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THE MORNING -OREGOXIAN, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1919.
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send men all over the world as he
sent Colonel House, George IX Her
ron and W. C. Bullitt, without so
much as saying "By your leave" to
congress. Under another president
the senate might ha-e taken- for
granted that the appointments would
be sent to It for confirmation, but1
the senate has learned to take noth
ing: for granted in dealing with Mr.
Wilson. If he should be embarrassed
in putting the treaty In effect, he has
himself to thank.
Some of the Lodge points are
needlessly sharp, and may prick our
friends across the wVter, though In
tended only to priek Mr. Wilson. But
if Mr. Wilson will but adopt a con
ciliatory attitude, they can be filed
down, and -some may be eliminated.
This is the last opportunity to com
promise. The man who neglects it
will not find the people ready to
hear explanations If the treaty
should become a campaign Issue.
150. years, and then became one of ( classes the well-to-do upper class.
J; AFTER rWENTT-SETBX TEARS.'
.,J. ' Twenty-seven years ago the names
;"of Henry C Prick and Alexander
Berk man were in prominence to
...gether In the news dispatches. On
July 23, 1892, Berkman made his
'Iway into the office of Mr. Frick,
i'Hhot him twice and stabbed him. Mr.
!JFrick recovered. Berkman was sen
Ctonced to the penitentiary for twen-Tty-two
years- but was pardoned at
.'Llie end of seven.
:j; The other day, coincidentally, the
."inews of the death of Mr. Frick was
"published and that also of the order
;ifor the deportation of Berkman to
-..Russia. '
ii" It has been a long wait for Berk
,fn a n's deportation twenty-seven
years. He was an avowed anarchist
itvhen he came to this country at the
ge of 18. But then the Immigration
jaws were more lax than" today. The
.'yiarm he has committed has been lm
ijmeasurable. In 1916 he established
iss editor an anarchist paper in San
Francisco known as the Blast. With
;ihim were associated Thomas J.
.'IMooney and other anarchists. One
"of the avowed policies- of the paper
;-was antagonism to preparedness. It
tlopenly preached direct action and it
Ilopenly defended one of the Los
jtAngeles Times dynamiters. It ridi
culed the American flag and It ap
plied coarse epithets to the president
of the United States and suggested
his assassination.
" After war was declared Berkman
was accused of obstructing the draft,
tried, found guilty'and sentenced to
twp years in the penitentiary, which
-he served.
In the San Francisco preparedness
- -day bomb outrage. Incited in Berk-p-man's
and Mooney's Blast, ten per
sons were killed and fifty maimed or
ij injured.
j; Such Is one record of American
"tolerance of anarchism and Its fall
'f aire properly to punish crime. Berk-
;j ;iuan s full sentence of twenty-two
;t 3rears for the attempted murder of
i.f-J-1. C. Frick would doubtless have
!r subdued him. There would probably
; -ave been no preparedness day mur
"tiers In San Francisco. Mooney would
.ijiave been still a plain I. W. W.,
!; Scorned by labor unions, and devot
jj'ing his Ingenuity to direct action
;j against property, instead of lives, as
he did before he became associated
i with Berkman.
TIIK SETI.1E"T FOR WOOD.
Tlie letter from a correspondent on
this page a few days ago in which
'.lie iivailaliility of General Leonard
Wood for president was' questioned
on Hie ground that he is a military
figure, has elicited six replies, all of
which have been published by The
Oregon ian.
Although these letters come from
separated points (Camas, Wash., Bay
Center, Wash., Portland, Corvallis,
Oak Grove and Brownsville) there is
a certain similarity about them.
None agrees with the original cor
respondent and all defend not only
General Wood's military record, but
his general qualifications and his
record as an executive having civil
functions in Cuba and the Philip
pines. Even so small a number as
six letters coming from scattered
places indicates a considerable sen
timent in sympathy with the tone of
the letters. For every person who
will take the trouble to write his
views to his newspaper on a given
subject there are invariably many
similarly minded who for one reason
or another do not publicly express
themselves.
But It would be rash to say at the
very beginning of the presidential
campaign that preference in the
northwest, for the republican nomi
nation has already manifested Itself
or Is fully formed. But It does ap
pear that admiration for the quali
ties of General Wood is not confined
to a few Individuals. It. is indicated
that he will be a formidable candi
date in the Oregon primaries and
that Washington voters are not
unanimously committed to the aspir
ations of a favorite son.
tha chief theaters of the war with
Napoleon.
The French premier's advice to his
people should serve as a hint to
Americans. According to his calcu
lation, our estimate of the average
family as five persons leaves the
native population stationary, and the
increase must be due to the Immi
grants and their progeny. ' In order
that we may show a net Increase, the
average family should be enlarged
to six persons, and a drive for more
babies Is In order.
FIRST AjfONQ MA NT.
Organization of a company in
Portland to buy a wood hull from
the Emergency. Fleet corporation,
equip It as a lumber carrier and op
erate it from this port . may and
should prove to be .the first of a
number of such enterprises. The op
portunity exists to make good profits,
for there Is practically no limit to
foreign demand for lumber, and the
supply is limited only by capacity of
the mills. By offering bare hulls for
sale, the fleet corporation leaves the
buyers free to complete them for the
particular trade in which they are to
be used, and the price seems to be
low enough to protect buyers fronu
depreciation beyond that which can'
be met out of prevailing high profits.
Return cargoes can be found In
many foreign ports, but agents must
be employed to secure them. To
supply that need It Is proposed that
a traffic bureau be established by
the Port of Portland commission.
When this bureau Is In operation
with agents In the principal foreign
ports, they will develop- traffic for
Portland and shipping lines in gen
eral, and small corporations will gain
the benefit of an organization which
they could not maintain alone- These
agents would also spread informa
tion about the port, its facilities and
its channel, and about the products
which the Oregon country has for
export and about the market which
it affords for imports.
A large corporation operating
many large vessels on regular lines,
maintaining its own, organization In
foreign ports and developing new
fields of commerce is highly desir
able, but the commerce of great
ports was generally built up on a
foundation of several small lines or
individual vessels. Such enterprises
have continued to thrive after great
corporations have entered the field.
and have often grown into great en
torprlses.
j NOT FATAL TO THE LEAGUE.
V . Heat of controversy has so e'xag-
gei-ated the Importance of Senator
Lodge's fourteen points as to have
,; created the impression that they
J- would destroy the league covenant.
;. The most Important of all Is that re
' lating to article 10, but the worst
-that can be said of It is that It would
- delay action by this country till con
, gress had voted. If real occasion
arose for the United States to inter
;' vene in defense of another Belgium
against the same or another Ger
.many, there can be no doubt, in the
light of events since August, 1914,
that congress would vote to fight.
X'Most of the other points merely as
i'. sert the authority of congress over
J-creation of offices, appointments, ex
j penditures, matters of trade, which
are clearly within Its Jurisdiction,
- though President Wilson seems dis
posed to forget that fact. The league
.. -would still exist as a great moral
force,, and the effect of the reserva
tions would only be to limit Ameri
. oan participation In Its operations.
; The council and assembly would
" xist to promote co-operation for
- promotion of peace.
Reduction of armaments could
till be effected on their recommen
dation, and American co-operation
would be limited only by increase to
J meet a sudden emergency.
The nations would still be united
against territorial aggression, with
;-the United States a party subject to
action of congress.
Resort to war In any dispute
would still be delayed for three
months, the obligation to arbitrate
or mediate would still exist, .and the
permament high court would be es--
tablished.
'X-i The United States would arbitrate
or mediate all disputes except those
which concern domestic questions or
which arise under the Monroe doc
' trine. Other nations may welcome
this reservation as justifying them in
taking a similar position.
In view of the fact that the Brit
ish delegates opposed separate rep
resentation of the dominions, Brit
ain is not likely to object very forc
ibly to the reservations on the six-to-one
point.
. The boycott is still" available, with
only a slight restriction on its extent
by theUnited States, and the United
.States wou".d Join in action against
covenant-breaking states if congress
-held that the contingency contem
plated In article 16 had arisen.
Open diplomacy is established as
to all future treaties, and treaties in
conflict with the covenant are to be
abrogated.
The most advanced nations assume
-guardianship over backward nations
under direction of the league
An international labor conference
will work continuously for the ad-
T:Tancement of labor.
Nothing in the fourteen Xodge
i-ipoints would prevent the many com
.T Tii. ions provided by the treaty from
putting the fourteen Wilson points
WHY NOT THE FACTS T
The Oregonian has not failed to
note that Its lachrymose contempor
ary, the Journal, has been shedding
long columnfuls of tears over the
outrageous treatment of the presi
dent by congress, and by the news
papers particularly The Oregonian,
through its Washington correspon
dent when he is a very sick man.
Has our overwrought neighbor read
the letters, appearing in its own col
umns, of David Lawrence, who has
on occasion reported what the gos
sips are saying about the sick man
,of the White House? It is quite true
that Mr. Lawrence has known as
little as any other person, outside the
sacred circle of White House confi
dence, as to what was and Is the
matter with the president; but he
has faithfully done his best, with re
sults not essentially different from
what others have learned and said.
The Oregonian has insisted that
the country has a right to know
about President Wilson. It did not
know, and it was filled with the
gravest fears, until some one from
congress, sent on no mere errand of
polite inquiry, in effect broke In and
found out, and1 made a reassuring re
port. Why is it that the public did
not trust the doctors, or Tumulty,
but did believe Senator Fall?
Secretary Lansing testified before
the senate committee that President
Wilson had not been consulted by
him as to Mexico. Yet now the pres
ident suddenly takes hold, reverses
the whole direction of affairs, and
puts Lansing to one side. We have
oeen drifting along with a headless
government for many weeks, and
congress and the public have pains-
miwugiy sougnt to accommodate
themselves- to the facts, only to be
denied the right to know anv facts
at all times until now, when they
"re ascertained through the Insist
ence of a senate which is accused of
outraging the proprieties because it
set afoot measures to know. Prac
tically all the time the assumption
ana fiction that the president was in
control has been maintained by his
caumei ana ry his party.
me country sympathizes deeply
witn tne president, and heartily
wishes him strong and well. But it
resents the deception practiced about
him, and it is disgusted with the
slushy and whining protests about an
inquiry into facts It has a right to
nave, such as are made by Portland's
gusmng sor sister.
Rl'RAL LUXURIES.
The experiment now being made in
Howard county, Nebraska, in bring
ing the city to the country, as a
means of counteracting the drift
from the farm to the town, may
mean a good deal to the future of
rural life In America. If it suc
ceeds, it . may react on the cost of
living, and we hope it will. If the
city has tieen a little indifferent
to the welfare of the farmer in the
past, this has been because.lt has
been busy with Its own affairs, and
not because it has not wished the
farmer well.
The Nebraskans In question have
united for the purpose of harnessing
the waters of a portion of the Loup
river, and are building a central
plant from which they propose to
transmit electricity to their own
doors. They will not only light their
own houses, and barns, but also
operate their fixed machinery by
electricity. A good many of the
common chores will be made easy by
simply turning on a switch. We sus
pect that boys will not be so anxious
to leave the farm when they can
start the corn-sheller or the feed
cutter by turning on a switch, and
that rural housewives will have less
to say about the hardships of coun
try life when the electric washing
machine and the electric stove have
been installed. Vast are the possi
bilities of electricity in making farm
life comfortable and attractive
There Is not, as a matter of fact
much good reason why farmers even
In regions where electric power Is
not available should cling to all the
old drudgeries. The gasoline engine
has reached a state of perfection
Ithln a decade that was not
dreamed of a generation ago, and it
is available practically everywhere.
,. ' 1 T " ' : " "m"JL coal during the warm weather, and
people. The portable gasoline cross
cut saw robbed the last backbreaklng
job of most of Its terrors. Modern
conveniences are beginning to mean
something. In the country as well
as in the city. The farmer who has
not informed himself about them Is
nviting discontent In his own fam
ily, and the present era of farm
prosperity Is the time for him to
begin to repair his mistake.
A CAIX FOR MORE BABIES.
fremier tjiemenceau has issued a.
call for more, babies to make good
the loss of population which France
suffered in the war. He deprecates
the national inclination to make the
mother of many children "the sub
ject of raillery" and he tells the
people that In order to contribute a
net Increase, to the population a mar
ried couple should have at least four
children, for two are needed to re
place the parents, a third on the
average to provide against prema
ture death, sterility or celibacy, and
not until the fourth arrives does a
family "give more than it receives'
and become "the nation's creditor."
Whether a nation quickly recovers
the loss of population due to war Is
contingent on several causes- The
loss is naturally less in a successful
war fought on the enemy's territory
than in one that devastates a peo
pie s own fields, causes death or de
bilitation of many civilians and ends
in defeat and a great indemnity.
Victory too brings prosperity and
confidence, whtch encourage peopl
to bring rorth children. This may
help to explain the rapid Increase in
the population of Germany since
1S70. though .increasing luxury dur
ing the decade or two before the war
was accompanied by a declining
birthrate. The most rapid Increase
in population of a highly fivillzed
nation took place In Great Britain
after 22 years of war with France
ending in 1816, in which all the
fighting was on foreign soil or at
sea. The most terrible decrease ac
companied the thirty years' war in
Germany, for almost all the fightinsr
was on German soil, and the armies
caused more deaths by massacre, de
in eLTect. Thcv havp tnken nrian. vastatton and famine than in battle
Uous that Air. WUsou shall not affai Germany did not fully recover for
m&lnly possessing a fair degre of
education, which, however, la educa
tion without background, and a
lower class, abysmally Ignorant,
"possessed of nothing but primitive
emotions and empty stomachs." No
middle class exists. Public opinion
is an uncertain, quantity, if it can
be said to exist at all. Existence of
bandits like Villa is possible because
no reformer, however sincere, would
have either capital or tools with
which to prepare effective human
instruments to aid him In reform. To
go. to war to make Mexico a safe
neighbor, as the United States mas
be compelled to do, would accom
plish nothing permanent unless the
war after the war" were considered
In advance and wisely provided for.
No one wants to occupy Mexico in
definitely. The educational pro
gramme is offered as the only rem
edy that offers a hope of cure-
What happened In the Philippines
was that not much was accomplished
with the adult generation, but that
the "youngsters' who . learned, first,
profanity, and then' their A B abs,
proved eager learners, wax to receive
and adamant to retain. ' The Fill
pino commission which visited
Washington last summer, demanding
Independence and so Imbued with a
national spirit that they also asked
admittance to the league of nation
on a rasis of equality, was one
product of our educational system,
and was proof sufficient that we
did not, while we were founding
school houses, suppress the legit
mate and natural aspirations of the
people.
The plan of laying the foundation
of a public school system" by employ
ment of teachers from -abroad, has
been tried, but voluntarily, by other
Latin-American countries. It was
conspicuously successful in Argen
tina, which awoke in the early '80s
to the need of education, and went
to both Europe and the United States
for its first teachers, retiring them,
as has been suggested In the case of
Mexico, as rapidly as native teachers
were trained.- But success may have
been due largely to the circumstance
that there was In the beginning no
open hostility to overcome. The Phil
ippines came to us with a heritage
of foreign domination. In both In
stances education proved it!s value as
stabilizer, but did not furnish a
precedent for the case of Mexico as
at present constituted. There Is
a good deal In the plan of Mr. Riggs,
however, that appeals to the Imagin
ation. That the problem has certain
new features does not necessarll-v
make it unattractive to Americana
It ought at least to furnish a subject
for discussion, by statesmen and edu
cators, of ways and means. . It will
be agreed that education Is the onlj
solution of the Mexican trouble. The
question Is the practical one of put
ting it Into effect.
Tho Who Come and Go.
BY-FRODI CTS OK THE TIME.
Cnstedlaa Job Pro-rtdra Imtereatiaa;
Mean a of Rerrntloa.
The hearings of the Join commit
tee or congress Investigating poatal
salaries developed one financial phil
osopher, a negro named Malone' em
ployed in the Louisville postoffice.
ho testified that hla job was de
scribed variously by the white folks
in the office n "ootah. or laborah, I narkwav betwaen them.
and sometimes common laborah, when will put up a concrete bulkhead the
whole, length of tha water- iwnt it
"Seaside has 2b3.OO0 to spend on
Improvements," announced E. N. Hurd.
mayor of that resort, yesterday. "We
will spend 1110.000 on the Roosevelt
drive. which will extend from
Wthannt station, at the north of
town, to the city limits on the south.
The drive will be 65 feet wide, con
sisting of two 18-foot pavements with
AiBO WC
Dr. Morrison has completed a long
term of years as rector of Trinity,
which is not to imply that he cannot
duplicate the record. He came to us
a young man, grew with us and still
is growing. One does not need be a
member of his flock to wish that his
days may be long and his way easy
Undoubtedly the burglar who got
the three dozen restaurant eggs was
the same one that stole a' 31-inch
circular saw later the same night.
Our only surprise is that he didn't
steal some dynamite.
-We can't help but suspect the
democrats of starting this propa
ganda to bring the world to an end
December 17. Looks like the only
way to prevent a republican land
slide next year.
There should be a new curfew law
to make the Christmas shopper go
home before dark, after which time
the working people have all the
ngms oa me cars out ao not get
them.
The Chinese are sending a trade
commissioner here to urge removal
of the ban on importation of Chinese
eggs. Should think they might need
"em in their campaign against the
Japs.
Next year everybody will buy his
that will keep the miners busy. There
is nothing like stress and distress to
start the making of good resolutions.
dey ain't feelln' Jes' so good."
Mr. Malone, after telling the com
mittee why he thought postoffice la
borers should have an Increase of payj
was questioned by Representative
Madden, and this Illuminating collo
quy, as reported In the Postoffice Bul
letin, resulted:
"Mr. Madden In case congress
should agree to pay you what you
ask, and the cost of living should de
crease, would you be willing to ac
cept a corresponding redoictlonT
"Mr. Malone Well, sah. Ah figgers
dat Ah won't have nuthtn to say
about dat. Tou gemmen fix dat to
suit yuself, anyhow.
"Mr. Madder What do you do for
recreation?
"Mr. Malone Mah principal recrea
tion Is entertalnln' mah credltuhs.
"Mr. Madden How do you manage
them?
"Mr. Malone Well, aah. Ah bin act
ing on de principle of payln' dun fust
dat hollah de loudest." '
Brother Malone'a system of enter- th
talnlng creditors would have a ten-
ency. If applied to the settlement of
nternatlonal debts, of producing a
concert of nations et unprecedented
character and volume,' remarks the
New York Sun.
e e e
Several of the great-granchlldren of
Charles Dickens, the novelist, attended
Mis Elaine Dickens, granddaughter
of the novelist, who was married to
Major Alex Whaley at Brompton Ora
tory, according to a copyrighted Lon
don dispatch to the Philadelphia Pub
lic Ledger. The eight bridesmaids all
wore typical Dickenslan dresses of
white silk with wreaths of colored
flowers on their hair and carried early
Victorian posies.
The bride, given away by her father,
Henry Dickens, common sergeant of
the city of London, wore cream satin
with a white and silver brocade train,
a head dress of silver lace and orange
blossoms and carried llllies of the
valley.
As the bride and bridegroom left the
church, three little grandsons of
Charles Dickens, Richard Charles
Dickens Shuchbergh and Cedrlc and
Peter Dickens, strewed white chrysan
themum petals'ln their path. ,
BE PICKS THEM OFF OXE BY OJTE! j
Ceatatrr Preacher la Sharpaliooter of
Christina Amy. Saya Writer.
RIDGEFIELD. Wah.. Dec. 7. (To
the Editor.) All blessings on the
: country preacher and his personal
work. All honor on him. when he
with a noble, steady purpose in an
humble Christian frame of heart and
a clear mind attends to the king's
business. In big cities, where bad I
and evil conditions of human rela-1
tionshlp approach to the point of ,'
danger for all. a foghorn of a great
preacher In a grand "first church"
pulpit has its place for a warning
More Truth Than Poetry.
By James J. Moatasraa.
will have a broad walk and cluster
lighta. And we will have a. pier ex
tending Into the ocean i.o.uuu
worth that is, we want ix. to o
2000 feet long and 25 feet wide, and
wa v. 175.000 to build it. but if we
can't , get a pier that long for the
money we win ouna n aa nr , unto himself alone.
the ocean aa we can for the aum. Jn. Henry Ward Beacher once said:
).. .it. . th Mnorit hotel work has i
started on a new 300-room hotel. The The lonrer I live the more confidence
, " , j . June,! I have in the sermons preached whera one
work may not be completed by June i f mln)fiter Qne msn u
THE IJfBiOCKJiT BYSTAJfUKR.
I never was much of a prophet;
I haven't a Chinajnan'a chance
To win in the street when attempting
to beat
The curious game of finance.
But when, as I run through the
papers,
I suddenly fall on the news
That a strike is declared, why Pro
always prepared
To tell you the side that will lose.
sound. But we come into the world i
one by one, we die one by one. and Whenever the owners of coal mines
we live each one an individual life, J Announce that the miners of coal
rejecting or accepting Christ as Can go on a strike, and be darned II
avior each for himself. There Is
no other way. And yet no man llveth
1. when the season opens, but at least
one unit will be ready."
"California la a good place to Ietlr
from, not retire to," declares E. R.
Helllg. About six years ago Mr.
Hellig, hearing the call of back-to-the-land.
went to Callfernla and be
gan fighting SO acres for a -Hying.
Prunes and olivea were his speclalty
and he sold the place Just when the
trees came into bearing. "It was
sell out or be carried out." he ex
plains, "and I preferred to sell. This
proposition of trying to do all the
work on SO acres by yourself Isn t
what lt' cracked uo to be. A lew
mon
consreeation; where there's no question as
to who is meant whea the preacher says,
"Thou art. the man."
The Rev. Dr. Nevlus wanted no
great preachers In his missionary
field in China. If he could find a
man who could talk familiarly face
to face with another man, wherever
he met him, he had missionary work
for that kind of a man in China. This
kind of man Is also a good man for
Christian v ork in America.
Dr. Trumbull, the late editor of
the Sunday School Times, who served
as chaplain In the civil war wrote:
My experience In active service in the
sure it
the con
flict, that the thunder of artillery was
likely to be ntoet Impressive, bat the rifles
of the sharpshooters brousht down more
men. . . . So It la with those who aa
drees Individuals for Christ. Sharpshoot
era may brlns down more Individuals
with their telllna single bullets, but they
cannot make the impression in the aur-
Ireland. who has Deen visiting ' bli cuna that are heard to thunder out
brother-in-law, H. W. McLean, left I from the pulpit casements - ery time they
for Erin yesterday. At home Mr. Mc- open tire.
Human pnuosopny ain.ust invan
ably sinks the individual and exalts
,nths ago Mr. Helllg went to Jjl,' ,VdJ
e headquarters of the Helllg olan. nic tbmt th thun,or of art
to recover from Ola larming e,-. -enee.
"The shipyard in Tacoma la
preparing to resume operations," he
says, "and that will mean the em
ployment of about 6000 men."
Thorn ae W. McMullen or Beiiaat.
iruiior, la ih head of the largest gro
eery, drug ana mm huiiijij w.... .
Belfast, and he Is a trustee oi me
harbor board, which com Dines tne
activities of both port and dock com
missions. On leaving tseitasi tne
board asked him to keep an eye open
for pointers they could use in their
new 115,000,000 Improvement piana.
Regarding the work of the port and
dock commissions of Portland and
the proposed plans, Mr. McMullen was
deeply Impressed. Among other things
in Portland. Mr. McMunen iook noio
of the many labor-saving devites. ex
plaining that these are or especial
Importance in Europe now because of
the increased costs of doing business.
A sportsman's paradise is Wallowa
county, according to W. S. Burleigh
of Enterprise, There are fishing.
hunting and ahootlng galore and all
you need, is ammunition and aome
luck. The popular fish" in Wallowa
are "yanks, which are notning more
the mass. It looks upon man arith
metically, and, because a million
counts more than one, infers that
one Is of but little value, and that
to effect anything we must reach the
million rather than the one. Christ,
on the other hand, viewed each man
as an infinite quantity; and when
we reach Infinite quantities arlth
metlc is no longer available. What
Christ sought was to bless Individ
uals, knowing that if they were per
fected. Institutions which grow out
of them would necessarily be good.
N. M. HANSEN.
they like.
I am willing to bet all ray roll
That neither the strikers nor owner!
Will lose at the end of the fuse.
The folks that are due to he done
through and through
When everything' over, are u.
Whenever Sam Gompera minions.
Whatever the trade they may ply.
In conference alt and decide they
will quit
Till wages are lifted sky-hiith.
know (and I'll bet on ray knowl
edge) Just what the conclusion will be.
The folks that are stuck when the
unions have struok.
Are people like you and like me.
I am little addicted to gambling.
But anyone wishing to bet
On the ultimate goat, when tha big
business boat
By a general strike la upset.
Will find I am willing to wager
Whatever I've got laid away.
That when all the fun haa been andad
and done
Us suckers will step up and pay!
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Wait Cam Be the Matter Wrth Thetatt
London la suffering from a chorua
girl shortage. And yet they still sell
champagne over there.
One Reenlt of the Coal Strike.
People are importing diamonds al
most by the carload. It has got
abroad that diamonds are pure
carbon.
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For the Benefit of the Proftteera.
Just as prices were about to drop
somebody Invented a means of sus
pending the law of gravitation.
(Copyright, 1919, by the Bell Syndicate,
Inc.)
TREATY FAILURE Dl'E TO SENATE
Soldiers' Mother Seea Nothing But
Partisanship In Incident
GRESHAM. Or.. Dec. 7 (To the
Editor.! May I, a sojourner in your
beautiful state, voice my plaint?
I am the mother of three boys who
"Kverybody is robbing everybody
else," Is a quotation from a news dis
patch detailing conditions In Con
stantinople. Those Turks will be
come civilized yet.
EDCCATIOJf FOB MEXICO.
The key to permanent pacification
of Mexico will be found In our exper
ience of less than eighteen years In
the Philippines, In the view of
Arthur Stanley Riggs, a fellow of the
Royal Geographic society, expressed (
in the University Extension Bulletin.
It Is education compulsory educa
tion, if necessary. Mr. Riggs does
not ignore the political difficulties
which his programme would Involve,
but points out that it Is futile to hope
for the salvation of Mexico from war
alone. His programme is fascinat-
ng enough. It remains only to ob
tain the consent of Mexico itself.
That Mr. Riggs Is no mere doctrin
aire is apparent from the fact that
he suggests the possibility that "to
secure Mexico's agreement we should
probably be obliged to make a tre
mendous naval demonstration on
both sides of the country simulta
neously." But, once this was obtained,
and American soldiers were stationed
at -strategic points to act as a kind of
constabulary, our Philippine exper
ience to which allusion has been
made leads to belief that progress
would be rapid. This, then, would
be the programme:
The teachers, mainly veterans of the
Philippine ca.mpe.lKn. could be thrown in
by the hundred, equipped with special
discretionary powers and with American
textbooks the most efficient and modern
in the world translated Into Spanish for
the purpose. The teachers would be nald
thut by Mexico), aa they were in the Phil
ippines, ana would be automatically re
tired in favor of Mexican teachers aa fat
as the latter were fitted by training and
experience and proved by examination to
be ready to take their plaoes. Eventually
all the teachers would be Mexicans, all
the schools would have been tharaurhl.
Mexlcanized and the new generation would
have such a background of general knowl
edge and experience of the ways of the
now hated and feared gringo that when
the young men of a dozen or more vean
hence turned their attention to Mexico's
problems and their settlement lo! the
problems would not be thera "Nothing is.
but thinking makes It so."
One trouble with such education
as has existed in Mexico in the past
has been that it lacked the "back
ground" which the writer wisely re
gards as necessary to its permanency.
Thera are in Mexico now only two
Traffic cops who have trouble
making pedestrians obey the sema
phores at crossings can get at It an
other way. Simply enforce the law
against attempting suicide.
The Rev. Clarence True Wilson
announces a war to the death against
tobacco. We hope the worthy man
isn't trying to popularize the cubeb.
D'Annunzio is said to yearn to fly
to America and will somebody please
put up the screens? America has
plenty just now and to spare.
Whether we have a wet or a dry
Christmas Is up to the supreme court.
Even the wets wouldn't object if the
court decided for extra dry.
Firemen enjoy rolling out after
midnight these days. That's their
cure for "ongwee."
Flnley P. Dunne was talking about
the 1919 fashions.
'Worse and worse." he said mood
ily. "They grow worse and worse. A
beggar held me us the other day.
'Why," I said as I gave the poor
fellow a dime, "why isn't this Hotton,
the famous impresario?
'That's me.' said the beggar.
'But what, old chap,' I'asked, what
is the cause of your downfall?"
"The new fashions,' he answered,
bitterly. The new fashions, Peter.
You see, I used to make millions out
of le I mean limb shows, but the
ladies display so many charms for
nothing now that the public won't
pay to see shows like mine any
more. " St. Louis Republic.
"Sold," declared A. Kanson. founder
of Moneta, Wyo., when John Goodman
of Shoshoni, offered 10,000 cash for
title to the entire town, which Kan
son held.
Goodman receives title to the
"whole works," including 40 lots, an
lS-room hotel, a five-room cottage,
two other dwellings, a large bam. an
ice house, a railroad eating house and
a miscellaneous assortment of out
houses that has been accumulating
during the 20 years that M"o neta has
been on the map.
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The emerald has been known since
early times both In Europe and In cer
tain parts of the orient, where its at
tractive color and rarity have en
dowed It with the highest rank. Its
name may be traced back to an old
world which appeared in Greek as
smaragdos. mentioned in Greek by
Theoprastus 800 B. C.
see
Although there Is a great shortage
of paper. It is unlikely that many of
us have carried economy to the extent
indicated in a letter received by a
school teacher the other day. "Dear
Sir," it ran, "Please excuse Tom be
ing late; but our gas leaks, so we
couldn't cook any breakfast. Please
send a man to put it right. P. S.
Please let him take this note on to the
plumber." London Chronicle.
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The Literary Digest typewriting
dodge is old stuff. Somebody sends
us a copy of the Typewriter Trade
Journal for December 14, 1904. with
a typewritten poem, "Lines Written
in Memory of the Alleged Inventor of
the Writing Machine." credited to F.
P. A. in the Chicago Journal. And a
rotten poem it was, too, though we
say it that shouldn't. F. P.. A. in New
York Tribune.
nor less than runty blueback salmon . fought ln the la,e war. Two of them
who never see - the sea. hy the . came back to me. and one sleeps ln
yanxs snouia oe awarioa is ' "Flandera fields." I tell you thi
known, but. maybe, the rallure or Unat you may know that my Interest
these ealmon to go to the ocean to ( an that of my two sons, in the peace
develop, like the Chinook and other ia a very real one. We have studied
Complication.
By Grace K. Hall.
minds
to see
species, may account for their stunted j
growth. Be that as It may. the yank
Is some game fish and you have to
yank 'em quick when they take the
hook. The reason these blueback sal
mon faii to make the ocean voyage is
that thuy are prevented from doing eo
by barriers. As for deer, they are eo
plentiful in Wallowa that you can
almost knock 'em over with a club,
like hunting Jackrabbits.
Duncan McRae yes, he was born In
Scotland Is the man responsible for
giving the name to Riverside, Mal
heur county. "We went there 30 years
ago," said Mr. McRae." I might say
that we were there before the sage
brush started to grow. Riverside
wasn't much of a place at the time
and there wasn't much to suggest a
name except the river, so we called It
Riverside. And It Isn't much of a
place today, except that It is In a
wonderful etockralsing country and Is
not far from one of the biggest Irri
gation dams in the United States
the one at Warm Springs." Mr. Mc
Rae raises horses and mules and has
Deen very successful at the game.
according to his acquaintances.
"With the exception of the over
head crossing at Messner." savs Cvril I heart. I feel that the senate, in play
Brownell of Umatilla, "there are 40 I ing politics, has betrayed the mother
miles of the highway completed. This I hood of the nation; has broken faith
stretch of the highway runs from i wlth my bov and those other splen
Echo to Boardman and goes right dld lads who gave their lives for
through Umatilla. The difference humanity's cause. Let us mothers
that road has made in She countrv la rise in our wrath and demand an
If the miners finally reject that 14
per cent proposal, the brewers would
gladly take It up.
it from the first with open
and passionately we desired
it ratified.
It seemed to us te be a question
of THE peace treaty or noni. For
after all. A pea:e treaty was a. vague,
unworked-out thing, and THE treaty
was drawn up by the greatest minds
of the se.veral nations represented
and presented as a concrete work
able plan, thought by those same
great men to be the best workable
plan that could be devised for carry
ing out the ideals of the people they
represented. It was the on.y such
treaty that had ever been presented.
It was a good treaty. Its faults ere
not serious ones; Just such fZxts as
those made over critical by differ
ence In political views from its
sponsor might find In any document.
(Why. the word of God. itself, has
been the occasion of controversy ln
the manner of Its Interpretation from
time Immemorial).
AND THE UNITED STATES SEN
ATE FAILED TO RATIFY THE
TREATY! Oh. the shame of it! Of
fering up the welfare of a nation on
the altar of its selfish partlsanism.
For sidestep as It may, the facts re
main unchangeable: It was the senate
that failed to ratify the treaty.
For my part I feel very sore at
Life was not meant to puzzle, I'll
assert
Simplicity, in fact, marks every
field.
Save where mankind bis efforts may
exert.
To bind free forces and their
strength concealed.
And make of nature's units vast
array
That .brings about confusion and dismay.
The waterfall is but a lovely sight
Aa o'er the mountain-side It fling
the spray.
Until, man-envied for its untried
might.
He clutches at Its power to make
it "pay";
Then the soothing lullaby it sung
The roar of commerce from Ita voice
is wrung.
The subtle currents that In nature
charm.
And thrill the universe with dart
ing rays.
Charge whirring wheels that threaten
dire harm.
As. man-controlled. they speed
through endless days;
Thus, on and on, the complications
spread.
For nature, harnessed, multiplies
her dread.
surprising. The surface is of "a sort
of concrete gravel, taken from a bank,
and makes a splendid surface. 'Some
day, of course, this part of the high
way will have to be paved with hard
surface. This will come when public
sentiment makes the demand and the
funds are available."
"A budget committee has been ap
pointed to recommend to the county
court of Lane county what-to do for
road funds," says J. S. Magladry of I
Cottage lirove, at the Imperial. "I
am a member of the committee, but
will not be able to attend the meet
ing. If I was on hand I would sug
gest that a bond issue be voted for
the roads instead of a direct tax. We
thought we had good roads In the
valley until the days of the motor
trucks and fast machines. These
trucks and fast cars just tear up a
macadam or gravel surface in no
time. E. J. Adams, formerly a mem
ber of the state highway commis
sion, is chairman of the budget ad
visory committee."
accounting of the senate.
MRS. C. C. MILLER.
Twenty-five Yenrs Ago,
From The Oregonian December 9. 1804.
valla Walla. This community was
hrown into a fever of excitement by
ews of the suicide of ex-Warden J.
H. Coblenz, who shot himself as he
was at the point of arrest on a charge
r tnert or state property.
Astoria. Colonel James Taylor,
who won his rank ln Indian troubles
in northwestern Ohio and Michigan
and was a pioneer of 1S45 in Oregon,
died here at the age of 86.
Visitors to Newport know more
about the rock oysters you fish for
them with a hammer than about the
fish in the streams, and they care
more for the crabs and the clams
than the creatures with f inn hut th.
I N'iwnort native la not lnierHt.il in
-e - .lthe rock oyster and other shell fish.
Tears go Thomas A. Edison used Tnere is a rod-and-gun club at New.
to try to Instill the rudiments of ' port, of which W. A. Schumacher is
science into the head of his young
son and never overlooked an oppor
tunity to use some everyday happen
ing to illustrate some principle of
mechanics.
president, ana air. Schumacher was in
Portland yesterday attending the
meeting of sportsmen.
John Bell, state senator from Lane
county, went duck hunting down the
On this particular occasion, chanc- I Columbia Sunday. Yesterday he In-
These temperatures cannot be
charged to the Hun, though the fuel
shortage might:
"Old Bill" White has written a
movie scenario, but think what Ed
Howe might do!
San Francisco is out of it and
backing Chicago for the convention.
A wise move.
. This will be a memorable day in
some respects if the coal strike shall
be settled.
If some of the garden pests are
killed, the freeze will be a mixed
blessing.
Anything that helps a baby Is
worthy and that means the Waverly
home.
Again we have the great anomaly
of skating on natural ice in Portland.
Since holly has become
naturally it costs mora.
crop.
Ing to spy a peddler pushing a band
cart, the great inventor cried:
"Now there's a good example. I
don't suppose you can tell me why he
pushes the cart Instead of pulls it. I
don't know whether the man himself
could answer. I'll ask him."
"My good man," said the Inventor,
turning to the peddler, "why do you
push the cart rather than pull it?"
"Cause I ain'ta da hoss, you damm-
na fool," was the unscientific though
disconcerting answer.
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Struck by the notice, "Iron Sinks,"
in a shop window, a wag went inside
and said that he was perfectly aware
of the fact that "Iron sank."
Alive to the occasion, the smart
shopkeeper retaliated:
"Yes, and time flies, but wine
vaults, sulphur springs. Jam rolls,
grass slopes, music stands, Niagara
Falls, moonlight walks, sheep run.
Kent hops and holiday trips, scandal
spreads, standard weights, India rub
ber tires, the organ stops, the world
goes round, trade returns, and " ,
But the visitor had bolted. After
collecting his thoughts he returned
and showing his head at the dporway,
shouted: "Yes, I agree with all of
that perfectly
Ixuh World,
tended going to Prinevllle and Bend,
but lacking at the weather reports he
decided that he didn't have enough
heavy underwear for the trip and
postponed the Deschutes canyon jour
ney iintil the weather moderates.
E. E. Kiddle, newly appointed mem
ber of the state highway commission,
passed through Portland yesterday on
his way to Salem and Eugene to
familiarize himself with the duties
of the office at the commission's head
quarters in Salem and to confer with
R. A. Booth, his colleague, at Eugene.
Dr C. E. Gard and W. F. Hulery
(pronounced Ooley) of Moro were
milling around with the fishermen
at the Imperial yesterday. The doc
tor makes a specialty of quoting
ad lib. Kipling and Service, which is
one way of making a patient forget
the pain of an extracted tooth.
Carrying all the ducks and geese
he could - tote, Louis E. Bean of
Eugene was ln town yesterday. The
ducks were shot on the Columbia
Before he caught the 4:50 train for
home friends of Mr. Bean, feeling
sympathy for him, relieved him .of
about half of the game.
Senate's Part In Treaty Making.
PORTLAND, Dec. 8. (To the Edi
tor.) (1) Is It legal for one to serve
on election board when same person
resides in another precinct?
(2) Can one serve legally on elec
tion board who Is not registered, but
resides ln precinct and who refrains
from voting, but was appointed by
county clerk for said election?
(3) Did President Roosevelt while
president of the United States nego
tiate a treaty with Jamaica without
the advice and consent of the senate
or did any other presdent do so with
any other nation?
(4) To what political faith does
The Oregonian belong?
I notice ln The Oregonian that the
school board of this city paid out $500
for 6CK10 Portland high school stu
dents to witness a dress rehearsal
by members of the Portland Opera
association which the board considers
an educational feature. It seems to
me the board is certainly stretching
the word education. Why not Include
baseball, vaudeville, pugilistic en
counters? Why not spend a like
amount each year ln teachng them
church music? I as a taxpayer cer
talnly protest against the school
funda being spent in this manner.
A SUBSCRIBER.
1. No.
2. Yes. If qualified electors.
S. Jamaica is a British possession
and has no power to conclude a treaty.
Washington was assailed by op
ponents of the Jay treaty with Eng
land on the ground that he had
negotiated the treaty without the
aavlce of the senate. Hayes similar-
Iv offended the senate. In most in
stances presidents have consulted t-h
senate before negotiating treaties or
have apponted senators to the treaty-
makinsr commission
4. The Oregonian usually finds it
self In accord with the republican
party.
Duties of Alde-de-Camp.
Indianapolis News.
An aide-de-camp Is an officer at
tached to the general's staff who as
sists him in his work; he is an act
ina- assistant adjutant-general by
reason of his detail as aid. He at
tends the general, acts practicaly as
hia nrlvate secretary ana may oe aes
ignated to aome special military duty,
During our civil war tne aids car
rled orders and actea in an sorts
useful ways.
Searchlight Wright Reduced.
Exchange.
When the United States-entered th
war the searchliehts then In use by
the army were far too heavy, weigh
inir between 8009 ana io,oou pound
for those with 60-inch reflectors.
Lam Bar Allen Anarchists.
ASTORIA, Or.. Dec. 7. (To the
Editor.) Please let me know whether
Emma Goldman has been deported,
and if so, where she was sent? Also
please state on what legal grounds
officials at Ellis Island are holding
aliens who have been sent there for
deportation. P. L. B.
Emma Goldman has not yet been
deported. Alien anarchist are de
ported on the ground that they are
Ira-
man v years, is re?
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na ii Hi i u i e ousts. . nam-. o o .i wi ,.4.i,u ..oil, no i ... . 1
I his daughter. Miss Bernice. brought down to 1400 pounds. J entry.
In Other Days.
The second week of the holiday ex
position begins today, with special
attractions billed for every night this
week.
Numerous important changes in the
city charter were discussed and pro
posed at a meeting of the citizens
committee of 100 yesterday.
Fifty Years Ago.
From The Oregonian December 0. 1869.
Y astwrigton. The postmaster-gen
eral's report shows ordinary revenues
for the department for the fiscal year
were $18,344,000 as compared with ex
penditures of $23,690,000.
Real estate transactions of the
week ln the city and county amounted
to $16,000.
We learn that F. M. Warren is put
ting up the works of a new and ex
tensive salmon cannery at Cathlamet,
THE PIOXEEIl FARMERS.
We call them "pioneer farmers,"
The founders of our land;
They, too. were pioneer farmers
That little Oregon band.
And while they planted churches.
And schools upon our soil.
They sowed the goodly kernels
With patient, trustful toil.
All through the. sweet, bright spring
time
Of Eighteen fitty-one.
They labored 'mid the furrows
From dawn till set of sun
And where the Indian wigwam
Had stood ln other days.
They scattered wide the barley.
The wheat and oats and hay. .
It was a bounteous harvest
They gathered in that year.
And so they kept Christmas
With feasting and good cheer;
And praised the gracious father
For sunshine and for rain
That filled their bursting gran'rles
With heaps of golden grain.
All hall the pioneer farmers
And hail them once again!
The founders of our Oregon,
And her first husbandmen:
The memory of their virtues
Shall never fade awav
As long as each December
Brings us Christmas day.
ELIZABETH SHUTE.
Tiirlor Abr&hnm. who has been a.
dry goods mercnani in Koseourg ior , A"r """" n,wfnllv in this country. th
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