TilZ OnDGOU GU1IDAY J0UR1JAU : PORTLAND. SUNDAY MORNING, MARCH
1317.
PRESS REGULATIONS
DURING CRISIS GIVEN
: OUT BY GOVERNMENT
Withholding of Information
Which Would Harm Public
Interest Is Object, '
GEN: FUNSTON'SSUCCESSOR
OFFICIALS TO GIVE NEWS
Doubtful Matter, Bar' ; Statement,
Should Be Submitted to Oorera
meat Agent for Approval.
Washington, March 24. (L N. B.)
Regulations were laid down today for
the government of the press of the
United States during- the present crisis.
These regulations were prepared by the
representatives of the state, war and
navy departments. They were consid
ered today at a conference participated
In by Secretary of the Navy Daniels.
Secretary of War Baker, Counsel of the
; State Department Polk, representatives
ef the leading press associations and
the censors of the three departments.
The regulations, as completed, were is
sued this afternoon toy the navy depart'
ment In the form of the following state
ment:
"In view of the desire- of the press
of the country -to refrain from the
publication, of information harmful to
the publio interest, and with the in
tentlon of securing the maximum pub
Hetty with the least injury thereto, the
following regulations are hereby is
sued for Its guidance, which It is
earnestly requested be closely ob
served:
Text of Regulations.
"I -No information, reports or
.. rumors should be published which tend
"' to disclose the military and naval poli
cies of the government of the United
States. (This regulation is directed
against the publication of any news
or comment which might reveal the'
strategic ' disposition or operation of
armies or their subdivisions, or the
fleet or its subdivisions, any measures
.Which might be adopted in consonance
with the department of state for the
; furtherance of American defense, and
ln general, any plans for the use of
the army and navy during the exist
ence of a national emergency.)
2 No information, reports or
rumors should be published which tend
to disclose:
"(A) Movement!; or employment of
armies and their mibdlvisons, fleets
, and their subdivisions.
Maria Hews Is Included.
'"(B) Movements of vessels1 of the
navy, or their arrival or departure
from any port.
"It;; ueparture or. merchant Tea
sets eJhould not be mentioned and
'Is desired that the name of the port
ec arrival oe omitted.
"(D) Assignment or movement.
" whether as groups or individuals, of
erncer or men of the military and
Bavai estaMaahments.
i.ti -.transportation or malls, sup
pnes or munitions.
"(F). information of any designs,
.invention or, test thereof, or of manu
faciure, transport op dlf trfbution of!
Implement of war.' '" ""
"(G) Concentration of military or
navaW'Supplies, . or location of such
unifies. - .v - ,
"(H) Activities in - or about ar
eenals, fortifications, army posts,
. naval magazines, navy yards, naval
bases and radio stations.
Officials Wm Decide Questions.
"3. Publication of any maps, dla
' grams or photographs which in any
Kay might seem of military or naval
value.
"4. No moving pictures should be
oispiayed which might be of military
" or naval value.
"6. Any doubtful matter should be
, , submitted to the authorized represen
. tative in the department concerned
who shall give an immediate decision
thereon, and keep the inquiry made
strictly confidential.
"6. It Is requested that no informa
tion, reports or rumors, attributing s
policy to the government In any inter
national situation, not authorised by
the president or a member of the cab
- inet, be published without first con
sulting the department of state.
. "(Note:. The above regulations shall
not b In force In any matters official
ly given to the press by properly auth
orized officials).'
Japan Cultivates
Brazilian Trade
Rio de Janeiro. March 24. (XI.- I
Japanese manufacturers are making a
told for , Brasllian trade. Advertising
icuers ana circulars snowing a system
iaed propaganda are being sent to all
the Importers and bis- buvera of thi.
city. . Recant proposals to Inaugurate a
Japanese steamship service between
this country and Japan and Japanese
colonisation of Brasllian ' states hare
xnet wltn encouragement here and It
is very evident tnat -the Mikado's sub.
jects mean to push every advantage
iw sain commercial iootnoia.
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Harvard Student ;
; Would Have Rivals
- Forced to Enlist
-
Washington, March J4. (u-
P.) Many and varied are the
arguments r advanced to Presi
dent Wilson for , universal mil- ;
ltary service in the United
States. .... - '. '
For example, one Harvard
student wired today that such
service should be inaugurated, -"to
prevent unpatriotic fellows ;
from landing all the v choice
girls while . the ? patrlcrtic men
are serving their countiy.'
. The boys, the Student said,
who are long .on piano playing
and 'short on response to calls
front their country will get girls
because they stay at home
girls who otherwise might wish
to marry thoia who are called
away.. .
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ARfilY MEDICAL CORPS
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AFFORDS
CM
ER OF
THE ViDEST ACTIVITY
Hygiene Are of Chief Con-
Pjobiems of Sanitation, and
cem to Officers.
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PREVENTIVE MEASURES
Bsoornttloa Mad ef Tact That ia g
Oiseas Sat Cork Armies Kon f
JCan Than Shot and Shell.
To what extent the army and navy
medical service la prepared for war
la to the average layman a matter of
total mystery. He knows that the
carps did astounding things in clean
ing up the fever-ridden Panama canal
zona under the direction of Brigadier
General "UTHllam C. Gorges. - surgeon
general of the United States army, but
beyond that he knows nothing. To
show the f tuition "W. H. Kewoomb has
written for the New York Medical
Journal a description of the service as
it exists today.
It may tie stated that the army and
naval medical departments are under-
mannedv" ha writes. "As in England,
the medical corps was inadequate when
the army . was Immensely enlarged.
Therefore civil practitioners were
called upon as they nave been called
upon to a much less extent In this
country. However, it is not the inten
tion hers to criticise the organization
of either th army or navy medical
service, even if smoh critlefltmi wars
Justified.
"The medical department ef the
army now consists of the medical
corpev the medical reserve corps, the
dental corps, the hospital corps and
the nurse corps.
The Kedloal Corps.
The medical carps consist ef a
surgeon general with the rank of torlg-
eorrespondinr grades In the cavalry
branch of tha service, :-;': 1
"An applicant for appointment -n
the me&icej corps of the army must be
between 22 and 22 year of - age, a
citizen . of the United , States and a
graduate m medicine .of a. reputable
medical chooL" , . - ' , - .
After a thorough examination ; and
rappototment. If .eueceesful. the appli
cant Lb appointed to the medical re
serve oorpe and ordered to the Army
MetKcal achooi at Washington. D.
where he Is instructed for his candi
dacy into the medical corps. .The ap
plicant agree te. serve five -reara tf
admitted to the array. i ; :
The course of instruction at ' the
Army Medlcak gchooi. says Dr. New
comb, Of, eight motithe ' duration,
commencing on March I next; uc
ceedlng the preliminary examination.
It ia both theoretical and practical.
The final or qualifying examination
of graduate candidate " for appoint
ment in the medical corps will be bald
by the army medical board Immediate
ly after the close of the term of the
Army Aviation eobooL
ray Zs Uberal.
The pay is generous. A first lieu
tenant receive 92 00 a year. At the
end ef five years he Is promoted to
captain and receive $2400 a year. In
two year more he get $2610 yearly.
so that after 10 years' service the
pay win toe $2$$0 annually. The pay
attached to the rank of major ie $3000
a year, which, with 10 per cent added
for each five year service, becomes
$300 after 10 years' service. $200
after IS years' aorv-ice and $4000 after
20 rears. The monthly pay of lieu
tenant colonel, colonel and - brigadier
21.000 cases of enteric: , fever in ' the
American volunteer camps , during the
Cuban war. and all wars have had
similar accompanimenta. . The ancient
saw that "prevention is oetter enan
cure' cannot be : more aptly applied
than In- the case of the magnificent
medicine. Uo to the time that mili
tary hygiene had attained its, present
work done by mimtary preventive
high . degree - of - excellence disease
exacted by far a greater toll of human
Hfe than shot- and chell. It la acoora-
ingty upon the preventive eflde of tholr
work that the medloal officer of an
army mainly rely. The principles of
rood ear Cation put' Into practice wun
seal tempered by dlaoretlon will effect
more in the savins' of Kfe and preven
tion ef disease than any other means.
"In modern warfare every mode of
treatment must be provided for,' frftra
dentistry to massage, War surgery la
no longer a more or leas straightfor
ward affair deellns; with the dressing
of wounds.
: Dental Oorpe important.
' The dental corp of an army Is of
the utmost consequence -and the troth
of this statement ha been most clear
ly demonstrated by the manner In
which plaatlo surgery has developed
durtaff the progress of the war In
Europe. The most appalling Injuries to
the -jaw have been repaired in an al
most marvelous way.
- "Another notable advance In connec
tion with the reorganisation of the
army medical service la that a veterin
ary corps ha been established and has
become an Integral part of the medical
department. Appointments are made
to the veterinary corps as assistant
NORTH
m
JETTY Yi
ViLL BE COMPLETED
, BY MIDDLE OF JUNE
Two Hundred Thousand Tons
of Rock Needed; to Finish
Project at Moutfi of' River,
CHANNEL RESULTS SEEN
Zepth ef 40 Test at Zraf Tide Obtained
Throng-h Aid of Jrttia aad the
Dredging Froces.
unnJ la 2S7S. S41S.CC and 15U n,
rspectively. Officer in addition tela second neuienani is
ant colonels, ISO majors and $00 cap
tain or first lieutenant with the
rank, pay and allowance of officers of
promoted to
therr pay proper are furnished -with J first lieutenant. The law provides that
generous Quarter accoramg to. ran, i axier j jrmi . bt.w "
either in MnA. er where no suitable ' the rank ef captain and after 20 years
the rank of major. -
About the middle of June the north
Jetty at the mouth of the Columbia
river will be complete, say govern- -ment
engineers. Only 200.000 tons of
rook are yet needed to complete the
estimates of $.000,000 ton for the en
tire task. Sufficient money is remain
lna from the last rivers and harbors
appropriation to pay for the materia
and work.
The completion of the north Jetty
veterinarians with the rank of second j xtm at the mouth of the Columbia
lieutenants. After five years' service river, for which the government has
government building is available, by
commutation. '
Hasearca.Xnoonraired.
"Medical officers are encouraged to
carry on any special line of profes
sional study which appeal to tbera
and whioh tend to fit them better for
their work as medOoal officers. . - .
' "Before dlecusalar the . peesSbtlltes
and potontfaJitlea of array medical
service a a career. It will ' toe quite
apposite to amy a few word wita re
gard bo "other possibilities.
The most "Important part of the du
ties which fall within the province of
the military aurgeon Is undoubtedly
that of hygiene. It is no exaggeration
to aay that since 1870 surgery and pre
ventive medicine have become new
sdier general, 22 colonels, 8C I tauten-4 sciences, tout it 1 especially In . the
development of preventive raed&cine
that the greatest stride have - been
made. " There are said to have been
Work of JTurse.
The reports of the work of the
army nurse corps have been highly
gratifying and an increase of the corps
has been authorised for the coming
year. - Owing to the mobilisation of the
regular, troops many noepitale have
been estahOaahed on the border, and the
appointment of 271 nurses was author
ized to meet the emergency.
Th army medloal service undoubt
edly, offers many inducements to the
energetic, virile young man. There
may not . be the VSg prises from the
monetary point of view that are open
te the practitioner in civil life, but. on
the other band, in the army there is
an assured income, and on the whole it
may be stated that the young army
surgeon earn more and has a more
congenial life 'than the struggling
young civilian practitioner.'
appropriated $17,000,000 and- upon
which it has been engaged since 1KS5.
Tt im aM that tha channel at-the
mouth of the Columbia already 1 re
ceiving the benefit of complete Jetty .
construction, together with the effect
of the dredging which has aided in
rechlng the present depth of 40 feet
at low tide as compared with the 20
foot channel existing at the time work
began. - ,
Border Run Hard
On Soldiers' Eyes
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Atlanta, Ge March 24. CI. N. S-
niraH. tmnna rcttimln from tht
Mexican' border have brought back a
very large percentage of defective
eyes. Tiua, mo soxuers siate, w
caused toy the fierce glare of the bor
der sun. Eyes that were perfect when
the soldiers left home have in many
Instances fallen to a very low rating.
Aborew-Major General Hunter Liggett TJ. .S. a. brigadier general
since 1013, whose promotion followed the death of Major General
Funston. . pelow Brigadier General Francis J. Kernan, IT. S. A.,
whose promotion from acolonelcj followed General liggetVs ad
vancement in rank;
Greek Crown Prince Desecrates Flag, Is
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Aept yven iniormea
Athens, March 14. Crown prince
George of Greece has been present at
each of the numerous crown councils
of the kingdom as well as th cabinet
councils presided over by the king. It
is felt in government circles that ths
life of King Constantino la in constant
peril; and It is held the part of wisdom
to keep the heir to the throne as thor
ooughly informed on the current busi
ness of the kingdom as possible.
A Coated Tongue? What It Means
(By Dr. I C Babcock.)'
IE
Annual Report of Rockefeller
'Foundation Shows $2,-
. 500,000 Expended, 1916.
Made Its Custodian
New Torkj March 24. The Stars and
Stripes stream gaily above the ma n
entrance ' of the Tombs prison thene
days and the custodian of, the flag &
Bouck White, pastor of the Church of
he Social Revolution, who is dolr.
time for desecration .of the flag. His
assistant la raising and lowering the
bunting are Edward R, Ames and Aug
use Henkel, ho played prominent roles
in the symbolic melting pot ceremony
that caused their ' conviction and Im
prisonment. "When we had White In' the Tombs
lost June," the warden aaid, "for cir
culating a cartoon desecrating the flap,
he' proved to be a. poor hand at ordi
nary prison work, so I decided that' ho
certainly could perform this light and
pleasant task. . Wt found last Jure
that when we put him to work' wltn
the scrub gang he lowered the effi
ciency of the other about 25 per cent.
U hey were -too much -inclined to listen
to the doctrines or they spent their
time arguing . with Mm. lie . was too
slow to- be a good paintet and he
anowea no capacity-for making beda
We think that now we have something
mac ne can ,ao waii."
A bad breath, coated tongue, bad
taste in the month, languor and debility,
are usually ligna that the liver ia out of
order; Pbop. Hemmeteb' Bays, The
liyer is an organ secondary in import-
-ance only to the heart -'-'i-Sr
W can - manufacture r poisons within
our own bodies which are as deadly at
a snake's venom. ,
The liver acts as a guard over out
well-being, sifting out the cinders and
ashes from the general circulation.
A blockade in the intestines piles
a heavy burden upon the.hver. If
the intestines are choked or clogged
tip,' the circulation of the blood be
comes poisoned and the system
becomes loaded with toxio, waste,
and we suffer from headache, yellow
coated tongue; bad taste in mouth,
nausea, or gas, acid dyspepsia, lan-
Sor, debility, yellow skin or eyes,
t such times one - should take a
pleasant laxative ' Such a one 1 is
made of May-apple, leaves of aloe
and put into ready-to-use form by
Dr. Pierce, nearly fifty years ago,
and sold by all druggists as Doctor
Pierce'a Pleasant Pellets. h v 1
When run-down, when life indoors
has brought about a stagnant con
dition In the circulation most every'
one is filled with urio acid. This
arid acid in the blood often causes ! suigery at both the University -of
rheumatism, lumbago, - swelling - of o.tgon ' and - the Ban Francisco Cot
hands or feet, or a bag-like condition lee of Physicians and Surgeons. Jar-
ttaaer the eyes.it isackache, frequent Vla ' aTaauate ef Lincoln h;ra
orinaUon or the, pains and Btiffnees cnol and -was at one time a Journal
of 4he joints and high blood-pressure
are aisu oiiien uuuceu, - x uave xouni
thai Anuric, double or triple strength .
is an ' antidote for this : urio ' acid
poison and that it will rid tha body
of urio acid. much , as hot - water
dissolves sugar.
Portland' Medical
Student at Paris
jC-aMSBBMSpaaHaMpa i - , -
A cablegram announcing - the ' safe
arrival in France of : Junius , W. Jar
vis, .Portland medical student, was ie
ceived yesterday by ?:hlai father. XX
W. Jarvla, of 4BS Hail street. Tcung
Jaxvls sailed from New York, March
11, on the French' liner Rochambeau.
to Join the American, ambulance, serv
ice. He has . studied medicine and
New Tork. March 24. A total of $8
149,088.98 was appropriated by the
Rockefeller Foundation for the year
ending December 81, 1916, according
to announcement made here this week.
Of thih sum 82,690,000 went for war
relief, to which end f 4,181,962.84 has
been devoted since the beginning of
the war. , .
To the' International health board.
subsidiary organisation, the founda
tion dunlng- the year appropriated $611.-
557.18. The work of this board con
sist chiefly In demonstration, in co
operation with the governmental health
authorities in southern states, in sev
oral Ijatin-American countries, and in
many of the British colonies, of meth
ods for the relief and control of hook'
worm dlseas-e. The. board has also
made a survey of the principal endemic
foci of yellow fever with a view to
measures for the complete eradication
of the disease. Experiments in eco
nomical methods for the control of ma
laria are alao being carried on.
The China medical board, another
subsidiary, ha received from the foun
dation during- the year. 81,068,147.17.
Thia board is devoted to the promo
tion of medical education In China, I
ha assisted some of the beet of the
medical schools established under
American auspices In China and Is for
mulattos plans for the building up of
medical school of the first rank In
Shanghai and Peking in cooperation
with various board a.
- Of the total appropriations above
stated, the sum of 82.000,000 was set
aside for objects designated by John
D. Rockefeller and approved by the
foundation as consistent with Its cor
porate purposes, in accordance with
the terms of Rockefeller's letter oi
gift of March , 1914.
Among the largest of the single con
tributions of the foundation to outside
agencies was the gift of .81,000.000 to
the New Tork Palisades -interstate
Park commission.
The organisation of the 'medical
schools In China mentioned above Is In
direct charge of Dr. Franklin McLaln,
who formerly was on the faculty of
the VUniverslty- of Oregon medical
school.
; Food Dictator Baa Troubles. ;
Berlin, March 24. "Food Dictator-
von Batocki Is having a hard time of
It lately, a -dissatisfaction with his
methods grow and protests pour in
from ail aides. - .-w - ;
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Osnkosh. Wis.. March 24. (U. P.)
In his ceil at Waupun hospital for th
criminally insane here today. John
Sohrank. the man who shot and tried
to kill Theodore Roosevelt as he was
making a campaign speech in Milwau
kee in 1912. declared that he has "for
given' T. R." and even feels kindly to
ward him. . Schrank - has- no relatives
and no friends, . He is destined to re
main here while he lives. He is a
house painter hy- trade. He imaginos
he la a great philosopher and that he
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