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THE MOTINTXG OREGONIAN. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 1916.
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PORTLAND, FRIDAY, SEPT. 15, 1916.
THE THOMPSON CASE.
The conviction of Bennett Thomp
son of the crime of murdering Mrs.
Helen Jennings raises anew the ques
tion of the value of circumstantial
evidence. There still are persons who
rdeclare that they would not convict
or a serious crime except upon airect
testimony, but these do not stop to
reflect that while direct testimony
may be, and sometimes is, manufac
tured, it is exceedingly difficult to
provide a chain of facts . of a cir
cumstantial nature in which the links
tit absolutely. The essential feature
of circumstantial evidence Is that the
facts so collated must clearly fit to
gether, and that taken as a whole they
shall show beyond reasonable doubt
the facts it is desired to prove. There
are many students of the law of evi
dence who seriously contend that a
strong; case built on circumstantial
evidence is apt to be more conclusive
than one depending on direct testi
mony, especially in cases in ' which
partisanship runs high and there is
a disposition on the. part of wit
nesses to take sides.
The conviction of Thompson was
brought about as the result, not of
any one outstanding circumstance, but
of many minor ones, some seemingly
unimportant when standing by them
selves, but of moment when taken
in connection with other facts. Such,
for example, was the incident of the
meeting of Thompson and Deputy
Sheriff Ward the night before the
murder, and the giving by Ward of
an election card to Thompson. So
also was the fact to which Ward testi
fied, that Thompson carried on that
occasion a package wrapped in brown
paper and tied with a peculiar kind
of twine. How these facts, seemingly
unimportant when taken alone, bore
on the fate of the defendant is shown
by the subsequent fitting of the bloody
hammer found after the murder of
the jitney driver, Ristman, into the
indentations in the paper also found
near the scene of the killing, and the
fact that both paper and twine were
of a kind not commonly seen, the
chances that both would occur to
gether being mathematically negli
gible. Then there was the testimony
adduced later in the trial that the
hammer was similar to the hammers
iised In numbers by the concern by
whom Thompson had been employed
previously.
On the day after the murder an
election card was found. It was like
that which Ward had given to Thomp
son. There also was found a bloody
shirt sleeve containing the stains of
graphite. Three days afterward per
sistent search disclosed the bloody
shirt which played a strong part in
the evidence in the case. It, too, was
smeared with blood, and the blood
stains were covered with graphite, as
If an attempt at concealment had been
made. Both cuffs o.the shirt were
gone and there was a patch on one
shoulder, made from a p,iece cut from
the tail. All these were "circum
stances." Taken by themselves, at the
outset, they did not seem as import
ant as they afterward proved to be.
Then the officers visited Thompson's
house, where they found two shirts,
which Thompson's woman companion
"declared had been given to her by her
sister. There was found on the line an
undershirt that had been recently
washed, which Mrs. Thompson the
similarity of names being due to the
fact that she was the wife of Thomp
son's brother admitted, that Ben
Thompson himself had washed. There
remained a blood stain on the under
shirt and there were several marks
made, as it was afterward proved
upon chemical analysis, by graphite.
Microscopic examination showed the
presence of blood corpuscles in the
stain. Then effort was made to trace
the ownership of the shirts Mrs.
Thompson declared had been given to
her by her sister. One bore the laundry
mark of one Al Howison, fiance of the
murdered woman. Howison had left the
garment at the home of Mrs. Jennings.
Mrs. Thompson's sister said she had
given two shirts to Mrs. Thompson.
She, however, identified the shirt with
the patches as one she had given Mrs.
Thompson. It appeared that the How
ison shirt was serving for the time
as a substitute for the one bearing
the patches.
Thompson admitted washing the
undershirt. He denied there was
blood on it and insisted that he had
not seen any marks of graphite on
it, although the operation of wash
ing gave every evidence of thorough
ness. Then came the cansheaf of th
structure of the prosecution, when the
bloodstained shirt was fitted over the
, undershirt, on the body of Thompson,
and the graphite marks and the stains
of blood were found to match exactly.
Thus, it appeared, there had been fit
ted together a series of links into a
perfect chain. Ordinarily there might
i have been ground for the defense to
contend that the matching of the
stains was a "frameup," but this had
been forestalled by the officers, who
had circled each stain on the under
i shirt with pencil in the presence of
, the woman who was the chief wit
ness for the defense.
There were other minor incidents,
none of which would have brought
conviction, but which strengthened
the case as a whole. Thompson had
' worked for Mrs. Jennings; he knew
r the country, while the murderer had
l shown his knowledge of a seldom
traveled road. His description tallies
. generally with that of a man who had
' sought to hire an automobile for a
' trip. One chauffeur was morally cer
tain Thompson was the man. An
. other witness who saw a- stranger
I talking to Ristman was "satisfied"
that it was Thompson. A man who
I saw an automobile when it stopped at
Fulton for gasoline testified with pos
i Itlveness that a man in the rear seat
was Thompson. These facts added to
j the weight of testimony against the
prisoner, Each played its email part
In making an impression on the minds
of the Jurors.
There was, too, the nature of the
defense. Thompson's atibi was partly
discredited by the interest of the
woman who was his sole corroborat
ing witness, and there was failure on
the part of the neighbor with whom
Thompson said he had talked to con
firm that fact. Another point strong
ly relied on by the defense was
Thompson's alleged unfamiliarity with
the running of an automobile. This
was weakened by the testimony on
cross-examination of the Astoria man,
Lou Riggs, who had been called by
the defense to testify that Thompson
had not been his "helper" on a motor
truck. Riggs testimony that Thomp
son had evinced deep interest in the
working of the machine, that he had
asked to be shown how to start and
stop it and had taken perhaps a dozen
"lessons," fitted also with testimony
and a demonstration as to the ease
with which the murder car could be
operated. It was shown that the car,
which was brought to court, would
start at one twirl of the crank with
the gas and spark levers set in nearjy
any position. It did not require much
knowledge to operate the car.
It was no one of these, but all to
gether, seemingly, that convinced the
jury. The case was a type. It Illus
trates in the strongest degree how
circumstantial evidence in its very na
ture can be overpowering.
LET MR, PORfDEXTEB SPEAK.
The old guard tried to beat Polndexter
In "Washington by denouncing him for sup
port of President Wilson's legislative meas
ures. Including the bill for reducing the
tariff. The standpatters raised the Issue,
and iv-bat they get out of It Is a. 12,000
plurality for Polndexter and a vote of con
fidence by Republicans In President Wilson.
Here we have an interpretation by a
Democratic newspaper in Oregon of
the Poindexter victory in Washing
ton. It is bluntly given out that the
Republican vote f or Poindexter is a
vote of confidence by Republicans in
President Wilson.
We do not now raise the question
as to the extent to which Democrats
in a Republican primary contributed
to the nomination of Mr. Poindexter.
There are of course thousands of men
who are dyed-in-the-wool Democrats
registered as Republicans, and they
voted -for Poindexter. Yet he is the
Republican nominee. There is no such
thing as going behind the returns.
But it will be an amazing thing if
Mr. Poindexter shall ask the people
of Washington to elect him as a vote
of confidence in himself and in Presi
dent Wilson. There Is a Democratic
nominee who will stand for the Wilson
policies. Does Mr. Poindexter stand
there, too ?
Doubtless the Republicans of Wash
ington are not unmindful of the view
taken by Democrats in Oregon and
elsewhere of their indorsement of Mr.
Poindexter. Naturally they will want
to know what Mr. Poindexter has to
say about it.
WOMEN IV THE PULPIT.
The great war has not given Eng
land enough to worry about, and that
country is torn with a live discussion
over whether or not women shall be
permitted to preach. The Church of
England has inaugurated a national
mission of repentance and hope, and
It has been zealously supported by the'
women. Suddenly it dawned upon a
few revolutionary minds that the
deserts of the women justified the
church in recognizing in a marked
way their efficient service. Probably
much good would come if the work
were turned largely over to them.
But of course the New Testament
says that there is a place for women
and it is not in the pulpit. That was
enough for many orthodox Britons
who regard the letter and not the
spirit of Biblical admonition. But the
bishop of, London thought that women
might preach, in this particular case,
on condition that they speak only to
women and girls, and never from the
pulpit, lectern or chancel steps. The
archbishop of Canterbury refused to
commit himself. Scores of the clergy
protested indignantly against what
they term a "dangerous and unscrip
tural innovation." The London Globe
devoted an editorial to the matter. It
declares it is of no concern whether
women can preach well and wisely;
the New Testament forbids it, univer
sal tradjtion is against it, and the
church niay not go counter to these
sources of authority. On the other
hand, the Telegraph held that it would
be churlish to deny the right to wom
en, who have served the nation so
splendidly in other ways during the
war.
England will in the end settle the
question as it was determined years
ago in America. There are women
preachers here, and they are accept
able in just the degree that they are
capable. A woman revivalist a gen
eration ago stirred up the religious
fervor of many communities as few
men have done. The women of the
Women's Christian Temperance Union
the pioneers among them were re
sponsible for the crusades of the '70s.
They showed then that they could
preach as well as pray.
England may after awhile take the
view that a woman in the pulpit is
no more out of place than a preacher
in the trenches.
SUBMARINES KEEP BUSY
Although little attention is paid to
the work of German submarines since
they abandoned methods against which
the United States protested, their ac
tivity in European waters has in
creased rather than abated. Lloyd's
list shows that in August 104 vessels
of all kinds were sunk, including fifty
five steamships,' of which the tonnage
was nearly 148,000. Britain lost forty-
three ships, Italy twenty-eight, France
and Norway seven each, Sweden and
Denmark five each, Holland, Greece
and Japan two each, Spain, Russia
and Finland one each.
New construction In Britain barely
keeps pace with the loss, though it
should provide a normal increase and
should make good losses by wreck and
wear. When these losses are added
to the deficiency caused by employ
ment of half the allies' ships in war
service and to the enforced idleness
of German and Austrian vessels, the
allies' restrictions on commerce can
well be understood. Cargo space has
become so precious that the allied
governments permit Its use for speci
fied purposes only. First come troops
and war material, then food, clothing
and other necessary materials for their
people, next commodities needed to
maintain foreign commerce and those
home industries which are essential
to financial strength. Beyond these
limits imports are limited by govern
ment decree, none being permitted of
certain commodities without special
license. rapcr puip enters British
ports in very restricted amounts, and
the size of newspapers has in conse
quence 1 been greatly reduced. So it
goes all along the line. .
The greatest tax on reduced shipping
facilities is the extent of the battle
area. Some relief would result If
the campaign .in East Africa were
wound up and the British army trans
ported to Europe. Much more would
be experienced if Britain were not
maintaining armies in Mesopotamia
and Egypt and if all the allies had not
an army to maintain in Macedonia.
The Germans by extending the war to
the Balkans compelled their enemies
to scatter not only their armies but
their ships, where submarines have
better chances of bitting them. Could
the allies by a resistless drive from
north, . south and east make a quick
finish of Turkey and Bulgaria and
reconquer Serbia, they would not only
gain great military advantage but
would relieve the strain on their
shipping resources. The far-flung
battle line Is a serious strain upon
them.
GREEDY FOB ALL THE GLORY.
A most effective criticism of Presi
dent Wilson's speech of acceptance Is
made by the New Republic, a thor
oughly independent weekly publication
which is by no means unfriendly to
him. It says Mr. Wilson assumes that
no effective protest was made against
industrial Iniquities until the Demo
crats assumed power, but that then
as by magic a new era of economic
regeneration began" and abuses were
dealt with by "a series of masterly
legislative acts." The New Republic
says that in attributing to himself and
his party the whole credit for this
work "Mr. Wilson id a gross injus
tice to the work of many Republi
cans." It continues:
The way -was prepared for the Democratic
achievements by Republicans at a time
when Mr. Wilson himself, to Judge from
his publio utterances, was very far from
being a Progressive and was certainly do
ing nothing to arouse the public" opinion
against prevailing abuses. Republican In
surgents were at one time putting up the
really effective opposition to the sinister
"invisible government" of the country.
Democrats, such as Mr. Byran, of .course,
participated In this- pioneer work; and the
Democratic party was better capable of
passing an acceptable revision ot the tariff
and of the currency system than the prog
ressive Republicans would have been. But
the Democrats have been bulldlnr on
foundation laid by some of their present
opponents. "It Is a pity Democratic lead
ers have not sufficient generosity and can
dor to recognize the obligation.
Never was there a more audacious 1
act of political plagiarism than the1
sweeping assumption of Mr. Wilson
that he and his party "did it all." ..To
go back to the enactment of the
first interstate commerce law, which
marked the serious beginning of the
movement for social and industrial
justice, the most powerful and deter
mined of its champions was the late
Senator Cullom, a Republican. In his
prime he was considered a radical, but
his party advanced so far beyond the
ideas he advocated in 1886 that in his
old age he was classed as a reaction
ary. The railroad regulation laws of
1906 and 1910 were both the work
of Republicans and were strengthened
after introduction by the persistent
efforts of- such Republicans as Sen
ators Cummins, Clapp and La Follette.
The anti-trust law of 1890 was the
joint product of Senators Sherman
and Edmunds, and the New Republic
shows Mr. Wilson's claim that that
law has been clarified by the Clay
ton law to be absolutely unfounded.
The first earnest efforts to enforce the
Sherman .law were made by President
Roosevelt, and they were continued
with redoubled vigor by President
Taft. The definitions contained in the
Clayton law were, says that paper,
"only those which had already sub
stantially been achieved in the con
struction of the law," and this con
struction was given in decision of
suits prosecuted by these two Repub
lican Presidents.
While this work was being done by
Republican Presidents and Congresses,
work of the same nature was done by
Republican Governors and State Legis
latures La Follette in Wisconsin,
Hughes in New York and other Re
publican Governors In other states.
The movement for public regulation
of publio utilities originated, grew and
attained success in the Republican
states of the -North, and that policy
was given its most perfect form by
Mr. Hughes in laws which have served
as a model for other states. The
traditionally Democratic states of the
South have lagged far behind the Re
publican North in putting that policy
in practice.
Mr. Wilson takes to himself and
his party entire oredlt for laws in the
interest of labor. He forgets that Re
publicans established the National La
bor Bureau in 1884 and the Depart
ment of Commerce and Labor In 1903.
The Department of Labor was estab
lished by a Democratic House and a
Republican Senate and President in
1912. The first eight-hour law, for
workmen employed by the Govern
ment, was passed by the Republicans
in 1868. The same principle was ex
tended to lettercarriers under a Demo
cratic President in 1888 and to em
ployes of contractors on public work,
under a Republican Administration, in
1892 and was further extended in
1912, both parties acting together.
Convict contract labor was abolished
In 1886, all the votes in its defense
being Democratic. Boards of arbitra
tion for labor disputes were estab
lished by the Republicans In 1898. The
law limiting hours of labor for rail
road employes was passed under Presi
dent Roosevelt, that which makes
railroads liable for accidents to em
ployes under President Taft, and both
these Presidents ardently championed
a Federal compensation law for work
men. The law establishing a Chil
dren's Bureau was passed in 1912 un
der Mr. Taft. In fact, the labor laws
passed under Mr. Wilson have simply
been additions to a great structure
which had been erected chiefly by the
Jtepubllcan party.
One would think, from reading Mr.
Wilson's speech, that nothing had
been done by the Republicans towards
Improving our banking system and
that everything of that nature had
been the work of Democrats. He
peaces upon the Republican party the
entire responsibility for past neglect
in this particular, though the Demo
crats made no use of their two oppor
tunities from 1885 to 1889 and from
1893 to 1897. The study of the sub
ject which was the necessary basis of
action was made by the Monetary
Commission, established by a Repub
lican President and Congress in 1909.
That body was composed of Demo
crats as well as Republicans and pre
pared a bill providing substantially the
same system as is now in operation
and under Government control. Men
tion of these indisputable facts does
not suit the partisan purposes of Mr.
Wilson.
Democracy worked itself up Into a
froth of fury against machine control
of the House, which it called "Can
nonism," but destruction of that con
trol was made possible by a stalwart
band of insurgent Republicans. The
Democrats no sooner trained power
than they built a new machine for
caucus control which more effectually
stifles Individual initiative -and action
than did Cannonlsm. Before he as
sumed office Mr. Wilson used . this
machine to prevent adoption by the
House of a single-term amendment to
the Constitution, thus flagrantly vio
lating a platform pledge.
In his desire for all the credit of
every' meritorious act, Mr. Wilson
speaks as though a rural credit law
had never been mentioned prior to
his accession to office. In fact the
initiative was taken by Mr. Taft, a
commission was sent to Europe by him
to study the subject and its report
formed the basis of the law now in
operation. That law, too, was the
joint product of Republican as well
as Democratic members of a joint
committee. '
Progress did not begin when Mr.
Wilson became President, It had
made great advances under Republi
can Presidents. - He has simply led the
Nation a little farther along the same
road. In several eases he has led it
off the road and along dangerous byways.
IRON IN AG III CTTLT C RE. j
The importance of agricultural ex
periment station work and its bearing
on commercial crops has just been il
lustrated in a new way in the solution
of a problem confronting the growers
of pineapples in the Hawaiian Islands,
and at the same time has thrown fur
ther light on the treatment of certain
crops in which, iron is a desideratum.
It appeared that a considerable num
ber of producers of pineapples had lo
cated their plantations on land the
top soil of which proved on analysis
to be deeply impregnated with manga
nese. The effect was not only to pre
vent the fruit from reaching full ma
turity but to make it,, practically in
edible. Until -recently the Government
was able-, only: to advise growers to
have their soil analyzed, and where it
was shown that there was manganese
present to abandon their'- efforts at
fruit growing" In favor of some more
favored locality.-
More recent investigations show the
value of knowing underlying causes.
In this as in other matters pertaining
to agriculture. It was proved that the
presence of manganese dioxide in the
soil had the effect of rendering all the
iron in the same soil insoluble. It
appeared, therefore, that the fruit that
failed to mature was dying for lack of
Iron,- although analysis showed large
amounts of iron present in the ground.
"Shis was simply locked up so firmly
that the roots of the trees could not
absorb it.
By means of a hypodermic needle,
the plant was then supplied with iron
in soluble form; the fruit promptly
took on new life and grew as it should
grow.- Palatability tests showed that
it was in no way different from any
other normal fruit. The experiment
was complete, except for the fact that
it was obviously quite impossible to
adopt the hypodermic method of treat
ment on a commercial scale.
No results were obtained by putting
Iron salts into the soil SO that they
could be absorbed in the usual way of
chemical fertilizers, but the plan of
spraying the leaves of the plants with
copperas proved a complete success.
The fruit was able to absorb enough
Iron for all Its needs, and as the cost
was relatively small, large plantations
that otherwise would have had to be
abandoned were saved. The result of
the experiment, it is believed, will
have far-reaching consequences.
In the new edition of the United
States Pharmacopoeia, which is the
official standard for drugs in this
country, one noteworthy change has
been made in the substitution of the
term "mil," an abbreviation of milli
liter, for the cubic centimeter, always
abbreviated "cc." The milliliter is
simply the thousandth part of a litre,
the litre being the precise equivalent
of a cubic decimeter, or a thousand
cubic centimeters. For the benefit of
those who prefer to take their medi
cines by the metric system, it may be
explained that the "mil"' is roughly
equivalent to a fourth of a teaspoon
ful. The term will be used constantly
in Government food and drug reports,
since the pharmacopoeia is binding
upon the .Government departments,
but it will appear In American scien
tific literature only. None of the
countries of Europe has seen fit yet to
make the change.
Naboth Hedin suggests that the
United States, as mediator at the end
of the war, support certain claims of
Germany o condition that that coun
try restores - Schleswig to Denmark.
He says - that Denmark would then
give us the Islands in the West Indies
for any price we might offer or even
for nothing. What standing would
the United States have as a mediator
if It were known- that our services
were given on commission to one na
tion? Mere publication of the scheme
makes its adoption impossible. If there
were not a multitude of higher rea
sons. Possibly Mr. Dielschneider was over
hasty Jn swearing at his wife when he
could not find his trousers. If on
finding them he had found the pock
ets empty there might have been some
justification.
San Francisco barbers plan to
charge half a dollar for a haircut. As
a man cannot trim his own locks, the
job is worth all the trimmer can get.
There probably never will be a safety
halrcutter.
Coos Bay coal is being shipped by
the carload into the Valley. Time
may be required to develop the mar
ket, for many Valley stoves are made
to burn wood, but the change is likely
to come.
It is reported that Carranza wants
an indemnity of $200,000,000 for the
invasion of Mexico by General Per.
shing's army. Modest, Isn't he?
A Lane County woman of 60 is suing
for a decree. The husband is 80, and
she alleges he accuses her of being
unfaithful. These children!
When Senator James Hamilton
Lewis comes to Oregon, we shall hear
a flow of pink language from among
his pink whiskers.
New York is a large city, and 70,000
men on strike will make only a ripple
here and there.
Greece is about ready to hop the
powder.caTt; Spain is next in line.
ThepKide-' gave many their first
view of the Army mule.
The best stylo of tax limitation is a
limit on the spenders.
The Bear is a "bear," the way she
hugs the shore.
The water wagon, Hanly up, is here
tonight.
Portland crowds need yell leaders.
They stepped Ilka regulars.
How to Keep Well.
By Dr. W. A. Eva a.
Questions pertinent to hygiene, sanitation
and prevention ot disease. If matters of gen
eral Interest, will be answered In this col
umn. Where space will not permit or the
subject Is not suitable, letter will be per
sonally answered, subject to proper limita
tions and where stamped addressed envelope
Is Inclosed. Dr. Evans will not make diagnosis
or proscribe for Individual diseasea Re
quests for tuch services cannot be answered.
(Copyright. 1916, by Dr. W. A. Evans.
Published by arrangement with, the Chicago
Tribune.)
DIABETIC SUGGESTIONS
FROM
JOS LIN.
FOLLOWING are diabetic sugges
tions, recipes and menus from
Joslln:
1. Hepco cakes, - equivalent to
one egg, Hepco flour, 4 2-3 ounces;
eggs, 2; cream (40 per cent), 2 ounces;
butter. 1 ounces. Makes 12 cakes.
2. Lyster muffins, equivalent to one
egg. Lyster flour. 8H ounces; eggs, 2;
cream (40 per centl, S ounces; butter, 2
ounces. Makes 12 muffins.
3. Bran biscuits for constipation.
Bran, 2 ounces; salt, teaspoon; agar
agar (powdered), 1-5 ounce; cold
water, 3 1-3 ounces.' Tie bran in cheese
cloth and wash under cold water tap
until water is clear. This washes out
the starch. Add the agar to the water
and bring to the boiling point. Add to
the washed bran the salt and hot agar
solution. Mold into two cakes. Place
In pan on oiled paper and let stand
one-half hour. When firm and cool
bake In moderate oven 30 to 40 minutes.
4. Bran cakes for diabetes. Bran, 2
cups; melted butter, 1 ounce; eggs
(whole), 2; egg (white). 1; salt, 1 tea
spoon; water. Wash all starch from
the bran by directions given above.
Wring dry. Mix the bran; well beaten
whole eggs, butter and salt. Beat the
egg white very stiff and fold in at the
last. Shape with knife and spoon into
three dozen cakes. Flavor with cinna
mon if desired.
E. Cracked cocoa. A cupful of
cracked cocoa nibs is added to a quart
of water. Boil all day. adding water
from time to. time.
. Diabetic lemon Jelly. Lemon
juice, 1 ounce; water, 1 2-3 ounces;
gelatin,- 1 dram; saccharin to sweeten
cream, 1 ounce. Soften gelatin in a
part of the cold water. Heat the re
maining water and lemon juice and
pour over the 'gelatin. Stir until dis
solved. Add saccharin. Strain.
7. Bavarian cream (diabetic). Cream
(40 per cent), 3 ounces; water, 1-3
ounce; egg, 1; gelatin, 30 grams; sac
charin to sweeten; flavor. Soften the
gelatin in cold water, then add the
cream, which has been heated. Stir
until dissolved, pour on the beaten
egg, cook like soft custard, turn into
mold and chill.
8. Ice cream (diabetic). Cream (40
per cent), 3 ounces; water, 1-3 ounce;
egg, 1; saccharin; flavor. Make a soft
custard of the egg, 1 2-3 ounces of the
cream, and tho water. Whip the re
mainder of the cream and fold into
custard. Saccharin is added to egg.
Flavor. Freeze.
Thrice cooked vegetables (also from
Joslln's "Treatment of Diabetes Mel
litus): The vegetables are cleaned, cut up
fine, soaked in cold water and strained.
They are then placed in a large square
of double cheesecloth and tied up, but
not compressed. This bag of egetablcs
is placed in fresh cold water and the
water is placed on the fire and heated
to ISO degrees. This water is poured
off and the bag is placed in fresh water
at ISO degrees. The water is brought
to a boil. It is then poured off and a
new water at 150 degrees is added and
brought to a boll. In this way the
starch content of vegetables can be
reduced by about half.
Swat the Weeds.
TP. A. H. writes: "Ragweed, accord
ing to reliable authorities, -causes S3
per cent of the huy fever. The Na
tional Hay Fever Prevention Associa
tion, 844 Audubon building. New Or
leans, La., Issues a very Interesting
pamphlet that urges a general war on
ragweed. 'Behead the ragweed' is
their motto.
"In behalf of the large number of
sufferers from this common malady, I
urge co-operation In this work. The
local board of health ought to lead
in such a movement, and if there is
an urgent demand they will act. Until
they do, each individual should deal
with the weeds on his own premises
and induce his neighbors to do like
wise. "Those who can afford to do so
should contribute to a fund to pay for
the cutting of weeds on vacant lots.
The street and road authorities should
have them cut on the highways. It
is hoped that all who recognize the
golden rule will join heartily. It is
desirable that this work be under
taken at once and that it be kept up
until frost kills the weeds. If done
thoroughly there will he few weeds
next year."
Probably a Tumor.
Daily Reader writes: "A single
woman of 43 years finds a lump of
increasing size and quite firm of char
acter down in left side of abdomen
which at times shifts about, sometimes
to center and again very low down.
Was first noticed little more than a
year ago."- Then about size of a small
lemon and now about double. Fre
quently darting pains scm to radiate
from it, especially after physical ex
crclse, fast walking, etc.
"Do you think any unnatural condi
tion exists? Have never consulted a
physician and do not wish to do so if
unnecessary."
REPLY". ,
Probably you have a fibroid tumor. It
grows from the uterus probably. Tou should
have an examination without further delay.
- Possible.
N. G. D. writes: "Three years ago
I was operated on for appendectomy
fixation of round ligament; age 46
years.' My physician tells me in two
years I will be all over change of life,
I am thinking of marrying again, a
man aged 60 years. Will I be liable
to have children, and if I did would
fixation make any difference?"
REPLY.
It Is possible but not probable that you
will bear children. The fixation should not
prevenr you from coins' through pregnancy
normally.
Stole on Chin.
F. B. D. writes: "Can a mole, about
the size of a pea, be removed from the
chin without leaving a scar?"
REPLY.
Yes. It should be removed with the knife.
The wound must be kept surgically clean.
Nature of an Oath.
Topeka Journal.
"Do you know the nature of an oath,
madam?" "Well, I ought to. sir. We've
Just moved and my husband has been
laying the carpets."
CONFESSION FROM HEADQUARTERS
Camilla's Shortcomings Officially At
tested by Administration.
PORTLAND, Sept, 14. (To the Ed
itor.) In an open letter addressed
through your columns to this writer
Eugene C Protzman declares that in a
recent cqjnmunlcation to The Oregonlan
I committed "a most atrocious calumny
against Carranza and the other officials
of the de facto government of Mexico."
He further advises me to consult cer
tain authorities to be found in our
Public Library and to write a certain
professor in the University of Penn
sylvania, eta, in order that I may get
a correct line on the many fine quali
ties that characterize the first chief of
Mexico.
All this I should like to do out of re
spect for Mr. Protzman. but election
day Is rapidly approaching and bis sug
gested method would require too much
watchful and wearisome waiting. I
have, therefore, concluded that the fol
lowing official pen picture of Carranza
and "his fellow officers in the de facto
government of Mexico" will fully an
swer the purpose for both Mr. Protzman
and myself. It is the official com
munication sent to Mr. Carranza by
President Wilson on June 20 last. The
man "who kept us out of war" said, in
part:
For three years the Mexican republic has
been torn with civil ttrlfe; the lives ot
Americans and other aliens have been sac
rificed; vast properties accumulated by
American capital and enterprise have, been
destroyed or rendered non-productive; ban
dlts have been permitted to roam at will
throughout the territory contiguous to the
United States and to seize, without pun
ishment, or w-lthout effective attempt at
punishment, the property of Americans,
while the lives of citizens of the United
States who ventured to remain In Mexican
territory or to return there to protect their
Interests have been taken, and the mur
derers have neither been apprehended nor
brought to Justice. It would be difficult to
find In the annals of the history of Mexico
conditions more deplorable than those
which have existed there during these re
cent years of civil war. It would be tedious
to recount Instance after instance, outrage
after outrage, atrocity after atrocity, to il
lustrate the true nature and extent of the
widespread condition of lawlessness and vio
lence which have prevailed.
During the last nine months In particular
the frontier of the United States along the
Lower Rio Grande has been thrown Into a
state of constant apprehension and turmoil
because of the frequent and sudden depre
dations and murders on American soil by
Mexican bandits, who have taken the lives
and destroyed the property of American
citisens. sometimes carrying American citi
sens across the International boundary with
the booty seised. American garrisons have
oeen atacked at night, American soiaiera
killed and their equipment and horses stolen.
American ranches have been raided, prop
erty stolen and destroyed and American
trains wrecked and plundered.
The attacks on Brownsville, Red House
Ferry, Progreso postofflce and Las Palades,
all occurring during September last, are
typical. In these attacks on American ter
ritory Carranziata adherents, and even Car-
ranzlsta soldiers, took part In the looting,
burning and killing. Not only were theee
murders characterized by ruthless brutality,
but uncivilized acts of mutilation were per
petrated. I quote this "atrocious calumny"
against Carranza. sent him officially
by President Wilson, because it is the
most complete Indictment of the Wil
son Administration for inefficiency and
the best illustration of the humiliation
the United States has endured through
a policy which relies on words alto
gether for upholding the isationai
honor and the rights of Its citizens that
has appeared in this campaign.
If in addition to this confession of
inefficiency from headquarters there
had been a plank In the National Dem
ocratic platform in 1916 that "was
made to be kept reading like this:
"The constitutional rights of Amer
ican citizens should protect them on
our borders and go with them through
out the world and every American citi
zen residing or having property In any
foreign country Ik entitled to and must
be given the full protection of the
United States Government, both for
himself and his property."
There are those who Insist that that
very declaration was in that platform.
I wonder how Mr. Wilson would har
monize his Indictment with his promise.
Hundreds of American citizens, with
and without property, have been mas
sacred in Mexico, as President Wilson
points out, in a foreign country whose
first chief is Carranza. ex-laborer with
Villa, "the unspeakable." Nothing has
been done about it! Nor will be under
Wilson. T. T. (JEER.
HIGHWAY IMPRESSES MR, HUGHES
No River More Beautiful Than Coins
bla. Says Nominee.
Describing the impressions of Charles
E. Hughes on his Western trip, the cor
respondent of the Boston Transcript,
writing from Estes Park. Colo., records
the fact that the Republican nominee
placed first in his experience his ride
over the Columbia Highway, of which
the correspondent says:
"Still back a few days at Portland
Or., Mr. Hughes and his party were
given an automobile ride for 80 miles
over the recently completed Columbia
Highway above the banks of the Co
lumbia River. In the East this river is
known most especially for its salmon,
but in the Far Northwest for its splen
dor. Familiar with many a foreign
country, Mr. Hughes declared there
was no river more beautiful than the
Columbia. For miles the asphalt winds
along the banks of the river. "At some
points the river lies a sheer 700 feet
below the highway, while Just as sheer
on the other side of the highway rise
hills of solid rock, spangled at a score
of places by waterfalls.
Political aspects aside, Mr. Hughes
was profoundly Impressed also by the
novel experiences of the tour. t rom
Estes Park, toward the end of August,
he came in close contact with snow, at
Long's Peak, which the correspondent
describes as "rising, with sharp in
dented skyline, nearly 15.000 feet into
the blue not the blue of the New Eng
land Coast, but the blue that is almost
purple, flecked with clouds, white
banked, whose chancing shape flows
over the summit of the peak, half con
cealing, half revealing the majesty of
its scenic splendor.
"There Is snow today on Long's Peak,
on the Mummy Mountain, its twin
brother, and on a whole chain of lesser
mountains that spike the sky far away
to the northwest. But none of them
are white-capped, save Long's, which
alone wears the crown of eternal snow.
Along the ranges the white lies In
pockets, scattered here and there in
crevasses asraihst a brown background.
Mr. and Mrs. Hughes spend hours sit
ting on the hotel veranda looking at
tho mountains, which seem intimately
close instead of hours away by motor."
But this is not the only part of the
tour that Mr. Hughes and all members
of the party will remember. Only a
week before he reached Estes Park
the nominee was passing through the
wonderland of California, a wonderland
of mountains, seashores, orchards of
orange, lemon and nut trees, countless
vineyards and fields of svtarar beets and
beans. The nominee will always re
member how his special train was load
ed down with glowing fruits by gener
ous growers wherever a stop was made.
A DESPOT ON HIS THRONE.
Like a despot on a throne
Built of bunk and punk his own,
Woodrow Wilson, it's well known.
Runs this country all alone.
Ho does not always keep In tone.
But changes his mind like Ben Slone,
Who sv.-apped his red cow for a roan
And next day traded with Malone.
Uncertain as a mad cyclone.
He makes business men all moan.
Boasting through a megaphone.
He flays Congress to the bone.
As meek as lambs, they atone
By knocking out the free toll zone.
Hear the rtten old platform srroan.
As patched up by old Bill Stone,
It's not worth a five-cent cone
Nor a wornout razor hone.
S. Jl. VENARD.
In Other Days.
Half at Century Asro.
From The Oregonlan of September 15. IS 84.
London. Sept, 12. The Times edi
torially admits that the Empire of
Mexico has withered away, and thinks
the country should be left to itself.
Vienna. Sept, 12. The negotiations
for peace between Austria and Italy
are making rapid progress.
Chicago, Sept. 14. The leading toplo
of conversation in commerolal circles
is the extraordinary demand which ex
ists for wheat and in consequence the
price of No. 1 Spring crop rose in the
market as high as $2.20 per bushel.
We have been requested to state that
the members of the Pioneer baseball
club will meet on the grounds, corner
Fifth and Oak streets, for practice this
afternoon at 6 o'clock.
As will be seen by advertisement, ex-
Street Commissioner Simmons' mule, so
long and favorably known in this city,
will be sold at auction today.
The ladies of Salem gave a reception
to Governor Woods on Thursday even
ing at the hall of Chemeketa Lodge of
Oddfellows. The beauty and chivalry
of Salem were gathered there, to say
nothing of tne spruce young men,
pretty girls and gray-haired Solons of
the Legislature.
Twenty-five Tears Ago.
From The Oregonlan of Soptember 13. 1391.
Berlin. Sept, 14. Prices on the Bourse
were weakened this morning on the re
port that a port on the island of Mlty
lene had been seized by British naval
forces.
The boarding around the Chamber of
Commerce building foundation will be
removed today and active building ope
rations will be begun in a few days.
A lot of the stone for the building has
arrived and is being sawed at the yard
on the East Side.
The new Council is likely to have an
opportunity to tackle the garbage ques
tion, which was such a terror Jto the
old Council.
It was some time after the hour of
meeting before a quorum had gathered
at the meeting of the Chamber of Com
merce last evening, but finally the re
quisite number, who. It is only fair to
suppose, had not the necessary dollar
to buy a circus ticket, put in an ap
pearance and business commenced.
Salem. Sept, 14. The Capital City Is
again the scene of Oregon's annual
State Fair. It presents a very pleasant
appearance today, as tho showers have
laid the dust, freshened the foliage and
cooled the air.
Mayor Mason yesterday telegraphed
$300 more to The Dalles sufferers, mak
ing $2500 In all sent by Portland. To
night the sufferers will be given a big
benefit at Cordray's Theater.
"BEST WAV" OF GROWING ALFALFA
Firm Seed Dcd and Nurse Crop of Can
ada Green Peas Is Advocated.
WATSONVILLE. Cal.. Sept. 12. (To
the Editor.) Having had many years"
experience in growing alfalfa. I sug
gest trying my "best way." Wait until
Spring, when the ground is warm. Just
as nature intends it should be. in order
to get best results. Wait until all dan
ger of frost is passed and if it is the
first planting on new ground, I harrow
both ways without plowing, then slick
with a drag made of two planks 2x13
inches, 10 feet long, the planks to over
lap six inches, the tongue bolted across
both planks and the seat from the
mower set up midway of drag. A week
later harrow and slick again and in
about seven days you are ready to sow,
using a grain drill that has a broadcast
grass seed sower in front, using about
eight pounds of seed to the acre.
In the grain hopper after stopping
every other hole, place Canada green
peas (after allowing them to soak 24
hours.
This brings all the seed up at tlie
same time. After sowing slick across
the work. Thus you have a firm seed
bed. insuring a good stand. Tho har
rowing, slicking and the cultivating the
drill gives the land (as all hoes are
allowed to run), destroys the weeds
that have had plenty of time to start,
and by sowing across the prevailing
winds you give the peas a chance to
nurse the young alfalfa from the winds.
The peas stand up well; they do not
shade the young alfalfa, as does barley
or grain when used as a nurse crop;
again, the peas leavo out from the bot
tom, stopping the sand as well as act
ing as a windbreak, and if they are cut
when the bottom pods are yellow you
will have something in the way of feed
that will keep the hogs going until
milo maize or corn can be had. to say
nothing about the nitrogen the peas
leave in the soil. A. N. JUDD.
Preventive for Multi-Legged Worm.
PORTLAND. Sept. 14. (To the Ed
itor.) In The Oregonian one day last
Spring there appeared an article about
a multi-legged worm which was in
festing certain parts of the city. It was
dark in color and curled up when
touched. What can be done to prevent
their entering houses?
SUBSCRIBER.
The worm described last May was the
so-called galley worm. It was said that
it is harmless and that poisoned- pota
toes placed at strategic points would
attract and kill it, H W. Williamson,
secretary of the State Board of Horti
culture, was quoted as saying they
were harmless.
Kaxrly Ascent of Three Sisters.
PORTLAND, Sept, 14. (To the Ed
itor.) I have noticed In The Oregonian
the claim of Mr. Prouty as being thj
first to visit the Three Sisters in 1910.
It caused me to refer to my scrapbook
for the account of the adventure of T.
C. Judklns, who was afterward a cor
respondent In Washington for The Or
gonian, back In 1885. He made the
trip with several men from Eugene and
made the ascent with our banker, A. H.
Eakin. on August 6, 1S85, they two go
ing up and spending the night on the'
summit of Hope. The remainder of the
party went up the next morning. T. C
Judklns Is my son. I am now the
widow of Rev. H. K. Hines.
MRS. H. IC HINES.
Mr. Protzman Makes n Prediction.
PORTLAND. Sept, 14. (To the Ed
itor.) For the encouragement of your
Democratic readers and also the Re
publicans and Progressives who are
going to vote for Wilson, allow me to
state that the proportionate vote of the
two parties in the election in Maine on
Monday Indicate the election of Wilson
by a large majority of the elector!
college. He should carry Connecticut,
New Jersey. New York, Ohio. Indiana.
Illinois, Michigan and Wisconsin by
large pluralities.
This is my forecast. Hold It against
my reputation as a prophet It this docs
not prove true.
EUGENE C. PROTZMAN.
Mother Seeking Her Son.
COTTAGE GROVE. Or.. Sept, 13. (To
the Editor.) Will you help me find my
son? I have not heard from him since
July, when he was working for a farm
er near Canby. He is wanted at home
on account of the death of his father
and his mother needs him. His same Is
Elliott Milan Vinson.
MRS. SOPHRONIA VINSON,
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