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TIIE MORNING OREGON'IAN. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 2, 1916.
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PORTLAND, WEDNESDAY, AUG. t, 1918.
. AMERICA FIRST, AND EFFICIENT.
Charles E. Hughes' speech, accept
ing the Republican nomination, for
President is a platform iru itself. After
showing the disastrous blunders into
which- President Wilson has been led
by opportunism born of political ex
pediency, confessed partisanship, im
practical ideals or economic fallacies.
he offers an alternative which will
appeal to every good impulse of every
' patriotic American. He takes as his
watchford, "America first and Amer
ica efficient," and he keeps it ever
befori him in considering every one of
the many problems which it will be
his duty as President to solve. There
is no hint of watchful waiting, of in
effective meddling, of strong words
sumption. When plots and conspira
cies were concocted on our soil by
alien intriguers, there would have
been no hesitation, but "prompt, vigor
ous and adequate measures" of suppression.
Clear vision of the Nation's reed of
preparedness for defense and-of the
Administration's failure even now to
see that need is shown by Mr. Hughes.
Mr. "Wilson pursued a policy in Mex
ico which proved to any farseeing mind
the need of an armed force adequate
for any emergency, but he did. nothing
to strengthen our Army, while he per
mitted our Navy to sink lower in in
efficiency. When public opinion de
manded action in this direction, Pres
dent Wilson denied the necessity and
said the demand came from the
"nervous and excited." When the de
mand became so unanimous that it
must be heeded, the Administration
gave us a military system, the insuffir
ciency of which has been exposed by
the mobilization of the National Guard
In one phrase Mr. Hughes condemns
the miserably defenseless condition of
the country by saying:
we are summoning practically all oar
movable military forces In order to prevent
Danait incursions.
He strikes at the weak point of
Democratic preparedness when he says
that, in addition to a reasonable in
crease in the regular Army, "the first
citizen reserve should be enlisted as a
Federal Army and trained under Fed
eral authority." That disposes of the
attempt to continue the National
Guard under divided authority of Na
tion and states while using it as the
first reserve. He shows full realiza
tion that preparedness covers not only
armed force but all our resources of
industry, science, education, health and
moral training.
While fully alive to the necessity of
preparedness for defense against war.
Mr. Hughes puts in the front the duty
robbed of their meaning, of sudden of organization for international peace,
advance and scuttling retreat in Mr. knowing that "war is not to be pre-
Hughes speech. He speaks out plain- vented by pious wishes." He would
ly and without equivocation on every I have the American Nation emerge
subject. We know where he stands from its isolation in order to Join
and why he stands there. His frank- I other nations in establishing inter-
ness is most welcome after a long 1 national tribunals, in codifying inter-
diet of high-flown, scholarly senti-1 national law and in co-operative ac-
ments and iweazel words, accompanied 1 ton to prevent war. He offers here
by wrong action or no action. I a practical programme for peace as
Mr. Hughes offers as a substitute I an alternative to the impractical
for the foreign policy of Mr. Wilson a schemes of disarmament and of Bryan
policy equally devoted to peace, equal- peace treaties.
. ly free from aggression, but firmly up.
holding American rights at all points. The present artificial prosperity
By strong words which would not I growing out of the war does not de
have been robbed of their force by tin-I ceive Mr. Hughes. He sees that the
official statements of policy he would depression prevailing during the year
have averted the Lusitania massacre before the war was the effect of
and the entire chapter of submarine I Democratic tariff legislation and that
outrages. He would have striven to I this effect is likely to be intensified
avoid trouble with Mexico by recogniz. I when peace- sends Europe's millions
ing the de facto ruler Huerta and, if I back to work -unless we take steps to
necessity had still arisen to use armed prevent them. He finds the Democ
force, he would not have drawn back I racy with its customary opportunism
until his purpose was gained. Nor adopting in piecemeal, ineffective
would that purpose have involved any fashion the very principle of protec-
eggression upon Mexico, much less tion which, it has denounced as uncon-
acquisition of Mexican territory. When stitutional. He offers as an alterna-
he found alien conspirators disturbing tive that Republican principle applied
peace and order, he would without de- scientifically with the aid of a commis
lay have brought them to justice or sion of experts, not sectionally but na
sent them packing to their own coun- tionally. He proposes National regu
try. As Mr. Hughes Is in the position lation of transportation lines, organi-
of attack on the Administration which zation of Industry without monopoly.
has dealt with all these complications, 1 promotion of agriculture, development
it is not incumbent upon him to specify I of our natural resources. He would
in detail what he would have done rebuild the barriers by which the
in each contingency, but it is easy to Civil Service was guarded against
The most strenuous endeavors have
awakened only languid interest on the
part of the natives, who are under
disadvantages both racial and climatic
Besides that, they have no such spur
of necessity as that which stimulated
the Danes to make of their dunes one
of the most profitable agricultural re
gions in the world.
FITTING ON THE BRAKES.
The Oregonian finds in the columns
of its intelligent and outspoken con
temporary, the Lebanon Criterion, the
following suggestion of a method for
the regulation and systernization of
the initiative and referendum:
There la every reason why the -voters
of Oregon should cultivate the habit of
voting "no" on the . many measures that
are to tie found upon the ballot the coming
general election. All of these questions
can, and should, be brought before the
-Legislature for action where they oould
be revised and amended if the wording is
found to be misleading or defective. Many
of tiiese measures are proposed by men
who have -selfish ends In view and should
their proposed legislation go before the
Leisl-uurs the "nigger in the woodpile"
would be uncovered and exposed.
The proposal Is not novel: but there
are those who will profess themselves
as greatly shocked by it. They would
take from the Legislature all power
to organize and make genuinely ef
fective the Initiative and referendum
and leave with Mr. LTRen and all
the other TJ'Rens, journalistic and in
dividual, the power of miscellaneous
law-making, or attempts at law-making,
to the great confusion of the state
and the disorganization, of methods of
public administration.
But without indorsement of or preju
dice against the Criterion's plan, it is
well to say that the time has ' come
when the state must face candidly its
problems and their solution and when
forward-looking men to quote the fa
vorite Presidential phrase must do
their duty without hee"d for the clamor
of demagogues or the criticisms and
attacks of abusive and unscrupulous
newspapers.
tively minor value are almost without
end.
All these take a new interest as a
result of accomplishments made with
in two years. Prior to the latter part
of 1914, operations had not been con
ducted at a depth, greater than 210
feet, the record set by the British
Admiralty in 1907. Expert American
divers, however, reached a depth of
300 to 305 feet in practical efforts to
raise the submarine F-4 just off the
harbor of Honolulu in 1915. This was
the first instance in history when a
vessel was recovered from a depth of
300 feet. It Is the basis upon, which
all efforts at salvage of Immense treas
ure are based. The depth mentioned
is sufficient to Include a large propor-
tion of the sunken treasure the where
abouts of which Is known.
Deep-sea diving is not a novel pur
suit, although its essential Improve
ments are of recent date. Alexander
the Great is said to have gone down
into the sea in a device that kept him
dry and at the same time gave him
light and air. Divers were employed
In the strategy of ancient war, but
their assisting paraphernalia was ex
ceedingly crude. Mostly it consisted
of a tube through, which the swimmer
breathed while the' upper efnd waa
kept afloat by a buoy or something
similar. There was no effort to over
come the air pressure encountered at
a great depth. The main endeavor in
those days was for concealment, and
a few feet served the purpose as well
as hundreds would have done
An idea of the difficulties that have
been overcome can be obtained from
the statement that as the diver de
scends he Is subjected to a pressure
increasing at the rate of 4.3 pounds
per square Inch of the surface of his
body for every ten feet of depth. To
prevent the collapse of his diving suit.
it is necessary to provide' for compen
sating pressure from, within, and when
this 'becomes too great the diver can
not live. Overcoming this difficulty
How to Keep Well.
Br Dr. W. A. Evansk
TIIE FINAL TEST MIST BR DEEDS
C-osapaurleetsj f ArreBtsllsmests a. a d
Frssilsri of Democratic Platfo
PORTLAND. Aug. 1. (To the Edl
tor.) In a recent editorial, entitled
Hand-picked," you say. among othor
things, that President Wilson wrole the
platform for the Democratic conven
tion at St. Louis. I would ask who
else was there to write it? Kor, who
else knows so well the great things
that ilson has done, as therein de
scribed? The platform must of neces
sity indorse "Wilson. Who has a better
knowledge of his worth than WllsonJ
himself? "The splendid victories of
our great president" have a prominent
place in the platform. ho knowa so
well as Wilson himself how splendid
these victories a.re? These . allesed
The house, a brick building, is up as fax truths are not of common knowledge.
as the second story. The men are brick I They need to be published abroad over
masons, hod carriers, mortar mixers. I the country, that voters may be poa
ca.rrtenter ,n,i per.r,i hinAra t, I Reaped of Information so essential to
s practically no shade. The tempera
Questions pertinent to hrns sanitation
and prevention of disease, if mattera of sen.
era! interest, will be answered In this col
umn. Where space will not irm 1 1 or the
suojecx is not suitable, letter will pe per
sonally answered, subject to proper limita
tions and where stamped addressed envelope
Is Inclosed. Dr. Kvan will not make diagnosis
or prescribe for Individual diseases. Re
quests for such service cannot be answered.
KJopyrlent. inia. by Lr. W. A. K-rans.
Published by arrangement with the Chicago
Tribune.
A
Beer Not Cooling.
6 I write I am able to see a group
of worklngmen building a house.
future - Democratic success, but which
ture in the shade for several days has those M,d to navo been KrcaUy
ranged xrora u to ts. The humidity has benefited.
rangea irora 68 to 1, being between 701 Free Went Wilson, therefore, writes
and 73 most of the time. The wet bulb I the platform and sets forth his own
temperature has ranged from 7S to 80. 1 achievements and lauds his own per-
golng up considerably during a rain. It
has been clear most of the time.
This is a dry district. Every morning
a beer wagon drives up and leaves bot
tled beer. I notice that the men drink
a- bottle of beer from time to time. A
mason Itina 1.,-tnv hrll, fn. e
minutes, wipes the-sweat from his face. 'ct himself but he fears no one else
ririnir. v . . . 1 knows It. It is his duty to tell the
sonality. Ths platform says in em
Phatlc terms that "Wood row Wilson
stands today the greatest American of
his generation." Of a truth thaj fact is
not generally known, Up to the pres
ent time it has been a secret. But this
is no time for secrecy. Let the truth
be told. Mr. Wilson knows this great
world of his wonderful discovery. He
bit. picks up his trowel, and goes back lB tho oniy ona possessed of this lnfor
to work. . I matlon. so. of course, he tells It and
A member of the crew of the Deutsch- ends the awful suspense. Which lm
land Is ouoted a 'allows- Y porunt Question, being settled, the
have beer on board, but not a drop of w'd cart turn to others.
it i take- ..... I This platform, written by the great
xM:.1:.1"" VZj"'?l "t. ; etc. declares, in a final bur.
In Other Days.
Half Century Ac.
From The Orrgonlaa of August 2.
Washington. July 19. To Cyrus W.
Field. Hearts Content: I heartily con
trratulate you and trust that your tn-
erprtse will prove as successful as your
efforts have been persevering. May the
cable under the sea tend to promote -
harmony between the republic of the
west and the governments of the East
ern hemisphere. Andrew Johnson.
Hearts Content. July 17. The Lon
don Times of July 17 says of the wle-
graph cahie: "It Is a (treat work. The
glory of the age. The nation, and those
who have achieved It deserve to be
honored aa benefactors of their race.
Osborne. Julr IT To the President
of the United States: The Queen con
gratulates you upon the successful
completion of an undertaking- which
lie hope, may serve as an additional
bond between the United State, and
Kngland.
About a dozen persons are mlnlnr en
the Cowllta Klver In the newly dis
covered district and they are making It
pay reasonably well. It Is said an In
dian made the diacovery a number of
years ago and was recently induced
by a bonus to reread the apot where he
obtained some rich specimens.
The new .tags route over which r.
M. Field. I. now traveling semi weekly
promise, to become an Important line
of travel. The coach touches at Hills
boro. Forest Grove and Lafayette, con
necting at the latter place with the
mall once a week for Tillamook.
ON THE WEATHER.
The weather occupies an intimate
and inseparable place in the life and
affairs of mankind: yet, strangely
enough, few are influenced by It to
change their daily routine. Why does
the Eskimo endure the constant hard
ships of Arctic Winters? Why does
the equatorial savage court the perils
of the Jungle and the discomforts of
the noonday sun? Why do the peo
ple of the Middle West suffer the dis
tresses that go. with nineteen intolera
ble days of debilitating heat? We do not
know; they do not know, except that
their fathers did it before them, and
they do not know an-y better.
There are 2,000,000 people in Chi
cago, and they have every Winter se
vere and destructive storms and every
Summer startling and hurtful changes
of temperature which make the days
precarious and the nights hideous;
but they stay on. There are people
who actually love Chicago. Strange!
The weather has been pleasant on
the Pacific Coast during the recent
terrible days in - the East
Middle West. But this
on is not unusual. There is no creasing rapiaiy. tins was omy uitj-
such thing as a torrid Summer here nine pounds per capita in 1900,-but it
construct from his criticisms an out
line of what his general course would
have been.
By his merciless dissection of Pres
ident Wilson's foreign policy, Mr.
Hughes reduces to ridicule the Demo
cratic slogan,
war.
spoilsmen until Democracy tore them
down.
The false pretense that the prin
ciples of Democratic rule are violated
by our retention of the Philippines
'Wilson kept us out of cannot stand before Mr. Hughes' logic.
He does not indict Mr. Wilson He maintains that we are performing
for not having gone to war; the in- a sacred trust to the Filipinos and that
dictment is that by "weakness and in- we should violate an international
decision in the maintenance of known I duty by abandoning it.
rights, -by "being stronger in words
than In . deeds," the President has Most refreshing, when, compared
greatly increased the danger of war. with the shuffling course of Mr. Wil
This indictment, supported by a mas-I son and the Democratic convention, is
terly marshaling of facts, by reference Mr. Hughes' outspoken declaration in
to chapter and verse in the voluminous favor of woman suffrage. Seeing that
out impotent diplomatic correspond- granting of suffrage to women is in-
ence of the last three years, win cause evitable, he believes that it should be
the voters to demand a more con- I done promptly and does not hesitate to
vlncing answer than a mere parrot- I advocate a constitutional amendment.
except in the Sacramento Valley).
There has been a little more rain than
ordinary, but there has been more
rain everywhere. Just now the sun
is shining brightly, and the breezes
are blowing softly, all nature is clothed
In verdure, and the world is quite
serene. It Is the ideal Summer time.
It is the kind of Summer we are ac
customed to have and rarely miss
having.
like repetition of "He kept us out of
war. The people may well ask:
"How and with, what result?"
Mr. Hughes showed that the weak
ness of Mr. Wilson's foreign policy i
Though the last, not the least im
portant among the policies advocated
by Mr. Hughes is "a simple, business
like budget proposed by the executive"
as a cure for that reckless extrava-
The Oregonlan frankly admits that Mr.
Hughes Is as much to blame, if there is
blame, for the Oregon land grant decision
as the other members of the Court, neither
more nor less, since the opinion was unani
mous. It adds that had Justice Hughes
instead - of Justice Kenna written the
opinion It would not have been ambiguous.
Our contemporary 19 too modest In Its
Qualification of the decision as "ambiguous."
With all due deference to the wisdom ana
learning of the Supreme Court of the United
Statea the decision la worse than ambiguous.
A IU.M' iu E1 U-UIUIL. I it Is asinine. Salem capital-Journal.
There is small prospectthat respon- I Oh, tut, tut! You are committing
sibility for the explosion at New York I lese majeste in talking about a de
can be fastened on any person. It 1 cision of the sacred Supreme Court.
Is in the very nature of a disaster of To be sure, no one .understands the
such magnitude to destroy all evl- decision, but nevertheless it is one's
dence of its exact origin. But this ex- 1 duty to look solemn, and act solemn,
plosion should teach men In authority and be solemn, and say he likes It.
to guard against Its repetition. 1 But what is it?
There is an excessive risk to human
life when vast quantities of ammuni- I That Kansas needs a new kind of
tion are assembled for export in and I advertising is the decision of the bank-
around a city of New York's size. An ers of that state. They propose to
dated from his inauguration and had I e-ance which, has. disgraced Democratic
Its foundation in political partisan-1 rule.
ship. Party necessity dictated the ap
pointment as Secretary of State of
Mr. Bryan, the least qualified man
who has ever directed our foreign re
lations, the man who vowed there
OXE BIO LESSON.
Mistaking numbers for strength, and for
getting, too, that the fame of the militia
at Bunker Hill and - New Orleans, was
should be no war while ha was at the acquired behind formidable entrenchments,
helm, and who thereby gave the 1m- nVit'ifvn:
pression that 'the strongest words I their discharge the 75.O0O three-months men
known to diplomacy ... are not I should be led into battle.
to oe taKeu seriously. -xnis man was Thla paragraph from Upton',
the chief Instrument through which Military Policy of the United States
men w. lung uipitramuc experience haa com9 way of Qregonian,
iv ere reurea to meet, partisan uemanus It eXpiams. Bull Run, and Bull Run
in me appointment or. inexpenenceo- i8 in itself a humiliating chapter in
I. " , , "a. . " the long and disastrous story of Ka-
He furnished the first inspiration, of tional Beif-,ufficienCy and unpre-
LiicL-i .ucah.au i"Jiiv-v n uiuii uegtfLiv i hi i parcel II eSS
. , i . . . , . I '
ULiter apparent ie-ton man Ul it. .lrl at -Rll T? or,H orcrs
came from a Republican diplomat and Confederate sidea nearly equal
"lal -"uuvi" utiiiauiiiu match. But the Union men were un-
vere uverpowerea uy sentimenuu
aversion for the beneficiary of Ma-
dero's murder. From that Initial blun
der sprang the whole "confused chap
ter of blunders," which have defeated
the Administration's professed pur
pose to help Mexico. The consequences
der short-term enlistments three
months and many of them wanted to
go home. The Confederates, enlisted
for a year, were less anxious about
terminating their service. On the
morning of the battle, July 21, 1S61
a regiment of Union infantry and
are summed up in telling phrase by Dattery of artlnery, .whose terms had
,iu, nugucs, auu 110 UlUCIilUllS 1.110
falsity of the boast that Wilson has
kept us out of war by saving of the
battle of Vera Cruz, "This of course
was war" and toy further saying:
We have not even kept out of actual con.
fllct. and the sou of Mexico Is stained
with the blood of our soldiers. We have
resorted to physical Invasion, only to retire
w-ithout gaining the professed object. It
Is a record which cannot be examined with
out a profound sense of humiliation.
expired, began their homeward march
"to the tune of the enemy's cannon.
The Federal troops lost Bull Run
principally through lack of discipline.
training and supplies. Officers were
amateurish, for they had had no ex
perience. Men ordinarily brave were
thrown into confusion by lack of
training and poor leadership,
The regulars at Bull Run 800 me
were the last to leave the field. They
covered the retreat of the beaten vol-
t
mere is no neea ior prontbitlon either. of rhetorlo thBt he h. -kept us out of
We have all tried at one time or m- wr." It stops there and does not tell
other to quencn our thirst with beer In I us exactly what war he has kept
our rest hours, onlv to suffer the tor- I out of. The platform I. a good one In
ture. of hade, when we are back on this respect, tnat it stops netore it
oni- nnt t. m.v.. .. , . I begins to state facta To some plat
r. . . - . form writer, facta are at times embar
ul " ,iiiuc utirn tnan ooes water ana , , . .,, k .1
i-uv. .iwiu.us m7 luv-o .ujuouiiou!. " uniiK. iisi wu.iiiei. o ism rnna nn it Tnlsrht have became neces
wouia permit tne aiver to work at enough or It in eight hour, of rest to .ary for him to tell us what the war
great depth has been the task of scien- bathe us in the four hours on watch." tax he has Imposed on us Is for. He
tists and men of highly technical me- The workmen on this building next has "kept us out of war" and since we
chanical skill. door will do well to listen to this sailor hv nt had any war why should wc
Now. it anneara. thpsn researches are I n t-o..,.i,i. a t, . t . 1 be required to ray for one?
i vu -- uiiua iicii i.,,:, laiiin i .. . . .
to hA nut tr financial nan. Thr la - . . - . I I do not WISH to De understood as
' " .. " - .. - l"riii m.ngnui. A pint gi or con- ..i,,,,.!., r, u-ll.nn'. little lltemrv
r7tm.etf. ta,n" "Kh'-tns of an ounce of .1- effort It is probably the fir.t plat-
of the treasure the sea thus holds but Cohol. nearly a tablespoonf ul. equivalent form he ever wrote and It must be re
It must be enormous enough, if It all to nearly two tablespoonsful of whisky, membered that hi. past training has
touiu oe recovered in. a cuori. l"u-- While cold beer taste, cool .nrf nl-n.- been along other line, of endeavor.
' w" Bumcmuis " nt to a hot man. It does not "cool Also mat ior some time past, na n
a flurry Jn the precious metal markets
and the monetary systems of the
world, '
The United States is about to be
come the fourth sugar-growing coun
try of the world, if the crop of the
present year yields the harvest It now
promises. Based on recent averages,
th estimatA for 1916 la close to 2.000.-
000,000 pounds of beet sugar, whereas actually Increases his body heat. He
a. ouarter of a centurv aeo It was onlv increases nis cnance ot aunstroKe at
one four-hundredth part of that least 100 per cent.
amount. The countries that surpass
us are Russia, with about three times
the crop promised us for this year,
and Germany and Austria-Hungary,
each with twice the amount. We are
and a people who love sweets, and our per I of clean, cool water to the men on the
condi- capita consumption of sugar is In- Job.
devoted his attention to "watchful!
waiting." and has been further engaged
In holding certain foreign potentates
to "strict accountability." and from
time to time has been obliged to Issue
"stern warnings." Undoubtedly his
mind has thus become confused be
tween facts and fancies. He fancies
that he Is the greatest, etc.. etc.. and
mistakes his fancy for an accomplished
fact. Anyhow, It Is an accomplished
fact that Bryan la "knocked Into
cocked hat."
A candidate with a record of past
The best drink for a man at work In df d worthily accomplished needs no
ptatiorm oi hji-ikuuiilui y uuiuuni ,,,
buncombe. The final tests of a party
nlatform are deeds and not worf.
good for him and for his men he will otherwise it is simply "molasses ro
hire a water boy ahd furnish plenty I catch flies." W. W. COX.
him off."
On the other hand. It beats him up.
The alcohol and solids are burned Into
heat. The effect of the alcohol is to
send an execs, of blood to the .kin.
Whenever a large amount of blood goes
to the skin It causes a feeling of
warmth. When a man drink, beer he
cause, himself to feel hot. He also
hot weather Is clean, cool water. If
the contractor next door know, what Is
Twealy-FIrs Years At.
Ftom The Oregonlsn of August S. llui.
St. Petersburg. Auc 1. King Alex
ander, of tier via. arrived at Kleff
Wednesday and was received on the
frontier of the government of Mosoow
by the Grand Duke Serglua Russians
are making a good deal of the boy, a.
tr.ey desire to retain the friendship, of
Servla, which would be very useful In
tne event of war.
Kalama, Wash, Aug. 1. The pros
pecting erase ha. struck this vicinity
nd excitement 1. at fever heat over
the discovery of some very rich free
milling ore in the hills 17 mile, east
of here.
Salem. Aug. 1. The change In the
uperlntcndency of the c-tate Asylum.
or the Insane took place this morning.
Dr. L. L. Rowland went la and Dr.
Harry Lame went out.
Two free concerts will be given to
ny at Portland Heights Park. Take
the cable car.
Chinese pheasants are being shipped
to Southern California for breeding
purposes.
The tramway of the Jetty at the
mouth of the Columbia Is completed to
the point within 300 feet of the end
where another track Is to be added to
enable the huge pile of rock that Is
to form the end of the work to be put
in place.
had increased to eighty-six pounds in
1915.
Poison Iry Relief.
C. S. P. writes: "Can one fine quick
relief from poison ivy? What is the
beat method ot treatment?
REPLY.
If the skin has not broken wash with
laundry sotip. If the sicln has broken wssh
the skin (round the sore place with laundry
soap at least once a day. Bathe the erup
tion area with warm water. Dry thoroughly.
spread some 10 per cent Ichthyol ointment
on gauze. Put thla on the eruption. Change
ointment twice a day.
Thyroid Tablets.
Russell W. writes: "Is it harmful to
take thyroid tablets to aid growth?"
REPLY.
They are safe enough when taken under a
physician's direction; otherwise not.
Advice About Baby,
Mrs. W. C. H. writes: "Will you be so
kind as to help me out a little, as this
is our first baby, we are so often at a
loss to know what Is right. Baby girl
entire tralnload, a warehouse filled to take greater pains to arm their insti- " " UII"UM nurse
the roof or a cargo Is in danger of be- tutiona in the country towns, the state hfr abut every three hours; have only
Ing touched off by a malicious or care- having suffered more than its share
given her a little mush (cooked three
less person, and a great city suffers as of the recent depredations of bandits, hours) and a good cracker about once a
much damage as though it were inten- Kansas has been a victim of her own aa- rlea"e a" lsa ma 11 yu tninR she
tionally bombarded. When risks are prosperity and her owvr lack of pre I i.a.vo hujuiiiik more to eati
so great, extra precautions should sure- pared ness. That there was plenty of stems perfectly well and healthy. Am
ly be taken. Since the financial risk money in her vaults every' hold-up
does not appear sufficient to induce man in the country has long known;
the corporations concerned to take I now it is proposed to show them that
these precautions voluntarily, the law I the treasure is well protected as well.
should step in to compel them for the
anxious to take off her wool Rubens
shirts. One doctor says never do this
unless I replace It with a sleevelet
teething band of wool; another doctor
here says the thing to do is to let her
WHAT OF THE OXE-TERM rLASKf
Roseburg Correspondent Anlti Seme
Oood Democrat to Explain.
ROSEBURG. Or.. July 30. (To the
Editor.) Now that the Republican and
Democratic parties have chosen their
nominees and announced their plat
forms and the Issues are getting pretty
well made l p, I would like for some
of the gool Democratic brethren to
explain to the voters of Oregon what
they have done with the single-term
platform of four years ago on which
Mr. Wilson was nominated and elected.
If this plank In their platform was
not "molasses to catch flies," what In
the name of the Great Jehovah was It
Maybe It was the result of an extra
flourish of the pen by the platform
committee, as one of Bryan's pet theo
ries came floating through the air.
Maybe they thought the old mul
would topple over as a result of hi
four years' debauch and that his ride
mijrht be in danger of being caugh
as the animal floundered In the wreck
of his own cussedness, to say nothing
of the "houn' dog" with a can on hi
tall trailing behind.
At any rate, the platform was there,
and Wilson sat on it. ran on it and
stood on it before the people and was
elected, and now he comes out
asks the same people to forget abou
It, and give him what? Another fou
years In the White House? It can
be possible! The Democratic party
since the days of Andrew Jackson ha
been of high Integrity, devoted to lofty
Ideals and pure sentiments and tru
to the exaction of a "strict accounta-
protection of others' lives and prop
erty.
Several hints have been given lately
that all is not "velvet" in the munition
business. The explosion is an addi
tional and forcible hint. Men have if they can catch, .him. A Zeppelin raid
flocked to New York to make money I avenges this Insult to his imperial
out of "war babies," but they may be I majesty. Soon the only difference be-
blown to fragments by those babies I tween a modern and an ancient Enro
before they have derived much pleas- I peaa barbarian will consist -In the
Reprisals continue to add to the I wear Just as little clothes as possible
savagery of war. Captain Fryatt tried and that she doe. not need even a
to ram a 'submarine and drown its gauxe. so I Just don t know what to do.
crew and he was shot. His friends Please help me out. Anything you
plan revenge by executing the Kaiser, might say about a baby thla age would
ure from their new-made fortunes.
style of their clothes.
MODEEX TREASURE: HtrNTEN'G.
Rapid progress has been made with
in less than a decade in the perfection
of methods of seeking treasure lost at
sea, and in this the United States has
led the way. The possibilities of re
ward are enormous, for not only have
losses of ships with rich, Imperlsh-
An experienced powder man han
dled the explosive that caused the
Deer Island tragedy. It is always the
man who knows that Is careless. The
novice is too much afraid of the stuff.
be appreciated very, very much."
REPLY.
Tf you are riving plenty of milk, keep the
baby at the breast until the last of Septem
ber. If you begin to run short ot milk sup
plement the breast by feeding.
Olve orange Juice or prune Juice, mush
cereal, crackers, and toast, finely chopped
vegetables such as spinach, greens, carrots.
turnips and beets. Begin feeding very slowly
and gradually Increase It. The cooler you
cress cer tue oetter.
Bone II unto us.
F. B. C. write.: "Kindly let me know
through the health column If you think
Mr. Hughes brushes aside as un
worthy of consideration the attempt 1 unteers.
to turn away attention from the Ad- A year later those same soldiers,
ministration's humiliating record of 1 who fled with a total loss of 2.7 per
blundering and vacillation in Mexico cent, would have scorned to give way
by attributing all criticism to desire for I under anything less than 50 per cent
war and aggression. He denies that I casualties.
the Nation has any policy of aggres- 1 Strange that today we have almost
sion or desires any Mexican territory, forgotten the true lesson of Bull Run
or in fact desires anything but Mex- 1 and talk boldly about a million men
ico's "peace, stability and prosperity." I springing to arms over night.
The policy which he outlines will give I Kxcept for Bull Run and the con-
no comfort to the small but noisy I dition that caused Bull Run, the Civil
knot of annexationists and exploiters I War would have been a comparatively
but will commend Itself to the sound I small affair.
sense of the great mass of Americans.
By contrast with the policy which I One of the minor reasons why Den-
permitted- massacre of American citi-lmark is willing to sell her islands in
lens at sea to continue unchecked for I the West Indies to the United States
a year before Germany was finally I may be its complete failure to instill
convinced that it must stop if friendly 1 In them any of the Danish spirit. In
relations with this country were to recent years the English language has
continue, Mr. Hughes offers a policy I taken so strong a hold upon the peo
which would have supported the talk pie that even the children of Danish
of strict accountability with an atti-! officials are said to speak it to the
tude so firm that the Lusitania would exclusion of their mother tongue. The
- not have been attacked. We should 1 English used has a strong British
have had no "whittling away of our I flavor, due to trade and consequently
. formal statements by equivocal con-1 social relations in the past. In an
versations" nor should we have had other respect the Danes have failed
hints conveyed to diplomats of the of- I and that was in imparting the love
fending nations that our brave words for advancement in agriculture that is
(were. Intended only for horn con-1 so noteworthy in the home kingdom,
Hundreds of San Francisco long
snoremen nave adopted a resolution that it U advisable for a man as x-e.es
able cargoes been large' in recent favoring prohibition for California, old to have Dono bunions of bo,h bIg.
years but we have the centuries to -a tnat upsets anotner tneory. toes removed by operation? Bunions do
draw against, when our machinery I not bother me much. Greatest objee
shall have beer perfected. That the ! in '" wntwe. uuSu uo- tlon ls tne un8lghtIy appearance of my
business ls engaging the attention of ",aye" "" "p'"' feet. Is there any danger of this opera-
serious minds is shown by uie. ract I"" tion causing permanent lameness? If
that two large corporations have been talking as sleep-walking. bunion, are not removed are they apt
organized within the past twelve I t
months to conduct these salvage oper- Nothing like a good start. Many
i- j ... nnrmla who live 100 rears were born
anon, on an . S,mn- rphnf thn trans- . the Question on the basis of the dl.
tney seem to nave vinuauy uuumjieu ; - - I ability prcunt. Bunions ara apt to grow
none. Tne operation is not to nmovi Ui
I bunion. Bunlona result from spread inr of
, iho bones of th ba.il of th foot. When by
operation the bones ara tied tog ether asjain
to grow worse with age?"
REPLY.
ca.Dital at their demand. The enter- piantingr account ior ic
nrlsAa a fa in thsi hanrls of men who
woulrt not risk monev on a scheme -! course noDoay naes a scanaai-
that did not have at least a strong I monger, put wnat are people to taut i tn. bunions disappear of their own accord.
element of practicability about it. about if tney are lorpiaaen to talk
The liner Lusitania, torpedoed and aoout one anotner. Tfce Buddha's Poor Gaesa.
sunk in 270 feet of water off the Irish Christian Herald.
Coast, is only one of the prizes to be Bevere penalties are tne 'oest cure l At the entrance of the lamasery are
cnnc-rit. Shn waa said to have carried I for lnaoillty oi auioznoDiusts to realize I eight large monuments, which contain
more than $1,000,000 worth of gold how fast they are going. It ls the I the ashes of eight Buddhas. Long years
oni 1-Plrv hMidM r rit ouantitT gold cure. ago. at the beginning of the Ming
J ' 1 . -ri-natv after rnrrf rifi-rtrlno- trim TMh.
or securities m .i, u.,ih u. w in were driven back from Chinese
of the gold. But tnese sums seem in- me young icnow nit. mo mer man terr,tory wnich they had overrun for
significant beside the treasure of the In wrath and now one is dead ana hundreds of miles. When the vlcto-
fleet of seventeen Spanish galleons I tne otner in sorrow, xnat is tne way I riou. Chinese General reached Kumbum
laden with treasure worth $140,000,- of man. - I he ent for these eight Buddhas and
nun .iiz,.Krf in Smith Amer-ioa nnrl 1 s&iq to mem. lou can react tne future
the West Indies, attacked by Dutch Motor car. to travel the track, are S 7!" T herT .hVjt 5. A...? J
understand the General's mind, said
'"Tomorrow." "No," said the General,
"It will be today." And it waa.
Quite a numtoer of temple, and build
lnra make up the lamasery. The chief
and English fleets in Vigo Bay and not a novelty in railroading and they
sunk by the Spaniards to prevent their solve a problem In handling Irregular
falling into the hands of their ene- traffic.
mies. The Bulletin of the an-Amer
ir-on T'nlnr, en that onlv about 20.- I With the best of the Beavers going
000,000 of this great treasure has been to the big leagues, the sand lots will temple, which, is dedicated to Tsong
recovered and that $120,000,000 sUll be spurred to develop something good. g, hV. a roof of gold7varlously
lies ai uio uuituin ui "J - ennlncttrred as bens- from one-eifht
Nearer home is tne steamer isiaaosr, xne unira tjregons are saia to ue f sji Inch to half an Inch thick. In
sunk In 320 feet of water off the coast I the best-fed troops on the border; at,i(ie is a large image of Tsong- Kaba.
said by some to be of gold, but It Is
probably overlaid with gold. The tern
pie threshold is covered -with planks,
and we saw many poor deluded peopi
prostrating themselves in worshl
there. Around the main building ar
many large prayer wheels, which are
of Alaska with a quantity of gold on that, they miss much.
board, said to have been J2, 000,000'.
The General Grant, wrecked off New
Zealand In 1868 with $15,000,000 in
gold bars and bullion, and the Floren
tia, on the west coast of 6cotland
carrying an equal amount, are other
prizes. The number of prizes of rela-
Say, Knights, how do you like this
weather? It is one of Portland's as
sets. ,
Nothing dubious n Mr. Hughes' kept well on the turn, by the devotees,
views. , 1 to obtain merit.
ility by its servants to their con
tituents for their every word, act an
pledge. In a pig's eye.
as not this plank In their plat
form a pledge to the people?
Moat certainly. But where 3s it
now?
My good friends. It has gone where
the woodbine twlneth. It sleep, the
sleep that know, no waking. In that
land of the golden .unset, whence no
traveler returns.
Thla I. a sad Incident. It ought to
be capable of some satisfactory ex
planation, but it Is not. Like a few
other strange phenomena that are
known to exist, it will permit of no
further Investigation, and one who
would penetrate the veil of its seclu
sion to bring back the pedigree of this
missing plank to an enlightened world
might well beware.
GEORGE JOJiES. JK.
TUB BRITISH VIEW OP AMERICANS
Srtitllinac Philippines Makes Unfa
vorable Impression Abroad.
EUGENE. Or., Aug. 1. (To the Edi
tor.) Perhaps the following excerpt
from recent remarks by the president of
the Iloyal Geographical Society (Eng
land) may be of interest to some or
your readers.
. . I hope France and England
and Japan will be able to help pre
serve them (Polynesian races) when the
Inevitable spread of commerce and civ
ilization stretches over the ocean. I do
not mention Germany, because she has
been turned out of the Pacific and I
do not imagine that she will ever be al
lowed to return. Nor do I mention the
United States, because Its people seem
reluctant to play the part of a great
nation, to undertake duties and respon
sibilities outside their own territory."
If this i. the reflection of the beat
opinion abroad concerning our conduct
of foreign affairs In recent year, it
ought to give u. cause for some seri
ous thinking. It would seem that our
late effort, to scuttle the Philippine.
makes the statement extremely apro
pos. ' WARREN D. SMITH.
CaraeKle Hero Fund.
MONKLA.ND. Or.. July 31. (To the
Editor.) To whom should one write
regarding Carnegie hero medals? Dur
ing our recent flood we had an example
of remarkable bravery by one of the
young men of thla community a poor
boy, who risked his life to save his em
player's young daughter, when he could
have escaped all danger himself. He
plunged into the flood and after being
carried a quarter ot a mile downstream
without losing hold of the unconscious
girl, was enabled to save both himself
and her. It seems to me a Carnegie
Medal was never given to a person
more deserving than this young boy.
MRS. S. J. RITCHEV.
Address Manager of Carnegie Hero
Fund, Oliver Buildlnsr, Pittsburg, Fa.
ECONOMIC ASPECT OK THE JITXET
Mr. narsee Asks When People Will
Eliminate Vaeleaa Repetition.
PORTLAND. Aug. 1. (To - the Edi
tor.) There ought not to be any ques
tion as to the impracticability of the
common use of the Jitney and its men
ace on the crowded public thorough
fare. There ought not to be any de
mand for the .'itney as a public carrier.
except for special hurry occasions Uiat
might be supplied by special service.
There ought not to be the similar prac
tice In a thousand and ona other things
of the repetition Jitney nature; but we
have them just the same and they can
not be dispensed with until we learn
through the glacial process ot evolution
how to better accommodate ourselves
in the various ways ot life.
For instance, will anyone tell why
we should have and pay for two tele
phone systems? Why two store, work
ing on half time, dispensing the same
goods to the same customers, when by
converting them Into less number, we
would accommodate with much less In
convenience the customers? Neither
should we have two or three milk wag
ons trailing along the same street, but
we have all these thing, jus,, the same.
Useless stores, useless jitneys, useless
milk wagons, useless telephones, useless
thousands of other things and we psy
tor them too. simply because we da not
know any better way.
Now there are some things we have
learned. Ve do not have two mail car
riers alternating the house-to-hotise de
livery of mail. Common Interest has ar
ranged that each take his route and de
liveries are made with the least poss--ble
energy and the greatest possible
dispatch. We do not have two half
occupied postal or fire stations ad
joining each other or on opposite cor
ners, because we long since learned
that we could supply ourselves better
by collective effort through Govern
ment and municipal ownership of these
thlna-s: yet the delivery of mall ls but
a small item compared with our other
daily necessities.
We wonder if the questioner regard
ing the Jitney menace would indorse
the social features of this letter In ac
tion and deed. Does he ask for pub
lic ownership of the streetcars that
would annul the use of the jitney
through individual collective interest?
Of telephone line, in Portland? Of
the foolish cu.tom of two men com
peting for the same Job with unfair
banner, instead of co-operating and
working half time, for the same
money?
It is sad that we do not know how to
manage our common, every-day affair,
to our own best interests. Just a little
exercise of common sense In the use of
the ballot, one day in one. two or
four years, would settle all these ques
tions of jitneys telephones, groceries,
milk wagons, unfair banners, etc.. etc..
ad Infinitum: yet we go on in our
prejudiced ignorance, not manifesting
as much knowledge as the beast of
the field. C w. BAiiitn..
SOCIALISTS BOHV, 3VOT MADE
Explanation Offered Why Members
Fight a -Among Themselves.
PORTLAND. Aug. 1. (To the Ed
itor.) la It not distressing to see such
unseemly quarrel, break out among the.
champion, of oppressed labor as we
witness at present in the squabble rag
ing like a tempest In a teapot within
the ranks of the Socialist party?
On the surface the issue might seem
to be concerned with what Is ortho
doxy and what i. not In the matter of
"scientific socialism." But the true ex
planation is ot a psychological nature.
Since Socialists are born and not made,
the necessity of fighting 1. one of their
strongest organic needa Tour true So
cialist would rather argue and carp
than eat.
Now that "scientific socialism has
been thoroughly exploded and ths
Marxian theory of labor value quit
completely discredited among political
economists, the regular dyed-in-the-wool
Socialists have been deprived of
ammunition to shoot at the capitalist
enemy. Consequently they have to en
gage in a sham battle. So they split
into sect, and enter into combat with
each other, for fight they must.
It Is a harmless struggle and rather
mildly amusing to outsiders. Nobody
will be hurt, and the worst that can
happen is that in warm weather a lit
tle additional perspiration will flow.
T. W, FRASElt, .