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THE 3IORXIXG OREGOXIAX, 3JIOXDAT, APRIL 28, 1919.
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situation with regard to Danzig under Shakespeare and practiced arithmetic
the proposal to leave it In Germany I until they could multiply mentally
and merely to give Poland the right, five digits by five digits.
to use it and the railroads terminating
there. If we substitute Danzig for
Flume, Poland for the Jugo-Slavs,
Germany for Italy, the Baltic for the
Mediterranean, the parallel is com
plete, and Poland is not "assured a
free and secure access to the sea," as
required by the thirteenth of the presi
dent's fourteen points. The council of
four leaves Danzig "in the hands of a
power of which It did not form an
integral part" until it was stolen, "and
to whose sovereign" the Poles "must
inevitably seem foreign.'
In the Civil
war. they enlisted side by side. Not
until after Appomattox did their path
divide. Then Cyrus devoted himself
to sculpture, designing a number of
soldiers monuments and historic, fig
ures. Darius became a historical
painter. His head of Christ, upon
which he labored for thirty-four years,
which was not completed until the late
'90's, was regarded as his master
piece.
The twins were not brilliant gen
luses. but they did a vast amount of
creditable work. Theyt were more
Adhering strictly to his principles over remarkable as twins. Few other
the president decides against an ally conspicuous Americans have presented
and in favor of another nation, half of I so amazing a parallel
which fought against us, in the case
of Flume. In contradiction of the
same principles he decides In favor of I
The
WOMEN IX rXDCSTKT.
war has given us our
first
tfer. express or persoTIl check on your local
bank, fctampa. coin or currency aro at own.
fa risk, liive poetofflce address la full. In-
cludlna ceanlr end state.
Peataars Kates 1J to 18 pases. 1 cent: IS
(9 ill pes. 1 cents. 34 to 4) pag'S. S centsi
) to pags. 4 centsi - to 7d pases.
c-ntai 7-1 to si pases. cants. Foreign post
age, double ralea
atew Boataews Office Verrea Conk
Ila. Brunswick bui.dlng. ,v York; Verreo a
Conk. in, S-.eger build. s(. Chlcacol Verreo A
Coak:a. Free Frees building. Detroit, Mtch4
fc-ea Francisco representative. R. J. Bid well
rrI5HNT FOR THE KAISER,
According to a report prepared by
Secretary Lansing, there is no law
under which the ex-kaiser can be tried
and punished for his million crimes,
but the council of four has decided
that he shall be brought to trlaL Mr.
I-ansing training as a lawyer stands
in the way of his being a great states
man.
The declaration of war was a crime,
the invasion of Belgium was another.
but Japan, which still holds to the
theory of divine right, maintains that
no sovereign can be tried for his
monarchiaJ acta. The allies find noth
ing In international law which author
izes trial of a sovereign for making
war. no matter how wanton, but there
are numerous clauses in The Hague
treaties on the conduct of war whereon
a trial can be founded. Germany was
a party to those treaties, and no less
than thirty distinct classes of viola
tions have been committed by the
kaiser's order. There may be no writ
ten law under which the ez-kalser can
be tried, no court which has been
Eiven authority to try him but the law
of humanity, which underlies all law,
should suffice, and the council of na
tions should assume authority to es
tablish a court and to execute Its sen
tence. Unusual evils require unusual
remedies, and this is a case In point.
There Is some apprehension lest the
allies should make a martyr of William
by executing him or by banishing him
to some St- Helena, but that should not
deter them from stern Justice. Charles
I of England was proclaimed a martyr
and reaction followed, but his ideas of
absolutism received their death blow
forty years later and his dynasty be
came exiles. Louis XVI of France
furnished a general parallel, but
France finally rejected both abso
lutism and monarchy. The Napoleonic
legend was kept alive by his genius
as a general and a statesman, which is
acknowledged by his worst enemies.
rather than by hts exile. Further,
there were in former times slender
means of spreading world-wide know!
edge of the crimes of rulers and of
killing, myths about them. The ex
kalser's crimes have been so well ad
vertised that he will be heroized by
only a minority of his own people, and
lie pretty effectually destroyed his halo
by his cowardly flight Into Holland.
One of the first tasks of the league
of nations should be to prepare for
ratification by the several nations a
code of laws providing for the trial
and punishment of rulers who are
guilty of international crimes. By such
laws the fetish of divine tight, with
Its corollary, the utter Irresponsibility
of sovereigns to any human power,
should be finally destroyed. If any
despots reject that principle, let them
stay outside the league until their
people force them Into accord with the
spirit of the twentieth century.
-" nnnnrrnnitv to make, a satisfvine- com.
use VI iBiixig. Alio vuiy yiemBiuiu u I , . . n n
fense of the Danzig decision is that, if j
it were given to Poland, a predoml-1
nantly German population in that city J
and the smail surrounding area would
be placed under Polish rule. That
point should have no effect, in view of
the manner In which the Germans
came there by robbery, forced ex
propriation and forced colonization.
women in industry, with results which
give sufficient encouragement to mod
erate feminists, without supporting
the extreme claims of those who con
tend that if women only had a chance
they would prove themselves superior
In everything they undertake. Reports
from employers show that they are
The Poles have endured German rule at w"Ungr t0 f"rt.r.
experiment, cvcui Lnuugu mis iuy iu
volve certain readjustments of work
Ing conditions.
for a century and a half. It is only
just that the Germans should endure
Polish rule. If they do not care to
move.
The New York department of labor
has published the result ot the first
extended Inquiry Into the question
m the u. s. a. obiiiOJ. I made since the armistice was signed.
Yes. Tm the Oregon and I'm at home. I Its study covered twenty-six commu
Look good. too. don't 17 I nlties, in which there were 117 plants
rm srattlns- old. as ahlna sra. hiit not in operation, employing 15,643 women
too old to fight, though I hope there'll n seventeen different industries. Sup
not be need of that. Still. I'm ready, position that most of these women
Aiwa vi waa readv! Soma of vou would return to tneir xormer status
men who bring your little boys to see arter tne war is snown to db erroneous,
me today recall how I looked when More than half will continue in their
you were litUe boys. Remember what new iicias as ions as tney can una
vou thouiht of mv blir runs? They're jobs. Fifty-two per cent of the plants
Just as big and hit the mark now aslWI" retain an mo womeu nuw
thev did then. 1 lnT for them, and St per cent will
Rmrmbr thil day tnrr.fina Tiin Keep an or pan oi tne women, a re.
ago when I waved "au revolr" going markable phase of the report Is its
down the coast? Remember how you disclosure that only per cent of
waited ta hear from me at nort of the women employed were rejected
call, to know I was all right? Well. I because the work was too heavy for
was. wasn't I ? uiem; z.a per cent proven uunauiy,
Remember bow von hollered when wnicn IS a smaller proportion man
you heard I was at Santiago? I didn't! would have been noted among an
hear you. because I was making some equal numoer oi men engageu in worn
noise myself, but I knew you hollered. Ior laty required training, ana
No. Cantaln Clark is not with me. I 1-1 Per cent were wnouy mcmng in
He rot old faster than I did. But his mechanical ability. But a good many
spirit is here, all over the ship as well men iacK mecnanicai aDiiity. too. ana
u aft and it carries a mamra to Boast Of tne fact.
Portland. I 11 w111 Do observed of the study in
I hardly need repeat that message, question mat it embraces tne lactones
but I will. It berins with V for Vie- n wnicn women aciuaiijr w
inrv. fharn mv tnitamark that r "men's Jobs." It Is all the more re
took on the dav I left Bremerton, vou markable on mat account it nas
recall In "98. nothing to do with the large number
What do you say to helping nail It 01 industries tor women are aamitteu
higher than ever this week? do especially aaaptea. ins piants
Then I'll come back soma time for I include a large numoer ot snacmne
celebration that will know no "hops, btlll. some employment man-
bounds. I agera exniDitea more tact man omen
and obtained correspondingly oetter
results. Those who assigned women
7HE TENTH TIM1C. . I . - mirA refined nnerations were
mrXI AXD DANZIG.
Senator Lodge errs in assuming that
President Wilson should vote to give
Flume to Italy and Danzig to Poland
in order to make his action In me two
rases consistent with itself and with
his fourteen points. Danzig ought to
be given to Poland, and for the same
reason Flume ought to be given to me
J u go-Slavs.
Flume Is a city of half Italian popu
lation In a country which is over
whelmingly Slav. It has been attached
to Croatia since me fifteenth century.
It Is the only practicable outlet to me
sea for me people on the north. It Is
not necessary to give Italy an outlet
on the Adriatic: Trieste serves that
purpose admirably. The fact that it
is conquered territory does not affect
the case: me main principle for which
the American peopie fought was mat
settlement should be made on me basis
of the rights and wishes of me people,
not on the right of conquest: In fact,
we fought to abolish the right of
conquest.
Danzig was formerly one of the
great porta of the Hanseatie league,
but In 14 SS It threw off the yoke of
the Teutonic knights and accepted me
rule of Poland. In 1771 Prussia an
nexed it by an act of barefaced rob
bery unsurpassed In modern history.
It is now an inland of Germans in a
sea of Poles, mere being only from 10
to Si per cent of Poles In the city and
Immediate vicinity, but that is a con
dition produced by German rule. On a
racial map of East and West Prussia
there are throughout areas marked as
Polish numerous circles indicating
German communities established by
the settlement commission, the duty
of which was to crowd out Poles and
substitute Germans. The German pop
ulation has also been swollen by nu
merous officials and their families and
by garrison of German troops, while
the Polish conscripts were transferred
to other sections. The artificial con
dition produced by German tyranny
was made possible by the original
crime, and should not Influence the
decision of the peace conference.
In his declaration on me subject of
Flume me president said, referring to
the principles on which it was agreed
mat peace with. Germany should be
made and which, he maintains, should
govern peace with the remains of
Austria:
ir thee principles are ta bo adhered to,
Ptums most serve aa the eutlst of tho com
merca, aot of Italy but of the land to tb
north aad aortheiat of that port Huntary.
Bohemia. Roumania and the states of the
new Juco-S.av sroua. To asslsn Flume to
Itsly would bo to creet the feellnr that wo
have deliberately put the port upoa which
all thooo countries chlef.y depend for access
to the Vedlterranoaa in tho bands of a
power of which It did aot form aa integral
part aad to whoso soversifa they, tf set op
there, must Insvitably seem torelsa not
aemosttc or Identllted with tho commercial
aad Industrial life of the regions which the
port must aarwe.
That language exactly describes the
The tenacity and ingenuity of the I juiy rewarded by Increased produc-
smgie-iax promoters or uregon. ir ex- tion. Tn making; delicate optical in-
pended upon other and acceptable struments, for example, women made
enterprises. It would seem, ought to g.00d without qualification. No one
accomplish much for the uplift of the the right to expect heavy me-
masses and the betterment of me cnanical labor. Where the material
whole public But a single-taxer pre- use(i waa heavy, and It was necessary
fers to expend his energies upon im- to employ men to lift it to the work
possiDiuties. im xorces mat support bench and carry it away again, there
tne doctrine propose anomer single- were obvious disadvantages. Again,
tax measure ror me next election the charge of lack of mechanical abil
nothing else, I ty, jajd against only a small propor
it is tne tentn eirort to pave tne Uon, may have been due to a consid
way for or actually put Into operation erable extent to inferior superintend
single tax somewhere in Oregon either enCe, or lack of training.
as a state-wide or county law. Each I The future of women in the me.
of the preceding nine efforts has been rhanlcal trades is still problematical.
singularly unsuccessful. The doctrine The New York investigators think that
has been presented tn modified form; eVen with special training women as
it has been sugar-coated with other a -whole will not become "all-around
Issues thought to be appealing to cer- machinists." Their skill seems to stop
tain classes; it has been masked as an at a certain point. But it cannot be
anti-poll tax provision; it has been gajj tnat there has been opportunity
offered in homeopathic doses. In none I for a conclusive test. The process of
of these forms did It gain encouraging selection has not been- long continued,
support except In the Instance when jt has taken man a good many years,
it was camouflaged, and that law was since the first Btone hammer was
promptly repealed by vote of a people fashioned to acquire talent for ad-
enllghtened as to its true purpose. I justing machinery and reading blue
In 1908 it was presented In a modi-1 nrints. A good many meanwhile have
fied form and defeated. I fallen bv the wayside. We know men
In 1910 Its supporters put over county who are not much help to their wives
option by use of a deceptive title. when the tension of a sewing machine
In 191S county option was repealed; needs correction. The commission
state-wide single tax waa presented thinks that "women have less natural
and agan defeated, and county single- mechanical ability than men." It may
tax laws were defeated in Clackamas, De true, but the data furnished do not
Coos and Multnomah. seem to be general enough to be con-
in it appeared in tne rorm oriciusiVe.
a J1500 exemption and also as a grad- Interesting feature of the report
uated extra tax amendment, both of s the disclosure that so many women
which failed. desire to continue at work which they
In 1916 it appeared on the ballot asl understand as an emergency measure.
an exaction of the full rental value of They apparently are in no haste to
land, coupled with a wholly extraneous return to ftie Joys of domesticity. The
loan provision designed to appeal to effect of this will be far-reaching: as
small nome owners, in mat year u to what it will do to the social order,
resrislered the worst defeat. I v. k. a H.pinr nrrinht who
The largest proportionate vote ever would risk his reputation on a pre-J
given single tax by me state at large diction,
was on me original measure tn 1908,
Those Who Come and Go.
from home not long ago sought to test
the accuracy of a bureau of informa
tion by asking the man in charge in
which of the testaments he could find I
Paul's epistle to me Romans. His 'Dr. Craig Patterson, financier, lead
question remained unanswered by the ing citisen, angler and baseball fan of
man in charge and his assistants. The
latter does not represent an extreme
case. Test examinations held in sev
eral colleges and high schools have
revealed a similar regrettable defi-
Baker, brightened the Benson with his
ready and infectious smile yesterday.
The doctor Is as trig and trim as ever,
and his nicely-barbered a-oatee is a
tonsorial masterpiece. During a re
cent visit to Portland, Dr. Pattersor.
ciency. In a class of sophomores a I celebrated his Mrthdav. s-ivina- an im
few years ago no one was found who promptu luncheon to friends and ex
could identify twenty biblical allusions siting the praises of fishing In the
In a poem by Tennyson. lakes round about Baker. Blaine
The epic narrative of the Old Testa- Hallock, who recently deserted Port-
ment, some knowledge of the chief """""" o I " , counaei
.ara,Cle an,d ia?ea J'SXZt S fading barrister of Eastern Oregon; i
ooamo uuua, i " gathering clients and comrades in pro-
msLury irom iu 6) v"" i fusion, according to Dr. Patterson,
period to the destruction of the Jewish I
commonwealth, early Christian biog- Mr. and Mrs. S. M. Htrschberg of
raphy. the life of Jesus, the parables Racine. Wis., are recent arrivals at
and the life of PauL it will be agreed tne Benson. "Racine." mused Dean
k,. , o,in1 Collins, as he studied the register,
ment for the individual who desires Jjfit l'Zt th.? fSX" v Cm?
. . , ., ...Dn from the fleet that made the Eugene
no more than to be moderately well miUrac0 famous, lt.a a clnch tnat
imormeo. it would De interesting to Racine canoes, and the moonlight
itnow now many average men iuoaj i canoeing excursion to which thev are
could "name and classify twenty books addicted, caused more fair co-eds to
each in the Old and New Testaments," yield their youthful hearts than any
a question which proved a poser In other article of cupid in the annals of
one of the test examinations to which 'n y- ot- M?!- Hlrschberg, who Is
reference has been made. It is not toeing the Pacific northwest on both
.iv.i j ,.,. i,ii business and pleasure bent, admitted
possible to read Milton appreciatively ,ho, ni .. v.,, v ' i ,
wiuiout erreater iamuuu-n.y wuu Lue J have that effect.
mole man most men and women now
possess. Tennyson, too, is rich in bibll- I Jesse Roth of New York spends his
cal allusions. There are, to give only days Jumping from city to city, as a
For Life I Sweet.
By Grace B. Hall.
a few examples:
I held It batter men should polish one by one
Than tnat earth should stand -at gaze uks
Joshuas sua at Ajaion.
Tho airy hand confusion wrought.
Wrote "Mens, mene." and divided quite
Tho klnsdom ot her thought.
Uurni left Ms charnel cava
And home to Mary's house returned.
"Name and describe five important
events in the life of David." How
commercial salesman. Yesterday he
registered at the Hotel Benson and
bought a current copy of the Saturday
Evening Post, Whereupon he plunged
into the opening article by George
Pattullo, and resumed hts own Identity
as Sergeant Jesse Roth with the over
seas forces. For the story that Pat
tullo tells has to do with the heroism
of Corporal Alvin C. York of company
G, 328 infantry, who killed 20 Germans
in a single day's work and captured
many can. and how many are a little 132 prisoners. "I was his sergeant,
ashamed of their inability to do so? commented Jesse Roth, who recently
There is. as a matter of fact, a good
deal of regret felt by those of us whose
education in this respect has been
neglected and who realize in later life
the deprivations which mis implies
The stories of the book of Job and the
book of Jonah, me account of Elijah's
contest with the prophets of Baal, the
compelling lives of Esther and Ruth,
one will think, ought to be taught for
other reasons man that they were part
of the religious instruction of nearly
everyone a century or so ago,
came baclc from f ranco, to taKe the
road again.
Mr. and Mrs. W. G. McDonald, who
have a big ranch at McDonald, Sher
man county. Or., are at the Imperial
hotel for a few days. The McDonalds
went for an auto ride Saturday night
round the heights overlooking the
city. "What a beautiful sight," said
Mrs. McDonald, "just like a blaze of
diamonds." "Looks like an orchard
with trees planted In rows and every
tree blossoming light," said Mr. Mc
Donald. The McDonalds have farm.
" " . ' - i iujiaiu. x no wuuim,ua uva
Certain rather definite andvwell es- I orchard and stock. They are in town
tabllshed opinions as to the propriety I to visit their eon, who is attending
of employing public funds in religious Hill Military academy.
Instruction have been met by avoid
ance of the use of public funds or state
buildings for instruction, which Is
given by volunteers and outside of I
school hours. The course is elective,
and me practice of giving credits has
stimulated study without exercising
Henry B. 'Dewey of Barton is among
recent arrivals at the Multnomah, and
Barton, as every local fisherman
knows, is but a ten-minute walk from
the riffles of the Clackamas. Mr.
Dewey informed the hotel folk that
Barton trout are rising to the fly, the
untoward influence. The crround UDon I salmon egg and the lowly garden
which me Colorado plan is championed worm, with impartial avidity, but that
Portland anglers, unlearned In the
hidden haunts of the cut-throat and
rainbow, most frequently go home
with light creels.
Comes now the season of the school
Is particularly interesting because It
recognizes the widening sphere of in
fluence of the teacher in the com
munity life. This explanation seems
to hit the nail squarely on the head:
Ks teaeher nerforma her whole dutv to I book Salesmen When the district or-
the community In which she works by merely ders are courted by the salesmen of
teacmng classics in wie various orancnes oi many ho-tlges, all Of which have the
the course of study five days in the week. I " , TV '. , ',t.n.-Kt, t- .h.
individuals in tho school district may sup.
pose that this la the teacher's whole duty.
But all thoughtful persons realise that the
teacher must take up a portion ot the work
of community organization. Indeed, In many
textbooks that are Indispensable to the
proper inculcation of knowledge In the
mind of young America. "There are a
dozen of them registered with us now,
in community orsftmssuon. inufeo, in many I . . , . , ,
cases the teacher must not only co-operate said Clerk Hermann, or the f ortiana,
in community activities, but must actually
assume leadership in them. These community
interests vary. They include boys farming
:lubs, girls housework clubs, boy scout
troops, campflro girls' clubs, the various
branches of church and Sunday school work
and a number or other activities.
'and several more have made reserva
tions for tomorrow."
Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Wyatt of Salina,
Kan., are spending a day or two at
the Benson. It was the corn and
Assumption that "any moral person wheat fields of his state that prompted
The ailing plant dies down but life is
sweet:
A tiny shoot creeps up the light to
greet;
Another and then many others come,
And stretch their pleading fingers
toward the sun.
The dead leaves fall, and clothed in
green it stands.
With flaming crimson blossoms in its
hands;
A thing made new from just a little
spark
That struggled bravely upward through
the dark.
Thus do we often cower in deep de
spair.
And cease to think of life as sweet and
fair
Until from out the pall of pain and
gloom
A tiny spark develops into bloom.
We put aside as best we can the cross,
And strive to count our gain as well as
loss.
Til in fresh strength again we firmly
stand.
With blossoms of new purpose in our
hand.
HARD TO CHANGE MOUNTAIN NAME
with a tendency to piety is well pre
pared to teach children In a Sunday
school" is vigorcrusly combated. The
purpose here is to increase the equip
ment of the teacher to make herself
influential in community life. This is
not, however, a wide departure from
the idea that me Bible ought to
be more extensively taught an idea
the inspiration of Mr. Wyatt's inven
tive genius some yeans ago, bringing
forth certain celebrated agricultural
devices that Kansas of today wouldn't
know how to do without. Mr. Wyatt
spends his winters wheresoever he
listeth.
Georere H. L. Sharp of Boston is reg
istered at the Portland, among other
which forms the basis of other efforts huvers for eastern firms, who are at-
to introduce this Instruction upon a I traded to the city by the sale today of
non-denominational basis. The higher 3.500.000 pounds of wool at the wool
inHtntiAfi nrhioh oro nnt HononHont warehouse. Twelfth and Davis streets.
i. ni The mammoth stock represents the
clio from multitudes of sheep that
drift over the ranges of Oregon, Wash
ington and Idaho.
Governor Olcott came down from
unless one includes the temporary suc
cess of county option. In 1908. 14 per
cent of the voters who voted on the
measure favored single tax. In 1912,
BIBLE STUDY IX ADVANCED SCHOOLS,
When Columbia university announced
that it would accept knowledge of the
me year the Pels fund gav. the, pro'- Bible as one unit for admission, it gave
. ,i..ii ,...ii,..j , recognition to growing demand for
.u u . . uua4WU .wCMaill , ... !., 1
funds, the percentage dropped to 18. more systematic u... .n.. .
In 1914 It went up again to 83 per cul'V" pna"l ot, th" BJbl?.th2
cent, and in 1918 it dropped to per possioie in most.
cent. In th last Instance the adverse the same time expressed faith in the
.... . -i- - TeiMiifw of rtirnish'nr this instruc-
vote was in vne ratio or. more man i "- " " . . . .
three to ona. Un without giving offense to the es
Th. v- I tamisnea American principle ui ocpo..
the new measure hare not been iden- ration oi cnurcn anu ouavo.
tlfled heretofore with me single-tax however, was not a pioneer in mis re-
rt.l- ... .. n 1. n I iDecu in Plan uau uccu luauauia.w
in politics, statecraft or local civic "me years previously at urTO.,. w v.
v... .. t .,, - I where the state teachers' college in
demonstration that "education" in sin- troduced It as part of the education
OI teacners in community bcivil v
was extended in North Dakota, where
the purpose of encouraging study by
high school students was somewhat
facilitated by standardizing a course
of Bible study and giving credits for
admission to schools of higher educa
tion. Justification of Bible study in
advanced schools is found in the great
value of scriptural history and litera-
as broadly cultural subjects.
gle tax. which was me excuse for some
of the repetitions in the past, does not
"educate" the way the slngle-taxers
desire, what can be th object of the
tenth effort? Who are the promoters
this time and what are their peculiar
Interests In a hopeless cause?
mZMABKABLZ TWINS.
The death of Darius Cobb. American I ture
artist, recalls two careers mat pos- Moral and ethical values will not be
sess especial Interest to students of lost upon the student who has been
genetics. The twin brother of Darius, wisely taught, but it has been demon
Cyrus, was almost as famous as a strated by actual practice that It is
sculptor as Darius was as a painter, possible to teach the Bible without
They were almost perfect examples partisanship, to avoid disputed theories
of what the scientists would call ldent- of authorship and chronology, ana
leal twins. Resemblance extended not greatly to Improve the chances of the
only to externals, but to me nature student for future pleasure without
of their genius. doinr violence to our traditions.
At fourteen both were painting I It will be noted by the most casual
views of the Mississippi river. At six- observer that knowledge of the Bible,
teen they were leading orchestras, I such as ought to be the possession of
having simultaneously acquired the I the average well-rounded man, is pass,
notion mat music was necessary to insr out of me life of the new genera.
a rounding out of the mind. At about I tion. Secretary Baker some months
this age they also wrote poems for a I ago delivered an address In New York
paper published by their father, the In which he was made Dy. tne stenog
Rev. Sylvanus Cobb, himself a clergy- I rapher to say that "the stars in their
man of note. At nineteen they started courses fought against Cicero." It. is
painting professionally. Cyrus painting not without significance that so pal.
the portrait of their father and Darius pable an error should be widely pub-
that of their mother. At twenty they Mlshed without exciting mucn criticism,
added ltthorrraphing to their accom-lThis probably would not have been
pllshmenta. Conceiving mat universal possible a hundred or even fifty years
culture required co-operatton of mem- I ago. The average printer or proof-
ory with imagination, they palnstak-1 reader in the time of Franklin would
Inglr cultivated the former faculty, have been likely to discover the mis.
They memorized whole plays of ' take and correct it, A minister away
ave great latitude, and by giving en
trance credits upon a standardized
form, and in emphasizing the historical j
and the cultural in Bible study, they
Dromise to eive healthv stimulus to alKelem vesterdav morning to greet the
branch of education that Is now too I battleship Oregon for the etate which
much neelppterl. gave it the name It 'Dears, in regis.
terea at me iuuiiuuiuiui.
Under civil service the wages and I . Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Walther, promi
salaries of city employes always will I nent residents of The Dalles, spent
be a vexinsr rjroblem. Under a mini- Sunday in the city at tne conclusion
mum scale thev will be as bad. while of a pleasant motoring trip. They
under mat, with a bonus system, they were guests at the Benson.
will be worse. There is no way to . ,,nr.ma Initio
solve it, and perhaps the only thing to of 0regon waa among the arrivals at
ao is nynt it out witn an occasional tne Imperial yesterday. He is acconv
1st" just oiten enough to Keep me panled by his family.
animals stirred. I
R. jj. Good, assistant casnier or tne
mt. V.H.n.l .aIr Af Th. TlallAfi.
uenerai iucAiexanaer s opinion aDout i .,,,tA--rt at the. imnarial vesterdav.
me bolshevlsts will be called imper-1
lalist, militarist, capitalist or chau-1 R. J. Seal and Mrs. Seal of Union
vlnist, but it is the kind of opinion are at the Multnomah for a few days'
which will become increasingly popu-1 visit to Portland.
lar. The general disposition will be
to let the men who led the fighting
lead in the thinking.
One of the national canners says
canned stuff will be higher next win
ter. Wtntea a long way off and he
doesn't know any more about it than
others; yet it might be well to look up
the empty jars.
Julius Roesch of La Grande was
among new arrivals at tne iu.uii.no
mah last night.
William Raleigh of Sheridan is at
the Imperial.
Wages of Women In Oregon,
PORTLAND. April 26. (To the Ed
itor.) Kindly state the minimum wage
of factory workers. A SUBSCRIBER,
It is to be hoped that me street The following laws have been nut
signs in trenoa are movaDie. xiaving Mnto effect by the industrial welfare
cnanged wnson avenue to fiume street commission of the state of Oregon:
within a mMnth. th. aH movl
U.. w. "J I , , ,l,all , .
nccu iu vuauso agtwu ucium cue jc i in the state or Oregon In any manufactur
ends. I ins establishment, except in a woolen mill,
for more than nine hours in any one day.
No person shall employ any woman in any
Prune contracts are offerinar at a manufacturing establishment in tho stats of
fraction over last year's price, which Oregon for more than 5. hours in any one
was around 12 cents. The boarders No person shall employ any experi-
must again be fed on something just enced woman In tho state of Ores-on In any
0.onfj i muuuiacturins eaiauuenmeni at time rates
- I nf Mvmmt. at a weekjv ware mn rf
than fll.ot.
The thine about the Wilson mani-l The leng-tn or the apprenticeship l
festo which stunned the people of
term for women workers paid by time rates
of payment in manufacturing stabjish-
Europe was its undiplomatic way Of I ments shall bo one year, and such appren
telling what the president thinks.
When the spaghetti ceases sputter
ing, Wilson will be found standing as
a rock and Italy will find its best
friend in America, now as always.
tlceshlp term shall be divided Into three
equal periods of four months each. No
person shall employ any woman In any
manufacturing establishment ror the rirst
period at a weekly wage of less than $7.20;
nor fpr the second period at a weekly
wage of less than $3.40; nor for the thrrd
period at a weekly wage or less than Su.sa
4.. The average weekly wage rate for all
women employed at piece rates in any man
ufacturing establishment in the state of Ore
gon shall be not less than ell-bl, and at
least seventy-five per cent (75) of such
employes shall be paid at not less than
said minimum wage rate and not more than
twenty-five per cent (25) of such employes
shall be paid at a weekly wage rata of
The men who conspired to leave " tnan . provided, moreover.
. . . . , , I mat alter any woman or gin nas oeen em
General Wood at home seem unwit- p,oy,d at pr,vaiIlng pleC rates for. three
tingly to have conspired to start his weeks she shall then be paid not less than
S7.20.per week, even ix tne amount earned
at Piece rates be lsss than that sum. In
determining such average ware, a period of
Wilson avenue in Genoa las been not less than bo days shall be taken as a
renamed Flume street, and it may not ""
smell so sweet.
The shipping board has at last dis
covered that it must save money, after
having dumped tens of millions in
Hog Island.
boom.
Seven cents for a ride In Vancouver!
will make walking a healthful sport
Portland must take something to I
ginger up this week.
As a maker of enemies Burleson is I
a brilliant success. a
MV SON JOHN.
Deedle, deedle, dumplings.
For my son, John,
Who went and joined the army
V hen the war came on ,
And pudding, cake and pastry.
Now he s back, you may believe!
I'm mtshty proud of my son, John,
With chevrons on each sleeve!
MARY AGNES KELLY.
One Who Has Tried It Sara It Is an
Xnaolvable Problem.
TACOMA, April 26. (To the Editor.
I was much Interested In The Ore
gonlan's editorial, in which you dls
cussed your own earlier proposal to
have the official name of Mount Rainier
changed to Mount Roosevelt, In which
you say, "Mount Rainier acquired Its
name through a custom of early-day
explorers," under which custom "the
major landmarks were called upon to
perpetuate the names of friends whose
only distinction may have been that
they were agreeable companions," while
you go on to say. Mount Tacoma go
its name from the Indians." I canno
remember having seen the whole case
so nicely stated elsewhere and in so
few words.
"As Mount Roosevelt," you assert,
"the second highest peak in the United
States would not be prostituted to the
advertisement of a city, nor perpetuate
the name of a comparatively unknown
Englishman under whose name, you
might have added, it was for years
prostituted to the advertisement of
beer (concerning the quality of which
opinion has always been divided), and
it is now being prostituted to the ad
vertisement of a near-beer.
As Mount Roosevelt, you might have
further added, it would be honoring one
who, while in life, was a most out
spoken and persistent champion of the
Indian name of the mountain Tacoma
That would be something.
But it is the concluding paragraph
of your editorial that holds my atten
tion. "By the way," you inquire, "how
do you go about it to change the name
of a mountain?
As one who has had experience one
who has tried I would answer,
'Blessed if I know." The chief geog
rapher of the United States, Robert B,
Marshall, told me that he believed the
geographic board would be glad to
change the name of this one, since the
name Rainier "was an Insult to our pa
triotism and intelligence" both and
that "the board favored aboriginal
names."
Like yourself, we did not know the
procedure called for, and we sent a let
ter to Washington making inquiry.
Charles S. Sloane, secretary to the
board, replied that if the legislature of
the state would pass an act Indicating
its desire in the matter, it would serve
with the board. You might guess what
job that put up to us to overcome
the prejudice of 25 years of ugly fric.
tion, with the great city of Seattle In
opposition. But we tackled it, 'Before
the legislature sat again we had
brought Seattle around completely,
every newspap'er in that city, save one,
was for the change, and while the ses
slon was in progress the Post-Intelli
gencer, In a leading editorial, advocated
the adoption of the memorial we had
presented. All the Seattle newspapers,
save the one, had long previously come
out strong for it. Every newspaper in
the state, so far as I know, was lined
up for it wanted to see the old con
troversy brought to an end. During the
session, too, the Federated Indians of
the northwest held a council and urged
the substitution of the Indian name. All
the churches of the northwest, meeting
by representatives in Seattle, and previous-
to that all the Congregational
churches of the state also meeting in
Seattle, passed resolutions in favor, as
did just about every other organization
in the state, from the Y. W. C. A. to
the Central Labor Council.
Now, since we had been told that the
action of the legislature would be
enough, wouldn't you have been certain
of the result when that action was so
reinforced? And more than that, scores
of eminent men all over the country
joined in the plea by letter and by tele
gram. This is what Theodore Roose
velt said, as one of those letter-writers:
"I heartily wish you success in your ef
fort to have Mount Tacoma taken as
the official and proper name of the
mountain. It has always struck me as
a piece .or childishness to ronow any
other course."
Now, wouldn't you suppose that that
was the way to go about changing the
name of a mountain? But it dldn t suc
ceed. After going through the form of
giving a thorough hearing to the
question, the board held another and
secret session. What took place there
it was almost imp&ssible to learn. But
this I did learn, that Robert B. Mar
shall, chief geographer, told the board
that their action In denying the plea
of an entire state would not settle the
matter; that it would never be settled
until it was settled right. And that is
true. And. by the way, is Mr. Roose
velt's place in history so uncertain that
his name must be thrust aside, and
take the place of the beautiful name
the aborigines gave this mountain? I
do not think so.
You say your suggestion for this
(feeble and inglorious) compromise was
"directed chiefly at Tacoma" (which
"received it in cold silence") while "the
possible magnanimity of Seattle1
(where it is eagerly accepted) "was
wholly overlooked." I may say that
Soloman. when the two women were
before him both claiming motherhood
of the one child, had the better psychol
ogy, as the saying is. For in proposing
to give half the child to each he relied
absolutely on the "possible magnamm
lty" of the woman who, through Jeal
ousy of the real mother, had made a
false claim. She eagerly accepted the
compromise, but the other woman got
the baby. s. vv. wall.
In Other Days.
Fifty Years Ago.
From The Oregoniau of April 28. 1889.
Chicago. The Illinois and Michigan
canal has been opened and 80 boats
laden with corn have left La Salle for
Chicago.
Mr. Gore of Jackson coupty has in
vented a new gang plow wnich Is said
to be superior to anything of that kind
used in the state. It can be operated
with all the movements of the walking
plow.
A letter from Cove, Or., says that
the farmers are all through sowing
grain.
Hop raising is increasing In the San
tiam valley and the product per acre
is said to average about 2500 pounds,
worth at the market price $760.
Twenty-five Years Ago.
From Tha Orcgonian of April 28, 1894.
Tacoma. Every train on the North
ern Pacific leaving Tacoma or Seattle
is accompanied by United States dep
uty marshals, armed with revolvers
anil Winrhestnrfl rAnnv fn tha Pn..v.
ites. who have declared they will ride
over this road. The Coxey army broke
camp and mareed from Seattle toward
Kent today.
Berkeley. President Jones, of the
California State university, has re
signed. Dr. J. E. Stubbs, of the Uni
versity of Ohio, has been elected to
succeed him.
School teachers were assured by
members of the city school board at its
meeting yesterday that there need be
no uneasiness about the financial status
of the district. Teachers will receive
their pay within a week or ten days
after it is due this month. It was de
clared.
An anti-work army is encamDed near
Troutdale. No attempts have been
made by the police to disturb it.
ODESSA, PARIS OF THE tKRAINB
Pre-war Mpht Llfo Hectic City's Origin
Analogous to Washington's.
"Before the war no city of the near
east, save Bucharest, so nearly resem
bled Pans and Vienna in its hectio
night life as did Odessa," says a bulle
tin from the National Geographic so
ciety concerning the city reported to
be occupied by Ukrainian soviet troops.
"Odessa had hundreds of sidewalk
cafes, its municipal opera, its palaces
of chance, and its gilded halls of the
half-world. It had more than half
a million population, yet is one of 4
newest cities in Europe. Moscow's His
tory extends over a thousand years,
that of Odessa only a little beyond a
century.
"There Is a unique analogy between
Odessa and the capital city of the
United States. Both were started at
about the same time during the last
decade of the eighteenth century and
both were begun because of the far-
seeing wisdom of the chief executives
of the two nations.
"Perhaps the oddest coincidence Is
the fact that they both were planned
by foreign civil engineers of the same
nation. While Major L'Enfant was de
vising the 'city of magnificent dis
tances' to be erected on the banks of
the Potomac, Voland, also a Frenchman,
laid out Odessa on the shore of "tne
Black sea. While President Washing
ton waa dreaming Into being the beau
tiful city which bears his name, Cxarina
Catherine the Great was sponsoring
the upbuilding of a municipal stepping
stone toward the chief object of the
Russian Bear's stealthy tread Con
stantinople.
'Like Washington. Odessa was laid
out in the midst of a virtual wilderness
and swamp. An isolated Turkish f"It
Khaji-Bey, stood on the site of Hie
present city at the time. 1789, when it
passed to Russia. In early years of the
Christian era Greek colonists had tak
en advantage of the Bay of Odessa,
Until five years ago the railway dis
tance between Odessa and Moscow was
more than 1000 miles, but a new line,
via Bakhmatch. reduced that distance
to 814 miles. The steamship distance
between Odessa and Constantinople is
360 miles.
a
"From its history it is evident why
Odessa was far from a typical Rus
sian city. Mark Twain found the only
Russian things about It to be the shape
of the droshkis and tho dress of the
drivers. He might have mentioned the
gilded domes of a few churches. ThefS
the Russian likeness ends.
'A few miles to the north and also
to the southwest are three 'limans,' or
lagoons, famous for mudbaths, believed
to benefit persons with rheumatism,
gout and skin diseases. The most pop
ular of these is 20 miles long, a mile
wide, 10 feet deep and lies 16 feet be
low the level of the Black sea."
"AL.Ii TO THE MUSTERED."
Mustard on our bully-beef.
Mustard on our ham.
(Whenever we could get it)
When we fought for Uncle Sam.
Turn about's the square deal.
There isn't any doubt
We were mustered in the army.
Now we're glad we're mustered out!
MARY AGNES KELLY.
BLUE BUCKET IX TVGH VALLET
Foblle Use of Water.
HOOD RIVER, Or., April 28. (To the
Editor.) I dug a well on my own prop
erty in 1904; found a vein of water. I
piped It 600 feet to my rooming house
for my own use. and have used it con
tinually from June, 1904. Can tho city
of Hood River take over said water, or
debar me from Its use, wlthoua just
compensation? Is it a necessity? Is
my title good? M. F. JACOB.
Private property cannot be taken for
publio use without compensating the
owner. The sufficiency of your title
can be determined only by a painstak
ing examination of the county records
or abstract thereof "by one skilled In
such work.
Noah Greatest Financier.
London Tit-Bits.
Smlthson Do you know that Noah
was the greatest financier that ever
lived?
Dlbbs How ao you maitc tnat out:
Smlthson Well, he was able to float
a company when the whole world was
In liquidation.
tocntion of Lost Diggings, as Remem
bered by Pioneer John Herren.
DAYTON. Wash., April 26. (To the
Editor.) Seeing frequent mention in
The Oregonian of late of the old "Blue
ucket" mine, I want to add a little
information upon the subject, informa
tion that came down to me of early
Oregon history from my father, John
Herren, who was an old Oregon pio
neer, having crossed the plains by the
old, slow-going ox team In 184S. I re
member quite well hearing my father
tell of the finding of those yellctw
lnmns. as his neDhew was the man who
found them. He always contended It
was somewhere in the Tygh valley. The
emigrants were too tired and worn
out to be interested, as winter was
near and provisions nearly gone, and
no one knew the. value of the "shiny
pieces," anyway.
This metal was found In some tracks
made by the cattle in going to water
some muddy tracks. This was in the
late fall of 1845. How this came to be
called "Blue Bucket" I can't tell, as my
father never called It that.
Very few of that old company are
left. I do not know any. My father
and mother and all my brothers and
sisters have long since passed over, so
I, alone of a big family, am left.
Perhaps some ono living who knew
about this finding, and were in that
old lost train, as that was the train
lost on the "Meek's Cutoff," and nearly
starved to death. I have always want
ed to see a complete account of that
famous "Meek's Cutoff" tragedy, but
have never found It in any history. In
full. My native state is Oregon, and
I would like to see her history made
correct.
MRS. RUTH HERREN LEONARD.
Application for Faaaport.
PORTLAND. April 28 (To the Td-
Itor.) (1) Being born In Denmark nd
having taken out my first naturaVa-
tion DaDers in 1906. where should 1 ap
ply for passport for going to Europe?
(2) Can I get my final papers on .
these I have or will I have to taKe out
first papers again?
m Mv wife being American lrn.
where should her passport be applied
for? SUBSCRIB4.V
(1) Apply to Immigration Inspector
Bonham, custom-house building.
(2) You will require new papers.
(3) Same answer as No. 1.
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