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; W are not -at bottom - either all good
or all bad, but we all appear worse in
ru action than in our liarw. Katfuet.
BEHOLD THE MESS!
T
HAT "many tons of exports have
m l .. virwA H f ij (inn ' '
as a result of congestion in
Puget Sound terminals, is the
'. declaration of a Seattle news dis-
. patch to the Philadelphia Public
. Ledger.
A- sp.ecial representative of the-war
trade board has been at Seattle try
ing to straighten out the tangle re
sulting from the congestion of loaded
cars which have stood to the nurn
ier -' of nearly 6000 in Puget Sound
' -yards for months. He has been sup
plied "With lists of freight awaiting.
- permits-for shipment, but finds that
, many of the shipments are not to be
found on the records. These record
less shipments, lying in the terminals
Xor a year in some cases, constitute
a situation of chaos and disorder of
ex-traordinary character,
v To find the lost shipments and to
find records iy whichthey can be
' Identified is a problem with which
the special' agent of the war trade
board has been diligently engaged.
,'In the congestion for more than a
' ;year," says the Seattle news dis
patch, "approximately 1500 carloads
. -of export freight, were unloaded on
'the-ground In the open air for want
of warehouse space at the expense
of the carriers." It adds:
I Much of the traffic was backfired
'I from the congestion on the Atlantic
.- ? seaboard, but scarcity of shlpoinir on
j the Pdcific through the withdrawal or
the principal contributing cause,
j. This, however, does not explain the
icongestion in the Seattle terminal
I yards, in which arriving cars have
I not reached industrial tracks for from
i I one to three weeks. Frequently, rall
. J way operatives have told shippers that
I cars for which they were inquiring
I were not in the city, but later in
. I vestlgations, covering a period of sev--'
eral days, would disclose them.
I It is evident from the above that
Sthe effort to have one or two ports
,do all the business of the Pacific
f coast is a failure. It has brought
Ion 'bedlam and c-haos. It has re
educed Seattle terminals to pande
jmonlum and babel.
-Sh.ipmen.ts are lost. Fifteen hun
. dred carloads of freight dumped on
-,the ground in the open air is ex
ample of the disorder. This is the
'fruit of the- railroad policy under
J which private management of the
.lines spurned the Columbia .gateway
with its lower "cost of haul and
grouted aU possible tonnage over the
mountains to Puget Sound. Ignor
ing the less expensive route, ignor
ilnc the great fact of a 40 foot Colum
'bla entrance and a 30 foot channel
l to Portland, the railroads, through
a period of years, deliberately threw
!all their power. to .the concentration
' of export and? import business to
V Puget Sound, 4hd the present long
standing bedlam in Puget Sound
-.terminals examples the mess they
have made of- it -
, The Columbia gateway is the nat-
sural route for a part of this busi
ness. Use of. the costlier route is
part of the reason why the roads
"are always crying out' for increased
j freight rates.
i Think of the folly of hauling traf
f fid originating' in the Eastern "United
7 States through Portland and on to
A-Puget Sound, for trans-shipment to
, ; the Orient at a time when nearly
"(jQOO loaded cars are stranded in
Puget "Sound terminals !
' ; Referring to bills pending in many
; legislatures requiring all persons
' ' under 17 to learn: to speak the Eng
, lish language, the-Forest Grove News-
Times declares that Jt is-a good plan.
4 And so it is. And to facilitate the
v process, the medieval spelling of
. ,1 many English words ought to be
" ' simplified.
WIDOWS OF PRESIDENTS
A
PENSION of $5000 a year, and
free use of the postal system for
all her personal mail are pro
vided for the widow of the late
' ex-President Ttooseyelt In a bill which
' has passed both houses df congress
and now awaits the president's sig
nature. -, . " -
The ; wives of American presidents
. who survived their husbands have
, always been recognized by congress,
THE PRESIDENT'S PLEA
T OWARD the close of his great opening plea - for the' league of nations,
President Wilson spoke a sentence which, no true American can read
without a flush of pride and an uplift of the souL
He mentioned the United States uniforms, which he had seen everywhere
on the streets of Paris. He explained that the men who wore them came to
France after our purpose in the war had been proclaimed to all the world.'
And then he uttered these great words:' "They came not merely to win a war
but to win a cause."
He implied'tmmistakably to that audience of diplomats, shrewd and wary
men gathered from every corner of ths.civilized world, that if the cause were
lost the war might as well not have been won,' for all its blood and sorrow
would have been spent in vain. - ; j;
What is"that cause which stands supreme above all military victory and all
diplomatic advantage as the prime end for mankind to gafh? Mr. Wilson did
not leave his hearers in doubt about it. "It is the ause,' he said, "of justice
and liberty for men of every rank and every place."
Those are mighty words. They bear us in the spirit back to the days of
our own revolution. They wake memories of Patrick Henry. They resound
with the courage of the seers and prophets who have piloted mankind through
the stormy seas of other days into safe havens. The peoples of Europe were
listening for just that sentence. It roused new hope in their souls. It swept
away their doubts for it demonstrated a man who had burned behind him all
the ships oT compromising diplomacy and set out on a march to the promised
land.
Never was the iron hand better hidden under a velvet glove than by Presi
dent Wilson in his plea for the league of nations, but never was the grip of
the iron hand relaxed. He reminded the assembled diplomats of the reason
why the United States entered the war, not for gain, not for conquest, not be
cause if was afraid, not because it wanted to meddle with the politics of
Europe or Asia, but only becausc""he
of ideal justice.
It was the people's war and they
that follows it. They entered it for a
ficed, it must not be slighted. But it will be slighted, it may be sacrificed,
unless the terms of the final setthmredt are such that the war never can be
repeated. We went to war to enflwar. Nothing short of that immense gain
will satisfy the Ayierican nation. Nothing less will satisfy the world.
Mr. Wilson left no doubt-in his)hearers' minds that he knew the wishes of
(he war-weary peoples. Without'parading it, he nevertheless reminded them
that be was fresh from immediate contact with the masses of England, France
and Italy. He had addressed them in countless multitudes. He had received
their representatives who, in the pathetic vernacular of the soldiers and
workers, told him face to face of their despair and their hope.
The diplomats represented the governments, some of which were stained
with the intrigues that brought on the war. President Wilson came with -a
mandate from the peoples who had fought the war and who now musttoil to
pay its bills. Their wish is the same as the wish of the millions here, across
the sea from Versailles no fcore war, forever and forever an end to its hate
and slaughter, its wae and woe. -
And the president warned the diplomats that the people's wishes must be
respected. The old days when a few gentlemen assembled at a shining table
codld parcel out the countries of the earth as they pleased and erect thrones
to suit their will are, gone. "The select classes of mankind," said Mr. Wilson
with -ominous -incjsivejiess, "are no longer the governors of mankind. The
fortunes of mankind are now in the hands of the plain people of the whole
world." ' .. vr.
He might have added in plain words, what he only delicately suggested,
that-those' plain people draw nearer together every day, forming a united
mass of humanity before which rulers must bow or perish.
To fulfill the people's mandate one supreme act must be done. The minor
arrangements of the peace settlement may be temporary. In all likelihood
many of Ihem will be. Mr. Wilson does not assume infallible wisdom for
himself and his colleagues. But whatever may become of the minor arrange
ments one.major, all-important thing must endure. "We may not be able," -said
lie, "to set up permanent decisions but we can set up permanent processes,"
by which our erring decisions of today may be made inerrant and lasting
tomorrow.
Those "permanent processes" must be embodied in the constitution of the
league of nations, which through all future ages shall, like a cord of. gold,
unite the destinies of the peoples. Mr. Wilson described his concept of the
league of nations. It is to be "an association of nations" formed for the
"continuous superintendence of the peace of the world." It is not something
to be called into existence only spasmodically and in emergencies but some
thing "always functioning in watchful' attendance upon the interest of the
nations." The league is to have "vital continuity" such as permits "no inter
mission of its watchfulness and labor." It is to be "the nations' eye" and "an
eye that does not slumber but is everywhere watchful and attentive."
President Wilson outlines in these words something that is manifestly
more and greater than any bench of judges. He depicts a social organ of
energetic beneficence, functioning not in the seclusion of a court room but
over the Whole expanse of the globe.
Mr. Wilson'sf powerful plea probably insures the success of the league of
nations. Its enemies, for it has enemies and dangerous ones, can hardly make
headway against his courage and commanding logic. But whatever the fate
of the league may be, Mr. Wilson has made himself the leader of the world's
hope. If he fails all that is best in mankind fails with him. And, therefore,
the millions who trust that a God of justice rules our destinies affirm that
he shall not fail. "s
some by grants of money, others by
extension of a franking privilege.
Martha Washington, Louise Cather
ine Adams, Dolly Madisonu Margaret
Taylor, Mrs. Benjamin Harrison and
Frances Folsom Cleveland were
granted the franking privilege, but re
ceived no grant of money, -i-
Mrs. AVilliam Henry Harrison, whose
husband died in office, was voted
$25,000", one year's presidential salary
at that time.,. Sarah Childers Polk
and Julia Gardner Tyler each re
ceived a pension of $5000 a year. Mary
Todd Lincoln wis voted $25,000, the
presidential salary for one year, a
pension of $5000 a year and the frank
ing privilege.
Julia Dent Grant was granted an
annual pension-" of $5000 and the
franking privilege. Lucretia R. Gar
field was voted $50,000, representing
the then presidential salary to the
end of the fiscal year following Pres
ilent Garfield's assassination, a pen
sion of $5000 a 'year and the frank
ing privilege." Mrs. Garfield lived until
last year.
Ida E. McKinlej; received fSO.OOOj,
the presidential salary to the end of
the year, an! annual' pension of $5000
and the franking privilege.
Two widows of vice presidents
have also received congressional al
lowances. Mrs. Henry Wilson, widow
of the vice.president In Grant's sec
ond term and who died in office, was
voted $10,000; Mrs. T. R. Hendricks,
whose husband was vice president
during Cleveland's first administra
tion and also died in office, was paid
$8700 and given the usual mileage and
stationery allowances for one year.
Mrs. Benjamin Harrison and Mrs.
Frances Folsom Cleveland were given
only the franking privilege. The sen
ate voted a pension of $5000 to each,
but the houses .in both cases held up
the bill on the ground that their hus
bands had died after retirement from
office.
In the six year period before the
Oregon bureau of mines was created,
the metal output of Oregon was
$6,000,000. In the six year period
since the bureau was created, the
metal output has been $17,000,000. By
surveys through, which authentic in
formation was presented to mining
capital, twhich . in , turn invested" in
Oregon mining, the bureau has prac
tically trebled the mineral output of
the state. ' There Is a great deal more
American people desired the triumph
mpst not be disappointed in the peace
caAise and that cause must not be sacri
of the same kind of Avork for the
bureau to do.
NO ROOM FOR DOUBTS
N
OBODY seemed to care a whoop
when it was first proposed to
attempt recovery of the Hyde
Benson school lands.
Yet the suits have already made
certain the recovery of about $750,-.
00 worth of the lands. That splen
did sum will ultimately go into the
irreducible school fund of the state
as a result'of the effort that has been
made.
It was away back in 1911 that Gov
ernor Test, in a letter to the then
attorney general, urged action- -for re
covery of the lands. That the lands
had been fraudulently acquired was
known. That was disclosed by tes
timony in the courts in which Hyde
anJ Benson were convicted.
These facts were pointed out by
The Journal, -and the plan of bringing
siirts was advocated-' But more than
three years elapsed without a com
plaint being filed.
At last George M. Brown became
attorney general. He did not hfat.
tate. After an examination of the rec
ords in the trials of the Hyde-Benson
cases, he filed complaint.
The result is common knowledge
Suit after suit was won; tract after
tract of valuable school land was re
stored; around a quarter of a rHil
lioa dollars' worth of school land was
recovered. .
A great principle was es,tablished by
the suits. Precedents, were laid down
by the courts, precedents that are a'
clear guide to officials as to what
they can do to build up the common
school fund of Oregon.
The order of the state land board
for suits to be brought and its re
quest for an appropriation by the leg
islature for funds with which to push
the cases for further recovery of
other fraudulently acquired school
lands are the result of these prece
dents. . There is no chance now for
anybody to have any doubt where
publie duty lies.
." The adopted language of the -peace
conference is English but Jt is "amus
ing to read 5 that all the delegates but
the British and our own speak French.
For more than one century French
has been thf language of diplomacy
and war. Old habits are not changed
in the twinkling of ' an ' eye nor by
the passing ef a resolution. English
might easily become the world's- lan
guage fori alt International business
but It neverjll until its spelling is
made less shocking to the intelligence.
Letters From the People
( Communication aent to The Journal for pub
lication to thia department abonld ba- written on
only ana aide of toe paper, ebould not eiceed 800
words in length and rnunt ba aigncd by tlie writer,
wboaa mail addreaa in fall mast accompany the
contribution.) -
Normal Schools
Albany, Jan. " 23. To the Editor of
The Journal I have' noticed several let
ters in The Journal of. late in which
Mrs. Armstrong: advocates the certificat
ing o students of the university and
college to teach In the elementary schools
or tne stste. Mrs. Armstrong at the
start of Iner argument is all right. She
haa her problem. She sees schools desti
tute of teachers and realizes that they
should be provided. It is her method
of solving this problem or of providing
teachers for the elementary schools th3t
13 faulty and open to criticism. She
advocates the allowing of university and
college graduates to teach in the lower
grades as well as high schools, and seems
to feel quite confident that there will
be a flood of teachers almost Immedi
ately into the "grade schools. However,
she does not seem to take thought of
the fact that these two institutions have
already departments of education de
signed to train teachers for the high
schools of the state, and those .schools
alone, and In spite of this 'comparatively
small task are unable to turn out teach
ers enough to meet the needs of the
high schools, so that they also are short
of teachers. So how can she expect
these institutions to take an added bur
den and supply' the deficiency in the
teaching personnel of the lower grades
when they cannot handle the job they
have now? It is true that the element
ary schools need teachers, but if they
are provided they must be looked for
from some other source than that of
which Mrs. Armstrong thinks. There
is one fundamental reason why these
institutions will never be suitable for
the trialning of elementary teachers : U is
concerned with the money side, of the
question, and is another point that Mrs.
Armstrong seems to have overlooked.
It is expensive to live in a college or
university town. Those who fit them
selves for teaching in the grades are in
variably of small means and should not
be placed in the -embarrassing position
of t.Trtng to meet i.0-dollar bills with a
10-dollar income. Normal Schools are de
signed to train elementary teachers.
They know the kind of a student bvdy
they have, and everything is handled,
social events and all. In the most eco
nomical way. Normal schools will be
the onjy solution to the problem. Why
go to Corvallis or Eugene to train for
teaching in the grades? Whil there,
why not train for high school teaching?
The salaries are better. I might also
state that there was such a bill as Mrs.
Armstrong favors up in a legislature
previous to? this ; but it was defeated,
being opposed by both President Kerr
and President Campbell, President Ack
er man of the Normal taking no action
in the matter, he knowing full well that
no student desiring to teach in the
grades would go to any other place
than a normal school to get training.
and they (Presidents Kerr and Campbell)
knowing that something would be
placed upon their bands, by some who
had not studied the situation carefully
and understandingly, which could not.
be accomplished. I do not know how
these presidents stand now on the sub
ject but I see no reat- -why they
should have changed their views.
The only solution is the normal schooL
There was a bill before the . people last
fall, which was defeated by those of
Mrs. Armstrong's views, arid some who
did not understand the situation. How
ever, it will come up again. It must
come up. again. For Oregon is very far
behind other states in regard to her
elementary schools, and the primary so
lution of this situation is, as I said
before, normal schools. Therefore, more
money for normal schools in Oregon.
O. B. WILLIAMSON.
Urges Vigorous Fight on "Flu"
Portland, Jan. 27. To the Editor of
The Journal. In a previous letter to
The Journal on the influenza epidemic,
I called attention to, the fact that in
all serious matters of public nature
where the health, safety and general
good of the public are at stake ; and
where business interests come in con
flict and may momentarily suffex, in
variably the sympathy of those . entrust
ed with the inauguration of ways and
means designed to ameliorate the suf
ferings or combat the situation are to
be found on the side of business. It is
interesting, too, to notice to what
lengths business interests will go to
win over the guardians of the people's
health and safety to their own way of
thinking when the dollar is the issue,
as it has been, so now, and will con
tinue to be.
I wonder why Dr. Seely's report on
the influenza situation should contain
the Information that the increase in
cases was attributable to unusual gath
erings, a feature of holiday festivities.
I wonder what constitutes an unusual
gathering in the mind of the doctor?
Iws he think the crowds have lessened
very materially who attend theatres and
public meetings, because the holiday
season is. past? Let him do as I have
done and' visit these public places for
a week. .Let him also visit our de
partment stores, especially on a Satur
day afternoon.. Every business insti
tution or whatever character Is no
toriously carrying out the Idea, "Unre
stricted business to the limit," and
calling the people out in "unusual gath
erings" by the aid of the mid-winter
sale.
My Impression is that not all the
eases in Portland on any day have been
reported to the city health board ;
neither has the quarantine order been
enforced In every case. The people haVe
serious cause for anxiety, .and demand
that the actual number of flu cases
be published daily, and those withhold
ing such . information, it matters not
who, should be 'brought to account.
my opinion, all public meetings
0t whatever character, and mid-winter
sales, should be forbidden ; public
schools and churches should be closed
and the people urged to wear masks.
X believe a conscientious observance of
these measures will in a short time
stamp out the plague. J. M. HARDIE.
A Talk to a Soldier
Albany, Jan. 23. To the Editor f The
Journal A few days ago a young man
dropped into the plant, who had been a
former employe, and: had just -returned
from the service. I asked if he had re
ceived his discharge. His reply, was:
"yes, but I am In the reserve forseven
years." I suggested that there was no
danger ofh! being called-in that time,
as ther would be no wars , la seven
years. He said. "Wen. no; not tuil-ss
we have a war : In the United '.States.
I then .asked what he' thought, might
cause a war in the United States. He
promptly replied, "They are not treating
us soldiers right. While we were away
all of the Industries were running and
there was plenty, of work,-: and they were
paying good wages : now they are cut
ting wages and shutting down the plants
and we can't get a job so we can make
- ' .-'- v
a living. l4ut when" we were dischrrged
a fellow gave v us a fine talk. He said
they were going to see that we were
treated all right, and that we wottld be
looked after and given jobs."
I soon, saw that he had the same
erroneous ideas that prevail among
working men, and this lecture had com
pletely failed to accomplish anything
but intensify his misunderstanding. I
also saw the danger of such Ignorance,
which is so prevalent, and determined
to set him right by telling him the
truth, and said to him, "The first thing
you want to do is to get It out of your
head that any man for whom you may
go to work is going to pay you at all.
If you go to work for any individual or
corporation you will have to pay them
for the chance to work, and this has
always been so. When you go to work in
any plant you are '. produce goods or
values. I haven't the space to deal with
values produced for individuals for their
individual -use, so I will only deal with
industries manufacturing goods for sale
on the market. These goods, your prod
uct, are taken by the management and
sold ; the money received for the goods,
your product, is brought back and a
portion ,of ' it handed to you as w ages
and the balance goes to the proprietors
for the use of the machines ; just as you
would pay rent for a sewing machine,
automobile, horse or farm ;-except that
in one case youjaajidle-trie money, while
in the other case the other fellqw han
dles it. And when Vour . rjroduot' wUl
not sell far enough to pay this wage and
leave a margin for the proprietor, either"
the industry must close or your wage
must be reduced. And an uprising or
war to compel the individual or cor
poration to operate such institution and
pay you a certain wage when 'your'1
product' cannot be sold for more thar
such wage, or net at all, had better be
postponed until you become better ac
fluainted with what the trouble is and
the real remedy. You can never escape
paying for a chance to work until yot
own the tools with which you work, andJ
tnese toois in modern inanstry have ac
quired suclr gigantic proportions that
they cannot be owned by the workers
individually, so your only escape is so
cial ownership through- the functions of
government, through which ownership
each individual will represent the same
proportion in ownership that he does Of
the working force and will thus be
entitled to the full value of 'his prod
uct.' "
It does not behoove us to misrepresent
these facts to the workers. It is more
safe to tell the truth.
W. S. RICHARDS.
To Improve School System
Schoolhouse, District No. 18, Jan. 18.
To the Editor of The Journal I offer
the following solution in answer to
several items read in your paper: It
is interesting to note how the leaders
in education are planning for improve
ments. I fail to see, however, that any
one of their plans will immediately
tend to make any improvements, nor
are any withoui their share of petty
ideas and personal advantages for those
advancing them. The worthy Y. M.
C. A., instead of setting up a new sys
tem of schools," would do much more
good by aiding in the improvement of
the present school system ; but its of
ficers also see new jobs for them in
the discovery that men - do not learn
life necessities in school. May I ask,
why don't the public schools have li
braries that, tfould help teach these
facts? When the government has
pointed out that 50 per cent of rural
recruits fail to come up. to standard
in physique, morals and education, it's
time to hit at the root, of the cause.
Here is the ,-remedy : A compulsory
education law; ages 7. to 16, regardless
of distance, for every boy and girl
while school is in session until the
eighth grade is completed ; each school
to be a standard school, for if it is
not, it is no school at all ; no person
to be allowed to teach in rural schools,
who has not had actual experience,
either in such a school or a training
school ; a minimum wage law for teach
ers of $80 per month ; the course of
study revised so as to teach the eight
grades in six terms (years). That has
been done in some schools for 20
years. Are we 20 years behind? Yes,
that and more, The Portland school
board should be praised for dangling a
prize before leading educators. We
need new blood to do thines in schools.
J R- STTJBER, Teacher.
An -Ex-Housemaid Testifies
Portland, Jan. 24. To the Editor of
The Journal In answer to "Sufferer,"
in the Sunday Journal of. Janary 18,
I will say that I am one of the girls'
who last summer quit housework and
took a man's job where I am getting $3
a day. For the previous eight years
I was working as housemaid and I
hope never to get into that slave job
again. And slavery it is. I now work
eight hours. Nobody curses me. I
know what to do, and do It right. After
the day's work I am free to rest and
educate myself and have a little amuse
ment. As housemaids have to work
from 7 In the morning till 8 at night
and sometimes later, and have to work
every day in the month, they never
have time to see a show or go to
church. I had to serve the meals, and
eat my meals in the kitchen in a hurry
from scraps what was left from sup
per. The housemaid is a slave to
everyone in the household. Now, after
trying what they call a hard man's
job, and working at It for the last 10
months, I will say I would rather do
this work for a dollar a day than the
slaving for "sufferers 12 hours a day
and 30 days in the month at $3, a day.
Thank God that we housemaids got -our
eyes opened. "Sufferer" - says, "Ain't
it a pity that we cannot use the rneV
as housemaids?" Does she . think to
make him a slave, like; the girls? Why
couldn't she? The boys could. learn the
housework as easily as we learned the
man's work. But she must pay decent
wages for' a decent day's work, treat
him like a man, and- not like a slave.
If the girls would get the" same wages
and conditions at housework as some
where else, "Sufferer"' might have some
grounds for complaining. But com
plaining because the v girls don't want
to be slaves any longer is more. than
stupidity. We have shown our patriot
ism by taking up necessary jobs and
performing ' them so well that our
bosses are more satisfied than
with men, an- we are showing our
patriotism now by refusing to be slaves
any lorfger. Pay decent wages, estab
lish decent hours, treat the. girls hu
man and you may get,, necessary help.
-i EX-SLAVE.-
Lauding Utilitarianism ,
Vancouver, Wash., Jan. 24. To the
Editor of The Journal Your editorial
on January 23 under the heading "The
German Election" ' brings to mind the
strange fact that Marxf the Jew, did
more to Christianise the world than have
all the preachers from the days of Paul
down to. the days of Punshon (Rev. Wil
liam Morley). . ..
Marx presented utilitarian and prac
tical Christianity which appeals to rea
son ; whereas, theologians offer a mystic
and speculative blend which appeals only
to the imagination. Marx was a utili
tarian rather than a Socialist, and -we
should remember that utility, like godli
ness, is profitable unto all things. .
Unquestionably" the wage system must
go. and go as slavery has gone and as
rum is now going. Even the benefi
ciaries of-the system'sare' now asking;
"Wherefore strive Where the gods must
themselves ield at last? Both they and
tbeir altars pass" by wltft the past.'
The wage system Is so thoroughly en-
COMMENT AND
SMALL CHANGE
Let's see, when is straw hat day?
Baseball chatter in the waffle palace:
"Batter up."
- Has anybody here seen a copy of
Harry Ford's new newspaper? -r; ."'"
So long' as the state legislature con
tinues to do nothing it will at least be
doing no harm.
-
The war te over. : Coming to work
this morning we saw a house with a
"for rent" card in the window. -.
v
Just when we were going to buy our
selves an alarm clock, the new baby
came. It does fine, too, except that it's
rather hard to shut off.
The soft-soled police reporter Informs
us that there are no pictures of the re
cent kaiser and the late brown quince
in the rogue's gallery. ,. The chief of
police says they belong In the shooting
gallery.
A good friend of ours has just de
clared that his father-in-law is too good
a scout to be in the ministry, so he
wants to make a newspaper man of him.
Now, Just what d6 you suppose he
means by that?
The East Is taking on'something awful
because of the approaching drouth.
Newspaper artists', paragraphers and
"colyumnists" in particular are playing
the deplorable outlook for old J. Barley
corn for all it's worth.
r- ?r
JOURNAL MAN AT HOME
By Fred Lockley
f'An" we tnaht 'em to refroeck th British
oklier." lings lomroj Uno of. Kiplin' ini
tial ballad. In like manner might tnoe who
take just pride in the Itaridic tradition exult, and
with aa just cause, in the light of the records an
cited by Mr. Lockley today. In the annaU of the
Uruat Mar there shine resplendent the derotion
and the daring of the Jewish, fighting man. J
A week or so ago I sat at the speakers'
table with Bishop W. T. Sumner. In
the course of our talk I said, "I believe
the war will do much to wipe out the
barriers of racial antipathy and religious
prejudice." My remark reminded
Bshop Sumner of an incident that hap
pened at a Western cantonment. He
said a society woman wrote to the com
mandant of the forces stationed there,
saying, "I will be glad to have you send
two soldiers to my home to share our
Sunday dinner next Sunday. We will
see that they have a good dinner and a
pleasant time." In a footnote she added,
"Send anyone except Jews." The next
Sunday there was a ring, at her door
bell, and when she answered it two
smiling six-foot negroes in, uniform were
on the doorstep with a note from the
commandant saying he took pleasure in
Sending two soldiers to take dinner with
her. The note was signed "Major Moses
Mosessohn."
- When I was In France aVewlsh ser
geant asked me if I could help him lo
cate Passover bread for 140 of his com
rades, all of whom were from Hester
and Elizabeth Btreets in New York city.
I not only . located the Passover bread
tor him, but I was able to direct him
to - an English-speaking French rabbi,
who lived in a nearby village..
We have been rather accustomed to
look upon the Jew as the very reverse
of a fighting man, but if we have
thought this in the past, we have an
other think coming. I do not know how
many Jews served in the army, navy
or marines of the American forces, but
I know that the Jewish Welfare board
has more than 100,000 registration cards
of Jews in the service. OX the 80,000
records which have so far been classi
fied, the records show that there are
69,000 in the army. 8800 in the navy and
1700 in the marine corps. Of those in
the army more than 35,000 were in the
Infantry, 6509 in the artillery, 9300 in
the medical corps, 3964 in the signal
corps and the aviation corps, 189o in
the engineer corps, 1213 in the cavalry,
1019 in the ordnance, 3521 in the quarter
master corps and 8814 In other branches.
There were more than 5000 Jews com
missioned officers in the army. There
are 30 who are colonels or lieutenant
colonels, 202 who are majors, 782 who
are wearing captains' bars, and- more
than 4000 lieutenants. In our navy we
have 205 Jewish commissioned officers,
one of whom is a rear admiral. In the
marine corps there are 25 Jews serving
as commissioned officers, one of whom
is a brigadier general. Of the Jews in
the army, more than 30,000 came from
New York city alone; Chicago supplied
2700. As the Jewish population of the
United States is about 3 per' cent of our
total population, it will be seen that the
Jews contributed more than their quota,
when it is known that at least 4 per cent
of our armed forces are Jews.
Approximately 10 per cent of the Jews
in service were not within draft age
limits, which means that they were vol
unteers. In addition to this there were
not less than 10,000 Jewish sailors and
marines, all of whom, of course, are
volunteers. , This means that at least 20
WAR HOSPITALS EMPTYING FAST
By E. P. B.
Special Correspondence of The Journal and The Chicago Daily News
London Americans wounded In Eng
land are being moved to the United
States so rapidly that it has been found
possible to make arrangements to close
a number of. hospitals almost immedi
ately. '
American Red Cross hospital No. 23
(St. Katherines lodge) has already been
closed. Several others to be closed in the
next few-weeks include the American Red
Cross convalescent hospital for officers
at Lingfield, Surrey; American Red
Cross hospital No. 21 at Paignton, De
von; the army hospital built by the
American Red Cross at Rbmsey and the
army hospital at Hursley.
The larger base hospitals at Ports
mouth, Dartford and Tottenham also
will soon be evacuated. AH construction
at these institutions stopped shortly
trenched that nothing but general edu
cation can drive it out, and. like rum and
slavery, it will fight to the last ditch.
Like the liquor business, it is the nur
sery of plutocrats, paupers, millionaires
and mendicants. The Intellectual classes,
the world over, are awakening to the
truth that the wage system is the prime
cause of ignorance and physical defi
ciency, and they are considering the
means by which it may be eliminated,
and it Is safe to. believe they will find the
means. -But the -Job is, a big one.d
will require much time. AM(J3.
Italy, and the, Juflo-Slavs
Froas the Omaha Bee
President Wilson has discussed with
the Italians the aspirations of Italy, and
has expressed sympathy therewith, but
further, has. wisely declined to commit
himself. One of the really delicate mat
ters that will be brought before the
peace council? has. to do with "Italia
Irredenta," the "unredeemed" territory
seized andlteld toy Austria when Prussia
betrayed Italy to 1866. Portions of this
are now claimed by the Jugo-Slavs. who
apply Mr. Wilson's words- with reference
to historic allegiance as the deciding in
fluence Jn fixing national boundaries.
The point Is, certain to be an awkward
one. here as it will be In ether places in
that region, where Intermingling of races
for at least two millenniums has not
ffMtd the coalition that might have
nATi looked for,
wnue ine meiiims
pot" has failed there and the fires of
(k.i .ntinithv ar slsi fierce today as
ever, the difficulty may be overcome If
NEWS IN BRIEF
OREGON SIDELIGHTS
According to the American, it Is a
sure thing that "some of the he fruit
eaten in Crane is older than the hen
that laid it is ever allowed to get.
Road note in the Aurora Observer:
p-Macksburg people are working nara
to secure ounty ana iib
paved highway from near Canby throvign
Macksburg to Molalla or Marquam.
In the1 office of the 'county agent of
Coos county are some specimens or
stock beets raised bythe. Clausen broth
ers on the lower. Coquille river that
weigh 36 to 41 pounds e ach. The ter
tinel remarks that it takes good soil to
raise such beets.
-!.. and wife remembered
the editor with some very fine sparertbBl
and excellent home maae Buii.
week, and we hereby extend our sincere
thanks." That is from the Drewsey I jo-,
neer Sun, and after you ve read it you
can make fin of ye editor if you think
you've got anything on him.
The Crane American" te&s this snake
story : "Chartes Erekson of the Prince
ton section says he was not looking one
day last week for groundhogs or any
other sign of an early spring, but was
startled beyond conception to discover
a live rattlesnake on a rimrock hill near
his ranch. This was on January 7. The
snake was up and doing, ready for a
fight. The out-of-season freak of na
ture was a tig specimen, having nine
rattles." - '
per cent of all of the Jews In the ser
vice of the United States were volun
teers. Up to November 1 the record
Bhowed that 451 Jews were killed in
action, 142 died of wounds, 96 died from
disease, and 73 died from accident or
ofcher causes, while. In addition : to the
dead, 1597 Jewish soldiers were wounded.
The fame of the "Lost Battalion" will
never die, but it is not generally known
that this battalion, composed of New
York troops. Was formed largely of
Jews from the sweatshops of the East
Side. One of these Jewish lada, Abra
ham Krotoshinsky, was awarded the dis
tinguished service cross for his valor.
When the "Lost Battalion" was cut off
from the rest of the army, runners were
sent out to secure -help- and reinforce
ments. One after the other the runners
were killed wlthpt being able to secure
help, and when volunteers were asked
for this East Side Jewish boy, volun
teered for the task and made good.
In the sweatshops of New York city
and In the big clothing lofts I have seen
thr.nciir.da of Jews sitting cross legged
on tables sewing busily. . They did i.ot
seem to be heroic figures. Yet I have
seen these same East Side clothing
workers clad In khaki at the front. They
had as much suap.-preclsion and pride
in their Job as anyone.
There recently appeared in the New
York Herald a little poem by Howard
V. Sutherland which pays tribute to the
Jewish boys from Hester street. The
poem follows:
Here's honor to Abe Kowalakiand honor to
And. aUJhiiT,Heb'rew brethren who stand in the
firing line ..
Friedmann. Mayer and Gruenbaum. Eliaas. Kla
man and Cohen ,
Daily we read about them, aa able to hold their
own.
Once let the truth be uttered: Nobody ioed the
Jew -
Said he was' all for money.' I did and so did i you;
Watched him puhhing his puabcart, thought -ne
was out of place .
Here in a land of freedom; his was the out
cast race." )
Few of us deemed him human or figured a heart
might beat .
Under Uie ragged garments of the peddler of
the street. .
Dreams? Well, perhaps of money; never of
aught so high -
Aa what Old Cilorj wafea for. You thought so,
and so did L
Well.
we were wrong.
Confess ill It lin t a
That makes a man a hero in s nation's hour of
need.
There's something else to manhood; or yellow,
or black, or white.
Tour man in the hour of peril will go to the
front' and fight.
The Jews, as you see, now prore It. Their chil
dren were free at birth.
And now, in return, they are fighting for the
freedom of the earth,
GiTing their Urea if need be that children of
later years
Shall- be glad and shall, lire fore re r in the free-'
dam that is theirs.
Hirseh and Pollack and Feingold. RadakV Ftakel
and I'ela,
Epstein, Jacobs and Mandel. Weinstein, Baruch
.and Ueltz, a
Feiner, Uorowitz, Isaacs. Bashwittz, Lery and
Franks,
Sachs and Mirsky and Lchner all of them in
the ranks!
Then honor to Joseph Schnitzer and honor to
1 ley man Behr. I
And aU the Uebrew brethren in khaki over there.
lilt prejudice in your pocket. Tbey fought in the
days of yore.
And now when the world ts threatened, they are
fighting. Men can no more.
after the signing of the armistice, and
the United States army medical author
ities have notified the Red Cross that
there will be no further need for can
teens, recreation huts and other Red
Cross buildings at any of these places.
Salisbury court at Southampton and
the two military . hospitals at Liverpool
will be the only American hospitals in
Great Britain to be -continued through
the winter. American wounded In Brit
ish hospitals and at evacuated hospitals
will either be returned to the United
States or transferred to one of these
three hospitals. The medical- authori
ties estimate that-by early spring there
will be only a few' hundred wounded
Americans left In this country.
About 2000 American wounded from
Dartford and Tottenham hospitals sailed
for the United States recently.
only the sense of justice will be per
mitted to outweigh racial ambition. The
Latin and Slav may compose their dis
pute with little of real loss to either if
they will listen to good counsel. It Is
curiously Interesting in this connection
to note that the Slavs entered that
region 1500 years ago as fugitives, flying
from the ferocity of the Ooths, who in
their turn .were driven out of what is
now Hungary by the Magyars.". s
AH the Difference
From Cartoons Magazine)
"When I hit a man, he remembers it."
"Urn I When Z hit a man, he doesn't,"
Olden Oregon
Columbia River Boat Lines Were
Bonanzas in Early '60'
Business on the Columbia river 1n
1863 was something enormous, v Hardly
ever did a .steamer make, a - trip with
less than 209 passengers. ; Freight? was
offered In such quantities . at Portland
that trucks had to stand in line for
blocks waiting to deliver and - receive
loads. Some conception of the passenger
busmes may be gained from the fact
that fares totaled $1000 to $6000 a trip,
April 29 the Tenino, leaving Celilo for
Lewiston. had a passenger load amount
ing to $10,945, and a few trips later re
ported receipts of $18,000, for freight,
passengers, 1 bertha and meals. - The
number of passengers carried on The
Dalles-Lewiston run In 1864 was 36,000
and the tons of freight 21,834.
,Ragtag and Bobtail
Stories From Everywhere
It Might Hao Jlappenrd -tXTHEN
Dr. Murray Adams, a country
;. doctor in New York state, drove 8
miles to answer a call from the Hard
wick ramilyi, to find "that no one in thd
family was expecting his visit, he ex
plained he had been cniia4 ,..
phone, and someone said : "ive-are sick
doctor; come quick, doctor." and when
he asked cehtraf if she could inform
film tthrt- wufl , n, i t. . ... ..
message came ' from . the Hardwicks.-h
Some time after the departure of the
doctor, considerably vexed in mind. Mrs.
Hard wick heard her parrot talking. The
bird, perched upon a stool in the hall
Was saying, "We are sick, doctor." and
repeating the words i over and over.
Then, she noticed the receiver of the
telephone was down. Mrs. . HardwkJc
lost no time In -calling up the doctor
an explaining what she believed had
happened.'
Our "President
0t,rh?u",l', ?'''- V" "" ";
in , .,w"rt "th feror thrill;
J1 'gic permeates the powers:
The world bends to his will.
So doth that learneiU ralisnt sonl
... .feel another dawn;
V itn added strength his njilrit bold
Ooes marching on and- ony
America, his nat Its -fond. "
lias claimed him until nowT .
Anon the whole world takes his hand
And crowns before Inm-bow.'
Kufus U.' Ames. 4L'H1 Fourth Street.
. '.Uncle Jeff hiiow Says:
Most likely .our. wise and otherwise
statesmen at Salem'll put a' tax of 10
cents a pound on oleomargarine' with
the idee that it'll make them solid with
us fanners: but I -should think them
wops in the cities that ho.s to pay 75
cents a pound now fer hutter'd let out
a Veil that 'u.-n,,t.t . i .
down them statesmen's spinal colyums.
The News in Paragraphs
World Happenings Briefed for Benefit
Of Journal Readers
GENERAL "
General Isamel Montes. ex-president
of Bolivia, has, been appointed Bolivia's
delegate to the peace conference.
'The tranHDort Carnnla mil ths nouil
t supply Bhlp Melville have arrived at
xora Dringmg 4.1-as orricers and
men from overseas.
A large group of representative Israel
ites visited President Irlgoyen of Brazil
Saturday to protest against alleged ill
treatment of Jews.
Five hundred French soldiers have ar.
rived at Honolulu bound for Vladivostok.
They Include interpreters, aviators and
armored tank corps.
Flying at the rate of 90 miles In 22
minutes was a feat accomplished Satur
day by Lieutenant Robert B. Baker,
stationed at Fort Sill. Okla.
G. O. Gilmer of San Francisco Is a
visitor to Honolulu for the purpose of
making a study of the pineapple wit li
a view of turning the waste pieces Into
sugar. . ; - -
inree tnousand American citizens la
mass meeting at New York Saturday
night 'adopted . resolutions urging the
peace conference to recognize Irish In
dependence. :
Five Mexican soldiers crossed the
border near El Paso Saturday, forced
two -soldiers and a civilian to crossi to
Mexico, and robbed them of their guns
and ammunition.
; Two million dollar will be spent on
thk AeHttI llftfAnSMS nf h,h llaitallan ta.
lands, the money to be expended In in
stalling three aero squadrons with CO -
marhlnAft n nr! fiftfl m ah
NORTHWEST NOTES' ,
In the Jordan Valley Irrigation dis
trict of Malheur county bas arisen Ruby,
a brand-new town.
John Rosene, prominent In the com
mercial life of the Pacific Northwest,
died in Seattle Saturday. '
The South Bend Canning company In
1918 disbursed $14,072.40 for green prod
ucts and $4966.40 for labor.
Gray Kyle, formerly employed by the
First - National bank of Portland, is
dead of, influenza at Seattle.
The 600-acre farm of W. J. Machette,
near Kelso, was sold last week to four
Kelso, business men for-$100,000.
- Miss Johannah Larson, a teacher In
the Blckleton, Wash., nchool, well known
hi Portland, is dead of Influenza.
Japanese residenis of Yakima have or
ganized a Yakima Japanese BuRineHS
Men's club with a membership of 65.
.-. Eighteen farmers of Cowlits prairie,
near Toledo, have formed an organiza
tion to purchase Idaho haylor their owit
use.
Reorganization and expansion of the
Grays Harbor county farm bureau was
effected at a meeting held at Montesano
Saturday.
Kr- report shows that 80,928 boxmi
of cranberries were shipped last year
from. the marshes of liaciflc and Clat
sop counties, i". j .
After' a lapse of many months the
Matson Navigation company has re
sumed steamship service between Seat
tle and Honolulu. '. -
The Linn county- court Is Inntalling a
gravel lant on the Willamette river to
secure egravel for road improvement
work the coming summer. . ,
Real estate men of Washington ar
fighting thel; proposed bill requiring a
notice of 80 days before a renter could
be required to move from a house-
The. Montana Union. American Society
of Equity, have signed a contract for a
site upon which they intend to erect a
2.000,000-buhel grain elevator on
Young's -bay at Astoria.
FOREIU.V :
Owing to a Binse ui oniant, irciaimi
the entire city Is without - gas or
electricity.
The SwlsH dally bread retlort will be
Increased from 250 to 300 grammes
February L
Czecho-tJlovak troops have captured
Oderberg from the Poles after sangui
nary fighting. : ,
It is now stated than Leon Trotsky.
Bolshevik war minister, escaped from
Narva before the town was captured.
Full returns from the German elec
tions show that the majority Hoclallsis
polled 11,112,540 votesor 39.3 per cent of
the total number cast.
Bolshevik staff officers declare they
have now 1.000,000 men and will soon
have 6.000,000 armed, with which they
will Invade and overwhelm Western
Europe. ;
Trunk It Over; Then Buy
War Saving Stahips
f Stories of achievement fa the aocumola
tlon of Wat BsTings B lamps sent to The
Journal and seeeptabl lot publication will
be awarded a Thrift Stamp. .
One' young matron of our : ac
quaintance has accumulated a couple
of certificates full of War Savings
Stamps toy waiting to buy things
'that she thought she needed until
she found that she didn't need .them
at all. . - '
It's surprising the number of un
necessary things you think you mut
have, and it's 10 chances to one that
you pike right off and buy them.
Try this. Walt a couple of days be
fore buying something that you be
lieve you must have at once. In a
couple of days if you find that you
still need the thing, probably you do.
Buy, it- If you find that you don't
need it, after all, put what you've
saved into War Savings Stamps. It
will -pa you well.
I Thrift Stamps and 1919 War Rav
ing etampe now on, sale at usual
agencies.