 TO WAR and Australia Aaaembled, Clothed Armed 350,000 Volonteeere. PORTLAND. Dec. 4. (To the Ed-. itor.) As one of the objects of "Brit- Charles T . Vfl rv -fitnlnr TTnlterl lln 4oV" I n .nii-v,.n ih. nannl. nf Walter Corry has succeeded Walter states Senator from Oreeon. was at the I the United States as to the part played Siegfried-as stage manager with the Imperial for a few hours yesterday I by the British Empire in the great Baker rtock company. Mr. Corry ap- ana registered from Salem. pears also with the players. This week I - , , "!T x. ,.., . ., . 1 J. C. Clark, San Francisco represent- lU i . tive of the Willamette Iron & Steel peramental bellhop. Works, is at the Benson. He is here X for a consultation with the eTecntivaa Alan Dale, the dramatic critic, is I of the company relative to the future seriously ill at a hospital near May-1 business of the iron works in Cali fornia. side, L. I., following an operation. a a a Further details of the accident which resulted In Nat Goodwin's loss of the J. Li. Carman, of the Carman Furni ture Manufacturing Company, of Ta- war, may I be permitted lne oppor tunity of placing before your readers some facts regarding the contributions made by Australia and New Zealand: Particularly do I think the publler- tion of these facts is timely and neces sary, because there seems to be a great deal of misunderstanding ln this coun try regarding Australia's attitude to the war. Quite recently I had occasion to administer a severe rebuke to a California Senator who, in the course coma, and Portland, arrived from tha nf n nnhlip. address, stated that Aus- ,Bw ,u ic .i ... c,.. " former city yesterday and is at the tralia. in voting against conscription actor used by mistake for an eye wash Hotel Portland. a liniment In which chloroform pre dominated. The accident occurred in Terre Haute, Ind., where Mr. Goodwin and his company were appearing in Why Marry," the play in which Port- landers saw him a few months ago. James T. Shaw is registered at the Hotel Portland from San Francisco. Mr. Shaw is an attorney representing the Pacific Telephone & Telegraph company. I had "quitted the war. The same gross misstatement of Australia's case has appeared in various newspapers and has been made in my hearing on many occasions. The truth is that, taking into con sideration the isolation of the Aus tralian continent and its great distance Great Britain is setting an example for other countries to follow in laying especial stress on the "key industries' in making plan's for reconstruction The making of dyes is an illustration of these. The value of dyes, mainly imported befote the war from Ger many, was about $10,000,000 a year, but the dyes were employed in the making of paper and textile good: worth 11,000,000.000, so the "key" industry represented only 1 per cent of the main industry, but was nev ertheless vital to it. Similarly, mag netos were the key to the internal combustion engine business, tungsten to high speed steel and nickel to an other grade of steel. Lead, graphite and rubber incidentals were other keys. By developing these items at home, countries are rendered- inde pendent of outside influences, a fact that is highly important irom tne economic viewpoint, but which seems to have taken a war to make plain. What would Thomas Jefferson say to the spectacle of an American Presi dent sailing for Europe on a palatial ship with attendant ships under an armed convoy, to attend a congress with representatives of Kings and to loin in deciding questions in every other continent except AmeriA? This is a very different United States from that which Jefferson had a leading part In establishibg. TOCKISTS AT HOME AND ABROAD! 1 The influx of applicants for rss- and tha frl ilfat nf inciri. Wnrklnr uoon the basil ol this Itnowl ports for trips to Europe who and Invasion of Galicia caused further edge. Dr. Gorgas succeeded In his great are in haste to view the war uinn I enrnrk. whon tha. k.ci.i- ih. Ari in Cuba and the Panama Canal seems to be premature. The Gov-lMarne was added to all these un- xone by adopting certain measures of eminent still frowns upon them, toward events, it is not improbable sanitation which are now wen "'VT'"- for several excellent reasons, and it that wiser German heads than the Draining ponds and marshes which would seem to be the part of wisdom Crown Prince decided that the wrong were breeding places for mosquitos for Americans to plan for at least one time for the war had been chosen and and screening dwelling places were more season of travel in their own that peace should be made before a the chief of these, the only drawback country. There is more than one worse thing befell the empire. This to them being the impossibility of group whose claims for preference in is confirmed by Baron Wangenhelm's carrying them into execution over overseas travel come ahead of those appeal to Ambassador Morgenthau in more than a limited area. Now, If the oi ine mere signisecr. Constantinople in January, 1815, for new vaccine runn There will be. first of all. the rights American mediation. sibla to immunize -human beings , so of our soldiers tu bo transported home But with the declaration of war. that they may dwell without fear in as quickly as their services can be control of affairs had already passed hinterlands too vast-to be policed by dispensed with, and this will involve from the civil to the military authori- any sanitary squad, a great proportion of available ship- ties. The will of the General Staff was Progress in this form of science has ping space, adjusted to the needs of, supreme and it overruled all counsels I Been relatively rapia. . j of prudence and decreed. "On with years since Dr. Jenner eommuuiui the war." It believed that it had built his discoveries as to the prophylactic the most perfect military machine power of vaccination a uie ih.i h.H .i.- nna a rri tnu. I i .inM that time much has been which no nation or -possible comblna- added to the world's knowledge of tion of nations could stand. It was the principles of immunisation. The swollen with pride in its own creation record as to typhoid In the armies ol and in the military capacity of the the world in the recent war speaks German people, and was filled with for itself, and It is sign"."."-"-. -"-contempt for the military forces and prediction of a smallpox epidemic at .r.ni.ie nt nlh.r nstlnns Pnr vaor-c, it .v- Inua of thiS War, based Upon eX- had been Impatient to put this ma- perience after other wars, docs not . . .... I .. . n It nnno vrmlrl chine in operation and to see it roll cause excitement, ' rutnlessly, over a trembling world, have done. This malady, once a dev- Von Moltkt. Von Falkenhayn, Freytag astatine one. has been practically von Lorlnghoven and all the other robbed of its terrors among civilized military chiets laughed at the timid peoples. counsels of the statesmen, and thev Practical widespread immunity rode on to destruction. against yellow fever, as has been What a lesson this contains ln the suggested, is economically important riana-ers of a military autocracv and h.nnM of ita direct bearing upon la tha Inherent .contrast between It I .food, The most f&rtile parta of the What are the women to do when they are discharged from the jobs where they have been filling men's places? There will soon be not even soldiers' sweaters to knit. military transport and not to tourists. There will be a certain amount - of eastbound travel in sending soldiers for replacement in certain expert and technical divisions. A large number, in the aggregate, are waiting to join their families in allied countries, hav ing been forbidden from doing so during the war. A further number ire called to Europe by pressing busi ness. These deserve preferential treat ment in the allocation of passenger accommodations. The food question abroad Is another factor against too early tourUt travel. Since we are being called upon to deny ourselves in order that Europe may have enough of the staple com modities, it Is obviously better that our people should remain at home and consume their share of substi tutes than that they should go away Why call a "fight" a "smoker" It noneMs allowed to smoke? The waits develop a restlessness that can b overcome only by burning sometning; The military aviator went over the city yesterday like a stray goose that never drops a reather on poor oia Portland. Nicholas of Montenegro politely in timates that somebody Is falsifying, and says he is on the King job as usual. ' Does not President Wilson see an ill omen in the fact that his1 expert ad visers number twenty-three? The only remaining -restrictions on pse of sugar are those imposed by conscience and the price. Heavy fines for Chinese lottery men put the white man's money back into the white men's channel. Government has let go of all prunes commandeered and the regular boarder should be happy. . ' , Thinking of politics two years hence. you do not hear any Republican groan ing. Victor Berger has been indicted. Tha.t la progress at least, in the cast, but this week the tour is to be discontinued in Cincinnati until after the holidays. Mr. Goodwin is now in New York undergoing treatment in a sanitarium. Irene Bordoni, musical comedy star, ani F. Ray Goetz, composer, were mar- Ernest' Lawford replaced Mr. Goodwin NO "FUtli STATEMENT" FOR THESE frora the seat ' war a,nd. also consider ing lis meager pupumLiuii, vuui- Scant Reason Given Telegrapher, to " lh f Dismissal by Bnrlraon. ' Darts of ner vast territory about PORTLAND, Dec. 3. (To the Ed- 350,000 men who enlisted of their own Itor.) Postmaster-General Burleson is I free will, many having to tramp nun- quoted by the Associated Press, in ton- dreds of miles in route marches nection wtih, the Reynolds - Richards through barren country before they dismissals as stating: I reached their camps. These men had 'It is the unvarvine nreffedent In the to be clothed, equipped ana armea Dy rieu in .jersey tuy un utigoer dui I costal service that men dismissed are the Australian government ana trans- kept the fact secret un'.'l yesterday, themselves eiven a full statement of ports had to be found to take them when it was made public by Mr. Goetz. the reasons and nothing is made pub- across the thousands of miles of ocean Misa Rnrrlnnl la t nreaent cn-atarrlna- HC" wiat. iy uciwccu iuc. - "w- ... .1 Tplee-ranh nnrntnra In vaifmia nn rta I fields. W n r""8 ? ' the comtry have recently b, n d : Australia has a population of less ners." Until recently she has been Tti. c?.... than B.000.000. If the United States In. i ...... u urn mc uiiucu u n . j jiuaidi i .-i - rvir Western TTninn sai'tinn with I had made a contribution ot man-power Mr. Goetz has a number of successes the one word "undesirable" from their equal to mat oi Australia, on a popu- to his credit, the latest being "Httchy division superintendents. l"8'' ehe 7?H "t" .. . . . . . . ! at- T5,,,i-,o .v,. .u. 8.Q0O.000 of men to the front. This.no js-oo. in wnicn xtaymona juicncoc r"""" -,,ht. the TInited State., would have starred. . I - . done had it been necessary, but it must " - - ' ....., -- r I more to be said, but if he ehould de sire to instruct his superintendents to give the discharged men another word or two of reasons, some of the names and addresses could be easily secured in Portland or any other laige city in Bird Millman, 'who was here with a circus last Fall, is now with Zieg- feld's newest Winter Garden cliow. ATOR. Caroline Kohl, daughter of Mrs. Car. oline Lewis Kohl. Chicago's leadinc this country, owner of theatrical nrODerties. will COMMERCIAL make her vaudeville debut this week at the Majestic in Elisha Cook's little play, "No Sabe." Miss Kohl was a member of Mrs. Fiske's company, playing "Madame Sand" last season, and during a part TELEGRAPH OPER. DRAFTS, SNEEZES AND GERMS I was ridin' through the. city On the P. R-, L. & P., And was sittin" by a feller Who was settin' next to me: of the past Summer she was a member And he 'lowed that things was goin' of Russell Jahney's resident company I At a helluva rapid pace, in Milwaukee. Frances McHenry, a former Baker player, Is leading woman in stock at be rememtered, in Australia s ravor. that every man in her army was a volunteer. The amazine deeds of the Anzacs at Gallipoii. in France and Flanders and also in Palestine, need not be recounted here. Nor need I give more than a reminder of the fact that it was the Australian navy which captured Ger many's possessions in the South Seas land chased the enemy's raiders from the Pacific. But something should be said of the immense sacrifices made bv the people of these countries, whoso contributions to the Red Cross, whose assistance to Belgium and other devastated countries and whose sub scriptions to liberty loans, though When a feller couldn't sneeze without wonderful in themselves, were not as A kerchief 'cross his face. And the winders all was open With the wind a-howlin' through. the Overholtser Theater in Oklahoma Just a-fittin' up the people City. .a a a John Craig has arrived after a year in France with his wife, Mary Young, and is now at his home in Boston. Mr. Craig tells how the company of players appeared in "Baby Mine" and "Kick In," and Miss Young.in "Joan of Arc," while, the guns were in range of the actors and at one time they acted "Be lieve Me, Xantippe," four "miles from the front-line trench. They were car ried from place to place by automobile and many times got out on the road- Fer a dose of Spanish "flu." And the passengers was roastin' Uv the idiotic cuy. Who said we'd hev to freeze to death In order not to die! Every feller's full of germs So the men of learnin' say And one half's eatin' tother In a never-endin" fray; So, if you sneeze a batch of 'em Out into open space. It may be they're the very ones That'll save your neighbor's face. Only half of the bacillus side and gave a performance for the Is a aimin' fer to kill us. wounded. Another time the entire com pany was playing "Baby Mine" when the theater was hit by a bomb drepped by a German, aviator. Aihn Craig and Mary Young are the only real "com pany" that played right ln the firing lines. In the organization that aided The others are all cannibals, they say, And they exercise their muscle In a great devourin' tussel. So why should tremblln' mortals say them nay? remarkable as the cheerful manner in which they submitted themselves to extreme taxation. Then why did Australia defeat con scription when that question was sub mitted by referendum? Because the democratic Ideal tho conception of absolute individual liberty has carried tho masses of the Australian people' to tho point of resentment against any government action which savors of compulsion. Tho great majority of those who voted apainst conscription did so on principle, though many votes were doubtless cast with the object of evading service, as would have hap pened in any country. Australians may have been wrong in refusing conscrip tion personally, I think they were but whoever questions the loyalty of that country knows not tho spirit which has made the name of "Anzac" Immortal. ALBERT GOLDIE, Former general secretary Millions Club, Sydney, Australia. CANAL TOLL ISSUE IS RECALLED And if you sneeze a million. Mr anrl Mrs. Craio- were Ivv Trontman Or. let us say, a billion. Jill a tjiuw ma jiiuo rciiuics in juui vest, Wilfred Young, Teresa Dale, Grace Lou- Ise Anderson, Graham Velsey, George Kinnear and Robert Tabor, Taking his always forceful pen In hand, Percy Hammond has written in the Chicago Tribune this comment upon the activity of actors ln war service: "The stay-at-home actors, some ol them, have striven with great results Xow Is Opportune Time to Make New Agreement With Britain. PORTLAND, Dec. 4. (To the Editors In a recent editorial Joseph leais lecture on the transportation problems enmine before the country was oi.i- ciiftsed by The Oreeonian at length. That was fixed to put a crimp in all I Water routes were referred to and tha ' the rest T. T. GEER. Panama Canal barely mentioned. Close scanning failed to find incttlded 65h Coast Artillery. any reference to our lost nraia w iron WATT a riTT Hr Dor- 3 ITr, th tOllS tor intcrcoasia. in wish Tou can eay you've done your duty Though you thus may elay the cootie t,,tr?l.T?V .h hent or a VumW the canal if we want them. Tho forced r. ...v..:i,.0 i ctt- treaty was the method whereby our ---- I . JT . . I ...... ln r,f the Hav-Paunrefota i 11 ni.i.nnn . . i. ... i . a nn , ho s.nnnn K9 nn hhtn buuoii ui-nw" - - - 1 11 liic mn.iij' Dm.i.io u, .... a.i. j. ney I I th have played their heads off for the Artillery, u. a. -., oeionga. inia regi treaty was tho method whereby 'our is to bo nav e piayea meir iiwud on iur the I Ariiut:i ji ... - h.- - - , . , . y , ,: i i.ii k . I . t .-... i-o- t.i i. I ri ih t h slipped from us. Jt various wans sou yiuwnmrgpiea, per- I menu kh ri - -- : . f ffnr. ,)n ,, tv.rmine- eaeerly. with few cxcentlona. ruarv 26. 1918. Is it one of the many hoped that cons stent efforts will be as stokers, to keep the home flrea units ordered home from ranee? burning. A csuts&cniB-JK. "firatitude in larce extent has not been their reward. The theaters have DRYAD. Wash., Dec 3. (To the Edi made to negotiate a new treaty with Great Britain tto overcome this handi cap which never snouia nave Deen put unon us. ine nauunci are foon 10 given free performances for the men in itor.) In what division is the 65th settle many question-. Grt B rlialn Is ,rm. and their sacrifice has been ac- Coast Artillery Corps? now In so 'y"...'"- cepted as a matter of course. Yet one HOMER JORDAN. quest lor "on-ln're"" J our is told that no special trains have been traffic. J"'0 ' run to or from the Great Lakes without According to records of the Adjutant- clauses, would be acceded to glsdly cost to the sailors; and the haberdash- c.eneral s office the Coast Artillery con. aa """""l9.. "I"!" j U ., ... tTe 'SZSZySlZSZ gentS'd,nairarrofhaeny divfsn Th" "us. alogV' Ts u hav iwavs asked tha nrica from th been made a part of any division. The portance to the whole have always asked the price from thebeen madt a part r any dlvi8'n' The portance to the whole country? mea in uniform,'i i65t. has not yet been ordered horn. 1 , BOBERI.C, WRIGHX,