THE OREGON DAILY JO U RNAL, PORTLAND. OREGON
SATURDAY, AUGUST 7, 1820.
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IIE .'mob that attacked the plant of
ithe Denver Post aimed a blow at
speech. In striking at free speech,
e In the mob struck at themselves
Thje, people who, for jtheir-own pro
tectaon, should be most concerned
aboqt the survival of free speech and
a free press, iare. the great working
; mass. AH the privileges of free action
f and
free government that they have
1 1 were
won by free . speech.'; The , ptr-
petuation of that free action and that
free
government depends upon the sur-
vjval
of free discussion.
"1- ' Wnan 4ISaa vi'ipA n k n l ci ah wA.-ct
1 f Poslira thy better, let thy wont thoughts
L v i I dla. Sir Walter Baleish..
! """ THE DENVER MOB i
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.i 'Mother A was-no-free government. There
was
little freedom of action. Men
bound .to ; their masters. Whole
es were races . of near slaves,
were
peop
many of them actual-slaves. If those
in ihie Denver mob Will read the his
i tory !of a few centuries ago, they will
, ' discd fer what a. fearful mistake they
'made in striking at free speech. ?- . 1
'i The only offense of th Denver Post
was hat it argued against the strike
.of tie Denver carmen. . The true
course of' the sympathizers' with the
strike was: to meet; argument with
argunent in open discussion through
j the p: "ess The company had imported
j hired strikebreakers! The strike
; break ers vere armed 'and the com
pany' i act was la near resort to civil
war, a course that the publio does
not approve ani l a fact that the car
; men :ould have used with deadly ef
! feet . n publio discussion. :
1 Mol s . are never reasonable. -The
j leader who rises -for'the moment to
guide a mob U usually a desperate
' and ill-balanced man. The whole
trend of mob action is to do the wrong
thing :'7-'fi:'::-y.-r':,: j ,"
- We are advancing toward a day of
reaso 1 and discussion and settlements
. by compromise ? and concession" It 1 is
; a better and. more civilized process.
1 Xet mob action j and , its fury and
folly perish from the earth. ;
1 'j Ouf on the' Willamette the .other
I 1 '. afternoon.'. he and she were in: a
canoe. And she sat in his lap.
t , Whene was her mother?
WHEELS WITHIN ' WHEELS
' TD rVHAT tent is the Non-partisan
tl If ague movement to influence the
result of the presidential contest?
i Emboldened by many successes, full-
handed with campaign funds and gath-
cring I recruits, in numerous states the
" Non-partisans might cast vote to
change the electoral vote in a state
or twb and thereby figure in the presi--
dential decision in case of a close
L x f . F.Y&mrilfi Of the fal in fhp itinvm.nt
is af f irded in RlinnesqtA, where,Jf 12.000
'was raised in contributions at a single
,mass meeting.: 'It Is a pian in that
' ;'i state Ito raise 100 contributions of 8100
2 ; In eacfi of the 5 counties which would
;v. yield ;an emergency campaign fund of
$860,000, all in addition to the huge
: 1 fund provided by $18 membership fees.
Jin th, league. The movement is run-
ning feomething like the following in
the northern, tier of states:
' The Non-partisan League of , Idaho
selected a complete, state; ticket and a
5 "Farmer-Labor platform; at their state
convention which cama - to a close
Thursday evening after a two-day ses
sion, n Katnpa. i More than 1000 dele
gates Jwere" in attendanee.
! At jthe forthcoming primaries In
Montana the league will have an en
tire state ticket on the Democratic bal
lot, "This ticket has been indorsed by
the Non-partisan league of Montana
and the Montana Labor league. The
Montana Labor league and the Non
partisan league are working together.
The labor' league is composed . of
railway employes. I miners land other
workers. It is the political branch
of the Montana Federation of Labor.
In Washington: the triple Alliance,
the strongest branch of which is the
Non-partisan league, is to , place a
Farmer-Labor ticket In the field for the
elections this fall. : The Non-partisans
are expected i to enter candidates In
the Republican Primaries and because
of their admitted strength plans are
under way by the Republicans to hold
an elimination contention before the
primaries to narrovf the candidates to
one who will run against! the Non
partisan. . I . : j
In. Minnesota ; a full Farmer-Labor
ticket j comprising lor the .most part
the league candidates beaten at the
reeent; Republican primaries, ,wiU be
In ; the field. Should the supreme
court sustain the decision of the lower
ccurt In ousting' thi Rev. O. J. Kvale,
league Victor over Congressman Vol
stead for renomination, it- has : been
announced that Kvale will run again
in the elections against Volstead on
the Farmer-Labor ticket at the general
election. i ,
In the few instances in Nrth Da
kota where the leaguers lost the Re
publican nomination; the defeated can
didates will run again at the general
election on a Farmer-Labor ticket.
In Wisconsin, South Dakota, Colo
rado: and Nebraska the Non-partisan
league has complete state tickets.
In Wisconsin the success of the
league ticket hinges upon support by
Senator Robert M. Li Follette. La Fol
Iette has been 111 for some time and
up to the present lhas not declared
himself in Xavor of
tickets. i '
any of the state
Some very good salaries are paid
by the , Milwaukee jrallroad,. as re
vealed in The . Journal's news dis
patch yesterday from Carl Smith, Its
Washington 'correspondent. - Presi
dent Barling was 'paid $75,319. H.
E. Byram, who also! appeared on the
salary list as president as a result
of a chance In officials durine the
year, got $6 0,00 f as! president of the
Milwaukee,; and 122600 as vice pres
ident of the Burlington. The salary
of each was in excess of that of the
president of the United, States. Has
private management' of the roads
shown results commensurate with
such salaries?
EFFECTIVE PUBLIC ACTION
CITY and state lavj" enforcement of
ficials are deserving of commen
dation, for the changed conditions at
coroner's Inquests on killings in auto
mobile accidents. Ai atmosphere of
ignorance of details, indifference and
loose investigation has been sup
planted byi vigorous : and thorough
probing into the causes of fatal col-
Jjsions I and. a sincere effort to effect-?
ually fix rcsponsibflity.
In the early days of the accident
prevention , campaign, coroner's in
quests were 'next to farcical. No traf
fic officers I were present to throw
light on accidents. Public prosecutors
were frequently absent. No one, save
the coroner, was theje to protect the
interests of the publio. Many a signi
ficant noint was never brought to the
attention of. the juryj . Facts were ig
nored, except? those brought out by
the; attorneys for the defense.'. As a
result, negligent drivers were released.
one after another. 1 ' ' ,
At the inquest on the death of
George N. Pattison thre was a differ
ent atmospnere. even aiiorneys were
there, there I with a realization that
they vvere convened flor serious' busi
ness, the business of
fixing responsi
bility for a death. An
expert from the
traffic -office; was there.
He gave com-
prehensive testimony
Two competent
attorneys, one from, thie city attorney's
office and one from tlie district attor
ney's, were ' present
publio interest.' All
o care for the
points were
brought out and presented to the jury
effectually. After theevidence was in.
the Jury acted and acted quickly.
The "entire Investigation was one of
grim and thorough business. Through
the -work "; of the conoder and . other
public agencies, motorists are coming
to" know that .lives cannot be wiped
opt without a reckoning." They are
coming to realize that it will be their
portion to answer forj criminal negli
gence. It is made plain that their
neighbors are to sit inj grim judgment
on those who participate in fatal ac
cidents. . j r
To date, grand Juries have not found
sufficient cause to hold erring motor
ists to sthe courts. Jit is unusual in
the light of frequent 'Verdicts of coro
ner's juries" in which drivers have been
held to blame. Are all the facts com
prehensively; laid before them? '
In seeking a divorce, a deaf and
dumb wife complained that her hus
band swore at her im the sign lan
guage. 1 Why didn't she look In the
other direction, or, , If it was in 'the
nlfiht. turn off the light?
GREASE, SPARK I AND FIRE
PHILADELPHIA hadj a 11,000,000 fire
recently Scores of girl employes
escaped from flaming buildings by
jumping into outstretched blankets.
Firemen were forced I to slide dowu
ropes to safety as walls crumbled. A
dozen w more firemen were slightly
injured. Nine firms jsuffered ' heavy
losses. , .
Here, is a report on the way the fire
started : ' , j
"When an electrically propelled cut
ting machine : on the second floor of
the six-storyf building housing the
Philadelphia Blanket (company blew
out a fuse, i spark darted out and
started the blaze, - The inflammable
nature of the greasy woolen, fiber In
the blanket company's plant was re
sponsible for an almost . simultaneous
outburst of flame the length and
breadth of the big rooni.".. -
Tli at is the way dozens of immensely
destructive - fires originate. Greasy
rags, oily substances and other inflam
mable materials are left about.: ' It
was only a- few weeks) ago that an
apartment house was fired in Port
land when a greasy rag was deposited
on a table. A match or an electric
light touched it, and occupants of the
street hurried. Into the streets - for
safety.. i i5 v V i p"- " i
In another instance an electric light
was left burning near i linen in an
apartment house. A fire started and
again residents were forced to seek
safety from the flames.
Inflammables left about, especially
oily materials, need not come In con
tact with a match to start a ; confla
gration. Electric lights, stoves, fric
tion: and heat from any ! source will
soon fire them. And then the 'Phila
delphia scenes are enacted, girls jump
ing from the heights to be caught or
not caught in blankets, firemen slid
ing to safety from crumbling walls.
bodies burned and property destroyed.
It will always stand to the credit
of Portland that 7225 citizens used
their automobiles In carrying Shrin
ers ' on sightseeing trips. ' The gen
eroslty of Port lap d ers In this respect
Is a common remark among visitors
It pays.
1 .' A TALKING CLOCK
A PHILADELPHIA man has Invented
a clock that speaks the hour In
stead , of striking. A phonographic
attachment to a hand made; clock
works the wonder. . j ' "1
The clock has a 30-day " movement
and can be made' to call the hour, half
hour; quarter hour, or all of them
In addition, it will make whatever
comment the inventor desires. '
For instance, at 11 the clock says;
Eleven o'clock; time to go home." The
Phlladelphian : has an ! 18-year-old
daughter whose friends are thus sent
home at the proper, hour.
The inventor studied clockmaking in
Italy and produced the talking clock.
after 18 months' work, l; f ir
Such a ; device could be extremely
convenient as a usual thing, but there
are times when the "go home" warn
ing could work immense havoc.
After months in which automo
bile fatalities were remarkably few,
an epidemic of killings has suddenly
appeared. Let the t authorities
promptly take away the licenses of
drivers who figure culpably In such
accidents, and let them travel on foot
until ; they can learn to drive with
prudence. The drivers license law,
administered by officials worth while,
will make all careless drivers care
ful. If : in ' no other way, by making
them , all . walk. ..,,,.'. , .
THE HEART WORKERS
YOU can hire a man to work with
his hand or brain, but it isn't
with money that you get his heart to
work for you.
That, in effect, was In epigram In
the address of Vice President Marshall
at the Chamber of Commerce luncheon
in his honor yesterday. 1 When you
have a man's heart working for you.
he added, - he doesn't pay much at
tention to. the clock.. j '
If this Incontrovertible formula
could ! sink into the mind of every
employer and be applied, the problem
of hire would be half solved. Em
ployers would thereby ; create an
atmosphere around their Institutions
that would quickly be sensed by em
ployes.'. And once sensed the spirit
of a generous ; cooperation between
the two principals to industry would
be half established. Tho road would
then be open for getting ! the hearts
of workers into their service. ,
On the Cher: hand, workers them
selves can greatly ' forward this pro
cess of cooperation, by giving loyalty
to the institution. s After all, in work
ing ' for the institution, the employe
is working for himself, for the more
successful the institution the more it
can afford to pay for service, f
There is great , roonj : for progress
in getting the employe to. work with
not only his hand, or brain, but with
his heart. The heart j workers have
been too often unrewarded. Also, the
brain and hand worker ! tod often tries
to do as little as possible. It Js a
conspicuous' fact that there Is a trend
nov to do as little '' and get as big
pay as possible ' -
The sooner the two sldes: get nearer
each other and bring hearts into play
in the business, the better and hap
pier it will be for all.
But for- the bitter enders, the
league pact would .have been rati
fied with ' minor reservations. " But
the little group of bitter enders by
their threat of bolt, ran the senate.
And though there were but a dozen
or 15 of this little senate cabal, they
dictated to "'the -: senate, dictated to
the ; Chicago convention, dictated to
the ; Republican party andl are now,
through Mr. Harding, asking! the
people of America to approve their
action., And because of the delay in
the final settlement of peace due to
the little senate cabal, Europe is
again pn fire. , .. ; -
A PLACE OF PERIL
INTERSECTIONS are "intersections.
Autamobiles travel cross ' intersec
tions, some bound north, some south,
some east and ' some west. Cannot
drivers get it Into their minds s that
with:, automobiles crossing narrow
intersections in four directions : and 1
often at . unlawful speed, a condition
of Imminent peril is present? '
' Can drjvers not realize that v two
automobiles cannot occupy the same
space at the same time, and that when
ever that thing is attempted there Will
be a smashup? ,1 ' , ,
- Can ' they not realize that most - of
the accidents occur "at street inter
sections as the police 'records show?
' Must it become necessary, in order to
lessen killings and smashups, to pass
a law requiring automobiles to come
to a full stop before entering an inter
section on main arteries? "
CHALLENGED
, BY WOMEN
A State Executive Arraigned Be
' cause of Refusal to Call Special :
. Session , to Act on National
Suffrage Amendment.
t The 1 subjoined document; reproduced from
tha column of the Woman Citizen of July 24.
is an open letter to Coventor PercrWa.1 W. Clement
of Vermont, from the National Woman Snffra
asaocUUoft. ! --'"' ."."'''
" A careful perusal of your proclama
tion . refusing to .call the legislature of
Vermont . into special ' session Impresses
the most casual reader with the convic
tion that you have doubtless - told the
truth, but not the whole truth. No one
outside; fit Vermont, believes you have.
Perhaps Vermonters, knowing local pol
itics, may read between the lines and
understand, but outsiders never.- In or
der that this generation of your fellow
men and posterity may not misunder
stand your position, the National Amer
ican Woman Suffrage association urges
you :' to supplement your ' proclamation
with replies to the following questions:
Do you acknowledge that the federal
constitution is the supreme law of this
land and supersedes all state constitu
tions whenever the two are in conflict?
Do you challenge this fact that has stood
unchallenged for 131 years?
Do you know that on January 10,' 1791,
Vermont ratified that constitution, al
though she had one of her own, and
by' so doing accepted the precedence of
the federal constitution over, it and by
that act was admitted into the Union
as a new. member of the United States
of America? : i
If you do know these facts of common
knowledge, why did you throw over your
refusal to call a special session the
camouflage of a dissertation about tne
alleged conflict ' between the Vermont
and federal constitutions, which has
nothing whatever to do with the -calling
Of a special session of your legislature?
Do you not know that the method of
amending the federal constitution has
remained unchanged from the beginning.
and that over and over .again federal
supreme courts have declared that the
provision is to be interpreted exactly as
it reads, and in no other way? Do you
not know that Vermont has ratified each
and every one of the 18 federal amend -
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other state has ever instituted a move
ment to change the method?
Do you not know that when a legisla
ture acts upon a federal constitutional
amendment, it draws its authority from
the federal and not from the state con
stitution, and that the governor has ho
responsible part in the transaction ex
cept as custodian of the amendment
when it comes from the federal secre
tary of state and returns to him with
the - certificate of ratification?
You profess to fear - "an invasion of
states' rights" and take upon yourself
the responsibility of preserving "the
foundations of free popular government-
Then why did you veto the presidential
suffrage bill passed by the legislature
of Vermont in 1919, which was strictly
a state action and conferred the vote
upon the women of Vermont . alone?
Women of 14 states will vote for presi
dent in November by the. authority of
such a law, the validity of which has
been tested In more than one court and
confirmed. Unless the women of Ver
mont are willing to expend the neces
sary money , and , exert the necessary
energy to test the validity of your veto
and carry the question ; to the United
States' supreme court, they will be de
nied the right to vote, unless the ratifi
cation of the federal amendment takes
place. Why did you single-handed and
ajone thus checkmate the legal grant
by the legislature 'of i a j legal right to
the women of Vermont?
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Dp you not realize that no Bolshevist
ever made a bolder repudiation of the
elemental principles of our government
than when you say, "As; it sianos ana
is interpreted by the supreme court to
day, the ' federal constitution threatens
the foundation of free popular govern
ment"? Then why did you say it? Was
it not to t bewilder those who regard
constitutions as beyond the pale of or
dinary understanding? ; The - constitu
tion, as interpreted by the supreme court.
you say. leaves "the people at tne mercy
of any group of men who may lobby a
proposal for change of. federal constitu
tion through congress and the legisla
tures of the states" and "In the face
of this situation I am asked to call the
legislature of Vermont j into extraor
dinary session," etc '
Just who or what has been the ob
jectionable 'lobby" of this , proposed
change? ::-. ,i ..i-.--.
Your - national r party convention kin
16 indorsed the principle of suffrage
am just, and in 1920 called for comple
tion of ratification .In time for women
to . vote for the next president. Your
party's national committee In the interim
of conventions took action three times,
once asking the congress ! to submit the
suffrage amendment, once favoring early
ratification, and once calling upon Re
publican governors to call special ses
sions in order that ratification might
proceed. '
Your state party convention asked you
to call a 'special session, j Yoir party's
state committee asked you to- do the
name thing. ,-Your, legislature has asked
yoiTto call f a special session in ; order
that it might have the opportunity, to
take action upon the amendment. Hun
dreds of Vermont women recently visited
you in one deputation for- the : purpose
of asking you. to call a special session.
The chairman of the national Republican
committee and the chairman of your
state Republican committee have asked
you to call a special session. The can
didate for president of your party has
asked you to call a special session. This
is a very distinguished and notable
group to be dismissed with the impli
cation that your- people j are at their
mercy. " !-"" .r:;-,;--::' .'.:: '.' . k: : ;::.' ;?U'isfe
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' We, on the outside. --cannot be'lieve
you so ignorant of the federal constitu
tion and its history as your proclama
tion implies, i We cannot believe that
you so readily insult the j legislature of
your state and set aside the .wishes of
so distinguished a list of your fellow
partisans without far more controlling
motive than appears in your proclama
tion. :-"t -:--::': :- -v- -j " . i
Why do - you repudiate : the . constitu
tion of the United States and introduce
Into your proclamation & long discus
sion of entirely extraneous subjects?
WHv do vou Blander the members ,- of
your own state legislature; oy ins impli
cation that they . do no possess either
the Judgment or the conscientious pur
pose to represent the people of Vermont
on this question? Why-do you reject
the pledges and pronouncements of yoor
state and national party?) Why do you
take the responsibility upon your indi
vidual self to stand between the women
of Vermont as welt-as the women of the
nation and " their right t to -vote in- No-
vember? Why do you thus. In the year
1920, when the great nations of the world
have enfranchised .their women, attempt
to block , the normals legal and natural
procedure, in this republic?
Do you not know that by your section,
in the eyes of the world you Impugn Hie
good faith of your party, that party's
national committee, its accredited lead
ers and its presidential nominee on the
subject of ratification? v : p '
Nobody can accept it as a fact that
on you is to rest the real responsibility
for your refusal to can Vermont's legis
lature in special (-session. To accept
that as a fact is to accredit; you with
authority superior to that of your party
and its leaders. .
You cannot seriously- expect to' be so
accredited.: t-
You owe it to the Republican party
and tXM the world to' explain your as
sumption of an authority that belongs
to your party leaders. By what right
do you make' this assumption?
Governor Clement, tell it all
THE NATIONAL AMERICAN WOMAN
SUFFRAGE 'ASSOCIATION,
r r (Signed) Carrie" -Chapman ' Catt.
, -.: - - ' President.
i Letters Fom the People
f Communicatlpna sent to Tha Journal for
publication in this department should be written
en oair one side of thai paper, should- not exceed
200 words in lensth and must be aisned by tha
writer, whose mail address in full must accom
pany tha contribution.
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THE EQUAL SUFFRAGE CAUSE
Umatilla. Jury 22. To the Editor of
The j Journal Kindly permit space for
a word- or cheer to those brave women
in the ' East who are giving of their
strength and talents and their means
for: the ratification of the suffrage
amendment.- " , .-
. Three years aero there was carried on
in this and other states an extensive
campaign , by the Woman's Congres
sional league to urge congress to pass
the, Susan B. Anthony amendment. The
Democratic congress and the president
were held responsible for - its failure
to pass,; and the women of Oregon were
urged to defeat the Democratic candi
dates whether .they 'were personally in
favor of suffrage or . not. , ,
State legislatures which, refuse ratifi
cation of the amendment, or governors
who refuse to ; call legislatures that
would ratify it are very much like the
senate which refuses entrance of this
Country into the League of Nations, de
signed to settle internationals disputes,
prevent wars and protect smaller na
tions. - What must we say 1 of Ameri
cans who withhold the same ; liberties
from the women of their nation as are
accorded by proverbial "Darkest Rus
sia, "heathen' China" and other na
tions?! Might still rules as right, when
mothers have to go to 'their sons, whom
they have nursed j and taught and
trained, to beg permission to have a
voice on i the question of whether we
are to have a , schoolhouse, - or pure
milk, or, say, a world war all matters
of eaual imnorf tn mnn ni wrnnan
1 . - -.
I Men who refuse ; women the same
MberUes as they, themselves enjoy be
long to the ox cart, log hut and sickle
age, and not to our progressive period.
- ; J A Square DeaL
OFFICE GIRLS' CLOTHES .
Portland, July 20. To the Editor of
The Journal With reference to the state
ment in the paper a few days ago made
by some society woman about office
girls wearing georgette waists in the of
fice, permit me to ask this critic If she
thinks j it is any more Immodest for a
girl to wear a georgette waist than for
a society woman to wear an excuse
for-address, namely,' an evening dress,
as they term it. with absolutely not a
thread for a sleeve, and as foP a waist
they have only. a girdle belt which does
not, come up' as high as their: armpits,
showing t their entire form, which they
seem to be proud of for some unknown
reason, saying nothing of what the world
thinks about it, and going further to
the question : of their skirt, same being
slit up to their knee, showing their sup
posedly beautiful legs. Will this lady
please answer this question : What
ground has she to criticise the clothes
an - office girl wears, when she has not
the slightest speck of modesty about her
own manner of dress? She does not stop
to realize that a girl in an office has to
sit there and pound a typewriter till her
shoulders ache, and that it is not a. very
cool job in these hot days with the tem
perature up 90. . So in the name of com
mon sense, -please do not criticise a poor
working girl for wearing a. cool waist,
for she at least covers her .form with
underwear . that is not transparent.
If the lady who wrote the above ar
ticle referred to a 'few days ago will
kindly consider my reply she will find
that she has no room for criticism.
; An Office Girl.
, PRISONERS IN IRELAND
v Portland, Aug... 6. To the Editor of
The Journal Reports from London tell
us that Lloyd George has presented a
bill to parliament demanding the aboli
tion of trial by jury in ' Ireland, and
requesting greater power for the police
and military in arresting . persons sus
pected of republicanism. . ,
Though an American ' subject . I was
forcibly detained in Ireland from Oc
tober to the middle of April last. My
passport was seized and pigeonholed by
Dublin Castle in spite -of continued re
monstrances. I was, unwillingly . at
first, brought into , direct contact with
the Sinn Fein camp, and as a necessary
consequence came into collision with
British militarism. During my stay in
Ireland I did not see or hear of a single
case in which a Sinn Feiner got a jury
trial. But' I can recall dozens of cases
in which political prisoners were tried
by courtmartial, and. I can recaU scores
Of cases wherein such men were ar
rested without a charge -being preferred
against them, and, without the sem
blance of a trial, were deported to
English prisons for an indefinite period.
my brother- and brother-in-law being
amongst them. When the former- was
handcuffed one night in bed, he ' asked
the officer In-charge of about 150 men.
What charge have you against me this
time V (He - spent last Christmas in
Jail.) The Answer was, "No charge.
We , simply got orders to take; you."
He was Jailed s in Bandon, Cork and
Belfast prisons, and when I sailed from
Southampton he was in a London prison.
Last, week I was informed through the
columns 'of a New York paper that he
had recently- been carried out of Worm
wood Scrubbs Jail on a .-; stretcher, a
living corpse,, after undergoing IS days
hunger strike as axprotest against in
carceration without trial and against
non-political treatment, . ; . ..
, . (Rev.) J. P. O'Flynn.
Olden Oreg-on
First Attempt at Lighthouse Erection
' '-.- Met ; Disaster. 1
The work' of erecting lighthouses on
the Oregon coast was begun in 1853. The
first t attempt rencountered a 'delay
through the loss of the bark Oriole,
which was. -wrecked on the 'Columbia
river i bar, September. 19, . Just after the
vessel bad arrived inside with-materials
and men to erect the lighthouse at Cape
Disappointment.- On account of her
heavy, cargo,' which Included building
stone, : the Oriole - was quickly broken
up. The crew and lighthouse workmen.
numbering - 20, together with the con
tractor, F. X. Kelley, and the bar pilot.
Captain; FlaveL ? took to the boats.
Through strenuous work' on their, part
they escaped being carried out to sea.
COMMENT ANDi
l . SMALL CHANGE
; War news on page 1 again. .
Twill soon be open season for county
fairs. . : .. . i ;
' Lo Angeles seems to be resting easy
again. i-i-'-
' Have you some little earwigs on your
lawn? - . - -. '
Ferris seems to have spilled some
"Gore" down, in Oklahoma.
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A little rain on the asphalt pavement
is somewhat of a dangerous thing. ;
In Portland the last - rose of summer
will be in blossom along about Christ
inas time. '
There's going to be plenty of gas
after while, providing you have the price
to pay for it.
. - . .?.
; There's plenty of money In the world.
The difficulty for most of us is in getting
hold -of some of it.
We don't blame small boys who figure
that nature has provided them with the
best kind of a bathing suit.
i Germany i promises to send ' paper
clothes to this country, which should
help .somewhat to relieve the shortage.
t In view of the 'increased passenger
and freight rates staring the people of
the United States in the face, there is
little consolation In the news that the
grain rate to Europe has been reduced.
MORE OR LESS PERSONAL
Random Observations About Town
- W. A. Johnson,: conductor for the
American travel bureau,- spent Wednes
day showing a party of 12 tourists, all
from Baltimore, the beauty spots about
Portland. Wednesday morning they- saw
the Columbia, river highway. In the
afternoon they saw the city and at night
Were taken over the Skyline boulevard.
They left Portland on a late night train.
jThey - were registered at - the Benson
hotel. . ' ''
1 Miss Lou Stafford of Seattle, an ex
pert milliner, has . engaged the largest
sample room at the Hotel . Benson and
is demonstrating a complete line of her
wares for the benefit of those 1 attend
ing the millinery convention.
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, L. C Hammond of San Francisco, who
became an "ace" : during the war, and
his new . bride, arrived at the Benson
hotel Wednesday for a brief visit in the
City. . Hammond is the son of A. B.
Hammond of the Hammond Lumber
company. .
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i Major F Charles Starr of the quar
termaster's department, Washington, D.
C, . registered ' at the Multnomah hotel
Wednesday. :---""-.:::--
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' A. V. Victorious of New York, promi
nent eastern : shoe merchant, arrived at
the Hotel Benson; Wednesday. He is
accompanied by his wife and two chil
dren,' Janet W. and Paul B. They are
being entertained by William Knight of
the Knight Shoe company, .
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! 'John Speed Smith, chief naturalization
examiner of i Seattle. . accompanied by
Mrs.- Smith, is spending a few days in
Portland. Smith is attending the meet
ing of the Washington County Clerks'
association - at Vancouver. Smith ad
dressed the clerks Friday morning. Fri
day afternoon the entire convention was
taken for a ride over the Columbia river
highway to Eagle creek. Where dinner
was served, v
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? G. W. Clopton, a reUred farmer of
Sedalia, Mo., i 80 years young, has been
visiting his cousin and Dlaymate. F. Jon-
lbi, a retired farmer of Clackamas coun
ty, now residing in . Portland - at 673
Clackamas street, ; Clopton was born in
Pettis-county. Missouri, June 28. 1840,
and concluded to celebrate his octogena
rian year with a trip to Oregon. He
ahd Joplin have been swapping yarns
ahd taking in the sights for the past
three weeks., and intend to visit Seaside
this week, where the -young Missourian
Will view the ocean for the first time in
OBSERVATIONS AND IMPRESSIONS
! OF THE JOURNAL MAN; I'
By Fred
(The 'conflict between s immemorial respeata
bility and tha rifht of the liutnan will to have
1M way in all nabteoua impulses is lUuuated in
the story Mr. Lockley teiU today. An alles-ed
black sheep, who U not black at all. tells tha
f-l . " ., - ' -.:'
: jSome years ago in Victoria. B. C, I
visited a British officer. He had served
inj India 30 years, retiring a brigadier
general. - From him I secured valuable
information on the industrial invasion
of j the Hindus, into British Columbia,
for a magazine article. A year or so
later I happened to be at La Grande
Feed Currey was then city manager of
Grande, a position somewhat similar
toithat of mayor, only having more re
sponsibility and greater authority. -As
Fred and I were talking, tie pointed to
a roughly dressed man pushing a hand
cart in which he shoveled the", street
sweepings. "You are always looking for
unusual stories," he said. " "That man,
I am sure, .has a story, though I don't
kniow what it is. Why not tackle him
ani find out?" - "
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I thanked Fred for the suggestion and,,
joijning the street cleaner, said: "Did
yoi know you were due to tell ; me
enough about yourself to make a col
umn story?" My rather unusual intro
ductory remark didn't, seem to feaze
hirp. in the least. He said, "Sorry, sir,
but tha city of .La Grande If paying for
mjf services and I feel it .would Tiardly
be: right to talk on its time i but' if you
care tq come to my house. in 'Oldtown'
tonight I will be glad to spend an hour
or bo with you." ; That.evening I strolled
out to Oldtown, the original site of La
Grande, and spent a ; most enjoyable
evening. I , found ; my host the , street
swper was i a cultured : Englishman,
who could talk from first-hand knowl
edge of many of the seldom visited cor
ners of the world. He : had lived in
Mexico, Japan, the V Philippines, .South
Africa, India and South America,-' and,
hating been ai keen observer, he talked
mopt interestingly of the customs of the
people of the various countries he had
visited. I asked, "How does it come
that you are holding down the job of
street sweeper? Can't you land a bet
ter i Job?" He smiled, and said. "It isn't
the) Job ' that matters : it. is how well
yo4 do the job, that counts. .No matter
hoy menial the Work, if you put your
heart into doing it creditably you can
dignify it and feel that you are preserv
ing your self respect ; and, after all, that
is the big thing." .. , . ;
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. "What is your real name?" I asked.
After 12 hours they were picked up by
the
pilot boat and taken to Astoria, .
tturious Bits of Information
- for the Curious
Gleaned From Curious Places
Travel off the beaten paths in the
famous painted - desert of our South
west would .be a dangerous ma 1 1 e r
were it not for the stone sentinels set
up i by ' the Navajo Indians : to direct.1
NEWS' IN BRIEF
. SIDELIGHTS
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The Germans are going to deliver
2.000,000 tons of coal a 'month to the
allies, indicating better car service than
exists in Oregon Crane American, j
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A Boston man Is in Eugene looking
for a sanitarium location for those with
weak lungs. Nobody In Eugene has
weak lungs. Corvallls Casette-Tlmes.
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The man who "sleeps day times and
raises hell at night" better be mendin'
his ways. A woman writes- the Post
that she is going "to print his name.'"
Independence Rest , i 1
messengers f frequently find
snakes loose- in their cars, according
evidence at a hearing in Chicago,
looks- as if there must be' a loophole
to
It
in
the Volstead
Register.
act somewhere Eugene
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Householders who would like to see a
little street sprinkling in the summer
time and other evidences of greater pep
in the conduct of city affairs will do well
to consider the move to make or city
government more efficient. Pendleton
Kast Osegonlan. . . . j - j ,
Out of the J900.000.000 iannual profit
the railroads will makeout of the wRge
scale settlement, the Southern Pacific
ought to be able to spare. th few mil
lions necessary to complete the Natron
cut-off. Oregon Is entitled to a slice i of
the melon, and that Is the biggest rail
road project unfinished in. the sUte.
Eugene Guard.. ': ': :" ! ' - " ' ! '-
his life. Clopton looks like a well pre
served man of 60, ahd many men at that
age lack the vigor and also the fine head
of hair possessed by hinf, . f
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Wlllard Rouse, boys' work secretary
at the Y. M. C. A- is counting the hours
until next Monday morning, when he will
start out for Spirit Lake cam at .the
foot of . Mount St.. Helens, with) a
group ofjlve youg boys. He will spend
three weeks in the mountains, enjoying
himself by giving these boys a happy
vacation. - ' ... i
In spite of. all his investigation i into
the milk situation and all the knowledge
he gained about . the . business. United
States-District -Attorneyj Lester JW.
Humphreys Is still at a loss to know
why he must pay 2 cents ja quart more
for milk than newspaper reporters who
visit him dally. He admits the milk
men haven't violated any i law. and so
satisfies himself with paying the higier
price. . ' , . j
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Captain Frederick Elder tn charge of
the local navy recruiting Office; is con
sidering very seriously .thje advisability
of taking a course In deteptlve work, In
order that he might more! easily recog
nize the 14-year-old boys; who try to
put one over on him and get into ':he
navy. - Wednesday a lad came in to see
him, for the second time in two weeks
Captain Elder said the 'youth denied
ever having been in the office before, j so
.he Was given a physical test. When
the finger prints were taken and exam
ined -Elder found the boy jhad not only
been in ' two weeks previously, ' but also
several months ago. "I wish that boy
had been old enough to take," that cap
tain remarked. j
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'Harry Raffety, vice president of the
George W. Bates company, returned
Wednesday from a trip through British
Columbia and Puget Sound cities. On
the return : trip Raffety visited. Para
dise valley and other points of Interest
in Rainier National park. The road frojrn
Tacoma - to Paradise Inn Is in splendid
condition, he avers, and 200 additional j
trooms will be afforded by ia new addi
Uon to the hotel. :
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; Returning' from a long visit in San
Francisco and- Southern! California,
Mrs. J. M. Simpson of - Spokane is the
guest of her brother, George Funk, city
auditor. Mrs. Simpson attended the
Democratic convention at San Francisco.
She will be in Portland several days.
before . going on to her liome.
Lock ley
What, reason have "you for supposing
tnat- i nave not given ybu my real
name?" he asked. I pointed to a pic
ture of a British officer on the wall!,
and said, "Do you know 'that man'
He looked up and said, "Years ago I
used to know him. In fact-, he is a
relative of mine. I said, "That is whjy
I asked you what your real name i.
The name you gave, me is not the name
of that officer. I happen to know him
I also have a mighty good; hunch that
he is your father.. How about it? Am
I! right?" He looked me squarely In the
eye and said, ."Yes, . you are right. In
my day I have supped on hardship and
banqueted on defeat, and 1 decided It
would be fairer to my kinsmen to drop
the-family name. The name by which
I am known is my mother's maiden
name, an old and honorable name In
British history, as you , probably know.
You say you know my father. Have
you ever' met him? If soi when anl
wherer "Does he know 1 where yoti
are?" I asked. My host shook his head
and; said,; "No. thank God. I am off if
clally dead ; and have beeni for many
years j l am the black sheep of our
family. Let me amend that by saying
that in their- estimation i I am a biack
sheep. I have gone my own way,' been
true to my own code, have never stooped
lb do dishonorable, acts, so -J have pre
served my self respect S My father was
a- Just man and. according to hie lightsj
acted for the best,- He believed In Iron
discipline. He failed to understand thai
as boy has a will of hlsi own. -- We
clashed, and I was marked off the fam
ily register. - Insubordination and mu-i
ttny, against the established order was
irk my - father's mind, the Unforgivable
sin. When I became a forbidden
Ject in the family 'councils il went mv
own way and became an adventurer and
soiuier oi iortune." -s:- ---1. ! . - .
t He was eager for everv ncran rf in
lormaiion i could give him i about "the
governor," as he called his father. Be-j
fore the "evening was over he had told,
me enough adventures to fill a book,
but always speaking of hlsinarrow es
capes jokingly. - "I am the .first of our
line In more than 20 fenerations not to
bf an officer in the ' Brltlsht-'army." he
aid. 'When a man marries a farmer's
daughter he is . fifiishedj according to
my father's, creed. What are a crest
ana a coat of arms and a hall of old
paintings of dead and gone1 ancestors.
compared to marrying the girl you love?
aia so, ana nave never regretted my
choice." ; ;-. , - - t . -
the stranger traveling through that coun
try, where once was water lni plenty but
where now are only : the : dry beds of
rveraA''.' - V' '-! - -1 .
iThese sentinels are piles of rocks, as
high as a man, located on rises of ground
where they may be readily seen. In the
body of the monument is placed a pro
jecting rock which is arranged to point
the - direction to the nearest spring or
water hole. If one follows the direction
indicated, although he may have to pro
ceed a considerable distance, the precious
water will always be fou.nd.' 1
The Oregon Country
Northwest Happenina-s in Brief Form for tha
Busy Header.
OREGON NOTES ,
tJ Sf.w-!L,ike.U. of, fcet,- Mont., has
Groetrghd.cnoo.cip4l, ot the C,ttaee
ascent of Mount Hood. ?
.BI,in unty has 4 threshing
n wti Lr.m Pr,,re,nt inalcationa tht
crop iu be the best in yeiru.
Lee Nelson, a street preacher who Was
fllSri on a char-re of in
sanity, has been release-l and advised to
go to work.
.KitirUPk on tn he?.d by a filing limb'
.while logging near Elmira. Charlea Har
rison is in a Eugene hospital in iv.a.ri.
ous condition. , !
V1Th application of the Cottage drove
J'.lectrici company for an increase in
rates has beeir taken under advisement
by the public service commission.
, The first unit of the Langell valley
Irrigation district la Klamath county
has , made application to the state to
approve a bond issue of $197,000.
W. IL Ellenberg of Corvallis lias re
ceived from the war department a cita
tion, for distinguished and exceptional
gallantry in France, September 2t. Uis.
- The Fruit ; Growers' league of M,d
rord has opened an employment bureuu
with the object of oooperau'nsr with oth
er fruit growers in the allocation of
pickers throughout the valley.
Following a confession by Olaf An
derson that he had thrown his wife from .
a boat off Tongue Point durlnir a quar
rel, her body was found at Flave), eitht
miles from the scene of the drowning.
A coroner's Jury at Klamath Kails has
found that the death of John Dorin.
Canadian overseas veteran, was acci
dental. I He drank lysol which had bewi
given him by a drugget instead of lyke.
The tailoring class in -the summer
school at the Oregon Agricultural col
lege has established, a record of 37 suits,
16 long coala and two make-over con la
for children In less;than bix. weeks. The
class numbers Go. i
-"While testing' out I a ! forest servke
radio outfit at Eugene, human votes
were picked up by the Instruments. It
was learned that the voices came f rem
Portland through a wirelcas telephone
apparatus in that city. r -.-.
' " i i WASHINGTON
Bids for the construction of the Walla
Walla armory will be opened August
30. j
Approximately 1188,000 has-been paid
by the Libby, McNeil & IJbby i-anneiy
at Yakima for 700 tois of cherrie?.
. The Milwaukee railroad has renamed
daily train service on the Hanford
branch, between Hanford and Beverly.
Of 22 grain samples taken this year bv
one dealer at Wallu Walla only one
tested as low as 68; pounds to the bush
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Road construction building operations'
and the; increasing i demand for help In
the harvest fields have left no idle men
in the vicinity of Davenport.
The Pacific Power & I.lRht company,
which operates a central -heating plant
t Yakimit, has announced an increuse
of from: 20 to 35 per cent in rates.
Federal officials have begun at Seattle
the destruction of 2000 quarts of liquors
seized by customs j officials on trmeV
Pacific steamships ; entering .Seattle.
: A list of 1250' unlicensed dons in Yaki
ma county has been turned over to the
sheriff, who now is faced with the-task
of collecting the license or killing the
dogs. j
Henry Holt la dead at his home in
Tacoma. He was one of the first North
ern Pacific conductors in the North
west, entering the service of the com
pany in 1870.
City commissioners of Spokane are In
favor , of ; Increased salaries for city em
ployes lri certain departments and will
probably provide therefor when the
budget of ISi'l is made up. '
:;. : vv.'.- I V IUAHO
In a raid on the home of R. K. Men-
denhall at Boise, deputy sheriffs found
a distilling outfit almost under the capl
tol building. j
' Thetotal damage to grain and fruit lii
the Lewiston section caused by the re
cent hall i storm is estimated at between
8175,000 and. 100.000. 1
Acceptance by the state of the Marys
vine Carey act Irrigation project near
Ash ton is announced, by Commissioner
of Reclamation Swendsen.
' Sheep scab has been practically eradi
cated from Idaho, with the exception of
the Idaho Falls country and Twin Falls
county, according to State Veterinarian
Adams. '
In view of the fact that an averac
of 2000 bathers take advantage of. the
Snake river beach at Lewlston durliic '
the present hot weather, a life saving
corps is to be organized.
The state board of. education has made""
a ruling that teachers connected with
stnte inxtitutions must not eeek public
office. In conformity with this- ruling
N. B. Adktoson of the Technical insti
tute -has j withdrawn i his candidacy as
representative from Bannock county 'on .
the Republican ticket.
Uncle Jeff Snow Says:
Ike Mehaney has Wrote to Governor
Olcott how to git back to safe and sane
conditions , on the gasoline shortage.: He
proposes to rip up the hard surface-high'
ways and do leave 'em ripped up fer lx
months. 1 told Ike his remedy was
sure and certain, but It was like a Injun
cure fer toothache I onct heerd of, to
burn a hole In the big toe of the sufferer
with a redhot iron. Ilfs a heap easiea?
ta git along with the toothgthan the. to,
and you may. have both. to look after.
Oregon Quality Has a Super
Meaning When Applied
t to Oregon Wool.
When either Washington or Cali
fornia . Wants the products "of its
woolen mills to be accepted by buy
ers as unusually fine, it applies the
brand "Oregon Wool."
r This practice ia due to the fact,
first, that Oregon produces the finest
wool in the United States, and, sec
ond, thait Oregon quality wool has
so long been accepted as the standard
of quality that it has actually -become
a brand to be applied to wools
of equal fineness and length cf fiber.
PorUand has - become the wool
center not alone of Oregon-, not alone
of the Pacific Northwest, not alone
of the Pacific Coast narrowly de
fined, but of the entire region west
of. the Rocky mountains.
Due toja several hundred per cent
increase In local consumption within
a brief period, Portland has become
the western leader In the manufac
ture of Woolen goods. The list In
cludes, ykrns, knlt goods - such as
sweaters ! and bathing suits, and
fabrics for clothing, blankets and
niackinaws.
It is said that the annual receipts
Of wool at Portland aggregate 14.
000,000 pounds or. 'more and that of
this amount local industry consumes
some 8.000,000 pounds.
-Government officials during the
war were delighted rto discover that
Oregon plants were capable of turn
ing out the best of army blankets
in quantjties equal to their demand.
It is significant now that while
eastern woolen mills are slowing up,
running part time or closing down.
Oregon's woolen mills are In several
instances f running double shift and
have even more than they :can do.
The imminent increase In freight
rates will make Portland more of
a wool center than ever, for arreater
quantities of Interior woo! will be
shipped here In order to obtain 'the
benefit of terminal rates In trans
continental movement.