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10 THE MORNING OREGONIAN, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 10, 1918. TO ST LAX D. OREGON. n?r'J at Port;nnl Oriroa Postoutsi as wr "mi tmam mill miiirr. Subscription rales Invariably la advance i Br Mil. Xelry, Sunday Included, ona rear ...... ,tm. eo laiiy. hundsy ln,-ludel. six raoatba .... 4 23 Xtlr. Ssinday Included, threo montbi ; le!lr. Sunlr Included, one month ..... I'elly, without Sunday, ona year. ....... a no li:y. without eunuy. six months. ... X--j I'aiiy. without 8unda, ona month Weekly, ona year. ................... l.OO Fundiy. ona y ear. .................... 2. SO sruaday and Weekly 3.60 Br Carrier.! Teny. Rwfir Included, ona year. ...... $9. eo I'elly. 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All riahta or republication of special d ts-p-ef-hes herein are m'wo reserved. WIITUND, W F.D.VEHDAT. APRIL It. 191$ K I.BERT WRITES ANOTHER LETTER. Kditor Bede. at Cottage Grove. Is a troublesome person. He is not only a candidate for office himself State Senator for Lane and Linn but he takes a particular, not to say in vidious, interest in the candidacies of others for other places. At first blush one might say that Candl . date Bede would do well to look out for himself: but a little reflection will show that there is sound warrant for the various Bede activities. Kor it is, or ought to be. clear, that as Candi date Bede he is doubtless attending closely to his political welfare, and that as Kditor Bede he is entitled to survey the whole field and put his finger, or a hammer. In the machinery whenever his journalistic perception suggests that it may either elicit valu able information or make trouble. Kor example, not long ago Kditor I Bede addressed a letter to the Secre tary of State. Mr. Olcott now a can- didii to for Governor asking him whether or not he wonld appoint his brother-in-law. Oswald West, or any other Democrat, to a Scnatorship in rase of vacancy. The reply of the astute Ben was that he would not appoint Oswald, but a Republican; beside. Oswald wouldn't want it from him. The accommodating Oswald atti tude thus made it easier, of course. We were all considerably rclioved to learn that Oswald and Ben understand each other so well about the Scnatorship. Altogether the Olcott reply was satis factory to all. Including Oswald. Pleased with his great success In his first epistolary Interrogation. Kdi tor not Candidate Bede tries again This time he considerably broaden the Inquiry, lie wants to know the respective attitudes of Ben Olcott, Os wald West and Walter llcrcc toward the Non-1 'artisan League, which is about to explode a Jack Johnson in the camp of the old parties in Oregn if it doesn't turn out to be a "dud 1 tr. Itcrce Is a candidate for Gover nor In the Democratic primary. Mr. olcott is also a candidate for Gov ernor lu the Republican primary, and Mr. West, it Is presumed, will be candidate for something, when he ca tnnke tip his mind what for. and in what primary, or In no particular prt roary. Mr. rterre. with that candor for which he is famous, will, of course, not hesitate to say that he Is for the Non-Partisan l-cogue. so long as it is fur hi in. Was he not ono of that little group of 1 cm cm-rats. "half-Democrats and occasional Republicans that met behind locked doors In Portland, few months since, to arrange for the approaching accouchement of the new party In Oregon? Ah. yes. Walter was there. Ho will tell Mr. Bede all about It. Iouhtles Mr. Olcott will be able to bring his ready letter-writer Into Im mediate play, as usual, write a nice note, and affix a three-cent slam if it is atata business. It will be state stationery and a state-furnished stamp if it Is not. it will not be and Inform the inquisitive Bede about his arrange ments. If any. with the Non-Partisan League, and his expectations, if any. from ditto. We shall also look for full details of tha Olcott conferences with the gentlemen who are respon sible for tha embryonic Non-Partisan League In Oregon. We shall be greatly disappointed if Mr. Olcott falls to rise to the occasion and denounce the unpatrlotlo actlvt ties of the league leaders elsewhere, and to protest against the league prop aganda in Oregon. It Is a fine oppor tunity for htm to show his real stature as a citizen and candidate; and. of course, he will not miss it. nation of the final day Is the chief function of the Red Star. Incidentally, it is doing a work of mercy. Its high economic value Is shown by the esti mate that fully 80 per cent of all sick and wounded horses, which in former wars would have been given m as lost, are being saved and sent back to their batteries. In this respect, the veter inarians are accomplishing a feat al most equal to that of the army sur geons in saving men. LET IS HEAR FROM SANDY. From our patriotic contemporary. the Aurora Observer. The Oregonian reprints the following: small capitalists, paid it to Germany and told the German army to get out. And it got out. Small savings emu cipated France, and they can save democracy. Oregon 'should go over the top by completing Its quota of the third lib erty loan, then should advance across No Man's Land Into the enemy trenches by making a big oversub- scription. Then this state, small in population as it Is. will set the pace for the United States, and the sayin shall be, "As goes Oregon, so" goes the Union." THE MONTH OF HOPE. Meteorologically considered, 'April is probably as much overestimated as March Is maligned, but there is one In the town of Sandy. Clackamaa County. a Uerman Lutheran school has been holding sessions five daya In tha weak, teaching Uer man In the forenoon and fensllsh in tha afternoon, and rnnnmrtn opposition to tha I fart that Will always make it one o punuc scnoois ana creatiy reaucinc its at- , mnt mnriiv. mnntha f tv. Sandy who have proteated asalnst tha oper- whole year, and that Is the hope that ation of thla enemy school in their midst. I It inspires. Notwithstanding the clouds hava been notified In a round-about way ,nrj shower and chill breezes that that If they continue their opposition to tha school they wlil bevoycoued. Let us have further particulars. In deed, the purpose of The Oregonian in giving widespread publicity to the Observer's report is to elicit the facts. We should like to know: Are all classes for half a day taught in German? If so, why? What Is the Superintendent of Schools for Clackamas County doing about the depleted public school at tendance. If it exists, and the reasons therefor? Do the Sandy merchants think more of their business than of their pa triotic duty? It Is not conceivable. German has been dropped from the Seattle schools. German is provision ally cut out of Portland schools, and will be dropped outright at the end of tlte year. The movement to eliml nate the German language throughout the country is general. It Is not prejudice or ignorance that wars on a language, but the sound instinct of the American people against the most subtle, but the most powerful and dangerous, agency of German propa ganda yet existing in America. make uncertain the glories of the April day, there Is the thought of Summer just ahead to make them bearable. One can put up with good deal of mere Inconvenience when one realizes that the end is approach ing and that the reward is near. The poets sing oftener of the gor geous Autumn than of the tearful sun shine of the early Spring: but there lurks behind the Autumn the thought of Winter not very far away. It is this which makes the Springtime the best season of the year. For the joys of anticipation, as even the confirmed optimists know, are keener than those of fulfillment, and there are at least six months of good weather in pros pect when April arrives. People are already beginning to plan Joyfully for the life outdoors. Blossoming orchards and brush fires in the clearings and steam rising from the furrow behind the plow tell of preparation for the Berious work of the year. AH that has gone before has been preliminary; all that shall come afterward will be but the reap ing of that which is being sown now. April is an important month In this part of the world, and a great deal depends upon the use that is made of it. Its lengthening days should not be wasted not a minute of them. A MANTFACTrKKD 1SSIE. It must be admitted that there are both distance and another difference between Tacoma and New York, but there is likely a forecast In the recent enlisting the boys. Tacoma election of the fate of city No important industry In America ownership schemes in New Tork or I has suffered more by depletion of its elsewhere at this time. I man nower in the mist vear than acri- Mayor llylan proposes municipal I ,,-,, -rh .e, rpv,, ownership of the street railways ol h. h. ,.. .,,.. Ml' . New York as a means of escaping the fh. x-,vv nnri , 6-cent fare. Poor service, inability to ,,.,,. ,w. . w,c, th make extensions and probable increase of rates caused enthusiasts to submit the same Issue in Tacoma. It was de feated threo to one. promise of higher wages in cities. The farms in every agricultural county in the United States have lost men. In It may bo that Portland is headed cuUura, popU,ation of the age of THE COST IV HORStS. The Bed Star Animal Belief Asso elation has compiled figures showing the Immense demand for horses In the war and the importance of con serving the supply as a possible means of turning the scale of battle when the critical moment arrives. Although motor transport has been developed to a hitherto unheard-of decree, the horse is still Indispensable. The Ger mans in 1717 lost many batteries be cause of lack of animals to withdraw the guns to safety during the allied advance, and the British sacrificed fewer guns because of their superior ity in horses. It Is highly necessary that this superiority shall be main tamed. The figures compiled by the society re the first given since the war began that give evidence of approximate ac curacy. There ara about 4.500,000 horses and mules in use by all the armies, and tha losses on the western front alone have averaged 47.000 a month. Losses of the French on a three-mile front at Verd in were 1000 horses. Tha allies have bought In America for their own use about I.&00.000 animals, their transport be ing accompaaled by heavy casualties. Iealhs on this side were about 13.000 and more than (000 dleJ on shipboard. The value of the horses shipped to Kurop from the United States In 1917 was dose to $50,000,000. The primary need of an army, not withstanding the relative unimpor tance of the cavalry, la mora than one horae to each three) men. For an army of 3.000.000 there would be re quired at least 740.000 animals. In addition to the constant scream fol lowing to make up losses In battle. Of the S3.t00.0e horsea In the United States, only a small proportion are suited for war service, so that the time nay Dot b far distant when the supply of available animals will be cihaoatad. CotvservnUoa of animals la antici- toward a vote on municipal ownership of street railways. But it is a poor time to raise the issue. It is hard to center the public's mind upon doubt ful experiments, and there is money to be raised for more Important purposes. The main virtue In municipal own crship, if it bo a virtue, is Its political platform possibilities. There is always somebody, who has no convictions ex cept the one that he wants office, ready to run on a public ownership platform. From the purely political standpoint it is well to start municipal ownership of street railways In a small way Observe Seattle. It is there a con stantly recurring platform plank. No candidate's pre-election promises are complete without something about ex tensions or curtailments. The definite effort to arouse public sentiment in behalf of municipal own ership In Portland, as already said, may succeed in bringing tho matter to a vote. The schemo must neces sarily call for purchase of the present system with borrowed money. Whether the Capital Issues Committee, would permit the bonds to be marketed If authorized is an open question. One would guess that it would not, with lack of necessity so apparent. And as also said before, the issue prospers best when there are candidates to run on a public ownership platform. There are no city officers to elect Just now. It Is a lot of fuss about something that cannot oe acronipusnca. greatest efficiency has gone. Massa chusetts and New York, which have conducted painstaking surveys, show an alarming situation which probably would be duplicated in other states if the data were available. Mayor Baker's proclamation calling upon boys between the ages of 16 and 21 to enroll for farm work therefore. should receive even more than ordi narily serious consideration. It is probable that no American boy of avcr- ngo Intelligence needs to be told now that the phrase, "Food will win the war, is not an Idle one, or that food production is even more necessary than food conservation. It remains only for the boys to make up their minds Jo help, and then to enroll. The purpose of the Boys' Working Reserve is essentially patriotic. The task to which Its members will devote themselves is as necessary as the shooting of Huns. There is, moreover. an clement of adventure in it, as well as of hard work. It will do the city- boys good to get out In the field. They will reap- a harvest of health and strength, as well as of dollars, and at the same time constitute an effective supporting line for the soldiers at the front. VTHERK DO r.FRVJAN-AMERICANS M.l.MI! No book on the war could be more timely thau the little volume entitled Where Do You Stand? An Appeal to Americans of German Origin," by Herman llagedorn. It is a calmly but sympathetically reasoned state ment of the position of German-bom BACK I P YOl R SOLDIERS. .Vny man who goes Into a fight fislits better w hen ho knows that he I Americans toward the war before and has good backing. The American sol- of ter the United States Joined the tilers and sailors have gone into the (ranks of Germany's enemies. It greatest fight in history- Tlicy will should set them thinking Hnd should light better through knowing that the I lead them to support the United whole American Nation Is backing states, not grudgingly as an irksome- them. The kind or backing to give duty or from policy, but with all thel them now is to subscribe ror liberty hearts; because we are fighting for bonds without regard to the limit I the principle of democracy and to es placed by the Government, which is tablish it in Germany as well as to tha least amount that win satisfy lis I make it safe In other countries. present needs. I a few of those to whom his ques Give the soldiers your backing, for I tlon Is addressed, says the author, they are flghtlnaj for us, for our lib- I "have by their actions answered that erty, for the honor or our wives ana they stand first and last with Ger daughters, for the free opportunity of many, and they have been put under our sons. I lock and key." He continues They oITer their lives, xouareonlyl A a-raater number bavs declared naraia- asked to lend your money, and to deny I takabiy that they stand with America yourself some luxury. By this self, asalnst Germany; and they hava been reet . , . ... . j , . I ed by their countrymen as Americana who denial you will do double service to ha. ttrta put to a buler tMt an(1 nav the country, for you will both lend I not been found wantinit. vour monev to the Government and But tha majority, tha larse majority. other origin cannot be blamed if they ask: la March yon were for tha Kaiser and made no bones about it. Today where do you stand? . He goes on to summarize the rea sons why German-Americans were pro-German, but says that "the march of events has relegated them to the limbo of dead issues." American sympathy instinctively rallied to Ser bia and Belgium as the underdogs. German-Americans believed without question everything said on behalf of Germany and defended Germany's ruthless acts, even to the taking of American lives. The average Ameri can "resents the fact that in every fresh dispute the German-American took Germany's side," scorned the Government's defense of American rights and lives, and denounced the President. Therefore the American of other than German blood is not to be blamed for asking: "Where do you stand?" ' Prevalent doubt of German-Ameri can loyalty is ascribed to the fact that German-Americans of position and influence, who represent the unques tionably loyal majority of Americans of German origin, have been silent. . leaving the leadership of Ger man-Americans to editors and others whose sympathies were undisguisedly and above all with Germany," who ac cepted as gospel all that was said in defense of Germany and thereby justi fied the opinion that German-Americans were pro-German, not pro-American, were "dangerous fellows and had better be watched." Mr. Hagedorn calls upon Americans of both German and native stock to bury the "problems of those three years of our inglorious 'neutrality and to reason together. He gives rea sons why German-Americans should support their country, not only be cause duty demands it but "whole heartedly and with fervor." He shows that the small minority which at the beginning recognized that the issue was between democracy and autocracy has grown to embrace the whole Na tion because Germany told us the real truth about the war by her own avowed and defended deeds." Those deeds told us that it was a war between autocracy, scien tific, efficient but conscienceless, on the one hand; and on the other, tie mocracy, blundering, inefficient and in detail corrupt, but in the main pro gressive and sensitive to the opinions of men. Ho says: It was Germany which made us decide that democracy was worth preserving-, even at the cost o all we possessed of treasure and youth. The German form of government Is skillfully dissected to show it to be autocratic and caste-ridden, and it is thus placed in contrast with the Amer ican system: Women as Bond Buyers. By Edward Bok. If every woman in America correctly understood the safety to herself in an investment in a liberty loan bond, I doubt if there would - be many bonds left for the men to buy. These bonds should have an unusual attraction to a woman left with small means to in vest, since she is generally not as well informed as a man with regard to safe investments. She wants to put her money where it is safe, because, as a rule, it is all that she has, but she does not know whereto put it. There are thousands of 'such women all through the country who are naturally timid about investing their money, and I wish that my words might reach every woman so placed so that she might look for herself into the unusual op portunity offered her for a safe haven for her money. Her own intelligence would then quickly convince her that her dream of placing her money where she cannot lose ft had come true. If any word of mine can help such women to reach a .decision, I am only too glad to speak it and to urge her to ao tne clouoie duty that is hers: First, the duty to the safety of her own money and, second, the duty that she performs to her country when she buys a liberty bond. Hera we Americans of German blood tand. confronting, on the ono hand, tho country of our origin, highly organized and mntrable to tha eye. yet materialistic and if wa may believe her own Bernstorffs and LuxburgB) coldly corrupt at heart; and on the other, the country of our adoption, ao childish, so optimistic, so raoney-grubblng and at bottom so idealistic, somehow so grand. Wo stand between two masters, we can not servo them both- Here no neutrality Is possible. Then, with a fine eulogy of the men of 1S48, German-Americans are called pon to fight for democracy against their kin as they did and as the Eng- ish colonists did in 1776. They are shown that the Germany of today is not the lovable Germany of their reams, and that they are "prisoners f an Illusion." They are urged to make their choice and to "stand firmly, squarely, unmistakably now for Amer ica and her cause." Germans are becoming expert at revising their views on the submarine. If it had been the success they ex pected, they would not have needed to make the present drive In Franco, for American troops would not have been able to reach Europe and the allies would have been starved or beaten Into submission. By taking the chances they tobk when they pro oked American Intervention, they proved themselves the most reckless gamblers In history- It Is the Irony of fate that the German prisoners in Siberia are said to be armed, when if the Russian sol- crs themselves had been able to ob tain arms enough in the beginning of the war the whole world would have a different story to tell now. release material and labor for use in the war. Kvery subscriber to the liberty loan. even to the amount of only $50, is to that extent a capitalist, for capital Is simply money saved out of men's earn ings. Uncle Sam asks for the back ing of 15.000.000 capitalists, big and hava not answered at all. In the face of that question they have grumbled, holly do daring their Indignation that any ona ahould dare for an Inatant to doubt their absolute loyalty to tha United Stetea. He explains the position of this ma jority by saying that they are "nat urally grieved at heart that the coun try of their adoption should be war n..i , -itk k. r..r All ring wnn wie country ui uicu u'isiui .j . I i.n... i l.i and that, because they have been ex DIIUU1U UCVUIIIB capiUlliniS I' J lll.CLlllf, I ..... .a. . . . . their money In tho greatest enterprise cellent citizens and We ought to the world ever saw the destruction I "c..o e ,- j y,m rnkiii,n.r,e nf I pride has been hurt. world-wide democracy. He stales the Other side by saying Tho rlnllnr which ronlrl ht Invested mat IOB war involve woe two .-- in .- iiKee. ir,n knt 1. w-lthhaM lions oniy, out me wnoio worm, aim a slacker. The soldier hates a traitor, ln'"" V " pities a coward, but despises a slacker. "Hn,K lnl"l;" , "c whether It be man or dollar. Spare 1 , 7 , , ee,- fro ..mine- th on. many fights for "the principle of tempt of the men who never run away I government from a fight. Congress voted nineteen billion dol lars for war expenditures in the year ending June 30. 1918. This Is a huge um. ana is about tne total sum ex by centralized, mon archical control and supervision America and the allies for "the prin ciple of government by popular con trol." In such a war "the belllger ents are divided not altogether by pended so far by France, But the boundary lines, but to a great extent National wealth Is five times that of th Pfonal convictions of indi- E - J ,,- I. I... e-nre I VlQUaiS. out lUCin WIO uo licuuaii. .hii. ti.- fi,h,.i e,ef The question was put to the Govern men avuu ocoio o n.o uuunu ... by even Germany herself in protests against loans and munition sales to the allies, and the President gave his answer by calling upon Congress to declare war. Then, says the -author: Why ahould wa Americana of German ori gin bo treated with mora tender consid eration than tha President ar than cltuens of other origin T There is every reason why the ques tion should be asked, he continues, because "before America's entrance into the war the majority of Ameri cans of German blood were frankly pro-German." They tacitly or openly approved the sinking of the Lusi tanta and other ships, and none of them condemned It. That was their position throughout the two and a half years before America's entrance Into the war, henc .Americans of France has been laid waste by the Germans. Tha sum we are called pon to raise is small by comparison with what France has done, when we Iso compare the resources of the two countries, and compare France's losses with our prosperity. America has just begun to endure that which France has endured without quaking for nearly four years, with the horrors of invasion added. Let us take France, he country which Irusaia scorned as ecadent. as our example. Do not despUa tha small sums, for they make the big totals. In 1S71 Germany exacted an indemnity of a billion dollars from France and occu pied certain French territory till it ahould ba paid, expecting that would be never. But In 1S73 France raised tha money by borrowing from, the The loafer's last excuse will be gone this Summer. There will be work for everyone to do. and the Idler will be a slacker, whether or not he is the happy possessor of an "independent Income." One who reads of the seven-ounce bread ration for the adults of France ought to be willing to make further sacrifices in this land of comparative plenty and abundance of substitutes. Talk about elastic currency will arouse more interest when a way is found to stretch a dollar so that it will cover as many of our necessities as a few years ago. EXCHANGE OF FLOUR FOR. WHEAT Limit la Put on Delivery ef Mill Product to Farmers. COTTAGE GROVE. Or., April 8. (To the Editor.) (1) . Can anyone having wheat to sell take it to the mill and get nour ror it without getting any sub stitute? (2) Can one get a grinder and grind his own wheat and use it, or grind wheat for other persons? J. E. MILES. (1) When a farmer, brings wheat grown by himself to the mill to ex change for wheat flour, the amount of the flour that can be exchanged shall not exceed an amount that, with flour already In the hands of the farmer, will reasonably meet the requirements of his household or establishment during the next 30 days. In determining the quantity of flour to be consumed mill ers are required to conform to the Food Administration's statement of March 24, asking all persons to cut their consumption of wheat flour by 50 per cent and limiting the amount of the sale for exchange to a monthly basis of six pounds for each person. No wheat miller is allowed to deliver flour without an equivalent amount of substitutes In exchange for wheat un til the customer gives him a written statement which the miller has reason able cause to believe to be true. The form of the statement follows: COAST PAPERS ON BIG GIN SCOOP. Accuracy and Thoroughness) of Asfo elated Presa Again Verified. Eugene Register. w nen the Associated Press an nounced last " Saturday the amazing news that the Germans were firing on Paris with a gun wnose range was lu excess of 70 miles, rival press asso ciations "whose facilities for gatherin accurate news do not compare with facilities of the Associated Press scoffed and JLbed. But the amazing news was true, as everyone who knows the reputation of tne Associated Press for accuracy and conservation knew it would prove to be, and so the Associated Press was alone in telling to the people of the united btatea one of the most sur prising developments of a war that has been full of surprises. From the first hour of the great offensive the splendid facilities of the Associated Press for telling the new have -been plainly apparent. Tho Associated Press has vindicated in a remarkable manner its reputation as the greatest news gathering agency in the world. Only Authentic Reports. Roseburg News. The News has carried each day. eluding Sunday, a complete telegraph service describing the moves of .the contending armies in this greatest bat tie of the world's history. While the first reports were ridiculed by othe insufficient news services, yet In every instance Associated Press dispatches featured by The News were invariably confirmed. In fact, The Associated Press dispatches to this paper were the only authentic reports of the stu pendous battle waging now in North ern France. The entire people appear to depend wholly on the Associated Press dis patches carried by the Evening News, for authentic information. Always First With Bis News. Tacoma News. In the noon edition on Saturday the News carried the first intelligence of tho bombardment of Paris from behind the German lines, 62 miles away. Opposition Tacoma newspapers not receiving the Associated Press service were completely beaten on Saturday. On Monday News rivals were com pelled unwillingly to admit defeat. It is the -same old story. The Associated Press always first with the big, au thentic news. Score the biggest beat of the war for tho News and the Associated Press. 191R. ' hereby certify that the wheat this day delivered by me to wie mill or (address) was crown hv mo on my farm, that the amount of flour to oe delivered to me. toe-ether with that aireaay on nana, will not give mo a supoly more than sufficient to meet the require ments of my household or establishment nuring tn next 30 days, and that I w-l not sen, lend or deliver such flour to any one. nor permit sucn Hour to oe used for any purpose except human consumption in my uousenniu or establishment. (Signed) . (Address) At the time such card is signed the miller shall also request the purchaser to sign the following voluntary pledge card, and shall keep a record of all per sons signing or refusing to sign the pledge, to be delivered upon request to the United States Food Administration. A copy of the pledge card if signed shall be delivered to the customer: Pledge Card Deslrinir to co-oneratt with the Government In winning the war, I here by pledge myself to cut down the use of flour In my household or establishment in every possible way. and to use a pound of wheat flour substitutes for evcrv nounri of wheat flour used. (Signed) . .- (Address) (!) There are no restrictions that reach the farmer who grinds his own wheat, but if he grinds for others he must comply with Government milling regulations. If Lenine should declare war on Japan, he would become the open ally of Germany, whose secret ally he has been from, the beginning of the Rus sian revolution. Japan can take care of tho 60,000 German captives in Siberia, reported to be armed, and will be glad of the task. It is certain Russia cannot. The beauty of Oregon Spring weather is that it enables us to use the daylight we are saving by our re cent manipulation of the clocks. - The liberty loan map of Oregon is a forest of blue thumb-tacks, repre scnting the counties and towns which have gone over the top. Secretary Redfield may yet produce so many valuable commodities from the seal that the fur will become a mere by-product. The bootlegger who tIeads guilty, hoping for a fine, and gets six months. has a better opinion of law than he cares to admit- There Is nothing against a man's wife buying a bond. In fact, like babies, they are fine things to have in the family. Perhaps the Kaiser left France for Roumania. because he was tired of the sight of armies he could not whip. What's the best nickname for mem bers of the War Emergency Squad, the plainclothes women, police officers? Russia declaring war on Japan for invading Siberia is a family joke that later can be settled. These are real fuel-conserving days. when It's proper to let the fire go out and sit snug. BOARD DEMES POLITICAL' AMMUS How Disbarment Complaint Grew Oat of Exemption Matter Explained. WOODBURN, Or., April 8. (To the Editor.) In order to correct any mis understanding which may have arirjen on account of an Interview with Mr. John McCourt, which was published in The Oregonian a short time aeo and in Justice to the loyal people of Silverton, this board deems it advisable to an swer that Interview. At the outset this board desires to state that it is in no way concerned with the political future of Li Adams and merely desires the equit able administration of the selective service regulations. The facts relative to the institution of disbarment proceedings against Lu -Adams are these: Complaint was lodged with this board by reliable persons that Charles A. Raynolds, of SI Ivor ton, had been im properly classed and this board inves tigated the matter. This investigation satisfied the board that L. J. Adams ad assisted his son-in-law, Charles A. Reynolds, in making out his question naire; that in this questionnaire a con siderable amount of property had been concealed. This board deemed It matter for investigation by the De partment of Justice and referred such evidence as it had to Mr. Clarence Reames, who was then United States District Attorney and who is now spe cial assistant to the Attorney-General of the united estates. Mr. Reames investigated the matter and heard Mr. Adams' statement and then, made formal complaint before the grievance committee of the Oregon Bar Association about February 9. The committee heard considerable evidence on the matter about February 15 and there the matter has rested since that time. This hoard is content to await the decision of the proper authorities, to whom the evidence has been submitted and has no opinion to express as to what that decision should be, either now or in the future; but this board does not propose that -the citizens of Silverton shall be castigated by Mr. McCourt in this matter, nor shall they be accused of playing politics with the selective service law on account of the action of this board and the Depart ment of Justice. It would appear to this board that every loyal citizen, whether he was friendly to Mr. Adams or otherwise, would desire definite action and that no person should he more anxious for this than Mr. Adams himself. Allow this board, to repeat, then, that such charges as were made to the Bar Association were made by United States District Attorney Clarence Reames. and if it is, as Mr. McCourt intimates, merely political play, then it is evident that Mr. Reames has been duped or is also playing petty politics at Mr. Adams expense. G. J. MOISSAN, Chairman. U LAURENCE. Secretary. Local Board for Division No. 2, for the County of Marlon, State of Oregon, Woodburn, Or. Others Trailed Behind. Visalia. (Cal.,) Delta. The superior riews service of tho Associated Press has again been dem onstrated during tho present Hun drive in the west. All vital movements have been reported first by the Associated Press and merely confirmed by other agencies. The Associated Press scored a clean beat relative to the mysterious firing on Paris. If you want the war news complete, authentic and first get it from the Associated Press. Two Days Late. Corvallis Gazette-Times. Saturday, the Associated Press had the story of the big gun shelling Paris 70 miles away. As late as Sunday, the newspapers served by other news agencies were denying this and deny ing It frantically. Two days later they published the same story but had no comment on their previous behavior. If you want the truth, see that your dispatches are marked 'Associated Press." First to Carry Story. Tcndleton Tribune. We were therefore the first to carry this (bombardment of Paris) impor tant story. Indeed, we have been giv ing the people the .news first in all particulars: The Associated Press cer tainly received the best service from overseas correspondents. The Asso ciated Press deserves great credit for the way it has given the people news in which all at this time are so deeply uiiercaieu. Buns' Advance on Paris. -. PORTLAND. April 9. (To the Edi tor.) How near has the German army been to Paris in the present war? OLD SUBSCRIBER. In 1914 the German advance got to within 18 miles of the outer defenses of Paris before compelled to withdraw. What Rival Was Doing. Sacramento Union. While Associated Press dispatches were giving details' of the bombard ment of Paris by the German long range gun. the wires of another press association are busy with dispatches aiming to discredit these reports. xne spectacle oi a news garnering organization devoting all its energies to explain away a fact cannot be called inspiring. Greatest Beat of War. San Francisco Bulletin. The mystery back of the location of the big gun, which is bombarding Paris from a point said to be 76 miles distant, has been partly cleared away. The latest cablegrams confirm in every respect the first news of the gun fur nished the Bulletin by the Associated Press on Saturday the only news service to carry this the greatest "beat" of the war. Reputation Is World-Wide. Los Angeles Tribune. The Associated Press printed the news of the big giant gun shelling Paris when the other news associa tions ridiculed the story as a hoax. All the world knows the Associated Press is the greatest and most reliable j news gathering organization In existence. Great News Beat Scored. Oakland. (Cal.,) Tribune. Word that Paris was being bom barded was flashed exclusively to the Tribune over the Associated Press Sat urday morning and was printed here hours ahead of any other news service. The Associated Press scored a great news beat with this story. .Field Scooped as Usual. Medford Sun. The Associated Press, as usual. scooped the field. 'The Journal, of course, hasn t tne Associated .tress service much to its sorrow. So it nromptly called the big gun story, officially reported from Paris, a fake. In Other Days. i Twenty-five Tears Ago. From The Oregonian of April 10. 1S93. Washington. The Senate has fin ished its business and is but waiting word from the President as a signal to adjourn its extra session. Chicago. From 4000 to B000 mem bers of various unions are scheduled to strike tomorrow because of a mis understanding as to the number of hours that shall constitute a day's work for the Columbian Exposition. Edward Dekum left yesterday for San Francisco, whence he will go to Honolulu for a needed rest. Work on the laying of the Bull Run pipeline will start soon. A number of Councilmen, who had gathered in the Auditor's office yes terday afternoon, spent some time dis cussing'-the sanitary cpnditions of the city, the quantity of water in the milk supply and the amount of Kbuttrfat It lacks. Half a Century Ago. From The Oregonian. April 10. 1SRS. Captain Baughman, late of the Alert, has resigned from the wheel and will soon steer for the States to visit rela tives. Captain George A. Pease will take his place. Messrs. Lovejoy, Dennison and GUsan, as well as J. F. McCoy, elected directors and clerk of the school district at the recent election, have filed the neces sary oaths. Messrs. Lake & Archer will ship to night another consignment of horses to California by the steamer Stephens. Our reports from Wallula indicate that business at that place is getting better all the time. What's a Watt? Earl E. Whitehouse, in the House Beau tiful. A current of electricity flowing through a wire is like a stream of wa ter flowing through a pipe. And the m-essure of the water, the speed with which it flows, we call the "volts," or the voltage of electricity. The size of the stream of water in the one or two inch pipe is "amperes," when we meas ure the size of an electric current. But the actual volume of water that is flowing through the pipe Is so many gallons, while with electf icity we meas use in "watts" so many watts for an hour or bo many "watt-hours." Farmer's Boy a Help. Washington (D. C.) Star. "Was your boy Josh much of a help to you around the farm?" "Yes," re plied Farmer CorntosseL "I didn't realise how much of a help he was. He didn't do much work. But he could play the jewsharp an' tell riddles an' keep the farm ftanas entertained so that sometimes they'd stay for days at time." The Sonar of the Ocean. One evening I stood on the pavement alone. On the hard, smooth sand by the sea; And for the first time heard the billowy moan, And saw the waves rolling toward me. The thoughts so compelling that crowded my brain. Of majesty, grandeur and grace; Those wonderful breakers Just in from the main. So softly illumined the place. With rich phosphoresence in glory they shine. While black is the night all around; A white, mellow, radiant, beautiful lino As far as the vision Is found. stood in amazement and marvelled anon At God's mighty purpose and plan. These waters His spirit once brooded upon. Before He gave life unto man. The power overwhelmed me, I longed to be told The secret embosomed so deep; The song of the ocean being sung from of old. Lulling ages on ages to sleep. , O. give me the key to your murmering dirge, I cried, and the wave ran to meet: But hurried it back to be lost in the surge. From kissing the soles of my feet- sat me in silence and humblcne3 long. Beside the broad waters so free; And listened again and again to this song The ocean was singing to me. My marvelous body, though liquid in - form. When peaceful and calm on the strand; Or raging or frothing, all tossed by a storm. Is held in the grasp of God's hand. I'm an instrument used in blessing ail life, My service is given most free; ask for respect from all men, not their strife. For they must all know I'm the sea. My bosom is broad and my buoyancy fine, My laws are all easy to learn; The one who would love the non- slumbering brine. Must these simple precepts discern. Look well to your steerage, your com pass, your course. Don't trust to the softness of foam; Think not that you've conquered the ocean by force, Lest haply to wreckage you come, was here as I am when Adam was young. The aeon mean nothing to me; The millions of beings whose songs have been sung. Have left me unfettered, you see. I may not be humbled my man's puny hand, I'm part of the system Divine; My service and song shall hot cease on the strand. While tho stars in their glory still shine. Jehovah has given me here to pro claim His infinite wonder and might; My spirit of freedom no human can tame. God's greatness I sing with delight. His laws I will honor. His will I shall do. His finger shall guide me apace; Bis work I'll accomplish till labor is through. Sufficient for all is His grace." I got me in silence away from the brink. Where washes the watery span; And there in the solitude led me to think. Why should God bo mindful of man? The waters that cover two-thirds of the sphere, Had given their lessons to me; I would that all others be privileged to hear The beautiful song of the sea. And then in devotion and reverence I gave A vow to the Father above. Whose Infinite presence is seen in the wave. To follow His leading in love. Henry S. Champie, McMinnville, Or. Magnet Raines Sunken Loot. Indianapolis News. A means of making use of the elec trie magnet under what has been de vised in Japan and it promises to be of great assistance in locating sunken vessels, to recover which salvage op erations on a big scale are expected af ter the war. Tests on this magnet have recently resulted in bringing up thousands of Japanese shells, fired in practice at sea, and it is now under stood that it will be used in extracting shell scraps from European battle fields. The value of the iron at pres ent is huge. This Tramp Knows How. Birmingham Age-Herald. Will you give me a crust of bread an a cup of water, mum?" "Certainly. U fix you up a nice luncn. Jttut wny didn't you ask for something substan tial?" Tb a student of human na ture, mum. It's mighty seldom I strikes anybody what's mean enough to give me just a crust an- a cup m waior. FREES service: and infor. SIATION. The Oregonian has established a bureau of Information and serv ice at Washington City fo- 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 Frederlo J, H a s k 1 n, director Oregonian Information Bureau. Washington, D. C Do NOT write to The Oregonian at Portland. t t-