THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, SUNDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 25, 1914. ITALY WILL ATTEMPT TO REGULATE RENTS THROUGH LEGISLATION War Struggle Has Overshad owed Nearly Every Subject Except One of Rentals, MENACED BY INCREASES Pooler CUiki Make Many Demonstra tions, and Repeated CaUlng Out of Troop g ToUows In Every Instance. riome. Sept. 2. (By Mall to New Tork. t--With the titanic wtruegle now enveloping Kuropc,' overshadowing: (til loial nioveineniiS, probable changes in Jtni's law arc not imisiiiK rnmh rotnnwnt now. One ihange started be fore the outbreak of. the war, and dropped for a time, but since taken up RgHln, in expected to result in lower house rents throughout thee ountry. Italy. which is ever Socialistic in its leKlsliitU e tendencies, is planning to make government control of houwe rents one of the rights and duties of the Ktnte. Tills necessity is trte. result not so much of agitation by the Socialists as of the fact that during the past few years the constant Increase Of houso rents in Italy ha-s reached a point where it has become an actual menace to the existence of the state. It is at all times one of the most frequent' and potent possibiltles of armed revolution against the government. Since Italy, in common with the rest of the world, began experiencing the phenomenon of increase in the cost of living, the poorer classes of the coun try have been steadily organizing a re sistance ngalnst what appears iO them to be an arbitrary and unjust increase In rentals. All of the larger cities "of Italy ure now replete with Iiag'ies of Ttrsistam e ;inT other societies f ten ant, banded together to resist the over increasing exactions from the land lords. I 'art of the program of all these or ganizations Is the holding from time to time of public demonstrations of protest. Invariably these demonstra tions end up with the destruction of lieVeral bouses or other property be longing to particularly exacting land lords. To prevent this, the govern ment is always obliged to order, out the troops, when, wltn the volatility that Is ever at the bottom of the psychology of the Italian masses, they forget all about the landlords and join in an as sault on the troops. The troops fire, Meveral demonstrators are killed, a general strike Is called in proest, and Italy soon finds itself on the verge of a revolution. In Its efforts to regulate the rent question, the Italian government has completed extensive investigations into tly causes of the continual increase, and n large number of laws have been Introduced into parliament to correct the pvil. Of the two more important . of these, one lias been introduced from Naples, and one from Rome. To a local conditions of these two cities, but nevertheless they give an idea of the steps which It now seems certain the government will soon take for the con trol of house rents. FRESHIES DENIED "CIGS" Princeton, N. J., Oc.tg. 2 4. Concern for the health of freshnren has moved the Senior Council of Princeton uni versity to put a ban on cigarette smok ing by the first-year men. Heretofore one of the freshman regulations had been that pipes or cigars were taboo. The Senior Council, which Is the stu dent governing body, has decided that if cigars and pipes are forbidden, cig arette also should be ruled out. Inas much as Dr. J. E. Raycroft, physical director of the university, declared them to be much more harmful. There 'Was a mild protest from the freshmen when the Senior Council's edict was announced, but the regula tlon Is being observed. Laugh At Dyspepsia By Simply Using a Stuart's Dyspep sia xaDiet. Alter Any Meal You Want to Eat. It sounds almost ridiculous to think of eating a big meal without pain and mscomiort afterwards. doesn't it? "Well, try this simple remedy and dem onstrate Uh truth. You know that 12 men (a Jury) decide the laws of our land. Not only have 12 men O. K'd xtuart s Dyspepsia Tablets, but hun drcds of thousands as well. "What do X care about this meal? a little Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablet will digest It easily for me. Just think! One ingredient con tained In Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets will digest 3000 times its weight in f ood. Doesn't this tell you that such aid to your body means relieving your dis ; tress from food? What the thousands are dailv doing you can surely do. Every condition of stomach and digestive troubles has been relieved by Stuart's Dvspepsia Tablets. They have been tested and . " tried for years. They are this nation's greatest dyspepsia remedy. They are i sold everywhere drugs' are sold. Sure v ly this manner of proof is all you need to- know what course to pursue. If any man can prepare a better "; remedy than Stuart's Dyspepsia Tab lets, lie 'can make millions of dollars. Is there a better one? - Why not .use t Ul hint to awaken 4 your common sense and make you go ' to your druggist today and buy a box. ' To any one- wishing a free ' trial of these tablets please address F. A. Stu- , art Co.. 150 Stuart- BWg.,-Marshall, Mich- and a small sample package will , be mailed free. SOUTH AMERICA OFFERS Export to Colombia. United Kingdom . . . 7.838.87S Germany 4.201,123 Exports to Ecuador. United Kingdom. '...$3,219,238 Germany 2,166,021 United States 2.764.109, Exports to Peru. United Kingdom... $6.800, 708 United States 5, 763,423 Germany .... 4;557,69S Exports to.Belirja. Gurmauy $6,423.8021 United Kingdom ... 3,528.011 United States i.787,221 Imports frcm Bolivia, United Kingdom ..$26,044,974 Germany 4,307,100' United States J52.582 Exports 'to Argentina. United Kingdom .$114,515,800 Germany ' 6t.703.5o0 United States 57,057.505 Imports from Argentina. United Kingdom. .117,125.290: Gern&ny . 52.105.340 United States. .-.J 31,257.455 . Exports to Chile. United Kingdom. $38,599,283. Germany 33,180.070 VnHed. States .1CS06,341 In an urgent appeal, which the di rector general of the Pan-American Union makes to those interested in South America, he says that the Unit ed States business interests "have a duty and responsibility in this crisis which must be met even if it may ring them vast material benefits. Looking at the situation in a thorough- y unselfish way, it presents demands upon the United States, from South America, which cannot ba neglected, but which, if responded to in the right, spirit, will be enormously beneficial OLD BELGIAN COULD NOI GET OVER FACT Peasant' Does Not Feel Keen ly Loss of Her All Because She Lacks Capacity, By H. C. London, Oct. 24. "I had a cow," said the old woman. She was one of the Belgian refugees on board Henry W. Thornton's boat from Antwerp. Technically, of course, the boat belongs to the Great Eastern railroad. Practically all Americans regard these boats as the property of the rormer Long Island railroad man. Thornton was on board, too. "I had a cow," said the old woman. She was a smiline. dumpy, rather dirty old woman. Aepparently she had been taking very pleasantly the disaster that had befallen her coun try. From time to time she pointed over the rail at the wonders she passed a warship, and a submarine, and a steamer and only seemed worried when an airship came In sight at its post of duty over the Thames' mouth. She had seen airships before. The Germans have them. There were cer tain conclusions from the manner of the old woman and the other refugees. "They do not feel as we do," said these others. "They have not our ca pacity for. suffering." Old Priest Interpreted. The old woman smiled as' she looked up at the priest who acted as inter preter. "1 had a cow," said she. A very sulky, dirty, angry old man sat at her sid. He wore the great wooden shoes of the Belgian peasant, with a broad strap over the instep. His flapping trousers had been patched and repatched in varied faded colors A loose cap was pulled down over his ears. His hairy, shrunken old chest might' be seen through gaps in his torn shirt. He owned the dog and the cart," said the old woman, indicating the old man with a jerk of her thumb," "but the cow was mine." The priest said they had lived in a little village near Lande-n. which 1 a little town not far from Liege. The oiu man naa inherited a little hn. and a little plot of eround frnm hi. father, who had inherited it from his lamer, fwno had it from his father It was a good plat, but small. There was a debt of 200 on it when they got married, 40 years ago. People Very Poor. "It Is hard," the priest said, apol ogetically, "for people of this sort to Pay off their debts. They are so verv poor." roungsters had kept coming, too. They had been a constant expenset Then, Just as they reached an age at which some slight hope of prof it might have been entertained from them, they died. The old woman related this quite simply. No doubt, she loved them, and had wept when they died. Still, facts are not to be blinked at. They had been a bad investment. Peasants cannot be sentimentalists. The priest kept questioning. "At last," he reported, "they got their debts paid off. Both worked bard in others fields and titled their own field between times. It was the old woman who waa financially ven turesome. She bought the cow." . The old woman nodded-brightly. "Yes," said she, still . smiling "it was my cow. He only owned the dog and the cart." - Couple Tfrim Prosperous. They sold milk to the factor in Lan den, who in turn 'sold it to Liege. Be tween times they -tilled their little SHE ONCE OWNED COW TRADE RESPONSIBILITIES Exports to Venezuela. United States t. . . . .J6.236.0C0 United Kingdom ... 5.116.000 Germany .......... 3.140.000 Imports from Venezuela. United States .....$3,363,600 France 7,517,000 Germany 4,360,000 to South America and the United . States alike." The 10 countries Of South America import annually products valued at $961,0O0,000., These same countries ex port to the TTnited States products val ued at 250,000,0O. The statistics show South America's consuming power of those very things which the United States most ' abundantly pro duces to be great indeed, while South America produces many commodities of which the United States stands in field. The old woman milked her cow. and the old man and the dog carted the milk to Landen. They had become persons of mark in their little com munity. They were prosperous and independent. Each year they put a few guilders in the savings bank. "In another year," said the old wo man, "I should have had two cows." They had heard rumors of the war, of course. But it seemed far away. They laughed at the stories people told them of strangers who came into little Belgian communities and burned down houses. They were quite cer tain the burgomasters would deal with such barbarians. Even when they heard guns they were not frightened-. The noises were very far away.' No one had ever broken the law in their village. The worst s that ever hap pened was when Jan Hooven and his brother got drunk and fought but then, every one knew the Hoovens. The old woman caught the repeti tion of the name Hooven. She nodded her head and smiled. Obviously, she could tell things : Then the Germans Came, One night they were awakened by the sound of voices outside their door. The Germans were there, but at first these Germans were disposed to be agreeable. They came in with their dirty feet upon the old woman's clean noor, and she scolded, and they called .... . . ,. . . " . U"?.VJ "d, L"?- The old man was sulky and quarrelsome, jvot with me," said the old woman. One gathered that the old man knew better than to quarrel with her. But he growled at the Germans. Then the nice Germans went away and other Germans came. In a maddening suc cession. The temper of the newcom ers was progressively bad. They drank all her milk, slept in her bed with their boots on, and swore at her. "At last." said the priest, "they seem to have been given orders. For they went through the village and burned every house. They struck the old man over the head with a mus ket, so that he still carries the mark." Killed Old Woman's Cow. He lifted the old man's cap as one would lift the collar of a horse to show a sore shoulder, and there was the half healed scar "And they killed the old woman's cow, and ate it, and drove all the vil lagers along the road toward Ant. W-erp. These poor people have been walking for a fortnight, sleeping by the, roadside for the most part, and begging their bread. It was only a little time ago that they were happy and prosperous. Now they have noth ing." The old woman was struck by some thing in the priest's tone and asked him to translate his words. He did bo, and for a moment she was silent Then she looked up and smiled. "But," said she, "I had a cow " Terry's Rangers to Hold 43d Reunion Famous Texas Segimant of 14O0 Key Has Only 45 Survivors for Annua: Meeting in November. Fort Worth, Texas. Oct. 24. The forty-third annual reunion of Terry's Hangers will be held November 3 ana 4 at Austin, according to notice received Dy ueorge K. Alien, sole Fort Worth survivor of the famous cavalry regi ment. Allen and Rev. Felix H. Corbell of the Masonic Old Folks home at Arlington, are the only, survfvors in Tarrant county. Of the regiment, which numbered 1400, there are now. but 45 left. Terry's Rangers participated in more Civil war fights perhaps than any other regiment. During Sherman's march to the sea they were engaged In efforts to keep the devastating army in as narrow a path as possible. They were in dally fights for more than two weeks while, the army was ' moving trom Paiton to Atlanta. Though Al len participated in all these fights and the others in - which the Rangers had a part, he . escaped without a - single wound. One horce waa shot from be- nealh-hiro - TO THE UNITED STATES Export to British, DatcA and French. Guiana, United Kingdom $4,208,103 United States 2,172,537 Exports 'to Brazil. United Kingdom... $77,51 9,726 Germany 52.962,625 United States 48.049,922 Imports from Brazil. United States . . . .$141.730,6S2 Germany 51.S64.0S6- Unlted Kingdom ... 43,012,381 Export to Paraguay". 8rmany ...$1,500,958 United Kingdom ...1.295,243 Qnltcd States 304.888 Exporta to "Uruguay. United Kingdom . .$12,64S,379 Germany 7.894.644 Uuirfed States .... 3,671.318 need, thus offering the opportunity of a large reciprocal commerce, which' in the end is sure to be the most profit able of trade relations. The exchange of North America's agricultural and other machinery, to gether with scores of other manufac tured articles, for South America's cof fee, hides, rubber, meats, etc., would. it is estimated, leave a large balance 1 of trade in favor of the United States. The canal Is now open, offering North American commerce an unexampled opportunity. Farmers Told of Duty to Neighbors Department of Agriculture Sends Out Irecture Sealing- With Precaution In Sickness aud Quarantine. Washington, Oct 2. In extending its sphere of operation among the farmers and dwellers In rural com munities the department of agriculture has gone a step farther than any other governmental agency by distributing a lecture on "The Duty of a Good Neighbor," The lecture has to do with the ne cessity for cleanliness in the handling of milk and water and "holds that rig id quarrantine is a moral obligation in the case' of contagious disease." . "Families who have members ill with typhoid fever, scarlet fever or other contagious disease should realize fully that simple good citizenship calls upon them to do everything in their power to prevent the spread of the con tagion to neighbors," says the depart ment. "Ordinary neighborliness de mands that such families keep their ncaj A i will VII1CI3 4X1 1U Ule- vent outsiders from coming ,n con- tact with the infection. The necessity of careful .and sani tary handling of milk also is pointed out. Harry Thaw Now Having Good Time Memphis Traveling Man Sees Stanford White's Slayer on Becent Trip and Tells About It. Atlanta, Oct. 24. John Dunn. Mem phis traveling man, has just returned from a trip to the east, and numbers among his experiences an acquaint anceship with Harry K. Thaw at Man chester. N. H. Mr.. Dunn spent three weeks In Manchester, and boarded at the same hotel with Thaw. He says that the latter is having a good time, and has concluded to build a residence. Thaw is constantly acompanied by a detec tive, representing the federal govern ment, but the two are good cronies. "If I had heen tried for killing Stan ford White in the South," Mr. Dunn says Thaw told him, "I would have beew free long ago, for I would have been Justified by a jury for my act." RECIPE FOR BALD HEADS Well Known Politician Kearly Bald Row Eta Wew Growth of Hair. Tells How He Bid XV A western politician, well known on account of his baldness and his rea'dy wit surprised his friends by1 appearing with a new growth of hair. ' Many of his friends did not Know him, and others thought he had a wig. On be ing asked how he did it, he made the following statement: "I attribute the growth of my hair to the following simple recipe which any lady or gen tleman can mix at home: To a half pint of water add 1 oat. of Bay Rum. a small box of Barbo Compound and 14 oa. of Glycerine. Apply to the scalp two or three times a week with the finger tips. It . not only promotes the growth , of the hair, but removes dandruff, scalp humors and prevents the hair from falling out. It darkens streaked, faded, gray hair and makes the hair soft and glossy. These ingre dients can be purchased at anv rimv I store at very little cost and mixed at J home." CAdvJ THE HAGUE IS ONLY REAL PEACEFUL SPOT IN ALL OF EUROPE Walk Through Streets of City Brings Little Realization of Mighty Struggle Nearby, NEUTRALITY IS OBSERVED Holland Trying In Xverr Way to Fre ent Being Drawn Into Mael strom of Strife (United Frees Leased Wire. The Hague. Oct. 5. (By mail to New York) The me peaceful spot Sit Europe The Hague. To walk through the streets of this city one would . never know that not far distant off the greatest struggle of all times Is waging. Although one 1 ' ' I ii m II ir ii n n ii m n 11 - r. Lmaiense w ume uemtM Three"' wecs ago I issued a challenge to Rev. Wm. T. Foster, of Reed College, and Dr. Herbert C. Miller, of the North Pacific Dental College, to meet me in joint debate on the Dentistry Bill, and have received no reply. I offered to meet either or both of them ; to give them more time than I would take, in any number of debates, anywhere in the state of Oregon; and I also agreed to pay all the expenses. Are these two eminent college professors afraid to match their trained minds and intellectual ability against one lone dentist, who, both of them say, didn't have brains enough to pass the Oregon State Board of Dental h.xaminers If they have the courage of their convictions, and believe that I am a brainless, itinerant dentist, why don't they accept my challenge and come out and show me up? The Dental Trust dare not meet me in this campaign in joint debate on the Dentistry Bill. $ They are conducting a gumshoe campaign whispering into the ears of the voters. The Dental Trust says I did not pass the State Board examination, and that my papers will prove it. Then why don't they publish my examination papers? I have offered to pay the expenses of publishing them. I have been de nied the right of seeing my own papers. I have brought a suit in court to compel the Dental Board to show my pa pers, but the board is resisting that suit and does not dare to let it come to trial before election day. I will go farther. If the Dental Board or any member of it, or any member of the Dental Trust, will produce my papers in public and show before election day, November 3, 1914, that my record of examination before the State Board does not entitle me to a license to practice dentistry in the State of Oregon, I will make a present of $10,000 to assist the worthy unemployed in the city of Portlind this winter. If I didn't pass the State Board examination, and the State Board can prove that I did not pass, here is a chance to get $10,000 of my money for a worthy public charity. Now, gentlemen of the Dental Trust, either you are right or I am. You say you have the papers to show that you are right. If you have those papers, produce them. The Dental Trust thinks it 'can win this .fight by mis representation. If they are right, why should they depend upon misrepresentation ? Here is a sample: Painless Parker, Dentist, Sixth could detect some irony in . the. fact that the. Peace Palace, erected in The Hague's "Bosch" is 'now open for in spection, no one would dream from the peaceful atmosphere here of th-j mig-hty struggle being fought so nearby. There is no excitement anywhere except possibly In the '"foreign lega tions. Kverythlng Dutch is quiet ominously so and the Dutch attend strictly to their own business. They are neutral in the strictest sense of the word. The Hague newspapers are very I careful in regard to all news of the tur. jl uey are careiui not xo put their little country at outs with either party to the conflict. They have re ceived word from the government to handle all war news with the strict est neutrality. Holland Must Be HeutrsJ. The allies and Germany have both served notice on Holland, it is be lieved, o be mighty careful about any statement or demonstration that could be construed as in favor of either side in the conflict. The Dutch arts looking to Great Britain much as a son looks to his father. They rely on Great Britain to keep them in the clear and they hope that Germany will not violate their neutrality. Thy know that if the kaiser sends a soldier into Holland that Kngland will come to their rescue. Meanwhile Holland is maintalninc an armed neutrality. The army was Mimiinig (Taid advertisement by. E. R. X Vote 340 X Yes and Bust the Dental Trust i mobilized soon after hostilities first started. The mobilization, by the way, took only five days, being a record. The southern provinces in the king, dom are In reality in a state of siege, so thickly covered are they with sol diers. There is no war fever. The mobllixa tion of the troops, in fact, seriously disturb the business movements of the country. All agree, however, that It in a most recesaary step and criticism has been heard. Nobody be lieves that Germany Is going to la vade Holland, but then they did not believe that Germany was going to In vade Belgium. Trying to Avoid Conflict. The motto of the Dutch aptly ex presses their present stand: "Strong and Silent." They want to be strong If they have to resist an Invasion, but at the same time they want to avoid a conflict If they can and for that reason are remaining quiet. Despite the great tension they are laboring under and the- terrible possi bilities of wnat the future holds, the Dutch are as hospitable as ever. Th stranger In their land is made as welcome as ever In their homes and la treated with every possible kindness and courtesy. All tiie hotels here are overcrowded. Many Germans are afhong those seek ing refuge here. . They prefer, this country to their own . now. A: great many Americans are here. too. Tho steamship office for a long time wu a. Bluff mMlfim, Giving They are trying to make -the voters! jjelicve that, the labor organizations are opposed to the Dentistry Bill. Their speakers are trying to ma;p it appear thta the Iabor Press is the mouthpiecef the' labor organizations against the bill. As a rriiiter of fact, on October 16th the Central Labor Council en dorsed the Dentistry Bill and advised tie members of organized labor to vote for it. ' Thisgis a matter of record, and has been printed in theiillabor Press of October 19th. . ! rV They went to the Carpenters' Unib$ and asked for a resolution condemning the Defitistry Bill, but the Carpenters' Union refused to- $o anything of the kind. They went to the Barbers' Union tils week and tried to get the barbers to oppose the Dentisfry Bill, and the barbers refused to do anything of the kinji. The Dental Trust has the assistance of thf Non-Partisan League, an organization which has opposed every re form measure in the State of Oregon. It is opfoosed to the Non-Partisan Judiciary Bill, to the Eight-Hcwr Law and the Dentistry Bill, That is the kind of company the Den tal Trust keeps. x The Dental Trust speakers are telling the?! people that the Oregon State Medical Society is opposing the bill. If" that is true, why did the-Northwest Dental sJournaL-pub- lished here in Portland by Dr. Henry Cline jhixott, D. M. D., as business manager, say, on page 34 ofthe October issue, the following: , " "The State Medical Association, at the aniual meeting this month, endorsed the Dental Bill and pledged their hearty support." i f Either the Trust speakers are not tellingilhc truth, or ': the Northwest Dental Journal is ndt tellinjj the truth! BOTH are opposing the Dental Kill. hfe' . I want to win this fight tor dental reforjti in Oregon, but not by misrepresentation of the facts. ITiis is a life and death struggle for the Dental Trust, andritt has raised S45.000 to defeat this bill. If Bill 340 is passed by the vot ers of Oregon, it will be the end of the Dental Trust, while if it fails to pass, I can keep on my work for dental reform as I have for 25 years, because I have clean hands. Vote 340 X YES and bust the Dental Trust. . and Washington Sts., Portland Parker. Merchants'. Trtist Building. besieged night and d r by persons wishing to book passage to-Amertca. Talse Reports Scattered. - ' There has been but oe minute f perplexlty'for the Dutch jso far. That came -when Japan declared war on Germany. : Hollanders -tfiought about v their possessions in : the far east. ' They do' not believe hat Japan or Kbgland has any design on Java an-t Sumatra, but the activities of the Japanese in the far eastjwas a source of worry to them. g 1 A lot of false reports were spread abroad some: time ago;: with the pur pose in view it was believed of caus ing Germany to invade: rloll and. The kaiser, however, did not take any ac tion and It is believed tHat he realised that any organised attempt for the In vasion of Holland by;. Germany was false. The report hadt been up real that Holland waa busy in the inter; ests of the allies. TblsSwas false and reported. It is believed solely to pro voke Germany's wratli.i Rumor Says Klao tiuu Fallen. London, Oct. 54. That the Germans have surrendered Klao-Hjhau Is assert ed by some of th ,'Jpanese news papers, according to pain unofficial ' news agency report reciMyed here from Toklo today. The rnejisage did not profess to have confirmation of this rumor, but its author djd way that the Klao Chau defenses coild not, in any event, hold out much j?ngr. ill 4- ;.! J jf-;-. .1