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THE MORNING OREGON IAN, FRIDAY. JANUARY 24. 1919. PORTLAND. OR KG ON. Entered at Portland (Oregon! Postoffice as sccond-cisss mail matter. t Subscription rate Invariably In advanca: (By Mail.) "Daily. Sun-lay ineluded, one year TJaily. Sunday included, six months Daily, Sunday included, three months. . Tjaliy. Sunday included, one month Daily, uithout Sunday, one year "Daily, without Sunday, six months Daily, without Sunday, one month Weekly, one year 77 Sunday, one ear Sunday and "Weekly (By carrier.) Daily. Sunday included, one year "Daily. Sunday included, one month. . . . "Daily, Sunday included, three months. . Daily, -without Sunday, one year Daily, without Sunday, three month. . . Dally, without Sunda;-, one month .S.0u -5 ; m . 6.00 . 3.25 . .60 . 1.00 . 2.30 . 3.00 .10.00 7.80 1.03 .03 Haw to Remit Send poatofrtce money or der, express or personal check ori your local bank. Stamps, coin or currency ar at t vn--r risk. 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The United States Shipping Board has been authorized to expend nearly $4,000,000,000 on-ships, its authority to cease six montns after peace is pro claimed. It requisitioned over 400 steel ships, of 2,300,000 deadweight tons, which were under construction or contract for private owners, a very large pro portion being in yards on the. Pacific Coast. These ships constitute two thirds of the total tonnage delivered. There were well-developed shipyards on the Pacific Coast and the Great l.akcs, all of which were well organ ized and had skilled shipworkers. Ap proximately 96 per cent of the steel ships delivered under contracts made by the Emergency Fleet Corporation up to November 11 came from these yards. Practically all established shipyards on the Atlantic Coast were filled with naval contracts or with private con tracts made before the war. It was necessary to contract for the building of new yards and to mnke ship contracts with new and inexperi enced organizations. The established yards on the Pacific Coast and the Great Lakes rendered excellent service and have practically fulfilled their delivery promises. As to the new yards, their contribu tion in finished ships has been prac tically nothing, and their cost of pro duction exceedingly high. Contracts were made for 731 wood cargo ships without proper investiga tion as to the responsibility of the con tractors, their knowledge of the work or the probable source of their supply of materials. Upon the signing of the armistice, contracts for 160 of these ships were canceled. Of the ninety two accepted, two have sunk and ten were compelled to lay up for repairs after a voyage of les3 than 1000 miles. If the Government could sell them at 50 per cent of their cost, it would be an excellent bargain. The total cost of the steel ships will be approximately three times that of similar ships in a normal pre-war period and nearly five times the cost in British yards. Contracts for 35 per cent of the steel tonnage on a cost-plus basis were let to five shipbuilding concerns on the Atlantic Coast; that is, for 513 ships of 3,600,000 deadweight tons. Their cost is estimated at 1745,000,000, but will be nearer $1, 000, 000, 000, or. $275 a ton without cost of supervision. Of these 513 ships only four out of 103 promised had been delivered prior to November 11. The five contractors are: The Amer ican International, of Hog Island; the Merchant Shipbuilding Corporation, of Bristol, Pa.; the Submarine Boat Cor poration, of Newark, N. J.; the Bethle hem Shipbuilding Corporation with five yards, and the. Carolina Shipbuild ing Corporation, of Wilmington, N. C. The average cost of steel ships per ton in the whole country is about 5180; on , the Pacific Coast about $185. The cost at the Bethlehem yards will probably be $270 a ton for tankers, $240 for cargo ships, $430 for trans ports. . At the three fabricated steel ship yards, which the contractors operate its agents of the Government at a per centage fee, the cost per ton will he: Hog Island, transports. $340 cargo ships. $267; Bristol, cargo ships, $240: Newark, cargo ships, $206. The salient points about these three yards are: Ninety-three ships promised, none delivered. One hundred and sixty-four to have been launched, twenty-two launched. Two hundred and forty-nine to have been placed in construction, 107 laid down. Failure to the extent of 66 per cent in the amount of steel erected and of 74 per cent in the number of rivets driven. . Actual construction work is pro gressing at 40 per cent of normal speed, which increases the percentage of overhead cost. The Shipping Board has at no time been made tip of men with a knowl edge of shipping or shipbuilding prob lems. It has scattered its energies over a number of collateral matters. It is building at Groton, Conn., and "Wilmington, N. C, three, four and five-room houses for shipworkers at a cost of $4000 each, which cannot be sold for more than 60 per cent of their cost. These are the main, but by no means all. of the counts in the indictment which Senator Calder made against the Shipping Board in his speech in the Senate. They are a record of flagrant waste of billions of dollars and of dismal failure to build that bridge of ships for which our Army had been calling when the fighting stopped. They include a tribute by an Eastern Senator to the good service done by the Pacific Coast in supplying ships to the Army, and contain a condemnation of the Atlantic Coast for failure in that . regard. His strictures on the Shipping Board for letting contracts for many wood ships are no reflection on that type of vessel. They reflect on the board for having first shown favoritism to sec tions which had neither material nor suitable designs, and for then forcing its own designs upon Pacific Coast builders In place of the tried and proved designs which were already in use. Not until a late day, and then only In part, did it adopt the Peninsu lar or Ballln designs, which have proved successful, and it rejected the St. Helens type of steam schooner. The wood ship industry of this Coast has been injured rather than helped by the board's activity. Those sanguine people who believe that, when anything" is wanted, all that !s necessary is to establish a Govern ment board and give it a big appro- I priatlon. should think again. The Shipping Board "Was to have given us an American merchant marine as swiftly as a magician "waves his wand. It has given us a number of ships which are so loaded down with ex cessive cost that they cannot be kept afloat in competition with British and Japanese vessels. In order to be in a position to compete with British ships four-fifths of their cost should be written off. Part of this loss no doubt should be charged off to the war as the result of war prices and wages, but by far tho greater part should be charged to tho extravagance, ignorance anVl mis management of the Shipping Board. MARKING TIME AT HOME. The war cabinet of our run-by-wireless Government is to meet every Wednesday at Paris. It consists of Bernard Baruch. Herbert Hoover, Vance McCormick and Edward N. Hurley, and so says the Associated Press in making the announcement "such other of his (the President's) diplomatic, political, economic and military advisers as the President des ignates to attend." Mr. Baruch is the head of the Yar Industries Board and he is a one- dollar-a-year man who has justified i the President's confidence, and more. Mr. Hoover is the Food Administra tor, and he has performed a difficult task with extraordinary success. Mr. McCormick is a politician and a qual ified expert (presumably) on Ameri can opinion. Doubtless the President has reason to think he is also an ex pert on world affairs. Mr. Hurley is head of the Shipping Board. He is as good as his several predecessors. Altogether the President is likely to be as well advised at Paris as at home. In any event, he may be sure that not all the gentlemen whom he has sum moned to conference will worry him unduly by Insisting upon his accept ance of counsel he docs not want to take. So everything seems to bt prog-esf-ing favorably at Paris. The war cab inet will discuss- the Associated Press also reports "blockade, shipping, food relief for Europe, and the provi sion of raw materials for the restora tion of the devastated regions, and will probably also give attention to the Russian question." We look in vain for some intima tion that the war cabinet will also discuss the grave domestic problems that now harass the American people, such, for example, as reconstruction of industry, including the re-employment of millions of men who are out of work, and the restoration to work, or its equivalent, of those other mil lions of soldiers who were taken from their jobs and want them back, or will soon be wanting them. We look in vain also for some sign that the ad interim Government at Washing ton is giving adequate attention to these matters. America is asked to give $100,000-,-000 to feed the hungry of Europe. But It is doing nothing to enable the un employed of America to feed them selves, except to tell them to find jobs. THE RUSSIAN" EXPERIMENT. Although the proposal Ao invite the various governments of Russia, in cluding the Bolshevlki, to send dele gates to a special conference was made by President Wilson, it was pre sented by the British government in another form, for that government proposed that all Russian govern ments be invited to send delegates to the Paris conference instead of a sep arate conference at Prince's Island. This plan was violently opposed by Foreign Minister Pichon, of France, who said it would be a "contract with crime," but it was in line with the idea of Mr. Wilson. The British government lias made a complete change of front since the armistice, especially since the election of a new Parliament. It refused to recognize the Bolshevik Minister to London and arrested him and held him as a hostage for the safety of the foreign diplomats in Russia. It vowed vengeance for the murder of its naval attache at Petrograd, and was ap parently most determined to stamp out Bolshevism. But the British soldiers feel that when Germany was defeated their work was done. They want to go home and get back to work. A new campaign to chase the reds through the great plains of Russia has no attractions for them. There Is a deep tinge of radicalism among the British workmen, and they overlook the hideous crimes of the Bolshevikl and take at par their, pretense of fighting for labor. The British public generally is tired of war. wants to stop buying war bonds and thinks It has "done its bit" for the peace of the world. Armed pacification of Russia would require men and money, and they cannot be obtained from a nation in this frame of mind. When this is the situation and when it is known that Mr. Wilson Is averse to interfering in the internal troubles of a nation, we can understand the change of front on the part of a gov ernment which has shown a desire to act in harmony with the President in all matters relating to peace. If he were to follow his own inclination and if the chaos in Russia were not a source of disturbance for the coun tries of which the affairs must be set tled at Paris, Mr. Wilson would prob ably leave Russia to "stew in her own juice." as he left Mexico. But the course of events in Russia suggests that suppression of Bolshev ism would be a comparatively easy ta.sk for a well-equipped army of per haps 200,000 men. They have been beaten repeatedly by the Czechs, who are far inferior in number, and have met frequent reverses from hastily raised, ill-armed bodies of Russians. They were quickly routed by the allied force at Vladivostok, and have not been able to budge the Archangel force, which they greatly outnumber. The joy with which the people wel come any force hostile to them indi- cates that the population is against them and would regard an allied army as deliverers. If the Prince's Island conference should bring the factions together, it will belie all signs. The other parties say they will have no dealings with the Bolshevlki. and there is no reason to expect that the latter will step down or agree to an election for an all-Russian constitution-, and govern ment, since that would surely mean their own extinction. If alter a dis agreement the allies should decide to leave Russia to her fate, it would re main a center of disturbance for other countries, and a fine opportunity would be open for Germany to ex ploit and gain practical control. The junkers and captains of Industry have not changed their nature because their government has changed, and they will be as ready to exploit other na tions .under the republic as under the empire. MIPLACED COVFIDENC I . The public will give various in terpretations to the action of the United States Senate in dismissing the charges of disloyalty against Senator La Follette. One explanation will be that the Senate Is tender of Senatorial privi leges and is willing to throw the mantle of its protection around a member who talks foolishly and wildly anywhere: for who at times is not guilty of indiscreet speech? Another explanation will be that Senator I-a Follette has made his peace with tho Republican organization and has been taken into camp. Nearly all the Sen ators who now stand by him arc Re publicans, some of whom have hated La Follette with an unholy hatred. Another explanation will be that the war is over, and it Is well enough to forget some unpleasant things. Yet, for the sake of the record. It is proper to reproduce part of tho comment of Senator John Sharp Williams, Democrat, on the La Fol lette speech at St. Paul. It Is: As T read the speech made by the Sen ator from "Wisconsin In St. Paul, it was a serlea of false statements which must have been consciously made. I find In this speech a charse that the t'alted States went to war to protect Morgan Interests of soma sort or other. I find In that speech a charse that we went to war and sacrificed our children that rich Americans might riUa on munitioned and armed ships. It is a everlasting lie that these United States went to war to protect any Morgan Interests or. any capitalistic interest of any sort. It la also an everlasting lie that the people of these. United States ever sent their hoya to be fed aa cannon fodder in Europo In order that American citizens might ride upon munition ships. It is an everlasting He that the Lusitania waa armed or had dangerous explosives aboard and that any law of the United Statea was ever violated by any American citizen who took passage on tha I.usitania. It is an everlasting lie that the 114 American citizens who went to their graves unknelled and unsung upon that memorable day of German barbarity werw there to uphold the doctrine of capitalism or of money-making. I ray that that speech at St. Paul waa disloyal in spirit, disloyal in words, disloyal In effect, and disloyal of a aet purpose. It will be well to watch the future course of la Follette to see how he justifies the extraordinary manifesta tion of misplaced confidence by the Senate. THE LAST "WOODEN SHIP. Tt will require a little familiarity with nautical technique to appreciate the statement in the dispatches that when the Aryan was destroyed by fire In the South Pacific on Christmas day there passed the last wooden ship ever built in the United States. For "ship" to a mariner means something more exclusive than to the landlubber, fa miliar only with the generic meaning of the word. It is not only a craft that floats and carries cargo, but it also is rigged in a particular way With yards on all Its masts, and car rying a greater spread of canvas than is possible In any other way, the ship wa a popular craft In the days of long voyages by windjammers, when tho factor of time did not enter so largely as it does now Into our cal culations. The Aryan was a long way from home when she was lost, 600 miles off the Chatham Islands, which are almost the exact antipodes of Tou louse, France, but there was a time when American square-riggers were to be seen in every ocean on the globe There Is a record made by one of them. of eighty-three days from New York to San Francisco, long before the Panama Canal was built. Perform ances such as these fired the spirits of sailors, and went far toward main taming the high morale that charac terized the old American merchant marine. Shipbuilding. In the restricted sense ceased in 1893 with the launching of the Aryan. That it is not likely to be revived would seem to be indicated by the news that the Aryan at the time she was lost was sailing as bark. She had been converted after her sale to her Pacific Coast owners, in pursuance of the growing tendency to strip the mizzenmast of its surplus rigging. Experience has indicated that the advantages derived by the full rigged ship from greater spread o sails in the mot favorable cohdltlons are more than offset by difficulties In head winds and by extra labor made necessary in handling. Nevertheless, there is no sailor with a mind above the deck which ht i holystoning who will not regret the change. The real ship might be terror to work, but it was the most Inspiring picture. In full panoply, with every Inch of sail drawing, that it i possible to conceive. There is noth ing left on the sea which will com pare with tt. With the passing of the few remaining full-rtggers, the busl ness of seafaring will lose not a little of its romantic charm. FOOD NEEDS IN llt It is indicative of earnest Intention to increase food production in th United Htates in 1919 that definit steps are being taken to foster Inter est In two organizations which wer an important factor in crop produc tion in 1918. These were the Worn an's Land Army of America and th United States Boys' Working Reserve That this is being undertaken in the face of the demobilization of the Army shows belief that there is no likelihoo of overproduction of food and that farmers will need all the help obtain able both In seed time and harvest A summary of the work done by these organizations last season now confirms their importance. The Worn an's Land Army, for example, sue ceeded in overcoming widespread prejudice against the labor of women It is incidentally Interesting to know that the official record for pickin up potatoes in the field is now held by a New Jersey farmerette, who filled 12 5 baskets with potatoes in on day. The honor was formerly held by a man, who admits that he will have hard work to regain his laurel The Land Army held a National con vention in Philadelphia a few day ago and took a stand for payment upon a piecework basis whenever pos sible, thus giving women opportunity j to earn equal pay with men The Boys' Working Reserve car ried its organization in 1917 into more than forty states and placed about 100,000 boys on farms. Popularity of the organization was shown by its in crease in 1918 to ' 210,000 workin members, all of whom were placed on farms. It will seek in 1919 to in crease this number to 500.000, both In the interests of food production and of the boys themselves. Both organizations are increasing their activities under Government direction, exercised through the De partment of Labor. Normal export of foodstuffs to Europe before the war was about 5,600,000 tons annually. This was increased In 1918 to 11, 8 20,000 toils, and the sacrifices which the increase entailed at home will help us to comprehend the magnitude of the task which confronts us, in view of Herbert Hoover's estimate that 17,500.000 tons will be needed during the present year. It will hardly be possible to fill the order unless all the agricultural resources of the coun try, including agricultural labor, are utilized to the utmost. It means that, without war-time compulsory restric tions, we must increase our surplus by more than 50 per cent over the quantity which we were able to spare under the pressure of the emergency. Both armies continue to make an appeal to patriotism, and also urge the benefits derived by members from healthful work In the open air. Both re striving rather to fill the farm need for seasonal help than to fur- ish permanent employment. The latter positions, it is believed, will be filled sufficiently by returning sol- lers. Tin- ...... . , ,. .-v., -r ,, i u . k - U I W 1 1 J . L- . II....... I " Democrat and new men. capable and I f experience, will do their best and I succeed with it. There is, however. lack of personality about the paper 1 ince mo Nutting left it that mm- gates. Personality counts for much in I editorial writing and in the Catherine? .1 i , i ; . : r , , i . I 1 1 v. u I ?li llli LliailU 11 J 1 liLno. UltliUil 1Jl full of e-r..mr.le. On. took, fnr It ' r. . , V . . I' and finds it in Mr. Longs personal mentions of people from near-thts and I near-that in the HUlsboro Argus as I much as in Mr. Klllcn s discussion of heavier matters In his Independent Harry St. Clair's personality exudes in very issue of the Gresham Outlook, does that of Mr. Dugger In the cio Tribune. Nobody but a ood- ward could run the Newberg Graphic nd hold the subscription list, and as much may be said of Mr. Scott at orest Grove. Of Mr. Fisher, of the Capital Jour nal, the same might be said in compli ment if one dares risk the danger of n bite. What would be the Fossil ournal without the Hon. Jim Stewart or the Coos Bay dailies without the Maloneys and O'Rrion? Ford Baker hps put his life into the Tillamook Headlight, just as has Clark Wood In the Weston Leader, and nobody but a Humphrey can run a Jefferson Re- lew or a Bedc a Sentinel at Cottage Grove. These arc but few names taken t random from scores of Oregon papers that show the value of indi- iduality In the dally grind. The new men at Albany will make a go of It. for they are young and able; but they must make their own standing and make their readers forget Mr. Nutting. At best anywhere It Is a matter of "Sic transit gloria mundi." The Federal Board for Vocational Education answers a quite general de mand by its issuance of a bulletin on the subject of "Vocational Education tor foreign Trades. in which It is pointed out that there are several groups of students to whom such training would be available, and val uable, and that not only schools and colleges but private interests should foster courses of study calculated to qualify young men for work in this growing field. Emphasis is placed upon the need of opportunities for those who are employed during the day in business houses where they come in contact with some of the problems of the subject manner, and for engineers who require training in essentials of foreign commerce in or der properly to represent American nterests abroad. Attention Is espe cially called to the fact that untrained men will stand little chance under competitive conditions of the future. and that not only a basic education will be essential, but also a super structure of training In the peculiar requirements of especial trade dis tricts. The form of government proposed for tho German republic resembles that of the United States so closely as to be decidedly flattering, but there are a few things which the Germans will be wise to omit. One Is the sen lority rule by which a blockhead or a crank gets to the head of a committee Another is the continuance In office of a Congress for an entire session after its successor has been elected. Bv studving American experience Ger many can learn in other way how not to do it. The proposal of an income tax to obtain money for roadbuildlng sounds Bolshcvtky. Most of the users of highways pay now In license and other tax and the man with an Income In five figures does not wear surface much more than the fellow with pushcart. It's a poor way to drag money from the man who has it under guise of law. When a man wants to clothe dis loyalty In the garb of religion, he calls himself an "apoatle." Such men for- get mat one of tne original twelve apostles was named Judas, and that thev ma v he nut in his cIslss. and muv meet as untimslv an end If Chairman Hurley, of the Ship- ping Board, actually intends to make rates ror snips low cnougn to permit competition on tho Pacific, he must! be prepared to cut the valuation of ships mercilessly, for Japan is vcrj much on the Job. Arrest of a "sticker" In a meat plant on a charge of cruelty In killing an animal seems humorous, but. as the royal headsman, would say. there's a way of doing these things with neat ness and dispatch No matter what they may say, county officials should not have au thority to fix the pay of assistants. Any law giving that power opens the way to favoritism and abuse. A man is not compelled to attend a boxing match, but when he does he should not be charged opera prices for tent-show goods under the guise of a "benefit." There is little comfort in knowing Portland's death rate is the lowest when you read of the passing of neighbors and friends on both hands. Scarce a day goea by without a pro test from some state against the Burleson telephone autocracy. Do not dare grumble at the rain. Think of Noahs wife those half a dozen postponed washdays. Not much Is heard of disarmament while the nations dispute at Versailles for peace. All the burglars are not Some have fleeting titles. in jail. Come home. Woodrow. The animals are restless. Triose Who Come and Go. You can't hide joy and enthusiasm: so Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Scott, who live at the Multnomah, made no pretense of concealing their emotions yesterday when, having mourned as dead their only son, a letter mysteriously arrived from him. Young Scott had made what was to him a veritable walk of torture, as, released from his German prison pen, he made his way to the allied lines. Weak, worn and diseased, he could but send them a few lines. He will be unable to travel for a long time, he said, and presumably is in a" hospital In France. Young Scott enlisted, under an alias, in a Canadian regiment, run ning nway from his homo so to do. The Canadian registry office reported it was unable to find him. and it was be lieved he was in an unmarked grave. If there are happier persons than the Scotts in Portland they would like to meet them. You might take Lieutenant-Colonel rriRKic, o i me Lanaoiaii arniv, to nc la. nil r I v .i r i 1 le.vm n a t, , i 1 , . e ... . ' ' ' - I - him as a portly Quartermaster, or even as a jovial, good-hearted infantrvman. ' n comes as somewhat of a surprise , , r. ...... Just returned after four yearn spent on tne nattlerield of France. How manv times he has been In action with his men he scarcely knows himself. But " v -.....- l unn-iion ot rinnnns nai r(ini, "' ..' ' " " -SJ muses "iscuss enmn. He was a much - ought-for truest at the, Benson Hotel yesterday. En route for California, he is accompanied by Mrs. Helen Campbell. "t oeaiue. nis niece It was cots to the right of them and cots to the left of them at almost all the Portland hotels aaatai ds n When trains North were blocked by suae?. c'isls trredily arrurmilxtcd The demand for rooms was greater than the supply. Hence when Mr. Bag and Baggage asked for a room and hath, he was told he could have a col. with or without a room. At at least two of the larger hotels guests had to nc doubled up even to take care of landing reservations. And the late comers got cots. The situation was somewhat relieved during the evening when traffic began to move. Amoric those delayed were a large contingent of officers reporting to the 13tu Divi sion at Camp Lewis, Wash. The lrglglatlve season at Salem at which Fred J. Brady Is not an honored member of the "third house" can scarcely be recalled In the minds of the "oldest inhabitant ." Mr. Brady- opened the session In good order, but was forced to beat a rapid retreat to Portland when influenza trapped him. Mr. Brady Is recovering slowly. But hits thoughts arc at the Capital. Mr. Brady once sat In the legislative halls as a representative from Multnomah County. Invariably It has been his habit ever since to attend the Legis lature for the purpose of giving ad vice. rajifain F. Tharaldson. who was a familiar figure at the Multnomah Ho tel before he was taken 111 with in fluenza, is recovering at Vancouver Barracks, but It will be at least six weeks before he can loll In the lobby again. Captain Tharaldson was the courageous spruce production physi cian who was decorated by the city for his part in keeping the temporary in fluenza hospital at the Auditorium open. Captain Tharaldson took charge of the hospital, so far as the Array was concerned. He is of the type that loves to be doing something for his fellow man. When the snows begin to fall In Eastern Oregon and Eastern Washing ton, the stockmen and the wheatgrow cr run down to Portland and. perhaps, make a trip still further south to Cali fornia. Not one of the leading hotels but haa neveral prosperous wheatrais ers on the register. At the Perkins alone there are James Williamson, of Heppner: C M. Campbell, of Boscman. Mont., and Victor Thomas, of Great Falls, all of whom have been success ful. Each of the other hostelrles can tell a similar story. Oregon walnuts are a favorite with M. Plncus, of Los Angeles, who Is now at the Multnomah. Mr. Plncus has a standing order for tie nuts to be sup plied at his table at meals. Ha be gins with nuts for breakfast, and the last meal i.f the day produces more nuts for him Is It any wonder that Mr. Plncus will order at least a carload of Oregon walnuts while In Fortland? Confident that Ma office will not be legislated out of existence la Oeorge T. Cockran, the portly legal luminary and WsUr Commisaloncr of the First District. Mr. Cockran puts La. Crande n) home town on the register, but It might Just as well be Pendleton or Baker, where Mr. Cockran la equally welt known. Lieutenant E. F. McDaneld was re duced In rank yesterday to Private Citizen MeDanteld. Mr. McDanield Is staying at the Portland for a few days to acclimatise hlmaelf to tne losa of putteas before he travels on to Salt Lake City, where he waa formerly con nected with tha O.-W. R. &. N. Admitting that the hotel business is so good thasa days that a man actually geta tired. "Wes" N. Matlock, of Pen dleton, owner of the leading hoatelry In that city, as well aa landowner wheatralser and stockman, not to sneak of roundup booster, was at the Imperial yesterday. Jn consultation with Portland leaders in jicu v. i nun wwrs. la BjsaaPs v . n . luit, i,n, tnr ,h. of lied Cross effect In Washington I County, similar to the changes effected In ror Hand. Mr. and Mrs. F. D. Small, of Tilla mook, managed to escape to Portland before slides blocked the Tillamook line. He is a well known cannar in Tillamook County. They are registered I at the Oregon It did not read "Charlotte Greenwood and huaband" on the register at the Portland, but Mr. and Mra. Cyril Ring But the effect was Just the same. The talephone calls were all for Misa Green wood. Judge John S. Coke, who despite the undoubted prestige of his name, was one of the unlucky four Republicans In the last elections, was regiatered from Marshfleld at the Imperial yes terday. R. A. Booth and daughter Barbara were at the Imperial yesterday. Mr. Booth la one of tho leading citizens of Eugene. He was almost United States Senator from Oregon once. Edward F. Tucker has returned to tha Hotel Portland, entirely recovered from the effects of the severe opera tion ha underwent. H. Levine. an American who Is In business In Yokohama, passed a day at the Perkins In the course of a buainess trip over the country. Leslie Butler, the Hood River banker, who would prefer to be known as a good roada enthusiast, was at the Ben son yesterday. Mrs. J. J. Carr. of La Grande, is shopping In Portland and, making the Benson Hotel her headquarters. J. M. Crawford, of Walla Walla, was a lata arrival at tha Portland Hotel yesterday. Dean Hayes, Portland. of Eugene, fcv . is at the HONEST BUSINESS IS DISCREDITED j Strong Implication Seen In Bill U i cense Real Estate Baslnesi. PORTLAND. Jan. S3. (To the Edi tor.) A bill now before the Oregon Legislature, If enacted Into a law, will be a public notice to all who may read that tt man engaged In the real estate business In Oregon is an outlaw not de8ervlng the respect and confi dence accorded to men In other lines of business" or professions. The bill Introduced by Mr. Gordon of Multnomah County requires the real estate broker to sect re a license and file a bond of $1000 with the Insurance Commissioner to guarantee that ha will not conduct his business in a fraudulent manner, and with the fur ther restriction that he file a recom mendation signed by not less than ten freeholders as to his reputation before he can secure a license. Any person may file a complaint with the commissioner charging dishonest practices by the broker and such charges are to be heard by the com missioner. If the broker is found guilty his license shall be revoked for a period not longer than six months. My objection to this bill is that it discredits and dishonors men engaged in an honorable and creditable busi neaa. If a man commits a crime or defrauds another he should be punished for nis wrongdoing rrgurnless of his business or profession. Our statutes aro now quite sufficient and anyone m ronged may invoke them in his e- half. There is now a discriminatory law on our statutea tht ought not to be. re quiring the real estate broker to haw a written contract from his principal In order that he may collect hla commis sion for services performed. May I not ask. If curs is an honorable business, conducted by honorable man and thla Is a beneficent law. why not extend to men in other activities of life? It is a notorious fact well attested by men engaged in tha real estate business that the public conscience ic a field ripe for missionary effort, as to duties and obligations to the real estate broker for hla services, honestly ren dered. Because some brokers havs gone beyond reason and right is no ground for placing discriminatory re strictions against the whole body. Bet ter reaults will follow if we lend en couragement to men In right doing rather than by humiliating restrictions. I trust the real estate men of Oregon will get busy and demand of their Rep resentatives fair and honorable legis lation as affecting their business. BROKER. SACRAMENTAL li; NOT BARRED. National Prohibition Amendment Trr mlla Ita Manufacture and Sale. PORTLAND. Jan. 23. (To the Edi tor.) Recent dispatches quote Cardina." Gibbons, of the Catholic Church, as to the effect of the national prohibition amendment recently ratified by the requisite number of states. The emi nent cardinal voices the fear that un der this amendment It will be Impos sible for churches that use fermented wine in the sacrament to procure the same whn national prohibition has be come effective. The amendment, by its terms, does nothing In the way of prohibition ex cept to prohibit the manufacture, sale, transportation, exportation and Impor tation of intoxicating liquors for "bev erage purposes." Nowhere docs it pro hibit the traffic In intoxicating liquors for any other purpose. It does not in terfere with the manufacture, sale, transportation, exportation or importa tion of such liquors for legitimate scientific, pharmaceutical, or sacraman tal purposes, which will doubtless be regulated by careful rules which the congress will authorize Any church that uses fermented wines In the sacrament will find that Its right so to do has in no way bceu interrerea with by this amendment, and that it will still be able to procure such wines ror sacramental purposes when national prohibition goea into effect. EDWIN RAWDEN. Superintendent Oregon Anti-Saloon League. laches or Raiafall. .ST. HELENS. Or.. Jan. 22. (To the Editor.) tl) How many inches of rain fall hare we had since September 1, 1918? (2) In serving a meal, does the person serving dish a second helping or does a diner help nlraself? (1) Can a person adopt a Belgian baby now and If so, where can it ba gotten? SUBSCRIBER, (1) Number of Inches of rainfall atnee September 1 Is carried daily in Orego nian columns under weather report. Total to January 22 is about 1S': Inches. (2) The person serving dishes a sec ond helping unless meal Is very Infor mal. (8) Information concerning this can be secured from Genevieve Thompson. United States National Bank building. Portland. Valuation of F.atate. PORTLAND. Jan. 33. (To tha Ed itor.) When the husband dies, are tho household furniture, auto. life Inaur ance In favor of hla wife and the real estate with deed made out Jointly ap praiaad to the axlating full value and considered as the estate left by the de ceased? Is the full value of the home, which has been bought by money earned during marriage and deed made out In wife'., name, included In the es tate to be appraised? A SUBSCRIBER. The insurance policy, if made out in favor of the wife, goes directly to her and is not included In tha estate. Real estate held Jointly goes to her direct. Real estate In her name Is hers, no mat ter whether the husband Is dead or alive. Personal property is included in the estate. Drainage of "Mater. PORTLAND, Jan. 33. (To the Ed itor.) Can a person drain the water off hla place Into a barrel placed at a certain low point within a few feet of line fence so that surplus water will overflow Into adjoining property and perhaps causing damage to this prop arty? If above cannot be dona lawfully, what must one do to get rid of surplus water, as only outlet is through ad joining property? A READER. Surplus water may drain off to other property if from natural causes, such as stream, rain water, etc, but not if from roof drainage, kitchen, etc. Drain age of this water will depend on vari ous other conditions. Inheritance by Str p-Childrea. NEWPORT. Or.. Jan. IL (To the Editor.) My father died without mak ing a will. There are three children. I am his only legal child. The other two children are his step-children. What part. If any. of his estate are the step-children entitled to? SUBSCRIBER. Unless your father legally adopted his step-children you would be his sole heir. Suarcealton aa to Mask Wearing. PORTLAND. Jan. 23. (To the Ed itor.) Allow ma to aay a word about this "flu" quarantine and mask busi ness. Why not compel those who have the "flu" to wear maska for 10 days after they are allowedyout of quaran tine? I think you will find the "flu" won't spread, for, believe me. people will atay four feet and wine away from them. J M. ACHESON. In Other Days. Twesly-lve Years Ago. From Tha Oreionian. January Btj 194. Washington. The duty on sugar ajul coal has been abolished for the present, at least insofar as the tariff bill now under discussion in the House is con cerned. Washington. A policy of non-interference in the affairs of Hawaii may ba adopted by the Government If a meas ure now before Congress is enacted Berlin. Rejoicing Is general throughout Germany and stocks hav gone up as a result of the announce ment that a reconciliation between th Kaiser and Bismarck has been effected Improvement of the west end of Jef ferson street by the labor of men at present unemployed has practically been decided upon. It is estimated that about 200 such men can be glnsen em ployment for a short time. LIMITED MASK LAW THE THING Mlieited Ordlsisrr "Yoald ini to Taose bo C onarrasrtr. PORTLAND. Jan. 13. (To the Ed itor.) I think that a modified mask ordinance, as follows, might be a means of good to the city, if It is really thi case that the mask is the remcoy: "Bs It decreed that any customer, pa tron or worshiper entering a store, of fice, streetcar, dancehall or church btj compelled to wear a mask." As those are the people that ara most likely to spread tho l tliry are the ones that should be looked after. By this arrangement it would be necessary to wear the maska only when they were in tho places men tioned. By the origin il ordinance employes in stores, offices, etc., would have been compelled to wear masks COWllHWWljI for etght hours each day. which does not seem reasonable, seeing they aro not a menace like the crowds of pa trons that Jostle each other in th aisles and would seem to be the chief carolers tt the disease. There la a mask that Is very easy to adjust, which Is kept in place by alipping the tape loops over the, cars nstead of those tied with tho twe strings at the back of the head. A CITIZEN. VALtTES. Tis strange, the price we place on this and that. The gilded things of life of little worth: The glittering stone, the gorgeous dress, plumed hat Mere baubles of which there is never dearth. How eagerly the eye seeks out that bit Which pleases most, and straight w.i makrs appeal. Impressing on the mind a nerd of it Until the mind. e'en, seems the need to feel: "Tls strange, among the multitude of toys Which litter up the earth and rouse our greed, now few there be which bring us last ing Joys, And oh. how very few of them we need '. Tet. if of baubles we should be bereft. And food and raiment made the daily goal. How little beauty In the world wer. left. And oh. the sad starvation of the soul! GRACE E. HALL 507 E. 4th street. North. I.saa ml "War Savins stamps. FOREST GROVE. Or.. Jan. 22. To the Editor.) Last May I loat a regis tered war saving stamp and imme diately reported the same to our post master, who furnished me with a blank in June, which I signed. I have made a number of inquiries since, but as yet have received no Information concern ing It. Please advise me what course to pursue to obtain duplicate. It seem-, that six months utrht to bv ample time in which to ndju-t this matter. CONSTANT READER. Presumably the correspondent filed an application for a duplicate certifi cate. If this was not done, such an application should be obtained from the. nearest postmaster and mailed to the address given thereon. The applica tion blanks state that no duplicate cer tificates can be Issued for at least three month. H. O. Durand. assistant postmaster of Portland, says he Is aware of a number of applications for duplicate certificates having been mailed in Portland the last alx months, while so far as he knows no duplicates have been issued to the original own ers of the war saving stamp certifi cates. The matter might be expedited by addressing a communication with full details, stating data of loss and date of mailing of application, to the Secretary of the Treasury. Division of Leans and Currency. Washington, D. C. Damage by Dogs. PORTLAND. Jan. 23. (To the Ed itor. ) Several of my neighbors k'i r dogs that come over to my yard and scratch the grass and dirt all over tne walks and ruin the bushes. Is thero any penalty for poisoning or rhootinc such dogs? Or would I have a good ease for damages or a suit against them for keeping a nuisance? ABUSED NEIGHBOR. There Is a severe penalty for shoot ing or poisoning such animals. Ton would have a case for damages, but qulckeat action masht be to appeal to Oregon Humane Society to pick up the dogs, which by city ordinance aro pro hibited from running at large. Soldier's ClTll Rights. BANDON. Or.. Jan. 21. (To the Ed tor.) Can an enlisted man be sued? Also, what Is the law In regard to pay ment of interest on debts by enlisted men during the actual period of war? Is the time counted or extended durlmr period of war? I am behind on pay ments on property bought before tho war. L- M. K. The soldier may be sued, but tho court is authorized to stay proceedings. The effect of the law in your case is to preclude so long as you are In th service, foreclosure, unless It should appear to the court that you have the means to take up the delinquent In stallments. Lampy-Jaw In faille. HERMISTON. Or.. Jan. 22. (To the Editor.) What causes lumpy-Jaw in cattle? Is It contagious Is there any cure? J H. R. The disease is infectious and is pro duced by a parasitic micro-organism known as the Ray fungus. For further information consult your county vet erinarian or write to State Veter inarian. Salem. Or. Fiber "Wool la Obtained. The great peat hogs of Sweden are fur nishing a new material that will be of great aid to the textile industry of that country, according to the September Popular Mechanics Magazine. Plant are being built for spinning the peat fiber and for its further treatment. Mixed with 30 or 40 per cent of wool tt Is said to produce a fabric that ia difficult to distinguish from purs woolen cloth. mm