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13 TTTE MORNING OREGOXIAX, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1918. Z)t (Drjfcrtmtmt rOBTLASD. KGOX. Xntr-I S port'ana I Or o soak FBStetfK as McoaI-M ansll Baattor. uMcripttoa niM laTortaD.v la - I R Si Mil I Iiai 1. Suodor Intf-Iuai. meotha . .... . I I y. .i -i a r tir i a roo moataa V Ia.. j. Durdkj locltadoa. ea moat Ii-li. aoat Saata. eo J"or ....... 7. wtthoal tuaaaj. ais. mania I'ot.r. without uad. taree ri f, wnaotsl aaa. a meal ooo'r. ooe tear at an even greater nt than a sixth of a ponnd a day after they begin to "pick up." .u ... ... ... ... 1 ....? i44F. aear Suaalaa aaa aaai? ...... By Carrier yarre. ir4a Sar.a'tea. en or ... Iti F. VuB'laF IRr:B1td, no 3"Oth .. li.r. vtiboot SuadtT, eat yf if Iol a. wt'haat Su1o. tiro months Ialiv. oliatl luaitaT. aaa Biaata How to aXesa aoad aoeloftVce mT "r. npna eriior or aonoaal chock T"t ioal auk Stamp, cala or enrrosrr r fi risk, dm aoaiofftc ad:rss 1 " aatar 11 to 1 ptiw 1 ",!" 1 1 pocom. J casta. M to " po-o. a . a. t. m.. . . . aj to TB sac, a pa no. casta foralsa : :t la $3 aataao noaato eataa - - - - amVina Cn- ha. Hraoawu-k ktili41n. Now TarB: vrre ra.tn. Staaoo kalldlnc. Chicoro; a. i i -. . . - i.ia rotroiL me. aa Krone loco roaraaaataUT. R. 1. Bid wen, 12 Mark atreat. mmui or m astoci.TKi rmK- To Aaaarate4 Ft aaa ta neraarralr eatltlaa a tha aaa for rooab.lcatloa of all aw aot..o.o rMir i. it or aot achat oloa eras- ItM la tha aanar. ana ais lb laaaU akaablloAoa aarola All ncats of iraabllcstKTS of special ola- aaichaa karats ara aiaa roaanroa rOITUMD.I HATl BOAT. rr.B. t. 1U. afC IX TH OLD TOW?. William E. ScblmpfT. member of the Ftnte legislature from Astoria, got bark to the old home town of Scran ton, Pa, the other day. and quite naturally has been expounding on the wonders of Oregon to the eager ana earnest natives. Jlr. Schlmpff fund of veracious in formation was not what might have been expected of one from a thriving community In a great and growing state. The Astoria statesman did not trll of the wonderful development of shipbuilding, of spruce production for airplanes, of the ready reeponse or Orarnn to every patriotic call. He talked not of the glo-o-rlous climate, nor of tha Jumping salmon, nor of ' verdant forests, of blossoming or chards, of golden fields of grain. Dear, no. 'Bill Is none of your common boosters. This Is what he told them bark In Srranton. according to the iVranton Tiroes: THFia atfLtftONS, Oraiaa la aa procreaatva la tta lawmaking thai It prov1iol for tha otartlon of lft!t4 ttatoa Soaators by tha paapla bafirra th ronotltutlonal liamdmrnt marfo that r form offoctlva la 1M Mr. Chamborlala. aa a Dotnorratlc rmadldala tor tha Striata, had a plurality, bat tha lr at I at tira. wblrh by law was rharaoil with tha actual o loci ion. woo Ropuhllcan In both braocbaa. Vary hon orably Indoad It confirm od th popular rholra. althoacb It waa undor s oblia- tlon ta do an. Mr. Chamborlaln. thorofora. aa tha ma tomorrat In th Sanat who waa alactad by Ropubllcaaa Saw Tor a watia If the New Tork World will consult the excellent almanac which It Issues annually. It will discover (page 90. edition. 11T) that the seventeenth amendment to the Constitution of the I'nlted States for election of Senators by popular vote, went Into effect May 11. 1311. On that date, the one and only statement. Justly celebrated prod uct of the Oregon System, went Into the discard. Mr. Chamberlain was first elected to the Senate In 108. by a Republican Legislature, after defeating the Re publican candidate In an election by the people. His majority was small (15::). but the mandate upon the Legislature was specific, and It not disobeyed. Mr. Chamberlain elected In 1914 by a majority of SS.461 over the Republican nomine. The point sought to be made by the World Is that Oregon Is a Republican state, and that a key to Senator Cham berlain's motive tn criticising the war measures of a Democratic Administra tion Is to be found in that fact. The World should continue Its speculative Inquiries; with a closer re gard for historical accuracy, into the reasons why Senator I -a wis, a Demo crat In Republican Illinois. Senator Thompson, a Democrat In Republican Kansas. Senator Phelan. a Democrat tn Republican California. Senator Hol lls. a Democrat In Republican New Hampshire. Senator Pomerene. a Dem ocrat In Republican Ohio, the late Senator Hunting, a Democrat tn Re, publican Wisconsin, continue to be In accord with the Administration's war policies. ha calls brute endurance Is probably more a matter of the soul. There have been millions of physically strong men and few with the will to pene trate the far corners of the earth. It does not make much difference that the era of exploration de luxe seems about to dawn. There will be plenty of work for those who view obstacles only as things to be over come. And triumph will depend no more on pure brute force in these fields than on the Ire caps and In the Jungles. The Indomitable spirit need never sigh for want of worlds to con quer while life endures. WHEN XritSKS ARE LtTXTKIKM. Renewed demands for trained nurses for war service Indicate a way In which luxury-loving semt-lnvallds can do a patriotic duty. Tha obvious course ts to release as many nurses as possible for those who really need them and for the soldiers at the front. An appeal to the people thus to deny themselves for the country's good has been made by leaders of the Red Crosr. In the East, coupled with the state-nent that there Is likely to be a shortage of nurses equipped for arduous service before many months have elapsed, and that the problem Is certain to become serious if the war Is prolonged. Thero are about 90.000 graduate nurses In the I'nlted States, of whom 16,600 already have been enrolled by the Red Cross. The needs of the civil population must not be neglected, nor must real needs be confounded with the employment of highly-skilled nurses to care for well babies and hypochondriacs. It Is thought that many self-indulgent Individuals will be benefited by dispensing with their nurses altogether, and that others can well employ attendants possessing less training than is required for serv ice with the Army. Army nursing Is not the haphazard work It was a generation ago. Some thing more than a spirit of devotion Is required. Evidence of special train tng Is a prerequisite to assignment to duty. The nurse's responsibility is heightened by prospective lack of phy sicians and surgeons enough for the large Army we may be1 called upon to raise. Recent prevalence of pneu monia in the camps illustrates the pressing need of nurses who know their work thoroughly and are Imbued with strong desire to uphold the standards of the profession. at Oroaoa la saw boar fry alck af tti "t ai-ohtbifoa. araordlas ta tha mas from Aaftrta. Tha aary afTocta foaiaal from pro- aiM'M. ho aatd. ara s bl doprartataaa aruawtr aalaaa asaf sbsarmal docroooo In ronta. th raiiuc arf sf popaiatloa " kia tarraaao ta taxation. Thar ta aa much InroaJf-altooi aa avar oof or, ba aald. Th cut or r oct load, atneo la I koaa dry. baa ran backward- Tha city nna-or BoaVtshaa tha earalrmoM af pupil ha tha pablta arbaol st th Wstnnlnc tlta Brbool tana. Tat thro af faajr y aha arhaat ooartof ratios ohawad a Ms "- This potatad ta n o atlas aa a roaart af fsmlTIa mo. In a Th (try thaw dtaraattauad tb pub- rarattaai a tha aorallnaaat flaw, ctvtas ai iiaam a aa tha taaana. bat tbo raal roaaoa. aoaordlns to tr. Schlmpff. woo that tT did sot want ts advarua tb fact that Part Ia4 waa ailppraf aa a ranlt f wreblbl. alao. r-rohrortVooi baa not paaaaaaad drtnkraa It too mada It mora dtfncalt to (ot drink. bat aua It aa abtaiaad. mas anna aaroaa. sot baawlns whoa tbay will aaoia. Bo!oin floarlahaa. Th ban ta araasht lata th ot at by tha Ti aoriar raata.- tn trnnba and Bolt saaadt af proroaataaal -aalffar- Br na- p'oiod. Thatr aol duty omolitna af iraaks Bad sattrnaaa. aaoa with aaaarnal arraia baa taaama a a I! 'fa I thai tha ran datart canaoalod boaaa aova tboy so wlthla anuria siarancv u Maulaar. Tha oo-ao ais palira far a Baalatalnad sod. boaidoa. maay oati-n mas man ba om p.ojod all tho lima ta walch far malf lal taloairaat Inla tha ata-e aad lata tea rttian The farts are that school enrollment has grown steadily. The prohibition Law went Into effect January 1. 11 la the Spring term of the preceding awet year the school enrollment oa the Brat day waa I.o. On th corre sponding day In 11 It was S.47: In in it waa :.::: m in it was 11.TH. Instead of a larger police force on. aler prohibition, the department today has 103 patrolmen, whereas H "l In ll and 11 tn 114. The "squads" who sniff barrage consist of t pa srwana BOlTlir.ltX LrMBERMEXH BOAST. Considering that they were obliged to call on the Pacific Coast for ma terial with which to finish the ships which they had contracted to build for the Government, the Southern pine lumbermen are not at all back ward about extolling their section and Its timber for contributing ships to the transport fleet. The Southern Pine Association has Issued to the press an article by Charles N. Crow elL district agent of the Emergency Fleet Corporation at Houston. Tex., telling what great bodies of pine and oak timber the South can use in building ships and what great ship yards are springing up all along the Ciulf Coast. If one were to believe Mr. Crowell. tha South la "the whole thing" in supplying wooden ships, for be says Tha Pmrlflr Coast ess. of cosian. wall do It obara. Th Atlantfte atatoa. btwvr. ontlraly dapodnl OO lb BOWtb for this timbr supply. So well did the Pacific Coast "do Its share" and so far ara the Atlantic states from being "entirely dependent on the South for this timber supply" that, when the South failed to produce ship Umbers for the Atlantic and Gulf Coast yards, the Pacific Coast came to the rescue with 60.000.000 feet for the Gulf Coast, which professed to produce Its own timber, and for the Atlantic Coast, which the Oulf Coast also was to have supplied. The three Pacific Coast states, wblcn were con- tlon to tell the truth. Doubtless. In drsrendingly conceded to do tneir the past the easy-going attitude of tax hare, are now in a I air way to pro-1 payers toward their obligations to the A SUPREME TEST OP TBtTII. Between now and March 1 the Ameri can people will be subjected to a su preme test of veracity. This will be furnished by the obligation to make returns to Federal collectors of Inter nal revenue of the income of each In dividual, upon which to base the tax decreed by law. From time Immemorial, tax-dodging has been viewed by many, if not most. of the people as a practice not involv ing moral turpitude. Like smuggling and moonshlnlng tn the mountain re gions of the South. It Involved penal ties when the offenders were caught. but the disgrace was not keenly felt- Some people have been known to brag of their accomplishments. It has not been confined to any particular class- Small owners of property have been quite prone to neglect to make returns for local taxation, at the same time accusing their more prosperous neigh bora of deliberately attempting to shift the burden. The new Federal Income tax. with Its exemption of only $1000 for tb unmarried, reaches a very large pro portion of the people, with an appeal to patriotism added to Implied obliga not prevented formation of new es tates and accumulation of new for tunes, which have again divided the French people Into classes. The Russian revolution started as did others, led by aristocrats like Lvoff and by bourgeois like Mlllukoff. but they soon gave place to Kerensky. who corresponds to the Girondists of France, and he has been driven out by the Bolshevlki, who are the Jacobins of Russia. By their murder of officers In army and navy, seizure of great landed estates, factories and banks, murder of any who oppose them, vio lent dissolution of the Constituent Assembly, war on the new republics of Ukraine and Finland, they show a determination, without regard to true democracy, to make all men equal in social status by exterminating all who rise above the crowd In fortune, abil ity or character. The former great landlord Is to have only forty or fifty acres of land like his peasant neigh bors. If he should escape murder. There is no reason to expect that the Russians will remain equal, any more than did the English and French. The kind of equality at which Lenlne aims cannot be produced by law or by the most meddlesome government. The most that law can give is equality before the law and equal opportunity. As the results of men's exertions to use their opportunity vary with their ability. Industry, education and thrift. they will again become unequal and class divisions will again become marked. Adoption of Lenlne's creed by the Russian masses Is but the swing of the pendulum to tho opposite extreme from the most tryannical. corrupt and unjust despotism on earth. with the possible exception of Turkey. Confusion may reign for years, but when Russia settles down, it will be to that Inequality which is inevitable among men of diverse character. HISTORY OF THE SERVICE, FLAG. duce among them one-third of the Shipping Hoard's 11 tonnage. When such loud boasts can ba made on such slight grounds as exist for the Southern lumbermen's statements, the Iouglas fir men of the Pacific Coast would seem to have good, solid ground for extensive advertising. The South got the first big chance at ship con tracts because Its product was well known. The proved merits of Douglas fir should be proclaimed as widely. STRlOt.IJXO TO AKRITE. Hear-Admiral Robert E. Peary re- voalo lha aorral of th motives of the two men on dry Uw enforcement. The true .jpiorer when, tn recounting the , fc. l. In. I - I. I I ' . increasa) id urunocnuc. . idimculttes which bad to be surmounted bv a total of 70S arrests in ana . ,, who dlsrovared tha North and a total of 11IJ in ill J on mat cnargn. ,h, , pdea, he rejoices that this riusiness lO the .Municipal v oun I . .cconinllahad hofr.ro nnrraaa In fallen off. and It would be a dull place lnventlon reached the stage where the but for tho campaign against iranic i work WOuld have been comparatively regulations. IvanK cieunngs nave in creased more than 60 per cent over 1916. Postofflre receipts have gained, the patrons of the gas company, elec tric companies, light companies, chief sy. v hatever may be said aa to the material value of polar discoveries, the thing that has given acst to tha efforts of If.trcpld men has been the overcom ing of tremendous difficulties Involved telephone company and the City Water To atuin the hitherto unattainable, to Hurra u have grown greatly in num ber since 191S. There ts not the slightest appreciable sentiment In Ore gon for repeal of prohibition. It I not infrequent that some fel low who has never been much of any thing at home comes put to Oregon expecting to get rich quirk, falls, and gn) whence he came berating the country and Its people. Rut It Is rare. Indeed, that an established citizen ne who has been honored with public mre tells untruths about his state so tiom-averlngty. Terhapa Representative Schlmpff fgures that the way to get proper welcome for an adventurous spirit ts to tell the wondering cVrantonltes the things they would most like to hear: r perhape the sudden rhanre from drought to moisture has bewildered ) im: or perhaps be is plumb ignorant: or Joyful thought pvrbap. this ln-t-rvitv is preliminary to the Impor tant announcement that Srranton Is good enough for him and that he In tends to remain. It the latter be the case we trust that Astoria will Join us in wishing Mr. Schlmpff In his changed location 11 the surer to which a slanderous tongue entitle him. conquer mighty forces, to bend Nature to the will of man. to achieve things worth achieving because they were hard to do has always been the mov ing desire of the type of men who have contributed most to the progress of the race. Finding North and South Poles, If there were any left to find, would be tame business under new conditions. The development of aeroplanlng. when men shall have turned their energies I predicted that it will continue to travel Government was due to a combination of circumstances. There was, first, the feeling that the Government would not miss the money, and did not need it quite so much as the particular Indi vidual; and. second, a suspicion that others were doing the same thing. But this year the Government needs the money fully as much as any Individual needs It: and there Is also reasonable certainty that not many who are sub ject to the tax are going to escape. The tax-dodger In 191S will occupy a position he never has held before. He will be a slacker as well as a cheat. It Is the obvious and patriotic duty of all who fall under the law to make their returns both cheerfully and wil lingly. Besides. If they are caught slacking, as It Is almost sure they will be if they attempt It, there will be a money penalty to pay. REAC-imfO rOR rilAXTO.M EQUALITY. The ambition entertained by Lenlne and his party In Russia to establish a pure social democracy. In which class distinctions shall be abolished and In which there shall be neither bour geoisie nor capitalists, is not new. It Is as old as old Rome, for the Roman republic had constant strife for equal ity between patricians and plebeians. Many revolutions have passed through the same stages as have marked the progress of that In Russia, culminating In the assertion of not only political but social equality by the proletariat. Russia Is traveling the same road as other nations, and It may safely be Twenty-five small bovs suffering from malnutrition recently gained half a pound a piece In three days as mem bers of a war diet noonday luncheon aviuad ta New York, and the expert neat ts being continued, both for th tneflt of the boys and as an object re aeon to the country. If a war diet can bw made so effective In this In stance, tt Is plain that It Is surSrtent for any person In normal health. The boys range tn age froaa to 13 years, nd ara to eat tn .a peri mental luncheon eavrb school day for twelve vraka. Th first throw luncheons were limited ta III calorie, bat the limit has Slav been removed and th joungsters are averaging 1(0 calorie apteew without violating a rol of the Food Administration. A specimen menu constated of rrwm of potato soup, succotash, nut butter sandwiches and baked apple with molaaae. Meat. away from war. Is quite likely to re sult In tha charting of every nook and cranny of the unknown lands within a few years. It will not be difficult to establish any required number of sta tlons In the polar regions. To keep them supplied with men and equip ment of every kind will be only a mat ter of routine. One will be able to fly across the Arctic zone In a day. and back again the next. It would not be surprising If we had an army of pros pectors In the frozen North a decade from now. Tropical explorations will be robbed of their zest when we are able to fly over the most Impenetrable Jungles, and put a River of Doubt on the map In a day. The hard discipline of experience which has been gained by our ex plorers In the past has been valuable to us all. by setting examples for emu lation, and fixing a standard heroism. The work done by those who sought the poles seems bigger than ever, now that Its Intricacies are revealed to us. Not only personal bravery and a high degrea of tnrenulty were required, but almost unbelievable attention to detail and a vast amount of hard work. Sue cesa or failure of expeditions was often determined by apparently trifling cir cumstances, such as the construction of the runners of a sledge or the shape of the hull of a ship. "It Is fitting." says Peary, "that these tests of brute physical soundness and endurance which have engaged the attention of the world for several centuries should ha vs been won by brute physical soundness and endur ance, by the oldest and most perfect of all machine man and the Eskimo dog." But Peary perhaps uninten tionallyoverlooks the cardinal prin that road, which has always led back to social inequality. The English rebellion of the seven teenth century began, as did that in Russia, wtth an uprising of the middle class or bourgeois, aided by a few liberal nobles, against the royal tyranny of Charles I. It had no In tention of abolishing the monarchy, but its noble adherents were soon pushed Into the background, and the brewer, Oliver Cromwell, chopped off the King's head, abolished the House of Lords and established a republic After Cromwell's despotism, the res toration oi Lnaries 11 ana the revolu- Tho Finns have an Arctic climate tion of 18S8. political equality was but they keep themselves fairly warm WHY CO-ORDtXATIOST Co-ordination is more than a word. It means, tn a war sense, that all the operations and activities of the Gov ernment in the war shall be harmon ized, and made to work as a unit. If the we're-dolng-well-enough citi zens think that co-ordination is not important, let them read the following extract from the testimony of Surgeon- vieneral Gorgas before the Senate mili tary affairs committee: Senator Hltchooek I want to ask General Oorras about tho hoapltal ships for bringing- back our wounded from the other side. Hav yon taken up that matter? General Gorgas That has been considered for soma time. It ts a Question of whether tha Army Is to have charge of the return ing slek and wounded or the Navy. r.enator rlitcncocK How did tho matter oiiR-lDally coma up? General Gorraa It cam UD over tha re- queat ror noapitai snipe. Senator Hitchcock Who mada that re quest ? Ueneral Gorgas Our department. Senator Hitchcock When was that. Gen era! 7 General Gorraa Five or six months ago. ruinator rlltchcock What becam of tha recommendation? General Gorgas It has been considered slnre that time from various points of view. It finally went back to the Secretary. prob aoiy in aaya ago. Fonator Hitchcock Has th Kavy any hoapltal ahlpar General Gorgas It baa three hospital ships. F-nator Hitchcock Ara those hospital ships of sufficient capaolty for tn Army purpose? General Gorgas No ; that would not be enough. "Considered from various points of view" for five or six months, nothing has yet been done about hospital ships. That Is what happens when there is dispute between Army and Navy. These are the things a superior war council should and would settle in time. Ther Is n need for them fthe I. W. W. this year to follow the harvest and sub ject themselres to the tarring and feather ing and other gentl attentions lavished upon them by bualness men and officials In the Western state. Prom the Public, New York. It would be Interesting to know whether there ever was an Instance where so-called "gentle attentions' were lavished upon any Individuals or bodies of men not engaged in sabotage. The I. W. W. idea that tarring and feathering is tyranny, but that spreading phosphorus In fields of ripening grain and throwing monkey wrenches into threshing machines are only exercises of God-given rights, be trays the gulf between the mental process of the outlaw and the law abiding citizen. But the I. W. W. do not limit their protests to extra-legal measures, sometimes taken against them by exasperated citizens. They equally object to going to jail by due process of law. It is impossible to please them, except by giving them the world to run In their own way. which most people are not yet pre pared to do. Who said the Italians could not come back? All they needed was the stiffening of their morale by rubbing shoulders with the French and British and by eating some of the good food which America is sending. It is characteristic of a mob that when it riots as a protest against famine, as was the case in Vienna, it should burn food stores. The folly of a mob is that of all Its Individual members combined. Trotzky need not expatiate on his war alms. They are to crush the bourgeois and make Bolshevism su preme, for the only army his govern ment has In the field is fighting Rus sians, not Germans. "Verboten" is the slogan of the Prussian junker, but the time may come when any man who pronounces the word will lose his head. The future Russia will have no classes, according to one of the ideal ists; but the future Russia ts too far north for an Eden. wheat aad sugar will b conserved throughout the tea, and expert pre- I ciple that It was th spirit of the plo ttlct that tho boys will gala la weight I aeer that triumphed, after ail, Wfeat gradually established by the steady gains ot two centuries, peer and peas ant have long been equal before the law. but classes revived and still live. The French revolution followed the same course. It began In moderation under the lead of aristocrats like Mirabeau and Lafayette, aiming only to reform the monarchy, but the peo ple rose In fury, drove out the nobilltv. sacked thetr houses and seized their estates, crying. "Liberty, equality, fra ternity." They soon got out of hand, chose new leaders, who first Impris oned, then deposed and guillotined the King. and. finally, under the Jacobins, they strove to establish equality by exterminating tha upper classes. The Duke of Orleans triad to follow the current, but he was still regarded as one of the hated aristocrats, and his head fell Into the basket. Possession of wealth was cause for condemnation, and safety consisted In poverty or its outward appearance. Yet with the rise of Napoleon class divisions again arose, and they survive to this day. though France has been & republic for forty-seven years. Break-up of old state Into poasant-owned. laxm Aaa, with revolutions. Stay out, Mr. Groundhog, and help whip the Kaiser. This is a ground hog case. Registration next week is likely to reveal a few alien activities now unsuspected. If this Is a sample of February weather. It Is well the month Is short- Former Array Captain Holds Pateat Deala-a Saw in General I ae. The Outlook. The Service Flags, with their borders of red. their fields of white and their stars to indicate the number of those who have gone into the military or naval service of the Goverment, have blossomed out over so many buildings that they have rightly become a matter of publio Interest and concern. Recent newspaper reports that the present Service Flag has been patented by private Individual have been circulated throughout the country, and have caused no little discussion as to the exact status of the flag which means so much to so many thousands of Americans' homes. The records in the Patent Office show that these reports were founded on fact, for on November 6, 1917, De sign Patent No. 51464 was granted to R. Li. Quelsser, of Cleveland, Ohio, for a flag with a red border, a white center field,- and two blue stars In the field. Mr. R. L. Quelsser was captain of the machine gun company of the Fifth Ohio Infantry, during Its recent serv Ic on the border. He retired from the service Just before his regiment was mustered out of the Federal service because of an injury received In an accident, "When the war was declared," he writes in reply to a query from us, "the thought came to me that both of my sons who were still officers In the Guard would again be called out. and I wondered if I could not evolve some design or symbol by which It might be known that they were away in their country s service, and whicn would be to their mother a visible sign of the sacrifice her sons were mnlrlnr " -. " With this thought inmlnd he de signed, with the advice of some of his military friends, the flag which he re cently patented. He then suggested the use and distribution of this flag to the Council of the city of Cleveland (of which he is vice-president), and the Council passed an ordinance adopt lng It, which provided that one flag should be presented to the iamuy oi every soldier and sailor entering the service. The example of East Cleve land was followed by the city of Cleve land and by the state of Ohio. A little later, he informs us, some of his friends sutrerested that the design might be patented, and Mr. Queisser accepted the advice. The patent was Kranted. the royalty fixed at a low figure, and an agreement made that half of all the net profits should be set aside for the benefit of the Red Cross. Mr. Quelsser states that the campaign which resulted In Introducing the flag Into common use cost him nearly 12000. Besides the benefits to the Red Cross and the possibility of the personal profit, Mr. Qulesser states that he was led to take out a patent In order that the distribution and quality of the flag might be properly controlled, and the Irresponsible riag-maKingr companies might not make undue profits from the sale of the flag for which there was destined to be such tremendous demand. Some of the largest flag manufactur ing concerns in the country have taken out licenses to manufacture the flag, and have agreed to subtract the license fee from their own protlts rather than to Increase the price of the flag to the public. This is the story of the Service Flag as it comes to us from its designer. Certainly no one can criticise the mo tives which led Mr. Qulesser to design a service flaar. or his purpose In assist ing the Red Cross, and also keeping th manufacture of his flag out of the hands of Irresponsible flag profl teers: but the acceptance of a profit by a former army officer from the legal monopoly of such a flag seems to us to be in the same category as the mak ing of profits by a physician from the mnnonolizina- of a medicine. It morever seems to us distinctly Improper that a patent for 'a service flag should remain In the hands of any private inaiviauai. jiiitner m Government should buy the patent to the nresent service flan outright, or I new flair should be designed by the Gov- Itself. The Government is in a far better position to control the qual ity and the price or tne service iiaaj than any Individual can posaimy do. no matter how firmly Dasea legany may be the design patent, granted to that Individual by the Government. If the Government should buy Mr. onaiuar'a rlsrhts. It could eitner ii- r.n reanonslble flair manufactors at a nominal figure or. If It were aeemea better. It could name a license fee laro-e enourh to bring In suDstanuai contributions, either to the Government itself or to the same organization to which Mr. Quelsser intends to devote half of his profits. A continuance of the present private monopoly of the flag which means so much to America ought not to be tolerated. NEW ARMORY FLAG SUGGESTED Old Glory Should Show at Best ea Gov. eraaseat Building. PORTLAND. Feb. 1. (To the Edi tor.) From time to time the writer has observed discussions in your paper sug gesting that ragged and torn flags which we see on offices and public buildings about the city be taken down and replaced with new ones. This sug gestion is a very good one and many people are acting upon it. I write you at this time to make In quiry as to whether it would be a mis take that you advise a new flag be placed upon our Armory building. Should anyone take the trouble to no tice the flag In question he will file cover that it is entirely torn in two and that the two parts are mere shreds. It would seem that if there is any place "Old Glory" should be shown at her best It is on the flag staffs of such buildings that are controlled by the Government or state. Might not the public be favored with a discussion onyour pivrt relative to this matter? Although It seems but a I trivial thing at this time It occurs to the writer It Is highly Important that due respect be paid to our flag, look ing at It from any angle. H. E. BORDETTR In Other Days. Parcels Sent to Soldiers Abroad, RIDGEFIELD. Wash., Jan. 31- (To the Editor.) I have spent several days going from house to house, collecting for the Red Cross and Y. M. C. A. Some of the people here that have relatives and friends In France would like to know what has become of the packages they sent to these friends. Only very few letters are received and In these the boys say nothing of re ceiving packages or even letters from here. Some of these folks have hinted that I need not come again to collect for war relief work unless their friends get what Is sent to them from here. P. S. There are fixed requirements as to weight and methods of addressing par cels. Parcels addressed to the care of the commanding General, port of em barkation, will not be forwarded, what ever their weight. They must be ad dressed to the care of American Expe ditionary Force, via New York. Parcels weighing over seven pounds received at New York after December 5 were not forwarded. Sender of parcel not conforming to requirements Is notified If the parcel bears a return address. Persons whose parcels conform to re quirements may rest assured that the parcels will reach their destination, barring such Incidental losses as are unavoidable. Twenty-five Year Age. From Th Oregonlan, February 3. 1893. Portland was visited by another snow storm last night. The snow Is six inches deep on the level. River shipping is pretty much at a stand still, as large vessels cannot be towed up or down the river while there is so much Ice. Washington. It Is learmed her on good authority that E. C. Wall Is booked for the interior portfolio. A farewell reception was tendered to Mr. and Mrs. William McGilchrlst last night at Engine Hall on Mississippi avenue by members of the Mlselsslppi Avenue Congregational Church. Mr. and Mrs. Gilchrist will remove in a few days to their farm near Salem. James P. Moffett, of this city, who spent eight months In Hawaii in 1891, has thrown some interesting sidelights on the Hawaiian revolution situation In an Interview accorded The Oregon ian and published today. The United States Personal Abstract Company was incorporated yesterday for 150,000 by G. B. Markle. H. A. Dor sey and C. B. Yondell. The object of the company Is to furnish "characters." Everybody who wants a recommenda tion can apply to the company, which will make a research and provide an abstract embodying his standing with former employers, personal history and standing in the community, and an estimate of his worth and ability. Registrant Once Rejected. EUGENE. Or., Jan. II. (To the Edi tor.) L I am registered in a company In Montana. My order number is 267. I was called for examination and was ...mnt for nhvslcal reasons, but have been put In class I. section A. When may I expect to be called again? T hiva to helo support my mother. but made no claim on that account. If I am drafted and srive a pan oi my wages for her support, will theGovern- ment give a line amount; a in what nart of the Army do they put a person who is not able to ao iun military duty? 4. Can a drafted man get trans ferred from infantry or artillery to quartermasters corps now? 1. You may expect to be called for physical examination any day. You can probably be transferred to the medical examining board nearest you by ap plying to your local board as soon as you receive your notice. 2. The Government will maKe an additional allowance of 110 to your mother, provided that that sum added to the allotment from your pay does not exceed the sum you have been con tributing to her support. 3. It will depend on his civil voca tion and his physical condition. It is not certain that he will be called to any service. 4. The soldier has no personal choice. The military authorities can transfer him If they find It advisable. Time Limit oa Soldiers9 Insurance. PORTLAND, Feb. 1. (To the Ed ltor.) Under the rule that enlisted men must make application for insur ance before February 12, how does this apply to members of Portland Hospital Unit No. 46? The members were enlisted last July, but have not been called to service. Are they eligible at the present time for nsurance and will they be eligible after February 12, after being mobilized? G. K. The February 12 time limit applies to those who were in the "active war service" on or before October 16, 1917. It would be our construction that mem hers of Hospital Unit No. 46 are not yet In the active war service and can not now take insurance, but It might be well to get a ruling from the Bureau of War Risk Insurance, Washington D. C. Real Estate and Income Tax. PORTLAND, Feb. 1. (To the Editor.) In regard to the income tax, if a per son has a piece of property and sells it sgad puts the purchase price on interest, would the purchase price or the inter est be considered the income? SUBSCRIBER. If you realized any profit from the sale of your property you must include the amount of that profit as a part of your Income for the year in which the property was actually sold. If the pro ceeds from the sale of the property are loaned at interest, the amount of money paid in interest on the loan becomes a part of your income and must be in cluded In your income tax statement to the Government, Almond Instead o Pecan. PORTLAND, Feb. 1. (To the Edt- tor.) The tree blooming In the yard of William Burke, 77S Northrup street, mentioned the other day as a pecan, is, in fact, a sofe-shelled almond, prob ably the Ne Plus Ultra variety. M. C. GEORGE. A Sadder Bndweiser Boy. There once was a man With a wonderful plan . Of making the world all his own. This man. Kaiser Bill, Started In with a will Just training the boys at home. When this job was done He built him a gun, None like it was e'er seen before, And a nice submarine That could not be seen. And then looked around for a war. He saw one one day While he was at play. He caught it and kept It about. It grew and It grew Till he thought It would do. Then old Kaiser Bill let It out. The war ran away On a midsummer day For impishness nothing could match It. It made such a fuss That it roused even us. And then Kaiser Bill couldn't catch it. Then we entered the race; We have now set the pace. And when the U. S. starts to score I know that the Kaiser Will be sadder "bud" wiser Than he was when he started the war. DOROTHY E. HALL. Relation With Austria. CAMAS, Wash., Jan. 31. (To tho Editor.) To decide an argument would you kindly explain the following: A claims that the United States de clared war on Austria some time ago. B says not but that she broke off re lations with Austria, A claims that the severing of relations means the same as declaring war, as a state of war ex ists. B claims that breaking off re lations does not mean that a state of war exists. Who Is right? CONSTANT READER. The United States broke off diplo matic relations with Austria at the same time as war was declared on Ger many. April 6, 1917, but did not declare war on Austria until December 7, 1917. Severance of relations is not the same thing as declaration of war. It means that the two nations have no diplo matic representatives at each other's capitals and therefore have no official Intercourse. Nations have frequently maintained this position of non-Intercourse for years, but have not fired a shot at each other. The Unstable. Watch them go by, watch them and sigh; They are the hopes that are dead; They are the plans that are fled. Watch them go by, wondering why Others by "good luck" are led! Watch them go by, watch them and sigh: They are the yester-year dreams; They are the lost sunshine beams. Watch them go by, marveling why Luck" with the "other man" seems! Watch them go by, watch them and sigh; They are the ones that years maim; Souls without strength, without aim; Creatures grown old, foul with the mold That clings to the character-lame! GRACE E. HALL. V When the blizzard season ends the flood and ice gorge season opens. Almost everybody Is glad for a little snow, but all will welcome rain. Some men will make the meal they miss the wheatless one a day. Cleopatra never could have played the game north of the tropic. Judge McGinn can warm up in any weather. "Saow cr rain," a safe sues, Allen In Draft, LEAVENWORTH. Wash, Jan. 30. To the Editor.) I was-discharged in th Navy. Now I am In class A. I am not a citizen. Could I Be exemptea? l waa discharged In Bremerton when the war broke out for not being a citizen. My country, Switzerland, Is not at war. Ui rA.ll.1, If you mean that you have been as signed to class 1 it Is apparent that you have first naturalization papers. In filling out your questionnaire, you have signed waivec of any exemp tion on the ground of alienage. A na tive of a neutral country is not sub ject to draft unless he has become a naturalized citizen of the U. S. or has filed declaration of intention to be come a citizen. Order of Draft. RIDGE FIELD. Wash.. Jan. 31. (To the Editor.) What is the difference tn classification In 4A. 2B, 31 and which will be called first? SUBSCRIBER, The division letter has nothing to do with order of draft. Class 1 will be exhausted before any member of class I is taken; class 2 will be called be fore class I, and class S will be called before class 4. AT THE HOUSEBOAT OX THE STYX, BY JOHN HENDRICKS BANGS, IN The Sunday Oregonian Back again with-the good old "Houseboat on the Styx," in a new series to appear in The Sunday Oregonian, are those im mortals to whom John Kendrick Bangs has lent the sparkle of his whimsical wit and philosophy. In the first number, issued to morrow, the Gehenna Gazette interviews the Kaiser. Captain Kidd's comments on modern affairs, Attila's renunciation of pal ship with the latter-day Hun, invite laughter and reflection. THE AUTOMOBILE SECTION Heralding the Automobile, Truck and Tractor Show, a special section appears in the Sunday issue, devoted solely to a complete exposition of the automobile world and its progress, with valuable sidelights on the industry in Port- . land and the Pacific Northwest. x LETTERS FROM CAMP AND TRENCH In the Sunday issue, just as they came from the boys who have gone "to make the world safe for democracy," appears a page of letters. They are more than letters these bits of comment that are to become history. They "portray life at sea, in the trenches, in the great training camps and they breathe a courageous faith and cheerful optimism. STEP RIGHT IN, DWIGI If any comic creator is equal to the con tract of bringing back those boyhood comrades, Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn, up to date that artist is Clare Victor Dwiggins, by a rising vote. Dwig's latest essay in the funnies is the de lineation of Huck and Tom. They are with us tomorrow tonic ticklers for children and grown-ups to spend a prolonged and hilarious vacation among the comics. OUR COAL AS WAR ASSET How long will America's coal supply last, with the transports steaming out over the blue in long lines, with the hunting destroyers, the gruff, gray battleships, demand ing unlimited provender as they eearch the seas, with every fac tory toiling for the great cause? "Four thousand years, at our present rate of consumption," is the answer of Frank G. Carpenter. Read his special article tomorrow. HAVE YOU HAD YOUR FOOT MODELED? One lesson the war has brought home to American women, through the knowledge that men must march if victory is gained. That lesson is the essential need for good feet. It has sounded taps for the small-shoe fad and ushered in an era of common-sense in feminine footwear. And the girls are having their feet modeled. Read it. . SCORES OF FINE FEATURES In Sunday dress The Oregonian is not abashed amid the bon ton of the news-stand. Its features are equal, in many instances superior, to the finest magazine articles. These at random from the offering tomorrow: "Among Us Mor tals," crayon sketches by W. E. Hill, famous illustrator; "Who Is Number One?" the mystery serial by Anna Katherine Green; War Photographs, taken abroad;-Fashions, Books, Drama, Church, Society a dozen others. All That Any Nickel Can Accomplish. THE SUNDAY OREGONIAN.