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Newspaper Page Textr 19 TIIE MOJTXIXG OREG ONI AX, FRIDAY, JUNE 21, 191S. PORTLAND. OREGON. Entered at Portland (Oregon) Postofflce aa second-class mall matter. Subscription rates invariably In advance: (By Mail.) Dally, Sunday Included, one year $8.00 Daliy. Sunday included, six months...... 4.25 iJaily. SAnday included, three months.... 2.-5 laily, Sunday Included, one month...... .To Daily, without Sunday. oce year 6.00 Daily, without Sunday, six months 3.115 Daily, without Sunday, one month GO Weekly, one year..., 1.00 Sunday, one year. ......,........-.- 2.G0 Sunday and weekly ..T. . 3.50 (By Carrier.) Bally, Sunday Included, one year $9.00 ' Dally, Sunday Included, one month 76 -aily, Sunday Included, three months.... 2.25 Dally, without Sunday, one year 7. So ally. without Sunday, three month.... 1.15 Daily, without Sunday, one month 65 How to Remit Send postoffice money or der, express or personal check on your local bank. Stamps, coin or currency- are at own air's risk. 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FOBXIAXD, FRIDAY, JUNE 21. 1918. i i party in the war. : The platform of the Indiana Demo ' itratio state convention and the speech i of Vice-President Marshall constitute la claim that the work of fighting: and winning: the war Is the work of a par .' tlsan Democratic Administration. That ' Is the plain implication of these dec '. larations in the platform: The Immediate purpose of the Democratic Party is to win the war. Because we mean to win the war. It Is our purpose to support and sustain to the , utmost the Administration of Woodrow Wil son. His Administration can better be sup ported by those who believe in It and trust It than by those who are constantly eager . to make a selfish use of what they con- . celve to be its mistakes. These claims of the Indiana Demo- crats are to be regarded as the claims . of President Wilson and of his Ad ' ministration, for we are told: The war plank of the platform was . drafted under the direction of President . .Wilson. The substance of the platform is regarded - as wide of significance, since its planks are reported on excellent authority to have been stipulated by the Administration at Wash ington. .Coming- after the President's dec laration that "politics Is adjourned," this platform, drafted or sanctioned by him, declares that the Democratic party must be entrusted with the war; and must be immune from criticism - of Its manner of so doing-. The war was declared by practically the whole Nation, It Is being and must be fought by the- whole Nation, but the claim is Bet up that it must be conducted by a little more than half the Nation with the aid of such few men from the other half as the Administration chooses to call to subordinate office. That claim is a practical denial of the capacity of trustworthiness of the Republican party to have any influ ential part In conduct of the war. As such it is a challenge to prove that the Republican party could or would manage the war better than the Dem ocratic party. Yet in the same breath we are old that such proof must not be offered because those who offer it "are constantly eager to make a self ish use of what they conceive to be its mistakes." No thought is apparently given to the use made by the Admin istration of its possession of office to silence criticism and to promote Mr. Wilson's candidacy for re-election in 1920. These practices of the Demo cratic party are assumed to be highly virtuous, while the corresponding practice of criticism, if pursued by the Republican party, is assumed to be vicious in the extreme; in fact, it is even asserted to work against suc cess in the war, though designed to promote more successful prosecution of the war. The fact is overlooked that there is no difference of opinion between the parties as to whether the war should be waged, but that there is room for wide difference of opinion as to the most effective manner of waging it. That is proved by the experience of our allies, for few will dispute that Great Britain has fought more effec tively under Lloyd George than under Asqulth, or France more unitedly un , ler Clemenceau than under any of the several premiers who preceded him. But the American people are more concerned with winning than with the relative merits of the two parties as the means of winning. There prob ably never was a time . when they cared less about the fortunes of party or about the political faith of any man, or cared more about the result regardless of the instrument, party or personal, through which it is ob tained. This leads to consideration of the effectiveness of the war-making machine which the President has built and of the degree to which it has been weakened or strengthened by lis adherence to party instead of coalition government, such as has been adopted by every other impor tant democratic belligerent. An op portunity to judge is afforded by a writer for the Outlook, the editor of which vouches for him as "on the inside ... in a position of re sponsibility in one of the branches of the Government's service." At the outset he credits the Ad ministration with, honesty in the sense of freedom from "willful misappropri ation of the public funds." He says that "political profiteering has been leaj prevalent than one might have had reason to fear"; that "partisan ship has not on the whole gone far"; and that there has been, "absolute disregard of. party lines in the award ing of commissions in the Army and Navy and of positions in most of our special war-making departments," though he disapproves "Mr. Wilson's entrance into the recent Wisconsin campaign." That shows his freedom from bias. He proceeds to discuss each of the men who have the most imposing war duties. Secretary Baker has learned slowly, but "has suffered a sea change." has adopted an "ad mirable attitude toward Congress" and has made "several notable ap pointments," yet "is still on trial and his department has many mistakes to answer for." Secretary Daniels "is making good to an incredible extent," but Chairman Hurley, of the Ship ping Board, "has not the qualities of greatness, is still on trial" and "is merely an active and level-headed business man." Food Administrator Hoover, "the only man selected from outside the Democratic party for a primary adminietrative place, is by general consent the greatest man at Washington (leaving Mr. Wilson out of consideration)," for he "has ac complished big "things in a, big spirit." Secretary McAdoo "has done good work" and is "a man of gTeat astute ness," but ia undertaking to. manage the railroads he "has bitten off mora than he can chew," has "a tendency to play" a lone hand" and to "resist plans for co-ordination" and "delayed the creation of a war cabinet." Sec retary. Lansing is "a mediocrity." Sec retary Lane, "the most popular man in the Cabinet, has few war duties" and is "out of Presidential favor." The Postmaster-General, Attorney General and Secretary of Commerce are dismissed as having little to do with the war. Secretary of Labor Wilson is convicted of "administra tive incapacity" and Secretary Hous ton of "every grave failure of omis sion" and of beiifg "one of the Ad ministration's liabilities." In a second group are placed Chair man Baruch, of the War Industrial Board, who "has shown shrewdness and imagination" and is "accumulat ing prestige and power"; Chairman McCormick, of the War Trade Board, and his associates "have acquitted themselves fairly well"; but Fuel Ad ministrator Garfield "has gained through his own actions the general reputation of a bungler," and George Creel, chairman of the 'committee on public information, "is clearly not up to his job." The summing up Is that the list "is conspicuous for its unevenncss." It includes two men "who are indisput ably doing well," of whom one is the only Republican in administrative position; three "whose ability is sub ject to dispute but looks fairly well assured"; one "who is slowly weather ing a storm and may be expected to gain in strength and prestige," and "four who are open to the charge of inadequacy." Below these are several new subordinate executives, Vof whom we may expect the best" Mr. Schwab, General Goethals, Mr. Stettinius and Mr. Ryan, but whose abilities qualify them for policy making as distin guished from policy-executing office. Here is plain evidence that political expediency keeps in office men who have failed to make good and subordi nates men of the highest business ability, while one of the doubtful quantities is an obstacle to that co ordination which ail deem essential to success. In making his War Ad ministration a party affair, either through distrust of party opponents or through desire to heighten party prestige, the President assumes grave responsibility, for he takes the great risk of failure in a war wherein the stake is the life of not only this but every other democratic nation. A man need not be a Republican he need only be a patriotic American to form the opinion that the President is not justified in taking this risk. WAR SAYINGS PAT, The people of Oregon ought not to need urging to buy thrift stamps and war savings certificates on June 28, or on any other day. The reasons why the Government needs the money have been stated repeatedly in the past with all the art of variation which ingenuity could contrive. So also have the advantages of the war savings certificate as an investment been set forth" in detail. Designation of a special day for buying them, how ever, is part of the general campaign of education, designed to teach a last ing lesson. We are urged to invest our small change in Government se curities on that day and on every day thereafter, whenever search of our pockets reveals the presence of a spare coin. The purchaser of a war certificate 13 not giving the Government any thing. He is being let in on the ground floor of one of the safest fi nancial enterprises in the world. No one doubts for a moment that the buyer will be able to collect principal and interest, under the terms speci fied, in full. He will receive four per cent interest, compounded without the trouble of seeking a re investment. And the beauty of the sclleme is that it provides for putting "to work those unconsidered dimes and quarters which have a way of wearing holes in one's pockets if they are cirrrled too long. The children have set a good exam ple in promoting the sale of wai stamps, but there should be no mis taken idea that their usefulness is limited to children. There are few adults even among those who also have subscribed for liberty bonds who could not buy them with profit. June 28 should be a day for self examination, for determination whether each individual is doing his utmost to help win the war, for a recasting of family budgets, all with a view to making additional purchases of war stamps wherever possible. ADEQUACY. It ought not to be difficult to find inspiration in the story, reported from Texas, of the woman who has just submitted to the editor of the Dallas News a sample of graham flour made from wheat grown in her own back yard, harvested with a sickle, threshed by hand and ground in a small steel mill not much bigger than a coffee mill by the grower herself. The flour is an entirely adequate bread material, and it goes without saying that the woman who produced it is also capa ble of making it into bread. The in cident is even more interesting, in its way, for the lesson of thrift which it conveys, than for the contribution to the Nation's food supply which, Jt rep resents. It is not many years since 'such an occurrence would have passed unno ticed among the many incidents of it kind in a new country. The pioneers of Oregon how assembled in their annual gathering, can recall the time when a good many of them lived on farms, which were almost wholly self-, contained. The farmers of an early day had nearly everything necessary to sustain life, but money was not par ticularly plentiful. It was the aim of the thrifty husbandman to cut down the "store bill" as much as possible. But there was a great plenty of ev erything then deemed essential in the way of food. The season's supply of meat was stcr.d in the form of salt pork, and really delicious hams and bacon, and there were occasional drafts upon the poultry yard, while the root cellar was always a sufficient insurance against famine and the pantry shelves groaned with their bur den of preserved fruits and vegeta bles. There were a hundred ways of saving food then, and the housewife knew them all. Lately it has seemed a pity that the fine domestic art was suffering decay. But perhaps it is not lost, after all. The Texas woman in question is only a type of many women and of many men. The pioneers were stimulated to their endeavors by sheer necessity. With the same incentive people can do the same things again. There are pioneers enough left to show them how, if necessary, but perhaps they do not need much showing, but only an awakening. The comment of the News on the graham flour achieve ment is to the point: In brief, Mrs. Hair is adequate. When the windows of heaven open and the floods descend, she doesn't need anybody to tell her to come In out of the vain. In the Sum mertime ahe doesn't argue against the prob ability that Winter weather will be cold, thereby necessitating; a store of fuel for the comfort of her household. What this ob fl&cated old world needs. Is more adequacy, more people equal to the occasion, and fewer people who trust to chance, who expect the Government to do for them, and who meet every cri3is with an appeal to the baby act. The heat engendered by a crisis is apt to result in strong rhetoric. It is probable that people are inherently as capable today as they ever were. The incentive for making their own breadstuffs and their own bacon has been removed by the practice of fur, nishing these commodities in neat (and expensive) packages, but the fac ulty of self-support has not atrophied in the short time we have been living out of paper cartons and glass jars. There are thousands of farms feere in the Northwest that could go on a war basis on short notice if it were made plain that this must bo done. We have been a little slow to realize the imminence of famine, that is all. We expect to see no lack of "ade quacy" from now on. The pioneer were not the fathers and mothers ot an inadequate progeny. THE DEPTH OF SIEANXE8S. The blindness of Vice-President Marshall's partisanship may be judged by the fact that he regards as an enemy of the United States a man who has had the misfortune to have been born in a country that was after ward conquered by Prussia. A. F. Scented, general manager of the Kan sas City Star, was born In Schleswig Holstein in the year in which it was forcibly annexed to Prussia and in which his father involuntarily became a Prussian subject. Through neglect of the father to comply fully with the legal requirements for American citi zenship the son did not become a citizen, though he believed himself to be one until early In 1917, but in all essential respects he has been and Is a loyal American. To represent such a man as In any sense of the word as an alien enemy is the depth of meanness. It is to put the brand of the Hun on all the vic tims of German militarism and Haps burg despotism who have not techni cally complied with the naturalization laws, though they abhor the govern ments of which they are unwilling subjects. It is to put that brand on the thousands of Bohemians, Poles, Alsatians and others who are fight ing or working under the American flag for the freedom of their native lands. Mr. Marshall will not be able to convince the American peopje that a man who publishes the waitings of ex-President Roosevelt is pro-German. To believe so is to question the pa triotism of the most patriotic and the most foreslghted American the man who called upon the people to prepare for this war while men f his opin ions were dismissed by President Wil son as "nervous and excited." If Mr. Wilson, Mr. Marshall and their paci fist admirers had then become, equally nervous and excited, they would have saved the life of many a brave Amer ican who must now meet death in France. Mr. Roosevelt's worst of fense Is that he is a standing rebuke to these men for their refusal to see what was obvious to him. TIIE COST OF SATS. It will add to the cheerfulness with which Americans conserve their sup plies of grain for them to know that the British government is imposing heavy penalties upon its own people who suffer food to be wasted need lessly. A striking example of this is reported through the United States Food Administration. An English farmer was fined 50 (about ?250) the other day "because he permitted five or six bushels of wheat to be destroyed by rats." The officers estimated that there were about 100 rats In the grain stack, and the court held that -a farmer should come nearer than that to controlling the rodent pests. The fine, which amounted to some $50 a bushel, served as a warning to others, but no sum of money could replace the wasted wheat. The United States Government has not yet found it advisable to adopt measures so drastic. It has contented itself thus far with making an ap peal to patriotism. But as a mat ter of fact a bushel of wheat destroyed In' this country this year represents as serious a loss as a bushel wasted in any other country. The allies are pooling their resources, and the re sponsibility rests upon them all. The rat destruction campaign Is a part of the work necessary to the win ning of the war. Only vigorous vol untary efforts will forestall ultimate compulsion, with the Inconveniences that this entails. Custodians of food products should not require repeated warnings to stimulate them to do their patriotic duty. PRISONERS FOR WAR WORK. Adolph Lewlsohn, president of the National Committee on Prisons and Prison Labor, is right In saying that "the time is opportune to make prepa rations for the employment of the In mates of our prisons and reformatories In connection with the conduct of the war." The forco of his suggestion is Intensified by examination of avail able statistics, which show that male prisoners representing the labor equivalent of a good-sized army, are now rendered non-productive so far as the war is concerned, in a time when man power is an important fac tor and when every factor should be employed. In 1910, according to the United States census, there were in prisons and penitentiaries in the country, in cluding Federal penitentiaries, 58,581 male prisoners, and in county jails asd Southern chain gangs, exclusive of those awaiting trial, 82,103 male prisoners, a total of 90,683. The popu lation of the country in 1910 was 91, 973,266, and since tha ratio of prison ers to population has varied little in recent years, it is fair to assume that the number of male prisoners in 1918, with a population for the United States of 102.82f.309, is not far from 85,49 3 in prisons and penitentiaries and 37,953 In county jails, a total of 103,416. More than.' a hundred thou sand men, in other words, are avail able for some form of work which would aid directly in the winning of the war. They are now consuming large quantities of food and clothing, and in the large sense are a tax upon the Nation's resources. The two most obvious superficial objections to Mr. Lewisohn's plan are foreseen by him. There will be in the first instance natural reluctance to lower the quality of the Army and Navy by introducing into it the prison element, and in the next the difficulty of putting prisoners to work in mines, factories and other industries without interfering with regular labor. It does not appear, however, to be part of the plan to open the doors of the military establishments Indiscriminately to con victed felons. But the same objection would not lie against their employ ment behind the lines, and outside of regular Army and Navy service. Mr. Iewisohn would commit this question to the consideration of competent boards, which" would decide which' prisoners it would be safe to with draw from their prisons and. Put, into the Government service, and also wha; particular part of the service they, are fit for and to which they should be assigned. The issue of the relation between prison labor and free labor would be similarly handled by a board upon which labor would have adequate rep resentation. The body of 'which- Mr. Lewisohn is president, for example, has. for its vice-president Samuel Gompers, the head of the American Federation of Labor. It is not, in the case of war, a question of doing work in competition with free workmen, but of adding as much as possible to that which otherwise would be the maxii mum product of free labor. It Is clear that there will be no limit to the war products which we can consume. Prison industry will not be competi tive in the normal sense of the term. Other and minor factors enter into the proposal. It is regarded as unfair to the people as a whole that prison ers should escape all war service, and. it is perhaps unfair to the prisoners to deny them opportunity to rehabili tate themselves, as those of them would do who cheerfully accepted the new patriotic responsibility. There is a large class of prisoners to whom war work would be a stimulus to reform. There is also a vast quantity of neces sary work which could be performed even by those requiring compulsion. The spirit of the movement to employ prisoners Is not the spirit of a whole sale jail delivery, but the possibilities of uplift which it contains may not be overlooked. There will be no sudden shifting from stripes to khaki; but careful planning instead, to make every man useful according to indi vidual circumstances. Mr. Lewisohn is perhaps too hope ful in his estimates of the number! of guards and attendants who would also, bo released for war service, and in his suggestion that some of the best-equipped penitentiaries could be released for Government hospitals and for other uses. There ought not to be, ns has been said, much thought primarily of emptying the prisops. It may even be found desirable to extend them, and convert them into factories for military supplies. There is no sound reason why belts and harness and gas masks and even clothing and shoes for war use should not be made In prison. We do not count on a great deal of help from prisoners in har vesting the crops, but they could re lease men in other industries who would be free to labor on the farms. But .these are relatively unimportant details. The point which ought pot to be lost eight of is that there are more than 100,000 men, mostly able bodied, in prison and that they con stitute a reservoir of labor which it would be foolish not to put to use. Discoveries of graft and profiteering shake the last remnant of faith in red tape, for it does not seem to prevent dishonesty, though it obstructs busi ness. The better plan seems to be to let high officials go ahead without its restrictions, then hunt out those who prove dishonest and put them In jail. There would be no more crook than there are now and as many of them would be caught, but things would move faster. Hazen J. Titus is right in his con tention that penalty must attach to violation of the food laws. The man brazen enough to break the laws does not fear publicity. He is lightheaded enough to believe people will think him smart. If the draft age should be raised to 45 years, we shall have a fine oppor tunity to test the value of men over 40, Employers no longer look askance at them, for in these days any old man will do. Thls great section, hitherto fed on one kind of fish that is good served any way, needs to be taught to cook the many other products of the sea in ways that bring out their palpability. Much depends on the cook. A few more boating exploits like that of the Americans on the Marne may cause the Germans to post signs along their trenches reading: "Don't go near the water." An unknown man on a westbound train committed suicide the other day while speeding through Umatilla. He had a ticket for Hood River, but could not wait. The people who arrange for all the launchlngs Fourth of July overlook the customary rain at that time, but who cares for rain in Oregon 7 The War Department has with drawn opposition to extension of the draft age and a scramble is due to get into the Foity-fivers. A Hun who manages to get back into Germany has great stories to tell of the "crazy" Americans whose sole desire is to fight. Bear in mind the person not afraid of smallpox seldom catches it, but heedless and needless exposure is to be avoided. Most Fourth of July orations are too long-winded. Much thought can be put into a thousand words or less. Starting with 1833, Oregon Is a good three-score and ten. Of course, it be gan earlier, but 70 is a healthy age. When the soldier boys return they will marry the girls who have the jobs. Thus will things equilibrate. Longest day in the year, and, if It should be a hot one, what a fine time for conservation. The cherry is not improved by pick ing too soon. Let it get its full color and flavor. Not all men who need guardians have them, unless married; which is different. The milk situation will sour while those concerned are settling their dif ferences. Did the pioneers miss the rain? They did not, nor did they miss any thing. There's to be another profiteering tilt in smokes, but it's easy to swear off. Cultivation is almost as good as a rain in the cornfield. Can it be possible the weather folk contemplate rain?. . A Line o Type or Two. Hew to tlie Line. Let the Quips Fall Where They May. THE QUESTION W11IT1IER, Where shall we so for the Summer? Here it is Bearing July! Aufrust for heat is a hummer: Whither, my love, shU we fly? Here It Is nearlng July! Folks are preserving and canning:. Whither, my love. 8ha.ll we fiyT Time we were doing some planning Folks are preserving and canning; Summer is well under way. Time we were doing some planning: Let us decide it today. Summer Is well under way. Come, heart's delight and companion. Let us decide it today: What do you think of the Canyon?" Come, heart's dellcht and companion. Let us prepare to embark. What do you think of the Canyon? What of the Yellowstone far? Let us prepare to embark. Hand me that map and that folder. What of the Yellowstone Park? Hut? Well, we'll try something colder. Hand me that map and that folder. Shall we take In the Big Trees? Hot? Well, we'll try something colder Emerald Lake or Louise. Shall we take la the Big Trees? Or does Alaska allure you Emerald Lakt or Louise? All one to me, I assure you. Or does Alaska allure you? Pick any place to your wish. AH one to me. 1 assure you; Only, 1' m going to fish. Pick any placebo your wish August for heat Is a hummer-- Only I'M going to Klcitll Where shall we go for the Summer? Our U-b-bata, relates the Cologne Gazette, first visited the American coast for legitimate peaceful commerce. To be sure. The visit was as friendly in spirit as that of Prince Henry, who occupied a share of his time In sketch ing the defenses of Boston and other seaport cities at which he, tarried. Oh, the Artist Just It rings It Ia. Sir Where do magazine publishers get their idea that a couple of lantern jawed yaps drooling on each other look any better on a magaiine cover than they would on the publisher's front porch steps on Sunday afternoon? S. G. C. THE PlPES.MtlKB CAKRY. IV- "'The gauger walked with willing foot. And aye the ganger plavd tha flute; And what should Master tlauger play But SJver the Hills and Far Away'?" Not long ago I happened on the sug gestion that "a little anthology or two are indispensable companions for onus's Summer jaunts," and It was formerly my practice, when loading a pack, tq slip the "Golden Treasury" between the blanket folds, but I found and you may agree that one cannot be confi dential with his favorite poet in such a large and varied eompany; a thin volume of the bard beloved may prove more profitable. And if I add that con- grulty should be preserved It Is be cause of a scene that rises before me as I write a wild shore on the sands of which sprawls an over-stout friend in a vividly-pink shirt bursting at the neck-hand and borrowed trousers sev eral sizes too small for him. He Is reading "Pelleas and Melisande.'1 Books concerning the forest are bet ter read In Winter, or In a tardy Spring, when the longing for the pack and the trait., is sharpest. . Many men of many minds have told us of the plea sure In the pathless solitudes. This one discloses a sentimental interest in wood and hill and cloud; that one joys in matching against nature his own un conquerable soul. In taming the jungle with an ax; a third is a brother of the angle: a fourth a poet. I am but a Lantern Bearer, moved by that spirit of advenjture which discovers Itself in a preference for fresh woods over old, f o untrodden ways over blazed trails, for distant unwhlpt waters over rivers near and known. Stevenson, in an essay of extraordi nary charm, has symbolized this spirit of adventure in a group of lads crouch ing in the cold sand of the links "under the huge windy hall of the night and cheered by a rich steam of toasting tinware. To the eye of the observer thy are wet and cold and drearily sur round, but ask themselves and they are .in the heaven of a recondite pleasure, the ground of which is an ill-smelling lantern." To one who has not the seoret of the lanterns, he says, the scene upon tha links is meaningless. So the wilderness wayfarer will find naught but toll and discomfort on the trail unless "deep down in his fool's heart he knows he has a bull's-eye at his belt and exults and sings over the knowledge." There fore am I a Lantern Bearer, stirred by the knowledge of a bull's-eye at my belt and of the tune the Gauger fluted on the Road to Anywhere. In the good Old days In New England, women like. Mrs. Lighthall and Mrs. Stokes would have been treated to a duoking In the nearest millpond. Intrigued to the SSOth Decree. Paris, May IS. Certainly it would Intrigue you to know certainly it is something for which your readers are a-tiptoe in short, may I pot say that, in an interval of making the world s. f. d., .1 noted that B. Darnice Is a tailor on the Rue de l'Echelle. Paris? IX W. S. "Owing to the high cost of supplies," advertises a barber shop, "hair cutting will be 44 cents." By supplies, Mawruss, the feller means meat and potatoes. On Van Buren street may be found the Excelsior Pie bakery. If Nebuchad nezzar were alive, ventures T. B. W., he would trade there. THE TWO BKOOM3. "I fill sweep It with the besom of destruc tion." Isa, xlv., 23. The Hun he loves the waning moon And flies as witches lly; His besom of destruction He rides across the sky. He shrinks away, from light of day. Along with bat and owl; lie hovers over sleeping towns. And there his work is foul. The Briton loves the light of dag. And flies as the sea mews fly; His besom of protection Shows clear against the sky. He long has nailed It to the mast. And swept the seven seas.' And now he hunts the filthy Hun And sweeps the midnight breeze. PAN. In all the world the two most fragile things are a lover's vows and the gut In a tennis racket. Neither is guaran teed to last an hour. The Yankee idea of holding a line Is to advance it. Not a bad idea when you can get away with it. The inhabitants of Oblivion complain that Mayor Thompson keeps them awake with his talking. The male mosquito lives only two days. But. gosh, the evil he does In that time lives after him. Slogan for the week: Gas will win the war. Don't blow it out! Officers Not Paid. GRASS VALLET, Or.. June 19. (To the Editor.) What salary does the Red Cross pay Its secretary and president? W. O. The National president of the Red Cross Is Woodrow Wilson; the secre tary is Dr. Stockton Axson. Neither receives a salary from the Red Cross. NO DRAFT FOR MEDICAL CORPS Former Portland Physician Tells What Profession Is Doing Voluntarily. What the medical profession has done, is doing and is prepared to do in performance of its patriotic duty is powerfully set forth in the presidential address of Dr. Arthur Dean Bevun. of Chicago, formerly of Portland, on "The Organization of the Medical profession for War," delivered at the convention of the American Medical Association. That body Includes more than 81.000 of the more than 115,000 men and women licensed to practice medicine In thj I'l.ited States and therefore fairly rep resents the profession. An army ot 3.UU0.000 men must include 300.000 offi cers and men ia the medical depart ment, of whom at least 25.000 must be qualified medical men. An army of S.UuO.OUu must include a medical de partment of 500.000. of whom 35,000 to 40,000 should be medical men. A navy of halt a million will need 3500 medical men and a navy of a million, which is probable, will need twice that number. To meet this need the association, acting with the Surgeon-General's of fice, took a census of the medical men In each state, county, medical school and hospital, with a view to a "volun tary draft" of 20 per cent "of the medi cal profession by the profession itself." Dr. Bevau remarked: The medical profession will supply the men needed by the Government. No con scription, no compulsion, will be required. This census gives the number of men under 45 and the number under 55 In each county and it shows that about 15 per cent have volunteered. A call has been made for 5000 more for the Army and 2000 more for the Navy, which would bring the total for this year to about 30,000, or 22 per cent of the total. Dr. Bevan urged that each county society should "furnish at least 20 per cent of Its members for mllitary service." but that, in order to prevent crippling of medical schools and hospi tals, none be allowed to furnish more than 50 per cent, "unless It. is clearly oversupplied." In order to maintain the supply of medical men, students who have studied one year are to be commissioned in the Medical Reserve Corps and are to serve a year in hospitals before being called into active service, and this may apply gisn in men who are taking pre-medl- cal. work in universities. In case of need a continuous session of medical schools may be adopted, to graduate men in three years. By this means the United states would avoid tne nisrup tion of the medical schools, which has well-nisjh exhausted the supply of medical men in the allied countries. To provide for the training necessitated by this enormous expansion of the Army Medical Service three special truininir r.imna have been established and are gradually being concentrated In "an. enormous military medical uni versity of 40,000 officers and men" at Fort Oclethorpe. Eloquent of the splendid work done by the Medical Service is the statement that In the course of mobilization the death rate of the Army was "a little less than 10 per 1000." or less than half of that of Japan, which held the rec ord for the lowest mortality durlns mobilization. Dr. Bevan gave assur ance to relatives of soldiers that their health "is better looked out for than when they were In civil life," because "our best men have gone Into the n-.edl-cnl service and the Government Is pro viding every facility necessary." One effect is that "venereal disease Is only about half as frequent In men after they enter the Army as in similar croups of individuals in civil lire. An other Is "the elimination in large part of drink from the Army." Dr. Bevan condemned alcoholic drink without qualification and asked each state medical society to support Na tional prohibition, saying of the liquor traffic: When It has once been done away with. It could no more be resurrected after the war than couid slavery. In order that the 23.000 to 40.000 nurses needed for the Army may be supplied. Dr. Bovan proposed "an in tensive three months' training" for the "thousands of well-educated, capable youne women who are not only willing but anxious to offer their services to this country." He advocated tariff legislation to promote "the production In this country of drugs and chemicals. 1 surgical instruments and appliances" to make this country independent or any other, lie called for the disbandmcnt of German medical societies in the United States and declared tffat the fellowship of science with the German medical profession cannot be renewed until the present autocratic government Is driven from power and he called for a message of good cheer to the profes sion in the allied countries. Insurance and Depreciation. PORTLAND. June 20. (To the Edi tor.) About 13 years ago I built two small cottascs. Tor rent, on a Jot in a manufacturing; district of this city, at a cott of $1000 each. They were readily Insured for $800 each by a well known fire insurance company. Its local agent each year hands me a re newal policy, without the faintest hint that the amount of insurance ought to be reduceil on account of detehioration of the buildings. This being the case, would the company have the right to deduct anything for deterioration. In case the buildings should be destroyed by fire? In other words, does the law permit insurance companies to go on collecting premiums, year after year, on amounts they know they would not be willing to pay, in case of fire? If your reply is In the affirmative. It will be up to tne to reduce the amount of my Insurance, even thoiiKh I cannot replace the cottages. In case of loss, for a dollar less than their original cost. OWNER. It is required by the law of 1917 that when a fire occurs the actual extent of the loss Is to be ascertained ir respective of the amount of insurance. If the premiums have been paid upon an amount exceeding the loss actually sustained when the property Is wholly destroyed, all premiums collected by the company on the excess are to be repaid to the insured. Bookkeepers la War Regulation. PORTLAND. June 20. (To the Edi tor.) Is a man subject to reclassifica tion 'who is married and has two chil dren and listed in class 4-A as book keeper? Is that considered a useful oc cupation? SUBSCRIBER. We know of no specific ruling on such a case. Among nonproductive oc cupations is that of clerk In mercantile establishment. This may or "may not be construed to include bookkeepers. Local and district boards are instructed to give registrants information, and a process is provided in the regulations whereby they may obtain a ruling by the Provost Marshal-General on doubt ful matters. It Is possible that if you make application for a ruling the local board will set the machinery in motion. In any event you will be given an op portunity to appear before the board before your classification Is changed. The boards have broad discretionary powers where it appears that a regis trant engaged in a nonproductive occu pation cannot change to a productive one or be Inducted Into the military service without causing hardships to his dependents. Pre-War Postal Rates. OSTRANDER. Wash.,' June 19. (To the Editor.) To settle an argument 1 wish you would tell me what was the postage rate to England on ordinary letters before the war. A READER. Two cents for each ounce or fraction. In Other Days. Twenty-nre; Year Ajto. From The Oregoniaji, June 21, 1993. Menlo Park. Senator Stanford died at 1:20 o'clock this morning. He passed away peacefully In bis sleep at his res idence at Palo Alto. Chicago The Great Northern put the knife Into the transcontinental rates again today by announcing a rate of J51 first class and 133 second class. St. Paul to San Francisco. Last night the new Hawthorne Lodge. named la honor of Dr. J. C. Hawtbcsrt. was consecrated by the Masonic order. Past Grand Master J C. Moreland con ducted the ceremony. New Bedford, Mass. Lizzie Borden has been acquitted of the charge ot murdering her father and stepmother. E. P. Morey, of the General Electric Company, has bought 400 acres of land just south of Oswego on the west bank of the Willamette. Annie Ward Tiffany and her great Irish character creation, "Lady Blar ney," is the stellar attraction at Cor dray's today. MOTHER DOES NOT TRUST 1IUNS Unprotected Hospital Ships Held to In vite Attack by Unscrupulous Foe. PULLMAN, Wash., June It. (To the Editor.) It has just come to my knowledge that through an interna tional treaty all hospital boats are seat out unarmed aud unprotected. Now our soldier boys have been given all possible care in going across and we mothers whose sons are In the hospital service love them just as dear ly as do the soldier boys' mothers. I feel that no boat should be sent across without all possible protection. Our boys have offered their lives for their country and should be given all help possible. If we were fighting a country with any heart, faith or honor it might be different. But eaoh and every one knows that there is no such thing in the 11 una. Why should we send hun dreds of our boys out to be an unnec essary target for a set of fiends? I am hoping you will use your influence at Washington in helping to see that the hospital boats go across fully pro tected. It Is a crime if they are not cared for. In the face of what wo all know the Huns are doing. MRS. E. O. DAVIS. OLD KAISER BILL. Old Kaiser Bill Is getting his fill, Since Sam went over to France; The I'oiius and Tommies are blinking their eyes And teaching the Hun to dance. The old reprobate better abdicate and capitulate, and then migrate, be fore it's too late to save hia old pate For Sam Is now In France and ready to advance. And he'll not be slow with his knock out blow. Now whild he's got the. chance. Old Kaiser Bill had a let of dope ' And passed some out to Sam; But Uncle was wise at Bill's disguise. And he sized it up as sham. And he took the scent and at him he went, and told Bill he meant, without his consent, in any event, bis mug to indent; For all his dope was fake and only served to make. The Huns more ridiculous, their cause more conspicuous. And he their necks would break. Now old Kaiser Bill had better stop Before he further goes; v For he'll wish he had when Sam get mad And swats him on the nose; For as sure as Cain he'll never refrain nor stop to explain the blows on him lain till allies shall gain the cause they maintain: That tyranny shall cease, and all tha world then sees Old Bill and his sons and the rest ef the Huns All brought down on their knees. Old Kaiser Bill thought he'd get the world And parcel it to Ms sons; Put bis failing to reckon with Unci Sam Is unfortunate for the Huns; For Sam's in a heat and the Kaiser he'll beat into a retreat and whip him complete till he owns to defeat and allies' terms meet. For Sam's on his ear, and don't you) ever fear That Bill will win, for we'll get his skin. And the Hun will disappear. SAM'S NEPHEW. Foreign Canteen Work. TANGFNT. Or.. June 19. (To the Ed itor.) Kindly give nie Information concerning enlistment of young women in the foreign canteen service. Does each girl have to pay her own expenses across and buy her own outfit, or is this done by the Government? Also what is the salary paid to canteen workers and do they hare to go through training in certain lines of work? Where can I write for full par ticulars about this work? M. H. Concerning Y. M. C. A. foreign can teen work write to war work council of the Y. M. C. A.. 124 East Twenty sixth street. New York City. No ap plicants under 26 years ot age are ac cepted and no salaries are paid. Concerning Red Cross canteen work write to personnel bureau of the Red Cross, Fourth avenue and Eighteenth, street. New York City. Applicants must be between 28 and 40 and must speak French well. Services are volunteer and It is desired that expenses be paid. Education and Draft Age. WESTON, Or.. June 19. (To the Ed itor.) How should a man proceed to secure employment In Government ed ucations Wortf (2) Are draft registrants who Me serving in Government educational work subject to military duty? (3) Is there a bill now before Con gress to extend the draft age? A READER. (1) Communicate with United States) Bureau of Education, Washington, D. C. (2) He may'or may not be given de ferred classification. Jt depends on whether he is "necessary to the depart ment." (3) One is proposed, but it has not yet reached the formality of considera tion, except by the military affairs com mittee. Red Cress Nurses. KERRY, Or.. June 19. (To the Edi tor.) Please publish where one would write to get the full particulars about joining the Red Cross nurses. A SUBSCRIBER. To Department of Nursing, Red Cross headquarters. Washington. D. C. or to Red Cross headquarters, Corbett build ing, Portland. Army School of Nursing:. ALBANY, Or., June 19. (To the Ed itor.) Will you tell me through your paper where I should apply for en rollment in an Army school of nursing? SUBSCRIBER. Army Nurse Corps, U. S. A-t Eupern tendent Dora E. Thompson. R. N-, War Department, room 704 Mills building. Y ashington, D. C.