t l' 8 THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAU PORTLAND. FRIDAY. NOVEMBER U 1918- - t 1. JU. 7 5 ysSssyacb " maw. A - - - iMfa 'r MP Sunday ifunwoa), at Tbo Journal "" tag. InhlU treet and Broadway. Parti d.O. kMmd at tlirf notnffkce at Portland. Oiwgoo, fit., for trenemlssi through th avail M twin. cUm mum, HfLKPHOXra Main tlTll HoM. A MI1. Ail departments mcM by tbas gmmbenv- x TtS tin operator What dapartanent too, wanu IOREIUN ADVERTISING BEPBB8XSTATITB 22 fifth inra. Mtw York; 000 Bwildla-. Chicago Sub rrpUco tow by snail In Oregon and w DAILY' (MOHKCTO O A1TTERSOOJO One yr......t.00 On month. . , . . . $ -80 SUNDAY t . free year.. . .. .S3.B0 I One -month. .28 lUILY (IfOBXLVO, OB AFTERNOON) AND SU3DAI ,. ttM yeaf!..'. ... IT. 80 On month. S . I bare no tbesssbt of suites ting that any .political party to paramount in matter of patriotism. I fesl too keenly th sacrifice which bar bean mad in thi war by all our . ciUzsna, irrespectrr of party affiliation, to harbor aura an id. I mean, only that th difficultly and delicacies of our present task ar of a ort that make It Imperatively accessary tliat th nation should fir It andirided rapport to th government under nnifid leadership, and that a lie publican OUe-rsss would divid th leadership. Wood row Wllsoa. THE PEOPLE'S PROTEST ITlHB JOURNAL is overwhelmed J I with .letters . against the Roose- l velt-Smoot - Penrose attempt to submarine President Wilson. Never has The Journal in a similar period received so man letters on a single subject. , g People .are ' aroused. They are touched with the president's frank v statement of what he is having to 5 contend against. They realize that this is not a normal time, but an extraordinary time. With 2,000,000 Americans 6vcr there and the great- est war in history to "fee fought to w a finish and peace terms so arranged that the war shall not have been fought in vain, the people fully sense the ' tremendousness of these days . and the tomorrow. They are indignant' at the violence and vituperation of the Roosevelt Poindexter gang. One protesting citi ; zen. J. W. Driver of Sheridan, writesj. Whit I am a Republican In politics. , I. am also a loyal one, and .if Roose velt and Polndexter cannot be-penalised for sedulous remarks, how do we expect such utterances stopped on the street corner". , and why put such men as Albers under - bonds? ;. Mr. Driver's question is unanswer- . able. -i Jf Roosevelt and Polndexter an1 PefrrOse can speaX in such deroga tory terms of the commander-in-ch'ief of our armed forces in time of "war. bow do we expect such utter ances to be stopped on the street corners? "Why put such men as Albers under bonds?" , More barm is done to the nation ' from the attacks of the Penrose gang than from the utterances of all the ' pro-Germans in America combined. ' L. L. Thornton or Amity writes : ' 1 ' The writer, a Republican, la afraid i seme of the dope T. R. has might rub off. I am through with anything T. R and hi clique have anything to do with. Nolr should our great people allow such rottenness to exist. 1 Nobody expected the wir would be so hear to an end so soon. Four or five years of war for us was the gen eral opinion of critics. "It almost seems as If the president is made the object of these brutal attacks be cause he has done so well," was the remark made to the writer by a Be publiban who says he has never voted for, a Democrat, but that he is going o follow Wilson hereafter. , The Roosevelt-Smoot combination have overplayed their game. Their in sulting attacks have aroused wide re sentment. The thought of thousands Is expressed by Norman Hapgood, former editor of Collier's, who said: Never since the Civil war, perhaps never In history, was It bo Important to preaent a united front. at Washing ton.- , whether or not the war la fought in ' vain, leaving the world far more wretched than before, depends largely OB the .degree of Influence exercised by the United Statea on the other belligerents, both on our enemies and on the entente. ; ' , - Create at Washington a situation whore the house and senate will ba seeking Issues against the president. J feeling In duty bound to. take the op posite View of the peace settlement from any he may take, and you-band the peo ple Of the world over to the belligerents. -ut oenina Mr. wuson a congress fto support his policies, and you make I; him the guide out of the wilderness. .rou; give to tne united statea the moat powertui ngure in tne world. Yon make of the future an American fu i ture ; a disinterested, constructive fu ture). You do your best to assure con tinued peace and a brighter world as i payment for ruined futures-and JU- "WOMAN IN POLITICS S ASSURING sign, is ttie interest Oregon women in politics. They are alert to the issues. t ucuer man many a Dusines . A. - . - Jt " man, lthey know what is going on. Be of all. they -expect to vote, and gD their neighbors to go to the polls. No .mistake' was made in giving them the' ballot. Just as a woman- 3 works an elevator .with greater acca- Sracy, .women use- the; ballot with more efficiency than most men do. r Wc 'had ' the example last .week ."of IS HE A, PARTISAN? . WILLIAM HOWARD, TAET, a Republican, ta president wuson r appointee on the wage adjustment board. ':? ;;r - - - Charles M. Scbwab; aRepubUcan, is President Wilson's appointee ma- uureceur scuerai ok uie cmeriscucy ticck vu'wru. , Elihu 'Root, a Republican, was President Wilson's appointee as head oX the extraordinary commission to Russia. ; ! : .ars Charter;-&V'HQCiT'PUcai is -'President Wilson's appointee to conduct aircraft investigations. vj Herbert Hoover, a Republican, is President Wilson's appointee as federal food administrator. ' . Dr. Garfield, a Republican, is President Wilson's appointee, as federal fuel administrator. ; , , - - - ' r. ' ' Clyde 8. Aitcbison, a Republican, Is President Wilson's appointee to the Interstate Commerce commission. The above are a few of President Wilson's hundreds of Republican ap pointees. ;, S-;,V Some persons are trying to make it appear that Woodrow Wilson is a par tisan president'. In appointments in this war he hasn't stopped to ask what political party any man belonged to. Never in history was there such an utter disregard of political1 affiliations In selecting men for high position in the government. Two of the leading assistant secretaries of war are Republicans. Nearly all the railroad administrators are Republicans.. Leading men. on the National Council of Defense are Republicans. Members of the railroad committee of the National Council of Defense were practically all Republicans. Judged by the political affiliations of the men in big positions in the war administration, anybody uninformed would be led to.thjnk that the president must be a Re publican. .. Take appointments by President Wilson in Oregon: W. B. Ayer, federal food administrator, is a Republican. Max Houser federal grain administrator, is a Republican The late TIfeodore B: Wilcox, until' his death federal flour adniinistrator. was a Republican. W. K. Newell, assistant food administrator, is a Republican. Lloyd J. Wentworth, local head of the federal shipping board; is a Re publican. John McCourt, special attorney sent by the federal government" to inves tigate moral conditions at Camp Lewis, is a. Republican.- v John Burgard, federal wool administrator, is-a Republican. Frank M. Warren, federal fish administrator, is a Republican. H. L. Corbett, Oreiori member of the federal war trade board, is a Re publican. Franklin T. Griffith, local head of the federal labor adjustment board, is a Republican. Charles H. Carey, Oregon representative of the federal war industries board, is a Republican. ' . Phil Metschan Jr., assistant to the. federal fuel adniinistrator for Oregon, is a Republican. Ther Is not anar.n rwr for a r.nmnletft list of Renublieana holrHnar arv- a pointments in Oregon direct from the is- head. Those named are but a small portion of the list. Thus, every member of ike board of directors of the federal reserve branch bank in Portland 9 a Republican. The members of the special committee to recommend men for the second officcrsV'tralning camp were all Republicans.. ' The jnembers of the sub-committee, about a dozen of them, who recom mended the men sent to the camp,: were, all ; Republicans. The originally appointed members of lhe federal spruce board in Oregon, A. S: Benson and W. M. Ladd, are Republicans. The truth is, no president of the United jStates ever showed so complete a disregard of party lines in appointing mep to important publio positions. You can count on the fingers of one hand the Democrats so appointed to war positions in Oregon, while the list of Republicans appointees runs into scores if not hundreds. Various partisan persons are now ; accusing President Wilson , of being a partisan. In the face of the above; facts, how can they do it? It Is certain that no previous administration can be named xvhfch so utterly disregarded party lines in making appointments. Selections Ji&rve been made apparently without even a thought as to party allegiance and with the sole Idea of fitness and ability to perform the tasks before them. J7 Chamber "of Commerce directors, all capable and high purposed men, acknowledging Uwrt they knew noth ing about the delinquent advertising bill and its companion- measure. Yet thjey are advising other folks to voto against boi measures. Women vyill commit no such blunders. The activity of the women in be half of former Governor West is one of the current incidents. It is " an acknowledgment of the maay things Mr. West has done for the welfare of women. The question about Judge Ganten bein which troubles many voters can be -briefly stated. The judge drew his full salary from the people of Oregon while the United States government was paying for his mili tary education. tThe ethics of this performance Is foggy. Is- not one liable to fall into the same ethical confusion when deciding, between lit igants as he did when deciding be tween himself and the state? TURKEY'S TURN T HE collapse of Turkey brings im mediately, with other desirable consequences, the' opening of the Dardanelles to allied ships. Since Turkey's surrender Is said to be unconditional, we" may 'take it for granted that there will be no hin drance to the passage of an allied naval squadron into the Black sea. This would make an end of the German fleet which has been play ing the mischief in those waters. As soon as an allied naval force enters the Black seaJhe Germans must give up Odessa and their power in the Ukraine will fade away. Odessa is the great wheat export ing town of southern Russia. Through its part pass the harvests of the "black earth" country famed for its fertility. Early in 'the war it was believed by the allies that the Dardanelles could be forced and the wheat of the Ukraine brought out to feed the French a'nd British armies. This s said to have been the mo tive for the disastrous expedition which met its fate at Gallipoli. What could not then, be accomplished by direct assault has now been done in directly. From a military point of View the .Mesopotamian expedition was really aimed at the Dardanelles. The same may be said of General Allenby's operations in Palestine. ' The brilliant British successes - in both those regions must have dis heartened, the Turk, with the war. And when to his : own losses were added the surrender of v Bulgaria, which severed his communications with Germany, the end was in sight He had no choice but to throw him self into the hands of the allies and beg for mercy. ' - ' How much mercy ' the Turk de serves is an easy question to answer. The time has tome to put an end forever to his power to butcher the Christians who have the ill luck to live ' In is empire. , . 1 As to his empire itself, the less the - . ; - ." , - - . , . w o r government of which President Wilson allies leave of it the better for the world. The only truly Turkish ter ritory, there is on earth ia the Jittie country or Anatolia in Asia Minor We calf' it Turkish btcause its in habitants are Turks. To Anatolii. then let the Turk retire and spend the next few centuries thinking, of. nis sins. Twenty years ago a woman who appeared in publio wearing men's attire was a monstrous portent. Pious city mayors set the police upon her. Ministers warned their congregations that she was on the downward way, going fast. Today we pass women in mens cioines without a second glance. Concerning trousered women and government management of rail roads the only pertinent ouestion is. "Have they come to stay?" DO YOUR DUTY 1 T IS a reproach to our democracy. wat so many voters fail to vote. Reports have" it that hardly hatf oi-our qualified citlxens are even registered. Of those who are rari. tered only a fraction will o to th" pous on election day. unless ; we change our habits for the better.' So many exhortations havA han Wellvered against this remissness that u may ne wasting words to deliver another. Yet we are going to do so. And we are going to begin by say ing that a citizen who has the right to vote and does not exerciseit ought w tose me wgnt. It is the duty of every enfranchised American to take a hand in conduct ing the affairs of the arovernmpnt. Our institutions are founded on the assumption that he will take a hanrt If - he does not he commits a griev ous wrong Decause he proves, insofar as his conduct can, that democracy is oasea on a falsehood. But there 4s ; another side to this subject, as there are two sides to every subject. It is well enon-h scold our citizens for not voting, it is netter, perhaps, to ask why they are so careless Shout voting. There is a reason ror it. , , . ,'"e". "u women too, would be eager, to go to the polls and vote if they believed that anything impor tant depended on it. They fail to go because at the bottom of their hearts they are convinced that it makes no difference whether they gb or not. This Is a mistake, it does make a fearful difference. But thev ean not 'see it and there is some excuse for their bndness. Elections often mean no more than a change of graft ers. No principle is at stake. Noth ing of genuine value will ensue no matter which party wins. The way to cure this trouble is, of course, to make, elections, mean some- tnmg ny staking big issues at the polls. And that is precisely Whit we nave cume this time. Big issues are at stake. The good or evil fate of the world for a ".thousand years to come may depend on the outcome of this election. .if the presiden t Is upheld it means peace, justice, de- mocracy. If he Is repudiate it means Smoot-Penrose junkerism - 4n the United States to replace ' defeated unkerism In? Germany, , You ought not to shirk your part in. the drama. DELINQUENT TAX . EXPOSURES Idaho, aa Well as Washington, Has ,- Thrown Off the Burden. Newspapers throughout the state nave been printing a flagrant misstatement of fact. Incorporated by the Oregon State Editorial association tn a set of resolu tions condemning the Delinquent Tax Notice bllL In this resolution th edi torial association resolves "that the newspapers of the state. make plain the following facts: "First The uniform practice of the atitjes of the union is to notify owners ordellnquent pr&pertty of such delin quency through publication notice." f The purpose of the resolution was to create the belief among voters that the abolition of delinquent tax publication was an Innovation, untried in any other states. The truth Is that a number of states have adopted the reform and have freed themselves of the useless burden of publication. Attention has 'heretofore been called to the fact that the state of Washing ton, just to the north of Oregon, repealed Ita old territorial law requiring the pub lication of delinquent tax lists when the first state legislature was convened In 889. The newspapers which fattened from the publication statute forced the law back upon the statute book In 1893, but it was egaln repealed in 1897, and has not been reenacted. In Iplte. of the de termined efforts of those newspaper publishers who formerly were the bene ficiaries of the system. But Washington is not the only state sh which does pot publish delioauent tax lists. The state of Idaho, our - sister state just to the east of us, does not publish delinquent tax lists. James Munro, deputy Btate examiner of the auditor's department of Idaho, in explaining the tax collection system In Idaho, says: The statutes do not require the pub lication of a delinauent tax list. In this etate no notices are "mailed . to de linquents, but on each auccesBive tax statement, which Is mailed prior to the time taxes are due, the fact that. there are existing taxes on the property is noted. n this way the property owner will have received two notices to the effect that there are delinquent taxes on his property before the period of re demption of this tax expires. Of course when property -Is foreclosed, .' sufficient legal notice Is served on alt parties In terested, which Is th best protection that could be afforded Ao any property owner. . "A few years ago the revenue laws of this state required the publication of the delinquent tax list, but the best results even then obtained were by sup plementing this list with mailed notices to the- owners of property having delin quent taxes against them. ... And there are other states besides Waahinsf-01 and Idaho. '.- " : ; - These are two Instances wherer -states close by do not follow '"the jfhlform practice" or tax list ptroircaiton inai they do not ought to havbeett kndwn. If, Indeed, it was not known, to ; the State Editorial association when ' It drafted and adopted Its resolution. The "fact" about the "uniform practice was not a fact, but a falsity;? Washington repealed , the .publication statute because It wa a piece, of spe cial privilege legislation, burdensome to the unfortunate,-a relhj of gang-. politics. and Inefficient. Idaho! repealed the publication statute because- it did not give good results. The Journal believes that the voters of Oregon will vote "308 X Yes" and repeal the publication stat lite of this state in the Interest of econ omy and efficiency. Letters From the People f Communications sent to The Journal for pub- i licaUon ia this department should be written on ml j- one aide of the paper, should not exceed neo words in length and most Be sicnea By um WT.-ter. -whose mail address in full must accom pany the contribution.) Mr. ITRen Supports Pierce Portland, Oct. 30. To th Editor of The Journal May I submit to your readers some reasons for voting for Walter M. Pierce for governor? I am a Republican, and when other things are eqyal, I vote for Republican candidates ; but there Is no equality between Pierce and Withycombe nothing but contrast. have ( known them both for many years, i Th omy progressive 'measures Mr. Pierce has opposed were tho single tax bills. If Governor Withyeomb ever advocated . any progressive measure or anything constructive; except his $600, 000 military police, I never heard of It. When peace 1 proclaimed thousands of Oregon war workepa, soldiers and sailors "will be. looking for Jobs at home. Then we shall need a governor with courage and ability to' propose and car ry on practical plans. If Pierce is elect ed he will not fear to lean in provid ing all of the relief and help the state can give to our citizens returning from the war. . ,- Judging Governor Withycombe by his past, we need not look to him for con structive leadership or legislation, i never heard his voice or read an article from him favoring the Australian law when that was an Issue, or the ' Initia tive, referendum, recall, home rule for cities, direct - election of United States senators by the. Number On plan,--the direct primary law, -nor even for prohi bition or Womafi suffrage. Neither, did he ever directly and publicly oppose any of these measures, bo far as I know,, ex cept to seek the . Republican assembly convention Indorsement for governor in 1910. Governor - Withycombe has been as nearly as possible a silent deadhead as to all progressive measures in Ore gon, but when he did raise his Voice, it was to help the enemies of popular gov ernment. - ' i Walter Pierce has been just the oppo site of all this. ' Publicly and privately he advocated all the measure of which X have spoken, except the . single tax. His-opposition to the liquor traffic de feated him for re-election to, .the state senate "some "years ago, but he-did not quit on . that account. He has- Ideals and the courage to' back them up. If Pierce is elected he will have pro posals for preparing in Oregon for peace. I and making opportunities for honorable4 labor for the returning sol diers and sailors after the j war. i lf Withycombe Is elected, he will want to double his military police and is not likely to have anything elsevto offer th returning soldiers. Any, citizen, as it seems to me, who will look up the past record of the two candidates and then consider the prob lems In government that Oregon must meet within the next four years, will not hesitate a moment to vote for Wal ter Pierce. , w & UREN. The Case ef Gantenbeia ' Portland. Oct.. 28. To the Editor of The Journal I am a Republican voter of this city,' and think it proper at thi time to tell " the - .voters what X have learned about this man Gantenbeln tha man who would rather be a - judge on the bench than a major In the trench t -" Just a I expected, a few of his lawyer j- - - - adherent got together1' at the eleventh nour ana proclaimed him tne nugnuest of them all t For th sake of argument, let us admit these few lawyer think he is entitled to bs reseated on the bench of .Multnomah county but. thank heaven, . , , ,.- uicsa xew lawyers ao noi .carry vote of Multnomah county la "their pockets I It must be admitted br every one who has ever talked with or knows this man - that he claimed ta - be - 'military man that hia military edu cation and knowledge were his great as sets; and-tt la a matte- of public record that he spent three months, last sum mer, at th - county's expense, fitting himself for a commission, that he might be better prepared, t go. overseas and Join the other brave Americans who ar fighting for freedom against the raurdar- ous Hun! that he completed hi course or training and was afferea a commis sion as major In the national army ; that he refused' that commission, saying he "could not make too many sacri fices!" ; ,yJ. - . These being admitted, facts we can arrive at but one logical conclusion, narnely, that this' brahman place the mighty dollar above patriotism and above the life of your boy. But if his friends say that It I, not- tre, then he certainly must b a coward br a pro Hun ! Let the voter say which. Oantenbeln Is a German by training. If not by birth a typical, German ; be believes In German ' ideals, schools, the superiority of the German race, etc; he says his parents were Swiss but he was raised a German, speaks Ger man, and was educated In Germany. His father was a missionary of the Re-4 formed German church and as such was accorded the right to educate tils chil dren in Germany, which he did all of tnera. . You mothers and fathers, look at that little blue star in your : window. think of how soon It may be turned to one or gold l Think of "in danders fields where poppies era. Between tie (rare, row on row. and then go and cast a vote for this man who places the mighty dollar above patriotism! who says, in effect, that our brave boys will have fought and died in vain! He fooled you in the pri maries last spring. Don't allow him to fool you on the fifth day of November ! A REPUBLICAN VOTER Gaoienbein's Record Portland, Oct. 29. To the Editor of Th Journal--I have seen letters in The Journal from time to time pertaining to why Judge Oantenbeln Is not in the service, i Consider his record in the Spanish-American war. - He did not come back all covered with medals. Con sider also his act In taking a course at the Presidio at the taxpayers' expense and taking up the room of some loyal man that would have taken what they had to offer. Did he expect to get Gen eral Pershing's job? I rather believe he was in Europe too long before com ing to this country or , else he has yellow streak. ' P. A. PRICE. Indorsing Proposed New Normals Portland, Oct. SO. To the Editor of The Journal My Interest In the ques tion of normal schools for Oregon . has led me to investigate the general ques tion of normal schools, their success or failure, and I have learned that In a majority of normal schools throughout the United States the students come from within a radius of 6d miles. This explains the lack of . attendance from Eastern and Southern Oregon at the Monmouth normal. It Is also well known that the large majority of stu aenia artenamg - normal schools are young women drawn from country or small town ' communities. They come from homes where expense for long journeys cannot be afforded. The only way to secure students for normal schools la to entabllsb jthem in local ities from which" they ;'can draw their students. The statement that department of normal training in colleges and univer sities are steadily taking the places of normal schools, and that pnly two nor mal schools have been built in the whole United States in the last 10 years may be met by the counter statement that so many states have splendidly equipped and firmly established normal schools that' new ones .have not been needed. Witness the equipment and standing of the normal school at San Jose, Cal or Watertown, Wis., or Nor mal, 111., or any one of the 13 normal schools of Pennsylvania. These state are supplied for years .to com with educational facilities . for meeting all demands for grade teachers, as Oregon would be If there "were equally well equipped - normal schools in Eastern and Southern Oregon. The argument for a college course and environment, with their broadening and cultivating influences, Is valid, pro vided they are available for the major ity of normal students, which at pres ent," they are not. In 'Oregon. Tet nori mal schools any good school can have and can. dispense th vital element ot the highest culture. Th cultural tud les -of literature .and the elements of music and art have an Important nlao in all schools, but especially in all nor mal schools. These studies will go far toward giving the best elements of cul ture to be found in colleges and univer sities. MRS. HELEN KKIN STARRETT. PERSONAL MENTION Chilean Business Men Here William O.- Borrowman and George Borrowman, representing Balfour, Guth rie A Co. in Valparaiso, Chile, are In Portland conferring with heads of that firm. " They are registered at the Ben son. .Wlth the end of the war and the resumption of general shipping much trade with the west coast is expected 1 and the visit of Chilean representatives is in. anticipation of this business. t e , v Guests From Connecticut Mrs. J. C. Macfarlane of Watertown, Conn., and Miss E. Macfarlane of Bos ton, in th Pacific Northwest for a visit of several weeks, are spending- a few days in Portland, guests at the Mult nomah. Albany Residents Visit , A. KL McMahon, Leigh Anderson and Jennings Cox of Albany are in Portland this week, on a business visit. They are registered durlnr their stay at the Imperial. " Mr. and Mrs. Carvett Wells of Singa pore, on their way to London, ar- guests for a few day at the Benson. Misses ' Grac . and - Nell Michel of Stevenson, -sA'ash., spending a few day In the city, are guests at the Imperial. Captain Everett H. Field of Jerome, Idaho, on his way to join hia 'military unit, is registered at tho Multnomah. Mr. and Mra. W. W;,Coff of Forest Grove.. Or, spending a few days ia Portland, ar registered at the Oregon. James E. Bannon of - Pendleton' 1 among Eastern Oregon guests regis, tered. this week at th Portland. Mr. and Mrs.-F. A. Stafford of Sac ramento ' are California stat -capital guests registered at th Carlton.-: Mrs. Bradley , Upton, a- guest at the Cornelius .for more tan a - year, left last slight - to. visit 'relative in Walla Walla, -Wash. C, ;A, Smith of Astoria np on a short business trip is a guest at th Benson, r T. M.- Mason, of TJe Dalles, 1 at th Nrw'Perkina, : .- - - - . . H. W. Uarrett 'of Eugene; In the "city AND small change Th allies advanced Turkey dav a few weeks, but that's an right. Headline on news- item from Mon mouth "Health at Normal Good." The Hons are aroint- -.be . naiElns- house one better, for they are utilizing the squeal. On feature of tho daily report that all newspaper will happily dispense with U th casualty list. They're Dttttins" new lisrhta in Th journal' electric nag te keep tne glow in uia uiory.' Anotner gooa way is to buy War Savings Stamp. . Our memory jump back to th Mexi can campaign when w read in the news from th Italian front of the oc cupation of Oderso and of the exploits of Diaz. ' A spiring young Americana win prob ably find comfort, in th information that President Wilson, as a schoolbov. itever led his class, and will be glad to snow mac ne once paaaea nis knicker bockers to save himnelf the at in a- f a whipping'. In those days, too, he was Known only as ..Tommy " Wilson. COMMENT JOURNAL MAN ABROAD By Fred (On kia way to the canp wbeca be ii to find a aow contingent of Ore eon bojr. Mr. Loekley finds himself ia the midst of a remarkable scene, abibitios the rsried hnmaa actiTitiea of the martial Britons. lie tkrtt proceed to iatarriew a fine lot of Oregon soldier pom. Wlnnall Down Camp, Near Winches ter. England Here in th heart of Eng land's past, you will se thousands of our boys a they stop for a few day on their way to Franc. For many cen turies warring hosts have been encamped about Winchester Saxons, Normans, Danes and the soldiers of Oomwell. And now Anzacs and Tommies, Tanks and Canadians are ' campedlhere and once more the street of Winchester ling to martial tread. Passing thrrough the quaint old streets of Winchester I climbed the hills to Morn Hill, passing and being passed by hundreds of soldiers and soldier girls for th English girl bar their part in this war. Her a girt In tight fitting gray curduroy trousers with her peaked cap pulled low, comes by sstrld a motorcycle, wfth an officer in the aide car. Here comes another manly figure but for" the wisp of hair, that stray out from the aide of her cap. She Is skillfully driving a lorry. They are driving ambulances, -automobile, carta or supply wagons, and doing it skillfully. They are In the naval force, in the air THE PRESIDENT'S APPEAL My Fellow Countrymen: -Th congressional elections ar at hand. They occur In the most critical period our country has err faced, or is likely to face in our time. If you have approved of my leadership and wish to continue me to bss your unembarrassed spokesman in affairs at homo and abroad, I earnestly beg that you will ex press yourselves unmistakably to that effect by returning a Democratic ma jority to both the senate and th house of representatives. I am your servant and will accept your Judgment without cavIK but my power to administer the great trust as signed me by the constitution would be seriously impaired should your judg ment be adverse ana I must rransiy ten you so because so many critical Issues depend upon your verdict. No scruple of taste must. It. grim times Ilk these, be allowed to stand In th way of speak ing the plain truth. . - -. " I hav no thought of suggesting1 that any political party els paramount fn mat ters of patriotism. I feel too keenly the sacrifices which have been made in this war by all our citizens. Irrespective of party affiliation, to harbor such an idea. I mean only that the difficulties and delicacies of our present task are of a sort that make It Imperatively neces sary .that tha . nation should giy .It undivided support to the government un der a unified leadership, and that a Re publican congress would divide the lead ership. t - The leaders of the minority in th pre ent congress have unquestionably been pro-war, but they have been anti-administration. At almost every turn since wo entered the w"ar they havo sought. to take the choice of nolksy and the conduct rof the war out of my hands and put it under the control of instrumentalities or their own choosing. This is no time either for divided counsel or for divided leadership.' Unity of command is- aa necessary now In civil actions as It is upon th field of battle. "If control of the house "and senate should be taken away from the party now in power an opposing majority could assume control of legislation and oblige all action to be taken amid contest and obstruction. The return of a Republican majority to either house of congress would, more over, certainly be Interpreted oh th other side of the water as a repudiation of my leadership. Spokesmen of th Re publican party are urging you to elect a Republican congress, in order to back up and support the president ; but, even if thex hould In this way Impose upon some credulous voter on this side of the water, they would tmpos on no on on the other side. It Is well understood there, as well as here, that the Repub lican leaders desire not ao much to sup port the president as to control him. The people of th allied countries with whom we are associated against Germany are quit "familiar with th significance of lections. They would find it very diffi ilt to beliav. that th voter ot the United States had chosen to support their president by electing to the congress a majority controlled by those who ar not In fact tn sympathy wfth the attitude and action of th administration. I need not tell you, my fellow country men, that I am asking your susfbrt, not for my own sake, or for the ' sake of a political party, but for th sake or the nation itself. In order that Its in ward, unity of purpose may be evident to all the world. In ordinary times I would not feel at liberty to make such an appeal to it. In ordinary times divided counsels can be endured without per manent hurt to tho country. ' But these are not ordinary times.1 If in these critical days it I your wish "to sustain me with undivided minds, Z beg that you will say so jn a way -which it will not be poa&lble "to misunderstand either her at horn or among our .as sociates on th other ld of the sea. I submit my difficulties and my hopes to you. , . WOODROW WILSON. on business, is registered at th Port land. -;V--'u C R. Curtis of Saa Francisco, with Mrs. Curtis, is registered at th Carlton. H. A. Macauley of Astoria Is among the guests regis tared at th Cornelius." C L. Towers of Salem in th city oa business i a guest at th Now Perkins, H. Bufflngton of South Bend. Wash., in Portland on. business this week, is registered at the Nw Perkins. n p. G. Bond of Eugen 1 among recent arrtvala at the-Oregon. ...s:-,.; ' - R, r; Miles of Bend.. Or., 1 a guest this weak at tha Portland. ' H-' X. Under of Con Bay, - Or.. Is registered -at th Carlton. - - ' W. Bolton f Antelope. Or., la at th -Cornelius - x. f "v ' i .... - "r , . 3r ; t NEWS IN BRIEF, OREGON SIDELIGHTS . Th Crane.' A mirb-An resort' "excel lent feed conditions" in Harney county. The Eucrena Raertstor warns Old Kid Flu that when he goes up against real uregon weather h will bv to capitu late. - . J. M. Benson f Moro baa raised I5i nounda of titan a from M. tot and a half near his (residence. At current market price th beans, th Observer says, ar worth more than the -ground on which tney were grown. . v Th Woodburn Independent ha been told that probably many American sol dier bnvn will mamr, French airla and never com back to America. It put in an alibi for th Woodburn boysfHay ing "they think too much of good 14 woodbnrn and tne wooaDurn mowers. sisters 'and sweethearts, a : "The present moonlight nights," says the Reedsport Courier of recent data, "ri umtwhit tnterferltur with th fish ermen retting their limit of fish. It ia said that the salmon approaching the ntti sM the nets before becoming Killed and avoid them by going over or turning back." . Lockley fore, In the army and on th land, and England should be proud of them and the. splendid work they ar doing. I will not attempt to describe the extent of the huge, well arranged and well organized camp, but I will give sora news of our home boys Instead. Th first Oregon boy I met was Cor poral O. O. Fletcher Jr. of 1210 East Madison street, Portland. When he learned my nam he said : "Why, I was at Washington high with jour son Lawrence." He asked me to go to 612 Morgan building and tell his dad all about my visit with him. Sergeant K. C. Jones of Astoria- said : "My dad Is with th Northwestern shipyard. My folks live at 365 Tillamook street near Irvlngton." ,1 talked with CorporalAr thur Hallan. also of Portland. The next Oregon boy was Jimmy Burns of 10 Byhee avenue. He is an old time Journal carrier. Prior to en listing h was working In the Southern Pacific's Brooklyn shops. Corporal Glen R. Klelnau of 1084 Prescott street told me about his school work at Lin coln high. He had put In two years at Reed 'college when the call to Franc came to him. I saw a red haired, freck le faced lad with a friendly grin, who turned out to be L. K. Yandle of 186. Carruthera street. VOTED TO KEEP BURDEN ON Th Portland Chamber of Commerce has a "legislative committee" to which from time to time Initiative and refer endum measures are submitted. The recommendations of this committee. In practically all cases, mean the recom mendations of the board of director The recommendatioas of the board of di rectors, officially, bind the Chamber of Commerce. - Th member of this committee are well known to th public of Portland and of Oregon. They are men who, because of environment, training, personal In terest, or Inclination, believe In granting subsidies for the benefit ot the few at the expense of th many i. ' a This committee recommended to the directors, and th directors accepted their recommendation, that the Delin quent Tax Notice bill and the Bill Fixing Compensation for Publication of Legal Notices, should not be enacted into law by tho votera It contended In its re port. In effect, that the newspaper of the state should be subsidised, that the delinquent taxpayer, already unabl to meet his taxes jn many cases, should be made to bear th expense of th subsidy through unnecessary and unjust publi cation cost, and that the general tax payer should be shouldered with an ab normal and undue expense In th pub lication of legal notices required by law to be published. e Following are the names and occupa tions of the members of the legislative committee who believe in and recom mend the Continuation f special privi lege legislation: . Franklin T. Griffith, president of the Portland Railway, Light & Power com. pany. James B. Kerr, . counsel for the Spo kane. Portland ft Seattle Railroad com pany. - - John F. Daly, president of th Title ft Trust 'company, dealers In abstracts of title, mortgage and mortgage loans. C C. Chapman, editor of th Oregon Voter, fellow lobbyist who helped the lobby maintained at the legislature by th up-state press to defeat the repeal of the publication statute in 1917, and next friend for those who have. K e Th board of directors, without .con sideration of the merits of the two meas ure, adopted th recommendations of the legislative commute and put the Chamber of Commerce on record aa op posing them. After they had don so, some of the directors said they 'Intended, to vote for the measures, some that they did not vote upon th adoption of thrt recommendation of th committee, sonr) that they did not know anything of the merits of the measure. But they for mally put the Chamber of Commerce on record a advising against measure which some of-them favored, and con cerning which some of them knew noth ing. Th director who were present and, without discussing th merits of th measures, advised the Voters to vote against them, were: John B. Yeon, capitalist. Wilbur K. Cornan. vice president and general manager of the Northwestern Electric company. Guy W. Talbot, president Portland Gas ft Coke . company, and Pacific Power ft Light company. I, W. L. MacGregor. with Balfour, Guthrie ft Co. E. B. MacNaughton. architect. O. E. Helnts. manager Pacific Jroa Work. ; A.' J, Bale, -manager Pacific Coast Biscuit company. 1 L. J. Wentworth. rice president and manager Portland Lumber company. E. L. Thompson, banker and real es tate man. Frank E. Smith, surety bonds and In surance. J- Hofmann, advertising manager the Oregonian, chief beneficiary of tax publication in Oregon. J. C Ainsworth, banker. " k -- .. J. P. Jaeger, jeweler. " - x Charles F. Berg, merchant - . goawaw, ., secretary. watanw UFa, m . " u r -wa Jt Co. and Clarke. Woodward Drug company. Nathan Strauss, Flelschaer. Mayer ft B. Dodson. executive secretary' ComSerc. PortlDd CbambeTot Praetieal Insight - 7 , "'FfwaiOraafa Peel ' 7 -Ray, today wa th first tim I ever aw a patrol wagon. "How -Hd you ilk It. , j.Oh, X va carried away with It." ' 1 ; Ragtag and Bobtail Stori From verywhr "No Huns tn Those Days: -GOVERNOR PENNTPACKER ' found v at Whlteraarsh th "hlrh-wat. mark of tho Revolution, says th Phila- , ugr. i or ne coniar4 mat Washington achieved hto "greatest -tac- ucu suocess at this point, in presenting . a line of battle o formidable that Gen eral Sir William Howe, after maneuver ing for four days, sidestepped: battl and went back to Philadelphia. , , After th battle of Germantown. whll th i American war marching up the Sklppack, th tombstone In St. Thomas churchyard at Whltmarah war used for cooking purpose by both armies. , "On day," says Mr. Hance, a local antiquarian, "while th offioer at head quarter) were at dinner, a fin porting dog, .evidently lost, cam Into camp to get some dinner, too. On its collar was engraved, th name 'General How. lt waa, In factv th British commander s dog, .and .General Washington ent it back to its owner under a flag of truce ; for which courteous and gentlemanly act General Washington promptly received La warm letter of thanks from General Howe." T Oh, Just Any Hun General "General;" cried the. orderly (quoted by the Boston 'transcript), riding up In great excitement, "our left wing Is gone." "Then It Is no longer posslbl to flyj replied the general thoughtfully. "How. ever, we should --t forget that our legs are left" Thereupon he led th way. a .Yes, a Blame Sight Rather I'd rather be a prrrata tn a U. S, army corps Than a German prince and tortr-fl- jesre older: I'd rather be a prlrste with a "chick so" eo me , kaea ., Th" a colonel with aa eaale o say should' r. Id rather be a private in the arm ef the frr Thsa a king of any Germs a realm oa earth: I'd rathe be a veteran of tha flfbt for Hbertr . Than aa Austrian prince by all tha rUbts of birtb. A. O. Crktta Uncle Jeff Snow Says: Nestor MiUhaven, who piece out si livin' edltln th paper he calla th Jonah Creek Newr. Is argufytn that he' so plum full of patriotism that th de linquent taxpayer had orter b mad to dig up for him. Doo Atwater ast him . if he thought he earned th subsidy, seein' a he had to take syndlcat edi torial dope from a paid writer tn Port land to help him teU th Innocent pub- -lie how to vot about delinquent tax ad vertising. Lota of feller is wlllin to abolish any old graft but their own. A fer me, : I'd a heap rut her tak C E. Spenoe fer a wis man oa any 'nltlatlve measure than the Chamber of Com merce down to Portland. 8 pence ain't alius right no man ain't but he don't let no tricky bunch pull things ovar In his name, and he's known to be a plum . horifest man. Wilson By Ifery Alice Ceatdo. O Man of the Hour! At heart so tree, With hand on tha balm of the Hfclp of State, Ton shall not fail In tha work ta do j 'Tls ths task ef your destiny, terms of fata. ; Bard to Um strata of a mtcbUeet war Too have beat to tho strata like tha staraUal oak, And the root hare struck deeper aa wisdom crew. Till nations today your strength iaeoka. DsunUes and steadfast. O Man of the Hoart Safe la tho cause of humanity found 7 When one of such typo guards tha aatioa'a door. . t - . Be calm: Use the atreame-ot lifbt shall flow Be steady of mie and ba quiet of heart Tbe Uataainc eat of the world ar turned -To hear la war's symphony yor great pert. Be patient: tho burden 1 noble; be breve; There sre heart herd-bcattaf with youri toaay. The rifht cannot fall in Its miastea dirtoe. . Stronc -defender, pros oa ia your matchless way. s. . Back of yott. lesion, of earth and of heaven I Before -you, the welfare of humankind 1 Stand forth and be traas till the Mrasgla if oe Till the nations" of earth la .on brotherhood bind. Olden Oregon Pioneer LIf In Oregon Easier. Than in th Middle West. Thos Oregon pioneer who cam f torn the middle western state.' wher .they had much experience In pioneer life, used to say that pioneer life In Oregon was not so difficult as In th arly set tlement of the older states. Th4 reason was that th Oregon country had access t6 th sea and It was mor easy to obtain aeewssary supplies. After th dis covery of gold In California, tool, glass, nails and clothing war available and certalrWluxuiie began to appear. There werried codfish, barreled pork, Ma laga raisins and. Rngllah walnut. A few had carpet, and attempt to Imi tate fashion In drs wer not unknown. As soon as wheat and potato -could be grown, living became easy. There were excellent gam-and wild fruits. Social life was open .and every house wa horn to th traveler, whether neighbor or stranger. It wa taken for granted "that every wayfarer could ob tain accommodations wherever night overtook, him. No question wer asked , as to th reckoning. The Publication Measures Title of Two Inltfatlv Bin Remove a Publio Burden, v te Articles that have been running on this page for week past prove th un reasonableness of the law compelling publication of delinquent tax list. The Journal,, in the interest of economy and efficiency, 1 advocating th repeal of th law. Th Journal also believes that tho county should be charged so more for legal advertising than Is charged commercial advertisers. Voters sre asked to assist In effecting the re form, j f INITIATIVE BTTX PROPOSED BY PCITIA- Initiated by C. a. Jackson a ne K. W. Bayeod Delinquent Taa Notioo-BiB Parpoee) To re peal praeaot law reqairiaa aewspapev adrertUo ment of deMnqoent taxes and ia lieu thereof pro- vidmc that tax collector shall, after taxes become 'deiinqoeat tack ysMsMil by latter -to eaeb -owner of Teal property, at address furnJabe by him and anted oa roil, a written antic containing deacriptios. amount ot tax, rata ef htret. MBatUM aiJQ IH 'tm.m . ui.' t of delinquency anau bbw; pronoins ror pasting dehnaueot list and proof by eertifieato of mil- mc an postins. taaktss aea eerutttata eafiiasif t assure thereof, aad subjecting ooliectoe to esm aae auatalned foa faUar to comply with act. lit Jo Tot TI OB KO If ys fsvor this waster, ;vt fu rsiTLATIVB Btlji PBftFOdEn BT fMTli . . T1VE rETTTIOI Irdnatad by C Jsexea, Sit Bshao ttreet. PorSmd. oSoo. "-H?J Et Daei. street. Port lsnd. foo Klxia Compen . tm tnhliiw.tloa et Leal WotlS Puipuis: Fixing ensnpensatloa for Pabiltloa of fl aotJC". ettatiLB. county financial tatemewts. meet, psweedtac. as . aU other lel adeora mSXtofmhiitaovr Wnd which now oarbre!tr ZZZ kTotilrtd pubbed: prwrieMng that naoM may eoatract for low rates; that pwMtc VoiT preof ot oeb leaal notice shaU taetad : amoBot charged for publication; that legal adnir. tunng ycewired for ' srrtsBtiaau sehoo a4 reed -dbtriet be published h iaal paoMsv mdtng HecUoa -Seea Lord's Oregoa Law, by classify hi newspaper per drcntation ta eountiee of ISO.. 000 or mora inhabiUots: repeaHn Sm-Uou Oil 1 Lord' Oregon law and Chapter .It. Law ef 1911.. ' ' - at I so TU TBS or .0) II yoa faror ibis tatatsre.' tete Tt.