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About Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 20, 1915)
TIIK MOKXINC, OREGON I A SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1915. tyt Or? twntau t'"Ti ai r .'t ..J. orasaa. rvataCU .. i-a Kana iaerlaa.f la aisa-a iBr alat .... f's.'r. se.la I'm axe. a ' ' ' a.i t'Mrlwa"4. -'- ..." s- 1 . i . nMf MmH tarsa a -a - I . , . fMmlf ta-i. a-aiS- . - i. i; j't aa4ai. -a I ..' l. r. ' ."St ..... I . tl.wl sa. Ira a-l'". - X ' .t4J4 S0J. a i . . w 4.f. aa fr " I w Sm la,. a ......... S4ma so) aaa " I I MIW I r r. sm.tsr e visa). ? p" l'.. u4k4 IS..4ii. aa BJal..... Mm e ! aa) e 'fV " S-v. - a r - a ar i ar ri.Al aaas eaj i-.i . - - """ r? 4 . rua . e-t."f 'u.a lx.wiin eBlff ' t-e4aa Mn-II I I . la ,i sa. a aaaia. t " ! -u M Sie " .. ts W J (. r-l. ! -' - aes. rail. .... ... OffWe VW '"" ! . ,1 n..,. kuo.ii.ia. T"k- V . .-..... -..-e CbkM'. ...!. ft'-WMUX. . J- " ' will h tt. rr.V.t .n Immistatlnn l rt4iin f .t th economic row. ia-n. r. b"th on Kuror IS t'nitrt lr. 1.14 1 tl I l kc!v- U 'ltl ff t.rt! d from 04.00 to 19.- .) jourif. M blici men. nil it.t uM nr trrh! IM rumbr. tt h. d.tro. tr tommfKi of Ur piitiy. Au.trt tnl I:mj. "I ..rocu'l tht of thr countrJ. U r.. tafB'.l tm .t :t lfautrr :s u l chinnrU Into th rrclartloo ef r .tntlrrul. n'l f. kl many iljtn- In tirtjtum. irnr. Kurp ! f h rf""!l' cf fcrinntn I:f all r io ll "! f'r H b!-b'It'l womn .f nt;r nlfic. ton. truc. fJtto hi". r4i:r".i "1 btMsr r.f tl- rt. rti'in cf rrlr!lurt. It .: I r("rt H cmtnrr and t rr-mjo l' hir fr-m a p.pultioo t:i-t la frfjtr- !imlrl.h4. I .v mil! Kuf.p. r about lt anti- ii. ci- i" prop.rti"i to tf.t of th" '? rtrmnr. hK-fl f.. bt i.iiif ! ! A -T ''' .- run. ti'. br r .mr1- an. 1 il.niMVM ! atut tl br tf r.'n. trn. arul !r!ttn. Mvh ma l ilTnrc In S.-UJlm tbl rr tn. r.iM month am. ttl tit i--Iiutn. ir b rr br ln.icn.r-. follow I .(f lump'f P'r "'T Jra ,n p.i.n.. Au.trh'a fAto ipnrl octn fi oulrnmt of r. but. If iinlnt, B-""ftr i't drt br In i. Hmf Iir t;'r. U j'- hi tTinmn of an irmmlo roluH.'l M b tn-tr put t r"mmrtl lnl'J ful ! In rontr-l. and mhu h mT t th ?ir-!Wi Bfrc out of I io J tn atart br on th rn r-i,.l T f rl trj-rr b. ltb cfk trrt "i'tinnJ tor Ubr an! ".b tn-h clmtr.UJ "PP'T. t P'"- an tutail" no fnl rii"n. Tnn wai'l rm pufK ri ifi. lr on jrn. ! of th rn lira r of f.-jntr' t.n. thm stat tr tta uSKj;ufna p-lr dirtt)f fof t"irft aht.h fll witMn rmr. an. rrht:T UnCin l(a rrdit for tt of a frai nlur. If Curopa iou!l r-4i tb mor.r. r! If th Bopl ouUJ altta a t. th unrk. tf ln'r-4 d-mand for th iimtnia-l urp:r of Ur H rat thl moult ru ! u-: iijri-if fl''r. a.thrT'd!l fr a f j4r aflr t rno-;rman r jb"r ri a hUir tar.di.r t of Iutn. ar.4 nrr--l . friT'' nH aUa tratT p-jliti'al Doar U'a In cun!nn hara Ubor ri!. an.J birj In urront4 nm'.m mt"t b 9- attr4.li tt Amrt. aoil.J e!'r rn Irjuvamantl l"T tha Mo-h4i'l mm l aTiirta. Tar hm mi::tna of Mua. orphan and diit-a .: li'. an t emigration rniicht h cnnfiM.1 ! Ihoaa rU. AS4t iMr PT rant Immlrrarla Is rrtant yar h ni4'l t oa on f'ij. rrvM-l br rIllirr or frln.1a !raJjr M 'brd In thl rutrr. Tha rl-iy mr.llon4 may bm a! lH In tha aatra marnr lo cm In hlt-v! tn la lnir.l MJtm. rrt oVrtnf m-T Hioin h ta of rllm Inattra tba on fit. If tfia ':M b tha flrt r"nja fl';nrt of paa.-a. lUlrc onJIUon ba tan .mn. ar l ruMP mr ba ao najrlr a.jualtl tiat lirmltnil!o(l to th!a caortrr ni hr)rk an b!ow fia trt! t" Mrh tba " b r l-i'-ail It. n. bnt of our f rln born pr!4tln mir return toKu-Tpa- A ipf trprtnn of Immh aranf rrtako no parnannt bnmo In n t"n:trj J4 Trrl : to Jrti).0'! rtt jrn In Kurxip )tarty. An afr-ta-' r b."n In th oi l worlJ miM mnt'lplr M prt-wlwr f"nr or f.a t!nna until a rntf ha.l bn a-thtlh-r t t Ar of tia orI1 labor marfert 4 th b!nra of r.l (rntiir. o..t J b alnt Uut riw'J rump r4t:'r rala tb jit nm of m-'Of nnfmiry for ra-r"rjttrn-tln ? ft o n 'ipr!r of capi tal l tU'lr" In b nvtH aa.1 l rf.!lt In AmrV a t b r'n iin rtrniTrTr In nrlf to mwl b roat of tha ar. Tha frlt-t 5t4tr 111 lhn tr.9 orlJ'a rrat rfwrolr of tt4tla rtital. fr,:4 bv tha ;ral tf1 b!-r. ma ara u'cumuUlli an.t kp fu!l b tha f; ji.l'.ty btfh tha t'adar! ra-r ai tm haa ln-.part l t. uuf ojjata. but mill tha t'nltril f'atca ba t taml? Kuruva a it! b tuar:jJaa ta ea li7.lt. r4 rtar on tha r drM rnT ba tn. ru-l l4aa i t; tlmit of tha paopla c4pa-lt l- pay On tha othrr bar, J. t'a faf'Smnt of ; Kurop-a ouaarln irrl mar lwf'o I'j rra.ilt 11 rrtra ba al llrf !- b.k It In ahull-ln Itaatf. Thr will b a errt irr''ia of 'apital l !ha country, an t T irpa l'l ba tht mw( aaa marktt It mar ba that tha r rT-n pr.r anl tia Amr. Inn Ir'r n ' ;athr If 'X r.PM rKoMtnti' t:oa t:t i forward rapt !tr. Ub-r all! ba ti'-'f rmpl-iTt n.J t rnlml!"1 of a't ai:rt t". cMltran anj tha dlaubl'il l ft't'Vr eaaaa prartl.-atly If aa. aan :raa afrt-tlora may fall l prattnt a Hmr.)t to AmaM.a tr IhoM mho !h to rarapa th rr"iM"a" b-ird'O of Uitior. who T""! Ih'ir hamaa tal fm!''aa brHn op atvf their formar o--opjM -n pn. an ant baa In-.ba.l tha tr.4r-t-jr fr"m thir .-t!.r !''. A a ratortia i UI pro- ! mora rapUIr In Northrrn Ku- rop. atrUtcr mbr. on mlsr tion and fuller emplo)mnt of Ubor may ba eipactaj tbara tfn In tha Suthrra r.untrtaa. Auatria. Tlunata and tha I'.utkan Ftala lll b .wr t. tf orr. t:i ba laaa eff fc-Ientty n. rr.j and l-aa ao-1 a lliod than the Northarn cuunlrlra. and IM Ihara fura aand cot moat emlcranta. tlaJl n a. l:uawtan r-Unol and Huaal hare tha Lrrat Jrin population ana hat endur1 mora daatructloo than any tnurtry except Iiellum. Their Jelh pa.pt-. aided by American Jraa. mar come to Amerlra In bordca. Slnca tha ar HI ba open for Im mtcranu to coma br ateamer dlre-t ffnin Kuropa Io I ho ratine t'naaf. ary Ur tf roportioo of tho raw Iti miiratton IM cma to thla ae-tlon. It m! t-a attracted by tha Mchrr aa'ea pravalllnr her than In tha Kaatern rltataa. and br tha batter ('P portiiQltlra for acfjulnna' land. Thea, oaoola mill ba of different rarea from Ihnae mhl. h arm cf:lef!r reprraented by our preaanl f-rein pofuUlion. A ellcata t-iak of aettlroient and alrit- llatlon ai;i tta befora ua. and on the lurrrM lth whlrh It la performed lit hinca tha future weU-beiiij of lha raclfl.- Statea. tl.L 11 l nn eaaarr In tho Interest of our rak-armrd Jutl 0 that neither d crl lntcrftrenca nor a mlulded la bor rrnt-tlvn nor an oritaniiea Uan.1 of terrorist ahould Innucnro n In. lament of a atata exe-utla In en tr.g tha ltf of b!oodthlr:- brute !Ue Murderer ItilL'trom. TK. n.naf .hfltlllla 1 B t fTD Tt t t tOH t-l bo put upon tha pte.i of tho ITe!- .t.. th.t ha ii. ikOLin or imfma- tlnnal corhltr to beronit tho medltl throuRh mhiih lha femedtun Aiinmi berced for hla compatriot a lire. did nol deatt after ona refusal a .. i.. tha olea. after n w - n lha hnrd Of riATdo lokna.l In declaring that no croun tor clemency eiuted. Ha apoed hlmaelf to a raburf hich tha i;nv. ernor could not hava withheld lth- ... . kl i .h... a nnrrdtnt for fur ther Federal Inlerference In Itko caiwa or atlthoul fnrounclnr nlia impor tunitla from other loreln Mintatera, throuth Iba rrealcteet. In baba f of for- Had Mr. pry laM-d. ha would haa tian rau for tha I. V. W. to tx.a.t that Ita campalrn of Intlmlda- Inn hat aurraeded and to pdrnua the umi methoda In other ctuca. Itta nrmnea In upholding tha law aKalnm rUmor and thrcala ahould hara a !- utjry aneci. on an or;aniaiion wnn n . - i I haa tiof rroaaed. tha Una between lawful aslta- linn ana criminal, unn-n plrary. Tha mora La the pity that tha Iji tyT r eieraiion pnowm oaa j-io-j l a . . .......l. n ; r. Cha a ell t Ion. Tna reiteration ran ontr hara been mlaled by ermpainy tnio msainr com. roon cauaa with an onranUatlnn with mnif-n it anoui.i nava noinma: in com (non. lour or AXt. At Kit tha frrat 4 1-centlmeter rura haa put mora man ineir match. After baltertnf down the rld'a proudeat fort., after rrduclna concrete and tempered ateel aa If con- UmU.1 tT ao much paper cardboard, after ahattarinc lha armor of iruwonry tnat cuarded I'rance'a eaatern bor-Ur jrul HeU'.am'a jcreatt clt:e. the Cer man terrora baa been bafritd by mer for of tacd. Tt.la la a4mlttel by Orrraan aa w:i aa Uu Milan official, and la confirmed by liia announcement that tho ue fafiaaa at pylneH bare fieio avami terrific bombardment by lara cariber homitier. Tha llnjilc tort, ara ar mored with mounda and walta of aand. Thla me leamon waa learned in our own Orll War when aand bar -er put to tffectla work In defeniva op- eratioiva. Tha atmpla little iin:u naa ato been uaad on a larc a-a. In the infantry operation of later wara. Tete he ahown that t,he bu'.li-t hla-h drivea lt way thrminh a lieavy eaal of teirparad metal I (topped by the rr.iumne of tiny partlcl In a aacd bf. Tha lnfantrman concaaud be hind a baa of eand la far aafrr than tha aol-'trr enraaad In ateel. Tha Importance of thla dlaroYcry la no to ba undereatlmated. If lb effl rry of aand fort la eatabtl'hed t e on. all doubt tv later eTenta. ft ear thai tha coat of armn. may b reduced by mtltlona of doll.ir" S irid ! dirt cheap. No doubt a w n "o . -tern of aand forta mlrht be cnetrl-ted fof ttio price of a !nt rtrel und mrtar barrier of defense. Further more, if the fort acain return to nw fu'.neaa. nation intent on defense alone to eecure themaelve will be able in do o with much emaller force than woUlj e required m era the a hle burden of defre lmpoel upon arm lea left In the open to f ht- A rwtCHOLOl.lCat. nnMt I cbUalry dead In old Virztnia? Are lovety yourf women of that rruud tato driven lo ueperaiion in caiao Irr the senile tl:na that eo many younc woman attarh. to aplnterdom? Surely there nvoet be a.nia deep cauae uu lrrllr.? the strna conduct of the comely dauehtrr of an Atlanta preach er whoae exploit In providing tne remain of a brt tecroom have been narrated In rcent dispatcher. The girl announced aome time ao o her frienda thai aha waa lo be tedded. A proud Incident. thU. In the life of the average normal your; woman. Khe waa al onc ahowercd with corrralutatlona and Given nu- rrou prc-nuptUl partlea. rha waa tha talk and lha envy of her eel. Then an tran;ement w aa announced. While the disratche do not er.ter In detail on thl point. It may bo ur- ied that her friend may have crown a-isplclou at thl point. They had never see.-t the brt Jesroom-elect. and now they were not lo e hirn. I'arhapa rnraoll of disbelief reached the vour woman ar.'i caused ner to urmund her weird, romance with a a-reater (emblanca .of reality. How elee account for ner auooen an- nouncemert th.l a Tccotirf.latlun had ben effected.? In due time tha date of tho weddtrt waa el. The day aPrroachel. I'repa ratione wera made for the happy event. Iresenta began pourtrj- In. Imaa.ne the dilemma of the brtde- ele.-L The state all et for a wedJir ar.d bo brlJefroom. A trulr deanerate ituat.on ani with tha approach of tfca wed ! " c hur aha met tha desper ate situation by an equally desperate mean. A telegram reached her that h-r pance had been killed In a wreck near Chicago. To lend realism to the tale, she boarded a tralnfor Chlco and returned with casket and enrpae. Iler Brief wa pitiful to behold. Who. n..a coutd q-ieatl in her? Itut aome ar.'a aid. and tha trull can: a aul. " had purrhiwl the body at a morsu In tha Wetera ciij. llcr towaaca waa urcr tacho- loalcal." The rneplration la eauiiy perceived. SSho craved tha adulation which jtlrla beatow opon the onea of their number who achieve a propoaa! of marrlajcr. Phe repined for lore anl romance. Flnce no Vlrirlnla rajlant In the flesh would bronch tho aubjec-t and Invite her to the alUr, (he pro vided a beau from tha realma or Im aclnatlon. How ad that ahe. appar ently a iclrl with mean, did not know the better aolutlon of her prooieros which could have been provided by a aojouru In the Wcet. where men UI1 propoae. f .UL A HALT, The Astoria common point rate la undeniably an Interesting aubject for vocal exercise. It I auo a handy pro posal for a newspaper w hlch deslrea to establish a reputation for consistent and earnest propait.indixln;. or it Innda llaelf to almost unllmltad inco herent diacusalon. Hut enthusiasm aometimea a-ets the better of dlacre tton. The controversv h.ia now aeetn- Iralr deaenerated Into a content to determine which aupportcr of the A- torla rate cm bcltttlo Turtlund'a com merce the most. It la a regrettable clrcumstnnce. but Portland a true position aa an exporter of wheat and flour ha been publicly misrepresented by professed Portland friends for no other purpo.io appar ently than to fortify a doubt ful policy. Kleure on the num ber of car of wheat received In Port land and Ihry ara not fairly Indica tive of the- port'e business If coverlne. only a limited period have been published In an effort to show a fall ing off In business. They have been printed when figure revealing the actual water shipment and ti lling an entlnly different story were avail able but were not printed. The Orrgonlan'a attention has been called to one authentic Instance where a wholesaler, who had closed out hla business In tho Kast with In tent to establish himself In Portland, waa frightened away from thla city, without Investigating the facts, iy a defamatory cartoon and defamatory articles published In a Portland news paper. The Oregonlan would not sug gert that discussion of an Issue, even though It be a manufactured one. cease, but there are respectable limits to be obeerved n every campaign. ' Krom July 1 to November 1. 1J15. the car receipt of wheat In Portland decreased In greater number than ther decreaaed at Puget Hound. There Is but one reason, and that Is that Portland had a large surplus carried over from the preceding cereal year. Port conditions or harbor facilities had nothing lo do with It, yet thl de crease haa been broadly published aa showing a decline of water-borne com merce. The true story is told by the muter shipment. Portland In that period thlpped, out :S.92 more bushel of whent nnd flour than In the same period of 1914. while Puset Joiind shipped 1.J10.040 leaa. Thrae figure are Ignored by those Astoria rate enthusiasts who are wl'.llng to run down Portland to make a rase. The following are the record figures for the two Te,rt., compiled by the Merchants' Kxchange: rort:an4 alpmie Jtifr I to Nm 1. Inrvaa it:. isti boivn Whasl lk.ah'l.( T" IH I.I' l.ItT :.4: l hi it,.i. . y; n :;'? 'iVIM n haat and f out f I . . 4 ; ( i:.mi :i: Tufst iun4 ehtpmeate J.ii.-i lo N"V t. he'ii, i:i iu b !'. Whaat ll..il IIIIIK IMIC (AI.I74 ' -ur lba-e!l .. ! tUIH :1.H UI.ro! aa-t t;v.r t.ajl.O'l ll.'M 1.11. llarr:. fouahf,. To boost when there U nothlnr to tHM.st about I poor buslneaa, but to knock when a knwk I nnjvistlrled I reprehensible. -V a matter of self- defense Portland, through It live business and commercial organlxa tlorul. ahould cJemand that Portland's! home detractor ceaaa their activities. M.I.IK nr U Virs lDlTMV. The hope of tha lumber Industry he In an totrresii e campaign of aell. Ing and In eearrh. by chemistry and practical experiment, for new uses lor lumber and Its bjTroJuit. This can be accomplished only by wide-reaching co-operation. These truln were wall aet forth In an address lo the astern Forestry and I'oiisrrvntlon Asooclhtlon by K. It. IUcn. of HrlJal Veil. That the prosperity of thla in dustry 1 Important to the public In terest is apparent from the fart that It emplos one-fourth of the .Nations wage-earner and give the railroad mora traffic than any other commod ity except coal. The lumber Industry sutlers iroui lack of co-operative effort, duo to In dividualism of small unit which are Incapable of doing separately those thing which other Industrie do In larco units or through combination. There has been no research to learn uhera consumption of lumber wn ue. creasing and where new markets cnuld be made for it. There has been no advertising camralgn suth a has nonularlied other product. In short. lumber has been allowed to sell Itself. n.fore the lumbermen knew it. lum ber waa largely displaced for railroad cars, railroad construction and build ing. They ahould have had tatltiea of the decreased use of lumber and of the Increased use of other male rial, but no organization existed to collect and distribute these data. They should condu- t chemical research to develop manufacture and use of by product, auch as wood pulp. etni Icohol. tanning maienaia. oisuuaio nd producer ga. and to perfect fire- proofing paints. They have been silent nd Inactive while wooa was nemg tondrmned aa building material be cause of supposed Inflammability. though ihemlstrr could hava found means of protecting wood from fire, and publicity could have been given to its manr merit. Engineering re search could show, and advertising could proclaim, lumber's usefulness for paving, pipe, dwelling and farm building. Many jinya In which manufacture can be perfected by use of byproducts and elimination of waste, and by which aleamanshlp and marketing ran be Improved ara suggested by Mr. llaxen. Pubflcltr must be adopted lo remind the public of uaea for lum ber, to correct 'the fatlscy that the timber rpl)" Is. being rapidly, ex hausted. to prove that profit are not excessive, and for many other ends of bandit both to the Industry and the public. Co-operation for the purpose de scribed by Mr. Hasen Is fully within tho law and Is practiced In other In dustries with most beneficial results. If tho Government would not Inter fere, small mills could be combined into l.irre units which could pursue, either alone or Jointly with other, thesa activities for the general good pf tho Industry. fr there 1 truth In hi statement that "the large-state producing unit la the remedy." In fact, the lumber industry I an exam ple of th folly uf extreme Individual tm and of tho wUJutn of co-opcra- tlon for common ends consonant with the public interest aa distinguished from consolidation In monopolies. Italy has declined offers of a sep arate peace made by Austria, Rome announce. So far a we have been able to observe. Italy has felt little of the rigor of war thus far. The Ital Ions entered the war with fresh energy and fresh resources at a time when the other powers were stripped of their first vim. The Italian operations have not been extensive or exhaust Ing. Italian troops have participated In no operations of tho first magni tude. A separate peace now would win Italy tho enmity of the allle. Rhe already has tho bad will of the Teu tons for alleged perfidy. Thus a sep arate peace, made at a time when the pressure for peare was not felt, could hardly be expected on Italy's part. Such a course would leave the Ital lans without a alncere friend among the nations, and that might prove fatal In these day of group wars. The small bov nnd girl who have roller skates must have a place to use them. Kept off the walks, they will Invade the paved streets, nnd acci dents will hannen. So. too. with the coasters, a contrivance that makes niiiiv u man wish ha again were young when he see It in opera tion Tho Winter season is at hand and the youngsters find It dreary to stick around the house. v hy not set apart streets In the residence districts at Icimt one day lu the week for the roller skater and other streets with the proper grade for the coasters? Automoliile can be kept off. or at leant regulated, on thonc streets, and ilia hitr.lon of motion nut un'on the drivers. Hoys nnd girls have rights that should be respected, for in a few years they will be the voters who run this. city. The powers will nnd. it pay to be clever with the rising genera tion. A clan of defectives similar to the notorious Jukes family ha been dis covered in Ohio and West Virginia by the Ohio Bureau of Research. Of 474 cases In this family that havo been Investigated. 68 are Jailbirds. 74 crim inal In varying degree. 77 Immoral. 53 feeble-minded. 20 alcoholic and oth ers have other taints. Millions have been spent on this family in trials and support In priona and asylums or In tos through Jts members' crimes. The family has been of no use to itself and has been a public pest. Tho world would have been better off had the plan adopted by Dr. liaiselden wih the Bollinger baby been pursued. Knowing tho susceptibility of very young women to swashbuckling he roes, a young seaman of tho Navy told weird tales of being an opium smug gler to two pretty Kan Diego mlnse. They listened with open-mouthed ad miration and were so deeply impressed that one of them told what a great man she had met. The net result is tnat tho young hero now reposes In confinement, for It developed that the story, on being Investigated by the uthoritie. developed serious evi dences of being true. t.eorga Ilernard Shaw haa staged a play on recruiting. That Is. he baa it all ready for the boards. From that point on reportj disagree. Home say the censor haa suppressed the produc tion. Ollidal announcements are th.it It ha merely been postponed in- delinitely. Postponed until after the war, w suspect, by whirh time the subject will be cf no earthly interest, even when presented by the Immortal George. The ruling of the Washington Su preme Court that boarding a car In motion 1 not contributory negligence in case of accident rather upsets pop ular Ideas of responsibility. - j . - . In some way almost every problem ha a solution. The hop-picking money buM the schoolbooks and the turkey money buys the Christmas presents. Why worry? Governor Harris ha signed all the bl'la that put on the lids in Georgia and residents have six months In w hich to become acclimated for a very dry region. The disturbances la India seem. to be a fire from the rear, which the Ger mans have started In order to prevent more Indian troops from going to Kurope. If any man. thinks that danger of anthrax will deter women from wear ing fur, he Is mistaken. Women take far greater risks to enhance their charms. Preliminary work ho been started nn tha newt rnstottlce. Oldest resi dents may recall when the structure was planned. After some of the efficiency has been cut from the city's efliciency sys tem we may get a little more et!l clency. In hi naval expansion scheme Pres ident Wilson U going the limit with 36.000-ton dreadnoughts and 16-inch guns. . Thara la a amull deficit In the cash accounts of the Land Show, but a larse,. surplus In the results auainea. Perhaps turkeys will be cheap next week, but the buying head of the household must be showrw- Plchtlng of both British and Ger man fleets presages heavy firing in the Cattegat ere long. Lansing must write a note to France on the aubject of Mr. Galta trous seau. Penrose depies that he is a candi date, which will receive ready belief. Get your ammunition today for the annual turkey shoot tomorrow. Lemon and green or orange and black which? Everybody root! There la joy among cowmen, for cowa need not be "all lit up." Germany la combing the empire for copper to shoot away. Dobs, like Bryan, knowa when he haa had enough. Linrton is a sort of star boarder, one might say. Presidential bee are swarming. Iltllslrom paid the penalty. 1 . - . . L Great day at Eugene. How to Keep Well. By Dr. W. A. Kvaas. fropyrlitht. 1IS. be Dr. Vf. A. Evan and puhllnhed by srrar.Kement with tho Chicago Tribunal FROM tho hips to the head the body is supported by the spinal column. And that is the reason these J small bones are called a column. On top of this column the head is set. At its base the column 1 hinged onto the pelvis and thl In turn is set on top of the leg hone. On theolumn is hung the welgflt of the muscles of the neck and trunk, the organs of tho chest and ab domen, the shoulder girdle and the arms which hang ftom it. The column is not straight. If It were th'e Jolt of walking would be much greater than it Is. But whenever there is a forward curve there is a nearby backward curve to compensate. As the result of various things the spine may take on unnatural curve. Children get curve from carrying heavy book. Bookkeeper pet curve from their Work and taller from theirs. But far and away the most important cause of curvature of the spina is food borne, and especially milk-borne tuber culosis. In this disease the bacilli break down the bodies of the affected verte brae. In consequence the column begins to curve, sometimes in one .direction, sometimes In another. There arise hunchback, lateral curvature, antero posterior curvature, twisted spine all form of Pott's disease. But tuberculosis of the spine is not a severe disease. After a few vertebrae have been destroyed more or less the disease-subsides, the Inflamed vertebrae grow together and the twisted verte bral column becomes fixed and some what Immovable in the new position. In order to maintain the equilibrium of the body this unnatural curvature of the spine begets a secondary com pensating curvature elsewhere in the column. Between the different curves the varioue organs of the body are con siderably pushed about. The organs have a wonderful ability to adjust themselves to the new posi tion. But something is gained by straightening the spine as much as pos sible. This can now be done to a lim ited extent by surgeons. The method in a general way is as follows: The backs of the diseased and grown- fogether vertebrae are chiseled away. Tho chiseling begins on one side of the curvature and extends across it to the other. The loosened pieces of bone are laid back and the amount of straight ening porsible is d,one. A piece of bone is removed from the tibia or shin bone. The piece removed Is long enough and large enough to tit the chiseled area in the spine. This is called the bony splint. This bony splint is fastened to the backs of the vertebrae, the chiseled spine arc fastened to it and. the wound Is closed. Not aa Fplleptlc, X. Y. Z, Portland, Ind.. writes: "A child 4'.i years old has been uncon scious four times, said to be caused by Indigestion. The last time he had high fever all night before and complained of being tired. He vomited, then had a chill, after that temperature 103. "What I want to know is. is there danger of It being epilepsy? Or is it In digestion? If epilepsy, is there any cure for It? If so, what? Will he outgrow It?" REPLY". Ther Is no te.ver with an epileptic attack nn tha nth.r hand, children are prone to havo convulsions w ith various disorders. For Instance, an error In diet, malaria or nurioi fever, or any other form of contajrion. Is liable to cause convulsion and fever. A child that ha bad convulsion four times In lha first five ir of life,, whatever the provocation .mar have been. Is dfnpoeed to ward convulsions, cnnaren oieiw special l.ta aav Ihov ara of tho convulsive diathesis Ur advlea la that too -t advice about thl child. Probably all thst you need no is to change the child's diet and certain habits. Ammoela aa Stimulant. A. K. writes: "I am 80 years of age. For the las: six months, when in need of a stimulant, I have taken a few drops of ammonia in a Ii tt lo water. To Improve the taste I generally add a few grains of salt. I take this for weariness and fatigue. I reel mticn better. t.an it be due to the ammonia? I am greatly annoyed by gas In the intestines. What can 1 do to prevent it?" REPLY. , 1. A portion of tho result r due directly to tha use of ammonia. Probably you use less coffno or other stimulant and thus using ammonia has helped you Indirectly. X. t'se one of tho forma of mineral oil sometimes called Rim. an oil. Eat leas pastry. sweet, starches ins bread. Form of Tseuralgla. W. B. C. write: (1) Have rear! your article on locomotor ataxia. Kindly ex. Plain the word shingles. Jly physician says I am neurasthenic. I have a creep ing feeling In my leita at nlKht and in order to get relief must go for a walk or retire. (2) Is this a symptom of lo comotor ataxia?" REPLY. t. If vou havo iKvfr had shingles you are lu'ky. Shlnisles la the street name for a disease In which small eores appear along the course of some nerve. The orea are vwry painful. The dlwaee known to phy- eie.ans aa herpea soater ! a form of neu- ralxia- :. No. Ise of Paraffin. 1 P. writes: (1) "Would like to know if there is danger of sloughing of par affin which is Injected in doing plastic surgery. (2) Is it used with success in correcting facial defects, such as a re ceding chin'r REPLY. 1. There Is some dannrer. though it la rot great. - If vou eould see tho people we see and read tho letters we read you would not think much of the suneea of paraffin Injection as a means cf clignging the fea turot. ' Stops Upswing la Height. 0. R. writesMl) "At what age does a man stop growing In height? (2) What is the average height and weight of a 16-year-old boy?" REPLY. 1. A afuly made by Dr. McMillan, of the child studv department, of', the Chicago Hoard of Education, ahows that the average boy tops growing in height at IT year of age. Thi doe not hold true of all boys. - Tha study above referred to shows that the average boy of Hi Is 6 feet 7 Inchea standing. - iwi J '".' - ZZ pounds. o Need to Worry. W. E. M. writes: "A friend of mine married late and at the age of 40 is to have her first child, fcne is very mucu worried, e people hava been telling her she will have a serious time. She has always been very neauny. nm you advise if the danger is great and what are her chances?' REPLY. Tho danger Is not (Treat. There la no rea son for worry. Have her read Slemon' "The Prospective Mother." I.laeolw louaty Rainfall. PIONEER. Or. Nov. 17. (To the Ed itor.) What Is the greatest rainfall In one month recorded for Lincoln County or on the Yaouina River? y J. W. GUYER. According to existing records, the greatest rainfall In one month I Lin coln County occurred In January, 1S80. when 28.94 Inches fell. In January, 19H. a total of 20.50 fell, but the usual rainfall in a month is much less than that. Na Special Value. PORTLAND, Nov. 1. (To the Edi tor.) la there any special value on a' 119 gold piece of 1 84S without the words "In Ood We Trust." SUBSCRIBER. In the list of rare coins no special value is given for the 1813 gold pieces.: Half Century Ago. From The Orenonlan of Kovember 20. 1S65. A Chinese giant is now on exhibition in Kuro;e, who is 9 feet 8 inches high. Dr. A. R. Egbert, for some time sta tioned at Vancouver, has been honor ably discharged from the service of the United States. The Tacific Slail Steamship Company has 15 steamers on -the Atlantic side and 10 on the Pacific In addition to these the company has two steamers of 4000 tons, building for the China mail service. The total registered tonnage of their entire fleet is s8,96S tons, Lizzie Reed has started a paper Iowa which advocates the right of women to vote. A new Republican paper Is soon to be started In Detroit, after the style of the Chicago Republican. One hundred thousand dollars have already been subscribed. Judge Edmonds, of the Land Department, will have the edito rial management. As an evidence of the rapidity with which the commerce of the South is reconstructing itself, we see it stated that the New Orleans and St. Louis ton nage, more than 40.000 tons. is. in ex cess of the tonnage of 1859, 33 per cent. Tree Ohio River tonnage has increased 50 per cent, and the Missouri River tonnage the same amount oince that time. Major Tilton has resigned tho office of Treasurer of Washington Territory. Benjamin Harned has received tho ap pointment in his place. Lieutenant Slaury. Tecently natural ized as a Mexican citizen, has. by a decree dated September 19. been ap pointed as honorary Councillor of State. LIMBERMAV DIA(;OSE TRADE .Portland Merchant Analyse Effect of Administration's Tactiea. PORTLAND, Or., Nov. 19. (To the Editor.) The following extract from a letter recently written by a Portland lumberman brings out some ideas which seem to me plausible, although I have .never seen them expressed in print. I send them, thinking they might be of interest to other lumber men and timbcrmen. "The lumber and timber markets of this Coast are much depressed. We at tribute this condition partly to other conditions brought about by the war, and partly to our infamous tariff and shipping laws. "To illustrate: A man from British Columbia can load his foreign-built ship, man it with any old crew; not being subject to the LaFollctte ship ping law and subject to no tariff, can land his lumber in our East coast ports much cheaper than the shipper from Portland. Grays Harbor or Puget Sound. Each pays the same toll at the canal, although we this side of the line paid our money to build the canal, and the man from British Columbia did not. "This state of affairs (or unfairs) is attributed to various causes. The re peal of free tolls clause has been stated to have been caused by the railroad influence or that of the British ship ping interests. My opinion is that it was neither of these, so much as pro vincialism and politics. "I think . the line of influence and action ran something like this: Your Southern lumberman feared the com petition of this Coast in the East coast lumber market. They doubtless ap pealed to their Senators and they to the President. He at this time needed votes for sundry bills, currency, tar iff, etc. He is also a Southerner, and it would seem that he allowed his provincial sympathies and his political needs to outweigh his statesmanship and sense of Justice. For witness that It was very largely through the influ ence of the President that the free tolls clause for coastwise ships was repealed. "This, too, in the faca of the I act that the Baltimore platform, on which he was nominated, had declared in favor of free tolls. The law gives the President the power to levy canal tolls according to the tonnage of the ships. To this the President added the deck- load charge (without authority of law) to protect further his Southern breth ren from the encroachment of Pacific Coast lumbermen on the East coast market. This latter charge was with drawn after the war had made it im possible to secure ships at a rate which would permit of competition. "We shall await with considerable interest to see if it will bo restored after the war, "for weightier reasons,' or some other excuse of mysterious na ture. . . ." C. A. M. Where Thanksgiving Turkeys Come From In The Sunday Oregonian Only a few years ago the average city dweller, when he went to pick out his turkey for Thanksgiving dinner didn't know whether he was getting a bird fresh from the butcher's block or one that had Sd in coTstorage for a month or six weeks Now all this is dif ferent. Turkeys for the Thanksgiving feast are brought to he market center on special turkey trains. Information .bout he annual turkey supply in tomorrow's paper will tell where the Thanksgiving turkeys come from, how they are distributed and how they reach the Thanksgiving table. TII4XKSGIVIXG MENUS With the approach of Thanksgiving day the attention naturally turns to Thanksgiving dinner and the nu merous appetizing dishes that serve to make the meal complete. ?he Oregonian tomorrow will devote full half page to a presen tation of some valuable Thanksgiving dinner suggestions. lhe recipes are offered in the course of an entertaining narrative. OLD SAM'S PUMPKIN This is the remarkable tale of the biggest pumpkin that ever grew. It grew ao fast that it matte furrows in The ground! It is a mirth-provoking story suggest.ve of tho Thanksgiving period, full of life and humor and action. ELECTRICITY AS A BURGLAR ALARM Joseph A. Faurot. chief of detectives in the New York police bureau, regards electric wir- in a house as a good form of burglar alarm He advises people to keep at least one light burning when they leave the house at night. ... . wai I IXGFORD SCORES ONCE MORE The Oregonian will present another aUingford story tomorrow. This tale shows the debonair get-rich-quick artist at his best. It also produces h.m as sort of a mechanical genius. kTFVAN'S ADVICE ON GOLF In tomorrow's issue John J. Keenan, the well-known authority on golf, will give readers another lesson on this popular game. He discusses the kind of stroke the player -should cultivate and recommends the sweeping stroke as the most graceful and natural. SIDEWALK MANNERS OF WOMEN In this offering the writer discusses the manners and methods pursued by women in their daily conduct on the street. She advwes them what to do and what not to do in order to maintain their dignity and self-respect. LATE MOVING PICTURE NEWS As usual, The Sunday Oregonian will have two complete moving picture departments one dealing with the film world in general, including a late photograph of one of the most prominent stars, and the other giving the latest news of the moving picture situation in Portland. PGE OF SCHOOL NEWS One of the attractive features of The 'Sunday Oregonian is the page devoted to reports from the public schools of Portland. CHURCH NEWS Religious news is a strong department of The Sunday Oregonian. In addition to the news of the churches, a com plete sermon is printed each week. The author tomorrow is Rev. II. M. Ramsey. OTHER SUNDAY OFFERINGS A complete section of sporting news will be another big offering tomorrow, incdluding reports from all the football games, both on the Pacific Coast and in the JSast. Other attractions will include dramatic and society news, real estate and automobile news, a comic section and a page of interest to children. Twenty-five Years Ago. Krom The Oregonlan November 'Ju, lS'.'t'. Chicago. General Miles said today he believed the troops now marshalled would be able to cope with the Indian outbreaks at the Rosebud, I'ine Ridge and Cheyenne agencies. General IUi gcr and General Brooks have tho sit uation in Imnd satisfactorily, accord ing to General Miles. It is reported Sitting Bull is in irons 1- miles north of Mandan, N. D. Tho Sioux are light ing among themselves and many are reported killed. Column after, column of troops are inarching to the scens of the disturbances. Trains getting into Valentine. Neb., are loaded with refu gee settlers lleeing from the Pine Ridge territory There are about 60u0 troops being assembled to deal with the equal number of Indians. Dublin. A verdict of guilty was yew terday rendered against William. O'Brien. John Dillon. Patrick O'Brien (members of Parliament). John CuHin ane. Thomas Walsh, Patrick Jlockler and Bolton for conspiring to indue tenants of the Smith-Jarry estates not to pay their rent. A gigantic wheat ring is heinS formed here, it Is announced. There ia little buying and transportation facili ties, it is said, are practically nil. A. D. Charlton, of the Northern Pa cific, has gone to Puget Sound ami be fore returing will make a tour i.f tha Inland Empire points. City Marshal Cox. of East rnrtland, has announced his determination to en force to the letter the sanitary law. Several cases of fever have caused him to take drastic action. Governor Fennoyer has appointed DC W. T. Williamson as lirxt assistant physician at the insajie asylum. Tha term is for four years. T. C. Smith, of Pendleton, while walking home through a lonely placo lately, was attacked by a foolhardy sandbagger. Mr. Smith did not rclili his treatment at the hands of the bag ger and turned on him, with tho result that when he had finished the man waa glad to take to his heels. D. P. Thompson is concerned in es tablishing three new banks, namely, the First National Banks of Medford and Athena, Or., and of Blaine, Wash. Queen Victoria is decidedly averse tJ having the electric light introduced at Windsor Castle. BABE'S BIGHT TO LIVE. ITHHI.D Dr. f'hlole Scott Wigalns Expresses View on Bollinger Child's Case. PORTLAND, Nov. 19. (To the Edi tor.) May I be. given a brief space in the' controversy concerning the death, of the Bollinger baby? We forget that "mind the builder is and doth the body, make." , This little unfortunate soul was demonstrating to the best of its ability when it came into this world so handi capped. Could some one understand ing even to a very limited degree, the power of God to liberate from bondage such a soul, much could have been ac complished: and only those who havo had experience can know the joy or such service. I would maintain that we have no right to deny the great privilege ot life even to such an unfortunate one. The time is ripe when we should look upon such a case from a broader standpoint, remembering the Matters words "In as much as ye have done It unto one of the least of these my little ones ve have done it unto me. little Qr 3CHI OIE. SCOTT WIGGINS. Wianlno- Sv.ln.mlng .xtrofc.es. ..-,-r, Vnv 16. li'o the Ed- limiu- nrint in The Oregonian what style of strokes hold the world e recotu iui y " distance swimming? If possible, please give short description All the important swimming races of .v.. .trv nn to probably five miles or so have been and are being won by the crawl stroke, while some ot crack long-distance men uscd the trugeon and others me i. u...i crawl. The crawl sirone i onlv speed stroke used by the crack, swimmers of today. For additional in formation, confer with Jack Cody, swimming instructor of Multnomah Amateur Athletic rluh.