10 ' TJIE 3I0RXIXG 0REG0XIAN, TUESDAY, MARCH 25, 1919. PORTLAND. OREGON. xTntsrrd at Portland tOrnron) Poatoffle a Mcond-clas m.. matter. ' Subscription rate Invariably In aaVanc: (Br Mali) Dally. Sander Included, one year ...... $ Lfai.r. fiunnay inctuaea. six montns. ..... Ii;t. Sunday included, three months ... 2. uai.y, suniay inctuaea. one moma ..... EA.''y. without Sunday, one year ........ Im.:y. without Sunday, six months ...... I-iaily. without Sunday, one, monto ...... w -my. one year 5 6 0 .0 1.00 8uaday. one year ..................-.. - Sunday and weekly 3ao By Carrier.! Pally. Bonday Included, one year t.J" lally, Sunday Included, one month.... .jj ounaf inciuum, ,uiv ... . . . jat:y. without fcanday. one year ..so in there . ar others, beyond the age which compulsion reaches, who need to be fortified by wise and timely advice. The prison data referred to furnish at least one argument on the side of keeping young- men in school until they are well prepared to make their own way in the world. passing or A GOOD CmZEX. Everett Ames was 45 years old, and had been but a short 14 years a resi dent of this community; yet in that time he had achieved a very advanced position in the ranks of real endeavor business, patriotic, philanthropise. social. He radiated energy always purposeful ways and for useful ends. A self-effacing: man, he pos sessed in a remarkable measure that peculiar driving" power which enlists the services of other men and brings marked results. A successful man in his personal affairs, he yet devoted a very large part of his, time and ex perience to public duties. He took a conspicuous part in many move ments to raise funds for worthy causes, and it was through him, to already had their plans laid before the war ended, and are carrying them out with a thorough knowledge of a business which many of -our peopl have yet to learn, and through long experience they have worked out laws and business methods which made them owners of nearly half the ton nage of the world in 1914. They can build ships cheaper than we, which puts one handicap on us and on any nation for which we build. They can operate ships cheaper, which pats an other handicap on us. Our merchant marine and our shipbuilding industry are mainly an artificial product of the handicaps of the intensely competitive survival. a.t,Kn, Cnil.tt IhrM month.. lWO dally! without Sunday, one month..... .65 Bow Rrali Fend poetorflc money or der, exprese or perioral check on your local Bank. Stamp, coin or currency are at own er risk, tilv pontorric addrea In lull, in cluding county and state. Postage Bates IS to Is par. 1 cent: 18 i ; pe. i cnt: 3 to & pas. chm. SO to tlo ucm ! 4 rent: (12 to To pass. J cent: 78 to M pas, cents. rorla posi- ax. double rale. w. !. - - v Conk. tin. Bniwiik building. New York; Verr Conklln. Steser Duildtn. Chlcaao: Verro Cooklln. Free Pre buildlns. Detroit. Mich.; ban Franclace representative. . J. MZXBEK OF THE ASSOCIATED PBESS. The .associated Press 1 exclusively enti tled to the us for republication of all news dipatch. credited to it or not labors and wise in his measures, he addressed to them lies in the fact that credited to this, paper, and also too iocju T, j utr f-nmr, hollo, thni th lewi published herem. I " - ""wai uuhiuo auiuug x ui lioiiu I - - w.w -j -- Ail risnis or repuoiicaiion or nnuu I citizens in his ability to achieve theBen' nine-wnua oi ine executive ana difficult and even the impossible. He financial strengtn 01 tne nation, .rjspe had an abiding sympathy, besides, for cially in times like the present, their the every-day worker, and it is the directing abilities cannot well be grateful testimony of many men and spared. women that' their troubles were never One mav question the accuracy of taken to him in vain. ' I the estimate that full nine-tenths of Mr. Ames set a fine example of true th "executive and financial strength1 Of an intense American- of tha country is exerted by men "KEEPING FIT" AND "COMXNG BACK. Walter Camp, who has written book in which he describes two ways in which a man may be young at 60, makes a highly significant estimate of the number of men In the country who are over 45 years old and who represent promising material for "athletic redemption." There are, he a very considerable extent, that the says, soma 8,000,000 between 45 and success of the united war work, the 64 and another million between 64 war camp community service, and the nd 70 who have nf reason to give up several liberty loan campaigns in Port- nope Decause oi ineir pnysicai conai land was achieved. Tireless in his Won- The importance of the appeal patches herein are also reserved. PORTLAND. TT'ESDAY. MARCH M, 11S. A CONDITION". The round robin signed by the thirty-seven senators some count - ihinv.nin nWlnre ' the I citizenshin. "constitution of the league of na- ism it is likely that he would have above 45 without doubting that the . , " nn preferred to go to the front, for he Percentage, whatever It may be, is . . T - . . , had the qualities of a soldier. Butlvery large. In the nature of events, proposed snouia urn t.Pt:u u, fce ws required to satisfy his in. men who ever were worth while be- the United States.". stinct for strategy and his capacity come more valuable with acquired The objecting senators did not Is- for generalship in the more peaceful experience, if meanwhile they have sue an ultimatum against the league and not less laborious service at home. not unfitted themselves for giving it or any league: but they appear to He fell truly in his country's cause, practical expression. Old men for have left open the road lor retreat for he was preparing to dedicate him in case President Wilson refused his I self anew to the victory loan cam- consent to any alteration or thelpaign. present covenant. The president ap peared to assume that the senators in the end would be forced by public opinion, or their sense of duty, or their understanding of necessity, to ratify the proposed constitution. Is the presidential view of the sen ate's position correct? It is import- ROTALTY'S MATRIMONIAL DIFF1- CrLTIES. The heir apparent to the throne of Great Britain has attained the mar riageable age. and the sad combina- to -come back" after a period of netr tion of circumstances confronts him lect The trainer is wise in empha- the council, young men for war, is as applicable to conditions of civilization as it was to the needs of warring tribes. But one who reads the formulas of Mr. Camp for restoring the efficiency of oldsters will be struck with the primary principle that it is after all a great deal easier to keep fit than ant, even vital, that he should make that tne war has greatly restricted the sizing the value of group exercises, no mistake, if there is to be a league either his league, or any league. Senator Moses of New Hampshire, in a public address at Boston, thus defined the senatorial attitude: We thirty-nine senators who slrned the iieia irom wnicn to choose an eligible because it undoubtedly does require spouse, tne many royalties included more moral resolution than most men within the countries of the central powers, who might have been con sidered a few years ago, are obvious ly impossible now. Princess Tolanda anyi round robin may not b the predominant oi itaiy linos certain religious aim- partner In the enterprise, but at least we I have Joint authority to sign the checks, and . we do not intend to barter away our in a.'tenable riant by dipplnc our bsnd Into ' the foul pool of European politics. No man nywh're shall be permitted to lay upon thirty-nine men the surma of betne; opposed to a society or nations which win tend to Increase the chances of the peace of the world. do far as I know only one member of the senate i opposed to any I the British people a future queen, league of nations, but there are fifty-three I - T . . " senators who will not accept the covenant President Wilson has presented. possess to persist in a lonesome regi men of health lifts and dumb bells in the solitude of one's room. He rec ognizes, too, the psychology of ath letics when he prescribes a great deal culties in the way; tha Princess Helena of outdoor work, including long walks, of Greece, who was once the subject graduated hill climbing and march- of much speculation, is regarded as ing with weights, for companies of having been removed from the list from sixteen to n nunrlreH TCiit tti of possibilities by the recent turn of also presents difficulties. It is not events. It is extremely difficult to I always: msv tn assomhia wrmm r forecast what will be done to assure men who find it possible to suit their e nruisn people a ruture queen. hours to one another's convenience. Princess Patricia set a noteworthy The task of restoring 9.000.000 flahhv example by ignoring precedent in men of middle aee and over to the Senator Calder of New Tork. dis- favor of a "commoner," in which it state of nhvsical nerfertinn vfiirh Mr cussing the Wilson plan to combine Is said she was guided wholly by the Camp promises is a big one, viewed the peace treaty and the league con- dictates of her heart. It is worth from any angle. stitution, made the following explicit while to observe, however, that she There would be a different story to declaration: had previously encountered a good tell if so manv men did not nostoone I shall do all In mv power to reject the I deal Of Opposition and that but for ini-cusrv nhvcioil avorolea unfit fKoo enure proposition. 1 reiterate my state- the war there i nn tellinr- wh.lh.r I v. ; , J ed to a league or i . , . i ut&iu w ttci auniuiiiuuiia ui tins vtouia nave Deen witnarawn. short breath, creaking joints and pre- The prince of Wales, still higher tn mature fatigue. These are signs that rank, is correspondingly more rirriim- they ought to have begun training scribed by conventions. It remains long ago. They ought not, in fact, to be seen whether these, also, will Cver to have discontinued training. It yield to the growth of the spirit of i sad but trim that soon after lea v. drtlon confronts President Wilson, democracy, or to utter necessity, as line school most American hnrin fn The course of events has clearly tended the case may be. enjoy their sports vicariously. Root- to increase rather than to diminish I No doubt the latter consideration ins- in the mnHrf.nH .ff.-jir,- Will be the more impelling in the an nrranlnn.il hnrlnr match i. fh.ie end. The Supply Of princesses is all I nnlv ennrt until nmxthinr toll. thom but exhausted. ThO world Will watch that nM ar-e i at the rlnnr InH thon with interest to see what Albert Ed- the best that Walter Camp or anyone i-nruiian ueoree Andrew r"at- olso ran dn fnr them a tnoro fn.. .. puuio ui iidira, aeciaes nient of that which they might hav i u ,u. n t,e is a young man done for themselves If they had "kept with initiative, he may decide that so nt" instead of waiting and trying to iviih ia tic la ureaniug preceuents i come back. racy has since fortified itself in Rus sia, has gathered Hungary into its toils, has well nigh wrecked Germany and may yet succeed there, and has sent its emissaries -all over the world to plot for the destruction of the only rival which stands in the way. of world bolshevism namely, that dem ocracy which most nearly approaches perfection in the United States and the allied countries. The allies have made their task in finitely harder by their refusal to recognize in Russian bolshevism as implacable and dangerous a foe as German autocracy. They sent mere handfuls of troops to ' Russia which stimulated to greater exertion and atrocities an enemy against which they should have sent a sufficient army to crush it. When the peace conference met, it spent precious time in preparing plans for a league of nations when the most urgent need was peace with the newly established governments of the central powers, a peace which would have given those nations stability and the backing of the allies against the forces of de struction. They neglected to use the league that already existed the league of allies for that purpose. Tha most forceful censure on the allies from the beginning of the war has been that they failed to grasp the realities of the situation. They have incurred the same, censure by their conduct of the peace conference. Present events prove that which they, with their many sources of intel ligence, should have known when the armistice was signed that they bad to deal wjth something far worse than defeated armies and peoples which had overthrown their rulers. The two emperors had held together their armies and their civil population as military machine until the break ing strain came, and all went to pieces at one time. The all res then had to deal with peoples in a state of social dissolution, peoples which had lost respect for any authority and for any rights when they overthrew dynasties which had lived for centuries. Bol shevism, flowing in from Russia, set the torch to the most inflammable elements of this mass. With diffi culty tha fire has been twice extin guished in Germany, but threatens to break out again with greater fury. A conflagration has now broken out in Hungary and may extend to Aus tria and Italy. The only forces at hand to quench it are those of war-worn Poland and Bohemia, when there should have been a strong army of occupation throughout both of the quondam empires. Probably it will ba found that for their own protection, the allies must not only feed, but must pacify the quondam central empires. Those Who Come and Go. TAXES ILLUSTRATES SOLON'S WIT Calef Clerk Cochrane Gives Reminis cence of Late Senator Dlmlck. State Highway Commissioner W. L. I SALEM. Or.. March 23. (To the Bdi- Thompson, passed through Portland tor.) In the passing of Walter A. Dim- yesterday from eastern Oregon to Join his colleagues on a Willamette valley trip. Mr. Thompson recently met with the Commercial club and county court at Baker to go over details .or the Baker to Cornucopia road, a stretch of 27 miles, mostly down Powder river- Ick. state senator from Clackamas coun ty, the Oregon state senate lost one of its moat aggressive and effective mem bers. Senator Dimick was a tireless worker, at all times fearless in the discharge of his official duties. He was a loyal friend, an earnest, faithful and and; by the way, "Powder river" be- conscientious legislator with whom the came quite a battle cry for members interests of his constituency was his or tne 91st in France a few months first consideration. His seal in op ago. iwo years ago Mr. Thompson posing what he considered vloious or took up the matter of this road, but useless legislation was equaled only by mere were aeiays ana tne government his vigorous support of proposed legls was slow in accepting the estimates. I lation he believed right. Frequently wnen compietea me roaa win nave a during the five consecutive sessions of water graae xnraugn to jsagle vailey the state senate in which he partici and will also give Pine valley and -the pated as a member. Senator Dimick sac cornucopia mining district a quicker rif iced personal friendships in his ef- ouuei io me county seat. fective opposition to measures he did One of the six democrats In tha not deem in. the interest -of the state lower house of the recent legislature fnd lts ittenship. Those of his col and chairman of the committee on nnh. leagues who differed from him admired In Other Days. Twenty-Five Years'' Ago. From Morning Oreffonian. March 23. ISOi, Washington. Secretary Hoke Smith sent to congress today an agreement made with the Coeur d'Alene Indians providing for the ceiislon to the United States of a part of the reservation on which the town of Harrison and other settlements are located. Dr. H. C. Fenton. Dr. H. C. Wilson and Dr. C. C. Strong have been appointed a board of pension ex-rmining surgeons. was the information received in a mes sage from Washington yesterday. Collector of Internal Revenue Black- man yesterday appointed Lawrence O'Brien, of Tacoma, deputy pollecfor for Washington, with headquarters at Ta coma. , Iio morals, W. P. Elmore, leading citi zen of Brownsville, is registered at the x-erxms. Tne boxing bill, which final ly passed, rested in Elmore's commit tee for a long time and his possible him for his fighting qualities and his strong convictions. He was a fair fighter. Aside from belnr one of the most In dustrious members of the senate. Sen attitude toward the manly art of self- ator Dimlck was a picturesque charac- aerense worried supporters of the , . , " 6uu. otosier, jorueiui measure until it was discovered that H1 Ma sty-e and resourceful at repartee, years ago when he was a young man y his reaJy w't and appropriate re- on the range, he could handle his two aPonse to the interruptions of fellow fists with the best cowDuncher in the senators he frequently enlivened what outfit. Mr. Elmore has the pen with othrwlse would have proven dreary which Speaker Seymours Jones eigried a uninteresting sessions of the sen- wie aocument ratitymg the national X One of the many such instances in his career as senator occurred at the 191S session. A bill, indorsed by the coun try newspaper publishers in the state, which practically doubled the rates to be charged for legal advertisements. ments that 1 am not opposed to a leaxue nations nor to anv scheme or alliance that reasonably attempts to restrain and ftuide human nature, but I find nothing in the proposed league of nstioos that does not make more for war taa for peace. A third of the senate plus one, is enough to reject any treaty. A con. the senatorial opposition. It is doubtful if there will he a league of nations unless Paris takes due cognizance of the present atti tude of the Lnited States senate, or some thirty-seven or thlrty-nino mem bers thereof. rnrrlTlnv ivn r. iu r . The movement to persuade the anyway he might as well marry for youth of the country to return to school finds a supporting argument in the conclusions of ari Indiana prison surgeon. IDr. Paul C. Boweus. who has made a psychopathic study of 2500 men convicted of crime and whose findings are ..summarized in the Indianapolis News. Association between crime and illiteracy would love and be done with it. Perhaps, indeed, he already has formulated some thoughts along that line. And then the way to further democratiza tion of the dimlnlshinir number of royal families will be fairly open. with everything possible within century or so. NATIONS IN DISSOLUTION. Abandonment of the reins of gov ernment in Hungary by Count Karol yt to a so-called soviet government of the proletariat, which begins by declaring war on the allies and by proclaiming an alliance with the bol shevik government of Russia and by inciting revolution in all surround ing countries, is an event of grave moment to the whole world. Taken seem to be clearly established by the RACE FOR SHlrriNC AND COMMERCE, statistics. For example, it is found With all minds in America turned that 75 per cent of the number are I to foreign trade, the one requisite is in connection with events in Russia without any mechanical trade or skill, ships, and in this respect the United and Germany, it signifies a complete na aepenu ior a nveiinooa upon tne states occupies a peculiarly advanta- dissolution of all political and social crudest forms of labor. Of the whole gcous position. Our losses during the bonds throughout central and eastern number. 432 are absolutely Illiterate; war were only 601.038 gross tons, Europe, and the return of the nations can oareiy read ana write, and while our tonnage under construction in that region to their original ele should be classed as illiterate for all on November 1, 1919, was 3,380,709 ments. Among these elements are practical purposes. tons, much more than that of any gathering together the most ignorant as me educational scale Is ascended, other nation. Great Britain, the great- and the most brutal under the lead the number of prisoners diminishes. I est commercial and shipping nation in I of a new educated, perhaps sincerely mere are a wno nave reacned tne the world, lost 9,055,668 tons, and, in- enthusiastic but more probably self. tourth grade. 49b who have made the eluding all its colonies, had under con- ishly unscrupulous, men, wiping out cicntn grade, 82 former high school jrtruction last November 2,052,114 tons, all national boundaries to establish students and only -5 college men. Thus during the war there has been communism by the slaughter or en. That is to say, by comparison with! a large absolute increase of American slavement of all whom they term the 14 per cent wno are rated as illiterate tonnage, while there has been a large bourgeois, the capitalists or the im mere are only i per cent of college absolute decrease of British, tonnage, penalists. men. The proportion. Dr. Bowers and we are building faster. Under these heads they include all finds. Is practically constant through- The effect partly of this shipping who possess anything, whether great out the country. situation, though several other causes I lantVed estates like those of Hungary Illiteracy constitutes a temptation erter, is that the British government and Russia deriving their titles from to crime, especially eucn as petty still restricts imports of many com- the medieval reign of violence or from theft, burglary, highway robbery and modifies. This is partly for lak of the fruits of frugality, industry and other offenses against property, by tornage, which must be economized In I genius in manufactures, commerce depriving its victims of earning power, order to keep the country supplied and science. In short there is an up both as to rate of wages and con- with necessaries, partly to stabilize ex- rising of improvidence against thrift, tinuity of employment. To be com- change by preventing other countries of idleness against industry, of ig- pletely illuminating It would be neces- from establishing credits against Brit- norance against knowledge. It alms sary for the data also to Include in- tin on account of goods which that at tha triumph of alj these evil ele- formatlon as to the reasons why the country can produce, and partly to ments In an International commune, prisoners lanea to omain tne neces- employ the people in supplying their of which the foundations shall ba ca- sary fundamentals of education. It is own needs until the reopening of trade mented with the blood of the men stated in general terms that "many routes gives them opportunity to man- who have made modern civilization lacked opportunity." But a great u!"acture for export. Britain's case is and democracy. If Its progress is not many more were tempted away from no doubt In soma degree typical of all stayed, it will sink Europe In a welter opportunity ty evil associates or un- the principal allies except Japan, which I of murder and misery, and a second wise counsellors. Many did not pos- is the only belligerent besides the age of darkness may ensue. sess mental capacity such as to war- United States that has come out of the The inherent good sense of the free rant belief that they would have been I war a creditor nation. I western nations can, most and, of benefited by college training, but most This great radical change in the course, will avert this catastrophe, of them could have been made self- relative shipping position of the United I In order that they may, it is essential supporting by well-directed vocational instruction. Ignorance, in the com monly accepted sense of the term, seems to be at the bottom of most of the crimes for which penitentiaries have to be maintained. T . It will not be contended that even majority of those who have left school too early, for one reason or another, and now fail to return will s-o to prison some day. But it is plain that one of the chief causes of crime is removed by schooling particularly that which fits the prospective student to make his living. It. will be said that opportunities now exist in plenty for the determined youth to obtain all the education he wants; it is un fortunately true at the same time that many do not see these opportunities until it is too late. Those who are endowed with superior resolution can take care of themselves in any envi ronment. The good which the back-to-the-school movement will do lies in persuasion of the wavering that their best course tn the long run is to get all the education they can while the going is good. Compulsory odn. States and Great Britain shows the I that they gauge accurately the causes Freat advantage with which this coun- I of the present upheaval and the mo try starts in tne race to capture for-1 tlves or its leading spirits. It was eign trade. Britain still has a much conceived in Germany and in the larger total tonnage than this coun- minds of the bolshevik leaders, for try. but a larger proportion of It must very different motives. Germany be employed In importing food and aimed to destroy Russia's power as essential raw materials than in our a belligerent; Lenina and Trotzky case, for- this country produces the aimed to use German aid In gaining bulk of its own principal raw mate- power to establish communism In rials, such as iron, copper, cotton and Russia. Both parties to the compact wool. This country also is in a posi- hated the allies, Germany for" rea tion to increase its tonnage much sons that are well known, the bol faster than Britain. The ships to be sheviki because the allies represent completed this year for the shipping the bourgeois or what they call cap board will go far to do that, and italism. both parties because they be. American shipyards have capacity for lieva in government founded on force 4S4 large vesaels. This should make as opposed to government by the votes us steady gainers in the race. of the majority of a free people. These facts show that we have a! The bolsheviki never concealed the great potential advantage in the con test for the lead in shipping, and, as a consequence, for foreign trade, but it is only potential. As yet we have no shipping policy, the shipping board is floundering around in doubt as to what policy should be adopted, the president keeps everything waiting till the peace treaty Is signed, and our cation laws reach only, the minority; I present laws are archaio. The British placable enemies. fact that they were at war with the allies, but the allies delayed to take up the challenge because all their forces were used against Germany and because they looked to the' construc tive forces of Russia to save the coun try; also because they cherished the delusive hope of winning over the bolsheviki, who were their most lm. That foe of democ- DEPENDENCE VTOS THE PRIMITIVE. Dependence of civilization upon primitive peoples is illustrated by the development of the platinum, mahog any, balsa wood and fustic industries as necessities of the war. One of the curators of the American Museum of Natural history, who recently re turned from a tour of tropical Amer ica, told of the important part played in the winning of tha war by tribesmen who are more, than two thousand years "behind the times, measured by present standards. A large part of the platinum which was needed when the world's stock became nearly exhausted and the.Rus sian supply failed, was recovered from river bottoms in Central America by natives who dovp for it, sinking by means of stones tied around thei bodies. Primitive labor was used in feet- ting our mahogany which ts regarded as indispensable for airplane propel lers. Balsa wood, which Is twice as light as cork, became a necessity in the manufacture of life preservers when the submarine campaign was at its height. Fustic is a wood from which a yellow dye is made and this was the basis of the dye which the government used in dyeing khaki uni forms. We owe to the Indians a number of other products essential in both peace and war. Quinine and cocain are among these. In an earlier day the Indians of the Pacific northwest gave us cascara sagrada, but this is now handled by whites. . There would have been a shortage of rubber for war purposes if it had not been for other Indians who helped gather the wild product when the cultivated plantations became unequal to the de mands upon them. We have acknowledged our debt to mese primitive peoples by paying thera greater sums for their products than they ever dreamed of realizing. A few years agb, for example, they threw away tha platinum which they recovered in seeking for gold; it now Is worth five times as much as gold But it remains to be seen whether the white man's money will prove a bene faction. Everything depends upon the use they make of it, and it would be easy to prove by illustrations near home that wisdom in the expenditure of money is a gift that not all Individ uals of the superior races possess. prohibition amendment "This isn't bootlegging stuff," boast ed a prominent Portlander, as he in vited two other p. P's to a room he had especially engaged in a hotel, sa a private drink could be had. "So-and-so had passed the house and was before and So-and-so (mentioning a well- the senate for final passage. Senator pnyoician ana an equauy wen- uimicK in one of his forceful addresses known merchant) and me, we bought I opposed the measure. When Senator ciem pints at. is ine Dot. - Tne cork JLumick was In the midst of his argu- was extracted, and the liquid poured nient Judge R. R. Butler of The Dalles Into a glass. It was plain water, col- then senator from Hood River and orea- Wasco counties, a supporter of the bill. Leaving his family In California. refeive Permission to ad- E. G. McQuillin of Britten S. D., ar- .,M.hm i! 1 to fhe 8neaker- rived at the Imperial on his wav home. ould.llke t? a8lt th senator from He is stopoinir over to look ur, r,M . amaB 8am Senator Butler, ad friends inPortland and Woodburn be- "B ""tor Dimick. "If he can tell fore resuming his journey. The family I f the nate the differ nag oeen wintering in California. Dre- " ' . . . primer." ferrlng the climate of that state to the r . , U"R hesitated an instant climate of South DaWnt, Just ,on enough to lend force and effect to the realy that followed- climate of South Dakota. frank Sloan of Stanfleld was one of 1 o, I can't." the niocUo,.. ... .1 , . . I -J : . -. , ... ; "wtftigr it iniiy sneepmen wno were regis-l u""ea, out 1 can tell the difference ..tv ,v ma jjiujei mi yesieraaT. un uvmcoii ej.ou an n xr an inni Sunriav anri WaHt,a-h-,.- i. tM i I Tha ill.u.. . ways an influx of cattle and sheepmen! 'rely forgotten while the senato from the ranges, particularly on SimTl Joined with the n.n.. 1" 1 . days, in order to catch the market; at Jejy 1" hearty laughter which W. Lair the stock yards Monday morning. "This Is the best season for limlil.i In years,- reports J. W. Kerr of Rich- lanov Jsagie valley, out Baker way. Mr. .err, being a banker. Is in close touch with the sheep industry in his section and predicts a highly prosper ous year ior tne sheepmen. nn.hi- V 17. " "l ln8 aenate. was C.-,,; .. IQr 8BVeral seconds. xaiiea to pass. JOHN W. COCHRAJN. BELIftS ARGUMENT PaeiOst Ideas on Mint.-, tn rn j . ' "''" X wrnun Observation. tUUENE. Or.. March 23 it h According to astrologers, the stars are aspected to do dire things, but a good breakfast wonderfully will heln a man in tha day's work, no matter now the stars are set. If you failed to vote in November and ears to do so in June, go to the courthouse and register, or your name will not be on the roll. Nottho most ignorant are found guilty of bootlegging nor the most enlightened, but a healthy average can be struck. Government sells railway mileage as it does stamps and tha mostgdlrect Egypt is getting the fever inspired by Mr. Wilson's points, though better off than ever before. Some of the home garden ground is dry enough for tha spade without waiting for the daylight-saving days. Germany positively will not give up Danzig, Ebert says. But she thought the same about Heligoland once. Small-fry democrats yapping at Champ Clark may run up against a real houn dawg. Sheriff Stringer at Seattle has a faculty of saying something when he talks. This is the time when the nice man asks his wife to select his Easter tie. Captain Klopfer's sortie is a sample of what the Mexican has coming. Proud to learn that Oregon second in the literary column. is There was a family welcome await ing . E. Klmba 1 from Camp Lewis after service over- . t ,etter of Anna F- Garret seas. Those who greeted him at th. ulea -turner, Or., March 16. is lust -- ucinuui propaganda. The Mrs. Walter Kimball and Mrs. C. NT . ? therein contained are harmful Ravin, who came down from HnoH "'It .lo"u lo col tne national spirit River for the purpose. I , " "ouio De engendered in the . . . 1 mo American youth of both Robert E. Strahorn. who is slowly I sexes. To Inlim.i. ii,.. .u. hniMlT,r .. r,IIrf o ...k:i' t-if,i ' .V. " ""iary Oregon, is registered at the Hotel Port- youth of our country tends to teach laiiu. t.4ini oponane as nis resi- I us"iieH, terror and so forth is untru aence, ana is .accompanied hv R .T I tor, to the contrary it win . Danson, of the same place. The Stra- foster the national sp'irit of the bov as horn rnaH la "A mil.. I lit ii-rn In .-1 .1 i . ... ...... . . "s nu wu ."c, cu in our toreiatners dur- financed by the city of Klamath Falls. '"ST lh years preceding the war of the A. Reimann, president of G. O. Ander. son & Co., is in Portland conferring wmi ioca.1 representatives and is reg istered at the Benson. The company is Interested in shipyards, boiler factories ana has enjoyed a land office business lor the past couple of years. Roy T. Scolllard of Woodburn-is at revolution. ro kinder, gentler, more mmiv ..o ever lived than the men of the great soi., nu wie irontier boy and girl, too, was brought up on fighting, some times the Indians, sometimes the wild beasts and often "the wolf at the door." It was the some with nne . Whoever advocates the theories as laid the ImDerlal. The Rcollarri settieH ,. down in the letter Quoted Ik a lunin.i French Prairie before there was any of .tn" worst kind, on a par with our railroad In the Willamette valley atid'l lrlena. tne senator from Wisconsin, tieiore tne town oi St. Louis was put "l i';iiit. tame, on a par with Eugene on wheels and rolled over th nniri t Debs and others of that ilk. become known as the town of Gervais. . In the schoolboy and girl, too, chould ,r . , I be developed love of country love rf Merchants in town to replenish their athioti ,i, r" fl" , .. OI stocks and registered at the Perkins words, "the naUonal spTri " Vnd ,hU yesterday were rhaHa tr.i.nn t I . . . - . ' 11 1 B Clatskahie, Bandon. George Graham of I not necessarily nvni v... and John Nielson of exercises, man mi tlIo...' j ,2l inousana ana one things which a child George Gerson, for the last 12 1 wnen the Idea is properly taught months with the 74th flashlight en- ,ar 18 a "orrlble thing and it is to gineers in France, is now at Cimn .. war that we need to have the Lewis. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. K0""1 tne country properly taught. H. Gerson of the Tudor Arms apart- s J1 War come8 thy w be pre inents. pared. Does any thinking person be- . , ,. . llevo lnat 11 England and France and A. W. Fischer, a sawmill man from the United States had been nr,n...j .. Toledo, and W. H. Fisher, a merchant war that the beast of Berlin would have of Roseburg, are at the Hotel Oregon, started the world war? No! a thousand Their names sound alike but they spell times no! The war was forced upon an unprepared world, by a nation that was trained to the minute, and we have them differently. Mrs. W. H. Bowen and dauerhter irom Eugene are at the Hotel Portland. Mrs. Bowen is the wife of Colonel Bowen, professor of military science ana tactics at tne university of Oregon. E. W. Haines, representative in the lain session Irom Washington countv. was at the Imperial. So also was W. W. t-alklns, formerly a state senator from Lane county H. L. Gallagher of the Shell Oil com. pany is at the Hotel Portland on busi ness connected with the California con- cei u s interests in tnis city. Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Johnson, who registered at the Imperial from Red Wing, Minn.,- but who are old Port- lanaers, are in tne city. to thank providence that we are not now staves or uermany. ISiO one advocates universal military service, only the necessary training which will render the men and women ready for an emergency, keeping the body strong and healthy and the mind alert and thinking and ready." Again I assert that such thoughts as are contained in the letter are nothing In the world but German propaganda. COL. WILLIAM H. C. BOWEN. U. S. A. Professor M. S. and T-, U. of O., Eu gene, Or. Fifty Years Ago. From Mornlns Orsgonian. March 23. 186a. Captain Langdon of the steamer Geo. S. Wright yesterday exhibited a boul der of metal brought down from Sitka. It is heavy and has almost the appear ance of genuine gold. Upon applying the acid test it was found to be copper in large proportion. This is the first appearance of that metal frorj Alaska. The Hattie Bessie of the Mercer line from New Tork to Portland has been out about 130 days. The Osmyn, a comparatively slow vessel, arrived out in 160 days. London. In the house of commons it was announced the government did not Intend to extend its clemency to other Fenians now In prison. Washington. The senate, committee on foreign relations has agreed to re port favorably, upon the adjustment of claims in the treaty with Mexico. CONTEMPT FOR SENATE JUSTIFIED Of Course President mo Holds It, Says Soldier. Who Tells Why. CAMP LEWIS, Wash.. March 83. (To the Editor.) In a letter appearing In The Oregon'ian, Fred N. Perkins makes two statements, both of which indicate that our president Is a "dangerous" man in his position. Tet he is the same man whom we have trusted through a period which is and has been the most serious and dangerous one In all our history. We have not trusted in vain. Have his actions and the re sults he has gained by them led any fair-minded person to believe he is "dangerous"? So far as I can observe he has been dangerous only to that element of hu manity which we wish to be rid of and the kaiser will probably Join with Mr. Perkins in his sentiments that "he Is dangerous." Again the writer of the letter says "he holds the senate in contempt." I personally could not furnish any basis for such a statement, but I think it is true. For if President Wilson did not hold' the senate in contempt, I should be very much disappointed in him both as a man and as a president. The senate wastes its time debating on the "league of nations." a propo sition which is, as yet, uncompleted, and furthermore, has not been placed before It for consideration. In the meantime the post-war legislation, so badly needed now that business must be adjusted- to a peace basis again, the reconstruction bills that should have taken form immediately after Novem ber 11, not to speak of the ordinary appropriation bills, are shelved. The senate has not the time to look after those things, for today there is before the present congress a question more Important than either the above men tioned legislation or the "league of na tions." President Wilson and his ad ministration must be embarrassed and repudiated. His admitted prestige with the people must be broken. The senate In its clumsy way is trying to do it. But It will not succeed while the front pages of our papers are filled with tales of the exhaustion of this, that or the other fund leaving women and children in need of the very neces sities of life, while the senate argues and haggles, but fails to pass needed appropriations. Not only our president, but anyone who is not a shallow-minded partisan must hold them In contempt. WILLIAM H. CLIFTON. 42d Co., 166th Depot Brigade, WHEN THE TROUT BEGIV TO PLAT. There's many a pool in our winding stream Where the water gurgles deep; But we pass them by with never a sigh -nil tne trout Begin to leap. Cherry Grove's population was re duced to 1999 yesterday when J. M. arfhe Ymnrrial. " pul up April spreads Its eoat of green ' I On field, and bank, and tree. Looking ' over the sample lines of I The stream that roared throuerh wlntor traveling salesmen, K. w. SXallerund, I oays uurgies invitingly. a merchant of Astoria, is registered at tne censon. Postmaster of Astoria, former mayor ana pioneer ciotmng merchant of the city Dy the Sea, Herman Wise looked arouna x'ortiana yesterday. There's a breath tn the air and a feel in tne sod That the heart cannot deny: 'Tls the hand of nature leads us forth To our place beneath the sky. James F. Corbett, who has eonaiit- erable to do with the trains going Then what do the golden minutes mean. Y. T 1 . I v- I . . . . . . . . . - ' w ttimw, wu in town yes-I nuuru mat ouiia me day, terday and registered at the ImperiaL To the one wl knows that the ringlet BUUWB Interpretation of Revenue Law. PORTLAND, March 24. fTo the Edi. tor.) Your reply to Grays Crossing March 29 brings up another question. (1) When did the treasury department get authority to interpret a law and make exceptions to It? I was of the opinion that our supreme judges In terpreted all laws. (2) Doesn't the in terpretation of t he treasury depart ment make of the Income tax law class legislation? Example: A draws a gov ernment salary of J10.000 and pays no tax; B draws a salary from private source of $10,000 and pays a tax, and how much? L. M. H. The revenue law creates an advisory tax board which considers matters of ddubtful construction and reports its findings and interpretations to the commissioner of internal revenue. The supreme court, however, is the final authority, but pending its construction of any provision a ruling by an au thorized agency is obviously essential. The preceding revenue law specifically granted the exemption you mention. The tax paid on a net income of (10,000 by a married person who has no minor children is 830. Mrs. W. H. Jewett. who $1000 to the University of Oregon, is at me notei Portland with her daughter "win f,u&ene. The trout have begun to play! RAYMOND E. BAKER. CoquIJle, Or. It INNOCENT. was on a crowded streetcar, folks were Bnainx in tne hirIa When across the way I spied him. prac ticing most vamptsh wiles: With his head near to her shoulder h was brazen as couM K H. P. Myers of the legal nrofesaion Would the villain grow still bolder' up xsena way is registered at the Per- ' cranea my neck to see! kins. Then I'll share with you the i.hf.i tt t. wAiii--7 : iv. , . ... or 'ar too good to keep " "set sneep 11 oiscerned that he was noddinirmr.. E. N. Hill of The Dalles Is on a hn- ness trip to .Portland and is at the Miss C. MacCorkle is In the city Seattle, visitinjr friends, fine la rfrls. icicu jul inn iortonia. owner in the Lexington section rived at the Perkins yesterday. Ralph W. Burgess of Pendleton is at the Imperial. He is a son of former State Senator J. N. Burgess, sheepman. Dr. L. S. Hedges and W, L. Holland. irom wesipon, are at tne .Hotel Oregon. ly nodding In his sleep! GRACE E, HALL. Party F'enee tor Town Lot.- PORTLAND, March 24. fTo the. V.Ai. tor.) (1) Kindly inform me if It i. compulsory for a fence to be built be tween lots. (2) Is the expense of erectlne- sum. to be divided equally between lot owners? (3) Is the cost of repairs to be di- H. Appointment of Peace) Pelegates. WALDPORT, Or., March 21. (To the Editor.) Who selected the members of I Tided also? the peace conrerencer How was it de termined how many representatives in I tli No. (2) and (8) If you construct a that body each cquntry might have? I fence so that It encloses your neighbor's t-UKiOLS. jot, that Is, forms the fourth side of an The number of members was decided I enclosure, you can compel him through by the five great powers. The appoint- suit in equity to pay one-half the cost ents were made in each country in I of 'ts erection and one-half the cost of the manner authorized by the laws or I repairs, but not If It is merely a parti Sounds asinine, but tha Hun must I customs thereof. Those of the United I "on fence not serving as part of an be taken out of Hungary, J States were appointed by the president I enclosure. Children's Home In Portland. BROWNSVILLE, Or., March 23 To the Editor.) Will you please give me the addresses of some children's homes tn Portland? A READER. Boys' and Girls' Aid society. East Twenty-eighth and Irving streets, chil dren up to 18 years; Children's home. Corbett and Gaines streets, between 3 and 12 years; Waverley Baby home. 1061 Wood worth avenue, ages to S years; Albertina Kerr Baby home, 129 Fourteenth street, ages to S years; St, Agnes Baby home. Park place, ages to S years. For girls from about 6 years up there Is the Christie horns at Oswe go, and for boys and girls from about the same age up there Is the St. Mary's home at Beaverton. Days in Employe's Month. ALGOMA, Or., March 23. (To tha Editor.) Kindly state in The Orego nlan what the usual custom is on the following controversy: A employs B at a salary of J150 per month. B works 12 days in February and claims there is due him $64.28. A claims the amount due is $60. Which one is right? Probably in the greater number of employing establishments such matters are adjusted on the basis of 30 days to the month, regardless of the month, but the custom is not universal or fixed by law. Majority Like It. PORTLAND, March 24. (To the Edi tor.) It may be a very late time to suggest, but I think It is never too lata to do good, so wish to express my ap nreciation and approval of the govern ment's plan for daylight saving. I be lieve there are so many more of us that it benefits than It harms that it Is a good idea to adopt this plan every year. Representing tne sentiments oi a number to whom I have talked, I simply write this line to see that the proper authority is encouraged. Tours very truly, HAROLD S. GILBERT. v- . . . : '