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tS, . JACKSON....... ..FbUhr fublfcbad every day, afternoon and saaralns (eacept Sunday afternoon ) , at Tbt Journal Haildlac. Broadway aad TaaxliiH street, ' Portland, Oregon. . Bottled at the Poatofffca at Prrtiand, Oreson. :. (ot trammtsirkin through tfaa aail aa eeeood Claaa .Batter, WXKPHONE8 Mala 7 ITS; Honw. A-S051. 'AH departmenta reached by taaea numbeee. i Tall tha operator what department you want. tVREUiH AUVERTI8IKU HKPKIMBNTATIVB Heniontin e Kantnor Co., Brunswick- Building, 225 Fifth avenue, New Tort; 0O MaUers ; Building. Chicago. Dubacrrptton term by mad. or to' any address ro . . - Um United Bute or Mexico: 1 DAILY (MORNING OB AFTERNOON) Dee year...... $5. 00 Om aontb t -SO ' BCSDAT One year.. $2.50 Ona month t .23 fJAILT (MORNINfJ Oft AITTEKNOON") AND SUNDAY te year. ..... $7.50 One month $ .85 We should often be axhamed of ovir very beat action if the world cat the motivm which cauned them. La Kouchefoueauld. A COAL STIUKE? if HAT next? The coal miners of America aro derrianding a CO per cent wage advance, a six-hour day and a five-day week. If terms satis factory to them are not granted, the statement Is that they will call a general strike in all the mines No vember 1. Testimony before a congressional (Committee at a recent hearing was to the effect that more than C20.000 jof the million miners in the country are foreign born, that 46o,000 cannot jread or write English and that many of them cannot read in their own, language. The mine owners brought 4hem to the. country because they could be employed at lower wage and be made to work longer hours and under living conditions far below the 'American standard. The owners sowed the wind and they and the consumers of coal seem now about to reap the whirlwind. A tie-up of all the coal mines on .November 1 with winter coming on would be a dismal outlook. Reports are that without a strike, coal pro duction may be short of require ments. It is but one of the pros pects. j The other Is the demand for a slx iliour day and a five-day week. It is ,a demand imported from Europe. The idea over there is that, though the world is starving and production ,the only means of relief, production must be checked by limiting the day to six hours and the week to five days. It is a proposal to limit pro duction at the very moment when battered, disheveled and starving 'Europe needs it most. , This European Idea finds easy ac ceptance among the Illiterate alien coal miners In America. It is exam ple of the serious if not dangerous state of the world. We have it in America mainly because the coal barons brought It here. We are learning In these tempes tuous after-the-war days how terri bly the greedy men in high places fcave debauched the republic for the sake of miserable money, money, money. . The Portlander who gleefully pre , dieted tha end of the lawn mowing . season during several cool and rainy days undoubtedly has discovered by this time that the grass was Just get- ting: ready to put the lawn mower on : double shifts A KING'S GIFT T HERE is omen In the gift to the Italian people by their king or farms, hunting lodges, palaces, villas and other properties to the value of several millions. It means that the leveling spirit Of democracy is working, that kingly privileges are fading end that the late war will work mighty changes if the Truits of the victory are not thrown away. As it stands now, such monarchs as remain are no longer autocrats. When the czar, the kaiser and the Austrian emperor fled, kingcraft was In total collapse. The change Is so sweeping that the Italian king sur renders most of his personal prop erty to the state. The renublics are multiplied and constitutions are "granted" to peoples. But they 6ay the old autocratic party, in Germany is gathering strength and likely to become domi nant, that Russia and Germany may ultimately come into cooperation, and that after all the great spread of Americanism to Europe may find a .check.' The reaction against Bolshe vism in Russia, the feeling in Russia that even a monarch Is prefer? hie to the present anarchy, and the big group that naturally leans .W.trd .aulocracy, all Joined with the fact that 80 per cent of the Russians are Illiterate, could easily make that country a willing ally of a German monarchical party, and bring to pass nobody knows what. . As shown by thertictlon of King Victor Emmanuel, the seeds of democ racy and liberty have ' been gown. There ..are possibilities. . for then to flower tod fruit , Bat they need the steadying and guiding and safeguarding hand of the League of Nations and the leader ship of America to hring them to full fruitios. Mayor Ole Hanson of Seattle Is writing a book on Bolshevism. His intimacy with the subject grows out of his experience In breaking the Se attle strike. THE RATES OX STEEL IT IS' impossible to see why there should be a transcontinental rate of 60 cents on steel for the Orient, and a "rale of 94 cents to $1.37 on steel to Portland. The steel is a material for ship building and the rate at which it is transported has nuch to do with where the ships will be built shoukl the rateg, as in this rase, be tuch that the building of ships jn the Orient will be most encouraged? What5 else is the effect when Ameri can steel for the Oriental ship builders crosses the continent for 60 cents, while steel for Portland ship builders costs as high as $1.37 ? If the railroads can haul steel for the Orient across the continent for 60 cents, why can they not haul it across the continent for Portland builders for 00 cents? Is it better to build up a ship building business in China and Japan, or better to build it up on the Pacific coast? Is it easier for the roads to carry Oriental business than to haul Amer ican business? It is assumed that the railroads want all the American business they can get. At least It is sound railroad policy to get and keep all possible traffic. Then is It not clear? to the roads that if they insist on charging Pacific coast shipbuilders more for hauling steel than the builders can afford to pay, the shipbuilders will either go out of business or bring steel to the Pacific coast for their purposes by ships? In either event, is. it not clear to the roads that the business will be hopelessly lost, and the rail lines be thereby deprived of a traffic? There are things about the steel rates that, to an unskilled layman, are inexplicable. One of the members of Secretary Daniels' party started it. He com plained that back In Washington Portland's reiterated petitions give us the name of the "whimpering city." Ho may, In fact, have used a more colloquial and less printable term. From the comment some of us have taken the suggestion that less asking for channel improve- ment, naval patronage and so forth might increase Portland's popular- ity at the national capital. But we do not think such a suggestion was intended. Nagging is totally differ ent from constructive seeking. One cannot bo associated with dignity and the other is inseparable from it. Portland and the ports of the Co lumbia do not need to nag. Their cause is too Just. PATRIOTIC ELKS T HE Elks of Oregon have under taken a task which will once more identify the "Best People on Earth" w'th patriotic service. They will conduct the campaign to secure investment of ( the state's quota in War Savings certificates. Uncle Sam is still paying the bills of the war. The thrift securities are an essential factor In the plan of national financing. The necessity which the government has encountered of with drawing funds ordinarily used in taking care of the expenses of sales Ihas been happily met by the public spirited organization. The Elks have not only the spirit but the capacity for carrying forward any cause with which they align themselves. Taey could not be identified with a move ment more wholesomely beneficial to themselves or to the people of Ore gon as a whole. They will teach lasting and much needed lessons of thrift whUe they help their govern ment. The constitution of the United States, bulwark of American liberty, was opposed by thousands previous to its adoption. None of these men is remembered. Even Patrick Hen ry's career is lost to sight after his opposition to the constitution. Amer ican public sentiment is today sim ilarly digging graves for the names of those who oppose the League of Nations. - UNMASKED I N THE steel strike the operators are charging that foreign-born em ployes are intimidating non-striking native-born workers. Possi bly and perhaps. But who brought the foreigners over and put them to work in the steel mills? Certainly the American workers didn't do it. The steel magnates did it. They and the steamship companies rum maged Europe for workers who would be satisfied with miserable working conditions, who would, as the Pittsburg survey showed, work 12 hours a cay and seven days' a week. It ill befits the operators now to raise the cry against the foreign ers, sound as their contention may be. They brought 'the aliens over. They profited long from the low wage and miserable living conditions under which the foreigners worked. They sought and brought here the very men wliom they now say are intimi dating the families of non-striking American employes. They imported the element against which, they are now . complaining while demanding a higher tariff on steel, products so American workers could be protected against the "pau per labor of Europe," What a lot of sham and bumbug and hypocrisy is coming to the sur face; in these troublous time when facts are fcts and the tinsel and ve neer are unmasked. " .. , .. Over a wide area in the Northwest and among many of the business and railroad men of Portland there win be general gratification because Of the advancement of Harry M. -Adams to the vice presidency of the Union Pacific, O-W. R. & N. and Oregon Short line in charge of traffic. Mr. Adams is one of the younger school of railroad men. He is active, force ful, intelligent and square in his dealings with communities and the public. His earlier transportation experience was gained in Portland and he has lost neither the friends he made here nor his own friendship for the city. MORE ROAD REVENUE If 0V to raise more money for state road construction is a question that will be submitted to the people of Oregon in a few months. It is apparent at this time that the present sources of revenue are insufficient to guarantee the com pletion of the state system which has been outlined by the legislature. In fact the present indications are that there will not be enough to complete the main trunk lines, taking into account the long stretches yet to be improved in Eastern and South ern Oregon. Under the state constitution only a bonded indebtedness or two per cent can be incurred for road im provement. This constitutional limit has been nearly reached. Approxi mately eighteen millions has been authorized out of a possible twenty million. This only leaves a margin of two million to draw upon, based upon the present assessed valuation of the state. It will be proposed to amend the constitution by extending the bond ing limit, as was done last June in the case of county bonds for roads. The county limit was raised from two per cent to six. If the itate flimit should be raised it would be necessary to find additional revenue on which to issue the bonds. With the present sources, motor vehicle licenses and gasoline tax, it is estimated that additional bonds of between four and five million to the eighteen million authorized might be carried. Beyond this amount a new source of revenue would have to be developed. Whether to Impose a further tax on motor vehicles, which now carry the main burden, or by a direct tax on rproperty Is a debatable question. It is quite evident that if we arc to have good roads we must pay for them. Dean Morton of the Oregon state university is undoubtedly right. As long as people have plenty of money and are willing to spend it prices will remain high. Prices are gov erned to a greater extent than some people realize by what they are will ing to pay. CHICAGO'S BIG PLAN ORTLAND'S city plan commission will be Interested In what Chi cago is doing. On the November ballot in that city will appear bonding measures aggregating $28, 600,000." The municipal Improvements proposed are in line with a general plan for a greater . Chicago first formulated by the late Daniel H. Burnham. Paving, bridge" building, street widening, subway and overhead construction and waterfront im provement are on the list. Enlarged bonding powers have been given Chicago by the Illinois legis lature. In addition to the proposed public expenditures owners of pri vate property along traffic arteries affected will be required to do. their share. Numbered among the backers of the movement are the heads of representative banks, business houses, industries and professions. The movement is so substantial that it has secured a 28-page section devoted to it by the Chicago Evening Post. The consulting architect of the Chi cago commission is Edward II. Ben nett, author of the Greater Portland plan. 9 The pioneer penal code imposed hanging on the horse thief. Judge Gatens is right when he says that Jail sentences are little enough for automobile thieves. IN GIVING T HE Lord, who loves the cheerful giver, must find many in Oregon who merit His affection. In season and out of season. in good times and bad, Portland has responded with unvarying liberality to the appeals of need. The counties of the state have met with uniform sufficiency the re quirements of the unfortunate. Oregon through its legislature has spent a cumulatively huge 6um to relieve the dire condition of the de fective and handicapped. The public and the private purse h&ve opened readily and sometimes, perhaps, too easily- Each appeal has bad Its own spon sors, each enterprise of philanthropy its supporters. The only character istic held in common has been the almost complete lack of coordination. There has never "been any complete summary or survey of the field for charity in Oregon. No responsible body representative of contributors has attempted a wise and sane di rection of eleemosynary institutions and efforts. . Why not? Though each enterprise follows Us own promptings, all draw support from common sources Thirty men in whom the public has confi dence could form a board capable of organizing and administering in general terms and under desirable regulation the public and private eharity of Oregon, Including Port land. It could form an underwriting body whose recommendation would be .indorsement indeed but whose lack of approval would be tanta mount to failure in securing public support. In due time, legislative en actment could give official status to such a board. It shoukl be, volun tary or official, entirely unselfish, non-political and with out one mo tive to express systematically In the terms of the highest yet most prac7 tical ideals, the generous sympathy the people of Oregon have for. need and misfortune. INCONSISTENT? OH, NO ! By Carl Sipith, Washington Staff Correspondent of The Journal Washington, Sept 25. Senator Lodge has adopted the small boy's retort in re Ply to President Wilson's speech at Port land, when the president recalled that the senator's present attitude is incon sistent with the speech the senator made in 1915, urging the need for a league to enforce peace. To the president he says, "You're another." "Personal inconsistencies are not of consequence if they exist," said Lodge. Then at length . he attempted to show that the president was not consistent in urging a policy of neutrality at the be ginning of the European war, trying to keep out of war, and later leading the nation as a war president. Lodge did not accuse the president of any inconsistency in connection with the League of Nations. On that the presi dent has been consistent, and Lodge ad mits he himself has not been. With some trace of irritation Mr. Lodge complained that his former remarks in favor of a league to prevent future wars has been called to his- attention "15 or 20 times" on the floor of the senate. Lodge ignored the question as to whether the president's effort to keep America at peace is in fact inconsistent with his later record in prosecuting the war. That this is debatable may be suggested from the fact that in the be ginning the scope and purpose of the German rush were not understood as they were revealed In the light of later everjts. The sentiment against war was then overwhelming, and men of all par ties applauded the policy of neutrality. As the war went on Hhe sinister pur poses of the German power became clearer, the conflict was extended, and the threat against democratic govern ment In any part of the world was com prehended. New issues arose, which transcended the violation of Germany's pledge to respect the territory of Bel gium. The far-flung conspiracies of Germany were revealed, and American rights were directly challenged. Then America saw the issue, and Wilson led the way. I If this was inconsistency, say the friends of the president. Lodge may make the most of it The great mass of intelligent public opinion was with him all the way, and was inconsistent also, if he was. Probably the most of those who in the early part of the war wanted to keep out and in the latter part wanted to go in, will resent the charge that either they or the president were incon sistent. However that stands, the present fact is that Lodge has been forced to admit his inconsistency on the League of Na tions. He was for it before President Wilson had been reelected, but he be came a downright skeptic as soon as the world's desire had been translated into a reality under the lead of the president. But there Is no politics in it for Lodge himself says so. Just as there is no politics in Lodge's fight on the League of Nations (accord ing to Lodge) there is also no politics tr a viiimVtA f sir Ha antitrlfiao ri-f nAal a m iiuuiuvi iia v -iiv.i cav t.a i ui ji ent Republican leadership. Reports from Oregon and Washing tor, of the investigation of spruce pro duction by the Frear sub-committee are to the effect that there is no politics in that, for Mr. Frear has said so. The senate sub-committee which is in vestigating Mexico is headed by Senator Fall of New Mexico, a bitter critic of the president and an advocate of in tervention. Fall shows instant hostility to witnesses who have a good word for President Wilson or President Carranza, or who oppose intervention. But there is no politics in it Fall says so. Investigating committees of the house delving into the conduct of the war and "revealing" what everyone has known, are press egented, by special arrange ment with the Republican national com mittee, and insinuations cast upon wit nesses who give testimony favorable to the war department. But there is no politics in it The chief inquisitors will assure you of that, from start to finish. Senator Penrose, who gibes at reform ers and reforms, has turned reformer. He has been so much Interested in reform that he. has not been seen in his seat in the senate for many weeks. He was busy in Philadelphia, securing the nomi nation at the primaries of the "reform" candidate for mayor. Representative J. Hampton Moore, better known as "Hampy." Philadelphia has for years been rid den by two brothers named Vare, one a member of congress and the other a state senator. They are accused of com bining contracting business with city government, and their forces are impo litely referred to as "the Vare garg." By a narrow vote Penrose's candidate hria been nominated, and the Vares de feated. It is viewed as a struggle of considerable importance to Penrose. Whether reform has gained any great victory remains to be seen. a a Sale to the public on the mall order plar. of $20,000,000 worth of textiles, mostly silks, forming part of the war surplus, Is proposed by T. J. O'Neill, expert adviser of the war claim's board. General Marshall, chief of ordnance, is reported to have approved, but-(no final decision has beep reached. He would l'ke to have the Red Cross undertake the distribution, and the officials of that organization are willing to do so if the business world does" not object Let the "Exceptional Woman" Jow Be Carefully Considered From the San Francisco Call The world moves on and leaves some people behind ; and the other day a San Francisco matron told a reporter that "there V nO woman' in the United States today Interested actively in pol itics who is capable of holding any cabinet position." The question is de batable. Could not Jane Addams, who has devoted 30 years of her superlative energy and vision to difficult social work in Chicago, conduct the much simpler bureaus of a government de partment? Could not Mrs, Carrie Chap man-Catt after commanding a -wonderfully skillful corps of workers through a successful campaign for the ballot, manage the affaire of a new department of education? Would the canny Mrs. Hetty Green have failed? Would Dr.. Anna Howard Shaw have failed? Would Mre. Mary Baker Eddy have failed? These women have solved difficulties as harassing as those that come to the desk of our cabinet officials. Perhaps they are exceptional women, but the world is beginning to admit that mere and more "exceptional" women are being born every day. And. after all, it is usually only the problem that im un common. Given a new difficulty, and a new man has always risen to struggle with it And the hour seems to be here when the wonjen, too. will be given opportunities to be called "exceptional." More women will be "geniuses" In the future. Letters From the People f Communications gent to The Journal for publication ia this department should be written on only one side of the paper, should not exceed S00 word in length, and must be signed by the writer, whose mail address iu full must accom pany the contribution. President Thanks S. P. Employes Grants Pass. Sept. 23. To the Editor of The Journal The thanks of President Wilson have been conveyed to the South ern Pacific railroad men who supplied his train with venison at Grants Pass, in the following letter : "On Board the President's Train, Sept 16, 1919. My Dear Mr. Lewmun : Mrs. Wilson and I deeply appreciate the thoughtful generosity of the Southern pacific employes in their gift of a deer. We shall relish it mightily, because it will be flavored with the friendship of the men whose good will we most sin cerely desire and appreciate. Please convey to them, if you have an oppor tunity, our warmest and sincerest thanks. "Cordially and sincerely yours. "WOODRO W ' W I LSON. "Mr. R. F. Lewman, fireman, Grants Pass, Or." In a former issue of The Journal credit for the gift of the deer was given to the Grants Pass Chamber of Com merce, which was an error on the part of the reporter. The gift was from the Southern Pacific employes of the Port land division, and to them belongs the honor for it, and it was presented to President Wilson in recognition of his good services and fair treatment to working men generally. n. F. LEWMAN. Offered as Anti-Strike Plan Portland. SeDt IS. Tn th ir.Hitr... rf The Journal The problem of a striking police or fire department is a serious one to all but anarchists, and I actuallv believe I have an idea that is pracUcal to safeguard the public against disaster from those quarters and which will eventually make any strike unnecessary when once adopted and foupd successful with civil serviee employes. Briefly, the plan Is this: Have a sliding pay scale based on the cost of the basic necessaries as determined periodically by a commit tee of three one representing employers, one employed, and a third chosen by these to represent the public, and to proceed thus : Normal times. War times. Three months' board.. $45 $75 House rent, month ... 15 -'0 Suit of clothes 35 60 Pair shoes 5 io Monthly salary $100 $165 I feel sure anyone worthy of a position would be willing to bind himself to a proposition like that and "forget" the ruinous strike. Just think what injus tice, deprivation and humiliation could have been saved the postal clerks with a system in vogue as suggested here. Necessity has been the mother of many inventions, but along civic lines the off spring too . often is smothered to death by the stepfather. This is humbly submitted for the pub lic good. G. A. R. Neglected Lots Portland. Sept 21. To the Editor of The Journal Some class to our city lawns. On Thompson, between Twenty fifth and Twenty-sixth streets, is a whole block, the full length blocked with the bull thistle, one of the worst pests in Oregon, as the thistledown is carried everywhere by the breezes. The writer saw a lady have to take to the street with a baby buggy because it was im possible to pasa on the walk. And when the pesta are cut down, they wait until the seds are ripe, so that they drop, in stead of cutting while they are green. In other places you will find burdock, the burrs of yhich cling to the cloth ing. Instead of the money being expended in cleaning up, much is used in wasteful ways. But they don't forget to figure on taxation to keep up such negligence. Fine the owners and use the fines for cleaning up. If the lots belonged to some poor person you bet they would have to hustle. RESIDENT. Curious Bits of Information For the Curious Gleaned From Curious Places Scores of almost priceless jewels which have been worn in the courts of Europe for generations are streaming daily into this country, anJ the staff of the col lector of the port of New York has been enlarged to meet Increased activities of jewel smugglers. Impoverished European nobles have sold heirlooms and Jewels in great quan tities, it is said, and although the legal imports of such articles recently have been larger than at any time since the war began, the customs service has been keyed to its utmost to detect smug gling. Russia Is contributing more than any other country to the jewelry being brought here, it is stated. Olden Oregon Junction of Columbia and Willamette Boosted in 1819 as Townsite. Discussing he project of some citizens of Virginia to settle on the Columbia, the St. Louis Enquirer, early In i$l9 said : ' "The Virginians contemplate an estab lishment on the navigable waters of tha Columbia, but we should think that the place of its Junction with the Mult nomah (Willamette), would furnish the most eligible. These rivers unite their streams, in tidewater, 120 miles from the Pacific ocean and a short distance from the range of mountains. From thence to Asia the navigation would be easy and direct, the distance not great, and the sea so peaceable, as its name indicates, that no more mariners would be wanted to conduct a ship than hands enough to set her sails at the outset of the voyage and take them down at its termination." Uncle Jeff Snow Says : j If our Republican friends is wise and sometimes they are otherwise- no giner'l that hain't been in France and saved civilization atthe pint of his auto matic all by hisself at the head of his rlglment. or army, or a battalion, any way, will git fur In a presidential eon teet. I have saw some mighty fine lookin' entries in a hoss race git beat with some critter that sold mighty low in the pools, in the good old boss racin' days. COMMENT AND SMALL CHANGE There isn't any sweetness in the newe that Portland is facing a sugar famine, e e a We used to wonder, "What is the world coming to?" But now we ask, "Where Is the world going tor t . Portland is U have a cilk shirt fac tory, which in view of the H. C of L.. doesn't interest us in the least in a personal way. e Airplane altitude stunts, of late so frequently reported, are doubtless an object lesson to tha pro fi leer that no price is so high that you can't put it higher. Well, it is interesting to know that Portland is soon to be visited by royalty, and it goes without saying that the city of roses will give its royal visitors a royal reception. a Signor D'Annunzio, we take it. is also opposed to the league of Nations. This Is excellent reason No. 87834 why the treaty with covenant ought to have been ratified months ago. And where Uncle Sam has food sales he has to bat retailers, and even whole salers, on the snoot to keep them from buying the stuff. Wouldn't you like to be appointed superintendent of the lake of fire and brimstone? IMPRESSIONS AND OBSERVATIONS OF THE JOURNAL MAN By Fred riB this article Mr. tockley vremnta Secre tary of the Nary Iteniel in an interview in which he tsllt the story of his ouriy life. It it. .i yoori an American story aa the best a story of early strui;t(le. of filial devotion, of oppor tunity Jieined, and all the ret of ft tlmt goc inu tlia making of thai AraorVan hos ulti mata niK-eess U always crowned with honor, i ml often with honors. The story will be concluded in a succeedins article in this epace. Joseph us Daniels, secretary of the navy, is one of the most interesting men I have ever had the pleasure of inter viewing. Recently I was the guest of Secretary and Mrs. Daniels in their pri vate car on the trip from Portland to Astoria That trip Is roost picturesque and beautiful. The train follows the Willamette to its .'unction with the ma jestic Columbia, and then follows the Columbia to the sea. "This is the first time Mrs. Daniels has made this tflp." said Secretary Daniels. "I made the trip when I was out here before, and I remember it with great pleasure." "How do you happen to be called 'Joseohus'?" I lnouired. "I was nameri for my father," said Secretary Daniels. "My father's people came to North Carolina from Wales about 1799 or 1800. My father's mother was Scotch. My father was reared on the banks of a small river in North Carolina. He used to see the ships plying between Wash ington, N. C, and the West Indies, so all of his boyhood dreams were of fol lowing the sea. He went to work In a shipyard at Washington, N. C. and learned the trade of ship carpenter. The ships built at Washington were smnll. Father wanted to v.ork on bigger ships, so he went to Raleigh, where larger ships were built. After having learned his trade thoroughly at Raleigh, he came back to Washington to work in the ship yard. He was in his early twenties OREGON'S PEOPLE Following are paaea reproduced from reports of special correspondents of New Tort papers who accompanied President Wilson's party on tha occasion of the president's ti-it to Portland on September IS. They are tha ultimate ot men trained to observe and com pare and who had seen and heard aU the crowds tluvt had previously greeted the chief eiecuUve on his tour of the country tn the in terest of tha League of Nation. New York Times President Wilson made a great impression on the people of Portland, during the street paradeat a luncheon given at the Portland hotSl, and at a night meeting at The Auditor ium. The crowds that received the pres ident here upon his arrival were al most as large as those that greeted him at Seattle, but a different spirit was visible in the reception. It was real enthusiasm, and not the mob spirit found In Seattle, the evidence of which made secret service men and other members of the presidential party fear at times that the crowds would get be yond control. The state of Oregon ia apparently sound League of Nations territory. In the generous reception to tha president both Republicans and Democrats joined, making one of the big ovations of the tour, with the residents of the city and thousands from surrounding districts out to see the president and Mrs. Wil son. The enthusiasm as the president and his party passed through the city upon their arrival was genuine and sus tained. The league covenant has the support of the principal newspapers of Portland and strong Republican back ing aside from this. There is little talk against the league program and less against the president.- The people like him and have great faith in the ideals that he has placed before them. O the reservation ists in Oregon probably the majority are of the mild type. Most of the population, if the expressions of leading Republicans and Democrats, which were heard today, may be taken as a criterion, are opposed to any course that will cripple the treaty of peace or make it necessary to send it back to the peace conference. Senators Cham berlain. Democrat, and McXary, Repub lican, the latter a "mild reeervationist" seem to have a strong bold on the con fidence of the public. Inquiry as to the popular attitude toward Johnson and Borah brought the response, as a rule, that they had the support of only a small minority of the people. There is not to be found here the deep Interest in the peace treaty and league that is found in many communities of the East but there is lively interest in the president and the large principle for which he has taken his stand. Therf Is a distinct feeling among people in all walks of life business man, baker, farmer and mechanic that the treaty controversy should be ended without delay, and a definite constructive pro gram put through. Branches of or ganized labor here are definitely on rec ord as in favor of the League of Na tions. - The labor situation is much more settled here than in Seattle, and, while the radical groups threaten, they have not obtained a dominant hold of the industries of organized labor, t New York Herald President WMlson declared he was going to see the League of Nations through, "whatever evil re sists," and asserted that the man who opposes it either has no imagination or no knowledge or he is a quitter. He stated that the United States did not dare to turn back and said that if we do not enter the league all the rest of the world will have a "grouch" with America. These statements were made at a luncheon at the Hotel Portland, at tended by 300 of the city's business and professional men. The president was well received, the crowds which viewed his passage thro'igh the streets having been ex ceeded recently only by those at Seat tle on Saturday. Although the state is normally strongly Republican sentiment here was said to be generally for the league, either with or without mild res ervations. Both Senator Chamberlain, Democrat, and Senator McNary, Re NEWS IN BRIEF OREGON SIDELIGHTS "If all the world could knew of ttiaae September days, there wouldn't be room enough in Oregon to pitch a tent, is the way the Eugene Register puts It Astoria's garbage collecting agency, a company operating under a city fran chise, has announced a 50 per cent raise In rates. Wage raises and new equip ment are assigned as the reason, ee The members of tha First Christian church of Eugene have raised the sal ary of Pastor Stivers, who iu Bix months has raised the church debt of $2fi.OO0 and added 100 members to the church, a e Pursuant to a vote of the district, taken lut summer, the Bend school hoard has taken action to increase tha teachers' salaries, the Increase in no in dividual rase to exceed 11 per cent of present salary. m "Hlllsboro shouhl by all means make It possible for airplanes to have a com mon landing place In or near the city." argues the Arnus. "A space at Irast 20O0 feet long is required, and as the air service is here to slay, and as tim ber means a great deal to Washington county, it should be made easy for planes to land for supplies. The Hlllaboro club has taken up the matter wtlh Mayor Wall, and something should be done, and "quickly." Lockley wheji he returned to his boyhood homo. When ho was f no married my mother, whose maiden name was Mary Oleeves fieabrook. Shortly after their marriaRe ths Civil war- started. Father wanted to enlist at once, but In the Mouth (men who could build ships were scarce, eo father was sent to Wilmington. N. to build blockado runners. The South was anxious to get its cotton to th Kng liHh market and to bring In goods from England. c "I was born May 18, 1862. Father died when I was two years old. My moUier's grandmother's name was Van Pelt Tho Van Pelts came from Holland, settling in New Jersey about 1700. Her people, the Cleeveses and. the Seabrooks, were English. My mother's people came to North Carolina about the same time that my father's people did that is, about 1800. The first of my mother's nannle. to rnm tn rtTnt-rVi Carnltna nmn "HDanlel Seabrook. RecenUy I ran across ,tne censu r Hyde county. N. C, for 1808- Thle census has the name of Daniel Seabrook. "Hyde county. N. C, la a great corn and tobacco growing county. It is still remote from the larger centers. There is no railroad in the county. When I was a little chap I used to enjoy hear ing my mother tell me of her girlhood there, of how when she weiu to school she could sometimes see a bear cross ing the trail ahead of her. "Almost all of the boys of that country took to the sea. My mother's father, James Seabrook, was a farmer and a country doctor. Originally there were three of the Seabrook brothers who came over from England. One settled in Georgia, one in North Caro lina and one in Connecticut The one in Connecticut later moved to Ohio." AND THE LEAGUE publican, are believed to favor mild res ervations to the league covenant al though It was said that Senator Cham berlain might vote for the peace treaty without a change. a a New York World The president brought his "report" on the League of Nations to Oregon today, and more than 100,000 people cheered him In the street of its metropplis with a fervor that In dicated both personal respect and sym pathy with his mission. He came away from turbulent Seattle at midnight, with the cheers of 10,000 people ringing In his ears, to find twice as many enthu siasts choking the streets of Portland. He made but two speeches during the day. One was to a select, gathering of me Bona citizens or me state. Headed by the Republican governor, at a luncheon. The other was to a popular audience of 8000 that thronged The Auditorium. The audience in The Auditorium cheered him for 12 minutes, sang the national an them most impressively apd then roared its approval for three minutes more. The reception to the president by Portland was of a characteristically wholesome western order. It lacked the spectacular ferment and excitement of the demonstration at Seattle and Ta coma, in the neighboring state of Wash ington, but was manifestly sincere and of the "open mind" order. At the luncheon which was tendered, the president sat next to the Repub lican governor, and Mr. Baker, the Re publican mayor of the town. There were also present other distinguished members of Senator Lodge's party, in cluding National Committeeman Ralph Williams and Editor Edgar Piper. The president spoke for 21 minutes. At the end of it one of the leading Re publicans of the state proposed "Three cheers for our president," and they were given with a resounding cheer. The attitude of the people of Oregon toward the League of Nations Is pretty much the same as in other Western states visited by the president. Repub licans assert that "party sentiment in dorses the position of Senator McNary, Republican, who is one of the little group of senators holding out for "mild reservations" to the league covenant. Democratic leaders subscribe to this sentiment to the extent that "the only opposition that can be found in the state Is of a purely partisan Republican character." They further assert that the Republicans do not deny that "if tho league covenant could be submitted to a vote of the people it would be carried by odds of five to ona" The reason advanced by the Demo crats in making this prediction Is that "the people of Oregon are willing to take the word of the president that the League of Nations does not expose the United States to a single danger from outside Interference and Is necessary to balance the affairs of the world." Both Republicans and Democrats agree that "the country is tired of the procrastination of the senate and wants action, not words." Inquiry developed the fact that the very large foreign clement In the state. Vialnly of Scandinavian origin, is in favor of the league, while the returned soldier population, encouraged by Re publican partisan propaganda, is being influenced to oppose It on the alleged ground that it will compel the United States to send American troops to set tle the national disputes of other coun tries. Organized labor seems to be solidly arrayed in favor of the league, although there exists among the adher ents of the outlaw I. W. W. the same sort of opposition as pre alls in Wash ington, Montana and Idaho. Thrjp po sition does not have much of a chance for expression, however, as the people of the state have put up the bars against the disturbing factor in Its industrial life. A few men of the type that lined the streets of Seattle wearing badges de manding the "Release of Political Pris oners" were conspicuous in the crowds that greeted the president today, but they caused, so trouble. The Oregon Country f Northwest Happenings tn Brief Form Kr the Busy Reader. OREGON NOTES George Brown, a resident of Linn county for 40 .years, died nt Albany Tuesday, agad 80 years. The I-ebanon High school opened this week with an enrollment of 200. the largest in tho history of the school. The Coos and Curry County Medical association has adopted a. resolution in! cent ft'US f ,,ny,it'iil"11 u'u per at't.T,tinBJf V8ervk0 nien '"hi at It..uiori Tuemlay tiisiht. with a view ihl??a."? me"' "li4lkP ie furniahlng heir patron, with hear uteaks. three laMnc be.,, k ii,.,! tll ,,1H, cmjty j th iat ft-w wreks. r,f?i!.'i1ifT, iiw""r of l,,p Werometer. the official publication of th student bedv or . A. ... made lis appearance Wed nesday morning. The fourth carload of apples (hi season whs chipped by the Kugc'ne l rultBrowri-s' association Tuesday lo ' London, England. ,. K.".r" consideration of $ir..0mi. Jainen t II. Wolfe, an Illinois fa rrner. has pur-clias.-.l u s at.re Jliune ,,,,.(, frH111 B J. Milen of S.tlem. Hoy l.athrop was nerloualy Injured ''ear (.rants Pass when a silage cutter Si rib i Portions of tho metsl striking him on the livid. knoVlTe,! J !V'ttJlf"y of lM Orande was abi.m?".hy "V ,,fo'""''tl'. drgKe.l i fef't .lin,i 'ived a broken collar bonu and other injuries. I.aM ue'k t lit- uarehoimn of the Ort gon Millmg company at Monmouth mH n '. 3 '?,m' "V "r 'W tiUSjteau .cilirt bad to refuse to take, mure. News from Matshfield in to the effect enfh!l.,;irlV JWMenfc-er route is to be established between Coos Bay ami d l bttcke(1 r,y Ben B. Ost- Tbe farm home of Mr. and Mrs. lsaa Dvck near Dallas was totally destroyed . Lum tPu.-"dayi M"'- UyiU H,,,, - la-nld baby had a narrow eacape from For the first time In many years, there, are no houses to ho rentsd In Grants I ass. Even the little baokyard cot-arrivals'- refUU:cl and ocuplel by new JheKrir,t Ntln Bank of Scappoose ..Ph rorY.ni??d' Sinclair Wll.on vft s. Danlel - Crowley as president. Wilson is also president of the bank at iwtnnton. Deputy Sheriff O'Conner was injured rhu?11? Craiik when bl Cadillac machine from Portland crashed Into his c'rll ,I,arrw ?rade and completely the til U" The Portland party took the blame and ordared him a new car. By a unanimous standing vote, the congregation of the Christian church at hugene has Increased the salary of their pas or. Dr. K. V. Stivers, who In the 5HJ!f t,ven nionth has ralaed a $36,000 ?S and increased the membership of the church 100. WASHINGTON From October 10 to October 12, a rac ing meet will be held on the old Clarke county fair track at Vancouver. A high school course has been pro vided in the educational department of the state training school at Chehalis. Lyle will ehip more than BO carloads of hlgti clans apples this year.' Ship ments in fon.ier years have been negli gible. Right of the city of Spokane to deny licenses to "Jitney" bus operators has been upheld by United States District Judce Rudkin. The recent membership drive of the American Legion at Hoqulam yielded the organization 220 members, bringing the total roll to 536. ,.Ln? Washington state tax levy for J r.? ,8to be 1M4 n Increase of l.o 1 mills. The Increased valuation for the entire state Is $24,802,194. Because tha paving of roads in Clarke county began late this aeason, It is feared many of the pi-ojects will not be nAmnlAt.jl Kne.v-ik t .. . i .. . . ...iiivi. . , 1 1 1 1 mo j in n y season De gins. A bill to authorize the establishment of a hydroRraphic offloa on Grays Har bor has been Introduced In the house of representatives by Congressman Al bert Johnson. Governor Stephens of California ha granted requisition papers for the re turn to Seattle of Harry Rutter, Allen McKinney and Ray Walden, charged with grand larceny. A. L. Benhaw, an automobile mechanic of Seattle, killed himself at Santa Monica, Cal., rather than be returned to Seattle, where he was wanted on a grand larceny charge. John W. Hallowell. assistant to Sec retary Lane and in direct charge of mat ters relating to the reclamation service-, has arrived at Yakima for an Inspection of Yakima reclamation projects. IDAHO Nell McMeekln, who killed Charles White on Wind river last May 5, has been acquitted of murder at Craniie vllle. The enrollment at the University of Idaho 1m more than do per rent greater than any previous year, and students are continuing to come in. A special election for the voting on a $300,000 bond issue for highway pur poses has been called for October 4 by the Clearwater highway district. Carl Randell and Willie Walton, two Murtaugh boys, will be given free trln to Boise, having carried away tfi prizes for the best pIrs in tho county. Canyon county has at present six thriving modern whooIhoiwH and Is building a new $10,000 structure In a newly created district south of Nanipa. More than 3000 people turned out to participate In the homecoming celebra tion at Oroflno given In honor of the Clearwater county young men who served In the world war. Illinois Kditor Likes The .Northwest Following his visit to Portland with the National Editorial asnocia tlon delegation, W. J. fcmitli, editor of the Waukrgan (111.) Daily Hun, writes to the publisher of The Jour nal : I desire to express my sincere thanks to you for the wonderfully fine book on th Columbia river highway by Mr. Lancaster widen I found wailing for me on my return from our kplendld trip In the North west. The souvenir Is the finest of the kind I have ever seen and to think that you thought of us to the ex tent of sending members of our party a token of this sort is merely further evidence of the fact that the great Northwest is up and doing all the time. I am sure no other part of the country can produce a sim ilar spirit of "do for our own com munity" that your locality demon strates not only in contribution but in every act of hospitality shown us by your folks when we were your guests. It was a revelation to us men from the central states where such things are Impossible because we sorrowfully admit we are not "together" as you sre out there where the West begins and where the East ends. TJie spiritnanlfested by your peo ple there surely serves as an In spiration to me and others of our party and all I can eay is that we all came back home feeling that we had learned much in the matter of doing things for our community, the lessons you taught us being Imbedded in our hearts in a manner that can not -be described in words, and can not be erased. You have a right to feel proud of your country of the Northwest and the Northwest has reason to fee chesty over the calibre of wen who art doing things out there.