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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.