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PORTLAND. MONDAY. SEPT. 23, 1016.
ANTI-YACCINATION SUPERSTITION.
In course of a discussion of the
anti-compulsory vaccination bill,
which appears In another column, the
sponsor for the measure,' Mrs. Lora
C. Little, offers the following; argu
ment. Nobody's rights) are Invaded fey the tin.
Those who have faith in vaccination can
till be vaccinated, securing whatever pro
tection it may afford. Those preferring to
keep their blood uncontaminated will have
the same freedom of choice. If this is not
elementary Justice, I would like to know
what it Is.
V 1U k" VJ V.V IUlfklUWllI 1
I my brother's keeper?" Vaccination
Is not intended solely for protection
of the person vaccinated, but of the
general publio health and the public,
purse. The person who lives alone
on a desert island may be a free,
moral agent. He may live in filth and
protect himself not at all from con
tagious disease, but when he leaves
his lonely abode to associate with
others his right to be filthy or a di
sease carrier is subordinated to the
rights of the cleanly majority to be
protected from the contamination
which he enjoys or defies. They are
entitled to protection from payment
of the pecuniary 'cost his peculiar
notions might inflict upon them.
Elementary justice looks to the
welfare of the whole people. It is
not elementary justico to permit a
theory, the danger of which has been
established in every civilized country,
to be put into practice even though
superficially founded on personal
liberty.
Agitation against vaccination has
existed since the days of Jenner. Once
it was a superstition among the
anti-vaccination cult that innocula
tlon of vaccinia caused children to
develop horns, tails and hoofs and to
bellow like Rattle. Almost as absurd
are some of the statements and argu
ments made by pponents of vaccina
tion today. One is the assertion that it
contaminates the blood. It is true
that serious infection has iei instances
followed vaccination. It has 'also on
rare occasions followed the accidental
prick of a pin. Any wound Is subject
to infection if not properly protected.
But as well abolish pins as vaccina
tion for that reason. Probably every
person in every civilized country has
at some time suffered from accidental
contact with a pin point. Yet the pin
factories roll on in spite of the fact
that one or two in a million suffer
from their existence.
So it is with vaccination. The num
ber of vaccinations runs into the mil
lions. After the American occupation
and up to 1909 more than 3,500,000
had been performed in the Philippine
Islands alone and without death
or serious accident occurring. Sev
eral European countries require" vac
cination of infants within a few weeks
after birth. The millions of men now
on the battlefields of Europe have
been vaccinated. Not a case of small
pox exists among them while in the
Napoleonic wars probably more men
died of smallpox than from the
wounds of battle. Nor do we hear of
suffering from blood impurities
caused by this wholesale vaccination.
The evidence in favor of vaccina
tion la overwhelming. Formerly in
seven provinces of the Philippines the
annual death rate from smallpox was
6000. Since the completion of
thorough vaccination not a single
death has occurred. The Government
likewise abolished smallpox from
Porto Rico by vaccination. It had
there been epidemic and the result
was accomplished In four months.
Mozzetl relates that in Abyssinia, dur
ing danger of smallpox epidemic, he
vaccinated several thousand persons.
The precaution was deemed not suffi
cient by the authorities who still
clung to the older practice of directly
innoculating- with the pus from small
pox patients. The vaccinated persons
were lnnoculated and in not a single
Instance did the lnnoculation "take."
In 1913 an epidemic of smallpox
broke out In Niagara Falls, a center
of anti-vaocination sentiment, and in
two months two hundred cases had
developed. In the same year small
pox became prevalent in the Dowielte
community at Zion City, Illinois,
where the vaccination policy of the
authorities was resisted. Finally the
overseer of the community was Im
pelled to invite the assistance of the
state health officer.
A report Issued by Dr. TX VS. Bell
ieoneerning 283 cases of smallpox In
Michigan in 1912 discloses that 245
had never been vaccinated and the
others not in recent years. The cost
to Michigan of caring for Indigent
smallpox patients and protecting the
unvacclnated Is placed at $150,000
a year. The city of London, where
compulsory vaccination has been
partly eliminated, as our correspond
ent points out, supports more than
2000 hospital beds for smallpox epi
demic purposes, whereas Berlin, where
there is rigid compulsory vaccination,
supports but 12. The capital outlay for
this purpose in London is $2,500,000
and the annual expenditure $65,000.
In the face of voluminous evidence
painstakingly accumulated not only
by the "medical trust" but by Gov.
ernment scientists in this and other
countries, it is remarkable that anti
vaccination sentiment exists even
among the ignorant. But their prop
aganda still appears, reinforced at
times by articles by pseudo-phyaicians
seeking notoriety and by mountebanks
who are often in such literature
given the status -of reputable physi
clans. But among authorities and
real scientists the world over the
propaganda has no standing. Even
the staid encyclopedias refer to Jts
arguments with veiled ridicule.
Employment of the X-ray to deter
mine the age of a young person when
other evidence is questioned is a rela
tively new procedure in court, but it
Is regarded as conclusive within limits
up to about the twentieth year- The
Physician called as an expert in a re
cent California case in, which, a girl
and her mother grave conflicting: testi
mony va able to give positive testi
mony. This is due to the fact that the
ephiphyseal joints, as certain second
ary cartilaginous parts are called, be
come ossified and joined with the
bones at different ages of the person.
Under the searching: evidence of. the
ray their precise condition Is shown,
and a youth of 20 or over could not
pass for 15 without subjecting himself
to betrayal by the X-ray photograph.
The fact that the ray is not useful for
this purpose in later life will be good
news to some passe persons of both
sexes who like to conceal the truth
about their ages.
THK IXBE AM) JCKK VICTIMS.
Systematic blackmailing' like that
which has come to light at Chicago
is almost as old as mankind. Men like
Joseph, who withstood the lure of
Potiphar s wife, have been rare. Men
who conceive a passing infatuation for
a beautiful woman are many. The
older they are, within certain limits,
and the richer they are, the more
easily they are entangled. Men who
have acquired wealth before passing
their prime physically, men who fol
low a sporting life and who have be
come accustomed to acting on the
theory that every man or woman has
his or her price are the easiest prey.
They are of coarse moral fiber, and
are In much the same class as those
who blackmail them.
To such a man a "beautiful lure"
like Helen Evers would be Irresistible.
He would readily fall into her toils and
would be drawn on by a show of mod
esty and of resistance to his impor
tunities. When the trap was sprung-.
consternation at fear of exposure
would be In proportion to mortifica
tion at the discovery that he had been
fooled. The taunts of other "sports"
would have as great terrors for him
as. would the condemnation of the
virtuous. He would pay any price for
secrecy.
It Is to be regretted that punish
ment of the blackmailers Is next to
Impossible without immunity for the
victims. In the interest of sound
morals the latter should be punished
by exposure. It is probable that for
every female blackmailer who has
bled them there have been several in
nocent girls whom they have started
on the downward path. The lures may
thus be regarded as avengers of the
wronged womanhood of others. But
the penalty they Impose Is too light.
The pillory of public reprobation
would alone suffice.
WHY BO TIMID?
It will have been noticed by care
ful students of the official voters'
pamphlet that the argument in behalf
of the Confiscate and Divvy measure
is made up in part of letters of ap
proval from "prominent . single-tax-
ers.
There are only three "prominent"
single-taxers in Oregon, according to
the Fels Fund Register of tilled sol
diers of the common good. They are
Charles Ersklne Scott Wood, W. S.
U'Ren and C. 8- Jackson. Colonel
Wood and Dr. U'Ren have fearlessly
championed the aforesaid Confiscate
and Dlwy amendment, along with
sundry Oregon privates who are not
recognized in the Fels Register. But
the testimony of Colonel Jackson, the
third and last "prominent" single
taxer is distinguished by an oppressive
absence.
Can the libelous eharge recently
made by a correspondent that Colonel
Jackson denies that the Confiscate
and Divvy measure is single-tax be
true? Let us hasten to the files of
the Portland Journal, of which Col
onel Jackson Is editor and proprietor.
Surely some hint will be found even
if it be only an indefinite reference to
"handwriting on the wall." But no.
There is not a word fer or aginst.
This silenee is distressing not to say
disturbing. Has or has not one-third
of all the prominent single-taxers in
Oregon deserted the colors? Are or
are not the followers of irrational
journalism entitled to guidance In this,
important issue?
WAR AS A DEMOCRATIC AUXILIARY.
Among the wonders which the Dem
ocratic campaign textbook says that
the Wilson Administration has worked
for labor is an increase in wages rang
ing from 5 per cent in some industries
to a maximum of 15 per cent in the
majority of industries and 25 per cent
in two industries In two states only,
These Increases are for the year 1916
and are alleged to be in addition to an
average increase of 10 per cent in the
union wage during 1914 and 1915 over
the average for the six years, 1907 to
1912.
The writer of this veracious cam
palgn document discreetly forgets the
large measure of unemployment which
prevailed during 1913 and almost to
the end of 1914. Ha wisely lumps the
latter year with 1915, during which
the war boom got under full head
way, and he assumes that all the pros
perity is the product of Democratic
legislation.
If the Underwood tariff and other
Democratic laws produced this pros
perity, why did they not begin to pro
duce it before the war orders began
to pour in? What possible influence
could they have had in causing Europe
to buy war material or in causing
other nations to buy in -this country
goods which the war prevented them
from buying in Europe? What part
did they have In causing a scarcity
of labor? Everybody except the Dem
ocratic campaign writers knows that
simultaneously .with a great demand
for labor to make war goods there
was a vast exodus of foreigners to
serve in the war and an almost com
plete cessation of Immigration, due to
the war.
In forming an opinion of the ad.
vance in wages we must also con
sider the purchasing power of money.
If a man whose wages are raised from
$3 to $2.50 a day can buy no more
of the necessarfes of life with $2.50
than he could have bought with the
$2, he is In reality no better off. The
Bureau of Labor Statistics throws
light on this point, as regards food,
staples. Taking the average for the
year 1918 as 100, it shows that on
June 15, 1916, the price of various
meats ranged from 110 to 114. while
lard was 118, canned salman 117,
sugar 132, and all articles combined
over 109, Wages have increased, but
so have prices. If Democratic legis
lation is to be credited with the higher
wages, it must also be responsible for
the higher prices.
One of the promises made by the
Democratic platform of 1912 was that
the cost of livlngr would be reduced.
The same table shows that on June 15,
1912, the average price of 26 food ar
ticles was under 9 8, but on that date in
1913. the first year of the Wilson Ad
ministration, it was over 96, while on
the same date in 1914 it was over 98.
On the latter date the Underwood
tariff was in full operation, and Us ef
fects were not only business depres
sion and a million unemployed tariff
experts roaming the streets, but a
higher cost of living tbao prevailed
under the much-abused Payne tariff.
The war had not begun and crops
were good, hence conditions on that
date afford a fair test of Democratic
tariff legislation.
MTIXENMIM AGAIN' POSTPOXED.
NEW YORK, Sept. 20. (To tha Editor.)
-I wrote you a letter several weeks ago
signed Stanch American, and not having
heard from you as yet I am writing again.
In my letter I mentioned shaving with
the first stroke of the razor an up-stroke
on the right side of the face and said
that the American people should adopt
shaving this way as a National custom.
- Shaving this way la nothing new to you,
perhaps, but how many of your readers
know about it? It was them that I wanted
to reach and deliver my message to, and
not to you personally.
In my lerter I gave a description of the
effect that shaving this way haa upon a
man's characteristics. I am The originator
of this. I am firmly of the opinion that
shaving this way la tha master key that
will unlock the door to happiness for the
American.
I am sorry you did not nrlnt my letter.
I think I knew Just about where that letter
was consigned to after you had given it the
once over, but 1 assura you there is no 111
leeiing on my part.
with best wishes for your health and tha
success of your enterprising paper, 1 wish
to remain, very truly yours.
280 West 12Dth street.
We never got that letter. If we had
we think it would not have been con
signed to the place our correspondent
suspects it was. For we have
been longon the lookout for some
thing to unlock the door to happiness
for the American, particularly for
something easy to employ and some
thing that carries no possible dangers.
What better fits the requirement
than the suggestion of Mr. Fleming?
Single tax, for example. Is offered not
only as a specific for economic woes
but for moral ones as well, but there
are conservative folk who not only
deny its value but see a menace In it.
Socialism, according to its advo
cates, will remedy all the defects that
are so glaringly apparent In civiliza
tion but again there are so many care
ful, self-centered souls in the country
who are afraid of revolution that the
Nation will not try it.
Also we have a friend who pesters
us with long letters telling how crime,
penury and pestilence may be cured
by adopting a scientific money system,
but somehow the scheme never
seemed thoroughly safe and sane.
There are other methods of refor
mation of the particular flaw which
prevents the world from enjoying
lasting bliss but we know of none so
safe to adopt as the one described
with such' disappointing brevity by
Mr. Fleming. If "shaving with the
first stroke an up-stroke on the right
side of the face,"- is the master key
to universal happiness we should like
to know more about It and also to
spread the tidings. But the letter
containing full instructions and in
formation has miscarried, doubtless,
because of the carelessness of the
postoffice department. Again the
clock of progress is stopped by Dem
ocratic inefficiency.
REVISING A CHURCH BITTJAL.
Three questions of dominant Inter
est give promise of making the coming
General Convention of the Protestant
Episeopal Church in St. Louis next
month memorable. Briefly, these are
the proposal to revise the five longest
of the Ten Commandments for the use
of the church in its liturgy, amend
ment of the marriage service by chang
ing "obey" to "keep" in the pledge of
the bride, and such a change in the
canon law of the church as shall abso
lutely prohibit marriage in the church
between persons either of whom has
a husband or wife living and who has
been divorced for any cause arising
after marriage. Other questions of
polity will be discussed, but these is
sues are certain to command the most
attention.
Shortening of the Commandments is
not so serious or so revolutionary a
proposal as at first glance it may seem
to be. It is pointed out by those who
advocate the change that the Com
mandments were printed in the ab.
breviated form in the first prayer book
of the Anglican church. This was in
1549. ' The same form is also now in
use in the Episcopal Church of Scot
land, where there is no talk of chang
ing it for the longer, form. Reasons
advanced for the amendments are that
argument for observance of divine law
is not essential to observance of the
law itself, being peculiar to the na
tional life of the Israelites, and under
present conditions no longer neces
sary. This is illustrated most clearly
in the case of the fourth command
ment, two versions of which are given
in the Bible, one in Exodus and the
other in Deuteronomy. The Exodus
version, in some ninety-four words.
commands Sabbath observance for the
reason that God rested on the seventh
day. In Deuteronomy observance is
enjoined as a memorial of the setting
free of the children of Israel from
bondage in Egypt.
"Remember," says this version,
"that thou wast a servant in the land
of Egypt and that the Lord thy God
brought thee out hence, through a
mighty hand and by stretched out
arm; and therefore the Lord thy God
commanded thee to keep the Sabbath
day." It Is argued by students that
In all probability the Commandments
in their original form were not ac
companied by arguments for their ob
servance and that reasons were added
later. Hence It is proposed to con
dense the ninety-four words Into eight:
"Remember that thou keep holy the
Sabbath day." There Is said to be
some sentiment in favor of retaining
the full form In the Book of Common
Prayer, including within brackets the
portions to be omitted.
Others of the Commandments would
be materially curtailed, substantially
the same arguments being used. The
third would become. "Thou shalt not
take the name of the Lord thy God
in vain." the fifth. "Honor thy father
and thy mother," the ninth, "Thou.
Shalt not bear false witness," and the
tenth, "Thou shalt not covet anything
that is thy neighbor's," without enu
meration of the various items of prop
erty, as in the present form.
The proposal to change the , word
"obey" to "keep" in the bride's vow
in the marriage service already has
aroused comment, and for the benefit
of those who are thoughtlessly inclined
to regard it as a pledge on the part
of 'the prospective wife to contribute
to the support of her husband, it
should be explained that it is intended
only as a material reaffirmation of
the indissoluble oneness of marriage,
while fit the same time it is in keep
ing with the spirit of the times which
would give neither party to the mar
riage an advantage over the other. The
bridegroom makes no promise to obey
the bride, so why should the bride
promise to obey him? is the argu
ment presented. In the English serv
ice the husband promises to "worship"
his wife. This was changed in defer
ence to those who held that man
should worship no one but God.
The essential meaning of "keep" is
indicated by the form of the question
now put to the bridegroom by the
officiating clergyman and answered in
the affirmative: "Wilt thou love her,
comfort ber, honor and keep her, In
sickness and in health; and, forsaking I
all others, keep thee only unto her,
so long as ye both shall live?" Similar
ly it is peoposed that the pledge of the
bride shall be: "I take thee to be my
wedded husband ... to love cher
ish and keep, until death do ue part."
It means that she vows to keep herself
for him and for him only. Other in-,
teresting but minor changes in the
marriage service recommended by a
minority of the committee on revision
would include omission of the words,
"as Isaac and Rebecca lived faithfully
together," the statement that marriage
is "commended by Saint Paul to be
honorable among all men," and the
declaration that marriage was "in
stituted In the time of man's inno
cency." The bridegroom, however, will
continue to endow his bride with all
his worldly goods, no change in this
particular being proposed.
The status of present civil laws reg
ulating divorce is responsible for the
proposal to make a drastic change in
the canon law relating to this ques
tion. Under the present law of the
church exception is made in the case
of the Innocent party in a divorce for
adultery. Safeguards have been thrown
around the law; it has been required
that a year must have elapsed after
the granting of the divorce and that
the records must be submitted to the
bishop before a clergyman could offi
ciate at such a marriage. But lawyers
gave it as their opinion that collusion
is widely prevalent in divorce suits,
making it increasingly difficult to de
termine the innocence of either party.
This collusion, indeed, is" regarded in
some states as an accepted fact in most
divorce suits, although nominally It
i prohibited by law and prosecuting
officers are charged with the duty of
preventing it if possible. The law
against collusion is honored chiefly in
the breach, and this neglect has borne
fruit in determination not to recognize
divorce for any cause arising after
marriage. The church ,will continue
to recognize annulment of the mar
riage relation by the courts for causes
arising before marriage. The status
of divorced persons who have been
remarried out of the church, as to
their admission to the communion, is
to be decided by the bishop of the
diocese, from whom there shall be
no appeal.
These issues, as we have said, prom
ise to make the coming general con
vention an event of the highest social
importance, if not an epochal one.
Other proposed changes are regarded as
relatively of minor importance. Such,
for example, would be amendment of
the burial service, one feature of which
would be omission of the words which
place the responsibility on God. No
longer would" the clergyman read:
"Forasmuch as it has pleased almighty
God in his wise providence to take
out of the world the soul of the de
parted," but Instead, "Unto almighty
God we commend the soul of our de
ceased brother and we commit his
bodjy to the ground." Cheerful psalms
would be substituted for the dreary
ones. "God is our refuge and our
strength" would take the place of dis
approved messages of doom. Change
In the baptismal service that would
(Jmit the phrases "For inasmuch as
all men are conceived and born in
sin," also is proposed.
The latest Zeppelin raid on England
may be regarded as retaliation for the
exploits of the tank cars in France.
Loss of two airships shows that the
British aircraft and guns are gaining
efficiency. These raids do not seem to
gain military advantage at all propor
tionate to their cost in life nd money.
They serve principally to keep John
Bull's fighting blood up.
If plans for new railroads, opening
of new timber tracts and irrigation of
more arid land go for anything, Ore
gon will be ready to supply a. big de
mand for lumber and to locate many
settlers after the war.
It may prove that, when Greece la
willing to help the allies, they will not
want its help. There would then bo
one less at the pie counter when they
came to divide the spoils, in case they
should win.
A Portland man started something
when he had a circus man fined for
failing to produce the goods. Here
after the big bills by the roadside will
lack a charm of impossible wonder.
It makes little difference how much
the assessment Is reduced. A certain
amount of money will be spent any
how, and what comes off the assess
ment will be added to the levy.
Political enthusiasm always runs
high In a doubtful state. It infected
Mr. Hughes to such a degree that he
wore his voice to a frazzle and must
now repair it.
The employer who refuses to give a
Job back to a man who left it to serve
in the National Guard is untrue to the
principle "America first."
If the X-ray should prove instru
mental "in restoring Bernard Mont
gomery's memory, it might be used to
advantage on forgetful witnesses in
court.
Postmasters get what the Govern
ment calls "premium" for recruits,
but in the old days it was called blood
money for sailors.
There will be honest rivalry among
the nineteen counties that have exhib
its at the State Fair and it must be
the best that wins.
Congested conditions of schools
show the healthy conditions of towns,
and that's what's the matter with
Bend. .
A fine way to reduce the cost of liv
ing is to keep a milch goat and a few
hens; but the neighbors, alas, will ob
ject. Killing a dog is not proof that an
auto driver is careless, though It does
show the animal's lack of agility.
After all, it is natural for cement
men to stick together. That is the
nature of their product.
The baby girl that makes a score of
99 plus will set the young men guess
ing when she grows.
The Commissioner who keeps his
budget at the lowest U the man for
the people.
A great many people in New Tork
are about to learn for what legs are
made.
"Hoosters Holler for Hughes"
truthful as well as alliterative.
Is
The loss of a Zeppelin means more
than its money value.
All the good blood ia leading toward
the State Fair.
How to Keep Well.'
By 11 r. W. A. Evans. v
Questions pertinent to hygiene, sanitation
and prevertion of disease, it mattera of gen
eral interest, will be answered In this col
umn. Where spare will not permit or tha
subject is not suitable, letter will be per
sonally answered, subject to proper limita
tions and where stamped addressed envelope
is Inclosed. r. Evans will not make diagnosis
or prescribe for individual diseases. Re
quests for such services cannot be answered.
(Copyright, lulo. by Dr. W. A. Evans.
Published by arrangement with tha Chicago
Tribune.)
Tot New Treatment.
THE public press has recently noted
two new methods of treatment and
that our readers may be informed we
furnish additional Information con
cerning them.
Dr. a J. Meltser, of the staff of
Rockefeller Institute for Medical Re
search proposes that a solution of ad
renalin be Injected into the spinal
canal as a means of tiding over the
climax and possibly as a specific euro
In Infantile paralysis. Dr. Meltser'a
standing is of the best and there is no
possibility of an ulterior motive In his
recommendation.
Adrenalin is made from the adrenal
'gland, a gland located In the vicinity
of the kidney. Adrenalin Is known to
be a most effective medicine. It tem
porarily decreases the also of the blood
vessels.
The theory on which Dr. Meltier rec
ommended the injection of a solution
of adrenalin into the spinal canal was
that the pressure from the congested
blood vessels and the Inflammatory
swelling in the narrowly confined spi
nal cord sometimes paralyzed the
nerves of respiration and perhaps heart
action and thus caused death. By in
jecting the solution every few hours
this pressure could be kept down and
some Uvea could be saved. He even
suggests that the drug may have a
more direct action still, but he is not
very certain ab,ut that point. The New
York Throat and Lung Hospital la giv
ing the method a trial.
A recent number of the Journal of
Experimental Medicine Is given over to
articles on a proposed cure for con
sumption. The new remedy is called
cyano Cuprol. The report ia made by
Ur. Koga and associates in Japan. The
new remedy is a compound of copper
and cyanide of potassium. The authors
do not Rive any information as to how
the medicine la made. For tha time at
least It is a secret preparation.
It is injected into the vein. The
dose ' depends on the patient and the
stage of his disease. In no instance is
more than 8.5 cc, about 127 drops, in
jected. The injections are to be given
at intervals of two weeks. After each
injection the patient must have com
plete mental and physical rest for a
day. The remedy haa been used on
cases of consumption in human beings
Wltn satisfactory results.
Koga says that it cures pulmonary
and surgical tuberculosis in the first
and second stages and benefits cases
In the third stage. It acta primarily
on the disease and secondarily on the
bacillus. He says that the minimum
does is about 18 minims, 1 to 1.2 cc.
This remedy ia on trial. It will be some
months before opinions on it of any
value can De rormea.
Pains In Side.
R. T. P. writes: "I am a clerk, 18
years of age, with regular habits, reg
ular exercise and regular work. I do
not amoke, chew, drink or dissipate in
any way, but I am nervous and very
often am sick before meals.
"During the last month I have had
pains in my right side above my hip.
They, are sharp at times and at other
times Just a dull ache. 1. What are
some of the symptoms of appendicitis?
2. what can be done for it in its ear
lier stages? 3. Is there any way to
cure it without an operation? Do you
recommend the taking of nuxated iron.
or feargol. cr other widely advertised
strength builders?
REPLY.
1. Pain and tenderness In the right side
midway between the navel and the hip
bone. This pain is eolllekv in character.
Fever follows tha pain if tha attack is a
severe one. blood examination shows a
leucocytosla increase in while blood corpus
cles. 2. and 8. Tske a purgative. Stop eating.
Keep quiet. Put an lcebag over tha sore
pot.
a. No.
Depends on Envirennents.
J. T. C. writes: "I have a well 10
feet deep; there ia a 75-foot driven well
at the bottom of the dug well. I use
this very deep well water occasionally
for drinking, as it is much cooler than
the city well water, which comes from
a surface well about 20 feet deep.
desire to know which water is likely
to he the moat pure.
"The city water la used constantly
and the deep-well water seldom."
REPLY.
pMlclnj g-nerallv. a well nR feet is ssfer
than one .u reet aeep. Much depends on how
thoroughly the -nflls are concreted and
the distances to points of possible contain!
nation in tha different wells.
I. ate Marriages.
H. H. writes: "1. Is it dangerous
for a woman of 40 years to have her
first baby?. 2. Has the woman who
haa always indulged In outdoor sports
a. prreater or less chance In childbirth?
The high cost of living causes many
men to marry late. It Is of the great
est importance to a great number of
persons so situated to know whether
or not they must forego the happiness
or iittie ones in tne noma.
REPLY.
1. Xot speclallv.
3. A better chance.
Breed In Catch-Hasina.
Assistant State Entomologist MeMil
lan tells me that mosquitoes are breed
ing in the eatch-baslns. This can be
prevented by pouring a small quantity
of kerosene on the top of the water In
the basin. The oil must completely
cover tne water.
Veronal.
H. r. writes: "'Kindly Inform me of
the use of veronal. Is It a cure fo
headache or is it a habit-formini
drug?"
W VTT .V
It" M net a eure for h. art ache. It la a habit
i . lulu. -1 ii . ' i vi 1 1 i ! . v i y .ii men
"1. i' jiii, '.in i. . u w ii . i . juBiiiiea in usini
It fir Inwmnia .ir.nl i n ,1 - - - ri n-.
Bllgrralne.
8. K. writes: "1. 'Will you please tell
me wnat is tne cause or the prickly tin
gllng sensation in my left arm and side
or face? These attacks are aceompa
nled by 'wheels In my eyes and ter
mmate In a severe headache. wha
must I do to prevent these attacks?
2. Also what Is the cause of cramps In
one's toes, and what ean be done to
prevent them?"
ROTLY.
1. I Judge yon have migraine. The treat.
ment of migraine Is very unsatisfactory.
you ean lessen tna numoer or attacks some.
what by keeping your powsls open, by ex
reislng in tha open air. by sleeping out o
doors, and by living on vegetables, rrul
and bread and eating very little meat. Even
so rsdlcal a ehanga in your habits aa Is
Indicated abeva will not wholly prevent you
from having spells. .
2. If you will wear larger sheas and will
exercise yoar foot and lower leg muscle
more tha cramps will net trouble you.
A Typical Answer.
Exchange
Jay E. House, a Kansan, who work
on the newspaper owned by Governo
Capper, has been elected Mayor ef To.
neka. Women v.etitloned him to em
ploy Individuals of their aex as police
en patrol duty, but he refused. HI
grounds were that they would be "stick
tng their noses into other people' bust'
IS ARGUED.
Mrs. Lora C. Little Tells Why Propose
Measure Is Supported.
PORTLAND. Sept. 23. (To the Edi
tor.) Had not vaccination been re
peatedly forced upon people In the
State of Oregon, and that right up
to the time of the circulating of tha
initiative petition, the anil-compulsory
vaccination bill would not have been
placed on the ballot- There has been
no compulsory vaccination of school
children since May 1. 1915, though prior
to that time there had been a gooa
deal of It every year for a number ol
years. Since the move to repeal the
law started, the appearance of small
pox In a neighborhood has resulted
only in polite requests to be vaccinat
ed, and persons who refused have been
neither threatened nor molested.
To the end that thla desirable state
of things shall continue it Is Impor
tant that the bill be passed. There are
now three laws, under cover of which
vaccination has been enforced. The
first is a state law and may be found
by reference to Lord's Oregon Laws,
title XXXII, chapter V, section 405::.
The second Is rule 14 of the State
Board of Health. Such rules may not
be good law, but they have been so
declared by the Supreme Courts of
several states. Copies of rule z were
spread broadcast on one occasion as
the authority for the compulsory vac
cination of all the school children in
one of the cities of the state. The
third law is a Portland city ordinance
authorizing compulsory vaccination.
Enforced vaccination rarely if ever
originates with employers. They are
mere go-betweens; but since health of
ficials can reach them by underground
way. they. too. must be held responsi
ble and prohibited from this compul
sion alone with health boards.
Let mo say further the penalty is not
a straight penitentiary sentence, but
fine or imprisonment or both at aiS'
cretion of the court.
A healthy, law-abiding citizen should
be Immune from interference or as
sault, and this Is all the bill seeks to
accomplish. It is not vindictiveness
that seeks to make such a law effec
tlve. It is only a positive stand for
the rights of every citizen.
Nobody s risrhts are invaded by the
bill. Those who have faith in vaccl
nation can still be vaccinated, secur
ln:r whatever protection It may afford.
Those preferring to keep their blood
uncontaminated will have the same
freedom of choice. If that Is not ele
mentary Justice I would like to know
what is.
It is true that In some states com
pulsory vaccination has been upheld
by the courts. In three states where
this occurred it was promptly followed
by the passage of anti-vaccination laws
by the Legislatures. The states were
Minnesota. South Dakota and Utah.
The most sweeping of these laws is
that of Utah, which prohibits all com
pulsory vaccination.
As to freedom from small pox epl
demlcs, there Is considerable evidence
that it Is some other factor than vac
cination that procures it. While well-
vaccinated Germany has been fairly
exempt, since the great epidemic of the
early 70s, equally vaccinated Italy has
suffered severely, and most thoroughly
vaccinated Japan has had frightful
epidemics. The Japanese figures have
been frequently published in American
periodicals. Great Britain is rapidly
becoming an unvaccinated country.
since the passasre of the "conscientious
objector" law in 1898, yet no serious
outbreaks of smallpox have occurred.
Exemptions have risen from 32.337 in
1899 to 321.280 In 1914. the last year
on which figures are available. In
the 17 years the exemptions total up
wards of 2.000.000. These figures are
contained in Parliament proceedings
August 9. 1916. LORA C. LITTLE.
M. G. HALL'S DEATH LEAVES VOID
Engtae Shelby Writes In Appreciation
of Late Iluslaesa Competitor.
SAX FRANCISCO. Sept. 20. (To the
Editor.) Montgomery G. Hall George,
his Intimates called him has crossed
the Great Divide, and those of us who
have known and admired him ever
since he settled in Oregon in 1S8S. will
miss his genial personality and many
will sincerely feel the void his passing
has created. Mr. Hall was a man of
cordial impulse, true to his friends and
magnetic to a remarkable degree. He
was highly respected by. his employes
and to my mind there is no test of a
man's nobility that will measure up
to the verdict of those who have beon
constantly subject to his directions. As
a business competitor for several years.
I am perhaps In better position than
anyone else to certify to Mr. Hall's
fairness in transactions involving our
respective companies and I do not hesi
tate to state that though we were
savagely fighting for common-point
business he was always the same
complacent, agreeable gentleman to me.
Our relations were constantly pleasant
and I should not want a squarer rival
.Many of the members of the Port
land Chamber of Commerce, which has
absorbed the Commercial Club, are per
haps unaware of the fact that Mr. Hall,
aided by E. J. De Hart, Gus Simon, L.
M. Dunne and Isaac Hodgson, Jr., the
architect who supervised the construc
tion of the former Chamber of Com
merce building. Stark street, between
Third and Fourth, was the founder of
the Commercial Club. He originated
the Idea of the organization, having
been a member of and familiar with
the workings of a similar association
in St. Paul, where he had formerly re
sided.
That Mr. Hall was a factor in the
business circles of the Northwest, along
the lines of the Northern Pacific Rail
road and especially in the Puget Sound
territory, and that he was probably
one of the best and most favorably
known men in that section of country,
is a matter of record, and I am sure
his sudden demise has created more
real regret than will ever find ex-
presslon.
His Journey Is ended: may he rest In
peace. EUGENE SHELBY.
IXSTITUTIOXS NOT DEPOPULATED
On Contrary, Investigator Finds la
crease 1'nder Prohibition.
PORTLAND. Sept, 24. (To the Edi
ter.) Prohibition advocates and their
paid emissaries are continually shout
ing about how crime and poverty have
been reduced on account of prohibi
tion. In reference to the poverty por
tion of their claim. I will not waste
your valuable space In discussion, for
present conditions In the state are too
well known to anyone connected with
any business or profession. But why
should statements concerning tha do
crease in crime be allowed to go un
contradicted when they are not found
ed on facts?
I have had occasion recently to ex
amine the records of the Oregon State
Training School at Salem, of which
Will S. Hale is superintendent, and I
find that during the first six months
of 1315 it had 118 inmates: during the
first six months of 1916, when prohibi
tion was in effect, the inmates in
creased to 151, an Increase of 55 or
over 25 per cent. I find that the State
Echool for Deaf during the same period
In 1915 had 94 patients; in 1818 for
the same time 108 patients: the State
Institution for Feeble Minded In 1915
had 304 patients. In 1916 312 patients,
and that the same Is true with prac
tically all other, state institutions of a
similar nature.
Take even the State Penitentiary at
Salem, which January 1, 1915, had E27
convicts, and during the hard Winter
months of the year when crime is
greatly on the Increase. This number
had increased on June 30, 1916, to 533.
In not a single instance has there been
a decrease noted. PAUL DORSAL,
, 1121 Cast Everett.
AXTI - VACCINATION
In Other Days.
Fifty Years Abo-
From Th Oregonlsn of September 55. 1S0.
Washington. iSept. 21 The Iot
says: "Since yesterday about 150
changes of postmasters and 25 of route
agents have been made, principally in
me est.
Toronto. C. W.. Sent. 52. Th. .nw
ernment circular to county attorneys
and public magistrates advises seizure
"i onus in possession or parties Inimi
cal to rjublic Ti "i i-. q n 1 1 siicc... .
all persons suspected of connection
"... mo f emails do vigorously prose
cuted. Chicago. Sent 22. Wash I net on inn.
cials say that Seward is rapidly fall-
inn, ana it is feared that he cannot
survive much longer.
The "Pioneers" of this city must look
to their laurels, aa we learn that the
"Clackamas Baseball Club" is now or
ganized. On Saturday they played five
innings against Oregon City. Captain
Shepherd's side making 22 runs and
Captain Pope's 13 runs.
A man named Cain came down from
the south fork of the Santiam Kriday
with $36.75 in gold dust at about 815
per ounce, the result of three days'
work by two men. The gold was taken
from the river bar between Canal Fork
and Tarker's Guleh.
Twenty-five Yearn Asre-
FV"Tn The Oregon!an of September 2S. 1S9L
Washington, Sept, 2. The Pennoyer
boom is apparently catching on in the
East. The Washington Post today savs
editorially: "In making up the books
for next year's events, the Democrats
will make a grave mistake If they
overlook Governor rennoyer."
New Tork. Sept. 24 Franklin K.
Lane, of Tacoma. Wash., Is in the city
with the announced mission of securing
the holding of the Democratic National
convention of 1832 in Tacoma.
Seattle. Wash., Sept. 24. Sarah Bern
hardt and Maurice Bernhardt were bear
huntintr on Green Lake today. Mme.
Bernhardt saw no bears, but discovered
their trails, and consoled herself with a
few birds and squirrels.
Congressman Einger Hermann was in
town yesterday, but was not talking
politics to any considerable extent. He
believed It too early to discuss the Con
gressional campaign of 1892. but eon
fronted with the question: "Is there any
truth in the alleged agreement between
you and Harry Miller, whereby you
draw out of the race ia his favor?" he
replied:
"So far as I am concerned. I am not
a candidate for renomlnatlon. Should
it be deemed advisable" Mr. Hermann
here thoughtfully stroked his beard,
sayinar parenthetically, "I must be very
careful what I say." and after studying
about three minutes, continued "that
I should continue my service in Con
gress I may feel it improper to decline."
St. Louis. Sept. 24. The Sovereign
Grand Lodge was in secret session to
day, and In a vote on the place of next
meeting Portland, Or., carried away the
plum from Atlantio City and Mil
waukee. MOTORIST NOT ALWAYS AT FAULT.
One Telia of Difficulties ef Avoiding
Dogs In Streets.
EUGENE, Or.. Sept. 23. (To the Edi
tor.) In reply to "Friend of the Dumb
Brutes letter in The Oregonian. Sep
tember 22: The writer of that article
is to be commended for her Ideas In re
gard to cruelty to animals: but I won
der If she is cognizant of the facts la
regard to the c--.se? As for this Indi
vidual case, I know nothing other than
what was In the article referred to.
But as a motorist of experience, I am
inclined to believe that all the facte
were not given, and tnat the motorist
was not to blame. Did the motorist
steer out of his course or run up on
the sidewalk to hit the dog? Or was
the dog out on the street? The article
said that a man on the sidewalk warned
the motorist to look out for the dog, so
evidently the dog was in the realm of
the auto.
About two years ago, as I was travel
ing down Belmont street, a little fox
terrier ran in my path and to keep
from striking him. I swerved sharply
to the right and ran Into a wood pile.
Yea. the life of a $10. dog was -eavtd,
and its little owner thanked me. But a
new fender cost $2.50. a new lamp $5.
a new radiator $18, and $1.50 to have
my radius-rod straightened. It would
have been much cheaper to have hit
the dog and buy Its owner two others.
At another time I swerved sharply
to the left to save a dog and almost
hit a woman with a baby in her arms.
A person cannot look out for all tha
loose animals that may run out in front
of machines. Animals that are prop
erly trained do not get where autos
can strike them; and animals not prop
erly trained should not be allowed to
run at large, or else the owners should
not complain about the consequences.
There are a thousand and one reasons
why an autolst might have to swerve
quickly to the left or to the right, or
keep straight ahead thus seeming like
an accident was intentional. Further
more, an autoist cannot follow the ad
vice shouted to him from the sidewalk,
for he might have an accident while
he was turning around to listen.
Whether or not the driver should
have stopped, has two sides to it: Nat
urally, he should reimburse' the owner
for his dog, and most motorists who
make thoir getaway would be only
too willing to make their accident good.
But there is usually a lot of trouble:
a great many hard words are said, and
often blows are struck. Everyone know
of where one man has shot anotbar
in a row over which a dog was the
cause. Every cur dog is worth at least
$100 when killed by a motorist. It
seems to be the custom to always stick
a motorist, going on the principle that
ha must have money because he has a.
machine; so the owner of a dog has no
compunction against suing a moterist
for $500 in case the dog gets killed
by the latter.
So there is something to be said In
favor of the motoriet not stopping
after he has killed a dog. I. too, think
it Is a shame that any animal must
be killed unnecessarily, but sometimes
It cannot be helped.
JACK MITCHELL.
Is "America" un-Amerteant
PORTLAND. Sept 23. (To the Ed
itor.) In reference to your article.
"Who Wrote America?" "America" has
been declared un-American and tha
"Star-Spangled Banner" has been In
dorsed by many as our National hymn.
An interesting article was published
last year in Buffalo. N. Y.. August 8:
The German Roman Catholle Central
Vereln today added a resolution condemn
ing tha song "America" as un-American,
and Indorsing the "Star-Ppangled Banner
as the National anthem. The resolution was
Introduced by Paul Prodrehl. of Baltimore,
appointed by tha Mayor of that city. "The
hymn "America." " said Mr. Prod r hi, "la
an Imposition on the American public Far
from embodying the lofty sentiments that
are expressed In tha Oeclaratlon of Inde
pendence and In the genius of our Consti
tution. It is repugnant to American Ideals.
"In tha first place it is sung to tha tune
of "God Save tha King." the British Na
tional anthem, a country against which wa
fought two wars, one for independence and
tho other to maintain it.
"In tha second plsoa. America, tha land
of civic and religious liberty, is Identified
with the "Land of Pilgrims" Pride.' tha
land of bigotry and Intoleiance, of blue
laws, witch-burning and persecution. 6uea
a sons cannot be regarded as the Amartcaa
National anthem."
MRS. J. CURTIS SIMMONS (Soprano),
677 East Fifty-second Street Is'crta,