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THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL. PORTLAND, WEDNESDAY. JANUARY 5, 1816.
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America ask nothing for lr
self bat what she has a right to
auk for humanity Itself.
WOODROW WILSON.
Teach .self-denial and make
Its practice pleasurable, and
you create for the world a
destiny more sublime than ever
issued from the brain of the
wildest dreamer. Walter Scott.
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IS IT FOR WAR?
nOES the Oregonlan believe the I
United States should declare t
,'11 war against Germany and
.7" Austria?
Discussing the sinking of the
Persia, it says "the slaughter of
Americans continues and nothlag
, Is done to stop it; that is the dls-
heartening. humiliating conclu
sion." . - It say3 "will the president never
realize that he and through him
' the American nation, have become
Objects of ridicule and contempt
to the whole world?"
i It says "words unsupported by
. deeds are impotent."
Just what "deeds" would the i
Oregonlan have the United States
perform?
Ia it for war and afraid to say
BO? If not afraid to say so, why
- not come out openly and advise
that an American fleet be sent
xOTer to bombard German and Aus-
trlan ports?
That would mean something.
The vague references to "deeds'"
atd the darkling Insistence upon
"action mean nothing.
If "words unsupported by deeds
are Impotent" In the case of the j
- fccmlnlstration, why are nofwoMs
unsupported by deeds Impotent"
; also in the case of the Oregonlan?
- AVhere has there been a more ex
hausting tirade of words without
mention of one single deed that
- It would do than In the Oregon
lan? There are two things and only
two by which the United States !
r can maintain its rights In the!
present war. One is through thoj
tedious and often disappointing!
channels of diplomacy, and tSe i
" other Is by going to war. There!
-are many Americans who honestly
- think we ought to enter the war
on the side of the allies, and they
are honest In their belief 3. There
are' others who would be glad 'o
Involve ua on the side of the cen
" tral powers and they too are hou
- eat. . But the question Is, should
the whole country be drenched In
blood and debt on the sympathy
Cf - these Americans for foreign
' jorernments?
.v We may disagree with the ideas
" if these Americans. But it Is to
De-said of them that their criti
cisms of the administration are at
least intelligible. We, at least,
kxow what they are talking about.
V- 1 But the Oregonlan clamor Is not
'intelligible. When it talks about
"words unsupported by deeds," it
get nowhere. It 13 clamor that
tv afraid to explain itself, clamor
t!at la Intended only to muddy
- the, water, clamor just to "be clam
oring. " V WIiat could be more contempti
ble In a great national crisis than
dellbente effort to embarrass our
government by persons who are
x too cowardly to propose a policy
of their own as a substitute for
.that which the government is pur-
, Bum? ,
" Aa stated two courses are open
to- the .United States tho cum
brous and clumsy process cf di
plomacy, and the open resort to
'war. President Wilson is trying
tj handle the situation by diplo
v;maey. Nobody has a moral right
to ' assail President Wilson's plan
j unless he ia prepared to declare
for war. Is: ready to advise the
.American people to declare for
" war ': and is prepared to himself
' .shoulder a gun and go out Into the
trenches.
. -.y IX THE COLOXEIS TIME
I Oli'. ROOSEVELT Is more crit-
fcal than ever. Nothing that
'the Wilson administration
does is! right. Everything it
does Is wrong, according to the
;coloneL. v ' J I- .
His latest explosion Is a general
indictment of ; the president in a
current magazine. Among othr
things he refers to the Turkish
indignities upon the Armenians as
a "crowning outrage" and adds
that "it Is dreadful to think that
these things can be done and that
this nation remains neutral not
only in deed, but tn thought."
What happened during the
Colonel's time as president? In
1902. the Boers lost their inde
pendence. In 1903 was the mas
sacre of Klchlneff. After that
Macedonia ran red with blood.
In 1905, the horrors of the Con
go were officially published and
the wond was staggered. In 1905,
Corea lost her Independence. In
1906, Morocco was parcelled out
by the powers.
In 1906, the Russian govern
ment shot, hanged and massacred
thousands of Russian subjects.
In 1909, 23,000 Armenians were
slaughtered at Adana by the Turks.
Theodore Roosevelt was then pres
ident. And he was president dur
ing the years In which all these
troubles and tragedies abroad were
enacted.
And while these crowning out
rages were being committed Theo
dore Roosevelt never cocked a
cannon, or fired a rrun, or shot a
paper wad.
Twelve thousand employes in
eight mills at Webster, Dudley
and Qulnebaug, Massachusetts, have
been given wage increases of five
to 10 per cent. The mill owners
explain that the increase is war
rrnted by the prosperous year In
business.
BUILDING A STATE
THERE Is Intelligence and praiv
tlcality In the plan of the
late Irrigation Congress.
There is proposal for a
state guarantee of Irrigation and
drainage bonds and for a state
system of rural credits. To that
end an amendment of the Btate
constitution Is necessary, and it is
planned to formulate the necessary
legislation at a state-wide confer
ence to be held probably at Salem
some time In February. Early
action Is necessary In order to get
the measure on the ballot at the
November election.
A difficulty with irrigation
movements in the pat is that they
have been vague and indefinite.
When it was proposed at Salem
last Winter for the state to make
a loan in order to secure coopera
tion from the federal government
with an appropriation of $500,000.
the irrigationlsts were badly di
vided cm the plan.
The present plan Is understood
to be unanimously favored by irri
gation and drainage men through
out the state. With tho merit of
a harmonious backing by those Im
mediately concerned, the proposed
legislation will have a double ap
peal to the electorate and stand
an excellent chancc'of adoption.
The reclaiming of idle land
whether by Irrigation or drainage
Is a tremendously profitable plan
of state development. Every acre
made productive goes on produc
ing forever. It is an asset that
never breaks down, a mine that Is
never exhausted.
A plan to bring such acres un
der production is permanent and
intelligent state building.
We are now told that excava
tions on the new Portland audi
torium will begin next week, or
the week after. But seeing Is be
lieving. VIRTUE'S REWARD
TP HE powers of evil stop at
1 nothing when they have re
solved to ruin a man. And
theyv commonly resolve to
ruin a mah who is dangerous to
them. The case of Warden Os
borne of the Sing Sing prison in
Now York is directly in point.
Mr. Osborne made himself con
spicuous in the eyes of prfcoi. re
formers by his intelligent Interest
In tho welfare of criminals. So
earnest and competent was he in
this field that he was flnall, ap
tointed warden at Sing Sing.
Then his troubles began. As
long as he did nothing but speak
and write" against prison evils no
body cared to injure him. Bit
the moment he was in a position
to make his ideas effective he
stirred up malignant enemies la
every quarter.
Mr. Osborne discovered a curi
ous state of affairs at Sing Sing
when he took charge. There was,
for example, a thriving trade ia
opium and rum between the pris
oners and outsiders. The prison
Itself was filthy and unhygienic.
The discipline of the prisoners, was
savagely cruel. If Mr. Osborne had
tolerated these conditions like his
predecessors all would have gone
well with him. His misfortune
was that he was an honest man
es we!l as a humane one. He set
about making the prison decent
and Christian.
At tho first Bign of hetterment
the whole host ,of scal&wcgs who
profited by dirt, disease and vice
Degan to howl. And their howls
found a great deal of sympathy In
high places, for the entire state
and city government of New York
Is much like the management of
Sing Sing before Mr. Osborne took
charge and a great many persons
saw their own graft menaced by
the threatened reforms. Rotten
officials -are united by the strong-
A a a
ei oonas or brotherhood. Nor
was the war upon Mr. Osborne
limited to howling.
Demands for his removal poured
in
upon ni s superiors and when
these proved unavailing tha nrt
tUng was to trump up-a criminal
charge against him and have him
indicted. We need not say that
a prosecuting attormey was readily
found to help on the conspiracy.
Nor la It necessary to say that
the charge against Mr. Osborne s
"personal immorality," of a statu
tory type. This charge can be
brought against anybody, no mat
ter how innocent, and it is ex
tremely difficult to disprove. Tho
unprincipled enemies of Mr. Os
borne and reform have therefore
choeen their ground astutely.
A wage Increase of five per cent
for 60,000 employes in the 33
mills of the American Woolen com
pany is one answer to Mr. Bourne's
attack on the new tariff, it means
an additional weekly outlay of
$175,000.
BACK TO PEACE
M
R. FORD is back in his na
tive land, far away from
the noisy disputations of his
quarrelsome guests on the
p ace ship.
,He is said to have fled the ship
because of illness, but It is not
improbable that he left the Oscar
11 in order to get away from the
din of the angry clashes of peace
pilgrims who are uproariously and
multltudinously pugnacious.
On two principal points, and on
only two, were they harmonious
First, they all favored peace for
Europe while retaining the right
to be personally warlike, and sec
ond, they were unanimous In ap
proving Mr. Fofd's right to pay all
the bills.
- 8eldom does a pilgrimage of
peace consist of delegates so In
wardly peaceable and bo outward
ly cantankerous. If the expedi
tion should last long enough and
tl e tempers of the pilgrims loeo
none of their respective edges, n
Is not impossible that instead of
"getting the boy3 out of the
trenches by Christmas," the Akeds,
the Lindseys, tho Joneses and the
Schwimmers would ultimately be
In miniature trenches and behind '
barricades in the real war to break
out aboard ship.
As a man of peace, Mr. Ford
knew whon he had enough of a
good thing among his fighting
peace pilgrims.
Mr. Taft in a public ftatement
makes it clear that the colonel as
Republican standard bearer will
not be acceptable to him. And
yet, once they called each other
"Will" and "Theodore."
.CONVERTED TRUSTEES
w
HEN the trustees of the
Pennsylvania university
dismissed Professor ScoAt
Nearing they no doubt
hoped that he would slip meekly
away Into obscurity, like a
wounded deer, and make no trouble
for them. If such was their ex
pectation they have been sadly
disappointed. The spectacle of a
competent college professor dis
missed because his teachings were
not agreeable to a bunch of street
railway and trust magnates aroused
the whole country. Protests poured
in upon the trustees from the fac
ulty and studenTs of the Pennsyl
vania university as well aa from
the country at large and they
were finally driven to put forth
such feeble defense as they could
make.
Naturally the attempted defense
of their action only made them
appear all the more guilty. The
best they could do was to confess
their shame and continued criti
cism has finally forced them, how
ever reluctantly, to come but for
academic freedom. The recreant
trustees have passed a resolution
tLat henceforth teachers Bhal'. not
be dismissed from the university
except at the behest of a faculty
ccmmlttee and that there shall be
no undue restraint upon the lib
erty of teaching.
College faculties everywhere
hall this action as a glorious vic
tory. It means that ono auto
cratic board of university trustees
bas been moved by public opinion
to concede Just rights to the pro
fessors under their control. This
is a great gain. But it is not
gain enough. The trustoes of
Pennsylvania university can re
scind thoir enlightened resolution
whenever they please. The teach
ers are Etill under their swai".
For a professedly democratic
peoplo we tolerate an astonishing
amount of despotism In our schools
and colleges. '
MR. FACING BOTH WAYS
s
OME of our eastern brethren
have a difficult road to travel
this winter. It has not only
a deep ditch on one side and
a quagmire on the other, but it Is
beset with stumps against which
they are forever v barking their
chins. Collier's Weekly 13 one of
these troubled papers. It wants
to oppose the LaFoIlette bill to
protect sailors and the adminis
tration scheme for government
owned ships at the same time.
This desire lures our contemporary
Into terrible straits. To discoun
tenance the LaFoIlette bill it hai
of course to maintain that Ameri
can shipping is going to the dogs.
The' flag is disappearing from the
seas, the shipyards are idle, ocean
freight Is piling up tremendously
on the wharves waiting for trans
portation that is never lily to
come unless the Infamous LaFoI
lette Act la repealed
When Collier's turns Its atten
tion to the arfhnlnistration shipping
scheme its tune suddenly changes
pitch. It now has to prove that
American shipping under private
management is as prosperous as
anybody could desire. This is the
exact opposite of its contention re
garding the LaFoIlette Act. but
no matter about that. Consistency
Is the virtue of little minds. So
we read that when the vessels now
actually building are launched "the
United States will have the largest
tonnage of foreign trade shipping I
that it ever had."
This does not look exactly as if
the LaFoIlette seamen's bill were
driving tho flag .from the seas, it
looks instead as if the flag were
going to wave more proudly and
more numerously than ever before
in spite of the nefarious bill, or
perhaps on account of it. It may
be that justice and fair dealing to
the helple8sailor and the inno
cent passenger are going to pay
after all.
NOTHING THE MATTER
WITH PORTLAND
(The talei contlnoa. No. 8 of tbe ert H
devuted to a firm of Iron arorkara tx might
to -lld plooeera tn thrlr Hoe Id Portland. 1
The atury i ooa ot expanaton and of rock tut- i
ton j atabiutr. Tola nrm a manager i a
(loKtug optlmlat regarding not only tala own
buatnraa bat In reapert alao of tbr great future
cif Portland whan it tuperlor adrant(gia rie
aelw-d tf all who rin and ahntild arall them
eUa ot tavtn. It careful atudr lo b fftren
Ih- lvason. mrt forth la tbla column today, of
tho auto algua.
ABOUT 4 5 years o lt'a ancient
history.
It was long- ago u that, how
ever, that Smith Bros. & Watson
established an Iron work on Front
street near Montgomery. It was a
little Institution then. Four or five
men were employed during the
"busy" season.
That plant, now located at Frorjt
and Harrison, covers two acres uf
ground, and during "busy" times em
ploys 150 men. It has not half that
number now, because the manage
ment caters to tha lumber Interests,
which have been "sleeping" since
the people beran to shoot each other
over In Europe. Still, Its payroll
foots up $40,000 per annum at the
present time, and it has had aa few
as 45 men at work. Business Is pick
ing up, however, and the force .'lll
be Increased aa there may be demand
for It.
INCORPORATED IN 1885.
The Smith & Watson Iron Works
was Incorporated In 1885. Prior
thereto the business Was run on a
partnership basis. A lot of "ginger,"
mixed with new blood, was Infused
Into the enterprise, new machinery
was Installed, a foundry was added,
and "new life" began to bubble. It
has been bubbling ever since, and
although these be considered "hard
times," one will find Front and Har
rison a noisy and busy spot at any
of the working hours of the day.
"We cater largely to the logging
Industry." said A. F. Smith, presldert
and manager. "We build logging en
gines, sawmill machinery and make
any clasa of castings called for, -except
steeL We also do a large busi
ness In supplying new parts for farm
machinery, and In the repair of farm
ing Implements. It is surprising how
much of this class of work comes to
us, and It la growing continually.
Our principal field Is Oregon and
Washington, yet we fill many orders
from Idaho and California. It may
seem peculiar, too, but we have dono
some business as far aouth aa New
Orleans. Of course orders from such
distances are rare.
TRANSMISSION MACHINERY.
"I had almost forgotten to say
that we manufacture transmission
machinery, and this constitutes an
important part of our work. In this
country logging Is prosecuted dif
ferently from the old fashioned metn-
od of building roada and hauling tim
ber to the skids. Logs are now
picked up like matches and carried
by cr.blea acroaa gulches, sometimes
a hundred feet from the ground. We
can supply the devices and Imple
ments for these purposes."
Thera Is plenty of faith In Port
land and Oregon at this plant, too.
"We have the best and most sub
stantial city In tha country.' Mr.
Smith declares, "It is as solid aa a
rock. There Is none of the froth or
the foam here. The city has abund
ant capltafof Its own, and 'when
this cruel was Is over you will wit
ness a growth in Portland the like
of which the community haa not
heretofore known! The entire coaat
will make a sain in new enterprises
of many kinds, and Portland will be
come more and more a manufactur
ing center."
The Smith A Watson Iron Works
is the outcome of work and faith
In Portland the exemplification of a
confidence which was born when the
place waa but a scattering Tillage
a timber region where The Journa.1
building now stands- Work and faith
has built the city up. Work Is what
makes Portland not speculation, or
trying to set something for nothing.
It Is the thief that tries to jret some
thing for nothing. It never pays .the
Individual, and it never pays the
community to allow the Individual to
be any kind of a thief.
A L4ttle8tory of Signs.
The making of 35,000 automobile
signs to be issued to automobile
owners by the state is not in the
biff contract class, yet It Is worth
while to keep even the $8000 they
cost at home. It put $1S00 into the
bank account of the Enamel Bake
Ovens company. Fourteenth and Burn
side, gave the Western Tool & Die
Works, Andy Pritx proprietor a $100
Job in making the dies, and thera
waa $6500 remaining for tha Irwln
Hodson company, the concern which
secured the contract from the state.
Tha latter company conducts a print
ing establishment at Fifteenth' and
Glisan streets, and this contract re
quired' It to add a stamping press to
Its equipment, and It is the -first to
be. brought to Port lam This trans
action, therefor, baa t only kept
$8000 of 1 Oregon mon in Oregon,
but baa i equipped tha Irwin -Hod son
company to do a elaai of work that
could not", be dona la reajon befora.
HELPS ANOTHER E fTERPRISE.
The Enamel Baks Ovens wera
opened In Portland only a year ago.
There had been nothing- of the kind
in Oregoa before. Of course the
great growth of the automobile busi
ness demanded such an institution,
and it has prospered from the very
first. And its prosperity is entirely
measured by Portland's prosperity.
It has grown and expanded because
the requirements of an enameling
plant have grown; still, every little
helps, and Mr. Warnock, the manager,
says he appreciates t'.e fact that his
Institution is at least a trlfl- bette
off because the state of Oregon,
largely through ths Influence of Bon
W. Olcott. secretary of sta'te, decided
to have' Oregon people make thoo
Oregon signs. And Andy Frits says.
"We made the dia. and although
our part of the job waa but a small
one, It demonstrated the fact that
Portland in prepared to do ttils worK,
and as (well u It can be done any
where In tho country.
C. A. :Wliitemore, president of the
Irwln-Ifodson company. )s that li'.s
concern , had many opposing bidders
to contend with, and tlit it secured
the contract because Its bid waa thj
lowest, aaid the class of work It U
doing cannot be surpaHsed. Already
designs have been submitted for next
year's signs, differing from thoe
for 1916 In that white Is proposed to
be used In place of the red of the
present season, which ends next fall.
Letters From the People
(Orjtnmunlcationn ent to Tfce Journal ffr
pi. Ml rat too in tbia department abould be writ
tea on only one aide f (be pai-r. abuulil Dot
eiceed . word In leitb and tnpnt be ac
companied ljr tue name and iddreoa of the
feodrr. If the writer doea uut dlre to haTe
tha name "publlaLad. be aauuld ao atata.)
"t)l-aalon la the greatrat of all reformer
It rationalist eTfrytbing ft toacbes. It rob
nrinripl.- of alt fal aanrtlty and throw thera
iiek on tbetr reonablenetw. If tbey hare mi
reiixmableneaa. It ruthleaaly crube thrm out
of eiiatenev and eta up it own coucluak'iia
la their atead." Woodxuw Wllaon.
War and Groexl.
Lyle. Wa-sh., Jan. (To the Editor
of The Journal) As aireader of your
valuable! paper I wish to express my
appreciation of the encouragement you
give to ; freedom of thought and ex
pression, through space given over to
letters from the people. Such free
dom is the only ladder on which a
people can climb to liberty and birthright-
Untrammelled thought and In
tellectual development are the great
emancipators.
Ignorance, superstition and tyranny
are the forces today that chain the
human race in slavery and from which
is born the world-wide hell of blood
shed and inexpressible human misery
existing.
No one except a knave or one who
should be in an Insane asylum will
attempt to deny that the bloody con
flict now raging Is purely a commer
cial war, and It la safe to say that 99
per cent Of, all the wars that have de
luged the World with blood and mis
ery have been promoted and executed
through the same hellUh spirit of
greed and self.
This brings us to the great Issue
of preparedness and conscription now
confronting the people of the United
States, for which no found argument
can be made, except to enrich the few
at the expense of the many and pave
the way for the continued exploitation
of the naases. It Is a matter of
congressional record that both Ad
miral Badger and Admiral Fletcher,
ranking active officers of the Ameri
can navy, testified before the house
committee on naval affairs last De
cember that in their opinion our navy
was stronger than that of Germany
or any othet Europeai power, except
Great Britain.
Therfwhy all this commotion?
It never seems to oocur to these
wiseacre statesmen who are in such
mortal dread of invasion by some
foreign foe, to attack the cause, and
by changing the soul find body ne
stroylnfr dog-eat-dog system of com
mercialism and greed, war would end
forever.
Why should the people longer toler
ate this system that robs life, espe
cially for the masses, of everything
worth while, and spread the bllpht of
all that the words 'Industrial slavery"
imply?
Every man and woman who cares
for the betterment and uplift of .iu
manlty should get busy on this ques
tion, and give the senators of their
respective states and the congressmen
of their respective' districts to under
stand that they will not tolerate any
further exploitation of the people for
war purposes. D. L. MacLEOD.
The Straggle in Peace 11m".
Portland. Jan 4. 'To the Editor of
The Journal) England is fighting
for her very existence, and so Is Ger
manv. France also is In the death
struggle of nations. But what about
the strife to live, for those who are
In the fierce fight In times of peace,
the poverty xone takes Its toll In mil
lions of all ages In the battle for life.,
The dramatic photoplays, "Destruc
tion" and ,'Zaxa." among others recent
ly seen in Portland, make one ask why
should the masses toll to their ex
tinction to permit the mlsmated lives
of a few men and women ' tj very ex
travagance that the "power of money
will give them? It Is a monstrous In
dictment against peace. Tet there are
those who blame the many for the
folly and crime of rulers and the fa
vorites of fortune who usurp world
control In war or peace. It Is the
iron hand that grasps for power In
evil days, and governs in periods of
safety to the exclusion of blessings
that should be common to all. Now
Is demanded a fairer reckoning of all
the advantages In living conditions
the world over. M. A. BUCKLEY.
In the Presidential Race.
Portland, Jan. 3. To the Editor of
The Journal The Republican party ap
pears to have a new game this year.
All of the most promlne 't -candidates
are refusing to allow th Ir names to
go on the primaries. This will aid
the nomination of "favorite sons" who
will have no national Strength, and
leave the real selection of a presiden
tial candidate in the hands of the
convention when it meets. Thus It
can dangle Roosevelt and Root and
Hughes before the eyes- of the public,
and at the last moment nominate, say,
Weeks! This plan has but one dan
ger which la that a vigorous man
like La Follette might' capture so
many of the primaries as to come into
the convention with unbeatable
strength. ,
That raises an interesting question:
Why are so many conservatives) like
Taft eagerly telling' us tho, La fol
lette la politically dead so far as the
presidency la concerned f 4 if It la truev
PERTINENT COMMENT
SMALL CHANGE
Laffartr will run axalo. So will Pat.
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Prosperity item: The snow shovel
Industry ha taken on new activity.
Wonder whether leap year proposals
will result in lass buaineas for the di
vorce courts?
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Your old friends will be disappointed
If they don't hear from you letter
writing week, January 17 to 22.
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Before getting too excited. It might
be well to remember that we have Aus
tria 10 thank for the Wienerwurst.
a a
La Grande entered upon the new
year with too few houses for its peo
Vle, showing that prosperity brings
worries as well aa compensations.
a
Whatever people mt-y think of the
Sunday law, there can be agreement
that Judge Wolverton s refuaal to de
cide the Issue on technicalities adds
strength to his decision.
a
Fire Marshal Stevens says overln
surance is an invitation to arton and
the cause of incendiary fires. Hut
what do the Insumcce companies care
to lona aa they chum ui lossea to
honest people?
a
The argument against Franklin T.
Lane for appointment to the supreme
court vacancy In that he is too strong
a man for the Interior department to
.ose. Thus Mr Lane hns honorable
distinction whether or not he eels the
appointment.
THE ANCIENT SANCTUARY OF MOUNT ATH0S
From a Bulletin of the National Geo- the beech, the chestnut and mantled
graphic Society. by the fir. All manner of vegetables
Across the peninsula from the allies' and fruits are Krown in the monastery
fortlfled Balkan port at Salonikl lies gardens; and the low. rambling build
fabled Mount Athos, today a holy ings, accretive rather than planned.
mount to the Christians, the dominant are picturesque, homey surroundings
physical feature of the Chalcldian re- within which to pass away a calm, re
gion; and here, where the ancient gods flectlve Ufa
are nodding down upon the mushroom j
growth of a wonderful military camp j The monks and hermits of Mount
In the old port city, la situated a saint- ' Athos have been named the lotos eat
ly monastic community peaceful, re- ers. Nature around them Is beautiful
flectlve, a religious republic through and Impressive, and their ways are
the dark ages of the Balkans. sheltered and through plenty, on the
Legend makes the rugged mountain other hand, soma writers find tha lot
holy In- the eyes of all near eastern of life upon the holy mount anything
Christiana and, moreover, the same but enviable. One says: "Nature and
legend has to do with come of the hlatory have combined In making
present day discomforts of life there Mount Athos what It is a mllkless,
high above the blue Aegean. It la mirthless seat of superstitibus medtta
reoorded that the Blessed Virgin res- tlon, where sanctity is hatched In sable
cued the son of the Emperor Theodo- folded Idleness, where the spirit slum
stus from shipwreck and brought him bers rocked in the cradle of medieval
safely through the .violent seas to the faith. No breath of skepticism wafted
mountain foot. As they touched upon from the outer world ever ' reaches
the shore the sacred companion of the those lotophagian retreats, no asplra
prlnce commanded: "Let no other tlon of those that agitate the "purblind
woman's foot tread Oils soil after me." race of miserable men" ever quickens
And so it comes that nq female beings the pulse of these melancholy anchor
are allowed upon the holy mount. ltes." The monks of Mount Athos, how
The strict exclusion of all female ever, have deserved well of the world
creatures from the mount, however, by preserving much of the wealth of
has certain disadvantages. Thus, no ofd Greek culture to modern times. a
fresh eKgs may be had on Mount 1
Athos, and no milk, for the cow and
the hen, under the ban of the legend,
are Kepi lrurn us area., il is iiB-a las. ine mountain reaches a crest
of masculine Independence and su- 6350 feet above tha sea and plunge
premacy; a land "where all fowls are precipitously Into the water. Monas
cocks; all sheep rams; all cats Toms; terles were founded upon the mount In
all housemaids men, and most men the early middle ages, some say as
monks.'1 j early as the time of Constantlne. They
I preserved their independence under
The ascent of the holy mount to Its Moslem rule, even after assisting In a
realm of religious and masculine seclu- atruKBle for Greek independence, and
sion la a toilsome one. Above the mon- for centuries they were the ceater of
asterles and the hermit cells, the cul- Greek learning.
mlnating, colossal, conical peak of the The peninsula, on which Athos Is
; mount breaks into the clouds. This
1 n..1r m mal.ellf. thnt If la saM fO
throw Its evening shadow across dls- hardly a mile and a half broad. The
tanl Lemnos. Karyes, a city of quaint way around the peninsula was a dan
domes set in groves of hazel. Is the . gerous one for sailors and Xerxes, aa
capital of the community, and In Turk- part of his plan for Invading Greece.
ish times before the. war of 191Z. it
was practically the capital of a mo
nastic republic.
On the lower slopes, the olive, the
eypreas. the lemon and the orange form monasteries, constitute the life of
an outlying fringe of vegetation. Th Athos and its causeway to the main
higher slopes are climbed by the oak, land.
why do they persist In lambasting
the corpse? Perhaps the answer lies
la a most unexpected place In the
plan of the Interstate Commerce Com
mission to get a physical valuation of
the railroads, so that rates could have
a real and Just basis. It was La Uol
lette who sponsered this idea, and
now supports It. The railroads have
a greater power of taxation than the
American rovernrr.ent. and they are
not going to submit to an honest an 1
scientific method of rate-making If
t Vi. v rati heln it. It Is charged that
the railroad were behind the outcry
raiscd Era:nst the La otietie sea
man's law. it was claimed that
American shipping" would be driven
from the seas and that Americans
could not Ret Jobs as sailors, li -t
every shipyard Is being worked to
capacity to turn out new boats, and
American crews are ousting Chinese
crews and Japanese, while the general
public has a degree of safety never
before granted them.
The Republican reactionaries appear
to be playing an interesting but dan
gerous game. Like te railroads, .hey
are not going to yield to the public
any more than they have to
y DAILY READER.
Defends Dr. Lovdand.
Tortland, Jan. 3 To the Editor of
The Journal I have read the letters
which appeared In The Journal Decem
ber :9 and 31. written disparagingly
analnst the Hev. Dr. I-eaveland fam
ous sermon on "What Answer Will the
.hurch Olve to President Wilson's
Policy of Treparedness?" After read
It g these I got the Impression that
surely the writers did not hear the
sermon, otherwise there would be less
confusion In their arguments, I am
rot a regular churchgoer, .but I no
ticed the sermon advertised in Tke
Journal, and not knowing Dr. Love
land, I-went to hear him with an un
llased mind. And I tan honestly vouch
ti.at Dr. Loveland dealt with the dif
ficult problem in a most masterful,
comprehensive and instructive way.
The sermon waa well received by the
vast audience. At the finish the audi
ence broke through the usual decorum
and gave him loud applause, which I
think was well deserved.
In his sermon he gave us some
stern facts to consider. First, man be
longs tr the animal kingdom, and is
endowed with their fighting propen
sities, especially the females, who are
generally the moat vicious. Fact No.
2 is- War has always been going on
in the world, during Us past history,
and from all appearances it will con
tinue to go on. Fact No. : The great
est, most deadly and destructive war
In the history of the world is now
gotr.g on. and its ramifications are af
fecting all nations, and though Amer
ica is not one of the combatants, its
citizens have been drowned, its com
merce is being dislocated, even neutral
ships are being scuttled, aa well as
being sunk by submarines, and we are
apparently powerless to prevent iL
Regarding the policy of nonreslst
ance as advocated by the pacificists,
tnat If you are smitten on the one
cheek, you should turn the Other. Dr.
Loveland said that if that principle as
taught by Christ, could be put Into
universal practice, It certainly would
make a heaven upon earth, and put an
end to wars. "But In the meantime"
and he put great emphasis on the
word meantime) "the nations of the
world are not ready to adopt that prin
ciple, but the opposite. They are arm
AND NEWS IN BRIEF
OREGON SIDELIGHTS
A straw vote, by postal card, taken
at Fossil on the question of changing
the town's nam, has resulted in the
dropping of trie proposal. 4 out of 100
voting against change.
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The railroad company has recently
erected new stock pens near the freight
depot at Newberg, and the Enterprise
the facilities now for shipping
stock are exoeiled by no town along
the line.
a
The Klamath county court. In order
to encourage the slaughter of coyotes,
ha raised tha bounty for nut vaar.
according to the Klamath Falls Her
ald, until each coyote will mean $J -i
fot the man killing him. Fort Klam
ath people have pledged themselves
to pay an additional i per head for
each coot killed in thai secUon.
The new Christian Science church at
Kurns has been completed and the
first service was held last Sunday. The
Times Herald say; This ia a verv
neat and inviting little church and the
members are to tie congratulated. All
the furniture has not l,en installed
a6 yet but this will t.e done as rap
idly as circumstances will permit."
"This." says the Coqullln Sentinel.
"Is the fifty-third Issue of the Sentinel
for the year 1916. We can remember
the time when weekly newai'aj.crs
whose publication day fell.
O'ira today, on the last day of the year,
took a week off. remarking that the
subscribers had cot all that was com
ing to Uiem In the preceding 53 weekly
issues."
I
Athos swells the tip of the easter-
most of the three halcidlan penlnsu
situated is 40 miles long, and It is
Pnnnrled with tha tnalnlun.4 v - .-.
, ran a canal through the narrow neck.
which can still be traced. In classic
times, there were several smaller cities
here. Now 6000 monks housed in 20
Ir.g to the teeth, and tha mighty and
strong, who are supposed to defend
;he weak, are at present using the;r
power and strength to extinguish and
exterminate the weak." His conclu
sion was most pathetic and impressive,
! elng a ahort review of the origin of
America. "Late in being discovered
was a purpose of God." "Horn and
emancipated by the power of tha
sword. Again. "Chastened and Con
1 e,
it
solidated by the power of the sword
nd at preaent being sifted and fitte.l
hv X DCrit? n's tO tkkA ait imnAluni
I j,art n the readjustment of interna-
lional law, and the working out of an
amicable settlement, to bring about In
ternational peace, ae well an giving help
and support to the weaker neutral na
tions who are looking to us fpr guid
ance. Kor this purpose, the church."
he concluded, "must indorse the policy
of preparedness."
The above are some of the points
which the writen against Dr. Love
land would do well to digest, and not
pick out a few texts and fling at him.
Some "little Americans" no doubt, dis
liked the sermon, but the great major
ity who were there, like myself.felt
much tha better for hearing tb j same
JOSIAH YOUNG.
The Cry of a Hardened One.
6llver Lake, Or.. Dec. 25 .--'To th
Editor of The Journal) "The mills
the gods grind slow, but they rrlnd ex
ceedingly f!ne." We have been mar
ried nearly 16 years. We have seen
children, and the stork hovers near;
and our eldest is not yet 14. I am
not complaining. There has been sun
shine as well aa shadow, and the chil
dren are a Joy. But life at best, aa a
farmer's wife, leaves something to be
desired. We rise early, for winter
time. There's breakfast, and we board
the teacher. The children must be got
to school; they walk a mile. Then
baby is to care for. Dishes are to be
done. Dinner Is to get. Thera are
sweeping and the beds, and It is af
ternoon. I set a few minutes to lie
down with baby. Then tha children
are home from school. Supper Is to
get. The stranger comes with the
dusk. Dishes to do. And then, to bed.
Sundays. .Mondays. Tuesdays, Wednes
days, Thursdays, Fridays and Satur
days, It Is almost the same routine,
with sewing in between. All this for
board and clothes! There la no plan
and no time for pleasure.
I graduated from high school. I
belong to the Eastern Star and to the
Baptist church. I used to have friends,
but am isolated and have not had
time or opportunity to cultivate
friends. I know I would not say any.
thing If I thought I could stand it.
But my husband had to come to the
church to meet me. Why Is It he
won't go since nor allow me? Surely
my duty to him and the children la
what I live for.
It baa been so from the first. It
Is not a new thing of late years,
brought on by circumstances or mis
fortune. Perhaps someone has solved Just
sucb a problem. I want help.
I would not Insist on going to
church If I could ,0 for a ride, to
visit a neighbor, or to see a sister who
lives near. , I've never tried to walk
o far. I have sometimes taken a
team and gone when 00 one was at
home to object, and no one Inconveni
enced. But there Is no plan mad for
my pleasure, no convenience to lighten
my labor, ana my happiness is not
given a thought. What lm the an
aferf riRMriri wunc
TbeOncG Over
y ESTERDAT AFTERNOON I
wandered forth in tha beautlfnl
now to see what I could see.
JAnd 1 was going along.
wishing I had spiked shoes
or rubber heels
or something.
J Because a lot of the beautiful had
tarnished and turned Into beautiful
sluah.
which had froxen into beautiful
Ice which waa melting.
U And I aaw Nick Pierong coming
with Tom Conlon.
JAnd Just before they got to me
Nick .tuck out his left foot.
and tripped Tom.
J But Tom grabbed a lamp post
and held on.
J And I thought Nick had done It
on purpose.
except that he had such a serious
expression on his face.
"JAnd he stuck out his right foot.
a- and then tried to get them to
gether again.
but he couldn't make It
JAnd boili feet camo forward,
and then went back.
J And everybody slowed up and
watched him to sne what he Intended
to do with his feet
J And I shld 'What's the matter
Nh k what are you trying to doT'
J And h, glare, at me.
and almost eat down.
so it wasn't a very good glare
JAnd when he got them under con
trol ho talked as though l.e Llamad
me.
JAnd he went on to say that the
clerk who soid him the rubber lieels
was a liar.
JAnd 1 said "Yea but why do
you act this way?"
; And Tom said "Can't you see?
a practicing some of those new
steps that Evelyn Nesblt la dolns
up at the Orpheum.
"and he wanted me to be Jack
Clifford and I wouldn't."
JAnd I went along before N'fck
could say any more.
and aaw a lot of people acting
just like he did.
JAnd there was a man pushing a
sign on wheels.
JAnd the sign said "Why have
wet feet and be uncomfortable and
catch cold and be sick?"
J And It told where to get shoes
to keep your feet dry.
JAnd I looked at the shots of
the man who was pushing tfce alga.
JAnd the heels were almost gone.
and there were holes in the tide.'
and his feet were wet.
JAnd I went up Yamhill.
JAnd there were some k.lds with
sleds.
JAnd their cheeks were rosy and
their eyes shining.
and they were shouting.
JAnd one of them I don't knew
which hit rne In the ear with a
snowball.
JAnd as I watched them I thought
of the days long ago when I was
a kid back In Wisconsin.
JAnd I looked up and ' a man a
lot older than I am -was .standing
beside me.
J And we both smiled.
and looked at the kids.
J And a snowball whizzed between
and sprayed us both.
JAnd we laughed and shook
hands and parted but
J LISTEN I'll bet I know Jut
what he was thinking about.
The New Year Novice.
By Ben Lampman.
Doctor, won't you feel my pulse and
stick around awhile? I fet.r me that
thin comely map will never wreath a
srr .le. Blow' me no bunk of glad New
Year, nor grin your dreadful grin the
patient that confronts you, Ior. is elat
ed to cash In. last i.ight at Charley's
Down the Line, we watched the Old
Year die; full four and twenty spend
ing sports, and each as full a I. Our
glasses Jingled on the bar,' our sliver
sought the till. O, many a toast and
many a boast to Bacchus illd we spill.
Yet grief was In each gallant heart,
though all utidlmmed each eye; we
sought to aouse our sorrow, Doc tha
state was going dry
Doctor, speak not of the sobs that
wring the manly frame, when sorrow
with a sickle cleaves the good old fam
ily name. The pal", that pent within
our breasts we held and made no
moan, misht wring to tears a Zulu
chief or ,i'i"'fy a stone. Yet laughter
lilted at the night and thundered
thro.Kh the door we drenched tha
i-a'lM of our souls and called for one
roi.nii more. And, Doctor, chide me
not that I was not the least of these
I until the lights went round and round
like merry Christmas trees. 'Who would
not souse his sorrow. Doc, or bravely
make the try? We all were mourners
at a wake the state was going dry.
loctor won't you feel my pulse and
stick around a while? I fear me that
these youthful limbs will never Hmp a
mile. Bid them cull ma no fair flow
ers, when I am starward fled. Who
ever pined for posies. Doc, and -carried
such a head? Last night, at Charley's
Down the Line, we watched the Old
Year croak to song and quip and
ribaldry the New Year yawned and
woke. But, Doctor, in each gallant
heart a secret pain abode each man
braced up, aa all men must, and sought
to bear this load Why do
you shake your .aamed conk and
smile and softly sigh? I've got to
have my bracer, Doc the poor-old
state's gone dry!
"Talk is cheap." ears one of Kan
sas' Grand Army of Candid Grouches,
"except when you hire a lawyer."
Strcet&owri
Tlon ten Strike Wells.
7 HILE dinner was served on board
V the steamer Hassalo on Christ
mas day to the homeless, a strange
similarity of names among four well,
known Portland men developed.
W. D. Wells, agent foe- the San Fraa
cleoo & Portland Steamship company,
had bean paying his respects to Ed
Budd and his staf aboard the Haeealo.
As be left the dock he saw H. P.
("Dad") Hunter, special agent for the
O-W. R at N. company, engaged in con
YersatioB with two policemen. He drew
near and offered the usual "Merry
Christmas."
"Well, I declare," said the amiable
Dad." '"What do you think of this?
Mr. W. D. Wells meet Mr. W. M.
Wells." At th same time the Hunters
exchanged greetings.
Welle Is traffic officer a t Fifth, and
Washington streets, while the second
policeman was C T. Hunter, traflio
officer at Broadway end Washington
Street. " ;'-- '. ',
Neither the Hunters nor the Well see
are related.,. ; . j. ; ? . v.: :