Id THE SIORXIXG OREGOXIAN, TnURSDAT, ""MA1TCII 7, 191S, rorruD. oaroox. K-r-1 si fstn'aae inniul Poatorfleo a wn1'u4 mail mattar. uoacripttaa ratce lant:y la advisee, Bt Malik Ts ' 'T. Saafav Iflrlu-l!. on JMf " ri-r. hmdr lnrll. til maaltlt ..... 433 Sunday tar u1-L lhr months S - J-a , . Sunday In-! u1a.l. naa month J'- y. wt'nout suatr. one )rar ........ Ii. i:ho,i Sua-t.y. el ninn'S - : . ti htt 9uadi7t oae naia ,.. k i. ia ivtr ...... ..4. 1 P-,n4a. ana yaar ........... .t. J5? Saaajr aaJ weak?? o.e i R Cim I Ta'v. Saiiffav lnrlu1a1. ana yaar ........I Pal', Sunday ln-llaa. ana monla Pn iy. wttriwit Sunday, ana year ........ J y. itfial Sunday, ana month - -aa Maw to BeeaM 'and poatofflce moaer ar- amvaa er aiwal as your hank. HttM coin ar carmecv are al ' ara r'ak ..a pnaiornca ad areas let tail, la t.uJmi count and ataia. raataaa Malao 12 la la Mfi 1 rant: 1 t m 1 ' n-- r.nr. a to aaaoe. S eenta: ta aoa-a. 4 unit; "2 to 7 pasae. 1 r.n-. T to i safes. canto, ftnlfi post- a, dauo.e ratee. I wwa Biimm OffWra Tarrao Co llrx Umrmrk kulidtnc. Ntw York: Verrae t'oah In. aceear SuUdtas. Chlcaao; Verrae A t .... sm OtMldtna. Datro4t. V rn : an Franetero represealoUvek X, J. B.do:l. -,tl Market etreel. HtMBtK Or THE ASSOCIATED rKE. Tna Aaaartatat "Taes la exclusively- entitled ta tha uao f-r rapub.lcatloa at all aawa die- pairnee cred.fod to It or aot otharwtao crad i4 to this paper, aad eo toa local aa" vsr'ia herein. a i rihu of rapabtlrottoa of special 41s- P ' Jar.ia ara a.ao raaarrad. coriKum?J. Tha food controller of Canada predicts that by the end of Ppiing. If the minimum needs of Eu rope are met. there will not be a single pound of wheat or flour on the con tlnent In excesa of the amount re quired for home consumption on a minimum baala. The situation, he nays, la serious, and will become terrl fylnr unless the people recotmlze their Individual responsibility. Subotltution will be good only so fsras it goes; alone It will not save the day. NITLIXD. TftrVDAT. MARCH 1 lata. AOTrrER PHOKT BTTT TORWARD. Although President Wilson con demned Congressional Investlg-atlons of war organization as having "con tributed a great deal to such delay and confusion aa had Inevitably arisen. his subsequent action has evidently been prompted by the dis covery of weakness which baa been made by Congress. Every step he has taken has been a practical vindi cation of Senator Chamberlain and his associates. Several of Secretary Ba ker's bureau chiefs were shown to be incompetent and they were supplant ed. Military bureaucrats gove place to civilian business men. Bureaus were reorganised on lines which have been successful with big corporations. and t' It- Stettlnlua was Installed as Surveyor-General of purchases, that I, a sort of Minister of Munitions for the War Iepartment alone. The I"resldent admitted the need of whole sale reorganization of the Government . by causing Introduction of the Over man bill, which gives him full dlscre Hon. The President did not await action by Congress In reorganising the War lvpartmcnt. Nor has he awaited that action to appoint Bernard M. Baruch chairman of the War Industries Board with broader power of decision, which makes that official correspond some what to a Minister of Munitions in stead of being one among a body of duals, tie is to decide all questions ultimately. Including those f priority among departments. Thl.4 Is a forward step, but all the t so far made by the President, although In the right direction, fall short of the mark. In the twelfth month after the United States de clared war we have not attained the efficiency of organisation which Great Jiritairt had reached In Its twelfth month of war. On the first anniver sary of Its declaration of war that country, .with less than half thfl pop ulation, one-third of the wealth and dependent mainly on Imported raw materials, had wiped out party In Its government, had established a Minis try of Munitions with full power con frrred by law and was producing a torrent of guns and shells which hss atnee steadily grown In volume. It had an army of to million volun toera. to our million and, a half, half r whom nave Dee a drafted, and was fishting In France and Belgium, at Galttpolt. In Egypt. Mesopotamia and t'jLst Africa. It has blundered sadly In diplomacy and strategy, but it has greatly excelled us In organization and in development of man power and In dust rial power. Although our muni tion Industry had been hlrchly devel oped In supplying the allies for three years, little advantage has been taken of that fact and we have profited little by the experience of our allies. American performance still falls short of that by which Great Britain has become the backbone of the al Ilance. The advance toward that point In organization which has been Diade is to a large extent without-the sanction of law. and the President asks Congress to permit him to reach TWO TC. ft. ATTOmXETS. The nomination of Mr. B. E. ITaney to be United States Attorney for Ore gon will be well received by the bar and the general public. He Is a law yer of experience and probity, and he Is a citizen of patriotism and under standing.' so that he Is well equipped for the heavy tasks of his office. The United States Attorneyship In any Judicial district Is just now a place of peculiar responsibility and Impor tance. The attorney Is no ordinary prosecutor of lawbreakers, or counsel of the Government In civil litigation: but he has had Imposed upon him by the war new problems which require prompt solution, and new tasks which tax every resource of legal skill, learn ing and common sense. Questions of the draft, multitudinous and perplex ing In their variety, the status of alien enemies, with nearly every case de pending on Its own set of facts, the activities of the I. W. W. and their fel lows, investigation of charges of sedi tlon and disloyalty all these and many more are within the purview of the District Attorney's office. The Government was fortunate 1 having In Oregon for several years. and until quite recently, as its United States Attorney, so capable and seal ous an official as Clarence Keames, now assigned to special work else where; and now the service Is to be undertaken by Mr. Haney. That will be performed with thoroughness and fidelity, there can be no doubt. Individual with the most ordinary edu cation and experience, for example. will not find much difficulty in the first word, which happens to bo "orange, especially when it Is known that such a definition as "it Is to eat," or "it is yellow, and grows on a tree" is rated as "acceptable." At. intervals, as the words grow "more difficult," come "guitar." "dungeon." "civil," "shrewd "peculiarity," and -on down to "sudor Ific," "achromatic." "homunculus, "shagreen," "limpet" and "complot.' Of course, lists obtained by selection from other dictionaries would differ In substance, but perhaps not in es sence. Only one-third of the adults examined have scored 75 per cent on Professor Terman's list. It will surprise no one to learn that ability to pass the test Is relatively In dependent of the number of years a person has attended school. "Business men show even a higher percentage of passes than high school pupils.1 But this, also," probably depends largely upon the nature of the business and the amount of correspondence carried on by the subject, and his leisure for reading on general topics. A man might be In business a good while without coming in contact with the word "homunculus." TTHT AXT MIsrXDERSTANDrSG? The Oregonlan will say to the aggrieved Brother Baker, who writes today from California, after his cx pulsion from Grants Pass, that if thero Is any public misunderstanding of his mission, or a misconception of tho purposes of the Millennial Russcllites, It Is their fault, and theirs only. Bu does the public misjudge him and others with him? Brother Baker is not opposed to the war or the war programme; but he declines to support the war plans "whole-heartedly and unreservedly. He Is not opposed to the Red Cross, but he Is not a member nor supporter of the Red Cross. He Is not opposed to liberty bonds nor the war savings; but he subscribed for none of these. If the plea that he has no money to Invest In bonds, or war saving, or Red Cross, is made by him. or his co religionists, there Is nothing more to be said, unless. Indeed. It Is known to be ill-founded. He does not offer that plea. 80. If he Is for the war, and the war plans, and against any present peace, why docs he fall to uphold tho only practicable way of financing and carrying on the war? Brother Baker Is a type. He is. or says and doubtless thinks he Is, hostile to the Kaiser and autocracy; hut the Kaiser and autocracy have no fear about any citizen, or group of citizens, or any sect, or race, or people, who. professing to oppose them, refuse to Join or support the army which has set out to make war on them. The plain questions asked of the twilight-zone patriot at Grants Pass could and should have been answered yes" or "no" without embarrassment or hesitation. They are not. compar able to the smart Interrogatory which Baker offers as an Illustration of the impossibility of giving a reply without qualification. He was not asked "Have you quit subscribing for liberty bonds?" or "Why did you cease to bo member of the Red Cross?" If the brother were to be asked If ho beats his wife, we suppose he could com plain that he could not answer directly or in the affirmative or negative. Why not? ANOTHER TEST OF INTELLIGENCE. The vocabulary test of individual human Intelligence continues to hold interest, notwithstanding the strictures of those critics who bold that it docs furnish a complete, or even a fair. standard of measurement of capacity for "doing" as compared with ability merely to give expression to ones THK SENSE Of RESPONSIBILITY. If there ever was a time when the country needed a deep sense of re sponsibility on the part of al) its peo ple, that-time is now. War should have a sobering influence. The spirit of give and take Is necessary to the solution of every-day problems. Aim lcssness and restlessness should be counteracted as much as possible. That we have something still to achieve in the way of self-restraint will be affirmed by most employers nowadays. The mistaken notion that the way .to exhibit "Independence" is to quit a job without notice, or upon slight pretext, prevails more generally than It ought to do. It is sometimes reflected in a disposition to perform tasks indifferently, and with small concern for the wishes of the "boss." If the latter doesn't like it, he can "get another man." Of course. But meanwhile industry, in whatever line It may be, suffers. One way for the Individual to contributo his mite toward the lubrication of the great machine is to keep his head, hold his Job until he has reasonably assured himself of a better one, keep con stantly going 'and Invest his surplus In war stamps rather than In longer periods of idleness than he would re gard as desirable in normal times. There Is nothing romantic, perhaps. or sensational about Just keeping a level head at home, but this in Its own way Is important, and a lot more com fortable, and safer, than standing in a wet trench. It will do some of our young men good, when they are think ing of throwing up a job on mere im pulse, to reflect that more than a mil lion of their fellow-citizens are In sit uations that they ' must hold fast to whether they are pleasant or not. publication, "need consider the avia tion service unless he is in the prime of health and athletic condition." It may be said that such a const! tution, such physical and mental pow ers; are gifts of nature and should be Placed freely at the service of one's fellow-men. But they are more than mere "gifts, for they are evidence that their possessor not only was born fit, but that he has kept himself fit. Too few young men nowadays appreciate the value of a sound body and the eacredness of their duty to preserve it. It is not alone those who have begun life under good eugenic and hygienic auspices, as the faddist might say. who are called to service in the air, but those who by their own conduct have preserved their physical and mental talents. There would seem to be no impropriety, at least, in reward ing them appropriately. There never has been any proposal to diminish the pay of others. ' There is comfort for the friends of the airmen in General Pershing's fur ther declaration that aviation is no more hazardous than trench fighting. But it is no doubt true that this is due in not inconsiderable measure to the very process of selection by which all but the very pick of our young men have been rejected in advance. For that matter, there might well be spe cial rewards for special service in every branch of the National service. To a great extent there are. Men who devote themselves diligently to their work are practically certain to win advancement. There probably never has been a time In the history of our military organization when merit was as certain as it is today to get its re ward. We do not suppose that there is a man in the flying department of the Army or Navy who would not have entered it just the same if the pay had been upon the basis which General Pershing proposes. The spirit of service has dominated here, as else where. There is, nevertheless, a cer tain justice in paying men what they are worth, and in awarding special pay for special worth. And aviation and aeronautics, as has been seen, have a special standard of their very own. Stars and Starmaker. By Letme Cass Baejr. it by giving him blanket authority thoughts, and to put the results of which would amount to practical ab- observation and experience into words, diction of Its legislative function. Perhaps the latest test of tho kind Is There Is no authority of law for the I one devised by Professor- I-ewla M. appointment of either Mr. Stettlnlus Terman. of Stanford University, in his or Mr. Baruch and they have not book. "The Measurement of Intelll- been confirmed by the Senate, as the gence." It has, however, the merit of Constitution requires. After denoun- being readily available as a not ring the Senate military committee for unprofitable form of entertainment. proposing that we organize In the and as a test of the relative accom- uanner by which Great Britain has I plishments of men and women already uwtKieo. ine j-resinent Has oy His nossest-lna- a fair decree of education. arts admitted that the committee -was I The system devised bv Professor right, yet he Insists that the thing Terman Is simplicity itself. He has shall be done In his way and by him made a list of 100 words, by choosing alone, or not at all. This In spite of the fart that near the end of our first year we hate only a few skirmishes to our credit as compared with a long the last word of every sixth column of a dictionary containing 18,000 Eng lish words, presumably the most com mon In the language. It is assumed list of battles extending from Mons to that this sampling Is extensive enough Loos in the west, to say nothing r to afford a fair index of the vocabu-hard-fought campaigns in four other lanr of the subiect. Theoretically, the fields, to the credit of the British. method is the same as that bv which All this preparation for our boasted early estimates of the results of elec- speedlng up should have been com- uons are made, and the latter are fre- pleted long ago. and we should navelouentlv surtrislnsiv reliable. The been going at full speed in all de- words, having been thus selected, are purtmenu by this time. It Is Inipera- I arranged In the approximate order of tlve that no time be lost In com pic t- their difficulty, the examiner beirin- tng the machinery and getting it all nlng with the easier words and pro- Into smooth operation. The longer we I gracing to the harder. delay, the firmer grip Germany will g-tta on Russia, the more of Russia's resources will have been developed for use arainst us, the more of our al lies resources will have been con Then, as In the case ot the Blnet- Elmon and similar tests, an arbitrary gradation of relative "Intelligences" Is made. Of the entire 100 words. It Is found that an average child of 8 aumed and the greater will be the years should have command of twtaty, eirain upon our own. me rime is not one of 10 years thirty, and so on. up remote when British and Italian re-I to the superior adult, who should be sources in men will berln definitely able to give acceptable definitions to decrease and when America must 0f seventy-five. This feat. It Is Inter- supply enough men not only to add etlng to know, betokens a vocabulary 10 ine ames st re net a. out 10 rill the I of 1 J S00 words. The result is arrived gaps in their. ranks. With Russia In iM-rmanys power, we ran no longer rat-koo upon the decline to the ene- mys morale which has been produced fcy the blockade. Time Is running against us and. If we continue to waste It It may eat op even our sup- I poeedly Inexhaustible resources. at by multiplying the total number of words defined by 180. The child of S. defining twenty words, would have a vocabulary of 1(00 words. liut how many children of 8 are there who really possess such a vocabulary? It Is said that there are whole regions In the United States whose people. although not highly educated, are. nevertheless, competent to manage their own affairs after a fashion, with a vocabulary of some 800 words. It would seem that the vocabulary test. A GREAT IRISH LEADER PTES. By the death of John E. Redmond not only Ireland but the British Com monwealth of, Nations, as the Boer General Smuts has renamed tho Brit u-h empire, suffers a serious lois nt critical time, when he was render Ing service to both which few, if any other men could have rendered. He has proved his devotion to the cause of democracy by trying to rally the Irish people to support the allies, and his brother met his death while fight ing for that cause in Klnnders. Mr. Redmond was the first Irish Nationalist leader to recognize the Identity of aim between his own party and the democracy of England. Scot land and Wales, and to act upon that conviction by forming a political alli ance with the British Liberal party. ; so doing he antagonized that ele ment in Ireland whose hatred of Eng land Is so deep that it has always re fused to do anything except fight English parties. Yet he won four- fifths of the Irish members of Parlia ment to this policy and by pursuing it e won. Though civil war seemed imminent, he enjoyed the triumph of seeing the home rule bill approved by the King just as the war broke out. nd this was the climax to a century of struggle. His most shining proof of devotion to world-wide liberty was the truce by which operation of the home rule law was deferred until after the war. Mr. Redmond followed this up with a recruiting campaign in Ireland. His action and the weak administration of Secretary Birrcll gave the anti English extremists an opening which they did not neglect. The Sinn Fein organization spread rapidly, formed a league with Germany through Sir Roger Casement, and the Dublin re bellion of Easter, 1916, was the re sult. As usual with English states men when dealing with Ireland at such times, the Asqulth government blundered and permitted niilitary se verity which made suppression of rebellion a means of recruiting the rebel organization to alarming strength. Premier Lloyd George made a mas ter stroke, which had Mr. Redmond's approval, when he called a conven tion to draft a constitution for Ireland, but it had evidently reached a dead lock when death took one of its ablest and most devoted members. Mr. Red mond, if any man, could have found the means to break that deadlock One of Ireland's misfortunes has been that at such junctures her hopes are often dashed by the folly of her own people or by the hand of fa to. The florists of some of the states farther east have set a patriotic ex ample, through their organizations, by urging their members to devote as much greenhouse and hot-frame space as possible to the raising of vegetable plants for this year's war gardens. If these gardens are Increased numer ically as much as it Is hoped they will be, there will be a large demand for tomato, cabbage, cauliflower and pep per plants, especially the early varie ties. This service will be especially valuable to gardeners who are novices and who do not understand the nice ties of "hardening off - which is so necessary If best results are to be ob tained. The florists of Indiana have based their appeal on patriotic ground There is, however, no general desire to give up the growing of flowers alto gether. The plan is simply to make use of all resources and the equip ment which the florists more than any others possess for this particular purpose. THE Bob Edesons, who, like many another theatrical pair, used to ad vertise their perfect wedded bliss, and gave out interviews on all occasions about being "all in all to each other," whatever that may mean, are divorced. Mrs. Edeson received an interlocutory decree and the custody of their little adopted daughter, Roberta. The usual "other 'woman" was named, but her name has been kept out of the proceed ings. Rumor says she is a lovely, very youthful California girl whom Edeson met during his Pacific Coast visit in "Fine Feathers" about five years. ago. a o a The present or rather the recent Mrs. Edeson was Georgia Eliot Porter, the daughter of the late Albert Ross, the novelist, whose real name was Linn Porter. Miss Porter and Edeson met for the first time almost 20 years ago. when Edeson was appearing at the Boston Museum. In the meantime she had married Charles D. Mackay, a Bos ton stage favorite. Mackay. by the way, had appeared for a season as Juvenile with the Baker Stock, and had a lot of friends here. At the time of their marriage Miss Porter was but a schoolgirl and It was a case of love at first sight. In 1907, however, the young bride astounded Boston by filing a suit for divorce against Mackay, naming as co-respondent a Boston actress. Trial of the action resulted In a de cree for- Mrs. Mackay, which, besides awarding her a large weekly alimony, gave her the right to resume her maiden aame. . The lumber industry of the Pacific Coast is truly represented by the men who Joined In singing "The Star Spangled Banner" at the Auditorium, not by the men who have befouled the good name of the United States with their crimes. They will fight the Kaiser, not their own Government What If the rails are torn up be tween Ambassador Francis and th Pacific Coast? The man who stood off a Bolshevik mob with a revolve will find a way through, but he will not quit his Job as long as he can do anything at it. He is no quitter. Generally the Marshal of a small town is chosen for his skill with gun. He Is law and order personified John Pebels, of Davenport, Wash that kind. He killed one burglar and crippled another a few nights' ago, John Pebels is a good man. Is A man died Sunday while taking a bath Just after breakfast. Medical men can give an explanation In enough technical terms to scare a man away from a tub, but simplified it means that safety lies In waiting a few hours after eating a hearty meal. A few years ago there was much talk about an armor plant in the United States. A little item of 125, 000,000 f,or an ordnance plant in France now passes almost unobserved in an appropriation. Thus does war expand our Ideas. Even the use of "victory bread" will not be sufficient, unleaai It Is also accompanied by consumption of lr bread of any kind, according to the exprtnce of Canada, which Is not I by Itself. Is rather a test of oppor tinlike that of tha United States, in I tunlty, or association, or vocation, than the respect that supplies of rye. barley I of fundamental ability, as ta required and oats ara also found to be exhaust- I by the Immigration regulations, so to Ible. The real duty for which we must! conduct their ordinary business as to now be sin to prepare ourselves Is the I make negligible the probability that eating In their season of as large! they will become a charge upon so- quantities of vegetables aa possible. I ciety, It has been found that employment I But what could be more diverting of potato, rwrrots, turnip and onions I for a readtnr club, or a fireside circle, In the diet Is definitely noticeable In I than a game of testing Intelligence cutUfiX dawn, U.e luuouai tteaalby rciweuce to the tlicuojiary.? REWARD Or BTECIAL FITNESS. General Pershing's statement, made In support of a bill to abolish special pay allowances lor aviators and aero nauts, that the increase is no longer necessary to get personnel. Is a direct testimonial to the patriotism of the splendid young men of America. Our boys are asking themselves, not "How much Is there in it?" but "In which branch of the service can I do the most good?" But the question remains whether there ought not to be special compensation for special fitness, which normally Is the way of the world. It is no disparagement of any other branch to say that the air service de mands of Its recruits that they shall be as nearly perfect physically and mentally as It is possible for a hu man being to be. The National Serv ice Handbook explains that the physi cal requirements for any aviation divi sion are extremely rigid. Applicants must have perfect sight and hearing, sound lungs and a first-class heart. The slightest weakness disqualifies. The examination Includes various ob jective tests calculated to show the applicant's ability to maintain equili brium under the most trying condi tions. He must possess the faculty of muscular co-ordination in high de gree. He must be a man of the type that does not easily become "rattled." His nerves must be in perfect order. his thinking process tuned to the high est pitch, every muscle responsive in stantly to the message from the brain ".So applicant," sa Ibo Government, A man who died last week in Wash ington County was noted as the father of eighteen children, but his real fame rests upon the fact that, aided by his boys, he cleared his large farm of the giant firs. If Sweden allows German occupa tion of the Aland Islands, she is in danger of becoming a vassal state in fact. Through Intrigue and fear she has been a near vassal for a few years. The bargain hunter cannot Join the Sons and Daughters of Democracy, whose object is to boycott German made goods. - The real bargain hunter cannot see beyond the penny change. Men who refuse to pay just debts deserve almost anything they get, but some of tho collection agencies are worse than the debtors In their meth ods of bulldozing. A mudboat floating down the river is not a war emergency, but several hundred people on the wrong side of an open draw think, they are all kinds of it. Oregon to the rescue again. ' It must supply the Government with platinum, now that the Bolsheviki have handed over the Russian output to Germany. If the United States has' a patrol- boat near "Valparaiso the Chilean au thorities will be glad, perhaps, to sur render the crew of the Seeadler. The man killed by a train at Will- bridge while walking to Linnton could have found better walking on the paved road alongside. Then, on July 8, 1908. Just two years after Edeson's first wife, Ellen Berg, died. Miss Porter was married to Rob ert Edeson, whom she had met while she was selling flowers at a theatrical benefit. They moved to Sag Harbor, L. L, where Edeson built a large Sum mer home, ' naming It Stronghear House. Few persons knew of the mat rlmonial differences which resulted in the present divorce until the court pro ceedings were begun last November. Testimony in the action was taKen be hind locked doors and little of the facts In the case have become public prop erty. All the papers In the action are officially sealed and deposited in the County Clerk's office. o Marjorle Rambeau Is In St. Luke's Hospital In New York with her leg broken In three places, mending in plaster cast. She broke it by falling while Ice skating. Miss Rambeau, who was for a brief while one of Wlllard Mack's wives, h?.s been an ardent devo tee of skating this season and has spent several hours each week on the ice of the various New York rinks, but had not sustained any bad falls until her recent accident. There was a crowd of skaters on the Ice at the time, and considerable excitement was occasioned. The rink physician rendered flrst-ald treatment and! then a call 'was sent In to St. Luke's. The actress role In "The Eyes of Youth" has been taken by Norma Wins low. The ashes of the? late William Win ter, who died June 30, 1917, were in terred on February 28 In the Silver Mount Cemetery, Staten Island. They are Inclosed In a severely simple bronze casket and they rest, deeply imbedded In cement, beneath a massive block of Massachusetts granite. The sides of the stone are rough hewn. The north face of It, which Is polished, bears this inscription: "William Winter Bom July 15, 1836 Died June SO, 1917. His life was gen tle and the elements so mixed In him that Xature nilfrht stand up and say to all the world: This was a man'." On the base is lettered: "Erected by W. J. W." Interment was made at 10:30 A. M. There were no services. The only per? sons present were Mr. Winter's son. Jefferson Winter, and the stonesetters. a a a Winifred Bryson, who played leads at the Baker for a few weeks about three years ago, has just been married to Warner Baxter in New York. The marriage Is the culmination of a ro mance which began a long time ago in the motion picture studios of Los An geles. The pair became acquainted In film work, and the friendship grew when both joined the company playing at the Burbank Theater. When Oliver Morosco engaged his cast for "Lom- bardi" he took them along to New York. "BIBLE STl'DEXTS" AND THE WAIL, Central Flsrnre In Grants Pass Incident Denies Disloyalty. PARADISE. Cal., March 4. (To the Editor.) The editorial article in The Oregonian on the Grants Pass inci dent In which I figured, has come to my attention, I would hesitate to dig nify the circumstance by an explana tion, except that you appear to be laboring under an honest misapprehen sion, both as to my position and the attitude of Bible Students, in general, on the issues of this war. We are not opposed to this war, nor the participation of the American Gov ernment. For more than 30 years we publicly taught the coming of this war in the Fall ot 1914. . Believing the Bible to teach that this world-war would come -and be followed, not by peace, but by revolution and world wide anarchy, now that it has come, why should we oppose it? Neither are we "pacifists except it be In the sense that every sane personal prefers peace and quiet. I am not preaching nor advocating peace, for this would be contrary to that which tho Bible indicates to be in store for the nations. Neither do I pray for peace. With our worthy President, I believe there can be no lasting peace so long as the present unrighteous systems exist. It is not,for me to Bit in Judgment upon tho Grants Pass representatives of the peace and dignity of the law. who, in defiance .of all law, prevented the deliverance of a sermon favorably received elsewhere in the United States and Canada, but- I am surprised that your columns should be prostituted for the advocacy of violence and persecu tion. History shows such chickens once hatched, have a dangerous habit of coming home .to roost. Finally let me say, I am not opposea to Red Cross work, believing it to be a mnst worthy philanthropy, even though I am not a member of it nor any other human organization. Nor am I opposed to liberty bonds, war savinss stamps campaigns, or the war pro gramme. For years I have been preach ing the gospel of the coming Kingdom of Christ. My -time and means were consecrated to the work long before this war, and if faithfulness to my con secration, by the peculiar alchemy of war logic, can be so construed to make me appear an enemyto my country. I will take comfort in the fact, that so persecuted they My Master before mo. Luke 23:1-7. Applying the "Grants Pass way." which you so highly recommend, an swer "yes" or "no," no debate, "have you quit beating your wife?'' W. A. BAKER. In Other Days. Half a Century Ago. From The Oregonian, March 8, 1868. The marriage between -Adelina Pattl and the Marquis de Caux has been ar ranged. Patti's-dot is $200,000. The Empress Eugenie lias written a letted of congratulations to Mile. PaEtl in which she expressed the pleasure with, which she will receive the great artist at court as, the Marquise de Caux. W. A. McPherson, Esq., is now at work on the editorial columns of the Unionist, It is said that Gilson, the absconding! and defaulting Secretary of Idaho Ter-J ritory, has, been seen in Piiria. Pickens, It Is reported, has sent) $1000 to Mrs. Clemm, Edgar Allen Poe'sl mother-in-law, who hifs been in strait ened circumstances. No 'one is authorized to sell copies! of The Oregonian for a greater price than 12 '.'2 cents each. Washington. Before adjournment the Senate resolved to constitute itself) Into a high court of Impeachment and receive the managers of impeachment from the House. SELF-DEFENSE 19 NOT Mt'RDER To Wish Death of Enemies of Fair Play Held Laudable and IUniiteous. ALBANY, Or., March 5. (To the Ed itor.). Permit me to express my ap proval of your editorial under the title "Not . Going Far Enough." Twenty-Hve Years Ago. From Tho fjregonian. liarch 7. 1803. Washington. Crowds of visitors be sieged the White House and President Cleveland was forced to forego his work. London. All Ben Said, Sultan . of Zanzibar, Is dead. His son. no sooner than the word was announced that he was dead, gained entrance to thn palace, ostensibly for the purpose of claiming the throne in defiance of Brit ish authority, lie was overcome, how ever. The Old Ladies' Home was Incor porated yesterday by H. W. Corbett, C. A. Dolph, W. W. ijpauldlng, Kichard Williams and Charles E. Ladd. The annual meeting of the taxpayers of School .District No. 1 was held last night. It was a quiet affair, and the recommendations of the board were followed. The college students of the Portland University have completed the organi zation of their new society, the Hes perus. Fred J. Brown was chosen president and Ed Sanders secretary. ADJUSTMENT OF DAIRY PRICES Ben Tillman is old enough to know better, but the lure Is strong and four terms as Senator are not enough for him. ' "Plant seeds sparingly" is good ad vice, but do not be in too great hurry to plant is even better. Potato with butter -is better than bread and butter, and two potatoes are twice as good. N'ot all spirits are ghosts, but some ti them arise to liaunt tto illicit buj er. There is a difference between playing the crook and being one. H. B. Warner, who is a clever stage crook in "Among Those Present," playing In Chicago, reflected bitterly on this difference as he mourned the collection of silk shirts, fine handkerchiefs and gorgeous cravats he will have to replace In his wardrobe. There were even more un pleasant thoughts in the mind of Hazard Short, a colleague of Mr. Warner's. Mr. Short is short, indeed. hort more than $500. A well-dressed mulatto come to the tage door of the Blackstone Theater, where Mr. Warner is playing. I am Parker. Mr. Warner's valet," he said to the doorman. He was per mitted to' pass. He went directly to Mr. Warner's dressing-reom. I am Parker, the house Valet," he said. "Anything I can do, sir?" Parker made himself useful. He was an able valet. Then Mr. Warner went on the stage. Mr. Short also went on. The valet went into their pockets for the keys to their rooms in the Black- stone Hotel and to their trunks. I am Mr. Warner's valet," he said to the clerk at the hotel. "Mr. Warner sent me for a bag. May I go up?" He went up, took an admiring survey of the room and filled a bag with some Mr. Warner's dearest wearing ap parel. He found no money. He pro- eeded to Mr. Short's room and un locked his trunk. There he found $500. Mr. Short's wardrobe be scorned. He was a nice looking man," said Edwin Wopper, manager of the the- ter, to detectives who came from the South Clark-street station. "I hope you find him." "Parker" took no Jewels, an absti nence, that. In the eyes of the police, marks him as a wise thief. Mr. Warner Is grateful for the Impulse that prompted him to put all his cash In his stage clothing when he went before the footlights Saturday night. The I. W. W it appears by the creed, are "patriotic" for their q,v class only. They appear to be agains our Government, enemies to our fla and, In substance, "traitors." as legally denned. I disapprove of the assertion of on of your correspondents, who states substance: "To wish to kill a Hun that murder might be done." It is no murder to kill in self-defense nor is murder to kill in time of war our en mies, who are endeavoring by tho fou est of means to destroy tho lives o ou Datriotio soldiers and citizens. To wish for the death or our mur derous enemies, that liberty and Ire republics may not perish from th earth, is not only laudable but right coua. 1 hone to hear soon that our brave boys are firing into the ranks oi ou enemies the most deadly poisonous ga ehtlls that can be invented. To mak fair, sporty fight against such bar barians as the Huns should have ceased lone ago and they should have bee given a double dose of. the poisonou eas that they are trying to give ou bovs. such a dose until they cried "enough. Some women, like some men, are born fighters, and tha spirit in the lit tie poem expressed, by the mother tha she would like to be a bunet to Kin Hun is the spirit that heroes and hero ines are made of. I am in sympathy with the women who in this time or great provocation can exclaim: f I wrra a cannon full of poisonous shell, Full ot deadly cases that emitted a I; Mm At 1. That would at one flro shoot a billion ball nr mora. Into tha German murderers, killlnr a million score; T'would bo but simple justice to autocrat For thm the f!ar of liberty would wave forever more. GEORGE WILLIAM WRIGHT. Buying Flour and Substitutes. WESTLAKE. Or., March 3. (To the Editor.) If I buy a quantity of pota tops from mv trrocer say 10 bushels delivered at one time does that entitle me to its equivalent in flour at certain neriods without having to buy an more substitutes? I have already honirht the potatoes. Now mv crocer says I have to buy more potatoes or other substitutes in order to cet a saclc of flour. What would bo the amount of flour allowed per month to a family or six.' The grocer Is wrong in stating that you can take credit for potatoes In making flour purchases. Bakers get soma credit for flour substitution on the potato he Includes in bread and rolls, but housewives are still restricted to the original list of substitutes. You are supposed to buy the required amount of substitutes at the time of buying the flour. Families are re stricted to a maximum of 49 pounds one sack of flour at a single purchase, and if they observe the spirit of the rule they will not make another pur chase until this supply is exhausted, or nearly so. The amount of flour per mitted to a family per month is not specified but purchase of an obvious excess would be treated as food hoard ing, and dealt with as the circum stances of the particular case might Justify. ' Beply to Inquirer, Corvallis: May Irvln has made no appearances this season. She will appear in a sketch at the actors' fund benefit perform ance on March 1, and then retire again to her home on Long Island. , On Idiomatic English. OLYMPIA, Wash., March 5. (To the Editor.) Recently, several of your readers here have been amused over your discussion directed at a "gramat ical" critic who confesses that the too frequent use of the expression, "as best he can," fails to harmonize wih his own ideas of correct "english." Instead of defending its use by quot ing near authorities the editor might have removed all doubt as to estab lished precedent by quoting directly and liberally from a pioneer of the short story in literature one Giovanni Boccaccio, who seems a much greater offender in the employment of this phrase than The Oregonian, and who varies the expression -by the use lot "might," "could" and other signs of potentiality. It is possible that if your "gramatical" critic could be persuaded to read the English translations of this author discerningly he could locate some other kinks in expression that might lead him to a broader view of the matters concerning which he com plains and at least to the conclusion that his ideas as a purist were old while the world was still new. - . . pESJEJRYER, Sir. Townsend Finds Ground for Ob tluilntu In Industry's Outlook. PORTLAND, March 6. (To the Ed itor.) I read with much interest your editorial In Tho Oregonian entitled "What Is the Matter What -Makes the Alarming Conditions in the Dairy In dustry?" ' To me the future looks good for dairymen. What are tho conditions? Let us analyze and see. A world war: Atter the European war began and had been in prog ress for two years. Great Britain, France, Belgium and Russia found they were in great need of dairy products, especially milk, and began calling on this country for all the condensed milk they could get; and this making an un precedented demand, caused many "new condensers'' to bo built and for two years or moro tho condensers have enjoyed an enormous prolit on their product. Next came the cheese factories, which were called on for large quantities' of cheese, and they, too, felt the comfort of big prolits; and because of the high prices the condensers and cheese fac tories could pay for milk, every dairy man that could market his milk to either of these did so, while the unfor tunate creameryma.il (butter man) has worked with very short supply of cream. Hence for two years the creamerymen have suffered severely. So today there is an "over .supply" of both condensed milk and cheese, with a "shortage of butter." It lias always been so and will always remain so, that when tho above condi tions exist thero must be an adjust ment, an equalization. This equaliza tion can be brought about by -5 or o0 per cent of the dairymen, who are now selling their milk to the condensers and cheese, factories, turning their product to the creameries; and this equalization would not stop with tha dairy products, but would be far reach ing because when the cream only is sold from the farm tho skimmed milk left to feed the calves, hogs and chickens, and with hogs at $16.85 skimmed milk Is worth, according to ex-Governor Hoard, of Wisconsin, who is authority on dairying, 80 cents per 00 pounds, and butterfat at 55 cents gives the farmer $U per 100 pounds for his milk. So why should the dairyman be discouraged and think he must kill off his cows because the condenser drops "hie" buying price" to $2.50 per 100 pounds for milk? A still better reason why the farmer should retain the skimmed milk on his farm is that he may raise all his female calves, and he cannot make money faster, for after the war is over we will not only have to furnish the European countries witii our dairy products, bu they will also draw on us for cows to build up their now "completely wiped out" dairies. So why not look at conditions from an optimistic point of view and prepare ourselves for the great developments that are in the near future? T. S. TOWNSEND. Home Study Health Course. TENIXO. Wash., March 6. (To the Editor.) Please advise where I may obtain a copy of "Home Study Course In Health and Culture of Body and Mind," as published by the Life Ex- ension Institute, this being in line with one of your editorials of March 4, Sir. Taft on the Art of Living." SUBSCRIBER. The address of the Life Extension Institute is 25 West 45th street. New York. PostoflTIce Surplus Years. ENTERPRISE, Or., March 4. (To the Editor.) Kindly advise if the Postof fice Department has ever paid a profit over ana aoove operating expenses rior to June 30, 1916. R. L. LILLY. Revenues exceeded expenditures In the following fiscal years: 1800, 1810, 0, 1S51, 1&S5, 1SS2, 1S83. 1910, 1911, 1914, 1916. 913, Difference In His Mood. Yonkers (N. Y.) Statesman. Patience Why do you look so dis paragingly at that man? He etood up for you at the meeting tho other night when you were being abused. Patrice Yes, I kliow he did. But I came up on the same trolley car with him tonglht, and he wouldn't stand up for me there. FREE SERVICE AXD I.VFOR . MA'l lOX, The Oregonian has established a bureau of information and serv ice at ' Washington City for the benefit of its readers. No charge Is made for a reply to any ques tion relating to Governmental af fairs or for procuring any avail able Government publication- For reply send 2-cont stamp. Address Frederic J. llaskln, director Oregonian Information Bureau, Washington, D. C. 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