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THE OELuOIJ DAILY -JOURNAL, PORTLAND, WCDHSGDAY. JULY 7, 1SU
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' DAILY AND SUNDAY
On t-er....i..ST.io On mont.-i..if .
. There Is less misery in being
cheated than in .that - kind of
wisdom which perceives, or
thinks it perceives, that all
mankind ara cheats K. H.
Chapitu . - -
THE GERMAX REP1K
I ;lleve that iha Oertnant repljr
to the latest American note
will be pacific in ton and a
reasonable concession ,t0 the United,
States. ". , ;. '-' '
There 1a'sV --very noticeable
change of -.entiment in . XJermany
toward America. ' The .utterances
of the German newspapers are far
more conciliatory.' Undoubtedly,
the good Intentions and general at
titude of Washington toward Bef
lin is better understood ia Gef
many.-
Admiral von Trupple's article, Jjn
a German newspaper pointing .but
the undeslrability 6f even a breach
of diplomatic relations is among
the utterances that display, a spirit
of compromise and desire for. continuation-
of the long standing
friendship between the , two. na
.: tlons. . . . .
When a German admiral goes to
the length of practically advising
abandonment of submarine warfare
on British merchant - commerce
lather than break the ancient. ties
of the two -countries, it' signifies
that there is, even in the war party
' of Germany, men 'Who ; are pro
nouncedly against . an unfriendly
German : reply. - - - -"
That there could be a break be-
- tween the two nations- is not log
ical. That Germany Eeeks trouble
with America, as has been some-
times suggested, Is as absurd as
that the United State: would, want
war with Germany! If for no other
reason, Germany would desire tto
avoid war with " America because of
the influence the Joining, of the
allies by the United States - would
have in leading other neutrals, now.
undecided, to take the same course.
In addition, the further isolation
Of , Germany which the United
States could make almost complete
, would vbavas Admiral von Truppel
says, a very great blow to German
prospects. ; -However,
more froni her desire
1 Ia he infit tn th United States
than from any": regard for conse-1
Quehces, - Berlin -.will meet wash
" Jngton in a reasonable-: statement
Of her side of the controversy, and
the flrtal outcome of . the -negotiations
wll be a continuation of
Tce and good will which Bis
marck advised, which William I
strengthened and .which the : pres
ent kaiser has- alWayB respected
and cultivated
, The delay by Germany , in trans
mitting her reply Is in itself easily
attributable to a desire by the
' Imperial German government 16 act
. -with wisdom and pacification. -
" - . THE , PRICE TO PAV
IT IS doubtful that those , who
talk in favor ot,. Intervention
in Mexico 'have given:' serious
thought to what the cost would
be in Uvea and coin. , ' '"
' This ; cost, has been considered
by the war department -and ac
cording to the Army - and Navy
register, . if the .- United States
should decide - to act as policeman
in the land of the peon the' money
cost alone .would be $oD0,000,t0"0
at the end 6f the first year. - The
longer the - Job, the. greater would
be the price to pay. ..;-'."'
intervention would certainly be
'followed by a long guerilla .war.
The ; military authorities ; believe
that- it- would : require a force: of
600,00ft men to restore order with'
dispatch. t
To.- organize, equip, strain and
transport such a force, and .keep
it supplied, with rations and mu
nitions would eat up nearly a bil
lion dollars.-
; It' may yet -be .necessary-. to -set
up a stable government ! buf'the
' American people should "not delude
themselves with -.the idea that it
Could be easily - and cheaply done.
It ought to, be understood that It
would ; be attended, by a : heavy
aerifies- of life and that the money
cost would be enormous. ,
AROUjfD IOUXT HOOD
-ptIE first automobile has passed
- through the Columbia river
A gorge, over, the Columbia
River highway. The people
Portland are "abaut to , begin
to realize on their -large invest
ment in this magnificent highway.
It will Soon 'pay a biy interest on
the! investment.. - It is an asset .that
.will yield an ever-Increasing, profit.
Anpthet" great asset whose fame
- i3 coextensive with . the Columbia
driver "canyon- ' is Mt. Hood.. It
tuould also be capltallfced by"-mak-Irs
t easily accessible. -One of
the first questions asked by-. . trav
elers is "Is there a good road to :
the mountain?" 5 They must " be
t61d "No. ft
There are some ' indications that
It will not always be thus. The
United States forest service has
become interested la a movement
to build a road around the eastern
base of - the '.mountain ; from the
head of Hood Rivef valley td a
connection with - the ' eld - Barlow
road. : This link will bo about
twenty : miles in . length ' and the
estimated ' cost lstoniy . $60,000.
This amount will not build a bou
levard but win construct a good
mountain 'road . of easy - grade. . - It
is proposed to defray the expense
out: of the forest service funds.;
, It win; be necessary, however,
for others to improve the existing
roads to make the loop complete.
; It ii true v that- a road to Hit:
Hood would be a scenic road.
Yet of - ail the crops, scenery is
probably the most profitable. It
i a crop that never fails, never
has. to be reseeded and costs noth
ing toh.arve8t. .
Even though a road ,' to ;. Mt.
Hood should cost a million or more
dollars e it would be k gilt-edged
investment. " - r - ,
AN AMERICAN GENIUS
HAS anybody; topped ; to . think
what 4t- means for -William
d. McAdoo.- Secretary "of the
tf eaury;-to. be &n ardent 'ad
vocat - of - an 'American merchant
rnarine backed so far- as necessary
by the. federal government? ' -
Mr.;McAdoo Is one of the great
financial geniuses of this country.
He built the McAdoo tunnels under
the Hudson river at New York.
The . conception and carrying out
of - that glgantio undertaking are
a. monument to his powers,
The formal opening of the tun
nels was the occasion of a demon
stration In New York and wide
comment throughout the . United
States. The cost was $ 6 0 , 0 0 0, 0 0 0 .
What makes -the ' performance of
extraordinary significance, is that
Mr. ; McAdoo went . to New - Tof k
not , many -. years : before, an un
known and obscure lawyer and by
his genius . for finance, enlisted
capital and' completed this huge
work for facilitating' the rapid tran
sit of the Imperial city..;-' , .
It was an extraordinary vision
and extraordinary .initiative for an
unknown ' man io demonstrate to
the money magnates of a strange
city the value, of his project. There
would seem to be equal vision now
when the same man, risen by the
power Of his genius to the headship
of the United States treasury, in
sists; that, as & means of securing
a dominant position in the trade
Of Pan-America and in finding
world outlet " for - the agricultural
and manufactured products of this
country, the financial power of .the
United . States government should
be: used' m establishing.. merchant
marine. 1 - s - -
'..There 's&ould be confidence In
the representations of such a man.
If there was : confidence by New
York . financial .giants in Mr. Mc
Adoo's .$60,000,000 tunnel .project,
the American people can well af
ford to look .with confidence upon
his plan for relieving this country
from its present'; plight over the
scarcity of ships to carry the prod
ucts of American- labor to . distant
markets. . ?
There can be no ulterior motive
in Mr. MoAdoo's present proposal.
His effort , is an effort for the
American nation as a whole. .Nor
can .there : be question of his ca
pacity . or of his understanding of
the subject, for that capacity vand
that understanding are ' proven by
his past achievements. , in a con
vincing article in Sunday's Journal,
arguing for federal Investment Jn
ships. Secretary McAdoo sayfl:
Development" of steamship ''lines
through private enterprise wouia be
a slow and tedious process at best.
In the meantime, the magnificent p
portunity this country now v hits to
secure a dominant ? position in the
trade, commerce and finance xf South
America will have disappeared. By
that ttrae. or long- .before that : time,
peace In Europe will have been re
stored, and our competitors, the chief
Industrial nations Of, Europe, will re
assert . themselves- . and re-entrench
themselves in - the markets of . South
America,
Is not the disinterested claim of
this '; man more worthy, -of public
confiden ;e than are the contentions
of politicians, agents of the Ship
ping monopoly afl special-interest
newspapers' who nerve their secret
masters first .and the country
wards? J-
THE POLYMURJEI
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0 PINION is fairly - divided on
the merits Of the polym Uriel.
What ia a polymurlel? It may
3i v be asked. The word IS a new
one Invented for the purpose of
symbolizing a standardised wom
an's garment which with a few ac
cessories can -b' worn hv th hnsi.
ness woman, the housewife and the
society . devotee. . ; 1
f There Is no doubt that the poly
murlel, while being welcomed by
some) women, is received with favor
by husbands and fathers i. quite
generally ; for reasons of ecenomy.
. Therd are. thousands of women
who feel the burden of dress with
its time and expense that look with
favors upon a gown ; which, while
not partaking of the severity or
unbecomlngness of a uniform; will
yet, be . so standardized .s to obvi
ate a slavish conformity to -style. '
" On- the' other hana therei r
thousands f women-, who dislike
anything in .clothes that partakes
of uniformitv In the l!?tilP9f He.
tall. ; They Want something differ
ent. 7 They are eager for Individual
ity - and While - they always follow
the latest mode they seek to make
it conform H to ' their- own peculiar;
style. These look upon-the-poly-muriel
: with disfavor. "
The whole' discussion finally re
solves down to this, "Do women
want a standardized dress?" CV
It can" be taken "for granted that
if they wish it -they" vill have It
with its morning, afternoon and
evening accessories and -, if they
don't want it they won't have it
and that Is all there is to It.
AMERICANIZATION DAY
tlllE enthusiasm of foreign-born
I citizens on . Americanization
I day - was- an inspiration to
many a native. ' ,, -
As tha flag went up on 'Multno
mah field the firelight of 1 patriot
ism shone; aft brightly from .the
eyes of those from over - the seas
as from the eyes of American-born
and American-reared. . As the pa
triotic choruses rolled out over the
field, the thought in -every mind
was ' one flag, one country, one
people. As the battalion- of girls
symbolized with the flags and their
drill the aspirations and aims of
America, there was a magical f im
pulse in every heart - in the great
amphitheatre of unity, peace, jus
tice and good will to all mankind.
Why. not? . Our allegiance, here
is not' to a throne, but to the
great doctrine that - all men - are
created . free and , equal, and that
all governments derive their Just
power ' from j the consent i- of j the
governed. - Our authority- i-is our
selves, - our : course "Is directed by
the ballot, and our charter in gov
ernment ts the bill ' of rights." .A
citizen who is loyal to 'thej flag of
such a country is loyal to no po
tentate, but loyal to himself, loyal
to his home, loyal to his children
and to his children Is. children.
There are foreign-born citizens In
America today whose example of
hign citizenship- and devotion;. to
the ideals of the Republic: are an
inspiring example to all native
Americans. In the names of those
slain -In : the landing of American
marines at Vera Cruz, there were
far more foreign than American
names, v Germans,-- Italians, Rus
sians and Austrians were conspicu
ous in the roll of the men who
gave their, lives in. the service . of
the nation. ',,;- , : i
Americanization day is a pretty
function. It is .needed perhaps as
much to remind native Americans
of their national ideal as
other purpose.-
for any
After the war, what? The rep
resentatives of the belligerents wilt
meet and - argue " out the peace
terms. That, is to say,' reason' and
discussion will, , after an,! be" the
ultimate methoa of settling: the
controversy, rwhich is further to
say that all . the - lives ' and' all the
billions of money sacrificed ' . are
merely preliminary r. to thej rational
discussion which, 'should have been
employed In the beginning by the
belligerents without resort to hos
tilities at all. . I '-
Apropos - of ' the . claims that
American-made t shells halve ; been
used by the allies, the .New York
World says the first - shipment of
shells for the war was only - made
June 21, and that , obviously no
American shells have been used by
either belligerent. The World adds
that we have supplied rifle car
tridges, automobiles, ' horses, wheat
and explosives In bulk, .but no
shells until-the date mentioned.'
Stealing a ride on a train of 20
cars of powder, four. Philadelphia
boys were found sitting compla
cently smoking with their backs
to a car in i which, were tons of the
explosive. : It la easy i to , imagine
how four ' pairs of -eyes opened
wide and four pairs of j youthful
legs promptly performed 'when the
lads learned of the contents of the
car. - .-. i - '
In that Fourth of July .oration
on the summit of f Mount ; Hood,
Judge Stevenson was a tall orator
on a tall mountain in a tall theme,
and unquestionably : the '- eagle did
some tall screaming ; under the
judge's able treatment, "' Of all the
many oratorical efforts; of the, day,
Judge Stevenson's undoubtedly took
the highest pjace. . -j-
Public money spent for music in
the parks Is well spent. It ,is a
species of paternalism - that should
be encouraged. , A community can
not better help " itself than , by
helping Its members to enjor the
wholesome: effect 'of music, ? thus
contributing to a longer and hap
pier life, ',,-
"Ex-Senator Clark ,' of;- Montana
recently paid a visit ' to his grand
son in: California.. After looking
the child over the copper - magnate
sat down and wrote out a check
in its favor for a million dollars.
If we could only choose our grand
fathers! - !;-. :
" - There" IS no American race other
than the Indian., . Therd ' is - no
American slanguage. The "people
of - these. United " States i are Euro
pean .in race and language, but
they are -all "Americans iln patriot
ism. " j:, - ' - - . ',, -!-, x--
No government policy that Is not
strictly in accord with the doctrine
of the Declaration of Independence
that all men have 'equal rights to
life, liberty and the pursuit of hap
piness deserved consideration. '
' ' '-
-Meat prices in the east are ad
vancing,' and the agents of the
packers say prohibition Is partly
the cause, that "prohibition has
made a smaller consumption of
whiskey and there is not enouph
refuse grain and hy-proiucta from
the distilleries on. which to feed
the cattle. It is a new crime
chargeable to prohibition, ' Mean
while, the packers and the antl
prohibltlonlsts who have always in
slated that prohibition doesn't pro
hibit, ought to get together. ."
' . In :. view of what Is happening
constantly aroufid ns, ; would not
the' purchase of an automobile for
the .use of our city commissioners
be a reckless- disregard of precau
tionary provisions for their, safety?
With General Huerta in Jail,
there is ' suggestion; that' if more
Mexican generals were in the same
place, peace and prosperity might
return .to Mexico, j -',.
; The czar is reported in. the news
as going to the front. The news
also makes it "clear i that the front
is dropping back to meet the czar.
ANTHONY-COMSTOCK
AT BEST AND WORST '
f W. X. Chenery in Chicago Herald.
TODAY will be- a (.queer "day for
Anthony Comstock. " Whta i he
cldses bis desk in the afternoon
the last words ef a chapter of Ameri
can lire 'will have': been written,, an
era will have closed,! and an historic
Conscience ' will have ' ceased ' from
troubling. Cometock ; will be ?a- free
man. r . f "
" For 40 yeafs he has done all that
A ' postof f ice agent could do to sland
between , an" Innocent! people and" the
pomps ihd vanities ef-this Wicked
world and all the sinful Justs of tn
fleshy During- these j 42 years he has
done his r wot-k manfully, and not
past .the allotted three score and ten,
he retires to an .honorable poverty
and a long-deferred teHi. Soon, it is
rumored, he will lay aside the further
burdens of the Society for the Pre
vention of - Vice, mkde famous- by bis
militancy." He will be merely a pen
sioner, while ' the organization he
founded will move on ""tomorrow to
fresh woods - and pastures new,"
Now that , Anthony is so near Uie
end of his official llf e, . It is easy " to
laugh, and perhaps to shy a. few more
brickbats in the old; man's direction.
But It would be a cheap and futile
diversion. He has done his work
peace toils spirit-rand It Is only ndw
needful to know why; he failed; FOr
in the largrest sense his - campaign
has finally been lost."
r. - - - - .- . -; ' ; . ... -
I Through "Who'a Who" Cometock
admits that he "has brought - 8670
criminals to Justice and destroyed 1(0
tone of . obscene literature and pic
tures." - Perhaps "the. measuring Of
literature - and pictures In tons would
Only occur to , Anthony, but passing
that over, it must easily be confessed
that he has achieved a considerable
record as a destroyer. He might even
claim to be the first moral subma
rine, and lay held to all' the credit
which belongs r to the performance.
Bnt 'Comstock's business has been
serious . and his bankruptcy demands
, more - meditative consideration. TO
appreciate his failure, however, his
genuine successes should first be ac
counted. They Have been both genu
ine and . numerous. , From the early
seventies on' Comfitock .crusaded
against the gambling houses, lotteries.
green goods men and" swindlers of all
descriptions who, thrived in New York
as-lh moqt American cities.
He did this work fearlessly. , More
than once he was attacked by assas
sins, and he : fought .back with- cour
age. .;. His enemies tried to infect him
with smallpox; once! an infernal ma
chine was sent- to him. Desplfe all.
he kept-', on fighting,-and .these cam
paigns against harpie criminals -won
for him public favor and -influential
friends, " And . then, like, so ' many
othefs,, he ' began the.process of his
own destruction. I, ... -
Henry, James -has recorded that one
of bis charming women, lived under
two misfortunes -she , was very poor
ahd she resided at Northampton, Mass.
Anthony Comstdck had -. a Similar
handicap. He was , born at New
Canaan, Conn. Thus from the outset
he was doomed.1 j .
- In his own - person he -incorporated
the ancient conscience, of New Eng
land, the conscience .which' rejoiced at
the .burning of witches and . Which
made the repression of all : human
Instincts "its chief virtue. Comstock
waS ; blind to "all- f the light of- the
modern world. :He could not J u Ader
stand moral . aubstitu tea. . , 'He would
not admit that out of repression evil
grows; ""To lilm" the devil which goes
about as a raVeningllon seeking whom
he - may - devour Was indeed a man
eater, Iron bars and iron lids were
the only means of safety from sin he
could" .imagine. ? j ,
V While Miss Addams; urged the es
tablishment of playgrounds so that
the play of children might' not be de
bauched Into crime by' city streets,
Comstock- went ;Oii his . negative 'way
suppressing- everything "in ' sight TO
his destructive conscience he added a
complete Inability to I understand - and
appreciate beautiful things. - The hu
man .body was as evil to him as to
those ancient Christians who ' refused
to remove their robes in the privacy
of- their Own bathe lesi the angels be
offended!- j ' 1 -
ri'i
Thus he became Iboth .conscience and
Aid. The Art Students' League was
invaded In order that a text book-of
nude models 4 might-- be - suppressed.
Miss XThrlstobef pankhurst felt his
repressive influence when -her book a
VElain Jacta About a Great "E1" was
of fer'ed ;fo.r sale ln; this country. 'Even
the : old Chautauqua Magazine which
published a ""picture of a nude faun
frbm the museum of. the University of
Pennsylvania, had to defend . itself
against Comstockery. . ... 3
After awhile hie futlie assaults be
came a good advertising medium. He
went after "Hager Uteveliy,- one of
Kefinerley'e . books, and - the' fio vel , be
came so well known that It was
dramatiied and played. Last Septem
ber he attacked the late Charles Froh-
m&n'f play, A Beautlfuf Adventure."
Frohman, It has been -reported.
thought of suing Cdmstock until he
realized how ; profitable the reformer's
hostiUty- had been to the play. ,1
So It went, Comstock's prosecution
of " William Sanger, the New York
architect, called-to life the birth con
trol crusade. ' Recently he has . fur
thered the cause of other things he
tried to combat. It : was all because
he failed to understand his age. Prob
ably a bigger majority are' bow
against vice than at. any previous era
lq the; history, of the world, but at
the same time more people tinder
Una the- wretched futility of sup
pression.
: , " - ; ' ; . .
Accordingly, at 1lt after a long
career; of zealous 'campaigning, Coin
stock must step d6wn," poor ahd repu
diated. : Even his own anti-vice organ
iz4tlonhas announced coldly, in -the
New York World: "The society will
hereafter aim at t less sensational
methods, which in th'past have re
suited only m ' farthering what we
were attempting to eliminate. " 1
Bat to this he has doubtlesa the
spirit to reply, as he did t th pos
tal authorities! : "Well, I ' have done
. . . v. YCI, Z J.ft4t;hl0B alforneya to challege the tlar
It is the pathos :of being born 0urtrjson anti-narcotld law on the grounds
of due setfson.
-PV HEX UAMPriAK .
GLARKNCE JAMKSON drives Jit
ney and some day he nay he's
going to write his adventures 4ntd a
book and make a lot of money. - f
ahd all he'll have to dd after that
-will be to write another book now
ahd then to keep the public satisfied.
and of course there'll be an hon-est-to-goodness
love story- in the first
o rte to' make it selL
--afld after that any kind ef a love
Story will do. - "
It don't need to be honesty-Clarence
says. t
' and in one chapter th , hero a
jitney driver- will tell bow he bocame
acquainted with . .' Maximilian the
Great. - ViStA''
-. who la a, trained 'monkey Who
acts like a man. .
" -and gets paid for lt. i -
Max Was beadliner it the Em
press last-week.-. :..!- ,: -T j"
. and proved all that Darwin ever
eald-about us.
and Max Is temperamental tike
Other stars.
' only not so hard to handle his
manager says being only a monkey.
and he roust have his airing
every day or h gets peevish.
. And Clarence he took a contract
to take Max and his valet out in
his Jitney -every day for a week.
and ride them around' the, block
three times for 60 cents. " " '
and thV went out Monday and
came to a corner. ,-. .
and Clarence -put .eut" his arm to
show which way he would turn.
and Max sitting right be'Artd
thought Harold wanted to shake banda
J and. he jumped on the edge of the
car and shook. ..v; .. - '
and he did U.-at every corner.
-4hd his valet thought it was cute.
and they Went riding every day
for seven days. ' ,
and If you 'want complete Statis
tics use an adding machine,
- Clarence lost count the second
i-and he Says he believes Max's
outing was really to advertise, the
show. ,
because so many people saw it
every day. , :;.
and Clarence says Max is a nice
n.onkey and more congenial than
majiyv passengers and ! '
LISTEN If Max ever gets back
among his own people in the Jungle
and can remember names and faces
as well as he can shake hands he'll
be elected presldent-of all the mon
key s Clarence thinks- in - two weeks.
Letters From the People
(Commonleatloni sent t tb tenrotl tt
publication in tbis deiwrtnleiit shoald be writ
ten on only one i1e vt the paper, tboald not
exceed 800 word in jengtb end matt be c-cc-mptiuied
by tbe iistue and addrea of the
sender. It the writer dors dot dealre to sate
tiie name published, lie ihorH, state.) . i
'Diaenaslon Is the jreateat of aU reformer.
It ratlonaJizea erythlni; It tonebca. It roba
principles of all false anettty and throw tbaia
back on tbair reaaonasleneaa. If tbey bave o
rebaonablenese, it rntblocly emahea tbem out
ot existence tnd aets ap lte Own doticloalone
la their stead." Woodrow Wilson. . t
r Who Will Answer This? -
Portland, July 5. To the Editor of
Th Journal Is there a writer living
In 'portiahd by fne name of fWilliart
Trull? If so, is he the same..' William
Trull whose article entitled "How I
Quit TobaecO," appears in the July
issue of the Physical Culture Miga-
Sine? Also, is h the author Of 1
poem entitled "Strength,"- published
In the June issue of .Health Culture?
, . CHARLES .a STEVENS. -
i" Astoria. Or.. July 8. To the Editor
of -- The Journal Kindly answer this
question : Did a German Submarine
circle the British .Islands, go through
the Mediterranean and reach the Dar
danelles, . landing at . Constantinople ?
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Jane Brides. ' , " :
Corra Harris; tn the New. York
- -i : , . Independent. .
We may need a merchant marine.
We May not have so large, and powerful
a navy as we ought to have. Our ex
ports may be too highly explosive to
ratify and confirm neutrality; our im
ports may be falling off; finance may
wither like grass that 1s out down. , It
may be a bad crop year, and we may
have more refugees to feed, but on
thing Is certain, the brides never fall
us. '
s They go right on getting married In
the face of poverty and every adverse
circumstance. ; They do not know how
they, will live. They only know how
they ' will ; love. - They believe every
thing' they want to believe, and they
do- not know much. But they, are 'in
the right -place repairing and replen
ishing life and love, - They are the
peace foundation - of" the future out
hope for the years to come. No last
ing harm can. befall us so long as
enough brides Join the colors of love
In June. ,
They are the bravest of the brave
without knowing . it. JThey are our
bonds for title to the next generation.
They inspire energy, hope, thrift, any
PERTINENT COMMENT
SMALL CHANGE
Los Angeles Times: Please ' enter
Champ Clark in the fathrin-iaw class.
-Detroit Newer War is another thing
that ought to be taken out ot politics.
Omaha World Herald: Any state is
In gepd hands whn it is in the hands
of biz-vest hands..:'::--.;::.
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Providence Journal: It is now the
turn of the Mexicans to make a noise
like watchful waiting,
Chicago ' Post: Jitney ' buses' "are
chargingt8V cents fare in Seattle.
What's that in slang?
. Salt Lake Tribune - The Germans
claim to have captured Praasnysz, but
it took them quite aspelL - - ,
Birmlnghatn Age Herald: A modern
soldier looks like a member of the Ku
Kiux Kian when he gets his respirator
on.
Seattle Times; It's a healthy or
dinance that bars! the noisy bombs ami
sidewalk canes from the celebration
of the glorious Fourth. , . -
Tacoma Tribunal- -Art imaginative
Minneapolis alderman supgeats that
? garbage might be removed by Zeppe
1ns. f What would he do with it? Drop
it on at. Paul? - . ,
Philadelphia Ledgers prexy Lowell
may have told - Harvard's . graduating
class that a man reaches bis mental
maximum at 23, but he didn't ask any
of them in to rur thj college for him.
St. Paul Disnatohl Was it humor.
degeneracy. or just nerve that inspired
that it interferes , With the "pursuit
of haDbiness?" Anvhow. it Would
make Thomas Jefferson's bones kick
a hole in the sod.
THE MECHANIC IN
From the Philadelphia North American
' The erasnlng blow- that crumpled
the center of the Russian line, recap
tured .Lethbefg and foiled back the
hosts of the ctar has , won for : th
German commander the title of field
marshal and for his armies the piaud
its of th empire. Yet the real rea
son for the triumph lay not in super
ior Strategy, but in superior indus
trial .efficiency. - Galicla has been re
conquered by the workmen' In the
Teutonic - arsenals.-" ' If Paris is once
more Imperiled. If the Channel porta
fair to the . kaiser . and Enaland IS
brought face to . face with invasion,
it will . be because of the . organized
skill and patriotic t devotion ot Ger
man and Austrian mechanics. An
American Just ' returned from the
eastern front discloses the hopeless
weakness of the Russians. They had
men enough to erect a human ram
part ' against the,foe,but they lacked
the weapons to arm them and . the
artillery . to repel assaults, i The ob-"
server : saw - Whole .regiments Of sol
diers sent empty handed into the fire
swept : trenches; to snatch .rifles from
their dead and wounded comrades, m
desperate efforts to stay the enemy's-
advance. The Germans, and Austri
ans marched from victory to victory
because 'they had concentrated 4000
field guns,' 2000 pf which- outranged
any that the Russians could ' Com
mand; they could-direct at will ... a
storm of high explosive shells against
which - no resistance . could be main
tained. - , -
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"This ' war must " be Waged." say)
General Castelnau, one of the great
French leaders; "not by the shock of
men, but by the shock of ammuni
tion." - The supreme - gallantry - with
which the French' : have held their
400 mile line would have been useless
had It not been .supported by. over
powering artillery. They have driven
forward whenever and wherever they
could pour upon a selected spot such
a cataract Of missiles as oonteratea
the enemy's barricades, laid open his
trenches in huge craters and destroyed
all life within the sone, of . their ex.
plosive force.
It is ' an : elementary principle' of
tactics - that a severe bombardment
must "prepare the ground for an
bition, everV ' good thing- required to
make a home and a nation. But for
their faithfulness presently there could
be no Inheritance, or honor, or fortune.
The .wonder is that they have the
courage' in the face of all. the odds,
all the facts, to keep on marrying with
such Joyful confidence. But usually
last year's brides " do . not attend this
year-weddings. Arid If'they did, it
would" not make any difference. Love
is not blind it is too wise to see..
Evry" man who deserts his wife,
every woman Who oes Into a divorce
court. Joins the belligerents against
the brides. But if every bride-to-be
knew Of every divorce, would it make
any difference to her? - Not any; ex
cept possibly to hasten her wedding.
-'''-. War Chests and Pay Checks. ' -'-..:
From the Philadelphia Ledger.
The financial side of the war -is as
suming colossal dimensions. Ureal
Britain's loan of 15,000,000,000 is th
greatest in all -history for. any pur
pose. While four and one-half per
cent appears to be a high rate of in
terest for a British loan when com
pared with the price of money prior
to. the war. it is sun a very moaerew
rate when measured against -the turns
Dald bv other landa and in other
times. ' The flotation at thla unpar
alleled loan in denominations as low
as $25 baa met Instant popularity
among- British investors of - every
class. S , -
France Is preparing to perform an
equally unique operation ln . finance.
INDEX OF ADVANCING
TIDE OF PROSPERITY
From the Chicago : Herald."
The movement of material . for
Immediate - shipment to railroads
and car shops and the receipt of
new inquiries indicating contem
plated activity in - outside ''con
struction as well a bnilding new
rare and repairing Old rolling
stock were the features of the
Chicago lumber market yester
day. Local wholesalers reported,
that, tb Wabash railroad' tsr in
th market for approximately - 5,
000,000 feet of yellow pine. The
purchase - of something over 1.
000,000. feet of the same species
by the Pere Marquette1 railroad,
and ?50,00a feet by ..the Mich
igan ' Central railroad- aLso was
reported, and that different rail
roads are asking bids, "on con
struction work both 'fnt this-ctty
and "outside. Inquiries are out
for 1,000,000 - feet of yellow pine
for use tn 'the Improvement work
to be done on , the Robey street
terminal of the'Baltlmore &. Ohio
railroad. This specification calls
for approximately 260.009 feet of
flooring as well as a large
amount of. timber ranging from
3 by 8 up to 16 by. 16 in different
lengths. - . - . - -
AND NEWS IN BRIEF
OREGON SIDELIGHTS
'"The Oregonlan," observes the Salem
Journal, "has not printed an editorial
on trie low price of - wool for several
weeks." .
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A cemetery associatl6n is about to
be formed at , North Bend and thj
members expect to lay out a new bury
ing ground of 20 acres, between North
Bend and .Empire. : . r
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The Agate carnival" at Port Orf ord
is to be neid this year on August la,
20 and 21. The people of that com
munity are striving hard to - make it
bigger and better than ever before.
? Fireiess report from Astoria, ; pub
lished in the Budget: "A sane Fourth
ha its virtues in more ways than one,
'Not a fire alarm was sounded In the
city Sunday. Something unusual -when
Young America celebrates." .
Baker Herald: For years it has
been said that rosea would not grow
til Baker. Last Saturday a float In
the parade was decorated entirely wltn
roses grown In Baker and there were
enough more for young ladies to throw
tbem to the crowd. - .
" 'From Wideawake Gardiner "cornea
this item, in the columns of the Cour
ier: "It ' is becoming quite, a fad in
Gardiner for people to get up at about
8 o'clock , these mornings and swim
across the - Umpqua for the sake of
Invigorating their constitutions for the
arduous duties of the day," : ; ,,
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Bandon Recorder: Coyotes are about
to drive the sheep men out of business
In the Floras creek and Blxes river
regions. "'Many of . the homesteaders
have sold their sheep and are going
into- the cattle business. The fine
packs of "varmtht" dogs kept by the
fcheep men have, so far, successfully
defended the flocks against bear, cou
gar and Wildcat, but are helpless
where the coyote is concerned.
THE GREAT WAR
infantry assault against an intrenched
enemy. But this war bas developed
the idea aimbst - beyond belief. At
the time' of I the charge the guns
literally create a barrier Of flaming
steel beyond J the sectl&n to be at
tacked, shutting : out reinforcements
by what the French grimly call an
"Iron curtaln.1 The expenditure of
shells in operations of this kind has
exceeded the most daring estimates.
A year ago the allowance for ihe
French field artillery was 1200 shells
per gun, with a reserve of 200 now
tha number la limited only by the
capacity of the squads to work the
pieces.; . The Frsnch are making tto,
000 shells a day, and using ISO, 000
of them. - The Germane fired 700,000
rounds in a single, battle In Galicla.
Td capture one French poeitlon they
rained 20,000 high explosive missiles
In a single hour upon a trench
labyrinth 850 . yards . wide and 400
yards in depth. It is estimated thai
machine guns and small arms on both
fronts consumed 30,000,000 cartridges
every 24 .hours.
This is a war of munitions more
than strategy; of metals rather than
men) - of Industrial organisation - and
capacity rather4 than of military fi
nesse. . ; -
" The truth, recognized by the Oer
mans even before the conflict opened,
as revealed in their vast ammunition
reserves and , marvelously efficient
production, is only now penetrating
the mind of the British public, after
11 months of war. And the awaken"
ing required a- severe defeat of th
army sin Flanders and a cabinet crisis
at home, with the revelation that the
British -forces, bad been trying to beat
the Germans with pluck -and shrap-:
neV one weapon being invaluable, but
the other- about as useful against In
trenched troops as - bird shot would
be against a rhlnocerous. - '
.
Now that the vital heed of the
campaign has been realized, the whole
force of i. the government has beeri
concentrated upon it The most ImJ
portant post In the coalition cabinet
is the - newly created ministry of mu-t
ni tlons, and the ablest man available,
David Lloyd-George, Is using its au
thority In the most drastic campaign
of forcible - persuasion ever t under
taken in the empire. -
although -not of such stupendous pro
portions as this $5,000,000,000 British
loan., . Europe Is now buying" more
war materials in the United State
than it is able to pay for with gold.
The r problem " of first importance,
therefore,. Is for the allies to find a
way to buy American muntlona and
rood and still keep their gold, which
they cannot afford to lose. French
bankers are solving that very riddle.
They, are purchasing, scores of . mil
lions of American securities which
are , owned by Frenchmen, end these
securities will be sent to the--United
States, - where they: will be used as
collateral for borrowing money which
will go back to Paris. -? In that way
the foreign exchange market will be
maintained upon a steadier basis, a
thing which will be of almost as much
advantage to our own . country as to
the belligerents themselves.
: The United States Is in a position
where it can well afford to part with
some of Its gold, if by doing so it
shall continue to promote the extra
ordinary international trade which is
ours. Mercantile loans in Philadelphia
were made at as low a rate as three
per cent this - week, indicating an un
usual plethora of cash in the" banks.
The - French transaction will help to
release a large amount of these idle
funds, and in the roundabout way in
dicated will start still more American
wheels In motion and fill pay en
velopes, for thousands of men who
sadly -need them, r'
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Wilson and International Law. '
From the Salem Journal.
. ; Some newspapers , are devoting a
good deal of space to setting forth the
diplomatic attainments of Robert Lan
sing,' '-aUnflf secretary of state, who la
supposed to nave received his taamihg
from hi father-lft-law, John W. Fos
ter, whose experience in statecraft was
long nd varied.' Some of these edi
tors, however, overlook the fact' that
President Wilson himself la ft novice
in the matter of international law, hav
ing1 devoted years of study and re
search to the acquiring of Such knowl
edge." Before he was president of Prince
ton Woodrow Wilson Was a professor
Of jurisprudence and international law
tn that university and In 1898 he pub
lished a condensed history of all the
governments of the world under the
simple title, "Th State," which has
been since used in Yall and other uni
versities as a standard textbook. '
- As one ofj our exchanges remarks, It
Is a book that should be in the home
of every -American citizen. Now is a
particularly good time to read it, or
to reread it, if by chance you were so
fortunate as to have studied it in your
earlier, years. The chapters onV the
govern meats of England, .France and
Germany will give a better idea, of the
conditions which led up to-the present
upheaval of Europe than almost any
other available book because it was
written in times of peace when such
queitions could be calmly and impar
tially analyzed.
1
QRliGOS COUNT U
. . . lx taatT DATS"
ST Frad LmUIs. SvmIsI Uttt Writw
. .. ' Iba Jouinai.
"1 was born on the old mission farra
on MlBSlon bottom, a few mile norm
Of Salem, on January 22, 184.5," ba!i
Joseph L. Carter of Hood River to m
recently. "My mother was one of ths
'great reinforcement' who came n th
Lausanne with Jason Lee and his par
ty in 1848. 41 y father and mother met
in tha Sandwich islands, ahd wete mar
ried soon after coming to Oregon. Ivly
father was employed as a farmer by
Jason Lee, ahd he and mother went to
the mission station at The Dalies Im
mediately after ieing married. Daniel
Lee,, and H. K. W, Perkins wera in
charge of The Dalles mission, They
were there one year,
"Mother came down td Oregon City
shortly before the birth of her first
child. David, my oldest brother, was
born at Oregon City en March 19, 184;.
Shortly after David's birth, ' father -bought
the old mission farm at Mission
bottom, the site of the original mission
of Jason Lee. He farmed this place
until. 1848, when he took up a plate
four miles south of Salem, now known
as the Judge Peebles place. During
the harvest of 1845, my father em
ployed a young man named John Mlhto.
who ' had come the preceding ali to
Oregon, lie did such good work-blnd-ing
tha Wheat. that when father went
to the California gold Melds tn 1848
he hired John Mlnto, who had t'cenMy
been married, rto run bis farm while
he was gone, . .
v; "Father came back in ISO. He ahd
Joseph Holman purchased a stock of
-goods at San Francisco' and fcroucht
them . to Portland by boat. They re
shipped them to Salem, and statud the
second store to be established at Sa
lem. Their Store was near h grove
of oak trees, on what is now Commer
cial street, and was about Where 'he
Hotel Marion now stands. Virgil K.
Pringle, whose daughter lajer u-arried
John Hughes, Was their clerk.
"Father died in I860. ' Just about
this time I was learning my letters
la the old Oregon Institute." Mery
Leslie, the daughter of David Lenlle,
the pioneer missionary, was my teach-'
(HV- At that time David Lesllw owned
and lived on what Is now known as the
'sahel Bush property in Yew terk.
"Mother married Rev, John McKin
ney, a Methodist minister. She sold
our farm and her Interest in the store,
and we moved to Linn county -Where -my
stepfather and mother toon up a
square mile of land three quarters of
a. mile from Brownsville. . My step
father rode circuit part of tho ttm,
but for the most-part he acted
supply and performed marriages. ' - :
"Z. F. Moody, who came to Orcop
in 151, was running a stcre at
Brownsville. He looms up very lar
in my childish recollection,, for . u
rather odd reaeon. At the. close ot
school" In 1853. elaborate flowing ex
ercises Were held. After . the recita
tions, dialogues and other xrcise8,
my stepfather, Rev. Mr,. McKSnney,
stepped out and said he had been akd
to make a short address. He said, 1
am going to take as. the subject of my
talk the duties and pleasurSs of matri
mony, After talking for a few mo
ments, he said:
"Now if I have convinced any here
of the merits of matrimony, 1-wlll be
glad to have them step forward and 1
will perform th f marriage ceremony
for them."
"My school' teacher, Miss ' Whipple,
and Mr. Colbert, stepped' out. -'They
were Joined on the platform by Mary
Jane gtephenaon a"d Z. F-Woody. My
stepfather married them, and at the
close of the ceremony the audience an
plauded heartily. They, thought it was
part of the exercises and not a real,
marriage. When their friends found
that . they were really married, they
were greatly surprised. 'Alary J.
Stephenson was an orphan gir', who
had come across the plains n 1853.
She and Governor Moody lived to cele
brat their golden wedding. ' Another
orphan girl who came out in the same
emigrant train as Mrs. Moody was
Harriet Snyder. She carried Mr.
Balch. They, lived on Mount Tabor
for a while.- Their son. Homer, went
to the. Mount Tabor school whea Pro
fessor Coon, now of Hood River, was
principal. Homer is best known as
the aethor of "The Brldee of the
Gods:-- . .,-;.'. .: ,.:.....
"Among my schoolmates In 1852 and
18C3 at. Brownsville -were Eliza and
Henry Spalding, the children of Rev.
If. 11. Spalding, who came out In the
thirties with Dr. Marcus Whitman ss a
missionary, Eliza was one of th e'ir.
vivors of the Whitman massacre. Mr.
Moody bought part of our farm. Ills
wife was one of the best women 1
ever knew." About a year, after their
marriage Mr. Moody came to our pla e
one day "and said " to mother; 'Mrs.
Moody is not feeling very . well. I
think it is time you went to see her.'
Mother sent me out to the pasture to
get up Dolly, her old riding maro. f?h
had me ride back of her to bring the
mare back. N.ext day she dame back
and said: Thera is a new arrival at
the Moody home. It is a boy.' Thy
named .him Malcolm Adelbert Moody.''
- Fuel From Garbage.'
From t,b'St. Joheph. Mo., New Pre.
From Austin, Texas, ebmes news that
ought to be of interest at th city hall,
in St. Joseph. Austin, which has been
paying 25 cents a ton to have its gar
bage gathered and hauled away, has
made a contract with a local business
man. by which the latters pays 25 cents a
ton for the privilege of removing th
garbage, and then disposes of It after a
syntem of his own. . He sprays the re
fuse with creosote for sanitary rea
sons, sorts out the metal, glass, ashex.
ete. and uses the, bulk of the stuff to
.make fuel;
Cleveland net a good" example a few
years ago by building a municipal plant
and realizing more than the cost of
collection from the grease and fertili
ser 'obtained from its garbage, Mo:,t
Cities still adhere to the old, wasteful
way of paying contractors to remove
the stuff, although In many cases the
shrewd contractors themselves make a
handsome profit by extracting affd sell
ing the valuable elements.
It ia balf a century since Victor
Hugo, 1ft "Les Miserable." called at
tention to the enormous waste Involve !
in eity sewage. We have not yet got.
around to conserving that wastfl
wealth. But we are gradually ap
proaching It.. -'...
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