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thou doeat every act in life a though it
Were thy lust. Ms reus Aureliu Antoninus.
ON TRIAL
, fyHE people of the United States
T
own janas mac contain more
than 600,000,000 barrels of oil,
tJ fiTtf fW trvnn f Aol -
00,000 acres of phosphate lands and
, 5 more than 50,000,000 undeveloped
I fevater horsepower.
t: That "legislation Is now pending in
Wongrcss to trade or give all of it
"kway" Is the statement of Glfford
ipinchot. Bills passed by the house
are mainly sound; the senate bills
ljp.re bad.
There is a serious danger that
the senate bills' will be jammed
J through In the dying hours of the
present session, one senate dm,
jfavbile masquerading as a leasing bill,
I Would surrender with the title all
"control of waste, output, price and
Tt.abor conditions. It would foster
jr speculation in coal, oil, gas and
I phosphate and give no assurance
f'of prompt development. Even the
leasing provisions afford no protec
tion to the public against extortion
monopoly.
Jz Worse still, the bill gives title to
-'fraudulent oil claimants, many of
f-Avhom have already had their claims
"denied by the courts. Finally, there
I is a joker in the bill which would
I ovcthrow the present lease law for
coal lands in Alaska, and would turn
those lands over forever to, private
hands,
A leasing bill was passed -by the
house May 23 last. The house also
passed a bill covering water power,
power on navigable streams, on pub-
i Uo lands and national forests and
In torn a t i Anal ivd(opwdvo A Unoa
I added -by the house brought out op-
1 position . from the president to the
Matter bill, but the measure was
passed over his protest.
I These bills are all in conference.
2 n the hurry of the last moments
!,cf the session, measures may go
through that will open the way for
further plunder of the people's
gpatural resources.
a A . Democratic, congress is on trial
ren ;a great issue of safeguarding
f the people's interests.
I "No penniless soldiers are found in
jJParis,' says General Pershing in a
. rttalement (to the American people,
pie adds: "There are Individual cases
of delayed payments due to a change
a- the pay system which took place
urlng 'hostilities. .The new pay sys
em enables a soldier to get pay
. I from the paymaster when money , is
fttue i him." Pershing is accounted
(good authority.
SCORE OXE FOR AMERICA
HE Springfield Weekly Republican
comments at some length on th.e
I which has lately been decided
i In favor of the defendant by the
state supreme court.
I The origin of the case was inter-
: testing. A certain ' lawyer exerted
thlmself diligently and crookedly on
feehalf of the vice combine in a
- Jjew Mexican town. His decent, pro-
ifessional brethren tried to have, him
fdisbarred for his performances. But
Jthe vice combine was powerful. Its
rwires stretched into unforeseen quar-
i: ters. r ;
1 The judge of the local district
became active in the. crooked law-
yer's aerense. He made 4 affidavit
before the state bar, examiners, who
- r,had j urisdlotion ' of he affair, that
?the lawyer was a model of all the
. jvirtues, ! or" something to that effect.
. ' Thei affidavit ; .was enough. The
ferooked lawyer was set free with all
bla . imperfections on his head.
I At this stage of the plot entered
tthe editor of the Santa Fe New
Mexican, a newspaper whose devo
tion to the public -welfare deserves
'praise. He published articles to show
-that the' Judge's political, business
and personal affiliations might have
-prompted him" to file his affidavit
jon behalf of the crooked lawvr
- Somewhat earlier in the progress
ci . xne - meioarama ,-. ine . lawyer and
his pals ; had ! procured; the indict
- -ment of the New Mexican newsnaDw
J for criminal libel, -and the " trial of
f the Indictment was pending before
i i
the Judge although nothing ' had
been done In It .for months. The
case was dead.' But the judge now
contended that f the newspaper's at
tack upon him for his affidavit "Im
paired his ability to administer jus
tice"" in the trial : of the indictment
for criminal llb. So he sentenced
the editor to Jail for contempt of
court. 1
. The editor .naturally appealed to
the supreme court.' . His lawyers
took high ground, standing for the
constitutional and American rignt
to '; a free press ; and free speech.
They argued too, that If the editor
could be jailed for attacking a ques
tionable lawyer who had allied him
self with a, questionable judge, any
vice combine, thereafter could run to
cover . in the courts and save itself
safe from pursuit.
The state supreme court sustained
the editor on every point. It de
cided that a judge, may not use
contempt proceedings to protect him
seV from personal criticism nor may
vice shield Itself under the judicial
ermine. It !s a stunning victory for
American principles. '
The legislative - committee of ' the
houe .at Salem has reported a bill
favorably which will please the peo
ple of "Oregon. It is the Richardson
bill to start off the investigation of
the school land frauds with an ample
appropriation to pay its expenses.
Every penny invested in that cause
jpromises to bring back dollars for
the good of the school children.
BOUSE BILL 77 ET AL
ON THE fourth of November, 1913,
the workmen's compensation law
was adopted by the people In
a voie oi bijsw to zs.mjb. II
was an overwhelming mandate of
nearly three to one.
The measure carried every county
in the state. The vote in Baker was
1060 to 685. In Benton it was 1249
to 485. in Clatsop 16400 292, in Co
lumbia 1358 to 316. TO votein Hood
River county was six to " one, in
Josephine four to one, in Klamath
three to one, in Lane three to one,
in Multnomah three to one, with all
other counties voting overwhelming
ly in approval.
That vote was the people's rejec
tion of the efforts of ambulance
chasers and casualty companies to
beat the law. The preceding legisla
ture had passed it, and 'the casualty
companies and damage suit lawyers
had invoked the referendum upon it.
The verdict of the people was an
emphatic approval of the compensa
tion act and an equally emphatic
repudiation of the old system of
casualty insurance, damage suits, con
gested courts, Increased taxes and be
deviled people. .
House bill 77 . at Salein virtually
proposed to scuttle .the compensation
act by amencimeftts which gwouid
cut. the; heart out of its best pro
visions. It would deprive the employe
of the -progress he has . made against
the fellow' servcjit and contrib
utory negligence provision. It
would give the employe the
right to elect whether . or not to
accept the adjustments of the acci
dent commission or hire a lawyer
and go to court in a damage suit.
which in turn would force the em
ployer to. resort again to casualty
insurance, court trials and all the
follies of the old order.
The people in 1913 spoke, and spoke
with emphasis on the exact issues
presented In house bill 77. Under
the highly satisfactory conditions
brought about by the law in clear
ing court calendars of congestion,
they would speak In far more em
phatic terms now.
It would be time wasted to pass
the pending bill. It would be
referended and be beaten to death
at the polls.
The bill at Salem for counties to
buy In property on which taxes are
delinquent would eliminate the spec
ulators who sometimes profit heavily
from such investments. Since the
county Is always compelled to bid in
the undesirable property why! not
also let it buy the better holdings?
THE CONFERENCE
THE Northwest league of nations
conference to be held ini Port
land February 16 and 17, ishould
pe a notable meeting. Delegates
are expected from' Oregon, Washing
ton and Idaho Mr. Taft will be here
with a number of eminent speakers.
The conference should diffuse un
derstanding of the league's alms
among the masses and greatly v en
hance; its fundamental popularity.
Its weakness in the United States
up to the present has been the fail
ure on; the part of its advocates to
reach the masses with their propa
ganda. '.The leaders, realize this and are
endeavoring to remedy It by holding
nine, great conferences from which
popular propaganda may spread far
and wide. People in general have
taken the idea of the - league . for
something desirable as a matter ot
course because they were told that
it was desirable, but they have not
really thought much about it. The
purpose of the coming conference 'I
to make them think. .-
Not until the masses have become
active partisans of .the league will it
take deep root In our national polity,
and- this partisanship can only be
procured ; by t live debate and open
discussion. ' ',
It Is perhaps not' too much to hope
that by the time I the Portland -conference
assembles adefinite framework-for
the) league of nations win
have been given to the world from
the peace table at Versailles, Thus
far the league h.as been hardly more
than an abstract idea, attractive In
Itself and promising immense advan
tages to the world, but lacking sub
stance. 4' ; . .; '-; i 'I I' ' ) '
Those ' who . promote it stand In
much the same situation as Madison
and Hamilton would if they had been
obliged to argue for the adoption of
the United States constitution with
out being able to say what the eon
styuaUon was. Fortunately for them
and us they had the document in
their hands as they spoke and wrote
and ' could cite it sentence by sen
tence. When the promoters of the league
of nations are able to tell us exactly
I what the league means by reference
to a defiqite framework their task
vUl become far less Arduous than
it is now. That is no doubt one of
the reasons why President Wilson
contends that the - framing of" the
league should Je the first work of
the peace conference.
There will never be another Ger
man kaiser. Or German autocracy.
In extending ' American trade to the
ends of the earth, might it not be
desirable for some American sales
men, American consular agents.
American tradesmen and other Amer
icans engaged in trade extension to
be able to speak the German lan
guage, at least in the many regions
where the German tongue is exten
sively used? It is one thing for
school boards to put the German
language out of the schools. It Is
quite another thing to legislate It
out of Oregon..
THE FLU
"C
UT out of your newspapers all
mention of flu and your death
rate will drop .50 or 75 per
cent," is the advice given by
a correspondent In a recent Journal.
The history of the epidemic in
Portland 'doesn't square with his
contention.
Take the second flu wave in Port
land: There had been little mention
of flu in the papers for a consider
able period, and on January 14 the
new cases were 422 and the deaths
17. January 15 there were 514 new
cases and 22 deaths..
There was then in its beginnings
the campaign headed by -Dr. Sommer
with new measures adopted and full
account in the newspapers of what
was being done. A gradual subsi
dence of Uie epidemic at once set in.
January 31 there were 22 new cases
and two deaths. February 1, the new
cases up to noon were 24, the deaths
one.
There was exactly the same ex
perience in the first flu vyave in
Portland." Health authorities, througn
publicity in the second wave, put
their measures into effect, made a
flax .quarantine, a real, quarantine, ed
ucated the people on how to observe
precautions and cut the death rate
around 1000 per cent In a" little more
than two weeks.
The Eskimos of Alaska read no
newspapers. But they are dying by
thousands. Flu has wiped out whole
villages.
Prices in some lines at least are
beginning to fall. Every cut in the
cost of things increases the buying
power of War Stamps. Every Stamp
you buy is a loan made by you
to the government to help pay the
war bill. The government protects
you against loss and pays you com
pound Interest. Every Stamp bought
from your savings safeguards you
against a rainy . day. Nowhere in
the world is there a safer or better
investment. Hold the War Stamps
you have and buy more.
4
MOUNT HOOD
THE project or building a "scenio
road" around Mount Hood Irre
sistibly attracts the lover of
. a i ' . . ,
lauascape oeauiy. us economic
features may possibly be somewhat
less alluring, though If it would
traverse a rich agricultural region,
as Mr. "Holman says it would, t
might be profitable to the pocket
as well as the soul. -
The more accessible Mount Hood
is made the more travel It will at
tract. The world is so crowded
with beautiful scenery easy to
reach that tourists are disposed to
shun places difficult of approach.
Particularly do they like comfortable
hotels, which are not too expensive.
In the good old days of European
travel Switzerland drew tourists al
most as much by its cheap and ex
cellent hotels as by its scenery.
Those good old days are quite likely
to be with us again before a great
while. ! Everything indicates a rush
of travel to Europe as soon as pass
ports and transportation are obtain
able. The battlefields will be visited, the
ruined - cities mourned over. Paris
will be doubly delightful: for the
long privation it has endured. ; To
compete with such attractions Ore
gon must put her best foot forward.
A scenio road around Mount Hood
would help materially.
'Whether this is the best time to
undertake such a project is, of
course, open to debate. .The cost
might be considerably less a few
years from now when wages and
materials are lower. But on the
other hand, the construction of ex
tensive public works is one of the
crying needs of ? the day.
Oregon, as well as .the rest of
the country, is threatened ' with : un
employment. The army .of .Idlers Js
not yet disastrously large in Oregon,
but, according to reports it acquires
constant accretions. " Nobody can say
what its numbers may be six months
from now unless timely 4 measures
are taken to draw off the idlers into
productive" work.' " There f"Fno work
more productive 'than , roadbuliding.
Mr. Holman assured us that - this
projected road would give access to
a large area : of tillable land. It
would, therefore. Increase 'our popu
lation, add to j our-tood production;
and enhance Portland's trading terri
tory, while at the same time it would
open to tourists a region of wonder
ful interest and beauty.
There is reason to believe that
the tourist business will be one of
Oregon's principal sources of Income
hereafter. Perhaps "the sooner we
arrange to Mevelbp it the better.
Advertising of the Delinquent
Taxpayer Forbidden
Froat Printer's Ink
Realizing that the publication . in
newspapers of delinquent tax lists Is
a needless waste of public money as
well aa an unnecessary and often
humiliating burden Imposed on the tin
fortunate taxpayer, the Oregon Jour
nal caused a bill to be placed upon
the ballot at the recent election In that
state, repealing the provision of law
requiring the publication of the de
linquent tax lista and substituting
therefor a notice of delinquency by
mail.
As long ago as 1905, this newspaper
began an agitation for the repeal of
the delinquent' tax publication law.
Present at the legislative sessions of
1915 and 1917 were representatives of
the newspaper urging the ; passage of
such a bill. But In each instance,
failure was the result. The conclu
sion was forced upon the publisher
tnat this law, now become economically
unsound and unbusinesslike, could be
changed! only by vote of the people,
and a bill was initiated and placed
upon the ballot.
Now, the cost of publishing annually
tue delinquent tax lists in Multnomah
county. In which is located the . city
of Portland, is about $12,000. while
the cost throughout the entire state
is aproxlmately $30,000 per year. It
is estimated that the total cost of
notifying tax delinquents by letter, as
provided in the measure recently
adopted by the .people of the state.
-will not exceed $2000 a year.
8 an evidence that the bill had the
state-wide approval of the people, it
passed by "a majority in excess of
one fourth of the total votes cast.
Striking at a kindred evil, the Ore
gon Journal initiated a measure regu
lating the publication of all legal no
tices such as summons, sheriff's sales.
Insurance companies' reports, etc This
bill was also adopted in spite of the
determined fight waged against It by
practically the entire press of the state.
While many publishers feel that the
discontinuance of this form of adver
tising, which generally brought the
top or a still higher rate, is a, distinct
loss of ineome to which they are en
titled, it should not take them long
to appreciate the fact that what is
poor business for the people of the
state is . poor business for the pub
lishers. Letters From the People
(Communication tent to Tht Journal for pub
Hcation in this department abonld.be, written on
only one aide of the paper, lbould not axceed 300
words in length ami must be aimed by the writer,
whose mall addrew in full must aotwmpanr the
contribution.) '
Relating to Reconstruction
Portland, Jan. $0. -To the Editor of
The Journal Here Is a passage from
the writings of Herbert Spencer that Is
pertinentln these days of reconstruc
tion :
"Had we to deal with the parties who
originally robbed the human race. .f Its
heritage, we might make short woik
of the matter.
"Why not make short work of the
matter anyhow? For this robbery is not
like the robbery of a horse or a sum
ot money, that ceases with the act. It
Is a fresh robbery that goes on every day
and every hour. It is not from the prod
uce of the past that rent la drawn ; it is
from the produce of the present. It is
a toll levied upon labor constantly and
continuously. Every blow of the ham.
mer. every stroke of the pick, every
thrust of the shuttle, every throb of tNe
steam engine, pays its tribute. It levies
upon the earnings of men who, deep
underground, risk their lives, and of
those who over white surges hang to
the reeling masts ; it claims the just
reward of the capitalist and the fruits
of the inventor's patient effort; It takes
little children from school and compels
them to work before their bones are hard
or their muscles are firm ; it robs the
shivering of warmth ; the hungry of
food ; the sick of medicine ; the anxious
of peace. It debases and imbrutes and
embitters ; it crowds families from eight
to 10 into a single squalid room: it fills
the gin palace and groggrery with those
who have no comfort in their homes; it
makes lads who might be useful men
candidates for prisons and penitenti
aries ; it fills brothels with girls who
might have known the pure joy of
motherhood ; it sends greed and all evil
passions prowling through society as -a
hard winter drives the wolves to the
abodes of men ; it darkens ,f alth in the
human soul, and across the reflection
of a just and merciful creator drawa. the
veil of a hard and blind and cruel fate !
"It is not merely robbery in the past,
it Is robbery in the present a robbery
that deprives of their birthright the In
fants that are now coming Into the
world. Why should we hesitate about
making short work of -such a system?
Because -1 was robbed yesterday and
the day before, and the day before that,
is it any reason-' that I should suffer
myself to be robbed today and tomorrow
any reason that I should conclude that
the robber had acquired a vested right
to rob me? -
11 the land belongs to the people
why continue to permit landowners to
take the ' rent, or Compensate them in
any manner for the loss of rent? Con
sider what! rent is. It -does not arise
spontaneously from land ; it . is due to
nothing that the landowners have done.
It represents a value created by the whole
community; Let the landholders have,
if you please, all that the possession of
the land would give them in the absence
of the rest of the community. But rent.
the creation of the whole community,
necessarily belongs to the whole com
munity." J. It- HERMANN.
Would Abolish State Senate
Carlisle, Waslw Jan. 28. To the Edi
tor of The Journal I have Just read
your editorial beginning with this sen
tence : "How would it do for the house
and- senate committees on roads at
Salem to hold joint meetings and act
in concert in framing road legislation?"
While indorsing the editorial, I want
to ask. how would it do for the citizens
of Oregon (of whom I am one), to abol
ish that worse than useless institution
known as the state senate? -To call it
"worse than useless ts to put It mildly.
It is hard to understand, after the won
derful lead taken by Oregon In direct
legislation and other; political reforms,
why there Is not a determined more
to stop the utter nonsense, not to say
anything of the huge expense, of that
absolutely useless appendage to our not
over-useful legislature. 1 wish every
Oregonian who reads this would get a
small blank book at once and enter in
it every Item of delay, expense, loss of
seeded legislation and the hundred and
one other things that , will be plainly
In evidence before this legislature ad
journs, as a debit: charge against the
senate, and in all fairness, if be hears
of any one advantage arising from hav
ing two. houses instead of only one," give
the senate full credit. Then let us
hear not full accounts, for we alt know
most of the debits but let us hear any
and every credit earned by that body.
It won't take much apace.
- SB. MOBSS.
Those Who Didn't Get to Go
Klamath- Kails, Jan. 2S. To the Edi
tor of The Journal In a letter in The
Journal of January 11 "One Who Didn't
Get to Go" seems to think it a hardship
that the soldiers who were sent overseas
should be given preference -in employ
ment over those in uniform who were
as anxious to go and do their parts at
the points of danger and credit, but
were not permitted to go. His letter is
so sincere and conservative that it
seems worthy of notice.
Those accepted for enlistment or draft
and sent to the camps passed a rigid
physical examination and, excepting by
accident, are presumably still in excel
lent physical condition. More than that,
they have- had most unusual advantages
of training of body and mind which
the better fits them for life in general
and for Immediate hustlinc for Jobs.
Thousands of those overseas, if at or
near the front, and though not serious
ly wounded, underwent experiences
which will leave long lasting, perhaps
ure lasting conditions of body or mind.
perhaps both, from which those who
didn't get to go will be grateful they
are free. There are thousands of others
who because of some slight "physical
defect," or because they were a few
years, or perhaps many years too old,
were not permitted to go -even to the
training camps. But they also were Just
as anxious to go; and thousands of us
have lived on "short rations" and
worked and denied ourselves in hun
dreds of ways the world will never
know, and have given liberally of our
scant means for the support, education
and superior comforts and medical care
of those at the training camps as well
as inose overseas.
"Certain inequalities are an inevitable
result of war. In the course of time
tnose at the head of adjustment of af
fairs, and others as well, will learn that
help belongs not to any one class nor
because of any one circumstance, but
because of needs and merits. In the
meantime let us all be patient, and if
we can't be patient then be as patient
as we can. EARNEST WHILE.
I. Walker and I. B. Getem
Portland, Jan. 81. To "the Editor of
The Journal Why the public notice to
look out for J. Walker? The gentleman
doesn't walk over women and children,
the people don't scatter when they see
mm coming, and the army of traffic of'
fleers don't expect him to kill people and
run down policemen. Why not watch
I. B. Getem, who will testify he ran over
Mr. walker because he did not stop or
because he did stop. His own testimony
concedes his guilt and that Mr. Walker
had no chance. People with umbrellas
are plainly to be seen and are an easy
mark for a killing. If permitted to carry
sidearms for self defense they would
have an even chance when I. B. Getem
is at large with his delirium and a high
fever. E. F. FUNK.
Wants No Militarism
Walla Walla, Wash.. Jan. 30. To the
Editor of The Journal While Mr. Wil
son is trying to make the- world safe
for democracy, the reactionists, the
imperialists and the militarists have
started in again to foster the Bolshevik
spirit in the United States by trying to
saddle the country with the para
phernalia of despotism universal mili
tary training. Do they think they can
make a Prussian serf. In time of peace,
of a free American? Do they really
want to start a revolution in order to
hold their soft position in time of
peace? As Senator Townsend said in
a late senate speech, "These officers
never had so prominent a position be
fore in their lives and they would like
to keep their men in line as long as
possible. Some of the soldiers are al
most In rebellion because of the treat
ment received and are now receiving.
(Congressional Record, January 22).
I should think the example of Ger
many, after 40 years of preparation
"to keep the peace of Europe," beaten
to her knees, would teach . all nations
the futility of military preparation as
a method of keeping the peace. It is
a crime almost as great as war Itself.
Tou truly say. "This country has not
yet been so Inoculated with the virus
(good word, for It surely is foul matter)
of militarism that it is ready to submit
to the dictatorship of the general staff
a military autocracy. I have talked
With "soldiers who want no more army
life."
"This is the last chance of the -militarists,
and they know it. That's why
sporadic crops of universal military
training bills spring up in congress,
only to die for lack of nurture, In com
mittee. Such proposals have not the
s-host of a reason, now war is over.
There is no future for the militarists.
For tho first time in the world's history
war has made the worklngmen of the
world think. A. JOHNSON. -
Calls for Farmers' Roads
Salem, Jan. 31 To the Editor of The
Journal Last night at the state house
we listened to eloquent speeches on the
road question. I paid particular atten
tion to Mr. Thompson of Pendleton, who
is a member of the state highway com
mission, who said they would speed
up and complete the Columbia and Pa
cific hishways and asked the members
of the legislature to brace up and vote
a $10,000,000 bond issue, so they could
complete the road program.
We have no objection to the Columbia,
the Pacific, or any other highway, nor
the bond Issue, but the road program of
two years ago was made before America
entered the war, and at present, pro
prams ; and treaties are set aside to
meet conditions that are now confront
ing us. The facts are these : The
most important business Is to produce
foodstuffs for the human race; so,
to the farmers of Eastern Oregon, who
produce wheat by the millions of
bushels, we say, "speed up." and to the
small dairy farmers of Western Ore
gon, we say, "speed up and. take good
care 'of your sucking calves and milk
your cows "mush on" hand your milk
to the market seven days in the week
in mud. rain, or sunshine, as there are
thousansd of children In the United
States and millions of our allies crying
for milk and yv will get our reward
and go down in history as benefactors
of the human race. But let us insist
that the market roads are entitled to
receive careful consideration.
E. WENSTROM.
Seeking a Mess of Pottage
From the Medford Mail-Tribune.
Th. ttirmer the welcome that PreaU
. urtluni nvcivc from the Manias
and governments of Europe the bitterer,
unm and venomous tha criti
cisms hurled at him by political oppo
nents f-Z nome. v vn n omca w
ciit itrmr dawa : for" a similar recru-
descense of partisanship. Instead of sup
porting the leadership which has won
world .? wwe acciaim jw ucewui -forts
to win the war, and standing unit-
COMMENT AND
, . SMALL CHANGE
u One leather coat doesn't make an
"ace." . . ,
"Multimillionaire plies needle," reads
a headline. Wonder what be uses.
We take it that there was bo yellow
at any rate in America's colored troop
ers. "
I " . -
we suggest a monument to the lassies
whoput the doughnuts Into the dough
While cheering returned soldiers and
sanorsbear In mind that a Job will
cheer them most.
Hustle may do thething In IS hours
of toil In sweat and dust efficiency,
thinks, pushes a button . and it ia ac
complished. Sheldon.
If you build castles in the air, yeur
1 -kTTL n2i K. l08t ; th"- where
they should be. Now put the founda
tions under them. Thoreau. lo?na
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Edith Hyde, 22. has been declared by
leading artists to be the most beautiful
woman in New York. A case. It would
seem, wherein beauty Is but Hyde deep.
The former German kaiser, the wires
say. is going to grow a full beard. But
hell realise, before they get through
with him at the peace table that he's
had a mighty close shave. j
Considering his wide and successful
experience in pounding the ivories, may
we not reasonably expect that Mr.
Paderewskl will have considerable suc
cess in knocking some sense into the
Bolshevik! in Russia?
JOURNAL MAN AT HOME
By Fred
ft.tten from aa Oreftfn soldier Tsar, now
aerrinc with tha army of oeru nation In Germaaj,
are Introduced in evidence by Mr. Look ley today.
Beeide the actual interacting information they
convey, they are of intereat and value as show,
inc. quite unconsciously, the American soldier
boy's attitude toward the : business of being a
warrior. J .
When I knew Myrton Moore in Pendle
ton he was more interested in marbles
and tops than in potting Germans, but
today be is "over there," doing his bit
to help bring freedom to Germany as
well as the rest of the world. Myrton
Is not yet 20 years old. He is the son of
William Moore, collector, of customs for
this district.
"
Here are two interesting letters that
Myrton has written to his mother. The
first is dated December 7 :
"We are. still hiking through Germany.
It Is a wonderful trip down the Moselle
river, almost as beautiful and pictur
esque as some parte , of the states. The
hills are almost perpendicular and the
people have terraced them and planted
Trapes. They are carrying manure on
their backs up the steep slopes to fer
tilize the grapevines. The people over
here farm a rocky hillside and pasture
a plain. It seems queer to be friends
with people whom you would have shot
on sight a month ago. We were billeted
last night In Enklrch. In the house we
were billeted in was a German artillery
man who had fought against ' us In Pl
cardy and Montdldler, and was wounded
there. All the Germans that were sol
diers seem pleased that the war is over."
The other letter, dated December 18,
was written from Ebernhahn. Germany :
"I received your letter of November
12 and was pleased to hear that you were
all well -and happy over the armistice
You spoke of your desire to have been
with us and to see us celebrate. I think
you would have- been disappointed, as
there 'was very little cheering. No orte
could believe it was really over, We had
heard of the German envoy coming
across the lines, but thought nothing
would come of Jt, We had been relieved
at the front and were in reserve, and were
inarching back when a lieutenant came
riding by on a horse. He said the ar
mistice had been signed and that the
fighting was to cease at 11 a.l m. The
way the guns were going then It seemed
like one side or the other woulcl get sore
and start it over again, but at 11 a. m.
everything was quiet. Everybody
ONE OF THE PLANS FOR PALESTINE
By Ben
Special Correspondence to The Journal and tha
Chicaco Daily News. ,
London If the plans and ambitions
of the recently proclaimed nation of
Judea are fulfilled. Louis Brandeis. now
justice of the United States Supreme
court, win be the first of the new rulers
of Israel. The dream of the renatlonal
lsation of Palestine, which has lived for
2000 years in the hearts of the Jews, is
fast entering the realm of reality.
Judea is sending its delegates to the
peace conference. Its existence as a na
tion has been recognised by the allies,
its declaration of independence has been
signed and its diplomats and politicians
are already busy molding the future of
its institutions. j
Ittimar Ben AvT lsthe first of its peace
,r ih London. An impas
sioned idealist who already vislons.Judea
enrolled among tne great powers m
world Is Ben Avl. But his idealism and
1.1- o citation on behalf Of
Judea have not impaired his worth as a
diplomat. I
"Israel cannot leap to its feet, full
ii,hU" he exnlained. "It
has been scattered and dormant too long.
As delegate to tne peace conisrenw,
am to outline the demands of the new
Judea. The first and most Important
of these is the political desirei of the
TT.v.... nation. We desire a British
trusteeship for a period of 25 years. W
do not want to estannsn a paniaraenv w
- tihIm tnr sit least 25 years.
The British have emancipated us from
the Turk. Great Britain is more capaoie
overseeina Palestine as
a colony than any mer one cum.u j.
edly back of the president In jhla en
deavor to end the old regime of ithe rule
of autocratic might and Install that of
democratic right, utmost endeavor is
o n riiacredlt the president
ISC alaS iutwuw -
before our allies and lend support to
the reactionary influence, wnicn, m
- i imarli-s- seek td fperpetu-
ate the old regime of privilege, and the
rule of force. I
. r. . C a m Unl t A SMHM TO
1 no uiuvto - .
have sadly degenerated. It spends most
of its thns damning the president. No
matter what he suggests or prgjwew,
. n, loaves undone), it is
wnsi u, " -
proper theme to set the tongue wagging
of this bunch of political scaldalmong-
ers. ! 1 I
According to European . papers, , jno
foreign visitor ever receiver
popular welcome in r ranw,
and Italy as that accoraeo -rMai,
Wilson. The London News ceus ir.. a
peoples' welcome, not oaiy Mprr.n
lrr.. th president's spacious
statesmanship, lofty vision and unfatl
iner wladorn, but also" sending greetings
from the free people of Wtouu
free people of America on the morrow
of their Joint victory. It W tnis, ana
more than tnis, lor w
the enthusiasm la the knowledge that.
President Wilson, alone . among the
statesmen of the world, represents the
definite purpose to make an enduring
neace 'trpon , oasis fiai;iu i"'
another war: A-'-' L' lv-:; I .
nit,.-4n la vint -nontilar in the war
worn count riee ot Europe and the people
are resolvea to put. an eiiu m.cvnaiuvns
that permit 4 to revival, to i end once
and for all the burden of large) arma
NEWS IN BRIEF
"OREGON SIDELIGHTS
a rtn i.m, KMni mw ' American
flflv nsiw fi'..., n v.m , Vi Hntna of the
Washington county courthouse, taking
the place of a woraout and faded one
that has been retired. -
"Farmers are taking advantage of the
fiaei weather and ! hav begun farming
operations already." writes the Heppner
Gasette-HmM' Lexington correspondent
under date of January 30. ' e ' X
A -notable increase indeaHngs iw town
lots throughout the state Is becoming ap
parent from a perusal of exchanges, r or
many weeks there has been uncommon
activity in ranch and farm transfers.
Henry Chexem of Lane county, who Is a
propagandist of sorghum raising, is go
ing to try It again next year. In spite of
what drouth did to his enterprise last
year, and expects to make it a big
winner.
"Charles W. Vaughn, attempting to
reach Eugene from Bend by way of Mc
Kensie pass, was forced by deep snow to
back out and make the trip by train. He
thinks the pass is sealed for some time
to cpme. - !
From all over the varmint infested
counties the current reports, of coyote
and i other pelts turned in f or t bounty
always conclude with "and when sold
to the furriers a further substantial sum
was; realised." v
"The Portland clty council. observes
the I Eugene Register, - "has passed an
ordinance forbidding the display of red
or black flags, and any piratically in
clined vessels inJthe harbor on the lower
Willamette are hereby warned to keep
the Jolly Roger concealed."
Lockley
thought there was some mistake, and
that, the artillery would open up again ;
but when the topi sergeant told us iwe
could have fires all night if we wanted
to it seemed m.re a dream than a
reality. About thonly celebration was
the doughboys shooting up flares and
rockets. The sky looked ' like the front
line ; during the German counter attack.
"Since November I (we were then
near Sedan) we have hiked to the Mo
selle river through Lorraine and Lux
emburg and down tha Moselle to Cob
lens on the Rhine river, and from there
to- Ebernhahn, near Wlrges. I will en
close a Hst of the towns we stopped in
so you can follow our course. We stopped
a day and a night in Coblensand saw
most of the town, i Everything is high in
price and one needs a card for most
everything in the line or 'eats miiK,
meat, bread, butter and numerous arti
cles. Three of us had prune pie with a
pink glucose frosting ; it was only eight
marks. We had lunch in a neat little
restaurant. Our 1 menu was potatoes,
roast beef, string beans, carrots, bread.
jam; and coffee, j It cost nine marks for
the three of ua not bad, considering.
We ! spent the evening. In a swell beer
garden. There was a nine-piece orches
tra and they sure could play. 1 can't see
how saloons in this country make enough
to pay the janitor. It takes the people
alt evening to drink one glass of beer,
and it costs only 30 pfennigs about 6
cents.
"Every man you see lias been in the
army. The waiter in the cafe was in
the artillery. The bartender in the res
taurant was in the Infantry. Everyone
of them from 18 to 60 was in the army
fighting against us, and now we are
buying their junk. -Bui such Is war. I
think they treat us well morethrough
fear than love.
"We were near Sedan on November 8.
From there we went to Verdun. We
stayed two days in what was left of the
old barracks. We crossed the lines at
Etain, going through-Lorraine and Lux
emburg and stopping six days in Cas
tlngen. We crossed the Moselle on De
cember 1, staying, our first night on
German soil in Wawern. 9 The towns
from there on. In order, are: Cassel.
Treltinherm, Gesantansicht, Enkirch,
Breidel, Lelfsich, Mauhousen, Lay, Cob
lenz, and Ebernhahn." .
Hecbt.
"If the English will agree to this, our
plan then Includes the appointment by
England of a Zionist as governor general
of Judea. It Is more or less known araorg
Zionists that Justice Branaets is tne
most logical man now living for tha po
sition of governor general. Under him
there should be two subgovernors one a
Christian and the other a Moslem. Both
should be appointed by England. We also
Intend to have attorney generals for the
various provinces and mayors for the
various communities in Palestine. These
are to be elected by the people.
"After 25 years Judea may be in posi
tion to govern herself. As a totally in
dependent nation and a part .of an en
tente Including Armenia and Arabia,
Judea would be a powerful asset to the
western world not only as a producer of
culture and contributor to the world's
markets, but as a mllltarV barrier
against any power seeking to control the
Sues canal." . v
Ben Avis desire for a British over
lordship is Inspired by the fact that were
Palestine to proclaim a complete inde
pendence today and seek by popular vote
to elect its own ruler, the Moslem and
Christian peoples living there would out
number and outvote the Hebrew popular
tlon. The result would be a nation in
which the Jews were In the minority. By
England's recognition of Judea as a Jew
ish nation and giving Its Moslems and
Christians representation through sub
governor generals, ''the Zionists are con
fident that their dreams will be most
practically fulfilled.
ments and exploitation of weaker na
tions. It is because President Wilson
has openly championed this cause that
he has become the hope of the people
of Europe, who rely upon him to com
pel a democratic peace aand upon the
United States to ; support him in his
efforts. "1 . .... . 1
But the political LUiputlans, blinded
by the tog ot partisanship, are unable
to see events in their proper perspective
and , real significance,' decry everything
American, repudiate American leader
ship of world affairs and would betray
the cause of democracy to the reaction
aries for the sake of securing a mess
of political pottage in the coming resi
dential campaign a. thing vfiat looms
much larger to their myopic vision than
the peace of the world. :' "
Oldeti Oresron
Early t Northwest - Boatmen Covered
Every Navigable River.
While parts of the Columbia and Its
chief tributary, the Snake, were opened
to navigation by 180, no steamboat had
yet appeared on the stretch of navigable
water between Colvyie and the Arrow
lakes. Captain Lew White launched
the rForty-nlneMn November, 1885,- at
CblvlHe. In the following month , the
Forty-nine ascended, the Columbia 180
miles, nearly to the head of the lower
Arrow 'lake. Meeting floating ice, the
vessel returned. Early in 1888 a steam
er was built at the mouth of the Boise
'river for navigation of the upper Snake.
At the same time the Mary Moody was
constructed by Z. F. Moody on Pend
Oreille lake,' - . . ' '
Ragtag and Bobtail
Stories From Everywhere
Railroading Under DlffleulUrs
piIE first train from Powers this week
w Cttfne down yesterday morning,
Wednesday evening being the first time
it was considered prudent to run the
train up there, says tho Coqullle Senti
nel of a recent date, it wilt be remem
bered when that line was - built five
fr,1 years ago there Was a sliding
hill where everything sunk and It was
a long time before a stable track could
be secured. Indeed, during one period
of continuous rain since then the track
was chained to trees on the hillside to
keep it from creeping away.
John Doepllurk Trivate
Wh was it, picked front cItII life
And pi u nerd In deadly, frensied strife .
Against a tfertl'a dreadful aaiglut
Just piaia "Joha Qoe Buck Private." j
Who ..jnmned the counter for the 'trench.
And left fair shore lor all the stench
And mud. and death, and bloody drench T -your
simple, plain "Buck Private,"
wb" bM " were on the hos, I
With courage paler the Moody top
Who waa It made the Mun ewtne atopf
J. Doe (so tripes) Buck Private.
Who. underneath "his training tan r v
to. every yngle inch, a man?
And, bet ot all. Assertoant
"John Doe, Just plain Buck Private."
5i wn' did "well f '
vtno smiles so bland yet fights like bell
Who.Sen" " h "freedom bell t .
TWae oaly 'Doe Buck Private." :,
Who was H hinged and struck and tore
His bayooet deep Into Hun goreT
"". helped to win the war
John Doe (ne brains) j Buck Private.'
?'" heeding net the laurel pile
mends rondtatlj aside the while
John Doe (Uod's kind) Buck Private."
h.i ,,."'"-,k . . - j Allen It. Tbomnon,
8t Hj, Detch.. gjtt rHv., in HUn and Stride
Uncle Jeff Snow Says: -4.
T)l way pome feller gits awaf with
the Belgian babies' milk bottles in Port
land every oncet In a whllo is developln
Into a Infant Industry.
The News in Paragraphs
World Happenings Briefed for Benefit
Of Journal Headers .
i e.1,eo ?nf? Cuba have resumed dip
lomatic relations. i
Miss Margaret Wilson, daughter f
the president, is ill with Influenza at
Brussels, ,
1 Passports for negroes desiring to at
tend a. pan-African congress at Paris
have been denied by the state depart
ment. ,
v.?aSi0f my-ewned property in
the .Philippine islands have been com.
KOOOOOO. 8 nearly
Kxportatlons of butter, prohibited
duringjthe war. will be permitted under
an order Issued Saturday by the war
trade board. ; j
Mrs. Elizabeth p. Mitchell, who re
cently died in San Kranctwo, bequeathed
$50 000 to the different charitable insti
tutions of that city.
Retr Admiral Chidwlck, who was
chief of staff of Admiral Sampson dur
ing the American-Spanish war. is dead
at his home in New York.
A masked bandit entered the office of
Frank Cator, an insurance broker in
San Francisco, and compelled Cator to
hand over 180 In currency.
Passports to Europe for Mildred Mor
ris of Denver and Clara Wold of Port
land, militant suffragettes, have been
cancelled ;by the state department,
A report by General March shows
that approximately 10,000 men are
wnoiiy unaeeeunted ror nearly three
months after the ending of hostilities.
For failure to trade stolen silver for
ammunition, Jose Si gal a, a general In
Villa's command, was executed last
week a few miles south of presidio,
Texas. - . . .,
j NORTHWEST NOTES V
Klamath county In 1918 spent 113,107.70
for good roads.. - . ,
Eggs in Seattle last week dropped 32
cents -peri dozen and butter 20 cents
per pound. i
The big shingle mill at Kelso has
resumed operations with three shifts
of 7 H hours each. -.
January was the) wettest month ever
known in Astoria, The total precipita
tion was 19.34 inches.
The total county indebtedness of
Klamath county is now $132,24.7. The
total cash on hand is fl7s.7o6.7s.
i Approximately 40,000' out of 64,000
acres of the Lower Klamath lake marsh
lands have been drained for cultivation.
The fruit manufacturers payroll at
Salem, Including 1 the. manufacture of
fruit Juices, now amounts to 8417,000
annually. ' : - -
Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Diets of Aurora
have received word that both of their
sons, Edwin . and Jonas, were lost In
the world war.- -
Millers and grain men are looking
forward to another call by the govern
ment within tha next few days for bids
on export flour,
A. H. Colby, a former Portland busi
ness man. Is in a critical condition in
a Seattle hospital, as the result of the
amputation of his leg.
Thm annual report of the Wlnlock
Creamery company shows that In 191
the creamery manufactured over 100
tons of butter, with receipts 813,600 in
excess of the previous year. .
Principal Stay T. Smith of the Wood
land school at Ballard was attacked by
20 boys Saturday and badly injured.
The boys had been terrorizing the
schools for k vetk or more.
: FOREIGN
Australia Is considering an appropria
tion of 810.000,000 to place soldiers and
settlers on farms. .,
Ten billion francs have been ad
vanced to Belgium hy the United States,
Oreat Britain and France. .
Bolshevik forces In Northern Russia
are said to be using gas shells, sup
posedly supplied by Germans. ,
Many German officers are planning
to come to tho United States to evade
payment, of war taxes at home.
War rather than give up the German
merchant fleet to the allies Is the cry
of several German newspapers.
The American Red Cross has estab
lished a sled service between Archangel
and the outlying American posts.
rr Kiijhrf c 'RntahMrik retrBntatlva mt
Copenhagen, has been notified that his
further presence was not desired In
Denmark. . .
According to statements In the' Rus
sian press all parties are alarmed at re
ports that the allies will retire from
Siberia in the spring.
The Swiss . authorities have Issued
stringent regulations resrardlng the en
trance into Switzerland of Socialist dele
gates to the conference at Berne. I
V Keep Your War Savings
Stamps. Buy Some More
(Stories ot achievement In the eeeaaaale
tione of War eatings 8 U saps sent Jo The
Journal aad acceptable for publics tlurj will
be awarded a Thrift Sttfan.1
Do not, except In the event of ex
treme necessity, . "cash In" on your
War Savings Stamps. The more
"baby bonds' that are turned in the
more Victory bonds Uncle Sam will
have to sell.'---'.' ' .-'
Jay Cook used to say "the easiest
way to get money is to save IL" And
ha was no "Jay."
Buy War Savings Stamps and help
bring the rest of the boys back from
Franca. " '
i ;" ""' safaeaaeaTaTsTSBBBTsa)
Thrift Stamps and 1918 War Sav
ings Stamps now orr sila at usual
agencies.- r . -