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THE 3IOKXIXG- OREGOXUX, MONDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1917
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KNOWLEDX1K AND PREVENTION.
The Oregonian notes without par
ticular agitation that a contempo
rary has seen fit to give prominence
to complaints from Charlotte, N. C,
that a recent unfavorable news report
in this paper on moral conditions there
is not correct. The moral and sani
tary status of Charlotte, assuring com
plete sexual health and social comfort
to tlie soldiers from Oregon and else
where, is said to be above reproach;
and reassurance is given to the parents
and relatives of the Oregon troops
that they have no occasion whatever
for worry.
Very good. We hope everything is
all right at Charlotte; we hope the
correspondent of The Oregonian was
and Is mistaken; we hope the Mayor
of that far-away city, who indignantly
sends word that vice and intemper
ance have been sternly repressed there,
knows what he is talking about. It
would console many good people in
Oregon and elsewhere to know that
the authorities at Charlotte and other
cantonments have driven out bad
women and worse men and closed up
the dives. We should like a few de
tails, however, as to when the job was
done.
The gravest mistake the American
people can make, in the vast prepara
tion for war, is to close their eyes to
actual conditions and to accept at face
value the partial statements of local
officials or of soldier witnesses who are
conscious of their own correct conduct
and who are indignant at the thought
that any boy in uniform could be sus
pected of yielding weakly to anything.
The Oregonian is Quite well aware of
the pleasing and patent fact that the
great body of American soldiers are
able to take care of themselves, and it
understands and sympathizes with
their demand that they be given full
credit for knowledge and chacacter
knowledge of the penalties of social
and sexual transgression and character
to resist temptation. Yet there are
some among them too many, unfor
tunately who are not so strong. It
is the duty of those soldiers who are
above suspicion, and know it, to help
others who are weak. They cannot
do it by saying that there is no such
thing as the social evil in the Army,
or organized prostitution at or near
the cantonments.
Let us call to the witness stand Sec
retary Daniels, of the Navy. "During
the last statistical year," says the Sec
retary, "men of the American Navy
lost 141,378 days from a small group
of absolutely preventable diseases, or,
rather, diseases contracted by sin.
This means that every day throughout
the year there were 456 men disabled
by a disgraceful malady. ... In
the Navy in 1915 there were admitted
for treatment for venereal diseases
112 persons in every 1000. and in the
Army SI for every 1000." There is
more of the same disconcerting infor
mation from the Secretary of the
Navy, who, it is to be assumed, knows
the facts.
If it be said that Secretary Daniels
was describing conditions existent in
the regular Army and In the Navy two
years ago. it may be replied that if
there had been marked improvement
since that time, or if the danger had
passed, he would surely have said so,
or said nothing at all on the subject.
Put if the testimony of Secretary
Daniels is not adequate, consideration
will surely be given to whatever Sec
rotary of War liaker has to say. lie
made a public address at ISoston in
the past week, and he discussed the
precise question which appears to
have stirred up the good people of
Charlotte into a frenzied protest
against intimations that anything; is
wrong.
"Unless a network of protection is
spread around the soldiers in com
munities adjoining war camps," said
the Secretary, "the whole moral life
of this Nation will be lowered and
there will be a wide extension of social
diseases. . . . We cannot afford
any such tremendous and calamitous
National waste and extravagance as
to take a million young men out of
their homes and corrupt them, and
then when the war is over send them
back home less fine than when they
came to us." There was much more
of the same sincere and thoughtful
warning in the Laker address. The
Secretary, to be sure, made no charges,
and was far more guarded in his
speech than Secretary Daniels, but
can the deep significance of his dis
tinct and tremendous note of alarm be
ignored?.
Thousands of soldiers are now in
France, or are on their way; and soon
there will be millions of young and
clean American boys there. It is a
fact that the Krone h government has
done nothing, and probably will do
nothing, to remove wine shops from
the vicinity of the camps, and It is
also a fact that the soldiers are ex
posed to constant, persistent and un
molested solicitation by women who
infest the vicinage of the camps in
large numbers. Is nothing to be said
or done about such things? When
the terrible facts are known about the
prevalence of venereal diseases in the
tiruian, Hritish and French armies,
they will shock and amaze the world.
The enemy just over the top is not
the worst the boys have to face. It is
the enemy at his side, if she is per
mitted to be there placed there by
procurers and panderers and exploit
ers in fair and seductive guise, who
will do him, if they can, far more
harm; and through him even greater
harm to others.
Possibly there has been overem
phasis on conditions about the can
tonments. But eren so, there cannot
be overemphasis on the gravity of the
sexual question, and the lurking and
fearful dangers to the race it compre
hends. The whole matter has un
pleasant and disgusting aspects, and
The Oregonian does not discuss it
through choice, but wholly through
its sense of obligation to the soldiers
and to their parents and friends. No
evil can be cured by ignoring it;
knowledge is the vital need, so that
there may be prevention.
PREPARE FOB THE NEXT LOAN.
We have done it. In typically
American style, the American people
have raised the second liberty loan of
five billion dollars and more by a
splendid Garrison finish. When the
campaign began the millions seemed
to grow slowly, but every bond-buyer
became a worker, infusing patriotism
and appreciation for a sound invest
ment in his neighbors, until they grew
to a mighty army of eight millions
and more, each offering his money to
Uncle Sam for the destruction of
Prussian barbarism. The Germans
attacked with a loan of over three
billions. The American people have
counter-attacked with over five bil
lions. This good news of American devo
tion to the cause of liberty and civili
zation comes most fitly on the same
day with news that American troops
have entered the front line of trenches
in France and have lired their first
shots at the foe. There they will com
plete their education for the arduous
task before them. The news from
home that the people are behind them
with all the money needed will stiffen
their nerves to form a battering ram
j which will match and outdo that with
which Von Mackensen has struck
Italy. The Kaiser is confronted with
another "contemptible little army"
which will grow, as has the first, until
it, too, will blast his troops out of
the fair land which they have defiled.
Of what benefit shall be victory in the
Alps to the Kaiser when his army is
being ground to pieces by the team
of three great, free nations in the
west?
But the work is long and costly,
and may absorb many more loans
of five billions before it is finished.
Having completed the second loan,
the people should prepare for the
next. That they may be able to re
spond again and again to their coun
try's call, they must husband their
resources and accumulate funds to
buy bonds as often as the Government
calls upon them.
There is no doubt that the United
States has the resources to finance its
own part in the war and all purchases
which the allies make in this country.
The two loans which have been raised
took no more than the top layer of
dollars out of Uncle Sam's sack. The
task is simply one of thorough organi
zation, of teamwork and of putting our
great wealth in liquid form.
STAXDPATINH HEARS ITS HEAD.
It is a shock to our pride In creative
genius to read in the reactionary Port
land Journal that the Oregon system
is misnamed, is not original with Ore
gon, and is not so good as the .English
system.
If it were not there in print right
before our eyes, wc should doubt the
temerity of anyone in Oregon, reac
tionary, standpat or otherwise despic
ably described, to assert that the Kng
lish referendum is the only genuine
referendum, and that ours is clouded
with bedevilment. Hut here it is:
To apply the referendum, (he Knglfsh
Parliament Is dissolved wiin it fails to tus
taln the government on any Important incis
ure. An election is then held upon that par
ticular issue. Th Kngllsli call this process
"soing to the country. "
This is a genuine referendum, more ef
fective and conclusive than ours and con
ducted with less parade. Jt is more ex
pressive of the public will because our reft-r-enduin
Is always bedeviled Willi half a dozen
Irrelevant issues.
Whatever may be the truth as to
Mr. U'Ren's having found the Oregon
system running around under another
name in Tasmania, Kamchatka or
Mesopotamia, Oregon has at least
some pride in his achievement that
ought not thus to be squelched. More
over, the quoted statement Is not true.
The issue over which the English
Parliament dissolves may, and some-!
times is, no more the real cause of
internal crisis than the murder of the
Austrian Archduke was the real cause
of the European war.
A weakening government may throw
up its hands over some trivial measure
and "go to the country." That issue
may then be promptly forgotten and
any number of other issues rise to
interest the people. The paramount
issue in one district may not be the
paramount issue in another.
Personal popularity and individual
eloquence may be mixed with issues.
The same member of Parliament ma
seek return from several districts. If
he is of the government party, for
example, he may be up in several dis
tricts safely for the government, and
may devote his whole time to the in
terests of . himself and his party in
another and doubtful district. Glad
stone used to make his main light in
Midlothian and run also in several
safe districts.
And in England, just as in America,
candidates' promises are not always
fulfilled. The government party may
have declared for certain policies and
after election have forgotten all about
them.
Our reactionary contemporary calls
this a "genuine referendum!" Bless
its innocent soul, Oregon had the
same quality of referendum before
Mr. U'Hen filched the Oregon system
from New Zealand or wherever it wus
he got it. Oregon lawmakers "went
to the people" automatically after
forty days of labor. ' The political
parties formed their platforms on
what had been done or had not been
done and the people, in theory, re
turned them or defeated them, ac
cording to how they felt about it. In
England a Parliament may live for
live years without the people having
any better opportunity to defeat a
measure they do not want than Ore
gon citizens had in the corrupt days
of a State Legislature.
The Oregon referendum is applied
to things done; the English referen
dum to things not done. The Oregon
plan i direct in action and conclu
sive. The English system is a mere
variation of the' representative system
encountering, as did our o-vn purely
representative system, the moral in
stability and lack of good faith of the
men in whom a trust is placed.
This bid for surrender of the Ore
gon referendum and a return to the
old system of mussy lawmaking will
be promptly rejected by an indignant
public.
The Manufacturers' and Land Prod
ucts' Show, which opens next Satur
day, should be of personal interest to
every Oregonian, for the Hoover food
campaign has given each one a reason
for knowing how to produce, preserve
and use food. Many people need to
extend their knowledge of the many
uses to be made of other products of
the earth, which, include minerals and
lumber. The men who have been
seeking out the secrets of Oregon's
wealth will place their knowledge at
the disposal of all comers, and will
show its concrete results.
CHESTNUT TREES DISAPPEARING.
The Department of Agriculture has
given our chestnut trees only two,
years more to live. Only a few years
ago the chestnut timber in the L'nited
States was valued at $100,000,000 or
thereabouts. It was not the finest
timber in the world, but it served to
save better timber for other purposes.
Now it is either dead or dj-ing. except
for a few trees in isolated places that
do not count. The chestnut blight
has' done the work.
But our scientists are. a wonderfully
xesourceful set of men. They hoped
for a while to save the trees by find
ing a way to combat the blight: but
failing in that they have done the
thing next best. They found in China
a new chestnut that is immune, but
the nut from which is inferior to our
own in sweetness and food value. So
they crossed the Chinese variety with
the chinquapin and obtained a nut
much like the one which is now dis
appearing. But the value of the wood
of the hybrid was negligible and they
are now engaged in breeding still an
other variety in an effort to relieve the
timber situation.
Nature has a way of solving her
own problems, if she is let alone, but
her processes are distressingly slow.
The Chinese chestnuts which do not
blight have developed their immunity
only in thousands of years, in which
uncounted forests have succumbed, to
be reproduced slowly by the isolated
survivors. But this is the twentieth
century and we cannot wait. We hope
to guide nature in making her selec
tions, to eliminate waste of time. and.
if possible, to save a few hundred
years.
HOOVER SAVES CAR SERVICE.
The food administration Is not con
tent with promoting economy in con
sumption of food: it also works for
economy of transportation in order
both to make the facilities of the rail
roads go as far as possible and to limit
cost of food by avoiding unnecessary
hauling. In so doing it gives the pro
ducer the benefit of the home market,
cuts down the transportation cost to
the consumer and prevents waste
through depreciation on long hauls.
In this as in other branches of his
work, Mr. Hoover gets results through
the voluntary -co-operation of the
trades concerned. He induces each
industry to organize and to place pa
triotic duty above selfish interest. On
their own recommendation, wasteful,
expensive and unfair practices are
abandoned, and rules are made in ac
cord with the plans of the Adminis
tration. Thus good will is cultivated
and co-operation of consumers and
railroads is stimulated. One result is
the adoption of minimum carloads
which double the former unit and
save car s,ervice.
Growers of fruit and vegetables
form associations which enable them
to combine their shipments in carload
lots, to attain uniform standards and
to protect themselves in dealing with
commission houses. The latter are so
regulated that agents of the Depart
ment of Agriculture may inspect their
records, that producers and distribu
tors may be kept informed as to stocks
and that overstocking may be avoided.
A standard type of refrigerator car is
to be adopted for recommendation to
all the railroads, which will permit
of heavier loadipg. higher efficiency
and safer carriage of perishable goods.
That wheat may be supplied first to
our own people, then to the allies and
last to neutrals, if any surplus should
remain, it is held under control near
the point of production and supplied
to the nearest mill, which supplies
flour to the nearest area, any surplus
going to the next nearest mill. Sur
plus hauling is thus avoided.
Livestock and dairy prices and sup
plies are next to be taken in hand. The
aim will be to stabilize prices by caus
ing shipment to market of sufficient
only for the day's needs, which will
avoid overstocking with its attendant
expense for holding over and feeding
at the stockyards and with the losses
due to shrinkage and delay. Similar
control will be applied to meat, poul
try, butter, eggs, fresh fruit, vege
tables, sugar, canned goods, beans,
fish, milk, bread and other commodi
ties. A great advantage of this reliance
on voluntary co-operation will be that
it will avoid the friction which would
inevitably result from any form of
compulsion, will limit the expense
which would otherwise be Incurred,
and will introduce economies and im
provements in the conduct of business
which may with advantage be con
tinued under Government sanction
when the emergency which has
prompted them has passed.
SHIPS, THE FIRST NECESSITY.
From all-ides comes testimony that
the greatest need of America and the
allies in the war is ships. We have
raised an Army of nearly a million
and a half men, but they cannot get
at the Germans without ships. If we
have enough ships to send them across
the Atlantic, they cannot be fed,
clothed and armed without more
ships to carry these supplies to them.
Herbert Hoover tells us that the world
has a surplus of 200.000.000 bushels
of wheat, but for lack of ships the
allies are short nearly 600.000.000
bushels. The American reople have
lent their Government over five bil
lion dollars, but unless a large part
of it is soon invested in ships, it might
as well not have been raised. The
American people have been exhorted
to increase their production and de
crease their consumption of food, but
their efforts will have been wasted
without ships to carry the surplus to
Europe. The Ked Cross has estab
lished a complete organization to care
for sick and wounded soldiers in
France, but it must have ships to
carry medical supplies across the
ocean, or the soldiers will die.
In face of this paramount necessity,
this first requisite to our part in the
war, what has been done? Early in
the session Congress appropriated
half a billion dollars and authorized
contracts to the amount of a further
quarter of a billion, at the same time
empowering the President to delegate
authority to expend the money. Two
months elapsed before the President
delegated this authority to General
Goethals and the Shipping Board.
Then more time was wasted in a
wrangle between the General and the
Board about contracts and type of
ships. The original plan to build a
thousand wooden ships as well as all
the steel ships of which the country
is capable was condemned by General
Goethals, yet he contracted for sev
eral hundred vessels of wood. The
Board was reorganized with new mem
bers, and Admiral Capps succeeded
Goethals, but they set their faces more
firmly than ever against wooden ves
sels, yet refuse to permit shipbuilder.;
to make contracts with other nations
or private owners on terms which any
man in his senses would accept. Thus
a large proportion of the country's
shipbuilding capacity is unused when
the prime necessity of the war is
ships.
The Administration has been equally
dilatory in providing for uninterrupted
work on the ships which are actually
building. In their eagerness to hurry
their contracts to completion, ship
builders outbid each other for work
men, and workmen, seeing the ine
qualities in wages which resulted and
the opportunity to get higher pay and
union control, made demands for more
wages and the closed shop. Those de
mands were made early in August,
and a strike was openly threatened.
The Shipping Board was informed,
but it did nothing to prevent the
strike, simply "passed the buck" to
the shipbuilders. The strike came and
tied up all Pacific Coast yards for
three to five weeks. Then the Ad
ministration proceeded to cure that
which it should have prevented. The
occasion obviously called for uniform
wages and working conditions on the
whole Pacific Coast with strict pro
vision that all disputes should be ad
justed without cessation of work, but
only now, after much mischief has
been done, are these measures taken.
Now comes the announcement that
Admiral Capps' health is breaking un
der the strain of trying to do all the
work of contracting for, and super
vising the building of. ships, and that
he is to be relieved by a staff xf ex
perts who are to carry out his instruc
tions. It is poor testimony to the
judgment exercised in making ap
pointments that no member of the
Shipping Board is a shipbuilder and
that Admiral Capps' experience is con
fined to the building of fighting ships;
also that the Admiral has been per
mitted to try to "do it all" and thus
to wear himself out in a few months.
The emergency demands that the
Board include men familiar with both
steel and wooden ships, and the man
ager of the Emergency Fleet Corpora
tion should be a big business man of
the same type, such as head the Mu
nitions Board, the railroad committee
and other war boards. Such men con
nected with the big shipbuilding com
panies would surely give their services
to the Nation and get things moving
with smooth team-work between the
Board, the shipbuilders and the work
men. A man of this stamp would not con
demn wooden ships in general because
there had been a few failures. He
would be more apt to get together the
best brains in designing a wooden
ship that would succeed, just as a
similar body of men designed the Lib
erty motor for airplanes. He would
not reject the wooden ship entirely
because it cannot make the speed
which gives reasonable safety in the
danger zone. He would find ample
work for it outside of that zone, in
coastwise and intercoastal traffic and
in bringing supplies from India. Aus
tralia and other remote countries for
transfer to faster, well-armed steel
ships when they reach the danger
zone. Then the surplus wheat of
India, Australia and Argentina would
become available, the shortage to
which Mr. Hoover refers would dis
appear and the congestion on the rail
roads would be relieved. Absence of
these remote supplies from the war
zone is a victory for the submarine
blockade, and every day's delay in
building ships to make them available
is a day's grace granted to the Kaiser
and an additional day's agony for the
people of Belgium, Northern France.
Poland, Serbia, Uoumania and Ar
menia. While Americans waste time
and energy, these people are dying.
Representative Jeannette Rankin's
sympathy with the "Wobblies," of
Butte, is held by the New York Times
to be a count against woman suffrage,
but it seems that the good lady was
only playing politics and played badly,
just as do mere men. Women in
politics act much like other poli
ticians. Governmental restriction of enter
prises not essential to the conduct of
the war is going to put a crimp into
many lines, but Santa Claus has his
stock ready for Christmas, so why
worry?
Brazil is no doubt impressed with
the idea that it is a case of fight now
or later on, as we have been, and has
determined to Join in the movement
to make the world safe for democracy.
Action of the Elks in equipping the
University of Oregon base hospital
unit gives them a still clearer right,
if such were needed, to the use of the
words benevolent and protectiy.
This is food pledge week, but no one
need be deterred from saving food by
inability to attach a formal signature
to an official roll. The way to con
serve is to conserve.
A professor up at Pullman has
elaborated a formula for a breakfast
food of grains and other stuff, but it
cannot as a filler displace tho "dog
and fry."
An Irish lad fired the first Ameri
can shell, made a bullseye and wafted
a dozen of the enemy into uncollect
ible fragments. Unum go bragh!
New York City has turned attention
away from the war long enough to
have an old-fashioned, mud-slinging
campaign for Mayor.
The man at Aberdeen who says
Henry Ford will be the next President
is Just a matter of "giving her more
gas."
A Taeoma. alienist says the round
head is the best tighter, which is not
news to the square-head husband.
The long-range forecast was for
"colder weather at the end of the
week," and hit it on the front end.
The stress of war time was needed
to show Oregon people the value in
the evergreen berry.
A second telephone system is an
anchor to windward in troublous
times.
Whale leather ought to make good
razor strops for use in the woodshed.
Those Canadians in Flanders are
setting a pace for the Americans.
Everybody knew Oregon would make
good and have some over.
The telephone workers will make a
Halloween affair of it.
Julian Eltinge is the original camouflage.
How io Keep Well.
By Dr. W. A Evaaa,
Questions pertinent to hygiene, sanitation
and prevention of dtsetsea If matters of
general interest, will be answered la tbla
column. Wbers space will not parmlt or the
subject la not suitable, letters will be per
sonally answered, subject to proper limita
tions and where stamped addressed envelope
Is lnclcsed. Dr. Evioi win not make diag
nosis or prescribe for Individual diseases. Re
quests for auch services cannot be answered
t Copyright. ISIS, by Ur. V.'. A. Evans.
Published oy arrangement with the Chicago
Tribune.)
ALL CAN HAVE! GOOD FEET.
A person with bad feet need not
despair, according to Dr. Jones, of the
United States Army. The chance is
good that with patience and determi
nation he can cure his feet of the
fallen arches, broken arches, "weak
feet." hammer toes, cuA toes, and even
bunions, corns, and Ingrowing nails
produced by the folly of his youth. To
accomplish this he must walk right,
wear proper shoes, and develop the
muscles of his feet and the front part
of the lower leg.
The exercises for overcoming weak
feet, painful feet, and broken arches
are:
1. Stand on a firm table with the
balls of the bare feet on the edge, the
toes projecting over the side. Bend,
the toes down as far as possible, then j
up. Repeat 30 times. At first the
hands should be used to help bend the
toes up and down.
2. Standing with the bare feet on a
flat surface, bend the toes up as far as
possible. Straighten them as nearly as
possible. Repeat 30 times.
3. Toes are separated as far as pos
sible. Then closed. Repeat 30 times.
Help with the hands.
4. Standing on a flat surface, lift
the toes (stand on the heels). Repeat
30 times.
5. Turn the feet inward and carry
the weight on the other edge of the
feet. While in this position curl and
straighten the toes 30 times.
6. Stand cn one foot. Carry the
other one forward to an angle of 30
degrees. Rotate the foot in a complete
circle about 30 times. Repeat with the
other foot.
After these exercises have been gone
through with twice a day for two
months', it will be time for walking on
the toes, dancing, and such other ex
ercises as develop the calf muscles.
The first two months must be devoted
to developing the unduly weak muscles
of the foot and front part of the lower
leg.
No arch supports, leg or foot braces
are to be worn. They do harm, in that
they make weak muscles weaker.
In walking, the toes are to point di
rectly forward or a little toward the
inner side. This is very important.
The socks must be four numbers
larger than the shoe. For example: A
man wearing a No. 7 shoe must wear a
No. 11 sock. LiKht wool socks are the
best. Under no circumstance are
pointed toes to be worn by men, women,
or children. The nearer the shoe comes
to following the lines of the Army or
Munsin shoe the better. Is it too much
to hope that our women and our youths,
both girls and boys, in their hero wor
ship may be led to wear shoes like the
soldiers, as well as uniforms, brass
buttons, khaki, and sombrero hats?
Dr. Jones says that seldom do in
growing toenails need to be operated
on. If the toe is given plenty of room,
not cramped; if the sore place is pro
tected with cotton and the corner of
the nail is allowed to grow out, the
soreness passes away. Corns and
bunions can be cured In many cases by
wearing proper shoes and properly ex
ercising the feet and lower leg muscles.
The feet should be exposed to the sun
and air for a short while each day
when possible.
Coming down on the car this morn
ing I sat next a Major in the Regular
Army. He wore the regulation shoe.
It was broad of toe, rounded at the
fronts broad in the ball. The large toe
edge of the sole was straight and in
line with the heel. So far every quali
fication of a good shoe was noted. But
the shoe was more than one size too
large, and the entire front was thrown
into deep and, no doubt, uncomfortable
wrinkles.
Child's Diet at Fault.
Mrs. G. W. J. writes: "(1) Can you
suggest a mild purgative for my little
girl, 10 years old? She has lots of
trouble with her liver. Every three or
four weeks we have to give her calo
mel. She begins to feel sluggish and
in a few days she has high fever.
Don't you think too much calomel will
ruin the system? She is not a hearty
eater. She eats some vegetables, milk
and butter, and a great deal of sweets.
Wo live in the Delta. Do you think
some good well water would benefit
her? We have splendid artesian water.
(2) Can you suggest a cause and
remedy for brown or liver colored spots
on the body? They made their first
appearance ten years ago after confine
ment. A spot abcut the size of a dollar
came on my stomach. Now my body is
nearly covered and they are coming on
my arms, neck and face. They give no
trouble only in looks. Could this be
pellagra? I eat meats, vegetables, and
fruits.
REPLY.
M) No circumstances will Justify the
periodic use of calomel as a purgative. You
need to change your child's diet, Io not
give her sweets. She should eat bran bread,
cereals containing bran, fruit in abundance,
vegetables, and meat; eggs and milk in
moderation. As you have good artesian
water, give her plenty of it. No other water
is needed. The so-called bilious attacks
with fever, for which calomel is customarily
taken, are nothing more than the effects of
Improper eating.
(2) The condition described Is not the
result of pellagra, or In any way related to
it. 1 do not know of any cure for so-called
liver sputa.
Too Much Candy.
F. E. K. writes: "I eat about three
quarters of a pound of popular priced
candy (not chocolate) every week. Is
this harmful to a woman of 31 years?
If so, what would be a good substi
tute?" REPLY.
I think so. A woman of St. leading an
inactive life, has no business eating any
candy. In such persona candy eating is re
sponsible for pimples, obesity, and dlabetea.
A woman of 31 la very liable to eat too
much atarch and sweets (bread, desserts,
and candy).
Consumption Not Inherited.
H. L. B. writes: "Is consumption
hereditary?"
REPLY.
Consumption is not hereditary, properly
speaking. It runa through famlliea because
they catch It from each other or live in the
same badly ventilated. Insanitary house or
have consumed milk from the same source.
SIirPFIXG, WHOLE WAR IX A WORD
Major Murphy Says All Else la Worth
leaa Without Ships.
From sn interview of Major Grayson
M. P. Murphy, head of the European
Red Cross Commission from the United
States, with Elizabeth Frazer. published
in the Saturday Evening Post:
Transportation: That, as I conceive
it, is the whole war in a word. Not
gold, not food: not materials; not la
bor; not soldiers we've got ail of those
things to burn. But ships. An un
breakable chain of carriers straight
across the water. And unfortunately
the American Red Cross in Europe
can't produce ships out of its pockets
at will, like a magician. Nor cun we
build them. But I can only say this:
that unlets we do get them, and thai
mighty quick. America will go down
In an abyss terrible beyond any prec
edent in her history! And we'll be over
here, cut off, marooned, helpless as
prisoners with their hands tied behind
their backs.
From now on every hour is precious.
And. equally from now on, every hour
of delay can be estimated pretty accu
rately in the loss of so many human
lives. We've got to face that fact
squarely and over here it looms big
ger than across the water.
Let's figure on that line a bit. Sup
pose we get our men into the trenches.
Suppose the Germans decide on a big
coup to wipe us off the slate. Suppose
at the same time with the land attack
they launch a smashing undersea of
fensive. It's extremely likely. For you
don't suppose, while America was
wrangling in subcommittees whether
we should have steel ships or wooden
ships, or big ships or little ships, or
no ships, that Germany was sitting
still twiddling her thumbs? And sup
pose she temporarily severs us from
our base violent land offensives going
forward all the time; wounded pour
ing into the hospitals, thousands in a
day; surgical supplies meltin'g away by
tons well, how much of that excess
pressure shall we be able to stand with
out cracking? Unless we get those
ships.
EXCEPTIONAL. SERVICE RENDERED.
Men and Women Who Worked Day and
Night for Liberty Loan Commended.
PORTLAND. Oct. 28. (To the Ed
itor.) In behalf of the liberty loan
publicity committee I desire to testify
to the value of tho volunteer services
rendered so devotedly and faithfully at
liberty loan headquarters for three
weeks by Henry E. Reed, County Asses
sor of Multnomah County, and Corporal
L. L. Hathorne, of the Oregon Home
Guards, and R. J. Cherry, formerly a
rancher near Boise, Idaho, and now a
resident of Portland.
These patriotic citizens were at head
quarters from early morning until late
at night, performing arduous duties,
frequently causing almost complete
physical exhaustion. Mrs. Frank L.
Myers also was at headquarters all the
daytime for two weeks, and Meedames
Sarah A. Evans and Thomas C. Burke
nearly all the time.
For the last three days Arthur C. Cal
lan and C. S. Loveland, also worked in
a like volunteer capacity assisting in
the tabulation of bank, town and coun
ty totals, as letters and telegrams
poured in from every section of Oregon.
William T. Hammond. J. L. Etheridge
and George Lovejoy worked nearly all
night Saturday night compiling figures.
It was only the self-sacrificing work
of these men and of Mr. Orton Goodwin,
the publicity manager of the stat'j cam
paign, that made it possible for ac
curate information to be given out in
stantly at any time of day or night as
to the exact progress of the subscrip
tion campaign in every city, town and
hamlet of Oregon.
I think it proper that these men and
women should be commended publicly
for their invaluable services.
PUBLICITY AND SPEAKERS, COM
M ITTKE.
By C. C. Chapman, Vice-Chairman.
WOMEN DO MOST OF IIOOVERIZING
Correspondent Accuses Men of Lunch
and Tobacco KxtravnguncrM.
PORTLAND, Oct. 2S. (To the Ed
itor.) Why pick on the women? In
the city of Portland alone enough
money goes up in smoke every day to
feed 500 soldiers. 1 think wjh thou
sands of other mothers that there
should be cards sent to every office
building in the United States asking
the men to sign a pledge to stop smok
ing for at least one day a week.
I have observed the men closer than
ever for the last two weeks. Go into
any showhouse in town from the nickel
one to the best in the afternoon and
you will find not less than 10 men to
every woman.
I also have visited the restaurants
from the best down and have observed
that nothing less than 25 cents, from
that up to 50 and 60 cents is rung up
for a man's lunch, and I'll bet if you
could see the wives or mothers of these
men you would find them in the pantry
eating what was left of yesterday's
dinner.
I believe in playing fair, and not ask
ing the women to do it all. There is
not a good wile or mother in the city
today but whose main thought is, what
can 1 get for dad's or the boy's dinner
tonixht? They do not buy the ex
pensive foods for themselves. So, gen
tlemen, have a heart, and do a little
Hooverizing yourselves.
E. S. ROUTLEDGE.
Soldier May Take Insurance.
OSWEGO, Or., Oct. 27. (To the Ed
itor.) (1) Kin'ily inform or explain
the meaning of the soldier's insurance:
who pays it? If my brother is in the
Army can I insure him for any amount
I want to or does the soldier pay it?
If so, how?
(2) Kindly inform me if ex-President
Roosevelt paid a visit to I'ope Pius
when he was on his tour after his hunt
ing trip. Did the pope give him an au
dience? If not. why? A. M. WEY.
(1) The soldier must apply. Premi
ums must be paid monthly by him, or
may bo deducted from his pay.
(2) Pope Pius X consented to an au
dience with Mr. Roosevelt, but stipu
lated that there should be no incident
"such as that Which made the recep
tion to Mr. Fairbanks impossible."
Vice-President Fairbanks had made an
address before the Methodist Episcopal
Mission, between which and the papal
authorities there had long been bitter
hostility. Although Mr. Roosevelt had not
been invited to address the Methodist
Mission, he declined to submit to any
conditions which would limit his con
duct. The negotiations terminated with
out an audience and without ill feel
ing on Mr. Roosevelt's part.
Mining; Assessments Suspended.
PORTLAND. Oct. 28 (To the Ed
itor.) In The Oregonian a subscriber
requests information relative to the
suspension of assessment work on min
ing claims for 1H17 and 1318. Senate
joint resolution No. 78. approved Oc
tober 5. 1917, provides: "The provision
of Sec. 2321, of the Revised Statutes
of the United States, which requires on
each mining claim located, and until
patent has been issued therefor, not
less than SIU0 worth of labor to be
performed or improvements to be made
during each year, be, and the same is
hereby, suspended during the years
1917 and 1918."
In order to obtain the benefit of this
resolution the claimant must file a no
tice of his desire to hold his mining
claim thereunder. This resolution does
not apply to oil locations.
Inasmuch as this is a matter of pub
lic interest, about which many inqui
ries have been made, I give you the
above for publication. J. N. HART.
In Other Days.
Halt a Ceatury A so.
From The Oregonian. October 29. 1S67.
New York. Broadway is at the
height of its glory. The city is filled
with guests and the hotels are stowing
them away from basement to attic at
.rices ranging from t to JS a day. The
Summer resort season has closed and
the buyers are flocking in. Coney
Island. Rockaway, Long Branch. New
port, Cape Cod. the White Mountains
and numerous other places of recrea
tion and revelry have had a big year.
A "pleasant whisper" out of London
is that Miss Ingeblow, the celebrated
and beloved poetess, is to marry Rob
ert Browning. It is not yet con
firmed. The Cincinnati Enquirer presents the
name of George II. Pendleton as the
choice of Ohio and the Northwest for
the next President.
H. C. Owen and II. G. Hadley. of
Lane County have returned from Fort
Clock, where they took a band of 5000
sheep. They report abundant grass.
Some workmen digging on Second
street yesterd ty unearthed about 1700
which had been secreted, no ona knows
when. One man got about J400 before
the other workmen discovered the kind
of diggina: he was having and "went
after" some of the pay dirt with both
hands.
Twenty-five Tears Ago.
From The Oregonian. October 20, 1S02.
Milwaukee. Wis. The great Chicago
fire was enacted on a small scale last
night in Milwaukee. Three thousand
people are homeless, four lives are lost
and the damage is estimated at $6,000.
000. Police and soldiers are in charge
of the situation.
The Pendleton Tribune says it has
heard that D. P. Thompson, of Tort
land, is soon to be appointed Minister
to Turkey.
D. C. Ireland, editor of The Dalle
Chronicle, sent to Portland yesterday
some ripe strawberries and a spray of
ripe raspberries, just to convince some
Portland people that there were ber
ries still ripening in the vicinity of
The Dalles.
The employes of the general freight
office of the Union Pacific in Port
land yesterday closed in on James G.
Woodworth. who is soon to go to Oma
ha, and presented to him a handsome
diamond locket. A. A. Morse made the
presentation speech. ,
Miss Allen, deputy school superin
tendent, presented a request to the
School Hoard last night that all gen
tlemen in the drawing and singing
corps be required to attend the lec
tures. The request was sent by the
drawing and singing department. It
was so ordered.
RAIDS FRIGHTEN DOGS AND CATS
English Itoy Xotea Thnt Household
Pets Fear Hun Airplanes.
BRITISH CONSULATE. Portland. Oct.
28. (To the Editor.) The following
extract from the letter of a boy friend
in England may interest you and per
haps some of your readers as indicating
the way the air raids are regarded at
the age of 12.
"We were in a raid when we were
staying at Southend, but we were not
hurt. I will tell you about it. We had
just had tea and we were looking at
a map when we heard firing going on,
so Uncle Fred went out to the front
of the house and Dad. Auntie Maudo
and I went out to the back and saw
two large aeroplanes which did not
look very nice, so we called Uncle
Fred and then Dad saw seven more
and Uncle Fred didn't- like the look
of them, so then we went indoors and
then we saw specials running about
t?l!ng the people to get to cover.
"Then the guns begran and the bombs
began falling and there was an awful
noise. The dogs and cats ran for their
lives, with their tails between their
legs, as they knew there was some
thing rrons. The raid lasted about 1')
minutes, and quite long enough, too.
I had a look at one of the big Hun
planes throujrh some field glasses and
I could see the crosses on the wings
quite clearly."
Don't you think the bit about the.
dogs and cats is really comic?
HARRY L. SHEUWOOD.
No A'nlne- in Maditones.
H.M.SEY. Or., Oct. 27. (To the Ed
itor.) The physical geography class of
the Halsey High School would like t
know if there is a mad dog stone, that
is. a stone for the cure of a mad dog's
bite. If there is one, where is it to bo
found? Can you kindly tell us?
BERTHA PYBURN.
In some sections of the United Slates
certain stones are popularly reputed
to cure hydrophobia by absorbing the
poison from the wound. The treatment
has no scientific sanction.
Ordinary Stamps to Be I'sed.
PENDLETON. Or.. Oct. 27. (To the
Editor.) il) Kindly state the approx
imate revenue during 1916 to the United
Stales from letter and postal-card post
age. 2 After November 1 will there
be special new war revenue 1-cent
stamps, or will the present 1-cent
stamps be used for extra postage on.
letters and postal cards?
J. W. ELLSWORTH.
(1) Portland Postoffice officials say;
there is no way of estimating.
(2) Ordinary stamps.
Alcohol for Manufacturing Purpose.
PORTLAND, Oct. 28. (To the Ed
itor.) (1) Kindly state if pure alcohol
can be bought In this state for manu
facturing purposes. (2) To whom
should one apply for a copyright?
OLD SUBSCRIBER.
(1) Yes. if one has a permit issued
by the District Attorney.
(2) To the copyright office. Library
of Congress, Washington. D. C.
Death of Writer.
MILL CITY, Or., Oct. 27. (To the Ed
itor.) Have been interested recently
in published letters of Richard Harding
Davis. I had not known of his death.
Kindly stale how, when and where
he died. J. S. D, W.
Richard Harding Davis died April 11.
1916, of heart disease, at his home in
Mount Kisco, N. Y.
Question in Grammar.
BE AVE It TON, Or., Oct. 27. (To the
Editor.) To settle a dispute, please
state whether this sentence is gram
matically correct:
"It represents a sudden and startling
attempt on his part, made in the very
middle of his career, to break away
from the conventions that had hitherto
limited hint, if indeed they were a lim
itation." CLARENCE PHILLIPS.
We would maintain the same tense
throughout the sentetice.
J'atent on Process.
WENDLING, Or., Oct. 27. (To tho
Editor.) Does the Government afford
any other protection than the patent
office for inventions, especially a for
mula for the treatment of steel?
P. A. JOHNSON'.
A patent is ali the protection ona
needs. We know of bo other-