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THE . OREGON DAILY- JOURNAL, PORTLAND,' FRIDAY -EVENING, NOVEMBER 13, 1914.
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rarr be known;' : "
i To hoc &li outer' fault, and
t ' feel your own.
i; V ' Pope. :
L . THAT KKBUKE
B ARB told that the re-,
turns in the late election
are "a rebuke" to Presi-!
dent -Wilson. I
J , For the first time since the for- I
rnatlon of the Republican party, j
sixty .' years ago, the Democratic
party retains control of Congress!
'throughout a presidential term. )
By the late election, though the
House majority Is decreased, the
Senate majority ,1s increased from
six to possibly sixteen. "With con
trol of congress thus assured in an
'of yeaf for the first .time in sixty
lycars,' President Wilson would,
seem to have received not a "re
jbuke", but an approval. I
; V The Republicans gained control I
i of the ' House in the second half
of Buchanan's administration and
from that time to this, the Demo
crats have 'never been able to hold
I House, Senate and Presidency for
(four continuous years. This feat
'has been accomplished by Wood
jrow" Wllsonv In an off year and
after a drastic downward revision
of the tariff.
t- AVhat is more to the point, dras
tic revision of the tariff, has until
r the late election, been followed by
fa reversal of majorities in Con
gress. ' Harrison went' into thej
"presidency with full control of!
; Congress. The McKlnley tariff
was passed at the opening session,
'and the mid-term congressional
elections returned a House that
was Democratic by a majority
;of'94.
j When Cleveland was Inaugur
ated in 1893 the Senate was Dem
"ocratlc by 4 4 to 28, and the House
Democratic by 220 to 126, the
Wilson-Gorman tariff act was
passed, and mid-term elections re
turned a Senate 4 3 to 39 Repub
lican and a House 246 to 104 Re
publican. "Mr. Taft entered the presidency
I backed by both houses under con
trol of his own party. The Payne-
Aldrlch tariff was enacted into law,
and the mid-term elections re
turned a House that was Demo
cratic by 66.
The country has made a great
I exception in rte case of President
jWilson. It voted him a Congress
J that will both allow his past en
actments to stand and permit him
jto go forward with his great pro
fgratn of ., constructive ' lecislation.
1 I Are the election returns a "re
Jbuke," or a vote of confidence?
MEYER LONDON
W
EYER LONDON, elected to
Congress from an East Side
district in New York city,
Is an ardent and active So
cialist, lie will be the second of
shjs' party to enter the national
(legislative body.
I Mr. London is proposing some
novelties In the way of legislation,
jbttt in a recent Interview he
showed ability to estimate' public
.opinion in his district. He did not
'attribute his . election to personal
popularity, but admitted that he is
'being: sent to congress as a protest
against Murphyism.
f . During, seven congresses the
.Twelfth district has been repre
sented by a willing worker In the
causa of Tammany. A Republican
candidate was always put up for
the sake of , nominal opposition, but
the Tammany man was supposed
to carry the district in his pocket
lit Is an excellent sign when new
Americans oY the East Side tene-inedts-of
New York city rise in
protest 'against boss domination.
Both. Republicans and Democrats
Bhould.be willing to see a Socialist
la ton'gress from such . a cause.
Mr. London may not make much
of. a stir in- the house of repre
sentatives, but he will be Interest
ing because of the movement for
which he stands.
' ! THE SHORT H&LLOT
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NEW YORK Is spjon to have a
constitutional convention and
'as' one1 of. the results of that
convention it is predicted by
the New York Evening Post that
the'ahort' ballot will be adopted.
Whether It will go so far as to
make governor and lieutenant gov
ernor the only state officers, other
than . judges to be elected, is un
certain. . It is also presumed that
there will be a similar shortening
of-the ballot for local offices.
Two other proposals that will
likely be considered by the con
vention are the ! lengthening; of
the governor's term to four years
and the substitution of the bienni
al for " the annual legislature. W
The development' of sentiment
in favor of the- short 'ballot has
been rapid.' Itgeems to be based
W
j-prlnclpalljr npon two considerations,
.first a desire to avoid the physical
cumbergomenesa of the long ballot,
and second to fix the responsibil
ity for administration upon . the
executive department.
.This concentration of - responsi
bility . has made its ' most notable
advance in municipal government
as seen in the. commission' form.
-Example of "the shortened ballot
is manifest in the new municipal
government In Portland.: -It puts
administrative officials ln'the open,
where their work is easily recog
nizable. It makes ' controlling of
ficials directly responsible, where
by government is immediately es
tablished on a business basis.
It Is a sound plan, and in the
time to come, it will undoubtedly
afford a basis for working out
some similar form applicable to
state government:
FOR OVER SEA BATTLES
IF THE war lasts long, the United
State will be comparatively
horseless.. A New York buyer
has been commissioned to pur
chase 500,000 for the British army
on which tie is to receive a fee
of $10 per horse.
In the Pacific Northwest, many
buyers are rummaging the country
districts for purchases for the vari
ous European nations. A Baker,
Oregon, buyer bought 300 yester
day, and more than 500 are - on
hand for inspection today.
The number of horses in the
United States in 1913 was 20,567,
000. The number in 1900 was 13,
537,524, in 1880 11,201,800 and
in 1850 4,336,719.
The poor, unfortunate brutes, is
the universal expression of feeling
with which there is contemplation
of the departure of these helpers
and dumb friends of man for the
battlefields over the Bea.
A TIMELY SUGGESTION
THE Portland Chamber of Com
merce asks that more atten
tion be paid to the market-
ing of , by-products from
northwest orchards. A letter has
been sent to members making sug
gestions along that line. ,
The letter is, timely and im
portant. According to Hood River
statistics, it costs above 60 cents
a box to grow and prepare apples
for shipment. That means that
the greater production when new
plantings come into bearing must
be safeguarded in the matter of
possible lower prices by utilizing
everything In ihe orchard, or harm
might come to the industry.
Against such a day, it is timely to
guard, especially in. view of the
great areas of new orchards set
out In many states of the Union.
The Pacific Northwest has es
tablished a great reputation and
market for; fancy fruit. Its se
lected apples wilt always find a
ready market at the best prices,
except under the extraordinary cir
cumstances of the present world
war. . r
Canada, which last year. ex
ported $3,467,838 worth of' ap
ples, is now attempting to save
loss on this year's crop by drying
the fruit for foreign export. The
department of trade ' and com
merce at Ottawa, in order to en
courage home consumption, has is
sued and advertised for free dis
tribution an illustrated; booklet,
"The Book of Apple Delights,"
which contains, among other mat
ter, 209 recipes for preparing ap
ples. The Pacific Northwest's problem
is to find a market for the lower
grade fruit. By-products of the
orchard can be made to supply
supplementary revenues and in
crease the fruit grower's prosper
ity. :
REDUCED WATER RATES
COMMISSION government has
yielded Portland a welcome
cut In water rates. There Is
an efficient head in the water
department. Commissioner Daly,
in his deep study of the water sys
tem is stopping leaks and reducing
cost.
Water is a life necessity. Fami
lies must use it. Mr. Daly, by
changing the rates has narrowed
the differential between the big
user and the little user, and has
thereby ceased penalizing the lit
tle home owner for his compelled
use of water.
Under meter rates, the small
user had formerly to pay 16
cents. Now he pays 10, and there
is a similar reduction in flat rates.
The reductions cut $110,000 t
of the water revenues at the pres
ent rate of use. Sixty .thousand
dollars of this reduction is met hv
a saving of that amount, in the
change x to ; quarterly collections.
The remaining $50,000 will be
made up partly by increased na
on account of lower rates, and
partly by" listing water users who
have i.ad free water through "over
sights in the department. ' One
such user had free water for about
ten years until recently discovered
by a survey of the system inaug
urated to unearth such leaks.
One big user who was paying
$3 a month, had a secret tap from
which his main supply of water
was secured, without 'knowledge of
me aeparunent. He is now paying
about $30 per month. " In three
months, one man . engaged in this
survey has added $7000 Tib the
water revenues.
.It was wisdom when the people
ydted at the recent recall election
to authorize the quarterly collec
tions: It is always wise to give
an intelligent and painstaking -official
as much leeway as possible
in his, policies, in turn Holding him
accountable for results. -
In this case, J It f has. proven ef
fective . In the loweV rates, in the
greater' efficiency, and greater than
all, in the fact that: home" owners
are encouraged, not penalized for
a liberal nse of water.
OUR CHILD OP SORROWS
SPEAKING of conditions in
. Mexico, the Oregonian says:'
In fact conditions have grown
; worse since Huerta's , downfall,
and Mexico la now In a more
pltlfirl state of chaos and misery
than ever. It would be interesting to
know Just how much of thl wretch
edness Is due to the Wilson-Bryan
policy of destructive meddling, bet
ter known as watchful waiting.
Sad, isn't It? What a pity that
the wicked Wilson and the pestifer
ous Bryan don't get a; few tips on
foreign policy from somebody that
knows, say the Oregonian!
Think of the awful sorrow and
incurable grief that sadden the
great heart of the Oregonian over
conditions, in Mexico!
Of coqrse, it is President Wil
son who is responsible for every
civil war that happens in Mexico.
He was responsible for the Madero
revolution that happened in Tafts
term. He was responsible for the
Panama - revolution that happened
in Roosevelt's time. He has been
to blame for more revolutions
than any. other man who ever lived
in any age or in any country.
What the president ought to do
is to adopt a foreign policy of the
European brand. These peaceful
presidents who think our young
men should be spared for produc
ing food stuffs, keeping the in
dustries going and making pros
perity through the arts -of peace,
are utterly wicked and perverse.
Think how much more fortunate
Europe is than- we are -all due
to utterly stupid "watchful wait
ing!" We are the only great civ
ilized nation not at war, and we
could just as well as not be in the
thick of the conflict, but for the
incorrigible spinelessness of Presi
dent Wilson. Just think what a
lot of imperishable glory the moth
ers of this nation are being robbed
of by this . "watchful waiting"
president in his failure to have
tens of thousands of their sons
shot down in lovely and beautiful
war!
But why repine? All we can do
is to mingle our crocodile tears
with the melting grief of the Ore
gonian over our unbearable hu
miliation. BECAUSE EMANCIPATED
pHE future holds out unusual
I promise.;
I Such was the declaration
of speakers at the meeting
of the American Investment Bank
ers' Association at Philadelphia
yesterday.
Rudolph DIament of New York
declared that the new currency
and banking system will redound
to the benefit of the country at
large. He said:
. Reserve banking will have a ten
dency to stabilize interest rates, and
will go a long way toward eliminat
ing serious credit disturbances. It
will place, the legitimate operations
of the commercial, industrial and ag
ricultural. communities on a better
and safer basis, less subject than
heretofore to disturbances caused by
factors outside their respective
spheres of activity.
The whole tone of the meeting
Was optimistic. It was the same
buoyant spirit that characterizes
every gathering of1 men skilled in
finance and expert In great indus
trial or commercial affairs. It Is
the same note of confidence that
is voiced wherever and whenever
economists and men of large con
cerns meet.
Why not? A small group of
money kings can no longer con
trol the credit and money, absorb
ing for themselves the chief share
of the profits and leaving the rest
of the country little. One small
street on Manhattan Island can
no longer determine what section
of the country can have credit for
financing enterprise and what dis
trict shall not.
Credit has been emancipated.
The money is for all the people
and not for a few master figures
of finance to pile up for stock gam
bling and frenzied speculation in
a single. great city.
The country banker is emanci
pated and with him all business
and all the people, - and nobody
knows it better or Is more grateful
for it than the banker himself.
That is why a great convention
of. bankers Is buoyant with opti
mism over the splendid business
outlook.
PUBLIC INDIFFERENCE
-
JUDGE THOMAS BURKE, presi-
dent of , the Pacific Northwest
League of Municipalities, in
his annual address at Seattle
I uesday, warned against public in
difference at the polls. He said
the- absence of civic feeling la one
of the greatest obstacles to good
city government in America today.
, Judge Burke used Seattle as an
illustration. In 1910 an indebted
ness of $4,600,000 wag Incurred
by the city at a single election by
a vote on six bond issues ranging
from.20to 31 per cent of the reg
istration. In 191 1 bonds - to the
amount, of $1,150,000 were auth
ored by 12 to 16 per cent of the
voters. ' At . the - charter ; election
last June only 21.212, voters ut of
more than 80.000, visited the polls.
8 Seattle typifies the general rule.
Judge Burke was right when he
saMd thai public Indifference at the
polls is a great cause' of misgov
ernment. ' It is so " "everywhere.
Many people r do not . take .their
franchise right seriously.; Except
where there Is a lively fight be
tween candidates, many voters re-
iu, , u iurraeu iu au
UOn. ' t
, They stay at home, and after
election ralna a whnnn nhmit thA
way things went.; They, wall
They ululate. . They condemn the
system. They, rail at other; men,
while they themselves, by refusing ,
to go to the polls, are responsible. '
Government Is. what men make
it. The ballot 'box is the only
known -means of self government.
It is an absolutely safe- system if
citizens will make use,, full use
of it. .
The main, if not the only rea
son, why there Is misgovernment,
or weak government, or ineffec
tive government; is because thou
sands of so-called good citizens
stay away from the polls and let
the politicians run things.
The Prince of Wales has sold his
personal belongings and furniture . in
his rooms at Oxford to- raise money
in aid of Great Britain in the war.
Seventy-five . thousand .dollars was
realized from this ale, which was
an auction with the prince as aac
tioneer. Among the bidders was
one of the Rothschilds, who .paid
$10,000 for , three walking sticks.
The drain of the war In money
anil Virw4 nanotratoa in rnvfeltv Ann
even opens the personal purses of 1
the wealthiest bankers In' every l
country participant In. the conflict.
Letters From the People
fCommunlratlona sent to Tbe Journal for
publication in this department should be writ
ten on only one aide or tne paper, snouia dui
exceed 300 worda In length and muat.be ac-
tompamea or tnr name ana aoaress m uc
aender. If tbe writer rtoea not desire to
bare tbe name published, be sbouia so iaie.j
"Discussion Is tbe greatest ot all reform
era. It ratlonalixea everything it toucbea. It
robs principle! of -aU falae aanctity and
throw them back on their reasonableness. If
tbey hare no reasonableness, it ruthlessly
crushes them oat of existence and set up Its
own conclusions in their stead." Woodrow
Wilson.
The Prayer of a Horse.
Portland, Nov. 13. To, the Editor of
The Journal Would you be so kind as
to print this litUe "horse prayer" in
The Journal? I think when the peo
ple read this it might help them to be
kind to the poor horses, that try to do
their best:
"To thee, my master, I offer my
prayer. Feed me, water and care for
me, and when the day's work is done
provide gne with shelter: a clean," dry
bed and a stall wide enough for me to
lie down; in in comfort. Talk to me.
Your vlce often means as much to
me as the reins. ' Pet me sometimes,
that I may serve you the more gladly
and learn to love you.
"Do not jerk the reins, and do not
whip me when going up hill. Never
strike, beat or kick me when I do not
understand what you mean; but give
me a chance to understand you.
Watch me, and if I fail to do your
bidding, see if something is not wrong
with my harness or feet.
" "Examine my teeth when I do not
eat. I may have an ulcerated tooth,
end that, you know, is very painful.
Do not tie my head in an unnatural
position or take away my best de
fense against flies and mosquitoes by
cutting off my tail.
"And finally, oh my master, when
my useful strength is gone, do not
turn me out to starve or freeze, or
sell nie to some cruel owner to be
slowly tortured and starved to death;
but do thou, "my master, take my life
in the kindest way and your God will
reward you here and hereafter. You
may not consider me irreverent if I
ask this in the name of Him who was
born in a stable. Amen."
A TRUE FRIE4VD OF HORSES.
To Keep The Journal Filed.
Albany, Or., Nov. 12. To the Editor
of The Journal Will The Journal, or
someone of its readers, kindly give
me an idea how to make a file to file
the Journals in their proper order
something that will be an ornament
for a living room, and one from which
the oldest papers can be removed with
out disturbing the others? Or can
such a file be bought in any of the
furniture stores of Portland? I think
this would be a great convenience
around a home, as the papers soon
become lost and a paper of any par
ticular date cannot be found.
I have an idea of one that I think
would fill the bill, and If I can hear
of none that I think would be better,
I shall proceed to make one. It ,is as
follows: Take four pieces 2x2 about
five feet long for corner posts,- and
place three or four shelves on them
or fewer shelves, just as your fancy
dictates and around the top shelf,
which Should be' about 16 or 13 inches
from the top, make a box which
should be, I think, at least 18 inches
deep, with the posts on the outside
so the box will be smooth on the in
side. The other dimensions of this
box should be about 12x18, the size
of -the paper folded as they- are usu
ally laid away. Now, then, on the
one side make a horizontal door the
full length of shelf one way, by about
eight inches perpendicular, fitted with
some nice brass hinges at bottom, and
a nice little' brass lock or catch at
the top, so that when the older papers
are to be. removed "from the bottom,
. v. .' . r. tl . . 3
mis, uwr opeueu down
ward, and one or any number can be
removed without disturbing the rest
But I hope to receive sortie still better
suggestion. GEO. E. KOHLER.
Scores Oregonian Article.
Hillsboro, Or., Nov. 11. To the Edi
tor of The Journal I noticed in Mon
day's Oregonian an article on, its first
page detailing English newspaper com-
.ment on American politics. I thought
this exposition in an American paper
was an insult to intelligence, and that,
coming at this time, after the Ore
gonian bad suffered a political defeat,
it is best nominated as a; nasty piece
of scurrility. I did not vote for Wil
son, but the article In question makes
me feel like giving him support. What
do you think of that unseemly and un
called for article, anyway? v
A READER OF THE JOURNAL, AND
OF THE OREGONIAN.
Judges.,
Portland. Nov. 13. To the Editor of
The - Journal My. Judgment as that
Judge McGinn is no gentleman, for a
gentleman is a polished entity ifi
trousers who never stands between a
lady and her own sweet will. V
Moreover, jurists are now,' tharxk
God, reminded that they are servants
to the female electorate. The pro
cedure of law as set forth in the boclto
plus -standpat precedents,, is academu.
caL the active principles and highest
development .being found, io a wo
man's head. . . .
Too long have Judges with an auto
cratic hand ruled the fate of man. and
when harassed man, tired of watchful
waiting, awoke at last to the inviola
bility of his life, his liberty and th
A FEW SMILES j
An illustration, of thrift is contained
'in the story of a Scotswoman wno toad
been promised a present of a .new
. ' jT bonnet,: Bf ore she
made the purchase
the benefactor called
and asked the good
woman, , '"Would you
rather have a felt or
a straw bonnet, Mrs.
MacDuffT
"Weel, said Mrs
MacDutt 'M think I'll tak' a stre ane.
It'll .maybe be a mouthful to the coo
when I'm done wi' it!" " -'. .
Mr. Golden had a new office boy.
A few days after his arrival some
money was missed from the .cash
drawer.
Calling the new
boy into the private
office, Mr. Golden
said, severely:
"There is 110 gone
from my cash
drawer, Albert. NOw,
you and I are the
only people who have the keys fo that
drawer."
"Well." replied the boy, cheerfully.
s pose we each. pay $5 and say no
more about it?" Harper's Magazine.
-. In . a certain machine - shop an as
prentice was one day swinging his
hammer .somewhat
languidly when along
came the , boss. An
angry expression o'er-
spread . ; his . counte
nance as he observed
the performance of
the lad. He took-the
hammer from the boy
and delivered inmself of the following:
; "when I see a man that takes his
naramer oy tne ena oz vie hanoie, like
this, and strikes fine, hard fIow
like that, like that I ,pay the man
(anywhere from f 18 a week up. But
wnen a man takes his hammer by
the middle, like this, and strikes gen
tle taps like this, like this he gets
only $9 a week, and he's the first to
be laid off when work's slack.''
Then the boss returned the hammer
to the apprentice, thinking that he
had taught him a good lesson, but the
shrewd lad came back with:
"Would you mind'-showlnir me. sir.
where I ought to hold the handle for
$3 a week?"
pursuit of happiness, turned to n
franchiged woman, he quickly saw the
fearsome dignity and stuck ii n nniR,
of your , judicial tyrant look like a
stoic washing dishes in a suffragette
ejtcnen, we -are getting on.
J. HENNESSY MURPHY.
The Woman in Court.
Portland, Nov. 13. To the Editor of
The Journal Mr. Kenny's .letter in
Wednesday's Journal, criticising Judge
McGinn for barring women from the
trial in the case of the State vs. Arel
lanes prompts me to say a word or
twc. Who had a better right to be
beside, that poor unfortunate girl. In
a courtroom filled with men, than
Mrs. Lola G. Baldwin? .It would be
iar better for our-girls if more wo
men, especially mothers, would attend
these trials, and hear some of the sad
tales. Ignorance of mothers causes
more, young girls to go astray than
anything else, and if Judge. McGinn
was a right thinking man, he would
not want this youne srirl nlart nn
the stand without one or more of her
own sex present. ELAINE M'CREA.
No Holy War.
From the New York Wrorld.
Whatever Turkeyimay do as an U'v.
3erman expectation, of a Jahad or holy
war that would destroy British power
zn J.gypi ana India would seem des'
tlned to disappointment. At' the out
set, Aga Khan, the spiritual leader of
tne Mohammedans in India, Central
Asia and East Africa, has openly con
demned the sultan's course and chal
lenged his authority oveT Islam. From
the frontiers of Northern India to
Soudan, and all through the dominions
in Africa where Arabs come under
British rule, the Aga Khan's message
will be spread, declaring it to be the
duty or Moslems to "remain loyal and
faithful to their temporal and secular
allegiance.
. From the time when the first Aga
Khan was driven from Persia, both he
and his two successors have exercised
a restraining influence upon the Mos
lems of India in their periods of un
rest. - .
Not only in Asia, but in, Syria and
Morocco and along the eastern coast
of Africa, the Aga-Khan, as the spir
itual head of the Mohammedans in
India, has many followers. He has
.traveled widely in foreign countries
and, unlike the sultan, is known per
sonally to the Moslems under his re
ligious sway. As the chief of millions
of Mohammedans, ('he has had both an
Oriental and European training and has
been highly honored by the . British
government. His enlightened friend
ship has been one of the best assets
of the British in India in dealing with
the difficult problems of native sects
and races.
That so powerful a leader of the
Moslems outside of the sultan's polit
ical territory should proclaim that
Turkey has lost her position as the
truBtee of Islam comes near meaning
the end of the sultan's pretensions as
the one and universal head of the
Islamic, faith.
Was the Law Violated?
. From the East Oregonian.
The corrupt practice act says, "It
shall be unlawful for any. person at
any place on the day of any election
to ask, solicit, or in any manner try
to induce or persuade any voter on
such, election day to vote for br re
frain from voting for eny candidate,
or the candidates or ticket of any po
litical party or organization, or any
measure submitted to the people."
Undoubtedly that provision covers
newspapers as well as individuals be
cause newspapers are published by in
dividuals. The East Oregonian has
always obeyed the law In spirit and
letter. The Portland Oregonian to
day, as usual on election dafys in the
past, is loaded down with, cartoons,
editorial advice and other admon
itions to voters.'
How can they get away with-it?
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Good News.
From the Juneau Empire.
The' election news, has carried noth
ing else to us of the north that is quite
so pleasing as tne reelection of Sena
tor George B. Chamberlain, of Oregon.
Senator Chamberlain has been Alaska's
good friend, and he has been an intel
ligent .and. hard working friend. It is
fine to know, that we are to have bis
services during the six. years of the
immediate future. -J Oregon, has dons a
whole, lot in this one act to kindle re
spect for that state and cause Thanks
giving in Alaska.
Life Preservers on Warshly.
- From -Toronto Mail and Empire. '
Three-fourths of the crew of.; the
British cruiser Hermes,, torpedoed In
the . Strait of Dover, were saved; This
proportion is exceedingly large com
pared with the losses on other cruis
ers blown- by torpedoes; " owTy
about IS per cent of the crews of the
Cressy, Abouklr and Hogue were res-
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PERTINENT COMMENT
SMALL CHANGE
Man's mission in life is to tav for
what woman wants. '
The most difficult part of drinking
songs is the refrain.
Let her talk and she cares not who
does- the thinking.
A wise Physician sometimes flatters
a man by telling him he has brain fag.
A woman whn marries a man to re
form him doesn't find life so monoto
nous. - , .
There is one thinsr a man never fails
to find when he looks for it and that
is trouble. .
It Isn't always safe to Judge news
.
papers;, cigars ana women oy ineir
wrappers.
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Love often laughs at locksmiths and
subsequently has occasion to keenly
regret its hilarity.
If a man knows more than his wif j
it is up to him to keep her in ignor
ance of the fact. ,
A newly married woman is easily
entertained. . All one has to do is to
let her talk of her husband.
Some persons, of course, are born
foolish, but there are others who will
attempt to argue with a policeman.
mm
But of course a woman thinks she
can play the piano well enough to en
tertain the kind of neighbors she has.
And many a girl who thinks she is
marrying a man after her own heart
discovers later that he was only after
her money.
Often a man who talks to his friends
in a basso profundo voice switches to
a soft alto when his wife wants to
know what kept him down town so
late.
ISLAM HAS TROUBLES OF ITS OWN
From the Boston Globe.
The place occupied in the Christian
mind by the Sermon on the Mount and
by the drama of the crucifixion is
filled in the Moslem soul by the nar
rative of Mahomet imposing,, his will
by fire and sword, plundering the
caravans of his enemies and extermi
nating whole tribes. Yet in victory
the Mahometans were rather mild.
The Koran divides the world into,
two great realms the realm of the
Faithful, that is, Islam, and the realm
of war. Hence in theory a state of
eternal war exists between these two
great divisions of mankind but only
io theory. In true Moslem opinion,
the Koran communicated to Mahomet
by an "audible voice" is more 'than a
revelation. It is a miracle.' It is a
code of precepts and directions for all
men at all times and under all cir
cumstances. No other book can equal
it in thought or in expression. It
possesses completeness and finality.
It constitutes a perfect foundation of
religion and of civil government.
Islam does not distinguish between
church and state. They are one.
Country and religion are twins. In
the Koran, therefore, are all the laws,
be they social, moral, political or re
ligious. Nevertheless the Koran contained
within itself the germs of discord.
A8 soon as men sought to examine
deeply into its meaning, difficulties
arose which led to schisms and to
sects. Causists and hair-splitting
theologians sprung tip and disputes
arose on the conception of God, pre
destination and free will. I,slam has
had Its Luther ita Calvin, its Knox
and its Jonathan. Edwards, besides
ethers who declared that they had re
ceived their own divine revelation,
just as' Mahomet did. Hardly was the
Prophet dead before he became en
shrined in legend and in myth.
Persian Mahometans are adherents
of Ali. who was Mahomet's son-in-law
and his successor, and who is
adored as an incarnation of the deity.
All the direct descendants of Ali be
came veritable dieties in the eyes of
their respective partisans, who con
sider themselves the only simon-pure
orthodox Mahometans and who regard
the Turkish Mahometans as heretics.
Between the sects there are other dis
tinctions than those based on gene
alogy. For instance, one sect gives to
the Koran a purely allegorical inter
pretation, while another takes it liter
ally. These sectarian differences, origi
nating in the brains of theologians
centuries ago differences at which
we non-Moslems are apt to smile
may help to determine the fate of
Europe. They are more than likely
to prevent the different Moslem races
from uniting for combined action
agaifist the allies. The Turkish tul
tan claims the title of Calif, or suc
cessor of Mahomet as head of the
Moslem state and defender of the
faith. But his claim is disputed by
the Mahometans in India, Persia,
Arabia and East Africa, who regard
A SERMON ON WASTE BY A BELGIAN
By John M. Oskison.
"The Americans waste enough to
feed a nation.
"In traveling through America we
saw for hundreds of miles lands lying
fallow orchards and fields with un
gathered products rotting on the
ground, miles of young trees being
destroyed by fires started by engine
sparks and left to burn unnoticed.
"In the country wasted lands; in
the cities, wasted men. On the trees
and plants, ungathered food; in the
centers of population, hungry people.
Hundreds of thousands of men whose
energy might be applied to production
remain in enforced idleness in the
cities.
"If any European country were so
remiss in its attention to the demands
of wise economy its people would
starve.
"In Belgium even our dogs work.
Every city lot is cultivated, and most
of our garden truck is raised on less
ground than Americans waste in un
used back yards."
These are the words of the "Belgian
minister of Justice, who came to
America recently in behalf of his rav
cued. It is reported from London that
sotne one aboard the Hermes thought
of using large petrol tins, of which
there were about 400, for supports.
As there was considerable time while
the ship was settling the tins were
emptied, the stoppers fastened' down,
and ropes attached to give men a good
bold.; Many valuable lives were saved
by these supports. Not long ago the
admiralty announced tbe . adoption ( of
swimming collars for the protection
of sailors on. ships in the submarine
area. -Presumably the admiralty
knows - what is practicable, but to a
layman it is pusxling that life ; belts
should not be stored on all ships of
war likely -to sink, quickly. The extra
weight or room is nothing. If there
are - several minutes, before ths boat
sinks these .Could be produred and . fas
tened on much Jnore easily than sev
eral hundred petrol - tins could be
emptied and recorked. r The loss of
the ships does not matter much com-
AND NEWS IN BRIEF
OREGON SIDELIGHTS
.The Coos Bay Harbor reports that
soxneiuing line au nouiesirauci". un.w
filed on lands recentlyopened to aettle-
tucui iu miumci u ......
northern Curry county. 1
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All ordinary financing means having'
failed to effect the proper lighting of
Gardiner's streets, . the company - oper
ating the lighting plant has announced
a public ball, the proceeds of which
will be used for installing lamps in
parts of thS town that need them
worst. ?
The United States forestry people at
Grants Pass are making arrangements
to build a new trail around two of the
worst places along the lower Rogue,
the Devil's Backbone and the Devi!'
Stairway. The location of this piece
or trail is near the mouth of Mule
creek. j
Late autumn horticulture at Hepp-;
ner as reported In the Herald: "A local ;
nurseryman has been shipping flowers,
gfown in tne open air, irom neppner in j
large quantities the past .few days, j
Only a short time. ago a rancher sent ,
us some riDe strawberries. A Henrmer i
man has ripe loganberries growing to
day. in his yard.
Bums Times-Heraldf The Times
Herald calls attention to the state
ments of the two national banks in :
this issue. Thev make the larsrest I
showing of any time in their history, i
witn most substantial footings. Pretty
good for the "hard times" some people .
would like to make you believe we are j
having.
C. C. Carpenter, a Hood River ranch
er, makes an original suggestion, to i
which the News gives publicity, re-
garding the names carried by Hood
River's leading streets. It is that these j
names be made more characteristic of
the locality and its famous industry I
by naming the main streets after tho i
leading apples of that region. i
him as little better than a heretic
and a usurper, and who hold that ac
cording to true Moslem tradition the
Calif must be of the Arabian tribe
to which Ali belonged. Their spiritual
leader is Aga Khan, who has enjoyed
both an oriental and a European train
ing and who has a modern mind. He
is a friend of Great Britain, and his
influence Is said to be powerful among
all the Mahometans under British rule.
Like all institutions, Mahometanism
is changing. It is not today the
mighty political and religious force
that carried all before it 13 centuries
ago and founded, within two genera
tions, an empire that . reached from
Bagdad on the TlgriH, along the south
ern shores of the Mediterranean to the
Pillars of Hercules and into Spain.
That empire split, like Christendom,
into rival powers. Bagdad, the capital
of the eastern domain, was for cen
turies the richest, most splendid and
largest city in the world. Cordova in
Spain, capital of the western Mahome
tan empire, or Califate, was equally
renowned. The two states were bit
ter rivals, though both were loyal to
the Koran, and by their disunion the
danger to Christian civilization was
averted. -Racial, political and theo
logical differences Kept them apart,
as today the Moslems under Turkish
rule are quite distinct from other
Mahometans. The followers of Ma
homet have fought among themselves
quite as savagely as have the follow
ers of Christ.
Ever since Sultan Selim I conquered
Egypt 400 years ago. 'and carried from
Cairo to Stamboul a straw t mattress
and an overcoat paid to have belonged
to Mahomet, the Turkish sultans have
assumed the title of Calif, because of
their custody of the holy overcoat.
Kissing it is the feature of the gYand
annual festival of the Turkish Ma
hometans to this day.
Though the sultan calls himself the
successor of the prophet -and vhe
Shadow of God. he Is as powerless out
side his domain as the, Mahdl of the
Soudan or ths Emir of Afghanistan.
He niay summon into action his 10,
000,000 Moslem subjects, but his
trumpet call to arms will hardly be
heeded across the frontier by the Ma
hometans, who consider him a usurper.
Besides, Moslem fury, like certain
pestilential diseases, has mostly spent
itself in the course of centuries.
Moslemism is becoming modernized!
Telephones, telegraphs, railways,
American and European manufactured
products are too much for it to resist.
There could be no holy war in the real
sense of the word, for an alliance of
a Moslem state with a Christian na
tion like that of Germany would of
itself make the war unholy in the eyes
of true - Mahometans. If, ' however,
they should take sides In the fight
among Christians, It will be for some
more substantial and vital reason than
for the spread of their religious faith.
It will be solely because they think
they see therein a chance for worldly
profit.
aged country. Minister de Wtart said
that we are indulging in waste reck
lessly and? sinfully. We shall pay
later on in a colossal national destitu
tion, when our tremendous natural re
sources are exhausted.
"Everywhere," said Minister de
Wfart, "ths farms and residences in
America are divided from one another
by wooden fences which contain lum
ber enough to build the homes of an
empire."
Why are there not in American cities
official employment bureaus to send
idle men to the farming districts?
Why is not unused land taxed so that
holding it idle and unproductive is
not profitable? These are two of the
questions Minister de Wiart asked of
us.
"The keynote of American life is
waste!" This from a friend who came
o win our sympathy for his people!
He couldn't help saying ft, for our
extravagance is so apparent to a mind
trained in economic wisdom that ws
can offer no defense.
The prevention of waste must be
gin in ths homfc. It's an individual
problem. Let's tackle it in our daily
living.
pared with ths loss of life. Nearly
200 British seamen went down with
ths Abouklr, Cressy and Hogue
simply for ths lack of life-saving ap
pliances such as ths familiar belt.
Democracy's Opportunity.
From the Buffalo Times.
The Democracy has the opportunity in
tbe next two years by united action to
so govern itself 'that ths business in
terests,' that is. ths legitimate busi
ness Interests, of the country shall not
be hampered or obstructed in the pro
motion of Industrial and' commercial
progress, and at the same time ths
Democracy has the opportunity to
guide ths nation along lines which- will
protect the weak from -.. the . strong,
which will insure equal opportunities
to alt and special -privileges to none,
and. which will attract the honest pro
grsive while repelling - ths dema
gogue., l-i-ri ' - -J ...': . .
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NEXTSUNDA
The Sundav Tournal naol
me for next Sunday wil con. :
tain four more pages exchf lively
devoted to the. most s iking -i
pictures .recently receive J from
the war zone.- t
The written word cari io far '
in describing the sufferirfi and
desolation that is being vfr bught
in Europe, but it' remains fjt the
photograph to reveal the graph
ic story of true condition
It is because of its belijpf that
its readers should receare all
possible aid in mforrnuirghem
seves on what is going t in in
Europe that The Jourmj de
votes half of the . space fn its
Sunday Magazine wek:'.; after,
week to war photographs frhich
are secured from the lading
news photograph servicr L and
selected with care. I
Many people are presjrvin,;
these illustrated pages every
Sunday, and in the. end th y will
' have an illustrated histiry of
the war that cannot be replaced
in future years. Pre yct-t one
of them? Cf
Majazine Articles h
GENERAL VON FAI?-CEN-HAYN
Life career of thtT kais
er's new military chief taii and
successor to General ' von
Moltke. K
THE WAR AND BUSfJf ESS
An expert on economi sub
jects talks with optifnif n re
garding the effect of theJJEuro
pean war on business. &
WHAT IS . THE GiEST.
JOKE? This question i an
swered by the world's lading
laugh-producers. An out-4f-the-ordinary
feature that is ijjound
to please.
THE TREY O' HEARTS
After a series of wild Adven
tures, the characters in tit' stir
ring story by Louis Joseph
Vance conclude their tvities
in a manner as surprising the
entire story has been.
Special Features f'p
WHAT WELL - DR&fJSED '
WOMEN WILL WEVR
Anne Rittehhouse discusj the
newest turn that fashift has
taken and shows the efjjct- of.
the war situation on thtjTdress
i(unuuu,
Anne Rittenhouse writt
with
a thorough knowledge
subject and in a manner
pleasing to all readers.
ijt her
Jhat is
Already the journal Fas re
ceived compliments on. Qe ad
dition of ner weekly f ashn let
ter, and is anxious thaf f every
woman reader should mtlfke its
acquaintance. '' ' '.:
HERBERT COREY'S EWS
LETTERS Herbert Cojy, the
well-known correspondent la in
the war zone as the reprwenta-'
tive of th Associated Uews-'
papers with which The fburnal
is allied. u,:
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A page ui next Sunday! Jour-',
nal will be devoted to 4 series
of news letters written . jy Mr.
Corey from several plies' in
Europe that are strikine- word
pictures of the epochal 0agedy
now being enacted. j-
TRADE OPPORTUNITIES
IN , SOUTH AMERICA An,
eight-column map accbrr Oanied "
by text shows the busini is op--portunities
open to the'nJnlted',
States in the South American
markets. U r '"V:
THE SUNDAY JOUR
NAL Complete in five pews
sections, magazine. and- Illus
trated supplement and omic
section 5 cents the Kcopy
everywhere. - , .
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The Ragtime Mijjfe
Matter for Prlde . .
Of all affections touching nsi'i ''-
The drollest one is family Hds;
Because of It we put on "froti i" -
Or, as the Britons have it, (hide.
But "front" or "side," it oftfh proves
A flimsy blind f ok what WeJack; -Like
many other Jut-a-good;
It looks lrke nothing from hs back.
If caught with nothing of out lelves -
That makes for virtue or Hhown, '-
We shake our good old familv! tree -.
And bring a. wealth of vlrtfs down.
Which, though of people dead nd gone
Or else of kinsmen f ar r'erArtflfc- -
Must bide our utter shabblne S
A thin, reflected-glory coat; t
Here's to the worthy ancestoi -', f
Whose worth our worth by par sar-'
mounts!
We're proud of tHem well row we be
And yet the thing that truly counts .
Is not that ws their merits sond
With ouits enough of pomp ind fuss.
Oh, no; that isn't it at all;
It's whether they'd be prdu of us! .
Belgium's Hunger Hot or, .
From the CincinnstI Time -Star,
The appeal sent to ' th i imerican
people by Albert, king of 1 Ihe Bel
gians, ia behalf of his starvlf k people
should meet a whole hearted response
in this country. Hs says; .
"Despite sll that can ;b forte ths
suffering in the coming wlnVf will be
terrible; but ths burden-ws r&jist bear
will be lightened it my peopt can be
spared ths pangs of hunger.? With its
frightful consequences of 41jase and'
violence. . : n - ' '
Homeless, - roofless, " foodusY and '
without even tbs most limited necessi
ties, hundreds of thousandfof Bel
gians face a prospsct which fi slmosf
without precedent. - Ths' pi thos - of .
their situation is beyond theldower of
words. J Belgium has no roeifJs of ire-'
couping itself ? excepting b; outside
aid, 'We have mors to eat t pd-mors .
to wear in tbs United Statesfth an -we
require- and ws caa : scarcel-Justify
our boast of being the f orei tost hu- '
manltarian nation in the wot"d if we
fail generously to meet thef? Belgian'
appeal for aid. j
The need I of ' generosity, li J equaled
only by the need for speed, Ai f view ofv
area roust pensn timon Diort your
ships reach us.- ' . Vh -
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