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9 THE MORNING OliEGOXIAX, TUESDAY, MAT 20, 1919. ilfttmuji (Drfjrmtiatt: ESTABLISHED BI HESRT I P1TTOCK. Published by The Oregonian Publishing Co., 135 Sixth Street, Portland, Oregon. C. A. MORDKX, , K. B. PIPER. Maua?c-r. Editor. The Oregonian la a member of the Asso ciated Press. The Associated Press is ex clusively entitled to the use for publica tion of all news dispatches credited to It or not otherwise credited in this paper, and also the local news published herein. Ali rights of republication o special dispatches herein are also reserved. t Subscription rates Invariably in advance: (By Mail.) Dully, Sunday Included, one year. $8.00 Taily, Hunday included, six months 4.-o latly, Sunday included, three months. ... aify, Sunday included, one month "5 Ua ily, without Sunday, one year 6.00 3-aily. without Sunday, six months 3.25 rtaily. without Sunday, one month. ...... .60 "Weekly, one year ! OO Sunday, one year Sunday and weekly - 3.00 Br Carrier.) v . 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What is the motive of the systematic propaganda' against the' allied peace terms which Is being carried on in Ger many? This question is suggested by the activity of the formerly militarist press, by the declarations of the Ger man peace delegates that they cannot sign the treaty presented and by the hurried journey to Berlin of Count von Brockdorff-Rantzau. The men who are arousing what they call the furor Teutonicus know that Germany is powerless to resist the al lies, that the terms closely agree with the conditions on which Germany ac cepted the armistice and are far more moderate than the terms which the former ruling party In Germany pro posed to impose on the allies, and that they are barely enough to make repar ation for the barbarous acts of Ger many without a dollar to repay the cost of the war. They must know that all their talk about reducing the Ger man people to slavery is buncombe. Then what is their game? Their speeches and writings flatly contradict the many statements of ob servers that there is no fight left in the German people and that they care only for peace on any terms, that they may have food and work. They con tradict the fearless writings of Maxi milian Harden. They are discredited by a member of the peace delegation, who said: "We will sign despite all, because we will be hacked to pieces if we return to J3erlin without signing. The explanation of these contradic tions may probably be found in the composition of the present German gov ernment and of the peace delegation, and of the influences behind them. Von Brockdorff-Rantzau, Erzberger and others are PanGermans. Schcidemann, Ebert and the other socialist ministers are of the majority socialist party which was always a willing tool of the militarists in the Dolshevist conspiracy and in maneuvering for. the Stockholm conference. Count von Bernstorff is deep in the government's councils and would probably have been a member of the peace delegation but for the knowl edge that the American delegates would not deal with him. The motive of this propaganda, which was so carefully prepared that the printing of pamphlets began before the peace terms were known, may be sug nested by the allusion to the defeat of 1S06 in the statement of Count Westarp, leader of the Prussian junkers, and in His prediction that Germany will rise again. It may be that the junkers wish to fasten on the socialists the odium of having accepted these terms which "tread the German nation in the dust.' though they know there is no alterna tive. They may . hope that the angry people will drive the socialists from power and turn to the junkers as the unswerving champions of "Deutschland ueber Alles." They may look forward to the formation of another Tugend- birnd like that which rose against Na poleon in 1813 and after which the grip of absolutism on Prussia was tightened. The great employers cannot relish hav ing their factories socialized and the eight-hour day established where men formerly worked twelve hours a day and they may hope for the "good old times" again. With the junkers and the centrists stamped as the party which protested to the last against a peace of shame and ' slavery,' and with the socialists stamped as the party which accepted that peace, the German people may hold the latter party responsible . for the hard times ahead and they may turn to the former party as the one to revive their national greatness, when their spirits revive. Then would come the time for return to privilege and power and estates. If this interpretation of the present agitation in Germany be correct, it does not foreshadow refusal to sign the treaty, but is merely campaign material In preparation for future use. The Ger mans know that their fighting spirit is at a low ebb, that they have few weapons to fight with and that the blockade would soon starve them into submission, so -when they say they will not sign they do not really mean it. WARNING AGAINST A FAD. It is significant of a general desire for knowledge that more than two thousand works on business manage ment and kindred topics which pre sume to deal with applied psychology have been published in English in the last twelve years. There meanwhile has been no indication that there are two thousand masters of the subject, competent to write instructively, in Knglish-speaking countries. The in ference is plain .that a good deal of charlatanry already has crept into the business. We are in danger, if we do not watch out, of being taken in by "specious argument and spacious as sertion." Extravagant' claims made for the vocabulary test illustrate the point. It was a test which undoubtedly indi cated to some extent the range of reading of the subject of the test, but . there have been fairly efficient indi viduals who were men of action chiefly and who did not find much time for reading. New York once had a mayor who seldom read a book or a news paper but who possessed in high de gree the faculty of judging men. The vocabulary test also calls for special ability to define words which is the property in the highest possible degree of the makers of dictionaries. We do not now recall the name of a diction arv maker who could build a sky scraper orven rim a profitable farm. Application of the test to immigrants has been found misleading. A man who could not define "orange," al though he knew well enough what it is, was discovered to be moderately competent in the business of making a living for a good-sized family. A danger to be guarded against is dogmatism. A good many of the short cuts to sizing men up probably are based on sound principles, but it is easy to misapply the principles. The widely advertised army tests were found to be Inconclusive in a sufficient proportion of cases to warrant caution in extending them to all every-day matters. The experiment to be made by Columbia university next-fall, when intelligence tests" will be substituted for entrance examinations, ts already under criticism. But it will be illu minating. Meanwhile" it will do no great harm, since other universities are slow to follow Columbia's example, and the student who is rejected by Colum bia for want of intelligence may, if he unexpectedly manifests sufficient reso lution, go elsewhere and obtain the ad vantages there denied him. NOBODY'S BUSINESS BUT MR. WILSON'S? The theory of the presidential pre rogative which a correspondent see letter printed elsewhere advances is that the president Is all-sufficient and not accountable to the American peo ple for his acts as commander-ln-chiel of the army and navy a doctrine of ex ecutive conduct repugnant to the ele mental principles of democracy. Gen eral Wood was the senior officer In the American army, with record of ef fective service. He was entitled by his proved fitness for great commissions in the past to an opportunity at the froiit. The fact that he performed at hoi :e his full duty as a soldier, in the trying circumstances of administration disfavor and neglect, is proof that he would have done the same in France. The great indictment in the Wood case, however, is not that he was per sonally humiliated but that the commander-in-chief, knowing his talent, and knowing the tremendous task be fore the American army, failed to give to -the United States the benefit of the service in actual combat of eo compe tent a general. His training was for war, and only incidentally for educa tion of others in warfare. It was a great risk, and it should sot have been run. Undoubtedly, it would be an error tp elect any man president for the reason that he had been mistreated in any ca pacity by another president. Vet the incident has done much to call atten tion to the capacity of General Wood for large tasks. That he did pot eulk. but accepted his lot, and did so much by example to maintain the esprit de corps of the army, and by action to equip other soldiers for their work, show the quality of the man. He is a patriot. I.F.T TS KNOW. If the republican leaders of the next congress attempt to hamper President Wil son, Instead of going about the business of passing the measures which a democratic administration framed and would have en acted but for their obstruction, they will halt the recovery of industry and invite trouble. Not President Wilson, but the people at large will be the sufferers. Eugene Ouard. Does - our democratic neighbor in elude in the schedule of measures which the democratic administration framed and an obstructive republican minority defeated .any of the following? The railroads and their return to pri vate ownership. Constructive shipping policy. Adequate aid for returning soldiers and sailors. The telegraph, telephone and cable situation. Luxury taxes. ' Zone system of postal charges for newspapers. Budget. Economy. Suffrage. . Prohibition. Partisan direction of a nation in a great war, with designed exclusion of statesmen and soldiers of the opposi tion party. There are others. Does the Guard think that the present congress, or any congress, should rubber-stamp, without discussion and without action upon in formation and upon oath, every pro posal from the White House? Does the Guard think there should or should not be a searching invest! gation of the conduct of the war by the many over-manned and mismanaged bureaus at Washington? Does the Guard recall any great con structlve measure suggested or offered by the president to carry on the war that the republicans opposed or de feated? Will the Guard let us know candidly whether the filibuster in the recent congress was an individual enterprise of a few senators or a concerted scheme of the republican minority? LAVING UP $18,000 IN FO I B TEARS. Figures compiled by the 'federal bureau of education pu the case for better education of youths in the strongest possible light when they show that, in an average of a large number of young men at 25, those who had remained in school until they were 18 were receiving $949 a year more than those who left school at 14. The Infer ence is plain. Nine hundred dollars year being equivalent to 5 per cent in terest on $18,000, the additional fou years of schooling is shown to have produced precisely the same result as If the young man had laid up $18,000 in that length of time. Now $18,000, even in these times, is a goodly sum, and one easily visualized Moreover, tucked away in the brain o its possessor, it is secure against the blandishments of oil stock promoters and all the gentry who offer get-rich quick opportunities in exchange for lib erty bonds. It is as permanent as a annuity in a sound company, and as satisfying as money in bank. Th bureau takes no note of a further fact which deserves mention. This is that the character of the employment of the higher paid young man is far more likely to be congenial and if attain ment of happiness is a chief end of man, then the job that does not irk 1 worth the effort. The investigation of comparative wages was undertaken on a. pre-wa basis, but the bureau says that the pro portion still holds true. Boys who left school at 14 received on an average $ a week, which increased to $7 a wee at 18. The boy who remained in school until he was 18 started at an average wage of $10. At 20, wages were $9.5 and $15 respectively. At 25 their total wages had been $5112.50 and $7337.50 respectively. The boys who go to work at the earlier age seldom' get jobs where there are desirable chances of. advancement. This is another, prime difference In favor of further education. The sta tistics are particularly, timely as vaca tion time approaches and many boys are debating whether they will leave school permanently or not. ' The bureau Is on safe ground in" urging "the" youth t of the nation to continue their school ing at least to the point indicated by the statistical survey to which refer ence has been made. RENTS, TAXES AND REALTY. Rents are high, and realty values are ow. We do not hear nowadays the tales that were common a few years ago about the great fortunes made by he advancing values of real estate. Nor, with all the suspicion of profiteer- ng Jn rents, is there any tangible proof that owners of office buildings' or partmcnt houses, or dwellings, are, as class, making large profits out of their investments. If they were, the elayed real-estate boom would not be ong making its appearance. The truth is, of course, that owners f real property in Portland and every where else have been carrying a heavy oad for a long time, taking the form f increasing taxes and, for a long time. declining rents. The speculators, as a is, have been wiped out. The man who buys a lot nowadays either'gets a real bargain or he has in mind some eneficial use. He will not take the hance of a long wait for returns. The explanation of low realty values s not to be found wholly in uncertainty s to early and easy profits. It is, in part at least, the growing load of taxes. lessening the probable returns, and making it more difficult to carry un- mproved realty and more problematic s to the margin of remuneration on m proved realty. Tet a readjustment must come: The aw of demand and supply may be slow. but it is inexorable. If higher wages are here to stay, and higher rents are ere to stay, it is quite certain that the equilibrium between values and a rea sonable profit will be restored. Some body must own real estate, and some body must utilize it. The demand for houses and for build ings, and for farms, must find an answer In restored values of realtv ot speculative values, but real values. WHAT ONE MAN SAW. Count Guiseppe Greppi, who began his diplomatic career under Jletternich 7 years ago, celebrated his hundredth birthday on March 25 as a member of the Italian senate. Born in Milan, he was a subject of Austria and his first diplomatic appointment waa to Rome when that city was under the temporal rule of the pope. He was serving Austria at Stockholm when the Italian revolution of 1S48 broke out and promptly resigned and became a cit izen of the kingdom of Sardinia the germ out of which united Italy grew. His career covers the entire period of Italian liberation, from the abor tive attempt of 1848 to the recovery of unredeemed Italy in .1918 seventy ears which comprise the golden age of modern Italy. Ho saw little Sardinia received into the company of the great powers in the Crimean war. He saw Lombardy and the northern duchies redeemed with the aid of Napoleon III n J 859, Naples and Sicily won by Garibaldi, and the papal states con quered by yictor Emmanuel in 1860. Venetia regained with Bismarck's aid n 1868 and the city of Rome added to Italy in 1870. He saw Italy joined in unnatural alliance with its hereditary enemy, practically under ' bond for good behavior, and make the first be ginnings as a colonial power. He saw his country break away from the bonds of the triple alliance and join the al lies. At first he doubted the wisdom of this course, but once the decision was taken, he doubted no longer and never lost faith, even when the out look was darkest. He has now seen the redemption of all Italy and the dissolution of Austria. This man of many memories knew all the sovereigns, statesmen and sol diers of Europe during his diplomatic career of forty-six years, which ended thirty-one years ago. He knew Marie Iiouise, widow of Napoleon I, and the Duke of Wellington, who overthrew her husband at Waterloo. He still en joys the opera and social gatherings, and never misses a first night or great function. During his lifetime the old Europe of kings and emperors has passed away and a new Europe of re publics and democratic monarchies has come into being." When he was born, the United States was an infant republic. He has seen it become the greatest power in the world and the arbiter of the destinies of Europe. Only when we recall all that has happened in the span of this man's life can we realize how deep and rapid have been the changes of the epoch in the world's history, in which the last scenes are being enacted at Versailles. the center Of I.ouis XIV's splendor and of the birth of the modern German empire. He has been the spectator of a gorgeous but tragic panorama. THREE SESSIONS OF CONGRESS. President Wilson's delay in calling the extra session of congress which be gan on Monday Is a strong argument In favor of the bill which was introduced by Representative McArthur providing that each congress shall meet on March 5 after its election. If the present con gress had met immediately after the beginning 'of its term on March 4, it could have made much progress with the great mass of important legisla tion which presses for action, and could have worked during the mild spring weather. As things stand, it will be just settling down to work when the enervating heat of the Atlantic coast begins. Meeting of congress to enter upon its work at times when urgent business cannot wait till December should no depend on the will of the president Too much opening is left for partisan considerations to overrule the inter ests of the country when president and congress happen to be of different po litical complexion. The expression ha become common that the president- has or has not "congress on his hands," as though congress were some trouble some Institution which he must direct and keep in order and would gladly b rid of. Congress should be as free to meet when, in its opinion, its duties re quire as the president is to go to Pari and adjust the world's affairs. This is no revolutionary doctrine re quiring a change in the constitution; i Is plainly conveyed by the constitution That instrument provides that -con gress shall assemble at least once i every year," thus Implying that it ma hold two or more sessions in a year. 1 is also provided that "such meetin shall be on the first Monday in Decern ber, unless they (congress) shall by law appoint a different day." Thu congress has power to change the dat fixed for the one session a year whic Is obligatory, but by implication ma fix dates for other regular sessions. Reform is therefore In the hands o congress itself, and does not hang the whim of the political interests of the president. He might veto-the bill but that would start a quarrel abou a ; contingency which cannot arise till March 5,' 1921. At that time the new plan might operate to the advantage of- either party, whichever wins the election in 1920 of president or of con gress or of1 both. The bill would estab lish three regular sessions of each con gress as the rule, but In practice that has been the rule for the last ten years. Both of President Taft's and three of President Wilson's four congresses have held extra sessions. What Is now an uncertainty would become certain, and there is real need of a third ces sion, in fact of practically continuous sessions with a summer vacation. The new arrangement Would do away with the anomaly by w?tch congress does not ordinarily meet till thirteen months after its election, by which time the issues on which it was elected may have grown stale- and new issues may have arisen. It would do away with such muddles as blotted the rec ord of the closing session of the last congress, for the appropriation and other bills which had failed to pass by March 4 could be taken up anew by the new congress and disposed of be fore a new fiscal year began. This change has been long delayed because it has been unnecessarily con fused with change in the terms of pres ident and congress, which can only be effected by constitutional amendment. That change, too, is overdue. The ab surdity of permitting a congress de feated in November to continuo legis lation from December to March is ob vious, and the practice leads to many evils. It gives to members who have been rejected by their constituents a last grab at the treasury, a last chance to feather soft official nests for them- i selves, and a short session Is generally dominated by these lame ducks. De feat should end a congressman's serv ice, and his successor should enter upon his duties fresh from the people and with an undimmed memory of their ishes. No reason exists why the term f both president and congress should ot begin at the opening of January or hy congress should not then Initiate egislation; in fact, every reason exists why t!.i-y should do so. But .Mr. McArthur'a bill would go a ong tv. j- In improving on the present system, ..nd it can be passed at the present session, while the further changes indicated would have to await the slow process of constitutional amendment. The merits of his plan are recognized by several New York ewspapers, which strongly commend It is one more example of the valu able service which he Is doing for Ore gon and the country at Washington, and of the grasp which. he has on pub lic affairs. Zelaya Is almost forgotten, and only his death brings him back to mind. et he was denounced and driven from Nicaragua by President Taft for mur dering two Americans and for attack- ng American marines. Carranza and Villa killed hundreds of Americans and attacked American troops, but they are still in control of their particular sec tions of Mexico. The cherry crop will not be as abun dant as full blossoming led growers to hope, but there will be plenty. Lack f pollination leads to 'the hope that somebody may discover or invent a bug whose mission will be to spread the pollen during wet or bad weather and be harmless in Itself, say like the lady bug. Bela Kun does not act true to the form of a bolshevlst dictator. He hould slaughter or Imprison the bour geois, not give them receptions. There s reason to suspect that the Hungarian soviet Is a piece of camouflage, which would disgust- Lenine with its artistic imperfections. Some people think the mint Julep a work of art and there may be a min ister who thinks a milk punch the nectar of the gods; but almost every body will agree the strawberry short cake exceeds both and then some. Drainage will make the "Valley." and when through we can give the til ng to the irrigating fellows, who will be swamped by that time by excess of zeal, and so the reciprocity will con tinue to the glory of Oregon. Everybody will feel a pang of regret at the death of the young heir of the McLeans by accident. By right of blood and inheritance the lad had wonderful possibilities of development with the careers of the two families as guide. When a woman Is told by her hus band he no longer loves her and she agrees to call it square for a decree and $40 a month, Cupid Is disposed to throw his bow and arrow into the ash can but he will not. He retains faith. After all, the lumber Industry is Ore gon's good old standby. When it pros pers the whole state prospers, and it is evidently in for a long spell of pros perity. The British postoffice made a profit of over $33,000,000 in 1918, but did not do it the Burleson way of "nigger driving" and trimming the payroll. The war Is over, but the New York Times lists no less than sixteen wars which are still going on, including nine against the bolsheviki. Do you 'realize that Portland is feed ing on the best bread made in the world? Ask the boys back from France and from the camps. May be not much In a name, but Harry Hawker went like a hawk and his failure to land by a few miles is to be regretted. The "three-linkers" have Salem, and hosts and guests will appreciate each the other. To be "odd" means to be good. The first circus In the season is mental tonic needed by the system after a heavy winter of amusement. I Hawker did not quite get there, but he stretched the record made by the Wright brothers by several miles. The circus was Invented to catch people who would not be found at other shows, and- It does. It's a pity that Henry Morgenthau cannot predict something more cheerful rha. another war. Ford files i fills the seat, well as luck. contest, but Newberry Ford Is out of sense as A republican congress inherits a calamitous possibility, but is equal to it. The Finns are marching on Petro grad, and the Finn has a taking way. Winnipeg is a fester spot that will heal itself shortly If let run. . F.bert's assertion of not signing for home consumption. I is Those Who Come and Go. Handling grain in bulk, instead of sacks, does not appeal t H. J. Taylor, who has been farming for 40 years nine miles from Pendleton. He says that anyone can sit down and figure out that handling In bulk is more expensive than the practice of using sacks. Also Mr. Taylor declares that with the guar anteed price of wheat, farmers are no better off than when they were paid $1 a bushel, because of present increased costs. Mr. Taylor was one of the pio neers In the wheat growing of Umatilla county. He bought a homestead right for $300 for 160 acres, and tho land is now -worth more than $200 an acre. When he pulled up the sage brush and plowed under the bunch grass the sheep and cattle men predicted that he would fail and that they would get his fences. It was known that when the bunch grass was plowed under it wouldn't come up again, and the stockmen did not believe that wheat would grow. Mr. Taylor was one of the farmers who knocked this incredulity into a cocked hat. Shortly after they had hanged Cap tain Jack who had defied the entire United States land forces in the lava beds F. P. Light went to Lakeview and started a hotel. He says he hates to tell what a fine establishment he runs for fear everyone in Portland will want to go there. Ijike countty will vote ror a $200,000 road bond issue June 3, and Mr. Light declares that anvone in the rounly who voices ohtection to the bonds will be taken to Goose lake no thrown into It. Goose lake, by the way. Is part of the line between Cali fornia and Oregon and is a navigable water which the sheriff of Lake coun ty has to watch to prevent rum run ners from slipping contraband Califor nia tarantula juice into arid Oregon. Mr. Light motored from Lakeview to Portland on his way to the I. O. O. K. meeting at Salem. He tarried for a few hours at the Imperial. After serving SO years with the Im migrant Savings bank In New York, Hugh G. Connell has retired and is at the Benson with his daughter, looking at me western country. "The bank. explained Mr. Connell, "Is the largest savings institution in the country and much of its early success was due to the thrift of the Irish servant girls wno patronised It- Somehow the bank has an appeal not possessed by others and every nationality under the sun Is represented among Its depositors, who number several hundred thousands. Its deposits are In the hundreds of mi lions." One incentive for Mr. Connell's trip is to see his son. who moved out to British Columbia and married, and Mr. O'Copnell wants to see the daughter-in-law. - Mrs. W. G. McMullen. wife of a mer chant at Lexington, and Mrs. J. Jentry, also of Lexington, are at the Imperial. Lexington is at the confluence of Black Horse canyon and Willow creek, and is in the dead center of the wheat belt of Morrow county. Once upon a time wheat farmers were doing well in that section. but prices for the grain dropped and the primitive methods of farming discouraged the grangers, so many of them rolled up their wire fences and left for other fields and Lex ington had a severe slump. Susequent ly, as farmers understood the soil and went at it more scientifically and In telligently, the wheat fields reappeared until now Lexington Is prosperous. General merchant at Prairie City, R. L. Laurence Is In the city, accompanied by Lester Druett. Prairie City was founded when gold waB discovered on Dixie Creek and a lot of gold was shipped out before the mining busi ness went Into a decline. During the war Prairie City was the shipping point for chrome from Grant county and thus did its share toward licking the Dutchmen. At present the state highway commission is preparing to build a link in the John Day highway between Prairie City and Canyon City. Mr. Laurence Is on his way to Salem to attend the I. O. O. F. meeting. "The waves were smashing high as a house." explain Harry Hamilton why he did not go out over the bar to fish for salmon. Mr. Hamilton absented himself from the lobby of the Imperial long enough to gb to Ilwaco to see Kd Budd and ride over the clamshell rail road and consider the trip over the bar, Incidentally Mr. Hamilton looked over the grain elevator at Astoria and says that the Astorians are sniggering be cause the grain elevator in Portland has settled a little In one corner, and the Astorians expect to get all the grain business in consequence. M. Weinacht. president of the Mount Angel Creamery association, came to town yesterday to attend the Oregon Dairy Council meeting. He was ac companied by S. O. Rice. A. Boschler, Joe Walker and Philip Willlg, of his board of directors. When told he was welcome at dairy headquarters, 807 Broadway building, at any time, Mr. I vi einacht demonstrated there was nothing slow about Mount Angel by re plying, "Sure, thank you, we'll reserve one of the windows for Rose Festival Dick Briggs, lawyer and stockman of Prineville, was in town yesterday to attend the meeting of democrats. Be ing a Missourlan, which means a demo crat from Pike county, than whom there are yone other such democrats, he has identified himself with the party's progress since he gained a residence in Oregon E. A. Murphy of Grants Pass is at the Oregon. Grants Pass is all fussed over the starting of work on paving from the town to the county line, as a chunk of the Pacific highway. It is about a three mile strip and several thousand feet have already been laid. Rhode Green, who registered at the Imperial as "city," lives here only oc casionally. He has devoted a lifetime to Investigating the outcroppings of rock in inaccessible places, hoping to find something worth while. In other words, he is a miner. W. H. Canon, former mayor of Med ford, whose democracy is attested by the fact that he has a federal job In the land office at Roseburg. is in Port land to participate in the deliberations of the democratic state control com mittee. "There Is more building going on in Portland than 1 have seen in any other community in the west," declares It. L Chase, a traveling man from the east, who is registered at the Multnomah. Fresh from Shanghai. China, Carey Ball registered at the Perkins yester day. He has been handling American machinery in the Orient. Clifford Barlow, a business man or Warrenton. on the Clatsop Plains. Is in town. He was pne of the organisers of the Oregon State Chamber of Com merce. Howard Layton of Bridal Veil, which nestles between the Columbia river and the highway, is at the Nortonia. Mr. Layton is a lumberman. Professor of animal husbandry at the University of Idaho, situated at Mos cow, E. J. Iddings was at the Imperial yesterday. Only eedi Seattle Lawyer. PORTLAND, May 19. (To the Ed itor.) When the ex-kaiser is brought to trial, he probably would not be found guilty, but would be pronounced crimi nally insane. If he had a Seattle lawyer to plead his case. I believe in "an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth." SUBSCRIBER. - Out-Czarring the Czars. By James J. Montague. We have never been an advocate of czars. We do not approve of despots, as a class. For they ride around in highly gilded cars. While their faithful subjects walk and buy the gas. But the czars at least were troubled in their minds lest from out their high position they be hurled. While the Bolshevik confound him: robs whoever is around him. And he hasn't got a worry in the world! We havo noticed that the maximum of spoil Was awarded by a nation to the throne, That the ruler, for a minimum of toil Held the bulk of all the real-estatc-alone: But he had to work a little, now and then. Though he did it rather sketchily. of course. While the Bolshevik gol-durn him thinks that loafing ought to earn him Just as much as if he labored like, a horse ! We could never warm to monarchs as a rule. Nor believe that crowns and scepters made 'em great. We'd about as soon be chummy with a ghou.1 As the ordinary Russian potentate. . But a czar would sometimes get a little soft When for clemency his people would beseech. While the Bolshevik doggone him! when sn ugly fit Is on hini Butchers every one that comes within his reach ! In the later days the czars were prone to feel That they might not be exclusively the works. They were easy with the well-known Iron heel ' When the people got to sharpening their dirks. And, petitioned for concessions now and then They were often times disposed to come across. But the Bolshevik dad-blame him! thinks the public should acclaim him The sole-constituted, undisputed Boss! Opportunity. By trace I Hall. Too oft men ssy "This is the end; I cannot onward go: My strength Is spent, my courage gone. my patn leads but to woe: Tve done my best, I've made no moan; but when all's said and done. I've simply failed, and frankly own no victory nave I won. The world abounds In men like this: you see them evervwhere. Unkempt, unclean, of shifty mien they advertise despair: They may have tried none should de ride their efforts nor their naln. But none shall fall If he but call all his experience "gain." There Is no logic In the cry that time has closed the door On opportunity, for each mav find the key once more: The latch shall yield to any man who wills to pass that wav. No one shall pause to ask the cause nor speak of yesterday. Life Is naught else but linked-in days mat iorm tne chain of years. Some links are forged with laughter gay and some with bitter tears: And he who feels each morning that tnis day s a life apart. Shall greet each morn with strength new-born and never - flinching neart. tiEX. WOOD AXD THE I"RESIOKT Controversy Between Them No One's Ceneern, Says This One. PORTLAND, May 19. (To the Edi tor.) In the editorial article of May 15 entitled "The Stone Which the Builders Rejected." you seem to think that the administration will be compelled to give a valid reason for General Wood being kept at home. Why a reason, please? General Wood did valiant serv ice in successfully training many thou sands of our gallant soldiers. He was. perhaps, the most efficient commander, in that respect, that we had. Again, perhaps, the president, or the secretary of war. if you please, did not think it compatible for Wood to have a command in the A. E. F. Most people seem to think General Pershing made good in every way. How are we to know that thad General Wood been sent over) there would not have been friction between him and General Pershing? General Wood was the senior officer, was lie not? And he might have felt sore that he was not given the chief command. I have great respect for General Wood, and I feel that he has performed glorious work for his coun try in the service that was alloted tq him, and General Wood seems to be well satisfied, too, with his achieve ments in that line. In bringing up these questions of why General Wood was left on this side of the ocean. Is The Oregonian doing it to muster sympathy for General Wood as a presidential candidate? I am not questioning his fitness and ability to make a good (and perhaps great) presi dent. But, if he has the qualities for this, then, trying to create sympathy ana a presidential following for him by bemoaning the -fact that he was left at home is wasted effort, to say the least. "President Wilson had every right to choose the generals that he thought best for every position. He Is the com mander In chief, and his success or failure In choosing his officers was his own affair. As' he made few mistakes on that line, why not let it go at that, and promote General Wood's candidacy for the presidency on the record that he has made? And not on the record that he would have made had he com manded some of the oversea divisions. JOHN F. OHRldTAh, First Doughnut Pleases. "War Romance of Salvation Army." Llppincott's. Right on the heels of the first de tachment of the American Expedition ary forces came the Salvaton Army, and found the boys seeing indigo blue: rain falling for S6 days, intensive training in the rain and mud no cure for homesickness. But the Salvation Army wasn't wanted there by the mil itary authorities; no supplies were to be had: what could they do to help? A bright Salvation Army lass scraped together what materials could be found, and over a smoking wood fire she cooked in a pan that held but seven doughnuts at a time, 150 "honest-to-goodness" home doughnuts, fat and sugary. Did the boys sit up and take notice? Out in the rain h0 of them formed Into line, as the enticing frag rance was wafted to their hungry noses, and waited for hours their turn. "Gee!" exclaimed one of the lucky 150. "if this- is war. let it continue!" The news spread fast and far: orders came by automoble and aeroplane for dough nuts and pies: and the heart of mili tary commanders melted as they got their share of goodies. As the army moved forward the Salvation Army doughnut went too, with its sweet faced maker, the Salvation Army las sie. But there ought surely to be a monument somewhere to -the inventor and the first doughnut! ' In Other Days. Twenty-Five Years Ago. From The Oregonian of Slay 0, 1S94. With the filing of a ticket with the county clerk yesterday straight popu lism is fairly In the county political fight. Secretary of the Navy Herbert and party arrived on the Southern Pacific yesterday, but the secretary did not leave his car, being in a hurry to reach Seattle. HIn Tin, a Chinese merchant of Snn Francisco, and Fong Kan, a young Chi nese lady of this city, were wedded here yesterday. No definite arrangements for tli holding of an exposition here this fall have as yet been made. Fifty Year Ago. Prom The Oreconian of tay JO. 1S. . Philadelphia. Statistics just com piled show that the highest paid teacher in this city t;ets $1650 a year. New York. Late advice from Porto Rico are that the principal street has been burned by incendiaries and con sternation rclgrns. The old macadamized port-on of of Front street between Morrison eiid Madison streets is in horrible condition and driving over a frozen potaio p.lirh could not be worse. S. O. Reed and wife, who have been spending several months in Washington. t. C, have arrived at home, having come to Sacramento hy rail and from there by stage. Gleanings From Stafe Press. A Call From llnnlcrn Oreyon. Malheur Enterprise (Vslel. The "mossbacks" know little of th "frontier" and their education is gath ered mostly from pioneer stories hande-l down to them by their grandparents who "crossed the plains' and got etude In the "Willamette (valley) hog where they have since remained. Come out, brother mossback to eastern Oregon. See our big mills, our mammoth fSrain fields, our new irrigation projects and our thriving cities. We are glad w live on the so-called "frontier." Versatile Twins. Medford Mail Tribune. Those Jackson county twin?. Mis a Rosetta McGrail. the public health nurse, and Miss Anne Mct'ormick. the food demonstrat ion agent, hold a child wclfaro meeting at Wiiner this after noon. Misses Meilrail and McCormick, probably the two best known young women in the county, live together in apartments at the Harnuni, and strange to relate the public health nurse does all the cooking while the expert food demonstrator looks after the house work. Asnof ise. Itoseburg News. What Is more irritating than to s-i an over-dressed fat woman rocking In a hotel parlor? Home Pride. Pendleton East Oregonian. We will soon have a night train to Portland, but before going down in quire at your local stores and you may find just what you want at home. Is There Surh a M illlonalre f Corvallis Gazette-Times. It will cost $20,00i a year to main tain the Oregon. If some millionaire with more money than he knows what to do with wishes to maintain it for tho state, well and good, otherwise, we would think the amount is too iniich to pay for a sentiment. A Celebrity. Pendleton Tribune. Major Moorhouse: The major is ono of Pendleton's celebrities. He was born at a very tender age and when still a young child he had his picture taken. He has been taking pictures ever since. As a boy he was considered quite an artist and at the age of 13 years he was able to draw on wood. He once . drew a small wagon across a wooden bridge and people who saw him re- marked that he had a great future be fore him. L'p to that time, however, h thought it was behind him. The major is noted for his collections. He once collected two bits from a man we know and the matter was spoken about after. wards as a wonderful piece of diplo macy. Besides this feature, he is noted for the number of stuffed animals he has and war clubs and other parlor furniture. The major's favorite pastime Is hunting for his glasses. Lesson of the War. Baker Democrat. The war has taught the nation a great deal along the line of savings through thrift stamps and the popular liberty loans. The new victory loan that has just been put over largely by the co-operation of the banks, will further educate the people to save. Hut the laboring man or woman and tho manager of any business or industry can go far to insure prosperity by saving a part. In the aggregate these savings will accumulate as new capital and will constitute the new capital needed for future development. The country needs greater manufacturing plants, more railroads and public utili ties, more capital for commerce and shipping. Capital means seed for the sower (more capital!, and bread for the eater (more wagesi. Changing Her Color. Eugene Register. The "queen of the reds" has been ar rested in Chicago, and it Is just pos sible that after she tries a prison diet of bread and water for a while she may become the queen with the blues. Mr. Tnft's ew Friends. Capital Journal (Salenil. The Oregonian seems to object to William H. Taft as a republican party leader because so many democrats like him. But who could help liking Big Bill Taft. one of the plainest, cleanest and staunchest Americans that ever lived! Why Not Better F.nglixhf Pendleton Tribune. There are certain recognized abuses of English which are so common that they are almost the rule amon the pupils in our schools. Some o' them are cured by contact with men and women of culture in later life, but in many cases they continue to old age. If there is anything in the school cur riculum which demands persistent at tention it is every day English. JAMES J MOT F. TO w m i I". FOR THE OHKtiOMW. The Oregonian today begin"?! publication of daily contributions from James Montague. Mr. Montague, who was at one time a Portland newspaper man, is nationally known for the lit erary quality and humor of his verse and paragraphs, and for his remarkable capacity for covering events of large interest. Mr. Montague will contribute not only a daily poem, but will write a story each week dealing with some timely topic close to the news. He will also report for The Ore gonian events of great news In terest, such as national conventions.