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' America ack nothing for herself but what
"be. baa a right to aak for hnmantty itelf.
WOODROW WILSON.
Mllllona for defense, but not a cent for
tribute. CHARLKS C. FINCKNEY.
t have done the state some aervtee,
and tbey know't. Shakeapcare.
A CRAVEN SON-IX-LAW
H
OCH der Colonel. He is all
ready for war. He has of
fered himself witli his sons
and sons-in-law a bleeding
sacrifice for his native land, though
- he confesses that he thinks the sac
rifice -will be in vain. The supine
. ly verminous Wilson administra
Jtidn has brought the country to
4tBuch a pass that it is doornod to
;N destruction. Not evto the death
- of the Colonel and both his sods
Si In-law on the stricken field can
avail to save it.
p "I will go myself," swears the
Colonel, gallantly waving his sword
in the face of the shrinking heav
:. .ens, "and my four eons will go."
JjHe is sure, too, that one of his
glsons-in-law will go, but he seems
fidoubtful about the otner. Which
, 'ia the recreart son-in-law who will
iSsit calmly and supinely at home
' while his doughty father-in-law
fights and dies on the bloodstained
Sbattlefield? Can it be Nicholas
fkLongworth?
We have always suspected Mr.
-Longworth of supineness and cow-
,:ardliness. It is just like him to
j i ' stay at home basely billing and
"cooing with his wife while the
RColonel bleeds and dies. The Colo-
nel says he would far rather aee
this recreant non-in-law dead than
; ; thus flinching from his duty to
fight the kaiser, Sut he comforts
himself with the reflections that
? sons-in-law are as heaven makes
them. One can not always choose.
j Sometimes one's daughter chooses.
:-- The Colonel is well armed by
? I nature for combat. He needs no
: j more artificial, preparedness than
i the lion and the unicorn. Remem
1 ber what Samson did to the Philis-
P tines with the jaw bone of an ass.
L He slew 3000 in one day, and with
out any previous practice.
The Colonel has had much prac
tice with the same weapon. He has
been using it day and night on Mr.
.Wilson for months. When he turns
it against the kaiser and his hosts,
fearful will be the slaughter.
w A Watseka wife declined to live
;- in that town because there were
no streetcars and no proper sewage
fj8ystem. Alleging her refusal as
' sufficient grounds, the husband
gsued for divorce. The judge de-
clinefl the divorce petition, holding
that a woman has a perfect right
to refuse to live in a town which
; has no streetcars and in which the
sewage system is Inefficient.
A DRAMA LEAGUE PL.AY
NATOLE FRANCE'S n 1 a v.
"The Man Who Married a
Dumb Wife," was prettily
performed at the Little The
ater Tuesday night. The acting
was better, upon the whole, than
we had any right to expect from
amateurs. The "judge" had a
truly artistic conception of his part
and worked it out to perfection.
His climax at the end of the sec
'ond act was a erenultie trinmnti
t' Everybody burst into laughter at
V I , : exactly the right point with a thor-
f - , ough understanding of the play
" and a hearty appreciation of Mr..
Riley's acting.
. No elaborate stage setting was
I Sat temp ted and none was needed,
vftt liThe audience enjoyed the simplic-
- IJ - lty of the performance quite as
( . much as the capable acting, it is
t - pleasant to see a good play - pre-
"'". . , sen ted on Its merits, and the en-'
; " joyment of the audience was enough
K Wjift o h o w that the "intellectual
1 .drama" ; can" win a place In our
! ; life if it has half a chance. This
play is not painfully intellectual
S .t cfehy:' ;any - means ; but neither is it
silly. It mingles satire and pure
tun with a spice of buffonery, mak-
- j . . . lng something of an appeal to many
tastes. " ' - -
f , V We confess to a good deal of
j? . V pleasure in the incidents of the
I 'performance, such as the lads who
I b - sold cresses to the tune cf a melo-
Tf " dlous song. They agreeably re-
, ,;j placed the candy boys more com
fit " c5nionlr seea: in Mr theatres whose
i I ' ' ' voices ..are not alTrayo melodious.
actors - coming - ap through the au
dience on hfei? way ta the stage
This little device makes the drama
domestic afid - intimate. . It ' has al
ways been ..employed In the circus
bnt: the theatre has just begun to
learn it. '-'i' - : -;S ,
The r audience 'enjoyed the play
all the more because they felt per
fectly free - from' any apprehension
of .eeHrg a hideous smudge of ad
vertisements shoot down at the
end of the act.
' The Drama League Players de
serve well of the public. May they
go on to greaterthings.
Commander-in-chief, the Colo-;
nel; adjutant general, -first son;
quartermaster general, first son-in-law;
chief of artillery, .second
son; commissary general, second
son-in-law, provided he will serve;
chief of intelligence department,
third eon; director of balloon as
censions, fourth son; paymaster
general .Vacant. Destination of ex
peditionary forces, Germany.
T1IE SHIP FAMINE
T
HE world is short cf ships.
The normal tonnage is 50,
000,000 tons. About 11,000,
000 tons of merchant vessels
has been requisitioned for war pur
poses. Five million tons that we
know of has been destroyed. About
6,000,000 tons is interned in Ger
man and Austrian ports.
The 11,000,000 tons of requisi
tioned ships, because of the hard
usage to which the vessels have
been subjectod, will mostly go into
the scrap heap at the end of the
war. In place of the 5,000,000
tons destroyed, less than 30 per
cent has been replaced with new
ships. Except in America, Norway,
Sweden, Japan and a few other
smaller countries, the shipyards
are devoted to other purposes than
building merchant vessels.
At best, the world's tonnage will
remain 12,000,000 to 15,000,000
tons under the norm:.', for a con
siderable period after the close of
the war. One of the leading firm3
of managing cwners on the Pacific
has announced thnt it expects to
net a profit of 100 per cent on its
vessels in the two years following
the end of the war, and thereafter
for several years a profit of 25
per cent.
With lurge areas of Europe to
rebuild after the war, and with the
United States necessarily the store
house for most of the materials
that will be required, there are ob
servers who insist that it will be
20 years before the supply of ton
nage can catch up with the ever
growing demands for ocean car
riers, and earnings be brought back
to the normal status.
As not before in this generation.
naval architecture is returning to
the new type of wooden ship.' There
are claims that, on account of its
Leconomy of operation, it is to al
most work a revolution in ocean
carrying.
It is a five masted schooner of
about 3000 tons capacity with aux
iliary power. It carries a crew of
only 12 men and is operated for
about half the cost of a tramp
steamer. It carries 2,000,000 feet
of lumber, or when fitted for It,
other cargo of equal tonnage.
Impetus is also given construc
tion of this type of vessel by the
impossibility for the steel plants to
turn out enough steel. The Union
Iron Works at San Francisco- is
now 22 months behind in steel de
liveries. With the world clamoring
for ocean carriers and steel plants
turning away orders every day, the
new type of wooden freighter is
turned to as a solution of a weighty
problem.
Portland is probably the best lo
cated city in the world for build
ing the new type of ship. The big
trees and other materials are all
around. At the city's doors is ev
erything that the builder requires.
The spars from our trees are
shipped half way around the world
to England to go into ships.
Why not do some building here?
I After a careful scrutiny of the
list of candidates, one is involun
tarily drawn to the conclusion that
it is time to prepare for the can
ning season.
RICHES AND DYES
T
HE German government has
authorized the exportation of
15,000 tons of aniline dyes to
the United States.
If the shipment reaches Amer
ica it will spoil the game of specu
lators whose gambling in dyes has
vied exploits at Monte Carlo. Five
hundred persons in Philadelphia
alone have made fortunes. A bank
cashier invested ; $1000 in dyes a
yea ago, and his account is now
one of the. heaviest handled by the
bank. One man with little ready
cash in. hand a year ago and who
knew nothing about dyes, is now
worth over $200,000 as a result of
his speculations.
Colors formerly obtainable at 15
to 16 cents a pound now bring $15
to $20 r. pound. Certain "vat"
colors noted for their fastness have
mounted "to $30 a pound.
Barbers, bankers, salesmen
men from every calling have for
saLen their normal vocations and
dipped into dye stuff gambling.
The cost of dyeing hosiery in Phila
delphia factories haa jumped from
seven cents a pound to -35 cents.
A Philadelphia decorator fell
badly in arrears with hiti creditors,
and, his home was levied ori by the
sheriff. .At the sale of the goods,
four-: pounds of a well known dye
wat .discovered. It brought $200,
satisfied the claims of the creditors
and ; saved the -rest of the decora
tor's goods v -But i one -dollar ; was
originally paid for the dye. ' -
The ends to which this country
is going in its rummage of the
earth for dyes appeared when it
was discovered that there was a
quantity ?of rGerman dyes in China.
A Patterson, New Jersey, silk dyer
sent; a chemist to China, and after
a test, -the entire lot was purchased
for $300,000. One-third was used
by the silk dyer, and the remain
der, was, sold to cotton dyers m
Philadelphia for $600,000 r at a
profit 'of 300 per cent.
A Detroit ttreetcar conductor al
ways gave his pay envelope to his
wife. Once he opened it and took
out 25 cents. Now she is suing
him for divorce. He was too good.
PLUCKED
A
S RELATED in The Journal
tndnv A F! Rsrha has nuit-i
loaay, a. tu. rscne nas qun
ted Oregon, a piucaea ana
penitent man.
He swallowed the bait that a
bogus orchard company threw out
to him in far away New York. He
was one . of many wl o were sim
ilarly hooked.
Esche contracted with the North
western association, of Oregon City,
for a ten acre orchard, for which
he was to pay $3000. At the end
of five years the land was to be
In bearing trees.
When that period had expired
Esche, after payment of $1500,
packed his belongings in New
York and, full of anticipation and
hope, came out to Oregon to take
possession of his orchard, from
which, according to the represen
tations of the sellers, he was sure
to have an easy living and abun
dant profits to lay by for a rainy
day.
Then followed the old, old story.
His arrival was a day of disillu
sionment. Instead of the bearing
fruit trees that were to be on the
land, there were only stones and
bis stumps. The home that he
had planned and the happy and
profitable life work he had so
often pictured to himself were a
delusion and a snare.
He did not even have title to
the property. It was so heavily
mortgaged that there was no chance
for him ever to get title. Swin
dled, baffled and beaten, there was
nothing to do but to set about to
earn enough money with which to
get out of Oreson, and this he
has done.
The harm done Oregon by such
happenings is irreoarable. The
jailing of the swindler, as was 1
done in this case, doesn't return
the money to the swindled.
In view of that late statement of
a Missouri judge from Oyster Bay,
it cannot be assumed that because
Root and' the Colonel are both
fighting the president they are al
lies. GOOD OLD SMOOT
GOOD old Smoot. He is al
ways on the job. If the old
guard must have some candi
date to push the Colonel out,
why not take' Smoot? Nobody else
has ever served them so well in the
senate. He would do equally well
in the White House. We nominate
him for president on the old guard
ticket.
Reed Smoot's latest exploit is to
object to printing the Industrial
Relations committee's rennrt. Thpra
was a resolution to print 100,000
copies before the senate. But Smoot
-objected" and it could not be
voted upon. The private washes of
a single senator outweigh the
fare of the country. Such is sen-
ri,i .ri.o
A good many other senators ob-
lected secretlv to nrmtine thn r-!
port, but they did not dare say so
openly. Smoot did dare and the
rest of the reactionary band took
refuge behind him. If any mem
ber of that predatory crew is made
president it should be Smoot, for
he at least has the courage of his
convictions.
It is said that the boom of the
big guns at Verdun can be heard
100 miles away. But the shot
fired at Concord was heard around
the world.
GHASTLY FIGURES
T
HE latest estimates of the dead
and permanently incapacitated
from th wr r 9 nnn nnn
for the allies and lSoioOO!0' enters In finding his tools and
for the central powers
There was not a time in the
Napoleonic wars - on either side
when the entire armies in the field
totaled as large a percentage of
the populations involved as the
dead and wholly; disabled already
total in1 Germany,5 France and Aus
tria. Yet, until this conflict, we have
been wont to look upon the Napo
leonic wars as extremely devastat
ing to Europe.
What must be the verdict of his
tory when the figures of death,
debt and " devastation of this war
are cast up? :
.Ar.Qne explanation of the Portland
baseball scopes is that the Beavers
seem to play too much Pacificist
ball.
A CASE SETTLED
THE JOURNAL recorded a lew
days ago that a Chicago judge
had w issued a temporary in
junction against a man who
was ' about to ; publish.:. . plea for
Bacon agatast Shakespeare. ; The
suit was begun by a' theatre man
wkoiteMubis financial interests Ira
case has now heen decided.
Judge Tuthill, who has been try
ing it, settles the vexed question of
the authorship of the i-lays once
jfo- all just as we hoped be would.
I Henceforth, it is of no nse for any
ibbdy to "uphold the theory that
Shakespeard wrote his own works.
We can put him to craven flight
by quoting Judge Tuthili who says,
"T h e name and character o f
Shakespeare were used as a mask
by Francis Bacon." . The , learned
judge adds his opinion that Shakes
peare was "an impostor."'
This may all be true, but we
can not eet rid of the suspicion
that Judge Tuthill is just the "least
( little mite" of a fanatic.
NOTHING THE MATTER
WITH PORTLAND
IThooe 'ho have long been urged to own
thelr own bomeM may ere iong be addition-
ytlly advised to build them alao. since all
tbere is to It now la Uie hammer ana rails.
The simplification of domicile erection, aa
set forth in No. 120 of The Journal 'Noth
ing the Matter With Portland" articles. Is
indeed a novelty and. aa prevented, an un
commonly attractive one.
THE Ready Built House company
is the name of a corporation
with an office at 980 East Broad
way and workshops located on the
tracks of the O-W. R. & N. railroad
in Sullivan's gulch. Its secretary,
James E". Brockway, states, "This is
the only company on the Pacific
coast selling buildings made to or
der and which may be put together
by anybody with common sense and
a hammer."
J. H. Fenner is president of the
company, and Ae and Mr. Brockway
manage its business. The gentlemen
came to Portland a few years ago
from Bay City, Mich., a town located
in what once was a famous lumber
region. The white pine of that state,
however, was long since practically
exhausted, only scrub trees remain
ing. Considerable hemlock, however,
is now sawed into lumber and this is
largely used for building purposes.
But hemlock is a brittle, shaky tim
ber, in n wise comparable to. the fir
of Oregon, yet there are two or three
ready built house companies in Bay
City, each doing a considerable busi
ness. THE READY BUILT PLAN.
It is only rrlthin the last few years
that selling ready bui.it houses has
attained any great proportions, yet
when one reflects uno the idea its
feasibility will grow upon the mind.
Great steel buildings and bridges are
fabricated in shops sometimes thou
sands of miles from their destinations
or places to which they are to be
erected, and if this can be done in
steel, why not in wood? It would be
a curious spectacle to see mechanics
fashioning a steel bridge on the
banks of the stream it was to span,
or a steel building on t.ie streets of
a city wherein the structure was to
be erected. So again, why not fabri
cate wooden buildings in shops Where
exist mechanical appliances for cut
ting their timbers and boards by steam
or electricity, Instead of by hand?
From any angle one looks at It, It
seems the real solution "of construct
lng homes and office buildings,
churches, schoolhouses, etc., at the
smallest expense.
MACHINES DO THE WORK.
Asked as to the territory covered
by the sales of the company, and why
It could sell the material for -a build
ing ready prepared for erection, at
an advantage to the buyer. Secretary
Brockway answered:
"We sliip these ready built houses
to all parts of the Pacific coast and
j east t0 the Atlant,c. we have
made severalhipments to the Haw-
aJian Elands. We have sent a great
' many to astern tates and to the
wel-iprairie relon8 of tno west- nd Uke-
wlse to the mIddle west- In fact "
is the economical way to build for
anyone distant from lumber produc
tion, for the reason that it saves
nearly a third of the freight, and a
second large saving is made in the
cost of construction. We do every
thing by machinery, and in our shopa
with our appliances one man will do
the work of 15 to 18 with hand tools.
Our power operated saws will accom
plish more in 15 minutes than a hard
working man with his hand saw In a
day. And if there be mortises, by
our system a man can accomplish
more In ten minutes than he could In
ten hours by the old, antiquated augur,
mallet and chisel method. Where an
gle cuts are to be made have ap
paratus set to the accu.acy of a hair,
! and have not to wait for a try-square
; and pncil mark- , The scantlln or
board ,s cllpped off ln a Jlffy' or ln
lsa tlm than consumed by the best
ALL BUILDINGS MACHINE CUT.
"The day is speedily approaching,
and I believe not -more than 10 or 15
years distant, when all Wooden build-
lngs will be fabricated in shops ex
actly as steel is now. Builders - are
realizirig that the ready-made building
business Is here to stay, and you will
find contractors procuring their ma
terial from, shops like ours, instead
of from the sawmills,? or if they buy
from the mills they will have machine-equipped
hops eut and frame
their stock. Those who do not will
have to work so cheaply there wlll be
no profit in the business."
An Important saving in the ready
made house plan Is 'that there is no
waste of lumber. The short pieces
are all worked in. It is to the profit
of the sellers of the buildings not to
waste. If there be . few odds and
ends left from one building they will
be used in the next one, or can be
made Into pieces of furniture or bric-a-brac
of use of in every home." Mr.
Brockway 5 says there Is not waste
enough -in their thops to feed a 10
inch airtight heater, and there are 10
ormr ; men at work all the time,
the. payroll . averaging over ; $900 a
moBtlwThiarj lsj.; en o - th claims
made by Mr.; Brockway -for th com
pany's ability to ' sell ready built
buildings at a very low price and yet
at a reasonable profit to his company.
ALONE WEST OEt CHICAGO.
"We are the only corporation west
of . Chicago," Mr. Brockway declares,
"engaged exclusively in selling ready
built buildings. There is one other
company, I believe, selling unframed
lunfber filling lumber orders but
none other shipping them ready for
setting up. We actually eliminate
both the contractor and tbe architect,
for we furnish the plans aa well as
material, and anybody can at -up the
structures. We also eliminate the
necessity of keeping an eye open for
poor material sec-eted in out-of-tlie-way
places, as we handle only the
best lumber and it is open to the ln
spection of the buyer befon a nail is
driven. We buy or handle no second
class material of any character, and
as we sell for cash only we have no
losses to bear ana to charge up pro
portionately to those preferring the
cash system."
WHAT BUTERS GET.
Buyers of ready built houses get
sills, joists, headerc, studding, top
and bottom plates, and rafters all cut
absolutely to fit. Strictly Star A red
cedar sh.'tgles, or ready built pre
pared roofing if desired. Oregon fir
vertical grain tongued and grooved
flooring, 1x4 inches, finished 13-16x
3 inches, or 1x3 Inches, finished
13-16x2 4 Inches f preferred. Porch
columns, rails, balusters, brackets,
Wfc.ter table, cornices, barge boards,
stepping, risers a.-d baseboards. High
grade Oregon fir for Inside finish.
Window and door frames, doors mor
tised and fitted with locks, and win
dows with glass fitted and glazed,
with trim both inside and outside.
Locks, hinges, flashing, sash locks
and lifts, nails, screws, etc. Paint,
stains and varnish sufficient for two
coats inside and outside, together with
shellac, putty and oP-j required. Lath
nd plaster are specified, but ready
built lath and piaster wall board may
be had, if de3i-ed, at from $20 to $80
per house more than lati and plaster.
With the material is furnished with
out charge numbered diagrams and
building Instructions for erecting the
building.
Plumbing supplies and heating ap
paratus are not included; nor are fix
tures, foundations, chimneys, roof or
Inside wall paint. Illustrations and
designs, with prices, may be had prior
to ordering.
Messrs. Fenner and Brockway are
practical lumbermen, having spent
about all their adult lives In that
business.
Letters From the People
. ,-. . .i ... ,M . fli a Imrnll fur
lunDmaoiuuew " w -- - -
publication iu thia department should be writ
ten on only one aide of tne paper, should not
exceed 300 words in length and must be ac
companied by tbe name and address of the
aender. If the writer does not desire to baa
the name published, he should ao ktate.J
Dlscuealon i the e-eutest of all reformers.
It rationalises erery Uilng It touches. It robs
principles of all false sanctity and throws them
back on their reasonableness. If they haa no
reaaonablenesa. it ruthlessly erushea them out
of existence and aeta up Its own eonciuaioaa
ln their stead." Woodrow Wilson.
Judge Tuthill's Decision.
-Portland, Or., April 25. To the Ed
itor of The journal Taking the view
that Judge Richard S. Tuthill, of the
circuit court of Chicago ought to be
commended for his decision that
Shakespeare was not the writer of the
plays that bear his name, it occurs
that possibly Judge Tuthill had evi
dence before him that was practically
irrefutable.
The best evidence to be found today
on this Question of the 'feacon-Shakes-peare
controversy is ln the educational
library of Harvard university. It con
sists of the research work and original
manuscripts pertaining to the English
school system of the time of Shakes
peare. The school system that Shakes
peare had recourse to is fairly well
known. Much of the work accom
plished in the schools of Shakespeare
has been retained, and can be com
pared with a degree of certainty.
It is Just as well to remember that
the English school of 300 years ago
was a wretched affair. It Is well to
remember that the system under whicn
Shakespeare thrived was one not con
ducive toward the creation of phil
osophers. To further investigate,
young Shakespeare's record, it can De
fairly ascertained that he cultivated
no studious habits, and that his ap
pearance in the Cook county courts
last week was not his first offense
against the majesty of the law.'
For a number of years it has been
the custom at Harvard to give certain
advanced students in Shakespearean
drama a thesis on this very point.
Much research work has been done to
determine whether Shakespeare was
an impostor.
The prevailing opinion among the
research students and professors in
the department is that Shakespeaie
did not write the plays.
As a matter of sentiment. Shakes
peare may have the honor. As a mat
ter of evidence, he is not in position to
claim a good title.
Regardless of the authorship, mod
ern people care little for Shakes
pearean drama. Not a single big the
atrical producer is sending out Shakes
peare this year. In past years few
people could be drawn into a theatre
to see the plays, and most of them
have been withdrawn before the sea
son was well started.
J. B. COTTINGHAM.
Refuses Mr. Hutton's Pledge.
Klamath Falls, Or., April 22. To
the Editor of The Journal I am 'in
receipt of a communication from R.
P. Hutton, In the interest of the Anti
Saloon league of Oregon, requesting
me, as a candidate for the legislature,
to give specific answers to questions
framed and propounded by this league.
In declining to answer any and
all of the questions, 1 -have done so
on the grounds that Investigation Is
necessary, ajjd that I consider It Im
proper to give any specific pledges
or promises to any association, sect
or individual. I wish to state, over
my signature, that I thoroughly dis
approve of the methods adopted by
this league, as such appear to me ar.
effort to coerce candidates for the
legislature to conform to its will, and
I venture to say no one who has any
Independence, who has any positive
traits in his character, will submit to
Its dictation.
Prohibition has been In effect but
a short time. It Is no fundamental
reform, but merely a palliative meas
ure, designed to counteract and" reg
ulate the evil effects which have re
sulted -from encroachments on per
sonal liberty and the spoliation of our
national domain. For the short time
it has been a law it has done remark
ably well. The diminution of : crime
PERTINENT COMMENT
SMALL CHANGE
Should consumers quit putting sugar
down, producers would have to quit
putting it up.
Both sides agree that the war will
end at Verdun, the only difference of
opinion now being as to how it will
end.
New York Is complaining about soar
ing Bible prices. There must be some
explanation other than an increased
demand.
Ambassador Morganthau will not go
back to Constantinople, and ln view of
reports from the Turkish capital, no
body blames him.
Germany Joined in the Shakespear
ean celebrations, so it will be up to
England when the Schiller anniversary
rolls around.
The children's parade has been re
stored to the east side. Now, all to
gether, hip, hip, hurrah for the Rose
Festival!
The real pessimist is the man who
insists it would be Just our luck to get
into the war after everybody else has
quit fighting.
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How times have changed! Only a
short while ago farmers worried about
the price of hay; now they worry about
the price of gasoline.
A premium of 7.18 per cent, the high
est ever paid for Portland improvement
bonds, again demonstrates there is
nothing the matter with Portland.
If foreigners In this country would
use ambassadorial privileges strietlv
for ambassadorial purposes, there
would be less danger of Americans
losing the society of some very estima
ble gentlemen.
THE MESSAGE
Washington, April 27. (WASHING
TON BUREAU OF THE JOURNAL.)
The Jingo, the pacificist and the mod
erate seem to have merged more com
pletely Into common Americanism at
this time than at any period since re
lations between the United States and
Germany became strained. The ap
pearalcrce of President Wilson in the
halls of congress, making frank dis
closure of the progress of negotiations,
was the unifying note.
The message was delivered under
most Impressive surroundings. Only
a few of the leaders knew in advance
what the president came to say. There
was tremendous pressure in every part
of the galleries. When the president
entered there was a burst of applause.
Then came a hush and the president's
first words were heard in every corner
of the great hall.
After that, as he proceeded calmly,
gravely and decisively, the intentness
of his hearers was intensified with
each moment. There was no inter
ruption to applaud. Applause would
have disarranged the succeeding waves
of the indictment, however well timed
it might have been. The complete,
tense silence that allowed every sylla
ble to reach every ear in well rounded
sequence, was far more impressive
than any demonstration.
At the close members of senate and
house began to rise, to applatid and to
cheer, first on the Democratic side,
then on the Republican. Probably two
thirds of the Republican membership
of the house Joined in the demonstra
tion. It was a tribute to the presi
dent, an expression of the. common
good will in a moment of historic con
sequence. Restraint Is now the general atti
tude. There Is no such Babel of
tongues as ln the confusing days of
the McLemore resolution. In the gen
eral recognition of a situation where
patriotism can best be shown by mod
eration of speech there has followed
little comment. There are a few par
tisan exceptions.
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James R. Mann. Republican leader
of the house, is one. He offers the
opinion that the president's message
"shows he expects, if he can, to force
war with Germany.'
Mann's conception of the president's
attitude is so far-fetched that It has
failed to gather force. It does not co
incide with previous partisan abuse, ln
which the president has been painted
as "spineless," a note writer without
resolute purpose.
Serious opinion on all sides, divorced
from partisan declamation, agrees that
and the depletion of our jails Is proof
of that. The arrests for violations
have been comparatively few, and
even the most exacting critic must
admit that the law. so far, has been
reasonably well enforced. Yet there
art some zealots who can never be
appeased. Like the instigators of the
blue laws, they are never satisfied
until every one has been made a crim
inal, and they are not overscrupulous
ln the methods they employ.
I have been, and still am, a sup
porter of prohibition, but if. to en
force It, our state government is to
bo turned over to fanatical men and
impractical measures. If the state of
Oregon is to be turned Into a huge
inquisition and the rights and liber
ties of the people trampled on, I, for
one, will be found In the wet column
on the first opportunity.
Such missives as Mr. Hutton has
sent out to each candidate will do
more to injure the cause of prohibi
tion than all of the propaganda sent
out by all of the liquor interests com
bined. Following Is the text of my letter
in reply to Mr. Hutton, omitting ad
dress, salutation and signature, for
brevity's sake:
"In thanking you for your commu
nication of April 16, I will say ln
reply that I do not care to answer
your questions, either in the affirma
tive or negative, without further in
vestigation, which I have not the op
portunity to make just now. A fur
ther reason I should consider suffi
cient for declining to answer, is that
to do so would commit me to a
specific pledge or promise, which
circumstances might render inexpedi
ent or impossible to fulfil, and which
I do not consider proper to expect of
any candidate. I will say. however,
that, as the prohibition amendment
wau'adopted by the" people and is the
law of Oregon, I will favor any meas
ures that will aid its execution arid
oppose any measures that may limit
its effect, consistent with the rights
and liberties of the people."
I wish here to commend the Mult
nomah candidates In tbe stand they
have taken In defense of their rights,
and I will say to them that I have
formed a defense league for the same
purpose, in which I am the sole mem
ber, that I intend to retain my rights
as a candidate and citizen, and that
1 will hold nfyself responsible and
give pledges to no other interest than
the voters of the district for which
I seek to be a representative.
FRED W. HYNDMAN.
The Duty of Democracy.
Vancouver, Wash., April 25. To the
Editor of The Journal President Wil
son has met official duties more ardu
ous than have devolved upon any other
president since Washington and Lin
coln. We believe that partisanship has no
Just place in national affairs this
year, and that this patriotic stats
should east its ; electoral vote for
Wilson., tf m : : : -k ;-o
vTbese reasons t grow -partly out 1 of
AND NEWS IN BRIEF
OREGON SIDELIGHTS
Lebanon's eighth annual Strawberry
fair has been dated for June X and
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The city council of Enterprise has
authorized the purchase of an automo
bile to be converted into a fire truck.
It will be kept in a garage, ready for
Instant use.
The Civic Improvement club of Sher
idan offers a prize of $3. B0 for great
est improvement and general upkeep of
parking on streets; also a prize of $3.60
for greatest improvement of any iiome
surroundings.
Case of extreme rapacity, reported In
Joseph Herald. "One day tnls week
while at work on the Lake road Stanley
Legore saw two huge bald eagles
swoop down and tear to pieces a 3-months-old
calf belonging to S. P. Wil
liams. When they sot through with
their veal feast there wasn't much of
the carcass left, outside of bones.
"A group of gypsies," says the Med
ford Sun. "passed through Aiedford ,
Saturday morning from California, i
They were traveling in autos, a change
from the old order. Thev stopped but
a few minutes. They reported that
the main body of the gang would come
into the city next week the tame
way."
Salem's paving progress, as Indi
cated ln the Statesman: "When Church
street has been paved, the last of the
downtown streets will have been im
proved. This street, leading a it does
to the very heart of the city, should
have been paved long aKO. One of our
state institutions is located on this
street and it is entitled to the im
provement, and now that Bush's Pas
ture park is a reality, the pavement
is needed more than ever."
THAT UNIFIED
the president does not want war. It
is also agreed that the president knows
his course, realizes his responsibility,
is willing to assume it, and i? deter
mined that America's solemn protest3
shall not be derided and held for noth
ing. He has dealt with the German gov
ernment on a basis of frankness, and
of mutual credit. Assurances given
from time to time as to the conduct
of submarine warfare have been ac
cepted without reserve, andtbe failure
of submarine commanders to square
their conduct with these assurances
has been a matter of keen disappoint
ment. That, it may be said. Is the most per
plexing feature with which the presi
dent has had to deal. Even ln his la.st
message he does not take the position
that the German government has de
sired to deceive, but says the conclu
sion cannot be escaped that the im
perial government has been unable to
put any limits or restraints upon Its
undersea warfare.
It Is conceded that the message is
one of the great state papers that will
be remembered. Whatever the outcome
of the controversy, it will stand as a
clear and powerful summing up, rank
ing as a splendid expression of the
thought jot all the neutral nations.
Signs that the Philippines are again
to be made a political issue are seen
ln the minority report uhmltted on
the Philippine government bill in the
house. The report is signed by all
eight Republican members of the com
mittee on insular affairs, headed by
Towner of Iowa and tailed by McAr
thur of Oregon. It consists of an ex
tended argument against the granting
of independence, based upon the con
tention that the United States has ob
ligations to remain in the islands. Th
Clarke amendment, which was attached
ln the senate, providing for independ
ence in from two to four years, is the
special object of attack. It is declared
that the islands are an asset econom
ically, and It Is declared that they can
be made an element of military
strength by .training an army of 200,
000 Filipinos for their own. defense.
The question of bonds issued to pay
for the friar lands and for public im
provements la touched upon, and thn
United States Is asserted to be moral
ly i-id substantially bound to main
tain their integrity. The report ig
nores the announcement made in thia
connection by Chairman Jones, for the
majority, that another bill will be
brought in authorizing the president
to take steps upholding these bonds.
the fact of Wilson's eternal fitness for
the time and the place, and partly out
of the long abuse of public affairs by
the factional "Grand Old Party," that
is now a mob of warring factions.
Who does not remember the Taft
administration, and its partnership
with wealthy malefactors? On March
2, 1913, his last day in office except
Sunday, Mr. Taft pardoned Helkie,
the sugar refinery thief of New York,
who was convicted by a federal court
of -cheating the government out of
millions of dollars, also remitting his
fine Of $5000.
Back of this, the great "Judicial
mind" had pardoned bank wreckers by
the score, and home wreckers like
Hillman. It is not pleasant to say
these things, nor Is it. right to forget
them and go through the danger of
allowing the party to return to power
for another term of plunder.
THOMAS HARLAN.
The Contumacious Colored Boy.
Portland. April 24. To the Edltorof
The Journal Having noticed a fcmaj!
article on your editorial page not long
ago regarding a colored boy in Des i
Moines, Iowa, who haC been expelled j
from school and sent to a reform
school for not saluting the flag, I
wrote to the superintendent of schools i
in that city regarding the matter, as it!
Is my home, and I was Interested. j
I have Just received hie .evly- It j
seems that the boy's- parents belong
to a very peculiar religious Beet who j
were being imposed upon by a white j
minister who was contlnuallr teaching '
his little flock that they were not
under the -ules or laws of the achools
or the state, but under "grace," end
that the latter should be the rule for
governing everything. Fillwd with
this idea, the boy" went to ch(-ol, and
absolutely refused to obey any of the
requests of the teacher. He did not
want to sing with the other pupil; ob
jected to the lesson ln reading, snd in
sisted that he be .permitted to read the
Bible Instead; also objected to taking
part in the openinar exercises, .t part
of which was saluting the flag. Upon
his refused to do all of these things,
th narents were visited. Thev sua
rlalned him and were afterwards, by
the Juven .e officer, taken into the Ju
venile court. The sentence of the judge
was that he snouia oDey tne ni!s of
the school or attend a private school.
The latter h"! Is doing.
MRS. FAY 8. HIQLE5
diildren's Rights in Property.
Illahe, Or., April 16. To the Editor i
of the Journal Do children hold equal
shares in their deceased father s prop
erty while their mother Is living?
What part of the taxes does each chll4
have to pay? A. B. T.
In their dead father's rear property
the children , hold equal shares subject
to their mother's dower right, which is
the right to nse one-half of the real
property during her lifetime. Of taxes,
the children's burden is equal, there
being no will. a
TKPnce Qer
C OMBTIMESin my lighter, mo-a-'
menta when the sky has seemed
all blue and even the street nolaea
seemed to weave a harmony I have
had 'high hopes and rainbow .dreams.
JAnd at such times It has seemed
to me it might be -osalble to
change a few things Just a little
to.- the better.
without disturbing the peace. l
or having somebody yell "Too
radical!"
T For Instance I have dared . to
hope that some time some how
before the living present becomes ths
dead past
there would be a Candid Candi
date. a candidate for tha legislature
for Instance who would come right
out and own up that he wanted the
job.
not to do something for the dear
people. :
but to them.
IT Ami Buch a man might admit
that he wanted to be elected not so
he could brlnj,- about some Needed
Reform. j ,
- but to bring home the bacon for
himself. -
or get some tree advertising for
his law practice.
or something like that.
J Hut the time isn't ripe I guess
for caudor in pollt'cs.
J It's too Utopian.
JAnd another of my vaprant" no
tions has been, that some time some
place there'd be a- vaudeville pro
gram. with a song-and-di-nce team tcOm-
poned of a man and woman or a boy-
arid girl who could get through 15
minutes
without falling In love and get
ting musny and singing silly songs.
J And I don't wonder that so many
of these people who compose vaude
ville teams don't speak to each other
off stage.
ar.U that when they are on-thy
swear,, at each ot er softly under
their breaths between the lines.
which are enough to make them
swear.
J Hut times change.
JAnd the reason I know .1e a girl
and a boy that I . saw yesterday
over at the Orphtum.
JAnd the girl's name is Aleen Bron
son. - and I don't remember the boy's.,
but he's lucky to be her team
mate. JAnd I hope they won't quarrel
about what I've said. -
because he's funn.- too.
J Rut Aleen 3s no funny that Nick
PU-rong heard abo t t.r and went to
see her yesterday.
JAnd with Nick us everybody
knows being pleH.ud is a dissipation.
and sm'.lng Is a luxury.- ' '
J But Nick got to laughing at
Aleen.
and lost control of hlr.-.self.
and lifetime hyt.terl al. -
and stopped the show.
and nobedy know what to do.
JAnd Carl Reller ard Curtis Mer-
rifr-k and Frank McGc-tllgan and I
overpowered hlrn.
and took him out In llio hall -and
threw h.'m down- -ard nat on bin-land
threw water on liim--and fanned
him and rubbed his -vrists.
until he Eoi all right.
JAnd of cou.-se this isn't what-"!
wanted to b xy.
nor w.iat I woui 1 have said If it
hadn't been for Nick.
J Hut anyway now that Aleen and
her partner h ve proved '.ht.t ' there's
something r.ew under the sun
in the way of a vaudeville act
that's different from nil the others
anything seems po.-slble.
and the world does move and
5T LISTEN Next thing I know-
there'U be a capta.n of industry who
doesn't get sentimental when his
profits are tareatened.
or some vtl.cr miracle like that.
Stori9r or
StreetiTowri
Can You lieat It?
NK evening last week Frank V.
Cnmp, secretary of the Lumber
mens Trust company, was called to the
telephone by the janitor, taylng that
he bad found a Siooo municipal bond
in the waste basket and desired to
know if It should be destroyed, or If it
was valuable.
His description of the signatures on
it aroused ln the mind of Mr. Camp,
who is exceedingly technical about the.
care of securities, visions.-of robbery,
theft and wanton destruction of wealth,
and heuickly secured' a taxi and
rushed to the office, rescuing the 11000
bond, which, upon investigation of the
sales records, proved to be one sold to
a woman customer several years ago,
and which, when the coupons had all
been removed and cashed, she consid
ered useless.
. Next day Mr. Camp called the cus
tomer by telephone and asked her If
she had lost her bond, and was greatly
surprised to have her reply;
"Oh, no; It's all finished, and L threw
it away yesterday afternoon when I
cashed the last coupon ln your office." .
"You did whet?" h asked, gasping'
for air. " -
"Why, I threw Jt away," were the
words he heard as lie went under tor
the third time; "It was ail finished. 1
took off all my coupons and got the
money for them.' '-
Tie Eats Ktantng Up,
BARNETT GOLDSTEIN, asslatant
United States district attorney. Is
now taking his meals standing up.'and
wants to be transferred from the cav
alry division of the militia to the naval
division, all because of .a horseback
trip he made wltb Troop A. O. N: O., "
last Sunday. Although Goldstein has
been a member of the troop for many
months, he had never been astride
horse. When the troop had its mount
ed drills, Goldstein was not present,
and as a result knew nothing of han
dling a horse. The call came for ma
neuvers Sundays, .and Goldstein went ,
with the troop. He found riding rath
er Interesting at first, but by the time
the troop reached Beaverton, Goldstein
was ready to dismount. lis was un
comfortable and got off ths military
steed. ' He nearly collapsed and had to
be assisted back onto the horee. Re
turning, the troop came through Gar
den Home, and It, was- there that Gold
stein quit, lie left his horse and tbe
troop and cams back to Portland rJd-
lng on a soft-cushioned seiat in ths
chair car. Now Goldstein makes It a
point to stand "up Instead of sitting
down, and is seriously considering ap
plying for a transfer to ths naval di
vision, where horses are a minus Quan
tity. ,. ! . . - -