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1 -. TrfE OREGON DAILY ' JOURNAL, 'PORTLAND. MONDAY, MAY "IV 1917. -AN IXDBPENDBNT NEWSPAPER C. . JACKSON : Publisher ; Published everr day. sftemooo and morning (exeept Sunday afternoon) at Tbs Journal Bnlldiug, Hruadway and XamaLU streets, , " Portland, Or. . . I, Catered at tbe postofflca at Portland, Or., for I . traoamlsakm icxoutfb tb mail a second tt4 class matter. ; TliLEl'HONKii Main 7113; Moms, ,A-eoSL 'V All deportments reached by tbeaa number. Vi TU tas operator wbat department two ." J- want. t ,u : . -JjOBElGN AUVKUTlSIi'U mU'EKSKNTATI VE Benjamin & Krutuoc Co.. Brunswick Bid., t :? 825 FlCth Ae.. New York. 1-1S People'a ' Was Bldg., Chicago. ;." Subscription terms lj mall or U aaj oure ' in tbe United Htate or Mexico: ' N ' DAILY (MOltNINU 0 AKTEUSOONi Oue Tar S5.O0 I One tuoota. ....... $ .SO . . BUN DAY. One year 12.50 I One month f .25 : XlAlLY. (MORNING OB AFTKBNOO.N) AND fV'':!'" 8CNDAY j;(0n year 17.50 I One month S .05 ; Tbe beat protection of a nation is lta "taen; tnnni snrt cities cannot hare a surer defeone tlian the prowess and virtue of tnelr Inhabitant. Uubelals. POKT WEEK P UT the port In Portland. "Why 13 Portland situated at the head of deep sea nav igation? Why. has the government spent more for improvement of the Co lumbia river than for any - other .waterway in the United States? '. Why did people come here? teWhy " was capital invested here? t It was faith that brought the government's appropriations, tho Epeople, the Invested capital, it was f faith tha the Columbia would f furnish a world harbor and that Portland would become a maritime center.. t Why has the government served uistrict engineers wnn notice that it will not go beyond its $30. SOdO.OOt) of appropriations for the EColumbia- $19,000,000 has been I spent for channel Improvements i between Portland and the sea u i. va j iiy v. juv uvo iiiai ,'j 5 inerce Justifies the vast sum al ls -Sready invested? 1 Why has commerce of the Ore fc gon. district waned while competl J,tors have advanced marveionsly? J, Why has it not profited this , clty to the maximum extent that Biiatejjiu location, wa iter grades, 30-foot channel in yie L Columbia and 40-foot channel over " 1 SS me car : - f Why do competitors get more favorable terms and better termi nals from the railroads, even .though they are unable to offer J water competition either actual or potential? Because natural advantages 3 without facilities do not make a I port, I Because faith without works is I dead. I - No man today would undertake I to harvest a thousand-acre field of wheat with a sickle. No man would undertake to use a wheel barrow in transportation competi tion with a modern auto truck. i . w mwmu uAunfc taao a icoauu lfrpm other ports. Portland must profit by their experience. New aVYork only won ability to stand as the world's leader in foreign com .jnerce by spending for facilities !;$1S 0.0.00,0 00 in addition to the J! government's appropriation of $8, 260,000. Boston was able to meet ( Competition and retain business only: by the investment of $13,- . 804.000 in addition to government aid. New Orleans went into pock let to the extent of $9,663,000 for t port facilities and has $25,000,00 available as needed for further ne ..S.eessities. . Seattle has put $8,550.- !)00 into improvements anf facil ities and has nfearly half a million uouar avauauie lor iuriner worn. ; jjHamburg, Liverpool, Glasgow, Lon- jdon, Antwerp and mahV other for I eign ports have established and maintained world commerce only .by- the most lavish expenditures, Jevery dollar of which they hav9 found profitable. , C Portland must bid farewell to .'her old-time policy of waiting for r "the government or others to do . for , her w-hat other ports do for - themselves. Portland must torn apathy into energy, procrastination Into prog ress and opportunity Into achieve , ment. -, Portland must choose between further, retrogression and aggres telve investment. Portland must Choose between decay and the port development plan which has been outlined, , as a means' of adding vitally 'needed facilities for water transportation to the natural ad vantages which the city possesses hut does not enjoy because of lack ;o?-use.' t ' - t A- unit. of this port development ;plan,' IS' the $3,000,000 freight and grain terminal bond issue which is on the June 4 municipal ballot It ? is a large Bum compared with what r.Portland has previously . appropri- r'ated, but It is small' tompared either with what other: ports hare t done, or the. benefits that will flow to Portland from the investment. With the proceeds of the bonds made available as needed, Portland can serve with a bulk grain eleva tor the' wheat growers of the in terior who have turned deter minedly to bulk handling. Port land can provide docking room and handling facilities for the deep sea vessels that must have such provi sion here or go to competitive ports. The freight and grain ter minal plan offers a definite direc tion to Portland's growing deter mination to act and to proceed with port development. Those who would justify Port land's position- and opportunity, who would conserve their invest ments, who would serve the high est economic welfare of the city and who would show themselves loyal to the place they have made their home, have but one choice. Mr. - Amidon is wearied with commission government. Municipal government is often to be com mended for the enemies it has made. IF BUYERS VANISH T HERE is a lot of economy that America should practice. But it is not a hysterical economy. It la not a frenzied economy in which everybody is filled with fright and refuses to keep the usual activities of life oing. We are in a great food drive. We should press that drive to the utmost. We should supplement it by a refusal to overload the garbage can. We must not waste .food, because the food we waste is needed in Europe. Before passage of the federal reserve act, it was fright and loss of confidence that brought on panics. Everybody got scared and refused to go forward with their usual activities. They hoardei their money for fear there would be great and extraordinary use fo" it. It was a psychology that tied up factories, stagnated business. put the fires out in the furnaces of Industry and threw workmen into idleness. To be able to fight a war, Amer ica must be commercially and in dustrially healthy. The mills must be kept going. The wealth that war consumes so heavily must be produced week on week and month on month. The war taxes must be paid, and money must be kept mov ing in order that there may be money with which . to pay war taxes. To fight a war successfully, tho nation must have all its wheels revolving, must have all its usual enterprises active, must have every asset that produces wealth moving, must, lit other words, be a sound robust and active nation. Hysteria cannot fight. It is weakness. It is the sign of a lost head and lost control. The mental balance of the country kept intact is power and victory. We should go on building homes. We should proceed with public im provements. We should build ani repair roads. Rallroadsj should make extensions and enlarge their equipment. The natural, sane life of the ' country should proceed as though we were not at war. It is necessary to have prosperity to drive the war to a quick and suc cessful conclusion. Prosperity cannot come from a kind of economy that closes the factories, ends business In the shops, stops the wheels of Industry from revolving and throws labor into idleness, all of which will come to pass if the buyers vanish. Instead of having two elections during June, as Is proposed by the advocates of aldermanlo govern ment, why not have three elec tions or four or more? What's a city election or two at $25,000 per election among politicians? WHITE COAL B' EFORE the war broke out Ger many had already gone quite elaborately into the business of manufacturing calcium cy anamide, or "lime nitrogen," as !t is called ' by the unlearned. In i 1 A 1 inose aays me suDstance was chiefly useful to the farmers since it contains a heavy proportion of nitrogen in shape for plant food. Now cyanamide supplies Germany's munition factories with their most essential ingredient. We Bhall probably have to go into the business of making cy anamide before a great while if we intend to do much modern fighting. War in these days, like farming, depends on nitrogen, which is the base of all explosives as it is the indispensable food for all plants. Plants are, in fact, munition fac tories on a small scale Inasmuch as they store up nitrogen ln bombs. or explosive molecules, from which our bodies derive their working energy when we eat and - digest them. So the reader may be Interested to learn how calcium cyanamide is made.- It starts with common cal cium casblde, the, stuff from which a little water causes acetylene gas to exude. The calcium carbide is formed by burning coal and lime together In an electric furnace where the heat is something fear ful to contemplate. When the carbide Is cool It is ground into a fine powder and ex posed In an electric oven to a bath I of pure nitrogen gas. " The carbide absorbs ,the gas greedily and that Is abouall there is of. the story. It comes out of the oven as black I cakes of- cyanamide which are I crushed with oil to present the dust from flying and used to be I Backed up for sale to farmers wise I enough to buy such material. That was in the innocent days before the war, but now the cy anamlde has become a great source of nitrogen for explosives. .A con- sideration which lends deep inter- est to this subject is the fact that the electricity for the furnaces and ovens which manufacture cyanamide is derived most economically from waterpowers. Our longsighted waterpower trust, well aware of iroumous umes are directly cnarge this touching circumstance, has able to kaiserism. been eagerly grabbing all the cata racts and rapids it could get hold of. With a good, strong grip on the waterpowers it would virtually own the country since it would control not only agriculture but also the output of munitions. If we impress the reader with the fundamental Importance of our waterpowers to the national se curity and prosperity we - shall have achieved the purpose of these comments. Tho civilization of the future must grow .out of "white coal.'" If that basic necessity is , v , , , in the grip of a monopoly there can be no such thing as political road tax to go back to the road butcit or Industrial liberty. ers and tno petty road grafters In th . . , ... J,,,,, i I At first glance it is difficult to see why the steel men should raise such & clamor asrainst the proposed irae ta-r on Ktr.plf rlividpnda. Thev . . ... . . , have been getting theirs in real coin of the realm here lately and the stock variety is a dream of the past. OOUlu btill'liLIljUl.Mi P OR rLAND'S immediate future is closely bound" up with the . . . . new great venture in wooden shipbuilding. Therefore, what the government proposes to do in the way of building and operating ships may mean either prosperity or disappointed hopes to our port, Portland, in fact, the whole Pa- -.,. . . , . , cim; uuiisi, was biow to reaiiz me exceptional opportunity presented bv the war for buildiner and ODerat- ing wooden boats. During the whole - H - 1 year oi iaio u was apparent to me seafaring Europeans that any boat, wooden or otherwise, was bound to make a profit and had, at least for the duration of the war, an assured place in the sun. Trading in old hulls- was active all around us be- , , , , fore our people awoke to the pos- sibilities of building in our own harbor new boats out of our owe T-. i bui wuen tne cuy aia awaxe, her rjeoole moved with enererv. It ia something for capital to venture . . , , . i mtu tuurei, uew uuu "P01 lieias as our people did in tne con- struction of the first wooden ships, But profits were large and sales j . u - i . 1 ueriam, auu piuneeis in mo new movement, having proved the safety of the way, it was to be ex- nected that durine 1917 manv pectea tnat aunng ii7 many more would engage in the Indus- try. ThATi r-nma tni war TXThat nmr I oi tne situation, wun tne Bovem- M A 1" .11 A I 111 it I ment evidencing a desire to mo- nopolize the field as sole buyer of icn-r,, oj , r.,f . .. nUHS: The government will not pay the laree nrofits on construction which was enticing private capital into the industry, and none would want it to do so. Will private cap- ital, on. these moi flow as freely into the Industry as I it would assuredly have done had the law of supply and demand' kept a free field? The government has , ., . , the reputation, whether Justly or not, of being a hard taskmaster, Threat itatomenta frrm Wnnhtns". ton indicate that bids will be called for and, at least for a time, build- era will be dealt with at arm's Iati o-th TTnrloe tTino elrentngtonoa. may Portland really expect any sub- stantial addition to its present ship buildinir plants? t.,vi ; v, .. . a rum ..Muuieu too mucn in tuis matter. no mere fact that the Government will build many boats does not neces- ii . , , sarlly mean that gobs of new pri- vate capital will flow into this line of work. Whether it does or not ni j i will depend rather upon the liber- ality of the government's dealings with the builders, and so far as Vot. hooti oMfl n KoQt-w0 , i umvuouiuu jti 1-" fh Goe.tb.als and the shipping board to make any great concessions to- . t , . , warn securing an increase oi yarns. roruana win ao wen not. oniy to throw all its resources behind the broad shipbuilding campaign to wnicn tne nation is committed, but to give close attentfon to the term a onH onnrHMnna nn T-Vilr-r. tho . ,1,1.,. ,li came to Oregon, and I will say that contracts will be let as well. In more there tJj tnese terms ana conditions may HO Portland's success or failure in getting new yards. And if Port- land does not get new wooden ship- buifding yards, wbat other business lni..o. it o-rnt rwn ,c& - " T I . i. out of the war to offset its share of the general disruption of lndas- trv that is hnnnrl tn neenr at leant! v j ' in the early stages of the" war ln which we find ourselves engaged? If the whole significance of what adequate shipping would be to Portland were fully understood, a port week" in this city, with con- ditions as they are. would be a week of mobilization and organ- ization. Every schoolhouse, every! church and every meeting place would be a recruiting camp for a j Ject are of the opinion that rnch legis arrand . arniT for -out tine the "rort" Utlon Xr congress , wUl Immediately Jin Pirtlanrl RnAaVprn . from - the eliminate the food speculators and j in Portland speakers - rrora ine . fcrlnr abollt m wher. pro. I ranks- of - business, .industry,' flrlducers- of uwf foodstuffs would sell nance, the professions and the working world would proclaim the tidings of a maritime Port- land wherever an audience could be gathered. The war would quickly end u the kaiser and kaiserism were eltm- inated' in Germany. This is the aubstance of a telegram sent by American Socialists to the Social- ists of neutral nations. With the kaiser and kaiserism out of Ger- man aiialrs, the world wouia see the beginning of permanent peace, All of the trials and stress of thesj Letter? From the People 1 1 oimunlcations sent to Tbe Journal for publication in this department abonld be writ ten on only one side of tbe paper, should net exceed S words in lencth and roust be ae- romQanied br tbe name and address of tbsj sender. If the writer does not desire to karef tbe name published be abonld so state. J Reviewing Mr. Spence's Tour. Portland, May 12. To the Editor of Tha Journal Tho valiant bond war- , rusa.da on roa(1 ynda. Has ho returned with his shield, or upon it? The objection Mr. Spence has to the ndwnfn ummed up. amount to tho following:: First ne wants the t license, ana i oacKwooas ram er man navo a ruau system handled by competent men. Second. ha doenot want to nay in terest on -bonds; he would rather waste the whole road income in the eternal repairing of mudholea than to-havo a road system such as every civilized countrv and Btate ha. Third, he does n3t-llke the people who are backing the road bond issue campaign. xsow l suppose ii tnose same people aro In favor, of upholding tho nreKldfint a hand In the Dresent war. Mr. SDence should be opposed to the war on that simple account. He also is In favor of farm loan bonds. ?oes he expect the state to give each farmer who borrows money for the de- velopment of his farm a flying ma- chine to get to market? Good roads are as necessary to the development of St'i;-; glMifey tne present city of Portland would be populated by tepees. All the arguments that tne People who are opposing tne wvi tKA ioa u xs v w aur an-cu wOss mos agaJnst tho seven billion dollar war bond Issue. We couM pay as we go in the war. When one small army was wo"l out nd def.eatedT6? I1V nuuiliCl HUtiagO a, a A, utvi y vv v.y eavu other small army. etc.. ad Infinitum. In that way we could have no army. and never have peace, ana sun pay as wrmpar,nf. tte meu billion war bonds with the six million road bondj, the difference Is that the Oregon leg- Mature was more considerate of the peoples wishes than the national con- ere lnaamucn M they. the legisia- ture, referred this bond issue to the people and asked them to pass it for the development or tne state, ine war not consider Mr. Spence at all. The roads built in Oregon will some M1? - used for the protection of the country ckna vmio. v o uu uu w -r how soon we shall need them for mill tary purposes. The United States gov eminent Is today organizing regiments of nlm"" " 80 3c", VVrinn ..u uuiiu whlch are the very life of an army, in closing. I would appeal to the people to take one-sixth the pride in their state as California and Washing- ton folks takJ ln thelrs California has gpent I33.000.00t) on state roads and Washington has spent almost as much. This Is the first Stat bond lUr l UUO ViBVis. -s. ,f ,n a v.nefl-ir under this bond issue, ut I am for it because of the unique arrangement whereby the tire manufacturers and auto spring makers will pay for it. The auto 11- -on -h Vwn doubled that will raise enough money, coupled with the present road millage, to pay orr prin JPft J Xxm 5lian iirpiul ln the road fund at the expiration of the time the road bond Issue Is due. ... t b readv at onc as monpv oniy one million is to be spent this year, two million next year and three mllll? 'r'ilf oZ commission will have spent only one- half th, fund wnen the next leglsla- ture meets; so if they, the commission. are such dishonest men mm tne op er on probation anm tlTe meeting of the legislature. Vote the bonds. Let have roads. Boost Ore- gon. ' THOS. A. 8WEEJNBT. Farmer, on Farm Help. Astoria, Or., May 11. To the Editor of The Journal fn studying up the farmers" Question regarding iarm neip. - - - exDerlence that lt ls their own fault If there is a short ace of help, not only at thla time but all other times, i nave apent tne largest part of my life farming and I havge alays paid my men the top-price and always got good men, but I will y tnat 1 have never paid enough, though I paid more than my neighbors .d An j wlll Bajr that tne poor farm hand does not get and never did J set either pay enough or fair treat I ment. as he has to work longer hours and to a greater disadvantage than any- I on a else, in other lines or industry. unless it is the sawmill hand who is I another man that has been very badly i treatea in tms wuuirr. no uu :n'nr1r vn hfljd nd lonir hours for small pay. I have pald;$50 a month for farm "Jhfi hundredweight, and butter for ,10 cents per pound and all other things in proportion, in Idaho, before makinsr here. But if I could make lt i there, then others can pay m propor- 1 tna help I want now and don't anticl- I pate any trouble, as i am to pay irom 176 to S10& per month for all the help I need and If a man ha to workanore than i0 hours I will give him time and a half for overtime. . T. J. MGIKNTS. Wanta Food Prices Prescribed. Portland.. May 11. To the Editor of The. Journal With a constant rise of the food prices, particularly on wheat. " "VZuti aZ. thlta j general mass meeting be held for the purpose or. obtaining signatures to a Srsx p on au -Uch foodstuffs and making it felony to charge any higher price 7 T.t" more directly to the consumers. Would ' i it not therefore, be a good plan xor , the newspapers throughout the coun try to immediately favor the holding or mass meetings to procure signatures to such a petition and ask our repre sentatives in .congress to relieve the present situation? With a guarantee on the limit to be charged for food stuffs, the man ' who enlists In the army and leave relatives Dehlnd will go with the assurance that the gov ernment will protect them at home while he is fighting for them at the front, FRANK SCHLEGEU Seconds Mr. Josselyn's Candidacy. Eueensk Or "May 11. To the Editor of The Journal Nothing has pleased me so much as the announcement ef candidacy of B. 8. Josselyn for the mayoralty of Portland the man of big affairs and business organization. I, knowing of his great ability as far back' as 1892, when he was one of the prominent officials and a member of the great Triennial committee of I the Knights Templar conclave or tnat year at Denver, which proved? to be one of most successful and greatest conclaves ever held In the United States, everything moving like clock work even to the time of the great parade, it starting at the exact time set, on which day Denver took care of 126.000 visitors and not a visitor had to walk the streets for want of a room or a meal that week. The whole city was mapped off in separate large volumes covering on a large scale the entire block, each page showing houses In that block, their capacity and how many could" be taken care of, one committee to, say, four or six blocks, and each committee held to strict account. Result, no fric tion; and, as I say, not one complaint was ever made. His. accomplishments since then in a large executive capacity surely fit Mr. Josselyn to give to Portland as mayor a great opportunity to forge ahead and take its place at tbe head of the great Pacific coast cities, of which Portland has no peer. Mr. Josselyn is known widely throughout the United States as of great execu tive ability, and surely a credit to his home city. The great success of the copclave I have always felt was due ln a large measure to Mr. Josselyn and his associates on the committee. I have not met Mr. Josselyn since then, but have continuously had in view his many accomplishments since that time in the business world, and am proud of his record. . JAMES H. GRAND ELU The Military Registration. Portland, May 11. To the Editor of The Journal In relation to the coming registration of ' men of militarv age.' belne- one of those asked to cooperate ln the so-called war census, I will say tnat, so nearly as I can learn, the cen sus, or registration (which will be conducted not at the homes, but ln the poling precincts), does not render any one. less liable to service if he does not register, but the contrary. By regis tering, ne is not eo likely to be drafted as if Tie stays away. On the whole, he 9 more apt to be excused from service by reason of his voluntary registration, as will presently be seen. Of course, we have the names and ages of more than 95 per cent of the men voters already; but this war census Is Intended to find out lust what trade. profession, occupation or calling a man has, and if it appears that he Is needed more at home, or ln th crafts and in dustries ln these strenuous times than ln the army, he will be so assigned and encouraged to remain where he can do the most good, even to the ex tent that the government will heh him to find the employment for which he ln fit Besides, if he has dependent relatives who could not spare him, though he be a common, or unskilled laborer, he will be so marked and classified. Not( one-tenth of those reg istered will be called to the colors ln the first 600,000 selected; and next year another oOO.OOO youths will ar rive at military age, and another reg istration may be needXul; so .that it is reasonably certain that not one in five or 10 perhaps oan expeet to be called out. By the way. I have three times in 20 years answered to the president's call on the very day it was Issued, and would go this time if they would take the married men. I answered for the fourth time the other day--and got turned down as "too old" and I'm not! . S. D. MARTIN. Tie Counts on the Editors. Portland. May 11. To the Editor of The Journal I see in the papers that I listing in the army, and I sup pes, the newspapers soon will (be rn by the women while the editors are at the front. Of course they will all go, aft;r they have done so much to get it started. They will go ln spite of thwlr age and infirmities. The editors would not prescribe something for our boy that they would not take themselves, of course. They are only waiting to be conscripted, as they don't believe in the volunteer system. A READER. A Land Grant's Status. Buntex, Or., May 4.To the Editor of The Journal I bought 80 acres of the wagon road grant land from the Willamette Valley and Cascades com pany, and I see in The Journal that the supreme court decided against the railroad company in the O. A C. grant case. It is my understanding that this grant is practically the sam. "What I was trying to get at is, if there ls going to be anything done with this grant. J. LESTER WILLIAMS. ' The Willamette Valley and Cas cades Company is ln a different situation from that of the O. & C grant. The holders of this grant many years ago took the precau tion to obtain adjudication of their title, and it was made safe for them. Purchasers accordingly need have no fear of disturbance at this day. Democrats of Khiva. rrora the Philadelphia Ie1cer. "The Khan of Khiva will 'grant a constitution to his people on broad. democratic lines.' Thus does the leaven permeate even through the great spaces washed with sun" of Central Asia, where RUssia nominally Tules and the tidings of the upheaval at Petrograd have come. But the man who put the Khiva on the map for the outside world was no friend of Rus sia. "When Colonel Frederick G. Burnaby made his famous ride to Khiva unattended in 1875 the Russians did all they could to stop him, and ln his book he vents his uncomplimentary opinion of them. It was Just 200 years ago that Peter the Great, wanting to get the gold out of the sands of the Ox us river, sent a force that fought a mighty batUewith the Khlvans. The Russian armfwon the battle and was annihilated piecemeal in the days that followed. In 1878 a Russian army of 10,000 -took the city after a merely per functory resistance and imposed on the khanate so heavy a war tax that lt has been shackled by the debt to Rim sla ever since. The glory of the great kingdom of Choraaraia, which con trolled the chief river of central Asia. has departed. A' population of less than a million, chiefly shepherds and rarmers, takes the color and complex ion of its politics from Russia ready- mada,j Tet lbs exampls of the khan will not be without its effect upon neighboring chieftains who enjoy the masque or. monarchy, ' , I PERTINENT COMMENT AND NEWS IN BRIEF SMAJLLi CHANGE Hoe handles will be worn long again this year, but 'the blades will be worn much shorter than usual. Could Betsy Ross have foreseen what a big business she was founding, how proud she would have been! Russia's new chie! of police Is Pro fessor Uravitch. Russians can't kick on that, for most or them really are viCchcs. ft might be different if the war were down in Italy somewhere. Then Homebody or other could hop across ii e nuoKon ana tne die would be cast. In these searching times, that an cient and almost exclusively American institution, the discard, is . ln for a sood rummaging. It holds no telling what. A wood saw never makes much nolXe but the one that is now undoubtedly being movvd dllleentlv uo and down by Venlzelo.-i seems about the last word in inaudibility. If there should b found bovs re luctant to plant, let them nt once be armed with beanshooters and told to see which can hit the mellow, loamy gurden siot the most times. Since "The Marseillaise" is havine m m sucn a vogue in.. America, we should an oe prouuer than ever that our 'Battle Hymn of the Republic" la the grand and wonderful thing It is-. A MAROONED NATION By Stouxhtoo Cboley. When in all history has a race found Itself ln such a predicament as the German people are today? A nation ality that has 6tofld ln the forefront of progressive .movements in art, music, literatureand science, i staB- gerlng to the point of exhaustion under the burden of a medieval government.' At a time when the peoples of the whole earth are moving toward great er political llbei'ty, they alone are barred from giving expression to their aspirations. Nay, the Fates have not been con tent with denying them the privilege of fighting for liberty; they have 'ar rayed them against the struggling democracies. At the very moment when Russia takes her stand among free governments, "the stupendous strength of the German people ls exhausting Itself ln defense of the bigoted Hohenzollerns, the degenerate Hapsburgs an& the unspeakable Turk. Surely the humiliation of a proud and worthy race could not be more com plete. . That the Germans themselves are conscious of the false position ln which they have been put is evident from the many reports of disturb ances within the empire that filter through the censorship. But lt Is still more certain from the demeanor of the citizens of this country who are of German birth or descent. At the be ginning of the war. and for a long time thereafter, they rallied to the de fense of the fatherland. This was a natural and reasonable Impulse, and Its expression was perfectly legiti mate; but advantage was taken by political leaders, and editors of Ger man papers to capitalize it for unwise if not dishonest purposes. " But as the real nature of the "tiered ltary rulers has been made clear by the war of "frightfulness" the citizens of Teutonic blood in this country have fallen silent. Even the editors who held out longest have lost thelr fighting spirit. From charging that the world has been prejudiced against Germany by the misrepresentations of Great Britain, they have come at last to see that, in supporting autocracy, they had been defending a wbited sepulchre which, though beautiful to them, was to others filled with un cleanness. ' These partisans clung tenaciously to their cause, but they have had the ground gradually cut from under them till they toppled over Into the pit digged for them by those whom they had so stoutly defended. Had the German nobility possessed a moiety of the sense given to ordinary people they might have conducted their cam paign with at least a semblance of de cency. ' Instead they chose to exem pyfy the old Greek proverb: Whom the gpds would destroy, they first make mad. Surely there never has been such madness before in high places. That it should have escaped so long the censure of the Germans Is due to their admirable but misdirected reverence for government. And its final dissipa tion would be amusing were it not so pathetic not to say tragic. The cumulative evidence piled up by the war of "frightfulness" had all but .convinced Germany's friend in this country before the Zimmerman note was made public That was tbe rock upon which the German editors came to grief. They denied most emphati cally its genuineness. Even bad the German government been bait enough to do such a thing, they -said, lt would not do lt in such a stupid way as that HOW TO OVERSTIMULATION. The twentl-' eth century, in Its tense race for the goal of civilization, has become an age of overstimulation. All around us w see Jobs, opportunities, routines that prod the brain and nerve cells of hu man beings almost beyond their ca pacity. The rapid pace of modern life, the pageant of human events crowd ing so fast upon themselves." new in ventions, morbid and exciting plays and books, crimes, horrors, wars, and even intense Joys, hourly Impinge up on our nervous systems, flashed there by the printed page from morning un til night. In . addition to these impersonal stimulants from without, constantly from .within w are overatimulated bs our wrong way of living. Complex sensations are constantly dividing, dls. 4ractlng the brain Impulses that con trol our bodies. Highly seasoned foods, th feverish struggle to keep pace with our neighbors, wracking con tests ln sports, gambling, the spurring on of our fatigued bodies by drugs or alcohol, are some of the exciting fac tors that we personally tolerate. Normal nervous' and mental activ ity caused by th circulation ln the blood Of substances formed by the different organs and called "hor mones" Is accompanied by a peculiar sens of well ' being. This glow pf animal spirits is quite different from th artificial sense of well being cre PERSONAL. MENTION Judge BlnRham Arrived. Judge George G. Bingham of Salem, Who will take the place of Judge Gan tenbein on the circuit eourt bench, is registered at the Imperial hotel. "-.' Gleen W. Cheny, from Ben, is at the Portland. ' ; W. ME. Jaburg of Pullman, Wash.; ls staying at the Washington, i Charles Webb of New York city is at the Oregon. -. L. S. Vincent of Pendleton ls at the Imperial. ' j ; Mr. and Mrs. P. Ci Brown of Tilla mook are. at th Cornelius. i 1 .-: Blair'- of '-th NorTWestcrtl OREGON SU1EUGUT8 Residents of Squaw Flat, in Lake county, the Iake County Tribune says, report fresh hunch grass two inches hign. "Soon dandelions and sheep sor rel will be large enough for greens and will aid very materially in solving' the nigh cost of living problem,'' concludes the Tribune. Emil Israel, who moved his family back to Oklahoma about six weeks there and the weather cold. There has been no rain there for nearly a year until recently and the rail wnear nas dried up and the ground is being put Into coin. E. H. Shepard of "llood River will, tho Glacier Kays, probably establish a mid-Columbia rocord this season for early sweet corn, despite the backward i''s of the season. Mr. Shepard has several row s of corn across th ararden Lat his West SUle place nix inches high. j. no corn was started ln the house in cans. s An express shipment of 900 baby (Thickens to a single Washington county consignee from a point ln the state of Washington, is reported in the For est Grove News. Times, which says lurther: "More chicks are being re ceived this year than ever before. Peo ple seem to think that it is cheaper und more satisfactory to ret the. chicks by express than by the biddy method." proposed ln the Zimmerman note. The absurdity of the note itself, they claimed, was complete evidence of its falsity. Such a position at a time when faith in the German foreign of fice was all but exhausted resulted in a complete collapse on the admission that the note was genuine. As knight errantry disappeared amid guffaws at the appearance of Don Quixote, so the ITohenzollern partisans in this coun try fell Ellent on the appearance of ' the Zimmerman note. It does not require the gift of prophecy to see that the age of de mocracy has dawned. Kaisers, kings, prtfncelings and nobles wlll cling to their privileges until shaken loose, but shaken loore they undoubtedly will be. The King of England may be permitted to remain for a time, pos sibly for life, because he has already been shorn of all political power, anl ls now merely a very expensive social ornament. The kings of Spain and Italy also may reign for a few years, as they also have ceased to rule ar.d have talked' familiarly of the idea of a republican form of government for their countries. Albert of Belgium and Wilhelmlna of Holland are held ln pe culiar affection by their, people; but the kinpa of Norway and Sweden, Den mark, Greece and the Balkan states will either be reduced to political non entities like the King of England jar compelled to step aside to make room for republics. Can anyone believe that ln such an event the German people wlll tolerate the kaiser end the Emperor of Aus- tria-Hungary? Not if they had con cluded a successful war could those rulers have long withstood the sweep ing tide of democracy. How much less, then. Will they be abl. to with stand it in the face of defeat? English philosophers long ago rec ognized the fact that in the Revolt of the American eVlonies in rr76 the colenists were fighting for the cause of English liberty ln England as well as in America; for the same movement e sam movement xf , " y f the king on tno traln for Portland, and where he this side of the ocean led to the re- waJ1 interviewed for the Medford Mall incval of his political power at home. Tribune. "I have done all kinds of The same thing will be true of Amer- hard -work ln .j, pi4rt9 of tnR worid. leas war upon Germany. It ls a bitter but never anything in the way of gar dose for Americans of German blood dening or planting. I don't know why. to be compelled to fight against the but I Just hate the Idea even of tilling i.uicimuu, ui icbi uiuim luey win do lt if called upon, and prove them I selves to be among our most steadfast s i . t . They will fight the battles of .their adopted country as a matter of duty. for if they will, sacrifice so much in frehalf of sn autocratic government. in which a single individual by divine rfghr declares war and makes peace, how much more will they give in the service of a government that rests upon political equality. And the time Is not distant when they will realise, as tbe people of England did. that ln fighting the battles of America they were fighting for the liberation of the German people. Nor is that all of the present war. America too must clean house. The charge that we have grown careless of our liberties through too much prosperity has some truth, The country as a country la prosperous beyond any example in history, but that cannot be said of all our people. Yet that condition roust be brought about before America can b said to have achieved its mission. Unless we do a little houseeleanlng th revolu tion that ls sweeping through Europe, and already has come to a head ln Russia, wlll find some fuel to feed upon in the United States. BE HEALTHY ated by drugs or stimulants. Watch a group of boys seemingly Insane with th mere Joy of being alive. Their exuberance ls caused by hor mones and comes quite naturally, as youths they escape tuberculosa by th practice of outdoor sports, as men they invite apoplexy and Bright's disease by abandoning these healthful habits and settling down into the dead air and physical sloth of office life. They then suffer from both the overstimulation of excessive work and heavy eating, as well as often narcotizing their systems with alcohol and tobacco. AH of us are more or less liable to be, stricken at some period of our lives, by any on of th great racial diseases, such as pasumonla or . ty phoid. If our bodies ar habitually overstimulated by false ways of liv ing and by drugs or drinks, what stimulation to tide us ever disease attacks ls there left to fall back upon? The gfeat sheet anchors, like brandy and strychnia, that doctors us ln fighting certain diseases, will surely by degraded ln their life-saving serv ices if applied to constitutions already too Inured to stimulation fr react at the right signal. So try to get back on th path of normal living if you find yourself keyed too high. Tomorrow: "Bacillus Tuberculosis (No. 1). Steamship company of San Francisco is at th Portland. R. C. Roadman of Rosebnrf ls reg istered at the Imperial. George M. Tuttle of Seattle Is at the Oregon. Angus Allmond of Pittsburg is spending a few days ln Portland, and is registered at the Multnomah. C. G. L Masters of Amity, Or, ls staying at the Perkins. John Skogs, Detroit, MIeh., Is at th Carlton. J. C. Twohy of Spokane, Wash-, Is at the Portland. George W. . Klger of Tillamook lay at the Washington. , John K. Smith of Woodbnn ls at the Multnomah. . Mr, and Mm. XL T. AVal 'are ' regis tered at. the Multnomah, , ;. Rag Tag and Bobtail Stories From Everywhere I To this. column all readers of Tbe Jos rami are invited to contribute urlsinal natter la storj-. la sen or la pblloaopUlcsl obamatlos or striking qootatlims, tnxu mar source. Coae trlbuUuo of eicvuOuoal merit wiU be pals tat at tbe edlt-jr s appraisal. Thuh Yer.ee Worst. pRIENDS of Charles M. 'schwaft, rather recently, to take up golf. Once initiated, he tackled the pastime with his customary enthusiasm, but bia game is alike the wonder and despair of his friends. Last summer Schwab used to play occasionally with "Arch"' Johnston, on of his vice-presidents in the Bethle hem Steel company. Johnston was a more experienced player, and won with monotonous regularity, says the- New York Events' Post Magazine. "Mr. Schwab will ret discouraged if you keep on," Mrs. Johnstoa sug gested to her husband one evening. "Why don't you find some on who plays a little worse than he, so that he can win a few games?" "Great Idea!" cried Johnston; then suddenly he grew thoughtful. "What's the matter?" asked his wife. "By George!" he exclaimed. "I don't befteve I know any one who play a worse game than Charlie." Drive" On. Lady (asking Jor the third tlms Have we reached No. 23 4 yet? Conductor Yes. mum. Her you are. (Stops bus). Lady Oh, I Cidn'f want to get out. I only wanted to show my little Fldo wnere he was born. Household Hints. Mother is wearing a picture hat. And silken hose has she "I wonder where she aot all that. Said I. "I'll ask and see." She garnered up some papers old. And when the musty things were sold. Mother had change and cash galore For hat and hose and a few things more. Father no longer walks to work; He. rides in his auto new. Said I. "Some romance here must lurk; ThiB man I'll interview." He had tilled and planted the pansv bed With a few choice spuds, the old man said. And as a result he had gleaned the kale To buy at the recent auto sale. Johfmy has bought a brand new gun. A fishing pole and hooks. His cap, I'm sure, ls a pretty one; "His suit how clean lt looks; To the Junk man Johnny had bartered away The ragged duds of yesterday. And rolling in wealth he bought new clothes And how much else John only knows. Bister ls wearing a jeweled ring, Her petticoats all are silk; She's buying now full many a thing Of similar feminine ilk For sister was quick to see her chance. Adopting those method! or nign fi nance; She slyly planted some onion sets. And now whatever she wants, she gets. Everett Earle ' Stanard. The Farmer's Awful Fate. Chief Quartermaster Norstrom of tho navy is one seafaring man, con trary ,to the story books and novels, who has no us for farming nor gar- j ZlwlJ, j f ' iw.eJ g "In my 40 years of sea life." N'orstrom while waltlna- at the i i . i. n-. . . k . ine wi. And i P'y tne rarmers so. Theirs must be ah awful life.' The Judge's Joke. That even the dignified members of supreme courts sometimes resort ; to humor, in writing their opinions Is evidenced by the opinion in the case of James 8. iiart et al. vs. the City of Independence, affirmed lat week. Th case involved the straightening of a street ln Independence, and ln refer ring to a survey made by the county surveyor. Chief Justice McBrlde, who wrote the opinion, said: "Evidently it was not a 'government corner,' because, the government sur veys are not marked by beer bottles buried in the ground; and lt is matter of common knowledge that in the early 'fifties, when these donation claims were being surveyed. Oregon was in a state of pristine purity and sobriety and beer bottles were unknown. Bo this beer bottle which the surveyor found and dug up and Identifies as such must belong to a more recent geo logical perVd than that extending from 1850 to 1854." "A Bit of Joy. Come out into the alley, dear. To see a bird with me; The whltethroat's singing on a bush, The towhee's there to sea The phoebe dart from out his plac To catch a little .bug; The sapsucks climbing up a tre. Just hear nlm go "Jug, Jug." The kinglet "kings" it over all. The hermit flits about. The spring is here, th birds are here. Oh, come, we must get out. , .Tl- w' u I Yet Joy I find, and life I find. wun snring, the oiras ana you. Susan Burdick Iavlw in Chicago Pos'. Counting the Cost, Don't you think we'd bett?r She: 1 make an estimate of how much it will cost to get married? He: Never! Why, couldn't afford it. If we did, w In Reply to "5L L. P.- You say" if Teddy wants to fight. Why. let him go to France; And 1 agree. Just fit him out And give him half a chanc. He has suggested it himself. And needs no one's advice; Just the president's permission. And bell be there in a trie. Our brave young men won't stay at home. As you suggest they might; They're as anxious as the Colonel To take up arms and fight. In aitanding by the Stars and Stripes And Woodrow Wilson too. For France to meet the roe. To "Honest Abe all honor be! H did not fear to fight; And Teddy Roosevelt has proved His bravery all right. He may be wiser, when he comes With horrors, home, so fin; But he'll never meet th kaiser . Upon th firing line. H An cunningly protected When it pleases him to roan. But his own deluded people Will attend to him. at home: Though destruction falls to reach hlra In th swirl of battl rout. Like his neighbor, czar of Russia, He'll b stepping down and out. U L M. I'ncle Jeff Know . Saysi Dad Meecham is dead sur h eoald drive th Germans plum back to Berlin with his double-barrelled shots; in, loaded with buckshot, and he offers to arm four of his grandsons with the weapon If they will go to Franca. Da-l has aa Idee war ls jusf th ami aa when he chased Johnnies- and the Johnnies chased hlm through Georgia, :