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THE MORNING OREGONIAN, TUESDAY, AUGUST 4, 1914. i ; , I , i PORTLAND. OREGON. Enured at Portland. Oregon. Postofflce aa SetonG-class matter. . Eubacrlpuon Ratea Invariably In Advance. (By MAU) Dally. Sunday Included, one year. "" Dally. Sunday Included, alx months.... Dally, Sunday Included, three montna.. -Daily. Sunday Included, one month.... Daily, without Sunday, one year. Daily, without Sunday, at months. Daily, without Sunday, three montas... Daily, without Sunday, one month Weekly, one year Sunday, one year 350 Sunday and Weekly, one year (BY CABBIBK) Dally. Sunday Included, one yar-- T8 Dally, Sunday included, one month.. - How ts Remit Send Postofflce money or der. express order or personal check on JO local bank Stamps, coin or currency a re a aender-s risk. Give poatotflce address in PH including county and state. 1H Postage Rates 12 to 1 pages 1 "u to 32 pages. 2 cents. M to 48 pages. 3 j 60 to U0 pages. cents; 62 to ' 0 cents; TS to 2 pages. cents. Foreign post age. double ratea. ...k Sastern Bounces Offices VerTes A cnh,. lin. New York. Brunswick building. euro, Steger building. . Su Francisco Office R. J. Bldwell Co.. 148 Market street. PORTLAND. TUESDAY, AUGUST 4, OPPORTUNITY OF THE UNITED STATES. The disturbance of American busi ness caused by the Buropean war need be only temporary, continuing until we have adjusted our affairs to the new conditions which have sud denly arisen. When that adjustment has been made, we shall doubtless profit greatly by Europe's troubles, for this country will be the largest available source of supply for food, clothing and other commodities which will be needed by the warring na tions whose home supply of these necessities will be diminished by the withdrawal of large numbers of men from productive industry to engage tn the destructive industry of war. The measures essential to this ad justment are rapidly being taken. Closing of stock exchanges has al ready checked the outflow of gold caused by the panicky dumping of American securities on the market by foreigners. Action taken by clearing houses for the issue of certificates will safeguard business against any scarcity of currency for ordinary needs. The prompt action of the Treasury Department in providing for issue of emergency currency, and of Congress in relaxing the restrictions to such an extent that the volume of this currency may reach a total of Jl, 000. 000, 000, will provide an ample supply of paper money and may ren der use of certificates unnecessary. Steps are being taken to hasten com pletion of the Federal Reserve Board and opening of Federal reserve banks. When this has been done, the new currency will come into permanent circulation in sufficient volume for ordinary business and the emergency currency will be retired as fast as it is found not to be in demand. Thus the temporary inconvenience to our domestic trade caused by the outbreak of war will soon be overcome. We shall then be in a good position to profit by the needs of our warring neighbors. We can supply their wants provided we can get ships to carry' our goods. Non-contraband goods are not subject to seizure at sea, even when carried in ships of a belligerent, and in case any belligerent should Ignore The Hague convention, we can secure them against seizure by carry ing them on American ships. The amendment to the Panama Canal act, now on its way through Congress, provides for a supply of ships under American register by repealing the requirement that foreign-built ships must be five years old and must have American officers in order to come under our flag. Under this bill for eign ships tied up in American ports may be bought by Americans and with their foreign officers may come under the American flag and acquire the status of neutrals. Ownership fixes the nationality of a ship, and no belligerent could dispute the neu trality of a ship Americanized in this manner. This bill provides an unexampled opportunity for restoration of our merchant marine. Should England and Germany come to blows, the claim to naval supremacy would soon be decided. Ships flying the loser's flag would be for sale cheap to a neu tral, and American capitalists could pick up bargains whereby one of the handicaps under which our merchant marine has labored would be over come. Owners of American-built ships would protest at this cheap for eign competition, but their special, favored interest must yield to the gen eral good. We could then ship Amer ican goods in American ships to all the world and cease paying freight to Europe. Attention of belligerents will be so centered on fighting and their com merce will be beset with such perils as to be neglected until hostilities cease. American merchants will be able to improve the occasion to en large our foreign trade with our newly-acquired merchant marine. If we only improve our opportunity, Eu rope may emerge from the war to find us the greatest commercial, as we are already the greatest industrial and the greatest agricultural, Nation in the world. KNGLAND'S CAUSE FOR WAR. Threatened German violation of the neutrality of Belgium is likely to. be the provocation for British partici pation in the great European war. When Belgium was made an inde pendent kingdom by separation from the Netherlands, the five great powers of that time arranged a treaty estab lishing the terms of separation, which was signed in 1S39. Those powers were Great Britain. France, Prussia, Russia and Austria. During the Franco-German war of 1870 Great Britain declared her Intention to maintain the integrity of Belgium in accordance with that treaty, when Prussia published a secret proposal made by Napoleon III some time pre viously for the annexation of Belgium to France. The British declaration drew from both France and Germany written assurances that they would respect Belgian neutrality, and this agreement was later the basis of a treaty among the three powers. The British guaranty of Belgian neutrality was given for the protec tion of the British coast, as well as to make Belgium secure. Its position directly across the North Sea from London would have made it a point of vantage for attack on England. Its position on the highway between Ger many and France made it the first point of attack in the wars of Louis XTV and of the Austrian succession, the Seven Years War and the French revolutionary' wars, until which latter time It was an Austrian province. Many of the greatest battles during a period of 150 years were fought on Belgian soil, the last and greatest be ing at Waterloo. It was to save the country from devastation in other na tions' wars, as well as to maintain independence, that Belgium welcomed the International guaranty. The object of Germany's move on Belgium is obviously to uncover the French flank on the northeast. The Franco-Belgian frontier is fortified, but, in reliance on the neutrality treaty, probably not so strongly as the Franco-German frontier further south, nor as strongly guarded. By making a short cut across Belgium, the German army may calculate on striking France where her lines and fortifications are weakest, or may be making a feint to draw the French forces from a real point of attack fur ther south. Germany may also aim to put the strength of the Franco German agreement to the test by as certaining just how far she may go without provoking England to join hands with France. WHS ENGLAND HESITATES. Great Britain la an ancient foe of France and a modern foe of Russia; but the remarkable rise of the Ger man empire to great national power has made friends of former enemies. Why, then, does Great Britain hesi tate to seize an obvious opportunity to humiliate Germany and destroy German prestige? It Is probably because Great Brit ain, with a long view ahead, sees that, after Germany, Russia must be reck oned with. Russia now menaces In dia, crowds China and borders on Persia In the Far East. Certainly Russia has not given up her long cherished ambition to possess Con stantinople, which has twice within a century been snatched from her Im minent grasp by England. But Great Britain is bound to France and Russia by ties of Imme diate Interest and obligation. Her in clination Is to stay out, If she can, and to give France and Russia "diplo matic support." Italy declares neu trality and sets the example for Great Britain. But it will be strange if the rapid and irresistible movement of nvntt: and the oressine demands of her allies, do not force England's hand. WHAT NEW NAME? Out of the great melting pot of European conflict what great new nnmo will be eiven to history? It is inevitable that some transcendental military genius shall arise to write his r,amo inHolihlv on the pages of his tory. Perhaps It will be a name to overshadow that of Caesar or Na poleon. wm th world for centuries to come be talking of some man who is now nniv a rantain of artillery or a minor commander of obscure troops? It will be recalled tnat iapoieon was but a battery commander when the French revolution opened. But for tiiat episode he might have died in nttpr nrisciiritw sav as a retired Major or Lieutenant-Colonel. The career of the military man is slow ana teaious in neace times. But war teems with opportunities. True, the most promising carcci may be nipped by a stray missile or a bayonet thrust. Who knows how many embryonic Napoleons have been laid low unsung. Yet one dominant figure is certain to emerge; possibly more than one. who can ten .-,.-. r r,oT nnmp will be on every lip in another six months? Perhaps it will be someone who nas never oeen i-.f tVina far even in Europe. Who had ever heard of the forlorn aid forsaken Grant when the Amer ican Civil War broke out? MARKETING BY PARCEL POST. The current number of The Out look gives encouraging information about the development of parcel post marketing. The Federal Government has taken some pains to bring before the people the advantages of this method of buviner and selling table supplies. The facility with which par cels of fruits, berries, poultry ana vegetables can now be sent by mail and delivered to consumers has been heralded. Lists of consumers who will patronize farmers directly have been prepared by postmasters in some cities and corresponding lists of farm ers who will ship supplies by mail have been supplied to consumers' clubs. The movement has already grown to a certain magnitude. The Outlook cites more than 700 parcel post clubs in New York City which buy their supplies on a grand scale directly from farmers and ship them through the mails. An Indiana town is men tioned in which 1200 people are in direct communication with producers by parcel post receiving regular ship ments of fresh food supplies from the country. Wherever the parcel post system has been tried in a sensible way the cost of living has been reduced 20 per cent. Is not such a reduction worth working for? The beauty of It is that while consumers get their supplies with at least one-fifth off from the usi.al cost the producers also receive a benefit. The elimination of the middleman, whom nobody mourns, enables the farmer" to sell his truck for a good price without raising the consumers' ultimate rates to the level where they stood under the old, com plicated, expensive system of mar keting. One striking benefit of the parcel post method is its universality. Dis tance, within reasonable limits, makes no difference to the producer. He can send his stuff a hundred miles as easily as ten and deliver it to cus tomers without trouble to himself. No more crawling out of bed at 2 o'clock in the morning to reach town in time for the early trade. The pos tal employes attend to all that and the farmer needs only to pocket the proceeds. And yet it is the farmers who, by their inertia and indifference, are de laying the full development of the parcel post system of marketing. The express companies are trying res olutely to stir them up to their own interest and the Government is doing something in the same line. The ex press companies are interested be cause they see In the direct transpor tation of farm produce to city con sumers an opportunity to develop an almost unlimited new business for themselves. In Frederick the Great's time Ger many waged war against Russia, Aus tria and France all at the same time. The odds against her were heavy, but she held her own, though with diffi culty, until England intervened and turned the balance in Frederick's fa vor. The attack was then from the east, west and south. Now it Is from the east and west only. There Is no Maria Theresa In Austria to Join hands with a Catherine and a Fompa- rinnr ft must be some consolation to the Kaiser that his foes are at least men. AN ACT OF BARBARITY. When the veneer of civilization wears off and the fearful psychology of wartime lays hold of a race or a nation, extremes of savage ferocity will develop In spite of the interna tional rules of warfare. Individual acts of combatants or parties of com batants often surpass the most primi tive crimes of the days of barbarism, as instance the act of a French doctor in poisoning wells on the frontier with cholera microbes; a monstrous deed reported by the German staff. Poisoning wells is an ancient prac tice in uncivilized warfare, admitting that there can be very much of a dis tinction between civilized and uncivil ized warfare. But the French doctor was not content with killing off a few squads or platoons of German troops that might drink at these wells. He made use of his scientific knowledge to far better advantage by using cholera germs. Now had a dozen soldiers partaken of this water a plague might have been started that would have thrown a whole field army out of commission for the time being. Had that doctor been success ful, a cholera epidemic would have proved a valuable French ally, even though the French people as a whole might stand aghast at such methods. There are niceties in warfare which must be observed and one of them is that the killing must be done by steel capped missiles. But the many-sided German mili tary efficiency intervened. German surgeons detected the contamination and the troops were spared. Cholera germs were not permitted to enter into competition with the equally deadly but more kindly steel-jacketed pellets. As a fitting sequel to his lit tle prank we are pleased to announce the official report that the patriotic French doctor was captured and shot. AN ASSAULT ON "HOME." Brand Whitlock's autobiography, which he chooses to call "Forty Years of It," is an interesting and important work. It covers, as no other book does, the beginnings and early vic tories in the struggle for home rule and decent politics in American cities. There are deeply significant accounts of "Golden Rule Jones" and Tom Johnson, both of whom were products of the Ohio revolt against the domi nation of cities by farmers who knew nothing of their needs. This perni- cious domination was effected, of course, through the State legislature, which continually tinkered the char ters of the big municipalities. Brand Whitlock was intimate with both these extraordinary characters who tried to practice Tolstoi's Chris tianity in a day and region where re ligion seems to have been inextricably confused with money and privilege. Whitlock rose to be Mayor of Toledo, against his will, and in following the example set by Golden Rule Jones he made many enemies, particularly among the ministers, who, he says, never understood him. His literary style is for the most part admirably adapted to the pro found interest of his subject, but he has some distressing vagaries. One of them is the persistent misuse of the word "home." It appears that Mr. Whitlock knows no other term but this for a human dwelling. It has to serve in his vocabulary for house, hut, cottage, shack, palace and hovel, to say nothing of cabins, man sions and tents. According to Mr. Whitlock, none of the many men he mentions ever lived in a house. None of them ever bought, sold or built a house. It was always a "home." Un der management like Mr. Whitlock's this good, sturdy old English word is melting down into sloppy idiotcy. THE NEW EDUCATION. The Hood River Glacier quotes with approval a pamphlet issued lately by the Agricultural College. Its title is "The Life Career" and we are glad to join in praising it. The purpose of the little book is to contrast the old, outworn method of college education with the new and vitally useful one now in favor. That is to say it is in favor at some institutions. At others the moth-eaten methods of the hoary past still reign and probably always will. In the good old days, the pamphlet reminds us. young men and women went to college without any particu lar aim in mind except to "culture" themselves, whatever that might mean. It often meant "ornament," just as mid-Victorian builders plas tered on quaint carvings beneath the eaves of a house with the vague In tent to make something beautiful. The beauty never transpired and the carvings still witness to the fatuity nt those mistaken craftsmen lust as I many an old-fashioned college gradu ate wanders disconsolately tnrougn the world wondering what under the shining sun the good Lord made him for. His "culture" has left him with an empty head and useless hands. The new idea in education is, first of all, to see that a youth "finds" himself. The fundamental question to be an swered at college is. "What can I be good for in the world?" All questions about plastering on classical and rhetorical beauty come later, much later in the course. Having, with the aid of his teachers, discovered what he can and ought to do in the world, the young man and the young woman set to work to fit themselves for that calling. In the process of fitting themselves they may acquire any amount of incidental culture. In fact, the very process of educating oneself for a career, if it is done prop erly, inevitably Insures a good deal of the best kind of culture. Modern colleges, like that at Cor vallis. endeavor to provide scores of outlets for human ability. The pamphlet we have mentioned speaks of forestry, commerce, iron and steel work, horticulture and many more, all of which offer rich rewards in money, self-respect and social recog nition to competent men and women. AIRSHIPS IN WAR. Many articles and books .have been written in the past about the prob able military and naval tactics and of the warring forces in the event of a great conflict in Europe. That some were of the wildest type Of specula tion is revealed by comparing events of the last two days with an article which was typical of several pub lished in the magazines a year or more ago. In Everybody's for Janu ary, 1913. two writers discuss the use of airships in war. It Is not necessary to review the arguments they present to prove that the main devastation will come from air fighting machines, not those of land or sea. The follow ing prediction is sufficient: Coincident with the declaration of war. wnicn may DO mnue ittm 01 iu aiLciuuvw, the best prepared nation will send its air fleets raiding across its borders: by mid night it will menace the enemy's capital, threaten Its various points of mobilization, and attack fortresses, depots of supply and naval bases. " As to when the clash Is to come you may make your own guess. But you should know that it will be when some war lord, with his mind fev ered by a dream of empire, believes that he is best prepared for the decisive blow. When his day comes he will send his air fleets out and the first attack upon the enemy will be made from the sky. Yet the clash has come and there Is little heard of the air fleets with which Germany In particular Is well equipped. Germany declared war on Russia at 7:30 P. M. Saturday. It was "late of an afternoon," yet the German air fleets have not menaced the capital of Russia, threatened points of mobilization, or attacked fortresses, depots of supply or naval bases. Midnight came and passed and two days elapsed. The menaces and attacks have been principally by land and sea forces. One French aeroplane is reported to have been brought to earth in Germany and several are said to have been observed scouting. That is all from the airships. Truth is, military experts look upon airships, of either the dirigible or heavier-than-air type, as adapted chiefly to scouting. Experiments have been made in dropping bombs from aeroplanes in flight, but each aeroplane is good only for a few shots at the enemy, while the bomb dropped is no more disastrous than shrapnel. The aeroplane must attack and run. It can carry but little ammunition. Therefore it locates the enemy, and the land forces, which have almost unlimited power to do harm, are brought into action. If the war continues there will probably be battles in midair, but the damage wrought will be largely to the air fleets themselves. They have not yet been developed into a devastating force if one takes the word of calm military authorities In preference to that of alarmists and speculative writers. A writer for the Springfield Repub lican who discourses entertainingly upon the Pacific Coast, says of Port land that "it has far and away the best newspaper on the Pacific Coast in The Morning Oregonian, which has exercised an excellent influence in the upbuilding of the community." Mod estly blushing, The Oregonian con fesses the soft impeachment and begs to compliment the Republican on its liberality of view, unerring accuracy and catholic common sense. In 1870 England left France to her fate. The consequence was a Ger man development that threatened to obliterate British power by capturing British trade. Very likely the Minis try sees in the present turmoil a pos sible opportunity to retrieve an old blunder. But it is odd to see the two freest European nations lined up with the Russian autocracy. Self-interest, like misery, makes strange bedfellows. The German fleet cannot win much glory by sinking Russian ships. The Czar builds vessels to be sunk. His subjects are no sea-fighters. The real mettle of the German sailors will be shown when they fight the British. Should they put King George's fleet to flight, it will be something new In history. The first fatality in deer-hunting is reported from Medford, a homestead er being shot by an Ashland hunter. An indictment for manslaughter early in the season will put fear of the law into the hearts of reckless shooters. The letter by Mr. Krantz in The Oregonian yesterday, telling of condi tions in the manufacturing city of Gary, Ind., is a lesson in political economy. There is a condition, not a theory. Now that the hunter who mistakes a biped for a deer is to be jailed, the deer-season casualty list may drop off a bit. Either that or our jails will become Jammed. The Russians unite in praying for victory. Still, we are inclined to be lieve with Corporal Napoleon that the Lord is on the side of the heaviest battalions. President Wilson urges the Amer ican people to keep cool. Has anyone noted any tendency on the part of the American people to do otherwise? Through no fault of our own the American flag bids fair to become quite prominent on the high seas, de spite some minor disadvantages. And not the faintest hope for our own fire-eaters. Even the Yellow Peril cannot be conjured up; at least not by amy sane person. Here and there a sprinkler uses water on the wrong day. Generally the offender is a woman, and the sex is privileged. As to the aerial fleets, after the smoke blows off it is likely that they will be renamed hot-air fleets. Scions of nobility are figureheads in times of peace, but none dodges the draft in war times. Up to a late hour the. Carnegie peace palace at The Hague had es caped bombardment. Of course, no war map is complete that doesn't show the American brig ade at Vera Cruz. We find it very hard to shed a tear for the Americans who are distressed in Paris. So far, however, there has been nothing rqore than preliminary spar ring. It is well the California Legislature is not in session these parlous times. Europe has been merged into one great state the state of insanity. All those continental tourists want just now is to see America first. Privateers, official and unofficial, will respect the American flag. Dame Rumor has removed her headquarters to Europe. Make a guess on the first belliger ent to use the canal. Metropolitan road laws seem to Jar Salem drivers. By the way, what's become of Huerta? Prayers for peace are a trifle belated. Half a Century Ago From the Oregonian of August 4. 1864. San Francisco, Aug. 3. A Copper head meeting was held in Hayes Park last night and adopted resolutions pro testing against military arrests. The meeting was addressed by Berlah Brown, Dr. Wozencraft, Zack Mont gomery and others. Harrisburg, Pa., Aug. 1. Positive in formation has been received here that the rebels are retiring from the direc tion of Bedford Springs out of this state. New York, Aug. 1. A special from Washington says that an official dis patch has been received there from be fore Atlanta, which states that the rebels assaulted Sherman's line vigor ously last Wednesday and were re pulsed disastrously. Mr. Day, of Touchet, W. T.. who went with a pack train to Beaverhead last Spring ana has recently returned, re ports that a very large emigration had arrived and trains were still coming In. Since the wholesale hanging of the thieves and murderers by the vigilance committee last Spring, that class of persons have very generally left the country, and those. If any, who remain are keeping themselves very quiet. The bill appropriating $100,000 for a branch mint and assay office at The Dalles was crowded through Congress at the close of the session. Congress has passed a bill appropria ting $15,000 for the purpose of erect ing a lighthouse at Coos Bay, Southern Oregon. The regulations to prevent piratical seizures of ocean steamers under the recent order of General McDowell were inaugurated in this city yesterday at Couch's wharf prior to the departure of the steamship Oregon. The enforce ment of the regulations attracted a large concourse of citizens. A large champagne basket was well-nigh filled with pistols, revolvers and cutlasses, for the safe return of which checks were given. Some of these Instruments were odd enough in their construction, and the date of their manufacture would appear to run back well Into the dark ages. Notwithstanding the reports of a great abundance of goods in the upper Columbia country, the steamers from this city appear to carry large freights of merchandise in that direction dally. The steamer Pioneer left last night for Yaquina Bay to run in connection with the Corvallis wagon road. The stftamshin Oreeon vesterdav car ried 140 passengers and $321, 600 in treasure, according to the manifest. which probably includes one-half of the real sum exported. Upon the resignation of Captain D. F. Bradford as vice-president of the Ore gon Steam Navigation Company, the board of directors elected S. G. Reed to the vacancy. The farmers of the Willamette Valley are hard at work in one of the most abundant grain harvests that have ever been favored to Oregon. In accordance with the action of Con zress and the proclamation of the Pres ident making this a day of fasting and prayer, our merchants and business men do not expect to transact business There will be divine service in the prin- cipal churches. There will be no paper Issued from this office tomorrow morn ing. Joseph Watt contemplates the erec tion of an oil mill on Mill Creek in the eastern part of Salem this season. Flax seed will then be In demand. Mystery of Hsrps Boy. PORTLAND, Aug. 3. (To the TCdl tor.) Some four or five years back Portland had what might be termed a marvelous boy. When he entered a room the chairs and furniture, as If propelled by some ordinary force, would dance, totter and tumble over onto the floor, and all this apparently without action on his part or on the part of any person. What has become of this boy? Was the whole matter a Joke, or was any satisfactory ex planation ever given. H. J. JORDAN. The boy referred to is Ernest Harps, and the mysterious demonstrations happened In the home of the boy's grandparents at 546 Marshall street, near Sixteenth street, October 28, 1809. Mrs. Harps, a divorcee, was married again a few years ago, and it is re ported that the boy went with his mother and stepfather to an Oregon ranch. Some of the mysterious movements In the Marshall-Street home and later demonstrations have been classed as hoax by George A. Thacher and Dr. J. Allen Gilbert, psychical experts, who reported the case In detail for the Journal of the American Society for Psychical Research, but several phe nomena were listed as belonging to the occult. Such demonstrations are called "poltergeist," meaning hobgob lin and there are many cases on rec ord. In commenting on the report of the case of the Harps lad the editor of the Journal of the American Society for Psychical Research said: r 1. : ,11, that .1 Derfectlv simDle ex planation. even of the normal kind, does not apply to the whole collective mass or reported facts. It Is this which lends plausibility to the contention, if not evi dence, thtat the trickery was suggested by actually genuine phenomena. ail we chii say is that, whatever the ex planation of some of the facts, the boy can not be accused of being 'he agent in any such way as IS apparent 111 unn single incident do we find satisfactory evi dence for the supernormal, and perhaps we could not regard It as any better col lectively. , . . , . . Ab it stands the case Is one which might have appeared very impressive to subsu ,, .nn!iiia without the Investigation which revealed its real character, whether we choose to regard it as conscious ihuu throughout or a mixture of fraud and su pernormal, or wholly worthless for any con elusion mixed or pure. Elk, Klevntors and Kisses. PORTLAND, Aug. 3. (To the Edi- t r-in ail. -jTi.f Ht'f,,- shed their Lul., VA j horns every year? It seems incredible that the huge antlers 01 me eia enuuiu be grown In a single year when bone, teeth, and nails are ordinarily grown very slowly. To produce the large antlers in a season would be a great strain on the system of an animal. (2) Are the number of points on the horns an index to the age of the animal? (3) Is it a false courtesy that prompts some men to remove their hats when standing in an elevator with ladies? Should ladies expect this from strangers? (4) Just how many kisses, all told, did M. Caillaux send to his affinity in the letter that was recently read in court. B. R. S. , 1 Yes. 2 Yes. 3 It is an exaggerated courtesy in elevators traveling between landings where it is customary for men to wear hats in the presence of women, as In office or public buildings. 4 One thousand million. Wages Prior Lien. PORTLAND. Aug. 3. (To the Edi tor.) If a person fails in business, which comes first, wages or a mort gage .' A SUBSCRIBER. WaTes to extent of $100 earned by each employe within days comes first. Stars and Starmakers BY LEONE CASS BAM. BILLINGS, Mont., July 2S I read with burning Interest that the snow removal contractors in Billings last Winter made huge profits. Well, why shouldn't they lay up something for Summer? Screams a headline: "Modern women outstrip heroines of history." Well maybe the weather in ancient days wasn't so suftry. e See where an actor haa Just had In stalled a steel backbone In the place once occupied by his vertebrae, which was injured. Now If only It were pos sible to replace some actora' heads of bone with ones having some resiliency and works in 'em but let us be pa tient. The surgeons can't perform all their miracles at once. Madame Alia Nazimova. who is Mrs. Charles E. Bryant in private life, is to have a new play. MacDonald Hast ings Is writing one for her. She is now In Paris and sails with her husband leading man for New York in Septem ber. A note of interest is sounded in the fact that the new play Is to be a comedy. I can imagine Billie Burke playing King Lear easier than I can picture Nazimova being funny. David Warfield isn't going to be made to pay $5000 damage for running over one Patrick Hickey In New York with the best Warfield automobile. Some technicality in the law helped Dave out. He Is vacationing now in San Francisco and his case has Just been dismissed In the New York courts. This from the Oxford (Nebraska) Standard makes me think it must have been a married lady horse: One Oxford boy handed in tho following in an examination paper this week in United States history: "General Braddock was killed In the Revolutionary War. He had three horses shot under him and a fourth went through his clothes." A half-sheet on the London billboards reads: "DORA'S DOZE. "A Musical Revue. "In 6 Slumbers and 2 Nightmares, "Produced by Ned Wayburn." There Is some reason to believe that "Dora's Doze" Is a London version of "Tlllie's Nightmare." in which we saw Marie Dressier at the Helllg. Edmond T. Dana, the grass eater, has named his new- son Shaw. What I'm laughing at Is how it's going to sound when his maw goes to the door to call him In for supper. O pshaw! O pshaw! Sad news of Nora Bayes, the come dienne, who used to be of the team of Norworth and Bayes. She has been or dered to Kisslngen by her physicians, who tell her she has not more than six months to live. Edna Goodrich Is to appear In Lon don just before Chrlatmas In a new play now being made to order for her. In the meantime Edna, who doesn't have to keep the pot boiling, but does it anyway, is coming to the Hollywood. Cal. studios of Jesse L. Lasky to pose for a picture play David Belasco Is writing for her. She is now in Eng land. While she is posing she'll be nice and close to the home of her one-time husband Nat Goodwin, which, of course, will make all concerned com fortable. Isabelle Evesson. who was a famous beauty of the stage 25 years ago and still maintains the standard. Is to be the new "Truth" in "Every woman." to be sent out again by Henry Savage. Road where a pattern company says that its profits for the year were 18 per cent net. I'll bet Bryan has written to make Inquiries. It is said he has his eye on the Nobel prize. You know It is 40.000 bones and la cash, and all In a lump sum. Also there Is no expense money to be figured up In collecting It like there Is in the Chautauqua stuff. . Reasoning now by scientific deduc tion, or as scientific as falling presplr ation will permit, the missing link doubtless approved of lemonade and cocoanut-Juice. Back to nature's heart forever! William Faversham Is to make sev eral Important productions this Fall, the first of which will be "The Hawk." It is an adaptation of the French play. "L" Epervier," which has been running at the Theater Renaissanco tn Paris. Some of the original French playera will be in the American production. Mrs. Faversham, who has been taking the cure at a Vienna health resort since last Spring, has entirely recov ered from her bronchial trouble and has been passed as well by specialism. She will appear In her husband's plays. Fannie Ward apparently believes all she reads. When she appeared In "Madame President." a play, by the way, she will bring to the Helllg this year, one reviewer wrote of her: "Fannie Ward could make the Sphinx laugh." Now, she is on 1 r way to Egypt for a vacation. Going to see if she can do it. She'll have to be a lot funnier than I've ever seen her if he or is the Sphinx she? even grins. At this particular moment it is ru mored that Christie MacDonald's pro posed tour in - Sweethearts." which la booked for the Helllg, will be delayed until early Winter. Although the route has been booked for the past three months. Miss MacDonald has not ap proved It; nor has she, for that mat ter, even taken the trouble to notify We'rba & Luescher, her managers, of her present whereabouts. The fact is. unless report has gone entirely astray, that Miss MacDonald expects the arrival of a new prima donna in her home before a great while. Bud Gillespie, her husband, appears on Broadway at Irregular In tervals, looks wise, whistles a merry tune and visits the llliputlan basears. So far as may be ascertained, Miss MacDonald Is at her Summer home in the Thousand Islands. The New York Telegraph says: Out in Los Angeles at the Morosco Thea ter there has be'en staged a new musical Su W Waldemar Young, a newspaper writer, entitled. "The Money Getters." The manager is Sam Rork. . . .- Among the number, in this "new ' piece are "Ail ureaseu ", ...p.," inve from "The Beauty Shop." and Ihe Low! Ihrlfs. of "e "Tlng-a-IlnJ-Linr' number From "High jTnk.." Will MM .In,, the one Frances Cameron the other. Mr Rork end his company, of f nan: are a Ion way from headquarters, but not so far away that Cohan & Harris, the mana gers of "The Beauty Shop." and Arthur Hammerstein, u" " Vmm are not endeavoring through their or- nays to ascertain uy right the company Is using songs which have not been raleaaad for general ite purposes. Little Editorials on Business Getting Up an Appetite. The general manapvr of a cor poration argued en the real func tions of an advertisement. He insisted that the quality of the advertising proved the quality of the merchandise. No advertisement ever written hus proved a thin? regarding the quality of the article advertised. The advertisement f Blank's Baked Beans, temptingly crvcd in the picture, doesn't prove that they are better than any other beans. It simply creates an apatite for that particular brand. Xo man' ever bought his first suit of clothes because the advertise ment convinced him that they were better than any other clothe-. It only made him want that particu lar brand. The honesty and npoflfuoa of the advertiser influence you but it is his printed message that makes you want to buy his merchandise. The quality of the article cannot be determined until you buy and use it. If you like it you will bin again. If vou are makinir or selling an article of merit its salp can be largely increased by iiitellicena and consistent advertising. More than 58,000 families are reading the advertisements in to day's. Oregonian. There arc five people in each family 200,000 of the most substantial people on earth. They are getting up an appetite for the things offered them by the advertisers. If you have something to sell just talk it over with the readers of The Oregonian and you'll get the business of a good many people who ire now buying elsewhere. If you cannot present your best selling arguments in writing let us do it for you. We know how to make advertising sell. goods at a profit. (From The Oregonian of Aug. 4, 1S.) Spokane Kails. W. T., Aug. .1. Hon. A. M. Cannon has withdrawn from the field as a candidate for United States Senator. Victoria, B. C. Aug. 3. The schooner Black Diamond, which was aeised by the United States revenue cutter Rush, has arrived here. The Rush put a sea man aboard and ordered the vessel to Sitka. Captain Owens told the Lieu tenant of the Ruah that If he want.-d the Diamond to go to Sitka he would have to put a larger force aboard, but the Rush took the sealskins and steamed away. The Diamond then came here. Cairo. Egypt. Aug. .1. General Gran fell engaged the dervishes near Tashl today and completely routed them. Berlin. Aug. 3 I'rlnce Bismarck's maneuvers to bring about a meeting nf the three Kmparnrs has been foiled by the sullen retlcrneu of the rtar. The semi-official papers of St. Peters burg describe him as having refused M listen to overtures unless preceded lv a recognition of Busala's claims to freedom of action In the Balkans. London. Aug. 3. Kmpernr William was to have reviewed the British fleet In Spltliead today, but tha review was postponed on accstint of a heavy storm. Kllensburg, Aug. 3. Forest flrea In the Cascade Range conllnus to spread. Several largo crows of men ara at work In and below Alblna laying ties and Iron for the St. Johns electric road Messrs. Winston & Harrington have pitched their mammoth tenta corner of Seventh and Morrison street and will open August their grand 100 and musoum of the rarest collection of wild animals ever brought to the Pa cific Coast, combined with McKlndlass' genuine colored specialty and comedy company. Rev. David Wetrell. pastor of the Christian Church, has decided not to accept tha offer of a month's vacation. The directors of the Real F.state Ex change last evening elected the follow ing officers: President. James Flower; vice-president, (ienrce L Story; aeere tary, J. C. McCaffrey, treasurer. G. M. Stearns. Captain Charles Gritxmacli or. of tho Portland police forVe, went to Taconia with the Arlon Sucloty to participate in the concert tonight. During hla ab sence Captain Cardwell Is the only po lice captain In charge William Plorpont. for a number of years sexton at the Calvary Preabytc rian Church, diod yesterday. Hon. Ben Simpson, for a number of years a citizen of this stats but loi the last flVB years a resident of Pel ma, Ala., arrived here yeaturdav. The promoters of the Woodstock -Waverlv electric motor line, who have raised a subsidy of $55,000. have entered Into a contract with Mr. Osgood, rsp resenting the Thompson-Houston Elec tric Company, for tho construction ot the line. Jack Dempsey. the winner of aortic 0 odd hard-fought battles, with his seconds. Dave Campbell and Denny Coa- . . . . i tnr San rflnr SCO. tigan. lett - , . v, where he Is to fight Ceorge LaRlanchc. the marine, on tns -uru William Mall went to Long Beach yesterday. The Oregon City Furnlturo Company has Just completed plana for a new factory. l-s i ll.i.lunil anil Wife rpsrae. PORTLAND. Aug. J (To the Edi tor i. is a contract between two per sona legal If not date . or not algned before a notary? I What ahara of a husband a prop erty could a wife get where thorj ar no children if he left her and did not support her? 3 What share of a husband s prop erty can a wife hold If ahe leavaa him and leaves tha atata7 nd SUBSCRIBER. L Tes. . .i :i There is no fixed basis lor division of property during; life In event of separation, or In event oi aivorcs Maintenance or alimony or property settlement Is fixed by court order. If the husband dies during, a separation, there being no divorce, and there are no children, tho property goaa to the widow. Twenty-Five Years Ago