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TriB OREGON DAILY JOURNAL. P -ORTXAND, MONDAY, 'JULY 23, 1,918. !1 AW IKDtmDtKT KEWIFATXB a S. JACKSON , .KnblWhe rublih4 every day, ittinm and BonHM - . cept Sunday afternoon) at Tbe Jonrnel Bntld- in. Broadway sad Xasuull Ueete. Portland, y Oregon, .y . - tCatered at th poetaffle at Portland. Orwm, for tnnnniMioa Utronsb tha meile at atoona daM matter. . . TgLEFHONES r Main 717 Horn A-60U . AH departments reached by the number. TeB the operator what department 7m want. JXKEIG1 ADVSBTISINO BErBESENTATTVB Bltni Kantaor Co . Bruaawtck Batldtnc. J 'S5 mth avenue. Maw Xork. S00 Mailer ; BoUdina, Caioasa, - ?ubertptloa tana by mill, or to.aay ed&ree to ,. the United But or Mexico r ; OalLXr (MOBNIHO OB ATTIBHOpN) - One year.. 15.00 Ona month $ .BO SUNDAY On year S2.B0J One month $.35 OAJLT tMOBWINO OB AFTKK.NOON) . XSD u -; 8CNOAT One rear. .'. .'. .ST.tO Ona month. ,,,.1 . we ara champion of thou cations whieh . bar aot bad tha military itandint which would enabla tbem to compete with tba atronceat nation in tha world, and t look forward with pride to tha tlma which 1 hop will com when wa can ia nbtntil aridaaea not only that w do not want any, thing oat of tint war, but that wa would not - aacvt aaythina out offit, that tt to b- anlately oate of diatntaTaited action. An if yam will watch tha attituda of our people 9ov will a nothing itira them ao daaply a tha aaearanee that thla war. aa tar a w ara concerned, to for tdealtotio object.- Woodrow Vlleon. RIVETS AND BOLTS EVERY rivet and every bolt Portland worker puts into an American ship is a blow for the uettermeiit ai woratus .cuuui- ttlons. throughout the world. If you ask why, George Perkins, a (fellow worker and a labor delegata .ihAo an international labor conference ield -in Europe Just before ; the war, answers , you on this pae. Mr. Perkins names Germany as the "oppressor of workers. The kaiser "wanted wages kept low so German products . could compete. Jn distant markets. The effect was to beat down wages In other countries. - U Germany intimidated" and coerced 'labtr. It spied on labor. It policed labor meetings and suppressed free speech. When all these methods failed, autocracy tried to corrupt la bor, misleading it by lpsldlous prop- I a J i sganaa, ieenuig 19 raise up iaise leaders and using the power of money and Influence to debauch. thoe who-sought to - mitigate the condl tjons of . the' workers. . Ambassador Gerard has told 4 us about the beggarly .wages in ;Ger many. . The National CJvlo Federation has given us recent wags statistics. In ' March, 1914, the -average -dally wage of men in various German in dustries was: t Metal industry, 11.32 per day; en gineering, $1.28; electrical, 91.24; stone working and pottery, fi.07f , food, drink and tobacco industries. It 126; leather and rubber. $1.20; fKrnpp workers, $1.20; engineers and conductors on state railways, 70 cents per day; hard coal miners. I $334 per year; soft coal miners, $207 per year; copper miners, $271 per !year; Iron miners, $2G6. In 1908 the German statistical of J flee reported that the necessary liv ing expenses of an average German family was $531.70, while the actual Income of the skilled workers was $373 and of unskilled workmen $310. r The deficit In the family budget was mads up by the work of the jjwomen and children. The wage of the women was less than half mat . 'paid men In the same work. Women i metal workers received 49 cents rday, a woman chemical worker 55 cents a day. and so on. In 1913 it was officially, reported that one third I of the. economic labor of the German i empire was . performed by women -and that .one t woman out of every twft earned her own living. Children worked by the hundreds 1 01 tnousanas. me nours of every body . were eight to 12 per cent tlpnger than-in Eugland and 10 to i34 per cent longer than' in1 America. j ' Housing conditions were bad. The , t Berlin census of 1900 'showed that Uover fifi per cent of the city's popula tion lived In rented dwellings, mostly ' In tenements . of . the barracks sort, ht has been stated on good authority ' -that 55 - per. cent of the families n )Berllh live In one room. The typi cal dwelling for workers is a two room flat accommodating a family of four'; to- six .people with lodgers often added. -Similar conditions xlst. In other German - cities." Jn Dussel dorf, often.: praised; for Its working men's- houses; vonji fourth '-of the workers' families in 1910, lived in one and two-room flats ; ; There has been much , propaganda ! about German ' pensions. ; Here are some of tthemt' . I. Sickness 'pension', - less, than- $1 a week ; old age pensions. 75 cents ' a week; averig4 widow's pension, 35 cents a week.-" These facts in connection with 'Mr. PerklnsVartlele tfn this . page,, show why every, rivet and every bolt; put by an American worker into nev ship is a blow for the liberation f workert 4 throughout' the. worldt bloy 1 for , thet abolishment ..of , pau- . jr ; wagjs,"" blow .to take 'from autocracy the power :.4o longer in- ilimldate, browbeat,-spy upon and by armed., might ; hold workers, la t feudal subjection - . . . n Drive the rivetg . borne and make the bolts staunch. f 'One of the remarkable Institutions In America has been the hobo Hotel de Luxe, 'r In Chicago,, where tho down-and-out could ' get a clean and comfortable night's lodging for -'- 10 cents. It was a practical example of the brotherhood of man. Its owner, Charles O. Dawes,, now an engineer somewhere in France, .In harmony with the spirit of the present Ameri ca, has converted it into a clean cheap hotel for ; sailors and soldiers only. Thereby, the higher need of the more important man is recog nized as dt should be. , - WHEN WBvWINCaE,;i.'i,.v B ALL wince at the high food Price. , ; jf --y '.-, , They are high. But to what altitude.' might they not "havo ascended except; for 'the constant ef forts of "the food administration : to eep them within bounds? . . .? , 'Then, there are" the food "prices" '.to other countries.; Take " Holland. ; Beef there. is $2 per pound; pork, $1.10; sugar, 30 cents; coffee, $1.80: tea $3; butter, $1.75;' cheese, 90 cents; soft coal, $24 jec ton; hard coal, $30.. These are prohibitive prices for all but a few people. Th carpenter In Holland on a.wage of 45 cents an hour cannot -afford beef at $2 a pound or coffee at $1.80 per pound. The fainter on a wage of 32 'cents an hour cannot consume butter ex tensively at $1.75 per pound or tea at $3 per pound. In America, we do npt always realize how fortunate we are In com parison with millions In other lands. Austrians by the thousands standing all .night in line at Vienna, waiting for a beggar's weekly allowance cf meat andbut one in 10 receiving a ration, is example of the heart break ing conditions In some, of the Euro pean countries. Nine out of 10 starving Austrians turned away without a meat allow ance that comes but once a week Is In striking contrast with the. ample food and well filled larders In Ameri can homes. How thankful we should all be that conditions with us are no worse I The profiteering claim agent has appeared at Washington to help, he says, "-expedite payment ?ot war risk insurance to relatives of dead sol diers. The Journal's Washington correspondent warned Journal read ers against them In an article which appeared In the paper Frluay, July 26. Men who propose to profiteer over the grave of a dead soldier seem to have no senses of human depravity. " '" - r - - y ikr r, " 1 " y V Tj THE AIRPLANE I HE Imperial progress; of the air plane ; is certain-5 to raise some nice points of law.' Suppose, tot instance, an airplane gets into trouble 10.000 feet up in the air and is obliged to descend hastily. The aviator cannot choose his landing place. He has to land whero the'force gravity ordains. It may be In a field of wheat. It may be In the Misses Primly's front parlor. In any case, damage will be done. Who is to pay for it? Must the aviator pay for what ho could not help? Must the Misses Primly stand, their loss? Is the fall of a flying machine what the lawyers call "an act of God" for which nobody Is answerable in dam ages? I Question" of this sort hold out to 6ur legal lights a fascinating pros pect. Many centuries were consumed by the courts in "settling" the 14w of maritime trade. Will it take as many to settle the law of trade in the. sky? No doubt much pf the old law will melt away. New law will take its place. Already the- old binding force of contracts is vanishing in some courts If not in ; others. Would Imprisonment' In the peni tentiary for life re too severe a sen tence for those New York, profiteers who stole army beef and sold It to the navy? Soldiers are "court mar- tlaled and imprisoned for. life or even backed up against a wall and shot for less' serious offenses. War makes plunder of the government a more serious offense than in time of peace because in war, profiteering is moral treason. " , BRUTE FORCE W HAT has become of the brute force doctrine we used to hear so much of in the years pre ceding the war? 'it was a great favorite In one of. "our local newspaper offices. We heard rem larly from that fount of wtRnw mat -after all Is said and rtnnn when you get down to brass tacks soua pnysical force rules the world." Tne same dogma Issued from hun dreds of more or less Inspired offices i and brains. It was dinned into our v ears so constantly, that many f were harried into admitting it though ' they : knew it was false. During the last four years brute physicals force , has harl: an . excellent cnance tK show" what " it could " da toward ruling the world. ?i At . the ; beginning of thos four years physical force, unvitlated by the shadow of an Idea; was dominant in Russia, it had a big trmy. at Its : command. i had a thoroughly trained priesthood to do its will. It had a - cowed and submissive, peas entry tumbling under the knout.. -1 There hever was a more". Imposing W exhibition ' ct all-dominant physjpal force. If it can rule the world U wwqmv ar m w aVVU sw Q VA w'im i p What happened? An . idea swept I through tha air, the Idea of;democ-j racy, equality, human brotherhood. I The Idea "was given to' the world J two thousand years ago and had I also declared that wnile women en been the plaything 4 o'f tyrants ever! dure cold, better than men, they -can since. In Russia it assumed flesh and blood, . Physical force vanished j before H like a picture from a screen. 5 - , Germany believed that physical i force, unadulterated, brutal physical force, ruled the world. In that be-lis lief Germany spent 50 years building susceptible than men to lead poison up' an army devoid of any iueal but Ing the effects are shown in their easily savagery, iter army mei 1 the idealism of. France and -the purl- tanism of; England on the stricken Held. The shock was frightful. But through. Idealism held its own. I In the darkest day of the struggle a new idealism came to the rescuo. I It was the pure faith in democracy of the people of. the United States, Their, faith overcame inertia, greeJ and treason. It assembled and dis- ciplined great armies. It..bullt ship, It fired the nation to incredible et- ertion and sacrifice. Physical force" conquers when it becomes the set- vanf of the -ideal. Serving "; nothing but Itself; It weakens and rots. Every time you pay a six cent fare you pay tribute to a broken contract, a contract ! that pledged you a five cent fare, a contract that in morals is as sacred as the constitution of the United States, which ' undertakes IO guarantee me SKU)llliy OI con- tracts, slavery time- you pay a six . ' ' " " 1 , " cent fare YOU are Victim Of thd .. .. . I 1 ;i 1 : ,w -..km- I ic5iub Hugger -uiuegci, mo J""""; service Commission's hOCUS pOCUS , ...... .... , . , , and judicial legislation Which de- . j il. n.-ii-.j 1 pnved tbe people of Portland or 1 Uielr five Cent fare contract Without their consent. URGING HIGH PRICED SUGAR rnnCj wy w eep too muon I sugar from being consumed I fn i for sugar to go up in price. even if lt Is 20 or 30 cents a pound, and it will automatically. reg ulate itself." This was the astounding declara tion of Senator Penrose on the floor of the senate recently. It is the ... , very argument the sugar trust would have made If it had been senator. Give the sugar trust full rein In ..,. . .... boosting the price and presently lt will-go to such-high figures that less sugar will be consumed. It ....u ..'u. v. - v. . , j vyui ucu iufc tue iew wuW ouuiu prornl8e , mm aut0cracy. such as -is afford to buy sugar at sky prices typified by tha present German govern COUld go On using iL but the great ment. is defeated -in a finish fight and Unass. of population .would be deprived of it. MeanwhUti7e sugar :monop- J oiwuuiujia Sivcu iuu .uppuriuuiiy i for profiteering in a great, necessary f lifo. " 7 ' I n-Vi m t. - u"u otu a. arraignment of- the- efforts of 'the the representatives "of the organ government to regulate food prices ized labor movements of the other na through the food administration. Re- tlona. I went aa a poor man resolved , . - . . to make the trip just as cheaply as pos ferring to the men called by the Bible because labor has no money -to president to deal witn rood and other economlo problems brought on by the war. Mr. Penrose characterized ZrTot cSnSzZi those officials as "upstarts abso- fined with supposed leaders of the a lutely ignorant of the duties confided bor movement of Germany. They were to them." . .,1 Senator Penrose is admirable In his brutal frankness. But what if a man of his views were president of the ttt,) Cfoa wiTt it h;D United . States? What, if his kind were In majority in congress? . I The rood administration IS the gOV- a.mmmw- a Y.MMs. ...tw cj.i.cms cuu.i in reacn 01 au oonsumers ana to pr5- t vent profiteering In food necessaries I rfnrtn th. war- Tt la h S v Tiw-a aw QVI VIM ment's endeavor to protect consum ers against coffee - at 91.80 a pound and sugar at 30 cents a pound, the present prices in Holland. Tne Penrose atmuae seems un thinkable, and yet there Is his re cent speech with its remarkable plea I for high priced sugar. There is not a reason In the world why the North Bank tracks should not be used for a satisfactorv and amni nassftnirpr traffin hfttwppn Port. . 1 0 . . . land -ana Linnton. rine road was .... built -for service. It ought to be tnr. httv mpvIm fa na.H.H , ; , . i 7 , especially in serving Industries en- gaged in war worr. It ought to be easy to solve the Portland-Linnton transportation passenger problem by 1: 4 th, ,nii.n.tt!.. i-1 - IV.-t 1 caarge 01 ui jicm.. WOMAN Vi INDUSTRY HE entrance of woman under the T Stress of war Into many voca- tions ana iraaes wnicn navel heretofore been filled by men only, suggests the question' how fart un wnmon . cafelv an 'intn mh ' in. 1 oupation. without endangering phys- ical health and indirectly the welfare f0r treason. The same thing has bap Of the ' future! race. ' r r ' - pened on other occasions. The German prf Alice Hamilton, of the United States bureau of labor statistics. In a recent bulletin, -says there is no par- tlcular reason why certain - occupa- tions; should always have been rele- i j , gajed to omen instead of men or tne reverse in ouier occupations. , She finds, however, that there Is . nA nf ctnriv In rfAt.minln. . a field f of study in determining Just how great a weight woman should) be allowed to lift in the course of rlsv's work The Pennsylvania H - day s worg. 1 ne Pennsylvania de- parwrren 01 10 or, - wuicu nas pe?n making -tests, is in favor Ofj fixing 13 pounds as the maximum weight the average woman should he al- towed to lift contingent on the nurn - ber of. times during the ; day she should be, required - to make the effort.,' . , t -- Dr Hamilton . declares that- women do. not stand continuous nffht work wclL Women do not, she . further asserts, endure .Ions' hours as well Miviif wxaa aw v a their, work." The skeleton and muscular system of the woman is not so well adapted as that of man, to standing, -It . Is not suffer beat as well. Coming to those Industries . where injurious substances are to be. ban died. tt. Hamilton says that ' women do not seem to - be - more easily af I f ected than men . except where lead used. While women are not, more oiisprmg. Dr. Hamilton suggests, howeve?, that it would be a mistake to shut women out from such industries. be eliminated. So many passengers are riding on Portland street cars that the company cannot handle all the business. The corporation cleaned up more than a cool million in net profits on Dghting and power last year. In spite of t all. the public service commission and the Oregon supreme court are forcing the people of Portland, over their ballot box protest, to pay the comoany a six cent fare over a LABOR'S STAKE IN THE WAR By George W. Perkins rnor W. Perkina. a worWutman. who waaa rwpriiLAi. Labor at a treat world contra of Ubor or- ninization nDresenUUTei at Zurich. Switzerland. . .J .U. . . A, In 1918. contributed- to tha Labor Clarion o( May 17,118. the article here reproduced, remarkable i0nti'th S' imrnmnu in respect m 11a ui:iijo uaw, orer German Ubor. aa well aa ef the hypocrisy wiin wmcn 11 naa neia out w we wmtu iuo BretnM th.t Ubor to unnny wa faired b- that in any other una on eann. Why Is American organized labor so unanimously supporting the government in its war to a finish against autocracy? If all of you who read this article had been with me in Germany the year be- lore tne great, war Droxe out, you woum hv n0 need ask- You would have een. as I saw. autocracy at work, ln- timldating a and coercing labor, spying on it, policing its meetings, suppressing free speech. When all .these -methods failed, you would have seen, as I saw. autocracy trying to corrupt labor, mis leading it by insidious propaganda, seeit- lng to raise up false leaders, and using h? of n entl SjiSa. debauch those who seek to mitigate the condition of the workers You would have, returned, as I did, thankful to be Permitted to live in a land of freedom and democracy, and resolved, as I was, lr ever our lib.rUes were menaced by the powers of autocracy, to fight to the ath; to work to the limit; to make every sacrifice, and to accept-no com- lJ!! 1 arth.T x Went-toEurSpe in (be early falLipf 1913 as a representative "of the American Federation of Labor to the world s oon- gress the International reaeration or TTr.ln .t 7urkh. Switzerland. spend on the junketings of its repre- entatives. I went there for work, not not delegates, but, somehow, they were mere, -lueji ci nui iwi iucii, way they spent money was any indica- tlon. They seemed to have unlimited fund8- Tnelr mls!?lon seemed to be to spend money. We have always supposed that the "Dutch treat" originated in Germany, but somehow these men from wermany Beemea never 10 Jiavo ncaru Ol ll. X I1C II ouiej a. i Hi, ayyai cntij , waw to wine and dine the representatives of other countries. They would invite a man to. luncheon or dinner, on the pre text that they wished to consult him on some Important matter. Hev would find, as I found more than once, that the matter rwould be Just about as im portant as the question of whether ad journment should be taken at 12 o'clock or five minutes to 12. In fact, it often would be hard to discern any mat ter at all which would warrant this sud den manifestation of friendship and In terest. . But the conversation always drifted around to the interests of Ger many in the world. Its superiority, and the utter futility of anyone standing out Mint it. The aim. atmarentlv. was to make friends for Germany. It took the world war; however, to reveal the f" meaning and extent of what these . .n rlrlirinir mt XThn 1 uiuuuauuiaw " v - - --. o - ,t to paying the check, some of these Germans were there with bells on. ! I don't know where they got the money Just go and look in on. the headquar- ,om ef the German unions, or 1 visit the homes of some of the German workers, and see if you think they got " - For vears before this war broke out, un uicw , of -world had been to prevent in ternatlonal strife by general strikes In case of wars of conquest At-a meeting several years ago' of the miners repre sentatives from many lands, an English 4.ut, nmnosed a resolution rjrovidtnr that in the event of a war ornggression tne miners wv JMF STZZSXZ was even Introduced they would have to withdraw, for if they even sat In a meet- TJSfi LTLZ 7Zu& tSSriJS wttn any proposal to interfere with, their I government's plans ior woria conquest. or f ace a nruig squu . M personal experience while studying th labor movement in Germany was ,ch M to mak me more than ever ab- solutely and unquaiiiieaiy tack up our government In this war. I found abso- lUteiy no aemocracy in uerraan larior movment No meeting of'workingmen could be held tn Germany without gov- eminent ponce supervision. ;.o one 1 could speak In foreign tongue at any Ubor meeting, without first submitting bis speech to the autocratic government. j having it censored, and being given a' ttZStZZTSLJZ j caUed for organization purposes, because 1 1 would first have had to submit in writ- K AL'TIJS!! .-..iPX .wfuia I Piue penciled by some representaUve of an"autocratlo government, and translated nto English for the kaiser's minion (tws 'red tar- ruia: nave ;ten gone throutrh -with, tha .day tor tb meeUnc would hnva paaaad. If X bad conneaud to try to 479 through with It at au. v - ' For rears. In Germany, formation of labor 'unions was absolutely prohibited. Workers had to meet ncrtly, and In lmminant peril of arrest. ' When tha Oer- man covernment finally saw the worker could not b intimidated -In thla way, it I STuacingriy (ranted permiamton to organ- f . lze. but under so many reetrlcUona that anr true exnreeaion at labor's alma and I "5re?wL toSblZ Our forbears disputed the demands of king, and potentate.. Rebelling agalnat reugioua intolerance and social Injustice, they started our first great war. It was successful. The second great crisis of our nation brought on the war for the elimtnaUon pf human slcvery. ' It. too. was successfuL Now we are at an even B i caici viwt. no cli ii(aun wai democraoy, liberty and Justice shall not perish from the earth. Again we must and we will be successfuL The time for argument is past. The pacifist's cow- " rvrm vu man " i either be pro-American or pro-German ; I pro-democracy or pro-autocracy. There can be no falling back, no wavering. All of us must be heart and soul for democ- I racy and victory, or for autocracy, mill- tarism ana siavisn euDjection. Letters From the People Communication tent to The Journal for pub- HraUan in thU dDartmBt abonld be written on inljr.ona aide of tha papar. ahould nolxceed 300 word in lcncto and muit ba ticned by the writer. who mail addreat in full taort accompany tha contribution. . American Development of Dyes Portland. July 2. To the Editor" of The Journal We note in The Journal of July 28 a statement that "a Mexican ill. . vu' urn H . V ... .w I bianxet on exmomon m a store winaow pleased the La. Grande Observer.", which asKS wny we cannot use oiexican ayes in place of those we used to Import I from Germany before the war. stating that the colors are beautiful and they are fadeless. It is assumed that the observer of these colors above referred to does not fully realise that within the last few years, and especially within the last 12 months, American dyehouses. through the splendid achievements of their chem- lets, have developed dyes that are fully eoual to the highest arrade German dyes, They are meeting with the approval of the wearer and are fadeless. We doubt very much if the so-called Mexican dyes are anywhere near as eood or as fade- less as the dyes now being produced In large quantities by American dye manu- facturers. Millions of dollars have been invested in the development of rives bv I Americans, and at the present time the investment in the manufacture of dyes will probably exceed $100,000,000. I It had been argued before the war that the Germans held secrets that lt was not possible for Americans to acquire. This I nas long since been controverted, as our American chemists only needed the in- I centive and the capital to develop the finest dyes made in the world, with Xhe quantity Increasing dally as the Indus- try. develops in strength and power, America need fear no shortage of her ayes, nor for their value In strength of coior. PORTLAND "WOOLKN MILLS. E. L. Thompson. Treasurer. The Car Rider's Right Smoke Portland. July 26. To the Editor of The Journal At 1 o'clock this morning a riot was nearly precipitated when a policeman got on a special car loaded with shipyard workers returning home rom tne ounaation smpyara. About u men were on tne car, ana va 01 tnem were smoking. The policeman was go- Ing to arrest them for smoking on their special car. when cries of Throw him off,"- and "Lynch him," were heard. - A frightened look came over his face, and he beat it for the street. . I These shlpworkers are not allowed to smoke .while in the yard, for fear of lire, but as soon as they are outside at 1 a. ra. they light their cigarettes I ana pipes ana smoke, and. as 1 1 see lt, the oars, about eight in num-1 ber, to carry 1000 men. are specials for I these men and they certainly have a right to smoke on the cars if they de-1 aire. I do not smoke, but as 90 per cent or the men do smoke, and this .la the only time they have When going home at 1 a. m.. I fall to see where anyone but the workers themselves has a tight I to object. . -A. E. PETERSON. . . , , . Indorses the Greenback Idea -Portland,-July 26. To the Editor of The Journal I have Just read the let- ter of J. B. Byrnes of Kelso, Wash.. which I think has struck the keynote of our rtnanciai situation. 1 wen remem- ber, though I was a boy of only 11 years, when the Civil war broke out. and what a comrori ana reuei came over tne peo ple when that child of liberty, the greenback, was born. An Issue of $60 000,000 came forward by one stroke of a pen in the hand of that noble patriot, Abraham Lincoln, and saved the North and united our people. Let us now re- lleve the financial strain by the issue of several billions of greenbacks and make them good for all debts, both public and private. This country will back the Issue and the boys In France will re- Joice. Let us have it at once and win the war. B. O, GALLUP. n , A Prfre for Pioneers Portland, July 27. To the Editor of The Journal What was the present, and what became of It, that was to be given, to the oldest pioneer couple at the reunion? It was not received by the couple nor heard of by them. A PIONEER. not1 y.? bP..w:rth."rr 'tLt 3 nit not been determined wno ara entitled to ft. Ai eoon aa thla point la aettled. tha eoupla entitled will receive it. J PERSONAL MENTION R. E. Lawrence, a business man of Marshfleld. and Mr. Lawrence are guests at the Multnomah. V. E. Crocker of Seattle Is at th Washington. " A. H- Sprague of Eugene Is at the Multnomah. C W. Estes of Seattle Is at the Port - land. - H. I. Grayson of Astoria is at the Washington. Robert C Dennett of New Tork is at the Portland. A. B. 'Hammond, the well known saw - mill man; and Mrs. Hammond are at the Benson. C Beckman of St. Louis Is at the Ben son. T. M. Wright of Moscow is at -the Port land. Dr. George C Knott of Glendale, Or. Is a guest at the imperial. J. W. Buggless of Pasco, Waah.. is at the Oregon, Joseph Ehrman of San Francisco, con nected with the Mason-Ehrman com nany of Portland. Is at the Benson. Colonel w. tx. v- uowen or the TJnl- verslty of Oregon military training mjvSaWS aa ' f - w reStj L, reguteredathntemgencand capable race, inhabiting W.ailiirtmi. Mrs. H. M. Grant of Hood River is at the Washington. : Glen Chllds . or The Dalles Is at the Washington. ' Germany's Future Schemes ' 4 " " From tba Hew Tork Commercial , If this war results , in a - stalemate and a peace that leaves Germany free tOj press her' foreign., trade without ex acting raw materials at her own prices, her nationalised competition will be In tense, but it may have results not to the kaiser's taste.- Gervnan manufacturers COMMENT "AND SMALL CHANGE heartily and maybe 'you'll feel batter a week from today. - - - 5" ' Prf,no""f Ouroq, but aorne "vu' m vieaaurmDiw mrm oTtt CCmPny eVBn wriUn -. .- T 2 . ahlrare removed. It Vo-t VS anr difference to Germany. One can't do anr more lying than one can. can one? T lt I , hMj tSSiWn TJJJaLI S?1??! thoiSX VrZ .tl'i" cause of the detail of kitchen police duty tuai wiui lit Ul... .h7na ir VViT . .1 . . . f u" rtZ1 "un" ?St r of toecou" make.TS2 corn 0 f a-t thcihelrt! wu vunuaajni Deing mat hearing is be- lievlng. - nent th. t.T .. frlend "remirk, 'Thit the best waV to boost the nonul commedity would be to increase the f JLi, . . Bpreaa report that the coun- " J awins cottage cneese shortage. in aaiser it win h Mm.v,.i time since expressed himself of. the opin ion that the. Americans would not fight. hi miHi "n;- u.Bl con" T,. Vii,7"V "IT .I?"ur? appuea " "w.v xurce in toe rignt place. . JOURNAL MAN ABROAD By Fred I Somethlna of th hWir. f .ii SSSST fcT'ffi , JSSi? wK 'rlt . . - . -" mnc9 to crtin .htt.Hn.-. rnnin.nni. purtanant to retort hr money come tn if '" au, ana aoea euy in any arent. j Monte Carlo In all my life I have never seen so many nor such large dia monas as 1 nave seen at Monte Carlo. The women, of evenings, wear strlnrs of pearls and glitter of diamonds. One diamond necklace that I saw. in ad dltion to the diamonds that formed It, had a pendant diamond, heart-shaped. as large as my thumb naiL One woman had a necklace of smoky pearls, while her neighbor had diamond earrlnrs as large as silver dimes. As I sat watching tne crowd come and go I noticed on the floor at the adjoining table a hat pin. I picked It up. called the waiter, and handed it to him. It had on the end a smoky, lustrous pearl the size of a good slaed buckshot. If lt was Imitation lt was worth 5 franca. If it wu rmuln. it Xs probably worth 600 francs. The waiter bowed profoundly and backed away, continuing to say "Merci. Most people know of Monte Carlo only as a world famous gambling re- sort, it is that, but to me It is much more. . It is one of the world's beauty spots, and is rich In history.- This little principality Monaco of which Monte Carlo is the capital, is only a tiny dot on the map, but it takes us back to the famous Monoeci Portua, or Portus Her' culls, of the ancients. Passing over its first 1000 years, we begin to find mention of lt in history when. In 1191. Henry IV gave this rocky outjuttlng point to the Genoese. They bought the land to the rear of HOW TO BE HEALTHY By Dr. Wood natchinaoa. former Portland Phyfieias DIET IN ACIDITY AND ACIDOSIS ...-., - SOUr on anyone ,or nyln b,tter na unpl"nt experience, but less distressing than to have soniethlng sour on you, after lt has gained access to your interior. Life, as the chemist sees it. Is a sort of backward and for (ward pulsation between .two electrlo poles, the. acid positive and the alkaline negative, and, whUe neither can claim to be normal rather than the other, yet lt Is surprising now often painrui, . a is eased or dangerous conditions are asso- dated with the acid phase. We die, as the pfthy old saying has It, "for want of breath." but that air. starvation is often mainly due to acidosis, or increasing acidity of the blood, which poisons and finally paralyses the breathing' center in the medulla. Acidity of the salivary fluids of the mouth promotes the much bewailed decay and breakdown of our teeth. We have all suffered the pangs o BOUr -tomach. with Its griplngs and heartburn, and most of us the burning distress of excessive acidity of the urine, at first rlance adds and acidity WOuld seem to be always and every- where "bad medicine." and alkalis the universal curealls. But such a sweeping coriCiu,ion would be most misleading. and traders will find their profits lim ited by Imperial taxation, and new en terprises will not have a fair field be- case competition at home will be prac- tlcally eliminated. To seU at prices low enough to control foreign markets, wages must be kept down. Both classes will be discontented and the best blood left in the country will again emigrate to countries that offer opportunities for I advancement and where every workman does not carry a soldier on his back. The German government is not blind to d.r,s-er and is therefore determined to hold Russian provinces and fields for exploitation In Asia so that her young people may not migrate overseas and be lost to the fatherland. Germans bv birth or descent in lands across the MM- --ye been unable or unwilling to much for the all hlrhest in his tf- toconauer the world but he thinks be could do more with those under his thumb In Russia and the near east Hence these plans for a trade war out side of Europe and for the empire of Mlttel Europe at home. Turkish Blassacres In Palestine From tba New Tork Eveninc Port The worst fears for tbe Jews in that P" raiesuna iuu new ay me iur are being reaiiieo. very meagre out rainy convincing reports 01 orutai e- I portatlons from the nortnern jewisn 1 colonies come iutenng tnrougn tne cen- Itral powers' GouDie-oarreo gate ot cen- I sorahip. Hitherto it had always teen said that the Turks recognized a cer- taut kinship with their Jewish subjects f and would never persecute them as they 1 have persecuted the Armenians. But now the fallacy of such a statement becomes apparent. The Toung Turks in control of the Ottoman empire are animated by an Insane chauvinism which drives them to exterminate all non Turanian races within the' empire, Jews, Greeks, Arabs, and Armenians alike. And worst of all, the Germans, who mUst be practicaUy in control at pres- ent. mace no obstacle In their way, Finally, therefore, the Germans will be held responsible for these Jewish per secutions. By their policy 'of playing w'" r"!u!r:.TL?M;r Pilate they will have aroused against not loret n Wry. A Humane Statesman V From the Natknal Human Bavlew ; " - It Is of particular Interest to those who have long been shocked by the .frightful and needles slaughter connected with many national game preserves In Eu rope that the battue-shooting at ,Ram bouillet. France, has been discontinued by President Raymond Polncare. . He "Is crefllted with giving as his rr on for N EWS IN ; BRIEF OREGON SIDELIGHTS The Heppner Herald is to have' a blg- Ser and better plant than ever, to take lerjlace of the one recently destroyed Although ' there have been many re jections of drafted men at Camp Lewis recently, the Gold Beach Reporter is proud to state that . no Curry county boys have been turned back, so far. Clerk Carl Lnhart of - Corvallls. the Courier says. Is doing his part in the hay fields at Frank Whitaker's farm, the other clerks volunteering to work over time in order that Carl may be released for the farm labor emergency. More cherries and wild blackberries nave been canned In Washington county this year than for many years last cast. the llUlaboro Argus says. Both crops have been splendid, and the Royal Annas were a bumper yield. The blackberry crop was more than plentiful, and many from tbe towns made trtpa to the hills to gather this much sought for berry for canning. One of the light spots amid the gloom of those who essay to supply the mar kets with eggs is thus Indicated by the Aurora Observer's Macksburg corre spondent: "Now is the poultry-raise r'a golden time. With eggs selling at the normal winter price and the newly rearjed . fields affordlnr the feathered tribes all the food that they require, the burden of poultry feeding is for the time removed, allowing an undiminished gain. Lockley the rocky height along the shore, then owned by the Saint Pons monastery or comprised In the villages of La Turble and PelUe. Te guard their holdings they built a stronghold In 1245. During the fourteenth century a family called the Grimaldl was banished from Genoa. They settled at Monaco. They were skilled mariners and shrewd traders, and soon, through shipping and trad ing, became wealthy. By the begin nlng of the fifteenth century the Grim aldl were independent. They assumed the title of sovereigns of Monaco and made treaties, in 1421. 1424. 1438 and In 1475, with Milan and Genoa. Charles I. Duke of Savole. In 149 gave to urn bert Grimaldl a charter declaring Monaco free of obedience to any earthly sovereign. A few years later, in 1512. Louis XII of France acknowledged Us Independence, proclaiming it a sover eign state that depended alone "upon God and the sword." Later Its Inde pendence was protected by Italy. Still later, due to changes on the political chessboard of Europe, it was under the Spanish protectorate from the reign of Charles V of Spain until 1642. But Spain had no power to interfere with the government of the prindpallty of Monaco. StIU later France took tt over, but under the treaty of Peronne recog nised its sovereignty. During the French revolution Monaco saw troublous days, but in the treaty of April 20, 1814. the prindpaHty was restored to its former rulers, the Grim aldl. In 1817 a new treaty with Victor Km an u el I of Italy restored the old status of the treaty of Peronne, so that for centuries this tiny Independent state has retained its sovereignty. and. while our knowledge of acidity and acidosis, is still vague and in the mak ing, yet it is well to remind ourselves that acid conditions are produced by such . scores of different causes, . mean such totally different things and are so often healthful and natural. . that merely to say that such and such a per son has acidosis or an add tendency gives very little due to his actual con dition, or the steps necessary to rem edy It. For Instance, acidity of the fluids of the mouth often is due to fermentation of the starches and sugars of the food left between the teeth, and its best cure is the tooth brush, freely and regularly applied, with or without a dental paste or wuh. Whether this latter be acid or alkaline matters little, except that alkalis, which are great soap makers, like soda and potash (lye), are more "cleansing" In the sense that they more readily dissolve djrt and wastes, par ticularly if mixed with oily or greasy substances. Indeed, many dentists now prefer mildly acid dentifrices or mouth washes and advise ending a meal with an apple or other firm fleshed acid fruit. Tomorrow: Diet In Acidity and Aci dosis (No. 2). this departure from precedent that he Is a lover of dumb creatures and considers that pheasants, hares and rabbits at Ramboulllet have the same right to live in peace that domestic animals possess. To the American mind the shooting of semi-tame deer, driven in panic past a battery of sporting rifles, or the de struction of thousands of hares leaping madly against a net. Is lacking In the spirit of fairness Which even most sports men demand for their quarry. Humani tarians have always condemned the whole wretched business and this splen did example set by President Polncare shows that he possesses moral courage of the highest order as well as humanity In a very large degree. Jt will certainly increase the universal respect and admi ration which Is being shown him because of his strong and manly personality. Autolsts Who Cause Accidents From the Salem. Capital Journal Making the run from Portland to As toria In a little more than four hours Is the auto record of a Portland man. Since he made the trip without accident he la receiving ' considerable praise, but bad he run Into some other machine or ve hicle, or gone over the grade In his ef fort to beat-time, the story would have been different. It is Just such "record makers' who. cause- accidents and who are arraying all America Into two classes tha sooner or later wUl clash. The two are those who own autos and those who do not Utter disregard of the rights of the latter by a few of tbe former Is bound to make trouble. Nothing Toe Base for Germany from, tha Saa rranclaco Chronicle There is nothing new for Germany in the attempt to .'undermine American army morale by -circulating stories in volving the honor tf soldiers' , wives. Before : the .Italian reverse - Germany kept tip a . systematic correspondence with Italian soldiers at the front the purpose of which -was to cause deser tions by- stories of Infidelity. : A soldier would get a letter- purporting to have been signed by a man In his ' home town "and Informing: him of his wlfa'a alleged misconduct. Names and other details were given with .such a showing of truth the poor fellow could scarcely help believing .the - story. The . German reputation- for thoroughness was not obtained without ample evidence. There is nothing, to which it will not stoop, rj HowHanw Congressmen Could ? '"'..-.." From; the Washington Star -' ' V "Do, you ' know all the words of .The Star Spangled Banner?"' ' '- - v "No," admitted Senator- Sofghumr "I doubt- if -1- could repeat the Ten Com mandments accurately, either. But that fact does not prevent me from having the deepest reppect f-r tv Ragtag and Bobtail ;V?! Stories From Everywhere - 44 Boy, pae Mr. Aninlag- : " JIM MANN, was on his way back from v the conversation of tha conni n th-uA. - tioh light behind him. They looked like I ucwiy mirriM roika, but were not on i ieir noneymoon. as Mann learned by deductions, The woman laid down a newspaper she had been reading and said ' ' nuaoauta : , . t v t.Jf Tou,.knowv 1 wish X had one of these affinities. Oh. 1 think it w. : Just grand to sit on a rock with some body and have him rave about th. t- - comparable golden color of my. hair and y my eyes were the most beau- tlrul in the world, and" IYn:hn.h,,a the bnJ. yawning. A Jv111 Uct Jlk en my . Cheeks had been painted there by the angels, and that he couldn't live without me. O-oh. I think an affinity "like that would be" "Tlan't an affinity you want." Inter- : rupted her husband. "What you seem to want is a plain, old-fashioned liar' Before the Days of Hoover The late Bishop Dudley of Kentucky used to relate with much relish an araus tag experience that he once had In connection with waffles, says Youth's Companion. At a fine old Virginia homestead, where he was a frequent guest,- the waffles were always re markably good. - One morning, as' breakfast drew near an end. the tidy little linen-coated black boy who served at table approached the bishop and asked In a low voice: "Bishop, won't y have 'n'er waffle?" -" "Yea." said the genial bishop, "I be lieve i win." ' "Day aln" no mo'." said the boy. "Well," exclaimed the surprised gen tleman. "If there aren't any more waf- fles. what made you ask me If I wanted another oner "Bishop" exclaimed tha W done et Un already, and I fought yah wouldn't want no mo' 1" A Complex Sentence V A -teacher was grading some manu scripts from a pupils examination. One of the questions asked ran like this 1 "Define and give an example of a com plex compound sentence." In answering 4uWion. one pupu gave the follow ing sentence as an example: "The only saw that I ever saw saw was a busssaw down In Arkansaw " , Tne teacher is under the impression ' that the anawej was somewhat complex. Soldiers Toasts Some soldiers gave a dinner for two visitors at camp, members of a famous Canadian regiment,, who were home on sick. leave, says the Chicago Tribune. -The sergeant had been carefully coached about giving the toast, and became flus- ' tared, and this Is what be made of It: "Here's to the gallant Eighth, last on the field and first to leave IC" Silence reigned, then the corporal came gallantly to the rescue: "Gentlemen." he began, "you must ex cuse the sergeant; he never could give a toast decently; be Isn't used to public peaking. Now 111 give a toast : Here's to the gallant Eighth, equal to none." - The Woman Folk MATRIMONY Th tm of th iim bow woman baa played H i Tbo downfall of ai and woman bT nude it I A battl of brain and tha women have fouht kl , A "bargain" in aaina asd the women bare boucba it I A problem In rule and tha woman bare dam tt! Tba create of acboola and tba women bar ma Ut 1 PReien! iiTEsrrr Oh, where ara yon coin-, my pretty maid?" . waa tba quaatioa ba boldly aSoha. ' And eoikd with (1m at the Uiat aa atatd. waa replied to tba eld. eld -Jokei I am loins te rranee where tba ftalda roa red with tha blood -of the fallea brave, Ta render rach aid aa may come, by ebeaee. aad endeavor ta ittccor and aava; I'm a Ked Cro Um. and I'm . on my way, a - aund aide with yosr Jokae today. And when from tboee erimaoa laada 1 eoma 19 . take the time to enjoy your funl" And tbe mala coquette in hi new prln- nit let t the maiden pa, with a Breve aetata BUT BE CABfirtL vfHOSX FEKT : "Fonr feet on a fender ara home," eomeene mid. And no doubt be wa wiaa In hi way; But I fancy 'I were better a poteript had read: "PiA tba feet with care eomo will etrayi" uraee .. Uncle Jeff Snow Says: I don't reckon tbe trouble that Gov ernor Wlthycombe and his statesmen is up agin In try In' to stretch a three-million-dollar blanket over S4.000.000 worth of useless and otherwise officeholders can be solved so easy as It looks, but if I was in his boots I b'leve I'd ask a Whole lot of the officials to resign and then wouldn't app'lnt nobody in their places; and what with lettln' out some of the. young convicts to enlist In the army and havln' the bugs In the bug houses turned out to work on the farm, and so on, X would git by Inside the limits set by law.' However, thank the good Lord, I never was considered no statesman, and so don't have no worries .like Governor Wlthycombe and Secretary Kay. and others. Olden Oregon First Laws of Oregon Ordained With out Any Lawyer's Aid. There was not only no law but there were no law books In Oregon when the pioneers organised their government. The very first act to provide for laws rules of action adopted by the legislative committee in 1(44 shows the extreme care and wisdom of the men of slight education In laying down rules , to bind themselves and their neighbors. ' It was provided "that all the statute -law ef Iowa territory passed at the first session of the legislative assembly of said terri tory and not of a local character and -not Incompatible with the condition and circumstances of the country, shalt be the law of the government unless other wise modified! and the common law of England and principles of equity . aot modified by the statutes of Iowa or of this government and- not .incompatible with its principles shall const! tote a part of the law of the jand," The first declaration of the law -was prepared by what . was called the legislative com mittee." appointed by a public meeting of settlers at Charapoeg. May 2, If 41. It is notable that there was not a lawyer cn the commutes. .. . . ' ... y .... ' . ' Journal Journey - .. Union and Wallowa Counties Espec .-. e dally Attractive to. Anglers, ..f Union county Is a splendid, place for a' vacation. There are Hot Lake and Medical Springs, two well known' health resorts. 'Within the encircling mountains lies Grand Ronde- valley,- of - which La Grande is tbe metropolis. , A picturesque " district Is the , country about Cove. Throughout the county !s good fishlna. especially in tbe Grand Ronde, Wallowa " and Minam rivers and, la Ladd creek, Catherine creek and the streams around -Mount Emily and In the Wallowa dis trict. Hunting Is also rod In the rough country et the head of Wallowa lake as well as tn the Eagle mountains. In the fertile -valley of the Grand Ronde there ere 00 etraare tnllee nf agricul tural land,- and in all directions ar teed prosperous arms,-with wheat, cats and alfalfa crops, and. orchards of va rious, fruits. ' '. . 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