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
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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. -
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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, '
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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
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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