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6 THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL. PORTLAND WEDNESDAY, MAY 19, 1915. THE " JOURNAL AM INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER. C. S. JACKSON - Publisher. fnbliabed trvrr mvmoinm inrcnt Sunday! and evttf Sunday momhijj n Xli$ Jouriml Bulld- u, isroaauay ana laiunui its., l-unuiou. ur. kuicrrd at tba uoaio'fttfe at Portland, Or., (or k IraiuucUilaa tbrwagb the urn lis as sscono i-- Class- matter, - - llilaii-HOJlKSt Mam T17H. Hama 4-0051. All departments raacbcd by rtieee o umber a. Tell inc operator What aepartmptit 70a win. OKKIQN AiJVKUXIMINO KK PHJfihKNTATI Vi - Bnnfamln i- Kitiirm, f. Krunmtflck Bfrtz... - fc -Fifth- A.. New York; 1218 People's uss Kidff.. Cfck-sffu. auUacrtptloa term by mall or to an ad . uiwa u ui uuiteo state or usxiovi DAILY. Uo rear...... $5. 00 Oub montb...... .50 SUNDAY. Ofia Tsar. .....12.40 One month. .23 . DAILY. AND SUNDAY. One rear.,....ST.SO ( One mouth t .69 If we fasten our attention on what e have, rather than on what we lack, a very little wealth la sufflclest. F. John son. S8 YKMTERDAY YESTERDAY was peace day. It was the day ordained 4by The Hague Peace conference for annual observance through out the world. A. continent, is under arms. -Seven- great nations, yesterday; were out of mood and out of op portunity to pay homage to peace. It . wan a rfiiriflrkahlfi ro In pi den tie that; speaking of America In New York the day before, the president of the United States said: For an Interesting thing about America, gentlemen, is that she asks nothing for herself except what she has a right to ask for humanity itself. We .want- no nation's proper-: ty we . wish to question no nation's honor1; we wish to stand : selfishly in the way of the development of no nation; we want nothing that we cannot get by our legitimate enter prise and by the inspiration of our own example, and standing for these things, ,lt is not pretension on our part that we are privileged to stand for what every nation would wish to: stand for cnid speaking, for those things which , all humanity . mut de sire. . , ' . "What better, guide to Universal peace? If we want no nation's property, if we question "no na tion's honor," if we "stand selfish-1 lyin the way of no nation," If we: ""want nothing that w&scannot get fcy our legitimate enterprise," what: excuse can any nation have to -make war upon us? -' Such is 'America, where, under) the American Ideal as President -.Wilcon visions, it, every day Is a peace day, every home unbroken by war, every aim unguided by bloodshed and every Institution un touched by lust for empire. It is a splendid accident that at the mo ment when a continent is crimson with welter, when the world is under the - bllgat of convulsion, there is at the head of America a man whose life has been spent in r research among the forms and meanings of governments, has been- devoted to the search for the true Americanism as the fathers brought It forth, and is now able to i voice it to mankind as re flecting the hope and Inspiration - of the world. ! Peace is deliverance for the race. Peace Is the safety and asylum far everything cherished. Leadership - In peace until the whole world aiccepts it should be the example, and is the destiny of . the people, who acknowledge no i crown, maintain no throne and bow I to no scepter. AJXMIRAL DEAVEY'S LETTER A GREAT American authority lias submitted testimony l re specting ; the administration of the navy by Secretary Daniels.. , j. 1 The fifteen-years president of the general board of the navy is Ad miral Dewey. , His right to speak was earned at Manila Bay, whera the Spanish fleet and forts were an nihilated. In a letter published Monday, he said: The people of New York have just cause for pride In the fleet now as sembled In theiif harbor. Not only Is It composed of the finest and most efficient warships that we have ever had, but it is not excelled,, except in size, by-- the fleet of any nation in the world; our ! officers are as good as any; and our enlisted men are su perior In training, education, physical development and devotion- to duty to those of any other -navy. . I can say with absolute confidence that the - efficiency of the fleet has steadily progressed .and has never been so high as it Is today. ; Who can speak with higher au- thority as a. naval expert than this man who sailed Into Manila Bay at the head of an American fleet and won a ,naval victory that amazed j the world? Against the testimony of such a man with, such a record, of what avail are the rav ings of such persons as Congress man Gussie Gardner and the armor Plato press? " HAWAILYN TRADE HAWAII, with a population less than that of Portland. , in 1914 had a foreign trade of $76,600,000. Figures com piled by ' the department of com merce' are . Interesting, : for they shpwt that "Hawaii's foreign trade has almost doubled in ten years, so that Its per capita commerce is now $369. : v,v-:: Hawaii ' was annexed to the United States in 1898. Showing the growth of trade since then, some comparative figures are -given. In 1897 we shipped $6,800,000 worth of goods to Hawaii, and in ' 1914 our shipments totaled, $21, 800,0,00. During the same period foreign countries increased their Hawaiian sales from $900,000 to $6,000,000. Shipments from Ha- A POSSIBLE WATER SHORTAGE MPRESSIVE? facts rere set forth -yesterday in a report on the Water : lVl&L?SU?l 3 1 situation by E. A. Taylor, superintendent of construction. In theif" lT " "J? . '" 1: rt despite the' reinforcement af - - The minimum flow of water in Bull Run river is now but little ' J? n,terior , brace- I above the .maximum consumption. once ..confront the city with a .situation in which it would use omore -..7 -.., - -..m ,1 rTBir;i vuau iivt at vuu itc. ;; have ; to . be resorted to with a dangerfrom fire and the alternative of using warm storage water in- stead of the cold, crystal water direct from the mountains. A continuation of such a dry lauon 01 sucn a ary latlon would exhaust the storage expense of building additional costly, dams and reservoirs. This out lay tor added reservoirs wifl have to be made within two or three years anyway,ron, account of lncreasein population and water consumption, unless the waste in consumption be reduced. 4 Sych. a dry season as is feared, seems already coming on. In the Bull Run reserve where there is usually snow until July, there is practi cally no snow now. With nc-snow to melt, the flow of witter In the Bull Run river will naturally drop below-the normal, and Portland be face to face with t,ae ugly fact that the minimum flow ki the river, now nearly down to the maximum consumption, will pass below It, with the resultant resort to storage water, lessened water pressure, increased peril from!fire and warm water for household use. It presents on the whole a disquieting outlook. " , .. t ' -; The report is accompanied by all the figures and is based upon conservative estimates: It is backed , by all the expert knowledge, all tht experience and by all the recprds in the water department. It is the one source of information to' which the people can look with con fidence. - 'v. -': . ' - - ; .j It means that a beginning should be made in stopping the" waste of water. Such a beginning is proposed in Commissioner Daly's request. for authority to purchase 5000 water meters. It, will take several years to meter the whole city and stop all the waste. The alternative presented In Superintendent Taylor's impres sive report would seem to make it imperative to begin metering at once. ,; , . ; " " s - . waii to the United States grew from $16,000,000 to $48,300,000, while those to foreign countries were neg ligible, amounting to less than $60,000 In 1897 and only $459,000 in 1914. During the last te"n years Hawaii has shipped $364,000,000 worth of sugar. Pineapples, Hcorree and rice are other important! articles of pro duction. The --pineapple industry has grown 60 rapidly that. Hawaii has supplanted Singapore and other countries in supplying the Ameri can market with this product. Last year that small American Island in the Pacific shipped $39,500,009 worth of sugar to the United States and supplied us with $6,000,000 worth of canned pineapples. The sugar crop this year will ap proximate 620,000; tons, a record total. 'The coffee crop is also re ported as .exceptionally heavy, es timated at 45,0XM) bag3. WHOOP 'ER UP L AST week President Wilson was asked by the executive committee of the Navy league to call an extra session, of con gress for authorizing a bond Issue of $500,000,000. That sum, it was stated, is needed to s provide this country with adequate means of naval defense. A resolution, adopt ed by members of the committee consulting and voting over the tele phone, says: In view of the crisis In our foreign rfelations, we as representatives of the Navy League of the United States, express our emphatic belief that con gress should be immediately assem bled and that measures should be taken at once to strengthen our na tional defense. Our most pacific country should, because, of its su preme love of peace, possess prepon derant naval strength and adequate military strength. A. large bond is sue of, if necessary, $600,000,000 should be authorized at once. Whoop 'er up! Business is busi ness, and the armor plate people want contracts. A wideawake man ufacturer of naval appliances and army supplies should not for a minute fail to capitalize the present war scare into dividends. - So whoop 'er up! Throw out the danger signals. Feeble folk may bleat to high heaven for peace, when there is no peace. Europe, Asia and Africa are after us! , Carry the news to Wilson! Carry the news to Congress! Carry te news to the country I Sell bonds to build a big navy, and watch the awnor plate works grow! THE VANCOUVER FROBLEM EVERY shipment delivered or received by steamboats at Vancouver must pay toll to the railroads. -The day of a Columbia river commerce is at hand, but the rail roads stand guard between Van couver and the boats. The old, old story of how, by degrees, ac tive and alert railroad enterprise gains control of a city, was re hearsed by Marshall Dana; as to Vancouver in Sunday's Journal. . "Far back In 1855, a far sighted citizen gave Vancouver, a public levee, comprising 1300 feet of the best part of the waterfront. All of it Is now : under railroad control. Nearly 1000 feet remains so con trolled under lease until 1939, and the balance until 1948. Even the foreshore, which is ttre submerged land between high, and low -water, is lease 1 to and controlled ? by the roads, ' though happily a Washington, statute pro hibits leasing foreshore for more than 10 years, and, unless renewed, railroad control will end with the expiration j of the foreshore lease next year. Vancouver ought to. vision her possibilities It is within her prov ince to beqome one of the chief cities of I Washington. She" is nearer than Portland to the mouth of , the Columbia. . It is but four miles from j the city to s a deep channel. lt would be a splendid thing ,if she . could rise r to such position for ithe friendly rivalry and consequent activity it would stir up in Portland. - ' . As a start to ascendency, Van couver ought ' to place herself in position 5 to ' reach :; the steamboats and steamships without paying An unusually dry sense wuld at ui diviac ici nuuiu a. w .wvt lessening of the pressure, increased! season or a slight Increase in popu season or a biikul increase m Douu - supply and the city be put to the tribute to the railroads. In a case decided by the interstate commerce commission, that eminent authori ty on transportation said things of interest to Vancouver: Independent boats that were origi nally built and fitted to engage in freight business are unable to engage in that business because defendants (the railroads) CONTROL. THE TER MINALS AND J WHARVES AND RE FUSE TO I PERMIT INDEPENDENT BOATS TO- LOAD OR UNLOAD THEREAT, AND REFUSE TO RE CEIVE PACKAGES FROM INDE PENDENT BOATS. ; Another eminent -authority on transportation has spoken along a line of peculiar interest to Van couver. It is the inland waterways commission, and in a report, it says: . , Every city situated upon a seaport or on navigable water connected with the sea, which constructs and oper ates municipal docks, will not only prevent the monopolizing of trans portation, but will secure the lowest competing rate, and will, at once be come a terminal point and receive the lowest rates by raiL OUR FIRE WASTE J OHN TRIX, of the National As sociation of Manufacturers, says the fire losses In tnis country could be reduced 75 per cent. He submitted some figures last week to the convention of the National Fire Protective association in New York. Mr, Trix said that by stopping a proper proportion of the direct firo loss alone there would behaved t the industrial companies belong ing to his association and fifteen millions of people depending upon them, $60,000,000 a year. On this basis, the; isaving tc the entire country would be $400,000,000 ai year, the cost of the Panama canal, or equivalent to having $9,000, 000,000 out at 4 per cent inter est. . J ! T The nation's annual bill for fires, counting the cost of maintaining fire departments, is said to be in the neighborhood of $600,000,000. That is a fire tax of $6 on every man, .woman and child in the coun try. It is a j tax nearly ten times tho per capita average of six lead-i-g countries of Europe. We are staggered by Europe s tremendous war. waste. But the figures submitted by ,Mr. Trix are big enough i to cause Americans to think of their , own! .wastefulness. It is especially deplorable because much of itjcari be prevented. After their showing in New York, Undo Sam ; is . proud to an nounce that he is satisfied with his navy, and also with its commander-in-chief. Our ."engines to promote the interests of human ity," as President Wilson called them, are doubly armed because they will be used only in a just cause. . 4 T' '.,;':: . Managers, of the San Francisco exposition can take courage from tho news from Chicago. Directors of the WoriC'g Columbian exposi tion have ; just dissolved the. corporation-organized to finance the world's fair of 1893. They spent $28,000,000 and quit with $47,000 assets. Preston McGoodwin,, our minis ter to Venezuela, has -returned with the announcement that 97 per cent of Venezuela's foreign trade is now being done with the United States. Before the war only 60 per. cent came to ,thls country.! v - " Italy is reported to have placed Ov ; warf va- - A- l WU1 news is important only to the per son who has convinced himself that he has been actually getting -Italian olive oil. , ' n n urn nnrirn nn miva ni i - thia The monjltey with a human mind Is being advertised, v It ; Is , not j necessary to advertise the human with a monkey mind.-" : ? - The passing of the polar bear, at Washington park will be mourned by , more than one of Portland's boys and girls. v - . ; . , A California man practicing on a cornet was struck by lightning. But it happens only once in awhile. The coming Journey of the Liber ty Bell to the Pacific coast may be Us last. 2 Metallurgists . say Its '. structure Is so weakened by dls-' .J , .V XL JZZ' , . 7 Position of the metal ...- . . ' n . H , tTwi nil(i- hAc. i decisfons can never be reversed.! i He has called "Hap"-Hogan outjhiblted by -the ! great mass " of our i.t iv. , t ' 11 AMERICAN WARS THAT NEVER WERE V. Robert' Hlldreth in Philadelphia Ledger. EVERAI times in .the history of the k United States the country has faced , the Imminent, prospect ef war, "and yet escaped the misfortune of armed conflict. The tale of Ameri can wars that "never happened and it certainly Is not less honorable than' the war - history of j the ' nation con- j tains a number of facts which are of j special interest at this time. Fronr the beginning the f pfesidents have; exercised aoontrolling power over for eign relations, andf Infinitely much has depended on their cool-headednass and firmness of action. , In 1793 our politics were divided ac cording to the division In Europe. Washington feared that the ardent French partisans in this country would, -by ipme rash action,' bring ' on war with England, and issued a proclamation of neutrality. In April, came Genet, first minister from the j French republic. Genet was talkative. He described Washington as a weak old man. under British Influence. He informed his government and in this he wag not far from right that the American people did not 'approve the neutrality proclamation. It was Wash ington's calmnes3 in 'the midst'of pop ular clamor which Jsaved us from a wai- with Great Britain when In all probability it, would! have proved dis astrous to the young nation. Yet there was another j beneficent factor in the case, and that? was the patriotic support which the people as a whole gave to the government when Genet overstepped himself j and appeared to the people as - a foreigner -meddling overmuch In our own business. In the administration of Adams we had a quarrel with France which resulted In a few sea fights, though no state of war was recognized by the two governments. Early in 1797, when Minister Pinckney's humiliating treat ment n Paris'became known" In Amer ica, there was a violent . outbreak of popular feeling. Two members of the cabinet were among! those who cried loudest for war. (But fortunately there were moderate; men of both par ties who took a middle ground, de fending the national ihonor but willing to try diplomatic efforts to avert con flict while preparation ior war went on. One of them Was President Ad ams, who in all the clamor of the day did .not lose his poise. The situation regarding jonr trade at sea. presented the consideration, not wholly absent today, that griev ances existed against both parties to the war in Europe. I Both France and England, were interfering with our ships. It wasas difficult for Ameri ca v to maintain a position of strict neutrality as it was 1o take sides with either offender. Our grievances, against France, however, wire not such 'as to make war necessary, while those' against Great Britain were ag gravated until the War of '1812, and then, apparently, were not finally set- j tied. !- Less than 50 years after the treaty; of Ghent occurred ;an event which; brought England and America to the verge of open hostilities the famous "Trent affair" of November 9. 1861. Instantly England was aflame ' with anger. Here the people were equally excited. No battle of the war was received in the north with more up roarious joy than Wilkes foolish act. The Palmers ton government -made active preparations j for war. I Lord Russell, who was as 'much the head of the ministry as Lord Palmerston, wrote to . the British minister' at Washington a dispatch so violent and provocative that Prince Albert, when it "was submitted to the queen, toned it down. It was the last public act which the prince fever performed. Lord" Lyons, at Washington,; acted with '; his customary1 judgment and delicacy, : avoiding contact with Amer ican off icials -until he had heard from hbme.:, In presenting the note to Se ward : he "acted in the most tdetful way. v''-' -" - ; -. V But not the! - least important fact in connection, with this important crisis ' was the calmness and wisdom of Abraham Lincoln. At the begin ning 'of the administration ' Seward, who expected to rui the government, advised Lincoln to provide excitement Vor the public mind by Raising ques tions with Great Britain, even by de- claring war., but he -found that Lin- J coln . was able to give himself good counsel and ' act ! accordingly. It thould:'.e;. - - iddea,?:iowever; fthat ':.Se- ward was in agreement with the pres ident as to the response which should be made to the British demands re garding the Trent- i ' s : Another war which did not happen was that which might have arisen out of the Venezuelan controversy be tween Great Britain and - the United ' States. , In this Instance there was no popular clamor for : war, but ' when In closing his message to congress, December 17. 1895. Cleveland sent the following spirited appeal to the1 American-people: "There is no, calamity which a great nation can Invite which equals a . supine submission to wrong and injustice and the consequent loss of national self-resp6ct . and honor," the words were received with an out burst i of , enthusiastic applause by ': ' - - -, Democrats and Republicans alike. The situation . was indeed serious, and ' relMa V'TTn " n !?T,t , 2 ILT inot bo doubted 'that his action in- Z? r",1 r6"8'" ,T T iCT A decade ago. in an autobiographi cal essay, Cleveland paid tribute to ''the sublime patriotism and ' devo tion to their nation's honor, ex r, . . countrymen the plain people of the land," at the time of the Venezuelan difficulty. "Though, In case of the last extremity th chances and suf fering . of conflict would have fallen , to their lot, nothing blinded . them to j the manner in which tha Integrity of their country was Involved. Not for a Single moment did their government know the lack of their strong and stalwart support A FEW SMILES "You had a. day at NJaersra?" ' lightf ui tlma there. Yes, had . de- too." "Falls were ty fine, eh?" pret- "Why er .we didn't see the fays. We spent all c-f our- time at the movies." Judge's Quarterly. "Do you believe the world Is getting better or- worse?" "Better . "Why do you think so?" "Our baby "has cut all his teeth, and . It's nearly three iweeks now since we've been kept up all night with hlm.".x -Judge's Quarterly. Customer You have a sicn in vo.if window, . "A suit of clothes made while you wait." Do you really do that?" Tailor Yes, sir.; You leave your or der witH a deposit, and then go home and 'wait until the garments are fin-' ished. Letters From the People . , . (Cosmunieatlons sent to' The Journal for publication to tbia department should b writ ten ob only one side of the paper, should. sot exceed 30o words la length and must be ac companied br the nam and addreaa of the sender. If the writer does not deairo to have tho name published, be should so a La la.) "Discussion la the greatest of all reformers. It rationalizes everything it touches. It robs principles of aU false- sanctity and throws them back on their reasonableness. If they have no reasonableness, it ruthlessly crushes them out of existence and sets up its own conclusions la their stead." Woodrow Wilson. For Peace and Prosperity. Qresham, Or, May 1 8. To the Ed J tor; of The Journal For the love of the coming generation, let us do some thing worth doing. The old,' way of saying, "Don't cry till you get .hurt," is a poor way. We all know It Is no good to cry when it Is too late. This world needs peace, and we can not get peace unless we get together. To do so the world's "classes" and "nation ality" must; be forgotten. We must start over again. All the world has to get under one head, and all the In dustry has to be bought and managed by all. ' - Suppose the people of -one nation feel Justified of their laws and, system, and wish to have peace. They can not if another nation wishes them to have war. They then have to have It or be subjects of that nation. If . the world under the present system Is support ing hundreds of half corrupted cor porations, political parties, religions and societies, why could it not support one good and sound corporation which would handle all those thlhgsf What the world needs is ' cooperation. It should buy all the industry, all the va cant land, all the houses, allowing each family to own one house. Things could be run as now, only changing the high wage system of the bosses. In about 10 years all the-industry would pay for itself and no one would suffer. In this great 1 peace movement we should) all join. It is to help all' the world. : FRANK MARASCO. Character of the Lusitania. Portland, May 14. To the EdltoV of The Journal In your issue yf today "An Adopted Citizen" says the Lusi tania was an .auxiliary cruiser and that the position of our poeple who perished was jpractlcaliy , the same as it would have been had they taken pas sage on a British battleship. So many ill-considered statements of this -kind are being made' that this letter should not go unchallenged. The Lusitania was' not an auxiliary c.rulser. . If She was, then the .United States, violated her neutrality by per mitting the 1 ship to remain in New York over ?4 hours and then leave pOrt. But we have the -statement of the port authorities that the liner carried no guns, mounted or unmounted. The Germains had the right to search the ship for contraband and to confis cate it if found, but had no right to sink her without giving noncombatants. neutral or belligerent, a means of safe ty. - What the Germans are guilty of nothing can j excuse. The Americans had a perfect right to be where they were and to j expect the protection of their ountryi In the enjoyment of that right. A PROSPECTIVE CITIZEN. The Commendable Conductor. Portland, ikay 17. To the Editor of The journal4-I Was glad to read the letter of one-brave woman who dared the criticism! -of the public and came forth with praise for the much abused ana overworked conauciors. - x am sending this (note to show my appre- elation bf ttje courteous service ren dered by Noi 1130, of the Hawthorne line, whose I ever smiling ; face and pleasant and courteous manner to all Is i surely art j inspiration and object lesson to all. Let us pattern from his kindly deeds and actions, and help uplift and relieve the careworn and burden laden by just being pleasant and smiling jlike bim. , MRS. G. L. M. B: A Cornmunity's Testimonial. . Lanelois. Or- May 13. To the, Editor o 'ihe journal Our whole community was saddened recently by the news - of. the deaths of Ernest .McCoanell, - who was drowned in the wreck of the Randolph, at Ban don bar, April 24. He had Jived among us tod been one . of uaifor several years. He was-in every way estimable and worthy and thereby gained the re spect and hearty good will of many friends. The loss is especially heavy to the father and mother, who seem roconsoiaote. Ernest McConnell was born in Oak-1 dale. Wash., June 23. 1889. and was atT the time of his death nearly 26 years I of age. ' ' E. H. CHEEVER. j BBfer PERTINENT COMMENT AND NEWS IN BRIEF SMALL CHANGE Speak but little and 'let. that little be the truth. - -.. V J ' ; '' . ; 'X', - r The cucumber knocks a man out after he atets it down. Too many things are not worth the effort necessary to obtain them. , Some : of us are so well balanced that we can fall in anything we go at. - , - . , v;. .i The emptiness of things' here below la apt to be keenly felt. before dinner. -v--..- Success comes' to those who make up their minds to do a thing then get busy. . Female suffrage, says an old bache lor, is caused by a scarcity of hus bands, x.- , ' . - ' ! - ' Many a man has sense enough 1 to get a good wife but hasn't tense enough to know it- - V . ' If a man didn't make a' fool of him self when angry there would be no use getting that way. v The comfort to be derived from the various walks of life depends on the condition of one's feet. A-lawyer is very much in earnest when he works with a will especially if the estats is large and Juicy. A woman thinks no more of taking another woman's hatpin than a man does of taking another t man's um brella, f - When" the. wife of a ' lazy man re fuses to take , in washing to support him he beelns to talk about marna.ee being a failure. - v GERMAN-AMERICAN i irZlW i TOBX 8TAA.TS ZIHTTJWQJ The German-Americans must suffer In any conflict between the United States and Germany, pains of which their fellow citizens can never know any thing. It is rather a time for showing them the greatest degree of considera- ! "on- t lleJ nav IOU" lo "P0,01" 1 II lUQ ptUSL 2t I1U tlltTY Will, IfU DV again, against any enemy whatsoever, They deserve the fruits of past loyT alty, until they have v forfeited the rights to clalmr them. There has never been but one flag - under which the German-American has fought. There never can be but one flag under which he will ever fight; and that flag 1 the Stars and Stripes. '!-' CZKCXinirATI VOI.KSBI.ATT: The note is disappointing in' that it dis regards the just complaints of Ger many and appears to espouse the cause of Great Britain. We think that the difficulty admits of a satis factory solution by advising Ameri can citizens to travel on American vessels. Unwittingly . the president shelters British' cowardice, which tries to make British- ships Immune to German attack by taking American .passengers aboard. X.OS .AJBTCrEXJSS OTTRTWi ArTIA: A con dition of the War between the United States and Germany is unthinkable. Millions of good : American citizens claim Germany as the land of their birth. These citizens must now exert their influence to prevent a War which is not Justified in any degree. The American people must remain calm and trust the sincere intentions of our government. saw rsAircxsco sehosbat: Americans of German birth or descent deplore ;. sincerely the ! language of Secretary Bryan's note sent to x Ger many Thursday. This language Is im pudent, and. in the same measure, -im pudent and unusual is the demand that the German government refrain from submarine war. With this demand the United States virtually takes the-part of the allies. Germany is not Mexico, and she will unquestionably iraw the necessary conclusions. ; . - - SEATTLE GEKHAIT PRESS: Vir tually this note is nothing less than an attempt to hold the arm of Ger many, Nrhlch' is about i to strike the hardest blow on England. Worded as it is, the note leaves a way "to come to a clear and full understanding as to the grave situation which has re sulted. : Germany may still be able to convince America that what she la do ing reluctantly and with deep regret for neutrals, whom she could not pre vent to seek the danger Is which they perished, is done to ultimately force England Into giving that freedom .of the sea which America desires for her self and for' all other nations of the world. S ST. XOTJXS WESTLICHE POST: For the press of the whole country there is at present but on sacred duty. A SUNDAY CLOSING MEASURE "An ordinance- prohibiting the open ingof shops, stores and groceries on Sunday except for works of necessity or charity, and excepting theatres, amusement places, drug stores, under taking establishments, shoe shining fctands, liMery stables, garages, butcher shops,- bakery and delicatessen shops, allowing the serving of meals, the sale Of i tobacco, milk, fruit, confec tionery, I newspapers, . medical and Burerlcal1 supplies. "SHALL THE ABOVE ORDINANCE PASS?" ; .- 102 "F3. ' 103 v No. ( This Is the ballot title of an ordi nance aimed, to close grocery stores on Sundays which : ha been referred to the people and which will be voted on at the regular city, election, Mon day, June 7. ' . . The v measure was adopted ; by the city council at the request of the Re tall Grocers" association. - It was op posed by the small owners who keep ANOTHER STRUGGLE Rv John M. Oskison. A great English scientist. Sir Wil liam Ramsey, said recently: "When the victorious forces of the allies compel the Germans to lay down their arms, then' the real struggle will toeli?'winiam,a View of the outcome f the war are not pertinent to his flteconSent, W itls this other comment which Is worth our attention no matter which war the result of thofi eh tine turns. He sees, at tne end of the war, the resumption of the commercial war that has raged for vears between England and Germany --and It will be ever fiercer and War" is not going to destroy Ger many's power to prepare, by educa tion and careful training, to capture more and more of f the world's com. merce, the world s trade.. Nor will war end the necessity for. England to maintain herself aa a x foremost com petitor In these activities. England . not in nv sense self-sufficient: she MUST retain the world as her market r.iar As Sir William suggests. England is perfectly aware of the necessity for utilizing the advantages she has gained OREGON SIDELIGHTS - Vacant houses in Salem, the States man says, are gradually filling up, and the business situation an4 uuilootc are growing-better. ' With the largest crop of straw berries ever known in Douglas county now budding into a reality." says the Review, "the seventh annual straw berry carnival, to be held in Roseburg next Friday and Saturday, promises to tar surpass any event of Its kind ever held In this part of the atate." . .. ! :: v ' ..... : ' :.. - : Speaking of rain, the Pendleton East Oregonian says that trying to make up for his shortage last fall, the rain man seems to have carried the matter too far to suit some people; and speak ing of fish, it says west end people w'll soon be unable to look a fried salmon in the lace. Marshfield Record: -The Record has no fight against billboard aa some papers have. It is a whole lot better to have a brightly-painted sign board hiding a filthy lot than it is for the lot to be exposed, but care: should be exercised to the extent of having the billboards set back In such a manner as to allow drivers of cars a sweep of vision which will let them see an approaching car. j : . a a . ' Baker Democrat: Powder river is running a surplus of water and all water rights for a time are amply pro tected. The rains have done what' other years' snow accomplished. On hill and in valley grain is doing per fectly and the bunch - grass on the range has taken on a new life and promises to reseed itself, and finally be as luxuriant as in the years when I it wa.n the boast that this was the W)unch grass country. . PRESS COMMENT to leave nothing undone to avert Inner strife. I That we Amertcans of German descent with a bleeding heart contem plate the possibility of an armed con flict between the United States and the land of our vforefathers, no fair minded person will condemn us for. There still Is hope for an honorable understanding on both ; sides. May Providence grant that the worst may be averted. t -I- ' ' . - .1 .''., CIWCHTJATI PBEnj PBESSBS.Tha part of the note dealing with the loss of lives in the Lusitania catastrophe more properly, ought to. have been di rected to London. England alone is re sponsible for the Lusitania' destruc tion through her brutal step to starve a nation. Germany cannot stop the undersea warfare without surrender ing herself, bound hand and foot, to a brutal ! enemy. ' ST. PATH. OX.XS -ZEXTTma: The stand taken by the president serves notice on our own so-called leaders and the Irresponsible Jingo press that this country -will not go to war without full Justification. We are glad to. see the president take such . strong stand f 6r upholding the rights of American citi zen?; We sincerely trust he will de mand that hereafter all countries wilt respect bur right to the sacred freedom of the seas. - Whatever the-outcome, no matter bow great the suffering and mental agony that German-Americans would undergo, there can be no ques tion about their loyalty to the Stars and ' Stripes. - s ... anxwArxxx abeitd POST On one side there is no sentiment more natural and more beautiful than the loving attachment to the country where our cradle stood. ,Oa the other side we are American citizens- who. under all conditions, have to conserve their loy alty to the great country of their adop tion. We can only express most ar dent hope that the German govern ment, while fully conserving its legiti mate rights, may yet find in . its an swer the tone that will spare us the worst '--'..- CHICAGO STAATS ZUITUBO! Who insists upon right must first fulfill du ties. Had this government 1" Its note at least bound itself to see that tint ish merchant ships will not carry con traband from American ports to Eng land in the future, her demands upon Germany to allow such ships to pass unmolested would have rouna prooaDiy an open ear in Germany. We fear that the note of the president will rather aggravate the conflict than solve it. X.orjTSTXI.I.E ' AKZEIOEJli We asrree with the president that the Ger man government must explain the loss of the lives of American passengers, but we do. not . thjnk the death of Americans gives ; the president the right to dVmand the cessation of Ger many s unaersea wariare axainsi .Orn ish commerce so long as rjngiana aoes not abrogate Us starvation warfare. , their stores open Sundays and they were the ones who invoked the refer endum. . Those advocating the adoption of the measure say that grocers should have at least one day a week rest, land that day should he Sunday. They 'say that the public can purchase all gro ceries needed on other days of the week, and give them a day to spend with their families. They also con tend that unless all grocery stores are closed on the first day of the week it will be only a question of time before all stores, both big and small, will re main open because of the keen : com petition now existing. Those opposing the. measure say that it is discriminatory, as It will close up the small stores where light gro ceries are sold and It will allow the baker and delicatessen shops dealing in these commodities to remain open. They say that keeping open on the first day of the week is the only way they can compete with the large down town dealers. . .. vyHEN WAR ENDS by driving German commerce from the neat. And the thought that must in terest us Is that Sir William does not consider the United States as a serious rival in the days following the estab lishment of peace. It s Germany, more than ever in tent upon the world conquests of trade, that England is keeping in mind. For a time, our ambitions may be re garded w)th a tolerating . smile; and certainly as long as the war lasts we shall reach farther and farther into the world markets. ; Pertinently, England asks how a nation that Is being developed on bor rowed capital can hope to - compete with the nations that lend". How could we finance the trade of South America if we really wanted It? Looked at calmly, the extraordinary hare of world trade and commerce that seems to be beaded our way is a temporary gain. We hope for an early peace in ' the end war Is too costly to be tolerated by the world. Tet an ' early peace must ; mean a harder; struggle for our ship owners, merchants,! and manufacturers In competition! with England and Ger many. .. ! .'. ' ; -: It's a struggle that will Interest us and should. KJr S. $CO'V COUNTRY IH AELY CATS' Bt rraa tookiey. polai ItvKf Writwr 9l . Tba Journal. ; j George A. Waggoner, pioneer, miner, freighter, adventurer and author lives at Lebanon. I dropped in: for a chat Of a few moments a day or two agj find before I knew it the afternoon Was gone. The only way tb make sure ot staying but a few moments is to put otton.ln your ears so you can't hear Mr. ..Waggoner's stories, He 1 that rarest of persons, - a natural story teller. Leaving out much ithat la in teresting here Is the story he told me , comiRs to Oregon: ; I was born in Van Buran 'countv, Iowa. October 8. 1842," he said. "My fatber.'Byrd Waggoner, wa born in. Virginia, moved fb Kentucky when a boy, later he went to Illinois and from there to Iowa and from Iowa we made the big Jump to Oregon. My mother's maiden name was Carolina Virginia Pickett. She was born in Carolini county, Virginia, and was named for her native county and State. On her mother's side she was 'related to the Todds being a' relative of Mrs. Abra ham Lincoln. Her father belonged to 5r. ,w.eU known Pickett ! family in1 : rf'" - wer cousin. George Kdward 1 Ickett, served in the war! with Mm-" ico and iwas in charge of the United btates forces on San Juan iland dur ing our dispute with Great Britain about the boundary line, j When the -ivli war broke out he cast hia lot with his native staiie, Virginia, and was made. colonel in the ConfeJerate army. Later ho became a brigadier general ln the Confederate armv. Picketfs charge at Oettyshurg will neverjse forgotten as long as men ad mire brave deeds. He died In 1876 at Norfolk, Va. i . I "When I was 10 years old the fever ton move got in my father's blood so We hitched our four yoke of oxon and our two cows to our two wagons and struck out on the westward "trail. Looking back through the twilight of the years a Jot , of the pioneers will tell you that coming aero the plains was one unalloyed round of Joy. Thev forget the clouds of dust, the lame and wornout oxen, the bad iwater, the quicksand In the rivers, (the stolen fctock. the broken wagons and the graves by the wayside. I want to tell you that the people who came to Ore gon were built of the Ptuff of which heroes are made. We didn't come with any regulac train. We Just moseyed along according to our best judgment. Most of the "trains in 1852 broke up. They would elect a captain and if h was one of their own neighbors about the first thing to happen would be he would give orders where to camp. A few of th& campers would want to g on a mile or so -and say. 'You needn't swell up Just because you are cap tain. We know ea much as you do about the road; you can do what you please; we are going on."- "Some of the emigrants were natural trouble- 'breeders - and the. others wouldn't travel with them. They .would always be joining i some nw group of wagons. We camped one night with a family of this sort. The man and his wife got Into an argu ment. She got the best of the argu ment by picking up a hatchet and going for him. He ran like a jack rabbit. As she chased him back and forth through the camp and as lie dodged around the wagon 'just out of her reach she called him all the thincr that ever a mule skinner thought Of lo call his mules. Shir' had. ! a terrible temper, a brilliant Imagination and a wonderful vocabulary. They were ntlll on the warpath net day.;- Her hu band plodded along by the team while she at on the-seat and told him what rhe thought of him. She had a baby ln her arms. Their little boy wa walking. He played out and wanted to' ride. The father told him to climb up and ride. His mother told him he shouldn't. They cussed each other out for a while and finally thj man put the little boy up on tho seat und started . the team. - The woman screamed like a virago and shoved thu little boy to make him Jump out. lit tripped and fell. She grabbed lor hlrn and all three of them, the mother and baby and the little boy fell out. Th mother caught the tongue but the baby and the little boy tumbled in the road at the heels of the oxen. The, fright ened , oxen lunged forward and the front wheels passed over the two chil dren. It killed the baby at once and the little boy lived only a short while. We stopped with them- and father helped the man dig a grave for the children. We pulled on and left them. They carried their hell with them; we didn't want any of it" i t Queen Jiose.. j ' W. W. Coo ley. Queen Rose, we hall thee at this hour. We recognize thy worth and power. For you true honor ever brine That merits all the' praise we uing. Queen Rose, all Portland bows to thee. Thy fame is known from sea to sea. Thy gracious" beauty we admire. Through lovelinees you will l.spira. Queen Rose, with force you all attract. And bring to us the certain fact The state, the ''city, constant grows. And much is due to you, yueen Rose. Queen Rose, once more in loyalty We glorify on bended knee Thy-beauty, jower and thy irrace. That even time cannot efface. Portland, May 17.- INDEX OF ADVANCING TIDE OF PROSPERITY Frorit the Iron Trade Review. ' With the broadening of. domes tic demand accentuated by numer ous inquiries . for - railroad equip ment, the steel trade moves for ward another lap in Its march of Improvement. Just -at ' a 'time when a slight halt was notice able ln some finished lines, added ""impetus has-been given industries by the announcement of these enormous requirements which will involve the placing of 30.000 steet cars, divided almost equally be tween eastern and central western lines. Large rail orders also are pending, Including 8)00 tons for the Central of Argentine rail road and 188,000 tons for the Pennsylvania. War ordera that have played so conspicuous a 'part in recent satisfactory develop- ment show no abatement in size or number. The Lackawanna J Steel company will roll 30,000 ' tons of S pound rails and tragic i fastenings for Russia and the 4 American Locomotive company "t and the New York Air Brake com- I pany have made Inquiry j for 27,- I 000 and 12.000 tons of steel bars, respectively, to fill shrapnel con- J tracts. In addition, the Cambria J Steel company will furnish Russia I with 20.000 car axles and an or- I der for 25,000 to D1.000 car wheels has been received from one o the ' warring nations. ' v