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wants nothing. Seneca.
ATTACKS FROM THE REAR
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T Is hard enough to carry on
the conflict at the front. But
the American government must
also meet attacks from the rear.
Here is crude oil advanced yes
terday 10 cents a barrel. By easy
Stages, it lui3 nioro than doubled
in price in the last few years. It
is the motive power for much of
the navy and In a 'great deal of
the transportation. The now ad
vance in price is one of the attacks
from the rear.
A Washington news dispatch
.says:
That Amerlran coal operators are
bilking the consumers out of great
sums of money dally uuder cover of
war conditions was the Btatoment In
effect made to the) senate lnterstato
commerce committee today by C. M.
Moderwell of Chicago, member of the
coal committee of the Council of Na
tional Defense, and until recently as
sociated with the United Coal com
pany of Illinois. Moderwell declared
that In Illinois the cost of producing
coal has increased only about 50 cents
a ton, while operators Increased prices
- Trom J2.50 Jo J5 a ton and from
to 18 a ton. He said operators
a m are taking advantage of the demand
f , by hoisting prices.
I TheBe advances In coal prices
; I,ion account of tho war are another
" a!!11 attack from the rear upon a gov
'j: erntnent straining every nerve and
Jjfeverlshly invoking every resource
Ji'to meet the attacks on the battla
front. l
Moderwell admitted in his tea-!
timony that many companies are!
selling coal at a 200 to 300 per
cent profit, but said his company !
in Southern Illinois had only ad- j
vanced the price 75 to 100 per
cent over prices of a year ago.
' .This is testimony from a coal
expert, trained and experienced In
the business. Tt rorrP!nr,nrln with
the recent charge of the federal
trade commission that the coal
Industry is involved In "un-
bridled speculation, a speculation
which makes the war a pretext for
advancing prices and extorting
huge war profits."
X The American government has
enough to contend with in its con
S flict with the submarines and the
f .kaiser. In that colossal undertak
ing the president and his associ
ates, bending every endeavor, ought
not to have their strength weak
ened with offensives thrust at
them by the Shylocks of industry
and commerce at home. Every at-
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the rear saps strength needed to
meet the attacks that must be met
at the front.
Fifty cents a ton is the increase
in the cost of mining coal, but the
operators have advanced the price
from $2.60 and $3.50 a ton, ac
cording to Moderwell. This Is a
coldblooded assault upon the coun
try already bleeding with financial
sacrifice and now facing unknown
sacrifices of blood.
With only a fifty-cent advance
In cost with a $3.50 advance in
price Is nothing more than using
the war as a means of extorting
toll upon the fire boxes of trans-
portation, upon the furnaces of in-
uw iuei in almost
Severy American home.
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t'i- a iwwb uiapaicu yesteraay says
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I tne Washington government will j It is no excuse to say that the
5 allow nothing to stand in the path j apportionment was made to serve
J it move toward securing a:a state instituUon. If a road is
; lowor price for coal." That is to ! built to one, there will be demand
say, fighting the kaiser at thejfor roads to all state lnstitntlnn..
front, the goveraiment must turn
' S and expend v strength In fighting
ciiui uuuwia an. uumo.
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is a great wrong ror tne govern
aucui io o uoiuyeueu w wage
double combat. It is a situation
which should be a powerful Appeal
J to all citizens to align themselves
cm, the side of the government.
5,' In effect, it Is as disloyal to use
the war as a means of practicing
'extortions upon the American peo
ple; 'already bending under sacrl-
flees, as it Is to aid the kaiser with
Information or other assistance.
For several months to come,
Portland shipyards will launch two
ships a month. Some will be of
WOOQ ana Several OI Steel
With
I f ho Ktoal.wAnftn cV i r rnnfrnTArRT
once settled, the number would be
much augmented in the future.
But with the kaiser's divers sink
ing a. million tons of merchant
shipping a month, Portland's con
tribution is but an atom In the
great volume of needed shipbuild
ing. HIS PROPHECY
"W
INGED chariots blazing
through the sky" and
dropping "torpedoes in
the halls of kings" were
foretold in verse by a San Fran
cisco lawyer half a - century ago
There is a remarkable fulfillment
of his prophecy in things now hap
pening in Europe.
The prophet was W. II. Rhodes.
He was a conspicuous member of
the San Francisco bar during the
later 50's and up to his death in
the early 70's. Literature was his
diversion. Many rich treats he
gave to his friends at monthly
meetings of the Bohemian club.
Among his productions was a poem
entitled "The Emerald Isle," In
which occur prophetic lines rela
tive to future development of the
aeroplane. In the present crisis
they are interesting:
When winged chariots, rushing through
the sky.
Shall drop their faggots, blazing as
S3 they fly. '
Again in the closing verse:
Aerial chariots spread their snowy
wings.
And ' drop torpedoes In the halls of
kings.
Forty years .fter the lawyer
poet's death, Wright brothers at
Kitty Hawk, N. C, December 17,
19 03, made their first successful
flight In a heavler-than-alr ma
chine. June 13, 1917, In a Prussian air
raid over London, 157 persons, of
whom 42 were children, were
slain and 430 wounded by bombs
dropped from the sky.
Newspaper men all over the
country have known for several
days that American soldiers had
embarked for France. But the
fact was not published because
publication might have aided the
submarines in their purpose to
sink the transport ships. A proper
censorship in time of war is a
necessary measure, and the news
papers of the country are cheer
fully observing the government's
wishes.
THE LIXDSEY ACCIDENT
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NE of the advantages the fu
ture will have over the pres
ent will be the absence of
grade railway crossings. Pub
lic roads will run either under the
railroad tracks or over them. No
body who understands the situation
Is surprised at tragedies like the
massacre of the Lindsey family.
ine astonismng point is that they
d DOt tappen oftener'
In thia Instance the station
building near the crossing hid the
cominS train. Obviously, while
Erade crossings are permitted by
the to tolerant public, they should
be Pen to a lon vlew In both
j airectlOM' iso building or scenery
should obstruct the sight. Even
lnea accidents wouia oe, common
1 because 11 13 human nature to be
careless and unobservant. But
they would be less common than
now.
A proper Bystem of crossings
between public roads and railroads
would cost Bome money, and thus
far the American people, when It
was a choice between dollars and
life, have sometimes chosen dol
lars. The wa,r may persuade us to
fix a higher value on life.
City Auditor Barbur will report
to the district attorney all who in
the late city election failed to
make reports of their campaign
! expenditures. And the law de-
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clares that if he. fails to prosecute
the delinquents, the district attor
ney shall be deprived of his office.
Nor can anybody expect that Dis
trict Attorney Evans will fail to
do his duty, especially at the cost
of his office.
ROAD APPORTIONMENTS
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N THE apportionments, the stato
highway commission has set
aside $2000 for the road be
tween Roseburg and the Sol
diers' Home.
! It is a bad precedent. The road
is local. It is a part of no system
of roads. It is not on the Pacific
highway. The improvement of lo-
ical roads was not contemplated In
jthe road bill or by the people in
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passing it.
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! 0f the bond issue could be frittered
u away and no start be made for a
- j Bystem of roads.
a There Is a tenttlv nrnnncl
i th th i, t..i
be obandon-ri nn thn tv,'.
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way be paved via Riddle. The
routing would be along the two
sides of a triangle instead of di
rectly aldng one side. It would
lengthen .the. fine ..... five, and one
half ' lei' and Increase both, the
original cost and the maintenance
cost.
This would be another use oi
the state highway fund for strictly
local purposes, which was never
Intended.
The highway fund Is a sacred
trust. It should be husbanded
carefully, and be spent according
to the terms and purposes of the
law.
Many counties are ready to do
their part In building stretches of
paved road which in time will be
joined together and form a sys
tem. This can only come about
by a proper stewardship by the
commission in distributing the
state money. If the members of
the commission do not rise to
man's stature in building these
roads, no more road bonds will
ever be voted.
It is highly essential that suf
ficient funds be saved to meet all
the demands of counties that ex
press a willingness to build roads
according to the specifications of
the law. To meet the counties
fully in such endeavors will go a
long way to make the administra
tion of the highway fund satisfy
ing. And it will go far in encour
aging a cooperative construction
of an expanding road system.
The official machinery for re
quiring reports of all campaign ex
penditures, in the late Portland
election is in motion. It Is a good
thing. It ' is time for the people
to find out whether they are final
authority or whether Dick, Tom
and Harry who do not want to
open their campaign books are
final authority.
INCREASING RAIL RATES
DTWITHSTANDING the talk
about Increased expenses and
need for higher rail rates,
the net Income of the trans
continental carriers continues to
grow.
The May report and the report
for the first five months of the
year of the Southern Pacific's net
earnings are in evidence.
The May operating income, after
deducting all expenses including
taxes was for 1917 $5,991,716. For
May, 1916, it was $4,094,701, and
for 1915, $2,635,031. Net earn
ings for May, 1917, were far more
than double May, 1915.
The operating income, with all
expenses, Including taxes, deducted
for the first five months of 1917,
was $22,861,955. For the first
five months of 1916, the net earn
ings were $15,422,193, and for
1915, $12,165,243. The net earn
ings for the first five months of
1917 were nearly double those of
the first five months of 1915.
It will be observed that the net
earnings for May, 1917, wero
$1,897,055 more than in 1916,
which was the previous high record
for May. It will also be noted
that the net earnings for the first
five months of 1917 were $7,239,
765 more than in 1916, which was
the previous high record for five
months.
It is difficult to see In these fig
ures any good claim the roads can
make for a 15 per cent rate ad
vance. It is not generally known,
or else forgotten, that the trans
continental roads secured heavy
increases in rates on much trans
continental traffic last December.
At that time they were granted
Increases of 10 cents per 100 in
carload business and an advanco
of 25 cents on less than carload
lots. ,
These advances covered an enor
mous tonnage and will increase the
revenues of the roads during the
course of the present year several
millions of dollars. An advance
of 15 per cent and in some cases
more last December and the pro
posed 15 per cent advance now
asked are together a very heavy
demand.
The roads sfcy the merchant may
pass the tax on to the consumer,
and that the merchant should
therefore Join in the demand, aa
the increase would not affect him.
True, but who will reimburse
the little man, the last man, the
consumer, who is already bending
under the burdens of an ever
mounting tax upon his toil?
The actual landing of American
sodiers on the soil of France brings
the . war squarely home to the
American people. With American
manhood on the fighting line.
there is a fuller realization of
what the Red Cross drive and the
sale of Liberty bonds mean.
HAND IN HAND
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T WAS their fifty-second wed
ding anniversary that Thomas
HollingsworthJ and his wife eel
ebrated last Tuesday. The
Journal wishes them many happy
returns of the day. " Their married
fla
me must do one or tne many
sweet and beautiful features of
Newberg society. It is a long road
they have traveled together, up hill
ana down, through storm and
shine, and now they have come to
anchor in the quiet haven or a
serene old ;.ge. "Hand In hand
on our wedding day, Hand in hand
when our hair is gray.'
"My wife is a friend of mine."
said a man in the smoking room to
a gossiping company. A couple
can nardly live together for 52
years without learning to be the
best of trlends. The passionate
love of boy ' and girl necessarily
fades with the years. Time scat
tersashes ,oa':t; fires. s
grows gray and wrinkled. Juliet's
ruby lips grow wan.
But If the dear Lord sends
friendship in passion's place their
romance begins a new chapter
which only ends at the grave, and
not then perhaps. "Hand in hand
when the long night tide, Gently
gathers us side by side."
There is nothing so lovely as the
tender regard of man and wife
who have walked this weary world
together from youth to old age.
Congressman Hawley read in the
house Wednesday a letter from the
chief of engineers saying that the
north Jetty of the Columbia haJ
not been completed and cannot be
completed until $975,000 is ap
propriated for the purpoee by con
gress. There have been statements
from engineers to the exact con
trary. Who is right? Is the north
jetty completed, or Is it not?
Letters From the People
f Communications sent to
Tbe Journal for
publication In this department should be writ
ten on onl one side of the riper, ebon id not
cxaeed 80 worda In length and moat be ac-
omjpamrd tu the name and addreaa 01 tne
sender. If tbe writer doea not desire to nave
tne name published be should so state.
"With Patriots' Devotion"
Portland. June 26. To the Editor of
The Journal It Is quite Interesting,
what you have said about "The Dissat-
iBnea, in your editorial or toaay. in
the Civil war. women and children
planted the crops, harvested them and
fed two great armies, and never got
a penny's worth of credit or glory for
it The man behind the gun got all
l" S'ory. an tne creau. tiui now our
fcuci,iinpiii is in a etruggie ior mo
greatest liberty that can, be attained,
and no matter what party our presl-
dent belones to now, he Is the old clares that "retailers' profits are enor
Amencan eagle and the Stars and m0us ahd will be greater if the prices
Stripes. He has been and is now do- at which goods are sold by farmers.
mK iM uuin mai tne great major-
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each voter and worker of the t nited
niVr?! t, I the great govern-
ment which he represents As a rule.
i"s who are aissatisnea are tnose
who have all theory and no practical
knowledge of what tt takes to main-
Heardo
clear down to selfish men and women.
There never was a time before now
that I have any knowledge of where
a great government recognized that
men, women and children with a hoe
are Just as much heroes as the man
behind the gun, In the cause of liberty
I never was co proud of America as I
cm, lunaj. ii 13 terxnuiiy glorious to i
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v i " "uy a iioerxy
..ever was a una wneu
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c.ijr Liiu.1. tno r reiwn government aio
no i unji us. rrtnen cnnaren ana Ola
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....a ujr i.to.i "iiu ucri'tsi gruwiuue
i. la., wo iia.va mo privilege to DUy LIU-
frtv r,, t .,JL
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trenches. Is not this method much
better than to have Wall street or the
rich to furnish this money and then
all of us be taxed to pay every cent
of It back with Interest? Besides. It
makes one feel as if he were worth
something to freedom and liberty. The
crops we raise, the bonds we buy, are
all for liberty. Ther3 Is nothing to be
dissatisfied with, except imperial gov
ernments and aristocratic selfishness.
We should decorate Lafayette's grave
the same aa the French AM w..hiB..
ton's: not that It Would rlo a-r,rt
hut to rhnw th- ri,rut otM..,.
sDirit and then keen on hnvin, t ih.
ortv r,rrwi vnttt Vrcrr.. (
and free. France loaned us money with-
out interest to heir. v tn M.
ble, and it was all for liberty. No
time now to worry about autocracy
or political parties. The great serpent
is colled Deiore us, ready to strike
poison into the whole human family.
Shall we let him bite us, or hit first
and prevent the Doison? Raf.rifo.
do this is not surrendering liberty and
rreeaom. 1 am not afraid fr, tmat
Uncle Sam.
J. M. HOWES.
For National Prohibition
Portland. June 28. To the Editor of
The Journal Intelligent, thinking peo
ple are astounded at the apathy of
he country generally and the govern-
ment in particular In regard to passing
y.umuiiiuu. law. just wny
inert) snouia oe any question, any dis-
cueslon or a moment's delay In euch
an Obvious matter is beyond com-
prehension. Women are being urced
oy tne government tnrougn the med-
'-wu-iincao uuucuua ana xnrouen
tne press to conserve every crust and
crump, mey are urged to make gar-
uens. coys are oemg taken out of
icnooi to worn on the ranches. On
every nana mere is me cry of "grow-
mg everything possible, else we
starve." Yet there is being consumed
every year in our country 600.000.000
Dusneis or grain in the manufacture
of intoxicating liquors. This amount
or grain woum. if diverted into food fti-
stead, or poison cnannela, make 11,000,-
ooo loaves or Dread a day enough to
feed a good sized army. While the
grain is the big item, other foodstuffs
o ivA in mo iiiBuu.ogiurs oa liquors,
a. uuusci Yinivo tiifuro Doing mat 6,000
000.000 pounds of foodstuffs are an
nually used in the manufacture of in
toxicating beverages.
If our lawmakers refuse to mit a
national prohibition statute on the
books, surely President Wilson will as
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?hl-ri d nat'0n" of
sume tnis all too obvious duty toward
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xnq engineer in war
from tne ticaeo Poat
General Joffre, "tha man who saved
France, was ror many years an of-
ricer or engineers in me French
army. The present conflict frequent
ly has Been called an artillery war.
Just as truly it can be called"an en
gineering war. The artillerymen and
the engineers are of the highest serv
ice today.
In the middle ages and. of course,
far earlier also, there was suDrrma
reliance upon the skill of the engl-
neer to win offensives and also to
make successful defense possible The
engineers' emblem today la a castle
which was the feudal lord's fortress
and which was built by engineers
1th a view to withstanding sieges.
It Is the modern system of 'trench
warfare which has made the engineer I Mr. Johnson is a prominent lumber
come fully Into his own again. The man.
trench Is not simply a ditch dug by
hand. With its ramifications it is an
intricate system of defenses made in
places and at times almost Impervious
to shell fire. The French and the
Germans have wonderful engineers in
their service.
The men of the engineering forces
today not only are compelled to do
what they always have done in war-
fare build or destroy bridges, make
roads passable and find means for an
army to pass where seemingly nature
forbids passing but they must use
their ' high . knowledge to make . safe
- 1 tn mn advanced battle lines.
Komeoihave giVn e?5deac by their choice
of several engineer officers for high
rank that they realize' Ilka the army
authorities of Europe that the engi
neer officer with bis artillery brother
is one of the mainstays of success la
a modern campaign.
In the Grip of Food Sharks
From Lbe Spokane Spokesman Rer lew
New York housekeepers, in their ex
asperation at being robbed by the
speculators in food, foolishly allege
that Emperor William has called upon
our Cerman retailers to starve Amer
icans, The preposterousness of the as
sertion appears in the fact that Qer-man-American
dealers la food enjoy
no monopoly. The Just ground for
the women's indignation appears In the
fact that, though this is the season of
plenty for the fruits and rege tables of
early summer, they cost more than
ever, while tho loaf of bread, though
the pi ices of wheat and flour have
fallen, remaps as expensive and min
ute as two months ago.
Last autumn, during the strike of
New York dairymen, the consumer wad
foroed to pay more for butter, cheese
and eggs, cream and milk than ever
before, and the new charges prevailed
through the winter and spring. Now
New York's pastures are in better
condition than usual, the supply of
milk is most plentiful, and yet the
Manhattan consumer Is still kept pay.
g midwinter prices. The producers
promise that their prices should be
lowered in the spring has not been
kept.
The wholesalers' and Jobbers' prices
for last year's canned goods are low,
but the retailers' prices are exorbitant.
The New York Jobbers have tried to
persuade the retailers to dispose of
canned goods at low prices, but in
vain, though the retailers could still
make good profits. Unless old stocks
be sold. canner ma v riir, mnnin
which would resutt in increased prices
and decreased purchasing. The teach-
ing 0f those conditions at New York is
that government control of food must
reach the retailer and his prices.
The New York (Vimm.rrl.1 tl-MV,
has unusual competence to rronouncc
authoritatively on s,..h m.it.r. rt.
manufacturers and wholesalers be re-
aucea without scaling retail prices
rown proportionately. Retailers have
not treated the Dublin fairlv"
Farmer, and gardeners, if unable to
sen at a profitB wm beome dloul
aired Thv r-a maw .. , ,
pfoduce .reaches the' rL?u?? r l
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The Value of Strategy
From tbe Philadelphia E renins- Ledger
Of all the single factors that have
actually and dlrectlv maiin th hlitnra
of the world. th mo imnnrt.nt k .
ocen strategy.
xno emciency or a navy or an army
is exactly what the strategic system
maKes it. About 10,000 Greeks under
Allltlades. highly efficient and thor
oughly trained, defeated ten times
that mnnir Ti-tsn. . r .v.
- . ... u ..i . a c t. mat abiiuii.
rireek flwt i.nrl... TWmicu. a-
oi.ca uD
reated and almost destroyed a much
Lw PIm neet at Balamls.
s,ratenr accomplished what numbers
could not do.
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.v-L.VAth an ar7 of little more than
J0'0 trained by Philip of Mace
aon and generaled by the greatest
military genius the world has ever
seen, Alexander the Great in 12 years
conquered 10 of the most wealthy and
populous countries of tho world.
Caesar, Alarlc, Attila. Charlemame
ana all the great military men from
ancient times down to today have
trained and organized bodies of sol
dlers and sailors under systems suited
to the times, and have then waged
successful war on peoples less mill
tfrHy efficient. Cortes conquered
Mexico with a handful of men
plMrro subdued millions with hi
band of seasoned fighters. The Brit
,sh' Frnch and Spaniards conquered
the Indians of North America, largely
by tr-tegy, and during the latter half
VL "" cemury neariy aii
11 " 1,1 w"3 wu.iu not lurmeriy oc
lul""u .cu. oceans or American
wa taken in possession by the varlou
rowers, mvanaoiy dv small oodles o
trained soldiers skillfully led agalns
wnol populations, who did not know
enougu auoui military mailers
make use of the strategic opportunl
ties of their own countries for d
fense.
These results were brought abou
almost wholly by the exercise of mill
trv force, and of this fore nhvirl
courage was not a determining ele-
ment. because It was Just as evlden
in the conquered as In the conquerors
The determining element was tsrategy
Even in the present war of deadlocks
which modern murhlnM hv mal
well-n!e-h unbreakable on som frnnt
strategy has plaved Its part aralns
nvprwhp m n numDers. Jorrre wna
apparently hopelessly outnumbered 1
the campaign that ended at the Marne,
the German forces being able
to
threaten a flanking and enclrclln
movement all the way to the gate
Paris. But by biding his time the
French general was at last able to
find the weak spot in the enemy lln
and pierce It. The Germans outnum
here the allied forces as eight la to
five
If mere brutal roce could have
conquered, the war would have ended
In Sentember. 1914. Brute fore will
n,pt end it when America's full strength
1 IS n tno iignung lino
For Autocracy
rmra tie Boston Olobe
The Italians, struggling toward Trl
este, have captured Austrian machin
gunners chained and padlocked to
their guns. Each man had a light
steel chain or twisted units, like a
dog chain, shackled around one ankle
chain of twisted links, like
1 -ml fastened to the trltod of th -nin
rwl a elmllur rhilin no rl 1 U cA srAimil
his waist and linked up to the bar.
ri W6t don t men subjected ta
ueh treatment turn th machine
guns on their officers?
PERSONAL MENTION
Scenery Surpasses Switzerland
'I have traveled extensively and
have seen all the famous drives of
Switzeriana ana oiner piaces. out tne
Columbia highway surpasses them
all." ays Louis Slttner, prominent
manufacturer of New York, who is
visiting in the city.
St. Ixmis Lumberman Here s
I Mr. and Mrs. C. D. Johnson of St.
Louis are In the city for a short visit.
.
Doctors Attending Convention
Many doctors are in the city for
the convention of the Oregon State
Medical association. Dr. w. a. Pickaree
of Spokane, Or. John Hunt of Seat-
tie and Dr. and Mrs. a. G. P.. Kunts
of Vancouver, B. C, are at the Port-
land; Dr. and Mrs. Ira B. Bartle of
Coos Bay at the Multnomah; Dr. and
Mrs. J. O. Mathis or Monmouth at
the Imperial; Dr. E. M. Welts of Spo
kane at the Oregon; Dr. W. C. Cox
of Everett, wash., at the washing-
ton. Dr. J. W. Donnelly of Arlington
and Dr. W. C, Goss of Northport mx
th Cornelius. .---r: -vv ,-5 ,
A. 8. Hollen S. Weaneldorf. and b.
PERTINENT COMMENT
KMAI.Ij CUiKGB
VVHat la ma rsra mm a mIh Aav in
June, 1UT
rssw Itueala a resolutions sum a
good deal uke New Year s resolution.
The annual CUZzl outnr "Haw mnv
V's in vacation?" is once more xernlnst
Along with food contr.il utrsordl.
nary attention should be given to fool
control.
How's a fat man -nln ta esnTlnes
anybody that he is sincere when he ad-
wcaies iooa control T
Graduates Who fTttr rhma1m
with the-world-is-mina illusions will
find that at least they have tno kaiser
to reckon with, first.
One sadly solemn thought comes to
US O er and o'er: The
perry shortcake this year ain't what
mo ear oeiore.
One of the Dleaaina- rjuzxllnr thlnrs
is the immunity to date of the various
international "tnlsslnna" in th mttr
pf submarine attack. How do the al
lies ao ut or, to put it the other
way, how don't the Germans not do it?
Bolivians, accordinr to a consular re
port, preserve potatoes by freexlng and
1-iiH.wiuK mem alternately until every
bit of "moisture is gone. But our cold
storage men have an all-gone system
ina.i relates to sometning altogether
uaiereni irommoisture.
tset you never heard of this unit
or measure: the maal. In Norway it
expresses fish, and a maal is 161
quarts. Andaby the way. the Aermana
must use several maals of herring per
annum to draw across the various
trails by which the allies art Durauinar
mem.
. AMERICA AT THE
By Stouglitcm Cooler
Germany long ago was adjudged
guilty by the nations of the world,
both for beginning the war and for
her manner of conducting It. but when
America entered th conrllct it became
necessary for us to Justify ourselves.
As President Wilson put It. "We are
accountable to the bar of history." It
1" an appalling verdict that has been
rendered against the offending nation;
It is a great responsibility we have
assumed in taking part in that deci
sion.
The president has done well, there
fore, to state in a more popular form
the Indictment against Germany and
the causes that have led this nation
to take up arms in behalf of Its rights.
We constitute a democracy, and how
ever faulty may be some of its forms
of expression our government is con
trolled by the popular will. There
were some who would have had the
United States enter the war when
Great Britain did. But whether or not
we should have done so the people who
held to that opinion were few as com
pared with those who thought it our
duty to keep out. This was not an
acquittal, however, of Germany. Her
offense met with overwhelming con
demnation from the first, but those
holding to this opinion felt the war to
be an European affair to be settled
by European nations.
There are a few Americans who still
doubt our warrant for entering tho
war. BUt are there any who ques
tion the truth of the Indictment
against Germany? Has not the con
duct of the German government lent
color to every charge as to her mo
tives? Have not the very means
taken to gain her ends been her own
condemnation?
It was one thing to build up a great
military establishment, to train her
whole male population to the use of
arms, to store up vast quantities of
war materials, and to accumulate an
emergency war chest. All this might
be excused on the plea of self-defense
But It Is an entirely different thing
to attempt to terrorise the world by
a war of f rightfulness. Humanity has
long been accustomed to wars between
men ', it has seen barbarians destroy
women and children; but among civi
lized nations there were rules that had
become well established. It was Ger
many's defiance of these rules and her
flouting of the opinion of the world
that has been her own undoing,
a a
Beginning with the wanton Invasion
of a friendly neighbor whose rights
she was bound to protect, and whose
will she sought to break by savage
destruction of life and property, she
passed rapidly to sinking passenger
ships without warning, and to bomb
ing open towns. If science should
place In her hands today a deadly gas
or other destructive force by which
she could destroy the life of every
man, woman and child In England,
does anyone doubt for a moment that
she would use It?
Had the Zeppelins fulfilled expecta
tions they might have been used to
destroy Great Britain's fortifications,
armories, shipyards and other military
factors. That would have been war.
That would have been a resort to a
new means to carry out an old princi
ple The same would have been true
of the sinking of warships by subma
rines, or even of merchant ships after
crew and passengers had been re
moved to a place of safety. But it
was quickly discovered that the great
bulk of the Zeppelin made It such an
HOW TO BE
WEAK KIDNET8. There Is no way
ef knowing whether or not you have
weak kidneys unless your urine is
analysed. A pain In the back Is no indi
cation of kidney trouble It may be due
to a number of causes. It Is often due
to a condition of the muscles. Plenty
of rest generally corrects this de
rangement. It is sometimes due to a
defect In the spine Childbirth some
times brings it to women. Fain may
also be caused, in women, by a wrong
position of the uterus. There Is no
more reason for ascribing pain In the
small of the back to kidney trouble
than to trouble with all of .the other
rauecles and organs in that region.
Most of the kidney troumes are
painless. The finding of albumin in
the urine is generally a surprise to me
person examined. This finding, even,
may not indicate kidney disease, but
may be only tbe first signal that one
Is on the wrong track, it is no rea
son for considering one's self an in
valid for life. A person is sometimes
pointed out as a strange being who
'has bad Bright s disease ror years.
E. Kroman of Condon make up a party
at the Perkins.
F. L. Richardson or Hall tax, N. B,
is at the Multnomah.
Mrs. Charles L. Zohra Is at the
Oregon from Detroit.
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Crura of Los
Angeles are at the Portland.
Paul M. Carlson, in charge of the
Grant shipbuilding concern of Seattle,
la in Portland and a guest at the Mult
nomah. C. W. Wilson of Prtnevlll Is at th
Oregon.
Gordon Wilson Is In tbe city from
Washington, D. C.
E. C. McKeen, from Waltham, Mass.,
Is at the Portland.
K. D. Ccffleld Is a guest at th
Washington, registered from Chicago.
Charles W. Ellis of Washington, D.
C Is at the Cornelius,
C. J.' Rodgers is an Imperial ruest
from Watsonv-me, Cel. 4,;
Mr. and . Mrs. , W. C Mogea ar
AND NEWS IN BRIEF
OREGON SIDKL1GHTS
w h ..I,, Miintv his th DrOUd
record of five years without a single
conviction in a eircult court jury
trial. "Can you beat ltr" Challenges
the Fossil Journal.
That "business as usual" la the
slogan In Pendleton during war tlma
is shown, the East Oregonian says, by
the heavy building operations under
way ana in contemplated sirei m-
provemeats.
Three seres of beans at Roseburg.
planted fey Boy Hcouts who are now at
work on farms, are needing the hoe
and a call to the colors has been sent
out ta ths business men of tbe town.
About 40 of these are expected to
mobilise this afternoon.
aa sk
The Weston Leader has entered
upon Its fortieth year, but, its e-ble
eaitor. uoionei t ia.ru wooa. lesiuies.
is still young, gay and vivacioua-
and veracloua, too. except in cases
where a good lie looks better than a
. v a
m m
Good roads movement that moves.
as reported in the Toledo Leader:
"The volunteer road workers of Jo
ledo and vicinity will turn out again
next Monday for the purpose of fixing
tbe Toledo-SHetx road. Last time
there were ten persons who responded
to the call."
a a
Deserved Drnlse for the northeast la
thus awarded by the La Grande Ob
server: "We are proud of Union, Cove.
Elgin, lmbler and bummervllle ror
their work for the Red Cross. The
cltiee and towns of both Union and
Wallowa county have all made a
splendid s-howlng in this great work.
Enterprise. Joseph. Wallowa and
Lostlne have done better than their
share."
BAR OF HISTORY
easy mark in daylight that it had to
sail by night, and at night it could
not see fortifications, army depots or
other military establishments. Did
that bar the use of the Zeppelin by the
German war lords? Not at all. The
airships were sent Into England night
after night to drop bombs at random
over the country, here Is no record
of their having hit a single fort, ship
or arms factory. But there Is a long
list of dwelllnrs destroyed. and a
large number of men, women, children
and other non-combatants killed and
wounded. The submarines oould not
reach the warships, nor overtake the
merchantmen. But that did not em
barrass the powers at Berlin. Again
the rules of war were changed to fit
the means, and In defiance of the opin
ion of the mankind the war of fright
fulness continued, destroying not only
non-combatants, but including friends
with foes.
Two thoughts will long puzzle man
kind. One is how the German mind
was brought to this murderous state.
The other is why ths military authori
ties should have thought such means
could possibly win a war.
a
Granted that 60 years of devotion
to militarism should have brought the
German mind to accept as legitimate
any means that achieves the end. how
could a people as gifted as they have
shown themselves to be In other things
come to believe that a war of fright
fulness could possibly succeed? If
Germany could by disregarding the
rules of war destroy England, how
much easier could she destroy other
nations that are not protect ad by the
sea. And would It not be evident to
the world that no nation could be safe
so long as this madness remained?
WTien an Individual or a band of Indl
vlduals Invade the rights of others
society must restrain them; and the
more powerful, cruel and dangerous
they are the more necessary It Is that
they be subdued.
Germany's war upon women and
children was excused earlier in the
war by the charge that Great Britain
was starving German women and chll
dren. But aside from the fact that the
withholding of supplies from an ene
my is a universal practice in war,
practiced by the Germans themselves
at the seige of Paris, there Is no evi
dence as yet that a single woman or
child in Germany has died of starva
tion. On the contrary, it has been
and still Is the boast of the German
government that they have ample fdod
and cannot be starved.
a w
Even if Germany's situation were
such that her people could be starwd
by the blockade it would be no x
cuse for bombing open towns or sink
ing passenger ships without warning.
A starving people have always the
alternative of surrender.
It Is this lawless spirit on the part
of Germany, this ruthlessness, this
frlghtfulnees manifested In a thou
sand ways by a dsspotlo government,
that has brought America Into the
war. The issue Is plain. It Is to free
the world of military tyranny. Paci
fism was justifiable as long as that
tyranny was held within bounds; but
when it reached out to subvert the
rights of other seoples it then became
the duty of all to combine In a com
mon effort to crush It. The German
government denies all natural rights;
it yields only to force: America, there
fore, has added ber might to that of
her fellow nations In order that de
mocracy shall not perish from the
earth.
HEALTHY
Cepyrtgat HIT.
ky J. K
If that means he has had albumin in
the urine for years it is nothing more
than what a great many other people
have been carrying around with them
without knowing it.
When albumin or casts or other ab
normal conditions are found in the
urine it is th "go slow" signal go
slow on heavy food, on stimulating
drinks, on overwork, on overplay. It
means get plenty of fresh air and
sleep. It means also that you should
try to keep the mind calm and the
emotional system normal.
Exposure to cold is particularly In
jurious when ther is any derange
ment of the kidneys. Acute kidney
disease is sometimes caused by such
exposure Cold batbs or sea bathing
and staying in the water a long time
may resultln the appearance of albu
min In the urine of people with In
herent weakness in this region. Oreat
overexertion may bring about the
same condition.
The temperate life" Is the kidneys'
best safeguard.
Tomorrow When t Eat Candy.
registered at the Imperial front San
Francisco.
Sheriff George Quins of Roaaburg
Is registered at the Hoyt.
J. N. Johns, prominent in
Dalles, is at tbe Washington.
The
Miss Emma Scott Is a Marshfleld
guest at the Perkins,
Mr. and Mrs. F. L. Brown of Eu
gene are at the Oregon.
Mr. and Mrs. F. O. Sharp and daugh
ter of Walla Walla are at the Perkins.
Dave Crosby, proprietor of th
Riddle hotel of Riddle, Is registered
at the Hoyt.
J. N. Babson and. Mrs. Bab son of
Seattle are at the Imperial.
Hers
rma tk Pro tVI saca
After a good many rears of talk
Ing about maiden speeches ta ongTs
w have really had on.
Rag Taj? and Bobtail
Stories From Ererywnsi
IT this eshiaBBi all mm m arw. inmrl -
are 1st I tad to coatrlbeta h.ii - '
or'-vera er is philosophical obaetatles :
J t7lf jieotetloea, rroca a ay eovraa. Cee-
hwbi ok eacapuoaai jsarlt will ee SSM Ma
mm tua auuri appraiaal.J
The Spirit" of '7
MILLIONS are familiar with that
celebrated nalntinar callsd "The
Spirit of Heventy-Stx." Tet probably
only a handful especially of the pres
ent generation know who painted It,
or anything about the story back of
It, says James H. Kennedy la Kvery-
ooay s Magazine.
-The Spirit of 8eventy-slx" the
famous drum and fife trio came
from the brush and genius of Archl-
bald M. Wlllard, who Is still llvirrf.
and has attained the age of 10.
1 he artist emerged from overalls and
a Wellington. Ohio, wagon shop, A pic
ture called "i'luck No. 1, displayed In
a Cleveland art dealer's window, at
tracted the attention of the discrimi
nating, and paved the way to a kind
"of partnership with James H. Ryder,
through whose suggestion the "Seventy-six"
picture was begun. In Its
early stages this painting was called
"Yankee Doodle," and It was first
planned along serlo-comlo lines. "But
one day." declares Mr. Wlllard, "I
caught a glint In the eye of the old
man who posed for the center figure
(who was posing) and In a flash It
revealed Itself to me what all this -stood
for and I could go no farther
the real picture pushed everything
els aside, and went ahead and painted
Itself." The old man whose flashing
eyes inspired this change of concep
tion was the artist's father. Rev. Dan
iel Wlllard. a man of Revolutionary
stock.
Thus, curiously, it was only by the
merest switch of an Inherited senti
ment that this symbol was prevented
from becoming a fanciful burlesque,
to live only for tha brief day of Its
creation.
There's Nothing Like Beans
A Civil war veteran In Euarene save
the Ouard. watches the DSDers careful
ly, and every time tbe sovernment
takes some Important action in DreD-
aratlon for war, he plants a few more
beans to help feed the boys who go to
me iront. tie knows what it is to
march all day and go to bed hungry,
and does not intend that through any
lauii or nis tne boys who go to the
front now shall suffer the privations
he endured during the Civil war.
A Rubber Hen
A hot water bottle as a substitute
for a hen was used successfully last
week by Mrs. Ashpaugh of the Hotel
lioslcins, says the Echo News. When
one of her hens went on a strike Just
e setting of eggs was about ready
io naicn, sne anirted the Job of keep,
ing the eggs warm to a hot water bot
tle. All of the eggs hatched out, but
now she is having trouble getting the
chicks to stay with a hen. They In
sist on sticking around the kitchen
where the hot water bag hangs.
Uncle Jeff Snow Says:
The Corners is goin' to have a spud
dlggln' contest next fall and will bar
becue a calf and offer apriie of a
sack of beans to the ma a that can
pull out the most spuds in the least
time with a fork, spade, shovel or hoe.
Entries is limited to Corners people
and no Portland .chaps need apply.
PORTLAND'S
AUDITORIUM
Portland's new public au
ditorium will be in service
for the first time next
week when it will house
the midsummer music
festival.
An adequate description
of this splendid structure
in picture and text and a
detailed outline of the
feast of music planned
for next week will be fea
tured in next Sunday's
Journal.
WAR GLIMPSES
Women share equally
with men Russia's new
liberties, according to
William G. Shepherd,
newspaper correspondent
whose first hand impres
sions of conditions in
that country will be set
forth next Sunday.
Canada stages a rehears
al for war on a gigantic
scale at Camp Borden,
Ontario, and in a man
ner that probably will be
followed in the several
American cantonments
soon to be established.
Accordingly, Jack Lait's
impressions of Camp Bor
den are of unusual inter
est. BEACH NEWS
Keep track of your friends
at the beaches through
the beach columns of The
Sunday Journal, that are
replete with personal,
mention of people you
knov.
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