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10 TIIE 3IORXIXG OREGONIAX, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1919. PORTLAND, OREGON. Entered at Portland (Oregon) Postofflce a second-class mail matter. Subscription rates Invariably In advance: , (By Mail.) Pally, Sunday Included, oneyear . ... Daily, Sunday included, six months.... Dally, Sunday included, three months. 1'aily, Sunday Included, one month,... Daily, without Sunday, one year Dally, without Sunday, fix months.,.. Daily, without Sundav, one month..... U'Irlv r, i . - . .8.oo . 4. 25 . 2.25 '. e.'oo . 3.25 . .60 1.00 ...... , -: " :' : : ? sn ounudy, one:ear ,.L Sunday and Weekly -'u (By Carrier.) Xa!7y, Sunday Included, one year..... Daily, Sunday included, one month.. . Daily, Sunday included, three months Dally, without Sunday, one year. .... Dally, without Sunday, three month. Daily, without Sunday, one month.... 13.00 .75 2.25 7.80 1.05 .65 How to Remit Send postofflce. money cr eler, express or personal check on your local bank. Stamps, coin or currency ai a at own er's risk. 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The House committee on immigra tion at "Washington has unanimously recommended for passage a bill to prohibit for four years all general immigration into the United States, except from Canada, New Foundland, Cuba and New Mexico. Exemptions are provided to include educators, physicians and other scientists, trav elers and relatives of American sol diers. The unanimity of the commit tee and the promptness with which it acted are probably an index to the sentiment of the House and point to early passage of the measure. The committee divided upon only one issue the length of the period of re striction. It voted seven to two to make this four instead of two years. The underlying purpose of the bill is sound, inasmuch as it aims at giv ing prior consideration to the claims of Americans upon the favors of their own country, without pretending to go into the broader question of our permanent immigration policy. . It is obviously impossible, with the data now at our command, to forecast the needs of the future. It may be that in four years the country will be agreed that it is desirable further to let down the bars. It may be also that no restrictions will be necessary at that time. There is no lack of forecasters now who believe that our immigration problem eventually will become one of emigration. But every. one knows that for the present our first task is to find places for Ameri cans, particularly our returned sol diers, and it will greatly aid us in the work of reconstruction to put a check upon ' indiscriminate dumping by for eign countries of their least desirable nationals upon us. No reasonable man, we believe, will dispute the priority of the claim of Americans to jobs in America. This extends not only to the soldiers whom we compelled under the provisions of the draft to leave their employments and enter the service, but also to other Americans who by loyal work behind the lines helped to keep the flag in thti front line. Merely to find 'jobs for', former fighting men does not meit the issue,, if every soldier is to displace a civilian. There must be work for all; and reconstruction must be complete. Presently, as has been said, when other countries have read justed their affairs, and world con ditions begin to approach normal, there will be time for reconsideration. The bill not only does not restrict im migration for more than four years, but it does not bind the next Con gress. There is nothing to prevent its repeal if circumstances change more rapidly than we now think they will. Four years, however, seems a reason able time limitation, and it is likely that it will stand. It will give us time, too, to catch up with our Americanization pro gramme. Evidence is multiplying that we have been carried away by the "melting pot" phrase. It may be that the. capacity of the melting pot has been overestimated. Certainly the Bolshevik movement in the United States, after all due allowance has been made for exaggerated fears, is disturbing enough, and certainly it does not thrive in a truly American atmosphere. It indicates utter lack of understanding of the American policy of abolishing class distinction, and the entire American idea of equality of opportunity. It is in es sence a class movement, and the fact that it puts all Bolshevists in one class and all other inhabitants in another class does not alter its character. Root, stem and branch, it is alien. The names of its propagandists, of the .defiant lawbreakers who lead the movement, of the anarchists and criminals who appear In the forefront of it, are convincing enough. It does not thrive where the soil lias been O "? ericanized. four years much may be done e way -of reconstructing the ffZZas in thought and action who are now among us and who will not be deported, although perhaps we would like to see them go. It will give our demobilized soldiers an opportunity to do effective missionary work. We are relying a good deal upon their ex cellent influence in the years imme. diately to come. With the co-opera tion of many patriotic influences already at work, it may be possible to attain very nearly the 100 per cent American mark which has been set as our goal. In any event, the job will be greatly simplified if, while the work is going on, no new ship, loads of immigrants are being admit ted to our ports. Americans first! After them, per haps, the others. We shall know ereat deal more four years hence than we do now and shall be able to act upon knowledge in framing the 1m migration bill which is likely to fol low. If then we decide to expand our hospitality, we shall be doing so with our eyes open. For one thing, we S probably shall be in a mood to take charge Ol me t-eiecLiuu ul our 1 III nil -rants, and not leave it to the govern Vtents of other countries who are "".hiflv concerned witn naaing them Kfles of the burdensome and the unfit. But that is for another day, The pending bill is only a sane pre. caution, dictated by enlightened self interest, and meant to give us time in wKlch to put our homes in order. Fb th f""ason lt ouS""t to pass. bration of double - breasted rd waistcoats and return of the t Prince Albert with its ample skirts are concrete evidences of our emergence from war. They are de creed by the clothiers of the Nation in convention assembled, and show that pendulums swing both ways. The new styles represent reaction from the extremes adopted when every pos sible ounce of cloth was being saved to make uniforms for soldiers. Thus far men have been spared the pros pect .of umbrella trousers, which would indeed be disturbing, but they will know that they are doing their duty in restoring the cloth business to a peace basis when they see the pocket flaps and other consuming devices to which it is said that we are doomed. Official announcement that the new fashions will be sprightly but inconspicuous" does not clear up matters. It is hard to see how a man of middle age could be sprightly" without attracting instant attention. NOT IS PORTLAND. The following paragraphs from the Washington correspondence of the Seattle Times have a special perti nence in Portland: Officials of the American Federation of Labor intimate that the radicals are stronger on the Pacific Coast at present than any where else In the United States, ana on tnat Coast their stronghold is in Seattle, with a secondary point of strength in Portland. For several montha there has been a steady movement of radica!sto that section. Most of these men. according to official Informa tion, are young and unmarried. They have had no previous standing in labor circles, but In Seattle and Portland they have sud denly and unexpectedly come Into promi nence. It is they who are precipitating: the present crisis. Official information la to the effect that a strong body of organized labor In Seattle has no grievance and wants no strike. The carpenters, for Instance, 8000 In number. wanted to continue at work, but were bowled over by the radical weight behind thera. That is true of various other labor bodies. It may be agreed that Seattle is the storm center of red-flag radicalism in America at this time; but the labor waters in Portland are far more se rene, at least on the surface, than the Times Washington reporter thinks and says. What is going on under neath may not now be known, but confidence may be expressed that. the labor union leadership of Portland will not yield to the wave of unrea soning, hot-headism and reckless dis temper which has overcome Seattle. There was a recent labor conven tion in Portland which was once or twice swept off its feet by the radi cals; but on the whole, the conserva tives were in control, and had their way. The other night thek Central Labor Council flatly repudiated the Bolshevik element by refusing to send delegates to the misnamed Soldiers' and Sailors' council the local imita tion of a Russian soviet or to stand sponsor for it. This is most encour aging, as it is creditable to the sanity and patriotism of the labor council. Probably the word has been spread throughout the country, and has reached the sensitive ear of Washing ion, that a 6oviet is in operation in Portland, under the direction of local anarchist, and under the more or less distinguished patronage of i Bolshevik editor of the Evening Jour nal. It should not, however, be con fused with union labor or its organ ization methods, principles or opin ions. There is no sign that union labor of Portland is prepared to embark on so hazardous and desperate an enter prise as a sympathetic strike. The leaders here obviously have no war to make on the community, or the Gov ernment; and they see, as others see that the success of the Seattle strike means a revolution in union labor it self; for the next step inevitably will be to exclude from control Samuel Gompers and all the leaders of labor who are in harmony with his ideas and policies. WAR HONORS FOR WOMEN. Senator Calder, of New York, has written a letter to Secretary Baker, ) urging the bestowal of suitable honors upon women who have distinguished themselves in the service of the Na tion in the war. The suggestion is in ine with principles of justice and equality. If an act of Congress is required, it ought to be passed with out unreasonable delay. Thousands of women served with the Red Cross, the Young Men's and Young Women's Christian Associa tions, the Salvation Army, and other organizations, and there is abundant testimony that they conducted them selves with credit to their country and to their sex. Instances of individual heroism are numerous, and of self denial almost without number. It is perhaps all the more to the credit of women that they performed the deeds they did without the promise of marks of distinction to spur them on. It is not a major issue, such as the feeding of starving populations, or the restoration of order or determination of the final terms of peace,' but the pages of the Congressional Record disclose that a good many less worthy causes have claim upon the time of our National legislators. It would be fine if Congress would get together some pleasant afternoon and make the necessary provision for such a formal recognition of our war hero ines as the New York Senator has suggested. DEPENDENCY IS NOT THE ISSUE. Payment to the beneficiaries of war rlsK insurance policies or the amounts due them under those pol icies Is not in any measure conditioned upon the financial standing of such beneficiaries. The insurance policy issued to the soldier by the Govern ment is a plain contract, which it is the intention of the Government to carry out. The sums which the Gov ernment has contracted to pay are collectible by the next of kin of the insured, without regard to financial dependency. The statement Is occasioned by mis understandings which have arisen as the result of the action of the Fed eral bureau in sending out affidavit forms relating to dependency upon the insured man. An authority on war risk insurance, writing in the New York Evening Post, explains that these blanks are designed to make it known to the recipients that they are entitled to additional compensation if they are actually" dependent. The blanks do not impair the obligation created by the insurance policy. Com pensation and Insurance are to be re garded as separate matters. "All claims for insurance," says the writex, "will be settled at the rate of $57.50 monthly per $10,000 of insurance, and this will be paid in all cases to ben eficiaries irrespective of their present sources of income," The explanation Is made necessary because of the confusion which has arisen. It seems natural that uneasi ness should have been created In the minds of many who are unfamiliar with intricate business details. Wives, mothers and children of soldiers are not always versed in the requirements of laws, and are quite likely to be awed by strange phraseologies. It would be well if the Bureau of "War Risk Insurance would always make its purposes plain. The bureau ought to stand in the position of friend of the beneficiary, no less than' of the insured, and it ought to lend every possible assistance, that all benefi ciaries may obtain their full rights, without being compelled to employ intermediaries to make collections for them, and, incidentally, absorb a por tion of the sum for "legal services." THE MANN LOAD. The three Representatives of Oregon In Congress will, lt Is announced, hold a conference among themselves and endeavor to unite on a .candidate for Speaker in the forthcoming Con gress. It may or may not be Im portant that they agree, except as to a single candidate; and his name is James R. Mann, of Illinois. Mr. Mann is a Republican, but he has no deserts at all from the party. What can Mr. Hawley, or Mr. Sinnott, or Mr. McArthur say to their loyal constituency if they join in a plan to deliver the Congressional leadership of the party to a fifty-fifty American like Mann? It is inconceiveable that they will do it. They know Mann and his record. Mann opposed preparedness for war during the fateful days of 1914-15-16. He proclaimed his neutrality, and said "we ought to- maintain peace at all hazards." He voted for the odious McLemore resolution, which basely sought to require Americans to forego their rights to travel on the high seas. He said he had "much more fear of war with England than with Ger many," and he repeatedly attacked Great Britain for its infringement of American trading privileges; but he said never a word in criticism of Ger many for the Lusitanla - atrocity. Throughout the pre-war period he showed his utter want of sympathy for the assertion of a robust and vig orous Americanism, and held back. or stood still, or worse, when the great need, desire and demand of the party was for bold, open, and pa triotic leadership. The best that can be said of Mann is that he failed In his duty because he did not see it; the worst is that he saw it, and deliberately refused to do it in a craven desire to placate pacifist and pro-German opinion. What the people In Mann's own district think of him is shown in the results of the last election. He was duly nominated, through his hold on the party machinery; but his major ity in a great Republican district fell from 21,437 in 1916 to 11.204 in 1918 Yet the aggregate majorities of all Republican Congressional candidates rose from 716.000 in 1916 to 1,347,569 in 1918, an increase of 88 per cent. If the Republican falling off throughout the country had been proportionate to the Mann loss, there would have been an overwhelming Democratic victory. The Republican party cannot carry the Mann load. U means a repudia tion of all the party's professions of a sincere, practical; exclusive and forward-looking Americanism. THE CASE AGAINST BOLSHEVISM. A strong plea is put forward by Senator Johnson, of California, for withdrawal of all American forces from Russia, and he quotes in sup port of that policy the Springfield Republican and the Manchester Guardian. He cites many documents which go to show that, before the Brest-Litovsk treaty was ratified, the Bolsheviki offered to join the allies in fighting Germany, but were ig nored, and that the United States Government compromised itself by inducing radicals in this country to cable pleas to Lenine and Trotzky not to withdraw from the war. He also quotes statements from the allies that they sent troops into Russia only to guard supplies, to help the Czecho slovaks and to fight Germany. He maintains that since Germany was beaten, allied military activity in Rus sia is simple war on Bolshevism and is without excuse. He yields to no man in abhorrence of the Bolsheviki "who ruthlessly control with a hide ous class tyranny," but he insists that we entered Russia "for no very good reason" and "have remained for no reason at all," "have no policy" and should bring our troops home from Russia. The Senator has convicted the allies of inconsistency and vacillation, and of acting weakly and with indecision when force and decision might soon have disposed of the whole difficulty. For these faults, the United States seems to have been chiefly respon sible. Fear lest they lay themselves open to the charge of fighting the Soviet form of government and of seeking to restore Czardom or to establish some other form of govern ment by armed intervention seems to have restrained the United States and the allies from avowing a purpose to make war on Bolshevism as an ally of Germany. That sentiment seems to have caused them to send only weak forces to Northern Russia and Siberia, and to have prompted them to announce a purpose only to guard supplies and to prevent Germany from establishing submarine bases, Those pretexts did not Justify an ad vance nearly two hundred miles south of Archangel. Aid to the Czecho Slovaks was the professed purpose of the advance into Siberia, but accom plishment of that end required that the allied troops go on to the Volga, where the Czechs were hard pressed ana inreaieiicu wuu exiermiaauoa, yet they refused to go beyond Lake Baikal. The armistice with Germany de prived the allies of the pretext that they had gone to prevent that coun. try from establishing submarine bases. They had had ample time to load their supplies on board ship and take them away. They had opened the way for the Czechs in Siberia to get out at will. Relif to those on th "Volga needed stronger force than they had; the choice now lies between sending a sufficient force for that purpose and frankly but shamefully abandoning the Czechs to the Bol sheviki for massacre. Mr. Johnson speaks truly when he says that there is no justification for the presence i Russia of the force which the allies now have there. It is not needed fo some of the purposes which the allies avow, and it is too weak to accom. plish the others. War with Bol sheviki would justify its remaining, but would require large reinforcement. The allies have studiously avoided declaration of war on the Bolsheviki, though they have made and are still making war, with the United States as an active participant. Mr. John son's argument derives all its log! from the weakness, vacillation and lack of straightforwardness displayed by the allies, much of the time under the lead of the United States. A year ago the allies had ampl cause for a declaration of war on the Bolsheviki. That faction had prac I tically hanrTed over the country to the I Germans, and it has been proved that. their leaders were In the' pay of Ger many before they returned from exile, and that they followed German orders in every move they made. They drove the allied Ambassadors out of Russia and murdered a member of the Brit ish embassy. When the Czechs start ed "to get out of Russia under the Soviet's own self-conduct, the reds kept up a running fight with them, all at the instigation and with the aid of German and Austrian prisoners. Their' enmity continues to this day, and we have evidence of it in Seattle, where an unnaturalized Russian Is a leader of the strike and jrhere circu lars proclaiming Bolshevik doctrine are distributed. Hostility to democ racy as we understand it has been shown by denunciation of the allies as Imperialistic and capitalistic, sim ply because they reject Bolshevik communism, and the turmoil in this country, Britain, Germany, Hungary and Argentina is the result of their propaganda. The statement that by making war on Bolshevik Russia, the allies would make war on the government chosen by 80,000,000 people will not stand examination. At the outset that gov ernment was imposed by force, which perpetrated wholesale massacre, and has been sustained by terrorism. It has the public funds and the banks at its command, as well as all the pri vate property that it has seized. It also issues paper money without stmt. In a country where famine prevails and where the established govern ment has been overthrown, any sem blance of a government which has these resources plus force will have no difficulty in enforcing submission and raising an army. The instinct of self-preservation leads a man to accept military service when it means food and such liberal pay as the Bol sheviki give, with starvation as the alternative. An officer of the old army will not hesitate long when the alternative is death. But the Bol sheviki army Is by no means all Rus sian, for Chinese from Manchuria or from the gangs of laborers which built the Murman railroad have been hired as mercenaries. Yet the red army is formidable only when In vastly superior numbers. It was routed by the allies in Eastern Siberia and has been beaten In every engagement in Northern Russia, ex cept when It came In such superior force as to threaten the small allied forces with envelopment. It is deft cient In artillery and shell, though probably well supplied with rifles and cartridges. It has acquired some discipline, and there Is none of that hesitation to Impose the death sen tence which wrecked the old army. But the assumption that the people welcome lt Is absurd, in view of the joy with which the allies and Czechs are received at every place they oc cupy and the terror which greets the advent of the reds. Two well equipped armies of 100,000 men each, one en tering at the north -end the other at the south, could probably gain enough adherents to dispose of Bolshevism in one campaign." The reluctance of the allies to em bark on a war In Russia is easy to understand. Their people are weary of war, are anxious to repair their losses, are appalled at the possibili ties of a Russian campaign and have an aversion to even the appearance of interfering in the domestic affairs of another nation. Yet Bolshevism is a real, present, growing danger. It aims to destroy democracy all over the world as surely as did the Kaiser. The longer the allies delay the task of coping with it, the greater the task will become. If Russia would keep to itself this monstrous product of the revolution, the allies might have no cause to attack it, but since it has set out to destroy democratic govern ment in other countries, the only course is to crush It at its birthplace Workmen brought to the Pacific Coast to build ships want the Gov ernment to provide transportation to their homes, and the Shipping Board says it will investigate. What are the workmen to do while it investigates, for experience Is that Government in vestigations are long, men must live, and grocers and butchers must be paid? Would lt be consistent with the dignity of the gentlemen at Wash Ington to hasten the Investigation and not spend all Summer over it? Enforcement of the curfew law will benefit the smaller boy beginning to ape the big fellows in the corner gath ering; but it may not reach the "wise' girl of 16 or thereabouts who looks and acts "older than her age. Only a parent can attend to her. When the radicals have reduced Seattle to the condition of Moscow and Petrograd, they will be satisfied, so far as that city is concerned. Then they will move on' and try to do the same thing to some other city. To many wine is a delightful bev. erage, and so is whisky or beer to others: but for all that, the grape growers of California need not think they will run a country that says pro niDition is. the thing. Every prospective criminal will watch the effort to obtain pardon for a man who has not served a day, tnougn convicted over three years ago. wny make a mockery of crimi nai law 7 If the Controller of the Currency goes into tne discard, whew will rejru late National banks? The problem of nnance is too much for the layman' comprehension. "Seattle workers have it easy in one respect. There s no bother about go ing to work, for there's no work to go to. t Desire for more pay Is laudable ambition. Not to be commended, however, are some ways of getting it. The Bolshevik idea of success, as evidenced in Seattle, is to put you boss on the bum. Tacoma Is slow, but she's Xast 1 her hold to stay out of the trouble just now. Portland and other Coast cities await result of the Seattle expert ment Portland will have Its Rose FestI val, all the better for the interval of rest. The striker with a few liberty bond has an anchor to windward. Versailles Salem. is tame compared with Good-by, mask! - old "Flu!" Here's you Perhaps Seattle likes It, Those Who Come and Go. In a frenzy Oregonians are return ing from Seattle to Portland. Mere threats of the strike were sufficient to fill all the Portland-bound trains yes terday, while hotels are In receipt of many telegraphic and telephonic reser vations. In addition, there are many Seattle people who have decided that Portland la a far better city to live In than Seattle when a general strike is In progrees. Indications are that the stock of cots In all hotels will be drawn upon today. The trains arriving be tween 4 o'clock and midnight were filled to capacity, with many additional cars being added. Her Highness Princess Catherine Radzlwlll Is visiting In Portland this week. Incidentally, her highness pre sented an entirely new one to news paper reporters. Of "course, when the ame "Princess Radzlwlll," which is he family name of an old Polish fam ily, appears on a hotel register. It Is to be expected that reporters will en- eavor to Interview the lady. It was o with Princess R&dzlwilL But Ira- gine the outraged amazement of the reporter who had been assigned by his city editor to "get" the Princess, when this message came over the telephone: Madame is never interviewed un ices she receives i pay for It." If there were no R. Alexander in Pendleton the town would seem lost. Mr. Alexander Is m. story-teller of abil ity. Incidentally, he Is well within his rights, for he has lived In Pendleton 40 years and can name almost every citi zen. The big department store fh which he Is the principal stockholder and which bears his name and of which he was sole proprietor until few months ago was started with two clerks. Mr. Alexander dashed to Port land yesterday to meet Sergeant Roy Alexander, "his son. and the latter's winsome bride. Sergeant Alexander has just been discharged from Camp Lewis, and quite a party of Pendle tonians came to Portland to greet him. While In Portland Alexander. Sr., who Is a past exalte ruler of the Elks past grand master of Oddfellows and Is now first vice-president of the Ore gon State Elks Association, will renew old friendships. The entire Alexander party is at the Imperial. D. E. Skinner has made the Skinner & Eddy shipbuilding yards at Seattle one of the finest on the Coast. But while he Is willing to take any neces sary chances himself, he does not in tend to expose his wife and family to any danger. Mrs. Skinner arrived at the Benson Hotel last night and re marked that Mr. Skinner thought it safer that she leave the Sound city while it was possible to depart. When Mrs. Skinner left Seattle just before the strike hour, streetcars and auto mobiles were running and a strike seemed the last thing In the world in prospect, she said. Mrs. Skinner is ac companled by two friends and plans to stay In Portland until the strike Is over. x. Professor Frederic George Young. head of the department of economics and sociology at the University of Ore gon, Is one man thoroughly competent to discuss the cause and origin of strikes. From 1895 he has been drill ing into students at the "U the influ ence exerted on modern day life of the "Rochdale Pioneers," the "iron law of wages" and other economic material pertinent to strikes and strikers. Pro fesaor Young. Is an author of repute. and has a dry, "'pawky wit. He Is reg istered at the Imperial Hotel. A sympathy strike in the shipyards of the south is not expected by A. a. Dlbblee, connected with the manage ment of the Grant Smith-Porter yard at Portland, who arrived at the Mult noham Hotel yesterday, returning from San Francisco and Los Angeles. Mr. Dlbblee met many former employes of the Portland yard while south, who reported to him that it was the opin ion of workmen In the California cen ters that a strike now would kill the shipyard industry on the Pacific Coast, What Duncan Dunn, of Wapato, Wash., and Frank Brown, of Carlton Or., do not know about Shorthorns just isn't known at all. The two famous cattle breeders, who are both directors in the Pacific International Livestock show, and one or the other of whom is a Judge at almost every big cattle show In the country, arrived yesterday Phil Metschan, Jr.'s hotel, for Phil also is a brother director of the show. Jay H. Upton, who once was exalted ruler of Portland Lodge of Elks. Is Ore gon's irrigation "shark." Mr. Upton arrived In Portland at the Imperial Hotel from Prineville, Or. As presi dent of the Irrigation Congress he wall at once betake hlmselftto Salem to aid in promoting Irrigation legislation. Grant S. Fee, the contractor who built the Portland Postofflce and who is reported to have lost money on the deal is back In Portland for a short visit, being registered at the Oregon, where he lived a year while the post office was in progress of construction. The naval colony at the Multnomah. Hotel was augmented yesterday by theJ arrival of Lieutenant-Commander free ton, accompanied by Lieutenants Mc Donald and Johanson, who came down from Bremerton to take over a steel freighter. Mrs. A. J. Cooley, her Ywo children and maid,' of Omaha, are at the Benson Hotel. Mrs. Cooley is visiting Portland on the recommendation of her husband who passed two months here a year ago. Professor C. I. Lewis, of Oregen Ag rlcultural College, is a "nut" on nuts. He is staying at the Portland Hotel so that he can tell part of what be Know to the nut enthusiasts at the walnu convention. K. Terauchl and Y. Yoshlmura, two wealthy Japanese who are much In terested In shipping, are at the Port land Hotel. John M- Tutt, an Internationally fa. moua Christian Science lecturer, of Boston, is at the Portland Hotel. Mrs. John Twohy and family, of Seat tie, came to Portland yesterday and are at the Multnomah Hotel. Place as Snperearn-e. THE DALLES. Or, Feb. 6. (To th Editor.) Please tell me where I can obtain information regarding the posi tion of supercargo. There was a short article lnaThe Oregonian about two weeks ago. ,A READER. Formal application must be made to George Eggers, chief of purchasing division. Division of Operation. United States Shipping Board, Room 861, at 1317 F street. Nw., Washington, D. C. Men are to be employed as supercar goes on new vessels of the Shipping Board at a salary of S17J a month, and subsistence Is furnished. An Eye-Opener Co men. Winifred Brooke Irvine, in the Atlantis Some time ago I was talking to a Russian, who was saying what a hard time the working classes had. I said In a smug way, "It must be very nice work in a factory like - A , where things are so clean and the work people are well cared for." "Mon Dieu!" he said; "picture to yourself, madams, putting a piece of bacon Into a can of beans every min ute of every hour of every day week month eternity! Ah. the desolation of such work!" Kindred. By Grace E. Ball. Did I not know that somewhere there must be . Others with thoughts they keep far from the throne-. Quiet and unsuspected, strong and free. While merrymakers Join in dance and song; Did I not know (though how I cannot tell). That other minds In search of bet ter things Oft meet mine own, in mental spirit way, Pd courage lose because of petty stings. rd cease to try, if never once there came Assurance that somewhere are kin dred souls Who yearn and search and strive, with minds the same. Scarcely aware of present sordid goals: Who do not mean to hold aloof, maybe. But who were destined other paths to tread Trails which heedless travelers fail to see Because they choose the broad high way Instead. We mingle with our own. or none at all; Twas thus Intended. Mental strength and brawn Have seldom been close partners, you'll recall. And pens have clashed with swords wben both were drawn. But, when in dally contact with the mass Of which the life about Is e'er com posed. What bitter disappointment, as they pass. To find how many minds are tllndly closed Closed to those things so vital and of worth. To thoughts that yield true happiness In life; To find of Ideas oft a sorry dearth Save as they deal with daily care and strife. These vision nothing, livinc out each hour According to the petty things about Material goods they hold as might and power. And finer mental texture often flout. Oh, I am glad that somewhere they exist Those groping souls that hunger for the gleam; Because of them my spirit shall persist. Not drifting down but battling up the stream ; Trusting just here and there some soul to find. And now and then to grasp an eager hand Of one who Is my kindred and my kind w nose very glance shall say, 1 un derstand." CITIZENS ARE MADE TOO FAST Foreign Born Acquire- Rights More Rapidly Thai Native Born. PORTLAND, Feb. 5. (To the Edi tor.) Will a few rambling remarks be acceptable? I like The Oregonian and think lt well edited. There are three editorials today to which I would call the attention of your readers, viz.: "Two Aliens." the "Bright Side." and "Eliminating Waste." I most heartily concur in the thoughts and wish that every Amer ican could and would grasp the ideas therein expressed, and put them into practice. If this were done we should have a more Intelligent and brighter population. I would love to see the ideas emphasized In the home and public schools or our loved land. You say: "Sifted to the dregs, gen eral strike will be found to be a for elgn affair, wholly un-American. Just call the roll of the agitators." I have. for a long time, believed that, and I likewise believe that the United States of America should prefix the words "Civilization and Enlightenment." to naturalization laws. Iiave for a long time thought that we were making citizens - too fast for the good of de mocracy. A child born here must wait 21 years for a chance to vote, while the for eigner who comes here declares his in tention to become a citizen and In a few states can vote at the next election. Why should not an alien wait until he has become familiar with the laws of the land before helping to make them? I believe in the United States of Amer ica. In America for Americans, which means the highest and noblest ideas of manhood. This should not be a dump ing ground but a country where men and women love home and civil and religious liberties, without cast or strikes, and hold humanitarian respect for the property rights of other people. I wish to speak further of two let ters which have appeared In The Ore gonian. one January 29. by "House keeper," and the one today signed "English Woman." It is well for home keepers to read them both and draw the contrast, and notice the sarmoni ousness In the latter, with its content ment. ARTHUR N. NICHOLS. Chrtatlanlty In Armenia. VANCOUVER. Wash., Feb. 5. (To the Editor.) Please Inform me how and when Chrlstanity first made its way to Armenia. I And reference to its existence there as early as 225 A. D-. but I have no access to any reference which gives the exact date of its in troduction or by whom introduced. J. II. Christianity was introduced into Ar menia about the yeas- 28S by Gregory the Illuminator, who succeeded In con verting the King. Tlrldates I II. Zoroas trianism, the old religion of the coun try, collapsed, the people imitating the example of their monarch, and the earliest national Christian church In the world arose. There may have been scattered adherents prior to the date given. Soldier to Be Trailed. PORTLAND. Feb. 6. (To the Editor.) Much has been written and much has been said about the discharged sailors and soldiers, joining the Bolsheviki, discontent on account of lack of work and appreciation as heroes being at tributed as main causes. I know little of the sailor, but I know the soldier very well, too well, to believe that he will In any way be a party to approve of Bolsheviki prop aganda. Our American soldier is first last and always patriotic. Having voiced to protect with his life, if needs be. his country and so recently willing to sacrifice everything for an ideal the brotherhood of man It Is too flagitious a thought that human nature could be so contradic tory, it Is impossible. AN ARMY OFFICER'S WIFE. News From 483d Aero. PORTLAND, Feb. '6. (To the Edi tor.) For the Information of several who have Inquired aatout the 4S2d Aero Squadron, will state that I received a letter from my son. Corporal W. H. H. Boothe. dated January 8, 1919, stating that his Squadron was at Nantes, France, under quarantine and that if they passed inspection would sail for home any day. He states that he is in the best of health and had received his Chrismas packages. I hope this will relieve any anxious inquirers in terested in this squadron. . J. W. BOOTHE. The 482d Aero Squadron has been on the convoy list practically two months now. It lt has sailed, however, it has probably been since February L In Other Days. Twenty-flve Years Ago. From The Oreconlan of February T. 1894. ashington. Reports from the ad jutant-general's office show 9270 com missioned officers, 102.903 In the Na tional Uuard and about 9,000,000 men In the unorganized militia. Plans are on foot to largely Increase Lane county's hop acreage. Crook county has voted a levr of 18 mills, against 23 mills last year. Double tracks are being laid on East Burnside street from Union avenue to Last Third to connect the approach of the Burnside bridge. "HERE RCSS FACTIONS MAY MEET Princes Islands Have History ef Trag edy and Retreat ef Fallen Royalty. The National Geographic Society, from its Washington headquarters, has issued the following bulletin concern ing the Princes' Islands, In the Sea of Marmora, where the warring factions of Russia have been asked to send del egates for a conference at which lt Is hoped the Internal dissensions In the vast Slav dominions can be composed: "It would seem that the peace con ference in Paris may have had the number of Princes' Islands in mind as well as their seographical location when they were named as the place of meeting on February 15 for the war ring factions of Russia. There are nine islands enough for each group of del egates to have an island to themselves should such a course of segregation prove expedient. "The islands lie from 10 to 15 miles southeast of Constantinople, near th4 Asiatic shore. Four of them are in4 habited and the largest of the group Prinkipo (also railed Pityusa, meaning "rich in pines") has a population of more than lo.uOO, Turks and Greeks be ing about equal in number. "The islands in modern times have been popular as Summer resorts, owing to the salubrity of their climate and their proximity to the Turkish capital. "Few islands have a history more poignant with tragedy, with high hopes and shattered dreams, with diabolical machinations of empire wreckers and makers than these few square miles of earth washed by the waters of the Mar mora. Their very name is significant of their past, for in the days of the Byzantine Empire they were the re treats, either forced or voluntary, of princes and princesses who had fallen into disfavor at the nearby court. "Each Island of the group could tell its own story of famous exiles. None is more pathetic, however, than that of Proti as the prison of the deposed Emperor, Romanus IV. called Diogenes. The life of this ruler reads like one of the fictitious romances of Cleopatra's days. He was a distinguished young soldier descended from a Cappadociart family. Having, been Implicated in a conspiracy to depose his sovereign. Constantine IX. he- was condemned to be executed for treason. While being led to his death, according to one ac count, he caught the eye of the Empress Recent. Euilocia Macrembolitlssa, who instantly fell in love -with him. granted him a pardon and shortly thereafter married him. After his coronation as Emperor he led three successful expe ditions against the Seljuk Turks, but his fourth campaign, against Alp Ars lan. was a 'disastrous f ailure. "Compelled to pay a large ransom for his release. Romanus returned home to be defeated at the hajtds of a pre tender to the throne. Blinded, he spent his fefw remaining days of abject mis ery imprisoned In a monastery on the highest point of Proti. "On the Island of Antigone the great patriarch Methodius spent seven years of his life imprisoned with two bri gands. "On Prinkipo. which Is now dotted with fine residences and gardens, the traveler is shown the ruins of a con vent in which 11 centuries ago the re markable woman. Empress Irene I, was imprisoned for a time. A poor but beautiful orphan of Athens. Irene mar ried Emperor Leo IV and soon became the true ruler of the Byzantine Empire. Upon the death of her husband she as sumed the reins of government for her 10-year-olil son, Constantine VI. For a decade her reign was distinguished by firmness and wisdom. Then began the conflict with her ambitious eon. which terminated In the greatest blot upon her career, the capture of the ileeing youth, his return to Constanti nople, where by his mother's orders his eyes were gouged out. lt would seem that the ancients had good cause to in terpret an eclipse of the sun which took place about this time as a sign of heaven's horror at such a deed. "Another famous prisoner of Prinki po was Zoe, the wife of three Enpperors Romanus HI, Michael IV and Con stantine IX. "One of the most populous of the islands is Ilalkl (also spelled Chalcitis and Khalki), where there is a naval college and a theological college. A Greek commercial school occupies the site of an ancient monastery. At the entrance to the school is the tombstone of Sir Edward Barton. Euglish Ambas sador to Turkey during the reign of Queen Elizabeth. "On the Island of Plate the peaco delegates will find a castle, built after the model of Windsor Castle. It is now falling into decay. Once It was the) Summer residence of Sir Henry Bulwer (the famous author of the Clayton Bulwer treaty of American history), when he was British Ambassador at Constantinople. Upon his retirment the one-time British Ambassador st Washington sold the island to the Khedive of Egypt, whose family still owned lt at the outbreak of the world war." Way of a Japanese Woman. Mrs. Hearn In the Atlantic. Lafcadio Hearn was a very critical man. For Instance, when he was doing; business with publishers In foreign countries, and because he was so far awav, the publisher would take the lib erty' of deciding the arrangement of such things as book covers and illus trations without consulting Hearn, who was very particular about all details. At such times 1-earr was often made furiously angry. When he received a letter from the publishing house he would Immediately write back a fierce (sic) answer in anger, and order lt to be mailed at once; but then I would ear "Yes." and hold lt over a mall. Two or three days afterward, when he had be come calm, he would regret that he had written too severely, and would ask, "Mamma-san. have you mailed that let ter?" I would answer, 'Yes," and watch to see whether he really regretted It. If so, I would give him the letter. Ho would be immeni-ily pleased, and say. "Mamma-san. you are the only one," and would begin a. new letter in milder tone. Those Spoiled Fish, PORTLAND. Feb. B. (To the Edi lfr.) Every one has been doing what he could to conserve food for the past, year, but our city government has al lowed 17 tons of smelt to remain In cold st6rage since last Spring, while the people have been asking for cheap er food. The reason we are putting our money Into a public fish market is to get cheaper fish, not to have It lay In cold storage till It must be sold for fer tilizer, as fresh smelt Is now on the market. City Commissioners should be held responsible for such a waste of the people's money. Every taxpayer Is a stockholder and has a right to de mand that his money bring him a dol lars worth for every dollar expended. TAXPAYER,