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iTIIE OREGON SUIJDY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, SUNDAY MORNING. MARCH 27, 1C21. BEItLlil OFFICIALS : DEHY CHEAP HOTEL iFO FOREIGNERS Economyin Living Quarters Must 'Ba Saved for Germans Hard Hit by Housing Shortage. , i By William ljr , : . I r Coiuolid&ted Picas AnociaUon jBerlin, March 2. Iont try ' to economize on room rent or hotel bills wben you visit Berlin. Foreigners who live modestly1 are "unwelcome, arid if the government catches you doing; it you will be made extremely uncomfortable. - 5Tiis is not because of any snobbish ness on the part of .the Berlin officials, though It Amy sound snobbish for. a supposedly democratic government r to -take that attitude. The fact is that lierlln. even more than other; big cmp itls. is overcrowded. The influx t of population baa been large, , and new dwellings have not been built. "The na tive Berlin population is threatened with higher rents due to competiticn for flats and houses. v The cheaper hotels aqd boarding; houses would like to take advantage of the situation and Tnako a bftl for the foreign customer who sen tmlly can afford to pay more than the n've. It is this that the government wants to prevent. . FpREIGXERS JCOT EXCbCBAOE ."TVs are -not encouraging- foreigners to come to Berlin,", said a foreign offi cial to me-"unless they go to the big hotels, like the Kaiserhof and the Adlon. If. they start looking around for cheaper accommodations In the smaller hotels aqd In the board ing. bosses we put ob stacles in the way of their remaining here by refusing ' police permits and lrr other ways. There are not enough rheap accommodations for the Germans, and if foreigners begin boosting prices we shall have trouble on our hands. - On the other hand, we .have Insisted that the big hotels keep their prices to a reasonable level, ana so everybody is mpre or , less satisfied." , ' And-it Is a fact that X hove a most comfortable room at the magnificent Adlon - hotel, with hot and cold water a1)d a view over a garden, for 60 marks a day. or slightly more than adollar. T6e guests of Uerr Adlon a host of the old-fashioned; type, who J Uvea and eata at : his own hotel and makes a point of knowing his guests and person ally inquiring after their comfort are and-. English, and a fair representation of. South "Americans, Scandinavians, Frenchmen. - --' . GOOD BREAD SCARCE Strange as it may seem. however, '. it .is practically, impossible to. get good bread in? the better class hotels and restau rants, though it is readily to be had in the cheaper places. The reason for this is that the making of white bread is pro hibited by law on account of the wheat shortage, and the big conspicuous places are afraid to take chances. They re not so much in fear of the authorities as they are of an Infuriated populace. The poorer classes hvOermany, whose staple diet Is bread, are determined that if they are obliged to eat -substitutes, the SWeTi folks must do likewise. If got about tiiat the Adlon and Kaiserhof were serv ing white bread it would be. bard on thplr plate glass, wjadowsi: f -' BtlOAO MtSDED POLICY IS I XEEDEU TO SKTTLE DISPUTE Berlin. March 26. The Prussian diet elections did not reveal the great wave of nationalist reaction that was antici pated. It is true that the nationalist party gained many seats, but parties at the other end of the scale did likewise. There was no clear cut result. The Ger man voter- has not , found ' himself, he doesn t know what he wants. Perhaps he feels .that, after all very little in his life depends on political solutions. , , One would have thought that the de cisions of the Paris allied, conference would have aroused a resentment which would have been translated into a vote of protest, an assertion of Germanism. But the voters were not stampeded. This seems to argue that there is a .certain amount of sound sense in Germany that democrats in other countries ' could af ford to cultivate. , GERM ATT PBOTEST SAT URAL SVhen Germans protest against allied decisions they are kickers, they are in solent, they- are .dodging their respons ibilities. That, of course, is true. But suppose the Germans once should eaV, "We acceptyour terms. "We think they are fair;'We wII execute them.' Imagine What would happen. then In 1 ':-' '" - ;- '.'--"' A Shipment of : '.. London-Made Town and Country t Suits I Of Scotch Tweeds Has Just Arrived - The vogue of Tweed for town ' and country j wear Is empha ? sixed by'4he. rare beauty and J fitness of these genuin sun I bleached Scotch tweeds. They j possess that wondrous charac . ter imbued by the deft hands of Scotch' weavers and the wondrous colorings inspired by Scotland's- fens, moors and " ;Jjeather. These Tweed Town . and Couatry suits suitable for ,i ejolf come with coat, knickers, I and trousers. , - .. '.'.'" :' ' '"'i.', -, ':K.siRviico:,tid. - - (Established' 1501) i ;ij GEJTERAtt EHGLI9H TAILORS I . end OtatMng ftKADY.POR.U8g t 6ecead 2Tlor;eUIag BaDdlsg SIXTH" aac ALDER STREETS' allied-countries! - The newspapers- and the members of parliaments would xise up and shout that the terms were not harsh enough. The proof would lie in the very fact that the Germans accepted them. -. i : If you had to advise a German . how to act at the present time, what would you say 7 Kick, or acquiesce? v" FRENCH FOSITIOjr DrFFICULT And for that matter, what would you advise a Frenchman to do? Vol while we sare'HllscovermgrthjatrGermans and Germany re In an impossible situation, where nothing they can possibly do will satisfy the rest of the . world, we are apt to forget that France and Frenchmen - are not exactly living on milk and honey. ; . In coming to Berlin one has passed through great manufacturing cities with busy German smokestacks. But one rfs also' passed through, miles of naked waste, where busy, French smokestacks 'once stood. i '. , ' Here is injustice, and the whole world wants - to see the wrong righted. But justice can sometimes be a sterile thing. Leveling the, German smokestacks to the ground would be a form of retribu tive Justiceit was no doubt in the minds of those who said the war ended too soon but it would not help much toreheve the suffering of the world. Too many of the schemes for "making Ger many pay" seera to be aimed more at making Germany suffer than at bring ing relief to sufferers in other countries. 'BROAD JULXDS SEEDED Modern ideas J of ' criminology oppose forms of punishment which make social parasites out of, criminals. Society pun ishes Itself more than it punishes the criminal when it shuts him up in a coll, forbids him to do useful work and feeds him at state expense. The world needs to take care that In punishing Germany it does not fall into a similar error, s Reducing Germany to Austria's status, making Her a charge on the world's charity,, is a peril that we are running into, and while justice might thereby be avenged, sensible peo ple don't want It at that price. SheriffsrFaith and M a n's - Indigestion iMakeGbod Reading Mi . . . 1111 ' T ! ' Oakland, CaL,' March 6. (U. "P.) This is the true story of the Texas sheriff who had faith in mankind and the prisoner who had indigestion. - J. IL Jolly of Wood .county, Texas, was the sheriff. Blackman, al leged murderer, j was the prisoner. Tbe two arrived at the' Oakland mole shortly before i noon from Tacoma, Wash., where Jolly had arrested Black man. : ... j . "Wait a minute while I go to a tele phone and see if you can stay In the Oakland city jail tonight," Jolly said to his prisoner. t ; "Sure," said Blackman. Jolly went to the phone. - When 4ie re turned Blackman was missing. V " -;- "Tea, I saw that maa get on a street car and ride-up town Jf. said a hanger on. Jolly reported -to poliee headquarters. A few moments later the telephone rang. - "This is the Providence hospital," said the soft voice of a nurse. "We have a man here whom we suspect of being someone' prisoner." Jolly went to the hospital and found Blackman on a cot. t , "i got tired of waiting." said Black man. -T dldnt feel good so I took a car to the hospital and went to bed." ' Tomorrow the sheriff . and ih pris oner will continue on their way. -,. As s is Solving TTnenIpenflssne Reopening enlistments" in the ftavy will help solve the unemployment prob lem, according to Lieutenant Command er Frederick . K. Elder of the Portland navy recruiting station, by giving men an opportunity to enlist. !"The quota of the Portland station," he said, "is five recruits or first enlist ment men a week, or any number of ex navy men. no : matter .. how - long they have- been eat of the service. The navy offers a steady pay check and an oppor tunity to learn a trade. ! That there are men out of jobs that would like to enlist is shown by the numbers that apply at this office. We have a waiting list of those wishing to start their first cruise." Men of all types and occupations come to the . station, he stated, some of them experienced machinists and other trades men. The office is compiling a list of the unemployed to get the number of ex service men who can .be taken at once, and to line "up those wanting to make the, first enlistment, so they can be taken- In turn. i .-; iXast week." he continued, "two farm ers, two machinists, one truck driver and several cow-punchers and loggers came In. They all wanted, to enlist. Some were out of jobs and others dissatisfied with the .ones they held. We are glad to give precedent to tbe man actually out of work and in need." s v New, Cooperative Lumber Company , ' Begms;ration Olympia. Wash.. March 2. Organized on the cooperative basis and capitalized at $40,000. the) Olympia Fir Lumber company , began : .active operation this morning with .1 the cutting of lumber' under contract with the newly organised Olympia Veneer company, another co operative concern. , The officers and incorporators of the new lumber company are : ; President. M. L. Sorber of Seattle J vice D resident. J. I. Benson of Granite Falls; secretary treasurer, Robin Adair of Maytown ; W. j. Thompson of Little Rock, J. J. Keane of Seattle. O. and K. Zingmark of Hart ford, . and the following . of Olympia : Floyd". De Ford,B. A. Woodcock. H. H. Anderson. Paul C Herrmann. R. W. Lindsay, Carl E. Woodward and Roy Foote. ; , Each worker! in the mill Is expected to subscribe for $1000 in stock and each will be encouraged to buy stock until the full complement of 40 shareholders "is reached, computed the necessary number to man the jnilL Through the . coop erative method President . Sorber ex pects to develop efficiency in workman ship. ' ':, ' -v . ' Editor and Publisher QuotesAllen's Talk "Unlversitvfof. 2t Editor and Publisher, a weekly pub lication for slderable space to quoting an address given -y Dean Eric Allen of the Uni versity -or Oregon school Of . journalism at the recent thirt v-i-rtt Annual rAn vention of the; National Editorial asso ciation. Dean Allen spoke on"The Col lege Trained Journalist: Is He a Suc cess?" answering In the affirmative. Lean Allen will return about April t V . on ' 't' Tr ' a , - s no mm i ft-'. in IVE O n ceTh is We ekand you have given' for a 1 1 I h e y ea r to those necessary charitable and welfare prganizations which care for Portland's poor, sick - andf friendless; which look; after its homeless and . fatherless babies, and protect their young mothers; which provide ; 1 wholesome recreation for its children and young people; which extend . a helping hahdto the world at large; which reclaim the unfortunate from the bufferings of life, and from their own , mistakes; which furnish - ... ' ' -. . ..- .i - . ." .;. pleasant and safe homes for Portland's young women. Early , tomorrow morning several, thousand men and women will start out on the Community Chest Campaign that everybodythat YOU may have 'an opportunity to help bear the burden no, share the generosity of Portland toward those to whom life has not been kindly, and toward those who are just now being moulded into useful citizenship. - Decide now the amount you can conscientiously this big cause". Then be ready when called upon, so that no delay, or explanation, be necessary, - ur-i,.. r ' ( ' . ' . " I n l -1 -1. Gamp '" WJr&F' f ''WHfiSmF 39 -i rift i - ISiSrr Fill -' -i -nP"- . The Quota1 of $850,000 Includes All ; Chanty and Welfare Work, and Provides for Emergencies Portland Chest aign- March. 28th to April 2nd ; - BOARD OP DIRECTORS . - i ADVERTISING SERVICE v In Behalf f the " " -COMMUNITY CHEST Contributed by i- . . W. S. KIRKPATRICK MAYOR GEORGE L. BAKER Honorary President Franklin T. Griffith .... . .President t. C. AInsworth. . . . .Vice President Julius X. Meier. .'...Vice President Eric V.-Hauser.. Vice President Mrs. Thomas Honeyman Vice Presfdcnt Edward Cookinthara ... .Treasurer E. N. Strong Secretary Milton R. Klepper. ... ....... ' , , Executive Secretary Mrs. E. R. Corbett . , , B. C Ball Cbas. P. Bert Cf D. Bmnn' f John F. Daly Marshall N. Dana ; J. C. Enjdish D. A. Pattulio Amedee M. Smith Max Hirsch W. D. Whi'tcorob Emery Olmstead ?H CaA 1,'