THE OREGON DAILY.-JOURNAL, POR TLAND, MONDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1817.
AH I H DKP fCN DUNT WgWUPAPEK
'.C. a. Jackson PgbUabtr
' fahlUSae frrr day. artareooa an aoornlaf
j (Krpt Sunday afternoon) at Tb Jotrnil
! atqlldln. Hroadway and XamblU atraats.
I Portlaad. Or.
Cotarcd at toe postotfica at Portland. Or., lor
traoamlaaloa tarou(ti tba mails aa aecood
' claaa matter.
TCLKPUONK8 Matn 7173; ilima, A-flOCI,
' Alt drpartmvnta rrrhrt by tbrs number.
tba operator what department yoawant.
2UHk;iUN AKVr.KTlHI.1ia UKPEKalCNTATlVE.
f Ilrntamln A Kvntnor 'o.. Rranawlck Bide.
. I 125 Flfis .. Nw Xork. 121S. i'eople'e Uaa
lilds.. Ctilrno,
SabacrlpUoa tens by mall or to aor addraaa ia
tba Cal tad Matra or Unlce:
DA ILK (MOR.Hi.Mi UU AITTERNOON)
f Ob Jar $3.00 I Oim moots- .80
? On Taar.. 12X0 I On month '...$ .28
f DAILY. MOBNl.NO Oil AFTKBNOON) AND
" SUNDAY.
V One rar T.&0Un montb .1 .65
Hw nceaalnna ta-b new datlea,
Tim makn an-lnt good uncouth;
TbT nut upward atlll aod onward,
wbo would kern abraat wttb truth.
Tw, before ua glram her camp-flrea
Wa onr-W niuat pilgrim be:
Launch oiir Mayflower, and steer boldly
Through a rude and bolateroua aea,
Nor altenipt the future" portal
With tbe paat'a tiloud-ruated key.
Jamea Iioaaell Lowell.
PAY THE MEN
.RESIDENT WALKER and his
La carmen are displaying wis-
dom in proceeding carefully
. and discreetly in their nego-
tiatlons with the, street car com-
,pany. They have everything to
gain and nothing to lose by tak-
ing: enough time to be sure they
are right before going ahead.
I r.Vervthlnir in In their fitrnr
1. 1 . . - 1
AuuiieBs ma company so under-
mnus ana expects Dy easy stages
u U""S llBCIl 10 me DOint or aD-
1 ..I ... .... . . " 1
j..us t cigui nour aay ana pay-
IDg better Wages.
The Company Is in no noaiMnn
to do otherwise. The Jitney was
driven out to help the company,
Many men who had for two years
been making a good living for
tk.i. in.. . .1
i,r .amines were tnrown out Of
(be Jitney business
company.
to help the
The city government, in outlaw
ing the Jitneys laid down a prin
ciple not often asserted in public
affairs. Instead of admitting that
every man nas a rignt to work at
aaiU.t.... 1 - 1 . . I
w.t0yCr n. enures to engage m.
as . uw ouen ana inunaerousiy
asserted, the city government went
& eitraoirdlnary llmi of e-
Glaring that In Portland, Jltneurs
may not work at their business, of
a?'m ug D"86116' a business
that had been the Inalienable right
every citizen from time imme-
mortal, and the city government
wu i an in oraer to neiD tne
luni car vumpaay. it was a
mighty favor to the company, even
If very destructive to the Jitney
men. The publlo service commission
has likewise come ' to the aid of
ine company, it has held a hear-
ing at tne request or the company.
a a exnausiiveiy considered claims
Of the company that it should have
taore revenue, and has granted
the petition of the company to
tne extent or recommending
changes that when consummated
ahould net the company several
nunarea, thousand dollars annually.
: These added revenues are pro
posed by the commission for the
special purpose of enabling the
company to shorten the hours and
Increase the pay of its carmen.
Speaking of its investigations into
the company's earnings-past and
prospective, and summing; up its
conclusions after an Impartial in-
Testigatlon, the public service com-
mission says:
Ttewlag this Qaartlon from tha
anamapoiai ox ail concerned, wwe be.
baaio day and a reasonable increase
la . wages is justified.
i aaiA n ha aMaetea . m i
This is the conclusion of theNust,fled lts authors. It now
public body that made the in-
. vestigation. It is a body.estab-
llsbed and empowered- by the peo-
pie to regulate public utilities,
In Its hands are the records of
operating revenues, operating cost,
fixed' charges and other fiscal on-
eratlons of the company. After
full scrutiny of the accounts and
af fairs of the corporation, the com-
mlsston finds that more pay and
shorter houfs for the carmen are
Justified.
,The commission ought to know,
TRADE AND SILVER
T
(HE steady rise in tbe value of
silver is a. pnenomenon of
uwp inicreBi to tne nnanciai
and industrial world. Among
otter things, the course of our
iraae wun tne orient is likely to
Ka ft aA W Aa Ia. m .11
., v n, am tuns six -
rer .was intrinsically cheaper than
rold the-Orientals had an Indus-
, trial advantage over us . in pro-
portion to ine ainerence between
the ' two money standards, since
lhT paid in surer, we in gold.
justaaue cneaper money metal
drives the dearer out of circula-
Uon when both are used, ao Indus
try. upported by the cheaper meUl
can. undersell that which pays its
bills in terms of tne dearer. Hence
'when; silver .was demonetized by
1 MV4
the western world aa Immense in
dustrial advantage w&s conferred
upon Japan and China, perhaps un
intentionally., The demonetization of silver de
pressed its value greatly, but up to
that- time It had fluctuated but
little for several centuries. As a
matter of fact there ia hardly any
ground to believe that there has
ever been a genuine overproduc
tion of silver. The total demand
for it in 1916, for example, accord
ing to an eminent authority, was
310,000,000 ounces, while the total
production of all the mines, in
the world was only 210,000,000
ounces.
Between 1833 and 1873, when
silver was demonetized, its ex
treme fluctuation compared with
gold was only 8 cents the ounce.
In 1873 silver, before its downfall,
was worth $1. 29 tbe ounce. -
The mints of British India were
closed to silver coinage shortly
before the year -1896. It is an
interesting coincidence that be
tween 1896 and 1900 more than
16,000,000 people perished in In
dia of famine brought on by indus
trial misery. The relations be
tween high finance and the wel
fare of nations are ofttimes bet
ter understood by the financiers
than by the people who suffer
from thtlr operations.
OUR FIRE HABITS
T
OMORROW is fire prevention
day.
"Keep up the fire preven
tion campaign there is a
great deal yet to be done; the
work is only well started," was
the closing appeal of Jay Stevens
in his last public address in Port
land. ' -
There is no higher authority ,on
the subject. By experience, ; Mr.
Stevens knew. After 20 months of
fire prevention work, he saw the
fire loss of Portland reduced from
$1,800,000 a year to $278,000 a
year. By what had been done, he
reasoned, and we know, what fur
thor mnv Via rlrtno
when the fire prevention cani-
Ipaign bean in Portland in 1915
tho annual Nra lcao nf th UV
-"
waB $6.78 per capita, or nearly
thra, flm th nr can'lta Inna nf
the TTnltArl Stat am. Aftfir 2 0
months of effort, the Portland loss
was reduced to less than $1 per
capita, or a little more than one
third the country's Der caDita loss
When the fire camnalirn in thU
city was launched,, Portland was
trying to cut her fire loss to the
$2.50 per capita which is the aver
age annual loss of the nation. After
20 months of campaign, the na-
tipn is trying to cut its per capita
loss to Portland's average
The campaign should go on and
on The popular idea that when
property is burned, the insurance
people pay the bill and therefore
there ls no los8 la wrong fooil8nly
frightfully wrong. The burned
property is lost ' forever. It ls
wealth annlwlatedf wealtn - that
waa accumuiated by toil, sacrifice
aniDi mo(,A,r ,
Tk. . a a
to aKhes all the 'toil, all tbe sac
rifice, all the denial represented
in the burned property, 73ent it up
in smoke.
The insurance paid on it was a
tax on other property and It re-
stored nothing.
An important factor in lncreas
ing our toil is the recklessness
and indifference with which we
burn up the fruits of our toil
through our carelessness with fire.
FOR THE PUBLIC GOOD
1
M THE spring of the year 1906
the provincial legislature of
Ontario founded a hydro-elec
tric power commission which
has been . doing some valuable
I work since it was organized. The
Powers of the commission were
such that it could build generat
log plants if it chose, or buy cur
rent from private companies. It
could light cities and furnish power
to street railways, farmers, manu-
facturers. elevatoM. or whoever
I might ask for it
i -
Tho commission was founded on
la generous plan and its work has
serves 99 cities In Ontario province
wItn current for light and various
other purposes. It has reduced the
average charge from 9.8 cents the
kilowatt hour to 3.5 cents
Tno reduction- is almost . twice
tne total present charge. The
Bviu8 this effected to consum
ers amounts to $2,736,000 annu-
ally- Tne cities which .the commis-
won serves save on 'their municipal
budgets about half a million
year. As a matter of economy it
appears, therefore, that the hydro
electric commission is a good ln-
vestmentc f or Ontario.
ine commission, wnicn seems
to be extremely " active, has found
a wide field of usefulness in the
field of interurban railways. It
has made Dreliminarv
the construction of 2000 miles of
line for the benefit of 281 differ
1 . . . . I . . .
1 ent municmautes. At tne Ra.m
time it is supplying power for
municipal water works on a grand
scale. One of its most-Interesting
services is rendered at Port Arthur.
where it provides electric pdwer
I for the government grain elevator
-Persona who shudder nt tha
faintest tendency toward "nater
- 1 nalism" can hardly find mnr-h rnn.
I solation in these facts, but the
I people of Ontario must regard the
I work of their hydro-electric com
ImlSBion wlth complacent satisfac-
tion. ,It is giving them the bene
fit of immense economies at a time
when such benefit are extraor
dinarily welcome.. -
The cheap current supplied by
the commission is an especial boon
to the Ontario farmers, who use
it for running machinery, heat
ing, cooking and cleaning. Monop
oly charges for electricity have
heretofore effectually debarred it
from farm use in the United
States.
One troop train after another
is passing through Portland, car
rying soldier boys en route to the
army camps. It is to pay for the
food, maintenance, and wage of
these boys that Liberty- bonds are
being sold.' How can anybody neg
lect to buy a bond? :
RETRIBUTION
T
HUS far British public opinion
' has not made any sustained
demand, for reprisals upon
Germany for the air raids.
From a military point of view
these raids have been negligible.
But they have caused many civil
ian . deaths and have kept up a
constant irritation which is grad
ually working a change in the
public mind. The" feeling grows
that Germany shouldbe made to
suffer some of the pain and sorrow
it is so greedily Inflicting upon
other countries. There is a. marked
tendency in England to soothe its
own agony by inflicting agony
upon the common fae.
Nojjoubt some part of the Ger
mans' fierce determination to go on
fighting comes from the immunity
they have enjoyed at home. The
war has been waged on forergn
territory. A few airship raids
might make the warlords realize
something of the misery they are
causing. Should the French and
British break through the Western
entrenchments no doubt they would
bring home to the Germans a still
keener sense of wrongdoing. Evil
does not cure evil, but retributive
Justice often prepares the mind
for repentance and reform.
A Liberty bond is a first class
investment. The property, the
pledge and the honor of the United
States are back of it. There could
be no sounder security.
RAGTIME
I
r IS common talk among real
artists that ragtime music does
not deserve the scorn it gets
from pedantic professionals.
The New York Evening Post re
produces a vigorous defense of
this form of negro music which
James "Weldon Johnson made lately
before an intercollegiate" socialist
society on Long Island. Mr. John
son, tells lis tljat ragtime is the
only orignal folk music that the
United "States has produced. ,He
says, too, that it has become popu
lar all over the world because it
is so gay.
The pedants may, of course, re
ply that popularity is no proof of
excellence in music, but Mr. John
son retorts that no great music
has ever been created at stroke
by the Beethovens and Verdis. All
they have done Is to work up ma
terial born and .loved among the
people. .This was the way Shake
speare produced his plays, to bor
row a shining Instance from an
other field of art.
But whether ragtime is super
latively good or execrably bad,
Mr. Johnson certainly errs when
he says it 13 the only original folk
music that America has produced
The cowboys, in the heyday and
glory of their reign, were famous
composers of songs. Owen Wister
speaks, not very reverently, of
this art of theirs in The Virginian
Other writers nave made more
of it. - V
A few rather disappointing col
lections Of cowboy songs have
been published. We wish some
body really competent in such mat
ters would 'collect all " he could
find of them, good and bad, and
give them, unexpurgated, to . the
world. Intelligent readers can do
their own expurgating a great deal
better than pedantic editors can
do it for them.
As reported in the Evening Post,
Mr. Johnson speaks regretfully - of
the dearth of "folk lore" among
all Americans v but the negroes.
Perhaps our migratory habits have
something to do with our infertil
ity in that line. We change our
homes too often to learn many of
nature's intimate secrets. It is
from those secrets pondered by
one generation after another that
folk lore and great art slowly
come to birth.
PERSOXAIi GUILT
T
ALAAT PASHA, the Turkish
minister ct the Interior, who
signed the order for the mas
sacre of 800,000 Armenians.
has lsiue4 an "explanation" of
that achievement. He says the
massacre was due to "Irregularities
In the deportation" of the victims
The truth, known to the whole
world, Is that the miserable Ar
menlans" were herded . out from
their dwellings upon Oie highways
in order that they might the more
conveniently be slaughtered.
The day will come when the
magnates who Instigate such crimes
will be held personally responsible
for them The world will, not ali
ways consent to sit down and Idly
weep over massacres like those , of
the Armenians and Belgians while
the authors of the hideous deeds
are ; permitted " to ait on thrones.
dwell In- palaces and issue "ex
planations" of their pel formances.
If the man who murders a single
fellow being deserves 'hanging, the
kaiser or the Turk who murders
millions should not escape without
a stretched neck. -' Justice readily
punishes a poor devil who steals a
loaf of bread, but; before kings and
kaisers it stands abashed. But it
will not always..
. THE MAN :
ABOUT TOWN.
By Fred Lockley.
Within the past few months here in
Oregon thousands of mothers have bid
their sons "Good by and God speed1
as they inarched away. Hundreds of
thousands of mothers all over America
nave srnuea mrougn
tears as they gave up what
was dearer than life their boys.
No mother can thJnk of her boy as a
man. She went down into the valley
complainingly to give him life. It
seems but a few years since his head
was pillowed on her breast., She can
still see ' his baby smile as'he looks
uy jiilu 11 vi eyes, iuq uolvj av iuao
P. . n.rt.in he trim to walk
j-a. 1 trw. 4A tKet I
A- vial bllQ VDail VW V V w v w.-w- i
arms are now' marching away
.oii.. .tiA r tT-rv.iw tnur.rri n I
yi.ton. r,.i-iini
his tryst with "death. Brave
. j . t. . 1 . ..... v. I
luuceu are 1119 uys wiiu av uiti 1
top into the whirlwind of shot and
shell that sweeps Wke an iron hail
. . . m . . , .
over no mans lana, dui wnai.oi ine 1
mother? She Who tied up the cut
fingers and kissed the hurts of boy-
hood away, what is she suffering as
she reads that the American casualty
Hits are expected to bring home to
America the seriousness of war. Does
she whose boy is -somewhere in France
need any list of feath and wounds to
bring home to her heart the horror of
. .... i . . ...r j
"J VM' '"
a) 1
Where a few months aro the sight
of a soldier's uniform , on . the streets L
caused th nuserbv to arlance at the
wearer with curiosity today we see
. - - - f
the olive drab of our soldier boys on
all sides. 1 wonder how many of us
really appreciate the seriousness of
the situation. My nephew, Lieutenant
Frederic Shepard, stopped over for a
brief visit en route from the Presidio
to American Lake and told me some
of the things that do not find their
way into print incidents told Amerl- I
can officers by Australian and Cana-
dian of fleers now in this country recov-
ering from wounds I have on my desk
a report recently received from Herb-
ert Hoover. In it is a report from
Frederic C. Wolcott, who served with
the Red Cross forces in Europe and
who is now, by voice and pen, trying
to impress upon America tbe need or
conserving our wheat ahd meat that
the battla Una in France mar not artve
way through lack of foo. In his re-
port Mr. Wolcott tells of motoring J
along one of the three great military
highways In Poland, along which more
than five million troops Germans and
Russians passed in August and Sep-1
tember of 1916. The German troops
drove the Russians back into Little
Russia. On the road from Warsaw to
Moscow, a distance of 230 miles, more I
than a million people were made home-I
less. Of this million more than 400,000
had died along the roadside from I
hunger and exposure. I saw typnus
in every barracks I went into, where I
the Ditiful few survivors of this home-1
less host are Quartered." says -Mr.
"VVoldbtt. "Going' back over the road' ITby Eugene Palmer, found in Mr. Ea-1
saw Dotn siaes or. me roaa strewn, i
with mud-covered and rain-soaked j-He dared to come down and appear portatlon of mail. Mails are dis
clothlng. The skeletons had been before the council in defense of the tatched direct to France and via Engr
Picked clean by the crows and the
German motor lorries naa gatnerea up i
tne larger Donea to ne usea in tne i
manufacture of phosphate and fer-
tilizer. The little wicker baby baskets
that swing from the rafters of the
peasants', cottages were scattered
along the roadside by the hundred. 1 1
saw thousands of. bones of little ones I
too small to De wortn picKing up Dy
the German motor lorries, for use as
rertuizer. in Warsaw l rouna tne
people dying by the thousand, from
lack Of fOOd and from exposure. I I
went to Governor General von Beseler
w w
seuu iu vcyio .ulo .uuuu w
work behind Darow wire entangle-
moHr, .mmlUInn 1,111
ucu.a . n .....-......-.. "
1 at masing ammunition to Kin
own people. He said: I have
t so many orders I do not know
ier '1 signed that one or not;
. v. m . nwn vtAStrMA . a Kaiii. i rtnvA i
signed
take it to General von itries; he can
ten you tne iacta.
r- -i vta. .ni,nni.j h
4- v,., tttw-
iduio. uui oaiu ha cAuiauaiiuii. vv iiavi. i
. J
is best for the German state is best
.1.- ..ij rrt. . . i
.nyA . ,. irt-A f
tion, and we propose to win, no mat-ftnat ls belnS "ed in the making of bell and breathing exercises araj bene
i w- . ,w, I candv? We all admit that thr (.Ifiioi- also bending, shrugging, noor
Vf3 1 ITliaW A W V W -a. V vou OWVWUayiaOU
vrltH ss fa rvn Hfri In twn fir troA va rn
u-aa rrm TAim Thiti
ma a vi f all it viol rrtHTt w Wa have
needed it for Germany for several gen-
eratlons for our overflow. We are
eoina: to get the working Deoda out
of Poland into Germany so our Ger-
man workers can go to the front to
fight
We will let German families
overflow into Poland. See how simple
it is. When we have to give Poland
back her freedom she automatically
becomes a German .province. General
von Bissing said to me: 'We are. going
to colonize the Belgians In Mesopo
tamia. We will let the Germans over-
ru Belgium; when the war is over
and we give Belgium back her freedom
she becomes a German province and
we have the port of Antwerp, which
we have long been after.'
"Under the leadership of German
officers more than 600,000 Armenians
have been slaughtered in cold blood,
What Germany has done to the peo
pie of Servla ls worse than a night
mare. Do you know what has hap
pened to the women of these nations?
Do you know what has happened to
the women of Northern France? Wom-
en by the scores and hundreds have
been tethered . for - months at a time
with a ball and chain in the under-
ground places used as officers' quar-
ters for the use of the Germans."
There is more but it is so terrible
inere is moie, oui it is SO terriDie
that it cannot be printed. Some day
the facts will come out why certain
regiments oT Canadian troops never
take prisoners. -
Here in America we shrug our
shoulders arid- say: Why should we
send our wheat and meat to the
allies?" Why? Because for three
years tiey have been holding ack
thai floor! that hft.d not tha 11ns ihun
held. woud have overwhelmed Rnfnna
' . .--.S--. 7"?ri.7: , - . 7. nvci -
ana our wives ana aaugnters wouia
have been wearing the ball and chain
while we fought to recover the ground
in this country held by the Germans.
Better that we lay our own bodies
and those of our sons a living saerl
on lurwi. i j, ranee man to have
the root of the Invader ever step on
nnr -firkll I T w. .a r tv. . . j . ,
V ": "'v."''' " 1,10
E?tttl fTa-ht m.er.J ?M,?a!,ng'.SO
!!L L,mJ JS " . 1U PIusin
u Barm.
o Time Like the Present
From tba Kansas Cltr Ktar
If the German peoDle really have
anything against their .kaiser, now ls
a. good . time., to" get busy,: wall, they
cave so mucn good company.
Letters From the People
Common lcaMooe aent to The Journal fat
publication lu tbla department ahould be writ
ten on only ooe aide of tba paper, elxmld not
exceed 300 worda In length and moat be ae
companted br tbe Dame aod addreea of tba
trader. It tbe writer doea Dot deal re to bar
tba name published ha ahould so atate.l
The Holy Name
Portland. Oct. 5. To tbe Editor of
Th Journal In The Journal of Octo
ber S I read with great sorrow what
a certain Los Angeles pastor bad aald
in a speech to the Rotary club. I
will not repeat the words, as I do not
want any more of our young- people
or children to read them. Has it
really come so far that evert a min
ister can speak ao lightly and disre-
"JL" ni t.k
th . ,h d thy m
! vain" been so' entirely forgotten? We
hope and pray and believe that the
United States will win this war, but
..t. nv- rv th
" V-i
Instead, they are apt to bring pun
ishment to us. We must remember
that the. hosts of heaven cover their
'"i" ,baf?rell? -r min and
ly! I hope that ministers and
Uers will so- work that
wl t tolerated in pulpit
or eisewnere.
. , . . .
That-also reminds me that a couple
I of weeks ago I went with a young
, . . ,
6"' """'j'
lug me. 10 one 01 tne meaires anu
man sane a very frivolous song and the
name or uoa occurrea in several i
ttrriA nnrl T nrtnallv trembled and I
, . I
was sorry I had brought the girl
Lthere. I do not go to them otherwise.
I 11.. .link UIm n. V. . t T ,1 1 W A I
duv uu" ui -
ought to try to stop them.
WELL MBANINU kjsaujsk.
Rejoinder
J -
6- To th Ej"tor,,?
-"i Journal-In answer to SPlh
v " " . , VvTi-
y my husband is BtrtklnsT t this
. lt me tell her he is striking for
Hustica for the noor working man and
not for the higher-ups. No" I am not
an cljajt rv a j i,viiur;, ivva wku vuc
trust, but I did not say what my
pantry was full of. Well, it ls full of
necessaries, and not luxuries, out
whenever I see- something to suit my
T , A.I
Durse I nurchase a small Quantity. As
for its being "blood money", that they
are on strike for, let me tell her,
'Yes." it is for money to keep the I
blood flowing in their veins and mar-
row in their bones to put down kaiser-
ism and Prusslanlsm." Also let me tell
her that I am extremely proud to be I
a sister to three brave soldier brothers
wno are in c ranee ai ine present, iime,
and three brothers-in-law on the sea,
who are- helping to kick the kaiser out.
My motto is "May the union stand
loreveri i
UNION STRIKER'S WIFE.
A Lnampion ior sir. caion
Albany, Or., Oct. 6. -To the Editor I
of The Journal I have read with in-1
terest your recent editorials defend-
ing Alien Eaton or Eugene.
I can't understand some of the
leading men of Eugene. They were
the ones, beyond those of any other 1
city in Oregon, most bitterly to at-
tack Senator Harry Lane; that no I
doubt helped to contribute to his un-
timely death, over which we still
grieve. Now Eugene ls attacking one
of the best of its own citizens. - I
Mr. Eaton was In the legislature of
11907 and helped pass the $125,000 tri-
creased annual approTAtiatlon for the 1
maintenance of the University of Ore-
gon, that the Linn county council so
bitterly fought through a referen-1
idum. Our council committee, hurled I
ton - a "roeman worthy of our steel.
University of Oregon. It was his in-
riuence that greatly helped to carry
the appropriation
Shall we here quote what the poet
says about ingratitude? A word to
the wise is sufficient. "Let there be
peace." CYRUS H. WALKER.
.
Our Allies and Our Candy
Portland. Or.. Oct. 5. To the Edi
U0r of The Journal According to the
news dispatches, Mr. Hoover says that
France this year will be 100,000 tons
short of anrar and that U I. th In-
tention of this country to attempt to
make up mis denciency. Bteos have
already been taken by the different
rnmmi.innra on vw tv,
taurant managers, appealing to the
publlc to us less BugSLTi whlch plan
j9 undoubtedly meeting with tome
8UccesB.
? . ' -
tiiunint mnnaeera. nnnm nr in th
... . .
WnilM ,. . a ,k,. . .Vi
tim. while w utin hv nr.up.h c,.ro.
ror our ordinary needs and are not
I restricted to the amount of hh srnr
, - ct
m iiha J avw. j -w-.
" Ka ln Jngiana
1 and France) for our food rnmmiHlnn.
1 ers to restrict Be amount of iinr
I - - "
I treat nourishment In some kinds of
1 candy, but how much candv is really I
consumed from a mitrlt!v itonrt.
point? .Even the old-fashloni fiM
' practically all sugar, but who could
nl!"" me n iit
Further, would not this be an ideal
time ror our patriotic young men and
young women (and older ones, too)
- refrain from buying or accepting
candy until such time as this defi
ciency nas been filled?
GEORGE MEREDITH.
"As to Milk"
Portland, Oct. 5 To the Editor !
The Journal It seemn to m iin
a paper takes a stand like The
I Journal did a few days ago in the
editorial entitled "As to Milk," it
should be commended by every broad-
minded person. Publicity should be
given by every other newspaper in
I the state of Oregon, it tells the exact
condition of our. farmers how they
are treated. It looks like this cam-
was concocted by some cornoratinn
and suddenly taken up by the higher
upg in me city aammistration without I of the Treasury mcacjoo.
giving it a thought, like many other J. H. Luck of Pendleton ls In Port
things. Those "roll ton deck" noonl land on a business mission.
I the commissioners appointed cannot
I tell the difference between a cow and
anotner non-milk giving animal So
J there you are. .
1 Encourage the milk-producing dairy-
?en t0av a Attributing 8tatlon Among the Astoria residents rgis-
1 lorn Thn nr ,111 V, i.l.. rnl.n hnral lnH, 'r
delivered to our homes."
" " . . hato tueau mine
GEORGE R..MOKEL.
PERSONAL, MENTION
Traffic Manager in City
Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Smith
I daughter nf Snokan tn siavU. . ... .
1 Multnomah hotel. Mr Rmitv, 4
intenaeni ior tn ureat Northern at
Spokane and Is here m connection with
the routing of th troop trains from
Portland to American Lake nv.r hi.
road. ' Soma of th other raW-moA .v.
j here on troop tram business are C. E.
Fleming, traveling passenger agent for
I the Southern Pacific from irr.nn
t .
I cat., and r . Jfi. watson, commercial
affnt for th Southern Pacific from
Pasadena. They are aiso registered at
i tha. M.iHnnnih 5
" a
comes from Micnigan
I En route to Eugene. Mrs. Martha
1 Defer of Detroit. Mich., was in Port.
I land for a few hours today. Mrs.
J Defer is a sister f Harrison R. Kin-
fcald who was one time secretary
COMMENT AND
SMALL CHANGE
It has got so that an election without
a recount is like a trial without an
appeal.
.uTih,!ualUe! are invincibly determined
that the war shall not end in a draw
but a withdraw. '
If the kaiser, in '"reforming" " his
legislative bodies, could only aee that
really this ls no time for Jokes!
So far. there are no documentary
goods on Hlndenburg. What's the mat
ter? Doesn't he know how to write?
Now abideth faith, hope and charity
these three, but there is less use for
charity in (hese days than, for tbe
other two.
Sure but alow, Oregon doubtless ls.
But if ever there was a time for her
to be sure that she is sure, now is
that time.
. a a
one of the astonishing things of the
War is the VOlUbllltY Of Karman rrl
oners. How do they dare to say things
they know very well the kaiser
wouldn't like them to aay?
"American ship of war founders!"
But as there were no woman anA
babies on board to perish, perhaps the
school children of Germany will not
be paraded in celebration of the event.
"Lt observation with extensive
view survey mankind from China I)
Peru,' and if that observation is
Prussian observation it is welcome to
whatever cheer it can get out of the
view.
If our American soldier boys really
m m m
snouia Dy cnance nang the kaiser on
a Sour apnle tree, as thev rhnmllv
tk,..tA. . , - c . . " '
tfn at times ther could then be
Europe.
.
TO GET MAIL TO THE SOLDIER BOYS
By Carl Smith. Waablncton Staff CorreapoodeBt of The Journal
Washington, Oct. 6. Mail for sol
diers in the expeditionary forces in
France sent from west of the Missis
sippi river will hereafter be assembled
in Chicago. Previously the mail from
all over the country was collected at
New York and there distributed In
sacks for the overseas units. '
The change ls made in furtherance
of the effort of Postmaster General
Burleson ls making to expedite the
Jt 4... ..I. . II . V. . . . . T K .
dispatch of mall for the army. The
postoffice department has already per-
formed a great deal or worn in pre-
paring for the men who have already
gene to France, and those to follow,
The postoffice went ahead of the
first troops. Volunteers were taken
from each specialized division of the
mail service, including tne money
.oraer ana registry uutu unoum,
an organization worked out in advance,
so that no matter where the troops are
moved, the postal service goes with
mem.
TUTm ft aa A A At c asA! ss. aVklrlf Ara Ja rTTMld
should designate the division, the regl
ment. the company, and the organisa-
tion to which the addressee belon
as "John Smith Jr.. Company X,
Infantry (giving the number or tne
infantry), American Expeditionary
Forces." The letter or parcel should
also bear the return address of the
sender. For letters the postage ls the
domestic rate of 2 cents an ounce.
For parcel post there ls a flat rate
of 12 cents a pound from any place
within the United States and the limit
of weight for a parcel la so pounds.
Money orders may be sent at domestic
rates, and no money or valuables can
be sent by registered mails. ro. c. O
D., insured or registerea parcel post
I packages can be sent,
'
Th mibllo ls asked to remember
that longer time than under normal
conditions is required ior ocean xrani-
land at every opportunity. i.nere is
HOW TO BE
LT-pptvn ttt WITH SOLDIERS.
The distinguished military carriage of
the, soldier, his aupple ana eruciem
muscular system, his cool, calm cour-
require .ine
military camp and tho drill field.
Th .r attainable at home. Begin,
a- the soldier begins, with & full
I ."I..-. .i .mlr,.tl . to select
the kind of exercise which is best
0Antri tn vour individual require
monts and to avoid measures wnicn
I v. i in r-a von have any
h'dden organic disease. If the abdomi-
& muscles are strong and well de-
veloped the whole muscular system is
Hkelv to"be efficient. Their power
IUy I" - ' - 7
I vt.M ...enitt fiiaot,RA l r ine auauiiu
i. k ranidiv develoDed
I v., .ivin a Ehort distance each day
with the abdomen neia in xnm
frort.Ati Thi will net rla or a pro-
i -- vAs
l. a 1 a V r-r tn 11 tin I Aa aa h nr
tu.Derance aue A ' . " V. v. , . . . i
I fnrih divilnDment Of the aoaominaa
LiiwiM. stretching, twisting, oam
I WMM-Waa
I exercises and variou oiner
. Sr,rif.o fllmnle exercises recom-
mondod for strengthening the abdomi
nal muscles and restoring the organs
to a normal position -are the following:
state for Oregon and is on her way
n vlt relAtives. Sh was
accompanied by Miss Bertha Schalter
of Detroit.
w
Here on Furlough
isr.t. Wurtiweiler. a Portland boy
. .....ri. with one of the hos-
:,:., ' .....,. f Hams Lewis, is
. ... j . rMotivc. hor on
. 48 hour furlough,
I -
Captain H. C. Smith Is in the city
from Camp Lewis.
C F. McKinney, president of the
Harney County National bank, is in
I the city, from Burns, in connection
I with the Liberty loan campaign. Mr.
MoKinnev Will meet with the state
hankpra' committee Wednesday morn-
ing, when it confers with Secretary
I Mr. and Mrs. Mortimer Reed are
I tourists registered at the Portland
I hotel today from snangnai, vhina.
They are making a trip dowa the
coast. s
i Lereii mil buv ......... " .j . .. -
A. W. Norblad, ex-city attorney, ana
Tomas Nelson, superintendent of th
cooperative canneries, who are on the
way to Tillamook on a business trip.
E. B. Qresham and lamjiy are regis
tered at the Carlton from Nehalem.
Mr Gresham ls contracting for log
ging machinery, and will remain sev-
I tril rlavs.
I Mr Charles H. Glas, wife Of an at
1 - - ... .
torney at uorm,
Thomas A. Marshall of Chicago, a
professional trapshooter of national
note, is registered t the Portland
1 hAtftl today.
Mrs. Basil Smont of San Diego, Cal.,
and Mrs. M. L. Thompson 01 i-ariou,
ln-..h a. at tha-Portland hotel.
I " .
I Mr. and Mrs. J. w. aiaioney m
dleton are at the Portland Hotel.
Lieutenant Edward E. Lane ls at the
Oai.h 4rnm Pnrt Rcott. Cal.
1 T..l rA whn raaidcxl tn Port
. .... nntn last soring, and who has
1 ainc been .in Anchorage. Alaska. In-
I teii in . a mining enterprise. Is
I rea-istered at the Multnomah hotel.
I v A. J. and A. E. Effenberger of Ne-
ofl halem, brothers, who conduct a saw
NEWS IN BRIEF
OREGON SIDELIGHTS
The new pipe organ for the First
Congregational church, at Salem, is
beinjr installed. To accommodate the
organ, an addition was built to tne
church costing moo.
In the opinion ot the always Judic
ial Qresham Outlook it is going to take
a long time to teach Americana to
teed according to calories instead of
the way things taste."
Robert a Hall of the Eugene Regis
ter's mechanical force has taken
charge of the University of Oregon
print shop and will hold that poemon
until Christmas time, when the serv
ices of a man who has applied for the
position will be available.
Canby's quota for the war library
fund was 141, but with a little effort
the sum of 191.75 was raised. This,
in the judgment of the Salem Journal,
"being considerably more than double
what was asked of her, entitles the
hustling little city to he banner."
"It is heering., says the Slem
Journal, "to read of a yield Of pota
toes sucn as Mr. viDDert snows in nia
war garden. Nearly six hundred bush
els to the acre is a large sized shell
exploded In the kaisers camp. Of
course his garden was small but he
showed what can be done in the way
of raisin a- spuds. It was a bad year
for the tubera, too, here In Oregon."
Silos built ln'the vicinity of Dufur
the past summer are now being
filled, corn beinor the crop used for
silage. According to one farmer, as
reported by The Dalles Chronicle's cor
respondent, the corn is yielding a very
large tonnage per acre. This ls the
first time silos have been put into
use in that section and the results
are being watched with Considerable
interest by other farmers.
Some irregularity in the sailing time
of steamers, but there are two to three
malls pe- week from the American
port. In sending letters and parcels,
especially in making up Christmas
packages for members of the expedi
tionary forces, 30 days should be al
lowed for the parcel to reach the
American soldier in France.
There are in France various Ameri
can organizations, such as the Red
Cross and field ambulance, operating !
with the French or British forces. It
ls understood that at an early date
these will be taken over by General
1'ershing. Meanwhile articles ad
dressed to members of these organisa
tions are included in the malls for
Franco or England.
.
The method of handling the mall for
the expeditionary forces is to forward
to the central distributing point at
New York in the Grand Central termi
nal all matter mailed east of the Mis
sissippi; and (hereafter) to the mili
tary terminal point on Wabash ave
nue. Chicago, matter mailed west of
the Mississippi. At these two dis
tributing points the mall ls sorted and
labeled to each of tbe units and dis
patched by the first available steamer.
Sacks are sent to the regiments or
units designated either by railway or
by motor truck as circumstances re
quire. On reaching the designated
unit the mail ls delivered to the sol
dier boys by mail orderlies selected
from the army.
Letters originating with American
trcops in Franco are censored by the
American authorities . at regimental
headquarters and after being passed
are turned over, to the postal authori
ties to be dispatched to the United
States; By the provisions of'the war
revenue bill letter mall sent from
France by members of the' American
forces vvtlTar eUTered ttrtwre free.
The American flag floats over each
American postoffice in France and the
postal employes are required to wear
, military uniforms.
HEALTHY
Copyright. 101 T.
by J. K !.
Lie flat on the back and rise to a sit
ting posture: squat until the thighs rest
upon the calves of tbe legs; lie flat
on the back, head downward, on an in
clined plane (an ironing board up
tilted will do), and make a bridge at
intervals by arching the abdomen and
resting on shoulder and heels. The
ordinary movements of the daily work,
such as walking, sitting, stooping,
reaching, etc.. are. of course, of the
greatest importance in determining the
character of the body posture and
should always be performed with an
ideal standard of correct posture as a
starting point.
Improper positions of the body are
the cause of much chronic invalid
ism. Stooping and slumping mean
undue strain on some portion of the
muscular and nervous systems, and
consequently waste of energy and im
pairment of organlo function. When
the body stoops forward the lungs are
cramped, the heart position ls lowered
and its action Interfered with, a strain
ls put upon the spinal system, and the
stomach, liver, kidneys and Intestines
are pushed out of place, so that they
cannot work to tho best advantage.
Tomorrow Good Cooks and Health.
rrrllf,
trip.
are in the city on a baslnes
They are registered at the Ore-
gon.
Joseph IL Conn of Washington, D.
C Is at the Oregon hotel.
Mrs. Ij. S. Bentley of Corvallls Is at
the Oregon.
J. G. Cotchett of Seattle, manager
of the Chicago Belting company of
fice, is in the city on a business trip.
Frank Gabel, aheep-ralser of The
Dalles, is at the Perkins hotel.
C. A. Lawton is at the Perkins from
Hammond, Or.
William Morton Post. Hood River
apple rancher, ls at the Perkins.
J. W. Hellers of Albany is registered
at the Perkins.
Leonard I. Kaufman of Camp Lewis
is visiting his mother at the Nortonia.
Mrs. A. M. Miller and Miss Cora Mil
ler of Focatello, Idaho, are staying at
th Nortonia.
Miss Gladys McCount of Albany Is
visiting her sister at the Nortonia.
Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Grand are at the
Nortonia from Astoria.
Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Whltten of Eu
gene are at the Nortonia.
Mr. and Mtra R. E. Hood of White
Salmon, Wash., are at the Waabing
ton.
F. P. Maris is at the Washington
from Summit, Or.
Mrs. Harriet Birekley of Los An
geles ls at the Washington.
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A Bad Precedent
FTOTi tha Boa ton Transcript
"Why do you want a divorce from
your husband?" asked a friend of the
family. I
"Because he isn't the man I thosght
he was when X married him," sobbed
tne young wixe.
"My dear child, a general application
of that principal would break up nearly
every noma in tne country.
Saluting in the Bathroom
From tbe Kansas City Star
Hal, 7 year old. Was taking a bath.
His older sister, bnsy in an adjoining
room was singing The Star Spangled
Banner." Finally Hal shouted out to J men to enter the business of dlstrlbut
hen I ing pictures. Today, at tba age of It,
"Do hurry through with that; rm I Mr. Abrarns Is the president of Para
most frozen." . mount.
Ragtag and Bobtail
Stories from Kverywbare
J
ITp thla column an raaaara of Tha Journal -are
iavlted to eoatribote origin! matttr in
atory. la vara or In pblkwopDlcal obatrvatlon
or atrtklng quotations, from any aourcc. Con.
tribntloaa of exceptional niant will be said ful
at tat aqitor'a sporaUal. 1
A Wonderful Court
1CTHE greatest court in the world"
A is the term that has been applied
to the judicial committee of the privy
council in Great Britain, a committeo
with a quorum of only three, which
meets In a small stuffy, dingy room
in London. Our supreme court is the
final court of appeal for nearly 100.
000,000 people; this court has Jurisdic
tion over 425,000,000 people, and
throughout an area of nearly 14.000,
000 square miles.
The subjects with which It deals,
says Case and Comment, include ques
tions of old Norman custom, from the
Channel islands; of Roman-Dutch law,
from South Africa; of the Code Na
poleon, from Mauritius: of Ottoman
law, irom uyprua; or naval matters,
from the admiralty courts; of church
affairs fiom the ecclesiastical courts;
and of the religious rights of Hindus
and Mohammedans, from India. It ls '
from India that the greatest number
of appeals are received.
One such appeal, on a point of con- t
fllctins religious rights, had been j
first decided by a . remote village
court, and appealed to the supreme
court of Calcutta. Both decisions had
gone against the Mohammedans They
despaired of Justice until a shrewd
and very holy dervish declared that
there yet remained another power to
which they could appeaJ a power
greater than the king-emperor him
self! Accordingly, an appeal was taken
to this mysterious power, by .whom
the case was decided in favor of the
Mohammedans. Three months later,
when the news came, great bonfires
were set blazing on the hills in India.
The local British commissioner, some
what perturbed over a commotion ho
did not understand, inquired its rea
son of his native butler, who told
him with, mingled awe and exultation:
"Sahib, the people are lighting fires
in honor of the great sage, who they
say rules the emperor Judish-al-
KomltiJ"
Why the Town Marshal Balked
Mrs. Maude B. Samuels, who for
several months uas been the town
marshal of Riverside City, an incor
porated Muncie suburb, says the In
dianapolis News, balked at on duty
she was asked to. perform.
Her telephone bell rang and an ex
cited voice inquired:
"Are you the town marshal?"
"Yes," was the reply.
"Then I wish you'd come right over
to the river and arrest a lot of boys
in awimmin there. They ain't got not
bathln' suits on. It's scand'lous the
way they act and people passln' along
and everything."
Just what Mrs. Samuels said or did
is uncertain, but the boys were not
molested.
Take It or Leave It
There are the pope's peace terms,
and other peace terms, but one car
dinal demand of tbe allies was stated
the other day by a perfectly pofcttlve
person, says the New York Evening
Post Magazine, anent the report of a
separate peace with Turkey 'and fur
ther details of the Armenian massa
cres. "No separate peace with, Turkey."
was her formula, "but separate pieces
of Turkey,"
' .The 3Var Spirit s
The sights and. sounds of summer
nights
Have changed; the steely stars
Are glinting bayonets around
The crimson flag of Mara.
The bullfrogs in the reedy pond "
Are pounding big bass drums.
The fireflies in the dewy fields
Behold! are bursting bombs.
Th cricket tootles on the fife,
Along the misty hill
The waving branches simulate
A regiment at drill.
Soft bandages as white aa snow
The garden-spiders spin,
The katydid has turned her tune,
And now commands, "Fall Jn!"
Minna Irvln,
in Leiiia a.
Uncle Jeff "Snow Says:
Mebby these here new taxes might
be worse, and mebby they could have
been laid more on slacker dollars and
slacker acres, but laid they are, and
this war hss got to be fit clean
through to the finish, taxes laid this
way or taxes laid that. We used to
say down in Aj-liony that the 'Pach
Injuns had to be licked when they
went on the warpath, no matter whose
guns was used in the flghtin'. Uncle
Sam ls flghtin' the Huns, which can
doable discount the Taches fer dev
iltry and sheer cussedness and there's
a million times more of 'em.
Stage and Screen
By Edna Irvine
Norma Talmadke has lately Insured
her life for 1100.000.
Madge Kennedy is a Los Angeles
glrL No, she's not married.
"Polly-Anna" and "Miss Springtime"
are due at the Heilig la November.
Julia Sanderson owns three horses.
named, respectively. Sham. Ham and
Japhet.
. 9
Margaret Mayo and Jules Eckert
Goodman were "pals" a few years
back in Gervais, Or.
a
In a vampire's haunt. Olive Thomas
is luring George Cbesebro to his doom
in "Indiscreet Corrlnef
Marian de Forest, author of "Erst
while Susan." Is the dramatic editor
and crltto of the Buffalo Express.
Belle Bennett, wh comes to the
Liberty Thursday. Is said to -be a
movie "find" and a sensational beauty.
Vienna crimson and Prussian blue
are the colors employed in the deco
ration of fhe Chicago auditorium for
the opera season.
. a '
The very latest Is to bar a einema
picture taken of baby every birthday,
showing all its cutey little tricks,
then run the whole film on her or bia
wedding day.
In "The Wanderer'' in Philadelphia,
the four-footed actors. Including- a
black sheep, half a d oxen white sheep.
seven goats and a camel, cored a big-
ger hit than some of tha two-footed
players. And that. In the Metropoli
tan opera house, too!
The Brothers Chernlavaky, gifted
musicians, were fellow passengers
from Auckland, New Zealand, with
Madame Melba, M. Sellnsky and Lady
Susan Fltzlarence. All lights were out
on the big liner, because In Australia
there la a belief that German' raiders
mm.j n in ins racuic ' jaeioa will sing
with the Chicago grand opera this
season.
a
When Hiram Abrarns left' Portlapd,
Maine, his birthplace, at the age of 14
years, penniless, to seek bis fortune,
he along with 0,000,000 other people,
had no idea of motion pictures. Drift
ing to Boston, be was one of the first