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Al INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER C. ft. JACKSON . .FnblUfaer Fafcltahad a-rrrr ' day, afternoon and Moraine texeapt Sunday afternoon) .at Tba Journal Buiidinc. Broadway and Tamtuil attcat. Portland, Oregon, t ' lettered at tlia fanatifftaa at Portland. OtacoB, for tranameuioa throesb tba naalla M coao anattar. i . ' TELEPHONES .Main 717! Hosts. A-005 All OpartmrnU raachtd by i Uieaa Bombers. ' TeU tha operator what d5rtn)nl yoa want. FOREIGN ADVEBTISINO REPRESENTATIVE Benjamin at Kaatnor Co.. Brunaartek Bolldina. 22ft fifth aacnaat Kw Tort; 600 Italian ... x..u..i.. tkiMM r. ... . ... . .? eubaeriptiea tana by mall, or to ny addreaa 1b uia United statea or Mexico: i . DAILY (MORNING OR AFTERNOON) Om war 13.00 I OnesBeau&..,.. .60 SCNDAT r .' On Tear 12.50 I On month,-. .25 DAILX (M0B.NINO OR AETEHNOON AND One Tear. ... .87.50 I One month ..... t .65 SNal ' We wiah for no rictoriea but thoie of peace: for no territory except our own; for ; so icTereignty except over ouraelres. Ellhu Root. SENATOR AND BANDIT fnllE attempt of a certain United I States senator to I. arrange ' clandestine meeting with Villa -when the bandit was an outlaw hunted by American troops may throw light on some of the opposi lion to the League of Nations. Albert Bacon Fall "of New Mexico Is the senator. He has been' much . In evidence against the peace treaty of late. Three days after the order - was issued for Pershing to , return with his forces from pursuit of Villa in Mexico,, Senator Fall proposed to - secretly meet Villa and "discuss" Mexican matters. It was the second proposal of the kind Fall had made. In the last Instance, his agent's letter attempting to arrange with Villa was Intercepted by United States agents. . . In the congressional, directory. - after Senator. Fall's name, appears , these biographical words, prepared by the senator himself:; .Became extensively interested in mines,. lumber, lands and railroads; now engaged in farming and stock raising- in .rjew Mexico, . and IN MINING IN MEXICO. Senator Fall has all along been a zealous advocate of armed interven tion by America in Mexico. - Presuma bly he wants American 'soldiers and American public money to protect the dividends of his "mining in Mexico." The League of Nations proposes that weak nations shall not be robbed and exploited by larger ! nations and that weak peoples may govern them selves. The plan scarcely squares with Senator Fall's thought of mak ing war. on Mexico because he la engaged "in mining in Mexico." In his effort to meet Villa, Senator Fall's correspondence was through : Via. I - a. ' a his menu ana agent Hunt, wno was the go between. In a letter addressed to Villa in January, 19i7, Hunt, an JEl Paso broker, sought to arrange a meeting betwen the outlaw and Senator Fall "at a place designated by you (Villa) on the border." February i, 1917, which was a few days later. Senator Fall wrote to Hunt, reaffirming his willingness to meet Villa and defining his plans as follows: I If Mr. Villa could convinm m. loi he was n a position where, if no't In- . wierea wun ny this government, be vouta restore oraer na maintain ra nu oraer in Aiexico, ana thus would be In position to anal would irlv xactory assurance that he desired and would perform all 1 nter nation aTbbliga tlons, as well as the national obiga tion to protect foreign citizens and prop erty investments in "Mexico, I would without hesitation publicly, in the senate - or elsewhere, lay before the neonie of . the United States such assurances and frankly and impartially advise them, from my knowledg-e of Mexican affairs, as I have heretofore done, just what I xnougnt was best for this government to do in Mexico. Evidently, , Senator fall contem plated a new revolution by Villa against the Mexican government with which America was at peace. Who was to finance it? Who was to supply the arms and ammunitionand what powerful interests in America did the senator expect to enlist in his enterprise with the tfutlaw? Ten months before, on March 9, 1916, Villa and his bandits had raided Columbus," .New Mexico, and killed pine United States troopers and eight civilians. Pershing had . been sent UjtO Mexico to ' punish'Jthe outlaws, and. the America!?, national guard had been on the border. After that was the ambush of an American column and the slaughter of American boys by Villa's men. . . SenateirFairs proposal to clandes tinely meet .Villa, whom the American government was seeking to punish for crimes against this country, is an ex traordinary Incident, not without bearing upon the , senator's fight against the League of Nations. Chairman Frear of the congres sional subcommittee for the investi gation, of aircraft spruce production lent a .friendly ear to the tale told by the soldier at the Seattle hearing, who had mutinied because he dis liked the food served In a logging camn. The congressman admitted that he himself had mutinied when in uniform at Camp Meyer, Va. In his case, spoiled prunes were the T s . " cause. " A lot of us in those day did not relish all the food we had to be content With. HIS MONUMENT, 1 T 15 very natural that there should be many who hold Theodore Roos evelt in grateful memory' He was a great- national .' asset. He rendered a i high service In awak ening the publfo conscience. He'' led the nation toward higher level by exposure J and denunciation of cor rupting practices ' that were sapping the national strength. It is , natural that his Admirers should desire to accentuate his career and honor his memory. The more enthusiastic propose a monument to cost 15,000,000.' : Writing in i Tuesday's Journal George : Crawford, an admirer, said o( the plan: ' ,- ,. I know that r Mr. - Roosevelt would much rather see a pood road built than to see ; a public square covered with monuments. ; That is probably true. - Members of his family are out of sympathy with the lofty pile of bronze or granite or marble to be raised to his memory. The good that men do lives after them. It is a nobler mon ument than a mighty .structure of stone and metal. His books are better testimonial than masonry and blocks. The imperishable record Of his works will reflect 'his achieve ments to millions where trowel and mortar pan carry them only, to com parative hundreds. 4 Or. the Roosevelt .highway in Ore gon, with its great service in bring ing wastes into production, in carry ing products to market, in giving freedom to isolated people, in afford ing recreation to traveling thousands will outdo and outlive any monu ment whose only function Js to be looked at, never to be used, never to render, service. Liberty Temple is not to be re tired from active service. The jrec ommendatlon is that it be moved from the center of Sixth street to a Park block at Salmon and Park streets. When war was issuing its trumpet calls for patriotic endeavor. headquarters for war work was more Important than traffic. Now irritated traffic clamors for right of way over the space occupied by the structure that is associated with many testimonials of unselfish ' loy alty1.' On the whole we are glad It is better to be thus busy about our own affairs again, than to be at war. WATER SUPPLY INSURANCE r T is waste, not use, that threatens Portland's dry weather water supply. It is waste, not use, that imposes i the contemplation of a third water conduit from the Bull Run headworks at a probable cost of several tnillion dollars. It is waste, not use, . that . threatens curtailment of water for lawns; gardens and parks at the. timej when they need it mosX. . Portland today is- consuming the entire flow! of Bull Run river. Ail that the crystal torrent draws from mountain lake and lofty slopes, 47,- 000,000 gallons a day, is diverted into the two big conduits that carry it 35 miles to the reservoirs in Portland. If we say that 300,000 people live in Portland it is a supply of more than 150 gallons a day for every man. woman, and; child in the city. It is enough, used and not wasted, to sup ply every reasonable domestic and industrial requirement . and leave enough to j fight the most terrible conflagration which might threaten the city. i Portland's unmeasured waste of water is responsible for the shortage of the supply. The waste is made possible by an unmete'red water service. Eliminate waste and with out building expensive new conduits or increasing the storage capacity a water ; shortage will be unknown. When Portland was a smaller city the waste Of water made little dif ference. Bu Portland is growing, con- tantiy and rapidly. Every year, until waste is restricted, the dry weather water ' shortage - will beccnu more serioua. - The most inexpensive and practical way of insuring an adequate water supply is to meter the water $ervice. Business' men consider it imbecile and dangerous .not to insure buildings, homes and lives. Why not apply the, same precept to Portland's Water supply ? Judged by the difference between the price of leather and shoes there Is a sufficient margin to pay the shoemakers, who. are asking for higher wages, the salaries of princes or movie stars. INVESTIGATION COSTS A S certainly as though it had been organized for- the purpose, the congressional inquiry into northwest r spruce production may be counted upon to depress the salvage value of the extensive prop erties whleh the spruce production corporation now has for sale. 5 a railroad in Clallam county was built at a cost of nearly $4,000,000. Chairman Frear of the congressional Investigating subcommittee has adopted the manner of the .'prose cutor, .as. he seeks to show that it can be sold f Jr only about 10 ser cent of its cost - - - In the same way he has arone rlow the list of other timbered areai, mills and railroads, secured or built b the spruce production division during the time when it was thought the war might last five years and onlv h won in the air, contesting and mini mizing estimates of value offered by ie army oincers in charge. ,t ,9 HiB ooject? What is to 1 v. ! be - gained? Will the , congressional investigation, with its own larg costs. Justify itself by the greatly lessened S sums which its activities will cause the government to receive from its . spruce production invest ment in the northwest? Can results worth 'millions of dollars be expected from an' inquiry thathas so far pro duced little In the way of condemna tory evidence but pique and spleen Still the j cost of living soari Portland lawyers have Increased the minimum fee in default divorce cases from )40 to $75., This vale of tears 13. becoming a hot place to live in for the poor sinner who is married and doesn't want to be. WHO OWNS AMERICA? H ERE is testimony before a senate committee - by s I. C. Thermond, vice . president . of the Oklahoma Livestock Producers' t asaocia tion, . relative, to bills for regulating the packers. The proposed legislation is going to crush the producer. Bankers do not want to , lend money to livestock grow ers now with ail this unrest staring them in the face, i There is - ar very pronounced feeling In my country that the packers are being jobbed and we are going" to get the worst of jt.! - Is this true? Have the; five big packers become . so all Important to livestock I growers - that the growers will be "crushed" if government reg ulates the packers ? Have the packers gained such power " that meats . cannot be sold successfully ; to the American public except through the packers' good offices? ' " . Have the packers' organization and system become so huge , that 1 even the government dares not attempt to enact legislation affecting it lest, the price of livestock out on the ranges and pastures be reduced so low that producers will be "crushed"? Is livestock growing in America thus actually in the, hands of the packers? Is it, as the testimony of this witness implies, within the power of the Big Five to say whether the livestock business shall survive or be "crushed" t " : ? . Is the power of the Big Five so all pervading and so irresistible - that even the great government of Xhe United States dares not attempt to cope with them , through fear, that in retaliation the Big Five will bring ruin and disaster on the producers? What less is meant by the testimony of thiswitness, who is evidently a witness for the packers ? - ; Is not his testimony full confirma tion of what the federal trade com mission charged X Are the packers bigger than the government itself? Who owns the United States? ;; Commissioner 4 Mann says'; 3000 Portland householders have appllca tlons in to have their homes metered. They . do not want to pay, for , the water that other people waste. Nor should they be oompelled to do so. Meters should be alloweH them." IN THE DA VS; NEWS I N Portland Tuesday evening. Gus- tav Richardson, 11, was run down. at First 'and Matdison streets, by an unidentified 'autoist. Police were unable to learn the name of the chauffeur, who went on without stopping to see how badly the lad. was injured. ' , The boy crawled to the Plaza blocks , nearby, where police picked him up and sent him to the emer gency hospital. His foot was injured severely, v - - .'; ' If Diamond lake In Southern Ore gon wraps its trout in moss and bolls them in hot springs which gush; re currently about meal time, it. may be anticipated that to cam p on the shores of the lake with but a little bread : and salt will, lead to sweet forgetfulness of all worry about the board bill. ' i ITS FUTURE A" GENERAL inquiry is being con ducted among Red Cross work ers as to the future, of the gal lant, organization. .'Should it continue on a war footing r demobi- ze with the army? -! It is not ..a question which san easily be answered. There are many who believe that only the Red Cfoss can . heal certain of the wounds of war and that it alone is capable of coping with international I problems of relief. .'.7.; ' . '"' ' '. At home, i- taski of after care of soldfers and .their families have been assumed with "organization combining the services 0 business men. volun teer workers,, largely from among the women, and professional social servi - vm..w w . . . lU s WU9UH9 broadly ia the'restablishrnent of the soldiers' family life. It involves ef fort to secure employment - for , re turned warri ors, temporary financial aid when required, and advice, ;fre quently legal, as to the steps, neces sary in reassuming s, the reutme of civilian life. It is particularly true of the Portland : chapter! thai f after care has become the' largest function of the Red Cross. ;; ff, 2 5" On the other hand, the leadership of the .Red Cross lies largely 4n the fact that Us service is the response of the high service ideal of the American people to- catastrophies - of war, accident or of the elements. Hit has normally relaxed from tense en deavor when the emergency passed, if has escaped being charged with maintaining" high salaried ' employes from contributed funds ; by supple-, menting volunteer service with paid workers only when 3. the v need ws apparent. Throughout the country are various eleemosynary institutions j which answerthe common calls of misfortune: and want. Counties and states customarily Impose taxes for charitable disbursements w Would the Red Cross not be open to the charge of tryjng to supplant public and pri vate charity if it sought to continue the war strength of its organization? Would it not thus lose , its . power of appeal to the public purse in times of real extremity t . - . - After considering tbe matter from both, sides, the reasonable conclusion seems to be that the Red Cross should discharge the obligations assumed during the war, but not seek to or ganize xor continued institutional work. Otherwise It may Buppiant where it should cooperate and weaken where it seeks only to strengthen. Its powers of leadership -and appeal at . times : of catastrophe, at least. should not be weakened by descent to the casual and routine. Profiteers can be reached By Cart Smith. Washington- Staff Cor respondent of The Journal. Washington. Aucr. 27. Connesa can Teacn the profiteer even In t peace times. ana outside the war powers which now exists, without colliding with the constl- tuuon, m the opinion of Attorney Gen eral A. Mitchell Palmer, testifying be- iore the senate committee on agriculture. senator Smith of South Carolina, an opponent of . remedial control of -neces saries as unnecessary, suggested that the war is over, and that the time has arrived for the buver and seller ta meet in "the marts of trade" and make theia settlements without interference by the federal government. , "The people have been waiting on -tiptbe, he said, for the Teturn of natural conditions." But the conditions are even: worse now than when the war was on said Attorney General Palmer. "This ' is part of the war and this condition must be cured before -the people-are prosper ous and happy. We can get back to normal after a time, but we must hold me ooai steady in the,meanume.r(v.v. I am particularly interested in reach ing the individual profiteer." saSd. the attorney general at another" point-V"The punishing of conspiracies ts not enough,' Mr. Palmer explained that effort is being concentrated on the constitution of fair price committees throughout the country, with all Interests represented. including the sellers, the most of whom, he said, are not themselves desirous of unconscionable profits, and share the feeling of the rest of the community that profiteers should be curbed. The task in nana is the organization of public sen timent, said Mr. Palmer, so no great number of prosecutions may be neces sary. The fair price lists, he thought. wouia oe accepted by Juries generally as a measure of prices beyond which the retailers should not go. smith of .South Carolina said '-that everybody is getting: a share of the prosperity. Negroes in his. state no longer will buy "brogans, he , said mey musx nave tne very - best shoes. The attorney general admitted that prosperity is diffused, but he insisted that the burden of high prices bears particularly upon certain classes, such as the salaried man. the clerk and the widow depeadent upon, some small In We must: break the cycle of ascend ing prices." said the attorney reneral. rwhich cannot be" reached by' raising wages nere -and there. The only, way is to take out unconscionable profits ana staoiuze at. some point for a time. If we do that, the range of prices will Begin, to sag, and normal conditions will begin, to operate." V Senator McNary and Senator Smith of Georgia diverted the committee with a discussion of amending the law to pun ish those who charge "unjust 'and un reasonable rate" for necessaries. Smith asserted this may make a man a crim inal " without means of knowing the crime, . and that congress therefore should put In some definition of wt,t wilt" be a just and reasonable charge. McNary declared that it was not a new principle of law. and the Jury will deters mine irom the facts in a given case What is a reasonable and ; just . profit. He said Oregon had a law nakine un just and unreasonable rates unlawful. But a commission fixes just and rea sonable rates, and this Is not a penal statute, said Smith. v - - "The commission fixes rates now." said McNary, "but I am talking about the conditions before we had a commis sion. Oregon had a law such as- I have described,- an men were - prosecihed under -It, the "juries, judging from the facts In the case, what was a. just and reaaoneDie -rate." " Senator . Kenyon had a brush with Smith ot;South Carolina, arising out of the latter1 a declaration that high prices are stimulating "production and . pros perity 1, fc- i.-Ji "Here Is an Illustration." said Ken yon.' 'A retail dealer in this city asked lor a pair 01 Bnoes,.; anait waai for SS. Is that -the kind of j prosperity you want?".. -.-.;V5v.r.-.V-5 Smith said that might be - true in a particular case, but in general, he .be- "The McNary group of senators" and the group of reservatlonists ted by McXary" have become common. news paper expressions in recent dispatches dealing - with the League of Nations, The description is both apt and inapt. It is appropriate Insofar as it Indicates that Senator McNary is active in trytrfg to reach - basis of agreement which will secure ratification of the treaty . - . . . . . ... . wtuivui r uiiaus aeiay ana wiinoui re Quiring Jts .'resubmission. - It is inap propriate Insofar as It conveys the rm- presslpn that the t Oregon senater Is himself deservatiofiist at all. He be lieves the .treaty Is sufficient without reservations and is ready to support It as it stanas. xn this position, however, he apparently has. the support of only one Mother Republican. McCumber. of North Daitota, and Mcpumber has in dicated that he is la sympathy with some of v the proposed - interpretive clauxes,,, tt- his ' recent speech McNary took the- , position .that while reserva tions were unnecessary, he saw ne harm in them; If . they merely - expressed -or stated. ran understanding' of what la already"-;, in . b treaty. 4 This attitude put, htm in a strategic position for deal ing with those senators who want .the League of Nations, but desire to define more clearly the understanding' .of the senate ea to what it does. This led to the formation of the so-cajled "McIVary group, , including, besides McNary, as ltsciginal:inmbers, McCumber, Cum mins. Lenroot.' Colt, Kellogg and "Spen cer.. 6oin sf-' these senators "-want- to go .further than .the Oregon . senator wants to go. The difficulty la enlarg ing the group Is to bring In enough t ' V . . 111 . . , . . -I more, wno win now do insistent ;: upon going too tarw By "enoughf Is meant the 19 or 20 Republicans who are needed to - secure ratification, and bjr "too far; is 'trnjant Ihe overstepping- of the bonn ary . where an agreement . may be reached with the Democrats., - : Senator McNary thinks ? the Xxvdge draft - of reservations may yet afford the "way out. - An agreement with Lodge is not out of the question, he believes, despite the pose which Lodge assumed in his. senate speech. Lodge, It is be lieved, has been nettled with' the idea that his leadership might be flouted by the "mild reservationUt, and the solu tion nnauy reached with Lodge out in me cold. Therefore, in this view of lno matter,; Lodge comes - forth . with reservations of his own .ithnr.htr. which may continue to bear his name though modified and mutilated. He would thus oreserve tha form nt snip and could "point with pride" to someone some good by Increasing the what he had done, instead of having saJe. of airplanes. - -the humiliation of seeing an insurgent fc ' ' group given the credit for - the final P.6 Paragrapher puts it, the rail result. road situation right now seems to be Letters From the People t Communieattooa aenr to Tha Joarnal foe pnoueaooB la una Oapartcaaot ahoSM b arrrttaa I en only mw aid f i K .v. ...,.. i.i I , 300 words in Jenctb, and muat b aig-ol by tha wnuer, vnoaa niu addraaa ia lull mast acconj- paaj ui oonmoDUoB. r Some Men Are Eonest Newport, Aug. zl.To the Editor of The Journal The story of a "Fruit Ranch Bought" on the "sight unseen" plan, from the Hood "River News, is very, interesUn5 and instructive and the last paragraph is excellent advice. It reads; But any man who will buy a piece furnished him by the seUer and without looking over It displays so much ignor ance of human nature' that -he should apply , to the court for a guardian. As a rule I believe the writer of those lines Is correct, but I have enjoyed hearty laugh on comparing them .with some, of my experiences. After having lived in Kansas nine years battling, with I 1 . t h nJ1..T .f,l( ll emigrate, in XNOvemoer, jaicago iraveuns man i 1110 iuuuj oi i yrars, wnien hare been presented tj Mr. uocxity. Kansas hotel who. wanted td sell me a Mr. Fartjuhar haa known intimately many prrsi- -iis-ht fnr ihnr tat I rpnlied "NothinK i dent. "d ! b,' to n storiea of hf ajwocla right lor that state, x repnea . ftwing i iut readina.i j , -r f . v. . a a iirsi opponanu. .o.3t . do yOU Propose tO go 7" ... . ' "Just as soon as I can dispose of little I have left, I am going: to Ore gon;": "Well," said he, I can sell you the right of that state." - "All right. said I. "you ask $1000 for Kansas, and that is Just about what my property here is really worth. If you will give me theright of Oregon and 1200 cash; well trade." He accepted my proposi tion. ' In the deal I was to have one ma- chine and two barrels or wire snip pea to me from Chicago, all of which i received In good time, at Salem in fulfillment of me agent s word.- xt was & Bigot unaeoii transaction.. In April. 1880, I began the mantiiacture oi woven wire Bpruig obw under my patent right- In a few days 1 sold . an undivided half interest in the business for 52000. We supplied f urnl- ture houses in Portland. Salem and other Oregon cities at a big profit for more than two years and then, I sold my re - maining half for-another szoou. 'rnus i was $3000 to the good on a -SlOOO sight unseen deal, to say nothing of' profits in business. . But soon - after closing out the bed business, a doctor in Salem proposed to trade me a small fruit farm in Illinois for my house and lot In Salem. He gave me a description of his farm. I trusted mv iudement in human nature and. re - lied on his word. We made the deal and I found the little farm fully up to his description and I sold it soon afterward at -' good prom ana returned to ure- i pnn. v 1 : AfAbout four years later I traded a mail srnr nrA mv of mnda with storehouse and a residence at Chltwood for m farm in South Dakota. "slrht un- seen."' Again I trusted my own opinion j to go with me to see President Grant as to the man's honesty in the descrlp- A lot of my former soldiers have been ,. 0, An tf iiw ,,r n I arrested and sent , to the penitentiary. his description. After having the Tise of It two years, Isold it for 11000 spot cash v,.n t m t , t , v... . vn u ... t v. honest and reliable in every sense of the word, while others are strictly dis- honest and unreliable, but In these trans actions I do not believe that J displayed no idea of applying to the court for a guardian. . F. .W. DURKEK. Ti,- ci-:. nntem . ..- i oe ,u tji. rif. Tr!7p Alien ask- to oVXTrsfarrng'fVe'sena! tors he names In his letter of Inqurly and what Is the InfluSnce or the, ''In visible government" that, is egging them on 10 try ana upsei me iagne oi xia- tlons and the great work of our able president. - I will Inform him. Thee In .. WA-Ir A... fluence of "Hurtlsm" Is the "serpent" that is trying to undermine every insti tution and government that is in oppo- vi.. J .f 1. - y win uu uctttuac sji meir ueica oeuausc I their hideous culture ;ould not rule the world '"and because , by the power ofi arms they could not da so. v This subtle influence has poisoned, the minds of certain senators, ana tnose same men a. - a. . . a I are traitors to their country which has a vn rra imptx v -k v neit AAnnrra wt tni n a, given them wealth and influence in the high stations of this great American t A lAi.tlfhAaS ! ii aialiMfnl f afl i i atai. .-.UWr-ui,ro -i,criui MV.nw iw the rights of 'liberty. liieK and the nur- ' imiwu anio tne iicuna ui uie nations stricken by the hand of "Hunism." Thev should be brought to trial and expelled from their seats in the government of ou glorious country. Thank God, the majority rules, and I wui rule. But it behooves : them to bruise the "serpent's head" and be watchful of their steps for.the sernent Js a - wily beast .nd by its- sinuous movements can Insert itself Into secret places unnoticed night or day and its deadly fangs, are ever ready to make bearing an Inscription, both presented the silent stroke. "Hunism" is like the to Wm Dy British soldiers as a recognl polson oak, it inoculates those who are jion of his bravery In rescuing an Eng suseeptlble. It is like the deadly "upas Jf aviator from " death, A British tree. ; It is like that horrible monster plane crashed and caught fire near Us of the sea. the devil fish, "that lies in airdrome. The pilot was entrapped in w Becret Places to clasp Kin dts the burning wreckage and was in immi berrible embrace the unsuspecting: vie- nent peril of suffering a terrible death. Una, and like the devU fish, to be Private Xa. Bruckmann of the S9th ln subdued It must have Its arms lopped fantry reserve regiment of the Ger- fr. i iu .1 - noiriu. I - u us luioean igTeramem " iui Is. 2 influence to undo the good him. The BrlUsh government has grant that r has been done by - the adoption ed Bruckmarm Immediate release and and making of the League of .Nations. Iree , passage to bis destination. ; Tbe There" is no other cause. The atmos- comrades of the rescued pilot made up ijuorv ut guua nus oeen poisoned by its I the purse, had a generous tribute en Invisible vaporous breath to dafcat tha l... nnn ha walch and brtaanted alms of this "new era" of the world . " fnafC-P??6-;:! OSBORNE TATES, . , 'Those German Brides 4 " From tha Krrm TnrV Tlna : That American soldiers should want ' manr Wrerman grins at this time is 1 a, fact no more puzsiingy, by the way.J i??"1 tct that Germao girls are ZrJl'Z 'i? Ahiericarc soldiers. IvT1,4 " ConsIderabl3r 5 688 ttyBtert- SSSaSL!? T?TJrm5.n bav don hating everybody on the other id ana : . v . uwu - exau-a or I that the German "women , are hv n means exceptional in this resnect th has been abundant evidence to proveT Tet the "attentions" at nmlV JX 5 Victerioua enemies at that. hTvebeen Accepted, and what most have been In most cases very stumbling- and awk- wardly phrased . "declarationsT have awakened an answering flame; or at any rate have elicited the sunniir-at assent. . .. How tJjese marriages "will' be re- garded by the bridegrooms' relativea jrt home is already , subject or convert tion tbe reverse of amiable. But are they not viewed with equal disfavor ln Germany? It would not bv iiirv,.it ... argue that they are sruilty of a double i ireacnery to tne arxueted fatherland, as 1 ! I"- -i . -r- 1 1 1 , i ! v r rrMi if T-tT 1 xirt iktr-n rr 1 m nmcn . Ill Hie I SMALL CHANGE Will we welcome Wilson? We' will. .."J".?in7Pn. r. swimmmg . notwitn- nm. . . . .... rurL""' 4i w aDout I i TvnK.t,f. ,, - . It Is beginning to appear that many of ib people who used to be soft were made so by hard drinks. ' The longshoremen have had their wage troubles adjusted, and now aU is quiet again on the water front. With the prune-plum canning" season coming p. It will be a sad situation Indeed If a sugar shortage develops - . ,. . - m . What if in.ilmlinii lart'oliaiiffXi I should drop his tools when, hirh in the air heard the djlnner, whtatje. - Colonel Hnnu'ia XnnTin.- k.. u be ho wl have &mtPdke to offer American housekeepers, 1 m.. - . . .. its age. she expects you to Jthing more than yes. IMPRESSIONS AND OBSERVATIONS OF THE JOURNAL MAN By Fred Lockley I eoneludea today hta rminiecea of his 80-odd I . Eighty years old -rather, SO years I mnni' anil aitlll rnlnv itrnnp llist A I geribes Arthur B. Farquharr a recent Portland visitor from York. Pa. We took a trip over the Columbia highway together a day or so ago. " . . ,- v- a a "This war, which I thank God is over. Is not at all like the Civil war. .In this war they killed .defenseless women and children, fired on stretcher bearers and used strangling gas and withering liquid i fre. There was no mercy nor. com i passion shown. I i remember being with a party of i union, soldiers, we came aoout aawn j within easy range of a Confederate out- i posu - asaea is mey were going 10 1 fire onthe tents. The officer In charge was indignant, and said : . "We are not I here to murder sleeping men. We are I soldiers, not. assassins.' "General Grant and' General Lee fought together In the Mexican war and were warm xrienas. I "One day I was at the White House (to see President Grant. on a matter of I business. The doorkeeper said : 'I am I sorry, Mr. FarquhaT, but Jtu .cannot go I in. l had just seen some one pass tne ( doorkeeper and 'go In, so I felt a little I aggrieved. , I said : 'Who was it that 1 Just went In? The doorkeeper said: 'Oh, that was- General Robert E. Lee. President urant toia me. no matter wnai doing, to let General xeo see a nttie later an oia urae menu oi our family. Colonel Ellison S. Keltt, a I former Confederate officer, met me in I Washington. He said: 'J want you want mem paraonw ouw w w ""ZZZ J pemienuarj "'"'"'J-"- . I as ruuiy i mey aire. wnu was uie irauuu. i i TjeLDaK' oniciai u uwr. uniuuuiuu h ttem we.t Wed c??J?L,mZl President Grant; I Introduced say friend to the president. Colonel Keltt said : were younger you lived in the west. Whether It is true or not. I do not know, I but I have been told you oeiongea to a I vigilance committee, to protect the set- tiers from horsethieves. and when a ?to& A.'AAf and children as well as our property from belnr molested. If you sent effi- -,: --v.. c, vm,m O""" -- not be necessary. The man you nave sent to our -community Is a disgrace to your administration. I want either to go to the penitentiary where the soldiers I once commanded are, or I want them pardoned President Grant asked him . . . . a lot of questions, and finally said : Tf I let them out. will you promise they will disband and that there will be no misbehavior in the futurer Colonel Keitt said : 'No, General, I cannot make IVC1LL OttiVk 4 th.t OTOm-e. We must protect our- . ... a . selves. But If you win sena oiiiciais there who will keep order., then I prom- - future mey aro .""- w " aTob rSw-SW inter- r, II. .. eating- than important, for. of our sol- le tlL "conauered Z "n ried French girls run far .up Into the thousands. The difference is signi- f leant as well as large. British Reward a German From the Chicaco Port A German prisoner is going home with . .1,1.. mnnv inH a ailvair watch man army nastenea to ms ata ana na..nna riair anivAaea in savinaT Tth.m to their former foe. British recotmitlon for an hereto deed is only what was to be expected; but if the German people are wise mey will see in Private Brackmann a man who has done more to help them than any of their "vons" or-political leaders. , A Good Story Anyhow r Caooav-. W-kl "Here Jack, stick these papers in the 8tove. Jacc wa, boy mend of Clarence Cox. a Topeka youth, who was , m. pU.ii hAftaa nariwa throwinar the papers in the stove Jack fumbled them over and found one that ?UI?W... ""rlf .""r . "T tv." tZZlLn Tbmirtad it to a the day the two boys submltUd it to a lawyr - proved to be an acaaent rxlicy taken out by an uncle of Cox who was found dead IS months ago In a rlver ln l0W- company had rerusea to vaT m Pllcy- The lawyer discovered that Just one day remained In which suit could be started to protect the beneficiaries. The Topeka' lawyer put UP bis own check for security for court costs, called up an Iowa lawyer hy telephone, got suit started Just in time and now the company . has settled out at raurt and vounsr Cox and his mother have several thounaaiii- dollars with which they have bought a homj, OREGON SIDELIGHTS Two thousand pounds of honey from one ranch is the . record Chauncey Becker of Tumalo Is making this year. . . The 'entire community has been hit during the past 10 days or two weeks with an epidemic of summer flu, says the Madras Pioneer. . ,- a-.- ' ' Enterprise has beenasked by the gov ernment to provide a 0 acre tract for airplane landing grounds and is asked to send blue prints at once showing the location of; the. grounds anq all ac commodations. - 'I ' ,-.-1,4 , ...... j v . tvi mnit reliable estimates of men In a position to give reliable information on the question, is that 100 families have arrived in Bend this year and have been unable to remain for want of houses. says the Bend Press.; i V , a a - 1 Lane and Polk counties report a fun gus disease that attacks and kills Can rta. tiiaitB Thla is being investi gated by the O. A. C. station plant pa thologists Vt learn whether it cannot be successfully employed in controlling the pest m Oregon. - Few people in the county, says the Bend Press, know that there is an ex cellent, and practically inexhaustible bed., or. gravel, sunaoie ior within 300 yards of the county road di rectly across from the farm of Chaun cey Becker of .Tumalo. ISO that we will cause you no further trouble General Grant Said : 'I will look the matter up, and if what you say Is correct I will send someone else to your community General Grant par doned the men who were in the pent tentlary - and they, returned - to their homes. Within a few weeks a new offi cial had been sent to Colonel Keitt's community, There, never was any fur ther trouble about the Ku-Klux-Kla,n activities in that vicinity. . a a ..' a - . "It has been my : good fortune to be the friend and on Intimate terms with every -president-from President Lincoln to President Wilson. When President Roosevelt, after the expiration of his first term as president, . started for Africa, 1 wrote him a note and told him I -would like to come down to the boat and - see him . off, -but I feared there would be such a crowd that. I couldn't get to see him. He wrote me a very characteristic note, teaylng: 'I am no longer president, so don't worry about there being a crowd at the boat to see me off. In case there should be any difficulty about your coming aboard the boat, just hand this letter to the man at the gangplank and he will let you aboard X went to the boat, handed the letter to the officer at the gang plank, went to President Roosevelt's stateroom with hint, and stayed with him until the 'all ashore- signal was given. I had a -real love for President Roosevelt. He was a 100 per - cent American, and as time goes by and the bitterness , and animosities of politics fade away, he will be recognised as one of America's greatest men. "The late war greatly disturbed our business, of course. We diverted, our energies to airplane construction. We are beginning, however, to get bacK to normal In the manufacture of our, farm Implements . and machinery,. My son, Fercival, of whose- activities In South America you have probably heard, was pretty bard hit there. I am afraid he lost three or four million dollars in his railroads and other Interests. ; . " " ' ' ' ' ' - a -'' ' "Ij am over 80. but I - find that my memory is as good and my interest In people and . events ' as keen as It ever was. When X was very young X made it a rule to try to see as much good In everyone as I could, and try to say as little evil , of anyone as possible. I re member taking dinner one day with Cardinal Gibbons. "Why is It everyone seems to love your I said. He said; Tf that Is the case, X believe it must be because X feel so kindly toward every one. The more you look Into the mat ter, - the more you will realise that Cardinal Gibbons was right, a a a . :. i "To ray mind, one of the big figures that has come out of this war has been Lloyd George. I know him welt and like him very much. I have not met him since Our country entered the war. though on previous visits to England X have met him. socially and otherwise. . : -: - ' . "I had always decided that this would be my last vislt'to the West, but your wonderful - highway has determined me to 'come here next year. Next year when X come for I hope to again come with the- United States Chamber of Commerce delegates to Portland X want not only to see your highway, but to see Crater ..lake and take a trip to Alaska." Curious Bits of Information For the Curious Gleaned From Curious Places Within tbe stretch . of Arizona's Painted Desert of brilliant hues lies one of the marvels of the land, the 60 square miles of petrified forest. There lie pre served for a.11 time fallen tree monarchs. minions or years old, turned to rock a Mammoth trunks, sometimes five feet ln diameter and 60 teet in iengtn, or cracked smoothly Into blocks, are trans formed Into everlasting stone, beautiful ln quality and coloring quartz, agate, chalcedony, jasper and exquisite opaL infinite in the variety of delicate tint and rich shading. - The method of petrification by which the giant trees, became rock was one of the strange .alcheraies of - nature. Probably the wash of water from hot mineral springs rich in silica was the cause. The chemical, permeating the tissues of the. plant, acted as a harden ing agent, preserving the original struct ure and detail of the tree with astonish ing perfection of detail. rr : i Olden Oregon V Fort Vancouver Was Once the Center J ofaAU Northwest Communication. , From the time the A tor, expedition failed for 10 years'few white men pene trated the lower Columbia region. About 1824 the Hudson's Bay company estab lished Fort ' Vancouver, and it at once became the center of vast operations of that company on the Pacific. For a quarter of a century all communication of Intelligence from. Sitka on the north to Terba Buena and Mazatlan on the oath 'was conducted by that company. It had ships to and from London, schoon ers to Honolulu, steamers from Nisqually to Victoria;, Langjsy t and Sitka. Ex presses were sent in every direction as the-needs of the service required. By canoe down the Columbia and up the Cowlltsto a landing near the Cow lit farms, thence to Nisqually by land, re quired a six days trip. . Accounting for It From the IndainapoUa Wwra f The recently discovered letter written by former Emperor William on June 28, 191V in which he said he opposed war, was probably, written ln a fit of absent mindedness when he was busy with the German mobilization. :ws in Paragraphs World Happenings ilrteted for Benefit ot Journal Keadera OREGON NOTES The improvement of the principal road Between Albany and Lebanon is pro gressing rapidly. wK.''r. ?ard. : "Bed 17. accidentally l?? -b,'im"e,f whl,e "unUne near Selma. ne wm recover. xi.liiTaulu' a farmer, died at Mc M nnvllle Tuesday from Injuries re r it5 by an automobile drivea by l. E. -nge, an attorney. W.hi-tJnth, vicinity of Banks aver aged la bushels to the acre and oats e.i EnSif' .0.1 fieId ot oatd yielded 114 bushels to the acre. . ir5."?"6 bttnks ou Tuesday purchased J15.000 worth of Liberty bonds belonglnjr to the subscription fund of the univer sity women's building. -Unofficial 'estimate of the number of students who will register for the fall term - at the University- of Oregon is Placed at 2000, about 800 more than the highest previous mark. . Ire of unknown origin last Sunday destroyed the upper deck and wood pen stock of the Uolden Drift dam on the Rogue river, near Grants Pass. ' J. F. O'Conner and JJoukIus Lawnon nave been Jailed at La Grande for re fusing to fight forest fires, which are doing great damage in Union county. Salem plumbers have started a move ment for the re-establishment of a sani tary inspector department and the ap pointment of a city sanitary inspector. The PheS Farms company, with a capital of a50,000, has purchased a large body of land north of Salem, on which to grow loganberries and Other small fruits.- The gasoline schooner Rustler, which sailed from Rogue river last Sunday with 1B00 cases of salmon, Is reported to have burned off Cape Blanco. The crew escaped. The record trip between Salem and Eugene was made Tuesday by Lteulenr ant Rice and two passengers In -a He Havlland plane. The 70 miles was cov ered ln 33 minutes. The 1919 crop of cherries in Lane county was 140.000 pounds lens than the average for previous years. The logan berry crop, however, exceeded that of last year by 100 tons. At Powers, the Smith-rowers Logtrlng company Is constructing two new lines Of railroad, one on Salmon creek, the other along Eden ridge. .They will be completed by October 1. Albany's big roundup park Is dis appearing. The big grandstand and bleachers are being torn down, and In a few days nothing will remain except the old track In an open field. At Marshffeld John BellonI drove an automobile containing his brother, hin wife and three small children off the ferryboat into the river. Fortunately, help was handy and no one was drowned, f 4 Patients at the state hospital- at Salem are stringing beans under a contract en tered into between the state and the Oreron Products company. Three tons of the product was delivered at the hos pital Tuesday. WASHINGTON Both the grain, and hay harvests in Lewis county are said to have been the heaviest in many years. - - . Tacoma's waterfront employes have formed, a federation embracing the 11 crafts employed about the harbor. O. W. Bashor and Chsrles Htover are building a shingle mill three miles east of Kelso that wrU cut 80,000 shingles a day...-. The death bf Edgar "Oavld Rivers, the young soldier who fell from the Clacka mas river bridge, was held accidental by a coroner's Jury. The largest salmon catch of the sea son was handled Tuesday by HHlinarham canneries. One company had ii 0,000 fish on its floors Tuesday night. By a vote of more than two to one. the . 1 . . , C?v.t.n n '1' . . .. .. .1 ... I .1 I against granting an Increase of 15 per cent in the salaries of city employes. Returning recently from duly over seas. Hulton Lauehlln. aon rr V. It. Lauehlin of Chehalis. was accidentally killed near Maytown . by a Milwaukee train. ' Owing to car shortarermaklng it dif ficult to secure materials, paving of the five miles of the Olympic highway be tween Brady and Klma will be delayed until spring. Victor W. Gild, under arrest at Che halls on a charge of forging a number of checks, has made good all the" checks, paid the costs and has been discharged from custody. All fishermen, camper and tourists at Lake Merrill were drafted by the .fire warden to fight the forest fires that were threatening so much damage in Lewis county. On a charge of hoarding 40,000 pound of -potatoes, A. 3. Nlckerson, a commis sion man of Seattle, has been held to await action by the federal grand Jury. Several others , are under arrest. Exhibits ln almost every class at the" Grays Harbor county fair are from two to 100 times as large as those of last ?-ear. So numerous have been the en rles that tents are being employed to cover them. , In a running street battle Tuesday night between " Ta com a police and two burglars, one of the burglars, Santiago Calhan, was shot three times ln the groin, wnue utncer urynn suiierea a wound in the hand. GENERAL Announcement Is made of the Inaug uration of passenger airplane service between Rome and Naples. - The Belgian senate on Tuesday unani mously approved the peace treaty With Germany. The lower house ratified the treaty August 8. - - Forest fires - near Slsson. Cel.. have destroyed Ney's Springs, a summer re sort and sanitarium, forcing the removal orNa number or patients to uunsmuir. At a meeting of seamen at Svdnev Tuesday it was voted to end the strike. wnicn Degan several mom as ago. up to the heginning or August, the ions to the strikers In wages was 12.&00,GOO. Malor Leslie Waterbury. charged wits comDliclty in an alleged conurnrarv m defraud the government of $Jf), 000.000 rth of ordnance sunmies. was ar raigned In federal court at Detroit Tuesday. He stood perfectly mute, and Judge Tuttle ordered . a. ulea of? not guilty entered. x Uncle Jeff Snow Says : j Back In the nineties everybody Was a-hollerln' about the low prices he got fer his stuff and the gov'ment was alius promisln that it would raise price. Now-e-days everybody is bellerin' round about the high prices of the other fel ler's stuff and them politicians air look- In wise and promlain' to lower the prices Of the other feller's goods and keep up yourn. It aln t high prices nor low prices we had orter kick about, but the dif ference between what the worker ln any line gits and what he pays, sind where the difference goes and who to and what fer. ' Protect Yourself Against Loss of War Stamps -(Storiea of aefalaramant 1b tba accumula tion of War Baringi BUmpa, aeot to Tha Journal and arraritad for publication, will be awarded a Thrift SUmp.J f The United States treasury de partment recently announced that more than 12.600,000 worth f Lib erty bonds have been lost through theft, fire and negligence since the first Issue of bonds was presented. There Is a warning In this to hold ers of War Savings Stamps. Have them registered. The service is per formed at the postoffice and costs you nothing. If your stamps are reglstereed and you lose them through any cause, - the government will make your loss good. If they are not registered your loss enn't be remedied. , Register your "War Savings Stamps today. Thrift Rtampa and IBID War Pj.triii Stamva , now on aala at uaual agencie.