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TTTE MOT5XTNG OKEGOXIAN, MONDAY, AUGUST 7, '1916. PORTL-iM), OKEGOS. Bntered at Portland (Oregon) Pootoffic a second-class mail matter. Subscription rates Invariably In advance. (By Mall.) Bally, Sunday Included, one year s Ially, Sunday Included, six months -2o Dally, Sunday included, three monthly Jjany, bunday included, one monta.. Ijally, without Sunday, one year..... Dally, without Sunday, six months.. Dally, without Sunday, three months. Daily, without Sunday, one month.. "Weekly one year Sunday, one year -. Eunday and Weekly . (By Carrier.) Dally. Sunday Included, one year... Deuly, Sunday included, one month.. How to ' Remit Send postoffice money order, express order or personal check on your local ban Stamps, coin or currency are at sender's risk. Give postoffice address In full, including county and state. Foitsrs Rate 12 to 16 pages, 1 cent; 18 to B'J pages, 2 cents; S4 to -48 pages. 3 cents; SO to 60 pages 4 cents; G2 to 7tl pages, 6 cents; 78 to 82 pages, 6 cents. Foreign postage, double rates. Eastern Business Office Verree & Cor.K lin, Brunsvrick building. New York; Verree & Conklln, Steger building, Chicago. San Francisco representative, R. J. Bid well, 742 Market street. .75 e.oo 2.25 1.73 .60 1.50 2.50 3.50 .00 .75 PORTLA3TO, MONDAY, AUGUST 1, 1816. vision should be made for the possibil ity that relations 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 dlster will convince Congress of the folly of tMa course. XSONS OF MOBILIZATION IGNORED. Although there was serious delay In equipping the National Guard for ervtce 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 un. prepared 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 from the South Atlantic states except Virginia having been retained in home camps, Senator Fletcher explained that a Florida regiment had been ready to 0 "except that some equipment has been lacking in the way of shoes or otner supplies." Mr. Lee explained xnat "there was a great deal 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 hours had to wait seven days for equipment for new recruits. Senator Brady said 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 19, -but next day ino material from the arsenal had arrived and we were advised that the Government had no more blankets and was out of a num her of other articles." General Sad ler wrote to Senator Martina, "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 2 5 00 cotton blankets, though 7000 were needed, and no more had been received up to the date of his letter. He asked for un denrear, 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 fered 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 airy, 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 slow 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 Bpite 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 lie 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 Ding 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 out and sleep. They naturally arrived in the sultry desert fagged out, though two meu 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- ' of-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 an 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 uras 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 tha pro- COCNSCL FOB TEE 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 otner than they accusea 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 excerpt 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 nothing1 more ap propriate than engagement of the best criminal lawyer in defense of the administration's Mexican policy. campaign and those in GalllpoU 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 chanoes 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 Suvla 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 Galllpoll and Constantinople. But when the troops wanted food and water, they were found to be at Mu dros, sixty miles away; somebody had far-gotten 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 sentences: On March s. at dawn, a column of British troops reached the great Dujallar 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 River Tlrcrls. " The column was directed by General Aylmer, and was under the Immediate com mand of General KembalL No attack was delivered until after lo- A. M.. by which time the positions were packed with Turks ana tne road to Km was barred. Premier Asquith has a last agreed to a thorough inquiry into both the Galllpoll and the Mesopotamia epi sodes. It should bring out the full explanation, of the abortive surprises at both noints, surprises which, if they had succeeded, might well have changed the course of the war. TES 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 Oregonlan 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 comparatively short haul should be carried through Portland and one hundred miles beyond for the same rate that they are carried to Port land? Likewise la 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 th 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. nttPARATIOXS FOR PEACE. Mr. Hughes said In his speech acceptance that the United States "living in a fool's paradise" of mere ly "temporary prosperity created by the abnormal conditions incident to the war." His opuTlin that this pros perlty is only temporary is confirmed by the London financial correspondent of the New York Evening Post, who says; tv in now ran have realized centaln tan Bible benefits, but the moment, we believe, will arrive lust 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, M 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 the 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 lame duck Congressmen, it is to bo 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 and it offers a substitute, which smells of pork and party In every line. . BRITISH PROFIT BY BtrTEK8, The command of the British troops in the battle of the Somme shows marked improvement over that in 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 again through failure to send reserves to the support of the troops occupying it or through failure of reserves,, when or dered, to move promptly, as also hap pened at Loos. A thorough system of signals appears to have been ar ranged between aircraft at the farthest. point of attack and 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 txnche Is taken, the artillery ap pears regularly to move forward in challenge either majority or minority candidate. If no independent candi 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 pt 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 11 owing a conservative estimate of two for each state It is what one might call a nifty THEY ESCAPED WITH THXTA TVES. The following declaration was In cluded in the Democratic -platform adopted at Baltimore in 1912 The constitutional rlsrhta of American cit izens should protect them on our borders and so with them throughout the world and every American citizen residing or biv lng property in any foreign country la en- titiea to ana must be given the tun pro tection of the United estates Government. 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 a committee of American refugees 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 lert them to their fate: When this committee came In T at first thought they had come to thank us for nai we nad done for them, but when touna tney nad come to criticise I turned to them and said to them sharply: "Why did you ro to Mexico? Did von b-o to In vest? Did vou go to make money? XJid you go to better vour ranilltlnnf If vnn did. neither the Army nor the Navy nor the ig ui me cnitea states will protect you. ,, . 7 n man uoq you got away with your Instead of being given full protec tion for themselves and their property, as the 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. How to Keep Well. By Dr. W. A. Evans. Question pertinent te hygiene, sanitation and prevention of disease, tf matters of gen- erei interest, win be ana.-. ered In this col umn, Wnere apace wm not permit or th subject Is not suitable, letter will be per sonally answered, subject to proper limita tions end where stamped addressed envelope is inciosea. r. vans win not make diagnosis or prescribe for Individual diseases. Be quests for such service cannot be answered. d-opyrignt. 1919. by Dr. W. A. Evans. PENSION IS . DEADLOCKED tun for Relief of Iadlaa War Veterans still Us Conference. PORTLAND. Aug. . (To- the Ed itor.) Kindly state what became of the bill to pension all veterans of the war orlS65-(8 after 2 years of are. which waa before Conrress some time last February. PATRICK ROGAN. North First Street- PLEASANT HOME. Or.. Aug. 8. (To the Editor.) Kinly Inform me whether In Other Day. Published by arrangement wlth'th Chicago the Pension bill that passed the House Tribunal liny Ferer. THE United States Hay Fever Asso ciation is out with Its 43d anniver sary report. The organization Is to meet on August SI at Bethlehem. N. lis For more than 40 years the members of this organization have demonstrated that hope springs eternal in the human breast. 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- February IS, 19H. relating to Indian War soldiers who served from 1165 to 1891 ever became a law. . L Q. DEXXET. The Indian War pension bill, which passed the House February 1 and passed the Eenate May . 1 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 bill passed the House, It proposed to grant pensions of 120 a month to certain Indian War veterans and their widows, but required a showing of at least 90 days service on the part of the soldier. The Senate reduced the term of service to 10 days. stance he was followed by another suf ferer who claimed to have tried that ,d to this amendment the House con- particuiar remedy and to have found it ferees have agreed. ueo.utoiy worthless, pthers told her- The deadlock is over a 6enate amend rowing- taies or rush Br from on 1 . -. . t. - t. .v. . -n it is wnat one might can a nixty mountain resort to annth .Mn ....k .; - --- - law. Why cannot our own lawgivers relief! oSlJIo find that nay fever h2 FJr1 rCOT "bowing that th. soldier present something novel and refresh- 'beat them to It.'" was actually in me service si in lng like Mr. Richards does, instead of A cure for hay fever Is nearly as eral Government, th state or terrlto- contlnnxillv tinitfrine n. with the same I much of a will o the wtan aa It waa I rial rosters may be accepted as evl- old single 'tax. proportional repre- ";, renerUon J'h nature of the dence of Federal service. The Houae eentatlon and other borrowed Ideas? .v. . Jt V? OUDt: Tno I will not accept this provision. . . j im vui ids nay rever subject nas Become exuulsltelv aenel Th full trtrtrv nt tVi movable ern- I tlve to certain substances at llmu nnn bargo on exrorts of arms to Mexico -ned in the air. and that when these .. wj(uo in contmci witn inn 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, its has been lifted, but! harmless foods cause hjves. come membranes of the nose thev cause local condition somewhat similar to the condition or the skin In hives. The condition la closely akin to .that in Among the beneficiaries under the pending bill are Th lurvlTlni .officer, and enlisted men. Including- mill tie and volunteers ef th mill tary service of the tTnlted State, who have reached the age of S3 years, and who served for SO days In the campaign In Southern Oreeon and Idaho and northern parta of Twe-mty-fl ve Tears Ar, From Th Oregonlan of Ang-nst T. 11. Members of the Oregon Alpine Club who have ascended snow-capped moun tains acceptable to the club have been decorated with a neat gold badge, cir cular in shape. In the foreground of which stands a tent with a large pin tree behind it. In the background Is Mount Hood in white enamel, with a mall lake in front. The atone tor Frank Te1tum'a build ing at the corner of Third and Washi ngton street la beginning to arrive from the Ashland quarrlea and Iron columns and lumber are being delivered. Farmers rem many sections report wild oats more abundant In their fields this year than common. Some think that because of the dry Eummer many laid In the ground all aeaeon and cam out In full force this Spring. The question of changing the Port end & Vancouver Railroad from a tra Into an electric line has been lacueeed for some time, and It I 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 everal wagon road companies was taken yesterday when United States Attorney Mays andhts special asalat ant, A. H. Tanner, on behalf of the Government, and Hon. Rufus Mallory. counsel for the Oregon Central agon Road Company, and A. L. FTaaer. counael for The Dalles Military Wason Road Company, met at the offices of George H. Durham, examiner In chan cery, to begin taking testimony In the case.' which the eating of certain normallj California and Nevada from 185 to iSoS. in what assurance 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. aVCarrlzal? 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 students who go to college to study, but many so-called students go there only to escape th-e 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 elusive; th campaign against the Cheyenne. The substances to which the nose la I Arapehoee. Kiowa and Comanche In Kan- most frequently sensitized Is the pollen I " Colorado and Indian Territory from oi ragweea. - ine pollens or a lare-e I 1 ' 1 to i, inclusive; mo muo . I number of other plants may cause the I and 18T3: the campaign against the aisease. I Apacne or Ariaona in isie; tn campaign It Is recorded that a dlstlncruiahed I against the Klowaa, Comanche ahd Chey- phystclan of the last century could not nne In Kansas. Colorado, Texas. Indian sleep on a feather pillow because he I Territory end Isew Mexico In 1ST4 ana !; the campaign against tne Northern vnoy- ennes and -lou-x In 1ST6 and 1STT; the Keg Perc War of 1S77; the Bannock Wa'r of 1S7S; the campaign against the Northern Cheyes.nes In. 1878 and 1870: th campaign against th TJt Indian In Colorado and Utah, from September, 1879, to November. 1SS0, Inclusive; th campaign against the Apach Indians In Arlgona In 1SS5 and 1SS8 and th campaign against th Sioux Indians in South Dakota from November, 1890, to had become hypersensitive to feathers. I'nyslclans have never developed an entirely satisfactory method of treat ing any disorder due to hypersensitive- ness what Is known as an anaphy laxis. Using vaccines of one sort or other, about 50 per cent of cures are I reported. These vaccines are ued both as preventatives and cures. Whether used one way or the other. It is doubt fill f f half 1 1, a a . b, . . I l.m.... 1EH1 ln.ln.lv.- a A I , 1 v.nu nuuiu iii.ao ueuci Ueo "i. w.c.i benefited materially, and certainly less -The surviving widows of said officers and uppoi iumuea IO scquirs an euumnuu. man nair are permanently cured. Those I enlisted men who shall have married said iaiiures are not so liable to find their I survivor prior to th passage of thla act way Into the statistics. l ne 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 Since many husbands are prone to be frisky, a wife cannot be blamed for paying a "professor" 123 to put the "ninth, seal of Venus" on her spouse to keep him loyal. At the same time, if many wives would put I good In the long run. some kind of a spell on themselves I The Hay Fever Association reports they would not need the services of a on the freedom from hy fevr of 80 "nrnfpMor" whom nnven ai MmitAd I 1 icjju.i to husbands. provided. married. that auoh widows have not re- OKLAHOHA GUARD IS OX BORDER Newspaper Clipping Discloses Presence f Resrt tent at Saa Benito. PORTLAND. Aug. 6. (To the Edl tor.) 1 have noticed something said in districts. The report covers at least one city In each section of the United The Oregonlan In regard to the N states except trie lar soutn. ana tne 1 tlonal Guards in some Southern state Pacific SlODe. The Statistics are not I rem A I n In 0- In th.tr -mna lnmtm A nf Efficient fire prevention and fire-1 satisfying. For instance, Bethlehem, N. going to the front. Having a son in fighting In New York 'City have re duced the loss in 1915 to $5,757,018 as compared with ,12,000.000 In 1911 but of the 13,416 fires 8960 were in dwellings of some kind and should have been prevented. Fire prevention H., reports that 104 were exempt, 23 Oklahon a who is CaDtaln of the Hoi were not exempt, 65 were partially ex-I pita 1 Cf.rDs. I asked a friend to whom empt total, 192. There must have been I was writing one day. if. the Guard more than 192 hay fever subjects went out. This morning I received an mere. ivn w tne conuuiou 01 tne answer aavlna- t hut the Guird went nil remainder? Eagle's Nest. K. C. reported 19 ex- Is one of the Nmost needed forms of I empt. Were there other cases T A LOMOINO FOR XOTEITT. It Is with a feeling akin to chagrin that we admit that the most original thinker on processes of government and attainment of simon 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 of 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, strata 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 thereafter 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. Now Mr. Richards has elaborated the law and It is up again. It is one 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, we guess. But Mr. tTRen 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 i 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 stitute those who adhere to the prin ciples of the last party nominee for Governor. The minority constitute the dissenters. , , There is a pre-prlmary 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 is 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 eventthe 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- order to demolish the next line. paign. The first right of challenge The contrast between the present lis given the independents who may conservation. The Moose in California, headed by F. J. Heney, which has endorsed Wll 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. 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. The Justice of the peace at Gold Beach is a stickler 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 nation's 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. Core for Addlaon'a Dlaeaae. Mrs. E. W. writes: (1) Can you tell me if there Is a disease called Addi son's? (2) la It a lingerlngodlaease? (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 easea tuberculosis), of the suprarenal glanda. 2. yea a. Treatment for tuberculosis mar bo of some cervlce. . Most caees of salt rheum are caees of eczema. Become a vegetarian. Eat ho meat. eggs, or milk. If this does not cur you go to town and sea a skin specialist. Crle Acid. X. T. Z. writes: (1) How does uric acid affect a person? (2) What should one suffering from this eat7 (3) What Is a sure cure for uric acid?" EBFLT. 1. It causes gout and ston In the kidney. Most of the. acid poison lng is very Infrequent. 2. He should live on vegetables and fmlt. Dreaa and milk. 8. iatlng Irish potatoes (a about th surest cure. at first call. A clipping was enclosed from a recent paper which I copy for the good of all concerned: Our boys at San Ber.lio Every psrent of eon wno is in tne ok.anoma reRiment the border Is likely to be pleased at th report which Mijor Hugh Fcott brings home, In which he sas: Tne bovs of Oklahom National Guard sre better off at San Benlt than they would be at home. nue some homes are lonesome witn the beys at the front. Oklahoma neool are reassurea mat tne flower of the youn mennooa ot tne state is encampea in sanitary place and that disease Is to be for eign to tne uKianoma militiamen Ana the report or Mnior seott nrove th wiiaora ox tne severe physical tests -hlch our yount men were eubteeted Fort &IU by the critical examiners of th rteguiar Armv Department ah men or tne Oklahoma guard who were physically unfit for hard servloe were promptly sent nome. Tnose who passed th iwi ere in conuition to retti wuh vrv unr wnicn iutkb arouna a military ram wm owumem ironner. i ne OKianom. voun men are "salted": th&t I a rs.u t-. . . Knn and sinew to withstand the rlgot-s of a semi irnpic cumste ana tney are proving tha physical prowess Is a cl"tlnrt asset whlcl will keep them out of the regimental boa yiiau v keal b. ivman. 356 Eleventh street. Half a Ceatsry A ge. From The Oregonlan of August 7. 186a. DENVER. July 18. The stampede to Bear River continues, and Is on the ncrea-e. Rumors of the fabulous rlch- neaa of the mines are making aome of our old miners and prospectors wild with excitement. Stories of the bed rock having been reached and pay- dirt yielding from 15 to IS to the pan are rife on the streets today. Five thousand dollars has been sub scribed toward the college building at Albany and 92000 more Is wanted be fore the construction of the building will be commenced. The public .schools of the city opened yesterday under as favorable auspices s the large attendance will admit of. There were 197- scholars reported at the Central building. The United States has taken a new lease on the old rooms for court pur poses In this district, in Stark's block on Front street. We learn that the military authori ties have It lr contemplation to or ganize a company of friendly Indians to operate against the hostile Indians In the region of Canyon City. With a few white men to lead, the plan would bo likely to succeed. That Spot en Mountain. PORTLAND. Aug. 6. (To the Edi- tor.) People who gaze on the aurface of Mount St. Helena quite often as I do always notice the dark spot up near the top of the peak a spot which would appear at a distance of some 60 miles, perhaps, to be about the right sized hoi 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. I HAMPTON. 1430 Vancouver avenue. According to E. Georsre Williams, forest ranger In that district. It is quite likely that the spot on the side 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 acrea It waa Just below this cliff that Clayton B. Smith and wife lost their lives In July. IMS. ' Words Pronounced. PORTLAND. Aug. . (To the Edi tor.) In speaking the word "column," Is The "hoes" seems to be on 'Ed' Versteeg In the controversy with Road- master Teonfor not reading the daily papers and learning the schedule, on the Columbia Highway while work is In progress. ejnatementa you read about urio I1 correct to ay "column" or "colyumr rfig are untrue. Urlo acid poison- I ' "pumpkin" spoken as spelled or it punKin- correct? The former seems rather too much of an effort. la "spaniel" pronounced "span'l" or "span yel?" Also the pronunciation of "Deutachland." OLDSUBSCRIBER. The following sre the correct pro nunciations: Col-um; pump-kin: span- mouth" have anything to do with such yel. As for Deutschland, "eu" in German condition? Can "acid mouth" be cor- has a sound between h ir--ii.t. . Receding Gums, J. G. writes: What usually causes receding gums?. Does acidity or "acid rected? Is there any course that can Popular Impression that New Tork is a well-paved clty-gets a shock when told that mobs bombard streetcars with stones. Where do the mobs get the missiles? be Duraued that will aumlv anH net-. I .1 ,. ... -.., I Latin that will permanently and completely overcome the sensitiveness caused thereby? . REPLY. Tou are evidently eufferlns from py orrhoea. Tou must go to your dentist for treatment ofxyour gums. long 1. ' The "a" In land takes the broad sound. The nearest English equivalent would be Doltshland. Board Feet 1st Tree. PORTLAND. Or.. Aug. . (To the Edi tor.) Could you give me a rule to fig ure the number of feet board measure In standing timber? For Instance the number of feet (board) measure In a ree 42-Inch butt. 14-lnch top and H0 feet long. AN OLD SUBSCRIBER. The following rule la 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 1 feet long, and multiply thla by the number ot logs IS feet long in the tree. Applying this rule to the example given the tree men tioned contains 6800 feet b. m. European War Primer By National Geographical Society. Those fighting editors of Birming ham ought to submit to arbitration of fists before a. bald headed referee with a -plug 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 them Is 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. Preventloa of Flajrae. - Mrs. R. A. writes: "Is there any pre caution wblch can be used In our: homes for the prevention of infantile paralysis?" REPLT. Tes. 1. Keep away from every eaaec th oisease ana irom every person who has been in contact with the disease a any time dur. lng tno last wu cays. z. use a mouth wash twice a day. ft. Vse a nasal wash onoe a day. 4. eoreen your houee aralnst files. G. Sprinkle th dust In vour i-srd end a tnm vour street ar spnnkled. "Alfalfa Bill" Murray Is eliminated from the next Congress, but there will be other freaks of nomenclature reearalng state troooa on the border on the roll. from Oklahoma Thla state .mobilized and sent its militia into service soon After the threatened strike of his after the order came from Washington, Oklahoma II aa Militia. PORTLAND. Aug. . (To the Ed itor.) Kindly permit a former Okla- homan to correct your recent editorial, I drawn. -a - - " " -- auiois, i I . then heir a eenturv nerore Brody was created a town In the 17th Brody, one of the Gallcian 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 Galician 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 Lembery. which Is 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 soma extent about 40 years ago, when, after having enjoyed the priv ileges of a free commercial city ror ex actly 100 years. Its charter waa wlth- 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. The streets of New Tork are not 1 committed murder, after which he made wide enoucrh to hold the jitneys that his escape into the mountains. Ok win tm-rlne- out in the traffic strike. lhamo's first Governer. Charles Haskell, oroerea tne muitia out to run aown tno The North Dakota wheat crop Is 1f-h., iii,. .-.,.. - only half what it was last year, and Democrat who chances to occupy the the price Is rtsingrapidly. White House hag been doing to run down "Villa," The result was the same HeneVs Moose Lea-true indorses Wil- I in each instance. The Oklahoma mllitl son and that puts Heney in right under colonel Hoiiman, returned empty cook. Private Secretary Tumulty can appreciate the feelings of the railroad magnates.' where hebelongs. If handwriting la an Indication of character, the man who makes a bad check is a villain. 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 Baseball Pro gramme. PORTLAND, Aug. 6. (To the Ed- What do we want with Greenland's itor.) Is there any influence that can Icy mountains? Let Denmark have I be brought about to get the Portland them undisputed. The Democratic party will . make the income tax obnoxious by reducing the limit. This is Buyers' Week and the city belongs to the visitors. baseball management to Issue an up-to- date programme? We spend our money, ana what do we get? ou cannot tell a player by the-programme. They do not bat ac cording to the schedule. Half the time the number board is not up to date. So it is a guess and disi-ouraging to . many. A 6UBCIUBR. century it was the scene of an impor tant battle in which the Poles, com manded by their famous grand hetman. Stanislaus Ponieckpolskl. defeated Tartar army. This was the last battle of Ponleckpolski'a 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 dlsaatroua. for he was captured by the Turks In hla first Important en gagement and was held in close con finement for three years at Constantl nople. Upon his release in 1622 he waa placed in command ot th Polish re public's forces and. with a force o 25,000. defeated 60.000 Tartara at Martynow. His achievements agalns Gustavus Adolphus were no less note worthy than his long series of via torles whereby he succeeded in keeping the Ukraine under Polish rule. Brody twice suffered from disastrous conflagrations during the ltn century. The first, occurring in 1801, destroyed 1500 houses, while the fire of 1859 re duced 1000 homes and business estab 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 neares point, toward the northwest. Five mile from the city, just beyond the borde on the Dubno-Lemberg railway. Is the Russian town of Radzlwilow, with population of about (too. Rlgbt to Psssns I a toxicants, CLARNO, Or, Aug, 5 (To the Ed itor.) A says after January 10, this year, that no person can keep tn his room or cellar, any more than two quarts of whisky. B says he can keep more providing he bought It before the tate went dry, and does not sell, trade or give away, but has It for hla own private use. 5USSCRIBER. In Oregon there Is no reatrlotlon 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 deciaion was lately given by the Supreme Court, was Interpreted to limit possession to the quantity one might legally Import. Hla Foreign Tear, London Tlt-BIta. "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 in tne stone rioor and addressing a tourist from London "who do you think, sir. Is a-lylng 'ere on this spot?" "Well," answered the Cockney, "I don't know for sure, but I have my suspicions." Billy Sunday's Polltlea. PORTLAND, Aug. 6. (To the Edi tor.) (1) What political party does "Billy" Sunday affiliate with or favor? (2) Of what political faith Is the Chris tlan Science Monitor? SUBSCRIBER. (1) (2) Prohibition party. It is non-partisan. Colder lee at Bone. 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 says he'll give us colder Ice for the same money. There Is None. M'MINXVILLE. Or.. Aug. 5. (To the Editor.) Kindiy tell me the law con cerning the marriage of third cousins. AN OLD SUBSCRIBER.