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r TIIE MORNING OREGONIAN, SATURDAY, MAT 20, 191Q. (Bneccmuux rOBTLAND, OREGON. Entered at Portland (Oregon) Poatofflce ai aeconu-class mail mattar. Subscription -Rates Invariably In advance: (By Mall.) Dally. Sunday Included, one year raily, Sunday Included, lix montha .... T.f.Z lally, Sunday Imludtd, three montha l-lly, Sunday Included, one month I'ally, without Sunday, one year tally, without 8anday..alx months ..... o-fj Daily, without' Sunday, three montii ... A-A9 I'aily, without cmaday, one montli ...... Weekly, one year J- Sunday, one year J-; Sunday and Weefcly. ona year .oo f By carrier.) . Tally, Sunday Included;, one year -2? Ually. Sunday included, one month ..... . How to Remit Send poatofflce money order, express order or personal check on your local bank. Stamps, coin or currency are at sender's rlk. Give poatofflce aress in full, including county and atato. Fostaae Kstee 12 to 16 page". 1 nt' to 82 pagea, 2 centa; 84 to -48 pages. 8 cents, 60 to 60 pagea. 4 cents; 62 to 7o pagea, o cents; 78 to 82 pagea. 6 cent. - ioreiga posiage, double ratea. , Eastern Business Office Verree & .Col lin, Brunswick building New York; Verree Conklln, Stenger building. Chicago. Ban Krantlsco representative. R. J. Bidwell. 742 Market street. rORTMXD, SATURDAY. MAY 20, 1916. XIXK IJE DEAD. It is not a new speculation, that of the cause of the high homicide rate Jn America and the low rate of con victions as compared with those of other' countries. Generally thi3 un favorable condition is blamed upon peculiarities of our criminal jurispru dence, the law's delays, the emotional character of Juries. Undeniably these are factors that contribute to a de plorable state of affairs; But there is another element that figures in the statistics. It is the number of un solved murder mysteries. We are not now prepared to say that Oregon contributes more murder mysteries to the record than other states, but certainly Oregon's record is one that demands attention. A list of the more important that have at tracted public attention and dismay within the last four or five years num bers no less than six, if one be counted a homicide where intent existed but the victim recovered. All were pe culiarly atrocious. They include the murder of the en tire Hill family at Ardenwald, four persons; the murder of little Barbara Holzman, in an East Portland room; the murder of John Lind, in a Port land rooming-house and whose body was later found in a trunk; the mur derous attack with an axe upon Mrs. J. W. Moon, at La Grande, a year ago; the murder of Mrs. J. R. Hinkle, at Salem, last February by a fiend who wielded a heavy chisel, and finally the murder of Mrs. Helen Jennings at the Gore farm k few days ago and the supposed murder of Fred Ristman, the Jitney driver. It is not a pleasant thing to contem plate this list of brutal assaults. But here are nine persons who have met death at the hands of inconceivable demons. Justice has not touched the murderers. Their identity, with one exception, remains a mystery, and in that exception the murderer has not been apprehended. Conceivably there is something wrong with the criminal-detecting agencies of Oregon that such a record should exist. But we shall not con tend that there is laxity here not found in other states, nor incom petence here in "greater extent than elsewhere in the United States. The defect almost certainly lies in the sys tem, and it is encountered often in other states. Outside of the largest cities, little attention is paid to the scientific side of criminology. There is no trained corps of scientists and investigators such as is found, in every European country with Jurisdiction extending into remotest hamlets. Our Sheriffs are elected without consid eration of their ability to ferret out crimes. In fact, that is but an oc casional function they are called upon to perform. As for their other duties. they are generally informed and capa ble. It is not to their discredit to say that they are not acute reasoners in respect to hidden crimes. Crime de tection is a business, a science. It cannot be acquired in a day or without practice and study. .There will be repetitions of murder mysteries and the homicide rate will continue to be large in this country until the system is changed. But in the meantime Sheriffs and police of ficers can do a little more in the cause of Justice by admitting their limitations. The country Sheriff is usually jealous of his prerogatives. He resents the interference, the advice, even the presence of the more prac. ttced detective or police officer, or Sheriff of a metropolitan county. It is also characteristic of him that he throws as many obstacles as pos slble in the way of the newspaper re porter, whereas the wise city police officer welcomes the presence of the newspaper man, knowing that he is often an Invaluable aid in unraveling a Hivaicii, j-xio reporter is content to let the glory of detective achievements go to others. The prestige of getting the true story first for his newspaper is enough for him. So the seasoned city detective does not fear loss of possible laurels by admitting the re porter to his confidence. Possibly in time we shall awaken to the shortcomings of the existing svs. tern, or lack of system. Plainly our form of Government does not invite establishment of a Federal bureau of criminology for work on crimes other than those against Federal law The state must deal with the main problem. But some supervisory agency reaay 10 tane cnarge of an investiga. tion in any county an agency not so ignorant that it scoffs at criminology, out one mat win profit from the ma.' ture investigations and the successful methods of real students will some day be established as a recognized necessity. COST OF COMMERCIAL DEPENDENCE. The United States is paying for its neglect to develop the chemical and dye industries in higher prices for paper as well as for drugs, medicines and textile goods. Every time we print a newspaper, .book or magazine, write a letter or wrap a parcel we pay for our dependence on a supply of chemicals and drugs from a nation with which communication is cut by war. The extent to which this is tru has been shown by a large paper mill in a table of cost of materials in 191 and 1916, which it has sent to Its customers in explanation of higher prices for paper. Bleach, of which this mill uses 150 tons yearly, has risen from 1 to cents a pound and the price of alum has multiplied four times. Anilin lias risen from 40 cents to J20 a pound and many tons are used very year. I-or the 2000 tons of casein used. 2 cents a pound Is paid instead of 6 H cents. Dry satin white, of which 200 tons are used, costs 9 instead of cents a pound. Ten carloads of sod ash cost J1.03 instead of 65 cents Xundredweight. Bleached sulphite costs $4 instead of 12.65 a hundred weight, and 25.000 tons are used every year. Had the United States -fostered ome industries so consistently that the -Nation would have been Inde pendent of foreign supply for all nec essary commodities, it would have upplied its paper mills with these hemieals at lower prices which would still have paid a large profit to the manufacturers and it might have had surplus for export. But our pro tective system was weak at that point and we went farther in, the wrong di rection by putting in power a party which assumed that we would better let other nations supply us than sup ply ourselves and that there was no anger of our foreign supply being stopped. All of its assumptions have been falsified by the events of the last two years. HOLDING THE ESTRAYS. The statement of Brother Crim, Prohibitionist, that the old parties have adopted the direct primary as a means of holding their respective or ganizations together "keeping the estrays in line," he said may be re garded as interesting if true. . Evi- ently the reverend orator .has not studied the history of the primary with profit. The primary does not work the way he says it does. All the estrays from everywhere except the unperjured ones have been gathered in by only one of the parties. Brother Crim seems to have some lingering scruple about adopting the easy method of controlling Republican nominations followed by thousands and publicly recommended by the practical-minded Hutton, of the Anti- Saloon League. The way for dry In dependents to do, says Brother Hut ton, is to register as Republicans, al though, as he says, "we are not Re publicans." Perjury is no crime If committed in a good cause, accord ing to the Hutron ethical code. 'It is," says Dr. Crim, "one of the most detestable things in our Govern ment that if you or I want to vote to place a man's name on the Republican ballot we have to declare our affilia tion with that party." Well, why not register as a Repub lican? Hutton did. He openly advo cated false registration in order "to crack booze." Yet we thought that King Booze had expired in Oregon on January 1, 1916. PACK AXDS APPLE-GROWER. Isaac Russell, marketing expert for the New York Evening Mail, has writ ten a story, very complimentary to Oregon, concerning packing methods used by the fruit growers of the coun try. In the story Mr. Russell says: The trip of Inspection revealed one fact that was sad to contemplate. This waa that he very worst goods, from the standpoint of packing, came rom New Tors State, whose tax roll depreciates every time a New York product Is kept out the New York City market. Oregon, California, even Hawaii and Porto Rico, far excelled New York State in the development of the art of packing gooda invitingly. In his review of conditions, Mr. Rus sell comments freely on filthy condi tions at the New York docks, and points out that bad packing methods are proving a further handicap to the New York State competitor of the Oregon fruitman. m While New York City is making commendable efforts to remedy sani tary conditions at the docks, and will probably succeed in doing so, the statement by Mr. Russell should bring cheer to the breast of the Oregon fruitgrower, who is this year to at tempt to market the largest apple crop n the history of the state, and it should encourage all growers to enter nto the spirit of the selling movement that is being fostered by the market ing bureau of the United States Gov ernment, the Oregon Agricultural Col lege and the Chamber of Commerce. Pack will always aid the Oregonian in holdirfg the Eastern market for his product. POSSIBILITIES OF PEACE. Rumors that Pope Benedict plans co-operation with President Wilson in mediation between the belligerents turn discussion once more to the pos sibility of early peace. It is well for Pope and President to prepare for the psychological moment when their friendly overtures will be welcome. but that moment appears not to be at hand. It will not come until one party to the war realizes the impos- sibility of attaining its end and the probability that by continuing the struggle it will bring upon Itself utter defeat and prostration. Neither party has yet reached that point. Should either now seek mediation, it would confess its inability to win and would give the other an undeniable advan tage in the negotiation of peace terms. The central empires have everything to gain and nothing to lose by making peace at this time. Germany at least realizes that the possibility of further conquests is extremely dubious and that a settlement on the basis of the present military situation would gain for it better terms than could prob ably be obtained after prolonging the struggle. Germ-any is credited with having begun the war with a convic tion of the superiority of the Teuton bver all other races and with a deter mination to establish that superiority beyond the power of its enemies to dispute. Being in possession of hostile territory on the east, west and south east, it is in a position to recover some of its colonies by giving up some of its European gains, yet to retain so much as would be an admission in some measure of its claimed superiority. Austria would be able not only to retain It3 original territory intact but to obtain domination in the Balkan peninsula and on the Adriatic Sea and to, set at rest for many years the claims of Italy. Turkey, if free from the dictation of Germany and of the Young Turk leaders, would have been glad at any time to make peace, for. whichever party wins, it is threatened with destruction or with economic subjection. Bulgaria has gained all that it sought in Macedonia and has good cause to fear the vengeance of the allies, should they continue the war and prove victorious. The allies, on the other hand, have not gained any of the ends for which they entered the war. Russia went in to save Serbia from subjugation, but both that country and Montenegro are in the power of the enemy and a large part of Russia's own territory Is occupied by hostile forces. When Turkey Joined the Teutons, Russia seized the opportunity to annex much territory in Asia and to gratify the long-cherished desire for Constanti nople. Such good progress is being made in the latter direction that Rus sia would only abandon it if over whelming defeat threatened oh the front from Riga to Czernowltz. France has sworn to fight until every enemy is driven from French soil and until Alsace and Lorraine are recovered. Britain is pledged not to sheathe the sword untfl Belgium, Serbia and Mon tenegro are restored to liberty nor until the military domination of Prus sia is destroyed.' Italy has vowed to rescue unredeemed Italy from the Austrians. None of these purposes could" be abandoned without confes sion of defeat. ASLEEP AT THE WHEEL. Safety-first appliances and prop aganda have reduced the number of automobile accidents to a minimum in the past five years. The fatal joyride is now almost as infrequent as train wrecks, and in the majority of cases is the result of speeding, carelessness or intoxication. Yet an occasional mishap is noted wherein the causes baffle all efforts to place the reason. They-are not of the joy-riding variety. w omen and children, driven by an ex perienced chauffeur, are hurled into an abutment or over an embankment to serious injury or death. The usual explanation is that the steering gear gave way. How else account for such an incident. A new and probable theory has been advanced, one well worth repeating as a warning to auto drivers. Hitherto baffling mishaps are laid to drowsi ness on the part of the driver. Not drowsiness brought on by lack of sleep. The victim may have arisen after a dozen hours in bed only to fall victim to that species of sleepiness which attacks indoor workers after several hours, in the open air. The hum of the machinery with its dull monotony is calculated to heighten the tendency toward sleep. Who has not felt the symptoms? It is not an over, whelming drowsiness. If the symp toms were pronounced one would be warned to shake them off and main tain a safe alertness. But they creep over the victim with a subtleness barely discernible. Gradually the fingers slip from the wheel. Sud denly the driver comes to his senses In the midst of a tragedy which he cannot prevent. Or if he ls more for tunate he rights the machine before it has had time to turn into an abyss or hillside. Those who have caught themselves in the act of dropping a book, or who have "nodded" in the saddle while riding in the open air, will accept this new warning as one to be taken seriously. Forewarned is forearmed, and drivers who recognize the possible danger of being lulled into a moment's loss of consciousness can be on their guard against the lurking monster of unbidden slumber which, no doubt. has caused many a disaster inside and outside the realms of automobiling. BUILDERS Or SHIPS. The organization of the Peninsula Shipbuilding Company is one of the most significant steps in the develop ment of Oregon, and of Portland in particular, for several reasons. It marks an important advance in ex tending tne lumoer Industry from a mere sawing up of logs to manufac ture of lumber into the many finished shapes in which it reaches the con. sumer. It means establishment in Portland of the shipbuilding industry. which has been' the foundation of the prosperity of many cities in ancient as well as modern times. It provides ships to carry other products of the sawmills and products of other fac tories to other ports on both coasts of the United States and in foreign countries, and to bring return cargoes at low transportation cost. ' It is a good beginning at making Portland a ship-owning center, where the merchants and bankers profit both by the earnings and the supply ing of ships as well as by the com merce they develop. It marks the enlistment of the city's principal bankers and capitalists in the exten sion of Its industries by direct invest ment 01 tneir own money. It is a definite step In making Portland more than ever an actual seaport and in making a profitable asset of the mil lions which the taxpayers have spent In opening the Columbia and Willam ette rivers to navigation. Although Oregon has 20 per cent of the standing timber of the United States, and although 65 per cent of its payroll is distributed among work era in wood, the lumber industry is inherently weak through failure to carry the process of manufacture be yond its initial stage, except in a few instances. Shipbuilding will strength en it at this weak point. It will take the raw material from the mill close beside the shipyard and work it into a finished shape. That principle ap plied throughout would make the Co lumbia Basin the center of all manu facturers of forest products and of a large population of highly skilled well paid workmen. It would drive home to the minds of our people the central idea that 80 per cent of the prosperity of this state for at least fifty years to come depends on conversion of the trees of Oregon into a finished product in their home Shipbuilding is one great link in the chain of industries which will result from putting that idea in practice. YY hat shipbuilding means to a city we can conceive by looking back into history. Ancient Tyre owed its great ness to th ships built from the tim ber, of Lebanon, on which the Phoeni cians carried colonists and extended commerce throughout the Mediter ranean Sea and along the Atlantic Coast of Europe to Spain, England and Ireland. Maine and the other New England states built ships of their pine trees and established that merchant marine which for many years carried the bulk of our com merce. Oregon can do what Tyre did in ancient times and what Bath did in modern times, for the wooden ship has come back. Reduction in the woria s tonnage, estimated at 3 0 per cent, which has been caused by the war, has combined with the great de mand and high price of steel to ren- der wooden ships necessary. Pert ec tion of internal combustion engines for the use of cheap fuel oil has ren dered feasible the use of these en gines as auxiliary to sails. Readiness of the most broad minded and successful ' business men of Portland to embark in this Indus try is proor that it can succeed, not merely temporarily under the abnor mal conditions caused by the war, but permanently after peace has restored normal conditions. It will succeed because the greatest forest state is th logical center of shipbuilding. The fact that this enterprise was con ceived by F. C. Knapp, a successful lumberman, and has been taken up by the heads of three of Portland largest banks W. M. Ladd, A. L. Mills and J. C. Ainsworth; by tw of the leading manufacturers T. B Wilcox and Peter Autzen, and bv- on of Portland's ablest lawyers James B. Kerr is proof, that it is feasibl from a business standpoint. It also clears Portland's financial leaders of the charge, frequently made, that they are haraneartea ana ciosensted. Portland will give new life to decaying Industry through the enerev and enterprise of Mr. Knapp and his associates. The men who are skilled in building wooden ships are mostly la the evening of life, but a force will be assembled here which will revive the craft. Men skilled in wood working will be attracted here not only by the advantages for their in dustry which Portland will afford, but by the equable climate, beauti ful scenery, pure water and all those civic advantages which make the city homebuilders' paradise a place where a man can rear his family in such surroundings as help to develop men and women who are a credit to the city and state. From ship-building to ship-owning Is an easy step for the city, and it should soon be made. The fortunes of the merchant princes of the middle ages, of colonial times and of the early years of the republic were founded on ship-owning. The busi. ness leaders of the towns clubbed to gether to build a ship, each owning one-fourth, one-eighth or one-sixteenth. They equipped and supplied It from their stores and loaded it with their wares to be sold in foreign ports. The captain was not only a naviga tor, but a trader, who sold his cargo and bought a return cargo. That sys tem, adapted to modern conditions, could be followed here by following Mr. Knapp's suggestion of a regular line of communication between Port land and such a port as Philadelphia. San Francisco merchants pursue that policy with success and owe to it a large measure of the port's com merce. By building ships here and oper ating them from here, we can remove the reproach that we do not use the great harbor of the Columbia which nature made in the rough and which has been improved by the Joint efforts of the Nation and of its own people, until it now has facilities for naviga tion not excelled by New York, Ham burg or London. All that it needs in order to become a great port, in fact, is the commerce to use it on a larger scale. Mr. Knapp and his associates are going the right way about sup. plying what it lacks. One successful enterprise like theirs will attract others with little effort on our part, for the best recommendation of any Industry is achieved success. While Controller "Williams has been slashing at bankers for charging more than legal rates of interest, another branch of the same Government has been charging a poor farmer 1 per cent a month and threatening prac tically to ruin him if he did not pay. The farmer leased irrigated land on a reservation in the Northwest, but his crop was entirely destroyed in 1914. In 1915 he recovered to some extent and with the aid of local merchants eased other land, but the United States Reclamation Service refused to turn the water into his ditches until he had paid for the water used in 1914. The merchants advanced the money, and when the bill was exam ined they found that the Government had charged 1 per cent a month from December 1, 1914, to March 31, 1916. A rebuke ,from Mr. Williams to the Reclamation Service is in order. In view of the imposing evidence of prosperity presented by the lumber in dustry, the banks, the shipyards and the stockyards, any person who men tions hard times again should be sen tenced to a term on an island where he has nobody to talk to except him self.' That would fit the punishment to the crime. Those persons who cry for the ex termination of dogs because a few be come infected with rabies should take note of the service rendered by one which summoned help to two men dis abled In the woods near Eugene. If British Columbia should go dry, the man who travels along the coast by land will find it a long way be tween drinks all the way from the Oregon-California line to the southern point of Alaska. The question of peace Is now a ques tion of who wants it badly enough to ask for it first. Each party is wishing the other would make the request, being only too eager to grant It. If the Kaiser can only hold his sub marines in check, he will now have. the pleasure of sitting back and seeing his cousin George V bombarded with notes by Uncle Sam. It Is now Germany's turn to protest against submarine war, if the sink-on-sight plan should be followed by Brit ish and Russians in the Baltic Sea. What is the allied Mediterranean fleet doing that the Austrians make bold to send an army by sea from Flume to Avlona? Lynch did not belong in Ireland and cannot become an international inci dent. Yet his life might be spared. One important point was settled yes. terday. Washington County papers now can devote more space to news. The dog pound is on the way and why not locate it at Kelly Butte? The animals could clean up the scraps. Olives may be an acceptable gift from California to Governor Withy- combe, but no lemons, thank you. Seattle unionists oppose a prepared ness parade; nevertheless, in case of war they would go fast enough. Mexico Is all settled again. All but taking Villa, stopping border raids and establishing law and order. Business is so good in the Pacific Northwest that silk-stockinged pas senger trains are in order. The men who took themselves se riously were taken the same way by the voters and canned. The war has cost Great Britain twelve billions, and she has eighty eight more to spend. Defeated candidates ought to Join In a big consolation banquet and swear allegiance. Humane week is not over yet. Be kind today to the gentlemen who' also ran. Just whisper to the fairies that the Rose Show will be due In a few weeks. Hood River is calling for berry pickers at pay higher than usual. The wise candidate went home early and got a good rest. An active step -is needed in a pre paredness parade. The roses are fragrant and a little bit rare. , How to Keep Well By Dr. W. A. Kvana. Questions pertinent to hrilene. sanitation and prevention of disease, if mattera of sen- eral Interest, will be answered in thle col umn, where space will not permit or the subject is not suitable, letter will be per aonally answered, subject to proper llmita, tlona and where stamped, addressed en velope Is inclosed. Dr. Evans win not make -diagnosis 'or prescribe for Individual dis eases. Bequests for such aervlce cannot be answered. tCopyrlght. 1916. by Dr. W. A. Kvana. Published by arrangement with the Chlcao Tribune.) Spitting- Blood and Consumption. G. W. had noticed for some time that he was below par. He felt pretty good in the morning, but in the afternoon, he grew tired. listless and perhaps a little feverish. For a few months he had noticed a little obugh. not enough, though, to call for any medicine or for any attention of any sort, for that matter. Yesterday afternoon he noticed a feeling of warmth behind his breast bone. At the same time he had a salty taate in his mouth. Then he felt a tickling In his throat. He coughed and brought up a few teaspoonaful of bright red. frothy blood. This frightened him ao much that ha turned pale, his handa got cold and cold perspiration appeared on hia fore head. Somebody sent for a physician. The physician examined his nose and the back of his mouth and told him the blood came from his chest. " G. W. was placed in a prone position and told to keep quiet and he would be all right. The physician declned to Klve him any medicine, but told him to put a few grains of salt on his tongue several times during the after noon. Today the physician took a. sample of sputum for analysis and ex amined G. W.'s chest carefully. He exDects. when his examination la finished, to find that U. W. has fon sumption. And why? In nine cases out of ten of spitting of blood, consump tion is the cause. The cases of spitting of blood from the lungs not due to consumption are divided between pneumonia, congea- tlon, bronchitis, heart disease, aneur ism, menstrual trouble and scurvy Plainly G. W. ia not suffering from pneumonia, congestion, bronchitis or scurvy. Examination shows that ne haa no aneurism. On the other hand G. W.'s symptoms are exactly those of earlv consumption. One out of every 25 cases or con sumption starts with a silent tern orrhage. In one out of every six cases there Is no other symptom. Twice out of every three cases there Is nothing to bring on a hemorrhage. The patient when quiet notices a salty taste, a tick ling, coughs and up comes a little blood. The probability is that when the rhysiclan examined G. w. today he found that he had some fever, some ralea were heard In hia chest, and tubercle bacilli were In his sputum. So far as the hemorrhage ia con cerned. he la already over- that. Such hemorrhagea are never fatal. In fact, even the copious hemorrhages which come late In the course of consump tion are far less dangerous than they appear. It is too early to form any opinion as to what are G. W.'a chances for cure. He must be watched for a month or more before an opinion on tn noint can be formed. However, the fact that his first symptom was hemorrhage does not mean that hia disease will be severe. After this hem orrhage bis disease will spread notice ably for a few days, but then 11 win settle down. The spitting of blood which comes on late in the course of some cases la mora threatening. It indicates that there are cavities in the lungs. A per son who has such a hemorrhage is to be kept quiet and calm. A bit of salt on hi tongue may help. He should not be given whisky, aromatic splriti of ammonia, or any other medicine. It he is verv much frightened or shocked a hypodermic of, morphine will quiet him. If he knows which aide la bleed ing he should He on that side. Golfer. L. B. writes: "I have a large goiter and have been told that mineral oil la fine for it and so before trying I want your advice.. Also, if I have It operated on. will I have a acar? My doctor says not to worry about it. but It looKa ter rible, so please advise me what can be done. It Is loose and seems to move around like a ball." REPLY. t a think the oil will heln J eu. An operation will result in a scar. Whether or not you should be operated on depends on how nervous you are. how much tremble you have in your bands, how much jour heart Is disturbed. Bran Bread and Genua. A. Y. writes: "I notice that you rec ommend the eating of bran bread. Will you please publish a recipe lor bran bread and bran gems; REPLf. Health bread: One quart bran, one pint of white flour, one-nair cup moia. oo . dissolved in a little of tn, molassrs. one teaspoonful salt, one pint of good buttermilk. Mix all the Ingredients well together. Bake in a square or oblong Bran aoms: Mix a teaspoonful of baking soda In one-half pint of flour witn inree quarters teaspoonful salt. Add one pin coarse bran. Mix six tsblespoonf uls of ino lu,n In one. half Dint of milk. Stir all to gether and bake In gem pans In a moderate oven for -o minutes. Persistent Sneeslnsr. St. L. J. writes: "What causes sneez ing? I mean persistent sneezing. think I cannot be alone in this expert ence. An attack will last throughout a day as many as a dozen or a score o sneezes In an hour, and has occasion ally gone into a second day arter night's rest. The glands flow copiousl until the head becomes dry and fever ish. An occasional hot flash will go over the body at the height or finis rf thn unell. "A little dust or sudden change ot temperature, like frOBty air on going out of doors, or extra pressure of th blood about the nose and head, as from stooping or lifting, or merely tn change of' bodily position and actlvit on rising In the morning, is liable t start the sneezing. After such a epell there may not be a recurrence for two or three months. It seems to exhaus Itself and dry up." p.Ert-T. Infection with some of the bacteria whlc ... .Alli, it l trobable that underlyln the symptom in your rio Is a nasal polyp. or some oiner oiwmo i j u ui Toe Many Sex Plays. rORTLAXD. May 19. (To the Ed Itor.i I cannot refrain from addln my word of protest to the already nu merous ones againat tne ciass ot se plays we are viewing dally at the movies. They are undoubtedly a stron force in educating the young, Inocul ing new ideas, fostering good or bad principles in the multitudes that are drinking them in day by day. Why. oh. why. therefore, put un ceasingly these lessons of immoral con duct before them? Why cannot we In culcate through this medium the meth ods whereby the best and lasting hap piness In life can be obtained? SUBSCRIBER, Coat of Killing Tank. PORTLAND, May 19. (To the Edi tor.) If I fill a tank 8 feet deep and 9 feet across from a city meter, how many feet will it hold and how much do I have to pay the city? SUBSCRIBER. If the tank is circular in shape and Is 8 feet deep and 9 feet In diameter, it will hold 50S-3 cubic' feet of water and at the city's TUler rates, would cost 61 cents to fill. If it is a square tank the answer cannot be grven because ono of the dimensions of the tank is not stated in the inquiry. OLD FAVORITE OK Ml'SIC LOVERS Death of Clara Louise Kellers' Moaned by Many. PORTLAND. May 19. (To the Edi tor.) A brief dispatch in The Orego nian last Sunday Informs the fast- anlshlng music lovers of last century c tne aeath ot Clara lxulae iveliogg. he whose .winsome ways, clear and sweet voice and correct stage delinea- ion for many years won and held the carta of the muslo lovers of Chicago as did no other singer. From 1S68 on for 20 years what a transcendent era In dramatic art and music with Olio Bull, Parepa and Carl Rosa. Adelaide Phillips, Christine Nell- on, Clara Louise Kellogg, Annie Lou se Cary and Segulnn. with her won- erful mezzo, and Pattl. in music; Ed- in Adams. Booth. Barrett. Fechter, alvina, Irving and others, on the stage n era of precious memory in this age ot cold-storage music and drama! Others had greater range and volume of voice than Kellogg, but none ex- elled her In the charms that make a lovable favorite, and she Justly mer- ted the homage the Chicago people gave her. The memory of "Trovatore." as Miss Kellogg raised It to an opera of su preme gradeur, always brings solace to a music-loving heart long bereft of other songs than those sung by the stars, as l.e wandered among the tow ering helghta of the majestic Rockies searching for the metal that glitters and fades, while the beautiful singer and the song fills his heart with tran quillity and peace. Chicago held to her heart. in those days many brides, but none more preciously than Clara Louise Kellogg, the virgin bride of aong. A. A. LATHROP. ALL ADVISED TO SEE EXHIBIT uregron rrednets and reale VIevra on niaplay for Visitors. PORTLAND. May 19. (To the Edi tor.) I am surprised that our people of Portland are not taking advantage of the opportunity to see the exhibit of Oregon's products and scenery main tained by the state at 69 Fifth street. one night a week, viz: Wednesday, from 7:30 to 9-.3Q o clock. 1 presume It has not been sufficiently called to their at tention. It furnishes a wonderful fund of knowledge as well as pleasure. school teachers and their pupils, en gaged through the day. should embrace the chance this open night offers. T. Judd. the state exhibit agent. Informs me that musical societies or singing classes would also be welcome. there being a splendid Oregon-made piano for use, as well as the first piano brought to Oregon, made in London 150 years ago. Ihe exhibit of Oregon woods alone beautiful myrtle, burl maple, etc. is well worth a visit. Then, in addition to the walls being hung with large pictures of Oregon scenery, a series of views, in albums, of the Columbia Highway and other scenes are avail able for visitors' use. Messrs. Judd and Dennis take pleas ure in showing and explaining to visi tors the various exhibits, and I hope this brief article may Induce readers to go and see for themselves on these open nights. C. B. P. Ne Dsobt About Error. Corvallls Gazette. The reporter on this column made an error yesterday In stating that Mrs. Curtis went to Portland to have her Jaw examined. She went with Vera Cox to have the Portland specialist examine Vera's Jaw. Rev. Ourtle aaya: If you think there is anything wrong with airs. Curtis' Jaw you would change your mind very rapidly if you had heard it work after that Item." We are Inclined to take Mr. Curtis' word for it and hereby retract the statement in full. Conaolatloa for Him. New York Time. Mabel So you asked papa for my hand? Did he give you any encourage ment? Arthur Well, no, but he gave me a drink and a cigar, ao I had no kick coming. No Sfeond Time for Him. Philadelphia Ledger. "I had no idea she'd accept me the first time I proposed." "Did you think ahe "would the second time?" "There would have been no second time." May Festival Pictures In The SUNDAY OREGONIAN Tomorrow The Oregonian will publish a double page of pictures of the May Festival in which 6500 Portland school children par ticipated last Wednesday on Multnomah Field. It was, perhaps, the greatest school pageant ever staged in Portland. The Orego nian. photographer took eome remarkable views of these beautiful . drills. Don't fail to see them and mail copies of the paper con taining them to your Eastern friends. SANTIAGO EIGHTEEN YEARS AFTER Eighteen yeara ao this Summer the little city of Santiago de Cuba was much in the public eye in these United States. It was there that one of the most im portant battles of the Spanish-American War was fought. Now 18 years after the war a writer for The, Sunday Oregonian has visited the place and noted its progress. He has just written a fresh story of Santiago as it is today and has accompanied it with some new pictures. SOCIETY WOMEN'S FREAKISH CLOTHES This war in Europe has had its effect on almost every human activity. Now it has af fected society, too. The prevailing fad of society women is to drape themselves in costumes modeled after the styles most common in the various countries of Europe. Tomorrow's Oregonian will tell all about it and show some colored pictures. THE IRON CLAW Read the eighth episode of the Iron Claw in to morrow's paper. This is the sensational drama by Arthur Stringer that is running in The Oregonian in story form and appearing at the theaters in pictures. OLD PAINTINGS RESTORED Some of the most valuable paint ings that the world's master artists have produced may be restored to public view through a process recently put into use by an Ameri can. Many pictures that long have been obscured by dust and decay again are made valuable. Read about it tomorrow. ALASKA'S RICHEST MINES Frank G. Carpenter now has reached Cordova, Alaska, where some of the world's richest copper mines are located. He will tell about them in tomorrow's paper also show some pictures. HERBERT KAUFMAN Oregonian readers in great number are tes tifying to the pleasures and benefits they are getting from Herbert Kaufman's page of humor and philosophy each Sunday. Are you one of those who benefit? You can be. Try it tomorrow. RARE ART WORK The usual standard of art work will prevail in tomorrow's issue. There will be Donahey's page of Teenie Weenie pictures, for instance. Then Temple's sketches will be in place again and four whole pages will be given to the comic series. MOTION PICTURE NEWS "Movie fans" are finding that The Sun day Oregonian caters particularly to their wants. Four or five pages of motion-picture news will be printed tomorrow. BIRSKY AND ZAPP Montague Glass is up to date in the class of subjects that he presents through his characters, Birsky and Zapp. Tomorrow they will give their original views on the Irish revolution. LATEST SCHOOL NEWS The present school year is drawing near its close. These are times full of interest in the schoolroom. The activities of pupils and teachers will be reflected in The Sunday Oregonian's school page. PAGE OF POEMS interest in the "old-poem" page is increasing. People continue to send in their favorites by the score. Another page will be devoted to their reproduction tomorrow. DEPARTMENT NEWS All the regular features of the Sunday paper will be preserved, such as sports, society, the drama, automobiles, real estate, church news, women's activities, etc. In Other Days. Trrenty-flve Years Age. From The Oregonian of May 20. ISM. Colonel L. M. Dayton, a prominent member of the Society of the Army of the Tennessee, and who. perhaps, was closest to General Sherman of all his military family, died at Cincinnati yesterday. Colonel Kldredge, revenue agent, who haa been in Portland for some time, has left for San Francisco. At the administrator's sale at the Courthouse more ' than $70,000 worth of property of the estate of William Beck was sold at public auction. The brick foundation of the new Magdalen Home, at Hast Twentieth and Oregon streets, is completed and the superstructure is up. Sidney Dillon, president, and S. IT. H. Clark, general manager of the Union Pacific, are expected la the city within a few days. George Brown, superintendent of the Hawthorne Railway system, says the iron for the line will be unloaded from the ship and construction commenced at once. APATHETIC AS TO PREPAREDNESS Senatorial Indifference aa to Naval Baa Blamed on People. PORTLAND, May 19. (To the Ed itor.) I read wltn a great deal of in terest an article in The Oregonian re garding the apathy of the Oregon Sen ators toward the naval base at Asto ria. I do not see how one could have ex pected much more from Senator Lane. Senator Chamberlain Is the' chairman of the military affairs committee and un doubtedly in that capacity keeps in touch with the actions of the whole country, and especially of his own state. The War Department haa been giving a series of lectures on "Preparedneaa" In this city and, although we have over 200.000 inhabitants. 1 do not think that there were ever more than 100 in the audience at any of the lectures given so far and most of these people came out of curiosity or to create some dis turbance). Under these circumstances, how could one expect his Senator to think that the people of his state really desired a naval base at Aatoria for the purpose of making the country better prepared from a military point of view? Senator Chamberlain probably thinks that the people here want the naval base only to see what money they can get from the Federal Government. From his actions of the past few. montha I should Judge that he had the welfare of the country decidedly at heart and ao did not wish to waste any time on this proposition. HENRT 6. MEARS. Ballot la Secret. PORTLAND, May 19. (To the Edi tor.) A time-honored voter of this city has Just given me a bit of information that I sincerely hope Is incorrect. He tells me that every ticket given out to voters In an election booth Is num bered, and that the number, together with the name of the voter, is record ed In a book; that this record Is open to all persons employed In counting the votes, and that they can ascertain ex actly how any individual haa voted by Imply watching for the ticket bear ing his number. Is this true? If so. what become! of the vaunted privacy of the Australian system vt voting? What prevents an employer, with money and "pull," from finding out how an employe has voted? What. In short, becomes of the so-called free dom and sacredness of the ballot? A WOMAN VOTER. Tour informant Is mistaken. Each official ballot haa two perforated atube and on the back of each Is written the voter'a number. One of these stubs is torn'off before the ballot is marked, the other after ballot is marked by voter, but before it is deposited in the ballot box. There are no numbers er distinguishing marks left on the ballot by which the voter may be identified thereafter.