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. To consider no one but one
self seems relatively easy aa
. theory; and yet when you
try to put it into practice in
civilization of which the
dominant law is that you must
eon alder other people too,
you're very like a wild man
running amuck. Basil King.
MAKE IT A FINISH FIGHT
ENATOR CHAMBERLAIN will
ne eiecieu. w ifiuioinj "
3 be the largest he has ever
received.
Those who are trying by fair
means and foul to defeat him are
wasting their time. They are wast
ing their energies. They are wast
ing much money.
Their attacks merely make him
more friends. Every assault mere
ly makes the people of Oregon
stand by him more staunchly.
The people know the man. They
know all about him. They have
known him as a citizen and a
neighbor for many years." They
.' i -11 KA.it htm In all
the public capacities in which he
has nerved.
That is part of the source of his
great hold on the people of every
walk. The other part of that
source is the ability, fidelity and
efficiency with which he has al
ways served his constituents.
As governor and senator for a
doien years, his life has been an
open book In Oregon. All the peo
ple know all about it. That makes
It useless for his opponents to try
to tell them something different
about it. It is an honorable rec
ord of public achievement.
No other Oregon man has ever
stood in -a similar relation to the
pebple. No other man is personal
ly known and personally esteemed
by so many of them. No other
man'B name is so nearly a house
hold word at their firesides. It
is a relation that in thousands of
homes approximates the tie of kin
ship. Candidates who set their
henchmen to assailing such a man
are dull politicians. They are
mighty stu'pid strategists. If they
work the plan long enough and
strong enough. Chamberlain will
receive more votes than all of his
opponents combined.
But let the assaults -go on. Let
DUMDUM BULLETS
HAROES that the allies have
r used dumdum bullets have
. brought ' denials. Similar
charges have been frequently
made in recent wars, use of the
dumdum being prohibited by agree
ment of the nations.
A dumdum bullet gets its name
from the city of Dumdum in Ben
gal. There soft-nosed bullets were
first made to comply with the
urglngs or British officers for
bullet with more stopping power
than the jacketed small- caliber
projectile. It was said that such
bullets were necessary in checking
trie onsiaugnts or savage triDeB.
Later the British complained when
the Boers used dumdums.
The ordinary military bullet has
lead alloy core with a steel cpv
ering. The usual caliber is less1
than one third of an inch, and
under ordinary circumstances? the
wound it makes is clean, smooth
and sterile.
Any bullet not completely jack
eted is termed a dumdum. All
sporting bullets are made with
soft points so that they will mush
room wnen they encounter any
resistance. It is probable that dur
ing the Boer war much sporting
ammunition was used,' thus ac
counting in part for British com
plaints about dumdumB.
r When the nations legislated at
The Hague against bullets capable
of gouging a hole the size of a tea
cup at their points of exit, which
the modern high-power, small cal
iber, soft nosed bullet will do, it
was an attempt to "civilize" war
fare.
A WORLD'S LOSS
y HE1MS, whose historic build
Kings are reported to have
been destroyed by German
artillery, has been a city of
importance since the time of the
Romans. The dathedral in which
for nearly 1000 years the Kings
of France were crowned has been
described as the most perfect ex
ample in grandeur and grace of
Gothic style in existence. Hlne
mar, a powerful archbishop of the
ninth century, once declared that
Kheims was by , the appointment
of Heaven a royal city. It was
here that ; Innocent II excommuni
cated Henry V of Germany; St.
Bernard lived in lonely exile and
St. NJcaiae gave ' his life for his
people. It was in the cathedral
that Charles Vlt of France was
;. crowned through the efforts of
Joan of Arc. . .
. The first stones of the cathedral
were laid in 1211, the choir was
finished thirty years later, together
with the transepts and part of the
nave,' while -the superb west fa-!
rarln riaton fmm t rio latter- Tinrr. of I
the thirteenth century. '
This last was adorned with three
exquisite recessed portals contain
ing in more or lees good state of
preservation over 500 statues: In
niches in the walls in the interior
was another multitude of statues
and in the nave and transepts 1
valuable tapestry representing Bib'
Ileal scenes and scenes from the
history of medieval France. Here
also hung priceless canvases In
cluding the "Nativity" by Tin
toretto, and "Christ Appearing to
Mary Magdalen," by Titian.
The famous clock with Jts
mechanical figures was in the
north transept. It was said to be
the oldest moving piece of clock
work in existence and dated from
the sixteenth century,
f In the treasury of the cathedral
were preserved a number of
reliquaries including a thorn from
the Holy Crown, the skull of St.
Remy and the most remarkable
collection of gold vessels In France.
If the treasures of Rheims have
been destroyed it is the greatest
loss of the war from an historical
and artistic point of view.
WHY NOT A SINGING TOUR
D
R. WITHYCOMBE is cam
paigning in Eastern Oregon.
But he Isn't making
speeches.
After an uproarious experience
with him, the Portland "advisers"
fear his speeches may backfire.
They are "as afraid of his orations
as of dumdum bullets.
They have even become skittish
over his well known production,
'A Greater Oregon." Even though
It has been drastically censored,
the "advisers" don't know what
minute the greater-Oregon oration
may go into eruption and spout
up another indorsement of the as
sembly or another attack on what
the doctor referred to at the Moser
banquet as the "new fangled gov
ernment" in Oregon.
The managers have even forbid
den the candidate to discuss Chi
nese eggs because of a haunting
fear that, in warming to the
theme, theeChinese as land clearers
may fuss up the1 performance and
dampen the occasion. The whole
thing makes a very unusual kind
of campaign. As a diversion for
the voters, why not substitute for
the candidates' campaign of si
lence a singing tour with permis
sion to render that rare melody,
'The Trail of the Lonesome Pine."
A LONG WAR
T
HE military experts are pre
dicting that the war is to
be a long one. This predic
tion is based on the inability
of either side to deliver a crushing
blow. If peace comes Boon it will
be a peace enforced by a revolt
against carnage that leads only to
exhaustion. The failure of .the
Allies to break throughr Sea
man lines along the Aisne llnrtlies
that frontal attacks wiH-play- no
decisive role, says a wri&r In the
New York Evening Post,,
Even if the German line is
forced back to the frontier the
only effect would be to encourage
the Allies and permit the return
of the French government to Paris.
To drive the Germans to their
border is one thing. To follow
them into Germany is another.
When the Germans, if beaten in
France, take up their line within
their own frontier based on their
fortresses they will present fully
as hard a problem as they found
in the Allies resting upon Paris
and Verdun. With supporting
fortresses unreduced flanking op
erations must cease.
On the other hand if the Ger
mans on the Aisne throw back the
Allies and take the offensive again
it would mean a retirement by the
Allies to prepared positions on the
Marne. It would take weeks to
force them away from Paris which
could not be invested as long aa
the Allies were in the field.
The situation in the west, there
fore, indicates a long struggle. It
is the same in the eastern theatre.
There is no immediate prospect
of a Russian march to Berlin. The
road by way of Eastern Prussia is
definitely closed. A powerful
German-Austrian army bars the
road by way of Cracow.
. The road by way of Posen leads
through the German forces gath
ering for an advance on Warsaw
It is apparent, continues the ex
pert, that the war must continue
because the principal combatants
hpve developed a better defensive
than offensive. They can fight
better than they can cripple and
destroy. If the .niggle resolves
Itself into wearing down tactics it
Is more than probable that both
among the combatant nations and
in neutral countries there will
arise a powerful demand for peace
before complete exhaustion has
set in.
THE EXEMPTION
s
MALL corporations would not
be allowed exemption under
the $1500 exemption meas
ure, the Oregonlan truthfully
declares. The people making up
a small corporation would receive
exemption on their individua!
property.
If a small corporation is merely
a partnership there is no reason
why it could not be so organized
or reduced to individual owner
ship. Usually the owners of
small ractory have residences
m ... l : - . .
nousenoia mrniture, teams and
other property' which this measure
would exempt. To exempt small
corporations would . necessitate :
pifunnHnp ' nnes. and in. most !
of cases would result in doable
exemption. .
One of the' objections , made to
the radical tax amendments sub
mitted in 1908 and 1912 was that
large corporations, sky-scrapers and
department stores, would be exempt,
The exemption measure now pro-
posed Is conservative, limited and
does not include corporations, usu
ally well able to bear-taxes and
well advised as to how to pass on
taxes to the consumer, or the pub
lic when levied on personal prop
erty or improvements.
OREGON AND CHINESE
D
ECLARING that- Dr. Withy-
combe was right when he in
sisted in his Oregon City
speech that the Chinese
should have been kept In Oregon
to clear the land, the Hlllsboro
Independent says:
The Journal pretends that Ger
mans, Scandinavians and immigrants
of other nationalities would have
been glad to have done this work,
but the fact remains that today they
are unwilling to undertake the work,
and that when they come to Oregon
instead of purchasing uncleared land
they prefer to buy at a higher figure
cleared land which they may im
mediately plant and reap. Or. Withy
combe merely agreed with other sen
sible men when he gave the opinion
that it would have been fortunate
could the Chinese have rendered
available for these Germans and
Scandinavians a larger area before
exclusion stopped the work. Indeed,
when the immigration that will fol
low the end of the European war
once begins and cleared land cannot
be procured these farmers from
across the seas are very likely to
take a similar view and wish exclu
sion could have been deferred just
long enough to supply them with a
cleared farm.
The Hlllsboro paper does the
Germans great injustice. It does
the Scandinavians great injustice.
It does the Italians great injustice.
It does the French and Austrian
and other high class European
born workers in this country great
injustice.
Thousands of acres of land have
been cleared by these people.
Thousands of them have bought
raw brush land, cleared it of the
growth and put it into the highest
state of cultivation.
There are no better workers in
the world than these and other
foreign-born immigrants, no mat
ter what the Independent and Dr.
Withycombe may claim as to
Chinamen. It is far better for
them to have opportunity to buy
the raw land at low prices and re
deem their fields and meadows
from the wild, than to be forced,
if they buy at all, to buy highly
improved land which, on arrival,
few of them can afford.
In Eastern Multnomah county,
n the Tualatin valley, in Clacka
mas county, and all over the Wil
lamette valley, there are German
farmers who went on the land
when it was covered with a forest
growth, but who have converted
the brush lands Into the finest
meadows and fields.
Along the foothills of Oregon
and often far back in the remote
districts, there are thousands of
little homes with painted houses
and an air of thrift, homes which
rhave been wrung from nature by
the willing hands of sturdy Ger
man, Scandinavian and other old
world immigrants. Moreover, there
are thousands of homes of the
same kind, established on lands
cleared by American young men,
whose grubbing machines and
blasting powder have converted
many a thicket Into a green mead
ow or fertile field.
And In , almost every one of
these homes there is an- Intelligent
citizen with children in the -schools,
a citizen who is supporting govern
ment, who Is helping to build
school houses, paying taxes and is
a part of the United States.
Tjiey are far better for the
country than the Chinaman who
were here to get only what they
could take back to China nnri
whose Oriental wage scale beat
down the earnings of our workers
and almost starved- the children in
our workers' homes.
THE EVERLASTING CONFLICT
J.
B. ZIEGLER defends himself
in the Oregonian against the
charge made that he la an
"undesirable citizen." -
Mr. Zlegler Is "an undesirable
citizen" in the view of some cor
poration lawyers. He is "an un
desirable citizen" to those, who
have gotten something from the
public for nothing. He is "an un
desirable; citizen" to that powerful
but small group of men who think
public resources exist for private
exploitation by a few of the select.
They think Mr. Zlegler a nui
sance because Mr. Ziegler, with
some assiduity and courage, has,
On Clivers Occasions: diarnvArr1
where public property has. by
various processes, been seized and j personal liberty and equality propo
put to their own use by private ' aition tendered to us by our forefath
Interests.
There is always a conflict be
tween special privilege and the
great-body of people. It nag been
going on since the beginning of
history It , will continue until
Gabriel blows his trumpet.
Whenever the people cease to
be vigilant, some of their rights
are taken away. It was while they
slept on their rights that their
lands in Portland harbor and their
tldelands along the coast were gob
bled. The story of the world is
a narrative of revolts against those
small groups who, by taking ad
vantage, want, by their cunning to
fatten upon the labor of the many.
It is the everlasting conflict. It
will probably never end. In brute
life, the sfrong dominate the weakk
and in the present state of hu-
man nature. mriRt nf tha atrnnr
h pmnr s Tin T n m cwAne a . ntn '
, --"-.;
me same process.
That Is why there are those who
say Zlegler Is "an undesirable! cit
izen.' In the eyes of the grasp
ing strong, all agitators f or-! the
public welfare are , "undesirable"
citizens.
- Portland women are raising the
question of : where the $15,000
comes from that Mrs. Stubbs, of
Illinois,, is going to spend in Ore
gon to beat Chamberlain. They
say Oregon women had enly 180Q
In the fight in which' they; won
suffrage In Oregon in 1912. Be
sides their curiosity to know the
contributors to this $15,000 and
what It was really contributed for.
the natural question Is, why if
Mrs. Stubbs really desires equal
suffrage, doesn't she spend the
sum for enfranchisement of women!
in non-suffrage states?
Letters From the People
lS"n.?UB,.c,tloM wnt The Journal ftw
publication la thia department should be writ
oo only one aide of the paper, ahould not
exceed 300 word la length and mnst De ac
companied by the name aad addreaa of tha
gender. If the writer does not desire to
hare the name published, be should ao atate.)
"Dieeuasipn la the greatest of all reform
era, it rationalicea everything It toncbea. It
roba principle of all falae eanetlty and
tfarowe them back on their reaeonattleneo. If
tbejr hare no nuonlhUnau It mtklaul
. crushes them out of existence and aet up ita
j own conclusions in their atead." Woodrow
n uaou.
Woman Champions Criticised.
Vancouver, Wash., Sept. 20. To the
Editor of The Journal. A letter signed
Klla M. Finney pays Mrs. Abigail Scott
Duniway high tribute, which in a
measure all women will indorse.
Many years ago I lived in Kansas
and one of the highest works I ever
engaged in was that of helping in the
cause that gained prohibition for Kan
sas. While I lived there I read Of
Mrs. Duniway in a Lincoln county pa
per that was a staunch supporter of
woman suffrage and prohibition. In
our suffrage association we talked of
Mrs. Duniway and the fin and noble
efforts she was making in the cause
of freedom In Oregon, and it would
have seemed to us unbelievable that
she would lift her voice in favor of
the liquor traffic.
Many of the women of this state
and Oregon regret that she has placed
such a blot upon her fine work for
them.
But many will differ with the state
ment of Ella M. Finney as to the mil
lions of money saved for Oregon and
its bankers. Hundreds of the good
farmers of the Willamette valley who
are not supporters of the saloons or
their fountains of supply, can come
forward and testify fto the honest
work they have done,1 and the crops
they have raised to feed hungry peo
ple and not to make them drunk on
its transformation into alcohol.
During the years of depression in
business from 1893 to 1900 many hop
fields were plowed up and other crops
planted. There were several . causes
for this, but the people did not suffer
Dy me cnange. Nothing was aid
about the great loss it would be to
the state of Oregon if no hops were
raised, until the cause of prohibition
was advanced and then "Ruin! -Ruin!"
was the cry of those who were still
interested in raising hops and also had
investments in the liquor business.
Mrs. Duniway is Justly entitled to
all the credit she deserves in her ef
forts for political freedom for her sex
but to place her on a pedestal and
compare her .with our Savior : is too
much. And when it is all summed up
it means, "Save the hop industry," in
wmcn, no aouDt, .Ella M. Finney is in
terested. HANNAH M. McCORKLE.
Liquor and the Crime Record.
Nehalem, Or., Sept. 23. To the Ed
itor of The Journal Mr. Lister
quotes from two authorities and one
questionable authority claiming that
the saloon is responsible for at least
80 per cent of ail crime, poverty, sui
cide and every evil. Mr. Lister need
no more authority for this kind of
statlsUcs than the dally papers he
reads. If he and any sane person will
take the daily papers, record the first
luo muraers, suicides or divorcer
xouna m inem, he will have a good
idea of the cause of this form of evil.
He will also find that not more than 5
per cent of either is caused by the
abuse (not the use) of liquors.
If Mr. Lister desires to go further
and do a little investigating in th
prohibitory states he will find the
same proportion of crime and the same
proportion of alcoholic causes there
as in the license states. He will find
habitual drunkenness more common in
the prohibitory states than in license
states. He will find a greater per
centage of divorces in Maine caused
by rum than in any license state of I
the union. He will find Just as many
murders caused ty the abuse of alco
holic beverages in Kansas as be does
in Illinois, New fork or Ohio. :
When a Judge makes the assertion
that 95 per cent of the crimes comlns-
before him 'are caused by drink, be
shows himself either ignorant or pre
judiced, for I know of my own knowl
edge there is nof a court In Denver
that can show such a record. And
there is not a court in the entire coun
try that can. The nearest approach
to such a record will be' found in the
prohibitory state of Maine, and 25
years in newspaper work, throughout
the country has proved tp me that
there is nothing in this hysterical
criminal record such as Mr. Lister
suggests. If the prohibitionist wants
criminal court records why does -he
not go to the dry states such as Maine
and Kansas? But their ' records are
discouraging. S. J. COTTON.
Considers Drys Disturbers.
Albany, Or.. Sept. 25. To the Ed
itor of The Journal Being an east
erner who came bere with the idea
of making Oregon my home, I am al-
ers in iae cuuguiuuuo, is no oemea.
When ft man comes to a state which
he thinks is the place for him. In
vests his good hard earned money and
then finds he is confronted with the
fact that taxes are almost double and
a beautiful chance of having them in
Increased by the state-going dry well,
the liberty part looks-awfully sick.
We fellows back east -never worry
about hops, wet or dry; we are con
tented with conditions that mean bread
and butter to ipurselvea and children,
and these agitators who are continu
ally -trying to breax CP domestlo tran
quility and war-p the minds of the un
seeing, are put is the vaudeville ranks
along with Herr Most and the rest of
the gang. Of eourse, we ".fellows who
pride ourselves on the fact that we
are good citizens anyway we think we
are, with our shoulders , to the wheel
and trying to push the game ' along,
and perhaps not averse to taking ft
drink when we feel -like if we axe
A FEW SMILES
the
owner of
- - - -
good AJderney cow. A
stranger, having ad
mired the animal,
asked the farmer,
"What will you take
for your cow?"
The farmer
scratched his bead
for a moment. ' and
then said: "Look
a-here! Be. you the tax assessor or
has she been killed by the railroad?"
The military maneuvered. All after
noon the attackers had attacked and
the defenders defended, with conspic
uous lack of Inci
dent or bravery. Op
erations were begin
ning to drag when
the white flag went
up.
The officer In
command of the at
tackers , stared in
amazement. "
"A flag of truce!" he exclaimed,
"What do they want?"
The sergeant-major endeavored to
cover up a smile.
"They say, sir," he reported, "that
as it's tea time, they'd like to ex
change a couple o' privates for a can
of coudensed milk. If you can afford
It!"
A landlord returning home after an
absence of several weeks saw one of
uis tenants sitting on a stone wall
whistling merrily.
The moment that
he greeted him, how
ever, the man scowl
ed and began abus
ing Mm.
"Why. what's the
matter. Fat?" hj
asked.
"Matter is it?" was the answer.
"Matter enough, when your stheward
is afther evicting me. bad luck to
him!"
"Evicted you? What for?
"The old liar pretended me cabin
wanted repairing, and -as Oiwouldn't
let him. shure he put me out."
"Never mind," said the landlord, "1
hear the cottage ye have always
wanted is vacant, and I'll let you have
that at the same rent."
"No, thanking your honor," said Pat,
"I couldn't think of it."
"But why not? What is to hinder
you?"
"No, your honor," was the reply.
"Ol'd rather have me grievance.
all crazy; not responsible, in fact, ac
cording to the drys. But some of us
are raising large families and are
pretty busy keeping things going. We
are happy, and so ate our wives; our
children get the highest marks in
school, and we are not all Janitors,
either.
Thank the Lord, we 'have the Aus
tralian ballot to use. On, you factories
and producers, may you prosper and
grow, but voting dry will never accom
plish it. J. H. McLEAN.
Individual liberty.
- The Dalles, Or., Sept. 24. To the
Editor of The Journal In The Jour
nal of September 21, W. S. Hollis and
W. H. Black attack Mrs. Duniway's
stand for personal liberty. W. 8. Hol
lis says, "There, is no absolute per
sonal liberty in highly civilized demo
cratic government." He should have
left the word "democratic" out, for
the word "democratic" means where
the liberty of the individual is pre
served. Further he says, "Every
youth has the right to have an un
polluted environment." Very well,
then; let's do away with all who pol
lute the "environment," by imprison
ing all who swear or use vulgar lan
guage, and provide the death penalty
for saloon keepers, grafters and
preachers who go astray. Every sane
person knows that an "unpolluted en
vironment" is unthinkable. You can't
find two persons who will agree or
what "unpolluted environment" means.
W. H. Black, who has contributed
much of a socialistic nature to The
Journal, asks, "Does not our personal
liberty end when it runs counter to
the well-being of society?" It certain
ly does not, if society is denying per
sonal liberty in the name of "well
being."
Herbert Spencer has given Us ft very
clear and concise definitipn of per
sonal liberty, thus: "Every one may
do whatsoever he will provided la the
so doing he infringe not the equal lib
erty of another."
Since the dawn of history every
war has been waged, reformers have
been martyred, people have been
slaughtered, and tortures have been
inflicted, in the name of social well-
being. It ha been a constant struggle
between society (the sUte), and the
individual, society seeking supremacy
and the individual struggling for lib
erty.
I am for individual liberty.
GEORGE JONES.
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The Prices to the Farmer.
Portland. Sept. 25. To the Editor of
The Journal I have Just finished
reading tbe most despicable paper that
was ever printed, called the Oregonian.
The editorial was on eggs. They might
hAv. thA letter they refer to, nut i
doubt It very much, for if they have it,
it is surely written for political pur
poses only. Neither I nor anyone else
can believe that any person would
make the remark that they quote. I
was standing in a grocery store the
other day and while standing there a
farmer was bringing in some eggs, and
the merchant in ft Joke asked if they
were Chinese eggs. That brought up
a conversation on the egg market. Tbe
farmer spoke up and said that never
had be known eggs as high, by 10 cents
a rinsnn. at this time of the year as
they are this year. He also said If a
Democratic congress was responsible
for the prices the farmers are getting
for everything this year, ne nopea
there would be Democratic congresses
forever, and there surely would be if
his vote could bring it about. I think
the more that - sheet called the Ore
gonian ridicules the Democratic party
the better for the party.
R. L. SMITH.
Testimony as to Maine.
McMlnnvllle, Or, Sept. 25. To the
Editor of The Journal The prohibi
tion history of Maine is one contmu
ous page of disappointments and fail
ures. Take, ror instance, us principal
city, Portland, Dr. John Koren, of
Boston, who. under -the auspices of
the committee of fifty thoroughly in
vestlgated the workings of the prohib
itory legislation, says of Portland in
his reportt - The city Is not afflicted
with a. vicious floating population. It's
inhabitants are chiefly native stock.
There are no extensive manufacturing
Interests drawing together large nam
bers of operative of the same class.
Indeed, the condition for a fair test of
the prohibitory law have been and are
as good as any seaport of Its sise in
the country. And yet tbe failures of
prohibition In this city from 1860 to
today is a most disheartening picture
During this time, while no distilleries
or breweries were suffered to exist in
the state, neither the supply of liquors
was lessened nor ' their selling price
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PERTINENT COMMENT
SMALL CHANGE
Nobody had succeeded In turning the
flank of the Beef trust.
Tha. world soon tires of a man who
thinks be is always saying something
cute. . j
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It's easy for a woman to discover
that a- man has brains if she's his
mother. ( V
After a man has had one drink too
many he begins to think he is the real
article.
Every time a Vounc widow meets
an eligible man another grain of hope
sprouts in her heart.
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It takes ft woman to be more than
glad to have friends drop in for din
ner unexpectedly when she Isn't.
Statesmen are predicting that the
war will see the end of kings. This is
calculated to alarm the poker players.
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Judging from the reports South
America ; would be a good market If
South America had any money to buy
wun. .
Our advice is to be sure that you can
whip your man before you tell him
that he Is as crooked as ft cross-eyed
gimlet.
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The averaee man thinks housework
is one continuous round of pleasure
until his wife is ill and he tries to get
nis own oreaiciast.
The most artificial looking man in
the world is the one who not only
dyes his mustache but .has the nerve
to curl it with hot Irons.
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"Is Christianity a failure?" asks a
contemporary. Not at all. but just at
present it does seem to be suffering
from a lack of patronage.
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Dr. Hideyo Noguchi of Japan has
been made a member of the Rocke
feller Institute, becanse of his success
in finding germs. But we seem to
have more germs already than we
know what to do with.
YOUNG
James Stewart In Chicago Herald.
This is the story of Thomas Taper
ser. American citizen, aged 9, "going
on" 10, and how he showed the self
reliance and efficiency that are the
American boy's birthright, and that
the normal American boy shows so
often because they are in the air he
breathes in this happy land. It comes
from the offices of the American re
lief committee in London.
Though American born, Tom Taper
ser is of Hungarian descent, and last
summer before the war began was sent
on a visit to relatives near Budapest.
When It was time for him to eome
home, because school was about to be
gin in Philadelphia, Europe was at
war. A little matter like that did not,
however, worry Tom. He went to the
Budapest station and took the train.
He arrived in London the other day.
He is now on the ocean on his way to
America.
It was a considerable feat for a boy
of 10 to mak his way acros war
stricken Austria and Germany and
through Holland to London all alone.
This specimen of self-reliant "Young
America" did it. and more, in tne
railway station at Budapest be found
vwilriarrl Hungarian wiaow ana
six children. The husband and latner.
a naturalized American, had died wmie
the family were on a visit to the ota
country," and they were trying to,
make their way back to America. Tort
took them in charge and nrougnt tne
whole party safely to London.
It had been an expensive trip, and
Tom was Just about "broke" when he
arrived In London. He went to the
American relief committee orrice,
made out a draft on his father In
Philadelphia In the most business
like manner, and obtained the casn
for it. Then he Interpreted tne taie
of the "Hungarian widow, who could
not speak English, and obtained aid
for her. Then he went to tne steam
PERPLEXITY OF FOREIGN INVESTORS
By John M. Osklson.
It seems that our corporations can
beat the, Dutch.
Recently two committees with
headquarters in Amsterdam have had
to consider what to. do for a good
many Dutch investors who have found
themselves faced with serious situa
tions.
One group of Dutch investors wants
to know whv. after they have bought
a first mortgage bond of an Ameri
can railroad, they should be asked to
pay an assessment equal to 40 per
cent of their holdings u oraer mat
a reorganization may uc kuh
through with some hope of putting
the road on a paying basis. The
Dutch say that one-third of the total
issue of those first mortgage bonds
is held In Holland.
In the case of the Rock Island,
Dutch holders of a certain issue of
bonds called "collateral trust bonds,"
have also formed a committee to in
vite holders of the securities to de
posit them and. see what plan may be
worked out to protect themselves.
If that first committee Investigates
the facts It will find that whoever sold
disturbed; only their quality became
much inferior. Open bars existeo. in
great numbers. The apothecary shops
supplied liquor by the bottle as fre
quently as called for. There sprang up
pocket peddlers, whose number was
estimated at zoo. it was not possidib
to suppress their business. Not less
than a dozen saloons were clustered
about the Grand Trunk station or in
its vicinity. Moat of the . frequenters
of the illicit saloons were young men,
some of them boys between 18 and 18
years of age. Occasionally small girls
had growlers filled. Older girls were
present to drink and talk with tha
men." W. J. BISHOP.
Questions Concerning liquor.
Portland. Sept. . 23. To the Editor
of The Journal I can't for the life of
me see why liquor is Just the thing.
When every paper we pick up has so
many tales of the destitution wrought
by It. One day last week in The Jour
nal there Was a story of a drunken
man slashing his wife's throat, and ft
whole list of minor offenses commit
ted by people under its Influence,
among them the story of a girl who
didn't know bow she got ft coat, on ac
count of ! her being drunk, and there
are Incidents of a similar nature every
day. Whenever the news brings re
ports of tbe soldiers in tbe present
great war brutally treating captives
and sacking the towns they capture,
the. explanation is given that Jhey had
become drunk on the liquors seized in
the Inns of captured towns, and got
beyond control of their officers. News
dispatches tell us that many of the
officers try to destroy the booze sup
ply, while the kaiser j. has forbidden
anyone te sell or give liquor to his
soldiers, i ' " f ,r
Now, If liquor is so necessary, why
all these evil reports? Why can't it be
sold to minors? Why are women kept
out of saloons? Why the rule G, of
railroad fame? Why is the saloon be-
AND-NEWS IN BRIEF
OREGON SIDELIGHTS
Citv .Treasurer Crossan of Salem
reports assessments on' city improve-
1- .nnJ .hoiu Tha, lotoa ara r-rimtncr .
in ana the money stringency nas not
affected his office collections. ,
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The Saddle Mountain club, recently
organised at Astoria, is making an et-
fort to increase its membership. Fifty j
cents makes anyone a lire member.
The principal objects of the club are
a better trail, n annual club climb
and that Saddle mountain be made a
national park.
Baker Democrat
Georso Ebell of ;
"The fines" yesterday captured in a
trap a, brown yearling bear weighing
i. .. . . e tr- i
&uuul low uuu us. r ui nrxci a i iiiui u-
Inn MV Vh.ll tnrA Vila hlva. j
short distance from his houe die-
turned. Accordingly, he set a trap.
tie orougnt tne meat into town anu
disposed of it to one of the markets.
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Thirteen children from the rural
schools of Wasco county will oh next
Monday and Tuesday nights present at
the opera house in The Dalles a play
entitled "A School of Long Ago." The
play is of home authorship as well
as home production, and is designed to
illustrate advances in school meth
ods. a a
Seaside Signal: The spirit of im
provement prevalent in Seaside the
past two years sedms to have ex
tended to all public institutions. The
rpening of the schools is attende-i
with more worthy preparation for a
succesHful year than ever before. The
talk of a new school building is right
In line with the go-ahead spirit.
The Ironsides correspondent of the
Baker Herald reports extraordinary
behavior and high mortality among
the coyote of that vicinity. They
visit the chicken houses in daylight,
help themselves- to fowls and instead
of running off with them, devour them
on the spot. They seem tdr be starv
ing. When fired at or chafed by dogs
they seem unable to run. Large num
bers of them are being found dead in
the bills. It Is not known whether
they have hydrophobia.
AMERICA
ship office and arranged for passages
for the whole party.
The officials of the -relief commit
tee say that none of the thousands of
people who have applied to them for
help has shown more intelligence and
self-reliance and general competencs
to deal with the situation be confront
ed than this American boy. He is
very plainly the sort of boy his coun
try has a right to be proud of and of
whom his father and mother should
be very proud, as undoubtedly they
are.
We hear a great deal about "Young
America" every now and then. Wht-n
the social critics run short of ot'.-.er
subjects they fall back on thia, and
discourse at large on tne "freshness,"
the "disrespect for elders." the "irrev
erence" of American youth. Prettyi
nearly every foreign observer who
writes a book about America has re
proaches for the conduct of American
children, and about how they are
"spoiled" by their parents.
Well, we may admit that American
children are not perfect They can
not very well be, since they are hu
man, Just like the children of other
countries. We may admit that a lot
of them might be better trained than
they are. However, there is some
thing about American Institutions and
the American atmosphere that makes
for self-reliance. Anyone who has had
opportunity to "observe -the children of
many lands will back the average
American boy of the normal American
environment to show higher power of
meeting emergencies. '
What is the effect of daily example
what is breathed in with the air of
America 'comes out in the deeds of
its people, young as well us old, when
the occasion-confronts. The story of
Thomas Taperzer shows how It comes
out, and should make all American
parents careful to cultivate, rather
than repress, the individuality and the
initiative of "Young America."
the first mortgage bonds of the rail
road as a typical security of thin
class was taking liberties with words.
The road wasn't built It was a mere
promotion, which failed.
If the second committee tries hard
it may find that the Rock Ialanl
"bonds'' are not and never have bee.:
bonds in the true sense. They wer.i
never anything but deposit certifi
cates for stock, with the difference
that the "bonds" were debarred from
sharing pro rata in any possible pro
perty of the road.
Of course, the corporation practices !
which could beat the Dutch were quite
good enough to beat the American in.;
vestor. too. A great many more mil-
lions have been lost by our Investor
in Rock Island, 'Frisco Wabash. New I
Haven and the rest of the roads that j
have gone into and to the vre of
bankruptcy within a few years thn
have been lost to English, Dutch and
French buyers of our railroad securi
ties. It has come to be almost a safe
rule to follow, however, that what our
corporations are selling abroad shoulJ
be avoided by our investors.
ing driven out of the residence dis
tricts? If, more boose is used In dry
territory than wet, why should all the
brewers and distillers bowl? How
grand for them If every soft drink
place handled their goods free from
restraint? But there's a reason. Com
mon sense says vote dry.
S. L. LYON.
Call It "Aln." '
Portland, Or, Sept. 25. To the Edi
tor of The Journal Please Inform me
how to pronounce the name of the
place where the main German army
and the allies are fighting spelled
"Aisne J. C. WHITNEY.
Armageddon.
From the Omaha 'World-Herald.
A reader of the World-Herald who
ays- be Is "past 80" writes as fol
lows: "I have seen several Armaged
dons in my lifetime and several ends
of the world, that is. according to tbe
prophet of the time, but I am es
pecially interested in tbe present
Armageddon, and would like to know
just how the armies of the world are
aligned." Up to the present time the
alignment seems to be as follows: On
one aide are the armies and navies of
Germany and Austria and on the other
those of Great Britain, Russia, Francs,
Servia, Belgium, and Japan. There
are several other nations wavering as
to whether they will go "into the fight
or not, prominent among them being
Italy, Holland, Greece and some of
the Balkan states. If they do take a
band, they will all be against : Ger
many and Austria. Mexico may also
he considered ft part of this Armaged
don, but they are 'engaged there la
killing each other and destroying their
own property, they do not attract mo
much attention.
The old gentleman says that be ex
pects that .- "this will be the lftst
Armageddon I will see, although I ex-
BATTLE OF BIG GUNS
From the Scientific American.
I In actual battle the guns of a bat
tery are lined up and one loaded cais
son is placed next to each gun. The
tnure Oattery
is behind cover, and
, , ""ji ee tn targets, in
rlr s directed by each gunner aiming
,a designated aiming point, with
an instrument t at n ,rt.i..
fo that the gun will ac tuaJlv nnim ml
the tara-Vt -rS 7 aIXZ?,?!?
' At h .i.ri".r.i iw --
!h'.etby trlangulation method by the
j alter' commander, who is located
"?me distance away from the battery
either on elevated ground, on a ladder.
or in a tr. Th nrman
obtaining the deflection is to measure
me angles carefully, by means of in
struments, thereby attempting to make
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IlTSt ShOtS effective: WhiU th
tendency of the French system is to
estimate the first deflection.' fire
quicKiy, and by observing the shot,
make necessary corrections for suc
ceeding ahots. Th, ranges are ob
tained by self contained base range
finders, which are accurate within 200
yards for 5000 or 6000 yard ranges. '
Within the last few years the sub
ject of equipping the field artillery
with large calibre siege guns and how-
lr toas been K,vn extended studies.
The object of howitzers Is mainly to
fire a heavier projectile, with a lower
velocity at a much higher elevation
and longer range. Assume, for in
stance, the enemy's infantry en
trenched behind embankments. With
a high velocity the trajectory of the
projectile for a given range is very
flat, so that tbe troops would be able
to sit behind the cover and have all
projectiles either strike the embank
ment or pass over their heads. For
thin emergency a battery of howitxern ,
is caller into action. By reducing the
charge the projectile may be started
at a higher elevation, which causes the
projectile to fall to the ground in a
much more nearly vertical path, and
enables it to be dropped back of the
embankment As a concrete example,
assume the enemy's infantry behind
earthen cover at 8000 yards. The
Mope of fall of the French projectile
at that range would be about 7 de
grees, or 1 on 8; this gives a consider
able space behind a wall that would
be practically immune, from the ar
tillery fire.
By calling a 4.7 Inch howitzer battery
for this work, the artillery commander
may fire a 60-pound projectile with
900 feet per second muzzle velocity,
which would give him at 3000 yards
a slope of fall of 1 on 4.8, or he may
remove some of the powder from the
charge and fire the projectile at 620
feet per second muxzlo velocity, which
would give him a slope of fall at 8000
yards of 1 on 1.8, with which it would
be practically impossible for the en
emy to remain behind the cover.
Another object- of these heavy can
non is, that a battery can be put In
position to sweep a large field, and
with its long ranges prevent the en
emy's lighter artillery from coming
within effective reach.
The velocity of these howitzers is
practically the same for all countries,
and is about 900 feet per second for
the longerst zones, while the ctdibrea
Bre approximately 3.8-inch witk
' Pounrt projectile, 4. (-Inch with
with a SO
60-
pound projectile, and
6-lnch with a
120-pound projectile.
HOO'S H00
By John V. Carey.
Whose moniker is written high on
Boston' architraves almost as high
as tf.at of one U. Stalllngs of the
Braves?
Who's known to fame as chairman
of the Wilson banking board the
grand exalted ruler of the common
people's hoard?
Who served a term and made O. K.
as aid to McAdoo, which shows the
money game to him is not exactly
new?
Who landed on the Job at that
sorne n1'"11'1' Indeed without one
word or yHble from Senator Jim
R'dJ
VVno et8 12'0o;) bones per year and
erve a twelve-year span what most
of U3 would al1 "some Job?" Thai
Charles S. Hamlin man.
The Ragtime Muse
Times and Seasons.
The eeasons come, the season go.
Winter and summer, spring and fall
Bringing their meed of Joy and woe .
I see no difference at all.
For every season, gooUneas knows.
Is scarcely here before it goes!
Likewise the months: I do not see
Where one is better than the rest;
They all seem Just the same to me;
There is no worst, there Is no best.
Indeed, each one of them seems woral
When bills come in upon tbe firstl ,
I have no favorites In the weeks
And all alike to me they seem;
Each one with labor fairly reek.
So I have little time to dream.
They have a scarcity of fun.
With a blue Monday in each one!
But days behold a difference there!
Some days of lead, some days ol
gold.
Days that are burdened down witl
care
And other days of bliss untold.
But of them all best is the day
On which a fellow get his pay!
pect to Jive 20 year more." In thai
he is probably right, for it takes about
40 years of hard work for the nation
to prepare for one; 20 years to repair
the damage and 2t more to pay th
expenses of the next one. The worll
has been diligently at work on that
sort of . program for several thou
eand years.
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