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On ar.....f.Sl. I one moots t AS
Tba hurt of Jrfferaoa In writing tb
Declaration, and of conyrraa to aduittlng It.
bat for ill liiiminlty ; tha aaaerflon of
right vii mail for the entire world of
Mankind ami all coming generations, with
out any etcrptlon wbaierer; for the pro
portion wklrh admits of exception can
never be elf-evldent. T.aorge Bancroft.
FIGHTING THE FARMERS
T V 7 -miners 01 tne seat-
V V i-innz-ialntr a Tianlo Whent
"
price for the Northwest
it Is almost marvelous that tha
commission whlcft. went to Wash
ington was able to secure a modi
fication of the original order which
made Chicago the only basic wheat
point with the only basic wheat
price.
The facts of the Seattle opposi
tion were Bet forth in telegrams
that 'city printed exclusively in
Tuesday's Journal. The Seattle
exchange not only opposed a basic
wheat price for the Northwest be
fore the Northwest committee "but
carried Its opposition to the au
thorities at Washington. Under
date of September 12, the S'eattlo
exchange wired S. C. .Armstrong
of the Northwest conmittee at
Spoftatfeas follows:
i Mr. .Armstrong, In any effort he
may make to have basic price estab
lished for Pacific Northwest. DOES
NOT REPRESENT MILLERS . OF
til 1 B EXCHANGE. EXCHANGE
OOES ON RECORD 'AS NOT AP
PROVING ANY rATTlTUDE TAKEN
BY MR. ARMSTRONG WITH REF
ERENCE TO PRICE IF IT BE
OTHER THAN CHICAGO PRICE
LESS - FREIGHT TO TERMINAL
POINT. ESTABLISHING COUNTRY
PRICE F. O. B. ON THIS BASIS.
It was a strange attitude for
Seattle millers to taka. It 1a at.
traordlnary' that millers drawing
' their wheat from the farmers of
the Northwest should resist the
farmers plan to have the govern
' jn.cn t fix a higher price for North
west , wheat. The reply of. Mr,
'Armstrong to the millers of the
Seattle exchange was as follows:
Sept. 12. 1917, Merchants' Exchange,
Seattle: Tour telegram statins po
sition toward my representation ot
tha errrhnneA la a nmrlia t r me
You know the object of the Portland
meeting in electing the committee to
r' go to Washington, if you do not ln-
uurw iuc uujcti lur wxiicri viua com
mission was selected as a whole,
, Wire me at La Sai;e hotel. Chicago.
Saturday, and I will not include the
Merchants' Exchange n my repre
sentations. In reply to Mr. Armstrong's tele
gram the Seattle exchange wired
to Food Administrator Hoover its
protest against an advance of the
Northwest wheat price, and sent
Jlhe following remarkable telegram
to Mr. Armstrong, who was then
en route with the Northwest com
mittee to Washington:
Sept. 14, 1917. S. C. Armstrong.
La Salle hotel, Chicago, 111.: Copiy
telegram sent to Mr. Hoover: Am
instructed to notify you. Committee
en. rotite to Washington appointed a.
Portland meeting of grain growers
and others interested, does aot repre
. seat mill In r Interests of tola ex.
eaaage la any effort to have baslo
price established for radflo north
west. 1 orthe?, this exchange does sort
approve any attitude taken, hy coxa,
mltte with reference to wheat prices
If It toe other than Chlcagro toaslo less
freight to Chicago.
3QBACHAHTS' EXCKAHOE, SBA.TTXE
. O. KXX.Xj, Manager.
A basic price of $2.05 for North
west wheat was secured by the
committee over the protest of the
flour manufacturers' in the Seattle
exchange. - The opposition of the
- Seattle millers to the appeal of
the- farmers for hjgher prices for
wheat Is a most : extraordinary
Incident.
t Wew disclosures reveal that Voa
Bernstorff, while German ambas-
aaor In America, spent millions
of; Prussian money through Bolo
Pasha in pro-German activities in
thlf country- and France. v The
Prussian activities which Included
Von Bernstorff 's request for funds
'With which , to "influence congress
through the organization you know
of "v constitute a -record of plot and
Intrigue almost beyond belief.
:R EATON'S STATEMENT
POTHERE Is wholesome American-
i. 'Ism in the-. public statement
t . of Allen. . Eaton. For exam
I ' pie, , Mr. Eaton says: "v
This Is my war. not ot my making-.
Hot" of my choosing, but It Is. mine.
There was .a time when J t was' the
privilege and the duty of .every cltl
sen- to keep us out or to lead ua In
as he saw the light. But that time
passed and' war was .- declared. ,. We
must not look back bow, w must
look forward. We must carry it
through until our cause is won.
This la' pot ..disloyalty; it Is
loyalty. It 4s not bad citizenship;
it la good dtzenahip. Would that
all ; who rest secure under - Ameri
can protection and accept the priv
ileges and prizes of- the Republic
were as sound in their convictions
as -to an American's duty. ; '
In view .of his statement 'It
would seem' to be time " now to
permit Mr, Eatoa and his unforu
nate attendance at the Chicago
meeting' to become a closed in
cident. S .
The United States government
has given orders to rush comple
tion of the last 20 miles of the
Alaskan railroad from Anchorage
ta. Seward. The 'anxiety for the
work to be hurried is due to a
need' for the coal for the navy as
provision against a possible- short
age of fuel oil. The wisdom of
Senator Chamberlain's legislation
for a government railroad in
Alaska is confirmed in. an unex
pected way. It wUtl be further
confirmed in other ways later. .
AS WILLIAM WANTS IT
JN A speech at Baltimore, Mrs.
Henry O. Havemeyer of New
York has advised suffragists
not "to lift a finger" in aid
of the Liberty loan. She said:
I haven't nerve to ask money for
a battle for democracy when, we who
demand true democracy are thrown
into Jail for doinp so.
That is thd advice the kaiser
would give. It is the kind of action
in America that Prussian junker
dom would propose. Berlin would
be deeply gratified if Mrs. Have
meyer's advicfe were followed by
American suffragists. ; The chief
sufferers from failure of the Liberty
loan would be American boys in
France and the chief beneficiaries
would be Raiser Wilhelm and the
Hohenzoljern dynasty.
The Havemeyer Idea of "true
democracy" is the sugar trust. Mrs.
Ilavemeyer's prominence in tha
world arose from her late husband's
Bugar baronetcy.
The sugar trust was conceived
and organized by Henry O. Have
meyer in 1887, when 19 of the 23
refineries, controlling 90 per cent
of American refined sugar, were
grouped under one management,
with Mr: Havemeyer. at the head.
As example of the watering of
stock, one block of securities worth
in the market 500 million at the
time was exchanged for 900 mil
lion worth ot shares in the trust.
On that and other 'water, the
American people have been paying
dividends ever since. That, in the
Havemeyer mind,-; is "true democ
tacy" In industry.
One of the greatest national
scandals in American history was
the ' thirty-million-dollar swindle
perpetrated upon the United States
government by the sugar trust. By
under weights and under valua
tions on imported raw sugar at the
New York and San Francisco cus
tom houses, the government was
robbed for years. The true amount
of the stealings never was known,
but was-estimated at from 30 mil
lion to 65 million dollars.
More than 200 New York cus
toms employes were debauched
by the trusty As a result of the
exposures, Frank Wenzel, for 25
years the confidential man of
Henry O. Havemeyer, resigned in
disgrace, along with five " other
high trust officials. Prosecution;
was escaped on the statute of limi4
tatlon. Its guilt was acknowledged
by the trust through its restUu-f
tion of Beveral million dollars of
the loot.
Before a congressional Invest!
gatlqg committee in 1908 Jameq
H. Post, once a confidential Have
meyer operator, testlfiel that $10,-
000,000 of fiction stock was man
ufactured from thin air for Mr
Havemeyer, and that dividends of
$2,500,000 were drawn from this
manufacture capital within two
years. He testified that thfr $10,-
000, 000 of fictitious stock was
"issued to me and was then trans
ferred to Havemeyer, although I
always voted it." He testiffed
that a year later a dividend of 10
per cent on this ten million of thin
air stock was paid and- that the
following jyear, ' 1904, a further
dividend of 15 per cent was paid.
This was "true democracv" un
der the llavemeyer system, it la
from ' such a quarter that suf
fragists are counseled "not to lift
a finger in aid of the Liberty
lofen."
Over 40,000 automobiles are
owned In Oregon. It Is lovely to
have them. -AnTl it is even more
lovely for each owner Jo have aH
Liberty bond that will bring back
to him in interest some of the
maintenance cost of his , machine.
EYE FOR EYE;
I
F THE English should decide
to give the kaiser a taste of
the lex talionls nobody could
, blame them. . Their restraint
under the provocation of his petty
airship torments has been admir
able, but it has limits' They now
talk seriously of taking an eye
ior an eye and a tooth for a tooth
which means, In this Instance, kill
ing German babies in retaliation
for .British babies slain by the
kaiser a, aviators. . . 1
. There . are some . practical obsta
des to doing it Strange as it
may seem, ' the road from London
to Berlin is longer than from Ber
lin to IvOndonr To speak plainly,
the kaiser's airships have only to
fly across the North Sea to attack.
London, while to attack Berlin, an
English : airship must -fly several
hundred mile's across ' France and
Germany v This makes retaliation,
or reprisal, difficult.- ' ' "
No ' doubt the English will set
up an airship baso behind their
Belgian lines for- this purpose.
They can then exact baby for baby
without - undue exertion and ex
It is always a. splendid thing to
create, a sinking fund as provision
against your mortgage. A Liberty
bond will both start the sinking
fund and do your bit in the war.
A LA PORTLAND
N'
OT tn disparagement of Mat-
zenauer, not in censure ot
her audience, but in mere
appeal for a real musical
Portland, how valuable it would
be if a small fraction of the en
thusiasm, of last night's regally
clad ' audience could be expended
in encouragement of home musi
cians . and home musical endeavor.
In the same theatre recentfy,
Francis Richter, eminent, splendid,
and pianistically triumphant, Ameri
can through and through, artist to
the tips of his fingers, glorious In
interpretation and execution, was
discouragingly unpatronlzed.
The music was there, rapturous,
magical, divine music with thrills
and delights for the most cultured
musical ear or the deepest musical
soul. . ,
But ' he was only a home
boy, and the diamonds, the shim
mering gowns and the pedigrees
and purple were far, far away. It
Is always so.
Portland's musical atmosphere
will be empty, ..hollow and unreal
until Portland becotmes more of a
home-boy and home-girl town.
v
In spite of Lord Northcliffe's
gloomy statement relative to sink
ings by dfvers, the sunken tonnage
dropped the past week to 11 major
and two minor British ships -the
lowest record since ruthless sub
marine warfare was launched last
February. A drop from 55 in
April to 13 in October is a very
long stride in combating the sub
marine. AVAR GARDENS
T
HE war gardens planted so
industrially last , spring have
not always yielded In pro
portion to the gardeners'
hopes. Sometimes a heavy crop
of potatoes, beans, corn, has been
garnered,' sometimes not. If there
has been a failure there is a rea
son for it. ' Chance and "luck
play but a small part in gardening.
One of the most common rea
sons for failure in Portland is
poor soil. Suburbanites cherish
an amiable faith that once seed
is confided to the generous earth
a crop is sure to follow. But the
earth is not always generous. She
only returns what is given her in
advance. '
If the soil does not contain the
elements that make potatoes it
cannot produce potatoes. The
wise gardener sees to it that the
soil contains the material for crops
before expecting it to grow crops.
There is much poor soil in Port
land, -particularly on the east side
where one may trace an old glacier
by its deposit of cobble stones
There are several ways to en
rich a poor soil, some expensive,
some cheap. One of the cheapest
and best is to sow vetches this fall
and spade under the growth, next
spring. By the middle of May
vetches sown now should be knee
high. They supply the earth with
nitrogen and provide also that pre
cious "humus" without which
nothing will grow, no matter how
chemically rich the soil may be
A pailful o,f vetches does not
cost a great deal. The hard, in
tractable seed need not be spaded
or plowed under. It may almost
as well be sown on the surface of
the ground. At the first rain it
will sprout and presently spring
up into a thrifty plant, pushing
its roots downf Into the earth. We
have seen vetches four inches high
which were sown on' sod a" little
before the first rain this fall.. By
next spring they will make the
best of fertilizer.
Speaking of war gardens, it is
odd that more of our patriotic
disciples of Adam do not sow tur
nips for the fall rains to mature
Farmers habitually sow flat fur-
nips In September and October,
and seldom fail of a 'winter crop.
AS1 TO MILK
T
HE disposition said to be
growing among the dairymen
around Portland to set up
their own diatrlbntlnar nlnnt
should be encouraged. Self-help
is the, secret of success. It is
poor economy to pay-others for
doing .what the dairymen could
as well or better do for themselves
The middlemen In the milk busi
ness may or may not- be necessary.
At present the - producing dairy
men are inclined to look upon
them--as 'a superfluity. It if right
and proper for them to test the
soundness of this belief by ex
periment. . .
. If the milk distributing middle
man is unnecessary,- the cost of
his in tervention Is an . - economic
loss. The money which he ab
sorbs should y either remain ' tn
the consumer's pocket or go to
the producing dairyman ; who,' ln-
disputably, performs ja genuine
service to society.- -It. may possibly
transpire in the end that part of
tne distributors - profit can be
retained by the consumer while
part of it ought In Justice to go
to the producer.
It has been Intimated that the
present distributing force could
still make themselves useful even
if the producers should take full
charge of their own business by
directing a cooperative plant. Out
side of the present circle of dairy
men who ship milk to Portland
there is a wider circle who at pres
ent -ship only cream. By proper
management it is said that milk
for the city might -he obtained
from these producers and the pres
ent distributors are the men to
turn the trick. If vthey can do so
they will perform a public service
whose value nobody can question.
We may remark, however, that
this seems problematical. The pro
ducers who live near Portland
enjoy an economic advantage which
can hardly be overcome by fair
means. The weighty factors of
time and ' distance are in their
favor. It is also heavily in their
favor that they can, by doing thefr
own distributing, save the middle
man's ' profit for themselves. To
all appearances their rosition is
impregnable if they decide to make
the most of it.
, I 1 :
TRAVEL STORIES
OF NORTHWEST
By Fred Lockley
Scattered all over the west, are for
gotten cities ghost cities. The mines
have played out, the diggings have
been exhausted, the railroad, passea
them bv. some other citv With better
civic team work has drawn the peonie
away. Soottsburg. before tne vn
war. was the big city of Southern Or
egon. Today there is but one store
there. Kerbvville. Empire. Santiam
City, Mllwaukie, Linn City, Columbia
City and many others at one time
gave promise of greatness.
Not Ions- ago -while traveling rrom
Ban don to Port Orf ord. In Curry coun
ty,, my traveling companion pointed
to a little-used, road and said, mat
is the road to Paciflo City, the city
of destiny on Floras lake, where a
canal was to connect the fteshwater
harbor with the sea and wUere
great port was to be built up. Today
bats, toads, cottontails and garter
snakes Inhabit the city. It is one
of Oregon's ghost cities."
Recently Pacific City met Its of
ficial doom, being sold for taxes. A
resident of Curry county sends In the
following description of the final
chapter in the life of Pacific City:
Going, going gone! Bold to George
Stone for one sent." And as the ham
mer of the sheriff fell the last of 6000
lots of Pacific City, Curry county, had
been sold for taxes. The sale had
dragged on for days, bids running from
one-cent a lotto as hjgh as 16 for
front lots with houses on them. Th
bidding was listless from the first.
strangers would drop In and, amused
at lots going for a cent each, would
bid in a few hundred and laughingly
pass on.
Such was the end of Pacific City,
nee a town of 600 people or more
now a deserted village on the shore of
one of the most beautiful lakes In Ore
gon.
In 1909 a man named . Crittenden
conceived the idea of laying out an
orchard tract cn the shpres of Floras
lake in the north end of ' Curry county,
but this was soon abandoned and in
company with others several thousand
acres were bought and laid off into
lots. The lake wat to be turned, into
a great Inland Harbor, according to the
promoters, where the largest vessels
ii the world could ride at anchor se
cure from wind and wave.
The surveyor was followed by a
gang of workmen who cleared the
streets of the heavy timber, laid side
walks, graded some streets and finally
erected a large sawmill.
People camo to see and remained
to build and invest. In a few
months hardware, drug and gen
eral merchandise stores, candy shops
pool halls, livery stables, hotels and
meavt markets were running to full ca
pacity. Houses sprang up here and
there, everywhere, carpenters worked
night and day; 27 teams were hauling
freight from Bandon and could not
keep the little town supplied.
Purchasers or prospective purchas
era came from Borland, Spokane.
Cheyenne, Minneapolis and Chicago,
lots started off at $12.50 and rose rap
idly to 125. to $50 and up as high as
1300 per lot and then
Yesterday as our auto crowded
through the brush of a once busy
street, a man with several weeks'
growth of beard came to the door and
gazed listlessly at us. ' He"bccuples
one room of a large dwelling house,
most of the windows are" broken, the
rront door nangs ty one hinge, the
roof sags, the paint is gone, much of
the ruslc has been pulled off the side
of the house, either by the occupant or
perhaps by Some nearby farmer who
needed lumber. - We found the three
story hotel In charge of an old man
who had been foolish enough to loan ,
money on it In the palmy days of the
town.
Farther down the street we pushed
aside the alders that had grown up
around a very pretentious building and
discovered It to havebeen the school
house, where at one time SO pupils had
received inspiration from ambitious
pedagogues. The -windows are gone
entirely here, the brick chimney has
fallen down, part of the roof is gone,
but the seats are Intact, the blackboard
is covered with childish writing and
one can Bee that the elements of pa
triotism had been Instilled there for
on one corner of the board childish
scrawling characters 'proclaim:! "Give
me liberty or give me death." -
Across' the lake were the stubs of a
half- dozen piling where the canal was
tp connect the ocean with the fresh
water, where vessels from the sevea
seas were to coihe bearing spices from
India, rice from Japan, silk from China,
guano from Chili and anchor In the
fresh water; hsrborvr "4
4 As" wel fought our way out to the
main highway, that evening through
the brush and the sand our mind held
the picture of a wonderful lake, teem
ing with fish, on the one side giant
firs and cedars standing to the war
ter's edge, on the other the sun slowly
sinking in a molten ocean, and we
seemed to hear the monotonous drawl
of the auctioneer, "Going! Golifgl
Goner - - 1 '"
Letters From the People
I Censranteattona it n Tbi lovnl t
rmbllcatloD ia tbls department shoal tie wrltv.
ten cu crolr one side of the pper, aoeid aot
exceed SCO words la length aod toast
eempaata! by. the -wia aa ddreas f
coder. If the writer does not oeair to w
tba name pnUlshed h afaeqld as stsM.1
Why the Laborer Strikes
Portland, Oct. 2. To the Editor of
The Journal I also am a striker
Wife, but my. husband has Ideals and
have always believed tnt a wu.w
can often make or break nar Hus
band. Our greatest men have become
successful Jn the 'highest sense
through the loyalty and encourage
ment of their wives. I;- must have
been quite painful to others, as welt
as myself, to read the letter irom -
Striker's Wife" In a recent issue ox
The Jourwir -
The strike ;of the shipyard em
ployes is of very serious import to
the, men and their families, and it
has seemed 4 me ..hat while we are
urging patriotism for the -working
man, we should rot forget that It
would not be amiss for the employer
t.j show a little of the same spirit.
especially when it means so much less
to him in dollars and cents. Possioiy
the husband -of this striker's wife
gets more than S3 for a day of nine
hourg, and Is. therefore, losing more
When he eons out with his fellow
workers whn ar reneivine less. If
this is true. I think he is 'deserving
of a arrest deal of credit ror rus
courage and his willingness to face
suffering and uncertainty for a prin
clple. If he does not receive more
than S3 for a nine-hour day. which
Is what my husband receives. I can
not see how any wife could object to
her husband making an attempt to
better his "condition as well as that
ot his Wife and children. And if she
ia a wise wife, she will understand
that her husband will not be able to
do this unless he stands with his
fellow worker, just at. he employer
stands with his fellow employer. She
ought ty know that the employers are
strongly organized and that that Is
one reason why they 1 ave no had to
pay their men more than $3 for nine
hours' - work. ' And she ought to L-now
that $3 today Is not as much as $2
was a year ago. And how mucn
bread and butter and milk and eggs
can she give the children nowadays
with $3 a day?
II til
ii Bccma very- wiuuk buu ...
advised for a wife of any of the
strikers at this time to be complain
ing. It Is very encouraging to the
employer to know that the husband
is compelled by a dissatisfied wife to
take what .Is handed out to him ty
his boss arid not get what he should
have. I hope that more working
men's wives will think over these
things more seriously and try to cul
tivate ideals and a different standard
of living even if they do have to go
withaut a good many of the neces
saries of life while they are doing it.
If we don't have ideals. It is certain
we shall never ge,t beyond the present
low standard, andthat Is not to be
thought of. ,
ANOTHER STRIKER'S WIFE.
Admonishes Strikers Wives
Portland. Oct. Z. To the Editor of
The Journal I read with much dis
gust the article written by "A Strlk
er's Wife" In The Journal of October
She surely must be misinformed;1
from the way . she talks. If her hus
band had attended the mass meeting
for union men at the Auditorium the
night before the strike, he would have
known that the heads of the unions
did not advise to strike or not to
strike, but told the members It was
up to them. It was unanimously
voted to strike.
If a man has any get-up about him
there is no reason why he should be
out of employment at present; also.
there is no reason for the pantry shelf
to be getting low.
The real issue now Is to protect the
men and their families from another
such time as when thousands of men
willing to work were hearded into the
Gypsy Smith tabernacle, penniless
and hungry. Their patriotism at that
time brought them nothing.
I detest the I. W. W. anj their
methods. I am strong for the build
ing of the ship, and the winning of
the war. But let us Jo It right, in
the right way, so that the working
man will have something to look for
ward to when the war is over. Let
all the strikers' wives stick together,
and not be weak-kneed, so as to help
give. our husbands courage to win.
ALSO A STRIKER'S WIFE.
Mme. Matzenauer
Portland, Oct. 4. To the Editor of
The Journal Is Portland awaVe of the
fact that the singer Mateznauer, whom
Steers-Coman presented last night,
Is a German, and from ill accounts
still belongs to the Berlin Opera as
sociation? Do you think it wise to
support such circumstances in the
face of. our crisis, as well as neglect
ing our own American singers, who
need every support at this time for
upholding "American" art and music?
D. O. G.
Margaret Matzenauer Is a Hunga
rian by birth. Her father- was a noted
Hungarian orchestra director and her
mother a celebrated Hungarian prima
donna. Mme. Matzenauer has taken
out her first papers as a citizen of
the United States, and Is waiting
tor ner secona papers, sne .owns a
thome, on West Fifty-seventh street.
rnew xora, wnere live tier mother.
iatner and uttie daughter, Adrienne
Our own American singers deserve
unDounaea support, especially our
home singers in Portland, when Port
land is paying the receipts into the
box office. It. Is time for American
art and music to be backed by the
American oiiar.j
Not Discharged, but Quit
Battle Ground, Wash., Oct. 1. To
the Editor - of The Journal Labo"
trouble at , the Clarke county rock
crusner was caused by Commissioner
Abe Miner that resulted in my turn
ing over the keys as foreman and the
walking out 6f. the entire crew in
sympatny.
rr-v. i j . . . ...
Aius a m correct a misstatement in
a fortiand evening paper, it having
uecu niaiea uai was discharged
GEORGE. GASAWAT.
PERSONAL MENTION
Omaha Booster Radiates Optimism
Frank Dewey, county clerk and
comptroller for Douglas county at
Omaha, Neb., is here, passing out cards
bearing the prophetic legend, "1917
235,000 Watch Us jGrow 1920 - 300 -00Q.".
If Mr. Dewey is a fair sample
ot the optimistic spirit of that section,
it would seem that the county will
realize its ambition. Mr. &nt Mr.
Dewey have' been visiting Portland for
three weeks as guests of their daugh
ter ana son-in-iaw. n . t. Morse, Thev
are delighted with Portland and en
thusiastic in praise of the Columbia
river highway and the scenic boule
vards leading from the city. Mr.
Dewey has traveled extensively. in this
country, and says that, second only to
Omaha, he prei era Portland as-a resid
tug place. Mr. and Mrs. Dewey will
COMMENT AND
SMALL CHANGE
The go"od old summer time seems to
be mightily stuck on Itself.
The ring Is all in readiness for the
finish fignt between Pr. Garfield and
Jack Frost. ; . . ?
"Forty ' dollars a thousand for
spruce surely Is a record ' price, by
gum!" exclaims the esteemed Boston
Globe, which hasn't been reading the
coast papers very closely.
Since Mr. Hoover has asked you to
Cut down, your sugar consumption
one-third, you might make it easier
by going to the dentist and-having
your sweet tooth pulled.
If what . his accusers are alleging
aralnst Mayor Smith of Philadelphia
is true, he seems to be a fit man to
make au tne etner smiins giaa mat
Smith is such a common name. .
There are Prussian atrocities that
are scarcely more than hinted at ,ln
public as yet, being utterly unprint
able.. And yet there are people who
are hesitating about buying Liberty
bonds!
v .This war means, among other things,
that democracies must in future serve
democracy as autocracies in the past
nave served autocracy, xne propa
ganda of liberty enjoined upon our
schoolmasters by President Wilson
must match' the propaganda of des-
notlnm! anread bv rerma.n Krhool.
masters at the behest of Prussianlsm.
Who has not paled as he has read
of the horrors decreed by those ancient
conquerors wnose conquests were for
conquest's awcer u tneir victims
could have stopped them with any!
thing as easy as a Liberty loan, ho
long do you suppose It would have
taken them to subscribe it? And yet,
Jenghix Khan and Attlla haven't anyf
thing on the Prussian.
GERMAN ATROCITIES
From tbe Christian Science Monitor.
The Rev. Newell Dwight HilBs,
speaking In Plymouth church. Brook
lyn, from the historic Henry wra
Beecher pulpit, last Sunday morning,
to a congregation described as "pack
ing" the edifice, and from the text,
"Babylon the Great Is Fallen." ven
tured upon a , consideration of certain
phases of the' war Which, for obvious
reasons, are oftener avoided fthan
courted as topics for general public
discission. The task of avoiding these
topics is, however, becoming Seven
more difficult, in the estimation of
thousands of high minded public speak
ers and- publicists, than the task of
'handling them In a manner acceptable
to their audiences. That atrociiies of
a nameless character have been de
liberately and systematically perpe
trated upon the people of Belgium and
France, at the instance of Germans In
authority, and with the knowledge and
the approval of the German! govern
ment. Is a fact that cannot t changed
by the combined conventionalities of
all the social systems on eafth. It is
beginning to dawn upon the thought
of moralists that If, through the op
eration of convention, through some
false sense of the fitness of tilings, the
very hideousness of the German atroc
ities in Belgium and Franc? shall be
permitted to shield these outrages
from public exposure and condemna
tion, then one of .the most significant
and enlightening clues to toe causes
of the war will be lost j
. I
Dr. Hlllis spent two months of last
summer on the western front, the
greater part of his time being devoted
to the gathering of testimony with re
card to German atrocities, dforrobora-
ative of that published in ( detached
form from time to- time in tae United
States. For three years, rr. Hlllis
said. German-Americans hive pro-
HOW TO BE
FOOD HOARDING IN THElXIVER. ,
Nature has carefully taken nieans for
safeftTuardlne- the body agaitist the
uncertainties of a food supply. The
necessary carbohydrate material
Imiear. and starohea that are turned
Into sugars) which forms the bulk of
our food requirements may be eaten
in greatly varying quantities ana at
irreeular Intervals. The sugar , con
tent of the blood, however, which is
held for the sustenance and weirare oi
the tissues must always remain con
stant, by a physiologic law. It must
not rise above or below a certain per
centage. If an excess of sugars is
eaten and absorbed into tne Diooa
beyond this percentage it must be
disposed of at once; it cannot be held
there. '
There are various methods so" fet-
tlng rtd of it. The first is to store it
in the liver in the form of glycogen.
When the muscles act and fall for
sugar (which is the principal source
of, heat and energy for them) the
liver reconverts the glycogen into
sugar and liberates It for their use.
Thus the liver acts as a storage ware
house, where a supply is hoarded, to
be brought forward and used j in time
of need. The muscles may also act
as substances for tbe storage of gly
cogen, where It is directly 4v&lble
when it is heeded as sugar for mus
cular exertion. If there is i slight
chronic over-ingestion of sugar the
percentage In the blood may rise
return east by way of San Fancisco
the latter part of this week. I
r -
General's Brother In $ltj
- James T. Pershing of Chicago,
brother of Major General J. f J. Per
shing, in charge of the United States
expeditionary forces in Francei Is reg
istered today at the Portland hotel.
Mr. Pershing travels along the Paciflo
coast about twice a year on a business
trip, and reached .Portland from Seat
tle this morning. I
Mickle Going After Deer
State Dairy and Food Commissioner
Mickle will leave' shortly for Coos
couaty, "where he will spendj a two
weeks' vacation. He will weal a little
red hat and expects to "bring home
the bacon," or in this case lt will be
venison. - 1
j
Navy Recruits Arrive
To enlist in the navy, William E.
Rencehausen, H. Holmes and JL W.
Mends of North Bend reached Port
land this morning. They are registered
at the Perkins hotel. i
1
Canadian Railroad Agent- Here -
' J. F. McGuire, traveling passenger
agent of the Canadian Northern Rail
way, reached Portland from Vancouver,
B. C. this morning and is registered
at the Multnomah hotel.- - 1
Miss Marion G rebel and her guest,
Miss Helen . McCormick of Spokane,
are spending, the week with the
Gamma Phi sorority at the University
of Washington, )
i R. S. Bhaw, manager of the Ham
mond Lumber company plant dear As
toria, and Mrs. Shaw, are in the city
for a few days.
Will C Barnes of Washington, D.
(X. is in the city on a business rais -
Sion for the government
Nell
. S. G, Reid, proprietor of Neah-Kah-
Nie Inn. ai the beach nar Nehalem.
is spending & few days In the; city.
Mrs.'. Stella Levy of New. prleans
and Ms. Pearl Kuhn of Paducah. Ky..
are among ' the tourists registered at
the local hotels. , v j
H. M. Soula Lay of - the -Harvard
NEVi IN BRIEF
OREGON SIDELIGHTS
A squish thief ls reported i near
Albany, s A raider in an autotaobUe
ravaaed fa farmer's natch, and got
away wth $20 worthy
:"A number of merchants of Inde
pendence, the Monitor says, are con
sidering the advlsaulllty of going in
together ana installing an wb
plant jtor lighting- their respective
places fof business. Qettlng "Juice
at lesaf than 6 cents a kilowatt appeals
to them strongly. . '
"TUrner," says the Salem Journal,
"will soon-be awarded the champion
ship lot the state for a town ot its
size f for the number of young men
who! have volunteered for -the army
and navy. It seems the young men
fro that part ot the county Jcnow
Just what they want, and call for it
wbn they enter the service."
The Coos Bay Harbor, published at
NArth Bend, thus attests the state
ofj business in that vicinage: "Traffic
oa the waterfront road is something
immense. In the early morning hours
Sa.r nSt,v'u.eeT"that pedesTriart:
are in danger. A sidewalk is being
built the entire distance wnicn wiu
relieve conditions and lessen the
fcanger." ...
The Canyon City Kagle sadly, ad
Jmlts there is little grain to thresh in
Grant county, but comes dsck wim
this: "Chokeeherries. elderberries,
sarvice berries and huckleberries are
being harvested , here this fall and
there has been more stuff canned in
Grant county this year than probably
ever before In the history of the
county. It is a safe prediction to say
that wherever you visit or call next
winter, canned fruit. Jelly, and pre
serves will make their -appearance on
the table. It will be a great Jelly win
ter for the kids."
tested that the stories of German atro
cities were to be disbelieved as Eng
lish Inventions, Belgian lies, and
French hypocrisies. "But." he added,
"that day is gone forever. When the
representatives of the nations assem
ble for the final settlement there will
be produced photographs, - with other
legal proof, making the German atroci
ties far 'better established than the
6calpings of the Sioux Indians on the
western frontier, the murders of the
Black Hole of Calcutta, and tbe crimes
of the Spanish Inquisition."
On the Henry Ward Beecher pulpit,
while Dr. Hlllis was delivering a ser
mon address which greatly moved his
large congregation, there was the ma
terial which the minister had gathered
during his visit .to Europe. This col
lection included authenticated records
and photographs covering about a
thousand, cases in which old men and
women, girls and babes, were the vic
tims of unspeakable militaristic sav
agery. While there is no doubt, at this
late day. with regard to the reliability
of the testimony gathered, under the
auspices of the allied governments and
by scores of Impartial private Invest!
gators, many of them Americans, yet
the recommendation made by Dr. Hlllis
at the close of his remarks, that an
American commission composed of rep
resjentative citizens be sent abroad to
make a thorough examination of the
evidence, and ta report thereon, is
worthy of attention.
a
The people of the United States
should be far better Informed, and
much more strongly Impressed than
they are, regarding the nature, extent.
and deliberate purpose of the German
atrocities. Unless they are more fully
informed on this subject than they are
today, they will not be qualified later
to pass intelligently upon the basis of
peace. - ,
HEALTHY
Coprnght. 1917.
try J. Koclcy.
above the limits of the liver and mus
cles for storing it. In that case it
may be converted into fat and stored
In the body. That is why many peo
ple who are fond of sweets are
very stout. Sudden, large overdoses,
however, cannot be immediately taken
care of in this way and have to be
excreted by the kidneys. This is a
waste of good food material and a
physiologic overburden.
Intelligent eating and the taking of
sugars (obtained. from the starches of
bread, potatoes, rice, from fruits,
sweets, etc.) at regular Intervals and
In even normal, amounts, Is obviously
a necessity for the best body weirare.
Otherwise, the tissues, in their food
supply, are - in the same deplorable
condition as Is the savage suddenly
oversupplled with a great abundance
of food which he may have captured
In the chase, being obliged to throw
much of it away because he is unable
tp tse It at the moment, and perhaps
suffering for a long period thereafter
because of insufficient nutriment.
Large doses ot candy, or ice dream,
must upset the sugar distributing
processes of the blood and liver. Long
periods of living entirely on meat, or
eggs, may greatly tax the chemical
properties of tbe body to convert
them Into sugar for maintaining the
necessary blood percentage.
Tomorrow- Smallpox and Vaccina
tion. university staff, Is registered at the
Oregon hotel from Cambridge, Mass.
Mrs. G. E. Terwllliger of Salem is
attending the meeting of the Oregon
Funeral Directors' association. She
is registered at tbe Oregon.
Yank P. Johnson is at the Oregon
from Cleveiand, Ohio.
B. F. Lockland of the Wasco Mill
ing company, and- H. E. Pippen are
registered at the Perkins hotel from
The Dalles.
William FarrelJ of Hood River, sum
moned to Portland for service on the
federal court trial Jury, Is registered
at the Perkins hotel.
Robert E. Carette of Seattle. H. T.
Sakata and two other Japanese who
are associated In the fisheries busi
ness on Fuget sound, are at the Mult
nomah hotel from Seattle. -
8. GeysbeVk of Eugene is ' at the
Multnomah.
F. C. Walter, sawmill proprietor of
Eugene. Is in the city.
Daniel Boyd, on of the best-known
residents of Wallowa county, la regis
tered at one of the local hotels from
Enterprise.
Dr. and Mrs. M. C. York, and Dr. and
Mrs. McDougal. of Eugene are regis
tered at the Cornelius hotel.
The Misses M. P. and Edith G. P.
Magee are at the Cornelius from Se
attle. Mr. and Mrs. J.. L. Hall are at the
Cornelius from Pendlton.
Karl K. Hills -of Cottage Grov Is at
the Portland hotel.
Mr. and Mrs. C. Crisson WIstar Jr.
of Philadelphia are at the Portland.-.
" John .F. Dickinson and Hadley ,VT.
Dickinson' are at the Portland hotel
from Belief ontaine, Ohio. '-,'
Herman C Joy or Mediord at the
J Kortonla hotel.
Mr. and Mrs. E. Laney of Pendle
ton are registered at the Nortonta..
- From Blaine, Wash-. Mr. .and Mrs.
H. J. McGrough are , staying at the
Washington hotel.
Mrs. W. H. Smith" . of Hoqulam,
Wash.,' is at the Washington hotel.
Mrs. J, -Harry Chambers is at the
Washington from Boise, Idaho, - f ; ; .i
Rataje: and Bobtail
8tortc From Everywhere
T? h,, oo rn reader, of Tka Jraroal
are tatted ta cootritntt original mattaiwta
story, in rva or In phi lovnyb leal observation,
trl.klu quotation, from acr aoarco.
Contribnttoaa of exceptional tmlt IU at
saM tor at Ue SiWi appratoaLl
1 The Starker -CHE
was stout, middle-aged, and
weary looking, nnd when she en
tered the crowded Toronto surface car
a slender youth sprang from his seat.
For a moment, says the Argonaut, she
gazed disdainfully at the civilian garb,
looked belligerently at the boyish fig
ure right hand stuck in pocket and
left wandering over the embryonic
moustache then in a loud voice she
told her sentiments in regard to slack-'
ers. She talked long, and her sarcasm
was sharp and plentiful. , Finally, her
breath failing, she closed her tiraue
with in emphatic refusal to accept a
seat from a slacker. The young man
meantime had not changed his attitude
-n fact, from his easy posture, hand.
In pocket, one might have thought he
was trying to show insolent disregard.
Then he spoke: "Madam, have you any
one fighting over there?" She heatedly
repnoa mat she had brother, two -
nephews and a brother-in-law. "Do .
you write to them?" the young man In
quired. It was none of his business,
she retorted. Then she admitted she
did write "frequently." "Well, madam. '
tne next time you write, ask them If
they can find my hand over there." He
drew out a danglinar sleeve from the
pocket. The hand had been cut off
at the wrist.
Papa Joffro's Virginia Ham
Marshal Joffre wrote while he was.
in America If we believe La Vie Paris-
ienne only one single letter outside
of those addressed to members of his
own family. That letter, our French
contemporary says; was written to Mrs.
Wood row Wilson. Perhaps you fancy
it was a letter of diplomacy or cere
mony or one in which serious matters
were touched upon. In fact, it was a
note of thanks, says the New York
Evening Post Magazine, and it wss
concerned with a ham.
One day when the marshal was
lunching at the White House the guests i
were regaled with a large and excellent
ham. The" Illustrious soldier took
some, then, a second helping, and
finally showed the extent of his ap
preciation by taking a third helping.
Mrs. Wilson was delighted. '
"You like that ham." she said In
English to the, marshal. Somebody
translated; ,
"The fact Is, madam, that I've never
In all my life tasted better. Can hams
like this be picked up in Washington?
"Not everywhere . Indeed, they are
rather hard to get." Mrs. Wilson an
swered. "They come quite a distance."
"Not from Mayence, I hope." said the
marshal, who jjefore the war had not
scorned to eat the ham of Germany.
"No, Marshal, they are Virginia
hams."
And the conversation went no fur
ther on that topic. But that evenjng
when Joffre returned- to his quarters"
he found waltlns: for him. all carefully ,
I wrapped up. a noble Virglaia ham. He
unwrapped it and smelled it.
"The very same," he said. And; he
wrapped it up again hlnfseTf a .care
fully as before to carry back to France.
Fromtlme to time during the voyage
home he spoke of it, but he did not
eat it. great as the temptation wss.
And that fconcludes our contempor
ary) was It not a deed as meritorious '
as taking a city? For it Is no small .
victory to vanquish one's appetite for
Virginia ham.
The Call to the Colors 1' .
Will you stand back as a slacker
When you can help your country out?
Will yon stand back as a slacker
When you are big and stout?
Do you know your country need yrfu?
Do you hear your country's 'call?
Will you stand back like a toward
And watch the heroes fall?
Will -vou scorn the land thai saved vou?
Will "you scorn your flag so true?
When you know you are-protected
By the red. white and blue.
And when the war Is endd
.And the victory won at last.
Then your voice will not be blended
With that triumphant blast.
For you stood back like a coward
Whn you heard the call so true.
A"d you cannot claim tn colors
Of the red, white end blue.
Tva A 11 man.
1240 Missouri avenue. Portland,.
In His Neighbor's Eyes
' "I have been reflecting." said sn old
timer (quoted in the Lamb), "upon tha
case of the average man, as his neigh-.
bors see him.
"If he is poor, he Is a bad manager.
If be is prosperous," every one wants
to do him a favor. '
"If he Is in politics, it's for pork. It
he la not in politics, one can't place
him. and he's no ood for his count.
"If he gives not to charity, then he s
a stingy dog. If he does give. It's
for show.
"If he Is active In religion, he is a
hypocrite. If he evinces no interest in
mstters spiritual, he's a hardened sinner-.
"If he shows affection, he's a'soft
sentimentalist. If he seems to care for
no one, he's cold blooded.
"If he dies young, there wax a great
future ahead of him. If he attains old
age, he has missed his calling'
Take the Loan v
Come, freemen of the land. V
Come meet the great demand.
True heart and open hand.
Take the loan! (- -
For the hopes the prophets saw.
For the swords your brothers draw.
For liberty and law vi.
Take the loan!
Ye ladies of the land.
As ye love the gallant band.
Who have drawn the soldier's brand.
Take the loan!
Who would bring them what she could.
Who would give the soldier food.
Who would staunch her brother's blood.
Take the loan! .
All who saw her hosts pass by,.
All who Joined the parting cry.
When he bade them do or dye.
Take the loan!
As ye wished tholr triumph then.
As ye hope to-meet again. ,
And to meet their gase like men.
Tske the loan! '
Who would press tbe great appeal
Of our ranks of serried steel, . -Put
your shoulders to Jhe wheel, ,
Take the loan!
That our prayers. in truth may rise.
Which we press with streaming eyes.
On the Lord of earth and skies.
iaice il iraii!
Edward Everett Hale (May, 18ii,
Unele Jeff Snow Says:" "
Hannibal Mulholly told the .Corners;
war college last night that the way to
rejuce the high ost of livln in Port
land was to quit finln' people for sellm
any kinder satin's, t He told , bow them
Portland statesmen fines everybody
most prodldjous that tries to sell fish,
meat or grub of any kind, and has
drove all kinds of peddlers of fen their
hard - surfaced . and ' soft surfaced
streets, and fines and Inspects an be
devils anybody and everbody that
tries to git any food eatin's to them
poor, sufferln". Ignorant city mutts till
they air payln' Berlin prices fer Amer
ican stuff. Howsomever. Jest as Henry
Lightfer remarked, Han gits carried
away with his own oratln' an' says
more'n he believes hlaself when his
brain gits cooled cff." i