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Air ipgpwDE!fT Btwafina
c. a. Jackson ...PtibilbT
rnbiiaiMd Trr uy. rternooo and mors in c , w,w6Cicu vui yiaueiug iuw ucanvu um stripped nis coumry lorwara moTemenu at us same
cept snoir ftrnoon), p J?"1 1 flnal barbarism, a sympathetic of its wealth for the benefit of time. The Czar's troops are at
. KiTR Bro"'WM Md " 1 President .who thought more of his foreign friends. The new gov-1 tacking the Austrian- with success
tnosmiastoB Uiroaca the Mail ss sscoua
cias matter. i
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oopartrnvnu raacbed by tbao lumbers. Tell
?Frtor. T n,t Tn,M" rm - -
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Subserlotlon terms t maU or to any ad- I
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DAILY (MORNING OR AFTEBNOOSJ AM.'
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4n rmr $T.B0 I Onr month
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America aaka nofhlnv fnr hriMf hn? wiat
She baa a rlgbt to uk tor bmninlty Itaelf.
WOODBOW WILSON.
Millions for defense, but not rent t
tribute. CHARTJC8 C. flNCKNKY.
El
Woolrow Wilson's policy 1nes sst'ff
the mothers of the Ixnd, nt wboe heurttts
Do Jlnulst war rss placed sn empty
rhslr; It does sstlifr the (laughters or fbU
land, from whom hlnster and bras bare
sent DO lorlng brother to the dlssAin'lon
Of the grare; It does ssMsfj the fu(l:ers
of this land, and the sons of thl- land,
who will fljiBt for our flair ami 1i for
our flsg, when reason prlmns the rifle,
when honor druws the sword, nben Jus
tice breHthns a hlsslnf nn the tinl-Mil
the uphold. MAUTi.V U. OLYNN.
AT ST. IXH'IS
T
HE convention that convened
yesterday at St. Louis is a,
perfunctory affair. It has
little to do. Its candidate has
already been nominated by the
juivmencan people. ine convention
:an people. i he convention
aerely formally ratify the ,
and present Woodrow W 11-
the country.
a Atrii. -i.
win me
Choice
son to
Wnnrtrnw VVMlsaTi'a ucirlr i
. il I o IfifT Jv7 .
nnt l8tnhlf,r x
. v-v, .- i v-k "'v,
no convention could set him aside. 1
u..
V
dare do otherwise than nominate
vi . ,..
Eiiiui uuauiuiuubiy.
P rf ,
It is a rare event in history
hat mn tr r wnrm aKntrA all
r. iuu urn ovr W nviu ssLvvcj ail
Ot hers in his party that his avail-
tabllify for the presidential office
Is so little challenged." It was a
'more frequent occurrence in the
early days of the republic. It was
true of Lincoln. Until Wilson,
there has been none since Lincoln,
... - .. I
!llB l"e poiDie exception- or
Roosevelt whoso selection was so
foreordained, so determined by the j
people of the convention.
Mr. Wilson has been .the dls-
covery of this generation in Amer-
lea. It was knowledge that Wll-
SOn S work haa been so full, bo
,
complete, so far reaching and so "uis promptly squelched the at- " r5 h. might have the old ones to ex
popular that made the Republi-1 tempt to oust Mr. Ksterly as na- Inyitat on to al 'h "E hw;.jhlblt M ,n advertisement o the dura-
can convention at Chicago so chilly , tional committeeman. That game cm to vl8,t to remain with us i nroductions
.'and unenthuslastlc. That body 'went far enough formerly when d enjoy the blessings that nature i Dmty 'E1f STrnSbsshop
.knew that there has risen in this i Mr. King was continued in the has so bountifully bestowed upon ! proebstel has now associated
country a new man. a new Lincoln. Place after Mr. Esterly had been So long : t he J,,
a new Jefferson, a new leader with' named by vote of the people. To ln the gardens or foitiana tne : ro-ti iT,.aiT,..
nower. and canahilitie,, and Bvm. i have repeated the nroceedin wonin Rose Festival can be made a pleas- Thompson, an energetic business man
n n .1 ..I.I a 1 . 1 1 1 . 1 I
;suiiCD aiiu vioiuu laici; Vul UUUlrU i
In one Individual
, That convention when it met
was dumfounded with realization!
that Wilson's work has been so !
complete and so sagacious that no
Important issue was left with which j
,t fight him. It dared not attack'
Jilm for the many measures of
progressive legislation. It did not
.even mention tho great banking !
. jnd currency bill which Is the
foundation of our present proB
fpsrityi t It dared not nnsinll him fm. hto
, .- 1 v ui
'.Proposal of a tariff commission to
S?HSHr f,M6 "2:
til "I1. .f r" ,C8- lt dared.
CI ": .... r . . . I
money and credit out of the hands
ZtJi. a ;X Pacing u in
i "tae hands Of the DeODle. It dared
l,i ,, vl .
. pox assail mm ror the Income tax.
.
r. luw '"'imitted to pervert the right. When 1
CJSIJL ! Crfat ctonBtrctlvelyibIg mm aQd blg n4tlonB deaJ
i .WU1('U I
wnnT-K varu Tnnniiwh ' a
snore" were, through Woodrow Wll
kon's Initiative, put Into effect than
jn a whole preceding generation.
The Chicago convention was a
baralyzed and un-Republican like
kody because it realized that Lin-
Evtuiooi anu jeirersonism were
Amhis.il v ...T ! . :
r""""w ",uuE"i uui in au- i
n1ntf-atliTA r.
Jires by Woodrow Wilson, and that
n consequence lt had brought con
ditions to the country and a pres
ide to tne president that left the
hicago convention in a practical
state of political bankruptcy.
! The stat&s of the delegates at
Chicago was the realization of tho
rutb voiced by a prominent Re-
tublican member ef the Union
ague club at Chicago who wrnt
ttcldant Wtknn sovlnm h 11 .
r - . wu- lunous. wnai tne critics want is
lions of American voters "have! a conquest of the country fol
been voUng the Republican ticket j lowed by annexation. Thl. would
kheriahing the vain hope that Lin
coln' Republicanism could be re
established," that "you and your
Ivors: is practically a synonym of
lhat type of Republicanism" and
that "many of these unlabeled mil
lions including myself will look to
rou this year as their standard
bearer."
It is because of this feeline in
alt political parties that Woodrow
SVHson was long ago nominated
py the people of America and that
his selection in the convention win
; e a mere formality. A tried man
fbo through 22 months . of the
most terrible war in history has
ept, America la peace, a wise
Matesman whoe "diplomacy in tne
1 bewildering complications of the
wwna war, earea international iaw
from utter destruction and kept
tranquillity in American homes
man the military glory to be won!
v.j a m i .... .. ..
J "'6s Auitntn uiio war
Woodrow Wilson has a certificate
or nomination already, not merely
l" ft Democrat but as America's
A. .ab.ob 11 1 iui. d la lcduibii. i
News dispatches tell that Sen-
!ator Boise Penrose, miffed be-
j cause senator Fulton had become
lthe ch,ef drummer in the Hughes
, boom trir.kftd th Oreirnn nrntnr
, "
; out of the honor of seconding Jus-
tice Hughes' nomination, which had
oeen med per program, if Boise
! Penrose wa8 ablK.to slip any anti
program smrr over on senator rul
ton the Pennsylvania boss Is some
slipper.
WHEN WE CELEBRATE
PORTLAND is to have an old- principles of liberty and equality
fashioned Fourth of Julycele- of opportunity. He does not be
hration. lieve that the wealth of Mexico was
It is well. These are times nredestlned by the Creator for the
to be mindful of the beginnings of
mis repuDiic.
"The consent of the governed" j
as recited in the Declaration of In- I
aepenaence was a tremendous
ideal. If it had been better under- i
6tood by ancient peoples, the whole 1
course of history would have been
changed. Many a tragedy of hia-
tory would have been avoided,
Many a crime against the world
and mankind would have been for-:
leuueu. ,
"Consent of the governed" would
have spared Europe itspresent aw-
f ul agonies. If in all the belliger-'
ent countries the state existed for
, the people, instead of the people
j for the state in some of them, the
world would be at Deace. Just as
America is at peace.
Tnere may 5e tlmes and occa.
RionH wnpn wo dpsn.ir n, froo
prnm - nr Tho Ohaoc tho r.
tnn rc - i
humiliating. But over and around
aI1 the dlppolntmeiltJI and defI.
clencles is tDe great principIe of
the ..conEent of tno governed," a
... . ' 3r
humiliating. But over and around
line consent or tno governed," a
j. l t. . W
,r,nc,,1B mauo impensnaDie d y
Am - ' a. princie. tha -hi-8
oui in respienaent letters rrom the
Biiken folds of the fla a nrincl
. e? IOMls .OI lne Iiag a Prlnc-
' ... .v. . . l .' . .. .
iie wiai is ine cornerstone in tnat
rreat enduring edifice the Amer-
,fcieai enauring eaince, me Amer-
lean rennhllr
LU ICIJUUIIL. I
The birthday of this nation is
also the birthday of a new epoch
in earth's annals. The torch of
liberty planted Oh the New Ehg-
land hills became signal fires to
people under every sun. and hu-.
man ireeoom, ngiuea Dy inem, is:
gradually encircling the planet.
, r
I ina nr t no few mn Inr axj ant a nr
. . . . "
ail time is that Which the Fourth
of July commemorates, and in the
midst of an abounding plenty and
a precious peace, America should
this year celebrate it as never be -
fore.
country iair siagea lur iuo uuw-i
The Oregon deleeates at hl'umb It may produce for the mer -
n.iiinr 1
Via'A tmnn n ni,..4nl
" uocu a Bimanual.
JUSTICE
HERE has always been a good
T
deal of missionary spirit ln !
the United States. We do j
not refer to religious missions
but to the feeling that our insti
tutions are so beneficent that the
'InJn ouf ' Pt them.
or something like them. It in
eludes also a warm sympathy for
the oppressed and unhappy every
where and a desire to help them.
We may sum up this missionary
spirit, as President Wilson does.
Ba'yln8 that "America wants to
see the kind oi justice that we
believe In prevailing everywh
Thl8 klnd ot Justlce preval"ls
ere.
when every accused person re-!
. - . ,
rfiii.. m inir iria I n n n a inc. dqti-
reives a iair vnai ana a jubi sen-
tence. When no prejudice is ner-
sauarely with little men and lit-
- -
tie nations. When controversies
are settled by evidence and reason
and not by violence.
It will be a sad day for the
united Statos when we are no long
er eager to Join hands with the
i, . .t.
"St of mankind to insure this
u. j ,i . i j i j
mU ui jUui st uvuni auu tuivau,
It will be the world's own fault
If it doesn't run more smoothly,
now that all the college commence
ment advice has been given.
MEXICO'S NEW HOPE.
A
8 THE president's efforts to
keep out of war with Mex
ico continue, criticisms of
his Mexican policy grow more
s i .. . ..
add Immensely to the valne of
their investments in mines, rail
roads and oil lands. It would al
so provide a great many hand
some openings for their friends
and relations. But President Wil
son, cooperating with the Mexican
government, is gradually working
out a peaceful solution which will
blot out all hopes ot conquest, an
nexation and jobs. Hence the
frenzied rage of his critics.
Their main objection to the
present Mexican government is
that it Is different from the old
Diaz regime. Diaz' great merit
was the liberality with which he
distributed Mexico's natural re-
sources' among his friends. ' Both ?
natives and foreigners profited by
nis n Derail ty, mit enieny foreign
ers. Insofar as he could the open-
eminent pursues another policy, i
Its motto is "Mexico for the
. -. . ,, . . .
jnexicaus. - 11 relieves uiai tne
peons who work the land should
own It, Instead of turning over
the proceeds ot their toil to ab-i
unuLKH im ii ii iiirt i .in tiw .1 1 v. 1
ernment also believes that the
rnmtnr
of its own natural resources In-J
stead of giving them to a little
clique of privileged magnates. The
0i. "cuoo ui tug vauwiM 6'-
ernment is that it is carrying these
principles Into practice as fast as
circumstances permit.
It is President Wilson's worst
rHmA that ho HnM not rush an
army into Mexico to maintain the
Dias 'concessionaries In their priv-;
. .
Hege8 and keep the peons In Slav-
ery to their lords. Unhappily Mr. .
Wilson believes in the American
exclusive benefit of the Standard
rjii comnanv. Hence he is delueed
wlth abuse by these high and '
rnighty potentates and by their re-
tainers.
A Portland youth who was re
cently before the municipal court
charged with having a stolen auto-
mobile in his possession, advanced
the novel story that a 6tranger
drove up to him one day andjby dealers. Were It not so well
maae mm a present or me car.
With gasoline at its present price,
and on the up-grade, would such
a gift be a blessing or a burden?
TAXES FOR THE FESTIVAL
T
HE proposal to finance the
Rose Festival by direct tax
ation Is at least worthy of
serious consideration, not b&ly
by those who are directly connect-
ed and concerned with ti'e produc-
tion and management or ine ieb-. dlfflcult lt "t
tlval. but by the people of the city 1 Trl
as a w-ole , . . Lture It wm be quite
Few people could bo found in " 0ay a set oi
v .lr rorVana whn orniiM Tiftti10 cieany portray a sei O
uon ana managemeui oi iue
v , , , , -
thn ritv.- nerhaDS. Who WOUld nOt
; - ' ' ' . , h rrown
rr yzAg tZ
. u
turft whIca 18 worth nuch to the '
,, j hnK .hmdH V, eon.
ritv nrl which hould be con
7 , . . lA , i
tinued and sustaineo. And it is
t,ij foat,ira
uetus it a& a i uimmu l-"-" "
.
ana , .M.an 1 Ifjhames. wiU weigh from 75 to 86 and
Jo jo much to ring the CUrf 95 8 &ther
Roses before the PePe JJ!of worlc harnea8 for a team of
J d Jn piea Sin J.1' tha J tame weight, in the harness referred
Sint SnSrt adeqUat6 here. will weigh three to four
" ""xor in- Pounds, the harness, hames and all
"j " u 1
BUlUllOn, ami vtuuuj, mcu mo
.i-if nf tk r.lHfr.B a a
vixuiiK. duiiiv v. -
...v., .v.,m rr,i .r, it. slrl
- J " "
WhIle we " Rcf pt lts benefits
"Joy '
ould all wl n J IZch U
. rrPer ratlo tho burdena which it
.brings, for it is more than a mere
ure and an inspiration to those
Who Witness it.
Those St. Louis suffragists are
positively inhuman. Every married !
man knows what a torture one
pair of questioning feminine eyes
can be, but to deluge those un
happy delegates with the woe of
five thousand pairs and ten thou
sand hours of feminine silence was
too much.
RUSSIA COMES BACK.
I
T HAS always been Bald by mil
itary critics that Russia could
not be conquered. She may re-'
celve setbacks and suffer dis
astrous losses but her power of
recovery is so grcair that she is
never completely unaone. last
th Rnidnc vtrs Hrlvon haolr
J "I
alonK the whole frontier from the ;
kv Afcuuw.Mu0 v. v
"c to me uaiaan peninsuia wnn
the sacrifice of troops by the hun-
ared tnouBana
But the Germans who routed the
Russian armies understood per
fectly that their advantage waB
only temporary. They knew and
acknowledged that the Russians
were paralyzed by want of guns
and munitions. Their fighting ca
pacity was of the best but they
were so poorly armed that some
of the men had nothing but clubs
for weapons.
Apparently this deficiency of
munitions has now been supplied.
The Russians seem to have all
the shells they need and they are
using them effectively. ' The Aub-
trians are fleeing before them all
along the old battlellne toward
Oalicia and Lemberg, losing count
less prisoners. It is Interesting to
speculate where this new advance
of the Russians will stop.
To defend their threatened coun
try the Austrians have withdrawn
some of their troops from Italy
and wilfprobably be obliged to
recall the rest, 'except as many
men as are needed toguard fron
tier fortresses. Germany lends
them some aid by renewing her
attack on Riga, but it is not ex-
pec lea luai in 13 tv 111 ciicv-i a. inu
deal.
Riga Is well defended and it la
possible that the Germans will
presently need all their troops to
attend to affairs in the west. ' I
the British advance, so often prom
ised and so often postponed, should
actually take place this summer It
looks as if the Kaiser and his al-
lies might "be measurably embar-J
rassed,-
Russia is the only 'one. or tne
allied nations that is making two
and they are also making head
way against the Turk In the Cas-
, . . . . ... .
pian region, just at mis moment
It begins to look again as if Russia
after all might become a very im
portant factor in the war.
.
A recent headline says "BishOD
front intended It might well be
6aid that the deceased should have
little trouble in getting across the
o
JI.JJk.
NOTHING THE MATTER
WITH PORTLAND
SJ, t'r, A"!
iB 183 f ,h "Nothing th Matter With
I'ortlana" aeries. A new uxe for steel has
been found by a Portland worker, mid one
J?" Pfctef. superiority ,o
local recognition of this excellence.
H"
ERE la a peculiarly interesting
story of the accomplishment of
another Portland Inventor -who
has at last put upon the market what
might be appropriately termed a steel
work hm. tn .
than leather 'and at about half the
cost.
J. C. Proebstel, In 1912, Invented a
springless snap. It was Intended to
supplant the common snap in use
which fastens the line to the bit of
a bridle. He attempted to market
the snap. It was declared a marvel,
but too lasting for profitable handling
adapted to Its purposes, and not so
substantial, Mr. Proebstel might have
derived a small income from Its man
ufacture, been contented and let lt
go at that. But when he found him
fcelf balked in his eforts to turn
the Invention to account, he let his
inventive genius loose again, with the
result that he now operates a har
ness making machine shop, the like
of which is not found elsewhere In
the world!
HARNESS OF STEEL.
How difficult lt sometimes is to
or matiu-
e impossible
of work har-
ness made two thirds of steel, more
ne of one scan.
dia beltinr and th balance of leather
t 7 , f t , .
I other words, let It be explained
that a set of leather work ham:
tn f Ieath" work harness
made for a team of horses weighing
, , . ...
fmm IfiOA t 9nAA nntinilo with y,a
complete, from 10 to 15 pounds less
'nn 11 entirely constructea oi learner.
. .... .
:" "s narness or steei ana bcanaia
'belting is practically indestructible.
Mr roebstel ha8 ln nls machine
stop a t f halL ?BOZ o l
They had been used in the
woods for
-
r they were taken frm his shop
Jie gave ine logger a new sei mai
! formerly connected with th. Post
Icereal food company at Battle Creek.
j Together they have equipped a sub-
' stantlal machine shop in which their
harness is made. There is about
$4000 worth of machinery in it, but
not a needle, not a sewing machine,
not a yard of thread, and there is not
a buckle nor a spring snap beneath
their roof. It Is- real maehlne shop
in whioh they work, and by its ap
pliances one of their employes will
turn out as many sets of harness in
a week, Mr. Proebstel declares, as
five to six of the best leather har
ness makers ln the world could do.
Spring steel, about half an Inch wide
and perhaps an eighth of an inch
thick, is bought in rolls of 150
pounds. They call it wire at the
hop, but lt isn't round. These strips
are fed to the machines and come
forth in pieces about three inches
r
long, and with three holes punched
ln each. These go to another device
which bends them so that the holes
are opposite each other. The links
are then hooked together, say for
the tugs, afld then a riveting ma
chine clinches a rivet which has been
Inserted ln the hole, and the link is
solid. Link after link la added ln
the same manner.
ONLY HAMES ARE BOUGHT.
It will thus be observed that the
harness is made entirely by steel
working and riot by leather working
machinery, and that leather is almost
taboo ln the factory. f
At the time The Journal man callel
shipments of harness were being made
to the lumber camps of northern, Cal
ifornia, and to Seattle, Bellingham,
Okanogan, Tacoma and Spokane,
Wash., and to eastern Oregon and
Idaho- The concern sells to custo
mers in every northwestern state,
and in England, France, Mexico, Italy
and Canada.
"Figuratively speaking, I sweat
blood in getting this business up to
Its present producing position," Mr.
Proebstel said. "A set of harness
made by us Is, as I have Informed
you, practically indestructible. It never
rusts, never rots, never requires oil
ing, needs no cleaning, Is never eaten
by mice or other pests, may lie out
side a year without injury, require--absolutely
no repairing and one of
our mechanics will build 'as many
sets of harness as five to six making
them of leather. There is " not a
buckle sr keeper, and the only leather
we use is in the straps which come
down from the back, above the hips
to the, tugs. There is little stral
upon these, ana they never will I
break n&tn they decay And they are
the only part of the harness that
Will rot Our tugs are so (Strong that
two of the smallest have lifted 6000
pounds from the ground. There ia
not a ' horse ln the world strong
enough to break one. -
SELlJi , TUGS SINGLY.
"Occasionally we receive-- a letter
asking us to sell pet of tugs minus
the harness. The writer probably has
a set of harness with only worn out
tugs. We sell these at flz.TS for
four five-foot tugs with hooks, or
six-foot tugB with chains, total length
seven feet, three Inches. The shipping
weight is 21 pounds the set. If made
of leather, these would cost $18 to
25.
"Before the links are put together
and riveted, wj place them in a tum
bling barrel into which a quantity of
sawdust has been shoveled and
set it going. It is turned by elec
tricity, and is kept running until
the steel is bright. We then enamel
them, they are hooked together and
riveted on strips of Scandia belting,
also enameled, and are ready for the
market. We have made our own dies
in our own shop at a cost to us of
over $2000. Everything about the
harness is of our own shop manu
facture except those heavy machines
and the steel and Scandia belting.
We have not as yet gone into the
manufacture of light harness for
buggies or cariages. We will do this
later. It will require another set of
dies, costing another $2000. pur har
ness up to this time is used on farms
and where heavy work harness is
necessary. Its cost is SO to CO per
cent that of leather harness, and Its
life at least 10 times as great The
owner of a large eastern factory,
passing through, heard of us and paid
our factory a call. He declared that
the day is coming when the manu
facture of this type of work harness
will be world Wide, and that he had
no doubt it would almost entirely
supersede those . constructed of
leather."
Readers of these articles will
doubtless by this time understand
that in many lines of manufacture
Portland leads the world. For ex
ample, there is no other machine
shop In the world devoted entirely
to the manufacture of harness.
Letters From the People
(Ccmmunicatlona sent to The Journal t
publication la tbla department should be writ
ten on only one aids of the paper, abould sot
exceed 300 words lq length, and mast be ac
companied by the name and address of the
sender. If tbe writer does not desire to bars
the name published he abould so state.
"lncusHlon la the greatest of all reformers.
It rationalite everything it touches. It roba
prtbciplea of all faUe sanctity .uad throws tbeui
Lack od their reaaonableneaa. If tbey hare do
reasonableness. It ruthlessly crushes them out
ot existence and sats op Its own conclusion la
their stead." Woodrow Wilson.
A Statement by 'Mr. Coffey.
Portland, June 14. To the Editor
of The Journal During the recent
primary campaign, when I was a can
didate for renomlnation for county
clerk, a number of stories were circu
lated against me by persons anxious
to secure my defeat through religious
bigotry. The first story was that 1
bad refused to keep a woman who
wore an Eastern Star pin in my em
ploy and that I took hold of her pin
and said, "No one who wears that
kind of a pin can ever work for me."
The second story was that I had
epoken to a deputy who wore a Ma
sonic pin and told him to take off that
pin as it was displeasing to me and
I did not desire him te wear It in my
presence.
The third Was that I had discharged
all the Protestants ln the office and
filled their places with Catholics and
now have but three Protestants, the
othef employes being all Catholics.
I feel in Justice to myself as an
American citizen and official that the
exact truth should be known. In the
county clerk's office thftr are 67 em
ployes, 47 of whom are regular and
10 extra la the registration depart
ment. Of this number 17 are Cath
olics and 40 are non-Catholics. My
chief deputy, assistant chief deputy,
cashier, assistant cashier are Masons
and the following are the names of
the members of the Masons and the
Eastern Star with their respective
lodge affiliation, employed by me:
J. H. Bush, chief deputy, Portland
No. 65. and Portland chapiffr No. 3
Royal ' Arch Masons.
E. P. Mahaffey, assistant chief dep
uty, Mt. Marial. No. 95. Condon, Or.,
Oregon Consistory No. 1 Al Kader.
W. H. Trueblood, cashier, Haw- ;
thorne No. 111.
W. J. Richmond, assistant cashier,
Washington No. 46.
George C. Grahanv deputy, past
master Laurel lodge NO. 13. Roseburg. I
Or., Portland chapter No. S. Royal
Arch Masons, past patron Roseburg
chapter No. 8, Order of the Eastern
Star.
D. G. Tomaslnl, deputy registration
department, Scottish Rite and Height
Templar, member of grand lodge and
past patron of Myrtle chapter No. 15,
Order of the Eastern Star. i
J. H. Tregilgas, deputy, member 166
Garnet A. F. and A. M.. White Bear ;
Lake, Minn. i
Eva L. Ferguson, deputy, associate '
matron Of Myrtle ohppter No. 16, or-I
der Eastern Star.
Hattie Grimm, deputy, member of !
Myrtle chauter No. 15, Order Eastera j
Star. !
Lillian Carpenter, deputy, member
Myrtle chaptef No. 15, Order Eastern
Star.
E. Kinsport Hurd, deputy, widow of
a Mason, who worked for my prede
cessor and whom I retained at the
request of the relief committee of the
Masons.
Every one of the above named per
sons, except Mr. Bush and Mrs. Hurd,
who were employed by my prede
cessor and whom I kept, are my per
sonal appointees.
Anyone doubting the truth of this
statement is welcome to call at the
office and verify lt.
JNO. B. COFFEY.
Mr. Ellsworth's Statement.
Vancouver, Wash., June 12. To the
Editor of The Journal A uumtjer of
Vancouver citizens have remarked to
me they would not risk an auto trip
over the Columbia river highway be
cause of danger of accident from reck
less drivers.
These remarks were incited because
of a collision of the writer's auto with
racing auto on Main street in Van
couver, May 17.
As I was compelled to choose be
tween suicide and murder by allowing
myself and wife to be run into by
a speeding, unmanaged runaway auto,
darting across and to the right sid
of the street, cutting off my passage
to the right, and within about 30 feet
of a head on collision, took what
seemed the only, means Vf escape and
turned to the lett, whetrmy assailant
whirled to the right uid succeeded ln
PERTINENT COMMENT
SMALL CHANGE
At any rate, all of ua can agree
with Mary Pickford: "Hurrah for the
summer time."
Another reason why Hughes ought
to be elected: Ha and Cjarranaa. would
agre on the barberquestion.
People who complained about an
unseasonable spring are the identical
ones who find fault with a seasonable
summer.
A lot of the Progressives are show
ing fine discrimination in picking out
a party that has been proved pro
gressive. The race in the major political
; league has narrowed down to two
1 teams, with the 1912 champions play-
ing ln top form.
News from the eastern front Indi
cates that the Russians fight better
with cannon, rifles and ammunition
than they did without them.
I Peace, prosperity and preparedness 1
Peace with honor; prosperity with
honesty; preparedness without mili
tarism. The Democratic slogan fur
nishes an excellent thumb-nail sketch
of the Wilson administration.
JOURNAL
45-Wahkeena Falls
1
COLUMBIA BJVEE HIGHWAY, NO. 10.
Wahkeena means, in the language of
the Indians, "most beautiful" and so,
when a suitable name was being sought
for the first of the two great water
falls that feature what is now knwn
as Benson park, 'iWahkeena" was se
lected. Gordon Falls was the old name.
Where the still cascading stream
crosses the Columbia river highway Is
a little bridge. Stop on this bridge
and look upward. "A steep and wind
ing stair in the watch tower of the
Almighty," was my own impulsive ex
clamation when first I gazed upward
at the beautiful spectacle.
'Wahkeena falls spurn no cliff In
dizzy leap but rather, like the bighorn
goat, drop from crag to eras, until the
meadows are reached on the other side
of tho highway. Foaming, laughing
and musical are Wahkeena falls.
They descend from far" above the
highway and they turnV, in narrow
course as a stairway might spiral.
Their charm grows upon one who
climbs by the trial built under the di
rection of Amos Benson, first to the
bridge of stone that has been built
under, across the stream under the
effecting a collision at right angles.
When the speeding oar turned to the
right I disconnected my engine and
set the brakes so as to burn pavement
on the right Side of the track. My
car was tjrned from running north
west, to the Bouthwest, by the mo
mentum of the speeding car and car
ried to the curb on the west side,
where both cars were wrecked, my car
stopping at the curb. The speeding car
landed on the parking and sidewalk.
I made no fight on my assailant,
till hauled into court to answer to a
complaint by htm for having turned to
the left. I have paid my fine and
costs, also a repair bill of over 5Q,
and consider myself fortunate that wa
had no broken bones or funeral ex
penses. We took our prearranged trip over
the Columbia highway May 30. and
rode many miles after night in the
congested part of Portland, and saw
no accident and no cause to fear,
though we saw many thousands of
moving autos.
Why? Portland treats the speeder
ta a term in jail, instead of punishing
the law-abiding citizen for trying to
save life and property.
JtEV. D. M. ELLSWORTH.
The Bible and Science.
Murphy, Or., June 10. To the "Edi
tor of The Journal Not having seen
the letter of C. J. Leroy, a friend
hands me the letter of L. T. Boyce on
"The Dual View of th Bible" (June
8 issue). Job 11:6 says. "The secrets
of wisdom are double to that which
Is." which opens the question as to
whether the Bible is not written ln a
triple aspect. Taking then the six
days Of 1000 years each of creation,
as the period of political and not phy
steal creation, if the earth goes on
the basis of Mosaic economy within
80 years, is not that view of creation
actually, visibly, politically proved?
If the Bible is Written largely ln
metaphor and symbol, how and when
is the "letter" of translation to help
a paraphrase? If Adam reviewed, or
confirmed, or named the animals on
the sixth creative (6000th year) day
is not that generic man who has been
naming the animals during the cen
turies of the differing crosses? If
God "formed" man (Gen. 2:7) of "the
dust of the ground." and "the first
shall be last and the last shall be
first," and man (Oen. 1:26) was "ere.
ftted in God's 'own Image," and then
tvt of "the dust of the ground" or
earthy, is not the (Gen. 2:7) account
of the first Adam, political man, un
til he becomes the second Adam of
Paul (I Cor. 15:45), Or spiritualised
enough to return to obedience or to
the "science" of the Mosaic economy,
or the garden of Eden? If "It In, how
ever, error to regard the Bible as a
text book of science," as Mr. Boyoe
asserts, why does it lay down a sci
ence Of government for the' Jew, the
Mosaic spirit of law ln the Old Testa
ment, and its philosophy or "love"
ln the so-called ''New Testament; one
song (Rev. 15:3) from cover to cover?
If "natural force" Is marginally
called "moisture" ln Deut. 34:7, and
"drunkenness, all curses, plagues and
sicknesses," are an "addition to
thirst" on Deut. J9:18 to 31. what is
that but the "science" of health, and
life preserved; or the deadly eontrant
of "thirst" or poison, and "moiBture"
systems of medicine? Mr. Boyce
says, "I love the Bible because of Its
errors." In what school of "science-"
did he qualify to point out its "er
rors"? How has he "studied the Bible
intelligently," when "the mystery of
Ged shall not be finished (FTtv. 10:6
7) until time shall be no longer"?
Who can point out the "errors" of the
Bible or "a mystery"? ComWne the
"two accounts" of creation, water or
moisture and earth, and you have a
hint of natural creative science opera
tive alike in the nurture of the herb,
the fowl, the beast, and man, a hint
of "moisture" as the universal egg,
or embryo, or fetus of reproduction.
As man gets his life from the herb,
rnd the herb gets its life from moist
ure and the ground, thus "dust of
tre ground," by natural, process
through the herb is "formed" Into
man. Every step is a "scientific"
process. ' M. H. WILCOXON.
The Brandels Appointment
Portland, June 10. To the Editor
of The Journal. The friends of Louis
D. Brandels have thoroughly appre
ciated the fair and unsyndicated man
ner ln- which The Journal has fol
lowed and reported the vindictive as
saults upon his character. Nothing
could, to those who know, more clear-1
ly indicate The Journal's Independence
of vested, capitalistic and snobbish
Interests. D. SO LIS COHEN.
Mr. Justice Brandels.
Ftom the Philadelphia Ledger.
The majority of ths United States
senate have by their tardy action In
confirming th nomination of Louis D.
AND NEWS IN BRIEF
OREGON SIDELIGHTS
Foundation for the addition to the
roundhouse at La Orande is under
way and the pouring ot cement is ln
progress.
"With five war vessels in. Portland
harbor last week, it appears," says the
Gresham Outlook, 'that the Willam
ette river is growing more popular
with the navy department and that
the river bars are not such dangerous
things after all."
If there li any doubt ln anybody's
mind about Wallowa county coming
to the front by rapid strides, the Lu
Grande Observer tells what to do for
it. It says: "Just happen down 10 the
depot when Conductor Wade and Engi
neer Thleson bring in that Waiit
Thieson aividend paying train every
night and see the passenger traffic."
Appreciation of their pastor. Rev.
William Graf, took a decidedly practi
cal form at the meeting of the Beth
any German Baptist church, of llilln
boro, when members of the connre
gation presented him with an automo
bile. "Visits to the pastor's flock,"
require much traveling." remarks the
I?idependent ln reporting the donation,
"and the gift will be a very useful one."
JOURNEYS
shadow of bulging cliffs, then around
the shoulder of a rocky point into
high-up grottoes that one would never
dream existed if viewing were exclu
sively from the road below.
From the main trail leads a spur
and it terminates on one of the fine
viewpoints to be had along the high
way. Another spur of the main trail leads
to the place where the stream that sup
plies Wahkeena falls leaps full born
from the base of a mountain, a stream
that is never failing, that is sparkllng
ly clear and cold ln summer as in
winter. Follow the trail as it guides
you, and with surprisingly little effort
you will ascend to the brink bordered
by the pathway and leading to a place
of connection with the trail from Mult
nomah falls.
There are fine grounds for picnicking
in the vicinity of Wahkeena falls ln
Benson park. The park has been chosen
as site for the fountain to be built
and dedicated to public refreshment by
the Portland Rotary club. Already a
small fountain is in use and a pub
lic comfort station has been built.
Brandels to the supreme court not
only saved that august tribunal from
the damage to its prestige which
threatened it. but they have saved their
own honor. It is a matter of pro
found regret that the vote on con
firmation was so largely political in
character, but there were at least
three Republicans Messrs. La Kol
lette, Norris and Polndejcter who
had the courage and good sense to
align themselves with the majority.
By their votes they will share with
the Democrats of the senate the honor
of demonstrating to the nation that
the doors of its highest Judicial tri
bunal are not closed to one of the
most able, unselfish and distinguished
members of the legal profession mere
ly because he had incurred the enmity
of men of wealth and power by his
espousal of popular rights.
It has taken the senate and Its com
mittee more than four months to make
up Its mind about ths Brandels cane.
During that time every opportunity
was given for his opponents to rake
the country for reasons for his re
jection, and ths bitterness and vin
dictlveness with which the case for
rejection was pressed was almost
without a parallel ln the whole record
of Judicial nominations. All that was
demonstrated as a result of this
process of muckraking was that Mr.
Brandels was Too honest to serve a
client for profit when he knew his
cause was unjust or Illegal, too patrl
otic and unselfish to refuse to assist
a popular cause when he knew lt to be
right, even though It meant personal
loss to himself.
That opponent of th Brandels' nom
lnatioh who frankly based his argu
ment on the proposition that the pres
ident's choice had fallen on "a radical.
ah outsider and a Jew" did more than
any one else to reveal the real nature
of the opposition. A rejection of the
nomination would have been little
ehort of a calamity, for lt would have
destroyed public confidence ln the
court and given credence to the calum
ny that that, tribunal is no longer a
bulwark for democracy, and that only
the rich and powerful can hop for
Justice at its hands. The court and
the nation have escaped a great dan
ger, and the supreme court Itself has
received an accession to its strength
of immeasurable importance.
Poindexter and the Indus trial Re
lations Report.
From Seattle Saturday Night, June 3.
The Labor Union Record gives Sen
ator Miles Poindexter the main credit
for the publication by congress of the
report of the federal commission on
industrial relations.
This was the Walsh commission.
which sat in the principal cities of
the United States ln 1)14 and split
three ways ln their findings, as to
the trouble between capital and labor.
The big interests tried tooth and
nail to discredit the report and pre
vent the circulation of the divergent
Ideas lt lays before the public.
But thanks to men like Poindexter,
the people appreciate more and more
getting the facts Instead of alleged
conclusions cooked up from facts
carefully concealed.
There would have been no Ludlow
horror if the American people had
had the facts of conditions In the
Rockefeller camps of Colorado.
Public opinion vould have prevent
ed it.
Poindexter has rendered a lasting
service by compelling the publication
of the greatest report on labor prob
lems ever prepared and suppressed by
the National Association of Manufac
turers (no doubt) the organized as
sociation for profit and the invisible
government.
The Dangerous Life.
From the San Francisco Bulletin.
Lieutenant Shackleton's heroic story.
coming' on clean, cold winds from the
polar regions is welcome to ears
which have heard too much of the
heroism of murder. Shackleton and
his men risked tbeir lives for knowl
edge, or for the love of adventure.
When tbe ship broke up, and they
climbed out on the Ice, ths tempera
ture below zero, a stiff wind blowing.
land and food S46 miles distant, the
thrills they got were fairly earned.
They were not obliged to stick bayo
nets into each other ln order to know
what it was like to look death in the
eye and not flinch.
Nature was their great antagonist,
and even nature, unlike hostile gun
ners, .gave them a sporting chance at
life. A feat and escape like Shackle
ton's makes men of this late day one
with those of the earliest recorded
times. Shackleton Is one of the an
cient and hondrmble company of ad
venturers In which are numbered
Odysseus, Jason, Lelf Erlckson,
qolumbus and Magellan. Jle baa lived
dangerously, but not ai the expense
of other men.
TKpice Ger
23V FtEVt l.AMPMAN
SIGNS OF SllMMEH certain indi
cations of hot weather are be
ginning to multiply.
U For iiistaiit'i-! this morning com
ing into town -on the Oregon City
cmr 1 aw an ; ice wagon. .
and the driver grinned as though
to say "Our tiaie has come."
J And tho ntiwupapers are begin
ning to print Hourly temperatures
through the day.
so that people can't forget how
hot it is.
TJAnd. babies are beginning to cry
at night.
And the J oiuik roosters -t hat
came with the first hutch of spring
chickens are Jum learning to crow.
and they have no control of their
voices.
and there's bne out at Oak Grove
that makes a Jiielod rarnitt ic noise.
like someone with a cold trying
to shriek "llelpi"
H And Hill Goldman wears a silk
handkerchief stjuffed around his col
lar to keip It from wilting.
flAnd Cliff Harrison tells nio he
has suen two X-ray skirfs.
JAnd ths sport nturt is in the
astenilant.
JAnd the downtown park strips
are full of people sitting on the'
benches or lying on the gra.
1 And Patroloiun F.ns who pa
trols the park; trl uj) near the
court house In very vigilant.
U He k es u round t hrough the
park looking for men who are lying;
on the grass.
flAnd If they are lying on their
stomachs or on their sides ho says
nothing.
and pauses them by.
Hut if they are lying on their
backs gainff up into the blue or
taking a small snooze his tactics are
different.
U He approaches and places .his
toe in their ribs and nudges them.
TJAnd they start up: blinking and
Bee his uniform,
And Patrolinan Kones glares at
them ln his niOst patrolmanly man
ner. and aaks them if they dog't know
no better than to lay on their backs
ln the rark.
flABd tiny suy "Huh?"
II Aija he tells them Its against the
park rules or something.
and goes oh doing hln duty.
And he does tills every year.
fl And every year there are. a larire
number who don't know tho rulen.
and Patrolman Furies nudges them
in the iUj with his toe.
and explains their misconduct.
flAnd 1 don't know wfiat's the Idea
of having such a rule.
fl But anyway It's a sign of sum
mer.
flAnd yesterday to m;ike sure
summer wus hero 1 went up to the
park.
mid watched I'alrolinan K'nen.
fl And there are other Klgns of sea
son. like bathing suits rep lacing the
B. V, D.'s In the store windows.
and the stroiig demand for nick
elsto buy Ice ci en in cones.
flAnd I feel like 1 need a vacation.
flAnd I'm afraid before I get one
that my powers of resistance will
be diminished.
flAnd the life Insurance men und
accident Insurance men will set my
Weakened condition ami
fl LISTEN They'll all grab me at
once and insure in for a million
dollars.
flAnd I know I can't pay the pre
miums. A Short Jab.
From Reeily'n Mlrrur, St. Liul.
At a dance Perclvai Claude was
prtHemttd to a beautiful young
pirl from an adjoining town and
during tho evening it was Ills great
happiness to leal her Out among
the papier rnache iiHlms for Ice
cream and angel cake. "And so.'1
said the girl. In response to Percl
val's story of his life, "you have
never married ?" "No," answered
Perclvai. "I shall never marry
until I meet a woman who Is my
direct opposite." "That should
not be hard," returned the pretty
one with a faint sml. "There are
bright, intelligent girls ln every
part of the town."
Bpeaking of Americanism.
Sir: We now have on the political
calendar:
"Americanism."
"Thoroughgoing Americanism.''
"Untainted Americanism." '
"Undiluted Americanism."
"Unalloyed Americanism."
And there are Wt till perfectly good
adjectives floating1 around for other
candidates who want to use them.
Frinstance:
"Unsullied Americanism."
"Wholesouled Americanism" or "un-
trameled, clean, pure, chaste, stead
fast, unflinching." or even "vigorous
Americanism."
Reversing the process, we may say
that our opponents display:
"Weak-kneed Americanism."
"Vacillating Americanism."
"Bombastic Americanism."
"Jingo Americanism" or "man-of-straw.
mollycoddlish. pussy foot lsh,
thlmbleriggerUh, weasel-wordieh, Amer
icanism." There's an infinity of campaign
possibilities In the word.
Why don't you get your large, mentally-unfed
staff of reader-contributors
to chase up some 'more fitting
adjectives. T. W. J.
StreetMTowri
ffn Knows fletter Vow.
MANY people noticed the speed at
which the firemen's band trav
eled during the military, civic, fra
ternal and Industrial parade of last
week. Many also noticed that the
band kept on marching after the pa
rade, and that lt did not stop ln Its
mad flight until reaching the fire
headquarters. Many wondered why
the band hurried. Here's the explana
tion. B. F. Dowell, chief of the depart
ment, is drum major of ths band and
marches at its head In all parades
Me led the band In the parades
Wednesday and Thursday and his feet
became sore.
Th chief purchased some camphor
late Thursday night to rub on his
feet before he took part in the next
parade. . Shortly before tne parade
Friday morning the chief rubbed what
he thought was camphor on his feet
and went out to majrch.
The liquid he thought was camphor
was horse llnUnent, ills feet began
iu uuiii anu ine tanner ne wajKCu
tti warms thsu hurimk .
a nilffV Til (ul r.,a luiMha m.Af
he couldn't stand stilL That's why '
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