4 THE OREGON DAILY "..JOURNAL, PORTLAND, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1918. l i X I t ' I ' , - AW Hf DEPENDENT FITtVSPaPIB. C. . JACKSON.. ..PmaUeber Jtbllabed nnr day, stUraaoa Ml Mcntof -eept Sunday afternoon), at The Journal BaUd' f. Taaahiii etroot ad Broadway, Foruana. vr. Ant-rad at the peetattle. at Portland. OrHWB. for txaaeotiaeloa throua;. UM Bua aa a War.' IrXEPHONES Main tnSlHoses, A-01. , All department, reached by theee BOiabere. ' TaU the operator what department yaw want lORKrUN ADTIJlTUINajBIRBalTATlVlS hMt.mio A. rja.' Bnnuwiek Balldina. 2S ruth aramie. .New Tott; 0 ktoilan Balldina, Chleasa vbeerlption terns by mail to Oregon and Waan- ' '.' ntfton: "UA1XT (AlORHTNO OH AFTEBNOOJf) Oaa year...... 19.00 fine .ootb. .80 ! ' BUN DAT .( year. 82.80 Ona atoath... . . .1 .26 PAILX tatOBMC-O OR AFTE-RJiOON) AND SUNDAY , ta rear. ..... 87.80 I Ona month. 9 .S : - Thia la no tlma althar for dirlded eounael M for divided lesderahip. Unity of com mand is aa aeeeaaary now in cirU action, aa it la pre tha field of battle. If oentrol ef tha honea and aasata ahoold be taken way from tha party now in power, aa cp-poainf- majority could iaaume control of iagiMation and oblige all action to be taken mid ceataat and obttrurrtion. Wood row WUaon. EXPOSURES Claim of State Editorial Association , Utterly Demolished. Letters Frorn the People . ac" it t s-rtsc? nrr rCOMAMV " .. ' t mense armies into Central Eutodo 0 11 L-AUKJ-V 1 W UUiUMill Und BUt down th rphta ITnh.n1fw .HE kaiser wants President Wilson beaten in the congressional elections. r tj crowned heads. Russia U not 1 The Cologne Ga2ette. SInt h!in ?f to ':H. In a savage attack on the president In Its Issued October 29. It calls gj t"71 HaTlng I6st her own the president a "dictator" and a "desperate man.! It says that "little f .not eel the warm by little the winter of discontent is setting in for Wilson." the dictator.- neigiaoring. tyrants Referring to the president's appeal for support in .the elections, u ex- !ro,"luc'"f "" uwu presses its concern lest "the constitutional rights" or tne American peopioi matr ha thanhv m4oW. TTnw iacre.lirlnar to knOW that the kAiser'S neWS- 1 1 papers are so earnestly trying, to protect the constitutional rights of the DELINQUENT TAX Amencan people m American eiecuons . . The. paper expresses high , confidence that those ngnting tne presiueut i America will be able to beat him. Thus it says: r . ; The American people will. In the congressional elections, sit In Judgment over Wilson and .his. war policies. It Is a trial of strenath that Wilson thus provokes. If he succeeds, his dictatorship rests upon fondaUon enawinc nun n ta fanjou, a ot tow to proclaim himself csar of America without fear of encountering oppoeiuon. tixed by Jens usage in lhe courts, that But THE PROBABILITY IS THAT HE WILL NOT SUCCEED. JL Svl when witness knowingly gives false bei KiiKcnoNS wfiUj HAViS a oUvn ao ummon? in one particular bis testi HAD BEFORE. mony as a. whole is discredited. The reasons for Germany's "desire for a Wlson defeat are obvious: Ger .. TheOregon state Editorial associa many recognizes the American president as the brains of tha war leadership. 5Snf5Vff oSon Germany1 has been filled with amazement and dread, at what has been ac- false tesUmony. its members, many of nmnllEhari kv tha alllaa In tha ahnri 4R mnntha einftA AmrlCS entered tQ.6 them, during the oast Seven veare have war. With, a united country and a friendly congress to back the president, fngojhe toward and r .. v..- i t)..l. h.nnil Intrt a rl- I ... . . -- J ucjuin.iiy iiAs Dcca iter iicturivus j?iuicDa iuhmu vubuqw -"" i icriy nosuie to any effort to do COMMENT AND NEWS IN BRIEF. SMALL CHANGE Do your Christmas shopping now. Don't complain about the -sugar re-, strict Ion. Thank your Uncle Sam you're not a German, who. doesn't get even taste Just CO naider. too? that the money you lend Uncle Sam when, you buy- War Sav- ! Commnaieatioaa aeat to Taa Joornai f or pea Beatiea to thai department cbaaM ba- written on rtly ma sida at tha papa, aboeid not azeaed BOO worda to eenatar aad mna be- aicaad by -tne wr-ter. wboaa mail add rem fc iall moat accom Fany tha eontrtttaUoa. I 1 : . - , - i:r Open Letter to the Common Folks ' fUra. CL r Taw OradaS-'-wba in tha eob- oined letter- appeaia Jtm the people t aepport luanCaa of tha ; Order - af NeUhbora et -Wood- Ings Stamps will; help purchase, barb- cralt. whick poxitioa aha baa aeevpua wnca wire to Keep BOCAS prisoners irom get the foeadatioa oL the order, more than a aoere ting away. , of yearn aco. Her titi aiairillea that ahe ia that s a a J order'a aaprema head. Aa an executiT aad a The highly esteemed Newark News ona wha handle. Urea and oomprehensitra aXtaia points out that there la still "a big dlf- he baa made e remarkabie leaord. J : - I f erence between an unconditional and a . 'w T7" ""noonditlonal peace An "h- of a Portland, . Nov. v l.-Dear Common difference, as one might say. Folks I have been trying' for months , . to warn you that the .biggest fight and enlightenment, some of them having to the biggest danger .during the .worlds do with public health and sanitation, struggle for democracy and the destruc- Halloween ia not celebrated by the boys Uon of military autocracy from the face J today exactly as it was by thoee now of the earth would come behind, the lines ; at home, here In the United States of America; that the big. fight .would come at about the time our lads were gallantly driving the demoralised bar across the Rhine. I have been trying to warn yon that OREGON SIDELIGHTS . nanrea AahwertK. ona ef the best boy gardeners in the neighborhood of Wes- VOTED TO KEEP. BURDEN ON. The Portland Chamber of Commerce has a "legialatlve committee to which ton, the Leader says, tooK zve uwi tuna to time initiative ana rerer- sauashes, weighing irom za to pounoa enoum measures are submitted. The each, from S. hills, a recommendations of this committee, ia " irs, ,,,tin', ,',i.,m, eomtmr to PrscticeJly all cases, mean the' reoom- rvltha Amern aveT ha. thli on mendaUons of the board of directors, hfa ou ca?t buy it lor less'n." The recommendaUons of the board of dl- AlsoVThat's a bargain : the price Is rectors, officially, bind the-Chamber of going' still higher In amontn. Commerce. :.T:; Tha Britlah army will get dried prunes ! The members of thle committee are fronl ISfeneSa the Agister thinks w?"?ow to tho public of Portland and that rlt5 ftrub Jike that the Tommies ot Oregon. They are men who, because ought to have their end of the line ef environment, training, personal ln- across the Rhine by Christmas." terest, or inclination, believe in granting ,. r..i Aataria ub"ldes for the benefit of the few at The city park commission of Astoria expense of tha mv. - , has ordered tne entrance aV ; -.--.. Shlvely park closea as a prowcw against cattle roaming at large and de- JOURNAL MAN ABROAD By Fred Lockley (Thia fnaUllment ia altocether about Oretoe boy at Wfainall Downs camp, and a vary lnter eatiac one tt ia.) v vu .v.vua '"' o - 1 uuBuio 10 any enort to do away I ... " J, r; ."1 . . , . ahn) t)iin .r.wmnv Vnn-, frnm h.A mmcan rHarht that the con-I with the arra.fr rvt ho. th. . I tne big special Interests or tne inns IK VB V IW l l U llUi VJIrA itll J aWU. p S VIII SVS ya, vwvue aaaaa-ew er w a ear- - -aeaaaw wave nV aaufT I . . . a a . - ... - . .,,. . ,k- ers of the stat. , iiiAwu ible government. Including the Insurance i-nuanoe 01 an unojvioea leaaersnip y "uson m rt...Cria -""I tor publication of delitaauent tax h7, 't the National CouncU of Industrial Winnall Down Camp, Ehgland.-"Our is doomed, and mat is Why tne Kaiser ana nis newspaper organs are nopiuS whe th . . - JiiZZ Defense, the Natl mal AssocUUon of men are becoming mere and more and praying for Wilson's defeat. That is why the Cologne Gazette says the I done for $l$ooo. Manufacturers, the United states Cham-- scattered. I think there are but 67 Amorton MerMAn,' "will hv a alrnjfanr- ,h fla thev never had before. Th Editorial association adooted ai Commerce, the so-caUed -Loyalty Oregon men left in our company, said . ... . .t , ..i.w ri I resolution, which haa been wideiv rnh I Leagues." and other thinly camouflaged one of a "group of Oregon to aivioe ner enemies is aways me swatiny ouiuun-j wu.vu w.., Ushedt ,n whJch lt J organisations, had a secret and well de- whom I met at this camp. "One of resorts. Through secret propaganda she nearly succeeded in dividing the -Be It resolved by the State Editorial fined pros-ram. backed by unlimited our bunch. Sergeant Paul C. Stevens, American congress on the proposed embargo on shipment of American I association that the newspapers of the "campaign" funds, collected from the superintendent of the Bridal Veil Lum munitions on ships carrying to the allies and on the proposal to forbid Americans to. travel -tmakeuin to their reader, the fei- Wrg-. -ToS StS.. irrying war materials. Division Of her enemies is always one ot -First-The uniform practice of the nrevent ttrtoalcal outcome of the four comb ef Portland Is also there. They states of the union is to notify owners rears of bitter flrttlnar a neace based I will receive commissions. As the ser- of delinquent property of such deUn-tupon a foundation of real democratic geants receive commissions the ethers quency through, publication notice." I freedom for all the nations of the earth. -ep up. Jerry Woodson of Albany 'r-v- . -. '. "Wall, mw warnlne-a han'lmn verified. 1 has Just been promoted to a aer- xub i is I n rntk pmmpv I , M Mn I ci ,v- Z" . . . " 1 At the,, mnr) ra-ttlMl noriexl of th war. geantcy. . wra practice oi me states to nun- t 7 r . I i -r , m . m - llsh deunquent tax- tuts. The state Edl- u-ocraUc Germany, almost on her - Vke.lnl noBAeiUAU. . . M a snMI -mnW Fl BIITfVrfl Tlat A 11 aaT rl STL ffCaWeT IT 1 Tl ST I ,w,e meaaaaaaaaawaa ataaaaae - IX'.T -rrr"1".-' ra?os ? presum- " - ; Z7 I bw. told roe of several -Mount Tabori among them Tom WUlard Soden. or call htm. said: "I live at 629 East Tenth street north, in her favorite weapons Through a German princess, wife of the. czar, and through German propa ganda, the kaiser succeeded in dividing tho leadership in Russia. The fruits of that division of leadership are terribly apparent to all. Germany, for a time, maintained a divided leadership in Greece, and tho power of that nation was lost to the allies. - a a 1 . ... ja. ea fleat eliitlJllMae eBkat iaaiai-lea eeja. I a ai lV enn I HiilV lril AI 11 ar aan T a-. -To -- j. J . Jla r aa. saTsaTaaTi rae. I ffaj 1 aaa Pa rew . unnn nawj 1 e rril re 1 alii I uermsny, ouo huh, swcccucu w.u...u.ug we ' ! C";N "' ' '" ..cuilurH I w o:.. w., " Vk. . " boys in the company. fearful Mackensen drive to the very gates of Venice, tne very near ae- y 7 -v uUon w - ' " i the. i. Perry, corporal of th. Italian militarv nower. and the near removal of that nation i v. i w i .. . ,.. -o i , i "Sody," as the boys v. - - w- at i aAs-so Mccii oiiuwii i inrtT Lxi i cirsa in nx nnin uvo niui MtMeia.'u jiiim -e aia v m-i oaAa the structfon from "thewar. was the conseauenee. ' v & - W ." . . . . . . . .... .... . The kaiser knows wny ne wants in America a congress nosuie 10 treai UNABLE TO FIGHT LONGER E MPEROR K.RL, ruler of Austria- TCraeiklMaaAa.e. S - A .a. a lVu.b AV. aa. 4f V.aa. ....U &..a hr abandoned of the mire -with Turkey on the tobog- H " K$?L& dent Wilson.' Election. of a hostile congress would be instantly accepted In 7," --r avI.Sf.i; f ""AIX"1!.' re-Hm ouiu a while. My mother. Rormanv aa well as all nver Riironfl as Avidence thaf the oresident s conduct newnump ruihiieh- tv.. ... .. .... whoee maiden name was Cora May , -- - - - l ..- . I cvciiu, raoi ns iwuuj, wc an w.11. I. . tulll..lt. .,nl.r.U mil Ate, a. VI . 0 . . I Tl VUO ate aaa. v wietlUVikV' MaaiTWaaM m of the war is disapproved by the American people, that his countrymen have Hungary, is in flight. With all lost confidence in mm, and that a ainerent ama or policy snouia De in--his movable belongings, he has augurated. No other interpretation could be put upon It by Germany or by Thomas P. Horn, assistant tax com- to the remarkable spectacle of the poll- nate." Corporal H. J. Klser Is a Wash- fled from his capital. "I am unable to fight longer," he wired Kaiser Wilhelra of Germany, "end am compelled to take a decisive step I have asked the pope to lnter- . vene for an Immediate armistice." ; New history is being written. A reorganization of Europe has begun. The past orde? of men ruled with out their consent is crumbling, and a new dispensation is being ush ered in. , A rising sun of resplendent brll- - vi4la wi i oooioiatll , V&Je, Will" lai.i at ia wV , 'imi f !,. .t.t. .f . lueiane 01 cqnireaa niaawt a wnwuou ,, K Tl. .n1lt.l . Vaamnnr. discussing the law of Washington and I "c,k t,po President WUson and his H) u an oregonUn by birth, however. tne publication of delinquent tax lists vZr. " . . "f" He was born at Condon, says : I demanding President Wilson s Impeach- a raui Bione. son ox rtarry r. omw, M. 1 This committee recommended tb the directors, and the directors accepted their recommendation, that the Delin quent Tax Notice bill and the Bllf Fixing Compensation for Publication of Legal ixoMces, should not be enacted Into law by the voters. It contended la Its re-' port, in effect, that the newsnaners of C A. secretary In the United States, in" state snouia he subsidised, that the Wfta away In London. I wrote my delinquent taxpayer, already unable to name on his bulletin board and notksea I meet nis taxes in many cases, should be that the mess hall he has Charge of I made to bear the expense of th subsidy was In immaculate condition. Corporal I through unnecessary and unjust' publl- H. O. Brock said, "Kaiser and I en- uon cost, ana tnat tne general tax- listed together. I enlisted from Leo- anoura oe snouiaerea wit an st- r,n mv fniva havn a oiace near i 'wrmmi ana tmaue expense in me nub- Waterloo." Sergeant O. W. Graves, HcaUon of legal notices required by Uw wha haa rharra of the lines, to a to DO puuushed. t,Ka. Imt TTm aald I am tin tnr thai mtia run. We I Following are the names and occuna are 'going te have- an athletio meet llM ot the members of the legislative soon. I am a Washington high school I committee who believe In and recom- boy. Corporal Roy E. Anderson of " conunuauon oi special privi Sellweod said: "I worked for the Pa- our own allies. fiermnnv would see in this division in America a weaaenmr or tne nower i r. i ,, . ... . . . in.- w km iintinn intriiip - .11 n uia ODimon oi inn wnrer inn - . i . . . . . .a ik. ... ...u. v... t.i. ......ei k . ama-Aan ff,iM ties) ... .... . ,. ... .. . . 1 in ..iiin. . .v ii tVi. woo IS Known DT simos. ereiT X. iral r.Mnni vlxtnH.i imfn Atoaia irul hrnnrht tralaarriAm tn tha hrlnlr I linquent tax lists in COlintv newananera I ident'S constitutional Power out of his """ uw.uo 0 " I . j . . .. :. .V. I .... e TT- Am. ,. . .. . t i wuluui ana iar tens eizecuve man (iuuua uiu. vu... bid w i muvv uio cauica vi ww. OI UlSaSier. I nntO-o n .ll.n. k ll T I nnlltlMana In nnv-AM hews th r. -.. .nn.V. In .nllllKn -MM. Wa Germany would see tnat, Wltn a nosuie eongress iigntmg mm at nome, i the county treasurers of one or two markable spectacle of an rx-presldent 1 have seen what cooperative effort wUl the president's power against Germany would be weakened and his influ- counties in this state have made it a denouncing the president and uttering do. In war times. We have seen who . w(h amp alHea arrestlv dimlhished . . practice to noUfy an parties, both be- charges of pro-Oermanism and other does the fighting and who pays the Germany would see, in the presidents defeat, and with great reason, a afterwards, by maiL and they remrt imi. r.eeiT.w.w.-n.M ,. .r.L.1,.1 .. .aruv u hu probability that divided and demoralized action between the president and J very splendid results were obtained, thai reBt. conviction a and sentence to the uoon economic and Industrial autoo- v a rl"7"' penitenuary. ' racy, and that commercial greed Knows thela1?ftlxpayto6idafla 0n At a time when his prestige abroad is no country, no Patriotism, no honor tne last taxpaying oay. .... v .it 1. aa humanity: nothinr. absolutely, but aef-'wa hlnT triead'Ine way t-a whlch " k?t Itorlal association. and transcendent statesmsnshlp are ao- the desire to pull him down from his corded the heartfelt confidence and ad- commanding international prestige, r dfks Telephone company before I en listed, seiore tnat 1 was at iincoin bla-h." Corporal W. O. Potter is In charge of the officers' mess for E company, and he certainly keeps his mess hall clean. He said ; "I live at It East Forty-seventh street, two blocks from the Glencoe school. . I am one of the lucky chaps about getting letters. I received two -from Portland friends a few days ago, one from Edith Darling, a teacher In the Glen coe school, and a mighty bright one. too, and the other from A. H. Devers. for whom I worked for sr while. I used to carry The Journal on the Glencoe route. Later I went into the circulation' department of The Journal. I worked for The Journal four years. I get The Journal right along. Tour articles have made me want to get over to France." a hostile congress would open the way for the entente allies to fall Into confusion, disagreements and a general weakening of the alliance. Germany, in case of the election of a congress hostile to President Wil son. would. In the inferences she would draw from it, be encouraged to a liancy Is in the east A new rain- renewed resistance, to a redoubling of her military efforts,, and to super bow like that which arched over human endeavors to restore her waning military fortunes.' The German Noah's flood waters is athwart n-onle would he told bv the kaiser's newsnaners that President Wilson's Europe with promise. "I am unable to fight longer" is more sacrifices, shedding more blood the despairing cry of a Hapsburg Germany is waiting for the American election returns. The .kaiser is whose family began a rulership ia I waiting for the vote to be counted in elections which his newspaper says Central Europe nearly six centuries will "have a significance such as they never had before. go. At first a tiny principality, the ' There will be no unconditional surrender before next Tuesday. realm of the Hapsburgs grew In" fac JCUUiD nuuu &JC lum us axiQ aaigct a ucvTsfacia dual .7 i. vjbjuou ti ubvu a . ... - . . . ...... " r . . . . tt... new hope and new dcfeat at tne meant a repudiation of hi, part In the war. and that on notSetnl fnaSeaS InTo Tlea'T'.Ihe "aer would be used as encouragement to them to go on with the war, making form practice" testified to by the Edl- tack from nouticians in our national on his ruthless, campaign to dominate lawmaking body. torlaT association. James Munro. dep- Slayden, Hardwlck and Borland, were defeated at the primaries by the' Demo- did not vote upon the adoption of the. cratlo party with the assistance which recommendations or tne committee, some it received from President Wilson. How that they did net know anything of the ..w. . . 1 . .h. . .....v. Tine tkM frl.. uma uie nepuDucan party in uregon I menia 01 ciaim to oe 100 per cent ror the war, mauy put tne i.rarar viuuiv.i.. vn when It nominates candidates who are record as advising against measures only 62 Vb per cent and 75 per cent, re-1 which some of them favored, and .con- spectiveiy, ror the wsr? cernjtea wnicn some op mem anew noui- C. M. MULLEN. Ing. rrv,. ijTirJtni-e who were BreaAnt and. The Wlllamefi Fish Qaestloa without 'discussing the merjte of the Oregon City, Oct. 11. To the Editor I measures, advised the voters to vote of The Journal I could go to-work and against them, were: tear Mr. Flnleys argument,, to pieces w carltaliat. and ami fill T wan h!., In .v e.. Jnn B- T,5on' Capitalist. r and I would not have to mislead the Wilbur E. Comin, vice president and public to present our side of the ones- general manager of the Worth western tlon. in fact, we could argue (Mr. Fin- Eiecino company. the world the ambition for commercial torshlp. spreading always its tenta- no further occasion ror cnarges or tieleg of rulership over peoples and unbridled profiteering in the pre- Ji: . provinces subdued by conquest andjventive. fdrce, Within its limits 22,000,000 people, more than half the popula- tion of the emfakoe, have, until within a few hours, been governed without their consent. n-k. it...k.... ..i. l. .. ... 4 . IIIC J1J5UUI R I uie IS IIO I1IWC. 113 V throne is laid low. It will never MEDERGANG i'i pTMACHT oder nieder- GANG" was the war ery on y the lips of the Junkers when the: . raped Belgium. Uni versal empire or uownfall. The God who metes out human destinies has published his decree. It is not Welt- macht (or the war lords. It is Nied euang. , Democracy has; passed through such a trial as the world never saw be- uty state examiner In the auditor's de- " , . - . . . supremacy and the exploitation of the partment. says: Under ordinary cn-cumsUnces, and ple8 ,na reTOUrCes of God's world "A few years ago the revenue laws of with only the home folks to consider, . lh. profit And power of the privll- thls state required the publication of the President Wilson could afford to serene- , . r . -twant a peace which delinquent list, but the best results even ly disregard the Political clamorlngs of world an armed camp: -which men .uwiieu wore, ujf DuppiemenuBa I tnoov TViio .1 a . ueLermiueu u this with mailing notices to the owners him. because they fear democracy. But betake himself out of the way and of property having delinquent taxes over In France, and England, and. all gives this nation, now tha exemplar of freedom and fair dealing and demoo everything else -would be easy. The German people are beginning to see this. Some of them have already hinted pretty clearly to" Wilhelm that his .noblest course is to leave his country for his country's good. If he does so at once he may per- against them.f " "I . . . .procedure is different from ours. H.. J". ?..V.Utt' BecretT of BtU of I there such a bitter and widespread tI ,rtT",.. , ..... . , tack by the "opposition" is so t.i.. .... ... . w.tt matter that a government which notices to owners of real estate and pro viding for perfecting the delinquent rec over in -Tn. mo ivnguno, standing military esUbllshment tne European countnee. tneir ponucai i .:,. nd mora -dansrerous than the military establishment which made a beast out of Germany, a menace Over at- grave to Europe means the ministry In charge of maae a neaa. out. ot. uuiuuj to the world and to civilisation. And yet that Is one of the things we will get. if the reactionaries. Instead of President Wilson, have the deciding a again be the seat of authority. The & people are; in revolt. A new French at, revolution on a' smaller scale is -be I fore the eyes of mankind. It It--a tremendous event this fall c of a dynasty that withstood the j btbrm of Napoleon and the centuries. f0re 8h.e wjh emerge victorious, il The currents of history are to flow Goodbye to divine right Goodbye to ;i in new channels. The democratiza- Privilege, which is divine right under j-uon ana reorganization or Europe a swindling alias. is wen on us way. mo war or we crowned kaiser has shot his Huns has become a war of libera- h0it. and now the avenging thunders ' 'on. , of fate will hurl him to perdition. "I am unable to fight longer." i The uncrowned kaisers may read Karl's own people had turned on him. their own destiny in his. The mobs were gathering under the Democracy is on the march. Her shadows of his palace. The race embattled hosts camp victorious on . that had been held, in subjection byl the bloody fields of Europe. From the sword of autocracy were strik- Vladivostok to Landst End In Corn - Ing to free .themselves from a ruler wall, from Spitsbergen to the Capecf ahip In which they had no part. The Good Hope, democracy's banners . - worm had turned. Karl knew that wave In the sunlight of returning . his- regiments were honeycombed peace without a foe to face them in r with men. who had been forced the open field. We march forward" against their -will to fight and were into the new world. We have won waiting only for the hour of deliv-lit:. Shall we not enjay it? erance. He was unable "to fight r longer" because his people had turned in the Fatherland' and its filled v : against him. countries the most popular word of This passing of the Hapsburg. is the day. is armistice. rThey went into the. first. Other dynastio autocrats the war like lions. They are coming are to' go.' Force Is no longer to be out of it like lambs.; They expected , used, to uphold thrones. to carry home the loot of the world. 1 The day America entered the war They are, la fact, ; .carrying , bacfe President Wilson made it clear that broken skulls with ' the prospect America was to use armed force to I ahead of them of a big bill of dam- L crush autocracy and make subject ages to pay. War is not the nobis peoples free. That was in his first I sport1 it once was. The world is fill speech on the war. It has been in ing up with too many people of every speech and every diplomatic sense note since. It was as brave a pur ' pose as it was new. It meant the reorganization of European govern ments. It proclaimed the liberation of the oppressed". Tha j Idea fell .- among the dead ashes of . burled h6pes tnd destroyed .nations in. Europe.. It lighted into, a affairs so attacked must seek -a ."vote ords Of the various counties." Another 01 oonnoence, anau w laiis to l BUCnlvoice m the approaching peace crisis. case in which the testimony or the Edl- .uuoi. haps gain the credit Of making a vol-1 torial association was false. sign.. So, yon can readily see how the untery sacrifice. SenUmental his- .;."a!7S!l.m?Ie.r fSl ".,"7 h-tw world and the struggling and enslaved torians may hereafter write of him mrttimny m rtta ot u the n0M as "a royal martyr." as they do of "The statutes of this state do not nro- of the United States are not saUsfled nang upon ur 'CD'"- Charles I of England Rnt'the iftn-1 vide for the publication of deUnquent tax 1 with, bis leadership) and are not behind Let us go to the polls next Tuesday he sticks to his crown and its per- comes brings more fish to the Willam ette river for the people of Portland and vicinity to eat So, if Mr. Flnleys state-1 Works. ment "The commercial fishermen. If si-1 A. J. Bale, manager Pacific . Coast lowed to fish, would catch all the fish I Biscuit company. and leave none for spawning purposes : I L. J. Wentworth, vice president snd the Chinook salmon win be a thing of manager Portland Lumber company. the past, is true, then there would be e. L. Thompson, banker and real e- no tninooK saimon now, Because, up to I tate man. nexmen were aiiowea to run within Frank E. Smith, surety bonds and in- ew leet ox tne laoaer, ana Deiore that l gnrsnce. lists throughout the state.1 a a a quisites .the less his chance of ever wearing a martyr's halo. It may be a fine deed, to abdicate crown voluntarily, even when the " J?rTr?r. 'rrMiwu?a ?l tha issue bv their nartlsan mendacity. And at the first hint of side-stepping voluntariness of the deed is some- .rYi, 1 .tVh,t; th- V,Tw, And because of this international phase the straight and narrow road to a Wil- what forced, but to wait until It is cation of names of delinquent taxpayers th present political situation brought son peace; founded upon Justice, liberty - I I A A mm. BK . siltaa e Ik mm. meeuaei enea A W m mm mx I a enV f aa a il rtaaaaj wtaianaHea Hasi tMST.ai'a aTar Tit .mm.h. Tt ... MtM v.. i i,,.., I about to further the program of the re- and freedom from the menace of fu to those delinquent through mlsf or-1 actlonaries and patrioteers and prof I- ture wars may the Lord have mercy tune, and would have very little effect leers, through the cheap politicians Jq upon the political necks of amy falter- on uiose intentionally aennquent. -iuu .u . .uo t mum i Similar denial of the "uniform nrir. I haa done the one thing he had left for C." C. VAN ORSDALL. AIaU mm m. A m. m. Oatea S eVl TJU l.lll.laa Oe. A - Ua A-t Wiaaarn TA -tmi' . Memj m at 1 . m . m i ikvs - aiuaLeu u as. a ba:l uv i new r,iiii cxa-isa i axxaxa . uvs . aa .v.avw vr j wn -ajim i crown nor lire. If ne had taken time assocIaUon comes from the state of Con- and all the mothers and fathers of our Their "Percentage" for the War oy iae ioreiocit ana run away while necticut when William H. Corbin, tax gallant fighting lads In France, and he Portland. Nov. L To the Editor of the roads were Open he might be Hv-1 commissioner, says: lasks us to give nun wnat win oe under- The Journal It Is amusing to observe yanked from his head by an infuri ated people is base. . ' That was what "Cousin Nicky" did. and now the poor fellow has neither ing comfortably on a pension In Lot LA "JJZSJi? d?ln"e,?r 5,tood over in. FT!.n.c'i d; .Xulr' how the OregonUn. the Evening Tele- A n .alAB . 1, . lnviH.w UI. Wl- I VJQnHUi U,U . . TVW WH" I mill UllU U1W VU1W4T BiailUlWb JWVria VJL ""V"'0' " vuuivu a iiAtj nimseu I lecuon oi taxes irom aennquent taxpay- fidence" against the vicious political at' as one pm to another. We urge Wil helm to act upon this hint before it is too late. f THE TIME IS RIPE w Aistn wiLin&ufu nas saia many If a time and oft that he valued 1 his life only ai he could make aaa m t ' 1 it enhance the alory of his, dear fatherland. He was willing to die for flame. It spread as a new hone for nI beloved Junker. Nay, he was liberty among millions. r willing to live for them, perhaps even Emperor Karl ia a fugitive. He mor9 willing to live; than die In their was , "unable to fight longer." He fgreav ana euonous cause. had to flee. The Wilson propaganda I . During the four years : of the war turned " his people against him and Wilhelm has given all the world to the' task " of the allied armies was understand that he ; burned to be a made. easier. . f . . C , (sacrifice. He clamored for somebody tn build an altar uoon whirh h .Far-sigh ted "health officials are warn-j might stretch himself and be offered log the country that, the influenza is up. likely to return in . the spring - for a shining opportunity has come for another - campaign against our ' Iive. him - to achieve thfs lofty ambition. To prevent its ravages they- advise ) He can be a sacrifice any moment be the . people to-use the preventive vac-1 feels ready for It' j He may even be- clne which is "on sale at all our reg-1 come a sacrifice before he gets ready uiar -establishments.; If; everybody if he does not hasten. is to be persuaded to invest in vac- From Mr. Wilson's last, note it is cine between flow, and spring f the cleaiv that Wilhelmi is the one insu IS . a 1 . autioriUes should see that there is Ipcrable obstacle to peace. Let him Mm In ha nalicfea. if the attack results, and vote straight down the line as Wil mm l I. In4nfut tn v-.anilt In tVi A l.n I ma Yimm aa1rMl lia tA Alt. And than let rom tne state oi niasBacnt. isetts comes tlon 0f an anUgonlstlc majority In con- us keep a close watch on those we gress and antagonUtlc state govern- elect. All of them will walk straighter menu in the various state elections. If they know we are watching them. The noLtlclans themselves have set They need the discipline. And so do we. further adverse evidence. William D. T. Treffry, state tax commissioner, says: There Is no provision In the statutes of Massachusetts for the publication of era. The same may be recovered either I tacks of his enemies at home, by elect by suit or foreclosure of property. I ing next Tuesday the Democratic can- the state are demanding the reelection of all Republicans, no matter how dis creditable they are or have been. These know of no newspaper or general publl-(didates for senators, -representatives! same papers are scouring the highways cation of delinquent taxpayers in Con necticut.' RECONSTRUCTION A and governors. - Politicians are protesting tn vehem- ' I Arizona adds her testimony against I ent and shocked surprise that our leader the "uniform practice" of the Editorial 1 should come to us and ssk us, regard- GREAT many schemes ar tie i n a 1 association. 1 less of our normal political affiliations. . . . : - ( . . , wi iu .... v.fi... naui pui rorwara for the reconstrue- The statutes or Arizona, writes c M. 1 10 " , UL" I time. tion of the wArM ft, .v,. Muiaer, cnatrman 01 tne state tax com-1 "J"' "-""" . : - . ... a.ii3 vrai i to - find people who will criticise the president in asking the eountry to give him a congress that will trust him and cooperate with him In prosecuting the war to a successful fininh and tn nego tiating a peace that will endure for all i..i. ... . --imm ...wit whn ra detmiliiaa TA panltaltu - a ' . uitivui.. uw j.s,c&imui vi Some of the schemoa. i.o ne I .i j.tinn.n r i i..... I ,. ktaa .-. .nrl. have ahd. tha aami. course want Mr. Hawley reelected to aar . ma a va I VAUV1I v UV3S AAtXd UCAA V Uk ItOteh A VCIISfU I m-"tr - a - - I . . e, , . . . . - . course, wildly impracticable ; some of that the notice mailed direct Is more ef- flees these lads , have .made to fight th. congrm zeenve man a notice puousnea in ine oatue oi numanny, we ueariacnes ana i . 1 r." . w .. . I m I erax. of Texas. Introdaced in the house thing we -W feel certain. Taken in rT'.T.. . .a ..... I f our .oTdiers. Tor the corn.rJ of representative, a resolution to th. tiio.li aiic system unnn n.-h ah th. ! ttm nuraose or collection, mourn uiei mnn vi vm.sv i oL .uum t .. , . . v,. . mayoeneuer. ... nTA ..hM.H f th. tiitd sutti im it. Vniaa L.wVT.lraV'11 -v.0... ...... . , . - i - i Mr. Haw cr. KPDUDiican conarreaaman The system to Which we all trusY- Mn?at taa notice bill, repealing the But Wilson is our leader. We have f the Fir',t congressional distrikt of ed before the ... , " aeunquent list puDiicauon. do enactea. I chosen bun to leaa. we nave lonowea 0ron -voted for this McLemore fcreao- IL LI"habn-gh'-U,9 Jnt VZJ0:"' Utth jr. and confidence the results of 7 s.ful memo'ryT TtT . v ..ai sivusiiii uui i irviainaps nnn nr aiiiiuniniL tJswjvns ui reaaa cbikui his lanes n mm n t n. ' w m nmwm mmma nim rTvsa. i . . v.i a a. . into wars InnumerahlA. if it ta as a coKdlUon of tax sale," writes tal-clear ideals of justice, liberty and ,..nn vi.. vtTn,- of Thomas E. Lyon of the Wisconsin state th. rtg-ht of every people, of every bIg Lt.ra.atad throu'a the intervanttAn .h,Mr. - ; ur tax commission. He continues: Cr little nation of the earth, to make its President Wilson In the Democratic nrl- chlldren int- other wars innumerable. "I do not consider a statute requiring n Uw choose Its own government SKtYto Texas. Prl- and. more destructive than this has pubUcation of delinquent tax lists and m.ke It In fact a government of the on Mareh l 1917 Ranrnta. been. ' -.c! nere owly but irel, pull the foundation which dg w pro , " "rT;",;': IHWt Amercan ships from exercising Europe task that would have l ,h.., .-. ,n r.rrv .ma - . -it . i no oouDi uiu senuiui uw mjw a . - . . i,t ' i - - n:uiaaiuK numan insUtut ons so tr hv mail Is much more ef-1 require many y mUnlUon in their cargo. Both Repre that they shall not Drodur wa fctiv than nubUcatlon of a Hist of de- Mr111'.?" moT? tre!,7.e. n0 sentatives Hawley of the First con This reauires th framineT Zt J,, . 7 1 Uriquent taxes In a newspaper." I sacrunce ana. years oi. ottter warrare, to i gressionel district and Binnott of the lms requires tne Traming Of : count-1 unqiw"' a - have accomplished by force of arms. gecOnd district vtfted for this Cooper less schemes for Consideration, crltl- Tw la th testimony Of few or the. Tt Wilson, the prophet of democracy amendment; and yet the stand pat Re- . ... I . mmtmmi A mmm II iiaana afee. vcs A&m 1 1 aaTaTl S1"" TsanjarVa I . . . . m m .a I cism, rejection or acceptance. ,V rrhva. h - 1. "..I" .nnn,,-n ... uST. " i .'- tnat Dow oi inw. cungrtTsamcn d. re. nuu idun uccause iniux I Z." I mansbip, in cooperation witn Pershing's turned. If mankind Wish to escape the curse rect notice mailed by letter to the prop- 7Lm of war. they must apply their brains 1 -n Ew to remaking human tnstitnt lone .a "f"" T. .nn,f J .1 Z!r., required i !aSnllf5 JuU.r, actu- 8 A& ZZZ r?fJ:a -April W Kahn uranc, ii iuey wouia De Honest Oregon State EditorUl association. More Vn3 . n i . JZOt Z-Z- smenoment to uie consenpuon act pro- about it. to slump back after the war similar testimony could be aven if into the wicked old ways which brought on the war. Is that the best tne human lace Is capable of? space and necessity warranted. 11 . .i? of tb necessary army to give effect te imcv " ' - - - t artknnsnsirfin titVMi tn iUmtlnlm nt tYiaw I a-t. -aara, wav ww w w - - - I ww- --tar sr t UJf SVUVd V WW- A W. -eTaaemW In view of all the facts that have been I .rid t il- a o.nnXt vni .MM. evi. from tune to time prowiiwg. ia.tfl xrora - yem w. let these Vested Interests And I .m.nHn.nt. without! Which the nariaa. uw con the politicians, so capitalise tne death l Mir army U prosecute the war could gon and touching the pocketDOoks of the ou bova. the tears of the moth em? I n h.M haan raiaad. : If th natmhii. In the' var- laift na.T... I taxnavers. ' in -View.; of the undisputed I tit. j.. , .. -..a u.h . .x... I . w. v mm,, azi Hungary were the most demo- 7m nltionlxw- in view of th. labeta we txminwn feucs, behind per cent loyal to tho war. why did It cratio countries In Eurooe. 00 ..... ..... . . ... J 1 Vi. AmmA Um Tmr,lt..ti. um. ioaaB.7ery muva aiucrem W ui i punucaa iNaiuiauva hu.ii -u two was captured by revolutionists. Ger-1 dy JlwMcn party w te power. The self- wrong three tlmes out of eight on war ...... . m ,, . . 1 nT narauaa 01 lih? wuva uwt u,uk&t . . .... . - . . ... . . . . . ... . . uiauY.was iur a ume unaer & revoiu-i"r.4 voters of Oregon want et-i111 Pouticiana are tne same ui au 1 measures 1 vtny was mix, einneir. per t onary government Hungary drove ficlent and busineke administration p out of. eight on war tneasuf? The Democrats who vcited against the Hapsburgs out and was ready for U state ?J" a renoblic. The-can Af that the -voterson :iissp7 Bextwut was saved by Russia, which sent im- j auent Tax Notice bill Into tow. During these months of bloodshed we an X Ye. ..and enact the Delin. I have arrived at some rather definite con- lege legislation: Franklin T. Griffith, president of the Portland Railway. Light Power company. .... 1, vuuimci ivr ..If, K9.JV - kane, Portland & Seattle Railroad com pany. John F. Daly, president of' the Title ft Trust company, dealers, in abstracts of title, mortgages and mortgago loan. C (C Chapman, editor of the Oregon Voter, fellow lobbyist who helped the lobby maintained at the legislature by the up-state press to defeat the repeal of the pubUcation statute tn 1917. and next friend for thoee who have. a a The board of directors, without con sideration of the merits of the two meas ures, adopted the recommendations of the legislative committee and put the Chamber ot Commerce on record as op posing them. After they had done o. some of the directors said they Intended to vote for the measures, some that they icy ana myseit) ana never get any where. But there are a few points that I would like to explain to the public: me Willamette river commercial fish ermen have been fishing for the past 2S years or more, and each year that GuUim co' 1 livy TV . laiDoif yicsiucii, renwra uat Mr uo a., company, sua racuia ruww es Light company. D. w. xj. aiacwregor, wiut iJAixour.fi tl B. Macriaughten. architect. O. E. Helms, manager Paolflo Iron to the very ladder, and still there was an abundance of fish each year. (There Is a new ladder iow and the river is closed to commercial fishermen above the suspension bridge, more than a quarter of a mile from the ladder.) Then, where in the name of common sense has the spawn been coming from which each year brings more fish, it W. J. Hofmann, advertising manager the Oregonian, 'chief beneficiary of tax publication in Oregon. J. C. Alnsworth, banker. J. P. Jaeger, Jeweler. Charles F. Berg, merchant William F, Woodward, secretary- treasurer. Woodard, Clarke Co. and annnrh fiah had not e-ona n. th t.. Clarke, Woodward Drug company. der in previous years? It Is plain to - Nathan Strauss. Flelschner. Mayer A see thai when the netmen were allowed to fish, uo to the very iadder we had W. D. B. Dodson. executive secretary. enough spawn, that with the new ladder employed by the Portland Chamber of and the river closed to the suspension 1 Commerce. bridge the Willamette spawning grounds are surely getting more eggs than are really needed. Why change the law. when the present one Is more than doing Its duty? It win be well to mention that more than a week after the lilt season opened, the deputy game warden, who was guarding the ladder, counted 200 salmon that went over the ladder in about an hour. Mr. Finley cannot deny Olden Oregon. Congress Never Paid Expenses of Provisional Government Governor Lane, the first territorial governor of -Oregon, arrived . In Msrch, 1849. One of his first acts was to order . AAnMia n fli. MAnlt' Af tn. t,n4'lArV hia .i.t.rri.T,' n,.u thi. ny..-, This showed a total poDuiation of 87S. niaar ai .as umivu aeav tasant v a,a.aV tvwwi V TS BsVSl 1 . - - lUftUQ W eV 1 aaVIlJa. JKI TF sUiQIl AUIa r 1UIC1 I feiMri In tfla. nraaanM Af mmhAH I CO U TIL QX U3 . CZOQUI V DND1I IQ U19 Kan reiU MvmA AemMlMAM m-Ji I (JafLilXOmia. -tOM IieiQal UU WU TIOl tk I a . A a. at., ala a a . at waw tyatavaieneiaaw iaii br aa. uMvl lUvil m I " k.i.ii ., ,. 1.1. ymAAmm I th. territorial legislature a memorial to aNree twafc tVASSaa Mwuvf I Tha AMnit ahvtiin lmm-um y.m law aa 4t oonsTess was aaomea asaina xor an ap- t na Mai v vt. i Bfoiirntion to twr ui tiPtnMi oi tne . . Mvw, mij wwua av , ... ..v. 1 , T , Anuniitv J. rt ai r.rtL.i.'N, I "v' ---- --. .- . . c- . -n..i . t ... i rr.H lemorea uie ciaim - ana - it was ermen's Union. The Delinquent Tax BUI From the Spectator Newspaper publication of the delin quent tax list Is an unnecessary expense on the taxpayer. No citizen who has the money to pay his assessment permits it to become- delinquent And thereby sub ject himself to a. penalty of 12 per cent Interest, with the additional cost of pay ing for the newspaper advertising. Some ot those who are opposed to notice by never paid. This action, was probably based on the theory that the provisional rnnrnnunt u wholly an tndenendent enearnmant for the- Drotection of all th. people, Americans ana tsniisn , anse. The Publication Measures Titles of Two Initiative Bills to Remove a Publio Burden. Perhaps for the isst tune in tnis space Th Journal calls the attention of the ... (1 Ik. tavnavar aav that thl- ... vntttl at OreCOn tO UI. IWO Initiative in... w .... . . ... . v ... .a i - .... a. . tiftcation Is unnecessary, as the delln quent taxpayer always knows wben his UUI VI ....... .... .v.- nal haa no IX to -Tina. DUt It. nas AA .nan ia unnaM Tr thia . I elated in oiacing these measures before ana Lnera ia no rtuiin iv wun . wny i " . t - .n.nn th. ai. ttTiueM'. - vice, efficiency, economy and reform. lM- . J " ... v.. ,M I . .. . . . aayisina nun ui uie uviiuuuciicr uiroina i - - . . .v.. .n.n..v . I Daver. and. whether or not they meet m.m m ha .n. . . I with favor at the polls. The.-Journal paVers' bUl ha, ak an uTuVua and W1" tt IntHMtlnr turn. It la no Inrurw Am- I rXlTIATITg BII.I. FRUnmra IT 1XITIA w an--v fiuvt uau Initiated ey C S. Jacaaoa and H. W, Raaood AmAlfalMl to tha task of ahrrwlno- tti.t sMl oreaettt U rrquinog Ttew-neper adrertiaa. .... t.iu. ,n.T... ri.n.i a t laaetrt af oeuo". im ineraoi pre- - -- i .ulnar tnat ia ww.. uau. aiw wzea Become SOU IS a oaa man. many oi us quite tall i aaltnnaent eacD year, saaa cy letter te each to au how Colonel Jackson, turnltuna 1 owner ot real property, a aoiraaa tamUhed by i.,Am Kn..n,i .vl i- Ibua and note. a. rou. a vmttaa aoooe eoataiaina ----- - " 1 daa-rtptlon. aaeoum ot tazee. rata of leunat. oom or ineyuiuua i uw measure, i naaaluea ana eat aa eaa atar waiea certliw-ale With unSveCUSlOmea reticence. Colonat I at deue-T ao "".nn ror seeun. , i i ti. . . t: ln.Hinent btts ana preot .y aerttrieata af mau- - ' ' T ' ,-rr'"T I ia- and aoauac. saakins anc. eerufleata ecektit. .ti.i. il .mi..!!. ma rr m ... . ... , . - .... i . . a ..... .... .iwwier He iMUava uareot, .ai ravja wmimlu. 10 oaa an accessory to tne OlU. On Whose bahalf m.m eoataiD-a lot rauara v momma, wltn aeC However, ne preauces arguments that i . ?w7 : ifr ifsa-rei oi ko j . . -z aw t . v - . , are roucn mora convuacms man would I if ... fav.r tkis sa.asara, vet. Tes. mm youraaiiiM i a.a.w ypo written 1 TrTtATIVi: ZUSj FKOIWP. EX IXITIA and printed in refutation of what is al- I " T1VB PETITIO! ' leged against him. Colonel Jackson 1st iniaated by o JY-J?" eAM-o. ttreeL aaitl. foot a m etmw tha lawtiaeaV. Oteatae, and K. W. Hamad. 110S EaacT 1 ",r.... .e .w. a.TTr" ZlZ'rrZ Ir-.. .treet. PottUwd. .Wee... rtxiM Conpea- llst Is expensive. : unnecessary and ex- for PnbUcatioat of lfa Motiaee Puiilm stxtsa coaapewattoa far pasuranea of aU ejeueea. travsltant. The Spectator has fallal t I .- .maae dUCcaa, ceaaii nnanclal suteateata. ...v.i--. ai .a 1 mmieedin . M an wet tesal adaertue- Z " TT.. " ' I lnt. af wbauoeecr Sine wluch ami or hereaiter elusions j We want a peace which shall re-1 these war measures, such as McLemore, time In -attacking the ball's sponsor. at wi to yuw .""jn-w. ha nature, eeouaoea; pranaise tbafwewe- TT fTolonel JacKaon. charaMa vra I L. Mt eontraet lor lower rataai that nob I ire. . . . : - ----- . - v.. i j . notw. .v,, -,,. by th. proeecutlop might well be allowed "a rairl for n-ncaUoaw acheot .and, mad In record Under the head Of Important eietriets ba -pabuahed to laaal papera. aoeadin. and Interesting; but as It is the del In. Sectio. 20J Lorda Ottoo Uw, hrehvaatry. . Km h Tt 1-.nJ,.. 1L intr aewapapera per eirenlatioa la counts, ot HQ. quent tax bill. that Is under discussion ouo ot aaora lohaatunu; repealing hr-tion 2ll Uie opponents of the measure should be Lrre Ore a. Lava aod Cbapur a, law at nniiK ui laeir aniumuia aaainsx it. tr i :v . i :f . -; r they have any. instead of wasting thelr.I f- i il -.io.-'..'.v-- r -;i TXS 150 If yes fsTor this mestsre, vets Te