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8 THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, FRIDAY, MARCH 2. J917. - AM 1KDEPRKDEMT VEWSPAPEft O 8.' JACKSON. ..PnfelUbW 4-i.mianeo, tftr 4T, (Umoo aed swrala' Uicept Sunday aitrraooo) at Tb Jearaa; l'.ulldlDf, Breed aad SaaUUtt ei. 1'ortUad. Oa, Entered at tbe poatofRc at Portland. Or., fa; tranmiaakn . lkruuarb taa mmiU u saeoad T claaa atattrr; 1 E bBPBOM ES Mala T)7( Room, A-S051. .-All Sepanaienta ranched t7 thtaa nambera. , Tn U pcratar wbat deaarusaat f Wtat. .- : -... -,. - REIGN ADTEBTISINa KXPBBSBKTATITC ; njaala Ktstaof 06., Btanawtek BM.. 2a rtttb -at,. w Xork. 141 PaopiO ta Bid.. Chtcifo, - akbaertptlos tarsia by vail or to an ad&rew w la tba United States or llazico: " PA1L.T (atOBNIKO OB AtTEBlfOOS) 6am yaai. 95.00 Ooe monta......! JO SUWBAJT, J : V rsa year...... .On ajoora f .2 SAILX (UOa.NI.NO fR AfTEBNOOJi) AND . , SCNOAX Oae year........ $7. 60 I Ope month... 4... I .S3 IV, ! ' Oor , la a ' vie. Oooaplraclca, Uh thunder elonda, 0honld momaot toria aua atrue naa ngm ar tie aound In beard. Dow. THE ZIMMERMAN riXT 4 rjnHB genuenessofthe Zimmer- l 1.4. "man proposal to ally Mexico -A oTTfv r 5 iwuuntja. Statea Is challenged. BBSaw. I I .'ii'", ,l ' . .." " .... .i. " iouia iv Wui. uui, "".happen in time of war? Have our .Uclpatiflg trouble with America, it 'llitarigta and flrhtlntr men aa wa,a loo uutiuub course ui uciiuau; t a stir up trouble for this country In Mexico. War-mad nations seek every means of embarrassing ene mies, present or possible, and Ger many and the other belligerents of Europe are war-mad. They are In a fearful conflict, and a fearful conflict Is unreason. . Merinany iriea 10 sur up ""ouDie lor r"G rest Britain In Ireland, and succeeded. . She aroused open re bellion there. She tried to do the same thing in India and in Egypt. v'Airthe belligerents indeed have done all In their ; power to induce .neutral nations to join their re spective causes. Europe has been a fester spot of plot and diplomatic ln'trl&me eveV Bines the war hotran intrigue ever since me war Degan. e.Ax T M n ni n H t-. . SVlUonla convinced that the Zim- ! merman note is authentic, and that' there iff ample proof in the admin istration's possession to establish -Its .authenticity. War is not only uas,"i explosives and men. It is intrigue and plot. Every circum stance' Would lead to the expecta tion that any nation that expected trouble with America would seek to harm this 'country through Mexico.- It is the natural and obvious toint of attack. i Conditions in,. Mexico are pecu- ' I!rfJlr Ch an.enter- tj irk. I . POSeU. ine population IS UnpaCi- - IS!.' lnA.f::iU"?!aIy-w Th inwVnr..i wcaa.. uerB r disaffected and ambitious men laMexico, who would see in the collusion ' with a great military ower,"Ilke . Germany a tempting Ulilt: Old Mexican enemies of the United States would hope from such an alliance to wreak revenge oh" this countr for territory the United. States has taken away from Mexico. ; V Nobody understands all this better Difference of opinion arose" among lhan do the shrewd diplomats of -he judges as to whether young Uermany. To undertake to arouse Morris' confession, drawn from Mexico against the , United States him ' by the sheriff of Klamath Jwas their natural course, whence- county, should have been allowed Jiewal of ruthless submarine opera-! to go to the Jury upon his trial Jiona made it certain to them that for complicity In murder. A ma jA.merica) would Inevitably be driv- Jority of the supreme court says n to .resistance and possibly Into it should. Judge Burnett dissents. opett' eonfllct. . Trouble! with 'Mexico in the pres ent strained situation would bo em barrassing to the United States. It Svould tremendously handicap us In iny negotiations or pther enter-1 jrlae that might engage us over Jbe teas. . We all know now that it was a fortunate thing for tbe American jeople) that President Wilson re- fused to be driven into War with Mexico, and that, on the contrary, he ftas so conducted this govern ment that we are In harmonious relations with that nation. - t X current headline says, "Forest supervisor gets canvas boat." , The weather man must hayg whispered to the forestry department that the time of the second deluge is near at hand. , BRITISH DEFEATS .NJJ Of the curious lessons of history It that it Is difficult . o defeat the : British de ' eisively. "The course of their operations In thf Euphrates coun try reminds one of the old French wara Jh North America and the times of Chinese Gordon in the Soudan. ; In the French colonial wars -the , British were defeated oyer.. and over' again,, often disas trously, las ' In. Braddock's campaign.- . But la the and they won everything they fought for. Que bec T' was . taken: - and the " French driven- put of the Mississippi rX' In the Soudan the BriUshforeea were at first routed by the Mahdi. v Khartoum 'was- captured and Gbr- don killed. But br Bfl4 W Kitche- ner visited too scene with new forces and turned the tables com- pietely , J Last year tne British, were routeJ befora Kut-el-Amara. with the loss pf an army, ffow ?omea news that they have returned to the assault with success. If a British defeat were only -"done . when 'tis a done,", there would be more. satis-.trolling the Oregon legislature it I faction In fighting them- BOW ? u,1T;"uw.pic'T". ,B Wbole,, tralnlpads Of fpod . - p" yitwsu maintained. It is only fthen the nearing the decay stage on account , gueptJoa of v&Yias livlng wage3 to of delay in transit. (their workmen eomes up that they The transportation system of tbo ' feel the pinch of poverty. country has broken down. It is 1 1.. .... 1. ) vj ht unable to handle the traffic offered. 1 Just aa a suggestion,5 the) North- Mines are closed, or working on west Tourist association,- having hajf time. On the banks of rivers been granted an appropriation, by that, ought to be navigated, famine the legislature to emblazon the ad- prices; are paid for coal. Plants vantages, of Portland and Oregon are kept from running at full time throughout the east, might spend a because the railroads cannot carry portion of Its money in mailing out to them adequate supplies of raw.: the seven page delinquent tax list material. With the greatest de-! advertisements as a part of Its mand for pig iron ever known, propaganda. Calif ornlans know blast furnaces have had to close how to advertise, and they are down. Mills are overwhelmed with usine these lists down there in ad- orders they cannot fill because un able to get cars. Shipments, which should bo delivered In days may be delayed for months. We have Just bebeid the spec tacle of a demand that passengef trains be sidetracked to enable food and fuel supplies to be rush4 to cities facing food and fuel riots. These untoward and dlscourarg- , 4Ticr nnnHHirtna onnaai in n tlmi' Vf nrdfonnd neace' and in a neriod of . . MO . r. aKAn,ln anv ir w r.o breakdown of railroad transporta- tlon In time of jeace, what 'woujd well as our pacifists reflected on this phase of national prepared ness? ' German railroads are in the hands of the srovernment. and are used almost exclusively for the transportation of troops, wounded, , military supplies, munitions and nthsr war n ar-Vaasfl Hon In trpmfln. dQUg Tolume Her 9nhampered use of 'the railroads has been one great factor in German ability to cope against enemies of far greater nu- merical strength. She feas had un-; 1 hampered railroads because in j time of peace she prepared for war j by building a system of Inland waterways over which she now ""av- oM tha QT.tiiH nf ki.nmTmr.A rM " v.w. . . ..... 'J " Am"ca Blve, er eei lauiuau uucn iui iub muusiio wo of the government for- war pur- co vno, nrMiii ofca fooH ohoiicr warm and clothe herself? How can this question be answered when in time of peace and plenty, she is in the midst of food riots because of a breakdown of the railroad system? - The superintendent of public In struction's office announces that .. An r ... . i.. i n taught in the public schools of the ,tafe- Why not coax the young- lonrn tho Ten 'nnmmonH. ! ments, and abide by them? Such ' d adhered to. would make quite a auierence wnen tne Kias grew up. WITH THE MINORITY W E ARE inclined to believe that Judge Burnett takes a. sounder view of the ad missibility . of confessions than some of his colleagues do. He says it should not. Many will think Judge 'Burnett is right. The prosecution welcomes con fessions, however obtained, be cause they save time and trouble. But they are dangerous: Noi sheriff should be permitted to make prom ises to a prisoner in order to ex tort confessions from him, as the Klamath sheriff did. Much less should police officers be allowed to apply torture in any form Confessions coming through of ficial channels are suspicious af fairs. Strict Justice would in al most every Instance, make short work of them. It is the business of sheriffs and their like to arrest and : detain accused persons, not to try them out of court. Warden Murphy reports that, the resumption of the "honor system" at the penitentiary Is making a dif ferent place of the grim bastlle. The men are busy, "Inside and out side the walls, malaoctenta have Sl!eiand J??4 eodT- der is the rule, not the exception. HALF A LOAF 0' kN THE principle that half a loaf is better than no bread, thero must be great rejoic ing among, the Southern Pa cific's, section foremen. Beginning with March I, these worthy, em ployes, who keep the road In order for the protection of travelers.' are to ! receive the munificent pay of H " ? hfS mind None of ypur freakish eight hoar - Innovations . for -. the good; old Southern Pacific. Naturally the railroad would pay Its section band decent wages I if it bad,, the money, ;. vat alas. It has many more Important outlays which demand prior attention-and the men mast watt. ' 4. I "Just bow tb pocketboolt of the Southern pacific la sadly depleted I to trying to grab the - land grant In I southern Oregon. . By employing j big- army of lawyers and con-1 hopes to win in the end. 'This is j a vastly more Important obligation J In the eyes of the railroad than I bed wage., . . Tha railroads seldom IacV mnnfTl when a legislative lobby is to be vertising Portland USING BAD NAMES -f -1 "T RAITOR is an ugly name. After more than a cen tury, the name of Benedict Arnold is "execrated by Americans. Even the school chil dren abhor it. There is something shocking in the word "traitor." It chills, it grates, it horrifies. It is a term ho American citizen has- a Tht to P1? to another Ameri- san citizen except on provocation absolute and definite. rtr v v a-l n,.nA. 1 We have had the spectacle in Portland of the word "traitor" ap- plied to SUCh men as President Fog- ter of Reed college, to Dr. Jordan and to Mr. Bryan. It is calumny. is slander, the vilest Kind or slander, The offense of these thus called "traitors" la that thflV deCTV War. that they advocate honorable peace. Why should they not decry war? When did It become a felony for an American , citizen to have con I victloCa against war and to speak of those convictions? we have no armies a-field. We are not In conflict. We may never be at war. No enterprise on wnicn America is so iar engagea . J 1 a 1 I can uo 4io.tiucti vi iimucmu uj wi 1 po8ltion w' ?f' Peace; nai m aiubiiw uu ' uvt tu mr apycaicu when forces in the field or the arm i v,i-j v.o n.nA, nn n v n.K ejied by such decent expressions in favor of peace as are uttered by men like President Foster and Dr. Jordan. If that time comes, we shall all be fop war. In his public addresses in Port- T1. In.n 4..airA, th. White Temple Sunday evening, he A 31 i 3j m 1 utterance by an audience that was conspicuously against war. Tn ovar aArfi-aoa In to na has ever been heard, Dr. Foster has exnressed abidlne faith in Presi- r " - - I dent Wilson, tie nas counseuea peace, but he has always expressedi i , , . . , ., j .. luil LiUBb 111 mo jusuw auu ftuuu i purpose of his country. He was sunnortinr President Wilson When w wViTr. r Vr. ta r.n assailed were attacking President Wilson. There is no higher type of citi zen than are these men. Their patriotism rings truer than the rr-rin-fniiTitpr BwmshhnpHlTir vn. I ... ".I riotv rf man rvnn farm thtm "trait-I ors. it is a Deuer ciuzensnip than the coarse ruffianism which seeks a time like this to bawl out its disapproval of men who ' think in straight lines and look beyond I the home security and see what war, cruel, murderous war, is. It is no time now for one Amer ican citizen to call another Ameri can- citizen bad names. . It is bet- i ter to wait and see if there may not appear a fitter force to which to apply our epithets. Resides if the sunreme stn 1 iiesiaes ll tne supreme Step W finally taken, It will likely turn out that the loudost mouthed pa- triot now will be farthest In the icar. if the demands for silence now j imposed upon Dr. -Foster and Dr. Jordan had been made effective in 1116. there would have been no Declaration of Independence, no war of the Revolution, no Ameri can republic, no land of freedom The news comes from Salem that the clerk of the supreme court and the stenographers are planning to mandamus .Secretary of State Ol- cott, In an effort to compel him to pay them the old salaries they en joyed before the legislature pared their compensation down. When the case comes up, it ought to be easy for the high court to find that the legislative department has been unconstitutionally encroaching upon the prerogatives of the Judicial de-1 i partment. or something like that. Mil, BAKER'S PRIZE t HE magaiine. ' Popnlar Me chanics, has just awarded tbe first and second prizes in a nfnrnlae enntMt wfciMi it haa ndactlBg. task set for me -uoniesianis was to restore . a paragraph, deleted by. the British r ""SSaV "liSE? itf?: K. .Freeman headed "Bringing Down a Zeppelin. . The affair Is or uncommon - interest to Journal readers "because a Portland man, Walter W. Baker, won the first prize of 1200. The deleted paragraph referred some details of the defense of London against airships. Mr. Ba ker, as quoted In Popular Mechan- Ics, explains the matter. We do not see how Mr.; Freeman's deleted paragraph could have done it any more - neatly. Perhaps we -have even gained something by the cen- Mr. Baker explains that the Zep- iwlfn l ffrcr Imnalnt a tha rortA of two inter secUng rays of light from sources whose distance apart is known. The angle between the rays then gives the height of the airship by a simple computation and guns can be aimed at it with extreme accuracy. This is the secret of the recent failures of airship attacks on London. Trigo- nometry has defeated them, , Simon Benson has shown very great enthusiasm in behalf of good roads. He is free from political entanglements. " He is in position to serve, on the highway commis- sgion with no end in view but that of securine thfS best roads possible for the money Oregon may choose to expend. W. L. Thompson, an other member of the new com- mlfislon Id accounted a Kood aD- ni.tmAnt Ha nowa th value of good roads, and as a successful business man should be able to safeguard road funds placed at his disposal. Such men In control of the commission should do much to restore public confidence in the state highway 'department. Letters From the Peopla IRommnnlritloM ant to The Journal fo j publication in this-department abould be writ- ien on oniy one Mue i'l mo paper. miuia o word. i'ienth and moat be ac- .""toaSt: tbe name publlabed ta cnould ao atate. The Tjawyers Naval Auxiliary. Portland. March' 1. To the Editor of Th Journal The Lawyer- wavai citisen who is interftted in prevent ing war If poSsibU with being a "peace at any price traitor. I ao not know' the g-entlem&n so cha.-ged at all, and cannot myself be charged with tha enithet. most certainly. As both a lawyer and an ex-naval mill tia officer, the father of the- naval militia of Oregon in fact, in it Physical sense, I should know some thing about the question of mimary preparation. This body is very much misunder stood by most people because of its adoption of soldiers' uniforms, its y ? ... innn use 01 ru.is, 11.9 uiw things' the people are actually fooled Into tninKing ins uoay 9 a kcuuiiiq band of patriots who themselves are under oath to go to war when tho call comes. This is not so very much not so. The Lawyers' Naval Mllltla auxil iary is not under any military au thorlty whatsoever, as a body, and hardly any of its members are sub iect to call of any kind. It is mere- ly a well intentioned but mistaken Moy 01 men, among mem iraniy George M. Cohan, starry banner. TTViiiwfH n-f .Tiilv BVntftm at devlOD- nt'beli hearn their duties. This kind of I nrongrotlnn wa ha.va suffered from in Oregon before, for several purposes I- - v C eVllVai UUUBlli4f llOXinil LfW9All&. etc.. v but. unlike the others, this fallacious type of boosting breeds sorrow and bloodshed and is lnex- cusable The tfme has come when we should either admit ourselves to be selfish and unpatriotic because we always boost for someone else's learning the. military duties, or we snouid prove we are in earnest by ourselves as suming a genuine military status un der the already made-to-order military bodies of the state and federal serv ice. Either we are useful at the front, or we are not. I claim the T.awAr Vaval rnitij Naval Militia auxiliary, as such, is .not as useful as so many bags of sand at the front, because the sand can perform useful military service, while the non-military, pure ly-civilian, stucco-work navy of the auxiliary is not even desirous of placing themselves under military au- thority. If they were, . they would have organized themselves as either a, company of genuine naval militia men "or genuine national guarasmen. instead of a milk-white-flag navy. In a business where men ale ror their country, and where the people are to be taught ral preparedness, it is not excusable to -pose as soli dlers of the government when in fact w ara "ot "Idlers, only boosters to h others become soldiers. In Germany every man did his lit tie bit. learned his duties, be- """SS' "2 all the boosting was done by men who themselves were also trained men . and subject to call. Can we blame young Americans for refusing to serve when aovisea Dy otners to go. who are not themselves willing to go. But what can we, expect from men whose minds are moulded to the type that the law requires nowadays? dilatory practitioners! JOHN 1INULTT. Shooting Stomps. Seattle, Wash, Feb. 26. To the Ed itor of The Journal I have been read ing in The Journal the letters about land clearing. -1 have, as nearly as I can figure, contracted and grubbed or supervised the grubbing of nearly 400 acres In the last CO years. To my mind, so far. there" is only oae success- ful way for large- stump, x wm give the cheapest andnbest way. First put ! a- rood bucker with a good saw (ahead to buck all the old logs and long1 poles Into such pieces -that a team can haul I and pile or that five or six men can hoist into piles.. One is surprised to see what a scope of ground they will clean and burn In a day. After all the trash is cleaned off put a couple of men to throwing the. dirt away from the stumps, say 13 Inches wide and a foot deep. Two men win cieaa. say, 20 stumps a day. Thn a-tart one man with an auger large enough to allow a stick of 20 per cent I nowder to drop Into the bole. Angle ..UeTgS inches' of fuse and a cap . and halt a tick- Shove to the bottom of tho au- V&S7SS.'tri2S& Tnea you can break up and, insert for a four or five-foot . stump about five or six sticks of powder. Tamp the charge In well witn dry dirt. That will shatter the " stump .so that a shovelful of coals wil soon, burn up the stump. Keep ahead with the same process, as 7u follow up with' a good tump puller, pulling eut the - aide roots, using oae horse, hauling the pulled out roots ahead, , burning them on the stumps that are ahead on fire. That will still decrease the slie of tbe side roots, v With regulation, that plan saves powder and dirt cleaning, and ta faster and cheaper than any other way I have found. I' may be wrong, but it is free. Try it. Q. GKEEN. Baker's Fir Department. Baker, Or., Feb. 86. To the Editor of The i Journal In Tbe Journal, of February 25 appeared an article" on th Corvallls -fire department which. It seems to me, is virtually "casting a slam" on the really progressive or ganizations of the state. In this ar ticle CorvalMs claims a fire depart ment second to Portland only, an to one who has seen both organiaa tions In action (Baker and Corvallls i it is difficult to take the Joke. I claim, voicing the sentiments of U who are acquainted with it, that Baker can boast of the most efficient and progressive in the state for a city of its size. ,1 do not make this statement with a view to comparing the two departments in v question; however, there is enough difference in favor of ' Baker to make a com parison interesting. Here are a few facts: The Corvaljla department is the proud possessor of . two exceedingly light horse-drawn wagons and four horses, two of which are almost con tinually at work on the street flush er. I witnessed one fire when these horses were compelled to run a full half-mile to the station, from this occupation, and then draw a wagon to the fire. The Baker organization, besides owning two similar wairons. is equipped with, a modern Webb 10.850- j pound chemical fire truck, capable of negotiating Baker streets at 40 miles Pr hour. At a recent date it suc cessfully plowed through 18 inches Of snow to a fire. The strain was so great that it burned out the clutch, but it got there While Corvallis sees fit to use the creamery whistle for 4 fire alarm. Baker, people receive the signal through a Gamewell compressed air system. As to convenience, efficiency, and even luxury of the sleeping quar ters of the firemen and the depart ment house in general, I challenge denial of the statement that Baker has the lead. It cannot b denied that the Cor vallis department has held a more prominent position than that of Ba ker, because of the firemen's con ventions there, and that aggregation may be capable of exhibiting more speed .in a few minor practice stunts. But " when it comes to efficiency show me. U x. S. Democracy and Germany. Vancouver, Wash., Feb. 2T. To the Editor of The Journal A contributor to The Journal, alluding to democ racy in Europe, writes: "There is so little headway made in Germany in the attainment of liberty," etc. My observation is that within the past 20 years the German, people have made an heroio effort to free themselves from the yoke of the ruling caste. Think of more than 4,000,000 Socialist votes being oast at their last general election. In fact, their valiant endeavor to become a free people has placed Germany in the deplorable condition in which she is today. War was the only hope, if the ruling, caste of Germany was to remain in the saddle. of course, victory would be better than defeat, but defeat could only apply to tho common herd. War, no matter how it terminated, meant victory to the aristocrat, but continued peace, with growing socialism, would inevitably v'uvb meir unaomg, xi tnis war continues two years more it will leave the aristocrats of Germany oer- ieeuy secure aunng tbe remainder of tne present century. True, it will crusn the German people, but there will be enough left from which tn collect sufficient taxes to support the overlord, and that 1" what said ovenora Is thinking of. AMERICAN. Calls Western Patriots Cold. Portland, Feb. 28. To the Editor of Tne Journal Having lust returned from a trip through the east, and be ing so strongly impressed by the patriotism of the people in that sec tion or our country, I desire to call to the attention of the Oregonlans and westerners, through the columns of your paper, the noticeable differ ence in the west and apparent lack of patriotism. This has given cause for much criticism and the general impression that we are not only a cold and undemonstrative people, but lack the feeling of pride for our country and keen interest in its af fairs. Patriotism in the east Is shown on every possible occasion in the thea tres, restaurants and many other public places; the people being glad of each opportunity to show their feeling of pride for our country and loyalty to ur president in this man ner. Would it not do us all good to take heed show to the easterners we like. wise have the courage of our con victions by displaying our feeling of patriotism in the same way, thus dis musioning their minds or this er roneous idea and proving that we are all one In our love for our country? L. VAN ORMAN. Discourses Of Fpodless Foods. Portland, Feb, 26. To the Editor of The Journal I have been a careful reader of the aeries of articles en titled "How to Be healthy" and have derived a considerable degree of plea. sifre and edification therefrom, but in the article on February 22 entitled "Why Cheap Foods Are Healthy," the author states that by actual experi ence one can be healthy' on 10 cents a day for food, exclusive of cooking and preparation. As this doctor does not think of ad vising others to do that which he would not do himself, I assume that he has experimented on 10 cents day (for grapefruit at breakfast) and found it highly satisfactory. Coincident with the rising cost living, well fed experts on food eoon omy advise us that eggless- omelets and meatless steaks are really health ier for our overtaxed stomachs, while onions and potatoes were . never in tended by nature for proletarian atom achs. . Having proved that 10 cents a day is quite sufficient, it is now in order for a Minimum Food commission to lec ture us on the purity and healthful- ness of grass. Eventually, why not now? j M. E. DORFMAN. , ' Emancipator Awaited. Scappoose,. Or., Feb. 27 To the"Eri0 tor of The Journal I am greatly in terested in the industrial and social welfare of the 'common people, and aee by The journal, that there are others also Interested in these vital subjects. It is high time we should all come to an active Interest. W know that there is something radically .wrong when a system will place the wealth, all of it, in the hands of a few In. this land of plenty and when the actual producers PERTINENT COMMENT - 7 SMALX. CHANGE California is known by its work, but not, fortunately, by ii Works. .Children whose "eyes are bigger than their siomacua" in tbeav days should be taken le an Oculist, Should eventualities arise," the Americanism ox Mr. Lo. at least, houid be unquestioned. It the baker's cnUaren go hungry in these days, what must be the condl Uuu of tua potaio merchant's kids! While Great Britain is lookfng for pew ground for crops, why not consid er golf links as well as city parks. And why not consider hoes aa well aa brassies and things? When Lucifer Was thrown out of Heaven, he twok ffli fall likt a spur. He didn't say anything about respon sibility tor the coniiict resting upon the cestlal government. Suppose something should happen to put owners of 4 -dollar spudu in a 4-d panic, and .suppose they fell over one another to unload. Just suppose that it,'" lota of fun. supposing such thing.. Boles Penrose objects to 'mixing eulogies t for congressmen and Fri Kunston together. And almost eveiv body else objects to'mlxWrg Boies Pen rose and congressmen together, thoun mey can t very wen neip memseivea In case we tret irwo war. there will be need for censors, of course. Then, aaopung me usual assumption id gardina: the Qualifications of a cc-v BOr, those who frame up these movie actors' salaries stories are hereby nom- inatea ror tne jods. . n . I i. IT ! mt COMMENT OF THE tiav-ttb nvwrifniT- Whn the. government is facing a potential foe j it .hmiii not ha harassed br a fire In the rear. Those well-meaning but misjudging persona who are making speeches and circulating petitions to deter the government from protecting American rights should be frowned upon by every patriotic citizen, rw tunately -blood and not Ice water runs in the veihs of the majority. This la no time for a revival of copperheadism. - GRANTS PASS COURIER; A move has been started by Roseburg for a cooperative advertising of the camp ground attractions of the towns along the line, and Grants Pass has been In vited to Join. Thus the tourist who stopped in Grants Pass would be in formed of the advantages ' of also stopping in Roseburg or in Ashland, or other of the cities north and south. while from the other communities they would learn of Grants Pass and what this district fca8 to offer. There is nothing to be gained In playing one community against another for each has its indlvdual characteristics and charms, and to see Oregon right the tourist must see all the attractive cities that lie along the line of travel. MARSHFIELD "RECORD: The de cision of the C. A Smith company to build another vessel at Kjuse A Banks is good news to tne Day towas. xne fact the ship Is built here will tend to create an additional payroll for the next few months and In addition the construction of the chip will serve to advertise Coos bay for years to come, as when she is sailing the Pa cific she will be spoken of aa a car rier built on Coos bay. CONDON GLOBE: "President Wilson r ""I a 1 a -tr t aoAmarl T r m A J that the habit of church going some- how lies at the. foundation ef stead- fast character and the maintenance of the standards of life." Read that over again. It applies to the people of Condon as well as others. -This opin ion sincerely uttered by the man who Is at the head of the greatest nation on earth should Inspire ua to lay aside any prejudice we may have and get the habit of going to church on Sun day. ALBANT DEMOCRAT: Snow is as much out of place in the Willamette valley aa it would- be in a cauldron. It always grates on one's nerves. It is less welcome than a poor relative or a hobo on a busy morning. It doesn't fit into things here, with our moderate temperature, made so by the current all tho way from Japan. HOW TO BE ' FIRST AID NO. 1. In epilepsy the- patient falls unconscious, foams at the' mouth and has -fits. Tho clothing should ,be loosened and the patient ' prevented from injuring himself or biting his tongue. No stimulant should be given. Tbe fit will pass away. In case of drowning turn the body on the face, with Jacket rolled up un der abdomen, compress sides of chest from behind and force the water from the lungs. Seize the tongue with a handkerchief and then pull forward to clear the throat. Kneel over the person and slowly press the chest in while- counting one, two, three then release the chest, thus stimulating slow, deep breathing. Details at greater length as to first aid in drowning will be given in a separate article. Ice bags or ice-cold compresses are good for sprains, as are also very hot compresses. The alternate spraying of this wealth will grovel along with Just a there existence. It Is high time to throw off this yoke. We will have to produce a oecond Abe Lincoln to emancipate the white slave of the twentieth century. In re gard to the emigration from the war zone, we know that these people are in the same condition that we have in existence here today, and if this was probed we would find out capital is the instigator, and what we' want to do is to erect a system which will adjust all of these affairs. Now is the time. Condition will never be more favor able for beginning. P. E. IL PERSONAL MENTION Will Speak at Dairy Show. Miss J. M. Hoover of Moscow, Idaho, professor of homo economics at the University of Idaho, is a guest at the Portland. Miss Hoover is here to ad dress the Western Dairy Products show. Goble Merchant Visitor. "Uncle" Dick Link, prominent mer chant oX Goble, arrived at Hotel Carle. Thursday, on a visit to bis wife, who is In the city under medical treatment. E. C Ward is a Goldendal visitor at the Washington. , Mrs. Fred J. Holmes and Miss NeU lie arimmert are La Grande visitors at the Portland. Mr. and Mrs. F. I Hart of Albany are at tho Cornelius. Hans Pederson, Beat tie contractor, building the new auditorium, is at the Oregon. -: F. E. Conway is registered at the Multnomah from Coos Bay. ; Jens Peterson Is a junction' City ar rival at the Perkins. C. W. JliH r of Starbuck, Wash., is at the Cartton. V ; . Kenneth McKay, Hood River orchard- List, is at the Portland.,. A. B- Dorrn oi crescent waty, rai , la at tho Nortonla. ',,' Winnie Barden. sn official of The AND NEWS IN BRIEF OREGON SlliKI4GHT3 r Unon entering1 Its sixteenth year, the Newuerg ,nlprias announce t&aj "prospects for the coining year on ail I...-- ...... with ut liMUMI in (his ivera region are ruuon brigut- er tnan uicy lutva uewt ii " yeais." . . Varm Inat. iiiarlattlinl have BOW been formed in i-. Grande. lmbir and, rorth fowuer, and Union county s - riouiiurai agui. r. .w - lor one or two other associations o be- formed through tbe North Powoer association. The Monmouth Herald thinks the state normal there has about all the auburn-haired damaels in Orwgon. But the Beaton County Courier feels sure the O. A. C. could send two or three hundred over there and would have so many Jeft they wouldn t be missed. Already the library quarters at the city hall at Grants Pass are inadequate as well as inconvenient. The Courier believes, therefore, that effort shou d now be made to obtain a Carnegie buildiug "uvon a larger basis than ..10 one originally promised, if possible, and if not, then accept one to cost the $12,600." , . It is announce.!, the Roseburg Re view Rt vk that work on a new hos- Eital in connection with the Orenjn nii.-.- tinmo in West RnaburK will beain as eoon as the money appropri ated by the recent legislature is avail able The structure will be modern r 'jrv r.oriicnlnr The. present hos pital building mill be converted into a tiarracag. PRESS OF OREGON WESTON LEADER: The German undersea campaign would be a positive success if it were not a comparative failure. The hated English will soon be starved into submission, although they are getting and will continue to get plenty of food. Merchant shipping is being swept from the sea, although new tonnage is building lasier man old tonnage is destroyed. In fact, everything one reads about the war would be true if it were only so. EUGENE REGISTER: The sums spent in these times by railroad and other large industrial corporations for newspaper, advertising aeaignea noi for direct acquisition of business but for the general education of the people In regard to the ethical relations of these interests, the government and the public, indicate an immense change since the ' seventies when the grange was beginning to grow and the rail roads were sneering at tho "granger laws" that a few states had passed. The farmers, through organization, have reached a point where their influ ence In the markets and In legislative matters is recognized, and a genera tion of business men has grown up under conditions which secure from them respect and appreciation for the 'occupation of tiller of the soil. VALE ENTERPRISE: After the WarmBprlngs, project Uncompleted and the district U settled and ail of those acres are producing eight or ten tons of S20 alfalfa or Its equivalent, and after the Western Pacific Oil peo ple 6trlke a permanent gusher and there la a great rush for oil claims and stock and a hundred wells are pouring forth their riches, and after several gaa wells are developed and are furnishing heat to great factories . V. -n, 411 V. . A4 nln tm nutst m 1 ntt f 9 r 1 11 r. " ln Products from our silica, gypsum. potash and nitrate deposits, and after the railroad is built through central Oregon and Vale becomes an import ant railroad point on the new main line after all of these things become real ities. Vale will have grown from its present size to a great inland city. ENTERPRISE RECORD - CHIEF TAIN: It seems highly probable that within a year houso rents will drop In Enterprise. A large amount of build ing is In prospect, and the supply of houses may be brought close to the demand. When that condition arrives, there will be a movement from the old, poorly constructed, cold and generally undesirable buildings to the new ones better adapted to this climate and re quirements of today. HEALTHY ' Z": with hot water or ice cold water is a good measure. Absorbent cotton with equal parts of alcohol and water makes a good bandage. But do not continue the horns treatment for a sprain. Often the X-ray will show that it is really a fracture. External hemorrhage from lacer ated surfaces, especially if there is persistent oozing, may be controlled by compresaea aa hot as can be borne. g Hemorrhage from large Teasels should be controlled by a bandage In which a stick has been twisted to cut off the circulation. It should remain only, till a surgeon arrives to tie up the blood vessel. Hemorrhae from the lungs or in testine is best controlled by Ice paek over the afflicted part. In hemor rhage from the throat or chest Ice may be sucked. Tomorrow: How to Exercise. Dallas Commercial club, Is at tbe Im perial. Daniel Boyd, Enterprise publisher, is at the Multnomah, A. S. Rosenbaum is registered at th Washington from Medford, M. 8. Haskell, Cherry Grove lum berman, is at the Oregon. G. R. Parker la an Ashland visitor at the Nortonla. ; tt ft Trowbridare. John Dav rancher. ha at the Imperial. Mr. and Mrs. F. Stuckert ana Mr. and Mrs. John Bog art are arrivals from Woodland, Wash., at the Fort land. F. W Schafer la registered at. the Carlton from The Dalles. Will Gray is a Goldendale visitor at the Washington. Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Haskell of Aloha ara at the Cornelius. Mr. and Mrs. E. K. Haraer of Eaton Rapids are guests at the Multnomah. Allen Eaton of Eugene, member of the legislature, is at the Imperial. E. J, Splcer is a Hoquiam arrival at the Multnomah. Mr. and Mrs. J. F- Boyd ef Straw berry Point are guests at the Perkins. Francisco del Valle, San Francisco shipping man, is at the Oregon. A. J, EJrose of Pasco Is at the Port-' land. II. F. Zang of Eugene is at tho Per kins. F. B. Waite is a Sutherlin visitor-at tbe Imperial Mr. and Mrs. William R. Blade of Salem, Mas,, are ; guests at tho Nor tonla. Mrs. P-. M. Wright and Mm. E. E. Shields of Stevenson, Wash,, are at the Oregon. Daughter's Duty. From tbe Houston Paat. Another thing that makes' us tired Is the mother who goes to her daugh ter's room at 10 o'clock In the' morn ing and. says,, "Get up, dear; your breakfast is ready." Our idea is that daughter ought to be fetching batter cakes la from the kitchen at 7;S9 and getting tho old man in good humor for his day's' work. , Rap; Tii -f and Bobtail Stories - FroiiEverywLer You May Have the Witness. IN THE courtroom at Parson a few days age ' ays the Kansaa Cltv Star. an aged woman who was very deaf v4iaa io lesury. Arttr taxing the oath, the attorney for tho prosecu tion asked her to atate her name to tbo Jury, she could not hear the auestlbn- He asked the Question aaain in a loud. r tone. Btilt she failed to hear. A fill rri t rl1 sal mm 1 1 J ww - lunged bailiff tried, and he failed. The . ienographer also fell "way " short.' Finally the prosecuting attorney gave if up ana waived her testimony. The Judge, who had remained as silent as the witness through l all, turned to the counsel for the defense and ask, "Do you wish to crosa-examine tbe witness!" For the Future. A boy In a Chicago schwoi refused to sew, says Popular Education evidently considering it beneath the dignity or a 10-year-old man. "George Washington sewed." sM the principal, taking it for granted that a soldier must, "and do you consider . yourself better than George Washing- ' tonT" "I don't know; time will tell.' said he. seriously. Celebrated In Photoplay Style. v The police have received a report, says the Pendleton East Oregoniaa, that soma of the local Chinese Satur- flAV AVnfYl 1 1 K n,., .a . i fc of news from Portland that a promt- nent member of the How Leong tong had been shot down by gunmen of the Hop inga. Whatever celebration they nad wan behind doors and not noisy, " as the police heard no disturbance. Washington's Handicap. A certain senator, deploring the dis- ""'oi iireiuuu or one type or DUBineae man, says the Christian Herald, onoo M n. 4 fr V. . i 1 . ii . , - iiu cmiiio. ii tui Drings oacic to me a dialogue I once heard In a southern school. " 'Children, said the teacher, be dill-' gent and steadfast, and vou wilt tun. ceed. Tke tbe case of George Wash ington, wnose birthday we are soon to celebrete. Do vou remamhav m- telling you of the great difficult George Washington had to contend with?" '"Ves. ma'am.' said a llttla har nim couldn't tell a lie.' " To One Dead. I think that If you suddenly returned. a nine oewuaereu by the light and air. But smiling secretly at all you learned Shaking tha grave dust from your shining bair I think If I should come with you to tea. I should not find you changed or grave or Bad, But keen with talk of what there wae to see. Laughing- the while In that frank way. you had. There would bo stories of the crhadowy host. things thev do: How this one, was a most exclusive ghost. . Or that one waa adorable in blue It would be rood to hear the thing you said Tour litrht and usual gossip of the dead. David Morton In the Century. Uncle Jeff Snow Says: The German war seems to stir some of us up a bit, but lf"he city 'lection down . to Portland gits a rood start next monfi it'll make the whole trouble In Europe take a aldetrack to let it git by. . INAUGURATION OF THE PRESIDENT The time is at hand for the quadrennial ceremony whereby the nation's chief executive takes office. Facts pertinent to President Wil son's second inauguration will be presented in text and picture in next Sunday's Journal. RECAPTURE OF . KUT-EL-AMARA While the recapture of Kut-El-Amara by the British' is not of major significance in the Mesopotamian campaign from a strategic standpoint, nevertheless it is of far reaching sentimental impor- , tance in view of the valoroui way in which General Town shend resisted the siege of the Turks fof 143 days be fore he capitulated last Apri!. The story of KutEr-Amara will be told in tlcxt Sunday's Journal. SINKING OF THE LACQNIA The destruction of the liner , I.aconia by, a German boat off the Irish coast, the experience of her passengers and crew who faced death before all but13 were res cued after hours in open , boats, and the heroism dis played throughout, is vividly .retold in an illustrated article that will be published in, next Sunday's Journal. Jj: These articles are sug- V gestive of thmany fea tures supplementing the day's news that make ' THE SUNDAY JOUR NAL a complete news paper. ; ' ' THE SUNDAY ' JOURNAL Five Cents the Copy . h Everywhere ' NEXT SUNDAY,;": 1 r " "