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Evening journal., 1918-01-17

which deserved so richly the defeat it suffered Com
menng upon during he Of the debate. Senator
Knox said.
when measure was rejected in the senate last spring
proposing TO create censorship upon the American
press opposed that not upon the ground that
there circumstances under which Congress could
pass a censorship bill but upon the ground that no
necessity had been shown at that time to lay the power
fu control Of censorship upon the American press For
myself realize that after had vested unparalleled
powers the Chief Executive and had appropriated
paraeled for The expenditures of this war; there
time when the press should be in a position
where 10 could speak, It under circumstances where
these vast powers were being exercised and these stu
pendous sums Of money were being expended.
1T is never enough that the Chief Executive desires
TO be passed It is enough that the argu
ment shall be closed when are told that the Admin
istration desires this bill unless propose to play the
ignoble part that poet spoke of Rome: "A Caesar with
the senate at his heels
This measure to me is incomprchensibe. 1t is un-
scientific in construction, and if its purpose is to be
judged by Its possibilities it is vicious in purpose The
great cited in the preamble of this resolution
the that is tangible that proper shall
be properly and generally distributed. II Is true, that
the preamble reces the necessity for the supply TO the
Government Of print paper which in Itself trining
necessity, but the purpose that is most specifically
avovcd is that proper news shall be DISSEMINATED
~ say ! said last spring What necessity is
there for to exercise this unprecedented power
the newspapers Of the country based upon the theory
that improper is being distributed2 II any ins
tuition this country has shown greater loyalty and
self-sacrnce than the press in dealing with
know not what t is and It is rather significant
that The newspapers Themselves begin to understand
the vicious principle in this bin the more they dis
posed to ask us to withhold this grant of power"
Those are true words They reflect, in the main, the
views Of a vast majority Of the print paper
facturers and newspaper publishers TO them the
luton proposed by senator smith represented the idea
Of government control mad.
Now that the Senate has acted sensbly in the mat
ter the House should be equally sensible in dealing
with the matter il 10 crops up there. No Congressman
should be more alert than Representative POLK Of Della
ware in watching for the appearance Of such vicious
measure and scotchng il on sight
Evening journal., 1918-01-17

The homely old proyerb that it is
darkness Just before dawn" never had
a more appropriate application than at
the present moment. All OF us The ma
ti0ns in arms against Germany. are
passing through grim and trying
hours. Hopes we'll founded and hopes
i'll founded have alike collapsed; war
weary, the world faces more war.
There are TO be millions more casual
ties.
Aud, IN addition. war is beginning 70
invade the smallest details Of our own
lives. What was last year terrible, but
far away is now distressing and with
IN our gates The fine hours when the
flrst regiments march and men and
women are buoyed up by visible evid-
ence Of splendid self-sacrifce have
passed by; war is the most monoton-
Gus, least Inspiring business IN the
world at the front and at the rear.
and the agony and the monotony have
come.
We have had bitter disappolntments
IN Russia and Italy. We have had lesser
Establishments nesrer home. Our
great effort will be long delayed; we
shall not arrive soon; nor has our ma
tional pride been spared In the reve-
lations of failure at The very start.
Such being the case, we have been
passing through a period Of depression
In the gloom the enemy takes on a
gigantic form and in the obscurlty our
own resources and those Of our allies
shrink sadly. The weak OF heart begin
10 murmur, the disloyal and the un.
stable hasten to add TO the depression
Of the war.
Yet II Ole will but face these things.
are they not after an inevitable incl
dents Of war? When has a great battle
for a noble cause been easily won
Thinking in terms Of American his
tory, what was Valley Forge; what
were the Ions. drab years Of suffering
In the Revolution with so few mo-
ments Of victory or even near victory?
There are many still alive 10 tell Of
the depression Of 1861, when Grants
army disappeared into the shadows Of
the Wilderness and emerged only at the
shamhes Of Cold Harbor
Are we, the sons and daughters Of the
men Of 1861, the inherents Of the tradi-
tions OF the ragged Continentals, TO be
shaken before we encounter an enemy
lllNt llDuSnlu lllllNo away 4AAN W.
whose ancestors fought against all the
odds Of the Revolutionary era, to be
conquered in advance Of battle by q
foe whose losses we know, whose
weaknesses grow daily more manifest
no nation ever had TO face strue-
gle with greater odds against 10 than
Germany today. And when Germany
had numbers. munitions, everything
that preparation and organization could
give her Of advantage, she failed at the
Marne, OF Ipres and Ncrdun
The war has been In great measure
transferred from the front to the rear.
Only behfld the lines can Germany
win, and behind her own lines there
Is weakness. often deceived, often mis-
led. one hesitates 10 believe wnat Is
true in 1918 because one wrongly be-
lieved It true in 1915.
Whatever happens in this war; the
Evening journal., 1918-01-17
A TIME FOR COURAGE
AND FOR OPTIMISM
from The New York Tribune)

worst Is over. Come what may, we
shall not see another such crisis as The
Marne, crisis like only TO those when
on French soil the Huns in Champagne
and the Saracens in Poitou were over
thrown by Western civilization under
French leadership. We have but to hold
to win, to hold where the line has never
yet broken.
National confidence is individual
confidence. The courage of the indi-
vidual is a valuable element in the coll
lective confidence Of the community
the nation The war is a conflict be-
tween civilizations, ideals. ideas, be-
fore it is a battle between men. Our
armies will not win at the front If
those who stay behind do not give
them the moral support they need
The spirit Of France prevailed when
the material was weak at the Marne
at Nerdun. Materials cannot win now
against equal material resources un-
less the spirit fails the one and inspires
the other.
We are living in discomfort, incon-
venience, approximate hardship; but
what Of it2 u is a test Of our courage
endurance, loyalty; IL is test Of OuI
spirit; II we fail, the war is lost; il
we hold. 1t is won. In fact. we can now
lose an assured victory only IT, like
the Russians in Galicia last spring
we flee the field Of victory
This is one Of the great crises Of the
war, assUredly. u is one Of the great
tests OF tne spirits Of peoples. The Ger
man says his spirit, his method. his
ideal are best because they are strong
est. He says that his brutalities, his
crimes, his Offenses against civilization
are justified because they weaken the
foes and unite the friends. But is this
true?
We are all Of us at war with Ger
many, every man and woman, what
ever the post or station we hold Each
must help to victory; each can aid de-
feat by doubt. by fear, by hesitation
by fixing his eyes beyond the battle
TO be fought, upon respites never
earned without effort
10 is a time for courage, for hope. II
is time for each man 30 win his share
Of the battle. each woman to conquer
her part Of the field We are not merely
in a military but even more in a moral
sense the reserves Of civilization We
are just going under lre We have TO
make 1.-The charge that wins the day"
Shall we fail those who have fought
shall we forsake those who are trying
TO flght. shall we doubt before we have
dared?
Evening journal., 1918-01-17

results are apparent wherever army
and navy are brought into contrast
They are set forth in scores Of ofilclai
reports. and fan within the personal
experience of all who have had to do
with army and navy routine. In the one
establishment sloth and procrasiina-
iiOn are and have been VIGOROUSLY in
the ascendoncy; in the other a lively
provision and "a quick capacity 10 re-
cognize and correct mistakes are the
rule.
As the men VINO manage the army
and navy bureaus are presumably OF
practically identical professional attain
menis and may be assumed 10 match
each other i'm patriotic devotion, the
explanation is undoubtedly 10 be found
in the systems of procedure that are
followed The navy's provides for celer-
ity in decision and in execution; the
army's for postponement and delay. Yet
the navy executives are not less hamp-
cred by statutory enactments than are
those Of the 5smy, and were they dis
posed to submit to red tape and allow
it 20 overwhelm them they would Doe
in tive same distressing situation that
afflcis the War Department.
It is apparent that the army system
has been hopelessiy Inadequate ana
deadening in its effects This war re-
Gently exposed when the country got
the testimony OF a gun maker who was
received at the Navy Department with
enthusiasm and sympathy but was re-
PEELED at the War Department in a most
discouraging manner. AT present there
are three proposals for the reform OF
this condition in the War Department,
one providing for The creation OF a new
executive department, another contem-
plating changes from within. and TIE
third, put forward by Daniel Willard
yesterday, looking toward consolidation
Of all the army and navy supply bu-
reaus under one executive responsible
only TO the President. The public cares
little or nothing how the reform is
achieved; it wants prompt and definite
action by legislation or by executive
initiative. And it will not be satisfied
until the army is equipped In its sup
ply departments to match the higher
superior performances Of the navy.
Evening journal., 1918-01-17
I'M IS up To me LEvY coInr.

~ OUNTY ENGINEER JAMES WILSON Is right The
~ old Philadelphia turnpike, between this city and
Caymont should be rebuilt. Nor should any time be
wasted in the work Of reconstruction not only should
be rebuilt but should be rebuilt right After the
construction has been completed and the road has
thrown open TO tralc intelligent policy Of patrol and
maintenance should be pursued with respect to H.
The present condition of that highly important piece
Of the main highway between this city and Chester and
Philadelphia is disgaceul lt should be remedled not
only as war measure not only act of justice to
the people Of city and state who have occasion to
use the highway, hut also act Of justice to the
business Of community who should be protected
against that diversion OF trac and trade that the
evitable accompaniment Of bad roads when good
lead TO other and perhaps less desirable markets.
When say that the turnpike not only should be re-
built but should be rebuilt right. that. no
matter what the cost may be, the foundation and the
superstruoure should be made thick enough and strong
enough to Withstand the and tear only OF the
heavy trac Of today but Of the increase Of trac which
Is to follow the improvement and the growth Of
population, travel and trade
Unless something be DONE shoppers and tourists soon
will be giving Wilmington the goby, thing that
should be prevented at all hazards II up TO the Levy
Court TO prevent it suffering such a catastrophe.
Evening journal., 1918-01-17
A VICIOUS MEASURE scoTcnrD.

~, HOSE United states Senators whose yetes killed the
i print paper legislation that was proposed by
administration forces deserving Of public credit
It is pleasing to know that Senator's Salisbury and
Wolcott. Of this state although Democrats and, as
rule staunch supporters Of the administration were
anong those who joined with senator Knox Of Penn
sxl,ania thrtythree other Senator'S Democrats and
Republicans in defeating the resolution which was
noxious not only to paper manufacturers but also
most OF the daily newspapers in country.
The resolution provided that the Federal Trade Com
mission should be given control Of print paper mechan-
cal and chemical pulp. and that an mills producing
such paper should be operated Government account
II provided that products OF such mills be pooled by
the Federal Trade Commission for the term OF the war
s;, distributed price based upon cost production
and distribution plus 10 per cent. profit
senator Smith, Of Arkansas fathered the resolution,
Evening journal., 1918-01-17
Editorial Opinion
GIVING THE RAILROADS. BACK.
I the New York sun.

From the New York sun.
President Wilson did not take over
the railways of the country to test
out the merits Of Government owner
ship or Government operation. He
took them over because in a national
crisis It was necessary that the rail-
roads should 30 things which, under
operation by their managers and own
ers, the law will not let them do. He
took them over to provide for them
Imperative financing which, in this
war situation, could not be provided
[ in any other way. He them over as a
war measure.
/ The Congress act to carry out this
programme ought, therefore, to fix
certain time when the railroads. after
the close Of the war, shall be turned
back to their owners Whether 10 shall
be three months, or six months, or
year after the war is not Of prime
Importance; the thing which is of con-
sequence is that, so far as concerns
the purpose Of the President and OF
I the Congress which Is to put through
the railway measure, the roads shall
90 back TO their owners automatically.
II the Administration and Congress
are sincere in their declaration that
there is no thought or making this
the opportunity for permanent Gov
ernment ownership, they cannot fail TO
assure the owners Of the railroads
the hundreds OF thousands of stock
holders whose money is in those prop
erties-that they do mean to give back
the properties. And at this stage the
best way the only way, to assure
those railway owners is TO make the
Congress law declare unequivocally
that the roads shall 80 back at some
fixed time
Evening journal., 1918-01-17
With The PaTagraphers

happy New Year 70 our entire citizenship and espe
oay 80 those net adherent to the practice Of total ab
stnence--Mayor s. C.. Ford-Lake Geneva
Miss Olive Hope, teacher at salem. is home for the
holidays Miss Hope saw the jack knife which kenesha
man swallowed and knows ali the circumstances of he
The knife found i'm his stomach he didn
know how It got theres-Bloomngton ,Wis.) Record.
When Direclor-General McAdoo designated the seven
DAYS beginning yesterday freight cleanup week he
probably did expect that the railroads would have
10 fight the devils OF the biizzaFi and tine winds we'll
the innate peersy OF shippers gnees and rail-
road equpmcnt.-New York sun.
Evening journal., 1918-01-17
HARNFsTNG I'D IN FIELDs.

COATESVILLE, Pa, Jan. l7.--Farm-
ers along Brandywine creek and other
streams throughout Cnestcr county are
harvesting ice from the meadows since
the high waters. The ice is eighteen
inches thick and can be housed much
easier off land than off water
The high waters have washed the
ice into the fields and in some places
has made spectacular sights
Evening journal., 1918-01-17

Come, gather at the shipyards;
And toll with healthy hate,
For only you can save the world,
The Hun is at the gate.
Evening journal., 1918-01-17
The ShipbuilderS

Come, gather at the shipyards;
And let your hammers ring,
For more than ships and cargoes
Waits on your fashioning.
Come, gather at the shipyards;
The battlefelds of France
Are summoning your brothers;
oh, aid them to advance
Come, gather at the shipyards;
With every bot you drive
Bethink you its the Kaiser
Whose british head you rive.
Come, gather at the shipyardS;
And swing with might and main;
IT'S Tirpitz and the Crown Prince
That you today have slain.
Come, gather at the shipyards;
And heat the metal hot,
For it's Ludendorf the butcher
You're boiling in the pot.
Come, gather at the shipyards;
And when the day is done,
You've spent it we'll in driving spike
In Hindenburg the Hun.
Evening journal., 1918-01-17

Machinery. automobiles and means
Of transportation should be advertised
for sale through the Want Ads during
the coming month.
Evening journal., 1918-01-17

Household goods and musical lnstru-
ments will be sold TO good advantage
in the Want Ads during the coming
two weeks.
Evening journal., 1918-01-17

THE German people reared them
An idol made of wood
And Hindenburg before them
Lifelike and stupid stood.
To clothe him all in iron
And thus his soul express,
With nails and spikes they covered
His wooden nakedneSS.
And when they thus had clothed him
All in a suit of mail
Still came they wild-eyed, looking
For space to drive a nail
Whenever Teuton airmen
Slay boys and girls at play,
Or U-boats drowning babies,
Create holiday,
Then, gathering round their statue,
A happy German throng
Drive nails into the idol
To make him still more strong.
Avenge the babes shipbuilders,
That on the seas have died;
Ayenge the little children
Murdered for Wilhem's pride
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1918-06-21
Still Eating?

Good! We are still selling Groceries
GOOD groceries the BEST groceries
in town for the money and are selling
lot of them
If you are customer we can hold your
trade without advertising. Our gro
ceries and the service we give will do
that
But if you are not customer you
ought to be, and we WANT you to be
one, for it is as much to YOUR benefit
as to ours.
Just ask any of our customers they
will tell you-then come yourself, and
you will be happy, and so will we
GIVE YOUR GROCERY ORDER TODAY
LavraCk's Cash Grocery
4l6 NORTH JERSEY ST.
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1918-06-21

Two additional vessels of the
Ferris type are to be built at the
Grant Smith-Porter yards. max
ing ten ships in all of this class
that have been contracted for by
the government at these yards.
With the launching of the
MOraine four of the original con-
tracts of eight have been launch.
ed, and three others are well to
ward completion. Contracts for
the Dougherty type Of vessels
have also been secured by the
Grant Smith.Porter Company.
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1918-06-21

Mr.. Albert f. Smith and Miss
Elsie Frances Jones, the pretty
and popular daughter of DR.. II
f. and Mrs. Jones, were united
in the holy bonds of matrimony
at the Christian church Sun
day, June 10th at 3 p. M, the
ceremony being performed by
the father of the bride, DR.. IL.
+. Jones.
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1918-06-21

We desire to expresses our
heartfelt thanks TO the neigh.
bors and friends who so kindly
and generously rendered their
aid and sympathy during the i'll
ness and death of our beloved
wife and mother. and assure
them their kindness will ever
be gratefully remembered. "A.
o. Beam, Frank Beam. ii. ID.
Beam.
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1918-06-21

The Odd Fellows will hold
their Memorial services next
Sunday morning at the Metho'
dist church at IL o'clock. which
all Odd Fellows and Rebekahs
are urged TO attend.
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1918-06-21

Chas. K. Spackman. Jr., has
taken out a permit for a dwell
ing and garage at NorthWillam-
ette boulevard and st. Johns ave
nue.. Henry Steinfeldt has also
taken a permit for a garage at
Allegheny and Olympia streets.
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1918-06-21

Harry Imboden and Lewis
Miller left the first of the week
for White Salmon Valley, where
they will whip the stream for
trout, which are to be found
there in abundance.
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1918-06-21

Good fresh COW for Sale-l232
Armour street, +. st. Johns.
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1918-06-21

A victrola will please every
member of your family. Our
terms are liberal. Currin Sa, s
So.
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1918-06-21

Mrs. +. w. Mclean and child
left Wednesday for Jewell, Ore
gon. where she will spend the
summer with her husband, who
Is engaged in the forestry SER
vice.
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1918-06-21

Miss Norma Moody of Salt
Lake City. Utah. is guest at
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. A.
w. Davis.
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1918-06-21

Beginning next Sunday the
local drug stores will close on
Sundays at noon hour for the
day, which will obtain every
Sunday until further notice. In
cases of emergency call up the
homes Of the proprietors. Note
the announcement elsewhere
in this paper.
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1918-06-21

The U. p. Trail is the latest
Jane Grey book in the library.
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1918-06-21

All persons having accounts
with the Lauthers Mercantile
Company are requested to settle
same with w. X. Hollenbeck at
the store on West Burlington
street.
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1918-06-21

East St. Johns Union Sunday
School will have their annual
picnic in Peninsula Park next
Tuesday. June %. All pupils
and parents are invited to come
ard bring a basket lunch. Meet
at Community Hall at $3.50. a. m.
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1918-06-21

For Sale Second hand furni-
ture cheap. Call l02 South Edison
street.
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1918-06-21

Christian Science subject for
Sunday services: "ls the Un-
iverse. including Man. Envol-
we'd by Atomic Force"
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1918-06-21

The First Baptist Church Of
st. Johns will erect n modern
parsonage at Chicago and Cen.
tral Avenue. a permit for which
was taken out the past week.
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1918-06-21

The Portland Woolen Mills are
making extensive repairs ant
alterations to their machine
shop at the loot of Baltimore
street.
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1918-06-21

Chester A. Vincent and Miss
Nellie Elliott were united in
marriage at the home of the
bride at Damacus. Oregon. Sat
urday evening. June 18th, Rev.
A. p. Layton performing the
ceremony. The groom is a well
known st. Johns man. being
the son of DR.. and Mrs. A. w.
Vincent. and who a short time
ago returned from a several
years sOjourn in South America.
where he held responsible posi-.
TOMS. The bride is a charming
young woman whom the groom
first met while a student at o.
A. c. The happy young couple
will make their home on Has
salo street.
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1918-06-21

Bath caps in plain and fancy
styles. Get them at Currins.
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1918-06-21

JIG. Moore of Donald, Oregon,
has been spending several
weeks here. where he has been
taking treatment Of DR.. Jones.
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1918-06-21

The amount of building go
ing on in st. Johns is surpris-
ing. and yet il is nothing COM
pared with the incessant de
mand for more dwellings.
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1918-06-21

r. Haskin is having a fine
S2500 residence erected on
Princeton at Polk street.
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1918-06-21
Local News

William Worth was success.
fully operated upon last week
for appendicitis.
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1918-06-21

These June days are GER
tainly glorious.
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1918-06-21

You can hear Galli.Curci any
day at Currins.
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1918-06-21

Frank Hermeski. formerly Of
Clover, Wis. and Mr.. Belcher
and wife of Michigan were
guests at the home of Chas.
Foss Sunday. The two young
men are in Uncle Sans service
and at present located at Van
couyer.
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1918-06-21

We have just received a very
new line of high grade mani
cure sets, in leather rolls. made
in America and guaranteed.
Currin Says So.
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1918-06-21

The young friends OF Miss
Elsie jones gave her a SUI
prise shower Thursday evening
of last week. which event was
thoroughly enjoyed.
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1918-06-21

If you have a new car, or trou-
BILE with your old one. consult
Dykes automobile and Gasoline
Engine Encyclopedia at the st.
Johns Library.