THE SUNDAY OREGOXIAX, TORTLAXD,. JULY 23. 191G. V PERSONAL TOUCHES ON MEN WHO ARE HELPING TO MAKE HISTORY Milwaukee Returns to Socialist Rule by Election of Mayor of That Faith John Murray Gibbon's Novel Is At tracting Wide Attention American Architects Promise to Assist in Reconstruction of Belgium. . f : . " Vt j k - -v jv- T s.;r;J . ' I- - fl''' - -tr- . -T-.--' 4 U HA ' .'7 H , ; ..... - A . i AFTER a spell of resting from Socialism the city of Milwaukee Has elected a Eocialist Mayor. He Is Daniel W. Hoan, now City Attorney. He was once a chef in Chicago and at Madison he worked his way through the University of Wisconsin and after ward went through a Chicago law school, paying his way by cooking. He was the only person elected to an im portant office on the Socialist ticket and the common council remains in the hands of the opposition. The famous Indian poet Rabln drath Tagor is vtaiting Japan and re ceiving high honors. A picture of him surrounded by high Japanese officials was taken in the garden of the Waseda residence of Count Okuma. the Japan ese Premier, when he was a guest there. ... Baron Hayashl. recently Ambassador of Japan to Italy, was ''snapped' on liis return to Tokio from Rome. On his arrival in Tokio he was appointed - I Blackhead strikes a blow at 4 turkey-raising. Vitality of the ' j germ adds to its menace. Symp ' - torn s are unmistakable, with .-- J spotted liver typical. A post- - J mortem decides doubt. It is akin Jto white diarrhea. Sparrows, game birds and fowls scatter the 4 germs. Inspection of new stock, t frequent change of range and use T of turpentine are recommended. BY M. I. LONG FIELD. Author and Practical Poultryman. BLArKHGAD IX Tl'RKEYS. FORTUNATE is that turkey-raiser whose flock has never beefl men aced by blackhead. This Hercules among ailments is formidable because . no treatment positively counteracting t has been discovered. It is compara tively a recent pest. A quarter of a century aso it was nameless. Now we hear of its ravages from every section where the turkey has its habitat. Sometimes it is recognixed for Itself; again, it is confused with some simpler disease of similar symptoms. Prob ably many promising flocks have suc cumbed to an anonymous ailment un familiar to their distressed owners, yet wearing the livery of blackhead. The first reports of the activity of this disease came f rom ySouthern New England. Massachusetts and Rhode Island in the late '90s were beginning to drop below their usual production of turkeys for which they had been famed. From estimating their ship ment by the ton, they began to count them by the pound. Today that New Kngland industry is not to be compared with its once huge proportions. Turkey-raisers in general complained of a fatally effectual disease which at tacked the birds at all ages, killing off the majority before they were 6 weeks old. Few reached maturity. Losses were calamitous singly and in the ag gregate. The Rhode Island experiment station began an Investigation. 'The result was the first authoritative ac count of the ailment. Their findings Jfodem Pouliry (uhm !......... .............A . Ambassador to China in place of Kki Hloki. This appointment is regarded as significant in view of the new treaty between Russia and Japan which apparently looks to the control of China by those two countries. Baron Hayashi Is a diplomat of much wider experience than Mr. Hloki. It Is not often that a busy railroad man finds time or has the inclination to write a book. But John Murray Gibbon before he went with the Cana are generally accepted. Since then the disease has traveled to be the bane of turkey-raisers in nearly every state. Characteristics of Infection Given. One need not be a pathologist to suspect or to recognize blackhead. In turkeys of varying ages it has various manifestations and durations, but cer tain symptoms are always present. They are loss of appetite, consequent emaciation and weakness and a white or yellowish diarrhea. In very young birds the heads are grayish or pale; in those whose wattles are beginning to color and in adults, the head turns dark due to congestion, which gives the dis ease its name. In a typical case, the turkey first declines food. or picks indifferently, and develops diarrhea. After a day or two it gives up try ing to follow its mates. It has a dis tressed look and sometimes it stands and swallows as though it were en deavoring to rid its throat of an Ob struction. It has an inveterate thirst. In three days or a week, according to its age and vitality, it yields the battle. The postmortem decides definitely whether the trouble is blackhead. In an older victim, or one in which the disease has most stubborn resistance, the liver exhibits spots, white or gray ish, autograph of this infection. Be sides, the caecum, or blind pouch, is enlarged to several times its diameter and contains a core.. f- If the turkey has drunk much water, it will be collected in the pouch while the remaining intestinal tract is empty. This latter condition is always present in cases of short length and in little turkeys, though the liver spots may be lacking. Occasionally in an acute at tack the gizzard is discovered filled with undigested food. This condition seems to be responsible for the symp tom of continuall yswallowing ob served in some affected ones. To be sure, the victim of blackhead must . be dead, that there may be no doubt as to the disease, for the un scientific observer. Yet if an ailment of this nature Invades a flock without explanation and is resistant to all treatment, the raiser may reasonably suspect its Identity. If it is proved, the first step is to take mea-sures to prevent Ita spreading. This depends dian Pacific Railway was editor of "Black and White." a London weekly magazine, and has had some experi ence of literature before. Now he has written a novel "Hearts and Faces," which Is attracting much attention. Mr. Gibbon is the son of a titled Scotchman and was educated in Glas gow, Oxford and at German Universi ties. He also studied art in Paris and London. He Is a globe-trotter and author of several historical works. This is his first novel. Thomas Nelson Page, American Am bassador to Italy, has returned to Rome after a brief visit in this coun try. He conferred, while here, with President Wilson at Washington. America is to help rebuild ruined Belgium. Professor James Sturgis Pray, president of the American So ciety of Landscape Artists, received a message from Belgium recently say ing the people of that stricken coun try wanted'' the aid of American arch itects when the day arrived when they could begin the reconstruction of their cities. Mr. Pray sent word that he knew every member of his society would be proud to help. Sir George A. D. Dunbar, who has Just married Sophie Kennedy. an American girl, is an officer in the Royal Highlanders. Prior to obtain ing his commission in the Black Watch, he was in South Africa and at the outbreak of the war enlisted in the Natal Carbineers who were mobil ized to quell the rebellion and later took part in the conquest of German Southwest Afric, upon the knowledge of the ailment's origin. Parasite la Persistent. The cause is a minute parasite. En tering Its host by way of the mouth, it finally reaches the liver and intes tines, where it establishes its little laboratory for reproducing Itself and disintegrating the tissues. Infection of the older birds is not always fatal. The mature turkey of rich vitality may maintain an equal struggle for months, meanwhile remaining a constant men ace to its healthy fellows: a feathered Typhoid Mary. Fattening such a tur key, especially, on corn, often turns the balance. It succumbs at last to the enemy within. For this reason turkeys In which the infection is semi-latent may seem to sicken unaccountably and die at fat tening time. The germs of new in dividuals cast off in the excrement of infected fowls, remain dormant in the ground from one season to another for several years, ready to enter business actively the moment they find a stand. For this reason, established turkey runs are taboo with the experienced raiser. Other fowls are acceptable hosts, but resist more sturdily. ' Blackhead. Trip 1. Mystery. How this parasite nas finally jour neyed from New England throughout the states' may only be conjectured. It is reasonable to believe that turkeys shipped from one point to another have oen responsible in part. Pigeons and quail are susceptible to its infection and rats and mice are carriers. Perhaps among its other activities, the sparrow has hastened the preva lence of this pest. Certainly they may bear germs from farm to farm in their free-lance feeding. Sflme intelligent people believe that certain farm seeds and commercial fertilizers share the responsibility for its .dissemination. The parasite, once settled on new terri tory, exercises the right of squatter sovereignty. It is difficult to dislodge. It is said that the soils of certain New England states are so impregnated with the parasite that even the "game birds are being depleted. Scientists declare there is no cure for blackhead. Knowing these facts concerning it, how can raisers protect themselves? Prevention la the reply. Since it attacks all poultry, turkeys should be raised apart and never al lowed to feed where fowls run. Fresh turned ground, as far as possible, is recommended for turkeys. Their h.abit of ranging abroad may be encouraged." New stock should always be subject to the closest scrutiny. Mopy or light weight turkeys or "finicky" feeders are suspicious. If possible, one should acquaint, one's self with the history of the flocks from which one's breeders are .selected. At the first. sign of sickness, the ail ing turkey should be isolated. Upon the appearance of blackhead, .prudence would dictate the removal of the healthy turkeys' to a new range, such as a wheat or hay field. " The sick tur key may be put in a coop reserved for hospital purposes and be dosed, if the raiser Is experimentally inclined. Air slacked lime Is a chlap, effectual dis infectant to use around the coops and feeding boards. For a few days afterJ a suspicious case has been removed, copperas sulphate of iron) or perman ganate of potash may be used in the flock's drinking water. This is not ab solutely essential, since the parasite is In the earth or In the excrement of Infected birds. All dead turkeys should be burned or buried deeply. A plenti ful supply of charcoal In rations is a wise precaution. ' Turpentine Often Effective. The only treatment that I have found helpful Is turpentine. I do not offer it. as a cure, but I do know that it bas been used again and again with grati fying results to prevent general infec tion of the flock. I speak particularly of turkeys old enousrh to eat wheat. On a farm where blackhead has claimed victims at various times for some years, the farmer, at first indication of its activity, begins to use turpentine. For 20 birds of 10 weeks age. he mixes one tablespoonful of. turpentine with one quart of wheat ff breakfast. As they grow accustomed to -the teste, he in creases the dose to two tablespoonf uls. After a week, he omits the turpentine unless the. birds contimi to sicken, which seldom happens. Those turkeys Just infected often improve and appar ently recover. After decided emacia tion and loss of appetite appear, there Is no hope. While an infected fowl re mains in weight It has a chance. The use of turpentine in early infection seems to devitalise the germ. Ema ciation bears testimony of the work of the parasite in liver and intestines, for these organs, are greatly impaired by the infection. I The Rhode Island station investi gators are Inclined to believe that b lark head and white diarrhea In young chickens are correlative, or identical. Outward signs as well as microscopic examinations tend to confirm the theory. It cannot be denied that blackhead is to be feared by turkey-raisers. Yet its appearance on a farm need not en tirely dishearten. Prompt measures to isolate sick birds, burning of carcasses and use of turpentine prevent Its spreading. If the acreage permits It. the healthy turks mav be removed to another pasture, preferably a wheat field, to which other poultry has no ac cess. Tf the disease has obtained such a foothold as to make heavy inroads annually in the flock, as a last resort It would pay to dispense with the In dustry for a year or two. In this time the parasites lose vitality If they do not wholly disappear. With a new and healthy flock and a rising tide of hope, the turkey-raiser may start afresh. Is poultry culture a safe venture? Is It easy to make money with hens': Thousands are Interested in the prob lem, and it Is gaining greater promi nence every year. In next week's ar ticle, entitled "Keystones 'That Insure Success In Poultry Culture," the writer puts It squarely up to the reader what may be expected, both from the poul tryman and from his flock. BE KINDER TO YOURSELF Women Often Nerevons; They Don't Know How to Itelai. Mary Carolyn Davies In Mother's Magazine. One of the important tilings to know In life, especially If you are a woman. Is how to let yourself alone. The abil ity to relax, the art of being Judiciously lazy, the tact to-let herself alone has saved many a woman from a nervous breakdown. We all know the housewife who nags herself Into such a state of conscientiousness that she cannot rest. If sne lies down she is continually wor rying herself with thoughts of the work that she )j neglecting. Much of the blame for this state of affairs lies at the doors of the mothers. The mistake is In ther training of their children, especially their -daughters. They are taught from earliest in fancy to be kind to others, to bear with them, to forgive them, to help' them: but from birth to death, no one ever tells them to be kind, also, to them selves. The woman who nags herself can make herself rnnre miserable than any one else possibly could. She can make her life more of a nightmare than any misfortune could possibly make it. If such women could learn to be kinder to. themselves thre Is no doubt that their own lives would be lengthened: and not only that, but the lives of those with whom they come in close contact would be made far more pleasant. t SILVER-LACED 1 "1 ARLY In the history of fancy poul- M . try In America an attempt was made to produce a Cochin Bantam with the beautiful lacings of the Sea brlghts. A Seabright cock was crossed with a Cochin hen. When the size of the offspring proved too large to class as a bantam, they were dubbed Sea bright Cochins. Other crosses of. Sii ver-Spangled Hamburgs and Cochins were made and the blood of the two crosses intermingled. The resulting fowls were mated to a fowl known as the Eureka, which was the result of a cross of Silver-Spangled Hamburgs on Dark Brahma females. When these two strains were brought together more uniform specimens were produced. The fowls had rote-combs and their plumage was much the same as it is today. The females are beau tifully laced black and white in all sections and' the male laced in the breast and body and striped In the neck and saddle. This coloration, whilf veqy crude at tiat time and not to be com- PORTLAND EXPECTS TO SEE YOUNG ARTIST WHEN WORKS ARE SHOWN Art Museum Display, September 1-20, Will Contain Some of Best Offerings From Gerome Brush, Whose Father Also Is Great Painter Grandfather Was Oregonian. pi - i . Ml i Reproduction from a photograph of one of the -oil paintings of the eminent American artist George Pe Forest Brush. The picture now in the Chicago Art Museum was purchased by Phillip Armour and presented to that city as a gift. The figures are members of the family of the artist, whose son Gerome (shown on the left) has been invited to exhibit works of art consisting of paintings, drawings and sculpture at Portland Art Museum from September 1 to 20. IT liaH teen a subject interesting to speculative writers how far hered ity may account for genius, and modern scientific research on the sub ject still leaves the answer uncertain. Gercme B.-us l. stHl In th20s, has r.ttraoted net a little attention by Jia recent exhibition .f oil painting at KnneUlcr's in New York, and by a beautiful bronze he:id shown at th American Sculptors' exhibit at Gui ham's in that city. It will Interest Portland people to learn that the "Portland Art Museum has arranged for an exhibition of his works beginning September 1. and It is hoped" that he will visit Portland about that time. Gerome is the son of the eminent American artist, George DeForest Brush, and. In fact, was named after the famous French painter, Gerome, in whose studio in Paris the elder Brush spent much of his student days. The younger Brush grew up in an atmos phere of art. so to speak, for much of his life has been spent in- France and in Italy, where his father has main tained a studio at various times. Association with artists, visiting the famous art galleries, seing close at hand the preparation of works of art. no doubt have had a powerful influ ence upon his final choice of a pro fession. But until recently he did not intend to follow In his father's foot steps as a painter. His education has been different from that of- most young men of his period, fcr he has not been aCschool. Yet he is proficient In several lan guages atd has. an education not less practical and complete than that of a college graduate. He married a lovely young woman formerly Miss Seymour, f New York, and she Is supposed to have had much to do with his final choice of profession. The gradfather of Gerome was. dur ing a number of years, a well-known resident of Oregon. He was not an artist by profession, although he al ways took a keen Interest In work of the fine arts. His daughter, Mrs. Hugh. Hume, lived here for several years prior to her death, and during that period did much to stimulate a love of the beautiful and an apprecia tion of good craftsmanship by estab lishing and carrying on in conjunction with Mrs. C. A. Curry a "shop of arts and industries" which Is still in suc cessful operation. But Portland's Interest In tb.e Brush family may be said to have really be gun with the Lewis and Clark Fair n 1905. Among the great American paint ings exhibited at the art gallery were several by George DeForest Brush. These at once attracted the attention of not only the critics but also the general public. In early life this artist had painted among the Indinns. and had succeeded as no other artist had done in painting good pictures and at the same time popular pictures of In dian life. But the pictures displayed by him at W YANDOTTES paired with Its beauty as It has been refined and is bred today, was suf ficient to get the American breeders In favor of the fowl. In addition to Its attractive coloring, the new breed proved to be heavy layers. Such waa the origin of all Wyan dotte fowls. All other varieties are de scended from It In some way. The Sil-ver-Wyandotte enjoyed immense . popu lairty, rivaling the famous Barred Rock, until the White Wyandottes ap peared. The Sliver-Laced Wyandotte is hard to breed true. It is doubtful If any other variety of poultry is as difficult to produce.. It is ideal (or the home flock, however. The hens are heavy layers of large eggs. They get broody and-are good mothers. The chicks, like those of the other American breeds, are rugged and active and rapid growers. When full grown this variety weights 74 ' to Vz pounds lor males and 5 to 6 Vi for females. They are docile and easily confined, doing as well In confinement as on free range. i the Fcir were principally wonderful pictures of motherhood, and childhood. The figures in these pictures were all members of his own interesting family. While he has not confined himself to this class of pictures he has, since tho Fair, painted a number of such pic tures that have found place in the principal public and rlvate collections of the United States. One of these was purchased by Mr. Armour and pre sented to the Chicago Museum of Art. Others hang in the Carnegie Institute at Pittsburg,- the Metropolitan In New York., and in the public galleries In Boston. Philadelphia. Washington and Buffalo. Now Gerome starts with greater ad vantages than did his fatlter. and yet with less. For while he has the pres tige of his father's name, any defi ciency In quality ft execution would be at once noted and perhaps not so easily forgiven as In a young man from whom less . is expected. So far. lie has met the requirements and there can be no doubt i at in time his pictures will be considered as valuable as those of his faher. One or hls portraits, that cf Mrs. Harriman of New York, shows e'idence Senator Lane Is Crippled by Kick Against Chair. ('hnmpion off I"el fie rut Bale 4 aval School la Abiient After Ac cident and Inquiry la Started. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash ington. July 22. When debate was opened In the Senato on the naval appropriation bill Senator Lane, of Ore gon, was conspicuous by reason of his absence, and his absence was the more notable because of his frequent partic ipation in all oeDates during the past few weeks. That the Ore son Senator should be absent while the naval bill was before the Senate was regarded as extraordi nary, because he is the sponsor for the Columbia River naval base bill, and was supposed to be moving heaven and earth to have his bill Incorporated In the naval appropriation bill. More over, his absence during the first day's debate was particularly noted because the bulk of the time was devoted to discussing the needs of a Naval Acad emy on the Pacific Coast, to supple ment the Academy at Annapolis. All day the debate ran. Senator Phe lan, of California, leading the fight' for the Pacific Coast academy, while East ern Senators ridiculed and opposed the Idea. Finally the Senate agreed to au thorize a Naval Commission to make an investigation to determine the ne cessity for and probable cost of an other Naval Academy, but the neces sary votes being lacking, the Senate did not require the investigation to be made on the Pacific Coast. s Senator Chamberlain was present, but'did not take part in the discussion; Senator Jones looked on; Senator Pot n dexter was strong for the investiga. tion, and wanted to go one better, and also determine the need for a Joint Army and Navy preparatory school on the Pacific Coast. But no Senator Lane. And when Senator Weeks forced a rollcall on his motion to strike out the investigation amendment Senator Lane failed to respond. Senator Cham berlain explained that his colleague was "unavoidably detained." Being a rugged, hearty man, who has endured hardships all his life, there was wonderments as to what had happened to the Honorable Harry. No body seemed to know. Finally the Senator's office was called on the tel ephone and this conversation took place: "Where Is senator L,aner "He's laid up with a bum foot." "Hum foot! What's the matter with the foot?" "He hurt 4t the other night. It pains him severely, and he did not come out today." "How did he hurt his foot?" "He kicked a chair." "Was he walking in his sleepT "Ask the Senator." "Did he think he was kicking Ilaf ley?" "Ask the Senator." But the Senator does not care to talk about himself, and the mystery of the "bum foot" promises to go unsolved. EUROPE'S COMING PUZZLE War Kills Off Men; Women and Girls In the Majority. Indianapolis Star. A London news item appeared a few days ago reporting that the patriotic women of Great Britain are being urged to marry crippled war heroes. The Brit ish may be the first to give th subject consideration, but they are not alone In having to solve tue problem that will be presented In a large surplus of women. There were 2.7&S.37S more fe males than males in the population of Great Britain. France and Germany be fore the war was precipitated. Germany had a surplus Qf 46.6til and France of II 1 1 g Jl of a maturity hardly to be expected of so young a painter. He paints directly, yet with the exquisite skill and in finite pains that characterize the later work of his father. It would be too much to claim thnt he is his father's equal in any respect. but Gerome's pencil and chalk drawings are beau tiful in themselves and this Is n field in whicn his fatner is excelled by no portrait painter of our times. Jo It ia to be hoped that the coming exhibition in September will Include some draw ings. The elder Brush has recently re turned to his former field, of success, the .painting of Indians. At any rate he has painted a wonderful picture of an Indian by a stream, having before him a freshly caught fish. This picture la said to have the picturvsqueness and subject interest of his early work, and to have, been handled with all the skill of brush and fine sense of color that characterizes his more recent work. Effort is being made by th museum authorities to secure this picture for Gerome's exhibition, anil if It is nhovn a number of others of Guorse TieForest Brush's paintings will be gathered from Poitland owners for a loan ex hibit. 645.211 women and girls compared with number of men and boys. . Great Britain had a surplus of 1.297. 5U women and girls bftfore the war. The British losses in battle are es timated at 86.000 with &3.0O0 missing . and 251. Ooo wounded. To be sure not all the killed and missing are from the United Kingd m. Many are from Canada. Australia. New Zealand and other British possessions. But It would be safe to say that the war has in creased the majority of women and girls in the British Isles to 2.100.000. and the end is not yet. When the war Is over there will be literally millions more women than men. The Germans are estimated as hav ing lost 600.000 killed since the begin ning of war and have 300.000 missing, many of whom, no doubt, are dead. The excess of feminine population probablv has been doubled at least in the last IS months. There are said to be l.OuO.000 Germans on the list of wounded, many of whom are crippled for life. It Is ap parent, then, that the problem of find ing husbands is as serious now in Ger many as in London. France had a smaller surplus of women before the war and has lost fewer men than has Its antagonist, but It. too. ne w has more than a million more women and girls than men and boys. 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