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THEIR WORK
A TEAR has passed, but the arms
-tV conference agreements are still
ineffective. Neither . Italy nor
.y France has turned a. hand toward
ratifying tjke 'treaties, Therefore,
. the aerreements are not binding on
- any signatory S yet, and .the ships
that were r to have been scrapped
" are still sailing- the seas.
Originally, the plans for disarma
ment included all nations. - That
was through the Leasrue of Nations.
lll powers were to be parties to the
agreement,- and the scrapping was
not to be merely battjeshipa. Armies
vere also ; to ; be reduced, and all
other fighting forces. . -
'7 At the arms conference that plan
J'was whittled down. Only five
powers were to be signatories, and
only navies were Included In the
"plans for reductions. And even then
there was to be no appreciable re
duction, merely a limitation on
building. ' ; "V
' Now President Harding says he
will try to establish a three-power
pact between the TJnjted States.;
England and Japan in case France
and Italy refuse -,to-" ratify 'the
treaties. That means further whit
tling of the original plan. ; Instead
of all powers agreeing to scrap big
parts of armies and navies the sia
tus Is now approaching an agree
ment among three nations -not to
build more battleships Qqring' the
next 10 years. : But the -armies can
lie increased. V The submarine and
fiestroyer fleets can grow. The air
' leets are getting bigger, and the
liemista are still working on poison
ses and high explosives. ,.r.tr' '
- Ha a ' substitute' been "offefed
r. the Jveague of Nations by those
ho wrecked It? , Has even an ef
lective attempt been, made to bring
about 'disa.rmament.and smaller tax
burdens, incident thereto? Or did
the treaty-rippers 'met'ely -wreclt
and then fall to offer anything con
structive and effective?
England has fewer than 11,000
persons in Jail, as 'compared" with
20.000 in 189S. A famous crim
inologist gives as the chief reason
for the decrease that booze, has be
come higher. priced and the hours
for sale of It more restricted. It Is
Jiad mathematics for the wets.
THE WATERFRONT PLAN
TVTOW Is the time to consider the
J- ' Portland waterfront plan, v
Half a dozen decadent docks were
ordered out a few days ago under
terms of local law which brands
the structures as dangerous.
There are already spaces of the
downtown waterfront from -which
tlocks and other buildings have been
removed. - - . ,
The whole inner harbor is at the
lowest ebb of Its usefulness. Ad
Jacent streets, once the most Im
portent business thoroughfares of
the city, are at the bottom of de
pressed " value.- Only a , short time
agiia piece of property at First
and Washington streets "was sold
for about one-fourth . of what it
cost r in IS 90. when Portland had a
population of less than 50.000. 1
Disuse Is the cause; of this de
rrossion. Portland as a whole has
grown remarkably - in intrinsic
property value. But waterfront
conditions force retail business
The object ol the waterfront plan
is-to, bring the inner, harbor and
the older business district back into
a use commensurate witb a city that
is Bearing the 300,900 mark. , .
The farther object is to save the
business district ; from removal t to
the east side. ' . . -
But what is being done about the
plan? - - J "
Vfhat 'has become of the report
on a plan of action wljich a com
mittee of west side waterfront
owners was expected to submit to
the city council? ; ;1
What Is being done to relate the
one-way traffic plan to the. water
front scheme? i
The traffic situation" on the west
side must be viewed as a whole' and
remedied as a whole' without loss of
time or Portland will suffer, j -
OREGON AND A BONUS
THE certainty that" the soldiers'
; bonus will: again ' come before
congress at an. early date suggests
another explanation of the recent
vote in Oregon. 4 1 '
' Immediately: after the primaries'
in which Mr.' McXrthnr vat re
nominated for congress opponents
of the, soldiers bonus held up , his
victory ' as evidence ' of sentiment
in Oregon against the measure,
since Mr. ' McArthur was the only
representative 'from Oregon to op
pose the bill, i At that time the
bonus opponents did not take Into
consideration that two bonus advo
cates had split the vote against
Mc Arthur and ' that their combined
votes far outnumbered those cast
for the Oregon- representative. -,
. But since, the general election has
been held and again the people' of
this state - have placed themselves
emphatically on record as favoring
the bonus ' bill. They not only
elected a Democratic opponent of
Mr. McArthur, ; the first time a
Democrat has been sent ,to . the
house of representatives from Ore
gon In 60 years, but they reelected
by big votes Mr. McArthur's col
leagues who had favored the bonus.
Does either congress or .the- ad
ministration ask further groof of
the attitude of the people of Oregon
toward a bonus bill? ' : .
DRAWN BLINDS
rpniS Is the . true story of - the
J- widow's mite. The chronicler
is Mark the apostle. " ,
"And Jesus sat over against the
treasury, and beheld, how the peo
ple cast money Into the treasury:
and many that were rich cast in
much. jj? . -P'' r
"And there came a certain poor
widow, and she threw In two mites,
which make a farthing.
"And j he called unto Him his
disciples,1 and-' saitb unto them,
Verily I ; say unto . you, That this
poor widow hath cast more in, than
all they; which have cast Into, the
treasury: .:-"
"For all they did cast in of their
abundance; but she of her: want,
did cast in all that she had, even
all her living."
There is a certain saying that the
least of earth shall be the greatest
Of Heaven. : Perhaps the axiom was
born of tne parable about Lazarus,
the beggar, and the rich man. But
it is, beyond doubt true that the
least of-earth may be the greatest
in good and In gifts.
The widow's mite has become the
most famous contribution of all his
tory. In the recent war it was not
those who subscribed to War securi
ties but those; Who subscribed until
It hurt, that maintained the morale
of the soldiers overseas.
And It is now in the Community
Chest campaign not the " aims i of
those who respond grudgingly, but
the man who gave his last dime for
the sake of those in worse situa
tion that inspire the' praise . and
strengthen the; enthusiasm of Com
munity Chest, workers. s
.It is not-the small gift with a big
frown,but:the sacrificial gift with
the smile. that ; fills the chest not
alone with money but with the
spirit of charity,, .worth,, all- the
praises of. earth.- ? . V. " '
xYott who have drawn your blinds
when -you' thought v Community
Chest solicitors" were 'eoming, re
flect on ' how; you have ' darkened
j-our hearts, f -
It Is the. division of "material pos
session - with ' the needy that con
tributes to the spiritual estate. : -It
is the shared crust that is
sweetest, ' " -,
AS TREES FALL
THE West' should listen to Chief
Forester Greeley, -Michigan
has witnessed the re
treat of - capital and organization
from her despoiled' forests. In one
place a' railroad " has been aban
doned. .The. other day a whole
town was moved bodily because the
removal of timber from about its
original location left it without rea
son for; further existence.
The capital and organization that
cut the crept of Southern pine is
likewise seeking new fields. The
Southern pine operators are taking
the trail of the Middle Northwest
tlmberman. - -They are - coming to
Oregon and Washington. They
have bat five years left for major
operation : south of the Mason and
Dixon . line, t' , -i
They are : coming to harvest the
Pacific Northwest's crop of Douglas
fir and pine; They are welcomed.
Their capital ' and their groups of
trained men -will stimulate every
form of enterprise. -
But-what of Oregon and , Wash
ington when' they have cut and
shipped . the wealth of timber to
American and foreign markets, if
in the meantime reforestation has
not been effectually applied?
There are said to be 1.500.000
acres of cut-over land in the west
of Oregon and ".500.000 acres of de
nuded land in the west of Wash-
ington. Had this land . bee a re
planted or allowe4 to " reproduce
trees it -would today be -an asset
worth millions of dollars instead of
a handicap to developmenL There
are areas in both states that look
like shell-torn battlefields, where
trees once grew. . There are regions
that compare with the devastated
districts left "by the Germans In
France. -
This Is what Colonel Greeley was
taJklngr about in his address, pre
pared for the Western Forestry and
Conservation, association In ' Port
land, when he said that "rational
employment of cuUover land is one
of, the, most pressing things which
the Pacific states must settle within
the next few sears."
. Colonel, Greeley .believes It- is up
to forests operators . to leave their
lands in ? a productive condition,
charging the cost to the ultimate
consumer. .This can be done. Xand
producing several hundred board
feet to the acre annually is -worth
more to' the owner and assured
ly worth more . to the,, public
than forest reduced taj desert. Re
production in the fir belt Is largely
a matter of proper slashing,' burn
ing and subsequent if ire 'protection.
In , the - pine ' zone somfe seed trees
must be left. The chief forester of
the United States also -believes that
reforestation should; be- controlled
by national policy, . emphasised ' by
state law and supervised by a non
partisan 6emmission given wide
latitude to exercise common sense.
These are the best suggestions
for reforestation that have yet ap
peared. . -. i :
It was reassuring to observe how
many : of the tinber operators as
they assembled In Portland coin
cided with. Colonel Greeley's belief
that action in reforestation, under
national policy is imperative. 7
THAT HIGHER LAW
1N LOS ANGELES more than 60
automobile drivers -were sent to
Jail In one day. Their offense was
fast driving. - Their sentences
ranged from two to SO days with
forfeiture -of driver's license for
varying periods. - ". ;
Do we realize that things cannot
go on as tley are ? Are we ready
to admit that we are not com
petent to cope . with the new and
colossal problem brought upon civ
ilizatiori by , the - gigantio ' thing
which happened when the automo
bile was invented? 1 -v- ;
Do we -admit that pedestrians and
automobiles cannot use 'streets to
gether without a carnival .of
slaughter? Do" we assent to the
commonly accepted idea that If, for
example, a child is killed on the
street and the driver of the auto
mobile f is within the speed ' limit,
nobody is at fault? !
In the many killings that have
occurred in Portland, no driver has
ever been sent to , the penitentiary
for manslaughter. Do we' accept it
as likely that in all those killings
no driver was crimlhally to blame,
and If so, are we of mind that" no
driver In the future is likely to be
criminally at fault and therefore is
not to be sent to the penitentiary
for manslaughter? "
' Is, the speed limit a true test of
fault if a child Is killed In the
street, where so many are killed?
Is there .no moral: obligation on a
drivertnot to take any further pre
caution : against killing children
than merely to keep within the
speed limit?
Coroner's Juries in Portland seem
to think not.- ' Such a Jury recently
returned a verdict that a driver
who killed a woman used f "bad
judgment." Is bad Judgment a de
fense for a killing? If he is not
capable of using,, good Judgment,
should a driver be ; permitted to
operate an automobile?
.Is a claim by"" a 'driver that he
didn't see the .-victimra, sufficient
defense for a killing? Why: didn't
he see? Why -did he. drive his
Juggernaut -through si street In
which he couldn't perfectly see?
- There Is a higher law than the
speed limit. That' law. is, "Dont
kill anybody. One of .its- provis
ions is, "Don't drive where ; yott
can't see. These and. other pro
visions in that higher i. law should
be . comprehended by coroner's
Juries and other juries.
j.. The Immunity that Juries, cor
oner's and. otherwise,-give.Ttlllers is
largely responsible for ' the. ' blood
roll of the Trilled.
TOO MUCH DELAT
'TPHE congress now in session has
Deen repudiated by the" people.
Its policies have been condemned.
The people .voted for a new kind
of government. - -;- - ,
' But they will ' not " get that new
kind of government for 13 monihsn
unless a spcial session of congress
is called after March 4, 1923. The
newly-elected members do not take
office 'until March 4. and they do
not convene until December of next
year. .."'. --,-""
Too much 'time- elapses between
the election and the seating of new
members. . .When , scores r of con
gressmen are defeated, they are de
feated because the people want a
change. : But the change does not
take place for 13 months. In that
length of time other changes may
be necessary. Or In that time It
may be too late to apply the legis
lation that people .voted for this
month.. Other issues may come be
fore the congress. The entire com
plexion of things may be altered.
Moreover, the old congress, with
its repudiated members. Is still
functioning. . It is -now in extra ses
sion. It. may continue on until
March 4, enacting legislation that
the people do not want.
Why wait 13 months before the
SHAIJL SENIORITY
HUIiB MMN
IN SENATE?-
Proposal to Disestablish the Tr
ditJonary Vested Right of the Kl-
, dr Statesmen Is Received by
- Many Editors With Something
In Excess of Suspicion, Con
; , sldering Its Reactionist "
Source ; However, . All
- --Unite "In Discussing
"the Question oa
. Its Merits.
Daily - Editorial Dig-eat-
(CoBaoIidated Frees AaaociatioB)
The letter "of Senator Medill McCor
mick of illlinols to ; Senator Henry
Cabot Lodge, senate Republican leader.
saggesUng that the rule of seniority
in the selection of chairmen f the va
rious , committee be i abrogated, - has
been made k subject of general ed
itorial' discussioiw The concrete pro
posal meets with general indorsement.
But there is a disposition, in . certain
Quarters to Intimate that, coming at
this time, when radicals of the LaFol
lette and Borah type are the ranking
members and next in line to the chair
manships of their committees, the plan
contains a hidden purpoeev It is con
ceded that the subject win be one of
fruitful debate, in party circles until
the. assembling, of .the next congress.
Under a really' responsible govern
ment the chairmen of the : important
committees "of the house and senate
must necessarily be Men. regardless of
sen4ority,whO are actively In sympathy
with the White House policies and who
are prepared to stand or fall with the
administration's program, ?the New
York . World J JfDem. holds, ' after -admitting
the soundness of Senator Mc
cormick's arguments.. The World takes
the position, however, that ""once the
seniority' rule were abandoned the Re
publican leaders would be adrift, and
that 'Senator McCormick : might as
well ask them to cut their own throats
and be done with fit" - The trouble
does not lie with the seniority rule,
in the view, of tbVNew York Tribune
(Rep.), because what the majority
requires . is hot only new leadership
but a new spirit and a new outlook.
A better average of vigorous and open
minded Republicanism is what will be
needed in the new senate before any
change in leadership can ' lead any
where. ? The Chicago Tribune Prog.
Rep. explains it would not oppose
"seniority In itself- s in fact it sug
gests that, long service "should decide,
when ; other.- considerations balance,
but; it insists that the country demands
the, .best, and- that because of this the
rule should be: abandoned so that "men
who have the qualifications' of leader
ship - can - dominate- the - committees.
Somewhat- similar is 4 the position of
the - Xanetne 4 State - Journal find
which :beXievef that "it Is time changes
were maae in the rule; whereby some
thing else besides years of service
would count."
, - e
Because all efforts to end selection
by r seniority have failed ; In the 'past
me JuiiwauKee Sentinel' (Ind.) feels
that "it- probably will be better and
more practicable. Instead of setting, up
a speculative test of fitness, to con
centrate against cases' of; obvious and
demonstrated, unfitness. - Even,; this
most modest; task is bound 'to - cause
considerable C difficulties," ? With the
senatorial situation ast. is. this 'Water
loo Tribune (Ind.) believes "the pro
gressives, known as radicals, will fight
for ? the seniority rule nowi -because
they believe and have right to believe
that the regulars would deny' them
the power that comes with control of
the great committee of the senate. Un
questionably tha senate could, better
serve by abrogation of the seniority
rule, but this fact is lost sight of in
the factional fight to come."- It can
not be denied, the Petersburg Progress
and Index Appeal find.) argues, that
"the seniority rule is one which has
never worked In either branch of con
gress in the interest of the public But
those who undertake to force either
house to abandon the seniority system
will be entering upon the fight of their
lives." And . the Springfield ' Union
(Ind.) insists that the advisability of
the change should be considered en
tirely on the basis of merit without the
injection of the issue of party expedi
ency. ,;. ,. , .... . : :"':-; ':
The Boston! Transcript md.- Rep.)
unqualifiedly indorses the abrogaUon
of the rule of seniority in both the
senate and the house," because "unless
it is adopted - party disintegration -at
Washington Witt continue and that
Sense of "party sponsorship' in govern
ment, without which nonparty Is fit
to govern, wilt grow weaker instead of
stronger." It likewise is the opinion
of the Indianapolis News (Ind.) that
"the proposed tehange is very decidedly
in the public Interest, and would tend
to make congress more efficient, or at
least less inefficient," On the other
hand, the New Tork Times (Ind. Denv
points out that a -change at this time
would affect senators such as Borah
and LaFollette. and says that is the
"real trouble." in the opinion of Mr.
McCormick,' adding that "not by any
device can you lead men who-refuse
to be . led. Whatever friction is felt
under-the seniority rule would prob
ably be increased by the change. Chair
manships might easily be attained by
compromises and deals, and mediocrity
get the better of distinction and old
experience. "Our legislative program
will be enacted ; when -our senators
agree instead of fighting like cats and
dogs.-.- And the , Philadelphia Public
Ledger: (Ind. Rep.) feels the implied
"age limit threat may work havoc.
citing that many bf the leaders of the
senate would be effected. v
In the opinion of the Baltimore Sun
(Dem.). the , real - motives behind the
suggested move should be carefully
considered, inasmuch as, while "the
proposal always has had much merit
in -it, it is rarely mentioned in flush
and lush Republican days. The - cool
and unc hastened way-.ln which It is
now put forward does ? not indicate
much more than that the: leaders re
alize that If they are to have even the
ndow of leadership left to -them they
must at least pretend to make conces
sions to the 'undesirables' from Iowa
and other.' pointa West, soon to come
in." While the advice Ia wise," the
Brooklyn' Eagle, find.) doubts It! will
be accepted, because "established cus
toms and venerable traditions are hard
to overcome." In addition, the New
Tork Post (lad.) thinks the letter "is
less important as indicating a change
In the spirit of the next congress than
as forecasting another struggle for
control of the Republican organization.
Unless a change in that control means
also a decided change of policy the
Republicans will be in danger of losing
the- election of 1324 by default."
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Because many senators "trim to stay
In the senate." the Richmond News
Leader (Ind. Dem.) takes the position
that seniority should be completely
abandoned, and holds that, "roughly
speaking, not one committee chairman
la if , can be considered I the best
equipped member of the senate for the
duties assigned him." It should also
be conceded, the New Haven Register
(Ind.) says, "the country : needs this
reform, ; and that is- important. The
party ; needs. It, and the welfare of
party, after all, underlies a great part
of . our politics." The Buffalo News
(Bep.) believes that- "the thing to do
Is to make such readjustments as the
circumstances plainly indicate are de-
lred by the majority of the people.
The Republican party ts called epon
to put its house in order. If it does
not meet the demands so clearly ex
pressed by the people there peed be
no speculation as to what will happen
la 1924.--. S:-:-:.,'-'y v..
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Because "the old rule has been re
sponsible for many absurdities in the
past," the Columbus " State Journal
(Ind- Rep.) feels that "the old tradi
tion ought to, be disregarded in the
future, and the peculiar situation In the
next senate, due to the defeat - of so
many e ! tra -conservatives by compara
tive radicals, holds out some hope- that
the reform will be effective soon.",,.
Letters From the People
f Oommnnlcat'ona sant to The Jerirnii for
mbheatioB ia Uu department ahould be writ
ten oa, only eee aide of the paper, ah wold dot
exeaed 800 worda in l-netJi. and moat - be
rrned by the writer, wheae mail addreaa la
tuu saaat accompany tne coatnoauoa. i - v,
NOT A SPEED MANIAC'
Declaration, With I articulars, of One
. of the 1 Who Were Ordered to J
:f,. v Visit the Morgue. ' '
Portland, Nov, 25. To the IMitor of
The Journal - Conspicuous. In- yester
day's Journal appeared the names of
eOme of Portland's . law-abiding and
ider-Iovlng citizens. ; given for pub
licity by one or more traffic patrol
men. The writer was charged as being
one of xhe i worst speed maniacs."
The following are the absolute facts :
I was on my way , downtown, going
along one - of. tho-ibroad, i. straight
thoroughfares In an outer section of
the . city at a place - where there were
practically no. intersections, no ' pedes
trians, and no other automobiles, on
the street anywhe.e near me. I travel
the - same street "downtown r almost
every day "in my machine. The street
was perfectly dry, and I was driving
astride the right-hand rail of the
righthand double streetcar trackwith
the two left-wheels on the brick, pave
ment between the rails. My service
and emergency brakes were both work
ing in first-class order. : X was travel
ing down a long, easy grade at a dis
tance of 15 to 20 feet from the curb
(and farther from the sidewalk, a park
ing strip being between), with a per
fectly clear ; view ahead : for a" long
way,, when I was commanded to stop
at the foot of the grade by a motor
patrolman. When part way down the
grade I threw the clutch of f, allowing
the motor to idle and . coasting the
rest of the way down the easy grade
A strong east wind, blowing in the di
rection that . I was traveling caused
my machine to pick up a little . more
speed than! usual, and I was going a
bit over the speed Timit, but the great
est speed" attained" 'was around " 25
miles an hour, according to my speed
ometer, and I am. sure., it was t regis
tering correctly. .1- was .- accused . by
the officer of going 1 0 miles an hour,
and I found that the accused person's
word-(even though It is the. first 'ac
cusation against ' him for speeding)
does S not have much weight against
the word of st spued paeplman in the
present municipal , court, pt-i Portland,
Instead of being ordered to " appear in
the municipal ? court the i.next day
which -I -have been informed is custom
aryI was ordered to appear, yester
day, so as to be made one of the actors
in : the, big display tobe paraded 'be
fore the public. - If you- have never had
an .experience . like: this, please put
yourself in my position. While wait
ing i in v the courtroom I observed that
one speed - patrolman i was : especially
given- to " ridiculing any defense ' that
the different accused ones attempted
to make, and he suggested to the judge
In some instances how they ought to
be dealt with, and without any-solicitation
on , the part of .the court. A
few of the speed patrolmen need-to
be- taught to be civil toward the public
that pays their salaries. Instead they
treat us as vassals and criminals.
They seem to think they are licensed
to street us as they please, with im
punity, because they are . officers of
the law and as such are - fully pro
tctetl in their, at times, iamobiei con
duct. One part of my penalty' was
magnified . 10 times when given for
publication. This evil needs to be cor
rected. - - .
I do . not wish to pose In self
righteousness, but If It comes to a
showdown I can prove I have rendered
service to the city and the community
that will at least compare Vwith that
of the officer responsible for publishing
me as a criminal. This service has been
rendered. too, without . any ' pay; or
thought of pay, and In some Instances
at considerable sacrifice; Tet I am
branded- publicly as a speed maniac
and criminal. I am a, man of mature
years. and an generally : considered
judicious, careful, and - considerate. 1
have been driving- my own autornooue
in Portland continuously for the past
five years and during that time I have
never yet struck another machine or
a person. I am as anxious to reduce
automobile accidents as most people,
but X would like to see fair methods
employed by those entrusted with au
thority. . - W. W. Lawton.
' . COMPLAINS OF. FOREIGNERS .
Portland. Nov, 24-To the Editor of
The Journal We have a public market,
but why do our city commissioners allow-
European and Asiatic aliens to
monopolise- the sidewalks and streets
as they do? Three fourths of the ven
ders in our public market are not cit
izens of the United States, and never
will be and yet they are allowed the
Privilege of proflteerinar'from citizens.
Proprietors Pf fruit stands along Yam
hill street use the sidewalks to vend
their fruit and pay so rent for such
use. When people comejalong some of
these venders bump up against them
and very-nearly put them off the side
walk if they don't give them the room ;
and if these people' say anything to
them,- they are handed some very dis
courteous remarks. It seems to me the
city 'should see to it that these people
are kept from occupying the walks with
their wareav so that citizens can pass
without this offense. A. E. Phillips.
" THINKS MR. MORGAN ERRED
Scappoose, : Nov. 25. To the Editor
of The Journal -Speaking", of the in
cident of, the principal who whipped
the boy of 14 years who was supposed
to have the. intelligence -of a boy of
10, allow me to give any opinion. If
this principal was supposed to possess
the greater - intelligence, the - proper
thing -would have been for him to
demonstrate - his intelligence as a
humane person, and not show the ani
mal Instinct,: Had be given this boy
a kind, Intelligent talk ; and caused
him to see : his 1 error, fjie boy . would
have" been his lifelong friend. As it
Is, the boy may be. a lifelong enemy.
As - to disciplining- the principal,- Is it
against the morals of the school, to
correct the lesser and leave ; the
greater untouched? Mrs. D. Bessmer. r
NO DIVINE HEALER PRESENT
Portland. Nev. S3 To the Editor
of The Journal I have beard there
was a divine healer at The Audi
torium, health week. -I-would like to
know his name and present address.
i - Reader.
FRANCE'S BLACK SOLDIERS 1
: Portland, Nov. 24. To the Editor of
The Journal It is with both ' amaze
ment and humiliation that X read of
Senator Hitchcock's asking Clemenceau
"why France keeps 30.000 black troops
in German territory." . X am amazed
at his ignorance,' and shamed to think
that one of our representatives should
expose it so. This propaganda- story
by -rGerraaey- has been denied : by
France repeatedly, and was -proved
false -by other investigators over two
years ago. Before the war it was not
an uncommon, thing to discover that
COMMENT AND
SMALL) CHANGS , - ,
A HtUe later retail merchants mleht
frame .up a fay Your Christmas BUla
week,
er .: r
All newspaper headline writers are
hoping that Cuno will head the Berlin
cabinet indefinitely.
Gossip may engage Charlie Chaplin
every day, but it takes a minister or
somebody to marry him. .
. -.e e. :
Federal court Jurists make it look as
if the pubUo service commiasiou can't
tell a phone Iron a rate. -
The ambitious pullet, too, comes into
a new importance, when the old hen's
eggs go to 60 cents a dozen.
e
- Tha housewife who pays the best
prices has a right to kick and - wail
when she gets avnything less than the
best goods. .
"Smith Asks Help Headline. Well,
if the other Smiths can't help him it
Isn't much, use for. him to bother the
rest of us about it- - - .
Tag days are few and far between,
now, but automobile license tag day
costs tou more than all the rest of
them put together ever didi doesn't it I
! - Inventors have , long Veen trying in
vain to solve the problem of the non
re tillable bottle. But what's the mat
ter with a try at the non-respillable
cuspidor? - . - t
MORE OR LESS PERSONAL
Random Observations ; About Town
Another-, visitor from Corvallls Is
John L. Searcy. . ' " '
e - " '
Among out-of town visitors Is C O.
Hjernstad of Scio. -. . .
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I : Fred Duncan of Marshfleld is among
late arrivals in the city. - . .
, w - . e e e ...
Among out-of-town visitors are Dr.
and Mrs. N. E. Irvine of Lebanon. -
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' H. R. . Crosland of Eugene was In
Portland to spend the week-end. - t
' - eke
Mr. and -: Mra L. Bamum of - The
Dalles were among , recent visitors in
the city. - -
J. 8. Hubbard of Monroe has come
to the metropolis to attend to some
business. ,
..... ... . . ," e '; .. .- j ;
Mr. and Mra W. H. Hunter of Bea
verton were visiting in Portland Sat
urday. , -..;.
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H. S. Gentry of Corvallls was' among
those who came down for the football
game Saturday.
-
C C Kelley of Salem spent a few
hours in Portland Saturday on his way
home from Eastern Oregon." .
IMPRESSIONS AND OBSERVATIONS
OF THE JOURNAL MAN
By Fred
' afore about the wits of crooks Is told Mr.
Lackley by Postal Inspector Clement, who
wreaU the tale of a -confirmed oreok, who
bad spent bia life on the derioua trail of
eaaj Jnoaey 4 . ...
' After talking to Postal Inspector E.
C. Clement of Portland 'for a couple of
hcurs recently,' I . have come to the
conclusion that honesty is the best pol-
J Icy not only In the long run but in the
short run and at all times. Every
crook lives, in tha Shadow of fear of
detection. ... He must slink, around like
a cowardly coyote.,, . " , mr - i,
, Cr - '' e; e 1 .v."'
1 "One of the most despicable types of
t rooks," said Mr. Clement, "is the man
who .uses the mails to defraud. Re
cently a man subscribed for at press
clipping agency and obtained clippings
Of all the deaths in the-Pacific, North
west, :s Her would; send a - letter ad
dressed in the name of the dead man,
sayingi The final payment of $10 on
the -stock you purchased is ' now due.
Upon receipt of your check or money
order for this amount we will mail
you the stock certificate. Tou will be
glad to know the stock is now quoted
rat $75 per share and it will soon reach
par. " . Toe relatives or tne-oeaa man
can ' find . no record -of his investing
in stock, but if by sending $10 they
can f secure -stock worth S75 a share
Uiey conclude they would . be foolish
-not to make the : final payment. - So
they send 910. And that is the last
they ever hear of it, . Another man
fiends a small Bible by express "C. O. D.
$1.50 to the dead man. Invariably
his relatives invest$1.50 to obtain the
-package and get a 60-cent Bible. -
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"The. old stage holdups- have gone
out of style. ;t They have moved to the
movie screen. - The powers that prey
can secure results with less personal
danger. In these degenerate , days.
Once In" while a postmaster or a
postal clerk stages a holdup to cover
up a - shortage, but V usually It is a
bungling job and is , easily detected.
One of the favorite ways of stealing
money from the? mail is by tha well
known 'substitution tricki The postal
clerk-' handling" the registers substi
tutes another register for, the one con
taining valuables. By process - of
elimination we ' find that the - theft
must -have been "'committed by one of
not over, two or three clerks. We send
a decoy -register, -with bonds," gold- or
other valuables, and watch its progress.
We nab the -clerk with the -marked
money or valuables on his person or
in .his room, .and - he Is given . five
years to -think the matter', over. -;r
i "Not long ago I. landed a man ; 2
years of age for fraudulent use of the
mail? He was sent to San Quentln,
where he- died ; recently He was an
Intelligent well educated, well read,
likable chap, f When I showed .him
that I had the goods, on him he took
It like a good sport. X asked him to
tell me how he got started on' the
trail that Inevitably leads to the
gloomy, gray walls of the prison. : He
some of our supposedly educated men
were as insular-minded as if they had
lived all their lives on Juan Fernan
dez, but - one " would expect them to
be more enlightened now. C..B. P. ,
NEW' ENGLAND CONSCIENCES
; Frotat the Bartford Times
Much water has flowed under- the
bridge since people wasted away In
vain efforts to determine whether or
not they had "sinned against the Holy
Ghost." What was the New England
conscience is now a Freudian complex,
and it is doubtful . whether anybody
In these days Is more than necessarily
concerned with the possibility of hav
ing sinned.
'i Iangerous as the habit of morbid
self-searching . undoubtedly Is, It 1 is
probably no more dangerous than the
neglect of the soul, al a field for
cultivation, wnch ; rather characterzes
the present generation. , ; If 4 the older
generation often sprained a spiritual
thigh InAthe -nightly wrestling with
the angel, is It not possible that the
present practice of -gaily ignoring the
wbote business can be as conducive
to - spiritual degeneration as" the. old
way of going to the mat with Sin. was
conducive to over-training? -.
The New England conscience was
developed when people were too much
alone. The new Indifference to con
science comes from the fact that we
NEWS IN BRIEF
' SIDELIGHTS
The election returns from all over the
United - States would indicate that
everybody was mad, and all road about
some different thing. Blue Mountain
Eagle. - . ".,"- -
.-. -vr' '..a..j e- ; ''.-'-.. '.
If the weather man will hold winter
back tor a couple of weeks longer,
we'll promise to show him a good stand
of growing grain hereabouts, after ail.
Athena Press. - ,
! 3very city has residents who are
willing to ride free on the chariot -of
progress and share la the profits which
accrue -- to - those - woe are - dolag . the
pusiung. Baker Herald.
. . i---. ?-:-
Evidently the "people rejrard it as
more important ; that the . Republican
party should keep its promises than
that Republican congressmen should
keep their jobs. Weston Leader. - v
Used to wonderj- what history was.
anyhow. Now we have figured it la
just putting one scrape after another
in book form, and how It got started,
and who got licked. mlty Standard.
Lake Is- about the only county in the
whole state that "went Republican.
Every Republican candidate received a
good majority in this county, which is
something quite unusual. Lake County
Examiner. - v -.'-.-..: -..:.:.
"''The Washington-weather bureau pre
dicted ' a continuation of the drouth
that has been affecting the East, and
the next day It began to rain. That's
the way ' it works out here, too. Eu
gene Register.-
Nathan Brown of. Burns is among
out of town visitors. - c -
W. F. Hathaway of Eugene Is a re
cent arrival in the city.
W. XX. Howard of Silver Lake Is a
visitor in the metropolis. .
-. e a e
George H, Falrfleld of Terrebonne Is
among out of town guests. y - -
Among out of town guests are Mr.
and Mra J. W. MeCombs of Shedd.
.eee.
GeoFgecS. Craig of Enterprise is one
of many yisitors from the ouUlde.
Martin Reid of Heppner has come
down to Portland on a little vacation.
... . I..
- John Jenck of Tillamook Is transact.
Ing business in Portland, A -
H I Nebergall of Albany 'was
among recent visitors to the metropolis.
-.Pltts Elmore and E. Coleman of Cor
vallls are among visitors from the Wil
lamette Valleg. . . ; ....-
Mr. and Mrs. A. T' Rtoditanl mnt xr
and Mrs. J. I. Stoddard of La Grande
are in t'oruand on a combined busi
ness and pleasure visit.
Lvckley
said, T started to be a crook through
curiosity . and ' love " of adventure. A
man should - avoid entertaining evil
thoughts,-for sooner or letu- thnufhi
translated ? into action and : the first
step in crime makes outers easier. X
was a chemist, with prospects of a
Useful life.- I worked as night clerk In
a drug store in Ohio. One night yeggs
visited pur town. -blew open a safe
ana maae a good. bam. I beard the
marshal say it was a . good job and
uau oeen oone witn nitro-giycerin.
Just for fun I began to experiment in
my spare time in the making of high
explosives, r I made an explosive that
X decided would do the work ; so X took
It : down to the - creek, put a small
quantity of It into an old stump, and
touched it off. - A" second later that
stump was converted Into a million
toothpicks.- The next Saturday night
X went Into the Implement house near
our arug store to get a 20-dollar gold
piece changed The farmers had been
in during the day paying bills, - and
the drawer - was full of gold and bills.
That . night - was stormy. X got . to
tranking now easy it would be to rob
that safe. X went to the poolhall. where
X found the night policeman asleep la
a chair. X went "back to my cot in
uio ui ui Buirt,- tou aown me auey,
which was as dark as a stack of
Diack cats, and," prying open the back
window- of the implement - store, I
blew open the safe. It made a big
racnei. eaan t stop to get the money.
X ran back to the drug store, tumbled
Into bed, and pretended to .be asleep.
I listened for the rush of feet, for I
thought the whole town would be
awakened Presently I stole out. Not
a soul was on the. street. The night
policeman still slumbered in his chair
at the poolhalL I crept down the
alley,- got through the window, and
got 11600 from the drawer of the safe.
The robbery was hot discovered until
Monday morning. During the next four
years J robbed 15 stores. I kept at
work. " Nobody suspected me. Each
time the Job was declared to be the
work of experts. X resigned, and with
ever 320,000 I had. secured from the
sates of my friends and f enow-townsmen
I mad a tour of the world. My
money lasted three years. I decided
to settle down , and make ran honest
living,, but the curse of easy money
was- on me, and honest, sweat-stained
money seemed to come in too slowly.
X was in a prosperous Southern town,
so I blew open a safe, and left no
trace. I was a stranger, so X was ar
rested on suspicion nd the money was
found in my room. X was seit to the
penitentiary. I decided to reform, -but
when a man Is once finger-printed,
mugged and -branded as a convict he
has- hard sledding, so I slipped back
into crime. I am 42 years old. X have
spent 86 , years of my life in- prison,
I have a few months ef liberty, over
shadowed by fear, and then I get a
few , years in prison. Easy money Is
a curse. So is an easy Job. , Honest
work and hard-earned money pay in
the long run. " - . :. , ... . ,
of- today are not alone enough.' ' "We
nevetr find time for the most casual
probe of the soul. The pressing prob
lem of when to double three no-trumps
forbids much agony over such a ques
tion as "Have I saved a soul today,
or have I failed 4" Even when we
read, -we must smoke or eat, as if
we - were afraid of "an ' unstimulated
reality, as if we were afraid of what
the soul might get away with if not
occupied with some diversion ; of the
vasomotor nervous system or the ali
mentary canaL Have we aby more
serenity than the dear old spinsters
of - a generation which now seems as
remote as the ancient Aztecs? Prob
ably nobody will ever find out. - -v
7 . POLITICAL APPROVAL
Frose the Waahingtoe Star. ,
.- "What is your opinion of relativity?
T approve of it, replied j Senator
Sorghum, 'v- .'-rf-'i v." ?:':.-,-- ':. :
- "Then you understand It thorough
ly? - ' -fc,-'.V'V-.""::';-...--.
"Friend, If X had always been , re
quired to understand thoroughly every
thing X approved of : X should have
transacted considerable less ( political
business." ,- " - -,
THEMISTOCLES; feET BUST"""
', - ...;: From the Indianapolia Siewa. ' - --".:"
. The glory -that was Greece continues
to fee In tfie past tense. .
The Oregtn- Couiitry
Northwest Heppentac tn Brief gorst to U
Baay Beidet.
' - OREGON ' ' .'
Elrht applicsnts will rake a civil -service
examination November 28 for
the position of postmaster at Eugene,
i. Reots of the Wrentham neigh
borhood in Wasco county have voted
unanimously fOC a special 10-mill mar
ket road tax. :.a., ..r.; ;
2 Finsnders SlackC Oregon pioneer and
a resident ; f the Grand Ronde valley
slnce 1SS5. is dead at his home ' In
SummerviUe. aged 73 years. v
.Funeral services for J. H. Waften-
Mrmr. 1 v. . w. . n.
9?r- . Mr, Watteubereer had resided In
Vmauiia . county since
- Eleven land patents were Issued Fri
day by. the land office at Roseburg.
The patents go to homesteaders, most
w. womb are ex-service men.
Governor Olcott has honored reriuisl
Upn papers for the return to California .
Of Hugh L, Campbell, under arrest at
Enterprise oa charges of falUng to pro
vide for his minor chUdren, - V
The QuartzvUle 'mining district 1ti
Linn' county has " taken on new life
since the uncovering a few days aa-o
of a pocket contalning3l00,00u in wire "
geld on the claim of Paul Smjth. . -
W. T. Price, for six years Superintendent-of
the Hood River water sys
tem, .has tendered his resignation. He
has Just completed the construction of
a new system at a cost ef 814,000.
.T.hl Marion county court . has com
pleted plans for the building of a re
enforced concrete bridge across the
Pudding rtvjr. Tha bridge, on the Sll
88000 Salem, will cost
iii0,. I.4 Oregon trail between
Srf.lfi01 nd..1L Grande complete,
with the exception of seven miles. O.
--- . - viiiu, um aunQuncec ,
iniuto .:- ro"1 between the two
The Intestinal epldemie' which has
been causing much suffering among the
students of" the University of Oregon
for several weeks is disappearing.
theause. . U "id 10 av ben
iJ?-,1?'StMJ Power company at
Frtnevtlle suffered damages amounting
to several thousand dollars by the
heavy snowfall two weeks ago. six
.VrewlreT bbly te ."
WASHINGTON
enStm fj 2' a.M,?on' t,onr erocer,
died last week at the Valley hospital
In PuyaUun. He was 78 years old. -
' Thik PflVmllHWi Paw-as aa . M . T la ...
wsJ? orranW in Puyailup
tF.t 9iw " plv' the Paclflo hlgh-
ay tns Washington
suts highway department - J
trtPStZP&l f the Washing,
ton State Elks' association will be held
cLSflut ?" IJrnbr Martin "
Gottfeld of Olympia Is presidenc
ftff-Strrr.? Jrfw old' Ir of the
hAv,h0a?adroDI1 dead from
heart trouble Friday evening as he was
Storf fa Seffi Wl ,
ty.?UTJRnglntfrBchwm-t estimates '
rJJhJ,,n0pofI Washougal dratnaire
?J9iect wU1 col,t approximately 1119.
000, and residents affected i ire ex
pressing oppoaiuon because of the Cost.
n3 Tmgl-81 Principal of the Gar
E5. h5h choc. Is dead from burns
received last Tuesday when a gasoline
can- exploded while- gasoUne was being
used to build a fire in the school buUd-
The biggest cattle drive in SO years
was made Thursday when 1000 head
of beef cattle from Kittitas county
passed through the Elleasburg divide
couW? M TUeJr Tan
Improvements totaling $15,000 will
b made at Walla Walla Immediately
by the Standard Oil company. The
company has (1 persons on the payroll
ZSJtZZJ uri M than 3100,-
av year. .-- -.;...;.. ... v.....1. ..
Mrw ,VMa - mtm - .... .
. - k - - - cuux, aa lormer
???.?lKaf Z corct with the Century
.-. v,. towwi o appear ror to
rA1? " 0 l .'Ury of
: xdaho '
.The Hill Sheep company-of Burley..
In9lhA. - nslsl Kaan MMAaM-.A... a - . . .
cipitai of $50.000. -Ln
fJenator .Borah has appointed Edwin
W. Chamberlain of Moscow to West
Point Military academy.. 7
Veronda Farnsworth. convicted at.
C??'1 statutory crime
against Murne Ady. a 18-year-old girl.
tonUary11 on 3 H the penl
. Joy-riders at Boise, whrf took a valu-
J kI.1 fS?asi n g to Miguel Gabica.
abandoned it on the Mountain Home
rA,irt''r ' tkT Are and was
completely ruined. , . ,, , , ..;
Tn,r I, 121 o November 1.
1922, the InspecUon service ef the Idaho
UltJ?,.! Prtn;e,nt of agriculture issued
certificates of Inspection on 20.278 cars i
f frujt, vegetables and hay. J
-Idaho's public umiUes commission is
.hII5.-V- bf,1nnln' Thursday,
11 daiiyn0tment of refrlgef .
t'hlf ."LJ? n?.; th" ttmss
corning west In great numbera
Twenty Years Ago .-
Trpm The Journal of Nov, 27, 1903.
, Mayor Williams is beginning to re
ceive applications for appointments un
der the new charter, which will go into
effect in January. - ... .
a 'J. 'Curry, a lumberman from the
Rogue river country, - who "is at the
Perkins, in fiiU n 1A iaIi.
- - . - .cgaiv-
4ng the logging business, and says it
wt ejiore oeen so good in the
history of the Pacific coast. ,
. " . . . . i ., : : 1
The Portland-Asiatic steamshla In
dravellt is about the only vessel la the
harbor that is working todayf Long
shoremen worked all night discharging
her cargo and are still employed at the
task. The officers and crews of nearly
all the other vaaaala an AKa..n
Thanksgiving and will feast on the best
mm aavua XJ( u vueit,
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, Over 100,009 pounds of turkey was
sold yesterday by local dealers. The
prices ranged from 20 to 28 cents on'
the retail market, while th a.hnu..i.
price went as low as 10 cents a pound.
The crown nrliu if v-
making a tour ef the United States,
will arrive In Portland Saturday en
a Southern Paelfic train. .
. e . . . j-.
The steamer Mascot hrona4i .n
unusually large shipment of farm prod
uce ana xresa meat last evening from
La Center and Woodland, on Lewis
river. . That, aM-tlnn la lumnl.. ,v .
most prosperous farming area tributary
- .- ; a
Front street nn aKnnt lrnaM
gulch is " among the busy thorough
fares of Portland these daya It new
has the travel of three streets, oa ac
count of the impassable condition of
the First street and Second street
bridges. . - , v- :.:...
The United States inuhnit
loma has ceased operations on the- up
per -Willamette on account -of hlejh,
water and is now at the government
moorings In 'North Portland, where
she -is undergoing a few minor repairs.
A large white automobile In Win r
to run down Grand, avenue last eve
ning with a load of pleasure seekers
became stuck la the dilapidated road
way at East Main street and was un
able to proceed for- about half an
fccur. : - .. . . r--. . ... ' ,
According tb one ef the site selectors .
for the new Port of Portland dry
dock, the Insftuon win be located
about a mile r.vi .west .f. Et, Johns.
convening of a new congress? ,
" 1 f