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SOCIALIST AIXXE9 OJF TIIK KAISER.
The Socialist party of the United
States condemns American interven
tion in the war as a schem'e of cap
italism and militarism in oppo
sition to the , interests of the
workmen and the ideal of in
ternationalism. That position invites
comparison with the position taken
by German Socialists and with their
motives in supporting the cause of
Prussian ism.
Robert Schmidt, a Socialist mem
ber of the Reichstag', wrote last Jan
uary: The peace which seems possible to ns
today wtil leave Germany and her allies
in the eyes of Burope as a group of powers
whose sphere of economic control extends
from the marshes of the Elbe to the waters
of the Persian Gulf. Thus Germany. In
close union with her allies, will have won
by her arms the kernel of a great sphere
of economlo oontrol worthy to be set as a
closed economlo system by the side of those
of the other world empires.
.Candid Socialists would pronounce
that rank capitalism, backed by mili
tarism for the purpose of exploiting
other nations. The only approach to
Internationalism which It suggests Is
the Germanizing of all the countries
between Germany and the Persian
Gulf.
Here is more of the same kind
from "Working Class Interests and
the Issues of the War," a book which
was published by a number of lead
ing labor unionists of Germany in
1915, before Bulgaria entered the
war. This extract is significant:
A German commercial policy which met
the needs of the Balkan states and. above
all. of Turkey would bring with It Invalu
able consequenoes. It would suit the in
terests of the German consumer, because It
would assure him of the Import of food
stuffs independently of the sea and of Eng
land. It would also be of advantage to
our Industries. The procuring of Industrial
raw materials is extremely Important for
the trade unionist as for the manufac
turer. . . . The straight road to Asia la
open If only these peoples cam be Interested
In the prosperity of Germany.
There Is no hostility to either cap
italism or militarism in those words.
Community of interest between cap
ital and labor is frankly recognized,
find military conquest is looked for
ward to as the means of promoting
industry. There is not a word about
Internationalism; there is very prac
tical discussion of foodstuffs for Ger
many, of raw material for German
Industry, of the prosperity for Ger
many. These ends are to be gamed
by that militarism which was ap
proved by German Socialists so long
as it was winning, though It crushed
other nations. Any semblance of this
militarism is vicious in the eyes of
hyphenated American Socialists when
adopted by the United States to de
feat the military, , Germanizing de
signs in Eastern Europe.
Those Socialists who follow Victor
Berger and Morris Hlllqult are the
dupes of men who use the catchwords
of capitalism and internationalism to
enlist their aid for German militar
ism. The genuine Americans among
the Socialists, like John Spargo, J.
G. Phelps Stokes, Rose Pastor Stokes
find Upton Sinclair, who have left the
Socialist party, or like Wlnfield R.
Gaylord and A. M. Simons, who were
expelled from the party, have refused
to become traitors to its principles
and to their country. The American
Socialist party has become an ally of
1 'nissianism Just when German So
cialists are realizing their errors and
are turning against it. Their cause
has small chance of making converts
In this country, in the light of such a
record.
NO TRADE WITH THE EXEMTf.
Congress will soon provide that
Germany shall be prevented from de
riving financial sustenance as well as
human food from this country, A
bill has been Introduced which will
forbid trade with the enemy and his
allies, either directly or indirectly.
and will restrict the operations of
enemy aliens in this country. It ap
plies to corporations as well as lndl
viduals.
So long as enemies in' this country
confine their operations to the United
Ftates and conduct themselves well,
they will suffer no interference, but
hostile conduct will cause forfeiture
of their rights by Presidential proc
lamation, but none such must be
transported and no document must
be sent out of the United States to
them. All enemy property within the
United States must be disclosed to
the Government, that it may be
brought under Government control
and may be Impounded or used by
the Government. It is to be placed
in the hands of an alien property
custodian, who will hold it till after
the war.
Alien enemies are to be permitted
to obtain patents and register trade
marks in this country, provided their
own country grants the same privilege
to Americans, but their application
must be approved by the Secretary of
Commerce. Americans may obtain
from the Federal Trade Commission
a license to use an enemy patent on
payment of royalty to the alien prop
erty custodian, who shall hold it In
trust till after the war. The patentee
may collect this royalty by bringing
suit within a year after the war ends.
If he fails to sue within that year.
liia claim lapses and the money which
lias been paid is to be refunded to the
licensee.
Under this bill no money, credits,
roods or documents of any kind could
. pass from this country to Germany
during the war, and that country
would derive no economic strength
from America. Apy suoh property of
Germans which was thus sequestered
In the United States would be shut In
until after the war. Any German In
America who tried to evade these re-
strictions or who acted in a hostile
manner would be blacklisted and for
bidden to do business during the war.
KEEPINQ COOL.
The Coos Bay Record gives a hint
to a sweltering inland world that the
cool Summer climate of that attract
ive part of Oregon will accommodate
thousands more of suffering citizens
without at all Incommoding anybody.
We believe it; put we fear that too
little is known about the pleasant
Summer days and nights of South
western Oregon.
The other day at Pendleton it was
107 degrees and at Walla Walla 106.
Or perhaps it was 108 at Walla Walla.
Memory fails often when one seeks
to state exact facts on a sensitive
subject. We would not for the world
overestimate Pendleton or underesti-.
mate Walla Walla, But the precise
truth should always be told about
weather and climate.
Now it is never as hot in Eastern
Oregon as it seems. In fairness, so
much must be said. But 100 degrees
In the shade is a trifle too hot, even
when the nights are cool. It happens
that this year records have been
broken by the mounting thermometer,
and there is an unusual yearning for
refreshing breezes and gentler suns.
Here in Portland the mercury stays
uncomfortably high, and the call of
the sea and mountains, is very per
suasive. Unlike Eastern Oregon, it Is
always as hot as it seems in Portland
and the Willamette "Valley. If one la
going to get a vacation, he would
better take it in the dry season.
Doubtless Coos Bay will in time
become, famous as a Summer resort.
It has everything worth while In
those respects, and now It has rail
road connection, and It Is easy to
go and come. But there are other
places, too, where It Is possible to
keep cool and calm. They are for
tunately not far from Portland. Even
in Portland, the man who knows
what to do need not suffer by day,
and he cannot by night. There is
little or nothing tropical about the
nights. After all, anywhere in the
Northwest is a pretty satisfactory
Summer resort.
CONSCRIPT WAR PKOFTTS.
The most equitable subject of war
taxation, in levying upon which Con
gress, need feel no restraint except
that of expediency, is war profits. That
was true while the United States was
still neutral, but it is doubly true now.
These profits h,ave been accumulated
from the treasuries of the nations
which are now our allies, and they
have increased the necessity that the
United States replenish the allies' de
pleted funds by loans. It is most ap
propriate that the Government take
at least a large share of these profits
to provide the money. That Is but a
rough form of restitution.
This is conceded by Otto Kahn. who
would probably contribute heavily to
a war profits tax. He has doubtless
profited by the war through his bank,
but in an article written for the New
York Times he says that it is "in ac
cordance with both good morals and
good economics to prevent, as far as
possible, the enrichment of business
and business men through the calam
ity of war." He agrees that the tax
might well be at a considerably
higher rate than the present 8 per
cent, or even the proposed 16 per
cent," and goes on to discuss twice the
latter rate "to begin with" and even
calculates the result of a 40 per cent
rate. He even proposes that the well-to-do
be further taxed by a, levy of 1
per cent on all sales of merchandise
except foodstuffs and raw material
amounting to $5 and more.
The basis of the war profits tax pro
posed by the Senate Is more equitable
than that adopted by the House and
was advocated by Mr. Kahn before the
House committee reported Its bill. The
House would Impose the tax only on
profits in excess of 8 per cent and
would apply it only to corporations
and partnerships. This plan would let
many persons escape who have made
large profits as Individuals, and by
adopting an arbitrary minimum which
has no relation to the war would not
tax war profits only. The Senate plan
comes nearer the mark by Imposing
the tax on all profits above the aver
age for several pre-war years and by
extending It to everybody.
Such a tax has several merits. It
can be made Immensely productive.
The profits of forty-two of the largest
corporations in 1916 exceeded those
for 1914 by ,601,656,151. At 40 per
cent these corporations would pay over
,240,000.000, and Mr. Kahn estimates
that that rate would yield the huge
total of $800,000,000. Nothing co'uld
be more equitable than to make war
profits pay for war, and on this basis
successive advances in the rate might
be made, even up to 100 per cent. The
only restraint would be considerations
of policy as to whether a part of the
profits would not do better service as
new capital for development of the
country and for expansion of industry.
AMERICA'S TASK PREDICTED.
Many men are now wont to say that
they foresaw the day when the United
States would gain a commanding voice
in the world's affairs by Intervening
to save the life of democracy in Eu
rope, but this event was actxially pre
dicted by Samuel Laing as long ago as
1852. To make such a prophecy at
that time required both courage and
prescience, for the United States filled
but a small space In the world and the
outburst of democracy in 1848 had
been defeated in every great country
of Europe. Napoleon III had Just
been . elected Emperor of France and
United Italy was still a dream of en
thusiasts. The dismemberment of
Denmark was forecast by Mr. Laing
in "Observations on the Social and
Political Condition of Denmark." He
realized the value of Kiel to Prussia,
accused Lord Palmerston of neglect
ing the Prussian menace to Denmark,
and said:
A day may cone when the Government of
tne united states win take a seat and voice
In the family of civilize 1 nations and Justify
an Interference in the affairs of Hungary,
Italy or Poland by the example of Austrian
or Prussian Interference In the Danish terri
tory of Slesvlg. There Is an acuta and pow
erful antagonist to the autocratio principle
of government and to monarchical misrule on
the other side of the Atlantic, and which
may have now, by facility of communica
tions, an effective Influence in European
affairs. It- is to the future political In,
fluence of the United States in European af
fairs that the enlightened, the liberal and
the constitutional states in Europe must look
for a restraint upon autocratio misrule and
aggression.
Thi3 remarkably truthful prophecy,
which has been cited to the London
Spectator by W. R. Prior, a former
American newspaperman now In Lon
don, Is being fulfilled after slxty-flve,
years. So reluctant have the Amer
ican people been to Intervene in the
affairs of Europe that they have firm
ly turned their minds away from that
continent and have been literally
dragged Into the war against their
will . by deliberate aggression upon
themselves by the greatest autocracy
in Europe. But now that they have
set themselves to the task, they will
not turn back until every nation in
Europe has been made master in Its
own house. They realize that only by
helping other nations to become free
can they make their own freedom se
cure against attack.
We see now what Samuel Laing saw
slxt-five years ago, that democracy
and autocracy cannot live side by side
in the same world. They are as nat
urally opposed as good and evil, and
one must destroy the other. Hence
Americans are resolved that autocracy
shall die.
CIIAMHOX8 OF FREEDOM.
The call to duty upon the men of
America will coma from Washington
today. More than 600,000 Americans
are to be designated to serve their
country in its, great hour of perlL
It Is the democratio way, top every
citizen has an equal obligation to
serve and save his country.
It is not In any undesirable or
questionable sense a "drafted" army,
or a "conscripted" army. It Is to
be a chosen army for chosen service.
Conscription means selection. The
fit are to be entrusted with the honor
and security of the Nation; the unfit
are to be left behind.
These are mighty times, and there
are great, duties to be performed the
very greatest. America Is not privi
leged to pursue the ways of peace,
and It must account, in a supreme
test of sheer strength, for the ideals
which It cherishes and the principles
it declares arid supports, and for the
right of Its citizens to live their own
lives In their free republic
Now today America names Its
champions and puts in their hands
Its life, its honor and its destiny.
Moscow as nrssiA's capital.
If the Republican government
of
Russia should restore Moscow as the
capital, it would remove the seat of
government to the true heart of Ru
sla and would plant it among the
people who are genuinely Russian.
Peter the Great founded St, Peters
burg when he had entered upon his
career of conquest and when he was
striving to make Russia a maritime
nation with an outlook on the Baltic
Sea and to draw the country from
Its isolation. ' It Is a 6ymbol of the
Germanizing of Russia which Peter
began and which bred the treason
and tyranny that destroyed the mon
archy. The mere change of name to
Petrograd by Czar Nicholas could not
make it a Russian city.
'The capital has become a nest of
German spies and intriguers, who
constantly provoke new outbreaks
like those of the last few days. Sedi
tion has eaten into the regiments
which are stationed at Petrograd, and
has placed the government at the
mercy of a few- thousand military
malcontents, who are tools of the
foreign foe. At Moscow the govern-?
merit would be in the center of old
Russia, where the national spirit is
strong and where troops might be
assembled who would not be as sus
ceptible to German Influence as are
those at Petrograd. Its geographical
position makes it safer from attack
than is the present capital, which
would be in danger If the Germans
should take Riga.
Although Petrograd is the site of
the huge Putiloff iron works, which
supply guns and munitions for the
army. It is remote from the Iron and
coal fields. In the Czar's time the
owners of that plant proposed to
move it to Southern Russia, near their
raw materials, but the government
vetoed the scheme. If the republican
government should permit the trans
fer, the chief center of Industrial
activity would be removed, and the
capital might become a decadent city.
FEEDING THE EyEMT.
The restrictions which President
Wilson proposes to plaoe on exports to
neutral countries which trade with
Germany will. If strictly enforced, "help
powerfully In reducing the latter coun
try to a state of such complete eco
nomic exhaustion that it will soon be
forced to yield. By bargaining with
neutrals to stop exports to Germany
in exchange for a supply of those com
modities for which they now rely on
that country, he can make the block
ade as nearly leak-proof as is humanly
possible.
We have no thought of causing neu
trals to endure privation, but the evi
dence is strong that they import goods
from us to feed the Germans and are
growing rich at -the business. It is not
only our right but our duty to place
the Interests of ourselves, our allies
and the cause for which we are fight
ing before the Interests of the neu
trals and their new-made millionaires.
Although we must practice strict
economy In order that this year's
wheat crop may suffice for the needs
of ourselves and our allies, neutrals
are still buying American wheat and.
In expectation that Government food
control would prevent or restrict fur
ther purchases, they bought much
more In June than In May. This is to
be inferred from the Increase of
weekly average exports from the
United States and Canada' from less
than 5,500,000 bushels in May to
8,497,000 in June. The longer the
Senate debates, the more wheat will
neutrals take from under the noses. of
the aUles-rwheat needed to go into
the allies' mouths and there Is strong
probability that some of it goes into
the mouths of German soldiers who
are shooting the soldiers of our allies
and will soon be shooting down Amerl
cans.
Besides wheat the neutrals Import
other grain, fodder and oil cake from
this country to convert into dairy and
meat products, large quantities of
which are sold to Germany. The
British government has given to the
officials at Washington proof that in
1916 Germany received 1,400,000 tons
of food from neutral neighbors. A
large proportion of these imports was
rich in fats, of which there la a near-
famine in Germany. That country is
also short of cattle feed, and these two
shortages have caused the German
government to order slaughter of hogs
before they were fattened. It Is in
such dire straits and Is so fully awake
to the effect of food shortage on the
people's will to hold out that it ex
horts them to endure privation, be
cause "victory will be won, not by the
last bullet, but by the last crust."
The allies have permitted Imports
of food and raw material to neutral
countries up to the aggregate quan
tity customary before the war on con
dltlon that exports to Germany should
pot exceed the pre-war totals, but the
neutrals, after binding themselves to
these terms, have frequently violated
them. The British have given clrcum
Btanttal details of imports to new firms
which are simply enemy agents, to
fictitious firms and to dummies. They
have shown that cotton blocked Goth-
enburg quays while Swedish mills, for '
which it was ostensibly intended, had
none. Though Denmark agreed to
send only 14 per cent of its bacon to '
Germany, the co-operative butcheries
shipped 39 per cent of their December
and January output to the Teutons.
The amount shipped In evasion of the
agreement. Is said by neutrals, how
ever, to be mere driblets, and the
British government says the- blockade
Is thorough and effective, but there
are leaks which the United States can
stop.
The United States can advance the
same reason for demanding that ex
ports of feed by neutrals to Germany
be stopped entirely as the neutrals
give for their continuance. Neutrals
have been obliged to rely on Germany
for coal, raw materials and chemicals.
which they can only get in exchange
for food. - The United States is in a
position to supply them with these
commodities, and thus to make them
Independent of Germany In that respect-
We also supply them with feed,
which they cannot obtain anywhere
else and which they use in producing
food for sale to our enemies. We can
use the same club to compel them to
stop exports to Germany as that coun
try uses to compel continued trade.
and can use it more effectively, for
we can cut off the means of producing
the food which they consume as well
as that which they export.
It may be suggested that by bring
ing this pressure to bear on neutrals.
we should drive them into alliance
with Germany. . That Is not probable.
for the Danes and Norwegians have as
hearty hatred as fear of the Germans,
the Dutch are not far behind them in
cherishing those sentiments and the
Swedish masses are so strongly antl
German that they would be likely to
block any move of the pro-German
aristocracy and plutocracy. Fear of
war with Germany Is almost the sole
restraint upon their yielding to a de
mand that they stop exports to the
empire.
Though the Kaiser might threaten
them, it is doubtful whether he would
attack them. Holland's 300,000 troops
could take his army in Belgium on the
flank. Dutch ports could be thrown
open to a British army, which could
aid the Dutch in an Invasion of the
great steel and coal district of West
phalia. In that event, Germany might
be compelled to withdraw entirely
from France and Belgium- Tbe Dutch
navy could help to stop sea traffic be
tween the German and Belgian coasts
and to hunt submarines. Denmark
could close the straits to German ships
and oould open them to an allied fleet,
which might convoy a Russian army
across the Baltio Sea for defense of
the Danish frontier. Norway could
send an army for the same -purpose.
Both of these Scandinavian nations
could Join in the hunt for submarines
and could give the allies new bases
for that work. The intervention of
these neutrals might greatly hasten
the destruction of Prusslanism.
When the neutrals weigh the conse
quences of yielding to the demand of
the allies against those of being in
timidated by the threats of Germany,
they may well conclude that the ad?
vantage is in favor of the former
course. The President need have no
scruples about exerting the suggested
pressure. Our goods are our own to
sell to whom we please and in time of
war are at the President's disposal to
use for the military advantage of the
Nation. When we have prospective
customers for more than we have for
sale, we have a right to provide for
the wants of our allies before feeding
any other nation, particularly when
that nation uses what we sell to feed
our enemies. Our rights are clear.
The President has an effective weapon
at hand, and he should use It.
In indicting the heads of the tongs,
the grand Jury is at last going after
the men who hire the Chinese gun
men. J5y treating the tong murders
as the work of conspiracies, of which
gunmen are the tools, the authorities
have some chance of ending Chinese
anarchy.
A man who could speak In thirty
languages was drowned in an Alaska
river, probably because he did not
run the gamut In yelling for help.
Very likely, the suffragists are an
gry because the President pardoned
them. There Is no sense in being a
martyr and saying, "Thank you!"
If fish were as numerous as some
of the Slimmer fishermen would have
us believe they are, the food prob
lem would be solved for all time.
Idaho needs 4000 men for the early
harvest, but Idaho was one of the
first equal suffrage states and the
statement is subject to revision.
Unlucky Friday, Is It? Not for the
man not drawn. Or for the man who
Is drawn, either, if he appreciates
the honor done him.
Klamath Falls docs not stand on
technicalities. It showed that when
it made an I. W. W. attorney leave
the county.
Jackson County will hold a real
fair this year, and not a race meet
with a few vegetables on the side-
General Grant was a bigger man
than all the copperhead editors who
would belittle him now.
It 19 8-n. uncomfortable year for the
man who thinks the world owes him
a living, without work.
Chicken-thief oratory in the Senate
is not putting, any chickens on the
tables of the people.
The Hop Sings can get even by
inveigling the other tongs Into a life
insurance company.
The big things in this country are
done on Friday, since the day Colum
bus came ashore.
Russian riots are no more deadly
than an old-fashioned Fourth of July
celebration.
We have had a "liberty' loan. Who
can prediot what the next one will
be called?
The X-ray skirt Isn't needed this
season. There Is too much In sight
as it is.
Villa has taken another town and
murdered the garrison In the regular
Villa way.
Give your car to the pioneers today
and go along to be a good fellow.
The pioneers got off without the
big rata.
How to Keep Well.
By Dr. W. A. Kvana.
Questlons pertinent to hygiene, sanitation
and prevention of diseases, 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 Umlta-
tioas and where stamped addressed envelope
is inclosed. r. Evans will not make diagno
sis or prescribe for Individual diseases. Re
quests for such services cannot be answered.
(Copyright, 1916. by Dr. W. A. Evans.
Published by arrangement with, the Chicago
Tribune.
BILIOUSNESS.
BELIEF in biliousness Is nearly uni
versal and always has been. When
the savage opened the body he noted
the size of the liver and Its striking
color. Likewise the bile was unlike
any other substance Jn the body in its
color and in its consistency. Naturally
he concluded that the organ and its
secretion had much to do with the
body. Perhaps it. was also natural for
him to link the Influence of the liver
with moods and other mental states,
such as melancholia and biliousness.
Having started, it was natural that the
opinions of the Influence of the liver
should travel to all peoples. The scien
tists have been so slow In discovering
the function of the liver that the old
opinions hold on.
The symptoms of biliousness are
many. They are as hazy as they are
abundant. When a man Is bilious he
Is irritable and unreasonable. Ha is de
pressed and morbid. The world is not
going right with him and he does not
care. He has no fight back in him,
He Is without pep. Bo much for the
mental side.
Now for the physical. He may have
a headache or be dizzy or notice specks
floating before his eyes. He may either
have but little appetite or else his ap
petite may be abnormally great. If he
is a very old-fashioned man he will
look at his tongue. ' If so he will find
it coated. If he is also an old-fashioned
observer he will note that his skin "Is
not clear." If he has hemorrhoids he
will note that "they -are worse." If he
Is subject to intermittent spells of bad
breath some one will call his attention
to that as an unpleasant symptom. If
he has been subject to severe bilious
attacks for some time he may have
gotten into the habit of saying that
he has an attack of the blues, that his
liver is torpid and that he needs a dose
of calomel.
The liver cannot bo wholly cleared
of responsibility for biliousness. A part
of the symptoms Is due to the failure
of the liver to do all that It Is called
upon to do. Calomel will give relief.
So will aloes or any other purgative.
But to charge the liver with responsi
bility la like overloading a willing
horse and then abusing him because he
oannot pull it all. Temporary relief
can be had from 13 hours of hunger
and purgation. Calomel is no better
as a purge than salts, improved com'
pound cathartic. pills or castor oil. All
purges stimulate the liver.
The cure lies in readjusting the hab
its. The amount of muscle work done
must be in proportion to the food tak
en. The amount of meat and eggs
eaten must not be greater than is re
quired to repair the waste in tissue
from work. Nor the amount of
starches, sugars and fata greater than
the requirements of heat and energy,
If one must supply an overgrown ap
petite let him fill up on watery fruits
and vegetables. If he wants to eat
heavily of richer foods let him earn
the right by working in the field or
riding horseback. If he would escape
constipation let him eat bran, fruit and
vegetables. This constitutes the only
royal road In biliousness.
Army Might Help Him.
Mrs. G. P. M. writes: "Would a young
man be accepted by the Army who had
been operated on for varicocele two
years ago and Is compelled now to
wear a support all the time? He is also
from 10 to 15 per cent under weight.
What effect would Army duty have on
his health?
REPLY.
The probability Is that the varicocele
would not disqualify this young man. If he
Is well developed and of good physique his
underweight win not disqualify htm. If
his underweight goes hand in hand with
poor chest and shoulders It would. Army
Ufa could be expected to better the health
and the physical development of the young
man, -
Medley of Questions.
Mrs. J. G. writes: "1. Please Inform
me of cure. If any, for calloused and
cracked soles of feet, skin very thin
like parchment; patient man of 73
healthy, hearty eater; outdoors great
deal, and has always worked hard. 2
Should a man this age have blood pres
sure taken whether ailing or not?
3. Please give me diet for baby girl 10
months, now breast fed at four-hour
Intervals, sleeps 14 hours day and
night. When should I wean her? I do
not know what to feed and how often.
4. What does an uneven pulse indicate
in a woman of 267 6. .What can be
done for a baby having a cold, with
hoarseness? 6. May I offer the read
era the following? Give your children
sweets consisting of raisins, nuts, dates,
figs and prunes run through food
grinder, roll In sugar and be sure to
call It candy."
REPLY.
l. hud tne xeet onoe a day with some
animal or vegetable oil. Wear cushion shoes.
If this does not suffice, see a chiropodist.
2. No.
8. 'Begin to wean her when you read this,
At that time she will be 11 months old.
Start with one artificial meal a day. Grad
ually change from the breast. Have her
completely weaned when she Is one year old.
begin wth a mixture containing 11 ounces
of milk, 9 ounces of water, and ounce
of malt sugar. Rapidly Increase the strength
of the mixture until It stands: Milk, 15
water, 6. Give swelback or cracker and
fruit Juice. Put butter on the swelback.
little later add cereals, finely mashed vege
tables, and meat soup. Next add finely
chopped meat or egg or bone with a little
meat on It.
At 13 months a child Should, be fed at
0, 10, 2, and 10 P. M.. with fruit Juloe at
9 A. M. The 6, 10 and 0 meals should be
limited to milk and craoker, swelback, or
toast, with a little oereal or gruel. Tbe 10
p. M. meal, If one Is given, should be lim
ited to milk. The 2 P. M. meal should In
elude some vegetables, meat Juice, or broth
and bread, as well as milk. Give milk from
a cup.
4. My advice is that you have a physician
examine your breast.
5. Be certain that this Is not due to dlph
therla. If you are certain of that, give
laxative, feed as lightly as possible, give
water to drink, keep the child in a moder
ately cool, well ventilated room. Goose
grease on the chest does no harm. It does
no good.
After Operation.
J. S. writes: "After an operation for
appendicitis Is the Intestine ever left
fastened to the wall of the abdomen?"
MPL
Yes.
In Other Days.
Twent y-f i-ve Years Afto.
(From Tbe Oregonlan et July 20, 1891)
Washington. Secretary of State Fos
ter announced today that an entirely
satisfactory settlement has been
reached between the United States and
Chile respecting indemnity on account
oi tne assault upon the crew of toe
United States steamer Baltimore.
Among the arrivals In Portland yes
terday was an Immigrant wagon all
the way from old Missouri with, the
family safely stowed away within it.
One of the moot interesting features
of the outfit was a live 'possum, said
to be the first live animal of this spe
cies to be seen in Portland.
The new schoolhouse on the old
grounds in Holladay's Addition is un
der way. In Mount Tabor Villa the
new school is completed and it Is one
of the handsomest schools In the
county.
The consolidation of the Willamette
Falls Electrio Company and the Gen
eral Electrle Company, being the ab
sorption of the former by the latter,
has been accomplished, and was made
known yesterday upon the return of
P. F. Morey and F. V. Jiolman from tne
East.
The appointment of the new chief of
the fire department will be celebrated
tonight with a grand free open-air con
cert at Portland Heights Park by the
Marine Sand of 2o pieces. If these
concerts are appreciated they will be
given every Wednesday evenln.tr.
weather permitting.
Half at Ceatnry Ago.
(From The Oregonlan of July 20, 186T.)
Several persons owning- land adloin.
lng Wapato Lake, Washington County,
have determined to drain the lake eo
that their land may be made dry and
m ior cultivation. They have there
fore gone to work cutting a ditch to
carry off the water into the Tualatin.
Last evening we received a cost of
the Iowa State Register. Just three
weeks and a day from the press. This
is the quickest time ever made by a
newspaper in the malls from the East
ern states to Portland.
Buffalo. The Fenian demonstration
today was a great success. A large
numper or r eman soldiers turned out.
together with many citizens from every
quarter. Several Fenian generals were
present.
London. The srreat naval review off
Splthead. in honor of the visit of the
Sultan of Turkey, was one of the most
magnificent spectacles ever witnessed
in English waters. The squadron
numbered 80 vessels. Including eight
ironclads.
The directors of the Oregon Iron
Works, at their meeting on Thursday
evening, decided to accept the proDosi
tlon of the Governor for the sale of
the old penitentiary building. The
company intends to have machinery In
ana at worn within the next 30 days.
BIQ JOB PLANNED FOR AIRMEN
Thousands of Tons of Water Needed to
Help Wheat Crop of Northwest.
CLATSKANIE. Or., July 18. (To the
Editor.) To save the Northwest wheat
orops, why would It not be possible to
have airplanes or heavier aircraft
equipped with sprinkling apparatus
similar to a street sprinkler, only on
larger scaie, ana have them fly over
the fields, supplying the much-needed
moisturer
I know that this Is a startling Idea,
but It might set mechanical geniuses to
studying upon the possibilities of this
Plan to overcome drouth.
It would have the advantage of not
mashing down the standing grain and
duplicating nature in method. If it
could be worked out practically. Please
pass this idea on to food conserva
tionists. MRS. GRACE LEE TICHENOR.
Mechanical geniuses may be deterred
from wasting much time on experi
ments with aircraft sprinkling by the
fact that the equivalent of one Inch
of rainfall on a. quarter-section would
require about 16,000 tons of water.
A PLEA TO Jl'PITER PLUVIUS.
BY JAMES BARTON ADAMS.
Q Jupiter Pluvlus, durn your old pelt,
say, what Is detaining you, pray? Oh.
why do you cause us poor mortals to
swelt in such diabolical way? Old
Sol, as a ball of fierce fire in the sky,
with doubly Intensified flames. In
fiendlshnesa seems to be trying to fry
the fat from our suffering frames.
The earth is as dry as Congressional
speech, the leaves on the trees hang
their heads, the gardensass everywhere
threatens to bleach and die in their
blistering beds, the ranchers are losing
their piety and are careless in things
they may say as their eyes sweep the
scope of the sun-blistered land and
hopes of good crops ooze away. All
through the long months of the Winter
and Spring you wasted your aqueous
store and in your malignancy threatened
to bring a deluge like that one of
yore, and now when the earth needs a
copious bath Its productive power to
enrich it rouses our quite uncontrol
able wrath to find you asleep at the
switch. Wake up, you old snoozer, get
on to your Job raise up the flood
grate let 'er rain, and causa the sad
hearts of the people to throb with
unalloyed gladness again.
Pharmacy School in Portland.
PORTLAND, July 19. (To the Edi
tor.) Kindly advise me: (1) If there
is a school of pharmacy In Portland,
and If so, where is It? (2) Also at
what t'me and where will the Iowa,
Nebraska and Minnesota societies hold
their annual picnic7 MARY WALSH.
1. North Pacific College of Pharmacy.
Hast Sixth and Oregon. 2. Iowa Society
plcnlo will be held July 21 at Laurel
hurst Park. Minnesota Society picnic
was held at Oaks July 17. Nebraska
Society date not yet announced.
Credit In Homestead Proof.
BAR VIEW, Or.. July 17.-(To the
Editor.) Are enlisted men of the
United States Coast Guard (which au
tomatically goes under the Navy In
time of var) entitled to the same
credits as enlisted men of the Navy
and Army in, making final proof on a
homestead? J. II. S.
From the date that the man became
part of the regular military or naval
establishment, and so long as the war
lasted, he would be entitled to credit
in making proof on his homestead.
GiunmoslM.
PORTLAND. July 18. (To the Edi
tor.) I have several large Royal Anne
cherry trees In my garden and the gum
is running from them so excessively I
am afraid they will die. Will you kind
ly tell me what to do to prevent It?
SUBSCRIBER.
Gummosls is the trouble. Write to
the Oregon Agricultural College for
bulletins on this subject-
No.
CHEHALI3. Wash.. July 17. (To the
Editor.) When I have subscribed for
a paper, can publishers collect for same
after the expiration of the time sub
scribed for? I have been receiving a
paper end - the publisher threatens to
sua if I do set pay for overtime.
C if. BL
Hokus Pokus Censorship.
(The following article, printed In the Chi
cago Herald, was written by James K.eeley,
its managing editor.)
TODAY American newspapers are ex
ercising a voluntary censorship.
They observe requests not to prints
They are co-operating actively with the
Government to mask military and naval
movements. They are doing their duty
"playing the game" like good boI
dlers. But they are doing it under con
ditions that are unnecessary, exasper
ating, unjust.
Every decent newspaper man Is per
fectly willing to abstain from print
ing anything that might, even by the
wildest stretch of imagination, con
ceivably be of advantage to the enemy.
Hut the Herald, speaking for Itself. Is
growing extremely fatigued at being
asked to do one thing one moment, the
reverse before the ink is dry on the
original request and then something
else before the minute hand of a watch
has completed Its revolution. This state
ment Is not in the least exaggerated.
The steamer Manchuria was recently
rammed by the ancient monitor Amphi
trite in New York harbor. The Herald
was asked not to print the name of the
monitor. It consented. Lated permis
sion to print it was given. Permission
monitor. It consented. Later permis
sion was withdrawn. All this In the
space of an hour or so at night Just
about press time. The Herald did not
print the name of the monitor, but a
few days later moving pictures In Chi
cago showed the Manchuria after the
accident and at the same time made
publio the name of the monitor. Sup
pression of the monitor's name from
the press was supposedly to keep Gar-
mans from learning the location of a
war vessel. Of course no Germans
Visit the movies!
Another case: Not lon since New
York harbor was closed by admiralty
orders. Submarine nets were stretched
across the mouth. The afternoon papers
printed the news with headlines clear
acrosB the front page. Morning news
papers were asked to say nothing about
It, as the information might help the
enemy. The only possible ground for
such action Is the theory that enemy
submarines and German spies In our
midst do not read the afternoon news
papers. Another secret from our voluntary
censorship prison house: The Root com
mission to Russia recently passed
through Chicago. The Herald applied
to the authority In Washington desig
nated to settle the propriety of war
news publications. "Certainly. go
ahead!" was the reply. So the news of
the Root commission's entry and de
parture from Chicago was printed. Two
days later authorities in Washington
were citing the Herald article as a rea
son for drastic censorship.
Isolated instances? Hardly. During
the last few days one press association
has been accusing another press asso
ciation of all manner of wlckedess be
cause It circulated a story about the
arrival of American troops in Prance.
Here is one association's statement to
editors of the way Washington played
battledore and shuttlecock with this
particular piece of business:
"We received a cable telling of the
landing of American troops in France
early this afternoon. Immediately we
asked the War Department's permis
sion to print the news. We were ur
gently requested not to print the news,
or even a hint of It. and that we would
be quickly informed when we could
print lt Just before our first bulletin was
sent out this afternoon another press
association sent out the story. To pro
tect our subscribers we then sent it
out. The Washington office Informed
the War Department and the publio In
formation committee of all the facts,
and we were requested to kill the bul
letin, whlrh we did. with the under
standing tha.t the other press associa
tion which first printed the story would
do likewise. Later we were told to re
lease the story. A few minutes later we
were asked again to kill. Still later we
were told once more It would be all
right to send it to you."
Then there is the Billings, mission to
Russia. The Herald was asked to say
nothing about it not even the person
nel of the party which, incidentally,
had been officially given out in Wash
inston several days before. A totally
Innocuous story simply saying the
mission was on tho way and containing
nothing of the point of departure or tho
route was thereupon lifted from the
forms. Half an hour later permission
to print exactly the kind of a story we
had in type came over the wire.
On July 3 Secretary Daniels gave out
a statement about the victory of Amer
ican ships with the expedition to
Franco over German submarines in
force in two separate engagements.
The announcement same at the psycho
logical moment. It was compared to
Grant's telegram from Vicksburg, to
Meade's from Gettysburg. The country
thrilled at the news of the first suc
cessful engagement on a fairly large
scale and with gratitude for the safety
of our boys. Judge of the shock in
newspaper offices and outside when
a dispatch practically denying the
whole affair came, dated July 6. from
the "Base of the American Flotilla in
British Waters."
That cable flatly stated that the pri
vate attitude in oflicial circles with
the flotilla was that Secretary Daniels
statement was Inaccurate. It said there
was no submarine fighting, no torpe
does were seen and there had been no
gunfire from destroyers at submarines.
One of the destroyers, it said, dropped
an explosive charge as a precaution,
but no submarine or wreckage was
seen. It explained that "destroyers
frequently fire at logs or anything
which might prove to be a periscope."
"The officials," it concluded, "decline
to add any details from this point."
Quickly came a statement from Sec
retary Daniels that the original state
ment of July S was based on official
Information and that the story from
the base of the American flotilla In
British waters was "not true." One
press association a little later tele
graphed editors to kill" the dispatch
from the "base of the American flotilla
in British waters." since its accuracy
was challenged on what seemed to be
sufficient authority. Another dispatch
on the same subject stated that Adml
dal Gleaves' report, on which Secre
tary Daniels based his statement, told
in detail how the troop 6hlps had been
attacked and added that the gunners
were certain they had destoyed one
submarine. -
At this point, according .to the Chi
cago Tribune, Mr. Creel, In charge of
the Bureau of Public Information, en
ters into the story. It prints a dispatch
from Washington stating that "Mr.
Creel admitted he wrote the announce
ment of the American victory which
Secretary Daniels issued, and that he
had elaborated upon the official report
received from Admiral Gleaves, com
manding the convoy." As there might
be some question as to the extent that
the official report had been elaborated
to make July 4 more Joyous, the Trib
une correspondent quotes himself as
suggesting that the official report itself
bo made puhlic The request was not
complied with.
This dispatch was dated July 6 and
yesterday Mr. Creel returned to the
charge. He Issued a statement that
any Intimation that "elaboration"
meant there had been an alteration
was a He. He denied that he had Bald
at any time he had written the Daniels
statement or that he had made any
statement giving the right to assume
that the facts had been altered or col
ored. On the conrary, ha declared. Sec
retary Daniels dictated the statement
with the Gleaves report in hand and It
was his own announcement to the
American people. There was no Inten
tion of creating the impression that ha
was using the exact language of the
report. The official text, he added, was
not given out because it contained
matter which the Navy experts decided
should not be mads publio.