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TIIE MORNING OREGONIAX, SATURDAY, JUNE 2S, 1919. E.YT1BL1SIIFD BT HEBT L- PITTOCK rubf:h.J by Tha Oreronlan Publishing Co l.li Sixth Street. 1'ortlsnd. Oregon. C. A. MOfiDEV. ii. B. HPER, Vuar. . Editor. The Oresonlan Is a member of tha Aaso- risled Pros. The AuictateO Prase Is tion or all usws dispatcties irQlla to at ui i oi imj iui jti niJcris iiiut ivM-r i mat nt ot:irwl cruiuj in this WO", ana : obhi fh H j , ,,,, agB will produce a condition not easily repaired after a few years. tion. Half the time at least he. is right" With many things to bo done. and few men to do them, he is likely to find the line of greatest profit by expanding his acreage. ' Eventually, however, the land must pay the bill, and the farmer will be wisest who moderates his tendency to reach out too far. That which the r.arMs of rf inUI htietn as rraerved iifwi pub,ih-d brfeln. All Ih-atjoii of special alspalcnss "Rbscrlpnoa rates Invariably In adranco (Pr Mall.) ral'y, Sunday Included, one ) ear daily. Sunday Include, six months. . . lei:y. Sunday Included, three montha. liaily, Sunday Included, one month.. . . 1-raily. without Sunday, one year. .. . . . Dally, without Sunday, six months. ... Iry. without Sunday, one montl. ... Weekly, one year... Sunday, one year. Sunday and weekly (By Carrier.) Fel'y. Sunday Included, ore ear ta,;y. Sunday Included, one month. . . . . Ia:ly. Sun-lay Included, tniee months.. tai:y. without Sunday, one year rliy. without Sunday, three months Dairy, without Sunday, one month ... Haw to Keenlt Send postofftce money or- .. 00 i :j 3 5 e oo l.tHJ 2 :.o .i0 LIGHT IS THE SENATE. If some of the republican senators have their way, the issue in the presi dential campaign next year will be the league of nations. If Chairman Hays of the national republican committee is heeded, and .$3.00 the republican senators are headed off. tne luaia issue in x?-u win do aemo- ' ' I is 1 - i . . .. - followed, the rcDublican Dartv will aer. express or personal cnecK on your .o.. mvite disaster. If Chairman Hays and bank. Stamps, coin or currency are at own- I J er-s risk. Give posioffice address In full, in- I other republican leaders who think c;udin county and atate. I with him are followed, the. reDubllcan t a.i Pasaa. 2 cents: to 1 pafes. a cents. SO to tp ta--a: 4 cents: 6:1 to paxes, I rents: 7 to sj paxes, a cents. Forelcn post are. double ratea. Eaatm Raa aaaa Offae Verrea Const lln. Uruaieirk buiidinr. Xew York: Verrea at Conklln, Meser bul.dinc. Chicago: Verree at onk:in. area Frees oul-dtnc. Lietroit. Mien. San Francisco representative. K. J. Bid after our own experience, that a dry Europe is well within the bound of possibilities. A dry world is at least a no more wonderful prospect now than a flying world was at the beginning of the century, or a dry America fifty years ago. The present leaders of the big movement are working in a far dif ferent atmosphere from that which surrounded such pioneers ar Neal Dow. srell. party will have an easy opportunity to win a great victory. If the issue is to be of democratic choosing, it will be the league of na tions. It is strange that any repub lican senator can so far misread public sentiment as to welcome once more a battle pitched on democratic ground MINORITY RULE. The explanation is either that such The Oregonian notes that various senators are not in touch with the explanations are made for defeat of nation at large, or that they are not the $2,500,000 school bonds at the tmnmng or acting in terms 01 party. .,ii .laiinn if Sntiirrtnv One '" eitner event, mey are wrong, ior --in,. that th. nnhlir was offended tn Peopie are lor a league or nations. r hecause the school board appropriated "" reasons tor tneir - (too to defray the expenses of Director ""PPori oi tn. league, ana Know wnai Thomas on a junket through the east, thev are- T1" uId th other T. k.vine rnr it. av.ten.ihla nhiert a sur. nations to keep the world's peace. They vey of schools andschool methods in have '' Patience with any senator. Z various cities. It appears also that the one- who would refuse to make sum of 400 was given to Clerk Thomas th ef r to pay his expenses at some kind ciaaaiaa of educational convention. It is also manv rf" said that the action of the board in Publican senators. They have suddenly creating- a special job at 15000 Per decided to bury the Knor resolution, year, as a means of letting City Super- Mf f m are for A eague of tBlH AflB Xffinw . W 4 ViHin -ww- i II Km, 4? a. aw intendent Alderman down and out, ""; " still lingered actively in the public! "r" euc' im reKimimn mind. There are other counts in the x"" ...ay ur may noi ii. .i.e .h. hnorri r that be important. The main point now a . i ...v. .,, . ir.t is that the republican senators will - protest." not defeat the league. They want it m- Tk. nral.n 1. nnf l nil riixnnstorl uuuerstutra. it is wen enougn tnai j to argue over the merit of these several "e "em"elves 'nou,d have squired complaints, which may or may not I """"""""w- have had much to do with the result. it may or may not be true thnt the I libeling the dead. public has not the fullest measure of I it becomes a duty to set right so C confidence in the school board. It miy I reliable an authority as the New Tork , or may not be true that the sum of (Herald, wiiich remarks bitterly: l-'.Suu.UUU was actually neeaea. it may That "the law Is an ass" Is nowhere bet - or- fiiav net re trim thnt th iinpmnlov- I ter shown than by the fact that a dead man ment crisis, given as a part of the tn btatn of tne body nybojr original reason ior maiviiiar larajc w i may. with aDsolute impunity, spread any penditures for school buildings, has I story, or tale, or lie. about the deceased and . , , , , . . j , I run no risk whatever, except that of per- been safely passed and does not exist. ,onal chMminent a; tn, hand, ot ,Sme It may or may not be true mat trie. I angry relative. people prefer to be taxed directly, and I One might have supposed that Paul objected to bonds on principle. It may I R. Haffer of Tacoma had gained ucdy- or may not be true that the legislature, ling national notoriety. On Washington's by its various enactments affecting the birthday in 1916 Haffer, who is a so- Portland schools, had contributed to cialist and possibly for that reason the general dissatisfaction with their abhors hero worshiping, wrote a letter management. All these things together to a Tacoma newspaper in which he may or may not have created a great I charged that the father of this country mountain of opposition: but, if they was a blasphemer and an inveterate did. the outcome was a miserable mole- drinker. A patriotic citizen of Tacoma hill of protest and discontent. I obtained an indictment of Haffer for There are 94,40 regi.ttered .voters libel. He was found guilty and the In Portland, and most of them are supreme court of the state upheld the qualified as taxpayers to vote a tax, conviction. and all of them to vote for director. I The supreme court of Washington On the bond questions the outraged held that publication of articles tend- and aroused electorate, burning with ing to hold the. memory of deceased indignation at something or other I persons up to ridicule, contempt and about the schools, rolled up the unim- I obloquy constitutes libel, and that it Is pressive aggregate of 3276 votes not necessary to show that relatives against the bonds, the grand total on I or friends of the deceased person were this momentous issue being 5146 (1370 I injured by the attacks. having voted for the bonds). Fori It is good law which ought to be director, a free-for-all contest, where known in New York where the Herald's every one could vote, 5876 qualified ire is aroused by advertisement of a electors represented the sovereignty of book on Theodore Roosevelt by George the Portland school district, with its Sylvester Viereck. This German agent, J4. 470 votes. I it is charged by the Herald, paints So the public, overwhelmed with a I Roosevelt as "a sly enemy of the na desire to disapprove the management tions that were spilling their blood of the schools by turning down the like water to stop the German advance bond issue, managed to muster the against civilization colossal aggregate of 5.4 per cent of its Haffer spent four months in jail for voting strength, or a little more than (libeling George Washington. Viereck's one-twentieth. In other words, one libel of Roosevelt is no less detestable. AN" UNEMPLOYED KING. Of the army of unemployed in Europe, the unemployed kings excite least sympathy, and ex-King Constan tino of Greece least of all, for he deliberately tried to betray his people into the hands of their enemy, the kaiser, of whom he has asked help, though William, too, is out of a. job. Constantine's case is worse than those of the other deposed monarchs, for they inherited absolutism, while he is the second in line of a dynasty of kings over a people who already had a democratic constitution when his father acceded to the throne. But William should have helped Constantine, not only because the lat ter is his brother-in-law but because William tempted the Greek monarch to his fall. A few months before war broke out, Constantine paid a visit to William and was shown the great power and the new inventions of the military machine which was to con quer the world. He believed the ma chine to be invincible, and was given rich promises of reward if he sup ported Germany. He shaped his policy accordingly, though Premier Venizelos, who was then all-powerful, pledged aid to Serbia and the allies soon after August 1, 1914. When the Dardanelles campaign began, Venizelos proposed a plan for Greek co-operation, but the king betrayed his secret policy by vetoing it. An election followed on the issue of Venizelos' pro-ally policy and the premier won against all man ner of bribery and coercion. Then Constantine began to rule as a despot, keeping a pro-German cabinet in office and delaying the meeting of parliament. His subsequent conduct was simply a working out of that policy. Constantine should follow the ex ample of his brother-in-law and saw wood not for exercise but for a living. That would be slight atonement for the misery which he brought on the Greek people and the Serbians. His whole course in the war was a typical example of what Mr. Gerard calls "the king businesf ." nations, congress would hold that the J occasion required a declaration or war on the aggressive nation. The objection to war In remote countries comes from those who would preserve American isolation on the ground that the troubles of Europe and Asia are not our concern. Defend ers of the article reply that our par ticipation in a war which originated in a quarrel between Austria and Serbia proves that we are no longer isolated and that these remote troubles are our concern as a probable source of world war. If we should avoid being involved in defense of our direct interests, we should have a material and humanitarian interest in prevent ing a whole continent from being sunk in misery, with millions of lives lost and whole nations ruined. It may be said that in such a case we should be sure ta interfere without any prior formal obligation, but we did not in terfere in 1914, when Germany at tacked France and Belgium, nor until our own interests were directly at- j tacked by a demand that our ships keep off the sea. An obligation before hand to intervene would probably have restrained Germany and prevented war, or at the worst would have insured the early defeat of Germany. It is assumed by some critics of the article that it would bind us to help Great Britain in suppressing rebellion in Ireland and Egypt and generally to help other nations to keep subject people ' down. - Those who use this argument ignore the words "against external aggression" which occur in the article. We should be under no obligation to help any country in sup pressing rebellion, nor would any other member of the league be bound to help us if the people of any of our territory should rebel. But we should be forbidden to help insurgents against their government, for that would be "cxternal'aggression." Nothing in the article would prevent the people of one state from making a peaceful arrangement to divide, or those of several states to unite in one nation or federation. If the senate should refuse consent to article 10 and should ratify the rest of the covenant, the United States would reject one of the two principal provisions which might involve it in war but would accept the other, which is contained in article 16. That article begins: Those Who Come and Go. "If you won't mention my name I'll tell you about conditions in San Fran cisco," offered a Portlander. "Cock tails cost 60 cents, a highball four bits and straight whisky 25 cents a drink. The barrooms are crowded all day and all evening. The cabarets are eopen until 2 A. M., and it Is uncomfortable trying to get through the crowd. In the - popular eating places it .costs about 10 for a meal, and there is a war tax on everything. Every night is like a New Tear's eve in San Fran cisco, although despite the eteady and constant consumption of the rapidly diminishing stock of wet goods, I eaw very few intoxicated men. When those grills and bars and cabarets close, San Francisco will be like a graveyara. They have only a few days more to celebrate and they are making' every hour count. Coming up the valley to Portland I counted 10 automoouea. each loaded to the guards with liquor. Remember, don't mention my name. Between 500 and 600 patients are now cared for at the state hospital at Pendleton, according to Dr. W. A McNarv. in charge of the institution, who is at the Imperial. Most of these patients come from east of the Cascade mountains, although a few nave Deen transferred from the main hospital at Salem, for one reason or another. When the hosDital was located at Pen dleton there was considerable criti cism, particularly from contenders at La Grande and Baker, ana u was pre dicted that it would prove unsatisfac tory, especially the site selected, but Dr. McXary declares that the location is ideal and that the doleful predictions made regarding the site never materialized. More Truth Than Poetry. By James J. MontasTtxe. Should any member of the league resort to war In disregard of its covenants under ar ticles 22. 13 or 15 (which require arbitra tion or mediation of disputes before resort I T D-a (on., that to war. also reouire acceptance of arbitral Metschan Jr. yesterday statins; that awards) it shall Ipso facto be deemed to have committed an act of war against all "The northwest is filled with strange things that neither natives nor tour lets are familiar with," commented Manager Smith of the Benson. "There is a body of water in Skagit county. Wash., called Day lake, which is re markable. A chunk of forest dropped, once upon a time, and the lake was formed. By going over the lake with a boat the trees can be seen standing UDritrht. and in stormy weather it is dangerous to be on the lake as a boat Is likely to strike the tope of the sub merged forest. It is hard to get to Day lake, and I know a man who has lived and worked for years with in 13 miles of it and who has never seen the place. I killed a horse getting to it a few years ago. A message was received by Phil eligible citizen t in about nineteen or twenty went to the polls. For director the desire to improve the personnel of the board was power- WILL THE WORLD GO DRY The World League Against Alcohol ism wh iir) .- f nr m orl 4 WricliintrtAri .u. a ...f. " "T" Ithe other day, will seem less chimerical the whole number, or about one elector in fifteen. On May 10, 1919, at the special elec tion to determine whether teachers' salaries should be raisU, 12 per cent of the voters (11.198) had enough in terest in the subject to cast their ballots. The amount involved was $400,000. But in the greater sum of $2,500,000 there was a decided decline of Interest, and the percentage fell to 5.4 per cent and the total to 5146 voters. The most obvious lesson to h had from the school election, in the opinion of The Oregonian. is the utter inade quacy of the popular verdict, from any standpoint, or for any phase of school conduct and control. It gives significance to the growing idea that the majority does not rule, but the minority. There are too many dis quieting demonstrations that the peo ple, having taken over to themselves the machinery of government, are wearying of the responsibilities they have voluntarily assumed INTENSIVE FARMING. High prices for farm produce are unlikely to result in better, or more "intensive," farming, iii the judgment of Professor Benjamin H. Hibbard of . the University of Wisconsin, who dis cusses the outlook in a book published with the assistance of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. One of the chief factors in high prices bcing under-production, which in ttirn is due to scarcity of farm labor, it follows in the opinion of this expert. - that labor will be used us economically as possible. A man will drive more ' horses whenever possible. Much work will be left undone, such as hand ; weeding, or gathering scattered bits of hay and grain. The conclusion is one which matches with the eperience of most farmers, and the most thoughtful will view the situation with alarm. It is not in the interest of farming as a permanent industry that slipshod methods should be permitted for any great length of time. Weeds left on the land breed trouble later: neglected spraying means infooted orchards, not -- only on the neglected farm but on its neighbor: failure to repair buildings ond machinery promptly will result in expensive breakdowns. The greatest menace of all is temptation to over work the land with high-priced sta ples, which already is paying toll in the wheat-growing districts. Professor Hibbard says that "the "farmer who reads and hears thnt eighty acres well tilled is more prof- " itable than a quarter section not so well tilled is nearly always skeptical, nd goes ahead with the quarter see- to the prophetically inclined than did the Anti-Saloon league which was formed twenty-six years ago. In 1893 there were few, even among the ardent enemies of John Barleycorn, who be lieved that we would be a dry nation by 1919. The declaration of the same league- in 1918 at Columbus, O., for world-wide prohibition did not arouse much interest. The eighteenth amend ment had not made progress enough to discourage the wets when that plat form was promulgated. But now, sud denly, there has come a dry United States. With a substantially dry Canada at the north of us, there is small hope of importing. liquor on a large scale. Even Mexico Is exhibiting dry ten dencies. The death penalty has been ordered by military leaders In some regions for violation of the regulations. And, cheap as is life in Mexico, the death penalty has proved a restraining influence. With these facts in mind, the world will not belittle the World League Against Alcoholism, as it would have done a quarter of a century, or even a decade, ago. An officer of the league, estimates that it may take fifty years to win the battle in England, but that Scotland will be won sooner than that, perhaps within four or five- years. Perhaps it was with thi6 in mind that the league made Edinburgh the place of its next world convention in 1920. But it is not pausing in its work of organization. It has elected a leader in Switzerland, has arranged for co-operation with the already well organized drys in France, has named representative in Japan and has opened a Latin-American department. I The prediction is made that France will adopt prohibition sooner than England docs, that Japan will abolish i drink in advance of Europe, and that even Russia, now bolshevist, will re store the ban on vodka as soon as it returns to orderly government. The substantial hopes of the world- dry forces as to other parts of Europe are based upon economic grounds and mass psychology. Southern and cen tral Europe do not now seem favorable ground for the planting of prohibition propaganda, but if the results are as favorable as expected in the countries which do adopt it. there is hope that competitive conditions will force wide spread realization of its advantages. "A nation." said Mark Twain, in one of his cynical moods, "can be brought by force of circumstances to reconcile itself to any kind of government that can be devised, and later it will prefer it and fiercely fight for it." The "force of circumstances" in this instance will be the superior efficiency of the na tions which have taken the lead in the dry procession. It is easy to realize, I FREE TRADE IX GOLD. A highly effective measure to restore normal trade conditions is the estab lishment of free trade in gold, which has been ordered by the federal re serve board. This action has already caused considerable exports of gold bullion, which reduces rates of ex change and thus facilitates foreign commerce. It also stimulates gold production by permitting sales to jew-' elers, who pay a commodity price of about $25 an ounce as compared with a mint price of $20.67. The great gold reserve which the United States accumulated during the first two years of the war and was about one-third of the world's stock of the metal when this nation became a belligerent, has become an obstruc tion to our trade. When we declared war, an embargo on exports of gold was established and has contributed much to the excessive rates of ex change, but we hold a dispropor tionate share of the metal. At the same time cost of mining and milling has risen to a point where production has decreased, causing a check in new supply just when increase was most needed. The great issue of paper money with only slight backing of gold reserve has put Europe prac tically on a fiat money basis, and has contributed much to the high prices of commodities, which represent ac tually the low price of money. E'xport of gold to Europe will go far to correct this state of affairs. It will bring down rates of exchange, and thereby set commerce moving more freely. As Europe's gold supply increases its paper money will appre ciate and prices will tend downward. As industry revives and goods are ex ported, credits will be established in this country. But the machinery of commerce and finance .is so far out of joint that large loans must be made by America abroad and several years must elapse before a complete adjust ment is made. THK MAIN I'OINT OF DISAGREEMENT. Difference of opinion in the senate on the league of nations has centered principally on article 10. This article is of so great Importance and has been so misunderstood that it is quoted once more: Tha members of the league undertake to respect and preserve as against externa aggression the territorial integrity and ex isting political Independence of all mem bers of the league. In case of any such aggression or In case of any threat or dan ger of such aggression, the council shall ad upon the means uy which this obliga tion shall be fulfilled. Under article 10 the .league would defend any country whose territory or independence was attacked from with out. The purpose is evident from the circumstances under which the coven ant was drafted. It was to insure France and Belgium against another attack such as Germany made in 1914. It is to maintain tho settlement of frontiers and the integrity of all nations as established by the treaty with Germany and as to be established by treaties with the other central powers. It Is to insure that the revision of the map of the world now being made shall net be disturbed by war, though' changes may be made by arbitration or media tion under other articles of the cov enant. The primary purpose of the league being to prevent war, article 10 seems to be necessary, especially a? all the adjustments made by the peace treaties will unavoidably be compro mises with which none will be fully satisfied and which some will accept under compulsion only. It is a guar anty of immunity from war while the nations settle down to the new order of things and of security against at tack : by Germany or by any other nation which develops ambition for world power, either now or hereafter. the most determined opposition to this article is founded on the opinion that it would transfer the war-making power from congress to the council of the league, and would bind the United States to interfere in quarrels in re mote parts of the world in which we had no interest except one of senti ment. In reply, it is maintained that the agreement is like those of many former treaties by which the United States was bound to obligations which could only be performed by congress. The obligation of article 10 could only be invoked by unanimous vote of nine principal nations, of which the United States would be one, and there is no reasonable doubt that when our dele gate agreed with those of eight other other members of the league. Under that article the offending nation would be' boycotted and the United States would be "recommended" by the league to contribute "to the armed forces to be used to protect the covenants of the league." The United States would also join in the agreements to restrict arma ments, and in case of "any war or threat of war" to join in "any action that may be deemed wise and effectual to safeguard the peace of nations." It may call the league's attention to eny circumstance which threatens peace or good understanding. It agrees to sub mit disputes to arbitration or to in quiry by the council and not to resort to war till three months after the award, also to abrogate all treaties inconsistent with the covenant. It. ac cepts the system of mandatories for colonies and dependent nations. In case of any act of aggression by one nation upon another that was not covered by other articles than article 10, the United States would occupy much the same position as in 1914. It would permit the parties to assume that it would remain neutral and that it would not intervene until its own national 'interests were attacked. It would not recognize any duty to defend humanity against ruthless assault or to restrain and punish international crime. If the struggle should be pro longed and should reach the ferocity which the war reached in 1917, then the United States would step in and force a decision. That would be the positiod of this nation under the covenant with article 10 eliminated. Defenders of that article maintain that, in its own interest and that of humanity, the United States should prevent war or end it quickly by agree ing in advance to intervene at the outset. The explanation about the scuttled ships makes France responsible for the fact that there were any Germans on board and makes Britain respon sible for trusting the Germans too much. As the ships were a good asset, still owned by Germany and which might have been surrendered In part payment of reparation claims, the net result of the Scapa Flow affair will be that Germany will have to pay so much more cash, the estimate being $350,000,000. It is a stiff price to pay. Constantine, who used to be king around Greece, is broke and his brother-in-law Wllhelm, who kaisered in Germany a while ago, refuses to be touched any more. Con's spouse no doubt has the wad and, being German born, knows" how to keep it. The governor of Louisiana is op posed to the suffrage amendment. The reason is obvious, though not stated. It is bad enough, he thinks, to touch elbows with a lot of black men at the polls, not to mention the black sisters. What the Elks will do with the doughnuts, nobody knows; but if they make every man they meet buy one for a dollar and compel him to eat it on the spot, the hole in the affair will not have been made in vain. There may be anarchists who want to assassinate Alfonso, for the mind of the anarchist runs that way. Alf has not been doing anything to de serve such fate, however, but he scares easily. Referring to Senator Borah's threat to form a third party, where are the third parties of yesteryear, as the poets would say? Milk will keep on until it's a quart for a quarter if something does not happen. The worst of it is there is no substitute for milk. Three days to the big drouth count 'em, three but not so here, where drouth is part of the system. The allies can get the ex-crown prince when they want him even in Prussia. Burleson claims $17,000,000 profit in 1918. Other hold-ups have not re ported. ' Nobody knows until he has had enough whether 2.75 beer is intoxicat ing. . George Roder of Long Creek, Grant county, is dead. Mr. Roder was a pio neer in that section and several years ago was astonished to receive $100 a head for some longhorns which lie per mitted to run wild on the range. Think ing the cattle of little value. Mr. Roder never fed them hay and made them forage for themselves. When they were shipped to Portland the owner expected only a trifle, and the returns he received surprised him. "There will be about an 80 per cent crop In my section,." says J. N. Burgess of Umatilla county. "Save where the soil is thin, the situation looks very favorable and conditions are bette than a year ago." Speaking of wool, Mr. Burgess predicts that the price, now ranging from 45 to 55. cents, will go even higher owing to a wool short age. Mr. Burgess leaves today for Salem to attend a meeting of the state livestock sanitary board, of which he is a member. Although no better water can be found anywhere than that which conies out of the pipes in Portland, Mrs. H. M. Phillips of Boston, Mass., who Is at the Benson, insists on having served a bottled water. The particular bottled water is just plain water at that, not even charged to make it bubble. Mrs. Phillips, who is a globe trotter, and is accompanied by her son, who is an architect. Bays that no matter whene she travels, in America or Europe, she calls for her pet bottled water. Judd S. Fish, manager of The Dalles hotel, is registened at the Perkins. The people at The Dalles are expecting to see the last link of the Columbia hiarh way, between Mosier and The Dalles, completed during the coming winter. The town itself has been doing a large amount of paving and the sand storms which used to blow the dust from the streets will soon be harmless, for the wind cannot pick up hardsurface. Florence, the rhododendron city on Siuslaw bay, in Lane county, wants good road connection to Eugene. At present the road out of Florence is far from satisfactory. D. M. Kyle, wife and son, and Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Berg man of Florence managed to motor to the Hotel' Oregon from the seaport of Lane county. C. M. Keep, who was held up in his bank at Washougal a few weeks ago, after which the robbers killed the chief of polioe at The Dalles, is at the Hotel Oregon on business. At. the time the hold-up occurred Mr. Keep was read ing an advertisement on bank hold ups which advocated certain safe guards. At the Official banquet of Greeters Thursday night at the Multnomah a New York delegate said he could understand why Oregon was one of the first states to vote for prohibition. 'With water as good as your Bull Run product, even little old New York could tolerate the thought of July 1, he as serted. BETTER LOOK AT "VOIR. OWN STOCK. (Copright. 1919. by Bell Syndicate. Inc.) When the janitor says in a casual way That he's just been elected queen of the May, And asks if you know of a blacksmith down town Who can make him a handsome and durable crown When the plumber's apprentice appears in the hall. Arranges his pipe tongs In rows by the wall And stands at attention and gives you three cheers. Then suddenly bursts into piteous tears When the coal man Invites you to run him a race. Andt when you refuse, says he'll bust in your face, And, sizing you up with a countenance grim. Remarks that you look like a lizard to him When the grocer's boy curls on the - stairs in a heap And spends all the morning in innocent sleep, And, when you awake htm, announces that he Would give up his life for the flag of the free You will find, if you look, that the nice little hoard Of bottles and cases and kegs you had stored In a secret compartment down under the floor For emergency use isn't there any more. In Other Days. Twentf-flve Years A so. From The Morning Oregonian. June iS. 1!. Chicago. Eleven railroads are now tied up by the American Railway union strike and boycott on handling Pullman cars. General strikes have been de clared on several roads because men have been discharged. Versailles, France. M. Caaimer-Pc-rier has been elected president of the French republic, for the full term of seven years, by the national congress. The run of blue-back salmon In the Columbia this season is almost unprece dented. The Chinook run is only fair. Grants Pass has cut its saloon censes from $S0O to $400. II- A Supreme Teat. Why not admit Ireland into the league of nations, and then if it stands it can endure anything. Unprecedented Demand. The crowds of men you see in hard ware stores nowadays are buying locks for their cellar closets. Cowards Have IVo I.uck. The New York Evening Telegram. Yet all the Hohenzollern boys are still alive, aren't they? The Wonderland. By Grace E. Hall. "I've attended conventions of various kinds in all parts of the country, but the reception accorded the Greeters In Portland was by far the most hospitable I have ever known." was the parting observation of President-elect Leonard Hicks-at the Multnomah.. Mr. Hicks left last night for Chicago. Ho looks big enough to pick Up steer and toss it over his shoulder, does C. M. McAllister, a cattleman of Coeur d'Alene, Idaho,-who has been in town on business and registered at the Hotel Portland. He will leave for home to day. IT. D. Fletcher of McMinnville, whose specialty is breeding Ohio improved Chester pigs, brought checks amount ing to 1350 to town for the purchase of stock in the Pacific international livestock exposition. The checks were from Yamhill ranchers. Mrs. Thomas Bilyeu of Astoria Is at the Hotel Portland. Mrs. Bilyeu's hus band Is at the head of the committee which is planning the erection or As toria's first apartment house, which is to be a community enterprise. George A. Gue of Yakima, Wash., livestock auctioneer. Is at the Imperial. His father was an elder and rode the circuit years ago and as a member of the board of directors of tne w niam ette university 13 well remembered by old students. Curtis Jackson, one of the 100 resi dents of Hamilton, Grant county, is at the Imperial. Hamilton is located on ndian creek and the nearest railroad point is Prairie City, about 50 miles awav. Wheat and livestock are the specialties of that region. Mr. Pancake of Prineville. W. G. Pancake, to be exact, arrived at the Perkins yesterday on one of his occa- ional visits to Portland. After a transcontinental trip from Cincinnati. O., Mr. and Mrs. E. V. Wll- bern arrived in their auto at the Mult nomah yesterday.. Oil, there is a highway that comes to nn end Where the blossoms of happiness grow. Where aromas like incense forever as cend. And the raintow of hope is a-glow; Oh, broad is the trail and the light is not dim. But of bypaths ten thousand allure. But by those unafraid the ascent has been made. And the summit reached safe and se cure. Oh, wondrous the highway that leads to our goal. Where fulfillment awaits ou desire: Where we feel tho kesn rapture that burns in the soul Of the one who shall truly aspire! 'Tis a wonderful land that awaits those who strive. Its boundaries none over-guess. And the man who goes straight, though his start may be late, Shall reach It this land of Success! Fifty Years Ago, From the Morning Oregonian. June 2S, llfl. Hartford, Conn. Vice-President Col fax was cordially welcomed by both houses of the legislature here today. M. Robertson of New Jersey was sworn in today as secretary of the navy. Washington Lodge. No 46. Ancient Free & Accepted Masons was duly or ganized and dedicated on the evening of June 24. by Past Grand Master A. A. Smith. The dav fixed to commence work on the east side railroad is July 1. By that time the company, will have sufficient railroad iron in Portland or on the way to complete 20 miles of road. . LIGGETT'S NAME IS PCT OX LIST LET MILITARY DOSES BE SMALL So Small Tliey Will Not Harm Canst of Pence, Is Physician's Suggestion. ARLINGTON, Or., June 26. (To the Editor.) Allow me to thank you most sincerely for your cogent editorial un der the title "Allopathic Government," replying to carping criticism in guise of questions, which simply revealed wunt of faith in the league of nations as a practicable measure for the pres ervation of peace. Your exposure of the fallacy that preparedness for war can really pre- rcrve peace by the analogy of the the ory of "like cured by like" is very apt. Christians will recognise in it another version of the truth that evil can'only be overcome with good, hate with love, I sin with righteousness. On the other hand, our views or statements of truth always lead to apparent paradox some where, so we may let the fancy of the theorizers indulge in anything harm less on the other side if they will be content, as the original homeopaths were, with Infinitesimal doses! Disarmament must no doubt be com pleted gradually, though we all hope t is being seriously begun suddenly: so, let those who believe the race can rot live without militarism only give us doses that, if they can do no good, will at least be too small to do much harm nor let them etand in the way of all genuine peacemakers. whose work, so necessary in the world today, is backed by facts, not mere theories. DR. J. WEGELLES FOX. Col. Bowen Suggests Lleutenant-Gea-eral la Kit for President. EUGENE, Or.. Jijne 26. (To the Edi tor) Much has been written of the presidential possibilities for 1920, and the list Is most interesting, but let me add to . this list the -name of 'Hunter Liggett, now lieutenant-general, U. S. A,, in command of the American piti't of the army of occupation on the Rhine. General Liggett is a man who does things, but never advertises the fact. If General . Pershing wants a thing thoroughly done, he leaves it to Lig gett, -who was in command at the front during the whole advance through the Argonne. When. the "armies" were formed in the American forces early in 1918. Lln gett was placed in command or tho first army and remained until the cinl, but few outside the army knew who the man was who continually pushed forward, never turning back. Jt was the eame way in Washington a lew years ago when the best man in the army was wanted to be placed at the herd of the war college that man was Colonel Liggett; and as a reward for work well done, he was promoted brigadier-general. In due course becoming major-general, and when congrese ati thorized the appointment of two lieutenant-generals, he was the first one chosen. Ask returning soldiers, officers) and men, "Who waa the life of the frort line of the American army in France?" and the answer will be "Liggett." Liggett never advertises he has no press bureau with him. but he does things and doea them well. He Is mod est, unassuming, never rattled, always calm, with his head on his shoulders), but never swelled. He is an ideal man for the place; calm and forceful, with plenty of abil ity and tact, but no politician. If elected, he would be president of the United States, not president of a party or a faction. Have your best man hunt up his reoord; see him, know him. then report. I have known him for 40 years. We were lieutenants together in Miles' old 'Fighting Fifth." known to the army in the- late. 70s. and early 80s, of . the last century, as the. Eleventh cavalry, because ' the' regiment was mounted on ponies captured from the Indians, and the regular cavalry regi ments numbered only 10. We cam paigned together on the Yellowstone and on the upper Missouri. Later we served together in the Philippines", and still later were on an examining board .for promotion of infantry officers at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. I never remember that he ever lost his temper, so that any one knew of it. He was always calm and collected, studying or reading or hunting, while others were playing cards or drinking. When any particular, work was to be performed, Liggett ws.s the man called upon to do it. His name should have, been George, for it was always "leave it to Liggett." COL. W. K. C. BOWEN, U. S. A. Chicago News. 'The fellow In that automobile ac cident was full of grit." I should Imagine so from the amount Cement Foundation fnP U. S. S. Oregon. PORTLAND, June 27. (To the Edi tor.) While reading The Oregonian this morning I saw a communication about th'e U. S. S. Oregon. I suggest that the state place the ship on a concreta foundation. The foundation could be prepared during low water and the ship floated over it during a freshet. The foundation could then be mode higher if thought best, after the water had gone down. This would preserve the ship as a relio and museum for many years. Placing it as high up the Willamette of It that was picked out from his as possible would probably be tho teeth." proper piece. H. CULPAN. To Make Them Real Americans The dragon that America turns now to slay, with militarism prone and gasping its last, is that of illiteracy at home. Such is the sum marized purpose of Secretary of the Interior Lane's recent American ization bill, which would kindle the torch of nation-wide education until no nook or corner remains in darkness. Were you aware "that the number of. illiterates in the United States is computed at 8,000,000, and that a large percentage of the foreign-born industrial workers cannot read or write- the English language? A timely article in The Sunday Oregonian outlines the purpose of the Americanization meas ure and the prodigious task that is before it. This is one of a series of such articles. How to Make the Doughnut That Kings and Doughboys Craved Ask any overseas trooper to enumerate the pleasant memories he has of France selected from the welter of recollections by no means so pleasing and it is a safe wager that he will include the Salvation Army doughnut. It was that culinary 6ymbol of good-cheer that lightened many a dreary wait in the tenseness of the trenches, and that put rythm into his stride on the long march. In the Sunday issue, with illustrations, there is a story about the famous Salvation Army doughnut, with the official recipe accompanying. Undersea From England to France Dream of engineers for decades, plans for the tunnel beneath the English channel have been completed and seem near to realization. It was the war that sped them, that oveTcame conservatism, but it is peace that Bhall profit. In tomorrow's .issue, in the magazine section, will be found a graphic drawing of the proposed tunnel, with data relative to the sea-bed and the over-and-underlying stratas, where the giant tube will be driven. The History of Alcohol A second installment of the chronological history of alcohol timely for the hear approach of aridity in the bars and cafes of America appears in tomorrow's big Sunday issue. Away back in the dawn of history, when Greece and Troy were at their zeniths, the pleasing juice of the grape figured largely in the national life, as the annals and traditions of those distant days abundantly testify. Bacchus, whom the vulgar of later days termed John Barley corn, owned a shrine which drew many celebrants. The Modern Newspaper In the fullest sense of the term, The Sun day Oregonian is the last word in reliable, readable, up-to-the-moment news service. The gossip of the world is on its pages, fresh from cable and telegraph. The nation, state and city are "covered" with a completeness that assures the patron of all the news. And its many features, which are of standard magazine quality, commend it for the quiet hour. All the News of All the World THE SUNDAY OREGONIAN