THE MORNING OREGOMAX, MONDAY, MARCH 23, 1918.
truth: "I have placet In the Treas
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your order, a sum of money equal to
all the roId produced by all the mines
of the world during the past year.
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my armies, while I ret them Into
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figures mean more, somehow.
TH GOD Or HIS AXCESTOK..
The Kaiser's messare to the Em
press "By the grace of God the bat
tle haa been won. The Lord has glo
riously aided. May he further help"
will brlnr to the minds of many
the pious messages which his grand
father. William L sent to the Empress
Augusta In the war of 1870. These
were parodied by an English writer In
the following rhyme:
Ttis Lac4 ba praised, my daar Aaassta.
Wa're bad anothar awful bustar.
Tan thouaasd Frasch va'va sent balow.
MILWBKsl OF Tni .--OCIATrn MP. ( )rIM cxl from t a.l biassloss flow.
William II Is faithful to the rod
his grandfather worshipped, but has
added some attributes which make his
deity resemble the rod of his heathen
ancestors more closely than aver.
Ta taafM4 TTaas ert-a!r antltiaa
ta tha ua. for r-r't,l''sttn af all ia
Mfras cr.itl.4 to tt ar al th.f-wlaa cra
!. u lta papa', ssd sM tas kcal aaws
subi'SSad bafam.
Ail r.sbta a rapabtlesflaa af special dts
patrhaa b.rata. sra a.o rarad.
roBTLAxo. movr. MAIU H ts. 11.
THK MUT CCBIJSAX DKITE.
Bach a teniae assault along such
aa extended front as the Germans
hae made Is apt to bewilder a person
by lis success, so that he lose his
sense of proportion. It may at first
Impress one as an Irretrievable disas
ter, fart of the German plan la to ' by the following cases Just announced
THK WAT OF THE TsVAXSCBESMB.
A word of complaint is still heard
now and then about food profiteers,
but. as a rule. It la either not specific
or pertains to somethtnr outside the
jurisdiction of the Food Admtnlstra
tlon. Frovahle Instances of profiteer
Ing or unfair methods ret the dealer
quickly Into trouble, as is evidenced
produce that Impression. It Is more
than ever necessary, therefore, to
analyse the results In order to see
' them In tbelr true light.
The British have suffered a serious
reverse, but it does not reach the di
mensions of a disaster, nor la It Irre
trievable. The Germans attacked on
a fifty-mile front from the Scarpa to
the Olae River, and have trained
ground, according to their own ac
counts, which Includes Monchy. six
miles east of Arras, and widens to
. four miles at St. Leger. fourteen miles
at Peronne. then narrows to eleven
miles at Ham, and tapers to less than
fire miles near Chauny. upon which
town they claim to have thrown back
forrementa.
The wedge which they hare driven
Into the British line Is eighteen to
twenty miles wide at Its narrowest
point between Peronne and Ham.
Tbey have recovered nearly all the
rround they abandoned In their re
treat a year ago and nearly all of that
which they lost south of the cVarpe
since their withdrawal, but have yet
to regain the ground lost In the battle
of the Somme.
But they have not worked out their
plans. If those found by the British
oa prisoners are authentic Accord
ing to these, their average penetration
alone the whole front of attack on
the third day should have been twenty
four miles. In fart, at the end of
the fourth day their deepest penetra
tion la fourteen miles at Peronne. and
their gains taper down to one village
on the north and to five miles on the
south. They evidently aimed either to
break through the British tine at
points widely separated north and
south of the Cambral-Bapnume road,
to cut off a large force and rapture
It and to have an open road to Paris;
or they hoped to smash the opposing
army with the Irresistible force of a
battering ram. as they smashed the
Kosslans on the Ponajec three years
agt.
They did not succeed In either pur
pose, for when the third line was
penetrated the British withdrew In
good order to prepared positions
farther back. The lonaJoc battle was
a masssu-ra of men who were short of
ammunition and some of whom had
no rifles and were armed with iron
bars. In the Cambra! battle the
British movH down Germans with
rifles, machine guns and artillery, giv
ing as good as they got and probably
loator fewer men than the Germans.
The Germans claim to have taken
t 10.000 prisoners and (00 guns, which
looks formidable, but In the battles
ef Vlmy ridge and the Chrroin des
Iames between April t and 20 a year
ago the British and French combined
took 31.000 prisoners and 110 guns.
The story of this battle does not
read like that of a Donajec: It rather
resernblcs a Verdun, for In the latter
battle the greator part of the Ger-
nan nlnf wis mmjta In fha flrvf f . w
diys. after which ground was won
slowly by constant pounding and by
prodigal waste of men. The allies are
more nearly euaj In men and artiUery
now than they were then, and their
forces are more closely co-ordinated.
The Supreme War Council haa at its
command a strategic reserve which
may be thrown Into the bent and
weakened line or may create a diver
sion by means of a sudden offensive
at some other point. The (Supreme
Council haa surety foreseen such an
onslaught aa the Huns have made and
provided for any eventuality which
might sprlns from It. not excepting
the possibility of such a reverse aa
the British have suffered. There la a
point at which such a furious lunge
lose Ita momentum and slows up,
while the opposing force draws nearer
Its base and gathers up reserve
strength. The British, with French
and American aid. are due to strike
back, and their ronnterstroke may be
a rnulne surprise to the exultant
Huns.
The heroic stubbornness with which
the British have withstood the attack
appeals to every manly Instinct of
the American people to speed up all
activities necessary to take their full
part In the war. There Is good cause
to believe that Germany struck now
tn the hope of putting the British
army out of action before the Ameri
cans cm me on the field In full force,
and that. If this hope should be real
ised. France and Italy could soon be
overrun and reduced to submission.
Though the entire htstorv of the Brit
ish nation warrants confidence that It
will Sgbt on against odds, as It did
gainst Napoleon, America owes.lt to
her allies as well as to herself to push
force to the front with all possible
expedltion.
by the Food Administration:
The Johnson-Earl-Myers Company.
of I'ltUburg. a wholesale grocery firm
doing a business of $175,000 to :00
000 a month, haa been required to
suspend business for sixty days. Thl
Arm had sold to retailers against whom
"unfair orders" had been Issued by th
Food Administration, and had sold
sugar In unreasonable quantities in
the height of the sugar shortage.
J. Habit, of Edenton. N. C. has been
put on the blacklist, which means that
his supplies from licensed wholesalers
and food dealers are cut off. He had
been found gu",T of exacting "exorbl
tant prices, selling In unreasonable
quantities and forcing combination
sales of flour and sugar.
Frank Brown, a New York grocer,
has been forced to close his place of
business for two weeks. He had been
selling sugar at 14 rents a pound.
L. E. Barthold. a baker of Modesto,
Cat., ts required to suspend business
for thirty duys on a charge of hoard
Ing flour.
These are Incidents of a week, and
ought to be reassuring to consumers
who feel that the Government Is not
protecting their Interests and should
also be a warning to any dealer who
may be tempted to tranngress regula
tlona for the sake of a hlsh profit.
rROIIIBITIOX TS THK A RUT.
Having proved by the testimony of
the British Premier that certain state
ments of the Mount Scott Herald
about the liquor traffic In Great Brit
aln were false. The Oregonlan called
for evidence In support of further
charges of drunkenness In the army.
the statements bring so vague as not
even to Indicate whether they related
to the American or the British army.
The Herald. In reply, still maintains
the truth of Its charges, but produces
no evidence. Such a grave accusation
should be substantiated by production
of names, places and dates In regard
to the soldiers who were "Invalided
home, confirmed drunkards, from
habits learned for the first time while
In the service. also tn regard to the
"young man who waa court-martialed
because he refused to drink his ration
of ruin before going 'over the top.' "
I'nttl this evidence Is produced, we
shall not believe that the charges quot
rd have any more foundation than
that relating to the British liquor
traffic tn general.
The plain fact ts that prohibition Is
In force In the American Army and
Navy, and within a wide zone around
cantonments. It Is In force In our
Army camps In France, and such strict
watch Is kept on the so.Jiers In billets
or on leave among the civil popula
tion that It practically extends to them
also, though the I'nlted States cannot
ask France to change her laws for our
accommodation.
Fran- e has. however, gone far to
ward prohibition by forbidding manu
facture and sale of absinthe, by se
verely restricting manufacture and
salo of other spirits; also of beer. In
demanding that the United States Im
mediately adopt National prohibition
as a preliminary to Imposing it on our
allies, the Herald betrays a fanaticism
Which would override all practical
considerations. Everything practic
able Is being done to prevent use of
food products for manufacture of al
coholic drinks In the United States, for
distilling has been stopped and malt
ing of cereals has been greatly re
stricted. By asking the impossible,
the radical prohibitionists provoke
friction which wastes energv that
ould be better used In getting on
with the war.
We are doing so many big things
nowadays that mere figures do not
Impress) us any more. For example,
the building of thirty-two canton
menta for the soldiers of the National
Army has prcrraaaed without a ripple
and haa been taken as a matter of
course by everyone. We are told that
they are costing a certain number of
million dollars, bat that does not
stagger us. William Joseph Showai
tcr. in a communication to the Na
tional Geographic Society, says that
!- Issuing his I retractions to the build
ers. Lode Sam might have said, llb
XEtCHBORs IN TOWX A.VD CTTT.
There are two sides to the ques
tion whether people are more neigh
borly In large cities or small towns
New Yorkers have recently been
aroused to the point of protest against
the charge that they are less friendly
to outsiders and to one another than
those who dwell In less populous com
munities. They declare that, although
their business may make exceptional
demands upon them, leaving less time
for the observance of elaborate ameni
ties, their hearts are in the right
place and that Information Is always
given with a will, even if it Is vouch
safed briefly as they rush on their
wav.
The New Tork Tribune thinks that
one reason why the Inhabitants of the
small town are more cordial la that
they have fewer opportunities for
"putting on lugs" In a place where
everybody knows all about them. Tor
contra. In the great city, a man may
live In a two-room apartment on the
upper West Side, but If he can scrape
together the price of a silk hat and
cutaway he can give a close imitation
of the Astors and Vanderbilts as soon
as he is a few blocks from home, "The
whole vast secrecy of a great city
encourages bluff, pretense, finding
here to splurge there, and squander
ing more than one can afford for a
few hours of luxury, for a taste of
the riches one hopes for, envies and
will probably never achieve."
It ts not that human nature Is fun
damentally different In city and town
not at all. It Is only the difficulty
of separating the sheep from the
goats. John Jones In New Tork msy
be genuine In every resgect. The
chances are mathematically In favor
of this. .But because a small minority
employ camouflage, and are not what
they seem, and because there is no
easy way of differentiating between
the two kinds, the citizen becomes
chary of all. The burnt child dreads
the fire. Those who have gone from
the village to the city and have taken
with them their village friendliness
have sooner or later repented their
child-like confidences. And It does
not take many reverses particularly
financial ones to curdle the milk of
human kindness.
The same la true In degree of the
medium-sized city, by comparison
with the country town. What one
gains In privacy one loses In knowl
edge of the acts. Intents, motives and
financial and social standing of those
around him. The small town Is a
glass house. One may not be able
to conceal one's own shortcomings, or
even the amount of his expenditures
for millinery and butcher's meat, from
the, neighbors, but on the other hand
the same sources of Information about
others are open to him, and It Is his
own fault If he takes the wrong per
son Into his confidence. It is a kind
of law of compensation. One either
has little or no' privacy, or he pays
for sush as he has. He has his
choice.
But men are so gregarious that
even In the great city they eventually
establish a basis for forming friend
hips. The line of cleavage Is dif
ferent, that Is alL The tendency to
form cliques, which In the village is
manifested by the array of the '"south
aiders" against the "north slders.
purely geographical distinction, takes
the form in the greater city of organ!
xatlon according to trades, profes
sions and business connections. Th
actors, for example, have their mati
nee lodges, the leather merchants and
the brokers their downtown dinne
clubs, the night workers their special
early morning services, and so on.
People will drift together if they are
let alone, and they will be "sociable" If
opportunity la given them. In ou
hearts we are pretty much the same
as to that. And aa to whether one
prefers the life of the village with Its
continual limelight, or the more
guarded Intimacies of the city and its
greater personal privacy. It probably
simmers down to a question whether
one Is the more prosperous under one
condition or the other. A man is not
likely to find fault with minor details
a-hen he is "doing well," whether it
be In a city or a town.
schools In which English was notj
taught, have contributed materially to
bring about' situations such as exist i
in Wisconsin, whose very loyalty to
the flag In a National crisis is even
now on trial.
The educational movement expends
in ever-Increasing ratio. It Is wholly
out of fashion to sneer at th com
petent, and to set them down as
theorists and highbrows. A recent
survey of the educational demands of
New Tork, made under the direction
of the College of the City . of New
York. Indicated that there were In that
A Redskin Slacker Jilted.
By fsaire Bartea Asanas.
Cooing Dove, the Klamath maiden.
Listened to the declaration
Of th buck that Sought to win her
From her dad's ancestral tepee
To his own lodge habitation.
When at length he had exhausted
All the language he could think of.
Thus In frosty words she answered:
"Yellow Dog. your vocal effort
Was but speech tossed to the bra exes
. . ' , ,,Q - . But a useless waste or language
city alone more than a quarter of a, That fajled to make ,mpre8slon
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ADCXT EDICATIOX.
College students In their sixties and
night-school pupils of middle age In
various American cities are beginning
to testify to the growing demand for
education not only of youths, but of
adults as well. It Is not many years
since the entrance of a man In his
thirties or beyond In any except the
post-graduate courses would have at
tracted wide attention. Now it does
not even inspire comment. The en
trance of mature and even middle-
aged men and women into schools is
no longer regarded as remarkable.
It is too early to forecast the ulti
mate scope of the movement, or the
direction it will take. There are indi
cations, however, that the duty of the
school to the community will not be
regarded as fulfilled when it has
merelv furnished the rudiments of
education to boys and girls. So long
as there is a demand for knowledge,
It will be satisfied. This Is the spirit
of the times. Desire for further
schooling in adult life Is the product
of diverse conditions. Deficiencies In
early education, need of help in
particular problem, even need of
new Interest In a lonely life, are rec
ognized by modern educators as all
sufficient reasons. Awakening to the
necessities by the schools themselves
has been shown by organization of
such bodies as the Association of
Urban Universities, by the further
opening of evening classes to adults
nd by the extension of vocational
opportunities on every hand.
President Mezes, of the College of
the City of New York, pointed out
recently that there were certain ad
vantages In adult training, from the
point of view of the teacher, which
did not attach to the Instruction of
youth. It la often difficult, he said,
to tell Just what a young student
should receive. The practice usually.
herefore, is to administer what the
physicians call "shotgun prescrip
tion," In the hope that some of the
ngrcdlents will do him good. With
the adult, on the other hand, there
s at least a chance for a rifle shot-
He la likely to know definitely what
he wants, and to atone for lack of
preparation by the earnestness with
which he goes about his new work.
Two factors which are now con
tributing DMst of all to the expansion
of the educational system are realiza
tion of the positive need of industrial
efficiency and desire, lately empha
sised by world events, to foster pa
triotism. It has been a common ex
perience, even In times when there has
been much talk of the pressing im
portance of "man power," for un
trained men to find themselves with
out work. The spectacle has been
pathetic, upon the whole. Misspent
youth Is a real tragedy, which we are
now trying to change Into a story
with a happier ending. The growing
complexity of social relationships
make more and more uncertain the
future of those who ran toil only with
their hands. Admission of adults to
he public system is an effort to cor
rect the errors and atone for the
missions of a generation ago. There
will be, however, no compulsion, as
In the case of children. The fact
probably Is that the number of per
sons of mature years who now desire
to Increase their stores of formal edu
cation is much greater than could be
accommodated with the facilities at
hand.
Opportunity to strengthen patriot
ism by education Is given particularly
In the schools of the larger cities, in
which there is a large, and sometimes
even a predominant, foreign element-
MoblllxaUon of our Army under the
selective service law has been worth
II the money It has cost for the em
phasis it has placed upon the number
non-English-speaking full-fledged
citizens we have among us. A mere
statement of percentages would have
been received with Incredulity by the
average American, but the establish
ment of schools in the cantonments
to teach drafted men the language
of their own country so that they
could understand simple military com
mands was a fact that could not be
Ignored. It has not been a question
of Illiteracy alone, although this has
entered Into it. but alxo of the definite
counter Influence of many foreign
languages. A good many of those
who have refrained from learning the
language of the country of their adop
tion ran read and write the language
of the countries from which they
came. Tendency to settle tn commu
nities, for mutual social benefits, and
early complaisance of local authori
ties la couIoruiiuK to dciaand lor
desirous of obtaining college training,
but who were debarred from academic
benefits by the rigid registration
requirements or the prohibitive costs
of the curriculum. The latter con
sidcration was the lesser obstacle of
the two. There are many thousands
who could meet the expense and who
could meet the schools half way In
the disposition of their time who
could not matriculate. Many men
and women arrived at middle age have
completely forgotten the studies of
their high school days. Yet they are
fitted in many ways to receive the
benefits of a college course If it were
adjusted to their special alma Re
laxation of entrance requirements is
planned to permit them to take up
one or more of the special studies
which experience has taught them will
be of value to them. Vocational de
mands for Instruction in the theoretl
cal branches are particularly man!
fest.
This does not mean, however, that
there Is to be a general throwing open
of the schools to all, regardless of
whether or not the opportunity will
be utilized. The established rule that
the college student must "make good"
to remain on the roster will prevail.
This is true of the younger students
who come with matriculation cards;
it will be enforced in the case of
adults. The new entrance examina
tions are being directed, not to minor
details, but to answering the question
whether the applicant may take up
the course he desires with ultimate
profit to himself. It Is recognized that
no expense is too great if the indi
vidual is helped educationally. Com
petency tends to promote good citi
zenship.
The circumstance that the numeri
cal majority of fires start In homes, as
stated by Fire Facts, is used as a text
to emphasize women's opportunity to
contribute largely to an important
conservation movement. ' The chief
cause of fires in dwelling-houses is
the unclean chimney. Wood boxes
too near the stove and stoves too near
the wall are fruitful sources of fires.
Other hazards Include cracked, over.
loaded and overheated stoves, use of
kerosene as a fire lighter, carelessness
In the use of electric appliances and
failure to protect pressing irons after
using them. The aggregate loss from
these minor causes runs into a great
many million dollars, and it is pointed
out that women could conduct cam
palgns of education In the home circle.
the study club and at mothers' meet.
Ings that would be productive of much
good. More than half of the fires in
thecountry are preventable by meas
ures taken by owners of the property
Involved. The proportion of prevent
able fires, in dwellings Is much higher
than the average of the whole.
Germans seize whole kingdoms with
out paying for them, and crack the
skulls of any persons who object. The
United States seizes Dutch ships, pays
for the use of them and pays for the
ships If they should be lost, yet the
Dutch roar with rage, not knowing
when they are well treated. But they
will take the money without a protest.
The speech of Foreign Minister Lou
don Is intended only for effect on the
Germans.
A soldier mortally wounded and
blinded lay dying in France, To the
weeping nurse who asked his mother's
address he said there was nobody on
earth Interested in him, but he would
ike a cigarette. A broken one was
all at hand. Before It was finished
he passed away. All you who smoke,
is there any suggestion in th inci
dent? Think of It a moment Just
one broken cigarette!
The best service which the school
boys can render during their Summer
vacation Is to go out on the farms and
help to get in the crops which must
feed the armies and peoples of the
allies as well as the United States dur-
ng the next year. The women and
children of France. Britain and Italy
have been doing It for several years.
Americans should do no less.
In my bust. By close observance
I've discovered by your actions
You are but a redskin reflex
Of the coward paleface slacker.
When our honored Great White Father
Called for men to can the Kaiser,
And to hand the bloody junkers
All the grief that's coming to them.
And our brave, heroic buckos ,
Danced the ancient tribal war dance.
Interspersed with savage war whoops.
Thinking they'd be called to battle
For the flag that had waved o'er them
Since thejr nursed their brunette moth
era You, alone, showed streak of yellow
Up your rubber spinal column.
Not a whooo from you me wnooping.
Shook you not a leg In dancing.
In your eyes there was no war ngnt.
On your pumpkin-colored features
There waa not a dab of war paint.
And when yester e'en I braced you
For a Red Cross contribution.
With a snick'rlng sneer 'twould curdle
En the milk of human kindness.
You gave answer, 'Nothin' dotnV
Little dreamed your Injun daddy
When In infancy he named you
Yellow Dog that nam would fit you
When you grew to early manhood
As the ease fits the bologna.
Now I bid you get a move on.
Vanish auickly from my presence.
Go and don the skirts and leggln's
That the squaws wear on their persons,
For there s not a trace of mannooa
In your Bolshevik! system.
And I hate a coward slacker
Even as all Christian peoples
Hate the beast they call the Kaiser.
Get quick action on your pedals
And Sklddoodle to your tepee
That will never serve as housing
For this patriotic girlie.
Scat! You chicken-hearted wobbly!
For your presenec makes me weary!'
"trimming and BolsevlM.
NEWPORT. Or., March 23. (To the
Editor.) Please give the championship
record 25-yard and 60-yard dash In
swimming. (2) Also give the platform
of th Bolshevik! party.
A CONSTANT KEADEK.
(1) The amateur record for 80 yards
In both bath and open water is held by
Duke P. Kahanamoku, 23 2-5 seconds
and 23 seconds, respectively. Standard
records do not go under 50 yards. The
same swimmer holds the unofficial rec
ord for 25 yards In 11 3-10 seconds.
Professional standard records are not
listed under 100 yards.
(2) The programme of the Bolshevikl
as stated by Lenlne originally called for
continuation of the war by a highly-
paid soldiery electing its own officers
and subjecting military orders to ref
erendum; for self-determination of na
tionalities; for repartition of the land;
for a democratic peace obtained
through arousing on both sides an or
ganised movement to "place the gov
ernmental powers of every belligerent
nation In the hands of the revolution
ary proletariat."
Its later purposes are not definitely
stated, but presumably are to repar
tition the land and socialize industry to
the fullest extent.
Many of the newly rich munition
workers who are buying fake stocks
will be the I. W. W. of the next period
of hard times, when they will crowd
the soup kitchens and curse the people
whose chief sin is that they did not
try to get rich quick.
Opposition of Government clerks to
the eight-hour day suggests an affinity
between them and the six-hour-a-day
Bolsheviki. The atmosphere of Wash
ington seems Inimical to any exertion
except drawing salary.
The man who hits his wife oh the
head with the butt of a rifle can be
charged with assault in the first de
gree, while the man who Just uses his
fists gets the silly end of the decree.
Support af Iadlgewt Parents.
PORTLAND. March 23. (To the Edi
tor.) Can a family of children be com
pelled by law to help support their par
ents who are now old and feeble? There
are several In the family, mostly mar
ried and with families of their own;
two or three of them are giving (5 a
month toward their parents' support.
which is not enough for them to live on.
The rest of the family refuse to pay
nything. If those that are now raak
Ing' payments would stop would the
county take care of the old people, who
now live In Portland?
INTERESTED.
Section 7054 (Lord's Oregon Laws)
reads as follows: -
Parents shall be bound to maintain
their children when poor and unable to
maintain themselves; and children shall
be bound to maintain their parents tn
like circumstances."
If in the case mentioned the support
were withdrawn, the authorities would
doubtless take steps to compel contri
butions from the children.
Clocks will be'put ahead at 1 o'clock
next Sunday morning, not in the aft
ernoon, as frequently printed. Neglect
of this may make many late at
church.
This tension recalls the days of
Gettysburg, when the North hung
breathless awaiting news of victory.
It came, and so it will now.
Empty whisky bottles In a waste
basket when the pollpe are called in
Indicate how a row got its start. This,
too, in a dry state.
German troops are thrown In mass
formation against the machine guns,
but what cares th war lord for life
other than his own?
It is possible there is no laundry
trust in Portland. It may be just a
gentlemen's agreement to add the 10
per cent.
The Kaiser is in command, but not
in the front line, by any means. Th
Kaiser is a "safety first" fellow.
British no longer stand on Jordan's
stormy banks. They bridged the
stream and went across.
Man v candidates who nroml.se much
do not realize such a matter as in
ability to produce results.
Looks like old-time politics to have
women running for the same county
Allotment In Case of Separation.
PORTLAND, March 23. (To the Edi
tor.) (1) A soldier, a member of th
regular Army, has been separated from
his wife for five years and during that
time haa contributed nothing to the
support of her and their two children.
His regiment has lately been sent to
France. Is she entitled to anything
from the Government?
(3) Would a soldier's mail, which
failed to reach him before he left the
states, be sent back to the sender or
forwarded to him? ANXIOUS.
(1) Write to the Bureau of War Risks
Insurance, Washington, D. C, stating
whether separation Is through divorce,
court order, written agreement or de
sertion, and tf by divorce, court order
or agreement, the terms of same aa to
alimony or support.
(2) It would be forwarded.
Na Cosusoa Law Marrlare,
PORTLAND, March 23. (To the Edl
tor.) A woman lived with a man 17
years aa his wife; they had one hoy
born to them. After 17 years this man
takes the - child and leaves. Three
months later the woman goes to Van
eouver. Wash, and marries another man
who lives In Oregon, Are said man and
woman lawfully man and wife? Both
live In Oregon. I understand after liv
Ing with a man seven years and hav
ing children, either party must have a
divorce before another marriage can be
legally contracted. READER.
Mere living together as man and wife
does not constitute legal marriage In
Oregon, regardless of length of time or
Issue of the relation.
friSHTER WAX'S side: set forth
Crrespadeat Declare If Chance for
Profiteering Exists.
RAINIER. Or, March 23. (To the
Editor.) There was an article In The
Oregonian recently that makes one
laugh about the fishermen who were
asking for a raise, just because asking
was good, and says the Fishermen's
Union is profiteering. I don't think
the fishermen are bothering him at all.
He Is afraid Uncle Sam will set a price
so he cannot realize over 1000 or 1500
per cent on his invesement- They are
so afraid that the gillnetter will make
a few dollars, and they don't know
just how to stop him.
The writer also stated that 18-cent
salmon would cost 45 or 50 cents per
pound In the can, and that there is a
30 per cent waste. He must have a
wasteful butcher, for Spring pack will
only average about 23 per cent waste
for mild curing, and they take the
backbone out, which In canning they
leave In, so I can't see why there
should be so much loss. In the Fall,
when the spawn Is ripe, the loss will
probably go 17 or 23 per cent.
The article also states that the fish
ermen made as much as 33500 last
season. We will admit that, but every
year for the past 20 years you will see
in the papers that high boat on the
river Is around 33000, so there is noth
ing Strang about that. If there was
an average of 31250 last year, it was
the highest average I ever heard of
for the Spring season.
The article also states that fishing
gear has only advanced about 1 per
cent. How absurd! Salmon net twine
in March, 1917, cost the fisherman
32.35 ner nound: hane-insr twinn 35
cents per tound; cotton rope 35 cents;
lead 12 cents per pound. March, 1918,
salmon net twine $3.06; hanging twine
55 cents; cotton line E5 cent; lead 10
cents; yet the cannery man says we
have only 1 per cent raise. -
The fishermen are profiteering say
the packers. Their corns must be get
ting stepped on. They are afraid the
fishermen will get even, so they can
be Independent I will bet that over
half of the fishermen fin the river are
In Other Days.
Twenty-Ftve Years Age.
From The Oreronlan, March 2. 18BS.
New York Colonel Elliott F. Shep
ard, editor of the Mall and Express,
died suddenly.
Matthew P. Deady, Judge of the Fed
eral District Court, died yesterday. He
was a pioneer and one of the most
promine men on the Coast,
The first union meeting of the Junior
Christian Endeavor ever held here will
take place tomorrow night at Calvary
Presbyterian Church.
City Superintendent Pratt, after many
weeks of work, has arranged the school
exhibit for the world's fair.
When Congressman Binger Hermann
visits the city In the near future, W. Q.
Steel will take up with him the proposi
tion of creating reserves for Crater
Lake and Mount Hood.
Half a Century Ago,
From The Oregonian, March SC. 1888.
Washington The Senate at 2:30 re
solved itself into a court of impeach
ment to try the President.
London Dispatches from Rome tell
of the continued attentions paid to
Admiral Farragut by the Papal govern
ment. It was amusing to stand on the wharf
yesterday and see the local merchants
and others trying to get their freight
onto the Almatia. Everyone was seek
ing to get his on first, as space was
limited.
There Is general complaint against
the delapldated appearance of the
Plaza,
Married Men In Class L
PORTLAND, March 23. (To th Ed
itor.) The draft regulations, as pub
lished In The Oregonlan a few months
ago. was that a married man. not de-
In debt to the cannerymen, but still i pendent on his wife for support, was
tney are profiteering.
If they want to help the fisherman
on the Lower and Middle Columbia
River, why don't they open the season
on the 1st of April, so the gill-netter
can get some of that run of fish? The
most of them are caught at the Cas
cades by flshwheels. anyway, and
above by seines, which are owned by
the fishing Interest, same being Seu
fert & Warren Packing Company, also
McGowan. The Columbia River Pack
ing Association have got the lower
river full of fish traps and seines, also
all the other packing companies have
the same If they can possibly get them,
but you don't hear anyone complaining
about the profiteering, especially the
cannerymen themselves.
It appears to me the big packing
companies are trying to do here the
same as they do in Alaska; get con
trol of the whole thing and freeze the
small man out, so they can do as they
like. 1 can remember when a fish
buyer was going around In a sailboat
buying fish, and is now rich, owning
cold storage riant and the like, but
that is not profiteering, as It is merely
business.
As to the men who troll or purse
seine, they can hardly be termed Co
lumbia River fishermen, for they catch
their fish outside the three-mile limit
and are on the high seas.
C. R. SUTTCN.
Army and Navy Training.
WAITSBURG, Wash., March 22. (To
the Editor.) (1) How many Army
training camps In United States?
(2) How many aviation training
camps?
(3) How many naval stations?
(4) How many and where are our
coast defenses, both Atlantic and Pa
cific?
(5) Have we a catrol system on the
Pacific Coast?
(6) How many men In service of
United States, including Army, Navy
and marines G. A. T.
(1) Sixteen National Army canton
ments and 1 National Guard canton
merits.
(2) Eight naval and IS signal corps.
(3) There are four regular naval
training stations. There are also 12
depots at which general detail men, in
cluding graduates of training stations.
are further trained. Training estab
lishments for reserves and National vol
unteers are located with some of the
foregoing and also on naval vessels and
steamships, and there are several pro
jected stations. Other training Is under
way at 13 coast section headquarters.
(4) Answer not permissible.
(5) The revenue service and life-sav
ing service are combined during war as
a coast guard.
(6) The Army on December 1 con
sisted of 1,360,000 men. Navy figures
later than September 1, 1917, are not
available. The number then in the
naval service,- including marine corps.
was 230,030.
Hone Wlshex.
I think we have the French front
Well fortified with wishes.
So ril turn ail my attention
To the thankless and the vicious
Who come to us with nothing.
Who are a greedy clan.
"Who are working for the Kaiser.
But live with Uncle Sam.
I wish that I could sail with them
And drop them in the sea.
Among the snakes and sharks.
On their way to Germany.
L. V.
Registration la Shipyards.
PORTLAND, March 23. (To the Edi
tor.) Please tell me tf a man, who is
of draft age in class I. and la now em
ployed tn the shipyards aa rigging man
would be exempt,
2 Would It be necessary for him to
notify bis board of the change of oc
cupation? A SUBSCRIBER.
(1) He la exempt so long aa employed.
J). Yea. without fail.
Permit to Carry Revolver.
PORTLAND, March 23. (To the Edi
tor.) Can a person purchase a revolver
of small caliber without a permit? If
not, to whom should he apply for same?
Can a young man under 21 but over 18
purchase a revolver? Can a revolver be
taken along on hunting and camping
trips outside the city limits, and if so
should it be carried concealed or un
concealed? F. D. K.
It is unlawful for a dealer to sell a
firearm of a size which may be con
cealed to any person under 21 years of
age. Persons over 21 require a permit
to carry such a weapon, concealed or
otherwise. Permits may be issued by
Sheriff, chief of police, city or town
marshal.
I placed in class two on the list subject
1. Has such regulation been changed
by the War Department?
2. Has the district board a right to
change the class of a man who was
married before the war began and who
has sufficient Income to support his
family during his absence? R.S. M.
Your premises are Incomplete. The
Oregonian did not make the statement
that every married man not dependent
on his wife Is placed In class IL Mar
ried men whose families are supported
by income independent of his labor
may be placed In class I. Improper
classification by the local board Is sub
ject to correction by the district board.
A Government appeal agent Is ap
pointed to carry up such matters.
Transfer and Discharge.
PORTLAND. March 23. (To the Ed
itor.) (1) Are selected men In the
draft given an opportunity to transfer
to any branch of the service? (2) What
scnoois of instruction are held in -the
cantonments? (3) Can a man be dis
charged on a dependency claim after
he is in the service? READER,
1. No. It is true, however, that can
tonment officers select and assign en
listed or inducted men to special servlaj
for which they are particularly adaptee.
2. Schools of the nature you seem Uf
have in mind are not maintained af
the cantonments. Instruction schools ar
connected only with special branche
of the service and are maintained a
special stations.
3. Yes. Proofs of such claim, pre.
sented to the commanding offioer, ma J
serve to win the privilege of discharge.
Solution of Hog Controversy,
PORTLAND, March 23. (To the Ed
itor.) There seems to be no possibility
of agreement between the dog lover and
the dog hater along the lines of argu
ment usually taken.
Affection for the animal that has be
come a companion is undeniably strong,
as is also the opposite feeling for the
dog that is killing one's sheep. But
affection for the dog one has never seen
cannot be very strong, nor can one hate
a dog that has done no injury.
If it was agreed that no dogs should
be allowed to be born for about 15 years
the whole dog question would be settled
without hurting anyone's feelings, as
there would be no more dogs to love
or to hate.
THE MAN ON BOTH SIDES.
Poison for Sage Rats.
WHTTCOMB. Wash., March 22. (To
the Editor.) I have been advised to use
a mixture of strychnine, barley and
syrup to poison sage rats. Please tell
me if this will kill chickens and birds.
, H. C. WILLIAMS.
It wllL Better apply to Washington
State College. Pullman, for bulletins or
other information en eradication of
sage rats. '
Third Liberty Loan.
T his is your Uncle Sam's third call.
H e asks the help of one and all
I n raising money, cold, hard cash.
R emember he's not acting rash
D emanding help in this grand work.
L iberty for all, let no one shirk.
I t is a duty each must bear
B righten the work and do your share.
E very dollar which you subscribe
R ings up victory for his side.
T ake up the burden and never stop.
-our Uncle Sam must go over the top.
Jj earn to economize. It Is one fine way
O f helping your Uncle In this affray.
A nd when it s over, the victory won,
N ever again wilLwe fear the Hun.
S. RTJNYON.
Selected Men Notified.
IDAHO FALLS, Idaho, March 23 (To
the Editor.) I see that the men from
some of the Oregon and Washington
counties have already been selected for
the draft to take place on March 29.
Please advise whether the man from
Portland have been selected. If not,
when will they be called?
A SUBSCRIBER.
Ten of the 11 local boards of Multno
mah County have announced names of
men picked through the selective serv
ice regulations for Induction into the
Army March 29-April 2. Notices have
been mailed to all the men summoned.
Debts ef Adnlt Children.
HUBBARD, Or, March 22. (To the
Editor.) (1) Is a widow held legally
responsible for the payment of debts
contracted by her children who have
attained their majority? (2) Would the
fact that such debts were doctor bills
alter the case? READER.
(1) No.
(2 No.
Agreement After Mortgage.
PORTLAND, March 23. (To the Edi
tor.) If a person gives a chattle mort
gage on the purchase of livestock and
makes no payment until past due, then
makes mutual agreement to make
monthly payments, does mortgage hold
good? " T. T. H.
If the agreement Is in writing it mod
ifies the mortgage, but not otherwise.
Gatlt Never- Disproved.
MOSSY ROCK. Wash, March 23. (To
the Editor.) Please state if Preacher
Gibson ever confessed to murdering
Blanche Lament and Minnie Williams,
for which Durant was hanged.
J. W. YOUNG.
He did not. No serious question has
evVr been raised as to the guilt of Dur.
rant,
Beneficiaries of Insurance.
PORTLAND, March 23. (To the Edi
tor.) If I take out Government insur
ance how could I make it out? My
heirs are my parents, divorced, and
both married again. Would it have to
be equally divided or could It be made
all to one? Is there someone I could
consult as to the legality of It, without
charge to me? J. J.
You can name one or both, as you
desire. This Information la given la an
official bulletin issued by the Treasury
Department, You do not need a lawyer.
Information aa to Enemy Alleas. '
FOREST GROVE, Or, March 23. (To
the Editor.) Please tell ma whether it
is necessary for an alien enemy who
has registered in the vicinity where he
works to report In Portland each month.
Does an alien enemy who has secured
a permit in Portland, but time on it
has expired, have to report each month?
SUBSCRIBER.
Write to the United States Attorney,
Postoffice building, Portland, Or.
Location of Soldier,
PORTLAND, March 23 (To the Ed
itor.) Would you please inform me
how I can locate a soldier of 361st Am
bulance Corpa last heard from at Amer
ican Lake? M. J. R.
Mail the letter, properly addressed to
the soldier boy, with rank and unit, and
send to American Lake in care of the
commanding officer of Camp Lewis.
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