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10T1IEE8 AND WAR
WHY THE MISSING POWER PLANK?
A'
of, the most . radical sag
Lstions yet made for peace
tbat the mothers of the
arid go on strike until the
lllsarms. While novel, the
on reflects- the indignant
jnt of those who . are the
fttora t ol , tne race against
ho are Its destroyers.
should a mother .rear a
h be shot for the glory of
man?.
my baby, my man child, that
idler with shell torn breast,
slain for your power and
foflt aye, murdered at your
nest. , , . , .
Lnough is the sorrow of
other whose son has been
; to death In other guise
jat of war, hut how bitter it
there is added the thought
e life she had given had
'edlessly ' Immolated on the
Imperial ambition,
to of duty, and honor, of a
triot'a glotlous death,
lot country, noiuiu ue iaj.
Jr . ihame'i sake spare your
Wth.
hat' have you done for your
iuntry? Whose was the blood
: it was . shed
I hellish warfare that served
ur ends? My boy was shot
j your stead.
(not to be wondered at that
should pray for vengeance
t i ose TvhoJsriirK r b pr tea rs
' eiJrNmotherhood.
the soul of Mary who bore
he Christ man murdered at
Calvary,-
ir own shall tho mothers come,
Ind tha glad day speed apace
the law of peace shall be the
kw of tha women that bear the
tea;
a- man shall stand by hla
i other, for .the world wide
It, bring her tears and heart-
eak . nor maite mocK or ner
otherhood.
BOER REBELLION
fVS from South Africa by
fay of London indicates an
n pleasant situation for tne
Irit.sh. Colonel Maritz, com
Sg" ah unspecified number of
t in jthe ' northwest of Cape
L near German Southwest
I .'has' revolted and taken his
ith him.
.'proclamation of martial law
tu the entire South African
'coE,talns the statement that
Jaa. teen a secret propaganda
H- ''government of German
J'estJ Africa to seduce, citizens
j'cflcers and members of the
. j.f lrcoB of the union from
JiUeglance."
h is not enough information
p. to . Indicate whether the
. fa in South Africa is serious
I -British.- Up to the present
e acts have occurred far away
the Transvaal and the Orange
State. Premier Louis Botha
i 'enthusiastic Britisher and
a that a majority of the Boers
atisfied with the sort of self
nxkent given them by Great
doubtedly It is a critical time
ngland in South Africa. The
future" will tell whether there
seen substantial justice done
3 Boers." They are great fight
yad great believers in the
j It is yet to be determined
jr they will seek German or
1 rule. The probabilities are
the Boers revolt they will
establish a republic.
GAIN The Journal asks, why, trom the declaration of principles
on which Mr. Booth, Dr. Withycombe and Mr. Moaxuiur sxana
as candidates, was a certain significant plank designedly omitted?
It was a Dlank declaring for "nubile control of water pow
ers through the leasing plan by state and national governments. It
was a demand for the people to always own the water powers and
to never let them pass under private ownership, to be used forever in
exploiting the people.
It was a noble declaration. It was such a declaration as Lincoln,
or La Follette, or Pinchot, or Roosevelt would have made.
It was Lincoln republicanism. It was La Follete republicanism
It was insurgent republicanism. It was progressive republicanism.
But It did not suit the purposes of the managing brigadiers who
are running the Booth-Withycombe-McArthnr campaign. They cut out
the plank, and search where you will, you will never find It in the
platform as printed and as finally adopted by the controlling inner
circle of the Lincoln Republican club.
Simultaneous with this information are the facts in the deal be
tween the Oregonian and the Portland News. As a result of that
deal the big water power and timber Interests are advertising in the
News, paying that paper $300 per page, or about five times its regu
lar rates to advertisers.
The payment of five times the regular rate by these big inter
ests Is not commercial but political business, and is the delivery of
the goods under the terms of the Oregonlan-News political deaL It
is overwhelmingly confirmed by the fact that a big water power com
pany at Roseburg with no pipe line or light wire within 200 miles of
Portland, is, advertising in the Portland News, paying $300 per page,
or five times the paper's regular advertising rate.
The missing water power plank and- the purchased friendship of
a newspaper that has always claimed to stand against the big power
and timber barons, are twin transactions. They are convincing
proof that the captains of timber and water powers have captured the
candidates and the campaign, and that they have even obtained con
trol of the Portland newspapers, The Journal excepted.
There has been no denial of the newspaper combine. There
will be no denial. There has been no denial of the fact that the
water power plank was expunged from the declaration of principles.
There will be no denial. Because of the omitted plank, a lifelong Re
publican who was a member of the committee that prepared the dec
laration of principles, resigned from the committee and declared
that he could not be in sympathy with candidates and prin
ciples under such a leadership. He is a Lincoln Republican, not a
Penrose Republican. He is the kind of Republican who is in sym
pathy with the Ideals of the masses of the Republicans, and there
are tens of thousands of his kind of Republicans In Oregon.
It means something to the people of this great region when a cam
paign platform stands against public control of water powers through
leasing and stands for private ownership under which the people can
be forever exploited for the benefit of a few water power barons and
timber barons. It means something to the people of this great region
when a campaign platform secretly asserts the principle that all the
streams in the mountains and in the valleys shall become the private
property of a few, to remain in their families from generation to
generation for use In levying perpetual tribute on those who buy
electric light, who pay fares on streetcars, and who buy power for
use in the industries.
The water powers should never be allowed to go as the coal
lands went.
The water powers should never be allowed to go as great bodies
of timber Went.
The ownership of the water powers should remain forever in the
people, to be leased for forty or fifty year periods to water power
operators, always under the regulation of the state and national gov
ernments as was nobly proposed in the plan that was stealthily ex
punged from the Oregonian platform.
The water powers are now the most priceless heritage of the peo
ple, land alone excepted. They are the most economical power known
to man. They can never be exhausted as long as the rivers run and
mountain streams flow. They should be defended against the
schemes and designs of any plunderbund.
We have In the Columbia basin over one third of the water
powers of the United States. When California is added, we have, over
one half the water powers of the United States. Wth Montana,
Wyoming, Colorado, Nevada and Utah added, we have over seventy
per cent of the water power of the United States. These water
powers are priceless. Their value is stupendous. They are a great
stake to play for.
Why was the water power plank designedly omitted? Why are
water power barons and timber barons buying up newspapers at $300
per page, or five times the regular advertising rate?
Why are the great water power aarons and the great timber
barons so active and so concerned in this campaign?
There Is not one Lincoln Republican in Oregon who is under the
slightest obligation to follow the leadership of the big brigadiers who
are in this campaign, not to honor republicanism but to promote a
scheme that will wreck the party.
war has proved that preparedness
J for war: did. not preserve peace.
It has proved that preparedness for
war precipitated war , through the
thought of those who caused the
conflict that they were prepared
and could win. :
It has proved that' preparedness
for war has swallowed Europe with
death, debt and devastation and
has brought upon mankind a. cata
clysm that affects adversely every
human being on the planet, even
to the blackman in South Africa
and to the burden bearer . in the
land of the Hindoos. Preparedness
for war to the extent that it has
been carried on, is a huge interna
tional myth. .
CAPITALIZING SCENERY
I
AS GERMANS SEE IT
BATTLE OF WATERLOO-LORD BYRON
P OREGON is to get her proper
share cf tha big tourist business
that this : coast will enjoy next
year as a result of conditions
abroad and the San Diego and Sail
Francisco expositions it is up to
Oregon to do some work on her
roads.
That roads and good business
are inseparable companions has
been demonstrated in Colorado and
California. They have made a
specialty of tourist traffic and
From the Chicago Herald. i
A distinguished German professor
who happened to be an intimate friend
of the Bismarck family and the offi
cial biographer of the Iron Chancellor
visited Chicago somewhat more than
a year ago. This man, Erich Marcks,
is one of- the leading- historians of
Germany and Is "now in charge of
the department of history at Ham
burg. He belongs to the aristocratic
wing of scholarship, but withal he is
an exponent of the cultural Germany
of Goethe, which now ia so often for
gotten. Professor Marcks wants the TJnited
States and Chicago in particular to
understand the position of Germany in
the present war. Accordingly he has
stimulated his friends to write and
he himself has written a brief declara
tion for his fatherland. It Is as fol
lows: "I am writing you a political letter.
Europe is in flames. Wherever I so
journed in America in 1913 I always
endeavored, to make clear this one
fact: The situation of Germany in
the center of the continent, its being
threatened by the east and west, the
necessity of our armament; the events
have now come to pass.
"Since 1908 Russia has pushed for
ward the small Servian state as a
wedge against Austria in order to in
cite the South Slavs in Austria and
to ruin Austria as a great power. Ger
threatened and in a hopeless position.
therefore have made a specialty Austria; it would otherwise stand lso
Of roads which can be traveled all lated between the Slavic and Romanic
the vear around. people and would be permanently
There Is no better way of pro
moting ; the prosperity of a State "Germany has kept the peace for
than bv onenine no its natural 3 years. Since 1913 there were cum-
beautles and resources to the trav- ln,?.l5?"onf..V, h.f J!?0!
eung puuuc. otjeiuS jvuienca nisi u as goon aa the colossal new arma-
will never be practical until Amer- ments of the two allies had been com-
lea Is made accessible. Nature has Pleted. And yet we did not begin a
nrovided Oreeon with evervthine in Preventive war. rom Russian terva
proviaea uregon wun everyimng in came the murderous scoundrels who
the way of scenery. There is the assassinated the heir to the Austrian
sea coast, the forest primeval, the throne. That Austria now must needs
mnuntains a wo fnsnirinjr th nonVo Put a stop to tne operations or bervlan
clothed eternally in snow, the cas- clear That RuS8la hersei would
cades and waterfalls, the beautiful frankly support Servia in this most
valleys and the extensive plains, vital affair could not be foreseen with
These are of unusual interest to Sertalnty-,K,Howev?r; eve0,f this had
the easterner whose first question less be Iorced to proceed, for it was a
Is Concerning tne road to reach I question of its very existence. Aus-
them. tria s existence involves our own.
, , , ill uur kaiser nas this time again
.irwyie ui iuea.ua ai o amajis iwb.- i eone to the utmost limits of Deacea
mg ior interesting scenic points bieness supported by England in
to visit- new resions to exnlore. form, but not in the essence of the
an -nrm rr tn hnm it a ryyft a- 8' couia in ine Degin-
f " I ning have held back the Russian
uib way is proviueu- luey spenu sword; it did not do so. Russia
their money en route, make In- begged the kaiser to mediate, and
vestments, often take up a perma- simultaneously mobilized its army also
ence otners to do likewise. "What is most rainful to us is the
The scenery of Oregon should be participation of England our relative!
ranltnlWd TTio-hwavo chnnM Ha ou, a uerman and we are attacked
" J " D"UU V... Ol J T7 1 .
built all over the state. These to tramDle down our bloom, rob us of
will pay for themselves many times our prosperity, destroy our state. We
over in increased property valua- are in the most fearful necessity of
There was a sound of revelry by night,
And Belgium's capital had gathered then
Her beauty and her chivalry, and bright
The lamps shown o'er fair women and brave men;
A thousand hearts beat happily; and when
Music arose with its voluptuous swell,
Soft eyes look'd love to eyes which spake again,
And all went merry as a marriage bell;
But hush! hark! a deep sound strikes like a rising knelll
Did ye not hear it? No; 'twas but the wind,
Or the car rattling o'er the stony street;
On with the dance! let joy be unconfined;
No sleep till morn, when youth and pleasure meet
To chase the glowing hours with flying feet
But hark! that heavy sound breaks in once more
As if the clouds its echo would repeat;
And nearer, clearer, deadlier than before
Arm! Arm! it is it is the cannon's opening" roar!
Ah! then and there was hurrying to and fro,
And gathering tears and tremblings of distress.
And cheeks all pale, which but an hour ago
Blushed at the praise of their own loveliness;
And there were sudden partings .such as press
The life from out young hearts, and choking sighs
Which ne'er might be repeated; who could guess
If ever more should meet those mutual eyes,
Since upon night so sweet such awful morn should rise!
And there was mounting in hot haste; the steed,
The mustering squadron, and the clattering car
Went pouring forward with impetuous speed.
And swiftly forming in the ranks of war;
And the deep thunder peal on peal afar;
And near, the beat of the alarming drum
Roused up the soldiers ere the morning star;
While thronged the citizens with terror dumb.
Or whispering, with white lips "The foel
They come, they come."
Last noon beheld them full of lusty life,
Last eve in beauty's circle proudly gay,
The midnight brought the signal sound of strife,
The morn the marshalling in arms the day
Battle's magnificently stern array!
The thunder clouds close o'er it, which when rent
The earth is cover'd thick with other clay, .
Which her own clay shall cover, heap'd and pent,
Rider and horse friend, foe in one red burial blent.
REAL PATftlOTlSrj
By Fred . Lpckley.
Patriotism,
does 'fy&t
consist
1
MIRACLE-WORKING
By Dr. Frank Crane.
tion, increased population and in
creased revenue.
A FEW DAYS MORE
T
are saved by curing the patients,
but the greater Baving comes
through preventive m e as u r e s,
teaching the consumptive how to
avoid endangering others and stim
ulating the others to live so that
they will not become victims of
tuberculosis.
There Is yet much for the people
to learn. . There are yet many peo
ple who need prodding. . That is
the great purpose of tuberculosis
.day. Doctors and nurses have
done much in wiping out the
scourge, but their efforts would
be less successful if It were not
for persistent publicity.
UBERCULOSIS DAY
CAMPAIGN to be known as
jlhe fifth annual tuberculosis
day movement will be inau
urated November 29 in the
j Slates By sermons, lec
I motion lectures, exhibits and
! other methods, the National
. ltlon, for the Study and Pre
i of Tuberculosis will center
o. attention npon the white
and " the method of com
i it.' ' ' '
1 ? announced that outlines
ttures or sermons on tuber
, and SJetock" "talks on this
t will be furnished free to
;.'S2nd others who can use
Lilerattire for dlstribntion
! a chirrchesV'3chool3, , lodges
Isewhere will be given away
re quantities. . Apparently
t v ill be left undone that
1 t In Impressing the danger
ulosi8 upon the people.
3 a movement "in which every-
r ould be interested. Its ef
:s3 depends upon publicity,
fight against ; tuberculosis
v t fortJle education ofipeo-
; u!ealtt right living.
. has been accomplished in
years. Statisticians assert
) 1901 not less than 20,
i are saved annually .'lives
re . formerly sacrif iced to
:1s. Some of these lives
AN ANNIVERSARY
F
The first American Y. M. C. A.
convention met at Buffalo June
7, 1854. At London in June, 1894,
was held the thirteenth world's con
ference. The meeting was coinci
dent with the fiftieth anniversary
of the association of that city, and
among the 2000 delegates in at
tendance twenty-six nationalities
were represented.
The Y. M. C. A. has attracted
thousands of men because of its
practical Christianity. It stands for
spiritual, social and physical bet
terment. Its record of accomplish
ment is such as to win high praise
as a practical Christian organization.
self-defense in which ever a great peo
pie has found itself. And at this
juncture England also falls upon us!
All. our attempts to do away with the
elements of friction (Bagdad railroad.
Africa, Turkey) and thus to bring
TTT3? rWctmoo QV( ii aoout an atmospnere 01 mutual unaer-
a few days and those who been rendered futile. The policy of
desire to make contributions Edward VIL, the panic, the senseless
to Its cargo through The notlon of a Germany which is only
Tnnmni .LinU j 4--L . , i waiting iur aii opportunity 10 invaua
JOUrnal ShOUld Send them in by ani, A,rnv Knelan th trarlltinn nf
Friday next. j blind fear and blind hatred; the corn-
Only a few days remain in which mercial pojicy which makes use of
fn inin xHth thnncsnHs nf imori. tnls occasion to let loose against Ger-
n k , j 4 many money, mercenaries and allies
" 11 "-" latin in dcuuius these all have overpowered English in
a message or peace and good will telligence, English democracy, the
to the children of Europe whose English conscience. Morley, Bums
holiday season will be darkened by iZrZ J Z?n
i I nnn H.nwarn llriir onrl n nrni 1 1 ova
the cloud of war
Only a few days remain in which I are now also setting Japan upon Ger-
to Kive a practical demonstration many. It is the great war conspiracy
of the gospel of humanity and hu
(Copyright, 1914, by Prank Crane.)
Shall a religious motif be used upon
the stage?
The answer to the question depends
on whether you conceive of religion as
a phase of 'life, or as a more or less
important notion. If it Is life, then
the theatre, whose function it is to
reveal life to itself, should incorpor
ate it among its human themes.
Like everything else the theatre
suffers from conventionalism. The
worst foe to the progress of the drama
is the "regular theatregoer." It is
he that insists upon the same old feel
ings, character and situations. He ridi
cules any attempt to deepen and to
make more real the message of the
player.
Another enemy to the drama is the
orthodox religionist who refuses to ac
cept any interpretation of the divice
power among men except in terms of
his own sect and tradition.
Between these two parties. wide
apart yet with the same narrowness
of view, lies the great body of open
minded people. And to these whoever
will express, upon the stage or In a
book or even in a newspaper, the vital,
eternal human truths of the soul will
seem to merit sincere gratitude.
I have just seen a play called "The
Miracle Man," in which the religious
feeling Is exploited. A group of four
crooks undertake to capitalize the
healing powers of a sincere old man
called the prophet. In a small town
of Maine. When they come to deal
and Edward Grey and Churchill are j with the old man, however, they are
pursuing their murderous policy and ! so womea upon Dy nis gooaness ana
WAR MECHANISM
gether in shouldering: a gun to go .
and fight anaenemyrearinff a dlf ;
ent kind of iiniforttt than your o.
Not all of our enemies wear unifon';
Poverty, Intemperance, graft, Indiff
ence, ignorance all 5fre enemies to A
fought by every pathetic citizen. Th'
ii, v Avuufc mil'. ;uiili uci cu. iui
are apt to lead to 'Iflme. - Right no
In Portland there a$kn opportunity V
show who are good citizens and wht
are indifferent to t4 public welfare.
Crime-means greater expense to the:
Is not provided nor &lp extended, they
will live by unlawfdf means.
ut svuu mi uier optra not uks irow
tha Ion all Via HU. 1
lng back. He fertlies the land. He V
SDends time and mshev and labor on i
It, The good cltiijja who reaps In
creased returns in Hhe, form of rents
or profits or increased value on bis
holdings owes It ti the city that Is
giving him his wealth to help solve
its problems. Ignorance and crime are
costly, not only inhuman misery, but
also in Increased txes.
We could well afford to have our
children and oursetves take to heart
the pledge used in come of the east
ern cities: "I am it citizen of Port
land. I will do nojilng to desecrate
her soil, pollute hergiir or degrade her
children who are m$ brothers and sis
ers. I will try to giake her beautiful -and
her citizens heathy, contented and
nrosDerous. so thitaf 'ahe mu v h a.
now, as well as thtfi'e who come after
us." ?i
We need to feel ojgr civic obligations.
Away back in the Jacly days of our
history the vptersSHn the colony of
Massachusetts, in M34. were reouired -
to take the f reenters oath, which was:
'I do solemnly bfnlmyself that I will
give my vote as I fhall judge. In mine
own conscience, may best conduce to
the public weal, sd!:he1p me. God."
We of today ned to take thought
for the' public wejai for we stand or
fall together, and -ji we do not meet
our clvfc obligation we will see more
and more of the discontented and un
fortunate gather ar&iind the red flag.
Edmund Burke esays: "It is not
man service.
Only a few days remain in which
to strike a note in the anthem of
universal peace that will some day
be heard around the world.
Among the many pathetic in
which has threatened since 1871; Ger
many as an established fact is again
to be unmade.
"We will defend ourselves. The en
thusiasm, unity, devotion was impres
sive, earnest and great in all the con
federated states (wonderful in Ba
varia), in all parties (also In the ranks
by the loftiness of his character that
everyone of them is turned from his
crooked ways and "goes straight."
Now, that is the gist of any kind of
religion that is of any use in the
world; to wit, namely, that a strong
soul, full of spiritual potencies, can
influence fnd transform another 60ul
that has, been limed by the delusions
of igi't-rance or passion.
The core of religion is personal In
fluence. The play referred to brings this out
with admirable skill. While its theme
ITTSBURG, among other Amer
ican cities, is to celebrate the
seventieth anniversary of the
founding of the Y. M. C. A.
next Saturday. President Wilson
has promised to deliver an address
on the occasion.
It will be an epochal anniversary
in American history. The Y. M. C
A. has grown .because of its worth.
Because of its influence, young
men in different parts of the world
have brought into business and
professional pursuits the Christian
character which is so essential in
dealings between man and man.
Whatever its faults may be, the
Y. M. C. A. has brought Christian
ity closer to every-day life, thus
augmenting its strength and mini
mizing human frailties.
George Williams, founder of the
association, left a provincial town
in England for London in 1841.
He became a clerk in a dry goods
house and went quietly among his
friends for the purpose of inter
esting them in religious effort.
Such was the beginning of the Y.
M. C. A. The English youth were
in a mood for Christian instruc
tion, and with the assistance of
his followers Mr. Williams organ
ized the first Y. M. C. A. in 1844.
Today there are thousands of
branches in various parts of the
were young men's re
ligious societies in the TJnited
States seventy years ago,, but they
were not organized to secure the
united effort of the association
formed in London. 'The first
American associations, 1 the direct
outgrowth ' of the British move
ment, were formed' at Montreal
and Boston in . December, " 185L
WORLD DISARMAMENT
A'
fiHonto nf tfco lo t Vi q of social democracy). and in all
Kit! n , j i Z , "t classes. Austria is united, also the
tne little Belgian girl who arrived AuctHn sivd w
in England with thousands of refu- victories: On' the 20th, the French j 3 ff11' U .is not any sect's or organ-
eees Father mother sister and eastern army In Lorraine was severe- l?atlon aprlva, b,r.tnL! .J1,.1"
gees jjatner, motner, sister and beaten The dansrer is very ereat. Quality of faith that gives.it its
brother she had . lost but in her byutbea?s0 T0hur alJSSi nd savin?1!orce' and not the modo or logic
hands she carried the remnant nf ctrono-tv, w Kiiavo n of faith.
whot wa r,n o riii Onr riofW wnnH mr, h Hth nt i Surely there is no more appealing
Its limbs were broken and the civilisation, and for England a sui
sawdust had all leaked out. The
hair had been town from its head
Its dress was in tatters but the lit
tie girl had lovingly clung to it
through air misfortune
Think what
! subject than the magic power of good
i uu6o.uu a om- . . t. , ji, 1 A
cidal success! (Russia, Japan.) We rB' ""CYCr
are confident, and we are experiencing
an intense moral glow such as Ger
many since 1813 has seen only in 1870.
We are fighting for all the posses
sions of a nation and trust In heaven.
The good woman, what miracles has
she not wrought! The good child,
what Galahad power is In him to put
evil schemes to flight! The good man,
those who have seen "The Passing of
tho Third Floor Back" know how won-
"North America Is evincing toward ! !, r ,h h. hrt
o ri.nrn tii Tf derfully he can grip the heart.
DVOCATES of armaments are
using the European war as a
proof of their contention for
a bigger army and more bat
tleships. Colonel Roosevelt is urg
ing "preparedness" as a safeguard
against the ravages of war. The
National Defense league has been
organized at Washington with the
avowed purpose of arming America
so that she cannot be humilated by
another nation equipped for war.
President Harry A. Garfield of!
Williams College recently returned
from Europe. He was in Munich
during the German army mobiliza
tion. " In referring to the conflict
and the terrible drain on men and
money he says:
Just as surely as Germany or the
United States or any other country
builds up a big army and battle fleet
she Is going to saddle herself with a
military party, and that means war.
The lesson for the TJnited States to
learn and for the world to learn is
this: Don't arm. There is one old
maxim that will be swept away in
the present conflict "the best guar
anty of peace is preparedness for
war." Nothing could be more absurd
In this age.
What is preparedness? Surely
modern fortifications do not come
under this classification. The fall
of Liege, of - Namur, of Antwerp
and other fortified places points
very clearly to the fact that forts
are practically useless. Armies in
the field have so far demonstrated
that relative size Is the controlling
factor. Preparedness by 'one na
tion has been met by preparedness
by another, so that the contenders
are in the same relative positions
they would be in if enormous ex
penditures had not been made on
armaments. '
President "Garfield is right. The
a nice new doll us a friendly neutrality. It Is reported
would mean to this little girl and that the North American press Is be-
thousands of others like her. From mendacious fashion from Paris
ineir little nearts would gush a and London. I am sending you a num
spring of gratitude that no season ber of German pamphlets. See wheth-
Of drought; can dry up; that in T you cannot speak up and lay be
. v " fore your countrymen what It is all
oltcl jcoib Yvxix anay mo lever oi about. I beg you most earnestly and
national prejudice. heartily to do this. It is a good cause
Onlv a few more davs in which and tbe cause of humanity,
to helD make the comine Chrism "My two 80118 are ofC for the front
io neip mafte tne coming nristmas and happy to be so privileged. I
a .real Christmas for thousands of am playing the part of spectator and
cnildren who, tnougn newly made am using my pen a little for the
orphans cling to a tattered and cause- ther materials also by
hTvMwa v, .. . myself will follow. Think of your
battered dollie . because it is the vear m oermanv a vo mav h.i
one remnant, leu oi tne nome on your part,
where papa and mamma once were. remain ever in old loyalty, your
-KKlUfcl MARCKS.
T3 o cr t i . ,
Civilization and Primeval Fauna. lmpVBSsed by Tdfsm wMch w
cy ssir tia.y iauKester in Lonaon Tele- us has stormed throueh all the
grapn. . I hellfhts and depths. It was and is
JNOtning put tne isolation given by a I great and sacred and Dure.1
wiae sea or nign mountain ranges will
preserve a primeval rauna ana nora. The letter was addressed to Prof m.
the indigenous man-free living deni- sor William E. Dodd of the University
zens of the isolated region from de- of Chicago. Amone his other wrtt-
struction by the necessary unpremedi- ing. Professor Marcks is the author of
tated disturbance of nature's balance "The Imperialism of the Present." His
by man once he has passed from the attitude may be taken as fairly indlca-
10 west stage or savagery. At present I tive of that of a great body of German
we are faced by this difficulty in Af- scholars.
rica. Not only the white settlers have
The world, which has cherished
through the centuries the magnificent
memory of Jesus' goodness, and its
power to rout and destroy the pervert
ing agencies of evil, will always wel
come new examples of that sort of
energy.
It seems to me that whoever created
"The Miracle Man," and showed in a
new guise the ever new miracle of
changing bad men into good, has done
us all a great service.
whether you have a right to render
Waldemar Kaempffert in Review of i people miserable, iajut whether it is
Reviews. j not to your interbs't to make them
It Is fought as much with electricity i happy. It is notiiwhat you may do.
and gasoline, as with powder and shot, but what humanity reason and Jus-
ims war or t-De nations. Kliles and tlce tell you you o-ght to do."
machine guns, field pieces and howit- ' Do we need ti have the lesson
zers there are In plenty, every one of brought home tf us? King Lear,
which Is as complicated as an auto- stripped of his tfbeustomed luxuries
matic piano player, it is not the in- and comforts, .wretched and forsaken,
struments of destruction, however, exclaimed: "Takelfsphyslc, Pomp, ex
that drive home the extent to wjiich ' pose thyself to ieel .what wre4chea
mechanism is employed In warfare, but feel, that thou maM'st show the heav
the dynamos that feed current to ens more Just andSijhake the superflux
searchlights Whose long, rigid white to them." jj
pencils of light alternately sweep the j Must we lose wtiat we have to make
sky for aircraft and the terrain oppo- us appreciate thqaneed of those less
site for advancing Infantry; the tele- fortunate? ji N
graph and telephone net that spreads I How many are tl4re in Portland who
out from the tent of a commanding ! will invest from (00 to $1000 ia the
general to the very firing line; the 1 stock of the RwrJudlal Loan assocla
mlxing machines that supply concrete ' tion? i$
for anchoring heavy mortars, which; How many areifflere who will show
batter down fortresses; the gasworks their public splritlnd loyalty to Port
that travel on rails and on highways land by extendinjfthrough their help
and generate hydrogen for dirigible ' the work of this gj-ganlzation?
balloons; the traction engines that ; The stock is wf&lh 100 cents on the
haul heavy cannon and caissons; tha dollar and will paf ; 6 per cent Interest,
automobiles and the aeroplanes that Increasing the caff'tal of this associa
whlrr over roads and through the air; i tion will enable ?U to help a large
and the self-propelled machine shops number of worthy! jritlzen" of Portland
in which broken-down engines can be , who are willing id anxious to. work,
repaired. . but who are UnaQte at present to ee-
From the rifle I placed in the hands cure work. f p
of an infantryman to the dirigible sil- j The money isp loaned in small
houetted against the sky, there is not amounts on good security, most of 1t
a single mechanism that has not been being .loaned at rfisonnble interest on
scieniiricany stuaiea in pnyslcal anJ not to exceed 25 Jr cent of the value
chemical laboratories and on proving of the pledge, or ilchattel mortgage is
grounds to note its merits and its lim- taken for the losSi There is urgent
itations. Most of these destructive need to extend tra capacity for help
devices have been evolved as the re- fulness of this erganizatlom Those
suit of Invention systematically con- who have been fahrl hv fnrtunn r in
ducted for a longer period and at a a duty to help th'CSe les fortunate. In
greater cost than the investigations this case their rtflanthropv will not
carried xn by physicians to discover cost them a centand will bring those
a cure for cancer. - Ballistics is prob- who advance theflnoney a return of 6
ably more advanced than bacteriology, per cent at least &n their investment.
Scientific .thought has been more in- The Remedial Lan association is a
tensivcly applied to. discover a way of pawn shop with conscience. It does
reducing the erosion of guns by mod- not extend charily, but it extends
ern smokeless powders than to the timely aid withouSlrobbing the borrow
mitigation of pellagra's destructive ef- er of his self-res-t nor preying upon
fects among the pesantry of Europe, his need. It is inducted by men of
In the decade that has elapsed since financial expeniloce and executive
the Russian-Japanese war. field artil- ability, who ref&e that help, when
lery has been more markedly improved needed, may tidfa man over an emer-
tban agricultural machinery. t gency, help MrrfSJieep his home and
And yet despite this immense amount : property, and tBas keep him a rood
of real scientific inquiry Into the sur- ' citizen- To help fin this work is true
est wav oi Killing me greatest dux- notHMi.m :
sioie nuouier ui men in tne snortest i
possible time, war remains In princi-1
pie what It was when Xerxes invaded
Greece and when Hannibal crossed the ,
o. jeuig jvui niii j .uvu au un
tenable position that always was and
always will be the sum and substancj
of warcraft. Three hundredTyears ago
a soldier was killed In a hand-to-hand
encounter. At the present time he Is
more apt to be killed by a man whom
he has never seen. The human arm
has been artificially lengthened and
strengthened.
Letters From the People
(Communications aent to The Joarnal for
publication ia thU deDarrment should be writ
ten on only one aide of the paper, aboald not
exceed 300 words In length and must be ac
companied by tbe name and addreaa of the
aender. If tbe writer doea not deaire to
bare tbe name published, he aboald ao Mate.)
large herds of cattle, but before their
arrival the negroid . natives ; had Im
ported Indian cattle. These tattle are
destroyed by "fly disease." the germs
( trypanosomes ) being carried to the
Chance for a Naval Hero.
"Glrard" in Philadelphia Ledger.
Every big war produces something
new. Dramatic debutantes on this
germs, but are uninjured by them.
Consequently, if the rich pasture lands
of Africa, at present unutilized are to
be occupied . by herdsmen the wild
game buffalo and antelopes must be
destroyed . In many regions they have
been destroyed. Is this destruction to
"Discussion Is the greatest of all reform
ers. It rationalises everything It toochea. It
robs principles of all false sanctity and
tbrowa tbem back on their reasonableness. If
they bare no reasonableness. It ruthlessly
crushes tbem oat of existence and set up its
own coocluakina in their stead." Woodroar
Wilson.
A Reactionary Measure.
Pendleton. Or.. Oct. 15. To the
Editor of The Journal The concen
tration of attention upon the prohibi
tion amendment makes It possible that
some of the objectionable measures
presented to the people for rejection
or adoption at the forthcoming elec
tion may become laws by default, un
less the newspapers call attention to
their defects and arouse the voters
to defeat them.
Among those which ought to be
overwhelmed by adverse ballots is
that known as Primary Delegate Elec
tion bill, numbers 354 and 355 on the
official ballot. Its adoption would
The Ragme Muse
: t .
Ballade ;Sf Ilufciness.
The years and mMiths, like weeks and
days, p
Above my grajjng head go by;
Meanwhile a long life's tangled ways
With my-famtfear cares I ply,
The worst has somehow gone awry,
The fate of all 5ny dreams is dire;
Anu so i oniyaus- to sign.
I can t retlre-5-j-I must
'A
re-tire!"
I have a son andlin his praise
VCliy-U M r V. .. ..I.J M .. r
adding more. Far better, In the! Vry ' """
writer's opinion, it would be to abolish To run the buei'rsess. which repays
all primary elections, and .permit all j The earnest Ufbor wj supply,
candidates to go to the people at the Yet service ot.smy brain and eye
general election Full well I kno4 'twill still require
STEPHEN A. LOWELL. "fsf? ""
jjmust re-tire.
I high"
1 can t retire
dOxnesTlcckttirTronT buf f alo 3E2a? red .StSEbil.
and antelopes, which ft warm with the I IZT-JZS? automobile and pex-
But there is a bigger new things
than any of these, which nobody
seems to have remembered a Ger
man navy.
Germany has never had a great sea : substantially restore the state to the
fight. The Dutch, have had many a ; grip of the boss and the -machine, and
be continued If Africa is to be the one Ma nave tne jjanes, wniie tne ; turn tne government oacs again io
seat of a modern human population Spaniards before the ! days of the - the big Interests which in the old
and supply food to other parts of the great Armada domineered the ocean. ! days controlled conventions and die
world the whole "balance of iiature" As or the- British tar, he is the ! tated nominations of both the great
there must be upset and the Wildbig I very synonym oi prowess upon tne ; parties. It rereaenis me, cunsuinma
animals destroyed. There Is no alter-sea-r tnere is no Herman naval
native. The practical question Is, how I history.
far la It possible to mitigate this proc
ess? Can a great African reserve of
100,000 square miles be established in
a position so isolated that it shall not
be a source of disease and danger to
tbe herdsmen and agriculturists of ad
jacent territory?
There Is no Bluecher, no Von
Moltke, no Frederick the Great of the
quarterdeck. Germany worships no
Nelson, no John Paul Jones, no Far
ragut and no Togo. She has no naval
hero, but perhaps one ' may be bom
any hour now in tbe North. Sea.
tion of reaction. Every friend of the
Oregon system should be sure to vote
against it.
Not only Is It objectionable upon
the above grounds, but It will mean
another useless election, and' an
added expense of not less than 100.
000. The expense of the existing pri
mary is burdensecna enough without
; Portland, Oct. 16. To the Editor 1
of The Journay A man writing about My doctor ' smiles, and smiling, flays
Oregon in an eastern paper some four i The man whoi5?ill not heed the cry
or- atrn -aid- "On of hla state's Of weary framtfi that breakx, but
known as the Oregon system, compris
ing the direct primary, the corrupt
practice act, popular election of sena
tors and tbe Initiative and referen
dum. This system has certainly worked
a revolution In the political conditions
of the stare. Its vast untouched re
sources were an alluring temptation
to the big thieves, as Alaska's are to
day, and they came with their sacks
and polluted everything and everybody
that money would pollute, in an ef-t-
fort to grab everything In sight. The
honest politician and the voting pub
lic were in despair until they got the
direct primary and. through that, the
other laws which give them posession
of their state and are making Oregon
famous throughout the country.
stays:
He knows thefgsigns that do not lie.
To speak hla-ainind he is not shy;
With scorn he Barnes "this mad de
sire"; :j
He does not slbp to reason why
I can't retire H;must re-tire.
L'tSN-VOI.
Oh, speeding wcrfd, with you I vie;
I dig and deiM as If for hire.
His motor's neeff who dares deny?
I can't retire-i must re-tire!
a courtship
Unskilled Labor.
FrpM Judge.
ie leamea to wjoo in
school;
He got it all dowls by rote and ruje;
He knew when i$o smile and when to
sigh, $
He learned hotj to use a twinkling
Then there came a fine day when' A . K. , , k
lALtl' ZZ1? "fLdl A fool who had rJlver studied art,
i.r'aii Td thoughtless
cuot'uernd11 Jtfl .TiT " S!
.. . . ! J-'Itl (,11V WUUBU lSt90l V tWIU HI 1JI IUI
they seem unable to become adjusted.
They will rig up an old machine, make
a noise and try to get into the 'game'
but it usual y ends in disaster."
; They are trying again to Inveigle us
into destroying our primary law. We
bad better take stock of tbe past lest
we forget. J. W. CREW.
The Gun Toter.
Waldport, Or., Oct. 13. To the Edi
tor of The Journal Kindly Inform me
as to what department a person has
to write in order to have the law en
forced as to a boy under age carrying
a gun in this state. MRS. KILLDS.
Justices of the peace have jurisdic
tion of-such cases, and a complaint
made before a justice should result in
action to discipline the offender.
3 Blakeney Gray.
ine woryans Page
The Journal .Fach evening pre
sents a nonber of striking
features. Uny of them are
. of exclusivif .interest to wom
en; others ! are of general
appeal. iv
They all areorth while. Cul
tivate :thlgf daily feature
page; you grill find it profit-
. able. . : igk, '
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