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THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, FRIDAY, JULY 6, 1917. AH INDEPENDENT WEWSPAPBB ,.&. jacksos........ .....PsIilWwt i'Sblialwe avtay ay, - alteram, sad jnralac r icpt aWar efteraooa) at The J raat - ltuUding, Broadway lit ,HsWU etraeta, k-artlanO. Or. . . . .. , UiUri4 at to yoatoftlce At rurUaad. UC-. bw .- Lr auamiMua tbrouf tfee aUe a aaaaM " tm anattar. ' ' aiiLKfllOMfca ftUls TlTti HoeM. A-X1, s All paper fern reached. Mr 'ell -. Um, , operata . arfeat 4epertsMt : t vast. : . , "..'. ... Bonjanjia As Keataer Oa aVuawlck Ble.. sua rut ah, nw xerk. m "eue'a : Waa Hid.. Cblcaga. sobecrlptloe trrma by mall tt Mr addreae - la tba Uaitad statca or liexlea: , DAUUC IMOKNINO OB ATTEBNOOM) Put rea-...,....f5.O0 Oaa BOoU. ...4 W OHTJAX Coa year. ;f2.50 One month 4 -23 ; !AlUr f M O&KlNtf OB ArXKBMOOS AMD . tVUDAX One rear....... .7. On mastb. $ -3 ' KAOTTlik In muii rii nn lav fn fhe protection f o, the people , can be enacted us long, the confederated speculators , oppose it.. They Issue their ultimatum in, : 'spectacular raid on the market and congress tow to. their power, v , - Cotton offers Just now an at tractive field to the speculator. The risible supply in Liverpool has declined to 400,000 bales, against more than a million at this time last year, 1 A cotton v famine Is in sight with a banquet for the ravens who fatten on human misery, - If the cotton: crap of .'this: year Is cornered and manipulated, by the Bpeculatorg they can - retire from Wall street and live in pal aces all the rest of their lives. No wonder they try . to terrorize congress. But it must excite their scorn to find the task so easy. kt i 1 . . . i -1 i There was a- ieavy falling off In sinkings by submarines the past week. Ther number of British ves sels of 1600 tons and over, sunk, was 15 against 21 the previous week and 27, the week before that The number of vessels under 1600 tons vWas seven the past week against five'-; each of the two pre vious weeks',.'": :PossIbly the lowered list is' duetto-the attempt by the kaiser to ambush the American tr6op ships Trith submarines sent fromf the pdiVer Ttone to lurk In the path of the transports. known to the Initiated that infalli ble' euxeaUs are usually nothing but booze doctored up with a little rhubarb and .brown eugari '-They can : no ' longer be advertised in prohibition states, t Alas and alas, what is "going to become of -our personal liberty? " With the arrest at Scranton of Joseph Graber; an organizer of the I. W. W.. charged with being a spy in the employ , of the: German government, . the authorities de clare that ' recent strikes and agita tions' by the I. W. W. in the an thracite coal regions were stirred up by German agents with the hope of lessening the power of America in the war. The Ameri can people will have little patience with, this sort of thing. The gentry who foment these disturbances in these war tiues are in a perilous business. THE HANDYrANDIES The great bleasinca of mankind are wltbla , and wthln ear reach; bat wa 1 abut onr eye,- and, like people in the dark, . tall Coul upon the rerjr tiling t search ' (or, (without finding It. tttneca. ANOTHER FOB . T A SHORT WEIGHT R' tie the date of the v battle of An-! tietam by a decree from the bench. That would dispose of it for good end alf. If the publishers of Muz-; zey's book refuse to accept Judge McCamant's decree j they -; will be guilty . of contempt and ' he can send them to JaU nntll they are ih a better frame of mind. ' While he is preparing this pro foundly important decree he might make ' It broad enough to include some other unsettled historical points such as the date of Homer's birth" and his native town. There Is , also an annoying controversy over the date of the Savior's birth. Many historians insist that he came into the world four years be fore his fjrst birthday. Judge McCamant would do us all a favor by including this point in his de cree and settling it definitely and finally. HE kaiser faces foes within. The air of the world is thick with democracy, and some of the spirit of the period is fil tering through 'to the German commons. :'. In a debate almost unparalleled in .Germany; since the days oj the revolution of 1848, the diet of Sax ony passed a resolution Wednes day' demanding, that the govern- , meat of Saxony endeavor td se cure a liberal reorganization or the empire. ' - The debate was turbulent and bitter. The Saxony premier de1 - clared that the government would resist through the German reich - stag any attempt to secure fran- " chise reform in individual German . states. .V- The vice president of the diet, . " an ex-soldier, flatly denied that loyalty to the king played any role With the soldiers. He warned the premier that reform would come, if. not from the crown,' then from -". the-mob. Several in the debate '' vVolced similar warnings of a sen timent, fox reform .among the people.- The resolution was adopted . with none but the conservatives - voting against it. j- This Is tidings for the kaiser , ,more evil than news of the loss of a battle on the "western front. His 'Z thought now is, not of . the alarms ' sounded in this debate, but of ' what other alarms of the same ' kind he may hear from other states in the German staatsbund. Eren ' the new Russian offensive Is scarcely more ominous. There is " an Intense loyalty In the individual ! - German. From childhood, he has j .been taught obedience to the one will, and that is the will of Wil- ' t Ham II. a " - But the war brought on by Wil S Ham has cost the German a great deal of sacrifice. His kinsmen are )..il t T f Vl..1 V a uca no uiuificu una - D&sseu i J through the fiery furnace of th: . ; trenches.; His life has been robbed J ot its hopes and alms. Beneath J his outward show of loyalty, there must be times when he stops . to , 'think." He is a weary, care worn, ' agony-torn, nervous man. I , He knows that the war is not . V going well. There are no more I German victories. Just over the X border, he sees the bright light of t a free Russia. He is -finding out that oe by one the neutral na ; tlons are massing against kaiser- , dom and that against such great odds, the kaiser's plan Is hopeless. " It' Is a most dangerous psychol- ? ogy for William II. There may be no German uprising. But the fires I of revolution are fitfully smolder , . InB. and "William is desperately harassed with the fes that within " ' J own empire there may appear j an ally for democracy more for- mldable than Aotiejlca's entrance Into the war. . !-".Thev situation Is full ef encour s agement JLor. the 'American policy of being vlgorpus in the promise Mt holds out of hastening the end I'and. lessening the sacrifice. HERB' vis "war on the rivers and : harbors bill. It is an eixtremely moderate bill In Its appropriations. There would be war on It If it called for but half as much or a tenth as much or if it called for only $100,000. It is not the amount, but the policy of inland waterway improvement that is un der attack, though the latter Is not acknowledged by those who dothe fighting. They disguise their pur pose In a cry of'porki" Or they say in time of war, funds cannot be spared for Inland' waterway iin-i provements. There are those who profit highly from preventing the advent of the low freight rates possible through' use of barges and boats on - highly improved rivers and .canals. They want traffic to be rtoved by, rail only. They are the forces who recently demanded a 15 per cent advance in rail rate3 after getting a similar advance but six months ago and during a period of railroad prosperity never equaled In America or any other country. Gigantic fortunes have been made in American railroading. The gentlemen who made them - and the gentlemen who are their de scendants and their managing men and beneficiaries, want no cheap freight rates on water routes to compete against. They mask their attacks on rivers and harbors bills behind cries of "pork." Some very small-bore, politicians in congress are consciously and unconsciously, their Handy-Andies. Because it is time of war is no argument against improving rivers and harbors. As a war nation. Germany Is unparalleled. Cor doned by a mighty ring of steel. backed into a little corner of the earth, driven to desperation by lack of food, burdened with incon ceivable war expenditures, Germany Is spending every day more money for developing her inland water ways than ever before. New projects are not banned. On the contrary, they are inaugurated and pushed to -completion with feverish energy. It is Germany's . way of fighting the war? to carry every thing possible by water and there by release the . railroads for the tremendous emergencies and exi gencies of the war. Yet in America, warned in ad vance by a perennial and often acute car shortage, knowing, in advance, by the acknowledgements of railroad managers that they can not handle all the traffic, the Handy-Andies of railroad managing men keep up the false cry ot "pork" and fight Inland water way Improvement In spite of the great German example in trans portation efficiency. UPRESENTATIVB JOHNSON of Washington opposed the recent Hawley amendment for including $975,000 for the mouth of the Columbia in the rivers and harbors bill. ) A large, section of the state of Washington is directly interested in the improvement of the Colum bia. The whole eastern and south Western Rection n benefited bV every dollar spent ln improving I any part of the river. A congressman ought to be able to vision what the development of the Columbia and use of it for navigation would mean, even if average men do not. That Is one reason why the office of congress man was created and men elected to the position. In his ' opposition to the Columbia appropriation, Representative Johnson is a short- weight congressman. Letters From the People Nothing more startling has ap peared than is the news that two nests of German submarines were lying in wait and attacked the American troop ships on their way to France. Only' on inside informa tion transmitted in some way from America to Berlin, with fore-hand knowledge of the departure, of the shps and the route they were to take, coum tne auacRs nave Deen made.. Who are the traitors, and where are they located? A SUGGESTED PAGEANT The delegates to the N. E. A. convention are arriving. In con sequence, newspapers throughout America - are carrying a greater number of Portland date lines. The meeting merits a great deal of attention from Portlanders. It is a man-sized event in brains, aims and reputation. DOUBT Professor . Horner's notion 'of a historic pageant to celebrate the charms and beauties of the old Vancou ver life will strike many minds as a desirable thing. Professor Hor ner is not the first to mention It, but his talk on the subject came at a happy moment and may bear fruit. In the days .which he would depict in the pageant Vancouver was a British town under the domination of a capable British governor. Dr. McLonghlin. The annual routine of life there was extremely picturesque, as any body may convince himself by reading the lively descriptions of it in Mrs. Dye's books. The de; parture of the laden canoes for the posts In the far interior. The return with cargoes of furs, the mingled company of French Cana dians, Indians and Englishmen would furnish plenty of material for "a pageant in the hands of an expert in such matters. It is regretted by many that the Rose Festival does not give us a pageant connected with the early history of Oregon. What better" material to . work into a pageant can be found than the scene at the adoption of the provisional 'government when Joe Mek enacted his dramatic part? We know the critics maintain that Joe never did anything of the sort, but when a historic pageant . is under consideration we should say unto the critics "avaunt. The Joe Meek story is worth a dozen of them and all their works. It Is reported that the sugges tion was well received by. leading Vancouver people. Perhaps some thing will come of it in due time. A successful pageant requires capa ble management, literary ability and artistic sense to compose the scenes. We dare say all this can be found in Vancouver. ANOTHER BLOW r ft ' The . convoying of the troop shiMS across the Atlantic by th American navy was a triumph of Is efficiency. The convoy vessels beat ;.. off two attacks by groups of enemy diners and landed men and mate 1 rials in - a French" port without ' - mishap. v In all the steps so far In this war, American brains function , Vaa never before. Q' uon T.Y1 YYi THE MASTERS OF CONGRESS pHEN cotton prices fell off 3, ten points before the onset . of the food control bill .the ' -, ; ; v tsouvmsi u Beuaiors ran, lo f cover, like birds in a thunderstorm. TheTtenEt point " decline may have i been a, clever move of, the specu . s . lators S4 to; show, their power ' and frighten i tbe eakllQgs.t ' If so; it ", was a .magnificent 'success. .A; ' " The panic ; among , the - senators UACK .medicine vendors are said to be in tears over the postofflce definition of 'al coholic liquor." The defini is important 'because it de limits the administration of the law which closes the mails to liquor advertisements. The postofflce de fines "alcoholic liquor" as any thing that contains alcohol. Thus at one fell blow Aunt Abicail'e afternoon stomach - draught and Deacon Peleg'g morning tonic are stricken down. , Booze, masquerading under the attractive masque of patent medi cine for weak stomachs, rheufSatio legs and wheezy lungs, commonly noias its own long after undia guispd toddy has been driven out of the market. ... '?.4 ; This tenderness for; tipple in the form, of medicine has often made prohibition a boon ; to the druggist and everybody else who sells quack nostrums - It - Is perfectly -well During June, 282 German air planes were shot down against 110 allied machines for the same period. War in the air is as vital as war on the surface of the sea and lan-i Wilbur Wright perished without living to behold the tremendous bearing the Invention of himself and brother was to play in human affairs. MUZZLING MUZZEY J TJDGE M'CAMANT'S strictures on Muzzey's American History -have. led us to give that book a reading. ' We must thank the judge for the pleasure we got from it. The history is sound, im partial, .well-informed and up to date. The Judge raised a question about the date of the battle of Antietam. Huzzey says that Inconclusive af fair happened cn September 16 Macmaster - and Thomas say the date was the seventeenth. So there Is ground for pretty controversy. Judge McCamant offers to leave the question to arbitration. " We think - he , is too. ' generous The dates of history are matters "of judicial opinion,.' not' mere ' ques tions of fact C for -"& jury' or for ar bitrators. The judge cnould set -. inmniMMia. at t Tha looraal far BnbllcaUog In thl department a bos Id yrtt ta on nlr aida t tha paper. atwoW sat sreed 300 worda ta length and aaaat to a OMBpaaled T ta nana aad addreea a tha aeader. It tba writer doaa mat deefre ta aare the name pobUabed he ahould ao etate.J Dairy-Bred Beeves Corvadlis, Or., Jun z. To Uie Ed itor ot Tn Journal I have bad brought to my attention a letter pub lished to your paper. May 18. from R. K. Ftmk ot LaLkevlew, or, in -arnica he state that the dairy farmers In that vicinity have) been having diffi culty In Belling- their Jersey and Hol stein steers. They do not hare the feed to male finished steers out of them, and the JSnyers do not -want them at weaning time, or as yearlings. As a result, some of the farmers have been butchering these calves or year lings, or even killing them as soon as they are born. Yonr correspondent calls this a waste of foodstuffs, and asks what can be dona about It. In. reply to this I will say that tns slaughter of these dairy bred calvas Is not a waste, as is commonly suppose a. since to finish them Into mature beef would require more feed than they would be worth, and the waste would really come from feeding good grain and hay to cattle of this kind which would not produce adequate returns. If our correspondent and his neighbors can ret any satisfactory market at all for the beef by slaughtering them aa calves, that would probably be the best way out of it. Otherwise these calves, can either be vealed or can be slaughtered as soon as they are bom. In the latter case the farmer will have the hide, which, while not amounting to a great deal, will be all clear pro r it. I am fully aware that there Is agita tion at present for laws to prevent the killing of calves of this kind, but this would be a mistake from the food conservation standpoint. If a farmer had a mowing machine which was so poor that It was costing him more In repair and waste of time than the in terest and depreciation on a new ma chine would amount to. It certainly would be economy to throw away the old one and get a new one. The same situation applies to these dairy bred steers. They are worthless to grow out for beef purposes, for the reason that the food which they will con sume Is worth more to the human race than the beef which they will produce. E. U POTTER, Professor of Animal Husbandry. X "Capital" Portland, July t. To the Editor of The Jonmal Tour excellent editorial entitled "Capital," of July 1, Is most Interesting. It Is not often on meets in a daily newspaper such refreshing and mind-stimulating uniqueness In tearing down the antiquated and un qualified belief rn the code of eco nomic law of supply and demand as apptied to modern monopolistic bust ness and taught to our young people in schools and colleges. Thos teachers who do not "parrot-like quote the tra ditional (I may add bourgeois) eoono mists" hold their positions a very short time in conservative communl ties, in which the school board sees to It that nothing Impedes or endangers the monopoliistie tendencies of onr modern business entrepreneurs, who, if they do not compose the school board themselves, find willing substitutes to! do their bidding. There is further food for thought in your contention that the Socialists are under a delusion in claiming that "labor produces all wealth." Although I am not a Socialist, I cannot say that their claim Is entirely groundless. Ve- blen himself, the extract of whose book, "Theory of Business Enterprise." you so ably reviewed, floes not refute that claim. On the contrary. If we add to the purely economic scope of his book the sociological side of the question, which was Intentionally omitted by the author, as pointed out in the preface, then It would be In teresting to find that the Socialist claim Is. indeed, formidable. Veblen'a book, written even as it is, from the purely economic aspect, tenas to sup port that claim rather than to over throw it. Though at variance witfe. each other. it is not from lack of understanding of the subject, but rather on account of difference in the method of reasoning. It would stem that omitting, as you do, sociological factors, which enter Into every human endeavor, an analy sis ot this question must necessarily be incomplete. Tour deduction that "a vast deal of wealth Is produced by im agination and good will" should not, I believe, end there. ."The capitalised and merchantable good will." as Veblen defines it. Is purely and 'simply the good will of the people who. through apathy or Ignorance, and to their own loss, grant to monopolists or, una wares, permit them to eteai, land, fr&n chlses, water power rights, etc. (It cannot be denied, as was pointed out in anotner eaitonai in une journal some time ago. that people as a rule do not favor economic innovations even though directly beneficial to them selves. They are content with the present monopolistic regime. If this were not so, the people of Portland, for instance, would support more eag erly the municipal lighting scheme proposed by Mr. Daly.) , For all this "intangibility and con stent fluctuation." good will is based on a. tangible and concrete foundation. The street car corporations would nev er think of stretching their tracks on the prairie for all the good will of the prairie gophers; tney seek tne 'well es tablished communities with the already created wealth. Mor would euch em plre builders" as Jim Hill ever dream of "developing" ' certain territory , if. firstly, they - did -not have jriaboi" to build the , railroad and. aecondly. if they' weren't dead certain-that the in flux of labor into the rew region would create wealth, of which "the corpora tion will secure the lion's shares All the metalliferous and agricultural. re sources or a given territory would be a valueless without the application of laoor power as , is the, copper in the Butte, nttnea which; has no-value so long as the miners are on strike. The only -value "bonds and stocks' may re wa is Dascd. firstly on -good will" j secondly, the labor power already in vested, - and. ' lastly and that upon which all value depends the absolute certainty that sooner - or later the miners will resume their- work on a wage basis. But once this certainty Is shattered by he miners refusing te work unless they get the full product of, their toll which la not Impossible in the near future, "good will" being of a fluctuating character even the -tangible" gilt edged securities, to say nothing of the common stock, will rep resent ao much waste paper. However much we may wish to re fute the Socialist doctrine on "labor power," a coordinate application of the synthetic analysis to this suoject leayes no doubt that labor does pro duce all wealth. . RALPH V. CHERVIN. For Auto Owners to Consider Palmer. Or.. 'July A. To the Editor of The Journal I wish to speak of the serious damage to auto tires caused by crushed rock being applied as dress ing to our highways. This rock is also lost off wagons and trucks haul ing for- private- parties. I have men tioned this, subject to many, but find very few who are aware of the real cause of their heavy tire bills. Those who do not believe this statement and have driven their ears a few hundred miles over our highways may change their minds after a careful investi gation of this subject. Clean off your tires. Make an exploring tool of strong wood. Insert into all those harmless looking cuts. Tou will find that many of them extend to the fabric, which Is tne very lire of tho tire. Water; dirt oil and other matter work their way into these cuts, causing decay of fabric and what is known asJliters Soon a new tire must replace the abused one not the "old" one. No tire dealer can afford to guarantee tires under the present conditions, un less he doubles the price', and well we know that they are soaring in price, have made a careful study of the suDject and have been a careful driver. have dectded that riding over this squeegee, as it Is called, is expensive i or me. Why not use sand as dress ing? It Is cheap and efficient. 3. W. SPEAR. PERT! N EN!' CO M M ENTc AN D: N EWS I bXIAl.t, lliAAUtt : Stories From Everywhere Q Anythinar aa nr. mm Aav In' June is a oay m J uly in Oregon. . . OonvermAl ion a. maala la avrallant for digestion, but it hasn't any thing wiMcirvaiion at meats. - It is to ba hariM TummU anil Tvailua will be able to get our national game without urst getting our national same language. , A school of rioialrnlnar ta toy b established at Athena, ft Is evidently too late to acconiDlmh anvtnmar with a scuool of throneaeeping. Xne Vara-nf lnt raema wtrei one thought lawn mowing -was about all that human nature can endure may now loo back as upon happy days. Were "Old Aba " the, noted war carle of the Civil war, alive today he could navve toe ume or. nis nieaip among me aeroplanes somewhere In h ranee. When our boys get Into the trenches and get to hollering across to the Boches, chancer are tney won't stir up enough old acquaintances to start a list with. Don't healta.t when von encounter "dacha" in the news dispatches. Call them checks." And that's exactly what they have always been, toe on tne xiapsDurgs. William Thaw is dolrvg good service bringinc down German aaroDlanea. The most Harry ever brought down wjls etanrord White and the number or the Thaw millions. If ' the kaiser has a eecret grief it must be that Switzerland has no navy for htm to send to the bottom of the sea that does not wash the shores that Switzerland hasn't got. '-:r'y oregon sldkuguts Farm sales at prices never before irnAwn a ra tajuner Dioce w . county, the Democrat aaya rati or c has not Is out of a.PSJi?S. i? The JmaraaF. era larvitad ta uaiTihm. Vf&L, i'L" r J" PaUaoehical obacevaUae ratriatag qootattooa. froai ear amine. Cue- tgle that Grant county i a u awiar apixafeal. , . J. fchmi1 IlbertJIkmdKedCostwM,! it luck and out ot date." 0NE ' Kold plec wa Jl inat was ' ao'rw salton of Cottage Grove saved from :00 kept lu the stove . Uh (3Mr Saltan of Cottage '.i.im. ih nriu rnse bush for (hie sea son, it has ml flowers In full bloom. Another bush has nearly as many, but she didn't take time to count them. Both are white roses. Tha, nlant and bualness of the Her- miston Herald have been sold by F. R. Reeves to M. D. O Connell. Mr. O con- nell took possession last muimij, is an old newspaper man. He comes from Richland. Wash. a All will salute llarlon county's new bank of the boarding bouse ef Mra, V josepn j&ripps et Brtnkerton. a mining '. town near Pittsburg, ta. when Mra.v; Kripps lighted a fire in the stove early . ' in the morning. The money repre : , scnted $900 savings of the boarder and IZ0OO belonging to the Krlnea. ' , There was an ansry demonstration among the boarders when kit a Kripps k apprised them of the fate of their aav- - ings, and ftaring that It was a ruse te -beat them out of their money, the flag, now flying from the court houue J ransacked the house In search of . money, out none was round. Mrs. Kripps and her boarders had little or no faith in banks and kept their money hidden In the bouse. On account of recent robberies in the town the money was changed from a trunk and each night was hidden tn the stove, kindling and coal being pile! on top of it. But there came a morning when Mrs. staff. The old one is described by the Journal as ' the tattered ana raggeu emblem that has flown from the staff for a long time, in tact the old flag was worn threadbare, wind bare, and color bare. It, really was not present-able.- , . The Coqullle Sentinel passes this tip to all horticulturists: "J. M. Sanford. who lives In the east part of town, hnwd ii a a. hunch of wild strawber ries from plants which he has oeen i ivripps wa, m a hurry to start the lire . cultivating for a year or two. They were of a delicious flavor and much larger than the usual wild berry, al though they would win no prizes for size in competition with the berries we have commented on tho past two weeks." THE KAISER'S PERILS-ONCE AND NOW and forgot about the money, which was all currency except the one gold piece. When she heard the gold pieca tinkle against the grate bars and fall into the ahej. she remembered the stove was a bank. Water was poured on the fire and a lot of charred paper will be sent to Washington in an en deavor to have it redeemed. .1 The Biggest of the Big Guns rrona Popular Science Monthly. It Is not easy to understand what the power of a gun really is its penetrat lng and destructive power. What we call a 15-inch gun which means one whose muzzle or hollow part Is 15 inches In diameter will hurl a shell right through a plate or wall of the hardest steel 12 Inches thick seven miles from the muzzle. The power of the very largest land guns ever mad the German- howitzers, or 16.5-lnch guns is such that one of their mis siles cracks open a steel and concrete fort as if lt were a nut. There are two classes of guns naval guns and army or land guns. Because they can be manipulated more easily than those of a ship, land guns are the heavier. From 8 to 10 miles is the greatest distance that a gunner can cover successfully at sea. The largest naval gun Is the 15-lnch English gun en the famous euperdreadnaught, and the largest land gun is the German howitzer. Of the two the naval run fires a shell weighing over half a ton, while the other fires a projectile a ton in weight. But the new giant 16-lnch guns of the United States defending the Panama canal and New York at Sandy Hook shoot projectiles weighing 2370 pounds, which is over a ton. These immense steel guns can sink a ship be fore it has really come into sight on the horizon, the location of the battle, ship having been detrmined by air plane or tower. Restoration of a Railroad rroea the Kew York World. The formal discharge of the receiver of the Chicago. Rock Island A Pacific Railway company restores the prop erty of that corporation to Its orlgl nal owners. For 15 years It has passed through the hands of stock Jobbers into the possession of a defrauded public, only to be kicked about Wall Street and finally to bring up in bankruptcy court. How Rock Island, one of the richest and most prosper qus of railroads, was looted by a con scienceless syndicate of operators, who smothered tt with debt and then un loaded their hundreds of millions of worthless securities upon unsuspecting investors, is an old story. It is some thing new. however, to find a great property, freed at last of all dishonest Incumbrances, returned by the opera tion of an efficient receivership to the company to whicr It reghtfully belongs. It has cost the owners of Rock island a great deal of money to ransom thej railroad, and the public has paid dearly for its too credulous raith in venders of securities that bad nothing behind them, but if the experience gained shall make such buccaneering impos aible hereafter, it may be worth the price. A Sick Autocrat lrom the Tacoma Trjbane Constantlne, former king of Greece. is reported to be sick. He has gone te a sanitarium to recuperate. The offi cial reason given is that an old wound is troubling him. More reliable Infor mation la to the effect that his ex majesty has been so shocked by his recentlon In Switzerland that his nerves are all upset. It was a revelation to Constantlne to find out. by actual contact with hu manity outside of his own court cir cles, what the world in general thinks of him. The neutral and usually good tempered Swiss have mobbed him when he appeared in public, lie will find nothing but hostility or coldness wherever he turns, in any part or the civilised earth, except In the central empires. And even the Germans will be likely to be cool toward him before long. Prussia has little use for "dead ones." and Constantlne shows little Indication of "coming back." If Constantlne Had realized sooner the strength of the allied cause and the fervor of freedom that prevails in all lands uncontrolled Dy. tne Jtionen zollerns, his career might have had a different ending. His experience ought to be a profitable lesson to such mon archs as still cling to their Jobs. PERSONAL MENTiON N. E. A. Delegates Arriving Visitors to ' Portland for the Na tional education association convention have been arriving slowly for the past week, a considerable number arrivng Thursday. The Multnomah is the head quarters for the convention, and most of the leaders of, various delegations are registering there. Among those to arrive Thursday were: Carroll G. Fears e, chairman of the board of trus tees of the association and a member ef Its executive eommittee, from Mil waukee, Wis.; J. Henry Allen of Grand Junction, Colo.: R,' O. Stoops, superin tendent of schools at Joliet, 111., Mrs. Stoops, Mrs. C. S. Barrows of Ipava, III., and George B. Lloyd of the board of education of Joliet; J. W. Crab tree, president of the Wisconsin State Nor mal school at River Falls; Professor and Mrs.- Howard Driggs of the Uni versity of Utah, Salt Lake City; Ki rn er L. Cave., superintendent of schools at Belllngham, . Wash., and a director ef the National Education association, with . Mrs.' Cave, son Donald, Miss Frances Cave and Miss Irene Selby, From tha New York Evening Poet. 1 It was to save Germany and civiliza tion from the Slav peril that William II was compelled to draw fie sword; so he has told his people. It was fear of the Slav peril that won the ad hesion of the German Socialists to the law of necessity which knows neither treaty rights nor human obligations. For years the court painters of the Hohenzollern had been laying on their blacks and purples and crimsons in de picting the menace from the east. The czar's barbarian hosts were threaten ing to Sweep across the trim garden beds of kultur. From out the limitless steppes the mujlk horde, uncouth with vermin and -vodka and the icons of su perstition and under the command of a brutal autocracy, was to hurl itself against the fair edifice of Teuton en lightenment and reason and discipline. Perhaps the psychology of fear will ex plain why German Socialists, with a few honorable exceptions did not stop to ask how the stemming of the Slav tide necessitated the martyrdom of Bel gium and the devastatlon'Of northern France. When, after the first few months of war, the question did arise. it was discovered that it was not the Slav peril, after all, but some other peril, it was not uerman kuitur mat was in danger, but Germany's place in the sun. The czar's formidable armies became a laughing stock for Hlnden burg's field-gray heroes. ' France was the enemy, and Kngland after that, and perhaps the United States is now, but as for Russia what did German dis cipline and German kultur ever have to fear from the peasant mobs of Mus covy 7 a a Yet events have shown that the kaiser spoke better -than he knew. There was, indeed, a Slav peril gather ing Itself against him, the menace from the east which Prussianism is facing today. It is the peril of Russian de mocracy. The Slav armies will not again, in all probability, flow, into Ease Prussia, or ' break through," the Car pathians; but Russia has forged sub tler weapons for the undoing of Ger man autocracy. It has forced upon the kaiser a defensive in which I Ilnd en- burg lines will not avail. It has put the kaiser on the defensive against .a new world hope and against the bitter doubts of a great section of his own peo ple, it naa raisea muttering within his country that Germany la not. fighting ror aaitur, Dut against, a new .world order, that she stands . alone against the .comity of civilization. Thl is the Slav peril which causes a former apol ogist of the Hohenzollern to complain that "we Prussians cannot alone offer resistance to the great tide of the times flowing towards democracy In the midst of the German empire, yes, ot the European continent .and of , the whole world. We should thereby get into dangerous isolation among the na tions of the earth." William II had his foreboding of this Slav peril ten years ago and more, when he entered Into al liance against It with Nicholas Roman- oir. He would have been wise In re maining faithful to his ally; By turn ing against the czar he exposed his own flank at Petrograd; and the Slav peril was upon him.- The kaiser, one Imaarlnea now anri then, la more acutely aware of this new danger than some of Russia s own allies at times. In disappointment at the slack ening of Russia's military effort we are too much Inclined to speak of the harm which the revolution has done to the campaign plan of the alUea We over- fallen into the habit of assuming that " V . " J " . " if the. Russian aj-mtea had delivered ""-. oeiense. ins counsel, in aoareSS A Clincher Pat O'Flaherty, very palpably not a Prohibitionict, was arrested in Arizona recently, charged with selling liquor In violation of the prohibition law. But their attack this spring the war would have been. won. That is mere specu lation. What Is much more ascertain able Is the enormous moral reinforce ment which Russia has brought to her allies and the moral disintegration which she has cast into the enemy's camp. .Hindenburg said two year ago that victory would fall to the side with the stronger nerves. It is necessary only to compare the state of nerves ' among the nations of the entente, fight ing the Jury, said: "Your honor, gentlemen of the Jury, look at tho defendant. A dramatic pause, then: ' "Now, gentlemen of the Jury, do you honestly think that If the defendant had a quart of whiskey he would sell it?" The verdict, reached in one minute, was, "Not guilty." Dentists ThaTTJo Their Bit James Cary was up from his farm lng now in a very real sense for democ- on Crane creek the other Jay to get racy, ana tne state oi nerves in a coun- some dental work done, says the Burns try that feels Itself "Isolated" Jn the Times-Herald, but found that both our civilized world. To Strike the balance dentists had turned farmers and ncitk- between what the new Russia has with- or ws in his office. He said lie bad drawn from the allied cause and what g6no without teeth quite a while and she has given to the allies, we need only was getting tired of that kind of fare, think of tha new mean In a; which the Mr. Cary says he'a raJainir "souda" struggle has taken on during the last I as his share toward winning the war. three months, of the new faith that has come to the nations of the west. In the Atlantic Monthly a writer speaks ef the "clearing aims of the war." He speaks for the men who up till last March were still In doubt as to the merits of the bitter struggle, who could not see it as a contest between all light and all darkness. Such doubts have vanished with the disappearance ot the Romanoffs. The new phase was admir ably summed up by Lloyd George yes terday: "Although these distractions (Russia's) had the effect of postponing complete victory, they made victory more sure than ever, more complete than ever, and, what Is more Impor tant, they made surer than ever the quality of the victory." But Russia's reinforcements to the allied cause are not the only ones. There was another peril of which the Teu ton world was accustomed to speak; not as frequently as of the Slav peril nor officially, but spoken of Just the same. It was the American peril. Much was said about the danger from Amerikanis mus to the fine fibre of European civ ilisation. Books were written about collar i Ka," witn its rampant, gross materialism, and its blundering, money-ruled democracy. It 'was intimated that Germany would not be averse to assuming the leadership in the defense of European culture against Transat lantic "stomach civilization.?' If the Russian mujlk from his bogs threaten ed European civilization on Its mate rial Bide, Amerikanismus. money-worship, threatened the spiritual life of Europe. Today we must admit that these kultur champions were partly right. An American peril ls now con fronting the kaiser in France; only, as in thecaseofRussia.it ls not quite the peril that was foreseen. Not dollar ika has entered the fight, but Ameri can democracy. It is not the democracy of the new Russia, as Mr. Root so wise ly pointed out to the men at Petrograd, but it looks to the new Russia with in finite sympathy and, according to our powers, with understanding. Well In deed may the kaiser complain of the policy of "encirclement." Hole caught In the democratic ring. William II may 4-take auoh comfort as he can out of the thought that he has helped to trans form the brutalized mujlk and the money-grubbing Yankee into cham pions of an ideal. If I W ere a King If I were a king I'd take ray crown And hock it quick. That's on best bet. I'd take my robes of ermine down -And get on them what I could get. If I were king right now, I think I'd realize and swell my pile; I'd know Uhat I was on the bilnk And king were going out ot style. The royal Jewels I would pawn Tho diamonds and pearls sublime; Td rise tomorrow morn' at dawn And beat It while there yet was time. New York Mall. Uncle Jeff Snow Says: Pears like there's some mighty good flghtln' material wastln' itself masaa orcein" blacks in East St. Louis and other places lately. These fellers that forms mobs to hunt and burn in the United States might be turned looae on the kalcer, ana there'd be mere sat isfaction all around, no matter what happened after that. HOW TO BE HEALTHY FACIAL NEURALGIA. Facial neu ralgia ls due to nerve Irritation brought about by various causes. The source of the disturbance may be a diseased tooth, an Inflamed ear canal, a con gested nose, or Inflammation in one of the bony cavities of the face. Or the trouble may be caused by exposure to cold and Injury, or by such diseases as diabetes,- malaria, or syphilis. A thorough examination is necessary to find the real causa The eyes should also be carefully examined by an oculist, for possible sources of the neuralgia. There may be errors of refraction. Any inflam mation ot the eyelids should also be considered in connection with facial pain. . For Immediate relief of the affected nerve, the application of heat ls gen erally useful. A hot water bottle may be placed over the nerve, or tender spot. When the heat ls removed, the face should be protected by dry wool. Drugs and electricity may also be used in neuralgia, but these should be administered under the advice of a physician. The diet must be carefully regulated. Thin people should take plenty of milk, cream and butter. Gouty people should adhere closely to a vege tarian and fruit diet. Carefully regulated exercises, short of the point of fatigue, and plenty of fresh air, are necessary. In long stand ing cases, massage is sometimes benefi cial. A warm dry climate is also help ful tn overcoming the pain in this ali ment. In extreme cases, whin all hygienic and medical treatment falls, it is some times necessary to resort to a surgical operation for the removal of the af fected nerve Most cases clear up promptly when the original source of the trouble is discovered and removed. Tomorrow Food Sensuality Harmful. AMERICAN SOLDIERS IN FRANCE Pictorial review of the arrival of Major General Pershing in England and France and of the de parture of the transports carrying the fighting forces he is to command will be a compelling fea ture of next Sunday's Journal. SIDELIGHTS ON THE WAR American Lake canton ment iri the making where Oregon's men in the national army will be trained. How Canada teaches trench fighting at Camp Borden, Ont., is told in fascinating fashion by Jack Lait. The experiences of 1 a voyage through the U boat zone is related in a letter from an officer at tached to a base hospital unit. - What English women are doing to help win the war is outlined, by: Low ell MelletU. fe ail from Belllngham, and Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Saunders of New Tork. a a Mr. and Mrs. J- W. Spencer of Chi cago are at the Portland. j "w. Siemens Is in the city from Klamath Falls and ls registered at the Imperial. Mr and Mrs. Oscar Ames of Spo kane 'are at the Oregon. Mrs. Harry Tasset of San Fran cisco is registered at the Washington. jj x. Laldlaw and Miss Margaret Laldlaw are at the Perkins from San Diego. " Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Van Pinsker are registered at the Portland from San Francisco. R. w. Martin ls at the Imperial from Eugene. Mr. and Mrs. W. Ireland of HUls boro Ox., ar at the Oregon. Captain C V. Doyon of the Twenty second regiment of C. F. at Montreal; Alph Doyon of St. Guillaume. P. Q-. and L. A- Gonneville of Los Angeles make a party at the Multnomah. Mr and Mrs. George L. Putnam of Kelso, Wash, are at the Perkins. - W. A. Mead of Seattle is staying at the Imperial. ' -'. - ' - - - Mrs, A. A Peter and Miss Ellen P. i ' V '--:.' ' 7 ' ,.i Dabney are registered at the Portland from Seattle. H. J. Lusty of the Sumner Iron Works at Kverett, Wash, is an Ore gon guest. Mrs. Charles Miller ls at the Wash ington from Winnipeg. Canada. O. Helm, Interested in the salmon canning business at Altoona. Wash, is at the Oregon. Robert Fitrmorrls ls at the Imperial from Condon, Or. Miss Florence Miller and Mrs. A. P. T. Kennedy are registered at the Washington from Kansas City. jxut tor Spite " Fraaa tbe New Twk Tategraoh. Germany refuses to let us have any more opera singers and It we keen on pestering the kaiser he may be per suaded to deprive us of the little Ger man band. Oregon In Line. -' rroca the Loa Aafelae gjtpraaa. ' : ' -Oregon has oversubscribed her pro portion of the Liberty loan, and. at last accounts was going right on aubocrib. ing as it she enjoyed iC It never rains In Oregon but it pours. ,; .v v . - . t j FASCINATING FICTION Gentlemen Curious by Arthur James Hayes: The End of the String; By Franklin P. Harry. "The Price of Empire"; By Shannon McMahoit A Four-Handed Game By Harold Titus. '.,- THE SUNDAY JOURNAL -..' : Five Cents the Copy Everywhere. T-M'M--M r,NEXT.SUNDAY V