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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
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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-
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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
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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
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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
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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,
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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.
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, 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.. ' '
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II yoa faror ibis tatatsre.' tete Tt.