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THE MORNING OREGOXIAN, MONDAY, OCTOBER 13, 1919. Jltormwi (Omrmttan EEtk woman with the oldest name in the it, nd there can be on nor remedy. FTlll.f HfT BY HKMtY l PITTOOK I rub'iahfl hv Th- firrrtniiin ruM.hlns Co.. ' Sufh Jtrl. i'crt ami. (ir'inn I C A- V.'Hf'KV. . E. B. PIPKR. Mana.fr. " Kditor. j Th fV'ionlin Is a mrmtfr of tha A , riatt Pr- The Aao--ated Pree le e- ( .ib mil n-.r iliii-ha rrviMlrd lo If thing rr nit ollrwi' trained in Hits r- s-d A I THK IHl.tl. AiTKRMATH OF WAR. V jre prone to assume when violent industrial disturbance breaks rut. that there has nover been any- ike it ami to fear that or- Pr. i srunizerl HArii'tv Is pninff In nipt ,::;,.'h,'f ulb;:"uoroi,X'!-uhr;:.":.!The fact is that some social conv.,1- herrln r also reserved. Nfhrriptl Rata jsion follows every great war, famine ( i 'i i .o i iiiar Mini lu.i 11 1 i line. luianslH; la i it ,ru f,mr tho itmnront nnthinlr. tvaitr. sondav ..-..... one -.r 'n rapacious are inclined to fi:i. sun-i in.iu.ied. fix mi-niBi. . . . -; aju time inai ine power or in gov- lv. s-jniar inri'ided. tare mnntha.. - - II (Ml 3 rAi i . Suo'ta im-luded, on month Lai:. altnoul unlay. on ar ... ri;ir. wlni.m I'un'lat. al mnth. railv, atthnul Sun,la. one month Uly. on var t " funcla. on ar 2-."0 -irtcra and rrkl 3.:0 i By Carriers ratfv. Sunda tn.-lnded. on yar $r no Pai A. fumlajr im-iinled. thr months. Iail. Suntlay Included, on mxiilli.... f'any, without Pundav. on yar 7 taliv. arirhout Sun. lay. tnree mnntha. . I.oa Iai!v. without Sunday, one month..... .3 Haw Ranit sn1 poatorrtre money ra on ernment has been shaken, and that now is the time to take what they want and do as they please, by strike, riot or Insurrection. A period of strikes and riots fol lowed the war with Napoleon, and the disturbance was the greater be cause it was a period of transition from hand to machine labor. So it hs been with later wars. The pres- nt outburst of discontent Is more violent and general because it fol- . . - n.rini fhra on VOUT lo.ai bank ."amps, rom or rurrnv anc jlows a more general war, because the at wnr r;-. :iv po.toffir addra ,pianr of ,he armlps on industry in mil. irtrmiun iuw,, ....... Paataav Kl 1- to 1 lo pai-s. - rnt - '..i i Hn naata V trn lit uim 1 rant' iuimui'II ail t-Aouuui'i iuitu v. . : to rica. their power, and because it Is con- ,vi t. Hrt pax a rnta: rnia. " to "- r ' a. F ,.r f n p"ta. t,.uhl ratra. ltninrm off ire Vrrr Y Conk lln. Brunmi. a l.ui.-l'nc. Nw York. Vrre A Conkiin. i-icr butlilinar. Chicaao: r r a; t'onklln, Fra r'rvaa bulldintr. I tr,it. M -h. ao Kranctaa-o rprantaty. R j' Bl.fwI- PORTS AT MG EASCE. The old scheme to remove the port of Fortland to Astoria has been dressed up anew with cmbelUsh- ments. In -order to hasten the trans fer, John L- Etheridge would have I'ortland buy and improve the North Hank railroad between the two cities. Hvnt its energies to building: up ih. rnmraprrt to Astoria, let the Columbia river channel shoal up and accept as its reward the degTee of prosperity which might be reflected from Astoria. In his opinion. Port inA i a "so-called port, should iisa. the river as it now evis-ts" with out further attempt to improve this God-given heritage"' and should sit down to play "big brother" to As toria and other "little brothers" by distributing its patrimony among them. That is the port of Columbia the ory in all its naked beauty. Jt be fins with the assumption that the entire stretch of the Columbia river between Portland and the sea, 112 miles long, is one port. Its ends - Joined by the river. It then assumes : that the natural place for a port is at ." the point of this channel nearest the " ocean, not at the point farthest in : land to which ocean-going ships can - go. Starting with these assumptions, : it asserts that the building of a port : at Portland was a mistake, that the " millions spent on improving -the channel and in constructing docks and other port facilities at I'ortland - are sheer waste, that the river as nature made it is Portland's "God given heritage" and that the only sensible, business-like, morar and Godfearing thing to do Is to load the ocean commerce of Portland on scows and tow it down to Astoria. , It matters not that this theory Is contrary to all human experience, to the history of all ports which have grown up on navigable rivers and to the economic principles which ex ' plain that growth. If it had been true. New Orleans would have been at Port Eads. London somewhere ; near Gravesend, Glasgow at Green . ock. Hamburg at Cuxhaven, Ant : werp at Hushing and so on. With strange perversity ships pushed as 'far up navigable streams as they could go. and the ports removed ob stacles such as sandbars and mud- banks. The greatest seamen of their : time were the Norsemen, and the first thing they did after taking Lon don was to embank one of the streams into which the Thames di ' vided on entering its swampy estu ary, in order to form a safe channel for their ships. That channel, much ' widened and deepened, is in use to ; this day. But all the people who for 1 ages have opened river channels and "opened ports on them as far inland - as practicable were benighted fools. In the opinion of the Astoria ns and their auxiliaries in other cities, and It has been reserved for the wise men of the Clatsop metropolis to dis cover the true principles on which ports should be founded. Probably the worst obstacle to the development of Portland has been the presence in the city of a class of men who labored to load the com merce of the port on scows or rail road cars and haul it to some other port- Railroad men have done so with the aid of some local men by their device of parity in rates be tween Portland and other ports where conditions are glaringly un equal. The Interstate Commerce commission has co-operated by es tablishing parity of rates with As toria, though this requires a free gift of 100 miles of transportation to that city. Portland is now calmly Informed that it should buy a rail road and doubletrack it for use in hauling its ocean commerce, bag and baggage, to Astoria. A natural consequence of Port-1 land's position as the financial cen ter of the Pacific Northwest is that many of its successful men acquire property and business interests in other cities and towns in this region, -but that is no reason why they should strive to take away part of that which belongs to Portland and hand it over to some other city "which they wish to develop. Many such men are thoroughly loyal to Portland without regard to their out side interests, but some regard this port as a sort of gift enterprise, and they have been emboldened by the Inexhaustible patience or apathy of the people of Portland. Portland asks no odds of any com petitor, but it will" give none. It is now striving to be placed on an equality with other ports by having the full benefit of its natural ad vantages in adjustment of railroad rates. It asks no aid from them in overcoming its disadvantages, but U ready to overcome them by its own effort and at its own cost. It seeks to oepnve no oir.er port or its ad vantages. Dut it win not neip them at Its own expense to escape their dis advantages. If under these condi tions, they can win any business from Portland it fair competition, that is their rirrnt and none will grudge it to them. But they will not win anything by putting forward such an absurdity as the port of Co lumbia scheme. 'Istantly fed by emissaries and money from Itussia. The greedy and nn- ruj tniriK ji is a line lime iu utr-ii themselves. They need firm resistance and cold shower of. plain truth to cure their hysteria. Suppression of the lk) st on police strike was a salutary lesson. Opposition to the British railroad strike, which forced the workmen to seek a compromise, was another.- Refusal to yield to the steer strikers and strict maintenance of order are third. They should knock out of the people's minds whatever of disorder or revolution there is In their motives. There should then be no hesitation to grant whatever is reasonable in the de mands of labor. Employers are not all angels of light by any means, and some of them need to be brought to reason as much as do the radicals on the other side of the case. THK MENACE OF MILITARISM. One of the many paradoxes of the time is that pacifism leads to more Intense militarism than the votaries of that gentle creed ever dreamed. That statement is verified by a bill which Secretary of War Baker sub mitted to the senate for reorganiza tion of the array. Senator Chamber Iain has analyzed it and stamps it as an example of militarism gone mad." The senator says that tho purpose of the bill Is to make an "all power ful general staff -corps" exercising power nominally vested in the presi dent but actually in the chief of staff. This power would be: To do whatver each succaaive chief of ataff may from time to time doalr to do with refrard to the dutlea, powers, functions, record, property, ami perron-na-1 of all military bureaua and offices of 'the war department: alao with rcpard to almoat the entire oricantzatinn of and all the funds available for the mipport of. regular army comltojied of more than AtMVHH enllKted men and many thousands of officers. All previous legislation by con gress, with respect to the "duties, powers and functions" of officers of the various staff corps and department. and of the line of the army la to be repealed ex pressly or by Implication. Nearly all of the control heretofore exercised by con gress over the army is to be transferred. theoretically, to the president, but prac- lly to the chief of staff. However. congress is stili to be permitted to foot the bllia. He says truly that this bill "spells one-man dominance, staff despotism and militarism to a degree unsur passed in the palmiest days of the great general staff of the German army." That this drift toward militarism should characterize an originally pacifist administration is not surpris ing. It is the logical consequence. The United States and Great Britain were the two most determined ad herents of the voluntary system, and they were the most unprepared for war. Necessity drove them to con scription, and unpreparedness of civilian officials to manage a great army drove them to rely on trained soldiers. The natural disposition after the war is that civilians continue this reliance and that soldiers seek to hold their new power. Thus militar-i.-m is the natural fruit of pacifism. This situation arises from the mis conception of what is militarism, which has been cultivated, by pac ifists. It consists in supremacy of the military over the civil arm of the pnvcrnmt-nt and in maintenance of j a great army trained, designed and educated for aggression, not for de fense. If the I'nited States had maintained an army adequate for de fense witti sufficient trained civilian reserve and subject to civil control, we should have had enough trained civilian officials for its administra tion In war and we might not have needed to resort to the draft. Blind acceptance of guidance from military men would not then have been nec essary, and the dangers of actual militarism would not have threat ened us. so and there is a probability that the clock in the postoffice would not aeree with that at the city hall. Rail roads probably would retain the old time, for the sake of the many other communities through which they pass which had not conformed to the new order. Yet we are prone to exaggerate the difficulties, even of a two-time system. It makes very little differ once to most citizens what time it Is by the postoffice clock, comparative ly few of them go into court, a very small percentage ever visit the city hall, and the many who travel can, with a little practice, learn to make allowance for the difference. People who lived at division points when the zone system of railroad time keeping was first adopted will re member how It was. In numerous cities there were "railroad" time" and "town time," with no particular fuss being made over the difference be tween them. The question therefore is wholly cne of expediency. Those .who think the advantages of daylight saving outweigh the trouble Involved In ob taining it by local ordinance will in dorse the new movement. The fact is that the plan was tried recently in Canada, with apparently satisfac tory results. But the greatest value of local action; perhaps, lies in its demonstration of the solidity of com muniiy sentiment, which congress seems to have underestimated. If a plebiscite of the entire country were feasible it is a safe prediction that it would show an overwhelming ma jority In favor of saving daylight. It is also safe to say that the issue will be taken before congress again. The plan for independent community ac tivity may, indeed, be part of the larger campaign. A local clergyman yesterday used goods and woman's love of dry goods have wrought the havoc of the liome." Part of that Is true, but Is no more. As to the other part, the TWO KINDS OF TIME. An interesting discussion has been precipitated by the efforts of leading business men of New York to ac complish for their own city by mu nicipal ordinance that which was gained for the whole country when congress passed the original daylight saving law. There Is in New York, the most urban of all cities, no divi sion of opjnion, of course, as to the desirability of the law. The feeling is general that congress made a serious error in repealing it. The manifest advantages, both economic and social, of adding an hour to the day by taking up the slack of the early part of it are conceded by practically everyone. The debate, therefore, revolves around the ques tion whether a single community can afford to act by itself, whether in so doing it will not cause 'confusion that will outweigh the other benefits, and whether the respect will be paid to a mere local ordinance that would be accorded to a federal statute. On this point eminent authorities are not agreed. The New York Times, summarizing the situation, notes that Senator Calder, who has been an undoubted friend of day light saving, holds that local action involves more difficulties and annoy ances than it is worth. But there is another group of influential New Yorkers who believe that the annoy ances would amount to nothing ror at least would be a small price to pay for the numerous pleasures ob tained. The city, of course. Is .well within its.rijfhts in regulating the setting of its official clocks. The local courts might open and close by statutory time, bpt 1t Is a question whether they could construe con tracts according to the time as amended by city ordinance. Federal banks might obseTve one time and state banks anothei although it does not follow that they would do IF rcc-LE SAM STAYS OIT. Having been ratified by Great Britain and Italy and being sure of ratification by France before this week ends, the treaty with Germany is about to become effective without the participation of the United States. Greatly as the allies have desird that this -country should be party to the settlement, freedom from American participation has certain decided advantages for them They can proceed to organize the eague of nations, to secure the ad hesion of smaller nations, and to use it for enforcement of the terms on Germany. They can put "the Shantung clause n effect and, if Japan should ratify. they may raise no further question about returning it to China, for the pledge to do so was demanded and given to President Wilson. With the United States out of the way, they can fall back on their secret treaties, which give it to Japan without suggestion of return to China. It will then be an open question whose is "the crime of Shantung." ' They can organize the reparation commission without an American member and proceed to collect their bills from Germajiy. The United States has a little bill of about $750,- 000,000, which is not much as things go now, but is something In these days ot high cost of living, for na tions as well as for men. They can adopt, a more decided policy In driving Von der Goltz'3 German army from Russia, and in helping the Poles, Denikin and Kol chak to fight bolshevism, for Mr. Wilson has held them back. As the Austrian treaty also in cludes the league covenant, the sen ate may be expected to reject it also, if it should reject the Gorman treaty. France and Britain would then be free to construe their secret treaty with Italy to suit themselves. They might soon brush aside the Flume difficulty by giving the port to Italy f.nd telling the Jugo-Slavs they should be glad they are alive. They 'could treat Dalmatia in the same way and also give Albania and the Dodecanese islands, which are pure Greek, to Italy." The United States was not at war with Bulgaria, therefore is not prop erly a party to the treaty with that country, but to meet the objections of President Wilson it is proposed to give that country an outlet to the Aegean sea. If left to themselves, the allies may give Greece the whole ot Thrace with a few hundred thous and Bulgars on whom they may avenge the massacre of Greeks in Macedonia. That would not tend to prevent future Balkan wars, one of which ;ed to the United Suites get ting into this war. But what do we care about the Balkans? The United States did not declare wir on Turkey, therefore is- not necessarily a party to the settlement of that country. If we reject the German treaty, the allies may infer that we wash our hands of Turkish affairs also. They may then proceed to carve up the Turkish empire to uit themselves and to pass mandates around at their pleasure. Because we have objected to the German treaty lest it at some point infringe on our rights and in disap pointment that it does not absolutely in all respects square with our lofty ideals, the outcome may be such flagrant violations of those ideals that the treaties made without our aid may contain material for any number or wars. Being on the out side, we shall have no opportunity to move for repair of wrongs, such as we should have if a member of the league. But those wars would be just as dangerous to us ultimately as that miserable little affair between Austria and Serbia proved to be. The United States may not be in an exactly comfortable position if it goes into the league, but it may be in a much worse position if It stays VUh as he did before the commission now seeking to determine who is entitled to the money reward for inventing the tank. Sir Albert Stern had writ tea for an English magazine an ac count .of the tank which is especially interesting because it shows that as it finally-went into action it . was a far different piece of machinery from that which was originally con ceived. According to Sir Albert, there was broached at a dinner in London in 1914 the idea of constructing an enormous landship, which should be capable of crossing the Rhine. Win ston Churchill himself was interested in the suggestion. The navy scoffed at it with, it now seems, good rea son but the plan of a "super-arm.-ored car" took hold on the fancy of a small group of war leaders. A land ship commission was appointed; no government department would give It a home, so Sir Albert, who was then a lieutenant in the navy, took offices for it on his own account and thereby earned the enmity of the high officials of the admiralty; Eus tace d'Eyncourt was chairman of the committee, with Jhajor Hetherington and Colonel Crompton as his chief aides; and by August, 1915, a full- si zed model of a tank was produced. This ' afterward became known as "Little Willie." Now Major-General ' Swinton is claiming credit for "adoption of the caterpillar idea, but it is certain that he was not the inventor of the cater pillar. American farmers had seen this principle in action on their farms some years prior to October, 1914, the date given by General Swinton. It is also interesting to learn that the caterpillar was rejected at least once after it was first adopted. Sir Albert in his article says that even after the tanks had appeared in ac tion (and it is now admitted that they had spread consternation among the Germans) the British war office was by no means favorably inclined toward them. An order for a thou sand tanks was countermanded. Sir Albert made a direct appeal to Lloyd George, then secretary of state for war. Sir William Robertson, chief of staff, appearing on the scene at a psychological moment, was di rected by Lloyd George to restore the order. But it seems to be a satisfy ing sequel that tanks were In action within seven months after the first order for them had been given, and that they ultimately played a highly Important part in the winning of the war. The inquiry, although it Is chiefly directed toward ascertaining whb de serves credit for the tanks, is inci dentally of interest because it Is dis closing the, names of a considerable number of high officials who did all they could to prevent adoption of the idea. Like those who led in ridi culing Professor Langley a few years ago for his experiments with heav- ier-than-air flying machines, these men have had a lesson in modesty which ought to serve them well. But the pity is that they will no sooner have learned it than a new crop of bourbons will arise to take their places. OBLIGATIONS ARB IX COVENANT Those Who Come and Go. "It isn't every man who is priv- League C Only Propose Measures , Other Than Those Specified. j PORTI.AXn net 12 fTn the Edl- I tor.) In an editorial The Oregonian ileged to read his own obituary no says, under the caption "Senator tices," asserts Otis Patterson. Canyon Johnson s Case," "The league council , city attorney, tow at the Imperial ?lly r4e1mmen1d, 'advise,' 'pro- for a few . , u t Port)ana. Mr. pose, that the members take certain I , action. ... The league is to be I Patterson is a former newspaperman, an association of equals, each of ! publisher of the Heppner Gazette back which will be free to follow or to in the later '80s, who says that he re- reject in whole or part the advice, recommendations or proposals. . . . That is not turning over our affairs." The inquiry naturally arises, what is the necessity for an advisory league when we have a congress of over 400 members in all, and a presi dent with his cabinet of advisers, to gether with a high-priced diplomat in every governmental court in the world whose supposed business it is to give information' and advice? All are maintained at great expense to do our advisory business and to act as- well. Why maintain a league at a great expense, simply to give ad vice, something that everybody is free to give, but nobody takes? W. H. ODELL. The sentences quoted frqm The Oreeonian referred only to advice, proposals or recommendations made to members of the league as to steps apart Trom thos? which the members definitely agree to take, in certain contingencies when they accede . to the covenant. To illustrate: The league Is a permanent arbitration and conciliation court or board. The nations that join the league pledge themselves to submit either to inde pendent arbitration or to the league council any dispute between them that is likely to lead to rupture. The members further pledge themselves to carry out in good faith any award so made. If any member of the league resorts to war In disregard of these covenants It Is subjected by the terms of the covenant to inter national boycotl by all the other members of the league. This boycott is automatic it requires' no inquiry, recommendation or report by council or assembly. But as to subsequent participation with armed forces in war against the covenant-breaking nation the council can only "recom mend." The need for the league arises from the fact that controver sies arise which cannot be settled by the diplomacy which the correspond ent has in mind. In providing a fund from which loans may be made to students at the polytechnic. S. Benson said: few dollars may make all the dif ference to a student." That is straight and true talk. Lots of men can look back and attest it. It is not possible to get up the same excitement when Yukon river steam ers are frozen in as it was 22 years ago, for then there were many ten- derfeet and correspondents to send out the story. Now the passengers are all old mush ers. That California locomotive engi r.eer may not have much reverence for royalty as such, but it is safe to say that he will be proud to tell his children's children of the day when he had a real king as passenger in his cab. A Yale professor with at scheme for a "calorie" currency says that a dollar is now worth only 35 cents. Why. "only"? We are surprised to learn that it is worth as much as that. This is a deferred holiday If you are an officeholder or work in a bank, account C. Columbus, who initiated a big real estate business more than four hundred years ago King Albert, Queen Elizabeth and the crown prince have good cause to enjoy a vacation. It is their first in five years of working and fighting, which whet the appetite for play. If the I. W. W. make good their threat to fill the Spokane jails, there ought to be plenty of cold ware houses there to accommodate the overflow and chill its ardor. Striking Anaconda metal workers have flipped their business agents to one side and are going back to work. A minimum temperature under 40 possibly helped some. THE ORIGIN OK THK TANKS. Winston Spencer Churchill, testl- fying before a royal commission that it Is impossible to say that this or that man invented the tank," voiced a difficulty not at all uncom mon in the history of invention. Who deserves' credit for the airship? Was It the Wright brothers alone, who made the first successful flight in a machine of the general type now In use, or shall we not give a share of the credit to Professor Langley, whose study of the flight of birds helped the Wrights in their work, or shall we turn 'further back to the pge which records the efforts of the Monk Elmerus, who is said to have flown a'furlong ,in the 13th century? Was Watt' alone the In ventor of the steam engine and Stephenson of the locomotive? Would the automobile have been possible without the internal combustion en gine, which was accomplished in many steps? The tank, combining many principles, was similarly the work of many minds. But before Mr. Churchill testified The nerviest men in the world are going up in the air on airplanes. The millions who have lost their nerve are also going up in the air, but in another way. - Hoarding and profiteering will be crimes against federal law as soon as the president signs the act. Catching offenders will be federal acts, too, which means hope. . Canada's Elegtbllity to Council. MILWAUKIE, Or., Oct. 11. (To the Editor.) (1) Senator Johnson, during his address, read a letter addressed to the Canadian parliament and signed by Wilson, Lloyd George and Clemen- ceau. wherein it was agreed, as understand it, that Canada should have a separate vote in the council of the league of nations, thus ranking with the major powers. Is this true and if so, on what grounds is it justi fied? (2) Where can I secure a copy of the covenant of the league of nations? W. E. STONE. Senator 1. The lettei. quoted by Johnson follows: The question having been raised as to the meaning of article IV of tho league of nations covenant, w have been auested by Sir Robert Borden to state whether we concur in his view, that upon tho true construction of the first and second paragraphs of the article repre- sentatlves of the self-governing dominions of the British empire may be selected or named as members of the council, we have no hesitation In expressing our entire concurrence in this view. If there were any doubt it would be entirely removed by the fact that the articles are not sub ject to a narrow or technical construction. It will be observed that this letter gives no assurance that Canada will be elected a member of the council, but merely affirms that country's eligibility. To be elected a member of the council requires the concur rence of every member of the assem bly. If the United States deemed It prejudicial to its interests to have Canada a member of the council it could veto Canada's election even In the face of the united votes of all the other members of the assembly. 2. By sending 5 cents to the Ameri can Association for International Con ciliation, 407 West One Hundred and Seventeenth street. New York, and asking for Its document No. 142 you can obtain a complete copy of treaty of peace with Germany embracing the covenant of the league of nations. More Truth Than Poetry. By Jamea J. Montague. Now and then a Valley farmer sells to an easterner and moves up Vale way. He wants his water when he needs it most and knows where to go. For prompt action on the treaty and economy of wind, the example of the French senate is commended to the United States senate. ' - Seems to be a cold day when the Humane society is not cause of a dispute. This time the city has its eye on a share of the profits. Mr. Devers, who knows coffee, laughs at the idea of a famine in it on the coast. That settles that vexation. ALBERT. We do not hold with kings as such; In fact, we flippantly have stated That't we'd not worry very much - If they were all exterminated. The kings of whom we used to read In history a romantic page Great kings, in thought and word and deed Belong to dim and distant age. But here's a king who, when his throne Was toppled by a royal neighbor," Without a murmur or a moan. Exchanged his scepter for a saber; Who, with sturdy courage that No grief or hardship could diminish. Put on a trooper's iron hat And fought the struggle to a finish. He shared his humblest soldier's lot; He battled like a great 'crusader; Mid stress and storm 'mid shell and shot, He met the might of the invader. He cheered his people on to fight. When hope of victory seemed denied tli em. And, when despair loomed black as night. Their ruler faced it there beside them. We do not hold with kings as such; We Yankees are not keen about thera; It would not pain us very much If. all the world should do without them. But here's a king more nobly bred, A king new-crowned with ehining glories. The kind of king of whom we read Long years ago in fairy stories! formed when he took up the study of Blackstone. At any rate, when Charles R. Patterson of Portland was killed in the unfortunate automobile tragedy during President Wilson's re cent visit, someone jumped to the conclusion that the fatality must have occurred to a newspaper writer, inas much as the fated car was reserved for the press, and the original tele graph stories all announced the un timely death of Otis Patterson of Can yon City. From east to west the dailies carried accounts of Otis Pat terson's demise. His friends and relatives sent messages of condolence to his wife. At Walla Walla, where he once resided, local papers prepared a flowing and flowery obituary. Then the correction flashed over the wires. Mr. Patterson cherishes the clippings, a bunch of them, that announced his death. Tulsa. Oklahoma, finds an ardent champion in one of its leading citi zens. M. Chamberlain, who is stopping at the Multnomah hotel diying a brief business visit to Oregon. "Tulsa is a city of 13 years' growth," said Mr. Chamberlain, his ailance brightening with the topic. "It already has a population of 80,000. One of its banks, a six-year-old, has deposits of $30. 000,000. Income taxes are paid by 12.000 Tulsa citizens, and one of our business men pays an income tax of 1. 000,000. We blush to admit that, as an evidence of our prosperity, we have 200 millionaires. Oklahoma's oil producing area covers about 400 square miles. The future production of oil will be enormous, inasmuch as vast quantities have only been tapped." "That's my brother!" exclaimed Miss Helen Cowgill of Oregon Agricultural college as the Seward bus bore her hotelward yesterday morning. None of the other passengers seemed inter ested, the chauffeur drove straight ahead, and the young man in the passing auto did not glance her way to confirm the claim. But it was. William C. Cowgirl Jr., who has been in Alaska for some months as a civil engineer of the government's railroad project, had "come out" for a respite from the Alaskan winter. Miss Cow gill, head of the department of home economics at O. A. C, returned to Corvallis yesterday, having attended educational institutes at Wasco and Baker. Among the many Pacific coast log gers who attended the congress of their craft in Portland, adjourning Saturday, was E. B. Chinn of Seattle, manager and secretary of the Puget Sound Loggers' Information associa tion. Mr. Chinn figured prominently in the recent congressional Inquiry re gardig spruce production, testifying as to tenders made by private opera tors to aid the government in filling its requirements for airplane stock. Mr. Chinn wears a light gray suit by preference, a pleasant smile by birth right, and is familiarly known from Clallam bay to the redwoods as "Ed" Chinn of Seattle. H. P. Hoey, who. as chief engineer, built the railroad from Weed. Cal to Klamath Falls, . Or.,, and who is now working on a highway contract in the Klamath district, is registered at the Multnomah hotel. Mr. Hoey owns a ranch in upper Klamath county, a profitable quarter-section which bears the repute of being one or uregon s handsomest summer homes. When the line from Weed was projected the auto was not so plentiful as now, and Mr. Hoey made several trips over the route as escort to the late E. H. Har- riman, noted railroad magnate, trav eling by team and buggy. Vice-president Marshall is coming to the conclusion that his Job amounts to something after all. What! No more picketing by the ladies' picketers No. 1! Mean old old court! What are scone of us going to do when the supply of army food Is gone? Where's that football? ' Whisky's Place la in the Home. Congress Decides That Liquor Can Be Drunk, in the Home Without Vio lating Law. Headline. Therea' a Reason. There -were fewer deaehs from old age in New York last year. i The chauffeurs attended to that. Meaning a Clinging Vine Or a Sweet FatootleT "Don't be a vegetable wife." A Lady Lecturer. (Copyright, 1918, by Bell Syndicate. Inc.) A REVISED SOXC. Everybody lies but Johnson, He talks around all day Thinks he's a man of iron But is only common clay. Wilson, Taft and Lowell The truth they never tell. Everybody lies but Johnson j They do like h - - 1. ! W, P. Conser, White Salmon, Wash. What we saw in Bend was well worth the trip," comprised the sym posium of opinion among delegates to the Pacific Logging congress, when they returned to the Hotel Multnomah yesterday morning, after having spent the closing day of their assembly in an investigation of modern . logging methods In the vicinity ol iiena. xne several hundred delegates scattered to their various homes on every train that left Portland yesterday, to every Pacific coast state and to British Columbia. H. A. Freeman of Central Point once a thriving city on its own ac count, but now somewhat suburban to Medford, capital of the Bogue river valley, is among recent registrants at the Imperial. Mrs. J. L. Wright' and daughter Mary came down from Bellingham, Wash., and are spending several days with Mr. Wright, who is making the Multnomah his home while in Port land on business. Lester Wade, one of the younger stockmen of Pendleton, whose ven- ures are fully as successful as those of the old school, is at the Hotel Im perial for a several days' stay in Portland. Rupert V. Hauser, who served in France as captain in the 88th infan try division, is at present the guest of his father, Eric V. Hauser, host of the Multnomah hotel. J. W. Maloney, president of the newly organized bank at Pendleton, is at the Seward for a few "days' busi ness visitto Portland. Mr. and Mrs. C. Davis, and Mrs. M. H. Phillips, are La Grande residents now registered at the Benson. Lucetta A. Smith, M. D:, of Rose burg, is registered at the Portland during a brief visit to Portland. L. M. Curl, who has a job as mayor at Albany, is at the Seward during a business visit to Portland. J. H. Hazlett. former state repre sentative from Hood River, registered at the Seward yesterday. Mr. and Mrs. C. H. McCoy, prominent Spokane people, are recent arrivals at the Benson. Mrs. Alice E. Gaily of Enterprise is among recent.arrivals at the Imperial. HOW LEAGIE PACT IS ENFORCED J CoTenant-Brenker Subjected to Trade I and Financial Osfraolam. j PORTLAND. Oct. 12. (To the Edi tor.) In The Oregonian's editorial of Thursday it is said: By the covenant, affair are not 'turned over" to the league. If they were the league would have power to render deri sions and to Btve. orders and would he what opponents erroneously say it would be a superstute. Now. if we who oppose the tretity have the li'iht to he ties rd. I would like to ask: Whit is the loapue. a huge joke? Has it any power to bind? Is tnere any enforcing section, or is it merely a' loose-jointed, make believe that permits hair-splittin s; diplomats to-purcel countries to them selves without regard to human rishts? The Oresonian says. the league "will have no power to render. le clsions or give orders." President Wilson says, "It will forever prevent war." Is it possible that a covenant without power to render decisions can Intimidate invading armies? Your editorial says: "There In nothing in the covenant to justify the description of the council or the as sembly as 'a secret conference. I bee to dissent. Your editorial dis proves the statement. It says, "the council MAY for'hwith direct the pub licatim thereof " And it says. "If the dispute is not setled the counci SH ATjIv maKe an-1 publish a report.' Therefore, the meetings are not to be open. Tho proceedings are not to be in daviicht. No one can Know v.hat is KoinJT on behind the Darren and guarded dcors. Even the press will be denied admittance to the ses sions and thus the people of the earth ill find themselves in utter dark ness while nine men, in a back room, tehind locks and keys, will parcel out the earth, Just as Oetavius Ceasar, Marc Antonv and Lepidus divided the "lhree-fold world" after the fall of Julius Ceasar. ROBERT G. DUNCAN. The correspondent will continue to have difficulty in understanding com ment on the covenant until he studies the document itself. The members of the !e;igue enter intj a solemn covenant to arbitrat-2 any disrute between them which they cannot settle by diplomacy. Th's covenant may be kept by referring the dispute to arbitrators of the disput ants' own choosing, or to the league council. The enforcing provisions provide that any covenant-breaking state shall be subjected to trade and fii ar-cial ostracism, and each member Is pledged to support each olher in financial and economic ricasures thereupon undertaken and to afford pass-age through its territory to tho forces of the members who are co operating to protect the covenants'of the league. The council . can only "recommend"' to the several members what military, naval or tlr forces they shall contribute. The Oregonian has not said that the council "may" forthwith oircct the publication of a report cf l:s con clusions, but that "any member of the council may" make a report of its own conclusions in other words, sub mit a minority repcrt. It is manda tory upoa the council to publish ununimotis and majority reports. There is nowhere :n the covenant a Mnirvmrnt. direct or implied, that Its deliberations shall or shall not be secret. With a Kick in It. By L,. L. D. C'nlnmbna and Company, Sure, I'm strong for Columbus, the lad from Genoa, And the stunt that he pulled In fourteen ninety-two: And I'll cheer with the crowd for the man who could show a Whole world that he wasn't entire ly cuckoo: But I'm telling you. Kill, one thing they're forgetting: The job was too big for one man to Io: They're forgetting one gang that was in on the betting Meaning the privates of Christo pher's crew. They rattled the shrouds when the whitecaps were scudding; They sweltered between decks or fried in the sun: They swallowed the- slum wlrile old Chris ate the pudding. And down in the hold, bill, they hadn't much fun; The histories tell us they hollered and threatened To quit; but I'll tell you, when all's said and done. Ten days on a transport's enough for yours truly It was darn near three months on Columbus' run! There wasn't much glory to keep 'em a-going, But, barring a mutinous bellow or two. They stuck to their jobs when the tempest was blowing; They kicked and they bucked, but they saw the thing through. j Ju u niiuuiii nni ? vu just, wnai was the reason The nebulous dreams of Columbus came true, Just tell 'em the privates, the gar licky privates. The hard-boiled buck privates of Christopher's crew. rqaalhly It Was, l-'llen. "Mother!" "Yes. Ellen." "How did Columbus make the egg stand on its end for all those people at the banquet?' "I5y breaking the shell at one end. dear, so it would stand alone." "Was that why he had to leave Spain and come to America, mother?'' MRS. PAN" K HURST OBJECTION ABLE Threat by Collection Agency. PORTLAND, Oct 12. (To the Edi tor.) Please state how far a collec tion agency can go in annoying a man who owes money and cannot pay. I am nearly 75 years old and can not earn enough to support my wife and myself. I have no money and no property. Unfortunstely for me 1 owe a balance on a note given some years ago and this collection agency has taken it for collection. They often write me threatening letters and say they will have me arrested and taken before the judge. I had an idea that it was not lawful to use the United States mail for this pur pose, but may be mistaken. Will you please state if I am right? tt. MCUU.JMBJiK. A collection agency has the same right to demand payment of and sue for a debt as any other person, but has no right to threaten a debtor with arrest. If the agency persists in Its tactics take the matter up with the district attorney. Chehalia Woman Proteata Impending Visit of Militant Suffragette. CHEHALIS, Wash., Oct. 11. (To the Editor.) The impending visit of Mrs. Emily Pankhurst to the Pacific north west calls for attention on the part of our imamigration authorities. This woman has -a formidable record In England for violence, sabotage, direct action, destruction of property and attempted murder. Her presence in this country cannot be otherwise than destructive of peace, order and pub lic security. She has herself prac ticed violence and encouraged others to do so, including American girls, such as Alice Paul. Lucy Burns, Eliza beth Freeman and Miss Perry. It is plain as day that she has actually practiced in England the direct ac tion methods advocated by our own criminal syndicalists and I. W. W. radicals. In these troubled times why should our immiirration authorities allow this woman to enter the country? Why do they not take steps to have her deriorted? .Does a recora line hers deserve honor and public recog nition in these critical days? By granting immunity to her do we not encourage our own radicals to every act of violence? You may be sure our own terrorists are perfectly familiar with what Mrs. Pankhurst has done and regard her as a good example to pattern after. I give a list of some of the unlawful and de structive deeds in her career: Smashing hundreds of windows in stores, offices and public buildings; intruding herself upon and insulting cabinet ministers,in public places con trary to police rules and every con sideration of good taste and decency; causing disorder and riots at peaceful public assemblages; inciting striking dock workers to riot and violence: chaining herself and others to the grillwork in the gallery of the house of commons and creating a disturb ance there before she could be re- oved by the police; going on hun ger striKes wnne in priauu anu in fluencing others to do so, contrary to prison rules and discipline; pour ing acid into mail boxes and destroy ing contents; invading art galleries and wantonly destroying priceless paintings; throwing a hatchet at a member or parliament witn presum able intent to kill. The property loss caused by this one woman alone will probably run into hundreds of thousands of dol lars. Is that the sort of alien to be tolerated in this country delivering lectures and addresses that feed the spirit of discontent and rebellion? Do we want to encourage our raaicais io imitate her? If not, she should be Immediately sent back by our immi gration officials to Canada or Eng land. MRS. JOHN CARMICHAEL. No Trouble Finding the Bullet. (Spokesman -Re view.) Lindale was wounded November 3 in the Argonne just before (he armistice. a Pnrlotia Times. These are queer times. Murphy; Spades, that once were spades. Now, affected by the times. Go and change their shades: Shipwrights have their limousines Paraded in brigades. And, to make the turn complete. Kings are learning trade. a a a The Reenter Service. Americans generally are grateful to Columbus for discovering America. The bank clerks are strong for him because he gives them a holiday. a a a Deans Ire Roused by llnlr-Soeks Fad Headline. Maidens, do not hare your knees To the cold October breeze: Your unwisdom you will rue With the coming of the flu; Autumn's winds ore raw and bold. Autumn's gusts are swift and cold Hearken! "TIs the festive sneeze! Do not bare your dimpled knees! a a a The preachers arc more up In the air than ever. a a a There's Lieutenant Maynard, f'rin-stance. In Other Days. Twenty-five 1 enra Ago. From The Oregonian of Ot-toher 13, 104. New York. The United .States has been Invited by the quadruple alliance, cdmposed of Great Kritain, France, Germany and Russia, to Join in friend ly intervention in the war between Japan and China. The invitation will be declined. J. B. Morrison, Ilwaco banker. whose disappearance three weeks ago created a sensation, arrived in Port land yesterday from Columbus, Ohio, and attributes his acts to a lapse ot mind. Congressman John L. Wilson of Washington, candiriato for the senate, arrived in Portland yesterday. Tho Oregon Vitrified Brick company opened Its first kiln two days ago and is ready to begin delivering brick to the lower Mount Tabor reservoir. Fifty Years Ago. From The Oreuonian of October IS, 1SII!. Omaha. The Ked Stockings defeat ed the Omaha baseball club by a score of 65 to 1. Louisville. Ex-President Fillmore held a reception, at the courthouse to day for delegates to the commercial convention. The 23d infantry band hag been transferred from Vancouver and sta tioned in Portland. The state tax from Multnomah county ihia year will not be far .from $:i0,(ioo. TODAY IX THE LIGHT OF TOMORROW. I wonder if the burden of today Will not have been so heavy as it seems. When on the morrows that are far away We shall look back In memories and dreams. Today's dark way to long remem brance driven May be tomorrow's token we shall prize. Our sweetest gifts are those already given And gone beyond where our sensa tion lies. Leaves By Grace E. Hall These, too, shall fade and die, the things that you love today, The clouds that are drifting by aro on their destined way: . The flowers you pluck and praise to morrow shall wilt and wither. For naught that is earthly stays they go we scarce know whither. We shall forget, 'ere long, today's af fliction. But long its joys through memory will range; Nor marvel we to find today's con viction Subjected to tomorrow's doubt and change. In the forgotten places of the years Through countless afterwhiles un to the last. Todays will dawn again in smiles and tears -The shadows of our lives upon the past. r SERGEANT CLAUDE WEIMER. Those youth-time keen desires gone, like the melting snow! Ambition's seething fires tempered by many a blow; Changed in their form each day Im pulses of life impel. Urging by later sway that time shall quite dispel. Scattered like dreams 'that die are things of yesteryears. Fading like sunset skv viewed through a mist of tears; Gather them into a band fashion them into sheaves. The things that in youth you planned a harvest of withered leaves! No Jurisdiction of Domestic Matters. PORTLAND, Oct. 12. (To the Edi tor.) (1) If Japan contended that their subjects should have the right to enter the United States without restriction and the United States said "No," would same be termed a dis pute between nations? (2) Does the present draft of the covenant of the league gi.ves the coun cil of the league full power to settle the above dispute? A SUBSCRIBER. The council is denied authority by the covenant to make any recom mendation as to settlement of a dis pute which arises out of a matter wHhln the domestic jurisdiction of j either party.