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THE - OREGON DAILY JQ C JACKSON. Pubiiaixr rabUahed erery Oar. e'ternoon ana ---v cpt HuxUrtttcnMonl, t The Jotunal Bail- Inc. Broadway and Xsmliill street, o-Uasd, fMm . . - - - ' Enured at the po.tffiM at Portland. Oroi, . for tnnmoilai Uuougs to "mOIs, second ' clw matter. - - t ' TELEPHONES -Ktn 71T8S Hoa, A-60B1. . . . . . i a . b , All orperueenis to operator whet apartmnt yea want. rOKEIUN ADVEBT1SINO BE P "iiSF'to -.L'.i 5 CS2 Mfth me. W Yorkj M Mailers ttUUdSOS, r UHICSSO. ; Bubecrlptton terms by mail to Oregon and Wash- iniftion! " ""N - J'-- lAILI,MORNINO OB AFTERNOON) OM w.'.IMO I On Month;....! .80 ... ,. . - 8CNDAT ' r)aa veer . ; .' .82.50 f On month..... $ .25 : BTJNDAI . . One rear 87.0 I On month.... .8 .S "And how ahall tha soul of a man Bo larger than the life ha baa lived t' -fcdaax Low Masters. TO KILL THE LEAGUE i F THE constitution of the league 'is embodied in the peace treaty, there will be no peace treaty because the sen- atc will not consent o It," was the i sweeping declaration yesterday of Senator Poindexjer. The statement was made along with the announcement that couriers i are being sent to Europe by oppo nents with senate propaganda against -the League of Nations to be spread If broadcast in Europe and to gather : there and bring back material hostile to the league constitution. H Why the courier plan? Europe is full of American correspondents of the three great news associations, it : is full of special correspondents of American newspapers. 'Then never was a greater array of correspond ents in Europe gathering and send ing to America everything known that can be printed about the League . of Nations and the sentiment in Eu rope regarding it, whether favorable or hostile ; In the same way, every availablej fact m America regarding tne league is being sent by the news associa tions and spe-j' 1 correspondents to i Europe for publication there. The Knox speeches, the Lodge spetches and all other senatorial speecns Kos , tile to the league have been printed in Paris newspapers, most of them in full.' '" ' There can be but one conclusion: The American opponents of the " league are not satisfied with the im partial reports from both sides of , the water. They do not want the uncolored news carried by the press associations. They want their own , : special brand of news, colored news, "niide" news, any kind of news '.to defeat theLeairue of Nations. Can an other inference be drawn? - This belief tr.at defeat of the league "is the ultimate object is confirmed by I Poindexter's statement that the peace treaty itself will be rejected by the senate if the league constitution is . made a part of it. - : Thns.-MT-. Poindexter insists, make peace first and frame the. league t afterward ; delay formation of th league until the psychological mo ment passes and the plan for it will i perish. - Every circumstance, every argu ment, every new move by the senate group " leads directly to one conclu sision ,and that is that all this agi tation is a steallhy plan to kill the league idea and keep the way clear for other wars. : f, 4. The 'senate cabal against the League of Nations, and In favor of war and imperialism, is said to have sent couriers to Europe to give a true account of United States feel ing about the league.- Naturally they jearry. in their portfolios full returns from ' the Oregon plebiscite and the election in the twenty-second Penn sylvania congressional district. . LEGISLATIVE INTELLIGENCE THE last legislature showed busi ness intelligence in the enact ment, of three or four statutes giving to the state highway commission ani the boards of re gents of . the educational institutions power to junk worn out equipment and use the 'money secured from such; sales for replacements. I In former yearsv the hands of ad ministrative boards v have been tied by the Jaw so -far as the power to sell wornout materials or equipment was concerned. .Appropriations were made for Specific purposes and placed in particular funds. The balances unexpended, if any, reverted to the general fund." If the . asylum raised more "- poW toes than it - needed for its own use, and -the -surplus were sold to another institution or: in the general market the receipts went into -the general 'fund, .and tha - producing institution lost the 'benefit of the transaction. M any equipment became useless by far.ttiw was soiu, me general i una got the. money- and,-the' institution lost. it. ... - --' - - ' The last legislature has provided, however, ' that' in i uch instances ; -j V i 1 1 ' 1 : money derived from the sale of useless equipment shall : be placed to i the credit of the institution. It is a step towards sound f business ad ministration i and puts the ' admlnis trative beads of the highway com mission ? and the educational institu tions in position to do exactly: what any careful business man or firm would do. in the economical conduct of i private business. I With the safe guarding provision, thrown about the law by the legislature tte new, act ought to. result in a good deal ;M salvage av the ! years go on where in the past there has been no great incentive for officials to exercise business economy in the disposition of antedated property. OCEAN TO OCEAN . A NATIONAL highway from Port land, Maine, to Portland, Ore gon, is proposed.' , Its proponents are New York ers, and their thought is to make it a memorial to the brave young men who fell in France. In every city through which ' it passes along the route, there , would - be . varied and original monuments, such as the local population would see fit io erect. It 4s a noble conception. A great h'ghway of peace over which the miljions would pass through all time, would be -a highly fitting memorial to thofee who fell in a war that was fought in the hope of realizing per manent peace. We have a Lincoln highway. It s associated in thought with' the great emancipator . and his work. - When we joyraey over it we are inevitably reminded of his majestic :haraeter, his Christian ,er-rlt, his 'noble im pulses. Thii Lincoln highway is a bid to us to emulate his example and, as far as possible, to live as he lived. There could be no memorial more enduring, more appropriate and more effective in emphasizing the glorious achievements of tho&e who fell In France than a great ocean-tonjcean highway, belting the -ontinent and carrying to those 'Iwho pass over it the reminder of trie cause in which they gave all that can be given. T. Sugimura, Japanese consul. comes to Portland filled with inter est in creating trade relations be tween this city and his country. In a highly intelligent address at a luncheon given by him to Portlanders yesterday, he was enthusiastic in his expressions of such a desire and pur pose. The Portland business world will find la him an asset to help establish long desired steamship-con nections with the Far East. SHUN THE TRAFFICKERS IT IS a patriotic duty to continue to hold Liberty bonds wherever it is not absolutely necessary to dis pose of them," says Director Gen eral Hines of the railroad adminis tration in a statement to all railroad officials and employes. He adds: " Employes should look with suspicion upon the motive of any person who endeavors to persuade employes to ex change their bonds for securities of other character, because the purpose of all such offers Is to put these bonds upon the market, although this is distinctly contrary to the interests of the government, or to persuade em ployes to give up a perfectly good bond for some security of far less value. Mr. Hines calls attention to the daily quotations of bonds and says local banks will handle the bonds for a small fee, representing actual cost, and that the holders should in all cases collect the accrued interest. "The proceeds should therefore equal the market price of the bond as listed in stock exchange sales, plus the Interest due on the undet ached coupon, less the fee charged," he ex plains. Liberty bonds were made sacred by American boys who perished in France. They are scaled with the blood of young men who fell fight ing to make the world safe for democ racy and liberty. A Liberty bond is symbol of the faith and the struggle of the Ameri-J can people in resisting kaiserism, and for the sake of those maimed and slain in the great cause, yie Ameri can people mjr well frown down the speculators and profiteers who would coin dividends through a greedy traffic in : the securities. Hold your bonds if you can, but if you must sell, make the sale on a legitimate market through legitimate Institutions. "I do not know that the League of Nations will solve all, but it is the best thing that has been pro posed" was. in effect, the statement of Bishop Sumner at the luncheon given by the Japanese consul yester day. That is the thought that must be in the minds of all poised men. The league might not do all that is hoped for. Uut why reject it for that? VERY CAUTIOUS THE other day Joseph Schlossberg, secretary of the garment work ers union, was detained on his way from New York to Toronto by "the Canadian immigration author ities and deported back into the United States. The charge against him was the possession of "sedi tious literature." He had with him ; coptes of the Public, Nation, New Republic, Sur vey J and a Boston religious daily of wide circulation i and great reputa tion. He also had a. booi by Fred erick a Howe entitled ; "The Only Possible Peace." JMr. Howe Is United States T immigration commissioner at the port of New , York. ; The "episode evidences ' a mood widely 'Prevalent in men's minds. There IS a distrust in all lands. The thought of the world was" upset by discovery of . the widespread use of German . propaganda. Nations wero Invaded ; by secret German agents whose business was to undermine national morale 'and create sentiment to suit; the purposes of the kaiser. That activity left distrust and ap prehension in Its wake. In the midst of the mental mood so created, radi calism,' a product, of the disappoint ments and injustices of government, is now -busied throughout the world with- revolutionary propaganda. The consequence is that perfectly inno cent discussions of public questions are met at the border line of nations and forbidden" entrance as seditious and revolutionary. ; s It was " fortunate that the Declara tion of ; Independence with, " its "all men created equal" and the "consent of the governed" was not proposed with the world in its present mood. SIGNIFICANT OFFERS THERE were two sfgnificant ad vertisements in Saturday's Jour nal. They afford something to think about. ' In one, the "Phez" company of fered to -contract with growers for a period ef years for the output from lpOO acres of strawberries, 1000 acres of raspberries, 1000 acres of logan berries and for large quantities: of other small fruits. The prices offered arc high. ""' The Wittenberg-King company offers to contract, for a period of years for the output from 1000 acres each of loganberries, peas and string beans, 500 acres each of strawberries, rasp berries and blackberries, 2000 tons each of prunes and potatoes, 500 tons each of peaches, apricots, Bing cherries and' tomatoes, and for large quantities of other fruits and vege tables. Note the ' confidence w'th which these two companies look upon their ability to market Oregon vegetables and berries. ; Both have expended large sums in advertising their prod ucts nationally, the outlay of one being placed at $400,000. This faith in the demand for ber ries and other farm output is the faith of business men who under stand what they are doing. They see the possibility of millions of people relying on Oregon berry and vege table growers for "Loju," "Phez," jams and dehydrated berries, fruits and vegetables.! Contemplating the offers, one can see many, parts of the Willamette valley and other sections a succes sion of small farms producing inten sively, rows of beautiful vines, jiest ling farm homes, a paradise of verd ure and thrift. Corbett the retired prize-fighter lays down six rules for keeping young. . Three of them are expressed by the one word "exercise." The other three are "feel young, don't worry, don't overeat." Six good rules, particularly the last. Most people eat too much except working men, and i-.any of them eat too little. The working man. dwarfed and de formed by meagre and innutritious diet, is a common spectacle, almost as common as the man of leisure fattened by gluttony. AS BANDIT CAPTIVE THE experiences of George Kyle, former Portlander, with Chinese bandits form a narrative as thril ling as any that have come out of the Orient. . Sliding down the side of a cliff in the dark with bullets whistling threat of death and bandits at the bottom; Under constant threat of murder if he coughed, sneezed or spoke above a whisper; paraded before Chinese villagers at the point of a gun, or prodded with bayonets; Witness of cold blooded murders with the thought that he stood an excellent chance of becoming the next victim ;k . - These are a part of the blood curdling experiences through. ., which he passed during 42 days as a cap tive of Chinese banditti. Similar accbunts-nsed to come out of the mountains of Southeastern Europe, where the habit of capturing travelers and holding them for a ransom was widely practised. Even In America we have the mystery , of the lost Charley Ross, who was stolen for the purpose of exacting ransom. But few tales from real life in point of romance so completely match the wildest laid plots of fiction as Mr. Kyle's apprehensive days and. nights in the hands of barbarians in the wilds of China. ' LAND IN SIGHT 1THIN the city of London there are 8103 acres of land taxed as agricultural at ) the rate of $1.60 an acre. Glasgow contains an estate valued by the owners at $150,000 upon which the -tax is $150, cr one mill on the dollar. Portland used to enjoy the blessing of wide-extended farms within the city limits and still does. But the farms have been built over at least in part The tracts remaining vacant are assessed en a different - basis from those in Glasgow and London." The British are asking, "Why so much &tew and worry over allot ments of land for soldiers when these large tracts lie unused even in the cit'es?" to say nothing of ? other unused tracts in the rural districts. Americans will be asking the same question as soon as they really set their wits to work upon the problem of farms for the soldiers, that -is for th ones who want farms. Some of them may prefer other jobs. If they do they should be accommodated. W JOURNAll VOTE IN NEW YORIC (The fo&owtnc article appeared a special cor rcapondeiiee from Portland ia tb New Tork Evening Poet It' ia iUuUatiTe of tha atten tion the ererwhelaaios aentaraent for the Leatcoe of Nation aa expressed ia Tha Journal plebiscite is attracting thipushont the country. 1 Portland. Or, March 4.-To determine popular sentiment concerning the League of Nations, a plan ia being employed by the Oregon Journal, -which Is suggested to other states as a more trustworthy method, than guessing at a community's opinions from conversations overheard in public places. The paper is submitting the league covenant to a referendum in Oregon, and to make the results of the voting truly expressive of the people's wilt urges that the question be debated In every schoolhouse on both sides. The thousands upon thousands of men and women who contributed; to the winning of the war would be glad also to lend their support of the lecgue, but nave scant opportunity, while persons of great influence are very capably fighting ft. The Journal points out that men in ZJgh positions whose speeches opposing the league are widely published have an un fair advantage over the private citizen, whose most ardent beliefs are not likely to make themselvts felt beyond his do mestic circle. The ballot Is Intended as a weapon for the otherwise Inarticulate. I The people rule but not unless tuey take the trouble to make their wishes known, and the paper believes that at this time, "when the most stupendous issue affecting the welfare of mankind is hanging In the balance, when the great question is presented of organizing the world to prevent war, when thousands of boys are coming home from a foreign conflict crippled for life, and other thou sands not coming home at all, it would seem to' be not cly the duty but the privilege of every one of voting age to fill out a ballot." - The returns of the referendum on the first day, March 1, showed 302 for the league am' nine against. "The ballot of the world is being cast for the future of humanity." Portland's citizens told the rest of the state, and on March 3 the count shoved 1022 for and only 15 against the League of Nations. On March 4 the vote stood 2226 for and 26 ageinst. An interesting fact in connection with the voting was that while many sent let ters voicing their reasons' for approval along with their affirmative votes, not one opponent explained why he or she was on the negative side. ; "I am a Re publican, and have never voted for Presi dent Wilson," wrote one man. "Never theless, I am with him body and soul in his effort to form a League of Na tions, even if it should not prove perfect from the start. Have the 48 states of the Union, though combined into a fed eration, lost their rights? I am sure that if the people should be asked to vote on a league, Poindexter & Co. could easily count their own votes." Many have written to The Journal that one voting coupon printed daily is not enough, and two coupons now appear, in order to facilitate the "family vote." The favorable votes came in thickest on the day that the 37 senators made their joint protest. Letters From the People ( Communication sent to The Journal for pub lication in this department should be written on only one aido of the paper, should not exceed 300 words in length and must be signed by the writer, whose mail address in full must accom pany the contribution. ) States Case of Single Tax Portland, March 10. To the Editor of The Journal I beg space to present the argument of the single tax and its claims, in as few vords as possible. I know of nothing better than the official statement which appeared in the Cali fornia state pamphlet last fall. Had this measure carried, reconstruction In California would now lead the world. The statement follows : "This is a people's war measure. t will open California's 20,000,000 idle farming acres, mines and oil wells to immediate food production to home builders who would go on the land that no one else was using and prevent the crowding of the labor market at the end of the war, millions of soldiers finding homesites, farms, or jobs at good pay awaiting their .victorious home-coming. It will remove what President Wflson named the economic barriers' that keep labor and industry from access to natural opportunities, and make 'self determination possible between man and man. ; It will take profit out of land monopoly and end speculation in the source of food. Land and natural re sources are for use. This measure will prevent gambling in. them and make it impossible for anyone to keep intending users from going on unused land. It will cut up vast estates and cure 'the curse of -California its 20,000,000-Tslack-er acres and attract millions of set tlers to land at prices that can be paid out of crops grown, or from savings from land rent now paid to landlords. This It will do in a natural way, vith out the least confusion to anything but speculative values. Land value is now separately assessed, and the complete official' and technical machinery there fore is already in successful operation. It will merely abolish the absurd, cost ly, and unsatisfactory taxation complex ities complained of by every home own er and business man, and criticised by the state tax commission. "It is claimed that single tax will un tax money, credits, bonds and accumu lated wealth. - Then why do the holders of these so bitterly oppose it in spite of its great necessity as a war measure? All wealth (money, bonds, securities) must first come out .of land, and the reason that these are now in the hands of about 3 per cent of the population Is that they own 90 per cent of the land values of California. The single tax is on , land values and ' will fall upon those who hold that value on the 3 per cent.- ' - ' "It is said that public service corpora tions now pay the state tax, which, under single tax, will fall back on the people. The truth is that corporations merely collect the tax (plus a good cora misson) from the people. Single tax wjll stop this Indirect tax-fitrmine and nut all taxes on the. fair, open basis of those paying wno take, in exact proportion to value of their holdings, while farmers, homeowners, laboring and business men will be untaxed on everything but the very small land values held by them- "Single tax Is the basic step in the social reconstruction which dbegan when the railroads passed from Hvate profit to public service. It will put landhold- D O YCU FAVOR A LEAGUE OF NATIONS President Wil. , aT ' - W f sVeVsa. QUV m. - son and. Former President Taft are working for? Enclose fbb eovpoa fo as envetor ad dreaaed to "Leasua ot Nations' tlitor. Care Tba Journal. Portland. Oitsoa." : r brin it to The Jomrnal badness office and drop tt in the ballot boa. : Only . persona of ' sotins ass shoaM end in ballot. . . ; - ihg on the same high plane. It is only speculation and . monopoly ' Interests' that fear and oppose - the Justice and harmony of the single tax. -' ' i-'--""-V J -B. HERMANN. HeAdoO u War financier Portland, March! SvTo the Editor of The Journal The American people are prone to criticize both themselves as a nation and each other as Individuals. -This may be a good thing to prevent us from becoming too conceited. The criticism should never go beyond the truth much less descend Into the slanderous muck raking as has recently been done by some senators and congressmen, who in a short time will be ashamed of their ut terances. -;: -' During the first Liberty, loan drive there was bitter criticism in congress of the methods employed by Secretary of the Treasury McAdob, who In his usual forceful and eloquent language was stir ring the country to its very depths and bringing to the surface slacker dollars that had been in hiding since the war began. Over in Canada the work of Sec retary McAdoo Is not only appreciated but praised. On March 4 Sir - Sam Hughes, in the house of commons In Ot tawa, bitterly arraigned the Inefficient and extravagant methods which had been employed in floating the Canadian war loans, Sir Sam stated that In Can ada IS on each 9100 raised for the war had gone to a broker or speculator and that the people of Canada have been robbed of this amount. Sir Sam chal lenged the history of finance to show anywhere outside of the Balkan states or South -America such a tremendous payment of the people for an Investment, and he contrasted the cost of the three Canadian loans, amounting to only $275,000,000. which cost Canada upward of 311,000,000 for the investment, and the total Liberty loan drives of the United States under the direeUon of Secretary McAdoo, which totaled $16,974,330,000, at a cost of only $25,322,775, or 15 cents per $100 in the United States compared with $8 per $100 in Canada. We are now too close to tjie scene to get the proper perspective, but as time goes on, and it will not be long. Secre tary McAdoo will loom up as one-of the greatest men produced by the greatest war in all history, and one whose finan cial genius more than ence saved the day for the allies and steered our own finan cial ship of state safely through the tortuous and treacherous channel be tween the Scylla of inflation and the Charybdis of Industrial chaos. C. M. MULLEN. The League and the .Babai Movement Portland, March 14. To the Editor of The Journal There is a homely old ex pression, current in New England, that "life has no bargain counters." AH progress. Individual and collective, comes only as a result of and in proportion to effort and. self sacrifice. Poets and dreamers have seen the vision of things as they ought to be, from time Immemo rial ; but these ideals become actualized only as people strive for their reaiiza tion, work for that realization, and die for it. The dream of a League of Nations is recorded in the literature of all ages. It is the vision of a world at peace and unified. The world Is, in a degree, a unit, physically and intellectually. No nation can remain an independent. Iso lated unit. It remains for all sections of the earth which are already somewhat homogeneous to become spiritually united by the bonds of common ideals. to be made into a union of nations hav ing a tribunal that will insure the main tenance of peace. , Has humanity paid the price for this high and great development? Certainly the millions of soldiers wh lie buried on the battlefields of Europe have made an unmeasurable sacrifice for these ideals. And It has been paid for in a way that Is not so well known as Is the labor of the armies. It was for the estab lishment of the "Most Great Peace' through such a court of arbitration out wardly, and the renewal of spiritual life inwardly, that Baha'o'llah spent over 40 years in prison and exile. Over 40, 000 of his followers have been killed for their allegiance to these principles of Baha'o'llah, namely, "the oneness of the world of humanity, the necessity of the independent investigation of truth, the oneness of the foundations of all relig ions, that religion must be the cause of unity among mankind, that religion must be in accord with science and reason, , the equality of men and women, the abandonment of racial, religious and political prejudice, the paramount im portance of establishing peace, the ne cessity of universal education, the solu tion of the economic problem, the estab lishment of a universal language, and the formation of an international tri bunal." Baha'o'llah actively expounded these principles during many years, writing letters to all rulers repeatedly, and attracting many followers to them through his unique spiritual power. The rulers of both Persia and Turkey arse to exterminate him and his movement, but unsuccessfully. PORTLAND BAHAI ASSEMBLY. dther Side or Picture Portland, March 14. To the Editor of The Journal Being a kfnd of "clinging vine" and feeling that I have all; my rights and many'blessings, I do not often burst into print or ask papers to print things, but I ask you to help me set up a howl about this time saving law which wishes upon the real "she women" of the nation v the hardships of war time, which our return to peace should not necessitate. It was my impression that the matter had been attended to by the second and third sexes, and I had not taken proper interest in it. I vrant to tell you that I believe If the women who have been heckling the ' president and howling for more unneeded rights had been busy about this matter they would have been really getting- somewhere. Just at a season when I had planned to send this old bathrobe to the cleaners and take in its place a more becoming attire for the early hours of the morning. I find that I shall have to keep on wearing it when I visit the sleeping furnace in the cellar to coax It into cooperation In making for my family the comforts which these chilly mornings demand. I know that this time saving thing will draw from me language and expressions not to be used by a lady even to a furnace at 5 a. rn. The men who made that law will tell you that they rise at about 10 a. m. or later, and what do they care if It brings wrinkles and faded looks to women not their wives. Other men's wives don't matter. Their Jazs about the ; men working the garden in the extra hour in the evening is all rot. My husband comes in tired and has his dinner in great comfort, after which he seeks his quiet nook for "adults only and takes his good . two hours sleep. The man who was In the trenches worked the gar den thla' year for -. so-much-per-hour. (Yes, or Ho'. (Sign your name here) - Address COMMENT AND 7 - SMALL CHANGS .i i 4 ; y Hani Hail! ' ; .Even spats areall right In their place. Child orators should be seen and not heard. r --r, ,z -.--'r-. Now that thenar is over let us have peace. . - 'r- There's a little Sit of Bolshevik la every regular fellow. , A pessimist Is a man who never ex pects to own an automobile. . "Communists Talk Peace Overthrow, says a headline. But not the "coly Umists. Reading of a muslc' teacher who charges $4 an hour for voice cultivation, convinces us that silence is golden for those who are not her pupils. New Tork state bean growers have organised. The next thing is for them to arrive at some satisfactory working arrangement with the pork packers. , Is there any objection to a woman spending for her Easter outfit whatever sums of money she may have saved by denying herself bon bons and other entertainment during the Lenten season? JOURNAL MAN AT HOME By Fred I AH patriots will be delighted to read ttia story, which is of a German spy who cot what was intended for him, and after ha was dead was abown up for what ha was aad hia rfov eminent foe what it was though, to be sure, no thins aaueb seemed to come of the knowl edge. j "Efficient as the Germans considered their espionage system; it fell down moatj uunonuiDiT &i limes, saia ULptain w . S. Jameson of the British merchant ma rine to me. one day last fall. "Some years before the Germans were ready for starting the war I met a well-to-do Ger man in Brazil. He had been an officer in the German army but had moved to Brazil, where he had apparently pros pered, for he had unlimited money and spent it freely. He was suave, polished and intelligent to a high degree. There was no real reason why I should distrust him, for be never did anything Z could lay my hands on, but to me he was like the odor of a snake repellant and of fensive. Under his genial air there al ways seemed to' lurk a veiled hostility, a carefully concealed contempt, "I saw him of and on during numer ous trips to Brazil. He had married the daughter of one of the leading officials of Brazil. They had three children. He had lived in Brazil 14 years, when he wasfound dead In his home. He had been shot through the head. Evidence pointed to his wife. When accused of the murder, she confessed. She said she had lived in hell for years and was will ing to die for the satisfaction of wiping the sneering sarcastic smile once and for all from his evil face. She said she could have stood his Immorality with other women and his neglect of her, but she could . no longer stand his superior airs, his hitter tongue and his studied cruelty. The' Brazilian law requires that in cases of violent death the room in which the dead body is found shall be sealed by the authorities for official in vestigation. The German consul de manded the custody of his effects. This demand was refused. He threatened-International complications unless he was allowed access to the dead man's room to secure certain documents belonging to the Imperial German government. This demand was also refused. "When the Brazilian officials exam ined his effects they found a list of Bra zilian army officers and civil officials who were receiving monthly remittances from him for secret information. They found he was receiving regular reports from the captains of all German ships visiting Brazilian ports. The carbon copies of his correspondence with the imperial German government contained more complete and . detailed knowledge of the Brazilian army, navy,- harbors, commerce and political situation than was possessed by the Brazilian govern ment itself." Do you know the most famous ship of the war? Personally, I think It was the Lusitania, for that, though a shat tered wreck at the bottom of the sea, was the ship that took over 2,000.000 Americans to fight in a foreign land and would have taken millions more if the Germans hadn't surrendered uncon ditionally. Aside from the Lusitania. probably the most - talked of, most searched for and most famous ship of the war was the Ooeben. j When the Germans:, sent her through the Darda nelles at the beginning of the war to form, with the Breslau, the Turkish high seas fleet, then and there Turkey swung into line on the side of Germany. A JOURNALISM MEETS DIPLOMACY By Harry Paris. The newspaper men form a semicircle and the members of the peace commission come through the double doors that lead to their suite. Lansing comes first, then White, then General Bliss. Just now Colonel House is ill a touch of grip. "Looking at these men you recall the remark of a certain em pirebuilder of the nineteenth century since discredited i. "The world does not trust its most Important affarlrs to young men." All these men axe gray. Mr. Lansing is the spokesman. His hair is white, but bis eyebrows are black. His complexion radiates good health. He Is a handsome man. He has a great deal of poise and assurance. The news paper men are primed with questions. "Mr. Lansing, the Matin says that the United States" Mr. Lansing smiles. "The matter has not come to the attention of our govern ment," Is his reply. - "Is it true that?" begins a long ques tion, a reply o which might settle the political conduct of half a dozen nations at once. Mr. Lansing does not lose any of his suavity. "I haven't heard of It," he says. "What do you think about it?" per sists his interrogator. Mr. Lansing is as polite as ever. "Not My' husband should worry about the garden! He makes the living and it Is up to me to see to the other side of the matter and I do it- Well, while he is with Little Nemo X can wash the dishes and wash the kids and put them hap pily to bed, and then to keep my kitchen police Job, I can restore my ruins and transform myself Into a Pauline Freder ick before he wakes up at p. m. to begin the day all over again.; You know, if a man's wife . is not attractive there are others. Any divorce court Judge can tell Ton about that. I non't get to. bed any hour earlier, but. I set up an hour ai-u. and I am kicking: a loud kick against having my alarm clock trans rnrmMf into av busybody at i a m.. at a time "When even such an old reprobate as Julius (Jaesar cauea it o ciock. xei us .rise and kick this yoke off now that th. war l vr and men have come back from the trenches to work the gardens. CLINGING VINE. - No Moro, March 12, To the Editor of The Journal In case a man has a ward, or one he has been supporting, and dying without making a written disposition .of his property, although Just prior to his death had made the statement to three or more parties that his property was to go to his ward and on his deathbed bad NEWS IN BRIEF , OREGON SIDELIGHTS - ; v Crop prospects are especially promis ing in the region beyond Athena, accord ing to J. N. Scott. There is no sign of any damage-trom freesing. There ' are rumors going the rounds that Brownsville is to have a brass band. Sixteen local musicians have already sig nified thei willingness to organize a band. - . - . . ' Owing to the. continued wet weather all spring Lane county fruit growers have been unable to do but little spray ing and pruning, according to C. E. Stewart, county fruit Inspector..,: ; . .W.-tA. Barnes" lost his bay driving horse. Paddy, Tuesday evening, In a singular manner, says the Weston Leader. While running down hill in the pasture the animal fell and broke its neck.. Austin Culp ana 'Turk' Irving opened the- fishing season last Sunday by put ting in the day on the Deschutes in Imi tation of Isaac Walton. The day was very - mild and the boys had fine luck, each- bringing home a fine string of beauties of large sise. This Is the first effort of the season as far as reported, says the Madras Pioneer. - LocUey British war correspondent gives a most interesting account of what befell this ship' of notorious history. . The Goeben though' she is now called the Yous, be ing same after Sultan Sellm the Grim lies In -ar wooded bay on" the Bosphorus, with a Turkish crew in command of Ad miral Arlr Pasha' aboard. This cor respondent writes: , With a British naval captain and a major general I went to visit her. It was, the first time British officers set foot on her decks. There have been so mny accounts of the condition of the Goeben that it was extremely interest ing to see It for oneself. What has chiefly damaged the snip are the mines by which she was hit. There were five, two in the Black sea early In the war, and three during her sortie and attack on the British monitors outside the Dar danelles last spring. In each case the outer hull of the ship was blown -in, but the inner bulkheads held, and, thanks to the excellent construction of the ves sel and the multitude of her watertight compartments, the damage was localized to the opening of gaps in her outer hull and the - flooding of compartments around them. . We went down into the stokeholds to see the bent Inner bulkheads. The Ger mans had great confidence In the resist ance of their materials. The curving plates of steel are not even supported by timber baulks against the pressure of the water beyond them. The effect of the puncture of her outes hull is, how ever, to reduce the speed of the Goeben probably to IS knots, so that as a fight ing unit she has lost a great deal of her value. When the Germans left her on November 3, they took all the plans of the ship and her engines, so that the Turkish crew on board can only find out the details of her mechanism by actual inspection. The Germans carried off, too, all the fire control and other scien tific instruments, so as to make the ship useless for as long. as possible. From Turkish officers on board I heard the story of the Ooeben's famous sortie from the Dardanelles, when she sank the Raglan and another monitor. The Germans alone knew the aim of the raid, but the Turks think it was a sortie without objective. The Goeben hit three of our mines outside, but still remained manageable. She went ashore. they say, in the Narrows because the German navigating officer neglected the advice of the Turkish pilot who steered him out of the straits. The German nav igator mistook the nosition of some buoys and stranded his ship. During the six days she was aground the Goeben was raided day and night by British aircraft.- Her own guns were her best defense.- Two British bombs struck the ship, one on the side by one of the tor pedo net booms, the other at the base or the after runnel, which H holed. Neither did material damage. The only bombs we had available at that time were too small. When the Goeben was got eff she had hundreds of tons of water inside her, but made Constantino ple under her own power at 18 knots. Even since thfs damage was done to her and after the later holes in her hull had -only been patched up by means of a correraam in sterna oa-y. wnere sne now lies, the Goeben has been several times to Sebastopol and back. Practi cally the whole of what Is left of the Turkish fleet lies. In thw Stenla bay, They lost three biff ships during a week. One was mined near Odessa and the two others were torpedoed by British submarines In the Sea of Marmora and the Dardanelles. The Goeben and Bres lau were officially known as the Turk ish "high seas fleet" ; the rest were the coast defense fleet. " The German crew left the Goeben on Sunday, November 3, in the steamer Cracovado. for Odessa. V-w ' And so there she lies at last' among the lovely wooiea mils or this beautiful Bosphorus, harmless and . captive, the great ship round which much history in this part of the world war revolved. .Hansen. having heard of it, I could not. of course. comment on it," be says firmly. ' V There are the usual blanket questions meant to draw out the commission and to establish 'what would happen if cer tain conditions obtained. Mr. Lansing listens patiently.. Perhaps Mr, White, who has been carefully studying the car pet, adds a few abrupt sentences while he fingers the heavy links of his watch chain. At times Mr. Lansing talks more freely, discussing the work of the com mission and the ' American committee and Ideas on certain contested points for the guidance of the newspaper men. But he appears the soul f discretion: lie never makes a radical statement He will never set America aflame with a message that takes a headline eight columns wide across the front page. He Is the polite, kindly head of the Ameri can department of state, always sure of his ground, exact In his statements, care ful in his comment. He Is -as much an embodiment of the painstaking, guarded type of statesman as any nurtured on the European continent. He is the man who cast Into irreproachable legal form those notes signed ; ; "Lansing." that proved so unwelcome to certain cold, domineering men on the Wilhelmstrssee. whose politics he confounded and whose acts he will help judge. (Copyright, 1919, by Chicago Daily News Co.) made the same statements, would his ward be able to get possession of the property? 4 . a READER. " '! ' Not Repealed v" Portland March 14v To the Editor of The Journal It was my impression that congress did not pass the bill covering the "daylight saving" plan for I91J, but your paper says It will go -into effect March 30. Kindly state through your paper your authority for your state ment. , SUBSCRIBER. Olden Oregon Early Beginnings of Pacific University of Forest Grove t The Congregational ists 1 and Presby terians in a conference at Oregon City In 188 decided to found an academy at Forest Grove. The orpnan school , of Mrs, Tabitha Brown, opened the year before, was taken as a nucleus for the new Institution of learning. In 1849 the academy was Incorporated under a spe cial act of the territorial legislature as Tualatin academy. In 1854 . the legis lature chartered the school under the name of Pacific university. The univer sity held its first commencement In 1863, graduating but one student, Harvey W, Scott. , Ragtag and Bobtail Stories From Everywhere. Reading Gas Symptoms A GERMAN officer, taken captive, com plained, says the Philadelphia f Ledger, that nothing could stop the Americans. They were not afraid of the shells, they defied the Tame pro jectors, they advanced through fusil lades of the machine guns of 280 to 300 bullets a minute. "How about the gas?" some one said to the German. . - "Gas?" replied the captive Hun. "It was no use- to turn on the gas. It merely blacltened their faces and friz zled their hair, and they came on Just the same.", . Those Life Chauffrretlcs Tea, Woman in purau ranee Of a persevering plan -Has taken it upon beraelf To lift her fellow man I She's tried It with the rolling pta, She's tried it with her prayer,, : - She a tried to hare the ballot-boa ' To better hie affairs i But now this eomplea problem Need neer tlx her more, , --: For she mna the elevator In a big department store! - Cartoons Magazine, .'nct Jeff Snow Says: There's some that wants a League ot Nations 'cause Wilson does, and there's some agin It fer that very reason. Then, agin, there's some that aHon't see no use in fightin' and killin' folks off Jiat to ' set down to a table after a while and . argufy It out. They have an Idee some way had orter be tried of argufyln It out first, and then incarceratln the fellers that wanted to settle It like the Germans-done.. i The News in Paragraphs World Happenings Briefed for Benefit of Journal Readers GENERAL Constance Crawley, "noted English actress, died at Los Angeles Monday In her thirty-ninth year. - Miss Bessie Rosenberg of San Fran cisco met death by drowning Sunday In Lake Merritt In Oakland. The volcano of Calbuco, on the coast Of Chile, is in eruption and people nearby are fleeing from their homos. Mrs. Eva Murray is reported dying" in Chicago of a gunshot wound inflicted by a woman dressed In man's clothing. " The Colorado legislature-- has adopted a resolution asking the peace conference to grant Ireland the right of self-determination. . , Major General Sir Frederick Maurice, director of military operations of the British general staff from 1915 to 1918, has arrived In New York. The war department is offering for saia at. Philadalnhia. about fit) fiilO 000 the surplus stocks held by. the govern ment. A warrant has been issued at Long Beach, N. Y., for" the arrest ot Dr. Walker H. Wilklns, charging him with murder of his wife "at their home there -on February 27. 'Homesteaders ' who left their home steads during the war to perform other needed labor have six months from their homesteads after the close of the war before contests may be filed against them. 1 NORTHWEST NOTES Snow on the Cascade mountains east of Eugene Is 10 to 12 feet deep. The assessment for 1919 develops that there - are 138. 60S sheep in Yakima, county. . - - r -Alfalfa will be one of the prlnr-lpsl crops sown this spring under the Ochocof ' project. . A health Insurance society has been organized by the students of the Univer sity of Oregon. James T. Allison, a' pioneer of 'Cot tage Grove, was buried Sunday. Ills six sons acted as pallbearers. Probable fruit " shipments from the V Kennewlck, Wash., district this jssur are estimated at 100(1 carloads. The Umatilla school board has re employed the entire corps of teachers at a minimum salary of 81000. PnJy 2321 men are employed In the In dustrlal plants of Astoria where 2129 were employed (a month ago. ' Representative Hawley, accompanied by Mrs. Hawley, expects to reach Ore gon the latter part of this week. ' The coast, artillery leads all other branches of the army In per cent re turned to this country up to March. 13. The Rebecca district convention will be held at ftlilwaukle March 20. Mrs. Kthel Meldram, grand warden, will pre side. A white robin, the first ever seen In Oregon, has made Its appearance at the home of F. M. Robertson In Oregon City,;'" - : - An order for 8.000,000 feet of rsllrosd ties, to be delivered on the Atlantic sea board, has been placed with Grays Har bor mills. The citizens of Marshfield are making a canvass for 100 men to Insure the con struction of a national guard armory In that city. ; ' , Pleading guilty to a charge of having liquor In hia possession, W. C. Birdsall. a Bend hotel manager, paid a fine of $100 Monday. The; Malheur County Pevelopment league was organized at Vale Monday. It will connect with the State Chamber of Commerce. General Pershing, in the name of President Wilson, has bestowed the dis tinguished service cross on Private Clar ence Selbert of Centralla, Wash. , President W. J. Kerr of the Oregon Agricultural- college has left CorvsTTiii for an extended visit to the eastern states In the interests of the college. A huge pile of spruce lumber, aggre gating several million feet, piled on the docks at Marshfield since the armistic e was signed, has been sold to a firm in Cuba.. A'sslsrhwsvman held up a streetcsr st Tacoma, forced Conductor Dorrls to walk two blocks, then robDen nim ot lis or his own money and $15 belonging to the company. ; X southerly gale, attaining a rate of 64 miles an hour and accompanied by a heavy downfall of rain, struck Astoria and Seaside Monday night. No great damage Is reported. ' , ' FOREIGN . V - King Albert will be a guest of .Gen eral Pershing this week at Chaumont. Two persons were killed and many wounded in riots at Seville, Spain, lat Sunday. A general strike Involving 2,000,000 workers is threatened in England within the next week. XHsorders in Korea are reach! an acute stage. Japanese guards on March 4 fired on a crowd of Koreans, killing 91 and wounding, more than 100. . The situation st Tien Tsln, China, is tense. : Two American marines were re cently attacked by Japanese guards and the American consul was stoned. . Interest Adds Bit to Thrifty Savings , Stories of achievement in tha sor-amula-tion of War Barings stamps, sent to Toe Jeernal and aecepted for publication. wUl ba awarded Thrift SUmp.) Compound interest rates are .Thrift's v seven league boots. Four dollars and 13 cents invested Id W, 8. 8. today will be worth $5 in five years from now. All luxuries 'are expensive. They take the money which otherwise you would have fourfold for old age If invested and permitted to accrue. : Every War Savings Stamp pays you 4 per cent compound Interest. Thrift Stamps and 1919 Wsr Sav ings Stamps now on sale at usual .-agencies. "v. tr