Morning Oregonian., December 29, 1916, Image 1

VOL. LVI.-XO. 17,505.
PORTLAND, OREGON, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1916.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
TEACHERS ARRAIGN
PRESENT METHODS
AUSTRIAN EMPEROR
EAGER FOR PEACE
GIRL FOUND LOCKED
IN STORE CLOSET
SECOND. GOVERNOR
0FIDAH0 DESTITUTE
MEN TO BE DRAFTED
"WHEN NECESSARY"
BIG GAME INSURED
AGAINST RAINFALL
SOUND VISUALIZED
BEFORE SCIENTISTS
SWISS REPORTS SAY NEW RUL
ER WILL EXERT INFLUENCE.
N. B. WILLEV CRITICALLY ILL
IN CALIFORNIA HOSPITAL.
LLOYDS TO PAY $23,000 IF
PASADENA HAS WET DAY.
Vocational Training Is
Styled "Makeshift."
DRAWING GLASSED NECESSITY
Manual Training as Now Con
ducted Is Criticised.
SESSIONS WILL END TODAY
Tr. Suzzallo Points Out That Iocal
Needs Arc or Prime Educational
k Importance Dr. Carroll
Pearsc Also Heard.
Tt would havs done the red-headed
rhoolboy pood yesterday to have sat
In Judgment on the teachers, high and
low, attending the convention of the
Oregon State Teachers' Association
and heard them find fault with them
selves and their ways. The delegates
were out to find the errors of the
present-day school system and they
pointed out not a few.
Vocational training was found in
many ways at present to be merely
a makeshift for the demands of the
rapidly-advancing times; drawing-. It
was explained, the opinion of many
parents and pupils to the contrary not
withstanding, is as essential in educa
tion almost as much as writing and,
reading are, and the delegates heard
from some of the leaders that a means
of tackling the distribution of wealth
problem must be found if the schools
are to fulfill their purpose of making
useful citizens out of the timber at
hand.
Manual Training Criticised.
Manual training was especially under
the hammer and. high as its praises
have been sung in the past in general
ities, there were leaders at the con
vention yesterday who found it wanting
after being weighed' In the balance of
detail.
The attacks, defense and counter-attacks
made in the search for the errors
existent came from teachers of all
rank. Two luminaries of especial
brightness flashed across the argu
mentative sky when Dr. Henry Suz
zallo, president of the University of
Washington, and Dr. Carroll G. Pearse.
head of the Milwaukee Normal School
in Wisconsin, addressed the pedagogues
and told them among other things that
the climate out here was making some
too Indolent; that higher education
must become co-operative rather than
competitive and that teachers In time
will find that their product Is being
checked Just as the product of a large
mill is checked and the discredit for
flaws placed where It belongs.
Vlewa of Speaker Indorsed.
Both Dr. Suzzallo and Dr. Pearse are
men of National prominence, and
numerous others of considerable promi
nence coincided with the view that the
chief business ahead of the teachers
Just now is that of finding their errors
and correcting them, with the aid and
consent of the taxpaylng public.
The convention, after an assembly in
the morning at Lincoln High School,
when both Dr. Suzzallo and Dr. Pearse
talked, divided Into sections in the aft
ernoon and 20 different meetings were
held. Last night 400 of the delegates
sat down to a banquet In Hotel Portland
grillroom at which E. F. Carleton,
president of the association, presided.
Jt was an informal gathering at which
Ihf r were no addBaaaM. Music anrl
Final Sessions Today.
This morning the convention will
grind in various sectional meetings. At
1 1 o'clock at the Portland Hotel an
added session of the legislative coun
cil, the inner body that rules the asso
ciation, will be held, where some ad
ditional business will be transacted.
This afternoon at the Lincoln High
School auditorium another general as
sembly will be held. This will be the
final gathering of the convention mem
bers. Both Dr. Suzzallo and Dr. Pearse
will speak. .
Dr. Suzzallo. native of San Jose and
a graduate of Stanford University,
with an added degree from Columbia
University, is well known. He was
lecturer in education at Stanford for
some years, and was elected head of
the University of Washington in Hay,
1915.
Ho is of the younger generation of
college presidents and is strong in his
zeal for efficiency.
Social Efficiency Aim.
"The last 10 years," he said, 'have
given us for the first time thoroughly
trained administrators who are inter
ested in efficiency. The educational
movement has two types; the earlier
was a check on the process to see that
the thing we were driving at was being
done. Surveys of those days dealt with
what might be called the pedagogical
efficiency of the schools and what
chiefly concerned us was the product
that tame up to certain specifications.
"Then it began to dawn upon us that
ltVinnsrii we m'eht iret the oroduct
that was desired, it might not, after
all, be what was really desirable and
what the world needed. Now we are on
the verge of a new type of efficiency
in education. This is social rather
than pedagogical efficiency.
"In the building of men we have got
to have some kind of a check on tHe
product as in the building of things.
We have got to have both kinds of
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Separate Move Regarded Unlikely.
Humiliating Settlement Not
Preferable to Bankruptcy.
LONDON. Dec. 29. Recent reports
from Switzerland have represented the
internal conditions in Austro-Hungary
as so serious that those governments
are prepared to negotiate direct with
Great Britain and France, preferring a
humiliating peace to what has been
termed inevitable bankruptcy and ruin.
The Morning Post's Budapest corre
spondent, writing December 22. records
opinions to the foregoing effect as be
ing prevalent in some quarters in Austria-Hungary,
but In nowise confirms
the view that they are favored by the
Austrian and Hungarian governments.
On the contrary, the correspondent con
tends that, however much a separate
peace may be desired, it is certainly
for the present impossible. He concurs
with the Swiss reports so far as say
ing that the. young Emperor is eager
to work for peace.
"It is generally recognized." says the
correspondent, "that the Emperor, after
he has been crowned King of Hungary
and taken the oath to the constitution
in the Austrian Parliament, will try
to re-establish peace. There is little
doubt that he will use his influence
on Germany in as friendly a way as is
possible, and if this influence should
fail will use other kinds of pressure
on Germany, which Germany will be
unable to endure for long."
CHURCHMEN IN EGG FIGHT
Chairman of Presbyterians Crawls
Under Tabic to Avoid Sliclls.
SASKATOON, Sask., Dec. 28. The
Ruthenian Presbyterian convention was
broken up today when M. Zary, a mem
ber of the opposition faction, began
hurling eggs at Chairman John Rodruk.
when the latter requested Zary to con
fine his address to three minutes, ac
cording to a complaint filed against
Zary.
Rodruk crawled under a table when
the bombardment began, and thinking
he had been knocked down with a stone,
Paul Crath, secretary of the conven
tion, seized a table and struck Zary on
the head, according to the authorities.
Zary ran from the haTl and has not been
found.
EXPLOSION ROCKS CITY
Nitroglycerin on Wagon Bursts and
Two Are Killed.
jSAFULPA. Okla., Dec. 28. Explosion
of a wagonload of nitroglycerine bound
for the oil fields shook the country for
miles around tonight. Two men with
the wagon probably were blown to bits,
as no trace of their bodies has been
f on nd.
The explosion occurred five miles
west of Keifer, about 10 miles from
here. It shattered hundreds of panes
of glass here, rocked buildings in the
business district and was beard for 25
miles around.
OPIATE HIDDEN IN ORANGE
Attempt to Smuggle Drug Into City
Jail Is Frustrated by Police.
An attempt to supply William Harris,
a colored prisoner in the City Jail,
with a quantity of yen-shee, was frus
trated last night by policemen, who
searched a package sent the negro
until they found the opiate hidden in
the heart of an orange.
The opiate found last night was in a
package of fruit, candy, and clothing
taken to police headquarters by a mes
senger boy. who said he had been sent
by the prisoner's wife.
ALPS VILLAGE THREATENED
Avalanches and Landslides Crush
Houses in Swiss Resort.
BERNE, via Paris. Dec. 28. The de
struction of the village of Champrey,
a tourist resort in the canton of Valais,
In threatened by the sudden onset of
avalanches, coupled with a landslide.
Several houses have been crushed and
the whole population has evacuated the
village.
Swiss troops and 200 interned French
prisoners of war are working day and
night to preserve the rest of the vil
lage. BERLIN TO PERMIT GAYETY
New Year's Is to Be Celebrated in
Usual Manner.
BERLIN, via London. Dec. 28. An
swering a strong popular demand, the
president of police has issued an order
permitting restaurants and places of
amusement to keep open New Year's
nitfht until 1 o'clock.
This action will make possible the
celebration by Berlin of the New Year
in the usual manner.
100-LB. WIFE COSTS $100
Husband's Fine for Beating Woman
Based on Wrelght.
PUEBLO. Colo.. Dec. 28. "What do
you weigh?" Judge R. A. Crossman
asked Mrs. James Arris in Police Court
today. Arris was accused of beating
his wife.
"One hundred pounds," the woman
answered.
"You are fined $100," said the magis
trate to Arris, "a dollar a pound." Arris
paid,
Telephone0perator,17
Has Memory Lapse.
WRONG NAME GIVEN FIRST
Victim Is Alice Smith, Whose
Home Is in Milwaukie.
RAMBLING STORIES TOLD
Scwttle, Where Family Formerly
Lived) Is Declared Residence.
Mother Tells PeJIce Health
Always Has Been Good.
Alice Smith, a 17-year-old telephone
girl for the Pacific States Telephone &
Telegraph Company at the Park and
Oak-street Btatlon, was found cramped
in a linen closet in the Olds, Wortman
& King store before noon yesterday,
and said she was unable to remember
her name, residence or how she got
Into the closet.
The girl was identified last night
through the efforts of Police Matron
Sampson as the daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. John M. Smith, of Milwaukie. Or.,
and was turned over to her parents.
While Miss Smith at first said she
was unable to remember anything she
later gave Mrs. Sampson the name of
Mrs. Lewie Burnell. of Milwaukie. and
said that she lived In a white house
near Mrs. Burnell's residence. Mrs.
Burnell was telephoned to and com
municated with the girl's mother.
Mother Can't Explain.
Mrs. Smith cafme to Portland last
night and took her daughter home with
her. She was unable to explain the
girl's actions, and said she had never
been sick in her life. Miss Smith bad
told the police that she recently re
covered from an attack of typhoid
fever.
According to the girl's story, she had
come to Portland to look for work
similar to employment she had had in
Seattle, Wash., where she said she had
been personal stenographer for one of
the managers of the Tru-Blu Biscuit
Company. She said she was trying to
find the Young Women's Christian As
sociation, but was unable to locate
the building. Later she went, she says,
to the restroom at the Meier & Frank
store, where she started a letter to her
chum. Miss Gladys Williams, of 1108
West Fifty-first street, Seattle. She
says she tore the letter up without
finishing it. Leaving the Meier A
Frank store, she says, she wandered
around until she began to feel faint,
and entered the Olds, Wortman & King
store under the impression that she was
returning to Meier & Frank's.
Actions 'ot Recalled.
How she got into the linen closet she
was unable to remember, she said, but
employes of the store say she climbed
over a. low partition which fenced off
the closet from the rest of the room.
The girl first told the police that
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DEMOCRACY'S SACRED WHITE
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Lonely Mining Claim Long Held
With Clouded Title and With
Insufficient Food.
AUBURN, Cal., Dec. 28. (Special.)
N. B. Wllley, second Governor of Idaho,
now lies in a lonely cot in the Placer
County Hospital in this city, where he
was brought, destitute, from a distant
mining claim in the Blue Canyon dis
trict. At the age of 77 he is penniless and
apparently without vigor to draw him
through his present illness. He is suf
fering from acute intestinal trouble.
Following political reverses in Idaho.
Mr. Willey came to this county 15 years
ago, locating his present claim in Blue
Canyon, where he has been unmolested
for several years, although title to the
land is not entirely in his name. Having
often been without sufficient food, he
is now in a weakened condition from
which he is not expected to rally.
It is only through the kindness of
acquaintances here that Mr. Willey has
been allowed to live on his claim un
molested. Several years ago an attach
ment was allowed on the claim by the
Superior Court and, friends went to his
rescue, furnishing funds to pay the
bill. Investigation then showed that
Willey did not have a clear title.
According to Superintendent William
Walsh, of the hospital, Willey com
municated with no relatives or friends
and the authorities are unable to reach
anyone interested in him.
George Shoup was elected first Gov
ernor of Idaho, and Norman B. Willey
Lieutenant-Governor. Shoup was elect
ed Senator by the Legislature and Mr.
Willey became Governor in 1890.
BRIDEGROOM BEING SOUGHT
W. H. Parker, of Turner, Weds Girl,
16; License Gained by Frand.
VANCOUVER. Wash.. Dec. 38. (Spe
cial.) A wedding performed by W. 8.
T. Derr, Justice of the Peace, here Sat
urday night has brought the hand of
the law down upon the bridegroom and
one of the witnesses.
W. H. Parker. 24 years old, giving his
residence at Turner, Or., was accom
panied by Miss Alta M. Halford, who
gave her age as 19 and her residence
as Salem, Or. W. H. Lawyer, giving
his residence as Portland, waa witness.
Today Wlllam Halford. of Salem, the
girl's father, filed an affidavit swear
ing that the girl was only 16 years old.
A warrant for Mr. Lawyer, charging
him with perjury, and a warrant for
Mr. Parker, charging him with subor
nation of perjury, were issued, and
given to a Deputy Sheriff from Oregon.
WILSON THREATENS VETO
Public Buildings Bill Is Opposed In
Present Form.
WASHINGTON. Dec. 28. President
Wilson told callers today that he would
veto the $28,000,000 public buildings
bill if it comes to him In the form in
which it is now pending in the House.
Its advocates plan to seek to obtain a
rule for consideration of the measure
by the House soon after the Christ
mas recess.
The President lias reached no deci
sion on the rivers and harbors bill
I laid before him recently by Chairman
Sparkman, of the House rivers and
harbors committee.
ELEPHANT ON EXHIBITION IN
War Department Finds
Authority in Law.
RESERVE TO BE MAINTAINED
All Abie-Bodied Men From 18
. to 45 Are Liable.
REGULATIONS ARE ISSUED
Recruiting Officers of Guard In
structed to Discourage Enlist
ment of Men Having Others
Dependent on Them.
WASHINGTON. Dec. 28. Every able
bodied male citizen of the United States
betweenthe ages of 18 and 45 years is
held liable for service in the National
Guard at war time, without further act
of Congress, by War Department Reg
ulations for the government of the
Guard issued under the National de
fense act.
In a circular prepared nearly two
months ago. but made public only to
day, the Military Bureau directs that
where a National Guard regiment is
called out for war service a reserve
training battalion to fill vacancies at
the front shall be organized out of the
National Guard reserve and by volun
tary enlistment.
Draft Ordered. If Necessary.
"If for any reason." the order con
tinues, "there shall not be enough re
servists or enough voluntary enlist
ments to organize or to keep the re
serve battalion at prescribed strength
a sufficient number of the unorganised
militia shall be drafted by the Presi
dent to maintain such battalion or
lesser unit at the prescribed strength."
The language follows closely that
of the National defense act. in which
the unorganized militia is defined as
including every able-bodied male citi
zen within the prescribed age limit or
those who have declared their inten
tion of becoming citizens.
Men With Dependent Not Wanted.
The National Guard regulations,
which will be amplified in great detail
later, also strike at the problem of de
pendent families of soldiers, which has
cost the Government several millions
of dollars already through the border
mobilization. Recruiting officers for
the National Guard are directed- to dis
courage the enlistment of married men
or those with others dependent upon
them. Such persons are to be accepted
only for reasons in the public interest,
men who wish to become officers being
the only class specifically excepted.
It is provided in tire regulations that
no officer of the guard hereafter shall
be recognized as such under the de
fense act unless he shall have sub
scribed to an oath binding htm to obey
the orders of the President and of the
Governor cf his state.
Appointments wtll be made on recom
mendation to the Secretary of War
from Governors cr the commanding of-
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THE BIG TENT AT WASHINGTON,
Star End of Pennsylvania Eleven
Injured Oregon and Eastern
Men Go on Sightseeing Tours.
PASADENA. Cal., Dec. 2i. The
Tournament of Roses Association an
nounced tonight the East-West football
game to be played following the an
nual Tournament of Roses has been
insured against rain by Lloyd's. In the
event of rain a quarter of an inch at
Pasadena between Sunday. 3 A. M.. and
Monday. 3 P. M., Lloyd's is to pay
$23,000.
According to the association of
ficials, this agreement was based on
the rainfall records of the United States
Weather Bureau here for the past 30
years.
Clem Urquhart, star left end of the
University of Pennsylvania's football
eleven, will not be in the New Year's
game with the University of Oregon
at Tournament Park here, according
to an official announcement tonight.
Urquhart sprained his ankle and was
unable to get a shoe on. Albert Crane,
of Seattle, will replace the small Penn
sylvania player.
Oregon men took a trip today up
Mount Lowe to view the country. The
Pennsylvanians chose to take a trip
through motion picture studios.
Coach "Bob" Folwell, of the Eastern
team, let his squad practice before the
public. Hugo Bezdek, Oregon coach,
preferred secret work, so his men
would not be disturbed.
Officials for the game were an
nounced tonight as follows: Referee,
W. S. Kienholz, Pasadena. University of
Minnesota: umpire. Andy W. Smith.
Pasadena, University of Michigan: field
Judge. David Wltmer, Los Angeles, Har
vard University; head linesman. Jack
Wells. Los Angeles. University of Chi
cago; scorer. W. T. Wilson, Pasadena,
University of Chicago.
RECEPTION REPLACES BALL
Utah's Governor's Inaugural Fete
Is to Be Democratic.
SALT LAKE CITY. Dec. 28. Depart
ing from the time-honored custom of
Inaugural balls. Governor-elect and
Mrs. Simon Bamberger, have announced
that they will give an inaugural recep
tion in true democratic style at the
Capitol the night of January 5.
Every man. woman and child in Utah
is invited to come and get acquainted
with the Chief Executive and the first
lady of the state, as well as the newly
elected officers.
INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
The Weather.
TESTERDAT'S Maximum temperature 3!
decrees: minimum. 28 decrees.
TODAY'S F"Hlr. continued cold;
wind.
easterly
Wit.
Somme drive definitely stopped by Winter
weainrr. I .
Teuton advance m Dobrudja stubbornly con
tested. Pace 4.
London editors say entente expecta crush
ing military victory. Pace 4.
Austrian Emperor cacer for peace. Pace 1
Wllsnn srtll keep peace plan secret!
Pace 3.
0 National.
Carranza makes another appeal, but avoids
uat rriurai. -age -
War Department orders drafting of men
when necessary to maintain National
Guard reserves. Pace 1.
Railways oppose drastic car order. Pace 2.
New reclamation bill Is Introduced In Con
gress. Pace 3.
Wilson will ktip peace plan secret. Pace 5.
Domestic.
Second Governor of Idaho destitute and 111
Pace 1.
Eight found culltr of land basa swindle
Pace 4.
Conference over eight-hour railway law
falls. Pace 3.
Scientists show what sound looks Ilka.
Pace 1.
Gypsy ex-husband says Princess Chimay
left $300,000 to him. Pace 2.
Japanese widow of late J. P. Morgan's
nephew may lose estate. Pace 3.
Sports.
Lloyds Insures Pasadena football came
acainst rain in sum of $23,000. Pace 1.
Washlncton State Collece alumni asks in
vestigation of charges of disloyalty
against l.onmis. page 14.
Collegiate Athletic Association urges phy-
Pane 14.
Duck hunting season to close Sunday night.
Page 14.
Muff Bronson and Lloyd Madden box draw.
Page 14.
raeifie Northwest.
Clackamas slayer hangs self in Jail. Page 6.
Cold does damage
In
Grant and Baker
Counties. Page
6.
Commercial and Marine.
Wheat in Northwest higher on broader ship
ping demand. Page 19.
Chicago wheat market depressed by Weil
street break. Page 19.
International conditions cause of another
decline in stocks. Page 19.
Decree entered awarding $41.S30.S3 to own
ers of tug Daniel Kern for collision with
Geo. W. Elder. Page Its.
Dock Board approves fill at Supple ship
yard nlte. Page 10.
Seattle port to store $18,000,000 worth of
salmon. Page 13.
Portland and Vicinity.
Young girl attacked and beaten in Rose City
Park. Page 0.
Fugitive wanted here
court- Page 13.
released by Texas
Edward Knepper Convicted of bootlegging.
Pace 11.
Three clubs co on record for open shop.
Page 12.
Hordes of I. W. W. called to Portland.
Page 3 6.
Girl found
Page 1.
Multnomah
Pace 13.
in store closet is Identified.
delegation meets tonight.
Civil Service Board sustains dismissal of
two employes. Pace 13.
Jitney franchises cover 30 miles of city
streets- Page 6.
State tea hers arraign present-day methods
of instruction. Page 1.
M. A. Morgan, paroled convict, charged
with having sent bomb to Albany man
Page, 5.
Increased freight rates to go Into effect
December 30. Page S.
I. Aronson attacks advertising ordinance.
Page 9.
Medical school gets $23,000. Page 9.
Secretary Olcott says the limitation amend
ment need cause no apprehension.
Page IS.
bcr report, data and forecast. Page 19.
"War" Makes Confused
Blot on Screen.
"PEACE" IN SHARP CONTRAST
'Missing Link' 500,000 Years
Old Put on Exhibition.
APE-MAN LOOKS NATURAL
Complete Restoration Made From
Skull and .lav. bono Found in
Java Antiquity of Human
ity Argued Pro and Con.
NEW YORK. Dec. S8.A machine
that "shows how sound looks," a re
stored "Pithecanthropus erectus" who
roamed the earth 500.000 years ago as
the "missing link." a discuesion as to
whether man has been on this conti
nent 125.000 years or 300.000 years, and
many addresses on modem economic
and humanitarian subjects were fea
tures of the various sessions! of the
American Association for the Advance
ment of Science here today.
The sound machine, which is called
the "phonodelk," was exhibited by Pro
fessor Dayton C. Miller, of the Case
School of Applied Science. Clevelsnd.
He explained that the instrument pho
tographs the vibrations of the human
diaphragm governing the volume and
cadences of the voice and project
them, magnified 40.000 times, on a
screen.
-War' Produces Confused Blot.
Then Professor Miller spoke the word
"war" Into the machine and a confused.
Irregular blot of light flashed upon the
screen. Pronounciatlon of "peace"
produced a marked contrast. A record
of Caruso'a voice caused a broad, vio
lent fluctuating lino of light, while
Tetranlnl's voice showed as a finely
penciled dancing path of light.
The 500.000-year-old pithecanthropus
erectus was introduced to modern so
ciety by Professor James H. McGregor,
of the department of coology of the
Columbia Unlverclty. He explained that
the habitat of "P. E-." as he was called
for brevity, was Java. Virtually all
there is of the original "ape man" Is
the skull and Jawbone. The restored
figure was declared by Professor Mc
Gregor to be an accurate reproduction
of man's Darwinian ancestor.
Mnn'a Antiquity In. Dispute.
The discussion as to the antiquity of
man on North America before the
American Anthropological Association
revolved around human remains and
other objects recently found at Vero.
Fla. Dr. Ales Heldlicka. curator ot
anthropology at the United States Na
tional Museum. Washington. D. C.
placed the age at 125,000 years, but Dr.
O. R. Hay, of tho Carnegie institution
of Washington, contended that the evi
dence showed men lived here no less
than 300.000 years ago.
How the United States Steel Cor
poration hai spent $5,500,000 on the
"new science of humanity" In reducing
the number of accidents 43.54 per cent
and saving 14.976 men was told by
Charles L. Close, manager of the cor
poration's bureau of ssafety. sanitation
and welfare work.
Reaewal of Epidemic Feared.
In an address tonight on infantile
paralysis and tho public health. Dr.
Simon Flexner. director of the Rocke
feller Institute for Medical Research,
declared that he is "more or less fear
ful that infantile paralysis may be
more widespread In the United States
next Summer, but there may be. per
haps, not so much of it in the East
ern states."
Dr. Klexner asserted that It now is
impossible to say that the disease is
Infectous and contagious and is caused
by a living micro-organism. "I believe
that the disease Is here to stay for a
period." he told the scientists. "It has
never disappeared since its introduc
tion here in 190(."
That the quality of parenthood will
be Impaired perhaps for generations
among the peoples of the warring na
tions due to the unprecedented nerv
ous strain resulting from the methods
of waging the struggle was the opinion
of G. Stanley Hall, of Clark University,
in an address tonight on "Psychology
and the War" before the American
Psychological Association.
Strain on Soldiers Enormous.
"With its high explosives, poison
gases, the fatigue and demoralization
deliberately planned by each enemy,
and continuous day and night bom
bardment before the infantry advance,
it is no wonder each belligerent has
had to develop a new type of hospital
for cases of shock. All agree that the
nervous system of the soldiers has
never before been subjected to such a
strain."
Dr. Arthur A. Noyes, of the Mas
sachusetts Institute of Technology,
speaking on "Nitrogen and Prepared
ness." pointed to a vulnerable spot in
this Nation's military resources which
he thought should be rectified at once.
He said the supply of nitric acid used
in the United States has come prin
cipally from the saltpeter beds of Chile
and that In the event of war this sup
ply might be cut off from lack of ships
or should our ports be closed.