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POUTLAM), FRIDAY, JULY 13, 1917.
BLrKDEBI0 AND OLAH11 L CENSORS
Although Congress had refused to
establish a press censorship, the Ad
ministration put It In practice. After
having withheld from publication of
ficial reports of the submarine at
tacks on transports carrying American
troops to France, the Administration
gave to the public a highly colored
and wildly exaggerated account of
them. Dispatches telling of the
ai rival of the troops in France
were censored in this country without
authority of law and their publication
was delayed until after the same in
formation had been published in Eu
rope, where It was accessible to Ger
many much sooner than It could have
been If published In this country under
proper and lawful censorship of out
going mails and cables. When pro
test was made against this unlawful
practice, ii was abandoned as suddenly
as It had been adopted on the pretense
that the immediate necessity had
passed.
These are the plain facts of the
manner in which the Administration
tried to control publication of news
about the first American expedition to
Europe. George Creel, an imaginative
magazine writer, as chairman of the
committee on public information a
body which has no legal existence
prepared a statement about the sub
marine attacks, which was issued by
Secretary of the Navy Daniels on July
3. He admits that in writing It he
"elaborated" the brief report of Ad
miral Gleaves. To what degree he
"elaborated" the New Tork Times has
shown by comparing his version with
that of an eyewitness to the first at
tack. "Mr. Creel said that on June 22, "at
a point well this side of the rendez
vous," where the transports were to
meet warships from the other side of
the Atlantic, an "attack was made In
force, although the night made im
possible any exact count of the TJ-boats
gathered for what they deemed a
slaughter." The convoy replied with
heavy gunfire with the result that "the
torpedVo discharge became increasingly
scattered and inaccurate." The num
ber of torpedoes discharged could not
be counted, "but" five were counted as
they sped by bow and stern." Here
is an attempt to create an Impression
that a whole fleet of submarines fired
an Indefinite number of torpedoes.
The eyewitness says that only one
submarine was seen, although, as "they
fired three, if not four, torpedoes," at
least one more may have been in the
neighborhood.
Thus was an "attack in force," in
which an unknown number of torpe
does were launched and five were
counted, reduced to an attack by one,
possibly two, TJ-boats, which fired
three, if not four, torpedoes. Mr.
Creel's imaginative flight Is scarcely
surpassed by that of Falstaff, whose
"hundred upon poor four of us" were
reduced by himself to "four men In
buckram," while Prince Henry fin
ished the tale by saying:'
We two saw you four set on four; you
hound them -and were masters of their
wealth. Mara: now how a plain tale shall
put you down. Then did we two set on
you four, and with a word outfaced you
from your prize and have it.
There is some confusion as to
whether one or two later attacks oc
curred, but probably there was only
one. Mr. Creel says the second attack
was made on the following morning
against another contingent. He plain
ly Indicates that more than one U-boat
was engaged, for ho says that "not
alone did the destroyers hold the
TJ-boats at a safe distance, but their
speed also resulted in the sinking of
one submarine at least." The Times'
witness was not on board any ship of
this contingent, but he says the attack
was launched a few days later, that
one TJ-boat was seen and the wake
of one torpedo, and that the TJ-boat
was destroyed. Mr. Creel seems to
have been guilty of another Fal
Btaffianism.
This faking worthy of Hearst was
heralded by its author as "an appro
prlate announcement on the eve of the
Fourth of July," as though such fic
tion were needed to fire the patriotism
of the American people. 1
But the War Department was as
cautious about permitting the Amer
ican people to receive the veracious
but inspiring news that the troops had
lanfled in France as Mr. Creel and Mr.
Daniels had been eager to publish the
former's romance. Dispatches filed in
Taris on June 2S for publication in the
next day's New York papers were held
up at the New Tork cable office by
order bf the War Department, sent to
Washington, censored there, sent to
the Washington correspondents of the
papers and by them telegraphed back
to New Tork. No notice had been
given Mr. Creel of Intention to take
this action, with the result that no
men were on hand at his office to
do the work, and the dispatches
reached New Tork only In time for
publication on July 2, four days after
they had been sent. The pretext for
this action was that some information
might reach Germany through them,
but the London Times published Its
story of the landing on June 29.
London papers can reach Germany in
a day, while New Tork papers take
ten days, and German newspapers con
taining comment on the event were re
ceived at The Hague before the dis
patches to American papers left Paris.
No end was served as against Ger
many, but the American people were
kept waiting three days for the news
The delay may be defended on the
plea that Germany had learned of the
arrival of the expedition before all of
It had arrived, through publication in
this country of a dispatch which had
passed the French censor, but Ger
many must have received the news
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soon after the submarine attack on
June 22, for submarines are equipped
with wireless. Thus the action of the
War Department was stupid, because
it was useless.
It was also an assumption of author
ity in violation of the Constitution,
which guarantees liberty of the press.
It was not even taken In anticipation
of a grant of power which Congress
was surely about to make, for Con
gress, after weeks of debate and after
much urging by the Administration,
had refused to grant this power. There
is a prospect that Congress will in
quire -into what It considers flagrant
usurpation, and that the gulf already
existing between the executive and leg
islative branches of the Government
will be widened when the National
safety demands that they work in
closest harmony.
The newspapers have given abun
dant proof that they are willing to
co-operate with the Government in
preserving public secrets which might
be useful to the enemy. Soon after
war was declared they imposed a vol
untary censorship which they have
faithfully observed. They probably
succeeded in concealing from the
enemy no Information about military
movements, for spies get their infor
mation at first hand, not from the
newspapers. They had plenty of op
portunity, for Germans were employed
in loading transports and baggage was
hauled through the Eastern cities,
plainly marked with the names of Its
owners officers of the expedition.
The place to prevent information from
reaching the enemy is the point where
it goes out of, not where it comes Into,
the country that is, the cables and
mails but dispatches which are de
cidedly unfriendly in spirit are allowed
to go from this country to newspapers
in neutral European countries. Here
is more display of stupidity.
By its course, the Administration has
provoked severe criticism from some
of its staunchest newspaper support
ers, such as the New Tork Times and
Evening Post. It needs the confidence
and unflinching support of the press,
but It has impaired their confidence,
and thus has helped to spread distrust
among the people, when all the cir
cumstances require trust on both sides.
AS VBVAIm
The Oregonian has an inquiry from
a reader as to what it thinks of base
ball. Wild West shows, moving pic
tures, and the like, during war time.
There is no difficulty at all about a
reply. It Is the- duty of America to
live its normal life, as nearly as pos
sible, even during abnormal times.
If we hang crepe on the baseball
park and turn the lights out at the
movies," no good end will have been
served, but much harm. Man is an
animal that needs, and will have, di
version, even in the trenches. The
wise General seeks to keep his sol
diers away from thoughts of battle,
wounds, suffering and death; so it
is well that the home-staying public
havj its spirits properly toned by
following its usual occupations and
pastimes, so long as they do not in
terfere with the preparations for war.
Of course we should not be playing
baseball, or tennis, or golf, or going
to the theater when we ought to be
fighting. But it is not planned to
make war an exclusive Industry, as
In Germany and France at least not
yet and It is desirable to keep body
and soul together by doing those
things from day to day which we have
always done, so that we may be all
the more ready for the call to service
when It comes.
We have seen lusty young men on
the ball field and on the bleachers
who we thought ought to have vol
unteered. Some of them have, but
there are others who might do better
service throwing hand grenades at
the common enemy; but we have
comforted ourselves with the thought
that at least they are not exempt from
conscription and must take their
chance.
If we had the making of an army,
we certainly would not want to take
all our recruits from the ranks of
baseball, or any other sport, but we
would do what Is being done. So it
would be a representative American
Army, the best in the world.
W1I"EV STRONG MEN DISAGREE.
The policy of the State Highway
Commission as regards the first work
to be done has been plainly stated. It
Is to improve the bad sections on the
principal trunk lines running east and
west along the Columbia River and
north and south over the routes of the
Pacific Highway.
To this policy it has consistently
adhered. That policy concerns the
larger construction work of the year.
There must inevitably bo some work
of lesser Importance to be done, and
that has been apportioned with a
gratifying degree of fairness.
We now hear of controversies
among the members of the commis
sion, xney concern, in reality, minor
issues In the programme and are mere
ly indicative of the fact that men of
strong minds -do not always think
alike. Probably they will serve to
clear the atmosphere, but it is unfair
to ascribe differences of opinion over
these minor matters to a disposition
on someone's part to "play politics."
The term has been used In a derog
atory sense; but in truth, playing poli
tics in road work is simply the pleasing
of the greatest number of people, if
It is the right kind of politics. That
just what should be done. The
roads belong to all the people, and
that which is for the greatest good
of the largest number is the best for
the state. v
We do not herein refer to anything
any member of the commission may
have hastily said in the heat of argu
ment, but to statements from the out
side not impulsively made but appar
ently said with design to convey the
impression that some members of the
commission are attempting to lay the
foundation for political preferment.
None of the three is an office-
seeker. So long as the commission
sticks to main elements of a con
structive road programme It Is entitled
to respect and support.
The vegetable oil Industry in the
United States is developing at an
amazing rate. The Department of
Commerce reports that there are 112
establishments now engaged in extract
ing oil from sunflower seed, peanuts,
soy beans, walnuts, corn, mustard seed,
rape seed, walnuts and other vegetable
sources. The effort to grow oil-bearing
seeds also has been stimulated,
since our imports of those commod
ities were almost cut off by the short
age of shipping facilities. Despite the
Increase In our own peanut industry,
we Imported 2,000,000 gallons of pea
nut oil last year, and this year must
depend upon our own crop or go with
out. Our Imports of soy-bean oil
amounted to 145,409,000 pounds the
same year. The soy bean, however,
is growing in popularity, in this oun-
try and varieties are being developed
that will grow farther and farther
north. All of the vegetable oils are
important In the economic scheme.
THE STATE LEADERS.
The Oregon State Editorial Associa
tion begins its annual session today at
Pendleton, a city charmingly fitted to
be host. The place was. Indeed, well
chosen, for it is the home of live wires.
They show that by pulling off a yearly
event that gives the city a National
reputation, and they deliver the goods
always.
As things went in years agone, a
meeting of an editorial association was
a junket, pure and simple, with Just
enough business to carry the Idea of
the name. Railway lines were "clever"
with transportation, and if the editor
could not attend for obvious reasons
otherwise, mainly financial then the
leading hogbuyer of the community,
who perhaps held the mortgage, went
along and enjoyed himself, despite the
plainly shown contempt of the real
newspapermen for the "crowd-in."
All that Is changed here and else
where. The editor buys his ticket and
attends all sessions, to teach and to
learn. The association is a business
body. Its members individually rivals,
but collectively co-operative. For ex
ample, note what the Oregon Asso
ciation did at Salem last Winter, as
result of action at the meeting last
year. It went before the Legislature
with just demands and got what it
asked.
It has put the publication of a news
paper on the plane of business. Mem
bership in it has raised the dignity of
the job from Bill, Jack and Jim to
"Mister." It has given him possession
of a bank book and it has made the
bartering Eastern agency eat out of
the publisher's hand. It has done
other good things, to mention which
might take the fear out of the poli
ticians.
When all the business on hand shall
have been transacted, t'.ie "boys" will
indulge in a little exhaust, but as that
takes place in the county that has al
ways stood for a "dry" Oregon, fears
are groundless.
These Oregon editors will enjoy this
meeting, while they let things at home
go to the "devil."
ANOTHER PIONEER PREACHER GONE.
Robert Booth, who died at Eugene
last Wednesday at the age of 9 6, was
a .member of that robust band of
pioneer preachers who reclaimed Ore
gon from the wilderness and dedi
cated it to Christian civilization. It is
a familiar historical fact that the
early missions, with their rugged and
indefatigable evangelists, were a
powerful factor, indeed a controlling
influence, in making the Great North
west American territory.'
It is true enough that Mr. Booth
was not one of the earliest mission
airies, nor in a literal sense a mis
sionary at all, for he was an ordained
preacher and he came to Oregon in
1852, when the Methodist conference
was a thriving and well-established or
ganization. Tet his name is associated
with Jason and Daniel Lee, Gustavus
Hines, A. F. Waller, David Leslie and
other fathers of the church who had
preceded him by several years, and
had fixed firmly the foundations of
American occupation. These enter
prising soldiers of the cross and avant
couriers of the coming army of Amer
icans had arrived in the '30s and the
National status of Oregon had been
determined long before the heavy im
migration of the '50s; but the itinerant
preacher had much work to do and
the record discloses that it was well
done by such citizens and churchmen
as the Rev. Mr. Booth.
It Is of interest to note that a plate
on the front of the old Taylor-Street
Church, Portland, shows that it was
the first Methodist society organized
here in 1S48. Four years later, in the
fateful and memorable 1852, young
Booth came, with his family, compris
lng several young children. It was
not uncommon for the Journey across
the plains to occupy six months, and
it was no light undertaking to bring
an entire household of five or six
members. Tet it was freely under
taken by the intrepid spirit of those
days, though there was much hard
ship on the way and many vicissitudes
after arrival.
Mr. Booth's service was long and
worthy. His large family of sons and
daughters is among the most promt
ncnt In Oregon. The contribution of
such men to the state, through their
faithful service and their exemplary
lives, has been great.
A BILE FOR All,.
President Wilson's appeal to the
business men of the United States
to refrain from asking exorbitant
profit on Governmentrontracts and
to exact no higher profit from pri
vate buyers than they ask from the
Government should have a ready re
sponse from every citizen of patri
otic Instincts. The mere thought that
some men should take advantage of
their country's necessities in such a
tremendous struggle to enrich them
selves, while other men are coming
forward with the offer of their
lives, is repulsive to every good
citizen. Every manufacturer Is en
titled to a living profit, just as every
workman should have a living wage.
but any further profit has the effect
of wasting the Nation's resources and
thereby of aiding the enemy.
The Administration should not be
grudging in giving due credit to
those who have already acted In the
spirit which the President desires.
When subscriptions to the liberty
loan were lagging, the banks and bond
houses placed all their ability and
organization at the disposal of the
Government free of cost and produced
an oversubscription of 5 0 per cent
Lumber manufacturers have accepted
an agreed prHe for material to be
used in building ships and camps.
Shipbuilders have placed their plants
at the service of the Government and
have waited months for promised
work. Other examples of like com
mendable action have been given.
The occasion calls for display o
the same spirit by the Administration
itself. Where all states, all sections
and all parties, except the Socialists,
are moved by the same patriotic im
pulse, all ability, wherever found,
should be used and no favor should
be shown to any party, section or in
terest. This rule has not always been
followed. It seems to be more than
a coincidence that the great ma
jority of the military camps have been
located in the South, which has a
minority of the population. The
splendid ability and experience of
General Wood are being largely
wasted on the work of a sort of
magnified drill sergeant. Only after
long controversy and delay does Gen
eral Goethals begin to show a dispo
sition to overcome his prejudice in
favor of steel as against wooden
ships. Mediocrities are retained at
the head of the great fighting depart
ments, while the proved ability, wide
experience and unswerving patriot
ism of far superior men are permitted
to He fallow fof'no other reason than
that they are not members of the
President's party.
This is the American people's war,
not the Democratic party's war. All
the energy, ability, resources and self
sacrifice of all loyal Americans are
needed tp win without excessive cost
in blood, money and time. If we win,
there will be glory enough for all and
the greatest glory will redound to
the President as head of the Demo
cratic party. It becomes the Presi
dent to set the example of those
virtues which he demands from the
people.
TIX THE KAISER f
British speculation on the deriva
tion of the American slang term, "Can
the Kaiser," is Interesting, if not accu
rate. "Can," as & word meaning to
preserve in jars or metal receptacles,
is plain United States. The British
do not can their vegetables or meat.
They "tin" them. .
London newspapers therefore ex
plain that inasmuch as "can" in the
United States means to seal hermetic
ally, "Can the Kaiser" may be taken
to mean application of the same proc
ess to the German ruler. But If some
English slang Inventor had suggested
"Tin the Kaiser," we imagine that his
offering would have been denounced
as utterly vapid. s
The surprising thing Is that an
American author should write a song
founded on the British interpretation.
But it is not so astonishing that mem
bers of the National Education Asso
ciation should receive the song with
faor. A course in slang-is not In
eluded in the school curriculum. Slang
Is frowned upon by the educator. No
body else so carefully observes the
niceties of English. Nobody knows
less about slang than a schoolteacher.
"Can" used in "Can the Kaiser" has
more picturesque derivation than
that git en It by London newspapers.
It Is founded upon a charming cus
tom once popular among small boys.
but now somewhat obsolete because of
the activities of humane societies. This
custom was to tie a can to a dog's
tail. The dog would immediately try
to run away from the can, yelping as
he ran.
So It happened when the boss In
continently discharged an employe it
became known among slang adepts
that the employe had had a can tied
to him. Later on the term was short
ened. The discharged employe was
simply "canned." Now anybody who
is "fired" or "run out" of shop, office,
town or country is "canned."
No, the idea of the American expe
dition is not to put the Kaiser up In
ginger, as the song goes, but to make
him run, yelping like a dog with a
can tied to Its tail.
It Is about time for the pessimists
tb begin talk of the grain crops in
the Inland Empire burning up for lack
of raln. They do It yearly, yet in
threshing time the machines run to
capacity and the men with big fields
get the big checks. Lamentation that
is too previous is a good safety valve
and harms nobody.
The housewife who steps to the door
just in time to see the junkman leav
ing the yard, and makes a few re
marks, will laugh to read that one
east of the mountains is suing a man
for defamation of character.
Recruits of not less than 5 feet
Inch and 110 pounds will be admitted
under a new regulation. Their fight
ing prowess goes without saying, and
as runners (chasing the foe, of course)
they are unexcelled.
Sam Gompers must send an organ
izer Into the Bureau of Engraving and
Printing, where the employes protest
an order that prevents their getting
the overtime and the extra money they
hanker for.
It Is well that the Government has
decided to admit the bantams Into the
Army. General Funston was only one
illustration of what we would lose by
holding Inflexibly to an antiquated
rule.
Regular men are still wanted for
the regular Army, and those who are
drafted into some other branch of the
service that they do not like so well
will have only themselves to blame.
The weather man deserves our espo
clal thanks for making it possible to
entertain a convention without neces
sity for apologies for the low vislbil
ity of Mount Hood.
All the inspectors of the water bu
reau ought to be able to find illegal
use of water for sprinkling if it exists.
A garden is a garden, and grass
grass.
As time-card changes generally go
Into effect the Sunday a fellow goes
up the "Valley, and he misses his train.
It behooves him to look up the sched
ules.
With the weather as it Is, and Ore
gon scenery what it Is, it Is hard to
see how any man can resist the temp
tation to take his vacation as usual
Home guards for the wheat fields,
armed with sickles, scythes and pitch
forks, ought to be able to handle the
Wobbles.
Some roundup today at Pendleton
not the regular and official, just Phil
Bates and the newspaper buster
bronchos.
Liberia is deporting Germans, but
cloud is cast on her neutrality by th
fact that she is sending them all to
France.
There's one place where baseball Is
not losing interest this year, and that
is on Warden Murphy's home ground,
Did the day pass without a broken
head? No more does 'the 12th of July
figure in orange ink on the calendar.
Most of the Industrial Workers of
the World are said to be aliens. Any
thing more to do should be easy.
Oregon will match the Federal Gov
ernment on roads, dollar for dollar,
and Ore'gon will be the winner.
Start the draft, Woodrow, and re
lieve the suspense. People want to
go to the beaches.
What the healthy "kid" wants Just
now Is a peaked hat like the buster
wears, .
How to Keep Well.
By Dr. W. A. Erana
Questions pertinent te hygiene, sanitation
and prevention of disease. If matters of gen
eral interest, will be answered In this col
umn. Where space will not permit or the
subject is not suitable, letters will be per
sonally answered, subject to proper limits
tions and where stamped addressed envelope
yciosen. ur. n;vans win not make cnagno
or prescribe for individual diseases fte-
uests for such services cannot be answered.
(Cnnvrtrht 1U1A h, Ii, W a I-' n r, a
Published by arrangement with the Chicago
TABLETS FOR WATER.
The residents of cities supplied with
purified water and pasteurised milk are
In practically no danger from typhoid
fever to long as they stay at home.
When they go Into the country, and
particularly when they go for their va
cations, they are In danger.
The Chicago Health Department ad
vertises In Its bulletin that they will
give such citizens as apply for them
tablets to purify drinking water. Each
tablet contains about one-third grain
of available chlorine. The tablets are
put up In glass vials and, if kept stop
pered and In a cool, dark place, will
keep their strength for four weeks.
To make stock Solution crush one
tablet between the fingers and dissolve
In one quart of water In a tlghty sealed
mason jar. This stock solution Is kept
In a cool, dark place.
To use, add one teaspoonful of this
olutlon to an eight-ounce glass of
drinking water. Allow this to stand
five minutes. If the water la muddy or
otherwise badly polluted, add two tea-
spoonfuls.
To make up a two-gallon bucket of
water add 32 teaspoonfuls of the solu
tlon, or 64 teaspoonfuls If the water Is
unusually bad.
Dakln and Dunham have recently of
fered an Improvement in this method.
They make tablets of halozone. a chem
ical which they devised and the meth
ods of manufacture of which they de
scribe in the British Medical Journal for
May 26. 1917. When these tablets are
kept In tightly stoppered amber bottles
they do not materially deteriorate In
two months. Possibly they may keep
much longer, but that they are good
for two months has been proven.
One tablet Is to be dissolved in one
quart of water. The water is then
ready for use. If the water Is very
muddy or otherwise badly polluted two
tablets should -be used.
Dakln and Dunham say that the cost
of sterilizing water when these tablets
are bought at a proper price should
not exceed 2 cents for 100 gallons. The
first advantage of these tablets Is sta
bility; the second, convenience of use;
the third, cost.
Both methods are effective. Dakln and
Dunham undertook, their experiments
In order to find a satisfactory method
of purifying water for troops on the
march. The old method was to require
that the water be boiled, but this
proved Impracticable with troops on
the road. Then men would drink when
they were thirsty and heating appar
atus was usually not at hand. Some
sanitary officers saw ' that their men
left camp with a canteeen filled with
weak cold tea, but this was expensive
and troublesome.
The Lister bag method as employed
In the United Sta'.es Army Is good
enough for more Lxed camps. Tablets
and capsules of calcium hypochlorite
were troublesome to use and unstable.
Tbey first experimented with chlora
mino T. This was effective when added
to water in strengths of 1 to 250,000
provided a little vinegar or lemon juice
was also added.
The article In the British Medical
Journal gives the method of manufac
ture of halozone and also of halozone
tablets.
My advice to campers and vacation
ists generally Is to provide themselves
either with hypochlorite tablets or
halozone tablets, the latter If they can
be secured, and to drink no water that
has not first been treated.
Cause of Sleepiness.
E. M. G. writes: 1. What Is cause of
sleepiness In a person over middle age
when they get eight hours' sleep? 2. A
spot on the skin, size of a half dollar,
been there three- months. It is not sore,
but excessively Itching on removing
clothes. There are similar spots under
the knees. What is it? What would be
a good cure? 3. What Is a good tonic
for the blood? Would this correct the
above trouble? 4. Is there a cure for
epilepsy? Is It a brain disease? What
Is the cure and what is the cause? 5. I
have a bad feeling in the back of head
when reading or looking steadily at
anything. What causes it?
REPLY.
1. It may be caused by overeating, lack
of exercise, or by bad ventilation. Too
much sleep causes sleepiness.
2. These spots are probably psoriasis
spots. Tou should see a skin specialist and
make such changes In your habits as he may
direct.
3. The condition of your blood has noth
ing to do with this eruption. No blood tonic
will affect it either way.
4. Some persons are cored of epilepsy.
Many are not. Epileptics do best in epileptic
colonies.
6. I Judge you need properly fitting
glasses.
Gallstones.
"Constant Reader" writes: What are
the early symptoms of gallstones?
What treatment dd you advise? What
Is the real cause of this disease, and
Is a person under 30 years liable to be
affected?
REPLY.
Intermittent pain near the border of the
ribs on the right side. Intermittent tender
ness and soreness In the same location.
Dyspepsia, belching. In some cases Jaundice.
In most cases no treatment is necessary.
A diet containing but little fats Is advised.
Infection of the gall bladder is the principal
cause. Eating too much fat. obesity, and
the easy life are secondary but important
causes. Gallstones seldom form In persons
under 80.
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This Tomtit's la Hard Lines.
J. O. T.wrltes: "At the place I am
at work they are all affected with
toothache and decayed teeth. Our cook
Is the worst. In preparing food she
licks the spoons, knife and fork. Am
I not In danger of getting decayed
teeth? I don't use tobacco or liquor. I
am 20 years old. Is there anything I
can use to prevent it?
REPLY.
Tou are In danger of getting something
worse than decayed teeth. You can keep
your teeth In condition by eating apples,
corn bread and toast, by rinsing your mouth
after each meal, cleaning your teeth with
a toothpick after each meal, brushing them
with brush, water and powder once a day,
having them cleaned twice a year, and hav
ing them tilled as required. This will suffice
even thongh your fellows have bad teeth.
A cook who licks spoons, knives and forks
Is liable to spread typhoid, dysentery and
uphills.
PEOESTRIAV IS OFTEX TO BLAME
Antolst Says Freneh Law Is Not a
Absurd as It May Seem.
PORTLAND, July 12. (To the Edi
tor.) When a pedestrian Is accidently
Injured or killed by a machine or au
tomobile, the chauffeur or driver of
that machine is Invariably held re
sponsible for the accident. But Is he
always to blame? Does It not stand to
reason that a pedestrian can be guilty
of carelessness as well as the driver
of a machine?
In France, when a pedestrian is hit
by an automobile if he survives the
shock he Is arrested and fined for
getting In the way of the machine.
Many think this extreme and absurd.
However, it does not appear so extreme
to autoists of Portland, many of whom
will bear me out in the statement that
the animals on a country road exer
cise greater Intelligence in crossing; In
front of a moving car than do some of
the pedestrians of Washington street.
I have driven a car for years and
have good reason to believe that I have
saved the lives of many persons who
would have recklessly thrown them
selves beneath the wheels of my ma
chine; but in doing so I have been
forced to exercise unnecessary and
extraordinary vigilance. The adult
pedestrian has only to aply a little
common-sense thought and the motion
of his body is Immediately checked.
Not so with the driver of an automo
bile. He Is often forced to apply his
emergency and foot brakes, shift gears
and look out for his .car, himself and
the careless pedestrian as well.
It matters not to the pedestrian
what the conditions are. The driver
may be a novice every driver has been
one or the streets may be wet and
slimy; on such occasions a machine Is
handled with great difficulty, er per
haps the windshield Is rain-bespattered,
making It difficult to see ob
jects passing In front. Yet none of
these deters the privileged pedestrian,
who, it would seem. Is living religious
ly ut to that passage in the Bible
which reads: "Take no thought for the
body."
While I was driving up Third street
one wet and "ekiddy" day, two young
women, beautifully gowned in white.
attemnted to cross directly in front
of my car, between street intersections.
I-dared not set my brakes suddenly
and to avoid hitting them I was forced
to make a quick turn. The front wheel
nearest them slid into a large chuck-
hole filled with muddy water; the wa
ter spurted up like a miniature gey
ser, splashing the young women from
their heads to their feet. They pre-
eented a sorry sight, I regret to say
yet I had saved their lives. Had they
, been struck and killed through their
own carelessness. I should undoubted
lv have been arrested and charged with
manslaughter,, with only pedestrians
ar witnesses.
Pedestrians, having the use or tne
sidewalks and crossings, would deny
the autosist the use of the right-hand
center street. ANIM bneia
THE FLAG OF THE FREE."
Tii nnncr was written with the In
itinn that It should be sung to the
ir rr "Ronnie Dudee." but at the even
ing service at the First Presbyterian
Church on July 1. 1917. it was sung to
th. ir of "Marching Along." which
seemed eaually appropriate:
r a fathan! dear flag of the free!
r.',,,. mm afla.me with devotion to thee.
As we see In the sunlight thy splendor un
furled . .
To the breezes that blow from the ends of
. i. ... - ,i
Those breezes havs blown from the east and
the west. .
And flags they have seen cf the worst and
the best.
ia.. ., ... ..nlrlTi find loVOUB to See
As our own stsrry banner the flag of the
free!
CHORUS.
Emblem of majesty, mercy and might.
T.,ri ,i to trlumnh. but lead us aright;
Thy glory undimmed through the ages
shall be, . ... ' . . .
Dear flag of our country proud flag of the
free! f
The tyrant and traitor behord thee with
dread,
For thy crimson Is blood that for freedom
was shed.
And thy white Is the whits of the pure and
And thy blue is the gift of the sky and the
Thoo shalt ne'er be dishonored or trailed In
the dust .
fir 1S .-an nn the nld of SflTISrrel Unjust
And the nations shall hall thee, on land and
at sea.
As the ever-victorious flag of the free.
CHORUS.
Emblem of majesty, mercy and might.
Lead us to triumph. Dut leaa us ariRiu;
Thy glory undimmed through the ages
,.tt1 tte
Dear flag of our country proud flag of the
free 1 ,
r tar nf the low! v and flar of the great,
We love and revere tnee, wnaie er our esiaiv
fc'v,, rn, npitre vet xoremost in nam.
Thou Bhalt shine as a symbol of freedom
and llclit.
Thou hast waved o'er our fathers and glad
dened their hearts;
Thou Shalt wave over us till our youngest
riannrr, -
And those- who com after. In times far
wa V.
Shall hall theo with Joy, as we hail thee
today.
CHORUS.
Emblem of majesty, mercy and might.
Lead us to triumph, but lead us aright;
Thy glory undimmed through the ages
shall be.
Dear flag of our country- proud flag of the
free!
(Copyright, 1017; by Charlotte B. Parker.)
Soldiers and Grant Lands.
PORTLAND. July 12. (To the Edl
tor.) Please answer the following
Questions regarding the grant land
to be opened to homesteaders Dy me
Government:
(1.) Can a member of the National
Guard in Federal service give power o
attorney to another person for the pur
pose of filing an application for such
land? (2.) The term or settlement.
understand. Is three years. How much
time does service In the Army coun
for? (3.) In the absence of a man en
listed in the Army must the land be
cultivated? R. E. S.
1.) A member of the National Guard
must be in the Federal service not less
than 90 days before he can give power
of attorney for the purpose of filing
application on Government land.
(2.) Service In the Army counts for
the full time of enlistment, but an en
listed man must live on the land at
least one year before he can prove up
and get full title.
(3.) During a. man's enlistment he
is not required to cultivate the land.
His Grandson's Busy Day.
By James Barton Adams.
I went to see my grandson in Van
couver Barracks t'other day, upon my
face a happy grin, for I was feelln'
proper gay. I was sure proud o' that
young kid 'twas ready to go forth an'
fight In battle as his grandad did
afore he ever saw the light. I had a
thousand things to eay to him about
what I had seen when I scrapped with
the boys In gray when I, like him, for
fight was keen, an' I was goin' to feed
his ears on lessons I had learned when
I was with the Union volunteers when
that Rebellion tide run high. I'd
dressed up In my Sunday best, shaved
oft beard stubble slick an' clean, an'
wore "nuff badges on my breast to
armorplate a submarine, an' I believed
my soldier lad d' certain feel a'mlghty
proud a-showln' off his vet grandad
afore that military crowd, but pride
goes 'fore a fall, they Bay, an' mine
sure tumbled from Its base when that
blamed youngster made a play that
shoved me back In second place. He
greeted me "Hello, granddad, but, say,
this is my busy day; I'll see you later."
then the lad turned from me an' skid
dooed away, an' t'wasn't long afore I
found what "business" Interested Jim;
I saw him strollln' proudly 'round with
two fe-ala Unkia' arras with him.'
In Other Days.
. . Tweaty-FIve Tears Ago.
JTrom The Oregonian. July 13, 1802.
Dr. Arthur J. Bevan left last night
for Europe, to spend about six months
visiting the hospitals In Berlin, Vienna
and other large cities.
London. July 12. In the Northern
Tacht Club regatta at Rothesay yes
terday the American yacht Wenonah
was beaten for the first time In Eng
land, by the Calva.
Seattle nosed Portland out of first
place in the league today. Seattle has
won four games and lost one. whereas
the locans have won 3 games and lost
one.
The case of H. O. Harris, editor of
the people's party newspaper, charged
with challenging W. A. Ryan, a re
porter, to fight a duel, was dismissed
today for lack of evidence.
Half a Century Afro. -From
The Oregonian. July 13, 1887.
The new bridge being built by the
county on the Vancouver wagon road,
opposite Couch's wharf, in East Port-
and, over the mouth of the slough, la
looming up decidedly like an improve
ment. The bridge Is built by piles be
ing driven during high water by tho
pile driver.
Cyrus H. MeCormick, of Chicago, has
made his reaper pay. The income re
turns show that last year he reaped a
harvest of $169,750.
By the return trip of the Alax. Leo
Wolff. Esq., will return to Portland,
having regained his health. So we are
nformed by a friend of his who has
lately received a letter from him.
Okanagon This steamer arrived
yesterday, as usual, all right from
Monticello. with an assorted cargo of
lumber, wool. etc. The lumber Is for
the school house In District No. 1.
While on board the Okanogan looking
for "a Item," we struck a Bentloman
(didn't hurt him) who introduced us to
a part of the ship which he commands,
and in obedience to a general offer we
rested our fatigue, supplied our thirst.
cheered our cheerlessness and came
away declaring that we were better
treated than local editors generally,
and was not "sorry we had learned tho
trade."
WHBI ONE'S HL'SBAIfDt IS IXCl'BUS
Woman Losgs for Form of Conscrip
tion That Woald Give Him Drndeery.
WEST, Or.. July 10. (To the Editor.)
Your editorial suggestion July 10 to
draft the I. W. W., the anti-American
Socialists and the conscientious ob
jectors doesn't go far enough. In nay
judgment at any rate what good
would they be as soldiers? If they wera
red-blooded fighting Americans, would
they be what they are?
I do not speak by the book, but by
and from something more convincing,
for I have been the proud possessor of
a conscientious objector to all the man
ly attributes, to-wit, a useless husband.
whom a military man would not have
around camp rinsing pots. One officer
told me such things are not fit for hu
man bulwarks!
If there be a remedy for these para-'
sites, created perhaps to try the souls
of womankind for a better reward than
their measly companionship, it may lie
in a hobo commissioner to round these
fellows up and put them to work mak
ing the beds, doing the washing and
cooking and household drudgery, while
true patriotic women cursed with an
incubus may go forth into the world
and do service for their country.
DUTY.
COLUMBIA'S CALL.
Heed thy mother's call. O daughter!
Albion now cries to thee. -Is
not blood more thick than water?
Help, in her extremity.
Despotism, doubly rotten.
Holds thy mother by the throat;
Let old grudges be forgotten;
Swiftly send thine aid afloat!
Hard the battle she Is fighting;
Freedom's future Is at stake;
Wrongs of ages she is righting;
Fair Columbia, awake!
Blow thy bugle! Man thy muscle!
Wield for right a giant stroke!
Truth must triumph in the tussle;
Broken be the tyrant's yoke!
What we have is one another's;
How much hath our Mother lent!
We are kindred; we are brothers;
For each let our strength be spent!
When this conflict of the ages
Shall have ceased and men are one.
It shall stand on liberty's pages
That thy deed was nobly done!
Mother England, now retrieving
Errors of the olden time.
While thy children now are leaving
With their aid from every cllmo -We.
the eldest, bring our treasure.
Send our sons to bleed with thee
That there may be fuller measure
To the word Humanity!
WESLEY AMOS PRATT.
Several Pennypackers.
PORTLAND, July 12. (To the Edi
tor.) To settle an argument, please
tell me who Mr. Pennypacker is. or
was. and what was his chief claim to
distinction. F. H.
Several men of distinction have that
name. Galusha Pennypacker is a Brigadier-General,
breveted Major-General,
U. S. Army, retired. He lives In Phila
delphia. ,
Henry Pennypacker Is a prominent
Boston educator.
Isaac Rusllng Pennypacker Is an
editor and author who lives In Ard
more, Pa
Samuel Whltaker Pennypacker was
Governor of Pennsylvania from 1903 to
1907. He has written several legal
works and historical books and
sketches. He lives near Schwenckvllle,
Pa.
One of Best Trips Omitted.
PORTLAND, July 12. (To the Ed
itor.) In The Oregonian you give a
conspicuous place to a "list of short
trips of interest for visitors."
It is rather surprising and disap
pointing that you omit from this list
what is by many considered the most
interesting and attractive drive within
the city limits, and that is the drive
through the park all around the crest
of Mount Tabor The park itself Is
beautiful, but the drive through It,
disclosing as it does views of every
section of the city and its surround
ings, east, north, west and south, gives
a wider range than can be found any
where within a reasonable distance of
Portland, with the possible exception
of Crown Point
Hereafter please do not omit Mount
Tabor from our list of Portland's
scenic attractions. PORTLANDKR.
Not Son of GeneraL
TILLAMOOK, Or.. July 11. (To the
Editor.) Recently in The Oregonian a
story was printed wherein the under
signed was mentioned under the name
of "A. S. Johnston" and as a' "son of
the late Albert Sidney Johnston." The
wTlter would be proud to acknowledge
such distinguished ancestry, but his
name is not "Johnston" and he was V
born a number of years after the fa-
mous Confederate General was killed
at Shiloh. SIDNEY S. JOHNSON,
Captain Tenth Company, Oregon Coast
Artillery.
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