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Give poatofflr addreaa in full, in cludinc county and state. Postare Katra 12 to 19 payee, 1 cent: 18 to 02 pages. J cents: 34 te 4S pages. 3 cents l.a m mi mm 4 centa: 2 to 72 pages, centa: 7 to &2 pages, o centa. Foreign poat- age. double rates. Kaatern Business Office Vsrre Conk lln. Brunfwick building. New York; Verra Conklln, Kteger building. Chicago; Verre s lonkiln. Free Press building. Detroit. Mich.; San i'ranciaco representative, B. J. JBldwell. MEMBKB or THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The Associated Presa la exclusively enti tled to the use for republication of all newa dispatches credited to It or not otherwise credited to this .paper, and also the local newa published herein. All rirhts of republication of special dls patohea herein are also reserved PORTLAND. MONDAY. SEPT. . lli. many problems, solution of which will I best sense of the term thrift. In the conflict With long- cherished theories I world. and prejudices, that It can be done! One soldier told Mr. Corey that as well only by men capable of deep, I a result of his experience in France, patient study, who will approach their I he had written his father, "bawling subjects with open minds, who have I him out about his wasteful methods initiative and courage to make daringly I of handling: the farm fuel problem. Original proposals. There will be no I There was down timber and small room In such work lor the standpat I stuff enough on the home lot, he said protectionist, the bigoted free trader, to keep a Frenchman in woqd the the muckraking anti-trust fanatic, the resfof his life. The French have man who exploits class prejudice from learned through centuries of necessity either the capitalist or the labor stand- I the value of things which we have point or the hazy theorist. The oc- been throwing away. The conserva casion calls for a new type of states- tion movement, as well as the good man, excluding such representatives roads movement, is likely to receive of the two extremes as Senators Pen- Impetus from the excursion of our rose and La Follette or such shallow I Army to a foreign land. provincials as Representative Kitchin. I There is. on the other hand, frank They must be champions of America I admiration on the part of the French first, but of America as the leader I for our bigger way of doing things and champion of democracy and hu-1 Our really vast achievements in the manity, America ats the chief engineer construction of railway and ship in the rebuilding of a half-ruined terminals have opened their eyes. They world. Destiny has called us to this like our farm machinery, although work, and we must choose as our law- they will modify it to meet the re- makers men who will rise to the I quirements of smaller farms, and they responsibilities which it has imposed will not be so reckless in the handling upon us. I of it. They are learning from us how to economize man power, as we are learning- from them the economy of x ti rj luntn ur su.u. materials. The happy medium which Singing men, said General Bliss, are I is certain to result will be beneficial fighting mon, which may account fori to both parties in. the international the revival of Interest In congrega- j study class. tional singing in the churches. We have been inclined in recent years to I delegate our singing to the choir. BOMBING MANNHEIM. The attack of the British air squad rons upon the chimneys of Mannheim carries the war on a big scale into the vitals of Germany. Although Mann- Jieim is but on the banks of the Rhine, it is one of the important manufactur ing centers of the country. It is the third largest city on that river, being surpassed only by Cologne and uussei dorf. Kxtensive harbor works were constructed there In the "70s; it built up an enormous trade in hardware and other manufactures of iron; it was De- lore the war began the most important site of chemical factories in the em pire. Since all the chemical Industry of Germany has been devoted to the making of munitions, it is easy to see how an air raid may have done enor mous military damage. The Rhine is not the vast expanse of water which some, thinking only of its immense historic significance and its symnolirm, may have pictured it. It is at Mannheim some 1200 feet wide. One may visualize it by looking across the Willamette River, say at Alder street, and bearing in mind that the Willamette is a little wider at that point than the Rhine at Mannheim. It is not too wide, indeed, for a "Christ mas swim," such as furnishes periodic sport for venturesome Portlanders. There is a bridge connecting it with Ludwigshafen, which the Germans may destroy later but which our Amer ican engineers can rebuild if necessary. But the raid on Mannheim is signifi cant chiefly because of the large scale on which the enterprise was under taken. It is by no means the first time the airmen have crossed the Rhine. The great chemical works at Karlsruhe and Darmstadt, the mili tary establishments at Coblens and Bingen, the important munitions cen ter of Dusseldorf and the imperial city of Frankfurt, all these have been bombed repeatedly. The great Rhine smokestacks make fair targets, almost impossible to camouflage. The havoc wrought among them will have an im portant influence on the outcome of the war. Not wholly because of the material damage done are these raids slgnifi cant. The effect upon the morale of Germany aireadv has been noteworthy. There is panic in the valley of caslles and chimneys. From now on there must be greater concentration of air craft on defense, and- the airfleets of the allies are only beginning to make themselves felt. The Germans must defend the entire river from the air, whilA the Allies hold the aerial initia tive and can select the place (ft attack at will. No wonder the people of Frankfurt and Cologne sent telegrams of protest to the Kaiser! They arc beginning to know the taste of their own medicine. It is a pity that our own air pro gramme was delayed. It would be a fine thing if we were able to join in the bombing of these Rhine munition plants on a tremendous scale while the Hindenburg line is being pierced But the day is eoming. There will be few quiet days along the Rhine from this time on. HOMES FOR SOLDIERS. The purpose of Secretary Lane to which has undoubtedly improved the ask for. legislation to permit the quality of our music, but has denied " . - - - .... . . West, the cut-over land of the West an-outlet of expression to those who and gouth and the swamp. of believe in militancy in the combat with south and East so that returning sol- the force Of evil. Hiers mitv ho TilixaH nnnn them attar- It is asking too much, even of t war inriimto. thr -oncirta,..Hon deeply religious . people, to require )a wjseiy being given in advance to the them to sit in silence when the big important problem of demobilization, battle is raging, and as the combative Such a nolicv. however wni ho ia. cnlptt io ai,ha,4 " A..ar , j fn 1 ...... .'""ZirS.t ... 1 complete n it stops at the mere to predict that there will be more reclamation ot the land. The time has singing all along the line. nassed when land wa the nnlv nr The "community sing" embodies the Uven th rhief nee f th. f,rm same psychology, and it is noteworthy Agriculture is becoming a complex in- that this is increasing in popularity dustry under modern conditions, everywhere. The soldier, is on the if -the back-to-the-land movement march, at home and abroad. He is l3 not to reauit ln tne fiasco which fighting the Huns on one line and the marker! similar miwm,n- dk- other devils on other lines, and making generation ago, it will need to be based music such as it is wherever he UDon a firm foundation of education. BOes. ' and to rid itaelf nf anmo of rha min. It is a bad sign for the enemy when I annrehensinns whion ar-cnmnoniori a. whole Nation raises its voice in song, former propaganda. The notion that any man can run a farm ought to be dispelled at the outset. There ought to be on a large scale such educa tional direction as is now provided in some districts under the county agent system, with smaller units and even been fixed by the governments of the world for gold which is now below its real value as measured by other com modities which enter into cost of pro duction. But the price of all com modities is supposed to be the amount of gold for which they should ex change. We may have to seek deeper for the cause of the disturbance in the relation between gold and other com modities. A hint at this cause is con veyed in quotations made by John Clausen in his very illuminating ad dress before, the conference of bank ers. He said that at a meeting of gold producers held in London on July 4 "much stress was laid on the fact that, while costs of production, freight, Insurance, etc., had risen greatly, pro ducers were paid for their gold in paper money, at the same price as be fore, whereas that amount in cur rency is no longer able to procure the same amount, of commodities neces sary for the production of gold.' " He also quoted these words from a speech of Sir Lionel Phillips at a meeting of a gold mining company in London: WhV have Waeea and Ktnrpa rknn T.nro-olv because they are paid for in a. nn,r cur rency that, owing to inflation, has depreciated. Governments have also restricted exports of gold and have adopted ar tificial means to regulate rates ot ex change, the effect of which is to pre vent gold from passing at the value which a free market would give and to sustain artificially the price of paper currency. May it not be that the high prices now ruling represent, in fact, a depre ciation in the value of paper money, and that by paying for gold ln this paper at par, governments have ac tually depreciated gold ? Paper money circulates at par, partly through the influence of governments and partly Facts for Registrants. Questions Men Subject to Bfew Draft Lin Are Asking;. Classification of Married Men. ASTORIA. Or., Sept. 7. (To the Edi tor.) (1) What is the new rule for the slasslfiCAtion of married men? (2) Will all married men be put in class 1 if there are no children? (3) Just what is meant by a wifo supporting herself. Does she have to have an education, or does it meam she might wash for a living? TWENTY TEARS A WIPE. (1) The law with reference to clas sification of married men remains un changed, but application of the provi sions has been made more strict. (2) . Not all can bo so placed as the law stands. (3) Before a board has any au thority to induct the husband it must be satisfied that the wife will have "adequate" support Including allow ances and returns from her own ef forts to enable her to live "decently and without suffering hardship." The wife, it is provided, should be "skilled in some special class of work whicn In Other Day. OBLIGATION NOT EXCLUSIVE ONE War Work Devolves Also on Those Who Have No Relatives In Service. SEATTLE, Wash., Sept, 7. (To the Editor.) No matter where I am I al ways endeavor to read The Oregonlan, which has no peer among the various papers published on the Pacific Coast, and such has been my custom for sev eral years. Will you kindly allow me Chinese from Victoria, who came over i uui mo siieimuu mi jout reaaers to on the last trip of the Empress, a certain attitude toward war work which is, in my opinion, as well as the I The new clubhouse of the Multno- oplnion of others, much to be de-1 ma" Amateur Athletic Club, at the plored? J corner of Tenth and Yamhill streets, I note the request of the superln-j wi'l be thrown open for the first time tendent of surgical dressings for more I ac o ciock mis evening. workers, emphasizing the great need I Tweaty-flva Years Abo. Prom The Oreronlan of Sept. 8. 1803. Salem is to have a company of Zouaves. The steamer Signal Is due with E0 that exists.- Her final remark is to the effect that It would seem that .every wife, mother or other relative of men ln the service should at least set aside one day for this work. As the wife of an Army officer I have had opportunity to see that such an attitude is widespread, but none the T. J. Black, collector of customs, re ceived word from Washington yester day that his appointment was con Fifty Years Ago. Prom The Oreronlan of Sept. 0, 1868. Rev. Charles A. Doly will lecture less unjust. Without question it is the H"f e?eniPs ln ro Fmo Hu on u dutv of everv woman whose relative I J are In uniform to assist in war work, and I believe that a census would con firm my conviction that by far the greater majority of them are doing so. "It is understood that the Secretary of the Treasury, before proceeding to construct the mint building at The Dalles and the Custom-Houso at Astor- Has the woman whose husband Is hap pily exempted, whose brether is re- she is physically able to perform and Jected. whose son is too young, no rea- in which she is employed or in which there is an immediate opening for her.' ture to the purchase of the sites, so as to give the United States exclusive control over them. When. Bond Buyer Is Drafted. SEASIDE, Or., Sept- 7. (To the Edi- Ellzabeth Cady Stanton, writing on the Revolution from northern New York, says there has been considerable son for being interested in the Red Cross other than to patronize its tea rooms and entertainments? Said a woman to me recently: "Well, I thought all the relutlves of the boys discussion on the propriety of opening ought 10 contribute." They should, and I Cornell University, a free agricultural tor.) I am a business man subject to they do. and their hearts ache that they college to both sexes, thus ulvinir a the draft under the registration of cannot do more, but at the same time scientific education to the daughters of September 12. In a few days we win I they have a lively feeling of the in- I me state. he called unon to subscribe to the new I -inatinA nt thA n-aniimntion that on thum liberty loan. If I subscribe under the only rests the duty of relief work. Let! no wk ago the distance between rjAvment nlnn anrl then before these onnoula hi mBHa not to thoaa fwhn ha-r I the two termini of the Pacific Rail- payments fall due am drafted and my given the greatest of gifts, but rather jroad was 626 miles. This gap Is being business automatically ciosea Dy my to those who are eaying contentedly io rate oi six or seven entering the service am l naDie tor ine that their men need not go. Let em- " BCNKOED. Tha Oreronlan. with Its usual disregard for facts. In a recent number, condemned members of organized labor for wearing badirca demanding a fatr trial for Mooney. It aasumes that bv reason of tho Califor nia laws being bound by precedent and by closer sunervipinn thsn is now fensihlo certain rules ot court procedure wmcn , . . , . , . . would have been out of date a thousand i" fn. iiiiii lur wiu years airo that a denial of a new trial, when I plow and then to place upon it a man it haa been conclusively shown a man has been convicted by perjured evidence. Is proper. . . . AH that labor asks Is that a new trial be granted, one in which the prosecu tion wtll have full opportunity to present all dependable evidence of ' the guiit of the defendant. Shall we take the word of the Labor who has had no experience in farm Ing is not a promising method, of re ducing the cost of living. ine engineering problems con nected with reclamation are not com plex. Men who are now gaining ex Press or the badges worn by the 1 perience in doing big things in France marchers on T-ahnr dav for the facts? can be counted on to solve them. Th The Portland News, itself somewhat 'abor aU Probability could be per- "icu My me returiiea suiaiers mem- selves. But the farm of the future ....s f.u aunua. i full amount of my subscription? This nhasls be laid on the -rea.t fact this people to sustain, tbelr credit. It Is )e an. important question because my I war ls fought for' each woman in I NAME SUGGESTED BY MR. UIME3 pussiuie, nuwever, mat. me nign prices Army pay would not lustily nor meet i America., and for each man who is not v iraoi. partly a cover wnai j. ctuia iw iw. u. i m uniform, and ls not a matter which ""v roet happened to Sign verse tor aepreciation oi paper ana a corre- conauci. my Duamesa. iumi " concerns and obligates only the rela-1 "Joaquin" Miller, Diuimius uppicwaLiuu til gum iiuovei - ' -- .I- . 1 uvea ui muso un me neiu ui nonui. I PORTLAVrt Knnt .7 rr u trji Its fiori t,Hco fhnr i cfi hJiU- Would my allotment to them be dorothv s STEWART. . D' beP'- '7-To the Ea' the statement of Sir Lionel Phillips taken to Pay- for the J? that the "small amount of gold now I DEMOCRATIC SPIRIT IS LACKING permitted to be used for trade pur- The partial payments on bonds would tor.) m overhauling a number of fragmentary files of Oregon news papers which I gathered more than 30 years ago, I found the following ln the Albany, Or., Inquirer of Sept. 27, 1862: MARRIED At Port Orford. Oregon, on 18ti, by Judge Uresory, 13th September, poses has risen to something like 115 he refunded if vou were unable to nay Theater Is Charged With Dlscrimlnat Burnings per line ounce,- wnne tne th0 balance after being inducted into ing Against r uipinos. Standard price in England has rc- n, Allntmta am not af- PORTLAND. Sent. 7. fTo the Ed- C. if. Miller, erl nr r .hi rV;r.ri i,-; mained stationary at 85 shillings. I fected by yous personal financial abil- I itor.) Believing I am Filipino as citi-1 f' oo'c?"'" tyor o r"rt r- lty. I zen oi tne united states ana x ami -many or our readers will .loin us In snnaklns- na an American and not as a. I v3"i"is "ppy couple a prosperous ana speaKing as an American, ana not as a pleasant 1ourney through life when they foreigner, for when in time of war I are informed that the bride is the 'Minnie The difference between those two prices may represent the actual though concealed, depreciation of paper and the artificial depreciation or gord. All Men 21 Must Be Kesris tered, PORTLAND, Sept. 7.- AUt5 "leiwis vy wnicn eoia proauc- conversation with a youne nuii la iu uo xiiitinuiiiiea ana. ir pos (To the Edi- l1 this the Filipino people as citizens Myrtle' whoFe eCfusiona appeared In th Ore ost surprising of this great republic greatly needed aieemedor'.'h'cir br.n'Jy "an'i I man and his by America are doing their part to win beauty of thought." The C. H. Miller, alluded to is Cin- of a labor organ, says of the parade: Nearly every marcher carried on his breast a white ribbon, bearing a legend. Hometlmen the leeend said. "Give Mooney l-'alr Trial. or "Set Mooney tree:' or "Tom Mooney snail ot Hang.' A demand that Mooney be set free is something more a great deal more- than that he be given a fair trial. should be equipped with at least the prime essentials, to be acquired on easy terms by the men who are willin to work to win them, and they should not be too small. Only the most skill ful or the most fortunate can make an . J .J? V'.i-rr t--Ple foodstuffs of the country, uch rREPAREDJTESS FOR PEACE. As the Congress to be elected in No vember will hold office till March 4 1921. one of its principal duties will be to enact laws for the regulation nnd promotion of industry and com merce after the war. As peace may be negotiated before Its term expires, that Congress will have a powerful in fluence on the terms, for not only will the Senate be called upon to ratify the treaties but the House will be the mouthpiece of public opinion. Those who will insist that complete in dependence be secured for all the sub ject peoples of all the central powers, that an end be made of the Turkish and Austrian empifes and that the military despotism of Germany be de stroyed to give place to a truly rep resentative government, will have to face the opposition of pro-Germans in various disguises and of those senti mentalists who always plead for mercy to a beaten foe, no matter how im perative may be the duty of stern justice. President Wilson is pledged to make an end of militarism and all its fruits, but he is the more likely to show unyielding determination if he finds the same spirit animating the people and expressed through Con gress. , The time is already ripe to consider peace preparedness in. election of Con gressmen, for we should prepare for peace in time of war just as surely as we ought to have prepared for war in time of peace. Other nations are already doing so, both allies and en emies, and the United States must do likewise if they are not to have a long start. Plans should be adopted by the new Congress to change our industries from war production to peace produc tion: to maintain our economic in dependence by defending the new in dustries which have grown up to sup plant German imports -and by pre venting alien control of industries and raw material, by preventing dumping and by building up new industries; to maintain and enlarge our new merch ant marine: to expand our 'foreign commerce, especially in the vast coun tries newly opened to development. All of these things will involve ex haustive inquiry, diplomatic negotia tion and legislation in regard to the tariff, reciprocity, trade combinations, the consular service, shipping, edu cation, internal development, especially in Alaska and the West, agriculture, finance, railroads and waterways, all of which are related to the work in prospeot. The work in prospect will include so. prompted the President to intervene in Mooney's behalf.. He has never given that as the reason, nor has he ever given any other reason. But it is unheard of for a. President to in terfere in the administration of state criminal laws for any other reason Does organized labor ask that Mooney be set free for reasons of state for the good of organised labor? Mooney is no friend of organized labor. wi bread and meat and dairy products, will not for a long time to come be produced by those who preach that ten acres are all that one farmer can handle." In come of the arid regions of the West in which land has been reclaimed it is being discovered that even the forty-acre unit ls often too small. It is estimated roughly that there are J00, 000,000 acres of cut-over land ,o sure, i .u.,b and 60.000.000 acres of swamp land moiaers- union, mil ne nas noi wor.ea ,. tnA tir , at the trade for years. He has been converting. tnis area ' ,, equipped an agitator, a "butter-in" on strikes farms wi be enormou. as J" . sums of money in times' of peace! Bu war many change our sense of money values. A nation which has just pro vided 334,000, 000,000 for waging a war for one year is likely to have a changed perspective. The most ex travagant constructive projects yet proposed offer no adequate basis of comparison with war expenditures which are accepted as a matter of course. approved by organized labor and a leader of strikes not approved by or ganized labor. He is a member of the I. W. W., of the Socialist Party of America, of the Syndicalist League of San Francisco yes. and of the Allge- mciner Arbeiter Beldungs-verein, a sort of German affiliation of the I, W. W. He was a friend and business asso ciate of Alexander Berkman, the anar chist, in the publication of the Blast, a violent anarchist paper. Berkman is now in the penitentiary for a crime now TO SUSTAIN GOM PRODUCTION, akin to treason. Mooney was one of I Discussion of the decrease in gold the propagandists who led organized I production brings to the front the labor into its disastrous defense of tho I profound disturbance of the very foun- murderous MoNaraaras; he was secre- dation of things which has resulted tary of the defense council for Caplan from the war. The world has become and Schmidt, other Times murderers; accustomed to regard gold as the basis he was interested in the defense of of all values, as the one fixed thing Ford and Suhr, wanton I. W. W. hop- of all our dealings. We have consid fleld murderers, and a defender oflered that the rise and fall in price of Hillstrom. the Utah I. W. W. mur- other commodities were simply fluc derer. tuations in their exchange value with Regarding one of Mooney's letters I gold. Now come the gold miners tell in behalf of Ford and Suhr, the secre- ing us that they cannot profitably pro tary of the San Francisco Labor Coun-( duce gold at present prices, and the cil declared it an attempt to disgrace I serious decrease ln production of that that body with a scandalous and scur-j metal supports their statement. After rilous proposition, and charged that naving taken it for granted that, no it came from the diseased brain of a matter now tne output of other com worker who ls trying to break into jail I modities might fluctuate, men would again and would be asking this counoil I never hesitate to extract gold from the to dig him out again." earth wherever they found it, we learn There ls no reason in the foregoing! tnat tney-stop producing gold as read- recital why Mooney should not have I ily as they stop producing any other a fair trial, if .he already has not had commodity when it ceases to pay. Of one. But there is reason therein why I course, miners and financiers have organized labor should not make his 1 known that some gold-bearing deposits interests or his fate the feature of a I were neglected . because the cost of parade devoted to the dignity of labor, producing the gold would exceed its Honest labor and Mooney have long value, but the average man has either been enemies. Organized labor may j net known it or has had but a hazy take a humanitarian interest in the I Idea of it. Now it is suddenly forced welfare of one lower even than Mooney I on his attention. has been and there need be no criticism. I The necessity of maintaining gold It is the effort to make Moonei's case a labor cause, a labor issue, in which the well being of organized labor is falsely represented as bound up, that excites concern among those who would see organized labor kept clean. A PROFITABLE EXCHANGE. All that has been said as to the ad vantages which the French will gain from association with the Americans whom the fortunes of war have thrown among them contains a grain of truth, but the benefits will not be one-sided. Our men are learning much in a prac tical way from the French. The value of good roads, painstakingly built and well maintained, is one thing. Pride of craftsmanship, which the French workman feels as perhaps does no other artisan, is another. But it is in the art of making the soil yield that those of the.m who have agricultural sense" will learn the most. In no other country, except, per haps, Belgium, does the farmer treat his soil, his vines and his trees with such minute and affectionate regard. Herbert Corey, writing from the scene of war, says that our soldiers are al ready learning from the peasants, taking lessons in pruning fruit trees and making tiny gardens bear crops in rotation, so that there shall always be fresh vegetables on the table. In particular, they are learning not to waste. The French peasant Is. per haps the thriftiest individual, in the production arises from use of that metal as money or as security for paper money, which is simply a prom ise of the Government to pay gold on demand. That demand is seldom made, hence many times as much paper circulates at par as the Govern ment holds in reserve. In the central empires the ratio of gold to paper money is about 7 per cent, in Great Britain about 10 per cent. For the United States the figures are not at hand, but the ratio is much higher, though it has decreased in consequence of the great increase of currency in the last year and a half. Although the larger volume of currency de mands a larger volume of gold to sup port it, output of gold has materially decreased in the last two years and is still decreasing. The decrease results from the higher cost of production, due to the advance in wages and in prices of commodities used in mining and milling. This advance has wiped out the margin of profit in many low grade mines, and the bulk of the out put now comes from mines of that character. For example, one mine in Alaska formerly produced 93 cents gold from a ton or ore at a cost of 73 cents, but that profit of 20 cnts has been wiped out. In order to maintain and increase the output, it has be come necessary to pay more for it in other commodities or in the paper cur rency which is exchangeable for those commodities. It has been said that the difficulty arises from the fact that a price Las mother regarding the son's registra- this war, showing to the American siuie, increasea, presents a complex tion. The young man nas oecome ii ivjcm i clnnatus ti. Miller, whose first two problem. Producers at Reno asked since August 24, the last registration " w mp.uu uvauo nm uraii wc ""i poetical productions I printed In 1868. that the Government pay a premium day. Both mother and son contend that eitner go to jau or ao inausiriai worn, and 4S69. The firi!t was enUll(,d "Spec equivalent to the increased cost of pro- the boy does not have to register Sep- why is it that m . m f' e imens," a paper-bound volume of 64 duction. This would compensate for tcm.bef 12: " no Prvisi.n has b" L""l?Stea!?'?! l Patres. 4x6 inches; the second, "Joaquin v, tn t - - . . .. made Dy the irovost niarsnaii covering cmuhhj " wmci iton, o . w ct ai.," 113 pages, bound in cloth. lnVf?nf J - . T StnCti0n" similar cases. American, in the Philippines? During the time I was printing the and or the economic disturbance. Per- it seems to me that the available in- Last night I have experience to be hast volume March isi ..,.i.h haps the situation would correct Itself forrnatiori upon this question clearly abused, mistreated in one of the most to Mr- Miller that he adopt "Joaquin" as il an restrictions were witnarawn ana indicates that all men between tne ages lasnioname ineatera. unn oi me usners bis com de plume. "I hiiik that is a ir economic law were given free play, of 18 and 45 who have not previously statea to me Diunny ana groucnuy KOod idea," was his response. Of re but war emercsnries mav fnrhirt for resristered are expected to do so bep- mat l am a loreigner, ana tnat tney cent vesrs I have heard that others the process of readjustment of values tember 12. In your opinion, have they were oracrea to reject toreigners Dy claim the honor of giving him that would bo accomnanied bv mich violent the slightest ground for Euch a sup- the manager. Hearing this statement suggestion, whatever that amounts to. rConomic Srturtance as the allies' Position. CONSTANT READER. I canjardly believe it to be true, for I The volume alluded to cafl be seen T'C( 'f,"f ?f i ... have secn that because I have a brown m the rooms of the Oregon Historical j ..tvJ -""o an ine supposition 13 a. 6'' color ana so i was tne oniy one re-1 society energy is needed for the war. Wher official announcements all .read that jected. tome.' peace returns, tnis readjustment must Un m h.tn ! of 18 afid 45.1- I hone The Oreeonian and citizens! tm matter la referred o now In be effected, but prudence will dictate lncluslve unieSs registered under pre- here will never allow to perpetrate in- order to settle some disputes that have "J vloi.a lairs nr already in the military . . " -..-.-..., una i.:a.iu i istrauj. -- - I amorii.ii 1 -j tun ,nn or tnn truit rtemoi-.i . - , n -- tt. t t uTirtro ubunui. XX. Ill.UU. making witndrawal of restrictions gradual. The work now in hand arduous, but is light compared with that of the future. America is the land of the free, democ racy, equality and human progress. No one can deny that only a few ot this kind of people are creating discrimina tion and prejudices against my race, the Filipinos. F. LEOPOLD THEODORO. or naval service, must register. Work or Fight Rales. PORTLAND. Sept. 8. (To the Edl- 17nJt nt.tn whoth.r lh(t OoV- All v.. c o. u .I""-' "iiit-j tv.- . ... tttai ct:i.iui- oiieiwdii aaia auoui .rttnt.ttt has n nff c ai here wno IS the Administration may be true, but concerned with the conservation of the people will look indulgently at a I man-power. Where could a person find stretch of executive power for war out whether a person engaged in sucn purposes so long as it delivers the work as clerks, barbers, butchers or goods. But if anything should go teamsters are essential ur wrong in France, the men who have f"" "vtr.n.T.en'. ,th. and family of three. They reside in the would better look out for a storm. News that the Czecho-Slovaks have Briton With Dependents Abroad. NORTH BEND, Or., Sept 7. (To the I Army? Transfers to British Army. PORTLAND, Sept. 8 (To the Edi tor.) (1) If a British subject is drafted -into the American Army could he at a later date transfer to the Brit ish or Canadian army? If so, how long would he have to be in the American Editor.) I am a British subject with- n the draft age. married with a wife (2) What jobs are essential? SUBSCRIBER. mentioned work. JOHN CLANTER. There is no official such as you sug- decided upon Prague as the head- gest. Administration of the wofk-or- quarters of their national council in- fight order is in the hands of the draft dicates that there is something going officials and they will gladly show on behind the scenes of the central vou provisions of the order, defining empires of which we have not yet been the nondroductive occupations so far made fully aware. General Pershing cheers us up a lot with his assurance that he has enough airplanes on hand for immediate nsc; but what we still want is an enormous, as anounced. The Government ls not regulating wages or working condi- UnUed staUs It may be that a revi OJd Country. I support them regu larly every month. If I choose to stay here for the draft will I be entitled to the eame classification as an Ameri can? A READER. The regulations that governed the last draft denied deferred classification to persons on the ground of dependency if the dependents resided abroad and were not citizens or declarants of the 1. He cannot. 2. Only industries are classified on the basis of being essential or non-es sential. The list of occupations still ln the "productive" group embraces all but the few specifically singled out in the original work-or-fight order as "nonproductive." tions ln these occupations. sion will be made in the regulations in Failure to Receive Bond. PORTLAND, Sept. . (To the Edi tor.) Could you Inform me as to whether the United States "Government rvr,- -wo.v, s.nt .(Tn the nder the draft by the Britlsh-Ameri preponderating, overwhelming supe- Editor) To 'settle an argument about can treaty, but we have seen no an behalf of British, subjects brought has issued any bonds for Oregon eub- riority. Let's continue to speed up the the new draft law, please state who ls I nouncement. work. riarht. A says that it Includes boys who There is a provision in the treaty. are. now 18 years of age and men at however, permitting British subjects scribers for the third liberty loan? I purchased a bond in south part of state and as yet have heard nothing of it. SUBSCRIBER. Bonds of the third liberty loan issue There are probably 25,000 union 45" B say8.tr?t ,taes in a11 between who have cause for exemption, to ob- have already been received by sub en ln Portland, nnd it -olH ho tne ageB of 18 and 4o-,t tain It throuarh their Ambassador with- scribers. You should communicate full - " I iM I D .11 ,rviDi -IV. I I . . , , ... . ln a limited-time period. We suggest account oi tne circumstances in your All male persons who shall have at- that you apply for particulars to the men entertaining to- read what the rest might have to say of the demand of the boilermakers, for a half-holiday tained their 18th birthday and shall British Consul. Portland. Or. during the cool and cold months. not have attained their 46th birthday on or before the day of registration. With "all' the room in the world." must register, unless already registered case to Robert E. Smith, state liberty loan manager. Northwestern Bank building, Portland, Or. It" seems remarkable that aeroplanes I under previously existing laws. snouid collide head-on at 3500 feet. as two did on Mather Field, with the I Draft Ages Inclusive. usual casualties. t . Qualifications for Chaplain. MARSHF1ELD, " Or., Sept. 7. (To the Editor.) Could you Inform me where to get Information in regard to the Army chaplain service? I .would like to know the requirements for admis- PORTLAND. Sept. 6. (To the Edi- ,:- t tha service and if a man of tor.) Kindly advise whether the limit L.raft - would he elieihle for this vvnen taiten lor violating the white or arait, i to , is inclusive, xioes Eervce. E. SIMMONS. man's law, the childlike and bland It include a man between 45 and 46? Chinaman pleads guilty. He shows proper respect for "the white devils.' Only thing left to the old-time Democrats of Idaho is to hang to gether with the crow for an , emblem. utnerwise tne league nas tnem. Not much left for the hops but make pillows of them. Somebody has said the fragrance induces sleep and brings good health. ' F. B. LATHROP. Fun information may be obtained A retort who naa not attained his 4th trom tne AOJUiani-uenerai. war oc- birthday on or before September 12, panmeni. wasnmsira, . un.- 1918, and a man who has attained the menis r .upu.h. . Date ef First Draft. PORTLAND. Sept. 6. (To the Edi tor.) (1) On what date were the first men drafted into the United States Army? (2) Were they drafted before the present classification? (3)Did they take men with depen dents ln the first draft? OLD SUBSCRIBER. (1) September 6, (2) Yes. (3) Exemptions age 'of 18 on or before that date must that the aPPa"t be a regularly those having dependents. 1917. were allowed for register, unless previously registered under other laws. - Draft of Men Over 31. PORTLAND, Sept. 6. (To the Edi- tor.) To settle a dispute please give ordained minister of a religious denom ination, in good standing; having rec- I Navy Nat Now Open. ommendation of an ecclesiastical body: BORING. Or., Sept. 7. (To the Edi- that he be not past 40 years tld and "" 'ease inform me lt enlistment pass satisfactorily the examination as in the Navy is closed. If not, where must one apply to enlist; If It is, will It is rapidly coming to the point 1 registration. A says within 30 days; that a man who calls another a Ger- I say It will take longer than that to man must prove it or stand trial for classify. faL bocribjsr. I T. .1 J 4-r.o t ,KAnt 1(1(1 o IXh 19 cautuaicu tua, a.uuu ..wv uuj a will be -consumed in registration and classification. to moral, mental ana pnysicai quann- be Dos.eble for one to loin theNavv your opinion as to wnen tne iirst can i cations, ine man or arait. age wno nas later? E. P. CANNY. for men 31 to 45 will De made after been finally classified is eligible for appointment. Employes of business houses sub ject to draft should be let off to regis ter in the forenoon, to avoid the rush. Previous Service Disregarded. GOLDENDALE, Wash., Sept. 6. (To the Editor.) (1) Can a person who has served three years in the state United States Army? It is fine weather for the prune harvest, but a little rain would be wel corned for its effect on the forest fires, mintia and has an honorable discharge be his classification? be drafted?.. f et - . . , - jt. . I t A nti oia law In all 1 hft Rffltttl I ctugar guns up a cent. LUUiiy tor tne v ; - - - It is not now posible to join the Navy. Some plan for inducting regis- m.ta. of Aastrlsa Declarant. trams into me nsvjr win uuuuness do PORTLAND, Sept 6. (To the Editor devised, but it has not yet been an- (1) Please state the exact status of a Inouncea. person born in Austria 35 years ago, re siding in this country 14 years, posses sing first citizen's papers for past six years. Can ne secure secona papers i now? (5) Is such person eligible sun der the new draft law to service In (3) What would SUBSCRIBER. -,oni K,.' v. A iDA .,tif iA iii i concerninsr this the same? :.jt ir: i :. subscriber. 1C11, IttOUll-WU l.UHSUlupiiUU, Reports of large crops of huckle-1 berries are aggravating. That fruit requires too much sugar. a) Yes. (2) Yes. Enrollment I n S. A. T. C nTTODTCra. Or.. Sent. 7. (To theEdi- Showing appreciation in substantial tor.) To whom should a young man form of the Multnomah Guard ban'd is with two years of. high school educa- (1) He can by making a proper I showing as" to loyalty to the United) States. Confer with U. S. naturaliza-1 tion service, custom house, Portland. (2) Not unless he has obtained final I papers, but he must register. (3) Class five if still a declarant I only. good war work. tion apply for enrollment in the Stu dent Army Training Corps .' JJ. a. It's against the law to dump leaves on the street, but somebody tell it to the trees. Oregon Agricultural College, Corval- lis, or University of Oregon, Eugene, though we have seen no statement as- f, represents. SUBSCRIBER. If the hops are not worth picking, surmg tnat tne iiuer " Significance of Emblem. PORTLAND, Sept. 8. (To the Edi tor.) I have seen displayed in a good many windows a flag with a black border, white stripe in center, with black stars. Please tell me what such there is money in gathering the cran- I enroll youths who are not high school berriej. graduates. Not being a Hun town, Boston will turn out bigger crowds to see its club win. Many a man wll date his patriotism from September 12. Henry Ford has begun his campaign by explaining. Haywood ls "at home" at last. '. Aliens Must Register. PORTLAND,.' Sept. 7. (To the Ed itor.) I was born in Switzerland; have been in the Unltea states rour years; have not taken out first papers yet; am within the draft age limit. I would like to know If I will have to register. A KtAUiiK. You must register. Exemption on I the ground of alienage ls -determined I I after registration, - f, Substitute the color blue for blaok and you have described the Navy serv ice flag. If this Is not the explana tion more explicit description is needed ln order to place the emblem. DEFEAT. You bet. Old Hindy runs, v With all his beaten Huns, And Ludey swiftly follows; This is a bitter pill. Which boastful Kaiser Bill, In his despair, now swallows. ALDEN HARNESS. Roseburg, Or. WOMEN1 You will want to have home comforts that you can make with little trouble or expense. FREE Home Efficiency Book to every reader of The Oregonlan. Have you envied the owner of a serving wagon? Have you wished that they were just a lit tle cheaper to buy. WISH NO MORIS MAKE ONE YOURSELF. This Efficiency Book also tells how, at small cost, you can make a tireless cooker, an iceless freezer and ever so many home time-savers. 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