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Forelsn post ase. double rates. . - Eastern Business Offices Verree 4 JS5" lln. Xtw York, Brucawick bulldins. t-1"-cago. Sieger bulldins- . ,, an Franclaco Office R. J- Bldwell Co., T4J Market street. PORTLAND. SATURDAY. Al GIST 2. 1914. ROL'XES TO PARIS. The German advance in concentric Unes on Paris appears to have made considerable progress. Late dis patches Indicate that the Germun fighting machine not only has swept at clear pathway through Belgium, but has forced its way at points through the first line of French fortified po sitions upon which the allies fell back several days ago. The occupation of Lille is an important Germany vic tory, even more important in some respects than the enveloping of Na mur, for the Germans now encounter no fortified obstacles until they reach Perrone and Amiens. Lille is a for tified city of the first class and dis tant about 133 miles from Paris. Having taken Lille, the German center may await the fall of Mau beuge. the "fortified position south and slightly east of Lille, and possibly of Aire, St. Omer and Dunkirk to the north, thus making possible an exten sion of the huge German enveloping movement. The distances to Paris are not great In miles, perhaps not very great in obstacles with such points as Lille falling at this early date. It would be interesting to know Just what losses the Germans have sustained in achieving the progress they have already made. Such a dis closure might make possible a deduc tion as to whether they can hold the pace. While the Lille route undoubtedly will be one of those followed by Ger man columns, there are several other strategical routes which must be taken by the German center and left wing. From Sedan, on the German left center, the distance is but 130 miles. Passing that strongly-fortified position, the Germans will be forced to do battle with entrenched troops as far as the river Aisne, where heavy fortifications are encountered at Reims. On the Verdun route the distance to Paris is 140 miles, with heavy for tifications along the Meuse. In the vicinity of Verdun rugged hills offer excellent defensive positions. Passing the heavy fortifications at Nancy and Toul, a task for the German left, the distance is between 140 and 150 miles, with Vitri on the Marne River the only point having modern fortifica tions. From Belfort, on the extreme German left, the distance is 230 miles, with a rugged terrain and heavy fron tier fortifications. It is difficult to believe that the German fighting ma chine will crush its way through all these points of resistance and push on to Paris in half a dozen concentric lines. German successes on the left wing, at the extreme south of the French boundary, have been less cer tain and the progress much slower. But after breaking through at a sufficient number of points to insure the successful handling of a heavy advance on the French capital, it is safe to assume thai the Germans will have to fight their way over every foot of the ground. French entrench ments will appear one after the other and will have to be carried at the point of the bayonet, a process that insures heavy loss of life. The one thing to fa.vor the Gecmans in such a campaign will be their quickened ar dor responding to the wine of victory. Even reaching the environs of Paris, the Germans will have heavy work ahead of them. The country about Paris is fairly studded with modern forts and a siege of months may be required to reduce that city to the point of submission. Obviously the bitter contests are yet to come. The French first line of more than a million men, more than half of whom are seasoned regulars, has barely entered action. They can be counted upon to fight desperately, and even though they are unable to cope with the German machine, they will present such a resistance as will dye the soil of Europe a deeper hue of scarlet than It has ever known be fore. Facing an invader, the reserv ists will conduct tlremselves with des perate zest and courage, adding ver itable seas to the red fuel of warfare. The cost of the investment of Paris, even though it be achieved, will cause the world to stand aghast. FAREWELL, TO ABSINTHE. As a war measure the French gov ernment is reported to have prohibit ed the sale of absinthe. It is a great pity that some of these war measures cannot be prolonged through times of peace. Absinthe is a green tipple which derives its color and part of its characteristic flavor from worm wood. Some critics maintain that the prophet Jeremiah referred to the French and their favorite beverage when he wrote, "I will feed this peo ple with wormwood and give them water of gall to drink." Nothing could be called "water of gall" more aptly than absinthe. But then the French have had to quaff so much gall in the figurative sense of late years that Jeremiah may have had that in mind. The "best" absinthe, which, of course, means the worst, contains some 80 per cent of alcohol. This basic liquor is distilled with sweet flag, fennel, hyssop and other delect able simples and finally crushed with green wormwood leaves, which im part to it an attractive green color and that bitter taste which jaded palates so much relish. There is a common opinion that all French vices are a little more vicious than those of other people. Certainly absinthe is more ruinous than ordinary dopes and drugs, though all are bad enough. The taste for it is rapidly acquired and seldom lost. In former years it used to be said that the French, being wine-drinkers, were therefore strictly temperate as a people. This was fairly near the truth- as long as they were wine- drinkers. But since the war of 1870 they have ceased their temperate tip pling pretty commonly and taken to more fiery liquors. The consumption of brandy has grown frightfully and absinthe has replaced mild wines among the habitues of the boulevards. To be an absinthe fiend became as much a mark of distinction in Paris as it Is in Portland and some other places to be a cigarette fiend. This atrocious form of self-indulgence grew to be a serious menace to the stamina of the country. The French government has long sought means to check its vogue. It has found them now in the exigencies of war. Thus, as often happens in our perplexed earthly life, good comes out of evil. WHERE LABOR IS CONCERNED. The Portland Labor Press quotes with apparent approval an article from the San Francisco Star on the dislocating effect of the European war on the world's commerce. This extract discloses its quality: The European war has had practically the effect that protectionists have been praying and votlns for. America Is no longer the "dumplns ground" fcr European products. How iu American manufac turers like the situation.' The war has erected an artificial barrier asalnst tin ex port of American prod-lets to the Europeans who want them, as well as to the Importa tion of European products to the Americans who want them. Then why are not the protectionists celebrating the war with Pa" rades of "worKingmen bands? Of course this Is palpable absurdity. No nation can live by itself; the ad vocates of protection have never con tended that it should. Only labor has said that America is all-sufficient. Else why the exclusion of Chinese and all contract or pauper labor from any country? But labor is of course justified In looking out for itself. Yet labor can not thrive if there is nothing to do, and there will be little to do, if there is no commerce. Certainly there will be no commerce if industry does not prosper; and if industry does not prosper, labor will suffer. So the cir cle is completed by the mutual de pendence of capital and labor. When labor in the United States is willing to be reduced to the wage level of Chinese and the Hindus, the barrier of a protective tariff may be safely removed. THE COST SHEET. Nothing definite concerning losses hoc the risrid European cen sorship. We are told that the casual ties have been heavy on Dotn siaes, 4,.t Viprvv we are left to sur mise. In view of the desperate, hand- to-hand fighting that nas occuneu, there is little doubt that the loss of life has already reached a startling total. Likely enough the heaviest losses fall upon the Germany army, in tak-ine fortified uositions the Ger mans have been compelled to expose thomsplves to infantry and artillery. The hostile infantryman behind ram parts practices deadly marksmansnip. His nerves are not wracked by the nnCrinii.aiiM of ever-present death, a consciousness which affects aim of even the surest and most seasoned troopsj The German cost sheet at Liege must have reached a heavy total. The Belgians fixed the number at 15,000, later rerlnninc- it to 8000. Perhaps 5000 tells the story. But Liege was little more than a stiff outpost ex change compared with what has fol lowed. With fully a million men ac tually deployed and firing, when an nnnt nf nction are combined, an es timate, nf the casualty list on all sides at 40,000 would hardly be extravagant. The English, with their mere nanaiui e w.r, confess to a loss of 2000 in a single series of minor operations. The Servians claim to nave accounted for 60,000 Austrians in one hard cam paign on the Drina, but we take this to be greatly exaggerated. Perhaps conn iRfinn would be nearer the truth. Considerable losses also have been entailed in the tusso-trermiai- Austrlan campaign. So 40,000 is really a modest figure and this after less than a month of fighting. Enough strong young men killed to populate a large and thriv ing city. Before six months have passed Portland's census figures may ,r,rMo- cbarihv in comparison with the casualty total of this prodigious war. VANISHING EXPRESS BUSINESS. iniortin? sidelieht on the Government's engagement in parcel- carrying comes irom me duico-u Railway News and Statistics. It is in the form of an analysis of a report by the Interstate Commerce Commis si n v,o revenues of the express companies for the ten months to April, 1914. operating unwun the express companies, according to this analysis, is rapidly vanishing. In the corresponding period for 1913 the operating income of the companies was more than $4,000,000. In 1914 it was but $628,487, a loss of 85 per nf fha. eleven companies five reported operating deficits and one of the largest paid out ior operation auu taxes more than $600,000 in excess of what it took in. But it does not necessarily follow from this astounding decline In reve nues that the companies are to be come impoverished or that their names will cease to be familiar to the public. The capital employed in the express business is small in com parison with net earnings enjoyed be fore the advent of the parcel post. The capital of four companies as dis tinguished from their investment business returned in 1909 from 22 to 52 per cent. These inordinate profits are responsible for the companies' other investments, and the extent of investments is indicated by the fact that the income of one large com pany in 1912, aside from net operat ing revenue, was nearly $2,000,000 or $700,000 more than its net operating revenue. Probably such resources will en courage the larger companies to re main aggressive factors in the busi ness of transporting parcels in the hope that competition with the Gov ernment will sooner or later become more evenly balanced. The railways are also sufferers from the parcel post. Their case is different from that of the express companies, in that they are carrying for nothing what former ly yielded a material income. Ton nage on which they received a reve nue from the express companies now goes into the mail cars and the Gov ernment declines to bear the in creased expense entailed. In the period named the loss to the railways was $3,000,000 in express revenues, yet presumably they hauled a tonnage that would have yielded that much at least had it been transported as ex press packages. An increase in remuneration to the railroads, which is a possibility, would put the express companies on a more even footing with the Government unless the Postoffice Department THE MORXIXG OREGONIAX, SATURDAY, should elect not to increase parcel post rates and thereby run the chance of a deficit. While it was a foregone conclusion that the inauguration of the parcel post would cut deeply into express -company revenues, it Is ques tionable whether total elimination of parcel carrying by private enterprise was or is contemplated by the public In giving its indorsement to the parcel post. An express company will transport almost anything that can be put into an express car from a corpse to a racehorse. The equipment and rami fications of the parcel post would have to be increased greatly to care for all express business. But obvious ly the express companies will not care to perform only that class of service which the Government refuses to per form and do it at a loss. If they are to be eliminated the Government must prepare itself to do all that they are now doing. SOCKS KOR PRINCIPLE. It has long been the general im pression in Oregon that Judge Will R. King is resourceful in private as well as political activities. And so it is pleasant to have public opinion confirmed by such grave and reliable authorities as a member of Congress and the Congressional Record. The member of Congress referred to is Representative Kindel, of Colorado, and the Congressional Record is that for August 11, 1914. In the latter we find that Mr. Kindel related the fol lowing anecdote in discussing the par cel post: Another cample of freakish intcrstate-commer-e ruling which happened right here In Washington recently was when JUJ Will R. King, general Eniani -"--States Reclamation Service, concluded ne would return a borrowed steamer trunk to a friend of his living In Hyattsville, Mcj . 10 miles distant, which was too large In size to ship by parrel post. He had it taken to the depot, pai.l 17 cents for a pas senger ticket, and then asked the .igent to check the trunk on said icket. The agent discovered the trunk was un locked, although it was rood. He statd he could not check it unless Judge King would assume the risk of damage to Its con- "tWs the 1udge readily consentedNto do. with a ha! ha! remarking that as nothing, was In the trunk he would assume the risk I-pon being Informed that the trunk was empty the agent stated that under the rules established by the Interstate Commerce Com. mission he could not slieck an errip.y Jr"nK Thereupon the Judge brought (Mill a penny, wrapped it in a newspaper In ban fashion, and placed it In the trunk - Here the agent again urotestcd. and reminde.l the judge- that money was not woar.ng "Pl'"6 also that the rules Inhibit a trunk beins checked unless It contained bona fide wear- 'nThePresourceful Judge King instantly pro ceeded to take off one of his socks, wrapped It in paper addressed to himself, attached a parcel-post stamp, and placed "-ne in the trunk with the defl. "Now I trust y will comply with the Imperialistic orders ol your railroad and the interstate Commerce Commission and check that trunk. The agent with a look of scorn and defeat sullenly performed his function -"d che eked the trunk. Needless to say the rived at its destination, the tarW M cated. and the 1udgc was satisfied when his sock was retu- ned to him by parcel post. It is needless to say that we believe every word of this story. We trust that its publication in so widely cir culated a paper as the Congressional Record will remove such lingering doubts as to the cosmopolitan at tributes of public men from the West .in iir in the Drovincial East. They wear the full sartorial impedi menta of civilization, dul moie that, thev are willing and ready to sacrifice their socks in defense of a righteous principle. CRITICISING THE COLLEGES. There is a pleasing abstract of cur rent criticisms on the colleges in the September Atlantic. It comes from the competent pen of Henry S. Pritchett, president of the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. We call the collection .i..in not onlv because everybody instinctively enjoys seeing other peo ple's faults exposed, out patucumnj because college professors always greedily relish the public discussion n... ohnvtenmines. Nothing Ul IHl-ll . soothes the souls of these eminent benders of the twig line nuneat con fession and ardent reform. Presi dent Pritchett finds that the criti i fioHno- about in the air fall into three groups. There are some from the professors tnemseivea. suu, is their ardor to improve that, like the lawyers, they occasionally flagel v,m0ives at least verbally. Then there are criticisms from the business men who send tneir sons to college and receive them back home transformed into cigarette-smoking dudes with pendulous lips and bob tailed intellects. Finally there are criticisms from reformers of various . j ti fanatics, funua- Dranus, uicviue"' mental democrats and Sabbatarians, to mention only a very iew out great many. ,, Business men, ur. rnmuew , cenriiner their boys to us, nave li "J -1 ' o i college only in recent years. Formerly the lad received his education m w shop or store and managed to turn himself into a fairly efficient edition of his father before the tale ended. Now he goes to some institution with a grand name and pompous profes sions and comes out of it "on the whole ill-trained, able to do nothing fnri nf work and in need wen, not of a thorough breaking in and dis cipline before he is avanaDie io. ous occupations." Since the business men of the country have been pour ing large sums of money into the col lege treasuries of late, they feel as if they had the rignt to comment some-oooou- nnnn this failure "to make good." They say that the col leges are inemciemiy uie"i..cu, nrnhahlv. as the courts. niucn o", f- , where nothing is ever learned and nothing forgotten except where waste and extravagance run riot and where the main purpose of the institution is lost sight of in triv ial incidentals. . The trivial incident wnicn aV the main purpose out of sight in the colleges is athletics, the Moloch to whom intellect and morality are ruth lesslv sacrificed. Though a petty god, he has done infinite harm. Dr. Pritchett tells of a distinguished Eu ropean visitor who felt "dismay and astonishment at the overpowering role of athletics" in American col leges and who hoped for the good of the law students that they might get their preparatory education in some way "without being exposed to the demoralizing influence of the col leges." Very flattering to our expen sive and highly ornamental educa tional machine. The professors, a few of them, admit the ruinous predomi nance 6f athletics and naturally blame somebody else for it. Nothing could be more natural or more unjust. They say" that the fault lies with the ad ministration, which is in the hands of money-grubbers, with an accomplished beggar, the college president, at their head. No doubt many trustees are money grubbers and certainly most college presidents are accomplished beggars. Nor is there any doubt either that faculties in most of our colleges have fa too little say about the adminis tration of the institution. Neverthe less, the blame for the evil predomi nance of athletics lies squarely upon the professors. If they would unite in any college to require intellectual work of their pupils they would se cure It. The fact is that they do not unite. A further fact is that the pro fessors themselves have been trained to idolize muscle instead of mind and that their Ideals of college life are precisely the same as those of the undergraduates. College athletics is domineering because college profes sors like to have it so. As for the reformers Dr. Pritchett does not think much of their criti cisms. Some of them say the colleges are "unreliglous," which means mere ly that they do notaccept the critic's particular creed Others complain that the colleges are "undemocratic," and this again means only that the critic's son or friend's son has not been elected to the best places on the teams, in the clubs and so on. The colleges are as democratic as the ma jority of the students wish them to be. The very essence of democracy is the rule of the majority. If many students want snobbery, expensive amusements, luxury and idleness while only a few want study and plain living, then genuine democracy re quires the luxury, snobbery and ex pense. Nothing could possibly be more undemocratic than for the few to impose their will upon the many merely because they think it is more improving. The majority has the right to go unimproved if it so de sires. The colleges are democratic enough, in all conscience, but no doubt some profitable changes might be made in the quality of their democracy The Municipal Purchasing Agent is a good official. He has saved about $15 000 in pencils and stationery in the past vear. Now let all employes supplement this effort by omitting to dot the "i" and cross the "t." and lo and behold, what ducats will clog the treasury! j , i.rirac am trvlne to join the Canadian army for war service. Bet ter save that ardour, ii we cvei 6 tVi iwhilp all Ameri- 1 11 U.I CL. DL1 IX, m cans will get all the fighting they want, and perhaps a Pit more. British cruisers blockading Ameri can ports in hope of capturing Ger man vessels will observe neutrality laws. They have great advantage in the nearness of home ports at Halifax and Kingston. The London Post worries needlessly for the United States in event of Ger man victory. Uncle Sam will have the greatest navy In the world when the Europeans finish sinking each other. First the French hopes centered on the invasion of Alsace-Lorraine, then they retired to the fortified frontier, now they are beginning to center about the Paris fortifications. Austria congratulates Germany. Not too speedy; he who congratulates last congratulates best in this affair and just now congratulations may prove a bit premature. BMa ohnrtaee of foreign dyes will affect the printing of postage stamps, suppose the department manes ixrou all green and let the color-blind buy ers fix the variations. r vr that Germany would UUIIUIM ... - -i.ii tv,n Monroe Doctrine if soon cuanmfe .. , . ,4 victorious in this war. W ell, couldn t we fall back on A B C mediation even if Germany did. . The Oregon sharpshooter who scores forty-nine points out of fifty over a smoky rifle range would be a valuable asset in Europe at this time. Biryan urges all Americans in Eu rope to come home without delay. Exactly what they've been trying vainly to do for several weeks. The iudire who listens to people seeking separation must possess more than the ordinary allowance ot In the fitness of all things. Austria has declared war on Japan. The one Austrian cruiser that can figure in the affair merely makes a joke of the declaration. ThA Canadian troops would pre serve their individuality, but the Ger man gravedigger Is impartial anu an corpses look alike. re tv,. Roar- cantnres the Kaiser's treasure castle all Russia will have a twenty-four hours ot real intoxication. rr.i i at hand to conserve the sawdust. Europe may need it for breakfast food for man ana oeasi.. Th. -Russians seem to be thorough v,oi. tt-nrU- Thev are using Rus sian postage stamps In Prussia. c.:,i nf the m-owd in front of tv, hniisrin board is principally inter ested in the ball scores. at $25 is missing frnm the Denitentiary at Salem and burglars are suspected. The careless pedestrian will find . ... i r.inr run nver hv novel experience m - an auto streetsweeper About time for Coos Bay to be pick- enmn mVHtfTl- ing up wrecKage iiu - .... ous warship. The war between Austria and Japan may be classified as purely psycho logical. Suppose the Germans take a lesson from Delilah and barber the Russians. The Seals are using war tactics on both flanks and middle of the Beavers. The politician's main problem is to make himself heard just now. So far Hi Johnson has refrained from declaring war on Japan. School is beginning to loom up on the small boy's horizon Time for the Seaside press agent to stage an auditory battle. However, we fail to see the sense of all these censors. Italy must be waiting until they of fer trading stamps. What will become of Belgium when the fray is ended? AUGUST 39, 1914. Half a Century Ago From The Oregonlan of August 29. 164. There was a special meeting of the Common Council last evening to take into consideration matters in connec tion with the adoption of the new city charter. The meeting was attended by Judge M. P. Deady and H. W. Corbett, Esq.. who were invited to participate in the discussions of the Council in committee of the whole. The condition of Yamhill street, be tween Front and First, presents a sub ject for the committee on health. If we permit the streets to become so polluted with filth as a portion of tliie seems to be, we should not be surprised to see a great increase in mortality re ports of the cemetery sexton if we had one. In our review of telegraphic matters In yesterday's issue an old and es teemed resident Informs us that we omitted one important fact in connec tion with the history of early tele graphic lines in Oregon, and refers us to a number of incidents whereby per sonal injury was inflicted to the people by having their horses entangled in the wires that were permitted to lay for months In the road. A blacksmith. In one of the neighborhoods, through humane motives, collected a large amount of the wire and stored it In his shop for the owners, but It was never railed for. There are now in the Willamette alley men wno aau suffer pains contracted by accidents occurring by contact with the scat tered rolls of wire In those aajs. The citizens of Oregon City and Canemah contributed during the past u-eok to the Sanitary and Christian Commissions $967.10 at legal tender rates as follows: At a fair given in Orea-on Citv Thursday and naay evenings last by Mrs. McCue and her pupils, Miss Laurie Burns. Miss Addle Good, Miss Fannie Boner, Miss Emma Rnnrl Miss Katie Karoiay, aiiss unue Buck and Miss Jennie Barlow, there a.-a realized J52fi: at the lecture uj Rev. Dr. Patterson, $200; at the lecture by Rev. Dr. Bellows, $241.10. w V fipnten and George L. Woods candidates for electors on the Union tickets, will address tneir ienow cm t th. fnllowtne times and places Dallas August 30; CorvaUis, September I; Eugene City, September 3; Albany, September 6; Salem, September 10, speaking to commence at i . -j J. H. Mitchell will accompany and speak with them. APPOINTED TIME OFTEN FIXED JEvery Generation Has Set "l.aat uay Only to Be Disappointed. PORTLAND. Aug. 28. (To the Edi tor.) The unparalleled conflict now raging in Europe is being vigorously worked by those who believe the mil lennium is to be accomplished not by the Gospel, but by the sudden Inter position of the visible Son of Man, who is, with a fiat of power when he comes, to snuff this world out of existence. It is said the world Is waning into ruin and only the hand of Christ will bring rescue, and "Who can tell," It is asked, "but he may come soon and sudden?" Plainly this theory exercises a romantic fascination over some minds, who just now point with a spirit of triumph to the unparalleled shedding of blood as evidence that the crack of doom is at hand. But all this Pastor Russell talk is simply the threshing out of old straw. More than 900 years ago St. Bernard, of Cluney, wrote, and his followers sang: "The world Is very evil, the times are waxing late: Be sober, and keep rigid, the judge Is at the gate!" It Is a matter of fact and history that during the last 1900 years per petual disappointments have been the result of each succeeding generation in this matter, nearly every decade during that time having its appoint ment for the advent of Christ. And still the hallucination goes on, a theory which. If really taught by the disciples, only discounts their teachings In other vital doctrines. If the sudden coming of Christ is to put an end to all wickedness, why In the name of common sense and mercy did he not come In time to head off the awful conflict now raging In Europe? The cold fact, however, is the present struggle between Germany and the al lies, with the destruction of hundreds of thousands of lives, awful b It Is, has no more relation to the ending of this world than the killing of so many mosquitoes. In the meantime the com plexities, perplexities and fallacies of premillenniallsm will most likely con tinue. C. E. CLINE. PAST NOT ONLY CONSIDERATION. rosalbilltien of Fotnre May Govern War Sympathies as Well. PORTLAND. Aug. 28. (To the Edi tor.) The letter by the gentleman in The Oregonlan, August 25, regarding Germany, etc.. may be all right, but there are a few points which to under signed demand explanation or seem to. First What will be the effect If Germany gains control of the Balkan region and adjacent ports on the gen eral outlook of European relations, and extending later doubtless into other regions, such as the Pacific and pos sibly South America? Second What will be the effect in a moral way, comprehending in this term both the Intellectual and social trend of humanity, these things in a way interblending and forming the habits and customs and ideals of the race or the various races or nations affected? While Germany has been a great na tion In the past and has done much for the world, it is now possible that she has stepped beyond her bounds or Is aspiring so to do. Each country by its peculiar habits of thought, action and disposition is fitted for certain spheres, or Alls a certain mission in the world. When she leaves this, then she will get into trouble, and not only that, but will bring trouble on others. Possihlv the war can give us some thing which we have lacked in the way, not only or governmental an na ture or organization, but In methods of thought and social relations. At all events we trust this, as other wars of the past, will make for better or more just settlement of International bound aries and civilization as well. ANTONIO REVACHI. Were People for Wnrf SALEM, Or., Aug. 28. In The Orego nlan August 17. is the statement that on one side at least, the present Eu ropean war is in favor of the consent of the governed. The same paper quotes from Bernard Shaw condemna tion of Briton's Premier, for not seeing the interests of the labor life of Great Britain and France. It may be that The Oregonian is nearer correct thun the British pub licist and that the ruling sentiment of the world has become republican, as the great Napoleon was said to pre dict it would be 50 years after his day. If so, we are in need of a world's tri bunal and measure for stopping blood shed by plebiscite instead of war, as now. There is little question but that local self-government would carry now. The changes which have taken and are taking place in what were monar chal colonies s'ince the separation of the United States of America from Great Britain largely lean towards the right of rule by all peoples above the savage state. And it la questionable whether even in Germany a free ballot would have indorsed commencement of this last war. JOHN MINTO. DEATHS I WAB NOT TO BE WASTE Nations Will Gain Liberty ly Over throw of Hereditary Power. PORTLAND. Aug. 28. (To the Ed itor.) What is the cost of life? The whole of Europe Is the wide do main of Mars, relentless, unpitylng god of war. Hour after hour which hurries Into eternity the ruthless carnage grows; hundreds of thousands of precious lives of mankind, cut off suddenly in the freshness of youth and strength, have already been sacrificed, and doubtless the future mass to share their plight wlil be unnumbered. What Is the cost of life? The cost Is enormous. First of all. it cost untold suffering, perhaps, hut for a few momenta only, but yet awful agony, before they died. And it cost days and weeks, oftentimes years, of suffering to their brothers who did not die but recovered from their wounds. This cost we cannot value too highly. It costs the service of these dead could have done to their country, to family, to humanity, had they lived. That is a great cost! The majority of the fallen are young men, in prims of health and strength and resource, who yet might hkvc had years and years In which to live lives of accomplishment!) of value untold. It costs grieving tears shed by mothers, sisters or wives and sweet hearts, and by little children at home. It costs acute ache to all the hearts which will cry to heaven for those dear ones who will never again lift the latch of the door of home, over whoso graves they can never weep. It Is a great cost to those at home; but death Is the lot of all. It had but been hastened a few years, and those now grieving would have been grieved. War time carries in its hold many a cost but that of life. It is the grim medium of destruction and pillage and of wreckage of things and illusions and deeds; lr. its trail stalk hard times, famine and industrial calamity. And whar is the gain of this carnage and sacrifice of young men's lives. What will be the returns of benefit to Germany, or Russia, or England, for all these lives? The flower of the empires goes forth to battle unwillingly, compelled by the iron rule of law. yet obedient to their monarchs, to give their blood for their native land. In stolid bravery they sacrifice everything they have, their lives In gruesome reply to what Is the demand ot feudal duty. Without a flinch they face the cannons' roar, the sally of musketry, and parry with the r foes' bayonets. They make their sacri fice and are buried In trenches, blown to pieces by grenades, forgotten to the world, fed to the soli. But how jauntily and airily they march forward to meet the hand of fate to materialize, or wage a losing fight for the freedom of their sons. Atop of all the gruesome remnants of the conflicts shines one great thing they left their example! As a bright ly scintillating star piercing through the gloom of calamity remains this top most of human virtue their example of encouragement to duty performed to death. That is a really worth-while gain! . But their death supplies unapproach able evidence of the utter failure and folly of the feudal system which they served and under which they perished. That Is the greatest gain of all. The blood-soaked, humanity - strewn fields and meadows join In a cry to heaven. resounding through and through the universe. In appeal ami protest against the barbarism of war In this cry will join the PWl the world, high and low. It will din from the corners of the earth a greaT crv from a multitude of throats whkh will not he silenced and which to meet opposition of warlike lords -r gold-greedy hoarders of the gifts of mammon European nations, to the nations of all the earth to those who, in payment foi J""0""' blood spilled, shall make loot of he hereditary power of their rulers and their right-hand peers, and take the authority and the liberty of these Into their own hands. What a gain to the Russian serfs to the German subsidiary, to the Austrian bondmen, to the classes of th J is a whole! And It shall be a gain to if th. world, not for the lifetime of their children of those In battle per I shad but for untold generations to contc: unnumbered legions and legions and with the death of these fallen soldiers the historical mark of their "bseortthe soldiers they die. example of faith and courage which through all time will be inspiration to theli de scendants. Their death, victorious for orlncip"' shall be the glory of their people and for their country. The namn of heart to wives and parents nd little children shall be tempered with pride in the glory Of those who bravely paid all they had to give for a pearl of matchles. price-social "bSortv not that their death is a wute oMife! ELTON A. STEWART. Compensation Law Explained. t . v-t (To the Edl- to.'.Vn your an.wer to "New Sub.cr.b- er" you say that an wupusj " not to come under the compensation law by filing notice with trial Accident Commission within 00 days of June 30 of any year. In bul letin No. 1 sent to me by this Commls " yy n.iAr the headlna of s on, on pB" ---- .,,, - -Law is Optional." It states that em- vtlovers are presumeu n 1 1 " v -- " abide by the provisions of the law un less thev notify the Commission on or ........ i: ion will vou please hcrore juiiw - - - - explain this seemtng The bulletin which the correspond- .i.. refnrred to the initial op en L lliciiu""- eratton of the law. It being a new act x.- ,v, rrsnt veur the employer nun up to and including June 15 In which . .hm of relectlon of the act. lu 1111: . Those who failed to file such notice under its provisions until au ....... - June 30 of next year. They remain un der its operations tnereaner imir within 60 days prior to June 30 next they file notice of rejection, in which event they are excluded, beginning July 1, 1915. Why Call It "She Nofef" PORTLAND, Aug. 28. (To the Edi torsIn the Saturday Evening Post, issue of July 18, 1914. In the story of "Tho Smart Aleck" there is made men- tie of a She iote. iu yuu wi ..- ..i.in f this term. I Inclose me ; mc uue' letter from the author which ex a plains itself. H. E. CHKRR t . NORTH H ALLEY, Canada, Aug. 3. De ar Mr. Cherry: lour letter to ine turday Evening Post touching on a Sa lln e In a story ot mine uao u rded to me for an answer, cannot tell you why grafters, car al people and circus folk generally era 1 call a 2 bill a "she-note." But they do; they also call a 1 Dill a ne-note. I've never been aDie to trace me uuui of the name although I've heard It frequently. Sincerely yours ii. 1. 3. V VJL1. The Oregonlan has not been able to trace the origin of the term. Perhaps some of Its readers know. Marriage Laws In Other Mates. . , .... . OA Trt Hi- TT'll- runiijA.i-', a-5. ..- - . . -r . 1 - n Mt'.'M.' hs'e Csli- lor.i a u - 1 ' ----- - . , v. , , , .. enmp iw Ore- tornia Mu - ....... gan has in regard to medical examina tion before securing marriasn iicenso . 1 I.' . T.t.-- velther state has such a law. Neither i. Washington, althougn a similar one was enacted a few years ago and later repealed. War News War Photos War Maps Special Articles by Experts, the Very Latest Cable News and Elaborately Illustrated Special Features in the Sunday Oreco nian Will Give the Most Com prehensive View of the Qreat War. Soldiers of Six Powers. A striking full puRc in color shows the soldiers of Ine srrrrat pow ers in full uniform ami field equip ment. It displays the) soldiers aa they appear nt the front, the ex act shades of uniform colors heina; portrayed in Ihe color effects. British War Lords. A full pajro in colors on the men who arc raoaiag Oroat Britain's end of the jri-eat conflict. Europe's Changing Map. A full papc feature, willi five large maps, sliowini; the ch.inpes that gunpowder has wrought in the map of Europe during tho past century and a quarter. Sea Monsters. An illustrated article hy a naval expert on the modern war game at sea, in which is a detailed di-ou-sion of the value of dreadnoughts against torpedo-boat destroyers and tho 0tcaW naval scorpious. Relative Fights Relative. Tho great war is a family fight. An illustrated half page traces the relationship that exists among the notable figures of Kurope. The Fire Fighters. An illustrated page on the se lection of men for Portland's fire department. Adventures of Suzanne. No. 5 in the series of modern comedies by Orson Lowell. Motor Goose Rhymes. And a whole page of other il lustrated features, which can be torn out and handed to the little ones. Many Other Features. Order today of your newsdealer. Twenty-Five Years Ago From The Orefonlan of August !. 18s. The following condensed summary of facts relating to the public schoola of Portland is made from extracta taken from City Superintendent of Schoola Ella C. Sabln'a annual report for the year ending June 21. ISM. now In the hands of tiie printer: Population of the city, U. S. iinui J .. '-! Population' Of city. 1SS". Mtimatwl . .'", School population (achool age. . M - years), ctnsua of 18SP: Ktmaloi, colored ant. t."hlne ln. !u i. i 4.tn Males, colored and Chlnew Included . . . IW Total iill Increase ever last yoar Anrai- dally sttonilancs. il-IU... . nvrisa" number belonging. tteO.I'. number of lee. It ers. Sl; of thla number b am women ni1 nvu mn. Mr. A. O. Cunningham, for many yeara secretary of tho Ortg.m & Cali fornia Hallroad Company, died at his residence In Hast Portland Tueaday night, aged 7 years. The south wing of the t ailing S.-hool. which waa commenced several montha sltue, is nearly completed. Pllea are being driven at the corner of Front and Yamhill streeta on which to build the atone foundation of a hand some five-story brick building which Mr. W. S. Ladd proposes to build next Spring. The Multnomah Street Railway Com pany vesterday entered Into a contract with Mesara. Shurtz & Tol.ln. ajenta of the Sprague Electric Hallway & Motor Company, to change the Waahlnrton and B atreet railway to an eleotHfl motor. The work la to be completed by December Mr. Ernest Ie Laahmutt Is In Pari, doing the cxpoaltlon and seeing the lL alghta ot what he atylea the grandest, moat beautiful city on earth. New York. Aug. :s.-The steamehlp City of Parla. which arrived th a morn ing haa broken the record 8'n- " 2f her own best time from Queen. own by .1 hour, and 40 minute.. Th. actual lime from Queen.town to Handy Hook was 5 day.. 1 hour, and IS mln utes. Mr. Jamee O. Woodworth. as-.sisnt general freight agent of the O. H. & . Co" who has been attending a of the Transcontinental Aaaodatlon. Mtt Denver on hi. way home eter day and will probably arrive here Sun- day. WUT Price niffereetlelf M MINXV1ELE. Or.. Aug. 27. (Jo the Editor' -There usc.l to be. and may be yet for aught I know. M old stump' in the shady grove and Its Piping .QU'rrel. between my country home and tne toumi -.. used to aeat mynclf and red undl. turbed The Oregonlan'. crop n iou tions. There were both KM"' U "P? 1,1 r.n.T i nd .. Pauper iii;ile HIP - nt" . . tTe other. Hitting there, a kl, one f&ZnT? rd..r.m.n.-o. 1 re membered things; 1 remember them ""What I remember g short seller will nay - "A' ' " . brewer will say . - Aon,Mt h wevYr Id you will find what 1 .ay Oregon and WaaMnftOtl hop. wa. from Uiegon suiu .ilfferenco In j to d cents P . , bu, x ye!T ,gT Now the -discrimination Is. P and more. Why sSly deteriorated. Have freight rates cone c car imuunn " Ha, the short seller and hi. button-hole " Ik locoed everybody I have before brewery mijn "f -- - .. waa told and .till expected to get all the hops he wenteo. si i. pound, barring the European war. Matron In rnlleee. PORT LAN P, Aug. 2 (To the RdJ tor t please elate the duties or a ' i ...... I iatttittlnn. matron in un " Tht matron, or "dean" aa .he Is now commonly .ailed, la h women tit rh.rgo of the economy and discipline of the dormitory, hall or lodging place of students.