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It is a proof in itself that the government of Germany is in the hands of the same men who began the war, who conducted It with barbarity unsurpassed; that their only regret in regard to their crimes is not that those crimes were committed but that they were committed in vain. It is so obviously of a piece with other notes which have issued from Berlin as to betray the so-called Cabinet of Chancellor Max as a collection of dum mies with the strings in the hands of the samo men who have ruled since the decision for war was formed. The noto pretends to agree to the President's demand for evacuation of occupied territory and to arrangement of an armistice between the military commanders, but it assumes that "the actual standard of power on both sides In the fjeld has to form the basis for arrangements safeguarding and guar anteeing this standard." That obscure language seems to mean that the Ger man army should be allowed to de part with all arms and material from occupied territory, and that during the term of an armistice neither Ger many nor the allies should increase their forces. Such an agreement would compel suspension of transportation of men and munitions from the United states in reliance on German "honor" not to enlarge the German army or armament. The allied commanders, knowing the quality of German honor, would never agree to such a condition, and only brazen impudence could sug gest it. There is more about this same "Ger man honor" in the next paragraph, but its quality is revealed anew by denial that the devastation wrought by the German army in its retreat is contrary to international law, and by the assertion that "German troops are under most strict instructions to spare private property." It is not necessary to wreck household furniture and to rip up bedding in order to cover a re treat, nor to carry away the civil popu lation into exile as was done with 15,000 citizens of Lille during the two weeks preceding evacuation. Nor can German officers evade responsibility by attributing atrocities to the disor derly acts of their men, for the French have arrested five officers at Routers whose soldiers accuso them of having given order to steal goods found in the soldiers' possession. Such charges are met with denial of the facts. "German honor" is sorely hurt by the President's charge of "illegal and. inhuman practices," among which he mentioned, only by way of illustration, shelling of lifeboats and wanton de struction. But Germany picks up these illustrations and denies the facts, though they have been proved by a multitude of witnesses. There follows ant attempt to renew the discussion of submarine war, for which tho American people conceived a positive loathing. Having already maintained the legality of German practices on both sea and land. Dr. Solf thinks to mollify the President by reviving Germany's old distinction between passenger ships and other merchant vessels, although the Presi dent finally took tho position that it is impossible to operate submarines against commerce in conformity with international law, and he' has not moved therefrom. The argument can be summed up in very few words. If a submarine observes the law, it is inevitably destroyed; it can escape de struction only by violating the law. On the very day when Dr. Solfs note is published we find proof. The Irish steamer Dundalk, apparently not a passenger ship, was torpedoed, and of the crew of more than thirty only thirteen were rescued. Those sailors had as much right to safety as any passengers, but Germany holds them of no consequence. According to Dr. Solfs own state ment, the establishment of govern ment responsible to the German people Is a pretense so hollow that it should deceive nobody. He professes that the sew government is responsible to the people under constitutional safeguards, and that no government can hereafter take office without the confidence of the Iteichstag majority, yet he says the, first act of the new government has been to lay before the Reichstag a bill to alter the constitution of the empire so that the consent of the rep resentatives of tho people is required for decisions on war and peace." So tats fundamental change is not yet law, but is only in embryo in the shape of a bill. Then where are the consti tutional safeguards which, together with, "the unshakable determination ct th German people " guarantee the permanence of the new system? They are a fiction of Dr. Solfs brain. The new democratic government of Germany is a mask which hides the same hideous faces of the Kaiser, the Crown Prince, ' Hindenburg, Luden dorff. Von Tirpltz and the rest. The same men still rule Germany and direct the maneuvers of Prince Max, the scoffer at democracy; Dr. Solf, the would-be builder of a German empire in Africa; Scheidemann, the imper ialist Socialist who set the Stockholm trap. The Kaiser has set up these men as his democratic defense, but he has given no power which he can not withdraw when the storm blows over. The frail structure in imitation of democracy which he has built in a month can be destroyed in another month. So long as the Hohenzollerns rule, it can truly be said of German Cabinets: "A breath can make them, as a breath has made." This note should convince the Presi dent, as it may bo expected to con vince all clear-thinking, right-thinking people in this and the allied coun tries, that the series should end with one brief, blunt word from Mr. Wilson refusing further correspondence with Germany. The Max government is tho old military caste with a new face. That caste is still in power, unre pentant of its crimes and either deny ing their commission or denying that they are crimes. Conscious of defeat and fearful of the penalty, it seeks to dupe us into an armistice which it would not observe and into accepting a submission which it docs not sin cerely make, in the hope of gaining time to realize on its eastern spoils and to prepare for a new assault on freedom and civilization. The Solf note is added evidence that the Presi dent spoke truly at New York when he said of the rulers of the central empires: They hava convinced us that they are without honor and do not Intend justice. They observo no covenants, accept no prin ciple but force and their own Interest. We cannot come to terms with them. They have mada it Impossible. Nor should any distinction be drawn longer between the German govern ment and the German people, for the people have swallowed, and ruthlessly acted upon, the creed of their rulers. They did not repent nor show signs of rebellion until failure, starvation and ruin stared them in the face. Fear, not remorse, leads them to clamor for peace before, punishment overtakes them when the allied armies enter Germany. Fear, both of the allies and of the people whom they have brutalized and whose bloodlust they have aroused, leads the Kaiser and his satellites to heed this clamor. Force alone can destroy this peril to civilization, and force to the utmost let it be. BPREAD OUT TIIE GOVERNMENT. The whole tendency of the Govern ment of the. United States for many years has been toward centralization. That tendency has been accelerated by the necessities of war. Yet those same necessities have been found to dictate decentralization of the agen cies of government. This is true be cause rapid enlargement of the activi ties of government has rendered physically impossible the location at th National capital of all these agencies, for they have grown faster than it is possiDie to erect uuimmsa in whirh to house them. This ex plains the Senate resolution requesting the President to remove some suu dlvislons of the departments from Washington to other cities. The situation which prompted this request emphasizes the fact that the United States is overdeveloped on one ciH. in tho nnint of deformity. The republic began s a fringe of states on the Atlantic seaboard witn a vast wilderness at their back extending to the Pacific Coast. A location about midway on the Atlantic Coast was then logical for the capital, for our entire commerce and outlook toward nthor countries was across the. At lantic Ocean and we were then a sea faring people. Since then we have conquered and peopled the wilderness and have become a Nation of lands men hut wa still retain the capital on the Atlantic Coast. We have begun to become a seafaring people again, but with an outlook across the Pacific as wall, as the Atlantic Ocean, and our intercourse promises to become as frequent and intimate witn iru.u- Paclfic as it has been witn xrans- Atlantle neonles. Yet we keep the capital in the same old place. Though a new location or tne capi tal near the present geographical and population center of the country would be no more torrid or insalu brious than Washington, the seat of Government may be too firmly estab lished at that city to make a change practicable. But it is possible to move the actual working forces of the Gov ernment nearer the center of popula tion and to get them into closer touch with the people, leaving only the executive heads of the departments nn1 bureaus at the capital and dele gating much authority to their chief subordinates. Through being on the edge of the country tne liovernment has become lopsided, looking at West am affair thrnnch Eastern spectacles and becoming a stranger to the West, like the new fnaraon wno Knew nut Joseph." Yet the most serious inter nal tasks of the Government for many i-om-a hnv bail to do with the West and its development, and the delays and deadlocks which have beset West wen lociciifitinn hnva been due in no small measure to Eastern ignorance of and lack of sympatny witn me West. For example, if the General Land Office and the Forestry Bureau had been at some city about midway between the Missouri River and the Pacific Ocean, their Western environ ment might have saved them from many blunders and would have ex pedited transaction of their business. The emergencies of war have forced thA truths on the attention of the Government. It has discovered that demands of war have caused tne manufactures of the country to out- r r fh, trAnsnnrLttion and DOWRI"- producing capacity of the East, where they are chiefly concentrated, .wnue the Western railroads and waterways n wnrkaH far below their capacity and Western water power is mainly undeveloped, mis conaiuon restricts the productive capacity of the Nation it tne nreri.oe time when it should be developed and used to . the utmost. The War Industries ioara realizes that the way to Increase the output of American industry is to spread it more generally through the country and to make the finished article near the source of raw material. t Teslrlont Wilson will act upon the aussesUoa of the Senate; lift .will do much to equip the Nation for its maximum effort in war and for the great work which the coming peace has in store. i A PROBLEM OF DISTRIBUTION. It will not have escaped notice that the average streetcar is much better ventilated since the influenza epidemic educated the public to denfanding, or at least tolerating, more fresh air. A year ago, for illustration, we would not have seen two or more windows in each car wide open with the Autumn temperature at about the level on which it is today. We have been too much controlled in the past by a minority who have a positive dread ef a refreshing breeze. The passenger who insisted on having every window shut, even when the atmosnJiere was already stuffy to the point of oppres siveness, always has seemed to have his way. But now enlightened public opinion is beginning to make a showing. 'The injunction to avoid crowds cannot al ways be obeyed during rush hours, and there are many persons so situated that they cannot walk to and from their work, but they always can In sist, if. they are brave enough, on a few open windows as a partial offset to the disadvantage. This they are doing, and it will be good for the health of the -community it the prac tice is continued. Poor ventilation of crowded places stands next to poor food as a cause of physical weakness and susceptibility to disease. It would seem to be a propitious time for inventors to busy themselves with a new scheme of ventilation for public vehicles. It is not a new sub ject, but it still offers an inviting field for research. It could be extended to railway coaches to the advantage of everyone concerned. As a people we have tho habit of insisting upon the do luxe, forgetting, however, that one of the greatest luxuries of all of them is plain fresh air. We know that the supply of raw material is absolutely adequate. The only problem is one of distribution. Some cunning econo mist of an inventive turn of mind ought to be able to furnish a solution. THE MILITARY' SALUTE. The military salute, among military men, is now given as a matter of course.- It is thoroughly understood, even by the most extreme exponent of democracy; that it is the rank, the uniform, the flag and the country which they represent, which receive the homage of the salute, and not the individual. But it is only beginning to be understood that the salute is a progressive thing, that it is the meas ure of the capacity of the soldier, that it gains a certain indefinable quality which is not adequately comprehended in "snap" or "pep" ;is the education of the soldier continues, and that the more one knows about it the more there is to know. Early in the career of the recruit he is taught the mechanical require ments of saluting. Tho proper time to begin, the right angle of the fore arm, the precise point at which the finger should interrupt the line of vision, the vigor with which the fin ishing touch is given all these are practiced over and over again, but practice in this rite alotae does not make perfect. There must be accom panying practice and development In all that goes to make up the art of the soldier. The imponderables count, too. The salute blossoms as the soldier grows in military stature. To tho in itiated observer, it reveals the spirit of the man. Rear-Admiral Usher, of the Navy, says in a recent order to the officers of his command that "the salute is as much a sign of fellowship among fighting men as it is a recognition of rank." He says that when ono sees a "fellow in uniform" who upon passing an officer either salutes in a hangdog manner or else pretends to be too much occupied with something else to salute" at all. one may know that he is neither a real soldier nor sailor. Similarly, the officer who returns the salute in a contemptuous or slurring manner is a man who has yet to learn the business of an officer. The "good morning fellow soldier" manner is im portant to the ceremonial. It betokens self-respect, respect for the other man, and respect for the mission of both. The physical knack can be acquired hv sl bandv man in a few hours or a few days, but the salute does not reach perfection until the recruit nas oecoine a perfect soldier. And soldierly per fection is a matter of the inner con sciousness as well as of training in the mehanical requirements of war. PECtT.IX.ARLx' AMERICAN. The extension system of agricultural education, to which Secretary Lane calls attention again in a recent issue of the News Letter of the Department of Agriculture, is peculiarly American in spirit. It represents the insatiable demand for knowledge on the part of the American people which is not sat isfied even with the elaborate courses of study provided in sixty-seven agri cultural colleges, which now have a flat valuation, in endowment, plant and equipment of 1195.000,000, and an annual income of more than $45, 000.000, but which still calls for more. Perhaps the greatest vocational train ing movement which the world ever has seen is the one which in this man ner seeks to place food production upon a truly scientific basis. It is not widely known that we owe the origin of agricultural extension work to an affliction. It was the cotton- boll weevil which first inspired its use in a systematic way by the late Dr. Samuel A. Knapp, who having found a practical method of com batting the crop menace found it nec essary to go out among the farmers to awaken their interest. There were various reasons why the colleges, de pending upon their professors and their students alone, were unable to cover the whole ground. For one thing, the farmer was often unable to spare the time to go to college, and there was apathy, too, and sometimes there was actual hostility to "new fangled ideas." In no other country, perhaps, would it have been possible so to popularize education of this kind in a brief period of fifteen years. The genius of extension work is that it opens the door of opportunity to persons who do not attend coHege, and that it educates by means of demon stration by doing in the farm or the home the thing It is desired to teach. An improved form, ef demonstration is the requirement that the farmer or his family shall do the thing them selves. The extension system, however, was not made permanent and Nation-wide until 1914. so that its greatest progress has been a matter of only a little more than four years. Complete co-ordination of the Federal Department of Agriculture and the state colleges, now provided for, gives assurance ofenor mous increase of efficiency. Secretary Lane points out, for example, that the number of men county agents has been Increased from 1131 ta 2435 within a year, and the number of women from 537 to 1715. This does not take ac count of the increase in the number of special research workers made pos sible by increased appropriations. It is a far cry from the cloistered system of education, which made the educated man an individual apart from his fellows and created a separate class for the elect, and that which lit erally carries education to every door. We are rapidly approaching the time when there will be no excuse for in competency. The needs or war are impressing upon all the people the value of scientific methods, particu larly in food production, but also in other Industrial departments. It is through these methods, unattended by force, that American ideals and Amer ican culture will i be impressed upon the world. DEMOCRACY'S GREATEST TRIUMPH. A lottery was completed on October 1 deciding which among thirteen mil lion Americans should become sol diers and in what order they should serve. Few of those men contemplated two years ago that their occupation would thus be decided for them with out their having any voice in the mat ter, and there was determined, vocifer ous opposition to any such system. Yet the i at etui lottery was so tasea matter of course that it aroused no opposition and little comment and was consigned to an inside page of the newspapers. This system, which most nearly ap proaches perfection in the United States, is as many degrees superior to tho autocratic system of Germany as the many million sovereign citizens of this republic outnumber the one sov ereign of Germany. Here each citi zen's conviction and will are an active force in execution of the law. There but one person's conviction and will are necessary to execution of a law, putting the same system in operation in a far different way, and his sub jects are but passive instruments in his hands. The fact that even the Kaiser, though he has the sole power of deciding between peace and war, finds it necessary to arouse popular enthusiasm for his decision by all manner of propaganda composed of a mass of falsehood, is evidence that de mocracy is 'superior, for he realizes that his will cannot be carried into execution unless the people's will is galvanized into action. Adoption and successful operation of the selective service law will be ac- laimed as the greatest triumph of democracy, as the strongest proof of its superiority to autocracy as a gov erning principle. it is a greater triumph in America than in any otner democratic country. France adopted conscription in face of a constant threat of invasion. Great Britain adopted it after almost two years of the most desperate struggle in her his tory had driven conviction of the necessity into the minds of a people that is strongly opposed to any form of compulsion. The American people. after remaining for two years spec tators of that struggle and after dis cussing freely the best means of tak- g a possible part in it, reached, their decision in favor of the draft imme diately after they resolved to fight. They now perform their duty of be coming soldiers as readily as, perhaps moro readily, than they pay taxes ana with less turmoil than that with which they cast thrir ballots. The plan for ing soldiers oppor tunities to become farmers after the war need not wnlt on extensive drain age and irrigation projects. The farm area of the United States in 1910, when the last census was taken, comprised about 879,000,000 acres, in which 99,- 000.000 acres was In "woodland pas ture," and 108,000,000 acres was "other unimproved pasture, which would in dicate that there is a good-sized body of land capable of further improve ment, even if part of this pasture is fit for np other purpose. A further opportunity exists in the introduction of labor-saving machinery and in the restoration of run-down farms vhich are victims of want of capital and slovenly methods. Only a third of our farm land is In crop in an average year, and substitution of scientific ro tation for idleness would be cheaper than reclamation and would bring re sults more quickly. Still further ex tension of agricultural education will be as necessary as addition to the num ber of acres under the plow. America holds the place of honor on the battle line, that being the pivot on which the German army is swing-' ing back eastward. We look for the doughboys to smash the hinge as the British smashed the other hinge before Arras a year and a half ago. The old saying, "In vino- Veritas," may prove as true of J. Henry Albers as of many other" men, though the stuff he had been drinking when his pro-Hun sentiments Broke .out may have been plain red liquor instead of "vino." As the Germans carried away 15,000 people from Lille just before they re tired, their failure to take the rest of the population was evidently 'due not fto repentance but to lack of cars to carry them. As theHun leaves conquered terri tory the real spirit of the brute is manifest in wantonness of destruction. Any story told by relieved people can be believed, for fiction cannot surpass Hun fact. ' That lady hog urchehalls way, with seventeen lively offspring, must have fed up on conservation bulletins. The suggestion is good to send the boys in France American banknotes rather than "stuff." British, French, and Belgians' break through, while Americans go over and take all in sight. The Yanks are facing the biggest Hun force, and that's just what the Yank wants. If you own a dog named "Kaiser," don't kick him. It's your fault, not his. Denmark has not been able to fight, but she will get back stolen lands. Oregon's quota in the united drive is less than a dollar per capita. , . Why not let Greece) settle that old score with Turkey? Keep on remembering the Lusitania and other boats. The retreating Huns are piling up the bill of costs. , Everybody get ready to eat munici pal fish, i The sign of th Hurt iunkpUa, Those Who Come and Go. Dinner parties and similar gatherings which are part of the routine life at the larger hotels have been discon tinued since the embargo was placed on gatherings by the authorities. A. C. Callan, who returned a few days ago from Denver, left last, night for - Seattle. Mr. Callan says that around Colorado the people are not particularly enthusiastic over liberty bonds because very little war money is coming to that state. The col vt op erating is so high that the smaller mining companies have had to close down. About every other kind of metal, except gold, has advanced in price. There is a 6-cent carfare in Denver and Mr. Callan brought home with him the small disk, with a trian eular hole in the center, which is sold instead of tickets. C. J. Farley, formerly of The Dalles, but for the past seven years a resident of Los Angeles, came to Portland to see his .son. on receiving word th the boy had the Spanish influenza, Mr. Farley arrived when the boy was un conscious and four hours before the young man passed away. Mr. Farley is at the Imperial. State Highway Engineer Kunn, who was in Portland yesterday, stated that grading on the Three Rivers route to Tillamook will start soon and that the work will be carried on during the Winter. Mr. Kunn also said that the project of building a new road in Cow Creek Canyon has been approved and the contract let and work will soon start. The State Engineer declares that the Cow Creek Canyon Job is one of heavy grading and will be partic ularly toug-h. This is a project in which the Government is interested. W. A. Broom, a financier of Seattle, Is among the arrivals at the Benson. J. S. Flint, of Junction City, Is In the city on business and is registered at the Hotel Oregon. George W. Warren, of Warrenton, a banker of that place, is stopping at the Hotel Portland during his trip: Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Schimpff, of Astoria, are guests at the Portland. Called to Seattle by the report that his brother is seriously ill. Clerk Charles Leighton left the Multnomah last night for Puget Sound. " Mrs. N. J. Drew, temporarily residing at Svenson, Or., was in the city yes terday. Mr. Drew has charge of the state highway work being prosecuted In the vicinity of Svenson. ' Accompanying the remains of his son, who died in this city of influenza, Victor Groshens returned to llcppner yesterday morning. Fred M. Bock, Jr., o8 Condon, came to Portland to join the Iavy and be came ill before he could he accepted. Mr. Bock is now convalescing and ex pects to enter the Navy within a short time. Captain C. M. Wheeler, a resident of this city. Is on a 20-day furlough from Camp Humphrey. When he left here he was a Lieutenant. The Captain was in the Chateau Thierry battle. Frank Row"e, the editor at Wheeler, Or., rushed away from the Multnomah Hotel yesterday on being informed that a daughter had arrived at his home during his absence. The event was the first of its kind in the Rowe family. J. L. McLean and J. P. Judd arrived at the Multnomah yesterday to be with their business associate, J. H. Price, who has been removed to St. Vincent's Hospital with Spanish influenza. The sick man is interested in the ship building frm of Kern & Kiernan and was here on a conference when the flu caught him. ISLAND BANISHMENT FOR KAISER Writer Would Let German Ruler Live and Die In Solitude. WARRENTON, Or., Oct. 20. (To the Editor.) Now that we are looking for ward to peace on terms of uncondi tional surrender, the question Is being asked, "What shall we do with the Kaiser?' I have asked the question many times. The answer has usually been, I cannot think of any punish ment severe enough for him." Truea he does deserve the most se vere punishment No other man has caused such destruction, such misery and death. Great Britain has demand ed that the Huns be punished for their crimes against civilization. And as the Kaiser is the supreme head, ire should be made the example. To my mind the greatest punishment that could be meted out to him would be to put him on a lonely island and let him live and die as did Napoleon. His banishment would be a blessing and living benefit to the world, and to no nation more than his own, for he has brought disgrace and contempt upon his own people. His punishment would be greater than Napoleon's, for he would know that the world would never remember him as it has Napoleon. DR. OWENS-AD AIR. 1 DISAPPOIJiTJlEST. A hope came to dwell In my bosom one day , And it grew with the passing hours, And 1 nourished it there with the ten derest care As a gardener watches his flowers; Till it blossomed one day in a com monplace way. And I viewed it with anguish and fears; Then I hid it from sight ere the dawn . cast its light And I watered its grave with my tears. GRACE E. HALL. Stack Measurement Formnla. PRAIRIE CITY. Or.. Oct. 19. (To the Editor.) Is there one standard Gov ernment rule for measuring of hay .in stack? If so, please quote it. Some say there is just one rule to measure by; others say there are several standard rules and that there Is no one rule used exclusively by the Government. G.' B. Three rules are recognized for meas uring stacks, namely: the Quartermas ter's rule, the Fry-Bruhn rule and the U. S. Department of Agriculture rule. The last is the one in most general use. It contains a variable ranging from .25 to .37 depending on the shape of the stack, with .81 as the most commonly used figure. The formula is as follows: Variable (generally .31) times the over, times the width, times the length equals the volume of the stack in -eubic feet. The volume divided by 512 after 30 days' setting gives the number of tons in the stack. For further Information write to U. S. Department of Agricul ture, Washington, D, C, and ak for circular 67. Prices) of Wood Palp. FORT COLUMBIA, Wash., Oct 20. (To ihe Editor.) To settle art argu ment; please state the prices of wood pulp of today and the price before the war. A READER. There being no market here, local quotations are lacking. Transmit your question to the Paper Trade Journal, 10 East Thirty-ninth street. New York, for authoritative answer, WHAT OF INDUSTRIES INJUREDt We Can Show City's Capacity for Otner Work by Rehabilitating; Them. PORTLAND, Oct. 21. (To the Edi tor.jlt has recently been made known that the United States Government is soon to establish hospitals and schools for the rehabilitation of our crippled soldiers. Every Portlander knows that this city would be an excellent place for one of these plants, but what in ducements can we offer to the com mittee appointed to select the various sites? There are at least four excel lent answers to this question. In the first place, Portland is the medical center of the Northwest. The Rockefeller educational board some 10 or 12 years ago set in' motion a plan to improve the medioal schools of the country. They first made a survey of the schools and found that there were far too many schools and in most cases they were poorly equipped and had in ferior instructors. Their plan was to consolidate sthools wherever It was possible and to discourage others from organizing. The one school recom mended for the Northwest was the medical department of the University of Oregon, in Portland. In the second place, Portland has gone further in the way of industrial education than any other city west of Chlcaa-o. All ot the Government oin- cials who have investigated schools for the technical training of soldiers agree that the Benson Polytechnic School is the best in equipment end buildings west of the Mississippi Kiver. In the third place. Reed College and the Portland Art Association have al ready begun to train aids in both phys ical and educational rehabilitation. In the fourth nlace. no other city In the world can surpass Portland for healthfulness and patriotic activity. Our water supply Is the finest in the world and it has been Portland and Oregon that have fcd in almost everj patriotic movement during the war. But two' questions come up at once. What can the citizens do to aid in the re-education of the crippled soldiers! And what can they do to convince tne committee that Portland is the place for a rehabilitation plant? The one thing that can be done and should be done at once and ought to have been done long ago Is the re-education of our industrial cripples. They are in our midst now. they havo been in our midst since industry was es tablished and they will be in our midst as lontr as we have industry. AVe must remember that there are more cripples from industry than from war. We do not have to wait until some future time to begin this work. The need is urgent enough already, as is shown by a few cases we have found this week in our hospitals: Case 1. A youns man 13 years of ajee: railroad accident: right arm gone and left broken in three places. He will bo able to learn to write by tho muscular movement. Ha was at ono time a bookkeeper and can go back to that work if ho is able to at tend school for three months. He has no support. Two or three hundred dollars will put him back at work and will make him self-supporting. But where are wo to get the two or three hundred dollars? Case 2. A young woman about 20 has been paralyzed from the hips down for the last seven years. She has a good mind and can be trained for any work that one may do who cannot walk or stand. Sha ought to attend a commercial school for a year or so. But as she has no support, where can we get the money to send her? Cass 3. A man 35 years of ago with a family of three children has had his les so badly crumpled that he can never do work that requires standing. Ho has done only manual work and has very little means. Where can ha find the vocational guidance and schooling that he needs?- Case -i. Man 35 injured in back and leg by fall. Has a very good mind, but no support. At times becomes very despond ent. Training for self-support would make a happy and useful man of him. But how is ho to get this training? These few cases selected from a list made at a brief visit to the hospitals could easily be multiplied many times. We should take care of these people and sh'ow the committee that we know how to do this work. We should take care of them because they deserve it and because it pays society to help every individual In it to be self-supporting. ' I R. ALDERMAN. Superintendent of war work of Port land schools. HOME CARE IX IXFXTJEXZA CASES Good Nnratng and Drs. Diet, Quiet and Rest Are Essential. PORTLAND, Oct. 21. (To the Edi- uivinir hpin ETaduated irom mo lUi.l Ail . ...o London Hospital, White Chapel Road, and taken a degree in medicine McGill. Montreal, may I give some pointers in this state of epidemic and reassure others: . .... During the severe epidemic ot ibss, 1S90 and 1891 I did very severe work in London under eminent doctors. i noticed no cases ot sneezing or rauB , .i..- tmpmailv. Indeed, it is the' advice of Sir Henry Thompson (a strict physician or tne iemiieiii. School),' "never curb a sneeze it is an effort of the heart to restore circula tion." In England the symptoms were very sudden severe pain in the head and , t nA nnnila Ctt the eVeS. followed in a few hours by discharge i ...i.i. ..1c rvf torn. from eyes ana uoc, - perature. rr-oc laetad foiir to five days. Then a sub-normal temperature and conse- nuently carelessness ot duiu ntirsM. The door opens to pneu monia.- There is error in getting about too' soon. Patients snouw resign themselves to 14 days' careful nursing. Now as to diet. Milk, malted for a change; a pinch of salt, always; milk pudding's, ice cream, lots of onion soup with milk: quinine in fever, two grains every two hours and emulsion of Castor oil in small doses. This latter was much used by Dr. Andrew Clark, Dr James Farr and Dr. Williams, the consumptive specialist ot cavenoiba Square. The feet should De Kept warm ta thr should be great care of a hT,,rmal temperature. For those who are unaBle to Duy not water uui Hrifkn wranDed in paper to the feet a.nd paper inserted between blankets or cover win answer. iu white of an egg, beaten in a glass of . -i ta rn net Rlron?tllATlinS. lemunuuc, 1 J ...www c - Spinach, well chopped, with butter and lemon Juice tempts tne appetnu auu acts on the -bowels. Meat soups, good chocolate, not made with milk, but cooled with cream or conaensea muK, are good in such cases. RAai1 nuroA . a. medieal one. has always three good doctors who stand at her back ana respona evoi nr.. Diet, Quiet and Rest. t j tiling oIucapaIv that Americans have laid themselves open to so many fatal terminations by their habits. The iAnl..o- In hoated rnnrnn: the -use and abuse of automobiles and the ridiculous dress! Silk .socks lor worKing men and women, on feet subject to per petual draughts and the short skirts and immodest waists of women all lead to weakened health. E. CARiUCHAifiL JJAV1S. To an Aviator, nnnil TTnisRekeeninc:. High, high in the dream-bound sky you sail, Tearing the silver - tinted clou da Brother you seem to some etrong- heartea gaie, Kin to the lightning flashes and the thunder. , All of the earth lies in a mist below you. Love and the world are little things. How can I, just a. speck, reach up to enow j uu, Dear, that you cannot rise above my heart! ; In Other Days. Fifty Years Ao. From Tha Oresonlan. October 23. 18S. San Francisco A severe earthquake shock occurred this morning at 7 : t5 o'clock. Several buildings were de stroyed. The City Hall Is in unsafe condition and will not be occupied to day. London There are rumors of a large reduction in the French army, which imparts confidence in the maintenance of peace and expectations of a declara tion in favor of libertl reform by Em peror Napoleon. About BO tons of flour were received in the city Tuesday. It Is estimated that the wheat crop of Oregon would yield 1,000,000 barrels of flour. It costs Multnomah County J1000 per annum to supply the Court House with gas and water. The County Commis sioners dem this too heavy and talk of having a well dug on the promises to curtail expenses. Twenty -five Tears Ago. From The Orcgonlan. October 22, ISM. Washington Professor Hazcn, of the United States Weather Bureau, has an nounced ho will make an aerial voyage across tho Atlantic in a balloon formed of strange material and directed by means of propellers and a rudder. Frank Stevens was shot yesterday morning while pfowling about the Bur roll mansion by Walter Burrell. and is now resting on a 90t in tho City Jail. He will survive. George B. Markle returned yesterday from Ellensburg. Wash., and announces that the Ellensburg National Bank." ot which he is president and which close, its doors on Juno 9, will resume busi ness today. The new Refuge Home In Holladay's Addition was appropriately dedicated yesterday in the presence of a larprc number of friends of the institution. The night sohool will be started this evening in the Alblna Central School house, on Mississippi avenue. All under the age of 21 years will be admitted free. IT BECOMES HABIT AFTER WHI1.K Over-Age Work-Seeker Tells What An. vrerina; of Ads Leads ta. PORTLAND. Oct. 21. (To tho Ed. itor.) I wonder if it is too late to add a word to the "over draft age. gray hair" controversy. For many days now I have been 6pening tho Oregoniiin, rooking for consolation in more letters from ex-bankcrs, ex-ministers, ball players, etc, but maybe they all havo jobs now but I. Just to encourage those who may still be leaning against the want col umn I will state that I havo answered 25 blind ads. and I might truthfully add that. 23 of them were doaf and dumb ads also, with nothing to show for it but the pleasure of carefully writing out my autobiography that many times, together with the joy of waiting until tomorrow every day. I have the habit now of answering blind ads and I can recommend it to my friends as a harm less pastime, which if properly han dled can easily be made to take tho place of "coke." Jf I forget it one day I am -miserable and feel just like the "flu" would sure ly get me before night, but on the con trary, if I drop a little white envelope (no postage at The Oicgonian window early In the morning directed to a number gleaned from the morning pa per I borrowed the night before I aim filled with new hope, for I have told my story again and hope all that day that it may reach a sympathetic ear. Still I am happy, because I have act ually received two answers in the last six months and may receive another before election. I will never give up the fight, for nearly every day I think of something new to, put in my letter. Of course I always state that I never drink, nor smoke, etc., but tomorrow I am going to enclose a copy of my letter of recom mendation from "Pop" Anson, former captain and manager of the White Sox, in which he describes me as the prince of backstops, in hopes that the ship yard managers may see my letter 'and pick me up for Winter training. (I prefer to train where the fish bito free ly all year.) I said I got two answers. One was from a pleasant gentleman who offered me a 10 per cent conVnission to sell stock in a very large corporation Just organized. The promoters were to get $100,000 for thinking of the scheme and the selling organization $62,600 com mission, from Which they were to pay their agents the 10 per cent. I did not take this job, because it was too much of a job and besides I am opposed to promotion fees and 25 per cent for selling. Furthermore, If this corpora tion passed the State Commissioner in theashape it was put up to me, I would be glad to sign a recall, if that office were subject to such action. Then I had an offer to allow me to out ud the capital and take a half in terest in a patent medicine, which was perfectly legitimate, but not in my line. While this letter is written in a light vein the principle involved is a serious one. and it is my opinion that large employers of labor are trying to ap ply an obselete system to entirely new cpnditions. The applicant is required in the old way to give his history, previous occupation, etc., and immedi ately the employer decides that the ap plicant will not be satisfied with the work he has for him and gently turns him down. I happen to know Mr. Smith, who lately wrote an article to the Ore gonian on this subject, and he has told people that he is a former bank cashier. He is art honest man and was prac tically forced to disclose his former business, which has been a handioap against him for reasons given above. I suggest that shipyard'and other managers employing men for all kinds of work revise their codes and simply ask the-applicant what he can do best. and put him at it, without embarrass ing him by making him tell whether ho is a former minister, doctor, banker or what not. His presence before them is enough to show that he wants work, and that he is still out ef jail. Why not put him to work at what he says he can do, without knowing all about his grandmother and let the boss da the 'rest? BACKSTOP. Outfits In Marine Corps. FOREST GROVE. Or., Oct. 20. (TeJ the Editor.) (1) Please tell me what boys in enlisting in the Marine Corps and ordered to Mare Island would be allowed to take with them. Would they be supposed to take any clothing witii them to keep there? o thov not need tneir small toilet articles and towels? (3) What color ot u use? Also of socks? (4) Could they use sweater and socks from home? ANXIOUS MOTHER. . . . . . j- .n .!., anlt. nf n n llj A-sias -" derwear, these reorults are not encour aged to take any clothing with them other than what they wear. (2) A kit of toilcf articles will be nrovlded. but the recruit may take them from home. (3) Wlnterfield shade is official, but olive-drab sweaters are much usod. There is no need-totake a sweater, as i i j 1.. Wa Aiitlt Anv pfilnr one as lnciuucu " " of socks may bo worn until outfit is issued. (4) Tes, If they conform closely, enough to regulations, A