THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL POimJUm. TUESDAY.- JUNE . J, 1917.
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Vo each hi a sufferings; all ara men,
Cotxleoined alika to rroun:
, The tendrr for another's pain,
Th' onfvcliuf tor bis own,
THE . RED CROSS SUMMONS
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T IS a privilege more than a
duty to alleviate suffering.
The world is inadequately
prepared to bestow succor and
relief even in time of peace.
Our hospitals are numerous and
-alghly efficient. Our state insti
tutions and private institutions for
'the care of those in pain reach
but part of the submerged. Even
without war, we do not reach all
wio need our ministrations.
But when there is a great war,
- 'what? When that war is the most
merciless, tho most destructive, the
, most terrible in human annals.
: What?
; , The task of caring for those
- whom the great battlefields con
; itantly send to the rear is almost
as great as the task of conducting
the war. It is a super endeavor
It is herculean in its proportions.
It requires money and grea
armies of workers. it requires
bandages and laboratories. It re
. Quires hospitals and transportation
nd attendants. It requires every
thing in unlimited amounts.
In the Serbian campaign at one
time it was 4 0 miles to the nearest
' X-ray machine. Wounded soldiers
bad to be hauled in rough carts
that moved two miles an hour or
';. Jess for X-ray examination. The
horrible suffering to which these
Tnifortunates were subjected is be
yond description.
- To plant behind the shell-swept
' battle fronts the Implements and
devices of succor is a priceless
privilege. It is a .satisfying thought
. that even an orphan's pittance is
. contributed. It is a glorious rea.l
v ration to the rich man to know
that he is able to g've to such a
, cause. There is a sweet conscious
Xtess that is sequel to the act when
we contribute even a mite to the
succor of the suffering.
There is appeal for Portland to
v tdo her part in this exalted work
Of ministration. There is call for
those who have, to spare some
: ; thing to heal the wounds and ease
the pain of a stricken soldier.
To mark the changing color as it flits
across his cheek,
.-..To feel his very wishes ere the fever
ish lip can speak,
t To listen for the weakest word, watch
V for the lightest token,
? (Oh, bliss, that such" a dream should
be! Oh. pain, that It la broken'
WHY INCREASED RATES?
T WASHINGTON, the railroads are attempting to Justify their de
mand for an Increase In rates.
The Union Pacific is among the petitioners. A glimpse at
recent earnings of the Union Pacific is of value in considering
the proposed increase. The Union Pacific system is composed ot the
Union Pacific the Oregon Short Line and Oregon-Washington Railway
& Navigation. The last two are owned unconditionally and absolutely
by the Union Pacific.
The reason for maintaining separate organizations does not concern.
the public. It is done to carry, out the purposes of the" owners. There
can be no segregation of ownership or operation. In no true or prac
tical operating sense Is there an O-W. R. & N. company. It is simply
a division of the Union , Pacific system. Its separate existence and
accounting is for the convenience of its owners.
In fact, if the O-W. R. & N. and the Short Line were 'taken away
from the Union Pacific, there would be no Union Pacific as now under
stood. With these facts in mind, it is interesting to consider the earnings
of the system for a peftod of four years. The iotal net operating in
come after allowing lor taxes and paying of all expenses for the first
four months of the years 1914 to 1917 inclusive, are as follows:
1317 1915 1915 1914
$10,180,007 .111,509.198 88,358.184 1,963,488
The decrease in the net earnings in J.917 as compared with 1916
was the result of the heavy storms that practically closed the road to
traffic for a considerable period.
The figures also include increased expenses caused by advances in
wages, salaries and operating cost. As proof that the decreased earn
ings resulted from storms, it will be noted that the net earnings for
the months of April for the same years after the storms had passed,
were:
1917 ' 1918 1915 1914
It Is here seen that the earnings for April, 1917, are more than
twice what they were in 1915. The Union Pacific pays regular divi
dends of eight per cent and has paid that much or more for year
n addition, it has carried millions of dollars each year to the surplus
account. This year, the company has already declared two extra divi
dends. With its owners asking for heavily increased rates, the road, in
view of its earnings, seems to be without justification In demanding an
advance.
What. we know is that Its earnings in Oregon and Washington
could be largely increased by routing" traffic over its water level grade
rather than over the Cascade mountains In, a joint haul with northern
lines. And it could further cut operating cost by making Portland its
real terminal Instead of hauling Transpacific shipments via Puget Sound
an added distance of 18S useless and wasteful miles.
the service to remain as It la.
EDWARD P. FRAN BEN.
Now, for want of It, she Is obliged -Wilcox to use his Influence to allow
to keep up a lane of vessels from
Dover to Calais to guard her trans
ports and supply ships going to the
help of the French.
Necessity ,1s the mother of In
vention. The railing submarines
may outwit their foes on the water
but is it quite certain that they
will not be circumvented in the
air? The airship i only at the
threshold of its usefulness. We are
no prophets, but we should not be
much astonished to read of a vast
fleet of airships carrying men, mu
nitions and coal from England to
France before a great while.
Why do not our Inventors, who
desire so eagerly to overcome the
submarine menace turn some of
their thoughts to the possibilities
of the air? Imagine a million air
ships In one Immense flock de
scending upon Germany. What
could withstand them?
ducing ships to baffle the subma
rines.
No doubt-if the mass of hirman
beings could be brought nearer
to some worthy standard we should
have a more habitable world. In
dividuality is a precious boonhut
in a country where there is noth
ing but individuality Bome other
boons are apt to be scarce. If all
our youth could enjoy four year3
of such standardization as the Ag
ricultural college bestows might
it not be well for them?
are all assembled they ought to be
ahle to deliver a staggering blow
against the kaiser.
TO ASCENDENCY
Senator Lane
Portland, June 4. To the Bditor of
Tho Journal Concerning- the death of
Senator lane I want to say a word
of personal regret, not only because
he represented tho people of Oregon
aa United State senator but beeauso
he represented peculiarly. If I may be
permitted to use that word In this con
nection, those who believe In honesty
as a cardinal principle In such gov
ernmental function; and whatever may
be my deserts, I am certainly an en
thuslaatlo partisan of that principle
in tho desperate warfare in which It
la constantly engaged against the In
terminable rabble of the Philistine
and tbo" Infidel.
His title to this distinction cannot
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PERTINENT COMMENT AND NEWS IN BRIEF
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Rag Tag and Bobtail
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SMALL CHANGE
There Is no corrupt practices act to
keep anybody from boostina for regis
tration aa KegUtratioa day.
Manual of Portugal, It Is reported, is
devoting himsolf to Bed Cross work.
J-Boy, page Oalcy Dt Lye.
"The first mosquito of the season"
has not been reported -yet. This late-ln-the-fall
spring climate ha its com-Densatlona.
a 1 ......... V mw.A monhlnn"
If the Japanese ct Into the war It - ",
e mem to rou up mo; vv. I. uoraon or
OUKCJOX SIDELIGHTS
St
ones from everywhere
er atrthlog quotations, truta any aourc. Crm
trltnitloaaX aacriiikiual muiil will lim paid lor,
at la adilar'a aypiaMlvl
Representatives of the Union Pa-'
cific are at Washington trying to
Justify the Increased rates de
manded by the railroads. While
thus engaged, It would be fitting
for the company to state publicly
and authoritatively why it did not
publish the reduced lumber rates
to the Missouri river which less
than a year ago it officially an
nounced would be made. The true
story of its failure to put the lower
rates into effect v.ould be more
interesting reading than are its
reasons for increased rates.
wnuM hit 4-iat Ilka
Russians on tbelr way acioss and
punch them back Into the fray.
These enthusiastic and patriotic
young women who offer to aiss f-
rmit, aa tha pnlint. forraC that Un-
ho gainsaid, for those who attacked i aar this selective system tbe recruits
him In his life with every weapon of might want to do a little selecting
the villain, now. with the characters- memseivea. . .
tic opportunism of the coward, hasten wonder how our American boys will
io Dame itcir sapicni maea in mo . ta)c.e this kissing stuxr. tnat me Dig
effulgent memory of tho man whom , Krench general always hands out with
tncy hated because he was honest, ana the Cross of tne Legion or Honor, or
to gather benefits from their vile wnaiever u is mey oang on m utu.er
The Forest Grove News-Times re- I (To thla column all rradcra of TUa Journal
ports arrangements proceeding nicely . era lavitad o tuatribuu original matur 4a
lOr tue rortnCOming Biaio urauia 111 J t rv or in pauusnviiirai uDMrttii
encampment.
T. J. Thrift of'Coqullls baa a sort
of stumn puller on a amall scale which
he Is usirg to clear his yard of dande- Some Patriotism
I I ..a aifj. a. W .tanalJ a. - am t ha Tt hf I
' .... ik i iVita. tha imtltial. AN EXTHAOUD1NARY number t
whs.. wa fnl!v thra feet Ion " SUrgiCMl operations are being per-
and which was about the limit of the I lurmud in th. town at omo of th
hospitals, says oirura, in tue inu-
National
bank of Kugene, who acts As a free la-
Letters From the People
eulogies of tho man and his honesty,
Perhapa they do this without much
trudging, because they never can know
the value of the lualltj they admit.
That "an honest man is the noblest
work of God," they deem only the
aporing of some moon-struck' poet
and of no force in the practical af
fairs of this world.
That the attaekn made upon Sen
ator Lane in his latter days shortened
his life and services I have but little
doubt. All of his Public life had beca
spent in the face of powerful antagon
ism of the order indicated by these at
tacks; for instance, the proposal by
the Chamber of Commerce of Eugejie
Vo chango the nr.rne of Lane county.
(I wish I had spaco to quote the re
marks of Judge Remeberg ot Seattle
upon chambers of commerce in gerv-
eral, cn a.n occasion when he was de
fending the port of Seattle against me
rinistcr attacks of tho Seattle "cham
ber.")
heroes.
In France an Inventor, it la reported,
has brought out artificial eyes made of
rubber, which are said to be better for
thr nnrnoia than rlass eyes. Could
I not the invention also be extended to
baseball pitchers arms
The settlement of Ireland's prob
lems looks easy, now, after contem
plating Russia's. Lloyd, George at
least finds the Irish wanting to do
I something. . But poor old Kerenskyi
That s his trouble nis Kussians oon i
want to do-a blessed thing.
bor agent, is quoted by the Register as
saying that the farmers of Lane coun
ty ao not seem 10 nave any inurisis
of help for their crops at the present
time. lie says he has supplied a
number of farmers with men, but
there is little demand.
-All in one day, says the Pendleton
East Oregonlan, "was announced the
ubscrib!ng by Pendleton of $400,000
worth of liberty bonds and the forma
tion of a crack cavalry troop with the
champion buckaroo of the world as
captain: that is rome record for the
town and one of which all loyal Pen
dletonians will be proud."
This note of travel was written by
the Pendleton F.ast Orsronlan'e Mea-
cham correspondent on May Zi: "Traf
fic over the mountains has been guite
heavy, considering the road conditions.
On Thursday a group of eight autos
got over, but others have been 'stuck'
and had to cail on some team to drag
them out. Some travelers in covered
wagons have even been game enough,
to travel this early."
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SEDITIOUS CONSPIRACY
We note that the beach resorts
are now advertising that the sea-,
son is open, which ought to be
good news for the overheated can
didates for office who have an op
portunity to cool off.
CAN IT HAPPEN TWICE?
I
T IS a comfort sometimes to be
lieve, if we can, that history
never repeats itself. If this
article of faith were infallibly
true the world would feel assured
that Russia would not desert her
allies now because she deserted
them once before. In the days of
Frederick the Great Russia joined
in a war against him as the ally of
Austria and France.
At the decisive moment when
Frederick was at his last gasp and
almost ready to sue for peace, Rus
sia changed rulers, deserted her
old friends, joined forces with her
enemy and saved the day for Prus
sia and despotism.
In the crisis of the present war
Russia has changed the whole
structure of her government. For
some time the consequence seemed
likely to repeat the old story and
work out salvation for Prussian
despotism again. But if history
never repeats itself we need not
fear, of course, that anything of
the sort can happen. Still, If it
should happen, it would be an in
teresting coincidence. Formerly
Prussia was saved by a sister des
pot, the queen of Russia. If it is
saved now it will be by the Rus
sian radicals. War makes strango
bedfellows.
F PORTLAND will only
now In carrying on the great her rights,
i Improvement work projected b
the different bodies Interested
in expanding the business of
the city; if Portland will stand firm
in the purpose of building and oper
ating Portland-owned ships and en
couraging the establishment here of
foreign-owned lines; if Portland will
vote the bonds for the freight and
grain terminal at the election Mon
daythis community will enjoy a
real prosperity and will be placed on
a basis more stable than was ever
dreamed of in the earlier years."
From statement by H. L. Corbett.
president of the Portland Chamber
of Commerce.
There Is an increasing sentiment
for Portland-owned ships. There
is a growing realization of the im
portance of building up Portland's
ocean commerce.
It was once thought here that
swapping town lots would build a
I Communications sent to Tba Journal for
publication In tbls dapartmeot aUoold be writ
ten on only ona aide of the paper, anon Id not
exceed BoO words In length and most be ae
compaoled by tbe nun and addra of tbe
sender. If tba writer doea not desire to save
tba name pabUabed be should ao atataj
The Proposed Shipping Merger
Portland, May 31. To the Editor of
The Journal Portland Is today com
mercially fighting her life and death
struggle. Her enemies are crowding
her closer every day, full well know
ing that some day she will eventually
Join overcome the -obstructions and claim
Their advance guards have
taken the outposts, and they are now
preparing a bold flank action, which
must be resisted. Portland must
awaken, shako off Its coat of mossy
inaction, and every citizen must take
an interest in the commercial as well
as civic affairs of our city Snd ex
press his or her sentiments In no un
mistakablo terms.
Sunday's paper announces a pro
posed ahipping merger. Hesitatingly.
the promoters are feeling the public
pulse. to see if we will fall for their
bait and accept their Questionable
From the Boaton Globe (May SO.)
While It Is possible to understand
ihe motives of some of tho men and
omen who are today urging young
men between the ages of 21 and 31
not to register next Tuesday. It is man-
Anil the senator had acauired i lfostly the duty of all Barents or
a somewhat gloomy cynicism which i friends who have he best Interests of
tinctured his political philosophy and those young men at heart to make
probably broke down the bulwarks of
his spirit and hastened the progress
of his physical malady.
It was quite a storm of protest his
enemies and weak friends sent up
against his last and forlorn stand to
keep the people whom ho loved out of
this fateful and hideous war, in which
ho saw, as wo all can see, that mere
commercial rivalry plays a dominating
part. I did not agree with him, and
so never felt called upon, discouraged
as I waa ir. my own personal efforts
against thoso who use public position
to exploit the public, to defend him
against the meretricious letter writers
attacking him, but I am now forenorno
to say that hu certainly was within
his rights in his position and sus
tained it with a brave and wholesome
logic. A spontaneous sincerity shed
Its light through his remarks, and
lime may prove that he was right and
we wrong. Anyhow, he was not a
recreant. The country never would
nad reason to complain of his loyalty,
while I have no doubt but many cf
i those attacking him with the least re
straint, like the Eugene Chamber of
Commerce, will be found not so often
with a soldier's uniform on their backs
DTODOSitiOn Without mnnilninKa Th
Parifin KtMmthin .nmnonv hth v,o- I as with their hands in the pockets of
an option on the steamers Great North- th.lform on the baok of omo other
.tsrstS ha?liudtrdatt6 rvuamy 1
river-San Francisco run and of many lettefa T hfLV? rec ,ted fronm
place thern In service between Seattle lllm concerning the protection of the
and San Francisco. In their place people's rights in public properties
will be scrapped upon Portland two of attacked by rapacious speculators:
meir otaer Doais, wnicn tney tainn "i appreciate your efforts to secure
Will SerVA Ua ritt Pf rr In Ka mflra In r - V.I11 I.a.I 1 o n
City. There was so much success the point, to suit their convenience. lad grant, and quite agree with your
in that line that the Impression Furthermore, the North Bank road will views on the subject, but I feel and
spread that nothing else was faJ1 utterly in its promises to this city at times have felt that it would be
nooHoA 11 11 removes this service. well nigh impossible to secure the
upon being consulted, could for one at the hands of congress. I am sorry
to near your neaitn is railing You
s service to the peo-
ed yourself in doing
rui cl uuiu, iiatu juuuaun a uyvu uuug cgaauiiea, couia lor one " w "lc vi. v
money came to him sp easy that he minute consider giving up a positive ' ner your h
thought It wrmlrl nlwavs mm asset for a mere Promise, which, if we have done yem?nj
tnoilgnt It would always come wenj j according to promises P'e anJ impoverish
easy. He is broke now
made by other transportation eon- u.- -1 caa,n Pres to you my appre
tsure that none of the arguments ad
vanced by those seeking to hinder tho
government In its selection of an army
of America's manhood carry any Influ
ence. It Is evident from the dispatches
that the movement seeking to reduce
tho registration Is widespread, in that
Its advocates have made their pres
ence known in many parts of the coun
try, but is small in volume. In its
ranks are clncer-v opponents of mill
'xrism, radical thinkers of more dar
ing than common sense and actual trai
tors and representatives of the enemy.
All of them are rendering themselves
liable to a term In Jail and any young
1 man who listens to their plea is also
liable to Imprisonment, and in neither
case Is thero any provision for the al
ternative of a fire. ,
It is indeed bad" adVlcc that Tut the
giver and the receiver behind the bars.
Even the sincere opponent of the
selective draft must realize that de
fiance of the law of the United States
and a united public opinion in those
states is not only unpatriotic, but ex
tremely dangerous as well.
Such propaganda Is conducted by
misguidod principles. The present law
is absolutely democratic and totally
unlike the drafts in 1S63, which were
punitive and unfair. In those days a
man could buy his exemption Tor 1300.
Today exemption is not a matter of
wealth, but of duty.
EVery young man himself should
also make euro that his friends who
are liable do not fall to register. Every
young man who fails to register will
not only eventually land In Jail, but ne
will also force some other man, per
haps less able to perform this ardu
ous duty, to take bis place in the ranks.
The young man who fails to regis
ter will blast his reputation and ause
a hardship on his fellow countrymen.
He will be a public charge and will
have cast a stigma uponhis name that
. . - r,,Tinrl nf th- ,r,Tie n, vn,i. n.;.. nave casi a sugma upon nis name tnat
An Eastern Oregon merchant, cerns, would not be worth the paper It IV0" f i1!1 f?ou.rpurp?s.e will bo bard in later vears to eradi-
banker and stockman once cam nak. a
to Portland with his ains.
Anrlna t air a no ara n-nnKI -Tfrt4 I ,w . ia. rv. I.. w -
it si; " .7 7" rr,: th yr work wm be reCOg- u -r ,. man.
was the boom time, and he made their front pages some such annoGncV "Tn IWnu , VVh. iV.r: L"" B.,1 52! "ii1"1 1.?"
extravagant profits in real estate en t a. this: "Columbia river bar lhat the senator did not in hi awn ' forsd "In on solid rank .ndrfZ
Tt waa oil ort dov oica.uij.inya nurin?ra fu.- I field, fel th hon h i.rrl ..r,- I
speculations.
easy n M v l"-'u' ""i'" urgea upon me. or me laeais to wnicn mis nation .
that he thoueht it would alwava V" ". .-""r"-r "cvermtiess nis soul was upon the consecrated.- but youth is a care-free
- uuu I Mil, Will 1 U 11 uui OL Dwiue.
be so. He started a bank, it col
lapsed and he died bankrupt
Would sound nioe wouldn't It?
tight, however distant It mav be ainr! age and heavy responsibilities ome-
Such his feet willingly trod the rockv road times mat lightly on the shoulds
is the trap laid to get our hard earned I leading to the millennial heights.
ln-
rpi,.,. , i . ijcwojua. j. iity any uui we win gei i oLuau ui ma uroaa nignway traveled
la wm, a, w acnu- four boatg then B t have four by the multitudes devoted to the mnn.
wiicy. a city cannot mane its boats now. and, even If they do not feasible" grades which load down to
place in the sun without creating carry as much per trip, the present th other place, where the ultimate
something that is anhatantial four carry more per month, duo to foonery Is the blanched skulls and tor-
r-- . i their sueprior speed. Let us never ruroa BOUls or erring humanity
"re must, db BomexninK stamp lk . ..... t n -riv-mim
. I iJU 1 S l. IWO 11 CIUC1IUUUQ aUVCI llOiilK 1 " " "VJ --aU-a.a
oa wmcn enterprise can nounsr. value of having these big ships com
and labor be employed. ing into the Columbia river. Thla one
V.vorv Btndonr lrTinwa wr.ot mnr1tt Ielur alone ls worth every tnf n
If Mayor Albee would gather in
L.i,!! those energetic tongmen who
insist on snooting up the town and
put them to work shooting stumps
on some of the waste land nearby,
,lt might not only make them more
peaceful but at the same time in
crease, the food producing area.
STANDARDIZATION
T
HE great secret of the speed
with which our modern milU
grind out their grist is stand
araisatlon. We mean the
Y. mills of Industry, whoso varieties
tre , as the sands of the sea for
, multitude. Every bolt, screw, pin
ion. Is standardized so accurately
that the parts of an automobile
can be purchased in a hundred
different manufactories and fitted
together "without alteration.
i Thorsten veblen says in his
great work on the "Theory of Bus
iness Enterprise" that "modern in
dustry has Utile use for and can
make little use "of what does not
f conform to the standard." This
applies perhaps, as maeh to hu
man material as to screws and
holts. There Js a curious stand
ftrdlzation aprfirent among "bust
nest men" who are apt to dress
,vct . and think alike, follow the
game habits and seek the same
.amusements. The unstandardized
person does not find a particularly
i'warm acceptance in business cir
cles. ..
- The truth of Vehlen's remark
Is seen n the new stress of ehip-
tuildlBf under Mr. Ooethals di
rection. , All th parts are to be
standardized.' It is predicted that
fhl will douhle the rate , of pro-
I
It is now ahout time for the
weather man to revolt and tell the
truth. It has not been the war
that has caused the rain, but the
sorrow of the candidates that have
caused the clouls to weep.
Two Million Idle Boys
From the Ynoth's Comnanlon.
rmivfininnnrt thai wa mov Vi fi , - t n I Xffllii tf Ihnca nVi n.A ,
Venice, what made the Cities along stand. Then, again, what advantage Posed to compulsory military service
the Mediterranean, what made Car- would this city get from a Seattle con- would most heartily approve conscriD-
thage, what made Great Britain trolled company? The railroads would tlon and draft if it could be applied ; often listened '.hemselves to misguided
QViirnin- ta vnoct .v, .,.,. AiA assist them, literally, to put Portland idle Dys and made the means of i or mischievous counsel not to realize
r keeping them at work. A nnmmiiia. i tlso that vour.ar men ara nnt fmmi.n
Manufacture always follows Sound-California route via the "Palaoes that has been Investigating the matter I to such influence
cllinnlTlor haKO USA tVio ehlnni.n Palfi,." If n., . K . rl)OriCQ lO government aUthflrltlAa
'M,u lu iuiiv.io mo anitiea ....,.. .h ,it ,ii h. I a ""'a one wno haB
quired for - exchange in foreign vious. ' iQuhv i va.cant-.''1. loose-Upped
markets. The shipa come first; Now, let me ask these questions, in- er8 who hfng around cUy tree r'-
WHY WE DOUBT
I
F SOME of our Socialists here at
home were a trifle morg pro
United States, It would be easier
to believe that the conference
called to meet at Stockholm would
not be pro-German. . The "inter
nationalism" of which our Socialist
friends boast so much seems to re
solve itself Into two elements. The
first is love of Prussia. The sec
ond is hatred of England. And
both elements unite in a spirit of
resistance to American defense.
Were these more radical Social
ists in this country to have their
way about it, all defensive meas
ures would be stopped and a clear
way opened to German invasion
They are great' lovers of peace but
their peace doctrine takes the odd
form that it is all right for Prussia
to overrun other countries and all
wrong for other countries to resist
her onslaught.
In everyday practice radical so
ciallsm has come to signify about
the same here in the United States
as loyalty to Prussia. How can we
believe that It will mean anything
else at Stockholm where the meet
ings of the delegates will he under
the tip of the kaiser's divinely
anointed nose?
Over in Russia they have decided
to send all of the drunks into the
front Une trenches. ' When - they
of those who do not realize the full
Blgnlflcance of our rational position
antf their personal duty. - It is there
fore tho duty of, all friends of our bovs
to make sure that In a moment of care
lessness or misunderstanding they do
not make a sad mlctako next Tuesday
a
In thl country e have grown so
accustomed to complete liberty that
It is possible that a few of our boys
might ojylly fa'.l to appreciate the
coming compulrory obligation. There
is also I ho other danger of bad ad
ire. Men of mature years havo too
from the rhlladel; hln ledger tMar 311.
"Whatever tho motives of the con
spirators against the conscription law,
whether they are In the pay of agents
of tho German government or are
merely inspired by pacifist fanaticism,
there is no question as to the propriety
of dealing sternly with them. To raise
the issue of free speech is to mill the
point. It is doui.tiess within the right
of any citizen to express dislike of
the law. But to attempt to prevent its
onforccment ls quite another matter.
That Is sedition. Even In time of peace
propaganda has its limit; it must
not incite lawlessness or crime. In
time of war, when the very safety of
the nation ls at stake, It ls more than
an offense against public order; it
ls a treasonable offer of aid and com
fort to the enemy. The United States
is raijrj; an army for the maintenance
of Its lit-erties in common with the lib
erties of all whom the German menace
threatens. It Is engaged In a war
which It must wage with every re
source at Its command. If there are
those who think P. an unjust war, they
i.re c .Ml tied to their opinion. But they
are not entitled to indulge In activities
prejudicial to Its successful conclu
sion. This is the very A B C of
the matter, though some persons seem
to be incapable of comprehending it.
a
The most picturesque feature of the
revelation of a widespread anti-conscription
plot is In a senso the least
Important. The ipnrant mountaineers
who had planned an armed rising could
have wrought some injury; but it
would have been confined to their field
of operations, and the military power
would soon have suppressed It. The
attitude of these "residents of a wild
region toward all government has Ion
been similar to that of tho Scottish
Highlanders two centuries ago. To
them tho clan system is all the law
they obey. In this case it is unlikely
If they had any clear idea of what It
was they were opposing. They know
nothing, and care less, about the ori
el n or purpose of the war. Germany
s only a ntme to them, and they do
not understand who the allies are.
They probably had some wild notion
halt they were to be torn from their
homes and so determined to resist th
attempt by force. The prospect of
pillage and loot also appeals to them
Just as it did to the Highlanders. To
forgive them ls far easier than to for
give the deliberate plotters who wera
well awirj of tho illegal and unpatri
otlo nature of their acts.
The disclosure of tbe conspiracy
should make it abortive. If there are
disorders m the cities they will be
trifling now in comparison to what
they might have been. These are far
,'css to be feared than the secret dis
loyalty which endeavors to Infect
whole bodies of worklngtnen and oth
ers, easily misled by speclou reason
ing. Doubtlef-s many do not realise
the serious nature of resistance to a
mandatory law. They fancy that the
government is trying to compel them
to volunteer aga-nst their will. This
peril, of course, must be attacked at
its source. The ringleaders, not the
dupes, must feel the full weight of
the government's heavy hand. There
must be renewed scrutiny of the words
or acts of aliens and of natives who
profess sympathy with the German
cause. It ls no denial of the principle
of free speech to repreefc and punLsh
utterances that have for their object
interference wlta government activi
ties at a national crisis. That ls sedi
tious conspiracy and nothing cIssl
delphis. Ledger.
"More young men of conscript age
are now going under the knife at tba
Polyclinic." said Vt. Morris IS. Miller,
one of the leading aurstoni there,
"than of all other classes combined."
"What is the reason.'" 1 inquired.
"Men trying to evade the army?"
"Not much!" replied the doctor.
"Just the opposite ls true."
He then went on to explain that fel
lows who had been turned down on ac
count of physical defects which th
knife cart remedy promptly com to
the hospital to undergo an operation,
ao that they may enter the arm).
You cannot beat that brand of loy
alty getting patched up t a hospital
in order to face a German cannon,
Seventeen companies of Harvard stu
dents have already organized. Dean,
Jones of Yale says that 65 par cent ot
til's' boys are training. More than
2000 Pennsylvania men are drilling
hard to become soldiers. I estimate
from these and other data which 1
have that fully 60.000 American col
lege students are eaar to enlist in
this war. More than lhat number who
have graduated during the last 10
years will also folVow the flag. Here'
the very eort of material out of which
Prussia manufactures in wonderful
corps of officers. And don't forget
that we have much more of nurh ma
terial in the United States than can ba
found in all of Germttny.
I know there must be patriots among
theatrical men, as in all other classe
Read the words written to me by Stan
ley V. Mastbaum, whom I enroll as ona
of them:
"I am proud to say that In all . the
atres over which I have any control
the employes have a standing order to
bi particularly attentive to all men in
uniform."
He refers to the un-American habit,
practiced even In some places within
gunshot of Independence Hall, of re
fusing to admit soldiers and sailors to
theatres and restaurants.
And the Joke of It is that some ot
these soldiers and sailors are them
selves rich enough to buy a theatre.
A Very Early Two-II It Piece
Did you ever dig any burled treasure
from the earth? Inquires the Salem
Statesman. Did you ever dig up any
money that you yourself bad burled (t
years before? Probably not. Well,
that was the experience of John Cap
linger, a few days ago. on his arm on
Salem Prairie, about five miles south
east of Salem. When lie was 6 years
old. he had heard of people burying
their money, so he burled some of his.
That was in 1853. when this country
was new. Mr. Capllnger ls now i0. A
few days ago there was turned up by
the plow on his place the buried
money. He had forgotten the Incident,
but remembered It plainly when the
burled treasure came to light- There
ls a 10-cent piece, coined in lf20. a 25
cent piece, coined In 174, and a 60-cent
piece badly worn and too old to show
the date of coinage. The youngster
also had a dollar, but this was bor
rowed by his parents, else it would
doubtless have been with the hidden
treasure.
The Dog
The dog has long been a mystery to
us. Why does he. of all animals, de
sert his own kind and attach himself
to man. and this not In sny one coun
try or at any particular peried or time?
From the earliest prehistoric ages
where traces have been found of man
.there also have been signs that he has
been accompanied by his dog, and it is
the same in all parts of the globe, from
the north to the south pole.
Creatures so different as the tiny
frrlffon. whom you can hold in the
palm of your hand, and the huge boar
hound, four feet high, have this same
characteristic, that they live with roan
and adopt him as tbelr master or god.
We think there must be some meaning,
unknown to us, behind this, and we
haive, sometimes wondered whether it
may be that the soul of the dog snay
need communion with the human soul
In order to forward Its development
and work out its destiny.
But lately we have wondered wheth
er it may not be the other way about
whether the dog is not there in order
that men. with their temptation to for
get all else in their material lives, 'may
.not always have before them an ex
ample oi unsemsn aevotion, Dounalcjs
love and unswerving faith. Ernest
Bell. In the Animals' Friend.
HOW TO BE HEALTHY
Copyrlrbt, 11T.
by in steeie.
the payrolls follow as a natural a"moch as the tonnage between this
and inevitable ronsennenrA Thn port and th 80Uthern cities has nearly
ana lnevitaDie consequence. These aiway8 been heavy: Why has not the
are fixed facts. Mr. Corbett grasps Pacific Steamshio comnanv fand the
them, and states them when he incorporated companies) ever sought to
calls for Portland-owned ships and enter the San Francisco-Portland run
ners will easily believe the report.
"BALANCED" RATIONS It ls not
enough that we know the total calor
ies of food that we need In a day
2000 to 3500, according to our size and
, occupation. A calorie, f course, ls a
nutriment measurement, tne same as
tempt
Jt ..-l, I .. - - . VVU-i-
all Portlanders ever adopt them as "T J! .1 Ttr" ent!u.s .ot)JecAlon to wr- " Jt i
. n.v....Ki. A-ntin- - I as wen mat tne membership shall not
uuvuciutnuio ' i--.uuo, tc ana it is nouceaoio tnat tu oi mo i Da increased by admission of young
win uavo alii pa. v e win uavs iur- rui uauu-oau 1 auuiai.u .umtiauna ' i inea wane tne war lasts. Tue Quakers
eifm commerce. We will have Day- Kcpi oul 01 ino Aia "eiQ- . imena to ao an that they conscien-
"there's a reason."
Then the value of every piece Of tentlon of the present system if pos
Portland nronerty will be stiffened, sible, for two reasons first, our coast
ThA hnsinesH of everv Portland wise shipping would be under the Con
ine Dusiness 01 every Portland tpol o 8eattla lntftreBt,, and. secondly.
11 Hueaiimn wtii DO lacreaseu. m- I le tw. n9Minr . .,rri .n(a v.-
ployment for every Portland worker comes possible for the city to build
will be Leightened. Every Port-hlP. or to buy them, my belief is
No Sudden Quakers
From tba Naar York Tdwi
All honor to th Ouaitara whn r.f...- n Inch is a linear measurement, or a
. n AMf. - ... 1 , mtart 1 a llmii1 nnAail rampnt Thara
foreign commerce. Can anybody g ftV ! -lories-pro-
dispute them? suamshin companies .2 K S.W.W" lC 5 1 "'"Wk- " "
a 11 ivi i , , , . , ... , - , .... . ... I trying to escape tne arait nut a mem- ' " .odin .u st.i
All this should become the con- tabhsh a Portland-Alaska service in the h' JZ ,h a, r.t t.-,i--. kind. Oniv i.i n.e cent of tha, dav's
viction Of every Portlander. if last 20 years? The P&clfle Steamship from military duty because of consci- I total should be protein (flesh foods.
eggs, cheese, etc.), 30 per cent iats
and (0 per cent carbohydrates
(starches and sweets.)
A small serving of lean boiled beef
contains 100 calories, 40 per cent of
which are protein. One large baked
tlously can to help the nation in its
time of peril, ana they do not propose , potato contains 100 calories, but only
to encourage slackers
PERSONAL MENTION
Here on Auto Trip
11 per cent of them are protein. The
average protein of these two foods
would be 25 per cent. One piece of
apple pie represents 100 calories, but
only 5 per cent of them are protein.
This would average down the protein
of the total 600-ea.lorles to It per cent.
Just above, normal.
A meal whose percentage of protein,
fat and carbohydrate diverges greatly
from the prescribed 10, 10 and 60 per
cent Is not "balanced." For this rea
son a whole meal must not be made
of meat, or of eggs, or of peas, or
beans, or cheese, all high protein foods.
Vegetables should be mixed with them,
and salads and fruits. Neither ls a
meal balanced" which ls made up of
fats or sweets.
It la not always possible to main
tain a correct balance for evty meal.
If too much protein has been taken
for dinner you can adjust the matter
by eating only fats and carbohydrates
for supper.
Many of the o-called carbohydrate
foods, such as oatmeal and bread
whole wheat or graham contain
enough protein already, without adding
special protein foods to bring up the
average.
r m.A Y W If I II ...
land professional man wiU behold i'"118 .".2. Uy Mr. and Mrs. O. b. Kemp of ot Jewiston. Idaho, are at the Wash-
gore of Et-
Tomorrow:
1
Fighting Oravlty's Force.
The Stage Driver's Gaa Coach
They say that George Chllders talks
to his new Ford about like he has
talked to his -horses for 40 years in
staging and freighting through the
valley before a railroad was thought
of, says the Lostlne Reporter. The
other day he encountered a oow In the
rosd and told the Ford, to "whoa." In
stead of putting on the brakes, and
missed the cow by about three quar
ters of an inch. ,
The Moying Picture Army
Here we are, gentlemen, every last one
ot us,
Ready to start for th front any day.
Look at the nerve and tbe general run
of us;
Chow us the game, and wiira into the
fray.
Talk about training fof trips that axe
arduous.
Doing wild stunt at a general's
whims!
Nothing like fighting can over look
hard to us.
After a season at work In the
himself in a new prosperity. It T under " the conditio proved u w iU9t arrived Ington.
will be directly or indirectly a bet- ."5. rtr
tered situation for all.
.....11 nnnnnnl that Pollfnrnla t .... . . ""-
'";"a"' - . Y, " mey wm do m tne city Tor a few I Dr C La. Polev of Moro Or ls at
business, and also, the Alaska trade. 4ays are registered at the Mult- Ith.
1L L. Tenton of Dai-
Mr. and Mrs.
las are at the Imperial.
Mr. and Mrs. B. A.
Mnw tnat it t. oil .o,.! Supposing that some day the Pprt.may raomah
-v .o - I antar tha ahlrmtnar TIBIA with cltv -J a
Of the candidates will be able to owned ships. Naturally, our first aim Aberdeen Is Prosperous
cnmrratiilata themselves over hav wnnlrt be the Alaska field, and then we C. A. White, who has lust com
i. vh iiir nietnrsa nrlnteH in should not be surprised to rind tne lion, I peiea n niiv Dusinesr tour or , aiarsnrteid are at tne Cornelius.
k! CtIZfnJ?e crawls so gently before now. tcltle. . Washington, stated , J. William Smith of Chlcag, 1. at
" '-.-v-u. .dy to bite our hand off. i u,.i aot.uto. vyh., experiencing the Carlton
Of course, the public does not a ijr u uiai tue snip
IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN the ships In question, but Inasmuch as yrds Vj"Uav.e contracts for ves-
the public Is being allowed a hearing, f"1 ."l" V "V.k! iwJLu
H
AD tha lone nroiecter! tnnnal let ua all Join solidly in sentiment " ' " . . ""
nnriar tha "Rna-llan ah.nnal 1 agalliat mo proposeo. merger. i UUI R"nn xvoum l oi urMnam IS
vu.uvi ... . ilnwH wirlinnt nmlMt. wa 1 at tha Multnomah
Deen dug Before the war be- wih iiVe to curso the day we did it. Mrs. J. "F. Schmidt of Salem- U at th.
gan tnere would now be no I The foregoing tg not to be. construed Oregon.
in transnortine trooDa aa an insinuation of T. B. Wilcox, who George w. Sorenson of Grants Pass
Dor-emu a of
the
difficulty
and supplies from England to
Is mentioned as a stockholder In the I ls at the Imperial.
Toief i-nmnanv Mr Wilcox la mint. I Robert Met row af IiniAinAnl I. ,
Tn ma.. . 1 . . . , . v... - - . - I . .
rraace. i vuuaei wuuiu db Bate ia ln Sunday's Journal as aaylng: "Sol the Cornelius.
from submarines. It was not dug far. as I personally am concern ea. II mis ana Mrs. It. M. Howard of
because of international
Wicrianfl faaraA that ennttnatital
vadera might use U tp her ruin. ' an the general public in askirjf Mr.J U R.' SUff ins and George Paakett
as IlOl QUg rar as I personam y am wdchhw, x oun anu rar. n. oi. 2 low arc or
ansoicfons. want th aproval in whole-haartod Brooklyn; Wash, are at tho Carlton.
Mn.ntai i. form or not at all." I belie vo that I P. O. Dwyer of Edmontos.. AltaV. Is
tinentai in- , ne BenUn,ent of the civic bodies at the Portland.
Harry Kruti of Rainier Is at
Washington.
Mrs. Minnie S. Darah of Salem ls
at the Washington.
Air. ana urs. J. w. Martin or unea
dale, wash., are at the Portland.
Clyde Deegan of Olympl ls at the
rerklns.
James F. Sheridan of Reppner ls at
the Multnomah.
Fred 8. Botes of Alder, Wash., is at
tho Oregon.
F. B. WalU of Sutherlln Or, is at
the Imperial. .
M F thjrall of Toppenisb Is at the
Cornelias. '
R, H. Thomron, jia-dty engineer of
Seattle, Is registered at the Multno
mah. George MoGeo of Hlllsboro Is at the
Carlton.
J. A. Price of Raymond, Wash., la at
the Portland.
Milo Atterbory of Salem ls'at the
Perkins.
Mr. and Mrs. J. 8. Smith of Condon,
Or., are st the Multnomah.
Lionel L. Paget of Seaside ls at the
Oregon.
John Straub of Eugene la at the
Imperial.
J. K. CI an ah an and wife of Qresham
are at the Cornelius.
a. A. Ituff of Denver la at tbe
Carlton.
Genevieve Mason of Salem ls at tha
Portland.
George A. O rah am of Oatskanl ls
at the Perkins.
Xo Longer Fashionable.
traa tba Baltimore Amtriemm.
The Spanish cabinet wants to keel
Jumping from housetops or crushed by
a Jitney bus.
Leaping a chasm or scaling e wall!
Fight with the Germans T Why. that'll
be nuts for us.
Ready to go at tbe very first call'
Chasing through flames just to get
up an appetite.
Riding or running er slathered with
paint.
Take It from (is. It will not be a happy
fight
Not for the enemy be will be ajUa't!
Hardships of war? It would only be
play for ua.
After av a am son of comics and thrills.
Just .turn us loose, and you don't need
to pray for us;
Wo will go to it without any frills.
Here we are, gentlemen, each one In
fighting trim;
Just holler, "Sic 'em!" We're peppy
and keen.
rolnt out the enemy; well soon be bit
ing him
Give us a rest from the work en tho
screen.
Miles Oyerholt. In rilra Fun.
Uncle Jeff Snow Says:
Old Mrs. Neftbolser 'low ahe don
her duty at tbe - special 'lection. all
right. She was tellin' Ma she voted fer
Tho Liberty bonds and agin' harmony.
tth Germany snd ecr thing else en
tho ballot, and.lt took her 41 seconds "
In close touch wllM publle opinio
Vanderbllt's do 1 lev in dealing with tha
public ls now being rejected in the best to do ItA Bo J reckon she bit it about
political circles. -- .t. . ...I right. - . r ' ' .