thk: oRisooN daily Journal, Portland, Wednesday, October r wi7.v
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SUMbAT
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'DAILX (MOBN1MU OR AFX Kit NOON) AN0
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Ooa year 17.60 Ooa montb-,.....$
Oar object ia to vindicate tha principles
at peace and JnatJce In the life of
tba world aa agaluat eclflsh and auto
crat la power a fid to act uf amongat the
really (rro and aelf Kortmrd peoples of
the world such a concert of pnrpoee and
of action aa will henceforth lnaure, tba
oWrrance .of thoee principle. Woodrow
WlUoa
SOLICITATIONS
THE Rochester, N. Y., Chamber
of Commerce has issued a
pamphlet entitled "Solicita
tions Wise and Unwise,"
which Is full of instruction. The
motto of the pamphlet is, "Those
soliciting from the public and tjlose
In whose name the public is soli
cited are responsible to the pub
lie."" Just now there happens to
be a good deal of soliciting in
Portland, which Is not always so
Wisely .directed as it might be. We
fancy Rochester must have experi
enced some annoyance of the same
sort. Hence this pamphlet from
the chamber of commerce.
The thought back of the pamph
let is that nobody should give
money merely to get rid of a so
licitor or to gratify a vague wish
"to do good." Every gift should
be based upon intelligent Investi
gation. There are so many causes
which must be helped that nobody
should waste his means on the
doubtful or the foolish.
The Rochestor Chamber of Com
merce has made an Interesting
study of Improper solicitations and
solicitors. It classifies them under
15 heads, such as inefficiency, de
ception, frauds, chain letters, black
mall. To each class It devotes a
chapter of. examples which make
amusing reading. The ingenuity
' some people squander In efforts
to befool th3 charitable would
earn a good living at honest work.
Many of the undesirable solicita
tions which the chamber of com
merce deprecates are connected In
one way and another with the war.
Patriotic cirlzensV are generously
disposed at this time toward any
thing that promises to benefit the
soldiers or help the government.
-This pamphlet warns us 'that such
"generosity may be imposed upon
and urges caution unless the cause
for "which money Is asked Is known
to he worthy.
The pamphlet can be obtained
from the Rochester Chamber of
Commerce. It Is worth serious
- attention.
The little town of Palmer, which
boasts a full dozen families as
Its population, netted $101 at a
supper and dance given for the
benefit of the Red Cross fund. The
ladies of the town also have for
" warded their second shipment of
knitted articles' for the organiza
tion, which would seem to indicate
that the movies are deserted and
the afternoon tea has grown cold
In Palmer.
GERMAN IN SCHOOLS
T
HERE is a marked falling off.
according to reports, in the
number of students of Ger
man at the state universltv.
The German classes In the city
schools are also said to be Bmaller
than usual this season. We have
not noticed any reports on this
subject from the agricultural col
lege, but, no doubt, the same cause
produces the same 'effect there.
Tie German language is not so
popular as lt was, either among
parents or pupils. Its star is wan
ing while that of French is bright
ening. , The Prussians plunged Into war
to extend their kultur over the
whole earth, imagining that the
Almighty had selected them for
that particular mission. The ef-
; feet has been the exact opposite
to what they desired. Before the
war the German language, German
science, German habits of lite
and thought, even German theories
of politics and government, were
extremely popular fn the United
States, The German university was
imitated almost everywhere In this
country. ." The German ; professor
was j the admired . mcdel for our
teachers. - 'J. ,y
f ;rBy.a process of "peaceful pene
tration", the. kaiser and his people
had gone-' far toward effecting an
Intellectual conquest of the United
State?. How : much farther they
a a. jKtm
might have gone, had' not (lie war
Intervened, is a question Web
need not be discussed now be
cause the war did Intervene.
But readers will recall that few
ventured to criticise in the slightest
degree anything Teutonic up to
the actual outbreak cf hostilities
while Prussian enemies of-the al
lies freely permeated the country
arfd said what they liked.
Now all is changed. Kulturhas
lost its hold, on our life. The, war
has unpopularized Germany witft
its language and Ideas-. Not 'for
centuries, if ever, will the land of
Goethe and Helmboltz regain the
preeminence which it won through
Intellectual merit and lost through
vainglorious arrogance and. lust of
rower.
As the years pass and those
Hood River boys who bought Lib
erty bonds with the money earned
by them in the apple orchards
of that district clip and cash
tlftelr interest coupons they will
b able to view their holdings in
the light of mighty agreeable
apple preserves.
INFANTILE PARALYSIS
RATIONAL doubt Is hardly pos
sible now that Dr. Rosenow's
serum 1s the long sought rem
edy for infantile paralysis.
It was tried some time since at
Davenport, Iowa, with gratifying
results. It was tried again a few
.days ago at Rochester, Minn., upon
a child in the last' stages of the
disease. Recovery was rapid and
eomplete. It is not too much to
believe that infantile paralysis has
been finally conquered by medical
science.
The procedure in germ diseases
like infantile paralysis is first to
isolate the germ and then nse it
to- make a serum with which to
combat the disease it causes. It
is an application of the old for
mula that "like cures like,". though
doubtless this modern use would
have startled the original homeo-
pathists.
The serum for infantile paraly
sis is another triumph to the credit
of the Mayo hospital at Rochester.
The two brothers who founded
that beneficent institution have al
ready deserved the gratitude of
mankind for incalculable services
They will continue to increase the
debt we owe them as long as they
live.
When the silver eagle of Po
land begins to whet its talons in
the front line trenches alongside
the bald eagle of America, the
British Hon and the Russian bear,
Kaiser wilhelm and his sausage
hound will begin to think the
whole blooming circus is after
them.
ClinT AILING THE COLONEL
T
HE pleasant pastime of calling
the brethren who differ with
you on political questions pro
Germans and traitors bids
fair to become somewhat expensive.
Naturally, many of us honestly be
lieve that everybody who does not
thlojc exactly as we ourselves do Is
a scoundrel by nature and ready to
sell himself to the kaiser, but it is
growing perilous in these degen
erate days to say openly what we
all believe about our neighbors.
Colonel S. S. McClure has begun
a libel suit against' "Life" for ques
tioning his patriotism. The distin
guished mayor of Chicago has sued
for damages nearly all the news
papers in that city which Intimated
somewhat annoyingly that he was
on terms of intimacy with Wilhelm.
The American Anti-Military society
notifies the country that it is pre
paring tobegin a number of im
portant suits against newspapers
and individuals that have accused
it of disloyalty.
If Juries once begin to award
damages for that sort of thing life
in the United State3 will lose much
of its charm. When we can no
longer end an argument by call
ing each other traitors it will be
hardly worth while to argue at all.
Ail of us will suffer from this
form of suppression, but it dis
tresses one to imagine the Colo
nel's feelings. We fear the world
will be little better than a dun
geon cell to him when he has to
choose between m'.ld language
and heavy damages.
The Illinois food director
charges that the farmers of the
country are hoarding" . potatoes,
and warns them that their course
will ultimately result in a glutted
market and minimum prices,
which news ought not Jo worry
Uhe fat folks. They can cut -out
potatoes till the price falls, thus
reducing their avoirdupois.
LEAVE OFF THE SHADOWS .
C
HEERFULNESS is a wonder
ful possession. It warms the
heart, and, when the meridian
of life has been nannd.
smoothes the pathway while we
walk with our faces to the setting
sun. It seems a paradox that so
many of those who look with cer
tainty for eternal happiness be
yond the horizon of life can see
so much of gloom on this side of
the mystic river,
On every Sunday, thousands of
people .ride in automobiles along
the Columbia highway to view
Its wonders and enjoy its delichts,
Off to one side of that pleasure
anve, Deyond the reach of its
laughter, lies the Multnomah Coun
ty Farm. It Is a place populated
. " ' .'-.-' ' '
by those who have failed. On every
Sunday, while the continuous pro
cession of pleasure seekers rolls
happily by, the broken ; remnants
who fill the Institution group them
selves into Its chapel for Sunday
services.
They listen to relation of the
omnipresence of sin' and the cer
tainty of punishment therefor.
They are exhorted to battle against
the temptations of the . flesh that
they may find a certain and a fit
ting reward throughout eternity.
They sit and listen, week after
week, to a story of gloom, with
promise of Joy beyond the grave.
It is a sad beginning for each suc
ceeding week of brooding upon the
failures and misfortunes of life.
One wonders what a difference it
might make to that drab company
of misfortunates caught with the
barrage of failure behind them and
the trench of the potter's field
ahead, if those who come to them
were to pitch their texts upon the
sunshine and not upon the shadows
of life. One wonders If it Would
not be easier to live, and -to die.
even in the poor house sustained
oy a aoctnne or. cneenuinewi, iua parln& tQe short black-haired, mus
oppressed by preachments of cular modern Creek with the ath
gloom. What a wonderful world leUJ grftca of ihQ men of Pnidiag.
it would be if we all made It a d lt ,s diffJcult not to beUeve
habit to scatter beams of sunshine that g outside bl0od ba9 beeu
all along our way to absorb and min led Jn tbe desCent. The
Danisn ine snaaowj in iae sorrow
ful nooks and corners of the
world.
. f-i T I JfMa 1
7 V r " H
Miss Deary leads to the expressed
on the groom will not forget the
maiden name of the new-found
partner of hia Joys and sorrows.
BOOZE IN IOWA
P
ROHIBITION and woman suf
frage are-supposed to be al-
lied causes. The country has
lnarnn fn a-rr.ar-t thgf Viav
will
rate.
Some have supposed that
vrtAcf f rT vtrnman vara naoflaarv I
before prohibition could get very
far. Tha .fact appears to be that
prohibition can go ahead without
suffrage and even outmarch it
burfrage has experienced one
or two serious backsets lately. The
Maine election was one of them.
The supreme court decision In In-
diana against women voters was
another. ' But prohibition holds a
. i
steafly course without reverses, un-
less mo lows execuun nuuiu prove
to be a reverse, which is not likely,
ti, fn rmMV,i(n
.. .. e "'
. ...
VOie man was lOOKeQ IOr.
Iowa was one Of the first pro-
V.5KU,-nr. ct,t,c It k,n'e,
or tried to do so, in the cays when
a prohibitionist was regarded as a I
foe to business, a fanatic, an im-
practical visionary, uut, its eariy
antl-booze law was repealed ana
the state remained wet for years,
, , , .
Two years ago the legislature
passed a new prohibition act. This
election was called to confirm the
legislative act hv a eonstitnirmal
legislative act Dy a consuimonai
anaenament.
The small maloritv hv which It
will nasa If it naasen at all swrnq
wiu pass, ii it passes at an, seems
to demonstrate that Iowa is not
entirely pleased with her dry law.
Perhaps it has sot been dry
l , . . ,
enough. Perhaps It has been toe
dry, A prohibition law which does
not prohibit seldom wins mny
friends for itself. A prohibition
law which does prohibit excites
much animosity and makes bitter
antagonisms.
Jl A 1 .J....lA. 19 I
&uuu uvai ui cum-ouviu iu. ocu-
denial and self-control before it is
fully prepared for prohibition. The
, " , vfl .
American people have made up
their minds that booze must go, I
thontrh it mav be soma vears be-
. . , . , . n
iure iuch Juubi. iunjr
CUted. The mills OI tne gods grind
alnwlv but in the end they finish
. . I
me grsi. . i
One Lewiston, Idaho, rancher
has investel $30,000 and another
110,000 in Liberty bonds, and still
there are those Who try to tell US
that the farmer's lot is full of trib-
ulatlon and empty of recompense.
A SECOND OAT CROP
T
HE story from Clarkston,
Wash., Of oat stubble which
has produced a second crop American-born children, who are or
presents some remarkable "9,,h"lh0?iW-havr ?.op?5
features. It is not the habit Of
oats to act In that way. Once
they have yielded a crop of" grain
they are apt to deem their full
duty done and sink into permanent
renose
The Clarkston report concedes
that the second crop produced from
tti. ctuKVila waa nnt vortr larra
t .., ,.
It was hardly more thin scatter-
ing growtn suiiaDie ior pasturage
but not for reaping. The chances
are that lt came from stools which
were only half mature at harvest
time and which have since, under
the stimulus of the fall rains
Sprung intO grOwth and developed
Erain.
One's first Impulse lS to account
for the phenomenon as simply the
aatauw . vi iuv usuo,
teer" growth but that is Inadmis -
sable since there has not been time
for grain to, develop from seed
Since harvest, - -
riDwn , In Ran Francisco they
have a "Newthof -church, which,
; . rtewuiwi . : wu.u, w
in turn, possesses an archbishop
with the appellation Of Dr. Newo
Newi New, just convicted Of using
ll Vlfl,Mrl t Althnne-r rha!""7 ". wey are saving ISO
archbishop's name sounds ; like the
, -
r .7-
attempted declension of an old
Latin adjective it was seemingly
easy ior j the; California Jury to
translate him. . " i :
THE MODERN GREEKS
0'
UR " esteemed contemporary.
"Prometheus," a modern
Greek newspaper published
in San Francisco, is angry at'
jDHvid Starr Jordan. The learned
chancellor of Stanford university
has come out with the dictum that
the modern Greeks are "the de
scendants of slaves and stable
boys." At least Prometheus 1 cred
its him with this derogatory state
ment. We have not been privi
leged ourselves to see It over his
signature But, inasmuch as the
(Treekn have lined themselves ud
with the alliegt it lfJ natural f 0r
Dr Jordan to talk slightingly of
The lnhabitant3 of modern
HeUag cIalm MiltIadeSf Pericles,
PyttagorM anrl au the thousand
Plutarch heroea for their ancestors,
They may fee right about It but
tnere has been a good deal of ai
teration In tk nclal tyPe. Com-
Romans, the Gauls, the Saracens,
the Turks have all been resident
in Hella3 since the great day of
v - '
count for the physical changes so
"..'. Mnr)lA
THE MAN
ABOUT TOWN
By Fred Lockley.
On Morrison street. Just across
from the Hotel Portland, at 333
Morrison street, is a novelty shop
Seeinsr a bulletin Of- SO me Kind
nas lea in uie wiuuuw mvv
read it It was written, by hand, on
wmnnine naDer. Here is what it
s&id:
rit'u'n&SnSi
nreserve your freedom and relieve the
world from bondage. Don't leave it to
?.rg "'J B"y
Don't say you can't do it. for you
surely can If you are working. Don't
mak? Da" 7 "L?f,w
for your own 8ake. Your freedom is
at stake. Help while you can still
avoid merciless taxation by a world-
grabbing despot. Help preserve the
fiDerty your forefathers fought for.
Let not tna roreisrn Dorn zorgei wny
they came here. Buy a Liberty bond
and thus help balk the woman and
baby killers.'
II stemed into the shop and asked
n,nnr.tnr J Iihrer. where h aot
the material for his poster. He tapped
nis cnest wun nxs xoraiineor aau
"Here, out of my heart. I was born
in Roumania. I served in the Bou-
"ATJ.10' flX
country ray eountry. for I am an
American citizen we pay our private
soldiers more than the officers get in
Europe. The European officers won-
d gow our priVate otdlers can ride
in a Pullman. They ride in cattle
cas hack there. Why do I put that
Pster ln my window? I'll tell you
wh j have heara American born
men speak Fllghtingly of their presi-
dent, shrug their shoulders when you
asK tnem k iney nave uougni a
erty bond- If eome of these j W; w
agitators who sneer at this country,
if some of the men who want to profit
frmi,th " Lv'h.111
afford to buy Liberty bonds, had to
live m Europe for aear or two and
suffer the restrictions at the harsh
aw nouf ine narasmps tnax
wtthi pay tho heavy taxes to maintain
royalty, they would appreciate what
America means. They would see that
of -ourse. but a Ood-eiven orlvileca.
'"Pa Mnv m(n tr Via An A rti ortfion
" .
citizen, whether native Dorn or a
citizen by adoption, is a privilege
worth fighting for yes, worth dying
for for the United States is th
champion of the man underneath, the
defender of democracy. I mean this
from my heart, for I have lived in the
old country and can compare condi
tlona tnere wUh here. x came to the
United States 17 years ago, and
thank God every day that I am here
ln America. When I sometimes hear
. Qerman-American wiah for victorv
for his fatherland I think to myself
that he surely must forget why he
fame cm??' He came here
fOUnd imiimiton nnnnPt.nitT
he talks against the country' that took
hlm, in. thlnk a ood cure would be
ici nun ku pack to Germany out
I don't believe many of them would
be willing to do it.
"Fortunately, not many citizens of
foreign birth fail to realize what
""Tt: Si?Jr!"p-VttL3 AaKe my
my wife, myself, my 'niece and two
erty loan. and. thourh I am borrowing
money to do it, I am subscribing for
fJ' , . ,
wh dolnKi
and tha danger of it. if thev rejillMri
that th"s ls our f'Kht, the lobby of
tonuvTt
help finance the war. I wish I could
I impress Upon the Public the facts mm T
I know them; there would be no danger
but tho Liberty loan would b9"Sj.
iy oversuDscriDed
Letters. From the People
f Communication mt f tk. t .
cead SOO word, u length and mnt be
companied by the 'name and address of the
arodar. If the writer does aot SLit? tSS-ISI
tbm Bame PubUabed he ahouia-ao aUte.l
Repiies Worker's Wife'
1 Portland. Or.. Oct 13. Tn
the
1 Editor of The Journal I would like to
w, in ieur or A workers
. UtS8.
tradlcts herself. She savs that in i.i
years they bought -and -nald tor
home, an automobile that "Isn't" m
fllTer'' Ither; have some property ta
rent an some -"money Interest and
her husband earns Jess than ss aaiy,
And she believes In having a good
time, too, so S30 goes for recreation
per month. I am not a mathematician.
1 . "eroa to to-wTTTSSS
- s
diction here somewhere. Her huaban4
could not earn than tide psr j
month pn the average. They save ;
$50 and spend 139 for recreation. This
makea it $70. I nver owned an auto
mobile, but they tell me that.they are ;
an expensive luxury. Vo will a7
Lcaaolina and repairs coa another fl9
a momn. xnai matei -u, wmca j
leaves them f 20 for food and clothing,
and butter is 56 cents, Cfs 55 cents,
ham 40 to 45 cents, bread 10 eents f"
18 ounces. Beef is from 25 jo 33,
cents a pound. j
Then she tells us that not all the
stories abaut enormous .profits are
true. Now, if lt is true' that she is
a worker's wife, what does she know
about profits? I would rather take the
report that appeared In The Joura-tl
torn time ago and it was by a con
gressman, and the war profits ran
from 100 to 4500 per cent.
Sha says many employers work
harder' than any man in their shops
and consequently deserve more. And
then she follows with this statement:
"I know that is the reason we have,
more than many laboring people
have' and this statement gives her
away. It shows that she la not a
worker's wife.
After all, what Is it all about? Why
do people lose sleep over the open o.r
closed shop who are not having any
interest I mean economic interest
in this fight? If, the workers don't
want to work under certain conditions,
that is their affair and they should
not be compelled to work, and if tnc
capitalist will not grant the closed
shop they have a perfect right to run
an open shop if they can get workers
to run it for them. There is no identity
of interest between employer and em
ploye. A WAGK WORKER.
Exhorts Ship Workers
Portland, Oct. 13. To the Editor of
The Journal In ansmer to "Union
Striker's Wife" I wish to say that my
wife and Tnyself are proud to be able
to help Uncle Sam win this great war
by buying Liberty bonds and donating
to the Red Cross, and last but not
least, by going to work every day,
helping to build ships for Uncle Sam
to help him in his fight.
The ship workers are exempt from
service. They have their families with
them, a roof over their beads, do not
have to Bleep in the open, have & good
place to eat their meals and have been
getting 2.80 a day, now JS-for eight
hours. The soldiers who go to rignt
and the ones that have gone do not
mvve such ' comforts, are fighting ln
mud and water, standing up to be shot
at. and are palda dollar a cay. jnow
where do me una tne siacnerT i tninic
the ship yard worker who ls-on strike
keeping ships from Uncle Sam and
food from his boys. As I am aoove
the draft age, I am proud to say that
I still have one way I can help ana
that ls by going to work every day in
the shipyard.
The lady is right. It ls no disgrace
to be poor. But can the lady show
me any man who can save any money
by continually going out on strike?
as the unions are never sausiiea
am not taking a bite out of any poor
man's mouth, as I secured my position
long before the union went ort a strme
and refused to Join the union, as 1
have had previous experiences with
Unions. I am getting bread for my
household, and saving some money be
sides, to use in my old age. petticoat
government is something that ls un
heard of in our home, as my wife and
myself are partners. We share and
share alike.
A SAMMY BACKER.
Recommends "Preferential" Shop
Forest Grove. Oct. 13. To the Edi
tor of The Journal It would be
great privilege to have any Influence
ln helping bring a happy issue out of
the shin strike tangle in foruana.
While some of us may think that
strike at this national crisis Is fll-
timed, we also think that the refusal
of the shipbuilders to grant union con
ditions in their yards ls more inop
portune still. The right of organized
labor to full recognition on the basis
of collective bargaining has almost be
come a baslo principle in our new
American economics. While fighting,
as we believe with high Justice, to
break the power of political autocracy
in EurODe. we can ill afford to con
done industrial autocracy in the United
States. We have believed that the
Pacific coast was to represent the fore
front of the new cooperation between
capital and labor, even .is it has led
the van ln political democracy.
Why may it not be possible to effect
peace on the middle ground of the
preferential shop? Such a shop has
existed for some years in New York
city ln the great garment indus
tries. By mutual agreement, union
standards are maintained, and when
hiring help, union men are preferred.
The fact that the attitude of employer
Cornfoot was generously cheered at
the mass meeting of, workmen last
night, when his message of comdroiJathe' customs which particularly at
mlse was read, would seem to show
that the men are ready for mutual con
cessions. While some of us so deeply deplore
the strike at this time, and more ueep-J
iy tne conditions in inn ouuya uwi
provoked it, yet we feel basically with
Dr. Charles R. Brown, that "the re
fusal of union men to work ln what
is euphoniously and Insincerely called
the open shop,' is at bottom simply
the refusal of loyal men to meet and
fellowship those who show themselves
disloyal to tho common cause of la
bor. There ls nothing heroic or ad
mirable about these industrial" 'cop
perheads.' who are content to remain
outside tho union, eagerly availing
themselves of the improved conditions
of the trade which the efforts oj their
organized brothers have secured, while
refusing to incur any of the burdens.
ARTHUR B. PATTEN.
The Restraint of Children
Oregon City, Or., Oct. 14. To the
Editor of The Journal I wish to ex
press my hearty approval of the stand
Judge Tazwell of Portland has taken
regardins.cblldren running the streets
at nights. It ls a disgrace for par
ents not to look after their children
closer than they do, but let them roam
at will wherever they want to go. We
have the same problem here to solve
la the same manner. We have a curfew
but children can be seen at nearly all
hours at nights out on the streets
without their parents with them. Un
less parents assist officers nothing can
be done,- for they are scattered over
all the city. It would take a hundred
Officers' to get them all rounded up .at
once. , We have good officers here, but
parents should help In this matter.
- FRANK NELDQN.
PERSONAL MENTION
Wonderful Pictures Obtained
Robert C. Bruceof the Educa
tional Films company of" N York
has returned to Portland after a won
derful trip of picture making through
Rainier National park. Mr. Bruce
has been engaged In filming the beau
ties of the norwestern mountains for
a number of years, and is well known
to the Mazamas, having been with
them several times on 'their mountain
trips. Mr. Bruce was accompanied
on this trip by W. A. van Scoy,
Portland motion picture operator.
They walked around 'Rainier from
Partdise park to Mystic lake, exactly
opposite, on the north side. They
were accompanied by packers and
Mr. Brace's huge Great Dane dog.
COMMENT AND
SMALL CHANGE
"Give till it hurts."
no matter what
lt costs.
Looks as if in Russia Instead of a
new born republic it night be quad
ruplets, at leasj. m m ' - v-
w nai a treasure tne Kaiser missea
in not having at his command the
Baby Keats gang- of kidnapers I
In Hair's system of declension, all
the nouna en and back af thai liindan-
burg line seem t be in the objective
ease. " -
England, the air-raided, is comnelled
regretfully to state that it the kaiser
can't understand her language she
must needs proceed to. learn tho strafe
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Fifty dollars ner slacker la offered.
and no one should hesitate- to turn in
the slacker and take the money
provided he buy a Liberty bond with
me i u iy ana men manes some gooa
cause a present or tne bona.
The rrlsklnsr that the Swedish eco
nomic commission is undergoing at
wasnington indicates that there is at
least one good Prussian custom that
is not to b permitted to corrupt the
world.
Those who torego hicher interest
rates to accept the lower that the Lib.
erty bonds yield are doing what hurts;
but they know that hurts less than
handing the whole thing over to the
aaiser, principal ana interest. ,
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There is one good storv that has
never yet been written that of the
military despot, telling the story of
his life, and telling all the truth. Na-
poieon was a- great man. but not
freat enough for that. What would
he kaiser's autobiography, checked up
oy tne recorqing angei. not d worxn
to the worldr
WATERWAYS MUST
By Carl Smith, WaablnrNm Staff
Washington, Oct. 17. 'Tho people
of the eountry, including oven that
forceful class of citizens who manage
large Industrial units. and are vitally
interested in transportation, appear to
have slight knowledge of the primary
essentials for securing transportation
by water," says Chairman John H.
Email of the house committee on rivers
and harbors, ln a letter written by
direction of the committee to the
secretary of war. The purpose of the
letter, copies of which are to be sent
to all district engineers, the governors
of states, mayors and commercial
bodies, ls to call attention on one
hand to the work that must be per
formed by local and state agencies,
and at the same time to convey a
warning from the committee that lib
eral appropriations for waterways are
likely to be dependent upon, the appre
ciation of the duty to provide the
terminals and f anilities for waterway
use. It is one of the clearest warnings
yet issued that pork barrel ideas are
receding. It is a call for Intelligent
cooperation on the part of local agen
cies In making water commerce real.
Neither a railroad track nor a deep
channel means traffic, it is declared.
unless the human factor provides the
facilities that commerce needs and
must have.
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The committee chairman defines the
additional facilities for water trans
portation under four heads:
"1. There must exist a demand for
the movement of products.
"2. There must be water terminals
constructed in accordance with ap
propriate plans. These terminals re
quire ample water front and capacious
warehouses. They should be physically
connected by a belt-line railroad with
the railroad or railroads serving the
community, and one or more good
highways should radiate therefrom.
They should be equipped with modern
appliances for transferring freight be
tween the water carrier and the ware
house and the rail oar in the cheapest
and most expedit'ious manner. These
terminals should be constructed by
the municipalities or other agencies of
the state and maintained and .regu
lated for the servloe of the public.
The sise and cost of such terminals
will vary according to the population
and the financial ability of the com
munity to be served and the volume of
traffic which exists.
"3. There must be one or more es
tablished lines of water transporta
tion with sufficient capital, the requi
site number of Carriers, and a com
plete traffic organization.
"4. There should be a complete co
ordination between the water trans
portation lines and the railroads, and
a prorating of traffic as to through
rates between the water carriers and
the rail carriers such as now exists
HOW TO Bl
ICE WATER. "The passion of
Americans fdr ice water" was ons of
tracted the attention" of Herbert Spen
cer when he visited this country. He
denounced its use as injurious, leading
to excessive water drinking and the
checking of digestion by unduly chill
ing the stomach.
There Is much difference of opinion
regarding the effects of chilling from
iced water and a dearth of actual
experimental evidence as to its ill .ef
fects, if any, yet most physicians
regard its free use at meals or tne
rapid gulping of large draughts of
iced water when one is overheated as
Injurious. In such matters It ls wise
to exercise temperance and to remem
ber that If Iced water is. taken at all
at meals it should be sipped and not
taken when food Is ln the mouth.
Indeed water, whether feed er not,
should never be employed to wash
down food.
Water chillled to a refreshing cool
ness is safer and more palatable than
the deadly chill of iced water, The
craving for this Intensely cold water
is sometimes an indication of some
digestive derangement.
There are, however, certain definite
dangers ln the use of ice water quite
apart from cblUinsT the stomach.
These come abouV.from the handling
"Dane." Mr. Brute said that the
weather conditions were perfect, and
he enjoyed this trip more than any
he has made in the Northwest. The
pictures wUl be made up in New
York and will be. on exhibition on the
coast soma time next spring. Mr.
Bruce remains in Portland three weeks
before going east.
Here From Hanta Barbara
Mrs. Henry- 8. Gane, 'wife, of -the
president of the. Ilwaco Cranberry
Growers' association, is registered at
the Portland hotel today from Santa
Barbara. The Ganes live in California
when Mr. Gane is not on the lower
Columbia river looking after the har
vesting of the crop on his cranberry
marshes. -
S. W. Williamson, Edmonton, Alta.,
and Mr. and Mrs. G. Van Sant of Vic
toria. B. C, are tourists registered at
the Oregon hotel today.
B. F. Bloomtleld, Spokane attorney,
is at the Multnomah hotel.
Pater Connacher, rancher and mer
chant of Yacolt, ls at the Multnomah.
Walter" Pv Taylor is' registered, at tH
Multnomah from Washington, D. C.
Sheriff W. R. Gellatly of Benton
county, is registered at the Perkins
hotel from Corvallls. F. H. Farrish of
Corvallis is a) so at the Perkins.
T. T. Lane, Spokane miller, and Mrs.
Lane, are la the city fer a few days.
NEWS IN BRIEF
OREGON SIDELIGHTS j
High prices do not prohibit build
ing operations in Baker the Demo
crat says.. m ,
"Meanwhile.' the Pendleton East
Oregonian Justly observes, "the kaiser
will lose no sleep over the prolonga
tion of labor and employer difficulties
in the United atas'
Albany's council, which about a
month ago- opened a municipal wood
pile, is now Investigating the supe
rior advantages of a municipal coal
yard, and may change from wood to
coal accordingly.
A caterpillar engine went through
a bridge on tho Independence-Corvallis
road near Suver, the Independence
Monitor says, falline: into the river.
The engines remained upright and the
driver did not rail off the seat. The
county paid the owner $60 butwill
have to rebuild the bridge.
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Information for travelers, in the Sa
lem Journal: "Now that the temporary
bridge has been completed, Chemeketa
street from court to tne river win
become one of the main traveled thor
oughfares of the city. Those who
wish to cross on the bridge from Sa
lem should drlre down Chemeketa to
the Tiver." . .
Editor Young of the Coqullle Senti
nel claims there is one solution of the
"wheatless meal a day" problem that
ha has found remarkably easy. It is
to "hark back to our early life in a
buckwheat section and make a break
fast of oatmeal and buckwheat cakes
The problem of cornbread without a
mixture of wheat flour has also been
solved at our house by reinforcing
the corn meal with rlee that has al
ready been cooked. We find gems
made in this way especially appetis
ing and far superior to those made by
mixing wheat flour with corn flour.'
BEGIN AT HOME
Correapondeot of Tba Journal
between the several lines of railroads,
to the end that each may complement
the. other and be jointly dedicated to
the service of the public"
a
Chairman Email then extracts the
meat of the cocoanut in the following
hints to the states and local agencies:
"The committee submit that the
above additional facilities are both
necessary and feasible. They further
suggest as a general proposition that
water terminals must be provided by
the states or by x municipalities or
other publio agencies of the states, and
that water carriers must be organised
and maintained by Individuals,, cor
porations, or other local agencies. It
may be substantially stated that con
gress may only Improve for purposes
of navigation the capacity of the har
bors and the channels of the interior
waterways.
"It will be admitted that there are
a limited number of harbors and a
larger number of interior waterways
on which the foregoing essentials have
not been provided. In fact. It may be
slated that the people of the country.
including even that forceful class of
citizens who manage large industrial
units and are vitally interested in
transportation, appear to have slight
knowledge of the primary essentials
for securing transportation by water.
Tha demand for the movement of
products by water which exists under
normal conditions has been made acute
under war conditions, but in many
cases the essential facilities ere
lack.
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"The committee are impressed with
the conviction that it is their duty to
direct attention to his serious dere
llction of duty upon the part of the
public and to express the opinion that
appropriations should not be made for
the1 improvement of those rivers and
harbors where the communities and
localities are continuously unwilling
to discharge ifrielr corelative duty by
providing the facilities essential for
the promotion of water transportation.
"The committee have not established
any arbitrary or Inflexible rule. They
are conscious that the publio must be
Induced to realize Its obligations ln
the development of water transporta
tion by the processes of publicity and
education.' They find lt difficult to
excuse larger cities where production
ls large and additional facilities of
transportation are so insistent and
where neither Ignorance nor poverty
can be pleaded ln extenuation. The
committee are further aware that time
will be required, even where the civic
conscience has been aroused, to provide
these facllitVs and to fully utilize
navigable waterways. For the present
the committee only Insists there shall
be no willful disregard of local and
public obligations in these respects."
HEALTHY OTJ:
of Ice with dirty hands or dragging it
over dirty pavements or floors and
from the use of artificially made tee.
which has not had a chance to become
sterile from long storage. The United
States public health service summar
izes the conditions necessary for "safe
lea" as follows: Clear ice is, of Itself,
as free from the danger of conveying
infectious diseases as we need wish.
Dirty or cloudy Ice may be dangerous.
It should not be placed in water, nor
on food which is to be eaten uncooked.
There may be danger in eating iced
foods or using iced drinks If the ice is
improperly handled when placed In
contact with the food or drink. We
may eliminate all danger by avoiding
the handling of ice with dirty hands,
by washing the Ice with pure water
and by using only clear ice. It is
Impossible to overestimate the dan
gers from the handling of Ice by un
known persons, if the ice Is placed
ln direct contact with drinking water.
Consequently, ln hotels, cars, stations
and similar places, where Intelligent
personal supervision is impossible or
impracticable those furnishing the
water should be instructed, and, in
deed, compelled by law, to adopt such
means of cooling water as do not re
quire direct contact of Ice and water
Tomorrow: Popular Delusions.
while Mr. Lane confers with M. H.
Houser, wheat administrator for the
Northwest.
H. B. Truax of Washington, D. C,
was registered at a local hotel this
morning..
. Mr. and Mrs. J, S. Osmond of As
toria are registered at the Perkins
hotel.
Dr. and Mrs. W. H. Davis of Al
bany are at the Oregon hotel.
Fred H. Bruning and son, F. M.
Brunlng, of Bruning. Neb., are tourists
registered at the Oregon hotel today
E. O. McCoy of the Frist National
bank of The Dalles and Mrs. McCoy
are at the Portland hotel.
L. A. Rosteni, theatre manager from
Vancouver, B. C, is at the Portland.
Thomas B. Young is at the Port
land from Pendleton. 4
Mr. and Mrs. E. Nolan are guests at
the Washington from Astoria.
Dr. H. M. Page ls at the Washington
from Catblamet.
I D, Kelly, manager of ' the Hotel
Maupln, at Maupln, Or., is registered
at the Washington hotel.
C. S. Rankin is at the Norton ia from
Pittsburg.
B. s. Miller of Wall a Walla 1 reg
istered at the Nortonia.
Mrs. Walter Clark of Kelso Is at
the Nortonia,
Charles H. Carter of. Pendleton Im at
the Nortonia,
Rastaj: and Bobtail
Stories From JCverywhere
.riT?..'f,'L V'ani' reaSers of The Jeenul
are iaUd to ovotritut original sutler (a
A0-, J" PWlueovslcaJ obaarvattoo
or striking quotation., from aor soars. Cos.
trtbatiuna of rsceptlosal merit wUl be Da Id tut
t tse ediWs Maissl.)
Headline This to Suit Yourself v
MARSHAL. O EdROE HINEMAN
was exhibiting a queer looking
missile on the Bireet Tuesday whicn
was turned over to htm by Claude
Brinegar. says the Jerome (Idaho) .
Newa. The instrument was a round "T
chunk of apparently Iron about the
size and shape of a medium sized apple.
It weighed two pounds and six ounces. s
From appearance it' has been turned on
a lathe and at what would correspond
to the end of an apple there is set in
the sphere an iron plug, or perhaps It
Is something in the nature of a big
nail that extends clear through the
sphere with each end slightly protrud
ing. Mr. Brinegar states that he was
driving along the state highway to
Hailey and Ketchum when this missile
came from the air with a shriek that
frightened his team and burled' Itself
In the hard gravel road about 10 '
yards ahead of the team. He dug for
the object and found it about a foot
beneath the surface. Mr. Brlnsear
states that at the time the missile fell
he looked up and searched the air but
saw nothing except an object at great "
neigni resainonng a duck.
Tho Higher Cost of Postage
O Unele Sam, dear Uncle Sam,
You are so good to us
That when you say "More postage!
We will not make a fuss.
We know you're driven to it
ay stern necessity;
And so. to help you win the war
wen pay it cneeriuiiy.
We've a teacup ln our pantry
in which we ve quite a pile
Of pennies, dimes and nickels.
iuugji iu taai a, utui wniie.
But if we need to earn some more .
To help refill the cud.
We'll take a Job at filling shells
10 diow me Kaiser up.
A. M. B.
Rockaway, Or.
Told Her How
The agent "I am selling a remark
able combination kitchen utensil.
Housewife "What ls H for?"
"See this little blade?"
"Tea."
"That's a can opener.''
"Indeed"
"And this hook is an appliance to
lift pans from the fire."
"What's this?"
"That's a tack puller."
"But suppose I want the girl to
open a can of soup and my husband to
pull some tacks while I attend to the ,
pans on the stove?" -
"Easiest thing in tks world. All you
have to do ls to buy three of the uten
sils. Anything else. pleaseT'
Tho Kaiser
The kaiser's like the troubled sea,
whose waters cannot rest;
Tempestuous mind and sin-sick soul.
' he's harrowed e'en at best.
The mighty sea doth rage and roar;
the kaiser does so. too;
But all the noise that he can make, his
wrongs will ne'er undo.
With selfish aims, and greedy eyes he
looked on France so fair;
He trampled Belgium, in the rush to
speed his armies there.
He thought to win by sheer surprise
and crush French soldiers down.
So he with 'honors and with fame
might march through vale and
town.
But England heard a cry for help and
rushed upon French soil.
She hurled her armies ln the fray, the
kaiser's plans to foil.
When Emperor William saw the truth
that he must needs retreat.
Or suffer overwhelming loss and swift
and sure aeieat
He ground his teeth ln awful rage, his
fury was so great;
He burned, destroyed and robbed the
land and left it to Us fate.
His many sins on. land and sea have
lost him numerous friends;
The people of his own domain, on
whom his life depends.
Are weary with the awful strife and
wish the war to end.'
The kaiser feels declining power; be s
guilty and condemned. .
Ambition strong did conquer him; he
sought to sway the world;
But now his hopes are dashed to bits .
Old Glory Is unfurled. "
And so I aa. the kaiser ls Just like the
troubled sea.
For lt enjoys no pace or rest. So
with him shall it be!
Fred It. Winsor.
Westport, Wash.
Uncle Jeff Snow Says:
Our boys of the Third Oregon that
has gathered at Clackamas agin be
fore they hit the trail fer Fort Oreene
or somewhere in France looks mighty
fit, and some of them Yamhin county
huskies will sure help make the kaiser
consider us Americans is in the fight.
Yes, mebby their new name is the
One Hundred and Sixty-second U. 2.
infantry, but we'll alius call 'em the
Third Oregon. They called the Arkan
saw Tigers by some numbered regi
ment in the Confederacy, but nobody
ever 'membered it after they got home.
Stage and Screen
By Edna Irvine
Tfceda Bara's real name is Theodoai
Garrison snd she halls - from Cin
cinnati. a a e
Some .Los Angles moving picture
houses have raised their prrces from
10 cents to 20 cents.
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Hy Mayer, cartoonist, has gone to
Thousand Islands on his eighteenth
vacation in three years.
"Ashes of Hope." Belle Bennett's
latest success, is said to resemble
"The Flame of the Yukon,"
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Nazimova is in New Orleans, film
ing "A Rosebud of a Thousand Years."
Charles Bryant, husband, is her lead
ing man.
Mary "Garden ie at work at the
Goldwyn studios on her first ahoto
play, a screen version of her great
operatic triumph, Thais.'
Something new in -vamping" will
be shown in "The Fuel of Life." in
which Belle Bennett, star of "Ashes
of Hope," will play a "business vam
pire." a e e
Birth Stonehouse gave- a partr last -week
at the Ice Skating Palace In Lee
Angeles fn honor of her husband, Joe
Roach, who goes to the American Lake
training camp. 0 m
Along with Alfred d Mussst, ethar'
historic characters Included ln Mrs."
FIske's new play based on the life Of
George Sand will be Htlnrlca Helne,
Chopin and Liszt.
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When a' German impresario tele
graphed for Bernhardt's terms tor ap
pearing in "L'Alglon" in Berlin, t o -great
tragedienne wired back at Bee .
"Alsace-Lorraine.'.
S O X
Andre -Arensen, tenor with the La
Scale Grand. Opera company, is a vio
linist of note aa well as a vocalist.
He played with Richard Strauss or
chestra, ln Berlin and in that of the'
czar at Petrograd. -
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Ethel Barrynaore will soon begin an
all-season engagement at the Empire
theatre n New York, reviving past sue- -cesses,
including "Mid-Channel," "Cap,
tain Jinks" and 'School for Scandal."
I She will oped la 'Camllle."