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THE OREGON DAILY, JOURNAL' PORTLAND. THURSDAY. NOVEMBER 21, 1918.
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I do the very bent I know how the very
beet I ran; and I mean to keep on doing
eo until Uie end. If the end bring! me out
II right, wliat i aaid against me won't
mount to anything, and if the end brings
me out wrong, ten angel swearing I was
right would make no difference.
Abraham Lincoln.
revolutionaries' of the Bolshevik
type. For one thing, no such revo
lutionaries vere ever seen in Europe
before. And in the second place both
those evil' dynasties have risen t-
power by methods perfectly well
known to all students of history.
The Hapsburgs have thriven on
their consistent bigotry, their gift
of intrigue and their lucky mar
riages. The Hohenzollerns have
thriven by following the course laid
out for them by Frederick the Great.
That course was one of conquest
and plunder, supplemented by ruth
less tyranny at home. The Bolshe
viki have enough to answer for with
out holding them responsible for the
Hapsburgs and .Hohenzollerns.
then, when there is no longer 'danger
of military information getting,, to
the enemy. "We shall learn, perhaps,
the exact details surounding the death
of' Lord Kitchener," says, the Reg
ister. And we shall be told the de
tails, which no nation was allowed
at the time to know, why it was that
the Dutch ships in American waters
were commandeered, and that was
because France, Britain and Italy
were then oa the verge of starvation.
The Tillamook Headlight says The
Journal is not "reliable." The Head
light had a graft. It was making
easy money by Overcharging Tilla
mook county for puoiication of
county court proceedings. It had a
soft snap in delinquent tax advertis
ing. The Journal exposed it. That
is why the Headlight thinks The
Journal is not "reliable."
A REFRESHING FLOOD
THEY KNOW IT NOW
rE MADE many mistakes dur
ing the war, but the great
est mistake was when we
underestimated America."
This was the statement of Baron
von der Lancken, German civil gover
nor of Brussels. The kaiser and the
German Junkers know that now. All
the world knows it. Germany's fool
infatuation with mirKirism was her
great illusion. Her apostles of force
thought the bayonet and helmets, the
goose step and 40 years of prepar
edness could not be resisted. They
were so saturated with their delusion
that a conception of the power of
ideas and the strength of free men
battling for a holy cause could not
r penetrate their skulls.
Moreover, Ihe' listened to assur
. anres frrn iro- 'yrmans in America
. that this rountrv would not fight.
Disloyalist here fully expeeted by
their propaganda to weaken America
by keeping us divided and destroy
ing our morale. They even boasted
openly of their numerical strength,
and used that boast as a near threat
in American elections.
' There Was communication between
, tills American agency and Berlin,
and Berlin, intoxicated with its wild
drenm of Its own irresistible power,
drove ahead to the doom that has
shattered ils Miosis and plunged its
ritructure of militarism into ruins.
It was a titan that arose out of
the free West and went forward to
confllrt. Its relianre was not the
goose step, .but ideas. Its people do
lie, live for the state, but the state
for its people. Its bond of union
r- was not force but belief in equality.
-Justice and free action. Its individual
' ; eitizen was not a pawn but a partner
in the government.
Germany's mistake was not onlv
' ?fn -underestimating America, but in
r underestimating the thought and pur
pose nr mankind. The TjO.OOO gal
lant young Americans who shatterei
the renter of the German army and
ronvineed llindetihurg that all was
. l')st in those last days .f the strug
, gle, reflerled the soul of the. earth.
Their arms, were nerved and strength
j lied by the praers and blessings
-', of Christendom. They were batter
ing down (lie bastihs of foree and
Hiitoeraey and back of them were
" ' the good will and godspeed of God,
man and civilization.
'The world has had its dark ages,
its rennaissanee, its reformation, and
. Its other rhanges. As effect of this
great thing which has happened, H
should nw pass into a new and bct
; ter epoch than it has ever known.
'.America has rendered signal serv-
!? to mankind hy demonstrating the
power of ideas in war as well as jr.
pfcace.
;A prestige has been won that
' 'brings upon America a tremendous
' - . responsibility the leadership of the
nations. It is a responsibility to
sober men into the purpose of apply
log In our own country more rigidly
than ever, the maxims of justice.
! ' equality, humanity and the rights of
" njan.
THE flood of American travel
which promises to roll over
Europe next summer will bring
refreshment to every corner.
The Americans will go with plenty
of money in their pockets and
more in their letters of credit. They
will desire to see everything worth
seeing, and a great deal that is not.
and for whatever is said and done
to gratify them they will pay
lavishly. -
The first European industry to
revive will no doubt be that of
entertaining, and, possibly, humbug
ging travelers from the United States.
The number of genuine relics that
will be bought and carried home t3
this country will, of course, be
great, but there will probably not
be enough of them to satisfy the
demand. Great relic factories will
therefore spring into being at the
principal battle sites.
We may expect to see two or three
of them along the Marne, at least
one at Verdun, and another at Can
tigny, where our troops first showed
their teeth. For those who are not
too hasty in buying, relics will oe
cheap. The humbugs will be as
good as the real ones as long as
you don't know the difference.
.THE MULE DRIVER'S ROUTE
D
The Polk County Post says: "The
defeat of the state tax levy is a notice
to Governor Withycombe that the
taxpayers of Oregon do not want their
money spent for a state police. If
assurances had been given that no
state money would be spent for that
purpose, the proposed levy would
have received an affirmative vote."
That is true. A state army was
repugnant to the public. It conveyed
the Impression that the people or
Oregon are lawless, and to be held
down only by military force. Tho
governor should disband his army.
ISTAXCE being equal, it costs 30
cents a ton more to haul grain
from the Inland Empire to Puget
Sound than to tidewater via
the Columbia river "route.
That is the estimate of the expert
employed by the Oregon public serv
ice commission. It is due to the
fact that Puget Sound can only be
reached by a climb over a mountain
range, while the Columbia river
route is via a water level gateway
through the mountains.
It is a matter of very grave inter
est to farmers and shippers of the
Inland Empire. Distance being equal,
their grain rate is the same to Co
lumbia river tidewater as to Puget
Sound. This means that they are
paying freight rates based on the
cost of haul over the mountains
when, as a matter of fact, they are
entitled to a rate based on the lower
cost of haul down the Columbia.
That is to say, they are paying 10
cents a ton more than they ought
to pay on every pound of grain they
sell. On any average crop the amount
that they thus lose is around half a
million dollars a year.
They ought to have the benefit of
the- lower figure. They pay the
freight. It is deducted from the price
which 'the buyer allows them. It
is amazing that the injustice has
been tolerated so long without pro
test from those who lose so heavily
by the process.
No farmer in the Inland Empire
deliberately hauls his grain over a
mountain half a mile high when a
level road is available. A mule
driver aways selects a level road
in preference to a haul over the
mountains. There isn't a trainmau
on any railroad in the United States
but knows that it costs a lot more
to drag a loaded train over a moun
tain chain than along a level line.
The farmers of the Inland Empire
rendered a mighty service in the lato
war. They followed the flag through
thick and thin. By and by. their
grain prices will go back to antc
war levels. They are entitled to the
transportation of their grain to tide
water a,t the lowest possible rate
They will be a formidable factor
4n getting such a rate if they band
together and demand it.
that its workers are well used to ;
being driven and can perhaps ba
counted "on to do the war- lords bid
ding "In the "matter of work as they
did in the fight.
It is agreeable to be told that all
demands on Germany will be paid.
Where the money to pay up with
comes from is of course a minor
matter. But there, are those who
would enjoy the proceeds more if
they' felt assurance that the proud
war lords themselves were yielding
it than they ever will when they
remember that it is the fruit of the
pain and toil of exploited peasants
and wage earners.
' Heretofore the aftermath of war
has always been wrung from the
poor. The toilers have paid the bills.
It seems as if an exception might at
last be made and something like
even-handed justice dealt out. Why
should not those German magnates
pay for the war who expected to
enhance their wealth and power by
contriving it? As long as there re
mains one royal estate or one feudal
domain in Germany no indemnity
tax should be levied on the poor.
It was not the plodding, burden-
bearing peasant, but the royalists
and feudal Junkers that brought on
the war. Let them be first to pay.
MORE POGROMS
T
FULL SPEED" IS
SHIP SLOGAN
enfranchised ' peoples of the crumbled
autocracies of Central and Southern
Europe.
Letters From the. People
COMMENT AND. NEWS IN BRIEF
(Communications sent to The Journal lor imb
rication in this department should be written oa
only one side of toe paper, should not exceed
avv woros in length and must be signed By uw
writer, whose mail address in full must accom
pany the contribution.)
By Carl Smith, Washington Staff Cor
respondent of The Journal.
"Washington, Nov. 21. Shipbuilding Is
no longer war work, but it occupies a
place second to none as peace work.
American shipyards are to continue at
full speed, one of the war industries
which will be slackened not at all. The
wooden shipyards, as well as the steel,
will have all they can do. in the opinion
of . Chairman. Hurley of . the shipping
board. He was asked if he expects the
demands of the government program
upon materials and men to continue to
be so great as to prevent the taking of
private contracts. Mr. Hurley said he
believes that wood shipbuilding plants
will be able to take contracts on domes
tic account, and the shipping board will
offer no objections. The government,
however, will limit this construction to
existing ways, and will not encourage
additional yards or new ways. The
chairman also indicated that the time
has not arrived for granting permission
to build ships on foreign account, nor
did he indicate when that time will
come. The policy is to build an Ameri
can merchant marine, and to build it as
fast as possible. -
It 19 conceded on all sides that con
struction of ships must go forward, re
gardless of future policy as to the own
ership' and operation of the fleets built
with the people's money. Republican
leaders, as a rule, want the ships sold
to private Interests, and "take the gov
ernment out of the shipping business."
This will be one of the big issues of the
near future. Many keen students of the
problem insist that the United States
should retain the ownership of the fleet
it builds, leasing it for operation under
terms which will insure American stand
ards, reasonable rates and permanent
regard for the national interest.
Tlic story that airships have al
ready crossed the Atlantic may or
may not be true. It Is said to lack
confirmation. But if it is not true
today it will be tomorrow. Crossing
the Atlantic is a comparatively easy
task beside things the airships have
already done. We shall see regular
flights between the United States
and Europe within a year or two.
i .
A POINT OF HISTORY
A
CONTEMPORARY whose opin
ions we value highly . remarks
that "it is democrats of the type
of Ulianoff and Bronstein who
produce Williams of Hohenzollern
. and Francis Josephs of the House nr
. Ilapsburg." By Ulianoff and Bron
'. stein the paper we are quoting from
v . means Lenine and Trotsky.
, ; ; 1 Historically its statement is not
true. Neither the House of Hohen
zollern nor that of Ilapsburg derived
HE disheartening news comes
from Poland and the countries
adjacent that the Jews are
threatened with pogroms of the
same hideous character we learned
to abhor years ago before the czar
had disappeared. The accounts leave
us in little doubt as to the causes
of this renewed mania.
Poland has been desolated and
desolated again by the waves of the
war. Victorious armies from bot'i
sides have swept over its territory
and what one left the other slew
or burned. Poland and its neighbor's
have suffered horrors beside which
those of Belgium are said to look
mild.
The people, those who are left
ali naturally look around for the
i.iusr; oi irifir misery. Tiiev ar-j
ignorant, superstitious, fanatical.
They have been taught of old to
regard the Jews as objects of di
vine disfavor. It is their ingrainel
habit to attribute public misfortunes
to the Almighty's wrath because they
let the Jews dwell among them.
And now in the extremity of their
despair old habits of mind revive.
The peasants seek to mollify the
wrath of God by massacring the
Jews.
But this is not by any means the
whole story. There is more to it.
We blush to think how low human
nature can fall when .we read of the
Polish peasants' murdering their Jew
ish neighbors to appease their deity.
What, shall we say when we read
that the dispossessed landlords are
inciting them to kill for the sake of
their own private revenge?
It is well known that the extreme
revolutionaries of Eastern Europe
are, many of them, Jews. Men and
women of that race have led the
revolution and pushed it on to ex
tremes. They have upheld the peas
ants in expropriating the landlords.
Naturally, therefore, the counter
revolution in Russia and Poland is
tending toward an attack on the
Jews. They are blamed for what
has happened. The friends of the
old regime are astutely taking ad
vantage of the ingrained hatred or
the Jews existing among the peasants
and using it for their own ends. As
we read the accounts of the pogroms
we should be on our guard against
blaming the peasants exclusively. Be
hind them are people far more cun
ning and more bloodthirsty.
Canada's prompt demobilization
order Is an evidence of sound sense.
The men are no longer needed in
war and they are needed in produc
tion. Canada has spent her men and
resources lavishly in the cause of
liberty. She is wise to seize an early
opportunity to begin recuperation.
The provisions which the Dominion
government is' making to settle men
on vacant lands excite admiration not
unmixed with envy. Some great
feudal estates are to be broken up
in order that homes may be built
on them. And the homes and fami
lies are to be seen through their early
difficulties.
THE DESPERADO
F
OR the protection of peace of
ficers, the brute who shot Dep
uty Sheriff Frank W. Twombley
should be apprehended and
brought to punishment.
A peace officer has a duty to
perform. In this case, Twombley
thought he was arresting a speeder. 1 will be needed for a well balanced nro
His modest motion of his hand to sxam of the American merchant marine.
the robber to stop was answered by
The ships built ln! the present year
will add about 3,100,000 deadweight tons
to the merchant fleet.' This about equals
the total tonnage this country possessed
at the time it entered the war. Count
ing the increase froln all other sources,
Including the interned ships taken over,
the United States will have about 7,000,
000 tons of merchant shipping on Jan
uary 1. 1919. Maintaining full speed on
the building program for another year
will mean that perhaps 5,000,000 tons
more may be added, and this country's
shipping will approach the. point where
it can look hopefully to doing Us share
in the trade of the world. A few false
steps, such as political warfare on the
chipping board, which certain Republi
cans talk about waging, might prevent
the accomplishment of that result.
Director General Schwab of the Emer
gency Fleet cbrporation declares that
the program should go full speed ahead,
but that greater discrimination should
be shown in the kinds of ships built.
He urges that the unusual costs of war
time should be curbed as far as possible,
and that the most economical ships to
build are large cargo steamers of 10,000
to 14,000 tons. Consideration may also
be given soon to several large passenger
ships. Many of these have been lost,
with, practically no replacements, and a
number of these big ships of high speed
The School Budget
Portland, Nov. 20. To the Editor of
The Journal In these stirring times of
war and peace, making such an ordi
nary thing as a school budget is not
apt to get due attention. But it be
hooves city taxpayers to Inspect closely
the budget submitted by the school
board for 1919 and see if it conforms to
the need of the times for keeping down
tax levies and improvements while the
public are burdened with so large war
demands. If I ant not very badly mis
taken the school authorities directors
or the paid officials under them are
putting upon the already burdened tax
payer a reckless, uncalled for increase
of expenditure. I, as well as the bulk
of taxpayers, am most willing to pay
liberally toward the support of the
schools, but none of us will without re
monstrance submit to wild and extrava
gant expenditures.
I cannot in detail go into many of
the items of expense in the budget, or
with exact figures and facts into any
single one, but the appearance of over
reaching prevails all the way down the
list. I mention only a few which im
press me as most glaring: First, a
prize of $7500 is held up to attract a
city superintendent whose chief extra
worth will likely be to show the board
where and how to spend more money,
Some very good men are not far away
who likely could be secured at half
that salary, perhaps some now in our
service. Not over $4000 ought to get us
a very competent man. A useless and
uncalled for Increase is in the two
places of assistant superintendents.
What great special talent is called for
in this office? And then, why two?
The school principals salaries are
needlessly advanced. Most f them are
of ordinary ability ; one or two spe
cially competent and progressive might
be employed as leaders.
In a general statement it Is safe to
say that from $100 to $150 might be
taken from every teacher's -salary-
$100 off 141 at $1600 and 391 at $1300
and 298 at $1200 would save nearly
$100,000.
There is a very liberal allowance for
principals' secretaries, and $35,135 for
substitutes. Why anything? Thirty-five
thousand dollars at $5 per day (enough)
would allow for 7000 days ; or seven
days for each 1000 teachers. There is
$20,000 for more grounds, where the
district is now overloaded with real es
tate, useless and idle. Ninety thousand
dollars for portables enough for 50 or
90 temporary buildings and besides j
they have been building them yearly for
eight or 10 years.
1 mention one or two more only :
Betterments $31,500, repairs to buildings
$64,100, almost $140,000. Is a big sum
for what?", Why two items? Also,
notice the following: Forty-eight thou
sand dollars for general equipment
(after a number. Of special equipment
Items), and lastly, look at that $50,000
for contingencies.
It looks to me as if the budget
Is one from which somewhere from
$100,000 up could be subtracted without
any injury to the schools.
Let our public schools be liberally
supported according to real needs, but
let there not be reckless, wasteful use
of taxpayers' money, or the result will
be harmful in the long run.
A TAXPAYER.
SMALL CHANGE
Have you picked out your turkey?
Multnomah will trv. anvwav. to tell it
to the Marines.
Is the Blue lsanube anv more blue
since the signing of the armistice?
Every time Portland faUs for a fog we
rejoice that we don't live In London.
see
The Quarantine neriod wasn't lone?
enough to break the movie fans of the
habit.
Sometimes a feilow can't helD but feel
that the justice of the vlgUantes and old
Judge Lynch was the right kind of stuff
for certain classes of criminals.
The whole lot of men who think that
they could run the United States won't
be given an opportunity to try it. even
though the president does go to Europe.
OREGON SIDELIGHTS
Wild geese are reported In greatest
abundance about Hermlston.
"Powers." asserts'the Patriot of No
vember 15. "is the first town in the
county to lift the 'flu' ban. which speaks
volumes for the cleanliness and sanita
tion of our little city."
.
La Grande as a community win. as the
Observer phrases It, "Jointly celebrate
the signing of the European armistice
and offer thanksgiving to the Almighty
in a fitting manner Thanksgiving morn
ing." see
Th Iji Grande Observer's Union cor
respondent reports that while George
Johnson was crosslnc the railway track
with his band of sheep three miles west
of Telocaset 96 of them were Kiuea oy
a passing freight train.
Ragtag and Bobtail
Stories From Everywhere
Larking in Proper Respect
A CHAPLAIN, on making his roima
in Uie base hospital, of a large can
tonment, stopped at the cot of a darajr
and said :
"Sam, how is It that you are-in bed
today? You were quite well when I
spoke to you yesterday
The darkey replied: "Well, pahson,
Ah's done been kicked by a mule."
"What in the name of goodness did
he kick you for?"
"Ah guess Ah done fo'got to aalut.
JOURNAL MAN AT HOME
has turned the leaves of the Virginia
creeper to a living flame.
On the hillside 'shaggy goats are
browsing. In the road Jaunting cars are
passing. Here and there a donkey cart
Is bringing a load of peat. Just below a
in Bandon. Ireland, recently. ! stepping stone ford of round boulders In
i the stream a flock or ducks are swim-
fJnst es likelw u not therj ere dcodIs even
in Coos couftr. where is located Bendon-by-the-
8ee, who do not know the story of tht town's
neminf. sir. Loekley brings from s enr far
country the interesting tele, and with it much
matter, and of crest charm, re leans to toe
Oregon town's quaint namesake beyond seas.
I was
Many a time and oft I have visited Ban-
don-by-the Sea, at the mouth of the Co-
quille river, in Oregon. Bandon In Ire
land Is also not far from the sea.. On my
first visit to Bandon. Ireland, I met an
ancient resident of" the city, who said :
"It was a fellow townsman of mine from
Bandon here, a Mr. Bennett, who went
to your country many years ago and
started a settlement in Oregon which he
named Bandon, after his native city.
Some of his relatives live here yet. They
say he did well and that his little settle
ment became a good sized town. We
haveAbout 4500 people here. The place
has not changed much since Mr. Bennett
left."
I wish I could draV a word picture of
Bandon so that you could see something
of its picturesque charm. It is in a
valley. A small stream, the Bandon
river, 'flows through the center of the
town. Grass grows down the sloping
banks of the river to the water's edge.
Here and there trees bend over the river
to see their reflections mirrored in the
still water. Here a huge water wheel
turns lazily, the sun glinting and glanc
ing from its dripping wooden paddles.
Long lines of one story gray stone houses
with black slate roofs, each with its bit
of garden, line the river. Here Is an old
gray church, simply but massively built,
and all about it in the churchyard are
the centuries-old gravestones. Ivy cov
ers tbe stone walls and the old houses.
Here a blaze of red shows where autumn
ing. A little barefooted girl with a bas
ket is gathering watercress. Here in a
half acre field a mouse-gray donkey is
grazing along the old stone wait A red
cheeked, black-eyed girl of 16 or 17. her
hair blowing wild, pauses to look up at
me. She is barefooted, and as she
pauses In her work of digging potatoes
she wiggles her toes into the soft, black,
flour-like soil. Beside the thick walled,
straw thatched cottage near the stream
Is their winter supply of turf. The bare
footed las. like some wild creature
Doised for flight, sizes me up and then
tosses her head and waves her hand to I
me. Hack on the hillside are bracken
and broom. Here and there a vivid
splash of color shows where the heather
is abloom. There Is a smell of peat
smoke In the air and the odor of frying
bacon. The flax is cut and stacked. Be
side the pile of peat is a pile of bog oak
that will be carved Into pipes and crosses
and other ornaments during the long
winter evenings.
It's no use. I can't make you see the
old,-world charm of Bandon and the
country roundabout. You will have to
come and see it for yourself, and when
you pick a bit of- shamrock there will
come to your mind Moore's lines :
' Where'er thej psse. a triple grass
Shoots up. with dew drops stresminx.
As oftly green as emerald seen
Though purest crystal gleaming.
Oh. the hemrock. tbe green, immortal ih m rock.
Cho-n leaf
Of bard and chief.
Old Erin's natire hamrock."
Why 1 Asked Exemption '
The reason I will now Indite, la solemn rbyasse
and rones:
I heard that I'ncle Sam bad bought Us tbe
ssnd tons of prunes.
Oh. not for Wilson. Hooter or MeAdoe or I .an a.
Or sny pompous senator from Texas clear to
Maine.
Or say cabinet officer or sny judge supreme. .
Or any human cog In all the gore raiment maw
chine ;
Not for the military It their shoulders bore
her.
Or golden wide winged eagle or their collars
bore a star:
Lieutenant generals, generals and major gesv
rrals. too.
Brigadiers end colonels snd majors, deer dowa
through
To the capuins and lieutenants, they were all
of them humane.
Buthe poor unlucky privates were the goats
and ats the prunes t
HOW TO LIVE
By Dr. Woods-Hutchinson. Former Portland Physician
est" says the Eugene Register. Manv
ahy of Its power from contact wlta la secret-of the war will come out
three pistol shots, one of which
was fatal.
There was murder in the assas
sin's heart. The bridge keeper es
caped his deadly intent by handing
over the contents of the till. The
fatal shot was reserved for the un
suspecting, deputy sheriff.
There was no occasion for this
desperado to ply such a trade. There
is honest work for all at good wages.
The man who, in these times, arms
himself with a gun and goes out
to use force is a crook by nature,
and should not be at large.
He should be apprehended, and the
rest of his natural life be spent
at hard labor behind prison walls,
where he will have ample time to
regret his mad deed. He has for
feited every right which organized
society guarantees to honest men.
What America Could Do
in Restoring Ruined Lands
From the New Tork Telegraph
After the peace treaty ia signed
"we shall know Just how near the
allied lines were to breaking when
the German pressure was the great-
The surrender of the U-boat? at
Harwich is a lesson arid warning to
all coming ages. Its lesson is that
rightfulness cannot subdue mankind.
Its warning, that aggressive force
generates resistance enough to over
come it. None of the cruel inven
tions brought into use by the Ger
mans have altered the course of the
war essentially. The invention of
gunpowder long ago opened the high
way to democracy by making the
peasant equal to the knight on the
battlefield. But no subsequent in
vention has entailed consequences
that begin to be as weighty.
PAYING UP
1r
T MAY take Germany 10 or 15
years to pay up the allies' de
mands, but we will pay. Our
population are good workers."
says General von der Lancken
Walkenitz, commenting on the after-
When the history of this war is
written, and perhaps not until then,
the world will realize that only the
Incredible prodigies of Industrial or
ganization and achievement which the
genius of America has effected
within the short cerlod durlne-
which we have been narticiDants
in the struggle made complete victory
certain. And if the United States is
to fulfill to the utmost the great task
of .rebuilding, revivifying and restor
ing' the devastated fields and stricken
cities of France, of Belgium, of Serbia
and of Southern Europe, then the mighty
enginery which has been built and set
going within the last year must not be
slowed down, will not be stopped, will
not be dismantled until the agriculture.
the commerce, the manufactures, the
communal life and the governments of
the devastated regions have been given
back that calm health of nations with
out which even the peace of victory is
Incomplete.
One year ago no representative of
our allies In Europe would believe that
we could accomplish the miracles in
manufacture, in transportation, in food
supplying or In shipbuilding which now
stand forth as the most prodigious con
structive feat In the history of the
world. Yet even now, with our steel
mills, our factories, our shipyards and
our shops literally pouring forth in
credible and ceaseless quantities Of com
modities and equipments as contributed'
to the 'needs of our allies, we have only
just got a good start. And now, with
the peoples of Europe, its civilian as
well as its military populations, half
clad, famishing, weakened from four
years of pitiless hardships, all we have
to do to perpetuate and make per
manently effective iur miracles of con
struction is to - continue the work and
direct its purposes and its products
to the needs of a world at peace in
stead of at war. It has been predicted
that it will take France 100 years, with
all of its available men and resources
"on the job," to restore the dismantled
farms and cities of its blighted pro
vinces. Here, then, is a task that is
a challenge to American genius: To
reduce to ' a decade that century of
toil and taxes, of poverty and self-de-
Waterbury Weeklies
Sherwood. Or., Nov. 20. To the Editor
of The Journal Is there a weekly news
paper printed at Waterbury, Conn.? If
so. what is the name of it? How is
"croix de guerre" pronounced? J. M.
There are three weeklies: Beobachter (Ger
man) . and Progreso del New Kngland and Veri-
ta, both Italian. The pronunciation of "croix de
gnerre" cannot be indicated in type, for tbe
reason that the vowel sound in "guerre" has a
Talue not employed in English speech. The near
est description of It is that it partakes of short
e" and short "s," with a flavoring of rhort
"u," this Tocal blend being further modified by
the "r" sound that sccompanies it. "Croix"
is "krwah," and "de" may be described as
"dun".
Maximilian In Mexico
Portland, Nov. 18. To the Editor of
The Journal Please inform me what
nation landed troops in Mexico at the
time Maximilian was put up as emperor.
What time was this? ED FRANKLIN.
British, Spanish and French forces were land
ed at Vera Cruz late in 18S1 for Uie purpose of
enforcing pecuniary claim against Mexico. Tbe
French went beyond the terms of the agreement
of these three powers and meCdled in Mexican
politics, which were at the time in a particu
larly turbulent state. Great Britain and Spain
withdrew their forces in March, 1 862. Napo
leon III continued to encroach, until in the sum
mer of 1863 a Mexican provisional government,
under Napoleon's influence, offered the crown to
Msximilisn.
The Evening Kaisfrgram
Portland. -Nov. 19. There has not
been anythirfg so nauseating as the at
titude of the Kaisergram (Telegram)
of our city in the preelection cam
paign, its articles were seditious, and
it Is astounding to think of no ac
tion being taken to bring those cul
prits to the bar of Justice.
Roosevelt's articles were a shame to
any person who has any moral re
spect for decency. He should hang his
head tn. shame, and hide in the wilds
of Africa.
I have been a reader of the Tele
gram for years, but such articles have
dampened my ardor for that paper
and all Its slurring of The Journal will
be, of no avail. JOHN AL.BINI.
CHOLERA AND CHOLERAS (No. 7)
Most of our theories as to the causation
and spread of cholera have proved to be
mistaken. The poorest and even most
putrid of foods had nothing whatever to
do with causing the disease, unless it
had been mixed with infected water or
handled by someone who was actually
suffering from the infection. Personal
contact had almost .nothing to do with
the spread of the disease, unless it so
happened that the victims were cooks or
waiters, or food handlers of some des
cription, and could infect the food with
their own discharges by dirty and care
less handling. A man might live for
weeks in the center of a cholera camp
or cholera hospital and be practically
safe from the disease so long as he
drank only bottled or boiled water and
ate only food brought In in sealed pack
ages, and' washed his hands thoroughly
before each meal.
What was even more surprising, care
ful observation and experiments upon
the lower animals showed that even
spoiled or decaying food or chronic dis
turbances of the stomach or intestinal
digestion did not in any way seem to
predispose to the attack of the disease.
or to make Its course any more severe
or violent if it did develop. So that
most of our talk about being particu
larly careful of what we ate. and avoid
ing fruit or fresh vegetables or other
"explosive" articles of diet, in cholera
times, was quite beside the mark. If
the cholera germs are swallowed in
sufficient numbers in water or food,
they will attack strong, vigorous men
in the prime of life and with perfect di
gestion and health, as violently and aU
most as fatally as the young, aged or
ailing.
When once the drinking water is
brought thoroughly and effectively under
control and the victims and their con
tacts isolated in separate camps, the end
of the cholera epidemic is In plain sight.
But it may smoulder along slowly and
even continue to break out on a small
Oh, I'd like to be a soldier brave and ge tway
to fight
The battles of democracy and take a rifle
bright ;
I'd love to dress in khaki with a helmet oa say
hesd.
And lay axide my pen and use a bayonet la
stesd; Td like to sMl across tbe sea to fight for
deer old France .
To put the Hun ivwn tha run and take a
soldiers rhiiu-t;
I'd not object to fighting In a trench all slime
and dirt.
To getting ;laatered up with mud. with cooties
in ray shirt.
I'd risk the lnu of limb or life:
Id leave my children, home and wife;
I'd do my part with forks and spoons.
But I'll be dsmed if I'd eat prunes,
I d est their bacon snd their brans.
Their bully beef and canned sardines;
I'd live on soup or macaroons.
But I'll be darned if I'd est prunes.
And so I silked to be exempt although it hurt ray
pride.
But when I think of all those prunes I think
I'm jiutiifed.
B. E. Bpauldinf.
Albany, Or.
t'nele Jeff Snow Says:
Down on Turkey creek we had s
neighbor, when I was a boy, that had
more gall than any other 10 men in
Arkansaw. He killed Dad's hogs and
busted in our front door with a rock
because Dad objected. When Tad
Hannibal got outer the penitentiary fer
hog-stealin' he come over to our house
and 'lowed he was wlllln' to forgive us
all. and he tuck a seat by- the fireplace
1 I . ... 1 1 . I- . - - . , V.
I HI1U UTKUII IU IMIIUflC, W1L1I I11B VII 1UI
; center table. When he got that fur Dad
I chucked him out. and he declared war
on us again. The idees them Huns has
is somewhat along the lines Tad filled
up on, but I don't reckon President Wil
son'll stand fer as much foolishness
from 'em as Dad did from Tad.
The News in Paragraph
World Happenings Briefed for Benefit
of Journal Readers.
GENERAL
New Tork is facing a winter coal
shortage of 2,657.261 tons.
Alfred Dixon Plaw, prominent San
Francisco attorney and former in
tercollegiate champion athlete, is dead
of appendicitis.
German-controlled Insurance com
panies of New York have been taken
over for liquidation by A. Mitchell
Palmer, alien property custodian.
77 " w "c'l"D"nooa" Ior. BOme Corporal Mark B. Grace of Loom!,
time, because a certain number of those Cal.. died at Honolulu Tuesday from
who have had the disease and recov- injuries suffered when the airplane in
ered from it, still carry the germs in
their intestines, and if their discharges
happen to get into the food or the
drinking water they may start another
small epidemic.
Tomorrow: Will and Skill.
would be proper to look at the matter
from a different standpoint.
The fact might be that Mr. Daniels
would not have recommended such an
appropriation without the approval ,6f
"his chieftain ;" that . the mare's nest
in the administration camp is itself but
and iridescent, delirious dream : that the
man who demanded, "force and more
force" to compel conditions making
peace possible fully approves of a power
ful navy as a police measure for the
preservation of that peace. Perhaps ap
proval -of Mr. Daniels' action, instead
of tending to oppose Mr. Wilson,
amounts to supporting him. What a
faux pas for a consistent finder of fault
with the president ! .
WILLIAM H. WHEELER.
day at an army camp. Mr. Gllman is
northwest director of railroads for the
treasury department.
Mr. and Mrs. E. G. Dickey of Corval
11s are visiting in the city at the Seward.
O. Hltm. who owns a fish cannery at
Altoona, Wash., is at the Oregon.
E. V. D. Gaul of Trout Lake. Wash..
Is registered at the Hotel Carlton.
Judge Talt. first vice president of the
Chamber of Commerce at Astoria, is a
visitor at the Multnomah.
John O. Dresser of San Francisco is
at the. Benson.
A. A. Broderick of Chehalls is regis
tered at the Portland hotel.
W. A. Wilson, attorney from The
Dalles, is at the New Perkins.
Mrs. Earle Kisbey and Mrs. J. M.
Rosm of Walla Walla are staying at
the Imperial.-
K. U Bravo of Takima is registered
which he was flying fell 3500 feet.
Prospective loss to the government
through operation of railroads has been
reduced to about 1200.000.000 for the
nine-months period ending October 1.
In a fight between federal soldiers
and Villa followers at San Carlos, Mexi
co.. General Murgula destroyed the town
and took the women and children to
Ojinaga.
For the nine months up to October
1, total returns from the leading rail
ways of the country amounted to
$3.i 541, 343. 000, and operating expenses,
$2,8uXT763,O00.
Readjustment of the lumber industry
to peace conditions will be considered '
at a series of meetings of lumbermen
of the country to be held in Chicago
beginning Friday.
Becaose he refused to carry coal for
the kitchen of the hospital at Camp
Mead. Md.. Private Russell Powell has
been sentenced to serve 15 years In the
penitentiary at Fort Leavenworth.
Cal. is
Had, the Soldiers Been Home
Junction CUr. Nov. 19. To the Ed-
i itor of The Journal I have read the
'letter in The Journal ot lasi Monaay, . at tne sewara.
! under the title "From the Farmer s I Will E. Purdy of Salem is at the Ore
vi nnint." I. too. felt surprise and
consternation at the KepuDiican victo
ries in our last elections. I couldn't
understand how an enlightened people,
at this time, when so much is at stake,
could do IL For a while I felt Bick and
stunned and wondered where we would
at last land if our people could be so
blind and indifferent to our fate.
Then I remembered our soldiers in
France, and the saying that "the best
T. T. Thomas of Oakland
at the Washington.
Percy T. Shelley of Sandy, Or. U
registered at the Hotel Carlton.
Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Hall of Siletz,
Or. are at the Benson.
Mr. and Mrs. R. J. Bucklin and daugh
ter Winnie of Fargo, N. D. are at the
Portland.
Horse Meat Canrreries
Durkee, Nov. 20. To the Editor of '
The Journal Kindly inform me where
the present horse meat canneries of
the United States are located?
A READER.
The Journal knows of no horse mest can
neries in the Northwest. At one time there was
Guy Struthers of Walla Walla
element always offers itself for sacri- registered at the New Perkins.
i Tk.n T know . h v the election i i
failed, as our best element was in
France. It oup soldiers had been home
it never would have happened.
A ONE-TIME REPUBLICAN.
is
- Peace Suggestion
Portland, Nov 15. To the Editor of
The Journal Don't you think it a good
Idea to suggest to the people of Oregon
through the columns of The journal. to
celebrate Peace day, by forgiving and
was . .. , I 1. 1
a cannery at Linnton. but Uie business was not forgetting ail oia grutiEeB. ......
hands ot all oia enemies, or writing
greeting of gratitude and peace offering?
It seemc the signs are ngm to mane um
4l-A nitAerAata r V Parrtnlan 1
He. might i.. truthfully ave,vaddecl,vnd. Serbia, to aaj nothing ot tbe newly
"sufficient for it to continue operations.
A Frostless Fall
Portland. Nov. 18. To the Editor of
The Journal We have had no frost
yet, or any that did any damage.
Young potato plants are coming up.
The temato vines are green at Inde
pendence. Tobacco, the most tender
of all, is green at HUlsboro. Here in
Portland my beans, tomatoes and corn
are still green, and young beans' are
coming up, volunteer. Is not this a
record year 'for late frost?
E. S. PIPER.
From Two Points or View
Eugene, Nov. 18. Tp.the Editor of
The Journal A Portland weekly, dated
yesterday, commenting on Secretary
Daniels' request for $600,000,000 for the
building of naval craft, opines that the
secretary is not In complete harmon
with the views of his chieftain In the
matter of a universal and abiding
peace," and that these latter views are
"the iridescent dream of a delirious
patient, who is suffering from the flu.' '
It is pleasing to know that those who
are -.ont to heckle the dmlnistratior
because it does not happen to wear a
Republican label,, can find something
to approve in an act of one of its mem
bers, as shown by the fact that the
periodical in question admits that it
"takes the liberty of agreeing with Sec
retary Daniels" in this instance, even
It such agreement is manifested only
when used to cast a slur on the govern
ment,' bat. it Is Just ? possible that tt
versal peace In more ways than one. At
present the spirit is receptive. It has
worked fine In this community.
DOLLY ROSCOE.
PERSONAL MENTION
Vancouver Couple Marry
George H. Buck and Miss Ruth' E. An
drews, of Vancouver. B. C, were mar
ried Wednesday afternoon at the Mult
nomah hotel. Judge Gantenbeln offici
ating. Mr. Buck is a scenic photographer
for the government, and Mrs. Buck Is
the daughter of a contractor and builder
at Vancouver.
Naval Officers Here
Lieutenants H. J. La Salle, L. E. Mar
tin and Walter J. Flowers of the United
States navy are registered at the Ben
son hotel from New York.
Mr. and Mrs. dePutron Gliddon of
Washington,' D. C. are at the Portland
hotel.
William Maguire and F. W. Whitton.
timbermen from Klamath Falls, are at
the New Perkins hotel. :
Mr. and Mrs. M. U. Haswell of Boise
are registered at the imperial.
Mr. and Mrs. L. C. Gilman of Seattle
are at the Multnomah, hotel, enroute to
California - where their - son " UjA Mon
ti. Thompson of Pendleton Is
visiting at the Imperial.
T. I. Terrill of Astoria is a visitor
at the Seward.
John Daumltt. a merchant from
Cathlamet. Wash., is at the Oregon.
Angy Hayes of Eugene is registered
at the Washington.
J. O. Bay of Astoria Is at the Hotel
Carlton.
H. S. Perry, a prominent business man
of Condon, is at the Multnomah.
E. W. Middleton of Aberdeen is at
the Benson hotel.
Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Bashar of Kelso
are registered at the New Perkins
hotel.
A. S. Kohjtad, who is In the moving
picture business at Hood River, Is
at the Oregon hotel.
Mr. and Mrs. J. I,. Ou Inert son of Se
attle are at the Washington.
G. P. Solley of Dee is rei
the Hotel Carlton.
L. K. Weber of Walla Walla Is at
the Multnomah.
H. Lane of Condon is at the Benson.
Warner Walte, merchant from Cush
man. Is a visitor at the New Perkins.
8. B. Crouch of Roseburg is at the
Oregon.
Lester Rowland of Aberdeen is regis
tered at the Washington.
registered at
Olden Oregon
Pioneer Traffic Men Wise in Their
Generation as the Modern.
With the acquirement of the Cheno
weth railroad at Cascades the - Brad
fords had an advantage In Colombia
liver transportation in the fifties which
could not be disregarded. They had
boats on the lower river and they had
the pass and had no hesitation in de
manding all the traffic would bear. If
the charge. on freight from Portland to
The Dalles- was $40 a ton the Brad .fords
took $20 for hauling six miles around
the Cascades on their, road. -
NORTHWEST NOTES
Ernest C. Morrison, prominent resi
dent of Fairview, Is dead of influenza.
As usual. Clatsop' i county oversub
scribed its war work quota 60 per cent.
Oswego Is to have an Industrial
school fair sometime after the holidays.
Seventy-five soldiers employed in the
lumber camps at Raymond, Wash, have
returned to Vancouver.
The $15,000 school building at Guler.
Wash., is completed and opened this
week with four teachers.
Locomotives and flatcars for Siberia
were loaded at Seattle Wednesday
aboard the Robert Dollar.
Oregon-Washington train leaving
Aberdeen for Centralla at 10:15 p. m.
will be discontinued Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Albert Rhodes of Ole
quah. Wash., have been notified of the
death In France of their son Albert.
In consequence of the scarcity of
labor, many women In the Beaverton
section are helping get the crops
sown.
For the thin: time, Wlllapa rrrlll at
Raymond has received the pennant this
month for the largest production of
airplane stock.
For Injuries received, Mrs. Haunt
Sandlman. of Astoria, is suing the Pa
cific Light t Sc Power company for
$6850 damages.
A farmers' Irrigation district was
orranized at Grants Pass Tuesday. It
Is proposed to irrigate bottom lands
! west of the city.
The Pacific county Council f Defense
la Investigating some well-to-do resi
dents of the county who refused atq sub
scribe for fourth Liberty bonds. jr
Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Leonard of
Castlerock, Wash., have received a tele
gram stating that their son Elmer died
in rrance oi gunsnor. wounas uctooer i.
At Mow, Or, Sunday, T. Taketa, i
Japanese, stabbed to death C. Tokakt,
a fellow worker. Taketa was placed fn
Jail where he attempted to hang him
self. Seventy-eight soldiers-In the spruce
division who have been working at
Warren ton since April, have left for
Vancouver, and the sawmill is shot
down.
FOREIGN
Twelve German aviators landed en
Swiss soil this week and asked to be in
terned. ' It is said In Paris that the Dutch
are allowing fleeing Germans to cross
Netherlands territory. . (
The independent and radical Socialists
of Germany are joining Dr. Karl Lieb
knechfs Spartacus group. r
The Berlin Volka Zietung says the
revolution was "manufactured solely to
obtain better peace terms."'
The Belgian cabinet will resign aftr
King Albert meets the parliament. M.
Delcrolx,' a Brussels lawyer, - will be
asked to form a coalition government-
There are signs .In Germany of
general reaction against the revolution.
The question is becoming nation-w id e:
"What la Chancellor Ebert : accomnllsb
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