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TITE MORXTCO OREGOXIAS. 'MONDAY, MARCH 11, 1918. rORTLAND. OKCOX. 7Z Eaterad at Portland lOreaoa) Poetofflca as - e-.- ind-ciAae mall matter. '" Catwcriptloa raiee Invariably la eaveace. - I By Mail. I Ta!!. SnndaT Inelu.UJ. ona Tear I'Bi r. uaUr lnc:u'1l. ela raoele . Ia::y. Sueiaj InriUiJ. Ihree months I 'a r. Iji ' ta!i'ada4, one monln . l'a-.y. eritaoat Sunday, oaa year .... l-e.'y. without bun.iav. a. months .. 1 ai: y. tt boat Sunder, ana mooUk Wt:y. oat yr " S'afilr. eae y-ar Aa.ieJ and areen:)r ....... r Umlir Inc gHM. ona yaar I . la! y. Sunder Inr tml4. oaa month . I-a 'y. i;ftnut Sunday, ona yaar .... ta; y. wit Hot aUnr1ar. ihraa montu Hear la Kaeaut fnd poetoTflre mooT or- er. eipr.ee ar paraonai enecn sa bank. .stamaa. (oln or rr.rc? are at own fi rlek. ila poetofflc-e ad J ream la fall, la c.u.lioa county bad atate. raetaae He tee II to 1 pare. 1 rent: IS t 11 p-t'm. 1 en:e. M to pes, s rents, eo to paa-a. 4 cen-e: Si u T pas-e. a rente. e la J aaee. cente. rorelsn pont es, double ratce. Loofrr flaelaeea nffle Verree ',',k lta. bniniiira bui:1nc New Torn. Jerre Cnnk.in. xipr bmiJinc. CMmh; arraa t'onklia. Tra t'r.a bul.nnc. Detroit. Vtrh.: Kn rranileto repreeeataUva. B. J. llldaeH. Ii Merfcn etreet. lltVRCI Or THE ASSOCIATED MESS. The Aeeorlated f"ree la eirlnefelv emitted t the uaa for rapobiicatloo af a'.l newe d.a- ratrhra rre-nte-l to It ar not o'herariea cred el to tnie peper. and eeo t&s local ' pab"ahd her-la. .... A t nghte of ropnb'tratloa of apactal dla- yvcfl herein ara a:eo rwnrl. .. .TS .. . .. J3 .. 1 00 2 iO .TJ . Too ready for conaumptlon la aj Orajton their banda on tha same Implement mill. and strive for the same results. It Is Here are two lines on which we even profitable to find occasionally ran work In development of tnanu- that the subordinate, bringing a fresh factures. There are numerous others, viewpoint and a new spirit of emula- but these are already started, and no tion to the task. Is more efficient than effort should be spared to bring the the more blase individual who takes airplane and woolen Industries to their I too much for granted full development. 'rvlTUD, MONDAY. MARCH iU Ml The democratizing Influence of our National task does not end with fret ting the Cornelius Vanderbilts and the plain John Joneses Into the same tent and the same trench. It is permeat ing every city and town and school THE GEKKAX PARTY Df AMERICA. It Is most significant that four of the five Socialists accused of dis loyal acts are Germans, and that two I district and voting precinct In the land. of these four were leaders of the fac- I It Is good for all concerned, but par tion which seized control of the party Ucularly for the "higher-ups.1 organization, hurriedly called the St. PrBLIO EDUCATION. Philadelphia celebrated last week tha centennial of the establishment of Its public school system. Phila- people la needed behind the Army In ordnr that it may be victorious. The lierger faction of Socialists Is the American counterpart of the Bo I ahevikl of Russia, who have signed a dishonorable peace treaty; the defeat ists of franco, whose chief, Bolo Pasha, has been condemned to death PA5-TTRKlH EMPIRE. Minds of free people have been so appalled by tha grandiose scheme of Ian-Grmany that not enough thought has been given to the only lesa gran- f!to scheme of Tan-Turkey. The Turkish empire has been visibly shrinking for so many years, and It has met such constant defeat in Its Asiatic campaigns, that we are In cltned to take its final dismember zoent as a foregone conclusion and to rerard Its rise to renewed greatness as the dream of a hasheesh-cater. Tet the treaty whirl has Just been made between the Bol.ahevlk rovern merit of Kuaata and Turkey reminds us that the latter country has able and ambitious men who look forward to the establishment of a great empire. Er that treaty Turkey la to recover not only all that part of Armenia which Russia has occurled In the present war. but all that Russia an nexed In 1171. This would carry the Toung Turks far toward realization of their ambition, which Is to unite la a greater Turkey ail Moslem of the Turanian race, whom they claim as Turks. These are spread not only over Asia Minor and Armenia, but r mb a f funthrn u - - raaontatiTar casta and throuch Northern Persia I w na a tha laaaator ot tha ftrat Uiroah . T; ....4. rntrl A ala. Thalr I tav marhlaaT hold a JodinaJ poatuoa bafora ba was ap- Louia convention and rushed the adop tion of an anti-American manifesto. Their pretext that the war was In stigated by capitalists for their own proflt Is obviously and grotesquely jclphla was not the pioneer in public false. It was simply an appeal to education In the United States. It that class prejudice which they have WM the New England states which studiously cultivated in oraer to make iej tne way. But Philadelphia me American socialist party a mere WAB not the last to fall Into line. nrancn or tne uerman socialist party, I either, and it reDresenta a routrh aver. mougn tne latter nas proved xaise to ttl(t .wnkonino- nt r.,.r.ii r-on lu principles by supporting the policy 8Ciou8ne88 lo the duty of the com. oi mimansi aggression. n serger muni,v to .ducata Its children ana nis assocutes nad Deen permittee It Scem 8trar.ge to those who ia cununuo ineir ireasonaoia wgr,inw apprit not onlv nrlmarv edur-a. they would have caused division among Uon but lu higher development, as American people wnicn mignia matter of course, that there ever nave reduced mis .auon 10 me same v , tlma whan ronla thourht dif. Impotence for self-defense to which ferenUy on the subject. But It also the Bolshevtkl have brought Russia. 8how8 that, however slow we may be n is as important to stamp out mis to maIce a 8tart. as a British military and all other forms or disloyalty at officer said of us the other day, we home as It Is to send a well-armed and I certainly work with speed and enthu- weii-trainea Army in r ranee, a united gta-m once we do get under way. For will; but we cannot drive this false German philosophy out of the world except by a sound philosophy. You cannot shoot Ideas to death." He added: Human natnra ha bean writing oar his tory over conturlaa. and yet today you will find Jack Cadea and tomorrow Trotikya. Why. Trotsky doaan't know tha points of tha compaaa of human progreaa.' Ha In vito ua to forgat, to overlook, tha hlatory of France, of Roma, even of our own country. And so, perhaps, adult , education will be the next step forward. 'It has, as a matter of fact, already gained a foothold in many communities. In sound, ethical and spiritual education lies the hope of the world of avoiding the evils of- Prusslanlsm on therne hand and Bolshevikism on the other. "Wishe." Concerning- Ballets and Other Dead ly Things. Twtee Tew Taoaaand Ballets. - HOOD RIVER. Or, March 9. (To the Editor.) I am wondering if I will ever get over wondering how a "girl In her 20s" dare to crltclze the feelings of a mother who has given to her country the rarest gift ever bestowed upon woman a man child. A woman who has not 'gone down Into the shadows to' give that child to the world, who has not suffered and sacrificed. Joyed and sorrowed through the bringing up of that boy, looking forward to the A new Idea of the number of shoes support of his strong arm, and the required to keep an Army well shod comfort of his presence In her declin es n be obtained from General Per- lng years by what right does that shlng's request for 18,890 pairs a I woman judge tne motner wno nas aone month for each 25,000 forces in France. This is 223,080 pairs a year for each 25,000 men, or nearly nine pairs for each man. Only the in the one hundred years since the Pennsylvania Legislature passed the act "to provide the education of chil dren at the. public expense in the city and county of Philadelphia." we have made rapid progress. There had been schools. It la true. but they were not "public schools" for traffic with the enemy; the soldiers I fn the wnsa in which we now emnlov of Italy who were deluded Into break- tha tern, Ths schools, alreadv in ex- Ing the line by the shouts from dls- stence and taken over by the newly gutsed Austrian that peace had been crettted school district In 1818. num- made; and the pacifists of England. Dered six. There were ten teachers who call for a peace by understanding 8nd sst6 enrolled pupils, which gives with a perjured Kaiser. They are all . d of tha re..nonibilitv of of a kind, and their Ilk would bring teachers In that day. The same city, about, either deliberately or through wriicn i. ona cf the most "American folly, th same result the triumph of Prusslanlsm. QUESTS rOR INFORMATION. In the course of a patient effort to answer the many miscellaneous ques tions that come to this newspaper. The Orejronlan frequently encounters some Inquiries that have the distinc tive schoolroom flavor. The following la a fair example, and tt comes from a small town In Eastern Oregon: number and those of the subject people are estimated to total about fifty millions. The Young Turk propose to se cure tbsmsalvee against the forces which have lost so many province to the Ottoman empire by the sue T cessful revolt of subject people. They propoae to exterminate all non-Turkish race which are numerous enough 1 and have vitality and national spirit enough to constitute a menace to thel supremacy, or at least to destroy the Identity of these people by killing the men. by taking the women Into their harems to bear Turkish children and by bringing up the surviving chll dren as Moslem. That was the mo tive of the Armenian' massacre, and they may be expected to extend the massacre Into the reconquered terri tory. The only safety of the Ar mentans who fled Into the Russian ' line will be in further flight, and no Armenians may survive except those who have gone far out of reach of the Turks. The German let the Turk have their way with the Armenians and let them dream of empire, but Germany has plans of her own to be carried out In good time. Knowing the Incom petenee of the Turk for anything ex. rept murder, extortion and oppres sion, they plan to go In and possess the land which the Turks aim to con quer. to build railroads and plant German colonies la It. to develop It wealth, absorb lta trad and to push the Turk aside, as they have already done In his own capital. Turkey would be both politically and eco nomically dependent on Germany, and would merely clear the way for Ger man penetration through Western Into Central Asia, with India and China as the ultimate goal. The obstacles to execution of this scheme are the British armies In I'alestlne and Mesopotamia. Against them we may expect Turkey to turn the army which ha been liberated In Armenia by the breakdown of Russia, ('ermanr nvy help by sending troops and some of the military booty taken from Russia. If Germany should win. the American people might look out across both ocean at strongholds of German power. a yew ixDrerRir. for orecox. Letting of a contract by Colonel THsqu to . Oregon planing mill for manufacture of airplane stork into ' wtng beams la aa advance in having Orva-on raw material manufactured Into finished shape In Oregon. There t no reasonable doubt that the plan ing mill men will do their utmost to make good on this experimental con tract, or that, under the supervision of Colonel Ltiue's staff, they will turn out airplane parts of such qual Ity as to earn larcr contract. An op-nlng has thus been made to estab lish a new Industry In the state. Oregon should not be content with ' producing only the wooden parts for aircraft. The other chief material, aside from th motor, la linen. It ha been proved beyond dispute that Tax equal to anr In the world can be grown In the Willamette Valley. The climate of Western Oregon Is aa fa vornNe fcr manufacture of linen as that of Northern Ireland. A concerted movement should be made to Increase the flax crop to the point where enough raw material will be produced In Oregon to supply a linen mill here. When that has been done, establish ment of the airplane Industry should quickly follow. It Is plain that the airplane la to play as great part In peace as It play In war. and that Its anannfacture will become a great In dustry lu natural home la the coun try where spruce and flax grow aide by side. Another progressive step of me same kind I the establishment 'of a woolen yarn mill In Portland which' has been assured by subscription of capital among members of 'the Ad Club. It seems abaurd that so great a wool-growing state. In which woolen eth and blanket ar already made, should bring yarn for Red Croaa antt vers from the Katen coast. Roth in climate and. quality of water Western Oregon 1 as well adapted to all branrlier of wool manufacture as Yarkshlre or Scotland. Oregon should not rest until every pound of wool grown on aa Oregon aheep Is mad potnted jaatlr? ir ao. what Who ara at, pmmrnent Representatives an4 ala prominent Senators aad one reaaoa way each aa prominent 7 Quite obviously the question are part of a review or examination that ha followed a defined course of read lng or Instruction. It may be assumed that the teacher or principal who submitted the questions to the pupils was not seeking knowledge for the sake of knowledge, but desired to ascertain whether the pupils had learned the thing they were supposed to have learned, or whether they were resourceful In obtaining Information from reference work available to them. cities In the whole country." now has nearly 6000 teacher and more than a quarter of a million pupils. But in the country at large there are more than 20.000,000 pupils en rolled. The number given by the United State Bureau of Education In 1U report for 1914 was 19.153.786. The number Cf teachers employed at that time was 680,066. The estimated value of school property in the United State waa $1. 444. 666. 859. The amount expended for schools In that year was 6555,077.146. The pupils appreciated their advantages, too, for the average attendance was 74 per cent of the en rollment. This gives us an opportunity to blow Oregon's horn. This state led all the rest In percentage of attend ance, with 91.8. It not only was ahead of the rest, but far ahead of its nearest competitor. The figures given are for the "common schools." They do not Include the higher institutions. It would be a mistake to suppose that there was no thirst for education even In the beginning of our colonial history. Our progress ha been In the direction of realizing that It is a pub lic duty. Our New England fore fathers saw In Illiteracy a "device of that old deluder, Satan, to keep men from obtaining a knowledge of the scriptures." Th Massachusetts acts of 1642 and 1647 were the outgrowth father of a family of boys will be able to appreciate the destructibllity of shoes under adverse conditions, and even he will not be likely to be fur nishing them at the rate demanded by service in the trenches. The soldier must be well shod, even if civilians are compelled to go barefoot. Not only the abrasion of rough roads, but the constant soaking of the trenches is hard on leather, and there is little time for economies In the? way of re pair which could be practiced at home. This vast consumption of shoes at the same time will call attention to the fact that It would be hard to supply too many warm socks, since they, too, must suffer in equal ratio. men in his i 411 thl8, and tnen sacrlflce1 the labor ana love ana ia jiupea a. moiiuio to the call of her country? Such a woman is not worthy of a home in a land whose sons are fighting to save her from the horrors that have befallen the Belgian women. She would doubtless rather our boys lay down their arms than "do murder" to the unspeakable Huns, and let them "peace fully" invade our shores. No, thank God, such sentiments do not come from the true American woman. Would we could each be twice 40.000 bullets, speeding with a true aim toward a Hun for every bullet. This may not be "gentle, tender or refined," but the American mother will leave that interpretation to those who do not know the spirit of the women whose sons have gone to battle for the honor of their women and the freedom of the world. MOTHER OF A BOT IN OLIVE DRAB. A few years ago the manufacturing Industries of Canada were insignia. cant by comparison with those of the United States. Under the impulse of war they have so expanded that the United States Government has placed orders for $1,100,000,000 worth of munitions in the Dominion. The or ders Include 7.000.000 shells, 10.000 000 forgings and 2.000.000 cartridge cases. The ability of Canada to con tribute so much to the needs of the United States is evidence of the great expansion of the British munition In dustry, for It indicates that to a large extent the mother country can now dispense with the aid of the Dominion In munition production. It would fulfill neither purpose fw ,0.u" beJ!e. readln the foregoing questions by the easy process rignt o. " vu a.v.SIOa to up of getting some newspaper to .upply I by'" ,stfb; them. Nor Is that the kind of service I 'sned. along "lth the right of the suite to require iua vuuio.uuu ui an The Oregonlan desire to give. It would be no better for the student than If the teacher wrote the answers on the blackboard at the time she pro pounded the questions. The matter is mentioned because submission of schoolroom questions to Th Oregonlan Is only less popular than requests for material for debates. The latter Is an Issue In Itself. The seemingly popular. Impression that a newspaper baa a vast store or cup pings and formal literature upon every subject under the sun which It does not need Itself, but keep for general distribution, la incorrect. A news paper, such as Th Oregonlan. accu tnulates a great deal of reference ma terial, but It Is carefully filed and pre served, and It may be needed any day for Its own purpose. Both school classes and debating societies would profit from an Investi gation of the resources and service offered by the Oregon State Library at Salem. It Is an Institution which makes a specialty of supplying their needs. It makes mall order loan of books and document to Individuals; collections of books are loaned free to hoots, debating societies, women's clubs, grange and other organlza tion; It maintain a system of com munity or. traveling libraries of fifty volume each: lu privilege ar free to all citizens of Oregon. A simple request sent to the library at Salem will obtain list of special collections and th rule governing loan. With thl library service so freely offered, no community, however small. need complain that Its schools or Its debating club ar without reference resources In their study or discussion of current event and public ques tions. THE COM XT' ITT SrtRIT. One of the things w ar beginning I obtain to learn again is that there Is Joy In Governor, not unmindful doing thing together." which Is mliuiej by those who hav formed the habit of turning over the so-called ea Important task to subordinates. This Is pointed out by Elisabeth lu citizens. Maryland was among th first to assert the right of a state to appropriate state funds for the pur. pose. But the right was not always exercised. There were opponents of "new fangled Ideas" then, aa there are now. It was one thing for a school district to obtain the right to appro priate public funds for the education of 1U young, and quite another thing to exercise that right. For a long time we cherished the notion that the cost of education necessarily must be borne by those receiving its Immediate benefits. Bachelors and spinsters and childless married folks paid no school taxes for a good many years. Only gradually did It dawn upon them that the education of all was the deep concern of all. W obtain an even better Idea of the momentum gained by the principle of public education when we find that the compulsory feature dates only from 1852. There had been talk of it in Massachusetu as early as 1837, but It was fifteen years before that state acted. It was a primitive ar rangement, -at bent. Each child be tween the ages of 8 and 14 was re quired to attend school at least twelve week a year, "at least six of which must be continuous." But poverty was accepted as an excuse for non- attendance and no attempt was made , to aid the Indigent. People sensed but dimly that the pupil himself was not the only beneficiary of the educa tional system. It was not until 1872 that Massachusetts passed a new law with Increased penalties, and began to enforce It seriously. The task Is not yet completed. Com pulsory education Is now being "con sidered serlounly" by two Southern states. South Carolina adopted a local option compulsory attendance law four years ago, and at present Is try ing to state-wide compulsion. The of public while the American Army In France will be equipped with French seventy- five-mllllmeter light field guns until American guns of that type are turned out in quantity, beginning next Sum mer. it ha a large quantity of heavy artillery from this side of the ocean. The Navy has not only armed all of its own vessels, transports and mer chantmen, but has supplied both the Army and the allies with naval guns. some of them of the heaviest caliber and longest range. The Army has taken a number of heavy guns from the coast defenses and has mounted them on new carriages of original de sign, enabling them to be used for high-angle fire. Americans have excelled Germans In the quality of gun steel, according to Sir Hudson Maxim. Fears that German' guns were lined with a steel superior to ours have been removed by examination of several of the largest field guns by the Naval Con. suiting Board. Our guns resist ero. sion to a derree which doubles their value, and the fourteen-Inch naval guns fire 250 shells and still fire ac curately; In fact, they can fire twice as much ammunition as can be car tied on a ehlp. A powder has also been developed which burns with minimum of erosion in the gun. George von L. Meyer waa one of the valuable discoveries of President Roosevelt, and worked valiantly for a greater Navy against the pacifist in fluences which reigned In Congress unde? President Taft. He was one of the men whose services might now have been used to advantage, and his untimely death will cause regret among all who knew of his able and faithful work. Both Brazil and the United States have given a fine demonstration of friendship. for France. Both this coun try and France made offers to charter the German ships which had been seized in Brazilian ports, and Brazil accepted the French offer, the United States cheerfully accepting the de cision. ' Events have worked out strangely when Judge Landis, who Imposed the 829.000,000 fine on the SUndard Oil Company, renders a decision which gives the I. W. W. a fellow-feeling with the beef packers. Congratula tions from Haywood to Armour are in order. opinion, has recommended that ex. emption be granted to those districts which petition for suspension of the law for one year. There still are people unwilling to tax themselves to Woodbrtdge In the title essay cf I support schools. Virginia la wrestling "Day Out and Other Papers," recently I with a compulsory education law. published. She venture th opinion that "In our modern condition we lose much of the pleasure that comes through doing practical thing to gether." and adds: "Almost all of the physlral work of our dally lives Is del egated." It Is perhaps true that those who d vance from the performance of I There are now. In addition to the so-called common school, more than 16.000 high school In th country. where there were In 1880 fewer than 2000. At the close Of 1915 enroll ment In colleges and universities was 287,168; professional schools, 66.055, and normal schools, 100.000. City evening schools had 678.000 pupils. Judgment for a few thousand dol lars against a detective agency of Na tional repute In favor of a victim of the "third degree" will not stop that delectable process of extracting evidence. Indictment of Oscar Main for a crime he did not commit was along the line of least resistance. Now it is up to the prosecutors to find the mur derer of Swayne, and to be quick about It. New Jersey follows Maryland's good example in putting the loafers to work, and If this goes on there will soon be no rest for a gentleman of leisure. More Bullets. May our bullets have wings And do wonderful things. As they speed their way over the line; For fear of more gas May they slay the whole mass. As they follow the Hun toward the Rhine; Speak peace to the souls Of the poor starving Poles, And bid Armenia be fed. And wipe, out the stain And help God to reign In Belgium, where thousands have bled; Bid shell holes of yore be hell holes no more. Let wheat fields be planted instead; Help each to retain Thetr rightful domain. - Give the Frenchmen their Alsace Lor raine; Bid the U-boats go back O'er their infernal track And undo the wrongs they have done; Bid the Kaiser to bow And make a new vow To a God that is not from below; When Uncle Sam speaks. It's not gore that he seeks. For Democracy's sake let them go. E. M. B. MINISTERS AS FARM LABORERS Summer Resolution of Sonth Dakota Pastors Cesamended aa Example. PORTLAND, March 9. (To the Ed itor.) It has come to my notice that in South Dakota 1000 ministers of the gospel are arranging to help out th9 farmers during the busy season by vol unteering their labor, owing to the great shortage of help. This bit of news is from Sioux Falls, S. D. Here is an opportunity for Ore gon ministers for service. Doubtless many ministers could volunteer to help out the farmers this Summer. Such a scheme would afford the minister and the farmer a medium of getting closer together. My observation leads me to believe that the average farmer and minister don't meet very much, except at; funer als and marriages. The country church es seem to reflect this state of af fairs. A little story I once heard illustrates my point. A farmer who was a hard ened sinner was on his death bed and his wife called a minister to console him, but he refused to see the.iinister. This was his reason: "A minister, as I seed It, is a sorter go-between you and God and I Jus' joined the Grange last month and we voted to cut out the middleman." But no doubt the farmers would wel come the ministers to their farms, and each could gain thereby, both, spirit ually aad materially. Why not 1000 ministers to help Oregon farmers crease food production? CHARLES W. ERTZ. In Other Days. in- . Twenty-five Years Ago. From Tha Oregonlan, March 11. 1S98. Washington Enough has transpired In the doings of the Democratic Sena torial caucus to show that the Demo crats of the Senate will be antl-Cleve-laaxii and for free silver. John D. Rockefeller does not consider It beneath his dignity to pass around the collection box at the church where he is deacon. Mount Tabor Villa's public hall and the plant operating the water works were destroyed by firs early yesterday morning. Olympia It was the expected that happened and John B. Allen, by tha grac6 of his loyal friend. Governor Mc Graw, again will carry to Washington City credentials as Senator from this state. Governor McGraw named .him as his own successor. Paris M. Clemenceau, testifying In the Panama Canal "scandal" denied that he was "bought." H. D. McGuIre, newly appointed fish and game warcfen, celebrated his intro duction to office yesterday by causing the arrest of all fish dealers who are selling fresh salmon, notwithstanding the salmon was caught prior to March 1. He ruled it was a violation of tha law. Half a Century Ago. From Tha Oregonlan, March 11, 1SSS. G. M. Dodge, chief engineer, has sub mitted a lengthy report on tha Union Pacific lines known as the Idaho and British Separation A' -wance. ASTORIA. Or, March 9. (To the Ed- tor.)-! am an usteopatn.c P"-.". Oregon branch, to Oliver Ames, presl left England 14 years ago, but only de . took out my first papers 13 months ago, being in Canada several years. dent. The Union convention of Clackamas Have a wife and child dependent on v-uuniy namea tne ioiiowuik as clele- me, also have to help parents in isng-1 io ine state convention: w. A. land. - I oiaraweainer, jonn D. .Drake, o. (1) Is there going to be a dratt, and, 1 "wn- aoynton, ueorge iieese. If so, will I be liable? w- a& Killln. (2) Could I volunteer In the Ameri- Democratic paper called the Polk County Signal has appeared. can Army or Navy, choosing the serv Ice? (3) What provision will be made for my wife and child If I Join tne untisn or Canadian army? I volunteered for the medical corps a year ago In the British and Canadian armies, but the Allopaths have excluded means it will be on "Women's Rights. Ull ULllCT BCIIUUl UUUl BCl Vlllg in auj official capacity. CONSTANT READER. John Everest's benefit was attended by a very large audience last night. 11 M. Sawtelle "will lecture at Ore Fino Hall on "The Worth of Women or the Coming Issue." which we presume HEAVY PARCELS SEXT FORWARD Only a Step, f Oh, to be a submarine. Lurking In the depths, unseen. And from my hidden hold of death Blast fifty Huns at every breath 1 Oh. to be a liquid fire. And make a ghastly funeral pyre Of hated Huns upon the soil They wanton seized as rightful spoil! Oh, to be a poison gas, a To choke the Germans ere they pass To make them scream and gasp and cry. To roll in anguish and than dial Oh, to be an aeroplane. Soaring o'er their beds of pain. And from my eyrie in the sky Shell sick and wounded where they lie. Are not these sweet and fair desires To which my longing soul aspires? No! Americans have not this spirit. They discourage, fight and fear It! For they know hate loosens iorces, Awful powers from unseen sources. That return unto the hater And destroy him soon or later. Let bondmen hate, but freemen never; Those who hate are slaves forever. Old Glory's honor you but limit When.you suffer hate to dim it. JUKI 11. (UKUt. Consclentlona Scruples. If I could be the bullet Exriloded from a gun. I'd like to sip and hop and skip And assassinate a Hun. Tou know our modern Robespierre Is having too much fun. As down the dales of Normandy The bloody rivers run. He'd wade through blood to win the earth, . And when the thing was done He'd boast: "A righteous man am I, God's chosen earthly son." If I, the humble bullet. Might pick and choose my Hun, Would it be wrong if I should swat That bloody on-of-a-gun? EVERETT EARLE STANARD, Brownsville, Or. A Hall of Ballets, wish I were a machine gun. Just loaded to the brim With deadly leaden bullets Made especially for the Hun. ' I'd send them over "No Man's Land" With unerring aim. And every time one went "across" A Hun would do the same. wouldn't call It murder. But almolv "safetv first": Kulture must be vanquished. Lest It rule te earth. E. AD. Work Batter Than Wishes. wish I were a paddla Not a little one. But a real spanking paddle. With which something could be done. would end this waste of time i'er the bullet and the Hun; would see by sunset That some knitting was begun. (1) Tou may be required to register "other Gets Word That Overweight If you remain in this country, but If Christmas Boxes Are Enroute. your wife and child are mainly depend- GRESHAM. Or., March 9. (To the ent on your earnings for support, you Editor.) Please tell the mother who will be placed in a deferred class, "um" iniormation about the . sol- which will be called only as a last re- 'Lr f s- ,v?Lpat!fnC? f0F h6r Boy will receive his box, barring acci sort. dent en rnnt (2) Tour nationality Is not a bar to I. too, sent a large package too late. enlistment in any branch receiving re-l and was notified to send return postage oruKs. I to same, which I reluctantly did with (8) The British separation allowance a pleaa'"f le"er to th0 department to for a wife and child under 14 years o:r '"h.h ni, -VwV El of age Is 19s 6d a week. In addition the Would be over there, soldier may allot three-fourths of his Later I was delighted by receipt of pay of Is 6d a day. In the Canadian a letter from the postmaster at New army the soldier's pay is 81 per day York, telling me that for this occasion plus 10 cents field allowance. He must n! th,8 commanding General at the . l.a, -. UIaT Ana. BAAAM VA, ciuuai natiuil IltU iUI W fl-TUeU allot at least one-half to secure separa- tnese parcelSt and my postJlKa waa ro tion allowance, which is 825 a month for turned. rank and file. I think by this time the bovs will have received their gifts, and though Patriotic Opportunity for Stenoa-raphera delayed, will be appreciated, and I am sure we are indebted to the War De partment for this favor, and should renew our efforts In every line of work which we can do for our country. MRS. J. W. HENDRICKS. PORTLAND, March 9. (To the Ed Itor.) I ara very desirous of enlisting in the Army. I have on several occa sions attempted this, but on account of a defect in my eyesight I was unable to pass the physical examinations. This was laBt Summer. This Winter I have taken a course at a business college and have Just completed. I can oper ate a typewriter and take dictation at Reversal of Physicians. NEWPORT, Or., March 8. (To the Editor.) My son was anxious to do his bit before there was any outi- a moderate rate of speed and with rea-I tion of his being drafted, and for this sonable accuracy. Will you please in-1 purpose went to Portland last August form me if I can be able to enlist under and endeavored to enlist, first in the some branch of the service where 1 Marines, Secondly the Navy, and lastly can make use of this knowledge and if the Army, but in all three cases failed my defective eyesight would be a hln- to pass the physical examination. The drance? injury which caused this was received I am 18 years of age and want to while he was in Government service in serve my country very much. Are the the life saving station here, from which physical examinations at present less he resigned last year, leaving with strict than last Summer? Would the first-class testimonials. Now he has Army officers pass me through the ex- been examined by the local board and amlnations if I were a capable etenog- passed by the local doctor as physically rapher? JACK HASKETT. fit for military service. . . , JT .... His condition is, if anything, worse Probably your defective vision would than it waa when he was turned down still prevent your enlistment, but the in the Summer. My son has every wish Government Is calling for stenographers! to serve his country, but having been in civil service. You can perform a accustomed to the sea all his life he Is patriotic act by apply to tha civil serv- ?atu btter adapted for the Navy NUAIUUI iu ennui. Ice clerk, postoffice, for blanks and in formation. in which he was Surely under the circumstances it ought still to be open to him to Join the Navy as he desired to at the outset, If he Is, according to the local doctor, physical ly tit. Please advise me to whom I Indlvfdaal'a Tax Not Affected. ASTORIA Or.. March 9. (Tn the Editor.) Kindly explain what Is meant could apply for a revision of the case lair deal in the SUBSCRIBER. by the six percent tax limit in re- 'n order to insure a gards to the individual property owner, matter. A person who walk on a railroad track 1 a trespasser. Always there Is danger, but ever-recurrin trage- I So 80Iethlng must be done. uiea uo uoi racn ine lesson. When stock and fixtures of a Seattle drugstore are confiscated, the wonder 1 whether the proprietor is too smart or not clever.. physical tasks to the supervision of I and business colleges 183.000. Spe- other persons performing them do lose a certain sense of comradeship hlch la not entirely atoned for by Increased realisation of responsibility. Man Is by Instinct a gregarious ani mal. He who has attained the high est eminence la not necessarily the happiest. Many a successful man. rial schools of many kinds. Including those for Indians, claimed another 1.155,000. Our total school enrollment considerably In excess of 23,- 000.000. So much has been done in the past few years. In comparison with the long period In which we were getting un- e approaches the shady slope of life. I der way, that only the most daring as longed for a return to the day I will venture a prediction a to the when he and bis fellow-workers at I future. It may be, as President But- together out of dinner palls that all ler. of Columbia, said recently, that looked alike. He waa happier then our next Important step will be In the because he was not so lonesome. direction of adult education. "If." he Just now there are a myriad of said, "we can get adults to our school task that peopl can "do together." house and teach them, then we Whether It Is rolling bandages, or pre- should have every schoolhouse open paring farewell dinners for departing every night. Grave questions are soldier, or serving on committees for pressing upon us now. If for five th sal of thrift stamps or th pro- years we could put every ounce of our motion of war gardena. It I a fin strength Into adult education, w thing for the clerk and th boas, and should make our most powerful con Die superintendent and the workman, tributlon to educational Ideals. We and th mistress and th maid t put may via oa tha field of bat Lie we It surely Is a sign of the times when soap Is noted as valuable In connec tion with other articles stolen from a room. A youth of 19 or 20 Is pretty near a grown man, and when he goes into crime he la too big for Juvenile treat ment. s War gardens along a right of way are commendable, but cow pastures on a highway are the exact opposite. For our boys will get the Frltsles, Get "em every one We can't help by wishing; e. a. I Want to Be aa Easjle. I wish I were an eagle I'd fly across the sea. If I could light upon the Kaiser How happy I would be. I'd carry bombs beneath my wing And drop one on his head. And keep a dropping bombs Till I knew that he was dead. CORA QUILOT. Last year I paid taxes to the amount of 8160. This year my tax on the same propery is 8214.50. That is an increase of over 33 Der cent. T.a thtra any way that I can claim the six per cent increase only, instead of having to pay tne 33 per cent raise. TAXPAYER. The amendment does not directly limit the Individual's taxes. It pro hibits the tax levying power from so exercising that power that the reve nues raised by taxation for purposes other than the payment of bonded Indebtedness and Interest thereon shall in any year exceed the revenue raised in the preceeding year by more than B . ( Rental Of Building. HILLSDALE. Or., March 9. (To the Editor.) Can you Inform me to whom to apply for information regarding the rental or use of a building to the Gov ernment; size SO by 60, situated on the railroad? A SUBSCRIBER. Unless you know the Government has use in your locality for a building such as you have for rent it would be a waste of time to tender your building as you suggest. If there is a Govern mental department that heeds the use of such a structure get In touch with the nearest agent representing that de partment. Practically all leases are eventually passed upon by the Treas ury Department. Tour son should have filed a request to be sent before a medical advisory board, but failure to do this on the day he was examined and Informed of the physician's conclusion forecloses his right to appeal. He can still enlist in the Navy by presenting to the recrult- ng officer a certificate by his local board to the effect that his class and order number are so low that he Is not within the current quota. No Letters to Germany. AURORA Or., March 9. (To the Ed itor.) Can an alien German through the Red Cross Society, of which he is member, send a message of private nature to his relatives in Germany? READER. All communications between residents of this country and any citizen of any country with which the United States is engaged in war are strictly prohib ited by the "trading with the enemy" act of October 6, 1917. Mr. McAdoo cannot stand off a grievance committee as easily as he can stall a gathering of managers. Success of a man's war garden de pends on his wife's executive ability. Life Is never dull in Ohio. After the blizzards come the tornadoes. Victor Bergef will be lucky to ret oS with simple ladle fan ent. Rearlatratlon for Military Service. . PORTLAND, March 9. CaV the Edi tor.) Please inform me whether a young man, member of the Loyal Legion of Loggers and Lumbermen, will ba subject to the next draft. A SUBSCRIBER. If he had attained the age of 21 on June 6. 1917. and had not attained the age of - 31 he should have registered ere this. No others are required to register at present. Populations Before War. HUNTINGTON. Or., March 8. (To the Editor.) Please state the population of the United States and of Germany at the beginning of the war. . MRS. A 8. DURYEA United States, 9M&L000; Germany, 6a.98a.tta. Class I Man In Shipbuilding. REX, Or.. March 9. (To the Editor.) (1) At the present time if a man who Is classified In Class 1, subject to call at next draft, enters the employ of a shipbuilding company, must he report the change of occupation to draft board? (2) Are men entering the employ of shipyards now, granted deferred clas sification? SUBSCRIBER. (1) No. The report is mads by the yard or district representative of the firmergency Fleet Corporation. (2) They retain their present classi fication, but are placed on the Emer gency Fleet list and will not be called so long as on that list. Duties of Trade Cnmmlaaloa, GOLDENDALE, Wash.. March 9. To the Editor.) Please name the duties of the United State Federal Trade Commission. W. G. DA VI 3. The commission Is empowered to prevent use of unfair methods in com merce and is required to investigate trade conditions in and with foreign countries where practices may affect the foreign trade of the United States and to report to Congress, with recom mendations. Entryrafn in Shipyards. PORTLAND, Or.. March 9. (To the Editor.) If a drafted man, in Class 4, homesteading, came, to Portland and worked In a shipyard, would that time. so employed, be applied on homestead? SUBSCRIBER. A bill making such provision Is pend ing in Congress, but until it is passed the shipyard employe will have no spe cial consideration as regards homeBtead rights. Notice of Examination. PORTLAND, Or.. March 9. (To the Editor.) (1) Kindly inform me if there is a limited time for registrants in class I to be examined. Will they be notified? (2) If the registrant is a shipyard worker will he be called for examination? CONSTANT READER. (1) Notice' to appear for examination is sent to the registrant. (3) Not If his name has been en tered on the emergency fleet Hat y his local board. I FREE SERVICE AND INFOR MATION. The Oregonlan 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-cent stamp. Address Frederic J. ' H a s k 1 n, director Oregonlan Information Bureau, Washington, D. C. Do NOT write to The Oregonlan at Portland.