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TO KILL THE LEAGUE
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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
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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'.
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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.
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