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Give postoffice addresa in full, in cluding county and state. Postage Kutew 111 to 36 pases. 1 cent: 18 to 3-J pages. - cents: 34 to 48 pas, 3 cents; & to ho pafrcs. 4 cents: 6:2 to 76 pages. 5 cente; 78 to ts'J pases, ti cents. Foreign post egr. double rates. Kastern Rusinexs Of flee Verree & Conk lin, Brunswick bullditiR. ?.'ew York; Verre & 'onklin, Steger buildinjr. Chicago; Verree & Conkliu. Kree Press building. Detroit. Mich.; ffan Franciaco representative, K. J. J3idwell, 74 J Market street. StEMBEB OF THK ASSOCIATED PRESS. The Associated Press is exclusively enti tled to the use for republication of all news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited to this paper, and. also the local news published herein. All rights of republication of special dis patches herein are also reserved. rORTXANH. MONDAY, JUNE 17, 1918. - THE GERMAN POSITION IN THE WEST, - The strategic results of the German I. advance to the Marne and of the sub sequent thrusts against Compiegne and ! Villiers-Cotterets are- more favorable - to the allies than to the Germans. The latter aimed to force their way south-west toward Paris, and probably suc i.eeeded beyond their hopes, for they " seem not to have expected to advance " southward beyond the Vcsle River, ' !but the French, finding themselves - unable to check the onrush, yielded territiory in preference to wasting - men and permitted the enemy to push ,Z on with little resistance to the Marne. ,2 They thus tempted the Germans to go beyond their objective and to make a ' new salient, which forms a sharp . " curve at its apex near Chateau ,. Thierry. The Germans were then in a posl T tion where they must widen the sa- lient westward, both in order to make themselves secure and to make pro- press toward Paris. They made a'new thrust west of Chateau Thierry, but were stopped and driven back by the "American marines. Then they made '- an effort to cut out the French salient 'T which projected into their line in con- sequence of their advances on Amiens and the Marne. Full success would ' have given them the high ground - along the Oise, the railroad center of Compiegne and the forest around that ". city, but they were held on the west near Montdidior, were thrown back to . the north bank of the Matz River after crossing that stream in the cen- - ter, and reached only as far as Ribe . ' court, which is only about one-third !: of the distance along the Oise between J Noyon and Compiegne on the east. " The French voluntarily drew back in "the triangle formed by the confluence of the Oise and Aisne rivers, and now stand north of the Aisne on a line running from the Oise near Ribecourt to Fontenoy. In an effort to broaden the Marne salient at its base and to win the forest of Villiers-Cotterets, the Germans then drove southwest of Soissons, but were stopped at Laver sines and St. Pierre l'Aigle after a gain ; of only about three miles. As General March points out, the 1 successive drives of the Germans have ,:; lengthened the allied line sixty-six - miles and have caused General Foch Z to draw on his reserves for the pur ' . pose of holding this added distance. C But the German line is also lengthened to the same extent, and its jagged form creates points favorable for allied V, attack, which must, therefore, be strongly held. The Germans also " lengthen their lines of communication .i across ground which they have raid waste, and to that extent sacrifice the advantage of their central position. - Reminding its readers that gratiflca- - tion over German losses should not 'I blind them to the losses of the allies, " the NewfYork Sun estimates the lat L Jter at -20 to 25 per cent less than those of the enemy. This disparity, U taken in conjunction with the steady inflow of American troops, opens the question how soon Germany will no .'longer have a striking force beyond ' that needed to hold her ground, and " how soon the initiative, with decided superiority of force, will pass to the allies. The million Americans who are to be in France early in July will doubt Jess more than make good all losses which the allies have suffered during this campaign. To offset the heavier German losses there are the troops - still in Russia, which are liberally X. estimated to number a million, but the T necessity of keeping a large army in that country to extort supplies from 'rt Its unwilling people and to guard war material on the way from the coal -.iron, and oil fields will compel reten tion of a considerable part of this number there, especially as the Hostile temper of the people is rising and as Russians are joining the Czecho-Slovak army. According to Andre Cheradamc, '. In the aggregate the entire force at the disposal of the central powers ex- ! ceeds that of the principal allies, ex- ' elusive ' of the United States and the ! smaller states like Belgium, Portugal ! and Greece, by only about half a mil- . lion. This balance is already more ! than offset by the American Army abroad, and as our troops pour into ) France at the rate of two or three : Tinnrirprl thousand a month, the bal- i ance will turn decidedly in favor of the allies. There is a good prospect that by the end of 1918 we shall have in the field two million men, and by the end of 1919 at least three million. They will constitute a striking force J" which Germany can only hope to match by drawing on new sources. ; These can be found nowhere except among the conquered people of East - ern Europe, and the Russians do not ! seem to stay conquered. The chief object of the. Germans .' being to divide the British and French armies, to drive the former back to ' the channel and thus to compel Great ' Britain to base future operations on . less accessible ports, reached by a less tsily protected sea route, it behooves em to make haste to attain it before a great American Army renders it un attainable. The first attempt was the drive on Amiens, and it failed. The " second wasjbe Flanders drive, and it, too, failed. These failures seem to have driven the Kaiser to fall back on his secondary objective Paris and the smashing of the French army. He Jias, fallen short there, too; is left in ja. weakened strategic position and his forces are worn down. Driven by the ' k necessity of. feeding his people with victories, he may try for a third ob- ective by driving between Rheims and 'Verdun, or may make a new attempt to smash the British army and reach the channel ports. As time passes his chance of, success is shrinking toward the- vanishing: point with the swelling of the American flood, yet he may feel obliged to fritter away weeks in abor tive efforts to straighten his line and thus to avert danger to its southwest ern angle before he dare again turn attention to his main objective. PATRIOT ITB8T. Here is a Portland citizen of Ger man birth who wants a divorce, be cause, he says, his wife insists on call ing him by the "immoral and unholy name of 'Kaiser " and up in Yakima a woman threatens to divorce the man she loves because being married to him makes her technically an enemy alien, and she is a patriot first and a wife after that. ... The husband in the first instance ought to have his decree, if he proves his allegations, but the situation of the wife in the second is more com plicated. It is not, however, unique. At the outbroak of the war many Knglish women, wives of German-born husbands,' found themselves in the same dilemma, and where the loyalty of the man was established family dis ruptions were avoided. It seems impossible to frame a law strong enough to serve its general pur pose without working hardships in the cases of individuals. A SLANDER ON THE ARMT. There has been no more deadly or more cruel piece of German propa ganda than the story told by Captain Hobson which Private Bevan quoted at Medford only to denounce it as false, that "before the soldiers went over the top they were filled with booze." He justly pronounced it "a base libel on a million of my com rades who were on the western front." He referred to the British, Canadian and other colonial soldiers, but the story has been applied with variations to American soldiers. That infamous slander emanates either from the fevered brain of a fanatic or from a sneaking servant of the Kaiser. Whichever its source, its of wives and mothers with the dreadf3 hesitation in taking this view of lest they have given their husbands and sons -not only to the risk of phys ical death but to the certainty of moral degradation. The truth is, and it cannot be too often or too emphatically -proclaimed, that no army ever went to war that was cleaner morally as well as phys ically than the American Army. By the Government at home, the officers, the Y. M. C. A., the Knights of Co lumbus and the. Red Cross abroad every care is taken to safeguard the moral as well as the physical welfare of our men. So far as is humanely possible, they are sent into battle clean in soul and body, like the Crusader of old who was shriven before he went out to fight. To believe that the offi cers would fill their men with booze is to believe that they would deliber ately debauch their own people, for they, like the enlisted men, are drawn from the body of the Nation. DON'T GIVE IP THE WHEAT. YAMHILL COUNTY, June 15. (To the Editor.) In your reply to "II. c." yon state that there is no compulsion upon producers to do without wheat flour. But how can we get it when the dealers all refuse to sell It to us and it is out of the question to make long journeys to get baker's bread? All the farmers that I have talked to re sent the treatment handed them without reason. I. for one. will refrain- from sowing more unless we are shown a little more consid eration and treated the equal of town peo ple. K. K. There are other inequalities in war's exactions. Perhaps our correspondent has suffered the sad parting with a son who has been called across the seas to a fate that cannot be fore told, while a neighbor has been blessed only with daughters and still enjoys the comfort of a united family. But that is only perhaps. A farmer who has a son in France is not likely to think of slacking in wheat produc tion because he misses the flavor of a white loaf. Regulations, voluntary and compul sory,, are made to rest as fairly as pos sible upon - all the people, but exact justice to all is not possible. Wholly to bar wheat from sale would, under present conditions, deny some persons bread of any kind. The manufacture without some wheat content of a loaf that must undergo commercial han dling and the delays of sale has not been satisfactorily solved. Many per sons are just as dependent upon the commercial loaf as the farmer is upon the oven of his stove. But we may all sooner or later get down to a no-wheat basis. But what of that? Preference for wheat bread is only a matter of taste. Bread made from substitutes is just as nutritious and fully as digestible. To cease planting wheat because one's location does not permit - one to please his palate with wheat bread is a. mighty small excuse. We ' leave it to the farmer himself.- Now, isn't it a poor excuse ? But let him understand that if it is a necessity to. the health of himself or his family that he have wheat flour her can ge,t it. He needs only see his county Food Administrator and lay the sad case before him. There are also other alternatives. If one will make a roar about the injustice of being denied wheat and make it loud enough in the country store, he is quite likely to emerge in triumph with a sack of flour on one shoulder and a load of "unpopularity on the other. Or, if that fails, there is the old coffee mill. Flour is but wheat ground up. The makeshift will make as good war bread as the city dweller now gets from his bakery. The last suggestion is not recom mended to the patriotic, but only to those who threaten to give up produc tion of wheat. A little non-patriotism is better than a lot of it. KIKE INSURANCE AND PREMICMS. The reduction of fire insurance tales which is soon to take effect in Port land is the result of the excellent fire prevention work done in the last few years and of the maintenance of an efficient fire department. It shows the error of those who take the super ficial view that, to prevent fires is to save money for the insurance com panies. Under the system of regu lated fire insurance which prevails In. Oregon, it is to save money for the insured, and through them to the oc cupants of buildings. This act of Commissioner "Wells and of the Oregon Rating Bureau places fire insurance in its true light before the people. It is simply a pool ing of the fire risk for all property owners, by which each person pays annually his share of the loss, as com puted on the broad basis of averages, instead of being bankrupted by bear ing it all when his property burns. The person who suffers the loss is reimbursed out 6f the common fund, and he who escapes is confident that he will- fare the same way when his turn comes. Insurance companies are simply agencies for apportioning the payments, called -premiums, according to the risk, for paying the losses and for investing the accumulated fund, while state regulation sees that rates are neither too high nor too low and are fairly apportioned among various kinds of property, and that funds are preserved unimpaired. When we view the subject in this light it is apparent that the man who prevents a fire saves himself money, though his property may be fully In sured, while the man whose careless ness causes a fire is burning his own and his neighbors" money. . The less fire loss we -have the less insurance we shall have to pay. Under the sys tem prevailing in Oregon the rule works automatically. OXEABT AND THE SINN FEIN. Capture of Jeremiah A. O'Lcary Is not only a fine feat of detective work which reflects credit on the Govern ment secret service; it is a forcible notice to the disloyal that the Gov ernments' arm is long and strong and the Government's eyes are myriad. O'Leary and his friends fondly imag ined that he could hide safely on a farm in 'the far Northwest, but he was tracked every step of the way thither, was kept under strict watch until the officers of the law were ready and then was made prisoner. O'Leary's case is also notice to all Irish-Americans that the enemies of Great Britain are now enemies of the United States, and will be treated as such for the duration of the war, and that those who conspire with Ger many cannot plead hatred of England as a valid defense. Keenly as Ameri cans generally sympathize with the claim of Ireland to homo rule, they will withhold their sympathy from those who seek to advance that claim by giving aid to the country against whicn the United States is fighting in order to injure the country with which we are allied. Americans look straight at effects of any action affecting the war, and they see that a Finn Fein conspiracy with Germany helps their enemy and weakens their ally. They have the Vjo activities of O'Leary ahd his con Tederates because they believe that the majority of the British people are ready to grant the plea of Ireland for home rule and because they have no more sympathy for secession when it is attempted against the British com monwealth than they had when it was attempted against the American com monwealth; also because they now realize more clearly than formerly that the most serious obstacles to Irish home rule are to be found in Ireland itself. 8rRl'CE PRODUCTION IN THE NORTH WEST. Equal to the achievement of the Pacific Northwest in building the war fleet of transports is that of producing spruce lumber for airplanes. The necessity, the importance and the magnitude of this achievement are set forth in two articles in the June Re view of Reviews, one by Wilson Comp ton on "Production of Airplane Spruce" and the other by Samuel H. Clay on "The Man Who Heads the Spruce Drive" Colonel Brice P. Disque. The vital part played by Washing ton and Oregon in this drive is lucidly explained. Though 70 per cent of the spruce in the United States comet from the Eastern states, it is com paratively small and can be used only by lamination. Long pieces can be obtained only in the Pacific North west, where there are 18,000,000,000 feet of Sitka spruce, and of this quan tity 11,000,000,000 are In the two states named. Only about 4,000, 000,000 feet are reasonably accessible. But only from 12 to IB per cent pf each tree is suitable for airplane stock and though 2000 feet of stock is required for an airplane, there is rare ly more than 200 feet in the finished plane, so that but 1 to 2 per cent of each tree goes Into aircraft. The rest chokes the lumber yards with side lumber, the marketing of .which is a problem which the Government is called upon to solve in conjunction with production of airplanes. Its ability to do so will grow as the sup ply of freight cars and ships in creases. There is no limit to airplane spruce requirements, for the United States and its allies can use all that can be produced, and then they must help out. with fir and Port Orford cedar for parts which are not subjected to severe strain. Mr. Compton under states what has been done toward meeting this unlimited demand, for he says that the production in April was "much less" than the ten or twelve million feet estimated to be possible. Ih fact, the production for that month was several million more than 12,000,000 feet, while that for May was much farther along toward the 20,000,000 feet which he names as the eventual achievement expected. Nor has he a correct conception of the part played by riving la spruce production. He says "it has not pro duced spruce in satisfactory quanti ties," as though that had been the expectation, when in fact it was not. Riving was merely a temporary ex pedient, adopted as an emergency measure to get out as much spruce as possible during the wet season, when It was impossible to build log ging roads and railroads necessary for large-scale logging. He says: "Fortunately new logging railroads have meanwhile been constructed," as though it just happened so, when in fact that was' an essential part of the original, well-conceived plan. From the beginning of his work Colonel Disque has .advanced steadily from the temporary expedient of riving to the big business of logging, and from reliance on the 224 controlled saw mills to the great cut-up plant, which has been the means of saving freight on 3000 carloads a year. This achievement would not have been possible if the labor problem had not been -solved. The greatest triumph of Colonel Disque is the supplanting of the traitorous I. W. W., with its sabotage and striking, on the job, by the Loyal Legion, whose guiding principle is patriotism. By that means he has transferred lumbering from a demoralized industry with in competent, disgruntled and disloyal workmen into a highly efficient in dustry, distinguished by magnificent team work with the one idea of pro viding means to win the war. As the war goes on it will become necessary to go deeper into the for ests and farther afield in search of spruce, and to turn more to fir and cedar for every part of the planes in which they can be used. The air plane factories of the United States are now working up to an output ex ceeding 30,000 a year. If they should continue to use 2000 feet of spruce stock each, and if only 12 to 16 per cent of the tree can be converted into stock, the supply of the American air fleet alone would involve logging and milling about half a billion feet a year. We must probably . supply an equal quantity to our allies, mak ing the total a billion feet a year. At that rate the reasonably access ible spruce in Oregon and Washing ton would bo logged In four years. and the millmen would be called on to find a market for a prodigious quantity of side lumber In order to have room to turn around. But the goal of 20,000,000 feet a month at which the Spruce Division is aiming means the building of 10,000 planes a month and the logging of about 3.- 000,000.000 feet a year, which would exhaust the accessible stand in six teen months. It will be desirable for the Forestry Service to concentrate on planting spruce for many years in order to make good the ravages of war. Orchardists will be cheered by the estimates of the United States fteo- logical Survey that sulphur produc tion in the United States is increas ing rapidly and will continue to do so. There is no practical substitute for this material in the making of certain efficient sprays for fruit trees, and particularly in combating the San Jose scale. Production in this coun try In 1917 was about 50 per cent greater than in 1916, and conditions point to tho continued development of sources of sulphur. Our imports of sulphur in 1917 were less than five per cent of thoso of 1916, and at the same time w-e broke all export rec ords. The Government's estimate of the value of crude sulphur is shown by the export figures, 152,831 tons being set down as worth $3,504,661, or $22.93 a ton. The Government now realizes that the chief cause of traffic congestion is industrial congestion in one corner of the country, and it tells industry to spread out. That would have been done long ago if wo had distributed immigrants In the interior instead of dumping them on the Atlantic Coast, where their cheap labor was at the service of manufacturers, and formed slums and dangerous centers of alien ism and disloyalty. The best way to Americanize immigrants is to mix them with each other and with tho native population. By scattering in dustry west and south, the Govern ment will scatter the foreign-born now here and tho immigrants who will come' after the war, and thus will kill two birds with one stone. Germany is in hard straits for a case to prove that the American peo ple are as ruthless as tho Germans, when it picks the Prager lynching. That was the act of a mob, not of the law, and the law has earnestly sought out tho perpetrators. German law murdered Edith Cavell after a mock ery of a trial, and the millions of crimes committed by German soldiers and sailors have been committed by order of their highest officers, not in defiance of orders. The Prager case is no parallel, but only sharpens the contrast. If watcrpower had been developed a few years ago, production of steel would have been limited by the sup ply of coal and of labor to mine it to the point where there is an actual shortage in the greatest steel-producing country in the world. Steel could have been made by the electric proc ess, using power generated by a frac tion of the number of men now em ployed in producing and transporting coal. The Pinchot policy of reserving our natural resources is one of the worst f6atures of our un preparedness. Senator Weeks' remark in regard to naval victories over submarines, that "when a heroic deed is done, it should be made public," will be indorsed by practically everybody. So far the gal lant performances of the United States Navy have been leaking out through syndicate writers several months after the event. Secretary Daniels has never been accused of undue modesty about his deeds, and there is no occa sion 'for him to practice vicarious modesty on behalf of the Navy men. If the Germans suspect that the hospital ship Comfort carries airmen and airplanes, let their U-boats come to the surface and search her. The United States concedes that privilege, but the skulking pirates prefer not to exercise it. In the light of four years' experience, the Government is taking too great chances that the ship will be spurlos versenkt, which Is wasting hospital facilities for sick and wounded sailors on an experiment with German ruthlessness. Dutch neutrality wobbles decidedly when removed from close observation by the allies. The affair of the Maria will be remembered when the time comes for a final settlement with Hol land. Picking berries is not a picnic di version, and those who go to the fields must work, but. they are helping in a war activity and that counts for something. The story of Winslow and Camp bell's airtight with the boches makes us more eager for that great air fleet which will give us many more of the same kind. That wag an unfortunate affair for the motor cop who ran into alighting passengers the other night, if the traffic law is enforced without dis crimination. Verily, this war shows te man past 45 has not lost his usefulness in the community, and as it continues he will more than ever come into his own. After seven years in Honolulu the First Infantry (regulars) is as far as Camp Lewis on tho way to the front. It's a case of hope deferred. The dining-car waiter can do better with "the bones" than by bootlegging, costs considered, but the illicit trade has its fascinations. Twenty-seven more Rear-Admirals are needed in the Navy, and there's the roster of the Astoria regatta to pick from. Contraband liquor is a bad thing to have In the cellar when the house catches fire. All honors to Prineville; first city in Oregon to have mail carrierettcs. Interned German officers are not compelled to work, but they should be. Keep your eyo today on Ue pachy derm with the prehensile proboscis. Are you eating whale meat? There is more in tho market. This is. Pioneers' week and the city Is theirs. A line o Type or Two. new t the Ltae, I.rt the Quips Fall Where They Mar. The Hello GlrL How doth the busy 'hello girl Out-buzz the busy bee! Especially betwixt the hours Of niun and thuree. As tho rain falls on the just and the unjust, so Mr. McAdoo's boost in railroad rates hits, with beautiful im partiality, the persons who have to travel and tho persons who travel mere ly to kill time. It comes, too, just In time to catch tho young folks who are returning from college. Germany's latest drive appears to have hooked to the roueh. and the dermana are not chiefly distinguished for their recovery shots. Why the Editor I-ft Town. (From tho Jackson. Mich., Citizen Patriot.) Why not create a more immediate interest, relating to our own stato ana locality, by having an organization composed of Daughters of Michigan Pioneers? livery city should have a museum for the preservation of relics and implements of the past. Russia is setting moro and more anti German, according to 1'rofessor Ma saryk. It is not expected, however, that the Russians will allow their feel ings to lead them to attack the Teuts. Pemmlean. Sir: There are so many- of these ere war books now that you should ap point some one to pre-diceut and pem micanlze thera. Sample submitted: The squtntescence of "The Iron Ration," by Goorgo Abel Schreiner: In pre-war days the Teuton gorged Enough to glut a whale; lie wont from Bad to Wurst, and drank His Munchener by the pail. Today he can but seldom bathe; He has no grub to cook. The wurst is over, and he wears A lean and Hun-err look. JAMES l'ONTIFEX. "It is entirely possible to defeat the German army now. whereas In the long run It will scarcely he possible to pre vent Mrs. Stokes speaking her mind to the American public." The New Re public. All In favor of allowing Mrs. Stokes to speak her mind in the long run. and the longer tho better, will manifest It In the usual manner. The ayes appear to have. it. AVondfra of Masiilnr Fiction. (From Hearst's for June.) Still in his early forties, handsome In an extinct sort of way, the curious pallor of his gaunt gray face always mado her think, somehow, of a dead pope. "Help tho stammerer to refrain from stammering." entreats Krnest Tomp kins, of Pasadena. "Kncouraco him to wait until ho is calm or to make signs or to write." Now, we have always supposed that tho best way to en courage him is to invite him to "sing it." A Hint to Other t'ommnnitlea. Who I our Favorite I aeleva 1'ltlsenf (From Iho Wray, Colo., Rattler.) While this paper docs not intend pointing out to the local authorities all who should bo made o shoulder a part of the work burden, yet it does think it wise to suggest a few who could be put in the harness to good advantage. Now, there is J. Oliver Graham, the bald-headed jeweler. ;To our certain knowledge as well as t.e knowledge of the Oldest Inhabitant. J. Oliver hasn't sweated but once in the past 25 years, and none are certain of this once, as he could easily have camouflaged some sweat. Then there is Arch Miller. The only drawback about taking Arch on for something heavy, many would miss his parlor as well as his garage stories. But this sacrifice could bo made if necessary. And Kd Robinson. Nobody would mias him if the authorities would take him away out to the country where he would not be seen or heard of around here until all the crops were garnered. Then the town would be willing to tolerate him once more. "Slim" Ayers would be just the checker, along with Mike Jenson and Undo Bob Lynam, to pitch grain onto high stacks, and we suggest that they be utilized for this purpose. We did think of lnclud lng Senator Mitten, Jim Boggs. and a few others in the suggestive list, but for the life of us we can't figure where they would fit in for usefulness, so guess they will have to remain where they are. Bat We Are Keeping; at It! When we read fine creations by poets of fame. Both in years that have passed and today. We observe what will always distin guish each name. All the writer's achievement display; When we analyze eulogies glowingly knit By their critics in worshipful vein Then a glance at the junk by our selves proudly writ Rouses Instant and sickening pain! ALBUQUERQUE. Touching on the necessity of prayer for victory, K. O. B. is reminded of Housman's lines: "Be you the men your fathers were And God will save the Queen." Speaking of Housman. his book of verses is referred to in the current Dial as "The" Shropshire Lad. And speaking of Shropshire. Clyde Shropshire, candidate for Governor of Tennessee, opened his campaign with a speech in defense of wool. Smalt Town Staff. (From the Deshler, Xeb., Rustler.) Drive up in front of our store and toot your auto horn. Theo. or BUI or some one else will run right out and carrv in your butter and eggs and produce. H. J. STRUVE & CO. Sign In Rome, II.: "J. B. Clauson and Son. Restaurant and Billiard Hall. Blacksmithlng In connection." We've played caroms on that sort of table, haven't you? The manager of the Taller Cab Com pany does not claim to have a monop oly of the color. He Is aware of the existence of various peace societies. Lo, the Poor Indian! (From the Rapid City, S. D., Journal.) Hays Swindler made a business trip to the reservation Saturday. Sign In a Tonopah restaurant: "Use only one lump of sugar in your coffee. Stlrr like hell, for we don't mind the noise." The Brunswick In Boston advertises that Its cafe "replaces the inconven iences of home In Summer as well as Winter." No, Sylvia; Aquila the constellation in which the new star was found doesn't rhyme with vanilla any bet ter than Attila. "It was a perfectly satisfactory day." Premier Clemenceau. Or the e. of a p. d. There are days when It looks as if Von Gott had deserted to the allies. Speaking of Scotch highballs, you likely noted the engagement of Captain Boos and Miss Helen Hootman. In view of the performances of our esteemed Marines. Mr. Wilson may care to revise one of his utterances. KIXICAL, LAWS ARB IXOPPORTOE fnreasoaable Laber Ilegalatlona Harm fnl In War Time. Sara Slerehaat. PORTLAND. June 16. (To the Edi tor.) I noticed in The Oregonian the other day the decision by tho Child Welfare Commission that boys only at tho age of 14 years would be allowed to work In the congested district. It seems to me. as a merchant of the city, that boys and girla of the ages of 12 and 13 would be quite as capable of taking care of themselves In that dis trict as would a boy of 14 years, and 1 think if they are allowed to do some light work during tho vacation days they would not only be bettering them selves financially but it would also enable them to do their "bit" for their country. Light work will not impair the health of tho average healthy child who is willing to work. I also believe tho state laws should bo more liberal during the war time and allow women to put in some over time. A few hours a day will not In terfere with a woman's health when physically strong and, I believe, she would be very glad to help our country during these critical times. Opportun ity of this kind will help her buy war savings stamps and help the boys in the trenches. I read in the papers the other eve ning where Sergeant Rodhy, from the State of Oregon, remarked about the hard work being done in France. "It Is from 6 in the morning until 10 P. M., and we aro going every minute. It is tiresome, but we are in the game to do the be.st we can. Those who are not physii-ally strong are out of luck. When a man rocs that far in the Army It is a case ot play the gamo for all that is In you." ho said. 1 thing where we men, women, boys and girls are physically strong that a few more hours a day will not impair our health Just at this critical time. If we do not do it now, we may havo to very soon, nnd then some. So let tis put our shoulder to tho wheel and help every way we can, at great Inconvenienve to ourselves, if need be. M. J. WALSH. WAR. 15 MADE DHVS CO!VVEXIECE Prohibition Advoeated Oaly for Prohi bition's Sikr, -rrm Writer. PORTLAND. Or.. Juno 13. (To the Editor.) I have noticed considerable discussion of the question of war prohi bition and the manufacture of beer. Any person who is acquainted with the manufacture of beer knows that but very little grain and sugar are used. There is more grain used In the manu farturoof some kinds of beer than others. For instance the famous steam beer made in California was made practical ly of nothing but hops. Since the order that beer bo reduced to per cent alcohol they had to quit making It for the reason, the hops created such a high pressure It could not be carried without creating 4 or 5 per cent alcohol. This agitation for war prohibition is not to much for the cause of this coun try in this war as it Is to fasten prohi bition on tho people forever and our 'resident is wite enough to see it. The little grain and sugar used In the manufacture of beer will not make a whit of difference in the outcome of this war. Isn't it a fact we are fur nishing all our allies with grain? Isn't it also a fact all of our allies manu facture beer? Even Germany, aa hard pressed as she is for food, still manu- i.ii iurcs ue-r. n)' snouid we nave absolute prohibition on account of this war any more than our allies? A L1BEKTY LOVER. A PnAYER. If death should come to my boy over there. In way of bursting shell or bayonet. Within some torn and battered shell torn trench. Let It be at coming of sunset. If death should come. If death should come I pray God stay his hand The benediction of that last gold ray Will bless him for the life he sacri ficed On that last day. If death should come. If he should fall upon some battlefield In way of drawn sword and holy right. Let it be when crimson sunlight dies Into the dusky arms of shadowed night. If he should fall. HELEN WAT-CRAWFORD. Springfield. Or. Inauranre of Sallora. LENTS, Or., June 15. (To the Edi tor.) Tho Government has insurance for the men in the Army and Navy. (1) Is the insurance compulsory or is It optional with the party enlisting? (2) Can the relative of the parties en listing pay for such insurance? (3) Does this Insurance ccver ordinary seamen working In transport service? MRS. M. TAYLOR. (1) It is optional. (2) Yes. (S) The Government issues Insurance to seamen in the merchant marine. For particulars writ to Bureau of War Risk Insurance, Treasury Department. Washington, D. C- Clalma Against United States. CAMAS, Wash.. June 15. (To the Ed itor.) Can the Federal Government of the United States be sued by any party or parties having a grievance against same? Has eult ever been brought upon said Government, and if so can you state a specific instance? If suit cannot be brought to bear upon the Govern ment how are such grievances settled? By what authority? N.A.JONES. The United States cannot be sued without its own consent. Congress has established a court of claims in Wash ington city -for adjustment of certain individual differences with the Govern ment. Sale ef Old Gold. BAKER. Or.. June 13. (To the Edi tor.) Please state whether you know of any reliable firm or individuals who buy old Jewelry. I have some which is now considered old-f aatiioned and no longer worn which was quite valu able a few years ago. Should like very much to aeil same and buy war stamps with the proceed., thus doing my bit to- help win the war. PATRIOT. The leading Jewelry stores In Port land purchase Jewelry, urually paying for its weight In gold. nulldlna- Material for Pershing. McMINNVILLE. Or, June 15. (To the Editor.) There are some persons getting out SO-foot piling near here to be shipped Immediately to General Pershing. Kindly tell me what use is made of SO-foot piling? MRS. T. H. ROGERS. AH we can tell you is that the Amer ican Government is constructing In France, for war use. docks, ware houses, railroads, and other transpor tation facilities. Hotel Cooki In Keelasairication. PORTLAND. Juno 16. (To the Edi tor.) A cook who is a married man In class two B, working in one of city's large hotels, as cook, wishes to know if ho is subject to reclassification on account of his line of work. Is that line of work considered a useful oc cupation? SUBSCRIBER. The occupation is not among those listed as non-productive. In Other Days. Half a Ontnry Abo. From the Oreconlan June IT. 1SS. From our files received by overland, mail we select tho following as a speci men of the declarations of the press In regard to the nominations made by tho Chicago convention: Krom the Chicago Tribune: Grant and Colfax is a ticket that will sweep the country. When Portland was under Republican rule there was no trouble about tho polls on election day. All was quiet and orderly and every voter was pro tected in his rights. Since tho Demo crats obtained tho control there hns been trouhle at every election. Thorns in Interest Monday centered in tho Sec ond Ward, where Rosenheim was de feated and John M. Preck. an honest, competent and responsible man. elected. In spite ot the fiaht that occurred there. Washlncton. The Senate has con firmed Reverdy Johnson as Minister to England. The Eugeno Journal in gld th.it we have saved the judiciary of the state from the Confederates. There is considerable agitation fnf the (Government to purchase and oper- ai ine toiegrapn lines or the country. D. B. Turney proposes to start a Republican paper at McMinnvllle to be known as the Yamhillian. Tnmty-flTe Yearn Age. Fmm The Oreronlan Juno 17. js3. Many believe tho big cut in passen ger rates announced hy the threat Northern is only a part of a big ad vertising scheme. Berlin. Indications are that the Kai ser's hope in the election have been thwarted arA that ki. .. . wn, fluently will be beaten. In Ibis event th ""'i prutmoiy win dissolve the Reichstag and order another election. The 21st annual reunion of the Ore gon pioneers was held yesterdav. It was a very satisfactory celebration. Chris Miller reached Portland yester day on his 13.500-nille tramp around tho border of the United States. Portland will make an effort to get the 1S94 . A. R. National encampmei-.t. J. V. Galbraith. secretary of the Al bany Woolen Mills, returned ycsterdn.v from a visit to his old home in Ten nessee. Berry Plenlea Snciratrd. PORTLAND. June IS. (To the F.di tor.) I leant from tho newspapers that the loganberry raisers in tho Vallev want :50l pickers In the near future, with prospects of being unable to get them. There are many families in the city who could uso from two to Id gal lons each for Winter use. Suppose each grower would auiiounco the loca tion of his farm, telling how many berries he would havo for sale and how to reach his place, either by aulo or train; and what days he could en tertain a crowd, say on a Saturday or Sunday, or both. That would be u in centive for a picnic for many families who will pay tho market price for what they picked, less the chargn of picking. Is it feasible? I'll go and pick 10 gallons and pay for them. SUBSCRIBER. It is doubtless true that many fami lies would pay for the privilege of picking strawberries, loganberries ami cherries for their own u.--e, thus bene fiting both themselves and tho grower. The plan, however, would meet tl issue only in part. There is more tlia a local supply. The large demand tai loganberries is from manufacturers 4. Juice. Other berries and cherries apj shipped in quantities from Oregon t outside markets. Salary Exemptions In Oregon. PORTLAND. Juno 15 (To the Edi- tor.) What is the statute on salary garnishments as regards singlo and married men? And do women come un der the same ruling? To what amount are there exemptions, if anv? J. H. S. Tho debtor whose personal earnings are attached can secure an exemption of 75 a month on an adequate show ing in court that such amount Is nec essary for the support of the family dependent in wholo or part on his or her earnings, provided, that if the debt on which the attachmeut is based is for family necessities, only one-half the sum named may be exempted. Passport Regulations. WESTON, Or.. June IS. (To the Ed claL) Is it necessary for a citizen of the United States to eecure a passport when going from the United States to a neutral country at the present time? Is a passport necessary to enter one of the allied- countries? How is a pass port secured? A READER. Passport regulations are too vol uminous to be printed in this column. Consult World Almanac, or tpply to Secretary of State. Washington. D. C. or to clerk of nearest Federal Court. Addresa ef Author. GERVA1S. Or., June 15. (To Uie Editor. ) Please give me the address of Emerson Hough, the author. C. M. His office address Is Continental and Commercial National Hank building. Chicago. 111. FKEF3 BOOkltl KBKK INFOR-. MATION. The service rendered by The Oregonian Information Bureau at Washington in distribution of publications is designed to bo continuous. Krom time to time new books have been listed, but those previ ously announced are still avail able. Either of the following may be obtained for a --cent stamp to cover cost of mailing. Thetc is no charge of any kind: Book on Canning. "German War rractlres." Book on Colds. Garden Book. Book on Knitting. War Cookbook. Book on Navy. Book on Drying Fruite. Book of Recipes. Bread Book. "How War Came to America." Garden Insect Book. Cottage Cheese Recipes. Write today and a;-k for frea copy. Inclose a 2-ccnt stamp for return postage and be sure to write your name and address plainly. Direct your letter to The Oregonian Information Uureau. Frederic J. Haskin, , Director, Washington, T. C. P. S. The Oregoni-in Informa tion Bureau at Washington will answer any question jou may submit. Answer wi'.l be sent by letter. Just Inclose a S-cnt stamp for return postape. Do not write to The Oregonian at Portland for these books or for letter replies lo questions. Note carefully the address glvrn above.