THE 3IORNIXG OREGOMAX. WEDNESDAY. NOVEMBER 26. 1919.
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coasts by developing traffic at neg
lected ports. Half of our "foreign
commerce is now concentrated at
New York, and the other half is di
vided among comparatively few
other ports. Many ports having rich
and extensive back country and
great commercial potentialities are
little used by ships, and carry their
trans-oceanic traffic by rail from
dther ports. This condition is the re
sult of railroad favoritism combined
with apathy on the part of the com
munities concerned. It is a fruitful
cause of congestion en railroads and
in harbors. The Fleet corporation
should be required to establish lines
to these ports and, when they have
become strong enough to live, should
turn them over to private parties.
The shipping board or the corpora
tion should sell all government
owned shipyards as soon as the
building programme is completed..
There is far more merit in the pro
posals which the United States
Chamber of Commerce has submit
ted to referendum of its members
than' in that of Senator Jones. It
proposes freedom of routes and rates,
while the effect of the Jones plan
would be to tie ships to certain fa
vored ports so tightly that all others
would be under handicap. The pro
posed corporation might retain ship
yards Indefinitely, with the effect of
concentrating the industry at favored
spots and of starving private enter
prise. Already it has put a damper
on private contracts, apparently lest
they interfere with sale of govern
ment ships et war prices.
Work in abundance for all the
ships afloat is offered and will con
tinue for several years. Opportunity
exists for establishment of private
lines without the usual initial years
of -loss. Delay in selling, ships for
establishment of these lines is waste
of this opportunity. For that reason
congress should not delay legislation.
ELEMENTAL JUSTICE,
The Oregonian finds in the col-
litlon of. capital punishment in this state.
What we have seen since has led us to
question whether we didn't make a mis
take then. - There is altogether too much
maudlin sympathy manifested for mur
derers and the next tiling to saying that
the one who sheds Innocent blood shall
not .be punished by the shedding of his
own blood, is to cease to punish such a
on at all. It isn't good policy to try to
aoonsn the ten commandments.
It may be suspected that a great
many, others have experienced the
same change of heart and mind. Yet
there are some who persist i:i the
nit: taken and harmful idea1 that
vengeance is the sole-motive behind
the demand for execution of mur
derers. . The Oregonian prints a let
ter elsewhere protesting against the
death penalty because it is inflicted
merely to gratify a spirit of revenge.
This is little short of nonsense,
though -there is very high" authority
(Romans xii:19) for punishment
on that basis
It Is unhappily true that hanging
is not an adequate deterrent for mur
der. But certain and swift justice.
through prompt trial and precise
penalties, is surely a preventive. It
will be conceded that if the la
were inexorable in its demands for
punishment in" crimes of all kinds,
there would be less crime. It is
doubtless true that if the murderer
knew that the inevitable consequences
of his act were to be solitary impris
onment for life, and not a day less,
he would often hesitate and desist. It
is to the everlasting discredit of the
American courts, and .of the Ameri
can public whichisv responsible, tha
a homicide is more often followed by
a verdict of exoneration than of
guilty; there lies'the chief, trouble
There is law enough; but there is not
enough law enforcements
Capital punishment . is not suf
ficient deterrent of murder; nor
life imprisonment- But we think the
one is more of a preventive than
the other. Yet, if it were not, the
argument for the death penalty
would be complete. It lies in its ele
mental and exact justice. The man
who deliberately takes human life
shall forfeit his own.
SELL THE EMERGENCY FLEET.
JJext to the railroad bill and bills
Tor suppression of sedition and revo
lutionary conspiracy and for exclu
sion and deportation of undesirable
aliens, the most important and ur
gent question to' be considered by
fcongress is that of shipping. Nine
tenths of the vessels used in mili
tary service have been handed over
to the shipping board, and by the
,enJ of 1920 the board will have
Itbbut 12,000,000 gross tons, of ves
sels. This will constitute a merchant 1 umns of its candid contemporary, the
marine second, only to that, of Great Coquille Valley Sentinel, this Inter-
SJritain. It is now. operated by the eating confession:
Emergency Fleet corporation under I The writer was one of the Oreronlana
tt-o- rrantori hv conirress for tne w" ! years ago voteo tor tn. aoo
war emergency, - uws are neeaea i
govern its operation or disposal un
der peace condition.
7: There is general agreement that
these ships should be retained under
American ownership for the service
of American commerce, always avail
able for government service in time
ot war. With few exceptions opin
ion; both in and out of congress
favors transfer of this fleet to pri
vate hands as soon as practicable,
iiibject to these conditions and to
government regulation. The Fleet
Corporation has started to follow
that policy, but tinder restrictions
which in fact defeat it. It sells wood
ships and small steel ships at mod
erate prices to either American or
foreign buyers, but it holds all other
steel ships at their war cost and de
mands cash. The result is few sales,
tor the ships are not now worth
Hearly what they cost and they Pe
yronie worth less as war losses of all
"nations are made good and as cpst of
shipbuilding falls toward the pre
war level. The Fleet corporation is
Tn-the position of a man who has
cornered the wheat market and must
get rid of "the corpse." It cannot
.maintain prices at the level to which
;Oiey were pushed by the war. The
;result of its policy is few sales and
continued operation by the Fleet
eorporation, which Is the govern
ment. Ships are operated for the
"corporation on commission by pri
;fate firms and' companies, but this
rs a makeshift arrangement which
precludes permanent planning by
Ithose who must make the merchant
tmarine a-success. -
J; In order to remedy this condition
Senator Jones of- Washington has in
troduced two bills which convert the
shipping board into a regulatory
Jbody similar to the Interstate Com
Tmerce commission and establish the
-United States Merchant Marine cor-
poration in pla.ee of the Emergency
! Fleet corporation. This new corpe-
; ration would be entirely govern
Jment owned, entirely distinct from
tthe shipping board, its capital would
-consist 01 tne . snips, aiupyaras,
property and assets" of the Fleet
i corporation, and it would have nine
'directors appointed by the presi
tdent. It would have authority "to
construct, equip, repair, maintain,
.operate, sell, lease, charter, exchange
;pr otherwise dispose of vessels of the
. ; United States," deal In maritime se-
curities, buy and sell property for
its purposes, "establish and maintain
within and without the United States
port, terminal and warehouse facili
ties and coal or oil bunkers or sta
tions." This company with these
"immense powers would continue for
thirty years unless otherwise pro
vided by law.
, The coastwise laws would be ex
pended to Hawaii, the Virgin Islands,
Guam and the Philippines, and es
tablish service between them and the
U nited States. Competition by the
'Corporation with established Ameri
can shipping lines would be prohib
ited and its ships would be subject to
the shipping laws. The Interstate
Commerce commission and the ship
".rinsr board would require connection
between rail and water lines and
through export rates over them. The
shipping board would advise what
"steamship lines and postal service
"ere required with foreign ports, and
would estimate their cost and the I
'.type of vessel required, and the cor
poration In its discretion would es
tablish them. It would determine
.'the need of ships between the gov
- eminent railroad terminus in Alaska
tsnd other ports and furnish service
'linless private parties provided it.
The president is directed to abrogate
provisions of treaties which restrict
our right to impose discriminating
duties on Imports.
..The effect of "that bill would prob
icMy be to continue government own
'ershlri and operation indefinitely.
"whereas the purpose should' be to
'.liquidate the Emergency Fleet -cor-1
;poration as quickly as possible, con
sistently with" the smallest practi
cable loss to the goi-ernment and
r'wtth the purpose to maintain the
; merchant marine under the Ameri
can flag, under-American ownership
-and in the service of American com
tmerce. Five years, instead of thirty,
? should be ample. To expedite it the
."ships should be appraised on the
1 basis of present value and of the
'early probable fall in value, and the
' !oe should be charged to the war. A
. five-ear period during which sales
would be made should suffice for the
corporation to establish and put on a
paying basis new lines on new routes,
and the ships on these lines could be
sold as a going concern with the bus
iness which they have established.
The period of transition from gov
ernment to private ownership could
not engaged in actual physical labor
o not manage to get exercise enough
o keep them fit for their iife work.
The rise of automobiling has not, of
course, helped the situation any, and
there are many men, particularly
those who are not ready to admit
that they are past the prime of life,
for whom golf is not satisfying. Foot
ball is essentially unsuited to- the re
quirements of most of us We are
already committed to having our
baseball played vicariously. Few
aspire to be acrobats or gymnasts.
Boxing Is within the reach of nearly
all. It combines the advantages of
plenty of exercise with the spirit of
mulation, and it teaches he partici
pant to take as well as give. In the
Victorian age which Bishop MeLagh-
en decries, clergymen were among
the patrons of, if not the participants
in, the sport of the ring.
Mr. "Pussyfoot" Johnson, who has
just taken England by storm with bis
muscular crusading and the sporting
pirit that goes with it, and the late
Lord Brassey, who died recently.
leaving delightful memories of
sundry fistic adventures that did not
ower his dignity in. the eyes of his
associates, illustrate the point that
the Anglo-Saxon world probably is
ready to give boxing another chance.
Basically, the game is as popular as
ver, and as necessary as ever, if one
is to judge by the part it played in
recent army training. It is funda
mentally no more brutal than a
number of other games. It needs
only to be disassociated from the
plug-uglies who have "been dragging
it in the mire, and this in the last
analysis is a matter of public opinion.
The example of only a few bishops
will be sufficient to restore it to com
plete respectability.
evidently intended as a hint that they
will be murdered as hostages if the
reds from America are placed In the
power of their enemies.
The Russian revolutionists have no
claim to consideration. If they were
anded in soviet territory, they would
be ;' valuable ' reinforcements for the
soviet army and would convey use
ful information about affairs in
America. Indirectly this action would
aid the bolshevists who are fighting
American troops in Siberia. . The
sensible -course would be to . send
them to Odessa and to notify General
Deniklne that they were coming, in
order that he might prepare a pro
per reception for them. What would
become of them afterward would be
no affair of ours.
adopt a definite, decided course of
hostility to bolshevism, both tn the
United States and Russia, it would
clear up the situation. No doubt
exists of the deadly enmity of the
bolshevists toward the United States,
The answer to the Martens note
should be to put him in jail, at the
very least to deport him. Let us
have a riddance of the whole mur
derous crew.
REWARDS.
The aggregate sum of $18,000 was
offered for the apprehension of the
murderers of Mr. Burgess and Mr,
Peringer. They were captured within
a day after commission of the appal
ling crime. The public is disposed to
associate the prompt and resolute
action of the police with the prospect
of a great money reward. " It does
an injustice to the efficient and cou
rageous men who walked boldly into
the Emerson street house, and at
the pistol's point commanded the
surrender of outlaws who thought
little of human life, even their own,
presumably. As it transpires, the
murderers were already under es
pionage for other crimes, and their
capture was only a question of hours
after their crowning deed.
Mayor Baker asserts, with some
evidence of heat, that he purposes to
see that the policemen who located
and captured the highwaymen get
the reward. That is all right. They
should have it, - It cannot in good
conscience be denied them, either by
the authorities, or by the public-
spirited men and. officials who of.
fered it.
Yet it is clear that the proposals
for reward were overdone. They
came from too many sources. Too
many persons had the same idea.
laudable as it was, and carried it ou
without reference to one another.
They were determined to get quick
results without regard to cosL Now
wee the beginning of a row as to
who are to share the reward.
The reward policy is sound. It
makes every one a detective. It stirs
interest everywhere-, jn.the capture o
fugitives. It leans everyone to can
vass and investigate every suspicion
circumstance coming under his ob
servation. When everybody is hunt
ing a criminal., he cannpt escape.
It would be a great aid in the solu
tion of imminent criminal problems
f ' a fund could be provided, and
placed In the hands of the governor,
or mayor, for the offer of suitabl
rewards in other cases.
LENIENCY TOWARD Rl'SSIAX REDS.
The protest of L. C. A. K. Martens,
who calls himself" representative of
the Russian soviet- government.
against his arrest for refusal to pro
duce evidence before the Lusk com
mittee of the New York legislature,
and his offer to transport Russia
Problem of Wife For Prince of Wales
Pussies Court (.ONsips.
Where on the face of the earth is
the prince of Wales to find himself
a wife, asks the Washington Times?
It is" generally conceded that neither
the king nor queen of England has
been able to formulate any plans for
the marriage of their heir, r.or have
they been able to form an opinion as
to a suitable consort for the prince.
There is in existence a pretty story
about a youthful love affair involving
the prince and the Grand Duchess.
Olga, daughter of the former czar of
Russia, but that, of course, is all past
new.
Then, early in the war. it was ru-
Thoj Who Come and Go.
"Voters of Astoria will be asked
te vote a bond issue of $250,000 for
the establishment of a civic center,"
announced John Tatte, at the Mult
nomah. "There is a large area avail
able for a civic center and the tenta
tive plan provides a half mile track,
pace for the Clatsop county fair
CHI.VKSK LABOR IS SOT WAY OIT
Smaller Tracts mm Bvttnr Til Is are So
lution of Farm Labor Skerlsge.
MA RYU ILL, Wash.. Nov. 24. (To
tha IT.rlftni- I Thar Dnn,qr in The
Oregonian an interview with Frank iIn001 XI"S Artnur-m merrte day
C. Jordan, secretary of state of Cali- 1 , " n,cn nobies everywhere
foraia. in which he advocates the jliad iron boots and iron suits
brinii-ii,- of rhin... imn ih. i-nited For street and evening wear.
States for farm work and domestic iA knight did not select his clothes
service. It would be interesting to
know who Mr. Jordan represents and
j
i More Truth Than Poetry
By Jamev J. Hoatasue. ,
I - I I IS I .MS
IT CAST J8E DONE: TODAY.
For style or fit or show;
lie had 'em cast, and they would last
buildings, and other attractions. And what they hope to accomplish by. Two hundred years or so.
luuucning sucn propaganda at mis -
time. That I presume will develop lUntroubled by
Astoria is going to raise the money
for the naval base. The civic center
bonds may not carry although I be
lieve they will but the naval base
money Is a cinch. Astoria has been
later. " Mr. Jordan's prominence and
the importance of the subject war
rant such an answer as the limited
space available will not permit. It
spendinjr a lot of money in the past
few years for development purposes will probably be sufficient as tend
and I want to say that it has re- I lng to aiiow his proposal is devoid of
ceived more returns for the money In-I merit to emphasize the fact that the
If the government would finally i niored that the prince might marry I vested than any other "town on the present food shortage and consequent
loot a definite decided course of I Princess Victoria, daughter of the Pacific coast. They are doing things high prices have been brought about
In Astoria and they realise that re- y " enormous shipments made to
suits can be secured by spending I our allies ana to sufferers from the
money, and that Is why Astoria Is
now humming along as it never did
before In its history."
former German kaiser, as a means of
bringing about the reconciliation of
England and Germany, but with the
tottering and fall of the house of
Hohenzollern this pretty little plan
passed, over.
Present rumors seem to favor one
of the Fife princesses, daughters of
Hospital Management, a technical
magazine which' seems to have' been
first to investigate the effect of na
tion-wide aridity on hospital statis
tics, finds that there already - has
been a marked decline both in cases
of alcoholism and of accidents due to
overindul-gence in drink. The Cook
County (Chieago) institution, for il
lustration, reports that the daily av
erage number of patients has
dropped from' 1850 to about 1S00,
that Instead of twenty-five or thirty
emergency calls every Saturday night
there are now only two or three, and
that the typical "bum," who used to
figure largely among the patients, is
disappearing. Hospitals in other
cities furnish similar, testimony, and
several note another improvement
which is quite as important from the
viewpoint of non-alcoholic patients
namely in the character of service in
the hospitals themselves. Employes
are more dependable and discbarges
for excessive indulgence are far less
frequent. The figures cover only
public institutions, but it is these
which would naturally be most af
fected by the alcohol issue.
I had a talk with J. X. Burgess
a few minutes before he was killed.
said R. A. Booth of Eugsne, who left
last nierht for Pendleton to attend the
the Princess Louise, sister of King I funeral of his colleague on the state
George, but It is not a marriage that highway commission. "We went over
would be particularly pleasing to the matters which we were to discuss
English politicians. " -
The prince is 25 years of age and
his marriage within the next few
years is a matter of much concern to
war in other parts of the world. As
yet there is no real difficulty in sup
plying -domestic needs. By placing
embargoes on exports of food prod
ucts, and permitting entry free of
duty of certain food products from
other " countries, this acute situation
can beeaslly remedied.
Eventually, if the drift from farm
to city goes on, we may have to deal
with conditions such as Mr. Jordan
would . have us believe exist today.
Instead of relying on the labor of
Helots, we should decrease the size
of farms. Increase the number of
farmers, and improve the tillage not
Iron
and decide on for the December 20 I
meeting of the commission and Mr.
Burgess gave me his ideas on what
he wished to do at the meeting. Mr,
Rura-esa was rnnldlv e-ettinir a irrasn I
Enarlish rovaltv The. nrince himself. Ion the work of the hlsrhwav commls- great landed estates farmed by Chi-
r i. . , ... 1 Bion and would bave made a snlendid I nese labor, but small farms, farmed
ried over the matter and it would and n active commissioner. It had by free men. The perpetuity of our 1 A ,Be Wet. n, -w.at to Go Over.
tailor's duns.
Sir Launcelot would sport
The suit his dad before him had
To jousts, and church and court
"That had the cost of iivins; beat,"
We hear you cry. "If they
Could dress like that in Astolat
Why cannot we today?"
We could, 'tis true; but just suppose
When tricked out like a knight.
Beneath one's belt, behind, una fslt
A fresh moequito bite!
Imagine how we'd twist and writhe
In wild and tortured throes.
It's qtilte a knack to scratch, one's
back
When dressed in iron clothes! "
And so. although It costs us'tnore
To dress than we have got,
We can't be clad like Galahad
In ruerrie Camelot-
hen knights went forth in
coats
To gain a glorious name
Or" fame to win. It must have been
Before mosquitoes came!
J been our decision to announce at the form of government our existence asj" n ,ook
nation would be imperiled if we
The little misunderstanding about
the steamer J. R. Gordon has at least
proved one thing that there would
be no difficulty about assembling a
cargo in Portland for New York on
short notice. If 6000 tons can be
found in one week, with lumber and
flour barred. 10,000 tons could be
found in the same time without those
exceptions. The fact Is notice to
shipping men: Bring in yotrf ships;
we'll provide the cargo.
Carnegie "Tech" professors are in
a bad way when they are unable to
buy eggs for breakfast, owing to
small pay. This might distress
"Andy" if he knew it, but probably
not- There were, mornings when he
had to wait for the hens to lay before
he had his meal, no doubt.
If the reds should follow their
strike testifying before a congres
sional committee by a strike against
being tried, nothing should stand in
the way of their deportation by de
fault. '
Turkey Is an Institution- in America
on Thanksgiving day and people who
conspire to place it out of reach of
many people by making an exorbi
tant price-should be investigated.
., , , . i . . , , . t occii uui '
v,.. ... u P'U'C'I u...utii December meeting what th. oolicv
iiiarriaeo were to do arranged tor and ni-n ot the commission would be resorted to sucn a system as jir. jor-
him. I for the following; three months. No.
It is said, In fact that the prince 1 1 "have no Idea who may be appointed
may see fit to choose his wife from I to succeed Mr. Burgess on tne com
mission." Mr. Booth has been at the
headquarters of the commission at
Salem checking over finances to as
certain just what the situation Is
and what can be done in the way of
road work for 1920.
'After paying for a few of these
$12 and (IS silk shirts, we are get
ting more careful now." confessed
hotel clerk yesterday. The sua
York "Gay White Way" palaces are! shirts are very expensive and they
going back to the waltz and the old- I aon t last. After they nave Men
fashioned two-step. This Is made par- wr?, . ,Y y, -2. k P C ,
.. .j. . a shirt, with a slight break in It
wcuiar.y evident wnen one consiaere comes hack from the Uunary looking
that the orchestra at such a "racy" like a wreck. The way we do now
and "Broad way ish" rendezvous as the when we notice that one of these
Cafe des Beaux Arts has decided to s,'k shirts sent to the laundry is not
in apple-pie order Is to show It t
among the English nobility irrespec
tive of political merits.
The glitter and tne falseness of the
slipshod dances of recent years the
shimmle. the bunny hug, plsreon walk
and the like are getting their just
dues now that sober-minded partici
pants are the judges, and the New
Dlay no more of the "fast" and "sense
less" music, as they call it. and have
substituted almost entirely the old
time music waltzes, two-steps and
one-steps.
Dancing is in for the biggest sea
son in history, according to Andre
Bustonoby, who conducts the Parisian
cafe.
"The going of liquor," he says, "ha
brought people to their senses and
shown them the folly of these wild
steps of the last year or two.'
York Herald.
the owner and explain what may
happen to It in the laundry. Then, if
the owner iB willing to take a chance.
the shirt is washed, otherwise not,
for it Is too expensive to assume re
sponsibility for these fancy gar
ments."
The ex-emperor of Austria-Hun
gary is .reported to be very hard up.
As yet,..no- tendency is noted on the
part of the American legion to take
up a collection for him.
That man in Newark who killed
his wife in a dream would not be a
widower today if he owned twin beds.
The funny Dart of the affair is the
police believe him.
It was a wise victim at The Dalles
who watched a burglar go through
revolutionists back to Russia, bring i his trousers, pretending to be asleep.
A BISHOP DEFENDS BOXING.
A boxing bout with bishops
principals, such as is promised if th
challenge of his lordship, the bishop
of Cleremont. South Africa, find
taker, may not prove to be much of
a sporting event, but It will be worth
while for the stimulus it is likely to
give to the best all-around exercise
that can be conceived amateur box
ing.- Bishop McLaghlen, the challen
ger, Is sixty-eight years old. He offers
himself as a -candidate for the pan
Anglican bishop championship, all
proceeds to be devoted to a fund for
the benefit of disabled soldiers. He
bars none on account of youth
weight, specifying only that they
must be genuine bishops. He is will
ing to let down the bars to editors.
Evidently his controlling thought is
not his aspiration to championship,
but desire to show in the most con
vincing way possible that boxing is
respectable.
"Neither Is there anything con
trary to Christianity in boxing," says
this churchman, who has overesti
mated, perhaps, the prevalence of
belief that it is so. "That is solely,"
he continues, "the nonsense of clergy
who have forgotten that they are
men, living in a world of men, and
not of Victorian old ladies." It is an
Interesting historical "f act " that the
practice of sparring with the fists
has from the very earliest times been
a peculiarly Anglo-faxon sport, and
that its professional aspect, which
has done most to bring it into dis
favor, is of comparatively modern
origin. The universal fairness which
has come to be widely recognized as
the "Anglo-Saxon spirit," and which
extends to the field of politics as well
as or sports, probably owes not a
little of ' its development to boxing.
Boxing lias been indulged in for
more than two thousand years and
tltis. is only kthe bi-centenary of pro
fendonalism." which is said to have
lien- introduced in. 1719 bv Tom
THgg.- a. British theater owner who
during' his lifetime had the' patron
age of royalty. The bishop's fling at
the Victorian age is untimely, for
boxing flourished during the Vic
torian period as in no other time
until the recent present, declining
only because of the brutality of the
London prize ring rules. It revived
again under the revised code bearing
the name of another nobleman, the
Marquis of Queensberry. but in rea
lty the work of one J. G. Chamber,
a-prominent English Amateur sports
man. So long as contests were in
to the front an absurd situation re
sulting from the vacillating policy
of President Wilson toward the bol
shevists. Martens has not been
recognized by the president, there
fore has no diplomatic immunity and
is as amenable to the law as any
resident foreigner. His office in New
York has been the headquarters of
revolutionary propaganda in the
United States, and he has been co
operating with the Rand school of
social science in that work, but the
government has taken no action to
stop his activities and has left it to
the state of New York to inquire
into them. While other Russians in
this country have been arrested by
wholesale, nothing has been done
against the man who has directed
their movements and supplied them
with funds.
This strange leniency of the gov
ernment toward the man who seeks
to destroy it explains his impudent
claim that communications passing
between him and his government of
cutthroats are privileged. That claim
is unfounded, both because he has
not been recognized as ambassador
and because his government itself
has not been recognized. Certain
circumstances help to explain it.
Among them are the president's
readiness to deal with the soviet, as
shown by his proposal for'the Prin-
kipo conference and by his sending
the unofficial mission of Bullitt and
Steffens to ascertain Lenine's terms
of peace. There is no doubt a very
interesting untold story about trans
actions regarding Russia behind the
scenes of the peace conference dur
ing the Interval between the call for
the Prlnkipo conference and the de
cision to recognize Kolchak. It may
contain the reasons for the security
in which Martens has plotted against
the American government on Ameri
can territory.
Martens' protest against the de
portation of his red flag cn patriots
and his offer to pay for their trans
portation back to soviet Russia
should not be considered. In view o
what they have done in this country
and of what they would do in their
own country if thrown into the arms
of Lenine. He should be pleased if
they escaped so easily, for there 1
good cause to' imprison most of them
for a long term. His anger at the
suggestion that they should be landed
in anti-bolshevist Russia would be a
subject for mirth, if mirth were pos
sible in connection with bolshevism
His government nas trampled on
every law of God and man. yet h
There's no glory in fighting a bur
glar, anyway.
Parental injunctions seem to have
nded the strike of students at
Vernon school more speedily than a
federal court injunction ended the
oal strike.
Helena burglars passed up . a
grocer's cash till to take twenty-two
eggs. The conclusion is inevitable
that they were poaching on the
premises.
The dog worth keeping deserves
a tag, but many a good brute in the
country districts will be risking his
life by his owner's negligence.
Warning about the high price of
Easter suits comes just 'in time for
men to economize on unnsimas guts
and begin saving the price.
spired chiefly by challenge cups they , says that deportation to anti-bolshe
increased steadily in - popularity. Itlvist Russia would .be "a flagran
was commercialism that brought it breach of international law" and
into its present disrenute. k would mean certain death for th
Bishop McLaghlen, however, puts deported. His remark about th
well be used to spread the commerce his f'nger on a need of the present j good treatment accorded to Auiert
Princess Charlotte, who died the
other day, was known as the Indts
creet sller" of the kaiser. Besides
her indiscretion, which onee took the
form of authorship of a book advo
cating polygamy, she was noted for
her wit. To coin epigrams on
Empress Augusta's weaknesses and
little vanities gave her far more
pleasure than to revel In her good
graces. ' However, on certain state
occasions the ladies were cbliged to
meet, but the consequences more
often than not were annoying to the
emprtes.
Once when the church building
craze Inaugurated by the kaiser was
at its height, the ladies wtre drlvln
together in Freldriciistraeee. Their
carriage stopped because of a break
down. An old man, recognizing the
empress, uncovered and, holding his
hat in his outstretched hand, made a
lew bow. This loyal subject hap
pened to be extremely bald.
"See here, my good man," said the
princess, "CDvar up that vacant lot
or the kaiser will build a church on
it, sure-aa you live!"
,
Robert Burns, the Immortal poet.
was one of the first men to ride on
tt.at propelled by steam.
Patrick Miller, who Invented th
first steamboat that sailed any water
In Scotland, once owned the estate
of Dalswlnton. To the north of the
mansion is an ornamental lake, and
here It was in 17SS that Miller con
structed a double-hull boat 25 feet
long and 7 feet broad, and an engine
was fitted to It by William Symlng
ton, a native of Leadhllls, Lanark-
shire.
This boat succeeded so well that its
fame went far and wide over Scot
land. Robert Burns owned the neigh
boring property to Dalswlnton, and
Canada is enjoying prosperity and
H. C. ot I j. the earns as the United
States, only, perhaps, old H- C. of L.
1s hlrlier with us." states C- Webb of
Torjnto. Ont., who with Mrs. Webb and
Mrs. 8. J. Balkwill and- M. G. Balkwill
Newlof St. Thomas, Ont.. are at the Mult
noniah. -We opened a campaign for
a victory loan for J300.000.000 a few
weks ago and In three days It- had
reached the mark of J675.000.000.
Owing to the fact of our losing so
many or our young men in tne war
we feel the effects of being short of
workmen." The Webb party Is on
its way to California for the winter,
but will remain in Portland a few
days to make the Columbia highway
trip.
Ross Finnlgan, clerk at the Benson
Is losing faith in the horseshoe as a
bringer of luck. Mr. Flnnigan picket!
up a horseshoe in front of his house
at the spot where his tires have been
scraping the curb and nailed it over
the kitchen door. It being a short
day for hira at. the hotel, he wan
dered into a garage, climbed a lad
der to oil some machinery. The lad-
I dan advocates. More than one-half i
of the six million farms in the United
States are carried on by the owner
and the members of his family. No
help -whatever Is hired. Does Mr.
Jordan believe that the owners of
these farms can operate them in com
petition with Chinese labor, without
having to lower their standard of liv
ing? As bearing on the increased pro
duction which would result from a
decrease in the size of farms and Im
proved tillage, we can profit by the
example of Germany. I dislike to
quote figures from Germany, but In
1913 there were about toe same num
ber of farms there as in the United
States. Two million seven hundred
thirty-thre'e thousand of these farms
contained less than 2.47 acres. If we
had grown as much wheat to the acre
In IMS our total would have been
close to 3.000.000,000 bushels.
It Is difficult to believe that Mr.
Jordan Is sincere in saying that the
people he has sounded favored bring
ing in the Chinese.- A hand-picked
aggregation of individuals in the com
munities he has visited may have
given him such an Impression, but he
will har.dly plead Ignorance of the
fact that the counties in the Sacra
mento valley In his own state are or
ganising to bring about the exclusion
of the Japanese or that the people in
all parts of the United States have
besieged the late congress for legisla
tion to ehut out all immigration for
period of years. The American
Legion an . organization more nearly
representing th rank and file than
any other in the United States at the
recent convention in Minneapolis
passed resolutions calling for the ex
clusion of the Japanese on the same
principle already adopted in the case
of other oriental races.
CHARLES H. BABCOCK.
Formerly Land Commissioner, Great
Northern Railway.
as if the hazing of a dry
I agitator in England was merely a
scheme to attract American . immi
gration.
Kes"l at Home
It's well enough to talk about hang
ing the kaiser, but lets conserve
some of our rope for the L W, W.
Put Not Your Treat la Ptrtorea.
There is no significance In those
photographs of Gompers talking to
John !". Jr. The king of England
used to be photographed with the kai
ser, j'ou remember. .
(Copyright, 191. by the Bell Syndi
cate, Inc.)
Bringing Up Baby,
By Grace E. HalL
OF SOCIETY
HE FOUNDATION
oos Faith Betweea Men Is Ike
"' Cornerstoae.
Saturday Evening Post.
G. K. Chesterton, discussing Ger
many s debonair liht - mindeaness
about her treaty engagements at the
Befuddle him. muddle Aim, mix hira
up right.
Use oozy "baby talk" mora, nooh and
night;
Don't let him guess what you ' mean
when you say
"Oopsy boy! muvver'e joy! ooms up
te-dey!"
Goo them up. chew them up reiery
plain- word, . -
Talking like humans to him, is ab
surd : -
Coddle thera, model them over, each
one.
Speaking them plainly would spoil all
the fun.
Twist up your face in a maudlin grin.
Quite change your voice before you
begin;
Babies were made to be gurgled
about
Don't teach them speech let- thera
figure it out!
Then, when he'e larger, make prom
ises fair.
And break them unflinchingly he
shouldn't care;
He'll learn from your conduct that
lies are but "tact."
And soon be accomplished in using
the fact.
.- - - a .
He'll ask you strange questions that
puzzle his brain.
1 .. r 1 ... v.,
" " T. K:' . . r"1 Tell him 'most anything never ex
plain:
The strike of Vernon school pupils
didn't last very long after the par
ents held a few strike meetings of
their own in the woodshed.
Now the clothiers announce that
men's spring suits will cost more.
Thank goodness, there's a long win
ter ahead !
Cigarettes are to cost more, but
that win not affect the great public
that hugs its old pipe or burns
rope."
If the gobbler has not been de
capitated , he Is sure of at least
month or more, the way the market
is going.
Notice how the two-dollar bill
becoming common? So. too, will
the Roosevelt 2-cent coin if we get it.
der slipped, Finnigan fell a dozen her course of action was worse than
feet on his back, and the only lucK I war; It was a destruction of ctviliza-
he had was that no hones were irac- tion. Because one cornerstone or
turcd. As soon as his soreness per- man's living in civilized society is the
mltted him to get to his feet, the knowledge that the other man's
botel man went home' and reversed promise will be fulfilled.
the horseshoe. He Had naiiea it tne Now, we all remember still what we
wrong way and the luck ran out of it. said of Germany; and what we said
of her by instinct is exactly what
Henry L. Bents of Aurora is regis- Chesterton remarked of her In some-
tered at the Hotel Washington. Mr. I what different language. The words
Bents Ts a banker and reports that I we use for the man or woman who
the little old town of Aurora, which I deliberately breaks faith are the old
years ago was an eating place Tor short, sharp, ugly words that lie far
railroad passengers between Portland I down at the bottom of the well of
and Salem, is thriving like a green I speech. "God hates c liar" is an ex-
bay tree. The paving of the Pacific f pression of emotion which has been
highway Is making Aurora a regular! in common use now off and on for
place and automobiles get to Aurora I rtfty or a hundred thousand years.
In time older youths will enlighten
him: fio
"Don't waste your time or thought-
just let him go. ,
By sixteen or less he'll be filled to
the brim
With facts so distorted you'll be proud
of him;
And when babies lisp by his, knee,
long years hence.
He'll prove he's your son by his eheer
lack of sense!
from Portland now In quicker time
than the old wood burners did on the
Oregon & California railroad.
For one of the arliest of our discov
eries was that' man cannot live in a
world populated by liars, because In
brief time there would not be any
world to live In.
There are powerful Influences at
Charles and Louis Traung of San
Francisco are twins and they look so
much alike that it is difficult for the I work 'today to lead organized labor
average person to distinguish one 1 to break faith habitually. If they
from the other. One of them was a I cannot bring about this action in a
member of the Portland fire depart-I comparatively straightforward way,
ment in the '80s and with his brother I as Germany did through her own of-
has been visiting old friends, but thelflclals. they propose to laborers to
old friends don't know which Is the 1 slip off in a body and repudiate their
ex-flreman. e I own organization. In this way.
where they are successful, their ef-
A flock of motion picture people forts will have one practical result
flickered Into .the Benson yesterday. I to give labor the reputation of
he and Nasmlth. the painter, and I They will go to Clatsop county and common liar, which by the unanimous
Henry Brougham, who subsequently I take pictures of the moutn of the I racial testimony or some hundred
heenme lord chancellor of England I river. ine, party, -wmcn u ire- tnousano years means inn isuur n
became lord chancellor oi tngiana. onBis, ot Marjorie Daw. Jane any organized form will If this opln
Novak. Gladys Carley. W. H. Bomb, ion should become universal be
Lewis S. Stone. Marshall H. Nlelson, I wiped out.
Tom Held, Foster Leonard, David This, however, the promoters of
Kesson and Henry Cromyager. I this movement assure us, is just tne
thing in fact, a matter or principle
Mr. and Mrs. John w. Considlne of I with them; for. their fundamental
Seattle ire at the Hotel Portland for purpose is to erect a new society.
a few days. Mr. Considlne was for-j new social contract on a general
In Other Days.
were a jolly party that eaiiea tnis
lake together as passengers on Miller
and Symington's boat.
Symington's stem-wheeler, named
Charlotte Dundes, buirt at Grange
mouth in 1801, made an experimental
trip to Glasgow, and was Intended for
Trveaty-flve Years As;o. .
From The Orcconian, November 26. 18P4.
The University Park book sociable
v as a success. Fully 1000 volumes
v.-i re added to- the university library
through it.
Tacoma.. . Wash. Clouds oft vapor
raised from Mt. Rainier today and
weather observers discovered - no
break in the crater was visible.
Two thousand people packed the
auditorium of the First Presbyterian
church last night to hear Dr. "Arthur
J. Brown denounce existing municipal
evils.
The clerks In the Portland postor
fice bave organized to affiliate with
the National Clerks' association. At
the organization meeting. 23 signed
the membership roll. ' -
towing sloops on the Forth and Clyde meriv In the theatrical business and wreckage of the good faith of the old.
canal, but was withdrawn owing to
the damage caused to. the banks by
the wash of the paddles. It was on
this boat that Robert Fulton, the
American engineer and painter, who
operated a couple of playhouses in They will If they can. And any-
Portland as segments or a string l one or common sense wouia . Know
which extended half way across the instinctively, even in default or tne
object lesson now being staged in
Russia, Just what kind of society it
would be. It would have just the
same chance of success as a marriage
between the defendant and the co
respondent ATi a particularly nasty
divorce suit, and for precisely the
same reason.
continent.
For the second time in a year the
had gone to England to study paint- I name Arago, Or., has been written on
Portland hotel register. A. It
Hodge Is the present wanderer from
the village on the Coquille in Coos
county, a mile from the settlement of
Norway. He Is at the Perkins.
Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Follett ef Eu-
Inp- under the famous historical
painter, Benjamin West, also an
American, made a trip and .became
acquainted with Symington. Fulton
studied the ietails of the vessel
closelv. From the ideas thus gained
w. Hevelnned the historic Clermont I gene arrived at the Hotel Portland
Tj-ir, w-L-ei- yesterday. Mr. Follett attended the
national cumenLiuii kl mic iiici iv-u
With a double-Jointed clothespin region aim i "-"
straddlina- her nose. Mrs. Samuel' Aus-1 For the flrst time In six years
tin wife of a newspaper publisher. I Barney Carnnchael. head porter at
the ether day walked unconcernedly the Multnomah, has taken a vacation.
into the Santa Monica (Cal.) city 11
Who says there's nothing In a
name when Ben Bourbonaiso has
just been sent to jail for bootlegging?
Chicago thinks its wave of crime is
at its crest, but Portland is uncertain
as to hers.
The thrifty buyer of the family
will miss her cheap market for a
turkey tonight.
See here. Carranza: "May I not"
suggest you get a move on, muy
pronto? t
The annual cry of profiteering on
Thanksgiving turkeys is raised.
German grand opera is in bank,
ruptcy in New York. "Goot!"
By this time Oregon is justly sick
of "second degree" murders.
brary. strolled on down the street and
through a couple of department stores
and ended with a promenade past the
city hall. And wherever she went a
ring of Inquisitive citizens surrounded I him now,
her. Finally she halted to explain her
mission and a riot call was sent in
He has been on the job since the
establishment opened ix years ago.
George H. Russell, whose cattle
ranch is on the Ochoco. Is at the Ben
son. Once upon a time he specialized
in horses, but cattle look better to
Mrs. John F. Forbis and daughter
nf nlllv are .it the Hotel Portland.
for - patrolmen to dispel the crowd. I The Forbises have extensive land
Kven at that, though, Mrs. Austin had I holdings in that section
time to say:
"I'm wearing the clothespin to set
people thinking. The public appar
ently is ignorant of the rotten politics
of Santa Monica, and my clothespin
may save the day."
Mrs. Aust;n admits she knows of
other ways of closing the gate to ol
factory trespassers, but she is placing
her money on the clothespin not a
specially constructed, ornate creation
by some jeweler, but Just an ordinary,
homely, washday clothespin. And Mrs.
Austin seems to be justified In her
choice. She says she wants people to
notice her. and apparently they're do
ing it. She is non-committal about
the nature of the odor from which she
J defends herself.
Frank Sloan, known to all the wool
growers of the west, la among the ar
rivals at the Imperial. Mr. Sloan has
hie headquarters at Stanneld.
E. C. Ward, an attorney of Golden
dale. Wash., Is among the Hotel
Washington arrivals.
THY Bl.KSSINGS.
God bless each room, the large and
small.
And bless each silvery pane:
Thy beauteous sunlight glimmers
through
E'er starlight comes again.
God bless the warmth and bless the
board.
Bless every loved footfall
B!os love of peace, thy peace on man,
Thy blessings upon alL
. JUNK MacMlLLEN ORDWAf.
Firry Years Ago.
From Ths Oregonian, November 26. 18tta.
The street commissioner !- having
Washington street repaired by throw
ing the loose gravel from the sides
toward the center.
The -Alert yesterday morning towed
up tha river two scows, one havlnir
on board the locomotive which came
down the day previous from the Cas
cades, and the other about 70 tone of
railrcad Iron.
The Masonic Building association of
Portland, capital stock JS0.000. was
incorporated November 22, and has
purchased the lot at the northwest
corner of Third and Alder streets for
JS600: -
GKRMANlt LlKENKD TO MID HKN,
aurk Stlrrrsl l la Order Taat Sao
May Grsk Trade Tadpoles.
GOLD HILL, Of.. Nov. 24. (To tha
Editor.) Did you ever watch tha
methods of the mud hen In a mud
puddle? If you have, you have ob
served her.flapping her wings, diving
madly and kicking up the wet dust
generally. Further observation shows
keen method In this apparent madness
the tadpoles are forced to come up
to the surface for breath and the
mud hen picks them up, one by
one. One who watches the Ger
man methods to regain trade will b
Inclined -to believe that much of the
strife being stirred up everywhere. Is
to a large extent -the mud hen method
to get business while her foreign
enemies are busy trying to breathe
between the frequent repetition of re
curring mud waves.. This method of
"mud slinging". Is causing those who
should be methodically bending their
efforts toward co-ordinating all the
sources of production, to, exactly tha
opposite proceeding.
Domestic Infelicity is never promo
tive of harmony iu the family and
reminds us of what Lincoln said about
E. F., and In j a "house divided against Itself." W a
London in -July? I think he wasjhave the '.'mud-hen-huisj wlln us
originally in a national guard outfit. ' abundantly and the most sorrowful
DO NOT ERECT ANY GALLOWS
Murder Goes On Just the 9 a ear. Says
This Writer.
CORBETT. Or.. Nov. 24. (To the
Editor.) There is a movement in
Oregon to restore capital punishment
based on the argument that imprison
ment is not a sufficient deterrent to
reduce the crime of murder to tha
minimum.
Like Oregon the state of Washing
ton had abolished capital punishment.
The same reason for the restoration
of- the blessed privilege of hanging
was put tip in Washington that is
now being put up in Oregon.
Result: Washington restored capi
tal punishment. Hardly was the law
In force before the state was shocked
by one of the most diabolical quad
ruple murders In the history of the
state. If imprisonment in Oregon fails
as a deterrent, so does capital punish
ment fail in Washington and will fall
in Oregon. Nothing is more certain
than that the individual, community
or state that gratifies a spirit of
vengeance does debase Itself.
SYLVESTER E. EVANS.
Traelas of Soldier.
PORTLAND Or., Nov. 25. (To tha
Editor.) How can I get in touch with
ex-Sergeant Tom Perry, of Portland,
formerly wrth the A. h. t ., and In
J. K.
Inquire al.Oreaon National Guard
headquarters, in the armory, Portland
part of it Is. that natives of all parts
of the world are the agents and co
workers. "
. . C i - WATSON,