G THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL; PORTLAND WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER -Z7. 'ISIS. " AW DCDirCIDE.1I KEWBPAPEB a 8. JACKSON... , .publisher Published a-eary ey. afternoon jjad moreini (ex cept fltswdey afternoon). t Tb Journal , tn. Broadway sad Vgmhiu stiesU. Portland, 1 Oregon. Entered et .the poetoff tee at Portland. Oregon, for - trsnanlaaioa through to mail M eecond elaaa - matter. , TELEPHONES Main 71T1; Hop. A-0051. All dcpartaaatita reached by tBSee number. Tell tbe operator what department you want. TOREKIM ADVERTISING BEPHESENTATIVE Banjafitn Kaataor Co., Brunawiek BoUdln. 226 tMtn arenue. Iw io. . Building Chicago. Mbaerlption term by mail is Oregon and Weab- Ington: DAILY (ltOR.NIMG OB AFTERNOON) Oca gear. f 8.00 On month -$0 SUNDAY a fVaa n 12 80 I Ona month t .25 TJAILY 1M0BNINO OR AFTERNOON) ANJJ An year $7.60 Ona month. t .65 Ha'a clean Inside and ontaida; ba lonka neither up to tha rich nor down on the poor; ha can lose without aquealing and win without bragging; ha'a considerate to women, ehlldran and old people; ha'a too-" .brar to He, too generous to cheat; ha take hia ahare of thU world good and let othera bar their. Ha'a a real man. Seleoted. 01 R DEAD TMr.nt, coma dc no more appro priate memorial to our soldier and Bailor dead than a stretch of highway. It would be a living and enduring monument to the deeds of thoee who gave up their lives to the cause of freedom. It would be a show spot. It would be pointed out to the traveler on the passing train as the people's tribute to the fallen. It would be a constant reminder to Oregon people as they Journeyed over It. It would be a thing of sur passing interest to the tourist who drove over It, noting the tablets or trees or other monuments which loving hands would plant along the way as memorials to individual soldiers and sailors. Its importance and attractiveness ' would constantly grow. In lme it would be a spot that all would seek. It would ultimately take rank along with the Columbia highway as one of the" out-of-Portland side trips. It would be a beautiful acknow ledgment of the service which tho fallen heroes rendered mankind It would be seen and used by all. iou look upon a monument of marble or bronze, If you happen to be in the neighborhood. It is like a thousand other monuments, and you little think nor long remember what It means. r It is not 6b with a beautiful high way, which, being first a thing of constant and refreshing service, draws attention by Its very prac ticality to the great thought o which it is dedicated. Its power to serve, the delight to be had from itsuse are factors to make it a monument perennial, a tribute everlasting. If we honor our dead let us honor them with something worth while " j - Perhaps the best way to get rid .once and forever of the German war vessels is to sink them to the bottom of the deep, deep sea. As the story goes, that is wha$ the allied authori ties intend to do. But is it positively necessary? There must be a great deal of useful material In those im posing monsters which were of so little acoount in the war. The cop per, the lronrthe machinery, some of the woodwork, could be sold, one must suppose, "and the money it brought might be applied to the re lief of Prance or Armenia or Belgium It docs not strike the reflective mind that this is a time for wasting any thing even if it is as detestable as a German battleship. PORTLAND PHONES I N HIS wire to Postmaster General Burleson, Mayor Baker asks for the removal of restrictions against the purchase and operation of the Home Telephone company by the city of Portland. As receiver of the Home company, -lormer Governor West made proposition under which the city, without paying a dollar; could take over the plant and business of tho Home 'company. Under the plan the city was to assume a bonded in debtedness equal to the value of the ' plant and no more. In bonds and stock the capitalization of the com . pany was 16,000,000. , In November, 1917, Receiver West proposed that the city take over the -property at the appraised valua tion of the plant, the appraisal to be made under tfrms which would cut " out all pver capitalization and reduce the value to actual reproduction cost, The cltyAvas to assume the indebted ness to tne amount of this appraisal t and take its time to pay off the in . debtedness out of the earnings of " the business. An appraisal ttnee made, placed, the value of the Home plants,: including those at Corvallls A&anr tmd Oregon City, at 12,150.000, -; gmng; me .Portland plant valua- tion around f 2.00tWXX. - I The consequence; . to date is that 4 j the Pacific States Itself Is now a I Propoud purchaser of the Home properties on the basis, and at prac- tically the same terms, that they were offered to the city. Some day, all telephones will be publicly owned. THE SAFE WAY T HE project of vesting full author- "7 over the penitentiary in the state board of control will find much support among thoughtful citizens who have watched the re- cent course of events in that woeful- ly mismanaged institution. What an executive of firmness and good Judgment might have done with me complete auinomy mat was lodged in Governor . Withycombe's hands it is useless now to inquire. We know only too well what he has done -with it. And we cannot help .Sker Pee treaty is signed and vw, u.c ..ura The wisest plan, therefore, may be w away uiu auwiur.ty vv.iilu c & uas jiiiBiiajiuieu auu Jtxi(je iw in ens board of control. It must probably be taken for granted, as a rule in our state politics, that the people win vote prudently on measures and recklessly on men. No doubt there will be a series of Wlthyc'ombes in the governor's chair, relieved by an occasional man of 6ense and ability like his Immedi- ate predecessor. The prudent course upon the whole, therefore, is to make the governor as much of a figure- head as the constitution permits, and when it presents an obstacle amend it. One of the best weeklies in tho country, The Public, suggests that the President's so-called "defeat" in the late election may, after all, be a blessing- in disguise. The Public says that it may compel him to unite the liberals of both parties behind movement to recover the many thou him and thus bring into existence the sand acres of public land which the long sought liberal party of the attorney general says was fraud United States. Naturally the torics ulently taken from the state by the of all shades would unite against Pacific Land & Livestock company? him. Indeed, they are already united Why not also act on the sugges- against him. The Public has as good right to prophesy as anybody. WORK FOR THE LEAGUE T HE petty quarrel between Peru a.m uihb wuicn is saia w supreme court said they were fraud threaten war, should spur the uiently obtained? nations Jo form a league to Wnat i9 th returning niHipn hnv keep the peace. Those countries have nothing of any consequence to fight auuut. uui gtuust; exists oeiweeu them which breaks out occasionally i n foolish hosHyties leading to noth- ing but a fresh crop of hatred. If they should start a war. at this I time nobody can say how far it might spread or who might be dragged into it before it was over. The world has bitter need of some impartial authority capable of say- ing to Countries like Chile and Peru, 'There is & better .way to settle your troubles than by war and that better way you must choose." Peru is essentially an infantile country. Chile has made long strides toward genuine civilization. The whole western coast of South Amen- lea would be happier and safer under Chile's dominion. But, no matter how desirable this consummation may be, it should not come about by con- quest. The quarrel between Peru and Chila comes at the precise moment to demonstrate by a forcible example the need of a league of nations whicti is something more than a cobwebbed court presided over by somnolent Judges. "United Germany' was an old dream, of the Fatherland's brightest and best men. Under the Hohenzol- lerns it came true, but they made wicked use of the power it gave them and now It is shattered again. I bring to life, I bring to death. L care ior noming, au snail fro. So Tennyson makes the Time-Spirit say- But perhaps he was wrong. Out of the ashes of the wan we may see a newly united Germany rising aa potent for good as Prussianized Gar- many was for evil. DISCIPLINE U JMJEJN1AHL.Y u betrays some lack or discipline for United States soldiers and sailors to have taken part in the New York row the other night, but it is not the fault of Lie troops. The discipline of an army is the business of its officers, not of its privates. Being young men full of uie ana temper, mey can nardiy b? expeciea to restrain tneir passions, Their officers must do it for them or discipline rails and the army dis- integrates. . The mob mania is our national dis- ease, it is . regrettable to see it at work in civil life, doubly so to see it creeping Into the army, of which we are au so proud and with such good reason. In this connection it is impossible not to recall with misgiv- ings the steps by which the Russian army pensnea. L-ack or discipline crept in by insidious degrees. The omcers negieoiea tneir duty to main- tain discipline. ine privates assumed more ana more autnority until at last noinmg remained out a mob. , vi course tne evu nat likely tu 6u lar m me unuea states, ror our privates are men of character and intelligence. They may yield for the moment to the impulse of pas- sum out mey are capaoie or judging tneir own acts rigorously and reflect- ing upon consequences. There Is another aspect of thai matter which will afford patriots J investors want sites on such, favor citizens but small satisfaction. That able terms that the canital of th is the certainty; that everything like j encroachment of the ; military upon I civil . luetics will be made much of against the administration in the next presidential campaign. Incidents like that which occurred in New York will be treasured up by the very newspapers which now encourage them and turned into am munition against the authorities which failed to prevent them. Meanwhile, thrA ahAtiM he hut one for , America. We cannot have a red flag and the red, white aH Kllia :,.,,,,., wh0f at York meetin jn. 6isted on nauBting the red nag before thQ eyeg of y0QDg men gworfl t0 fiKht and lf necessarv die for the Stars and Stripes was a kind of business that aroused resentment. w ,,,, , . 6 te of wr; Wf in U until the president issues the peace procla mation. That will not be done until Until then, as well fnr nil fh futurc let us have but one flag at time M tfae mblem of QUr country LAND FOR SOLDIERS G OVERNOR WITHYCOMBE'S con ference relative to land for re turning soldiers was good as far as it went. . All plans in that behalf should bo Pushed to the limit. Many a soldier lad returning from camp and cam- Paign, will not, after his months of ,ire in the great outdoors, want to go back to office and typewriter and desk. He will want to be out on the land where there is room and fresh air and freedom. He ought to be aided with all the state's power in that endeavor. Being anxious to forward such a plan, why doesn't Governor Withy- combe act on The Journal's sugges- tion and give his support to the tion of former Governor West and bring suit to recover public lands from the Chewaucan Land & Cattle company, just as was done by the settlers in Warner valley, of which landg m Warner vaIey tne Oregon going t0 have to say wnerif in travd. ing over central Oregon in. search of a tract of laad suitable for a home, he finds It all fencfiri in hv thA r.Biifnrni., fo&ttle barons? u-hat ., hi h.vi, trt Mv vvh(. ha , told the story of how the large hold- ings were obtained on 'forgeries and bogus entrymen, and how Governor Withycombc has always put on the soft pedal whenever effort is made to recover them for the state? if the governor Is sincerely desirous of securing suitable homes for return- ing Oregon boys. The Journal su gests that he call ud the Pacific Livestock company and the Chewau can Land & Cattle company, and if they do not make satisfactory reply, then call up the legislature when it meets next January, Many a venerable head covered with long gray moss in place of hair will be dismally shaken over Mrs. Catt's plea for women to sit in the peace conference. "It would be so unusual. There are no precedents for it." No indeed. And there were no precedents for the work women have done in the war. This Is an age of shattered precedents. , One can easily mention half a dozen women in the United States who would cut a better figure at the conference than any but our ablest half dozen men. THINGS WE OVERLOOK c ANCELLATION of wood ship con tracts in Portland recalls again the question of the city's future ii . i ' ..... . we nave an asset tnat we consistently overlook. Cheap power 18 main acior in tne development of industry. It is a magnet to at tract industrial payrolls. The trutn of this is to be seen in centers now industrially developed. Niagara Falls is one ase. There are many others The Pacific Northwest is unusual in its opportunities for chean dowc. Portland is in the center of the best of this power potentiality. The situ- ation is Buch that Investigation would probably v show that hydro-electrin f energy could be developed at a cost not to exceed $12 per horseDower ner year. There Is possibility that, at- low interest rates, some of it could be developed at a cost as low as $9 per year Nothing would interest indnatMai capital more than the information spread abroad that Portland is a place where low power rates are obtainable. Much capital of that sort will soon be in the n-M. great deal of such capital that has been exclusively engaged in essential war industries will soon be released for investment. It will be seeking opportunity, and will go where power and other attractive factors are to be bad. The thing capital wants to know for one thing, is exactly what it can get power for. A careful study of the power potentialities of Portland from whiclt definite and dependable information would be a very desirable step at this time. For another thing, industrial capl tal wants sites handy to docks and other shipping facilities, indnstrui 1 company will be available for pup- J chase of plant and machinery -and not j be , dissipated ;or f absorbed la , the purchase of . real estate at fancy, prices. "' i-. Capital is shrewd, and knows that expensive sites will to a considerable extent stand" in the way of success by absorbing an undue amount of the v original investment. - There is to "any thpughtful observer a practical field , here - for Portland to supplement her shipping program. Payrolls make ; tonnage,-aad tonnage makes sniping. In turn, shipping de livers tonnage and delivery of ton nage helps make payrolls. The matter of cheap power and cheap sites for industry ought to be made somebody's business in Port land. It is not certain that it would not be well within the function of the official municipality to give it most serious consideration. ' It is probable that a way will be found out of the wood ship situa tion. The world is short of tonnage. Ships have to be built The sudden cancellation of the contracts is be lieved to have been due to a parti san move in congress to attack the shipbuilding program for political purposes. It is regrettable that in these delicate situations members of one party think it advisable to try to make political capital against the other. SOLDIERS' LAND BILLS BLOCKED By Carl Smith, Wan:ai;tn Staff Cor respondent of The Journal. Washington, Nov. 27. Efforts by Sen ator Myers of Montana, chairman of the public lands committee, to secure action on his bill to advance the plans for re construction work by a survey and class ification of arid, swamp and cutover lands which may be made available for returning soldiers and sailors have been consistently killed off by Republican op position each time he has tried to se cure consideration. On the last attempt Senator Townsend of Michigan intimated inai ne wanted more time for examina tion of the measure to make sura that it will not make possible the "exploita tion" of certain parts of the country, and he thought the matter might be postponed to be considered later on broader plans of reconstruction. Town send, by objecting, threw the bill over for an indefinite time, performing the same result which Penrose of Pennsyl vania had accomplished on an earlier occasion, Penrose remarking he did not believe that the country would be hurt lf the bill "was never heard of." On the latter occasion Penrose was not present. Senator Myers contended thati it is highly important to authorize Secretary Lane to direct agents under his control. including those ' of the land office, the reclamation service and the geological survey, to collect full data on lands which may be made available for set tlement by returning soldiers and sail ors. The bill, he pointed out. does not commit the government to any plan, but seeks to make information available upon which congress can act later on. Senator Shafroth attempted to secure consideration for a bill to authorize the saie o puoiic iana?ai not f more man $2.50 an acre, to be applied Jo the im provement of national parks within the state from which the money is derived. It la especially needed, he said, because some of the acts creating national parks limit the expenditure for improvement to $10,000 a year. Senator Walsh blocked this bill by objecting, on the ground that it might diminish the sums payable to the reclamation fund, and also because, he said, the national parks are for all the people, and ought to be supported by appropriation from the general treas ury. Senator McNary's bill for exchange of lands In the Santlam national forest in Oregon for private lands outside failed to receive consideration because of ob jection from Senator Walsh, who said that In the absence of both senators from Oregon he thought it should go over. Senator McNary was In the city. packing up for his trip to Oregon, re maining out of the senate because he did not desire to have raised the ques tion of his right to represent the state during the interim following the election of- a short-term senator. Ex-Senator Drew of New Hampshire, appointed to succeed the late Senator Oalllnger, continued to occupy his seat In the senate until his elected successor. George H. Moses, took the oath of of fice, leaving the chamber Immediately afterward? This furnishes another and up-to-date precedent on the question as to whether McNary Is still a senator from Oregon notwithstanding the elec tion of Fred W. Mulkey to succeed him tnr- the short term. If the term or Mc Nary expired on November 5, the day of election, aa some nave comenaea, o aiim did the term of Drew, urew, now remained in phystcal possession of his seat up to the moment Moses was sworn in and no one seemed' disposed to question his right as a senator. Mons Is the Romance of the Great War rroa the Philadelphia, Ercning Ledger in accordance with the principles of both poetio- and transcendental Justice, the tragic Belgian town oi mons was raptured by King George's warriors on the last complete day of the world's conflict. ' . . The piteous yet soul stirring tais or British valor has few parallels In war annals. The retreat of Sir John Moore's armv at Corunna in the Peninsular campaign of the Napoleonic erS fore shadows the tale in nttie. iut m tnai campaign a very small expeditionary fores was -concerned. In the epic of August. 1914. the flower of the entire British army was involved. By Huri computation this dauntless body was irr numbers petty, yet it. and armies op ratlnar nearby, constituted at that time the maximum of Britain's military ef-J whelmed it- The heroic stand of General Sir Hor ace Smlth-Dorrien outranged and still mitranares tributes. The chivslrlo no bility of this episode was so stupendous that flavor or tns myxnicai was soon associated with it. The legend of the angels of Mons,. with its narration ot the visitation of the three medieval bowmen, gleaming- in gallant armor to Inspire ths cause of justice, soon be came one of ths persistent superstitions of ths war. It matters not that Arthur Machen some months later confessed the fancy to be ths product of his imagina tion. Its spiritual significance abided. Mons. a symbol both of fairly incon ceivable bravery in ths faoe f insuper able obstacles, became . - a byword in the chronicls of England's honor. The feeling that atonement for ths sacri fices mads there was exigent before the whole grim adventure of combat could be brought to a close. doubUesa puleatlngly ins gated ths : troops, which rushed ths capte of ths place just be- for Germany admitted lnNariting; the full extent of her" hldeoua folly. As the curtain (ell on the most terri ble struggle In history Mona was re deemed, Canadians were the victor. The children of old England have been supremely worthy of their siren. Among the epic notes of the war there are few that sound with more of Homeric beauty than those of the tale of lions with its vivid nuances of both pathoa and triumph. Letters From the People (Commnnicationa aent to The Journal for pnb CeaUan in this department ahould ba written on only one aid of the paper, should not exceed SOO word in length and mart ba signed by th writer, whose mail addreta in full must accompany tha contribution, A Valued Appreciation Philomath. Or., Nov. 2X. To the Edi tor of The Journal I want to thank you most heartily for your splendid article in The Journal November 18 on taxing the super-profits of the big In duetries. We have been fighting for democracy in Europe and won ; now it would be a good thing to try more of it at home. HENRY SHEAK. To a "Captious Critic Halsey, Nov. 25. To the Editor of The Journal Under the caption "Ford's Tongue Runs Wild." the Oregonian makes another attack on one of the foremost of the few real big men of the nation, reflecting on his loyalty and in sinuating pro-Germanism. As Mr. Ford Is prominently before the public he makes an attractive mark to divert at tention from the "aboriginal agitator." Why pick Ford's son as a horrible ex ample as an "exempt"? This was per fectly in line with the beet interests of the country as were the cases of thou sands of others who made for the great er efficiency of the war machine. Did the "terror of the untamed trails" offer his time, talent and fortune to the United States government as Ford did? Did he do all that was possible for human means to do to end the war as Mr. Ford did with the peace ship, which emanated from a sincere and broad minded motive? The fact that the Roosevelt sons were in the big game gives them only the high praise and honor that should be shared equally with every son of his father of what ever degree, race, color or previous con dition, and no more. The article goes on to state that "dur ing the war the worst enemies of the country were those who stirred up class antagonism as a .subterfuge to camou flage pro-Germanism." Who stirred it more than the Roosevelts and the Ore gonian type of newspapers? What were they camouflaging? Something, surely. What candidate ever made a cleaner run than Ford did? And he had thour sands where his opponent has nothing now. He spent it an on nis campaign. What has become of the corrupt prac tices act? It is an insult to reasoning to attack a- man like Ford. The candidacy was forced upon him. Why attack a real man? REPUBLICAN. On Feeding the Germans Portland, Nov. 19. To the Editor of The Journal Not . syllable as yet has come out of Germany to indicate any real change of heart on the part of the people, to say nothing of the ruling fam ily, the Krupps, the militarists and junk- I ers, unless the remark Von Hlndenburg Is credited with thtt they have learned might does not make right, which sounds very much like an Interpolation be excepted. The appeal from two German women addressed to Mrs. Wil son and Jane Addams is as shabby a bit of selfishness and shamelessness as one would care to r.ad. They complain that Germauy is hungry and should be fed by her conquerors, because she has been "surrounded by tnemies" for four years. Think of that! Truly, no change has yet come to the vision or the heart of Germany unrepe.itent, selfish, blind. Mrs. Wilson might properly remind these two German women that the real foes of Germany have all the time been "those of her own household." Her friends are the Be.glans and all others who have fought, sacrificed and died to show Germany that her egotism, greed and indescribable cruelties are things not to endure in a world where "no man llveth unto himself." If we are to feed the unrepentant, but empty, stomachs or these people, it should be on the condition that we fur nish the text books of history used In thsir schools for the next 25 years. Every German child should be obliged to learn the causes that led to this world catastrophe; the part Germany played in it; the name of each writer, politician, "royal" person and institu tion contributing to it. Including the Hnv svstem of Germany. Further, .in stead of fighting silly duets and drink ing beer to music furnished by otners. the German youth should be led into the games played by our boys, which inculcate what we . call tne sporting spirit. A "good sport, in our parlance. la one who Plays tne game oi uie iairiy and squarely, without lying, fraud or pretense, meeting wnat comes unaer those conditions without whining, as theaa two German women do, at the di rect results of Germany's deliberate acta. Forty years is a good long time to deliberate, and Germany took that long to bring about the existing want and sorrow, not only In Germany, but in all the world. And to break for all time th back of militarism, it should be mhhAd into them that the American army, as fine as the world has ever seen, was the result of but 18 months' oreoaration. That might also be taken . bats of same of our own ios silized senators, wh6 are opposing their obstinacy and stupidity wi movement for "ncBALI)WIN A Doctor's Charnes Portland, Nov. 25. To the Editor of The Journal Kindly publish the follow ing information, if available: What is the legal fee a aoctor can w"'t viit to a patient, where no medi- to furnished? Could a doctor who charges $10 for one vimi gei juug,mcrn against a person wno hi e ond refuses to pay the balance. believing that he is being robbed? What court would a case Ot WIS amu ue mw In and what would be the costs if case JOSt ' 1 rTha law does so regulate fee of physician. Probable the dSUct court of Muttaomafc eoua t The oata of eoert ary. but would proc Ihi. k. lhaut 5 The courts will sot permit a pnJnto ehirs. a- exot. f. What fc i reasonable fa for th aarneea of S phyncia it a matter of proof. 1 The Dog and tha Salmon Mohler. Nov. 2L To ths Editor of The Journal Is there any law Mi the stata of Oregon prohibiting a dog frxm catching a variety of salmon known as chums? It so, would he have to have a license? S. M. D. (The qu action does sot aecm to be on to which aay practical answer can bo creaa. It th Inauirer would state hi point mora fully per haD eomething might he don with tb ques tion! Bo would also oblige by eroding hia fall name and address. PERSONAL MENTION " Former Portlander Here Mr and Mrs. Frank Coombs . of Hon olulu are staying at tha Benson. Mr. Coombs was formerly a letter carrier for tha - Portland postoffics, and is CdMMENT AND SMALL CHANGE No. wonder the Dant'be is blue. , Tag, you're for 'the sake of the babies. Now Is the time to sand the track to keep tha shipping from slipping. Hungry boys wont hav much longer to wait for "cram" berries and the stuffing. "It is well to "go" for a light to an other man's fire, but not to tarry by it. Instead of lighting a torch of one's own.- Plutarch. , It will be a specially merry Christmas for the soldier men who set home In time to participate in the festivities incident o the illumination of the fam ily tree. The first ice ot the season, noticeable this morning ere the unmasking of the sun. occasioned the usual number of slips and tumbles and the usual joyous guffaws from those who looked while others fell. Secretary of the Treasury McAdoo announces that there Is going to be a fifth Liberty bond loan and In the mean time War Savings Stamps are offered for sale at all leading banks and busi ness houses. JOURNAL MAN AT HOME f Hare la a pajtttry atory ooa ot tha aort that , will" probably nrw ba aolrad. tor Mr. Locklaj. who una ioa aiory, aocas i aaow iat auwer himself. While in London 1 went to a gather ing of Russian students st Christ col lege to listen to an address by Alexander Kerensky, ex-premier of Russia. Be side me sat a bright eyed young chap t in his early twenties. He looked so much like my nephew Arthur Sher-; bucne, I could not resist speaking to ; him. He was cordial, friendly and Intel-. ..Bern. Jif . w rouitmy ureocu .u I tjtLiiie lq me conclusion inai ne v mis u rather high type of working , a mechanic. With him was a i probably chap about 33 or thereabouts, hand-1 some as a Greek god. lie also was roughly dressed. From a bit of tattoo ing on his forearm, I judged that tie must be a sailor. The young chap spoke English rather slowly and precisely, with a slightly foreign accent. Two nights plater at the Adelphi hotel In Liverpool which, by the way, is one of the most beautiful and expensive hotels in he city I glanced up from my menu card toward a party of guests who were being paid marked deference by the head waiter. The members of the party wore evening dress. To my great astonishment I recognized the two acquaintances whom I had seen in workman's garb at Kerensky's talk. The young chap caught my eye. gave me a humorous smile, partially closed one eye and shook his head, evidently asking me not to recognize them. The handsome chap, who was about 33, ths one with the tattooing on his forearm, had a pigeon blood ruby In his finger ring that must have been worth a king's ransom. He acted as though he were born in a dress suit. All of the part- gave undivided attention when the young man spoke, frequently bow ing in assent to his remarks. I felt somewhat dased. Later I met a member of the party and, telling him my name. I asked him to tell me the name of him self and his companions. He said "I will write down for you the names we are traveling under. I am not at liberty, I am sorry to Say. to tell you our own names at present." I am still HOW TO LIVE By Dr. Wooda-Hutchlnson. Former Portland Physician optT'M AND THE WAR (NO. 3) v ' - . . 1 M.nhis nnwders are simply a price- less boon to tne poor wounueu, there' Is practically not the slightest danger of any habit-forming or craving resulting from their -use, for the sim ple reasons: First, that their period of use is only from to 36 hours, even In the ex t rem est overcrowding of battle; second, that nine-tenths of the wounds, after they have been thoroughly operat ed upon and dressed, are not severely painful, so that there Is no further call for plates; third, that the patients are tindervthe strictest of medical and mili tary supervision and have no possible access to any other supply of the drug, even if they wanted it. Almost the only cases In which the use of opium or" opiates Is found necessary after the operation are a few of the severer types of penetrating wounds of ths abdomen and lower part .of the chest. And any one who has once seen the suffering of these poor fellows would be willing to take any legitimate risk for the pur pose of making their days of agony tol erable and their nights restful. As a matter of fact, the war use of opium upon the severely wounded "has proved upon the hugest and most con vincing scale what has long been held by thoughtful physlclarw that healthy, normal men and women do not form the opium habit. While here and there a poor torn and mangled Tommy or pollu, whose nerve has been broken by ths now appearing with Mrs. Coombs at one of the local theatres. o Foundation Oflicial Here Bailey Hipklna. vice prealdent of the Foundation Shipbuilding company, and Mrs. Hlpktns, from Seattle, are guests at the Portland.' J. A. McEschron of Seattle is at the Multnomah. G. A. Gell of Metxger is at ths New4 Perkins. Professor H. C. Seymour of ths Ore gon Agricultural college at Corvalll3, Is registered at the Seward. E. C. Roberts, prominent Albany fruit grower, is st ths Cornelius. C. B. Walker, of Juneau, Alaska, hi at the Imperial. N. S. Doumltt of Stevenson, Wash., la at the Oregon. Mr. and Mrs. A. J. McKsy snd P. 1 Folvey of Appleton, Wis., sre registered at the4 Benson. Mrs. J. M. Kerr of Spokans Is visiting at the Multnomah. E. 8. Snelllng, attorney from 8t Helens, Is registered at ths New Per kins. Mr. and Mrs. C W. Barton and daughter. Eleanor" Rose, from Boise. Idaho, are visiting at ths Portland. Mr. and Mrs. C. R- Hallbert of Rainier are at tha Cornelius. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Bucntei ot saiem are registered at ths Ssward. R. S. Shaw, Astoria lumberman, is a visitor at ths Imperial. , R, H. DeArmond of Vale, Or., is at ths Oregon. m Mr. and Mrs. Robert Oater of Seattle are registered st ths Carlton. Mr. and Mrs. Jamas Ellison of St Helens ars at ths Multnomah. A. L. Brown of Astoria is at ths Ben son. Mrs. W. E. Scbumpff of Astoria Is at the Portland. J. C MoElroy of Salem Is registered at the New Perkins. Mr. and Mra E. J. Harper fit Seaside are at tha Seward. Mr. and Mrs. Georgs F. Newhouse of Ths Dalles are guests at ths Cornelius. C. W. Parker Of Roseburg is regis tered at ths Imperial. Thad Robinson ot Tillamook is a vis itor at ths Oregon. Charles H. Boucher of Walnut Creek. Cal., is a guest at ths Carlton. W. U Kadderty ot Corvallis is at ths Multnomah. Alexander Miller of tha TaWraa Min ing company at Yakima, Was( and ot NEWS IN BRIEF OREGON SIDELIGHTS It Is ths observation of ths Baker Democrat that "out of the war comes a confidence of good business, and there is everything to give encouragement to the belief." Because 'property owners will not do . w .... v. v.aw nn.ht CTiirAne narK rcmmtuion will see to it that shade trees on the street lines shall be prop erly pruned. This alarm Is sounded by the' Balem Capital Journal: "The supply of logan berry Jules Is likely to fall short be- it Kj. rnlntahtd next fall. The delightful Salem beverage Is being drunk ths world arouno. "About 7 :S0 some Corvallls children heard their first thunder. - says ma atiTimu innaifinf of a recent storm "It rumbled along over in the mountains and ths echo could be heard here Quite plainly, and the renection oi tne ugnv nlng was also very marked. ""The mountain harvest this year was not really finished until last Monday, says the Weston Leader of November II. "when a small patch of grain was threshed at the Ernest March place.. This Is said to be the latest threshing ever done in the mountain country.' wondering . who It acquaintance with. was scraped I have had some most interesting talks during the past few months with wireless operators, both those aboard ship and those- go up in observa tion balloons and airplanes. Recently jl was talking to a bright eyed chap, a wireles operator. He told me tnat untu ,K- wi tVir wir- transmission was 6735 miles, this fa distance between Clifden and Buenoa A1B About two m0nths aKo & 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 I II III r4 ) L11V- . ' . v. - -- - Marconi 8ent a message from Carnarvon wois. tn Australia a diatance ot over jo.ooo 'miles. It took one fourteenth of . .ir,iMM mrssatro to . , . j,., In speaking of the part played by the wireless In this war. the editor of one of the great London dailies said : "Think what wireless has meant In this war. It leaps all belligerent barriers. It is the link of the sundered allies, the watch dog of the navy, the hope of the victim of tha U-boats, and the chain between earth and sky." James Bardin tella the story of the wonder working wireless In these lines: Shoreward, tha ranka of nulling brakr tweeping Foam on tha aboal and wirl upon the aand. Vhfla 'galnat the cliffa the hearing aurgea leaping Clutrh at tha pinea that on tha mmmtt Hand; Seaward, the wrf among tha rocki ia roaring And whera tha waraa upon a low reef am.it a. Gannt ta the inlet a tall eteel tower aoanng 8enda through tha night a warping, winking light. On tha long, aea-awept beach, tha coeat guard nseins Peer through tha rain. that wearea a flowing haze. Watching the eele which, like couraera racing. Pase in the night with atonn-drenehed lighu ablaze. ... Put in their wake, the watare rexed with motion . ... . Gire to the wind tha aptime of aeething wrack. Seeming tha foam anatched from the teeth f Ocean. Bared when the lighting flies upon ita track. Windi of the temptot. erer louder crying. Clash In their fnry aa the thunder roll. And on the gale th riren ipuroe elonda flying Darken the beacon that marki tha bidden aboal ; . . But from the ma.t abore tha tower apnnging ifocking the urm. uneeen. and ailent slips A ware which, like thought that to distant aUra goea winging. Pierce tha miat to guide th nnaeen ahipa. rahock and torturing pain, will whimper f . 1 . 1 . 1 . V. 1 j for the continuance of the soothing drug for a few days or maybe a week after it is no longer necessary, in the vast majority of them, as In all healthy human beings, the secondary or side ef fects of opium, itching of the skin, dry ness and stickiness of the mouth and tongue, nausea of the stomach and loss of appetite; headache and most obsti nate constipation, etc. are so disagree able and uncomfortable that as soon as the agonising pain for which It was first given begins to subside they com mence to ask : "Doctor, do I have to take any more of that dope to keep me comfortable or make me sleep? I think I can stand a reasonable amount of nain now for the sake of getting rid of this 'cotton' dryness in my mouth and this dopey feel." In a series of fairly extensive visits to the hospitals from field to bane along the whole western and Italian fronts I found and heard of extremely few casea of s3hy tendency to morphine craving among the patients, except thoee who had trouble of this sort before tbey en listed. But I am frank to say that I did see scores of casea. nart irularl v tearing' wounds of the intestines or of the hips, where I should have liked to see opium administered much more lib erally and continuously Tomorrow :. (No. 4). Opium and the War the Portlsnd Medical hospital is regis tered at the Portland. James E. Jaeger of Honolulu Is regis tered at the Benson. H. E. Graham of Seattle is at the New Perkina Captain Applegate of Klamath Falla is a gueat at the-Portland. Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Caswell of Ta- coma are registered at the Cornelius. P. S. Lucas of the Oregon Agricultural college is at the Sswardv Mr. and Mra I. R. Carlson of Towner, N. D , are guests at the Imperial. J. S. Flint- of Junction City is visiting at tne uregon. W. C. Bennett oti.Xetrort, Mich., is registered at ths Carlton. W. G. Davis of Goltfcndals is a guest at the Multnomah. f Mrs. James Hughes and Miss Anna Hughes of Bend are st ths Benson. Mr. and Mrs. R. B. Dixon of New port are at the New Perkins. Mrs. W. E. Brown, Mrs. E. H. Camp bell and Marie John sen of Seattle are guests at the Portland. Mrs. Margaret O. Cook of the Oregon Agricultural college la at the Seward. Mr. and Mra H. O. White of Salem are gueeta at the Imperial. H. E. Boyer of Wasco is staying at the New Perkins. Professor L. Walter Morton of ths University of Oregon at Eucens Is reg istered st the Seward. Roy Frlgltt of Caldwell. Idaho, la vis iting at the New Perkins. l Mr. and Mra Edward F. Thornton of Chicago are guests at the Portland. Olden Oregon Oregon Steam Navigation Company Lived Long and Well. When the Oregon Steam Navigation company was - organized In I860- J. C, Alnsworth was elected president and be held the office with ths exception of one year during ths entire life of ths corporation, which snded in 1179. While ths difficulties in effecting organisa tion of this company wsrs great. Its subsequent history was greater In re sults and usefulness. No assessment was ever levied on Its cs pi tal stock. The company expended 11.000,000 In creating its property besides paying to ths stockholders in dividends over $2,500,000. "The tint board of directors eo misted of J. C Alnsworth, J. 8. Ruckle, D F. Bradford. S. G. Reed and U W. Cos. . . ' , Ragtag and Bobtail Stories From Everywhere A Soldier's Pled a-. M A T?eUnla,V,,UP th n,U- "vatS from. hi P f IOW rn hl" ,Mt raca had a! cfomlny to the battalion. lis had I almost reached his goal when a ma chine gun dropped him. fourth.1'1 the POCket of blou- ne hd written something that .Jr""10 "haU win the war ; Jherefore. I will work. I will gave. "I will sacrifice, "I will endure ' I will fight cheerfully and do my ut gle depended on me alone." .I"1"??10' had caUea thl "Mv Pledge," and thereto he had subscribed his name. The Sergeant W,.',(I rgeent once, oh lor! With a role to w.ae the dad: Ta. a sort of a 'i.k animal roar An we couldn't tell what e aaid ti- y w" drilling u "Hen in a audden veife, . . dog barked. An we all loriuej fours. V. ? l.0v,h "W'r ordl Vt e felt like pris nera in a dock. , . wr "d at ease an" Vara. An as paused in alangin' u An our auffena' ears burued, .. A one ceigbed, n we all bout turned. With that '. threw a foamia' fit Lpon the grarel 'aid Tlrmwl "na" ' rolled aa' bit. An rured us by th. yard. a . ,,M ,n ""'"ince. An aljook 'm n.ibhlr tut. . . roa rawed, an we all dUmluwi. 'E chased u. wirh 'is awagger .tick. v t UnTge waa a dream: . faraied us up in erf a tick An while e stood an' glared at us (Tou could are heard a pin) , A dock quacked. au i eii in. N.. in Th Pauing Show. I'ncle Jeff Snow Saya: 9111 Hohenzollern can eat turkey far Thankaglvln' thla year, but If he roes back to Berlin he ll eat crow fir ChES The News in Paragraphs World Happenings Briefed for Benefit of Journal Keadera GENERAL W ha'."'."1" to the ,ate Cardinal Far ley has yet been appointed. San Franr-ian imin. u ... . MroeyncaeTl8m fr The Chiousrn Fl. .:- . . Is boom fneT" I" ? "r..m""on Lewla for inaypr. . Til i0.)'0? ?lty umcll has adopted ivtal lJUorl !?v't,n& Marehale Foch and i etaln to visit that elf v. t,? fflo'al ranyaaa of the Idaho vote con rirma the reelection of John F. Nugent. Democrat, by 970 majority. ucnl. snfi&t ai5 Lo"JAnt;elea Sunday wrecked nfc; nd did other damage esti mated at thousands of dollars. Now,.York ci,y I" Koln to eggs .un,?Une.r? at le88 tnan he prices asked by Jobbers and whoieaalera. r.,Rs!pre!entafive Addison T. Smith of Iah?.ftronS,r ur"es the mustering out of soldiers before the local draft boards. Officials In Washington are beginning to see in Liebknecht'e rine to power lu oermany an ominous parallel to the Rua aian revolution. .- The banks of the country are to be asked to absorb a new laue of certifi cates of Indebtedness, which la expected the firat week in December. , State fuel administrators are' asked ny the fuel administration to organise burn wood' campaigns to further ths use of wood for domestic fuel. Lieutenants Julius Fulcher and F. Mul ler of the Ticonderoita, which was tor pedoed September 30. were landed at Harwich. England, Monday by a Ger man U-boat. 1 I. W. W. lawlessness on the Pacific i said to be growing. Hhlps coming into ban Francisco report that on many oc casions outlaws have attempted to mur der the officers. . CP. Donovan of Santa Rosa, Cal.. has purchased 2190 balea of hope from growere for 2 cents a pound. .The sale amounted to $108,000, the largeat sals of hops ever made In California. NORTHWEST NOTES rilot Rock oversubscribed Its war work fund quota 100 per cent. A movement la started to build an elec tric line from Willapa to South Bend. Wash. . . The ban on public gatherings, In fores at Clatskanie for six weeks, waa lifted Monday. Henry Shulthi. an old and well known resident of Pendleton, ia dead at Los Angelea Dr. C. W. Lassen of Pendleton la now a aecond lieutenant in the veterinary corps of the army. Linn county farmers will raise $2000 to continue the services of a county agent for another year. The truck driver who canned a fnlil- Lslon at Hoqutam In which three men were Killed naa neen exonerated. The Bc-hool house at 8t. Helena, de stroyed by fire a few months ago, will be replaced with a $25,000 building. The Walla Walla Influenza ban. re cently lifted, was put on again Tuesday, and ail schools and theatres are closed. Disappointment caused by the loss of a big crop led to the aulclde of Colonel M. u Allison, a well known citizen of Klamath. A telegram received at Astoria states that Lieutenant Murray C Wheat of that city waa killed in action In Francs October 2. At Pendleton a few days sgo a large audience witnessed Sheriff Taylor pour 20 gallons of whlakey and 10 gallons of gin Into the sewer. Two Eskimo villages near Nome have been wiped out by ripanish influensa. At Solomon there sre 40 orphaned children all adults in the families belnf dead. A. F. Gillies of Centralia. serving n the navy. Is home on a furlough. He says his vessel sunk a submarins off Cape Henry, for which. every member ofths crew was given a gold strips and In a communication to the Washington public service commission. Postmaater General Burleson states it waa hia in tention In approving ths new telephone) rates that they should take the regular course through tbs stats commission. FOREIGN British troops have crossed into Ger many from Luxemburg. Four Infernal machines provided with wicks were found in the Brussels court house Sunday. Denial is mads thst Dr. Francisco Alves. president-elect of BrasiL. has de termined to resign. The Uruguayan government gave a banquet at Montevideo Monday night ia honor of the entente sjliea . . , Allied governments have requested tha Cxecho-Slovak forces to remain in Rua- -si a, and they have agreed to do so. Ahmed Rlxa Bey. president of ths Turkish senste. is going to Paris and London to ascertain ths attitude of en tents statesmen toward Turkey. It ia said In London thst after an.ln spsctlon of ths surrendered German bat-" tfeships and cruisers by ths entente, all the vessels probably will bs sunk. The Minnehaha, Lapland and Orca sailed from Liverpool November 11 for New York, bringing about 7000 aero troops and medical detachments. General Stefan Ik of the Csecho-glovak forces believes that If fores Is used to break up opposition, ths Bolshevik que tion can be decided "in weeks rather thaa In months. . a 1 .... . - " 1 . ""-a " -' - ii-"