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WHO OWNS TIIK XEWKf
The Associated Press has, through
Judicial decision, Just established the
Important principle that news is a
commodity and that the agency which
may have spent large sums in procur
ing it is entitled to enjoy the legiti
mate fruits of its enterprise. Simply
stated, this is the principal feature of
the opinion just rendered in the Fed
eral Court of Appeals for New York,
In the case of the Associated Press
versus the International News Service.
The International News Service, a
Hearst organization, is conducted on
the wide-open plan . of getting the
news, or what passes for the news, in
any way it can, preferably by stealing
it outright from the Associated Press,
or by piracy, or wire tapping, or by
corrupting the employes of the latter
organization to "tip it off by tele
phone or telegraph, or in any way.
A few months since the Associated
Press began suit against the Interna
tional News Service, making outright
charges of news theft, and citing nu
merous offenses. It was further asked
that the News Service be restrained
from taking news from early editions
of Associated Press papers and using
It In later editions of its own papers,
or selling it to other papers. The
Associated Press prevailed in its pri
mary charges against theHearst organ
ization but the District Court of New
York was not prepared to rule that
news already made public in part was
yet the property of the Associated
Press, though the court said such was
his first impression. The Federal
Court of Appeals now declares ex
plicitly that the latter contention also
is sound. So the Associated Press is
sustained by high judicial authority
in every phase of the issue with the
Hearst concern.
Obviously, the act of procuring news
surreptitiously, or by stealth through
dishonest employes, is straight-out
theft; and the Associated Press had
only to establish the fact that such
a thing was done. Proof was abundant
that crooked methods were used by
the "I. N. B." to get news through
arranged leaks, and repeated cases
wore cited. But the claim that the
Associated Press had a proprietary in
terest In any news matter after pub
lication in early editions of a news
paper was more difficult. Yet the
equities of the case were so clear that
the court had no alternative but to
concede and declare them.
The Associated Press gathers news
from all over the world at great cost
for distribution among its member
newspapers in the United States and
Canada. The European war has heav
ily added not only to the burden of
expense but to the difficulties of gath
ering the news. For example, on the
occasion of the Austro-Hungarian re
ply to the Ancona note of this Gov
ernment, the full text was transmitted
by telegraph from Vienna to Berlin,
relayed at Berlin to The Hague, re
layed at The Hague to London and re
layed from London to New York. In
order to be certain of its transmission,
it was also sent by telegraph from
Berlin to Nauen, from Nauen by wire
less to Sayville, and by telegraph from
Sayville to New York. The cost was
all together more than $1 a word. There
are many instances of this kind.
The first editions of the New York
papers print such news as the Ancona
note reply. There is three hoifrs dif
ference in time between New York
and Portland or San Francisco or Los
Angeles. Obviously, this same news
matter, obtained by the Associated
Press from original sources at great
expense, may be taken in New York
by the International News Service and
sent to its subscribers throughout the
United States and printed elsewhere
than In New York on equal terms with
the Associated Press newspapers. The
United States" Court of Appeals holds
substantially that this is news piracy,
and prohibits it.
The effect of this far-reaching decision-will
be to protect the Associated
Press from illegitimate and dishonest
competition. Clearly it can have no
proprietary interest in news which has
been made generally public, for then
it is common information. But it can
have, and now will have, reasonable
time and opportunity to publish what
ever it may have gathered exclusively.
The International News Service has
precisely the same privilege or once
had of going to the capitals of the
world for its news the same news
but it cannot procure by copying from
New York newspapers or from bulle
tin boards European or other world
news in America and selling it as its
own, and thus enjoy the fruits and
profits of another's enterprise. To be
sure, the News Service has been ex
cluded from Great Britain and the
allied countries for sundry flagrant
offenses in news faking, and thus can
not get anything in the allied war zone
at first hand. But its corrupt ways of
getting at second-hand news stories or
reports gathered by another, or of
making news out of nothing, cannot
on that account be excused, though
they may be explained.
The increase in the cost of living
even under conditions of wholesale
buying and presumably careful atten
tion to food economies is illustrated
by the figures made by the Quar
termaster - General of the Army,
which show that while 100 ra
tions for an American soldier could
have been bought in 1890 for $13.18,
the same amount of food now costs
the Government $32. There has been
an increase of 8 cents a ration since
the beginning of the present year, and
this means that it will cost $15,000 a
day more to feed an army of half a
million men now than it would have
cost six months ago. It requires an
Increase of only a llttla more than
half a cent a ration to make a differ
ence of $1,000,000 a year. The ration
does not necessarily" mean the same
articles of food each day, but It is cal
culated on a basis of nutritive values,
and is a good gauge of the trend of
living costs in the entire country.
SETTING A HOT PACE.
The Oregoniaa has not observed
what became? of the request of the
enthusiastic workers in the Red Cross
at Hood River for the Rev. William
A. Sunday to increase his $50 sub
scription to the local fund to a greater
amount. Probably Centerfielder Billy
was so busy making that final home
run in the great game at New York
that he overlooked it. For BUly had
just put the ball over the fence with
a grand gift of $116,000, or there
abouts, divided equally between the
Red Cross and the Y. M. C. A.
"Give," commands the Word, "give
every man according to his ways."
Billy Sunday's way was not to give a
farthing nor a titije, but everything
he had. For the $116,000 was his
share in the proceeds of the New York
meetings which he has been holding
for many weeks.
The Sunday plan Is to arrange for
a great revival In a given city. The
local committee guarantees certain
expenses, and Sunday gets only a free
will offering on the final day. He
takes the gambler's chance that it
will be big or little. Often it is big.
Sometimes, due to bad weather, or
perhaps to feeble publlo Interest, it is
small. But, great or small, it is Sun
day's. Now Sunday turns over all the
financial fruits of his many weeks'
work to good causes. Probably he has
nothing left to add to his Hood .River
contribution. We are sure Hood
River is satisfied. It ought to be. For
has not its most famous citizen set
a pace along the sawdust trail of hu
manltarianism and patriotism that
only the biggest hitters in the Lord's
Big League can follow?
THE PACIFIST'S DCTI TN WAR.
The duty of the sincere pacifist In
time of war is clearly pointed out by
George H. Mead, professor of phil
osophy in the University of Chicago,
in an article in which he draws the
plain distinction between discussion
and criticism in time of peace and the
same conduct while war is- In prog
ress. He says that "all such discus
sions and criticisms must in their spirit
measure up to the gravity of the sit
uation," and that "they ought to real
ize that they must be helpful to work
the proper settlement of the Issues at
the front if they are to Justify them
selves."
In other words, we are in the war,
and we must, first of all, strike hard
and win. No theories we hold as in
dividuals have the slightest chance
of acceptance if put forward by a de
feated Nation. All criticism, as Pro
fessor Mead says, must In spirit meas
ure up to the gravity of the situa
tion, and nothing "measures up to the
gravity of the situation" that in any
way hampers our own Government in
the execution of its task or prolongs
the war by giving aid or comfort to
the enemy.
The gravity of the situation also
demands that . full consideration be
given to the fact that hostile groups
within the country have adopted the
policy of encouraging sedition, in the
guise of free speech. Their purpose
is to divide the people. They realize
that the enemy cannot prevail against
a united America. Stubborn pacifists
and theoretical internationalists only
play into their hands. "Even the con
scientious objector," says Professor
Mead, must "realize that all opposi
tion will be eagerly welcomed and in
terpreted in their own sense by those
who find themselves through racial
and hereditary motives out of sym
pathy with this Nation in Its great
democratic effort."
The present task of all Americans
Is truly to realize that the Nation has
determined to make the last sacrifice
in order that such sacrifice may not
be required of nations in the future.
It is the least of sacrifices to refrain
from aiding the enemy, directly or in
directly, until the issue has been set
tled. Our arms must win if our views
are to prevail. The gravity of the sit
uation must be comprehended, and no
obstacle, verbal or otherwise, put in
the way of complete victory.
HOPS! POR THE DRCO ADDICT,
New hope for the drunkard and the
drug addict is held out in a report
recently submitted to the Council of
National Defense by the Municipal
Board of Inebriety of Warwick Farms,
Orange County, New York, in the de
sire that the recent experience of its
supervising medical officer may prove
of value to the Nation in' increasing
its man power in every possible way.
Obviously, the dipsomaniac and the
narcotic habitue are a deplorable
waste. If these can be restored to
health a distinct gain will be made,
not only for war but in the peace that
is to follow.
Interest in the report of the War
wick Farms board will be increased by
the fact that its medical officer is Dr.
Charles F. Stokes, a former Surgeon
General of the Navy, who recently has
devoted much time to seeking a solu
tion of the drug and liquor problem.
His new method is based upon the use
of the substances pilocarpine hydro
chloride and eserine, and one of its
striking features is that it has per
mitted the sharp withdrawal of nar
cotics or alcoholic liquor from their
victims without distress, when accom
panied by sufficient after-care, ac
cording to a technic still in process of
adaptation to varying individual cases.
Dr. Stokes is convinced, after a series
of experiments, that the drugs he em
ploys are valuable in doses far below
the minimum in common use, and that
patients who co-operate with the phy
sician and who desire to be cured and
exercise reasonable will power can
hope for complete escape from their
enthral lment.
Perhaps the most attractive feature
of the reported discovery by Dr. Stokes
is the accompanying statement that
refreshing sleep often follows admin
istration of the first dose and that the
patient is hungry and tranquillized."
We dread the pains and penalties of
our mistakes and transgressions as
much as we ever,, did, and there is
little doubt that accounts of the suf
ferings of drug addicts in the process
of being restored to health have de
terred many from seeking help. But
the former Surgeon-General reports
that "all craving ceases after the
treatment is under way and that pa
tients cannot tell when the narcotics
are discontinued." The process is like
that often seen in the crisis of pneu
monia a condition of complete tran
quillity. Physical damage, it is said,
is soon corrected,, for complicated or
ganic lesions of consequence are not
often encountered: but final readjust
ment of the nervous system takes, a
long time. There is no royal road to
freedom, Something is sUU exacted by
way of penalty, but it will be of high
importance if the insidious drug crav
ing can be removed by a relatively
painless method.
The great social duty of the people
toward these unfortunates will not be
materially lessened even by discovery
of a preliminary "cure." Authorities
differ widely as to the number of ad
dicts in the United States, but there
is general agreement that return to
the habits of the past is almost as
much a matter of human association
as of physical weakness. Relapses
both to narcotics and liquor are. at
tributed in perhaps a majority of cases
to old "pals' and old haunts. Sincere
and practical reformers hope to see
provision made for removal of temp
tation from victims who have re
sponded to treatment. This is one of
the new features of the method now
proposed, and explains in part its sub
mission to the Council of National De
fense. It is believed that the addict,
once a substantial cure has been ef
fected, will be benefited by the clean
living and discipline of the Army un
der present conditions, and that such
service would help to re-establish his
confidence in himself and "make a
man of him." -But it is not proposed
that this part of the treatment shall
j be unduly hastened. The man, first
of all, must be made physically sound.
Army service would supplement this
by preventing "baokslidlng."
PROM PORTLAND THE SPINSTER.
The people of Oregon may take a
prideful interest in the results of the
late liberty loan campaign; and now
they are showing to the world, in
their Red Cross contributions, the
same high measure of humanitarian
Ism that they had previously displayed
though then their impulse was pure
ly 'patriotic in the liberty loan.
Let us review the fruits of the lib
erty loan campaign in the states and
cities of the Pacific Coast. They were
(unofficial estimate):
. Pet.
Amonttt Federal over
subscribed, allotment, quota.
Oregon S 13L''l.oon Jio.fioo.ooo 32
Washington.. 24.nn.4io 20.fl78.4no 14
California.... 10. 3 O'j.aoo yi.o'15,750 Irt
Portland 8.750. OHO 6.300,000 8f
Seattle n.ono.noo S.200.00O 9i
Tacoma 2.44.750 2. 200,000 13
Spokane 3.400,000 3.300 000 3
9an Franolsoo M. 400.000 42. 000.000 27
Los Angeles.. 10,117:1,400 18.000.000 12
Deficit.
Just now we are hearing a lot about
"Portland the Spinster" and our "first
families" from voices of envy and de
traction. It is our understanding that
most of the noblo Red Cross women
who succor the wounded and relieve
the dying on the battlefront are spin
sters. In the lexicon of duty and
patriotism, all the families of the sons
and brothers and fathers who are
doing their bit anywhere in America
or in the war zone are our first
families. The slackers stay at home
and whine.
THE SUN AND THE WEATHER.
Those who have long held to the
theory that there is a close associa
tion between sun spots and the
weather will find comfort in the re
cently published conclusions of sci
entists of the Smithsonian Institution
that the temperature of the earth is
"materially affected by the variation
of the sun's output of radiation." This
announcement follows investigations
covering a period of fifteen years con
ducted by the astrophysical observa
tory of the institution. The important
conclusion is summarized in the state
ment that there is an "intimate rela
tion between solar changes and me
teorological changes of short period."
Value of the "discovery," however,
is disputed by many authorities on me
teorology, because the laws governing
the variation in the sun's radiation
have not yet been codified, in a scien
tific sense, and until they are better
understood weather forecasters will be
no better off than they are today. It
does not help us much to know that
changes in the "weather" of the sun
will be followed by changes here on
earth, unless at the same time we
know what the sun changes are going
to be. So we are forced back on the
old method of studying the areas of
barometric pressure and the direction
and drift of storms, and in this our
chief reliance must be placed as usual
on the cable and the telegraph. Per
fection of means of communication
of intelligence has done more for
weather predictors than any other re
cent advance made by man.
There is no reason, however, for
discontinuing investigations on this
account. The United States Weather
Bureau has been studying the relation
between solar phenomena and mun
dane affairs for a good deal more than
fifteen years, and has not scorned the
counsel of astronomers or scientists
in any other field. A decade or two
does not mean much in the field of re
search. Every ascertainable fact as
to the chemical, radioactive and other
properties of sun and earth may have
a bearing on the ultimate shaping of
a system of real long-distance fore
casting. For the present we shall have
to be content with getting our weather
three or four days at a time, but team
work of the scientists can well be con
tinued. It is the multiplicity of effort
that counts.
IOCXC MEN FOR HIGH COMMAND.
The young man is to command
American troops in this war, when he
proves his ability, but old Generals
arenot to be supplanted Just because
they are old. That is the position of
Secretary of War Baker, who is only
43 and has held executive offices for
the last ten years. As in the Civil
and Spanish wars, we may expect to
see young officers jumped over the
heads of their elders to high command
when they demonstrate that the stuff
is in them.
Modern war more than ever re
quires men of energy, quick decision,
initiative and capacity to endure pro
longed mental and physical toll. Mar
shal Joffre is one of the oldest men
who have held high command with
conspicuous success, and his powers
have burned out. General Petain, the
new French commander-in-chief, wa
a Major, and General Nivelle, the new
Chief of Staff, was a Colonel at the
beginning of the war. Lieutenant
General Bridges, of the British war
mission, is under 40 and was a Major
when war began, and a Brigadier-General
on his staff is only 19. Old Gen
erals are soon scrapped or relegated
to service in the rear. We hear no
more of Von Kluck and Von Hauscn,
of the German army; of French, Ham
ilton and Nixon, of the British army,
whose names figured in early dis
patches. Germany has displaced two
chiefs of staff Von Moltke and Von
Falkenhayn and who ever hears of
the Austrian Generals who led the
first disastrous invasion of Russian
Poland?
Almost all the great Generals of his
tory have been under 40 when they
won their-first or greatest victories.
Alexander Um Great tided, -at the P-4a ol
33, after completing the conquest of
the ancient world. Hannibal was only
29 when he invaded Italy. By compari
son, Julius Caesar was decidedly old
when he began the conquest of Gaul,
for he was then 44. Henry V of Eng
land was only 28 when he won the
battle of Agincourt. Solyman the
Magnificent, of Turkey, was 25 when
he entered upon his career of con
quest. Charles XII began his meteoric
military career at the ago of 17. Fred
erick the Great won his first victory
at 29. Gustavus Adolphus was 36
when he Intervened in the Thirty
Years' War. Robert Clive was 82 when
he laid the foundation of Britain's
Indian empire by winning the battle
of Plassey. Wolfe conquered and died
at Quebec when only 32. Napoleon
was but 2 7 when he conquered Italy.
Prince Eugene, the famous Austrian
General, first took command of an
army at 25.
Washington and the other principal
Generals of the American Revolution
were men of more mature years, but
Lafayette was but 20 when he Joined
the patriot commander's staff, and
Alexander Hamilton led the assault on
Yorktown at 24. In the -Civil-War
Sheridan reached his zenith at 32.
Funston was made a Brigadier at
32 after his capture of Agulnaldo.
General Leonard Wood was 37
when he took command of the Rough
Riders In the Spanish War. By com
parison with these men. General Per
shing is well along In years, for he is
in his 67th year. American Generals
now average 62 years old, but before
this war ends much younger men are
likely to be in high command, for war
is the young officer's opportunity of
rapid promotion.
Howard Elliott, "81, president of the
Harvard Alumni Association, sum
marized the duty of college men in
his address yesterday when he said:
Our degrees mean that not only are we
educated men. but that we have a respon
sibility as men and citizens to stand for the
right and against the destruction of Justice
and the trampling down of civilisation to
give service, service to the community In
which we live in addition to that which Is
necessary for the care of ourselves and our
families. Ve and alt educated men owe this
service to our country so that It shall never
be said that this great experiment In gov
ernment failed because of the lack of moral
courage and the incompetency of Its cltlsens.
College men by their action in every
part of the country are giving proof
that the higher education has not
failed in its first duty to make good
citizens. If it made only spineless
theorists and weak-kneed pacifists, it
would fail to Justify Itself. The alumni
are taking their places in the defense
of the country side by side with all
real patriots.
It was not by carrying banners de
nying the sincerity of their country's
devotion to the cause of democracy
that the British suffragists won Par
liament over to their cause. They
have won by forgetting their partic
ular wrongs and by working bo de
votedly for their country that it now
gives willingly that which it formerly
refused tinder the compulsion of vio
lence. The suffragists who carry ban
ners at the White House would do well
to profit by tho experience of their
British sisters.
We are quite willing to believe that
the enlightened opinion of Germany
views with alarm the entrance of the
United States into the war. It must
have penetrated the consciousness of
a good many Germans by this time
that a nation - that is losing all its
friends must have something funda
mentally the matter with it.
General Goothals tells the Senate
sub-committee that aircraft, big guns,
food and ships are going to be the big
factors in winning the war. It is a
good thing he realizes that ships are
needed, and it will be better when he
begins to comprehend that the mate
rial of which they are made is inciden
tal to the big programme.
The line between undernourishment
and starvation is not easy to define
with precision, and the best way to
avoid finding where it is by bitter ex
perience is to practice economy in the
use of food while there is time.
Balfour says America is In the war
to stay and Northcliffe says the war
has only begun. The 15 to 20-year-old
boys may yet have a chance to follow
their big brothers. It is up to us to
strike hard.
Government is to investigate that
hoary old fetish, the Elgin butter
board, which essays to fix the price for
the country. As usual, the Govern
ment probably will find "notl Ing
wrong."
That was an old-time school meet
ing at Crescent, in Lake County,
wherein the electors came to blows
and four arrests have been made. It
was a touch of the "real life." .
The soldiers in the Russian trenches
are voting to continue the fighting,
and if they are willing the stay-at-homes
are not likely to have much
Influence in the end.
Oregon has pledged more than half
Its Red Cross quota but will go right
on getting more. Our oversubscrip
tion of the liberty loan set an inspiring
example.
Just as the dove of peace is settling
over this municipality, somebody must
again spring the proposal to bell the
cats.
If the applause on the streets is a
true sign, many proud Portland moth
ers did raise their boys to be sailors.
When the Russian Amazons break
loose, the Germans will become more
anxious than ever for a separate peace.
One of these nights a marauder will
be perforated by a bridge guard and
all the fun taken out of the game.
If the Belgian commission visits
Oregon, people will learn more of the
facts about that stricken country. ,
The regiment of Russian girls, said
to be going to the trenches, will find
war is war. once they get into it.
Street dancing is a big improvement
over firecrackers for a Fourth of July
celebration.
These are the clover hay days, but
a change is likely at any time.
The next big thing will be the mil
lion schoolma'ams.
The vessel that gets into Coos Bay
dry" is a wonder.
Go the- limit with the -barbae today.
How to Keep Well
Br Da W. A. Evana,
Questions pertinent to fcrglene. sanitation
ana 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 be per
sonally answered, subject to proper limita
tions and where stamped addressed envelope
is Inclosed. Lr. Evans will not make diagnosis
or prescribe for individual diseases. Re
quests for such eervices cannot be answered
Copyright, 116, by Ir. W. A. Kvansl
Published by arrangement with the Chicago
Tribune.)
WHY NOT JPXRE ICE CREAM t
STREET" tells us In the "Modern Hos
pital" that the people of this coun
try eat annually 100,000,000 gallons of
ice cream and they pay for it annually
$150,000,000. Isn't it about time that
the ice cream business was put on a
business basis and supervised as are
other foods? As It is now a fair pro
portion of the typhoid fever is due to
eating ice cream; likewise some part
of diarrheas and cases of food poison
ing any disease liable to be spread bv
ice cream. On top of all this ice
cream often offends the esthetlo sense.
The average baoterlal count of ice
cream Is well up in the millions In
fact, ofttlmes in the hundreds of mil
lions. No other food eaten by man or
by other animals has so high an aver
age baoterlal count as ice cream.
MontclaJr, N. J., has proven that high
bacterial counts in ice cream are not
necessary that they are due to filthy
methods of handling In vogue merely
because the health authorities have
never stopped them, the public is In
different end the manufacturers have
no incentive to do better.
The New York commission on milk
standards for ice cream has drawn up
certain standards for Ice cream and
these standards, having been published
by the public health service, are avail
able for the public Is It not about time
for public sentiment to force health
and food departments to adopt these
standards or others equally as high?
Street reports finding Ice creams on
the market ranging from J to 19 per
cent in butter fat. He quotes McOill as
having found a range of butter fat
from 2.3 to 30.3. The man who makes
a rich ice cream should not be asked
to compote with the man who makes
one that contains only 2 per cent fat.
It is impossible for the consumer to
tell the approximate content of butter
fat from the taste or the appearance,
for ice cream is not now a simple com
pound. It Is made from skim milk or
oondomsed milk homogenized with but
ter. No cream as such is used now In
Ice cream. To this there are added
fillers, binders, sugars and flavors. The
smoothness and the absence of gran
ulations end crystallizations are due
to the fillers and binders and to the
aging of the product prior to freezing.
Twelve per cent milk properly aged
and properly mixed with fillers and
binders will make a smoother cream
with more body than an IS per cent
pure cream mixed with sugar and fla
vors and froaen when fresh.
The calories In three and one-third
ounces of several foods are as fol
lows: v
01rt-tyle ce erffim 21(1
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Sirloin steak ............. . " ""'r,l
Halibut ....J V'fl
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Hutter """Iimri'sil
Cottage cheese 112
Cream ........................... . 20
In ice cream the heat-producing ele
ments of the milk are supplemented by
those of butter and sugar.
Ice cream Is a good food,. It should
become a staple article of diet. It will
come into its own when health depart
ments are active enough to guarantee
Its safety and supervision prevents the
man who makes 2 per cent cream from
driving out of business the man who
makes a richer, better product.
Ealargei) Gland.
H. H. s. writes: "I have been treated
for an 'enlarged prostate gland' on
several occasions and for months at a
time, but am not cured of It. Will you
let me know whether there Is any
known oure for it: also whether It can
cause death or Is dangerous in any
way?"
Reply.
Enlargement of the prostate gland causes
great Inconvenience and disability. It Is
often an indirect cause or death, it can be
cured by operation. High-power X-rays cure
some cases. I-ocal treatment cures some
cases. Radium, while very efficacious
against cancer of the prostate. Is not of
much eer-vlce In benign enlargement of the
gland. Enlargement of the prostate la usu
ally due to gonococcal Infections and sow
1ns; of wild oats.
Mallearrlera and Draft.
Elk Point writes: "Are Government
employes, such as mailcarriers and
substitutes, substituting for three or
more routes, subject to draft or con
scription and more especially if they
are farming.
Reply.
They are. The authorities may excuse
them.
Dlabete
Mrs. G. H. writes: "I would be pleased
if you could tell me if malted milk is
harmful to a person having diabetes.
Aleo having heard that pure honey
contains no sugar. I would like to
know whether honey Is harmful. We
have heard that oranges and apples
can be eaten by a diabetic What Is
correct about this?"
Reply.
A dlahetlo can stand a certain amount
of carbohydrate. Malted milk, honey, or
anges, and apples all contnin carbohydrates.
A diabetic, having .determined how much
carbohydrate he can stand, next figures In
what form he will take his carbohydrate
allowance. Oenerally speaking, he will
not want to use up any pnrt ot his carbo
hydrate allowance as malted milk or honey.
Depends I.araely on Care.
Mrs. Q. M. E. writes: "1 have a
daughter 21 years of age, 5 feet 2 inches
tall and weighing 187 pounds. She has
been going with a young man for eight
months. He has been trouDlea with
colds. Finally he got sick one day. The
dootor said that he had a touch of
tuberculosis. What I want to know is,
will ray daughter have trouble with
the same thing? She is in good health
now and she is strong. I will thank
you very much for advice."
Reply.
Tuberculosis Is contsrlous. Careful people
do -not spread It. "Whether or not your
daughter has already contracted It depends
on how careful the young man waa If
your daughter should develop colds, cough,
slight fever, loss of weight or undue fa.
tlgue she should be carefully examined. If
she remains free from any of these symp
toms she can feel safe.
Position ta Merchant Marine.
PORTLAND, June 21. (To the Edi
tor.) Where shall one apply for a po
sition in the merchant marine?
J. W. HARRISON.
The question Is rather indefinite. If
you are a sailor apply to some ship
master; If an engineer or fireman, see
the chief engineer of some vessel in
person; if looking for work in the
steward's department, see the steward
of some steamer about to sail.
Information About Auto Trips.
CENTR ALIA, Wash, June 19. (To
the Editor.) Kindly advise as to
whom I might write and secure In
formation in regard to auto trips near
Portland. I am planning on a week or
ten days' outing and would like to go
where there is fair trout fishing and
also hotel acnon-imodations.
3. T. LEWIS.
Write tor details to the Oregon
Stats Motor Association. Oregon build
Lus. Portland.
STOP TALKING, BUILD SHIPS.
Mr. Chlleott laaersea Captain Hopkins
Absat Wooden Vessels.
PORTLAND, June 21. (To the Edi
tor.) In the Interest of Pacific Coast
shipbuilding I desire to confirm all
that Captain Hopkins has uttered in
The Oregonian and wish also to add
thereto such information as I trust
will dispel any skepticism in this di
rection. My experience has brought me in
contact with all classes of wooden
ships, the exclusive soft wood ship of
Eastern Canada, the hardwood ship of
Europe and the combination of the two
built on the eastern coast of the United
States. Superior to the whole of these
I find that the Pacific Coast vessel
built of Douglas fir. when the same
is cut at the right time of the year,
and after being placed in position the
vessel properly and thoroughly salted,
there is no danger of decay in the first
25 or 30 years.
Criticism in some quarters Is made
through our use it green lumber. Sixty
days' air exposure of our Oregon fir
will protect all that Is necessary to do
so for that portion of lumber entering
into a ship's construction that needs
any seasoning whatever, or rather that
cannot otherwise be provided for. This
latter exception Includes the ceiling
of the vessel which, whether seasoned
or not, must, at the end of say five
years' time, be reinforced by wedging,
which is always done in a vessel that
Is thoroughly and intelligently cared
for.
War has been declared somewhere
In the neighborhood of 90 days, at
which time it was given out by the
Shipping .Board that we were to en
gage In the construction of 1000 wooden
ships to meet the submarine menace.
For 90 days the preliminaries to these
contracts, the preliminaries only, have
been in evidence through the press of
the country. Why? For the lack of ef
ficient, practical, executive ability.
It is no use of our endeavoring to
flatter ourselves that we are the great
est country on earth, and it la not
possible to display any efficiency in
this direction with an Army civil en
gineer, aided with two magnificent
mining engineers and superintended by
a board of railroad operators, and if
we are to aid our allies in this war let
us take some action by which we shall
build ships to do our part, and quit
talking and playing politics.
RICHARD CHtLCOTT.
TO MV SOX.
(The following poem, originally sent to
the Chicago 1'oHt by a mother whoe son
was about to leave with bis regiment for the
front, and printed In that newspaper, is re
printed by request of a Portland mother in
a similar situation, snd carries an especial
appeal to tho mothers of soldiers, present
and prospective, all over ths United States.
My son. at last the fateful day has
come
For us to part. The hours have
nearly run.
Slay God return you safe to land and
home;
Yet. what God wills, so may his will
be done.
Draw tight the belt about your slen
der frame;
Flash blue your eyes! Hold high your
proud young head I
Today you march in L'.berty'a fair
name.
To save the line enriched by France's
dead!
I would not it were otherwise! And yet
'Tie hard to speed your marohing
forth, my sonl
'Ts doubly hard to live without regret
For love unsaid, and kindnesses un
done.
But would the chance were mine with
you to stand
Upon those shores and see our flag
unfurled!
To fight on Franoe's brave, uncon
quered land
With Liberty's great sword for all
the world I
Beyond the waves, my eon, the siren
calls.
The sky Is black and Fastnet lies
abreast:
A signal rocket flings its pale stars
and falls
Across the night to welcome Eng
- land's guest.
When midst the scud yon see the Cor
nish lights.
And through the mist you hear faint
Devon chimes.
Thank Ood for memories of those other
nights
And days on other ships In happier
times.
Perhaps you'll stand within the pil
lared nave
And aisles where colored sundust
falls, and see
Old Canterbury Church where Becket
gave
His life's best blood for England's
liberty!
Some night yonli walk, perhaps, on
Salisbury Plain;
Above Stonehenge the Druid's stars
still sleep.
And on the turf within the circled fane
Beneath the Autumn moon still lie
the sheep. ,
And if you march beside some Kentish
hedge.
And blackberries hang thick clus
tered o'er the ways.
Pluck down a branch; Rest by the
road's brown edge;
Eat! Nor forget our last vacation
days I
And then the trench iif battle-scarred
Lorraine;
The town half burned, but held In
spite of hell:
The bridge twice taken, lost, and won
again;
The cratered glacis ripped with mine
and shell.
The leafless trees, bare-branched in
spite of June;
The sodden road, the desolated plain;
The mateless birds, the season out of
tune;
Fair France, at bay. is calling
through her pain.
Oh, son! My son! God keep you safe
and free
Our flag and you! But If the hour
must come
To choose at last 'twlxt self and lib
erty We'll close our eyes! So let God's
will be done!
Peculiar Status of Allen.
PORTLAND, June 21. (To the Edi
tor.) A came from England to the
United States in 1908. In 1911 he de
clared his Intention to become a citi
zen. Has England any claim on him?
If drafted will he have to serve In the
English army or the United States
Army. READER.
The United States Immigration Serv
Icm mt Pnrtlnnd Ravi that A is not a
dtin of the United States, but that
hi peculiar situation Is probably with
out precedent and will need to be es
pecially decided when occasion arises.
What Is a Fine Sight T
Judge.
Corporal (Instructing awkward squad
In rifle practloe) I told you to take a
fine eight, you dub; don't you know
what a fine sight Is?
Rookie Sure, a boat full of cor
porals sinking.
Her Delicate Hint.
Puck.
Over Twenty One Do you think
women should propose?
Vnnnr Thine T llftn't Vnov. HV
vou tried everything el set
In Other Day.
Twenty-five Years Ago.
From The Oregonian June 22, 1S9S.
New Tork. Senator Dubois, of Idaho,
In behalf of the notification committee,
yesterday notified Whitlaw Reid of hi
nomination for Vice-President.
Chicago. By a singular coincidences
at the National Democratic Convention,
which opened and was in session two
hours today. Grover Cleveland, who Is
destined to be the nominee of the con
vention and who la the Democratic idol,
was not mentioned during the proceed.4
ings, but James G. Blaine was.
Frank Zan. formerly one of the most
popular and energetic business men of
this city but now located In San Kran
Cisco. Is In the city on a flying trip.
Lord Tennyson is said to have made
more money from his verse than any
poet who has ever lived.
Messrs. Braden and Halsey. two
young men, have Just opened a boolc
and stationery store at 1S7 Third street.
TV F TVtnnhi,. in., r 1 ,
tin were married at Va-nconver- Wn,h
Juno 20.
Half a Century Ago.
From The Oregonian June 22, 1S7.
Washington. Surratfa trial was eon
ttnued yesterday. Judge Fisher presid
ing. Surratt submitted an affidavit
that his means were exhausted and
prayed the court to procure the at
tendance Of witnesses at the expense
of the Government.
"Mark Twain." who has acquire
celebrity In California as a humorous
writer, U making a sensation In New
York. His name is Samuel Clemens.
a son of ex-Governor Clemens, of Mis
souri.
Senator Corbett and famllv. Mr,
Schuyler and wife. Senator Williams
and several ladles yesterday left on a
pleasure trip up the Columbia
The little son of Captain Hopkins,
of this city, 6 years of age, yesterday
fell from the wharf at tho foot of Mor
rison street, but waa fortunately res
cued. Phillip Wasserman, Esq., who for a
long time has been absent on a tour of
Europe, returned on the Orlflamme yes
terday, much to the satisfaction of his
many friends.
Alexander P. Ankeny and Mrs. Kate
Staples were married June 21 at the
Trinity Church.
MORALS OF SOI.DIF.R GCARDED
Temptations) Fewer I'nder Discipline
Thin In t'n restricted city Life.
PORTLAND, June 21. (To the Ed-
ltor.) There seems to be an Impres
sion, more or less oommon, that our
son, gone and going Into the Army,
are constantly exposed to unusual
temptations: or. a one pastor in Port
land said In his prayer last Sunday!
"Graciously care for our boys In camp,
surrounded by immoral dangers wore
and more deadly than the bullets of the
enemy."
This Is a mistake. Temptations la
the United Ftatej Army are on the
average less for a young man than in
Portland or Beattle.
Rigid military discipline, with Its
frequent roll calls, drill, guard duty,
inspection and what not, leaves pre
cious little opportunity, especially In
time of actual war, for dissipations of
any sort. Every man must aooount
for himself every minute of tho time.
A mighty good thing.
Nor is it true that our young men.
aa soon as they put on the uniform and
get away from home, tumble to the
call of the wild. Far from lt In their
quarters and mingling with each other,
they are, as a rule, manly and up
right, aided constantly, as they are.
by the chaplains, the ever-present in
fluences of the V. M. C A. and the Red
Cross. In addition, considering the
fact thatbad women and booze are not
now alio wed around the Army, little
occasion remains for anxiety.
C. E. CLINE.
Commander Loyal Legion.
SAILORS LIKE TUB OREGOMAN
Policy of Printing All the Nevra All the
Time la Popular One.
SEAMEN'S BARRACKS, Mare Island,
CaL, June 18. (To the Editor.) We
would like to express our views of The
Oregonian compared with the papers
we buy and read here. While I was
living near Portland and visited that
city frequently, and aa often visited
The Oregonian building, I naturally
Fupposed most of the papers of the
United States were like The Oregonian.
Bince enlisting in the United States
Navy I have formed a different opinion.
The daily papers we now get scream
with red ink and murder stories and
carry as much honest-to-goodness news
as an Australian gnat carries on hia
back. To get to what I meant to say,
I received an Oregonian In the mall
and the contrast between the "yellow"
papers of San Francisco and the reliable
paper of Oregon was so great it gave
us all a shock. No exaggerated head
lines, no red Ink, no impassioned
oratory for The Oregonian, but Just
all the news all the time."
I want you to know how much we
boys of the Navy appreciate the clean,
scrupulously good paper that you
publish and value it above any and all
the journals we find here. Whenever
The Oregonian appears in the barracks
it is pulled to pieces and read piece
meal. The editorials you publish are
worthy of a book edition. We have no
motive except appreciation in sending
this letter and sincerely wish you
success. Publishing the beat paper we
have seen In our travels.
SAMUEL B. GROFF.
BUY BURNS
Seamen Second Class.
GREAT FORAGE) PLANT DECEPTTVK
Growers Advised An-ainst Planting
"Eureka Clover" for Own Vse,
PORTLAND, June 21. (To the Ed
itorsCan you inform me where I can
get some of the roots of that wonderful
forage plant which Is growing at the
Yamhill entrance to the Portland Post
office? I noticed it April 1, when it
waa Just coming up, and again yester
day, when It waa 14 feet high. 1 hear
that the name of it is Eureka clover.
I want to give It a trial on my farm.
N. REEVE.
According to the Oregon Agricultural
College experiment station the plant
growing near the Yamhlll-etreet en
trance of the Portland Postofflce Is
technically known as polygonum sach-
altnemse. and its common name is sach-
allne. It has practically no merit as
a forage plant and it is a troublesome
pest when It becomes established on
the farm. It Is not a member of the
clover family, but is commonly known
as giant knot weed. It is a persistent
perennial. Ornament is about the limit
of its usefulness.
Oregon has a great many forage
plants that are more desirable in every
way, especially In yield of nutriment
to the acre.
Made In Germany.
Goderlch, Ont, Signal.
The latest riddle: "What goods are
still being made In Germany ana fln
LaUsd In. KnglandT" Zejignllnn,