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THE MORXIXG OREGOXTAX, TUESDAY, APRIL. 29, 1919- ittorni wj (Srtgmmi EsTaBLfoHS BI MI,BT I. riTTOCK. ruo.:h.i The Orrgonlan Publishing Ca 1 ii Sixth lrt. I'orUand. Oregon. C. JL. HUKI'KX. H. B. HPEB, alanager. Editor. Ti o-gon:an la memhar of tha Amo ciatrd Pr-a. The Aasociated Prraa la as .jivr;y cnl.:tl-d :i itio use for republica tion of atl r.-as diapalth-a crrdlted to it or not a-tharwtf- cr-rti;eu In Ihia pPr, and tnt local na pub;hcl herein. Alt rs.va vt republication of aLttiai dispatches r,-iB are a rrvel. 1M , 4 .2 i 1.00 -...0 3.it . Subscription reus Invarlab.y la advance By Mali.) IV'I'r. Sunday ln-!u'ed. one year . 1 .i i , Sunuy Invuiicil. six months . . I.!y, .-unuay Inciuo-.l. tttree months Lra: y. unrly ln-iuoVl. one month . Ia ; y. t!;inut unoj). one f4r ..... r-iy. without KuriIjv. tlx niontha .. . I' i y. without Sunday, one month . . . Weekly, on year hunday. one year fcuaday aad waek'y i By Carrier. ral!y. Sunday Included, one year .... lai:y, Sunday included, one month . .. rur. Sunday Incluiled. thre months Dal llnni!l Jiimil.v All l.ir ...... Iiai.y. without Sunday, three months ... I.- Iai y. without Sunday, ona month .. Haw la Kill Send XkA9tofflC mOilff r- r. eapreaa or personal check on your local nana. lam pa. coin cr currency ire a. w ., era risk. Oiva postoffiea addreas In full, la c.udtnc county and atate. I'antara atataw 12 to 14 narea. t rent: 1 t- 12 p. sea. 1 cents: 3 to S pagre. 3 eenta ad to 6' paces, 4 cants: 62 to 70 paja. , cants: 7a to 2 pages. cents. Foreign post- p. aouoie rates. Eaatarw Baalnewa Office Verree a Conk lia. Hruniairx but.dtr.ff. Mew York: errea onb in. Sieeee hullriin I'htrairo: Verrea l ock: n 'ree Fr-u buildina. lietrolt. Mich. tan Kraaciaco representative. K. J. Bldwall transmission of the human voice by some necks, but events have moved so rapidly since then that the whole de velopment of the new phase of wire less may be said to have moved with scientific exactness to the common goal. The result has been made pos sible by co-ordination of research work such as would not have been probable except under the highly or ganized conditions of a modern war. THE BUVIMU LEAGIE COVENANT. The amended covenant of the league of nations is a conclusive dem onstration of the usefulness, even tn Imperative necessity, of constructive criticism. Such ardent champions of the original covenant as cx-I'residen Taft and ITcsidont Lowell of Harvard found much that should be changed. Ex-Senator Root discussed the orig inal covenant as an advocate of Its purpose and general structure, and h suggested amendments which 'would strengthen It. Charles K. Hughes ap proached it from a similar point of view. Almost all of the tmportan changes which they suggested have been adopted. As amended, the covenant proves that Its critics were Its best friends. It was formerly ill-arranged and ap peared to be hastily thrown together. It was vaguely worded, and Important points needed clear definition. The American delegation seemed to hav taken small oare to safeguard Amerl can Interests, though by this neglect they ran the risk that the senate would refuse to ratify and would thus place this nation In the eT ul vocal position of having suddenly deserted a cause of which it had been the most active propagandist. If the league had been adopted at Paris and ratified at Wash ington In Its original form. It might have caused instead of prevented war. We now have a document of which the provisions are logically arranged and in which the obligations of the league members are stated with rea sonable deflniteness. This nation has secured reservation of the Monroe doctrine and of the right to withdraw from the league. It may reject I mandate for care of a backward na tson. and may Interpose a veto to league action on what It consider do mestic questions, subject to a finding by the council that the question actu ally is domestic. It will still be objected that there are risks of being involved in wars and complications over other nations' af fairs, and of foreign Interference in our affairs. Of course there are. The question fort the American people to consider is whether all reasonable pre cautions against these risks have been taken, consistent with the good that the league is to accomplish; thee whether the risks remaining after these precautions have been taken would be less than we should run by having no league or by remaining out side of one that other nations formed. For lack of a league the whole world lias been at war: If the league should only localize war. it would be so much to the good. This nation Is In a position where it must take s. decided step in one dlrec tton or the other. The league offers the only way open to peace, riisarma ment anil national security. The al ternative is to arm m we never armed before. To do neither J" to Invite na tional tlis-aster. TIIK MRrt. or WIRF.I.F.f. Marvels multiply with cumulative r.tpidity In tne field of Invention, as vc are cno more reminded by the Announcement th.it preparations are being made to equip the steamship .-orgc Washington with telephone fa rilitl's which vlll make it possible for I'rr-sidrnt Wilson, seated at his desk In his stateroom, to converse with his ml t.K-rs In Washington throughout Ins return voyage to the United States. The Idea of the telephone) was con ceived as long ago as 1SJ4 but reached the actual forking stage of develop ment In 1S7S. when lr. Alexander iiuhani licll perfected a practical In strument. It was full twenty years after that before Signor Marconi made wireless communication a fact. At each of these times It seemed to many that we had reached the height of pos stbilitics of long distance communica lion. I'.ut In ISli telephone signals were exchanged between Arlington wireless station at Washington, V. C. and I "aria and Honolulu, and in the following year the Arlington station transmitted one-way vocal signals to a battleship fifty miles off-shore. It Is forty-three years since telephony came Into vogue, and wireless com munication Is twenty-three years old. but the practical combination of the two may be said to date within four J ram. The momentous feature of the lat est development is the perfection of double conversation. Anyone who uses the telephone will understand how utterly unsatisfactory a one-way talk would be. The secretary of the navy recently succeeded In sending a telephone message to President Wil son on the occasion of his previous re turn from France, but this was ob viously only an experiment. The ap paratus with which the George Wash ington is being equipped will make ex change of conversation over a long distance by wireless possible for the first time. The new system Is another of the many Inventions which were hastened to perfection by the needs of war. The immense strategic advantage of being able to communicate vocally with widely separated units of the naval forces was appreciated early In the conflict, and the new system Is the di rect outcome of investigations begun at that time. Not much would seem to remain to be done to make wireless communication perfect. It is a curious incidental feature of the work that the prediction that music will some day be transmitted by wireless to the ends of the; earth rests upon one of the first experiments In wireless tele phony ever made. The music of a phonograph was transmitted from Washington to Patten, on the Isthmus pt 1'inami, In 11 5. This antedated WHAT WILL ITALY DO? The international flurry over Italy raises everywhere the question as to what Italy will do.- It may be an swered by asking the counter-question as to what Italy can do. If the league of nations has any validity, it will at the proper time coerce Italy into submission. If the league is without validity, Italy will be left to fight it out with the new state of Jugo-Slavla and its allies. Or the league may yield to Italy's demands and give up on Flume, But It is not likely. What utility will league have If it is to surrender at the first demonstration of opposition by any bellicose state, member or non member? Italy stands to lose either way, so far as Flume Is concerned. If it stay out of the society of nations, it lose, undoubtedly, both Flume and the protection of the league otherwise, more vital to Italy than to any othe first-veto power. Italy has nelthe coal, steel, nor money, and is by far the weakest of the big five. It can not stand long, in an economic o military sense, on its own feet. Italy has made the first test of th league of nations. If it wins again the league now. the league might as well not be organized. What can Italy do? BURLESON AND HIS WHIP. The postmaster-general Is mild most mild. In his reply to Samuel Gompers, as becomes a subordinate officer of an administration bavin for Its head a president who has a most tender attachment for th leader of the forces of organized la bor in America. He is on firm ground Indeed when he tells why the affilia tion of government employes with an organization having for Its ultimate weapon the strike Is not permissible. But Mr. Gompers attacked the wily postmaster-general for the general reason that he is autocratic and ex elusive in his methods and for the specific reason that he denied the postal employes, or the representa tives of labor, an opportunity to be heard so as to present their griev ances. This charge liuneson does not attempt to answer. But he seeks to shift the Issue to the "selfish publishers" who he says have been grafting the governmen out of $7:.000 000 annually through low postal rates. The statement Is of course not true; but whether true or not it does not justify the preposterous and discriminating postal zone rate act passed by a democratic congress. chiefly to punish offending newspa pers and other periodicals. Burleson is at war with everybody, employer and employe, capitalist and labor, republican and democrat. The gentle art of making enemies be has cultivated to the highest degree of finesse. The democrats demand that he go because he is wrecking the ad ministration, if he has not already wrecked It, The country demands that he go because ho- has wrecked the potsal system, and Involved the tele phone and telegraph service in a chaos of operative confusion and financial demoralization. Burleson belongs back In Texas, on his convict-labor farm. The w-hip as an Instrument of compulsion may do here, but not In Washington. NO DIFFERENCE! A correspondent the other day asked Tho Oregonlan to make a fore cast of the political issues of 1920; and The Uregonian replied that in its opinion the "paramount issue is to be the democratic party, its record for eight years, and Its competency tn government." Now comes along the Woodburn Independent (Independent of whom or what?) and pertly asks: Why not tell tha man what he wants to now. ir you can: 1 hero ta lltt.e of an nltchlnins character In the Orcjronian'a p y except what parry ahall have the Jobs hand out. What this correspondent de irra to know Is why a republican is a re- puh.tcan and a democrat la a democrat. Te!l him. The citizen or newspaper that thinks, or says whether It thinks or oU that there Is no real distinction between parties, and therefore Im plies thnt parties are not worth while. Is performing a poor service to Its public. It has no useful knowl edge of history and no Ideas as to how best to accomplish results in a re public or a democracy. How else may anything be done except by unity among men and women of similar mind and purpose? It Is only a step further to ask why a man is an Ameri can and not a Briton, or a French man, or even a German. They call such propaganda internationalism nd its basis is that there should be difference of national sentiment. hought or action among men. That way leads to anarchy. Is progress a fact or merely- the igmcnt of a noisy dream? Is reac- onism a fact, or only a bugaboo of Idle imagination? The progressives of 1912 did not content themselves merely with creating a split In the re- tibllcan party, but started a party f their own. because otherwise they would have been proposing more ob struction, opposition. destruction. The republicans of 1S56 organized a party of their own because the whig party was not responsive to the new Idea of freedom and equality for all men, black and white. In no other ay could a great moral principle have been converted Into political action. A moral idea without the necessary- machinery to make It a reality is but moral idea. A religious concept would be nothing more If men did not formulate, creeds and organize hurches. An independent in religion is but little more of an anomaly than Independent In politics. Such a man Is independent because com promise is impossible to him, and therefore agreement to work with others for a mutual end is impossible. He prefers to think as he thinks he hinks and to go his ow n way rather than achieve any practicable goal. Or perhaps he is independent because lie is Indifferent to what millions of his fellow irien have joined in common company to do. making to one an other mutual concessions on minor matters that the greater objects may be realized. Wendell Phillips did not abolish slavery. It would have still been In the realm of agitation except for the' fact that the principle of equality was taken up by a political party. It would be easy to outline the his tory of political parties in the United States and elsewhere, showing the futility of every political movement until it found expression in principle by a political party. It is sufficient to ask what is the alternative of po litical ' organization through party? It is chaos, nothing else. Because one joins a certain political party conveys no assumption that he is a better citizen than the other who attaches himself to another party. Yet he may justly think that the com mon ideals and aims of America may come nearer fruition in one party than in another; and that one party is a better vehicle for service to all than another. The confusion -of mind in the Wood burn paper as to the good of parties arises probably from its observations of the past four years, when, so far as the people as a whole have been con cerned, partisanship has been forgot ten forgotten everywhere but at Washington and they have waived or postponed consideration of all do mestic questions In the one grand de sign of saving America and the world. The Woodburn notion evidently is that if it may be done in the greater issues in the one great conception of a common duty it may be done in the lesser issues. It is not true. Men will divide, and they should divide, according to their, opinions, discuss public questions, find common ground on which they may stand with others, and act with them. If they accom plish nothing more than to keep alive interest in government and its con cerns, they will have done much to perpetuate American institutions and Ideals. Finally, it may be said that the home of political reaction and political incompetency in America Is In the south. The democratic party is con trolled there. The republican party, with all its faults, is far more recep tive to progressive ideas and construc tive policies; and is far more faithful and efficient in carrying them out.- Until the democratic party shakes off Its sectional domination, it will not have won permanently the confidence of America. It does not greatly help the situation that such a party should in an emergency yield control to a single man. The organization is still in its hands. Those Who Come and Go. Heart, life and spirit of the Loyal JTrVnCE TO THE MOCVTAINS. Mr. Wall, whose letter in The Ore- gocian yesterday spoke so feelingly of Tacoma's efforts to change the name of The Mountain, writes upon a letter head carrying as its main inscription Justice to the Mountain Committee." It is as a committee of one on justice to the mountain that The Ore gonlan also speaks self-appointed, in deed, but earnest and enthusiastic. Not much justice Is shown mountains as a rule. One of their common uses is to confer commercial or historical dis tinction upon minor .places or unim portant men. Real justice to the mountain calls for conferring some distinction upon the mountain like the name of Roosevelt. Insignificance of the name "Rainier" is emphasized by its seizure to designate a Seattle- made beer. Who would dare attach Roosevelt's name to a make of beer? Tacoma really should yield. It is no justice to the mountain, but merely justice to the Indian, to give the mountain the aboriginal name and justice enough, it would seem, has been done the Indian by accepting his name for the city. Sharing of one name by a city and a natural wonder advertises the city only so long as it has a lesser greatness than the natural wonder. The tendency is to get away from this duplication. Spokane dropped the "Falls" just as soon as it had something worth showing the visitor besides a lot of tumbling water. If Tacoma's only point of interest is ,ome vantage spot for viewing a near by mountain, then it is still in a class with the village of Rainier, which is not a mountain settlement nor very near the mountain, as one might In fer, and has no better Justification for he name than the Seattle beer. With Tacoma" as the name of the moun tain the traveler from the city would be forever explaining that snow did not lie in the streets the year around. COXF.Y AGAIN. The daily feature on this page en titled "In Other Days," in which vents of fifty and twenty-five years go are briefly related, now con tains frequent references to Coxcy's army of unemployed. Just twenty- five years ago Coxcy's legions were headed toward Washington to Insist that congress enact a law for the Is suance of $500,000,000 in non-Interest bearing bonds to provide money for road construction and employment of labor. Coxcy reached Washington May 1 but of his army, estimated to number in its various groups about 5,000 men, only a handful ever reached the capital. One authority places the numbertas low as 12;. Coxey tho same General Jacob S. Coxey of Coxey's army fame is now roposlng another "petition in boots." But this army is not to include the ungry alone, but the thirsty as well. All the old soaks, tipplers, convivial souls and sticklers for personal lib- rty are expected to join. The proposal this year revives the non-Interest bearing bond issue but couples It with a nationalization of the" initiative and referendum. The glow- ng promise in behalf of the direct leg islation amendment is that it will per mit speedy submission of an anti- rohtbltion amendment and promote rejection of the dry era. If this great . r. . . n nt a ri.ht t Vllto AltH IllllV nCCl, hibition be not granted the general threatens to march on Washington with "two or three hundred thousand determined business, professional and working men, with thousands of sol- iers and sailors, who feel their rights and liberties have been violated by the adoption of the prohibition amend ment. without their having a voice in its adoption." As the original and still freest test ing ground of tho initiative and refer endum Oregon will protest against thus sullying the name of a great principle. Direct legislation has al ways been associated with the uplift. It is the swift-moving vehicle in which reformers love to ride. Did it not give us In Oregon first local option; then prohibition with a two-quart-a-month privilege; then a bone dry law? The worst thing that John Barley corn need dread, if he hopes ever to come back, is adoption nationally of the lntiative and referendum. From a remarkable physical demonstration that he little understood human na ture and the reflections of a quarter of a century Coxey has learned noth ing. He is mentally cross-eyed. the United States. A short time be- fore his death, Lubin, who possessed a genius for organization, made a strong plea to Italians J.O "adopt, American methods." Intensive use of I machinery in both agriculture and the Legion of Loggers and Lumbermen was mechanical industries was his hobby; Spencer Best, who has left Portland and he pointed out that if Italy fi "ow to S,nZr. . , . -. A :, i.- Cisco. Mr. Best, who Is a well-known adopted this plan it would, with its newspaperman wanted to get into the great population of industrious work- war sornewhere, so ln ne. sot- He did ers and its exceptional geographical not want a commission nor a uniform, situation, become one of the most but he wanted to serve, and he did. It prosperous countries in the world. was Spencer Best who created the I spirit oi tne u. 1 i. l. ana tne zour 1 T.'a was Tiever-s.nvtnlnr more tftan AX EMERGENCY l?f EDUCATION. -olrit. He issued a series of bulletins The plea of a body with a formid-1 which he developed Into a magazine able name, the National Education I and, while he had more to do with tne Association Commission on the Emer- magazine and the Lyal Legion than T,,,, fn- aMnnleta any oilier one man, nia name never ii " ' a-,u.-u, "."," peared'ln print, notwithstanding that readjustment of the educational sys-1 . ' ,v,, . ,,, ,... tent suiiu no win uiiuie me i ment. It was real publicity and Spen of teaching more attractive, derives cer Best put Jt across." Now that he additional force from the statement I js on his way from Portland and can't nublished bv the federal bureau or protest, it is a good time to tell these education that there are 60,000 teach- few truths about him and his Loyal ers places vacant and that 120,000 1 region. npr9nn are tpneriinGr this vear for the I first time in their lives. Since the out- "WU1 my soup and fish scenery, I'm put Of the normal schools of the coun- Ts 'buTo gWe try is less than 100.000 and a consid-K,,, ,..,, -nrt ..,, ,,,, ,im. e cable proportion of these graduates ply him Captain Smith as he do not enter teacntng. It is plain tnai surrendered his room at the Hotel Port a considerable proportion of the new land for a month. "Last time I was In teachers are without special training. New y ork they wouldn t let me into Tho hi. coo, i nt crinratlnn finds ii nn n om of the big restaurants where , . - ,.,,, eKot there was dancing because - I didn't analysis of the school census that have dress fjxed anJ more than 100.000 teachers In the now they keep me out.. The United States are under the age of 22, ,Dt.in. whose, title comes from helne some tens of thousands of these being I master of steam and sail, was horrified between 16 and 19, while more than when last ln New York by an invita 250,000 are less, than 25, Mere youthltion from one of his business connec- wouia not oe permanently alarming, i wv"' e. Kaino. o nnntHnn fftn whiph timet ia A . j . c. ... insieaa ot iomowitib; tne aoviouo suveieisu uuic. ta a "io ii wav. nf nollMel. and rvlnr to faal tha fact that the proportion of youths in- ,,vl ,. w i Mini, i. creases rather than diminishes. This now a rancher. Once upon a time Mr. indicates plainly that the schools are Mclnnls. who is a, very large and very not receiving the full benefit of nor- tall man, was a city councilman in mal school instruction given at public Portland, but he reformed and is now exnense to candidates for the profes- helping feed the world on his estate ; t r,,o ,oro near Albany. He is still a taxpayer in ,, . . v,k tv. Portland, however, for he owns prop- leave the field at the point where the I rty ,n frvlngton. 'While in town he is commnation oi normal warning wim registered at the Perkins. practical experience is just uesinumg to bear fruit. I "You should see the big irrigation It Is natural that the bureau of edu-1 project they are building six miles east cation shonld view this condition with I 01 -rrinevme, says Miss -Nora JJobbs alarm. The actual shortage of 50,000 of the Imperial office staff. "I hadn't , ,, . . j if been home for .three years and in that teachers must be made up if the Ume they haV( buiIt'an lmmenBe dam school system upon which the nation and Jt ,8n.t compIeted yct. although the pnues mien. u m survive, a no , water is backed up for miles. " question is at tne Dottom oi tne wnoie difficulty, but this is not fully compre- To attend the meeting of the Macca hended in the monthly salary rate by bees, the following are registered at Itself. Short term schools, especially lne notei i-ortiana: -Mrs. aington in .the rural districts, serve to keep ?J"lth'Sadie Jones. Albina McClain and T. -Vrat-, VL I ' r Mary E. Bier or Corvallis. HUll. vv line Lilts IGAeuei is uiruicuuM- ly free to seek other employment aur-1 Once upon a time William E. ing the long vacations, in practice thislSchimpff was a member of the Clatsop does not work out advantageously. I county delegation ln the legislature, There is In anv event a rood deal of I but of recent years he has not bothered lost time and there are expenses in- with the political game. Mr. Schimpff separable from seeking work and - Ln" "" uiuviug in u iium uuici iuiiiuco. A J Pirlin and frix Vliml f Long periods of unproductive Idleness Astoria are at the Multnomah. They are not the rural teachers' choice. I are here to defend themselves against They explain, on the other hand, the I charges of trying to cause mutiny in constant movement from the country I the army and navy of the United States. to the town by teachers in search of I Their case opened ln the federal court steadier work. yesieraay. Longer school terms will help to The Country Town. By (Urace E. Ball. In Other Days. Although he likes to come to Port land to shoot with the Portland Gun club, M. A. Richard of Corvallis missed out last Sunday. By the time he got to town it was too late for shooting clay pigeons, even ln this extended daylight. "I traveled day and night to get here solve the teachers' compensation problem without Involving corre- sponding increase in the average cost of education per pupil. Certain over head costs, such as buildings and grounds, would not be materially in creased if school were conducted ten, or even twelve, months of the year. Pupils would be correspondingly bene-1 to testify m court and on arrival found fitod hv hnvine- tho nerlnd of thelrlthat the case has been continued." said i tinn .ht-tonod iinne with I R. N. Stanfield, sheep king, as he headed ! Ld anlnrir,. t mt" nw enndl. ln rUEh for night train back to ...w-... ----- " I eastern Oregon liuna, Luc luugei dliluui lci . J. u. -i-.i v the especial consideration of school! John M. Bentley, of Pendleton, is at boards of the country districts. I the Perkins. He Is an old-timer up Lrnatilla way and is a democrat ot rninrMantal wlfh Tha, ass.rtinn he democrats. He has been United States employers that the price of the loaf marshal and sheriff and chief of police, .., . .! k. i th damand even though the republicans are strong . 1 ' m nlg eectloa or Darters lor- more pay ana lewer nours. i-roDaoiy tney oeserve tnem, .rrr. abandoned the mardl gras during but the master bakers could not have the war, but we're coming back this There Is a winding road that leads to little country town. here the hum of commerce never breeds a discontented frown; Where droning bees lie still and swin in the nodding blooms that glow- By the neighbor s gate as the hours wait for the passing day to go. Oh, years on years the town has stood by the side of the winding road Nor longed for more than its meager store and freedom from life's load, Which those who dwell 'mid the crowi know well is keen ambition's goad But those who stray from the mai highway and nevermore look back Yield up their place in the scheduled race and follow a narrow track. No sense of hurry does one feel ln the little country town; The blacksmith smites his trusty steel and sparks like hall come down The undertaker suns himself on his shaded porch and reads. While across the street in a garden neat a housewife cuts the weeds The butcher weighs a slice of steak and slowly wraps it 'round. The urchin looks at the empty hook and utters ne er a sound: A rusty cat comes crawling out through a hole In an old board fence, Gives one long stretch as If to fetch her fast-receding sense. Then r.hrinking back to her normal size, she teases the butch with her cries. The hotel windows are a field that the early flies defile; The old lace curtains have been there since curtains came in style: The. cuspidors in the lobby stand Ilk old land-marks on a barren stran Though oft by the firing squad quite missed they still are targets that none resist! The druggist's windows make display or a startling medley every day; The livery stable across tha.. square tells you may house you good stee there; - While the man who handles the gaso line fills your tank with an ai serene: Informs of the roads that lead away from the little burg to the broad highway, And you pay the bill and away you g from the town that died long. Ion ago. Far better to live for a dozen years whore the tides beat full and free, Than to spend three score or even four where the non-combatants be; Oh, I'll sense the surge and I'll know the thrill where the eager make abode. So a long farewell to- the ones wh dwell in, the town by the windin l-nad ' intended it that way. This Victory "drive" must become a drive in earnest. Let the women alone; they are doing well and very- many have buttons; but get after the imxteria.1 yesterday to look into the live men drive into tnem; o,ei mere ueiatocic market. year bigger and- better than ever in that line," says M. M. Lemann, of New Orleans. A big stockman is Bob Sundheimer, of Caldwell, Idaho, who came to the no let up. shirking. Too many young men are! J. Russ Wyatt, erstwhile deputy United States Attorney, and now prac ticing lawyer at Albany, is registered at the Hotel Oregon. Grass Valley people were thick In Foster, who killed the clerk in a hotel Friday and attempted to com mit suicide, may not die. Alae! The passer whom he asked to do the job I local hotels yestreday. Five different for him missed a great opportunity I people from that section wore at the but may have conscientious scruples. I Hotel Oregon. , , . , I F. S. Hutto of the Klamath Indian Ole Hanson is becoming a warm ,,.v ,, ,h, TmneHal. Business rival of Billy Sunday in the revival wllh the federal grand Jury is said to field, Ole's specialty being revival or I bring him so far from home, Americanism. They are both chasing the same devil, though for Ole he as sumes the name "bolshevlsm. Recently arrived from Honolulu, O. I. Schon, marine engineer. Is at the Per kins. He comes here for the shipping board. . The Philippine government having taken over the hemp supply and be gun making rope, it may start a move ment to revive capital punishment in I town and Is registered at the Perkins. the United States and boom hanging as against the electric chair. Accompanying a shipment of live stock. Frank Owens of Wasco is In A fight between striking ground- diggers and strikebreakers in a San Francisco cemetery must have been an edifying spectacle until one re-1 gether. members the spirits were present, on tho inside. Price Recob, an agent of the Indian department, is at the Imperial from Tacoma. James H. Nichols and Dr. Craig Pat terson of Baker are at the Benson to- David Lubin, formerly a' merchant on the Pacific coast, rose to be head of the International Institute of Agricul ture at Rome, whose existence was supported by treaty entered into by flfty-three nations. If he were living, he would advise the king of Italy, who was his friend, to give attention to Im provement of internal methods of pro duction, rather than to extension of boundaries, and to cultivate the friendship of all nations, particularly As the treaty will be In French, the German delegates will find use for the knowledge of that language which they acquired while preparing for Homer Ross left for his Prineville establishment yesterday steering a brand-new motor truck. home; agai.v. Breezes blowing to the land that trip to Taris which was never Brlng. the ship across the bar ' made. I From the castled land afar. Probably every father in the land But the sailors on the ship has told of the smart things done by Streaming eye and trembling lip his son, but the man fined 50 for his Show the land from which they come cache of "booze" exposed by his 3- year-old has the only thriller. Already The Dalles has had an open-air concert and it behooves Mr. Percy Campbell to grease his horns If Portland is to enjoy itself this sum mer's evenings. The Victory garden will have free water, with a string to it. The gard ener must arise at 4 and cease sprink ling at noon. Uncle Sam is becoming the greatest junkman in the world. Anything from a shipyard to a railroad spike Is ln his line. Had no place they love like home. Strange! that they go round the earth Longing for their place of birth, Past the palace, past the dome. Thinking, longing, bat for home. So the bird upon the wing Seeking where it learned to sing. Flies through cloud and storm and night Till at home It ends Its flight: Seek then home as bird its nestj. Only place of perfect rest; Only place where Joy and love Fall ln showers from heaven, above. ' RAYMOND E. BAKER. Coquille, Or. EAGLE BOATS ARE HELD WORTH! Charges Involving Ford Contracts Fnll Before Congressional Committee. DETROIT, Mich.. April 24. (To th Editor.) At the time Senator Lodge introduced a resolution ln the United States senatu calling for an investiga tion of the Eagle boats built for th navy by the Ford Motor company, the serious charges which were made re ceived wide publicity. Later the sub-committee on naval affairs of the senate held a series of hearings at which witnesses produced by Senator Lodge were heard, to gether with others interested, lncludin experts from the navy. The result of this Investigation was the complete justification of Mr. Ford and the Ford Motor company, as well as the devel opment of the fact that Mr. Ford neither sought this government con tract nor profited by it. In view of these facts It seems to me that the American press, if supplied with truthful data, will be glad to act fairly and correct the injustice which has been done. To that end I am en closing a copy of the findings of th sub-committee. For your information and satisfaction I am also enclosing a copy of tho committee report, which will enable you to check up on the shorter statement if you wish. e: g. liebold, General Secretary to Henry Ford. The findings follow: I. Xo charse against the government or the Ford company Is sustained by the evidence. 2. The Eagle boats were essential to the navy problem. 3. The Eagle boat is trie best type of submarine chaser. 4. The charge that the boats were leaky ana unseawortny is wholly untrue. .1. The boats are required as a part ot a complete navy even In peace times, and the freneral hoard determined to com plete 60 of the vessels both as an economic and naval policy. 0. The designs, plans and specifications were prepared ln the navy department by tho bureau of construction and repair and steam engineering. The Eagle boats were built in full compliance with theso plans and were approved by the government in spectors and the general trial board. 7. Upon the signing of the armistice the navy department took up the question ot cancelling the contract and left the same to the best Judgment of the efflclals, who decided that the wise and economical thing to do was to cancel the order as to K2 of the -vessels and to- go on and complete the remaining 60. From all of . the evidence adduced this appears to have been a wise decision. The Ford company had no part in this decision and made no objection to the cancellation of the entire contract. 8. The Ford company did not seek the contract. It expressly stated that It was not & shipbuilding concern and had no experience in the matter. It offered its facilities to the government to relieve dire necessity. 0. While AYte Ford, company fell shnrt ot what they hoped to accomplish tn deliveries, the same failure of expectation applied to other companies building chips for the government. 10. There are no grounds for criticism by reason of the Increased cost of the Eagle boats over that originally hoped tor. 11. The contract with the Ford company was more favorable to the government than contracts with other companies. 12. Mr, Ford will peraonally make- no orofit out of the contract. 13. The Ford plant was the only plant at the time available for building the Eagle boats. gorghnm Does Well fa Oregon, MARQUAM, Or., April 27. (To the Editor.) Mr. Rush of Brownsville, Or., In The Oregoni&n, tells of an interest ing experiment in growing sorfrhum in Oregon. I, also, planted a few hills A number of young women display! of it In the garden, merely to see the Vintorv button and a much larger whether It would mature seed and All those "Plymouth Rocks" in I Paris stand by Wilson on the Italian I question, and that ought to settle it. whether the cane Itself would be sweet, as it is ln the middle west. I proved that it will do both. Did not try to make syrup from it, as I had no suit able apparatus for it. It certainly would save much-money if Oregon farmers could Bupply .them selves and others desiring it, with the arood. sweet syrup which they could make so wen ana so cneapiy. In Illinois, before the civil war, and tn Tennessee, in the '80s. I made bar- 'Knocking Wood" will be a great I reis of it. and know Just how It is caper, popular in certain, quarters. I done. C. A. srucivvviLL. number of young men do not. The man who cuts in between street car and curb ofttimes is a poten tial murderer. Oregon is not behind the country in the Victory loan, but that s no comfort. WISCONSIN LAW WORTH COPYING Ages and Hours of Children Are Regu lated In Street Trades. SALEM, Or., April 27. (To the Edi tor.) The special session of the Wls con legislature in 1918 passed an im portant law regulating child labor ln the street trades. It applies to boot blacks, newsboys and distributors of handbills or any other articles. No boy under 12 and no girl under 18 may en gage in these occupations. Nor may any boy under 17 years of age, except under the following conditions: He must wear in plain sight a badge issued by the school board of his dis trict and obey all laws of school at tendance. ' The badge Is issued only on applica tion of the parent after there has been filed with the board a statement by the school principal that the boy is mentally and physically able to do both his school work and the other work. . He may work only in non-school hours and between 5 A. M. and 7:30 p. M., except that boys between 14 and 17 may be authorized to work between 4 and 6 A, M. The boy must be regular in school attendance, and will forfeit his badge for six months for any delinquency. Parents are liable to 150 fine or im prisonment for permitting violations. Are the standards of child conserva tion embodied in this law too high for Oregon to adoptr It is well for us to consider this question carefully. I be lieve that one may find little girls selling papers on Oregon streets at a younger age and at later hours than this Jaw permits for boys. F. G. FRANKLIN. - Fifty Yeatrs Age. From The Oregonian, April 19, 1S63. ' The United States senate has passed a measure providing for "lighthouses on the coast of Oregon" and the house is expected to approve the bill. One is provided for the Taquina bay and others will be authorized. Colonel Hudfiutt, now In the city, re ports that J30.000 is being spent by the Union Pacific Railroad company in making a survey from Salt Lake to the Columbia river. Aside from a rough section of country on the Burnt river the proposed line from Salt Lake to Umatilla will not be difficult to con struct. ' Material ordered from San Francisco last November and intended for use in finishing construction of the residence of S. G. Reetl, arrived here only yes terday on the Live Yankee. This is what we would call "very slow freight." The McMinnville Ditch company will break ground tomorrow near Sheridan. Twenty-Hie Years Ago. From The Oregonlan. April 211. 18B4. The crisis ln affairs of Portland's anti-work army was reached at 6:10 o'clock last night, when the whole out fit, after a ride of 120 miles on a stolen train, was captured by two troops of United States cavalry at Arlington and quickly started back for this city under military escort. Plans for possible reopening of the Portland Savings bank will be put through or finally dropped tomorrow. Tho decision depends on whether or not the depositors demand liquidation at this time. With the assistance of Police Officer Coleman, Special Treasury Agent C. W. Johnson yesterday arrested C. Hawkln son, Henry Cox, Ernest Newcomb and Charles Main upon a charge of attempt ing to smuggle Chinese from the steam er Islander. B. M. Stiles, first mate of the Port land Lloyds, which arrived ln port Fri day, was arrested yesterday by Deputy United States Marshal Sibley on a com plaint charging Inhuman treatment of a sailor while on the voyage around the Horn. . . COMMITTEE TO KNOCK KNOCKKHS Writer Proposes Organization to Far ther Co-operative Spirit. PORTLAND, April 28. (To tho Edi tor.) To a person returnins: to Port land after nearly two years' absence as a captain with the United States army, there are apparent improvements in the activities of tho city, some of which afe perhaps not so clearly sensed by those citizens who have been hero continuously during the evolution. One Important factor for the perma nent forwarding of the best interests of the city is to perpetuate the spirit of aggressive upbuilding of every pro ductive enterprise. The war work drives have created a new spirit of co operation among all good citizens re gardless of occupation, race, creed or social standing. But among all the many creditable organizations there does not seem to be a single one whose mission is to swat the "knockers" as they develop, or to promote the spirit of boosting the other fellow s enterprise. How few people remember that to an outsider proposing to establish him self here, the commendation of a com petitor Is one of the most potent argu ments for a desirable community in which to locate, while on the other hand a growl about what the other fellow does, or -a whine about condi tions, simply drives an inquiring In vestor to some other field. We should all get it ont of our heads that every time a man takes up a proposition he is sorriehow trying to graft. What encouragement is It for capital to go behind an enterprise un less the promoter can feel that the public living in the community will be. with him? Suppose It is a wealthy corporation or a rich man are we so narrow-minded that we will cry 'look out; he is trying to skin some body"? Are we to suppose that there are no easier ways of making money than by promoting and maintaining In dustrial enterprises when capital in vested in government bonds or real estate mortgages will double Itself without risk ln a few short years by the simple operation of compound In terest? Why cannot Portland have a "com mittee of 100." selected from among red-blooded representative men, to whom can bo referred tho cases of those "yellow grouches" who persist in clawing and knifing every effort of others, unless they believe that it will directly bring money to, their pockets? Let t-his committee point out to per sons of this evil nature the excellent transportation facilities for locating elsewhere, and if necessary provide purchase tickets for the KnocKers to leave town with their families. If every man, woman and child could only realizo the wonderful opportuni ties of this section, the advantages compared with the conditions under which other sections have to contend, and think, believe, talk and work to gether for the best possible success of their neighbors as wen as inemauivou. surely we might expect a power Irre sistible and unlimited in ocn-.onstraitna; the best living conditions of any city In the world. CHESTER A. FULLdilt. "SYMPATHY. Now rocking slow. The fire aglow, My mistress pensive sits. I hear her sigh. The needles fly. She knits and knits and knits. I know not why My mistress' sigh. A tea falls on my fur. Close to her feet. In silenco sweet, I purr and purr and purr. The house alight, , The fire burns bright. My mistress sings and sings. I, watch her go Swift to and fro As though her feet had wings. Close by the fire. In soldier 'tire, A strong hand strokes my fur. Safe on his knee He shelters me. I purr and purr and purr. MARY ALICE OGDE.V. Seaside, Or. ' If Roosevelt Had Bern President. Corvallis Gazette-Times. The Oregonlan gives rise to Interest ing speculations concerning what would have happened if Roosevelt had not led the revolt in the republican party in 912, and had been elected himself ln 916. There is no use crying over spilt ilk. but the chances are very great. amounting almost to a certainty, that the United States would never nave gotten into the war. He would have told Germany In the beginning where to head in on the submarine stuff and from her former experience with hiin Germany would have known that he eant it. As it was. she had no tann ln either our threats or our promises and Insulted our ambassador by telling him so. Without her submarine policy Germany could not have placed the al lies at such a disadvantage ana tne hances were the best in theworid that thev would have thereby won the war - before Russia withdrew. If Roosevtlt had been elected ln 1916 r t