1921
PUBLIC QUESTIONS OF ALL SORTS DISCUSSED BY VARIOUS WRITERS
Foreign and Domestic Problems Are Considered From Different Angles by Numerous Correspondents Who Present Interesting Views on Current Events Which Have Appeared in News.
. THE SUNDAY OKEGOXTAX, PORTLAND. DECE3IBER
EDUCATIONAL BILL OPPOSED
President of Whitman College
Takes Issue AVItli Proponents.
WALLA WALLA, Waah., Deo. 16.
(To the Editor.) I have recently re
ceived a copy of a bill, known as the
Towner-Sterling bill, and also a
pamphlet, entitled "fact About the
Educational Bill," prepared in Eos
ton, Mass., by a "national committee
for a department of education." I
have Ions been fimiliar with the
movement to create a department of
education, with a secretary in the
president's cabinet, and am strongly
opposed to It. VVi'.l you allow me to
present gome of the reasons for my
opposition ?
For 27 years I have been president
f Whitman college, a non-sectarian
but Christian institution of higher
education. During this time I have
taught the history and principles of
education and have studied education
broadly and minutely, both in the
northwest and in the country at
large. I am by birth and upbringing
a Pennsylvania republican, born in
Philadelphia, and therefore I might
be expected to favor the centraliza
tion of power In the hands of the
government: nevertheless, I believe
that the Towner-Sterling bill is in
expedient, unnecessary and preju
dicial to the best interest of educa
tion and the nation.
First It is inexpedient. The bill
proposes the annual expenditure, for
an Indefinite time, of $100,600,000.
This expenditure is not for one year
or for a term of years, but runs on
without limitation as a permanent
feature of our national life. It seems
to me that, in the present juncture
of Immense national indebtedness and
extraordinary taxation necessary for
carrying our war debt and the in
creased cost of government. It is un
wise to burden the nation with such
an expenditure unless it can be
proved to be absolutely necessary.
Second The proposed expenditure
Is unnecessary. From the beginning
of our h'ftory education has been a
function first of the locality and then
of the state. The advocates of the
bill assume that all functions of the
national life. Including education,
must be directed by the national
government from Washington, and
that a government department of
education is necessary to create a
proper Interest In education. But
education has been a primary inter
est of the American people from the
earliest days, and has not waited for
the national government to call It
Into being. The Interest of the people
has been widespread and generous to
an unparalleled degree. The burden
of proof mil st rest upon supporters of
the bill.
It Is true that several educational
activities chiefly of research, are car
ried on at present by several depart
ments of the federal government, and
that wasteful overlapping is a result.
But it is not necessary to organize" a
department of education in order to
unify these activities. Let the dis
position to unify such activities ap
pear, and the problem can be solved
economically and effectively.
Third The proposed bill is danger
ous In Its tendencies, (a) Local ini
tiative has heretofore characterized
education in the United States. This
bill will teach the states and their
normal schools to look to the national
. t . . .. . i
government lor yearly BuJmn.
will stimulate a feeling of dependence
rather than of Independence and thus
tend to pauperize the people of the
! weaker states.
(b) It places the responsibility for
educational development upon the
wrong shoulders. Mako the people
of each district and of each state feel
that they must manage their own
affairs as best they can. and they
will manage them better than if they
expect continual relief from a benev
olent and paternal government.
(c) The independence of the states
Is undermined by the proposed meas
ure. Money In large amounts Is of
fered to them for unnecessary objects.
Their normal schools need no aid from
the United States government. The
problem of illiteracy should be met
at its source; namely. Kills island and
the Kates which admit immigrants,
rather than thus tardily. "An ounce
of prevention is worth a pound of
cure." Moreover, the present efforts
of the states to Americanize their
foreign clement do not require the
vast scheme of aid proposed in this
bill.
Arouse the states to the problems
which are Involved by the presence of
an ignorant body of foreigners within
their borders; when they realize their
danger, they will find adequate means
to overcome it. At present they are
often unaware of the economic and
; moral loss which they sustain by the
presence of this unassimilated ele
ment. They need enlightenment
rather than government bour.ty. Un
necessary and lavish expenditure on
the part of the general government
Is a danger to the republic.
For these reasons I earnestly hope
that you will oppose the passage of
any bill to establish a national de
partment of education.
STEPHEN B. L. PENROSE.
OREGOXIAN'S IDEA, IS CLAIM
Sheep Crowing .Contest for Roys
Originated by Amity Man.
MEDFORD, Or., Dec. 17. (To the
Editor.) Recently The Oregonlan
printed a news item to a contest said
to have been held by the Hampshire
Sheep Breeders' association of Chi
cago, in which George Hiles, a lled
ford boy, won the prize for his com
position. This contest was planned by
Dave Waddell of Amity, Or., with the
idea, as stated by him, "of creating
a contest among the younger genera
tion on the farm which would be both
Instructive and remunerative.
"It was confined to the children of
the state of Oregon.
"The A'mericarv Hampshire Sheep
Breeders' association knows nothing
of It whatever."
Such contests are a splendid thing
for the young people of Oregon look
ing toward life on the farm, and lir.
Waddell deserves much credit for his
good work. C. ALBERT HILES.
TtKAIi PRESIDENT REVEALED
J. Patrick Tumulty Shown til-eat
invisible I'imcr of Ruling.
WOODBURN, Or., Dec. 17. (To the
Ediior.) At last we are enlightened;
the lid is off. We suspected all along
that Wilson was hardly ejuul to the
task of carrying on the war. His
methods of procedure day by day gave
full evidence to that effect, and we
all knew tnere must he some outside
force pushing him along; but now,
here we are with the goods right
from the pen of his secretary, J. Pat
rick Tumulty, showing conclusively
that Tumulty himself was the great
power behind Uie throne, directing
and urging Wilson on to victory.
Always and ever present, and what
a wonderful power It was that
It brought peace and quitt In Mex
ico through that blessed "watchful
waiting" policy. It kept us "out of
war" until Wilson was elected the
second time; It kept us unprepared for
three years after the world war be
gan, and after we got into the war
It thanked God that we were unpre
pared. Now, if there are any who doubt
that power you might refer your
selves back to the conversation be
tween Tumulty and Wilson, after
they dismissed Colonel Roosevelt
from, the presence on the throne:
W. VVe.;i, Tumulty, what do you think
of the colonel?
T. Oh, he's an Interesting little feller.
W. Yes; but don't you think he is of
rather small caliber in ah comparison 7
T. Oh, yea, sure, alongside the present
occupant of the chair.
W. Now, Put, you have said a mouth
ful. You remember we did not favor him
a president, and very much less now, of
course. Do you think we had better let
him et up a bunch and go over?
T. We don't want him ovtr there up
setting our plans. We are going to make
this a democratic ' war make the world
safe for democracy; especially In the
United States, you know.
W. Yes, the colonel is a pleasant little
conversationalist and quite a lively little
follow, yes; but hardly up to our standard.
T. He and Wood should be quietly ig
nored for the good of the service, don't
you think,, guvner 7
W. Yea, yes. J'at, I'll say you are right.
The above is a fair specimen of the
methods pursued in carrying on the
war by the master mind of Wilson,
and the great Tumulty power. It Is
sometimes hard to stomach, but some
relief when Tumulty's picture Is left
out. That helps considerable.
SUBSCRIBER.
EARLY
.HISTORY
FOUND
Curl Funeral Revives Stories
of
Missionaries.
JEFFERS9N, Or., Dec. 22. (To the
Editor.) Officiating at a funeral serv
ice hero and the ourlal in Albany this
month of Mrs. James Curl, I found
later some interesting historical data
in the library of C. M. Smith, a mer
chant and long-time resident of this
section.
Mrs. Curl was the daughter of Alon-
zo Beers and wife, who, according to
the Oregon History of Oustavus Hines,
sailed from Boston in July, 18:16, with
Dr. Elijah White and wife, Miss Ann
Pitman, Miss Susan Downing, Miss El
vira Johnson and W. H. Wilson. They
were sent out here In response to the
appeal of Jason Lee for more mission
ary help and arrived here on May
27, 1837, almost a year after they left
Boston. Following them around the
Horn and arriving at the mission set
tlement at Mission Bottom, ten miles
north of Salem, came In that .same
year Rev. David Leslie, Rev. H. K. W.
Perkins and Miss Margaret Smith.
In the spring of '63 Mr. Beers died
and in his death Willamette univer
sity lost a good friend and the
young territory lost one of its most
useful citizens. He was one of the
original nine who constituted the first
board of trustees of the old Oregon
Institute, later the lWllamette uni
versity. Hines speaks of his death
as a great loss to the workers In this
country at that time. "He was a
member." states the author, "of the
first legislative committee of the ter
ritory, and also of the executive com
mittee of three who acted as a kind
of triune governor of Oregon. In 1842
he was present at the meeting when
the Oregon Institute was born and
was then elected a member of the
board of trustees, of which he re
mained a member, being re-elected
time and again until he died."
His daughter, the recently deceased
Mrs. Curl, married Jesse Parrish in
1858. and following his death was
wedded some years later to James
Curl 30 years ago, who survives her
and resides in Parrish Gap, near Jef
ferson. . Jesse Parrish of the city of Jeffer
son, a well-known citizen of this
place. Is a son by the first marriage
and is supposed to be the first white
child born in the state of Oregon, his
birth taking place some five miles
east of Albany the day after Oregon
became a state.
Mrs. Curl seldom left her home
where she recently passed away at
the age of 81 years. Not many people
about here connected her with the
very earliest of the missionaries to
this state. She was a good neighbor,
wife and friend and a good, true
woman.
I am somewhat related to Gustavus
Hines In that he married my wife's
parents and his brother Harvey
taught me theology in Portland.
E. B. LOCKHART.
MEMORIAL TO INDIAN LAUDED
Tribute Sponsored by Boy Scouts
to Chief Kilchis Timely.
FOREST GROVE, Or., Dec. 17. (To
the Editor.) I read in The Orego
nian of December 11 of the purpose
of the Boy Scouts of Tillamook
county to erect a memorial to the
memory of Chief Kilchis, and I wish
to commend the plan and add my mite
of tribute to the memory. of the old
chief. I remember him well, as I
saw him very often during a period
of two years before his death. He
was, a large and powerfully built
man and looked every inch a chief.
His influence over the Indians was
great, as they all feared him, and the
white people held him In respect. He
died at his fishing station on the
north bank of Kilchis river, about
three-quarters of a mile below the
railroad bridge.
Kilchis was buried by his people In
a canoe tomb by placing his body in
a fine large Alaska canoe, and a
smaller one, turned bottom up, was
placed over him. His guns, fishing
spears, canoe paddlesv etc., were
placed in the tomb with him. His
household paraphernalia was fastened
on the outside. After six or more
years, at the suggestion of the white
people, his body was removed from
the canoes and placed in the ground.
He was buried in a small bight on
the west side of the bay, about mid
way between Memalouse point and
Dicks point. If the men who are
building the road between Tillamook
city and Bayocean pass through the
bight Just above high water mark
and uncover a grave containing hu
man bones it will be the grave of
Chief Kilchis.
There are four persons living In
Tillamook county who undoubtedly
can point out where. Kilchis was
buried. They are Joseph nnd Patrick
Smith, sons of Hiram Smith, a man
by the name of Mitchel, a distant
relative of Chief Kilchis, and Mrs.
John Larson.
If the chief's grave cannot be lo
cated. I would suggest that the me
morial, in the form of a cairn or obe
lisk, he placed on the west end of
Kilchis point, on top of the bench
above high water mark, as it would
be- a fine landmark for the boats and
vessels passing up and down the bay
and would also mark the chief's sum
mer camping place.
I hope the Boy Scouts will consum
mate their purpose. It would be a
simple act of Justice to a man of
character. Indian though he was, for
he did, in his humble way, what he
thought his duty. He was a friend
to the whites, always.
E. H. COLEMAN.
Air Mail Over Sea.
HALIFAX, N. S. A new departure
In Canadian postal delivery in form
of aerial mall service was tried out
between St. Johns, Newfoundland, and
Halifax on Decejnber 10. An extra
charge of 30 cents per letter is imposed.
PROHIBITION HELD FAILURE i
Secret Drinking Declared Worst
Kucray of American People.
MYRTLE POINT, Or., Dec. 15. (To
the Editor.) I assume that you in
tend to be candid on your editorial
page and would not intentionally
mislead your readers, but in your
leading editorial in The Oregonian
December 7, entitled "The Faults of
Prohibition," you mistake the public
attitude, aa you accuse your co-re
spondent, A. J. Jons, of doing.
The public attitude in regard to
prohibition Is its worst or greatest
enemy. The public regards the Vol
stead act as a joke. Prohibition was
adopted in the south to keep liquor
away from the "niggers" and they
openly say so. Prohibition was
adopted in the north to keep liquor
away from the working men, thoirgh
we do not openly say so. Two-thirds
of the lawyers, judges, doctors and
business men with whom I am ac
quainted constantly violate this law.
Vou are entirely mistaken in saying
that the "vast majority of tha Ameri
can people no longer bother about
liquor." You are also mistaken in
saying that "the surface evidence of
violations" causes the actual viola
tions to be overestimated, because
they attract public notice.
The facts are quite the reverse.
Only a few of the "drinking bouts"
attract public attention at all because
they are behind the scenes. The
whole drinking business Is now secret,
with few exceptions. Even the "Fatty"
Arbuckle party never would have been
known to the public except for the
tagedy attending It. Similar parties
are an every-day occurrence all over
the land. Witness the article in the
last Cosmopolitan, where the writer
informs us that they are common
even in the dry and moral Kansas.
You say: "It (prohibition) was not
Intended for this generation, tout the
next." What reason have you for
tliiuklitg that the next generation will
b benefited 7 All disinterested lnves
tigators tell us that never before
were women and boys and girls
drinking whisky as they do now. The
"bootlegger" Is no respecter of per
sons. Booze parties and "petting
parties go together. The prospects
for the next generation do not look
good to me. I read that the head of
the prohibition army in the United
States recently said, when compelled
to admit that enforcement was not
now satisfactory, "Give us another
generation." Which reminds me of
the old story of the cat that fell into
a deep well and every time it jumped
up two feet it Blipped back three.
Query: How long will it take the cat
to get out?
You Intimate that Mr. Jons is not
doing his duty if he does not go to
the authorities with the information
he possesses in regard to violations
of the liquor law. Now, I am willing
to wager one good American dollar
that you know of many persons among
your neighbors and acquaintances
who are unlawfully in possession of
liquor. Why do not you become an
Informer? Probably for the same
reason that Mr. Jons does not and I
do not.
You say that In the old days nearly
every American family paid toll to
liquor. Is it not true that now every
American family pays toll to prohibi
tion? The prohibition army spends
billions and says this must be kept
up for another generation. Who
pays?
Undoubtedly there Is a less quantity
of liquor cpnsumed since prohibition,
but It does more damage. Before
prohibition the bulk of liquor con
sumed was beer and a large propor
tion of the drinkers were working
men. Now nearly all the liquor con
sumed is some sort of whisky and the
drinkers are business and professional
men and women, boys and girls. Be
fore prohibition it was a disgrace to
be drunk. Now It is a joke unless
you run into an officer.
Some violations of any law are to
be expected. If the violations of the
prohibition law were-confined to the
"old soaks" it would mean little. But
it is not so. It is undoubtedly the
fact that more women and young folk
have learned to drink whisky since
prohibition than ever learned before
in the same length of time. Added to
this, the public docs not care whethef
prohibition Is enforced or not. Not
long ago you severely criticised a jury
In Seattle which refused to convict a
bootlegger where the evidence clearly
showed guilt. In your editorial on
prohibition you refer to violations of
the white-slave act. Your reference
is disingenuous. The public abhors
a white slaver, while It sanctions or
tolerates the bootlegger. The de
plorable fact about prohibition is that
it breeds disrespect for law. Time
was when the average citizen regard
ed the law as something to be obeyed
by everybody. Now Mr. Average Citi
zen regards the law as something to
be obeyed by the other fellow. -Tims
was when the lawbreaker was a crim
inal. Now he Is very often a pal.
I could tell you why prohibition was
bound to be a failure, but it would
take too long. Suffice to say that no
law will be a success in a free coun
try that undertakes to compel 49-10
cf the people to do something which
they do not want to do, because
51-100 think it best for them to do It
People who can vote do not like to be
treated as children. They think that
the "Inalienable right" to the "pursuit
of happiness" means that they shall
be allowed to pursue it in their own
way. They think a person has the
right to make a fool of himself if he
sees fit. AUSTIN S. HAMMOND.
ROSCOE ADMITS DECENCY
Martyr's Pose Not Liked by Local
Reader.
PORTLAND, Dec. 24. (To the Edi
tor.) In the Los Angeles Times of
December 7 appeared a headline col
umn interview with Roscoe Arbuckle.
Among other things he is quoted as
saying: "This case has put quite a
crimp in my pocketbook and I resent
the damage it has done me because I
know that I am a victim of circum
stances and of several unprincipled
persons who hoped to profit at my
expense. If I had had any connection
with the death of Virginia Rappe I '.
would have said so. That is the kind ;
of a man I am. All of the dirt In this i
case was brought In by Mr. Brady. I '
have always tried to treat people in
the right way and to be a good scout.
I want to appear in motion picture's
again if the publio wants to see me."
One can almost imagine this mon
ster dramatically striking a pose of
injured innocence while relating his
belief that the whole world is heaping
anathemas on the defense less head
of a paragon of virtue. His is exactly
the type which, when confronted with
his offenses against common decency,
loudly cries "Wolf."
That there are avaricious producers
and exhibitors willing to risk flaunt
ing him before the public when their
wrath has subsided and mellowed is
almost certain in view of his former
drawing power, but it seems ridicu
lous to believe that a population
which has clamorously sponsored uni
versal disarmament, cessation of ter
ritorial aggression and turned
thumbs down on Clara Hamon's re
cent flare in moviedom will flock to
see his pictures.
That he will be freed In the forth
coming trial Is almost certain In view
of the fac( that the principal wit-
nesses seem more concerned in keep
ing their own participation in the
orgy from public ears than in expos
ing Arbuckle, but at best the ex
tremes to whlcli he will go to prove
to his equally .debased companions
that he is a "good scout" and his
depraved unnatural appetite have
been amply proven and in 'the interest
of progress of a great v industry all
lovers of clean pictures demand that
bis type be removed from the screen.
A MAN.
GARDNER'S HEAD FAULTY?
Too High Blood Pressure May Be
His Trouble.
PORTLAND, Dec. 24. To the Edi
tor.) Regarding Roy Gardner and
notation in a Portland newspaper that
Gardner Is a spiritualist, permit me
to say that Roy Gardner is an Im
becile of thought wrong in his con
cept of life. A spiritualist is one who
believes in the purity of the concept
of lite. All Gardner needs is to have
some good surgeon cut away some
of the waste cellular tissue of the
lower brain and reduce the blood
pressure of certain nerves and his
desire to roam without caring for his
wife and home ties and state laws
would cease. Well-meaning people
offer men of this type much sym
pathy but his own self is out of
town his real issue asleep his big
old doggy dead to his sense of safety
and bis big "brag" uppermost.
"A good man is Gardner dead,"
said a policeman. Yes, so are many
policemen better dead than In plain
clothes, breaking the laws they are
expected to uphold. Here in Portland
we have a real live issue In a chief
of police his men love him for his
loyalty to the cause of real duty to
the city, and so have we a sheriff
who it seems does not consort with
the moonshine manufacturers why,
ask the fellows themselves they say,
"Hell can't get round him."
If these two officials had Gardner
In the Oregon state hospital be would
be all well next year and in ten years
fn office In Triahn nr Ksniua
Gardner and his clique are nn-l
meroug and they are going- to get
theirs the killing of our ex-soldiers
won't work. But there are some
well-meaning off-springs of Gardner
who will cease in 1922 trailing our
country in the dust.
BENJAMIN F. ATHERTON.
DISABLEQ TO BE VISITED
American Legion Plans a Merry
Christmas for Helpless Veterans.
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., Dec. 24. Dis
abled veterans and their dependents
in every community in the United
States will be cared for Christmas day
by American Legion members, accord
ing to plans announced by national
headquarters of the ex-service men's
organization.
Visits to the homes of sick and
wounded ex-service men and to their
families will be made by the legion
naires and special committees will
take care of the men still in hospitals.
Entertalnmetns and presents will be
provided for the incapacitated vet
erans. In connection with the Christmas
visits, legion investigators will obtain
Information In regard to striking cases
of neglect of the disabled and their
families, following which action the
members of the local posts will take
up the claims of these men with the
government and will assist their fam
ilies in getting proper care.
Information In regard to the loca
tion of disabled men will be ascer
tained through legion post meetings,
the Red Cross, local medical organiza
tions, county and city officials, and.
If necessary, through house-to-house
work by legion committees.
"This is not a charity affair," eald
Hanford MacNider, national com
mander of the legion, "it is the Christ
mas thought of one ex-service man
for another who would expect his
buddies to remember him if the po
sitions were reversed. It does no(
matter whether the disabled lad Is a
legion man or not; it is" a Christmas
greeting between ex-service men."
Swamp Root Good to Eat.
Samara university hopes, through
Its discovery of the edible qualities of
"awsan," a swamp root, to reduce the
suffering In Russia by one-half.
Awsan contains 70 per cent of starch,
considerable albumen and some fats.
UNDERSTANDING OF RIGHTS
OF ANIMALS AIDS CHILDREN
Observation of Pts Declared Sufficient to Induce Young to Take Good
Care of Wellbeing of Dumb Beasts.
This Is the tenth of a series of articles
for use In connection with humane educa
tion In the school and homo. It is now
required by law that Oregon schools de
vote a brief period each week to humane
education, but such Instruction la gener
ally omitted, aa teachera have found It
difficult to obtain an outline of study.
The prt-sent series has been prepared to
meet this need toy Jease Hodge Millard,
head of the children's department of the
Portland public library, and Elpha K.
Smith, a teacher In Portland publio schools.
HUMANE teaching should be prac
tical and should extend beyond
, the school room. Mother should
Instruct . their children in humanity.
After a child understands the rule
to respect the right of every living
creature, and that in applying It
everything of importance bearing on
the case must be taken account of,
let him work out the problem for
himself. Let children observe ani
mals and bring accounts of their
ays. Their pets will furnish them
opportunities for observations.
Kindness to dumb c.-eatures is but
stepping-stone to the habit and
practice of kindness in all the rela
tions of life.
On account of their beautiful
plumage and their singing, and the
close association with mankind, birds
PRal to both the practical and the
artistic phases of man's mind.
Probably'no name Is more familiar
to bird lovers than John James Audu
bon, the artist and naturalist.
Father Directs Attention.
Audubon's father seems to have
been the first to direct his attention
to the study of birds Through him
he learned to notice the colorings
of their plumage and haunts of the
Urds.
On the plantation where he lived
was a big rock In which there was
A cave. Here he went to study the
birds.. At tirst the merry songsters
were afraid. But soon they made
friends. He would travel for miles,
over mountains, far away from where
people lived, to find a new feathered
acquaintance. His collection of bird
pictures is truly wonderful.
A se; of the original edition of
John Jpx"" Audubon's "Birds of,
GREAT HONOR GIVEN WILSON
Foundation Committee Holds Him
Father of World Independence.
PORTLAND, Dec. 17. (To the Edi
tor.) The highest virtue of a free
people is to be able to know and
honor its great men while they are
yet alive. This is simple Justice, the
greatest attribute of the human mind.
There Is no sound reason why a
living generation shall leave to a
succeeding one the fair appraisement
of its own great servants. The fa
vorable verdict of posterity even is
but belated justice and does not pay
thd debt until long after it is due.
We compliment ourselves, we, the
people, upon our admirable achieve
ment as a belligerent of the great
war. We point with pride to our
self-control In those first ' trouble
some years, when we were not yet
prepared to be drawn Into the mael
strom of the European struggle. We
take to ourselves a Justifiable credit,
when unexampled provocation made
merely shameful a continued peace,
that we accepted with one accord the
challenge to defend ourselves. We
are not sorry now that we made our
sacrifices; that we gave unstintedly
of our substance and sent our sons
to the bloody battlefields of France.
We have nothing to be ashamed of
In all that tremendous effort which
brought victory to the uncertain is
sue of freedom against oppression.
In all that time there was with us
and of us a leader, chosen by the free
suffrages of all the people our cap
tain, whose anxieties we shared and
whose efforts we sustained. With our
approval, as the head of the civil gov
ernment, he kept the peace as long
as peace was possible, and with our
approval as commander-in-chief of
the army and navy of the United
States, he led us Into war. As with
u." he shared the sacrifices and bore
tbe unexampled burdens, so with us
he shall share the honors.
The mere physical task which he
had to organize and accomplish, with
our help, was greater than ever fell
to the hand of mortal man. Not the
least part of his task was to or
ganize, not merely a great navy, but
all of the people, with their moral
and material resources. That he did
this wisely and well Is proved by
the fact that when he made the call
to arms we came. No personal or
partisan bitterness can obscure the
fact nor darken the glory of it; thar
with unprecedented celerity he put
across the submarine-infested sea:
the greatest American army In our
history: that he put our soldiers, with
sound bodies and invincible spirits,
on the firing line, and mingled our
standards with the drooping banners
of the exhausted allies, and that at
the supreme moment he rolled Jack
the advancing columns that were
piercing a breaking- line and thunder
ing almost at the portals of Paris.
The glory "of this was, indeed, not
the president's alone. Not a soldier,
from Pershing to his devoted pri
vates, but was a participant in all ,
of U. But the president was, by the
free choice of his people, In the place
of the highest responsibility, and ne
measured up to its requirements. As
the private citizen and the private
soldier Is to be honored, according j
to his part In this great episode,
likewise let the great president and
the great commander be honored ac
cording to his part.
But as great as were the achieve
ments of war, they were not as great
as the achievements of peace. Get the j
great Idea, and you must say that
Mr. Wilson is at least one of those
choice and master spirits of the j
world who make epochs in Its history. ,
When the German government
begged his mediation for peace, he
laid down the terms, not only of the
peace that should end this war, but
the terms of peace that should end
all wars on earth.
This is a world-old dream, but un
til now, only a dream. It has been
in prophecy that the people shall
beat their swords into plowshares
and their spears Into pruning hooks;
that nation shall not lift up sword
against nation, nor shall they learn
war any more. But never until now
have the leaders of the world suc
ceeded In rising to the height of that
great argument. It was In the minds
of the allies to end the war by im
posing only terms, doubtless justifi
able, upon the recalcitrant and ag
gressive natrons. It was. Mr. Wilson
who proposed a peace that Imposed
terms on the conquered and on the
conquerors, on the allies and us our-
selves and on all nations, gre.-.t and
small. It was not only a treaty that
America" may be seen In the art room
at the Central library. This Is" the
enly set on the Pacifio coast. Teach
ers wishing their classes to see these
pictures may make arrangements
with the reference department of the
publio library.
In 1668 the Audubon society was
founded In New York. It was named
nfter. John James Audubon and the
purpose of the society was the sav
'ng of birds.
The Audubon society devotes much
energy to the work of educating the
children in the schools In order to
leach the boy that there is some
thing of Interest about a bird aside
from robbing its nest, and to let the
Mrl know that the bird is of greater
Leauty while living than when its
feathers are sewed on her hat.
All the societies are working in
harmony to preserve the bird-life
of the country by prohibiting the
destruction of song-birds and limit
ing, by short open-seasons and by
requiring the sale of hunter's licenses,
the wholesale killing cf game birds;
and they are active in seeing that
the laws, when passed, are observed.
Whenever the interests of wild
birds are threatened Its agents ap
pear to plead the caus of the wild
cieatures.
Bird Trnpplns; Prevented.
It has broken up the great traffic
in the heartless trapping and selling
cf adult birds. It has helped to ob
tain federal legislation for the pres
ervation of the bison, the protection
of the elk. for the caring for the
lirds of the District of Columbia
and the establishment of better game
laws In Alaska.
Much credit for the work done by
the society is due to William Dulcher,
who devoted the beg years of his
life for the cause which was so dear
to him.
An excellent way to prevent boys
trom stoning or shooting birds is
to set boys to work making bird
houses. Now is the time to build
bird houses for next spring. Also
t:rge them to build bird tables in
their yards for feeding birds in win
ter. Boys can build shelves outside
'i e windows at their homes and much
rleasure can be founc in watching
he birds come every day to be fed.
Boys and girls can do much for
dumb animals by discovering their
needs and volunteering their services
to aid and protect all living creatures
should for a time disable the central
powers from further aggressive war,
but it was proposed by a universal
accord the accordance of the human
race, tbe public opinion of the world
to remove the fruitful sources cf
war and to substitute therefor the
plan of universal peace.
All that is in the text of the 14
points, delivered as a condition of
peace to the conquered nations and
to our associates as well.. The prin
ciple of these points is not new, for
they are included in those simple
sentences of our Declaration of In
dependence, that all governments de
rive their Just powers from the con
sent of the governed, and that all
men are endowed by the creator with
the inalienable rights of life, liberty
and the pursuit of happiness. We
had applied that principle for our
selves when we conquered our own
independence. We established It in
our organic law. and have main
tained it ever since on every foot
of the western hemisphere. It was
the president of the United States who
offered that principle t the peoples
of all the world for their governance,
and the people of all the world have
accepted it.
The principle has not been repu
diated. It remains today. It Is work
ing Its way to practical embodiment
in the constlutions of all states; in
the conventions between all natl-is.
It has expanded upon the continents,
and but yesterday received its new
baptism on one little green Island of
the sea. It matters not that the par
ticular phrasing of Its application to
the world affairs has not taken Its
final form. It has had to meet, and
will have to meet, the meticulous
criticisms of politicians and the test
of the sharp, nice quillets of the law.
Whether It shall be named the league
of nations, or a disarmament confor
'ence, or a four-cornered treaty of
powers, or this or that alliance or
association, the great Idea of the
14 points the worlds declaration of
Independence Is now and -will al
ways be a part of the constitution cf
the planet. Earth.
To consecrate and commemorate
that profound conception, that tre
mendous enterprise, that practical ac
ceptance of the divine counsel of
peace on earth to men of good will,
as well as to honor its most distin
guished living champion Is the ob
ject of this endowment.
The history of the great war and of
the great peace can no more be writ
ten without the looming figure of
Woodrow Wilson than you can see
the stormy sky when the clouds have
broken without the shining sun.
WOODROW WILSON FOUNDATION
COMMITTEE.
PURITANS SHOWED CALVES
Present Trend of Women's Dress
Held Healthful.
GOLD HILL, Or., Nov. 22. (To the
Editor.) We read in The Oregonian
December IS a letter written by a
shocked gentleman of Philomath. Or
He goes on to say that we are living
In a fast and frivolous age, because
men wear their pants sufficiently
short to clear the mud without roll
ing them up. There surety can be no
harm in that, as they are not quite as
short as in Puritanical times, when
pants terminated at the knee and
were of soft velvet and sometimes of
flashy colors. Those old boys didn't
hesitate to show their hose from knee
to ankle in those good old Ignorant
days.
It is also true that our women
(bless them) have forsaken their for
mer habits of wearing wigs, along
with their brothers, as they were in
sanitary and inconvenient. Hoops,
bustles, and thanks to their modern
Isms, even corsets, are rapidly pass
ing from our ladies' wardrobes. And
as to the little bare knee, there surely
Isn't any harm in showing them, if
they wish.
And as to this style of short skirts,
don't you think they are more health
ful and sanitary than the street
sweepers worn by our aunts of for
mer days?
America Is a better place to live
In than It ever was, and will be still
better tomorrow and the day after.
And as to the use of tobacco, can say
nothing much In Its defense, but It is
being used by brainier men and wom
en than we are, so why worry?
Who Is to blame for the present
generation using tobacco? It has
been handed down to us by those
good old "blue-law" advocates.
CLEM CLEAVELAND.
and help to bring greater happiness
to the world.
Let us learn to love and protect the
birds and their nests.
Animals have rights as well as peo
ple. Let us interfere kindly whenever
we see any animal being abused.
A horse needs light, freeh air, pure
water and contentment.
Let us protect dogs and cats from
111 treatment, give them food and
water and a comfortable place to
sleep in.
Hunting with a camera gives one
much more pleasure than hunting
with a gun.
All persons keeping fowls should
know that the coops should be
changed occasionally, as the earth
becomes poisonous and Injures the
health of the fowls.
Nine-tenths of the unklndness to
animals Is due to thoughtlessness and
lack of knowledge.
Good Food Emimst.
It Is true economy to give a cow
plenty of good, wholesome food. To
run a cow to pasture Is throwing
money away. The milk of a fright
ened or abused cow is poisonous.
Boys who take advantage of the
lower animals, which are at a man's
mercy, and cause them any suffering
are cowards Just a much as the boys
who take advantage of weaker boys.
Ownership bestows, no right to
abuse or distress.
Birds in the United States save for
agricultural purposes, alone, 11,000,
000 each year. t
Boys and girls should try to keep
the streets free from broken glass
and rusty nails.
"That best portton of a (food man's life,
His little nameless, unremembered acts
Of kindness and of love." Wordsworth.
These books about birds may be
had at the public library:
Bailey. F. M. Handbook of Birds of the
Western United States.
Bayncs, E. H. Wild bird guests; how to
entertain them.
Burgess. T. W. Bird book for children.
Chapman, F. M. Bird studies with a
camera.
Chapman, F. M. Travels of birds: our
birds and their journeys to strange lands.
Dearborn, N. Bird houses and how to
build them.
Doubleday. N. B.. Bird neighbors. How
to attract the birds.
I)ugda:e, F. E. Book of baby birds.
Flnley. W. L. American birds.
Gilmore, A. F. Birds through the Year.
Herrick, F. H. Home life of wild birds.
James. G. W. Story of Scraggle9.
Knight. C. R. Birds of the world; with
colored plates.
Mathews. F. S. Field book of.wlld birds
and their music.
Mellen, Kleanor Practical methods for
attracting wild birds.
Miller, O. T. Children's book of birds.
Oclott. F. J. ed. Bird stories. In her
good stories for great holidays. P. 3XU-428.
Pearson. T. CJ. Bird study book. Stories
of bird life.
Porter, G. 8. What I have done with
birds.
Reed. C. K. Western bird guide.
Siepert, A. F. Bird houses boys can
build.
T aftnn, G. H. Methods of attracting
PAROLES DO MUCH IIAItM
Justice Held Defeated by Freeing
Criminals.
MONROE. Or.. Dec. 22. (To the Edi
tor.) I read the article in The Ore
gonian, December 15. entitled "Right
and Law." Every good citizen will say
amen to that all the way through. It
hits tb,e nail squarely on the head. Our
daily papers are contributing largeiy
to the molding of public opinion,
whether they are right or wrong. 1
am pleased to note that Tbe Orego
nian Is hewing to the line on law and
order.
Surely this Is no time to mince mat
ters when our laws are being violated
so frequently. It Is difficult to under
stand why bank robbers should be
paroled. Some of us cannot see where
Justice is meted out to such In giving
them their freedom. Lawlessness Is the
menace of our country.
Let us suppose a case very similar
to some actually in our courts. A half
dozen men go Into the mountains on
a deer hunt. After a few days a game
warden appears on the scene. He finds
a male deer properly dressed, having
its horns in place. He looks about and
finds several carcasses, with the ties'!
cut from the bones and placed upon
a sack for future use. There are no
heads to be found or any organs to
indicate whether' they were male or
female. Twelve men are sworn In to
act as Jurors. The accusation Is the
mutilating of the carcass so as to pre
vent one from ascertaining the sex.
Witnesses testified that they were so
mutilated; no heads were to be found
and all organs taken from the carcass.
There seems to be no question as to
their guilt. But the witnesses also tes
tified that the sex could be told by
the condition of the flesh, the skins
and hoofs. In the defense argument
the attorney states that the witnesses
testified that they could toll the sex.
hence they were not so mutilated. This
Is the loophole those 12 men crawled
through, hence a verdict of not guilty
was given by the Jury. So much for
a farce trial costing the county and
the taxpayers a good round sum.
Why have a game law if not en
forced and how can it be enforced?
Law-abiding citizens feel quite indig
nant when they have the bill to pay
and these men go free. Now, 1 ask you
and those who shall read this are not
the 12 jurors and the attorney for
the defense Just as guilty as the men
who killed the female deer? If bo,
why have a game law? Why spend
thousands of dollars in prosecuting
cases and losing the deer as well?
W. C. BELKNAP.
REPLIES TO WET DIATRIBE
Prohibitionist Says Liquor Can't
Ever Come Back in America.
PORTLAND, Dec. 17. (To the Edi
tor.) I would like to say a word re
garding a letter from A. J. Jons In
The Oregonian December 7, by way
of suggesting a few facts that have
evidently escaped the gentleman's at
tention. First the persistent practice
of the antl-prohihitlonists to place
the cart before the horse, blaming
every sin on the docket to the prohi
bition law, when, as a matter of
fact, if a prohibition law had been
passed fifty years ago and strictly
enforced, there would be no "crime
wave" at the present time, nor at
any other time to follow.
Alcohol1 and nicotine are both slow
poisons, but none the less deadly to
both moral and physical life. In the
last generation more money and labor
have been spent for liquor and to
bacco than for food, clothing and edu
cation combined, with the result that
in actual tests- In schools, 37 per cent
of children are under weight physi
cally and proportionately Intellec
tually. And it is also proven by
actual test that men and women with
minds dwarfed to from 12 to 16 years
In mental development are the crim
inals in grt majority of the present
day. And because the liquor traffic
has got such a strong hold on the
present generation because of the
poison In their blood that they will
go to the sinks and sewers to gratify
the craving of a degraded appetite,
engendered or Inherited, and because
of these he would remove the only
hope of salvation for an unborn gen
eration, and repeal the prohibition
law.
The gentleman's reference to the
"dam" is most unfortunate, for his
argument, seeing that not a river in
the country but can be stopped and
controlled by a dam, but no one has
seen a new dam that did not have to
be watched for small leaks, possible
or actual. But where is the power
man who would consent to have his
dam removed because a burrowing
muskrat had started a leak? No! He
would dig out the rat, plug the hole
and keep the plant turning out light
and power. Friend Jons, the prohi
bition dam is across the river of so
cial and moral death, and thero to
stay, and you had better turn trt and
help watch the rats, instead of help
ing them pull the hole In after them,
and keep out of sight.
B. F1, WADE.
CHARITY BALL CRITICISED
Economy, Not Wuste, Urged In
Indigent Care.
PORTLAND, Dec. 22. (To the'Edl
tor.) One of the world's most noble
persons said: "When I became a man
I put away childish things," and all
who know him agree that the exer
cise of charity or active and self-sac
rificing kindness for the welfare of
others was a leading factor in devel
oping the "man."
By the wisdom of God, giving to
the needy is ordained to be one of the
most ennobling and "happlf ying" ex
ercises possible to human beings.
"The poor ye have always with
ye" was not spoken from a pessimis
tic point of view, but by a person
whose very soul thrilled with the pur
pose of Inspiring us to really enjoy
the process of coming to our best.
"How much better Is a man than a
sheep,"
Not attempting to account for the
fact that there are needy and very
needy persons, I do affirm that ad
ministering to their need offers one
of the prime ways of passing from
childhood to real manhood. Looking
at the question from this point of
view It Is easy to see that giving to
the indigent should be made a bless
ing by developing a quality much
needed by the well-to-do manhood.
But the devil Is a fellow of "de
vises," as Paul well knew. When he
can't stop the doina; of "good works"
In the landing of blessings upon the
poor, he does Inject poison into the
manner of doing, viz, by robbing the
giver: "The gift without the giver Is
bare."
I suppose you have anticipated
what I am driving at the charity
ball.
If Portland is deliberately con
firmed in consummate "childishness,"
then I, too, say "on with the dance,"
and I recommend that, for the occa
sion, booths be erected In the vesti
bule of the auditorium and manned
by lassies selected from needy fam
ilies, from which chewlnir gum and
cigarettes be given to childish pat
rons of the ball, thus giving the hum-
ble some little active part in the swell
affair by Increasing the attendance.
". . . and Jesus beheld how the
people enst money into the treasury."
If wb really have at heart the per
manent betterment of the poor, come
forward, fellows, let us do our charity
In an economical way that will dig
nify them and ennoble in.
DIOGENES.
PROHIBITION Jll'MOK SEEJt
Entertainers and Writers Held
Helping Luw breakers.
PORTLAND. Dec. 2i tTo the Edi
tor.) Prohibitionists seem not to be
without unconscious humor, as the
following from Zion's Herald (Meth
odist) may show:
"Cartoons slandering preachers and
temperance reformers should bring
letters of rebuke from decent people,
with the warning tiiat the guilty
Journal must not repeat such pres
entations. . . . Let newspaper wrlt
ters, cartoonists, vaudeville player
and moving picture actors in league
with the actual breakers of the Vol
stead law continue their attempts to
make a Joke out of prohibition and
they will succeed In undermining re
spect for all law."
Terrible, is it not? The atrabilious
mystic Clendower says:
"At my nativity.
The front of heaven was full of fiery
shapes,
Of burning cressets; and at my birth
The frame and huge foundation of
the earth
Shak'd like a coward."
To which the skeptic Hotspur re
plies: "Why so It would have done at the
same season,
If your mother's cat had but kltten'd.
Though yourself had ne'er been
born."
While the cultivated mind of Dr.
Hoadley speaks of the "triumph ol
prohibition," the law, being the ne-'
gallon of all human experience, la a
blunder, disastrous to good govrn
ment, proof of which abounds In all
the pores of society. Nevertheless,
conditions which arc obvious to
everyone but stones and simpletons,
will not prevent those fatuous people
invoktns, ilke their prototypo In an
other period of history, the entire
punitive instruments of the state "to
erase with fire and Bword all trace
of heresy."
The law Impinging on our funda
mental rights Is wholly unconstitu
tional, wherefore millions of citizens
view the law, not the violation there
of, as the crime. JAMES HISLOP.
PYTHIAN LODGES ELECT
Ofricers for Various Units) of Or
ganization for 1022 Named.
Officers of the various Knights of
Pythias lodges of Portland for 1922
have been elected as follows:
Ivanhoe lodge, No. 1 John Q. Erlck
son, chancellor commander; J. A. Dun
bar, vice-chancellor; George C. De
Bolt, prelate; W. H. Tienken, master
of the work; T. L. Graves, keeper of
records and seals nnd master of
finance; W. J. Ceaderson, master ot
exchequer; John A. Walter, master at
arms; Charles A. German, Inner
guard; Georte A. Ward, outer guard;
Leslie E. Crouch, trustee; Arnold lin
ger, board of relief.
Phalanx lodge. No. 11 Frank Zeig
ler, chancellor commander; Robert
Glllls, vice-commander; Charles Glos,
prelate; James Gebbie, master of the
work; James Elerlck. master t arms;
F. O. Sea Ion, keeper of records and
seal; E. K. Ktecn, master of finance;
M. G. Rockwell, master of exchequer;
W. C. lialderman, inner guard; C.
Wettland, outer guard; R. J. l'ickard,
trustee, and E. Kelly, board of relief.
Calanthe lodge, No. 21 Gus Wel
deman, chancellor commander; C. Van
Dusen, vice-commander; Charles
.Speck, prelate; 1. T. Boland, master
of the work; Paul L'nger, master at
arms; C. M. James, keeper of records
and seal; R. E. Conn, master of
finance; 11. S. Gardiner, master of ex
chequer: Carl UliKcr, inner KUiird;
Charles Dickens, outer guard; Julius
Humbert, trustee; W. G. Delngler,
board of relief.
Holmes lodjre. No. 101 E. E. Phil
lips, chancellor commander; W. I
Dunes, vice-commander; G. W. Norene,
prelate; C. F. Morgan, master at arms;
A. Carl Nelson, keeper of records and
seal; J. it. Watson, muster of finance;
L. J. Wright, master of exchequer; C.
Koff, Inner guard; K. Coinmert. outer
guard; J. H. Black, trustee.
Cosmopolitan lodge. No. 109 Will
iam Schmallng. chancellor cominnmler;
Frank Guile, vice-commander: Charles
Baker, prelate; Frank Stoops, master
at arms; W. H. Young, master of the
work; Fred O. Kostor, keeper of rec
ords and seal; W. S. Titus, master of
finance; 11. Fried lander, master of
exchequer; G. J. Guetz, inner guard;
E. J. Giisan, outor guild; L. G. Otto,
trustee; J. .Merrill, board of relief.
ALC0-MAGNET INVENTED
Indiana Genius Deciures Ho Can
Locate Liquor Anywhere.
INDIANAPOLIS. Ind. "Some gen
tleman. Some genlug," exclaimed
John AloCord, deputy attorney-gen
eral, suddenly the other morning, as
he perused one of the many letter
in his morning mail, and he did a
half turn in his swivel chair and
clapped his hands In high glee.
"Look here, look here." cried ths
ordinarily sedate barrister, and ths
state legal department came to a
standstill us Mr. McCord read the
following letter from a man in Wash
ington, Ind.:
"A gentleman, a genius, has in
vented what he terms an Alco-magnet,
a little Instrument that will locate
anything containing alcohol, whether
much or little. He has demonstrated
the same to not a few reliable gen
tlemen in this vicinity, who will tes
tify as to its merits. It wil show by
clear demonstration the location of
the stuff from 75 to 15u yards, owing
to whether the demonstration Is be
low or on the level of the l-:quor
sought. For instance, if the demon
strator be on the ground and the
lio,uor be on the same I 'vel the mag
net will draw about 7."i yards. On the
other hand, if the demonstrator be
on the ground and If the alcohol b
say, in the second story, it will draw
150 yards."
But Mr. McCord never finishea
reading the letter to his he.irere.
They were all on their way to Wash
ington, Ind., for a demonstration.
Orient After Xinns Trade.
VANCOUVER. 11. C The orient Is
doing its best to supply the Vancouver
market with Japanese chestnuts and
oranges for the pre-Christmas trade.
Over 1000 boxes of chestnuts arrived
on the steamer Empress of Asia re
cently. Over 75,000 bundles of oranges
are expected to arrive on the Cnna
dian Pacific steamers Munteagle and
Empress of Asia before the holidays
Japanese chestnuts were introduced
in British Columbia about three years
ago. Eastern Canada is also ordering
heavily of these Japanese commoc-itlaa
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