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Newspaper Page Text10 THE 3IORNIXG f OREOONJAX, FRIDAY, 3IARCF 30 1917. '.-1 ; i .-:; 1 r if-- "V Slip TOfl PORTLAND, OREGON. Entered at Portland (Oregon) Postofflce as second-class mail matter. , Subscription rates Invariably In advance.: (By Mall.) IaiTy. Sunday Included, one year. . .... .$8.00 XJaily. Sun-May included, six months.... 4.25 laily, Sunday Included, three months.. 2.25 iJaiiy, Sunday Included, one month. ... '5 l-aily, without Sunday, one year. 6.00 iJaily, without Sunday, three months. ... 1.75 laiiy. without Sunday, on month... ... .60 Weekly, one year...., ........ 1.60 Sunday, one year. . 2.60 Sunday and Weekly 8.50 By Carrier.) Dally, Sunday Included, oneyear. . . . 9.00 lJaiiy. Sunday included, one month..;.. .75 How to Remit Send postofflce money order, express order or personal check on your local bank. Stamps, coin or currency are at sender's risk. Give postoffice ad . dress In full, including county and. state. Postage Rates 12 to 18 pages, 1 cent: 18 to Si! pages, 2 cents; 34 to 48 pages, 3 cents; SO to 60 pages, 4 cents; 62 to 76 pages, 5 cents; 78 to 82 pages, 6 cents. I'oreign postage doable rates. 0 Eastern Business Office Verree Conk lln, Brunswick building. New York; Verree ae Conklln, Sterer building. Chicago: San Francisco representative, R. J. Bldwell. 742 Market street. rORTLA'D, FRIDAY, MARCH 80, 1917. A SENATOR AFRAID OF HTMSEtT. Senator Jones, of Washington, writes to. letter to the Everett Chamber of Commerce vehemently defending his course In the recent filibuster agralnst the resolution to vest In the President power to declare and maintain armed neutrality. It Is an Interesting docu ment and makes fut a plausible case. Indeed, we have lately got the Impres sion as to Senator Jones that he can make a fairly convincing showing for himself on pretty much any side of any subject. Does the public demand that Sen ator Jones support the President of the United States In the National con troversy with Germany? Very well. The Senator is able to point out that he signed the "round robin" of the eeventy-slx Senators denouncing the filibuster and sustaining American rights and honor. Do the pacifists call upon Senator Jones to explain why he would plunge the country Into war with a friendly nation which merely demands that we keep our ships and our citizens out of her way?' All right. The Senator can quote from more than one elo quent speech, warning American pas sengers off vessels bound for the war zone, and from his great address dur ing the filibuster demanding that guns be not furnished by the Government for ships carrying munitions or con traband. Do the pro-German propagandists of Washington accuse the Senator of lack of sympathy for their attitude and' cause? That Is easy. The Sen ator can easily prove that he has bit terly attacked Great Britain for Its unlawful blockade, and reproached President Wilson for a superficial ana unneutral neutrality. . Does the ship-owning fraternity of Fuget Sound object that the Senator would leave American vessels without protection? Nothing to it. " Senator Jones instantly replies that he stands from early dawn till dewy eve for maintenance of our lawful rights upon the oceans' highways and that he has publicly demanded that all American ships- have "the unqualified privilege of arming themselves at their own tost and risk. Do the alarmed objectors to exec utive encroachment complain that President Wilson asked for more -T0T7er than one man ever ought to have in a free democracy? What could be simpler? The Senator has ever had a sympathetic ear for their plaints. Has he not said with all the fervor of denunciatory eloquence that Congress, and Congress alone, has the Constitutional duty and right to de Clare war? Do any patriotic souls think that the Senator ought to stand by the President through thick and thin? Why, bless their anguished hearts, the Senator has pleaded, with tears In his "eyes, for "teamwork between Congress find President" and has solemnly averred his willingness- and desire to "stay here all 'Summer if necessary to stand by and uphold the President." Does the- war party say that the Senator la opposed to war with Ger many, and ask why he does not open ly align himself with America and against Germany? Why, to be sure. the Senator has something for them, too. Has he not cried out, with a tremendous display of martial spirit, that "if we wanted German subma rines sunk on sight, we should say so and authorize and direct the Presi dent to do it 1 -Has he not proclaimed from the housetops that "if we In tended to declare war, as some claimed we were proposing to do, we should do it openly and directly"? Does any citizen Imagine that Sen ator Jones would abandon, him to the mercy of ruthless warfare, subma rine or otherwise? What an Injustice to a great American patrlotl Why, the Senator has often said over his own authentic signature that til "Government would have to assert and maintain the rights. of its citizens.' Yes, he has. said just that.' But he has of course also demanded that Citizens refrain from asserting their rights in peace in such a way as to embroil the country In war. We get the idea that Senator Jones, In the sublime enthusiasm of his tin faltering patriotism, is determined that the United States shall uphold the rights of Its citizens, with the sole Qualification that there shall never be an occasion to uphold them. Senator Jones complains that he is the victim of distorted newspaper re ports of what he had to say. That Is the excuse of the palterer and trifler. There ought not, in an issue such as now confronts the country, to be any occasion for misunderstand Ing of any kind by anybody where Senator Jones, or any Congressman, or any citizen stands. If the news papers or the publif are not able to follow the Senator in his unctuous divagations from a straightforward course, the fault Is his, not theirs, not been impoverished, although it has been seriously embarrassed, by the war, and its people have cash with which to pay for what they buy. BRIT AN WANTS ANOTHER KICK. Attention of any persons who may be attracted by Mr. Bryan's appeal for resort to his peace plan before the United States engages in war with Germany is directed to the following colloquy which took place in the Sen ate in the course of the debate en the armed-neutrality bill. Senator Borah Is there anything In the situation of which the President is cogni zant that would lead Germany to believe that therewould be any division of senti ment among the American people In pro tecting their rights? Senator Williams Why, yes, a thousand things, from Bryan down to ninepins; de bates upon this floor, debates upon the floor of the other House, attacking the President for what he has done, which was the least that he could do to sever diplomatic rela tions. It is as if the Senator from. Idaho had kicked me once, and then had kicked me again, and then had kicked me for- the third time, and then advertised to me pub- 'licly in a letter that he was going to. kick me a fourth time, and as if I had then said. "Well, I will quit speaking to you." For two years the United States has tried to reason with Germany, and the .only result has been a series of kicks, each more vicious than the one preceding. Mr. Bryan proposes that after having said to Germany, "Well, I will quit speaking to you." we shall again engage' Herr Zlmmermann In conversation and thus Invite another kick. There may be no limit to the number of kicks which Mr. Bryan will endure without kicking 'back, but the limit has been passed for Ujicle Sam. and installing the machinery, and two or three others should be able to equip themselves for this class of work. This is important to the permanent establishment and expansion of the Industry, for success with these small vessels would lead to construction here, of larger warships and would aid greatly in causing the establishment of a naval base on the Columbia. Aside from the development of a new industry, there are other induce ments for Portland to foster ship building with all its energy. Every vessel launched here will carry away a cargo' of Oregon products .and a fair proportion may reasonably be ex pected to engage In Portland water traffic. Every ship thus employed between the two coasts is a club to knock down the excessive rail rates which the Interstate Commerce Commission-has established; in fact, it may truly be said that every blow of a hammer on a Portland ship is a blow at rail discrimination -against Portland. Mr. Brent Is already con sidering plans to restore coast-to-coast traffic through the Panama Canal. Portland can best promote his sue-' cess by making a liberal contribution of ships and by retaining a good share of them in the service of Its own com merce. . . this Is offset almost exactly by our imports. " It Is noteworthy, on the other hand, that while our exports consist mainly of the cheaper grades, in bulk, our purchases abroad are mostly high-grade confections. Our sweet tooth, is also a discriminating one. - ' DANGER AHEAD. . This is no time to be meanly sus picious of anybody's motives, but there are some who will scent real danger in the proposal of the members of the National League for Women's Service to offer themselves to the Army for the purpose of teaching the men to cook. The demand for good cooks is not to be disputed, and this may be come a problem of large proportions in the event that we decide to raise an army of 1,000,000 men, with "kitch en police" for every 160. But what about the days after the mobilization is over and the men return to their homes? Is it possible that these wom en, with a further view to their own emancipation, have concocted a deep laid scheme to turn the business of cooking over - to their husbands and sons in the generation to come? Perhaps so. But meanwhile we have nothing to do except to take the offer of the National League for Wom en's Service at face value. It is cer tain thatbetter cooking in the Army would go a long way toward popular izing the service.' It makes one's mouth water Just to think of having home cooking in the trenches, or after a hard aajrs march a real dinner topped off with rle like mother used to make. For of course there would be pie and other good things under the new dispensation. Mother's little tricks of economy, applied to the reg ular Army ration, would leave plenty of margin for all sorts of delicacies. Who knows but that we can look for ward with confidence even to such delicacies of our youthful days 9 as floating island and charlotte russe? It is a pleasing prospect, and It ought to stimulate recruiting. But the possibilities of the aftermath per sist in obtruding themselves. Men thus far have managed pretty gener ally to wiggle out of the housework on the plea that they didn't know how to do it. Returning from the war after a course of competent instruc tion in cookery, they will be deprived of the old excuse. And then it is a question whether Friend Wife is go ing to be content1 longer to take all the drudgery on herself. When Johnny comes marching home It is just pos sible that he will be presented with an apron, shown where the skillet hangs and told to get dinner right away. Our future trade prospects are brighter nowhere than in Persia, where the people are only beginning to be made acquainted with American methods of fair dealing and where a good Impression is being made by the quality of our products. There are more thah 10,000,000 Persians who are not engaged in manufactur ing, the country is wholly without railroads and the people are being made acquainted, as a res"Ult of the Invasion of their country, with many cf the necessities of civilization which they have heretofore been content to iro without. Demand for -modern transportation facllitiesis sure t re sult, and with it an awakening of in terest also In good roads. Such roads as now exist have been practically ruined by the movements of armies over them. One feature of the Per sian situation is that the country has PORTLAND'S FUTURE IS ON THE SEA. The entire Lower Columbia basin. particularly Portland, has an un wonted opportunity in the demand of the Federal Shipping Board for 1000 wooden vessels to defy the German submarines and to keep our commerce with Europe moving. The situation requires a large number of vessels of moderate "Bize. constructed as quickly as possible and at moderate cost. The tonnage destroyed by submarines will then be replaced before the Germans can have made much headway and the loss on those of the new ships which are sunk will be held down to a mini mum. All these requirements point to the Columbia basin as the place to build the ships, for this section has the shipyards, the timber and the labor and has space for indefinite 'expan sion of the existing capacity. The tools and machinery required are sim ple, and the Government can induce manufacturers to hurry their produc tion for the emercency. The Govern ment is to provide the engines, which will be installed here under Federal supervision. The work for the Pa cific Coast people is a simple matter of turning out wooden -hulls, which can be completed in en average of tlx months. ' By use of existing yards, expanded by laying of additional ways, the Co lumbia basin can construct 130 wood en ships of the standard type pro posed by the Shipping Board in one year. Men and money are at hand to double that capacity, for there are ample sites to do so within the limits of Portland alone. . It is no exaggera tion to say that m one year this sec Hon can turn out 250 vessels of the desired type, or one-fourth of . the number proposed by the Shipping Board. Lumbermen and shipbuilders are already getting together to show Mr. Brent, of the Board, what they can do in co-operation. Some persons express doubt whether the requisite labor is available, but there is no cause for misgiving on that score. Probably only one out o ten of the' men 'employed on a ship needs to be a skilled shipwright. The other nine are helpers, usually house carpenters, who can learn the trade from the one, or laborers- employed In handling material. There are hua dreds of idle house carpenters who would gladly turn their hands to new branch of their trade and attend a night school to perfect themselves. American labor Is noted for adaptabil Ity, and the needed supply of labor would quickly develop. . Many builders of river boats as well as ships are already bidding on the patrol-boats or submarine chasers, of which the Navy Department Is buying a large fleet. Boatyards may by quick and easy stages expand Into fully equipped shipyards, v Builders of steel ships should not lose the opportunity to capture con tracts for some of the twenty subma rines which are to be built on the Pacific Coast. Three firms are al ready capable of building the hulls TEACHING KINDNESS. Announcement of the plan of anti cruelty societies throughout the United States to observe the week of April 16 to 21 as a "Be Kind to Ani mals" week, culminating in a "Humane Sunday" on April 22, recalls the rather surprising fact that it is less than a century since the first effective legis lation) for protection of animals was obtained in any country. It was in 1822, to be exact, that the British Par liament chartered a society for the prevention of cruelty to animals as the result of the efforts of an Irish member, Richard Martin, who by his persistence had overcome the usual obstacles Interposed whenever effort Is made to circumscribe the "free dom" of individuals. . It was then re- garded, as It still Is in some quarters, as the Inalienable right of the citizen to beat his horse, or his wife, or his children, and humane legislation was not won without a struggle. The idea! was not introduced Into America until 1866. - It Is a curious fact, also, that vir tually everything that has been done in the way of improving the condition of children ha been the outgrowth of this movement inaugurated to prevent cruelty to animals. Men' first con cerned themselves with the condition of brute creation, moved, perhaps, by realization of the helplessness of the animal. But the analogy of the help lessness of the child was eventually comprehended, and then reform was swift. Juvenile courts, playgrounds, segregation of first-' offenders from hardened criminals, the probation sys tern, and even the teaching of useful trades to youthful! criminals, all had their Inception in the cruelty-to-ani mals movement. Henry Bergh, who is remembered by many persons of the present generation as the pioneer of the organized effort to protect ani mals, tnd Elbridge T. Gerry were the founders of the. first society for the prevention of cruelty to children in the world. Upon this foundation has beerr- built all the legislation we now have for the protection of children against abuse and cruelty. Half a century of growth of the hu mane spirit has served to emphasize and to revive the idea that gentleness is not incompatible with bravery and that chivalry is a tigh development of real manhood. Our old knights-errant had the th,eory, but it is to be feared that outside of the storybooks they were rather short on practice, and for a good many thousand jjears all forms of thoughtless cruelty have been prac ticed by people who were not con sciously' brutal. The humane society movement in general has therefore ac complished two important results. It has cultivated the practice of en lightened humanities among those who wanted to do right but did not know exactly how, and It has sup pressed by force those defiant of de cencies. It has been in this respect, as in some others, the most progress ive half century the world ever has known and an augury of an even more promising era "yet to come. Confidence in the judgment of Gen eral Sit Sam Hughes, of Canada, will not be enhanced In the United States by his declaration at a New York ban quet that he would like nothing bet ter than to put Pancho Villa,'' the Mexican bandit, ai the head of 50,000 of his men and turn him loose on the fighting line in Flanders and France. Sir Sam has the fault of reasoning from Imperfect bases of information, and his conclusion that because Mex icans are quarrelsome they would make Ideal soldiers wllr not be shared by those who know the type best. "They are so fond of fight ing," says the Canadian General, "that they fight among themselves." He ought to know that the ideal soldier is, as a matter of fact, a. man of peace, and that the fellow who cannot even get along with his n-hbors Is lack ing in the elements of patriotism nec essary to make the army successful. Besides, the record of relatively blood less battles by which cities are lost and Won in Mexico does not Indicate that the Mexican Is likely to be effi cient under galling fire, with no place to jun. . Hovr to Keep Well Br Dr. W. A. Eras - ; Questions pertinent to hygiene, sanitation and prevention of disease, f matters of gen eral intrrcet, will be answered In this col umn. Where space will not permit or the subject is not suitable letters will be per sonally answered, subject .o proper limita tions and where stamped addressed envelope is inclosed. Dr. Evans will not make diagnosis or prescribe for individual diseases. Re quests tor such services cannot be answered, Copyright. 1016. by Dr. W. A.. Evans. Published by arrangement with the Chicago Tribune.) SOME) HABIT-PRODUCED -DISEASES. CURVY This disease results from O the habit of atlng food lacking in freshness. Just what is the substance, the absence o which causes this dis ease nobody knows. No analyst has ever been able to show with test tubes Just the chemical element necessary in food to prevent scurvy. But we do know that sailors who haVv lived on pre- erved meats, bread, and molasses de velop it. Furthermore, when such sailors are given oranges, lemons, and limes they are cured. Furthermore, if along with the cured meat the sailor has a mod- rate allowance of potatoes and other fresh vegetables, fruits ant." - fresh meat, milk and butter, or one or two of these fresh food substances he does not become scurvied. Twenty-five British 6hips sunk out of 4747 arrivals and .departures of all nations at Brltlsjh ports is not a very encouraging toll for the champions of ruthlessness. If we add twenty-two for neutral ships, which is a liberal estimate, it is only 1 per cent. When the Pacific Coast gets well started at replacing the losses with wooden ships the submarines will make no perma nent Impression on the world's ton nage. The "cherished tradition of the Birkenhead" was upheld by the bat talion on the transport Tyndareus and the world is better for reading it. British soldiers are not braver in the face of death than those of. other na tionalities, but, somehow, these affairs mostly happen to them and - the news inspires a thrill around the world. If the mere fact that a German name is a bar to a Government ap pointment, as Secretary Redfield as sumes, why are men with such names as Osterhaus and Wlnterhalter re tained in the Navy? Has Mr. Daniels no fear that their names will tempt them to turn their ships over to the Germans ? Old-fashioned scurvy is as much curiosity as hoopskirts. Bi t while xvame Fashion would not dare throw women back into i oopskirts, the old lady occa sionally decrees some hoop skirtward fashion for showing hosiery. While no body now has old-fashioned scurvy pretty much everybody has some ten dency scurvyward in the early Spring. That is the explanation of the "rough- enlngs" of the skin and the other man ifestations of "impurities In the blood' so universal at-thia season. That Is the reason people buy blood purifiers or make home brew teas for Spring medi cine. That is the reason we all crave early radishes, young onions, and Eng lish peas. ' ' We have earner1 a little scurvy by our Winter time eating habits. We can earn prevention or cure by eating more fruit and vegetables. California has an or ange day. The Nation should have an orange day and then an apple day and then a radish day. The man Green, who alleges e was doped by a casual acquaintance on a Klamath Falls train and found all his money gone when he came to, can regret his name Is not Sharp, so he could put on the reverse and "do" the other fellow, according to the golden rule of "bunk" people. There are many simple ways of showing one's patriotism. If every family In the country having access to a back yard, for example, would make It a point to grow $50 worth of food this year, it would be a practical, If not a spectacular, help to the gen eral cause. - All we need to do to popularize a movement is to make it "in style There Is no fundamental reason why a fat. dressed hen shouldn't make as attractiver a prize for a card party as a set of nut crackers or a cuckoo clock. - Physical requirements may be cause of Blow . recruiting. Why must only the absolutely best be accepted? A man a few inches short can fire bullet as well as a six-footer and has that much less chance of being hit. The difficulty about rolling a short recruit to make him long enough for the Army is that he may be rolled ou too thin or may contract again to his former length. A regiment of ban tams would meet the case. OUR BILL FOR CANDY. The sweet tooth of Americans has been a matter of development, as is made plain by official statistics on the subject. Few industries have ex panded with the rapidity of the candy business. Sixty-five years ago there were only 400 candy factories in the country, with' an aggregate capital of less than $1,000,000 -and turning out a product valued at about $3,000,000 The population of the United States then was close to 23,000,000, which meant a per capita expenditure for confections of about 13 cents. The In dustry now embraces more than 2500 factories, represents an investment of $110,000,000 and turns out confection ery of various kinds worth $185,000,- 000 a year. Our population meantime has more than quadrupled, but It ap pears that we eat an average of four teen times as nuch candy for each man, woman and child as we did In the first half of the nineteenth cen tury. The figures take no account of" home-made confections, the total of which is very large, nor of the enor mous growth of the business of mak ing sweet things for sale In bakeries. The entire soda fountain business. which employs vast quantities of sweets,, is also the outgrowth of the past half century. It is one of the developments xof our times which, notwithstanding the gen eral desire for thrift, cannot be criti cised seriously on broad economic grounds. Most of the candy consumed is used directly or indirectly as food, and it has been shown by carefur In vestigation of the habits, of growing youths, such, for instance, as a group of students in college, that consump tion of sweets has direct relation to other deficiencies in the diet supplied at table. The war In Europe at the same time has focused attention upon the importance of -sugar In the world's regimen. Consumption of sugar In the torm or candy simply means in our case that we like it in its most esthetic and appetizing form. One does not get best results with an eye for the calorie alone. Confectionery Intro duces the needed sugar ration under circumstances generally most favor able to digestion, and it has the ad vantage not only of serving as food but also of giving pleasure, somewhat Of the kind that the more benighted derive from having music with their meals. Under Federal and state pure food laws, now almost universally en forced, candy Is on the whole one of the really useful Items In our dietary. Growth of the business also Is an index of prosperity. It shows that we demand the best that is to be had. We export a considerable quantity, but By subjecting American relief work ers from Belgium to a news quaran tine until their news is stale, the Ge'r mans show their ignorance of the truth that news Is news until it is published. v Rear-Admiral Fiske no doubt real lzes it is a hardship to be gagged by a mere civilian at the head of the Navy Department, and, being on the retired list, all left is to back up and buck up. Fred P. Nutting, editorial warhorse of Albany has been tucked under the wing of the Internal Revenue Col lector and his troubles are over.- All he need do now is just work. The only acceptable modification of the submarine campaign is absolute cessation, and that is out of the q.ues tion,. The United States is In too far to be led out by promises. It is interesting to note that the Lake Michigan patrol against subma rines was first to be organized far service but perhaps the U-boats will not come that way. CRITICISM IS NOT WARRANTED Commissioner Corey Cites Ills Letter en . Strahorn Railway. SALEM. Or., March 29. (To the Edi tor.) I note in The Oregonian a let ter from Paisley, Or., signed F. L. Young, in which 'he states that "Corey makes a serious mistake in throwing the weight of his influence as a public official against the building of the Strahorn .Railroad." Apparently he has not read a copy of my letter to the Mayors of the Eastern Oregon cities and towns Interested. I do-not believe anything contained therein warrants Mr. Young's attack. My letter reads as follows: Inasmuch as several of oor Eastern Ore gon cities contemplate bonding for the very meritorious object of offering bonuses for construction of certain lines of railroad con necting several points In Eastern Oregon. I tvesh to submit the following for your con sideration. An appcalsal of all the railroads of the Nation has been provided for by Congress and la now being made under the super vision of Director Prouty, ex-chairman of the Interstate Commerce Commission, snd It is the consensus of opinion that the Fed eral valuation will be the basis whereby to test theMawf ulness of all railroad rates, and that among the facts which the Commission must ascertain and report are the1 amount and value of any aid. gift, grant of right of way or donation made to any common car rier or to any previous corporation oper ating its property by the United States, by any atate. county or, municipal government or by Individuals, associations, corporations, etc. The Items, gifts, donations, ate., have often equaled and sometimes exceeded the cost of first construction of the road. There fore,x the importance of these Items in a valuation for rate basing purposes to my mind warrants careful consideration by the Eastern Oregon municipalities of the fact that their donations will be included in the valuation of the railroad for.a rate-making basis. I therefore suggest that the following or similar proviso accompany the donation made by the several cities: "Provided, however, that any portion of this bonus sf donation shall forever be con sidered as hera in trust by the railroad com paay -receiving same and no part of same shall be considered a part of the value of the properties of the railroad company upon which it Is entitled to receive a return rrom the public in rates.! To my mind, the public should not be required to pay a rale oe re turn to the carrier upon moneys which the public has donated. H. H. COREY In Other Days. Twenty-five Years Ago. From Ths Oregonian, 11 arc b 80. 1991. Washington The treaty providing for arbitration In the settlement of the differences between Great Britain and the United States over the juris diction of the Behrlng Sea wu rati fied by the Senate, yesterday. The brain of Turgenleff, the Russian writer, it has been found, is the larg- est ever weighed by scientists, al though the next largest one waa that of a criminal. John Leary has chartered ' the steamer Bailey Gatzert for April 21 to be used in conveying friends from Seattle to Olympla to be present at the wedding of Miss Ferry. Frederick Warde played the title role of Richard the Third at the Mar quam Grand last night. A number of Judge Gilbert's friends gave him a dinner at Hotel Portland last night. At the 12th annual' meeting of the Oregon Humane Society last night Era. McLean and Wlthycombe, it was an nounced, would examine free, all horses brought to their attention, to see If they were fit-to work. A thief entered the home of T. W. London Sunday night while the family was at the Mills meeting, and stole a quantity of Jewelry. Half a Century Ago. ' From The Oregonian, March 30, 1S67, Washington An effort is being made to have General Sheridan remove Governor Throejtmorton, of Texas, who Is unable to take the Ironclad oath. Rev. John Clifton, of Roseburg, and Mrs. Nancy Turpin, formerly of Jack son County, each of whomhas reached the age of 65, were recently married. Beriberi is earned by the habit of eating grain berries from which all the husk has been removed. But you say that you never had beriberi, never expect to have iC never knew any body that had it, never had any kin- folks that had it, and you are not in terested in beriberi any more than you are interested in the Fiji Islanders. But that Is where, you are fooling your self. You will never have beriberi that is true but your'eatlng habits are carrying you beriberlward. You have earned for youself some, mild manifes tations of a tendency in that direction. You are In the habit of eating bread made from flour from which all the bran has been removed; of eating pol ished rice: of eating vegetables from which all the rougher parts have been cut; of eating fruit juice without any pulp or rind; of eating meat without skin or fiber just the tender, soft muscle. The way to earn your way out of this tendency . beriberlward is to change your eating habits. Bunions, Hot Corns. A. L. writes: "I notice that in your bunion article recently you advised wearing cotton between the toes. Very bad. Wool Is the thing. Lambs' wool can be had at any drug store at 2 a cents a box. It will last several months. It is a eure cure for soft corns. I tried it and know all about It. Cotton ab sorbs moisture, gets damp, and' stays damp and creates the very condition you wish to avoid. Wool keeps per fectly dry. Publish this for sufferers from soft corns. It works." REPLY. The Question asked was as to bunions, not soft corns. However, in bunions one can keep the toes straight with sonabsorbent cotton, wool, or with rubber pads made for the purpose. I can see no reason why you specify absorbent cotton. Someone should have told you not to use absorbent cotton Nor la It a good Idea to wear a pad of cotton indefinitely. VICIOUS WAY OF" A MALCOSTEST Portland Paper Rebuked for Falsehoods on Tax "Graft." Salem Capital Journalf" The people want the graft abolished. The County Judges want It abolished. The County Clerks unanimously declared In their atate convention for it to be abolished. The granges are demanding' that it be abolished. Everybody wants it abolished except a part of the county seat newspapers. Port land Journal. The Portland paper knows it Is utter ing a falsehood when It says every body wants the delinquent tax list pub lication discontinued except the news- niiMro that rirofit hv it. In fact. Only the Portland Journal and the Various Courthouse rings of the state are in favor of selling delinquent taxpayers property without due notice. A very large majority of the people believe in this businesslike way or closing up tne tax collections annually and know that Its cost is so 'femall compared with the Dotal tax collections and the benefits o positive that there is no room for argument on the question. The Port land DaDer Is a wishy washy Kicker, the organ of malcontents .and kickers. and 13 merely trying to mane a grana stand play In this instance, but it im presses no one except the sapheads who contribute, without editorial rebuke. extremely silly and frequently viciously Ignorant letters attacking the Govern ment of the United States and public officials and institutions without logic or cause. The Portland Journal Is an Insult to Intelligent journalism and is fast being repudiated by law-abiding people. Mexican Coins and Waste Paper. PORTLAND, March 29. (To the Edi tor.) (1) What is the value of a Mex ican half dollar and! where will tnej be redeemed for that value In this city? (2) Is there any place here where they buy old papers and magazines? What price do they pay? A SUBSCRIBES. (1) The value is fluctuating, but it Is about 20 cents at present. The Amer ican Express Company will redeem them. (2) Apply to Pacific Baler & Waste Paper Company, 403 Hoyt street, Port land. Or. , - Cold Hatha. G. B. W. writes: "I am a man 48 years old. Last Winter a doctor ad vised me to take cold sponge baths every morning the year around. I took them with good results. Had no colds after that. In the Spring I got nervous, the heart beat? faster, and I suffered more than usual from the hot weather, so I stopped taking them. (1) Are they-enervating for me?. (2) Would tepid sponge bath be better? (3) Will you kindly tell if lemon juice and olive oil is good foe sluggish liver? If so, hots-should they be taken?" REPLY. 1. Cold morning baths ara not enervating providing you react -well. S. .Probably not. a. No. v Strawberries are promised, in the markets for next week, but those who partake of them will be thereby estopped from complaining of the cost of necessities. The Nebraska , Senate knocks the life out of the prohibition bill by giv ing privileges to drinking men that will pave the way for ft real dry" lavj.. - It has come to a pretty pass when the safe passage of a Belgian relief ship through the war zone is regarded as a matter of news. The one time the Japanese omi the "most honorable" Is when referring to a German raider In the Pacific. William J. Bryan talks as-if he be lieves what he says, and certainly he acts that way.- ', The young man who can resist the Honor Guard girls Is too slow even to be a slacker. A miss Is'as good as a mile in the case of a torpedo . that Just grazes its target Sixty must be theTage limit for home guards. Older 'boys" are skittish in camp. Let the whiskers grow and counter act the rise In price of shaving soap. Remedy for Itch. E. S. writes: "One of your readers. in quirs for a remedy-for the itch mite, an-ca.11f2. RulDhur salve mav be srood. as you recommend, tout f believe balm of pine balsam (the 'pure t article) is more effective. Apply a little to the blisters; also take from six to ten drops in a little sugar Internally." REPLY. I do not think anything Is gained by tak ing the balsam internally. It is all right to use It locally. E. Ing?" No. riomlny Not Constipating;. H. writes; "Is hominy constlpat REPLY. ' Mr. A. Hlnman, lately appointed Col lector at Astoria, Is reported to have said concerning the appointment: "Well, Mr. CorbetJ has probably pro cured me the place; if bo, he has done it without my knowledge or consent, but I am willing to forgive him." An important treaty with Russia, it is said, has been communicated to the -Senate. It causes Russia to surrender all sovereignty over Russian America and adjacent islands and It especially .includes the strip 400 miles down the coast, excluding British America. The British statesmen are highly excited. Rev. Dr. Schwab and Mr. Kapus won the affirmative side of the debate un der the auspices of "Germanla," the Portland Library Society, the subject being "Resolved, That commerce has done -more to prompt civilization among the nations than the invention of the art of printing." Mr. Walther and Mr. Schlessinger argued on the negative side. Liability to Internment. INDEX, Wash.. March 28. (To the Editor.) A was born In Germany, came to the United States 11 years ago, and' last Summer took out first papers. In case of war with Germany, Is she liable to internment? OLD SUBSCRIBER. There is no present prospect that any German, whether or not he is a fuU fledged citizen, will be Interned so long as he conducts himself properly.. Page Family of Virginia. SADDLE BUTTE. Or.. March 24. (To the Editor.) Are our Ambassadors to Italy and to England related? T. C. A. Walter II. Pago and Thomas Nelsen Page are both descendants of the noted Page family- of Virginia, but their re lation is remote. No. ST. HELENS, Or.. March' 29. (To the Editor.) Please Inform me whether Robert Ingersoll repented for the stand rfe took, against religion? Did he call a minister before he died? READER. UIIIIIIIIlIlIlIIIIIIIIIlIIIIItlllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllMIlTlIIIIIIIIlIIIIIIIlIIIIIIIIIIIIIlIIIlIlz Arrival of Steamer Lapland. LINNTON. Or.. March 29. (To the Editor.) Please answer In your paper If -the' steamer Lapland reached Eng land in safety; CONSTANT READER. Latest Information obtainable. here is that the Lapland reached New York from London March 1? and public re ports of the movements of vessels to trans-Atlantic ports since have been withheld. On the arrival of the ship In England on the following voyage no doubt it will be made known, as in the case of the, St. Louis, which left New York March 17 and reported at London Monday. White-Slave Cam. 'PORTLAND, March 29. (To the Edi tor.) If a man and woman come to gether from another state and live In Oregon as man and wife, to whom should the. case be teprrted, a .ounty or Federal official? If to a Federal offi cial, please give his name and ..J dress. RE.ADER. United States District Attorney, Post office building, Portland, I Germany Gaunt s Upon Victory Before . America Acts - German naval spies in the United States have told Zimmermann Germany can win the war before the United States can do anything. Gatl Ackerman for two years the German representative of a, world loiown news agency, recently returned from Berlin with Ambassador Gerard. No-neutral correspondent . has seen more of conditions military, political or economic in the Central Empires than has he. The stories that the censors would not pass or would not let him write he has brought with him. It is a feat in journalistic blockade running with a dozen news sensations as cargo. . His next article showing how Germany hopes to profit by . our unpreparedness will appear exclu sively in ' SATURDAY, MARCH 31 Get It! ft Will Be Worth Reading! iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiHiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii;iiiiiiiiniiiii!iiiii!iiiiiiiiuiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiinr: 5- i. ".V. t.-' - .: r'. ' ' .. - i I- L W f Am V'-: .V r t- :.