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IDEALS TO BE REALIZED BY WAR.
The secret of President Wilson's
power as a leader of men is revealed
with great clearness by Ms Liberty
Loan speech at New Tork. He sweeps
aside or cuts through the mass of
particular aims, or of particular appli
cations of the common aims, of the
allies, and he puts before all our minds'
eyes the broad, deep principles for
which the world Is fighting against its
outlaw nations. When the disloyal.
the pro-German, the pacifist, the
muddle-beaded or the selfish lovers of
ease-at-any-price confuse the issue by
discussing some detail or by propos
ing some settlement which would leave
the conflict of principle unsettled, he
again states the ideals which are to
form the foundation of a new world-
society of free nations, and he pledges
the American Nation anew to fight to
the end for the triumph of those ideals
and to be true to them. He thus
arouses the instinctive enthusiasm of
every right-thinking free man and
woman and inspires them with a will
to do all and suffer all that freedom
and Justice shall be won for all -na
Hons, since thus only can the world be
delivered from the curse of war.
Americans see more clearly than any
other nation that this is a war between
right and wrong, between justice and
might, between freedom and tyranny
between humanity and brutality, be
tween honor and dishonor, and that.
therefore, there) is no room for any
terms of settlement except those which
the President defines, nor for any
negotiations with the enemy. Our end
cannot be attained until the armed
power of the enemy has been broken,
until we dictate and he accepts the
princtplea of world-government for
which we contend, until we bind htm
to observe those principles by superior
force, since his own appeal to force
has proved that force alone can bind
him. The mental and moral vision o
other nations has been clouded by the
manner In which the principles which
they proclaim would affect their ap
parent selfish Interest, but America,
with nothing to gain except faithful
establishment of liberty and Justice
as the only sure means to the ultimate
extinction of war. has marvelously
cleared their vision by showing that
any compromise with wrong would
defeat their end by perpetuating the
evil which they fight to destroy. In
this work the President has been the
spokesman for the Nation. His speeches
and messages have been acclaimed by
the allies and have Induced them to
revise their arms to conform with
those of America and to make all
secret treaties and agreements into
craps of paper. War-weary as are
all the allied nations, they have never,
since the beginning of the war, been
more united, and the voice of the
pacifist, defeatist and compromiser has
never been more feeble.
Justice and freedom for all nations,
great and small, are the keynote of
the President's definition of our aims.
They can be established only after the
overthrow of their enemies, and can
be preserved only by a league of na
tions. The President sees that there
la no room for "leagues or alliances
or special covenants and agreements
within" that league, but that such
combinations would be inconsistent
with, and would endanger the success
of. the world league. This is his an
swer to those who propose an alliance
of the United States with Great Britain
or Japan or both. This Nation would
make no alliance for any other pur
pose than those which It has In com
mon with all other free nations, there
fore It Is both unnecessary and out of
the question. Through their leadership
and example the American and British
nations will undoubtedly become the
bulwark of the league, for they are
moat powerful and they have fur
nished the models on which demo
cratic Institutions have been fashioned
by other nations. They have been
drawn together into joint action for
the cause of freedom by a stronger
Influence than the most binding treaty
could possibly be by that community
of purpose which springs from com
mon ideals. That was proved when
they warned the Holy Alliance away
from the new world with the Monroe
doctrine: when an American naval
officer joined the British in a fight in
China with the 'quotation: "Blood is
thicker than water": when Admiral
Chichester lined up his ships between
those of the I'nited States and Ger
many In Manila Bay and when the
British Ambassador at Washington
refused to Join other European na
tions in a league for defense of Spain.
It Is being proved every day by the
close co-operation of our statesmen,
soldiers and sailors with those of
Great Britain. Compared with such
a bond as already exists and as yearly
grows stronger, a treaty of alliance
would be a rope of sand.
The President also made plain that
fidelity to our fundamental war aim
and the success of the league by which
that aim Is to be attained demand that
the league Include Germany. He im
plies that the defeat of Germany Is
but the essential preliminary condi
tion to establishment of the league.
He looks for the German people to
become convinced by defeat that their
doctrine of "might Is right" is false
and to renounce It, and with It the
twin doctrine of divine right. When
they thus accepted equality with, in
place of supremacy over, other nations
and supplanted their autocracy with
genuine democracy, they would be
qualified for membership in the league,
and they should be admitted .without
tlijcTimiaaUon. If the; still clung to(
would be a violation of the very prin
ciple upon which the league would
be. founded and would be unwise
policy. Including those of Austria,
the German people are the most nu
merous of Europe, and, if excluded
from the society of nations, would be
a constant source of danger to peace.
But the only way to this consum
mation lies through unrelenting prose
cution of the war against the rulers
of the central empires, for "they have
convinced us that " they are without
honor and do not intend justice," that
they "observe no covenants, accept no
principle but force and their own In
terest," therefore we cannot "come to
terms with them." The ground must
be cleared for peace by battle, and to
that task all the energies and resources
of the American people are devoted.
WHEREFORE T
The evening and Sunday closing
order, which the State Council of De
fense announces its purpose to enforce,
was surely not given careful considera
tion. .
It was announced last Friday and
published Saturday without known
preliminary notice to those most con
cerned. It was given circulation with
out statement of any conditions arisen
in connection with war activities that
call for adoption of so drastic a reso
lution. The resolution. In brief, calls for
the suspension during the war of sales
of all kinds of merchandise on Sun
days at all hours, on Saturday after
9 P. M., and on all other days after
6 P. M., except that medical necessi
ties and food served by eating-houses
may be sold at any time.
One situation Illuminates the effect
of this order. Coincident with its
adoption the State Food Admlnistra-
tlon begins a campaign to encourage
greater consumption of milk and milk
products. Milk now sells at a high
price, but not because of Immediate
shortage of supply. Prices are due to
Increased labor costs, high price of
feed and other factors. The only way
that the rise of milk prices can be
stayedls through quantity production
and quantity consumption. The oppo-
site trend means ruination for the
dairy Industry.
The Sunday and evening closin
order would greatly curtail the con
sumption of Ice cream in places not
wholly dependent upon sale of that
commodity for existence, and would
put numerous Institutions mainly de-
pendent thereon wholly out of bust
ness. This curtailment would be im
mediately reflected In the dairy ln
dustry by the slaughtering of cows an
later by prices prohibitive to a large
number of those who now consume
fresh milk.
There are. In addition, countless
small businesses to which the evening
and Sunday trade represents the mar
gin between failure and moderate sue.
cess. It does not meet their case to
say that there Is a demand for laboi
in war industry. Under draft regula
tlons the merchandise salesman o
military age must now seek other cm
ployment or fight, unless he be phys-
lcally disqualified for service. There
are in small business many men not
subject to draft and women who can
gain a livelihood in no other way ex
cept at severe hardship. The regis
trant taken from a non-productive
business can. If he is the owner thereof,
now dispose of it without total loss.
But if that business is to be made im
possible of successful operation by
forced evening and Sunday closing,
his little capital is wiped out. The non
registrant and the elderly and the
physically disabled who find honest
occupation In conducting these estab
lishments are to be starved out.
Withal, there Is thereby no material
addition made to the labor supply and
vast amount of injury done.
We are familiar with the arguments
that there is waste of money in the
purchase of unnecessary merchandise
and unnecessary food and drink; that
In the aggregate great sums are
dribbled away for inconsequentials;
that war has a deplorable way of
spreading Its Injuries unevenly, and
that individuals must necessarily suf
fer for the good of the whole people.
All are sound enough, but are ab
stractions so far as this situation is
concerned. Inspection from all angles
of the probable results of the action
discloses that the good of the whole
would be. In fact, injured by a sud
den cutting off at the pockets of In
numerable business enterprises.
water waiting for engines could have
been avoided. In cutting lumber for
ships and aircraft, lumbermen have
produced vast stocks which .are suit
able only for building, and are
both a physical obstruction to their
operations and a financial burden
which the Government may have to
take off their shoulders. The Govern
ment could have facilitated their oper
ations in supplying Its needs, relieved
them of this burden and saved much
money by shipping much of this lum
ber to France for use in building. We
look forward to the time when supply
bases must be established in Germany
at places where all structures will
have been destroyed, either by the
Germans or by the allied artillery. Is
Pershing's Army to erect new steel
and concrete warehouses there, which
ibnw wi uiaug toil uuvt;ib
tnrla n snnn fhn Vflr ends? It
would surely be better to build of
timber, the warehouses to be moved
forward as the Army moves toward
Berlin and to be disposed of for the
benefit of the United States at the
finish.
As to the docks and warehouses at
French ports and the railroads to the
interior of France which the American
Army has built, the French govern
ment will no doubt gladly pay their
full peace cost at the final settlement,
but it may have doubts about the
value of those In the interior. France
will not be in the mood to haggle with
Uncle Sam, but the United States will
not be disposed to impose a useless
load on an already overloaded ally.
The prospect Is that a heavy loss will
be Incurred which might have been
avoided by more forethought and
which must be charged to the cost of
the war.
spread neglect of even the most ordi
nary rules of health. ,
"Am I my brother's' keeper?" has
too long been the attitude of the
strong toward the weak. It Is not
necessary that a majority of the chil
dren born into the world should die
before the age of five years. Nor
Is it necessary that thousands of youth
who reach the age of 21, who might
have been perfectly healthy If their
parents had known the simple laws of
hygiene, should be getting along on
half rations of health and strength.
For all their boasted skill in con
triving substitutes, the Germans have
been wholly unable to concoct a
passable placebo for tobacco users.
There are adulterants, but, like the
chicory we used to find in our coffee,
they only produce a different taste
and do not in any measure reproduce
the effect desired. Notwithstanding
her open road to the Near East, Ger
many is practically without tobacco,
the Turks being too preoccupied with
other business to maintain produc
tion, and soldiers in the trenches ara
on short allowance when they are not
compelled to abstain entirely. This
probably will have some effect on
their morale. Whatever may be said
as to the injurious effects of tobacco,
it is quite generally admitted that
the time of great mental and physical
stress is not propitious for reform. Our
own soldiers have been greatly heart
ened by gifts of tobacco from the
home folks, and the Germans no doubt
would give a good deal to have access
to our supplies.
A Line o' Type Two.
Hew to the Line, Let the Q,ulpa Fall
Where They Slay.
TIMBER FOR WAR BUILDINGS.
American pride has naturally been
gratified by descriptions of the hun
dreds of steel and concrete warehouses
which the American Army has built
In France, but the question occurs to
some: Why steel and concrete? Many
of those structures are needed only for
the duration of the war, and, though
some may be adapted to other uses
afterward, the majority may have to
be torn down and all will have to be
altered In some respects. Concrete is
notoriously hard to demolish; in fact.
one objection to the erection of con
crete buildings Is the cost of tearing1
them down. Docks and the ware
houses erected on them may not be
open to these objections, but they
pply to many of the structures in
the interior of France. Why not have
built of some less costly material.
easier to take apart, transport and re
erect at some other point and easier
to remodel?
Timber is such a material, but the
fact seems never to have occurred to
the engineers In charge of construc
tion. The reason doubtless Is that these
men came mostly from the East, and,
therefore, have been trained to build
only, of steel and concrete, knowing
nothing of the merits of the timber of
the West and South or regarding it as
too Inflammable and perishable. They
think only of erecting durable struc
tures, of slight yearly depreciation,
but buildings at military bases must
in their nature be temporary when
erected for use In actual war, for the
war constantly moves and throws some
of them into disuse. If they had built
of timber, they could have been taken
apart and rebuilt on new sites as the
war moved on. Sprinkling systems
and treatment of wood to make it slow
burning would have overcome the ob
jection to wooden structures.
These buildings have been erected
when there was a great shortage of
teel and a corresponding abundance
of wbod In the United States. The steel
which has gone into them could have
been used In building ships, marine
engines, guns or locomotives, and the
spectacle of many bulls lying; la tie
COMBATTING INFLCENZA.
The ' proportions assumed by the
epidemic of so-called "Spanish in
fluenza," in training camps and among
civilians, make it Important for us to
approach as nearly as possible to the
happy medium between panic on the
one hand and the fatalistic assump
tion that It la "in the air," anyway.
and that, consequently, there is no
use trying to evade It. Suspected
symptoms will bear watching and the
victim even of a "common cold" will
perform a social duty by adopting pre
cautions against its spread, but 'he will
neither speed his own recovery nor
serve the public Interest by becoming
unduly frightened.
It is not necessary, in the light of
modern knowledge of Infectious dis
eases, to place an entire household in
quarantine because one of its members
is afflicted with "grippe." These cases
and others similar to them are now
well handled in the cantonments,
where sufficient isolation is obtained
by simple methods which reduce in
convenience to the minimum. The
nurse or physician attendfng a patient.
by wearing a special gown which is
laid aside upon leaving the sickroom
and by a few other simple precau
tions, is able to avoid carrying the in
fectlon with him;
It is especially advisable, in time of
threatened epidemics like the present.
to preserve the general health, to in
crease resistance as much as possible,
As to this, the common rules of
hygiene and sanitation are sufficiently
applicable. It Is a' good thing to avoid
crowds but not necessary to suspend
ordinary business in doing so. Those
who have a sense of responsibility to
their fellow men will show it by sneez
ing and coughing into their handker
chiefs, and those who are duly cau
tious will avoid persons who are
openly neglectful of this requirement
To avoid overeating, to. exercise mod
erately and to Insist upon plenty of
pure air will heighten the chances of
the Individual to escape the malady
or to reduce the severity of the attack.
Influenza has been known since 1323.
Historians say that it is the same dis
ease which in the time of Andrew
Jackson, in 1829, was called "Jack
son's itch," and was known as "Tyler's
grippe" when Tyler was in the politi
cal arena and politics had a highly
personal flavor. The Russians used
to call It "Chinese catarrh," and the
Germans laid it onto the Russians with
the name of "Russian pest." The.
Italians called it the "German dis
ease," because one of their epidemics
arrived by way of Germany. "In
fluenza" is said to have been the
product of belief that it was due to
the Influence of certain planets.
By whatever name it Is called, it Is
vicious enough. The presctit epidemic
will run its course, as others have
done, but meanwhile we are called
upon to keep cool about It, to adopt
sane and simple precautions, and avoid
spreading it when these precautions
tail.
Germany might have helped her
cause and supported her claim that
Belgium invited her own destruction
by a humane policy toward Luxem
burg, but this seems to have been im
possible of comprehension by the
Prussian leaders. Even to give color
to their own assertions that they are
a kind-hearted people, they have been
unwilling to practice the slightest
forbearance. The grand duchy has
been held as a vassal province, troops
quartered upon her have committed
innumerable crimes which have gone
unpunished, civil liberties have been
suspended, newspapers from neutral
or allied countries have been excluded
citizens who sang the "Marseillaise'
have been fined and imprisoned, and
recently an editor who published an
authentic catalogue of German out
rages against Luxemburgers has
been condemned to death. Many of
the Inhabitants must now wish that
they had held out as Belgium did, an
even at high cost preserved their self-
respect.
(By B. S. T. By arrangement with Chi
cago Tribune.)
THE IMPENDING DROUTH.
There will be no beer and skittles
When the boys come home;
Only water with their wittles
When the boys come home;
Not the thinnest sort o' claret
For the cobwebs in their garret.
Will they kick, or grin and bear it
When the boys come home?
The banishing of beer by presidential
proclamation is a conservation measure
and not part of a drydealistic pro
gramme for making the world safe for
aridocracy.
The Higher Criticism.
From the Clinton (111.) Public
Rev. -C. C. Brewer, pastor of the
Methodist Protestant Church at Prairie
Center and Birkbeck for the past sev
eral years, has resigned and will ac
cept a position as brakeman on the
Illinois Central system.
As Butler observed in a note: "It has
been said that all sensible men are of
the same religion and that no sensible
man ever says what that religion is.
HOUSE PROBLEM EASILY SOLVED
First Collect $500,600 and Thereafter
j There Need Be' No Trouble
I PORTLAND. Sept. 29. (To the Ed-
ltor.) The housing problem is the slm
I plest thing we have to contend with.
All that is needed is a little cheap
money. Let either the city of Port
land, the Chamber of Commerce or a
large company of citizens raise a sum
of $500,000 to loan at 4, 5 or 6 per cent
to any one having a clear lot who will
build according to a certain plan or
plans accepted by the loan committee
ant agree to sell at a certain price on
terras. There are hundreds of people
who would take advantage of this plan
and build just to turn in their vacant
lot at $5 or $10 per month and 5 per
cent interest. This, with (1$ per month
on the first mortgagee after a payment
had been made of $300 to $500 cash,
would not make a total payment each
month of over $35, Including interest,
or a little more than rent. Allowing
$2500 for each house, the capital would
put up 200 houses and the first pay
ments of $500 each would build 40 more
and the first payments on the latter
would finish eight, more. The interest
and payments on the $500,000 fund
would be $2a,000. Interest at 5 per
cent and $15 par month on first 200
houses would be $36,000 per year, or
another 24 houses.
In case cash sales were made in
some cases it woulG mean more houses,
In Other Days.
So all sensible men are of the same i and by buying material in quantity a
nnlninn about women and no sensible I large saving could be made. The
News that an anti-Spanish Influenza
serum has been discovered is comfort
ing, but if many more additions are
made to the list there will not be space
on the human body for all the punc
tures that must be made. It Is up to
some doctor to Invent a combination
seurm which will give Immunity from
smallpox, typhoid, typhus, pneumonia,
diphtheria, cancer, tuberculosis, croup,
measles, whooping cough, meningitis
and all the other ailments, all with
one injection. Something after the
style of the pousse cafe, of blessed
memory.
The rules for escaping Spanish In
fluenza may be -summed up as dic
tating cleanliness and regard for the
laws of nature in food, clothes, exer
else and abundance of fresh air. They
are simple, but few have followed
them until late years.
They certainly make short work ot
punishing a policeman guilty of crime
in this city. The force is proud of its
standing in this community and the
uniform cannot cover an offender.
The Portland police department is all
to the good.
A Portland man Is said to have been
caught In Douglas County the other
day with 200 quarts of whisky in his
car, which he lost and paid a fine of
$250 besides. Some Portland men are
venturesome.
When Eastern people mourn their
forbidden Sunday joyrides, let them
think of the tanks in France which
are burning the gasoline they would
have used, and be comforted.
The Serbs will not be displeased at
the arrival of Austrians on the Mace
donian front, for if there is anybody
a Serb would rather kill than a Bulgar
it is an Austrian.
HEALTHIER CHILDREN.
Splendid results already have been
attained by tne Children's Bureau of
the United- States, Department of
Labor, following the weighing and
measuring tests that have been made
in practically every community of
any importance throughout the United
States.
Mothers have been set to thinking
about the needs of the Nation's young
citizens and seriously considering how
to make conditions more favorable
to their health, happiness and wel
fare. Competent nurses have given
valuable advice, clinics have been es
tablished, not only for the sick but
ajso for the well, for education in
keeping children well has come to be
most highly regarded. Older sisters
are being taught how to care for the
little ones when mothers are obliged
to be away from home, and young
mothers are given lessons in food
preparation, diet and in preventing
the minor ailments of, babyhood that
o not require a physician's attention
This great work, the effect of which
must be far reaching, has been suc
cessful only through the active co
operation of the woman's committee
of the Council of National Defense,
composed for the most part of mothers
ho have reared virile offspring.
Millions of children in the United
States have been weighed and tested
by established standards and many a
fond mother has been made proud
by the report that her baby Is a 100
per center. On the other hand, the
examinations have disclosed that mil
lions of our babies need expert care
and better food, and to provide these
Is the purpose of the Government
agencies' now at work.
Thousands of parents have been
tirred to take note of things that
have never entered their conscious
ness before, and many a mother has
been surprised to learn that for a
child to be conspicuously under the
usual weight for his height is a se
rious condition. Malnutrition is a
grave menace to any child, and this
fact has not been generally under
stood.
Americans have been a happy-go-
lucky race and it took a great world
war to teach them the great dangers
of an effete civilization. The need
of men In perfect physical health to
fight the Nation's battles and main?
tala its Ireedora, emphasized the wlde-
If more troops should be needed in
Siberia and Northern Russia, it would
be advisable to send those from the
blizzard states. They will not need
acclimatizing.
County Clerk Beveridge Is doing his
best to provide easy means of regis
tration to. diffident citizens. If they
do not take advantage the loss is
theirs.
man ever says what that opinion is.
Speaking of Butler, he created the
phrase, "unconsqious humor," and com
plained that he was continually seeing
the term '-n print without quotation
marks. But that is the way with all
good phrases. Everybody Is ready to
father them.
Huh, Indeed!
Sir: She had been standing patiently
with the rest of us in the crowd at the
War Show, waiting for the boys to oc
cupy the trenches, shifting her 200
pounds from one pedal to the other. At
the mention of feet she rolled her white
circled orbs upward in- pain with this
remark: "Feet! Huh! 'Man feet's
done been gone fo" an owahl I'se Just
a standin' on de hubs!" E. C.
"The future tense see-ns to be going
out of fashion," observed a friend of
the English language f other day. But
perhaps, like tha mark of apostrophe,
it is conserved in new quarters, as "I'll
say It's a nice afternoon."
A man advertises in Printers' Ink
that he Is a "correspondent who writes
like he talks." But does he talk like
he writes?
CRUEL AND UNUSUAL,
riavton Countv (la.) Democrat.
The home and contents of Mrs. Celia
Keleher on the East Side were ae
stroyed by fire on Monday afternoon,
but we hope they were fully covered
with Insurance.
Clemenceau and Roosevelt have "many
traits in common," we read not without
surprise. But we conjecture that sub
tlety Is one f them.
While the Teuts are digging them
selves in. the best we may De able
to do for an eight-column head Is,
"Allies' Peril Foe's Base."
A New Move.
Brodhead (Wis.) Independent-Register.
Miss Mary Charlotte Aadae. daugh
ter of Dr. and Mrs. Waddle, expects to
leave soon for Twist, Wash., where she
has accepted a position as teacher at a
handsome salary.
"I am aware," barks Airedale, "that
the new draft law is In effect; but I
can't figure out why the Brown Palace
Hotel in Denver has its transoms
nailed up.
FREE (NOT A DAMNED PFENNIG'S
CHARGE) VERSE.
"Gott will give us victory,"
Boast the Kaiser and his crew.
Ja woh! Aber but, not unless they
Get the allies' bandwagon Into.
P. D. W.
A moving van in Kewanee bears the
information, "Pekeyser, Moving," which
agrees with the latest cable news.
KANSAS IMMORTALS.
Sir: You may still C. Ray Waddle
Into the classrooms of Southwest Kan
sas college at 'Winfield, Kansas, but
Amble Helward, recently of the agri
cultural regions of the state, has
started for the Kaiser's home town.
M. McC.
Put a beggar on horseback and he'll
ride to the devil. Put a Trotzky In
power, and all hands ride to hell.
That Vein of Humor Has Been Worked.
Sir: Our board recently passed a man
for limited service on the Mexican
border who said he had Vera Cruz
veins. DOC.
THE INSPIRED PATRIOT.
Sir: After observing their apparently
undiminished profusion on the first
gasless Sunday, an Indignant Detroit
patriot referred to them as "tin
cooties." SIB.
NO. TOO DEEP.
Sir: While looking for a record of
the "Hunt" dogs barking, etc. I was
Informed that it was listed under K-9.
Get it? . E. J. S.
owners of lots would be glad to take
their pay by the month, thus saving
the purchase of lots for cash.
M. H. GRIFFIN.
SEVEN REASONS.
Somewhere in Franca a million men
Are fighting for sweet freedom's life.
Somewhere in trench, in- woods or noi
some fen
They carry on the bloody strife.
That you 'and I may breathe sweet
freedom's air
They fight the savage Hun;
Nor tremble when they charge his hid
den lair
That freedom's Lattle may be won.
Then shall their efforts be in vain.
Shall we our sons rorsake.
And shall our wounded, racked with
pain,
Vain supplication make?
Nol Nol We'll fling our answer back
In words of living flame.
To him, who all this world would sack.
Give everlasting shame. '
Unloose the purse strings, long drawn
tight!
Pour out your garnered goldl
And give to those you sent to fight
New strength our honor to uphold!
What meed of wealth can e'er repay
The sacrifice they freely made?
What beter plan the Hun to stay
Than buy our bonds and lend our
aid?
To aim who heeda not freedom's call
In this her hour of strife.
We'll give dishonor's somber pall
To wear through all his life.
WILLIAM T. SAIN.
Twenty-five Years Ago.
From the Oregonian. Sept. 30. 1891.
The board of School Directors have
elected airs. Ames, of the Harrison
street school, to the position of teacher
of English in the high school. Mrs Josie
Parish was elected to fill the vacancy
caused by the promotion of Mrs. Ames.
The deputy street superintendent Is
getting the intersections of business
streets in good repair by dumping
gravel on them.
Pilots and captains of river steamers
are loudly complaining of obstructions
in the lower harbor in the shape of two
disused vessels, the steamer Haytlan
Republic and the large hulk Ludlow.
Both are anchored far out in the stream
and they swing around with the tides
until they are directly across the chan
nel. Mr. Manley, superintendent of the
street-cleaning department, says it will
be very difficult for him to carry out
the instructions of the committee in re
gard to discharging the "well-to-do"
men from his force. He was consulting
the Mayor and some of the committee
yesterday in regard to the course to be
pursued in ascertaining who the capi
talists of the force are.
A CALL. TO AR.MSI
Are we content to hang our heads In
shame?
Is Portland's wondrous record to be
marred?
Shall w,ord go forth that Portland Isn't
game?
That saffron shows Just when the
fight gets hard?
Are we to lose the place we've held
so long
Within the Nation's sun a beacon
Heht
That blazoned forth to sister states a
song
Of hope and cheer, of victory and
might?
Shall word go forth to where our lads
have sailed
Unto the maw of death and cannon's
roar.
That Portland met the crucial test and
failed?
That we, alas, are slackers nothing
more?
Good Godl Let's meet this crisis now
like men.
Get busy! Give the best that's in
vim Fisrht!
Forget all else Just for today and
then
We'll put old Portland over by to
nlghtl PLEDGED.
Fifty Yenra Ago.
From the Oregonian, Sept. 30, 18S8.
Yesterday morning as the steam was
being raised on the Alert and just after
the first sisnal for starting was blown,
the connecting joint in the steam pipe
exploded, Instantly filling the engine
room with hot steam, and throwing
pieces of casting in different directions.
Fortunately only three persons were In
that Immediate part of the boat when
the accident occurred. George Russell
was scalded to death.
The monthly report of the Agricul
tural Department for July Is more fav
orable as to the breadth of land in the
United States devoted to grain, and the
condition of all the crops we raise, thau
any hitherto presented; and as there
are strong indications of a considerable
foreign demand for our products. It may
be Inferred that the Fall trade will be
as active as the year of an earnest po
litical contest will allow.
If persons would drive the nails down
In 4he sidewalk adjoining their prem
ises and level the gas and water pipe
boxing In front of their doors it would
be a great convenience to pedestrians.
Justice Waterman of North Portland
precinct, has removed his office one
block further up town, and to the east
side of Front Street.
If it were not for laws and tests ot
milk, people would be using a very
aristocratic blue-colored article, with
no way In sight to help to anything
better.
A tentative proposal for peace sug
gests The Hague as a place of confer
ence, but that will not do. Nothing
less than Berlin will suit the allies.
Tacoma boasts of Its growth and
gives as evidence 900 unfilled orders
for Installing telephones. Tacoma is
the city of boundless hopes.
It Is worthy of note -that the Kaiser
and his Chancellor jio longer talk of
making peace according to the mill
tary map.
Justice Olson has accomplished in
ten years what most men do not In
a lifetime. Much depends upon the
man.
The little time spent in registering
to vote in November will be well re
paid in voting for the right candidates.
If old Bismarck were alive, what a
satisfied, grunt he would emit! He
knew the breed of Hohenzollern pupa
It la not overv-In fact. It's but
begun. Oregon will get there, but
every Oregonian must help.
A cold in the head is not Spanish
influenza. Soon the rains will come
and all will be well.
The Belgians waited long for their
turn to strike, but when it came they
struck home.
Hiring more women clerks will con
serve man power In a better way than
closing early.
It Is a wonder somebody does not
start a movement to close the shows
on Sunday.
There Is prospect that crackers soon
will make a noise, la soup. In Oregon,
General Halg Is now within a mile
of Hooge.
v Pass the Halg and Hooge.
Alnioat.
Sir: In a special Daily News article
on the Dempsey-Fulton fight we are
bidden to take off our hats to Dempsey.
I did so; but on replacing my hat I Im
mediately took it off again, with even
a stronger thrill of hero-worsnip, in
honor of Fulton, who, according to the
same writer: "Just 18 and one-half
seconds from the tap of the gong, lay
ALMOST prone on his back." This
must be a record time for the achieve
ment of near-dorsal proneness. In my
enthusiasm I took off not only my hat
but my coat and vest, on the teeming
grass of Grant Park, and failed In a
half-hour struggle to repeat Mr. Ful
ton's magnificent teat. However, it
may be that the author of the article
referred to is the individual to whom
my admiration should have been ad
dressed. He may belong to the early
Creel school of Journalism, thrilling us
with exploits that never happened. In
that case, he could give aces and
trumps or whatever cards they do
give all I know of cards I have learned
from Alice and the movies to Lewis
Carroll, if he could keep it up. That's
It: Lewis could keep It up. But I shall
u-ntrh this voune man with great in
terest. There may be a brilliant future
almost behind him. jj.ju.x3.
Causes of Inaanlty.
GASTON, Or., Sept. 28. (To the Edi
tor.) please give the statistics as to
which causes the most people to turn
Insane. N says it is liquor: J says it
is religion. SUBSCRIBER.
Alcoholism is one of the leading
causes of insanity, but there are several
others singly and in combination, that
account for large percentages. Re
ligious fervor, unaccompanied by physi
cal disease or defects, is responsible
for only a very small percentage.
When Time Changes.
VANCOUVER, Wash., Sept. 28. (To
the Editor.) Will you kindly tell me
when the clocks will be set back one
hour, according to Federal law.
IVOI!TP"D
At 2 o'clock Sunday morning, Oc
tober. 37,
Enlistment In British Army.
ASTORIA Or.. Sept. 28. (To the Ed
itor.) Can British subjects, in the sec
ond registration, still enlist in the
British or Canadian armies? Where is
the recruiting office and how long U
voluntary enlistment open?
They may. The nearest British and
Canadian recruiting mission is at Seat
tle, but application may be made to
the British Consul, Ainsworth building,
Portland, and preliminary examination
may be taken in Portland under his
direction. This privilege ends Oc
tober 12.
Government Lumber Prices.
STLVERTON, Or., Sept. 2$. (To the
Editor.) (1) Has the Government fixed
the price on all lumber manufactured?
(2) Has the Government established
a scale of wages for common and
skilled labor? If so, please inform me
of the scale. LAiiunr-u.
(1) On all kinds of lumber used by
the Government there s a tlxea mail
mum price for carload lots.
(2) No. Wage scales In some war
Industries have been fixed directly or
Indirectly by Government agencies.
Display 'of Service Flag.
PORTLAND, Sept. 29. (To the Ed
itnr ) Is there any law against dis
playing a service flag in a window? I
have a cousin in the aviation auditing
department, Washington, D. c.
SUBSCRIBER.
There Is no law on the subject. If
the cousin went directly from your
household Into ths military service, dis
play of the flag Is considered proper,
but not If he resided elsewhere.
SEIZURE OP EXEMY PROPERTIES
Bualneaa Taken Over by Cnatodlan Is
Operated an 100 Per Cent American.
PORTLAND, Sept. 29.-,(To the Edi
tor.) A short time age there appeared
In a trade publication an advertisement
setting forth' the fact that certain prod
ucts had been taken over by the Alien
Property Custodian. A Mitchell Pal-.'
mer. and intimating that because the
product in question was of original
enemy ownership, loyal citizens should
refrain from patronizing- the same, but
rather, take the product of some other
house or firm in this country.
In order to set at rest those who
are not clear as to the status of such
originally enemy-owned holdings, the
writer begs to submit the following
statement from the Alien Enemy Prop
erty custodian:
"Your letter of September 9, In ref
erence to th treatment of enemy
owned properties taken over by this
office, has been received.
"When this offico takes over the
enemy Interest In a property. It is
operated as a 100 per cent American
corporation. The proceeds from the
operation of the business are deposited
In the Treasury where they are In
vested in liberty bonds. There is no
reason why citizens of this country
should discontinue their dealings with
such concerns because of their former
ownership. I have endeavored to make
ciear in a number of statements to the
press, the attitude of thu office to
ward dealing with such corporations."
WILLIAM F. WOODWARD.
Officer1 Wife May Not Go.
ASTORIA Or.. Sept. 28. (To the Ed
itor.) riease state whether the wives
of officers in the Judge Advocate-General's
department are allowed to go
overseas with their husbands.
A DAILY READER,
By order of the War Department
passports are' denied the wives of offi
cers sent overseas.
Property Owned Jointly.
KERRY, Or., Sept- 28. (To the Edi
tor.) Please state whether a wife, af
ter the husband's death, must adminis
ter on real estate which was held
jointly by husband and wife.
MRS. A. BAR HAN.
If the deed was to husband and wife
jointly administration is not necessary.
Army Weight Requirements.
PORTLAND, Sept. 29. (To the Edi
tor.) Please tell me how heavy a man
is required to be to pass the physical
examination for u. S. military service.
OREGONIAN SUBSCRIBER.
Weights are graduated with respect
to height. We cannot publish the com
plete table, j
WI1EN YOU BOUGHT YOl'R BO.D.
You saved living bodies In place of ths
dead,
You dried hot tears that might have
been shed,
You fed little ones who were crying for
bread
WHEN YOU BOUGHT YOUR LIBERTY
BOND.
You bought great bombs that exploded) "4
for right,
You gave to your country all power and
might.
You brought a bright day from out a
dark night
WHEN YOU BOUGHT YOUR LIBERTY
BOND.
You saved happy homes from ruin and
blight.
From a hideous fate spotless souls '
were kept white.
You gave to the future a promised
light.
WHEN YOU BOUGHT YOUR LIBERTY
BOND.
You answered a call nothing short of
divine,
You bought or you fought with a cour
age sublime,
You held the flag high for YOUR coun
try and MINK
WHEN YOU BOUGHT YOUR LIBERTY
BOND. .
JANET M. PENDEGAST.
;
S. A. T. C. and Tank Corps.
ASTORIA, Or., Sept. 28. (To the Ed
ltor.) (1) Can you give me informa
tion aa to how, when and where to ap
ply -for admission to Students' Army
Training Corps? Is more than high
school education required of applicants?
Are class 4 men eligible?
(2) When do enlistments open for
tank service? Where will the nearest
recruiting office be located? What edu
catlonal requirements and age limits
fur this service? A SUBSCRIBER.
(1) Apply to Reed College, Portland
University of Oregon, Eugene; Oregon
Agricultural College, Corvallis, or Wil
lamette University, Salem. Application
should be made before October 1, but
ay be accepted later. Only high schooV-J
education Is required and the' age llm-i
its for enlistment are 18 to 45, Inclusive.
Youths below IS may enroll, receiving
no pay.
(2) A tank corps recruiting station
Is maintained in Portland on certain
days. The next appointment Is for Oc
tober 1?. Common school educatloa
and draft age limits are prescribed.
ReKlstrant Who Cbancea Work.
PORTLAND. Or., Sept. 28. (To the
Editor.) I am a shipyard worker, in
class 3-B for having dependents, and
would like to quit this Job and work
in a soap factory, where I wish to
learn a trade. Would I be placed In
the Army if I change my Job? Is then
a new law forbidding men to quit th
shipyards? A SUBSCRIBER.
So long as the manufacture of soap
Is not classed as a non-eflseutlal In
dustry, employment In the factory
would not change your draft status,
but you should permit no Interval to
elapse In making the change or In
notifying your local to:d. There is1
no law or regulation requiring anyone
to remain in the shipyards. .