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Postage Kates 12 to 18 pages. 1 cent; 18 to 82 pages, 2 cents; &4 to -48 pages. 3 cents; SO to SO pages 4 cents; 62 to 7S pages, 6 cents; 78 to 82 pages, 6 cents. Foreign, postage, double rates. Eastern Business Office Verree & Cor.lc lln, Brunsv.-lck building, New Tork; Verree & Conklin, Steger building. Chicago. San Francisco representative, R. J. Bidwell, 742 Market street. FORTLAXD, MONDAI, AVGVST 1, 1016. LESSONS OF MOBILIZATION IGNORED. Although there was serious delay In equipping the National Guard for Service on the border, the Senate has cut down the appropriations on the theory that our troops will not cross the Rio Grande. Senator Lee, of Maryland, made unavailing protests against the reductions and In the re sulting discussion many facts were brought out showing the unprepared ness of the Army for rapid mobiliza tion and the obstacles which, red tape Interposed to the prompt provision of supplies. All of the National Guard froau, the South Atlantic states except Virginia having been retained In home camps, senator r letcner explained that a Florida regiment had been ready to go "except that some equipment has been lacking In the way of shoes or otner supplies." Mr. Lee explained that "there was a great dee! of diffi culty in getting equipment." which was "engaged In the arsenal at .Phila delphia." He said it should have been at distributing points, but the fact was brought out that the law does not permit distribution to the Na tional Guard of more equipment than its muster-roll requires, and that many states have no storage room for equipment beyond peace strength. Thus one Maryland regiment which responded in less than forty-eight loura had to wait seven days for equipment for new recruits. Senator Brady satd the Idaho regiment was the only-one that appeared on the bor. der fully equipped and ready for service." An example of the Inefficiency of the War Department In rapid mobil ization was furnished by a letter from Adjutant-General Sadler, of New Jer sey, which was read by Mr. Lee. The National Guard of that state received orders to mobilize at 10 A. M., June 1 9, but next day 'too material from the arsenal had arrived and we were advised that the Government had no more blankets and was out of a num ber of other articles." General Sad ler wrote to Senator Martine, "telling him of the fearful fall down of the Army", and was wired that blankets would be sent at once by express, but he received only 2500 cotton blankets, though 7000 were needed, and no more had been received up to the date of his letter. He asked for un derwear, tents, shoes, socks and other articles by express, but was Informed that they could not be sent by ex. press without an order from the War Department, as regulations required that they be sent by freight. He of lered to pay the difference, but was told -this would require an order. which would take two days. Why the War Department could send blankets by express, but must send the other articles by freight is not intelligible to a person not versed In red tape methods. General Wood asked General Sadler, on June 2 5, to send off artillery, cav alry, a field hospital and ambulance company to the border next day. He promised to do so if Wood would, have the horses Inspected. Being something of a hustler with small respect for red tape, he had already taken an op tion on horses on his own responsi bility, but the inspection was so Blow that he "finally went on the warpath and got an arrangement made to hurry the inspection." He got the troops off at 11 P. M. on the day specified by General Wood, but he did so In spite of leisurely official methods. There was some discussion in the Senate about the transportation of troops on day coaches, where they had no room to lie down, because there are not enough sleeping cars in the country for such an emergency. Senator Warren remarked on how much better off the Guardsmen, were than the soldiers in the Civil War, who traveled In cattle cars, "and had to lie on the floor and some of the company would He down while the others stood." Senator Wadsworth said that, as compared with the Span ish war, "this movement Is a remark able success," and defended the slow ness of our mobilization by reference to the much greater distances in this country than in Europe. The American people have a right to expect that great progress has been made in arrangements for car rying troops since the Civil War and even since the Spanish War. The soldiers were packed three to a double seat in a day coach for a Jour ney of five days front New Ydrk to Texas In mid-summer, giving them no - room to stretch ont and sleep. They naturally arrived In the sultry desert fagged out, though two men on a double seat could have laid down and rested. The equipment and horses were taken on the same train as the men, and the speed was consequently held down to the limit of thirty miles an hour for mixed trains, which is fixed by railroad rules. It would seem that for such an occasion this rule might have been suspended and the troop trains might have been hauled at express speed with right- ' f-way over all other trains. Refer ence was made to the still greater discomfort endured by European troops in mobilizing, but Senator Brady aptly remarked that "sending '. an army from New Tork to the Mex ican border is like taking on army from France through Belgium and Germany clear over into Russia.' The average Journey in American mob. ilization is probably ten times that In Europe, and better provision for . sleeping is therefore necessary. The general tone of the discussion . was that, "we might have done much worse," and the disposition in cut ting appropriations was to make no provision for the possible contin gency of an advance across the bor der. Foresight dictates thars pro- Oil vision should be made for the possibil. ity that relatlonfe with Mexico may again become suddenly acute, as they have several times In the past, also for fully equipping the National Guard at ' war strength. Congress might well cut out much of the red tape which obstructs prompt mobiliza tion. But the aim. -seems to be to pro vide only for necessities that are Im mediately in sight, to make a show of preparedness and to trust to luck that everything will come out all right Apparently nothing but disaster will convince Congress of the folly of this course. COUNSEL FOB THB DEFENSE. When he lived in the Northwest, the chief accomplishment of James Hamilton Lewis, other than sartorial, was Ingenuity in the- criminal court in endeavoring to prove that someDoay other than the accused committed the wrong, or that no wrong had been committed. Mr. Lewis has Just risen in the Sen ate to charge that the Republican leaders, not the Democratic adminis tration, are responsible for the bandit raids upon the border. Villa's Igno rant ragamuffins, it seems, are keen students of American politics. When they discovered that the administra tion did not have the support of a party which had often been success ful in gaining control of -the American Government these bandits saw red. Nothing would satisfy except blood shed. As to whether the bandits sought to help the Republicans or were aveng ing the administration Is not exactly clear. But one thing stands out Mr, Lewis admits that outrages have been committed against Americans. It was only when hard pressed as a lawyer, that he would, concede the corpus de licti. We can think of nothing more ap propriate than engagement of the best criminal lawyer in defense of the administration's Mexican policy. YES OB NOT To keen? alive the public's interest (the Jobbers and certain other busi ness men are not forgetting them) in the issues arising out of the As toria rate decision. The Oregonian once more reverts to Portland's pecu liar situation. As has been stated numerous times there is no objection to Astoria's ac quirement of parity rates with Puget Sound. Moreover that general issue seems to be definitely settled. But the following Inquiries arise as to Portland: la it fair to Portland that commodi ties from the Inland Empire on a comparatively short haul should be carried through Portland and one hundred miles beyond for the same rate that they axe carried to Port land? Likewise Is It fair to Portland that a schooner, load of canned goods. sugar or other ' commodities may be loaded on cars at Astoria and shipped to the Inland Empire through Port land for a lower rate than if it were first shipped from Astoria to Portland and then from Portland to the Inland Empire?. Does not Portland's closer proximity to the Inland Empire than either Se attle's, Tacoma's or Astoria's entitle it to lower rates than either? These questions are undoubtedly to form the basis for a petition to. the Interstate Commerce Commission. Preliminary thereto it Is well to learn how the evasive ones stand on them The opinion of the Portland Telegram Is particularly desirable. It is able to produce columns on the glories of an open Columbia river but still leaves its readers in doubt as to its stand concerning Portland s case. Each of the three foregoing ques tions can be answered with a plain yes or no. Let us have one or the other. .REPARATIONS FOB PEACE. Mr. Hughes said in his speech of acceptance that the United States is "living In a fool's paradise of mere ly "temporary prosperity created by the abnormal conditions incident to the war." His opinlcn that this pros perity is only temporary is confirmed by the London financial correspondent of the New York Evening Post, who says; tt n nnw von have realized eentain tan rihiA Knfir, tint the moment, we believe, will arrive just when, no one can tell when the over-Impoverishment of Europe will react dlsadvantageously on you. In order to devise the proper means of meeting the conditions produced bv the reaction referred to, Mr Hughes proposes a commission of experts which shall study these con ditions and advise Congress as to the needful tariff and other legislation. He is promptly accused of planning to grant the demands of "tariff monopo- lists." Obviously the purpose of th administration In establishing a tariff commission is, while ostensibly grant ing the demand of the business inter ests, to anticipate the- action of the future Republican administration by occupying the ground with a com mission of its own choosing. This commission does not in any of the es sential points meet the requirements of the case. It is to be open to lam duck Congressmen, it is to be paid much lower salaries than bodies of no greater importance and its life is liable to be cut short in any year by a refusal of Congress to make appro priations for it Preparedness for the commercial and Industrial crisis which will follow the war is no less Important, than preparedness for defense of the coun try from armed Invasion. It de mands the best thought of the Na tion's ablest men, untinged by parti sanship. But the Democracy makes a partisan attack on the means pro. posed by the Republican leader an it offers a substitute, which smells of pork and party in every line. . BRITISH PROFIT BT BlrXDEBS. The command of the British troops In the battle of the Somme shows marked improvement over that 1 former battles in the present war. We no longer read the troops which have advanced - farther than was ex pected and come under the fire of their own artillery, as was the case at Loos Nor have any reports come -that ground gained has been lost agai through failure to send reserves to th support of the troops occupying it or through failure of reserves,, when or dcred, to move promptly, as also hap pened at Loos. A thorough system of signals appears to have been ar ranged between aircraft at the farthestJ roint of attack ana the artillery, so that fire is lifted beyond the most advanced troops. Ground Is no sooner gained than the forces which have captured it are reinforced and so strong a grip is taken on the captured positions that counter-offensives are usually thrown back. "When a line of trenphea is taken, the artillery ap pears regularly to move forward In order to demolish the next line. The contrast between the present campaign and those in Gallipoll and Mesopotamia suggests that Britain's customary period of preliminary blun dering has passed. The British have learned that anything less than their best will not suffice in this war; that no chances can be taken and that they cannot muddle through. This con trast appears stronger as more facts about their lost opportunities leak out. It has developed, for example, that when the expedition landed at Suvia Bay, only a few hundred Turks stood between it and the Straits and that prompt movement would have enabled the British to cut the communications between the main Turkish, force on Gallipoll and Constantinople. But when the troops wanted food and water, they were found to be at Mu dros, sixty miles away; somebody had forgotten to order the supply ships to follow up the troop ships. The troops waited for supplies while the Turks occupied the hills in force, and the opportunity was lost Another blunder, no less exasperat ing to the British people, was seem ingly responsible for the capture of Townshend's besieged force at Kut-el- Amara on the Tigris. The London Times tells the story in these few sen tences: On Maroh s. at dawn, a column of British troops reached the great Dujailar Redoubt at Ea Sinn, two hours' maroh from Kut-el- Amara. The redoubt and all the adjacent trenches were empty, for the Turks .were on the other side of the Klver Tigris. The column was directed by General Aylmer. and was under the Immediate flora. mend or General KembalL No attack was delivered until after lo- A. M.. by which time the positions were packed with Turks ana tne rota to Kut was barred. Premier Asqulth ha at last agreed to a thorough inquiry into both the Gallipoll and the Mesopotamia epi sodes. It should bring out the full explanation of the abortive surprises at both nointa, surprises which, if they had succeeded, might well have changed the course of the war. TBCEV ESCAPED WITH THEIR DIVES. The following declaration was in cluded in the Democratic -platform adopted at Baltimore in 1912 The constitutional rlehts of American cit izens should protect them on our borders and go with them throughout the world and every American citizen residing or hav ing p-operty in any foreign country la en titled to and must be given the full pro tection of the United estates Oovernmant. uom iot nimseir. ana ma property. The degree to which the Democratic administration has lived up to this declaration is shown by the following statement by Secretary of the Navy uaniels of the reply he made to committee of American refue-ees from Tamplco, who had been rescued from a, Mexican mob by German and Brit ish warships after the American squadron, by Mr. Daniels' orders, had lett them to their fate: when this committee fm in t fleet thought thev had Cuma tn fhnnlr urn fnr -wnai we naa Gone lor them, but when I found they had come to criticise. I turned to them and said to them sharply: "Why ju o to jiexico r via you go to in vest? Did vou go to make money? Did juu go to Dener your condition 7 If you aid. neither the Army nor the Navy nor the B omieu oiaiea will protect you, iou can thank Qod you got away with youi lives. ' Instead of bfjng glven full protec tion for themselves and their property, as tne Platform promised, these Amer leans were told: "You can thank God you got away with your lives." Well so they can, when the Government Is In such hands. A LONGING FOB NOVELTY. It Is with a feeling akin to cham-in that we admit that the most original thinker on processes of government and attainment of elmon pure de mocracy is not a citizen of Oregon nor a member of the People's Power League. He Is a South Dakotan and his name is R. O. Richards. Unlike our Oregon law-givers he does not borrow from New Zealand, Tasmania, Saskatchewan or Switzerland, but, we fancy, must sit down by his-own fire side at Huron and solve the problems or government without assistance. Mr. Richards has favored us with a copy of his primary election law which has been submitted to the vot ers of South Dakota. Mr. Richards was the author of a primary law adopted by his state in 1912. That law was given- scant chance to demon strate what it would accomplish, for the legislature of 1916 heartlessly re pealed it although it had been adopt ed by a vote of the people. In cidentally the question was thereafte raised as to whether the Legislature had authority to repeal an initiated law. South Dakota's constitutional provision for direct legislation in that respect is not very different from our own and the state supreme court has held that'the Legislature acted within its powers. Jsow Mr. Richards has elaborated the law and it Is up again. It Is on of the succinct observations of this South Dakota sage that "primary election laws all over the United States Invite mere personal contests Instead of Issues for public welfare. With that statement few In Oregon will quarrel not even Mr. tTRen. w guess. But Mr. ITRen would change all that with proportional representa tion, drawing his Ideas from other countries or from other schemers. Mr, Richards, on the" other hand, com munes with himself and produces pure South Dakota idea. His plan of encouraging issues within the party and of eliminating the office spoils system contemplates a party vote on platform and a series of compulsory public debates. Each party is divided into a "majority" and a "minority." The majority con stltute those who adhere to the prin ciples of the last party nominee for Governor. The minority constitute the dissenters. b There Is a pre-prlmarv vote In which a "majority proposal commit tee" and a "minority proposal com mittee'-' are elected. These commit tees meet Independently and propose group candidates and adopt platforms Each selects the "paramount Issue' of its Individual platform which la represented on the ballot in a motto of not more than eight words. A method for independent -proposal of candidates and issues is also pro vided. An Independent may grab a paramount issue for his own cam paign by filing it first with the Sec retary of State. In that evenfth mi nority proposal committee cannot adopt that paramount issue without naming the independent as Its candi date. The majority proposal commit tee is not compelled to accept an in dependent and his issue but may do so after the minority has refused to choose them. Candidates and paramount issues; Presidential, state and county go on the primary ballot and the party vot ers not only nominate their candi dates from- the list but adopt the paramount issue for use In the gen eral election campaign. There must be at least one Presi dential debate and at least twelve gubernatorial debates on the para mount issues during the primary cam paign. The first right of challenge is given the independents who may challenge either majority or minority I candidate. If no independent candi- I date comes forth with a challenge within a specified time then the right descends to the minority candidate. The challenged one in each instance selects the time, place and number of debates, and the number must be at least the minimum prescribed and may be more. If any candidate re quired to challenge an opponent fails to do so or if any candidate refuses to accept a challenge he is summarily kicked out of the running. Debates are-compulsory In the gen eral election campaign -between candi. dates for Governor, the penalty for failure to 'challenge or refusal to re spond being elimination from the bal lot The Presidential candidates, con siderately, seem to be left out of the general election debates but must ap pear in the primary debates. Fancy leads us to contemplate adoption by all states ot the South Dakota . proposal. What a revival of the declining art of oratory there would be! And think of the pre-con-ventlon candidates for President hastening from one state' to another with a baggage car loaded down with records and statistics pertaining to perhaps ninety-six paramount issues allowing a conservative estimate of two for each state! - It is what one might call a nifty law. Why cannot our own lawgivers present something novel and refresh ing like Mr. Richards does. Instead of continually pestering us with the same old single ' tax, proportional repre sentation and other borrowed ideas? The full story of the movable em bargo on exports of arms to Mexico should be brought out. The embargo has been off and on so often that such charges as are made by Repre sentative Rodenburg naturally result. Since Carranza has been in a concili atory mood, ithas been lifted, but what assuranbe has President Wilson that he will not become hostile again and use the ammunition he Is now importing to shoot our soldiers as he shot those, at. Carrizal? The safe course is to put on the embargo and keep it on until Mexico-settles down. The simple life prescribed by Pres ident Wilbur, of Stanford, is all very well for Btudents who go to college to study, but many so-called students go there only to escape the simple life and to make a bluff at study. If the simple life were obligatory, many would desert the universities, but they would probably be replaced by others who would make better use of their opportunities to acquire an education. Since many husbands are prone to be frisky, a. wife cannot be blamed for paying a "professor" $23 to put the "ninth seal of Venus" on her spouse to keep him loyal. At the same time, if many wives would put some kind of a spell on themselves they would not need the services of a professor" whose powers are limited to husbands. Efficient fire prevention and fire- flghtlng in New York "City have re duced the loss In 1915 to $5,757,018 as compared with J12.000.000 In 1911. but of the 18,418 fires 8960 were In dwellings of some kind and should have been prevented. Fire prevention is one of theNmost needed forms of conservation. The Moose In California, headed by F. J. Heney, which has endorsed Wil son for President, is the little Moose. The big Moose, headed by Governor Hiram Johnson, has declared . for Hughes. The head of the little Moose was always a Democrat before he be came a Progressive. The Justice of the peace at Gold Beach Is a stickle'r for the letter of the law. He held to the grand Jury men who cast their nets five minutes before the opening hour of the fishing season, overlooking a general rule that five minutes' variation of -watches is allowable. Take for granted that all the big nations have spies in the United States and that strategic maps are in the bureau of their capitals. What of It? Old free and easy Uncle Sam will wake updurlng the second year of a war. Portland Is growing too big longer to allow thrifty owners to stake out animals to eat the grass on parkings and vacant lots. A horse or a cow at the end of a rope does not fit in the scheme of the City Beautiful. The "hoes" seems to be on '"Ed Versteeg in the controversy with Road- master TeODvfor not reading the daily papers and learning the schedule, on the Columbia Highway while work Is In progress. Popular impression that New Tork is a well-paved c!tygets a shock when told that mobs bombard streetcars with stones. Where do the mobs get the missiles? Those fighting editors of Birming ham ought to submit to arbitration of fists before a, baldheaded referee with aTJlug hat on the back of his dome, Strikes are as epidermic in. good times as in hard times. About the only period when we are reasonably free from themis average times. Nobody but a slob would leave pic nic litter in a park or along the high way, and people guilty of the offense can take comfort In the title. "Alfalfa Bill" Murray la eliminated from the next Congress, but there will be other freaks of nomenclature on the roll. . After the threatened strike of his cook. Private Secretary Tumulty can appreciate the feelings of the railroad magnates. The streets of New Tork are not wide enough to hold the Jitneys that will spring out in the traffic strike. The North Dakota wheat crop is only half what It was last year, and the price is rtsingrapidly. Heneys Moose League Indorses Wil son and that puts Heney in right where he belonrrs. If handwriting is an Indication of character, the man who makes a bad check is a villain. v What do we want with Greenland' icy mountains? Let Denmark have them undisputed. The Democratic party will, make the income tax obnoxious by reducin the limit. This is Buyers' Week and the city belongs to the visitors. How to Keep Well. By Dr. W. A. Evans. Questions pertinent to hygiene, eanltatlom and prevention of disease. If matters ot gen eral Interest, will be answered In this col umn. Where apace will not permit or the subject Is not suitable, letter will be per sonally answered, subject to proper limita tions and where scamped addressed envelope is inclosed. Dr. Evans will not make diagnosis or prescribe for individual diseases. Re quests for such service cannot be answered. (Copyright, 1919, by Dr. W. A. Evans. Published by arrangement with the Chicago Tribune.) Hay Fever. rPHE United States Hay Fever Asso- JL elation Is out with Its 4Sd anniver sary report. The organization is to meet on August SI at Bethlehem. N. H.H For more than 40 years the members of this organization have demonstrated that hope springs eternal in the human oreast. In the report of the Lake Placid meeting for 1915 appear these statements, which typify the situation: "Nearly every speaker has some pet cure for the fever -which he urged the members to try. In almost every in stance he was followed by another suf ferer who claimed to have tried that particular remedy and to have found it absolutely worthless. .Others told har rowing tales of rushing from una mountain resort to another In search of rener, only to rind that hay fever had ocai I II Bill tO It. A cure for hav fever 1 UriT - much of a will o the -wian ii It wa generation ago. JThe natnrn of th disease is not known beyond doubt. The prevailing theory is that the hay fever subject has become exquisitely sensi tive to certain substances at times con tained in the air, and that when these suDstancea come In contact with the membranes of the uose they cause a local condition somewhat similar to the condition of the skin In hives. The condition is closely akin to .that In wnich the eating of certain normally narmioss tooas cause mvea. ine substances to which the nose la most frequently sensitized Is the pollen of ragweea. - i ne pollens of a large number of other plants mav cause the disease. It la recorded that a diatinirulahed physician of the last century could not leep on a feather pillow because he had Become hypersensitive to feathers. Physicians have never developed an entirely satisfactory method of treat- ng any disorder due to hypersensttive- nessi what Is known as an anaphy laxis. Using vaccines of one sort or an other, about 50 per cent of cures are eported. These vaccines are used both as preventatives and cures. Whether used one way-or the other, it Is doubt- fill If half the people who use them are benefited materially, and certainly less than half are permanently cured. These lauures are nor so liaDle to Una their way Into the statistics. The advertised hay fever cures are worse than useless. In olden times most of them contained cocaine. Few "con tain cocaine now, but every one has some drug which does more harm than good in the long run The Hay Fever Association reports on the freedom from hy fever of 80 districts. The report covers at leas one city In each section of the United States except the far South, and the Pacific Slope. The statistics are not satisfying. For instance, Bethlehem, N. H-, reports that 104 were exempt, 23 were riot exempt. 65 were partially ex empt total, 192. There must have been more than 192 bay fever subjects there. What was the condition of the remainder? Eagle's Nest. N. C, reported 19 ex empt. Were there other cases? Hot Springs; S. D., 19 exempt. Were there others? Petoskey. 4 exempt. 9 -not exempt, 11 partially exempt. ' There were more than 24 subjects at Petoskey, Care for Addison's Dlsesse. Mrs. E. W. writes: (1) Can you tell me If there is a disease called Addl son's? (2) Is It a lingering disease (3) What can be done for It, If any thing? (4) Can you tell me if there is any cure for salt rheum? REPLY. 2. Tes. It Is a disease (in most eases tuLerculosls).'of the suprarenal glanda 2. Yea U. Treatment for tuberculosis may be of some service. 4. Most caiea of salt rheum are cases of eczema. Become a vegetarian. Eat ho meat. etegs. or milk, ir this does not cure you so to town and see a skin specialist. rrle Acid. X. Y. Z. writes: (1) How does uric acid affect a person? (2) What should one suffering from this eat? (3) What Is a sure cure for uric acid?" REPLY. 1. It causes tout and stone in the kidney, Most of thestatementa you read about urlo eld polaonrng are untrue. Urlo acid poison. ing is very infrequent. 2. He should live on vegetables and fruit. bread and milk. 8. Bating Irish potatoes Is about the surest cure. Reeedlnar Guns, J. G. writes: What usually causes receding gums?. Does acidity or "acid mouth" have anything to do with such condition? (Jan 'acid mouth be cor rected? Is there any course that can be pursued that will surely and per manently arrest recession of gums and that will permanently and completely overcome the sensitiveness caused thereby? . REPLY. vou are evidently suffering- from py orrhoea. You must go to your dentist for treatment orxyour gums. Pre-rentlOBi of Flaa-ao.. Mrs. R. A. writes: "Is there any pre caution which can be uied in ou homes for the prevention of Infantile paralysis?" R-E7PLY. Yes. 1. Kee away from every case X th oiseaee ana rrom every person who has bee In contact with the disease as any time dur. ing tno laac w oaya. 2. Use a month wash twice a day. ft. Use a nasal wash onee a day. 4. Screen your house aralnst fllea. 6. Sprinkle the dust In your yard and see mat vour streets are sprinkled. Oklahoma' Has Mllltla. PORTLAND. Aug. C. (To the Ed itor.) Kindly permit a former Okla- homan to correct your recent editorial. as well as your answer to P. E. Daniels, regarding state troops on the border from Oklahoma. This state -mobilized and sent its militia into service soon after the order came from Washington, and is at the border now. If you will consult your files, you will recall that some years ago "Crazy Snake." a bad Indian, while Oiled with the white man's liquid civilization, committed murder, after which he made his escape into the mountains. Okla hamo's first Governer. Charles Haakell, ordered the militia out to run down tho desperado, offering a reward for Its accomplishment Just tike another good Democrat who "chances to occupy the White House has been doing to run down "Villa." The result waa the same in each Instance. The Oklahoma militia, undv-r Colonel Hoffman, returned empty handed, Just like Pershing's expedition eventually will return to the United States, while the American people laugh, but pay the cost. E. T. R. Better Baaeball Programme. PORTLAND. Aug. . (To the Ed itor.) Is there any influence that can be brought about to get the Portland baseball management to lseue an up-to-date programme? We spend our money, and what do we get? You cannot tell & player by theprogramme. They do not bat ac cording to the schedule. Half the time the number board Is not up to date. So It ia a guess and discouraging to many. A SUBSCRIBER. VERSION WLl IS , DEADLOCKED Heann for Relief of Indlam War Veterans Still la Coafemre. PORTLAND, Aug. . (To- the Ed itor.) Kindly state what became of the bill to pension all veterans of the war or"1865-8 after (2 years of age, which was before Congress some time last February. PATRICK ROOA.V. 44 North Finst Street. PLEASANT HOME. Or., Aug. 5. (To the Editor.) Klnly inform me whether the pension bill that passed the House February IS, 1916. relating to Indian War soldiers who served from 1865 to 891 ever became a law. - L G. CENXEI. The Indian War pension bill, which passed the House February 18 and passed the Senate May 9. la In the hands of a conference committee that seems to be hopelessly deadlocked, and unless compromise Is reached the bill is likely to fall. As the biU passed the House, it proposed to grant pensions of 120 a month to certain Indian War eterane and their widows, but required a showing of at least 90 days' service on the part of the soldier. The Senate reduced the terra of service to 80 days. and to this amendment the House con ferees have agreed. The deadlock la over a Senate amend rnent providing that where there is no Federal record showing that the soldier was actually In the service ot the Fed eral Government, the state or territo rial rosters may be accepted as evi dence of Federal service. The House will not aeeept this provision. Among the beneficiaries under the pending bill are: The surviving- officers and enlisted men. including militia and volunteers of the mili tary service of the United States, who have reached the ace of 63 years, and who served for 90 days in the campaign In Southern Orecon and Idaho and northern parts of California and Nevada from 1883 to ISoS. In, elusive; the campaign against the Cheyennes. Arapahoea, Klowaa and Comanche in Kan- Colorado and Indian Territory from ISO? to 1SC9. Inclusive: the Modoo War of 1873 and 1873: the campaign against the Apaches of A rl son a in 1878; the campaign against the Klowaa. Comanche and Chey ennes In Kansas, Colorado, Texas, Indian Territory and New Mexico tn 1S74 and 1875 the campaign against the Northern Chey ennes and filoinc in 1876 and 1677; the Nei Perce War of 1S77; the Bannock War of 1STS: the campaign against the Northern Cheyes.nee In . 1878 and 1879; the campaign against the Ute Indians In Colorado and Utah, from September, 1879, to November, 18S0. Inclusive; the campaign against the Apaehe Indiana In Arlsona In 16$5 and 1SS6; and the campaign against the Sioux Indians In South Dakota from November, 1890, January, 189U inclusive; and also to Include -The surviving widows of Bald officers and enlisted men who shall have married said survivor prior to the passage of thla aeti provided, that such widows have not re married, t OKLAHOMA GUARD IS OX BORDER Newspaper Clipping Discloses Presence of Regiment at San Benito. PORTLAND, Aug. . (To the Edl tor.) I have noticed something said In The Oregonian In regard to the Na tional Guards in some Southern states remaining in their camps instead of going to the front. Having a aon in Oklahoma whe Is Captain of the Hoa pltal Corps, I asked a friend to whom was writing one day. If, the Guard went out. -mis morning 1 received ai answer saying that the Guard went ou at first call. A clipping was enclosed from a recent paper which I copy for the good of all concerned: Our boya at Ban Ber.lte Every parent of son who is in the Ok.ahoma reKiment on the border la likely to be nleased at th report which Major Hneb Pcolt brings home. In which he sas: "Tiie buvs of Oklahoma National Guard are better off at San 15enlto than they would be at home. ' hlle some homes are lonesom with tne boys at the front. Oklahoma peopl are reassured that the flower of tne young msnnooa ai in siaie is encampea in I sanitary place and that disease la to be for eign to tne UKianoma militiamen." And the report of Malor Scott nroves th wisdom of the severe physical tests I hlch our youne men were mhltMl Port Sill by the critical examiners of th Regular Army Department All men of the Oklahoma cuard who were physically unfit for hard service were promptly sent home. Those who passed th test are in condition to battle with every uanser wnicn iutks around a military cam wumern ininuer. i ne UKianoma youn men are "salted": th& la rh. hav. and sinew to withstand the rigors of a semi m.pic cumaie ana tney are proving tha physical prowess Is a distinct asset whici will keep them out of the regimental bos NEAt B. IXMAN, S55 Eleventh street. ' Words Pronounced. PORTLAND. Aug. . (To the Edi tor.) In speaking the word "column." Is It correct to say "column" or "colyum?" Is "pumpkin" spoken aa spelled or is "punkin" correct? The former seema rather too much of an effort. Ia "apanlel" pronounced "span'l" or "span yel?" Also the pronunciation of "Deutschland." OLD SUBSCRIBER. The following are the correct pro nunciations: Col-um; pump-kin; span yel. As for Deutschland. "eu" in German has a sound between the English ot and long I. ' The "a" In land takes the broad Latin sound. The nearest English equivalent would be Doitshland. European War Primer By IVstlonal Geographical Society. Brody. one of the Gallclan gateways through which the troops of the Czar are pressing their advance upon Lem berg. is only about two miles beyond the Russian border. Thla Gallclan town is a point of great strategic importance on the eastern war front because it controls an Important railway line leading from Dubno. 35 miles to the northeast, to Lerabery. which la only 62 miles to the southwest. At the beginning of the world war Brody was a thriving commercial cen ter, with a population approaching 20, 000. more than two-thirds of whom were Jews. Its prosperity was checked to some extent about 40 years ago, when, after having enjoyed the priv ileges of a free commercial city for ex actly 100 years, its charter was with drawn. Less than half a century before Brody was created a town in the 17th century It was the scene or an impor tant battle In which the Poles, com manded by their famous grand hetman. Stanislaus ponleckpolski. aereatea Tartar army. Thla waa the laat battle of Ponieckpolskl's distinguished career. For a quarter of a century he was at war with Turks and Swedes, his Initia tion In military science being some what disastrous, for ha was captured by the Turks in his first Important en gagement and was held In close con finement for three years at Constanti nople. Upon his release In 1622 he was placed tn command of the Polish re public's forces and. with a force of 25,000. defeated 60.000 Tartars at Martynow. His achievements against Gustavus Adolphus were no less note worthy than his long series of vlo torlea whereby he succeeded In keeping the Ukraine under Polish rule. Brody twice suffered from disastrous conflagrations during the 19th century, The flret, occurring In 1801, deatroyed 1500 houses, while the fire of 1859 re duced 1000 homes and business eatab lishments to ashes. The upper waters of the Styr River forms an Irregular arc extending from the southwest to the north of Brody, being 10 miles distant at its nearest point, toward the northwest. Five miles from the city. Just beyond the border on the Dubno-Lemberg railway, la the Russian town of Radxlwllow. with population of about ItOO. In Other Days. Twe-mty-fl ve Tears it, Prom The Oregonian of Angcsx T. 181. Members of the Oregon Alpine Club who have ascended gnow-capped moun tains acceptable to the club have been ecorated with a neat gold badge, clr- ular In shape, in the foreground of which stands a tent with a larare pine ree behind it. In the background is Mount Hood in white enamel, with a mall lake in front. The stone for Frank Peknm'i build ing at the corner of Third and Wash ington streets la beginning to arrive from the Ashland Quarries and Iron columns and lumber are being deliv ered. Farmers rom many sections report wild oats more abundant in their fields this year than common. Some think that because of the dry Summer many laid in the ground all season and came out in full force this Spring. The question of changing the Port land & Vancouver Railroad from a steam Into an electric line baa been discussed. for some time, and it is said that the change will undoubtedly be made within a year. The first step In the new trial of the cases of the United States against the several wagon road companies was taken yesterday when United States Attorney Mays ancf his special assist ant, A H. Tanner, on behalf of the Government, and Hon. Rufus Mallory. counsel for the Oregon Central v. agon Road Company, and A. L. Fraser. counsel for The Dalles Military Wagon Road Company, met at the offices of George H. Durham, examiner in chan cery, to begin taking testimony in the case.' Half a Century Ago. From The Oregonian of Angust T. lBftA DENVER. July 18. The stampede to Bear River continues, and la on the Increase. Rumors of the fabuloua rich ness of the mines are making some of our old miners and prospectors wild with excitement. Stories of the bed rock having been reached and pay- dirt yielding from 5 to $ to the pan are rife on tne streets today. Five thousand dollars has been sub scribed toward the college building at Albany and $2000 more Is wanted be fore the construction of the bulldlnar will be commenced. The public .schools of the city opened yesterday -under aa favorable ausplcea aa the large attendance win admit of. There were 297- scholara reported at the Central building. The United Ptatea has taken a new lease on the old rooms for court pur poses lrt this district, in Stark's block on Front street. We learn that the military authori ties have It in contemplation to or ganise a company of friendly Indians to operate agaln-t the hostile Indians in the region of Canyon City. With a few white men to lead, the plan would be likely to succeed. That Spot on Mountain. PORTLAND. Aug. 6. (To the Edl- tor.) People who gaze on the surface of Mount St. Hel-ina quite often aa I do always notice the dark pot up near the top of the peak a spot which would appear at a distance of aome 60 mile-, perhaps, to be about the right sized hole for a groundhog to crawl into about -the second day of February. I think it Is a cliff, or of that nature, but the question is. What is the area of it? By kindly giving this information you will satisfy the curiosity of sev eral. A. L. HAMPTON. 1430 Vancouver avenue. According to E. George Williams, forest ranger In that district. It Is quite llkelyi that the spot on the aide of Mount St. Helens which Mr. Hamp ton refers to is a cliff on the south west side and about three-fourths the distance from timber line to the top, the area of which is approximately two acres. It wag just below this cliff rhat Clayton B. Smith and wife lost their Uvea In July. 191S. Board Feet Id Tt PORTLAND. Or.. Aug. 6. (To the Edi tor.) Could you give me a rule to fig ure the number of feet board measure In standing timber? For Inatance the number of feet (board) measure In a tree 42-Inch butt, 14-lnch top and 160 feet long. AN OLD SUBSCRIBER. The following rule ia used by the United States Forest Service and is supplied by L. A. Nelson: Diameter of butt plus diameter at top (both inside bark); divide by two. which gives the average diameter mid way between butt and top. Take the contents of a log. of this average diameter and 16 feet long, and multiply thla by the number of logs IS feet long In the tree. Applying thla rule to the example given the tree men tioned contalna 800 feet b. m. Right to Possess intoxicants. CLAR.NO, Or. Aug, 6. (To the Ed itor.) A aaya after January 10. this year, that no person can keep ia his room or cellar any more than two quarts of whisky. B says he can keep more providing he bought it before the state went dry, and does not sell, trade or give away, but has It for his own private uae. SUBSCRIBER. In Oregon there Is no restriction on the quantity of liquor, lawfully ac quired and kept for lawful purpose, a person may have in his own home. A Is probably thinking of the Washington law which until a contrary decision was lately given by the Supreme Court, was interpreted to limit possession to the quantity one might legally Import. His Foreta-n Tosr. London Tit-Bits. "Behind the altar." said the cathedral guide to a party of tourists, "lies Richard IL In the churchyard outside lies Mary Queen of Scots. And who" halting above an unmarked flagging tn the stone floor and addressing a tourist from London " who do you think, sir. la a-lylng "ere on this spot?" "Well." answered the Cockney. "I don't know for sure, but I have my suspicions." Billy Bandar's Politics. PORTLAND, Aug. 6. (To the Edi tor.) (1) What political party does "Billy" Sunday affiliate with or favor? (2) Of what political faith la the Chris tian Science Monitor? SUBSCRIBER. (1) (2 Prohibition party. It la non-partisan. Colder lee mt llooae. Boston Transcript, Mrs. Toungbrlde I'm getting our Ice from a new man now, dear. Toung brlde What's wrong with the other man? Mrs. Toungbrlde The new deal er aays he'll give us colder Ice for the same money. There Is Hone. M'MINNVILLE. Or.. Aug. 5. (To the Editor.) Kindiy tell me the law con cerning the marriage of third cousins. AN OLD SUBSCRIBER.