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1914. 6 FORTLAKD, OBEUOfi. Entered at Portland. Oregon. Postofflce as tionu-!aa matter. Subscription Rates Invariably in AdTance. f (By Mall) Dally. Sunday Included, on year I-0 ,.! - t.. ..t ...4. a i v m.mrhB LSI .li i.uu Diliy. Sunday included three month. Daily, banday Included, una month Dally, without Sunday, una yaar Dally, without Sunday, els months..... Dally, without Sunday, three month. . Dally, without Sunday, one month WeeKly. one year. . . Sunday, one year Sunday and Weekl. ene year (BY CAKKIEtO Daily, Sunday Included, one year ni!i-. Sunday inelualacu one month..... Ul 1.75 S.iU ! l.0" .7 How to Brail Send Poitofflce money or der, expreoj order or personal check on your local bank, Stamp, coin or currency are at sender's risk. Glee Postofflte address In full. Including county and state Postage Rate IS to 16 pages. I cent; 11 to J- paces, t cents; 34 to IS page, t cents; SO to so pages, 4 cents; 6J to 7t pages. ' cents; 7s u. : pages, centa. Foreljn post age, double rates. Kastrrn Butanes Offices Verrea Conk Iln. New Tork. Brunswick building. -'hl- cago. Stealer building Mn Fraaeis-o Uffl 74 Market street. -JL j. Bid well Co., PORTLAND. SATt'BDAY. Al (i! SI IS. 1914. OIR TRIturH OK PKAtK. Today, while Europe Is celebrating the valor of her soldiers in war, th United States will celebrate the great est achievement of peace by opening; the Panama Canal to traffic. While the old world is destroying, the new world will build up. While the na tion of Hurope are becoming more sharply divided by the barrier of mutual hatred which they erect be tween them, the United States draws the nations together in mutual friend ly intercourse by removing a natural barrier which had defied man s labor and ingenuity for centuries. While the old world increases the sum of human misery by slaughter and dev astation, the uew world increases the sum of human happiness by facilitat ing peaceful intercourse. The work which fired the imagina tion of Balboa when he first looked on the Pacific, which has been tha dream of nations for four centuries and to which the genius of De Lesseps was unequal, has been completed after ten'years- labor. We have fought and overcome the scheming of hostile in terests, the greed of Colombia, deadly disease and the myriad obstacles of nature. We acclaim as a great Gen eral in the arts of peace Goethals. who tore down a mountain that ships might go through in peace. We ac claim him as a greater than those Generals and Admirals who marshal the armies and navies of Europe to destroy cities and sink ships. The opening of the Panama Canal bv the United States at a time when the old world Is torn by strife marks the difference between this Natloi. and the older nations. Our triumphs are won over nature, theirs over each other. We scatter prosperity ana happiness; they spread poverty and misery. Ours Is the more excellent way. This Is the day for every American citizen to rejoice that he lives in a land inclined to the ways of peace, where the din Is that of industry, not of war. IF TURKEY 8HOUU) FIGHT. Turkey's action In buying and giv ing shelter to two German warships which were seeking refuge from the pursuing Anglo-French fleet threat ens to draw her into the war on the side of Austria and Germany. The Anglo-Franco-RURslan allies regard the conduct of Turkey as a breach of I neutrality. Turkey must have fore seen they would do so, and presum ably is prepared for the consequences. She has already mobilized, her army and reports have filtered through that she is allied with Bulgaria against the other Balkan statea. Turkey's Interest In the outcome of the present conflict is so vital that he could not long have kept out of it. Germany has been her closest friend for several decades, has trained the Turkish army according to modern methods and has been given valuable concessions in Asiatic Turkey. What ever Turkey had cause to fear from Germany's ally. Austria, has aireaav been done by the Balkan states. They have crowded the Turks Into the nar row corner of Europe around Constan tinople. Were Turkey to remain neu tral and were Russia and her allies to come out victorious, no long time would elapse before the Bear would take that city and a good slice of Asiatic Turkey with Its allies' consent. The Turks probably see that their only hope lies In throwing their fate into the scale with Germany and Austria. The accession of Turkey to the Teu tonic forces would go far to balance the scales between the contending .nations. Turkey can put Into the field about 1,000.000 as good fighting men : as there are in the world. If. as is probable. Bulgaria aids her and Rou manla aids Russia, the Turkish army could cross Bulgaria to attack Servla and Roumanla, and. if successful there, to confront the Russians on their own borders. Ignoring the neu trality of Greece, which Is at best doubtful, the Turks could attempt to cross that country's newly acquired territory to attack Servia from the south. Turkey could also attack Rus sia iu Armenia. Russia would be com pelled to draw" off part of her forces from the frontiers of Germany and Austria In order to meet this new enemy. The Teuton allies would be vastly relieved at such a diversion. Turkey's navy Is practically negli gible, and, although recently strength ened by purchase of a large battle ship, is not more than a match for that of Greece, which lately bought two battleships from the United States. The Anglo-French fleet could blockade the Dardanelles, while the Russian Black Sea fleet closed the Bosphorus. but Constantinople and the Turkish fleet would be safe be hind the fortifications of those straits. These fortifications could be attacked with good prospect of capture by land alone, and then only by a large army on both the European and Asiatic sides. Russia. England and France re too busy elsewhere to spare a suf ficient force for such an enterprise at present. They would be likely to con fine their activities to an attack by sea on Turkish ports in Asia Minor. Svrla and Arabia until they could spare a considerable force. It Ttirlrev should loin I ire a consiaeraoie iunr. If Turkey should Join the Teuton alliance and If it should come out vie- inrlntu the Moslems would probably be confirmetl in possession ot uii- , - t.rritnn- stanunopie iu' "g'""v - m . T ,.- t.. .h-nid lor III ii II i j mi . .,. i win. the Ottoman empire might be divided among the victors. - 1 j . ... . . , , .i j i If the liniten states snoum un ..' .- I war loans contraband, the war might be shortened bv financial exhaustion of one partv and the group of powers having the longest purse would win. The United SUtea is the only neutral country which has any large amount or avanaoie capital, anu, n suyssw . . i ... of money from this source are shut off, the combatants would be thrown on their own financial resources. MK. WARBIRG'S SACRIKKK. The Senators who opposed Paul N. Warburg's confirmation as a member of the Federal Reserve Board should ; j5 j oe snaiueu vj ssssj rM n in e accept, the appointment, as shown by i.soMiis statement to the committee. He be shamed by the spirit in which he .lin n s nf the tnt ;tt BUSDiciou that he would retain some connection with corporations and would use his office to work in their Interest by announc ing that he has severed all connection with banks and corporations and that ho intends to leave every philan- throplc and educational association tnropic ana eaucanoiiiii auuoiiu" with which he is connected. What anH immense sacrifice he thus makes m&y hrt rnni'pivfd from the fact that his Income from the bank of Kuhn, Loeb income irom tne ouiik 01 rvuim, ucu & Co has been estimated at J400.000 . . . . . . .it hile his official salary will be $12,000 a year. His motive for making this sacri flni. Is stated bv him to have been given to President Wilson in these words : -,. .h. t hnii -i-hf in dpcllnr and I would be glad to make the sacrifice, be cause 1 iriinK tnerr it, w.Miun.ui --' . .... . k.ln-lH. a. --Oat t.i.-l- Of COIl" I i. . 1VI Vim. ihh ' I . , structivs work In successful operation and I' appeals to me to do that. Mr. Warburg has a rlz'at to be given credit for sincerity in making thi statement so long as his action sustains it. He thus appears as a man who sets above financial gain pride in "bringing a great piece of constructive work in successful oper ation." The credit of serving his country and the fame of doing this "great piece of constructive work" are more to him than the great profits of his bank. That he may be absolutely free from all hampering ties, he cuts himself loose from all connections which might, even unconsciously. In fluence him and applies himself en tirely to the work he undertakes. v The action of Mr. Warburg in de voting his great ability as a financier to the public service "and the action of the Semite in taking him at his word are a happy augury for the suc cess of the new financial system. They mark a great advance in that recon ciliation between the Government and the leaders in business which the President has earnestly sought. I ney may inaugurate an epoch for which the leaders in business will De- come the leaders in carrying out the laws governing business which the people by their votes have repeatedly demanded, but which these leaders have hitherto opposed or resisted. A TO SMALLPOX. The opponents of rational and sci onttfi.. moilirine ;ire distinguished by two traits. One is their love of mis- representation. The other Is their ignorance. Both traits come out beautifully in a letter which a con temporary prints. This letteP under takes to account for the Bmallpox outbreak in the Mount Scott dis trict by saying that there is no such outbreak. In the same way the facts about bubonic plague were falsified by fanatics in San Francisco until people began to die a little too fast for comfort. Then truth and science won proper respect. Like all enemies of health and sci ence, this writer denies the germ the ory of disease. It is evident from his letter that he does not understand the germ theory. It is also evident that if he did understand It he would still romance about It. He says, for ex ample, that medical men teach that "all diseases are cauBed by germs, vn r.. notable nhvsician teaches any thing of the sort but even- reputable physician does teacn. ana can eaouy prove, that a great many aiseases are caused by germs. Our obscurantist friend says again that amnlinox Is lust as contagious as a red head or a broken leg," and no more so. A man who in tins age of the world will publish such utter nonsense ought to be caugit and sent to school. If he had lived in the Wis consin lumber camps In the days be rn vo rfi n n t Inn had cut off the perils of smallpox perhaps even his obsti nate stupidity might have been made to gee the truth that It is most fear fully contagious. Without wishing him nnv harm, it would be illuminat ing to have him shut up for a couple of days with a broken leg and a case of smallpox In the same room Just to see which he would catch, if he has not been vaccinated. He says further that "wholesale vaccination Is invariably followed by epidemics of smaTTpox, mumps," and so on, and adds that "The best medi cal men admit this now." It would be difficult to print a more brazen falsehood. No decent medical man admits any such thing. Epidemics of smallpox do indeed often accompany vaccination, but It Is becaase there are always people who are too foolish to get themselves vaccinated in time to ward off the disease when It is prevalent. REDUCING. It is sad to be fat, though not wholly sad. The condition, woeful as It Is, has some compensations. Cae sar wanted none about him but such as were fat because he believed they could be depended upon to be good naturedly loyal. Lean men, like Cas slus, he distrusted because they "thought too much." Almost any body who consumes his good hours thinking when he might be dozing or eating is an object of suspicion to the wise. Caesar's choice conveys the im pression that he deemed fat men a little stupid. At any rate they did not us their brains much, in his opinion, though this may have been only because the were too lazy and not on account of heads actually empty. Nobody expects a fat man to do a great deal of work. It makes him un comfortable to toll and his misery Infects all his surroundings. So the world has commonly agreed to let him rest in the easiest chair he, can final. This is. a weighty consideration. It ought to make fat men satisfied with their expanded stomachs and pendulous cheeks, but as a rule it does not. Man never Is but always to be blest. He Is never happy unless . , ,in himeolf miserable about ne i ii" - - something, as the Irish philosopher said. The fat man longs i" usssi u .,i r.t hi desire he v.- J to muun ura - suhmlts to exoulsite torments. .o attain uic ft t v. - ,, , sn - i.ti - iPQ he rellea on anti-rats oi one sort and another which are war ...v. .. ... ranted by the proprietors to reauce flesh at the rate of a pound a day or I 1 TO!! Hi me ' " " " " The npnartment of A c- en - - rlculture warns the world asajnst these seductive doses. Some of them are nothing worse than frauds, but others are rabid poisons. Any potion which pretends to reduce fat without strenuous exercise and spare diet is 1 1...,.,' ni'jlrat TT-vrtH m Mires fat anrl therefore to get rid of fat one must go hungry. The alternative is terrible, but it is inevitable. Starchy foods are most to be dreaded. They turn Immediately into swelling adipose billows deposit ed on the most conspicuous parts of the body. Water, too, is a frightful mnntifaptnrAr nf f M t One who WOUld be thin must forego drink, both strong I j t I ! g Jgg medicines. Farmers tlon and hard worn reliable anti-fat medicines. Farmers always grow thin in Summer and "flesh up in Winter." ADMIRABLE RICHARD ROE. Some or our more philosophical contemporaries are reflecting with great satisfaction upon the career of -- --- - the Philadelphia hospital, "Iney are Richard Hoe, a retiring empioje ui hiili'int' htm nn as a model to all man kind and commenting admiringly upon his life motto. I haven t tooiea raura , ... ... - J away," 4s the sentence in which Poor i-w ..... : .... ths ctihatltllP nf Ills Richard sums up the substance of his life. There Was not much ror him lo fool away. The old fellow got Tils Job at the hospital fifty years ago. His salary was then $30 a month and It was still $30 a month when he finally folded his tent the other day una stole awav to live upon his sav ings. "Savings!" you exclaim in i. uazement. "How' could he save on 30 a month?" He could and he did. As Mr. Roe ii. nT.na.cH udnwn this vale of tears he stored honey in the hive at the rate of twelve dollars a month, which, as you may ctphavr out for yourself, If you have not forgotten the multipli cation table, amounts to $144 a year. In the course of fifty years this fru gal accumulation foots up to $7200, which is the precise sum with which Richard Roe says he is going to face the cyclones and raging billows of time. . He has saved $7200 out of his $30 a month "by not fooling away much." We question whether he has fooled away anything at all. No wife and family for Mr. ' Roe. He could not have afforded a wife, to say nothing of children, on the $18 a month which was the exact and inexorable limit of his expenditures. H has passed through the world alone and at his death he will leave nobody to per petuate his name and revere his mem ory. To be sure he will leave some part of the $7200 he has saved ir he does not Bpend it all before the day of hi exit but that will hardly cornDensate.for the absence of mourn ers at his graveside. "On some fond breast the parting soul relies, some niAii. ,i...,T, thf rlosinr eve reoulres." There Is no fond breast for Mr. Roe to rely upon and no pious drops will be shed when his eye closes. He has the memory of the $7200 he has saved to cheer him and the comforting thought that he has "fooled nothing awav" will soothe him on the verge of the tomb. But we fear he will feel, when It Is too late, that he needs some other and different soothing at that critical point in. his career. No pictures for Mr. Roc, no music, no long, heavenly afternoons at the baseball game. All that sort of thing would have been "fooling away" money and the maxim of his life was to avoid that sin no matter how foolish he might be In other ways. What did his life amount to? Of course we mean what did it amount to apart from the all-important and all-suf-fir-ient fact that he steadily laid up his $12 a month? It amounted to a changeless daily routine. In the morn ing he went to his task like the Egyp tian mule that grinds at the brick mill. All day he went round and round, the same yesterday, today and forever, or at any rate for fifty years. At night he slunk, like Bryant's quarry slave, "scourged to his dungeon" by weariness and hunger, to Bleep off his .. o iict h mltrht in nrpnar- l 1 1 i i 1 . . . . ... - v. . . - ...-n -- 'ation for the repetition of the same story the next day. What a lire to live. How human, how beautifully uplifting to contemplate! Fifty years barren of almost everything that dis tinguishes man from the beasts that perish but glorified by the $7200 which was their fragrant fruit. If all men should Imitate Richard Roe, would not the world be a lovely place to inhabit? But we need not pause upon that aspect of the matter, since if every body imitated him the human race would presently become extinct. The lesson that we seem to deduce from his sad history is that the Philadel phia Hospital would do well to begin paying each of Its servitors enough to live on decently and support a family, while of course they should pay proper attention to their accounts at the savings bank. A GIGANTIC CLASH OF ARMS. Separate reports from many points indicate that a general clash of arms between the German hosts and the allies is developing on a stupendous scale. In a measure the line of battle may be drawn with one stroke of the pen extending from Holland on the north to Switzerland on the south. This, of course, is not one vast en gagement, in which the contending armies operate from a single point of control. Yet each forward movement of the German force is without doubt part of a general system of campaign with the end in view of reducing French military resistance. The sweep of battle appears to be spreading and developing rapidly, yet a ii-niiiv ceneral conflict cannot be said to have set in. While the oppos ing armies are spread out ana vrnoie corps occupy the areas of deployment, yet the period of maneuvering does not vet appear to have passed. Dis patches indicate that the clashes are mainly those of covering elements and minor engagements developed In the contest over strategic points. The ever-increasing number of these clashes serves to Indicate the Immi nence of a great, and possibly de cisive, contest of strength, although such a battle will not be fought In a ilay, or even be brought to a termina tion in a week. London continues to present the claim that the forts about Liege have not -yet been reduced. Tet this is of no great Importance now that the Germans have extended their lines i-a,.nni4 thQ- fnrta in a trreat wall of martial front extending almost across the whole of Belgium, it is apparent .hot the Rprmans do not intend to sacrifice any more soldiers In Infantry- attacks on these forts, ror. now tnat they have been isolated, their reduc- iney nae u" tin t a mission for siege artillery " - - . Wllll V ; 1 11.11 " nrnvlllr-il Heaviest fighting naturally will cen ter about the strategic points, as the Germans move forward bent on pick ing the flaws in the French armor. Am the advance through Central Bel glum proceeds, war In all its destruc tive fury will develop. The impend ! i..,t. beforo Namur doubtless will be one of the bloodiest and most hotly , contested of the war. For if the Ger mans push through at this point they will have overcome a great obstacle in their projected advance into France, With Paris as the main objec tive. The Incentive Is a great one for the German arms; an even greater one for the French forces. In ,the meantime the Germans clearly are not neglecting the Franco German frontier. .From the results of French reconnolssance, rather than through word from Berlin, it has de veloped that great German armies are massed on the French front. Here, so far as has been disclosed, the German movement Is less aggressive than In Belgium, the French often assuming the offensive. Yet an unexpected military development, .or series of en gagements, may transfer the center of Interest to some point along this fron tier line, which may yet develop, the main German advance. It is clear throughout that the German plan Is to take the offensive and that the French, even though taking the ini tiative in local engagements, are fighting a defensive war. Although ample time has elapsed for a heavy Russian mobilization on the German frontier to the north and Meat there are no reuorts of impor tant Russian aggressions. So far the Czar does not appear to be giving the k':dpr nnv nt1iasi for dpen concern. despite his armed minions, ine lew hundred thousand troops, largely re servists, which have been posted to cover the German borders to the east are having no great difficulty, and while their mission is essentially de fensive, they have employed offensive tactics to good advantage in a number of hotly-contested, though relatively unimportant, engagements. Despite the rigid censorship, the world will not have long to wait for news of any really decisive engage ment. Should an Important German advance be completely set back the world will hear of it in detail from the war offices or the Joyful allies. Herlin cainine- an imnortant Victory.. cannot be kpt silent any more than St. Petersburg will hold its counsel should the Russian arms achieve any thing worth while. Tremendous news is in the making. Meanwhile reports of isolated encounters may serve to Indicate which way the wind is inclined. War i nln-flvu IIKPrl Ft an eXCUSe tO r-aiiso nrine in manv cases without justification, and it well that Pres ident Wilson has been prompt in to.inir di'.m tn i.AtetTTilne whelher the advance is the result of actual market conditions, of combination or of spec ulation. Wherever it can be clearly traced to either of the two latter causes, somebody should be severely punished. Secretary Houston effectually quiets the fears of thos"e who foresee com mercial disaster to this country. Eu rope must have food and cotton, we have them to sell, and Europe will find a way to buy them. We can rest secure in the confidence that the way will be cleared for ships to go out from ou ports. Necessity compels the belligerents to come after our supplies. It is not worth while to arrest and try the mob that lynched two men caught firing a threshing outfit at Tekoa. An Incendiary in the harvest field is worse than a horsethlef. The Generals had better prepare for the worst by laying in a supply or inC W itrSl UJ lil.woB ill a- " " (' F J Kuropatkin's dispatches from Man-1 . ji r it,, art nf churia. They are models of the art of how not to acknowledge defeat. Portland's grain cargoes having been declared saje for shipments to the United Kingdom, the question of market is disposed of ,for the time being, at least. Some of those French accounts of battles would make it appear that all you have to do is step out and knock the German soldiers down with clubs. Victoria residents, no doubt, will find business in Seattle in large num bers with two German cruisers hang ing about cleared for action. Europeans in large numbers are stranded in the United States. An especially fine place for them to be stranded just as this time. Surely there are enough war corre spondents on the job by this time to form an independent flying column and fight their way to the front. Patriotic Halifax citizens turned out and helped coal a British cruiser. Going to war is not a circumstance to heaving coal, either. Icebergs are adding a new terror to North Atlantic navigation. Can't Ice land be forced to observe neutrality in the matter? with Parranzp. in the capital and Villa out, we shall not have to wait long for fresh developments in Mexico. If war taxes should be Imposed on liquor, up will go the price or down will go the quality of whisky. America must preserve her neutral ity, If she has to whip somebody In doing It. A lump of sugar will be worth Its weight in gold if the price keeps on Jumping. The European fighters must import a few Mexicans if they would get action. The smoke-swept environs of Eu rope have nothing on Portland these days, About time for us to have some sort of a war scare. Where's Mr. Hearst? Turkey is seeking trouble and will not need to go far for it. Again it may be said the man who sues for a breach of promise is a joke. Sarp Blythe is off for Europe to ob serve the moral of the affair. ( However, we may confidently ex pect a shower or two anon. Uneasy lies the headhat has been boosting the price of food. v Old J. Pluvlus appears to have for saken us entirely. The big canal becomes an estab lished fact today. The circumambient Smoking" sign. needs a "No Where is the rainmaker? Half a Century Ago from Tlie uregontan . "., "" The affray between Mr. Huntington and W. H. tWatkinds, a saddler and stockholder In the Arena at Salem, was brought on by the publication in the Statesman of a letter written by Wat kinds and others in Polk, complaining of having to pay more than his share toward the expense of importing votes into that county. We are informed"by Hon. J. Q- Thorn ton, president of the Agricultural So ciety, that the Marion Agricultural So ciety has deeded to the slate society the fair grounds, valued at about $10,001). Washington, Aug. 12. t ne ntcii. Examiner says: Fort Morgan holds out.J . . i : . ; ..1 v,v the Kinder- 1 Washington. Aug. 12. The Richmond t. t !... i- iitiiptl hv the J eucr als. Farragut lost one monitor and one gunboat in the recent action. New York. Aug-13 TJie Commer cial's correspondent says: Gen. Grant is removing his guns from the front of Petersburg, preparatory to raising the siege of that city. The steamer Pacific did not arrive up to Saturday night and the large con gregation which gathered to hear Rev. Dr. Patterson, of the Christian commis sion, was disappointed. The line of telegraph from this city to Victoria is being rapidly pushed for- -.1 ,,,,.)..,. tho .iinprvlslnn Of It K. Haines, and on Saturday extended to a point six miles above Montlcello. A few facts Illustrate the present rate of travel in sections that were but recently howling wilds. On Thursday evening passengers arrived in this city th mur Wilson G. Hunt from Walla Walla In 20 hours' traveling time. Passengers arrived here Satur day afternoon by the steamer Rescue, that left Victoria at 7 o'clock Thurs day morning. Last, but not leaBt, is the arrival of Harvey Hill. 45 days from the Missouri River, who crossed the plains with a pair of mules and a light buggy. I. A. Austin, of this city, has been awarded the contract for furnishing the quartermaster's department 'at Fort Vancouver with 100,000 pounds of oats at 2 cents per pound and 50 tons 6f hay at $14.95 per ton. C. Bills, of the "firm of Bills & Co., leaves today on a tour of the Cascade Mountains with his family. Mr. Kalllch commences the manufac ture of salt at the Willamette works for the trade today. JF.WS AS STALWART PATRIOT S Contribution of the Raee to the His tory of the United Stntes. South Bend (Ind.) Tribune When Samuel Melsenberg, known to the Navy as Sammy Marton. fall at Vera Cruz another Jew had given his life in sacrifice for the Stars and Stripes, and again achieved the distinc tion for his race of being the firBt to 1. 1 1 in kxttlo Th a trairif death of LMelsenberg BerveB to recall the tre mendous part the Jew nas piayeu in the history of the United States. The linking of the Jewish race with the American Nation begins early. It was with money wrung from the Jews that Isabella equipped the fleet of Co lumbus, and tradition has it that it was a Jew, Rodrigo de Trianio. who first sighted San Salvador. Amerigo Vespucci was greatly aided by the advice of his Jewish sailor, Caspar. The Jew has always been prominent in his contributions of life, service and money to the cause of America in bat tle. Colonels Isaacs Franks and David Salisbury Fanks were conspicuous in the War of the Revolution for their bravery, and both were Jews. When Robert Morris' funds were exhausted it was a Polish Jew, Haym Solomon, who came forward with funds. $300,000 at one time ana s'.uu.uuu a.i uuu. aid the patriots' cause. Manuel I iUUrum.itl, ui ouuin va.".... Jew, gave $100,000. Judah Touro Snnth i"!nrolina. not only carried Mordecai. of South Carolina, anotner OI South Carolina, not only carried his musket with Andrew Jackson at iNew Orleans in 1814. but gave $100,000 to build the Bunker Hill Monument. The former war with Mexico brought Jews into a conspicuous place in the American Army. Congress voted its thanks to General David de Leon, a Jew tor his pertkinal bravery, and Gen eral' Zachary Taylor publicly com mended Lieutenant SeligBon, another Jew, for his heroism at Palo Alto. The Surgeon-General and Quartermaster General of the Army under General Winfield Scott were Loth Jews. Coming down to more recent times, the first man to volunteer in the war with Spain, according to report, was a Jew. Upon the same authortty the first man to fall in the skirmishing in Cuba was a Jew. Maurice Jueth. a Jew In the First California Volunteers, was the first to die in the attack on Manila. American history teems with Jewish names. Nicholas Low, a forebear of for. mer Mayor Seth Low. of New York City, was a Jewish pioneer. Ephraim Hart, a Jew, in 1792 started the New York Stock Exchange. Bernard Hart, a Jew, was called lovingly "in angel of mercy" by the people of New York to whom he mlnsistered during the yellow fever plague in 1795. One of the great est legal minds in American history n-oa that nf .Tnrtah Beniamin. a Jew. In more recent times what person con versant with current events uuco out. do honor to Oscar Strauss, of New York City? . tv,!,. ii nrriv a nortial record of tne Jews' contribution to the upbuilding jews bunu iau .v vw w f of the American nation. More might , be written were there time to hunt the cases. But here Is enougn to mane the American people feel tne time nas gone by really, it ought never to have been when the Jew should be sub jected to the prejudice that so frequently is his lot. When America really knows and understands what he has done toward making this country the "land of the free and the home of the brave" It will find no more humor in caricaturing the Jew. A Word of Commendation. CHEHALIS, Wash.. Aug. 12. (To the Editor.) Chehalis readers of The Ore gonian have been more than pleased with the admirable manner In which the news Incident to the great world's war in Europe is being handled. No other Northwest newspaper contains the complete and reliable reports that have appeared dally in The Oregonian. These, coupled with the interesting spe cial articles written by a corps of men whose information comes from wholly reliable sources at all times, make every edition of the paper eagerly sought. Discriminating readers cannot but note the difference In quality of the re liable war news reports of a paper of the standing of The Oregonian and the garbled attempts at sensation-making practiced by many of its competitors, which get their news second-hand, with no chance or Intent to verify the same prior to throwing it Into print, with a colored scare head on the first page of the "extra" editions that are sprung on an unsophisticated public. READER. Hearing and Money. Dallas, Texas. News. "My dear," said Mr. Closefit's better half, "I think that I had better see the doctor about my hearing. "non sense." retorted the tight one. "your hearing is as acute as ever. What put that idea into your head?" "Well, was the response, "they say that money talks, but I haven't heard It say a thing for months." On the Ground Floor. Exchange. Harper Foozle has a great scheme and he invited me 'to get in on the ground floor." " Carper Don't forget that that is where the trap-doors are. Life's Sunny Side. Mr. Brown had Just had a telephone put In connecting his office and house, and was very much pleased with It. "I tell you, the telephone Is a won derful thing. I want you to dine with me this evening, and I will notify Mrs. Brown to expect you." Speaking through the telephone: "My friend Smith will dine with us this evening." Then to his friend, "Now listen and hear how plain her reply comes back." Mrs. Brown's reply come back with startling distinctness. Ask your friend Smith if he thinks . we keep a hotel. Washington (U. c. i ) Herald. They were speaking of Biblical names the other night, when Congress man James P. Buchanan, of Texae, was reminded of an incident that happened in one of the Southern States. Some time ago, the Congressman said, an old colored man was arrested on Busplclon of maintaining an Illicit still, and taken before a Judge for examina tion. "Stand up, prisoner," commanded the Judge, when It came time to put the colored man on the gridiron. "What is your name?" "My name, Jedge," slowly answered the prisoner, "am Joshua." "Joshua, is it?" facetiously remarked the Judge. "Are you the Joshua who made the sun stand still?" "No. sah, Jedge!. No, sah!" quickly answered the colored man. "Different pahty al togeddah. I'se de Joshua dat made the moonshine." Exchange. Some time ago a little girl rambled into a country grocery and. placing an earthen Jar on the counter, asked ror 10 cents' worth of molasses. Soon the Jar was Tilled and. picking It up, the child started for the door. "Hold on there, youngster," hastily intercepted the groceryman. "Haven't you forgotten something?" "No, sir. I guess nol." answered the girl, pausing antl looking around. rWhat is it?" "The money for that molasses." an swered the grocer. "Don't give It away for an advertisement any more." "1 thought you got the money," wan the startling rejoinder of the young ster. "Mother put it in the jar." Phil adelphia Telegraph. sea Lady Customer (pleasantly) I hear you are getting married today. Mr. Ribbs. Let me congratulate you. Mr. Ribbs (the local butcher Well, I dunno so much about congratulations, mum. It do be costing me a pretty penny. I can tell you. Mrs. Ribbs a Is to be. What with her trousseau, you know, an' the furnishing, an" the li cense, an' the parson's fees, an' then I've to give "er an' er' sister a piece of Jewelry each, and wot with one thing an' another she's a 'eavy woman, as you know, mum, thirteen stun odd, an' I reckon she'll cost me best part o- two shillings eleven pence a pound before I get her 'out. Punch. A Mobile manufacturer, tells of a darky who came to him one day with a request to be excused from work the next day, explaining that his wife had died and that he most attend the tineial. This request, seeming reasonable, was granted: but after a lapse of some weeks the darky again asked a day off. "All right, Frank," said the boss. "What's it for thjn time?" "This time 1 gets married." "So soon? Why, It's only been a few weeks since you burled your wife." "Sure!" said Frank, "but I don't hold spite long." Harper's. see Miss Margaret Foley recently in Chelsea had occasion to remark in her speech that suffragists were perfectly willing to grant that woman's place was In the home. "Why aren't you there, then?" called a rude youth from the edge of the crowd. , "Why aren't you?" retorted Miss Folej. "Because I'm not a married man," answered the youth. "And I'm not a married woman, said Mies Foley. The crowd roared, and the questioner retired discomfited. Boston Post. "Mnf Innr airn." relates ex-Sneaker Cannon, "a young couple came In from the suburbs to New York City, to see the Hinnodrome. Thev arrived very early and decided to have lunch. They visited a tea-room and had the place all to themselves. "In scrvine them the waitress omit ted to supply a teaspoon, and the fair young bride whispered the fact to her husband. Summoning the waitress, the young man aked: Mav we have a SDOOn?' " 'Why. certainly.' replied the girl, 'I am Just tidying up. and you can have the whole room to yourselves In a min ute or two.' " Lippincott's Magazine. X e e Mr. X . a lawyer, was much accus tomed to the habit of lecturing his clerks, his office boy coming In for an unusual amount of admonition when ever occasion called for It, and 'some times when It did not. That his words were appreciated was made quite evi dent to Mr. X one day when a con versation between his and another of fice boy on the same floor waa re peated to him. "Whatcher wages?" asked the other boy. "I get $10,000 a year," said Mr. X 's lad. "I don't think!" ejaculated the other boy, derisively. "Honest, I do," said Tommy. "$5 a week in cash, and the rest in legal advice!" Pittsburg Chronicle-Telegraph. e The case had been protracted and was going none too well for the defendant. His counsel, therefore, had recourse to bullying methods. One of the plaintiff's witnesses, a notorious old Jail bird, had Just left the box, his place being taken by n old plasterer. "Have you ever been in . prison? asked the lawyer. "Yes, sir," replied the witness; "twice." "Ah! And for how long, may I ask?" "First time for an afternoon. Second time for about an hour. You see, sir." continued the witness, taking ad vantae of the barrister's confusion. "I was sent to prison to whitewash a I cell for a lawyer who had been roDtung his clients." Kansas City Star. HIm Account for the Family. Concord, N. H., Herald. "Is he a credit to his family?" "No, a debit" Little Editorials on Business The Low Cost of Liring. Vint hiivu lintl "I lie llirvll tnst n living'' dinned into your ears for so many years that ymt now be lieve it posts an ttmbA lot of money to live. Unl tliem nn' million, of iwnrtli' iii the United States whose eost of living in proportion to their income is as low m i1 ever wag. Adver tising keeps prices down. Prices are tfriilatpl by the laws of supply and demninl. plus the eost of production and distribution. In certain lines of nianuracture the supply of raw material jer capita nf population is diminishing every year, yet some manufacturers who utilize this mw material are able to produce nnd sell a better product than their competitors ami at lower prices. Tnke shoes, for example. The hide and leather quotation tell us that leather is higher in price than ever before in the history of the country. The manufacturer's profit on shoes is very small about 5 per eent. The large shoo manufacturer who carries a wholesale stork amount ing to $1,000,000 or more and turns that stock five or six times year is enabled to give better values than the small manufacturer, be cause his Mei of production and selling expenses are lower than those of the sjunll shoemaker. The chief cbiisc of the high cost of living is small production and the tremendous expense of distri bution. Advertising increases the demand and enlarges production. Ai the cost of product ion e,i down the price is either lowered or the qual ity greatly improved. The more you make of an article the less the cost to make it. A sales increase the eot of selling in it's rlown. The well-known advertised lines of merchandise are usually the largest selling lines, and the con sumer invariably finds them the best in quality, price considered. The price of the Mazda eleclrie bulbs has been cut almost in half since these nrw lamps were plnoed on the market. Consistent adver tising has increased the production and this enabled the manufacturer to reduce the prices. Scores nf other nrtieles '.ave either been reduced in price or im proved in quality as the result of a larger prodtMtiotl and distribu tion through advertising When you buy advert ised mer chandise you are helping to reduce the eost of living. Don't think of advertising as a means of apending money, but as i' most efficient method of sales romotion a means of increasing your business. Twenty-Five Yeara Ago From The Orsgonlan of Ausust 1ft. IMS Spokano Falls, Aug. 14. Contracts were let today for a frame hotel of 200 rooms On Riverside avenue and Ber nard street, to accommodate the trav eling public until tha two large hotels to be constructed are rinlshed. Halley St Fries, of the late Windsor Hotel, are lessees. Union. Or., Aug. 14. O. W. Hunt will arrive tn Union next week to make final arrangements for constructing his road to this place 6nn Francisco, Aug. 14. David S Terry. ex-Supremo Court .lusMce of California, was shot and killed this morning In a railway eating station St LathrAp. Cal. by Deputy I nlted States Marshal David Nngle. The shooting was the result of an assault which Judgo Terry was making upon Justice Stephen J. Field of the Fnlted States Supremo Court, while the latter was seated at the breakfast table. Salem. Aug. 14. A. II. Thompson, of this city, brother of D. P. Thompson, of Portland, wn stricken with paralysis this morning. Tarls. Aug. 14. The court today found Gen. Boulanger guilty of conspiracy, of a treasonable attempt against th state and of embezsllng public funds and sentencod him to bo deported to a forti fied place. Berlin. Aug. 14 Hmperor Wllltsm and the Kmperor of Austria left Berlin today for Spandau and witnessed a sham, fight. The Senate rommltfe on Irrigation arrived here yesterday. Senator Mitch ell dined them at the Esmond. Oovsrnor Pennoycr was present by lnvltllnn. Senators Stewart and Reagan addressed a public meeting at Masonic Hall on irrigation and silver. The ball given by Uniform Rank. Calanthe division No. I, Tuesday vn Ing at Armory Hall. Alblna. was a very successful affair. Mr. Charles Dixon and Miss F. Young led the grand march. Mr. and Mrs. M. E. Thompson and Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Menefee left Sunday evening for San Francisco. Mrs. Charles De Burgh died at Long Beach Tuesday. C H Meussdorffer and his brother. v" H Mall. W. H. Moore. Harry Knott. H ' D. McGulre. P. Kelly. Mrs. Frank Logan, Mrs. Captain Robertson. Charles Ross and other East Portlanders cam up on the Potter from Long Beach yes terday. Fourth HrlpInK "t Tnblr. The Multitude. James started his third helping of pudding with delight. "Once upon a time." admonished hi mother, "there was a little boy who ate too much pudding, and he burt." James considered. "There ain't such a thing as too much pudding," he de clared. "There must be," continued his mother, "else why did the little boy burst?" James passed his plate for the fourth time, saying: "Not enough boy." I.raaon In Eroaorar. Puck. Settlement worker (visiting tene ments) And your father Is working now and getting $14 a week? Thst's splendid! And how much does he put away every Saturday night, my dear? Little Girl Never more than tore quarts, ma'am.