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8 TIIE MORNING OREGOXIAN, MONDAY, APRIL 23, 1917. SHye jgpcmum PORTLAND, OKEGO.N. Entered at Portland (Oregon) Postofflco as second-class mail matter. Subscription rates Invariably In s.dvane: (By Mall.) Daily, Sunday Included, one year ...... .$.00 Daily, tiunday Included, liz month! ..... 4.25 Daliy, Sunday Included, three months ... 2.23 Iaily, Sunday lnoluded. one month ..... .75 Iaily, without Sunday, one year ........ 6.00 Ually, without Sunday, three months .... 1.73 Dally, without Sunday, one month 60 Weekly, one year 1-50 6unday. one year ............ 2.00 Bunday and Weekly S-50 (By Carrier.) Dally, Bunday Included, one year .00 aily. Sunday Included, one month ..... .70 How to Remit 6end pomtofflce money order, express order or personal check on your local bank. Stamps, coin or currency are St sender's risk. Olve postofflce address In full. Including county and state. Postage Kates 12 to IS pases, 1 cent; IS to 32 pases, 2 oents; 84 to 48 pages, 8 cents; CO to 60 pages, 4 cents; 62 to 76 pages, 0 cents; 78 to 82 pages, 6 cents, foreign post age double rates. Eastern Business Office Verree Conklln, Brunswick building. New York; Verree A Conklln, Steger building. Chicago; San Fran cisco representative, R. J. Bidwell, 742 Mar ket street. lOKTLAN'I, MONDAY, APRIL S 1917. lesson to royal families who may be disposed to hold out against the wishes of their subjects. Spaniards see their rights trampled on, their ships sunk and their supplies cut off, and then they learn that German submarines are openly using: points on the Span ish coast for bases of supplies. There Is a strong: suspicion of official con nivance in the latter enterprises at least, it is felt that the business could be stamped out if enough pains were taken. Spain has been on the verge of revo lution for five years or more. Stern repressive measures have been neces sary to check several outbreaks be fore they assumed dangerous propor tions. There is a limit beyond which these measures cannot be carried without touching- the spark to the powder magazine. The best guess as to the near future in Spain is that one of two things will happen soon. Either there will be a determined effort to prevent the use of Spanish soil and resources for the support of the German sea campaign or there will be a revolution. There Is strong probability that Alfonso will lose his crown If the latter comes to pass. VOLUNTEERS FOR AGRICULTURE. There is substantial merit In the proposal to call for boy volunteers to I help the farmers of Oregon, and In the project advanced by the Portland Chamber of Commerce to obtain the release of boys of working age from school before the end of the term so they may be employed In the country In this way, If not In others, city boys have an opportunity to do real serv ice: parental objections ought not to be encountered In view of the fact that the work is not only beneficial to the Nation . but also to the boys; and In a measure we should be able to atone for the circumstance that enlistment In the Army and Navy at present under the volunteer system have taken heaviest toll from the ag ricultural communities. New York state recently took the lead In this movement by Including a definite plan for agricultural work In Its new universal service law. This puts the compulsory power of the state behind the requirement for Bervlce on the farm as well as on the fighting line, and permits the authori ties to require all boys 16, 17 and 18 years old to take up agricultural work. Mobilization already has begun that Is to say, It has reached the census stage. Enrollment is under way, with a view to the subsequent drafting of youths for food produc tion, provided this becomes necessary. But the volunteer system is first to have a trial. Every healthy boy In the state Is to have an opportunity to become a "farm cadet," as he will be called under the new law. Conscrip tion will come later. If there are not enough volunteers. Indiana boys meanwhile are being placed at the disposal of their state through the highly perfected organ ization of the Boy Scouts. The fun damental lessons of discipline already learned by the Scouts will prove valu able here. One of the things a Scout Is taught is to do his tasks cheerfully and to try to do them well. These youths will do well under the volun tary system. The duty of the organ izers of food supply measures Is clear ly to establish clearing houses so that the demand for help and the supply shall be adjusted with a minimum of friction and wasted effort. This is being done in many states and un doubtedly will be accomplished for Oregon as a result of the organization perfected in Portland Saturday. There is another field in which these boys, and many of the girls also can be vastly useful to the country a littlo later in the season, and that is In preserving perishable foods of all kinds for Winter consumption. It has been estimated that a third of the fruit and vegetables grown In the country fail to reach the human table. This loss can be prevented by the extensive establishment of dehy drating and canning plants, but It will require foresighted organization and a considerable supply of labor, for the latter, It looks as if we would be compelled to rely more and more on the boys and girls. Officials of the Department of Ag riculture believe that there is no sub stantial reason why we should not be able to raise and save enough food for all our demands. They point out at the same time that the United States is likely to be called upon to feed not only the people at home but a majority of those in Europe for the next two years, whether the war con tinues or not. In the one event we shall be compelled to assist our al lies; In the other we shall be called upon for material assistance while the world is re-establishing Itself on the normal basis of production. Every pound of grain and vegetables and even every blade of grass will count. The University of Illinois has submit ted to the Federal Government a com prehensive scheme for the enlistment of a farmers army which is 'likely to be adopted in at least a modified form If Congress adopts selective conscrip tion. It would take account of three special classes the men beyond mili tary age, those within the age who are disqualified for military service, and the boys between 15 and 18. But there will be email requirement for compulsion if the people can be Im pressed sufficiently with the fact that every individual so employed is doing a real patriotic duty. It Is most Important of all to bear in mind that whatever is done must be done quickly. There can be no harvest unless there is a planting time. AS Governor Withycombe said at Sat urday's meeting, the time for Increase lng the acreage of wheat and hay al- ready is past. In another month it will be too late to prepare the ground for other crops. Speedy action, with out waiting for the passage of com pulsory laws of any kind, is called for. Seattle in the evening, prepared his copy, read proof to insure that not a single "bull" should slip through, snatched two or three hours' sleep and repeated the performance next day. When the trial ended he was completely exhausted, but he stayed with it to the end. His independent spirit was mani fested in boyhood, when he was em ployed on the staff of a New York newspaper. Discovering that he was drawing more salary than other men who were obviously worth more, he investigated and learned that his father was secretly paying his salary Into the office to be paid over to him, just to get him started to work and to keep him busy. He revolted at this arrangement, quit the Job and came to Oregon. to defeat the submarine campaign of starvation, and among Pacific ports the board relies chiefly on Portland and its neighboring towns. In doing our utmost in the cause of the Nation and of democracy by building all the ships possible with our abundant re sources of men and material, we shall serve ourselves. Every new Bhip will start on its way with a cargo of prod ucts of the Oregon country, and it be hooves us to insure that enough of these ships shall remain permanently the property of Portland citizens to carry Portland commerce. That done, our commerce, industries and back country will develop by steady strides and Oregon will come Into her own. As Mr. Corbett says, we must not rely on outside aid. for the work that Is before us "can never be fully ac- DISUfTEGRATION BEGINS IX GERMANY. Lack of food has caused the strikes in Germany. Strikes In Russia were due to the same cause and led to rev olution. The same may be the out come In Germany. Hunger has ever been the most potent cause of revolt. The Roman Emperors knew this, and they kept the people quiet with bread and the circus. The French Bourbons forgot it; Paris became enraged with hunger, and they lost their throne and their heads. That may be the story in Germany. The climax may not be reached until the allied armies ap pear on German soil as undeniable evidence of defeat, for Iron discipline may prevent the soldiers from joining the revolution, as they did In Russia, but discipline may not survive defeat added to hunger. Prussianism would then have worked its own destruction, for it is founded on the theory that a well-fed, prosperous people is necessary both to make and endure a military autocracy. Without it an Invincible military ma chine could not be built up, nor would the people pay the cost In men, money and loss of liberty. Upon that theory has Prussia thrived as a conquering military power for two centuries, the people being schooled Into tolerance of military insolence by being full fed. The allies' blockade is now destroy ing the foundation upon which mili tarism is founded. The people are half-starved and, as they contemplate their shrunken forms, they turn in fury, on the oligarchs who have de ceived them. Instead of victory they have had fruitless slaughter at Ver dun, and defeat with greater slaughter on the Somme, which the soldiers gave the lugubrious name of "the grave." Deception is still attempted by nam ing the Hindenburg line, to which the army is withdrawn, "the peace of vic tory" line, but worse defeat has come. Unrestrained submarine war has been waged for nearly three months, but It has only added to the number of Germany's enemies without abating the fury of Anglo-French bombard ments. Hope of the indemnities which were to have paid all Germany's war expenses has vanished, and in their place indemnities which Germany must pay appear in prospect. The grip of the Kaiser and Von Hindenburg on his people and on the occupied lands is still strong and will yield but "slowly, but it Is weakening, the allies are already measuring the distance to the Rhine and the process of internal disintegration has visibly begun. It may progress so rapidly that before this year ends, and before an American army lands in France, the allies may be invited to name terms of peace to a democratic government in stalled in Berlin. This promises to be the year of decision. One secret of his success was his I complished unless the people of this faculty for winning men's personal city realize that they must take the loyalty He looked for a man to do matter of working out the city's fu- more than hold down his Job; he ex- ture into their own hands." pected a man to stand by him as a Portland will win by relying on personal matter and. If a man trans- her own strength, by casting aside all ferred his services to another paper, internal differences and forming one Parry regarded it as desertion. But team to pull together with united force he was loyal in his turn, and If any to realize the manifest destiny which person Insulted or deceived one of his was made for this port when the great men. Parry would "go down the line" gorge was cloven through the Cascade for him. Mountains to make an open highway He early showed ability as a poll- to the sea. Nature made our oppor- tlcian, and by It entered a broader tunity; it is for us to make the most field, but he proved his title to every of It. public office he held by his industry and by the high quality and fidelity Somebody may have started the ru- of the service he gave. If he had lived, mor as a Joke that Colonel Hofer was he should have held still more lm- under arrest in San Francisco for trea- portant positions in the National Gov- sonable utterances, but people who eminent, and he would have made know the Colonel would not believe It. good, as he did with everything he Now Government officials announce tackled after leaving Oregon. Gener- that he has never been under suspl- ous, genial, yet a fighter, he counted cion or investigation. Colonel Hafer's his friends by the thousand, and he line of ancestry Includes men who exacted respect even from his enemies, fought against tyranny abroad and men who fought to preserve this PORTLAND'S problems analyzed. Union. When the time shall come that The best evidence that the Portland this Nation shall disappear from the Chamber of Commerce has chosen face of the earth which heaven for- wisely In electing Henry Ladd Cor- bid Colonel Hofer will be found half bett as Its president Is his forecast an hour later kicking vigorously, of the work which lies before the Chamber in the coming year. The When the dlplomatlo and consular firm grasp, clear insight, sound busi- people, expelled from China, shall have ness judgment and broad, progressive reached Berlin after traveling more public spirit with which he attacks than 3000 miles across this country, the problems which lie before us prove they will be able to give the Kaiser an that this representative of the new idea of what he Is up against In the generation of the old pioneer families latest stage of the war. Is not lacking In those qualities which 1 controlled the founders of Portland. "Nine-tenths of wisdom Is being Under his leadership the people should wlse ln time," says Mr. Roosevelt It estabHh that position more firmly waa Acting Secretary Roosevelt who than ever, no matter how vigorously cabled Dewey to "cop" all the coal ln How to Keep Well. II y Dr. W. A. Kvnnn. Thrice Is He Armed By Irvln S. Cobb, of the Vigilante In Other Days. Questions pertinent to hygiene, sanitation I (By Courtesy of the Saturday Evening Post.) Largely by chance and by accident, I happened to be one of four or five American newspaper men who wit nessed at first hand the German lnva quests tor such services cannot bo answered. I sion Of Belgium, and one Of three who, and prevention of disease, if matters of gen eral intercHt. will be answered ln this col umn. Where space will not permit -or the subject is not suitable letters will be per sonally answered, subject to proper limita tions and where stamped addressed envelope Is Inclosed. Ur. Evans will not make diagnosis or prescribe for Individual diseases. ite- a little later, witnessed some of the results of the Germanic subjugation of the northern part of France. Like wise, I was Inside Germany at tne time the rush upon Paris was checked and the retreat from the Marne took place, thereby having opportunity to taKe cognizance of the feelings and sentiments and the Impulses which con- Published by arrangement with the Chicago i.rloune. QUALIFICATIONS FOR. ARMY AND NAVY. TJEFORE a recruit will be taken Into JL the Army or Navy he must pass a physical examination. The object of tnis examination is to prevent men trolled the, German populace ln a pe from entering the service who would I Hod of victory and in, a period of re be uneauaJ to the burdens nlaced UDon I versals. them, who will be charges on the com- I Having seen these things, I hate war mand any considerable purt of the time, with all my heart. I am sure that I hate who will need to be invalided either it with a hatred deeper than the hate during the service or subsequently o1 you, reader, who never saw its actual thereto. In addition some effort is wormngs ana its garnered fruitage. made to keen out c-f the service men For, you see, I saw the physical side who will be offensive to the command f it; and, having seen It, I want to or who are not soldierlike in appear- I tell you tnat I nave no words with nnox or who mav Innlr ridiculous as which half way adequately to describe soldiers. lt or vou- 80 that you may have in Th Virht i-an nnn from K feet 4 your mina tne pictures i nave in mine. Inches to 6 feet 11 tr 6 feet, according 11 ,a the most obscene, the most hideous, to the service, and the weight from 120 L" most prutai. tne most malignant to 190 nounda. Obnitv Is a. cause for and sometimes the most necessary- rejection. I spectacle. I veritably believe, that ever In ordinary times the age limits are ", "l "'" la and 40. Bovs under 18 are Dhvs- Inc? lnB worm Began, ana x ao nate Inollif manfallv AinAtlAnallv a w A msM ally too Immature for good soldiers. But " war must come war for the After 40 the man who knows nothing of presevtIon, our National honor and the habits and customs of military life our National integrity; war for the de- i . , !,,. fense of our flag and our people and These age limits are subject to change ur BOl- ,w,ar fr h Preservation of in tim. rt mor Itne principles of representative gov- Great attention Is paid to the feet. earth 1 would rather that it come now Men who have bunions or bad corns, flatfoot or toes that turn out markedly are apt to be rejected. Experience teaches that such men give out when forced to march or Btand in the trenches. Hernias and bad varicosities in the elns of the legs are causes of rejec- ion. Ordinary varicocele Is not. A romlnent protuberant abdomen is liable to bring about rejection. The chest should be broad and flat. Nar row-chested, thin-cheste and pigeon breasted persons are usually of low vitality. A reasonable degree of mus cular development is required. Reasonably good vision and reason ably good hearing are requisites. The xaminer watches out for any deform ity or physical characteristic which would case the man ln uniform to be laughed at as a physical weakling. It it may be disputed by young, ambi tious rivals. He strikes straight at the core of all our present difficulties when he gives the first place to ships. By pro viding lines of water transportation owned in Portland and operated ln sight ten days before he sailed for Manila Bay. Truly, as L. W. Hill says, they are not shouting ln ball parks ln Berlin. More's the pity. If the Berliners had the Interest of Portland this port will occaalonal defeat and not be so go iimcxi more man 11a.11 way w wxi u i CQCjy soiving an our otner pruuiema. oxiipz will stimulate all our Industries by pro vlding cheap transportation for their products. When they are provided in ample quantity shortage of railroad cars will sink into insignificance as an obstacle to prosperity. Producers will no lonffpr npfd to bper for cars, for railroads will know that, if they do H. G. Wells Is away up ln the clouds not Drovlde means to move traffic, it ln contending for a British republic, will move without their aid and will Th truo Briton who would do away It was mere matter of supereroga tion to send a replica of the George Washington hatchet to Honorable Mil ton Miller. The Hon. Milt, could not tell a He, even for political effect. strengthen the rival system. Development of Inland water trans portation will naturally follow that of ocean lines, and with construction of a network of modern highways con necting the Interior with river ports. with the right of looking up at his king is yet to be born. What Brand Whltlock says of Ger man brutality ln Belgium will be taken as true, for he was a disinterest- emancipation from dependence on rail- ed spectator, except for his humanity. roads will be complete, for motor transport will be the final link be- There Is a lesson to a lot of peo tween the producer and his market. Pie In the action of the heirs of the whether ln this or some foreign coun- late Emanuel May ln settling his es- try. Railroads will continue to carry tate without recourse to the courts. a great volume of traffic, but only as one of two alternative routes, each of The patriot who pays his Income which will also be the complement of tax early is the kind of man of whom Is supposed that this is a necessary chalns of autocracy that we 8hall be concession to the physiology of the flgrhtlng. not only to punlsh tha enemy Crowd. for UTonirR InfliftArt nmri lnai.lt. nvor. Since ozena, bad breath or foul smell-1 ,,-. , .-.j,,--,)- r,nt , oVo lng feet would make a soiier objec- the Beas frea to honest commerce; not tionable to his tentmates or messmates only for the protection of our flag and these are causes for rejection. our Bhins and the lives nf our neoni The examination determines whether at honla and -broad but nlonn- with the heart Is sound, strong and free England, France yes, and Russia from disase and whether the lungs and ,hlll ka fic-htinn- , h. nrUCCrvUtnn other organs are in reasonably good of the principles of constltutionanl and shape. ... I representative government against No part of the examination Is more those heads of th few remaining threat important than the test of character DOwers who hold bv th divine riirht of and mentality. The examiner must as- kings and who believe that man was ure himself that tne man IS not in- not created a self-eroverninsr creature. sane, is not a trouDie maiter, nas eomc i out a vassal. basic determination ana win suck, xnoi Merely because we are willinar to xaminer is supposed to protect the I elVe of our wealth and our crranaries service against potential deserters and I and our steel mills, we cannot expect possibly aiso against cowaraa. to nave an honorable share ln this Brown-Eyed Babies. I war, and to share as an equal ln its nr.. tr l r n c - "II Ur. krnntn. I ciucu.ciii. . a muoi l ion, ouiiic- , i v. i ..... v, Klii.-.vart I i-1 ' n iuu.i iua.li muiicj ttuiua !'...t"T., r.;.;.-- thing more than munitions: we must ShTracter. and looks determlnea -n.n?t pect and harm for our coasts, and France's worn legions to bear the brunt of the trench work. Knoev-ing nothing of military expedl ency, I yet believe that, for the moral effect upon the world and for our own position, when the time for making peace comes, it would be better for us the other. There is every reason of self-inter est why railroads should assist rather than oppose development of water lines. Proof accumlates daily that the other service is naturally to be ex pected when the country calls him, Closing 35 shoe factories in one city in Massachusetts because employes country produces traffic which is be- asked more wages is not a patriotic AVIIKX TUB SENTRY CALLS. It is plainly the duty of the clti ben, when confronted by a sentry ln the uniform of the United States with a demand to halt and explain his busi ness, to do promptly what he Is told to do. Several fatalities have resulted ln various parts of the country from failure to obey this rule. Most of these have occurred in the populous centers of the East, where for some reason there still appear to be a con siderable number of persons who do not realize that the country Is ln a state of war. ' This has been particularly true on the Atlantic seaboard, and in regions where there are a large proportion of foreign-born residents. Here sentries assigned to guard railroads and fac tories have been openly defied, by men and women whose escape from bondage in Europe has been so re cent that one wonders at their lack of appreciation of the blessings of American liberty. But the army has duty to perform. The young men in khaki cannot always permit them selves to temporize with unfriendly forces, even at home. It Is to be taken for granted that they do not want to kill, but they ought not have occa sion to decide. ' The United States Is at war. Some persons persist In falling to compre hend the fact. The soldier is not put on post to be argued with. The way farer, particularly ln the protected districts. Is the one wno must give way. He may as well recognize that he is under suspicion from the fact that he is on forbidden ground. All intruders are supposed to look alike to the man on guard. For the law abiding there Is only one course open, and by suppressing his desire to roam without restriction he will save a lot of trouble for all concerned. yond their power to carry. The traf fic which they lose to water lines will be replaced by that which they will haul as extensions of water lines from the coast to the Interior and from the way to meet wartime conditions. ITtREST IN 8PAI3T. Although the outside world has not been permitted to learn the Intimate details of the most recent outbreaks ln Spain, it would not be surprising to wake up almost any morning and learn that King Alfonso had joined the Czar in the retirement of private life. It is clear that the masses of the people have become thoroughly dissatisfied with the efforts of the government to carry water on both shoulders and with the ineffective measures adopted to protect the in terests of the people. The chief un derlying cause of unrest ln Spain at present Is suffering resulting from the paralysis of industry and insufficient food supplies. This condition has been brought about directly by the German submarine campaign. ' As an alternative, however, to the fall of the dynasty. It Is reasonably possible that there will be a change of front by official Spain. The out- pome ln Russia has been a powerful Two candidates for Commissioner are in the Ks, Kellaher and Kubll Now If another would enter there interior to the coast. Development of I would be much doing. ocean commerce will add Immensely to the volume of this traffic, which Candidates for city offices will draw is far more profitable than the through lots for position, on the ballot, which traffic which they must haul ln com- does not worry the man who knows petition with water lines and with each he is going to win other. Success and extension of water lines The Australians are, like the Cana- require expansion of manufactures to dians, accustomed to elbow room and provide cargoes for export and, by glad to get out of the trenches to fight establishing markets for imports, to in the open. provide incoming cargoes also. Mr. Corbett shows a sound conception of Women are working in the fields that problem when he says that "no of North Dakota, and the state is financing scheme can be an enduring blessed for having them able and success that Is not based on close ln- l willing. dividual attention and an assurance of profit to both parties." bubsldles ana we are rapidly approaching the municipal aid will produce only exotic, point where the striker and the food hothouse plants, kept alive by artiri- speculator are becoming equally un ciai means, ana tnereiore a arain on popular the community instead of a source of WILL. II. PARRY. The death of' Will H. Parry removes a man who made his mark in the his, tory of the Pacific Northwest before he became a National figure as a mem ber of the Federal Trade Commission He was one of the ablest, most bril liant and most Industrious newspaper men on the Coast. One of his earliest experiences was as editor and proprie tor of a string of newspapers in the Willamette Valley, which kept him constantly on the go, but he gave his subscribers a better article than they paid for and disaster was the result. He went to Seattle "broke" and was employed as a reporter on the Post Intelligencer. Within a year after his arrival there he was made- city edi tor, and gathered around him as good and loyal a staff of reporters as any city on this coast has been able to recruit. During that period a trial was in progress ln Tacoma in which Seattle was deeply interested, and Parry un dertook to report It himself. For week he went to Tacoma on the first train or boat, made a full report, which often filled a page, returned to strength. Water lines which reach Eastern and foreign markets and pro vide abundant raw materials at mini mum cost will be of far more value. If to this be added financial aid based on strict business principles and pat ronage ln home markets, new Indus tries will grow up without artificial stimulus. Development of the Interior by en couragement of all Industries which extract wealth directly from the soil. whether It be agriculture, horticulture, mining, lumbering, livestock or dairy ing, should accompany that of ocean commerce and manufactures, both as contributing to their success and, at the present time, as provision of the .sin ews of war. Oregon must do its full share in feeding this Nation and those allied nations which are fighting em battles in Europe as truly as though they fought under our flag. It Is nec essary to this end that the unused land of .the Interior be thrown open to settlement and be settled, and that thousands of people go from the cities Continued losses of Belgian relief ships emphasize our duty to build merchant vessels as rapidly as pos sible. It is a safe prediction that German prisoners will be Increasingly numer ous as the great drive sweeps on. It is seasonal to remark that only the Indian gets the most out of smelt. by masticating bones and all. Wilson will win ln the battle on Army legislation that begins today. It s a way he has of doing. It Is worth while also to study the advantages of the wheel hoe over the common or garden variety. The pests that do their work un derground nevertheless add to the overhead expense. Up at Seattle they must turn the to work in the country. This would p0 skuis insiae out, witn tne price onntrihntR to Or-pe-nn's xhnrn In fio-Vit. I at a Ton, lng the war, would promote the solid prosperity of Portland and every other Oregon city and would go far to re store the proper balance between ur ban and rural population. By help ing the Nation and the allies, Portland will help herself. In serving these diverse and .inter locking purposes the shipbuilding in dustry which has grown up in Port land and on the Lower Columbia river, as well as at several Oregon coast ports, will play the leading part ln fact. It may be said that this in dustry is the hub of the wheel on which Portland is to ride Into its proper place among Pacific Coast ports. It was left for the Norwegians and British, in their dire need of ships, to point out this opportunity to us and to set the industry going. It Is now for us to develop it to its full extent. Upon the Pacific Coast the Shipping Board chiefly relies for the vessels which are Russia will not be disappointed ln looking to America for money and munitions. Decent folk may think that Jobel man s candidacy Is a violation parole. than that it come later. I have a child. I would rather that child, in her ma turlty, might be assured of living in peace guaranteed by the sacrifices and the devotion of the men and worn en of this generation than that her father should live on ln a precarious peace, bought and paid for with cow ardice and National dishonor. Having spread the gospel 6f force for so long, Prussianized Germany can un derstand but one counter argument force, we must give her back blow for blow a harder blow in return for each blow she gives us. "Thrice is he armed that hath his quarrel Just"; and our quarrel Is Just. All the same, to make war successfully we must make It with a whole heart. We must hold it to be a holy war; we must preach a Jihad, re membering always, now that the Chi nese Empire is a republic, now that Russia by revolution has thrown off the Twenty-Fire Years Ago. From The Oregonlan April 23. 1802. In accordance with the decree of the courts, George H. Durham, master in chancery, yesterday sold at auction the so-called Hunt system of railroads, com prising the railroad and telegraph lines of the Oregon & Washington Ter ritory Railroad Company. The line runs from Wallula Junction to Pendleton in Oregon and to Walla Walla ln Wash ington. The total completed distance is 165 miles. The property was knocked down to C. B. Wright. Jr, of Phila delphia, at $1,250,000. Sir George Baden-Powell has come to the conclusion that Secretary Blaine is the greatest statesman of tha age. Jerry Simpson, he of sockless fame. he who scorns the appellation of "Jere miah as indicative of personal pride unbecoming a self-made man plain Jerry Simpson, of Kansas, delivered himself, though not without sore tra vail, of a speech in the House of Rep resentatives recently on free trade. which plainly defines his status as a statesman. President Charles W. Eliot, of Har vard, is in Portland visiting with Mr. and Mrs. T. L. Eliot. The educator is accompanied by Mrs. Eliot. It was nearly 10 o'clock when the curtain rose, or rather parted, on the banquet hall scene of "Traviata" at the Exposition building last night, where the Emma Juch Opera Company is playing. The delay was due to fi nancial difficulties. Company L First Regiment. Oregon National Guard, held a reunion last night. Besides Captain Coffee, those on the programme were: Dan J. Malarkey, J. F. Barrett J. P. Bronaugh, J. F. Case, H. S. Gullixson, T. W. Claggett. R. S. Farrell, W. T. Pangle, F. E. Coop er. C. P. Little, R. Loveridge. John McGinn, George B. Streeter, Earl Lounsbury. C. E. McDonnell, S. Wade Hampton. F. B. Morgan and J. Kosh-land. time the mother becomes pregnant! REPLY. 1. The rule Is that when both parents have blue eyes the eyes of all the children are blue. When one parent has blue eyes and one black, there are either no blue-eyed chil dren or almost one-halt of the children are blue-eyed (-IS to C2). When both parents have black eyes all the children have black eyes, or else three-quarters of them are I rather than the securing our own soli black-eyed. As is evident there are many exceptions to the hard and last rule. 2. Within limitations tne answer is yes. Some of the characteristics are due to the Impress of the mother cell; others to that of the father cell. These cells are fully formed and fully charged with their Inheritable traits at the moment of impregnation. In a certain measure the looks are affected by the amount of fat put on by the baby within the last two months before birth. Cause of Goiter, J. A S. writes: "(1) What is the cause of goiter? (2) Is it confined to I too long and too patiently; we can against attack or Invasion, that an American flag should wave over Amer ican troops in Flanders; that a Texas cowpnncher should lead a forlorn hope in trance; that a Connecticut clock maker should invent a device which will blunt the fangs of that stinging adder of the sea, the U-boat, and who knows? perhaps scotch the poison snake altogether. Maybe it is true that, ln our mis taken forbearance, we have failed and come short. Maybe we have endured women only or are men also afflicted with it? (3) In either case can It be cured or remedied to any extent? 4) If so, how? Would it be easier to cure one of but a few years' start on a young woman under 20 than If it were of longer duration? (5) Is It in some cases not injurious to the person affected.' REPLY. 1. In rolter there is an enlargement of the thyroid gland and an excess or tnyroia secre- tion ln the blood. There are many causes. Among them are infection of the throat, dis ease in the pelvic organs. Indigestion. sup- Duration somewhere ln the body. There Is a oeraistlnK theory that goiter results from drinking water that Is wrong somehow. Mc- Carrlson holds that this position is correct. strive for all that. But- Without the shedding of blood there is no remission of sins, TOO MANY GOIVO FBOM FARMS Half a Century Age. From The Oregonlan. April 23. 188T. The Albany Journal has been re vived under the management of W. Pickett, late of California. It has been enlarged to a seven-column sheet, and hereafter will appear on Saturday of each week. It promises to be one of the best papers of Oregon.. Simon Isaacs and Kate Donahue were married April 21. W. C. Johnson, of Oreeon Citv. la in Victoria taking testimony in the Hud son Bay Company's claim litigation. J. W. Ladd. William Folsom. John Powers and Miss Josey White are on the passenger list for California. . Joseph Teal, contractor to furnish horses for the cavalry, arrived from the Upper Willamette last Saturday with 36 animals. A fatal disease termed meninsritla has appeaced in New York and claimed many victims. Our young friend Julius NT. Morelanfl who has resided ln Portland and Van couver for several years, leaves today for Walla Walla to make his home. The ladles are much worried at re cent discoveries that the chiernons. worn by those who essay the fashions. nave Deen round to be Infested with myriads of gregarines, which are germ like worms. Democracy Is Peace Solution. ROSEBURG. Or., April 21. (To the Editor.) We will soon be hearing of peace proposals from Germany. Let us not be deluded. -There can be no peace until the military power of Prussia is obliterated. Germany today is Just like a crazy man with a gun, shooting at everything in sight. We might get such a man on his back and hold hini there until be would make all kinds of promises to behave himself in order to obtain his release; but, unless we were to disarm him, our efforts would bo worse than useless. We must take the gun away from the crazy man. If this is not done it will be but a little while until the Prus sian overlords will again challenge civilisation and human liberty in a death struggle for existence. Germany will find "her place in the sun" when she lets the sun of democracy shine over her ' own fair land and her bril liant and ambitious people. SUBSCRIBER. hvKienlc measures, some by medicine. For many surgery Is advisable. The surgical cases must not be postponea too long. Small Town Enlistments) Are Depletlna; Aarrlcnltnral Labor Supply. DUNDEE, Or.. April 21. fTo the Edi tor.) Some few days ago you published an editorial on the subject of recruiting and cited the town of Amity as an ex ample to the rest of the country in this matter. It appears that Amity, if I remember the figure rightly, had bu.ay. that the t iwrolV irt- th recruiting station, luted to cause goiter. I You doubtless remember the ar- 2. No. iicio. 3 and S. Yea. I Later you printed an editorial dealing 4. Answer depends on the case. Some cases I with soldiers of the farm, which are cured by attention to diet. Others by at- cussed a letter from a farmer boy tentlon to throat. Still others by atttlon to wnom u adviso ot to enlist because pelvic disorders. Some cases can be cured by - ki i hv meriieino. For h ' a farmer. Now, as you should know, there are only farmer boys in a town like Amity. and one wonders which advice is the proper ono to follow ln these communi ties and ln the present circumstances. for. If you come to think of it, we cannot follow both. It seems to me that there has been a lot of indiscriminate calling for re cruits, and now that a large number of farmer boys have responded, you are trying to turn off the tap. We who live on the farms know that so many boys have already left that it is not rlear what is going to be done to get tha seasons work done even up to normal standards, let alone the extra planting that we are being called upon to do. If the Idea now Is to stop recruiting from the farms you will have to keep hammering away at the point some more to stop the present drain on the labor supply. T. A. HARPER. Government and State Bulletins. PORTLAND, April 20. (To the Edi tor.) Where can one get a list of farm ers' bulletins given out by the U. S. Agricultural Department, and what does one pay for same? Does the State Ag ricultural College publish anything? H. G. WELLS. 1. Write to Agricultural Department, Washington, D. C, for list. Some bulle tins are free, others cost from three to 15 cents. 2. Yes. It issues free bulletins fre quently. Probably Not Serious." Mrs. T. W. writes: "My daughter, who is 18 years old, has a goiter that has been noticeable for four or rive vears. Tne last lew montna n naa Increased ln size noticeably. A nerve specialist examined her a few months ago, found the heart action normal, and there was no tremor in ner nnger tips. It has not yielded to treatment. She seems ln good health. Would a blood builder help? Is thyroid extract a safe remedy? REPLI. Enlarcement of the thyroid In young women ln whom there la no disturbance of the pulse, no tremor, and no nervousness is not a serious matter, bometimes tne en larrement la due to throat trouble: some times to digestive trouble; at other times to pelvic trouble. Thyroid la rarely helpful In such cases. The Turk breaks with us, but ln the late days of November he will pet the ax. The man behind the hoe is the man behind the man behind the gun this year. Let us give the McCredles the sur prise of their lives tomorrow afternoon. The blue skies are coming back. Looks like baseball weather. Harms Stomach. D. A. R. N. writes: "Is the continued taking of large aoses of soda harmful?" REPLY, The extent depends on the Individual. Large doses of soda continuously used ruin stomach digestion; it Is a saline purge with the harmful effects of such, disturbs the bal ance between acidity and alkalinity of the tissues, and causes an accumulation of soda ln tha tissues. Can Surplus Fralt CANTONVILLE, Or., April 21. (To the Editor.) Just a little of your space and time to give a thought from a farm er's wife. A great plea has gone forth for more foodstuffs. We cannot all be Red Cross workers and Honor Guard women. But the farm women can help by canning a few jars of fruit for our soldiers. Tons and tons of fruit rot on the ground; a.cres of berries go to waste, and no way to eave them, as we have no market for home-canned goods. Send us the Jars and let us put up your fruit. A FARMER'S WIFE. Publishing; a Story, UMATILLA. Or., April 20. (To the Editor.) Will you please Inform me as to the steps taken ln publishing a story ln either book form or running it in a periodical magazine? IDA POWELL. Submit the manuscript with return postage. If accepted you will be ad vised; If rejeoted It will be returned. There was no intimation ln the ar ticle on Amity and other small-town enlistments that The Oregonlan was encouraging similar enlistments in still other small towns. In fact, the article was Intended, as. it was then stated, to draw a contrast between small-town and city enlistments. The Oregonlan has advocated the selective draft be cause It promises to equalize military service and preserve a labor balance ln vitally essential industries. Addressing: Letter. PORTLAND, April 21. (To the Edi tor.) Is it proper to use the small let ter's in street ln addressing a letter. e.g.. 735 Main street; or is capital "3 only correct? READER. miiitiimnintniiitmiiNiniiiiuitiiiiiitiittiiimniiiitiiiHiiuiiiitiiniiitHimiiitirj MltllllllUlllllllllllinilHIIIIItllllllHIIIIIIIIIIIttlltlMIMIIIIItllMIMIHntlllHItl'j Milk Ula-ner When Feed la Lower. PORTLAND, April 21. (To the Edi tor.) Is the increased price of milk. which Is proposed to go into effect June 1. according to the Morning Oregonlan of this date, due to the combination of city creameries, which was announced a very short time ago, and which at that time was claimed would mean a great saving in the cost of distribu tion? It looks to the man up -the tree, the consumer, that the hand of a milk trust is to be felt. The idea of there being any Justifi cation of a raise ln price of milk at the time mentioned, June 1, on account of the high price of feed. Is beyond my power of conception, as at that time the cost of feed will be at the minimum- The green feed then will be at its best and the requirement of a grain feed at the very lowest point in the whole year. 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