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Newspaper Page Text8 TIIE MORNING OREGONIAN, WEDNESDAY. JULT 12, 1916. " j it POBTLAND. OREGON. Entered at Portland (Oregon) Poatofflce as second-class mail matter. Subscription, Bates Invariably In advance: (Bt Mall.) iaily, Sunday included one year ISO I 'ally, Sunday included, six months.... 2!i iTJaily, Sunday included, three montha.. 2.j25 3aily. Sunday included, one month.... 3aily. without Sunday, one year....... 6.00 Zaily. without Sunday, alx month! 8.25 Daily, without Sunday, three montha... . rally. without Sunday, one month .60 "Weekly, one year J- Sunday, one year 2.oO Sunday and. "Weekly, one year o.&o ' (By Carrier.) rally. Sunday included, one year .H Iaily. Sunday Included, one month llow to Remit Send postoffice money crder, express order or personal check on your local bank. Stamp, coin or currenoy are at sender's risk. Give poatofflce address ' lull, IUC1UUIBC tOUUl AMU Postage Kates 12 to 18 pages, 1 cent; 18 to 32 paaea. 2 cents; 34 to 4S pases. cents: CO to 60 pages. cents; 82 to To pagea, 6 cents; 78 to 82 pages, 6 cents. Foreign postage, double rates. Eastern Business Office Verree & Conk Jin, Brunswick building. New York; Verree A Conklln, Steger building, Chicago. Ban anciaco representative. R. J. Bidwell, 742 Market street. rOKTLANI), WEDNESDAY. JULY 12, 1B1B. THE MORAL IN THE ORPET CASE. Interest in the trial of William Or pet for the murder of Marlon, Lambert "is aroused by many circumstances of the relations between them. These relations having admittedly been il licit and the trial having resolved, .itself into a controversy whether the poison by which the girl died was sup plied by Orpet for the purpose of mur kier or bv herself with suicidal intent. the question becomes one of psychol ogy. Was the boy's character such and had he motives sufficient that lie would seek her life or was the girl's character such, that to her dis tressed mind she, had adequate mo tives for suicide? The murder theory is supported by a. story of the love Affair iwhlch rep resents Orpet to have pursued the girl passionately for some time, but to iiave suddenly cooled after she had yielded to him and to have become engaged to marry another girl. Be lieving herself to be, or pretending to toe, in a condition which would pre vent further concealment of their guilty secret, Marion now pursued Or pet with demands for marriage. Or pet's accusers hold that, fearing ex posure and a consequent breach, with ihis affianced, he took cyanide of potas sium solution from his father's green house or obtained it from a Madison drugstore and gave it to her at their last meeting in the woods at Lake Forest. His defenders attempt to prove that the girl obtained crystals of the poison from the laboratory of the Lake Forest High School, which she attended, and licked them from her hand in powdered form after Or pet had told her that he had thrown her over. Here arises one of those contro versies which surround with difficulty the work of proving a. charge of mur der by poison. No person saw either saw the boy give it or the girl place ,it in her mouth; the only agreed facts are that it was found in her stomach and caused her death and that some damp powdery traces remained on her hand and some stains on her clothes. In the effort to prove its case, the state says liquid poison was given hy Orpet and by evaporation left these traces. The defense maintains that the girl of her own notion, took the powder in the manner described and that her tongue moistened that which remained on her hand, while falling enow may have moistened the part which spotted her coat. The defense further alleges that the poison which could have 'been obtained from the greenhouse was so weak that an ab surdly large quantity must have been taken by the girl to prove fatal. Evidence as to the facts conflicts so much as to be inconclusive; each side backs up its case by showing character and motive. Orpet is shown to have heen devoid of sentimental regard for the girl and, having gratified his pas sion until she palled on him, to have formed a serious match with another. Being a youth without moral scruple and being in terror of exposure, he is represented to have given the girl poison on the pretense that it would relieve her of the consequence of .her indiscretion, his purpose being to rid himself of her once for all, and then to have fled in guilty panic. The de fense, on the other hand, maintains that the girl, finding herself aban doned and fearing unavoidable dis 'grace. had talked of suicide to her friends, had been hysterically assum ing happiness though moved to tears on slight provocation and had taken the poison of her own accord after a last vain appeal. The jury alone can find a way out of this maze of contradictory allegations and theories to a conclusion, though no surprise need bo felt if it fails to agree on a conclusion. ' But without awaiting the jury's ver. diet, the public can arrive at certain conclusions of its own, which will point the moral of the entire sad story. No girl who yields to her passions or to - the importunities of a lover can hope for any 'better treatment than Marion Lambert received. Any man or hoy who will soil a girl's virtue has but a transitory, animal passion for her. The same cold calculation which leads her to her downfall will lead him to let her bear the entire pen alty, for he is animated by the basest selfishness who will obtain momentary, sensual gratification at the cost of another's death or lifelong misery. But, however successful he may be jn escaping the immediate, outward consequences of his baseness, the boy cannot escape the inward, more last ing penalty. He must be haunted by constant fear of discovery, and the conscious moral degradation which he suffers will surely poison any subse quent attachment he may form, rob bing it of that purity which gives the highest and most enduring pleasure. Though false social standards may appear to give the man immunity, he, too, must pay. Certain other conclusions have been or may have been drawn which one Isolated case does not seem to war. rant. One is that teaching of sex hygiene in the schools may premature ly excite the sexual passions and lead boys and girls to their undoing at the critical time of life when they are developing into man and woman. If rightly taught, sex hygiene should not tempt to sin any who would not other. wise sin and it will surely restrain many who would go over the brink if they were left in ignorance or if they learned, the mysteries of sex in ways which have hitherto been only too ' common. Some there are who are so dominated by their animal passions so reckless of consequence that. "planting oblivion, beating reason ' back," they w-ill go their own heed less way in spite of all teaching and all warning. Orpet and Marlon Lam fcert seem to have been of this type. Others infer from this tragedy a ' condemnation of co-education of the peaces, 2b JboJ4- latS.- adolescence boys should be taught by men, girls by ' women, and that they should 'be kept apart until manhood and womanhood have fully fitted them for mating. To say this is to condemn one of the main characteristics of the American system of education. If such tragedies as that we are discussing-l were the logical consequence of co education, then almost our entire so cial structure would have been polluted at the time of transition -from child hood to maturity. The millions of happy couples, for many of whom love had Its beginning in college or high school, are proof to the contrary. The American idea Is to equip the young with full knowledge for their own moral protection and then to give them broad freedom of Intercourse, in confidence that they will use the knowledge to restrain them from abuse of the- freedom. Denial of this freedom would only whet the appetite for its enjoyment and tempt to its abuse. Were it denied, the Orpets and Marion Lamberts would conceivably be more, not less, numerous. AWAKENING. Congress seems at last to have awakened to a realization that estab lishment of a Federal mortmain with in the boundaries of the states im poses a few material obligations to ward the particular commonwealths which help carry the load. The good roads bill, just signed by the Presi dent, provides for an expenditure of $1,000,000 annually during a period of ten years for construction of highways in the National forests. The Govern ment will ultimately be reimbursed out of sales of timber. Inability to use, in the larger sense, the National forests even as play grounds, but more particularly the in terposition between settled communi ties of reserved forests, trackless ex cept for rough roads and trails, have placed a deprivation upon Western states which is in part responsible for tho protests against the reservation policy. Improved means of communication across the reserves and accessibility to tourists, campers and sightseers, such as will be provided by the Mount Hood loop to be built out of the ap propriation, will put the forests at least to some practical use. LET rs FACE THE FACTS. President Wilson now defiantly as sails those unnamed and unknown marplots who would "butt in" on Mexico, or would have him "butt in," and he plainly intimates that the in spiration for the demand for interven tion is "some of our fellow-citizens who have tried to exploit her- (Mex ico s) privileges ami possessions." Not much can now be gained for the United States or for Mexico by a display of Presidential resentment against the men or interests who may or may not be blamable for Mexico's deplorable plight- Not very much. The question is not whether Stand ard Oil, or Rockefeller, or the Pear sons, or Hearst, or any of the other beneficiaries of privilege haveor have not done the right thing by the poor people of Mexico. It is whether the United States as a Nayon has any duty toward Mexico, toward its own citizens in Mexico and on the border and toward the soldiers, alive and dead, who are in Mexico by order of the President of the United States. More and more President Wilson appears to be drifting toward the con viction that the American people want no' trouble with Mexico and will pay any price to avoid it. He emphasizes the right of Mexico to control its own affairs and he arraigns strongly all who would assail or destroy her sover. eignty. Who are they? No one wants to subjugate Mexico for any purposes of conquest no one to whom the Presi dent should listen. Peace jnly is wanted with and in Mexico. But there are uneasy doubts and grave heart-searchings .everywhere as to the I-am-not-my-brother's-keeper attitude toward Mexico. No one wants to be his brother's keeper, but it may not be quite obviously it is not possi ble to isolate Mexico and forget it. What are our troops doing in Mex ico if Mexico is not our business? CHANGE IN TirE NEW YORK BUN. Purchase of the New Tork Sun by Frank A. Munsey, magazine and news paper publisher and for some time past owner of the New York Press marks the end of the long struggle of a proprietary news association to sus tain itself In competition with a great news-gathering institution based on the principle of co-operation. The Press has been an Associated Press newspaper, and Mr. Munsey, by con solidating the two newspapers, is able to give to the Sun the Associated Press franchise which it so long has lacked. Mr. Munsey promises that he will endeavor to retain "that inimita. ble Sun flavor and finish that you will find in the Sun alone," but he is quite frank in discussing the news feature of the new deal. "It is not possible," says Mr. Mun sey in a formal statement, "for a sin gle newspaper to compete in news gathering with the Associated Press, which is the peerless news-gathering organization of all the world." This surrender to the inevitable is not without the honors due to a splen did fighter. If the battle could have been won by anyone, the Sun would have won it. With the prestige given it by Charles A. Dana and which never was wholly lost, even in the years that have passed since Mr. Dana's death, it had a strong hold on Its community of readers, who comprised an extensive "Sun family" not only in New York but in all parts of the United States. There is an atmosphere of romance about the Sun that is all its own. It was for many years honored by being regarded as the "newspaper man's newspaper" of the country, which meant not only that newspaper men read it generally but that it was the ambition of nearly every newspa per man at some time in his life to become a member of its staff. For a great many years this was little more than a dream, so far as most of the workers of the craft were concerned. The 3un did not draw extensively from other editorial sanctums for its raw material, but preferred in Mr. Dana's day to "break in" its own men. Many were called and few were chosen. The cub reporter either absorbed the alto gether indefinable Sun. spirit from the atmosphere of the Sun newspaper of fice or he did not; those who found themselves, as it were, en rapport, re mained to give to the paper the. "in imitable Sun flavor" of which Mr. Munsey speaks. It is interesting to know, also, that Mr. Dana was practically the pioneer in the work of extending the scope of the newspaper to wide fields of gen eral Information. Before he entered the work newspapers confined them selves chiefly to printing their concep tions of current news and to editorials and letters polemical. Mr. Dana, was extremely fondof niscellaneo9 mat ter, and did not hesitate even to print an article several times If it took his fancy. It was this idea of his that since has developed into the newspa per covering almost every field of hu man activity, such as we have today. At the same time, the Sun was con servative as to other innovations. Un til a few years ago a picture was an extreme rarity in its news columns and only the extremest emergency could induce it to "break the column rules," by which commonly is meant the practice of extending headlines across more than one column of the paper. In its handling of the . news, it laid stress on the picturesque; it was without much reverence, but it was always interesting. The Sun's endeavor to keep in the procession with its own news service was long-continued but expensive. The effort to equal the Associated Press was backed with a vast amount of money, first and last, and engaged the attention of a good many highly trained newspaper men. It has now definitely failed, and the Sun has joined the news-gathering brother hood, which Mr. Munsey, who knows. says "is the peerless news-gathering organization of all the world." PLOTDfO A LATK GARDEN. The increasing practice of planting home vegetable gardens on city lots is a pleasant one from economic, culi nary and esthetic points of view. There is perhaps not so much in the money saving side of it, if one were to de mand wages for the time consumed, as in the health to be gained by agree able outdoor work, but there is no doubt at all that fresh vegetables, gathered in one's own garden and served on the table within a few hours afterward do contain their own reward. There is, besides, the foster ing of the love of nature, of which in our utilitarian age hardly too much can be said. But the possessor of a home garden who does not take advantage of this season between the so-called seed time and the coming harvest to plant more seeds is losing a good part both of the joy and the material advantage of the thing. Two simple principles are to be observed use of "early seeds" for late planting and the "trench sys tem of putting them in. The latter makes a distinction between deep cov ering and deep planting. The ground is first opened to a depth, of from four to six inches, the seeds are sown in the bottom of the trench and are cov ered to their usual depth. As they sprout they can be nursed along by being covered with more earth. One advantage of the trench Is that it serves to place the seed nearer to the conserved moisture in the ground and another is that it shades the tender seedlings. Early varieties of vegeta bles, if a little extra care is given to protecting them on the hottest days. often do well, even in mid-Summer. There is hope for a late crop of ten der string beans if an early bush va riety is planted any time in July. Ex tra early varieties of sweet corn, with the aid of a little irrigation and some good luck, have a chance to mature some late "roasting ears" for the table, Peas have a way of drying up in the heat of Summer and will not be worth while now, but only a little later some early varieties should be planted for late Fall and early Winter table use. Most persons have poor luck with let tuce this late, but escarole makes a splendid green salad and can be grown if planted now. Beets sown now will produce delectable pot greens Tjefore frost catches the tops, and they and carrots will yield tender roots, small to be sure, but good to eat. Turnips for greens can be grown if planted almost any time and tended carefully. This month and next are seasonable for planting a Winter crop of spinach Radishes offer an exception to the rule of planting seed of early varieties, Now is the time to plant Winter rad ishes. There is joy, undoubtedly, in the home vegetable garden. This can be prolonged by the householder who thinks it worth while. Because it is Summer is not a reason for abatement of enthusiasm. CASTAWAYS AT T1TE POLE. There is some chance for the rescue of the main body of the Antarctic ex pedition of Sir Ernest Shackleton this year, according to intelligence reach ing the United States from the Straits of Magellan, where the British ex plorer is awaiting a favorable oppor tunity to sail for Elephant Island in a little Uruguayan vessel, after having made two attempts that failed. Al ready he has formed the opinion that the drift ice which interfered with him in his last previous attempt is likely to be dissipated by storms, which are common in that far-off region in this season of the year, but he pins further hopes on the solidifying of the pack if his work is delayed until far Into the antipodeal Winter. Meanwhile the plight of the party is about as desperate as can be im agined, and it illustrates again the perils of exploration under conditions of coUk a barren area and extreme distance from possible base of sup plies. Hardly in the jungles of Africa would they be so beset by adverse conditions at any rate, there would be a chance for them to fight their own way out and perhaps meet the men who are trying; to rescue them, As it is, they can do nothing but wait and waiting i3 the most despairing of tasks to active men. Their supplies are getting lower and they have neither the material with which to build anything which would carry them over the water nor the oppor tunity to make use of it if they had. Sir Ernest believes that Frank Wild and his comrades will not have de pended too much on early relief, but will by this time have taken the pre caution of going on short rations. He speculates on the possibility of their killing penguins for food, for this, he points out, can be done with clubs. The men of the wrecked Endurance have bsen on Elephant Island since April 24 last, the ship having gone down in deep water last November, The party drifted with the ice pack until April, when they sighted what was called land, but which was really an inhospitable shore of glacial ice. Sir Ernest himself and five volunteers set out for help and succeeded some how in reaching South Georgia. Since then two attempts to rescue the men have failed. The marooned party was left on April 24 with five weeks' full rations, exclusive of the possibilities of obtaining fowls or seals. To the reader seated in a comfort able chair, with his morning newspa per before him on a. well-stocked breakfast table, it will bo difficult to visualize a worse situation than that of the Wild party. While their leader Is bending every energy to get back to them in a worthy ship, it seems more than probable that they may al ready have been beaten In their strug gle with the elements. A suggestion, was made to the New England Ba.nkers' Cxveatiqa i - F. A. Pezet, ex-Ambassador from Peru, which is. well worth attention of Americana who seek to improve trade relations with South America. He proposed that American, banks, in stead of establishing new branches in the southern continent, should buy control of existing banks in South America and combine their trained. experienced staff with the men who would be sent from this country. A like practice has been the secret of Germany's or Britain's snatching many a fat contract from American bidders. It avoids at the outset the handicap of unfamillarity with the language, cus toms, trade and resources of South America which men going thither to start entirely new banks would need to overcome before they could achieve rrtuch success. Attention having been called by the attempt of an anarchist on the life of Argentina's president to the fact that the republic is Just now celebrat ing the centenary of its independence, it is interesting to know that Argen tina has achieved its present position of relative stability only after a tur bulent history. Originally a depend ency of the Spanish vice-royalty of Peru, later full-fledged vice-royalty of Spain, together with Bolivia, Uru guay and Paraguay, it was known under the latter dispensation as Bue nos Aires, after the city of that name. In the war between France and Spain on one side and England on the other. the English captured Buenos Aires in 1806, but it was retaken by the in habitants later without help from the mother country, and the war for in dependence was really the outgrowth of the failure of Spain to help defend her dependency. The people refused in 1808 to acknowledge Joseph Bona parte as King of Spain and began a war in 1810, formally declaring their independence in 1816. This was at tained after a struggle lasting from 1817 to 1824, about the same length of time as our own war of the revolu tion, but was not recognized by Spain until 1842. Mundane considerations still have their old way of knocking the ro mance out of life. The author of a touching ballad, "I Love You, Ala' buna," has shaken the dust of Ala bama from his feet and it is evident from his remarks on the subject that he does not love Alabama any more, It is all because he tried to promote a co-operative cotton-growing enter prise and the going was not good in cotton growing on the basis proposed All the shekels the song brought in were sunk in the cotton field, and the doubly unfortunate feature of it all is that somehow the experience does not lend itself readily to the construe. tion of another song which has any promise of being popular and remu nerative. People do not care much about reading of failures, to say noth ing of singing of them. A million dollars is a lot of money to spend to carry on the fight for the open shop in San Francisco that is, if it is actual cash. More than en thusiasm at the start is needed in a campaign of that character, -for the other side will be as well fortified. besides being backed by a determina tion that does not know it is licked until after the obsequies. The coun try will watch the struggle with in terest. Southern pine is the one serious competitor of Douglas fir, and the reduction in rates from the Pacific Coast to Missouri River territory should enable the Oregon lumiber manufacturers to enlarge their mar. ket materially where prosperity has made the farmers and the cities lib eral buyers. Development of tho Oregon nitrate fields would reduce dependence of the United States on Chile and would help to make this country self-supporting as regards an important material for munitions in war and for fertilizers In peace, besides adding one more to Oregon's industries. The one condition on - which the King of Annam is permitted to hold his job is that he shall not do any work. As soon as he tries to be King in fact, France deposes him. The Sultan of Egypt could give him some pointers. The berry industry on a large scale will best flourish in a section where large families prevail. As these seem to have gone out of fashion, the berry industry must suffer for lack of many hands. It is not treasonable to state that not half. the available National Guard of the country has mobilized after three weeks' notice; but it might be so if the reason of the delay is asked. In a local case on trial a man al leged that his mother-in-law ran him off the place with a shotgun, which is not at all like mothers-in-law. They use a broom. The grand mobilization and rush to the border of state troops in 1916 will be one of the matters to make readers of history wonder half a cen tury later. Now for a highway across the state! The President has signed the bill to appropriate $85,000,000 for good roads, the states to spend a like amount. Since Gillies was slick enough to get out of jail, he is smooth enough to be off in another direction than the one in which he is being hunted. Rio Janeiro is looking for an un dersea merchantman to arrive almost any time. What's the matter with Seattle ? No alarm need be felt for the health of the Oregon soldiers if they are shot only with vaccine and anti-typhoid serum. What has become of the British blockade patrol, when German cruisers capture trawlers off the English coast? The difference between the Spokane auto robber and others of that tribe is that he scorns all false pretense. T n rlrl tirriAS thA fsmllv that would acquire "class" bought a piano. Now it s a car tnat turns tne tricje. The allies know Germany pulled one over them in the Deutschland, but must protest nevertheless. Watch the allies' ships press the three-mile limit when the Deutschland departs. Berry growers are learning the gen tie art of shanghaiing from the sailors, Finest kind of baseball .weather is goinso.wast here. How to Keep Well. By Dr. W. A. Rviii. Questions pertinent to hygiene, sanitation and prevention of disease. If matters of gen eral Interest, will be answered In this col umn. Where space -will not permit or the subject Is not suitable, letter will be per sonally anawered, subject to proper llmlta tlona and where stamped addressed en velope la inclosed. Dr. Evans will not make diagnosis or prescribe for Individual dis eases. Requests far such service cannot be ans ered. (Copyright. l1fl. bw Dr. W a Ftitii. FuMished by arrangement with the Chicago Tribune.) . Rheumatic Headache. I AM told that the most popular medl cine just now for self-medlcatlon is aspirin. There are people who are never without their aspirin tablets. I am told that coma people take one or more aspirin tablets every day. ' The American people are said to use physicians mora freely than any other people. American physicians are said to give, mora medicine than any other physicians. American people are iaM to usa mora aelf-prescrlbed medicines several times over than any other peo ple on the globo. When In topping off all these state- ments we aay that aspirin is the most popular of all medicine for self-medication we indicate that ita usa la very general. Aspirin Is built up out of coal tar and Is closely akin to salicylic acid and the salicylates. It is claimed for it that it has the good effects of aallcylio acid and at the came tima is easier on the stomach. Aspirin will g-tvia relief to the pain in rheumatism or any rheu matic disorder. In three cases out of four in which It is taken It has no ef fect on the pain or ache simply because It is unsuited to the case. A flour tab let or a soda tablet would have done just as well. Aspirin will relieve the pain of a rheumatic headache, but it gives no re lief in the general run of headaches. Therefore Its use for any and all aorta arm kinds of headaches is worse than useless. The drawback about using It for a rheumatic headache Is that it leaves the cause uncared for and, presently the rheumatic headache Is back and this calls for more, aspirin ad infinitum. At that aspirin is not the best remedy for the pain of rheumatic headache. Hot water bottles and massage are the best remedies for relief. Aspirin or aallcylio acid is the second beet. Rheumatic headache ia really not a headache. The disease Is in the mus cles attached to the calp. There la where the pain is located. From this location It runs up over the head and therefore gets the name headache. In most instances the pain starts at the back of the head, low down where the neck joins the head. Another favor ite site of this trouble is in the muscles of thetemple. About the best way to tell if a head ache Is rheumatic Is to pinch and press on the nearby muscles. If these are tender arul sore.lt means that the dis ease Is rheumatism of the muscles and that while the ache appears to be in the head, it is not. If turning the head or contracting the muscles of the neck causes pain or shows soreness to be present it means that the trouble Is In the muscles. The aching, having start ed, seems to run Into the head. - If a person with such a headache takes a dose of aspirin he may get a little relief, but what good does that do him In the long run? Rheumatic headache Is the result of infection. Bad teetb. bad tonsils, or a bad nose are the more frequent causes of the Infec tion. Heat, bathing, massaging, rub bing, will get rid of the infection pres ent at the time of a certain attack, but to prevent other attacks the nose, throat and mouth should be attend ed to. Thyroid Tablets. Mrs. M. F. B. writes that she had a nephew in his 16th year who was the size of a boy of 12. He was well, but grew slowly. He was given thyroid tablets. As soon as he commenced these his appetite became better and he started to grow rapidly. In less than two years he reached the average height of a man. Her family is under sized as a rule. RDPLT. A dozen years ago a foreign scientist re moved the thyroid gland ln puppies and runted them and then supplied thyroid and caused them to grow again. lie wrote a book on the relation of thyroid to growth. Since then there has been a considerable amount of Investigation on the relation between the different ductless glands and growth. Per haps within a few yeara the aubject of gr-jvth and the ductless glands can be put on a practical basis. The circumstances In your nephew's cue do not eliminate the pos sibility of coincidence rather than cause and effect.' If anyone wishes to try thyroid or other ductless gland extraots as a means of stimulating growth it had better be done under medical supervision. Probably Chronic. L. M. writes: "My boy has a bad, thick discharge from his nose and has had for; about two or three years. He has had his adenoids and tonsils re moved. Do you think as ha grows older he will outgrow it or should he be treated for it? Is there a possibility of it being hereditary? Please advise me on tha best way to treat him or how to care for him." REPL.T. Tha probability ia that he has a chronical, ly infected slnua and that tha pus la dis charging from it. If so, be will not be likely to outgrow It. you should have tt treated by a' nose specialist. Wrong: Diagnosis. S. C. D. writes that his boy, like F. C. H.'s boy, had frequent spells of fever, headache, etc. He was treated for two or three years for catarrhal condition of the stomacft. Then they had his urine examined and found that he had had Bright" s disease for years. It was Brlght's disease which caused the so called catarrhal condition of the stom ach, the fevers and headaches. Under treatment for Bright's disease ha Is getting better, but he still has some albumin in his urine. Delay In. recog nizing the true nature of his trouble has lessened his chances for a complete cure. Wakeful XoUts. F. R. writes': "Will you please give me your advice? I am living near a railroad, where the awitchlng of cars is going on all night. On account of my health I sleep outdoors, but the noise keeps me awake most of tha night. o that I cannot get a refresh ing, sound aleep. Is there a little device that, put over the eara, will shut out the noise, or can I put anything harm leess In tha ears?" KETPL.T. Stop your ears with cotton. Cream Ia Lighter. FOSSIL. Or.. July 9. (To the Edi tor.) To decide an argument, please state which is heavier, skimmed milk or cream, and if cream is tha heavier why it cornea to top. OLD, UHSCRXBER ECONOMY DECLABED ROT REAL Proponed Tax I.laslt Measure Criticised As Not Mrrtlsg Situation. PORTLAND, July 11. (To the Edi tor.) The debate at the Chamber of Commerce on Monday about the merits of the proposed state-wide tax limita tion amendment, between ex-Governor v est and State Treasurer Kay was quit Interesting and exhilarating on account of tha politely pointed person alltlea exchanged. Tha real merits and demerits, however, wera little touched upon by either side. This measure is of such importance to the stata in general and to every county Jn particular that it . should receive all possible publicity to defeat It. In Its present form It is a double faced measure pure and simple, a grandstand play made In tho name of economy. Pretending to be a public oenerit. it Is in reality a protection to special interests owning enormous areas of land in the stale ,which are now dormant and will be kept so for years. Tho benefit of a steady in crease in value of these holdings at tne least possible cost Is sought-by preventing taxation necessary for pub lic improvements. Neither the devel opment of tha stata in general, and of the many counties In particular, in which these holding are located, nor the necessity of building good and permanent roads for tho farmer in Oregon is of any moment or interest to them. "Noll ma tungere" Is their motto nd "Down with every expendi ture which does not directly benefit us" their battle cry. mere are no provisions made In this measure for equalising values In these counties or for regulating any emer gencies that might arise. This Is the principal objection to It. Suppose, for Instance, the state tax rata to be three mills and that a phe nomenal development takes place In one county, increasing by 60 per cent Dotn the population and tha value of tho taxable property within a period of four years, which Is by no means Improbable, and suppose that in an other county of tha state there Is a decrease of say 10 per cent In four years, how will this condition bo equal ized with such a measure on our stat utes? Tho various counties of Oregon hive hitherto carried on their tax rolls the sum of $21,222,435, assessed value of tho Congressional land grant and Cali fornia Kailroad Company. This vast amount has to be taken off tha tax roils this year. How this going to be equalized? The United States Congress has passed a road bill: the portion allotted to Oregon out of the Federal Treasury may reach 1500,000 and more to be spent on the roads In our state. But Unci Sam makes the condition that an equal amount be also expended by the state. The Federal Government expects either confirmation or refusal by the Legislature. How la this emer gency to bo met? Also, the United States Congress has granted a yearly increasing appropria tion for agricultural extension to this state, which soon will reach 1100,000, with the same proviso. How is this emergency to be met? For irrigation purposes we may also soon expect an appropriation reaching $1,000,000, and with the same pro viso. How is this emergency to be met? By special election, which costs the state over I9V0.000 each time one is held? Such is the only alternative left, according to the proposed measure. " There is no immediate emergency' re quiring quick action on this amend ment. Car. it not safely be left to the next Legislature to be properly con sidered before it is finally submitted to the people? FRED TOPKKX. GENESIS PUTS STIGMA O.V LABOR Mr. Ford Takes Issue 'With Clergy man on Subject. DALLAS. Or., July 10. (To the Edi tor.) A noted Portland clergyman is quoted in The Oregonlan today as sav ing: "There is nothinsr In th. wnr.l of God to indicate that labor has been sent upon mankind because of disobe dience to the laws of God." I believe that the second chapter of Genesis is generally understood by both the clergy and laity as being a part or me word or God," and we read in verses 17 and 19, inclusive: "And unto. Adam he said. Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee. saying thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thv sake: in sorrow shalt thou eat of it ail the days of thy life; thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee: and thou shalt eat the herbs of the field: in tho sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken; for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou re turn." I presume that our theological doc tor would draw a fine metaphysical distinction between a command of God and his inexorable laws, and between cursing man and cursing "the ground for his sake," but if we assume that it was the will of deity that man should obey his commands, wherein is the Jine to be drawn between his will and his laws? If deity is both omnipotent and om niscient his volition must be tanta mount to the laws of his being, and as he foreknew that man would disobey his command and that labor would fol low as a result thereof, then it was necessarily a law of God that labor should be the penalty of such disobe dience. The doctor's conclusion that "labor Is creative." and is also "tha force that makes life." is a truism, but In what way doea this fact remove tho stigma put upon it in the Genesalcal narrative? J. T. FORD. . Copyright of Music PORTLAND. July 11. (To the Edi tor.) Will you kindly give me some Information in regard to the copyright and publication of songs? To whom should one apply as a preliminary step: also the approximate cost of copyright? (2) Is there any publishing house In Portland who make a business of song publication. If not, to whom should one apply? Thanking you in advance. A SUBSCRIBER. (1) Publish the work -with the copy right notice. Promptly after publica tion send to tho copyright office. Li brary of Congress, Washington, D. C, two copies of the work with applica tion for registration and a fee of $1. (2) Consult any of tha leading music dealers in Portland. Writer Says Streets Are Dirty. PORTLAND. July 11. (To the" Edi tor.) I noticed on the front page of The Oregonian that tho state of Ore gon is going to use every precaution against the spread of Infantile paral ysis. The suggestion Is herewith of fered that as a first step in this con nection, either the Commissioners in this city wake up and voluntarily make some effort to see that tho streets in this city are properly cleaned, or that tha citizens take the matter up and force them to. The way our streets in Portland look is a disgrace and can't help but leave a lasting and undesirable impression on tourists. If we want to check the spread of disease, whether It bo infan tile paralysis, tuberculosis or other dreaded diseases, this is a good point at which to start. A. C. JACKSON. Work on a Submarine. London Opinion. Lady On a submarine? How Jolly! And what do you do? Sailor I runs forVd, mum. and tips her up when, wa wants, to -diva, . , In Other Days. Twenty-five tears Alto. From The Oregonian. JulT 12. ll. Three Oregon records were smashed st City View Park race meet yester day. Gold Medal trotted a mile In. 2:17i. Kesal won the mil and a six teenth, doing a quarter In 2SS. and the state record for the race was broken at the same time. Oregon Eclipse, after starting gallantly, quit on tha last eighth, the distance being too much. There is an apocryphal etory afloat in London that Mark Twain and Luke Sharp are about to start an American humorous paper in that metropolis, and that they will engage a number of American humorous writers. Luke Sharp may do it. hut Mark Twain has better business sense. He. knows has Englishmen too well. George Francis Train telegraphs Tha Oregonian from Rawlins. Wyo., that he will complete his trip around the world in 61 days, beating bin rec ord by five. days. He will arrive in Portland tomorrow morning at 9 o'clock. The Oregonian has established a complete and up-to-date photo engrav ing plant. Publication houses now so equipped include the New York Herald. Chicago Herald. New York World, and. the San Francisco papers; also iScrib ner's. Harper's and the Century maga zines. Dr. Laura A. Harris has returned front" her trip to Europe, t-he gradu ated from the Willamette University In 1889. and at once left for Vienna to study more. Mr. Winthrop T. Parker gave a box party Monday night at the Marquam Grand for the production of "Men and Women." After the performance they were entertained at the residence of Mrs. James Flower. Franx Ebert is the principal come dian en tour with tho Liliputians, who come to the Marquain this week. Half Century Ago. From The Oreuonlan. Julv 12. lBr,. Washington. July 10. The Senate to day passed a bill providing that no vacancies in the Supreme Court shall be filled until the number of associate justices shall be reduced to six." J. W. McQulnn and Miss Anna Beak, of Multnomah County, were married yesterday by Justice L. P. Andrews. The irrepressible Davy Newaom writes from Yaquina that there are now about 400 people on the bay and that 250 claims have been taken by actual settlers. Professor Wocd. author of our princi pal textbook on botany, "has arrived In the city after passing six months ex ploring the riora of California. Contractor K. M. Burton has started the Blumauer & Rosenblatt building on the northwest corner of Front and Alder. "STANDING BV THE PRESIDENT." Democratic Interpretation of Phrase Contrasted With Real Meaning. Corvallis Gazette-Times. "The President is commander and chief of the United States Army and Navy and should be backed by every loyal American citizen in his work as such."' Albany Democrat. The Democrat probably means "commander-in-chief." The United States Army doesn't have any "chief." and the American Army hasn't had any since the Indians ceased to have the leading American army. What we seriously object to is the sentiment implied in the paragraph. While it is merely an echo of the rot the Joinal publishes from day to day, it . is not worthy of a fair-minded in dividual such as Misfits usually shows himself to be. Of course every patriotic American is standing by the President in his trouble with Mexico. Of course they will stand by him if he has trouble with Europe. And a lot of them may have to stand in front of him Just as a lot 'of them are standing in front of him now in Mexico, a Ions: way in front. The severest critics of his Mexican mess are "standing by the President" in so far as they are trying to help him get out of it and in doing all in their power to create sentiment for the Army he has asked for. And that is as far as any self-respecting man or newspaper ought to be asked to go. If a party of drunken automobilists went tearing down a mountainous road and skidded the car over the bank, the average citizen would "stand by them" to the extent of doing what he could to get them out of the debris, but wo can't see why ho should be expected to indorse the spree and the reckless driv ing that got them into trouble or why he should refrain from criticising it. If a careless skater goes through on a stretch of thin ice the average citizen would "stand by him" to the extent of throwing out the lite-line and getting him safely to shore. But he wouldn't necessarily be n "copper-head" for de clining to praise the skater for fall ing in. If a greedy school boy eats a lot of green apples which give him cholera morbus, the chances are that his "patriotic" parents will "stand by him" in an effort to relieve the pain, but they would hardly be classed as lack ing in parental love and affection for refusing to recommend green apples as a steady diet. And it is just these fool things that our Democratic friends are asking us to do in Wilson's case. But. nevertheless. everybody ia standing by the President in his efforts to get himself and the country out of the mess. Some who condemn his "policies" moet severely are down there now with musket In hand, standing by him, but the things they think about his record In Mexico would entitle them to be classed, with the copper heads by tho blind partisans whose business It Is to shout "banzai" regard less of what happens or how much of it. Warranty Deeds and Abstracts, SKAMOKAWA. Wash.. July 10. (To tho Editor.) (1) A sells a piece of property and gives a warranty deed. B wants an abstract deed. A says if B wants an abstract deed he will have to get it himself. Which is to furnish an abstract if an abstract is required? B also says that a warranty deed is not good. Is it or is it not? (2) Is there such a thing as an abstract deed? (J) If I subscribe for a paper for one year and pay for it in advance am I legally obligated to publishing com pany for tho paper if sent to me con tinually after my subscription expires, oven though I take the paper from the postoffice? (4) If publishing com panies secure my name and continually sends tho paper without my ever hav ing subscribed for It, am I legally obli gated to settle for same, even though I take the paper from the postoffice? SUBSCRIBER. (1) The term warranty denotes a covenant in the deed of conveyance to tho effect that the grantor warrants and defends tha title against ' anyone who may have a superior claim. For breach of such warranty tho grantor is liable in damages to an amount not exceeding tho purchase price of the property. Hence tha value of the war ranty depends on the financial respon sibility of the grantor. (2) You probably mean a deed sup ported by abstract. Who shall fur nish tho abstract is a matter of agree ment at time of sale. (3) No. (i) No.