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THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, - PORT LAND. MONDAY, SEPTEMBER SO, 1918.
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USELESS EXPENSE
THE ALIEN'S OATH : OR ALLEGIANCE;
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makfl kaiser .worshippers out of half
dozen American college magnates.
ThAV Mront In ,Dlln tt t.itnnt in
JENTENOXQ a clergyman recently to . three years' iflwAt toe Ltudents e . ,nTned them
violation or the espionage act, reoerai. juAanro.tis lt0 dine with 'him, UridV behold, the
after requiring the defendant to repeat a portion of the oath, of aile- K 'TtLaim The
lance to which M Ascribed when ha beoaroe an American ct.aia. d m ne
une cju or wis oaio may ot piwu . .- --- : t trnlr 1 full Klntun tuntriii
i i a .. .UBB-innn von renounced mnd abiured 8ir0Ke a run mown, junker,
Allegiance lo Germany and the emperor or Germany, ana prorrusea you wouiui irsucB uis boi Been in me nao.i
bAAF tniA faith to the United States.; That meant that you would tow 1 0f alio win hr von no- o-irla rrnt
new oul es soon as you could and put aside your German aouL d , f .,.., nh,Hv t,. ,.
Declaring that the testimony showed the defendant had not renounced I . ,haa'h.'" 'n i ; "TI '", "mot" hf
Germany and the kaiser.: the Judge went -on to say that: t. " I them In conrents under the strictest
Tour body has been, In America nut your we naa peer ern,By of dl.fnlin,i : Krt rfrtht th .m,
.... ii. T.,.a.l. wtn wiim tu 1 n romnMU ' narmonv WIU your 1
environment and , you have influenced others under your ministry to do the custom will persist, but the ship
same thins;. . I mens or a - band to study in the
Then the Judge declared that it was partly the fault of the American United States under new and strange
people themselves that so many Germans forget their oath of allegiance J conditions of freedom does make a
and fair to become Americanized. And that is true. : breach in it.
We welcomed the German Immigrant to our .shores, gave him land.
educated his children and conferred on him the diadem of American clti- A otber material for appointment
zenship. Then we went away snd left him, except that our politician to the supreme bench, there are Judge
catered to the German vote. They maae party piauorms w eaten wb wtw w Maranneid and Judge Kelly
German vote. Unconsciously, they encouraged the Germans to group l or Albany. . Both are four-square
themselves together as a separate people, unclassified as Americans: , men, both are high minded. gentle-
In the heart of America, societies keeping the Germans separate were men, . both are substantial citizens,
organized and maintained. Some of. them, as we know now, were directed both are - Judicial stature, and bot!)
from Berlin and working In the interest of Berlin. We know now that received splendid indorsement from
they spread Germa A propaganda, further alienating them- as Americans first. 1 the people in the late primaries.
The campaigns in presidential elections in America have been carriea
ST. MIHIEL
on with a view of how they might catch the German vote, or the Austrian nUAT T PPi I ID TO
vote, and other hyphenate votes. It was not so Intended, but its Inevita-j vv na 1 LEU Ur M
ble effect was to keep the races, though American citizens, in separate and
distinct groups.
The effect was that all over the United States there were little Germanys,
iittle Austria little ltalys, little Norways and little European bailiwick j
of every name. The tendency was to encourage them to oeroetuate every-1 From th n vm RTnin pl
thing foreign. The Americans themselves helped, the naturalized aljens to emn" victory between the Meuse
forget their oath of allegiance in which the alien 'renounced and abjured art CriL.Mt!',.0l.bI!,!
Critics Confronted With Results That
Silence Captiousness.
allegiance to all foreign governments and all foreign rulers and bound im
self by sacred covenant to yield allegiance only to the United States.
HE measure for . cutting out
the delinquent tax list Is a
good one, as the money is
paid for advertising - those
- who have been unable to pay their
'taxes. It Is Worse than throwing
It away. It Is a perfectly useless
t expense."
.', This is the declaration of the
.Wallowa Reporter, published at En
v terprise, Oregon. It Is expression
of the thought that Is In the mind
of thousands upon thousands of Or
egon taxpayers, who have tried long
to have delinquent advertising abo!
Ished. It Is a statement of one of
the many' very sound reasons why
the mail system of notifying de-
llnquents should be adopted. Thf
Reporter goes on to say;
A letter from the tax collector cost
ing five cents will serve the same pur
pose as the advertising; of a tract of
land thAt often costs the taxpayer
Under the present system $3 or S4.
A newspsper has no right to ask tha
public to hold up its head through
chArlty.
This is testimony from a news
paper that fearlessly states the facts
as they are. Then, there is the tes
timony of the county Judges and
county commissioners of Oregon.
.They, unanimously adopted a resolu
tion calling upon the 1917 legisla
ture to abolish delinquent advertis
ing and substitute the mail system.
But the legislature rejected the bill
proposing the change, and. by Initia
live, it Is now submitted to the
-people.
- The people have passed numerous
measures that the legislature re
jected In the past, and they now
have opportunity to cut away the
t extravagant waste of delinquent act
ver using by voting "yes" to the
measure on the November ballot
Again the Oregonian is out with
an editorial opposing the initiative
bill which abolishes delinquent ad
vertising. Now. In order that the
people may better understand its ar
gumenta, let the Oregonian answer
Viese questions: Firsts did the Ore
gonian in four years receiye $50,758
for delinquent advertising ?( Second,
did the Oregonian in a single year
get away with 830,071 for delinquent
advertising T
this country win orefer to turn to" the
record of achievement,' attained by pa
tience, fofteslrht. hard work, a minimum
of bluster, and all tn perfect loyalty to
our allies; It was nearly two years from
the outbreak of the war;- before the Enx
Ush armies from across the narrow strip
of channel began to play a man's part
on the SoramC ' Seventeen months after
our entrance Into the war we are con-t
trlbutlnr our share to allied victory, SSM
miles from our home bate.
Letters From the People
ity. Clean-cut. simple, rapid, complete,
the only parallel that, occurs to our con-
In the past, the oath has to many been but a form of words. It has JiS
been a mere gabble of sentences, meaning nothing. The oath has not been with its one-day harvest of 16,000 prison-
the living, breathing thing of life that it ought to be, and that it must ana tne problem at St. Mihiel, was a
hereafter be. ",.cic.tted on :The
. ... .1. - . . . .... . . . . . I w.u,i iium Lilts. B01u.lt muvio wiui
But this perpetuation of German ideas on American soil, this maintain- uniform precision There was nothins-
in of Germans as a senarate and powerful grouo of Deode on American 1 of the awkward delays at isolated Doints
soil, has cost the United States a bloody price. It caused-Kaiser Wilhelm Jf av often added to-the cost
to believe that the German organizations and German Influences in America trvmth JL ToTdearrtowalL'toe
were so strong mat mis country would not dare to Tlgnt uermany. heart of the German positions the ached
There were boasts in newspapers in Germany that the German strength f, neldt n hundred and fifty square
here would prevent America frStn entering the war. There is not the off "a acUrTin lZTZaZTt?JSl
slightest doubt that "assurances were given from " America that German- ership waserfect ; the one factor upon
Americans here would be able to hold the United States out of the wnicn apprehension was legitimate has
Atrnirirff. ben eliminated. "You went to the bt-
The German government relied on that theory and went ahead with Us American "comrades." in thanking- them
diver frightfulnesa and the other indignities heaped upon" our shipping, our ,or their service in the second battle of
flag, our citizens abroad, and even upon manufacturing plants on American f? fif-mJ ericT,1?s.wou1 Z
soiL That dragged us into the war. The separation of German -hyphenates fOP rrnti fr tv. Th.t .
as a group isnow costing America thousands of .brave and useful lives, I same ardent, untamed American spirit
untold millions of treasure anr! sAnrifices . thst ststiretpr th imao-inafinn would lend itself to the patient prep
There is scarcely a doubt that if every man in America had been an Amerl- mwae? tht Aerifa!SSier.
can rirst ana naa maae me iact clear to all tne world, we would have would as soon study and measure and
been spared this war and its bloody burdens. weigh as they would fight or eat, was
True, some of our most loyal citizens in this crisis are Germans. The
same is true of many other of our naturalized citizens. Practically all "strikingly restrained" tone of Per-
mose irom nations wim wnicn we are in alliance are American to the core,
But a time has come when we should have no German vote, no Austrian
vote, no hyphenated voti of any kind. We should have only an American attention to a nhase of the American
vote. If any group insists on being a separate vote, and anv nolitiria.i spirit not at all apprehended in Eurone's
a a A-fi 1 1 . . .. . i ( t o w vnaanlvtw A vrs ar-l "
or party caiers to 11, aeieai snouia De swni ana sure. 11 any natarailzea
citizen insists on cnngins to a European idol, his citizenship should be But Europe has had no monopoly in
canceled and he should be sent to Eurone. Its conception of the American spirit as
The rule for all. native born or alien, should be to study the American "r,?h
language, sing American songs, vote American votes, uphold American ning its way by sheer impact. During the
Coatmuateatfams sent to Th Jonma! Tor mb-
Uettitoa in tbU dprtaint hctJW l written on
onlr en iid of . tb p.pT, ahould not ciecd
soo word ta lancth sad anmt b slrMd by tta
nut, vbok mail addraaa la rail aw accom
pany torn eeatribeUoo.) ' . (
"Let TheFeTie UBht-
Eugene. Sept; 20. To the Editor of
The Journal Since the earliest times of
which we have any history, the "powers
of darkness" . have been struggling
against the "angels of light?' In no
phase of human existence haa this fact
been more apparent than In International
affairs. Treaties 'have always been In
cuba ted In darkness, and human beings
by millions have been . .pawns, and.
without their own knowledge or consent,
have been traded back and forth be
tween autocrats.
When President Wilson proclaimed
the altruistic objects of the . American
people in entering the war, he touched
the heart of humanity as .it had never
been touched before by asjr human
agency. And when he declared for open
diplomacy, with no state secrets in the
dealing of nation with nation; he set a
new mark in International Intercourse
and laid an Important plank in the
foundation of the anticipated democracy
of the world. The effect was electrical.
All free peoples, anf all those who are
struggling for freedom, .responded, and
the war has become irr fact a world
wide contest for the rights of man.
The Prussian autocracy had tried to
faster? its tentacles upon,,, the republics
of North and South America, upon
Africa, India and Ireland. It nearly
succeeded In strangling Russia. But
the world has awakened to the situ a
tion. Skulking, underground, lying dip
lomacy is going into the scrap heap. A
gray-headed, stoop-shouldered old man
of PntIa.m tottera beneath the load of
Infamy he has Incurred tn his efforts to
stem the tide of democracy, but his
treacherous, hole-Tln-the-corner methods
have venly served to arouse mankind and
hasten the end of himself and the hor
rible . thing he calls "kultur."" His ac
complices will go down to ruin with
him. Austria and Turkey, dismembered
and disintegrated, will give place to a
number of Independent democratic
states, and Incidentally the . United
States, will be looked up to by all of
them with respect, gratitude and fine
friendship.
WILLIAM H. WHEELER.
WOMAN IN LONDON
i
shings communique at which London
wonders, but the character of the victory
which the communique chronicles, calls
freedom against foreign autocracy, revere American institutions.' know
American history and be American through and through and all the time.
the world Is more intimately con
nected with decent wages! than some
of us have believed.
We have often been moved to smile
sadly over the common talk that
"the home" is answerable for the
evil courses of wayward boys and
the fall of many girls. We ask
musingly what would be the result
if those blameworthy "homes" were,
supplied with family incomes suffi
cient to nourish self-respect and
build up moral habits of life. The
love of money may be the root of
all evil, but we have noticed that
decent respectable lives are com
monly built on money.
this
for the bloody sacrifices . of
war permanent peace.
That boon of a broken sword and did not rush over to France a volunteer
spears beaten Into pruning hook) I army under a volunteer commander-ln-
for which men have waited through
thousands of years, seems about . to
be vouchsafed.
Thousands all through Oregon ar
hoping Oregon will be first over
Thirty thousand Oregon boys in the death In the trenches because we had
service over here and over there are no cannon to protect them. It is not so
hoping-the safne thing. Are we go- ma"y
ing to put her there first? because the German airmen flew unmo
lested over our heads. Later, when it
appeared that our armies were being well
taken care of by French guns, and alr-
nsu prvjeciea rauroaa irom 13 or- against, the disgrace of a powerful na
N HIS wlr book, "The Martial Ad
ventures of Henry and Me," Wil
liam Alien White tells a story of
the effect of war wages on women
worker. In a certain London es
: tablisbment a few women had been
employed for years before the war.
They were paid starvation wages.
. looked upon as the lowest of menials,
bossed by men who despised them,
ill-treated In a dozen ways.
In natural response to this treat
ment the women were lazy, slatternly,
dishonest, .untruthful. They, were
- quite; ready to prevaricate whenever
P' He t; would shield one of their
.number from any shop penalty.
, f hey looked upon their employer as
-.'the common enemy- against whom
, they they v wore all In a conspiracy.
0.v With the war came a change. The
i-rheh' bosses were replaced by. women.
-Almost, all. the ordinary male em-
- ployea left the e s t a b 1 1 a h m ent.
' , Women 'took their places. Women's
:. wages want up w aoout tne figure
men received before the. war.
V; ; The . consequences, as Mr. White
narrates them, were remarkable. In
'v the. first place, the women, working
under, bosses ofj their own sex. be-
came 'truthful, " idillgent, . dependable.
' loyal to the shop. Their personal
. habits were transformed. They hid
t away, their alatternly oU.dreaset and
-put on neat, almost fashionable at
tire. -4 With good wages eame person)!
j pride, self ' respect, regard1 for others'
. opinions.
.Mr. White's little story seems to
' support tbt; theory that .most people
te who foUow lowM, ways of life do
' - so because they; have not the means
,to follow belter ways. Give them
This is to you: You are not over
there. You don't have to stand in
the trenches amid a hell of explod
ing projectiles. You don't have to
go out on No Man's Land to face
big Prussian guards trying to stick
bayonets Into your VHals. You
don' I, have to undergo a gas attack
in which, if your gas mask is de
fective your . lungs will be turned
Into a seething cauldron and your
breath stop forever. You are not a
target for all the bullets, all the
bombs, all the machine gun fire, and
all the other Infernal contrivances
of destruction that human Ingenuity
has Invented. All you are asked to
do is to buy bonds and War Stamps,
and" a dollar In each now will be
worth two when normal times re
turn.
T
the- wages, which, make civilized lite
possible and forthwith they put on
the i habiliments of civilization. We
dare 4 aay the moral " reformation of
MR. TAFT IN LONDON
Iff
R. TAFT has been Invited to
make a speech in London,
October 10. The League o
Free Nations association gave
him the invitation. The association's
council1 has called a great meeting
to be held in London, at which Mr.
Taft's speech Is expected to be the
crowning attraction.- '
The meeting promises to take the
initial steps for consolidating the
League of Nations, making real thn
dream the world has dreamed so long.
Mr. Taft deserves credit for having
advocated, this great advance years
before the war began. During the
progress of the war he has stood
faithfully by his Ideal, He has
Joined -in noJoolish clamor for
premature peace but he has stead
iasuy taught that no permanent
peace Is possible unless it Is based
on a league of free nations.
It is well that the agitation for a
league goes on while the great guns
boom ont their destruction over No
Man's Land. It is highly, encouraging
that it should assume the Interna
tlonal proportions Indicated In Ms.
Taft's London visit long before peace
is signed. ' . .-. .
A , decisive vletory by Ihe : allies,
hand in hand wjth a properly formed
league of ; the nations, will give, to
mankind something to largely atone
17 months of preparation that preceded
St. Mihiel there were enough prophets of
disaster In this country to cry out
against the un-American way in ".which
the administration was carrying on the
war. The administration was un-Amer
ican because It didn't eat 'em alive.- It
PERSONAL MENTION
flood River Motorists in City
Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Martin, Mr. and
Mrs. W. F. Wilson and Miss E. Brown
of Hood, River motored from Hood
River Sunday and are guests at the
Multhomah.
Cathlamet Party at Imperial
An automobile party from Cathlamet,
Mr. and Mrs. L. B. Heary and small
son, Mrs. A. B. Martin and Mary Ellen
Mlchelbrook, are registered at the Im
perial.
Pasadena Men .(re Visitors
A party of young men from Pasadena,
CaL, is registered at the Portland. The
members of the party are "P. HV Hamil
ton. A:VH. Hagard, Robert M. Blum,
oaryey and
chief, to show Petaln and Haig how the
thing should be done. It difi not begin
by taking over a couple of hundred miles
of battlefront. It did not have the ships.
It did not. nave the guns. It did
not have the airplanes. Tearful or
ators bewailed the fate of Amer
lea's young men sent to certain
LINKING PEOPLES
deaux to Belgrade would con
nect one of the great French
seaports with the caoital of
Serbia, the most important city on
tne lower Danube. It would traverse
territory at present under Hapsburg
rule and this might make difficulties
with the project
But those who advocate the build
ing of the new road take it for
granted jhat the Hapsburg empire
win De dismembered after the war.
This would provide for the road a
route ly tog wholly within free land.
Germany already possesses direct
rail communication with the Bal
kans and Constantinople. The war
lords have used this advantage for
the vilest purposes. Normally a
railroad sows civilization, welfare,
human happiness along Its route.
Therrailroad to Constantinople under
Prussian dominance has sown noth
ing but" misery and hate.
The more Intimately the Balkan
countries can be linked up with the
rest of the world the better for
thltm. ; They will always be back
ward morally and commercially , un
til intercourse Is easy and frequent
between them and Western Europe.
But the main present purpose of the
projected railroad is to offset Ger
many's military. Influence.
Now, following in the long tra'n
of aviating prices, 'oysters have ad
vanced a dollar a gallon. Hanoi I v.
Portland .atmosphere and Bull Run
water are beyond the reach of the
price fixers.
THOSE FRENCH GIRLS
HE idea of international coopera
tion gains ,j ground . every day.
me more we have of it the
nearer we come to the league
of nations. Educational cooperation
is the watchword of the hour.
Prance has sent over a group of
young .women to be educated In
United States colleges. Arrange
ments are under way to make Amer
ican gin .- graauates welcome at
French and British colleges. .
This Is far ;more democratic than
the . notorious project of '"exchange
proiessorsj. About aU that grandiose
scheme s ever - accomplished was to
tion going br favors to "poor, bleeding
France. Dark are the soul-depths of
the politician in search of an issue;
slander against the nation is not ex
cluded if there Is a point to be scored.
And It 'was all done in the name of true
Americanism; the kind of true Ameri
canism which should have said to pcor(
bleeding France and hard-beset England
"Here, you two cripples, get out of the
way, and watch us clean up !
A - - -
It ts another kind of Americanism that
has made itself manifest during these 17
months between the declaration of war
on Germany and the first full-sized
American victory. On the one hand our
rowdy, anarchic? democracy has shown
itself capable of marvels of self-disci
pline and organization. On the other
hand, our blatant Americanism has
shown Itself patient, humble,' and eager
to learn. From the first we were ready
to take orders from those who, from bit
ter experience and from intimate con
tact with, the war. knew best. In the
first six months of our war we did not
get absolutely clear" leading from abroad.
From various authoritative quarters
came simultaneous pleas for men. ships
food, munitions as the one essential of
the moment. We did the. one necessary
thing under the circumstances. We sent
abroad a mission to emphasise the need
of unity of counsel among the allies. We
did not bluster; we, were atiu ready to
obey r only we showed that If Amerlca'i
vast potential aid was to be exploited to
the full we must have an orderly 'pro
gram to work upon. We were told that
the need for men was the least pressing
of alL In that, as it turned out. the
allies were deceived. The disasters of
March brought forth a suddeji appeal
for men and yet mo-e men to hold the
line. And orce more we took orders.
We piled American troops Into France
with a speed that has been tn marvel
of the world.
It is not to be supposed that partisan
politics tn Quest of ammunition will be
altogether discouraged by the record of
the last IT months the. utterly discred
lted American navy which has : turned
out such a magnificent Instrument, the
emormoss food stores for the antes.- the
ships, the men. Voices have been raised
to show that no credit is due to the ad
ministration for the presence of a mil
lion and h'f Americans in France; If
the March disasters had not come we
shouln still oe nodding In our swivel
chairs I Kuch maste" minds win have
no dlfflulty tfl proving that the St.
Mihiel salient should have been wpna
year; ago. tthat Pershing should have
taken three times as many prisoners as
he did and in one half the time, that it
is a poor Amertcarr victory which had
to ho wott with the aid of. French air
planes almost as poor a victory as Man
rln won with the aid of American divi
sions. The politician will have his little
say and American' common sense will
appraise It at its true vaiue. without
being blind to the mistakes that ; have
been made v or indifferent to mistakes
stlU unremedied the minds of men in
COMMENT AND NEWS IN BRIEF; r
' I' ' . SMALL CHANGS . -e '
'"Welcome. October mora V
Gosh, howi; Foci hits the Boche.
Cambrel is coming our way, hooray !"
It'S a wise Chin am bhAAaant that fceiM
under cover tomorrow.
The "BAtlent facta in the nu aMun
to. point to Increasing allied successes.
Sunrestion far Ui fallow aha In sit
dressed up with no place to go : .Work.
Milk up lucent; bread down a cent,
so as not , to upset the equilibrium of
bread and milk.
Save Your Bennies and invest in Thrift
Stamps, and the War Savings Stamps
win laae care 01 toeraaeives.
Just fo - remind vou aa-ain that you
can't beat this weather. And if you
think you can, you d better beat It.
Now the vacation season Is over It's
tfme to srt!e down and trv ta fla-nra
out what " haa become of your summer's
wages. '
"DoiVftu? Christmas shooolna earlv
Is something more than a suggestion
this year. Uncle Sara says it. and in
war times what Uncle Sam says comes
pretty nearly "going.
We herewith scoop the soldiers' letters
editor by offering this choice morsel
from a recent letter from a private In
France, on -his way to Berlin: "Give my
regards to all the church and lodre
members and to the pastor of the church.
how la all the hogs?"
A contemporary ventures that It will
be time enough to make peace when the
kaiser stands before the bar of civilisa
tion and says "Wilson for mine." Re
minds us, too, of the days when we were
wont to hook our umbrella on the ma
hogany and proceed to get our feet wet
. OREGON SIDELIGHTS j
Nearly half the 'pupils In the' Wood
burn high school com from outside the
town. : -,. '. ..
Eugene rental agncfee report demand
for houses and apartments far In excess
of supply. . .
The Baker papers pay special tribute
to the excellent war gardening of D. L.
Moornaw, epeclauy noting his potatoes
that weight a poundand a naif.
At the Wheeler county fair there were
six one-farm" exhibits that, the Fossil
Journal asserts, "would nave been a
credit to any countyln J he state."
Duck-hunters report poor sport Ttear
the reserve boundary of Malheur lake.
Tne lake Has receded for some atstsnce.
making It Impossible to get In touch with
the bird a. Canvas-back and teal have
not yet appeared.
The food administrator at Klamath
Falls, according to theJHerald. says per
sons as yet unknown are clandestinely
taking his best squashes and. potatoes.
He finds vines pulled up and inserted tn
ths ground after being denuded of the
tuners; also vines lying on tne grouna.
WXT a T, . . Tama .Aunt. faraiM
. ST. mi 9m 1.1.
who has tried for every branch of the
military, service and failed to pass, has
applied to the governor of Texas
for admission to a ranger organisation
forming for Mexican border patrol
service. '
Thu Forest 6rove Ex Dress has ceased
to exist In Its issue of last Thursday,
Editor James P. Itawson says farewell.
That issue bears .the serial designation
"Volume S, No. 38." Some time ago the
uiwr was sold, and later the buyer be
came subject to draft, and he relin
quished his purchase. Mr. Rawson
though resuming ownership, has decided
to discontinue puDiication.
JOURNAL MAN ABROAD
M By Fred Lockley
( And now Mr. toekly ttndartake A eantB
goods stunt in an EUzabiKh ia which he chocs
senUy aJoBsaU th trenches and incidentally
draws the Boche artillery fire. He admit hha
aalf that this ia not altotatber A safety first
measure.
At the Front in Picardy. I win" relate
a recent very Interesting experience.
One can carry so little on one's back
that It occurred to me to load up our
Ford and visit the trenches. A Ford can.
go anywhere, so "Buck Taylor, my fel
low Y. M. C. A. secretary, from Vir
ginia, said he was game to tackle It If
I was. We put on a load and started
out. The soldiers in the trenches could
hardly believe their eyes at seeing a
Ford ambling along between the
trenches. An aerial battle was In prog
ress and puffs of black smoke blossomed
all over three of our planes returning
from an observation trip over the Ger
man trenches. Our big, guns were bias
ing away. The German "heATies" -were
answering them. The gunners were .shell
ing the woods a mile In our rear, where
one of our batteries was located. They
were also dropping shells a mile Away
to the left of us but none were coming
our way. Suddenly there was a wicked
sounding high-keyed wall thata sounded
like the wind when It is blowing a gale
through the telegraph wires. A shell
hit in the wheat field just in front of
our trench and the earth flew high.
At the first sound of the wicked
scream of the shell. Frank West, who
had left his car at our dugout and fol
lowed us afoot, dropped flat on the
ground. We drove on 200 yards or more,
to where another company was in the
trench. Another long-drawn, siren-like
scream, and a shert lit not far from
where we had been. Down went Mr.
West on his face. I asked htm why he
fell down every time a shell went off
Arthur B. . Winter, JS.
Carl Croft,
H. W, Jones of Ashland. Or., and J
R. Willis of Albany, Or, are In Port
land this week, on business, registered
at the Oregon.
James H. Polhemus. A. T. Meyers and
W. H. Kennedy of Marshfleld, Or., in
Portland this week on business and
pleasure, are registered at the Multno
mah. '
Byron Moll, Forest Perrin, Oien Huey
and Starling Llvermore of Pendleton, are
among Eastern Oregon guests registered
at the Imperial.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Heyd and Jacob
Heyd of Tillamook motored to Portland
Sunday and are guests at the Cornelius.
Fred Wilson and Charles Wilson of
Astoria are among business visitors
registered at the Portland.
R. z. Barker and Logan E. Anderson
of Cove, Eastern Oregon farmers, are
reekstered - at the Oregon
M. H. Abbey, proprietor of the Hotel
Abbey at Newport. Or., In the city on
business Is a guest at the Oregon
Joseph H. Adam of Lewlston. Idaho,
in Portland on business. Is. registered
with Mrs. Adam at the Imperial
Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Philips of Aber
deen. Wash., visiting In the city for a
few days. Jare guests at the Cornelius.
Mr. and Mrs. c J. iuis 01 Moscow,
Idaho, are at the Multnomah.
. H. D. Galloway and W. S. Foster or
Hoqulam, Wash., are registered at the
Benson.
near us.. He said. "You would too If you
knew anything. You are less apt to get
a fragment of jagged steel through you
lying down than standing up." r "Next
time I' heard a shell scream, down
went on' my face. It struck about 200
yards from us. The men who were buy
ing went back to the shelter of the
trenches arid one of them said, "We ap
preciate your coming to sell us stuff, but
you are drawing the German fire, and
some of us are apt to get killed. They
might plant a shell square In our trench
That last one didn't miss the trench by
very much. Come and see us on foot.
The Germans think you are officers and
they are trying to get you." -
v"
Mr. West said, "I admire your enthusl
asm, Mr. Lockley. Going along the
trench selling stuff to the boys from a
Ford Is certainly some stunt. Naturally
I don't want to see you get killed, Then
too, you must remember that cars are
very hard to get over here, and we can
afford t have your car blown into bits
by a German shell. So. If I were you
I wouldn't travel along the trenches with
a car. It Isn't done, you know. And
what's more. It is tempting fate. Next
time the Germans may have a crack shot
and wipe you and the Ford otf the
ocenery."
a
80 now I am carrying the goods to the
men In the trenches on my back. The
more J. see of the doggone Germans the
less I care for them, Trying to put our
Y. M. C. A. car out of business was pure
maliciousness.
It doesn't matter how many shells you
hear screeching and screaming through
the air over your head, you still think
they have a mighty wicked sound. "Vic
ious" is the only word that describes
the sound they make.
Stories From Everywhere
HOW TO BE HEALTHY
By Or Woeda-Hatentasea. former Portland rhytidaa
WHY NOT EAT HORSE MEAT (No.
6) From the sentimental point of view
and the natural and praiseworthy feel
ing of kindness and affection for man's
best and noblest animal friend, no pos
sible step could be imagined which would
add more to his comfort and save him
from so much misery and wretchedness
than to make food of him. It is really
heart rending to think of the successive
purgatories of wretchedness and neglect,
if not actual ill treatment, which, most
horses must pass through before death
finally comes to their relief We praise
and make much of the kind heasted
owner who refuses to sell his horse after
be begins to go lame, and grow old and
even provides a shelter and snug haven
for his declining years"wben he Is to
tally useless. But he Is a noble and
rare exception, not more than two or
three In the thousand. Usually not
merely the ordinary work horse, but
the favorite driver, the arlstocratle csr-
rlage horse, the swift trotter and the
Kentucky thoroughbred saddler are
ruthlessly disposed of for "lighter" or
slower work as soon as they lose their
speed or condition. First on hacks,
then on delivery wagons, finally mar
ket, garde oers' or peddlers carts, last
of all the knackers. This Is the Hake's
Progress of the average, and even of
the high bred horse. There Is a region
in the great upland ranges of Central
Oregon which, in the earlier days, on
account of Its fine grazing, abundant
water supply and good shelter from
storms, was called Horse Heaven. Very,
very few of our equine friends ever
get there, but half If not two thirds of
them, according to estimates given the
writer by city horse, dealers, pass
tnrougn a Horse Hell of successive
stages of misery before they finally join
the great majority.
When tb.4Boi?ra!led -?,;
TrflS Is my busy day,"' Tlroo Is i
money.1 and various other apnro-
priate mottoes were: hung - about the -
walla of bia office. But the Inevitable J
bore, aaya the Pittaburg Chronicle Tele- - J
graph, obtrudeu himself Just -.the same. :
How do you do," said the cauer; rrve :
got Just a word or two to say to you.",.
"Delighted. I'm sure, to hear : thstn, , :
but-, ; .tfSSi
"Oh. It won't take long." 'p!? V&
-Won't lit Well, ni tell you what. - '
You go out Into the next room and sit
do n, rat my gramaphone . and AAy - It. -
henever you want more cylinders. Just y-?r
ring the bell, and don't be afraid to let - ,
yourself loose. Just 'as soon as I aret v
time I'll arrlnd It out asraln. and In the;
meantime we can both be happy." .-'
Somelhlnjf Hissing ' v
Rev, Mr. JohnStngham had depicted .
beautifully the wonders, of the thither ,
shore, including the milk and honey -a,
rivers which nourish the blessed, but .
after service one of the brothers sought
him eagerly. - V
"Reberend. he asked. m mint ana -
honey all dey hab ovuh yondahr
"Yes. brothah."
"No chicken r
-No, brothah." I
"Or po'k chops T"
"No. brothah."
"Possum and sweet tatuha. neltfaahr 1
"No, brothah." -t
-An' nary a wAtUhmUlyunT"
"No, deah brothah." T:
"Den, reberend. does yon tlnk de
Lawd waa calculatln on de cullud man .
w'en be buUt dAt plAeeT" t
The First Uarrel
H ClYi dear ! I wish X eould get
hold of some good biscuits like mother
ssed to make for ma, -
She And I wish I could get hold of ,
some good clothes lute father used rte
buy for me.
Sqa g -of the Depot Brigade :
We came ta Camp Pis last Septamaar,
Erery msa of u physically flu
A hundred ee mere, yosi tamemses,
r.oh raad tn da bis btt, 1
The sob waa hot, and the das waa tkiek.
With serai a patch of AbaAe;
Bat ws stood It aU withoet A kick,
Till sasUned to the Depot rinse.
H
The weather grew raider sad tarted ta flllll
The it sot to tea below.
While wa ia oar khaki aa4 baaeeadeas
Went out to drill la the aaow.
We hare been quarantined six aaontta r moral
We hara been here almost A year;
And before maar months ta war wffl be e'er.
And wa will still b hare.
i
We wr examined, they treated B rlfht,
And all-were -found "Ciaaa A,"
When wa asked permtaeton ta ret'ta th fiaM
They smiled and answered. "Nay I
It would be a hard Job yoer place te fin.
Yon soldiers who kasw your trade; '
Your duty i here, the recruit to drill
You'll stay la the Depot Brisada."
Our olotbee ar all patched, w wear ether me
hoes;
Teetna era a thine f tha nast-
Wa pay ten beeae a quart for little Bock Boose,
No wonder out money won't laat.
We must asroka alfalfa Aad sunflewtr leeree
"Bun Durham baa tone to rrasce;
But aside from all that, the thin that trie
Is, "Uncle won t sire oa a chance.
Now. dear Uncle Samuel. pleaKe hare a heart I
We ar wllline to do oar anar.
Gla ua a chance to play a eoldier'a part
Ia th atrsccl "over there.
Tell a to go where the other mas goes
Ton won t hare to tell us twice
Aad we'll fight 'till the hottest of bell tafroaA, '
Then start a scrap on the tea. L
Take ae away from the "son of Ham."
Of whom aoldiara are to be made:
There is do man willing (If he's worth S dtiin)
To Ur in the Depot Brigade.
Now. dear TJnele Samuel, pleas show seme apeed, .
, Or. when the war U done. -. ,
On the back of our diaehargas yoa wtB rsad,
"Battles and ngaeanunta. Bona.- I
a. a Baea,
Camp IHk. Ark.
Unrle Jeff Snow Says: V
T tiourht me a mule oncet down to
El Paso that seemed to be a' natehul- .
born slacker, and It tuck a lot ot per- ,
suadln' with a club to git any motion -out
of him; an any real leanin up agin
the collar. I studied thst animal fer
severi days 'fore I found out he waa .
a underfed, overabused critter fer three V
generations back, and what he needed -was
plenty of good feed, square treat- a
ment and a little curryln down. Inside :
of three months that critter was so '
lively and wQlln' to pull and travel -that
-he made a good baggy animal fer
my son Wash to go see bis gal with
of a Sunday, and was as slick a mule
as you'd find In the Bio Grande val-..
ley for 40 mile up or down.
Tomorrow : Why Not Eat Horse Meat
(No. ).
" , ,T , i n; hi Prench departments, mat it was
Lnl" D " " hknown would be visited by German
y v..v
Bay,
Elmer Chamberlain or Astoria, in
Portland on business. Is registered at
the Multnomah.
fc C. Burlingame. wsM known farmer
of Gardena, Wash.t Is at the Imperial.
C. W. Mullipi attorney of Seaside,
Or., Is at the Washington.
Mr. and Mrs. A. t. K.eys or satem
are among state capital guests regis
tered at the Cornelius.
R. R. BartleU of Astoria. In Portland
on a brief business visit, is a guest at
the Benson.
Elmer Chamberlain of Astoria Is at
the Multnomah.
W. R. Winters of La Grands Is at the
Benson.
Charles A. Hardy of Eugene, in the
city on business, is at the Portland,
J. S. Gleblsch. of Tillamook, in the
city on business, is at the Washington.
D. C. Farnsworth of Rockxord. Wash.,
Is at the Washington.
The Slurman Coast
From the Christian Sdenc Uoniter
The landing of the allied troops on the
Murman coast would have been a sub
ject of supreme Interest to Richard Hak
luyt, for in his day the coasts to the
north of-Norway were often .visited by
the seamen adventurers in their endeav
ors to find a northeastDassare to Chi
na. In May, 166J, Sir "Hugh Wllloughby,
"a goodly gentleman,- got,as far as the
entrance of the White sea and eventual
ly landed at a suitable place on the
Murman coast. . Hakluyt says he was
accompanied by "pilots, maisters, mer
chants and mariners," and had three
ships "well furnished, towit : The Bona
gperanca, the Edward Bonaventure and
the Coufidentia." Richard Chancellor
waa the pilot of the Bonaventure, which
ship got separated from the other two
and anchored on the shores of the White
an, frhere Archangel now stands. From
there Chancellor traveled to Moscow and,
returning to his ship, got borne to Lon
don. Hakluyt In these days Is particu
larly worth reading again on these early
relations and communications with Rus
sia, and on, the daring and enter-prise of
the seadogs of his century. . : .-
head of the German eecret police at Ber
lin, and one of the most Important men
In Germany. As spies go. he Is said to
be a worthy successor -ty the famous
Stleber. king of sleuth bounds, who died
In Berlin, In 1891. full of German "hon
ors." It waa this man who, under Bis
marck's orders, rears before war with
France was declared by Germany, had.
The Head oL. the German Spy System
, JebatX Kleia, H.lMLWt&t-jgi:
All German spies, in whatever country
they may be, report as oftervas the occa
sion - offers to thely chief, : Steinhauer,
troops, sown witn spies, in in
guise of gardeners, vine growers, labor
ers, domestics in famines and hotels,
clerks In business establishments and
professional men and women. When
war came. Germany knew the weak spots
In France better than did the French
themselves. Doubtless the German spy
system In the United States has done as
well In the present war.
w
Former Convicts In War
Prom the Nw York World
Cneral Franklin Bell's true statement
that the army Is not a place of refuse
for thieves" haa been supplemented by
letters In the World from Mrs. Balling
ton Booth and Thomas M. Osborne. Both
show that not every man in prison Is by
nature criminal; that prisoners can be
patriotic ; that to such men the array is
a road to reparation. Mrs. Booth baa a
service flag with SO stars fer graduates
from a single prison engaged In the serv
ice Happier still. Is Mr. Osborne over
1000 men vnder n,s C7M hv passed
from Portsmouth prison Into the navy,
and are serving It with honor and fidel
ity. Great Britain and France ' have
drawn to their armies prisoners 'worthy
of service, some of whom havo been dec
orated for heroism. The French Foreign
Legion, which we are rightly honoring
in this country, haa In the past Included
many men with records not wholly clear.
t
A Good Lingual Recipe
From th Hooo!ml Star-Bolletia
No one can hear, the hybrid poly Slot of
the streets without the JmrnedlAte, con-
victlon that the most teportant thing I. J. wnlTgThe' "ptbncnst
and writes poor English Is forever handi
capped. A successful graduate of Kame-
nameha schools said the other day
"When I was at Kamehameha. we had a
club where nothing but English could be
spoken. If we spoke Hawaiian, we were
fined. I never progressed faster at any
thing In my life than In learning to
speaa t-ngnati fluently and correctly,
have always appreciated that training.
No Pacifist Need Apply
Prom th Providence Journal
No pacifist need apply to the Ameri
can people for their suffrages this year.
That is the lesson to be drawn from
ths fete of the senatorial candidacy
of William Hale Thompson in Illinois.
Thompson is the mayor of Chicago.
The mayor In his campaign for sen
ator protested ' his loyalty, but the
voters would have none of him. The
defeat of Senator Vardaman in Mis
sissippi and of would-be Senator
Blease of South Carolina is further
Indication of the present . state of pub
lic sentiment Republicans and Demo
crats have loyally joined In a number
of congressional districts to prevent
the possibility of Socialist success. If
we were long In waking up. we are
thoroughly awake now. We are going
to see the war through, and not only
that;- but we are going to push It
through. And any aspirant for public
office who thinks he betters his
chances by taking a half hearted atti
tude or by Unking fits candidacy with
disloyalty ts in for the greatest dUlllu
slonment of his life.
The Vous Family
Prom the Buffalo Commercial
Have you met the Vous family? aaks
the Spiker. They are as " famous in
France as the Damro family Is tn the
United State, There are Monsieur and
Madame Vous, whose . first names are
Ave and. Paries (better known as
"Polly"). There are the mysterious
Vous twins, Telsex Vous and. Meflei
Vou A. who are performing a patriotic
Olden Oregon
What Lieutenant Howiaon Found at
Oregon City In 114.
Oregon City,' which was the eapttal of
Oregon in 1I4S. had, according to the v
report of Lieutenant Howison of the -United
States navy, a population of '
nearly 600 souls. There were among Its
buildings a Methodist church, a Catho
lic church, two flour aad saw mills, a -tavern,
a brick storehouse aad several "
wooden ones, an Iron foundry. Just be
ginning, end many snug d wall ing :
houses. On the opposite aide of the
river was the town of Multnomah, In
which some good buddings were begin- n
nlng to appear. Communication be-
tween these two place was maintained .
by two ferryboats.
The Publication Measures
Titles of Two Initiative Bins to
Remove a- PubUo Burden. , -
to teach the correct speaking and writ
tnr of English, French, Spanish. Rus
sian all wen enough ; all desirable. But
far more important for Hawaii than the
teaching of foreign languages Is the per
fection of our own tongue. Some of the
draft officers at - Fort Arnurtrong were
reduced almost to despair at the appar
ent stupidity of draftees brought before
them young men who had at least sev
eral years of -study?, tn the grammar
schools. But it was not stupidity -it
was lnablUtyr to express themselves In
English, or even elearty to understand
the - questions, . They were InarticulaU,
almost dumb,- With the : English lan
guage mastered, the first prerequisite to
success is won. tsut, me lormer scnooi-
enemy aliens. And there Is Saves Vous.
who wants to know if you know ; Voules
Vows, who wante to knew if you "win?
Pouvea Vous, who wants to know If you
are able, and Souvenes Vous, who' wants
to know If you remember. This is only
a beginning, for the Vous family is one
of the largest and best known ta France.
v. - J-;? lJlleiAuro,: v , viL' 'Z
- ' r Faas: eyalafa "v.;
' Scout I have an uncle that Is making
big money from hie pen. ' . ,
Patrol Leader That so? There are
not many writers who can make a decent
living prom ineir peru- , ,
Scout But Ue Isn't a writer, he raises
hoy-ox Hawaii wm. speaks , pefecttveiy epics.- - . - - :v
On the be Hot to be voted at the gen
eral election In November . will appear
the titles of two initiative measures de
signed to relieve the people of Oregon of
burdens borne under existing - law,
namely, the publication of the dells-,
auent tax list, aad the payment of ex-
ceselve charges for the publication of T
legal notices ana county Mvernsing la
newspaper. These meaaures will bo pre- ;:
sen ted on the ballot traaey tlUee and .
with numbers, respectfvery. as follows i ?
lXrrlATIVB BILL PROPOSED BT 1XITLA.
tivt rmnns I
MHated rraM. Jacaeow aad K. W. m.mmA-
-Deltoqueot Tax Mottoa AlE Parpa: To re-C
seal present law reomJrtai J aewnjapw aertw
awtrt of deUoowmt taaea aaj tn b thereof ere-
etdrog that tai satlaotav shaU. after Use be
coaaa 4Uwasjeat eac year, mail by letter to
each owner of real property At Address fsrsmSed ';
by him aad aoted ea roll, a written aerie sea- 2
taiaias Smerltniua. Assommt ef Usaa, rate ef '
istervet. penaitlee and AaU aa sad after whie
certificate of ewHaeeeeey sbail mme; erertdm;,
far paattae AeUaoaewt hta aad proof by eertUW '
eat of aaaUtas aad poattea, met 1a each awe- t
t if teat eoaetaerr eraSeae tbareof, aad auaieet- :
i lauara ta - .
ma eoOeetor. to
eotimty antb eL
If you believe In this measure vote Tes. -
I5ITUTIVK aULL PVOHIISEU JX X31T1A. t
iBfttated by C ft, Jack. Al Salmee street,
PertJasd. Uroa. sad ftV VI Masood, lies Eaat
pose; Plxiar eompeaaattoe for puhUoarioa at 1'
ail- sneaa, atrsimnssa. suatioaa aoaaty ftssa-
other - leaal aeerunMnrA at - wbateorrvr ; bin)
which saw oirt aareAlUf may be rxqatoed pub- .
toe lower rate; that publication proof - of uaV
aafai eras hs inait.iwnsi aoaraeoi ot
la locajl papesa; aaaenaina; atnB jni IubtA rf
Orasue tawa, b eiaamytpg aewpapara per ewew
I tion is raafithf l llfl.OOO ef more la
habltanU; retaling SectkiA Cll Lord's Orifoa,
Laws Arid ChavtM ISA, Law mi
sit 17 s v - a ;
A( yo oeiieve w uua uu tviw i, .,