THE OREGON DAILY; JOURNAL. PO RTLAND, ' FRIDAY, MARCH-' 89. 19ia
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Mill to (and Id our wj in thi day o(
hlati eeaolution. when tery principle we
hold deareet Is to be rlndieatcd and maaa
eeur for the Miration of too nation.
Heodrow WUaon.
COULD BERLIN ASK MORE?
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SSAILIN'G the government's con
duct of the war Senator Lodge
stated Monday on the floor of
the senate that but two govern
ment ships have been launched. -
?. fHsL'A Ha tra Via K sa vvt aA that
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(statement, two government built steel
hips of 8800 tons left Portland har-
por, laden with flour, railroad ties
and. other supplies for Europe. Ortu
was built at Portland, the other at
Seattle.
" Portland and rpnulsitlnnprl hv thfl !
, government, sailed from the North
Avest with war provisions, and was
sunk by a Hun diver in the barred
tone months ago. For weeks in the
Pnptlanrl r1ietrfjt alnn Ihora havo
been launchlngs of government ships
jfevery few days. Two days after
Senator Lodge made his statement
4h.t Ik... ttnjt Kut lit 'l Iniin.h
Ings, three Portland yards launched
fOne government ship each.
y Months ago, in Portland yards, 8800
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- von eieet snips uiiiuiing un private
'acoount. nrinelDallv Norwegian, were
t commandeered by the government,
launched and sent away laden with
provisions for Europe.
: People who read the Portland news
papers and read In them every few
days accounts of launchlngs of gov
ernment ships are marveling at Sen
ator Lodge's reckless statement that
..im ffnvprnmpm nan laiinr.nnn nut iwn
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ships.
Thousands here are asking them-
l Selves why, in this time of agony
tand travail, a senator of the United
States, whose position gives his utter
ance prominent display in all news
papers, has attempted to deceive his
countrymen and belittle the efforts
ar saying to themselves that If Sen
ator Lodge is false in his statement
s to ships, in what other statements
may he not also be false.
These thousands, who have with
their own eyes, seen many govern
ipent ships launched in Portland, are
saying -te themselves that, since they
personally know Senator Lodge's
Statement is false, how many accus
lng statements by other distinguished
men are equally false T
; tThe government has made mistakes,
it, making mistakes, will make mis
takes. It is enough, if men in high
office think they must fight the gov
ernment in this time of war, to bear
no false witness and speak truth only,
That is what honest men do and
patriots do.
1 Senator Lodge's statement is splen
dld German propaganda. It helps
undermine American morale.
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J Could Berlin ask for more? Could
tWilhelmstrasse be more delighted
-than with Senator Lodge's contribu
tion to the Hun cause?
!;l4ligh school pupils in Cincinnati
! are, taking, lessons in the magic art
' ft MiaMlnar 'aa m.torc Thaw ama r.M
' to he mialifyins for rirr)fnta nf oaa
companies. Pupils with less exalted
frmbiUona are soon to begin a course
to the, less occult but more difficult
Tt of paying gas bills. It. is pleasant
I to observe the 6teady progress of
eoucauon , tewara coordination w th
I life and life's humble needs.
THE FOREIGN LEGION
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KRGBANt OSCAR MOUVET of
New York was a member of the
French Foreign Legion. He has
lefl it to Join the army of the
United States. He still fights for
''liberty on the soil of France hut it
lit under the stars and stripes in
-ead of tha trioolor..
It was a soldier of the Foreign
Legion who "lay dying in Algiers
long, long ago, when you were
school boy. But he was a German.
lie was born in Bingen, at Bingen on
the Rhine. "A comrade stood wide
him, while his life blood, ebbed away
rand bent 1 with ; pitying glances to
heap what he might say." v ,
Ha said some things that bring the
(choke, -into : your.: throat, , for -the
taWiee front Blngea was a aero .:nl:! only '..?techel ; vtber. fjaptf.. to tho
"not afraid to die.'. ; mouth of the bottle. , Juror Cochran
Thai was in the old days when naturally felt some qualms of doubt
Germans loved liberty and 'had not ar to whether . the .witnesses "had
renounced theipf humanity for gore told the truth." or not. Most people
and loot. Some of them loved Prance who have sat on a trial have- felt
and enlisted under her banner to die. 'the same qualms about witnesses and
AlMaat is changed nowr The Ger- lawyers too.
many hat gave us Goethe and, -What we admire is the quick de
Beethoven is dead,dead. Prom- her 'eision Mr. Cochran came to -with
duat a monster has risen menacing only a "spoonful of "evidence1 to
everything dear and kindly on earth,
"There is tears for his love, joy for
Ms fortune honor fcflr his valor and
death for his ambition."
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Making some public remarks the '
otber night on books for soldiers j
libraries, Miss Isom said ;taat trigo
nometries were In great demand. It
seems that our fighting lads are
enamored of sines and cosines, to say
nothing of tangents and logarithms.
The fact of the matter is that this
war is an extremely mathematical
affair. It I applied mathematics
and physical .science from beginning
to end. The aeidiar wno studied ;
trigonometry puts himself in line for j
promotion. If you happen to have
a Chauvenet that you are not using J
send It along. Miss Isom will see
that It goes where it will be useful
OMINOUS DISCLOSURES
WO most ominous news dispatches
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nfi in vot Arrla v's Journal. .
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One reported the discovery mat
battle planes built in the Curtiss
factory had, in their construction, de-
fhaM Hn
feels secretly placed there by Hun
agents In disguise as workmen in the ,
Plant- .. , I
Another dispatch told of the indict-:
ment of two men at San Francisco j
accused of supplying inferior steei m
building government ships. The dis
patch says:
The grand Jury's Indictment Is based
on the case of a ship building for the
Kmergency Fleet corporation at St
Johns near Portland, and, not only is
the substitution alleged, but it is
charged that it was done with wilful
Intent to Injure and endanger the safety
of the vessel In violation of the esplon-
age a
The fact that secret Hun agents
had oontrived to place defects in
Amerioan battleplanes was disclosed
on tne noor 01 me senate oy seuaiur
Overman. The dispatch says :
Overman exhibited a piece of steel t
which he said had been sawed through
and plugged with lead by a spy, who
had then painted It so the presence of ;
lead would not be detected.
The presence of this spy in the Cur-1
tlss plant delayed the construction ot .
battleplanes two months, said Overman.
The man has not been caugtyf yet.
After the defect was discfixgred, all
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the battleplanes turned outY the ,
factory had to be examined for re
moval of the weak parts. Not long
ago, an operative in the naval intelli
gence discovered that a secret Hun
gent, disguised as a workman, was
creating similar defects in the ma
chinery of American made torpedoes,
By scratching minute lines, invisible
to-the naked eye. on a part of -thei
delicate machinery by which a tor-;
pedo's eourse in the water, is dn "utM?' .
k. h hat fh micBiiA,uPon the Tree nations, the taste of
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the object at which it had been
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directed. The operative was arrested.
and he turned out to be a secret Hun 1
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THft .fluloniMi nf mac Hun 1
activities in the very heart of indus-
trial enterprises with which we must
carry On the war are not only dis
turbing, but ominous.
The question is, can the kaiser by
stealth continue to invade munition
plants and shipyards in America?
Will we divide up in petty quarrels
here and let, the kaiser's Paul Prys
and Peeping Toms scuttle" our ships
and hamstring our airplanes in the
building?
StrtnDMi of their hanirers-on hv Mr.
McAdoo's ruthless orders, the rail- I
roads will feel' like that famous Ro-
man exauislte who, In a fit of absent-
mindedness. went out on the street .
without his rings and cane. He said
h was afraid the nollca would rrit
him for indecent exposure of hi
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person.
AN EVIDENCE TASTING JURY
T
HE Portland jurymen in the Jef-
fries case are no vain theorist,
They are experimental philoso-; making. And he would find compla
phers. You may argue all day ; cent tax assessors cutting the valua-
and all night about the question ;
whether a given bottle of golden j
hued liquor is whiskey or not and j
be no nearer the living truth at,
me ena or tne time man you were
at the beginning. But one drop on
the tip of the tongue settles all
dOUbt.
To be sure the inquiring Jurymen J monopoly is valued at 129,000,000. For
took a good many drops on th ' taxes its property shrinks to about
tips of their tongues, some of which half that sum. It is like Alice eating
are said to have glided deliciously tha maglo toadstool. One nibble and
down their gullets. But It was aH;6hQ shooU up through the ceiling,
done in the pursuit of science com- Another nibble, and she shrinks to a
blued with justice. We must not be i toy doll
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iuo oriucai 01 man , eogageq. in me
quest for truth,
The real sin or drinking eonsists
in tasting tne first qrop. as an procures" have been helpful to Oregon
hibltiop orators agree. After that farmers.. These cultures are useful
nunmou nas oeen crossed u aoes not to such crops as peas, beans, vetches,
matter how much more you swallow- Unless the soil is markedly acid they
The jurymen's scientific investiga- greatly Increase the yield. The coi
tions appear to have done a good lege sends enough to inoeulate two
deal more than merely bring the acres for 40 cents, which looks cheap,
truth to light. Their minds were sixty cents will buy enough for 15
heated t incandescent brilliance by I acrea. which ia cheaper still.
the "evidence." It was after he had
swallowed a goodly portion of the
"evidence we take it, that Juryman
Maguir waa inspired to deliver him
self of thu aphorism: "it's Ilea that
make lawsuits. If na one had lied
there would have been no suit"
Neither Plato nor Bacon ever said
a wiser thing. What are" the enor
mous , pilea or "reports'
and legal
treatises but, aa Mr. Maguire would
mt "UeVT
' Some of the jurors were as absti
nent aa Sairey Gamp herself. They
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help him. Perhapf we may, without
running foul of the prohibition
amendment, hope for his sake that
the spoon was generously large.
Many worthy citizens, are doubtless
anxious to know wherr" another Jef-
fries is to be tried. They are eager
to be drawn on the Jury. The law
of "evidence" has suddenly become
unaccountably interesting' to the
laity.
PERMANENT PEACE
0 FAR as winning the war is con
cerned, two choices lie before the
United States. We may win the
war for permanent peace. Or we
win it merely as an introduction
new wars. President Wilson has
ken . round that no peace will
00 wrj
to Enforce Peace takes the same
stand.
Their position is that this war must
be won in such a way that there
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the world. This amounts to saying
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Germany victorious. The kaiser must
eated on
befoa c&Q cntertaln
the thought of negotiating with him.
The League to Enforce Peace has
caHed a convention to meet in Phila-
aeiphia May 16. It Is not a conven-
tion of war-weary pacifists. Quite
the contrary. It isf a convention "to
sustain the purpose of our people to
fjght until Prussian militarism has
be?n defeated and confirm opposition
to a premature peace.'
, But the convention has also an-
other purpose. It aims "to focus at-
tention Qn lhe only advantage the
American people are hoping to gain
Jfrom tne war namely a permanent
peace guaranteed by the league of
nations."
A11 these purpose9 are good. we
must beat the kaiser and beat him
thorousrhlv. We must have nothins
tf) d(J wUn premature peace. And
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insure that when peace finally comes
through victory it shall last to the
en(j 0f time
It is not too early to think what
we are fighting for. Thrice armed Is
1 he who hath his quarrel just. The
vmu uaiu uis quarrel jusi. .
certainty we are fighMng to put
an end to war will nerve oor arms
and cheer our hearts.
Should this war come o an incon
clusive end the millions' who have
died on its battlefields would have
died in vain. Should the peace ' that
fKoUo be nothing better than a
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the treaty would be like apples of
UajIam in Aim m nutKa rrVt a vo a mm
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TitvtQ era alinertir iinitwf in a lni
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and clothed wth the mission of keep-
"
Save your'money while your wages
s re good. They may be lowered
later. Acquire the habit of. saving
now when you have a chance to sava.
And the money you save now through
Turin sumps will work for you
when your earnings shrink.
JUST LIKE HOME
T
IS sweet to be reminded of
home. A native ot Oregon,
M Particularly 01 roruann, wouw
. De nuea w,in In "O" Pea9-
,n" reminiscences or the dear home
he haa Ieft 80 far w he to
wanaer inrougn providence, R. I.
, about this time.
! He would "find there a street rail
wa eomp&ny gleaning in the pleas-
. a Mr 1 a .. a 11.
i8" iieias or me punno poeei just
j as at home. He would find a publia
service commission, or a public utili
ties commission as they call this
1 treasure- back there, helping the corn-
pany boost its valuation for rale
tion down for taxing purposes,
in fond imagination he could feel
that he had not gone a mile from
our own loved olty hall, or our still
. more loved state caDital. Horn with
all its comforts would beam -upon
'him in that far New England town.
I Tfnr rata maViner fha DrmlH.n.o
Word comes from the agricultural
college that "kgume bacteria cul-
HIS FALSE ACCUSING
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N A recent visit to Portland. Dr. W.
F. 1111, of Princeton university,
addrsed the Portland Civic league.
He was in very critical moo I
that day. He was critical of tha con
duct of the war. He wa critical of
President Wilson. More In contempt
uous manner than la words, he was
critical of Secretary Baker.
When, Irt bis spirit of fault find
ing, he remembered the auppresalon
of the recent Issue of the Metropoli- Just her tt wu to fit into the worid-
tan minii epditimia hr wa schem of Kaiser BUI and the Prussian
wn magaxine as seditious, ne was party., immediately after th
mora, than critical-he waa aroused tbraak Vf th war. tho National or-
to wrath. And, he visited his wrath man-American alliance made the cause
upon George CreeL chairman of the ot Germany its own. and. further,
" , " 1 t.k , . u. sought to identify with Jt the enUre Ger-
Bureati of Public Information. H0JJnaj .lament.
was both bitter and personal in as-f ,-ftS ?v"v-i .
myT r- 1 k "n June. 1908, the kauer mao a
sailing Mr. CreeL To Mr. Creel heBpeen to a ret council of hih or
Charged the suppression of the pub- man military, naval and other official
lication. In PoUdam palace. -He spoke of how
v t,. , - seas would not be barriers and of how
Now the wonder is if Dr. Hall in. h. Wd RrrnnrMl wh,t wn America
his attacks to tho right, drives down
the center and smashes to the left
was as false in his statements of fact
as be was in the case of Mr. Creel, said: l have pledged my word that
Thus, it develops that Mr. Creel had every German outside of the father
nothing whatever to do with the sup- ,! a jSSJVS'll
pression of the Metropolitan maga-t protection
sine. The magaaine was excluded, "Then swinging- to the climax of his
and very properly excluded from ttie speech, this autocrat brasenly said : 'Of
mails by Postmaster General Burle- cT date 'whin $LU,J&t
son because of a seditious article , struck. Even now I role su-
that it Contained. preme in the United Stateii. where almost
,k. r. ii.ii- eA OI,e half of the population Is of either
George Creel, Whom Dr. Hall SO German blrth or German descent, and
vituperaUvely attacked, had no more , -where 3,000,000 voters do my bidding- at
to do with the Metropolitan magaiine
fnlsod lhan rtM u.vnr RaVr of
episoae man aid Mayor Bauer 01
Portland. "FalSUS In UnO, falsUS in
OmmOUS.
NEW WORK HOURS
AT WASHINGTON
By Carl Smith. Washington Staff Cor
respondent of The Journal.
Washington. March 29.By abstaining
recoru vote on tne Borland
amendment the house of represenUUVes
saved many of Its members from em-
barrassment. Some of the SI i who voted
irom a record vote on the Borland
against It on a vote by tellers would
find It difficult to explain to the folks
at nome why they are willing to main-!
tain a seven-hour standard for govern
ment clerks tn Washington, when labor
elsewhere supports an eight hour day.
Most of the business of the house Is
transacted in committee of the whole
house, which facilitates the procedure.
A roll call cannot be had In committee
of the whole Questions fought out
there, however, may be voted on later
by a demand for a separate vote. On
the Borland amendment no roll - call
was demanded. The vote . on Its adop
tion on a rising vote was 121 to S3.
Upon a demand for tellers the victory
was repeated. 138 to 88. Most of the
Democrats voted for it and most of the
Republicans voted against It The
Oregon delegation divided equally. Rep
resentative Binnott supported Borland,
while McArthur was counted against
the amendment. Hawley was not vis
ible from the press gallery during the
voting.
The Borland amendment fixes elsrht
hours as the minimum for government
work. This Is the only respect In which
11 cnanges existing law, under which
the government clerks have had the
Beven hour minimum. Clerks may still
be required to work longer hours than
tne minimum if their chiefs require
them to do so, and for this extra work
receive no extra pay.
Under the same section with tha Bor
land amendment, however, the house
voted for a general Increase In pay for
government employes. This gives every
clerk $10 a month more, where the sal
ary Is 12000 or less.
One of the features of the senate de
Sb Sfe
bate was the opposition of Senator Reed
to the norland amendment.. Both Bor
land and Reed live in Kansas City. Mo..
and both are Democrats, but their ideas
of the public service are quite different.
jne raot mat Borland has gained some
distinction as the chamnlon of an ets-ht.
nour a ay seemingly made Reed ajnbl-1
tloua to lead the opposition in the sen
ate. Reed nearly always speaks as an
anti. His chief amusement Is to attack
tne rood - and fuel admlnistratlona.
W he never he finds a few spare moments
ne suomlts remarks on Hoover and Gar-
mm.
The Borland feglalatlon does not af
fect the holiday and sick leave allow
ances possessed by the government
clerks. They will In any event con
tinue to have one month's vacation, and
they will have 30 days more If they are
sick.
"I presume they are all honest about
being sick," remarked Senator QaUlnger,
"but plenty of them get that additional
month. Some of them, to ray knowledge,
go to Europe during those two months
and take other trips abroad."
BREWERS CALLED
KAISER'S AIDS
Chicago Correspondence Christian
Science Monitor
That the German-American alliance
has cooperated with tha TTna
Brewers' association in opposing prohi-4
'"" " spreaaing enemy propa
ganda is the charge, made by the Dry
Chicago federation. The allegation Is
of particular interest when considered
In the light of statements made before
sub-committee of the senate Judiciary
committee, which is considering the ad
visability of revoking the alliance's
charter as a measure of public safety
The Dry Chicago federation's case is
presented In a pamphlet Just compiled
by William J. Johnson, and the part re
lating to the German-American alliance
is presented under the sub-title, "Ger
man Brewerlsra,"
"The two great menaces in the world
today." reads the charge, "are German
militarism in Europe and German brew
erlsm in America. German brewerism
Is the American wing of kalaerlsm. A
foreign foe Is at our door. Forty-eight
per cent of the saloon keepers tn this
country are xorejgn born; 34 per cent
are children of foreign-born parents;
only It per cent are native whites of
native parents. Most of the breweries
are owned by Germans. By a camou
flage of holding companies they some
times seem to be in the hands of others,
but where you trace ownership, to its
source, we taproot is usually German.
"In the spring of Mis, a meeting of
all brewing companies ln the United
States was called here ln Chicago.
They entered inte an agreement to pay
a tax er assessment of three cents a
barrel annually en all beer made.
This agreement was to eontinu for
five years. Last year the- tax amounted
to nearly S2.000.000. It was paid Into
IZ 2nl S Rt" .BreWi
ers association. Then It was turned
ISiSiS!"
mere and Labor, a German political
a!f.t,'. -i? AUrnA.n W to
the treasurer of the German-American
alliance. The ' German-American alii
anoe and th United States Brewers as
sociation ax practically synonymous in
their management Th brewers have
acknowledged tn court that a part ef
the barrel tax waa used tn creatine and
financing German-American alliances.
This money ia used tor German pra
ganda In the United State. On every
barrel of beer sold in Chicago, this tax
la collected.-to be used against the
United- State, and. ta aid Germany. -
AU that the brewere have don to
build up the German-American alliane
has been In the furtherance of th moat
sinister and diabolical plot of modem
time s and th brewer could net create
it, finance it aad run It. and not know
have come recently to. understand as
the abiding- imperial dtlsenshlp of Ger-.
ZZlZl he
the' presrdenUal election. M American
admlnlstraUon could remain In power
agaln,t the of the German voters,
w"ho, through that -ral ora-aniaa-
Haill.l I ItR Will Ul 1.1 tbi uiHU .Vkwr
ition. tne wrmau-Araeriaui , ouuu
league, control the destinies of the vast
republic beyond the sea. If a man was
ever worthy or a mgn aacorauon i
kaa woa TJ rr TVl HtURItr. the
president of the league, who may be Somewhere In France One night re
inni tn he. hv my grace, the cently I dined with five young army
actlnr ruler of all the Germans la the
tti.J n,.t.
piui blpa tha kaiser's exact worua
. . , . ,
Thin la what the brewers of America
yfL toM ntr!
to promote, ims wM ",-- tr
pose or tne uerroan pouu
Into which they have been pouring money
for years. Over every saloon bar In the
United State, a tax 1. coUect io fur-
ther the alms of the kaiser In America.
Letters From the People
, JtSTSunn ru.
onJy w rtdTri thTpaper. ihouid net mMd 800
irdi in langui ana man m uco-u "wv'-1
whoM mall addrea in fall mart socompsay tba
eontribntion.)
Socialist and the War
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Portland. March 28. To the Editor
of The Journal-I quite agree with a
correspondent whose letter appeared In
Thursday's Journal: regarding tne
stana tne socialists nave -
country smce our entry mo
Socialism has doomed Itself to an igno-
mlnlous death. It lsn t to be wonderea
at, however, that they have
themselves disloyal when one considers
tne iaci mat aoout o por
them ln this country bear uerman 1
'names and the remaining 10 or 15
per cent 01 mem are peopi w, 1.-.
have made good, and never would
make ' good under any conditions. Al
though I have talked with a number
of radical Socialists since the advent
of this country into the conflict, I have
never heard one of them speak one Whii be was standing there making a
word of- condemnation for the Prussian Dluff at admiring the painting the
hordes that went forth through the ownaP 0f the plaoa could step on the
peaceful countries of Europe to slay, 8prtng, and down would go the bill col
desecrate, devastate, burn, pillage and itor into th -lion's cage, or Into the
ravish, nor have I ever heard them TOft coal and tomato cans In the sub-
extend one word 01 sympatny ior any
of those victims of the Hun. It s ever for man to be quietly running lines
and always a whine of "capitalism tor a wsrter system In some middle
that they can't exist as long as we western city with no thought of trap
have capitalists. doors and old chateaus, and a' few
Again, how often have we heard month later to be in the very heart of
them assailing the cnurcn memoers,
unmindful of the fact that Socialism
Is the Socialists' religion. The kaiser
has told . his subjects that American
capitalists were the cause of America's I
entering the war. and of course he I
could depend on such examples of the
uerrnan race as victor oergtr
pass it along tne tine, its a wnoie
a wnoie
lot that Berger or La Follette cares
for th welfare of our boys In France,
Just as long as they can get away
with Wisconsin's pro-Hun votes. It's
about time that the I. W. W.. the
fanatical Socialist and the pro-Hun
politician were discovering the fact
that the American people are backing
un our war pVogram and that they
won't forever tolerate these traitors In
our midst.' The American nation, will
emerge from this conflict honored and
respected among other nations under
the moral leadership of the greatest
humanitarian of the age.
A R. METERS.
Opposes Shorter School Year
Heppner, Or., March za. to tne isai-
tor of The Journal I have read the let-
ter of W. H. Baker, published recently
tn The Journal, ln which he advocates
shortening the school year.
Now, for my part. I should change It
from S to 12 months instead of from
eight to six, as proposed by Mr. Baker,
If It were not for overtaxing the ability
of the little, fellowa If we are to main-
tain the Industrial cluD worK ana real-
ise any good from It. we should have
tne leacner me year rouna. um our-
me vio uii """- -.wx. uwi
teacher should bo on the ground to ad-
vise and direct that Work ; because, just
wnen we cnuaren gei ineir garaens
piamea ana unaor neaaway. me iecner
is gone, ana. tne result is mat tne par-
ents have not the time, or do not usual-
ly use uie ume, 10 dooti ima worn
along. The garden goes to the bad.
Why Bhould we think of taking a step
back in our-school laws when they are
so hard to build up? And Oregon has
been far-behind many other states tn
her educational facilities, and Is yet. We
can see the effects of the non-school
system by looking at a few of our sister
states In the South, and Russia Is now
exemplifying It ln great Shape.
Mr. Baker' says he has a large farm
and needs the help of his U and 1-
vr Jaa hflvo. There ia no law Twnhih-
Itlng him from taking that ll-yar-old
hnv n4 nnttta him to work.
boy and putting him to work.
The idea of cutting the school term Is
absurd. It might do to ask for an
amendment to the school law to set the
compulsory limit at 6 to 12 instead of I
to 18. for the place for a child under
IS is in school, and they are worth com
paratively nothing anywhere else. Why
should we think of wasting- th young
and useless years. , to have to pay back
later on with years after maturity that
would otherwise be worth something?
When we stop the country district
school . or cut the year even to six Bailey company of Chicago, manufactur
mooths. w are offering strong induce- ers of automobile parts, arrived at the
ment to the people on the farms, espe- Portland today from Spokane to eonfer
dally the. tenants, to abandon farm life with th automobile dealers. "I find
and make their abode in the city. The business conditions very good through
tendency Is very strong that way now. out the Pacific Northwest and look for
soldiers without drawing so
' mtmr, nn th vnr mi t.nt.
wtl we have to aBd then stop th
higher schools-something that will be
, A Thar, la no child th.t
going to toll all. day through the long-,
hot daya They ar freah and feel good
before and after school and are anxious
er nu wiiiuia-, hww man
soon get tired and want to quit th
whole thing. W. HIU
A Word for the Dog
Manor. Wash- March ST. To the Kdl-
tor of Th JournalIn Th Journal of Mrs. K. O. Baker of Spokane Is at
March 15 you have an article, along: th Carlton.
with many other paper throughout th . Walter M. Pierce is an arrival at the
country, dooming the dog, A certain Imperial from La Grand.
number of dogs in a community, like a T. -I Lee ta registered at th Port
certain number of flea on a dog1 (ae- land from Spokane,
cording to . David HarumK is a good Mrs. Q. Rltchl Is an arrival at the
thinar. Among- farmer, dog ar. ne Perkins from Central. ;
essary, as they . ar useful, in many - Mr. and Mrs. Cbarie W. Core ar ar-
COMMENT AND
' SMALL QHANGB
. "Forward, turn forward, O Time, In
thy Xna-ht,- pipes the New "Jfork Sun.
' Better get all the' garden tools out of
the basement. It's going to be a fine
day Sunday.
The youngsters are warming up on
the corner lots in preparation for tho
vpemng games oz the knee-pant league.
The fighting tanks gave the Huns
weir last great surprise. The fighting
Yanks may give thern their next one.
SUn a chance or two'left to buy War
Savings Stamps at the lowest price they
will ever be, J4.14, Buy a stamp and
help stick the kaiser!
Is this the day on which the rabbits
paint the eggs that they hide away for
good little boys and girls to find on
Kaster Sunday morning?
The food administration has ordered
that Hot Cross buns be not 'iced" thia
year, whatever 'iced" may mean, but
ours lasted jus aoout ute same, any'
way. .
Time to prepare yourself for bad news
from the Iceman. It's a safe feet he's
just now figuring out lust how to most
gently Inform you that ice will be
scarce this summer, and that the price
wt" 0" cprresponomgiy mgn.
.., . . , . ,
JOURNAL MAN ABROAD
By Fred Local y
off leers. We compared notes on our
home states and the places wa
naa visiiea in r ranee. x come irsra
mo oouui, saia one 01 me oiiicorat
,.Vi - 1.1 - .
t of nigger, surely goes against my
eraln. I must say they make
aoidle Thev are mln-htv anannv in
" Tney are m ignty nPPy n
the r drt ot ong ago one of the
X, to ute
colored officer and refused to salute
htm. The officer called him back and,
taking off his coat, be hung It on
a tree, and said, 'If you feel you can't
salute me, salute the uniform of an
the regulations require - 80 th. soldier
saluted the colored officer's coat hang-
mg on tne tree, ni ten mu 01 ivouan,
and .fter that he saluted the colored
officer. Of course, when you think of
t a man salutes Is the
m a Mirtm w r mwiim vtMf the I mm 1 afln 11 Si I
' "'"V"""' "
wWW. w um,rm.
f . . vou offler. -.ld.
,.j na b9m uartered ln c.ntrai
France. I was in a hugs castle built in
th8 middi. ates. I got to examining
my f)oor one day and j found u wa, BO
,.w,v m-tchad vou would never no-
tice It. but near one wall there was a
Mction th&t waa balanced. If a person
stood on one side of the squars an
nnii anrinr i
th, floor a f,w feet away and reiease
a Bpring that would dump the person
Unding. on the trap door down a shuts
into the sub-cellar.
I suppose If some
bill collector got
too insistent the
ownar of castJe would Invite him
tn iv niotum on the wall, and
m.. Vou think of It. It seems
the Jand G history and romanee."
a
Most soldiers think the term for
the Germans, "Boche" means "boar,
or "pig. fhuologists ay it comes
from ca boche, the hobnail worn ln
their army shoes. The term "Big
1 M-nir t- n
nUVV I KJ DC
I EATING TO KEEP WARM You will
DurB your own body for fuel If you do
not Upply It with sufficient heating
material. Cold weather Increases the
fuel requirements, which mut be met
by increased fuel that is, food. The
coat of food and Its heat productivity
I do not necessarily correspond. All food
u fuel, but different foods vary in their
heating value. Some of the cheapest
foods may be th most concentrated
fuel and best suited to winter .months,
Foods rich In fats and sweets typically
those cooked ln beef drippings or served
Yi Aivmn I nAruAntra fasti f nail and
may be taken more liberally in winter
than at other times or the year, muck
I wheat cakes, sausage, doughnuts, baked
I beans and mince pie are commonly rec-
ognlsed as winter foods, although It is
I well to remember that even then they
I have little place In the dietary of se-
dentary persons. The man who goes to
work out of doors on an Icy morning
I will find a breakfast of fried mush and
I sausage well suited to his needs.
a unutlnn nt warmth mav be in-
duced Dy Increasing also the foods rich
ln protein lean meat, f lah, fowl, eggs
1 w cheese, our soiaiers are gening a
I -..ion nearlv 20 nr cent of which con-
Kita of protein. This is nearly twice
tne proportion found most healthful
I under ordinary circumstances In a mild
climate. This high protein ration Is de-
I .lened. however, aa a aoeclal aaferuard
ways, also among people having no near
neignoora. ror x whwvo mi aonw ol
those terrible murders that have been
committed around Portland, where peo-
le wr butchered In their beds as they
BlP wlou!dvn h",v .n lf ,the
Vx& had had a dog on the premise-
to warn of the approach of a stranger,
, f- m.U8t.kb. J4 : bu,t
intelligent and thrifty people It Is
wouJd J thrown out and
attract flies, or be burned, as too many
do' . especially in
Most dogs that I have known
town.
earned
their board. But what about these In
terned enemy aliens and German spies?
Show me a man or women who dislikes
a dog and I'll show you a man who
do n0t Uk ynon. ptwh4ml!fi.f.
MRS. J. W. MONROE.
Personal Mention
Business Good, Says Chlcagoaa
J. B. Brooklna. reDresentatlve of the
tag.
con racier ai Benson
- n- Colvin. a prominent contractor
ef Settle, arrived at the Benson today,
iL uMin.
A, P0ul8OIlf lumbermen of Hoqulam,
1 1. . .rri,oi . h. r.iiii t. .nd
I West Coaat Lumbermen's conven
i tton now la session.
i . ,
1 A. H. Munaoa, v-arpemer ana
Raymond. Wailw ar arrivals at the
I Multnomah.
NEWS IN BRIEF
OREGON SIDELIGHTS
. . j rt T.1 thai
aZSSrM'S& to signed
by the school board for a three years' j
tenure, tie was ior nine jrei 1
lntendent of th Astoria schools. l
tunii'i inAta tn being- cindered and 1
steam-rollered. This improvement 1st
iinfortkn a temoorary matter, I
. .
-Il':ilf?y!Lln? Soran frCWvallts
this summer ? No ntlota.very!
body plant his lot. and the tnan who win
not should let someone have It who
wilL" I
Patrons of the public schools at The)
n.ii.a have votd "no dancing," so far
as the use of the high school building for
that purpose is concerned. Under the
rAtUSO nay. 7Sywhfch
aa wUl be seen, was Juit votes shy!
Arlington, according to the Independ-
lnhA on.- "thJf'itate aid would
M ?A-tow.n" J".!iJA"iaTerUia1
shortage. A new pipe Una and reservoir j
non-arrival of pipe. , I
Berthas." for the German guns, comes
from the fact that they are made by
the Krupp works, in which the eldest "er Uuess
Krupp daughter, Bertha, owns a con- "What is that 'escadrllle' I see men
trolling Interest. "Blighty" Is a word tloned so often in the war dispatches?" -you
hear constantly over here. It Is "One of the new war dances, I pre-
synonymous with a ticket home to re-
cover from wounds, and
Tsngnty
that will not cripple a man but allows
him a few weeks in England la a
very desirable possession. Sometimes
a "crumps," a "coal box" or a "Jack
Johnson" causes a soldier to "check
In," or "go west." Your dugout is
your "funkhole," and your cigarette is
your "fag." The nonflytng aviators are
"penguins." The bayonet is "Rosalie,"
your "roasting spit" or your "unknltting
needle" or "corkscrew." The large
bombshell Is "un colls a domicile," or a
collect on delivery package. Bandmen
are "wind Jammers," field artillery
men sre "wagon soldiers," and so on
through a hundred other verbal short
euts.
Songs one hears in plenty, but one
song I have never heard yet. and that
is "Home. Sweet Home." There are
too many boys who for the first time
in their lives are away from the
home folks and they are desperately
homesick, so that song Is never sung.
'i have found this very effective bit of
verse ln an English paper under the
tlUe "New Army."
A bleak north-easter chilled the Mood;
The driven rain was cold as sleet;
Ovtr th cobblestone th mud
Lay thick along th sordid street;
Under a leaden, lowering sky.
Singing a music ball refrain.
A Kitchener brigade went by,
Uarching through Uerrille ia the rain.
Yovng men end strong and some will die
By bullet, shrapnel, bomb and mine,
Tom by the shreds of steel that fly
From eight-point two and fire-point nine.
Tbe poison rsaee' choking breath
Others will feel, and it may be
That some will suffer worse than death,
StarraUoa in captivity.
I couldn't hear the words they sang;
I didn't recognize the song;
But clear to any listener rang
The meaning, "Now, we shan't be long."
At last they heard the sounds of war.
Parade and field-days now were done.
To eager ear th blizzard bore
Tbe grumble of tbe German run.
Under a briehter, warmer aky
I fancied I could hear and see
Tbe R:man gladiator cry,
"Salntant anorituri te."
The new batlalionn marched away
Somehow, I'd like to hear again
That simple- eons ther ang that day
Marching through MervilJa la the rain.
r - tir at tiiv Cooyrfaht. isit.
ilCnL 1 il I by 1. Keeiey.
to our fighters against cold and expos- Th manufacture of extension lad
ure. The inhabitants of the far North ders? orchard ladders, step ladders. Iron
sometimes use advantAgeously a ration lng. boards and shipyard calking stool
that contains 40 per cent of this element constitutes Mr. Nelson's chief occupa
of food. Considerable harm would re- tlon. but he also construots folding
suit from eating this quantity of kitchen tables and any othf r ordinary
"hearty" fooej in the temperate sons. thing, made of wood. He pays help SO
Protein foods are specifically heating to ?5 cents an hour, has a good run 'of
because of what Is termed their dynamic work and Is satisfied to await tbe war's
action. In addition to furnishing fuel, and for normal conditions,
as other foods do, these foods have the "I find a most peculiar situation here."
property of stimulating the processes in Mr. Nelson says. "I manufacture sn '
the body which convert food Into hat extension ladder I know is one of the
and energy. Two thick slices of bread
represent 100 calories or fuel units. One
and one-half cubia Inches of cheese rep- of Its strength and lasting qualities I
resent the same amount, but the cheese manufacture It myself." All th rungs
possesses special stimulating properties of my ladders are of Oregon locust,
which the bread does not have. In the which, by government test, will bear
dead of winter, therefore, slight Indul- 00 pounds more weight than hickory,
gence in protein food in excess of the The sides of my ladders ar of clar
small portion required in moderate vertical grain spruce, and no timber
weather may have Its advantages. Cau- excels them. Tet there ar dealer In
tlon against overeating, however. Is re- Portland who buy ladder mad la
quired ln winter as well as In summer. Stockton. CaL. which xperta will toil
Fat persons do not lose as much heat you are Inferior to the horn mad ar
as lean Individuals, and do not need to tide, and pay more for then than X
increase their fuel intake to the same eharge for mine, To make these Stock
extent. The sedentary worker in a warm ton ladder It Is necessary to ship th
room has noexcuse to indulge in a win- material from Oregon and send th fln
ter menu. Children especially Hhould h i.t. vioi t .a im. i. nn
protected against an excess of fats and
sweets.
Tomorrow: Your Daily Ration.
See another story, "How to Live,"
foot of column S, this page.
Hvals at the Washington from La
Grande.
John Kilkenny, Patrick Carty and
Mrs. C. E. Griffith of Kennewick, Wash..
ro regwierea ai me Washington.
Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Bennett of Ke
are arrivals at the Washington.
H. T. Van Riper of Seattle is regis
tered at the Carlton.
P. W Bushnell Is at the Perkins from
Mrs. C. R. Wade of Bandon and Mrs.
. T. Wade of Pendleton are at th.
E.
Seward.
W. S. Cram, lumberman
nond. Wash., is registered at the Ben-
A- A- Brough is at the Carlton from
a Va (iiici , KJi .
J. M. Root Is an arrival at the Seward
from Med ford.
Carl K. Fischer arrived st th Cor
nelius todar - from Snrinrfteld.
G. Ernst is an arrival at th Carlton
from Chicago.
H. K. King Is registered at the Seward !
irom parson, wash.
Olden Oregon
Early Day Passports Made With Lock, I
ocx a no juarrei.
The pioneers who settled Oregon were
of a hardy character, not easily to be
daunted. One' such waa William Gelger
of Helvetia, N. Y. Some of the residents
ef his town had been thinking of col
onizing In Oregon and they sent Clearer
ahead to study the situation. Gelger
traveled with a man "named Johnson, to
whom haa been attributed th - author
ship of the one popular story called "The
Prairie Flower." Johnson went to th
Sandwich island ,a4 never returned,
whil Gieger . visited Captain Sutter's
fort in th Sacrament) ,vally. He was
not. however, much Impressed wtth the.
Mexieaa territory, and cam back to
Oregon- When the two first cam to
Fort Vancouver. tny were asked by the
officer to show their passport. They
stretehed forth their rifles. These are
Americans' passports," they exclaimed.
The passport vera accepted aa satisfactory.-
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Ragtag and Bobtail
Stories From Kvery where
Daylight Saving No New Thing
WHBNVElt something new und.r
the sua Is heralded. It is well to ,
too uaca aooui a century and a half to
what was thought of it by a mind
considered by many to have bean the
greatest so far produced on the Western
rontinunt ct,t.i.n.kin ji....i
Benjamin Franklin. He wrote much and
hl" Work ,how ttl1 B much . lo
He anticipated some of the prob-
lems or our own generation, especially
in his "Economical Project for Dlmln-
lphlnir the fnit at I ,)-ht n,-hr - hi
urse the economy of rising at o'clock
Instead of 9 or 10. Our daylight sav
lng plan, which becomes effective next
Sunday, is bsaed on the theory evolved
by Franklin neArly 150 years ago. Of .
FrankUn a recent writer says: "A1-
though he made numerous scientific
perlments. he could not be drawn into
controversy on the subject; for he re-
arded nature aa too grand a thin.
for him to car to soil It. lita lova ot
of obligation to his country, and with v
a iame extending to two continents and
vital to his own, he hoped In his old age
for a final advance In the art of physio,
so that we might be able to avoid dls- '
eases and live as long as the patriarchs .
jn Genesis."
sums.
To Help Win the War
W b a Uttl thrifty card
To fill with thrifty lUnipi;
We're going to get a Hraileag bek
For our soldier at their caaum.
And then we'll buy a Liberty bond,
At the next and thirdly drive,
Thia i the way to win the war;
On thrifty iUmpe we'll tarir.
We've elf ned the food eenetrrer'i pledge.
' To MTe whate'M we cea.
We'll eat tha good and w beetles bleed
Made of eornmeal. rye aad bras. , t
If there is meat we'd Uk to eat.
We ll Imto it on the dish.
W shouldn't mind how good II look
But, rather, hare aorae fish.
Elite Li ther land.
4010 Blity-eerenth Street Houtheaet.
Uncle Jeff Snow Says:
This settin' of dates In which to have
dinner in Paris must be kinder dlaoour-
agiri. to the Hun chief devil. He's been
poBtpontn it ever" little while senoe nigh
our year ago and Easter Is th last
date 8et, Uncle Sam ain't settin' no
'r a dinner In Berlin, but Fourth
of July will be satisfactory If its all,
the same to the kaiser.
Nothing the Matter
With Portland
Bf E a Harcourt
The Nelson Ladder works, George
V. Nelson proprietor, was established
at 2(7 Second street eight years ago.
Four years 'ago the industry was sold
to E. S. Svenson, and Mr. and Mrs. Nel
son located la Lass Angeles. That city
was not pleasing and they went to
Iowa, their former home, where Mr.
Nelson had for some years been a trav
eling salesman for a hardware house.
Mr. Svenson died about this time and
It became necessary for Mr. Nelson to
return to Portland where, he says, he
expects to remain. "It was 11" years
ago," Mr. Nelson states, "that Mrs.
Nelson and I first set foot in Portland
and immediately became fascinated
with the city, but we had . beard so
much . about. Southern California Wiat
in an unfortunate moment w were per
suaded to sell out ana go to Los An
geles. But we are back here, much to
our delight. No more roaming about
for us."
best made In the world. I use a hook
I of my own invention, and to be sur
f Rtocltton than In Portland, therefore
the California ladders cannot b sold a
cheaply here as I sell mine, and it will
not be claimed that they are superior
to mine, yet 1 cannot get a 'look-in by
th buyers for at least two of the local
OOI,WM' notwithstanding It would add
a dosen or two men to my payroll and
some of these would be spending at
least a part of their salaries with these
merchants who continue to send port
land money to California. Leaving my-
lf out of consideration entirely, th
practice is an Injustice to Portland and
Portland s best interests. '
The ladder hook spoken ' of by Mr.
Nelson seems to be perfection itself. To
"a lldder l J n,y necessary
and n,nf th
hook operates Itself. To lower the ex
tension another cord lifts th Jiook so It
does not catch the rung at all.
Tomorrow: Article So. 5 of thia
rles ; Jiiggins' Cedar Chest Iftactory,
New Viewpoint
of Eugenics '
Approved - -
Rules of Living: Set FortJi io
"How to Live" Have Re'
ceivtd Approbation of Coun-
try's Most Famous Men. - ,f
Xaooatioa tm keelUi th jmb vital f
ell mbJecU i ta Itrftj aad aanaattarlas '
purpeee of "Uo to I-lf" the- newest aad -meat
iavulaT W seoka es penooal ajglase, ,
Tata pWndirS wort ku heea astsoriMd '.
aad trrepered ta collaboration wtta Uk
ihhm refnt board mt, tbe life Itiaa. -
lea tewtltttte y ISVINU riSHSH. CheV
ButBV fitwor of political Kosaonn !'
eaKMattr. a4 fclNUfc. VUa. ;
ALti. .. t . , - .;.
fteeee of tta fh.bmtn te Aatertea aee -
epeaeof o "How to UHe." - wbeea .
ar aneh men at WUliam H. Talk Cwaerai
Wilttara V. Uergaa, ntrteoa aeeanUl Im.
Kuvt Bine. U. , mslie beahe) aarriee;
lit. a M. Blso. heahh seiswkwist Mat;
of K fr. tiarvey Wt WUey ju
tic Altxaju ifSam hen, Tbase '
eoarnte Utetf aernee ta Ufa SJitMiaa
iuatauta and eoUabotatad wka tiotmtot '
fiMM aad . W aa ktV0nu0 JJiat . --r-..
- - . . -
Tsa tocular 1Hne prteo ti tt Thravjch "
the oopexatkr of The Jeewoal it waa ee
obtaUMU Kit tho 4, K, am Co.. '
Um v yiaaa Co.. OM. Wstuaaa .
Kins er JetueaJ baatiMra) etnoe, A
addiuoaal oa asail- orders. .1