The Oregon daily journal. (Portland, Or.) 1902-1972, June 13, 1915, Image 34

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Newspaper Page TextTHE JOURNAL ; ' ' AW f KDKPEWPgNT NEWSPAPER: . C. S, JACKSON .............. Publish Published erenlrn except Sanda) and every Holiday morolon at The Journal Boild i ' teg. Broadway and Yamhill at., Portland. Or. i Entered at tba poetofflc at Portland, Or., for tranaznisaioa tbrouth the mails as second y ' rlasa matter. ----- - - -. ' THtaPHONES-Mala 7173; Home. A-406L All - - department readied by these nambers. Tell , tiie operator what dgparttnwit yon want. ; lOaEIGN ADVELBTISINO REPRESENTATIVE! Benjamin Keotnor Co., Brunswick Bid., 223 fifth Arc, Hew York; 1218 People' .- pus King., picago. ;r ftntwHRtLn Until h tnsfl tw tn UT ad dress la the Doited States or Mexico: DAILY .-. ,Om year S5.00 f One month....... .60 , (SUNDAY : One year. ...... I One month $ .23 DAILY AND SUNDAY On year 97.50 f One month. -.... .63 The men who succeed best . In public life are those - who take the risk of ' standing: by " their- own convictions. Gar field. , ... THE PRESIDENT'S NOTE E FAR of a' break In the friendly relatione, between Germany and the United States are disappearing.. President Wil son's latest note -ls thought in Washington to d having the effect desired by furnishing ' the founda tion upon which' the two govern ments may build - an agreement re specting principles of . humanity and international law. Mr. Bryan, who resigned his post because he thought the note too mandatory in tone, .has issued a .statement urging that nobody i hold any suspicion of lack of neu trality or friendship toward Ger man people on the part of the president of the United States. It 1s advice that should be heeded both at home and abroad. President Wilson, speaking In behalf of his country, has taken a stand for the rights of mankind. He, too, is a man of peace, but he is intent upon keeping afloat the ark of civilization. His note to Germany. Is for that purpose, and, knowing his pufpose, Americana have come to his support in a re markable manner. The note will go down in his tory as - one of the ablest state . papers In the history of American displomacy, not only on account of its subject matter, but also be cause of the president's evident purpose to make it easy for Ger- many to comply with its demands. There was no purpose to even in vite conflict, no Intention to em barrass Germany In the midst of : a great war. - The president's method of hand ling the issue . is the country's. His urpose is -the people's Ger many , and the United States have been friends t66 v long for Ameri cans to lightly look upon the pos sibility of a break In the friend ship, that Is the general tenor of discussion throughout the coun try, but with this feeling of friend ship is the firm purpose to support the president in his fight for hu manity. Wood row Wilson, speaking for the American people, has the task of stemming what he can: of the present deluge of war madness. RAILWAY EARNINGS IHE interstate commerce com mission's report on railway earnings for April shows net revenues t of $33,821,308. against $32,222,791 .for the same month last year. The railroads are .. thus giving concrete evidence of returned prosperity. J k - The figures are mot .quite as re assuring, however,' as the increase of $1598,517 Indicates. The in crease In net Is not due to an in crease In gross, but to a decrease In operating expenses. - But gross revenues were down only $2,000,- 00 for the month, whereas they were down $79,000,000 during the preceding nine months, or an aver age of nearly $9,000,000 a month. :, Some of this substantial increase is due to an increase In rates al - lowed by the commission, but the great balk of It comes from in creased traffic as compared with ether months since the -war began. ; The fact is that American rail roads are getting, on their feet. They have learned a lesson. The old era of -looting Is passing. They - are In better shape to enjoy pros . perity because they are not throw ing away so much to the exploiters and stockjobbers. The people want to Bee conservatively and efficient ly managed companies succeed. It is right that they should and It is : riTTAi for trtA ormntrv A GERMAN METHOD I' rELO A, JEWETT. American consul at Kehl. Germ an v. . describes in Commerce Re ports an attempt by Strass burg, v Alsace, to work out the problem of : private and public ownership of public utilities. 'There s is neither private nor municipal monopoly . In the lighting and street car services, but these utili ties are owned and managed on a dual i system. The . Strassburg method is said to" be unique., Strassburg Is a city of 186,000 people. When the electric com pany's ' franchise was about to ex pire In: 1908,' the city , council de cided not to purchase , the works : outright nor to continue them in private ownership. : ; The city pur chased 40. peT ,cent of "the com pany's - stock,, got three seats on the board of 10 : directors, and ex tended the .'franchise pitil 1940. In 1909 .the city . purchased more stock, giving it : control of the company, but with a large minor ity interest' In . private hands. , Mr. . Jewett says that so far the plan r has worked " well. ,. Use of electricity has Increased rapidly, and during, the' three years begin ning with 1911, 11 per; cent. divi dends were paid. ' " The company pays a : royalty .to --. the. "city on Its surplus profits, : the royalty amounting to ' $130,000 !Un 1913. In that year; the city's net prof It was 8.68 per cent .on $3,088,944 invested in1 the works. , ' Strassburg - made a similar change In the ; street, railway or ganization In 1912. .The capital stock of the new company is even ly divided into common : and preferred,- the city ' holding the ' com mon and Individuals the preferred stock.' Both kinds of shares bear a preferred dividend of 6 per cent. Of the' remaining; profits - the city gets ' 30 .per cent . for ; use of the streets and bridges until the sum reaches $71,400; 40 per- cent of the i surplus : between $71,400 1 and' $95,200, 50 per cent of all ; over the latter amount, -The city, coun - , . , f cil appoints four of the -10 menv bers . of the board of directors. , The street railway company has prospered. Tbe ;.net profit for i$ J3 was $14 0,443. The city re ceived $35,700 in. first dividends; $19,696, representing : 301 per; cent of the ; surplus, , and $10,402 in extra dividends, a total of $65,798. Bat this total was not net profit to-the city About half of it was used to pay interest and for re duction of liabilities. THE ROSE PESTTVAL ALL THE trouble and expense, the worries and backaches, were ; worth while. The Rose Festival was a grand, glo rious, satisfying success. Even the weather caused only momentary apprehension. It rained, but noth ing less than a cloudburst could have competed with the , enthusi asm aroused by the festival's at tractions. Each succeeding Rose Festival ought to be better than the one before. These annual events should be progressive; they must . grow if they live. They have grown, and this year's festival reached proportions that impose "large re sponsibilities upon the future. With the passing of the electric pageant Friday evening,, three days given over1 to beauty and whole- souled enjoyment in its innocent forms came to an end. They were three . days , crowded with enter tainment that elevates while it amuses, that is good for people, thai helps to fortify them for days of work yet to come. " ;" ' Portland owes a unanimous vote of thanks to "the festival manage- mentand .to., the "different organi zations and individuals who con tributed 1 to the successful whole. It was a credit to the town, rep resentative- of Portland and Ore gon, the best sort of an advertise ment of this ambitious section 'of the Pacific northwest, where flow- erg are the best, where the people are most progressive, where the soil smiles when it is tickled and produces abundantly. It would ,be futile to attempt to pass judgment on the various at tractions. The best was the one a person . happened to be seeing at the time. There was no worst. Each approached the. perfect of its kind, and there was sufficient variety to please everybody. . Two outstanding features of the festival : were its . democracy and its liveliness. .; Provision was made for everybody enjoyment, and a big program was - crowded into three days, r There v was ; music in abundance and at scattered cen ters; dancing for the dancers, rest rooms for the weary, community sings for I the ; songful. Portland's streets were never more artistic ally illuminated. The city . never looked better nor acted better. A new Rose Festival standard was sejt THE NEED OF SHIPS ARMERS of the inland empire are told by the Spokane Spokesman-Review that lack of ships to I carry their . wheat to Europe has cost them ' 18 or 20 cents a bushel. : The war, with a resulting ; shortage of merchant ships, has run; up the price of grain carriers from around 28 shillings to SO shillings.. . For example, 'the rratch steamer Maria, which cleared from: Portland July 20, 1914.. just prior to the dec laration of war, was chartered, to car ry wheat at 27 shillings the ton. or a little less, than 18 -cents a bushel. The American steamer Mackinaw, now loading at Portland, is chartered at 64 cents a bushel, the highest freight rate contracted since the outbreak of war. : ;- i . " ' It Is predicted that losses on the growing crop will be greater than on the crop of 1914. A large, part of last year's wheat was carried to Europe at charter rates much cheaper than current charges, but the war Is makingconstant and se rious inroads on merchant ships, and as a result charter rates are mounting skyward. - . An adequate American merchant marine ships that cannot be taken off the trade routes by waning Europe Is a live issue. It touches the pocketbooks of the In land empire, for it ,1s a certainty that the wheat grower "must pay a considerable part of the" carrying charge for laying his product down in Europe. The European buyers pay. directly, but the" ocean rate is one. of the controlling factors that determines the price the producer gets. ? , . -f -More American ships Is an issue of first importance to producers of the inland empire. They ' are In- J terested In having a sufficient num ber of carriers, and they are also Interested in the carrying charge. President Wilson says- that it pri vate capital refuses to build up an American merchant marine the gov ernment, should not stand Idle. '. He Is determined4 that- there shall be . ships and that rates , shall not be : fixed by greed i charging ail xne traffic will bear. ' --.:. THE FLAG .: . a i YEAR ago tomorrow, on Flag A Day, Secretary ' Lane deliv ""V ered Jin address to the clerks . of .the . Interior department. What he , said has been printed throughout the nation. iBut a year has passed and another Flag Day is near.: Nothing can furnish abetter food for thought and. stimulus to right action than : the : words at tributed to the flag- by Mr. Lane: Let' me tell you who I am. The work that we do i the making- of the, real flag. I am not the flag.- not at alL .It -am but Its l shadow. whatever you make hlng more, J am your-belief v in-yourself. your -dream of what a people may be come. - , ; X live a changing life, a life of moods . and ". passions, -of heartbreaks and , tired muscles. Sometimes I ; am strong- with pride, when i men ? do an honest - work, fitting the - rails to gether truly. - Sometimes s I droop, for then purpose": has gone from mer and, cynically, I play ' the coward. ; Some times I am . loud, garish and - full -of that ego that blasts Judgment, But always I am all that you hope-to .be and have the courage . to try for. I am song and fear, straggle and panic, and ennobling hope.. ' I: am the day's work of the weakest " man and the largest dream, of ! the most --daring. I am the constitution and the courts, statutes and statute makers. soldier y and dreadnought, drayman and streetsweep, cook, counselor and clerk. X am the battle of yesterday and the : mistake of tomorrow. : - X am the mystery of the men who do with out knowing why. ' X; am 'the clutch of an idea and the reasoned purpose of resolution. . '. .. I am no more than What you be lieve me : to be. and I jam an?, that you believe X can - be. , I. ami J what you make me, nothing more. ; . ' -- " I swing before- your; eyes as a bright gleam of color, a symbol of yourself, the pictured suggestion of that big thing which makes this na tion. My stars and ' my stripes are your dreams and your labors. They are bright with cheer, brilliant with courage, firm with faith, because you have made them so out of your own hearts, for you are the makers of the flag, and it Is well that you glory in the making. , - Cj .-. Mr. Lane has given much valua ble service to the nation, but . no one thing he has done , or .said has greater potential worth than his conception of the flag put in words. He has clothed , this symbol of pa triotism ' in the garb of its ttrue meaning and made it speak. The flag is not a piece of bunting, . nor is It fluttering silk. -. I am but its shadow; . I am ; whatever you make me." :That is the thing we see; that is what we have reason to be proudT oT fnexacfl mas1fre"as we contribute to its glory.' Too often the flag is thought of as belonging especially to the na tion's soldiers and sailors, leading them on to deeds of valor for their country's sake. It is ! theirs, ' but it Is also the flag r of ; men. and women who toil at borne,- who 'in' peaceful pursuits . contribute' - to America's greatness," standing ' for American Ideals and willing to make sacrifices for - them. . '? ' It means fair dealing, with one's self, with one's neighbor, ; with all mankind. It also means that peo ple who march under, its - symbol, whether in peace or in war, shall demand rights only that : t,hey ; are willing to concede to others. " The flag is. "your l belief In -.yourself, your dream of t what a people: may become." . : fl ' lit ' LITTLE SAN MARINO S' AN MARINO, smallest repub lic in the world and ? tjie - old est: in modern hlstoryr has again come into prominence.' It has declared war against .-Austria. The whole country - is not half as big as Portland, , but jit holds a commanding position, that might ' be used by the Austrians as a base for aviators. That Is why . San Marino entered the war, depending on Italy to do whatever Hghting Is rpcessary to protect the republic's territory. San Marino Is perched on a spur of the eastern Apennines, not far from the Adriatic sea. Tradition has It that' this tiny nation was founded as a Christian retreat by Saint Marin us, and historians say It Is ; certain that a r monastery stood on ,tre site of the .present town as early as the ninth century In the course I of timo - a! constitn tional government, was established, and '. San Marino 7 maintained Its freedom during ; all . the wars: of the middle ages. Even Napoleon respected Its autonomy, i possibly because he could make no use of such a rugged piece - of mountain scenery. Last January - San Marino got Into the war' news by refusing to permit ' German commissioners to investigate a charge that . spies were using a wireless station' with in the "republic for communicating with Paris. That . refusal . was probably- at; Italy's Instigation, for subsequent events go to show that Italy was at no time anxious for the Teutons to dominate the little nation. . ' . -: -,' : San. Marino is the twelfth nation to enter, the war; but its ? import ance is not measured by ; Its size. It is &. vantage - point from which to maneuver fleets and armies, and as such Is necessary to Italian suc cess."" J'i Apropos of June brides," it -takes a Missouri editor to pay them fit ting tribute. In an account of.' a Farmington wedding, the bride is thjus referred .' to In .mellifluous phrase: . "With" a? heart : as pure as dewdrops trembling" in violets, she . will - make the home ; of - her husband a paradise of enchant ment like the lovely home of her girlhood, where the - heavy toned harp of ; marriage with its love striking chords of devotion and fond endearments sent forth " the sweetest strains that ever ' thrilled senses with- the rhythmic ' pulsing of ecstatic rapture.". - - ' A BIG RESPONSlBILITx GEORGIA'S prison commission hastrefused by a vote of two to one to, recommend - commu - tation of -the death sentence of Leo M Frank, convicted t of the murder of Mary Phagan. , But the commission's decision is not bind ing on Governor Slaton. He has the power to commute or pardon. . ' Georgia's governor is today hold ing a hearing before makings a de cision .The governor has sworn to uphold the constitution .and to enforce the-- law. Georgia's 'courts have - said . that the law demands Frank's life, and they ' have been upheld" by . the United States su preme court. But even in Georgia there is question whether the law has been invoked by even-handed justice, and outsldo that state pub lic opinion is practically unanimous that Frank,gullty or.'innocenV did not have! the benefit of a fair trial such . as the fundamental laws of all states :;guarantee.'"C,'V:.;-4li, That view was held by two Jus tices of the United States supreme court, but ' they were powerless to afford relief because a majority of the court decided, not- a? t Frank's guilt or innocence, but that the federal tribunal was not empow ered to Interfere with the proceed ings In Georgia. V It waS . decreed that all the forms of lawf had been complied with. , , , . . If - Governor Slaton allows Leo M. Frank to be hanged! after get ting evidence that the judge who presided at his trial ; doubted his guilt, after; two Justices of the United States supreme court have said that he did not have a fair trial, Georgia's chief executive may regret it the rest of his days. The question for Governor Sla ton . to decide is whether a reason able doubt exists as to Frank's in nocence. If such a doubt does exist and Frank is hanged, his exe cution will be a blot on the state, an impeachment of judicial process, a crime : against civilization. A KANSAS " IDEA 1 KANSAS has decided to estab lish a four-year course in city management at Its state nnl- - . .verslty. The plan ' Is that when a man tis graduated he will be thoroughly trained in every de partment of city affairs except poli tics. He will leave college equipped to help run -cities just as a trained man goes Into a factory or busi ness.'-' , '. ; ; : ;. : " The, Sunflower State. has learned that the ideal ' city ; : government is impossible Mintil It has trained men to9nadrefll; of jJte'fybusiness af far' The ordinary; citizen of. the ordinary- town with. - a business of his - own to ' look after, without training in municipal; affairs, more or less influenced by politics and personal friendships, can give only mediocre service to any -city. The Kansas university authori ties,, say the commission form of government has ," done ' much to overcome political influence- in city government, 'but it ' has -still left open many..' ways of " perpetuating frauds upon the public ..because of lack of training in i municipal af fairs of . anen . at the head of city government" They say . no man can manage a business unless he has a thorough - understanding of its ; nature. -The man. ".who runs a city's , affairs ought . to ibe as well informed . as . a doctor or' i en gineer -or a. teacher. -.: This Kansas r experiment prom ises large jresults if the people take on a little education In municipal affairs along with the' university students. One big -reason .why municipal government Is not what it should be,, is because the people too often refuse 'to back up ef ficiency in office. : . . : 4 A Paris authority says the only shocking. note of the day in fash Ion comes with : the shoes. ' They are ' branded lamentable and ri diculous.' .Women ! are s urged to moderation in choosing their foot gear so that they may not appear fantastic What's the use of ar guing with the women? '-f If. the authorities - should decree some of the "new shoes unfashionable they would not . be worn At "prices in advance of any thing previously paid fori fine wool in eastern Oregon this . season, . a large . quantity was sold ; Thursday at Pilot Rock J. Wool is going up. It's - really too 'bad, for prices are seriously embarrassing some peo ple who insist that wool growers are facing ruin f A recent estimate has it that 50 per cent of the country's 1,750,000 motor cars are "owned ; by farmers, and this percentage. It i claimed, is increasing. Yet foolish people wonder why anybody, - should want to livef on a farm. : ' " . . j ; Now that the. Rose Festival Is over, it's time to. get down to busi ness again. , The festival demon strated what Portland can do when it tries; so keep at it. j Of course, you "have a flag for Flag day tomorrow. : THE HINGE OFTHE -N I N ETEENTH.CENTU RY ' From Lea Mlserablea. . TOWARD 4 o'clock the situation of tf the English army was serious, - Hougomont yielding. La Ilale Sainte; taken.-there was but one knot left the- center. That j still .held. About 4 o'clock, the English line stag gered backward. "Beginning retreat!" cried Napoleon. J Along-the crest of the plateau ran a sort of ditch which could . not pos sibly have been suspected by a dis tant observer. What was. this ditch? A road about four s miles Jong which crosses an- undulating plain, often burying - Itself In the hms like a furrow, .so that at certains points it is a ravine. - - "V .:"'""- -i:y J':$uvi At the moment when' -Wellington drew back Napoleon ordered Milhaud's cuirassiers to carry the plateau of Mont St. Jean.'; 'They were 8500. They formed a line of. half a mile. They were gigantic men on colossal horses.'' The .English Infantry listened to the rising of this tide of men. They heard the Increasing . sound of 3500 horses. All at once" the head 1 of the column reared witn 'a frightful clamor. The cuirassiers . saw - between themselves and the . English the ' sunken road , of Ohaln. . The inexorable ravine could not yield until - it was filled. Here the loss of the battle began. : A local tradition says "that 2000 horses and 1500 men were buried In the sunken road. '.."- Was It " possible that Napoleon should win this battle?.. We answer -no! Why? - Because of Wellington? Because of Blucher? No! Because of God. Xt was time that vast f man should fall. . -The excessive weight of this man in buman destiny .disturbed the equnibrram, ; This " Individual counted of himself alone .more; than the ,iniverse besides. These plethoras of ;alt numanVitality concentrated " in a single head, 'the world mounting to the brain of one man, would be fatal to civilization if they, should en dure. The moment had come for in corruptible supreme . equity to look to It. - '. ; The cuirassiers, relatively few in numbers, lessened by the catastrophe of the ravine, had to contend with almost the whole of the English army; but they multiplied themselves; ; each man became equal to . ten. ' Neverthe Iess, some Hanoverian ' battalions' fell back. Wellington saw it and remem bered his cavalry. Had Napoleon, .at that very moment, remembered, his in fantry, he would have won the battle. This forgetfulnesa was his great, fa tal blunder. J The English army was terribly shaken. Wellington, felt that, he was giving way. At 6 oclock Wellington drew out his' watch, and was beard to murmur, these somber words: : "Blu cheft or night," Here is the turning point in this colossal drama. "- - ,. : The rest is known; the Irruption of a third army, the battle thrown oat of joint, extermination, disaster In ' front, disaster In flank,- the guard - entering into line amid this terrible crumbling. Feeling ; they were going to their death they cried out Vlve l'Em peTenrr' There is nothing more touch Ins, tn history than this death agony bursting forth In acclamations. Each battalion of the guard, for this final effort, was commanded by a general. The rout behind the guard was dis mal. The victory was completed by the assassination of the vanquished. Let us punish, ' since we are history;, old Blucher" disgraced himself. This fe rocity, filled the disaster to the brim. '.C?.--. .: !'l " ."... ? ' How . much fault is there on the part of Napoleon in the loss of ' this battle? Was the j evident physical decline of Napoleon , accompanied at this time by a corresponding mental decline? We thitik not. His plan of battle was, all confess, a. 'masterpiece. Tt march : straight to -the center; of the allied line, pierce the enemy,' cut them in two, push the British half upon Hal and the Prussiaji half upon Tbngres, make of Wellington and Blu cher two fragments, carry : Mont St. Jean, seize Brussels, throw! the Ger man into the Rhine and -the English man Into the aea. All this, for Na poleon, was in this. . battle. What could follow anybody could see. ; :.f - v; '"A -?;- "';'-'- j This madness, this terror, this, fall-' Ing to ruins of tie highest bravery which : ever . astonished history,, can that be without cause? No. The shadow of an " enormous ; right - hand rests on' Waterloo. ' It is the day of destiny.- A power above . man con trolled that day. Hence, . the loss- of mind In dismay hence, all these great souls yielding up their swords. -Tbosa who had conquered Europe fell to the ground, , having nothing more to say or to do, feeling a. terrible presence in the darkness. That day - the per spective of the, human race ' changed. Waterloo Is the hinge of the nlhe t&enth century. . The disappearance "of the great man was necessary for the advent of the great century. - One. to whom there Is - no reply, took it ta charge. The panic of heroes is -, ex plained. In the battle of ' Waterloo there is more- than a cloud, there Is a meteor." God passed .. over it. ? - 4 f In the gathering night, on a, field near GenappeJ Bernard and Rertrand seized by ' a ; flap of his : coat .- and stopped a haggard, thoughtful, gloomy man, who, dragged thus far by the current of the rout, i had: dismounted, passed the bridle of r his horse - under his arm, and.' wltft '- bewildered 'eye, was returning alone toward Waterloo. It-was Napoleon epdeavortng to ad vance again, mighty somnambulist- of a vanished dream. , "'.'- ; THE STAR SPANGLED BANNER By Francis 'SAY can you .$ee by the dawn's earlylight ill What so proudly we hail'd at the twilight's last gleaming, v Whose stripes and bright stars, thro', the perilous fight, v O'er the ramparts we watch'd. were so gallantly streaming; And the rockets, red glare, the bombs bursting in air, Gave proof thro' the night that our flag was still there? O, say does that star spangled banner yet wave, -- O'er the land of the free and the home of the braver - . On the shore dimly seen thro the mist of the deep, - , 1 Where the5 foe's haughty host in dread silence reposes, - r ' What is that which the breezeV o'er; the towering steep, -:. As it fitfully blows, half conceals; half discloses? Now it catches the gleam of the morning's first beam, s Io full glory reflected, "now shines in, the 'stream, i - .-" Tis-the star spangled bannerr Oh, long may It wave, : : '-a'. O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave. : ; ' t v 1 . ? i- r '' ' - - And where is that band woo so vauntingly swore, 'Mid the havoc of war and the battle's confusion," . A home and a country they'd leave us no morel . Their' blood has. wash'd out their foul footsteps pollution, No refuge could save the hireling and slave , From the terror of flight or the gloom of the grave) And the star-spangled banner in triumph doth wave O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave. ' ''''v;- "-"-'Oriy "- V-' ;'; - " O, thus be it ever when freemen shall stand i. Between their loved home and the war's desolation; Blest with vict'ry and peace, may the heav'n rescued land, Praise the Power that hath made and preserv'd.us a nation. Then conquer we must, when our cause it is just, : And this be our motto-, 'ln God is our trust" . And the star-spangled banner in triumph shall wave, i O'er the land of the. free,! and the home of the brave. I ' ' - - ' '',. When our land is Ulura'd with liberty's smile, If a foe from within strike a blow at the glory, , .Down, down with the traitor that dares to defile. ""- j The flag of her stars and the page of her story. By the millions unchain'd who oar birthright have gain'd, - We will keep her bright blazon forever unstain'dl " O. say does that star-spangled banner yet wave, O'er the land of the free and the home of the brayel . GREAT WORDS From the Chicago XHwrt.-: . On this day of . days for Americans, in this year of years for American responsibilities, let us turn to tli men of the past who have thought deeply and spoken nobly upon . the things Which America Is pondering so momen tously today. - Americanism Daniel Webster spoke as if he, were speaking today when ha said. In his great Independence day address:-' -: ' ,- - "This anniversary animates f. and gladdens and unites " all American hearts. On other days of the year we may be party men, indulging in con troversies more or less important to the public good; we may t have ! likes and dislikes, and we may maintain-our political differences, often with warm and sometimes with angry feelings. But today we are Americans all; and all nothing but Americans." "H. 1 - - . . -:; Freedom Of , the great American Ideal Thomas Babington . Macaulay wrote in a way that must appeal to the 100,000,000 people , who are now faced with the duty of proving f their ideal by their conduct in a great crisis: "There Is only one cure for the evils which 1 newly, acquired freedom pro ducesand that cure is freedom! When a prisoner leaves his . cell be cannot bear the light of dayr heis unitWe to discriminate colors or recognize faces. But the remedy is not .to remand blm into his dungeon, but to accustom him to the rays of the son. The blaxe of truth and liberty may at first dazzle and bewilder nations which have be come half blind In the house of bond age. .. But let them gase on and they will soon be able to bear it. : In a fqw years men learn to reason.; The extreme violence of opinion subsides. Hostile v theories ! correct each other. The scattered elements of truth: cease to conflict and begin to coalesce. And at length a system of Justice and order is educed out of the chaos." - TJnion -Ho one ever1 spoke i more splendidly - of the Ideal of American union than did John Qulncy Adams when he said: " i : - "The Declaration of Independence! It was the first solemn declaration by a nation of the only legitimate foundation Of civil government. It was the corner stone 'of a new fabric, destined to cover the surface of the GREAT CAESAR'S GHOST ' By Dr. Frank Crane. ! (Copyright, 1915, by Frank Crane. V Measured by his - influence : upon the world, Julius Caesar was, with the exception of Jesus Christ, " the greatest man that ever lived. He was more than man; he was a colossus. He bestrode" the world. ! ; His ghost still : stalks: It tni flings its shadow: athwart Europe. His name lingers in the titles kaiser, - czar, "and - emperor. - ? ; x- Worse,-bis idea still suffocates the Intelligence of old-world governments. His idea was empire. Empire is not: only a system. It Is a faith, a disposition of mind, a- con viction. " ' V ' ! It la national egotism. ? It goes upon the naive assumption that my race is superior to all other races, what we do ta right, what we say is true, our particular culture most crowd out. all other brands. v - Starting from this premise It rea sons that the besf thing we can do for the world Is to dominate. It, the happiest fate for nations that do not agree with us is extinguishment. Hence no cruelty is too harsh. Our mailed fist must clear the way for our civilisation. We must recognize no morals but national aggrandizement. Rome pursued- this program and failed. The barbarians she had quelled Portland's Water Meter Fight. From the Medford Sun. i The only logical and businesslike method of regulating a municipal wa ter plant is through the meter .sys tem. - There Is always a cry against the initial cost of installing meters, the unsightly lawns and ruined gar dens that will follow, etc.. etc, but this i is merely an example of the sort of unenlightened opposition that every progressive movement meet. A meter system is the only efficient system. It works a hardship upon no one but the water waster. It U based upon the equitable ground that all res idents of a - city should pay . equally for water they - use, and pay nothing for water they do not use. With a meter system water ; waste Is eliminated automatically. As a" re sult the cost, of water service per capita is reduced. The .plan Is eco nomical, desirable . and . essentially American ' - - ... .y . Of course, to change any established system - costs money,- involves: exten sive readjustment and invites the opposition- of - the constant ; human ele ment worshipping : things as they are. But it is a system, nevertheless, which alt American cities will eventually adopt. . The growing demand for bujsi- Scott Key FOR THIS DAY globe. It demolished at a stroke the lawfulness of all govecrnments found ed upon conquest. It swept away the accumulated i rubbish of centuries of servitude. It announced in practical form i to- the world tha transcendent troth of the Inalienable sovereignty) of the people.: Iteproved that the social compact was no figment of the Imagi nation, but a real, solid and sacred bona of the social -union.' : : , - Iatriotlsnv -Edward Everett spoke In a homely " and convincing "way I of patriotism . in- his address concerning the "good of the Washington monu ment: . - -..- i "Now, sir, ; I say that generous and patriotic sentiments, sentiments which prepare 'us to serve our country j to live for. our- country, to die for lour country .feelings like those which carried Prescott and Warjen and Put nam to the "battle field are : good; good, , humanly speaking, of the highest order. It is good to have them, good to encourage them, good to honor them. good to commemorate them; and what ever tends to animate and strengthen such feelings does as much right-down practical good as filling tip low ground and. building railroads.' L : V" " ' -' - ' I - Faith Without faith neither Ameri. Lcahism, freedom, union or patriotism will avail. Faith cannot be defined. Faith - must create itself. No formal creed that ever was written can so in spire men as the lovely and humble words which David writ SO centuries and more ago: . j- -,, ". !The lxrd is my shepherd; I shall not want.: He maketh me to lie down In green pastures; He leadeta me be side the still waters. He restoreth- my sool; -He leadeth me In .the path 4 of righteousness for ; His name's sake. Tea," tho I walk thru the valley Of! the shadow of death.-! will fear no evil; for . Thou art with me ; Thy rod land Thy staff, they comfort "me. Thou preparest - a' table (before me In I the presence of mine enemies; Thou anoin est my head with Oil; my cup runneth over. Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the bouse of , the Ixrd forever."; j , -. . i : FVom ' the . words of these men of old, human and inspired, let us take heart and address ! ourselves to what- ever the- future may bring; finally had their revenge upon' her, they blotted her out, weakened by the luxuries of domination.' i , Charlemagne - tried -it. The great empire' he built up loosened and dis solved. :'!-j.3if' - ' :::?:- i--''-' " Napoleon tried it. He too failed. Now the nations of Europe are struggling under the darknes of the same spectre.. They r are " putting -their utmost might: to, achieve a victory of force, the Caesarian goal. They know f hat whoever succeeds i the people must slump back' into the same-burdened militarism. Blinded - and maddened they duel In the dark. - . f They seem never to have heard of America; that over here we have a perfectly" practical system of federa tion, whereby weak and strong na tions can live side by side in peace, and where - the : prosperity , of one Is the prosperity of all. u Europe is a bunted house. T Great Caesar's Ghost is busy there. with what riot of blood and lust and staggering cruelty! : If only 'the people of those ghost cursed lands: could get together and settle matters by reason and with a view to the welfare of the men, women and children. Instead of dynasties, diplomatists,, and armies! :: I Sreat Caesar's Ghost! . I ' The Flag. 1 ByArthur Macy. Here comes The Flag! HaU ItL' Who dares to drag Or trail it? Give it hurrahs Three, for the stars, Three for the bars. - Uncover your head to It! - - The soldiers who tread to It Shout at the sight of it.' The justice and right of it, The unsullied white of it,.. ' ' The blue and the red of It, And tyranny's dread of it! Here comes The Flag! . Cheer It! . Valley and crag -.-.- Shall hear it Fathers shall bless it. Children' caress It, All shall maintain It, No one shall stain it. - Cheers for the sailors that fought on - the wave for it, " i i , Cheers for the - soldiers that always were -brave for it, i " Tears f or : the men that went down to the grave for it! . -. - , ness efficiency In municipal affairs will not tolerate a plan which compels the: resident who uses) water ' with economy and prudence to pay the same price as the resident who wastes water because someone else has to pay for It. 1 sal CABX.T SATS" By Tni fcooklsy. SpaelsJ ItsXX WriUs ( " - V Th feoraaJ. - William ; H. Klum of Lebanon can qualify as a pioneer, although he Uid not come across the plains. He was born a rote east of Sodaville.in Linn county on April 26. 187. "My parents came : to Oregon in S 1S6," said Mr. Klum. "My father was born In Vermont. of German parenuge, while my mother, Margaret aiarsh Klum, was born li Pennsylvania, her parents being oU time Pennsylvania Duttn. My fatucr. was a widower, with five children, aw my mother a widow with two ch.ll.Jrea. They were married in Iowa. Just bmri starting for Oregon. I was the' first Child of the now brood of children. Oddly enough. I had five children when I married my present wife, etui she had three girls, so I guess I am following in my fathers footsteps. Tea, Germans believe in good sized families. I am not yet 70 vmm ih. and I have. 15 grandchildren and two great grandchildren. Germans are not the only ones who believe in families of biblical Mta. Some years ago I leased my farm, n. ar Lebanon, to William Stewart. M a widower with five children, and ha "'"w a young widow with two chli dreru They were on my farm Just five years, and thoy had five chil dren while there, and shortly after they moved to a new farm they had twins. I never remember of meeting a finer couple than Mr. and Mrs. Stewart. His five children, her two children and. their seven children were all the nest' of friends, and no one could tell that all the children were not full brothers and sisters. His children loved their new mother, and her chil dren loved and respected their step father, and neither parent treated his own. children any better than his step, children. "When my father left Muscatine, Iowa, he took the money he had re ceived for his 600 acre farm aad bought five wagons and plenty ol oxen. He loaded his wagons with sup plies, and for a year after he got ta Oregon he did not have to buy floui or sugar. .-; "He took up a place near the pres ent town of Sodavllle. By the time the rains started in the fall of 1846 he had a good log cabin up. In which he spent the first year. He built a lars h.WI km. . V. 1 , . , . uuc, nuivu iur a iudk tune was the most pretentious and the moi comfortable liouse In that neighbor hood. "In 1847, shortly after my arrival, father and my half brother George took a load of wheat to Oregon Citj to have it ground. There were so man ahead of r them that the miller told them It would be at least six wetki before he could get. to their wheat My father rode home on his ponv leaving George to wait for the grlsi and bring it home. George had t Wait' for two months before II was ground. , He put in the time working ; in the sawmill there His work was carrying boards. When he started home the win ter, rains had started and v thi streams were all high. At the Molalli he found it would, -be impossible to ford, so he had to fell a tree acroni the stream to serve as a bridge, "lie unloaded the flour carried it acrofi the stream on his Improvised bridge took the , wagon to - pieces, carried II piece by piece across the swollen stream on the fallen tree, put it to gether on the other side, reloaded th flour, swam his oxen across and con tinued his homeward Way. Crossing the Molalla took him four days for the first , three trees he cut down clthci fell and broke, or did not light deal across the stream. X wonder how many boys could or would do whal my brother George had to do. In pioneer days the boys certain!) learned to be resourceful. Traveling hunting, freighting, mining, fightins Indians and making everything neeaVs on the., place certainly developed thi qualities of Initiative. "I started to school when I was I years old. Mother had me go with mj older brothers and sisters to keep m out of mischief. My first teacher, that was in 1861, was Rev. Richmond Cheadle, a Baptist preacher. "The soda springs at Sodavllle an about a mile from our old place, when X was born. They were a famous deei lick in those days. One day a mas followed a wounded deer through the thick brush and found it close to th spring. Being thirsty, the man took bi- swallow of the water, and gavi himself up for a dead man. He thought he bad drank poisoned water. To hli surprise he did not die. He dran again, out of curiosity, and pretty eooe he found that the water was helpina his dyspepsia, and that he rather liked the taste of it. Not long after thai the settlers cleared out the brush and dug out the spring, and it soon becami a popular camping place. The orlglnai owner deeded the spring to the gov ernment, and the state of Oregon ha put up a fine sprlnghouse where thi water is free to whoever cares for it April Fooled tho Germans. From the London Telegraph. April 1 1 was not allowed u pa 4, ... nraiiiai ioke beine Played on the enemy. An aviator flying ovei the IilUe aerodrome aroppoa a ioomn It fell slowly through the air and th Germans could be seen hurrying from all directions to take cover from what .t.x i.nti tliniiet was a bomb That It bounced to an enormous height from-the ground without exploding wm probably taken to one io a a-ij action" fuse, for it was not till tn n.iiv r-nrrL tn rent that the) emerged from their shelters to exam. Ine It. On it was written; "Ar-ril fool Gott strafe England." Old Friends the Bexit. Ft em -the Chicago Record-Herald. ''"I tell you," said Pat. "the old frln.li are best, aft her all, and what's more I can prove it." "How are you goin' to prove it?" Where will you find a new frln that has shtud by ye as long as th ould ones have." V. INDEX OF ADVANCING TIDE OF PROSPERITY t From the ' New , York Evening r -. - POSt. .Numerous advices received this afternoon tell of a rapidly rlxlng tide of , activity in the country's steel Industry. Prices of steel material wereadvanced in a num ber of instances, and, as a conse quence of the heavy inflow of or ders, predictions were made that the steel trade shortly, would be operating at the highest rate pos sible. -: At Gary, Ind., the Illinois Steel company's seventh furnace has been -blown in. according to ad vices from that steel-manufac- I turing center, and the entire riant Is nearing operations on full time. aaa... -.