v '.. - n - - " THE OREGON- DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, FRIDAY. JULY 7; 1916. , :. '4 4: . ! AM tXPttPENDElVT NEWSPAPER, j , " K- V VP"'.. O 8. iAt'KHON l'uhlleher f i'ubllnijed erery dy. aneri'ooo nd morning ) except 8umlr rtermion . t The Journal i -i 'Building, lU-o(Hra7 and KamhlU U.. Port- - 1--4 IU Entered it the ixmlofflcc t Portland. Or., for . trsnatnUnl'.ii tiirougb tlx malls a second : ! matter. atr.KfHO.N'KS MId 7173; Ilouia, A-51. v.. All deirtment reached by theae number. Tell tli operator what department wn.wwt lUUKKi.N Al)VKUTlflNi UKI'llKHKNTATI VB V Benjamin It Kentnor Co.. Brunlck . ,223 Fifth Ave., New York, 121S Peogje' F. ' Oa ttl.ljf.. Ctileejro. BubrrliIiiio trrina by mail or to any addreaa Ja lb United State or Mexico: ' DAILY (MORNING OR-AFTETINOON) 'Oo aar........3 0 I Uua uiontli I .50 i 6i;nday. On year $2.50 I One moo th .25 DAILY (MORN ISO OB AFTERNOON) AND - HIWDAY. One. year '...$7.r0 I Oiie mootn f .S5 America aske nothing for herself hut what baa a rlbt to ak for lummnlty Itself. be Millions for defen-w. hut n"t a cet for trtbuta. 1 CMAIII.IJS C. I'INCK.NBY. He buys, lie sells, be steals, liu ki:i for fold. Ihid. a piioposi:i CHAXGK E ARE gradually finding out what wo otifct to know. In an editorial that is remarkable for its frankness, the Oregonian gives us a glimpse of what Is desired by certain gentlemen in tho United "Btates. On the Fourth of Julv. a j.day dedicated to free-lorn of artion . lor the citizens of America, that paper said: But It 1m true, undoubtedly, that i President WUson KQtdm to follow puh llo opinion. He does tint tlenj- 'it. He avowa It. He rc-Kards hfms.-lf as the .servant of tfie nation and the ln.stru- ment of its will. '' Then the OreKonian ouotpa thf w i,? Washington crrespondent of the New York -Evening Post in an es ''timate of tho character of Presi dent Wilson and Mr. Hughes. It : Bays: f ; They haVe tho sanie Ideals of ln ternatlonal policy, hut they would .-; Aturely differ In tho execution of their y respective purposes. The one sug : ffests nn emotlonnlism that conceives V1 ,l to 1,0 the lilBhest duty always to follow closely public flcntlment; the ;! other brinffa out a calculating logic that vlev;s "the facts of the day, trusts . neither to fortune nor to luck, but ,. attrlkes out in cool Indifference rather .-(. than ieferenco to tho plaudits of the 5 crowd. Aggressive leadership would 't;-- be characteristic of Huphes In cir eumstanceai In which Wilson would patiently await tho crystallization of public opinion. Applauding Mr. Hughes on the ground that he will pay no atten ;t tion to the public will and be r guided by his own will, the Ore r.' gonian solemnly inquires, "Do the American people want to be led v. or to be followed through grave ..; ' national crises?" Refusal to consider the wishes of the people would be absolutism. j; The czar, tho kaiser, P:mperor Francis Joseph and the other mon archs did not consider the wishes :? of their sabjects in making a great Tar- If they had. if they had given i .i-ueir peoples a chance to show : their sentiment, there would be ? ' , no agonizing world welter, r,:; George HI used "a calculating logic" and struck out "in cool in difference" to the sentiment of ,. the American colonists and of the Intelligent people in England when - - he placed a tax on American tea. Tn world knows the consequences of that "calculating logic" and its . "cool indifference" to public sentt inent. ' "Cool indifference" is the be- ginning of tyranny. "Cool indlf- ference" and aggressive leadership" re the working tools of the des- .pot. It is extraordinary to hear .in this republic a demand tor power to come down from above regardless of the wishes of those below. "Do the American people want to be led or to be followed through grave national crises?" says the Oregonian. That is to say, do the American people want to repeal th Declaration of Independence with Its provision for "consent of the governed?" That u tn E, !, do they want to be governed by a emulating logic" and "a cool lridlfferencf" without their con sent? That is to say, do the American people' wish to amend the Declara tion of Independent hv Rtrtno- 'out the words, "deriving their just yuwcis iiuiu mo consent of the governed" and inserting the words "deriving their just powers from the consent of the president"? This is the doctrine of Europe. It Is the doctrine of the orient! It Is the doctrine of antiquity. Why do the American people have to e led? Who of th Am.,. Lican; people feels the need to be led? Who amone them wanta hia r thoughts and acta made for him 1 rtv 'Volenlotlnir lnir" i i. . Indifference"? What mother amone" them vnti & war made hv "roAi fnriiffaTMA Z - " - va.v.4, t UVQ and "calculating logic;" a war to I Wct, -without being consulted, j Bhe must send her sons, her broth ers ana ner au: t ;;rr j- The question is what next ' step J ""ill - the Interstate commission s take ? - If It applies the mileage yardstick in making rates as con r gress would once have required It to do If one more vote had been.' available, what will Portland do? Will we hasten then to shut the stable door, the horse having flown? A.rUBLIC WROXG LITIGANTS of Multnomah coun ty, during the past nine years, have spent, through the coun ty clerk, forty thousand dol- lars for law books They have m,t uuue im oi tuetr own imua- tive. or because they thought it was incumbent upon them to do ueVlulBO lue ul lU8i Multnomah bar were too poor to - uuy meir uwu uuun. mvy done it because a delegation from Mllltnom&hrfonntrv harl a law en- frt.7x.ir in V i o A7 acted by the legislature Of 1907 trr PVPrv man whn fi.rl a " , . ., . , .... plaint in the Circuit COurt Of Mult-i nomah county one dollar for . a i" "law library fee," while each deJ fP"? Hd you thought about fendant was required to pay half!.1" The D" AR" has' and WOuld ,v, t .like your assistance. that amount Under this law it makes no dif ference f whether the amount in volved in litigation be ten dollars or ten thousand, no man may pros ecute or defend in the circuit court unless and until he had added his, contribution to buy law books for i the use of the attorney whom he I has hired to represent him before 1 ant that his pleading was evasive , tizens of Germanic extraction, the bar of justice. I and bad, and. If he had dona that, Wnat are The Journal's motives In U) ,..,D.-r,ii i,. I the attorney would Immediately have say'n,g: ,m is an unconscionable PlaQ I ameiujed his answer, and there would i ot course, if the German propa worked under the guise of a law ; then have been no reversal of the 1 ea-ndlsts can succeed. In beating which is very probably void for ! case on the appeal. I President Wilson, in Germany it ... .. ri , I . , ... I will be regarded as a triumph. It unconstitutiona4ityj Tho man who i That is to say. the court did re-'wm convince Berlin that Germany, is so unfortunate' as to be com- ( verse the case because, the widow's 1 1 h r o u g h 'professional' German pelled to litigate meets expend!-; pleading said Traffic Officer White i Americans in this country, holds ture enough in the ordinary course ' while on duty at a street crossing ! g'ttteslt6 wTnbV'noVe1 to'thj of events without being saddled; did not "carelessly and negligent- j world ' hat Woodrow Wilson hatf with the upkeep of a law library, j iy" turn hia- back instead of say-' been punished by German-American Auto collisions at street inter- sections happen often enough to be a warning to drivers. They are j O-f finch frfmint nfcnrroncB in . Portland that they raise the ques-1 tion wnciner some new regulation must not be irovicled. It is a growing problem that should pro- foundly interest the authorities. j AN INDUSTRIAL AKMY the fact remains that the 1910 i political philosophy, to gain your end amendment places in the hands of j ,undeT ffi- pretenses and by clrcula- Dt? lvnnna unTPiuvonv ,olt . , , , ..ling insidious news you cannot sub- It. OODS HUILHINSON has the supreme court the right and stantlate? come out for universal con- the implied duty of overlooking Who fo.ji the "National Council of scription which he sugars trivialities so long as substantial I Teutonic Sons of America" you speak over with the phrase "mill-I justice is done. It was within the I j a,n vher wh?n have they tary training." But without con- court's province to direct attention i rtin" scrJption there can be no universal to -4-he alleged looseness of the ! tion or sympathy to give their voice military training. Hence it all pleadings as a warnfng to attor- and BUPPrt to the cause of securing comes to the same thing. In his neys and at the same time to ren-1 V1 t-wJ" df fntl' . . . , , . , . . . 1 And when and where did the German- opinion this is the only highway j der a decision on the merits of ! American alliance hold mass meeting to 'democratic efficiency." Still ; tbe case. That is what the 1910 for the purpose ot "punishing Mr. wo venture to think there Is an-; amendment was adopted for j WiIson?" 0t'!!r :ay- t . .. . ! . Whether the dead traffic officer IZullns oWmanTc- ex'trS! If we must nave universal "carelessly and negligently" turned ! tion to act in accordance with the dic training" why should it not be in ; his back or "carelessly OR negli-' tates of their conscience and interest the arts of peace and for peaco ; gently" turned uls f back is a triv-i tnemSelves ln men wno are not Eng" Instead of in the arts of waT formality and 'a trifling with justice "red, English led and English fed. ru u- . ! . v. i iiiiuiig wilu jusulb, i There will come a time when the war? The chief efficiency which a time will come when such things i Jingo press, "that despised substance we want in thts United States is I will not be tolerated bv the neo- i of divinest show," will be held to productive efficieLcy. The produc-1 tivity may be of the brain or the ! band. Both kinds are needed. But ! they cannot be secured by military training, for that is utterly frnrliictivf Tr Hnna nrr rV, a 7' rr:r,"r wrr r ...cw, ""J"""S oul ue a soldier. And being a soldier is not , particularly useful in time or peace. ' ur. xiutcninson could serve his country better by advocating a uni-1 versal industrial army in which all our people should bo obliged to enlist and where they might learn some useful occupation. Incident-! ally it would not hurt them to learn the tricks of the soldier, but the main object should be to ac-! which has been duly filed and will quire habits of useful industry. ' be on the ballot next fall. The bill Since we must always have an.I'ufs an end to compulsory vac army, gome have suggested that cinatlon. In fact it puts an end it might be made to pay its way to all kinds of compulsory medical by employing it in times of peace upon pifblic. works like roads and j bridges. i It would be a better way to sup- port an army of the proportions ! that is so near the heart's desire : of some of our eminent gentlemen Is your name on the honor roll? The honor roll is the list of those who are contributing a monthly sum to aid families of absent Ore gon guardsmen. I.IKBKXECHT'S AVIJY THERE Is one man In Germany I and compulsory cleanliness have who persists in saying "why" j just about stamped out some of in spite of the war and mil- the worst diseases that afflictpian itarlsm and autocracy and 1 kind, everything else. We ."don't dare to j Now that we have been freed think what Colonel Roosevelt from their immediate dangers, it would do to this man, whose name ' is of doubtful policy to break Is Liebknecht. The colonel hates the word "why" and Liebknecht has it on his lips most of the time. He has even ventured to ask "why the war?" and has been convicted of high treason for his audacity. But Dr. Liebknecht's punishment is not severe. It is only thirty da,ys in jail. Perhaps Dr. Liebknecht's fate would have been a little more bit ter if the authorities had not known that he had sympathizers. Many of his countrymen-are grow ing weary of slaughter and begin v, "o.v m0 -..j ui 41. wim ur. Laeo- knecht. T,TI iL . wuen tae war lords or i the various countries are forced to race tnis question squarely we then will vision utter ugliness in this causeless war. If an Oregon guardsman goes to war instead of you, don't you owe him something? How fares it with his family? WIIAT IS A BOSS? PRESIDENT WILSON has given the country a pretty good def inition of a boss. It is con tained in his letter to Mr. Heney thanking that rigorous gen tleman for his offer of support in the campaign. Mr. Heney is one of the original Roosevelt nien and he does not quite see his way to tie up to the candidate whom hia .7;;': 'vvrr 'V'ir-H ri great ;. leader characterized a "a Baptist hypocrite." So he la going to vote for Wilson and make : soeeches for him too. We may mention by the way that Mr. Heney can make a very fair speech when ht gets his dander up. Mr. Wilson's definition of a boss runs in this way. A boss is a man ; who "tries personally to conduct and control our choices of presi dents and of policies." Rather a nfcat deflnition. we think, and all tb more 6oothing to the soul be- the presldent does not split ni8 infln!tIve. You notice he says personally to conduct, and not "to personally conduct." Go thou aftd ; q0 likewise j : . 1 Now tha the Oregon guardsmen j . . . J . . . haVe been Sent t0 the border, what j abOUt the families Of those Whose , . . .. - , AW , i fevji'riuiT -j r niii 'fin i i ri n in ' ii t r i u r- ' AXD" OK "OR" o N THig page "Amicus Curiae" defends the "and"-or-"or" decision of the'supreme court. He says: The trial court etjould have in-! fomifd the 9ttrnv for thfi defend-! ing he did not "carelessly or neg- i ligently" turn his back. Because she did not use "or" instead of "and," the high court reversed the ! ran and fnrcoH o nam trial tvUh ' mounting court costs. Granting, ror the sake of argu-1 ment. that all "Amicus Curiae" I says respecting what the trial court should have done and what the widow s attorney should have done. pie, and it may come soon, Oregon hag naid enough fomthpr ! people's reclamation. After more un-'than ten million dollars has been Ka -niA : u n. . t '"It uul . lraCUOn it returned, uresron snould now be allowed to use the 40 Der cent of I grant land money for reclamation I on Oregon reclamation, VACCINATION T HE anti-vaccinatio-nists seem to have found much support in the campaign for signa tures to their initiative bill treatment. In an epidemic this might make things disagreeable for the public if the bill should become a law. Experience has demonstrate pretty clearly that clearly that compulsory medical treatment is the only de r , , . . ' icuoe wo atiuou luw spread of such diseases as smallpox, chol era, bubonic plague and the like. In medieval times it was usual to i treat these epidemics by proces sions, and prayers, but" that was not as effectual as could have been desired. 0 Compulsory medical treatment down all defenses against them. The consequence would be a cer tainty of an ultimate outbreak of epidemics. It would he a. terrible lesson, but it may turn out to be un- avoidable. MUCH TO BE DONE w 1TH the completion Of the . Multnomah county link ofr i. lcCi,u" "v" wn, , , , " "l when reason has prevailed once morr the Columbia River high- over senseless chauvinism, then will way, me residents or Fort-1 land should not relanse - intn a . - " 'V,.rV,f tfcf. t I "" b'ci iiuuiue-, ment 18 flnisned As a matter of I ! fact, it Is far from done. There Is yet much work ln Clatsop and I Columbia counties on the west and ilood River and Wasco counties on the east. T nnAniF 41, 1. 1 i I . In speaking of the highway a Strict regard for accurate 8tate-; I ment is tq say that it is only ! 'partially completed. j Even in its . unfinished Stage it Germans in America. This Is far has demonstrated its value as an from being the case. Those who call asset Of the state and foreshadowed themlvea German-Americans seem its canacitv as a revenue nrodncr to VPl animated with nothing us capacity as a revenue producer but sml8ter purposes. There is no when it reaches from the ocean such animal as a German-American, to the eastern boundary of the fori those who call themselves Ger gtate ' man-Americans are neither Germans The situation demands that all the communities directly affected by it should cooperate harmoni ously and do their utmost to make It a finished work. it ' Is not a time for criticism or chareea of local discrimination or diversion of travel from certain points. When barriers are overcome and the way made safe and easy no ulterior In fluence can divert the current of travel which always follows the line of least-resistance. Having finished their portion it Is now incumbent on the people of Portland to lend encotwagement and aid to the other counties. In fact, there is a moral obligation upon those who have taken a most ! prominent part in highway affairs j to do so. Letters From the People ICommunlcatloiii aent to The Journal for publication la thl. department ahould be w-it- I ten on only one aide of tbe paper, etioold n-,l ; aoo word. In lgth. U be c by tbe name and addrea of tie aender. If tbe writer doea not delra to have tbe name publUbed be should so state. "Dlecuaslon la tbe greatest of aU reforn-era It rationalizes everything it touenea. It robs prfcclples of all false, sanctity and throws the in back on tbeir reasonableness. If tbey bare no reasonableness. It ruthlessly crushes tbem out o' existence and aeta up Its own conclusions In tbeir atead." Woodrour WUson. A German-American. Portland. July 6. To the Editor of The Journal "It was no heroic deed, Octavio." , What Infamy prompted the lntel- lecual Pfoatltute of The Journal to lnake malicious attacks on American c"iZens for his vigorous course t,, , tv,!' . marine controversy "It m also be notice to all na- tions that no president of the United States oppose the wishes of the German imperial govemmenK without being penalized therefor by overthrow at the polls." Are you trying to win sympathy for Mr. Wilson by creating dissension among American citizens? Is this the cardinal principle of your national "strict accountability." EDGAR "WINTER. A. German View. Portland, July 5. To the Editor of The Journal Mr. Penner's letter in OUT 1! your issue of July 6 is a direct ar r;raignment ot the intelligence and patriotism of the American citizen of German descent Fortunately, it "eems Impossible to take him seri j of his type and of his way of think ing should presume to speak in the name of thousands upon thousands of intelligent and patriotic citizeris, who certainly must deny Mr. Penner the right to speak for them. I am an American citizen of Ger man descent and am proud of both facts. Furthermore, I am just as anxious to see the Germans come out victorious ln this terrible struggle as is probably Kaiser Wllhelm him self. However, I am not narrow minded and blind to the dictates of humanity. I most strongly commend in the recent submarine controversy with Germany. I believe with thou sands upon thousands of serious but intelligent Germans that the subma rine warfare, as waged by the Ger man naval authorities, was a warfare or rngntruiness. offending every rightfulness. offending - ' JL18.. Humanity and civilization. ..The heart of every decent German revolted against a policy inaugurated by a clique of wa.- mad and victory intoxicated Individuals. Thinking Germans like Maximilian Harden, probably the greatest living editor in the German empire, and newspapers which actually represented the feel ings of the German people, like the Vorwaerts, had nothing but contempt for. those who were responsible for the recent submarine warfare. In this, they were undoubtedly sup ported by hundreds of thousands of patriotic Germans whose mouths re-' mained sealed, simply because they did not believe this to be the proper time for protesting against that pol icy. The sinking of the Lusitania will remain a blot on the pages of German culture and civilization which it will take centuries to erase. Presi dent Wilson, to my humble way of thinking, through his successful pro tests to the German government, has rendered an everlasting service, not onlyto the cause of humanity, but also to the cause of German culture and civilization, which are synono moss, ln spite of the mad rambling of some irresponsible Germans. By his protests. President Wilson has called Germany to her own senses. When the war is over, when the ex- J I M 1 1 1 . . , . , the world, and Germany especially, 'cnmfl to n nnrpcla ta tYtr m o en (flnnt aiuiuae oi i-resiaeni wnson. it Is my belief that those German. . ' . America wno are citizens ought to vote for President Wilson, not In 6Dlte' Dut because, of his protestations ?5T'D81 lQe eran suomarin. war- During the last few months, a lot of self appointed people catling them selves German-Americans have been laiMUi iucii ucaub uii against WDftl they can the unneutraiity of Presi- dent Wilson. Matters have become ,0 bad that the native Americans have come to think that these individuals nor Americans. As an intelligent German and as a patriotic citizen of. this great coun try of ours, I believe that President Wilson is absolutely neutral in the European struggle and. for that rea ob' 1 shall vote for him and shall ; .'-:;r ; ..r , , ' r r,,: -:-:- ,f':::. ... : -r 'rrr- work for hi election whenever and ! wherever the opportunity to do so ' hall present itself. LEO . J. FRACHTENBURO. , "And" and "Or' in Pleading. Portland, July 5. To the Editor of The Journal Both The Journal amd the Oregonian have of late criticised the rule of pleading that requires a defendant in hfi n w p r to use the dis junctive conjunction "or" where the war. ad for once the peopia can conjunctive conjunction "and" has i Krc wn him. m been used in the complaint. This ! Oregon troops have been assigned to rule Is well settled in code plead- guard San Diego s water supply, but ing. and every lawyer and trial .rf.i"1 wcilonltself n,u,t look Judge ' ought to understand it. lt Iler us walerwa0? la not dependent upon "arcjiaic prece- President Wilson thoroughly under dents" for it anroorL Everv tvro in 8tands tn people when he says they th? ?a- i. -f. 7 tL hat ' Bee the necessity of keeping discredited the law is supposed to know what a .political bosses in retirement. "notrurHva Tifoo-nant" im In nlooln cr Anil 1 am to avoid it. The rule is based on reason and logic. This rule may be found in all recient treatises on code pleadings such as "Pomeroy's Code Remedies," "Phillips on Code Pleading," "Boon on Code Pleading." "Bliss on Code Plead ing" and 'Sutherland on Code Plead ing." Cach of these treatises sustains the rule, and the supreme court of Ore gon has sustained it. "Phillips on Code Pleading," section 361, discussing this subject, says inter alia: A very common fault in pleading is the denial of some particular averment in such form as to imnliedlv admit a in such form as to impliedly admit a part of what is apparently contro verted. Such evasive and ambiguous form of denial Is called a negative pregnant, because it is an express de nial, pregnant with an implied admis sion. . This fault comes from framing a denial in the same words used in the allegation denied, and arises mainly in two Instances." The author then gives an example of the first kind of negative pregnant referred to, and ttien, in the same sec tion says: "The other instance is where two or more facts are stated conjunctively, and the denial is in the same words. For example, if a complaint allege that the defendant "wrongfully and forcibly' entered (upon the defendant's premises), a denial that he 'wrongfully and forcibly entered, admits the entry and denies only the force or the wrongfulness, and makes it uncertain which of these is controverted." Sutherland in hia work on code pleading, published ln 1910, in section 417, discussing this question, says, inter alia: "In an answer to an allegation that an act. was 'wrongfully and maliciously j done,' a denial that it was 'wrongfully and malicfously done' does not put in j issue the doing. Likewise, where a complaint avers that defendant wrong fully broke down the plantiffs flume, an answer denying that the defendant wrongfully broke down the flume is an admission that the defendant broke it down, and Is a denial only as to the wrongful nature of the act." If a complaint alleges that the de fendant wrongfully entered upon the plaintiffs premises and destroyed a field- of wheat growing thereon, and tha defendant, by his answer, denies "tliat the defendant wrongfully entered upon the plaintiffs premises and de stroyed a field of wheat growing thqreon," such a denial admits by im plication, according to the authorities, the entrv unon the Dremises and the destruction of the wheat, etc. If a plaintiff alleges that the defendant did ' reau of tho Chamber of Commerce three things, connecting the three tells us Mr- Friend in Salt Lake, things by the conjunction "and," and I that lts allowance for everything in the defendant, bv his answer, denies 'J eluding salaries, this year was $5000, that he did the three things in lpsis verbis, using the conjunction "and," such a denial is evasive and ambigu ous, because it denies that he did the three things as a whole. A denial that the defendant assaulted and knocked the plaintiff down does not deny that be assaulted the plaintiff or that he knocked him down. Our code'-now permits two forms of denial a general denial of each allega tion controverted, or a specific denial of each allegation. If the defendant elects to deny specifically, he must do so and his denial must be free from evasiveness. In the case referred to by you. you say that the point was made in the trial court that the denial, using the conjunction "and" instead of "or." was bad, and that the trial court "brushed the objection aside." There was where the mistake was made. The trial court should have In formed the attorney for the defendant that his pleading was evasive and bad, and, if he had done that, the attorney would have immediately amended hia answer, and there would then have been no reversal of the case on the appeal. A lawyer should never try to con ceal his Ignorance or his carelessness by shouting "technicality." He should not attempt to practice law until he is acquainted with requirements of code pleading. Our code Is very liberal in allowing amendments, and in disregarding errors that do not affect the substantial rights of the parties. But a defend ant must take care to deny everything that he desires to controvert, and he must avoid evasiveness and ambiguity. AMICUS OUR1AE. Defends the Foreign Horn. Portland. July 4. To tho Editor of The Journal In so-called patriotic I sermons delivered last Sunday two Presbyterian ministers took occasion to Insult and abuse citizens and residents not hnm 4 n tha TTnH a1 Ktitaa An 9 these. Dr. J. II Rovd. m th t.r.i.n population is a menace to the Ameri- h , r , be amo. ? H Ctl "!e best and most loyal citizens are to be . found among the foreign born. Dr Boyd could do better by preach- , ng the gospel and also denouncing the no cm. . v 11 lllUlllUUlig LI1U till- ! plements of war and the unneutral j pean Btatesmanshlp steadily is roount and pro-British attitude of the admin- fng and the end not yet in sight, istration. But not a word against j of the 2,500,000 men who were ln these things. It is considered good Americanism, in the opinion of this very worldly gentleman of the cloth, to. denounce the foreign born. This has become a favorite pastime among so-called native Americans. All the way from the humanity apostle in the White House, down to a Presbyterian preacher, the same silly cry Is heard. But please remember that this prop aganda Is not conducive to loyalty, but ! and an Ignorant knowledge of the sex rather the opposite, and the conse- relationship; to the fact that the ado quences might be far from pleasant. lescent has not been taught the true VICTOR NEWMAN. conception of the sacredness and con- , ' "SV, , servatlon of the sex impulse? People AOt to-Be Misled. I It leem, to me that the hasty, un- Clarno, Or., July 4. To the Editor kind arrest of Margaret Sanger, and of The Journal Jt does me good to , the attachment of the word "obscene " hear men like Emmett Callahan and to the work of this hlghvmlnd-d M. E. Wattemaan come out and ex-1 woman, savor of Comstocklan hypoc press themselves as they did ln The j risy and mental limitation, and work Journal of July 1, for it takes a man an immeasurable hardship on the to do it. And let the Oregonian howl. stranger within our gates, for every issue of that precious sheet , MARIE IX EQUI. M. D. spells success for the ticket it opposes, i The people are not going to be misled I by the radical hot-headed stuff it I prints. TOM CRAIGE. Differs With the Major. Portland, July 3. To the Editor of The Journal I understand that Mayor Albee Is overly concerned with tbe ef fect -Margaret Sanger's writings may have on the morals of the adolescent of this city May I ask him if the sporadic out- i breaks of uncontrolled ex Impulse i which have occurred at various past times ln our public schools are trace able -to Margaret Banger's writings? Have they not been due to a misguided PERTINENT COMMENT AND NEWS IN BRIEF T" SMALL CHANGE Carranza's friendly and sensible note reads as though he has begun to listen to- good advice. - Rockefeller hopes there won't be the camel as their party emblem, seem . to lgnore the fact" tht hJ car'rie. considerable supply of drink with him. Lloyd-George has scored again with a settlement of the Irish question. Dflt- I ain tnus nas another reason lor being graxeiui to ner nrst citizen. Department of agriculture experts say meat prices will continue climbing. Looks as though the auto owner soon will have to choose between beef steak and gasoline. New York's epidemic of infantile paralysis is especially terrifying be- 1 caUBe of ,ts innocent victims and th ! further fact that medical science is ai e most neipiess against it- So many American business records are being made that not enough atten tion is paid to our more than two bil lion favorable trade balance for the fis cal year ending June 30. Another test of patriotism will be the material support given the Patri otic League of Oregon" in its efforts to provide an adequate emergency fund for families of enlisted men on the border. Some of the Mexicans who left the United States to take up arms against us now want to get back into God s country. Rut I'ncle Sam's immigra tion officials have decided that Mexico is good enough for them. . JOURNAL 67-0n Making Portland's Attractions Known Now comes a letter which does not attempt to deny that the , country about Portland Is most ecenically beautiful and more attractive to tour ists that have sought us out than any other region, but asking th question : "What is the- matter with Portland? Why not have some folders like the enclosed stating a few facts as to the scenery and summer climate of your city, which surpasses any other city in the country. "The only matter advertising Port land is a folder of the Imperial hotel, and in looking over the racks in hotels from coast to coast one never sees anything about Portland. - We sure have a grand highway (the letter Is written from Salt Lake City) but we are not saying anything about it; so if your city does not go ahead, please blame yourselves. 'When I am in Portland again, I j v,n. t ,, .hat .. ,-ou have waked up the Chamber of Commerce as to this matter." Th publicity and conventions bu and that the pretty Denver book which, among others, Is given and de serves your praise, is one of the pro duets of a $90,000 appropriation made for tbe purposes of Denver publicity alone. FODDER FOR From the Washington I'ost. If the honor of the United States can be maintained by peaceful meth ods, who shall say that the" nation should go to war? Those who want war must be will ing themselves to sacrifice their lives upon the altar of national devotion. None but a poltroon and coward would fail to make the sacrifice If the honor of the country were at stake, but only those who are In full possession of all the facts ln the Mexican situation can decide what the national interest demands. What man in public life, what of ficial or orator in the market places, can say that he Is more Jealous of the national honor than are the people themselves. The honor of the nation is sa-te in the hands of the American people. And what are the people saying? What are they thinking as they walk through the streets? What are they paying about their own supper table after they have returned from their daily work? In one of his epeechej President Wilson said: "I would a great deal rather know what the men on the trains anJ by the wayside and in the shops and on the farms are thinking about and yearning for than hear any of the vociferous proclamations of policy, which it is so easy to read by picking up any scraps of printed paper. Those who are expected to sacrifice their lives upon the battlefield, the fathers and mothers who yield their sons and who yield them willingly when the honor of the nation Is at stake, should have something to say about the ques'.ion of war, Two millions of the men of Europe lie in their graves as a result of the mad war that is still in progress, and t th honor of tbe naUona involved t been gatlsfled. A Verdun 300,000 of the finest men of Krancei Germany and England lie i dead. Tbe toll demanded by Euro- the Civil war on the northern site, more than 1.000,000 were below tha age of 21' years, and the fathers and mothers, sisters and sweethearts were left behind to agonize and mourn. e It is not the corporations, the land owners or the captains of In dustry who have the vital Interest in An Issue of Hours. Portland, July 2. To the Editor of The Journal I see published in your paper an appeal to the public In re gard to the settlement of the question of hours of labor for trainmen on all railroads. They also appeal to the Interstate Commerce Commission. The public and tbe commission know eight hours is long enough for any man to labor. The men will likely get their demands and the commission will raise the rates for the railroads. It would be an act Xf humanity If the public and the commission would look into the condition of the ware house men. They are of as much or OREGON SIDELIGHTS The $5000 bonds for the manual training building for the Fossil public schools have been sold to eastern in "vrstors, and work will soon be com menced on the building. Poultry item in Lebanon Express: "Prank Hadley, who lives near Halsey, has, a turkey nen that is raising six young China pheasants. The turkey half a dozen of the little game birds were hatched. .They are now over three weeks old. For the first time since Hood River county was established, six years aso. an official county flag was flown last Tuesday, July V from the old school house, which Is' usui for the county's temple of justice. The flag. Just pur chased by the county commissioners, was raised with imposing ceremonies. The new high school building at Haker will soon be under construction i and according to the Itemocrat it is , to be the finest school buihuTig ln the ; inland empire and "will be a great as- the educational center of eastern Oregon.'' "Those who have been in the habit of asking for permits to keep fawns as pets will be refused hereafter," says J. M. Thomas, quoted in the Coos Bay Harbor. . Mr. Thomas finds that I the practice Is not for the Ixjst In terest of the game, that some have been allowed to die from starvation and from being chased bv dogs. Per mits to all will hereafter be refused. "Astoria went to Seaside yester day," says last Friday's Antorlan. "As toria was royally entertained. The newly paved highway has accom plished Its purpose already. It has strengthened the bonds of community Interest and mutual welfare. Seaside was glad U have Astoria visit her yesterday and Astoria was decidedly glad to be there And nobody made a secret of It, either." JOURNEYS i The Chamber of Commerce printed foldex last year that advertised the Columbia river highway. Perhaps you did not see them. There wa.-. perhaps, something said to the effect that there were not enough to meet :"the Immediate demand for them. You saw, undoubtedly, the articles about the highway that have ap peared ln various publications, and we hope that you enjoyed them none I the less because of the fact that they were the voluntary contributions of the periodicals that told their readers how greatly enhanced is the charm i of a visit to Portland by a ride over the great highway. The buff folder entitled "Visit Ta coma," Is really a good piece of work, and tho appellation "The Na ples of America," is apt. Seattle's folder as "The Gateway to Alaska and the Orient" makes quite an in- i dustrial appeal, and while specific I directions are not given, enough is ; said to make anyone want to l-arn j more. "Miss Spokane Invites You," ; really has charm. In a small space it really gives quite a good deal of ln- i formation needful for one who would , respond to the cordial invitation. Tes, it Is unquestionably true that an official Portland booklet i.imied by the Chamber of Cowimerce and giving industrial, scenic and other facts, would supplement mo.t ngreeably the productions of the railroads and hotels. MACHINE GUNS the question of war or peace. It is not the politicians or orators, the or ganizations of public preparationiBts or public pacifists that have the most at stake. It is the average citizen the citizen who earns his bread" by the sweat of his brow, the citizen who loves his family arid wants to con tinue giving that family his support and protection who has the most at stake. Those orators who cry out for a given course of action In the name of the national honor without having be fore them all the facts that affect the national Interest ln a crisis merely demonstrate their lack of responsl- bi.ity and their callous selfishness. j It speaks well for the wisdom of j the American people that they have i never elected a president who has been stampeded into war by false ad visers or critics. Great as has been the horror of the European war, strong as is the desire to preserve the strength of the United States for the more civilized purposes of humanity, the American people as a unit will be ready to fight and to die If It should be necessary to pre serve the national honor. On the one side, in the nation today, as ln all crises of the past, there are those who, without knowing all tin facts on . which the great decision must be made, argue for immediate action against Mexico, regardlens of the consequences. On the other side are those who are praying that peace ful means of protect Ing the nation's honor' shall bo completely exhausted before there is recourse to arms and to the sacrifice of the blood of Ameri can soldiers. President WMson. with all the facts before him, was able to win a diplo matic victory In the su-bmarine con- ! troversy, FatlKfying this nation's I honor without the frightful toll of ' war. I The president of the United State . alone knows the facts in the Mexican ; situation. lie alone can make the' decision that will conserve the nn- tional Interests. While orators are ! making their, arguments In public ! places, the people, by wire and letter. , are telling the president that they. ! who must make the sacrifices and who will not ask that some other mc ther"s son make It for thejn, want peece so long as It Is compatible with the nation's honor. more Importance as the trainmen. They have much more rtsfjnsiblllty than the trainmen and are the poorest paid class of men in Portland holding re sponsible positions. They receive about half of a trainman's pay. In I these high priced times the warehouse ' man Is pushed to meet dally expenses and has nothing left for a rainy day. I would be pleased to hear other rail road men's ideas on the subject. READER. Sentiment Among the Starving. From the New York Sun. Sentiment died hard In' the beleag- ured army at Kut-el-Amara. A ma-1 chine gun mule which h.td three Indian ! frontier campaigns - to its credit and I proudly wore service ribbons to prove ! It, was twice sent back by the supply I and transport butcher, who refused to j kill the starving soldiers' favorite. He Knew. From the London Opinion. Diana Is th man your sister's go- ' ing to marry ncnT , Dick Not much! Every time mother talks about -the wedding, father says, "Poor Man!" ... BY VIS" t .AMPMAN Country Town Sayings. Krom K. W. Howe'i Monthly. IJO the best you can until can do better. you The trouble iB reform Is confine 1 to the politicians, and Is mere talk. The moit common way of , beUitff unfair is demanding too much r others. Many a man who believes -he Is a devil among the women, is really a Joke among them. In a novel, if a married couple' Is happy ln the beginning. 1 know there must be a change, ln order to mak a story. A Potato Hill fnan Is known to be quite proud; and investigation reveals that he bus no other reason for pctde except that he has good intentions. Keep out of court; you may have right on your side, but at any time you are liable to run Into a Judge like that one In Chicago who i'eii.led lately that Bacon wrote the plays attributed to Nhakespeure. Ez. Hawkins hitefy said his wife had over a hundred young chickens. A number of the Potato II HI men had a callosity to know what "over a hundred" meant ln Mr. Hawkins' tall:, and counted; it meant forty-three. I robably the average is not very much higher. Preparedness. rrom the lnroevtp. I Ufed to keep my bristles up: In fact, Invited war And oft 1 got As oft ns not What I was looking for. So now I keep my bristles down. For I am tired of strife I ve made amends. And alo friends. And had a peaceful life. lo Which a LoftT BtTnd If Taken on the 8ubjct of Umpirinf. Fron Gold Hill ,m.i.,K,iiil.-nt MedfnrA Mll Trunin.-. W re orrT to rhrtmlrle tlie fart that tlie liHw-bill Ncor hi reported :! to 4 In riiror of Mctirnrd. Iwn nnirh talk on i 1'le change, tl.e color of evrnta. It U too ol that true umplrluj cannot prevail for Hub reaulu. Fifteen Minutes Heat. Ey ReT Stewart. The Journal'. Office Bnr. (Continued troin YetiteTda.) Kortr five mlnutea ,fter lo mw ine rldlns down the cl.-Tiitor to Ket mr "Ur for the nuin htr of ivape-a wa. Be, nt rh mditina ot the Journal for the editorial ro.raa. Elcn o clock the noon edition cumf off the preaa rather .lowlr. becaune the regular preaa -wai not uaed and a amaller on a performed tlia duty of running- off. . A,t teL nlntea aftor 11 I cot a third letter omII. Then I dl.trlhntod ...n;.. clipping, that were-on the aplmlle and went to lunch. I wa. at the courthouae at 11 ::ir. and from there returned to The Journal office, with note from t. courthouse reporter addreaaad to the city editor. Near is I waa at tha police atatlon again, hnvinit mopped on the why at llarlinan llipiiipm' hank mid copied the bank clcnr um f..r the day. After leaving the police sta tion I went to Overhe.-k A r. ke. who condurt a hoard f trade mid are corTer.ndenta of Lo gan At Byron, a large firm of the name cln.e In Chicago. There I "got the llilcago grain market report.. Near 12,2i J wna In the local room of 'Tie Journal. tor half n lw.ur nfter thl. I worked ateadllT In the morgue. Identifying rut. hr mean, of the prima clipped from the Sunday Inaue by the .(.iiucr.pl.er. Thin do every djiT rlh f.lng the pi int . in vwlf. how ever, from all ihfllT usuea exeept Sum!.. ' SCO.vriM'Ei) TOMOUitow.) 1'nrlo Jeff Know Kays: "With all duo respects to the TV. C. T. It looks to me 'alf as much good would be done to the human race If vvoeien would quit wearing corsets' as by having the men gult liquor. There's nothing so exaeperat Ing as other proplc'H UmI habits. Th T B, Le une Due v S3 Is a Member of the Lobster Family Th Sunday science Page tells tnis curious fact and many others Interesting to you and old. In addition there Is the Sunday fashion page teem ing with Inlm-entlng things for womankind and n wiole pace devoted lo tho kiddles. The Journal's comb- mccllon Is ad mit t' dly bept there la pub lished. Fiction For Vacation Time Of Highest Class and most Interesting la con tained ln the Sunday Journal fiction magazine. The ame matter anywhere elen would cost ueveral times the price of The Sunday Journal and It would have none of the other great features. Vacation Is Uppermost in Everybody's Mind Now What your friends are doing and where they are "pending their outings conveys to you information as to where you can have the mogt enjoyable time. Full reports from all beaches and resorts will be be fou-nd in The Sunday Jour nal. Mexico Still Holds the Attention because our boys are ' down there on the border. Pictures of the Mexican border and of Uncle Sam's defenders wUl be present In profusion la The Sunday Journal. ,J The Sunday Journal 6 cents the copy everywhere-.. Next Simdapl) i - - . v-- -- '.'- AW '