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WHAT IS A FRIENDLY POWER T
The Oregonian has a letter today
from an old citizen of German-Swiss
ancestry which It prints for the dis
closure it makes of the processes of
a mind warped by prejudice and sadly
misled by misinformation. It is an
illustration of the grrievous effects of
the destructive and treasonable prop
aganda carried on by such local pa
pers as the Oregon Deutsche Zeltung.
One prime effort of the Kaiser's
newspaper puppets in America is to
spread the falsehood that Wall Street
is behind the war and that President
"Wilson is Its ready tool. We -say that
it is a falsehood. It Is more. It is
the deliberate creation of socialistic
agitation, an alien bogy, a copperhead
Jack-o'-lantern, a hyphenate scare
crow. It Is still more. It Is the last
word in sedition, the pet slander of
disloyalty.
"You Wall-Street newspapers," cries
our German-Swiss friend. We will
overlook the insulting nature of the
classification only to say that the sub
sidized newspapers of the country are
the German-language papers, or some
of them. Undoubtedly the long-established
German newspapers are worthy
of respect, but these two-Ian guaged
mushrooms which have started up
since the war began are subject of
Justifiable suspicion. More,t is known
that large amounts were contributed
to support of at least one of them,
the late Vaderland, chtef of the trouble-makers
in this country.
The only corruption fund of which
any evidence exists is from German
sources. The manifestations of Its
mischievous and criminal nature have
been so frequent as to require no new
citation here. They have broken out
in a hundred places a hundred or
more times. Only the Beutlkofers
see no harm In scandalous disturbance
of American domestic peace, control
of so-called - American newspaper
voices, invasion and denial of Amer
ican rights, destruction, of American
lives and property.
All from a friendly, power, with
which we are intending1 to make war!
A friendly power! If it is a friendly
power which does these things to
America, then any crime may be Jus
tified in the name of friendship. If
America falls or refuses to resent
them,, and to require their correction
and alleviation. It will deserve all It
has had and all It will hereafter get
from Germany.
A Kalserized Congressman rises In
his seat and repeats a fanciful tale
that J. Pierpont Morgan and his plu
tocrat friends had bought up twenty
five leading American newspapers and
were using them to promote war with
Germany. This silly yarn of course
went in the Congressional Record.
Now the Kaiser-paper method is to
print the He, upon the so-called au
thority of the Congressional Record
a Government document. The Intent
Is to feed such stuff to the Beutlkofers
that hyphenlsm may thrive, treason
' live and the foundations of the Gov
ernment be shaken. It will be noted
that Herr Beutlkofer threatens the
foundations of Government. The poi
son Is working.
It is sad It Is disconcerting to
know that men of worthy lives and
pood intentions as we think Beutl
kofer is have been victimized by this
tainted, unscrupulous and wicked
propaganda. They are unable to see
that for two and one-half years the
United States has gone far to keep
out -of the war, and especially that
it has sedulously sought to keep out
of Germany's way. It has suffered
much loss and many wrongs. It has
seen Its commerce attacked. Its ships
sunk, its citizens drowned. Its peace
assailed, its good will despised, its
correct motives impugned, its sov
ereignty threatened. One overt act
after another has been committed and
yet It Is complained that we are re
sponsible for misunderstanding with a
friendly power. If, after these deeds,
and with our certain knowledge and
understanding of Germany's Inten
tions, Germany Is to be regarded as
a friendly power, what in God's name
Is an unfriendly power?
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' REFOBMTNa WOMEN PRISONERS..
The problem of handling women
prisoners in penal Institutions is one
that never has been satisfactorily
solved. Once woman enters the ranks
of desperate criminals she Is less in
clined to reclaim herself than the male
offender, according to observations of
those dealing in -such matters. Men
wardens and custodians never have
been able to understand their wards,
which Is not surprising since woman
In her normal state baffles the most
acute of male "custodians." The rec
ord of women offenders shows fewer
losses in the ranks through reforma
tion than a corresponding record of
male prisoners. Hence more than or
dinary Interest attaches to prison re
form work undertaken with women at
the prison farm of the District of Co
lumbia, where some excellent results
have been obtained.
The Columbian experiment sets at
naught the current impression of
women prisoners held by prison au
thorities. The majority of the women
fail to return there after release. They
become useful members of society, and
this fact, unquestionably, is due di
rectly to the methods employed. In
the first place, It is borne in mind by
the prison custodians that the mind of
the average woman who lands In a
state prison is underdeveloped. Or If
her mind is mature it has been warped
by abnormal environment. The same
thing is true of male prisoners.
As soon as a woman prisoner ar
rives she is Interviewed and her rec
ord shown her. She is to.ljd that this
record probably wrongs her. and then
tt is put up to her to make good and
disprove the unhappy light in which
he has been presented. Her pride
is appealed to and the response is lm
rnediato. Useful work Is provided for
her and she is rated according to the
manner In which she performs these
tasks. Every bit of work at the prison
Is done by the women, even to the
erection of new buildings. If she
proves capable and in earnest she is
advanced to greater responsibilities,
until finally she may become an as
sistant officer or supervisor. There
after she directs the work of a desig
nated group and Is held responsible
for Its discipline.
A sense of responsibility Is thus -developed,
and when the woman -leaves
it is to face the world with a stronger
will and greater sense of her obliga
tions as a free moral agent. Such in
telligent methods are in odd contrast
with the too common practice In
prisons of segregating the women pris
oners and treating them as a hopeless
enigma.
T1HHILL,
The Oregonian is disposed to re
spond to the appeal from the Kelly
clan to protest against the change of
Yamhill to Market street. The act
is denounced by Mary .Agnes Kelly as
vandalism. We have no idea that the
City Commission Intended to lay pro
fane hands on the sacred feelings of
all Oregon pioneers, or. Indeed, that
they performed deliberately any deed
of iconoclasm or desecration; yet they
have proceeded thoughtlessly and
lgnorantly into the historic temple of
tradition and removed one of its most
precious objects.
Yamhill is not a byword, nor a
provincialism. It is a survival of early
nomenclature, and It has, and de
serves, a high place in the memory of
all pioneers.
The first reference to Yamhill Is to
be found in the diary of Alexander
Henry, a fur trader of the Northwest
Company, who made a trip up the al
most unknown Willamette River in
1814, and on January 10, at Willam
ette falls, encountered seven Indians,
leading a horse. They were, he Bald,
"an ugly. Ill-formed race," and four
of them had defects of the eyes. They
contrived to make it known that they
were members of the Yamhela (as
Henry spelt it) tribe. - It had its name
from the Yamhela (yellow) River,
for its appearance during Winter and
Spring freshets.
Through slight changes of orthog
raphy, Yamhela has become Yamhill.
It has an honored and undying place
in Oregon history. The Yamhill River
was the seat of early navigation, and
the Yamhill country was the home of
many early settlers, who cleared the
land, tilled the soil, founded schools,
churches, communities, civilization,
and there established the beginnings
of a state. There are many leading
citizens of Oregon who are proud to
have' hailed from old Yamhill. Well
they may be. for they belong to the
real aristocracy of Oregon, the men
and women of true living, high think
ing, worthy doing and sound patriot
Ism. '
The City Commission has committed
a grievous blunder in eliminating
Yamhill from the official street chart
of Portland; but It cannot erase Yam
hill from the grateful and appreciative
thoughts of a commonwealth.
' IAWRB, HOT ST ATE SHAH.
The ruling of Judge Bingham on
the title wording of the Bean bill
to tax the railroad grant has an im
portance aside from its direct bearing
upon the popular understanding of the
measure.
In effect the court has held that the
Attorney-General, In drafting the title
of an initiated bill, acts in a ministerial
capacity. He Is not permitted to place
In the title arguments or reflections
on the merit of the measure, but is re
quired to state, within the legal limi
tation as to words, the purpose of the
act as specifically lnfllcated by the act
Itself. :
There are those who do not approve
of the Bean bill who, having no broad
er conception of publlo affairs than
the strict confines of a measure now
in Issue, will not welcome the decision.
But If Oregon Is to continue legislat
ing by Initiative, It is quite certain to
come about that some measure will
some time be submitted which they ap
prove and the Attorney-General does
not. Calm rerection ought to con
vince anybody that it Is not a proper
function of the Attorney-General to
express in the 'official title by Impli
cation or otherwise a Judicial decision
as to the merits of a bill presented to
the people. ,
In this Instance the Attorney-General
drew on a mere formality the
preamble' of the bill for part of the
title. In so drawing he selected that
part of the preamble most unfavorable
to the bill and rejected that part most
favorable to it. The title approved
by . the court draws nothing from the
preamble, but is based wholly on the
contents of the bill.
There Is In Oregon more or less
division of opinion over a 'publlo pol
icy. The Legislature, on the one hand,
opposes encroachment upon state sov
ereignty by Federal land reservation.
The Attorney-General, on the other
hand, has Indicated on more than one
occasion a sympathy with that policy
commonly known as Pinchotism. No
one, of course, questions the right of
the Attorney-General to have a per
sonal opinion, but there will be few
admissions that he may with propriety
let that personal opinion ' govern his
official acts. The AttorneyrGeneral Is
elected to perform legal duties, not
those of statesmanship.
WORK OF THE MOONLIGHT SCHOOL.
"No illiteracy In ' Kentucky after
1920" Is the battle cry of the Moon
light School workers, who are slowly
broadening and perfecting their or
ganization fn the South. During five
years of campaigning under the lead
ership of Cora Wilson Stewart, vol
unteer teacher, these workers have
taken the outposts of adult ignorance
in Kentucky: and in the great Berles
of drives that are to follow they ex
pect to force the dull intruder out of
the country altogether.
The growth of this movement will
be observed with Interest, for if it suc
ceeds in penetrating the . mountain
fastnesses of the South its efficacy as
an eradicator of Illiteracy can be ap
plied over the entire country. The aim
is not to provide its students with
educational polish, but rather to give
them a foundation from which they
may build. Thousands of Southern
ers, among the remote mountain folk,
have been taught in the moonlight
schools to read and write. Before
these schools eame books were merely
ornaments. An appalling state of igno
rance existed. Then the little moon
light school was Bet up In opposition
to the moonshine still. Volunteer
teachers struggled with their back
ward pupils and by the hardest kind
of toil taught the mysteries of the
printed page.
It was no less a task than teaching
Sanskrit to tho ordinary person. At
first the movement was looked upon
with suspicion in many quarters. What
new device of the secret service was
thist But from small beginnings the
movement grew until a noted educator
said of It in a recent address at Lin
coln Memorial University: "The South
has taught more adult native Ameri
can illiterates to read In five years
than the North has done in three cen
turies." The South, of course, offers a more
fertile field than the North for such
operations; yet adult illiteracy is
abundantly in evidence north of the
dividing line. The West and the Pa
cific Coast are not free from the curse.
It will be hoped that when the enemy
of ignorance has been driven out of
Kentucky and other Southern states
by the moonlight school, that move
ment will have attained sufficient In
terest and momentum to carry it to
every village and mountain fastness In
America.
THE GOVERNOR'S PROCLAMATION
Governor Wlthycombe's proclama
tion setting aside next week as Pa
triotic week brings timely attention
to a function of citizenship which has
been neglected sadly in Oregon as well
as other states. Support of the Na
tional Guard is a paramount duty of
all. Inasmuch as the National Guard
as reorganized under the National de
fense act is an Important part of the
country's land defenses and Is, in fact,
the only real training school for young
men of military age who do not wish
to abandon civil pursuits while learn
ing to serve their country.
All citizens should make It a point
next week to Interest themselves In
this institution. It is reported that
hundreds of men are needed to fill the
ranks. Thousands of young men are
available for this service. Those in
terested In concrete patriotism will
find that National Guard service of
fers many advantages and attractions
to the young man who wishes to be
a trained citizen-soldier, ready to act
Intelligently In defense of the country.
Government and state provide all nec
essary uniforms and equipment so that
no expense attaches Itself to the serv
ice. Then the- citizen-soldier is paid
each week $1 for an hour and a half
of his time devoted to drilling. By
taking these drills the man of military
age gets a rudimentary military edu
cation so that he knows how to take
care of himself In the hour when his
services are required.
National Guard companies are scat
tered throughout the state. Many
communities 7 have neglected these
companies shamefully, Portland being
a principal offender In this direction.
The officers who seek to recruit and
hold their companies together fail to
get that publlo support which is ac
corded nearly every other form of
activity. It has been said that where
a whole community will agitate itself
over the prospect of a new factory the
same eommunlty falls to evidence the
slightest interest In its National Guard
company.
As the matter now stands, a sudden
emergency would find the country
with no reserve land forces other than
the National Guard, already organized
and equipped for the field. A se
ries of outbreaks on any Interna
tional boundary of the country would
have to be met by the Army and Na
tional Guard. Such things, while not
expected, are not Impossible. And un
til such time as universal service has
been provided or the present military
policy of the United States has been
changed, support of the National
Guard is an important function of cit
izenship, as Governor Withycombe
says in his proclamation. Those who
mean business in their professions of
patriotism should get behind the
Guard next week and boost. The serv
ice has been neglected too long by the
public '
PROVIDE AN ARMY NEXT.
One of the first things to be done
by the President and Congress after
the opening of the extra session will
be the provision of an army large
enough and well-enough equipped for
any needs which may grow out of the
threatened war. The regular Arm
could not send more than 60,000 men
on a military expedition after provid
ing garrisons for home defense, coast
fortifications, the islands and the
Canal Zone. - The National Guard may
add 150,000 men who have had six
to eight months' training in camp. In
the present war armies are counted
by the millions of men, not by the
hundreds of thousands. In order to
accomplish anything worth while. In
case we should find large participation
in land operations necessary, the
United StaVes should begin now to or
ganize, equip- and train an army on
that scale.
"It Is proposed to begin with an ad
ditional 600,000 men. That Is prob
ably as many for which the Nation
could find officers, arms and camp
equipment at present, but at the end
of six months it should be possible to
add another half million. Additions
to the number in training would be
needed as fast as officers and arms
could be provided until the total of
4.000,000 set by the General Staff of
the Army had been reached. When
peace returned, these men would re
turn, to civil life, but would be a mili
tary asset so long as their manly vigor
lasted.
Universal service is the only system
by which these great numbers coulS
be secured without enormous expense
for recruiting and pay and without
unjustly imposing on the willing citi
zen a duty which would be shirked by
tho unwilling. There are before Con
gress two alternative schemes for put
ting this system in operation that of
the Senate military committee re
ported by Senator Chamberlain and
that of the Army General Staff. Each
provides that, in addition to the reg
ular Army, there shall be a citizens'
reserve army of at least 8,000.000
trained men. . Each requires training
in their 19th year of all young men
who are not physically or mentally
unfit, or the sole support of relatives.
Conscientious objectors would do non
combatant work for the Army. The
Chamberlain bill would require only
six months' training, all in the 19th
year; the Staff bill would require a
year's training, of which eleven
months would be in the 19th year and
two weeks In each of the two succeed
ing years. Undo- the Chamberlain
plan men would remain in the organ
ized reserve, subject to call In time
of war, for nine years, under the Staff
plan for twelve years, after which they
would pass Into the unorganized re
serve. The Staff bill seems preferable to
the Chamberlain bill, because the lat
ter does not provide enough officers
to train the men and does not provide
a long enough period of training to
make soldiers ready for active service.
The Staff holds that a full year's" in
tensive training Is necessary to trans
form a man into a soldier, and Its
opinion is supported by the experience
of Great Britain. The first units of
Kitchener's army were not considered
fit to go to the front until the Fall
of 1915, a full year after their enlist
ment. In so important a matter ex
perience and expert opinion should de
cide, for the Nation should never for
get the words of "Light Horse Harry
Lee" that "a government Is a mur
derer of Its citizens which sends them
to the field uninformed and un
taught." That remark applies with
only less force to citizens who are sent
out half taught.
Opinion should be ripe in Congress
and among the people for the perma
nent adoption of a well-considered sys
tem of universal training, such as has
been followed in principle by almost
every other nation, but some time will
certainly be consumed by Congress in
threshing out such a scheme. The
emergency will not permit delay in
beginning to train the first half million
men. Congress should call them Into
service by a law enacted as soon as
a state of war has been declared to
exist, but they should not be volun
teers, for a call for volunteers would
be nothing but the same kind of
makeshift with which the United
States has begun all its wars. A sim
ple measure calling into service all
young men in their 19th year who
meet the-requirements of the two bills
above described, providing officers to
train them and for their equipment
would suffice for the present. Con
gress could then at its leisure during
the coming session pass laws perma
nently establishing universal service
and providing that the men enrolled
under the emergency bill shall be the
first draft under the permanent sys
tem and shall serve according to its
terms.
The time Is ripe for the Nation to
Impress on every young man the
truth that he Owes It one year of his
life, to be devoted to training for its
defense. Many will grumble, but when
that year Is over they will find it to
have so greatly Improved their health
and their ability to win success In
civil occupations that they will pro
nounce it the best investment of the
time they could have made. They will
realize that In serving their country
they have served themselves.
By Insisting upon the right to strike,
which the Supreme Court has said
cannot be exercised by railroad men
because of the public nature of their
employment, the American Federation
of Labor Is Itself reactionary, though
It applies that word to the court. The
strike applies to Industrial disputes
the principle upon which despotic
monarchs and aggressive nations act
that might Is right. The Federa
tion cannot reasonably maintain that
it is Impossible to devise a system of
arbitration which will do Justice be
tween employer and employe and will
thus render strikes unnecessary in
order to secure Justice. It. fol
lows then that the Federation
wishes to retain the strike as a weapon
in order to exact more than Justice by
might. Hence tho Federation is re
actionary and stands in the way of
industrial peace.
In - placing obstacles In the way of
rescue of the 1000 'American refugees
who are assembled at Beyrout, Ger
many and Austria practically incite
Turkey to hold them as hostages in
the hope that fear for their fate at
the hands of the- gentle Turks will
restrain the United States from mak
ing war on . Germany. It is not be
lieved that the United States will thus
be Intimidated Into abandoning our
rights on the sea, but if harm should
be done these Americans the Nation
would exact stern retribution from the
Turks.
The uprising of Portland lumber
men provoked by the rank discrimina
tion of the Alaska Engineering Com
mission suggests . that the "Sleeping
Beauty" Is at last awake and ready to
fight for her commerce. The Juggling
with the Alaska lumber contract may
prove to be a disguised blessing for
the city.
W. D. Wood, now seriously 111 in Se
attle, resigned the Mayoralty of that
city to go with the first crowd to the
Klondike after the great gold discov
ery was announced. He went up the
Yukon on a steamer which was frozen
up 600 miles below Dawson In the
Fall of 1897.
Orenco will hold an all-day good
roads meeting tomorrow, with lunch
eon served free at noon as one induce
ment to attendance. A greater draw
ing card Is the prospect of improve
ment of the worst stretch between
Hlllsboro and Cedar Mills, on the fa
vored route.
The insolent Count von Reventlow
will yet learn that the United States
will not get off the sea at the dicta
tion of Germany or any other power.
We do not obey laws made in Ger
many. It must Jar the susceptibilities of a
British captain of a British liner to
run from a German submarine, and If.
in the stress of the sprint, he says any
thing unorthodox he will be forgiven.
Special efforts must be made In
prairie and mountain states to get the
13.000 needed recruits for the Navy.
Life on the water appeals to the youth
who sees only creeks and ponds'.
Reduction In the sugar supply by
the Cuban rebellion should be made
good by increased crops of sugar beets
In Oregon and other states.
France pegs the clocks ahead an
hour tomorrow to get an earlier start
in the Marathon in which the Ger
mans are now leading. ...
The poultryman who knows how to
get Winter eggs will note the quantity
Just now going into storage with the
market at 26 cents.
Many accidents classed as unavoid
able are not so. The pedestrian who
would not get hurt is vigilant in dan
ger zones.
An easy way to remember Rose
Festival dates Is to know they are In
the second full week In June.
Organized labor Is beginning to see
the Joke In the Adamson law and Su
preme Court decision.
Congressman-elect Voight, of Wis
consin, Is a good man to watch but
not to listen to.
The United States will be the top
notcher of- the war, with its gold bul
lets and shells.
It's Ben Selling's money and he
knows what to do with it, and he
does it. '
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Enlisting young women for the Navy
has a flirtatious look.
Hurrah for the Vassar girls! They
are not slackers.
Will the ghost of that city woodpile
never be laid?
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 spsce will not permit or the
subject Is not suitable letters will be Per
sonally answered, subject to prgaler limita
tions and where stamped addressed envelops
Is inclosed. Dr. Evans will not make diagnosis
or prescribe for individual diseases. Re
quests for such services cannot be answered.
(Copyright. by Ir. W. A. Evans.
Published by arrangement with the Chicago
Tribune.)
WHOOPING COUGH.
ABO Y 6 years of age who had never
had whooping cough was exposed
to the disease. Ten days later he com
menced to cough. The cough cams In
paroxysms. Within a few days It was
noticed that he coughed worse at night.
The mother, who did not know of the
exposure to whooping cough, thought
the boy had a bad cold. She took his
temperature and 'found that It was
100.5. She sent for a physician. Tha
physician found that the boy's adenoids
and tonsils scarcely explained the
cough. His chest sounds Indicated
bronchitis, and that was all.
The fact that the paroxysms were
worn at night caused him to warn the
mother about whooping cough. Tha,
next night the boy vomited while
coughing. The doctor then felt reason
ably certain of the diagnosis. He ex
amined the under surface of the' boy's
tongue and found a small ulcer near
the middle line. The next night, 10 days
after the cough began, the mother
heard the boy draw in his breath as he.
coughed, making a peculiar sound. She
recognized the whoop. The diagnosis
was established.
Whooping cough Is extremely con
tagious. Bredert says that 95 per cent
of children who have never had It will
take It If exposed. The disease Is high
ly fatal among babies under It months
of age. It produces complications
which make it a serious disease In chil
dren of any age.
The disease Is most contagious In Its
earliest stage, and much before there
is any whooping. The bacillus which
causes It can be found In the sputum
from the -first coughing spell until
about four weeks after the onset of the
illness.
An editorial In the Journal of the
American Medical Association says
that in Denmark quarantine is lifted at
the end of four weeks unless there is a
positive culture.
Various boards of health have triad
to put the diagnosis of whooping
cough on the same basis as that of
diphtheria the diagnosis being made
on the results of laboratory tests be
fore the whoop appears. Tho Danes
hold plates of culture' media In front
of the mouth of the coughing child.
In New York City they have been
running successful, whooping cough
clinics for some time. Through these
clinics they found cases that would
never have been reported otherwise;
they diagnosed cases In which there
was no whooping; they taught parents
the dangers of this treacherous disease,
and they established the value of vac
cina when used early. "
The Journal quotes Doernberger as
saying In the Munich Medical Weekly
that none of the medicines used for
whooping cough is of service (possibly
vaccine is to be excepted).
The best means for relief Is pure air,
free from soot and dust. Ha suggests
that portions of publlo parks be set
aside for children with whooping
cough. It has been -proposed that
whooping cough boats be run and that
whooping 'cough piers be established.
The regulations of some cities recog
nize this principle by requiring that
children with whooping cough be kept
in placarded houses until they have
passed through the fever stage; that
the sick child be placarded and per
mltted to go ont of doors.
Toe Hnek Salt Tiaras,
D. C writes: "Would drinking salt
In hot water be harmful? I have been
troubled with constipation and bloat
ing for the last five years."
REPLY.
Drink hot water, but do not add more
than a pinch of salt to It. Just enough
to flavor it. salt ,ln- larger quantities does
harm.
Food and Rheumatism.
J. B. writes:. "I have been expecting
someone to ask you regarding "rheu
matism; Its causes and relief,' but after
waiting in -vain have decided to do so
myself. I have had three attacks in
three years, at every one of which
my physician prescribes the usual
salicylic, which affords temporary re
lief, but it is not permanent. I have
paid strict attention to diet,' avoiding
steaks, roast beef, acids, tomatoes and
anything which would have a tendency
to uric acid formation. For years I
have eaten one to two eggg daily. Is
there anything In eggs which would
cause the above trouble T Do you con
sider buttermilk of any value as a
preventive?
REPLT.
Eat what yon please. Food has no direct
relation with aoute Inflammatory rheuma
tism, tha kind I, Judge you have. Acuta
Inflammatory rheumatism Is an Infection,
Just as Is pneumonia, -typhoid fever, or
measles. Tha Infection gets Into your body
through some gateway. The usual gateway
la the tonsils. Other gateways frequently
at fault, are the teeth, the nose, tho pros
tate and tha gall bladder. Soma day eat
a Juicy steak and have your tonsils removed
if they are at fault. In any event, have
tha offending organ attended to. But don't
forget to eat roast beef as often aa yon
need it.
Good News for "Worried.''
On February 6 we published a letter
from "Worried." In which eha described
peculiar mental spells to which she la
subject. She fears that these spells
may affect her unborn child or herself.
We advised her to live a wholesome
life physically, to dismiss her fears and
to cultivate a more wholesome frame
of mind, and told her that the spells
would affect neither her mind nor that
of her child. Mrs. A. G. C wishes
"Worried" to lenow that she had the
same kind of nervous spells and that
they proved, to' be of no consequence.
She had the spells during two preg
nancies. Rebuke for a Crusader,
Boston Transcript.
An English militant crusader strolled
into a barn where a young man was
milking a cow. With a snort she
asked: "How Is It that you are not at
the front, young man?" "Because,
ma'am," answered the milker, "there
ain't no milk at that end."
Motto on a Tombstone.
London Tit-Bits.
The tombstone man (after several
suggestions) How would simply "Gone
Home" do? Mrs. Newweeds I guess
that would be all right. It was always
the last plaoe he evec thought of going.
AMERICAN WELOOMJG1 IS yABUSED
Frcdom Sougkt and Foond Here' De
serve National Loyalty.
PORTLAND, March IS. (To the Ed
itorsThe celebration of St. Patrick's
day at the German House last Sunday
evening called forth some ssttravagant
declarations, if tho speakers were -correctly
reported. German-Americans,
Irish-Americans, pro-German enthu
siasts. anti-English agitators, super
paolflsts and anti-war propagandists
vied In their appeals for submission to
German outrages and German insolence
and Incidentally did honor to the mem
ory of the Irish saint. It Is doubtful,
however. If Patrick McAlpln, if pres
ent in person, could have recognized
himself in this hyphenated deluge.
It might not be Inopportune to re
mind Hers Von Epping, Von Gregory
and Von Mannix that when England
declared war upon Germany she found
within her Confines some 10,000 Ger
mans, whom she promptly arrested and
Interned 'or the safety of the realm;
that about eight months afterward she
discovered some 11,000 Of her natural
ised citizens plotting against the state
or at least not in sympathy with the
war administration. She was com
pelled to enact a law disfranchising
these disloyal citizens in order that
they might be Interned or exiled; they
were properly ' cored for and will re
main where they are harmless until
the close of tha war. when they will
be dismissed as . citizens of no man's
land.
At the opening of our Civil War the
Brick Pomeroy, Vallandlgham and
Governor Seymour copperheads finally
exhausted the patlenoe of patient Abra
ham; that was a civil war and there
was soma exouse for discussion and
even dissension. Canada was then
open to our disloyal citizens and
Patriots they, for be It understood
They left their country, for their country's
good.
The present Is a National crisis; our
enemy is a foreign one; we have passed
the stage of reaction and argument.
The unlawful sinking of three Amer
ican ships on the high seas at the hour
these German sympathizers were cele
brating is a bar to their further toler
ance. The United States was their natural
place of refuge from imperial Prussian
oppression and they were welcomed.
Are they not abusing their accepted
privileges?" The German houses and
German sympathizers should all fall In
line. Further prosecution of the un
warranted propaganda they are now
engaged in maycauso the suppression
of every German publication In the
United States and the Department of
Justice may Introduce them to tha
bullpen, silence or Mexico.
The good Bishop D'Arcy, on of whose
honored name is as much out of place
in a German House as would be an
Irishman In Valhalla, could appropri
ately have pronounced the benediction
and moved that his convention do now
adjourn elne die.
M. J. MAC MAHON.
WAU, STREET SCARE ON AGAIN
Resentment ox Wrongs Are Dae to
Corruption, lie Says.
PORTLAND, March 22. (To the Edi
tor.) In consideration of our friend
ship in the good olden time, you will
permit me to say a few very serious
words to you In spite of your threat
that those' traitors who are not for war
may be imprisoned or shot, after the
declaration of xwar. Three-fourths of
the people are "against this unjust war
and the people know that this war Is
only started to save the billions the
J.' P. Morgan gang has loaned to the
allies, and still more to enrich the Idle
rich.
I am a born Swiss, but I am an Amer
ican citizen for nearly SO years, and I
only wish we had a Government like
Switzerland has. Instead of a Govern
ment for Wall street. A friend Just
back from Switzerland told me of mnny
Instances where food articles are Just
as cheap there as here. Tbe people
have no protection from the Govern
ment here. Speculators are allowed to
do as they please. WUaon Is feeding
England to the detriment of this coun
try. Under such circumstances you expect
the people to go to war against a
friendly nation? For which purpose a
cause had to be found by interfering
with their order of war to save them
selves from annihilation by their foes.
In one of the Issues of The Oregonian
In 1910 you explained in detail how In
1898 the Maine was blown up to gee tbe
war started, which Wall street wanted,
and this is the same game.
Before you Wall-street newspapers
get through with this war, you will
have learned a few things. You will
have found that all your misleading
headlines could not blind the. majority
of the people, and when once the peo
ple get enough, they will speak up
loud. They may not have to go to
murder Ilka your gang Is purposing,
but asking a special general election,
may shake the foundation of our Gov
ernment hard enough to make them
take notice. The Czar has fallen, but
there are other Czars that may folsbw
him. The traitors In Russia are now
the true patriots, and before another
year those In this country whom you
call traitors will also be found to be
tho true patriots. I hope to bo one of
them. Ft- BUETIKOFER.
CREDIT FOR NON-PRODUCTIVE USE
Bad Business Ns Matter How Good tact
Security, Says Writer.
WALLA WALLA, Wash.. March 20.
(To the Editor.)' I must take iesue in
part with your editorial, "Swing of the
Price Pendulum," which appeared in
The Oregonian March 19. You say that
"The great release of credit by the
Federal reserve law has also made
credit cheap by making It more abun
dant, thus contributing to the enhance
ment of prices."
It is not necessarily true that such
a release of credit has helped to raise
prices. The only way In which an in
crease In the volume of credit can af
fect prices is by using such credit for
non-productive purposes, for. Insofar
as it Is used for productive purposes,
tho volume of goods keeps pace with
the volume of credit.
It Is comparatively safe to say that
the credit pyramided on the large in
crease in our gold reserve. Insofar as
the eame has not been transmitted into
war credit for the allies, has been put
to a productive' use and, therefore, has
bad but little If anything to Co with
the Increase in prices.
The greatest factor In high-price
making has been the war credit we
have extended the allies. This credit
has not only not been used in pro
ducing wealth, but, on the contrary,
has been ueed In destroying wealth.
From an economic point of view it Is a
bad thing to lend credit for a non
productive purpose, however gilt-edge
the security, and a doubly bad thing to
loan it for a destructive purpose.
Mr. Harding, of the Federal Reserve
Board, now proposes to make a Gov
ernment loan of tl.000.000.000 to the
allies. Now. If we do make this loan,
let us do it understanding, let us
make It knowing that such a loan can
only be made from the people's living
and that It means a etlll greater infla
tion of credit and still higher prices.
A. H. SAWYER.
Let Orchestra Rise, Too.
PORTLAND. March 22. (To the Ed
itor.) When In a theater or movie
show our National air is played by the
orchestra, why not have the orchestra
play our National hymn standing? The
audience alwayc rise. The musicians
owe that refepect to our country, even
though they are obliged to play that
same air 10 times la one day.
P. H. Is.
In Other Days.
Half a Oratory Age.
From The Oregonian, March Ss, 1MT.
New Tork Tammany Hall has been
purchased by Charles A. Dana. F. A,
Conkllng. Mr. Churchill, Mr. Morgana
Mr. Roberts, Mr. Blodget and Mr,
Evarts who have formed a stoak com
pany and will commence about May 1
the publication of a Radical paper.
Mrs. Robert Williams recently Mrs,
Stephens A. Douglas has twins.
A message from Senator Corbett eays
that A. Hlnman, of Forest Grove, has
been appointed Collector of Customs at
Astoria, and Richard Williams, of Sa
lem, United States District Attorney for
(Captain) Baughman has lost a
waist buckle and belt which she prized
very highly and would Da glad to have
It -returned by the finder. The belt Is
of silk; the buckle is of gold what Is
known as a "Union Buckle" and It has
been repaired on the reverse side.
The Vancouver Common Council lm
considering the organization of a fire
department similar to that of Portland.
T-rrenty-flva Tears Agra.
From Tha Oregonian, March S3, 189S.
Astoria Schofleld & Goss have com
menced the construction of the Astoria
and Portland road. Ex-Mayor Trulllng
er, of Astoria, , and Ed McKee, one
of the Commissioners of the Port of
Portland, made speeches.
The Marlon County Democrat, the
new Democratic weekly In Salem, edited
by E. H. Flagg, made its first appear
ance Monday.
The Vanoouver papers are booming)
x3. f. Shaw for the Democratic nomine
tion for Governor of Washington.
Frank Westaway, one of the best
known Portland musicians, died at the
home of his stepfather, Mr. Bush, at
Zlontown, Monday. ..
Miss Sua Parrott's fine painting
"Fishing Rocks" was on exhibition in '
A. B. Steinbach Sc. Co-'s window yes
terday.
There now remains less than 10 days
before the first of tbe month when
free mall commences on the East Side.
People should have their houses num
bered at once before the carriers go
around securing their oorrect addresses,
INTEREST NOT WITH GERMANY
Attitude of Few Irishmen In America
Must Grieve Fighters for Democracy.
PORTLAND. March 22. (To the Edi
tor.) Occasionally one reads of "German-Irish"
meetings protesting against
the measures taken against the out
rageous submarine menace. It is. of
course, easy to understand the motives
of the German element of tha com
bination. The motives of the Irish ele
ment are somewhat different.
The Irish are not so anxious to see
Germany win as they are to see Eng-
land defeated. They believe that this
would result In the "liberation" of Ire
land. To have this accomplished they
are willing to see German imperialism
triumph over the democracy of tbe
world. But let us see where Ireland
would be if England were defeated.
Ireland would be at the mercy ot
Germany as would the rest of tho Brit
ish Isles. As soon as Germany had
accomplished her purpose she would
forget all about her promises to Ire
land. They would be "scraps of pa
per." Germany's policy as to Ireland
would be dictated by the same selfish
ness that has characterized her deal
ings with other nations. It is safe to
say that Ireland's economic independ
ence. If not her political Independence,
would be subjected to Germany.
I was born in Ireland. I am as con
scious of the wrongs Ireland has suf
fered at the hands of England In tbe
past and am as desirous of Justice as
the most patriotic Irishman. But the
tact is that Just now England and the
allies are fighting for the world's
democracy, and Ireland should always
be found on that side. There Is no
question In the minds of those familiar
with the problems that the British
government Is willing and anxious to
rectify past mistakes and Injustice to
Ireland in a way satisfactory to all.
The end of the war will see the dawn
of a new era for Ireland. But what
ever the settlement will be, the Islands
composing the so-called British Is
lands will always be dependent, eco
nomically, on each other. England will
be as dependent on Ireland as Ireland
win do on tngiana. tsut each will
work out its own Ideals and Institu
tions. I regret exceedingly the unholy al
liance of Irish with Germans in this
country. Although it Is only a mis
guided minority, which lends Itself to
German plotting, it cannot but cause
bitterness of heart among those in
Ireland who- are so loyally fighting
against Prusslanism to know that the
enemy is receiving aid and comfort
from their own kin. P. J. DORGAN.
DIVISION IN RELIGIOUS FORCES
Lack of Unity and Preaching: of Specs,
latlve Are Church Faults.
PORTLAND, March 22. (To the Edi
tor.) I wish to commend tha several
editorials last week on the church
question, but I seek further light on
the X) lan for Christian union vnn men
tion. 4
fc-o many plans have started In the
past 20 years, and all of them fizzled
out. that I am mors, than anxious to
know if we are to see a definite solu
tion of the religious Idea of church
unity at last.
Last Summer I was In a town In the
Southland. There was the usual grum
bling about hard times, no money, etc.
The town has 4000 population and 15
religious organizations, some self-supporting,
others aided by outside re
sources. Take as an average 11000 per
year as support, or one-half of this as
average and you would have 116,000
or $7500 expended on religious work.
Consolidate all this religious effort Into
one church, one able man to preach at
82000 per year and see what you have
left to uee in other channels. .
What an economic waste in keeping
up religious sects. Just to satisfy tha
selfishness of some religious leaders
and followers.
Orthodox churches complain of In
roads of Christian Science and its
growth in the world. Why don't they
examine the reasons for this and then
apply the remedy by Improving their
own methods of treatment?
There Is too much of creed, thread
bare dogmas and preaching ot the
speculative side of religion and not
enougn or practical everyday Chris
tianity on earth.
H. WARREN NICE.
Birdseed for a Husband.'
United Presbyterian.
"What do you suppose has come over
my husband this morning, Sophia?" ex
claimed a conscientious little bride to
tho new servant. "I never saw him
start downtown so happy. He's whis
tling like a bird." "I'm afraid I'm to
blame, mum. I got the packages mixed
this morning and give him birdseed In
stead of his regular breakfast food,
mum."
Such a Puanle.
Boston Transcript.
Nell Oh, dear, I'm in such a quan
dary. Bell What is it? Noll Jack
promises to stop drinking If I marry
him and Tom threatens to begin If I
don't.
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