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Newspaper Page Text0 the aronxTxn oregoxian, Monday, September is, ioig. ' PORTLAND, OREGON. Entered at Portland (Oregon) Postofflce aa second-class mail matter. Subscription rates Invariably In advance. (By Mail.)' Pally, Eunday Included, one year S8. 00 Daily, Sunday Included, six montha 4.23 pally, Sunday Included, three montha. . 2.25 Daily, Sunday included, one month... .75 pally, without Sunday, one year. ....... 6.25 Daily, without Sunday, six month..... 3.25 Daily, without Sunday, three montha... 1.75 Paily. without Sunday, one month..... .60 Weekly, one year l.ou Sunday, one year 2.50 feunday and Weekly. 3. SO (By Carrier.) Pally, Sunday Included, one year....... 8.00 pally, Sunday Included, one month..... .75 . How to Kemit Send Postofflce money order, express order or personal check on your local bank. Stamps, coin or currency ere at sender's risk. Give postofflce address In full. Including county and state. , Postage Rates 12 to 18 pages, 1 cent; 18 to 32 pages, 2 cents; 34 to 48 pages, 3 cents; f0 to Go pastes, 4 cents; 62 to 76 pages, f cents; 78 to 82 pages, 6 cents. Foreign postage, double rates. Eastern Business Office Verree St Conk Jin, Brunswick building. New York; Verree Conklin, Steger building, Chicago. San Kranclsco representative. K. J. Bid well. 743 Market street. J-OltTI.AND, MONDAY, SEPT. 18. 1918. OCB BIENNIAL JOB. : Voters of Oregon who are now re ceiving campaign pamphlets from the Secretary of State will discover that the direct election ballot has suffered a contraction when compared with the products of preceding years. Not since 1906, when the Initiative and cferendum were comparatively novel, lias there been such apparent self restraint among those who have ideas they would induce the electorate to put into the statutes. Eleven meas ures have been submitted. Two years ago there were twenty-nine; in the election before that thirty-eight. But there has been a discouraging spirit of negation prevalent. The most en ticing and spectacular efforts to re form this or that through the medium cf the law have been coldly rejected. - It is not surprising that offerings Jiave fallen off in number, but it is cause for wonderment that the num ber reaches even eleven. An em phatic verdict against single tax reg istered on several occasions by the voters would have discouraged any body but a professional lawgiver. But single tax is wet-nursed by profes sional lawgivers, and so the scheme is with us again with variations that would doubtless astound Henry George were he in condition to be astounded. The single tax measure submitted, deserves, if it is worth consideration at all, the undivided attention and consideration of the voters. Tet it is sandwiched among ten other measures, some simple, some complex, and it will be on the ballot in title form that may be quite technical, quite legal, even ornamental, but which is unin formative as to the purpose of the measure. Here is an amendment which proposes to transfer private land titles to public ownership. Its design la to make of every present land owner a tenant of the state. Prom the state the land would be leased at the full market rental, and from the proceeds of its rents the state would pay the running expenses of govern ment and establish a loan fund for the benefit of persons who possess less than $2250 worth of property. :. This is a recital of the practical in tent of the law, not of its deceptive phraseology. The system proposed is one that has been adopted nowhere in the world. It is wholly revolu tionary and is not founded on practical experience but on the theories of back room economists and arm-chair ;lreamers. The people of Oregon are expected to give calm and earnest thought to a measure thus proposing complete overthrow of world-old. cus toms and established rights and titles, ' at the same time that they vote on ten other measures, help choose a ; President, and elect Congressmen, ; several State officers and numerous county officials. :- - Another extreme of radicalism but far more simple is the anti-compulsory ; vaccination bill. This measure pro- poses that any public official who .makes vaccination a precedent to at ' tendance at school, or any employer who requires his employes to be vac- -einated on penalty of dismissal shall be sent to the penitentiary. Oregon has not now a compulsory vaccination law, but vaccination Is occasionally :made compulsory by school boards among children who attend school and )jy employers of large numbers of per- 'sons. Some states have1 enacted com pulsory vaccination laws and these laws have been upheld by the courts rs proper exercise of the police power .for the preservation of public health. That which has almost universal ln- 'dorsement of physicians, the support of indisputable evidence as to its ef fectiveness in preventing epidemics and the favorable cognizance of the courts, is to be made a penitentiary . offense in Oregon if this bill passes. Were there substantial doubt as to the ' Virtue of vaccination the penalty pre- scribed in this bill would be preposter ; ous. Under the circumstances its vindictiveness seems to be the fruit of '. monomania. . I We also have with us again this year the prohibition issue. It is the boast of the radical drys that the ex isting prohibition law has been a moral blessing to Oregon; it is the "concession of former doubters and of those of liberal mind concerning in '. toxicants, that Oregon has gained eco nomic advantages from the same law. !Yet the radical drys propose a change on moral grounds and the liberals pro- pose a change on economic grounds. The bills may be classed with the -other two already mentioned as un necessarily on the ballot. Another measure of doubtful time liness is the rural credit amendment. 'Establishment of a Federal system has been authorized by Congress, and ,tf it proves efficient a state system ; villi not be needed. The voters are i Invited to authorize a bond issue of 518,000,000 for an enterprise already .undertaken by the Government. !, The principle of the single item i veto amendment has been discussed so 'often that the public should be famil iar with the first measure on the bal lot. There is a ship tax exemption ' amendment offered to encourage reg istration of vessels in Oregon. There -Is another amendment designed merely 'to rid the constitution of an inopera tive section, denying the franchise to ihegroes, mulattoes and native-born ; Chinamen. The others are: A bill to Vtstablish a new normal school at . I'endleton on a donated site; a bill to Irepeal the existing discriminatory T Sunday blue law; and a bill limiting ' the yearly increase of any tax levy, except by consent of the people, to six .per cent more than the levy of.. the .'preceding year. t-, - 'r - It is not possible within the compass of one article to give all of these i measures fair discussion. They will 'bo therefore commented on by The - Oregonian. from time to time as elec- tion approaches. But this review will reveal to the voter that he is not to escape so lightly this year as the small number of measures would seem to Indicate. It is not to be expected that every voter can attend to his own af fairs, give heed to National issues. consider the merits of candidates for state and county office and adequately study the complex among the. meas ures that appear on the ballot. It is, therefore, fitting to remark again that the safe course is to vote "no" when in doubt. CUCKOO. In 1912 Candidate Woodrow Wilson opposed the tariff commission idea. Today we have a tariff commission. the creation of President Wilson's party. Four years ago, in commenting on the stand of Mr. Wilson in opposition to a tariff commission, the Portland Journal said: The experts have their place In the gen eral scheme of things. They perform their part In affairs. But we should never con sent to be governed by commissions of ex perts. . . Woodrow Wilson la right. It Is time for common sense to help govern. It im time for the people to be taken Into partnership. But, now that the Wilson Adminis tration has created a tariff commis sion, we learn from the same news paper source that it is a "culminating achievement in constructive legisla tion." The people who in 1912 should have been taken into partnership in tariff making are now, moreover, deemed Incapable of performing the task: Always In our National life this delloats and highly Important funotlon of tariff making has been determined by campaigns and elections, by politics and politicians, a fact that in the very nature of things was the height of absurdity. The foregoing contradictory quota tions are Important only as showing the ease with which a Democratio President can please an "independent" newspaper. ENCOURAGING MURDER. In Bennett Thompson there stood a paroled convict. He had violated the terms of his parole and was subject to arbitrary return to the penitentiary to serve the remainder of a long Sen tence. Mrs. Helen Jennings knew that Thompson had stolen from a neigh boring farm. ' She desired to rid her self of him as an admirer and she also feared him. She had purposed, so the story goes, to expose Thompson to the authorities. There, in all presumption, lies the motive for the double murder of Mrs. Jennings and the jitney driver. There also creeps in the insidious influence of that sentimentality which has found expression in an anti-capital punish ment law. Two courses lay before Bennett Thompson, ex-highwayman and man of criminal Instincts. One was to take the consequences of his later thievery and go back to the penitentiary. The other was to slay the woman who menaced his liberty. If found out, he would only be sent to the same peni tentiary, the same cell, that awaited him In any event. If not found out, he would remain free. When one considers the uncertain ties of a life sentence, the probability that some day there will be a soft hearted Governor at Salem and the certainty that there will always be mushy individuals to take up a man's case considering these factors, Thompson faced no punishment for murder of Mrs. Jennings, if he deter mined to murder her, that he would not receive did he not murder. On the other hand, he was offered the possible reward of liberty. The law prohibiting the death pen. alty for murder in Oregon, while it saves the life of the red-handed mur derer, may place a premium on the life his victim. T1IK SHAMELESS REDFIELD. An unanswerable indictment against Secretary of Commerce Redfleld is the story of the steamer Eastland pub lished in The Sunday Oregonian. He professes to be an apostle of effi ciency, yet in that case the steamboat inspection service, of which he has charge, proved to be grossly ineffi cient. He professes to be the foe of special interests, but the inspectors are appointed on recommendation of the steamship companies whose vessels they are required to inspect. He pro fesses to be a champion of humanity, but in this case he shielded from prosecution or dismissal the men whose negligence or incompetence had sacrificed nearly a thousand lives. The record of Mr. Redfleld's pro ceedings in Chicago is amazing. The Coroner, the State Attorney and grand jury, the Mayor, the labor unions, the newspapers all demanded strict in quiry and relentless prosecution, but Mr. Redfleld stood against them all. He caused all investigation to be con centrated in the Federal grand jury and In his own board of inquiry, then abandoned the latter with promise of a "searching inquiry"' in the Fall, but that inquiry was never made. There was no opportunity in this case to plead that by championing the cause of humanity the United States would become embroiled with a great military power, as In the case of the Lusitania, or with a neighboring re public, as in the case of Mexico. The only persons with whom the Govern ment could become embroiled were the trembling money-grabbers whose greed had cost so many lives, the in spectors who sanctioned the crime and the steamship interests to which they owed their appointment. Mr. Red field's indifference provoked a mem ber of the Coroner's jury to exclaim that he had "outraged every sense of decency" and should be "driven out of town." This is the man who presumed to lecture American business men on their inefficiency and to remove com petent officials on the plea that they were incompetent. He stands before the American people as the open champion of men whose incompetence, if nothing worse, has cost twice as many lives of innocent Americans as have been lost in the five years of Mexican anarchy. 'Methods of marketing potatoes have undergone a change In the Middle West since the time when all the big ones were. graded out as unsalable, and now the standard Is based on desirable shape rather than on size alone, the potato weighlhg more than twelve ounces commanding a premium in some localities and one and two-pound potatoes an extra premium in addi tion. Grading stations have been es tablished in some of the districts fa mous for the growing of large po tatoes. It was the belief once that a modest-sized potato was all that a per son could eat at a meal and that serv ing large ones involved unnecessary waste. The new demand for premium potatoes is based, it Is said, on a real growing appetite for potatoes among those who have learned the delights of the baked potato, and hotel men are quoted as saying that their patrons come nearer to eating all the potato that is set before them than they did when the "big spud" first came into vogue for advertising purposes. THE COMMUNITY 6riRIT. The citizen who gave a certain city in Oregon a stirring up about Its lack of that public spirit which springs from pride in Itself has returned to the charge. After reciting in more de tail than before the shortcomings of the town, he sums up the case in these words: And so It might be contlnned Indefinitely, all the evidence pointing to the Indisputable fact that we look at all public efforts sel fishly rather than unitedly, we look at them conservatively to last degree. We lack com munity spirit, lack faith or the works that prove faith la not dead. We look at the In dividual dollar and spend for the strictly utilitarian only, and without hope for the future. We think not only twice, but three times, four times, before we act and then do not act. We can make 'a dollar only by saving a dollar, and know not the affirm ative way of spending to make. As a conse quence we do little and when we do act we act as If we had a case of cramps. A city thus morally afflicted re sembles a family which neglects to paint its house, to trim its lawn, to plant and tend flowers in its garden. Perhaps the reason in a case is that one member of the family no sooner suggests any such thing than all the others scoff and carp, or say: "What's the use," grudging the cost and see ing no money return. A clean city, with good buildings, well, kept gardens and streets and a park well laid out Is the visible evidence of com munity spirit. In such a city determ ination to have the best that is at tainable overcomes every obstacle. It prompts compromise and co-operation, opens the mind to the ideas of others, opens the heart to help others and opens the pocket to give for the common good. Such a city becomes an enlarged family moved by 'mutual helpfulness. The practical results give pleasure to the senses, but in the long run they bring substantial returns. The com munity spirit, once awakened, contin ually seeks and finds. more things to do for the community's good. It be gets In each one a kindly feeling to ward his neighbors which attracts others to the community and to work for its advancement. Men are dis posed to give parks, buildings and other things of substantial benefit to a city which shows appreciation of them by displaying the community spirit.- They will pass by a town which looks shabby or Is full of self centered people, or content to muddle along with what was good enough for the past generation rather than bestir itself or spend a few dollars which may not comd back next year. MIND'S IMXITNCK OVER THE BODY. Charts prepared by the medical of ficers of the armies engaged in the war show a curious disproportion be tween the number of wounded and sick soldiers at various times during the progress of the campaign. The invariable result of a great offensive movement, or "drive," has been to in crease the number of wounded, as would be expected, but it is also ac companied without exception by a falling off in the number of cases of illness or disability from causes other than wounds. When military activity is abated for a time, the number of sick cases increases largely. The explanation is that the mind has greater control over the body than a good many persons suppose. When the men are occupied with an important project, when they are fac ing death from the shells and bullets of the enemy, they "have no time" to be ill. The minor aches and pains that in ordinary times would be re ported to the doctor are forgotten In the stress of more important issues, and, being for the greater part self limited in their nature, they pass away before the battle is over. Dr. James J. Walsh, of New York, who has given the subject special study, declares that the situation is analogous to that of men in the woods in the Summer, at a distance from where medical aid can be obtained. These men refuse to give In to their disturbing physical condition unless they become exceed ingly serious, and in nine times out of ten this tendency to "forget it" proves sufficient to bring about a cure. Men not only can endure more, when put to the necessity of doing so, than they think they can, but they can accomplish more work than they know. The reserve energy of the hu man body is enormous by comparison with that which is drawn upon" from day to day. Few persons utilize their entire energy supply and vast num bers live on an exceedingly small part of it. War's further demonstration of the power of mind over the body is made all the more convincing by the cir cumstance that soldiers, after months' of training for action, have cultivated their physical powers to the utmost. Their outjook on life is exceedingly practical then, if ever. They would be least likely to be victims of self deception as to bodily ills. It is there fore concluded by medical officers that the effect of intense preoccupation is to overcome most minor but exceed ingly real maladies that but for the greater affairs In hand would com mand serious attention of the doctors. PREVENTABLE LOSS BY DISEASE. There is a tendency in time cf epi demics sensationally commanding at tention because of the suddenness of their onslaughts to forget the ravages of other" commoner diseases, which are taking even heavier toll. This is il lustrated in New Jersey, where in July there were 178 deaths from Infantile paralysis, and where in the same time there were 355 deaths from infantile diarrhoea. "If," said the health offi cer of that state, "the measures for the prevention of infantile diarrhoea had been half as energetic as meas ures . for the prevention of infdntile paralysis, the majority of deaths from the former cause would have been prevented." ' Senator Ransdell, of Louisiana, speaking in the Senate recently on the subject of health in rural communities, declared that the economic loss to the Nation every year from typhoid and malaria is $928,234,000. This did not take into account the suffering and inefficiency consequent on these mala dies. The amount almost staggers the Imagination. It is, approximately, half as much as Congress appropriated this year for all purposes'! including pre paredness. It would pay the expenses of every college student in the United States. The grand total annual l3ss from typhoid Is estimated at $271,932,880 and the loss from malaria at $694, 904,750. The total per capita loss to the country is $9.46. It has been shown that the United States Govern ment appropriated $5,016,175 for the investigation and prevention of dis eases of animals and plants and only $1,917,666 for investigation and pre vention of diseases of man in a year. The two diseases specified by the Sen ator from Louisiana are regarded as wholly preventable. Malaria is com- m 11 n I no 1 ail ht-v mnannltnaa wlilfh fiT. I perienco in the tropics has proved can be curbed and in some localities prac tically stamped out, and typhoid is a disease that yields to persistent and scientific sanitary measures. The toll taken is continual. Other maladies of which more is heard at times are only sporadic and the total loss Inflicted is small by comparison. " Poliomyelitis, as Infant paralysis is known technically, has claimed the at tention of the best scientific minds since the outset of the recent wide spread outbreak, yet little progress has been made toward definite con clusion. The causes and methods of treatment of and prevention of typhoid and malaria, on the other hand, are well known; they have been standard ized and only the will to stamp them out remains as necessary. The sud den onslaught of infant paralysis, its mysterious nature and the fact that children were its principal victims, had much to do with the exceptional attention it attracted. In the panic that followed the' fact that we have other more deadly and at the same time almost wholly unnecessary dis eases right at hand seems to have been overlooked. The recent death of J. W. Bennett at Marshfleld removes a figure long prominent in the industrial and polit ical field of Southwestern Oregon. He was a man of energetic nature and bright mind. Long years ago he saw the possibilities of Coos Bay, disclosed by its fine resources and its splendid harbor, and he settled there. He had an important part in bringing Coos Bay to the attention of the investing world, and he contributed his share, too. In the real work of development. By nature Mr. Bennett was a genial man, and he had many friends and a large acquaintance. He had a culti vated mind and an interesting and at tractive personality. There will be re gret in many hearts that he has passed on. If it be true that the Southern Pa cific owns enough cars to carry its traffic but cannot get them back from the roads which are using them, there is something wrong with the system by which railroads pay rent on bor rowed cars. If the rent were high enough to make It more profitable to send them home than to keep them. they would come home and there would be no shortage. The roads which borrow would then build cars of their own. The Interstate Commerce Commission should compel a revision of the entire system. Large measure of sympathy will be extended Robert J. Hendricks and wife for the death of their son Le land by drowning. He was a young man of great promise and when he succeeded last year in the editorial chair of his father's newspaper he showed ability that would not be con fined to the Capital City. It was his first year since graduation from the editorial division of the University of Oregon. All hopes and ambitions are dashed by the accident that brought his young life to sudden close. A method should be found to reach a"nd stop that California craft selling liquor off the Columbia bar to fisher men. Their occupation is hazardous when they are sober, and the risk of death is too great when they are full of booze. When a ruddy glow appears in the east at a time of day unseasonable for sunrise, it will be the reflection from the bright sunbeam locks of Senator James Hamilton Lewis as he comes westward on his mission of Democ racy. Italy has effective, though drastic, methods of defeating food speculators. They would' be appropriate in the United States about the time when talk about scarcity of Thanksgiving turkeys begins. It 13 good news that the restocking of hunting fields and fishing streams will not stop for want of funds. It is. in these departments that our Wardens have excelled, and the good work should go on. Nearly two billion eggs are held in cold storage In this country, but that will not feaze the man who knows how to produce the 50-cents-a-dozen article this Winter. " King Constantino still shudders on the fence and Greece figures as the China of Europe the country which furnishes a field for other nations to fight in. As in old times 6kippers used to see the Flying Dutchman, so in future they may see the Diving German the Bremen and raise doubts of their so briety. The Italian Cabinet Minister who is trying to regulate women's dress by decree would do better to stick to easier problems like war, for ex ample. Guardsmen recruits who have not been to the border may go soon, if this frivolous Administration holds to the notion long enough to issue the order. If any new arrival by sea should "see things," the conclusion may be drawn that he visited a fishing boat while on the voyage. Public debates on Issues of the campaign throughout the country will not draw without a few lightweight preliminaries. ' The British "tank" automobiles will have their own way until the Germans invent something to "go them one better." That Salem Justice of the Peace is right. " No negro , preacher can use worse language than Billy Sunday. Free automobile show in the middle of Sixth street today, the space re served as an experimental zone. They'll need a 5-A font to star the new Prime Minister of Greece. His name is Nikolas Kalogeropoulos. Tramps fired a vacant building in Minneapolis, causing $300,000 loss. Now they will "fire" the tramps. Destruction of forests In the war tone may cause a demand for fir cones in America for reforestation. The way to Forest Grove Is short and easy, and a good county fair is to be held this week. Old Autumnal Equinox is lubricat ing the tap. How to Keep Well By Dr. W. A. Evans. Questions pertinent to hygiene, sanitation and prevention of disease. If matters of gen eral Interest, will be answered. In this col umn. Where space will not permit or the subject Is n-Jt 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 prescribe for Individual diseases. Re quests for such services cannot be answered. (Copyright, 1919, by Dr. W. A. Kvana. Published by arrangement with the Chicago Tribune.) Purification of Oysters. OYSTERS are In season again. There are many people who are afraid to eat them, for the opinion is general that there Is always some hazard in eating oysters Oysters are one of the few foods eaten raw. and the question Is. are they clean enoughT To be as clean as meat or wheat or any other food which la heated before being eaten is enough. There is no question but that epidemics of typhoid fever have been spread by raw oysters. The people have grounds for uneasiness. In recent years the marketing of oysters has been on a very good sanitary basis. They are shipped in sanitary containers now, though they were not ten years ago. In most states the oyster beds are now kept free from gross polution by sew age. This was not the case ten or even five years ago. Wells, of the public health service, by an experiment recently made, has proven that It Is possible to free oysters Crm infection even when they have been taken from badly polluted water. He took an oyster tank eight feet long by four feet wide, and four feet deep, filled It with water from Chesapeake Bay, Inoculated the water with colon bacilli, and suspended in it some wine baskets containing live oysters. The water was of proper temperature, the oysters commenced to feed, and presently were thoroughly inoculated with colon bacilli. An oyster at feeding temperature" passes about 50 gallons of water through his gills. Food materials found in the water reach the digestive tract and are digested and absorbed and the refuse rejected in about six hours. When the water is cold the oyster closes his shell and stops feed ing. In a few days airy typhoid or other disease producing bacilli that may have been contained in the water of the oyster bed is thrown out. That is the reason why In cold weather it is mod erately safe to eat oysters taken from rather badly polluted water. Back of this lies the popular opinion that it is safe to eat oysters during the "R" months. Wells, having thoroughly infected these oysters, transferred them to sea water which had been disinfected with a small dose of bleaching powder hy pochlorite of lime. The oysters fed for a while and then closed up. After six hours they contained few colon bacilli. After 24 hours they were free from these bacteria. Many growers tong the oysters and then place them in basins or floats for 24 hours or longer. By adding hypo chlorite to the water In these basins all danger that the oysters will be infected with typhoid when they leave' the ship per will be avoided. The cost is nom inal. The flavor of the oyster is not changed. The security of the business of the shipper is worth the extra trou ble. Anything which increases the con fidence of the public in oysters when it is deserved Is worth while. First Aid Work. H. B. N. writes: "I am a young man preparing for medical college. In the Summer I am working at different places, assisting physicians in first aid work I would like all information on first aid work that I can get. Is there any place that I could go during the Winter after school and receive lnstruc tion? Or possibly you might suggest where I could obtain printed matter upon the subject. REPLY. The American Red Cross has a sarles of first aid books, prepared by LynclfcAwhlch are excellent. I think you can gee bulle tins on first aid from the Hureau of Mines, Department of the Interior, Washington, D. C. . 'Wakefulness. C. C. L. writes: "For some time past I have been troubled with lack of sleep in the early hours of the morning. Can sleep soundly until 1 or 2 A. M., but cannot get to sleep again after that hour. Can you suggest a remedy? Is there any drug that could be safely used-to break up this habit without danger of establishing dependency upon the drug? REPLY. You must not take medicine for this. You would be likely to contract a habit. 1 have three suggestions to offer. First, you may be awakened by Intestinal fermenta tion. If so, eat less starch and sugar. Eat a very light supper. Second, possibly you do not do enough manual- labor to tire your muscles. If so, take up some form of hard play or hard work. Third, you may be worrying. You sleep for several hours, then you are awakened by your discorded thoughts. In that event, you must train yoursen not to worry. Medicine Not Effective. W. J. W. writes: "Would like to in quire if you would avise aspirin in case of headache. REPLY. No. It ts bad judgment as a rule to take medicine for the relief of headache. The effort should be to prevent. Canaed by Mosquito. Mrs. J. H. F. writes: "Please tell me if malaria is caused by bite of mosquito, or can one inhale or absorb it without bite?" RBPLT Bite of a mosquito. ' Bacteria In Swimming Tanks. PORTLAND, Sept. 17. (To the Ed itor.) Referring to the rumpus stirred up by the city health service over the number of bacteria In the various swimming tanks of the city, both pub lic and private. I am credibly informed that the main trouble Is the heavy ex pense, If tanks are filled frequently. As thousands of persons use the Y. M. C. A.. Y. W. C. A. and other tanks, would it not be well to make them a nominal charge for water and insist on frequent renewals? The present plan of using disinfectants may be sanitary, but It is not inviting. Some of the Bull Run water now go ing to waste could be used to splendid advantage in these swimming tanks. A little common sense on the part of the City Commissioners is all that is neces sary. R. c. HART. Eatlnar Poison Ivy Tanght by Indian. " PORTLAND, Sept. 17 (To the Ed itor.) Your editorial on poison Ivy and hay fever recalls to me an incident which happened about 12 years ago in Iowa, where the poison Ivy grows. One of my acquaintances had a severe case of ivy poison. He was persuaded by an Indian herb doctor, who came through there occasionally to dig herbs, to chew the leaves and tender shoots of the poison Ivy and 'swallow the juice. The poison healed and he was practi cally immune from further trouble from this source. V. F. MEIDERHAUSEN. THE OI.IJ SONGS. I cannot sing the old songs In the hymnals, don't you know. For, I confess those old songs All strike me as too slow. H. C. U. (H. C. U. accompanies the above with a burlesque hymn, "as Billy Sunday would put It over." We decline to print the productidn, however, on the grounds that it ts impossible to bur lesque Billy Sunday. We refer It C, U. to the old saw about painting the lily, etc. The Editor. 1 NEWSPAPERS ON MAINE ELECTION Press Comments on Significance ef Re publican Success. New York World. Dem. NitHt- riAmocrata nor Republicans have much to brag about In the results of the Maine election. It was inevitable that Maine would tj Republican, what was In question was tne size of the majority, and the Republican majority la anything but decisive. if MMlnM i s. barometer of the National election, the National election Is still oa the kneea of the gods. Chicago Tribune Rep. Wllsontan humanltarlanlsm. prosperity. and peace were assumed to be appeals or great power In such a district. They have not panned out. The election was not only a victory, but a clean sweep, and while it Is by no means conclusive of the result In November. It provides a strong Intimation of the Judgment the country is preparlna- New York Tribune. Rep. It is evident that a plurality well over 10.000 this year must mean a composition of . Republican quarrels, a solidification of the Republican ranks and a new birth of spirit and energy in the party, which are to remove Maine definitely from the cate gory of doubtful states into which she has latterly fallen. And since Maine's Septem ber vote has rarely failed to disclose the tendencies at work In the country at large. It Is only logical to conclude that the Presi dential election two months hence will show exactly the same result Republican vic tory through Republican relnvlgoration and unity. Christian Science Monitor. Ind. The state may be regained by Wilson tn November, but certain Democratic losses are beyond Immediate recall, a United States Senator and a Representative In particular. Moreover, while it is utterly Impossible to base predictions, as certain to be realized, upon any given Maine election. It must be recognized that defeat for the Republicans In that state would have caused the friends of Charles ISvans Hughes great discourage ment, and tliat the victory of Monday will hearten them, aa It will, of course, spur the Administration and Its friends to greater effort. Boston Herald, Rep. ' Mr. Hughes went Into the state and everywhere talked In opposition to the bill which President Wilson had pushed through Congress for a compulsory Increase In wages of a great body of railroad em ploes. Seasoned political observers shook their heads over the rieklness of this course They admired Mr. Hughes' courage, but wondered whether his Judgment could be correct. What has happened? Either be cause of that issue or in spite of it, he has carried the state with a whoop. The Maine result, whatever the causes which hao contributed to it, makes reas onably oieer that Mr. Hughes will be elect ed In November. New York Journal of Commerce. Ind. It would be easy to exaggerate the sig nificance of this result In prefiguring the general verdict of the American people on President Wilson and his Administration. But the contest having been waged exclu sively on what may be catled National is sues, the Republicans may fairly be held entitled to all the comfort they can derive from the clearly expressed voice of Juaine. There can be no question, however, as to the evidence which the election supplies of the final closing of the breach made In l'JH in the Republican party organization. Hartford Courant, Rep. The Democrats expressed confidence that the Administration of President Wilson would bo fully approved, and they made their appeal to the voters on that basis. The voters have' given a sufficiently em phatic denial of the appeal. They have decisively voted against Wilson and they have expressed their disapproval of the Democratic Administration by returning a solid Republlcau delegation to Congress. Indianapolis News, Ind. The result of yesterday must be inter preted Nationally. it shows that In Maine at least there ts a real union between the Republicans and Progressives, and that, of course, is a fnct of first Importance and one that gives cheer to the Republicans of the whole Nation. New York Sun, Rep. The returns indicate that the Republicans and former Progressives of Maine came to gether In a wav that closed over the Dem ocratic hopes of a ''September victory." Compared with the vote for Governor In 1U14. when Curtis was elected, the figures again prove that In Maine, at least, the Progressive has gone back home. New York Evening Post. Ind. -Dem. "When a fight has been so hotly waged by National figures of ths highest promi nence In a state like Maine and when the result shows the voting to have been so strictly on party lines, the Indication which so clear-cut an outcome affords of general tendencies tn the Nation, while by no means conclusive. Is unquestionably significant. It Is agreed on all hands that the crucial question aa to the outcome In November Is, how will the Progressives vote? As tor the Maine Progressives, this question Is pretty clearly answered. If the Progressives of ll12 throughout the Union were to act like those of Maine. Wilson would certainly be defeated.. ' Bt. Louis Globe-Democrat, Rep. The Republican victory In Maine Is more significant than If It had happened under normal conditions. Congress was purposely kept in session to enact legislation for cam paign use. A state that has produced such men as Blaine. Reed, Littlefletd and Ding ley knows something; about National Issues. Its citizens cannot be Imposed upon by po litical claptrap. The longer the people study the National Issues the more meretricious will Democratic claims appear. They could not fool the people of Mains In Septem ber. They cannot fool the people of the Nation In November. Maine has pointed the way. Minneapolis Journal, Ind. -Rep. The election In Maine means something. It means that the people are gathering for the restoration of government in this coun try constitutional government in the place of weak-kneed surrenders and Incompetent measures now being put In force. Chicago Herald, Ind. There can be no doubt that the Republi cans are entitled to be greatly encouraged at the outcome. It shows that there will be an election In November Instead of a ratification. But it cannot be said that there is anything in the returns to Justify confident predictions of victory on either side. Maine s response Is. as has been gen erally the case, filled with the uncertainty of the classlo oracles. The most encouraging feature about the result to Republicans must be the plain evldenoe that the vast majority of the Progressives have come back. Chl- ago Evening Port. Prog. -Rep. . . The Republican vote of Monday means that "the progressives have come back." That la the special circumstance that makes what la a very real gloom among Demo cratic observers. The calculated Wilson ap peal to the Procrreaslves has not worked in Maine, one of the originally strong Bull Moose states. This must be accepted as sound evidence that It Is not working else where. Victory rests with the Republicans. Here la the lift which thsMalne result will give to the campaign of Mr. Hughes. It comes with additional force because in Maine Mr. Hughes had followed on hla own Initiative the forceful attack on the Administration's surrender to the railroad brotherhoods which he began In hla "banging speech" at Nashville. Not only has the Republican party "made good" In Maine; Mr. Hughes also has made icood. New York Globe, Rep. Trie Maine election Indicates that if the Presidential election were held this week, Mr. Hughes would be elected by a large majority. A crushing blow has been given to the hopes of the Administration. Unless something happens to change sentiment be fore Election Day early in November there Is little chance of success for President Wil son. It may be anticipated that the custo mary amount of graveyard whistling will be done, but the Democratic managers are astute enough to realize that their hope of getting a large percentage of the Progres sive vote has been practically smashed. New York Mall, lnd.-Prog. The Mlne result ends all doubts. Pro gressives exist no more. They are all Repub licans. The chasm of 1912 has been bridged over. It Is In the past. It Is merely his tory now. It would be absurd to question the plain significance of such figures. The result admits of but one interpretation. It points Indisputably to a combined Republican and Progressive vote throughout the country at the November election. It means the defeat of Woodrow Wilson. Prices Paid for Coins. PORTLAND, Sept. 17. (To the Ed itor.) Kindly tell me if there Is a pre mium on an 1866 half dollar, and if so where I can get the money on It. A. D. MILLER. We know of no demand by collectors for tats coin. In Other Days. Half a Century Age, From The Oregonian of Sept- 18, IS 84. Y'mffm n fnlH-r n ? 1 1 1 1 - - vwa...a ci i . u ,auillj K? A. 1 VJ from NVw YnrV tn tr.ani.nn the first of September. They may be expectea soon at Forest Grove, where P nfiw:.,. i ni 1 I - . . . - .. . "... inivr LUBiKf) cls prin cipal of the Paclflo University. Messrs. Ladd & Tilton received a small amount of coin on Saturday even- in. in consequence of the excess of bullion, coin has been scarce and ex change on San Francisco by last steam er rated at par. Paris. Sept. 13. The Monlteur today publishes a convention slsrnevl In the City of Mexico July SO, by which Max- minan transfers to French agents one half the receipts from the customs throughout the empire to pay the debts of Mexico to France. The Prussion Chamber of Deputies has voted an electoral law and a par liament for Saxony. It is said that the King of Prussia demands of the King of Saxony the the oath of allegiance to himself, payment of 10.000,000 thalers and the right to garrison Koeniceburg and the cities of Dresden and Lelpslc with Prussian troops. London. Sept. 12. (Evening) The race was won by the favorite, Lord Ly ons. Seven Oaks being second and Knight of the Crescent third. Twenty-five Years Afro. From The Oregonian of Sept. 18, 1S9L Mayor W. S. Mason, of the new. re generated and consolidated Portland, formally opened the great Portland ex position of 18S1 last night. Over 8000 people were present. New York. Sept. 17. A cablegram from Valparaiso. Chile, says that the unitea fatates was the first nation offi cially to recognize the provisional government- Paris, Sept. 16. The government has instructed the French minister at San tiago to recognize the provisional gov ernment of Chile. San Antonio.' Tex.. Sept. 17. Captain Randall has wired General Stanley con cerning men who Invaded Mexico to prevent revolution, that the scout found a party of 60 had crossed the Rio Grande. Many of them were Mexicans. There is a report of more trouble by revolutionists on the Guerray. Madrid, Sept. 17. The number of people who perished In floods in the province of Toledo is now placed at 2500 and the number in other localities at 500. DEMOCRAT WILL VOTE FOR HUGHES Lljtht Dawnlna- on lllm and Ho Wants Chance to Do Business Again. PORTLAND, Sept. 16. (To the Edi tor.) While I was waiting this morn ing for a car at the top of Mount Tabor a neighbor, who is on all occasions a Democrat, was trying to convince an other citizen that he should vote for Wilson at the coining election. Said the citizen: "No: they are talk ing a good deal about Wilson Republic ans I am a Hughes Democrat I am a Southerner and a born Democrat. Last election I voted for Wilson because he was a Southerner and also a Democrat. But no more of it for me. I own some little Oregon land that 1 want to sell. I don't want a fancy price for it: am willing to sell it at a figure that a man can afford to pay and make a living on it. But nobody will buy. The fact is. I have come to my sober senses, and I find that never when the Democrats have the reins is real estate worth anything. "I am Interested in timber, too. I own some cedar slumpage. The Demo crats have so fixed the tariff that Can adian shingles dominate the 'market, and make my cedar worth practically nothing. I know that we are suffering from a lack of ships due to the war. But a lack of ships is not what is caus ing the slump in my real estate. "I have come to the conclusion, much against my will, that the Democrats have the wrong idea. I used to think that we were big enough and smart enough not to need any tariff walls, and that we could lick all creation with our hands tied. I have changed my mind on many subjects, but Wilson seems still to hold to such tariff ideas as mean depression of my business. Some people, and perhaps you are one of them, can afford to retain their old-fashioned ideas that were bred Into them from their Democratic parentage or early environment. I am not as ' young as 1 once was. and X want a chance at business once more. I am tired of the depression that history cf the last 30 years shows always comes with Democratic administrations, and I am a Hughes Democrat. "Oh yes, I have read what you are saying about the failure Hughes Is making In his speeches. For my part, I think he is a pretty good epeaker, and his brand of political gospel suits me. I have also noticed that the hard er you step on a dog's tall the louder he yelps, and that is what is hurting the Democratio papers, and that is why they yelp so much about Hughes." At this time my car came along, and the argument was still going on. R. M. TUTTLE. TRIBUTE PAID TO A. O. BACH ROOT Mr. McCamant Warmly Praises Unsel fish and Level-Ileaded Citizen. PORTLAND. Sept. 16. (To the Edi tor.) May I claim a little space In your columns to pay my tribute of respect to the memory of A. G. Bachrodt? The death of Mr. Bachrodt on the ninth Inst, came as a painful shock to a large cir cle of friends. Mr. Bachrodt had resided in Portland since 1891. He was warm hearted, sociably Inclined and made friends readily. He was one of those who delighted to serve a friend and counted no effort burdensome in such service. He led a blameless life and was a high-minded citizen. He was blessed with larga endowments of good common sense and was always to bo relied on to take the sane, sensible view of every public question. Twenty years ago, when the free sil ver question was dominant In politics, Mr. Bachrodt was 'jie of those most outspoken in his support of sound money. He detested demagogy and hypocrisy in politics. He was active in the Masonlo bodies of the city and for many years was tyler at the Scot tish Rite Cathedral. Fifteen years ago he served a term as master of Oregon Lodge of Masons. He performed every duty which came to him conscientiously and without ostentation. The community can ill afford to lose such men. and his widow, who has lost the companion of a lifetime, has the sympathy of a large circle of her hus band's admirers and friends. WALLACE M' CAM ANT. Voting; for President. SAINT BENEDICT. Or.. Sept. 16. (To the Editor.) How is It possible for a Democrat to vote for Hughes In the next election? Can he write the name of Hughes on the Democratic ticket and will that vote be recognized as legal in all the states of the Union? BROTHER CELEST1NE, O. S. B. In the general election, the names of Democratic, Republican and other party Presidential electors are all printed on the some ballot. The voter places crosses after those for whom he wishes to cast his ballot.