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THE MORXIXG OREGOXIAX, MONDAY, JULY 7, 1919. lDl.-.d br Tha Oranlaa PuS'lsting- Co.. sth Street, i'uruaxii. urti-ju. C. A. J10HlKN. i B. hrvP, aUasgar. tJi:r. Toe Orfiaun ts a mmtwr of the Asso rt. - ,,1 Pr. u Tha A.:.!.! rresa rluily nttt)el to f ue for puOIKa tioej of at tews dlspattasa cr4itr4 to It r not uth:-wl credited in tna paper, aad aiao t.-) K4 nN pub.l.he.1 h.r-ln. r:g"i( of rp (bll'-otion u( special UUtchtJ hsreia are . r-sec.ed. i. u rl w ion rate lavartll- tn advaoca: Br M.il ) Itl y, un-?j In. I i.l- I. on- -er l"a.i. SunlJ In luilri. st months. . . lw . s-jn.t.y iff iudl. three montfis. le't. Sun'l. In'-tal-d. one 3imtll.... J.,,:.. without Suil-1.. urr J-r I 'oil. it r. ul Sin.tAy. stv m - - laiiv. without Suauaj. oftl ni.,at.i. ... Wee;r. on y r ...... Sur 'i jt . one jesr . buna ana eieealy - By i.'arrter. tarv. Jiuffloy Included, one ear. " lai y. un-lv tntiuwi n 'its.. - I-aiiy. 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There Is no court, no law. no method of procedure, by which such. a trial can be roverned. The treaty establishes the court and defines tha offense as a "supreme offense airalnst International morality and the sanctity of treaties. of the shipping; laws in order to relieve owners of the excessive charges Im posed by rules as to measurement, manning- and inspection which profit nobody. Marine insurance should be In American bands as a matter of public policy, but whether It should be in the hands of the government is another question. If the laws are changed as described, there will be no scarcity of men ready to enpnpe In the shipping business. The shipping board should then be able to sWl Its vessels readily at fair prices. It should be re.jutred to do so as quickly as possible, and to confine Its activities to supervision and resulutlon. Gov ernment ownership of ships was only undertaken for the war, and the ex perience we have had Is enough. The water power and mineral land leasinc; bills wrVe defeated only by a filtbu.ster after they had been adopted n conference at the fair end of the last session, so there is no danger that the obstructionists fan prevent their early pasace at this session. They should start operation on a number of enterprises in the west and south which have lain dormant for ten years or more, and should lift the dead hand of Pinchotism from the immense power and mineral resources of Oregon. Before the summer . ends the land reclamation bill should become law and. with all due allowance for pre liminaries, active operation should beeln in the spring of 1920. These are the main fields of action in which contrress has long lagged behind tho needs of the country. If this congress at its first session should bring the laws abreast of the times, It will earn the title "The congress of action." (KIBBLING. It may be properly suggested to the Corvallis Gazette-Titnes that an Im portant issue Is never settled by quibbling. Here we find our neighbor up the valley separating paragraphs from the context of articles that have but in effect it i appeared In The Oregonian in order leaves the court to define the law for to gratify a yearning for deadly violation of which William is to be j parallels. These two quotations from tried, for It reads: tn ItJ alioo the tribunal will b uldd T tha hlshaat motlv of International poller. lth a viw to vindicating- tho aol rina obliaKn of Intrrnatlonal undertak ing"" and tha al!dttv of International mor a l:r. I " n duty to fl the pun- tanment which It conaldeia ahould be Ira- pooed. No court ever exercised such power. Its sole guide Is "the htshest motives of international morality" with a view to vindicating certain moral principles. The ten commandments are more definite, but they have been supple mented by several million law books. A British and a French king have been tried and executed, but by their own subjects for offenses against the constitutions of their country un writetn constitutions but well estab lished by a line of precedents. Those kin J A too. were tried by revolutionary governments, which alwas waive many formalities and improvise law to suit a particular case. William is to be tried by wcll-establihed governments of tho countries against which he fought, for violation of principles by which he and they alike were bound, but no law exists for their enforce ment, except the law of the strongest If the nation which up!i-!d tho?e prin ciples proved successful in war. they w pre true: if not. they were false. That Is the old theory, which Is now definitely rejected by all the twenty two allied and associated nations which sign !he treaty and is renounced by Germany at their command. Th.it fact bring out It.e full, tre mendous significance of William's in dictment by the treaty and of his proposed trial. For the first time the head of a state Is declared responsible for M arts not onl to his own people but to the public law of all mankind. I A klnr or president or minl.-tcr who leads hlsro-intrv Into unlawful courws Is liable not only to deposition or de feat for re-election as penalttrs Im posed by his own proplo: he Is per sonalty respon.Hil.lo tn all nations fnr lils action toward other nations. His own nation nmt pay the penalty of having been mile l. for Germany pays It. not onlv In los of territory but in AS OIL BOOM IX ENGLAND. News that oil has licfn struck IVrhyshlre will come like a ray bolnc held unworthy of trust through I light through a dark cloud to The Oregonian are held to be wholly Incompatible: Tha vote of the American delegate to the league council could veto a declaration of war. fnr the council's decisions must be unanimous, and this country would always t represented. To bo effective, the decision (in major controversies must be concurred In by all the members of the council . . . exclu sive of tha representatives of tha parties In dispute. Yet the paragraphs are compatible and literally true. The first para graph Itself reveals that It concerns declarations of war. The second para graph, as the matter that preceded it disclosed, referred to reports by the league council when the council was sitting as a board of arbitration. Tho United States will be repre sented on the council. If, for illustra tion, a dispute between Japan and China should bo submitted to the council only the unanimous vote of the council, exclusive of the represen tatives of China and Japan, would make the award binding. Thereafter if either China or Japan refused to abide by the award, the council would determine what steps should be taken. A decision to make war against the recalcitrant would re quire a unanimous vote of tho council. Of course. If the Corvallis paper Intends to imply that the I'nited States as a signatory of the covenant mi-lit sometime violate its most solemn obli gation to suhinit a grave International dispute to arbitration, or having gone to arbitration would faithlessly refuse to abide by the award, then it has scored a point such as it is. The L'nited States would thereupon be surtject to expulsion from the league and doubtless would be expelled. thereby leng its vote on the council. Or.'y In that case would it not "always be rcprcscnicd." If that Is the point entendod then it Is tho most shamclcsii one against the coveaar.t that has yet been born of prejudice or ignorance. support has been given, and that has not been constant. The policy announced last August was the first step backward from standing by Russia and, as it has de veloped, it has borne closer resem blance to the policy pursued in Mexico. In January Mr. Wilson proposed the Prinkipo conference of all Russian parties. Inviting the real defenders of Russia to meet in courteous discussion tha red-handed murderers of their own families, the men who had brought their country to ruin. That plan was rejected by all Russians who could distinguish between right and wrong. There followed Inquiries into bolshevist rule by American agents whose radical opinions Inclined them to be blind to the bad and to magnify any god they could find. Calls for help from the real democrats of Russia were met with the stern decree that no American troops should be sent to eastern or southeastern Europe. Then came a flat proposal from Mr. Wilson to recognize the bolshevist govern ment, which was voted down by Britain and France. Agreement with the allies to recognize and help the Kolchak government on condition that It gave pledges to establish democratic government In the full sense was reached next day. Kolchak has given those pledges, they have been accepted nnd munitions are being sent h the allies, food by tho United States. The British government has sent $100, 000,000 worth of munitions out of the vast surplus remaining from the war. That summary of the variations of administration policy explains the note of disgust to be found in the story of every American soldier re turning: from Archangel and Siberia. It is the story of small forces of Amer ican soldiers sent to distant, desolate. inhospitable lands and called upon to fight for an ill-defined, purpose against great numerical odds. Though the instinct of the American soldier is to attack and advance, they were ordered to stand, still or retreat in northern Russia, to drive off the bands which attacked the Siberian railroad, but not to pursue and hunt down. Small wonder that some of the Archangel force growled. When this growling, hich is every American's right, though he- be a soldier, was exagger ated into mutiny, the growlers cleared their honor by going out and giving thereds a good beating. But to what end was this fighting, when it got thom nowhere, when they were not backed by reinforcements which could get them somewhere? Hence the pro tests which stired senators to demand withdrawal of the expeditions. The affair too closely resembled the Vera Cruz and Pershing expeditions to arouse a spark of enthusiasm in sol dier or statesman. Of what use to continue it when it was not to be per mitted to accomplish anything? The president had ample informa tion to justify recommendation to congress of a vigorous policy. Through Creels' agents he had learned that Bolshevism was an integral part of the German machine. Ambassador Fran cis gave the same information. Ex pressions of hostility by I.enlne and declarations of his purpose to start a world-wide revolution were tantamount to a declaration of war. If one-tenth of the -men sent to France had been sent to Archangel and Siberia, they might have snuffed out bolshevism before the year ended. The president is coming home to tell the people about the league of nations and the peace treaty. He will also be expected to tell about his so-called Russian polfcv. lovers to be the most important of them ail. It would have been futile only a few years ago to have, set up an America!! conservatory, for patrons of opera would have insisted that unless the performer had been trained abroad he (or she) could not possibly be worth going to hear. Super-stars who, as Campanini says, sing in Paris for (200 a night and demand $3000 in America, have long traded on this species of artistic snobbery. It is idle to suppose that the graduate of an American conservatory would have been able to confpete with them in the home field, since merit was not the primary consideration with those who made music possible. Yet if the whole body of the American people were to be admitted to the musical circle, it is quite probable that it would be different. If the Juillard trustees suc ceed In educating the public taste by making good music accessible to the masses of the people, the matter of the American conservatory and of suitable assistance for worthy students can be trusted to take care of itself. Suggestion that a new-musical spirit be built around our "singing army" is not altogether fantastic. Probably Mr. Juillard did not have in mind the wholesale subsidizing of composers of "Tipperary" and "Over There," and their like, but the fact that our army sang and listened to music of every kind whenever it had the chance fur nished a kind of rallying point for musical culture. We are revealed to ourselves as more musical than we thought we were. It is to be hoped that the Juillard foundation will not attempt to do too many things. By the terms of the gift it is, fortunately, possible for wide latitude to be exer cised. It will be a fortunate outcome if the trustees shall conclude to begin with the music-consuming public, and trust to future developments for the rest. Those Who Come and Go. The pioneers, loving Its cheerful face, brought thetachelor s button to Oregon from the old-fashioned gardens ot ine east. It took to the soil and clime likefcoming from an unknown quarter. She a native, , and raised its tufted neaa with such persistency that it not only substantiated its rating as "a hardy annual," but entered vegetable patch and wheat-field. In brief, it became a pest- Near McMinnville there is a giri, who sDends the scholastic seasons in one of Portland's high schools, whose vacation fancy is the rearing of quaint flowers on her. father's ranch. She answered an advertisement, setting forth the beauty of "French pinks. and opened" the seed packet with de lisrhted anticipation. "Come nere, aan, said the daughter, the trace of a frown between her eyes. "Have you ever seen speris like these?" The grizzled old looked. Ha sifted the seeds critically. "These here," quoth he, "are what I've been a-fighting for 20 years past. Nothing more nor less than those blasted bachelor's buttons! The stove's the place for "em." j Gleanings From the Press. Wet Goods Launch Carries "Wireless. Crescent City (Cal.) Courier. A gasoline launch was here Sunday, in of the being- placed under watch and excluded from the league. firttain claims to be the proper scene f)f William's trial, as the country which arraufned him for violating the Bel gian treaty and for many crimes at - sea. It srt ks fhe gratification of hold ing him prisoner In the storied Tower of I-on.ion and of trying him in the great Westminster hall. It may honor the few survivors of its "contemptible - little army" by appointing some of - them to guard the man who maligned them. The spertaclo of their deadliest - enemy a pru-onrr In their hands may " nlve the wounds which the British ' euffered in the air raids. But will Holland give htm up? Con sideration of what may be done to Holland If It refuses should remove all doubt. That country would be in the position of protecting a man who has been branded as a criminal by three-fourths of the world. Sympathy with him is confined to the court, the nobility and the men who are closely associated In business with Germans: the msss of the people detest him and are pro-ally. If the Dutch govern ment should refuse to hand him over, the allies could cut off all communica tion and trade with Holland. The country cannot live for a month with out Imrorts. Under such circumstances a government which inflicted suffer ing on the rcople In order to shield a man whom a majority of them regard as a monster ot lm-iuity would not la.t long. These are not good days for kings and queens to anger their people. So miny are out of their Jobs that it Is unlikely that Wilhelmlna will risk being compelled to join them, even to please her (ierman husband. THBI E BKi THIX.S TO DO. So-called, reconstruction legislation. tn which congress will enter in earnest this week, comes under three main heads railroads, ships and land. The most urgent of these subjects Is rail roads, for the transportation system la Dhvsicallv and financially cramped for lack Of capital, by the temporary WATOIFVL WAITING IX BI SIA. character of government control and I Pride in national service to democ by lack of authority to do certain j racy and humanity cannot extend to things which are now conceded to be! what the government has permitted benartnnl to ti.e public as well as the the American forces In S.bcria to do. railroads The productive capacity of j as described by I.leute.-.ant Cushing. the country is limited to the carrying According to Mm. "the Americans capacity of the roads, ami is like a have practiced watchful waiting, as boy who has outgrown his clothe. was the case in Mexico, and are doing Congress must begin by giving it room ' nothing." b-.it "the Japs ate getting to stretch and grow. It can provide busy and have sent nearly ten times Kncllsh people. Coal production has fallen to a point little in excess of home requirements, even under the rationing system adopted during the war. and the price was lately raised more tlinn a dollar a ton. This is the consequence of raising the miners' wages and reducing their hours of work In order to prevent a strike. The government is now inquiring Into their plan for nationalizing the mines. If that should be adopted, further con fusion and probably further reduction of output and further advance of cost would probably ensue. Reduced coal production has had a serious effect on foreign trade. A large proportion of British export has been coal, and it helped to balance foreign trade. These exports have fallen short when the balance is heavily against Britain, and they injuriously affect exchange. France and Italy depend mainly on Britain for coal and may be seriously embarrassed In running rail roads and factories. The British also express alarm at the invasion of the latter markets by American coal com panies, which underbid them In spite of the long voyage. Discovery of oil in quantity would put a new face on the entire situation. Oil would be used as fuel In many- factories and on board ship, and would be used to make gas, as in this country'- The coal miners, seeing their occupation in danger, might be less obdurate and work more constantly. Increased production and decreased domestic consumption would increase the surplus for export. John Bull has turned his hopes to oil as the way out of his most rressing troubles. An oil excitement must stir up people around the old town of Ches terfield, but It can be but a tame affair compared with those of this country. Lord Cowdray. who has sunk the first wells, spent more than a year and a lar;e sum of money in securing his first lease. At that pace it will be a very slow oil boom. srnsimziNG Mrsic. The will of Augustus D. Juillard, wealthy Xcw York banket-, who died last April, makes a noble bequest to the art of music one that by Its very magnificence, indeed, becomes the most important musical event of recent times in America. Mr. Juillard was in his lifetime a financier and a man of large practical affairs. Like many men possessing much money, he had certain outside activities. These in his case include trusteeship of a fine arts rocicty nnd of a famous museum of natural history, a governorship of a large hospit;rf and membership In sev eral geographical and other societies. Castillfl alinilt tho fioM a u u r,i -, .- I pose ntm to have done, he was im'!"""' , " pressed with the need of music, above A DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC YVOKKS One of the reconstruction bills in troduced in congress is the work of Senator Jones and Representative Reavis, and would change the interior department into a department of public works. It would sort out from other departments all 'bureaus which deal with public land and construction and would transfer them to the public works department. Such are public buildings, rivers and harbors, coast and geodetic survey, the bureau of standards, public works and forests. It would transfer the patent office to the department of commerce, pen sions to the treasury department, edu cation and Indian affairs to the de partment of labor and several institu tions at Washington on the same principle. After the present secre tary of the interior's term has expired, all successors would be required "by training and experience to be qualified to administer the affairs of the de partment" and the secretary would have four permanent assistant secre taries specially qualified to administer the several divisions. That arrangement would be an ad vance in reorganizing the government according to a plan. There has been no plan hitherto. Xew bureaus have been established and assigned to de partments according to the whim of coiiferess at the time. Hence the same cabinet officer has supervision over several subjects having little or no rel&tion to each other. The Interior department formerly was occupied chiefly with territories, Indians and public land. He now has few terri tories, few Indians give him trouble and they arc fast becoming citizens. Sale of the public domain will soon be completed, except that which the government .reclaims. Patents, pen sions and education have little or no connection with these subjects. - On an automobile swing around the circle, Ben J. Hill, of Walla Walla, ar rived in Portland yesterday, and will visit with relatives in Salem before re turning home. Mr. Hill is accompanied by his two daughters. From Walla Walla they traveled the Snoqualmie pass route to the sound, then came down the coast. "Roads for the most part, are in good condition," said Mr. Hill, who until recently was president of the Evergreen Highway association. He is one of the Washington directors of the Northwest Tourists' association, and an enthusiastic worker for better hltrhwavs throughout the west. Crop conditions, both fruit and wheat, are ex cellent, though the wheat in some sec tions has been spotted by the not, ary weather of the past 10 days. Walla Walla is on the verge of harvest activi ties, mercred with which is a building campaign that will bring more big busi ness blocks than have Deen ereciea in any one year in the history of the city. left that day for the same port after taking on a cargo of wet goods from some of our local merchants. The lit tle boat was equipped with wireless, undoubtedly for the purpose of assist ing her to make a landing at some con venient place along the coast when the right opportunity presented itself. All of which assures us that there are still some daring people left in this world who will take all kinds of chances to make what is termed easy money. Nationalisation of Farms. Harney County Tribune. Farmers would not be so enthusiastic in their advocacy of government owner ship if it were applied to themselves, but that may be' expected if their pro gramme as to other Industries be car ried out to its ultimate conclusion. And this is just what the farmers' non partisan league, in its class legislation crusade, will lead the farmers into. The farmers are playing with fire of the Russian anarchy variety and the sooner they smell the smoke, the safer will our nation be. And Just aa Nation Went 13 rv. Roseburg Review. Two large rattlesnakes were found in the field surrounding the B. L. Parrott residence. One of the pair was killed, and was found to be two and one- half feet long and to have ten rat tles and one button. The other snake escaped. This is a very unusual circumstance, as rattlesnakes are sup posed not to inhabit this part of the country. In Other Days. Twenty-five 1 ears Ago. From The Oregonian, July 7, ISO. Chice.go Six dead and a number In jured Is the record of yesterday In the American Railway union strike hee. The new White Temple of the First Baptist church will be dedicated to morrow. The steamer T. J. Potter starts today on the initial trip of the service to sea side beaches for the season. The Drain Normal is to save 20 per cent of its teachers' salaries by reductions. There never were so many strikes or so many conciliation and arbi tration boards as at present. The strike organizers seem to work faster than the conciliators and to have long start. Why not get ahead of them by removing the conditions which contribute to their success? After all the protestations that the allies' terms could not be satisfied and after the threats of bolshevism First the famous highway of the Co lumbia, then the snow-clad beauty of Mount Hood. Such is the Portland programme of a tourist party from Eastern, Pa., who leave tomorrow for Seattle and the remainder of their northwestern jaunt. Members of the party are Mr. and Mrs. Evan Dalrymple, and Mr. and Mrs S. Taylor-Wilson, now at the Hotel Benson. Mr. Taylor-Wil son is a manufacturer, while Mr. Dal rvniDle owns to fellowship in the fourth estate, as secretary and treasurer of the Free-Press, Eastern's daily newspaper. Both are enthusiastic members of the Rotary club, and attended the recent convention at Salt Lake City. "Our first visit to a wonderful country, said Mr. Dalrymple, "delight after delight, with the scenic climax of the Columbia nign wav. We are going to visit Moun Hood, and then hasten on, though even the stranger feels at home in Portland and dislikes to leave. Walla Walla's bank vaults will begin to bulge in the next week or 10 days, when the 1919 wheat harvest gets unde wav. according to Frank G. Mitchell Jr. advertising manager of the Walla Walla Bulletin, who is at the Imperial aunng a -visit ttf several days in Portland, Farmers now are employing men for their crews, and there seems to be no shortage of help. Weather conditions have been favorable to ripening grain, the absence of hot winds during the latter part of June especially . having been considered a relief. Wheat yields generally are expected to give the In land Empire a new figure in its aver age column this year, Mr. Mitchell says. Ever and anoa on the register of the Seward, there appear cryptic initials by way of registration. Just two letters and any old town. They stand as proof that the landlord Is an Ingenious gen tleman. A certain wealthy banker of a Willamette valley hamlet owns a num ber of business and residence properties in Portland. The initials may or may not be his but it is h'e who pays for the room assigned to the cryptic regis tration. "He says," explained the clerk. that if folks knew he was in town he'd get a dozen requests for repairs, front norches. new paint, window shades, and thel Ike. So he comes incog,' and pairs off the alphabet for his signature. Lawyers Sharing Prosperity, Salem Capital-Journal. The lawyers always manage to get what is coming to them. For instance, now that the fruit industry has become a very valuable asset to the state, we find the court docket is crowded wltn Fifty Years Ago. From The Oreeronian, July 7, 1S69. Kansas City The first railroad bridge across the -Missouri river was opened for traffic here today. Chicago Senator Roscoe Conkling today returned from a trip over the Pacific railroad, and wired the secre tary of the interior that in his opinion the work and equipment is up to rea sonable requirements and expectations. Washington The government has is sued its last bonds to the Union and Central Pacific railroad companies, making a grand total of over $60,000,. 000. t The ceremony of laying the corner stone of the Odd Fellows' temple took place at 4 o'clock Monday afternoon, July 5. More Truth Than Poetry. By James J. Montague. O.V BARKEErEKS. A learned college professor says that when the country goes dry we should take the barkeepers to our homes that they may improve our minds with their philosophy and joyousness. News Item. How pleasant, in the days gone by. suits to enforce or annul contracts oll"'"Ja sale. The lawyer is enjoying the pros- T H f? Switi fi "" P'y perity of the fruit-grower and gener- i How jocund he jest the while OUSiy Sharing It With him. YOUr order he nn.lelnnten TTr.,w D-on,!., n-.ll .1.. The Worm That Won't Turn. Tha1 k.Jh .. Corvallis Gazette-Times. While the National Education asso- Tet were on(,.s famIy gatherlne round ciation is in session this summer we want to call the attention of the Mixed Metanhor committee to this recent flight of a Tennessee congressman who claims "Party loyalty is the canker worm that stops the wheels of citizen ship.1 I fear those jests would lose their savor. For in them often can be found A somewhat alcoholic flavor. And that our aproned friend, although His repartee is swift and able. Perhaps would seein a thought de trop Beside one's hearth or dinner table. rapid expansion of the transportation system by creating proper relations between railroads and Inland water lines, which will encourage Investment in modern craft and river rort facili ties by giving security against destruc tive competition. Continuance of shipbuilding by the government until work can begin on private contract Is now assured, and Interest now centers on operation. The f:rt thing needed is wliuicialv rv isiu.. Ululated there. Oth.r as many troops as they agreed. This Is th net result, from a mili tary standpoint, of President Wilson's pl.-Jpe to -stand by Russia." It follows almost a year of changing front. The first light was shed on his meaning in August. 131S. when he agreed to send small forces to Siberia as a guard to the railroad and to enable the Czechs to get to Vladivostok alive, and to Archangel to guard the supplies, accu- i iii-rai those other Interests, for fostering care, fcducation In other forms has been liberally subsidized in America; other arts are not without their finan cial supporters; scientific research is constantly receiving fresh endowments. But music has been left to struggle on alone. The Juillard musical foundation Is to receive the residue of an estate the entire valuesjf which Is as yet undeter mined, but the endowment has a mini mum value of $5,000,000 and it may reach $20,000,000. It is not given, as has been reported, to establish an "American conservatory of music.' but as to details has been left somewhat vague. Worthy students are to be helped, without, apparently, any limi tations as to place of study, here or abroad. Tho Metropolitan Opera com pany, which was one of Mr. Juillard's especial hobbies, is to bo helped to such an extent as may be deemed nec essary in the high interests of good opera. There is provision for concerts and recitals "appropriate for the edu cation of the general public." The bare income from such a sum as will be available will accomplish much if it is wisely expended. Cleofonte Campanini, who though he directs opera in Chicago and not New York is nevertheless a musical leader In America, told Sterling Heilig in Paris the other day that the great artisticaneed of this country is a con servatory of music in which the wealth of talent which the country now pos sesses can be trained without the expensive necessity of going abroad. Campanini did not have the Juillard bequest !n mind: indeed, he expressly said that "when we come to a con servatory of music it must not be in the control of Individuals, even If they are broad-minded millionaires." It is the Campanini idea that the govern ment should have charge. But the thought Is suggested that the eleva tion of music in this country is, after all, something more than establish ment of a conservatory, government- conducted or otherwise, and that be fore a national musical- spirit is created It will be necessary so to educate the popular taste that it will accept musical performers on their merits, regardless of other considera tions. It is no secret, for illustration, that the public is too often influenced by a great name or a stupendous salary. Campanini himself has let the cat out of the bag. "Every time that I have engaged an American," he says, "I have been asked, "Why did you engage that American singer?' It is time to do away with all such foolishness." The provision, therefore, in the Juillard beqtiet for education of tbe b'eu'.i-l iu'jI.c . ill cc.m lu -uie a&iu told as tamely as a whipped dog. This confirms the suspicion that the Ger man newspapers howled to order. George Himes, Kzra Sleeker and Clarence Bagley will be taken by more than one person as suspicious charac ters as they backtrack Naches pass, over which they came in 1S53. They average 74 years, but are far from feeling it. If President Wilson spends much time in defeating "undeserving" demo crats like Senators Chamberlain and Gore, he is liable to neglect some of the fighting necessary to defeat re publicans. Four of the younger Hohenzollerns are ready to talte punishment for their father, but the monkey prince seems silent: not strange, considering. Very good idea to have a business man like Mr. Woodward on the con ciliation board, who can see below the face of things and matters financial. It will not hurt those aliens at Van couver to wait a week for naturaliza tion. They will value American citi zenship the more highly As customary with It, the fire de partment showed in the water-front fire Saturday what it can do when there is need. The red flag is the symbol of the exclamation: "I can't get all I want when I want it, and I don't intend to work for it." If Red Ruperjt. can tear down a concrete Jail in California, how is the old ruin of a penitentiary at Salem to hold him? When you call your home and get no answer, it does not mean nobody is there to reply, as you learn at nightfall. "Where's Ray?" Is a stocTc query at the Multnomah hotel desk just now. Ray- is at Seaside, as Ray W. Clark, newly employed clerk and official greeter for the Seaside Hotel, which re cently passed into the control of a syn dicate of Seaside citizens. He entered upon his duties at the beach resort the first of the month, after three years' service with the Multnomah, where he knew several thousand patrons by their first names, initials, hobbies, habits and business careers. He is accompanied by Mrs. Clark, who is housekeeper at the Seaside hostelry. If you were the hotel clerk at the Im perial a new one could you decipher this signature: "George C. "? A famous old brand of brandy, with the cork out and the glass tinkling, might aid you. No Joke. Before the advent of the arid era it was known as "Hen nessy's Three Star." With this hint the registration reads, as plajn as can be. lust "George C. Hennessy," himself. Mr. Hennessv is manager of tne cnapei car of the Catholic Extension Society, and he will have his joke. L. Lucile Smythe. of Starbuck, Wash. who Is at the Seward, wears a collar and four-ln-hand, a severely plain busi ness suit, of masculine tendencies, and her hair cut short. She is the very ef ficient station agent of Starbuck, and woe to the exoressman who talks DacK, With Miss Smvthe. on the ortiana visit, is Miss Betty Wamble, also of Starbuck. - Mrs. N.. A. Nelms, formerly a Port land girl, with her son and daughter. registered at the Imperial yesieraay. while on the way from Walla Walla to Seaside, where the summer vacation will be spent. Dr. N. A Nelms, ner husband, is widely known as a promi nent Walla Walla physician, financier and wheat rancher. Funny about hotel registers." quoth the clerk at the Seward. ."This one reads today like the roster of a Scandinavian convention. No reason at an, it jusi does." For a dozen lines the record ran, in final syllables, "-Strom," "-sen," "-son," and "-quist," varied by a "-berg" or two. And sometimes, too. it seems to me "hen with a different world surrounded. That same quick-flowing repartee Was not so funny as it sounded. When one a sudden sally hoard ' And with a gust of mirth exploded Newspaper lint Have Information. Woodburn Independent. It is one thing passing a prohibition measure and another thing to enforce it. Some states have made a fizzle of enforcing, Oregon in particular. Every state now looks to the federal govern ment to do its duty. It will requite a big army of internal revenue men iu And loudly-shouted. "That's a bird look after the illicit distilling. it's possible that one was loaded, Now the Miners Awaken. And though a man whose storied Hnmn Baker Democrat. Proclaims his massive erudition Representatives of capital are now ba-E that a barkeeD in our home arriving in Baker to make examination Will keep our brains in prime condi- of Baker county s mining resources. tion. Where investigation has been made We feel somehow that when we part favorable results follow and it looks From barkeers (though they're wise very much happen. like lively things are to But What Are Theyf Pendleton Tribune. Government has printed a list of the thinrs that are taxed. This is an exam ple of government waste. Think how the wires, perhaps he will look through much cheaper it would have been to some of the side-tracked mail cars and print a list of the things that are not restore the letters to their owners. taxed. and clever. And have high traits of mind and heart). The parting's going to be forever. mm Some of 'Em Are Valuable, Now that Mr. Burleson has restored But What a Difference o Some of I s. Congress merely struck the word "supply" from the law of supply and demand. a A Chance Now. Possibly, if the ocean ferries hold out, the boys will be out of the trenches by Christmas. . LEAGUE MENACES NATION'S LIFE. Wilson Policies Are Likened to Those That Began Rome's Decline, PORTLAND, July 6. (To the Editor.) One Thine Not to Be Escaped. Baker Herald. A bill has been introduced in congress to make the third bunday in June Fathers' day. Doesn't it beat all that not even a day can be set aside father's honor without there being bill for it? No Terrors for Him. f Hood River News. Somebody told the editor a few days ago that the greatest menace in the county today is the desire ot neariy cverybody to secure a car. V e are hoping that some day we may be able I xow, since the so-called peace treaty to face the menace, because we arewith it's interwoven lea trim quite prepared to succumo to u. - i has been signed and the chief advocate I of internationalism, Woodrow Wilson, Somewhere tne son may ue snimne. S on j,la way home et ua Dause and Ashland Tidings. consider what has been accomplished After the haze and fog of the ship- by the men so inaptly termed the Big Dine board muddle nas been ciearea inree. away, shipbuilding and snip operation it we rainy and fearlessly apply the n the hands of private enterprise can accumulated Knowledge of all the cen again get on its feet and "move ahead. turies that have gone in analyzing the woi-K accompusned we cannot but feel Or Up the City Elevntorf that June 28. 1910, will go down In his- Anrnra. Observer. tory as the blackest day in the aanals ThB envernor of Oregon takes a lit- of humanity. tie' jaunt through the dizzy heights and for centuries the genii of India returns as uneventfully as Oregon city churned the Indian ocean and only suc- T.ive Wires from a friendly trio up c urmBinB lurin a .wnite ei the beanstalk? Jazz That's Real Music. Pendleton East Oregonian. The combines of Umatilla county will soon be giving us She sort of jazz that makes us famous. , Films show five clean knockdowns for Dempsey, and maybe the Johnson tale of a few months ago was true. Much can happen before the time set for the trial of the ex-kaiser next year very much. He might die. ' The man on a Mooney strike wants a bad excuse for loafing. A striking wife can cure him. This is not strictly ideal weather. It's the ordinary Portland kind of summer. 'The man not glad to resume work lliis lujinirs li wor.Icr, Four steel ships per month is the present gait of the Skinner & Eddy yards at Seattle, according to W. W. Gabriel, superintendent of the mam moth plant, who is spending a few days at the Seward on a business and pleasure visit to Portland. Mr. Gabriel is accompanied by Mrs. Gabriel and their eons. Major T. A. McDougall, formerly pro prietor of the Hotel Ramapo and the Hotel Alder, and later a well-known Portland contractor, is home again from Coblenz, Germany, where he held a job with the engineers in the army of occu pation. Major McDougall is at the Im perial for the present. Mr. and Mrs E. H. ShaTer of White horse, Yukon, Alaskar, where race the storied rapids of the great northern river, are registered at the Perkins for a day or so. Mr. Shafer is a miner, with extensive quartz and placer, properties along the Yukon. A. U. Stone of Hood River, general manager of the Hood River Apple Growers association, motored to fort- land yesterday and registered at tne Hotel Portland. He was accompanied by his -daughter. Miss Beatrice Stone. O. T. Robertson, banker, is at the Imperial. Dearie. By Grace E. Hall. Far away where the skyline is gleam ing for miles, And the goldenrod's nodding a-sway, phant. So the Big Three labored and travailed for months' and brought forth monstrosity, a hideous thing that makes the United States of America a vassal state to Great Britain, even aa it makes China a vassal state to Japaa. hmce that greatest of all disasters that ever befell this country, the elec tion of Woodrow Wilson in 1912, our ship of state has drifted into strange waters. Guided by Incompetent helms men our ship no longer bravely breasts the turbulent waves but has sought shelter in a stagnant pool, where all is miasmic and enervating. And this brings up the query, whither are we drifting? Is this great republic to be Where the sun dips down low and the dragged down into the same mire that mountain Deguues destroyed the mighty Roman empire? With its dazzle of purple and gray: When Ausriistua usurnerl the fiinr-Hons Where the oak trees stand black on the ot the Roman senate he started that crest of tne hill, empire on the decline that led to ruin. Like grim sentinels watching tne foe. Even so will it be with our country if And the nhillt winds are full of a mys tery and thrill , As they chase the loose clouds to and fro: Where the wild beiry bushes with treasure are filled. And the birds chatter of their "de light Wiloon and his followers succeed in co ercing the senate into accepting that neauseatingr league covenant. some time ago uenerai villa, tne Mexican bandit, asserted that Ameri cans were white Chinamen. If Villa was speaking in the present tense I chal lenge the assertion. But If he was Where the brook murmurs softly and merely prognosticating I am (quali- never is stilled As it races away out of sight; Where the shadows reluctantly spread their dusk shroud O'er the heavens eo wondrously blue Oh, it's out in the open, away from the ' crowd. I'm a-longlng to loiter with you! Award of Victory Buttons. PORTLAND. July 6. (To the Editor.) If a soldier serving In Franco is crip pled iii active service in line of duty by an accident wnicn necessitates ampu tation. is he entitled to one of the sil ver victory buttons now being issued by the government for the wounded. A DISCHARGED SOLDIER. No. The local recruiting officials, Third and Oak streets, say that the sliver victory buttons are to be Issued only to those wounded in action while serving at the front. Homes Lack: System. Thrift Magazine. In emphasizing the business inpor tance of the home, the late Colonel Roosevelt once observed that more than three-fourths of all the money that is spent in this country goes for the up keep of our homes, and is paid over the counters by women. Whether we think this estimate is too large or too small, there can be no doubt that home keeping is our greatest business. It Is also, unfortunately true that, of all forms of business, home-keeping has received least attention at the hands of business systematists. Not one home er. of Condon. 1 in a hundred is organized on any kind of a business plan- worthy of tic naae. J fiedly) inclined to believe that he called the turn. Because if we contiune to allow our national and international policies to be shaped in the fashion now urged", it will not be long before we shall be as low in the scale of national life as is China, Egypt or India. Never before has our country faced such grave dangers as it does today. Therefore it behooves every true patriot to assert himself in behalf of those senators who are so valiantly fighting to maintian our American institutions and this great republic. As for me, I am for unalloyed Ameri canism and prefer to be guilded by Washington rather than Wilson, by Lincoln rater than Lloyd-George and by Roosevelt rather than Clemenceau. LOUIS C. MILLER. 587 Washington street. "Consent' Does Not Mean "Assent." BANDON. Or.. July 5. (To the Edi tor.) As the draft ?s of our organic law made congress one branch of our government, and specifically connected the senate with treaty-making power. t is utterly inconceivable that tlreir In tent was mere acquiescence . to the views of the executive, and if they so intended they certainly would have used assent instead of consent, for as sent is the word that would excuse his action at this time. The question of the executives course being constitutional or other wise all hinges on the meaning of words. Consent presupposes some au thority, and as defined by Webster often amounts to permission." Our constitution is made up of words. constructed into phrases, consequently this is not a hair-splitting argument r'P.ED N. PI IP. b INS,