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AM INDEPBWDBNT NEWBPAFER O. 8. JACKSON, Publisher Psbtlsbed very df. sftaraooa and morning (except huiwlay arternuoti) at Tb Journal Building, Broadway and. TamhlU atrteta, l'ortlaud. Or. t Xfctrd at tb postofflce at Portland, Or., for traoamUaloa through tb mall aa eeoo4 , daa matter. TELEPHONES Mala 7173; Horn. A-006L All departuieot reached by tbeee ouaibara. : Tell tM operator what departmcatsroa ' want. -' rORCION ADVERTISING EEPBEfiKNTATIVE Benjamin Hestnor Co., Bninevlck Bkl.. 22ft TitVx Are.. New lork. U18 Peopte'a Oaa Bldg., Cblcago. gubacrlptlon term by mall or to an addraaa - in tbe United ttutee or Mexico: DAILY (MORNING OK AFTBttNOOH) On rear 15 .00 0b month... $ .CO . SUNDAY , On year....... 2. SO I One month $.25 DAILY (M0RX1NU OR AFTERNOON) AND SUNDAY , On year.. I7.fiO One month ..$ .05 Darfcneea la fled. Now flower unfold their beauties to the ana, and bluabiog, atee tb beam be aemU to wake them. Sheridan. PUT THE PORT IN PORTLAND NULLIFICATION IN CURRY DOWN in Curry county the county court is defying the law of the late, legislature calling a special referendum election. It refuses to obey that law. It refuses to call the election a8 to Curry county. It ' has served notice on the county clerk not to proceed with the election and has given warn ing that the court will pay no bills contracted in conducting such an election. Of course, the court is wrong. But what else is to be expected In a state in which nullification is openly advocated? The passage of the Bean bill ig demanded. The bill resists the authority of the federal govern ment by proposing to, tax the grant lands which am United States property. The legislature of the state gave the measure its assent. The Oregonian is openly advocating the bill, in spite of the fact that the measure asserts that the railroad owns the lands and in spite of the fact that United States property cannot be taxed by the states. Thus the seeds of nullification and disunion are being4 spread broadcast. It is South Carolina nullification over again, and at a time .when America Is at war with foreign nations. No more demor alizing propaganda was ever pro moted in Oregon. I. W. W.-ism in Its worst form goes scarcely further In counsel ing defiance of public authority. The Curry county court ought to call the special election. It ought to obey the law. Yet in defying the state power it Is only following the example of those who in pushing the Bean bill are defying an act of the con gress of the United States which has been affirmed by the supreme court of the United States. If we advocate disunion and anarchy in one place, we must ex pect to find it sprouting up in other places. ORTLAND is to have a port week. ! That is encouraging. Perhaps we shall all be aroused to a realization of what is going on in northwest transportation. To help as in preparation for port week, we are privileged to read the following news story:. Seattle! Th Seattle port commission today authorized th construction of a spur track from th Smith Cove pier to a.' site Immediately adjoining: tnat which proctor & Gamble nave Just obtained as a site for a round steel tank of 2,000,000 gallons-capacity to store' soy bean and other vegetable oils irom me orient. Proctor & Gamble obtained the sit by lease from the Great Northern railway. Work on the construction of the tank will be started at once. The oil shipments for Proctor & Gamble have increased during: the past year to in extent tnat available storage could not be found. And thus the permanent facilities for entrenching Puget sound in ascendant trade position and for gaining more power in the trade field goes on. The sound ports are to be congratulated. And as facility after facility is added, and dock after dock built, and steamship connection after steamship connection established, and trade arrangement after trade arrangement effected on Puget sound, how will Portland go about it to disturb that which haa been perfected? With Indomitable energy, the citizens of Puget sound cities, from elevator boy and kitchen maid up to the mightiest captain of finance is a soldier in the conflict to build up Puget sound institutions and Paget sound commerce. If .you ride in an elevator while an important city move is on, the operator of the cage will question you about it. Up there, they do net merely talk. They act. They support the Chamber of Commerce, the port commission and every other body that functions for a greater port and a greater -city. If we continue to merely talk, will not trade routes become so firmly established and ascendancy so deeply rooted that our problem of reestablishing Portland commercially will be enormously Increased? If we defer action long enough, It may be made impossible. ' We know that nature and geography are on our side. We knor that it is fundamental for traffic to follow the route of least resistance. That should be enormously encouraging to us. Take the soy bean oil tank to be built at Seattle. Take the soy bean oil shipments to pass through it. They have to be lifted from tidewater half a mile over the mountain passes; or as we recently saw, they are hauled from Seattle through Portland from Puget sound on their way east. We know that Is waste. We know that in hauling freight either way the railroads are throwing away thousands of dollars, uselessly ex pended in order to favor Puget sound. In the case of the 150 cars of soy bean oil hauled through Portland from Seattle and on through California to New Orleans. and thence to Cincinnati, 4176 miles was traveled when the destination could have been reached by direct route in only 2483 miles. We know that the shipment was hauled a need less 1693 miles, and that because of such needless waste, the railroads are clamoring for higher freight rates. Thus, every advantage Is on the side of Portland with a direct route and the only water level gateway through the Cascades on the Pacific cbast. We have a case that Is already won if we act, Instead of talk. Why not make port week a time for action? Why not begin that week to put the "port" In Portland? differences in lore for the United I a great percentage and as easily han- aiea in tne iieiq s poiaiow. ti iwva no more time to cultivate, and they are easily gathered. You can thresh them -on the ground or haul the vines away. Tou oan thresh them Into a States and the American idea. We notice a distinct revival' of . the good old notion that this country has admission to spread liberty Athroughout the world, "to proclaim liberty to the captives and the opening of the prison to them that are bound." Letters From the People rrnni.ni..tin m tn The Journal for publication In this department abould be writ ten on only one aide of the paper, ahoeld not exceed 300 worda In length and must b ac companied by tbe name and addreaa of the ender. If the writer doea not deelre to hare the came pobUahed heahould ao state. "Involuntary Servitude." Portland, Or., April 28. To the Edi tor of Th Journal Please give this Information: la the constitution of the United States the supreme law or our landT If eo. how can congress give the president the right to conscript the leople of our land Into compulsory military service until they repeal the thirteenth amendment to the constitu tion? This was declared ratified De- csmber 18. 1865. It reads: "Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude ex' cept as a punishment foretime whereof the party shall have been duly con victed shall exist within the United States or any stat subject to their jurisdiction. I learn from best authority that the word "involuntary"' is defined by the .lictionary as "contrary to one's will or wishes." "Servitude" is defined as a state of subjection to a master or to arbitrary power of any kind. Hence conscription or compulsory service in army or navy constitutes involuntary servitude, a thing forbid den by tho law of our land, if the con stitution is the supreme law, which I have been taught It is. Am I right? Please give answer plain and right to the point. J. B. LARR. "Involuntary servitude" has a per fectly understood meaning. It refers PERTINENT COMMENT AND NEWS IN BRIEF large dry goods box on sled runners going down the rows; tney can t fieri be hauled away and fanned In a portable fanning mill. On a large area it would be well to use a thresher, but If the SMALL CHANGE The food economists this summer won't have much on the raiment econ omists at the bathing beaches. A new headline that aava "Podunk teeth are not arranged right they will ; Men Ready to Serve" leaves it almost spin tne Deans a very great aeai. ui . j . " the two, I think I would rather handle I No matter now about Patti. but folks a bean crop. If you have no other ; have never cared how many times way, you can spread them on a floor and tramp them out. OSBORNE YATES, Opposes Sir. Baker. Portland, April 28. To the Editor of The Journal The time is ripe for voters to give a passing thought to candidates who are again asking them to forget all the past and elect or re elect them. Nearly every day you hear of men elected to high office being led to the carpet or confronted with a petition to step down and out for de linquency In best serving a people who thought they were electing men faith ful to their promises. We have one candidate in particular to whom a majority of th voters are familiar with whose interests he serves best, and if no influences are brought to bear will on June 4 remember. His right bower "Friday thinks he carries credentials of all the Spanish-American veterans around in his vest pocket, but the evidence is not at all con vincing. For a few who are not ac quainted with the gallery caprices of the candidate I have in mind, the fol lowing lines might. blaze the trail: Who is it that from night till morn Is telling you what he has done. And always there with the bull con? George Baker. Who was it took it on himself To put the Jitneys on the shelf So trolley cars would earn more pelf? George Baker. Surah Bernhardt comes back to 'em. Turkey having definitely broken with us. it is a relief to b able to say we neer did think much, of that bunch nohow. The town of Deauville. France, Is planning a statue to Woodrow Wilson. And not Rockefeller or Morgan, as you might possibly suspect. Reason we hear so little about any revolutionizing in Greece is probably that the people know they can get Con stantino's royal goat any time they want it. There is one corking good word that has not been conscripted yet by the war correspondents. That s 'terrain. Just wait till the Colonel gets to issu lng communiques. One way of avoiding wast Is the good old rule. "Take no more upon your plate than you can eat; or. it you do, you've got to eat it!" Ever hear juomer say mair Remember Mary Ellen Lease? And what flhA advised Kansas farmers to raise less maize and more miserere (or words to that effect)? Well, it looks now like raising quite a good bit of both. That American commission that is going to Russia to advise the new government will, of course, not fail to recommend the adoption of Uncle Ka.m' homestead law. It would have lots of room in Siberia, to say noth ing of the ex-czar a confiscated estates. OREGON SIDELIGHTS Now. with Dlenty of serine sunshine. sephyrs from the Pacific and warm snowers at intervals, the uiacier urn everybody "lust watch Hood Klvr be come a city of gardens.'' Some of th old timers In Wallowa county, the Lostine Reporter says, pre diet the highest water in many years there when the snow melts in the moun tains Snow is six ieet deep wnere last season at this time there was no snow. Th eamrjalen of the Hermlston Civic flnh to raise funds for fencina- the cemetery la making good progress, the Herald says. Just now the club is work ing on chain teas- ana inese are spreading rapidly to all sections of tne community. moral tribute In Lebanon Express "Wild currant and Oregon grape are now in full bloom, proclaiming in in uncertain manner tnat spring is neariy here. The smaller wild flowers have h,nn with us for some time, and Just now the buttercups are tn aeiignt 01 the children." The water board of Eugene has re moved the cross arms trom all the light poles on Willamette street, in the ouslness section of the city, and they are ready to take down as soon as the railway company and other owners of buildings on either side of the street make the necessary trolley wire con tracts. m m The Hillsboro Independent quotes R. S. Robinson, a Washington county farmer, who has found that "no matter what the spring had to offer, crops never failed and thing turned out pretty well after all." A an illustra tion, he said he remembered a year when no grain was sown until after Mav in n ni the two lareest crops in his experience were one planted. on? March 7 ana tn omer on aut-t i. Rag Tag and Bobtail St. ones from everywhere To this column all reader of Th Journal re lorlted to contribute original matur U atory. in Terae or in philosophical oboerTaUoo f w au-iaing quotations, iruut any source. Coo- triUutluna of e epUuual luerit uriU ba paid tor, -' at the dlluc'a aynralaal.J , An Old, Old Friend Reappears. 5 CCOFFERS have arisen from time to -- time to say that United States of- -ficial weather reports are a joke, lno- . far as they deal with th future; but - -their description of the present ami past:, says me uosion xranscnpi, ar admittedly serious and accurate. There fore, on must not read in too Jovial a frame of mind the report, ot David Moore, observer at Castle Rock. Wyo., wher they have been having some very ' cold weather. Mr. Moore cites in his report that one night two men stopped : at his cabin, and the next morning h ' tried in vain to call one of them, who , was at the barn, to come to breakfast. But the man did not come. So the two sat down to breakfast without him: In about 10 minutes the man in the barn strolled into the house. Why didn't you call me when break- ; BALFOUR, FRIEND OF AMERICA That was during the cold snap. A thaw hit Castle Rock a few days ago, Moore says, and while he was standing in the back door sunning himself, he " was startled by a weird medley of sounds. By listening closely, he could hear the words: r "Come on to breakfast'," ' Them waa no nn. In n' cVi AnA than'. fne realized why the man had not heard him. The voice, his own voice, had frosen - to a post and was thawing out. tlon from the position in . which politicians used it as a football and candidates employed It as a vehicle to ride into office. SOCIALIST PEACE I T IS well known that the Ger man Socialist party has been one of the main pillars of autocracy during the war. To day, according to the current news dispatches, they are the kaiser's principal reliance. Of course, the German Socialists are fighting In the ranks like other Bubjecta of the autocracy. But the kaiser also seems to be using them as lures or stoolpigeons to make divisions among his enemies. He has sent a gang to Russia to intrigue against the republic, for example. Some of the Russian Socialists are cooperating with these alien conspirators. Apprrently they pre fer czarism to any frrm of govern ment which does not carry out their, own extremist theories- In the United States and every other country where there is a Socialist party, It has members who are mistakenly laboring to paralyze the resistance to Prussian im perialism and make the kaiser's triumph easy. This is done under the enticing pretext of the love of peace. But It Is quite notice able that the only peace satisfac tory to them must be won by Prussian conquest. ernment and do not wish to change It, we have n6 reason to question his Judgment. By na ture the Germans are a docile peo ple, romantic and easily led. Their autocratic government has taken advantage of this trait and edu cated them to believe that what ever It does is divinely Inspired and infallibly right. Half a century of schoolroom indoctrination with the precept that the kaiser and his clique can do no wrong and make no mis takes Is hardly fit preparation for a revolution. Germany must wir. a new mind before ehe strikes for liberty. And such a new mind can come to her only by way of calamity. It Is probable that lib erty in Germany can be born only in defeat. elone to cervico which one citizen or Who was It that some time ago subject might render another under Gav twenty thousand of your dough compulsion or duress, and doea not re- To whom? (Tou surely ought to know.) fer to those services which the citizen Georg Baker, or budjoci is oouna. oy me very ineory of national existence itself, to render Who Is It, like Mark Harm a, thinks the government under which he lives. A dollar per day touya food and drinks If the view of the writer were sound, For Americans as well as Chinks? no man would pay taxes, except volun- George Baker. tarily, because he would thus be suf- ' fering "involuntary servitude." The Who Is it that, when'er h can, principle that calls a man to serve in Forever bumps the worklngman. tax payment is the same that calls him But next election he Just ran? to servo In any other capacity neces- George Baker. sary to the preservation or perpetua- tion of his country's existence or well who tried with all his might, being. In all the debates on the pend- When men walked out to win a fight, ing bill in congress the constitution- He butted In to break the strike? ality of the proposed conscription has George Baker. not been questioned: , . 4 . ! Who is it now that wants to be The Farmer's "Bit Jord mayor of this whole cltee? North Bend, Or. April 27. To the ut- a 'wlU nevep b Editor of The Journal From many txeorge isaaer. sources, and from official sources in mUslc to these lines will be fur- iKuwr, me larmers are auviseu ana niahed the evening of June 4. urgea to snow tneir patriotism by rais- p. GAN2CON, mg immense crops to sustain the coun try in an impending crisis. Ridicules Road Bond Argument. Please permit a farmer to say that Aurora. Or. April 19. To the Edl- The decision of .the justices in the grant land suit was unani mous. ' The only dissenting voice In the effort to restore 49 odd million dollars worth of land to the public domain is Tn Oregon. What other -voice can it be than the voice of the beaten railroad and its fuglemen? TO CONSOLIDATE If the Chicago wheat pit and the New York exchange would follow the example set by the Win nipeg grain exchange and prohibit the speculation in wheat futures, there would be less excuse for ten cent bread and ten-dollar flour. PAYING OUR DEBT T THE GIST OP THE PROBLEM mHE 4 ma THE committee created by the legislature to prepate and ; X ' subm,t a Plan t the next s'esslon for consolidating boards and commissions in the state government is already at "work. It is admirable promptness. ; J The body can render useful service. It may not find necessity for many changes. A great deal of political buncombe has been worked off in the cry for consoli dation. At th 1915 session, it -' was "Tnainly a slogan for use in getting rid of officials appointed . by former Governor West. It was '.; not a good faith cry by those who howled it, The fact that as soon as the state house was well cleared Of West appointees, action waa suspended la proof of insincerity. ; ' There Is no doubt of the sin . "cerlty of the present program. The early organization and the assign ment of tasks to be done is as surance that the committee headed by - former Senator Johnson in tend to make a thorough investl ;' gation and propose a plan for other than political purposes. : it Undoubtedly, duplications', ot f auctions In a limited way will , be found. They may be easily removed by coordinating the va rious activities. Then If the next legislature adopts the , plan, some v good will have been accomplished. But an even greater service -will HE French have always been among the best fighters in Europe, as well as the fore most champions of liberty. Their military reputation suffered a setback in the war of 1870, but they are retrieving it now. In a faitand square battle between French troops and those of any other European nationality history giveB us every reason to bet on the French. All through this war they have held their own against the kaiser's battalions with the gallantry of Napoleon's Old Guard. We took the gist of our na tional constitution from Montes quieu, a Frenchman. We got our ideas of political liberty' from the school of Rousseau. Wallace Ir win says 60,000 American boys are fighting in the ranks of the sister republic They are paying back some of the debt we owe to LaFayette. Scientific American is o? the opinion that the Ger mans now have 200 subma rines in active service and may have many more. By next spring it is likely enough that they will have built and sent out at least 1200. The men to serve upon them are at hand from the crews of the idle battleships. Here is the central problem of the war. Can the allied nations, Including the United States, build merchant ships fast enough to compensate for the waste of the submarines? If they can do so all will be well. England and France can be fed. Troops can be moved about freely by water. Munitions can be transported. But If the submarines are able to carry out their design and sweep the seas clear of freighters and transports an appalling situa tion must develop. This is the reason why the government is just now turning its earnest attention to' shipbuilding. It is also the reason why the nation should co operate with the government in this vitally necessary work. He who builds a wooden ship of 2000 or -3000 tons burden in this day of the world s dire need serves his country well and contributes to the victory of liberty over lm perialism. The assignment of a naval archi tect to duty in Portland by Major General Goethals, as announced by a news dispatch. Is definite assur ance that Portland shipyards are going to build government ships. Will the Intrigue for beatine the federal government In its fight to recover the railroad grant lands never end? Even a sweeping de cision by the United States su preme court has not stopped it, REVOLUTION? T HE odds are heavy that Mr Gerard is right about the prospect of a revolution in Germany. He Bays thatnoth In of the kind Is at all likely. There may be strikes and tumults but nothing approaching a revolu tion. . i Mr. Gerard lived in Germany as ambassador long enough to gain a competent knowledge of the peo- Ple such advice cart be more profitably rph Journal Amour the many directed into channels where it is most wonderful benefits promised the peo- urgently needed. The farmer has pie or the state of Oregon in the ar- borne the major portion of the burden gt,TOent supporting th $8,000,000 bond in every emergency and received the Dlu by its proponents, the following least consideration of any class. Jf a js surely unique if nothing more. But fractional part of the advice to the lt ia something a great deal more. It farmer wer given to the speculators, poetic and shows signs of genius middlemen and politicians and they among the Joint committee of the were compelled to follow it, the sue- eenate and house over whos signa- cess and prosperity of the great re- tures it appear in The Journal. Th- puuno wouia oe lorever msurea. committee, referrlnr to the passage "Dirty dozen," "traitors" and kindred nr hni tnr th bonds, aavs: "Will epithets were hurled at certain sena- exploit Oregon's ..great natural attrac- tors because for reasons best known tlons, her beauties of mountains and to themselves they voiced sentiments dales, her lovely lakes, her lntermlna- other than those cherished by their hie forest and her miles of coast line constituents. And there are other, resorts will becom better known, or Instance: A legislature pledged - support a lime bill, sur- iawrnA a - renders to the invisible gov- Nature haa undoubtedly bestowed ernment. And at the eleventh hour. I v. .nA .Tnm.nr.. tw, driven to make good it appropriates a thls committee with a lavish hand. C?f . ' . 2 ..rtr "me- The wanderings of Ulysses after the while it appropriates $45,000 for cham- Trojan war had an end at his home bers of commerce to boost real estate . T.. Th. tnia-ht of A.n ftr not to mention the Bean bill, the de- ,k. i, r k- n-..ir. linquent tax graft and others. I onni,..inn vh.n h. 9rh the But there Is something brewing for Tt.i .nA vrntr. these gentlemen. To quote from The ln jetting Satan fall headlong from Journal: "The farmer is contributing Heaven through spare for many days more liberally to current literature. In ,dld not let him fall on interminably increasing numbers ' he Is attending but finely landed him upon the courses at the agricultural college. He earth. utm,u,u,i0 u, snown wny n gets iu Not BO however, with our honor per hundred weight of pork, and the abJe committee. The great natural consumer pays 25 cent per pound for attractions of Oregon' "lntermlnabl-, tne same pork. fn.l . fn wlthnnt nd ar. tn ""u oirrcrence-r be exploited by the passage of a $8. A FARMER. ouO.OOO bond bill which, If passed A Pnrm Tahor q,Itr(rostiOT, may prove something like the al- A arcn lbor buggestioru leged ..,ntermmabl(S forsf in that it r-oriiana. April n. 10 tne iuor I nv n mnA ieMt for hv- or rne journal l notice rrom a recent .i ,n.rMnn Th. tr "inv.lv neaanne in one or me aany papers lakes" is another spark of poetic that there is every possibility of there flre, struck out, no doubt, by th being a farm labor shortage in Oregon BtUpid opposition of prosaic people and vicinity. Wouldn't this be an op- th)S bond blll. But tha climax is portune time ror newspapers to en- where It promises that Oregon's miles courage business houses and horns o( coagt llri6 summer resorts shall owners wno employ cninese na ,i.t to make Oreron the r.lav- Japanese help, doing housework and eroUnd of America." Her is some- llgnt laDor. to aispense witn imnese thin that should remov. all nnnoal- ana Japanese neip or inis kiiiu ana tion to the bond bill. Just think of replace same with women ana gins lt! Oregon will becom a veritable who would be very glad to get this Garden of Eden, with nothing to do Class or wore: ine average ininese wander in tn depths of that or Japanese man now empioyea at "interminable forest." to gare upon nousewortc ana scruooing arouna in th ni.r.. w.t. f ihn "lnv.lv stores and business establishments lakes" and to dawdle around those couia ao a real man s wont on iarms -coagt im resorts" and when these and in positions where a woman can- d-asures become vanid. as vapid ther not fill in. Couldn't this Idea be wni hocnm. we can turn our mitnmn. worked out for the benefit of Port- blle3 either north or south and "make land ana Oregon as a wnoie without of h. immna hirhwir tnv.at. nurung any uoay s lnieresis i "G. W. D.." In' Philadelphia Drenang Ledger. In sending Arthur James Balfour to this country in th present crisis, th British government has shown the same fine tact and Judgment that it displayed a few years ago, when James Bryce was made British ambassador in Washington. Mr. Bryce came as the delegate of the British people to rep resent them ln the nation wher he was on of the best known and most re spected Englishmen. We welcomed him as we greet an old friend. Mr. Balfour has earned our gratitude, for on two critical occasions he has been the friend of America. It wlU be recalled that when we were protesting against Spanish misrule in Cuba an at tempt was made by certain European powers to persuade the others to make a concerted protest in Washington against our Interference with the right of Bpain to govern her own colonies in her own way. When the British gov ernment was sounded, Mr. Balfour, then first lord of the treasury, was act lnr as secretary of state for foreign af fairs in the absence of Lord Salisbury, tho premier. Mr. Balfour rejected the proposals, and notified Washington that Great Britain would not adopt any policy which might be construed as un friendly to the United States. wun the British out ot It. th plan fell through. I' When he tells us that they f ! be tendered In removing the ques- l worship-their present form bf gov- BRYAN R. BRYAN's attitude toward the war is creditable to his mind and heart. He says in The Commoner that he would willingly have died to pre vent the war, "but now that war has been declared . he Is ready to give his life for the country, Who. could do more? "Men differed as to the wisdom of going to war," he says again "but the government has acted and there is no longer division Our lives, our fortunes and our sacred honor are pledged to the support of the government through every hour until the end. We should not be surprised to discover fully as much -persever anco in Mr. Bryan's patriotism as in that of some who were more vociferous at the beginning. There has not been much foundation for the whispers that the, nation would be rent Jby Internal ' divisions. vTha T. R. B. Wants Liquors Put to Use. ments of our Bister states," as said by our honorable committee. All this will place us back o the palmy days Portland. April 2 5. -To the Editor of " " ,-' 7 ""T l lTAl iue urrau ana Li i o guinea uoins, ui course, furnished by somebody else. NAPOLEON DAVIS. The Journal Having Journal of the destruction of confis cated liquor, may I suggest that in future, instead of throwing away whis key, it be donated to the Red Cross stores? Alcohol is used extensively in hospitals for rubbing the back and limfbs of bedridden patients and in many Injuries is used for outward ap plication. So why, in times such a PERSONAL MENTION Fred Gil man in City. 'BVaA VT nilman of Seattle, reoreaen, these. When we are being told to econ- t.Hv. of the American Lumberman la onuze, snoum buiu wio mu ueoiruo- at the Portland with Mrs. Oilman. tion of a necessary article continue t Something might be added to the whiskey to make It unpalatable. BRITISH NURSE. Examination for Marriage. Black Rock, Or., April 26. To the Editor of The Journal Please tell me through the columns of The Journal Mr Balfour admitted the validity of th Monroe Doctrine when It was cited by us ln defense of our position in the Venezuelan controversy, two or three vears before tho Cuban crisis, in an elaborate speech ln the house of com mons, he reminded his country that England had Joined with the United States in the protest against European aggression in South America wnen President Monroe rormuiatea nis ram- ons doctrine. He explained that Great Britain had no intention of extending its dominions on this side of the ocean. but that it intended to respect the Hon roe Doctrine. He said that America and England had a common duty to perform and a common orrice to ruiriu among the nations of the world. He said further: "The time will come, the time must come, when some one. some statesman of authority even more fortunate than President Monroe, will lay down the doctrine that between English-speaking peoples war is Impossible." His speech allayed British irritation and made it easy for a peaceful settle ment of the dispute. It is evident. therefore, that no better agent of the British government could have been se lected than this statesman, who has re spect for the rights of America, and who understands and sympathizes with its historic policies. a Mr. Balfour is one of the finest prod ucts of the British political system. It would hav been virtually impossible for a man of his qualities to rise to high office in the United States. Tcy arrange matters so differently on thaJ other side of the ocean that the ntate4 can profit by the services of its finest minds. Mr. Balfour Is a scholar and a philosopher. Even In England it was aid of him ln his young manhood that he could never achieve political success for the reason that he was more deeply Interested In metaphysics than in everyday life. Yet there were men who believed in him and saw to it that he had political opportunities. He belongs to the great shipping family of Balfours of Scotland, whose vessels sail the Seven Sea. His father married a sister of Lord Salisbury, who achieved rreat fame as premier. Three or four ve&ra after graduating irom Cambridge university, he was elected to parliament at the age of 26. When his uncle became secretary of state for foreign affairs, young Balfour was made private secretary, and In that ca pacity went to the Berlin conrerence in 1878 with Beaconsfleld and Salisbury. He mastered th Inner secret of Euro pean diplomacy ln th practical school of affairs. But while h was engaged ln this work he Impressed his casual acquaintances with his indifference to politics. He even wrote a book, "The Defense of Philosophic Doubt." ln this period, which confirmed them in their belief that he was more littea ror in closet of the scholar than for th pub lic arena. a a Rut lxrd Salisbury knew his nephew, and when there came a vacancy ln the office of chief secretary for Ireland the premier put Balfour ln it, to th con sternation of the nation. The land-law asrltation waa at its height, and Ireland was ln almost open revolt. The opinion was general that Balfour, the literary and philosophical dilettante, would fail. But it was not long befor his most captious critics were admitting that thev had misjudged the man. He dls- nlaved a mastery that was a revelation The Irish members in the house of commons heckled him and nagged him in a persistent effort to make him blunder, but they never succeeded 1-n ruffline his serenity. He stood in his dace, languid, polite and calm, answer lng their questions and replying to their sallies with the patience of a bored saint, but with a pertinence anl brilliancy which made them lmpoten with rage. fast was ready?" 4he asked. "I did." was the answer. Booth's Defiant Cry Denied. ; History Isn't telling the truth, nays a contributor to the Detroit New- Tribune, writing from Jackson. Mich, when it asserts that Booth, the assas sin of Lincoln, shouted. "Sic semper , tyrannls" when he leaped to the stag of Ford theatre after hooting th s- president. Luke Hubbard, who waa - playing the triangle ln the orchestra ' employed at the theatre on the night - in question, says that because Of th f - music no on could have heard Booth 7 had he used the words. He declare that he waa but a few feet from th actor and heard nothing. Moat of th people ln the house did not know of the tragedy until Mrs. Lincoln ap peared at the front of the box and beckoned with her handkerchief to the leader of the orchestra to cease play ing. When he had done so she said: ' "The president has been shot." Hub bard, whose home is in Syracuse, ,1 visiting his daughter, Mrs. Christl " Stearns, in Jackson. His manner ln the house was always languid and Indifferent. He was called lazy; but the thoroughness of his knowledge disproved -the charge. No lazy man could have mastered his sub ject so completely. lhe easy, ciam manner with which he leaned on the dispatch boxes on the table in front of him and talked ln a conversational tone to the house misled many an an tagonist into a mistaken view of the strength of the man. His body may have appeared languid, but his mind was alert. An Instance of his quick ness is found in the retort he made to a Labor member who had interrupted his address. He had been describing a Liberal procession with bands and ban ners ln protest against his budget. In an apparent absent-minded and casual way he asked. "What would you expect to find in the way of a motto on the banners?" "Beer!" houted the Labor member. "Not that. I think," he re plied, without changing his position. "Something more like this: The lords have insulted you by asking your opin ion.' " When the derisive laughter had died down, he went on, "Take, care to give such an answer that they will never ask it again." Mr. Balfour was the floor leader of his party in the house for years, and when his uncle resigned as premier, he naturally stepped Into the vacant post. and when he. ln turn, haa to retire in favor of Bonar Law, he remahvd the real leader of the Conservatives. He tcok his place In the opposition when the Liberals came to power, and when this war made a coalition ministry necessary he went into It as a matter of course, for his great abilities are admitted and respected by all parties. "Get Money in Thy rurse." Joseph Lohrstorfer of Port Huron, . Mich., read about two years ago, say . the Detroit News-Tribune, that tinfoil was valuable. He had been much im pressed by the bank ads urging thrift, and so decided to save tinfoil. Cigar -boxes and packages of tea were de- spoiled by Jo-scph, who did not even , despise, the bits, which came around" certain brands of cigarettes. Having secured a hujte ball of the tinfoil, h sent' it to a junU dealer by messenger. The messenper came back with a state ment that the booty weighed , four pounds. The price paid was four cents. The messenger's fee was 10 cents. "This thrift campaign," said Joseph, in a firm voice, am he handed over dime. "Is a failure. I'm going to th picture snow. HOW TO BE HEALTHY coryrtt-kt. iit. 7 J. Kealay. P. F. Dunne Is Visitor. P. T. Dunne, well known San Fran cisco attorney, is at the Portland. Mr. j make it uncomfortable for those oh VENTILATION OF WORKSHOPS Did you know that there la a blanket of hot air around our bodies at all times? It takes a strong cur rent of air or a breeze to break up this blanket and thus make us mora cool and comfortable. It does not matter whether this wind be from out of doors or from an electric fan or ventilating shaft so longAis it is fresh and has movement. When the room or workshop to be verftilated Is small and used only by a few people a current of air can be obtained easily by opening a window at top and bot tom. This permit th hot stal air which rise to go out at th top while cool, fresh air rushes ln at the bottom. When the room is large and used by many people it Is Impossible tn aret ln enough fresh air in this mannr without creating drafts that Dunne was formerly counsel for th Southern Pacific company. Dr. Mosessohn Returns. Dr. and Mrs. Mosessohn have re- eiaVonTeforf marSa" PhySlCal turned to .jtadsn'S spring examination before rnarriafre h wlnter ln southern California. SUBSCRIBER. Dr Mosessohn. who 1 editor of th Oregon haa a law that requires jewi8h Tribune, return much lm- evcry man applying for a marriage proved m health. He wag quit 111 license to produce a health eertlflcat h h, went oatIu as a prerequisite. To obtain examlna- . tion h may apply to any registered Dexter Rice. Roseburg attorney. Is at physician, who will be advised of the the Imperial with Mrs. Rice, requirement of the law and will grant M. A. Rickard, Corvallls auto dealer. or witnnoia certuicauon according ton. at the Oregon. tho status or the appucantl . . tr. and Mrs. C It. Glenn of Walla Walla ar guests at the Portland. Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Smyth of Advises to Raise Beans. Portland, April 28-To the Editor of Btrathray. OrrL, ar at th Multnomah Th Journal in universal cry seems w. T. and a C. Henderson ar Amity to be to rais potatoes. That Is all I visitors at th Washington. - very well so far. but why cut out 1 Dr. and Mr. H. M. Pag of Cathla- beansT Tney ar just a eay to grow mt ar guests at th Washington, and will mature on any oll almost. Gorg W. Warren Is registered at whereas It take new ground or well th Portland from Warren ton. fertilised oll to rais a good crop of E. D. Roscher Is a Carlton visitor at potatoes. Th writer ha bad expert- the Washington. j . oo- i norm n a m urfm n a I ehc with, both, and finds It Just as O. ' E. Merwln. Salem casket mann- T V. fMeay. or-perhans more so, to rais faeturr, is at th Oregon. -thejjingoes have forgotten their . beanaT And the ar mora nutritlv by I Dr, Ed.. BywaUr and Charles Corn liged to work near the windows. In such cases It becomes necessary to resort to artificial means of forcing out th stal air and drawing ln the fresh. This Is usually accomplished by means or ran ana air aucis. But even this will not supply good ventilation for a workroom that is overcrowded. When people are crowded too closely together ln a room it be come impossible to supply them with enough fresh air without shooting a gale of wind through th room. For this reason many stat law require at least 400 cubic feet for every work er (or a space eight feet high and seven feet square).' This should be the rule in all factories. Ample space alone does not always mean good ventilation, however, for there must be the right amount of fresh, cool air and air that Is kept moving. This can b accomplished by means of ln lets and outlets placed in different part of the room. Then ther must be' plpas, ducts and fans to fore In the fresh air and draw out th used up air. Wheti a furnace, oven, at or or any piece of machinery that give off much heat la used it snouia nave a specially constructed hood over it to carry the fumes and hot air away During the noon hour th windows and doors of every workroom or shop should be thrown wido open, so that as much fresh air as possible can clrculat through th room. Window boards ahould also be freely used, i Tomorrow Avoiding Bad Breath. are Grants Pass arrivals at th Im perial. Miss Rosalind Coughlan of New York, Orpbeunv headliner, is at th Nortonla. E. L. Knickerbocker ot Sheridan is at th Cornelius, F. C McDonald is registered at the Carlton from Barvllle. Mrs. Georg F. Si mm of Seattle Is a guest at th Nortonla. W. A. Sullivan and W. F. Keeton ar Heppner arrival at the Perkins. , . F. V. Moffat is registered at th Multnomah from .Bend. t R. J. Ward of the United States geological survey is at the Imperial. Royal M. Sawtelle of Pendleton is at the Portland. " ' Mrs. M. E. Woolf'and lifn.' R. 8. Hartun of Washington. D. C- ar a-ueata at th Nortonla C. Smith of Medford Is at th Carl ton R. D. Johnson of Island City is at th Cornelius. C. L. Mullen is a Kerry arrival at th Oregon. A. Reeves is a Wasoo visitor at th Parkin. Mr. and Mrs. D. C Tobla of Seattle are a-ueats at the Portland. Roy F. Bishop is a Pndleton visitor at the Imperial. A. R. Martin is registered at tb Carlton from Spokane.- Mr. and'Mr. C. Hailing of Wash oural are at tb Cornelius. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Brown of En terprls ar at the Washington. - Our Hag. Our flag yours and mine! Who hath words o portray nttingiy - it matchless beauty. , Under this flag brave men have give their lives for its supremacy and lo perpetuate the principle to which it is dedicated. The pitying ray of its beneficent stars lit the night at v aney f orge ana glowed with victory' light at J'ork- town. It floated from the peak of the Consti tution and the Chesapeake ana wavei In triumph above the halls of th Montezuma. Following its beacon light th soldier of th Union swept by Fort JJonei----; aon and Ilenrv. At Chlckamaiiga. it Hashed th signal J- ot victory from the southern cloud capped hills to the eager watcher on th northern nlaina. It enfolds in Its shadows the field of Crettyrffrurg. At Hhiioh and corinin. where throbbing guns reaped the red harvest of dnath, gleamed its pur . and constant hues. Shot-tattered and hattle-worn. it Wil borne aloft by our nation heroe as they raiBod in last grand review. At Manila and Santiago, where the en gines of war made henic music, in battle's front glinting back th rays , of tropical suns, it honor and It glory have been sustained by a aoMiery as brave as those of othtr La.vn hv deeds an chivalries. Blood-lKjught emblem of our nation's , glorv. thrice and again It I baptised in blood; but It will ever ris with adde-l stars to mark its lustra . Hope hath plucked the gems of night from heaven s azure e-ea ano piamea them ln a. field of blue She hath twined the rose-ttnted hue of dawn I with band of light and given to you . and mo this emblem of th torav and the free. Beneath Its blesed fold th op pressed of every lana rind protection . lull ana iree. . . V A pro ons. At Fontenoy tho Frenchmen stood. Their Meady rank erect and proud. As through the puis the Latin blood Found ne'er u. man of all men eowedj And at that knightly messag sent For France s uonor io ner roe.. -Was n'er a Ireeuian there but went ; A freeman tm to tax tne wow. . Now, gallant Knglrhmen, attack. And strike both hard and stralgat and true Mai apres vous,, no brave messieurs; Messieurs, rnai apres vous!" Today th Brltxtn fight again. To strike the Hun invader down. Th deathless Ancr take our slain A coronet or ur renown. But where, upon our battle' marge, Thev vL th nobler father on. r And how fast tb battl run. :f And cry to Kngiano. pressing yei, . With St. Quentin In view, . -"Mais apres vous. no brave messieurs Messieurs, mala apre vousT' But shall we not. upon that day When Prussia breaks and Berlin fan. . . Emerge from th condasiv fray. To Join our common battle-calls, 1 And grant the honor which Is Just, And pay th twofold debt In one? A Kaiser humbled to the dust? Tis more shall prove th duty done; w i ,ta tVin a Tteelln'fl fat A , Ascribe the honor which is due By "Apre voua, plus brave messieurs; Messieurs, oui, apres vou:" , Vancouver World. I'nde Jeff Hnow Says: " ...i ttro.m whn men uaAH In tallr of . what way-up prices we would have If blllVfl v ct wnen we aviu w u vnivu 60 cents a bushel. So do some young ish men la Oregon, too. All we wanted th f inane sharp said, was a war in Europe. Now w have got 19 ware all goin' to ohcet. like a 10-ring circus, and have got to git into the ring and hid th elephant ourselves, so to speak, and soma folks is hollerin' fer th good old times when spud was IS cents a sack on th Bandy, and you could go out and dig 'em yourself for 10 cents a sack, .