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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-05-10
To Teach At Nolln

AV Ao1Vh ~ NOltn.
Miss Martha ]. Gerking today filed
contract to teach the primary grades
In the Nolin schools next year.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-05-10

government alone but with the entire
German people.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-05-10

The older a man gets the less he
knows he knows.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-09-11

His reform can be traced directly to the
influence Of those days, which, he said
recently were the happiest Of his hte'
Nobody has better chance to see and
TO understand the futlity Of forms and
Journalism than the good reporter, whose
work com.els him TO disregard the out
ward shell and dive into the inwardness
Of things. Mr.. Root, in pleading a short
time ago for action TO end the laws delays
urged that the procedure be taken from It's
present state Of technicalties and reduced
to such simplicity that the ordinary citi-
zen not a lawyer could comprehend It,
One Of the surest ways to make laws and
the legal system sensible is 70 divest them
Of supcrhuous words and meaningless,
forms, Of the dust Of past ages which
clings TO them.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-09-11
INTEREST LOST
The Administration Knows 1t, So
Nothing Happens.

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: What Is the use of our trying-you
and Ito hoodwink ourselves and others
Why should we blink the patent fact that the
American public has lost all interest in the
war? How many times have l heard it said
in the last three or four months: "Oh,
never read the war news now except the
headlines. | am sick to death Of it ALL" You
and all the other newspapers may write edi-
torals on its different phases, but the maj or
ity of the general public is utterly Indifferent,
and nobody knows this better than the Will
son administration.
If, after the Belgian atrocities or the Lusi-
tania horror Mr.. Wilson had proceeded to
the most extreme measures with Germany
the country would have sustained him to q
man; now Germany might torpedo half a
dozen Lusitanias and mete out to- say, Hol-
land or Switzerland twice the outrages she
visited on Belgium and the country would
shrug its shoulders and turn over the page to
see how the baseball score stood Neither the
Arabic nor the Hesperan incidents caused
the least ripple of excitement, any more than
the Albert or Dumba disclosures, because
everybody knew nothing was going to happen,
and the administration knew it, too. And
Germany knows it just as we'll as the admin
stration.
This is nothing new. It is a characteristic
trait Of the American public. Do you remem-
Der when Dewey came home from Manila
through roaring, cheering crowd, and could
have had the Presidential nomination for a
wink? Six months later he was forgotten :
"hc amt no hero any more" as | heard a
lcountrywoman say to another. Similarly
when Roosevelt passed up Broadway through
a yelling crowd so thick you couldn't fight
your way one block in half an hour. few
months later he also was q "has been" Thaw
wearied the public patience until even his
opponents said, "Oh, let him 90 and let us
forget it,"
Even the most popular of live idols rarely
lasts more than season. How, then, should
we expect an inanimate issue to receive more
sustained interest? Let new and particu-
lary atrocious murder, or an unusually sala-
cious divorce suit, or a general massacre Of
Americans in Mexico (no; Mexico. too. is
"vleux jeu" now, or a second San Francisco
earthquake occur and drive the war 10 the
back pages of the yellow press. and nine.
tenths of the public will hardly know whether
! il is still going on. Those whose pockets are
affected, such the cotton men or the meat
packers. will continue to howl to high heaven
but the rest of the nation will yawn-"Aw
it's none of our business, anyway"
Keep on writing your editorials for the
benefit Of the few of US who appreciate them
most highly but don't delude yourself with
the belief that the public cares one CONT.
mental for them. JA.L.
New York, Sept. 8, 1915.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-09-11
The Scourge.

How long, o Lord, shall this foul thing Of
hate
Ravage the world and scorn all human
laws?
How long with bloody chops and SLAYER
ing jaws
Shall he gorge on before he meet his fate?
This is no proud embattled sovereign state
Fighting for life-this Is brute whose
claws
Tear at the forms Of babes, beast
which gnaws
On women's bones in rage insatiate.
Yet many are there who look on and plead
let US approach this brute and talk Of
peace;
Let US make terms and end this slaugh-
ter vast"l
But there's no parley with so mad breed,
And war, with all its horror, may not
cease
TIL this foul monster is destroyed at
lastl b. Il.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-09-11

men. But why should Mr.. Bryan waste his
time preaching peace to people who are al
ready in favor of peace? If he had any logic
he would go to Germany and convert the
Kaiser to his ideas In so doing he would
serve his country and his countrymen, and
besides would be praised by the whole world.
If Mr.. Bryan's brain is not an insane asylum
he ought to see how improper it is for him to
attack the administration he has just LETT
and to have his attacks Endorsed by the pres
ence of foreign ministers or attaches.
What has been Mr. Bryan's doctrine?
First-That Americans should withdraw
from countries at war.
Second-That Americans who go abroad
either for pleasure or on business need not
look TO the government of the United States
for protection for themselves or their prop
erty.
What has always been the thought Of the
American citizens?
First-That the flag Of the United States
covered any American wherever he might be
on the face of the globe.
Second-That this was especially true where
protection has been granted them by treaties.
Was the great orator wrong when he SAID:
"A government that cannot protect It's cit
liens at home or abroad ought to be swept
from the map of the world. The flag that does
not protect its protectors is a dirty rag that
contamines the air in which it waves The
government that does not defend its defend
ers is disgrace to the nations Of the world"
New York, Sept 8, 1915. P. JUNEAU.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-09-11
CONGRESS SHOULD CONVENE
Il Alone Can Give Expression to the
Thought and Will of the People.

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir. While we all know that this country Is
a republic and not a democracy, in ordinary
life we forget this is the case and pride our
selves on our democratic principles and form
OF government. Yet in this crisis tho people
Of the United States occupy the position OF
tho anti-suTragists an influence, silent
vocal. active, but, when the test comes, OF no
real value.
Since August, 1914, the nations Of Europe
have put the question Of their relation to this
world war to the people Of their countries
But in this country. with Mexico on one side
and Hayu on the other; with pacihsts. the
German propaganda and the condition Of our
army and navy before US all the time, we sit
helpless, voiccess, watching. waiting. Con
gress Is not in session and the country is in
the hands of party leader and heads Of de-
partments who are responsible TO that party
leader and TO no one else. Without casting
one reflection on the President Of the United
States or the heads of departments chosen by
him, this condition Of affairs ought not to be.
It is a state OF affairs that should not exist in
either a republic or a democracy.
This is a crisis not only in the life Of this
country but in the life of the civilized world.
Yet we as a people are impotent. How can
the American people speak except through
Congress? And Congress is not called. How
can VIC. people with free speech and free
press, speak?
Are we, the American people, more helpless
than the residents of the Balkan States in a
great crisis?
What is the value of our freedom Of speech
and unrestricted press if we are helpless in
he hands Of a party administration
Small wonder that Mr.. Henry James became
an English subject. ! am fain to return TO
the land Of my forebears and wear the tri-
color above and not below the Stars and
Stripes over my heart.
L. B. FAIRFIELD.
Bristol, Conn. Sept. Z, 1915
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-09-11
The Unchanged Bryan.

To the Editor of The Tribune
Sir: 1t would seem that Robert 'ngersoll
was not very much mistaken when he said of
Mr.. Bryan that he could not be trusted with
the property and the honor Of the United
States.
In his speech of 1895 he said: "Who is Mr..
B.yan? He is not a tried man. II he had
the capacity TO reason, IL he had logic, il he
could spread the wings of imagination, if
there were in his heart the divine flower
called pity, he might be an orator, but lack
ing all these, he is as he is. When Major
Mckinley was fighting under the flag, Bryan
vas in mis- mothers arms, and judging from
his speeches, he ought to be there still. What
Is he? A populist. lie voted for General
Weaver. Only little while ago ,e denied
being a Democrat A fiat money man. His
brain is an insane asylum without keeper.
The gentleman is a tireless talker-oh, il he
had brain equal to his vocal cords, what
man! And yet, when | read his speeches it
seems TO. me az though he stood on his head
and thought with his feet. This man is en-
deavoring to excite class against class"
Mr.. Bryan does not seem 10 have changed
much since 1896. He Is now exciting the
against his Own sountr:
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-09-11
Dance Standardization.

The decision of the American Society OF
Professors of Dancing to standardlze the
dances they all expect to teach this season
is another indication that the dance craze
which hit this country so hard couple
Of wears ago is on the wane. 1t is proof
that the dance teachers are realizing at
last that they were slowly killing the
goose which was producing golden eggs for
them.
While all the world was striving eagerly
to master the new dances" which were
being foisted on the overzealous pupils at
the rate of two or three a month, there
were enough newcomers to represent big
profts for all the teachers, according to
their deserts or their advertising eXpendl-
lures. They rugged the market with their
--latest steps" which had become obsolete
before their pupils were at all proficient IN
them: and finally the public became aware
of the way in which it was being exploited.
About that time interest in dancing began
TO simmer down, and the dances for which
there was any real demand proved to be
the waltz. the one-step and the fox trot.
The others were left to the professionals
and the "sharpshooters" of the prize con-
tests.
The average person who likes to dance
once in a while doesn't care to try some
figure which keeps him so busy reckoning
the mathematics of the evolution that he
completely loses the fun of it. Neither
does he want his teacher to impart to him,
at great cost of time and exertion, some
step which will go out of fashion IN a
month or which will not be danced at any
assemblage where there is general dane
ing. Exhibition dancing is fne-for stage
purposes-but no endeavor to transplant II
10 the home or the club or even the hotel
where there is public dancing can be
permanently successful. The dance teach
ers apparently realize this at last.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-09-11
Useless Riches.

Kipling's "The Kings Ankus" well ex-
presses the philosophy Of useless riches
Mowgl, with the assistance Of kaa, the
rock python, stole into the decayed vault
If a long dead Indian monarch, which
was guarded by an old white cobra. war
den of the kings treasure. The jungle
had swallowed mighty city; its men
and women were gone; the only hint that
humanity once inhabited the place the
skulls Of two thieves who came to steal
resting sardonicaly on the coins and brill
iants. The cobra spoke to them in the
dark and they were still.
Mowgli Of course. the child of nature
was mystifed and could not understand
To him this tinsel was hard not good to
eat and, therefore, worthless. The only
object ne fancied was a gorgeous ankus,
an elephant goad. This did not balance
as well as his hunting knife, but he took
it with him into the forest. And the
cobra warned him:
at is death, it is death, it is death he
Missed.
1t was heavy, Mowgli soon tired Of It,
hurled it from him and went to sleep.
When he awoke he saw wildly the truth
ot the cobra's statement. Big Foot killed
Little Foot for it; Big Foot was slain by
three others, who, in turn, died because
each lusted for the thing.
Whether Mrs. Nichols died Of fright or
was strangled by the thieves who desired
her treasure does not matter. She died
for few hard stones, some Of which would
melt in vinegar. Imagine her pleasure!
Carrying the keys to her jewel chest III
her corsage; bedecked with diamonds at
dinner in a silent mansion; alone with
servants who plotted for her gems.
They were not good to eat; they could
not balance with true happiness. The
pity of it is sermon for the wise to
ponder.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-09-11
Bristol, Conn, Sept. Z, 1915.
Votes VS.. Home Pleasures.

20 the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: | should like to ask if Helen Mccall
lum, who wrote you on August % last wouln
tell why equal franchise would deprive her
OF any other woman of the real and lasting
pleasure she finds in her sheltered home
life" As far as actual voting is concerned
business man can do it in five minutes and
no one ever heard either him or his wife be-
grudge that much time from business cares.
Certainly the lucky woman in the home" as
Helen McCallum evidently is, has quite as
much time to spare as her husband or else
she is a mighty poor manager. If the baby
cannot be left behind it is as easy to wheel
HIM to the polls as to markethe would prob
ably have to go to the latter place anyhow.
Did any one ever hear a man complain that
he was too busy voting to enjoy the real
ana lasting pleasures of home?
Also, l was surprised to have Helen Nc
Callum imply that man only gives homage
and protection to those who are his mental
interiors" Personally, had always consid-
cred that homage and protection as due to
what the writer expresses as "a precious
birthright of my SEX" not to mental infe-
rority.
/ Surely mo one has az much influence over
a child in its formative years as a mother"
but why not extend that influence beyond the
child to the world he lives in, to the tempta-
tons and problems with which he must event
Ually come in contact? You, madam, may
have a husband who can do this for you
through your Subtle influence" but have you
ever stopped TO consider the fact that there
arc widows who must take their husbands
places in protecting their children? The only
effectual way to do this is through the
vote. Does the writer realize the injustice Of
he guardianship laws in many states Does
she realize that the vote helps materially the
woman in the home" with regard to her
housekeeping? And more than ALL does she
realize that there are IN the United States
100000 women in gainful occupations who
need the protection Of the ballot to regulate
the conditions under which they must labor
ard under which they must live because they
have found the homage and protection" of
the men insufficient? ME- W.
New York, Sept 7, 1915.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-09-11
Out of the Subjective.
tor Of The Tribune,

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: Referring to j. f. F.'s letter of even
date, kindly permit me to suggest Is 1t not
quite feasible to believe that those capable
of medding with our industrial affairs would
calmly inject germs of discord in any move
ment which might, somewhere in the future,
place us where we might have a chance to
protect our country and dependents? For the
to them, Sufficient reason" that their plans
run counter to our future wellbeing.
As to keeping the defence movement out
Of politics" would venture to suggest that
if the present administration and Congress
fail to make decent showing in that direc-
ton, the American people, who have proper
content of red in their blood, who believe in
staying in the objective, instead of a vague
subjective trance in which to pursue with
eagerness the phantom Of hope, they will put
the question in politics in no uncertain way
There is an increasing lot Of people in this
country as well as abroad) who are asking il
there is any limit to the patience" of the
United States. And probably some are
tempted 20 think that the ASS of common
cowardice will rot long endure beneath the
Lions skin (pspier mache) of patient endur-
ance of recurrent wrongs when it suits the
convenience of the offender to throw aside the
mask and engage to show US our place they
have appointed. NJ. II. LOGAN.
Jersey City, n. j., Sept 8, 1915.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-09-11
The Diamonds Of Germany's Lost
Colony.
0erom The wcsfp,i"stcr Gosefte1

,rroDi The Westminster GdscfteD
An article on German Southwest Africa
in the quarterly official bulletin Of the I'M
perial Institute may be read in conjunction
with the royal proclamation concerning the
importation Of diamonds into the United
Kingdom. 1t will be known to many that
about seven or eight years ago diamonds
were discovered in this German colony, the
only one, by the way, suitable for COLOMBIA
ton by Europeans. In 1912, the last year
for which complete statistics are so far
available, the output amounted to over a
million and half pounds in value. As re-
CARDS size the stones from this part OF the
world are small as a rule; but some of fair
size have occasionally been discovered.
Thus at Bogenfels one turned up some time
ago weighing over II carats, while at
Pomona, where they reach their greatest
average size, one nearly double this weight -
"a carats-was found on another occasion
his being the largest stone which has so
far come from Germany's lost colony.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-09-11
Germany Without Honor.

To the Editor Of The Tribune. 4.
Sir: In this mornings Tribune you 'P''.
of German honor. There Is no such tnlhs !,
German honor. Germany is nation whas, .
honor. It's a nation without feeling w, -,
nation without respect for It's word ., n
anybody or anything, and | hope 'nss 4,
voters in the United States will remenoe.
Election Day to vote against every 1s'"
name on their ticket. "A
They are enemies Of this country an. -.
not to be trusted with any Office in eons.,,
ing IT, II is time that the American pssls
and citizens got this fixed in their y ~;
The German ysople are no friends o.
country-that Is as true as Gospel.
Newark, n. j., Sept z, 1915. NJ
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-09-11

the man who improves his land is penal
lied by taxation, while the man who per
rits his TO lie unimproved benefits through
the penalties levied on his more progress
five neighbor."
It is highly necessary to build pieces for
the treatment of tuberculosis and to get
each case there for treatment in the early
stages Of the disease. But in the ordinary
course Of human events it is almost i'm
possible for case Of tuberculosis to be
discovered by the physicians and the au
thorities before there has been danger OF
infection Of friends and relatives of the
patient-if they are in the overworked
undernourished condition which fosters the
invading germs. This is the fact which
the anti-tuberculosis committees are now
preaching throughout the land, in con-
junction with their pleas for more tubercu-
lcsis camps and sanatoriums. General
Gorgas's experience in Panama is pract'
cal proof of this doctrine.
The overworked and underpaid who die
Of this and other preventable diseases are
not only a great economic loss to society
they are a constant menace to the living
Safety lies in helping them to help them
selves to permanent healthfuness.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-09-11
International Murder.

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: A great many people would like an
editorial explanation Of a condition which
puzzles oil with whom have talked since the
Uuited States government backed down so
ANONYMOUSLY in the Arabic case
We warned Germany not to carry out her
submarine policy in defiance Of law and hu-
mainly. Germany defed us and eventually
sank the Lusitania. We demonstrated and
demanded an explanation. None came, for
the note that Germany sent was en- insult to
adult intelligence, dealing, as i. did lightly
with a serioIs matter. 1t was not considered
an answer in any country, least of all in this.
The real answer was in the sinking of the
Arabic
After the first natural ind. gnation. this
government and our American newspapers
settled down to calm acceptance OF that act
as Of some force majeure ("Ich und Gott," no
doubt. Polite regrets and "disavowal"
How we have come TO hate that wordD.
Then came the sinking Of the Hesperian,
and all the most patriotic newspaper seems
to ask is another "disavowal" Your own
headlines this morning have brought out this
letter with its request for light. "Hesperian
case held like that Of the Arabic Washington
sees no difference in issues raised in each
Similar outcome also looked for-Oficials be-
lieve Germany will make apologies, which the
United States will accept"
Five men paid the penalty for lesser crimes
in Sing Sing the other day. Presumably they
would have "disavowed' and expressed their
regrets, had they been given opportunity.
What is the answer?
A PUZZLED AMERICAN.
New York, Sept Z, 1915.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-09-11
The Economic Cure for Consumption

Surgeon General Gorgas has not over
estimated the Importance of the county
hospital system of handling tuberculosis
cases. which is slowly making Roadway
in this state. But with that system, in
order to stamp out the dread White
Plague, there must go, he insists, economic
changes which will tend TO eliminate the
conditions which now breed prospective
Iconsumptives.
1.-THE increase of wages in the Panama
Canal Zone" runs his testimony before
the American Health Association, had
more to do with the general health con-
ICitions on the isthmus than any sanitary
measures employed there. 1t would be
folly for US 10 sit back and fail 10 DO the
things we know will succeed in the pre-
yention Of disease and wait for economic
processes 70 work OF. Improvement in the
conditions Of the workers and thereby i'm
prove our public health. 1t is equally
wrong however, to neglect the fact that
permanent improvement, as TO health, can
only be effected through improved living
conditions, 70 be brought about through in
creased wages. The greatest single factor
IN our present low standard of wages as
compared with the cost Of living is the fact
that so much Of our land, which is the only
t,ue basis for taxation, is permitted to lie
de, or is only partially productive because
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-09-11
A Family's Heavy Loss.
lrrom va nmdee Adrertiscrl

Few parents have suffered greater bereave-
ment through the war than Mr.. and Mrs. W
Field, Of Streatham Common. They have
just lost their fifth and only surviving son,
the fourth within a year. Captain Clifford
Field, their eldest son, Of the K. NJ. L. l.,
lost his life in the sinking Of the Aboukir,
when he tried TO save some official papers.
Second Lieutenant c. d. Field. Of the Wor-
cestershire Fegiment, fell at the Dardaneles
in June. third son died in the yeal
through i'll health; and the fourth son.
Lieutenant Howard Field, Of the Fourth
Worcestershire Regiment, was killed in ac-
ton on the 9th inst at the Dardanelles He
was only twenty-one, and had already been
wounded at Ypres before he fell in the
eastern front, whore his gallantry led to
mention in dispatches. u