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THE MORNING OREGONIAN, FRIDAY, AUGUST 28, 1914. 8 FOBXXAJflD. OMOON. Entered at Portland. Orison. Fortoffloa as 6econd-claas matter. . Subscription Rales Invariably l AdTanoa, tTv Wall) Daily. 8nndar Included, i 'J"?j bally. Sunday Included tnrea months., s. Dally, Sunday included, ona month. . !? Dally, without Sunday, ona year. -ry Dally, without Sunday, alx months..... Daily, without Sunday, three montna... Daily, without 6unday, ona month..... ?? Weekly, ona year - f50 Sunday, one year J- feunday and Weekly, ona year. . (BI CARKIER) Dally, Sunday Included, one year . . . . "Sr Daily. Sunday Included, ona montn How t Bemlt Send Po.totltce "fT der. expreas order or pereonal check on your local bank. Stampa, coin or u",nf71frJ115; tender's risk. Give Postofflca address In lull, including loounty and state. rostace Bates 1 to 1 pages, 1 " to S3 paces. 2 cents; 14 to pages, loan ts. to to 60 pases. 4 cents; (1 to P"," VL": 71 to .J pages, cents. yorelsa post vie. doubl rate. Eastern Busuees Office V.rree Conk 11 n. New York, Brunswick building caro. timer bulldlns. -..j.it rn. ban Fraodse Oftics B. J. Bldwell Co, T4a Market street. J FOBTULND, FBEDAT, AUGUST 8. 191. THE BCSSIAN ADVACK. While the German westward ad vance ia making rapid progress )n the stupendous task of crushing France, the situation on the German eastern front is beginning to develop. Rus sian mobilization la force has finally been completed to such an extent that Russian advances are occurring and reports of several Russian victories come from St. Petersburg, these be ing seized upon by London as offer ing a fresh ray of hope to the allies. At the same time Berlin displays no great apprehension and the Germans show no inclination to take the vast Russian forward movement very seri ously at the present time. On the surface there is a, striking similarity, between the action which France faces on her east boun dary and that which confronts Ger many on her own eastern stretches. But from a strategic standpoint, tne difference is vast. Berlin is by no means in the same danger as that confronting Paris. At the present time the German menace to France overshodaws the Russian menace to Germany many fold, even though force of numbers would seem to point to the contrary belief. The main difference Is that Ger many does not offer the same degree of vulnerability to Invasion on her eastern boundary and while the Rus sian army outnumbers the German military force, the difference in num bers is largely minimized by other considerations. Russians in effecting an invasion of Germany and Austria must make use of tremendous num bers of troops which can never be brought into action. They must be maintained to protect the Rn lines of communication and safeguard the Russian flanks. . Up to this time the Russian ad vance has been made in three col umns, one striking at Tilsit some sixty miles north of the German stronghold of Konigsberg, Just off the Baltic; the second along the line of communication between Warsaw and Posen and 170 miles due east of Ber lin and the third at Lemberg, east of the Carpathian Mountains in Austria. The volume of these columns is not indicated, but it is likely that suffi cient force has been thrown in to present a front along the whole front of Germany and Austria. This does not present the same formidable as pect of the German line on France for reasons presented by a different topography. Assuming the main point of ad vance to be on Posen and the terri tory cross-sectioned by tha, Vistula River, that portion of the Russian line in front of Austria must then be left behind. The Austrians might be forced back Into the Carpathian Mountains, but it is unlikely that they could be immediately driven out of their fortified positions in the moun tain fastnesses. Thus the Russians would be compelled to present a solid front to the south on Austria and another to the east on Germany. Pressing strongly into the German Empire on the Posen route, the Rus sian east front would still be in the position of having its flanks menaced from the Austrian interior forces and the Russian position would-be ten able, strategically speaking, only by use of tremendously superior numbers and application of faultless strategy. The Russian northernmost advance likewise has Its great natural difficul ties to overcome. Taking Konigs berg a difficult task in Itself, and pushing into Germany, the Russians find themselves in precarious terri tory. The whole country east of the Vistula River, where it cuts a line through Germany, is dotted by lakes and marshes. Reaching the Vistula, the Russians come in contact with a heavy line of fortifications which they must assail with the greatest vigor. Should they meet defeat, the marshy districts in their rear would ' prove a serious menace to retiring armies. This same terrain has proved fatal heretofore, and even the most Intrepid commander must hesitate at forcing his way into a country from which he would be at a disadvantage In withdrawing with artillery and sup iply trains should necessity require. : An additional difficulty of the ad vance on the Vistula route would be the exposed flank on the Baltic, which Is firmly in German control, the Rus sian fleets being hopelessly bottled in the Gulf of Finland. It may not be said that the Russian menace to Germany is not to be taken seriously. The Russian first line com prises more than a million splendidly organized, trained and equipped men. Their courage, spirit and ability are unquestioned. Many are veterans of the recent campaigns in Manchuria, and while these campaigns resulted . disastrously to the Russian arms, Rus sia did not overlook the lessons learned there and has vastly improved her methods and organization since that time. Furthermore the Russian first line would be facing German re servists for the most part, although the flower of the Austrian first line is now directed upon the Russians east of the Carpathian Mountains. Russian tactics are aggressive. The soldiers move "bravely down to the charge and have learned to make the most effective use of the bayonet. The Russian artillery Includes heavy siege guns as well as an abundance of excellent field artillery. Scouting end cavalry facilities and supply serv r nn to date. Tet in maintain ing heavy forces in Germany Russia would suffer through inadequate lines of communication with her main bases in Russia, for the reason that Russia has neglected to build strategic rail roads and has really only three routes available. This accounts for the slow massing ia force la front of Germany and Austria, a process which cannot yet have been completed. These are the considerations that Germany must have reckoned wlth in directing the bulk of her force west ward and treating the Russian men ace less seriously. In due time Rus sia may be able to overcome the many difficulties presented In her aim to strike a vital blow at Germany. The Russian armies may have maneu vered and fought their way into a position demanding the most serious consideration. Russia, by a series of brilliant victories and aggressive forward movements, may even reach a position threatening Berlin. But necessarily that will take time months, at least. In the meantime, will the Germans have cleared the way to the west so as to be able to turn full attention to the Russians? The answer to that question may de ermine. In no small measure, the fu ture of the German empire. C1CTVESE LABOR VS. AMERICAN LABOR. Thirty or more years ago the Amer ican Conn-ess passed a bill excluding Chinese from the United States; and In the intervening time the Chinese have practically disappeared from the United States. The reason was that the vast hordes of coolies were pauperizing our labor, cheapening all industry, and lowering the standard of living. Tet Chinese labor in the unitea States has found a substitute in the products of Chinese industry, under a tariff law that encourages importa tions of various products from the nrUnf rrhlnafta eeres now come in free; Chinese poultry will follow. What else will eventually De Drougnt from China only the future will dis close. w. m,l th a Chinese, but we en courage Chinese industry , by inviting cheap Chinese products to compete In our markets iwith American arti cles produced by well-paid American labor. xTm hflvA r-ofriRerl to naUDerlze American labor through employment of Chinese at home; but .we are will ing to pauperize American Industry by employing Chinese labor abroad. THE LAND PRODUCTS SHOW. T?0ann. to the announcement of a land products show In Portland, Oc tober 28 to November 14, nas Deen most encouraging. Every county in Oregon will show the variety and ex cellence of the things it produces. In addition to promoting a better ac niialntanee with the resources of the state the exhibit promises to be valu able to producers who are seeking in formation as to the adaptability of mi-hnni(-jiJ devices to their needs. The Merchants and Manufacturers' Association has combined Its energies with those of the land products or ra nidation and the farmer, dairyman. orchardlst, timberman and others are sure to find something at the show for their edification, If not advantage. Th. i-uortzitv of Oreeon's land in dustries makes a wonderful and in teresting exhibit possible. The state h nmhnrrl lands, drv farmine lands. lands that produce "without Irrigation, irrigated lands, timber lanus, mines, dairies, stock farms. There is wide .hniu nf piimifa and conseauently opportunity to gratify a broad range of preferences in gaining liveunuuu and prosperity from the land. Possessed of such varied resources, nres-nn can nroduce a land products show that will interest everybody. T,ot .-hat ft ran do It will do is In dicated by the interest shown by those who have products or wnicn thav am nrnnrl. hv the generous guar- nrlvdfl VlV thA flirt Of & State cw.icv r jf j appropriation and by the arrange ments made for ample space. THE CHEAPER THE BETTER? Tt is hard to follow the logic of the correspondent who writes today on huttoi- and Its lessons, except Insofar as he contends that there are more butter consumers than producers, and that therefore the cheaper butter is tha better. But there are also more consumers of bread than producers of wheat. Will he argue that prosperity comes with low "wheat prices, and adversity with high? The truth Is that the United states is a great wheat-producing and a great dairy country; and If there shall not be a fair profit for the cultivators of wheat and 'the makers of butter and like products, there will be no prosperity. It is fundamental that our basic Industries shall be pros perous. The sneclal conditions that may have raised butter prices In Chicago are not now of great concern or inter est to us, except that, if the quoted figures are correct, it is more than ever obvious that the Oregon dairy man is not getting a square deal under- the tariff. Portland butter prices on the same, dates as our correspond ent gives were: Maroh 7, 1U14 I -gj March 7. 1012 March 7. August S. 11)14 .27 .80 August 8. oT71 August 8, ltH.1 The losa to the Oregon dairyman in the two years is obvious. If our Democratic correspondent, or any other, will find a "way to de velop Oregon or any other state by denying prosperity to Its producers requiring them to sell wheat, butter, wool, eggs, hops and our other prod ucts at & loss he will be able to re verse the teachings of common sense and all experience. ZEPPELTX RAIDS. London, in common with some nther Fntrllsh cities, is experiencing some uneasiness now over the ques tion of Zeppelins. For some years military writers nave Kept tne puonc harrowed by descriptions of Zeppelin .Alii. arA nnv tVint 11 "! ATnAHiflnTIH are a possibility, London is sharply on tne iookoui. oearcniignts piy tne heavens by night and aeroplanes scout far and near in eternal vigilance for one of the great cigar-shaped monsters of the air monsters capa ble nf sdvlnar London a great deal of annoyance, although they might, do no great amount or real damage or serve to add anything to the outcome of the war. There are some thirteen of these 7nnoMn In the German service, be side a number of smaller balloons carrying one-pounder Maxims. The Zeppelins carry heavy charges of high explosive ana operate at a neignt ia arhih tne fl.vera.sre aeroDlane driver cannot attain on account of the rarity of the air. Taking ine Dig uerman Zeppelin L 3 as an example, it will be seen that London's qualms are not al together unfounded, so far as the pos sibilities are concerned. The L 3 is able to make a sustained flight . of thirty hours and to travel at a speed of fifty miles an hour. Thus she can go approximately 1500 miles at one trip, and has done evea better than that. - Hamburg, where she is sta tioned, is 460 miles on a line from London and with the Germans in control of strategic points along the channel the trip for the L 3 could be greatly reduced. However, England has no Important nor vulnerable points demanding such operations and the only object of these raids would be to harass the English. A few tons of explosives dropped into London "would inflict considerable damage on a great number of help less noncombatants. Repeated raids of this sort, it is true,, might greatly alarm and annoy the English,- but they would hardly crush the British spirit. Such raids would impress the world even less favorably than the Kaiser's practice of sowing theNorth Sea with contact mines In violation f the international agreement. , PARIS BESIEGED. It now seems likely enough that Paris will be besieged within the next month or two unless something hap pens to check the German advance. The great capital is in much better condition to resist than it was In 1870, but no fortifications can keep famine out or prevent the fury of disease while a numerous population is con fined within the circuit of an invested city. Napoleon III entered upon the war of 1870 with such confident ex pectations of victory that he made lit tle or no preparation for the defense ,. iontAi When the Germans arrived before the fortifications they found panic everywhere and a crowd ed population with but small provi sion of food and fuel. This condition would scarcely be repeated today. Be tween Paris and the frontier run three nf fnrtlflfa.tlons all strongly manned, while the city itself has three circuits of forts, many or mem con structed since 1870. We may sup that lone before the be siegers could complete their invest ment Paris would be wen provisioned. rr - riflpm ana irnvA nlerced the outer circle of fortifications, if we may believe the reports, and are in possession of Lille and one or two more defensive positions. But this does not by any means open a clear nun to pujIs. Two more exterior cir cuits of fortresses must be broken through first and that will naturally be a work of time if it can be done at all. The Parisians will therefore have an opportunity to lay in a stock of necessaries, should the (worst come to the worst, anu may d nroloneed defense foil the enemy. Not every besieged city is captured by any manner oi ans The siege of 1870 lasted from September 19 to the end of the fol lowing January, aDout.iour mimuio. The last train left on September 17, j trnm thnt dav to the capitulation on January 28 there was no regular communication with the outer worm. A cable connecting with Havre had been laid In the bed of the Seine, but some miscreants betrayed It to the Germans and it was promptly cut. ivtothi- hniinnns were sent up in the hope of conveying intelligence to the provincial armies and invoicing wu, v.,,1- thsv ar-r-nmnllshed little. Carrier pigeons were a romantic but ineffec tual means of sending out iiwwa, anu the messengers who sought to make theiT- -arav throueh the German ranks were Invariably driven back or cap tured. During the siege .fans re mained almost as completely isolated from France and the world as if it had been on another planet. For some days before the city was terrified countrymen flocked In with their families, so that the pop ulation was swollen far beyond the normal, a fact which increased the hnrdshina of all and impaired tne vigor of the defense. The same thing happened at Atherfs when the Spar v..ia.i it in the PeloDOnneslan Lana war. The "whole country crowded within the walls. Sanitary conditions could not be maintained and a ter rible plague broke out. Paris had no veritable epidemic during the siege, but the death rate from typhus, ane mia and all sorts Of misery diseases ran up rapidly from the day of the Investment. Herds of cattle had been collected in the parks and squares, but since there was little or nothing to feed them upon, a great many head were slaughtered and salted. Horses a utoII n cattle were preserved for food in this manner. There was no actual starvation, at least among tne TOoii.tn-dn rtiiHne- the siege, although prices mounted to formidable fig ures. By the end of octoDer Deei ana mutton had disappeared from the movnta rata were selling at a franc apiece, eggs were 30 francs a dozen, butter 60 francs a pound anu mils a franc a quart. This seems cheap for milk in the circumstances until we learn that it was three-quarters wa ter. Of course the infant mortality was terrible. The miserv of famine was intensi fied by the lack of fuel and gas. The gas mains were empty almost from the beginning of the siege, while fire wood rose to prohibitive prices. At the end of September it was worm a nont a rtoiind. A month later It had gone up to a cent and a half. During the freezing Winter weatner people shivered over cold stoves and did their best to keep patriotic rervor warm on empty stomachs.- Some succeeded, monir did not. At the close of the siege It came to light that the grocers had kept large quantities of canned provisions hidden in secret deposits, waiting for prices higher and still higher. As soon as the armistice was declared they piled the cans tempt ingly in their front windows, but prices had fallen 'Irretrievably. Jus tice sometimes gets in a satisfactory stroke even during a siege. We have a uovnmt nf a. breakfast for two per sons served on .October 23, a month after the investment, with tne cost ot the Items. A sweet omelette, three ee-B-a 1 listed at 12 francs, a common filet de boeuf at 24 francs, and so on. The preliminary radishes came to itf francs. nf nnnrae when the rich were din ing off rats and horse marrow the poor were devouring any offal they fnuid find Human flesh was not con sumed as it was in the famous sieges of Carthage and Jerusalem, rut snort of that nothing came amiss. The gut tora were nliindered. stables were swept to furnish forth feasts for pov erty. Everything comDustiDie was hiimed- Tenants broke ud the doors of their apartments for fuel and to ward the end of January tne furniture went the same road. Had the siege h.sn ' ' TiMlnnirAil the mortalltv must have been incalculable, but the armis tice was concluded in time to prevent the worst. When the channels of trade were opened food and supplies flowed into Paris in a.vast stream. London sent 3400,000 worth immedi ately. The srav Parisians forgot their misery In the Joysof a new revolution and France entered upon tnat career whirh has made another siege Immi nent. Thus history repeats Itself and fortune plays her tricks over and over again upon men without making tnem any the wiser. ' Governor West's quarrel is with the records, and not with The Orego nlan, as to his frequent absences from the meetings of the Oregon Interstate Bridge Commission. There were four scheduled meetings in August, and the Governor was present at none of thDTn in trie minutes of two meet ings the absence of Governor' West and one Commissioner was menuaneu n o vsoonn fnr nn.qtnonine: action. The Governor would give an Oregonlan-, reporter a new suit or ciotnes n av will produce evidence that he had no tice of any of the meetings. The offer of better apparel Is tempting enough, in these Democratic times; but does the Governor think It is, or was, the duty of The Oregonian to see that he gets notice of the meetings of a com mission of which he is chairman? We can think of no crime for which capital punishment Is more suitable than the indiscriminate sale of co caine. Perhaps It "was the fear that a penalty appropriate to their deeds might some time be Imposed upon them which led one of the men lately arrested for peddling cocaine. to Join the anti-capital punishment league. The story seems to prove that the vice of hypocrisy is not confined to the rich nor the virtue of sincerity to soapboxers. - . . The three most important botanical families for man are the gramineae, the rosaceae and the crucif erae. To the first belong the grains and grasses; to the second, the fruits of the temp erate zone; to the third, the cab bage, roots like the turnip and many a salad plant. Parsnips belong to thA o-resir famllv of the umbelliferae. the "umbrella carriers," which i more apt to produce poisonous than wholesome plants. "Varium et mutabile femina, Wom an, thou false and fickle Thing," wrote Vergil 2000 years ago. We supposed she had grown more de r,.nHohiA nf late, but it seems not. The suffragettes, the most advanced members of the sex, made a treaty oi peace with the British government at the outbreak of the "war, but they haven't kept it Not they. The story goes that they are on the rampage worse than ever. Our erudite contemporary who re marks that the election of a non t.oMo. pnna wnuld be "a complete setting aside of precedent" should look to his history a little more care fully. There have been Popes who were not Italians. Pope Adrian IV, for example, "was an Englishman and he signalized , his pontifical reign by making a present of Ireland to King Henry II. The pear is a favored fruit. It will stand more moisture than the apple, hiiA nn the other hand it thrives in a drought which - causes apple trees to wither and tneir iruic iu jjiuc. Farmers who lose apple trees this c.immey nav wiselv consider replac ing them with pears or "walnuts. When a walnut tree is once establisned u is as 'immune to drouth as an oak. The hellie-erents are busy charging one another with "barbarities," Just as they do in every war, and me charges are probably true all round. War Itself is a huge barbarity. Its inner nature cannol, help oozing out Mracinns arise and nainting blacker spots on a canvas already black. The only way we can think of to stop war's barbarities is to stop war. Kitr Teal nf coiirae can do excellent service as the representative of Port land at Washington in support of the river and harbor bill. But what has Portland's Congressman been doing during all this anxious period? Is it v, nxrhiin for Portland to have ef ficient representation in Congress? Or Is it not? ciq hordes. Teuton aggressions. Zeppelin raids all those things we have been turning up our noses about for so many years are now grim realities. around Jullaetta, Idaho, will find little difficulty in "raising the wind" this year. Their crop is estimated at $136,000. When is the weather man going to get out one of those long-deferred "Cloudy, occasional showers" bulle tins? . The Mayor has notified heads of departments to trim their estimates, but who will do the actual pruning? The nommnn drinking CUD now Is unlawful, but the neck of the bottle goes" on Sundays, rwn the world's history any place, and the reading Is tame compared with current events. Anyway, Bill Rodgers will return to Oregon at, times to raise whiskers and hunt bear That Hood River ranch which pro duced $60 "worth of old bottles was well Irrigated. d Enellsh war bulletins have taken on the aspect of military apologies. . Lord Kitchener wants a bed in his office. But when will he find time to use it London needs the cafeteria since the foreign waiters have gone home to fight. - To nan dura she seeks only to keep peace, not the pieces, in the Orient. The -tunic which is short for Junk eter is scrambling into the House. Davy Jones has palatial quarters in the Kaiser Wllhelm der Grosse. The Paris cabhorse looks aghast at possibilities of the future. "fii.vav wnvers at ioinlng the war. Turkey does well to waver. That Coos bay racket offers great opportunities to a Hearst. The Hear Is following the star of empire westward. where, oh where are the peace propagandists? ' Chile has given the 1915 Fair the cold shoulder. The cry of "On to Paris" Is no longer a jest Half a Century Ago From The Oregonian, August 28, 1864. .In these times of "first dispatches" Incident to construction of new tele graphic connections, It may not be un important to know what was the "first message" ever transmitted by tele graph in Oregon. On Friday afternoon, November 2, 1855, the first telegraph wire was attached to the poles in Ore gon on Front street. In this city. Among the citizens present voluntarily assisting in the work was T. J. Dryer, formerly editor of this paper. The first rrtaoaotxA wo franomfttwd hv meanS OI a ground wire from near the present business place or uoiasmnn orgn., sayers to the office over the present stove and tinware store of Friedman & Co., formerly A. M. & L. M. Starr, cor ner of Front and StarK streets, and announced the death .at The Dalles of r "T - inranr Weiaenthail A VOUnST man highly esteemed and respected among his Portland rnends. After a delay of some weeks In pro curing wire and labor in placing It upon the poles, communication was es tablished between Oregon City and Portland. During the following Winter the line was pushed onward to Lafay ette, Dayton, Champoeg, Buttevllle and other points up the Willamette Valley. Owing to the financial inability of 1 nMnan, o cr.nnrol TVHnt fl f CO II- fldence among the people In regard to Its use, the return on tne rapiuu in vested In it and a distrust of its pro lectors, the enterprise was allowed to languish. The line, was suffered to re main down In many places, and the honest Webfoot found that a few yards of wire would make a good clothes line. This idea, so brilliant and origi nal, was universally put Into practice, and so went the greater portion of the line. It is creditably reported that one poor fellow wno was Keeping across the Tualatin River Imagined that the line crossing the river at his ferry was some cunning speculator s scheme .to swindle him out of certain rights vested in him by the laws of r. .1 U A T)r.nA rtt fToiintV COm- uresna uiau ... - v. - 'mlssioners as a ferryman, and knowing the delay and treacnery oi is.w. the matter Into his own hands, cut the wire on each bank of the river and threw the severed section into tne stream. This feat he performed twice. Under an accumulation of such d'"i culties It is not much wonder that the enterprise was a failure. In the Spring of 1857 other parties revived the matter and a line was es tablished f rom Portland to Corvallis, but again a want of capital induced failure, and thus telegraphing In Ore gon was numbered among the things 4.1 i nti the nresent scheme was planned, and now It seems Is being carried on very successiuny. Perhaps during the present week the first dispatch will be forwarded to the National Capital from the most remote capital in the Northwest. mi - . mAi.A tenmAt tn the citV J.IIt3I5 y i ... . j . . - Saturday loading freight for points above the Willamette ra.ua um" " have seen since the season of low thA stftftmers from naici vv uii i w w ..w the trade. As we progress in growtn there shouia oe a corresiJuiiuis nn-AirArr.ant In Oil T TTlOdeS Oi Kree ul iui"iuiomu - " . transporting freight in this Valley, to prevent taking a step o'- "j think the seasons are about numbered when freight will be delivered from Portland to Salem In wagons. The office of the California Stage Company has been removed from the Pioneer, corner of Washington and First streets, to the Dennison House, corner of Stark and Front. Mr. B. G. Whitehouse retains the position of agent, a place he filled for several years. WHY SOCIALIST OPPOSES LAW. $1500 Exemption Ia Step Toward Free Use of Land, Says Mr. DspMe. PORTLAND, Aug. 27. (To the Edi tor.) A .- correct premise is necessary to a correct conclusion. If land (food), water and air are essential to life, their conservation to that end life is es sential and must supersede all other uses to which they may be given. If we say air, the first essential, must be free (without meter) we must likewise say that water and land must also be free to the Individual who Is to live. We cannot permit a legal construction contrary to this principle with regard to land and guarantee human life. Now to compare relatively these es sentials: To deny human beings the free use of air is to limit their exis tence to but a few minutes. To deny them the free use of water is to extend the time limit to but days. To deny them the free use of land (food) wit the free use of the other two elements, air and water, according to reported experiments, life might be extended Into months. From this analysis we must gauge all legislation regarding these Creator-designed human necessi ties. We have no meter restrictions, through an Impossibility, on air and water. No speculations here. To con serve life we must make similar re strictions, if not now. at some future time, with regard to land. Land, having a more distant relation to our existence and having also legis lative (meter) possibilities of monopoly, has been farmed out to private indi viduals, without regard to quantity or limitations to each individual. No one pretends to deny this fact, and the $1500 exemption Is. relatively, as dis tant from measuring the relation or this human necessity to life, as tne analysis will bear. The $1500 exemp tion Is a step in the right direction. Were an exemption of that amount made without specializing in regard to land, no great opposition would present against it. It is the vital principle, foreseen by land speculators, that raise all this fight against the $1500 exemp- tl w'ill Mr. Rigrby, whose letter recently appeared In The Oregonian, refute this analysis of the land question and prove that "Barzee and Co." dodge the lssue7 i. nnt tar istniiL Derhapi IuB tunc in) " - . . contingent upon the present prospective world war, wnen mo the clouds will change to gold for all! not for some, as Mr. Rigby pic tures it "Black despair" will come to none, and not only the people of Ore Kon but the wide world over will de- - . itid "fnr the mere sake of living, ignoring material values of merely competitive bub ----to want, deprivation and wars of slaughter of human ela-BARZEE. Politics in the Middle West. Topeka Journal. "Let me plow this field." "Thanks. "I'm canvassing the district for Con gress," said the willing worker. Rafter finishing the field. "Do you own this fine farm?" "Oh, no." replied the other man. "I'm the candidate on the other ticket The farmer has i gone to town, but I assured him the field would be plowed by the time he got back." - Three Rule for Health. New Tork Sun. Three good laughs an hour and three 1. onri three hours' work BOUdrO 111 v.a.1 - - gflf outdoors every day is the recipe giv- en Dy jars. nvm.o uu-ni-i-i - lyn N. Y., for living as she has done to the age of 102 In the full enjoyment of her faculties. Move for Sanitary Factories. Boston Transcript Textile workers in the vicinity of Fall River, Mass., are maintaining an agitation for sanitary mills, and It Is charged that these conditions are a menace to health, Stars and Starmaker BY UOXI CABS BAKU. BILLINGS, Mont, Aug. 26. 1S14. P.e member Dainty Marie, who whirled and dipped and gayly swung by her teeth and toes from a trapexe on the Or pheura stage last Spring? Dainty Ma rie, who wore white Tpsilantlc atmos phere and shoe-horned her lovely self into it Not a soul I met during the week Marie performed at the Orpheum could tell me whether she bad teeth or a nose, but on the subject of Marie's lovely ankles, the curve of her arms and Venus-like waist there were no two dissimilar Ideas. Well, since you do remember her, here's what I started to tell you about her: Down In Los Angeles she met Earl A. Foxe, a mov ing picture leading man. Just after she finished her engagement In Portland. The affair was & regular Laura Jean Libbeylsh love-at-flrst-sight and when Marie got close to her home village, Leavenworth, Kan., the movie man scurried across country and the two were wed. Now she Is tn the third week of an engagement at the Palace in New Tork, and friend husband In with her. "Army is hurling itself to meet on rushing enemy," says a headline and then goes on to say that both armies are -hurling" and "on-rushlng" at the rate of four miles per day. Nance O'Noill Is playing a two weeks' sngagement In Boston at the Majestic Theater with Alfred Hickman, a former Alcazar player, as her leading man. "Camine" and "Leah the Forsaken" are the bills. Answer to Dot and Dodo: Write to Jack Jones, 106 West Thirteenth street. New Tork. He wants a twin sister act for permanent position, one of the sisters to do a "single" special ty. He specifies that the twins are not to be over 6 feet 4 Inches, nor to weigh over 120 pounds. Richard Vivian has Joined the Em press Stock Company in San Diego, CaL, where he plays leads. He was with the Baker players for one season, not In leads, however. He was the heavy man, so-called, and played the villains. . From Des Moines, tn Ioway, comes Interesting news of Fay Balnter. She is to head a stock company there, the Princess stock. She has been playing leads In Bummer stock at Albany, N. Y. Adele Rowland and her husband, Charles Ruggles, are playing a brief season of musical comedy at the Al cazar In San Francisco. Adele Is a dancer and can sing a bit. and Charles is a comedian. He got his first claim to attention when he made a hit in a comedy role In Jack Lett's play, "Help Wanted." The duo are reinforced in their Alcazar work by a chorus, which always assists aout two-thirds. William L Nolte, last season a Baker player In juvenile roles, has signed for this season with a new stock company soon to be Installed in Calgary, Can ada. finrrA Alison, ono of the best-re- membered Baker leading men, is to head the Washington Theater stock company in Detroit Mich. Mrs. Ali son, known professionally as Gertrude Rivers, will have a place In the com pany. The Alisons this Spring conclud ed a five years' engagement at the Crescent Theater In Brooklyn. Their home is In Duxbury, Mass. Answer to T. P.: Any reputable typist of plays who makes a specialty of copying plays will prepare your work in proper form for submitting to managers. The fee Is nominal. I can not give addresses of Portland typists in this column, but If you will send self-addressed stamped envelope I will see that you are furnished with the names. If you prefer to do the work yourself, you will find full details in an article entitled "The Mechanics of the Manuscript" in the May and June Issues, 1912, of the American Play wright, published by W. T. Price at 1440 Broadway, New York. Copies can be secured at that address. m 9 m One of the novelties of the forthcom ing season is a romantic drama, "Peg Woffington's Pearl." written by Ur sula Keene. Edgar Selwyn has secured the orig inal writing of "The Regent," which Is the first manuscript Arnold Bennett ever let out of hi possession. Mrs. Bennett wants to keep all her hus band's work. On its first page Mr. Sel wyn has written: "This is the ex clusive property of Edgar Selwyn, and no woman can have It." Which seems like beckoning to trouble, for Mrs. Selwyn (Margaret Mayo) Is also a collector of manuscripts. The Selwyns own original writings by Shaw. Gals worthy, Hardy, James and Wells, to say nothing ot a stack from the pen, or typewriter, of Edgar Selwyn and Margaret Mayo. Frederick James Smith, In the Dra matin Mirror, says that one thing vivid ly apparent to a constant vaudcville- goer is the reckless way one player snnrnnrlates something a line, a bit of business, and even a whole section of turn that distinctly belongs to another. They said that when George M. Cohan retired from acting he elimi nated several dosen imitators. uui others are still with us. Al Jolson gave a sure-fire line to a hundred or more comedians and com ediennes when he originated the term customers In referring to theater-go-era Cnrv ladv with comic tendencies according to avoirdupois takes a try at Fannie Briee or i rixie r riganzs. There may be "nut" comedians who haven't lifted a few things Trom Harry Fox and tramp monologlsts who haven't Imitated Nat M. Wills and his cigar, but they're a bit rare. And there is always Eva Tanguay and Sarah Bernhardt and David War- Hoiri a vine-. "If vou don't want her l want her," and Primrose soft stepping. and the Inevitable Harry Lauaer. s Ancient History note: "Ben-Hur" be gins Its 17th season soon; "Way Down East" Its 18th and "In Old Kentucky" its 22d. The last named of the trium virate visits Portland. s Frank Mills will be in the support of iri.i. Feraruson in "The Dragon's Claw." Paul Everton and Madge Cor coran also are in the cast. Mills was last In Portland in "Bought and Paid i For." a .Mhe, newsnaner man has written a vaudeville sketch. This man is Ed ward S. Kern, of Minneapolis. The sketch Is as yet "unnamed," and Ger trude Le Brandt is going to produce It, War News War Photos War Maps Special Articles by Experts, the Very Latest Cable News and Elaborately Illustrated Special Features in the Sunday Orego nian Will Give the Most Com prehensive View of the Great "War. Soldiers of Six Powers. A striking full papc in colors shows the soldiers of. the pront pow ers in full uniform and field equip ment. It displays the soldiers ns they appear at the front, the ex act shades of uniform colors bring portrayed in the color effects. British War Lords. A full page in colors on the men who are running Great Britain's end of the great conflict. Europe's Changing Map. A full page feature, with five largo maps, showing the changes that gunpowder has wrought in the map of Europe during the pnst century and a quarter. Sea Monsters. An illustrated article by a naval expert on the modern war game t sea, in which is a detailed discus sion of the valuo of dreadnought against torpedo -boat destroyers and the other naval scorpions. Relative Fights Relative. The great war is a family fight. An illustrated half page traces the relationship that exists among the notable figures of Europe. The Fire Fighters. An illustrated page on (ho se lection of men for l'ort land's fire department. Adventures of Suzanne. No. 5 in the series of modern comedies by Orson Lowell. Motor Goose Rhymes. And a wholo page of other il lustrated features, which can be torn out and handed to the litlle ones. Many Other Features. Order today of your newsdealer. Twenty-Five Year Ago From Th Oreeonlan of Aufmt 25, 1SMV Charles K. LelanJ, manager f The Portland, left for New York to .'Ctiro a complete corps of cooks, wnltern, elr., for the big hotel. He will be gone sov. eral weeks. Every effort will lie made to have the hotul open by New Year h, but there is so nmoh to do that It Is doubtful If everything will ho In imll ness before February 1. Recently a petition wns filed In the County Court asking tliat an ailmlnlK trator be appointed for tlio etatu of the late Aaron .Moier. The value f the same was rated at $liO,oon. since then an official appraisement has lieti made which fixes tlio valuo al t:iu. 634.63. The display of Oreson products sent east under the auspices of the Immi gration Board has arrived safely at Its present destination In Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, where It will b on exhibit for one week before great crowds who annually visit that rrnorl. The following telegram has been re celved by the Immigration Hoard In reference to the matter: Williams drove, r.. Au. 26. T Wallace K. Slruble. cnMary Orfon lmml rratlon Board: Kxhlbltloti hn. Klna aliapr. Fair linmm. All wall. orr.n i.a.la. r. C. KAUri'JIA.N. After the close of the picnic the die play will be shipped direct to the Buf falo International Exposition and thence to Detroit. Pan Francisco. Aug. 17. Pave Camp bell, of Portland, who seconded Demp sey in his fight tonight, and Jim t'or bett, professor of boxing in the Olympic Club, of this city, hsve agreed to en gage in a 10-round contest before th Olympic Club, providing a suitable purse shall be offered. Taeoma, Wash., Aug. IS. N. 1. Vin son Is here, said to bo figuring with the officers of the Taeoma LanJ Com pany and others, with view to embark ing in the newspaper business In Ta eoma. RlKSt-Hour Kay U llnpyarda. , PORTLAND, Aug. 27. (To tho F-'H-tor.) Kindly settle a very vllal uucc tlon for the women who want to d k i tv. . i- in another newspaper last week that It was nlrnoat a settled fact that the clgni-nour uy m would be applied In the hop flelda. ! far as woman are concerned, la that .i.. !. Anrf would men b allowed IMO " " ' - to work as long as they pleased. If that ahould be put in mm would keep many poor women ' .. i !,,. hn nlnnnlnk- to Co and make a few dollars to tide them over the Winter. I am not young, oui ... putting in my whole time whl the.' 1 could make good wan, but if 1 . i... , to four hours exery day I could not mak enough to pay my --v- penses. And who does it " want to work all day Ins lead of -It- .ji h fm. honra? Then the Imp men loe for It Is liable to rain any time and while tne noPP""'" standing Idle to sati.fy 'f"0""1 law-maker the hops spoil. Uasld-a ... . ,,i.ir,n in the work for i.rwo"n..n: tney can quit "they wart to but I don t wani " me 1 have to qult MKM. A. r. There is no eight-hour law applyln nhn work in the hop fields and there has been no ruling of the In dustrial Welfare Commission affect itn; .ta children who work at - WU1I1VII - rlcultural pursuits, which Is the clari fication under which noppicurr. seem to come. There is an eight-hour law to oe s..o- th. voters In November which, if adopted, would apply to all i,nnta. As a voter the corres pondent has the opportunity to show what she thinks ei n on How o Set Cetor. CENTRAL POINT, Or, Aug. :. (To the Editor.) Please lniorm mo wi.v will set the color In navy blue cloth. A. H. d.v thai new sralatea In a strong ao- lutlon of salt and water and put In the shade to dry slowly. A cup or vimwnr In enough water thoroughly to aatuiate v. t.rlnl la another solution that will set colors. This system will shrink the material and set the color at ins same time.