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THE MORNING OREGONIAN, 3IONDAY, APRIL, 2, 1917.
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-'' ' FORTLaXD takes to the watee.
' Launching or the steamer vester-
''iide signalizes a return to those routes
'of trad" which were followed in Fort-
i land's infancy and which laid Droad
s.n,1 rlppn thR foundations of Its Dros-
perity.
The pioneers had no sooner com-
' across the continent than they took
- to the water. The first trading ships
v tent ac ross the Pacific to Canton and
--Honolulu. The first regular lines of
transportation were by steamer to San
Fi-rancisco and Panama.
With the discovery of gold came
lines of river steamers to carry the
argonauts up the Columbia. As the
firt sawmills grew, schooners began
carrying Oregon lumber to all parts
of the world. Although construction
of railroads through the interior was
followed by grain growing, which at
tracted many ships to carry wheat to
Europe, desertion of the water for
the land routes of travel and carriage
then began. Railroads killed off
coastwise lines and diverted trans
pacific commerce to steamers plying
from rival ports. A new generation
, grew up which knew only or 'railroad
transportation and to which sea traf-
But while Portland lost its sea-legs.
. Seattle and San JbTancisco neia tneirs.
ina ineir snipping lines na-vo icmicu
'he railroads to pass by Portland in
-mrsuit of the heavy through traffic
".vhich those cities' sea commerce of-
V ..Opportunity to regain what It has
.-" -,t knocks now at Portland's door.
' e emergencies of the war have sent
.- ipowners Bcurrying over the world
... searcii oi tne ub&i iiiauca uuuu
' '; -ips, and without advertisement the
1 -disputable . merits of this location
. '-, .ve drawn them hither.
Any place which is good to build
t aps is good to operate them, espe-
illy a port Into which the products
i- . i i i i . . v. . . ; i
"- .. : y. n r n r r t . . v.11..
i, " ' would pour as through the neck of
. .bottle. If the means to carry them
.ay were provided. Possibly the
T itish and Norwegians will recognize
."Vis and establish shipping lines, but
- should not wait for strangers to
, . ze and show the opportunities
; lich we should see and seize for our-
, ves.
.If we use them, strangers will show
.uble readiness in coming: If we do
". t. thev mav reasonably have some
.sgivings about helping a city which
.' : ows no disposition to help Itself. If
- .'nrtland, turning out ships by the
' ore for other ports, were to apply
' .. me of them to Its own service, the
aectacle would be one to make the
jrld stare in wonder.
'PROBABLE SURPRISE FOR GERMANY.
".-'As evidence of the unpreparedness
'' the united States for war, it has
-.:en stated by several writers that,
'hile we have many munition facto
. " es, almost all of them are equipped
-irri paefts. iie-s nnrl other tools for
.. "-oducing the types of arms and am
- ' unition used bv Eurooean armies
' .'id that as much as eighteen months
. -"rtiilH r fnniiimpil In Tiirkvirlin rr thpm
.- '1th like eauinment for the American
.' pes. If it were true that so long a
i. ";riod must pass before we can begin
- ...fcil ta f 1 1 1 "I a In call TYlifhfr f 1 n i-
jW'iany would have succeeded in the
; urpose of her propaganda to make
i. - ur intervention ineffective and the
. .'. ar might end in Europe before we
, ' ere ready to arm our troops.
:'.'.Ioomy predictions reckon without the
lergy and genius of Americans, and
:-e are given concrete evidence that
aey err Dy t,awara Jtiungerrora in me
aarday Evening Post. A corpora
on was given a British contract for
', great Quantity, to be delivered with-
' n a year, on condition that enough
. cetone was produced from a then
- Unknown source -.ot only to fill the
rfrtfofr hut t r imrlv o Amial nn n
-, ity to Britain. Acetone is the solvent
litroglycerine to make cordite. It can
".-e made from vinegar, and a huge
. . ;Iant was rushed up near Baltimore
make vinegar and to transmute it
nto acetone. Still there was not
" jotash. but the only known source of
.'. 'hat commodity In the United States is
'rhe kelp beds of the Pacific Coast. It
aa necessary to invent a machine
vhich would cut kelp instead of tear
".yne it id bv the roots, thereby destrov-
. 're trA Kfilirrw Thlsi maphln wns
invented, a great refinery was erected
-kt San Diego and enough acetone was
', produced to fill the contract, while
Jpotash was made available for fer
tilizer without drawing on Germany,
and the United States was assured of
a supply' for making its own muni
i '. Ons.
"vj The war cut off the German lm-',-i.orts
of carbolic acid, of which the
t&dison enterprises are the greatest
uiisuiuers in Liiia cuuiury. iiiuiuos
Sk. Edison devised a plan for making
Vhis drug synthetically; within twenty-
.ioiir noun ne naa men at wont ouua-
. '.ng a plant, eighteen days later it was
producing and it now produces enough
1 S .tw.l it..
ftral market. But this required a con
tinuous supply of benzol. In solitude
- ie made plans for two plants for that
j-fjrpose, and in sixty days he had two
. " v.f operation, filling all his needs.
i The story of the dye famine is old,
;but relief has been complete. One
aniline dye factory which had been
running at a loss for fifteen years has
; 'become the fifth lareest In the world.
ynd makes every shade of color. The
- oke ovens of Pennsylvania no longer
;urn the gas and coal tar to illuminate
ihe sky; the gas Is used to light whole
" cities and towns, and the coaltar
makes dyes, chemicals and explosives,
The dye Industry has unlimited scope
for expansion, for explosives factories
are easily adaptable to Its purposes.
In supplying his own needs, Edison
has helped other industries. Needing
a small quantity of a certain article,
he built in forty-five days a factory
which yields a surplus for use as dye
by furriers, thus raving their industry.
The same factory makes mirbane, ani
line oil and aniline salt for the textile
and rubber industries, which have
hitherto been dependent on Germany
for these articles.
The same readiness In meeting the
urgent needs of industry can be exer
cised in quickly supplying the needs
of our Army and Navy. The advisory
board of the Council of National De
fense has already taken a census of
industry for war purposes; it can with
typical American energy apply any
desired number of them, with their
chemists, engineers and inventors, to
the production of those things which
are requisite for war. We have been
slow to anger, slow to prepare, but we
are now aroused, and the speed of our
preparation is likely to spoil the cal
culations of the thorough but slow
thinking Teuton.
BEARING TAI.SE WITXESS.
Rev. Carl N. Klass, who writes to
The Oregonian today, is able to dis
cover a distinction between what he
said and what he is reported to have
said that others will find It difficult
to discern.
The Oregonlan's Lebanon corre
spondent reported the Rev. Mr. Klass
as charging that the makers of muni
tions and a subsidized press were
urging on the war. What he did. It
appears, was to quote what Repre
sentative Callaway said, who In turn
had quoted what an anonymous corre
spondent said.
The Callaway charges, which the
Rev. Mr. Klass says have not been
refuted, have been denied, in affidavits
prepared in compliance with a formal
legal requirement of Congress, by
every metropolitan newspaper that is
admitted to the mails.
They are also refuted by every ele
ment of common sens by the knowl
edge born of sound hearts and sound
minds that fundamental patriotism is
not the product of a bribed or pur
chased press.
There is something in the decalogue
about carrying false witness. Our own
Interpretation may not be wholly or
thodox, but we fancy that the bearing
of unadulterated slander is included
within the scope of the scriptural In
hibition.
Pacifism founded on scandal-mon-
gering is of poor quality and comes
with poor grace from a minister of the
gospel. Out of a fairly accurate
knowledge of public sentiment and the
general reliability of newspaper cor
respondents we gain the belief that
the reporter knows better than the
Rev. Mr. Klass the impression made
by him upon the people of Lebanon.
OREGON'S GREAT SECRET.
We learn from the trustworthy Ore
gon Voter that at a meeting at Oregon
City the other day C. E. Spence as
serted that "Oregon has the best sys
tem of market roads of any state in
the Union."
Mr. Spence was indignant because
other speakers had made invidious
comparisons between the roads of
Oregon and those of Washington and
California. "Oregon," he said, "has
spent more money, per capita, for her
roads than either one of those states.
The difference is that they put their
money all on the main highways and
Oregon scattered it out over her mar
ket roads."
Mr. Spence is master of the State
Grange. He prepared for the state
pamphlet the argument opposing the
$6,000,000 bonding issue. In that ar
gument he offered as one reason for
his opposition the statement that im
provement of market roads is of more
importance than Improvement of the
roads designated in the bill. Tet "Ore
gon has the best system of market
roads of any state in the Union!"
From another contemporary we
learn that in the last ten years there
has been expended In Oregon at least
$40,000,000 for roads and that "we
have literally nothing to show for it."
Perhaps Mr. Spence is right, though
why, after Oregon has spent more per
capita than any neighboring state and
has the best market roads of any state
in the Union, he should insist upon
spending more on market roads is
not clear.
And if Mr. Spence speaks truly, it
is little wonder that the last-named
contemporary believes that we have
literally nothing to show for the $40,
000,000 expended. How could it learn
the truth? The Spence picture Is of
a sort of archipelago innumerable
little islands surrounded by a sea of
mud.
How can any Oregonian or any
passing traveler learn the truth? Ore
gon has the reputation of being road
backward. It will continue to have
that reputation unless It be made pos
sible to travel from market place to
market place. A good impression of
a state's enterprise means additional
Investment and greater development.
It is a dangerous notion that a state
can grow and succeed as a common
wealth by building up a lot of isolated
principalities around market places. It
is the most stupid sort of provin
cialism. WORK lOR THE HOME GUARD.
The large numbers of Americans
who are being rejected for enlistment
in the military forces, and the larger
numbers who have not made applica
tion because they knew themselves to
be disqualified by age ir other phys
ical disabilities, undoubtedly has
caused many to ask what there Is a
man can do who is not suited to serv
ice in the field. Patriotism is not
confined to youth. The number of
men who want to make themselves
useful but do not know how to go
about it is large.
Europe has answered tha question
in large measure. It Is estimated that
the number of those doing real Na
tional service behind the firing lines
is larger than the number in the ar
mies. There are many millions who
have never yet heard the firing of a
gun, even on a target range. They
are employed not alone in the manu
facture of munitions but in the mak
ing and the assembling and the trans
portation of supplies of all kinds. The
organization of an army is a work
of vast detail. The clerical work alone
is a huge task, and It can well be
performed by men unfit as soldiers.
There are so many departments In
the English army, not fighting units,
that they are referred to only by their
initials, to save time. Our Army will
be no exception to the rule. There
will be plenty for the home guard to
do by the time our fighting forces are
trained for action.
But there is meanwhile one press
ing patriotic duty that devolves upon
every man and woman, situated so as
to be able to perform it. This Is to
raise food. The schoolboy can do his
share. The farmer past 4 5 can do
more good in his own field than he
could possibly do with a gun. City
dwellers are not out of the running.
Every home garden Is going to count
by reducing the pressure at other
points. And every other man can
practice thrift, which Is an ever-present
patriotic duty. The more foofti
we raise ourselves, the greater our
surplus will be for war purposes.
Those who, sincerely want to give
service ought to keep in mind that the
spectacular is only a small part of
war especially war for defense. Cool
heads as well as stout hearts are going
to help win the fight, and the coolest
headed men of all will be those who
do the work they can do most effi
ciently, regardless of whether the band
is playing or not.
PROTECTING THE NEWS.
The International News Service, a
Hearst organization, whose medium
of dissemination in Portland Is the
Oregon Journal, was restrained last
Thursday, through injunction issued
in the Federal District Court of New
York, from pilfering Associated Press
news dispatches prior to their publi
cation by newspapers which are mem
bers of the Associated Press and which
pay for the dispatches and are entitled
to them. I
Another branch of the case, a peti
tion that the International News Serv
ice be restrained from appropriating
Associated Press news from early edi
tions of Associated Press newspapers
and selling it to other papers, was left
open for future decision, but upon this
branch also the court declared the
preliminary ex-judicial opinion that: '
" . . . the right exists to prevent the
sale by a competing news agency of
news which is taken from early publi
cation of complainant's member before
a sufficient time has elapsed to afford
opportunity for general publication,
and the existing practice amounts to
unfair trade."
The International News Service had
secretly employed a telegraph editor
o a Cleveland, O., newspaper receiv
ing the Associated Press service to
furnish It (the International News
Service) by telephone Instantly upon
receipt with the text or substance of
Important dispatches sent to its mem
bers by the Associated Press. It was
shown and proved to the court that
numerous items of Importance had
thus been pilfered, delivered to the
International News Service and pub
lished in newspapers served by that
organization simultaneously with their
publication in Associated Press news
papers which were entitled to them.
This is the form of news thievery
which the International News Service
has been restrained by' court Injunc
tion from fcontinulng. It requires but
a statement of the facts to disclose
the unethical, not to say felonious,
character of the International's news
methods. It is notorious that the
whole structure of Its service Is built
up largely in this -way. It is a para
sitic organization which thrives upon
the enterprise of others. It pilfers
real news where It can and often
resorts to fakery of the baldest sort.
The most recent instance of this
latter form of activity was exemplified
in Portland last Friday night, when
the Journal carried in its night edition
with the greatest possible display a
story saying a fleet of German sub
marines had been captured by United
States naval vessels off Haytl. There
was not a scintilla of truth In the
story, which, needless to say, was car
ried as an International News Service
"dispatch."
It is because Its' methods are as
herein revealed that the International
News Service has been excluded utter
ly from Great Britain, France and
other countries. Its scandalous falsi
fications were more than those gov
ernments could stand. There is fore
cast ef assurance, in the New York
decision Just rendered, that newspa
papers and news gathering organiza
tions are to bo protected In the en
joyment and benefits of their efforts.
The decision marks a step forward.
NEGRO MIGRATION.
Recent experience of employers in
the North who have been seeking to
make good the deficiency in the labor
supply by recruiting negroes in the
South has shown the futility of trying
to transplant large numbers of peo
ple into strange environments without
full preparation. Simply to provide
jobs for them is not enough. There
are many other factors to be consid
ered, physical conditions being ap
parently among the least important.
The psychological side also must be
taken into account.
Placed among strangers who have
made no provision for his permanent
welfare, and unaccustomed to urban
life in most instances, Che negro from
the South has been found to be al
most helpless as soon as adversity
overtakes him. The result, according
to students of the subject, has been
that the new migration threatens se
rious consequences. These are due
entirely to lack of foresight to meet
the issue In Its broader aspects.
Motives behind the exodus from the
South have been mixed, but the move
ment Is believed on the whole to have
been stimulated more by desire to get
away from certain localities than to
arrive at any particular destination, or
to engage in any special kind of em
ployment. This is borne out by fig
ures showing that the heaviest move
ment northward has been from those
counties in Georgia which have given
the least protection against mob vio
lence, and from South Carolina after
the Abbeville outrage. The negroes
of the latter state had shown no tend
ency to leave until after the affair in
question.
The effect In the North, therefore,
has been to unload upon certain in
dustrial districts large numbers of un
trained laborers, who, however Indus
trious they may be, are wholly unac
quainted with the ways of the new
communities. Where employment Is
steady, the problem is not so grave,
but most of the newcomers do not
even know how to go about finding
jobs when they are out of work. They
wander about aimlessly and become
the, prey of unscrupulous exploiters,
frequently of their own race. Their
situation is not like th: ; of the Immi
grants from Central and Southern Eu
rope before protective societies were
organized to look out for them. But
even those who are successful in keep
ing at work add to the problem of the
Northern city, for they increase the
congestion In the colored districts.
This would not be so serious if guaran
tee could be given that the new con
ditions will be permanent. Temporary
changes work havoc all around.
The fact that -nany negroes now
live and prosper In the North Indicates
that there are no fundamental reasons
against their adaptation to the situa
tion. It is probably not true that the
climate, for example, is a factor of
any Importance. But those now .per
manently residing north of, the Mason
and Dixon line have been assimilated
gradually into their surroundings. The
sudden influx of a large number of
strangers is a far different matter.
The problem will not be solved until
there Is organized work to meet It.
The need is for employment bureaus
under- competent and disinterested
supervision, and ulso education and
provision for recreation. The recrea
tion must not be adapted to their
needs in theory only, but must be such
as they understand and want. Em
ployers must take an Interest in their
welfare extending beyond the payment
of wages. ' There must be more than
ever a determined effort to fit the man
to the job. Transplanting of many
men from agricultural employment to
work In mills and factories has de
veloped an unusually large number of
industrial misfits.
The promise of the future is that
the negro will be a gainer by the
change, but indirectly. There is a
prospect that the South will awake
to the necessity of checking the out
flow of farm laborers, who are essen
tial to its prosperity, and will adopt
measures to remove the principal
cause. This would seem to be a sim
ple thing, since it involves only the
suppression of the lawless element
among the whites. Much is being
done to accomplish this, and the firm
stand taken by the leading newspapers
of that section Is already bearing fruit.
The Immediate prospect is that the
vast majority of the negroes will re
main in the Southern states, but that
conditions there will be made much
more nearly tolerable for them.
There should be no politics In army
appointments, particularly at such a
time as this, but the transfer of Gen
eral Wood from New York to the
Southeastern Department has that
flavor, especially as he is one of the
staunchest champions of universal
training. His treatment resembles
that of Admiral Fiske, who has been
gagged for telling the truth about the
Navy under Secretary Daniels.
Georfre A White Is making a tooil record
as Adjutant-General of the state. His of
fice is now open day and night getting
reaay xor cne war. aow is tne time some
of the partisan press and underhanded
military politicians will assail him. as
they have In the past. La Grande Ob
server.
No, they will wait until he Is "safe
ly" away at the front, judging from
past performances.
There would be a certain appro
priateness about a gift or loan of $1,
000.000,000 by the. United States to
France, for that is the exact amount
of the indemnity which Germany ex
acted from France in 1871. The Ger
mans would get our billion, but In no
pleasant form.
A fleet of ten American airplanes
has engaged In actual scouting prac
tice off the Atlantic Coast. When we
are able to put about 990 more of
them in service we can begin to feel
that we are really prepared for even
tualities. This Is not the time for preaching
denatlonallsm and internationalism.
Better wait until the millennium Is
within hailing distance, and mean
while keep on preparing to meet con
ditions as they are.
Men who hear the call of the Navy
for more men should remember that
previous seafaring experience is not
required. -Many of our best sailors
never saw the ocean until they went
into the service.
Women on the farms cannot be de
luded by calling them "farmerettes."
The term applies to daughter who re
clines in the hammock while mother
milks and does the other chores.
"Pull Oregon out of the mud!"
makes a catchy slogan for the road-
bonds campaign, and. one that every
man who travels in the Spring will
understand.
It Is short-sierhted finance that
leads the farmer to ' sell all his
brood sows because pork happens to
be worth a good price at the moment.
-
If British and Russian successes in
Asia continue, we are not rninr tn
hear much about Turkish activities in
the European war zone for a while.
There is but one serious obiertlon tn
punishing a defamer of the American
flag by making him wear It: the man
is unworthy of such a decoration.
"U-boat" seems to be obsolete as a
designation of the latest type of Ger
man submarine. "U-dreadnought"
would be nearer the mark.
Rev. Albert Cramer's declaration
that he was misunderstood at ' the
ministers' meeting: is referred to Dr.
Cline, with power.
In making garden, remember fer
tilizer must not come in contact with
radishes and the like to be eaten raw.
The nation that sinks a Cunarder
built at Portland will find it a per
sonal matter with every Oregonian.
This Is a good year for farmers to
let the boys have patches of ground
and keep the proceeds of the crops.
If Seward had not bought Alaska
fifty years ago, somebody would have
discovered Seattle anyway.
Echo Is doing considerable shipping,
but the jingle of the coin she is gath
ering is no echo.
A thirty-day armistice of tho tongs
is good for the time. Why worry
after that?
If county prisoners must have work,
start them knitting socks for soldiers.
Postmasters now must read all the
postcards In effort to discover spies.
While extending danger zones no
body thinks of the short skirts.
One thing Is certain, Congressman
McArthur will vote right. '
Calling the sin "love piracy" la
nauseous, but chivalrous.
Spring bids fair to open In Eastern
fashion with a rush.
When is a retreat not a retreat?
When It is strategic
Portland has 286,753, honest esti
mate. The' buds need warmer weather.
This Congress makes history.
How to Keep Well.
By Dr. W. A. Evans.
Questions pertlnrnt to bygleno, sanitation
and prevention of disease, if matters of gen
eral Interest, will be answered In this col
umn. Where space will not permit or the
subject Is not suitable letters will bs per
sonally answered, subject to proper limita
tions and where stamped addreaeed envelope
Is Inclosed. Dr. Evans will not make diagnosis
or prescribe for Individual diseases. Re
quests for such services cannot be answered.
(Copyright. 1916. by Dr. W. A. Evans.
Published by arrangement with the Chicago
Tribune.)
SOME HABIT PRODUCED DISEASES
B RIGHT'S DISEASE Not all the
Brlght's disease results from bad
habits. Many cases result from Infec
tion; others from other causes; a cer
tain percentage result from bad habits.
The kidneys get rid of the waste
which result from wear of the protein
tissues. They also rid the system of
the excess when too "much lean meat
and too many eggs are eaten. Heavy
meat eaters are unduly subject to cer
tain forms of Brlght's disease. The
meat habit gradually wears out the
kidneys. No organ in the body is more
responsive to change from had habits
to good.
In a survey of the New York City
Health Department 30 per cent of the
employes had some degree of Brlght's
disease. Some were on the rocks, some
were close enough to hear the roar of
the breakers, but the majority were un
consciously headed for trouble.
The examiners reported that more
than half of those with organic disease
(and the comment applied particularly
to those with Brlght's disease) could
be cured by change of habits. Nothing
else was required. "More than one-half
of these were accustomed to stay oi
the streets until after midnight In occu
pations or in society which were re
sponsible for their disorders."
A considerable part of those with
Brlght's disease can live out the full
expectancy of years of men of their
age if they will adopt proper eating
habits a moderate meat allowance and
temperance in eating generally, proper
drinking habits will stick to water as
a beverage, proper exercise habits and
proper sleeping habits.
CIRRHOSIS OF THE LIVER This
disease Is the best Illustration we have
of the effects of the alcohol habit.
When one has a well established cir
rhosis he will not gain much from
changing his habits, but an "alert-minded
person who recognizes cirrhosis in
the early stages can do much for him
self through changing his habits.
Th.e best Illustration of a disease pro
duced by the tobacco habit is partial
blindness and color blindness. Nervous
heart Is another illustration of an ef
fect of the tobacco habit. Fortunately
the effects of the tobacco habit give
warning of their approach. Any per
son who is at all susceptible to reason
can change his tobacco habit in time to
prevent disaster.
A considerable part of the Insanity
is the result of bad habits. The alcohol
habit produces at least 8 per cent of
insanity, according to the most conser
vative authorities. But an even more
important cause of Insanity is bad men
tal habits. The worry habit drives
some Insane. It makes many more in
efficient. The insomnia habit is an
other illustration of a condition due to
bad mental training and causes much
disability and some disease.
Specialist May Aid.
A. K. B. writes: "A young woman in
whom we are interested is bothered
with what she terms Voices in her
head. She hears something or some
one talking to her mentally, I suppose
you would call It. This Is annoying
and makes her irritable and morose at
times, although that Is not her natural
disposition. I asked her the nature of
the communications of these silent
talkers, as she seems to think they are,
and from what I could gather they are
mostly of a condemnatory nature
never anything good or happy. I might
add that she has a natural tendency to
take unpleasant things to heart and to
worry. .Now will you tell me what these
so-called 'voices in the head' are or
mean? Is it possible for one person to
communicate with another mentally or
for so-called evil Influences to operate
on one In that way? She told me about
It in an effort, if possible, to get some
help for it. If she were to consult a
doctor what kind should she consult?"
REPLY.
The young woman seems to have halluci
nations and delusions. She probably Is a
mild paranoiac. She should see a brain spe
cialist. If she retains a reasonable deirree
of mental poise she can be cured of her hal
lucinations and delusions.
Try Bland's Pills.
M. writes: "(1) Can you recommend
an Iron tonic which will not injure the
teeth? (2) What Is the reason for a
person's bowels moving from four to
five times dally? I am 20 years old,
weigh 135 pounds, and am S feet tall.
I stand on my feet about 13 hours a
day. Will you suggest soma kind of
diet for a person like me."
REPLY.
1. Bland's pills.
2. Tbs habit la normal In soma. It may
be due to amoebic dysentery. Indigestion, or
any other of several conditions.
8. Add milk, cream, rice and crackers to
your dietary.
Trutmest for Foot Swestlsf,
J. P. writes: "How can I remedy sores
and perspiration on my feet?"
REPLY.
Wash the feet twice a day with warm
water and soap. Rinse well. Dry. Apply
a mixture of two drams of salicylic acid In
one pint of alcohol. Rub until the feet are
dry. Or use a 25 per cent solution of alumi
num chloride In distilled water. Dab on
gently one every threa day a. Allow to
dry on.
GLAD HO BRYAN STIGMA ON HTM
Dr. Oglesby He-calls He Refused to Be
Democratic Elector In 90.
COTTAGE GROVE. Or., March 81
(To the Editor.) If a lumberjack or
I. W. W. should mount a soap box in
your city And use the seditious lan
guage used by W. J. Bryan In Miami,
Fla., March 29, 1917, the I. W. W. or
lumberjack would be mobbed or locked
up in jail. Not only The Oregonian, but
all the leading journals of the land
published the treasonable language of
that traitor, not only to his party, but
to his President and to his country.
He should be put under lock and key
until our National trouble Is settled.
In a Democratic state convention in
Portland held at the time of Bryan's
first campaign for the Presidency I
was unanimously elected as one of the
Presidential electors and am so re
corded with the Secretary of State, but
for certain reasons I declined to make
the campaign, and am glad I made that
decision at that time.
Although a youth of JO.years, I feel
the war's begun. Sweet order ban
ished every fear. I long to be a man.
I feel the flame of liberty burning in
my breast. My residence is Oregon, a
native of the West.
DR. WILLIAM WILLIS OGLESBY.
HE MERELY REPEATED SCANDAL
Lebanon Minister Aver Dt Did Not
Directly Chnrgre Newspaper Bribery.
LEBANON. Or March 31. (To the
Editor.) I venture to hope that you
will give space to a statement correct
ing an inaccurate and inadequate re
port of my utterances at the patriotic
meeting held here on last Tuesday
night.
A news item headed "Pastor Angers
Town" says the town was amazed at
my utterances. The first news of this
general anger and amazement to reach
me was in your article in this (Fri
day s) issue, and I have been up and
down the streets and about my pas
toral duties here all the while.
The news item sent in by your local
correspondent says that I charged the
makers of munitions and a subsidized
press with bringing about "the war
which this country faces." What I
did was to refer to the statement in
Congress of Representative Callaway,
of Texas, which has not been refuted,
to the effect that since March, 1915.
there has been an organized effort
through the subsidizing of papers to
stir up a war sentiment in the interest
of those who profit from war and
war's preparations. I pointed to the
danger of our being stampeded by these
influences Into going ahead of what
the President" has been patiently try
ing to accomplish. I stated that the
Nation has not yet been officially
stated to be at war, and that we should
still be entitled to use our precious
heritage of free speech In the discus
sion of events and possibilities. In
this I am in the good company of Da
vid Starr Jordon. William J. Bryan
and others who are better patriots than
those who oppose Government manu
facture of munitions and fight to keep
the private profits In these things.
I believe the people should be given
the right to Bay on what conditions we
shall take so tremendous a step as
war. Surely no one In Oregon should
quarrel with this thoroughly demo
cratic position. Its strongest opponents
will be the munition makers and allied
concerns.
In my address I said there might be
differences as to policy. Just as such
exists in families where the members
are a unit in relations with those out
side. So with us; as a people we are
and will be one. But let us not be led
by alien and subsidized Influences, but
await the -statements and declarations
which bear the seal of President Wil
son's official action. The position of
the President is that we may still avert
war by the armed neutrality for the
creation of which he asks to be em
powered. Let us stand behaind the President,
not pushing him, but awaiting his
command to go forward.
CARL N. KLASS.
MR. DEKTJM WIRES SENTIMENTS
American of German Parentage Re
sents Prussian Hope of Disloyalty.
PORTLAND. March 31. (To the Edi
tor.) You will find herewith a copy
of a telegram which I sent this even
ing to Senator Harry Lane and which
you may at your discretion publish In
The Oregonian.
GEORGE P. DEKTJM.
"PORTLAND. March 31. Senator
Harry Lane, Washington D. C: An Ore
gonian by birth, although of German
parentage. I most earnestly urge upon
you to uphold our President in this
grave moment of our National exist
ence. German militarism must realize
that German-Americans condemn Its
outrages. Germany's hope of German
American support is a downright In
sult to this loyalty which Is deeply
felt by them. GEORGE P. DEKUM."
Deserters and Homestead.
FIRDALE, Wash., March) 29. (To
the Editor.) Is a man. American born.
who Joined the Navy in the year of
1900, a minor, without the consent of
his parents, and who afterward de
serted, entitled to a homestead? Does
he have to secure any papers from the
Navy Department? If so, how would he
proceed to make it legal? L. u.
A legal point Is Involved. However,
In the opinion of experts. It is pi"e
sumed that a boy who deserted would
be listed as a deserter despite the con
ditlons under which he was received
into the Navy. Deserters cannot avail
themselves of the homestead laws of
this country.
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I DO YOU KNOW I
I Who Dictates the News From
Germany That Appears
in America?
j THE KRUPPS DO IT
E The way they do it and how it comes about that
5 they are doing; it is set forth by E
Carl Ackerman
for two years the German representative of a world-
known news agency, recently returned from Berlin
with Ambassador Gerard. No neutral correspondent E
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
E sensations as cargo.
E His next article, showing how Germany's great j
munitions makers also conduct its news propaganda, E
E will appear exclusively in
I W&z regoman I
TUESDAY, APRIL 3
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In Other Dayt-
Fifty Years Ago Today.
From The Oreconlan of April 2, 180T.
A bill Introduced In the House pro
vides reimbursement for the states!
supplying troops for the Union Army.
The scarcity of ice the coming season
will probably make It rather expensive.
Mr. Embric, of Tualatin Plains, who
was in the city yesterday, declares that
the people of the plains have not shown
a disposition to invest in the stock of
the Portland and Tualatin road.
J. S. Smith, his wife, daughter and
two boys, left yesterday on the first
lap of their trip to France.
General Sheridan, who was in Pitts
burg, Pa., on February 15. was inter
viewed and proved to be free, suave and
intelligent, writes a Pittsburg editor.
The majority of our American cousins
In the East are firm in the belief that
"Westward the star of the empire takes
It way."
The spiritualists of London intend
to establish a Lyceum.
Twenty-five Yeara Ago.
From The Oregonian of April 2. 1892.
Kansas City. A tornado swept over
Kansas last night, killing 20 and in
juring more than two-score people.
Burlington. The Burlington &
Northwestern narrow-gauge passenger
train was blown from the track 40
miles north of here by the high wind
today.
Vancouver, Wash. The officers of
the garrison are taking up a subscrip
tion for the starving people in Russia.
The Council committee on eewera
opened bids yesterday for the construc
tion of a sewer main in Holladay ave
nue from East Eleventh street to the
river.
"The Lion's Mouth" closes at the
Marquam Grand tonight.
The Portland Distillery Company at
Troutdale, which has been closed down
for some time, has resumed operations.
The commencement exercises of the
medical department here of the Univer
sity of Oregon will be held in the assembly-room
of the high school next
Monday night.
The people of Mount Tabor and vi
cinity are urging the importance of
making the Base Line road one of the
finest-drives on the East Side.
The Girl From Montana.
By James. Barton Adams.
Tho congresswoman who has Just
been anchored in a chair will not al
low her tongue to rust from lack of
active wear, and when her voice, well
Bplked with wit, through that old
chamber rings, "twill cause the men
mere men to sit up straight and no
tice things. She will not fall for flat
tery when men seek her support for
any bally measure she thinks not of
proper sort. She may accept their
chocolates and varl-f lavored flowers
and may not pass up dinner dates in
after-session hours, their big round
bucks may let them blow for seats at
baseball games, or take her to the
picture show, but well she'll know
their aims, and when their arguments
they've brought she'll tell them plump
and plain the mind housed in her dome
is not of shifting weathervane. She'll
prove she's Jennie on the spot, is
watchful and alert In all her public
acts and not a legislative flirt who'll
promise this and promise that to seek
ers for her vote in fickle way, but
will stand pat and never turn her coat.
The" suffragettes throughout the land,
their eyes with hope aflame, are watch
ing how she'll play her hand In leg
islative game, and If she scores a win
ning they on it their hopes may base
that they may live to see the day when
skirts will take the place of polished
pants in Congress chairs, a day they
think may come, where men now sit
and chew cigars the girls will work on
gum, and when these earnest souls be
gin they'll never cease the fight until
they see a dame lodged in the famous
House of White.