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trical discovery, already comes close,
to that mark. Bat. he, or ' those
concerned with hla work, are not
much given - to boasting, which
makes the announcement doubly
significant, particularly since Mr.
Edison is known to be searching
to find a cure for the U-boat
scourge.
A MODERN INSTANCE
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, . . .
classics,, through legend and tradi
tion, through the experience of pre
ceding generations we are the heirs
of the ages' and we enter most
largely. Into our Inheritance by
acquiring knowledge of the thought
and. achievements yOf other men.
of other lands and of other times.
Is going some with copper and Iron
at their present prices.
"All obatructlone to the execution of the
law, all coubinaUm and aeeooUUona.
under whatever plauelble character, wltb
the real 5alga to direct, control, coun
teract, or awe the regular deliberation and
action of the constituted authorities, are
deatrnrtlre of this fundamental principle,
and of fatal tendency."
George Washington.
A TWOFOLD BENEFIT
PARADOXICAL as it may be to:
Portland people to be consid
ering the coal supply while
the thermometer hovers about
the top of the bulb, yet they doubt
less were cheered by the report of
Senator Chamberlain,, to the Port
land Chamber of Commerce that
Alaska coal would be in the Port
land markets next summer.
Fuel prices have been on the up
grade in Portland for several years
past. Doubtless there is valid rea
son for some of the increase. Stag
nation in the lumber business has
reduced the slab output. The clear
ing .of close-in lands has increased
the cost of transportation from the
available supply to the Portland.
market. But nevertheless it has
seemed and does seem that the
price has risen faster than the
added burdens and difficulties of
the dealers made necessary.
Portland has never been a great
consumer of coal. Wood has been
too plentiful and we have been too
close to it. Coal mines have been
too far away, entailing long hauls
over mountain ranges, with the
consequent transportation charges
added to the consumers' price.
Alaska coal should do much to
bring the price of fuel down to a
normal level again. But Its en
trance into the Portland market
means more than the addition to
the fuel supply and the consequent
decrease in fuel cost. It will come
by water, and it will furnish south
bound cargoes for ships that will
need northbound cargoes when they
return to Alaskan waters. It will
form the basis for a- two way busi
ness for water carriers plying be
tween Portland and Alaska. It will
mark one more step forward in
the upbuilding of water commerce,
which must be the basis of Port
land's future growth and prosper
ity. Senator Chamberlain's news
is good news for Portland, both
as to the fuel and the future.
E MET a farmer out on the
road the other day. We
are notgoing to tell where
we met him because he
seemed to be . a pretty rrood sort 01
fellow, in spite of bis peculiar
views, nd we do not wishto fix
Mr. Reames' attention upon him.
When we Bay that hisviews were
not exactly what one would call
patriotic the reader may Jump to
the conclusion hat he was of Ger
man origin, jrat that is a mistake.
He was a Scandinavian and he
lived ina Scandinavian neighbor
hood We infer that perhaps a
score of farmers in that little cen
ter feel and think as he does.
His views have some current
interest from his being a member
of the Lutheran church, which is
now under severe criticism in Ne 1
braska for its reported disloyalty.
This farmer said, quite as a mat
ter of coursef that all the "highW
ups" In the Lutheran church were
pro-German. We do not profess to
know how much truth there vjas
in his words, but as a" member of
that church he perhaps had oppor
tunities to examine the facts of the
situation from the inside.
The farmer himself was quite
openly opposed to the war. He
said it was a matter in which we
had no concern. He did not know
what we were fighting for and, so
far as he was concerned, if he couli
learn of some part of the world
where ho could settle down and be
at peace 'he would forsake all he
had, if he could not sell it, and go
there.
Out of curiosity, which we hope
was not impertinent, we asked the
farmer what papers he read. His
reply was significant. He said he
read nothing whatever except one
religious paper of th Lutheran
persuasion published in South Caro
lina. To him The Journal, the
Oregonian, all our esteemed con
temporaries, are anathema. While
we might commend his Judgment
of current newspapers in some par
ticulars, we must take exception to
it in ono case at least.
The farmer had mueh to say
about the prophecies in the Bible
which foretell, as he beieves, the
present war. According to these
prophecies Mr. Taft's League to
Dr. Van Hlse, personal repre
sentative f Herbert Hoover, made
the following recommendations to
the Arjfclub: "A wheatless meal
a day; two meals a day without
beer, pork or mutton; tnree ounces
of sugar instead of four; the sub
stitutlon of corn for wheat and of
vegetables for meat." It sounds
like a lecture on "how to eat and
grow thin."
POWEIt OF THE PURSE
T
HE "power of the purse" which
has played such a part In the
history of English liberty is
coming .to the fore In Ger
many. The reichstag has begun
to bargain with the kaiser Just as
the parliaments in London used to
dicker with the Stuart kings. In
these bits of higgling over taxes
parliament, in the long run, goi
the better of the kings.
Even the most arbitrary sover
eigns dislike to impose taxes with
out the sanction of the legislative
body if there is one. People who
will bow meekly under every other
form of tyranny are apt to rise in
rebellion when the monarch emp
ties their pocket books. Our own
revolution took its cue from oppo
sltion to "taxation without repre
8entation."
When subjects can go through
the forms of granting taxes to the
monarch they will bear almost any
degree of extortion. But if the
money Is extorted arbitrarily there
is trouble ahead for the anointed of
the Most High. It is quite likel7
that Wlltelm will make substan
tial concessions to the reichstag
for the sake of the money he needs.
When the war is over he can o?
cpurse, after' the manner of his
dynasty, forget inconvenient promises.
Letters From the People
Mexico is about to sign a treaty
binding herself to return to the
United States authorities all those
who fled to that country to escape
conscription. It seems that the
young gentlemen who emigrated
some short time ago Jumped out of
the frying pan into the fire.
GOLD UNDER THE SEA
w
E HAVE been reading the
account in the day's news
of a ship laden with gold
which was attacked by a
Enforce Peace Is the mystical Baby- submarine. It was a United States
Ion described in the thirteenth ship and the gold was going to
chapter of Revelations, which is France to pay our soldiers. The
said to have "made all nations submarine was beaten off and the
drunken with the wine of her for- galloon escaped.
nicatlons," -while Mr. Tart himself The idea has occurred to ns that.
is anti-Christ who is to "deceive
the very elect," as we read in Mat
thew's gospel.
if no lives had been endangered.
the ship's precious cargo would
have been fairly safe at the bottom
It will be Inferred by the dls- of the sea. Most of the world's
French writers are now paying
homage to the American dollar,
calling it the "idealistic dollar."
It has been demonstrated that i'
the American business man- excels
in making dollars he excels no less
In putting those dollars at the serv
ice of the Just causes and moral
interests of humanity.
PRICE FIXING
"W
cernlng reader from this scrappy
report of a roadside conversation
that the war is accountable for a
good deal more insanity than is
gold coin is kept locked up In
vaults resemDung those ocean
caves at great depths which we read
of in Jules Verne. Piled up under
commenly supposed. It may also the ocean It would be quite as safe
furnish a setting for the reports from robbers and Just as useful "as
of Lutheran disloyalty coming from it is now.
far Nebraska.
Agitators and food speculators
will realize some day that a nation
at war is a nation In earnest. No
one disputes the right of the in
dividual to express his opinion or
ask for a profit on his wares. But
this right must be limited by con
siderations of public welfare and
national safety. With honest con
victions there can be no quarrel,
but with Intemperate and seditious
speech, with an undue control of
the price of products there can be under the sea as It Is locked up
Gold certificates could be issued
against It. The ownership could
be transferred from nation to na
tlon as might be required by cheek
or bill of sale. The coins would
lose nothing by attrition since sci
entific men tell us that all is quiet
down there. It is foolish to look
upon gold in sunken ships as lost.
It is really In the best of keeping.
A careful account should be kept
of it and it should be given Its
proper place among the assets of
the world. Gold Is quite as useful
no compromise.
in a vault.
CLASSICAL STUDIES
I
Back In Washington they are
putting "dry zones" a quarter of a
milA wide around army camnn
tional Education association Uh.t to ,
11 x 1 1 a - .a I l J
uier naiuraiiy enterea many w no haye tad tQ gQ clear t(J Horn.
N THE discussions of the Na-
iE HAVE thousands of
organisations that occu
py themselves with price
l 1 m 1 .
tijung. iney meet in
secret and consider no other inter
ests than their own." This remark
Is made editorially by .the New Re
public. It depicts a state of affairs
' which grave senators call "liberty."
To take price fixing out of the
hands of these secret and irrespon
sible camerillas and turn it over
to a responsible branch of the gov
ernment they call "tyranny."
S The power to fix prices without
appeal is .nothing more nor less
than the power to levy an income
tax on the whole country. At pres
ent this income tax is levied In a
thousand forms by irresponsible
cliques of plunderers among whom
; .the public Is not represented.
Our fathers proclaimed the prin
' dpi that "taxation without repre
' ' sentation is tyranny." The obstruc
tionists in the senate call it "11b
' erty." We prefer the nomenclature
" of the fathers. In the United States
. government we are all represented.
o In - the underground chambers
.where war prices ar manipulated
t. nobody is represented except the
manipulators themselves.
.The general manager of the Edi
son company says that Thomas A
Edison "may soon become the most
important figure in the nation
, Mr.4 Edison, by reason of his many
v achievements In the field, of , eleo-
phases of prevailing war con
ditions. This is significant of the
moveraentfor such courses of 6tu&y
In ouf educational institutions as
will bring home to old and young
the profound lessons of the world
conflict of which we are a part
There is a tendency to seek out the
origin of things. Leading uni
versities have led off with confer
ences on classical and historical
studies.
brook, even in times of peace.
IN PENNSYLVANIA
W
roearann lea Lion ant ta The Joatrnal fat
poblleaUoe, la tale department ehenld be writ
tea on eoly one eld e the paper. ehockJ aet
xeoed BOO words la teaglft aa euet be ne
eds pentad by tke name tad address at taa
eeaujer. If the writer doee not aealra to ha to
taa mm pubuaaed ha abouU aa etate.J
A Conservation Flea
Portland. July 13. To the Editor of
The Journal Let me say a word
about food conservation. There are
few, if any, grocery stores where one
can buy In bulk. Crackers and many
other things are done up in paper
cartona that weigh from one fourth to
one half pound. Moreover, one can
not so to a drug atore with some
mall bottlea from the family med
icine chest to have them refilled with
common druse, aa one can In the
east, but the druggist brings out his
bottle done up, and you must buy his
bottle, and consequently get an ac
cumulation of bottles which must in
the end go to the trash barrel, and
you must pay the garbage man to
haul them away. Why don't, they start
at the very bottom of the ladder and
make it possible to buy any amount
one's pocketbook warrants at grocery
or drug store and not be compelled
to take their done up packages that
often sell for more than one has to
buy with? Hence, we poor people of
ten do without many needfuls be
cause we cannot buy 5 or 10 cents'
worth. N. M.
A Proffered Slogan
Portland. July 13. To the Editor of
The Journal Having read of so many
attempts to find a good and true
slogan for our Sammies in this war,
I offer you the use of my name (nom
de' guerre) for a slogan.
SAMMY RUSHDEBUSH
(Sammy, rush de Boches)
After so many years of cleansing
and purifying the German language
from foreign words, and Germany's
"kultur" from the baneful Influence
of the culture of other nations, why
Tots tausend sacrament do the Kai
ser and hi Junker clique keep on
playing "Va banque"'? The name?
The same. P. N. KING
Sending Money to Sailors
Portland, July 14. To the Editor of
The Journal Please tell me how to
send money to a sailor aboard a war
ship. I have to send letters to the
ship in care of the navy yard. Could
send a moneyi order or registered
letter. MRS. M. E. W.
The question, referred to the money
order department of the Portland post-
office, elicits the answer that one may
send either money order or registered
mail to any address in the navy. The
chaplain aboard ship ' ia postmaster
and banker for the sailor boys and
would cash a money order. The actual
money could be sent under registered
cover and the chief yeoman would
handle it and pass It directly to the
person addressed. An advantage in the
case of a money order la that a regis
tered letter containing money might
be lost and the money with It, whereas
there would be a chance of recovering
the amount deposited, if a money order
were lost.
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"Lumberjacks" In War
From the Seattle Poat-IntelUgeBcer
Yesterday's dispatches announce that
10 unit of American "lumberjacks"
have reached England, and w)ll soon
begin the task of turning various for
ests of the United Kingdom into lum
ber for war needs. '
This force comprises 150 men and
is divided into 10 companies of 86
men. Each company is supplied with
VI horses and a sawmill. It fa the
busineas of this force to reduce the
fine old forests of England to rough
lumber, and this is to be shipped
across the channel to the armies in
France. The material will be used
for trench building, bridge repair,
new hospital buildings behind the
lines, and for the temporary rehabili
tation of ruined villages now being
evacuated by the Germans. Within a
few days a similar contingent will
leave America for France to reduce
the forests of Northern France to
stumps. Europe has no available
trained men for this work, and the
services of the Americans will be
quite as Important to the allies :
service with the army In the field.
England and France are to be de
nuded of their fine old forests, but It
Is a sacrifice that Is made willingly
to war's necessities. Lumber in any
large quantities cannot be Imported
by the allies until the war ends. Such
merchant ships as are available must
be utilized In the transportation of
food.
Besides the need of timber for
trenches, hospitals and bridges, there
Is urgent demand for shelter for the
civilians of the ruined villages now
coming into the occupation of the al
lied armies. Once the war Is over,
American mills will be called upon
to practically rebuild towns and cities
of France.
beyond such superficial anticipations
his view did not go. He did not un
derstand the Russian people, he did
not - understand the essential spirit
.of the revolution, he did not under
stand, er else refused to understand,
the world complex which made the
cause of Russian freedom and the
cause of the allies n and Indissolu
ble. It may yet turn out that the
revolution was a gain for Russian
military strategy. It enabled Brua
siloff tc outguess Hlndenburg. While
the . latter was presumably waiting
for the automatic demoralisation- of
the Russian army, Brusslloff was
utilising the respite to prepare the
materials of his new offensive. The
five months slnee February 1 have
been for the German government a
tragedy of errors. It is now facing
the problem of making atonement to
the disillusioned German people.
Kerensky
rrom the Chicago Past
The whole story is not yet written.
Tet the young radical Kerensky has
made his country perform the most
wonderful miracle that ever followed
a revolution. He has taken hold of
an army weary of war, tasting its
first liberty and tempted by all the
wiles of a lying enemy; he has re
fitted it out of the midst of indus
trial, confusion: he has disciplined It
out of" "anarchy : he has revitalised it
out of apathy and himself led It across
the first-line trenches in an offensive
that has already netted 20,000 Austro-
German prisoners.
The thing that America wanted to
happen has happened; and this was
just the thing Germany did not want
to happen.
Yet many Americans by their attl
tude of contemptuous disgust toward
a people who have already given a
million lives In this evar helped for
ward the thing; which Germany wished
and held back the thing which Amer
ica. wished. Though it was but a
spoken or written word, it was a very
real Influence. Germany saw to it
that such declarations of lack of faith
went through into Petrograd while
their opposite did not. In the same
way Germany saw to it that the on
fortunate outbursts against the new
Russia by a few English tories went
through to Petrograd. And their ef
feet was almost the break-up of the
Russian alliance. Prussianised Amer
icans seek to adopt the Prussian phll-
osphy in their estimate of war events.
They seek to impose the cynical ma
terialism of a dying autocracy upon
the democracy of the new world
Every time they do so they help Ger
many.
PERTINENT COMMENT AND NEWS IN BRIEF
CHAN UK
The situation at Berlin seems te bo
In an I regret to state.
Is It on a sal a. or off as-a la. with
wboever's who In China todajrt
Io those ladies who so Dicketlne? at
the White House take their tatuna
along T
Speaking as one who on his war
down town every day passes some hun-
areas 01 oacK yard ana vacant lot
gardens tay, did you over in all your
me see anything that skinned 'euit
Thoush the Deonlea of the entente
have tax en to tne s'ourth of July very
nicely, still If those of the central
powers shall happen to select some
other date, we, of course, will not
insist.
The name of wne of the principal
avenues in Klo Janeiro has boen
changed to Avenida Presldente Wilson.
Ana 110 w, 11 you don t. know the name
of the president of. Brazil it is up to
you to tied out
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"The car was badly damaged, but
strange to say the occupants escaped
wnnoui a scraicn. ' uo tnose wno es
cape without a scratch ever come
across with any thank offering, to be
expended in any way the owner 01
the car sees fit?
Secretary Daniels has announced that
24 of the daatrovara now under con
struction will bear the names of offi
cers of the navy who have won dis
tinction, namely, Little, McKee, Ste
vens, Philip, Bell. StrlMing, Kimberly,
noDinson, xuurray, wickes. Israel,
Ringgold. Woolsey, Slgournoy, Gregory,
Evans. Colhoun. Stringbam. Grldley.
iJyer. Harding. McKean. Fairfax and
Taylor. Step forward, gentlemen, and
display your broad knowledge of Amer
ican nistory oy picking out those
whose names you are favmiliar witn.
OHfcUON bUJKUO UTS
Tillamook county's court house has
been Improved by the building of a
jail lSx.lt feet. In the basement, and a
grand move-fest of offices has taken
place In consequence. The Herald say
no more court house building will be
needed for several year a
Thus gloats the Hood River News:
"No sooner do the last of the sea
son's strawberries grace our tables
and tickle our palates than the Hoyal
Ann, Bing and Lambert make their
welcome appearance, and yum. yum
-how good they are! Hood River
with Us succession of delkuous fruua.
is a paradise for the epicure."
The HUlsboro Argus bears up under
the L W, W. troubles in this fashion.
"The I. W. W. lack machine guns and
41-centimeters in their fight against
American industries In time of war.
so while their efforts against the gov
ernment are annoying it will be just
one of the petty troubles which niuit
be met and dealt with in firmness."
Here is a "13" story from the Salem
Capital Journal: "One man who .
immune from all terrors of war ia
Don H. Moore, and he Is a haiem noy.
His war registration number is ISIS.
Me married a folk county gin on junt
13, and his was the thirteenth license
to be issued that month. When he went
over to Dallas to get the license he
called up phone No. 12.
The season's best cherry story, to
date, from the Eugene Register: "T. E
Stabno brought to this office a
branch of Royal Anne cherries whlcii
weighed 15 pounds. The cherries were
as thick as grapes and were large and
Juicy. They were grown on the oll
Insanh Tunnell Dlaeo. five . lies west
of the city. Iast year the tree from
which thev were taken bore 25 worth
of the cherries."
Rag Tag and Boltail
St,
ones rrom
THE GOVERNMENT CENSORSHIP
The Advertising Remedy
'Prom the Boston Globe
The committee on public safety has
called attention to the way in which
a threatened serious waste of food
stuff was turned to a public benefit
by a little common sense.
Farmers about Springfield had
grown a large crop of spinach for
which they looked in vain for a
market. In spite of the fact that It
costs 1 to raise a barrel of spinach
they were seeking to get rid of 1000
barrels of their product at 80 cents
a barrel. They did not find any one
to buy it. A local committee of pub
lic safety wisely suggested that the
product be advertised.' This was done.
The slogan "Buy a peck of spinach"
immediately brought results'. The
whole 1000 barrels was sold. Instead
of 80 cents per barrel it brought 11.25.
The demand once stimulated, the bal
ance of the crop, nearly as much as
the first offering, was marketed.
Many farmers and some private gar
deners will have a surplus this sum
mer. When they fail to sell It through
the channels ordinarily used to reach
the consumers they should do as was
done with the spinach crop. They
should advertise. Housekeepers can
not be expected to discover unusual
supplies of food by intuition. But
when they see an advertisement Indi
cating an abundance of this or that
fruit or vegetable at a reasonable
price they will rush to profit by the
bargain. Most of them have made
up their minds to preserve perishable
stuff this year on a scale they have
never attempted before. They are
eager to know when and where an
unusual supply is to be had.
This year the producer must deal
with new conditions. He cannot do
so properly if he remains silent. With
proper advertising the tragedy of pro
duce rotting, because those who would
willingly consume it are ignorant of
their opportunity, should be eliminated.
Darld Lawrence in New York . -ntnt Poat
Handling the press still ems to
be a thorn In the side of the govern
ment. It is the one important thing
now in the development of war plans
which has been carelessly managed.
The events of the last three days glvu
proof of a friction between the gov
ernment and the press that. If con
tinued, will not help win the war. The
fault is on both sides Just now. but.
had the administration taken the
newspapers into its counsels early and
obtained from them practical sugges
tions for the settlement of problems
that must Inevitably arise, there would
today be no confusion, no rivalry of
authorities, no baiting by newspapers
and correspondents of government of
ficials a better spirit all around.
a
The first mistake was the adminis
tration's attempt to froce a pres cen
sorship through congress under the
guise of espionage legislation. The
protests of the press were brushed
aside as Inconsequential, but congress
Itself got suspicious, and the censor
ship law failed. The antagonisms then
bred have their fruition today. In
stead of a sympathetic Interest which
would assist the government In work
ing out the problem for the national
good, wquld-be Northcllffes have
arisen to fling criticism after criti
cism, much of it irrelevant and much
of It unfair. One large newspaper
for example, has been baiting Secre
tary Daniels with long telegrams ask
ing him everything under the sun, re
gardless whether or not It lies within
his department and whether or not It
is manifestly proper to give out the
Interior organization of the navy.
e
Then there Is the alleged "lurid" ac
count of the naval "battle as de
scribed in the Fourth of July an
nouncement concerning the safe ar
rival of American troops in France.
Efforts are being made by certain
newspaper men to belittle that avecom-
E CANNOT help admiring
the thrift of the Pennsyl
vania politicians. The son
who stole the pennies off
his mother's eyelids at her funeral
is a prodigal compared with them.
It is said by perfectly responsible
They have been followed persons that these shininr models
by the parent Chautauqua, which of efficiency have got themselves
announces that in its regular course chosen on the draft exemption
of reading and home instruction boards all over the state
for the coming year classical sub- ia Lackawanna county; Pennsyl
jects shall be the main feature. vanla. there are four "desnieablo
In announcing Its course the I politicians" who are at this' moment
Chautauqua says: running for office, named to sit on
The great war has awakened a the exemption board. We can fore
profound and intense desire to under- see how easy they will make it for
stand the long hidden causes and im- theIr political supporters and how
memorial principles that lie back of ... . . . .
such a catastrophe, it has brought rapidly they Will ship off their
also to multitudes of people a need enemies to France. It would be
for frequent refuge in larger and criminal in a Pennsylvania politl
more tranquil realms of thought, I 4 ii u ,
That wisdom and IdeaJa dr, not ntt.rlv X- tO neglect SUCh a gOlden OP
die in the storm is one of the com-1 portunlty and we may feel perfectly
fortlng reassurances of such study, certain that they will make the
Never was the "long 1001c more lm- most of It.
For the eood of the armv and
uecause or ignorance or the the country we hore that nrofes
philosophy and the politics of past slonal politicians, particularly those
ages and lands across the seas old now running for office, will be
expioaea tneones are ioistea upoa kept out of this business. Scandals
us under new names and poor imi- wjh be difficult to avoid in any
tatlons of well proved devices find 0,. The presence of politicians
acceptance as though they were on the hoards will set the doors
genuine, continues me announce- wide open to scandal.
ment
A little knowledge of the history , rhe city's Junk dealers want an
of the world's thought and its in-1 ordinance forcing all those engaged
stitutions would save ua from being! in that business to close their shops
led astray. . Through a study of the i at 8 o'clock ia the evening, which
Berlin's Blundering
From the New York Events Poet (July 10)
What will come out of the political
crisis at Berlin is less certain at this
moment than our knowledge of the
causes that have brought the crisis
lqto being. These are plainly writ
ten on the face of events. The sub
marine campaign, America, Russia
on all three counts the German gov
ernment stands convicted of criminal
lack of foresight and ghastly failure.
It is now five months slnee the kaiser
challenged America by letting loose
the U-boatj for the speedy starvation
of England, a task that was to be
measured in weeks. Today the U
boats are weaker than they were
last winter, and the entente nations
are on the eve of the harvest, secure
in their food until the spring of 1118.
If Bethmann-Hollweg meant what he
said when he declared that Germany
was staking her all on the submarine
and the challenge to America, then
Germany Is lost.. If he did not mean
what he said, then the German peo
ple finds itself today the victim of
a policy of frivolous deception. The
outstanding facts are that American
troops are on French soil, and that
the submarine campaign has failed,
failed so signally that its abandon
ment was one of the demands brought
forward by the clerical leader Erx-
berger in the attack that has preclpl
tated the crisis. "What- has hap
penea," asks one Berlin organ plain
tively, "that our armies and our peo
ple cannot prepare for another win
ter of war?" ' The question is its
own reply. There was to have been
no fourth winter of war for Germany,
This fourth winter will only find
Germany confronting an enemy enor
mously strengthened in a physical.
sense by the advent of America and
in a moral sense by thJ advent of
democratic Russia.
German miscalculation concerning
the military results of the submarine
war and the speed of American mo
bilisation was matched by a pitiful
misunderstanding of Russian condi
tions. Bethmann-Hollweg must have
foreseen the revolution in Russia when
he flung his challenge to - America
last February; that did not call for
extraordinary, gifts of prophecy. He
foresaw th confusion-which followed
at Petrograd and th temporary slack
ening of - Russia's : military energies,
i These , things were inevitable. - But
The Call to American Women
Prom the Dallas (Texas) News
The success of the effort Mr.
Hoover Is making would be of Immense
Importance In the economic sense. It
would perceptibly lower prices, and
thus ease a burden that Is felt by all
of us. But the military effects would
be even more important. It would, for
one thing, assure the adequate ration
ing of our own soldiers and workers.
as well as those of our allies, for we
shall have ne crop shortage that can
not be more than counterbalanced by
such economics as it lies within the
power of the women to practice. And.
wtith that done, the chief -menace to
our prospect of victory will be tre
moved. It would have the still fur
ther military effect of removing the
last vestige of doubt from tho minds
oi our amies ana enemies alike, com
fort the one and discomfort the other
by convincing them that the United
States is grimly determined to strike
with all the force of a united nation
possessed of Incalculable resources.
If there were none of the other Impor
tant reasons for urging the women to
respond to the Hoover call, this one
alone would be sufficient to make it
an imperative obligation of patriotism.
it wouia not De for the women to ques
tion the practicability of this move
ment, even If there were any reason to
question it. It is for them to salute
ana answer present for service, as the
men have in answer to every call made
on tnem.
The Real Food Problem
From the CBicago Herald
.me Buvci iiiiieni estimate or crop
conditions show wheat below the rec
ord Dut sun wen above tne yield for
last year. Beautiful as an army with
banners, and a great deal more im
portant In some respects Just at this
stage, corn, with the biggest acreage
in our history, promises well over a
half billion bushel increase. Other
gram crops snow a substantial ad
vance. while the potato crop bids fair
to be tne oiggest on record-
There will thus probably be food
and to aspire m this country if it
is carefully conserved. There will be
food and to - spare if people don'
cling to the idea that they must have
one particular sort of food in as
great a quantity as they have been
accustomed to. In brief, the food
problem. In ,the light of the Promise
of a billlon-bushe. increase In food
production, resolves to a great extent
into a question of getting our people
to give all varieties of food a fair
show. They must be willing to sub
stltute more or less for the wheat
which our allies are sure to need In
great quantities.
' And here Is where corn comes in.
Begin to learn to eat and like corn
right now. It has a food value fully
equal to wheat -and when properly
prepared it is Just aa - palatable. It
should sot be long before one or two
pllshment of the navy, to create the
false impression that the navy depart
ment told an untruth, and demands
are being made for the "original." No
original telegrams are ever given out
by the navy department because of
the ease with which enemy wireless
operators who have copied the code
messages can decipher them with the
aid of the real text. All governmen
messages are paraphrased nowadays
but the essential thing is that the
facts in Secretary Daniels' announce
ment still stand. Our transports were
attacked twice. Five torpedoes were
seen. One submarine was sunk
Wreckage and large quantities of oil
on the surface were reported by th
American naval officer In command
to have been found exactly where th
hot took effect.
George Creel wrote the announce
ment. He added an exultant phras
about the coincidence of this new
with the Fourth of July. Immedlatel
a hue and cry is set up about
"lurid" story. The plcayuneness o
these acts makes them of little per
manent 111, but what is important 1
that they reveal the disagreement
and conflicts between the government
and the press. If the public once I
given the idea that the governmen
doesn't tell the truth in its official
announcements, the results may be se
rious to the effective prosecution
the war by American public opinion
The situation calls for a revision of
plans with regard to the presa, the in
stilling of a better spirit than has
prevailed, so that real patriotism may
banish petty fault-finding. But the
government has erred so many times
that the Initiative must come from 1
The government should call to Its al
a council of the large newspaper edi
tors, and ways and means will soon
be devised to meet the whole sltuatlo
without embarrassment to any Inter
est.
Evtrywlwf
ITe Uila col am ait hiIm ml tv
are Urlted to coo tribute original matter ia ' "
Starr. U Vena or la nhllnaonhW l r,h.., . . ttn i
or atrlklas quotation: traaa any aource. Ooev
ijBa vi urepiionai stent wui ke sale for, ,
A Chicago Tionoer Story
MRS. EMILY BEAUB1EN LE BEAU.
who lived In Chicago eS years ago, '
esieruay observed her 93d birthday
anniversary, says the Chicago Herald
or juiy . Mrs. Le Beau, who wit-V",
cssed the landing of General Scott's n
iuovs on tne snore oc lano Michigan .
tne outbreak or tne Indian war of -
o32, and to whom the Cavil war and
the great Chicago fire are relatively
recent events, observed her annlver-
tary by receiving the friends who
dropped in during the afternoon. She
was presented during the day with a
recently discovered picture of her
father, Mark Beaubien. founder of
Chicago's first hotel. The portrait
was picked up In a bookstore some
weeks ago by a. man who recognised
t. on removing it from the frame a
two column ncwiDLDtr atorv. dated
May 28, 1879, was discovered, con-,
tainlng an account of a reception giv
en him In the old Calumet club. Its
under asked the Chicago Historical
society to get in touch with the daugh
ter or Marie tieaublen and give her the
picture.
Mrs. Le Beau was born in 1111 In
Detroit and came to Chicago when she
was 4 years old. While living at her
father's hotel the Utile r-.rl rttanded
school on the North Side. Among the
recollections of her schooling la the
occasion when she was lost In the Im
penetrable forests of Lake street.
bhortly fcfter !er marriage to Rob
ert Le Beau she wcut with her hus
band to live in Texas, but returnad to
Chicago upon his death. 8 he is livlnc
at 3334 Warren avenue.
HOW TO BE HEALTHY
CepyrtgaU 1S1T.
y J. Stele.
FOOD REQUIREMENTS. The food
needs of the body can be calculated
with almost equal exactness to Its
needs In sixes of clothes. A husband
would not think of sending is wife
to the store to buy him a pair or
shoes about size seven, or a collar
around 15, nor would she risk buying
her1 own dresses and waists without
knowing the sires of what she was
getting.
Tet the family food shopping is
done on Just such a blind basis. The
body has definite needs and roods
differently supply those needs. Just
ss feet have sixes and certain shoes
definitely fit their requirements.
Many minor ailments ana aiscom-
forts are traceable directly to malfits
in foods, and the degenerative dis
eases of heart, blood vessels and kid
neys, which are Increasing in their
ravages, are in part the direct result
of the wear and tear of wrong food
selections.
Food requirements vary with age.
weight and occupation. The require
ments Of children are greater, in pro
portion to sixes, than are those of
adults, while the requirements of the
aged are less. A man engaged in
severe muscular exercise has twice
the food requirements of tne man in
a sedentary occupation.
A baby up to 2 years of age needs
aoout 45 calories, or rood units; per
day for each pound of weight, but.
after the second year, he needs only
aoout 0 calories per day per pound.
The requirement then drops 10 per
cent at the end of each three year
period up to age 17, at which time
the average will be about 20 calories
per day per pound. The normal adult
weighing about 151 pounds anqV en
gaged in light exorcise requires about
18 calories per day per pound.
In old age the food requirement di
minishes, and at 60 years drops 10
per cent below the ration in midile
life. At 70 there Is a drop of 10 per
cent more, and after a person reaches
80 be snould eat not more than two
thirds of what he needed In adult life.
Occupation Is another Important
factor influencing food requirements.
A man engaged in severe muscular
exercise needs six times as many
calories per hour as when he is sit
ting, at which time he needs sbout
one j and a half aa many as when
he is sleeping. A shoemaker requires
about 18 calories per day per pound,
while a painter requires about kl
and a sawyer as many as S3. A seam
stress requires about 14 calories per
day per pound, whereas a washer
woman requires 28 calories.
. .
'inese calculations per pound are
based on normal weights. People who
are under or over weight for their
height should calculate their require
ments on the basts of normal weights
rather than on their own.
The appetite normally assists in
regulating the Intake of calories to
the body's needs, but Is an Inade
quate guide upon which to depend.
We find appetising most of the food
that is placed in front of us, whether
It properly meets the body's require
ments or not. One should correctly
ascertain his body needs and assist
the appetite In regulating the day's
ration accordingly.
Tomorrow The Higher Life.
The Flag's Genesis
In a tiny room so spick jid clean.
.urn neau scruoueu iioor tnat caught
the gleam
Of the sunlight filtering through the
n aca
And doors set wide to catch the breexe
rwi sail ana crisp rrom orr the bay,
Sat u dear little woman one summer
day,
And talked with a man with a noble
face
And kingly bearing and courtly grace,
ion bsb,' eaid the man in a kindly
tone,
We want a flag that is all our own;
Something like this, with thirteen bara.
A field of blue and some silver stars.
And so old Glory was planned that
day.
Not tar from the shore of Delaware
bay.
And a woman stitched the red and the
whit
That should be to the world a shin
ing light
The light yf hope and of liberty .
That makes all men equal and all men
free;
And ttie stars that arose In that field
of blue
Became stars of hope to a world made
new.
Now other worlds seem to catch the
gleam
Of their light shed forth in a golden
sheen
That pierces the darkness of a far off
shore
And a people feels hope in their soul
once more
"Thank God for Old Glory!" my soul
cries out.
If I hold my peace,' the rocks will
shout.
For I love every blood-bought fold of
her bars
And every ray of her shining stars.
God pity the man, if there be such an
one,
wno loves not tne nag that our
fathers have won
Whose heart thrills not when he looks
and sees
Her folds leap out on the mornins
breese.
Rosetta Eby Taylor.
Much Ado About Nothing;
Policeman Savage Is not what- his
name implies. In fact, he is very gen
tle. Sergeant Skull is the man wlio
uses his head. Both do their bet.
says the Philadelphia Evening Ledg-sr,
to preserve tne peace in the bailiwick
controlled by the Thirty-second and
Woodland avenue station.
Someone informed the sergeant that
a house at 3603 Chestnut street ws
wide open with no one In It. Skull
concluded that it was probably inhab
ited by thieves. Looking over the list
of cops available, he selected Savage
to charge upon the house.
Although he has been a' policeman '
two weeks. Savage is industrious. He
entered the house with revolver fh
one hand and club In the other. The.
house In question is a big, weird af
fair. Echoes chase each other about
lthout regard to consistency. The
cop expected combat at the entrance
to every room, but he encountered
He heard a sound on the rear porch
and bravely stepped out on it. There
is a crash, the roof collapsed and
the next moment the policeman found
himself astride a dog house In the
yard.
The dog, which was rather a wise
animal, had evidently heard of air
raids. He ran at the first creak of
danger and when the debris clattered
over his apartment he was many yards
away. He is probably running yet.
The policeman was slightly cut and
bruised by his fall and is undergoing
repairs at the University hospital. The
house is owned by the uunnam estate.
No one knows why the estate weut
away without locking its doors.
corn days a week become a national Mrs. A. W. Quinn and Mlaa Ruth
Institution. Incidentally, it is not! Quinn arrived at the Multnomah hotel
necessary to ovenoon tne ract tna . f rom San Francisco this morning,
corn is a Sreat deal cheaper than . Mr and Mr c M Tracy are t
wneat, inow mat ma turn crup n , t Wanhintrtdn from Seat t ha
ll rs. Belle Watson of Pasadena,
shown such a readiness to do its part
we ought all to begin to think of do
ing ours.
Pershing's Nickname
From the Boeton Globe
To the British soldier who to the
world 1 Tommy Atkins Lord Roberts
Is still "Bobs" and Lord Kitchener U,
of K." To Tommy Sir Douglas Halg la
never anything but "D. H."; Sir Wil
liam Robertson Is always "Wullie";
General Sir Robert Whlgham, "Wig.
wam": General Sir Hubert Gough,
"Goffy"; General AUenby, "The Bull";
General Rawlinson, "Rilly," and Gen
eral Maude "The Strafer." What will
General Pershing's nickname be?
PERSONAL MENTION
SS .b,
Theatre Man Is Back
J. H. von Herberg, theatre owner, of
Seattle, returned to Portland this
morning. He has been in the city fre
quently during the last few weeks to
supervise the construction of the new
Liberty theatre, which is to be opened
Tuesday evening.
e e
Captain Henry Davis of the Benlela
(Cal.) arsenal Is at the Portland.
B. R. Dorr of Dorr, Wash., is at the
Nortonia.
E. E. Ellsworth, prominent resident
of Cascade Locks. Is registered at the
Imperial.
.. Charles Kuykendall is a Perkins
ruest from TamhllL
R, Hartman ef The Dalles Is reg
istered at the Nortonia.
Cal.. Is at the Portland.
Miss Vera MeKenna of Reno, Nev.,
is registered at the Multnomah.
Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Ferguson of
Athena, Or., are guests at the Im
perial.
S. W. Anderson la at the Cornelius
from Spokane.
. 1L C. Blgler and Mrs. Bigley of St.
Louis, Mo., are Nortonia guests,
Miss Lauretta P. Clark and Miss
Jessie Cuthbertson of Palo Alto are
at the Washington.
Mrs. C. Marshall of Tacolt, Wash
Is at the Cornelius.
J. E. 81ett is at the Perkins from
Condon, Or.
MUi Jennie Cameron Is at' the Port
land from Ban Francisco.
wimara u. Tait of Aiaarora is a
Multnomah guest.
Mrs. Eugene Rumbold of Burns, Or.
is registered at the -imperial.
Dr. A. Esson and Mrs. Esson of The
Dalles are registered at the Cornelius.
Mr. and Mrs. F. J- Sleeper of Elden
dale, Wash., axe Kortonla guests.
tj. ft. Trowbrrnge ox Denver is at
the Multnomah, v
E. J. Newton or La Grande, Or:, Is
at the Perkins.
Mrs. G. B. Small of Baker, Or., Is at
tne Washington.
Misses Ovena Larson and Olive M
Grubb are Berkeley, CaL, residents si
tne Muitnoman.
Mel Sigman, prominent business man
of Dufur, Or., is at the Cornelius.
Mrs. Hugh O'Kane of Bend, Or, Is
ai tne imperial.
o. a. .Ericsson or Bead Is at the
Muitnoman.
Adventure
Black wave the trees in the forest
And a rough wind hurries by.
But the swineherd's toddling daughter
Knows where fallen pine cones lie.
And. girt with a snowy apron.
She scampers, alert and gay,'
To the hidden pool in the hollow
Where the wan witch-people play.
They smile, the wee wrinkled women.
They creep to her pinafore
And lay in her lap strange treasures
Trolls brought from the ocean's floor.
And they marvel at her blend tresses
And braid them with seen tad fern:
And they lave her dusty brown ankles)
With snow-water from the burn.
But nobody listens or heeds them
The swineherd hws a new trail;
The swineherd's wife in the cottage
Pours the sour milk from the palL
And little Oerta lags homeward
Dream shod through the shadows
deep.
Her lashes heavy with wonder
They whisper. "She been asleep!
Laura Benet in Philadelphia Evening
Ledger.
Uncle Jeff Snow Says:
Down to Florence. Arixony, oncet,
the moral and law-abldln' element tuck
a notion to clean out the gamLllh' In
dustry and got the sheriff with em
and all the officers. Al Meacbsm was
a member of the city council; a mighty
smart lawyer, and kep' many a tin
horn out of jail. He talked and talked
and moved and seconded, and pal-
a v axed wnne tne ga-cioiera mca im tne
money paid out to a lot of. soldiers,
some minin' contractors Md a raft of
harvest hands, rinally. wbet. ever
body's patience vas most e tared out,
the raid cn the gamblers started, bet
'fore they was chastdt. out. There Is
some mighty smart lawyers ta con
gress Jest nowl .