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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.
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