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TIIE MORNING OREGONIAN, . FRIDAY. AUGUST IT, 1917.
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PORTI.AXD, FRIDAY, AUGUST 17, 1917
HAYWOOD.
William Haywood was put on trial
fnIdaho, a decade ago, for the brutal
murder of ex-Governor gteunenberg.
It Will be recahed by all persons rea
eonably familiar with the history of
the West, and with the course of labor
Agitation within the past generation,
that Mr. Steunenberg as Governor had
taken a rigorous attitude toward law
breakers and murderers in the Coeur
d'Alene mining troubles, and it was
commonly charged, and generally be
lieved, that his assassination was in
direct sequence of the earlier events.
Harry Orchard, in his remarkable
confession of his many terrible mis
deeds as the hired murderer of the
Inside circle of a certain miners' or
ganization, directly implicated Hay
wood, and told In a most circumstan
tial and convincing way of his criminal
relations with him and with others as
sociated with him. If memory serves,
Orchard's record covered some twenty-six
or twenty-eight murders, all
committed wantonly and mercilessly
as the part of a blqody programme of
revenge and intimidation. It may be
said, without fear of successful con
tradiction, that the Orchard narrative
has never been controverted in any
Important particular. After a long
trial Haywood was acquitted, on a
"not-proven" verdict. The court re
quired corroboration of the Orchard
testimony. It was not forthcoming,
to the satisfaction of the jury. If
Haywood was innocent, then of course
Orehard was a liar: and he, too, ought
to have been set free. Yet Orchard,
sentenced once to hang, and suffered
to live through commutation by a
Governor, is still in prison for his
many crimes; while Hayword is free,
and is pursuing his disloyal and de
structive activities as the head of the
Industrial Workers of the World.
The I. W. W., as they are familiarly
called, now have nulled a general
strike in the Pacific Northwest. Thev
claim to have some 55,000 members
In the four Northwest states doubt
less a gross exaggeration and they
ere employed, if employed at all. In
lumber mills and logging camps and
allied industries, and in farms and
orchards. Their leaders make the in
solent demand that "nil union men
now hejd as class-war prisoners" must
be released from jails before that date,
or they will further paralyze work in
the mills and the forests and on the
farms. ,It may be supposed that they
will make good their threat if they
can. They have wrought much havoc
already, and they have the spirit and
Intent to do more.
The avowed purpose of the I. W. W.
organization is to overthrow the wage
system and to eliminate the "master"
class. To that end they threaten and
employ direct action. It is recalled
that Haywood himself issued a de
fiant letter, addressed to President
Wilson, in which he made certain high
demands and offered bold proclama-
tion of his power to do harm to in
dustry throughout the Nation. The
self-revelation of the troublesome Hay
wood purpose surely put the White
House on notice as to what manner
of man Haywood is and what kind
of organization he represents. The
Government, however, was not igno
rant of the outside activities nor inside
policies of the I. W. W., nor of the
personnel of its leaders; for it now
appears that it has kept in touch with
events throughout the country and has
determined to take hold of the I. W.
W. menace with a resolute hand.
There is no other way. The Nation
is in dire peril, and the I. W. W. has
rot only no thought of performing
, any patriotic service, but .it plans
clearly to take advantage of the Na
tion's embarrassment to push its
claims for recognition and power.
The I. W. W. has, so far as it could,
assumed charge of the campaign for
an eight-hour day. Yet it Is opposed
to the wage system on principle, and
is not for an eight-hour or any other
kind of a wage day for any workmen.
3t would abolish capital. It would
destroy the master class. It would
give every man what he earns and all
lie earns. There would be no employ
ers and no employment. But mean
while, one club to overthrow order
and industry is as good as another and
the eight-hour day is seized.
It is the first duty of Government
row to protect itself and to save de
mocracy. It is justified in taking any
measure, consistent with the principles
of the highest law self-preservation
and the dictates of a common hu
manity to win the deadly war in which
it is engaged. It need not be as
sumed that the membership of the
I. W. W. is unpatriotic; but it may be
safely assumed that it is in great part
patriotic, but is misled by self-seeking
and mischief-making leaders. If they
are dealt with sternly, the whole prob
lem will be solved.
A beginning should bo made with
Haywood.
The plan of making his race horses
raiss their own feed has been adopted
by a sportsman in Indiana, one of the
few remaining centers of breeding fast
animals, and the practice is doing
much to justify the existence of ani
mals that otherwise would seem to
l)e chiefly ornamental. One mare
with a mark of 2:10 was worked to
the plow, in moderation, all Spring,
and with other harness stock has been
employed in general farm work ever
since, and all are now to be with
drawn for training on the speed
course. They are all said to be in
fine condition for the coming track
season. It would bo unfortunate for
us to stop breeding fast horses, be
cause these have stimulated the pro
duction of highly useful stock and
liave helped to maintain the standard,
which Is now seriously threatened by
the sacrifice of the best medium
weight horses for war. Race betting
having been almost abolished, some
other incentive must be found or the
breeding of fast horses will become
a lost art.
NO STRINGS?
Discussion of the terms and condi
tions that might be incorporated in
a new law authorizing the Port of
Portland to Issue bonds for shipbuild
ing purposes is purely academic.
Adoption of that law for the pres
ent awaits a special session of the
Legislature. The last Legislature au
thorized the Port to bond itself,
upon approval of a majority of the
voters of the port, for approximately
$1,000,000 to finance shipbuilding and
ship operating. Now some Portland
citizens discover that that is not
enough money for the purpose, and
they ask the Governor to call in the
Representatives and Senators from the
up-state counties and Multnomah, at
the expense of the whole state, to cor
rect the error in judgment or esti
mates made by the Port of Portland
when the law was framed a short six
months ago.
We have no idea that the Governor
will call the special session, and so
we say that discussion of the terms of
the proposed law is purely academic.
Yet it is. just as well to point out that
Mr. Nottingham, who writes a letter
today on the subject, is mistaken in the
notion that the state at large is not
interested in the extent to which Port
land may Incur indebtedness.
Portland holds one-third of the tax
paying property of the state. Every
thing done which calls for payment of
taxes for the benefit of the three-thirds
is based on the ability of all property
to bear its just proportion of the cost.
Clearly it is to the interest of the two
thirds to see that the one-third is not
so heavily obligated that state-wide
enterprises cannot be undertaken. The
constitution now and always has lim
ited county indebtedness, and for no
other reason that we know of except
that it is essential to the welfare of
the whole state that no portion of it
.bankrupt itself through extravagance
or profligacy.
We, too, are discussing the matter
academically. It is not intended to be
said that the proposed shipbuilding
programme would be extravagant or
profligate, but the purpose is merely
to answer the argument that use of
the emergency clause to defeat a ref
erendum on any law permitting large
local indebtedness is of no concern to
the remainder of the state. It is.
ALCOHOL. AND CAKOI.INR.
It i difficult to say offhand why
there should be a limit to the punish
ment of a man who drives an auto
mobile while drunk. A New Yoric
judge recently set an excellent ex
ample by sending such an offender
to juil for a year and fining him $500.
Portland is more leiiieat, but pern.tps
will not nlwr.ys be so. Whatever" pen -alty
is needed to stamp out the prac
tice ought to be inflicted.
There is a graphic saying that gaso
lino and booze do not mix. The truth
of it is not limited to its chemical
sense. The driver with even a mod
erate quantity of intoxicant under his
skin is a menace to innocent and sober
people, pedestrians as well as other
autoists. There may be some ques
tion whether an arbitraiy speed limit
is always desirable, it being recog
nized that a careful driver going thirty
miles an hour in the open may be
safer than a reckless one doing his
ten miles in a crowd, but there is
no room for doubt that the hand that
is shaken by liquor has no business on
the steering wheel.
It makes no difference at all that
in a particular instance no one was
killed or no damage wis done. The
drunken driver is a dangerous man
and an example ought to be made of
him.
THE KAISEK IN THE SI'EI.I.EIt.
The Chicago Board of Education
has voted to "eliminate gradually" a
eulogy of Kaiser Wilhelm which for
some years has been part of the spell
ing book used by the children of the
grammar schools. There is to be no
ruthlessness in the handling of the of
fending book. Appeal to parents to
tea- out the page has been discount
enanced. Authority has been granted
to the superintendent of schools to
bow the Kaiser out, inch by inch, and
close the door behind him gently.
Chicago may be the sixth German
city in the world, as Mayor Thomp
son has said, but it will tolerate no
"strafing," in any event.
Still, when one reads the passage
til a: has aroused protest, and consid
ers how it compares with the facts re
cently disclosed, one is inclined to
wonder why some ruthlessness would
not be permissible. The spelling les
son for the eighth grade includes an
example for distation, entitled, "The
Kaiser in the Making," in which it Is
recorded that Wilhelm when yet a
young prince attending school, refused
to accept an advantage over his fellow
students offered him by a professor
who wished to curry favor. "One may
unhesitatingly say," the lesson con
tinues, "that a boy capable of such an
action has the- root of a fine character
in him, possesses that chivalrous sense
of fair play which is the nearest thing
to a religion that may be looked for
at that age, hates meanness and fa
voritism, and will whenever possible
expose them. There is in him a
fundaamental bent toward what is
cleau, manly and above board."
There are no eulogies of other
rulers in the speller; not even one of
the President of the United States.
But it is now realized that "clean,
manly and aboveboard" is making it
rather strong in describing an Em
peror who has not only condoned, but
is believed to have counseled, many of
the outrages that have distinguished
the present war.
What shall be said, for example, of
the "manliness" of the drowning of
the women and children of the Lusi
tania, or the killing by Zeppelins of
school children and patients in hos
pitals in London, or the shooting of
Edith Cavell to mention only a few
incidents in this class?
What about the "clean" sport of
poisoning wells, defiling sanctuaries,
destroying cathedrals and desecrating
captured territory?
How far "aboveboard" was the
spy system in vogue in the United
States, and how far "aboveboard" was
the plot that sought to array Japan
and Mexico against us. and how far
"aboveboard" were the widespread
conspiracies to cripple industrial
plants in the United States at a time
when we were not at war with Ger
many and when the German Ambas
sador, though secretly plotting against
us, was under the protectipn of our
Government and laws?
Still, until the matter has been elimi
nated by degrees, Chicago children are
to go on reading that the Kaiser
possesses "that chivalrous sense of
fair play which is the nearest thing to
a religion," and so forth.
We may well pray to be spared
from extremes of chauvinism, such as
changing the names of streets and
towns that are of German origin; but
one need not be a jingo to desire that
such a lesson as that contained in the
Chicago textbook be eliminated, not
by degrees, but without delay. But
there Is one reflection that gives some
satisfaction, and that i3 that not even
Mayor Thompson will be able to con
vince the average pupil of eighth
grade intelligence that the Keiser is
living up to his promise of being
"clean, manly and aboveboard." The
offending text, meanwhile, stands as a
warning that cities, like Chicago,
which have a rule against naming a
school for any living person ought to
extend the principle to cover the ex
travagant eulogy at least of the for
eign rulers mentioned in their textbooks.
SAMMIES.
Somehow we find it hard to believe
that the American soldiers in France
object to the soubriquet "Sammies"
and are inclined to be partial to
"Amexes." Now wouldn't the latter
jar you? It is said to be an abbre
viation of American Expedition. Some
body must have worked overtime to
evolve that term. It bears all the ear
marks of day labors and night sweats.
It has about as much spontaneity as a
timetable or a hotel menu. It sounds
like nothing American; it has all the
flavor of1 the phonetic spelling-book.
It was probably the joint creation of
a musty professor of a mustier philol
ogy and a Sioux Indian.
The American soldiers can and will
take what familiar title they please.
But we guess it will in the end be
"Sammies," if it is anything. It has
the advantage of ease, unction and
distinctiveness. No one objects to the
patronymic Uncle Sam, and everyone
is proud to be a son of the old gentle
man. Some day someone will write a live
ly and patriotic song, and "Sammy"
will be the subject of it. That will
settle It unless some other great au
thor of a topical song or poem thinks
of something better.
TWO QUESTIONS FOIl "EXEMPTS."
It may be pertinent to inquire how
sudden was the discovery by some of
the exemption pleaders of the impor
tance of themselves as providers.
War is not the only thing that calls
men away. The "Great Adventure"
more certainly leaves dependents to
shift for themselves th.in service for
one's country in a foreign land.
The strength of sense of obligation
to dependents may be measured bv
either one of two things: Habits of
thrift and quantity of life insurance.
The man who has made no pro-v?:-;ion,
either in a savings account or
a life-insurance policy, for those whose
Atlfere depends upon his existence
exhibits a belated awakening of con
science when he pleads dependency as
an f.xcuse from military service.
The exemption board's catechism
might well include these two questions:
What is the size of your savings
account?
How much life Insurance do you
carry?
RKAPINfl TIIE HARVEST.
Iisregard of the rights of the small
nations seems to be innate with the
Prussian ruling class. Contempt for
those who could not make effectual
resistance with force has not been
confined to Belgium. It is the spirit
of junkerism.
It Is doubtful whether Siam would
now be in the war, arrayed against
Germany, if it had not been for the
manifestation of this characteristic. A
writer In the New York Tribune re
calls that years ago the wife of the
German Minister was asked by the
police of Bangkok not to pluck flow
ers in the public gardens. Notwith
standing that there was a law against
picking flowers in the gardens in
question, the German Minister pro
tested indignantly and demanded an
abject apology. Siam was helpless
under the threat of vengeance, and
did apologize. The incident, however,
was not forgotten.
German refusal to relinquish claim
of extra-terrltoriality, made so arrog
antly as to offend the sense of justice
of the Siamese, added fuel to the
flame. Opportunity for self-assertion
did not come at once, but when it did
come Siam seized it. Memories of
humiliating insults are peculiarly
long.
WHY PHYSICALLY UNFIT?
As examinations under the military
draft proceed, it becomes plain that
we are paying with our bodies for our
development as a commercial and in
dustrial Nation, and our abandonment
of field and farm for the city and the
workshop. The percentage of rejec
tions for physical disability has been
in some cities exceedingly large, and
the condition of our population in
deed a matter for deep concern.
Where four-fifths of our population
of conscription age are found to be
below the service standard, as has
been the case in some localities, it
would seem to be time that something
was done about it.
The tendency of a people to de
teriorate as it moves toward the city
is shown, in the opinion of the Army
and Navy Journal, by the parallel ex
perience of Germany, which in the
recent course of its development as
an industrial nation and the concen
tration of its people in cities, has ex
hibited correspondingly declining sta
mina. The statistics are impressive.
In 1910, 72.76 per cent of the re
cruits presenting themselves from the
country were passed as fit, while of
those from the towns only 62.88 per
cent were passed. But by 1910 the
proportion had fallen to 67.24 in the
case of the countrymen and 53.52 in
the case of the townsmen. A similar
decline In physical fitness was shown
by the recruits for the Eighteenth
Army Corps, which came from the
coal-mining region of Frankfurt, the
number ' accepted falling from 60.40
per cent in 1902 to 47.77 per cent in
1910. Here there were not only
crowded housing conditions, as in the
case of the cities, but also factors of
occupation which steadily drained the
vitality of the men.
The Civil War showed that city men
could march farther, fight harder and
exhibit greater cheerfulness of spirit,
the journal observes, than their broth
ers in arms from the rural districts.
Pure nerve force contributes to the
city man's endurance and morale; but
it is a question whether this can be
long relied upon under the enormously
increased strain of artillery fire and
the peculiar conditions of trench war
fare. The sound body is now regarded
as the one essential. The subtle forces
called nervous energy may carry the
soldier over certain emergencies, but
for the long and constant drain upon
vitality there must be a reserve of
bodily vigor beyond any required by
any war in history. Nothing else will
quite suffice. Courage has its place
in the scheme, but in the long run it
mi: st be backed by a most excellent
physique.
Hence the strictness of the physical
tests for Army service, and hence the
discovery that under the strain of our
new conditions of life we are declin
ing. It would be too much to say that
we are going to pieces, perhaps, but
there at least are ominous signs. The
Army examinations disclose the con
dition of the men only; it is to be pre
sumed that the drift toward the town
has also reacted unfavorably upon
women and that it will contribute
progressively to the decline of the
race. We are only now opening our
eyes, because we have never had a
universal system of physical examina
tion before. But what came to pass
in Germany between 1900 and 1910,
as shown by the statistics, quite prob
ably is being paralleled, in kind if
not in extent, in our own country.
It is always easier to point out a
condition than to find a remedy for
it. The draft statistics seem to show
that city life is weakening the average
vitality of our population, but we
should not jump to the conclusion
that all city life is bad for us, or that
all the people of the rural districts
aro ideal material out of which to
make soldiers. The average for the
city is greatly lowered by the exist
ence of slums and by a large element
of foreigners who are physically under
the scale. In New York, for example,
the districts inhabited chiefly by
Americans are yielding a good per
centage of 'soldierly material. This is
due not altogether to the natural su
periority of the American physique.
but partly to American insistence on
cleanliness and light and air. It is
quite within the range of possibility
to make the city as healthful as the
country. The trouble is that this is
so seldom done. Abolition of the slum,
however, will be necessary if the drift
cityward continues and we expect to
preserve our National health.
Without intention of throwing cold
water on the plan to declare the day
a holiday when the men of the select
ive service leave for camp, that they
be given a demonstration, the sugges
tion is made that the day before be
made a holiday also-to enable people
to take their patriotism off the ice
and warm it sufficiently to allow at
leas' one cheer per capita. Those
who witnessed the departures of the
Third Oregon will understand.
Germans protest against the re
quirement that criticism of the acts
of the American Government printed
in foreign-language newspapers shall
be f.ccompanied by a parallel transla
tion shows singular lack of apprecia
tion. How long would a newspaper,
tainted in English and attacking the
Kaiser, last in Germany?
Formerly it was thought bad enough
that two-thirds of the people who
reacU the age of 65 are dependent in
some degree upon others for their
support, but as we read the exemp
tion claims made before the draft
board we realize that they represent
only a small fraction of the depend
ents of the country.
The Russian workmen who think
they have won a point with their short
workday are crowing too soon. A lit
tle overtime while the war is on is
likely to go a long way toward estab
lishing a reasonable workday on a
permanent basis.
While Fee., Jr., is at the training
camp. Fee, Sr., "subs" on the City
Attorney job at Pendleton, the salary
going to the young man's wife, and if
that isn't the best kind of "dad" there
never was an v.
After a tie-up of a week, the street
car men of Kansas City win, the com
pany accepting proposals voted upon
favorably by the strikers. This is not
the time to demoralize everything: by
splitting hairs.
Wo are certainly entering upon rev
olutionary times when large numbers
of city employes threaten to quit their
jobs. Time was when a public servant
couldn't be pried loose with a crow
btr. The grower who used fertilizer and
plenty of it will have potatoes this
Fall. In farming as in most other
lines you cannot get something from
nothing. "
Homeopaths in the Army will have
an opportunity to apply the principle
that like cures like to the Prussian
autnors of the policy of frightfulness.
Do not let the women have all the
glory of the market basket. Do some
thing for the man who packs homo
things in a bulging shopping net.
It is really too bad that Mrs. Pank
hurst wasn't born a man. She likes
fighting so well she would be inval
uable onhe line in Flanders.
" A Kentucky bishop says that worry
is as bad as booze, from which we
might conclude that worry about
boozo is doubly dreadful.
Bertha station is a landmark of
Southwest Portland and the name
should be retained until city growth
gives it a street number.
How many know that the real name
of Montavilla was Mount Tabor Villa
until people began to get tired of talk
ing too much?
The finest salmon that ever was Is
running in the Columbia just now.
Have you ordered it for today's lunch
eon or dinner?
Heteropterous Pentatomidae, the old
calico-back, is doing his best to per
fume the air and succeeding in spots.
Hoover's control Is limited to wheat,
which lets out much of the "birdseed"
for bretikfast.
As the patriot might paraphrase:
"What things are shown in the name
of 'Liberty'!"
If all the city employes who threat
en to quit do so, the waiting list will
chirk up.
By the way, is anybody ready to
report on the potato parings used for
seed?
There have been dry Summers Jn
Oregon, but none so "dry" as this.
Customers should refuse to accept
Ice that Is discolored.
How to Keep Well.
By Dr. W. A. Evans.
Questions pertinent to hygiene, sanitation
and prevention of diseases, if matters of
general Interest, will bo answered in this
column. Where space will not permit or the
subject is not suitable, letters will be per
sonally answered, subject to proper limita
tions and where stamped addressed envelope
Is Inclosed. Dr. Kvans will not make diag
nosis or prescribe for Individual diseases. Re
quests for such services cannot be answered.
(Copyright. 1U1S. oy Dr. w. a. jsvans.
Published by arrangement with the Chicago
Jribune.)
SUNSTROKES.
THERE are several factors which
operate to produce the various
forms of heat prostration. The sun's
rays is only one of these, and prob
ably not the most important one. Out-of-door
workers In the Southern States
and in the tropics practically never
suffer from any form of heat stroke.
One of the principal factors is the
drinking of beer. It has been proposed
that the name heat stroke be changed
to beer stroke. Dr. Kuhn says. In the
Manufacturers' News: "It was found
that a large percentage of 'heat cases'
entering Cook County Hospital last
Summer were directly traceable to
chronic alcoholism."
The colonial government of Australia
reports that of- all the predisposing
causes, "undue indulgence In intoxi
cating liquor is the most common and
the most dangerous."
The use of beer is more harmful than
the use of whisky, because most people
have sense enough to keep away from
distilled liquors in hot weather, but
somehow they have gotten the idea
that beer Is cooling.
Another Important predisposing fac
tor is constipation. A third is the eat
ing of rich food. The man who eats
fruits and watery vegetables freely,
who drinks plenty of water, and who
partakes sparingly of meat and fats is
not liable to heat stroke.
Heat, humidity, and still air are
probably larger factors than the sun's
rays. The wet bulb thermometer is a
better gauge of the air condition in
relation to heat prostration than is the
ordinary or dry bulb thermometer.
Schereschewsky says that we begin to
feel the eTfects of heat when the wet
bulb thermometer passes 63. Haldane
found that when the wet bulb ther
mometer went bej'ond 7S degrees con
tinuous hard work became imprac
ticable, and beyond 88 it is impractic
able for ordinary persons to remain
for long, even though they are quiet.
The temperature of a man working
hard in an atmosphere of over 78 de
grees (wet bulb) for some time will go
to 100 or 101. If he keeps it up his
heat regulating apparatus will be
thrown out of commission and his tem
perature will run up to 110 or over.
Lyle thinks that men can stand high
wet bulb temperatures provided the air
is kept in active circulation by fans.
Employers and employes, co-operating,
can do away with' the danger of heat
stroke. The employe's part is to drink
plenty of water, but, under no circum
stances, beer; to attend to hiB bowels
regularly; to modify his diet; to adjust
his clothing to the season. The employ
er's part is to provide an ample supply
of clean, cool water in attractive con
tainers and with clean drinking uten
sils; to keep the air of working places
as cool and dry as poscible, and to
provide plenty Of fans to keep the air
moving.
Rheumatism-Neuritis.
L. M. K. writes: "I am a girl of 23
years of age and have been troubled
with rheumatism In my left arm and
shoulder for the last two months. It
has now become so painful that it
awakens me. Is there anything I can
do to get rid of this pain? An answer
in your column will be appreciated."
REPL,T.
Such pains are usually said to be due to
neuritis. Theri may be any one of several
causes. Perhaps the most frequent cause
is Infection. Perhaps the most frequent
focus of infection is the tonsils. Another
cause is bursitis, affecting one of the bursa
around the shoulder. A third Is pressure of
a cerviral process on the nerve near Its
root. A physician should he able to de
termine the cause in your case and treat it
O. K. Unlikely.
T. C. writes: "Will you kindly tell
me if the following are sufficient to
reject one after having been drafted by
the Government:
"Tubercular glands In the neck
which swell and cause distress every
Winter. In fact, there are tubercular
bumps scattered all over body.
"Diseased tonsils.
"Middle finger of left hand stiff.
"Left handed.
"Left arm broken at elbow and as a
result considerably shorter than the
right arm.
"Left ankle broken and fatigue after
walking.
"Left eye weak.
"Nearsightedness."
RE PLY.
I do not think this party will pass.
NrTrr Appear on Arms.
A reader writes: "What causes vari
cose veins, and how do they act? Is
there a prickly pain, and do they show
on arms as well as legs? Can they be
cured by wearing bandages, or is an
operation necessary? Or are they In
curable? A young lady of 23 is sub
ject to them. Will they cause her any
trouble and :pain in later lifer
REPLY.
Varicose veins are due to obstruction to
the free return of blood through the veins.
They practically never appear on the arms.
Prickly pain is not a usual symptom of
varicose veins. Most persons with vari
cose veins get alone satisfactorily by using
elastic stockings. Others find it advisable
(o be operated on. Varicose veins do little
harm except through the Inconvenience
caused.
Rejection Probable.
K. R. S. writes:
"1. Do you think a man with syphilis
or any other venereal disease would be
accepted in the Army?
"2. Will they take a man with rheu
matism in left leg; leg swollen most of
the time?
"3. What Is the best treatment for a
roan with syphilis?"
REPLY.
1. Persons with active venereal diseases
are not accepted in the Army If the exam
iners discover the disease. Latent syphilis
might be accepted, but the enlistment rec
ord would or should show- the disease as
present.
2. No.
3. Some of the substitutes for 608.
If Not Disfiguring.
C. H. A. writes: "Will you be kind
enough to say whether a persistent at
tack of psoriasis on head, chest, back,
arms and other parts of the body would
debar one entirely from military serv
ice, or only from active front line work
or campaigning? Would not the sores
encourage the visitation of diseases
natural to unwholesome conditions?
Would not the sores increase and be
come, so to speak, malevolent?"
REPLY.
The probability is that a psoriasis which
did not disfigure you would not cause your
rejection. Psorlaals does not Increase the
WE MUST NOT DECEIVE Ot'HSELVES
Germany Will Never Be Heformed From
Within, Declares Correspondent.
PORTLAND, Aug. 16. (To the Ed
itor.) President Wilson has said that
we are not warring upon the German
people, but upon the German govern
ment. Yet .every German is behind
that government.
German philosophers have taught
that might makes right; that desiring
to do a thing, and having the power,
they have the right to do it. Irrespec
tive of laws, rules or the moral code
of other peoples. Also tney teach, and
doubtless make themselves believe, that
they are a superior race, whose prov
ince it is to rule the rest of the world.
Just as a thief must lie to ply his
trade successfully, this outrageous
doctrine that might makes right jus
tifies everything that the German does;
nothing is immoral lies and deception
are absolutely essential to his ends.
The present generation of Germans
were born into conditions where this
doctrine prevails and they not only im
bibed it. but were deliberately and
consistently taught to hate and despise
other races, so that they all think with
one accord and with a different mind to
other peoples. They are taught that
everything they do must be solely for
the advancement of Germans and must
work to frustrate anything that mili
tates against the aggrandizement of
Germany. No Pan-German can be a
loyal citizen of any other country.
When war broke Germany said: "Our
big guns (of which, at the time, the
allies had practically none) and our
spy system will win us the war." And
she has won more by intrigue, espion
age and ruthless destruction than she
has by fighting. AVe have not only
the German army to combat, but Ger
man intrigue everywhere, their ambi
tion being world conquest and the sub
luxation of all other peoples.
If President Wilson or Anyone else
looks for the salvation of Germany by
her people from within before the com
plete crushing of the military power
they have been taught to worship, he
is doomed to disappointment and every
effort must be put forth and no heed
given to deceptive peace talk, until
that purpose Is accomplished.
C. B. PTE.
OLD SAILOR DEPENDS SEA POETRY
Observations of Recent Critic Inaccu
rate and Halr-Splittlng.
HOQUIAM. Wash., Aug. 15. (To the
Editor.) Your correspondent "Titan."
reminds me of the dude to whom the
colored woman said: "You isn't as sa
gacious as you tink you is."
In- the old sea song. "A Wet Sheet
and a Plowing Sea." there is nothing
to give the Impression that the sails
have been wet in order to make tlieni
"impervious to the wind." Anyone
knows a sheet (nautically) is a rope
that hauls the sail aft. In a heavy sea
a ship can roll enough to wet her
sheets. Many a time a vessel will lie
over to leeward enough to wet her
sheets and still her sails be dry enough
to "rustle."
"Titan" misquotes absolutely every
one of the quotations he gives us.
Compare them with the originals and
see.
"Past" is not "st all times an abbre
viation of steadfast." It can apply to
speed.
In regard to the ship leaving "Old
England on the lee." that is dead easy.
"Titan" has an idea a vessel can sail
only with the wind aft. Kay the wind is
blowing from the ocean. The vessel
may have the wind abeam, or over her
quarter, and still she can make the
open sea and the land still be to lee
ward. She can beat or run free and
still leave the land to leeward.
"Titan" says: 'He speaks of wet sheet,
meaning sail, of course.'" Why "of
course"? A "flowing sea" is not neces
sarily a "following sea."
Longfellow never accused the "Hes
perus'' of "rearing and pawing!" lie
said:
"She shuddered and paused like a
frightened steed."
The colored lady's remark holds erood.
AN OLD SQUARE -RIGGER.
-SAMMY" IS NOT DIGNIFIED NAME
Writer Sucgexts "Eagles" an More Ap
propriate for American Soldiers.
BROWNSVILLE, Or.. Aug. 13. (To
the Editor.) No, it is no wonder that
our Eoldiers in France object to the
name "Sammy." "Eagles" is more dig
nified, more appropriate and theirs by
birthright.
Why not use it in all references to
them? When we note in the news
dispatches that t particularly stubborn
battle has been won by the victorious
Eagles of America we will know that
the credit is due to the valor of our
troops. Or that the enemy was blinded
by the fierce onslaughts of the Eagles'
Flying Squadron, we will know that
our brave boys in their war machines
have been measuring wings with the
enemy. Or that a darirtg squadron
of Eagle war ships entered the mined
and fortified harbor of the enemy and
made possible its capture by land and
sea forces, we will know that our gal
lant boys of the sea are living and
measuring up to their old traditions
of daring, dash and Intrepidity.
I know .of no name better suited or
more appropriate in all the English
language.
I am sure that every branch of the
service and every individual in each
branch will each and every one give a
mighty good account of stewardship,
that we will be doubly proud of thein
ere they return from that titanic con
flict and that we will prize the oppor
tunity above price to stand at respect
ful attention and see our victorious
Eagles march by on their return home
from the successful completion of their
gigantic task. W. W. BAILEY.
On io the Rhine.
On to the Rhine
While the weather Is fine; ,
On to the Rhine Is the cry
If the allies can't do it
Let Pershing go to it
Old glory should be there and fly.
On to the Rhine
While the weather Is fine;
Give the Kaiser a dose of his own
Give him a cha-e
Through Yorraine and Alsace
Kick him clear off of the throne.
On to the Rhine
While the weather is fine
Let Kaiserdom know we're not dead
They'r sinking our boats.
But we'll get their goats
When Pershing rides at the head.
MRS. C. H. BRIGGS,
727 Clinton street.
Wa pre Adjustment Necessary.
. LITTELL, Wash.. Aug. 15. (To the
Editor.) I have just read one of your
articles about the real unions and the
I. W. W. It Is true that if the Gov
ernment of the United States would
take the matter over and enforce the
eight-hour law and also regulate the
wage scale according to the high cost
of living the strikes would be ended.
But as long as the living has advanced
from 100 to 300 per cent and wages
from 30 to 40 per cent there will be
disturbances In every line of business.
If the Government does this and still
disturbances are raised then the agi
tators should be taken, care of as your
article reads.
OREGONIAN READER.
What Is in a Namef
PORTLAND, Aug. 16. (To the Edi
tor.) The English call their troopers
"Tommies"; the French call theirs
"Poilus" (Hairies): the Americans have
been nicknamed "Sammies." Between
Tom and Sam, Tommies and Sammies,
what is the difference? Why object?
Much ado about nothing. rvrXTir:.
In Other Days.
Twenty-five Years Ago.
From The Oregonian of August 17, 1SD2.
Milwaukee. It was settled today
that ex-Senator J. C. Spooner was to
be the Republican nominee for Gov
ernor and tomorrow the convention
will nominate him on the first ballot.
The complimentary testimonial given
Jack Dempsey by the Pastime Athletic
Club last night, in recognition of his
services as manager and instructor of
the club, was a great success.
The Summer Assembly of the Oregon
Chautauqua Association, which has
been in session at Gearhart Park dur
ing the past two weeks, adjourned last
Monday after a pleasant and successful
session.
The cornerstone of the new St.
David's Episcopal Church, on the cor
ner of East Twelfth and Belmont
streets, will be laid by Bishop Morris
this afternoon at 3 o'clock.
A large delegation of San Francisco
sporting men will leave oil the night of
the 2Sth to attend the three great pu
gilistic events at New Orleans between.
Sullivan and Coibett, McAulUfe and
Myers and Dixon and Skelley.
Half a Century Ago.
From The Oregonian of August 17, 1S67.
Chicago. An Omaha dispatch says a,
wagon train, escorted by Major Howell,
with a small force, was attacked five)
miles from Fort Phil Kearney by 300
Indians. A desperate fight ensued,
lasting three hours, m which the In
dians retreated with a loss of 60 killed.
We have a letter from St. Helens,
which says Colonel Hayward and W. B.
Ladd have bought a, controlling inter
est in the iron mines near tle town of
St. Helens. They intend to begin lha
work of developing the . mines at no
distant day.
We received a telegram from Salem
yesterday, sent by a gentleman who re
sides here, saying: "I have seen the
advices from the East. The railroad is
a fixed fact. Work will be commenced
soon. Look out for the cars and the
bridge."
Preliminary steps have heen taken
to effect the sale of the Oregon City
Seminary. The proceeds are to go int
the endowment fund of the Willamette
University.
Mr. O'.Connor received at his produce
store yesterday a very fine lot of to
matoes grown at The Dalles. There
are very few. If any, ripe ones as yet
In this Valley. The country east of
the mountains is decidedly ahead of Ud
in respect to Summer fruits and vege
tables. OTHER SECTIONS NOT INTERESTED
ArfiomcBt Made That Port I mielitednesa
Dors Not Concern I'p-State.
PORTLAND, Aug. 16. (To the Edi
tor.) Referring to your editorial, "Let
It lie Made Clear," which has reference
to a special session of the Legislature
to provide for the issuance of i9,000.U00
of bonds to be used by the Port of
Portland to buy, build or lease steam
ships for the city, it seems to the un
dersigned that but littio legislation
is necessary.
At the last session of the Legislature
an act was passed that gave the Port
of Portland power to call a special
election to vote $l,ouo.oio of bonds
for similar purpose. Alt that would
seem to be necessary now would be to
amend said act increasing the amount
and perhaps otherwise to give addi
tional power not contained in the act
passed.
it is a question whether it would bo
best to add an emoraency clause which
ran be fully justified making It a law
at once or to pass a bill with an emer
gency clause permitting the people of
the port affected to have the right of
referendum as to the isnuaiice of bonds.
Surely the state at la rue would have
no objection to the city of Portland
issuing bonds to operate steamship
lines that would benefit the whols
state, when no other portion of th
state is obligated in any muuner what
ever. There could bo no good reason
for tho state outside of Portland ob
jecting to a law passed with an emer
gency clause or a law permitting those
affected to have the privilege of re
ferring It to the voters of that district.
The act passed nt the last Legislature
gives power to the Port of Portland to
call an election to vote for or against'
the issuing of all or any part as re
quired by the port of the amount spec
ified In the bill. The people, therefore,
will have an opportunity to adopt or
reject the bill if granted the privilege
of Issuing these bonds by the special
session of the Legislature when the
election is called to vote on the bonds
to be issued under the act passed.
A steamship line will benefit us and
tho sooner it is started the better for
all. Therefore an emergency clans
should be attached maklnir it a law
when signed by the Governor.
C. W. NOTTINGHAM.
I1EI.P -WANTED.
We cannot find a servant girl;
Have advertised each day.
But no one seems to answer.
No matter what we pay.
The work Is very easy.
So 1 can scarcely see)
Why you refuse the offer
To come and work for me.
. e breakfast at, eight
And lunch at one.
You only need work
Till everything's done.
I want a strong girl.
Not too pretty, but neat.
Who can water the garden
And 'tend to the heat.
The back door is yours
To come and to go;
To the front you may come
When you're cleaning, you know
Yes, answer the doorbell
And also the phone;
And never leave Doddles,
The doggie, alone.
You'll give him a bath.
And not let him riot;
The heat's so intense.
He's on a low diet.
There's little to do;
Good wages I pay:
Am anxious and waiting.
Come, do not delay.
-F. B.
Knowledge of Slacker.
NORTH YAKIMA, Wash., Aug. 16.
(To the Editor.) Which would be.thk.
better plan: Knowing a man who ha
told me on different occasions that h
was born in February, 1917 (?), an
now has gone to another part of thfc
ntnte and did not register, should I re-"
port this man or keep still? If he shoulA
be reported, to wnom? jin.aut.tt.
If he 13 of draft age and did no
register, it is your duty to report
him to the United States District Ab
torney, Spokane.
Data on Shipbuilding.
PORTLAND. Aug. 16. (To the Edl
tor.) Would it be asking too mucfc
if you would publish a summary of
all the Pacific Coast cities engaged in.
the shipbuilding business vessel,
men employed, etc. W. A. E
Some of the essential particulars
asked for by the correspondent aro
barred from publication by the request
of the Government committee on pus-
!tlon.