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i - ;THE ; OREGON DAIfcY JOURNAl- PORTI-ANDFRIDAY; ; OCTOBER ,1918. ' ! l "i" - A.I Cf DEPENDENT HlWBPaF ..rwbUhf 4., ifiMMM aad eaorBlnc ( J4 (wpt Sunday (U.TXf, at The Joaxoa nai ; tow. Broad an leuaJU Mmta. e'oruand. tiMMM at the poetonee at rorUaad, Om XK-tnuknaissio throw the saaUe a, ssaaaa (ELKPHONEa Idata T17S( Heats, A-66H. - All , deoutaatata reached by these Bombers. 1 -Tea tha. fmtor what daporttaen yon was t rotefclQM AOVERTISDia BEFBXSENTATITB i BnJamfn Kantnor Co-. Braaawiek Batidiac. 32 rutk aeoaae. Vtm Xorkj 00 kUileia Scbeoriptloa Una ay Ball la Oreroa and Waah- iastoas i DAILY ntOKKa OB AJTEIUfOON) 0b yeaf.....H.CO Om month .SO J ? .: . STJXDAY. . . ' Om mr.....U.B0 I (hi amdi I .38 Pan. (uonsvta on-aftebwoos) and ItTNDAI Ul aa w fnf year. . tT.M "On tanOi. s . w" ; ' Haroiem -the dirtae niatioa which in 4 all tlmas naitaa a great maa to other man. Cerljle. IX THE REAR yx ? , HE three questions asked y tp jpresideqt . pre-supposs negotiation as to tne oonijJc tions - upon which the i' war hall - end.?;, said Senator Poindexter lif tne senate yesterday. "It Is tndst uofortuhftteV be added. .XVi.; - .Thla' is either" Ignorance -or par tisanship raising its ugly head in time of srlsls, Here is one of the president's questions: Does the. imperial ch.ncllor mean that the German g-orernment aoceptA the terms laid down by the president in hla addraa to the eonfreu ot the TJnited 8Utea on the 8th of January . m.mt tnit in aiihaAinant mAArmmm t mliA that tu object in entering; into Vdia-r" cuaatone would be only to agree UPON 'THE PRACTICAL. DBTAIIiS OF THEIR APPLICATION T " Here Is another sentence from tne. president's note: '.The rood faith of any dlsouasion would manifestly depend upon the con sent of the central power IMMEDI ATELY TO WITHDRAW THEIR fORCES EVERYWHERE TttOM IN. jVADED TERRITORY. P Germany must withdraw her ', armies back Into Germany before -there can be even A DISCUSSION. ! tvery.German soldier must be within t Germany. And after every German soldier is fo withdrawn from invaded territory, .which means all territory named in , the 14 principles of January. 6 Germany, by the president's note. must have accepted the 14 'principles of the January speech, must have accepted the drastlo principles in , 'the president's subsequent addresses, and then must discuss, not the princi ples, but the practical application : of the details by which the. princi--ples so -accepted are to be applied. i All this is in the president's note , ind Jn language so clear that, any sohool boy understands it; and when Senator Poindexter chatters :about 'negotiations as to the condl itlons upon which the . war shall end," he "shows either that he is ignorant . or dishonest . ? It is .charitable to say' that, in his Ignorance, of human hfttory and ' , world t -affairs, ; Senator Poindexter dqes " not comprehend the big.:fact . .j that. the president's attitude and note ''i are the strongest possible appeal? to. tthe .peoples ih Austria-Hungary and llA Turkey, to -break with Germany, .land.: leave 'Germany, alone to settle vvlththe allies; If so it iU beyond him to realize that the president's note and atti- :tude are fanning the flames of aglta- ition in those countries -which" ar ark j swiftly loosening Germany's power ' ! to long hold, 'those governments - In r the central pact ! Possibly, it i beyond Senator Poin 4exter's knowledge of affairs to com ' . prehend that the withdrawal of every German soldier fron invaded terri- Uory. into Oermany would be such aa acknowledgment of defeat that . Austria-Hungary and Turkey would be so profoundly impressed that, they would instantly break away from .Germany and surrender as Bulgaria .. surrendered. The moment Germany , Should begin such a withdrawal of ner -armies com her allies 'would - realise the futility of further re sistance and at once do as Bulgaria - Whether it is Ignorance or partisan- .. ship, the Poindexter speech shows v hety the,president has constantly, to faee enemies in the rear as well m .fight the foe abroadLf ABLE ORGANIZER V it lit '. ... i:"" 1 f uj-ilo - much is an able- or- . I ganizer. 'J There could be no better leader r. ihin ,ln ' any nlan :. ta t nmM, '. motor ; truck ' transportation. , Utiiiza tion of the : highways is an immedi ate -mnd important aid - in relieving raiiroaa congestions' f ' T Mr. Meier has returned -from a conr . ference at Washington "where . the ; regional chairmen of the highways V transport' cwmimittee or.the Council -; of mtionarv Defense discussed" means : for establishing' motor ' express lines . f or "I increasing " farm, production and facilitating v1 highway ; transporUtlon . with review to reiieviog i the rail roads. ' Mr. Meier ' is regional chair man of the . tenth district' He" found that- in th- East the- utilization of the hlghwayi"ln strengthening the nation's; iransporUtion' resources, is making rapSd' strides." " " - Full' 4of i entouslasm ' in the- new iverv-?-and of Urge - eiperience as an organizer!' Ir. Meier is very cer tain to secure excellent results In this !eld.'';-?'--'?ii'? i- .:'Af' In sn Interview, Senator Chamber lain said theresident's note to Oer many Is almost equfaralentito de mand f of unconditional ; surrender. Ttiat Is true., Compliance with it by Germanyi. would be a confession of both milltiry and political defeat Withdrawal' of her armies from conquered territory : everywhere would be so complete an. acknow ledgment that Austria-Hungary and Turkey would desert Germany in an instant. The moment Germany con sented . to such a withdrawal she would be alone, and now knows that she would be alone. Unconditional surrender; Sould scarcely ' be ' more decisive terms thon those required by the president's note. V r- DAYBREAK "W ATCHMAI tell us of the night, what its signs of promise are." So runs the Old hymn. And the watch man in the tower answers, "Traveler, o'er yon mountain i height, see that glory beamfegstari?'f The star of . late beams' with glort-. ous promisepVer the fields of France. The consummation of hope deferred is at hand, f The HunUnet is break ing. No(t merely bending. " They are not nierely'-iai retreat. They are in flight ' And the Yankees and French Late at their heels. "The critical point appears to be near Le Cateau, about half way be tween rCamhat and St. Quentin. Here, the German line has been bent sharply to the. east under the ham mering xif the Americans and French. The point is thinned out perilously and is said to be actually breaking so that our men v are pouring through into the rear of , the foe. Both' foot ' and horse are speeding through,. if .the reports metn what they say. This portends something not yet seen on the western front tPonenas a aisaater to tne Huns like the destruction of the Russian armies -In --the Masurian marshes. And it moans the dawn of the to morrow. Two Southern cities are manu facturing alcohol for use in the arts out of sawdust and shavings. One city is In South Carolina. The other is in Georgia. Their. output is 3000 gallons a day each. The waste used comes from pine logs. In the present scarcity of alcohol It is im portant to know that it can be manutactured from this material on a commercial scale. The big piles of sawdust which, here and there over the states of Oregon and Wash ington, are slowly burned to ashes might be made to yield large quanti ties of alcohol- and thus play a part in winning the war. IN LOUISIANA , P EOPLE who Imagine that the women of the sunny South do not care for the right to vote may learn something by reading the news from Louisiana. The women of that state have a vigorous suffrage organization which hopes ti extract good out of the evil of the rejection of the suffrage amendment in the senate. . Their plan is to make that in excusable rejection a ; stimulus for zealous state work. Thus' they may win the right to vote long before ,S';,,. is a bitter, almosfi a maUgnant,; op ponent of wom-suffrage does not stand for the genuine: feeling of the South on that subject'c' What that feeling really is one may learn from Texas, which has given white women the right to vote In the primaries, inasmuch as a Texas primary is equivalent to an election this amounts to about the same thing as' the. full right of suffrage; - i, ' ' At any rate, It shows ; what Southerners would do jf they were not naunted vby the specter of negro women voting. This is the real cause of their opposition to the Susan B. Anthony .amendment If we may believe the women of Louisiana the most effective antago- tnisfc of suffrage in' the South .and the rest of the country, tod, is the brewing interest combined with the pro-German propaganda. What this combination did to suffrage in Ne braska is a matter of history. Mrs. W, S. Holmes chairman' Of the United Louisiana Woman Suffragist associa tion, intimates that its black hand may be seen at work in that state also, and everywhere else in the United States. " . Mn. Holmes quotes a boast from the secretary of the National Brew ers association thaj "no more states wouia ever give women the. right io . vote because the brewers would spena minions to prevent it" Mr. Bryan has told 1n his "Commoner "io taie ot ine united booze' and German influence which killed" suf- irage in Nebraska. "Our German women, do pofwanfthe right to vote." was weir cry. -Mrs. Holmes quotes It as a spec! men. or t&eir civilization.: She mieht also ave dited it as a specimen of tneir i Americanism. United States oiUzensho r speafc of themselves as hyphenates belong to a bygone age. r.Last Monday was aninltfcky day tor. . automobiles s and a '- lucky day tot the street . railway company. , Several, automobiles; according . to the reports. were struck by -vthe streetcars and more -or less seriously damaged.. Perhaps the drivers werej careless.. Perhaps : themotormen. on the streetcars 1 were lured on by ' the' sense that every automobile in serv ice abstracts jus t as' many su cent fares Jmthei itaiK; 'wmpvij'a in- come. If, the streetcars' should decide t wage pitiless "war; upon the auto mobiles who could wonder at ItJ , : EDITQ CAVELL mHREE years "ago, at 2 o'clock to T morrow morning, Edith- Cavell felt before a Hun firing squad, and Germany, as a nation, com mitted one of the foulest murders of history! Observance of her. memory is included in the exercises to-be held throughout America tomorrow. Edito Cavell is a. part of the history of .this war. A thousand years will thunder an indictment against .the Hohenzollerns as her shameless mur derers. " !'-;'-'' ' - She was an accomplished and ex- perienecd nurse.. In 1906 Belgium set out to introduce the highly efficient nursing system then in vogue . in England, and employed Miss Cavell, to -direct -the work.- Thei aotivity was' in full flower of a successful career when the war broke out - Miss Cavell was ihen on a brief vacation at her home in England. The Germans were pushing into Bel glum when she hurried to Brussels to be at her post ; of mercy when war began to cast up its victims. She was in Brussels in time to see the Huns enter. " The hospital over which she presided was quickly filled and the wounded Hun received her merciful ministrations as faith fully as did wounded French,, Bel gians and Britons. The rest of the story is a series of horrible intrigues and the final chap ter of death before the firing squad. Brand Whltlock, American minister, moved heaven and earth in an effort to; save her life. ' -He begged the authorities to .permit , him to supply Miss Cavell with counsel and to allow counsel to see her. No answer was made to his first communication. To a second, more insistent the reply came that the authorities had already named an attorney to defend the prisoner, and that the services Of .the lawyer proposed by Mr. Whit lock would not be needed. The fur ther proceedings were a series of evasions, of actual lies, of subtle con cealment of the truth on the part of every Hun official in Brussels. The barbarian mind was working out her doom and the whole period between her arrest and her trial was a suc cession of falsehoods, false witness and false denials. Miss Cavell'8 trial lasted a day. She frankly told the whole truth. She had, as had thousands of others, as sisted recovered sqldiers of the allies. in. escaping into Holland. vlt was an offense for which the hardest punishment, in any country and under the law would have been Imprisonment There was no evi dence other than her own and appli cation of the death penalty on her own testimony alone was a violation of German law. Accounts 01 tne execution vary One story is that the firing squad bungled its work, And that the lieu- tenant in command killed Miss Ca-i pvell with his service pistol. Germany was frightened at the storm of indignation with which mankind greeted the atrocity. Even the bloodiest butchers have- a cow ardly solicitude about the world's Judgment of their own acts. Afterward, the charge that Miss Cavell "was executed as a spy. was Wnted at during the days of her im- prisonment and trial, it was not until the horror that ran y)vercivill zation was noted f by Germany that the false .charge was hatched up. We shall meet again, uttered witli'v a smile, were the last vords that -came dirpctly from the ' mar tyred nurse. They ' were spoken to heri chaplain who was permitted to spend -an hour with her the night oeiore ine execution, Two.: o'clock "in the morning when the bird songs were silent when all Brussels was asieep . and no eye looking, was a fitting hour for ..the dark deed to be committed, The hour and the deed reflected the inner! spirit of the rulership that has made Germany the despised and out lawed nation of .the earth.""" . Time, can never obliterate the tragic- story of Edith CavelL 'The name : is forever written, in scarlet on ' the brow of Hohenzollernism, murderer of women, enemy of man kind, ; assassin : of civilization. , I' ' ' .. f The air hums With the incredible tale v that ,the kaisetthaS 'abdicated. Thusfar rumor has not chosen his successor. Doubtless that point wHl be settled Ip a few hours. , We d- not , mean to despise the' rumor. " In the grief and shame of inevitable de feat the kaiser must feel that he is a stupendous failure. His world is crumbling on all sides. The mam moth, structure of ambition which ba sought to rear is collapsing. He will be buried in its ruins If he does hoi abdicate! i' He will ; become a pitiable figure ifbetdoes abdicate.. .The in delible stain.? of blood 5isT upoa, him, and it jls" blood, ;shed - in- air evil knd ioousncause. -f r ' ; - . boodle; anis bumns v H ENRY ,F0RDas 'reiterated -b.ls xvarwuB. to : tne - Micnigan Poli ticians that he does not intend to spend a penny to get him self . elected to v the -United States Senate. ; Old fashioned' newspapers like the Chicago. Post are "aghast at his audacity. - Was anything like It ever heard before? --' ;''"' , The Post 'takes-ft -for granted 'that a senatorial candidate 'who does not delugo his statev with' money can by no mein-5 belectfid:4 Perhaps H&'-A right ?ahdvi" perhaps'' uStiMM money la the , Michlgai . eainpaign. His antagonist" pours outy4ha a boodle m luscious floods. iThe i Michigan voters ?are -X thus afforded t the p portunty to ehoose between hoodie and ability .in : their senator.Kf Mr. Forct 'is rejected he will notjbe discredlteo!.S yCaa we sayaas muci for ithe people of" ji-bJ'gan.T:un There are other unusual features in the Ford, campaign.! He announces that be belongs to . no political party and - will- ; vote in the senate for whatever he deems right and against whatever be deems wrong- He will be bound by ;nd caueus.; He i prom ises' alleglahce to no boss or platform. upon tne whole Mr. Ford is a queer., phenomenon in our political sky. .' '" ' . ' ". DELINQUENT TAX . E)dDSURE Multnomah ITurlrlahes Overwhelming Condemnation : of Present - System . Multnomah, county taxpayers haye paid $22,328.63 for the publication of delin quent tax lists since the present, de linquent tax publication statute went Into effect. The 1911 delinquent list was published in 1912 in three papers at a total cost of S4,77Ua; the 1912 list in. four papers at a coat or 24,712.20; the 1912 list in four, at a cost of S8.278.95 ; the 1914 list in four, at a cost . of S8.091.1S; the 1915 list in two, at a cost ot H.170.44, and the 1916 list, published in two papers this year, cost 12,600.15- There were" 91 parcels of property as published in the delinquent list this year. It would have cost not to exceed 2420 to have given direct notice, oh a 2 cent postage basis, one letter to each parcel of property. It would, in fact, have cost much less than this amount, because the great bulk or tne delinquent property was within the corporate limits of Portland and thus came within the 2 cent postage rate. More than that, the entire publi cation was studded with long lists of property assessed to such familiar names as Alameda Land company, Title & Trust company,- Rose City Park asso ciation, Laurelhurst company, Oregon Homebuilders, Umbdenstock it Larson. Kings Heights Realty syndicate. Dorr E. Keasey, trustee' for the Kings Heights Realty syndicate; North Port land Investment company, and other names familiar in the real estate history of the city. All of the property listed against these various owners could have been collected and sent to each in one notice at a great saving, both in post age, stationery and Incidental expense. In other words, had the delinquent tax notice bUl been the law in 1918, it would have cost the taxpayers not more than 2420 for notice of tax delinquency as against iz.soo under -the present publi cation system, and would have effected saving to tne taxpayers of 22178 In this one year alone. Covermg-nhe period from 1912 to the present time, it would have cost, at the outside, approximately $2500 to srive;dl- rect 'nonce by letter, mall to tax delin quenta. This is less than the amount paid In 1918 alone. It Is $29,806 less tii an was actually paid for publication or tne delinquent tax lists. in otner words. Multnomah counbr taxpayers have paid 1282.8 per cent mr,e for publication of tax lists since 1912 than, they would have paid by the airect man notice system. Multnomah county taxpayers who do not believe in paying- 1282.2 per cent more for the transaction of public business than, an efficient and business- nice conduct of that business demands will vote -208 X Yes" on the November ballot, and repeal the present law fasten ing this extravagance upon the public. America's "Der Tag" Needs. Only' Weeks, Not Years Sober U. lleBrMe, in Lealla'a . American axraen are f.H!n cmnh trees. American yar dm asters are boss ing -renci railroad yards, American en gineers are building- American docks and railroads and buildings on French soil. Ana everywnere xm American isa hero. There's hardly a. child from the Atlantla to the rinr line that will uot greet with a sincere smile,' and a handshak. ir be opportunity, every American in service roai ne or sne may see. And always,' n nwuici wui tuca are coming Or going, it is the same cheerful greeting: "Go& bye !Tha: is the.t one word in English: uw" tow ana-is meir universal greet ing. r ---.! . . That is the way the Frenen r mf ing our Invasion,!, making ur boys feei at home, and helping us in every way .In the biggest undertaking in historv the establishment of a war base and of open. w.jr ciiucuv,- always Weil-SUPpUed unes oi commumcauon irom the Atlan tic to Alsace. -' . It la difficult for the averae-e TWrwtn to understand that a hundred times mote wore must do done , back - of the lines than on the firing line in order to main. tain a great army. To many it aeema that a troop of soldiers go over, have meir guns, some ammunition and-field-kitchens behind them and they are quite ready 'to get into; the fighting and stay in it. , .. - . . From the moment we entered the war we began to plan for an Immense arnw. a Hun-beating army, for a "day of our own when a drive would come that would head directly for-Berlin and keep neaaing mere until it arrived. . . "Otve us one week to every "year that Germany has been preparing for Der Tag and we'll put up an equipment that will make the German preparations look like an amateur stunt," a griasled old colonel told me at the very beginning. Referrmgito the (Legend of 1 i ; pi(l53arbarossa . Ftob the New Tork Erasing Post ' Somewhere ht Thurlngia, in Kyffhau ser mountain, in a deep cavern, guarded by a flock of hoarse-crowing ravens, his flaming beard grown deep into the Xls sures of an old stone table, sits Frederick Barbarossa. : Ancient legend has it that in the extreme hour .of Germany's" need he wflr ' arise 'anu- lrd- on . his broad crusader's -sword rana 'step, forth -once merer to. save, his land; " One oast, well imagine at the present crisis delegation from the kaiser, la frock coats and shiny high hats; H err von. Kunlmann, Profes sor Ielbruck. Von TirpKs and Scheldt maiuv arriving at the cave'e mouth and timorously 'laying- before -the - -Teuton hero a memorandum of; Germanla's ne cessities and an appeal on behalf of pan Germanism for hla- aid.'--One wonders wnat lhr old f eUows- answer would be, he who-strode across 'the world . cen quering it. not tor Teutoniam. but for that mediaeval conception of a league of nations, , of which Petrarch aanr, the Holy Roman Empire. It la probable be would srowi . back at these strange, frock-coated auccessora of a mlxhty era, that for them or their like be would sot atlr. ; And tha Thurlnxian rock fast- neasea would, echo and re-echo his deep STrowUng -contempt. .y rJi,i; ; r (Cotammleatlnna aaat to Tha journal for tmb- Hcation fat this department shoald be written on our oa stile of taa papef . . ano-ua Bat eieaea BOO words ta Janrta and aiaat be- sicaed by tha writer, liiiaa auil ailili im . fall anil aimaa paay tha eon tribotkin. 1 .- . :- .. .i,. Favors Mail Notice' System dendale, Oct. 9. To the Editor of The J ournai Thla delinquent tax notice ques tion reminds me very, much of the Texas debating society Which had for debate at one of its meetings the. following question; "Resolved, That it is no proper to sound the 'r in 'dorg. " - And in this connection, I- wish to ask, "Why give' any delinquent tax notice, at all? so: far as the controversy has gone, I see that The Journal, in common - with many others who have nothing to gain by the present system, and whose only motive therefore can be an honest desire to save the public money, advocates the postal card, or mailing, method of notice; The other side advocates the present system, claiming in all good faith that it is tha best and surest way to get the notice to the delinquent. The whole controversy being based upon the prop osition that there Is an "r In dog, or that some sort of a notice is necessary, the real and only, question to be deter mined, as X view the matter, is whether any delinquent tax notice is necessary at all. ,If it is, then the very best method must be used, irrespective of the cost ; if it is not. then any method is expensive and, useless.- People gen erally, in these times, do : not realise that the right to. hold the direct title to land is a very great privilege and one of the strongest bulwarks to free dom. There is a certain dignity-attached to the holding of title to land. This is true even in America, where land Is one of the- common subjects of barter and sale. Every man holding title to land knows there is an annual charge upon 1U and -upon ithe payment of which the stability of his title depends. He knows when this payment is due, and when it is delinquent. He knows what the penalties and risks of non-payment are, and if lie does not pay his taxes, it is not because he does not know these things. The notice is for the benefit and protection of the delinquent. How can it protect any man to notify him of a fact which, in the nature of things, he must already know? Between two evils, choose the lesser : Vote for the mail notice system. OLIVER SL BROWN. " A Reply to Mr. Sheeny Portland, Oct. - 9, To the Editor of The Journal I see in The Journal of September 27 that Jerry Sheeny takes occasion to give the Socialists a great stab. I wonder at his letter appear ing in The Journal, while the Oregonian would be a mora suitable place for It, as The Journal has always been pretty fair to the labor element. Mr. Sheeny says tne socialists ouy oonaa ana seu uem at a discount. Our government asks us to sacrifice. The man that sells his bond at a discount certainly sacrifices to the-. extent of the discount, whereas "the man that keeps his bond is only In vesting his money where he can get higher; Interest than he can get in the banks, and better security. I person- Ally . know several Socialists who are buying bonds and. keeping them as an investment. He says we see. men of that stripe standing on the street corners howling government ownership.' Well, It doesn't seem as though government ownership Would be so bad, when the railroads and telegraph companies fell down on their Job.- Thev government seems to handle them pretty well. We Socialists don't. take such men as Mr. Sheeny very seriously, we only wonder what he will do when the entire world becomes So cialistic Probably he caaf trade some of his Liberty bonds for an airplane ana get off the earth. WILLIAM WESSER. Takes. Issue With Mr. Adams Portland, Oct. 8. To the Editor of The Journal In yesterday's Journal there appeared a communication by S. T. Adams, . headed "A Rebound From Socialism, and ending with "By .tnelr fruits ye shall know them." This tide related to so-called Socialists,' who were probably not real Socialists. This statement also appears : "Of course. too shook the dust of socialism - off my feet and said, "Never-again !" Why the "again V The writer of that state ment never was a Socialist. Any per son who has ever really seen and com prehended the grand and glorious prin ciples of. real, scientific socialism (otherwise cooperation) could not be turned from it by anything that might be said or done by any number of so called Socialists, but would be as steadfast as -was Jesus (the first So cialist), ; who ' - died for - its a. principles. and ' would see, as did -Frances E. CTu lard, that- It is "GodV way out .-of the wilderness. Why- condemn social ism because, of Imperfect' Socialists? Should we condemn apples- because some are bad.- or-humanity - because human be ings make mistakes? . In my humble opinion. eoclalisnv-Mieope ration la the next step In ..the social evolution of the race,? and. the war; Js' bringing it "by leaps and bounda."; i ' :S -. .O-V; MONROE. Defends. Frora Mr. - SheehyV Charge Portland,' Oct -9.To : the : Editor of The Journals-Recent issues of the pro gressive and' popular - Journal - contain some , letters which: invite comment. Jerry1 Sh'eehy Oalla Socialists, "parasites In peace: or" war.'1 Mr. 'Sheehyonght tcTtnow; that the socialist party is al most entirely, composed jof . working men and , women, who not -only earn their own' living- but ; who- under. -our present I mratftm- of nrivate- ownersblD. ot rail rways,$ eta, are compelled to neip sup port- many able-bodied ; real - parasites who . live in luxury oft . the labor of others. M. Sheeby denounces" Social ists for ,favorinat government' owner ship Of all ooftcerne." 'The Socialists do not favor government ownership of "all concern' but', ;.only of such . ; concerns as . are "usea to exploit . tne worxers -or the -people' . as a .whole. - .T illustrate : As is well known there are many fish wheels ' anchored along the Columbia river Shore of Oregon for, the purpose of catching salmon and other large flab. rrhese wheels work and 'catch, fish day or night without asking, . or requiring any ? wages. , They1 reqt-ire r no engines or feel to keep in em going, as tne cur rent of the stream keeps them -fuming free of cost, i By means of , baskets on the revolving wheels the, fish, trying to get upstream, are lifted out of the rivet and dumped into tanks alongside the wheels. .It ,wlll be observed that with public ownership .of -'the 'fish wheels anchored" along thev Oregon'; shore- of the' Columbia the people of .Oregon could get salmon practically at cost of .trans portation.- and deUvery perhaps at two or -three t cents per; poundV-instead of from 29 to ,50. cents as 'is the .'case, now under private-owriershlp of fish-wheels. ' - max burgholzer; :i t ? -'-rvw i ctjj - jjm i unua ncmcain . - Th Dalles Oct 9. .To the Editor of The Journal xnree weeas -ago. I evas stnexen suaaeniy . wrur an Ulness we always -called. -grip, but Uter i noticed the papers gave symptoms ef the Span ish ' influenza and . I found they were y ;;l COMMENT AND NEWS- IN :BklEF V'-' SMALL CHANGE 1., . ' V - ' -" ha eaaaaBBBBaaaaBBBeeB - ' " Health and happiness are wealth. Send your, fiahiinr man tha aid home town, paper. ' - WeTl -aay -that Portland - la a closed town tor lair. . , Remember ' vonr Rawtnra filamn auiu aeep,K.wnoiiy 1 Tha TTIn(1nni- "-Mnn" The Hlndenburr "lion1 aeema to have turned tall and run. PershilUTS Drooarlw nroddlne' nitllaaa Prussians, panting plenty. "Twas a sad' day for Germany when Columbus discovered America. Make the beat af that avtra hitnr ttt aayugnt. , jcou ii soon lose it. It miv be a'lona-. loner i tn Ttr. lin, but the boys have a good start The hirh east of liviner maVaa tVia greai American aoiiar look like so cents. After- careful axamtnatlMi rtt an, nn. tics, our little one has determined to her own satisfaction why her dolly's ca .ro oiue. t With continued bust-am ef tha allliu forces what a glorious Thanksgiving it will be. And Merry - Christmas and .nappy rew Tear. too. Brown is emlna- to Th nna nf tha Twtrv. nlar colors In clothes this winter, but tha prices they ask for them continue to maae a xeiiow see red. and feel blue. . Even though you can't are to the thee. tre, you can invest your theatre money in War Savings Stamps which will do you more gooa in tne long run, anyway. School is well under wey'aarain. and sales of Thrift Stamps have been areatlv stimulated. Indicating that the young sters nave learnea tneir tnnit lesson r JOURNAL MAN ABR6AD " i ... By Fred Lockley . ' ' What a fellow toes thieaih the first time Ji und" 'J1 nr.i I today br Mr. LocklT. Th Joornal-i ttaff . corraapondant la France. While be is break les ia a aew eeeretary la tha T" catrtaea be also assists la breaktes ap a certain shen-ehrnea frosa which the poor ebap naturaily lutlara. At the Front X was at a email ahell wrecked town breaking in a newly ar rived secretary. We sised up different locations for the Y" which was to serve a battalion of our troops that had Just arrived for trench duty. Z picked out a brick house where the front window could be used as the counter, the men lining up in the street and passing the window to make their purchase. Dishes, letters, photographs, household equip ment of all sorts littered the floor.. We cleaned this out. and I had the soldiers move, a mahogany sideboard beside the window, on which we could display small er articles, such as gum,, shaving soap; safety rasor blades, shoestrings and soap. A huge old fashioned hand carved clothes press of some dark, satiny wood served to hold our cigars, cigarettes, chocolate and cookies. A handsome hand carved table made an ideal place for the money box and money order department One -loom was a foot deep with leather bound books, for there bad been a very- fine library. As we were working there was a sound above the booming of our guns, as though a skyrocket was going over the roof. The new secretary looked up and said. "What was that? The soldier I had appointed to help run the canteen said, "A shell from Jerry. Most of them go at least a hundred yards to the right ot ua They HOW TO BE By Dr. W soda-Botch aeon. SPANISH INFLUENZA "Bugs" are amazingly like the human beings they inhabit,- with many of their trait and characteristics. They will go peace fully along for endless generations, liv ing inoffensively In the .nose and throats of mankind. Then some unusual condition of affairs will arise, generally from crowding great masses ot humanity into congested quarters with insufficient or unsuitable food and bad air, and these former, doves will turn into ser pents with a suddenness and an em phasis nothing short of appalling. It is generally supposed that the majority of the Infectious ailments of the human race were rtarted in this way. Germs that had formerly been "free-living" that is, floating around In the atmos phere and gaining sustenance from vege tation or the soil became, through some extraordinary process or condition of affairs, parasitic and began .to-specialize, thrive and prosper in various parts of the human system Having once ac quired the knack, they passed It on te Identical with what X had passed through, and the rest of the family, in lighter form,, had it later. ' Here Is how I treated myself and family. 'First thing in the morning I spray nostrils .with a weak solution of wltchhasel or spirits of camphor or peroxide ; wash the teeth, thoroughly in a gtrtronger; solution of spirits of i cam phor, then gargle well with pure witch haseL Do this before each raeaL Rub the throat with camphorated oil. A good laxative should be taken at night, again in the morning and ayaln in smaller doses twice during the day. Castor oil Is best for children in severe diarrhea. Give half teaspoon doses every half hour till checked, then less frequently ; also, let the child eat of cornstarch custard, well sweetened and spiced, also well browned toast, soft boiled eggs and boiled milk. Hot gin ger or nutmeg tea will also help check it It is also fine for chilis and pains in the bowels, especially powdered Jamaica ginger. TJse one fourth to one half teaspoon of ginger to one cop of boiling water; sweeten; add a little milk; drink freely, as hot as possible. To help check pains in bowel and head apply hot cloths wrung from hot water to which a few drops of turpentine have been added, cover with a dry cloth renew frequently. Place hot Iron, stones, etc, to the feet Let the patient drink freely of aold water with a tea spoon of cream ef tartar to each glass. A cup of hot sage. -tansy or boneset herb tea taken at night is fine for fever, a teaspoon of either herb to one cup of boiling water. Steep as green tea ; drink a cupful if possible. Or quinine is good. A druggist ; win give - the - noeessary amount .if given age of patient, , or phone any. doctor. -. . X have -yet to see a case -of grip or Influensa tail to yield. IX taken in time. X have especially found the hot water applications bring better resnlt than cold ones. MRS. H. -O CLARK. ., PEapNATMENTldl .Motorjiown 'From Ifelso-v 1 Among the guests at the Imperial ia a party from Kelso, Wash.. In Portland to spend a few days, having motored to the dtv. In the party are Misses Helen C (--Gilman, Ethel Nichols. El1e Wit, Birdie Hedges. X3va UatehejleT. . Jiuth Hen rickson and Millie Alexander and Messrs, A. Sears. E. van Brunt c Juackett and Ga Sears. L -:- V '1 i - - - . a a ' - Tourists From California ; i Driving np from California by. auto-: mobile. Mr. and Mrs. J.. H. Richardson and party are in Portland for a several days visit. They are reilstered among the gnesta at the Caatit Mrs. George Flavel and daughter Nei-l;Why do yon call your boat the Hon?" lie and Mrav T, J. Caries and daughter, Because she has hatches, and lay to." . , OREGON SIDELIGHTS -RoseVursrs high school attendance to date U - 2S1, against 229 last year. Salem's shows a decrease from 485 to Lane oounty's fair U a little to the good financially hU year, in spite ot the i act mat aitenaance waa ow mr maL' i : ; ,.- " Tractor - purchase ' reported In the newspapers of Oregon . have beoome a notlble feature inthelr local news col umns. t . , No "Shun the Slacker club has been organised In Crane, the American says, because there are no such animals no ticeable with the naked eye. Av goat-klllingcougar is busy in the Tom Seavev neighborhood on the Mo hawk, the Eugene Register reports. One man lost H.'roet In one night. - The directors of the Pas Creek dis trict., near Long Creek, have been un able to secure a teacher for their school and the pupils are attending echool at Long Creek. .': . Salem is- without a police matron, the recent incumbent Mrs. 8. : J. Dorsev. hayinr' resirned because a , raise in salaries did not Include her She getting 860 a month. F The telephone company that serves Reedsport Is putting up new telephone poles In town to replace a set that, the Courier says, are ready to fall down, if they have, not fallen down already. - 5 The olty camping grounds at Baker. u,mM uvl are in constant use. from four to six ears being parked there most' of the time. Wood is fur iahat frM by the Baker Commercial club for the camper. The grounds were donated to the us ot the city by J. t. are trying to silence our batteries.' The f new secretary looked very serious and -- .n- Oarman runners said. "Are many of the German gunners bad shots? If they are. they might hit this place." Yes. Germany's best soldiers have been killed. They have to use amateurs now, the soldier said. The new secretary lost his interest in the im mediate surroundings. He said, "Did you hear that shell?" 1 said, "Tea" "Uon l you pay any attention to them?, he asked. "The ones you hear never hurt you. The one -that gets you you won't know about till you are nit; so the noisy ones are the safe ones," I told him. "How long will it be till I am used to them?" he asked. a a A few hours later we were walking through a wheat field to a T" two miles distant. I found a Mills bomb .by the aide of the trail. Thinking it might acci dentally be exploded and hurt some one I picked It up to carry till I found a good safe place to throw it. He said, "What is that?" I said, "A Mills bomb. I am afraid it might, explode and injure some one. so I am going to throw it in trench where it can do no barm "Lay it down as easy as you can, he said, as he hurried away from me, as though had smallpox. I heaved it at and into a trench, we came to, after which he dropped back and ceased to avoid my company. Every one hadf told me that the first shell that came over my head I would involuntarily duck. As a matter of fact I did no such thing, for my insatiable curi osity is such that I raised my head to see where It was going to light. HEALTHY JT Portland Fhndciaa their multitudinous descendants, which are very much In evidence to the present day. A recent and widely reported addi tion to the list ot doves that turned into serpents is the extraordinary epi demic which swept all over Spain a tew months ago. It "floors Its -victim with thoroughness. It appears without the slightest warning, starting with a vio lent headache, turning later into a high fever with much throat Irritation and gastric disturbance, and other symp toms of that widespread malady elassed by -our southern "Mammies" under the all-embracing and very descriptive term "of "gin'ril mis'ry." The fever breaks on the second or third day and the worst is over in a day or so more. According to many accounts, these seizure sometimes become so violent that they resemble convulsions, and there are stories of unfortunate victims suddenly being seised on the streets, much to their peril from passing ve hicles. ,. Tomorrow : Spanish Influence (No. 2). Blodwen of Astoria, are in the city for a visit ef several days. They are staying at the Portland while here. H. JOmrturf. J. H. Foley and Rob ert W. Sawyer of Bend, Or., In, Portland this week on business, are among recent arrival at the Multnomah. Frank H. Lamb ef Hoqulam,' Wash-, in the; city on a brief, business. visit to registered this week With Mrs; Lamb at the Benson.- ' . Mrs. Alfred McCorkl, Mrs. Gilbert Woods' Ind Miss Margaret Hun ef Kel so, Wash, are among the guests at the Oregon today. - Dr. R. M. Andrews, lumberman of Woodland. Or., is in Portland this week, among the arrivals registered at the Imperial. Mr. and Mrs. L. J. Hartman of Sil ver ton. Or in Portland , foe the week end. are among the guests at the Cor nelius. . . Mrs.. Frank R. .Prince, Mrs.. John S. Ryan and Mies Ryan of Astoria, spend ing; a few days' in the city, are at the Portland. t .- i'f . , , Mr. and . Mrs. N. H. Turner and Mrs. George D. Gove of Madras, Or,- are in Portland, among the guest at the Mult nomah. ' v ' 2 Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Mesereau of Doty. Waslu in the city this week, are among the arrivals at the Benson, ' .: r. v. Mr., and Mrs. R. A. Jerald of Salem are among. state capital meats In Port land, registered ' at the Washington. Y Ross F. Nelson and Moee W. Walker of Independence, Or.. In the ' city on ousineas, afce at the Imperial. .. j : i W, H. GDmore of Hood River, a busi ness visitor In Portland, is with Mr. Gllmore at the Oornelina. , W. V. Campbell of Medford, Or In the city for a few days. Is registered at the -Portland. s j-. Charles Wilson and Fred Wilson of Astoria are among the guests at the Multnomah.' . : , Mr. and-Mrs. G. Goodrich of Eugene, Or,' are recent arrival at tha Benson. -Mr, and Mrs. George X Lork of Sa lem are spending a few days at the OregoaU- ';. xAk - 'v;,' 1 ivy Captain E. M. Barden of Seattle, with Mrs. Bardea, 1 registered at the Carl- ' F4 W.' Wnber of Three Forks. Mont, Is a basmea visitor at the. Washington. Mr- and Mr. C JH. Houeer of Sheri dan. fir are registered at tha Cornelius. fr-f".' wraujuo ia aunong ye- innk.arnvaii ai me tregon. . - -. v Mri.atndfMrs. O, Hansen of Btella. Waalwara..at the Cartton., i "-.;". 'CP- W, , Amos'' of Spokane. Washi'r la registered atthe. Washington. -r Ft!;Oale':'lleMea Ragtag and BobtaifrV Stories From Everywhere Boy, Page Dr. Samuel Johaso i A PAQEBOT at a certain big hotel on r Granville street to in his spare mo ments much given to the atudy of the heat English literature. aayF. P.- la tte Vancouver (B. a) World. Recently ae was paid bis wages with a small tin deducted. for a breach of regulations. Indignant, the boy said to theVanager: "Sir, U you should ever find It within the scope of your Jurisdiction to levy an assessment on my wage for some trivial act alleged to have been committed by myself at some inopportune moment in the stress of one's avocation, I would suggest that Vou refrain from exercising mat prerogative.- The failure to do so would of necessity force ma to tender my resignation. : . ; The manager, tottering, reached a chair, and in gasps asked the boy what meant. "In other worda. said tha - "if you fine me aaaln X shall huck the. Job.- , v . " It is good to hlva an aTfanalva vn. cabulary and some versatility of style. Found! ; " "Aha!" hlaaa tha Tn11na. n.a quoted by Cartoons Magaslne. Iave found the secret of his berth I And. he uasa irom under the passenger s pillow. - The Weary Soldier "They grabbed ma on from a hm aa!d a youna soldier. "Thv tmv clothes away from me and gave me a umxorm; mey took my address away from me and gave me some more num bers. They took mv nam mn me and dubbed me with another num- oer. i was 675 alter that Then they took us to church and I was tired. The preacher put me in a dose. After a while X heard htm say: "575 Art Thou Wtsrt. Art Ttwtii TjamliMt K7C And I held up my hand, saluted, and saia, iou net i am r anai's now x got iu uays in tne gn am oouse." aoj. C ' Cosiness Manager "Tou'll have to work or fight Ras tua- "Dey cant touch me, sun. Tee t de manager ob a f ambly laundry, suh." "What'a the name of the laundry T" - "Martha, suh. i Pheasaat Refugees A male Chinese pheasant was caught alive down town yesterday.' says the Eugene Register, having been driven into file city by hunters, and it was given to the local chapter of the Red Cross. The bird was disposed of by . selling numbers, and Is now at the Broders meat, market A Chinese pheasant hen walked in on , Oliver J; Myers, manager of the Spauld- : Ing Logging company, says tne Salem ' Capital Journal. The hen had evidently concluded that a nice quiet office was a suitable place to spend the evening. ' Mr. Myers captured the Intruder and -turned it over to the Oregon hospital for its pheasaat farm. They Are 'Not "No matter what subject you start my friend here is always posted. "Tea, but are his wife's letters T The Gun in the Drawer f eat The Gee ia the Drawer. ' I mat the Defaulter berk Soar, the Hero's load nomas t, tittt WUHe's soridant, he leek tm the Insenae's honor, the Playwright's aropid aotvrJoa. tha Director's easy war out. the aore ears- foe Orerfootaee. I was hi the first Motion Pierare. sad sow I asa liable to epnaar aar bare.'. i ' I a is the wldaradeit excua tor real, draeaa- as the scrssa . . - bet they seed te lraaea " V a ad if someone will only aead-'as serosa 1 may set a Una or two - sad then the sore world aeay f erf at that I erer was. Photoplay sfaasaina. N Uncle Jeff Snow Says: Ike Blackburn sold a little ahe-feear to a circus' man In Turkey Creek In the Ozark one time before Hayes got to the White House. Dee didn't have the bear, but he knowed where she had her den, an be calk' la ted to deliver the goods to the circus man honest enough. When he come to make the drive, he killed two er three of her cuba and batted her pretty hard on the snout. That she-bear had growed In less'n three months 'most tre-menjous,- Ike said. By the time that., lady bear got three of her four allies Into the scrimmage, Ike didn't care any thing mote about that circus man, and dim up a burnt pine snag and hollered "Kamerad !" or words to that effect, all night This Hun kaiser is Jest about where Ike wa when he went up that burnt pine. Olden Oregon;, There Was a Time When Fifth Street . Portland. Was "Away Out The completion of the new postoff lea , building at Broadway and Gliaan street recalls some of the sarcasm , that was. current in the early seventies when the old postofflce at Morrison and Fifth street was erected. At that time , the business district of Portland was. on Front and First streets, and when the location - of the postofflce was decided a general comment was that "they are going to build It In Washington, county. In a spirit of mock seriousness, the sug gestion was made that- the merchant of the city should organise a pony ex press to carry the mail from and to the . new postofflce. " 1 . .t -'. -The Publication Measures- Title of Two Initiative Bill te : Remove a Pub lie Burden. . To : save . waste of taxpayerr money ; by cutting, away unnecessary expensee 1 the object of two blUs, which - wIU be on the ballot at the Norernber eleo- tioe. The Journal, representing thou sands of ' taxpayer la ' Oregon who want these reforms, has bad a part' In proposing these bills. The titles are printed .below, ; They :: aro in .the In terest of economy, and should fee ears-, fully read, by every voter: H: - . ; aTTUTTVX BrLlrilOpOsro BX" IXTTlA. T - - Trrs pgTrrio.t -- .-- r . Initiated bf C. S. Jaekson aad at - W Beoed .DaliMorat Tax Kotice Bin Pnrpoee To re paal fieaaat laws raqoirlns aweepaper sdiartlae asant ef deUaqtwet taxes aad ia lies thereof aro- Ttdlae that tax eoOsetoc ahaO, aftay taxes heroaae deUaqeewi eeca year, aaaa ay letter te each ewaee et eaal eveawrty at address ranriaaed by bias aad aoted an roll, a wrrttee aotle aoBtainfas daacrlptlon, amowrt ef tasea, Tata af totereat. penalties aad daU tm aad atT which SartiUeata 4 deUoqeBy ahan ieaae: ptwtldtB it poatrn detSawst nsUsad proef by eartineat efiaaiU' W VfF? soaheertiXlcau eendula eifaWnea thereof, sad abeeuac collector t dsav myfi UUw te eesBply with act. . . .'i sos f: iW Y XK9m so If vee favor this' ease re. vet 'Tea. EiTta.Trvx Birx proposed sr wrriA- ' Initiated by C S. Jaekaon, SIS Seinoa street. Portlaod. Ureeoa, aad SL W. Baanad. lies aat Davie street, PaXlmad. Onm ytxiac Coarpee asttoa to Pablieation f Lrcai nnhnw r! rtziae euaiponaafaae for mblieetlset ot a aotloea! attarioas. eoanty CaaaHei aMtZTTZTT areorta, ireweei11aa. sad all other lecaj Mm,! ' Mats e whataoarrr kind wbirU Sw rr htrZti Hi asay be reqoired .pmhUshedt pryrldoia- that eeeijepsra af eontract lo. Jewee tt; .that pobUoetie proof of taeh Wnl aotteee ahaA ia! m.w evw awvsu rwmfJM lmW9 fi .. aie tics i j, v- - .- ' . --'ll'.'fcO'- 'Tete.TES.er FOE - . If yea f aver. this sacsfara, vet It ' - : 4