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8 TITE SIOttNTN-G OITEGOXTAX, TUESDAY, rEBTlTTATlT 4, 1010. PORTLAND, ORKGON. Entered at Portland (Orccnn) Postof'lco as second-class mail matter. Subscription rales Invariably in advance: (By Mail.) ra11y, Fundav included, one var . . . .. Xiailv. Sunday included, six month... . . I'allv, Sunday included. three months.. lially. Mundny included, one month Dailv, witr.out Sunday, one ai". Ijailv, without Sunday, six months Daily, without Sunday, one month "Weekly, one year Sunday, one ; ear Sunday and Weekly. ' t By farrier. . . 4.25 . 6.1") . 3,-."i Ially. Sunday Included, one year. . .to.nn lially, Sunday iiiciiiiieu liailv. Sunday included , one mont n. . . . three months. Iallv, withoot Sunday, one year. . . . . . Dallv, without Sunday, three months.. .Daily, without Sunday, one month 7' l.'.tr. How to Remit Semi posmfflce money or der express or personal chock on yo-tr local bank. Stamps, coin or currency arj at own er's risk liive postofflce address in .uli. in cluding county and state. Ilnlan Kate 12 to ItSa;. t cent- IS to o'J pages, 2 cenu; 1!4 to -S pages, ,t c.M is. 50 to .ar". -t- cents; - to . ii panes. .. cents: 1H to tcj pages. o" cents. 1 urcip post age, double rates. Eastern BtiMnews Office Verrce & fonk lln. Brunswick building. New York; rr a Conklin. st.-ger building. :tilctto: rrlJc oiiKim. rreu , ,i,lwII. San Francisco represe MEMBKR OF TIIE ASSOd.lTi n VBESS. The Associated I'ress i.-i exclusively enti-r- .hl,.-.-i-ion o: all news dispatches credited to credited to this paper or ni otherwise tiie local and aiso news published herein. .-i-i All rights of republication of special dis patches herein arejilao reserved. l'ORTLASU, TCKSDAY, IEBKI AKV 4, ID 19 TIIE SEATTLE IDEA. The strike at Seattle is as disquiet--ing as it is astounding. Union labor has stood firmly for the right of col lective bargaining. Now a section of union labor, having entered into a certain bargain to work in the ship yards at a certain wage, for a cer tain time, repudiates its own con- tKThe contract was made on behalf of union labor by its leaders and au thorized representatives. The terms of the award were made by the Macy board, of which one member was ap pointed by the President, representing ihe people, one by the United States Navy and the Emergency Fleet Cor poration, and one by Samuel Gompers for the American Federation of Labor. The strike is a repudiation of arbi tration. It is a repudiation of the policy of collective bargaining. It is a repudiation of the bargain itself. It is a repudiation of the President. It is a repudiation of the Government. It is a repudiation of union labor leader ship, represented in Samuel Gompers and the international presidents who subscribed to the agreement. It is a repudiation of good faith and tne orderly adjustment of wage differ ences. It is an announcement that union labor, in making a contract, cannot be compelled, by moral power or by law, to carry it out. It is a declaration that union labor reserves the privilege and right, when it makes a bargain, to withdraw from it at will. The larger interest of labor every where in the Seattle strike is in the integrity of labor's covenants. Shall the whole principle for recognition of unionism and its right to speak for labor, and to bargain tor it, be main tained by labor itself, or shall it be thrown overboard for some new idea or policy? But what idea or policy? Mass action, whatever that is, per haps. But whatever it is it is not an orderly process heretofore counte nanced by union labor, and not coun tenanced now by any of them except a few hot-heads at Seattle and other "Washington cities. Quite clearly if labor generally yields to the demands of the radical ism, it is an end of unionism the unionism which has made great gains during the past several years and which has found acceptance of its principles, or many of them, by em ployers and public. Now the old poli cies, the old leaders, the old structure of unionism are to be pushed aside, and labor is to take new ways if the Seattle idea prevails. It is a grave crisis for the public. It is a graver crisis for labor itself. Khali the Seattle tail of radicalism and revolution wag the great animal of labor throughout the Nation? HOW TO STOP THE LOSS. The Railroad Commission incurred a loss of nearly $200,000,000 in op erating the railroads in 1918, and asks for $750,000,000 to make good this loss and to improve and extend the roads in 1919. That $200,000,0p0 is the sum by which the cost of oper ation has increased over the econo mies effected by unified operation. These economies are undoubted and great, and most of them involve no loss or deterioration of service to the public. These are the pros and cons of Gov ernment operation. They do not hold .out a bright prospect that under peace conditions the Government would suc ceed in making the railroads pay their way. There may be some decrease in cost of operation, but there will surely be a decrease in volume of traffic also. After all due allowance has been made for high expenses ca tsed by the war, tho advance in freight and pas senger rates combined with the un doubted economies effected should have sufficed to prevent loss. Failure to accomplish this end may fairly be attributed to the disregard of economy which is inseparable from Govern ment' business. The American people wish to con tinue the improved service and the economy of facilities resulting from unified operation. They also wish to retain the benefits arising from pri vate operation the lowest rates for the best service in the world, economy of operation, and individual initiative and enterprise, to which these other benefits are due. A small but deter mined and earnest class of people is devoted to the theory that the Gov ernment should own and run the rail roads and every other industry. An other class, equally determined and earnest, is wedded to the theory that the Government should get out of business and leave it to private enter prise without restriction. But the Kreat body of the people cares nothin for either theory; it cares for nothin except results. It. realizes that a htrge measure of Government control 5s necessary to prevent the abuses of the past: that there are undoubted advantages in a large measure of uni fied operation; that waste, bureau- Tatlc rigidity and dictation spring from Government operation. It de- I sires to combine the good features of both nfethods and to eliminate the kbad features of both. This end may be attained by such policy as the Interstate Commerce Commission has recommended. If all he roads of a certain region were ombined in the hands of one com- rnany with several Government repre sentatives on each board of directors, jind if these companies were pcrmit- sted to interchange and pool traffic t-ind facilities subject to the supervis- Ion of the Interstate Commerce Com mission, the people should get all the benefit of unified operation without the evils which arise under unrestrict. ed private operation. Regulation ot rates within the states where they af fect interstate rates could be taken from the states and vested in the In terstate Commission, as could all questions of railroad finance. Re gional commissions, subordinate to the Interstate Commission could be established to secure prompt decision of disputes, and the state commis sions could be coupled up with them to deal with questions within their states which have no interstate effect and could act in the interest of their states before the Interstate Commis sion. Settlement of the question on these lines at the extra session of CongTess which now seems inevitable should be practicable. There is no occasion for the five-year extension of Government operation proposed by Mr. McAdoo. The delay would not be so long as to injure the transportation system, and action next Summer would take the railroads out of politics, while a five year extension of the present Condi Lion would keep them in politics for that period and would make them a campaign issue in 1920 and perhaps again in 1924. The worst enemy of efficiency in any business is doubt. and doubt as to the railroads can and should be ended in 1919. MEETING AN EMERGENCY. The Legislature may attach the emergency clause to the road-bonding" bill. It should, for it is generally ex pected and desired that it do so. It has abundant justification. First. The emergency exists and is universally recognized. Second. The Legislature has a man date from the people, expressed two years ago, or less, in its approval of the original bonding measure, to build roads with state funds. Third. The people demand the prep aration and completion at the earliest practicable time of an extensive road progra mme. Fourth. The duty of the Legislature to provide work for returning soldiers and for other unemployed men Is known and acknowledged. The constitution of the state au thorizes a Legislature to give any of its acts immediate effect, by an emer gency clause, if it is "necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health or safety." The relation of such a measure to the pub lic peace and safety, in its employ ment of many men who would other wise have idleness enforced on them, is obvious. The political health of the state is as important as the physi cal health of its citizens. There is talk by the obstructionists that the Legislature must not "dodge the people" by building roads and employingmany workmen now through the $10,000,000 measure. What people? The obstructionists who obstruct for obstruction's sake. They would browbeat and bludgeon the Legislature into refusal to do a lawful, proper and needed thing, to meet an emergency, so that they may put the brakes on the wheels of progress for a year or two. They have no hope that the people will vote the measure down. They know that, jf submitted now, it would be overwhelmingly passed. The appeal to patriotism and common business sense is irresistible. But the game of obstruction the obstructionists will play anyway, at any cost to the state. What matters the public interest if they can show their power even for a little while? The Legislature will not dodge the people by adding the emergency clause. It will serve the people. It should take cognizance of the people's interest, and Ho for the people what it knows the people would do for themselves. v VON BERNSTOKFF AS DELEGATE. 'Count von Bernstorff was probably appointed one of the GcrmatT-delegates to the peace conference in expecta tion that his personal acquaintance with the American delegates and his intimate knowledge of American af fairs would be useful in securing easy terms. lie has the advantage of know ing Colonel House as a "dear friend" and as an honest pacifist and "just the man to fight for Wilson's peace programme," as he is quoted by the Berlin Tageblatt as having said. But it will surely embarrass the Colonel to be reminded that he told the Count repeatedly that "he had just as encr getically protested in London against the British blockade as the U-boat war," since his country afterwards be came a party to that blockade. If the Germans expect to win any points at Paris by sending the Count to represent them, they are cither greatly mistaken or the American delegates have very short memories Count von Bernstorff, while enjoying the privileges of an Ambassador and the hospitality of this country, con ducted a conspiracy against its peace and the lives and property of its citi zens, lie hired thugs to blow up ships and buildings and agitators to foment strikes. Through him the traitor Bolo was supplied with money to buy Paris newspapers for the pur pose of brrta-king down the fighting spirit of the French people. For doing much less than he did. Ambassadors of other countries have been expelled from the United States. No President who respected himself and his country would receive him as Ambassador. His appointment is one among many evidences that the only crime which the German people, real ize that they committed is failure. Refusal to deal with the chief pro German conspirator in the L'nited States would be a needed rebuke. ONE RESULT of ptiiLirrrvE It TLB. Some conception may be formed of the consequences, of "the Philippines for the Filipinos," which in practice means "the Philippines for tho mesti zos," from tha. report of Dr. John D. Long, assistant director of public health of the islands, for the second quarter of 1918. He reports that the death rate per thousand was 50.08 as compared with 23.23 in the second quarter of 1917, and the statement of deaths from particular causes shows that this enormous increase was due to causes which could have been pre vented by strict sanitary precautions. There were 705 deaths from small pox against one in the corresponding quarter of 1917; the grippe, 28 against 5; dysentery, 177 against 38; beriberi. 110 against 97; tuberculosis, 515 against 377; meningitis, 130 against 57; diseases of the respiratory sys tem, 615 against 377; diarrhea and enteritis, 227 against 95; diseases of early infancy. 201 against 141. Dr. Long being only assistant direc tor of health, his chief is doubtless a mestizo, in accordance with the policy of the junta which lobbied the bill through Congress handing over full control of the government to the natives. That fact explains his reti cence as to tthe cause of this mor tality from epidemic disease, for he merely says We shall not stop hero to Inquire farther nto the basic cauufi of this great rise In the mortality, no an not to make thlfl report too Ion?. It la sufficient to have stated In what the Increase consists, to deduce the consequences. Those basic causes may be Inferred with fair accuracy from what is al ready known of the manner in which the mestizos conducted the govern ment from the day when they took control. They are a class of profes sional politicians, greedy for the spoils of office and with no sense of re sponsibility to the people. They are exploiters of a people untrained in the ways of democracy, a people who have become victims of an impractical ideal. SOLDIERS' LETTERS. The suggestion of Otto H. Kahn that a "book comprising five hundred of the best war letters from American soldiers and seamen be compiled to bespeak the American spirit in the war" presents one difficulty, and that is the selection of so few as five hun dred letters worthy of being included in a book. The process of elimina tion is one to stagger any but the most hide-bound editor. There are men who would apply to them a set of rhetorical conventions which might simplify the printer's task, but which would result in the loss of some ex ceedingly human documents to pos terity. Those who in good conscience seek the true revelation will discover an amazing mass of material which they will not want to reject. One of the disclosures of this war has been that there are more men who can write, clearly and graphic ally and convincingly, than anybody thought there could be. It has been a letter-writing war, in the best sense of the term. Even illiterates have learned their alphabets expressly in order to be able to communicate with the folks at home. One hardly knows in what direction to turn to choose the purest gem. Real literature, broadly speaking, is as likely to hava been reprinted in the remote country weekly as in the pages of the leading magazines. Many undoubtedly fine paragraphs 'have been read thus far only by the persons to whom they originally were addressed. There is a quality in the literature of letter-writing which is peculiar to itself. Entire absence of self-consciousness, of the feeling that the words may "sound different in print," lends it a peculiar charm. This ac counts for the avidity with which the posthumous private letters of authors are read by readers of their formal writings. We expect the professional author to pose, and we feel that the letter-writer probably is letting the real human being that is within him express himself. We need not expect the best five hundred letters to find their way into print at once. Long after the present acrcrs in the great drama are dead, their letters will be coming to light. But the search is bound to be inter esting and it may well begin now. The job of choosing among them is too vast for any single set of men. All posterity will sit in filial judgment upon their letters as upon their deeds, THE BOLSHEVIK CONSTITUTION. A Bolshevist orator from the edi torial sanctum of the Portland Jour- nal, in addressing a Portland audience. compared the Soviet constitution of Russia with the Constitution of the United 'States with the obvious intent or showing Bolshevism to be superior. In order that the readers of The Ore- ponian may understand just what is held up to them as a desirable sub stitute for the Government under which this Nation has grown great I . - , , - - ... . c.i w iiic-ii ineir soiaiers nave fought against Germany as the sol diers of past generations fought for independence and for the Union, the provisions of the Soviet constitution are published in another column. The Soviet government is frankly government by one class, which it calls "the toiling masses," for it de nies all rights to vote or hold property to any other class. It was estab lished by force, it dispersed by force the only approach to a representative body which has met in Russia since the revolution, and it crushed by massacre any party which ventured to oppose it. It frankly proclaims the purpose of "mercilessly suppressing tho exploiters," who include all men who hire other men for profit. It is now extending its authority from Cen tral Russia throughout the former empire by war, massacre, robbery and destruction. This Soviet republic does not limit ils aims to Russia, for it alms at "the victory of Socialism In all countries," and the men who spout Bolshevism in Portland are the allies of those who have spread the red terror and its companion furies, fam ine and plague, through Russia. A fundamental principle of the tooviet is confiscation of all property and "'doing away with parasitical ele ments in society." What is meant by parasitica! elements may be in ferred from the fact that the fran- i iiise provisions exclude persons us ing hired labor for profit, persons living on income from capital. Interest on capital, industrial enterprises and property, private traders, trading and commercial agents." An attempt is made by the Portland Bolshevist to defend this wholesale confiscation by showing that it lias reen practiced in tho United States, but the examples cited are oeruliarlv unfortunate. The charter of the United Kf-at "I .... I. i a i i -1 " lv -1 uaiiiv ndu t't'fn given lor a tlctmite term, and was not renewed after prolonged public discussion which gave its holders fair warning that its special privileges might not continue. It was in the nature of a contract by which the bank performed certain services in return for thobe privileges. President Lincoln's emancipation of the slaves is another alleged Ameri can precedent for confiscation, but the circumstances are studiously ignored. The Confederacy used the slaves to maintain itself for the purpose of making war on the Union. Accepting its definition of them as property, they were as truly implements of war as the food and other things which the slaves produced or the arms with which-the Confederate soldiers fought. Further, Lincoln gave the rebels nev- eral months" notice that emancipation of the slaves would follow if they did not submit to the Government of the United States, and in that preliminary proclamation, issued on September 22 1862, he said: It is my purpose, upon the next meeting of Congress, to again recommend the adop tion of a practical measure tendering pe cuniary aid to the free acceptance or re jection of all slave statea, so called. Ihe people whereof may not then be In rebellion against the United States, and which states may then have voluntarily adopted, or there after may voluntarily adopt, immediate or gradual abolishment of slavery within their respective limlts- The rebel states not having taken advantage of this offer, Lincoln, on January 1, 18 63, issued the proclama tion emancipating "all persons held as slaves within any state or desig nated part of a state the people whereof shall then be in rebillion against the United States." The proc lamation did not apply to slaves held by loyal citizens of loyal states, and plainly stated that this fetep was taken "as a fit and necessary war measure for suppressing said rebellion." The Bolshevik editor also cites the prohibition amendment to the Federal Constitution as an act of confiscation, although it takes away no physical property from any person, but forbids use of that property in producing and selling alcoholic drinks, a business which has been held to be conducted only at public sufferance and to" be subject to severe restriction by spe-1 cial taxation, license and regulation. The owners of that property retain it, with full freedom to apply it to other uses, and they are doing sof There is some show of reason for placing the implements of the liquor traffic in the same category as articles found in a gambling or bawdy house, and for seizing and destroying them as hav ing been used to injure the public morals, but the law recognizes that they are capable of innocent and beneficial use and leaves them in the hands of their owners. These three examples from Ameri can history are cited by the Bolshe vik editor to sanction the confiscation of all land, "all forests, mineral wealth, water power and waterways of pub lic importance, all livestock and agri cultural Implements factories, mills. mines, railroads and other means of production," repudiation of "loans contracted by the governments of the Czar, the landlords and tho capitalists, the transfer of all banks into property of the Workers' and Peasants' state." There is no parallel. The Soviet draws no distinction between property which has been acquired by honest effort and enterprise and that which has been acquired by fraud. It destroys the national credit by repudiating debts which both honor and policy dictate should be held sacred. Rail as they may against capital, the Bol sheviki cannot repair their wrecked railroads, develop their mlrtes and forests or cultivate their vast areas of wild land without capital. They are destroying the capital of their own country, and they make it im possible to obtain capital from abroad They murder all men who have brains and skill to manage an enterprise, or if any. survive, reduce them to serfdom, forbidden to vote or bear arms. They are going the right way to drive Russia to plow with a forked stick and to use a stone hammer and ax. The Soviet constitution is the ema nation .of brains which pander to the passions of a people driven to revolu tionary frenzy by the sufferings of war. In which they have twice been betrayed to the enemy once by the faithless ministers of a weak despot and again by the Bolshevist leaders Yet this stuff wins the approval of the Journal's Bolshevist editor. The greed of the South is in evi dence again. When the price of cot ton was soaring toward the sky, it blocked all movements to fix the price though readily voting to limit the price of wheat. Cotton is now going down, and the South wants Congress to fix a price near the highest point reached during the war. But that game is played out. Mr. Thomas was right in removin the sign telling of a charge of 10 cents to a soldier for a bed in the Atkinson School, and the community service representative who said the charge made the soldier feel inde pendent was wrong. That small price ftf a Vi 1 1 1 nntc tha eolilipr in tho "hum" .t.;i v. v.. i, v. i... viaan, wutio luc lice uiu uiancs liiiu a guest. In these days when Bolshevism spreads like a prairie fire, it is cheer ing to read of the employes of a great industry expressing their good will for the manager, as did the men of tho Grant Smith-Porter shipyard to Eric V. llauser. Some workingmen, at least, do not feel that they are "ex ploited." The British workman is like a horse. With ono idea in his head there is no room for more until it is displaced. That is the reason strikes are so overwhelming in Great Britain. The men, responsible should know enough after all these years to capitu late. With cessation of activities of war, the dry rot in the Army that evokes petty jealousies and magnifies breaches of ethics is bound to appear. Initia tive on the battlefield is commendable and is rewarded; in offices and bu reaus it is reprimanded, if not worse. Every union man in Seattle will not walk out Thursday, despito assertion to the contrary. Some of them are bound to contracts against snap judg ment and live up to them. Lut enough will strike to make an unfortunate affair for the Bolshevik city. Up in the long-ear .country it's a joke to locate a rabbit cannery on a town, but it's all business in putting one in Portland to handle the tamo product. With a market for the ani mals, the hare industry has great possibilities. Mr. Benny Leonard, lightweight champion, turns down Portland as a place in which to exhibit his skill with his fists, and Portland will not grieve at the loss of seeing a one sided affair at a fancy price. If claimants against Mexico should ask a hearing at Paris. Australia may get back at the United States for ob structing her claims by claiming a voice in Mexican affairs notwithstand ing the Monroe doctrine. Having lost his job of "cmpering," Charles of Austria is said to want a divorce. No doubt: blame it on tho woman. Probably Mrs. llapsburg told him to get another job pronto and he's afraid of ber. ProbablJ- the fall in the price of butter was due in some degree to use of substitutes. Almost any commodity ceases to be indispensable when it gets beyond a certain price. Seventeen-year locusts are due in the black prairie states this year, but science has developed to combat the invasion. The "birds" make grand turkey feed. Belgium wants tho first lien on the assets. As she was first to feel the hand of the invader, she has a just claim. A dentist seldom does the repairs I on his own teeth. Hurts too much, I mayBe. Those Who Come and Go. Senator T. 13. Rockwell and Repre sentative W. W. Conner, of Seattle, were at tho Portland Hotel yesterday, leaving for Salem early in the after noon. Both are members of the joint committee appointed by the Washing ton Legislature to confer with the Leg islatures of the three other North western states in behalf of discharged soldiers, sailors and marines. Senator Kockwcll was formerly Tax Commissioner for the state of Wash ington. He was much disappointed at not seeing his old friend. City Attorney Walter La Korhe. La lioche & Rock well was the title of a law partnership In Savannah. Oa., many years ago. Senator Rockwell visited Jerry Bro- naugh, local attorney. John Hampshire, ('.rants Pass con tractor, is at the Portland. Mr. Hamp shire has the contract for constructing 10 miles of highway through Cow CreeK caeyon. between Canyonvllle nnd Oales- ville, in Douslas County. This road way is through the L'mpqua forest re serve: therefore, the state and the Gov ernraent are sharing the expense. He says that S20U.000 is being expended for grading alone, one hue caterpillar steam shovel nnd many teams of horses and graders being used. Sergeant L. H. mlth, who is a vet eran of the Canadian troops in France and who was wounded six times, yes terday received news at the Multnomah Hotel of the killirig of his brother. William, which occirrred at the Argonne woods in September. The sergeant has never received official notice of the death of his brother, the news being contained in a letter from a friend. Mr. Smith has been in Portland for some time, giving aid to different war movements. P. C. Mooney. district manager of the Pox Film Corporation, with head quarters in New York, and K. L. Burk, manager of this firm's Seattle ex change, are at the Benson. The pair arc looking after Fox interests in Port land and were calling on the mananers of the Majestic. Liberty and Star The aters yesterday. "The picture game is going great guns in the Sound City," said Burk. A. W. Kleeb. the Aberdeen. Wash., man who is engineering a big deal in California redwood lands, returned to the Multnomah yesterday with the cheering news that his plans were sail ing right along toward a successful conclusion. He expects to colonize the lands as soon as they are cleared. Miss Eldred Johnson, field secretary for the National Civil Service Reform League, left the Multnomah yesterday morning for Salem, to be present at the introduction of a bill which pro poses to put Oregon state employes under civil service. Dr. Charles S. Edwards, Prlneville physician, brought a patient, Mrs. Nel lie Newson, to St. Vincent's Hospital. L)r. Kdwards is at the imperial. "We will have our annual Crook County Fair in October," said lr. Edwards yesterday. William F. "Toggery Eill" Isaacs, of Medford, is at the Imperial. Isaacs deals in men's furnishings and says that business is fine in Southern Ore gon. ' i W. C. E. Pruitt, business manager for Robert X. Stanfield. at Stanficld Or., is at the Seward convalescing after being operated on for a broken arch Frank R. Henius, manager of Henius & Co., importers and exporters, frs at the Benson. Henius & Co. have offices in Portland and Seattle. J. S. Flint. Junction City, Or., stocli mTT. brought several carloads of mixed slock here. He is at the Oregon. C. R. Scholz, of Pendleton. Coast man ager for Bankers' Life, of Omaha, Is at the Seward Hotel. Harry D. Mills. Butte Falls lumber man, is registered at the Imperial from Medford. O. D. Colvln. prominent Seattle In surance man. is in Portland again and located at the Benson. T. E. Hulcry, Moro. Or., wheat ranch er and automobile dealer, is at the Hits Hotel. Mrs. Mabel Settlemier. of Woodburn. Or., is at the Imperial Hotel. R. K. Booth, Astoria salmon packer, is stopping at the Benson. Leslie Butler, Hood River banker, ia at the Benson. DEPARTED FItlEND IS El'LOGIZED Captain Hardy Sees Inspiration for Nev Generation In Nr. j'ltlork'i Life. PORTLAND. Feb. 3. (To the Ed itor.) Ono of Portland's brightest or naments is gone, for H. L. 1'utock has passed to the far-off shores. No more will his family and friends see his smiling face or feel the clasp of his friendly hand or hear his voice in welcome, lor his tongue is stilled by death death that dispossesses us ot our dear friends and those we hold most dear to our hearts; death that cares nothing for the rich, the poor, the superior and the inferior. Alike all must go. Though we 6iiall see him no more, his name and memory we will reverently serve. His lite and work shall bo an everlasting monument to his name and an inspiration to his family and friends; the name of H. L. Pittock shall descend with reverence and respect. His grave shall bo another of Ore gon's beauty spots under tho giant firs on the hills of tho city he loved so well. His friends and countrymen will honor his memory nnd will visit his grave and drop a tear or love and sor row for him that sleeps beneath the flowers. Portland may well he proud of the honor of possessing the namo of such a man. whose energy and enterprise have done so much to build up a great city and state. His friends and busi ness associates will miss htm from their midst, but can say his was a life well spent. His service to God. country and humanity will stand as a tribute for all time. It was the divine will that he should be taken from our midst, for his work on earth had been well done and he has gone to hi" reward that all good men are given. He has passed the shadows that lead from earth to heaven and as we bid him a last farewell as his body is consigned to mother earth, let us all remember him as a kind and generous friend, a noble man and a true. American. Let these memories be for ever enshrined in our hearts and may they be an inspiration to ns as well ns to tho coming generation. To follow this Is the hope and prayer of his devoted friend. CAPTAIN W. II. HARDT. Marriage After Divorce. VANCOUVER. R. C. Feb. 1 (To the Editor.) A person, divorced in Oregon, moves to British Columbia and Is mar ried atrain in less than six months from date of divorce, remaining there a pe riod of over six months from the date of divorce and then returns to Oregon. Will this marriage be legal in Oregon on the person's return? SUBSCRIBER. It will not be legal. We know of no way of beating the law which re quires that at least six months shall elapse after divorce before the di vorced person may legally marry atrain. In the case in question tho marriage can be legalized by going through a second ceremony after expiration of six months, provided an appeal from the divorce decision has not bean instituted. The Bolshevik Constitution. Just what Bolshevism is, according to Its own definition of Itself, Is shown by the constitution or fundamental law of the Russian Socialist Federal Soviet Re public, as the Bolshevist government calls itself, which was adopted by the All-Russian Convention of Soviets on July 10. 191S. A translation haj been made, and the following synopsis is taken from the New York Globe: Division 1 of the constitution is a "Declaration of the Rights of the Toil ing and Exploited People." in which all power Is bestowed upon the toiling masses and their authorized representa tives, the Suviet of Workers'. Soldiers' and Peasants' Deputies. How the old order is to be subverted is decreed in chapter 2 of this division: Sttinc before i::f the fundamental t.ik of putt.ng an end to all i Al;lt:ition .f m.m by man. of removing the d;v:iun of so :tv into i ;au'S or merri;-!y suprrFtt Ini the exploiters, of c:ati!hing a KiKl.l.st organization of so. lety. and the victorv .f socialism In ail countries, the third a.:-Kux-!lin' l"nninimn of So iels of Workei.' Soldier" Bnd Peasants' leiu:Ies de-revs as follows: ;. For the purpose of raii7. njr the principle, of the sot iuln.tt ion of l:mrt. pri vate ownership in oni is nhol.shcd and the en:ire land fund is deelared the prop erty of tli people nnd is turned over to ini toilers without any indemnity upon the principle of equalization of land aliotments. tb. i; forests, mineral wealth, w.ttrr power and waterways of puhiic importance as well as ail ilvestoeli and agricultural im plements, all roodei landed estates and acrl eitlttiral enterprises are decared national property. e. As a. first step to the eomp'ere transfer of factories, mills, mine, rai. roads and other means of production and transportation into property of the Workers' anil 1'easants Soviet llepualic tho law con cerning the workers control and eonrern- ing the supreme Council for National Koon- omy. which aims at securing the hiwt of the toilers over the exploiters, is hereby confirmed. X id). The third convention of the So viets conhi.lers the Soviet law comernin the annulling (repudiation) of loans con tracted by the governments of the Ovar. the landlords and the capitalists, as the firt blow at international banking and fin.in- lai capital, and exprtssi.-e the eonvirtion that Soviet government wnl advance stead fastly along this path un.U complete vic- of the international workers against Ine yoke of capitalism la secured. The principle of the transfer of a'.T banks Into tne property of the workers" and peasants' state, as one of the conul- ttons of emancipation of the toiling rca--"ss from the soke of capital, is hereby rml- Iirmea. if). For the purpose of doing away wtihjwith unaiTected humility, but post parasitical elements in society and or or ganizing the economic affairs of the coun try, universal obligatory labor service Is es tablished. irl. In order to secure full power for the toiling masses, and to remove every oppor tunity for reestablishing the governmen: of the exploiters, the prinriple of arming the tollers, of forming a Socialist red army of the workers and peasants and of completely (iiharmtrs the property-holding causes is hereoy decreed. Division 2 Is devoted to "general principles." The principal aim of the constitution is declared to be the estab lishment of the dictatorship of the proletariat. Supreme authority is lodged in the All-Russian Convention of t-'oviets, and in the interval between conventions, in the all-Russian central executive committee. Tho church is separated fiom the s'ate, the school from the church, and freedom of reli gious and anti-religious propaganda is secured for all citizens. 1 he press is put in the hands of the working class Freedcm of assemblage Jis guaranteed. Education is free. The motto is adopted: '"He who does not work, neither shall he eat." t'niversal military service is mado obligatory. "'The honorable privi lege of defending the revolvtion with arms in hand is granted only to the toilers. L'pcn t'le non-working cle ric. its other military duties are im posed." Resident foreigners who are not "exploiters' n re granted rights of Rus sian citizenship. Asylum is promised to political refugees. Division J is taken up with details of the machinery of the Soviet govern ment. Division 4 deals with the voting fran chise. These are the main pr. visions: The risht to elect and he elected to mcm bersnir iu the Soviet is en;oed. independent of religion, nationally, right of domicile, etc., by the following citizens of th Kus slan Socialist Kedcral Soviet republic of either sex. who up lo date of thi elections have reached the age of IS years. (III. A.I llninii nlil, mine th I n. - - n (of livelihood by productive and socially us- lul labor as we. I ns persons engaged in domestic service who thereby enabie the former lo carry on their productive labors. Mich as workmen and servants of all kinds and caicKones engaged in industrv, trade, a gricul :ure, etc., peasants and i'OKSai'k culti vators, not tisins hired labor for tlio pur pose of eeenr.ng profit. b. S.iMters and sailors of the Soviet army and navy. in. Cit'zeps who belong to the cate. gories enumerated in paragraphs (a and th of this article, but who have lost in some degree tlieir working capacity. Note 1. Iv-a I Soviets tuny with the eon sent of the eentral au'horilv lni r tne a 3 limit for the franchiso csl.vb..e!ied by the present article. Note 'J . Among the persons who are not ratumli'ed cltlr.oTis of Husxia th-. in Oo'ited in article lO (division J. chapter en tov also active and passive franchise rights. Tlie following persons, even if fhey should belong to any of Hie above mentioned cate gories, mav reillier elect nor be elected. ia). Persons using hired labor lor the sake of seeuring profit. b. Persons living on unearned Incre ment sil h a: Interest on capital. Income from industrial enterprises and property, etc. c. Trlvate traders, trading and com mercial agents. d. Monks and ecclesiastical servants of churches and religious cults. le. Employes and agents of the fo-mer police, of the special corps of gendarne-s and of br-nehes of serret polire depart ment, and ulso mcmoers of ihe former leign ing house of Kussia. if l. l'ersons. duly recognised as mental'y afflicted or insune, as well as persons placed In chnrge of guardians. tg). l'ersons sentenced for crimes of spec ulation ami bribery to a term f.zcd by law or by a judicial (sentence. Pivlsion S is concerned with the bpdgrt. It undertakes to snpply the organs of Foviet government with all means necessary for the needs of the republic, "not even hesitatirg at tho violation of the rights of rrivate prop erty to Attain this end." 1 i vision 6 describes the coat of arms and flag of the Soviet republic: The coat of arms is a gold sickle and hammer placed crosswise on a red background in rays of the eun. the whole surrounded by a wreath of wheat cars, and with the inscriptions: "Rus sian S'ocialist Federal Soviet Republic" nnd "Proletarians of all countries, unite." The commercial, naval and mili tary flag is scarlet with the initials "II. S. F. i. II." in the tipper left corner. Auto I.leenaes In Orrsos. VANCOUVER. Warh.. Feb 2. iTo the Editor.) Kindly inform me it the state ol Orscon has a recent law re quiring pleasure cars from Vancouver. Wash., to carry o.-ec-.ti aulo license in addition to the Washington license. 1 was stopped on t'nlon. Avenue re cently by a motorcycle officer who asked why I did not have an Oregon license, saying that I was obliged to get one in addition to my Washington license, as there was so much trading in Portland that the authorities wero determined to put a stop to It. SCBSCRIBER. There Is no such law. Washington au tomobiles may operate In Oregon under Washington licenses of the current year for 30 days before an Oregon li cense is required. 'oldler'a Wife" la Songht. PORTLAND. Feb. 3. (To the Edi tor.) As I had a brother in Company R. CTth Engineers, who was reported killed in action October 3. I am very anxious to get Into communication with Soldier's Wife, w ho inquired Sun day about a man In this particular unit. I will appreciate it very much if she will call my residence telephone, Main SiOi. 11. T. BLAIR. In Other Days. Twrslj-lUe Years Ago. From Th Orepor.lsn. Mruarr 4. Washington. I). C. The silver ques tion again presented itself to the Houso today when island, chairman of tho House committee on silver.-made a fa vorable report on the bill to coin the silver in the Treasury. Northern Pacific flrt-class rates t Chicago are reduced $7 today, eecond clas reduced 5 I. Visalia. Cal. Chris Evans nd Et Morel, the b.indits. stopped last night tit Stone's Corral, about 14 miles east of V;sa.lia. the scene of Evans" and fc?on lag's capture. Washington. Representative Her mann is u-orkiiijr to secure a rehearing of the old Indian war claims of Oregon and WaMitngton. Kiftjr Year Ago. Front Te Orcconlnn. lVhm.-iry 4. 1 StVV The enfranchisement of the Indian of Massachusetts h:s been recommend ed by ilovi'rnor t"I:i:lin and seconded i m the Legislature by Mr. Bird. It wiil probably p.iss. The county seat "of I'lnntiU.i Conn:- has been removed to t!:c town of 1'eil cleton. T-Mvn lots have already been laid of:" and in a few months Pendleton, promises to become a thriving place. Reports from the City Recorder and Marshal for the month of January, show tl-.e amount received from lines and fees to be $103.10. Miss Vir.nle Roam, sculptor, who ha just finished a statue of Lincoln, and Mrs. Elizabeth Cady Stanton, suffragit. have amused Washington with a lively tilt over the suffrage question. INAFKECTEU HUMILITY HIS TIlIT Mr. Pittork Effaced Self. hllc He Held Ip Strong Work. UNIVERSITY PARK. Feb. 3. T 1 the Editor.) May another word of ap preciation be spoken of the distin guished publisher of Oregon's grea journal by one who loved and admired him .' He is not dead either to himself or to us who own him more than ever before. True. th blossom has fallen in the lowered body, but blossoms live in fruits-. He kept himself out of sigh ii'.ii'icii ni vi .-tiers noia lip p.ers lor ships to come and go. Tnis builaer citizen did not gather things about him for bis own happi ness, but made them contribute to tho general welfare. A true man does not regard even sleep to be given him just for his own comfort and resurrection, hut to gain new power to add to the common good. He had both strength and grace. The mountain oak. twisted and abounding in knots, has strength to meet the storms, but no beauty. The violet we protect in our pathway has beauty, but no strength. Tho Oregon spruce has both strength and beauty. Mr. Pittock had the strength of the Kentish shore in his convictions and the beauty of the lily in his very face. The best of the wine he kept for the end of the feast. What he received and did in other days did not satisfy a m.re exactinc appetite craving a diiTerent and better diet. Heaven is pood in givii.g us those SO years. IS. J. HOADLEY. SrOTtAMl'S riHARE. Scots wba hae are called acam, To light on Flanders field. And the daisies prow on Logan i:raes. Rut Scotsmen never yield. Montgomery's bank-5 and braes are fair Vv ith Cow ers and heal her bell. And Highland Mary's rosy lips Have kissed her last farewell. And Davie lad's gone doon the burn And waved his last good-bye. And Jenny sobs, her bosom heaves. Whin comiti' through the rj c ; And I5onr.ivCh3i -lie's noo awa. The like was never seen. For. side by side, he's flirhting there Wi' Jock o" Hazel Iian. And Allan Water proudTy flows 'Neath Stirling's ancient wail. Where P.ruce and Wallace fought of old. And noble deeds recall. The Millar's daughter, too. Is there. In the lonely but and ben. The kiliy lads, now khaki clad. Are fighting now. as then. From the Dowie hem of Tarrorc. And from bonnie Eitrick's Mde. From Air'.ie's l!rae and fair Sinilimort, And the bonnie bank o' Clyde. From the wild and rugged Hebrides. From Shetland's rock-hound isle. From shepherd's shiel and caslle hall. And the Hraes o" Hiilloctimjlc. The brave, the best, that Fcotiar.d hs.it Have answered to the call. That the sun shall rise on freedom. That tyranny must fall. That man to man the world o'er. As sang- the bard of A r, S.hall brothers be. and pence shall reign On lar.n, and sea, and air. And when the sum is totaled up And all subtractioa done. Ami the green grass waves o'er heroes' g r.i cs. Where freedom's cause was won: When the widow and tho fatherless Sit by the vacant chair. Without a doubt it will be found That Scotland did her share. WILLIAM HI'JKfON. Portland. Or. Communication "Willi Prisoner. FEATTLE. Wash., Feb. 2. (To the. Editor.) Kindly enlighten mo as t' "here and hJ I may get i n format ion regarding a deserter who was arrested and sent to aneoij ve.r barracks Octo ber 2. 1 1 1 In tliero any po.-siblo way of getting" in toi: h with the pris oner, and if sentenced, would he 1"" sent to Alcntraz Island? AN AVMul S 5HPTF-n? Tou can get information rcgardirg.' tho mm by writing direct to "Com- manding Officer, Vancouver Barrack' Washington." and giving hfm detail--concerning the deserter fo far as you. know them. Most of the military rris-. oners at present arc being held in the guaflhou.-cs at tho various Arrcy camps and are not being s'tit to A!a-. traz Tsland. This man is probably In tho guardhouse at Vancouver. Donnlion Claim Record. TACOM.A. Wash.. Feb. Z. (T) th re-- Editor.) Where would I find the ords that contain the accoimt of dona tion land claims in southvest Washing ton, from the years IS'jh to 1S60? I un derstand eiirinK part of this time this state was part of or.-gon. CONSTANT READER. In the United S ite Purveyor Gen eral's Office. Olympia, Wash. The sur veys, originally psru of record! in this state, were transferror! to Washington in the early '50s. Ana wens to Military Questions. Correspondents ramod below will find answers to their military ques tions in The Sunday Oregonlan Feb ruary 2. section S, page 3, in replies to other int'tirers: J. A. Raymond, concerning 4Sth Reg iment. C. A. An Anxious Mother, concerning 16;i Infant ry. Anxious Father, concerning ZZd Pio neer Infantry. Soldier s Wife, concerning 5Uh Reg iment. A. C JA.0tCr' con;crnins 5Uh Regiment