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i-T-l rr tt I f fv I A I' " ; I Tl L J LJ LJ rlNAL-;kcJiurch. AX INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPEB. " i i C.- a, JACKSON , .PublUber. f fttbualierl cverr evening - (except Sunday and arary aaaay morning at XBe joarnt isunu iajr, Broadway aad VamhlU ts Portland. Or, ' Loured at tbe poatof fkra at Portland. Or.v (or ; transmisaloa Uwiosk tbe jaail as second iaaa matter.' ' - IKLJSlUO.NKS Main 7173: Hots. A-605J. All depart mm ta reacted by cnete aambeca. Tail Ui operator wbat department rvit wiit. .'UUKiUN ADVERTISING KJCfKKSBNTATl VIS . ..: BnJimln V Keutnnr Co-. Brnnsvlek Bldf., 225 rifth Ae New lock; 12XH People a 0t bids.. Cbieegu. ; Kubax1ptioa term by nail or to any ad , areas la ,Uie (Jolted Stares or stexleei t DAILY. "Om yea..... .43.00 Ob cts;..... JO . 81TKDAT.-' . -: "One year...... 1LB I One ' looeth, ....$ -23 . . DaIt.X AK0 SCSI) AY. "On rear..... .t7 .60 t One onnntb t .09 s? Great is ha wlw enjoy his earthenware as If it i were plate, and no less great Is the man- to whom all his plats is no mors than hi earthen ware. -Aptisthenes. v KEEP THE COVENANTS A ROAD that will not stand -.wear for ten years is f not worthbuilding, If contractors have not enough confidence in their work to give a guarantee that their roads will stand ten years, Mult nomah county ought not to have confidence enough In their work "to let them build the roads, j It 13 nonsense to, hold that it ; would be unlawful for a county board to accept a guarantee by a -i rni tract nr that. rnfi he i to build jfor the county ..will stand ten f years. That . would be i almost I equivalent to contending j that a county could not ; exact a bond for faithful performance of con tract. ,r. ? ', 7 i In" the road campaign the people 1 war a nromised that there would be open specifications and . a guaran t tee that the roads should remain ' good for ten years. ". Those (pledges caused' many a - vow ; to oe ca&w tux- the bonds It is now up to the county,, board to keep these cove I nants. ;.. .'; There are plenty of responsible I bidders who can give a ten year i guarantee in some form or an il other, If they are not willing to give such a . guarantee, they have not-much confidence in the' roads itbey want to build. .If they have j no confidence in their- own work, I how can the public afford to take jchances on that work? : -i Let the specifications be wide f open. . Let there be a fair field. I Let every bidder be required to back his" offer with a ten-year 1 guarantee. I If. these things' are not done, the j pledges made in the campaign to Becure v the people's votes will be repudiated and the chances will be good for a nasty road scandaU BRITAIN'S WAR CABINET v - - IE N GLAND is to have a coali tion cabinet composed of the strongest men of -leading po litical parties. This announce- 5 roent from London means ? that ."Great Britain fully - realizes the serious task it has on hand, a task requiring the -united efforts of every Briton, whether statesman, soldier pr mechanic. ' " All ' has not gone well with i Britain. The resignation "of Lord jfisher as -first sea" lord of the -admiralty because . he and Mr. Churchill, first lord of the admir alty, we're unable to work together Was evidence of a crisis. There had been much criticism of the admiralty 'for its conduct of the Dardanelles campaign, and when the Lusitania was sunk a verita ble storm broke over Mr. Church- Ill's head. . When war was declared there was a reorganization of the cabi net. Lord Kitchener taking the war p'ortfolio and a number of pro nounced pacificists retiring. For nine months the Liberals have con- ( ducted the government with loyal J support from leaders of the Con servative parvy in yuruameui. There is no hint of partisan poli tics in the proposed changes. They 4 are apparently being made solely with 'the object of strengthening England at home and abroad. 'The Liberals are in a minority In par liament and have held office only through a coalition with the Irish Nationalists. Premier Asquith points : out that the reconstructed cabinet will not mean any surren der by persons or parties of their political purposes. It; win be a coalition cabinet differing only In membership, from the . cabinet which h's" existed. PORTUGAL'S UPRISING NEWS from Portugal , Is mea ger, but it is certain that President de Arriaga has been overthrown.. Official reports .to ; Madrid say order has been restored In Lisbon. This revolution "seems to have been a detached affair, with no relation to other events In Europe. it is tne culmination of events dating back & year ' or "more, one result, of which was the erection of a separate republic " in ' northern 1 Portugal, ...... ... Since the expulsion of the mon archy fire years ago,' conditions in 4 Portugal t. had grown - steadily worse. The government; pursued a harsh policy, aid the. oeonl Kp- l lleved that" it was notoriously, cor l Txxpt. Every , monarchist.' who hap ? pened to . displease the governing fofflcali was thrown Into prison or i sentenced' to death. . Every oppo ? nent of the administration, that t had preempted the revenues of the -was treated- in the same , It is evident that the recent up rista& was i not .against representa tive government nor in behalf , of a monarchy. The 4e Arriaga gov ernment was -finally' overcome be cause Jt waa . corrupt. The Porta ruese - are Dasslns. through, the tin happy .experiences of many other youns republics.' It does not necessarily mean return to a mon ardhy, "" f of the ' people may ' like their : taste of a republic even though It ; has , been bitter. WHAT OTHEB CITIES DO I T COSTS a lot of money to de liver water. In Portland. This ! town owes $7,044,000 now lor its water system and the debt soon begins falling due. Pipe lines cost heavily. Water reservoirs i are expensive. . , Water mains are ;very costly. It required $312,000 to pay for a 30-inch supplemental main now being In stalled to i increase the supply on the northeast side. A 5 2 4-inch main was supplying the district. If there " were no i waste, ' the 24-inch' main would have been; sufficient, for twice the population. out . mere is waste, due to lack of meters, and the 30 Inch main: had .to be added at a cost of $312,000.. . r . The added main shows bow ex pense is increased by waste. Such mains installed from time4 to time all over the city make an enor mous total. ; : Even if meters were to cost $500,000, as opponents of the me ters say, they would be a, good In vestment. One 3 0-inch pipe line for a single district almost reached that sum. J How many times would the mythical $500,000 be multi plied "by adding 30-inch mains at $312,000 each all over town? How many1, times will it be mul tiplied by installing the new pipe lines . at $1,250,000 per, which the continuation of waste will compel? j ; ; But' the meters will not cost $500,000. , Five thousand meters are to be -voted for, and at $7.8? each will ; cost 13 9,3 50. and no more. That is the proposition which is to be yoted on, and it Is all that .r is ; to : be voted on at the coming election. The question on the ballot will be, in effect, shall Commissioner Daly be au thorized to spend out of the water revenues $39,350 for water me ters? That is all there Is to -"it- All of the mythical $500,000 above the 1 $39,350 Is misrepresentation. The mythical figures are used to deceive, and frighten, and to dupe people Into voting against meters witnout stopping to consiaer. inem on their merits. - ; Commissioner Daly , has no mo tive In asking for 5000 . meters, except to save money for water users. He. wants to make good as a commissioner by economical administration. By reforms he has inaugurated he will .have saved $200,t)00 In the operating cost of the water department by the end of the fiscal year, and he wants meters as a means of mak ing further reductions. ' Every saving prepares the way for lowering water. rates. Every waste prepares the way for higher "; water rates. That Is fundamental and it is lower water rates . that Commissioner Daly 'is striving for.' . , ; If private capital owned the Portland water system, the owners would not run It on : a plan of waste, but on a plan of economy. They would have meters. The. gas , company doesn't . Bell gas except by meters, ; . The electric light company does not - sill light except by meters. Neither could afford to' sell on a flat basis, allowing consumers to waste more light" or gas than they consume. They would be bank rupted by ! such a eystem.' The water department of . Portland, continued on a waste basis, would ultimately i bankrupt a private owner. : Only a great city could stand the 1 drain, and even ; that great city has been run In debt more than $7,000,000, and ulti mately, unless reforms are insti tuted, higher ; rates for use of water wlllj have to be inaugurated to meet this great debt, soon to begin ; falling due. " All engineering - authority, all expert advice, all records of water systems 1 counsel use . of meters. The cheapness, the durability and the efficiency of perfected meters Is causing' their adoption and ex tension of use In all well "conducted cities. Of 77 cities of 50,000 pop ulation and up in the United States, all but three use meters In some measure. -..Nine are 1P0 per cent metered, among - them Milwaukee, . Rodiester, Fort Wayne, Dayton and Hartford. Nine are 90 per ; cent metered, Includ-q Ing Atlanta, Worcester, Des Moines, Columbus and. Cleveland. Eleven are metered 75 per cent. Including Memphis, Hoboken, Prov idence, Los Angeles, Seattle, St. Paul, Toledo and Minneapolis. Fourteen are metered 50 per cent and above, , .among them . Grand Rapids, Duluth, Spokane, Birm ingham,, Wnmbagton, Richmond, Newark and Kansas City. - A number of these cities' range in population from 250,000 to half a million. i ; tin all . not yet fully metered, there is a' gradual exten sion of the metered districts. Se attle is to continue its 'extensions until the whole city : Is covered, notwithstanding that it has a far more abundant water supply than has Portland. : These great cities know what me -expelled monarchy; ana they are doing. The installation of meters' is not to waste money, but to save money.'.' It is-done by them to secure -lowered - cost of the 6y stem and reduction of water rates, , instead of being '.driven by waste to' make higher rates for use of, water. ' - v - ' it Is- done1 by them to prevent the waste . and cost of operation from increasing the water debt, for. the business brains of every city realizes that a debt cannot be paid by v wasting the public substance. JUDGE GATENS v UDGE W. N. GATENS, who re . I tires today from - nearly four I jpears service as head of the J Juvenile court, 'carries with him the confidence and respect of many thousands who have watched his splendid work In behalf of the delinquent and wayward children or .Portland. . ( : Endowed Jbj birth I with a, deep sympathy for the waifs and stray- lings, and by that sympathy espe cially equipped with knowledge of how to deal with .-them, the good influence he has exercised- upon many young .lives has been, very great. X n- From the beginning,' he threw himself : into ' the Juvenile; work with great zeal, and throughout" bis administration, before church con gregations, before parent-teacher organizations, before city ! clubs and? wherever else there were those to listen, he has appealed in public addresses for workers and movements that would stay the In roads of evil upon child life and throw all possible safeguards . and protection around impressionable youth. With tireless energy and fidelity, every phase of the Juve nile . work has . been J pushed ; by Judge Gatens and his j faithful as sistants : with the result that, bo; many Jights have been hung up in dark places and so ; jnany: danger signals raised over fester : spots that Portland is a far safer ; and better city -i for children , to be reared in. X ' X- i Judge" Gatens was legislated out of office. The ' same thing was, done with Judge Ben Lindsey, the famous juvenile judgte at - Denver, but he was kept In his position by a veto of the governor of "Colorado, who killed the bill passed by the legislature. : . Of course, , in : Oregon "j and in Colorado, the legislative proceed ings were by politicians, politicians being almost the only k people who have no respect for the Importance and sanctity of a court to which the welfare of waifs and ,strayllng children ':- Is committed. . The ; Eugene Register tries to argue that the power which could give and did give grant lands in trust to a railroad to sell for its own profit, could not give grant lands in trust to the state of Or egon ' to sell for' creation r of . a great ' . irreducible ; school ' fund. What 'a " price "the Register pays for standing in with the "mid- Lnight" resolution ! In Its ludicrous onnosltlon to the 5000 meters which Commis sioner Daly asks authority to pur chase, the Oresonian refers to the plan as "Mr. Daly's $500,000 me ter scheme." What a funny news paper the Oregonian makes of itself, when the . 5000 meters to be voted for v or against in the election will cost, fully installed. only $39,350! . ; The noiseless street car lis fore shadowed by the inrention of a wheel within a ?wheeL- . The inner section is fixed to the: axla while the outer section takes the bearing on the track, x Between the two sections I is a cushion of robber which absorbs the vibrations and eliminates all noise. Heaven pros per the inventors. New York is boastinsr of the construction of a highway cut out of ; the solid rock which forms a , promontory Just . above West Point on the Hudson. New York ers ought to cee the Columbia highway to i become f acquainted with ono of ; the , most wonderful pieces of road construction in the United States. What to eat and how much to eat has been settled by the! Rotary club. After long and learned dis cussion the conclusion has been reached that a : person should eat when hungry and as much; as can be paid for. It has also been de cided that the dishes that mother used to make can never be im proved on. . ; When the present war began Europe's debt per. capita was $63. Today It has climbed to $110. An other" year of hostilities wilL It Is estimated, saddle every man, wo man and child with - a total ' of more than $200 of national debt. Yet this, is .nothing , to the cost in life and agony. According to the Popular,: Me chanics . magazine, the extermina tion of ' mosquitoes . by means of bats has proved so successful in the vicinity of San Antonio, Texas, that the" city has adopted an ordi nance "forbidding, the killing of these little flying animals. A - Philadelphia millionaire of fered $100,000 to Mri and Mrs. Howard Gray for their daughter; Vivian, 2 Vi years old. .The offer was ' refused, thus furnishing fur ther proof that, this Is not' entirely a money-mad age. - - i A medical Journal says obesity is not the terrible curse - some people .make it out to -be. It should be stated however, that this publication does not cater to women readers. The Oregonian calls the East Or- egonian , a cuckoo. ' The East Oregonian has the comforting thought that so long as It Temains "a cuckoo" . it will not be a buz zard. . , - The - present government of Portugal 6hows some signs' of per manency.'. One whole day has passed without a change. ' : X- ' " Hume, Mo., is to have a pay up" week. The' plan may work out all right if It doesn't depopu-. late the town. THE PERSONAL EQUATION IN WALL STREET From the New York Evening Poat. WALL STREET has - of tea been called the embodiment, ' the epi - tome, of the thoughts, feelings, Impulses, at times even the emotion, tof ths .community - at : large. That the speculative market embodies the opinions of the outside world on cur rent -events, everybody knows; that t why ? people - look at the dally stock list ,,who .would ntJf ; know how to go long" or go short" of any thing on the .list, &ud would possibly find trouble in distinguishing the City Bank building from the Sub Treasury. ? But from the very fact that Stock Exchange prices must in stantly move In response to any im po r tan t public event, . indicating whether the influence of that event is to be good or bad, it results that the Wall Street community itself must make up its mind with great rapidity on such a question.' ' : A: further", consequence of . this con Verging' and concentrating! of opinion la." that the news of 'all events of con sequence .must come to Wall Street without "the least delay. The ma chinery, .seen and . unseen,- for the procuring and distributing in Wall Street of the news o thej day, f the hour, and of the' minute, is a mystery to the outside world. Some times it; is a mystery to Wall Street itself. The labyrinth, of telephones keeps every -Wall Street office in monetary ... communication with every other Wall Street office and with the Stock Exchange, which is the" heart,' of WalK Street. The news is caught! up and- -sent . broadcast in " thiss net work of' quick Information, - and ...the man not in the Street will ' oftefa be amazed at the variety ot news- dis seminated. " - .' - "-.;- T-.- :' -i - - .' -! ' . So far from-shutting, its eyes and ears and thoughts to anything- - but - in formation bearing primarily on stocks and bonds, earnings and dividends, su preme, court anti-trust law decisions and votes 'of congress-on a railway bill. Wall- Street (next perhaps to the telegraph staff. ' of the daily papers) is : the first to know that Barnes ' has taken the-r witness stand, that the second round of the .right has - resulted in : favor of the west erner, that the Jurjr- has gone out in the gunman case, .that the emperor of Austria is ill,', or that a serious accident has 'happened on the New Haven railway. . As swift as the ar rival and " distribution j of the news is the passing of Judgment, by each Wan Street individual, on its mean ing, results, and associations. . It was to this community that the news of the Lusitania came in, a week ago yesterday. t Nobody knew where the vague ru mor that "the Lusitania had been tor pedoed by the Germans" came; from first. ' People- began to hear of - It as they went out to lunch, and for the most part . laughed at it as a 'Wall Street story." Several Ijjiers had , already been destroyed by sub marines in Wall Street rumor, and the real news of the day had noth ing to say of it. ; Perhaps an hour elapsed before ' the Stock Exchange began to hear that the. Cunard : of fice had admitted receiving a cabled report of a ; London rumor to ' i the same effect. Confirmation from ' the Irish, coast . came quickly after that; then f pause of consternation. 5rt Much unlike the usual Wan Street habit of quick and confident predic tion as to all the consequences, no body ventured to say what the news would mean; perhaps - no one felt quijte willing to do so. ; , The late afternoon dispatch from the London Cunard office that all on board were saved came next, ' and ' then the tragic story In the next morning's newspapers. During the ensuing ; week ' Wan Street was much like every other American --"community. The outburst of wrath, scorn,: and detestation, with a dangerous undertone of -suggestion that punishment i of an exemplary sort must bet meted out te. the guilty government, behind ils crowning atrocity,- ws!s pitched afc - as. high a note at the street-corners, at the club,' and at the family breakfast table, as in the " market placet. -What hap pened in. London after tbe news came in, the : eables have , told us. The Stock Exchange, anticipating as usual the . impulses of the community at large, refused to allow members of German birth to pass the entrance; their . resignation was demanded, and day fr two ' later ' London : moos were sacking' , the shops of German tradesmen.- . . . . ' .;. '. Nothing of this occurred - in . Wall Street; yet "Wall Street did not ' dis guise its " feelings. - A lew . 'isolated visitors in 'the customers 'rooms of commission -brokers offices,- who took up the. refrain of the German press, explained how the German' govern ment had acted quite within the pro prieties of the ' occasion, and blamed the 1200 dead passenger for their stupidity In not: heeding Bernstorf fs menacing advertisements, found them selves ostracized at once. No ;one would, answer them,- recognize them, or Join them over the ticker. Such sporadic exhibition of .what was bit terly: : and - scornfully 'described as 2ro-German talk" stopped entirely ter the first day or two. Further than that, Wall Street did not go; a , momentary movement to " boycott German members on the floor of pne of the exchanges, and , the discharge of German clerks by - one or two Wall Street houses, were discounte nanced as carrying even rightful In dignation unwarrantably far., . One very strange tfling happened. There is one class of Wall Street people who are reckoned on always as the - counsellors of conservatism, the slow to move at a time of national uprising, sometimes the - "peace-at-any-price" men. These are the very rich - investors, the powerful private capitalists for whom the great banks and banking bouses act. - Last- Satur day, there were officers of such banks who were' pleading with such customers to restrain their passion ate indignation and be careful in their demands for Instant war. . In one' of the largest private banking concerns' of Wall Street, it was said this week that the men.; who. had thrown all consideration of conse quences to the winds, in nrging gov ernmental action, were the men whose stake In property and wealth was largest. . t'y" These were some side aspects of a memorable episode In history. A FEW SMILES VA compositor once set up the word "doughnut" so that it read ; "donut." "Don't I you . - know how . to spell better that that?" .asked the foreman; 'Well." said the compositor, thoughtfully, "d o you know it didn't look Just right to me, I had . a "w'. in there once and' took it out." The prison keeper-was a kind man, but he wanted Moriarty to know, what was ibefore him, so the following con versation took place:- . . . Prison Keeper . , Tou will have to! work here, Moriar- ty, but you m a y ' select a n y" trade you wish. : Prisoner Well If -it's, all the. same to you, sor. Oi'd like "to be a sailor, He Going home through street last nlsrht I ; saw a man setting fire to his prop erty,. - ;, ' -She M e r e y! Didn't you call the police r ' He Certai n 1 y not! It's no crime for a man to light his cigar. " v Letters From the People - (Oommanlcationa sent to Ttie Journal for pcblieaUon In tbis department sbonid be writ ten o only one side of the paper, anould nut exceed 30o word in lengtu and must be ae enipaiiied by the came and addreea of tbe sender., If the writer doe not desire to hare I lie name published, be abucld so state.) : " --' "'.:'' Diacttkm la tbe frreeteat of all reformers. It rationalizes erery thing it touches. It robs principles of ail falae sanctity and throws them back on their reasonableness, if they have do reasonableness, it ruthlessly crashes them oat of existence and seta no its -own. conclusions la their stead." Woodrow WUsoo. V What of Germany's Pntnre? yX Portland, May 19 To the Editor of The Journal To the students of so cial and political economy - Germany 13 an interesting study. The govern ment of Germany today is practically an absolute monarchy, and on i the other hand Gerxna-ny l:a.s taken more advanced 'groUnd in .the" governiaent ownership of public utilities, like rail roads, streetcar lines, telephone, tele graph, gas and electric lighting than any other European country. The kai ser: is an irresponsible sovereign in the sense that - he placed the .crown upon his own head in IS 8 and. stated that he received the crown from God and was responsible only to himself and God- The kaiser both, reigns and rules. He ,1s not responsible to j the people of : Germany; he is responsible only to himself. The constitution of Germany, ; framed by the" astute Bis marck, perpetuates the rule -of Prussia and preserves "the prerogatives of; the emperor. ' The kaiser . also, reiterates that he rules by divine right. The chancellor ,1s chosen by the kai ser; as are the ' 17 members of 1 tbe. upper 'bouse tbe Dundearath. The kai ser has no council or board of, advisors. The kaiser Is absolute commander in chief of the army and navy, names all the heads of departments and removes them at will, and can declare war with the consent. of 14 members of the up per council of the German parliament the bundesrath. - The lower house of the parliament.' the reichstag, is composed of members elected by the people, but a vote of the lower house can be vetoed by the upper house and the upper house can dis solve the lower house the" reichstag. All measures must originate in the: up per bouse. - The lower-, house - cannot Initiate any legislation. The reichstag votes supplies and ran talk and pro test," but owing to the Supreme power of the kaiser and the upper - boiise. real power they nave none. . The law of les maJeste also throt-tJea liberty, of speech. Any person . who criticizes the emperor is liable to i im prisonment. One writer makes ! the statement that 20,000 years of im prisonment have already been Inflicted upon - Individuals - who - dared to criti cise the emperor. " . In" spite of all repression- the love of liberty .- grows in Germany ' among t he people. The party in Germany known as Social. Democrats has grows rapidly. In 1912 the party cast 4,350, COO vote, represented ' in the parlia ment by 110. members, who are the rep resentatives or over DeODle. or nearly one-third of the entire popu lation 6f Germany. The demands of these Social Democrats made In-1912 include : equal privilege;' direct, equal send secret ballot; a true parliamentary government, witn a munistry like that of England;, that the power: to declare war be givens to the lower house of parliament; s consent ; of the ; reichstag to all state appropriations. Practical ly all of these. Americans enjoy. There is nothing radical: er anarchistic, about any of the demands of , the Social Democrats, and they are not at - all SocialisUc- The kaiser has fought., the. Social dark i PERT! N ENT COMMENT AND N EWS IN BRIEF S31ALL CHANGE A guilty conscience makes a hard pillow. Better b taken by surprise than by the police. If yoa never begin a task youH never finish it. . Strw styles are usually old ones peo ple have forgotten. Probably -the- biggest thing about a Jealous woman is her suspicion. . . . . '' . . A -row of columns Is a colonnade, but a row of lemons isn't lemonade. Love la one of the few things that is never displayed on : a - bargain counter.. . Troubles and thunder clouds usually seem black in the distance,- but grow lighter as they approach, i - ..,.,. . . . - Occasionally a doctor's first patient gets well, which proves that soma men have unusually powerful constitutions. Everybody has his troubles. Even the boy whose father left him a-fortune finds the town he Is living in -dreadfuUy dulL" - -.' . To an engaged couple wedded life appears to be all sunshine but to a husband and wife it looks suspiciously-like moonshine at times. i i About the worst blow our egotism ever gets is when we go somewhere to dinner and. find that they haven't gone to any extra trouble to prepare for us. The reason a fellow has so much trouble finding some one1 who will finance his scheme is because most men who have money want to keep it. HOW WILL YOU A MEASURE TO AMEND A measure to amend a 'civil service ! rule. An act to amend seetlM 109 of the : charter so that reappointments in the classified civil service shall be made in1 the order ef original appointments. Shall section 109 of the charter of the city of Portland, as revlBOd, codi fied and arranged by ordinance No. 29,353, be amended? -r " . "104. Tes. "105. NO."- v'-.V-. This is the ballot title of a measure .submitted by the city council to be voted. on at. the regular city electlou, Monday, June 7. The only purpose of this, amendment is to correct an error in .the framing of the charter so that Injustices may not be done old and loyal employes. Because, of lack of work men are often laid off. Under present, charter provisions the last appointed shall be iaid off first, but when work again commences, the first laid off shall be tns first reappointed. It Is proposed ONE HOARDED, ONE BOUGHT A BOND - By John M. Oskison. A suburban bank of Chicago has two stories of recent happenings in its neighborhood that point to a moral. -. The first is contained In a letter from a private detective, who "wrote to ask whether -a certain shoemaker had recently deposited a sum of money, and ' explained: -XX. X -.",,;" ' ''f -. "About Thursday of last week, Mrs. H took a shoe to this shoemaker in which she had hidden 9130, made up of one $-0 bill and eleven $10 bills. She claims the nooey was in ttie'rShQe at" the time v he received it, an"d i he' claims he has Yiever seen it and' knows nothing about it." : " - ; -.: ? . The second story is made up of a 10 year old girl's essay entitled "How : earned 26 a year, -and how I want "to soon get 9 12." She wrote: . ;; r- " "As long as I can remenroer I had a little bank with . a handle on it, where most of the money that was giyen to me went used to Iplay with my -bank as a ; suitcase. and sometimes people- would coma In and they would put a penny or bo tn. ' Every once in a while the bank would be taken away, and come back ' Democrats and denounces them as ene mies of the nation. He has impris oned them and sought by every means in his power to repress and " destroy them. As the Social Democrats, with the largest following of any party In Germany, demand mere liberty, a true representative Koen ment, and a .min istry responsible to the parliament and the people, it' is readily seen that in this party and their object and ideals the kaiser sees the handwriting on the wall and realizes that the growth: of these sentiments and demands wiil de strov his autocratic government and deprive him of his throne and crown, unless he gives the people the teal liberty demanded. ;, As an alternative to such concessions it has always been the dream of autocratic rulers that it they can become great military leaders ani i-.irrv , on successfully wars r of conquest it will enhance their prestige, make their thrones . more . secure and postpone demands for greater individu al libertjs, or real representative gov ernment. Be that as it may, if per chance such plans go awry and fail it Menu a reasonable conjecture that with terrible loss of life in war, loss of property, increase of taxation ana ether burdens upon. the suffering peo ple, a government for and by the peo ple would be tbe natural outcome! of such; a disastrous war. : J Kings are much like individuals. Given a taste of absolute power over their fellows, when It is proposed to take' such power from them they stand with their backs' to? the wall and fight to the last or until" they are, over powered. ' Germany should have the utmost sympathy of Americans in the struggle of . the common people for lib erty and representative government. The Social Democrats, are fighting the INDEX OF ADVANCING I . TIDE OF PROSPERITY :'.; IX'-X "v;,Y: 1 1 ; '. .; -: yc-":?':''''.''';' From the Dry Goods Economist. Gratification at the president's resolute attitude is general. Amer icans are. far, indeed, from desir ing war. Our loyal citizens are fully aware, however, that, under certain circumstances,. - with naK tJons as with business men, firmness,-expressed in frank, decisive terms, is both the most honorable and tbe safest attitude. j I - UannvtiiUi. tlM.1r-v croods trade I 'throughout the United: States . is - proceeding calmly and optimistic ally. Merchants-and manufactur ers are full of confidence in this country's ability to take care of t" itself, no matteriwhat exigencies" may aise..vAna mey jjjrar w be more deeply impressed by. the wonderfully favorable crop report f and the Improved weather condi tions in the cotton states than by f any dangers -which further inter' national contingencies may , ln vdlve. - i- 1 OREGON SIDELIGHTS -Eugene's new fire truck has shown speed of 48 miles an hour, under of ficial test, and hill climbing ability that la good for the steepest acclivity in the city.. ' Morris J. Duryea, for the past three years promotion manager 01 the Ku Kene Commercial club, lias accepted an offer to become publicity manager for the recently created Springs water commission of Ashland. - "From all appearances," writes the i Malheur Corresuondent of the linker ' Herald, "there will soon be no more vacant lands around here. Homestead ers are on the constant lookout for land and there Is very little that is desirable left, most of it being very fa lily and rocky." - That the people of Hood River are in sympathy with the movement to estab lish a cltv BWimminc- nnol ni rpmnvn the danger of boys swimming in the I river, was snown Dy a most generous response made on tag day. Additional means will be employed until the needed amount is raised. Salem Journal: Any Cherrian who does not show up for the drill tonight will be fined $1. This is the edict of Arthur Wilson, secretary of the or ganization.. The Cherrians expect to get themselves in fine shape for the Rose FeaiJval, and will hold three drills each weet The band boys were all measured yesterday for their Cher- Tian suits and caps, ordered today. - -. - --. Albany Democrat: This Is the poison oak season of the year when any one who strays into flowery woods comes in contact with that infectious plant and suffers ten thousand itches. And then- suffers ten thousand more by having all of his or her friends pre scribe "the only remedy that will cure it." Nearly all of us' have had poison oak, and everybody has a remedy for it. Ever notice it? VOTE ON THIS? ' A CIVIL SERVICE RULE to change this so that the last man laid off shall be given reemployment first. ;'.-..' '.-' The present provision tn the charter has worked many injustices, as it has permitted younger and, less efficient men to be reemployed in preference t older and more capable men. - ";. , ': r - In the water bureau last year work was slack and a number of the labor ers were laid off. Many of these men had families to support. Under the charter restrictions the old employes were the last ones laid off but when work was commenced again. Instead of these old employes going back to work, it was necessary to put the younger men, who -had seen less serv ice and who were laid off first, back to work first. V ' The result was that many of the old and reliable men were out of work for manyt months. This is looked upon as a good measure by city officials and employes, and has the support of both classes. without anything in it, and I used to wonder where all my monev went to. When I got older I was taken to the bank, and there I saw the money taken out, and then I learned of the bankbook.. - . -About two years ago my father told me that he would buy me a real estate Dona, - because I bad over a uunared doifars. : . - "Last summer I lost my watch and pin orr my dress, and felt very bad auoui it. it was nearly interest time on iw y nondji and iy father told, roa if-1 put an ad in the paper be would lend me money to pay. andI mlarht get my Watch back, and pay him the uouar on interest day. I was glad to do anything to get my dear little watcn and pin back. a ; marv iound my. watch, saw the aa, - and I. got a postal card to call and get It. . n . " "I ana now waiting until I can get noouier im go mat x can get 112 in terest, a year." -': It is a wide guSt between those fam ilies! -It Is a gulf that the bank is trying to bridge, that all banks should try to close up. ; same battle which our ancestors fought for-us, and if Germany ever ftecurea real individual liberty It will be through, this active, and aggressive party. - . : : . : . ' - . , The German people are growing res-i live nnder the paternalism of the kaiJ ser's rule. They are weary of being treated like little children. They want a real democracy. The tremendous industrial development of Germany ia the last 20years has brought with It this- contemporaneous demand for democratic government. F. I. CASSEDAT, M. XX Fairness Appreciated. Oregon City, Or.,; May 17., To the Editor of The Journal May I ex press my appreciation of the position you have taken in the Lusitania in cident? What a difference between the calm fairness of your editorials and the ravings of the leading morn ing paper in western Oregon! - . - '- i . : Germany did all, and more, in this matter than she was in honor bound to do.. And yet, with full knowledge of these facts, many of our supposedly American newspapers-are trying to get President Wilson te sacrifice thou sands of lives to avenge the deaths of the one hundred or more wealthy AnicHcans who, in spite of warnings, sailed for England on a British aux iliary cruiser. One would think these papers were printed in Great Britain instead of in Portland, Or., and in other cities of the United v States. . These same newspapers express greater con cern for these few American gentle men on. board 'the British auxiliary cruiser than they do for murdered working women and children . in Lud low, Cot . They would rather have our president have thousands of Amer leans give their lives in a'foreisn land for English aggression, than to have him establish, justice .in our native land. What mockery and, deception! Has-patriotism -suddenly' expanded, in their minds, to giving American lives to nelp John Bull? Such newspapers, of which the Oregonian Is an example, are trying hard to have us Americans of today forget the preeeden ts and patriotic advice of , Washington and of Jefferson. v - . v These same newspapers are evident ly the spokesmen for the great -munition-factories of our -land, .who care more - for English success than they care for the happiness,- comfort and prosperity of the working people of tbe United States. It is to be earnest ly hoDed that, those who are thus strongly interfering with our presi dent's efforts to keep at peace with all the world, will falL Wouldn't it be more patriotic and sensible to stay at home, clean our own house, restore freedom to our working people, make our money kings let go their strangle hold on American industry, and take from private control 1 th public in dustries, run them for the benefit of all the people and let those gentlemen whoi , In spite of - warning, prefer , to ride on a British cruiser, do so at their own risk? This is neutrality and Americanism, m I see It. ROBERT GTNTHEB. President Wilson Reviews Atlantic Fleet at New York The review of tjje Atlantic fleet at New York Monday by President Wilson. Secretary Daniels and other high officials was a significant occasion. ' v The array of battleships and. attendant craft In command of Admiral Fletcher was an impos ing sight. The story of the review will be told in picture form in THE SUNDAY JOURNAL. Letters From the tt War Zone. ' ' News dispatches for the most part chronicle only the most im portant movements of the armies. It is from the letters of individuals in the war zone that one gets an intimate view of conditions affecting soldiers and civilians. '-'A number of these news letters from Herbert' Corey,H war correspondent, and others will be published next Sunday. Cruising Portland in Sight-Seeing Car. r The same being the observa tions of a Portlander whose in terest in the welfare of tourist visitors induced him to take the trip, they take in order to learn how much or how little they see and hear about the city. The story of the journey will be told in interesting fashion next Sun day. For Women Readers. The usual array of Rood things for matron arid maid will be in cluded in The Sunday Journal. First comes Anne Ritten house's illustrated fashion let ter. Then there are Sarah Hale Hunter's needlework designs. Dorothy Dolan's page for the housekeeper, Mme. Qui Vive's beauty page, and articles on a variety of topics Of interest to women, by Mary Lee, Jessie Roberts, Edna Wooley and others. For Boys and Girls. Georgene Faulkner, "The Story Lady," will tell you a story about the fisher who brought summer to earth, while Charles A. Og den, "The Cartoonagram Man," will present another series of pictures for your pleasure. And you all will want to see what the funny folks in the Comic Sec tion have been doing this week to amuse you. IN THE MAGAZINE O-Ho! for the Playground. A page of" pictures taken in Portland public playgrounds that will make the old feel young; again, at least in spirit, ' ;- r Around the World or Bast. Mrs. Hilda Gilbert, had a hard time, but she got there, won a husband for herself , and $5000 for Jack London, who made a wager that she could encircle the globe without financial aid" The story , of her experiences is roost interesting. White Doves Among the Eagles. Such is the comparison that applies to Luxemburg's girl queen and her five fatherless sisters, about whom Sterling Heilig has written a most en gaging article for The Sunday Journal. , ! Said the Countess to the Count. But you must Tead what Coun tess Czaky told her titled and jobless husband as 'she tied an other knot in the purse strings of her money bag. Here, Therj and Everywhere. i ' , -' . : . i A wide variety of subjects is included in two pages of miscel laneous matter that include flashes of humor, anecdotes about men in public life, glimpses of far places, short ar ticles about science, real and near, and selected cartoons. THE SUNDAY JOURNAL "The Biggest Stents' Worth in Type" Charity. fBy James Stephens fn CoWer.) If in winter you shall 'drive Birds from crumbs, you shall not thrive? - But if you fed them, they will fly Up to tell it in the sky. For kindness has a merry wine. Gratitude a voice to sing To the seraph with his pen Writing all the deeds of men. Every ansrel ween ' when he Pens a tale of villainy; But if kindly'deedn he write. Heaven .dances in delight. - .v For Exhibition Purposes. Krojm the Seattle Etar. Freddie Are you the trained mirr mamma said was .coming? Nurse Yes, dear; I'm the traJs?! nurse. , Freddie Let's see tricks, then. some ef y
