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WRTI.AXD, SATURDAY, JTJI.T Zl, 1917.
MUDDLING THE WAR,
Muddle is the only word
there will be no glory for anybody.
But the Colonel can help him to win.
Senator Knox is an unswerving' sup
porter of all Mr. Wilson's war meas
ures, though of ', the opposite party
and from a state whose chief Indus
try has been hit hard by the Presi
dent's tariff policy, while obstruction
has come chiefly from the Democrat
ic ranks. Senator Johnson, of Cali
fornia, is a man of high ability, dy
namic force and unquestioned loyalty.
Representative Julius Kahn put the
draft bill through the House, when
the man whose duty it was balked. .
The Imperative need at present is
that Congress cease obstruction and
give the President all the power he
needs. A feeling of inarticulate ex
asperation prevails at the Senate's
treatment of the food bill, and the
President has only to open fire in
order to start such a storm of indig
nation as will whip the Senate- into
line with him. Let the Gores, Reeds,
Hoke Smiths and their like howl
"Dictator!" till they 'are hoarse; the
occasion requires dictatorial power.
The same cry was raised against Lin
coln, but the men who raised it are
forgotten, while Lincoln's fame will
never die.
measures, at least. By demonstrating there were no other reason but It
that personal contact Is responsible, is passing strange, when one ponders
they emphasize the Importance of on it, that the story should have had
early and strict quarantine. By show- I a throng of devout believers, among
log that Infection must take place I people otherwise well ordered and
through the mucous membrane, and possessing intelligence sufficient to
that certain individuals are deficient carry on successfully the ordinary
in protective elements of that mem- business and social affairs of life,
brane, they point the way to prophy-
umuucui .mi iiic.oui a v - i sin nRKnny rw t-jtv mvna
caution. As a result of investigations I
which
adequately describes the manner of
organizing the American Nation for
the war. Blundering preparation for
the draft and the last-minute change
In the method of drawing numbers of
selected men are simply the latest
examples of muddle. We have an
Administration which was organized
for peace, which has set its face not
only against war but against prepar
edness for war, and which is com-
Dosed mainly of men selected for
party service, for sectional reasons
and to a limited degree for their abil
ity to perform tasks of peace. As
subordinates they have bureau chiefs
and permanent officials who are
slaves to precedent and regulations.
The great body of business men who
patriotically rushed to the aid of the
Government find the way barred by
a barrier of red tape as Impassable
as a barbed-wire entanglement.
There has been muddle from the
Btart. Secretary of the Treasury
McAdoo bungled the liberty loan, and
Its success was due to the patriotic
efforts of the banks, the bond houses
and the people.
Secretary Daniels has wasted his
limited ability on driving hard bar-
grains with men who supply the Navy.
He was primarily responsible for the
fake story of the submarine attack
on the transport fleet.
Secretary Baker got Into a wrangle
witn secretary or me interior jiano
about the price of coal, he delayed
contracts for Army cantonments until
the end of June and he is responsible
for the draft muddle.
The newspapers Imposed on them
selves a voluntary censorship, but
their patriotism was chilled and Con
gress was antagonized by an attempt
to gag them.
Shipbuilding at full speed Is still
delayed by the Interminable quarrel
between General Goethals and the
Shipping Board, though the president
of the New York Chamber of Com
merce warns us that, "if the present
rate of sinkings is maintained with
out the full force of our Industrial
efforts, there can be only one con
clusion, and that is that we shall lose
the war."
A factious clique of Senators, moved
by concern for selfish Interests, by
Jealousy of the President's power or
even by a secret desire to limit our
military effectiveness obstructs the
food-control bill and pulls its teeth.
The people are willing enough, but
are actually held In check by the
men who should be, but are Incom
petent to be, their leaders.
It was hoped when the British and
French commissions came to the
United States that our Government
would profit by the experience of the
allies to avoid their mistakes. It is
repeating their experience of the first
year of war and, unless it mends Its
ways, it will commit blunders as dis
astrous as theirs. Britain started
with a partisan government composed
of peace statesmen, who gave up re
luctantly the organization and meth
ods of peace. They then tried to win
with a coalition government under
the same head and composed largely
of the men who had already failed
Not until last December did Britain
organize a non-partisan government
for war purposes, composed of men
who had proved their ability to con
duct a war. The most revolutionary
step taken In forming the Lloyd
George Cabinet was the scrapping of
a lot of political statesmen and the
substitution of such business-states.
men as Lord Rhondda and Sir Joseph
P. Maclay.
President Wilson has been elected
for four years and could not be dis
placed if the people wished, as was
Premier Asquith, but he can do the
other things which Britain has done.
and he must do them, if. we are to
win. He should begin by shaking out
the second and third-rate men who
are rattling around in high places and
by supplanting them with men of the
first rank. He los one of his strong
men when he let Lindley M. Garrison
resign, and should call him back,
James W. Gerard has proved that he
Is made of sterling stuff by defying
Prussianlsm in its citadel through two
and a half years. Henry Morgenthau
made good as Minister to Turkey and
could be put In harness. Men of
equal quality can be found in Con,
gress.
But in seeking able lieutenants, the
President has no right to limit him
self to members of his own party. He
Reeds the aid of the ablest men of all
parties and it is his duty to use them,
The people look to him to win the
war with the best tools he can find
regardless of their political brand
For the duration of the war the peo
ple have forgotten party, and they
expect the President to do likewise,
If Mr. Wilson succeeds, he Is apt to
find himself at the head of a party
very differently composed from that
which has twice elected him. At the
risk of shocking some sensitive souls,
we might paraphrase the words of
" General von Falkenhayn by saying:
t. 1,111 LUC isc&i 1-IV. -3 ( 1 , 1 1A Uil. vvcw.
The President's ff.rst excursion from
the Democratic ranks for men to aid
him the selection of Elihu Root for
the special mission to Russia brought
good results. Why not go farther
along the same line? His inability to
use Colonel Roosevelt's great powers
-- in thA A rmv snnilld nnt rniiRp tlinsp
:ttnmpr tn 11a fnllnw. ThA rrJonAl Is
ready to serve in any capacity. Tne
- President has no right to consider
whether this would promote Colonel
V Roosevelt's political ambition, and.
- politically, there is no need. If we
win, all others will be second to Mr.
' Wilson in public acclaim. If we lose,
THE LAST WORD.
"The Russian failure to hold the
Germans in Last Galicla," says the
official statement from Petrograd,
"was due to extremist detachments
holding meetings and discussing the
advisability of obeying orders, which
some regiments had refused to obey,
We used to hear of the Wisconsin
idea, and the Oregon system; and now
the fate of civilization Is jeopardized
by the Russian delusion of democracy
and Its duties and powers.
Your Russian soldier "will fight if
he pleases or will run when he is
ready; and the higher command can
go hang. The old-fashioned rule that
it is a soldier's duty to obey has gone
to the discard in Russia. It is not
the soldier's duty to do anything' but
consult his own sweet will. The bar
vest will be no soldiers, no army and
no free Russia.
A referendum on the battlefield!
It is the last and final word In Rus
sian TJ'Renism.
. J c . v. i l . t Vxn11AAj4 Vi o , I
"UC - u" itlM are going the right way about
I TZ-u v v I . Z. T i PU"ing an end to tons feuds in Ore-
"Ja" ""V V , k00- Tho frequency of murders of
co-operation on the part of the public ChInese by thelr feliow.countrymen
and the impunity of the murders have
FREE delivery. I been a disgrace to the state, particu-
One hundred or more merchants of I larly to Portland, where most of these
the Nation met at Washington the crimes have been committed. Ad-
other dav and aexeed to eliminate un- ""eaiy it is aiincuit to onng tne
" 1 nV.. 1 I 1 i J . 1 i 1 ,
necessary delivery of purchases. It J
. . , .. . , , are of foreign race, speak a foreign
ia not wnony clear uo mci.- , which is known to few
enced eye, and may not be to others', Americans and herd together as a
just what deliveries are unnecessary, clan In a few houses. But a com
It will be agreed, however, that a munlty which allows its laws to be
large proportion are. Any delivery defied earns contempt, and no dlffl-
which might be avoided by carrying culty should daunt police and prose-
ome a purchase is duplication of cutors.
service and therefore involves need-I As with other criminal conspiracies,
less cost. the only way to deal with the tongs
An elaborate system of free dellv-1 ia to catch the heads of the organ-
ery of goods, has grown up through- ization, who Instigate the crimes and
out the Nation and it will not be easy hire the murderers, and to punish them.
to modify it greatly. It may not be it is useless to punish none but the
modified at all, under the conditions assassins who take a life for (20, for
of competition In most cities, unless their masters can and will hire more
the National Council of Defense takes I at the same price. As with the Molly
hand or a business dictator Is I Maguires In Pennsylvania, the Night,
created. I riders in Tennessee and other like
There is of course no such animal I organizations, conviction of the prin
as free delivery. It Is paid for by the I cipals will soon break up the whole
customer. Every package of pins or combination, at least so far as this
yard of cloth or pound of potatoes state is concerned. If other states
costs the buyer more because of the should not adopt the same means to
common delusion of free delivery. rid themselves of the tongs, the latter
The vlciousness of the system does are likely to give Oregon a wide berth
not end with the practice by any one after their local chiefs are put in the
establishment of sending articles to I penitentiary.
one's home. A lot of wagons, or
motorcycles, or automobiles perform An Ingenious solution of the prob
the same service, cover the same lent of repopulation of France after
routes and pile up a heavy toll against the war has been offered by a writer
a buying community. Take milk de- in the Paris Medical. He begins with
livery. Is there any economic justi- the postulate that each adult French
fication for a great fleet of milk carts, man owes the state three living chll
ROMANCE Or A POOR TOUNO ASTOIU
For long years the sympathetic and
romantic public has bewailed the fate
of young Henry As tor, who In 18 69
married for love, and not for money,
and was promptly cut off by his
father, William B. Astor, with "only
enough Income for his maintenance"
so the story runs. The object of
Young Astor's unselfish affection was
his father's gardener's daughter, and
they were married, and have lived In
retirement and comparative poverty
at West Copake wherever thaj
for half a century.
Now It develops that the young
scion of a great name who was willing
to marry beneath him has for years
been enjoying the income on 125 par.
eels of property In New York. Per
haps it was not true that the dls.
obedient son was disinherited; or per
haps property valued at only a few
millions say ten or twenty Is the
Astor Idea of poverty.
It Is to be hoped that the brave
and devoted Astor has been amply
rewarded for his deed. He lives, for
getting the world and by the world
forgot, struggling along as best he
can with a scanty ten millions or so,
and with his wife, the poor garden
er's daughter. He Is 8 5, and she is
of suitable age, and they are child-
ess. Fortunate, perhaps, since there
Is so little of this world's wealth to
leave behind.
The world, which has a proper In
terest in other pepple's affairs, would
doubtless like to .know just how many
Astor families there are, and how
much Is the aggregate fortune. It is
a century and more since John Jacob
Astor laid the foundations of the fam
ily wealth, and It has grown to
colossal proportions and has borne at
the same time the burden of many
sons and daughters. Just now there
is much talk about conscription o
wealth to carry on the war. There
ought to be very little difficulty in
determining where to begin.
ABSOLVING THE FLY.
The fly Is responsible for evil
enough as It is, and so it will not be
regretted that he has been absolved
from blame for the spread of lnfan
tile paralysis, by so eminent authority
as. Dr. Hideyo Noguchi, the Japanese
bacteriologist, who has made other
important contributions to medical
science. The value of his latest dis
covery lies in the fact that it narrows
the field of investigation, by the proc
ess of exclusion. Unfortunately, It
does not point the way to a cure.
Dr., Noguchi was associated, in the
making of an elaborate series of
experiments, with Dr. Rokasaburo
Kudo. Both are members of the re
search staff of the Rockefeller Insti
tute for Medical Research. Thei
joint report Is fascinating reading, for
the reason, among others, that it
throws so much light upon the scien
tific paraphernalia -that is available
In the modern laboratory. A great
number of live monkeys, obtained
especially for the ournose. were m
ployed, and flies and mosquitos were
not only obtained from various parts
of the country, but were bred in cages
and watched through several genera
tions. Biting and non-biting flies and
mosquitos were observed under every
possible condition.
ine Japanese scientists are now
prepared to accept as "plausible" the
hypothesis of Drs. Amoss and Taylor
that the incidence of infection may
be due to the absence of a protective
principle which exists in the mucou
membranes of normal Individual
While this protection remains intact.
it is regarded as certain that the virus
of the disease will be destroyed be
fore It becomes established In the In
dividual. The protective substance Is
more generally and abundantly pres
ent in adults than In young children.
and this accounts for the fact that so
few adults become infected. Ab
sence is a highly abnormal condition;
hence In a large family of children
it Is quite probable that only one or
two will be stricken. This apparently
erratic course of epidemics has been
the basis of much speculation in the
past.
Every step, even those which lead
to negative conclusions, is important.
Much has been accomplished In other
investigations by the process of elimi
nation. It is relatively only a few
years since a long train of diseases
was classified under the general head
ing, "Cancer," and scientists have
been able to reduce the death rate
greatly by segregating the false from
the true. The latter remained incur
able, but the former responded to
better-guided treatment. In the case
of poliomyelitis, physicians seem to
be approaching a basis for preventive
At last the state and city author-
loaded down with cans and bottles.
running all over a city, each in com
petition with the other putting its
product on the back porch of the
user? If milk Is worth 6 cents a
quart at the cow. It mounts to 10
cents and more in the bottle, and a
dren, and proposes, first, that those
who do not pay the debt In nature's
manner shall be compelled to pay It
in cash; second, that no child shall
be permitted to Inherit more than a
third of Its parents' estate; and, third,
that the parents of more than three
great part of the extra 5 cents is for children shall receive from the gov-delivery-.
It might easily be less if ernment an indemnity equal to the
there were a common system, serving ascertained cost of rearing and edu-
all dealers, preventing duplication, eating the number in excess of three.
cutting out waste, and operating on The childless household and the cell
schedule. It Is the same with ice I bate , would be left to choose freely
and other commodities. I between the methods of payment
Yet if the milk or ice dealers com- Those who shun the responsibilities
bine and sell through a single agency, of parenthood would simply pay, and
there Is at once a loud outcry against that would be all there would bo
the "trust." If they strive to serve about It. But the penalty, coupled
the public Independently, they appeal I with the Indemnity for larger families.
to the same customers, cover iden- I the writer believes, would bo effective,
tlcal territory and pile up the cost.
which somebody must pay. In the
end it Is the public.
It is the day of waste elimination.
Far-seeing' measures to conserve
and add to the number of dairy cat
tie in the country are regarded as
We are urged to prevent waste In the highly essential to the future welfare
kitchen, in the market. In the store, of the country In view of the paradox
In the field everywhere. It is the I that although meat Is becoming more
right idea. The head of the house and more scarce and higher in price,
might begin by paying cash for what many persons persist In eating too
he buys, and taking it home In his much of It. Milk and Its products are
basket. If everybody were to pur- I an excellent substitute for part of the
sue this commonsense and dignified meat ration. The American Museum
way of supplying his household, the of Natural History has Issued a bulle
results are certain to develop in lower I tin In which it says that only one
prices and more satisfactory pur-1 sixth of the food value of the grain
chases.
SCPERSTITIOX SURVIVES.
Jane Addams is always interesting,
whether one agrees with her con
elusions or not, and her most re
cent contribution out of her experi
ence in sociological work is certain
to start a controversy among psy
chologists. She writes In "The Long
Road of Woman's Memory" of the
devil child" of Hull House, and the
account makes It seem almost as If
we were living again In medieval
times. h or the devil child never
existed, of course we do not have
devil children In the nineteenth cen
tury but people went in throngs to
see it, and would hardly be denied
The imp, or elf, or whatever popular
fancy had made It, was exceedingly
real to thousands. There were times
when the clamor to be admitted to
its presence was positively menacing.
This myth persisted, despite all de
nials. The story obtained wide cir
culation even before it was noticed
by the newspapers. Letters were re
ceived asking for special admission
rates for large parties and an excur
sion from a distant city was proposed.
By what underground system of tel
egraphy, or telepathy, or whatever It
was, the tale traveled, no one knows.
But the amazing feature of it all was
its revelation of the credulity of so
many people In what we refer to as
our enlightened age.
The various versions of the origin
of the "devil child
consumed by cattle is returned to us
when we eat the meat, while milk
is far more economical in every way.
It Is estimated that every family
should purchase at least a third x'
a quart of milk per person per day.
To make this possible In the Nation
as a whole, the herds will need to be
greatly Increased
European War Primer
(T ESS than 60 miles northeast of
JLi Toulon, where American aviators
re receiving Instruction from French
fliers experienced In the problems
of the present war. Is the charming
little sea-bathing and Winter resort
of St. Raphael. Here the French
have an aviation camp of their own,
where they are drilling the men who.
n conjunction with British and Azner-
can airmen, must. In the opinion of
many military experts, win the war,"
says a war geography bulletin issued
from the Washington headquarters of
the National Geographic Society.
St. Raphael is one of the numerous
attractive watering places strung like
beads upon the railway which skirts
the Mediterranean shore from -Marseilles
to Genoa, Twenty miles to the
northeast Is Cannes, and 20 miles still
further on Is Nice. The town, which
has a population of E00O, has no archi
tectural features of interest save an
old church which was once fortified
to resist the inroads of pirates who
frequented the coast In -olden days.
Two events of great historic interest
have written the name of St. Raphael
arge in Napoleonic annals. It was
here that the future Emperor landed
on his return from his Egyptian cam
paign In 1799, and it was from here,
just 15 years later, after causing every
throne in Europe to totter and after
redrawing the map of the whole con
tinent to suit his Imperial will, that
he embarked for his brief period of
exile on the Island of Elba.
Two miles northwest of St. Raphael
is the smaller town of Frejus, now
more than a mile from the sea. Its har
bor filled with silt from the River Ar
gens. More than 1900 years ago Frejus,
under the name of Forum Julii, was
an important seaport, founded by
Julius Caesar and much favored by
Augustus. It was to this port that
the latter sent the ships captured at
the Battle of Actium in 31, B. C, when
Mark Antony deserted his fleet to fol
low Cleopatra in ignominious flight.
Several impressive ruins are still ex
tant to attest the one-time importance
of Forum Julii. There is. for example,
the crumbling shell or tne Arenas, an
amphitheater which is said to have
accommodated from 9000 to 12,000 spec
tators. And there are the remains of
the great aqueduct, its arches towering
60 feet, which brought water to the
town from the River Siagnole, 25 miles
distant.
But Forum Julii has more lmperlsh
able monuments than the amphitheater
and the aqueduct the achievements of
two of its native sons, Agrlcola and
Gallus. It was largely due to the
statesmanlike qualities of Agrlcola
that Britain was finally brought under
complete subjection to Rome, for dur
ing his seven years-as Governor of tne
island he persuaded the natives to
adopt both the customs and the civili
zation of their conquerors- Tacitus,
the historian, has left a highly eulogis
tic appraisal of statesmanship and mil
itary powers of Agrlcola, who was his
father-in-law. Posterity is forced to
rely entirely upon his contemporaries
for an estimate of the genius of Cor
nelius Gallus, none of whose poems has
survived. We have the testimony of
Ovid, however, that he was first among
the elegiac poets of Rome, and Virgil
was also a great admirer of this "For
um Julil-lte."
Among the modern sons of little
Frejus who have won fame are Sleyes,
the French abbe and statesman of the
revolutionary period, and Desaugiers,
the gifted song writer who after bare
ly escaping from the blacks during the
revolution In Santo Domingo came to
the United States shortly after the
colonies had gained their Independence,
and earned his living here by giving
piano lessons.
Olll SOLDIERS AD O. . C LANDS
Special Provision as to Establishing
Residence Ia Suggnted.
PORTLAND, July 20. (To the Edi
tor.) The Oregon-California Railroad
Grant lands recently reverting to the
Government will soon be open for set
tlement. The writer recently made In
quiry of the Department of the Interior
concerning the opening of these lands
and particularly as to the opportuni
ties the soldier boys would have for
making entry when they are finally
opened for settlement. The reply from
the department contained the following
Information: "The classification pro
vided by the act (of June 9, 1916) has
not been completed and no date has
been set for the restoration of any of
said lands to entry. When restorations
are made sufficient notice will be given
so as to enable all parties Interested to
file applications If they desire to do so.
rxo special consideration has been
shown In said act of June 9, 1916, to
soldiers In the matter of making entry
of said land. Persons serving as sol
diers in the United States Army may be
permitted to make entry of said lands.
They must, however, establish resi
dence upon the land so entered within
six months after the date of entry, as
shown on page 11 of the Inclosed cir
cular No. 541 entitled "Suggestions to
Homesteaders, etc' No provision Is
made In said act whereby credit may be
allowed for service In the Army or
Navy of the United States.
It will be observed that no soeclal
consideration Has been shown to sol
dlers or sailors evidently because we
did not. at the time of the passage of
that act, appreciate what a vast Army
the country would have In a few short
months after its passage. "Persons
serving as soldiers In the United States
Army may be permitted to make entry
of said lands." That is fine, but "they
must, however, establish residence upon
tne tana so entered within six months
after the date of entry." It thus ap
pears that our boys, the ones to whom
every possible advantage and favor
should be offered, are among the few
who are excluded and from whom all
opportunity is cut off, for It Is only too
plain that the soldier cannot "establish
residence upon the land" until dis
charged from service.
It ought to be clear and plain enough
to everyone that this matter should
Twenty-Five, Tears Aco.
From The Oreironlan of July 21. 1892.
New York. Madison Square Garden
was packed tonight by people Intent
n witnessing the ceremonies attendant
pon the notification of Cleveland and
Swvenaon of their nominations.
B. Campbell, freight agent of the
Union Pacific, who accompanied Pres
ident S. H. H. Clark and family to San
Francisco, returned here with the party
yesterday.
James Lotan. the new Collector of
Customs for this port, took charge c
his office yesterday and was warmly
greeted by clerks in the office, all of
whom are personal friends of his.
Dublin. There was a bloody riot In
New Tipperary today In consequence of
the excitement over the elections. Sev
eral Parnellitea attached a party of
anti-Parnellltes in the street and a hot
encounter with clubs and fists followed.
Moscow, Idaho. Fire broke out this
morning In A Baystrop s restaurant.
hree doors south of the postoffice, and
the blaze soon spread to adjoining
buildings. Many occupants escaped
with their lives only. The conflagra
tion was extensive and damage- was
heavy.
nave early, if not the immediate, atten
tion of Congress and the Department of
the Interior. Thousands upon thousands
of the best men our country has pro
duced have offered to sacrifice and are
sacrificing their all. They have left
comfortable homes, friends and loved
ones, they have abandoned (without
hone of rprnv.rv lnrotiv. ....... i
, ment, estaDiisned business and profes
monai practice all the prospects of the
future are left as nothing. Yet. what
of their return? Surely something
should be offered, not to mmnms.r.
mem. ior sacrnices such as theirs can
not do Dougnt. but rather to erinhlo
them again to take their position
among us in civil life as honored, re
spectacle, self-supporting citizens
sines are already making pro
vision ror tne cominir of th dnv when
It will be found expedient to demobilize
the huge armies now In the field. Can
we afford to do less than thpv? w
have at our disposal these thousands
oi acres or public lands, they have cos
us comparatively little, the general
puouc win get tne benefit of their de
velopment. they will afford the neces
sary opportunity for large numbers o
our soldiers to make good again in civil
life, and such a disposition of them will
not in any way place a burden on those
remaining at home and receiving th
benefits, both direct and indirect, of
tne sacrnices oi tne, soldier.
Again I Insist, something should be
Famous names In American history
will be perpetuated In this great war.
A descendant of Ethen Allen has
joined the marines in Montana and If,
In the name of the great Jehovah and
the Continental Congress, he does not
capture a fort it will be because there
are no German forts afloat.
Speed Is an essential in considering
the case of a man and woman in the
State Penitentiary, who may be guilt
less If the confession of Convict Rig-
gin be true. If they are Innocent,
they should not be held an hour
longer than needed to show their Innocence.
The Michaelis Idea of honorable
peace Is to stop hostilities and leave
the situation as at the start, which is
something the allies cannot accept.
Their idea of honorable peace is to
put Frussianism out of business.
If Seattle should acquire the rest
of the streetcar lines as a sequel to
the strike, it would have a fine op
portunlty to lose still more money
va . Mr than it is losing on the present mu-
the Dark Ages. One was that before nlclPal "aea-
the child was born the father, who
was an atheist, had torn a sacred pic
ture from the wall, with the exclama
tion, "I'd as soon see the devil In
the house as that picture." Another
version was that the father, expect
ing an addition to an already large
family of girls, declared that he wquld
If the railroads do as well In July
as they did In June, they will have
the car shortage abolished about the
time when movement of the crops
starts a new shortage.
That young woman- at Los Angeles
rather have the devil come than an- PeE ner weaatng aate one weeK
other girl. It was quite impossible to ahead, so she can get back to pick
convince some visitors that there was lno peacacs, m " v.u ui .
not actually In Hull House a baby wife for tnriit.
born with cloven feet, horns and a
tail and that horrified its nurses with The method or selection in use to
I . , .1 .J m- -B
a flow of profane language on the ua' lul "10 ""
day it was born,
Miss Addams does not dismiss the
Incident lightly or find an easy solu
tion in the cry of "ignorance." She
attempts to discover a foundation
The fact that most of the credulous
ones were women, she seems to be
lieve, is helpful In reaching a con
clusion. There must be some reason
for this blind confidence in the ex
lstence of such a child, she would
argue, although It will be held by
many that- it Is
cated as the description of it would
indicate. It will be the squarest lot
tery ever held.
In reappointing so many Oregon
postmasters, Wilson slaps the war-
horses for not doing better in No
vember, with all the jobs In sight
for new men.
A good remedy for hot-weather Ills
is to postpone a meal until time for
not necessary that the next.' Looked at rightly, this is
there should be what we commonly not missing one something undesir-
call a "reason" for every superstition. I able.
Experience is needed to navigate
a canoe ln the Willamette, but the
man without it does not know it until
The Army needs straw and It will
be better not to burn so many stacks
after threshing.
She sees a "sex memory" of wrongs
suffered by women in past ages, and
subconscious reaction toward a feel
ing that there must be some sort of
retribution for the "sorry scheme of he capsizes.
things." v
xnis is ritting an argument to a
preconception withv a vengeance. It
would almost seem as if Miss Addams
had developed her own subconscious
"sex memory" rather intensely, but of
course she does not justify credulity,
but only attempts to explain it. To
follow her In her' reasoning, one would
need to accept as proved a good many I Fellows drawn and not required to
tenets on which scientists and meta- go can double the glory by enlisting.
physicians still fail to agree. The
old conflict between heredity and en- I Sixty days seems to be the popular
vironment as major influences on the 1 1. W. W. sentence.
destiny of the individual, for example.
crops out again. We shall not at
tempt to act as umpire in the match.
Of course, the non-existence of the
devil child Is settled Miss Addams'
word on that, score is final, even if
The Boy Scouts of Astoria are thor.
oughbreds. They will pick the cranberries.
Figures may be dry reading,' but
not just now.
Is a forest fire part of the German
scheme?
In Other Days.
fi t reraov this disability of our ten poetry and short stoi
fofjf "d..l0 Irlr.Lth;mat least!read them before audien
II EXP WITH HARVEST IS URGED
Writer Thinks Teacher Ia Worth More
In Field Than Schoolroom.
GERVAIS, Or.. July 17. (To the Ed
itor.) There are three prime elements
in the successful prosecution of the
war. The soldiers at. the front, in
spired by the high Ideals of the prin
ciples for which they fight, will bear
Old Glory triumphantly over the ram-
Darts of Prussian militarism, if sup
ported by a patrlotlo co-operation of
the bther elements of a successful war
fare.
The financial strength of an army Is
all Important, for many a gallant army
has been swept from the Dattleneld not
for want of brains or bravery, but be
cause the proper munitions of warfare
were not in their possession. 'I he
bravest hearts and strongest arms can
not long endure the battlefront with
freezing limbs and empty stomachs.
Oregon has done herself proud by
sending her noble sons to the ranks,
until our ratio stands highest in our
great republic. She has and is ready
to give financial strength to prosecute
the war in full proportion to her sister
states, as shown by her work in buying
bonds and Red Cross contributions.
Next comes the food supply, the third
and last great factor in the trio for cer
tain victory. The farmers and even
the cities have faithfully responded to
the call of our Government to raise
all the food that Intensive farming can
produce.
There yet remains the successful
harvesting of those large crops In
proper time. In earlier days, when but
little more than grain was grown, we
counted on the harvesting of many
acres to the hand, while now the or
chards, vine crops, beans, beets, onions
and potatoes require a little army to
handle the area formerly harvested by
a dozen men.
Our peason Is a month later than nor
mal. The August crops will this year
be harvested in September, if harvest
ed at all.
The valley farmers have always re
lied upon the cities and towns to aid
them In this work, the major part being
finished before the September school
began.
Owing to the. late season and war
conditions It Is up to the cities and
towns if those much-needed crops are
harvested. . In my opinion a true patri
otic teacher is worth more In the har
vest field In September than In the
schoolroom. It will be better for the
children to lay aside the text-book and
learn the true principles of patriotism
by helping win the war, helping to
gather the food to feed battling bro
thers and comrades In foreign lands.
Better to lay -aside for a month the
copy book and write Herbert C. Hoover
that they are helping harvest the large
crops, that his requests are heeded and
vast stores of food are at his command.
. Write to that brother who will be
In the ranks beyond the seas that we
will send him and his comrades choice
food from Oregon, to make that good
right arm strong to strike for the no
ble principles for whioh they fight.
Write him that the chosen one from
the family circle shall not fight alone
when willing hands can gather food
that lifts their strength to victory.
I have full confidence In the patriot
ism of the people of Oregon. I have
spent the better part of my life with
the boys and girls of our state! I have
tried to teach them to be true to their
God, their country and themselves, and
I expect to hear their clarion voices
ring out over hill and dale to war cry
of victory.
Down with the slacker! Help win the
war! WILLIAM C. EG AN
equal opportunity with civilians to
provide for the future. The require
ment that they "must establish a resi
dence upon the land within six months
after the date of entry" is obviously
unfair and should be removed. Con
gress has the power to remove It. Why
should Congress not act?
JAMES A. OANOE.
THE MOTHER'S "HIT."
I sit alone In my room tonight
And my heart is very sad.
For over the sea my laddie has gone.
The only laddie I had.
I'll try to be brave and have courage
vvnile my laddie Is over the sea.
To help him succeed, why, I must be
brave
While he fights for Old Glory and me.
He lives In my heart, alt ho" far away.
My laddie so brave and tall.
The poplars sigh and seem to say -
"What If your laddie should fall?"
Well, what if my laddie should never
return?
If killed In this awful war
I'll try to live closer to God each day
And forget that my heart is sore
For there's many less strong than I,
methlnks.
Who will need my love and cheer;
Let the poplars sigh. I'll "right about
face
And do my wee "bit" while here
J. B. C.
CAUSE OF" BULL RUN STAMPEDE
Mr. Cllne Sayn Defeat Was Good Thins;
for Union In Lone Rnn.
PORTLAND. July 20. (To the Ed
itor.) The defeat and stampede of the
Union forces at the first battle of Bull
Run, July, 1861. is commonly attrib
uted to the raw levies on the Union
side, that discipline and drill of the
Northern troops would have averted
the disaster that overtook them.
This In a measure Is true, but the
fact Is the Confederate force greatly
outnumbered the Union side, as shown
by the official reports of Generals Fry
and Jordan, Adjutants-General of the '
Union and Confederate armies, which
are as follows:
Union. 896 officers, 17.676 enlisted
men and 24 pieces of artillery.
Confederate force. Generals and
staff, 37; infantry, rank and file, 19,569;
cavalry, 1468; artillerymen, 826, with
27 pieces of artillery.
In other words, the Confederates had
In round numbers 2500 men and three
pieces of artillery more than General
McDowell, the Union commander, and
in this number of McDowell's force is
included the Fourth Pennsylvania In
fantry and Varlan's New York Battery,
which, as any veteran engaged In that
battle will remember, were held In the
rear as reserves and not In the engage
ment at all; so that General McDowell
actually had little more than 16,000
men. against 22,000 Confederates, tne
latter led by officers, every one of them
educated at West Point and most of
whom had seen service In. the Mexican
War.
Moreover, the defeat of the Union
Army at the first battle of Bull Run
was the best thing that could have hap
pened. It aroused the North to the
great task In hand and set the Admin
istration to the adoption of measures
necessary for the long and hard strug
gle that was to follow. C. E. CLINE.
HOW TO OBTAIN PUBLICATION
One's Frlenila Are Not Always Unprej
udiced Critics of Writing.
PORTLAND. July 17. (To the Ed
itor) For several years I have writ-
ries. I have
ces and have
always won praise for them, but though
many say they are worthy of publica
tion. I cannot get any publisher to rec
ognize them. Can you tell me how to
present them for publication and how
I can become recognized? What papers
or magazines take volunteer writings?
Would it be better to get them pub
lished myself or to depend on their
merit. I THANK YOU.
Germs In Ills Money.
Louisville Courier-Journal.
"Does your husband subscribe to the
theory that kissing transmits germs?
"No, he thinks that germs are mostly
transmitted by money, and Is very
careful not to, hand me any."
Flood of Tears Costa S-1S.
Chaparal. '
Onyx My wife burst Into a flood of
tears the other night.
Bronx Did she cause any trouble?
Onyx I should say so. Swept away
$4 8 for a new hat In the first torrent.
Many magazines accept the work of
"volunteer" writers and most editors
are keenly on the lookout for budding
genius. If you cannot obtain recogni
tion anywhere there Is probably some
thing the matter with your work. One's
friends frequently are not unprej
udiced critics. Study the kind of ma
terial published in various periodicals
and try to compare your own with It
as you would compare the work of two
strange writers. There Is no conspiracy
on foot to prevent publication of meri
torious productions.
i
Share of Her Candy.
Youth's Companion.
Little Doris Is very polite. The other
day she offered her aunt a share of her
candy.
"Will you have a sugared almond.
Aunt Mary?" she asked sweetly, at the
same time tendering the paper bag.
"Thank you. I will." replied her aunt.
And as she was particular what she ate,
she selected a white one.
"Auntie," said little Doris, "do you
know the difference between the pink
and the white almonds?"
"No, dear," said auntie with a kindly
smile.
"Well, I'll tell you." erplalned Doris.
"They were all pink once, and I sucked
all the pink off the white ones. Didn't
I do it nicely?
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ALL THE WORLD IS A STORY The business of the modern news
- paper is to "cover" that story with impartial completeness. By
the test of its multitude of regular readers The Sunday Oretronian
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THE GIRLS ON THE WAR POSTERS If your face is your fortune,
and you are an American girl to the heart's core, how may you
6erve the flag in better fashion than by posing for posters that
are to urge on recruiting, liberty bonds and Red Cross mercies?
Many girls of the United States have done so, and Barbara Cray
don tells about 'em in a Sunday feature.
YOUR JOB'S TOO SMALL That's Kaufman philosophy. Whiners
should read it more often, and the strong of heart obtain greater
fortitude by a Sunday morning perusal of the Kaufman page, as
it appears weekly in The Oregonian. It gives the ability to grin
and grip.
IN THE SALT CAVES OF AVERY ISLAND Poking around, here
and there, it is Frank G. Carpenter's job to find where things come
from, before they appear on the table. It's a war-time job, and ha
does it well. This week he has located salt sufficient for the sea
soning of a thousand Brobdingnagian soups.
PLENTY OF POEMS There's never a drouth of poesy for the Old
Poems page. The eternal wells of song bubble just as bountifully
as they did a year and more ago, when the Sunday feature of
ancient ballads and songs was originated. The piece you used to
speak at school, before the thatch began to thin, i3 there. Look
for it.
VALUE OF PANAMA CANAL IN WAR By recent tests of the
great Canal it has been demonstrated that an American fleet
could be rushed from one coast to the other in time to meet any
foreign expedition aimed at our 6hores. Charles W. Duke has a
special story about it in The Sunday Oregonian.
NOTHING FORGOTTEN The Sunday Oregonian is complete. Its
news service, both local, National and foreign, affords the latest
authentic information. Its special departments and features are
designed for many tastes. Nothing has been forgotten.
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