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THE. OREGON SUNDAY. JOURNAL, PORTLAND, SUNDAY kORNING. APRIL 21, 1918:
to cast her , spell of enchantment over
the ; American ! people Just a sh?
stayed the charge of ' that ; gallant
army. ; The haggard old witch Sug-
' II ' I M,l,f 1 1 J -. .-.t.,- MM4
JACKSON.. PDbmMT ! rcouuu wuuiu uaiuuu vur wiu uv
u. sfuraoon and rnmim (- I weanen our arms. ne is nere, uiero
once. Being a
witch she is, of course,, ubiquitous.
AJf INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER
1 f 5,md; ftr) .t .ri) Baud- and .everywhere at
Orcon.
ot..d at tt po.to.flo. t Portland. Oncon.
for tnmnil-ftoa throafh tha mail " aawrad
clw Mattel.
She steals into the machine shoo
and changes the model of an airplane
engine over night so that all the
,.1!!!.Iltrr work must be started from the be-
TELEPHONES -Main T17S: Hon. A-S051.
. i , number.
. - 1 ginning train. She creena darkly
Benjamin K.ntnot ce Bd- lnto Bhipyard and tells the men
iT'Im, jJ" tnat lnJre is no hurry. They are
,,. Uaa Building, Uhtcao. , , ' .
; : M working for the government. The
'' : Subwrlptlon term bjr tnail, or te any aoarai . . .
in ta UDtut Stat or Mico: pay is good and time was made for
t" '"J0. .SKM .so slaves. Go slow. She winds her way
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LitUI IU9IUIUUBII B1IIUI1K IUS BMinU k 1UIIJ-
alizes all this as evidenced' by 1 his
sedition bill and by his public dec
laration that "the war cannot be run
in the criminal courts t or by the
department'of Justice." -..
No act of recent times has done so
much to condemn American courts
and their procedure than thta frank
admission that they cannot be trusted
to function efficiently in the very
time when they are most needed, this
purely incidental confession ; that in
time of war, like the railroads, their
power to meet war requirements
would end in breakdown.
On month.
TTWT.AT
wa7wwo pa llfflw'w berjacks and warns them not to wear
Qm mr ST. BO I Q month. ... .
, ,t
t
Say to them that ar of a fearfnl heart,
II itronc, (Mr not; behold, your liod will
com with T.nitanc, mimn Ood with a
rcompiiM ; H will cod and aaT you.
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themsehes out. She tells them the
big profiteers are growing richer and
richer upon their toil. The , war is
far away. She inquires what Is the
kaiser to them or they to the kaiser?
So falls the spell. t
She creeps into government offices
and winds red tape round the limbs
of the bureau chiefs, swathing them
until they , cannot stir. Back of Sug
gestion lurks the Black Sorcerer
named German Propaganda. Sugges
tion is his spouse. He tells her what
to say and to whom. He keeps out
of sight. He has eaten fern seed
When you try to seize him by the
throat he is not there. He squirms
away. He vanishes .like a mist. But
ever and evermore he is at work
egging on his monstrous old wife
Suggestion to do her devilish work
and weave her spells.
Portland "pacifists i realize that they
are unreasonable and - impossible in
their beliefs? "
Staid old Massachusetts, the moth
erland of conservatism, has taken a
wild, revolutionary plunge. She has
bought 1000 farm tractors and is
going to rent them out to farmers
to pldvv with at 15 an acre. It is
a step t.o solve the farm help prob
lem by aiding farmers to plant their
spring crops. What a lot of thing
are being done that were unheard of
before the war I After the war, what?
A PAID PENALTY
A'
Though" Oregon went over the top
in' only four working days In the
Liberty loan drive, Uie remainder of I
me country ,arter two weens nas
raised .only about one half of its
quota, -ttaving thus led the nation
In the third Ljberty loan and in
nearly all other war drives, why not
keep the record bright by, being first
in raising Oregon's quota in War and
Thrift Stamps?
PORTLAND AFTER THE WAR
1
THE WO yEN SPELL
m I1'
T !l
S
At the Forest Grove high school.
Instruction in the German language
Kna W n lli.A(lntiAf1 4 " a Ifr
iYIWrfHeEdraud ?penfl?r there is substituted a course In the
principles and standards of the Amer-
and Queen Scheherezade love to
?,SCt & VuUu.nt k 8ht..h',pLe" Mcn democracy. What better subject
. ..' .... . . . I inau
vi iigai dui ne cannoi move nana or
'. tnftf 1 T 1 a k.nln .!.. U A Ll
h uiaill ftllC. UIUCI9 UUl UIB
muscles will not obey them. He can
lay plans but he cannot execute them.
He can' think but he cannot act. He
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free American Institutions in
all their grandeur for the contem
plation of the waiting minds of
American high school students I By
comparison, we know now, as never
!1!kC" .at.h,8.?Wn lmPtencc' but self government over the kaiser's
autocratic svstem that has marie a
ine story tellers got the notion of bloodv cockDit of Euronft.
tnia encnaniment rrom tneir nlKht-
i mares. Since we have all had the
nightmare more often than we wish,
ill we understand exactly what they seek
('. ... .... . . .
AN INDICTMENT
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to descrtDe. Who has not tried In
Li. a
sicp io run away rrom some ler-
IC
AN those responsible for Ameri
can court processes feel other
than strongly indicted by the
Chamberlain sedition bill?
The Chamberlain measure brings
;!!rible danger only to find that he
(could not move an Inch? A hideous
Msplder crawls closer and closer to a11 Persons charged with violation
'jjyour eyes, a ghastly spectre stretches or ine espionage act under the Juris
il: out menacing; claws, but you cannot Miction of the military court martial,
li nsove, struggle .as you may. Senator Chamberlain in a statement
nut. cnirif.,i ..,... Ws that the one purpose of the
w t'aakuia iuujuU IVlCiaUlClS . . . . . ., ... .
f ascribed the nightmare to the wiles bU1 is W" the trials of per
of Raian whn innir fht t sons charged with .sedition. He ex-
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venae himself UDOn those who r- "w. uuucl u,v" aumiotstra-
f fused to serve him. In our material- r0"0' tne la3' a man could make
PETITION for the pardon of H
Itiddell is pending.
He was convicted of complic
ity in the fraudulent land opera
tions of the Oregon Inland Develop
ment company, and Is now serving
a jail sentencfe. The petition for his
pardon is numerously signed.
On the list are the signatures of
the governor, the secretary of state,
the mayor of Portland, the circuit
Judges, members of congress, ex-
United States senators, the state land
board, the state insurance commis
sioner and hundreds of other promi
nent business and professional men.
There Is widespread ' belief that
RIddell has been sufficiently pun
ished. His case with appeals was
long pending. It. destroyed his prac
tice and exhausted his means. The
burden of making a living for her
self and' 13 year old boy has fallen
upon his wife. There Is an intense
affection by both for the incarcer
ated man, and the punishment is as
much upon them as upon him.
Riddell did not share in the profits
and would not have shared in the
anticipated large profits of the com
pany. ' His nominal connection with
the company is shown by the fact
that he carried but the single share
of stock necessary for him to act as
secretary.
His compensation was free , office
i.ii. i ..' .. L seditious speeches and after trivintf
mj impim.us explain u Dy ... , , ., "
. . . 1 hall -KnnM rntit nn. maV ,....
bailBould continue to make such
utterances. He said
Tha war cannot be run in the crlmi
TSUMA KOYAMA, an Important
manufacturing and commercial
magnate of Japan, predicted in
Wednesday's Journal extensive use
of the Port of Portland in a heavy
shipping business with Japan, after
the war.
Mr. Koyama's conclusion is reached
after several months' study of tho
timber industry of America and in
an investigation of various phases of
American business and manufacturing
conditions, in the prosecution of
which he covered 15,000 miles of
travel in this country.
His view is that little can be done
to establish shipping relations be
tween Portland and Japan until after
the war.
What business and industrial con
ditions in Portland will be after the
war is suggested by Mr. Koyama's
statement. The same question is
being diligently studied in othe
American cities. New York and New
Jersey have a Joint state commission
composed of important business fig
ures, who are studying conditions in
the world as they will be after the
war and figuring therefrom on what
the genera business conditions of
America will then be.
This commission In a preliminary
report insists that there will be
greatly increased commerce in Amer
ica after the war.
Speaking of aftert the war condi
tions, the report says:
The time will Boon come when the
question will be asked what can best
be done, progressively, to provide fa
cllities at New York fer the great in
crease in commerce seeking: this port.
as soon as his ambitions swell a
little? ,
This war has already cost great
deaL It will cost immensely more
before it is over. We must make It
pay for itself in the permanent ' ad
vantages it brings to mankind.
There Is only, one way to make
It bring advantages and that is to
fight it through to 4 victorious peace.
There is only one way. to make the
advantages permanent and that i to
organize the nations into a league to
preserve them.
The voluntary removal by the pub
lisher of certain words from the
street sign of the German newspaper
in Portland was a discreet act. Feel
tng over me war is running high
How intense It is was shown In the
Hunt case, in which perfectly loyal
Americans and splendid war workers
were hastily assailed by their own
countrymen. War has made us all
different. Our kindred are over there
to combat the horrible Prussian war
machine in a conflict wantonly
brought on by the kaiser. Anything
that seems to show sympathy for
the kaiser excites resentment, and
tnat Is why the German newspaper
sign was disliked. It is the kaiser's
fault. It is he and his infamous
war lords that have brought all this
hostility upon German signs and Ger
man institutions. To the multitude
of Germans who have become Amerl
cans first, the situation is distress
ing.
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Letters From the People
OUR . COUNTRY'S CALL
By William Cullen Bryant
Rajrtajr and; Bobtail!
Storiaa From Kvarrwhera
OUR country calls; away! awayl
To where the blood-stream blots the treen.
Strike to defend the gentlest sway
That Time in all his course has seen.
And ye, who breast the mountain storm
By grassy steep or highland lake,
Come, tor the land ye love, to form
A bulwark that no foe can break.
And ye, whose homes are by her grand
Swift rivers, rising far away.
Come from the depth of her green land.
As mighty in your march as they;
As terrible as when the rains
Have swelled them over bank and borne,
With sudden floods to drown the plains
And sweep along the woods uptorn.
And ye, who throng, beside the deep.
Her ports and hamlets of the strand,
In number like the waves that leap
On his long-murmuring marge of sand
Come like that deep, when, o'er his brim
He rises, all his floods to pour.
And flings the proudest barks that swim,
A helpless wreck, against the shorel
Few, few were they whose swords of old
Won the fair land in which we dwell.
But we are many, we who hold
The grim resolve to guard it well.
Strike, for that broad and goodly land,
Blow afte? blow, till men shall see
That Might and Right move hand in hand,
And glorious must their triumph be!
A Recruit for Her Club
((MADAM," aaid the man in tha street
car, "I know i ought to et up
and five you my seat, but, unfortu
nately. I'va recently joined tba Sit
StM club."
Thafs all Tlht. ir." replied the
woman. "And you muat excuse me for
tarlnc at you mo h.rd I
fber of the Stand and Stare club."
aha proved herself so active and con
scientious a member, says the Boston
Transcript, that the man began to feel
uncomfortable under her case. Finally
he roue and said. "Take my seat, ma
dam ; I guess I'll resign from my club
and Join yours."
Explicit
Old Farmer (to soldier son Just re
turned from the front) Well. Dick,
what be these tanks like that there's so
much talk about?
Son Why. they're just wobbling
thingamaboba full o' what-you-may-call-
K'ems. and they blaze away like blUyo!
Old farmer Ay heard they waa won
derful things, but I never could get any
details afore.
JOURNAL MAN ABROAD
By Fred Lockley
I'urle Jeff Snow Says:
It's mighty queer to me how some
of our best cittsens, including ome
school teachers, too. is wlllln' to grab
off what other folks In times gotva by
'.fit hard fer, when they w6n't help no-
body fight now to keep all them there
I good blessia's. If my conscience hurt
me as bad as some of these folks' does,
then, by gum. I b'leve it'd hurt so bad
it wouldn't let me draw down no sal
ary in a country I wouldn't help with
its flghtln" to pertect me.
Communieationa Mat to The Journal foi pub- j
Ucatioa ia this department tluntkl b writua eo
only on tid of tua paper, lbould not zcd SOO
word In lenfth and moat D naned by tb writer.
wbose mat tddraa la tali siut aecompany tb
contribution.
Urges War-time Prohibition
Hood River, Or-, April 15. To the
Editor of Tho Journal I believe I have
the indorsement of a large proportion of
the loyal citizens of our state when I
urge all those in authority to use their
influence and efforts toward war pro
hibition and, also, toward national con
stitutional prohibition. This appeal la
made, largely In behalf of food, fuel,
transportation space and manpower now
wasted through the liquor traffic
We trust that no political considera
tions will conflict with patriotic duty.
We have had numerous "drives" and
all are-important factors toward making
the world eafe for democracy. Let us
means of mince pie or Welsh rarebit,
jTfPut the nightmare Itself has not
altered in tha cnnr nf rnfnria t.
la tha sama frlrhffi ..r.il- ?al..courU or ' department of
,- .... .. v.,v..miU.,
W'hathfP VUA r. ri. It as tha unrlr nf I
fc: " ' Vk- - senator Chamberlain is a lawyer,
h...u. - mo .wU1.u, Nobody will accuse him of disloyalty
i cmcrson nas a gooa aeai to say in to his profession.
nis essays aoout young men who feel But he understands court processes,
inemseives Dorn ior great aeeas Dut He knows the law's delavs. Hp. i
4 never do them. Some inner impo- familiar with, the interminable aulb
i fence prevents. It works upon them bles and vpri stint, to. hni. llti- Kv
like a spell. It inhibits, paralyzes, which- the real purpose of the trial
iji'tney can it snyness, sensitiveness to I is often lost siht of in th hair.
j, criticism, refinement of feeling, reslg- splitting contentions of the attorneys
jtiauou to mc wm oi uoq, ana bo on. i And with a high sense of human
r matter Dy wnat name it goes, the relations and national requirement
i ! rnrhanl mnt n.vnli lhlr .nn, I . i . ...
if ..V.V.... mivu iW uumj in vnB present extraordinary time
What they feel in their innermost Senator Chamberlain, head of the
j.fcouls they can and should do. nation's chief committee on military
H ine vulgar name ror tne spell is affairs. Is convinced and says that
'L"a yellow streak." Tha prophet Dan- thn rlvll Aniirta unnnl h .,.....
el doubtless had aomething of the with the application of laws relating
ifcort In mind when he said that the to sedition, spies and treasonable
golden image he saw In his vision propaganda. His bill is not only the
jnaa.ic oi ciay. uiay easily crum- expression of his conviction, but is
jbles and lets whatever stands upon It an effort to carry his conclusions
: topple oyer. Just as a "yellow streak? into effect In the country by act of
fcauses a man's will to break and his congress.
itnergy to fail at the moment of dire tn a notable messaa-e to eonrP
feed during his time in the White House.
tjf-No human being ever knows ex- president Taft said:
"-:iCtly What it Is that casts the Spell m my Judgment, a change in the
J Of "yellowness" Upon him. ; Hardly Judicial procedure !n both civil and
ever Will he confess that the streak criminal cases, constitutes the greatest
i'U in him Knf hi. -ij ,.,, need In our American Institutions. I
i'L . i .! De " re do not doubt on. moment that
( deceived about it. It comes out In much of the lawless violence and
I, boyhood games. It makes him throw cruelty exhibited tn lynchtngs is Dl-
jw na Mmt h. a . ZEngTSggtrStSi;
U . ' OUT OF THE DELAYS IN TRIALS,
.j i-If 'ha Is a general It causes his judgments, and the execu-
l 'plans to lack-the vital element of tions thereof by our courts.
success. They would have achieved This was the expression of a law-
Svonderful things If But the If is ycr and former Judge. Like Senator
jsKvayl. there. As a ship builder or Chamberlain, he cannot be accused
manufacturer of munitions he would of disioyalty to his profession. At
fulfill his contracts If. But he the time he said it he was president
never does. ' His workmen are laxy, of the United States. Nay more, it
or they commit sabotage, or they for-1 was as president of the United States
aake their Jobs, or they Join unions.1 exercising his constitutional right of
There is always some external reason making formal recommendations to
why he fails and it looks plausible, I congress that he made the state-
but the real reason is internal. Helment. It was his official and de-
ils under the witch's spell. , j liberate judgment solemnly expressed
. There Is an oriental story of which I Moreover, the recommendation had
one often thinks now-adays. . It -tells j particular reference to the federal
of a gallant general who led a gallant j courts. In which there is greater ex-
j army into the field to fight a battle j pedition and larger efficiency than in
i on which depended the destinies of state courts, and where the laws are
kingdoms. The banners waved in so framed as to afford greater ef
I tha sun. ' The steeds pranced. Their fectiveness than in the state courts.
! riders were full of the pride of life. ( And above all, the recommendation
"The, bugle sounded the onset. Tho 1 of President Taft was made in
jarmy too one step forward andjtimeof profound peace when .there
.stood still. There should hav been I was no thought that this worl.l
f - ' . 1 . a.. ' . . mft - ., .,.! , 1 . l . . m
ia migniy rusu. muse neigmng i wouia ever te tne scene oi sucn a
horses should have borne their riders I tragedy as now besets 'mankind.
Jto victory, like the roll of thunder-J That lynching and other forms of
lb olts. The swords should have made J violence are lr.rgel due to delays
;cager iigmiiinKS auuvo aincaca lues, iin juaiciat piuccuure uu postpone
T3ut the steeds stood like casts of I ments in the : courts was the oml
Itronze. The riders sat like dead men. J nous conclusion reached by President
t A witch, so runs the oriental tale, 1 Taft If thatwas true, and U was
.threw spell upon the army Just as true. In the days of profound peace
itlie bugle blew Its blast, and all stood in which Mr. Taft made his recom-
ktilL i That witch had a nama which mendatlons to congress, what of these
?it Is well to remember. It was Sug- days of .war, excitement and high
There are fears that peace may aKainst the breweries, many of which no
usher in an era of business depres- doubt are controlled by the pro-German
sion. But above is the finding of a element. We liave the most severe
v.,.j ;,.-.,. i woras ior me ajser, ana weu we may.
body of important.men who are mak- U. lnhlimI ttv nt p...i m.,i
ing a study of the coming situation, cannot be trifled with. Have we not
rent and free telephone, equivalent There is no uncertainty in their re- had a species of kaiserism in our own
1. . I MMintrv fw&i r 1 1 vka . Via aFwwnf
to about 150 per month. If the com- P" as to wnat tne s atus vvin be. TVensed liquor' oTigrchy? s
pany had made millions, his compen- inev Predict a greatly increased u not nearly sapped the foundaUon of
sation would not have increased. business. every legitimate enterprise, institution
... n : j iti .....w .. -,.., u t- , ... . ana mouswy.' u is time n snouia ena.
air. luuueus cuuuecuuu wuu ujc wa-uii ututimi curope win nave it tim to r.i. tb. rtnn non
company's fraudulent operations was J to be rebuilt. The war stricken bel- said to be engaged in the brewery busi
such that the original grand Jury Iigerents will be in poverty and will neBS and Jet them aid our country in
which dieted the principals in the have little ready money with which Z "uru aaivitie.
company, did not indict him. Nor did to make purchases. But they will There are many ways we can help
Mr. McCourt or Mr. Magulre, federal gradually get on their feet, and will, our soldiers. Let us not forget that
district attorney and assistant, deem meanwhile, have credit. That will at ?,rk,n5L fo wi,proh,bUI,?,l 18
w u. ... .u. i. . , A., being tho leaatHn our list of efforts.
me laota uiuugin oui in me .e&u- mi -c uo nance, iiBiana anu We cannot honor these men as they
mony sufficierf to Justify pressing j Italy. should be honored, without doing all we
the case farther. Th. n,... wni'.ii h- re- al to clo" ne "-erie
Tho m .-,. !-,.. n-.AAu . . . . Ma wineries in our nation and thus
The evidence against Riddell was with riches, as a result of the war. more auickiv defeat the kaiser.
entirely circumstantial and was met Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Holland, J- A- HUNT.
by his positive denial that he had Spain and Japan will be rolling in The Civil Service Aae Limit
any unowieage ot tne wortniess wealth. Their Dresent clamor for Pwign n,n t t-,
character of the lands. In this de- supplies from America will be greatly The Journal I wish to introduce a
nial, he is partly corroborated by the
fact that, whili Conway and Rlchet.
I augmented.
Ships in
VBGT numnara '
uio puucipiita iu uio case, wouiu wfin,0 nA -!, ., u.
uiic niaue a Miiau luriuijc 11 me
scheme had been permitted to con
tinue, Riddall cc Id not, under any
circumstances, have received
be
po-
proposition In reference to the civil
service age law. Instead of being
under 50 years old for government po
sitions, it ought to be under 60 years
old. or 68, -at the least calculation,
-in.. . v-.-itj v. . ., I oiu. or b, -at tne least calculation,
sition to build them. The diver UT, rA lot. n, mBn ln thta M,ntrv
has tremendously reduced the ton- who are just as rood, and better, for
nae Of toe world. It will tp n work and for business, trade and
anyrnnH munv vum in hi.ir. th. ni.. commerce as when they were 25 and
more than the trifling compensation Z. "1:7.. v ". . . f --j 30 years oM lt ls ridicuious to have
. . ... . r. . . . lot vessels uaca to
of free office rent and free telephone.
The convictint Jury, whoce verdict
is not questioned in these remarks,
recommended the defenda to the
extreme clemency of the court.
Tha rkrectrlpnt r t tha ortmnon .h I
, ? (h TOKb.nnt :i
was one of the principal stockhold-1 K W . ,
. .h- timbers. They are required for eon
at . a i-
me ante-war this law ln force all these years In
quota. The. Shipbuilding Of Portland, the United States; in these critical
particularly in the steel yards, should times of war this ,aw must be changed
.rr. .r. ot nt . for the benefit of all the people. I
....- ... . uau,u.u iU4 hope President Wilson will take this
j cars. ' i proposition Into consideration and aak
Behind every line of trenches cn j congress to change this law.
J. B. WARK.
Somewhere In France. Robert Free
man ls ln charge of the religioua work
of tho Y. M. C. A. in France. It Is a
case of the right man and the right Job
getting together.
Dr. Fwenun waa born August , 178,
at Edinburgh, Scotland. His people
were poor so poor that they live in
a single room. His father earned $4J0
a week, but after a long time wai ad
vanced to 17.60 a week. Rob's mother's
great ambition was that her bairn should
be a scholar. All her other children
had died ln infancy, bo all her hopes
centered in him. He started to the pub
lic school when American children are
rt kindergarten. He took to study. He
earned a bursary when he was 12 years
old, that gave him an opportunity to
continue hia studies. To earn thia' bur
sary he was required to pass an exami
nation ln Latin. French, German, Eu
clid, history, English, physics and han
dicraft. School started at 8 o'clock in
the morning and continued till 4 o'clock,
with 20 minutes off for lunch, all of the
periods being recitation periods.
At 13 he waa taken out of school and
put to work for a silversmith. Later
his father apprenticed him to a tea and
coffee merchant. He waa to put in
three years, receiving 60 cents a week
the first year. $US a week tha second
year and $2.50 a week the third year.
"I had dreams of even becoming the
head man and drawing $7.60 a weak."
said Dr. Freeman. "I came to tha turn
ing point of my life when I waa 17. i
fell under the spell of a Bible class
teacher whose one thought waa foreign
missions. I decided to go to Africa as
a missionary. I started for Africa by
way of America. I was going there to
prepare myself. t)ut of that one Bible
class 45 have become foreign mission
aries. .
I didn't know a slngla person m
America, but I had corresponded with a
young man several years my senior, who
lived tn New Tork city : so i wrote nim
that I waa coming. He welcomed roe.
With him I attended a missionary in
stitute to prepare myself for foreign
service. Part of my Job was to go down
and preach to the Chinamen in Mott
and Pell streets and to deliver sermon,
ettes In Little Italy, to visit the prisons
and talk to the inmates. When I had
put In my required six montha' study
I was advised to go our ana get practice
at preaching, as I was too young to be
sent to the foreign field.
"I was sent to McKeesport, Pa., to do
my practicing. There waa no church,
and no congregation. I waa Bimply
dumped on the community to make the
best way I could. This hand to mouth
existence tfl which I waa .supposed to
live off poor people who could scarcely
support themselves didn't appeal to me,
so I got a Job In a boiler shop, worked
by day and preached at night. After
spending the summer there, I went back
to New Tork to take further work there.
Not long after this my old room mate
Invited me to go with him to Blnghamp
ton. N. Y.. and run a mission there.
Nothing the Matter
With Portland
By H. 8. Harcourt
The Sterling Products company, capi
tal $100,000, 1122 Macadam street, em
ploys 60 to 60 men. 150 to 160 women,
has a payroll of $2000 weekly, doea an
annual business of $600,000 and mar-
I took care of half a dozen nearby sta- kets Its products ln every city of im
tlons. I conducted Bible classes and portance ln the union, and In Hono
preached daily, traveling from point to J iulu and the Philippines. Only five
point for a year and a half. Then I per cent of lta Bales are In Oregon,
took charge of a branch of the Chris- ( yet its manager, Ralph Hahn, son of
tian Alliance at Buffalo. My salary , Henry Hahn of Wad ha ma & Co.. has
waa $5 a week. My room cost me $2 , no difficulty in disposing of all the
a week. A meal ticket with 21 meals ' pickles, olives, sauerkraut, sausage,
cost $3. which Just used up my $5 salary. ! etC-t the factory can produce, by
By going without my breakfast I sa.ved j reaion 0f excellent quality and the
$1 a week, which I gave to tha work n,aBter!y manner in which they are
of missions. put up. About one third of Its full
"I waa Invited to speak at a Baptist force of workers have constant em
church one Sunday evening. Thla ser- ployment ; the remainder, five to six
mon waa heard by the deacon of another ! months of the 12. The building Is 151
Tj..r,i,t -hnrrh and he wrote me to t by teet, three floors, wun an
come to Sprlngboro, Pa and preach
a trial sermon, and If I was satisfac
tory they would give me the pastorate
at $300 a year. I went there, and found
that Alleghany college, at Meadville.
was not far distant. I agreed to preach
other being added, affording mora than
125,000 square feet of space, and is of
concrete and glass, the walls being 7S
per cent glass.
The works last aeason used cucum-
ers and oni. of the active promoters,
served but 60 days in Jail for his
Dart in the fraud. His oriKinal sen- . .. . . .. . . " """ tor Hoover ought to grant to the
pn.A wa fin Hav In .all .h o tin la,(1 I0W B lnese demand Rail- Cutchen brothers of Nolln the right
..Artn mv. u i u. road ties are now going from Port-luse the name "Umatilla County
U1 , .uu8 , o vu8ii an es- ,, .vh,n.v,p Bn , avaJ1 Farm." in recognition of their
pensive automobile 'shortly after
ward, he took the pauper's oath at
the end of the jail sentence and, in
lieu of the fine, expiated all his of
fending by serving an additional 30
rl a vo In I & 1 1
.. . , . .1 ui CAiiauiUJUcu J DuaiBljlcr m nidUy 1 u 1' VOW tiucs nivrv nidi win w euimuci
!,IJ:.V?LJV,U ot industry and commerce afte'r wed and seeded next fall.
the war is undoubted. How Portland
will fare will depend a great deal
upon the virility and aggressiveness
of Portland herself.
by requiring the defendant to serve
cut the four months to which he
was sentenced. He has already paid
heavily for his connection with the
concern. The burden of the penalty
Is now being borne by the wife and
son. The taunts of unthinking com
'gestlon. She Is at work today trying J feeling. Senator Chamberlain re-
structing trenches. The forests ot
the belligerent countries have been
"Liberty Farm"
Pendleton, Or., -April 15. To the Edi
tor of The Journal Food Admlnistra-
Mc-
to
Liberty
efforts
. a l-.n-tAn.k .. nrk.. . i i . 1 .- TV...
able, to Europe for war uses. The McCutchena have placed under cultlva
demands for timber for the rebuild- tion the largest acreage of new land
ing Of towns, Cities and COuntr'es 80 far reported. Last year they broke
laid waste by war will be enormous. 3 800 Vi -.- I
That there will be- Opportunities I spring wheat. They are now breaking
twice each Sunday, providing I could at- hers from 392 acres, grown by more
tend the college on week days. I lived. , an tarmers. us picaung tana.
and contributed $72 toward missions, out I r ouu,vw B-"u. r.
of my $300.
"At the beginning of my second year I
had several attractive offers, one of therri
.t 11800 a year. However, I took
filled many times a year. The sauer
kraut and sausage eannlnfc department
last year bought the cabbage of 60 to
55 acres, which will be greatly In-
.., ........ at v.rif Pa., at 1520 a year. , creased mis season. uor cucumDers
I had charge of one of the branch chap- 1 and cabbage the. company will make
els of the Park Presbyterian church ; time contracta. Last season, an ex
there I went to Princeton, where I re- ; ceedingly dry one, the cabbage crop
celved my master's degree. During the averaged $160 an acre to the grower,
last year or two at Princeton I made a and la not likely to be leas at any
weekly trip to Buffalo, N. Y.. where time. Oregon cabbage, Mr. Hahn Maya.
I received at first $50 a week, and later , U of superior quality, and though Call
$65 a week. Upon my graduation I re- I fornla Is renowned for vegetables. Mr.
celved a call to that church at $5000 a Hahn shipped 108.000 cases of sauer
year. I waa ln Buffalo five years,, and fkraut and ' sausage to that state ln
thnueh I could have secured a much i 1J17. ,
la rrer salary. I accepted a call to the
church at Pasadena at $7500 a year.
M. S. SHROCK.
Umatilla County Agricultural Agent.
Alien Enemy Fishermen
Altoona. Wash-, April 9. To the Edi
tor 'if The Journal I wish to expiess
my thanks to the boys at Oregon City
for the stand they take in regard to
Standing on Aheir feet and cheer
Inar. members of the house Friday Khnt lin "enemy fishermen. I wish we had
nanlona ahntit hia father r innn-ni ..... ... .... a few like them down hefe.
uvm. nn nenaiK cxceui uQaer tne iivfl mm- i n... i . .
. . . . . . i i 4.uv. suvui vu uiuvii o.i noiui i
in me soui oi ine ooy. His love rorjute ruie &IU cleared the way to pass There Js not a word from them. Some
nis .surer is intense, ana mere are the naval appropriation bill carrying
a mm a ai wm. a mm B L X . . L 1 ft I
",U5C w,,u Btt u,' ",s Peni aeu- the stupendous sum of 155,00,0OU.
calf health la more, frrtm n hrnton I - . ,, , ... . . . .
. - iue action is aimosi an event in na-
neari man Doauy disease. hionai histnrv. if virtenc i n i
A great government's penalUes aroUhow that America intends hv nmiv
not on the principle of retaliation or and concert of action to win this.
K-'-e "ig war, it appears 'n tne spectacle of
mese several nundred congressmen
on their feet, cheering for the navy.
the flag and the country.
A GAIN FOR TIIE LEAGUE
of us union fishermen would certainly
like to hear from our union leaders in
regard to this how they stand. If they
stand far pure Americanism and the In
terests f the fishermen, now is the
time to show their color.
i ROBERT BUTLER
PERSONAL MENTION
N 1
Congratulates State of Oregon
"Congranilatlona to patriotic Oregon."
said J. J. Walters of Philadelphia, who
is a gueefc at . the Multnomah hotel.
"Oregon firat over the top In the Liberty
I -. j tW..km - .-. v. i
HE projected league of nations 3 "Tl'" ."p-Z
to kep the peace after the war speaking,. Oregon -ray at tha top of the
has been won for democracy, may 1 llat-"
congratulate itself on a .'notable Idle talkers Fail to See
gain in New York. Mr. Taft made a j "A few IdJs talkers still need to' be
rousing wir speech before the leg- hown " they may a'1 thlr
- . mw I full er rmir r K WaSln4 cra v ArA m
waa wa iiqu v&it mw v w a auiif
declared George Watrous, formerly claim
is boou aa ,uc uau iiaisnea tn3 1 agent for the Great Northern railway.
phefes as, a pacifist, is now support-1 legislature adopted by unanifiious I who is regisWred at the imperial.
ing the war, and so declared recently vote a resolution -that 'the state of Dlg r",aa wmn aecfrf '-
. r. w.k . i. .. , roads are undr best control by Mc-
ln a Seattle church. Here is an, ex- New "iork favors .the entrance of Adoo and that he taking over of them
ample for those In Portland who op- the United States, after the. war. Into by tha government waa the only advls-
thought of reform. If the incar
cerated man has not been punished
enough in the awful price he has
paid for a secretaryship at a salary
of free office and free telephone, fur
ther incarceration can avail nothing
These seem to be times when the
gentle hand of mercy might well be
outstretched by the president of our
country to a struggling wife and her
boy.
land, but lt Is the atatement of Thomas
MlUard. who ls staying at the Oregon.
Millard speaks of a land that may not
bo approached unless you enlist In the
marines or Join some civil or military
service for Uncle Sam. Millard spent
two enlistments in the marine corps and
1b referring to the isle of Guam. "Ltvlng
there ia the cheapest ln the civilized
world, but no civilians are allowed on
the island, which is a military station
for Uncle Sam," he said.
Weather Pleases Visitor
"This weather is worth some comment
even if I am from Southern California,"
said M. L. Tobln of San Diego, a guest
at the Benson.
J. Meyers of Astoria is a guest at the
Perkins.
D. E. Stewart of Knappa is an arrival
at the Portland.
J. S. Kelly of Walla Walla Is among
arrivals at the Nortonla.
Mr. and Mrs. Clay Parker of Eugene
are staying at the Carlton.
Leslie C. Hall of San Francisco is reg
istered at the Multnomah.
P. H. Gant of San Francisco is an ar
rival at the Oregon.
G. R. Freeman of Fargo. N. D.. is
staying at the Benson.
Jack Creel of Cascade iocks is regis
tered at the Imperial.
W. J. Martin of Morrow is staying ai
the Perkins.
Elizabeth McDonnell of Olympia la a
guest at the Portland.
R. T. Hughet of Burna, Or., is staying
at the ImperiaL
A. B. Galloway of Seattle ia among
arrivals at the Benson.
Scdtt Brown and Vert Atkins of Yaki
ma are registered at the Imperial.
E. G. Jacobson of Chehalis ia staying
at the Imperial.
T
"I atarted the canning of sauerkraut
and annua e as a mere experiment."
"I have always been active in Y. m. j Mr jlahn states. "I thought I would
C. A. work, so when Fletcher Brock-; put up R few cages and SFe how It
man wired me to come to France -my j would Bcl Jt didn't last any time at
board of trustees granted me a six , a aml we put up 4W)0 tons ot ;t
months' leave of absence on full salary. . ,agt year , sent sainples to everal
and they have since extended the leave f ea8tern jobbers, with the reeult that
to one year. j numerous orders were returned, one
"What do I do? Try to be a Hr;by wlre from Kenyt Clark A Co.. for
brother to a division. I drive a truck. a car)oad and 20.000 caes for later
sell cigarettes, play a game of football tfeUvery It came lnto lmmedlate favor
with the men. preach, conduct services. M R ,unch food Bnd for caraper, and
and try to ehow them that they need huriter8 an(1 thofce away from COoklnr
to have faith In human love, faith In convnlenc. It , a,80 eaten In the
the Juatlce and righteousness of ot.r hoe and hoUi. and re8taurauU.
cause, faith ln themselves jind faith ln ftnd m Immen. nuantities. We packed
GoA- ' 1 40.000 cases last year and will more
W.
than double that this aeason. C.
Kruse, near Tualatin, grows a great
deal of magnificent Danish Baldhead
cabbage for us. He practices scientific
aeed selection and thus always produces
fancy etock. Other growers muat come
to this plan."
Sauerkraut and sausage la cooked by
team. When the cans are sealed
thev travel on a moving belt, first
do that." think what they would do If
In the president's chair for one day.
What kind of an address would they
make to congress? How would they
answer Hertling and Czernln? How
would they regulate and settle the ship
builders' strike? How would they do
about taking ever tho railroads? How
would they remedy the fuel shortage?
It Is very easy to criticize, but It's
hard to do constructive work. Let us all ; through a steam heated drum, wfcera
ponder and consider what we are doing they get a three minute cock, then 2
to help the president. Are we conserv- minutes In a "fiery furnace," heated
Ing food? Are we doing a good, hard v v ,- throucrh a cold water tank.
honest day's work? Are we buying and to the jabelers. untouched by hands
Thrift Stampa and War Savings Stamps Binc Me4. Cans for the plant are
and Liberty loan bonds? Are we up-;n.ade ,n PortUnd by the American Can
porting the government in speech and , compa-1y. The Portland Paper Pack
action? Are we writing letrs to cheer , ke, th, packlnc bo,.,,
uo the boys at the front? Are we rala- i r ,,.
land of wood. Next season the com
ing or preparing to raise gardens, poul
try ana nus iu HK-riwo vriu bujjiij i . , ,, m-A .
The war is going to be won; America PT J"",1 ll IJL nt un
i. ninf to surnrlse tha world with her rlea, almost doubling tha size of lta
show of arms. The people at home araj
going to get In and help pull the load.
Labor is going to ceasa striking and
adding to the president's burdens. These or.a
things are all coming, but tha Quicker; '
we get in and pull our share, the quicker
the great victory for freedom will be attained.
building, for that purpose.
Tomorrow: Article No. tt of this
aeries: The Oregon Mirror and Beveling
Dr. David Starr Jordan, of Stanford. Islature at Albany t6e other day
Internationally known on both hemis-1 As soon as .he had finished the
pose all war, to ponder over. If so
notable a pacifist as Dr. Jordan backs
his government in this war, if a
thinker of such profound knowledge
of events and such hatred of war
looks upon America's part in thi war
as , worthy of hia support, ' must not
a league or nations to safeguard the a,ble thing during the war.-a few con-
I 1 S MX mmAwm. a - A 1 -. . A 1 .- Mm W h 11 mm T
lumo w ii&ui lie action vcroau
peace that must be won by the Joint
military forces of the allied .'nations."
- What, in fact, is the use of winning
a democratic peace if , we are going
to leave it in i the ; power , of any
petty prince prewar lord to break it
Says Guam" Is Paradise , .
"Wo bought chickens for 15 cents,
fruit wa had fotl tha carrying borne :
dally, winter J(nd fummer. we bathed on
the beaches and e sang and danced."
This ia not a pipe' dream or a story of
long ago before IL C L. Invaded the
Help the ritsldent
Froai tba Ia Grand ObaerC
No aooner doea the president get one
troublesome question settled than an
other bobs up to hit him in tho face.
Plcturo the position that the president
Is In. He not Only has to conduct the
diplomatic correspondence of tha war,
which he Is doing with great ability, but
he haa to deal with tha machinations of
enemy spies and labor troublea of more
than ordinary difficulty. Beaidea ad
ministering through a cabinet officer
the railroads, ha now-haa had to-take
over In his executive department the
management of tha foreign commerce
of tho country and to Mcenae both 1m
porta and exports ln order to provide
shipping for transporting aoWiers and
their auppllea abroad. Let tho man or
woman that la barking and anarling at
tha president's heela conatder for a mln
ute what the president haa to do. as
maniier in chief of tho army and
navy, aa well as tho executive head of
our government; i. wa m n
. .r mntlnually aaylng, "Tho presi
dent fSould do this, the president should
Prospering With Portland
from tb Woodborn Mrpcndeiit
During and after the war Portland
will be exceedingly prosperous. The
establishment of one ship plant with
orders for ships at a contract price of i
7a. 000.000 la but one indication of wliat '
a lively city Portland la and how much
livelier lt will be. While many rush !
from the small va''ey towns to the j
metropolis Yor well paid jobs, we on the
outside feel the beneficial effects of the !
unusual industrial stir in that city. We;
are given a better home market, higher
prices for our products of tha farms, and j
many employed ln Portland, wnose fami
lies still reside in their own homes ln
tha small towns, make It a prime ob
ject to save while the picking is good
and to send the savlnga back to their
home towna.
Human Life Not Considered
From tb Boston kb
Frederic R. Coudert. explaining Ger
man methods, says that before a drive
an officen of the general etaff will
carefully estimate the number of men
who will be lost In attaining a certain
objective. If it ls found that a num
ber approximating 5C0.0OO will be lost j
It will be balanced against the ad
vantage, and without other considera
tion regarding the awful loss of life
and Buffering, the drive will be ordered.
This, of course, meets with the ap
proval of the German people.
The Day's llot Pertinent Question
rrom tb PtiiM-Ulpbi pro y
llY9 you a little food slacker In your
THROUGH
TH c WIN DOW.St
Good mornlnc. '
Itemember that a good hot bath
after you get through dWcjringMn tho
war garden today, will take much of
the Boreness out of. your muscles.
4
Like Wise
Buy War Savlnga Stamps and keep
them. They Improve with age.
The British Una aeems to be bent
on winning tho war.
Mi 11
As you've probably notioad in
spading up tho yard, even a worm
will turn.
When a Tank cranks a tank tha
Hun will run.
ftoaada Keaaoaabl
If Hindanburg la so anxious to get
to Paris why doesn't ho ride In one
of the big-gun sheila that makes
the "0-mlla trip In three mlnutes?'
'Twould be a fit fate for the Hun
son-of-a-gun.
It - Mi i
Oh. shucks, what's tha use? -
s Ma -
Tou want to get out in tho tun.
' ahlno
Ma Mi
And so do I. Bo
Good-by."