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20 mile frorft, 300,000 under Von der
Marw)tz on a 25 mild front, 420,000
under Von Hutler on a 35 mile front
The toUl is 1,540,000. ; 1
Speaking in defense of McClellan
after the Civil jvar, Grant 6aid the
responsibili ty of commanding 100,000
men. was, at that time,' an appalling
thought ' to "'American generals. A
hundred thousand men was then re
garded as so large an army that the
question of. how to handle it effect
ively was weighty and alarming, m
For a long time, Sherman refused
high commands because of this dread
of leadership of large- forces. The
swift procession of generals; .who
were made; commander in- chief and
cpeedily retiredUs familiar history in
the earlier years of the Civil war.
Grant himself - became schooled in
leadership with armies of 20,000, 30,-
000 and like commands, and. his ex
perience in gradual captaincy of
larger forces led him to defend Mc
Clellan, on whom the command of a
100,000 army was suddenly thrust.
By comparison of the armies of that
day with the statistics of the Huns
now ready to strike again on the west
front, we are able to sense something
of the stupendous proportions of the
Whmnt.l hare been I have charged
myself with contentment and triumph.
Walt Whitman.
the railroads. ; They 'absorb profits
which' should legitimately . go to
strengthen our national highways.
Perhaps when they are so nicely
united as to have but one neck, the
government will apply the; principle
of "Caligula and Sever . It. "
THE CABAL
OSSIBLY the Tory-Imperialistic
eabal against Lloyd George is the
first move in the dangerous peace
offensive we 4 have been laugh t
to' expect as the sequel to the Ger
man drive in Flanders. The London
Times Intimates that its roots run
deeper than many persons suspect.
The plain meaning of this is-that' the
cabal is of German origin.
It is quite . permissible to , assume
that the warlords are trying to do in
England through the Tory Imperial
ists what, they did in Russia through
the Bolshevik!. They are not particu
lar what tools they use so long as
they get the effect they desire.
The makeup of the cabal is not
promising. At the head of it is Mr
Asquith, former' premier, to whose
nerveless prosecution or the war
most of the early .British disasters
seeing to their wants,, to do most of
the farm work with her own hands.
The neighbors r help out with the
plowing, but she manages every
thing else by herself.
Mrs. West exemplifies all the good
things that have' ever been said' about
her sex.4 She works Industriously,
tnothers a family of wholesome chil
dren and uses her brains to , help
sustain the morale of the country.
There Is one more Item which
should not be left out of the ac
count. Mrs. West has a husband
who is as good an American as she
is herself. He works in a shipyard
while she runs the farm and home-
'Such families are the jewels of our
national life.'
WP0 rill Wifh him let T rttH T nno
present conflict. To the numbers en- U,r r ii w-n
:L1VJ that, he cared far more' to keep the
... ?,,u guns kaiser on his throne than he did for
as compared to men, play in the lhe
welfare of Great Britain. And the
yicsfiu struggle.'
With that done, we are able to see
rest of the cabal is of the same type.
Until the contrary has been proved,
the democratic world is likely to be-
NOTHING TO SAY
1
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HV.Ij.OOO.OOO of interest bearing
bonded indebtedness against Its
assets was created out of noth
ing in i single night has not
! I been explained by the Portland street-
vi vuiiiaii; iu lis si a tcut laic u-
: I tertisements.
: j Carfares have been going for years
l and years to pay interest on these
bonds, Tli at stuffing of its debts
' made out of thin air and the ab
sorption of the company's revenue
'u o pay interest on them is one thing
t that has Incre'-ed the company's
' eulgb. Daps- the company claim the
People should pay for this frenzied
jflnar)cet'
t . In ;lls advertisements the company
has made no explanation of why a
contract for a five cent faro in bind
j Mng on the city but not binding on
"the company. It has insisted that
the contract was binding a. few year
jgo when Jhe city wanted a four cent
.TUfA hilt thai. It la nrti hinrlincr nnul
; iwhen the company is collecting a six
cent fare.
; Tile advertisements have nothing to
l-.My.on this very important point,
yet what could be more interesting
Fnow than an elucidation of just why
- contract is oinaing on me people
. . . .
.tiut nut uii a mi cellar company i
i.The advertisements have nothing
no say on why the company wanted
yii vi uo viii I'Air j a rvi iiauu
Railway, Light A Power company"
omitted from the ballot title to the
A IcompanjTfl ordinance for "regulating"
jiiucjs. uy. awes ine cumpany -want
giiiuueii iiuin ine peupie int. iaci inai
- ihe streetcar system insists on reg
'' relating" the jitneys. Nothing could
I Vt m r n IninitAciihi fknn - m 4 h it aavm
1 pany to explain in its advertisements
fjust why it wants to hide this fact
.. At i
i rum uic pcupje.
The advertisements have nothing to
say on yhy the company asked the
Salem city council to petition the
Oregon public sen ice commission to
increase Portland .Railway, Light
Power, gas rates in Salem. Why try
to: use the Salem city council to pull
J the company's chestnuts outOf. the
. j puDiio service, commission t
I "I . Why. if . the cause is a good one
. tresort to circumlocution and stealth
y ' !-... r- i i 3 i -! . I
'would like to be enlightened in the
.advertisements on why such an un
usual cobrse was chosen.
i The advertisements have nothing to
say in explanation of why, thoug
(the New York court of appeals held
that a contract between a city and a
streetcar company for a five cent fare
in New York state is a binding con
tract there, the Portland company
claims that such a contract between
the city of Portland and the Port
land streetcar company is not a bind
,lng contract here.
All that the advertisements have to
isay is that the company, needs mdre
"revenues, that it has increased the
' jwages of its employes, and that i
.must have a six cent fare in spit
" 0f a five cent contract.
' j; . What about the many streetcar
Jsjstems that are doing business on
tour-cent fare, eight tickets for a
iquarter fare, seven tickets for a quar-
' iter-; fare and all the while piling Ui
'big surpluses. Elucidation or how ail
) Hhis happens .would make the com
fiany'a advertisements ' highly enter-
- Jainlhg .and' contribute to the local
tock of six cent fare information.
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. ; j-The country learns with satisfac-
lion Jthat we are likely to have a
, 'jmilllon troops in France by the first
-, of July. . The faster the men go over
ihe water the sooner they will come
back home. .Victory depends on the
, (Strength of our battalions. And that
. "depends upon ships. If we build ships
fast enough we might win the war
before fall" and the kaiser spend next
vintcr with Nicholas in biDcna.
, 1 ' ' - THEN AND, NOW
tliat all the war resources of the
uorld are at last assembled to finally Ueve that Mr Asquith and his asso
seltle by arms the age old question tataa ma.,..,., , u. ,
LT 8f thrTS stla11 L1d orge in order to prepare the
iule, or the people rule on this earth. L.av , nm. .,, , k
Clarke county, Washington, . may
well feel proud of its woman deputy
assessor. Miss Bertha Krohn Sh wii:
no doubt outdistance her colleagues is to be Plucked in the est
in energy and set them an example
of fairness. The old time oblectlon
to women as county BuDerintrndAnt to tne unified leadership of the allied
was that "they could not travel about armies whlch Mr. Wilson and Lloyd
the country in bad weather -over
rough roads. They soon proved,
however, that lhe objection was
going democratic peace.
, Lloyd George and the president say
fight on till German autocracy is
empty. They attended to their duties And tnis aain means that il is op
as well -s men ever had and put an posea 10 me rignt I0r morou8n
interest into tueir work which men
often lacked. 1t would not be sur
prising if women oerformwd th Hntv
of assessing property as efficiently dismounted. Give, the German people
as they look after the DUblic schools. Ule opportunity to iree uiemseivea
A woman is Clar!:e county's highly from lhe aulocracy lhat crushes them
i . . ,,, .... i i
efficient county i rk i ana menaces tin worm. ine cauai
says; paten up any sort or a. peace
NO PARTISANSHIP 83 soon as you possibly can. Any
thing to keep the kaiser on his
EPRESENTATIVE MANN'S fine throne and save the autocratic sys
remark that "there is' no Darti-ltem unharmed." -
i
No doubt the cabal is as dangerous
as the German offensive of which it
seems to form an integral part. Its
success would tend to nullify all the
V
way for a German peace to be nego
tiated at the expense of helpless RTs
sia. The allies are to receive tempo
rary concessions in the west. ' Russia
The cabal's declared aims are omi
nous. It is opposed, for one thing.
George vhave . consummated. This
means that it i"; opposed to the Wil
son influence In European affairs
ESPIONAGE BILL
IN THE SENATE
By Carl Smith. Washington Staff
Correspondent of The Journal.
the "efficient Darwinian animal," sot
the upper hand?
Mr. Kipling's conclusion is that what
ever sacrifices we have to make in or
der to destroy this portent, they are well
worth while. To achieve our end "will
take every ounce 'in us ; It wUl try us
to the naked soul." Many of us have
made ultimate sacrifices; but from
many the war has sUil exacted little
more than what Is represented by the
difference between butter and mar
ffarine. The nation may be caJled upon
for far heavier endurances In the future.
But we spring of a stock which has
never known defeat. The English-
speaking races, not to mention their
allies, are not in the least likely to sub
mit to any Prussian bullytng of the
world. When our full strength is in the
fight, and when the spear's point has
behind it aU the moral and material
force of the world's free democracies,
even the great god Hlndenburg- will
have to make way for what is better aa
well as strAnger. For this object noth
ing that has to be asked of this nation
will be refused. We scarcely needed
Mr. Kipling's warning : "Nothing we
may have to endure now will welch one
featherweight compared with what we
shall most certainly have to suffer if
for any cause we fall of victory." "
Washington. May 10. Unusual po
tions of lurid language were poured
forth In the senate before the final.
adoption of the conference report on the
latest bill to punish espionage .and dis
loyalty. There was talk of firing squads.
despotism and loss of liberty. Having
allowed full time for exaggerated forms
of speech, the senate proceeded by a
vote of 48 to 26 to pass the bill, senator
Johnson of California, flanked by Sher
man of Illinois. Brandegee of Connect.'
cut and others, viewed the measure with
alarm'. They were concerned over the
failure of the eortferees to retain the
France amendment, which was in sub
stance a reaffirmation of the right to
sneak or nublish what is true, "with
Rood motives and for Justifiable ends.
Defenders of the bill asserted that the
omission of this, amendment does not
mean that anyone acting from good mo
tives' will be hurt because the utter
ance or publication condemned by the
bill .must be disloyal, profane, scurril
ous, contemptuous or abusive, and good
citizens are not Inclined to speak In
that manner of the constitution, form
of government, flag, military forces and
uniform of the United States.
COMMENT AND NEWS IN BRIEF
Letters From the People
SMALL CHANGE
Now the ' English have out another
cork in the same plac. .
... .
nrst ming w aow we u oe doosi
Ing the Ked Cross again.
"Never wear ' your wishbone where
your backbone ought to be."
"When you're down In the mouth,
think of Jonah be got out."
Let us rejoloe that the British have
decided to let George do 1C .
We could hardly exuect "drives" In
Flanders without also expecting some
"relna."
'
Today's leading question : Do police
men have to pay to have their shoes
shlned? , .
What's become'of" "Slack Jack." who
used to break onto the front page In
the news dispatches from Mexico?
A Lrfs Angeles man declared to be a
perfect "double" of Douglas Fairbanks,
denies the resemblance. Who can blame
him?
a a -
Tired of trying to make crust out of
substitutes for substitutes our favorite
beanery has scratched pie from its bill
of fare.
We may have a ullcVt overabundance
of rsln here In.Oregon occasionally, but
to date the records show no tornado
casualty lists.
Vsr gardens will be war gardens In
fact if their produce is canned for the
boys at the front, and If the proceed
of the sale of the produce ae invested
In War Savings Stamps.
OREGON SIDELIGHTS
Ragtag and Bobtail
Stories From Everywhere
rimers ency Lqulpmrnl
1LR. TOMPKINS was obliged to stop
a ovr night at a small country hotel,
ays the Argonaut. He was shown to
his room by the one boy the place af
forded, a colored lad.
"' am Slad there's a rope here In rase
or fire, commented Mr. Tom pklna. aa
he surveyed the room, "but what's the
i fining a uibie in the room In
Stanley a. Jewett of the biological
survey is making a thorough canvass
of rabies conditions in the northern part
of Klamath county.
Owing to the 'continually advancing
cost of living the Koseburg city counctt
lias. decided to allow men In tne street
department aa increase of a month.
A Eugene boy. Harvey Madden, now
In France, in a letter to his folks advises
outer oo are -to go over mr auch t . .,
'stuff everything with sweet chocolate ! -,,.7 . , . . .
and tobacco if they use tobacco." I't intended fo uae. aah." replied
Colonel Clark "w'ooa of the Weton TV1Z . ? n" '
Leader fears -that the mechanical book-! VV fo you eape.
keeper of mhlch the local bank is so
proud will be apt to strain liseit in i
keeping track of tne account or tne
local editor.'
A li6-fool flag pole! aald to be the
tallest in the Northwest, has been raised
at the Kodgers shipyard. Astoria. Head
Rigger McKrmln had charee of the rais
ing, which was accomplished without a
hitch, the Budget ay.
The Eugene Guard in a recent Issue
describes the appearance of certain large
rings about the sun. near midday, which
were "interpreted to .foretell everything
from rain to the June eclipse and the
death of the kaiser." The lings were
unusually large and vivid.
"If Koosevelt had TlvAl In Pine valley."
says the Halfway Herald, "he might
have said less about "back to nature.'
Here the temptation to get out aixi live
In the open ta so crvat that men and
women no not need pursuaston to get
them out of the house."
I Cotnmanlcatinoa tent to The Journal tor puk
Mcatioa ia tbta department (tumid ba ertttes oa
only on tide ot tha pa par. abooM sot axeaad 300
wcrda In length and miut ba aianad by tha arntrr.
rbow mail addnaa 'la fall mibl acc-unan to
contribution. J
Approves Mc.N'ary Regulation Bill
Albany, Or.. May 8. To the Editor of
The Journal I have lately been reading
with interest the bill Introduced in the
United Staes senite by Senator Mc
Nary on April 10. which promises to be
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.-a : '""S.w. v... ST" rr Somewhere in France When one Is , sheep leave the others. And so on. till
ate bill No. 4240. alms to Smend Thect ! ' m . " " JS". Wy 'olded. It Is literally true
JOURNAL MAN ABROAD
By Fred Lockley
Wanlrd a Capenlrs
Iteference at a aortal gathering was
made, aays the Philadelphia Telecraph.
to the trite axiom. "Every mkn for hf
on job," when this anecdote was fr
tlngly recalled by Senator Charles A.
Culberson of Texas: f
Iale one night a carpenter In a su
burban town was awakened In the dead
of night by the violent ringing of his
telephone.
"Is that you. Mr Johnson?" anked the
small voice of a little girl. Thla is Amy
Jones. Mother wants you to come
round right away and brlnic your tools.
Father has met with an accident
'Tou have made a mistake. Amy."
replied the carpenter on hearing the
word "accident." "You want the dortor.
lx lives next door to me."
"You are the one we want. Mr. John
son," insisted the childish voice, "father
Is shut up in the folding bed."
Democracy
R'
sanship In this war" was greeted
with the applause which it de
served. The whole nation is engaged
in the war and he who fishes for
partisan advantage in its troubled possible benefits of the war
Biers is uui a tjuua citizen.
bun; Mr. Mann tells us what ouaht
to berather than what actually is. hnlpmrftation in Its hiahesl fomf An
There has been a commendable ob- Robert Mantell's creations at the
livion or party politics thus far, but Helli. Mr. Mantell is finished, oow
its evil head has not always been out erful and artistic. He is reminder of
of sight. Senator Lodge has made the stage In its 'golden days. How
one or two speecnes wntch subordi- disappointing that our popular taste
naiea piam racts to politics. His is sft undermined" by the trashy Dro-
criticisms of the administration were ductions that now pass for dramatic
so. aDsuraiy raise mat he must have 8rt that Mr. Mantell's splendid work
Deen asnamea or them when he came hs not before crowded audiences.
to think the subject over by his own
fireside.
But upon the whole,' partisan poli
tics has been subordinated to the
public good in congress. We wisn
lhe same could be said of all the
newspapers. But it cannot. Somj
papers, for example, keep up
LOVERS' DELIGHT
A'
N ENLIGHTENED contemporary
docs the country a service by
pointing out the connection be
tween lovers' delight sundaes
a and .the national defense. "Continued
smooth pretense of "backing the consumption of ice cream on a large
president," but lose no opportunity scale," says this blazing torch of
to. blacken both his aims and his liberty, "is absolutely ' vital to the
deeds. integrity of . the dairy Industry."
We take it that our patriotic con-
General Goethah- is doing so well temporary means ' prosperity"' where
in the quartermaster's department it says "integrity." We do not under
that the country will soon forget his stand that the morals of our es-
mishaps on the shipping beard. He teemed dairymen'are in question. So
has fallen into his grand old stride, far as the prosperity of dairying is
Whatever his hand touches moves concerned, the quantity of ice cream
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bwuuy aim iu mc rigut un ecuon. . n we eat Dears airecuy upon n, tnougn
our troops in France number that there are pessimists who hint, under
predicted round rMllion by July 1, their breath, that it bears still more
some of our gratitude for it should directly on the prosperity of the corn
go k General Goethals.
PARALLEL CASES
T
I starch business.
There is no doubt, however, that
our national fondness for sundaes,
cones and other frozen dainties helps
keep the market for dairy products
up to a healthy level and enhances
0 THE, non-technical mind the
right and wrong of the issue be-
tween the Eugene-Coos Bay rail- profits of farmer8 who keep
cows. It is therefore a genuine fac
tor in the national defense.
Luckily the latest dictum of the
The France amendment, according to
the supporters of the bill would only
place a stumbling block In the way of
prosecutions by permitting disloyalists
to exploit their peculiar doctrines or
cults which they may pretend they are
supporting, and thus impose on the gov
ernment the burden of proof that they
were not acting with good motives.
The purpose of the bill is to Jail
persons who try to stab ' the nation In
the back by saying and publishing things
intended to aid Germany, to discourage
enlistments and to dlsparageAmerican
institutions and their defenders. If the
"conscientious objector" is drafted, he is
set to work on noncombatant duty. Here
tofore, up to the time he Is drafted, he
has been permitted to air his views
without much limit," although his "con
science" might lead him to reflect upon
the institutions of the country upon
which he relies for protection and to
slur, the forces which are fighting to
maintain the right of free speech.
This is the language which will give
the prosecuting officers of the United
States an effective arm to curb at
tacks upon the government and Its de
fenders: f "Whoever shall wilfully utter,
write or publish any disloyal, profane.
scurrilous, contemptuous or abusive
language about the form of government,
constitution, military or naval forces,
flag, uniform or any language
Intended to bring the things enumerated
Into contempt, scorn, contumely or dis
repute, or to incite, provoke
or - encourage resistance to the United
States, or to promote the cause of its
enemies or shall urge. Incite
or advocate any curtailment of produc
tion or any thing or product necessary or
essential to prosecution of the war
with Intent to crlDDle or hinder
the United States in the prosecution of ,
the war, and whoever shall wilfully
advocate, favor, teach, defend or sug
gest the doing of any of the acts or
things enumerated, and whoever shall
by word or acts support or favor the
cause of the German empire or Its allies
or by word or act oppose the cause of
the United States, shall be punished by
a fine of not more than $10,000 or Im
prisonment for not more than 20 years
or both."
a
Other sections of the bill cover Inter
ference with military operations through
false reports, conveying false reports to
obstruct the sale of bonds, inciting or
attempting to incite insubordination or
disloyalty and the willful discourage
ment of recruiting.
Reed of Missouri and Hard wick of
Georgia were the only Democrats vot
ing against the bill. Republicans voting
for It were Colt of Rhode Island, Fall
of New Mexico, Jones and Polndexter of
Washington, Lenroot of Wisconsin, Mc
Cumber of , North Dakota, McLean of
Connecticut! Nelson of Minnesota,
Sterling of South Dakota and Warren
of Wyoming. Senators from the far
west opposing the measure were Borah
of Idaho. Johnson or California, Mc
Nary of Oregon and Smoot of Utah.
of congress of August 10, 1917, which
gave the president important powers
respecting the licensing of the manu
facture, storage, mining or distribution
of any necessities, and the prescribing
of regulations therefor. It is under this
act that the president has the power to
fix the price of wheat. The blir Intro
duced by Senator McXary very properly
extends the power of the president to
the fixing of the prices, of petroleum,
hides and skins, and their products,
hemp, jute, cotton and wool products,
farm implements and machinery, wheat
substitutes, com, rye, barley, oats, and
their products, wherever and whenever
sold, either by producer or dealer, and
further provides that if, in the opinion
of the president, any producer or dealer
fails or neglects to conform to the prices
or regulations promulgated by the presi
dent, or to conduct his business efficient
ly under such regulations, then the
president is given power to take over
the aad operate the same, or cause the
of the war.
In the face of the unprecedented rise
of prices, the consumer will welcome
legislation of this kind, which will tend
night or later, it Is something of
problem to find time to writ. When
one uoes write it is of the thing that has
Just occurred, for to ry to record all the
interesting things here In France is an
impossibility. So I will dip Into the
river of Interesting incidents for a cup
ful and let the rest flow on unrecorded.
I am stealing a few minutes from my
lunch time to write. I - will take this
morning and work backward. Just be
for I sat down to write I had an Inter
esting chat with Colonel Logan, chief
of staff to General Pershing. Just be
fore that I had an errand which took
me down one of the larger residence
streets. I stepped to one side of the
that each sheep ha Its name, and
knows its name and the voice cf Its
master.
i naarvr of rmdna'i hoi; lljj.t. ,'
l"r of Hiarvr? , rhaln and rd.
Thm lot of all whkrh in. It t..t
Or aoandi tb crnrraai car of t;4!
Baaaurul yn thf traipla rw
Thotuli tlr profamnc nfu ara thr.-va:
And firaa nnklndM of tlta kn
Ara clanns ruuM tlij attar atona.
Etrn when Uta anna of hut and rn.
1U4 auinrd thj peaceful eewrta with blood I
Irttfiwalk tn t ntnA Mnr tinrned. Inn f
limbed brown milk goats walk by. They I h foreground is a stone wall, covered
were taking up the whole walk and the w"n "cnens. moa. ana iry. nunoueuea
pedestrians, without a . murmur, gave ! against the evening sky is a stone
them right of way. Their udders were ! ehurch. with steeple and belfry showing
One of the recollections that will j
Hu.ll lit mv mmArv nrv,r la rural i
Vrn h ti. lll.h V'mm a hltltnn aiw ! ' " mj boyhood a tlaw!
looka over mile, of beautifully tended I !?' ' whc". 'thw
little farms. A canal or river winds
throurh the country below you like a
bit Of silk floss thrown upon a piece j Tha roua faalinc. para and warm.
fit green plush. Along the ribbon of S J L" Jh" .
roadway the tree, stand like long line. tI
of . soldiers at parade rest. By the I Bdaard U Clara.
stream the carefully trimmed pollards! 2 Columbia atct.
plane trees, or elms are to be seen. I -
Somewhere In the distance a mellow Lnrle Jrff Snow Ss:
toned village church bell Is sounding. In t "The Lord loveth a cheerful elver" la
darkly against the evening sky. The
laughter of children, the barking of a
dog, the lowing of cattle. giv a
"homey" touch. Two milk white oxen,
hitched to a crude, one handled plow,
are turning over the last furrow before
K,lnr rftla.uu. frn, f Vi . 1 n r ..'. ttl
While on a recent trip by auto with -rv.- n IK. ..u- .-.,
... -.. m " ' . ......
to their horns, the weight ' coming
against a leather pad fastened to their
almost as large as tnat of a Jersey
heifer. By driving the goat to the
door, the customer is assured, of warm,
fresh milk, unwatered and uncontaml
nated. They are as gentle as kittens
and as solemn as owls.
I. B. Rhodes and H. W. Chaffee, for
merly of the naval Y. M. C. A. of
to stabilize prices and prevent profiteer
ing. And. while this bill rives the nresl-
.. !.. a m . i w - j.ii. !... .-. a L . . 4 . S i " w a
.. . ir 10 iix ine price 01 neany .wio.. '"',."' J T IS , forehead. A high wheeled, empty wood
everything the farmer raises, it Is aimed the navy Y. M. C. A. work In France. ,,,ii k. , n .m.n ,vj
at the middleman rather than the farm- ! we passed several small bands of sheep, together with an old-fashioned ox yoke,
er. and should prove of real benefit to ' It takes' one back to Biblical times to ' Tti9 wooden shoed. cotton bloused peas
the farmer by curbing the middleman ; see a French flock of sheep going home , ant drVer gives you a respectful salute
and stabilizing prices. Every farmer who in the evening. Somewhere In the New h. nausea It la all ao nuatnt dif-
Ml?utVl:?LthSMr""nwnl l ayV. h-p!"rentr-r it LlTthcrac-
HhUt" 1!' ? " .hi!,d'.f "d ! hear h' vo,c nd .h .ca ,t hl ."lters in some old wood cut had come to
' -".." vii mo uuin . j 8fieep ry name ana leaaetn mem. - -
and this bill gives tne president the And the 8hMp follow, him. for they
right to Interfere, to the advantage of know hIs volce. Xnd a .tranger will
1 11 u?"""; Fur.th!r,w.the ..armer f .,.n they not follow, but flee from him. for
a position to protect himself by curtail- th know not th. voce of strmn(tr..
Ing production along any line in which r, i, . i-.. v..... .
!Tilrl"nr.aK'rl.y.ireated',nd ' thouad or mor; shpT a. theV hav;
in the West. Indeed, they have a hun
dred or less. As the shepherd plods
In the twilight along the- country road
he stops In front of a little stone house
with thatched roof and calls: "Marie.
th text our preacher started In on fer
two hours Sunday. I heerd the most
of It. and preached myself a sermon on
It as I went to sleep, as usual. It
peered to me "slf some of these here
ex-alackers must be loved by the Lord .
a whole lot. fer the cheerful way In
which they subscribed to the Liberty
bonds after beln' called on by friends
and neighbors Is surprlstn. consldertn'
the way some of 'em had talked a few'
days 'fore the friendly visit.
Nothing the Matter
With Portland
By It 8. Harcourt
he need hardly fear that the president
will take his plant away from him.
On the whole, this Is a good bill,
and Senator McXary has done the peo
ple of Oregon a good turn by introduc
ing It and working for its passage.
S. G. TALIA.
An Inquiry Concerning Sprure
Portland, May 8. To the Kdltor of
life and you were walking through a
book, not a real world of today.
a a
At every crossroad you will see a
crucifix and a well worn path beaten
to the foot of the cross. Many of the
wounded are sent here to recover from
tfielr wounds. Many of those who are
killed at the front are sent to their rela
tives for burial in the family burial
ground. Many times a day you will see
funeral proeeanlon a flag drafted cof-
Arletta. Jeanne. Suxanne. Annette." and t fin. a priest with his long black rooem
five of the sheep obediently leave the 1 following the hearse afoot, and back of
flock and go to the gate to be let In. ! him a heavily veiled woman with her
A few hundred yards farther Is an- children and a score or women marcn-
The Journal The Coos Bay wagon road j othf r peasant's cottage, and the shep- ' Ing to the grave with her. The men
road line and the people of Lane1
county is perfectly clear. What the
law on the subject may be we do not
grant bill has been reported out by the i herd calls
house committee, with the main pro vis- I Marguerite,
ions, 13 per cent or sales proceeds' to
the federal treasury, and 25 per cent
to the counties of Coos and Douglas
for apportionment to roads, schools and
ports. The question arises : Why, dur
ing the war crisis, with ship and air
plane lumber running from $40 to (175
per thousand, should the government
sell It at all now? Why not utilise It
for war needs, instead of paying prices
never heard of before In this country?
Which is the dominating consideration
now war profits, or war needs? I will
be delighted to hear a satisfactory an
swer from any congressman.
J. B. Z1EGLER.
Madeline." And these I In the funeral processions.
"I have Just been reading." said Miss
May Ross, daughter of Henry Ross and
bookkeeper, stenographer and office
boas at Henry Ross A Hons, manufac
turing confectioners, Union avenue,
"a dissertation on "Candy as a Food.'
and It makes me believe I ought to have
candy every day for breakfast. If you
read It once you would deny yourself
all such nonsensical and unnecessary
nourishment as bread and beefsteak
and spend your Income for candy. It
Is pleasing to the palate, rejuvenate,
the system, eliminates the cranks and
Is both father and mother to smiles and
pleasantry."
see
Miss Roas Is the daughter of a randy
maker. Henry Ross had been playing
the game for 15 years, most of the time
ZTkt , .I y i6' ra,lroad'- ac" doctors encourages us to eat as much
"1 f ice cream as we relish. They say It
the county road for its right of way
Is readily dlgesled ad highly nutrl-
rwERE'are statistics from William
jVi Philip , SimmV.storJr . in yester
' ITI day's - Journal of lhe Hun divis
. Ions assembled for a new attack
on the. west front; 220,000 men under
Von Arnim on a front of eight miles
300,000 under Von Quasi dn a 25 mile
front, ,180,000 under Von Bulow on a
Tn. ..,... JJ .... t . . I ,: ICtKXU J
.Va - ; 'nouia tlous. It is. perhaps th6 one de-
" ,:Lr ' " inus appro" licious food In the world that-is not
priated
After the manner of corporations in
dealing with the people,' the railroad
declined to doso. The controversy is
now in court. A similar depredation
was made by the railrmi in. Cow
litz county,, Washington, some years
ago. 1 The old . route of the county
Injurious.
ALICE. WEST
if
E SUSPECT ' that Alice :Wes
who runs a40-acre farm not
far from Bandon Is more fore
sighted than some other farm'
road between Woodland and Kalama ers of whom we have heard. She
was, for. some distance, . assimilated is :going to. plant more.; potatoes this
by the corporation, and the people year than last
were put . to the expense of building Like other farmers, ..Mrs. --West', was
a new road over the foothills. disappointed In the. price of potatoes
The new road, badly laid' out and last fall and winter; She had de
constructed, .now forms. -the worst pended upon assurances that the re-
part of the Pacific highway between turns would be handsome. As a mat-
Portland -and Seattle. But the subse- ter 6f fact, they were pitiful, or
quent history ot me twg cases is not would have been if she had dumped
tne same. Lane county took the her crop on the market
wrong into court. The commissioners But, being a woman of brains, she
or Cowlitz county, for some reason fed the potatoes to her pigs and thus
never made public, meekly submitted retrieved the situation. She fattened
to the depredation. - id hogs, last winter. oV potatoes for
the most narL We learn these inter-
The proviso that the four big ex estinsc circumstances from the Coos
press companies which have Joined Bav Times. The same oancr savs
hands and hearts will separate again that I Mrs. West expects a good croD
after the war may beguile the simple, of potatoes' this season.;: If the mar-
wisrr. Drams win reflect how diffi- ket price is low again she will have
cuu u is to unscramble eggs. Econ- another pen of pigs to consume them.
omisis tell. us that the express com- . Mrs. West' has a ' family of five
panies ape a ; parasitic growth upon I children! but - she finds time. after
The Thing That Menaces
the Free Peoples
From the London Observer.
Mr. Kipling has done good service by
recalling the mind of the nation to the
stern realities of the times, as well as
by reminding us that we are fighting
for the elementary decencies of life.
It is civilization against barbarism, the
man against the thug. If the demo
cratic Idea for which the allies are con
tending goes under, "the Hun Ideal, the
Hun's root-notions of life, will take Its
place throughout the world. Under that
dispensation man will become once more
the natural prey, body and goods, of his
better-armed neighbor. Womaifi will be
the mera instrument for continuing the
breed, the vassal of man's lust and
man's cruelty ; and labor will become
a thing to be knocked on the head If it
dares to give trouble and worked to
death If It does not. And from this
order of life there will be no appeal, no
possibility of any escape."
s a -a . .
We trust the British worklngman
will note these dismal but veracious
prophecies. - It is most true, aa Mr.
Kipling says, that "we are fighting
against It hours a day. forced. labor
under the lash or at the point of the
bayonet, with a dog's death and a dog's
burial at the end of It." Does anybody
doubt this? Let him read the history
of the war; how Germany has dealt,
for example, with Belgium and Serbia.
As Mr. Kipling says, nine-tenths of these
atrocities have never been published.
Only recently a few of the more grue
some thuggeries perpetrated on the
Serbian people have been revealed by
speakers in the Austrian parliament.
Let -the doubter also recall what was
known of the Prussian before the war.
We all knew him more or less. Did we
ever anticipate that when "the day"
came, he would prove in -warfare
Bayard of courtesy and chivalry? With
the additional material for Judging the
Prussian character afforded by the war,
can .w be !n doubt ' of - what would
happen to us and the world If the "great
blonde beast." or. In Mr. KMd'i words.
The iO-Year-Old Recruit
Houlton,. Or.. May 6. To the Editor
of The Journal Please inform me
through The Journal what the govern
ment statistics are In regard to the
percentage of men at the age of 40
years being able to pass the physical
examination for war service as com
pared with men of 21 years.
Also please state whether the gov
ernment has officially stated that there
is a possibility that men of 60 will be
drafted in the present war.
SUBSCRTBKR.
(Colonel deorfa S. Toons, United fltatm
Army, state that not over 5 mr eent of men 40
year and abora who apply (or enliatmant In tha
United SUtaa army are rejected. On tha other
hand, the percentace of -rejection (or men within
the usual enltatment ace runs (rom 10 to IS per
cent. Thia rather aurpriainc atatement ia ex
plained by Colonel Toanc in sayins that tne i-ot-crnmcnt
receiTea men of 40 or more (or enlist
ment only when they hare some prior military
serrica, and that men who have bad military serv
ice and nndar army discipline have learned to
care for themselves phjnrirally and ara usually in
vary sood physical condition. The aovernmvnt
has not officially stated that there is a possibility
of drafting men 00 yean of age for service In
the present war.
An Affair at Orrgon City
Oreaotv Cltv. Or.. Mav S. To h vrl
Itor of The Journal Please allow me
space to answer the Morning Enter
prise of Oregon City, which seems
peeved because the citizens lrt mass
meeting at this place voted their dl
approval of an officer beating up some
of the citizens without any cause what
ever, and it seems that a few who are
Interested . some In certain Interests
against law and order sent a petition
to the governor asking him not to fire
this cop, and said he did Just rlcht.
rney ciaim too names on the petition
out it has been discovered that about
13 win be plenty of the names they rot.
and lots of these were strangers, and
not a voter, and some of them can't
talk English. The public should know
bout sides of this matter.
, BEX DAVIS.
PERSONAL MENTION
i Will Visit . Camp Lewis
A. ; G. Jackson of the United States
forest service, left Thursday morning
for Camp Lewis, where he -will talk to
the soldiers on government forest work
and the activities of the forest service.
r ..... ... Returns From Washington '
T. J. Geisler has returned from an
extensive trip to Washington aitd other
eastern cities in connection with pat
ent cases In which he Is counsel.
' Beverly Griffith in City
Beverly Griffith of Universal City.
Cat, Is feeling the amusement pulse of
tha fickle amusement loving people of
Portland to learn what kind of moving
pictures they would rather see. He is
staying at. the-Imperial. -We desire to
give them .what they . want and bone
I what they want will be sood for. them,"
TT4-Nir T v- l ttr t Tl IV copyrifui. iin.
"Claud! ne. Andrie. Lou ine. I are at war. so rsrely will you see men with the National Biscuit company In
cnicago. out shortly artrr coming to
Portland" three and a half years ago,
decided, with his two sons, daughter
and himself, to bank the profits himself.
Their Industry has paid. With four of
them working with one end In view,
each skilled, there could be no other
result. This war. has. however, broken
the quartet. W. A. Ross. 27, oldest of
"DON'T KISS ' ME" European in
fants are protected from infections dis
eases by a little placard hung around
their necks and Inscribed, "uon i kisj
me." The 100.000 American Infant lves
to be saved between April 8 and the
same date a year hence In the "chil
dren's day" movement Inaugurated by
the children's bureau of the United
States department of labor may require
a similar device.
In the European propaganda stereop
ticon pictures have been exhibited, first
showing the face of a good-looking
young girl, seemingly wholesome and
harmless, and then showing the doctor
upturning her lip and revealing a syphi
litic sore on Its Inner surface. Not long
ago a young girl In Boston developed
what she thought was a cold sore. It
looked so malignant and h-ing on so
long that she consulted the doctor, who
pronounced it syphilis. She worked in
one of the big department stores, where
a floorwalker had kissed her. He was
examined and found to be in the actlva
stages of this horrible disease.
In "The lothers Manual" Dr. Cool
tdge 3ays : "Never under any circum
stances allow the baby to.be kissed on
the mouth. Tuberculosis, diphtheria and
many other dreadful diseases sre con
tracted In this way."
Kissing Is the expression of an In-
K.r.n ImhiiIu am ll mm mM hlmul.
so any crusade against the "microbe- ! lh bo"- h J0'" th "or" ?
laden kiss." such as that In America of
now a marine, at present stationed at
Kan Kranclsco. and the father. S. Is
taking the world easy. But these trifles
do not stop the business, as the five
men and 12 girls working upstairs will
testify. The building Is two stories, "i
by 100 feet, and yet Is too small for
their convenience.
a few years ago. In which men joined j
an "antt-klssing league" and put them- :
selves on record as believing the kiss j
to be "an unnecessary act of affection"
and a "criminal and unhealthy habit." j
and pledged themselves never again to
kiss wife, daughter or anyone what so-
ever any such movement Is destined J The annual output la about I6&.000.
to speedy failure. Nevertheless, moet ' but In these times would be muih above
human mouths are reeking with bac- this were It not restricted by the gov
terla. A scientist estimated as many as ernment to 10 per cent of the sugar con
1.140.004.000 in one neglected mouth that 1 sumed for the year. ending with Novem
came under his observation. Common ! ber. 117. Asked If honey could not be
colds, sore throats, measles, whooping i substituted. H. C. Ross replied : ."No..
cough, pneumonia germs of all such
diseases may be carried by the mouth.
The carrier may not be sick himself but
may pass on the disease to others.
Children have a high susceptibility to
except In limited quantities. Honey will
answer for flavoring, but there is no
body to It. It will not stand up after
boiling. Then, we bought honey two
and a half years ago for I cents a
Infection, so that kissing habits that pound, and 11 months ago at from to
may be harmless for healthy adults j I cents. Today It Is selling at from
may be fatal for babies.
Tomorrow: The Chlorotlc.
he said. "Heavy, sordid pictures sre
not taking hold as are dramas with
comedy Interspersed. People also like
to see patriotic plays."
"Singing Logger" at Oregon
Harry Melrose, the "singing logger
of the Northwest." is visiting in Port
land and Is a guest at the Oregon. His
baritone voice has delighted fellow
workers in many camps In Oregon
and Washington. In answer to the
question, "Why don't you go on the
stage." he used to say he would rather
sing to the ringing accompaniment of
the faller's ax, but now. he says that
"Uncle Sam can do without singers at
this time better than he can wtthout
loggers to get out shin timbers."
a a
30,000 Training in Philippines
"Filipinos are proud to Je called
Americans and are eager to get In the
fight 'over there.' " said Wallace Mln
ters of Manila, who is staying at the
Multnomah hotel. A few years ago
their attitude was more or less hostile
toward the United State. Soon they
will have nearly 30.000 fully equipped
and trained for the war."
Don't Waste Potatoes Is His Advlre
"Buy all the potatoes you can next
week, but do not buy inem jusi u gei
them off the market." advised Thomas
Nor good of Spokane, registered at the
Benson. "Waste has no part In the
potato week program. There are a lot
of people who will welcome the gift of
a sack of potatoes If you get too many
on hand."
Mayor Wph in City
Mayor James Rolph Jr.. and Mrs.
Kolph of San Francisco are guests at
the Portland noitft.
C. R- Bromoeombe of Seattle Is an ar
rival at th Nortoma.
J. E. Beeks of Wapato. Wash-, Is a
guest at the Perkins.
Mr. and Mrs. George W. Sanborn of
Astoria are guests at th Benson.
E. J. Griffith of Seattle Is staying at
th Portland.
O. R. Roberts of Eugene Is among
th guests at th Imperial. . J .
Mr. and Mrs. J. Ju Hopengner of
Sheridan. Or., are arrivals at the Carl
ton. J. D. Smith of Cleveland is registered
at the Benson.
Mr. and Mrs. P. T. lhl of Yakima
are staying at the Cornelius.
Thomas Jackson of San Francisco Is
among the arrivals at the Multnomah.
Kurt Krlmpaer of Chlco. Cal., Is reg
istered at the Oregon.
Timothy Denton of Tucson. Arts.. Is a
guest at the Cornell ua.
Mr. and Mrs. Wallace Fisher of Chi
cago are guests at the Multnomah.
Thomas Nelson of Astoria is a guest
at the Carlton.
Mr. and Mrs. D. A. Hatfield, of New
Orleans are arrivals at the Washington.
H. A. Ket tne r of Raymond. Wash.. Is
registered at the Norton la.
S. L. Pel of Camas, Wash., is a
guest st th Washington.
Charles Vaughn of Ileppner Is at th
Norton la.
Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Sutherland of Ta-
coma are staying at th Washington.
T. A. Fraxler of Berkeley Is a guest at '
the Imperial.-
22 to 23 cents. The apiarists do not
forget profit a My latest advices are
that bees are doing businesa on the old
peace-times scale, and that the honey
In the flower has not risen In price but
these are not members of the human
family and have not been schooled In
profiteering. Ice cream manufacturers
can dae honey for sweetening, and It
tastes fine, but candy makers never
have discovered a substitute for the
product of the cane and beet. W all
are using greater quantities of nuts,
however. Nut candy Is nowtth thing,
and only by liberal mixing of peanuts,
pecans, walnuts, etc.. can our output
In pounds be maintained. And then we
employ more molasses than when sugar
was plentiful."
a
This factory specialize on chocolate,
chief of which Is the Maraschino, twin
of a French production. In all there
are M varieties of these sweets. Th
management caters to a high class of
trade. '
' Tomorrow : Article No.
series: Purdln Brothers.
107 of this
Olden Oregon
In 1131 First Band of Real Settlers
Started West.
Th first band of Americans to start
for Oregon with the single purpoe of
settlement and occupation was organised
at Peoria. IIL. In 1333. It consisted of
II persons, and was known as th "Ore
gon Dragoons." Th party split up In
th Rocky mountains. Th first on to
srrtv In Oregon was Robert Short,
who reached his destination In 1340. He
was followed later by 81dsy W. Smith.
Joseph Hoi man. Amos Cook, Francis
Fletcher. R. L. Kllbourn and - T. J.
Farnham. th leader of th party as It
started out. Alt became among th
most resolute and nrgetle of th early
settlers, except Farnham. who, taatead
of raising th American flag, aays
Short, and turning th Hudson Bay
company out of doors.' accepted th gift
of a suit of clothes and a paaaag to th
Sahdwica Island.'
War Information
- Complete Accurate
Official! Prepared by the Committee on
Public information, and to B
Obtained, for the -most prt. Tree.
The eovrraawist mi the Carta States, taet
Ota aala asay saw the trot aaowc Use
war aa we aawratleej-. ts luaias a acrtaa
ef pwfettcatieea m4 Utm aery hishaat vakaa e
ag patrteta.'
Tkaae raaapbtets. mm ef tWsa ef n 11
an Ma -ohtate. aaay he ohataea aswsas frwa.
la thla apeea jram Say e day the aahjaet
Matter ef these pepJrU w he Mtaat.'
aa the prteaa ef these aa seat free wOl he
eute. Bat aa aey reset, aothias aea he
eat for asiia, They eaet the nslsi
the hate price stated, BetMac at aa
. 1 "Ubor and the War?' :
rrasfVmt WlVwa's Address e the Asaerksa
ysdWratiea ef laher at feaUala.
. T.. Ks.ssaliir IX. Hu. T. ,
' TMa paasphW ia ef the -Leyatty Leaflet"
airtaa. whscfc ere disiras fee the hwsy Me
ec wosaes wfce waeta the tm porta st tarts
ef the war sad the t'enad Iketea' perttai
Sstfcaa fcr M pv a amply, tevseiy a a feerthly.
Thia arm he asa tree, else e-tae trse. ee
iiieaiC hy aaltsMtag : Cewatitte ee rM
laieraaUaa. 1 iechaoa fleca. Washing taw.
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