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Newspaper Page TextlO THE MORNING- OREGONIAX, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1917. mn PORTLAND. ORECOX. Entered at Portland (Oregon) Postofflce- as econd-class mail matter. Eubscriptloa rates invariably in advance: (By Mail) Pally, Sunday Included, one year...... Xlaiiy. Sunday Included, six months.., iJaiiy, Sunday Included, three months Xislly. Sunday Included, one month.... XJaily. without Sunday, one year...... Daily, without Sunday, six months... lally. without Sunday, three months, lially. without Sunday, one month.... Weekly, one year Uunday, one year ... Sunday and weekly (By Carrier.) riatlw Cumlaa I rw 1 , , ,1 m i nntk Tt9r.... .$8.80 .4-23 . 2.25 .75 . 6.00 . 3.2.) . 1.75 .60 . 1.00 . 2.5" . 3.SU .$9.00 liaiiv CI iMlnrisH nnm mnnth.... .75 Ually. without Sunday, one year 7.80 raily, without Sunday, three months... 1J Lially. without Sunday, one month lluw to itemit Send postofflce money or der, express order or personal check, on your local bank. Stamps, coin or currency are at sender's risk. Give postofflce address In full. Including; county and state. 1'oetase Kates i to 18 pages, 1 cent; 18 to Hi pages, 14 cents; 34 to 48 pages, 3 cents: 60 to tu pages, 4 cents; 62 to 7tt pages. S cents; 78 to 82 pages, 6 cents. Foreign postage double rates. xasteru Business Office Verree ft Conk lin, Brunswick building. New York; Verree & Conklln. bteger building. Chicago: San Francisco representative. R. J. Bldwell, 742 Uarket street. MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The Associated Press Is exclusively en titled to the use for republication of all news diBPatchea-credited to it or not other wise credited in this paper and also the local news published herein. All rights of revindication of special dis patches therein are also reserved. PORTLAND. THURSDAY. OCT. 18, 1017. PROHIBITION NOT A FARCE, '" A friend writes to The Oregonlan today in apprehension over the sta . bility of prohibition. He has seen in toxicated women on the street and he is annoyed in public places by beery breaths. He grieves to see the law prepared for ridicule at the next elec tion. It may be that some of the manu facturers who have so successfully counterfeited beer have produced a product that counterfeits the beery breath. Indeed, it is quite likely. But for all that, everybody is aware that there are violations of the pro hibition law. One hundred and forty nine persons have been arrested since last January on bootlegging charges; many others have been arrested for drunkenness. Still we do not join the brother in his apprehension. We ex pected the law to be violated. Prohibition that prohibits does not come in a day. The simple writing in the book of laws an inhibition against that which countless persons have long been accustomed to do lawfully cannot he expected to work an immediate charm on fixed appe tite or arouse a high moral belief in everyone that that act has been made a. wrong. Portland and Oregon are in that period of prohibition which every community that has ever tried prohi bition has entered and has not yet passed beyond. We have established a. law which approximately one-half of the people of the largest commu nity of the state did not want. We can elect to office the most vigorous prosecutors and the sternest judges, yet some of the law's defters are bound to escape through their own ingenu ity or the leniency of juries or the occasional and unavoidable indiffer ence of officers whose duty it is to de tect and arrest. But the law, with all its violations, has accomplished one great thing. It has made impossible the saloon with ita standing invitation to youth to en ter and there acquire an evil appetite that can never be wholly lost. We have cut oft at the root the growth of the thing that now makes bootlegging profitable and possible. But as already said, the writing of r law will not at once change the habits of men. So long as there is demand for strong drink so long will the law be violated. The dispensing of drink may, like robbery and mur der and forgery, never pass out of existence. And it is not such an alarm ing thing to contemplate that the full strength of law and order which has been unable to eradicate worse crimes after centuries of effort cannot hope at once wholly to prevent bootlegging. As this generation passes, the in centive to the crime will diminish Wre are making mighty few new tip rlers in Oregon. That is a reform worth while, and one that will with stand any foolish ridicule that arises out of defiances of prohibition that were fully to be expected by everyone who save the matter serious thought. r IT IS A rOMMl'NITV TASK. The keynote of the Conference on Tuberculosis, held in Portland this week, was co-operation, with emphasis upon the community character of the campaign against what we have come to term the "great white plague." Stamping out the plague is a com munity job, if ever there was one. A district exemption board in New Tork a few days ago gave recognition to this principle when, on its own motion, it freed from obligation for military service Dr. Donald B. Arm strong, executive director of the Com munity Health and Tuberculosis Dem onstration at Framingham, Mass. The board ruled that Dr. Armstrong was performing a service essential to the interests of the Xation in time of war. The precedent is momentous because of the standing it gives not only to the work at Framingham, but to the entire antl-tuberculosls war programme. The Framingham "demonstration," or experiment, seeks to determine methods of stamping tuberculosis out of a community by control "of all the social conditions that cause the dis case." It is being conducted under the direction of the Xational Asso ciation for the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis, and is endowed with a. fund of $100,000 contributed by a life insurance company. It will be the first experiment conducted on considerable scale witli a view to showing that prevention and cure con stitute a task for the people of an entire city. One of its important methods is the systematic education of mothers in the care of children Another is periodic medical examina tions for the detection of disease and its relief in its earliest stages. Mean while all active cases are to be sought out and isolated, where they can re ceive proper medical, dietary and nursing treatment without continuing to be a menace to well persons. The open air school, discussed by Superintendent Alderman, of the Port land schools, at the Portland con ference; employment of more nurses, establishment of more hospitals and broader education generally, urged by other speakers, are all community functions, because they not only can be performed best by the community as a whole, but because they cannot be performed efficiently in any other way. A work so searching and so drastic and at the time so merciful peeds the co-operation of everyone. affects the propriety or the reasonable The warning; brought home from ness of arbitration. 2.iacfi i Ur, l.aJu iUisuft as S&o lidcraj, Adjustment Sssxi Is. timely and impressive. France is .awakening1 to her danger almost too late. Americans have time to profit by her example. We must be prepared to treat our returning soldiers who may have contracted the disease, and to be so prepared we must create a healthy atmosphere. Tuberculosis is no longer terrible when it is com bated in time, but it must not be per mitted to become epidemic in the land. PROSPERITY HAS COME TO OREGON. Do the people of Oregon realize the meaning of that increase of $41,200, 966 in the state's bank deposits during the past year? It means that Oregon has begun to win its share of the war profits of which so much has been said in the past three years. That is an in crease of 22.73 per cent in the liquid wealth of Oregon. If the same rate of increase were to continue, the total would be doubled in less than five years. Evidences of this new wealth are present on every hand in Portland. Houses and apartments are occupied, school attendance has increased by several thousands, merchants are do ing more business than they ever did and the streets are crowded with shop pers. sThere is work for every man who wants it, and, though prices have risen, wages have risen also. The prosperity which prevails in Portland extends throughout the state, to the other cities and to the farming, lum ber and mining regions. There is every reason to expect that this prosperity will continue not only throughout the war, but after the war. Kvery important product of the state will be needed in great quantities, both for military use and for the work of reconstruction which will follow. There is no present occasion to with hold considerable sums of money from investment in preparation for a slow ing up of the present business pace. Profits of new business should be put to work, partly in earning more profits in business, partly in good securities which can again be turned into cash in time of need. Put the proceeds of prosperity In liberty bonds. They earn 4 per cent interest, can always be turned into money without loss, and in a few years at a profit, and they help the United States to win the war. MESOPOTAMIA BROCGHT TO LIFE. A foretaste of what will follow the deliverance of Western Asia from tiie Turkish yoke has already been given by the British in Lower Meso potamia. In a paper recently pub lished in England, Canon Parfit says that in less than two years they have transformed that country into "some thing approaching a paradise."' The great port of Basrah has grown enor. mously in population, the people are well off, wharves have been erected on the banks of the Shat-el-Arab, steamers make the voyage to sea in a few hours, though it formerly took days, creeks have been bridged, roads built, electric railways and lights in stalled. The change at Bagdad since its can ture last March is as great. The river banks have been repaired, the Euphrates made navigable and floods prevented for the first time in cen turies. Two railroads have been built from the mouth of the Tigris and are being extended far north of Bagdad A. swamp or forty-eight square miles has been reclaimed and converted into wheat fields, gardens, dairy and poul try farms by farmers from India, who supply the British forces and are pre paring to export food to Britain. John Bull acts as though he had come to stay, and has awakened the dead country with a good semblance of Yankee push. If deliverance can be extended through Syria, which was once a "land flowing with milk and honey," and through Asia Minor, which was once the granary of Rome, that part of the world will have gained some compen sation for the war. A like change would follow the establishment of peace in the Balkan peninsula and the introduction of western capital and energy. One of the results flowing from defeat of Germany will be restor ation to productiveness of some of earth's richest lands. WnlCH REFUSED ARBITRATION? The other day The Oregonian com mended to the notice of the striking shipyard workers the sweeping de cision in favor of employes rendered by the arbitration board in the Port land streetcar controversy. Today a Salem correspondent writes to the ef fect that the attitude of the employer in the streetcar case and that of the employers in the shipyard case are strikingly different. We think they are strikingly parallel. On October 5 the shipyard employ ers committee published a signed statement from which the following are extracts: "We have met In repeated conferences with committee representing the striking em ployes. The employes' committee comprises the following;: t harles 11. Bottomley. C. F f aimer, t . K. fiidd, William AlcKcnzle and R. A. Mt-Innis. From the beginning we have assured th committee of the employes that the employ lng shipbuilders were ready to leave to the federal Adjustment Board the determina Hon of all questions at issue, and to abid by such determination, whatever it mlgh be. This board is now en route to the Coas from Washington. L. . and will hold hearings In this city Immediately upon its arrival here. The susKestlon was then made that all 'matters might not be determined by the Board, and we at once gave the assurance that if the men would return to work th inployinn shipbuilders would not only abiil by any decision of the Board, but would im mediately upon the announcement of the Board s decision resume the conferences with the employes committee for uhe settle ment of any matters not determined by the Board. One day later the employes' com mittee published a reply from which this paragraph is taken: Conferences are still on between the em-1 plovers and representatives of labor organi zations. Representatives of labor organizations are still endeavoring to bring about a peaceful ending of the strike y compelling the em ployers in conference to settle definitely on all of the points at Issue and on all of the requests of labor presented in their agreement, not exclusively on the closed shop. The labor organisations were unable to get a conference with the employers until the t'.oveinment took a hand and prac tically compelled the employers to confer with the organications. The employes' statement nowhere disputes the offer of the employers to arbitrate. It admits that conferences are being held and it declares the em ployes' determination to compel a set tlement not by arbitration but "in, con ference." In the streetcar case both sides con sented to arbitration of all differences. In the shipyard strike the employers offered to submit to arbitration of a National board all disputes and the employes declined. The only differ ence indicated is that the employers did not from the beginning, as did Mr. Griffith, confer with their em ployes. It is a matter that in no way now hearing both Bides, but there is no agreement by employers and em ployes or pledge by either made in ad vance to abide by its findings. DRAFT IS NOT EVADED. The first crop of slackers is now being harvested in the Federal courts. The authorities have been lenient with evaders of the draft and have made many allowances for ignorance of the law, for mistakes and for good inten tions, but the time for firmness has come and it is being exercised. A United States judge in Minnesota the other day sent six young men to prison for eleven months for failure to do their duty under the military law. In other districts 'in future it is likely that sentences similarly severe will be meted out. Two facts stand out in this connec tion. One is that there are so few, among the millions liable to miliary duty, who have not accepted that duty; and the other is that those who do so fail have so little chance of escaping justice. For the young men in question, and others like them, will not be through when they have served their prison terms. They will still be liable to military duty, which they will enter upon with the stigma of an unsavory record and the contempt of their comrades who did not need to be driven to the front. It is improb able that they will make ideal sol diers, but something will be found for them to do. The military law is in exorable. It is, however, truly remarkable, as has been said, that there are not more men in so great a total who merit punishment. The draft upon the whole has been a conspicuous success. It has been accepted in a truly patriotic spirit and there has been so little hanging back that those who are be- ; summoned under universal service deserve, and are receiving, equal stand ing with the volunteers. THE MONITOR COMES BACK. It has often been said that the na tions in this war have reverted to old and discarded weapons, and the use of helmets and knives is quoted in proof. Another example is the re- -lval of the monitor, which many thought to have become obsolete until it came into service off the Belgian coast and the Dardanelles. The Brit ish Admiralty early in the war foresaw that a glorified vessel of the type designed by Ericsson would stand them in good stead. Monitors could approach closer to shore than any other ship in the shallow waters off the Belgian coast to bombard the Ger man batteries. They lie so low as not to be easily visible by submarines, and their draft is so light that torpe does would pass harmlessly under them. Several monitors were built and armed with fourteen and fifteen inch guns in face of much adverse criticism. When German submarines arrived off Gallipoli, the allied fleet was com pelled to withdraw and the army would have been in a perilous posi tion without naval bombardment of the Turkish lines, if the monitors had not arrived. As torpedoes could not touch them, they maintained a steady fire, and to their aid is largely due the evacuation by the land forces without loss. They bombarded the German positions on the Flanders coast so frequently and vigorously that the Boches have not been able to take a firm hold there. Smaller monitors steaming up the Tigris helped mate rially in the advance on Bagdad. If the threat of a submarine attack on the Atlantic Coast of this country should be carried out, monitors would prove valuable ror delense, and we may wish we had more of them. Their guns can smash any submarine, while their armor should be proof against the projectiles of any guns carried by U-boats. They are slow and clumsy but one or two stationed off each large port could sweep a wide expanse of sea. They and the destroyer together may be the answer to German fright fulness. FOR A ONE-I.ANGCAGE NATION. The movement to make New York a "one-language city" will find an echo in every part of the United States where there are communities whose residents cling to the tongues of their forefathers. It is the belief of stu dents that the tie of a common speech is stronger than that of race alone. This has been recognized for centuries in Middle Europe, where national boundaries are so close together that they almost overlap, and where the language of communication nearly al ways governs the sympathies of the people. Italians in Austria continue to be Italians so long as they speak Italian: Roumanians in Bessarabia are Rumans through the years for the same reason: German influence in Bohemia has been exerted to suppress the language of the Czechs, because it delays the triumph of Teutori kultur. Alsace-Lorraine has long been a bat tle ground of the languages. Those who speak German are mostly Ger man in their sympathies; those who speak French lean toward France. There has been little pretense that Central Europe is a melting pot, in the true sense of the term. That has been reserved as a characterization of Amer ica; and yet this country has failed to fuse those peoples who did not learn to speak English, and to think in English, and otherwise to adopt Amer ican ways. The language-bond inev itably held them to the older country. The books and periodicals that these foreigners read were colored with the non-American view. They were not necessarily un - American, or anti American; they simply failed to be American to comprehend the spirit of Americanism. It would, perhaps, be ideal If for the benefit of the first generation of immigrants there could be provided adequate series of works on Ameri can history and institutions in their own languages. This lias been ac complished only In part, and practical difficulties have supervened to prevent Its completion. But where the second generation has received its instruction in English, the problem has been al most solved." The field for the culti vation of Americanism widens as the language is disseminated. The vast shelves of printed English are open to the young student who can profit by them. Relatively few of our best works have been translated, and in any event the translations are not al ways available at popular prices or in public libraries. Whether he desires it or not, the foreigner who neglects to acquire the language of his adopted country is self-limited. We have overworked our principles of local self-government and rule of the majority in those localities where we have permitted schools to be con ducted in any other language than that in which our own Declaration of Independence was written. Even if all the residents of a community but one were of foreign birth or parentage the rislit el ilia, sue ta be tausfct in fss- lish would be superior to the rights of all the rest. For that matter, insist ence upon English should be the same if there were none but Germans, or French, in the district. It is America as a whole that is behind the Ameri can school system: and the duty of the schools is not only to make the future ciflzens of the country economically self-supporting, but to make Ameri cans of them. This is an obvious re quirement for our Xational safety. We cannot have "one Xation indivis ible" in thought, based upon a babel of conflicting tongues. The problem is not local in the West to any considerable extent, but it is vitally important to the West, and to every other section, that the entire country shall be American. So Oregon is concerned with what New York does with its foreign popula tion, and with the systems of educa tion in vogue in Wisconsin, or Mis souri, or Ohio, as well. The man who keeps a fire extinguisher in his own house still has an interest in his neigh bor's fire protection. "The English language for every in dividual" is a good slogan just now. It does not preclude the study of other languages by those who have a fancy for them, and it has nothing to do with the rejection or retention of the lan guage of our enemies where they are mere addition to the curriculum. But in New York, and in every other city and. in every hamlet and rural district, we have the right to insist. for our own protection, that the com mon branches be taught in English. This at least will make us a wholly English-speaking people in another generation. Efforts meanwhile to spread the- knowledge of English among adult foreigners can well sup plement the work; but we cat afford to be patient if the rule is made in variable in all the schools. The heretofore undeveloped possi bilities of adding to our food supply were illustrated at a recent dinner given by the Raleigh, N. C, Chamber of Commerce in honor of a distin guished visitor. At its conclusion an agent of the United States Bureau of Fisheries who was present asked for an expression of opinion regarding the fish course. There was nothing but praise, whereupon the agent informed those present that what they had been eating was creamed shark. The Gov ernment agent had been engaged in the work of inducing the people to make better use of their neglected fishery resources, and his demonstra tion was designed to show that when prejudice is eliminated there are many articles available as food that are not now used. The same bureau had pre viously proved the soundness of this theory by creating a market for the despised dogfish by the simple expp dient of changing its trade name to "grayfish." The farmers should be well satisfied with Government food control, though Senators Gore, Reed and their other professed champions opposed it. The Topeka Capital, published by Governor Capper, of Kansas, calculates that "on the basis of a fifteen-bushel crop the Government has guaranteed a profit of 42 cents a bushel or 27 per cent net over cost." but Professor G. E. Call, of the Kansas Agricultural College, says that on the average the farmer receives a profit of $1.21 on $2 wheat and $1.41 when he receives the guar anteed price of $2.20. The miller and every other person who handles wheat on the way from the farmer to the consumer is to have his profit strictly limited. . A fine feat of American hustling is promised in the construction of the new plant for construction of destroy ers by the Fore River Shipbuilding Company. Secretary Daniels was as sured on October 1 that construction would be finished on January 1, and deliveries of destroyers would begin eight months from the present time and would be made at frequent inter vals thereafter. This contrasts with the minimum of two years which for- merly ruled. Twelve thousand men are to be employed. With fewer than ten cases of typhoid fever in the United States Navy since the beginning of the war, whereas this disease was once the scourge of our armed forces, the value of modern measures of sanitation and prevention has a complete demonstration. The fact that a liberty bond will be accepted in payment for a purchase is not of the first importance. The main feature is the opportunity fo the man of small means to back up his Government. The bond makes him a partner. Tt takes some women a long time to make up their minds as to how they want their husbands punished for al leged peccadillos, and then the awful man spreads his "camelflage" and it' all off. A man at Great Falls, Mont., fatally shot his wife at an early hour yester day when aroused by her movements in the room. This is the result of having a gun handy. A commission in lunacy and not a magistrate should sit on those Wash ington pickets, if they have not hus bands or near male relatives." Convicts in the Michigan state prison subscribed for $3450 in liberty bonds, while thousands not in durance are slow. With the prospect of a few thou sand Oregonlans in the next draft, buy a bond today for their assurance. American prisoners in Germany are hungry, while interned Germans here fare as well as homefolk. Do you miss the jokes on prunes in the boarding-house? Prunes are sell ing1 high this year. We are spending a billion a month to keep this Nation in her place, but she is worth it. Paraphrasing a much-worn gag, they're going to put the ice in vice in Portland. Eggs have passed the half-dollar mark. Where is the municipal egg store? The wet-dry issue is having a regu lar Wilson-Hughes election finish in Iowa, ; The second draft is coming and there are no credits on Oregon's quota. The mints are running overtime making shiny coins for the holidays. A U-boat blockade of America, eh' Just joy for our destroyers. " Stars and Starmakers. By Leeae Csma Baer. Evelyn Kesbit's announcement of her return to vaudeville takes on added interest because her dancing partner will be Bobby O'Neill and not Jack Clifford, her husband and former part ner. The separation of Miss Nesbit and Mr. Clifford has. of course, brought with it a considerable amount of gossip. But it la declared that the "split" affects only their professional engagements. Mr. Clifford's future activities have not been disclosed. Jess Dandy, of "Prince of Filsen" memory, whose "Va you effer in Zin- in-ati?" is called to mind whenever Is name is heard, is to have a promi ent role in "The Grass" Widows," a ew musical comedy to be put out by Madison Corey. Natalie Alt ia the rima donna. Victor Morley, who visit ed us first with Bessie Clifford in "The Three Twins" and later via the Or- pheum, is also in "The Grass Widows." see Motion picture fans who like to see their "favorites" In the flesh and blood will have another chance next week, when Pearl Slndelar, of Pathe fame. comes to the Heillg as leading woman In "Potash and Perlmutter in Society," ths newest Montague Glass comedy and a sequel to "Potash and Perlmutter." Jules Jordan will be Abe and Charles Pipson is Mawruss. Walter Messenger is In town ahead f the Abe and Mawruss comedy, which is en route here by way of the North west and will go to Ban Francisco after ts engagement here on October 25. 6 and 27. Tonight "The Knife" opens at the Heillg with two actors well known on this Coast in the leading roles. One of these Is May Buckley, a Californian, and the other is Norman Hackett, Shakespearean exponent, and who, by the way, is a friend of years' standing of Frederick V. Holman. A telegram from Mr. Hackett yesterday to William T. Pangle says that he is willing to donate hts services in any capacity to create interest In the liberty bond movement during his stay here the rest of this week. In other cities Mr. Hackett has been giving morning ad dresses under the auspices of patriotic societies. m May Buckley, too, does her bit for the soldiers. She comes from an Army family and is intensely patriotic and everywhere she appears in "The Knife" the soldiers are allowed to see the pro duction for half admission price. All they need do is present themselves at the box office In uniform and secure their tickets. Eugene Walters, once a Tacoma newspaper man, wrote "The Knife." m m Broadway, New York, is showing its patriotism In various ways. One of the novel ventures is Klaw & Erlanger's announcement that couponB will be given at the door matinee days for the performances of "The Riviera, Girl." Two of the coupons will be "lucky" and entitle the holders to $50 liberty bonds. The drawing will be made by some per son not connected with the theater, and checks will be given irrespective of the price paid for the seats. The scheme will work both as a patri otic measure and to popularize the Wednesday and Saturday performances. Rube Marquard, who kept himself be fore the baseball fans the past season pitching for Brooklyn, is going into vaudeville again. This time he has Bill Dooley for his partner. Bill doing the comedy and Marquard singing almost. They're coming out over the Orpheum. m m w From Chicago comes a report that the Orpheum Theater office there re ceived a query from New York t'other day for an opinion as to the value of an act composed of "Hap" Felsch, Eddie Collins and Cicotte appearing with Cicotte's 15-year-old pretty daughter, who sings and plays the piano. A tentative offer of $1500 has been made the stars, and if the big houses do not take them the troupe will be offered to Jones, Linick & Schaefer. Rudolph T. writes from Hermlston to ask "what has become of Marlon Bar ney?" She is appearing with George Arllss this season in "Hamilton," his new play, revolving around the life of Alexander Hamilton. William Morris has completed the Harry Lauder road show programme. Mr. Lauder arid the company are to open for a week, October 29, at the Lexington avenue opera-house. In the show besides the star are the Kitamura Japs. Bell and Grazer, Fran cis Ranault, Arnaut brothers, Cleo Gas goyne and the Scotch Pipers. Karry and his troupe will play Portland in mid-November. Otto A. Hauerbach, through his at torneys, O'Brien. Malevinsky & Drls coll, obtained permission October 8, in New York, from Justice Tierney, to change his name to Otto A Harbach. He is a former Tacoman. In Los Angeles Mrs. Lucy Roberts wife of Theodore of the eame name whose artistry is well known In Port land, is in the calcium again and great ly to her distress. She was recently granted an interlocutory decree of dl vorce and now she is petitioning the Los Angeles courts to refrain from making a final decree against her hus band, the stage and film star. Mrs. Roberts entered her plea for exemption on the grounds she is a conscientious objector to ' a legal separation. The wife at the same time asked for an in crease in alimony. She was first al lowed $100 monthly, for a year, and $73 monthly after that. Mr. Roberts, you remember, served a six months' term In Ludlow prison rather than pay his alimony. Compeasatiom for Soldiers' Wives, VANCOUVER. Wash.. Oct. 16. (To the Editor.) Will you kindly state the outcome of a bill that was before Congress concerning compensation for soldiers' wives and families? Or was the bill only In case of death or disability on the soldier's part? I'm sure there are other wives of soldiers besides my self who would be interested in know ing.. F. W. T. Congress passed a hill providing that half of a soldier's pay be paid to his dependent wife, that the Govern ment add $15 a month, with an addi tional allowance for each child. Fo the w'-fe of a private with three chil dren thisr would amount to about $48 a month. Particulars of the law fo soldiers' life Insurance will be found ,oa i- Ike Of eioaiao, Ostoiec IL WOMEN COULD DO SHIPYARD WORK They of America Are as Capable as French Who Tike Mea'a Flares. WARRENTON. Or.. Oct. 16. (To the Editor.) I have been reading the mothers' letters and appreciate them. Now comes L. A. Stone, a father of two soldiers. He struck the nail squarely on the head and I hope and believe It will go to the center. I appreciate your answer, and I believe with you thRt the time is not far away when the Govern ment will settle this question. Tes, why should our Government conscript the youth and best blood of our Nation to fight for our homes and freedom and allow the disgruntled to stay at home to hatch up strikes just because they see a chance to bring profit to themselves? To my mind they should be conscripted and forced to serve in any capacity for which they are fit or can be made of use. I read the other day that 340.000 women in France ha'd taken the places of men who were at the front. Why not call for women to work in ship yards? They can do what these other women are doing. Lloyd Geortte said England could not carry on this war if it was not for the women. I have offered my 300-acre farm to the Gov ernment for the war. Others are doing? likewise. My farm has wonderful capacity. Chinamen have made little fortunes for themselves from an acre and a half. But farming means work. The Government can conscript these slackers, such as the I. W. W.. and make them till the ground, which nl ways responds. They will then be doing their bit" and will be made better and happier by wholesome work. About three months asro I overtook a lady carrying a basket. I asked her to nue. tone accepted with a smile. She said she was carrying her husband's lunch to the shipyard. While erettlnsr in the buggy the cover was removed from the basket. I saw a meal fit for the gods large slices of bread and butter, Elices of meat, ealad. cake and a dish of plum puddinr and a pot of coffee enough for two persons, and in war times enough for four. I said: "How much does your husband get per day?" "Four dollars. He is not an expert." I said: "That Is good wages." "Yes. but it seems that they are never satisfied; the more they get the more they want." I guess she knew they were prepar ing for a strike which came. PR. OWEXS-ADAIR. EMPLOYERS EQ1 ALLY TO BLAME Writer Calls Shipyard Employers' No tice to Mr. irlf ritli's Course. SALEM. Or., Oct. 15. (To the Editor.) I read The Oregonian's editorial on "Arbitration Without Compromise" and agree with the appeal contained in the last paragraph. But Isn't it a little one-sided? Ought not the shipyard employers to observe the conduct of Mr. Franklin T. Grif fith in his dealings with his employes and profit fiereby? In gaining the good will of his employes and their consent to arbitration of differences. ow did Sir. Griffith proceed? as i recall, he first nermitted his employes to Join the carmen's union. ffilisted with the American Federa- ion of Labor. He next recognized the nion and Its representatives and greed to the principle of collective argainlnir. Thereby he trained the cenfidence of the whole body of men working for him. The. next step was the submission of differences between mployer and employes to an arbitra tion board composed of men of unusual bility and excellent reputation for fair dealinsr. In what way have the shipyard em ployers paralleled this course? No where, so far as I have been able to learn from the published proceedings of their conferences with the Metal Trades executive committee. The ship yard owners have refused to recognize he union; they have falsified to their mployes and abused their confidence: hey have used extraordinary means to piejudice public opinion against their former workmen: and finally have flat- y refused to conduct further negotia- 10ns with the representatives of the strikers. I greatly desire the end of this ship yard strike, but I am firmly convinced that the onus lies as largely on the em ployers as on the strikers; and the way that Mr. Griffith adopted to gain cer tain ends has always been open to the shipyard owners, and. used by them, would gatn as wholesome results as have been secured by the streetcar company and the carmen. THE BYSTANDER. This letter Is discussed in another column. WHY I. O. O. F. INVESTS IN BONDS I.odsc Stands Atrnlnst Everything That Pruasiaaism Means. PORTLAND. Oct. 17. (To the Edi tor.) The Independent Order of Odd fellows, as an organization, is a body of men banded together for mutual re- ief. No man can become a true Odd fellow unless he is grateful to his cre ator, faithful to his country and fra ternal to his fellow-man. It wars against vice in all its forms. It Is pa triotic in its teachings and displays the Stars and Stripes in every lodgeroom In the Lnlted States. Many of its younger members are enrolled In Uncle Sam's mighty Army and are now training to fight for the worlds liberty and civilization. Now, at this time, when htghly-edu cated nations, skilled In all the arts and the most modern sciences, have gone stark mad and turned all their knowledge to savage butchery, to ra pine and murder, to driving innocent men, women and children from their homes and shooting them down, slash ng breasts off living women, cutting off little boys' hands, impaling infants upon their bayonets and carrying them along with their little heads, arms and legs dangling down, carrying young women to the trenches and holding them there as playthings until they die, what more opportune time than the present Is there for any organiza tion, corporation or person to be patri otic and faithful to his country and help our soldiers to war aeainst the most damnable vice The world has ever heard of, by buying liberty bonds? This Is why Woodlawn Lodge No, 171. I. O. O. F., voted, Monday night, October 15, to invest $500 in liberty bonds. GEORGE H. HAMILTON. Secretary, Ships Sank by Submarines. COQUILLE. Or.. Oct. 15. (To the Ed itor.) Kindly inform me the number of ships that have been, sunk by the U-boats since the outbreak of the war. FRED LORENZ. Complete reports for the entire period of the war are not available. A British report gives a list, of neutral ships, including American, which were torpedoed or mined between August 8 1814, and April 26, 1917, as follows Mined, 152: torpedoed, 697; total. 849 tonnage, 1,653.654. Before the United States declared war 28 American ships were attacked, two or three escaping and the rest being sunk. From the American declaration of war on April 6 to September 15 32 American ships were sunk. The loss of life on Amer lean ships, so far as ascertained, was 50 before and 71 after our entrance into the war, but the actual number was certainly larger. Ruthless submarine war nominally began on February 1 but did not get into full swing till March 1. In six months from tha date total losses of British, French and Italian ships were 858. See editorial in Oregonlan. October 11 f,or further in.- f urination x- In Other Days. Twfsi y-f lve Years A c o. From The Oregonlan October IS, 1S92. The Supreme Court at Olympla yes- terday decided against Judge Bloom field, of Vancouver, in the mandamus proceedings to compel the Secretary of State to certify that he was the regular nominee of the Republican party for the office of Superior Judge for Clarke, Cowlitz and Skamania counties. Chicago. There has been a great clamor raised over the announcement that the World's Fair military parade would pursue a route on the outskirts of the city Instead of invading the downtown section. President S. H. H. Clark, of the Union Pacific, and his party returned late Sunday night from Astoria. There is a, well-defined rumor that the Union has been considering the purchase of the Portland & Astoria railroad, but Mrj Clark would neither confirm nor deny the report. John Fluckidger. a Swiss farmer wh came to town yesterday and cashed a. check for 1250 at the First National Bank after being identified by the Swiss Consul, which he Intended to use as spending money and the prelimina ries In marrying a Swiss girl who is due to arrive today from Switzerland, went to the Exposition last nieht and his pocket was picked for the entire sum. Half n Century Abo. From The Oregonlan October 18. 1867. Judire Deady has handed down art opinion in the case of the United States vs. Herman W. Davis et al.. De-.ng an. action upon official bond as postmas ter. The action.was started September 4 this year to recover a balance of 302S on account due the Postofflce Department. The court allowed the fil-t ing of an answer with qualifications. Washington The judiciary commit tee Is now said to be in favor of im peachment proceedings. Paris. It is reported the SpanisH Premier has offered Napoleon the a slstance of Spain in sustaining ths temporal power of the Pope. Choice wheat is quoted at $2.50 t $2.75. The mystery surrounding the dlsap pearance of Colonel J. H. Neyce grows Nothing has yet been heard of him. Messrs. Hlbbard & Delashmutt. fam ily grocers, have dissolved partnership WAGE EARNER STRONG FOR BONDS He Appeals to Worker to Sacrifice it Need Be, bat to Buy. PORTLAND, Oct. 17. (To the Edi tor.) As a laboring man and wage earrer I would like to urge and appeal to every laboring man and woman Ire Portland, and in fact in Oregon, who can possibly do so to buy a liberty bond. Don't just sit down and say4 Let George do it." but do it yourself. This is a duty you owe yourself, your family and your country. Mind you. it is an obligation you are under to thn t hoiiKstnrls of our noble youni; men 11 over the -continent who volunteurea to lay down their lives for the preser- ation and wellbeing of our uovern- rr.tnt; it is a debt you are contracting, for as wage earners you are relieving nd are to reap the benefit resulting rom victory. This duty Is not confined to Amerl- ean-bom residents, but to every in abitant of this broad land. German, Ciitrllsh. French. Italian, everybody. white or black or red. If this country is more desirable for our foreign popu lation to remain in than their respec- Ive native lands, then let them obey nr law and contribute of their earn ings for its preservation and mainte- cnee. Perhaps to purcnase a iioeny bond will mean sacrifice on your part. Well, all the more commenaaDie ouc. ct. Perhaps it will mean a meatless day. Well, what of that? i am useu, to meatless days, and can observe one more day each week, and wear a smile hat won't come off, even when l pass y a meat market. Yes. 1 would will ingly observe breadless days it neea be to heir, win In this struggle. Read Secretary of Labor Wilson's! appeal to workers, wherein he says the workers have more at stake in thej present world conflict than any othef class. "It is in a democracy that the common people can come Into their own. To those of us who remain at home, in the mines and mills, tne wny s open for democracy, we must maKsj sacrifices." Fellow laborer. thlnK seriously ana candldlv. Is it not your duty to assist ir. this war? If you are exempt from military duty, then stand by those who are in service. me man ui im ... age who refuses to coma rorwara ana register when canen on to uu v slacker and punishable by imprison ment. So the man above military age who is called on just to lend a small amount of money and refuses to do so. certainly is a very slouchy slacker. Don't be a slacKer. i-et us eai n uuy w iberty bond. w. t wuuuc.x. Nevc Terms In War. SALEM, Or.. Oct. 16. (To the Ed tor.) There are many who do not know what drum nre. curtain, oi mo and barrage mean. Please tell us. J . -X. VJ. Drum fire is the intense artillery fira which precedes an infantry attack, so- called because It is as regular anJ rapid as the beating of a drum. Cur tain, or barrage Are Is a screen, of artil lery fire which moves forward step by step in front of infantry advancing to the attack to clear the ground of en emy, forces, particularly machine guns. and to head! off a counter-attack. Cur tain fire also applies to an. intense nre designed to stop an attack before it reaches the front line trench. A Windy Nuisance. By James Barton Adams. There's a tiresome, windy nuisance in this portion of the earth that never should have suffered from the accident of birth; never should have been cre ated in the noble human form; noisy drones forever buzzing in the busy earthly swarm. They are cussed with vocal organs that are never out o' gear. but are always keen for business whert thcy find a lis'ning ear they are swelled with self importance egotis tical and vain men with allopathlo talkers and with homeopathic brain. They will tackle any subject from tha weather to the war, try to settle grav est question that we pay our states men for: they will chatter, chatter, chatter with persistence most intense, and their flood of vocal cackle seldom shows a bit of sense. Seem to have no earthly mission but to manufacture talk, if they'd hit a solid idea 'twould give their nerves a shock, and they're strung from the Pacific to the rocky coast of Maine, men with allopathlo talkers and with homeopathic brain. They will start their tongues in action at the breaking of the day and till sleep at night comes o'er them keep a chaftering away, and I reckon that the angels who their nightly vigils keep could Inform us that the cusses do some talking in their sleep. Seetn possessed of vocal organs that will never ttre or wear, that will never rip nor ravel, fray around the edge or tear; O. they always give a lis'ner six or seven kinds of pain, men with allo pathic talkers auii with AoiuecpaUuo brain. v. . i !