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new a better youth. George Banfcroft.
A GERMAN TRAP
T IS at last disclosed that. Villa's
I
murderous raid which caused
American troops to be sent into;
Mexico in 1916, was financed by
i German money. "r
f The money needed to equip Villa's
j irray was deposited in a St. Louis
bank by Financial Agent Albert and
Ambassador von Bcrnstorff. It was
fused In the. purchase and dispatch
j of munitions to the bandit leader,
j The raid on an American army
j camp In New Mexico, the mobillza
j Hon. of an American army on the
frontier, and the sending of an
American force across the Mexican
border all followed , with dramatic
trimmings.
j The raid was, of course, a German
I trap. It Was the German purpose
to Involve the United- States in war
Lwith Mexjco. Vith a Mexican war
f on our hands, involving a large force
of men nd a long period of guer
rilla warfare in a difficult territory,
(the kaiser correctly reasoned that
we would be In no position to defend
f ourselves against diver frightfulness
and Prussian aggressions on the high
1 seas.
Many American newspapers played
(directly into Germany's hands. They
called upon President Wilson for
I ma1 intrir)iAntnn fhifh mOQ n f
war with Mexico. That was what
Bernstorff was plotting for, and
fwhat Berlin was planning for.
- Partisan newspapers denounced,
; derided and lampooned the president.
i There was no limit to their abuse,
no epithets they did not apply. They
I ridiculed his "watchful waiting" pol
i ley and called him "spineless." They
did all this while Von Bernstorfr
iwas putting up the money for Villa
'i to play his part in Mexico, while the
partisan newspapers idiotically played
i their part of the German program in
America.
i We realize now, from ihe late dis
closures, that the desired var witn
s Mexico was a purely German scheme,
i We see how wrong these newspapers
fwere and how cruelly unjust lo the
'president. If the president had taken
-their advice and gone with American
Jarmies into Mexico we might not
.have been able to arrive in France
;ln time. In any event, American
i casualty lists in a Mexican war and
In a European war, greatly prolonged
?by our delay in arrival In France,
would have carried far more distress
ing . totals of dead and maimed.
There is a warning in this spec
tacle of the past. The partisan state---
ments of a partisan press are un
reliable. They cannot be trusted. In
the Mexican troubles they nearly
led us into a German trap,
r The malignant and vituperative at
t tacks on President Wilson t.now are
jconceived and carried on in the same
partisan and unreliable way.
1- 1 . ,
J i The legislature can afford to be
i Strong in support of irrigation. In
mining, you can work out the ore
fbody. But in irrigation, once the
t ditches are built and the water
'made to reach the land, the soil
Irtever ceases to give up its crop,
ilt is pay dirt that never works out.
. j;" ' TRADE AND LANGUAGES
ITH peace accomplished, Eng
11 I land, like alt the rest of the
o.j mJ world,- is .looking forward to a
furious competition for trade.
It Is taken as a matter or course that
"each belligerent nation will endeavor
to relieve its war-made poverty and
pay off its war debts by securing
trade wherever it can.
England is particularly alive to this
7 prospect She is making all sorts
of . preparations for the trade war
Avtilch seems likely to be the sequel
tu iuq oauuuu. Among most prep
erations perhaps the official investi
gations that England is carrying on
are as significant as any. ' She is
: asking ' questions about matters like
education which gave her govern
ment but little concern before the
war.
Up to the outbreak : of the war
fiprminy's foreign trade was jrrowina
in ail parts of the globe. It had
; captured the carrying trade of South
J
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America, although England had been
on the ground for many years. It
Invaded England's home markets. The
legend. "Made in Germany" bore
down all competition. '
What was the reason for it all?
England begins to suspect that th
reason lies concealed in the word
"education." . Germany's business
men fought their way to the f ronv
in all countries because, they had
been scientifically trained for busi
ness. Their training reached out in
many directions, of course. It cov
ered such matters as banking, ac
counting,; chemistry, electricity. And
in particular it included the modern
languages. England's scnools have
always rather contemned the modern
languages. So have our own schools.
But the ante-bellum Germans devoted
themselves to learning these
languages. They studied with ex
ceptional zeal the languages of the
countries they expected one daV to
conquer.
Brftish and American neglect of
foreign languages made it necessary
for their business houses to empioj
German clerks, German accountants.
German ageds The consequence
was that the kaiser had a ready
made spy system at his beck and
call in all parts of the world.
England has now on hand the re
port of a commission appointed by
the prime minister to investigate the
connection between foreign languages
and trade. The committee says that
the most important of the modern
languages is French because of its
literature, its contributions to learn
ing and its practical use in com
merce and international affairs.
The committee insists upon the
value of a speaking knowledge of the
foreign tongues. It is the speaking
knowledge that counts in practical
affairs. The ability to go to the j
distant countries and converse with
their tradesmen, bankers and others
of affairs is a long stride made in
extending trade.
Vhy hasten to resubmit the tax
limitation amendment? The people
will not repeal it. Ft is the one
and only , curb on the legislature.
There will not be another war, with
unnecessary and extravagant expen
ditures on a state army.
FLU AND MASKS
MORE people have died from flu
than were killed during the
same period in the war.
The number of Americans
who have died from flu is several
times as large as the number of
Americans killed in battle in France.
"I am satisfied that the universal
use of the mask would cut the dis
ease down to practically nothing
in Portland in less than 10 days'
time," is the ?tatcment of Dr. Som
mer, director: general of the anti
flu campaign. For the forenoon of
yesterday the number of new cases
and deaths reported was among the
six highest days recorded since the
epidemic struck Portland, yesterday
showed the largest number of deaths
since November 4.
In San Francisco the average of
deaths per day during October was
over 40. The universal wearing of
masks was then required, and within
three weeks the average dropped to
seven.
Wearing masks in Portland might
save a life. It might save hundreds.
If it would save just one, is there
anybody who would object?
Though the cost of building ships
in America is already enormous
Seattle 6hip workers are threaten
ing to strike for an increase over
the war wages. Possibly they know
their business, but at this distance
it looks like they are pressing a
good thing pretty hard.
NO CONFLICT
THERE is hardly any likelihood
of a conflict between the league
of nations and the Monroe doc
trine. Some persons have felt
apprehension , on that point, . but it
is groundless. The Monroe doctrine
was proclaimed by President Mon
roe to debar European nations from
founding colonies in this hemisphere.
England already had Canada, and
she has retained it. Spain owned
Mexico and the lancer Dart of South
America when the Monroe d6ctrine
was proclaimed, but she soon lost
them. Afterward she lost Cuba.
Ever since President Monroe took
his stand against European- coloni
zation the course of events has been
in the 6ame direction. The western
hemisphere long ago emerged from
all danger so far as Europe was
concerned.
The only thing that even looked
like danger of late years was Ger
many's policy of "peaceful penetra
tion" in Brazil and Argentina, but
that Is now of the past Nobody
fears Germany any longer.
The Monroe doctrine has held
its own in the world without a
league of nations. With a league it
would be still safer, , ir the league
of nations is organized as liberal
men hope to see it there will be
no more old-time colonizing any
where. The western hemisphere will
remain exempt, from the mischief
as the Monroe doctrine made and
kept it The rest of the world will
also be exempt
Colonies acquired for exploitation
are inadmissible under a league of
nations formed to secure the rights
of all peoples and maintain justice in
the world. v If such a league is
ormed, therefore, we may expect
o see r the essential, - principle of
the Monroe doctrine extended over
the entire earth and ite validity de
fended pot only, by.: the strength of
the United States but by the com
bined strength of all the civilized
nations. - -
Great. Britain is the principal col
onizing country. What is to be done
with 'her colonies under the league
of nations ? What is to be done with
India, Egypt South Africa? The
answer seems to be supplied by
history. All the British colonies
are advancing swiftly toward self
government Canada and Australia
have the substance of it already.
Thb other colonies have only .to
frame free institutions for themselves
and Great Britain will concede them
if not all at once then step by step.
It is not probable that England's
colonies will present any very diffi
cult problems to the peace confer
ence, pr that the Monroe doctrine
will be endangered in any way by
a league Of nations.
TRUTH ABOUT PORTLAND
THERE seems to be an impression
among some legislators and
others that Portland is full of
all kinds of schemes' for fasten
ing a big and "unrighteous road pro
gram upon the rest of the state.
There are numerous complaints
from interior Oregon to which Port
land would have to plead guilty. It
may be true that Portland is stronger
for road building than are some of
the other districts of Oregon. It ?3
true that Portland foolishly waited
until the last week of the 1917 ses
sion and then went cyclonically to
Salem with a six million dollar road
program.
But it is not likely that Portland
is sinister in desiring a liberal plan
of road construction. All America
has suddenly become clamorous for
good roads. The war taught the
people the practical value of efficient
highways.
In the East especially, the roads,
when the railroads broke down, en
abled auto trucks to become tremen
dous factors in carrying traffic. The
effect is a new realization of the
great value of highways as a factor
in transportation.
The federal bureau of public roads
and rural engineering estimates that
$300,000,000 will be spent by the va
rious states in new road building
this year. Added to this the deferred
construction "and improvement of ex
isting routes will increase the ex
penditure upon work definitely pro
posed to one billion dollars in a
slightly longer period.
These are mighty figures. They
evidence the mounting sentiment for
highways that are highways. They
reflect an impulse that is surging
everywhere, Portland included.
It is not a sinister or a selfish
purpose, but a very practical and
very sane purpose, and such enthusi
asm as Portland manifests is not
unworthy, but worthy.
The painter knows best-how to
mix his paints. It is the lawyer,
not the teamster that knows what
is in the law books. Nobody studies
flu so much as the doctors. If
they say masks, on what authority
can a street cleaner contradict them?
THE RAIN
THE rain." Softly ifell, with the
south wind blowing. Washed
from the air was the sense of
strain and the vague, oppressive,
foreboding of ill that the hard,
bright days of the east wind brought.
Hope in. human hearts revived as
the frost-browned grass brightened.
Mercy seemed still to be a quality
of nature, vand in the very caress
of the breeze there was tenderness
and wholesomeness. The furnace
fires lessened their fierce flamings,
and through windows long closea
the health of the outer air was
granted admission.
Drop flash ingly followed drop un
til it seemed those monstrous in
finitesima called the unisolated
bacilli of influenza must all have
succumbed to the persistent filtra
tion. And there were none left
who could wonder that Oregonians
love the south rain so.
The death toll of flu was heavy
yesterday. It was but little below
the top record. The number of
Americans killed by flu is several
times the number that fell in France.
DELINQUENT TAXES
TIERE is genuine merit In' Sena
tor Smith's ideas upon delin
quent tax sales. His opinion is
that no delinquent property
should be sold to speculators. It
should all be bid in by the county
where it is situated.
Mr. Smith assigns two reasons for
his view. The first one is that
speculators buy in nothing but tne
best land, leaving the worst for the
county, which, "therefore, usually
geti bad bargains. The second rea
son is that poverty and misfortune
are often the reasons for delinquent
taxes. When they begin to see
better days the delinquents desire
to redeem what they have lost
If it has been bought in by specu
lators their lot is hard. If the county
holds it they may be treated merci
fully. Some might dismiss this
consideration ' as "mere humanl
tarianism" but it is not the less
meritorious for that reason. There
is none too much humanitarlanlsm
in the world. A little more : would
not hurt anybody.
A recent incident exemplifies the
strength of Senator Smith's position.
A farmer .who had owned a piece
of land ' for many years -and paio
his -f taxes : regularly; was surprised
to learn that some 20 acres of hta
holding had been gold for delinquent
taxes. After a somewhat expensive
investigation he discovered that this
20 acre tract had been plotted in
the assessor's office under two dif
ferent designations,' j
''In the J first place it was -plotted
as part and parcel of ,his farm. In
the second place it was plotted by
itself and assigned to an owner who
had been dead for 10" years. It had
been assessed under each designa
tion and naturally the dead man's
taxes were delinquent. So the land
was sold as the law seemed to
require.
Fortunately the county bid it in
and the farmer was able to have
the wrong righted by stipulation
and a formal court order without
ruinous expense. But suppose the
purchaser, at the tax sale had been
one of those speculators whom Sen
ator Smith mentions. Through -no
fault of his own the farmer might
have lost his property irrecoverably.
Letters From the People
((TommnnicatloiM aeot to TBe Journal for pub
lication in this department should be written on
only one aide of the paper, abxrald not exceed 300
word in length and must be aicned by the writer,
whose , mail address io full mint accompany the
contribution.)
Reconstruction
Portland, Jan. 10. To th Editor of
The Journal. D we wish to recon
struct the civilization that has been
found "wanting? Or could we. If we so
wished? We mig-ht as well take the
chick to reenter the shell. Does recon
struction mean only the other fellow
over there? Just what does If mean?
Everybody seems to be running around
with a plan, eager to tell everybody
about it, and all are convinced they
are on the right track. Anyway, it is
going to come out all rfght, perhaps,;
that is, if the other fellow doesn't do.
it and get all mixed up, and get us all
mixed up. Ah, there's the rub.
But we can start out with this propo
sition : Something fundamental must be
done. Something fundamental will be
done. And the more quickly and the
more peacefully, the better. Democracy
says there is only one peaceful way,
and that is the ballot. We are all
agreed thatN we must reduce the high
cost of living and maintain the high
standard of living. " We all agree that
we must have more homes and better
ones, and that they must be occupied
and maintained by the owner. That is
the basis of Democracy, of the new
civilization. We ait agree that there
is but one place to build a home,
and that is on the earth, and there is
only one ,way to build it, and that is
by labor. We all agree that nor' man
made the earth, and that in order for
anybody to get some of it on which to
build a home and some of It on which
to raise food, he must pay someone for
the earth, which nobody made.
Here is where we commence to disa
gree that is, some of us. Do all the
people in their combined effort create
the value of the land? If we are so
agreed, then it follows that it belongs to
all. We are all agreed that we have en
ormous taxes to pay. Then why not
take public values to defray public ex
penses? We can do this by initiating
a law, or the legislature can refer one
to the people and let them settle it.
What would such a law do toward
reconstruction? It would throw the vast
resources of the west open to the re
turning soldier so he could get a piece
of the land for which he fought. This
would relieve the labor market. It
would relieve Industry by removing
taxes, and thus invite the activity of
capital and employ more labor. It
would disturb some securities, but that
is incidental. Nothing will' be secure
unless this is done. So why should that
concern us? J. R. HERMAN.
An Open Letter
The Dalles, Jan. 14. To United States
Senator George E. Chamberlain After
reading your late speech in the senate,
I desire to say to you that a large num
ber of us folks at home do not agree
with you. No doubt our president and
secretary of ar have made mistakes
during the late unpleasantness, but we
"folks at home" are prepared to render
the verdict that under the circumstances
they did the best they could, and did
pretty well at that.
AH honor and glory to our fighting
men. They are the best the world has
ever produced, and as such, "the best
in the shop is none too good for them."
But they are eensible men as well as
fighting men. They will realize that a
large number of the mistakes made
which perhaps worked hardships on
some of them when properly classified
come under the head of "the fortunes
of war."
As to extravagance In expenditure in
financing the war, it is deplorable, but
history tells us it "was ever thus." We
are a big and wealthy nation. We are
accustomed to doing things in a big
way, and to finance a world war m a
big way costs money. I verily believe
that if the Great Father himself came
down from his celestial throne and
handled the financial end of this war
for us, that bobcat of the human fam
ily, the profiteer, would put one over
on him.
I, having been a resident of Alaska
ror zo years, have had occasion to
observe your careet- in national affairs
pretty closely. Do not accuse me of
being ungrateful, for we old Sour
doughs still feel grateful to you for past
services rendered, for when we in the
north land sadly needed a "friend at
court" you stood by us nobly, cham
pioned our cause and obtained results.
And, after all is said, results is what
counts.
Now in this business of reconstructing
the world, we folks at home are looking
for men to represent us who are able
and broad minded enough regardless of
past grievances or party affiliations to
get in line with our president, and, In
helping to put the world's wheels of
peace and progress in motion again,
obtain the best results possible for all.
I will cite an instance. There Is
William It Tsft. Not many years back,
if you remember, "we folks t home"
proved to hie entire satisfaction that as
a statesman wo were not wasting much
of our admiration on him. But he ap
pears to Improve with age. Surely our
president and war secretary, being of a
different political faith, do many things
in a way he does not approve. Is he
going around crying it from the house
tops? Not he. He realizes that "we
folks at home" desire and demand not
knocking but constructive action. He
knows from past experience .that aU
mortals are liable to , make, mistakes.'
Therefore he gives those men credit for
what they have done and has rolled up
his sleeves and gone down the line with
our president and war secretary and the
other big men who are doing things,
giving a helping hand and a word of
encouragement daring the big fight, and
now sticking on tne Job during recon
struction. Incidentally, I may say that
thereby he is creating for himself a
warm spot fn the hearts of "us folks at
home," Where some of you whom -we
looked to for big things seem lost, he
appears to nave round bimself. -A
word of advice, dear Senator. Dis
card those, political togs-you are wear-
ilnr. Buckle pnNtfaat sturdy $14 Oregon
armor, which fitted you so well and in
which, as governor of Oregon and as
senator when you first went to Wash
ington, you hit the high water mark as
statesman and public servant Then
get In line with our big men and give us
some more of the best there Is In you.
If Newton D,: Baker threw a monkey
wrench into your machine, wait till the
world is reconstructed, then catch him
In the back yard of the Capitol some
day, place a chip on your shoulder, dare
him to knock It off, and if he does, knock
his block off. If he doesn't, you win;
for you've got hire buffaloed.
TIMOTHY CRONIN.
Dietary Errors Charged
The Dalles. Jan. . To the Editor of
The Journal When humanity will turn
about face and strive as hard to get
back to nature and the Creator who
made fhem as they have in setting up
their own wills and laws against his all
wise laws, then indeed shall we have no
more sicknesses or epidemics on this
earth. I believe all our bodily ills and
these create mental ones can be laid to
the act of our transgressing certain laws
of proper eating and breathing and to
our method of living in general. God in
his kindness, to make easier the redeem
ing of our selves, from our first disobe
dience, has generously given us many
wise teachers to help guide us back to
proper methods of right living. He has
also given use of herbs, roots, barks,
leaves and the like a generous supply
close at hand pure, simple, yet power
ful that wUl heal, cleanse, remove the
surplus food that so may of us fool
ishly, cram into our stomachs, poisoning
our entire system. Through herbs he
gives us the chance to again learn our
lessons with less suffering.
The true knowledge our forefathers
had of herbs has almost become extinct,
by humanity's foolishly catering to the
strong extracts, fluids and powders of
man's invention, when a simple brewed
tea of God's own pure plants would prove
a more effective remedy.
A lasting salvation Is promised us, but
oh, the useless, needless price we pay to
learn a lesson by which we could es
cape the terrible toll of death ! How
much more Quickly could we gain the
salvation if we would omit all flesh tea.
coffee, rich pastries, gravies, etc., from
our tables, and substitute nuts, eggs,
milk, fruits, grains, etc., that God has
so generously given us and not gorge
ourselves even on these !
MRS. MAGDAIEN CLARK. -
Dieting for Influenza
Portland, Jan. 10. To the Editor of
The Journal In the grip epidemic of
1S89 I was one of the first to suffer.
Every winter thereafter I spent a num
ber of days In bed with grip, until 15
years ago, but since then I have been
immune. I firmly believe that at least
99 per cent of the cases of flu could be
avoided by proper living habits. I also
believe that If people would read up on
physical culture and put into practice
what they learn, at least 90 per cent of
all other ills could be avoided.
Prior to 15 years ago I had suffered
with rheumatism and lumbago for 20
years. As a permanent cure for rheu
matism drugs were a dismal failure. I
found the cause of my rheumatism and
lumbago was faulty diet and faulty eat
ing habits. It was surprising how quick
ly my rheumatism leftme when I cor
rected these. I was in the cold waters
of the Cowlitz river every day up to
my waist (and some time several feet
above), from the time I commenfcd the
change of diet, yet rheumatism left me.
As long as I keep a proper diet and
eating habits I have no trouble though
whenever I drop back into my old hab
its rheumatism and lumbago return. A
diet including meat and denatured
white) flour bread will cause trouble
within one week, if eaten at every meal.
When I cut out the cause of my rheu
matism I naturally so built up my phys
ical vitality' that I became immune to
grip and all other ills. I have been
sick only two days in 16 years, one time
on account of being overheated and the
other on account of eating some crabs
that were not what they ought to have
been. I have a good start along my
second half century and feel younger
than I did 20 years ago.
FRED N. ROBIN.
Quotes Lenine's Definitions
nnHland. Jan. 9. To the Editor of
The Journal In answer to E. A. Lin
scott. who states that he would like for
someone to produce the Bolshevik plat
form, I would state tnai i touna copies
of a 16-page pamphlet entitled "Political
Purtu of Russia." outlining the prin
ciples of the four political parties of
Russia ana written Dy x lcnoiaa ueninc,
the prominent Bolshevik leader, at the
headquarters of the Socialist party of
Oregon. Had Mr. Linscott given his
street address I would have sent him
copy of the pamphlet.
In short, Lenine classifies the four
parties as follows:
1. The feudal lananoiaero, eomeumca
called the "Black Hundred."
2. The real capitalists, who draw their
incomes mostly through ownership of
banks, factories, etc., and whose party
goes by the name "Cadets."
3. The small capitalists, rent paying
storekeepers, and some wage workers
with capitalist-controlled minds. This
party favors some socialistic measures.
a The Bolshevists, the "Social Demo
cratic Workers' party." According to
Lenin, this party could properly be
ii i tv,m rv.mmiinistie oarty." because
its members favor public ownership of
land, stores, hotels. Danxs, etc. a stuay
of the Russian parties explains wny tne
capitalists of the world dislike the Bol
shevik. MAX BURGHOLZER.
Auto Thieves
Portland, Jan. 16. To the Editor of
m,. Tn.imoi t saw an article a few
days ago written by an officer. In which
the complaint was maae mat an auio
iuia .utioiiv ent off easr. It would
seem the present legislature should pass
& jaw wltn a penaiiy Mimtucu uii
would make that class of criminals sit
anj i.v, notice. In the article men
tioned, one Idea was to make parents
responsible ror tne acts pi minors, i
should say a better way would be to
punish the criminal. The theft of the
car of a working man who lives out of
town and works in the city is a serious
matter. The theft of a doctor's car
might result in the death of a patient.
In days gone by the theft of a $50 horse
would cost the thief his life if he were
caught, yet an auto might cost the
owner $2000. W. F. COLLARD.
Home Products and Printer's Ink
Portland, 1 Jan. 14. To the Editor of
The Journal "Nothing the matter with
Portlaad?" Eliminate shipbuilding ind
you would soon learn that there was
something- the matter with Portland.
The Journal tells us to patronize home
industry. low are we going to patron
ize home products? We have no means
of knowing what articles are produced
here. Is there a Manufacturers' asso
ciation here? If so. why not publish a
list joC their wares once a week, or once
a month, or once a year? In that way
we would be made familiar with the ar
ticles needed. Retail houses here ad
vertise Manhattan shirts, and Ferguson
& McKenney shirts, Eastern-made. Did
you ever see the Standard shirt, m&d
by Ben Neustadter. or the Mount Hood
shirt, "made a little better than eeems
necessary." made by "Max Fleischner.
and advertised by ' local dealers? . I
would like to buy : one of those shirts,
but where can I find one? I have
worn ; feoth - of those shirts,' to my en
I say to. manufacturers,"; advertise
COMMENT AND
SMALL CHANGE
Nikolai Lenin, it seems, is "out ag'ia."
Have the soldier's old job ready for
him when he is ready to take the Job.
' Licking War Savings Stamps leaves a
pleasant taste in the mouth. It's worth
trying. '
What wonderful romance may be
knitted with the yarns the fighting men
are bringing back.
The returning aviators who got no
farther than preliminary training in the
air say the only reason they failed to
become "aces" was because It wasn't
in the cards. '
The editor who" really wants to "start
something" can' do so any day he feels
inclined to print the "news" that ordi
narily Is consigned to the editorial
wastepaper basket.
Mrs. Peter Birney says she doesn't
care how mudh it rains every day in the
week except Monday. She wants a clear,
windy Monday on which to dry her
weekly washing.
As some of the girls give their re
turned, "heroes" the "once over." after
they have donned civilian clothes again,
they must feel at least a little pang of
regret that the war is over.
JOURNAL MAN AT HOME
By Fred
What a lot Portland baa to learn abont
trade opportunities in Eaetern Asia. Snd area
in the Philippines, is clearly indicated the
remarks of an uncommonly well informed Fort
land woman who is quoted by Mr. Lockley today.
The status in Siberia in relation to kultor ia
also Illustrated by s few such examples aa are
printable. J
"Lady Nick" is back from Siberia. She
is "Lady Nick" to the soldier boys la Si
beria and In the Philippines, though to
her Portland friends she is Mrs. A. W.
Nicholson of 505 College street.
Mrs. Nicholson has two sons in the
army Major Wheeler Nicholson, re
cently returned from Siberia and now in
command of Custer's old regiment, the
Seventh cavalry, and Sergeant C. W.
Nicholson, who is still In France. He
was In the battle at Chateau-Thierry as
well as other hard fought engagements
In which our troops participated.
"My boys come by their military in
stinct quite naturally," said Mrs. Nich
olson. "My father. Major C. Wheeler,
was an officer In the Union army. He
was a Virginian. My mother was born
in Maryland. When my father espoused
the cause of the Union all of hia own
family as well as my mother's family
disowned him. I was born in Tennessee
on the Virginia border. I came to Ore
gon 22 years ago.
"I recently spent nine months in the
Philippines. From there I went to Si
beria, from which country I have but
recently returned. At the reconstruction
congrc-j here, one of the speakers said
if we established a line of boats to the
Orient we would have plenty of our own
products to export, but he doubted if
we would be able to get return cargoes.
Such ignorance of existing conditions is
nothing less than a crime. When I in
vestigated conditions in Manila I found
that the sugar crops of 1916 and 1917
were still stored in the "go downs" of
the planters and that there was no room
in the warehouses for the crop of 1918.
Much of the 1918 crop has in consequence
been wasted. In many places the sugar
growers have cut and burned the 1918
crop of sugar cane. Many of the plant
ers have gone broke. Much the same
condition exists in Java and Borneo.
And then, to'think of our worrying about
not being able to secure return cargoes !
Not only is there an immense amount
of sugar awaiting shipment but on ac
count of lack of transportation hemp"
and its by-products have accumulated
there. We can load our ships with sugar,
hemp, pin-pin and. Billbid furniture, ma
hogany and other Philippine products.
Some day America will see its opportun
ity In the development of the hardwood
industry of the Philippines and in the
rubber" - Industry. It is a shame that
Portland does not maintain a Portland
owned and Portland operated steamer
line to the Orient
"Some day we shall go after the trade
of Russia and Siberia as well as the
trade of the Philippines. At present, con
ditions are extremely unsettled. I went
from Tsurugi, In Northern Japan, to
Vladivostok, in Siberia, by steamer. It
took us 48 hours to make the trip. Vladi
your wares, and you will be patronized
i ... ,v, ovamnle of Arthur Devtra
Artie is like his Golden West coffee
"Just Right." It would not do a imu
. , . o tint nf articles made
ltftt iu " " -i , ,
here, print it on a neat card and give It
to every housewife in the city, or se
cure, a man like H. S. Harcourt, and
I guarantee that he wUl -create a de
mand for the products. What creates
tne aema.nu iui .n. - - --
i am not a professional ad
vertlsing man. My .name ana aaare
will be furnished by The Journal on
application not over tne pnone. a kw
days ago I happened to see a small
tWO-mcn aispiaj v ... .
It looked a shoddy ad for concerns
worth millions or oonars. rm wwr
1,1. -.-!-- ink Mntlemcn. and. all
nun " -
things being equal, you are certain of
patronage. iim.&i--Flu
Prevention
Portland. Jan. 14. To the Editor of
The Journal Everybody has his own
ideas about the IIU. 1 aiso nave mine.
First, let us consider the preventives,
u'h.n tho fin ban was out on early In
the winter, the streetcar company was
.iii tr, ken car windows open. I
will venture to say that the very people
who advocated mat aia noi nae in
streetcar once In three months, but rode
i .V- Tir.dk his- rr. nil closed UD BO
no cold wind could strike them, while
the illfated 6 sent streetcar patron was
compelled to ride m an open car wnn
k arfnlnwl rrn and a Cold Wind, and
Hometimes rain as well, blowing down
the back of his neck. Ask any promin
ent physician, and he will tell you the
best way to catch cold is to sit in a
draft so that you can get it on your
neck and shoulders.
-am- th flu mflnk. Mr candid
opinion is that they are a joke and do
more harm tnan gooa. iou wear uw
mask to protect yourself, but how about
your neighbor? Take the barber . for
Instance. He Is too busy to sterilize
his mask or change to a new one. He
has worn his mask two hours or more.
The outside of the mask is covered with
germs. A man gets Into the chair to
be shaved. The barber gets busy with
out changing his mask. What is to hin
der the barber from scattering the germs
from his mask Into the face of his vic
tim each time he exhales?
My idea in regard to- a remedy would
be plenty of whiskey not whiskey alone,
but whiskey and quinlne heavy on the
quinine. In 1889 my mother lived at
Rochester, atmn.. whcm um epi
demic struck there. It very much re-
sembled the present day flu. Her -family
physician. Dr. Mayo, assisted by Dr.
Cross, prescribed whiskey and quinine,
and that only, and beat the disease out,
and, as far as my mother can remember,
never lost a patient.
In conclusion, try to figure how 10,000
shipbuilders are going to be able to
wear flu masks to and from their work:
.i-n tinw they will look building ships
with flu masks on.
A aHif-Ul-Llt.tt. -
A - Law for Land Grabbers
s-w.. Jen 1 5 Trt eha VMttve
V ;.V, v -
of The Journal I have been watching
. - a , V j.tttf! 1mA tmviAm
jruur v. .,. - . . -
with considerable interest and, know
NEWS IN BRIEF
OREGON SIDELIGHTS
1 1 .v ;.; ;.-.
Ushed at Klamath Falls Jointly by city,
county ana tne ttea wrew.
Big dances ana inovles. according to
the report of the student health com
mittee .at the state university, should be
cut out by the students until influenza
conditions improve.
"When the Bakergrand Jury meets."
the Democrat says, "it will find more
than the usual amount of . work to do.
Two murder cases, a score of oot
leggers and many minor offenders are
awaiting the court's inquiry."
The Canyon City Eagle of January 10,
on the flu situation : "There Is .no
flu In this part of the county and it has
disappeared except In and around Long
Creekand Monument. The DayviUe
district escaped it and then developed
a case of smallpox." m
According to the Capital Journal the
recent wintry weather has been exquisi
tely tempered to the occasion, for fruit
men about Salem "are of the opinion
that the freezing of the past month will
have a tendency to cut short the 1919
.h,4. ant at the same time
rhas not been severe enough to Injure.
the ran gram. ,
Lockley
vostok Is a regular melting pot of the
nations. The only trouble is they don't
melt. I saw officers and soldiers of the
British, American. Serbian, Japanese,
Chinese. French and Russian armies.
Beside these there are Rumans and
Csechs there. I went by rail from Vlad
tvostok to the Manchurian border. My
son. Major Nicholson, was at Chita, in
the Interior of Siberia The Czechs are
doing splendid work in Russia in restor
ing order. They cleaned up Harbin,
bringing order out of chaos. The former
German prisoners In Russia, who are the
Instigators and promotors or Boisnevism
treat the Czech officers with unspeak
able cruelty whenever they can cut off
a Czech officer-with a small party of sol
diers. A friend of my son, a Czech of
ficer, a splendidly efficient officer and a
most charming man, was caught by
some German soldiers. His own men
came upon him 48 hours later. His ears
and nose had been cut -off, his tongue
had been torn out by the roots, and he
was otherwise mutilated. He was still
alive and conscious. He made motions
for his friends to-shoot him. They gave
him the mercy shot to put him out of his
misery.
e e
. "We see constant accounts In the pa
pers of small wandering bands of Bol
shevikl committing atrocities on the
helpless inhabitants, outraging the
women, torturing the men, looting the
villages and burning isolated farm
houses, and most people think these Bol
shevik! are Russian soldiers or peasants
As a matter of fact, when Russia quit
the war hundreds of thousands of Ger
man soldiers were released front the
Russian war prisons. These former sol
diers, with the Russian criminals re
leased from Siberia, are the ones who
are committing the outrages we read of.
The Russian political prisoner of Si
beria is the hope of Russia, but the crim
lnal prisoner in Siberia is taking his re
venge on society in a terrible manner.
Wandering bands of so-called Bolshevik!
treat the women of Russia with terrible
savagery. The details are too revolting
to discuss. I will give you but one ex
ample of what is being done to some of
the young women of Russia. Young
girls, after being violated by German
soldiers or Russian criminals, have been
found with their ankles tied and their
arms spread out. nailed to the floor with
spikes through the palms of their hands,
and when found they were writhing In
agony from having cayenne pepper put
in them.
"Hindenberg was net tne only German
who hated and loathed the Russian peo
ple. It is hard to believe that human
beings could practice such fiendish
cruelty as some of these former German
prisoners in Russia have-practiced on
the women of Russia and to the Czech
soldiers. Come up to my house and
will show you photographs that fully
prove my statements as to the atrc-'Mes
practiced in agonized Russia. We have
a big Job ahead of us in replacing Ger
man kultur In Russia with western civ
ilization." v
lng something of their history, I think It
Is a shame and disgrace on the fair
name of - our state that such things
should have gone unchallenged by our
officers. There was passed by the legis
lature of 1917 an act limiting to five
years after the passage of the act. the
time In which suits to set aside deeds
to lands sold prior to January 1, 1897,
could be brought. Only about three
years remains, therefore, in which to
begin such suits. The limitation act IS
Indicative of the power the thieves have
held over men In public office. If we
always had officials who were mindful
of the public Interest these things would
be aired In the courts rand the land re
stored to its proper owners the people,
But. alas I too few take an Interest In
such things, on the right side.
The law of limitation referred to, sfm
ply relates to a certain class of title-
holders, and In that respect, I believe,
would be class legislation, and in that
light would be unconstitutional. If the
rogues were up against such a law, in
stead of being Its beneficiaries, it would
soon be tested in our courts, but at
present It protects them.
Now. I would suggest that the legisla
ture be bombarded with letters demand
lng the repeal of this law and the en
actment of another making It manda
tory on our authorities to take steps to
recover these lands and follow it up to
unai settlement In the courts which
would mean restoration. If this barrage
is heavy enough. It would have the ef
fect of a referendum. - F. H. KING.
Choke the Anacondas
Sllverton, Jan. IS. To the Editor of
The Journal In the last issue of The
Journal there was an able editorial
showing the great danger to the public
In allowing the anaconda-like packing
trust to continue its all-swallowtng
process. In reading this expose the
thought came to me t'.iat it would be
a very wise thing for our state legis
lature, or, perhaps better yet. the fed
eral government, to take over the busi
ness of all corporations, firms and even
individuals when they have been proved
to be criminal and working against the
public good. The government could run
these concerns, dissolve them or sell
them to honest parties who would con
duct the business In the Interest of all
concerned. J. E. HOSMER.
Olden Oregon
Poor Lo Had His Own Notions Con
cerning tjxe Genesis of Man. -
The center of Indian lore, the Par
nassus, the Delphi, of the lower Colum
bia river Indians, was the stretch of
bluff, plain, sand dune and mountain
between the mouth of the Columbia river
and Ne-ah-kan-ie mountain. From this
region came Tallapus. the Hermes
Trismegistvs of the Oregon Indians. Its
forests were hunted by the Skookums
and Cheatcos. From the pinnacles of
Swallalochostr now known iaa Saddle
mountain, the thunder bird -went forth
daily In quest of a whale, while at the
foot of the mountain Quootshoi and
Touluz produced the first men from the
enormous eggs of the thunder bird.
Ragtag and Bobtail
Stories From Everywhere
Stories From, iluck Last
SELLING a turkey for more than
beef Is the latest after-the-war stunt,
says the Monroe County (Mo.) Appeal. '
William W. Snell, south of Paris. Is the
man who did It- His gobbler weighed
40 pounds and brought $9.60. The same
day a neighbor had a quarter of beef
for sale which Mr. Snell bought at 16 -cents
a pound, or $6.40, leaving a bal
ance of $3.20 in favor of the gobbler.
Milan Mannering la a. busy man. says
the Smith County (Kan.) Pioneer.' He '
finished recently husking 130 acres, of
corn, milked nine cows morning and "".
night, the cream yielding $25 a week.
And Mrs. Mannering.. all she has done
Is to take care of the home, care for-f
the little Mannerlngs, tend the chick
ens, "and in, the leisure moments keep
Informed on neighboring doings via the
phone." (
The Paris (Mo.) Appeal says that In
terested crowds recently, watched a
vagrant chimney sweep y-y to climb the
flag pole on the dome of the Monroe
county courthouse, to put the cable
back on the pulley -and earn $10. He
made several attempts, but finally cava
up. The reasons given In the Appeal
were merely these: "He was too old.
his legs too stiff and his feet too big.
the staff, too fragile and the distance
to the top too great."
Poverty
Porertr always pathetic I 1
I tassed the house of a certain nnor rasa
And looking through the window 1 saw -Fenian
run. crystal chandeliers, a mahogany
talking machine,
Cut.tei bonbon dtaii. neerl. inlaid tahtea. nor
llna Hr.--.no 1
Platinnm ash trays, ' silrer tonthpirk rase,
morocco-bound telephone directory.
Gold-plated peanut tlirlltr, electric Pomeranian
dog-washer.
And not a single book.
Is there no charitable organixatids
To help- this poor pauper T -
Philadelphia Erening Ledger.
Uncle Jeff Snow Says:
Down to Portland you can't go slant
wise acrost the streets no more. In my
tiu Lizzie this seems all right, but when
afoot it seems some like dum foolish
ness. The News in Paragraphs
World Happenings Briefed for Benefit
Of Journal Readers
GENERAL
Secretary of War Baker denies the
published report that he intends to re
sign from the cabinet.
During the week there left France for
the United Estates 28.980 troops, making
total departures, 178,101. r
Judge James V. Coffey, with a record
Of 37 years on the superior cotirt bench,
js dead at San Francisco, aged 72. -j
California Chapter of the American
Mining Congress was organized at San
Francisco Friday by 200 California men
Interested in oil and mining.
Guadaloupe, Mexico, opponlte Fabens,
Texas, was captured Thursday night by
a band of armed and mounted Mexicans
who made a , house-to-house search for
arms, ammunition and horses, all of
which were seized.
NORTHWEST NOTES
R. Alexander of Pendleton has been
elected vice president of the Bank of
Hermiston.
Operation and maintenance charges ou
the Tleton project this year will be ap
proximately $1.78 an acre.
Dean Glrard .and Dewey Steel, two
Independence boys who went over the '
top In France, returned home this week.
Preliminary work has been started, on
the state projects for road construction
In Wasco county, which total about $700,-
ooo.
The sixth boat constructed by the -Sanderson
& "Porter shipyard at Ray
mond, Wash., was launched last Tues
day. v
Should a bill Introduced in the state
legislature become a law, aliens will not
be 'permitted to teach In Washington
schools.
Johnnie Melvln, an infant child of Mr.
and Mrs. Dell Huston, was the 27th
victim In t Hood lUver county of in
fluenza. - Amy Brown, a primary pupil, was run .
over by an automobile at La Grands,
while on her way to school, and prob
ably fatally injured. . - -
Burton Thurston, a veteran of the
Civil war, a resident of The Dalles for
60 years, at one time city marshal, died
this week at Pendleton.
Word has been received at Monmouth
that Theodore Halioway, a former hlli
school student, was killed in action in '
France on November 3.
Plans are under way st Hood River
for a memorial monument to the six -young
men of that cotwity who were -allied
In battle in France.
Margaret Simmons, aged IS. daughter
of Rev. V. Simmons, suddenly lost her-'
sight Friday while giving a recitation
in the high school at Fossil. .
Because of the constant demand for
more teachers, many of the students of
the Oregon Normal school have given
up their work to take schools for the
remainder of the year.
The steamer Princess Sophia, which
founded on-- Vanderbllt Reef last Oc- -tober.
Is still resting on an even keel.
It Is believed more bodies may be re
covered from the wreck.
The Soldiers' and Sailors' clubs room
at Seaside has been turned over to the
city by the war catnp community serv
ice. Trie original cost of the building
was $2000. The city will use It as a
library and rest room for summer vis- -Hors.
FOREIGN
The German submarine U-139, ' the
world's largest submarine, has arrived
at Brest
Bolshevism is Invading Hungary. The
country Is in a political chaos and the
nation Is declared fast deteriorating into
a second Russia. -
A trainload of foodstuffs arrived In
Vienna Friday, a present from the Brit
ish army In Italy to the women ' and
children of Vienna.
The German ex-Crown Prince declares
he will commit suicide rather than face
criminal trial by a Jury composed whol
ly or In part ox jrrencn ana jtsritisn.
Walks to Work; Buys W. S.
S. With Fares He Saves.
r Stories of aehleteaunt In the aeetnnnla
tion ot War Saeings Stamps sent to The
Journal and aeeepteble for publication will
be awarded S Thrift Sump.
When the streetcar company
raised Its fare from 6 cents to 8
cents; Hal ; Murray, who bad Just
moved Into a cosy Laurelhurst bun
galow with his sweet young bride,
decided he would not pay the In
creased fare he'd walk first.
And walk he did, and still does
twice daily down to the office where
ho is employed, and back again.
This dally hike Is not only-saving
Murray 12 cents a day, which he
Invests In Thrift Stamps, but It has
cured Ms dyspepsia, and he feels
go much better that he wouldn't
ride the streetcars again If the fare
was only 2 cents.
r Twelve rents a day, six working
days a week. Is 72 cents. Murrajr
adds eents a week to this and
every Saturday buys three Thrift
Stamps.
.If be keeps this up long enough,
hell be able to buy s runabout with
his savings, and he's helping Uncle
Sam ; the" while.
1919 Thrift Stamps and "War Sav
ings Stamps now on sale at usual
agencies.