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F JOURNAL AN TXPHPEXOKNT NKAVrArfCB JACKSON. I , Publisher I'umfahed trnr eninif (except Bumlny) and -erjr Sunday moral:)? at Th Journal BoHd- :'erl t rba poatofflce at Portland.-. Or for iranemiatrinn through the 1 ma us kwoii niarrrr. ..... j- . - - . LEt'HONES Main flT3; Hroe. A-eOiU Ail departments reached by theae numbers. Ttu me operator what dpnmm -yog waai, I UiiEIGN ADVERTISING. BEPBSSENtATlVK iii Klfth Atc. Nsw Sork; ISIS People jcteai-. Subscription terms by mall or to say ad dra iu Lbs United State or Mexico; Ous ar.. ..".. $3.00 t One montn..,L..S .BO Oca year. 12.50 1 Ooa month ..$ S5 DAILY AND SUNDAY On year 8T.&0 I On month.. ....$ -5 v Stand wltt) anybody . who stands right - ", and part with him when. ho roes wrong.'" Lincoln.. ' WHAT BETTER PLAN? HAT could -; the" legisla '.lure do that has not al ready been done in 'the so-called ' 'midnight' res olution setting fqrth ! the .state's primary -. interest in the land grant?' inquires. the ; Oregonian. ' the midnight resolution .did notl set ' forth "the .state's v primary- in terest in the" land grant' It set forth the rallroad's "primary' in terest Ih! tlhe land grant."" It "set forth", all it could to .bave,the su preme court give the; grant lands hack to-, the railroad. That .resolution was intended to give the' supreme court to under stand that the Oregon legislature desired that - the ' railroad retain the lands,' and the supreme. xcourt f ttlly understood what .was meant when in -the official decree, speak ing of the resolution, it saidr "the Interest " and tho hope ' "expressed seem like a ' prayer . against the government's contention." . '. A "prayer" against the govern ment's contention" naturally meant to the Bupreme Justices a "prayer", in ' favor ot. the railroad's conten tion, and' a - "prayer"; in favor of the railroad's contention . meant only one thing that the railroads retain ownership and-"have all pro-, ceeda from sale of the grant land. ' A legislative- session may hot ' become necessary. A better way may be found.i , .;. .v But mature consideration might Indicate that state ownership would be the only means ,of get ting the most for the state out of the .land grant decision, : and., in any such . plan the legislative, au thority of the etate would have to be resorted to, and as the timet is short," it would probably have to. be in a, special session. .', t.. In 1 any event, the legislature could do "something ;far better for the state than it did In, the mid night resolution. -It " could take ' action -to show congress that it is" on the side of the people instead of on the side of the railroad. ... It, and it alone, could act for the state in taking over the rail road title to the lands and it, and t It alone, could act for the etate in making the forest lands the - basis fori a great 30 or 40 million dollar irreducible school fund' for the rich endowment of the- com mon schools for all t time. - . . ; Whether- or not the states wants suchj an endowment Dt-the schools is the issue, beside which a tenta tive possibility of-a legislative ses sion is a mere detail. CITY OWNED AUTOS 0TpHER13 ought .to be a reversal I . of the vote by which the city I . commissioners i ordered ' the r purchase of an -automobile for their special use.,' iThere " is something bigger in the action than the 'mere auto mobile. There is a ; principle " In vlved "Which is bigger" than a thousand ' automobiles. . . .Commission government n Port land has not shown' a redaction of - total ;eggndlturea. ; Until there is such a snoring, a sTho wing, which has been made In every other com mission - city," Ihe "pruhfng" khife should ho applied everywhere,, and - there ia no 'better. pla.c.e to .begin thin .on publicly owned automo biles. Nor is . there a public auto mobile In ' the .city, that can be better-spared: than one for the mse ofc the i commissioners. If the pro ceeding ordering the - purchase -of this automobile - . were" reversed," nine-tenths '. of : the.- taxpayers of Portland ' " would applaud the ac tion. I . " SIMON BENSON A GREAT distinction has - come to Simon' Benson. "On a "day set apart -for the purpose at the Panama exposition, he is to be . honored as. an especially worthy citizen of Oregon." , ' It is "an honor tliat any. citizen of the- state might well, covet. It com es . to Mr. Benson because with signal - disinterestedness, he has : devoted himself' to : large pubr lie endeavorB for the forwarding- of , human welfare and the promotion of his . state. Instead of "using his wealth for his' own purposes, he Is sharing It generously with the public in. undertakings for'the betterment.-: of conditions in-'the -community of hia adoption." . It will. , of course, , be taid that there are other men whd deserve to be . honored. And rso there are. But,, with an . unusual and most commendable purpose y and personal sacrifice, JJr, ;.Bensonr has one public things consequence, and for that doing- let, honors go THE to hi m' nowT". and "later let rewards m tn rihd-rm 'tiTiA Vin,ioi-' orvlf.'"f 0V VW WW..,W-- .f MN. VM.w-v.i-v It is a-good- thing to-inaugurate In '"Oregon . a ; practice ' of giving a just" recfcmltion to worthy persona whose lives and acts' mean some-(What thing to :their fellow, men, . . THE JTOUKNE VNO AUTOIST ROM" ; Central Point to. Port- - land,. 33 4 miles, in ten' hours' . time, Inclnding stops, is the -. record made the. other day by Clarence Lovern, ,'proprietor of 'the Central -Point i parage, - who left Central Point at o'clock Sunday morning - and ; reached Portland at 2 In the" afternoon, according ; to the Medford ; Mail-Tribune. . The Journey j was .. made In four hoursr8horter time, than thf aver age passenger'- schedule on the Southern Pacific. In a phone mes sage -after arrival in Portland, Mr. Lovern ' notified? friends at the starting point that the roads are In excellent condition. ' ( A great many tourists are now making the trip to California over the .western Oregon route. Much work In, Pass Creek canyon and at one. or two other points where there was trouble- several weeks ago, Is declared by those who have made " the trip, to have " put the Pacific Hignway In good condition, and the route is growing in public favor. Western' Oregon . in , is early summer' robes Is a scene of, beauty beyend compare," and the trip in the midst' of. a constant panorama ;of all the tints and col ors that make .up nature in her gayest mood is full of .delight and information for the tourist. ' - Thelnformation is that a vast caravan of auto parties is en route from - the east to make the com plete tour "of the coast as a part of the visit to the Panama exposi tion. A car from Syracuse, New York,' was among those on the streets of Portland the other day; and it is said that the contingent now i moving westwar a inciuaes parties from .even remoter parts of the United States. Seeing. America First" Is In actual practice In America this year, and it means that enormous sums that have usually heen spent in Europe, are being disbursed this year among the folks at home. ? What we are having-in the way of automobile travel t now Is un-! answerable argument for that con tinued improvement of the roads which will; make the wanderings of eastern sightseers In the west per petual. It Is - an investment that can nowhere be made with such certainty of large returns, as on the great scenic route througtf western Oregon. : -i ' ' asieAicax securities I T has' been, announced that the Frmcly , government Is to have & war" credit of $30,000,000 in New York,, to be based, on American railroad bonds as se curity. ; It "Is a; novel financial in cident. ' . The bonds are owned Iff France. The 'money is to be borrowed for a year by the Rothschilds of Paris, who will .pledge" the bonds just as collateral, lis pledged by a busi ness- mam at a bank. The pur pose is to create a credit balzfrb.ee upon, which ..the French banks and government can draw to pay for purchases ; in this country. Thismethod of financing French purchases hes Jtjeb related expla nations. Onesis What while Ameri can securities still ? owned In Europe, are estimated at between $3,500,000,000 :j and $4,000,000,- 000, European; holders, sfnee dump ing, of vast; holdings of them on this country at the outbreak of hcstilities, have shown no disposi tion to ; sell the remainder, They have not unloaded their American stocks and bonds . for 'the reason that Europe considers all Ameri can securities the safest: investment available. France wants to buy in'? this country,, but she does not want to sell American securities outright. She hopes to pay in cash before American banks - sell out the collateral. - - , It Is , also .explained that the French-owned bonds were Issued in sucht form that they are not readily salable-on an . American stock . exchange. They were Is sued in terms of francs Instead of . dollars under a requirement of the Paris ; bourse, the purpose being to make them Inconvenient for - listing- by &n American stock exchange. The object was to. keep the securities In ; France so that an income tax could be collected on them. - - - - Whatever the . reason for this latest -method of financing pur chases In the United States, it is strong evidence of our sound fi nancial condition. We are going to get." a .lot of new business in spite of the fact that Europe, hard up fori money, is intent uponkeep- ing American securities. THE . CX ARK WEDDING : S D felicitous an "atmosphere sel dom surrounds , a "wedding as was that at the Clark home In Bowling' Green, Mo.; Wednes day. . ' - .? y. : - .: , ' - ' Every person in Bowling Green and ' the . surrounding towns .was present, " - The standing of the family an the popularity of the bride were such that ; the' mayor declared a holiday in the home city.- - The buildings : were deco rated,' streamers' swung across the streets, and ; in the surrounding country; bunting -and flags were displayed on the fences. , 4 , . i Every congressman - in Missouri Land . practically, the full congres- clonal delegation? from ; lowaand Illinois -were nrfisent. m What ia more . agreeable in life than to . have the confidence and esteem of multiplied , friends. more delightful life relations Whan : ard tSa :. tic a - vrilVri ' fMn i so many MIsAOurians and ao many from - other states to - pay respect and esteem to Speaker Clark and his daughter? . . , - BAKER AND BREWSTER ! A' S successor . to .William 1 L. Brewster, Commissioner Baker has had set,: for him a veryvnlgh example of pubis 11c service. As a city commissioner, Mti Brewster placed .a conscien tious public service far ab$va any, regard for political expediency. He approached every public Issue with a searching scrutiny of , i not how It would affect his political : for tunes, but whether it would for ward the public Interest;' It was a service by a high-minded man who gave PorUand a fine example of what kind of government the commission system can provide. There are many who ' expect Commissioner Baker to be as con scientious and as zealous in giving tone and character to commission government; and the public service. A very great vote of confidence wag given him at the polls. Mr. Baker has a splendid opportunity to .prove to : the - community . .that the confidence so expressed" is merited. '" Mr. Baker was an ardent worker for ' the adoption of commission government in ' Portland. ; He ren dered conspicuous- service In that struggle. The people have placed in his hands large power 1 for proving the worth of the new sys tem. ' ' . i- . - OUR HALIBUT BANKS s EATTLE is threatened with diversion of its northern hali but trade to Prince Rupert. But the; Post-Intelligencer as sures . Seattle that whatever por tion of the trade is diverted may be more than made up to that city by the " new fisheries off 3 the Ore gon and Washington coast. ; : a ; Edwin J. Brown;" local agent In charge of the bureau : of fisheries- office at Seattle, . has furnished figures showingv receipts r of fish 'at that port from - thev newly f defined banks. During 15' days in June vessels arriving . at Seattle- had 985,000 pounds of . .halibut taken from the Newport, " the Columbia river, the Willapa and the Urays Harbor banks. That was more than Jialf of the halibut, delivered at Seattle in the 15-day period. This total was. divided among the new banks as follows: Fronrj the Newport and Columbia river banks, 640,000 pounds; from, the Willapa banks; 2 25,0 0 0 pounds; from the ' Grays' . Harbor! " banks, 120,000. - Two-thirds of the total was taken off the dregoh. coast. almost in Portland's harbor, and the .other, third was taken fn ' wa ters that are much closer to Port land than Seattle. - On. reflection is It not: an. un usual condition when - 640,000 pounds ot halibut from I Oregon waters are taken to Seattle for distribution, and is it - not espe cially peculiar that Portland with in a few, ; miles of these waters, is' mostly supplied with; halibut from Seattle? -, - - v The Seattle Post-Intelligencer says Seattle is fortunately situated to take advantage of the oppor tunities these new halibut banks afford. , What about Portland, -past which the fish must be . taken In order to get t,o Seattle ? "! .More in eorro'wtjthan In anger is it confessed, lut ,in any honest conclusion, it has to be acknowl edged that there are ways in which Portland is .a pretty slow; town. . If we had devoted one-tenth the energy and - brains to the deep sea fishing business that we hare' given to the town lot business, , Portland would be a : great ' deal better off? Professor Pearson, of the Uni versity of London, says first-born children- are on the average in ferior physically, . mentally add morally to the . brothers ; and sis ters who follow them. Dr. . G. Hardy Clark, of "Waterloo, Iowa, said at San Francisco that he al ways advises young men to mrry the oldest girl in the family - be cause she -shoulders responsibility, and that ; makes - character. Here is a case where doctors ..disagree, so the young man thinking of get ting married, might Just aa well stick to Cupid as an adviser. : : A contributing . cause . for : Rus sia's reverses is reflected' in a dis patch from Tokio. It is said that Vladivostock, ' the Russian Pacific port," is 'choked with supplies for the Slav- armies. The Trans-Siberian railroad is unable to handle the vast shipments that ; have : ar rived, and Russia is ordering loco motives and freight cars in this country to expedite transit- s 'But these may' not - be forwarded for months, . and - meanwhile Russia must depend on insufficient rolling stock and a one-track line. ; Al Jennings, Oklahoma's former train -robber, has become an evan gelist and is planning a revival campaign in New York. Hes is undertaking a big Job for he may find it harder, to separate some of the New Yorkers from their sins than from their money.' Health Officer Marcellus says Portland should be taking steps to stamp out rats and that the city needs - a good system for lighting tiiem. Germany has an' efficient system, according to M.r J. Hen drlk, American consul at Plauen. Ab soon as rats appear, if ordinary methods fail, the:. police are noti fied and an officer ia detailed to exterminate the rodents. . ; As a consequence; there ia no ' German demand for traps, or similar de-Jin vices. . There will .... be a salute of -2 1 guns by the national guard battery as a feature of , Portland's Ameri canization flay celebration. That ought to be about enough noise, except, , of i course," cheers for the flag. WHAT AM E R I CAN 1ZAT! 0 N DAY SHOULD MEAN . J Froia tb Chicago Herald. - INDEPENDENCE DAY U becomlngf Americanization day,- And :L with good reason. There . are more un naturalized men in the United States today than there were colonists at the time of the Declaration of Independence.- The number of Immigrants who have come to the United States since 1810 is twice , as great as the entire number, of people In the col onies in 1775. . Further, the foreign-born whites In. this country are more numerous than thr members of any' political party. The unnaturalized men in ' the United States mlgrbt unify Into a party hav ing- more members ;ttaan the Progres sives, the Socialists - aod the Prohi bitionists combined. If they bad any feeling- of their united strength they might elect presidents, overthrow ad ministrations and; establish new na tional traditions, , - The nearly' 12,600,000 foreign-born men - and women In these United States no not." of course exercise much of the power which - inherently is theirs, s Instead,', the poorest among them are exploited in sundry., ways and occasionally their flagrant wrongs attract popular attention." For this reason the Americanization ' move ment was started . and ' already 60 cities hve , begun : preparations - for making- July 4 a new sort of cele bratiob' A-'':'-- .-..- - A-Ar . A national committee has been es tablished In New York with " Richard T.' Crane III and Julius Rosenwald as the Chicago members. . The com mittee is attempting .to- take 4? the hyphen out of American life. . By making- Independence day . a celebra tion for new citizens tt Is hoped, to bridge : the chasm between those na tive sons to ,whom the American tra dition s a commonplace and to the last comers who grew up under . other allegiances and customs. Hitherto we V have not paid any especial attention to aliens , except tp deny them a few privileges.' We have permitted them t? isolate themselves In colonies and ; to - be kept separate t even given-A them an" opportunity to team uiv uviawvu .'aukuaso.' , This business of Athe -tanguage.; Is fundamental.- The . committee states that ' the j principal reason Immigrants do not Jaecome naturalized lis : that they . have no chance to learn English. A knowledge . of English-- is" abso lutely .' necessary, according to Jaw. vSJ ' VA;.; a : . :a"A: ' ' -' And, "however anxious.- a man may be to be naturalized he must, first of alL live. To live he must work, to work ho must be where Jobs are. Yet thousands of Jobs are in little indus trial, towns' where there is no chance at all for workmen to learn English.' The committee names . many of these insulated colonies in smaller cities. The Russians here, "for example, have almost no contact with American life. An Italian. Giuseppe Pellico, thus stated his , case: ; ,: At home in - Italy I had nochance, to go, to school. They tell me in America, everybody goes to school. So I think when I come here I can learn. -But there is no school. A gentleman came, to the mills to start a 0 class and ; 10 of ns wanted to learn English,; he was to teach us free because he loved - Italy. ?But the school men would not let us meet at the school, and we had no place. So we did not learn." -Not every, mill hand ' has the en ergy and the ambition to -desire to study after a long day's work. .Ac cordingly it seems peculiarly wasteful not to afford an opportunity to those who do wish to fit themselves for the responsibilities of citizenship. . '- "J ., -' A. ! . , .;" ;-:'.: -:i i; -',' The Americanization committee enu merates many- privileges which . are not accorded ' to aliens. In "Illinois he must sell land within six years after buying it or else . get natural ized. : Even if he gets naturalised he niay not - leave his land to . relatives in - a foreign country. ' According to the law he may not hold a job under the state or under any local govern- - - 1 ment. It is highly doubtful if these ; laws are enforced strictly in this state, but they,. are said to beon the books, f The restrictions are many In other states. In Pennsylvania the alien may not own a shotgun or rifle; In MicB Igan,, he "may not be a; barber. He can't catch oysters in Virginia and elsewhera In California he may not even - teach.-v t '4 This restriction. It was discovered, affected a number ' of distinguished aliens who were teaching-at the Uni versity of California. Consequently, exceptions were made in their - favor. .- But on - the whole. It innst be con ceded, the United States makes' condi tions a lot easier for aliens than does any other great " nation. A ? The Americanization- committee -estimates that . there are now ' 2,500.000 unnaturalized men ; la t the tnited States. , That is an eighth .pf .the pos sible voting strength of the country. The committee wants to open the door, of 7 civic opportunity to all these people 'scattered in little groups or units -on farms in the Jersey pines, on ' the dry ranches lying out :under the. pale yellow.sunsblne .of the West, or ' eollecCed in thousands . in. Uttle mining towns or mill towns, or drawn by th bandreda of tfaowaanda, Just las Amaricans are,; into NW York city." - - - "Thla : vaatT array," the ; committee continues, ''sreater than' the Germans have "-under arm today, 'la ' belnj wasted;? It powers for 4 service and stability lost. " ' Why; not develop :a thoroucbly trained.' - kttelUa;ent. com petent, unified country out of the Incoherent, hostile elements' .showing all too clearly . in tt . now?" - v 'The ' national committee . Includes Mary- Antin.Mrs. Vincent Astor, Rob ert Bacon. Nicholas Murray Butler, Richard Campbell P. P. ;. Claxton. R T. Crane III, Henry . P. Davidson, 0 Coleman Du Pont,- Thomas A. Edison. Howard Elliott," John H. Fahey, " John H. Flnley, Pavld B. Francis, Elbert H. Gary, Cardinal Gibbons, Myron T. Her rick, John Grier , Hibben, Henry L, Higglnson, Frederic C. Howe, Charles H. IngersolX, Abraham -Jacobl, Frances A- Kellor, Manuel Xjevlne,- Clarence H. ilackay, C. H. Markham. Alfred E. Marling, - Wyndham Meredith, George von L.' Meyer, John .Mltchel. A. J. Montague, " Samuel Rea, ; Petr Rob erts, Julius Rosenwald, M. J.Sandera, Jacob H. 'Schlff, bishop-Thomas .Sha han, Melville E. Btone. Mrs. ' William C Story, Mrs. - Cornelius rVanderbilt. Bodman Wanamaker; 1 Felix M. War-barg-. S. Daviee Warfleld, Benjamin Ide; Wheeler, General Leonard Wood. Frank Trumbull, Perey Payne II. Mrs. Edward T. Stotesbury, William Sproule and William ' Fellowes Mor- Tonce Over r KSl KKDAY 1 met a. lot of "people I ' who aid things about the weather which seemed to have crowded th war mt , of their minds. and the only ! one- who. asked me if It was hot enough for m was Wells, the printer who ' lives out at Oak Grove.' ':.-;-,- v . .. ; . -. ' ,5 and I met Ml C. Dicklnspn-i-and he said "Wha'd Yik mean-all hose dashes? are they .what you'd .like to say and " can't V . and I said that was It. , 1 and then -1 met Frank Coulter who used to 'be a preacher but - who is a fiddle maker now and .puts all his religion into his fiddles. " . A and he -said "That's-great stuff you're doing but- you can't dot it every day." : A. and he ' went on to say that he tried to preach a sermon every , day one time and . he . got, so he yawned himself. s'-.- - .-J and I didn't tell him when I had no ideas I'd Just fill in with stuff like this -about him.' or , Ev Johnson the umbrella fancier.' '-' ' and Ev he said these , dasher man bun tninK of . when he was a bo back in -Missouri or bacw some 1 a i . . A - A rT- . . school in a wagon Jver a corduroy yuuie na ue usa iw go io oanaay --ana he TaaJa hs likes the dashes better than .he dUl the road because t srpu only have to go over - the dashes ohce to -get the text. : - , : v r ' and W-r-T, Perkins--whtt JsJaApoet but pays - his -bills just the -came said the dashes-wero giving him a case of " nerves. .. -" '. -.t- : and I met Kernel Hagood who 1a always in a hurry although I- never could see why. AA" 'A ;M :;A4 and he said fThat Was"- a good story aboot. the T end-seat hogw.the other day." . ' and I said "Yes T V and he said the reason he kne w it was; good was because Curtis Mer rick Who told it to me tells it every summer. 1 ' - , ; - - and always; laughs at it himself. and then I met Claude McCoIloch. -the eloquent barrister and he -said: "Good dope- that dash-dash stuff you're doing but . .L "LISTEN -This is only a sugges tionwhy don't you give, it a humor ous turn?" : - . - -t -'; .. i. Letters From the People ; (Oommuiileationa sent " to . The . Journal for publication la tbls department sboald be writ, ten on only one aide of tha paper, ahonld not exceed 800 words laUength and mnat b ac ocmpanled - by the nam and address of tha sender. - If the writer doea not dealra to bar the asms pobliahed, he ahoclti so stats.) " ""btoeuaslon is tbs greatest of all, reformers. It rationalises every talnar it touches. It robs principles of all false sanctity and throws them back on their reasons Dlenesa. If they bars no ivasonableneas. It rnthleaaly eniahes . them oat of existence and aets up Its own conclusion in their stead." Woodrow. Wilson. -,).... The Sabbath Heritage. ! . Portland. July 1. To the Edit- of The Journal To . convince the Chris tian Hebrews that they were not losers ift accepting Christianity, as the ful fillment of typical Judaism.-Paul as sured them that "there remalneth a Sabbath keeping for the - people of God," Heb. 4:9. There . had been' a weekly Sabbath '-from the beginning of time to the exodus of the Hebrews from Egypt. though they had lost it during- their captivity, If not before. Thus far in human history It was a memorial - of , the . finished ' creation (Gen. 2:2-3) ' and deliverance of a race seed from Noah's flood (Gen. 7:4-10 and 8:10-18). In the flood record there -Is a fourfold - hint of the Sabbath as havlrisr been discarded by the antediluvians. The seventh day Sabbath was sealed In the decalogue and recovered from - oblivion by th tm m . Y awstImas ,nfwM rnsi 'awftvi L-liea "IS! " , T,T f RtnT" 'com. pare Neb, :13-14 witn ixoa. This was on the morrow after the exodus Sabbath, Lev. 23:15-16. Hence this -exodus Sabbath could only have been on Saturday, as the following day was the decalogue Sabbath, as per Neh- 9:14. The exodus was on the fifteenth day of the month, Ablb. Exod. 13:4. This' is corroborated by Don Cassius, a member of the Roman senate, n the . second century A. D. and the ' accredited - historian of his day, being the author - of S8 volumes of history. He says the fifteenth of Ablb that year was Saturday. -This day of the week was kept by divine approval by the Hebrews as a memorial-Sabbath of "the exodus till the resurrection of Christ. ; The change of the day was at and ' by the resurrec tion, from 'the 'exodus, -or -: Saturday, late back to its original-creation "and decalogue date. The decalogue date (the seventh of .the week) was pre served during the life of the Hebrew nation - prior to . the . resurrection by the annual observance of Pentecost, which commemorated the giving of the decalogue from Sinai on that day. This feast lost its divine - approval at the beginning of the present administra tion of the Holy Spirit, known as the PERTIlHENT CO M MENT SMALL CHANGE - v Philadelphia Ledger: The back yard is Just about the most Important room In the house these days. ... . ... . . i , New York American: Oregon law lets women keep , their maiden names, but It can't compel 'em to. Oklahoman: Something la A wrong with the man who says he never saw a baseball gam and doesn't want to ee one. ' Chicago News: ' Many of the mo tion picture films ought to have their English anglicised before they appear la public . , . . -. tios Angeles Times: : Is the . old fashioned, man with his tuning- fork among the delegates to the national convention or -musicians? - -. : -.. ...... - -- Omaha World Herald: Secretary Houston, who has made a round of the lorest reserves, had a much more pleasant experience than many other men who have taken tth tall timber, Pittsburg Chronicle Telegraph f The London professor who says -that first born children are defective seems- to have overlooked the fact that some body has to be the first-born of the family. .- , ;. . . -.- ?:J New' Orleans ' States: ' The salaries of members of the Illinois legislature have been raised from $2000 to $3600, but it is too much to hope that Illinois will v elect legislators who are worth the money.-. - - ..-.v. - Seattle Post Intelligencer; The "few immigrants now reaching our shores from Europe are described by the authorities a being of marked in telligence. . That is why they, are leav ing Europe. ; . :- - . ' A Fort Worth Star Telegram: A Te llable indication of faith in good times ahead and the ability of Texas pros perity to come back. Is the number of successful - bond issue elections throughout the state for municipal Improvements and betterments,' ZIONISTS' HOPES from the Philadelphia North American This week in Boston, a great, con ference of Aierlcan Hebrew - organi zations is considering anew the long dreamt Vos8iDllity of ; the restoration of Palestine.. Hope that the present war may pave a way to the consum mation of this dream-; is strengthen ing ; the Zionist movement throughout the world, i Many Jews who formerly opposed It as . impractical, if . hot Im possible, now -are wondering if they may not yet "'- see A the ancient ' home of the vraco made the center of Its national life, ."A' A- - ""A '-i--. - With sublime patience this vision of an Independent Jewish state has been followed for centuries. Disdain ing obstacles that would have seemed Insurmountable - to men not -imbued with a mighty faith, great, leaders like Hesse - and- Herzl have pointed to Jerusalem not as a city . which might, but which must be reinstated in Its - former place as the high and holy citadel of Israel.; .Since the de struction' of Jerusalem by Titus, the courageous remnants of Judea have battled their way through blood and fire to a place unique among all peo- pies. The history of mankind fur nishes no riner example or - persist ence. : From the .glory that' was David's and Solomon's to the unspeak able hardships that followed their defeat by : the Romans hardships which today - are reaching- another ghastly climax -in Poland these homeless wanderers have succeeded in maintaining a remarkable race in tegrity. ..-? .-,v; AA I - ; .v; t., L, One would think, a people so .com pletely" dispossessed of temporal .pow er and so set upon could not long sur vive the fanatical wrath of insistent enemies. . .. Yet, while scattered to the far corners of the-earth and-pursued by persecution, ' at times descending to the incarnation of flendishness, there has been retained a solidarity without precedent. Doubtless the splendor of their past has Inspired in them the will to- llveand further contribute to the output of -what -4a good. For' there must be Inspiration In the thought that Israel gave to the world the idea of a spirit God who had no eollegues or competitors. There must be inspiration in the con sciousness of having descended ; from the ablest : ot ancient lawgivers Mo. "Day of Pentecost,', Acts, second chap ter, The phrase, "the first - day of the wesk,' which occurs seven times in our English .translation -of the New Testament, is an interpolation in every Instance. One example Is here given. Matt. 28:1 (Here Is the Greek of that clause) : "Op de v Sabbaton, te ' epl phoskouse eis miaji SsTbbaton." Now the Greek for day is Chimera," and for "week" is "hebdomas,"- Neither of these words occurs in Matt 28:1 in the original Greek New Testament. By supplying- two : Implied., 'historical words - we get the exact : meajiing- of that clause:- "In the end of the (exo dus) Sabbath as It began to dawn into the first of the (Chrlstlan Sab baths etc. Notice "Sabbaton" is geni tive plural This translation Is not only literally correct, but historically as well,' anci It effectually does away with the "first day" blunder and em phasizes loyalty to the text of the Sabbath commandment: "The seventh day Is the .Sabbath." ' Of course it leaves the Jews and Adventlsts ia the dilemma of keeping Sabbath, on ., the sixth day of the week, but we are not accountable for their blunder. ' The Jews, however, have some logical ex cuse for' their' blunder, as they deny that ' Jesus : of; Nazareth " was and is the Messiah; aad. are stilt looking with clouded eye for the Coming One. I wish to add a thought or more concerning the custom of nicknaming this sacred institution. ' The Holy Spirit is.ths author of the Bible. The rest day is everywhere ' In it denomi nated "Sabbath, with one exception, Revw 1:10. The worshippers of the sun - may be excused for calling it "Sunday," as they called the next day "Moonday." But that any followers of Christ should follow that heathen example has always been a riddle.. It is not a surprise that people of Satan's kingdom misname holy things, but that the friends of Jesus should Imitate-them therein cannot be explained as consistent with Christian loyalty. What impression would be made wer the Lord's Table to be spoken of as a "lunch counter"? . T"he i offender might try to explain, saying: ' "I only spoke of the bread as common food, and of the wine as a common drink." But would we accept his apology? Yet it is parallel.! by "Sunday! apolo gists when they reply: "We refer to INDEX OF! ADVAfipING . TIDE OF. PROSPERITY From . the - New ; York ...Evening A- Post . . - ' An order for 8000 tons of SO pound rails has' been placed by the El Paso, Southwestern with the Colorado Fuel & Iron com pany for delivery next , month," So far this year the company has ordered -16,000. tons of rails,- AN D N EWS I N BRIEF . OREGON SIDELIGUTa Ultimatum in Medford Sun: "It Is irrigate -or emigrate which do you prefer?" , - "-Following Wednesday's wool sale at Baker, the Herald remarked that it is "a pretty hard task to pull his product nvM th nvttm nf the wool erovtr of thta 'Vlcinitv.'- ' . - .. - ' -it - - The7 very' timely - announcement in made bv the Corvallla YT M. C A. that the waters Is fine and all adult! all summer, for an almost nominal consideration. , . Au A ". Ar;' A- -V -:-'.i "May! we not,"? earnestly . inquires the Hood River News, "expect to hear some complimentary comments from; the metropolitan press upon the 'cul ture' of sk community which celebrates the Fourrk.with the presentation of a musical opra instead of fireworks p Beaverton Times: Beaverton folks will celebrate the Fourth m neighbor ing towns this year, but there is talk of having a big- fair here this fall and Invite the whole county, with? us, pro vided the town gets a city Park, of which there is a widespread move ment on-foot now. . - - f-,;.. ...-v-, - xe:---;if-- -vl :.; ,- H Specimen of Astoria 'Budget's hot weather philosophy: "Astoria is cow enjoying real .summer , weather, yet some people Insist on complaining about" the heat. There is no harm in thawing out onco a year. , Remember that old Jupiter has been working overtime the past few weeks." - Lebanon Express: About three years ago John Durlam, of this city, dis covered a few stalks of a new kin a of wheat growing on his place. - IDwch year since that - time he has planted the product until he has a-prospect of several bushels of - the variety this year. Early this spring -he, sent -a sample of , it to the Panama-Pacific exposition. He has just been informed that he ha been awarded a gold medal on the exhibit, and that the new grain possesses splendid qualities as a flour producer. . .... -.- . . . NEVER BRIGHTER see; : of having - produced-; the first dramatistJob, t and given to the world such priceless poetry as the songs of Solomon. - such pslamistry as David's, such gigantic literature as the thunders of Ezekiel and the state ly measures . of Isaiah. ' A From the first th$y have been en shrtners of Intellect Robbed of their material heritage' by the Roman le gions, they did pot sink into . obliv - Ion as - did the Greeks- when their ion as - did the " Greeks- when their culture fell, or ; the Romans when luxury gnawed to the., bone that re splendent civilization. Not .only have they survived centuries of hate and barbarous - mistreatment, : but while undergoing these trials they have con tinued to furnish mote than 1 their quota : of wise and gifted men. Wher ever they have" gone and there Is no civilised country they have not pene trated they have carried" learning and - nourished love for-, it. A Always they have kept ' a large place in the world's life, A and A their 'influence, while never In modern times backed by the force of national existence, has been felt in. nearly every nation. In the long .interval since they ; fled" from ; the crurabllnff .domes ' of . their sacred city, .they have held fast to the hope -of '.some . day returning to the place where stood the temple, and rebuilding- it; of tilling 4 again the fields of Palenstlne and tending flocks on the hills. - A-7 -:.-' -'A;-'-. ;"vl ''A. -. -" AA i -A: iv: " A In th vast changes - which seem probable as the result of the war, Jewish leaders see a chance"; to ' gain at least a foothold irt Palestine. 'They have no! thought- of-force, but simply of taking- advantage (of) new political conditions.' And theiAmost conserva tive counselors now are hopeful of some arrangement whereby Jews from Russia, Germany, Austria and other parts of - Europe -may - return ta the land of. their fathers. It- Is this brightened prospect they are planning for. This turn In the tide of affairs has revived the enthusiasm- of . the Zionists and gained them new and strong- support. 'Who A can say but they may succeed; that out of the f ires '. of war i may rlse . psalms of j thanksgiving over a aream come true: a t prophecy fulfilled; a -.longing aa deep as the depths Of the sea satis fiedand. a new era of usefulness proclaimed! the 24 hour day and not to he insti tution - of the i Sabbath." It is com mendatory of all psalm singers that as a rule ' they say "Sabbath"' when speaking of the day of holy restu As it impresses the writer; the fol lowing events are memorialized In the' observance of . the Christian - Sabbath: First The creation completed, with man as Its climax, Gen. 1:2-5. Second The ! awful' catastrophe '"of the flood. 6e the seven day hint in Gen. 7:-l artd; 8:10 and lZ,ii& Third The giving of the decalogue from the summit of Sinai amid an awful 'display of the forces of nature, Exod. 19:18-21 arid 20:1-18. Fourth The fall of Jericho, Judges, Sixth .chapter. 1 This as a remarkable type of the conquest of the earth by the gospel of our Joshua, , Jesus. - Flf th-The ' victory of Christ in' his resurrection, 1 Cor. 15l3-22. Sixth The descent of the Holy Spirit on the Day of Pentecost ss the beginning of the. present administra tion of victorious grace.-' . Seventh Christ' in his' glorified body on Fatmps revealingto John in symbolio terms the "last ' epochs- of earth's history. ; That was on - Tne Lord's Day.' See-Rev. 1:18, What volume the Sabbath i! ' J 1L' Leiper, 4 : Field Secretary Northwest Sabbath Association. . Questions-the Angel" Theory aiaoei, vr.. June 27. To the. Editor of The Journal I see In the magazine section of The Sunday , Journal a brief story about the holy an sals savin h British army.- When the truth will be luivwn, rou wiu una out it was some Irish regiment, - and no angels, that saved the English at the retreat from Mans. , c TOM MORRISSEY. Baseball a Moral Tonic. -. f nave oeen , advanced h At Springfield, Mass., a delegation in favor of the playing ot baseball byf of railroad men - approached the chief the boys of America. Not one. how ever, is , worthy of so hearty approval as the . following, advanced by Mr, Arthur . MacDonald ; of Washington, a well known criminologist: .? "I consider baseball one . of the greatest moral tonlcs for boys' and young men. that exist. It directs the surplus physical energy of youth Into the -right : channel, for otherwise this energy might, be, employed - In wrong ways which are detrimental to moral and physical life. Baseball le one of those fundamental educational forces of prevention whose power and utility are not realized until It is taken away." -Any one who has carefully studied the .habits- and tendencies of boys, and watched their natural aptitude; for games,'rwill agree with Mr.. MacDonald that baseball Is Indeed a splendid moral tonic for t them. Full blooded young Americans are prone to active efforts of some kind, therefore the more moral the direction of these efforts the more beneficial it will be for their minds and bodies, . . THE SUNDAY JOURNAL THE STORY OF MY LIFE- By Charley Chaplin. The first detailed and in timate narrative of the fun niest man in America, as told by,' himself , will be be gun in The Sunday Journal Magazine, beginning" next Sunday. A'ia ' the sunday Journal . Complete In four news sec tions, magazine and Ulus- ' trated. supplement and comic section. i ; . Each section comprehensive in. scope and attractively ar ranged for the convenience ot the reader. ' ,: a. . r:' Section Onm A Main .; news section. . Com- , ' plete anil accurate telegraphic neWs reports, full reports of evints In Portland and in the cities and towns of the Pacific northwest Washington and San Francisco news letters . war news .and features at tractive illustrated articles. i Section Two - Four pages of ; sports news and .gossip, profusely' illus trated news and ; reviews In the automobile ' field good roads want ads marine news -.and happenings along tthe waterfront, a ",.'. , a A A , Section Three A a v .; A page of dramatic, vaudeville- and photoplay, news - K neWs of university -and college NT i . editorial brief information about Portland, including sug ; gestions. of interesting places to J visit town . topics illus trated news review a page of news letters from foreign cap itals, Alllustrated real estate and building news markets 'and finance. Section Four : The week in societynews of jwomen's clubs in the realm of music news of the beaches - Anne Rittenhbuse's faBhion letter needlework designs by Catharine Greenwood, sugges-. tions for matron and maid. Section Five V Magazine and pictorial. Next Sunday's features include a page in color about the Liberty Bell, which will visit Portland within - a fortnlght-TonlcA In A kJTune' effects of familiar songs' on our minds "Joking With Death for a Cause," a gha.stly ruse, played on French recruits A page of popular sclenee paragraphs Flashes of pun Seeing America First, a hew aerie by Fred C. Kelly - Random Fact and . Fancies Cartoonist Murphy's Fourth of July efforf Cartoonagrams by Charles ; A. Ogden Georgene Faulkner, "The Story ' Lady," tells the story of .the Liberty Bell "Ffom Filmland," a page for- the. movie - fan-rr"The .Housekeeper's Council, Table." -Section Six Comic section .featuring the -Original Katzen jammer Kids, ; Jimmy and his Pals, Their Only - Child and Happy Hooligan-all presented In new an tics each , Sunday. Special Feature In all sections are found Il lustrated news features of timely interest. T THE SUNDAY JOURNAL "The Biggest 6 Cents' Worth iti Type" NEXT SUNDAY j Wilson's Sanity Attractive. From the Seattle Times. The president of these United States decided to steal a few days off .from duty the other day and started for a little town in New Hampshire.' which has blossomed Into fame as the "sum mer capital" of this administration. En route, he was cHeered at various points. Americans,; irrespective of party, are rather pteud of their presi dents and have a Way of cheering them whenever, they. have time to get out side the blase atmosphere of Washington.-: executive and presented a brief cr.l petition, the burden ; of - which was: "Keep us out of war, Mr, President." Offhand, any citizen could name one or more leaders who would have taken this request as the text for a long winded oration, designed to Impress th- nuhllo with tha wisdom of th speaker. Mr. Wilson, however, merely shook the delegation by the hand, pon dered a thoughtful moment and an swered: "I will. If I can." What more could the president have said? - What better assurance could he give-the country? He answered the sincere appeal f.f a number of his fellow citizens as sin cerely and did not clutter up his re jly with needless words. Moreover, he .told these humble sons of toil much as he would have told any dele gation of most prominent citizens. The president's sanity is attractive. In five words, he has indicated t: s policy of the United States in tb ? fateful times and it's a policy t it will line ui behind the chief executive every citizen of the republic.