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THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL. PO RTLAND. MONDAY. MARCH 25, 1918. ,., v . - tr Is. JAUiMUM ubht pvblieavad ti Say. tunpN and mmAmm ( lulif tlurMti) at Tha JohuI wUd : toe, feaoadwa atui XaahUl itmu. rarUaed, Oregoa, . , ktMM at tha (XMtollto at forUand, Uragoa. for sransmbaioa through the auliv M moob4 ' alaaa ssattef. . xuuetunit -um 11 in Umm, A-seti. ;. Ail aeaanaseats reached by Uaia Busbar. ' TaB th operator what department yon waat. OttJUUM AVTKUTUUNU KJCfUaJCMTATlVM Vaa4 Ken too Co.", rBwck Baulditoa. JUa hlita ttttx, Kew Xega, XiUe aoule lis baikUtm, Chicago. SitbserlpttoB Una bj Bali, of to aaj flrtr , tm tha Uaitad ststaa at Mexico: ' PalLX (atOKMLXO Oat AlfTERNOOM) Om jraa 14.00 Una month.....! .BO .... -A. BUM OAT Oh yau H 0 On Bvoath .91 PAILX (atOJLKUIQ OR AFTIKNOOM) AM) . SUMJAY. Ona year. . . 0 I Ona ananth. . . . . . pure theory into tbe trouble domain of practice. W have somewhat too much of theoretical Christianity. We have not enough of the practical. The conver sion of New York's 'old Presbyterian church will be a matter of Joy to all lovers of the Master's teaching. He had little to say about theology and much to say about life. Theology is comparatively easy. Life is very difficult. Hence it has-been tempting to the churches to forget the Master and follow speculative doctrinaires. A change may be coming over them now. lave with wolras and aWk aire and you will learn to SPANISH PBOVEBB YOUR RIDE TO WORK "W HY not seek remedies before turning upon the passen ger, hard hit by the cost of living, for another 96 a year for bis week day ride to and monument of this unprincipled Prus-'stante? Jt was the formula Invoked in the owrld, No heathen could, or sian Machiavelli from association with by the Stuart kings and their minis- frJtrl1 those of LaFayette. Lincoln arid tars of the Star Chamber when they wouid desist in their treatment of Washington, but Instead of selling it desired to annul a law of parliament, human being should they win this war? ' - - a T abllt A. A. T 1 1 & Hat to the junk-man. a. the senator sug- The star chamber exisU no longer wrn S not "be gests, why not melt it up and con- But American Judges are vert it into shells to confound "his , to annul wholesome laws. imitator, the kaiser? One can well imagine the state ofj excitement In Wisconsin. The sudden discovery from the election returns that the kaiser has almost as many sympathizers In Wisconsin as there are real Americans in the state, has shocked uiose who want America to win the war. The proposal for either Mr. Davles, Democrat, or Mr. Len roct, Republican, to withdraw so that loyalist candidate may be certain of defeating Berger. gives a glimpse of a public mood under which Wis consin is undoubtedly rocking on its foundations. JAPAN AND SIBERIA T from his work?" In these words the New York World Opposes the demand of the streetcar companies for a six cent fare in New York city. The public service com mission there refused to authorize Six cent fare because the franchise contract, as in Portland, provides for at cent fare and no more. The Streetcar companies have gone to Gov rnor Whitman and asked him to advise the state legislature to pass a bill giving the commission authority to grant a six cent fare for the period ' of the war and six months there after. They want an opening wedge " The World further says: Most early street railway stocks rep resent no actual Investment. Lump ; sum rentals disguise other payments 1145,000 a year for 800 years for tha Sixth avenue line, $400,000 for 999 ( years for New York and Harlem lines I no longer using steam. Such underly- tag leases are too often forgotten In : 'J. hitter memories of the huge explolta i V tlons of the various Metropolitan mergers. "Bitter memories of the huge ex ploitations of the various Metropoli tan mergers" Is reminder of the ex ploitations when the Portland Rail way, Light & Power company was created out of thp three original Street railways in Portland. The stock of the Portland Consolidated, for example, then much below par, was taken over at a valuation of $1.57 by-the newly merged company. How stock below par suddenly became! worm s l.o7, ana was paid for in cash nd 6tock of the new company at almost double its value of the day before, is sample of the "huge ex ploitation" that took place in Port land. Analytical of that exploitation, a noted authority on streetcar sys tems says the physical valuation of the Portland property follows "too close to the face value of the stocks and bonds issued." - As tfie World remarks of New York, "most early street railway stocks represent no actual invest ment"; and of Portland It can be said that the over night difference in the real value and merger value of Portland Consolidated' represented "no actual investment." That transac tion, viewed now in the light of the $U cent' fare, is what the World .would style "bitter memories of the huge exploitations of the various , Portiand mergers." The World continues : ..Street congestion and slow transit are causes of fare deficiencies, but above everything else ARE THri SINS OK EXTORTIONATE CAPITALIZATION "WEIGHING DOWN THE LOCAL CARS. Why not in Portland", as the World advises in New York, seek other rem edies "before turning upon the pas senger" for a six cent fare, in his rides to and from work?" HE principal argument against giving Japan a free hand in Siberia is that it might throw Russia "In to the arms of Germany." The argument loses some of its force when we remember that Russia is in Germany's arms already. The kaiser does whatever he likes with the country and Is laying his plans to" make full use of its resources for the conquest of France and England. The Russians had the choice be tween being free associates of the western democracies or slaves to the Junker warlords. At the moment they are slaves. That they had many ex cuses is, of course, admitted. It Is not dented that their choice can be explained. What is said is that they made the choice.; ( The leaders who threw Russia at the feet of Germany, tell us that Jap anese interference in Siberia would ally Russia with Germany. But they told us that Bolshevikism was the weapon with which to fight and beat the kaiser. Though their panacea for kaiserlsm failed, even so their theory of a Japanese occupation pf strategic points in Siberia might prove to be correct. It doubtless would be, so far as Bolsheviki in fluence would go. On the other hand, there are ele ments in Russia, strong elements too that are only waiting to rid Russia of Bolshevik leadership. A Japanese army In Siberia might prove a rally lng point for these dormant ele ments and forward the overthrow of Bolshevik domination of Russian des. tinies. ' Meanwhile, there are said to be 500,000 Hun prisoners in Siberia, There are reports that they are arm lng and drilling for "a new service to the kaiser. There are menacing ac counts of their aotivity In the Lake Baikal region. There are reports that 80,000 former German prisoners have captured the great fortified city of Irkutsk. These reports are not con firmed. The means of commurvca tion are precarious and a great many such things could happen and the world remain for days in ignorance, while on the other hand such reports could come out of the Siberian wil derness with little foundation for them to rest on. The presence of so many drilled German soldiers in Siberia at least is cause for apprehension. If the vast stores and munitions a,t Vladivostok should once fall into their hands, the theatre of war would instantly ex pand to northern Asia. What to do and what not to do makes Siberia a delicate if not a dangerous issue. , E GROW the wool and put it on the trains to go east. There it gives employment to thou sands of people in the towns where the mills are situated. Later, we buy this Oregon wool as a finished fabric, paying the freight twice across the continent, paying a profit to eastern manufacturers, paying wages to eastern workers, thereby abandoning to those far away that which we ought to have for ourselves. Why not turn this Oregon wool nto finished fabrics in Oregon, keep ing here the wages, the profits, the workers and saving the huge expense j oi freight charges twice across the continent? Is there any reason why the finished fabrics cannot be mad? in Oregon as well as in the east? Is Oregon brain weak and Oregon skill impotent? These are the contentions of Charles still WHY NOT IN OREGON? YOUNG HEROES OF THE OLD NAVY By the Navy League of the United States. rrimhMl imHft, 11v Tm lAnf ! have we lived our own free Ufa for ' that. Some of our soldiers., standing knee deep in mud, are giving all their pay, some half and some all they own even their heart's blood, while we here at home are not aU striving as we should. Let us wake up and realise this Is war. and that we are fighting on the right side, j We Americans are full otconcelt and ! believe we can do much better than the Time abips of war had PreMa when ha left tha other Tellow. It is all right to stand Naples ahore. ..,., 'on our toes If we must, but let us ""Zjf P I wait until we puf it"ver; then crow. And never ainc tha Argo Hotted in tha Middle , Some of us think ' we are infallible. Sea. j We are secure from the Huns, and we Soeh noble men and alint hare aaued in ( ploj aion; and pajr mtie attention to As tha tSTwho went with Frebl. to the aiesa J goverrimenfs call to buy War of Tripoli. I Stamps. Supposing the Huns should Stewart, Bainbridse. Hull, Decatur bow their , land. If they were laying waste our name ring out like sold , . ' country then a 25 cent Thrift Stamp Wre"rT,Tuu. Xdo or a Llberty bo"1 d be to lat- F-wm. Rmihen Juim. b Jame Jeffrey Roche. Now is the time to buy and buy again. Tf tllA PtPrm a n frwlr tha farmAr'a farm "At half -past one the squadron tood arld made him pay rent that wouJ)1 b6 for the batteries ; at 2 they cast off the much greater than what we sacrifice gunboats ; at half-past two tne signal i now. xt the kaiser could win on land he could gain control on the sea, and would then sweep from the seas our commerce. Then we would lie under his feet like poor bleeding Belgium. It is up to us to win or lose this war. Let not one wait for the other man to do it alL Let us not think be cause we have to pay our taxes, buy seed, etc., that we can give no money to our boys. We can and we must. Coopey in The Journal. They are paying of tribute to the piratical Bar sound. There are eternal streams bary nations. With Commodore f rebie nearby from which to take motive SSAuSffmt power, the cheapest power known to 1 furnished the traditions that have in a man, and a reputation to gain for Ore- large measure made the navy of the mn n ih mat- f ih. finoct i Unitea states invinciDie. isow, lis years fabrics! There is room for a huge industry in which Oregon can play a larger part in the big commerce to come to America after the war. We thought we couldn't build ships. But we are building them with an efficiency and speed almost un matched. We have found ourselves in that industry. Some day we shall find ourselves In woolen manufacture and we shall wonder then as we do now In ship building, why we didn't do it before. was srlven for the bomb vessels ana boats to advance and attack, and in 15 minutes after the signal was given, general action was begun by the bomb vessels throwing shells into the city." Thus was begun in 18U3 one of the most brilliant engagements in the his tory of war, an engagement that as tounded the world powers because It was instituted by the infant United States and because it ended forever tne Surely we, who are in the right, and who face such awful perils If we fall. COMMENT AND NEWS IN BRIEF OREG0N SIDELIGHTS SMALL CHANGE Doomsday is breaking for the Huns. A Thrift Stamp a day keeps the Ger mans away. What chance has a poor publicity- seeking politician,, against an overseas Battle oi we ipst magnuuaar Stealing money Is'the hardest way to get money, says a friend, and marrying to get it la the next hardest. Watch the papers on Easter Monday morning for news from the western front, says Dame Rumor. We are wait ing to watch. a The coinage of a new X-cent piece is being considered, and someone arises to remark that such coins will come In handy whan they pass the plate. Whether there Is ground for their fears nr nnt tha National Conrress of Mothers and Parent - Teacher Associations point out the possibility that polygamy will be come general in this country. But so long as all the bravest men are at the front, we'd like to know who la left to undertake keeping more than one wife In these hlgn-cost times. Ragtag and Bobtail There Is a man at Roseburg who makes ukuleles and gives them away to people that he likes. a a a Corvallis and McMlnnville are among the latest towns to throw German out of tha high school curriculum. A new three-ton auto truck recently purchased by the Polk county court, with several pieces of road machinery, has been placed in service. Two new concrete elevators are to be built at onoe, one at lone and one at inrrfm aiiiinr. ranorta the lone Inde pendent. Kach is to be of 100.000 bush els capacity. . , oha Whaalar county hlerh school notes published In the Fossil Journal It is learned wai aii oi m boys from the age of 14 up have en listed in the Home Guard. This remarkable story is found in the columns of the Forest Grove Lxpress : 'Somebody took the door of If rancls Whites garage off the hinges Saturday night, used the auto and later In the night brought It back, unaamageo. Stories From Everywhere The Countrr-Offensive TniE druggist danced and chortled. v. urunicie ieie- graph. till the bottles danced on the shelves. Whats up?" asked the soda clerk. Have you been taking something V 'No. But do you remember when our w.V?r plp8 wer 'rosen last winter?" es, but what " "Well, the plumber who fixed them has ju.i v-ome in to nave a filled." prescription A MILITARY ROAD NOW T since those men became famous, and tlie first time since then that an American fleet has been engaged in European waters now, In the world war, the name sakes of those naval heroes of a century past are engaged against a common foe. These namesakes, destroyers, are bat tling to clear the seas of the piratical' submarines, just as in the past those for whom the destroyers are named ended piracy on the high eeas, and stopped the paying of tribute. a a The record of the American navy throughout the years has been one of heroic deeds and victory. The Revolu tion, the war of 1798, that of 1812, the campaigns against the Barbary powers, the Civil war, the Spanish American j war each produced its naval heroes. ! And now the world war ! Are the heroic deeds of naval history to be re- can do as much as the German women. And now unless we wish to see our country humiliated and a vassal state of Germany, your sons and brothers tortured and slain, our fathers given the privilege of working for Germany or starving to death ; mothers, wives and daughters raped by the soldiers of the kaiser; little children crucified JOURNAL MAN ABROAD By Fred Lockley Somewhere in France A score or more of years ago there was a little bicycle repair shop back of the fire sta tion In Springfield, Mass., Its proprie tor was a tall and slender youth, George M. Hendee by name. Pretty soon the name Hendee began creeping Into the sporting columns of the New England dallies as a contestant in the bicycle races. Soon the name began getting into the headlines as a winner of cups and prises. It is a far cry from that lit tle bicycle repair shop In Springfield to Paris. Today every newly arrived sec retary who comes from the states Is greatly Interested in Mr. Hendee's de partment of the Y. M. C. A. work In France. The Y. M. C. A. maintains us to walls and tables, and babies spun own postofflce in Parts for the whole of like tops on the points of German France and It dispenses Joy or sorrow bayonets then, I say, arouse ; let every to over 1200 patrons. George M. Hendee man, woman and child do the utmost follows his name with the Initials "P. to help this country and humanity. m." No, this Is not his college degree; tsuy a war or rnrirt stamp now. Buy today ; buy and buy and buy again. MRS. L. V. PEILB. Protests Daylight Saving Law Corvallis. Or., March 21. To the Edi tor of The Journal Would It not be a just plan for our newspaper men and congressmen to consider the working 1 Hendee. It stands for postmaster. He is the Y. M. C. A. postmaster for France. a' a a Does the nam Hendee mean anything to you? It does If you ever rode a mo torcycle, for the first perfected motorcy cle to be put on the market was the motorcycle manufactured by George M. Olympic highway has proven to be a valuable road for military purposes. It extends from Hoqulam, Wash., to Lake Quinault in the Olympic range. It is 50 miles long, and a speaker who was opposing it in the state leg islature declared that it was intended as "a walking park for elk and a hooting place for owls." The road is now of Immense value in spruce production. It is the sup ply route for delivery of materials for construction of a logging railroad 11 miles into the spruce forests In the men's wives before afflicting us with such a law as the daylight saving act? We are now getting up at from 4 :30 to 5 :45 a. m., depending on how far we live from our husbands' work. We cook breakfast and prepare lunch in time for them to commence work at 7 o'clock. mi...... i.i . . j v. i rm.A .Lucy , "luiuui a. uuuui. . i . V -in 4.iC fU?L8 .v5 .th naY 5 lda? ?V1 Z to Please the thoughtless whims of men voted their lives to study of the deeds' do noJ. b j WQrk tm g and 10 of their predecessors. They have trained e.clock? do they not change their themselVea for the task of defeating the : noura ,n8Uad of the laboring men's? uarinan navy, apu viuuury in uio ciui , oil h 1i,t Annne-h to trv a ucriaw. oMunmps aim uruiaoiu getting" up at 3:30 for a week, before Degan to wane ne sianea a xaciory ror manufacturing moiorcycies. inis was along about 1900. But Mr. Hendee re fuses to talk about motorcycles except How does it happen that a business man with extensive interests Is serving as a Y. M. C. A. postmaster In France? For the same reason that scores of other men over military age are here serving in any capacity where they can forward the cause of our country. Mr. Hendee was born In Watertown, Conn., on October 2, 1866. When every body who was anybody was riding a bicycle he was In the bicycle business. When the era of the man propelled wheel the navy are named for states and , agitatlng any more for it cities. The destroyers are named for famous naval officers, and a destroyer flotilla is on duty abroad. The names of the destroyers making up this flotilla are withheld from the public at the government's request. Think what a hardship it will be dur ing April and October for us to get Traditions, how much they mean to every one ! Why should not new history be written by men commanding vessels whose very names mean the most self- sacrificing, most heroic, most glorious ; . - oacruicing, mosi neroic, most glorious Olympic mountains. Because Of the of naval deeds! An Interesting fact in availability of the highway, but eight weeks will be required in building the H miles of railroad. The materials for the railroad and supplies for the hundreds of soldiers in the construction force are hauled 50 miles from Hoquiam to the end of the highway by auto truck. The facility with which the deliveries are made Is evidenced by the fact that Uhe logging road which, under other circumstances would require many naval history is that seven of the nine up in the dark, cold, wet mornings and to say that the Columbia river highway cook by lamplight, when we could have is one of the most picturesque roadways an all daylight work day as well as the he has ever ridden over. But he will privileged class, and then cook supper tell you about how he has organised the in the middle of the hot summer after noon. MRS. SMITH. Says Poem Was Garbled Shaw, Or.. March 22. To the Editor of The Journal Kindly grant me space to state to thVreadlng public that my over to help with the business admlnis- nnm An titled "An Orptron Sunset." with I t nMn.i whv A men named In the above verse com-llta nearly a doren inexcusable blunders, mak8 me postmaster?' To my surprise manded the most famous ship in early as orinted in. the March 15 Issue I ,K. tv tb. ioic rimiiv and before postal system of the Y. M. C. A. for France, and it Is a worth while story. a "When I first came over ." said Mr. Hendee. "I had some difficulty In get ting in touch with my mall. I came naval annals. In "The Romance of tue!0f the Ore; American Navy," Frederick Stanhope Hill says: "It is very doubtful if the naval his tory of any nation can show a more brilliant record for a vessel of her size, than was made during the first 15 years of the past century by the little 12-gun schooner Enterprise, afterward rigged as a brig. During her very active serv ice In the West Indies, in the war be tween the United States and Vrarice in ign Dally Statesman, is absolutely untrue to tne original as contributed. I have proof positive and take this means of placing the responsibility for so bungling a speci men of the printer's art where it right fully belongs. S. A. TRAIN OK. Combining School and Farm I knew It I was postmaster. .Prior to my taking hold, the mail had been handled by various clerks, who had been shifted about so often that I am sure It was no fault of theirs that but a partial record had been kept of the addresses ot the secretaries In Jhe field, and as a result, there was an immense quantity of mall on hand without any knowledge or available data as to its disposition, l organised a card Index system, which Is kept up to the minute. I began secur ing from the secretaries wno came in from the field the addresses of the men In their departments, and soon the ac cumulated mail was flowing out in a steady stream. "When I tell you we received over 400 sacks of mall during Christmas week you will know something of the work in volved th forwarding this all over France to, our workers. No mail Is per mitted to be sent to the field address of the Y. M. C. A. secretaries. It must noma to our Paris address, 12 Rue d'Axuesseau. and from here be for warded. We have established a strictly modern postofflce department and every bit of maU Is carefully checkea. me hold mail, the "unknown' mail, or nixies,' is gone over dally to see if it can be delivered. "Out of thousands of packages of mail we have handled, we have less than two score of undelivered packages. We have probably 100 packages of candy or Christmas remembrances for secretaries who have returned to the states. We have written each of these men asking permission to give the candy to tne soldiers. If they prefer 10 nave u re turned to the states it will, of course be sent to them. Take that card you received yesterday; It was addressed care Y. M. C. A.. France, and yet it was not delayed a single mall. Not only are we handling the mail of the Y. M. C. A. men. but we are handling man for many of the aviators and ambulance men. Probably 90 per cent of the mail we receive is ra-aaareswa mu iw warded, and that is no light task. We expect 160 new secretaries next week, and that means a lot of additional work In listing them. We have on an aver age, about 75 changes of address a day. We receive approximately 240 sacks of mall per week, so you can see why the only day I have taken off since I have been here was Christmas day. A cheer ful secretary means an effective worker ; keep his mall coming to him regularly, and he Is pretty apt to keep cheerful. bo it Is my job to see he gets his mall without delay or loss." The Ha-IIa-Ha or Fortune Dam Fortune often makes n cum; ror thou, h he tmlla on ion, f o, Sba oieKly laocha at oUwra. Philadelphia KtcdIbs Ledger. A Han of the People Representative Scott Ferris of Okla homa, who is training for the sena torial race, is a man of the people. erris was down In the Osage coun try looking after an me miiu a .w.n night overtook him and he stopped at vi a renter ror shelter and food, says Cartoons Magasine. "When breakfast was served all of the mem bers of the household poured their cof- "io weir saucers to let it cool, and Ferris did -likewise. A few momenta later, according to a friend who ac companied Ferris, two of the women folk were overheard discussing the congressman. "'He seems plain, don't her one said. " 'Yep, he does,' the other replied. He saucers his coffee luat ilka that wasn't stuck up would. " Yes, But Does He? The fuel problem jam not ma 1 srin whene'er I greet it. I'm liring In a flat, jou nee. Whoee landlord hai to heat It. Boaton T ranee riot. A Real Connoisseur Two brothers were being entertained by a rich friend. As ill-luck would have If, says the New York Olobe. tha talk drifted away from ordinary topics. "Do you like Omar Khayyam V thoughtlessly asked the host, trvlnar to make conversation. The elder brother piungeo heroically into the breach. Pretty well," he said, "but I prefer Chlantl." Nothing more was said on this sub ject until the brothers were on their way home. "Bill." said the younger brother, breaking a painful silence, "why can't you leave things that you don't under stand to me? Omar Khayyam ain't a wine, you chump ; it's a cheese." HOW TO BE HEALTHY Copyright. 1917. by i. Keelcy. WARMING UP." A Washington woman complained of poor circulation Alhanv Or.. March 19. To the Editor in the cold -winter nights. Her hands of The Journal I have read the article I became numb and she had to get out of in T,,u.n9v', Tmirnal hv W. H. Baker, had and rub them. . She believed it was mnntrw anrl more in rmctimot 1798-99, as well as later In the Mediter-iwho proposes cutting short the school due to the cold and the shortage or months and more to construct, w 11 . ranean where Bhe.t0ok part In our con- year because of farm work. I am a fuel, and to the fact that, although she be . completed within eight weeks fiict with the Bevs of Tunis and Triuoli. student of tha Crabtree high school and was an Englishwoman, she had recently the Enterprise Invariably gave a good would like to answer Mr. Baker's art 1-I come from Brasii ana was usunwinw aravinnt nt hnulf na mle-Vit Imve u v tollin. him (nf the nlan our school to a warm Climate, iter aoctor mime' hAon ,nt,il uihan w nnt th man V.a .ilnntMl Our BMfllon beiTinS al I rflatelv SUSDeCted that the tTOUDlO Was l hintrrv whn 7-js a m onH clnRps a.t 1:05 n. m. I live diiA to her having adopted the vices of nlororl Ihdf IKa llvmnl. V. h 1 . . - . Jf .' . ,. . , , j I . lnAnfa TnnnlrV elicited the luoi me (iiguwa; wajis usuien&nis commanaea ner. Among anout live miies iruin otiiuui aim nus iwu tuiimicwva. , these were the sturdy Isaac Hull, 10 , my bicycle and by 2 o'clock I am ready fact that bU did noi arm com vur later the. en 11a n t rartmnniltr nf ! farm unrlr w havA luat as many hn-iuaa or Ult weamer, uim m " from the day the first shovel of dirt in the grading was removed. The prediction of the man who de- to be "a walking park fbr elk and a hooting place for owls" is dlsored- ted. The same will be true of "all prophecies which discredit good roads. Good roads are a necessary part of a civilized time, and serve man. best when he expects it least. W CONVERT IT INTO SHELLS T I: " You have a high wago now. The reason you have unprecedented wages is because the government Is driven by . war extremities -and vicissitudes to pay high nrlces for everything It gets. That is always the effect of wajv It always will be the effeot of war. But after the war. what? How much wage can you expect then with the . boosting effect of war gone? Wlll. Jt not be wise for you now through -purchase of Thrift Stamps to lay aside Something foe the lesser wage, of those leaner days ahead ? THE -OLD FIRST CHURCH T paslIE First Presbyterian, one of Iev yorks oldest churches, Is situated at Fifth avenue and Eleventh streets. It is In the heart of traffic. If it followed a too common example it would sell out and move far uptown in order to he near-Us fashionable members. But It does not do so. Duite the contrary. . The "Old Fifth'V athers two other downtown churches to its. bosom,, stays where it is and"sets out to I becohie an "institutional church." In other : words It will bring Itt ' religion from the realm of HE proposal made in the senate to tear down the statue of Frederick U of Prussia, now standing in front of the Army War college In Washington, has a great deal moro to recommend it than mere hatred for the Huns and their gifts. One good result of this war has been to awaken us from the hypnotic sleep Into which we had been lulled by the Prussian propagandists We were tricked into believing that ierman eaucauonai metnotfs were the best In the world. We were bam boozled into thinking that tfieir gut- teral language was a sine qua non In our own schools. We were hyp notlzed into the conviction that Prus sian kultur was a wonderful thing, placing its exponents In the vanguard of civilisation. And we were fooled into thinking that Frederick H of Prussia, the most cynically dishonest monarch who ever sat upon a throne, was entitled to be called "the great." Why should we honor a man who, after promising to safeguard the pos sessions of a neighboring queen, whose father had saved his life, de Uberately robbed her of one of her choicest provinces T Why should we flaunt in front of our War College the statue of the brigand who played the leading role in the assassination of Poland? It is well that our eyes are at last opened to the true character of this eighteenth century Borgia who ad vised his nephew, the heir to the Prussian throne, to "break an alii ance as soon as ever it becomes preju dioial to you," who maintained that "the Jurisprudence of sovereigns is the right of the strongest,", and who asserted that "it is good policy, to be perfectly persuaded that we have a right to everything that suits us. SIX THOUSAND DOGS E HAVE just been reading in one of our esteemed exchanges of a county In Kansas which support 6000 dogs. It is not mentioned in the aefpunt that any of these dogs are good for anything. And they all consume food. The farm agent of that unhappy county, A. G. Folker, has taken his pencil in hand and figured out that the dogs devour every day enough food to provide meals for 1000 Bel gian orphans. This amounts to saying that six dogs eat as much as one little boy or girl. We think 'Mr. Folker's esti mate Is moderate. The county which indulges in those 6000 dogs has also 2000 sheep. A reference to your mental arithmetic will reveal to you that the number of sheep is Just one third the number of dogs. The sheep consume no food fit for humans. Nay, they actually orovide food for Belgian children and other worthy persons. -They also grow wool on their backs which, after proper manipulation, becomes cloth ing which poilus and Yankee boys may wear In the trenches. Upon the whole, it seems a matter for melancholy reflection that Mr. Folker's county in Kansas should support so many dogs, and so few sheep. It reminds us 'sadly of the good woman who spent all her in come on a hospital for sick cats while the poor family's babies in the next house died of tuberculosis. Mr. Folker presses the barb into the wound by remarking that a sheep can be brought to maturity for the same sum as a dog. In its balmy old age it neither barks nor bites.-. It goes on bearing wool until time palsies its faculties and then it makes mutton. Mr. Folker recommends a federal tax on dogs running from one dollar up to ten- Perhaps a federal tax is better than one by the state, tnce state Judges would be less apt, to ap- I ply the principle of non obstante to it. the Constitution.; and Stephen Decatur, whose heroic exploit in the destruction of the Philadelphia in the Bay of Tripoli was the prelude to a long and brilliant tfcreer. Other captains of the little Enterprise were Charles Stewart, who when in command of the Constitution captured the Cyane and Ifevant ; David Porter of Essex fame, father of the late admiral of the navy and among her of ficers were James Lawrence, the "Bay ard of the -Sea." who gave up his life on the deck of the ill-fated Chesapeake ; Joseph Balnbridge, and Thomas Mac donough, who gained the glorious vic tory over the British on Lake Champ lain." a a a Another fact worthy of mention is that four of these men commanded the Con stitution, affectionately called "Old Ironsides," the last ship that links the old navy with the new. Aboard the Constitution those heroes of a century ago fought and won many bloody bat tles. Today the Constitution is a center of interest, because of the bygone valor she represents. Letters From the People hours in school as by the old plan. THEODORE E. MILLER, coffee and had brought a large sack from Brazil, but had not abandoned the r uKita Af nM'Pnelind. She Composed of Drafted Men . . drinking four or five cups Hood River. Or., March 20. To the of cofee in the morning to "warm up," Editor of The Journal Please miorm tnat 8ne arank several more cups at me as to what the National army Is. at B o'clock' Indulged freely in tea. Is it made up of the men tnat nave and llLttT m the evening had still an been drafted and those that have en- oth.r ao8e. Night numbness and fancies listed since the war started 1 A READER. Personal Mention O. A. C. Professor Here Anna M. Turley of the faculty or the evening rai about fuel misfortunes vanished when she followed the doctor's instructions to cut her coffee allowance to one cup a day. not later than the morning meal, and her tea allowance to one cup at noon, substituting "cambric tea" (plain hot water with milk and sugar; ior me O. A. C, Corvallis, Is an arrival at the Seward. New York Man Arrives W. McLean Hanford of New York is registered at the Benson The following arrivals of Lewiston. tif icial stimulation by tea and coffee Is Mont., are registered at the Portland: The only legitimate way to warm up. under normal circumstances, is to take pxerclse and to put on warm ciomes. Exercise, for health's sake, is even more imrwratlve In winter than in summer. but is much more widely neglected. Ar not a safe substitute. Army dieticians realize that even sturdy, soldiers may be harmed by tea and coffee, and for that reason orders are given the mess ser geant to have plenty of cold water on the table and to keep the consumption of these other beverages at a minimum. For rendering the tea and coffee as harmless as possible the cook is in structed not to allow the coffee to boll over five minutes. After this length of time tannic acid is extracted and forms injurious compounds which irritate the membranes of the stomach. After five minutes the coffee should he reduced to a simmering temperature. It should never boll so violently that the air car ries the aroma which gives coffee its agreeable flavor. The grounds must not be allowed to accumulate for more than three meals, better two, before the pot Is scoured and cleansed. So the regula tions go. Tes should first be cleansed by pour ing boiling water over -it, according to the army specifications. The leaves may then be put in other boiling water and allowed to "draw" fpr five minutes. Three fourths of an ounce of tea for a gallon of water is sufficient for stron tea, one half an ounce for medium strong. Tea should not be allowed to stand In tin vessels, even for a short time, on account of the effect of the tannic acid on the metal. Tomorrow: "The Wasserman Test." See another story, "How to Live," foot of column 8, this page. Sure Weather Slon Whni the rooster crows at lunrUe In that trldant tone of hi. Then tha waather either chance Or remain uet a it U Button Trarucrlpt. The Last Syllable Scottish Sergeant And. noo well try the rlcht tur-rn by numbers, and mind that ye don't move till ye hear the final syllable of the wor-rd tur-rn. Lines to Ilrr Kafcr Bonnet Behold a riiion sweet and rare I If net upon th oft brown hair That frame a charmini face and fair A a'er wu fashioned; A faea with eye ol deepeit brown; Their If I not in all th town; A face that merit tha renown Of ode lmpudonad. Ah, Pro rid nc wai painf kind When, with a fac o wet, refined. All other (race It combined In rare perfection. And what a luck hp were h a j Who might, with due thnmility, Prorlaitn, "Thi prixe belong to ma Hath my protection. Moreover, what a fool an I If, cowardlike. I fill to tr To be that lucky chap or die. By jot, ru do It; I'd Uk to ask thi Terr night " The bonnt! 1 forgot it quit. Some other day I'll hare to writ Those Terse to It. 1'. Whit Salmon, Wash. By all means let us remove "the - What is the principle of 'non bb Communication sent to Tha Journal for pub lication in this department should be written on only one side of tba papar, should not exceed 300 word in length and must be accompanied by tha nam and addraaa ot tha sender. If tha writer doca not desire to have tha aama published )m should so state. A Call to Sacrifice Trail, Or., March 20. To the Editor of The Journal New burdens are put upon our shoulders whleh we are prone to think we ought not to bear. But the War Savings Stamps have to" be a success. War calls for money, sacri fices and lives. If the War Stamps and Liberty loan fail to raise the funds needed the government most likely will confiscate our property, or the Boches might win. A government is not worth a thing unless the people of the country support it. While our choicest speci mens of manhood are being sent to the front to protect our homes, our country and humanity from the covetous kaiser, who seeks to rule the world, we who stay at home men, Vomen and children must realize the true state of things. We must sacrifice and do our utmost In every way ; and there 1 are .many ways. Some can make the old clothing do a little longer. The money spent for a cigar, soda water, the theatre, dancing, etc.. If put aside would soon buy a War Stamp. The money that children (and some adults) spend bn candy, harmful to them, too, perhaps, in the United States would equip many regiments. Dogs, from the yellow cur to the poodle, are eating a -vast amount of food. Goat and sheep dogs should be spared, or a watch dog that would protect a family, but all other doge should be done away with. A great responsibility rests upon the people. ', We farmers are expected to furnish the food, and all are expected to save and help In every way. We should sacrifice, all but the truly es sential thing. ' We should help bur army, defeat the most brutal autocracy G. H. and C. R. Lelherg ana Aiatue d. Glass. Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Pennington are ar rivals at the Multnomah Frank Jones of Salem Is at the Wash insrton. H. H. Hunter is an arrival at the Per kins from Eugene. Nothingthe Matter WithPortland By H. S. Hareourt Because the American Bronze Sc Brass works. 859 Upshur street, incor R. W. Sweet is at the Multnomah from porated for only $10,000 Is no sign that sattln I it is a puny institution, un me con Mr. and Mrs. H. Hllbert are arrivals trary, Robert Gray, president : aaaimew at thA . Portland from SDokane. I CamDbell. vice-president, and V. A. John Cornelius of Seattle Is at the Shlndler, secretary, treasurer ana dusi- Seward. ness manager, takmg an siock oi me E. K. Worthlngton Is registered at the corporation themselves, ana eacn an Tmrwrint fmm Seattle. I active, nractlcal worker, could see no L. A. Kerr is an arrival at the Ben- reason for large capitalization, especiai- son from Yakima. My as at the time of incorporation tney Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Johnson are ree- had nearly all equipment requirea, ana istered at the Washington from Ta- it was paid Tor. Tney merely went ax coma. r it. nammer ana tongs, iu ino Mr. and Mrs. L. S. Myers are at the hour count. They have so wen suc- r-arlton from San Francisco. ceeded that thougn two years ago mey Mr. and Mrs. James B. Taylor are were working four men. toaay tney nave ...wiio ot th Wanhinetnn from v.n-1 is. and the foundry is crowaea wun n, orders. Then the payroll was 96 a week Dean Hayes of Eugene is registered today it la aoove 4ji. wiwi muicuon at the Benson. that additional help must ne aaoea H. J. Johnson Is at the Perkins from is taken not to let anything defective leave the works. All castings must be without flaws, and if polished no pains must be spared. Accuracy is imperative In everything, some of the castings re quiring as delicate attention as if in tended for a watch. a When established four years ago this industry was housed in a little building not much larger than a good sized kitchen. It had a tiny office In one corner, just big enough for a man and a telephone. Now it has a neat office erected for that purpose, and a build lng, 30x80 feet, every inch of which Is utilized. Tomorrow : series : The Company. Article No. 61 of this Lusterol Manufacturing Corvallis. L. H. Measures of Adrian, Mich., 1 an arrival at the Multnomah. W. P. Simmons is at the Cornelias from Clatskanle. J. C. Lowe of Corvallis Is at the Carlton. Mrs. C. D. Snyder is at the Imperial from Tacoma. The company does all kinds of brass.' aluminum and phosphor bronze cast ings, making a specialty of the latter. A great share of Its business comes from the shipyards, and another im portant portion from the manfucturlng of dragsaws, now selling so largely in timber camps, to sawmill men, wood cutters and farmers. The Oregon City paper mills are liberal patrons, as are O. W. Van Quyn is an arrival at the I machine shops using bushings. The Multnomah from Caldwell, Idaho. Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Collins are ar rivals at the Carlton from San Fran Cisco. George Thomas of Salem is at the Perkins. C L. Mentor Is at the Washington from Tacoma. Mr. ana Mrs. c w. zumwalt are concern can cast anything In Its line up to a ton or more. Besides Portland, It serves Oregon, Washington and West ern Idaho. "We are rushed to the limit," Mr. Shlndler says. "Our business Is the best It ever has been. As owners of the works we know nothing about hours. Our men, of course, have the. regular W. H. Ryan Is at the Washington eLh fa-h', Sat ZLrlnt fmm ' Pamaa 1 10, U or l-hour day If necessary. But s Mr. G. H. Greer of Warrenton. Ori m,ke. nfri TaLn wori la rrKtTA t tha, f7ort.n.ia I business makes us glad, and we work tjii - ariiiw s iw . n ! ' I with a heart.' Washington from Newberg. Mr. Shlndler says that extreme care The Kaiser's Message to Von Roon From tha Baker Herald Let us hope that Kaiser Wilhelm's message of sympathy to Count von Roon, who has lost five sons in the war, proved comforting. The kaiser s words go far In Germany. Doubtless they still have power, even In such a case. And we may give WUbelm credit In this instance for appearing, for once, sincere and genuine, one father speaking to another out of his heart, without any oratorical flourishes about the celebrated partner ship of kaiser und Gotu But the grieving father would surely be more than human if. while reading the words of consolation, he failed to remember that the kaiser himself has six sons, not one of whom has been killed and all of whom. In fact, have been carefully kept out of tha way of danger. And perhaps that knowledge Is driven home more poignantly by a growing suspicion that it Is'for that same group of royal sons, more than any other group or element In the German empire. that this ocstly war Is being fought. The German people are dying for the kaiser's sons by millions. But they themselves are not . dying more's . the pity. For the HohensoJlem. family eould be spared better than any. other In the whole empire. U. m Uncle Jeff jnow Says: 'Cordin' to a feller that writes queer stuff down to Los Angeles the Greas ers in Yucatan has struck on a way of workln' three hours a day and gittln' all they want, Includin' luxuries and nec essaries of life. Them fool people, how ever, so he says, has quit sendln' any dividends to anybody In New York or London, and don't let nobody collect any rent. I reckon he don't tell the truth, the whole truth and nuthln' but the truth ; but all the same, if us folks in Oregon had sense enough to quit payin' anybody for bein allowed to use our land, our timber and our water power, and do it in a civilized way, I reckon we'd be some prosperous and leisurely, too. Olden Oregon Boyish Adventure of a Famed Son of Oregon and His Pal. About Homer Davenport, the famous cartoonist, many stories have been told. but there is one, concerning his youth, that has never been printed. He had a boon companion in his boyhood named William McKlnley. The two boys were together constantly, and they always confided their plans and their very heart secrets to each other. One day they decided there were no advantages in the country, and they planned to leave for the city, where they would become instantly rich. Boylike, they started out with no provisions, and no money to buy any. Noon came, and they were about famished. Davenport spied a flock of goats in a nearby field, and a thought came to htm. He turned to his companion, and said, "Bill, there's our lunch. You hold a goat while I drink some milk and then I'll hold him while you drink." Bill agreed, and carefully held the goat until Davenport had had enough. Then Bill's turn came, and Homer firmly grasped the goat. While Bill was still underneath, Homer loosened his grip to watch the flight of some birds In the sky. The goat promptly kicked Bill, and the enraged Bill promptly kicked Homer. Thus nrted the adventure. They went home aos, by separate roads and for days they would not speak to each other. Dr. Rupert Blue Commends Book "How to Live" Receives Com mendation of Surgeon General of United States. No health book aeer published Fa cet Ted aa much fa tors b l com meat f rosa the dicnitarias of tea medical ptofaariua a ' Mow ta LiK." Tha latast to loin tha rank of tha mi.' mm far this famous health hook is IU Bopart Blue, sargeoa general of tha Gahad Slat puaue Baana D. C, Who at a traa story pteia, tright forward soaaaaz.' This splendid hook baa baas athotisai by and prepared ta collaboration with the hrcian twlaiaaet board of the Life xrts see lastltota by IUV1NU IriSfcUUs, eaata, anas, professor of political econooir, aia uuTmur. m4 JO-UJu; LXUAM Ui, la. IX , - - lb Journal better the book waeeld be . In arr hosaa The regular somas' pnoa ' a 1. Through tha coopers ttoa of Ta - Journal it caa ba obtained for esc at the 3. V Miii Ce., Uaaar aV Staak je.. 4Hda, ta, wuiwb sanaras m no uanooj ' ilie health aerrtca, Washington, . ear la parti " 'How to Uao s 1 of versonsJ hrgiena. tokt tm S : Wortmaa efucsv , ak Xlns aw . Jouraal