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4 THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL, PORTXAND,; SUNDAY MORNING, APRIL 1, 1917. 'AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER c- g. Jackson.. Publisher fuMiaaed ererr dar. afternoon and mornlnc exeept StuxUr ftoraooB) it Tbi Journal BaUdlnf, Broadway and Yamhill a tree U, V fortlasd. Or.-; . V , -. : ; Catered at tha poetof flee at Portland, Or., for traaamlMloa throne a tbe nails as eecond - statler. TtLEPHONlCS Mala 7178j Home, A-OOCi. -All departmanta readied by theaa somber. TI1 .tb operator watt department ro EJB rittn Are., New York. 1218 Paople'a i .-Uaa Bide., Chicago. ubecrlptlon terma by mall or to any eddreae . ia toe United autti or Mexico: . DAU.X (MORN1NQ OA AFTBHNOON) One year,. 3-0Oi Ona Mnt. . .80 SUNDAY unf r ni ..,. v i vuw imw ... ...... Oo year. . PUTTING PORTLAND IN 29TH PLACE -Etwr dr la but a httle life, an1 oar whole life Is but a day repeated. Iter- , for lire rrery rtuy aa 'f it would ba tbe Uat. ISiahOK Hall. THE ROAD BONDS N THESE articles, The Journal ia going to prove by railroad brief filed with the Interstate Commerce commission that freight rates from the Columbia basin to Portland are based on the rates from the Colombia basin to Fuget' Sound. ' It will be out of the mouths of the railroads themselves that it will be shown that a lift of freight more than half a mile into the air Is the basis upon which rates to Portand are fixed. It will be shown by the testimony of the railroads themselves that Portland is-denied the advantage ithat belongs to her by reason of ; her favorable location, a location reached by: a downhill water grade along which loaded cars will roll Into Portland of their own momentum. yr If The Journal can prove this by railroad testimony, it will be a final showing that the northern roads control the Northwest, that their power is exercised to the- detriment of -Portland and for building, up Seattle. It will, in short, be full explanation of why Portland, which recently held a position of primacy in the Northwest,1 has fallen to twenty-ninth place while Seattle haa risen to fourth place in American foreign commerce. '. ' In these articles, the various railroad systems ofthe Northwest have been discussed and their Dollcles analyzed: The full effect of those daily mobnjno oa aptebnoon) and poncle8 ia disclosed in the rate structure. It is the effect and purpose ..$7.60 i one month $ .63 ,of these rates that .will be dealt with, the dominant question being, " .' whether Portland's geographical position la to ever be recognized, or whether existing railroad policy in the "northwest, which is in dlrec conflict with Portland's prosperity, ia to prevail. Portland's location . should be kept fully. In nilnd. Portland is situ ated lOO-miles from the sea, and from every direction, rail, lines enter it on a water level grade. All contiguous; territory, nortli, east and south for long' distances is so tilted that it slopes toward Portland. Keep in mind Seattle's location. To reachvthat city, freight must be lifted more than half a mile into the air and then lowered again, involving a heavy cost, but a cost that nowhere appears in the prevail ing rates, all in spite of the fact that cost of haul is an irresistible fundamental In fixing freight rates. To reach the mouth of the 'Columbia, freight has to be hauled di rectly through Portland 100 miles beyond." Yet from Pendleton and points north and east thereof in Washington and Idaho; the rate to or from Portland is precisely the same, whether lifted over the mountain" to Seattle or carried through Portland, an added distance, of 100 miles to the mfcuth of the river. , .That is to say. first, that rates to Portland are based on the "lift over the Cascades irrespective of distance or coBt of service; and sec- j ond, that on important commodities, such as grain, rates are higher than in Washington for like distance. In consequence, the producers In Oregon on the lines of the 6-W. R. & N. are charged more than are HE JOURNAL ia in favor of the producers in Washington for greater and more expensive service. :: I the proposed state road bond . Thus, from Lewlston to Portland. 355 miles downhill the entire ' 1 issue. distance, the rate on wheat to Portland ia 17 cents, and it ia the same nn in nrivrtontlncr tha, mean- to Seattle. 390 miles OVPr the mountains, and thn sunn to ARtnrin. inK - tire, a sense of proportion as to miles. what is invoked ia not lost! ' . From Walla Walla, downhill 243 miles to Portland, the rate is 13 Six million, or even eight mil- cents, and to Seattle, .293 miles over the mountains the rate is the lion dollars will not build a state same. Added distance counts nothing. The half-mile lift over the highway System. It will only be Cascades' counts nothing. These discriminations in favor of Puget the beginning, the first unit in a Sound, have helped Seattle mount to fourth place and placed Portland comprehensive plan extended along la twenty-ninth place in American foreign commerce. rational lines, an ideal which The In scores of points in Washington similar discriminatory rates pre- JTmimnl Tina mirniur1 for vpnra. vail. It is true that in some instances where the rates are the same. It will be a breaking away from tbe distance favors the Sound. But such instances are few and the cost the old wasteful, inefficient system of service very much greater. under which millions have already From Pendleton to Portland the distance Is 218 miles, and the rate been spent without adequate result. 18 13 cents. From Pendleton to Seattle, over the mountains and Those who are led in their en- nearly 10 a miles farther, the rate ia the same. From Pendleton to thusiasm to expect that the pro- Astoria the distance ia 318 milea, and the rate ia the same. If hauled posed bond issue will complete a via the "w- R- & N Pendleton wheat for Astoria, comes to Portland good roads system are to be dlsap-Y rail and at Portland must be transferred N to a boat or be turned pointed. over 10 ine spoKane, Portland & Seattle. If the shipment originates Those who hope to get roads on the Northern Pacific at Pendleton, it has to be hauled north and Without paying for them will never east to Pasco, is there turned over to the North Bank, ia then hauled . see their expectations fulfilled. to Portland and placed in another train and taken to Astoria, for wMch Those "who quote figures to prove service the same rate is charged as though the shipment stopped In that six million dollars will pave Portland. 6,00 miles of road are mistaken. In the reverse direction,'.- the rates operate the same way.. From In the absence of a knowledge of either ' Astoria 'or the Sound, the rates to points in. question are the local conditions, in the lack of care- Bamo aa from Portland. , ful surveys and estimates there Is The question of parity of rates between Astoria and th Sound la nothing substantial on which to settled. What The Journal ia considering is the Portland rate, and predicate a definite coat Portland ia certainly 100 milea nearer the wheat, field than is Astoria, y As practical men it ia to be pre- Nor 18 tMa a1 The 0"w- R- & N., knowing it can never defend mimed that the (state hierhw&v com- miw lu ocauniuruusu roaiana as are given to Portland, nas , missloners will secure for every Joined with the Northern Pacific in a through rate on grain from the -dollar of expenditure a dollar's lalaI11 Empire via North Yakima to the Sound and made this' Joint worth of road. A road thus 6b- through rate the same as to Portland. tained la worth whatever Its cost Note tne result. From Pendleton via this route to Seattle over the mav h. Thin Is the only basis mountains is 330 miles. To Portland direct and downhill it ia 218 on which cost should be considered.' miles- In both cases, the rate ia 13 cents. Yet th6 O-W. R. & N. ' All that can be reasonably ex- hauls this eat 169 miles to. North Yakima, turns it over to the ; pected is that when the proposed Northern Pacific, which hauls it over the mountains an additional 161 ' bond issue is expended It will have mea and divides the rate rather than make a fair rate to Portland and been well expended and that the bring Pendleton wheat to Portland where it naturally belongs. This - state will have full value in the Balne situation applies throughout : the Inland Empire. nucleus of a road system. It will be replied that the wheat buyers fix the routes. But if TriAmaoanra ofia-afalrl frlAafAPA rA rates were fixed by the railroads on the fundamental a uv t,i3 va uv utu a j 1 g irx? - w v wa a. viewed in its true perspective and naul Puset Sound buyers could not compete with' Portland buyers for . not in a distorted one. Pendleton wheat. It 13 In lta inception the capital!- Portland Bhould be able to see why she la in twenty-ninth place - nation of a certain Income which and .Seattle in fourth place. The joint rate via North Yakima is a di- we have from the automobile "tax v0 business from its natural channels. Thus, if the O-W. R. & for the purpose of Initiating the N- and Northern Pacific can haul freight 330 milea Via North Yakima construction of a state road system. over mountains, divide the rate and still find, it, so profitable that This Income is sufficient to carry they insist on maintaining the joint rate, then the rates to Portland a six million dollar bond burden are entirely too high. without calling on the real prop- . In the next article, The Journal, will prove by their own briefs that ' erty tax. In thla sense the plan Is tne broads make the rates on a basis of what Puget Sound wants ' unique, the automobile owner find- and ln utter defiance of what Portland should have and in defiance of . tag his compensation in the sav-levcr "ywuu.w transportation. not -go ' into ' the elementary particulars about brain paths because he supposes everybody knows them. His most startling remark from the jiblnt of view of the archaic pedagogue; is that there is no such thing as memory or. will power,- or reason ln the general sense of those terms. You can train, a child's verbal --. memory, or hia memory for form, or his ability to reason geometrically or legally or theologically. But you can not train his generalized "memory" or Iila generalized1 "reason' because he hasnt any. Nor have you yourself any such treasure, gentle reader, if we may believe Dr. Abraham Flexner. ' Dr. Flexner's article- Is timely in view fef the "experimental" or modern" school which he Is going to open ln New York, where the new ideas in education will receive a fair test. THE FALLEN DYNASTY A' REVOLUTION gave the erown of Russia to the Romanoffs and a revolution has taken It from them. The former, which occurred in 1613, was the culmination of a long series of court Intrigues. The latter Is the work of a great peopled struggling toward liberty and civilization. In the years between 1600 and 1610 Russia was filled with strife over the claims of "the false De- metrii" to the throne. These Bin gular aspirants all pretended to' be brothers to the Czar Feodar, who had died without an heir. There was a popular legend that he left a brother Demetrius, who had dis appeared mysteriously. When Feo dar died the imaginary brother emerged from a dozen quarters and each of the pretenders fought all the rest for the throne. In this hurly burly King Slgis mund of Poland, which was then a big power, saw an opportunity to 8ei?e the Russian crown for him self. He acted promptly on the Inspiration and actually proclaimed himself emperor of Russia at -Moscow. But the people would have none of . him. They rose in rebel Hon, drove out Slglsmund the Pole ous officials left immense piles off shells on the wharves' at Archangel, i Trainloads oX supplies needed dn the Carpathians were shipped to Vladivostok. ' Starving regiments were sent into action' without even guns In their hands.-; V I Last October the presidents of 28 Russian provincial assemblies met at Moscow and publicly accused the czar's government of treason to the. nation. They boldly declared that "an enemy was secretly directing the jbuslness of Russia." The next month MHyukoff, the greatest Rus sian of the day, delivered an epoch making speech, in the duma and de nounced the Prussianizing Prime Minister St uermer as a traitor. This led to Stuermer's fall, but the czar replaced him by the reac tionary T Trepoff . A ; little later, when a band of patriots assassin ated the priest Rasputin, who Ijiad made the czar his creature, Nich olas suspended the duma out; of revenge. This filled the cup of ;hls misdeeds to the brim. The Russian people, rose 'TtTtheir might and dethroned him. " ; j - i With war and bond issues and city officers and referendum meas ures and many other weignty things to think about, the Pprt land citizen has little time now to be worried with new charters. The best thing to do with the charters Is to put them away until people have time to tlnd out what the new charters are and why a change of charter is desired and what reasons . if any there are fofr change. . j Letters From the People THE SONG OF THE TEMPEST By Sir Walter Scott STERN eagle pf the far northwest. Thou that bearest in thy grasp the thunderbolt, - - Thou whose rushing pinions stir 'ocean to madness Amidst the scream of thy rage, - Amidst the rushing of thy onward wings, Though thy scream be loud as the cry of a perishing nation. Though the rushing of thy wings be like the roar of ten thousand waves, Yet hear, in thine ire ahd thy haste. near tnou tne voice ot tne Keim-xennar. Thon has met the pine trees of Drontheim, ?heir dark-green heads lie prostrate beside their uprooted stems; hou has met the rider of the ocean, .. " The tall, the strong barjc of the fearless rover. And she has struck' to thee the topsail That she had not veiled to a royal armada; Thou hast met the tower that bears its crest amonjr the tloud The battled massive tower of the Jarl of former days. And the cope-stone of the turret is lying upon its hospitable hearth; 1 But thou too sh alt stoop, proud compeller of clouds, When thou nearest the voice of the Reim-kennar. Thou who canst mock at the scream of the drowning mariner. And the crash othe ravaged' forest,- And the groan of the overwhelmed crowds. When tKe church hath fallen in the moment of prayer; There are sounds which thou also must list. When they are chanted by-the voice of the Reim-kennar. Enough of woe hast thou wrought on the ocean. The widaws wring their hands ort the beach; Enough of woe hast thou wrought on the land. The husbandman folds hi arms in despair; Cease thou the waving of thy pinions, Let the ocean repose in her dark strength; Cease thou the flashing of thine eye, Let the thunderbolt sleep in the armory of Odin; Be thou still at my bidding, viewless racer of the northwestern heaven Sleep thou at the voice of Noma the Reim-kennar. -,From "The Pirate." DOES HISTORY PIVOT ON THE SUBMARINE? Communication aaot to Tba Jmrol (or publication In thla department anoald bai writ ten on onljr one aide of tbe paper, eboold not exceed 80O worda ln length and maat ba ac companied bj the name and addreaa ft tba aender. If tbe writer doea not dealre to hare tba name publlabed be abould ao. atate.J j Decries Greed in War or Peace. Balem. Or.. March 25. To thol Edi tor of The Journal I have read iM the press the statement of Senator Harry Lane regarding tlje matter of arming merchant vessels, his attitude on that question and his reasonjs for opposing the measure. I -lieartilyicom-rnend the action of Senator Lane, and believe that, had I been in his (posi tion I would not have done differently and seated on the throne Michael 1 am not yet ready to believe ttai; Sen- Romanoff, the first of his family ator Lane lack loyalty or patriotism. I am a Democrat, and an American without, any "hyphenate" attachjment.' to reign. Thus the Romanoffs derived their power, not from the 1 haveHaeen an ardent supporter of Almiarhtv. aa thev have been fond Mr. "Wilson in both of his campaigns of saying, but from the Russian f0r the. presidency and YLkti people. question of loyally or patriotism; but They got their name from Roman mv humble opinion, nonan, jb he , .. . , ... president, king or emperor, haa a bet- Yurievitch, who was nothing more ?er right to hearing than the vast body than an ordinary Russian noble of it the common people of a country. the lesser sort. But hia daurhter forit is they who must do the ;fight Annataela nrrl.H Tvar, tho T-rrthl ' "! Ma tne Skater " . ' . " burdens when red war comes. in 1047, ana tnus tne ramiiy united 1 am no preacher of "peace at any itself UD with the royal house. The price." nor "mollycoddle." I j stand tacanrtana nf Tvan'a mai-rioo-a wit ready at any time that occasion de . . " , " , . . . mands to do my bit for my country the daughter of the boyar Roman ln whatever direction the caq.may began to call themselves Roman- come. But I would like to see this offs. Tils Roman was the sixth is ld world mada a Place wherein men , , , A , . . may live in happiness, prosperity, and descent from the founder of his ftntmt th,r than a. mic. to house, a Prussian who migrated abide in poverty, want and wretched- from his native land to Moscow ness and die in horror and despair, w iortft o v Loyalty -to humanity and the rights pf """" "vu- -man is better than blind loyalty to house of Romanoff Is very old if nag or country, for many of us have we go back" to Its real beginning, a false notion as to what really cc-n- fhnneh fh Tinm rtntM nnlv from stitutes true loyalty and patriotism. 1 , L V a T lliau IU ItlQ j aBA v w v .- I a fa Intarofita In thin nnt VAfi fthr ThouRTh the Romanoffs hare I land that would rejoic in seeiny the reigned for tEfee centuries and a 8tfml Txxn. T?lf .thereby more jold half they have produced only one Thlg lg proVed 7 the unreasonable Sicai ixiait, x clci , tt hj iuicu tiviu prices we are payiug ior me noueosar- 1672 to 1725. Peter was what le Qf life today. Only a few: weeks the past 10 years we have spent In the 35 counties of the state at fag ot operating expense by reason of Improved roads. UnvavAf fha farf mitsf vft ha lostislght of that counties desiring !ff8t orty million dollars. We have to receive a portion of the paving "lciaiV s uw l, fnnd must brine their roads tb a Arguments in tavor or gooa roads standard grade. ready to receive the are no longer necessary, but It is Pavement. ' - I essential tnat mere pe arguments This means an expenditure In ln "or or ernciency in road ex thosa counties which must be borne penaitures. I y the holders of real property. J Getting a dollar's worth of road Thus 'w see that there Is morel for every dollar of public money t nan tne motor vemcia license tax expended not oniy ariects our com and the existing quarter of a mill munal efficiency but It affects our property tax Involved. individual efficiency. V . - J 1 a. T n. means xn&v tue expenditure shall we eo on wastine tax time for calm 'and thoughtful con sideration ( y R MENTAL DISCIPLINE m . - EADERS who still Sut- their - educational trust m the "mental discipline" theory are counseled to spend half an hour over Abraham Flexner's arti cle m tne April Atlantic Monthly The mental discipline theory ia the principal stock in trade of thoso teachers who think Latin, rhetoric and mathematics should be the foundation and superstructure jot J a . ' as they were ago the press reported instances of wtirds, he was totally unlike the m New, York. And the bunkers a few breeders call a "sport." In other stock, from which he was born. The , rest of the Romanoffs have been weaklings, some of them cruel, some amiable, but all nonentities A goodly number have maniacs. we ro on will be millions In excess of Six mdnev In the 'filline o,mnd.holfli.a, ..t..n ,. . I " pv'u Dtuuuiius, J US L millions. " . I nr eholl tpo pnnrenfrota nnr ot- . v . - j , , l wwi w vwuvvua Mkv v a vn. Ul XJuCUsCVcls A saving feature of the situation nendlturs on the most imnortanti tv.,. ...,.. . ' .-. . Is that the six. million Is to be . " . iU.?4r """"" .ls " Dy oiscipim i a wavvao au wau vuj c.a o auoruu , a. . . si I , I peni over a pertoa 01 !ive years, efficient nass on to the next in im- ' At the end of that period It will portance and so on? be demonstrated wnetner the ex- e-v-ii blocks away were full of coal. Thou sands ox women and children marched through the streets crying for thread at a time when every storehouse1 in the land was filled with flour. Tf these been I conditions prevail in times of peace, what will be tne result wnen war enmea? Tf the rlrhta of the tonla of Peter the Great was born ln an this country, or th prosperity; of the era or enlightenment. Europe nation as a wnoie, must aepena upon. seethed with new ideas of progress r"? U' l?11: aua lie wuui luom a.i, cvcyi. iui i were better we nave no prosperity rf nnllttnal lihftrtV. H determined I Thm ' too. cmeaklnar nt neutrality T to Civilize Russia, wWh up to that have a feeling that wef have not been . j v. I as neuiru as we mxgni. Ana wniie nuie iitu uii a. Ua1Ua.u ! would! not stoop to criticise tbe pres. but he remained a despot. ine ident at this time, realizing to some civilizine Drocess as he carried it extent the burdens he has borne for out was wholly autocratic, iSaWpS 3 t cnppieu me power 01 iue um awa- time Europe wentito war wits itself. tocracy, subjected the church to the I would have immediately sentjto each State and built a new capital for his I of the warring powers a statement country -at Petrograd. He called '"Ku boys are in! a row. this city "an eye lOOKing toward for you are all .friends of oui-s. We 4 Europe." stand ready at any and all times to T t.iiMr n Troot rafArma. I OiQ everytnmg in our power -to- neip Peter needed men trained in the you are bound to scrap, go to! it! But art of administration; Russia had j don't one of you ever come !to your few of them Germans. This was the beginning of German dominance lh Russian af fairs. The hold upon the government which Peter gave them grew firmer under his miserable successors , pendlture has been economical and efficient. If it has, there will be a or fifty million "dollars during the demand for further expenditures "J "! for which money will be easily sup plied. If it has not been econom ically and efficiently expended there there will be a reaction, ' The only logical view is that the proposed measure is. but a start which inust be made , on the way to efficiency in supplying a good toad -system to the state. It Is betters to make this' start with a few million raised among autotno . bile owners than with many mil- ' Hons contributed by property own- ers ; Granting that six million dollars is only a tenth even of what will be needed during the next 10 years, we could In reason , expect .to have at the end of that time a compre- henslve , system We "wonld have . something for the money. amount in a husiness-Uke way on some definite plan? i. "We can not get away from the fact that we mustjBpend for good roads whether we have them or not, These are stressful times. The public mind is saturated with thoughts of war. An important cityv election Is at hand. A refer endum election with most Impor tant Issues Involved : takes- place the ? same day. Citizens scarcely ever have so many weighty matter? to consider at one time. What an unseemly moment for undertaking to change - the system of , city gov ernment! How ' confusing to In- ject , the proposed change . into'- the ing the mind with equations, fig ures of rhetoric and Latin conjuga tions tney prepare students to meet all the exigencies of life. . They make much of a fanciful analogy between the mind and the muscles. Just as a person can strengthen his whole body by exercising his legs .in walking, so he can strengthen his mind by training his memory with Latin verbs. Psychologists have exposed the fallacy, of this analogy dozens of times. The mind Js totally unlike the body in structure. It has no bones and , muscles. -. The effect of using any faculty of the mind is not to strengthen, that faculty or any other. What it actually does is . to dig -channels 'through tho nerve cells - or lay ; out pathways which, become deeper, with use. But such use d6es not 'dig any" other I What are we getting now? During situation when there is literally no So Tie had in Imnort Uncle Samuel for a dollar ini money, carry on your bloody business.! foa, you won't get lt. "We're neutral."! A. MTDALRTM PLE. From tbe Boaum Globe. The quandary of the modern world Is how to keep pace with its own ma chines. From factory to international crisis, new medhanlcal inventions cre ate pro blear s faster than the laws can cope wltih them. Of this fact. whJch la symptomatic of the world situation, the newest and ! most startling example is the subma rine. Leaving out of account how the condition arose, and ignoring the re sponsibility of the Berlin government. we are none the less faced with this stultifying fact; For all that ws know, the whole course of future history is hanging on the effectiveness of the submarine. America Is vitally interested in this campaign, particularly as we have) de cided to be a participant by arming our vesseta. If it succeeds, as the Germans ex pect It to do, a definite course of world events may be predicted. If It falls. history will make a different set of turnings. But wlethr It succeeds or fails, here we are racing thla anoma lous situation of the whole world look lng on, aa at a seagren gaming taMe, to see whether the destinies of nation are to be cWdded by a piece of com pit cated twentieth century machinery. Three results are poasfble. The sub marine may succeed In starving out England; dt may fall; or it may neither succeed nor fail. The success of the eruibmarine cam paign means a German viotory. France, Russia and. Italy would, not be beaten, of course; but they would be vitally weakened, since their grouping and ef fectiveness depend largely on British sea power. If Germany is victorious it goes without saying that the warriors of Berlin will exact peace terms as ex treme as they think themselves able to enforce, as they did against France in 1S71, depriving her of Alsace and Lor raine and demanding an Indemnity of 1 1.000.0O3.0&0. We need entertain no illusion on the 'score of Berlin's mag nanimity should. Germany come vic torious to the peace table. Her first demand would be aimed at the British navy, which is the symbol and Instrument of England's might. Loss of control of the seas would be a blow to England's coliniffl possessions. for that empire has been described by British statesmen themselves as "a combination of sentiment and trade." It is held together by Britain's mer chant shtfps, which are, ln turn, pro tected by the British navy's control of the seas. Even with the war ending lnva draw, the Germans had hoped to gain a strong footing in. Mesopotamia, which Is a half-way house to lmna. a suo marine victory would enable them to demand coaling statins in almost any part of the world, and coaling stations are the eutposts of colonial empire. All this would mean a sweeping re arrangement of the colonial posses sions of European nations in Asia and Africa, and would Issue a standing challenge to our Monroe doctrine as wedl. A decisive German victory woun mean the domination of Prussia's sys tem of a highly centralized auiocraiw government, with the socialization of industry handed down from above and controlled by the few.' instead of being btfllt up from the ground of democracy and controlled by tne many, wner na tions would be Obligea to organise oo the principle of the ' Kultur" state 'a self defense, as. to a targe exiem, lani has already done. Insofar as tnis organization of dndustry Is under demo cratic control, it is beneficial, and step forward in the progress of society, k aa If the submarine falls the likelihood is that a victory for the allies is then merely a question of endurance. Whil the submarine may not be Germany' last weapon, it Ls the last Instrument we know of with which she could strike a vital blow at her foes. Victory for the allies would mean peace terms which would be, at th S Rag Tag and Bobtail St ones from everywhere I To thla column all teadera of The' Joamal are invited to contribute original -matter ta . atocr, la verse or is phikoaopbloal obaervatloa trlbations ef exceptional merit . will belaid for, at IM edltor'a appraisal j f, The Church of the Presidents. . fJISTORIC St. John's Protestant Episcopal church, Just : across - Lafayette square from the White House, ln which more presidents and . men prominent In Washington official life have worshiped than in any other . church ln the national capital celebrat ed its centennial anniversary in Janu- ' ary. The present rector ls Rev. Roland Cotton Smith. St. John's, says th- Christian Herald, was the first build- . Ing to be erected on Lafayette square after the White House, which was com pleted in 1800. The presidents of th United States who worshiped here were: John Qulncy Adafos. Madison, " Monroe,' Van Btiren, William Henry Harrison, Tyler. Taylor. Fillmore and , : Arthur; and ln more recent time tho White House was represented by Mrs. Roosevelt and Mrs. Taft, who made St. - rfwiui tinrir UMurco- nome. vmer pruiu inent people were regularly seen in the congregation, including Stephen Deca- .. tur,. Henry Clay,. John C. Calhoun. Chief -Justice Fuller, Salmon P. Chase, Ben- V jainiii F. Butler. ' Lewis Cass, George Bancroft. Winfield Scott and Georga . " ' tewey. its rectors officiated at near. 1 n,i 1 Yrr.t- IT... .4 J ! V . v 1 1 V CL. 1 J II Jill, rw - nomination have been pretty well rep- - reseniea in tne nrnmoncv nrant at- - tended the Metropolitan Methodist", church, McKlnley the Foundry Meth- f odlst church. Benjamin Harrison and Cleveland attended the Presbyterian -churcfi; Wilson is a Presbyterian, and, ; like Cleveland, the son of a Presbyte rian minister;. Garfield was a member of the Disciples' churoh,.and Rooaevelt , attended the Dutch Reformed church, He Surely Ought to Know. r A pawnbroker was rudely awakened ' in the middle of the night by a furious -knocking at his front door, says Every body's. -Wh-whafs the matter?" he asked. "I wan'ah to know the time." "You infernal rascal! Do you mean to say you woke me up for that?" "Well, you've got my watch, he explained. The Merciless Innocent. "Do rivers go all round the world. Vnth.atV T V. - 1 a. I . 1 conference table, something like those "V we, .JW announced in the reply of the allies to "'ata in the Vancouver President Wilson. That it would mean I. , a check to the power of Prussian mill- , cl,P wm tarism must b4moiifW by poinUng 'nnt " athlthe, Columbia "ver I out that Prussian militarism is a state Si in. wJ . "'I' b?' . y-, the answer was .not conclusive, for ln - plrf through 40 years of education and thV nttl oha niu ri2 !T ' propaganda which cannot be eradicate " wh by force, though its official lawless rolngr U wa, like a te ephonV ness may be curbed by force. mvftr.M t Ja' "i Even an allied victory would still t. nvrQ1 -w." (cave the German principle of a highly come to hard places, do the riven want orifaniiea ' e. lTT "i .111 8 back?" "Did you ever see the .1 5 "7, r" "t.i nd of rlvr. Father?"' . What makes world. The lines of Britain s colonial them run so even. Does some one pour empire would be altered by extens on Father?" "How long will it be instead of by recession, and extension before the water aU nnm down an probably at Germany s expensa. river quits? If you keep pouring Wa- One most ominous probable result ter ln a basin, after awhile It runs of a decisive allied victory would be over T tried It- so I know" "How the imposition of a huge system of goon wlu tha ocn cet tai mn& rutt commercial disadvantages on the cerjr OVer Father?" "Who rut the salt in tral powers, which wwiM engender thfll ocn, FatherT' "Why aren't the endless strife and hatred and prove a ver, SaH?" "What makes tears taate fertile breeding spot for fresh wars. gaUy? Are t,hey made out o( oc6Jin . Already England is assembling pre- water. Father?" Evidently Father was . miers of the se-lf governing dominions getting In deep" water; so I saw him , for an Imperial conference, which a!vert the little lad's attention br would, ln the event of victory, certain- pointing to a bouquet a woman among ly ripen into an imperial parliament; the passengers was carrying. "Will -and already England is discussing the Mother know we put the flowers on her -' reversal i ner iruKi"iii grave last Sunday, Fatherr "Does policy to one of protection. Mother love flowers better now than Should the submarine neither sue- when h WM "Why didnt ceed nor fall; if it reduces England's merchant tonnage without actually re ducing England's population to real you get flowers for her when the was alive, then. Fatherr'. "You will have more time to love her now, Father," starvation, the result would be to slow i " , down the whole war. to protract the wa9 crln" because you dldn 't love her struggle and possibly end it ln a draw. .a-?d. m ? iiiinKS o 10 v iter To Lower the High Cost. Portland. March 26. To the Editor The Baltic provinces Of the empire of The Journal I read your editorials fell Into the hands of petty Prus- j on the subject of "high cost" with very slan nobles who worked their land m" win, . T neLion ?m tZ . , drawing a smalj pension from the With Cheap Russian, labor. Germans Southern Pacific company and It be- fllled most of the hlgn offices, hooves' me to look at every dollar Thir Interest controlled the noil- carefully before I spend it. aid a dol- . i , j . 11 iv. liar auea nvi gv very ur inesei umei, ui 6v.,clMiicuu. No. -ir. there la nt the sltohtMt cles This explains the chasm which need' for prices to be so high, and If has always "been so apparent in the people of this city and other-cities rr,nAr. HmM htvn ther irnvom. I m uiia country wouia rise up ana as- . , . . aert themselves, I think high prices ment, and people of Russia. The would quickly take a tumble-. I wish nation ever since the time Of Peter some prominent citisen Ren; Selling, tha (IrfiAt haa been under the rnle for example would call a mass meet- , n nalfn T..tAH Ing, 7 f tB women in ithe day , . . . . . . , . . . 1 time and let Mrs. Sarah Evans preside. nor wisnea to unuersunu iqs eyirit ana a meetlng for the men some eve of the Slav. tnlng and let the mayor preside, and The Car Nicholas who has Just discuss this matter. Let two proml- nrtdiontorl ia a. vmV miB ftf mull vum' i""" " " ,t"u- aDdicatea is a weaK man 01 smau i ifanir v.. nT,twi ,t- th.iw htin intelligence, obstinate and .wretch- ji hope .other citisens will take this edly superstitious, but his Inten-jmatternlp through the papers, so that tlons were good. He Joined England nrwwy win te prepared berore the and France in the warmth, a gen uine desire, to make Russia vic torious, but. both the czar and his people were thwarted by the; Ger-' I. ROBERT ' W KIRKHAiL War Preparedness for Women. Gladstone, i Or., March 26 To the Editor! of- The Journal Marty women have Said to me- how deslteua they were of doing their bit: toward help. man cvmnto thirnrs who wnra - on. channels or lay out any other path-j BCOnced" Jn eyery niche bt the sUte "ay8; 4" It is interesting to read of some j ing the country right now. j but were 'tne great. lMv. Jfiexner makes of 'their tricks. While tw army D18 to spare ime to go, run Anin .o - v. i ' -j v. a 1 land ot other large city to attend lec tic article, t b o u,g h ,he does for want Of ammunition, the traitor-1 war work. I venture to suggest that I traffic manager for the western lines ui- .v. fmnt buy now. will you. Fatherr The In-rT-aTiV th-7 ST. Reinforce- fae!nal.1 ? conductor to stop, 'a ., t Pr.t. I ana- taking the little questioner by tbe U1T11 U9 aiH ailUUUlil v " - .w I Itnnd einrinl ert T V. 1 t, lsh merchant marine carries to Italy and SaJoniki Of the three possibilities the last ls perhaps the roost probable, though indications Increase that England is beginning to cope successfully with the hand, he started for the door. The last I heard was his shrill little voice say ing, "Father, this isn't our street. Why do we get off here?" Displayed the Wrong Sign. submarine. It is easier to destroy than Qucy art: edltor - in San tranclsco. to create, anu tne ','"" '" lain the New York Times, was a very amount of time required to build a submarine, equip it. and train the crew and the amount of time required for timid young man who diffidently laid a cover design efore the great man. After a moment the editor growled: a peuroi neei louwroyii u..v.u, -Have you shown this drawing to any 1n favof of the latter. The loss of one! -... 'No. sir," said the timid cie. ' "Then," demanded the editor, "what German submarine is more serious to Germany than tTte sinking of a score of ships. fls It nCakca you "stand so closa to the Even ln the face of such a menace I door? . t 1 . 1 i,i 1 .I.... I as line suomanne it in nucij . fp- r"fwTvr.l' fr-r, --M .l,.rnrr...nnlrHllIMialir 1 " "0pOl OrCflt Ally are so vast that the chances arfl One of themost picturesque figure .inri it hftinir Midori bv anv sina;e of the mlllron-doldar foreign mission I campaign, say the Philadelphia Led Vet' If such a factor exists (and for "'. tn Rev George W. Dunlap, of all we know it may exist), that factor i wim lajanos, tne man wno , .v. v -,., -t,,r.- I won distinction by making baseball situation which we behold in the world aupplant cock-flghUng a- the national today is the whol community of civil- ?ort in Uncle Sams Island POf- ized nations, belligerent and neutral. looking on. as it were, helpless to see what will be done to them by chine. The submarine hangs, like the award of Damocles, over our heads, suspend- lons. Mr. Dunlap twas a college ath lete before he became a missionary, which account for Ms strong love of sport and his popularity among' men. His prowess or oastotrau ana rootoau while at Coe college, Iowa, won him ed Sr-TElr? And Ust of his own machine. , . . v. & TmA fm rnm- some memDers - mittee go around to all the out lying hamlets, villages ana smaui.uu.i- try towns, giving eacn piae -i:. noon's talk oi a coupto i explain and demonstrate to the woman what would ,be requirea ui niiu. in what way they could prove them selves most useful to this country by forming local subcommittees ior war work, and other details. T holieve the lectures would be well attended, for the women are Just as patriotlo In their way as the men folks and Just as desirous of helping their country in ner uour, t ne. BOt JX, requires- organization as quickly as possible, so that it can be got under way witnout loss oi valu able time. . AtiL.iniMi.Kjr. PERSONAL MENTION District Commander Arrives. Colonel John L. Hayden, U. S. 'A, officer in charge of tbe first militia district of the western department of the army, with headquarters in Port land, is at the Multnomah. Commissioner Love Here; George J. Loe of Valdes, Alaska, United States commissioner and prom inent attorney, ls at the portiano. Arrives in Portland. E.. F. Palmer of the United States coast guard steamerUnalga. stationed at. Seattle, Is at the Multnomah, Canadian Pacific Officer. W.' B. Lanlgan, assistant freight upon his graduation he received an of. fer tn nlnv on tha Plttaburer hall team. Dunlap declined the offer, as already of the Canadian Pacifio raijway, with I n0 had decided te become a missionary. headquarters in Winnipeg, is at the j After establishing himself in the Multnomah with Mrs. Lanlgan. They Philippines, he organized three baseball are accompanied by Mr. and Mrs. An- I teams, which, ln three successive years. drew Kelly 4 C. E; Ferrell is a Eugene visitor at the Portland, G. L. Eckstrom ls registered at the Multnomah from Wilsonville, Mr. and Mrs. N. W. Bluemnaaat of Rainier are at the Perkins, M. S. and L. G. Haskell. Cherry Grove lumbermen, are at. tho Oregon. . Sam M. Wood of Redmond is at the Imperial Henry O. Fry of North Bend Is at the Perkins. Russell Hawkins of Ketches Point ls at the Portland. F. Klevenbusen, " AJtoona. Wash. salmon packer, ls at the Oregon. M. II. Anderson is registered at the Multnomah from Cottage Grove, D. B. Kautz is a Hood River arrival I Till the boughs seem to ensnare at the Perkins, E. D. Ressler of the extension de partmeht of Oregon Agricultural col lege is at the Imperial W. B.. Heath of Hood River is at the Multnomah. Mr. and Mrs. M. J. Cowden of Eu gene are at the Oregon. R. Leland is registered at the Per kins from Sllverton. - Alex Nibley, beet sugar manufactur er of Grants Pass, is at the Portland. won the Oriental championship. Baseball players In the Philippines i .Inl V. a aiin.,fliii,ianj t W. . lap tells how some of bis matches were played with .the brown-skinned Mads wearing only mask and mitts. But everything goes In the Philip pines. -April's Moods. April maid of many moods Unarming in her sunny places. Lovely in her solitude. In the heages note her traces; Green with gray she Inter lace. Till each brownie twig seen In. a pointed cap of green. , - Maid by many lovers wooed: t Lovers won by wistful glances,' , See! escaping from their snood Golden locks a-stream she dances Along- tne willows sienaer lances . Tangled mists of shining hair! April, sweetest maid of moods! Long in coming; soon Dark or bright vicissitu Long in coming; soon -your going. ght vicissituaes. - Yet each day fresh marvels showing; Corals on the maples glowing path We may, some cay, find a rose! Andalong the pati Burnham Maddock. Home Journal. she goes ' - In People's L line ,en ciivm na;s. I'was tryin' to tell Old Man Schlag- miem "tother day that Wilson objected J. A. Rankin Is an Astoria visitor at to Germany sinkin' ships 'thout warn the Imperial. ' , v I lng, and not to ber .tryin' ln a Christian T. E. Wilson of Hubbard ia at the! sorter way to starve the'--: British. Portiano. , iSchlaameler is a patriotic American. George H. Graves ls a Salem arrival fall right, -'cepUa on this German beasi- at the One gen- , i ness. .