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- rOKTLAXD, TIIVKSDAIl, MAT 24, 1917.
, A HINT TO THE PRESIDENT.
No American newspaper of any
Handing will object to proper restraint
'vpon those) "persona In a position to
'-"' do mischief In this field who cannot
- be relied upon and whose Interests or
'Jt desires will lead to actions on their
part highly dangerous to the Nation
IV" In the midst of a war," of whom Presl-
dent Wilson speaks In his letter to
Representative Webb in favor of press
censorship. The newspapers wish that
precautions bo taken for the exercise
of this restraint in such manner as not
to prevent proper discussion and criti
cism of the acts of the Government.
They most forcibly object to a censor
chip under the control of the very of
ficials who are most exposed to critl-
cism the heads of the departments
Z which are charged with the conduct
f the war. These men would be
" Btronelv tempted to use the censor in
7 preventing exposure of their own blun
ders, on the plea that it would give
information to the enemy.
I', The President can obtain all that he
X desires and can at the same time meet
- all the objections of the newspapers, if
he will consent to the appointment of
a committee of responsible newspaper
men, which would be entirely inde-
pendent of any department of the Gov
- crnment and which would decide
whether any matter could properly be
' published. Many newspapermen have
bad military experience or are suffi
clently familiar with military matters
to exercise sound judgment on such
matters.
The President Is willing to rely
xnainly on voluntary, patriotic co-oper-Z
ation of the citizens in the matter of
" , food. Why should he not show equal
confidence in newspaper publishers?
t ' They are as anxious as is Mr. Wilson
to prevent publication of lnforma-
" tion which might help the enemy,
but they will not consent to a censor
" ' chip which would permit any official
-of a department, or any officer of the
'Z " Army or Navy, under the pretense of
' withholding information from the
enemy, to cover up an embalmed-beef
Fcandal, or a deficiency of ammuni-
" tlon, or blunders such as sent thou
: eands of British troops to slaughter by
Z ' their own guns at the battle of Loos
- r such as threw away the chance of
. . victory at Galllpoll. Such information
I might be useful to the Germans, but
; It would be vastly more useful to the
'Z American people. In enabling them to
.1 L eet rid of incompetent officers.
' The choice is not so much between a
X '.. censor and no censor as it Is between
;' a censor whom the newspapers would
' willingly obey and one whom they
I! might feel it their patriotic duty to
" disobey.- If they found that disobedl
ence to a censorship law was neces
sary to the exposure of official delin
- iuency or to save the country from
. .. disaster, they would not hesitate to
violate the law. The President can
.- - pain his legitimate end and can avoid
risk of driving the newspapers to the
latter course by permitting the large
majority, whom he says he can trust.
to restrain the small, unreliable ml
nority.
purposes might become advisable, lest
the Government dry up the sources
from which Its loans must come.
DEPRIVED OF ITS KITS.
It Is the decision of the Supreme
Court that the Bean bill failed to pass
the Legislature. It did not receive an
affirmative majority in both houses.
One might reasonably infer there
from that any person or newspaper
that believed the Bean bill obnoxious
would find something commendatory
In the action of the majority of the
Legislature In not passing it.
But these are hysterical times. A
newspaper, which proclaims that It is
one of the few publications opposed to
the bill, avers that the court's decision
indicts that body as "unfit, untrust
worthy and misrepresentatlve."
If it was a crime to have passed
the Bean bill the court has found the
Legislature not guilty. The offense
was not commuted. Jfrooaoiy wnat
our excitable contemporary means is
that the Legislature committed a
heinous offense by not giving It the
Bean bill to rave about. But why
be peeved? Many other laws were
passed and unscrupulous Ingenuity
can discover some bit of wickedness
in a maiden's prayer.
estimated that of the entire amount tried in the more temperate parts of
of grain used in brewing, 30 per cent the North is the dasheen, or taro. It
Is returned in the form of feed not is a richer food than the potato and
so valuable as the original grain, the yields more heavily, but it Is neverthe-
other 70 per cent being an economic less, unfamiliar to most farmers and
waste. The amount of grain entering consumers. In normal times it might
into the manufacture of malt liquors be promising. At present the effort
In the year ended September 30, 1916, to introduce it further probably would
Is officially given as 65,000,000 bush- involve much waste.
els. Of this total, 24,700,000 were Meanwhile the need continues great
changed into alcohol, carbon-dioxide, for both the growing and the preser-
yeast and sediment; 9,970,000 were vation of every possible food product,
washed away, turned Into gas or evap- Farmers will serve their country best
orated as water; 19,500,000 were bar- by keeping well in the beaten path,
ley husks and malt culms, useful as employing their energies where pos
cattle food but not so much so as the sible in applying intensive methods to
original, barley; and 11,050,000 re- I the well-known crops. The every-day
mained in the liquor in a decomposed
condition. Analysis of barley and
brewers' grains is declared to show for
the former 14.0 units of albuminoids.
.0 of fats and 63.0 of carbohydrates.
and for the latter 6.0 albuminoids, should be an early peace we would be
.4 fats and 9.4 carbohydrates, a total called upon to supply a good part of
of 79 units of nourishment against I the world.
4.8. It is stated also that brewers'
grains are not permitted to be used I An Interesting sidelight Is shed upon
for cows that yield the milk for Co- our war preparation by vast numbers
penhagen. It is denied that the brew
ing industry is necessary to the pro
duction of bakers' yeast.
With the use of alcohol for indus
trial purposes the author of the
pamphlet has no quarrel. That alco-
LONO HOURS DO NOT PAT.
Wisdom of laws which secure to
workers reasonable leisure for rest and
recreation has been confirmed by the
report of a British parliamentary -com
mittee that munition workers show in
dustrial fatigue as the result of speed
ing up during the last two years. They
have worked long hours without a
weekly day off and show "reduced
efficiency and lowered health."
The committee recommends that In
addition to the weekly rest for all
workers, each case be considered In
dividually and an extra day off be
given when fatigue is apparent. Sun
day work by women had already been
forbidden by the government, and
their places for that day have been
taken by volunteers, in order that out
put might not be reduced. Welfare
supervisors look after girls and rem
edy defects in lighting, heat and ven
tilation, and canteens, recreation-
rooms and proper lodgings are pro
vlded.
These things are done, not through
pure philanthropy, but because in the
long run they pay as a matter of
business in keeping up production and
preventing loss of time through sick
ness or irregularity of work. Many
American manufacturers have learned
the same lesson in the rush of mu
nition work, and have voluntarily
adopted the eight-hour system, with
the result that they get a larger ag
gregate output, better work and more
regular attendance at factories.
That which has been learned under
the stress of war is likely to be prac
ticed when peace returns, even by
sweatshop owners. They will learn
that long hours in an ill-lighted, ill-
ventilated, unhealthy loft do not pay,
and they will become as careful of
their employes' health as of their
goods and plant.
hoi yields chloroform and ether, and fascination for all sorts of persons
that it gives light and heat and power, I ever since the first detective story was
e regards as greater reasons for sav- I written, and perhaps even since the
ing it for those purposes. The eco- I first spy was hanged. There undoubt-
nomic argument seems to have taken edly are thousands not speaking Ger-
strong hold on the people of Great 1 man who have a vague notion that
Britain, where other considerations they would be sent at once into the
have not moved them. It is a strong enemy's country in search of war se
appeal to the Nation at home to con- crets, and more thousands who want
serve every possible unit of energy I to gumshoe for liberty with their col-
for support of the men who are in
actual contact with the soldiers of the
enemy on the fighting line.
LEGISLATIVE RED TAPE.
Legislative bodies have had im
pressed upon them a second time by
the Supreme Court that there are cer
tain technical formalities that must be
observed in submitting measures to
the people.
Some time ago an ordinance per
taining to Jitney regulation was voted
FINANCING THE YVATC.
Congress is now engaged on a task
which would tax the genius of a finan
cler of the first order. It must pro
vide by taxation as large a proportion
of war funds as can safely be taken
from the people's incomes without en
croaching on that part with which
they will buy war bonds. The dividing
line Is not easy to find; In fact, may be
ascertained with approach to accuracy
only through experience.
In normal times there is a certain
Surplus of each year's aggregate in
come of the people which is set apart
for investment as new capital. The
Government will draw upon this sur
plus to place war bonds. Another
portion may be taken in the form of
additional taxes, which prevent its ex
penditure in luxury and thus enforce
economy. If too much be taken in
taxes, not enough may remain to buy
bonds, and economy may be practiced
to excess, causing depression in some
industries and financially weakening
the Nation at a time when all its
, strength is needed. If too little is
taken in taxes and too much in bonds,
expenditure of the borrowed money
and of the surplus income would en
courage extravagance and cause a rise
In prices. It would make money arti-
ficially "flush" during the war, only
to increase the burden of taxes to be
borne after the war.
Authorities differ widely as to the
- relation between income and loans in
bearing war expense. A correspond
ent of the New York Evening Post
quotes London financiers as wondering
"whether you are doing wisely in ac
companying your first loan with such
stringent taxation." Anselm Chomel,
writing in the Nation's Business, or
pan of the United States Chamber ol
Commerce, inclines strongly to heavy
taxation, even of Incomes and excess
profits, as an incentive to economy,
and argues that during war a com
munity is able to pay higher taxef
than in times of. peace, though these
taxes 'will fall most heavily on those
' for whom he writes.
Great Britain is considered to have
performed a great feat in paying more
than 26 per cent of Its war bill out
of income, but-Congress proposes that
the United States thus pay 50 per cent
during the first year. The country is
in a good position to do this, for it has
accumulated immense profits during
the last two years, and the people have
been restrained from new investments
by doubt as to the future. New reser
voirs of investlble capital have also
been created by the Federal reserve
banks. If the war should absorb this
new surplus, a new ratio between bor
rowed 'jjioney and tax money for war
grains, and hay for stock feed, and all
the standard vegetables will be re
quired in enormous quantities. For it
is our task not only to feed ourselves
but to help our allies, and if there
of men and women who are applying
for positions in the Secret Service,
which department, however, has Just
announced that it has all the help it
needs and is not seeking any more.
Work of this kind has had a romantic
Stars and Starmakers.
By Leone Can Bier.
Actor in New York has, out of sym
pathy, married a nice old lady, who was
hit by his automobile. If this sort of
thing were made compulsory by law
we would hear of fewer people being
run over. Also it would be a brave
bachelor who would dare own a car.
Acrobatic- Note One
serves applause.
good turn de-
RESl'LT OF ATTACKS ON BRITAIN
It Is Encoura aremen t to Common Ene
my, Ssjri Correspondent.
PORTLAND May 23. (To the Edi
tor.) In regard to the lectures being
delivered in this country by Mrs.
Sheeny Skeffinglon.
Iso doubt Mrs. Skeffincton feels she
has Just cause for her bitter attitude
toward the British government How
ever, at this particular time such un
patriotic speeches against our ally
should be repressed in this country,
with as Just cause as Chicago (which.
Dy the way. la quite an Irish-American
city) had In puttlntr the ban on the
photoplay, -The Spirit of '76,"
This country is strictly on the fide
of England and therefore .any slur
upon the British policy of government
Texas Guinan, Intervlewlsky, opines
that "looking out for number one Is
selfish." It is, Texas, unless you're
a perfectly nice widow looking out for I at this time Is out of place, and only
goes to gratify the one great enemy,
Germany.
No matter how Just the Irish cause.
Ireland might and should remember
there is an evil power which seeks to
destroy the well-being of the 'entire
world. England must oppose this pow
er until the end. and she has up to this
time been the "backbone" of the allies,
and her accomplishments have been
wonderful. Has Ireland helped? Many
of the Irish people have, and their
bravery and loyalty will not be forgotten.
England has made mistakes, but
what great nation has not? We must
number two or three or four.
Cyril Maude Is not coming to Port
land in his play, "Grumpy." He sailed
with his company from Ban Francisco
this week for a six months' tour of
Australia.
Eee where a stock actress In Chicago
married a chiropodist. Suppose the dec
orations at the church were corn-flow
ers.
Edwin Stevens has been engaged to
support Alice Nellson in her new light not forget the good points In recalling
nr.rn Antltlert "JCittv. Darlln" " next I tne Daa.
eeason. He will appear in the role or
Colonel Villlers, which he created in
the original production of the David
Belasco play, "Sweet Kitty Bellalrs,'
from which the new opera has been
adapted.
Press dispatch says that a group of
lars turned up and the brims of their chorus girls have purchased an airship
hats turned down. These will be forced
to content themselves for the present
with more prosaic duties, such as rais
ing food and comparing the lists of
registered citizens between 21 and 30
with such information as they may
possess as to who are subject to such
registration under the draft. But they
will not be on the Government pay
roll.
New York is exerting itself to re
lieve the pressure on the railroads by
on and approved by the people of hurrying the new Erie Canal to com-
l'ortlana. It had Been suDmntea Dy pietlon before Fall, and much grain
the City Council, but submission had an(j ore should move through it from
not been preceded by formal approval tne Great Lakes to the Atlantic a few
of the ordinance by the Council itself, months hence. Even in its
It was declared Invalid on that ground.
The decision on the Bean bill is in
line with the previous ruling. The
Bean bill regularly passed the House
as a simple legislative enactment. In
the Senate it also passed, but with an
amendment requiring Its submission to
the people.
The Initiative and referendum clause
uncom
pleted state the canal carried 1,607,000
tons last year. The state Is spending
nearly $20,000,000 on terminals at the
canal ports and is providing towage
for barges. Upon its assurance of co
operation the Government will dredge
the Hudson River as far as Troy for
sea-going ships, and Troy and Syra
cuse propose belt lines to connect rail-
of the constitution provides that the roads with the Canal. This example is
Legislature may submit measures un- worthy of imitation on the Columbia
der the referendum "as other bills are River, where the navigable channel al-
enacted." Another section of the con- ready exists. The best remedy for car
stitution requires that every bill, in I shortage is to use water routes. It
and will use it in the war. Time works
great changes. It's the first time on
record that any chorus girls would
have considered keeping out of the
public eye even for a minute.
For the first time in ten years George
M. Cohan will devote a portion of hla
energies to the production of a vaude
ville sketch In which Charles Judels
and Jeanne Lansford will appear. Co
han will write and produce the sketch.
which is as yet unnamed.
The solution of the hired girl prob
lem seems to have been accomplished.
now that an Inventor has given to the
world a cook stove that may be con
verted at will into a phonograph.
A railroad man I know sent me a
clipping from a small paper in Eastern
Oregon in which a glaring typograph
ical error made it read that the "Union
Pacific has lowered Us ratea for
frights (diagram freights) to various
points back East.'
The fact that "The Spirit of 76" hai
been suppressed in this country Is good
for England since that has proved
herself a friend to the United States
indeed.
America. France. England and all the
allies stand united to fare the one
great issue. Let Ireland help now and
not make It harder. The world Is Im
proving and after this great war bet
ter conditions the world over will come,
Until that time there must be patience
and sacrifice. G. BOUCHER.
635 Alder Street.
TTrenty-flT Yearn Ago.
From The Oregonlan May 24, 1892.
Washlnpton. The real meaninir be
hind the Blaine boom for the Presidency
Is said to be a movement for Altrer for
the vice-Presidency.
Alexander SaJvInl Is soon to aTrear
In a play embodying the story used in
the "Cavallerla Kusticana.- but, like the
book of that opera, derived from an
Italian novel.
Spokane Spokane was visited bv a
Isastrous fire yesterday morning. The
laze broke out in the Snokane Mill
Company's plant on the river front and
ne Ga.ni a pre to four other mm laun
dry, cleaning establishment and resi
dences, that result totaled J300.OO0.
Frank Daniels, in the fantastic .
ravaganza, "Little Puck." drew a sood
lzed audience to the Jlaraitim Iran J
last niprht. Bessie Sanson was a lively
oubrette.
Gus Miller, the celebrated nolo v'r-
llnlst. has accepted an eneairemwnt with
ne Auditorium, 143 Fourth street.
The general .'resbyterlan assembly
yesterday took no steps toward the
preparation of a new creed. A pre
liminary skirmish of both the friends
and foes of Dr. Briggs was held.
Etll'AL. OPPORTCSITY IS DEMED
Carpenter Complains of I'nlonialnar of
Government Work nt Vancouver.
PORTLAND. May 23. (To the Edi
tor.) I understand that this Govern
ment stands for democracy. If this Is
the case, why Is a preference shown
for organised labor ot the Vancouver
military post, where all non-union men
who were promised work on Monday
morning were turned down by the
union organisers and replaced with
union carpenters and laborers? The
Government contractors make no
apology, or effort to keep the control
from the hands of a labor trust.
believe that if the Government favors
union hours and wasres It should also
see to it that all people enoy this priv
ilese.
How Is It that the carpenters' charter
for the state of Oregon permits them
to do business In another state? Le
us see how Interested our labor bureau
and district or state attorney are in
1IQCOR OR FOOD?
As the United States may soon en
ter upon a period of prohibition of the
use of food grains for the manufac
ture of intoxicating liquor, a pamphlet
issued in England under the patronage
of the "Strength of Britain Move
ment," is of especial interest. It is
powerful arrayal of the economic rea
sons for conservation of food material
in England, circulated, first, to' the
number of some hundreds of thou
hands under the title "Defeat," and
now reissued under the title "Defeat
or Victory?" Advocates of prohibl
tlon as a British war measure declare
that the change is justified by prog
ress recently made. Mr. Lloyd George'
demand that every yard of land that
can grow food be devoted to that pur
pose- has begun to bear fruit.
This, no doubt, was one of the les
sons of which Mr. Balfour spoke when
he said that we could learn much
from the mistakes that our allies had
made in their conduct of the war In Its
early stages. For the author of the
pamphlet in question finds that if th
measure now realized hy Britain a
necessary had been adopted at th
outset, it would have added a hun
dred days to the entire nation's war
work, saved more than 200,000,00
cubic feet of shipping, set free for war
work 100,000 trains of 200 tons each,
saved enough food to feed the entire
nation three months or to feed the
army and navy all the time, and re
lieved thousands of doctors and nurses
for service where the need for them
was and still Is most pressing.
The author says that the plain fact
is that if prohibition of use o? food
material for the making of liquor had
been adopted when the war began
3,500,000 tons of food would have been
saved. This Is equal to one pound of
food for every heme in the country
for every day of the war and a pound
of food is a very considerable item in
the ration of a family. The labor of
which the country has been deprived
because of tho use of Intoxicants is
estimated to have been equivalent to
suspension of the entire working power
of the nation for 100 days.
The War Savings Committee, after
spending thousands of pounds in ask
ing women not to wear veils or to
buy expensive laces, "woke up 600
mornings late to discover that our
people were spending half a million
pounds a day for liquor." It esti
mated the gain in working capacity
as even greater than the drink bill.
which since the war began has ex
ceeded four hundred million pounds.
or about one-tenth of the cost of the
war thus far. The London Daily Mall
s quoted as complaining, two years
after the war began, of the loss of
6000 hours a week in a single port as
the result of drinking.
In one shipyard at a critical period
of tho war, out of 8000 men employed
900 were absent three days a week
nearly 900 were absent two days, on
Saturday 600 more were gone, and
1500 men missed a quarter of a day
every day. Out of 50,000 days' work
waiting to be done, 5500 were lost. Of
135 men employed repairing a sub
marine, more than twenty were absent
every day. The time lost In another
shipyard on the Clyde in a month was
equivalent to the idleness of 75,000
men one day.
This is not based upon the assump
lion, ine autnor points out, that "our
workmen are a drunken race." That
phrase was put into the mouths of
the proponents of war prohibition by
those who resisted the measure. It is
conceded that much of the drinking
was "moderate"; but also much of it
was not. which is the way of the world
where there is drinking, and the waste
of food and of train and ship' capacity
and of man power went on just the
same. The chapter heading, "Tragedy
of Man Power," is peculiarly fit.
Those who urge that brewing of
grain gives cattle food to the country-
are met with more statistics. It is
order to pass, shall receive the af
firmative votes of a majority of the
total membership in each house.
When the bill went back to the
lower house for consideration of the
Senate amendment the House ap
proved the amendment but did so only
by a majority of those voting. The
number of affirmative votes was not
a majority of the total membership.
will make the railroads take notice
much sooner than complaints to com
missions.
The "reduced rate for frights" caused making right these Impositions and vl
oiauons or a l oiiauiuuuu wwitu i
posed to stand for equal opportunltie
for all and special privileges to none.
J. A. CMAFMAM,
472 Vancouver Avenue,
Careful calculation of British losses
of ships during the first three months
of the new submarine campaign places
the total at 1,316,100 tons out of a
total In March of nearly 16,000,000
tons. Thin in a. wepklv averace of
Apparently the court has held that a Ubout 100,000 tons as compared with
referendum cannot be ordered, even in
the form of an amendment to a bill
already approved, unless tho referen
dum section receives the approval of
a majority of "all the members of both
houses.
The Bean bill presented an issue on
which an expression by the people was
deserved. But even so, force must bo
conceded to the position of the Su
preme Court. There is no general ap
proval of Irregular procedure in im
portant enactments, though they do.
in the lay view, seem to lose their im
portance after the supreme will of the
people has been expressed.
That was the chief difference be
tween the two cases. Right of the
Portland ordinance to place on the
ballot was not contested and the law's
validity because of Irregular procedure
was not questioned until after the peo
ple had given the measure intelligent
consideration and approved it. The
Bean bill had not been voted on by the
people. There ought to be a distinc
tion between halting Irregular proced
ure and giving irregularities destruc
tive force over an expression of the
people fairly attained in spite of irregularities.
the alarming statement that 400,000
tons had been lost in one week. It
seems that a deliberate attempt has
been made to scare the American peo
ple out of their wits by making the
situation appear much worse than it
is. That is as rank folly as the every-
thing-ls-lovely attitude, for people
come to disregard the cry of "Wolff
and when the wolf really comes they
are caught unprepared.
After a month of brooding in Jail,
Wallace admits he killed his wife near
Mayville but says he had no such in
tention when he went to the place
where she worked. Remorse does not
restore life and fear of a prison term
does not stop murder. Neither did
hanging stop all killing, but the pros
pect of it had effect on some would-be
murderers.
There is no press censor, but no
American newspapers announced the
departure of Marshal Joffro and his
party from the United States, nor that
of the two Red Cross parties, nor that
of the destroyer flotilla. These are
examples of a voluntary censorship in
pretty good working order.
NO MED FOR CROP EXPERIMENTS.
Temptation to experiment in crop
growing, to which we owe a good deal
of our agricultural progress in recent
As Secretary Houston says, the
power to control prices would be a
valuable club, to be wielded only In
Individual Instances. It is unbeliev-
years, still has possession or many awe mat any consiaeraoie proportion
amateurs, but it will be well for them of our people will wait to be forced
to restrain themselves for the present, 1 into line.
The demand for staples is sure to be
large this year, and methods of pro
ducing and harvesting these have been
standardized to the point that we
know, or have means of finding out
easily. Just how to handle them and
what to expect under varying circum
stances. The standard grains and
vegetables, such as are familiar to all
Most attempts to smuggle liquor
seem to end In disaster, as they should
farmers of the Northwest, are greatly By and by men will get tired of being
needed. Growers will do well to cen
ter their attention on tho arts they
have already mastered. There will
bo plenty of time to venture across the
borderland after the war is over.
There is, for example, the soy bean.
Recently It came into new prominence
because attention had been called to
Its richness in food value. Some are
proposing to try it this Spring. When
one considers tbat It contains about
36 per cent of protein and 18 per
cent of fat, as compared with 22.5
Government shows its iron hand In
denying passports to Socialists who
would go to Stockholm on a peace
mission. Peace goes with guns this
year.
sneaks and liars.
Canada finds youths of 18 too "soft"
for the army. So they may be in
this country: tt the Navy can use
them.
The strong man who will ride the
storm is yet to appear in Russia as
Napoleon appeared In France.
Censorship of the press might be
left to honor, and. lacking that, to
per cent or protein ana i. per cent tna United States Marshal.
of fat for the ordinary navy bean, and
Nobody Is slighting the uniform
these days. A fine upstanding lot of
fellows fill them.
that a few have succeeded in making
it grow profitably In northern lati
tudes. It will be realized how desire to
grow it may be almost irresistible.
i- at-containing vegetaDies are an too Maxim has solved the U-boat prob
uncommon. The high protein content ,em Now ,t ,a up to Edi80n to pro.
or xne soy Dean, in aoamon to tne tat, viiA h nunch
The house that does not fly a flag
does not harbor an alien. It's Just a
case of neglect.
With three holidays in a row early
in June, pity the bank clerk the day
after.
makes it almost as rich as meat, of
which we are likely to run short. But
there are other considerations that
should cause the grower to pause.
There is the question of palatablllty.
The Japanese eat the soy bean, but
they have been taught to prepare it
In many ways not familiar to us. They
make from it a delicious cheese, but
It is doubtful If we would find a ready
market for this cheese in America,
Nor are we equipped with soy-bean
cheese factories. Baked in the ordi
nary way. the soy bean does not ap
peal to the average American taste.
A a eurttatitiitA frtr cftffn if lma Rnma
merit, but we have not reached the Why not start a Fourth Oregon to
point of looking very diligently for eret the draft elimination?
coffee substitutes. Except in the
a lot of husDands suddenly to decide
to give their wives a trip back East
until the error was discovered, writes
my rallroadlsh correspondent.
Lady Constance Stewart Richardson
Is topping the bill at the King's Thea
ter, Edinburg, In classical dances. Her
husband. Sir Edward Stewart Richard
son, died of wounds early In the war.
'Beauty and Brains seldom trot in
the same race," observes Maxlne El
liott-
True, and when they do trot together
you'll see Beauty several laps ahead.
The late Paul Rubens' estate amounts
to fltO.000. one-half of which he be
queathed to Phyllis Dare, his former
fiance.
When the composer's health failed
last year he Insisted on breaking his
engagement to marry Miss Dare, but
never ceased to love the beautiful
singer.
Lora Rogers, over at the Baker, says
her idea of an unsuperlor sort of
man is one who understands perfectly
what a woman is talking about when
she Is describing another woman's
clothes.
Irvin Cobb, the highest-paid short-
story writer of the day, has turned
down a vaudeville offer for a ten-week
route at $1600 a wek. The negotiations
have been on for about three weeks.
with the .writer holding out for 12000
an his price for appearing on tne ros
trum.
By announcement from the offices of
Charles Dillingham it Is learned that
Fred Stone will star alone in a new
play next season. This ends all con
jectures as to whether Stone would
seek a partner to fill the place of his
late friend, and his decision Is but a
natural consequence of their long asso
elation. He feels, and Justly so, that he
would not be at ease with a new face
filling the part that had been David
Montgomery's for a couple of decades.
Many theatrical managers believe that
'teams" are well liked by American
audiences; nevertheless, Dillingham
and Stone have decided not to endeavor
to build up a new association.
Stone Is at present vacationing at a
friend's ranch in Arizona,
An appeal is Issued by Mrs. Henry
B. Harris, chairman of the tjlothlng
committee of the stapre women's war
relief, for old gloves, both men's and
women's, no matter whether of suede,
glace, kid or chamois, and old pieces
of leather belts, bags, furniture cover
ings, to be sent addressed to her at the
Fulton Theater. The use for all this is
quite new in this country, but has been
part of the war relief work In London
for some time. The old leather, after
proper sterilization, is applied on heavy
cambric or buckram and made Into
sleeveless and absolutely wlndproof
jackets, which are much In demand for
the men, both in the trenches and In
the Navy.
At a meeting of the agriculture com
mittee of the stage women's war relief
held last, week, Mrs. Kathryn Kidder
Anspacher. the chairman, presiding. It
was decided that better results could
be accomplished by each member con
centrating on the production of one
special vegeiauie. tnus maKing for a
greater conservation of food and the
more systematic marketing of crops.
DISPOSITION OF DYNAMITE UNSAFE
Serlons Accident May Follow Tbrowln
of It In River.
PORTLAND. May 23. (To the Edi
tor.) There is a statement in The Ore
eronlan May 22 that dynamite roun
near the Government moorings had
been ordered thrown into the river.
The practice of throwing dynamlt
into a river Is dantrerous and may b
the cause of a serious accident, owin
to Its composition, which contains liquid
nitroglycerine, and the fact that it I
exploded by shock, friction or detona
tion.
The only safe way to destroy dyna
mite Is by burning in small quantities
when entirely unconfined. by some on
who Is competent. No objection can d
made to destroying black powder
mentioned above, since It is rendere
useless when thrown In water and 1
not dangerous. E. C. BTFOKI),
Inspector U. S. Bureau of t,xpiosives.
All Moat Reidater.
KERRY. Or.. May 21. (To the Edi
tor.) Please let me know if a perso
who has taken out first papers has t
resrister and If I can do so by mail
I am about 24 miles from a railway
station. SUBSCKIBISU.
Every man of military age (!1 to 80
years. Inclusive) must register. This
applies to aliens and those who have
taken out only first papers, as well as
to nativp-born and naturalized citi
zens. You must register at your home
voting precinct. If you will be un
avoidably absent from your home pre
cinct on War Census day you must go
at once to the county seat of the county
in which you happen to be, apply to
the County Clerk to make out your
registration card, and then mall this
card, which he will give you, to the
registrar of your home precinct. In
care , of the Sheriff of your home
county. The mere fact that It Is In
convenient for you to register, and
may cause you to go a long distance,
will not be taken as an excuse. Pen
alty for not registering Is imprison
ment, without option of paying a fine.
In Other Days.
Half a Century As;o.
From The Oregonian May 24. 1S67.
Washington. General KlrJclea v..
been created Major-Genrral in the reg
ular Army.
The palace of th Tullerlcs u heer.
offered to the Czar of Russia while in
j-aris. ine lvinsr of Oreeca )aa con
o St, Petersburg to marrv the. daugh
ter of Constantine.
Rev. Mr. Earle. the frrrat revival!.
at Virginia City, created a profound
Impression. On Sunciay momln? last
the Trespass said of the rncetlnsr and
sermon: "It was one of uncommon ten
derness scarcely a dry eye In the
house. Stalwart men were melteil tin
der his winning- representations of the
truth. . . . Scores of men and wom
en, heads of families, husbands ami
wives came forward for prayer."
The newspapers of Victoria havt of
late been discusslnp; the question of
annexing British Columbia to the United
btates, with a seriousness which Indi
cates that the people are not only talk
ing but thinking seriously about tho
policy or the movement.
The first appearance of the Plxlev
family in Portland was greeted las"t
night by a fair-sized audience.
Mr. Brings, of Wells, Farsro A Co..
received a telegram yesterday statins?
that Idaho City was burned May IS.
It is a singular coincidence that the
great fire of 1SB, which destroyed
nearly the entire town, occurred on the
isth of May.
L.ACIV OF COI RTESV IX IIOMK LIFE
Failure to Kxprrsa Appreciation Often
Cause of Domestic I nfaapplneaa.
BORING, Or., May 22. (To the Edi
tor.) I have been reading: the letters
written by happily and unhappily mar
ried folk and would like to add a bit
to the discussion. I think that lack
of loving appreciation and courtesy in
the home Is the cause of a rreat deal
of the unhnppiness of married women.
It is to bo regretted that individual
courtesy in tho home is at so low an
ebb. We treat our guests, yes, and
even ftrancers, with every mark of po
lite attention, but thi minute they are
out of the house we slip back into the
old ruts and treat, those about us with
an Indifference that borders on con
tempt. Life Is made very unhappy for many
women because their husbands never
rivo them a word of lovinp; apprecia
tion, although they provide well for
their material wants. The indifference
of some husbands amounts to actual
cruelty.
C. S. In The Sunday Orepronian says:
"Mrs. S. is supremely happy and has
contributed not a little to making
me so."
Or course'. Mrs. S. Is happy when her
husband appreciates her efforts to
make him happy, and says so.
Ah. those "little things that .cost
so little and mean so much to a wom
an! Why are they so often withheld?
M. D. S.
The country will feel relieved to
know Joffre reached France in safety.
The League to Enforce Peace can
do itself proud by buying liberty bonds.
hands of experienced growers, who
know the varieties that are adapted to
cultivation north of the frost line and
who understand the place of the plant
In the economy of stock feeding. It is
probable that attempts in this direc
tion at this time would not be ad
visable. Another food plant that has claimed
attention in the South and is being
It's a proud boy who knows his
father has a liberty bond.
Ease up 'on the meat diet and plan
for fish for tomorrow.
Are you waiting to order a liberty
bond by telephone?
Who is thinking of a vacation?
Penitentiary Good Eaoacli.
' PORTLAND. May 23. (To the Edi
tor.) I want to indorse everything
Mr. Cllne said In his letter In The Sun
day OrestonUn and I believe when the
votes are counted after election we
win find about three-fourths of the
people have felt the same way.
The greatest objection In the matter
of treating the state prisoners seems
to be In housing them In an old build-
Intr some 40 years or more old.
know some pretty good people In Port
land who are living In buildings older
than that, but, of course, they are not
to be compared with the "state's
guests."
Why can't we have a little sense and
keep the "pen" a good place to keep
away from?
"Unfortunates?" Bosh! There Is not
a man there but could have kept out
of there If he hadn't done wrong.
G. C. KISSKLL,
407 Clay Street.
Vere Is Dot Band.
Vere is dot little German band dot used
to play ao loud?
Its music sounded o'er de town and
made us all feel proud;
Ded drummer and der flfer, de cornet-
1st and der flute,
Dot orreat. bitr. lonpr. brass trombone
And der man dot kept the right time
mit the pounding of his boot.
Der was anoder fellow.
Der most Import of all
He was de guy dot passed de hat
Dot helped to feed dera all.
Alas,
No
dose days of muslo and melody
have passed.
more the huntrry seven quenches
thirst In foamy glass:
Dey're doing other duties elsewhere
upon de eartn.
Some of them are leading charges In de
loved land of der birth.
But I am arlad I am right here In
America, you bet;
Alive In dry old Oregon, where Just
our feet get wet,
JEWELER.
Descent of Property.
T.Tf.N-TS!. Or.. Mav 22. (To the Edi
tor.) Please inform me what part of
wife's estate a husband receives.
She made no will and left three chil
dren, now all of age. The property
consists of 120 acres. How would that
be divided to give each a fair ana equal
share? Land 1 located In oretron. also
wife was an Oregonian. H l.bBA. v.
The husband Is legally entitled dur-
Inc life to the Income from one-half
the estate; the children share equally
In the remainder. It 1 common prac
tice to compute the value in land of
the husband's curtsey and for each
heir to take a definite tract. Appli
cation for admeasurement should be
made to the County Court.
Deaernt of Property.
PORTLAND. May 23. (To the Edi
tor.) Please Inform me what part of
the wife s estate is the husband en
titled to when the wife dies withou
making a will, leaving three children
who are of age? SUBSCRIBER
A life interest In one-half the In
come from the estate.
Fntiire Rejrlatratlons I'nrerfaln.
PORTLAND, May 23. (To th Edi
tor.) As explained in the press tho
registration law for conscription Is
plain enough but as long as you are
answering questions for some folks
kindly solve this one for me:
The law pays "1 to il years ot age
m-lusive. What provision is made Tor
lads not yet 21 years on the day ot reg-
stratlon? For instance, suppose a per
son became of age a week, month, or
three montha after the date ot regis
tration is he to register upon attain
ing the required age or will further
registrations be held from time to time
to take care of such cases .
KEADEK.
It you are II years old on War Cen
sus day, you must restster. If you are
not 21 years old. do not register, ir
your 21st birthday, for example, falls
on War Census day, June 5, you must
register. if your list birthday. Is the
next day. June fi. do not register. Fu
ture registration is for the War De
partment to determine.
The law does not say 21 to 31 years
of age. Inclusive, but 21 to .-iu years ot
age, inclusive. That Is. all men must
register who have passed tneir -isi
birthday and have not passed their-
31st birthday. If you are 31 on the
day of the War Census, you do not have
to register. If you are 81 the next day,
June 6, you must register and are as
much subject to military service aa If
you were only 24, unless, of course, you
are exempted for cause.
Exemptions Come Later.
PORTLAND. May IS. (To the Edi
tor.) Can a young man with no ope
dependent on him between the ages of
II and 30 be drafted under the selec
tive draft system if he only has his
first papers and is a citizen or a neu
tral country? Can the above described
young man be drafted if he has no pa
pers whatever? Can he be drafted If
he is a citizen of one of the allied
countries? 1 know several young men
who make their-living here but are not
citizens who Blory In the fact that they
cannot be drafted.
I am more than willing to go myself
when called and If I did not have any
one dependent upon me I would have
enlisted when the first call came, but It
kind of gets my goat when a sound
young man and a man that would make
a Rood soldier can May at home and
enjoy himself while I am out fighting
for him and the country that protects
him. G. A. M.
All of conscription age must register,
whether aliens or citizens. Right to
exemption may be claimed at time of
registration, but it will be determined
by the authorities thereafter.
I-'nlr to the "ela;hbora.
New York Times.
"I think. Harry," said Mrs. Barton.
"I'll ask those new people next door to
take dinner with us tonight." "What
for?" asked her husband. "Well, the
butcher left their meat here by mis
take and I think it seems only fair."
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